Chapter 2: Purpose…
Roxas, Ray and Xonic all raced up to my room and found the portal I had made hours earlier. “What is this?” Ray asked, “It would seem that Draco made a portal to another world” Xonic replied. “But why would he do that without telling us?” Ray asked Xonic, “An accident maybe?” Roxas suggested, “Maybe” Xonic replied. “Well what do we do?” Ray asked “It’s obvious isn’t? We need to get Draco back” said Xonic “We need to gather supplies in case we won’t be able to get back for a while, buy and gather what you can and meet me here tomorrow” Xonic finished. So they walked back downstairs but just as Xonic was about to walk out my sister approached him “Will he be all right?” she asked, “We can only hope” Xonic replied as he walked out the door.
Meanwhile in the Pokemon World…
I walked along with Machoke as we approached the square, “Well this is Pokemon Square” he said, I looked around there were many buildings in the area but instead of humans, odd creatures that I now identified as pokemon walked the streets. As we walked by I noticed that a lot of pokemon started to look at me strangely which made me feel a bit uncomfortable “Why are they are looking at me?” I asked, “Well it’s not everyday that you see a Black Lucario” he replied, “Oh,” I said. We approached a rather large pond and in the middle was a rather large pokemon that looked like a fish with large whiskers.
“This is the Whiscash Elder” Machoke said to me as the elder turned to face us “Oh Machoke, what a pleasant surprise and who’s this?” the elder asked, “The name’s Draco” I said in a semi-blunt manner trying not to offend the elder. “And what brings you here Draco?” the elder asked, “Well Draco is a-“ Machoke began to say when I leaned over and whispered “Look Machoke don’t tell him about me, there’s no telling what it might cause and I don’t want that burden to be yours, I’ll say it when the time is right” “Oh Okay” he replied. “Is something the matter?” the elder asked, “No everything’s fine” I said “Anyway, because of certain… conditions I find myself unable to return to my home town and was wondering if I can stay in this town until the situation blows over” I explained, “Well of course!” said the elder “We have never been one to turn down visitors so of course you can stay”, “Thank you” I said gratefully.
As we walked away Machoke said to me “Hey since you don’t really have anywhere else to stay do you want to stay at my place?” he asked, “Sure I suppose so” I replied we walked down the road and to what looked like to be a fighting dojo “We here’s my place” Machoke said, “Wow, for pokemon you’s really know how to build good buildings” I commented, “Thanks” he said with a smile on his face. We walked inside and the first room looked like to be a gym of sorts “Well here’s the gym, you might like it considering that you are a part fighting type” he said, “Type? What do you mean?” I asked, “Well all pokemon are classified either as one type or a mix of two and in your case you are a steel/fighting type” Machoke explained, “Steel huh? So I guess the saying ‘Fists of Steel’ aren’t just a saying after all” I said, “Anyway moving on” he said. Machoke walked me through the rest of the dojo and showed me to a bedroom where there were several other pokemon talking to each other when they noticed us.
“Hey Machoke! Who’s the new guy?” one of them asked he looked like Machoke except noticeably larger and also had an extra pair of arms and two toes instead of five like Machoke had, “Oh hey Machamp, hey everyone listen up this is Draco, he’s gonna be staying with us for a while” Machoke announced. Machoke looked at me and said “Draco this is Machamp” pointing at the larger version of Machoke “Gallade” pointing at a pokemon that looked like a gladiator of sorts with blades for arms, “Poliwrath” he said pointing to a large blue pokemon with a large swirl on it’s stomach, “Heracross” pointing to a pokemon that looked like a giant rhinoceros beetle “And Charizard” pointing to a pokemon that looked like a Dragon but had red skin and stood upright. “Can this guy fight?” Charizard asked, “You know we only allow people who can fight to stay here” he added. “Cool it Charizard, he’s only new here unless…” Machoke said then turned to me and said, “You want to?” I thought about it for a second and said “Yeah why not? I haven’t had any decent competition lately,” I said cracking my knuckles “Now we’re talking!” said Charizard.
We walked out to the gym then out to an open field which looked like a mini stadium then me and Charizard went to opposite sides of the stadium while the rest of them went to one of the stands and sat down. Machoke came to the edge of the field and said “All right then this is a one-on-one match between Charizard and Draco, first one to knock the other player out is the winner!” we both braced for battle me not deciding to use my keyblades as Machoke said “Ready? Set? Go!” Charizard rushed at me which I dodged and delivered a powerful kick as Charizard landed hard on the ground as I landed saying “You missed…” in a mocking voice he charged at me again to which I sidestepped and punched him hard sending him flying again this time he almost hit a stand. I looked at him and said “Missed again…” in a mocking voice. “That’s it I’ve had it! Time to heat things up a bit!” Charizard said yelling at me, he readied himself and yelled “Flamethrower!” as a blast of fire came out of his mouth I managed to dodge it just in time “Whoa so the lizard has some fight in him” I commented, “Who are you calling a lizard?” Charizard said blasting with flamethrower again this time hitting my hand. “Ow!” I yelled as I felt my hand burning in pain.
Charizard started laughing at me saying, “What’s the matter? Too hot for you?” I clenched my burned hand and said “All right, playtime’s over!” in a serious voice. I created a portal and dashed through it, all the pokemon even Machoke was stunned to see this, Charizard started frantically looked around the field shouting, “Where are you?” “Behind you…” I said appearing from behind him and delivering a powerful kick that sent him flying upwards as Charizard was shouting “Ahhhhhh!” I jumped up and delivered another kick and as he started flying backwards I yelled “Gelidus Glacies!” to summon my guns but instead dozens of Ice Shards appeared. “Huh?” I said to myself as it happened then Armageddon spoke to me “Hmmm, it would seem that this change has also affected all your weapons except us” it said notably referring to itself and Absolution “Oh well, guess I’ll have to make new moves out of these” I thought to myself. I looked at Charizard who was still dazed and yelled “Icicle storm!” the shards all rushed at Charizard and damaged him considerably, we both landed and looked at each other, me exhausted from the battle and Charizard from the damage I had inflicted, we stared for a few seconds then Charizard fainted. Machoke stared at me for a second then said, “Well uh, the winner is Draco!” he shouted, I stood there relaxed for a second then fainted as well.
I woke up in a bed and everyone was sitting next to my bed looking at me curiously when Gallade asked me “That move, I’ve never seen anything of the like, where’d you learn that?” I looked away with an insecure look on my face, “Uhh Draco is-“ Machoke began to explain when I interrupted by saying “Look Machoke let me explain this, it’s my problem after all”. So once again I explained about the Kingdom Hearts world and also about my keyblades and how I got here, “Well that explains a few things” Charizard commented, “Plus it also explains why you look different from a regular Lucario” Poliwrath added. “Well we need to find a way back,” Armageddon said to me, “Yeah you’re right my friends have probably discovered that I’m missing and are worried sick” I added, “But how are you going to get home?” Machoke asked, “Well, since there are heartless and half-hearts around that must mean that the keyhole hasn’t been sealed or the gate hasn’t been opened yet” I said.
“Keyhole? Gate? Aren’t they the same thing?” Heracross asked, “No” I said “The ‘keyhole’ is the gateway to the heart of this world but the ‘gate’ is different as opening the gate will link this world back to my world” I explained, “Well then why not just find the gate and leave the keyhole alone?” Machamp asked coming into the conversation “I can’t do that” I said bluntly “Why Not? “ he asked, “Because if I don’t seal the keyhole, the heartless will get in and this world will disappear!” I exclaimed. “Disappear?!? We gotta tell the town!” Charizard said in a panic, “No” I said, “We mustn’t let them know because if the get near the heartless, the heartless will take their hearts, or they are even more unlucky get destroyed by the half-hearts” “But how can we defeat them?” Gallade asked, “Well during my travels I have seen people who have been able to defeat heartless and half-hearts without the use of keyblades, so I’m confident that you can all help to save your own world, are you all up to the challenge?” I asked, “Of course we are!” Machoke said confidently, “We’ve never been one to turn down a fight!” Charizard added.
“Right so tomorrow we set out in search of the keyhole and the gate” I said, “There’s a slight problem though” Machoke said, “What’s that? “ I asked. “Well recently there have been a lot of earthquakes and other natural disasters happening lately, and we made a rescue team to help out” Machoke explained “And we can’t exactly walk away from our duties to help can we?” added Machamp. I sat there thinking for a moment “Then how about I join your team?” I suggested, “Join our team?” Machoke asked, “Yeah think about it, if I join your team I can help you by helping other pokemon, and you can help me by looking for the gate and keyhole as we are doing the rescuing” I explained.
“You know that sounds like a good idea” said Charizard, “Yeah we are always looking for new recruits” Poliwrath added, “Then it’s settled,” I said. “By the way what’s your team name?” I asked, “Team name?” Machoke said with a confused look on his face, “Sure if you’re part of a team you have to have a name, it’s like a club” I said they all stood there with blank looks on their faces. “Let me guess, you don’t have one?” I asked “Um no” Machoke said “Then how about Rescue Team Absolution?’ I suggested “Rescue Team Absolution? Hmm has a sort of ring to it” Charizard commented, “I like it” Poliwrath added, “Me too” Heracross also added, “Count me in,” Machamp said, “Don’t forget me!” Gallade added “Machoke?” I asked Machoke thought for a second and said, “All right starting tomorrow we will be known as Rescue Team Absolution!” So after a meal we all went to bed, and I stared out the window wondering what the future holds for me in this new world.
Back in the Kingdom Hearts World…
Xonic and the others met again the next day and Xonic brought Elle along, “Hey Xonic you bringing Elle along too?” Roxas asked, “Yeah he told me what happened and I volunteered to help you find Draco” Elle replied, “All right then are we all ready?” Xonic asked, everyone replied by showing their backpacks full of items, “All right then” Xonic said. They all walked up to my room where the portal was still open, “Okay I’ll go first” Roxas said, he walked up to the portal held his breath and jumped in, Ray jumped in next followed by Elle then as Xonic was about to jump in my sister appeared at the door “Please bring by brother back” she said, “I promise” Xonic replied hugging my sister, then he turned around and dived into the portal and as he jumped in the portal closed.
To Be Continued…