Pokemon - Tale Of The Guardian Master - CH 39
#39 of Pokemon - Tale of the Guardian Master
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Chapter 39 - The Vengeful Guardian
As soon as the three made impact with the ground, Servine and Kirlia both flew out of Chris's arms, landing several feet away along the edge of the river, with Kirlia's lower half submerged in the water. Groaning, Servine weakly raised up and looked in his direction, only for her pupils to tremble and tears to well up once more as she walked up to his body. Looking him over, she didn't know where she should touch or what she should do... His arms and legs were sprawled out, his mouth gaping open as he lay still... Whimpering, she tried nudging his face, also trying to push him up only to see blood building up beneath his body, causing Servine to drop him in shock with a scream, stepping away as tears began streaming from her eyes. Shaking her head, she tried nudging his face once again, trying to call out to him yet unable to get a reaction, rubbing her cheek against his. Looking up, she saw the pack of Houndoom still gazing down at them before seemingly celebrating once again, spewing their fire throughout the air above them like they just enjoyed a countdown as the leader grinned in satisfaction. Gritting her teeth, Servine looked at Chris and closed his mouth, laying her body over his face and holding onto him tightly while trembling from head to toe... Her tears running along her face and dripping all over his.
After a moment, Kirlia finally began to stir as well, the feeling of the cool stream helping her come to as she faced the lower half of her body, surprised by the sensation of water flowing around her before pulling herself out, rubbing and shaking her head with a groan. Jolting as she thought of what had occurred moments before, she quickly stood with a slight wobble, letting out a cough and clutching her stomach. Facing different directions, she nervously called out for the two, walking around in a panic before her ears suddenly picked up on Servines sobbing. Facing her direction, Kirlia tilt her head and walked up to her with an arm out to feel where she was heading, stopping once she felt her hand on Servines trembling back. Making a concerned sound as if to ask "what's happened?", she glanced at Kirlia for a moment before slowly pulling away from Chris's face, holding Kirlia's hand to help guide her... But as soon as her hand came into contact with his body... Her eyes went wide as all of the sensations of pain he had endured went through her all at once, pulling away with a scream and clutching her hand as if it too had suddenly been burnt and crushed... Facing Servine, Kirlia made a terrified sound, seemingly asking "...is he...?" before Servine turned and looked at his body. With a nod, she responded sadly, wiping away several tears as Kirlia put her hands on Chris once more...
Using her abilities, Kirlia tried to find whatever trace of thought or sense of emotion she could within him, but this was to no avail as his mind and heart were already as lifeless as his body itself... Running her hands along him... She discovered nearly every inch showed internal signs of severe damage from the impact of the fall. Sending psychic waves throughout his insides, she discovered most of his vitals had seemingly splattered inside him like a balloon having burst... Many of his bones having been either broken or shattered altogether... Crushed and mangled... And his legs... She discovered them to be just as mutilated on the outside as the inside... Feeling how much torture the skin had gone through... And she slowly slid her hands back up along his body, feeling her way towards the center of his chest, pressing down for a moment before shutting her eyes, her bangs hiding them in shadow... Calling out to Servine, she seemingly repeated her question, asking "what happened...? once more, this time in a more serious tone than sad...
Looking above them, Servine started giving an explanation, every word causing Kirlia to show more and more of a boiling rage in her expression... Gritting her teeth as her body began trembling... She slowly opened her eyes and began shaking Chris, shouting at him and hitting his chest, seemingly trying to give him compressions with her tiny hands and arms. The more she shout, the more it sounded as if she was trying to say something... All the while hitting his chest, calling out louder and louder... And sure enough... Her shouts began turning into human words... Her psychic abilities slowly allowing her to put the words together properly little by little... "Kresa... Krusu... Khruse... Cre... Chru!!" she struggled, trying to say the words in her mind with every hit against his chest, starting to hit him all the harder due to her frustration. "Chrua... Chrie... Chrir... Chr...is... Chri...s!!!" she struggled. Watching her beating on his body, Servine finally grabbed Kirlia from behind and pulled her away, feeling she was doing more harm than good by beating on him so furiously. In response, Kirlia began sobbing for a moment before forcing Servine away, standing with her fists clenched and tears streaming...
"Chr...is... Chri...s..." she whimpered, shuddering from head to toe as she walked back up to him and let herself fall over his body, her horns beginning to glow as she pushed her psychic abilities further. "M... Mae... st... Mast..er...Mas...ter..." she sobbed. Behind her, Servine walked up and rubbed Kirlia on the back... Trying to think... She suddenly went wide eyed as an idea came to mind. Excitedly chattering, she poked Kirlia on the head, tugging on her hands before guiding them back onto Chris. However, Kirlia shook her head and started chattering back, motioning with her hands while pointing at various parts of his body, signaling all of the broken bones and ruptured insides... She understood what Servine was thinking, but there was just... Too much damage for her to fix... Then... As if having eavesdropped, the Houndoom leader suddenly called out to the two, causing them both to jolt and face up as it seemingly mocking them once more for being not only helpless, but useless too and laughing, his pack walking back up to the edge of the cliff and joining in as well... Gritting her teeth, Servine once again seemingly called them out as "bastards" while trying to release her vines again, wanting to climb back up and fight only to let out a sudden wide eyed "urk!!" as she felt them snapping before falling limply to the ground, letting out a frustrated growl before retracting them.
Meanwhile, Kirlia had walked away from the two, standing with her face lowered in silence and her back turned towards them. Concerned, Servine walked up and put her hand on Kirlias shoulder, leaning her face towards hers before being roughly shoved away. "Chris... Kill...ed..." she muttered, this time a tone of rage in her voice. From the side, Servine could see her eyes beginning to glow furiously, her teeth seemingly growing sharper as well... And in response, she slowly backed away, nervously putting up her hands while sweating and giving Kirlia space, the sense of something bad about to happen overwhelming her, even able to feel Kirlia's psychic abilities getting eerily stronger. "Master... Kill... ed... Pro... tecting... Me... They... Kill... ed!!" she growled, suddenly facing up in the direction of the Houndoom. "Now... I... KILL!!!!!" she screamed as a seemingly blood stained aura surrounded her. Looking at Kirlia in terror, Servine quickly hid behind Chris's body, peeking at her while clutching onto his tattered clothing, trying to shake him knowing it was pointless, seemingly whimpering "wake up... wake up...!!!" as the aura around Kirlia grew more and more furious. Soon, she began trembling from head to toe, facing back down as her look of rage slowly turned into the same kind of malicious grin the Houndoom had given them moments ago. Watching, Servine could feel something inside Kirlia changing... Something... Powerful yet... Wicked...
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Suddenly, Kirlia screamed as the aura around her exploded and rocketed towards the sky in a rapid spiral, the force sending Servine and Chris's body back slightly as she clutched onto him tightly. Now unable to see Kirlia in the tornado of aura, she tried calling out to no avail... In the center, Kirlia was putting her body through a sudden malicious and masochistic torture, forcing it to unnaturally advance into her final form as she laughed, insanity seemingly taking her over... Holding her hands up, she grinned as the tips started ripping apart, as if she was forcing fingers to rip through a glove... Soon, the tips were completely shred into several endings, feeling the torn skin morph into fingers and palms, her eyes going wide with a smile as if she was saying "there you are..." before her body started cracking and ripping itself apart from head to toe, making her weep and scream while clutching herself tightly... Due to the unnatural way she was forcing herself to evolve, her body began gashing itself open all over, blood repeatedly spilling out of her form as her body began growing taller, feeling as though her spine was being ripped apart as the sound of her body seemingly tearing itself to pieces echoed in her ears. But in her state... All she could suddenly do was start laughing again, spreading out her arms and facing up as the pain seemingly started bringing her a twisted pleasure... Perhaps she was thinking she was enduring the same pain Chris went through for her sake...? Watching from above, the pack of Houndoom began stepping back, some seemingly wanting to run as the leader snarled towards the aura spiraling high into the sky before it.
As she grew taller and taller, Kirlia was suddenly forced into clutching her head tightly, feeling as though her brain was being shred to pieces and snapping her out of her spell briefly as a result. Slowly, the horns on her head had begun retracting themselves as part of her evolution. Unfortunately... This snap back into sanity wouldn't last, as once the horns and pain in her head were gone, the surges of power running throughout her body took over, causing her excitement to release it on the Houndoom to send her into another laughing fit. Slowly beginning to rise off the ground, she suddenly felt something starting to force its way out of her back, causing something in her mind to snap once more, but this time for the worse as the pain was eerily once again enjoyable... Finally, in an instant a new horn split its way through her body, making her lean forward as her arms dangled limply as though she had been shot, with blood streamed down her back. Taking in the pain silently for a moment, she began to chuckle. "I'M... GOING... TO..." she muttered through her teeth until she felt something trying to tear its way through her chest. Clutching the center tightly, the second part of the horn suddenly split through her body, sending her blood flying into the air in front of her as she arched back, now dangling her arms behind her while gasping briefly until another grin appeared
"KIIIIILL YOOOOU!!!!" she screamed through her teeth. Suddenly, her body shot high into the air in a flash, and with a swipe of her hands, the hurricane of powerful and blood stained aura split apart and faded away, revealing herself to the pack as she float before them, blood streaming all over her body towards the ground far below. She was a Kirlia no more... Now... She had finally become a Gardevoir, albeit looking as if a horribly mutilated one due to the wounds from the change... Facing the direction of the pack, the leader grit its teeth and ordered an attack, and together as one, the entire group unleashed an enormous inferno in her direction, only for the blaze to split apart when it came within an inch of her body and form what looked like a fiery pair of wings from hell itself, this causing several in the pack to step back and quickly run towards the forest.
Looking up, Servine was turning pale at the terrifying sight of their friend, now covered in her own blood. Due to the overwhelming aura around her, it looked as though the moon itself behind her had turned red as well... For a Pokemon to force itself to evolve... And endure what she had in such a way... It sent a shudder through her spine as she looked down at Chris, who had now started to grow cold and pale... Touching his face, Servine suddenly went wide eyed and pulled herself away from him when a strange light started glowing from within his forehead, just before a mysterious aura, gold in color, started seeping out from it and crept its way down his body, like that of spiders trying to slowly cover him from head to toe...
High above, Gardevoir faced the pack and grinned, raising one of her bloody hands and giving it a lick as several others tried to high tail it for the woods. With her psychic abilities now increased to a nearly uncontrollable degree, she picked up on those running away and appeared before them in a flash. Freezing on the spot, they watched her as she looked at them with her head tilt, her arms dangling as though she were a puppet showing a curious expression. "You wanna go bye bye...?" she asked, suddenly raising her hands like a zombie and grinning. "Then... You go BYE BYE!!" she screamed as her wrists snapped her hands upward and her eyes went wide, suddenly releasing an enormous Hyper Beam that sent them hurling through the sky into the beyond, the rest of the pack turning and facing her in shock while the leader grit its teeth. Barking orders, the pack teamed up as one to attack, charging towards Gardevoir with fire seething from their mouths. "Oohh... Play tag...?" she asked as the group swarmed her, trying to bite her and spew fire at her from all directions. "Then LETS PLAY!!!" she grinned, starting to laugh madly as she charged through the beasts using her powerful Giga Impact, sending them flying in all directions while grabbing several and strangling them as she made her way through the pack, waving them around in her clutch by the neck. "I can fly!!!" she laughed, flapping them up and down like wings, slamming their bodies into the soil repeatedly before hurling the two in the air and sending them flying out of sight with Energy Balls.
Below the cliff, Servine was struggling to figure out which to focus on more, the insanity going on above as she heard Gardevoirs insane speech and laughter while Houndooms flew all over the place, or the surprising event happening in front of her as Chris began to glow more and more from head to toe, now bathed in the strange golden aura that had come from within his head... Suddenly, the aura started branching away from his body as well, trailing its way along the ground before forming a pile of light several feet away... Intrigued, Servine walked up to the light, looking down at it as if it were a puddle before freezing as, instead of seeing her reflection, a pair of red eyes opened and glared back at her, causing the bewildered Pokemon to stumble back as something started rising from the light... Starting with a head... Followed by a neck and the rest of a body... Until standing before her was one of the worlds rare and legendary Ninetails... Or at least... That's what she thought until its legs went right through her as it walked past, stopping at Chris's body and looking down in silence, the commotion above ignored as it slowly paced around his body...
Back near the edge of the cliff, Gardevoir continued venting on the pack of Houndoom, savoring their pain and treating the situation as if it were now nothing more than a malicious playtime for her. Over time, she had grabbed several and slammed their heads into various objects, be it trees, the soil, even various solid stones... Yet even these defeated and unconscious Pokemon were still tormented as she horribly tortured them subconsciously, using her Dream Eater ability to feed on them relentlessly while letting out a satisfied sigh. Watching more and more of his pack succumb, the leader finally stepped up with the remaining members to fight, Gardevour sensing his presence getting closer and grinning. "You... Yeeeeessss..." she responded, suddenly charging in its direction. Able to dodge her, the leader started fighting her ferociously in a seemingly even one on one match, able to dodge Gardevoirs Giga Impacts and Energy Balls while unleashing countless attacks of his own, keeping her on her toes as well. Unfortunately for the leader, her new moves matched her sudden personality well, as just when the leader had a chance to land a blow, it found itself restricted as her Shadow Sneak ability ensnared it from behind, allowing her to finally stop and walk up to the beast.
"You... Threw me... A blind NEWBORN... From a cliff... By that humans order... Left me for dead... Then... You did it AGAIN... This time... On your own... For your own pleasure... And my new... BETTER master... Sacrificed himself for me... SOILING my kinds solemn vow... To keep the human we choose SAFE... And now..." she growled, gritting her teeth as the leader snarled at her and prepared a blast of fire. "Never again... Will something scare me... Now... You lose your power... FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!!" she screamed, sending her fist and arm surrounded by psychic energy down its throat and releasing torturous waves of energy throughout his body, each burst causing its stomach to swell over and over as it gagged and its eyes went wide, finally rolling up into its head as Gardevoir yanked her arm out of its throat, now covered in drool and blood after blowing its insides apart. Letting out several gags, the beast fell limply to the ground before reverting to its normal Houndoom form, with Gardevoir now holding its Mega Stone in the palm of her hand. Seeing this, the remainder of the pack started backing away and made an attempt at fleeing, only for Gardevoir to release a powerful wave of energy, knocking them out before inflicting her Nightmare ability on each and every one of them, save the leader...
Holding up the Mega Stone she removed from the leaders insides in her fist, she suddenly crushed it to pieces, tossing them away and picking up the leader by the throat. "Now... I... Drop you..." she sneered, dragging it along the soil behind her until she reached the cliff, stopping just before the edge and yanking the leader into the air, letting it dangle helplessly as it coughed up blood and whimpered. "You... Hurt...? Aww... Too bad..." she mocked, suddenly flying high into the air. Noticing her, Servine tried to call out, only for the Ninetails to stand in front of her and quickly glare her down, causing Servine to quickly sit in silence as it turned away and continued its focus on Chris, lowering its head to listen to his heart. With her lips trembling, wanting to call out, Servine watched Gardevoir turn into a smaller and smaller dot in the sky as she took the leader high into the clouds, finally stopping just above them and holding the Houndoom above her.
"Its cold... We must be above the sky..." she sneered before a final malicious grin spread across her face. "Now... You suffer... What you've made us suffer... With... Interessssst..." she hissed. Giving its neck one final squeeze, Gardevoir enjoyed the look of terror on its face as the pain made it suddenly come to, barking and whimpering hysterically as it flailed in her clutch. "Conscious...? Even BETTER!!!" she laughed, releasing her grasp and allowing Houndoom to free fall towards the ground far below, continuing to laugh wickedly all the more as she faced down, hearing its cries as Houndoom plummeted to its death...