8 Reflection
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"Dad?"
"yes?"
"can I become a trainer like you?"
"of course you can son... I will chose you the best ones "
"Yay!"
why didn't you chose Alex...
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my eyes suddenly feel interrupted when a light strikes my eyes so suddenly, I open my eyes to see the blaring sun above me. then I rise my self up to see my surroundings, didn't even use a sleeping bag... I'm lucky that I didn't get sick, then I noticed that my electric lantern is turned off?
fear and worry starts to rise in me as there are many questions rising, I quickly rushed up to the tent and open it...
They're gone...
where could they have gone to!?
Rustle
the bush behind me rustles... I turned around to anticipated the Attack of the unknown.
"HI!!!" Lucario shouted hello.
"AAGGHHH!!!" I screamed as I fall on my behind... ouch...
"Justin!" Gallade came behind Lucario, bringing a basket on his arm
"I-I'm fine..." I stuttered by the pain.
"I-I'm sorry" Lucario apologize, looking away with guilt on his eyes
"it's alright Lucario... you just surprised me," I said as I got up grunting.
"we're Sorry... we're just collecting some food while you're asleep" Gallade said as he showed us the basket stocked with berries.
"yeah-yeah... ouch..." I said holding my butt...
"sorry" Gallade said in a depressed tone...
"it's okay guys, I know your intention is not to hurt me... let's just go and eat okay?"
Gallade shakes it off and nods,
"Yeah!" Lucario cheered as he bites an oran berry. I chuckled a bit and start eating the berries that my friends have found.
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"do you think we've lost them?" Gallade ask
"I think so... we should better keep our guard, we might never know when they will make an appearance again" I said keeping my eye on my surroundings. then I our next locale that we need to past through... the mirror cave...
"are you sure that is our only way?" Gallade ask unsure, hoping to avoid any trouble
"yeah... you want us to go back then?" I added something that he can't deny
"alright" he said, sighing in defeat
"it seems fun! let's go!" Lucario said patting my back then went in the cave first.
"W-Wait! Lucario!" I shouted as I run in to catch him up
Gallade only sigh again as he follows me into the cave.
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the Cave is somehow bright? maybe because of the reflection of the mirror crystals... man it's beautiful here...
"this place is confusing... are you sure we won't get lost?" Gallade said
"don't jinxed it" I kinda Joked
"sorry..."
"hey! is that us?" Lucario said pointing at something.
"huh?" I looked at where he is pointing at... maybe just a reflection...
...
it's us... but I have a black hoodie? and the Lucario looks mad? who are they?
they seemed to be walking somewhere...
the Gallade noticed us
"G-Gallade! Gallade!" it Whimpers at the person with the black hoodie and point's it's paw at us while tugging him.
"What?! don-" the guy in black looked at us... his eyes are dark... he reminds me-
"Hey! Who are you!" the guy roared at us, his voice is raspier than mine!
"U-Uh..." I'm at disbelief... unable to say anything... he looks exactly like me!
"Are you one of those copycat's again?!" he blared out
"G-Gallade!" his Gallade tries to stop him from walking towards me.
"get behind me..." My Gallade said defensively as he stood in front of me, protecting me from our duplicates...
"who are they?" Lucario asked behind me
"I-I don't know..." still stuttering...
his Lucario growls very aggressively from afar... it scares me...
"Stay Back!" Gallade shouted at them, this is very tense...
"you're yelling at me?!" the guy yelled and started storming towards us! my Gallade growled at them as they come closer, their Gallade is trying to pull his trainer away from us, but being dragged instead.
"W-Wait! stop! we can talk this out!" I said with fear trembling out of my lungs.
"shut up you impos-"
the guy cuts out as suddenly a huge smoke cloud hits the ground right in between us! I choked a bit by the smoke and started running towards the oppisite of them to get away from the smoke, I kept running and running till my eyes are clear and easy to breathe... I pant a bit after the run, then quickly turn around to see my friends right behind me...
"whoa... what just happened?" I said to them in disbelief...
...
they're quiet? why are they-
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crap...
"y-you guys aren't mine... right?" I asked the Lucario and Gallade...
...
they didn't reply...
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well... the Lucario punched me...
yeah...
not gonna lie... it doesn't even hurt, even though I mostly hurt myself by falling down instead. jeez, my butt still hurts. so we are walking together now, even though Lucario tries to get away from me, the Gallade kept pulling him back... fun to watch not gonna lie. even if I do want to talk to them... it's just almost impossible to reply... all I can hear are just some growling from the Lucario, and a gibberish amount of "Gallade" from him... man... I missed my actual friends...
I still don't get it... who are they? where are they from? some sort of mirror world? it's not possible... is it?
...
it is, isn't it...
"hey... do you have a nickname?" I said to the timid Gallade, it only nods...
yup... I'm right.
they are from the mirror world... great.
"so why are you guys here?" I said... and I regret it...
the Gallade tries to explain by talking... and it does nothing... now I feel bad... he talks so much...
...
the Lucario only kept on looking at me... I'm scared...
"sorry... I can't understand you Gallade..." I said with sweat dropping...
the Gallade sigh as he continues to walk near me to search for his trainer... is he even a trainer? because I'm not...
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after a while... none... there are no sign off my friends... where are they? are they safe? did the other version of me took them away?! No! I can't lose them!
"Hey!" a shout of a teenager heard echoing through the caves, I froze a bit because of the challenging tone... with courage I turned around to see the one who called me, the teen is wearing a white suit, with a mask covering his identity... it has the same style as the black-suited gang that stalked us!?
"Bring us back that Lucario, now!" the kid demanded. I was shocked by his shout, till I noticed that the Lucario beside me is staring at it and growls at it... his expression is very-very scary... it even made my spine chill...
"G-Gallade!" the Gallade shouted at the kid as it stands in front of me.
"Shut up you-"
"RRAAAAAGGGHH!!!" The Lucario roared and cuts the teen off...
scary...
"Fine then! slowpoke, come out!" The teen yelled as he picked up his pokeball and releases a Slowpoke! that thing is effective against Lucario!
Suddenly an Aura sphere passed through me and hits the Slowpoke! But it doesn't seem to take any damage!
"Slowpoke! Throw him with Psychic!" He Yelled as i see Lucario suddenly trapped by the psychic off the Slowpoke!
"POKE!" the slowpoke roared as he throws Lucario to a mirror wall! The impact is hard enough to even crack it! Lucario then crahes too the ground... and not moving!
"Gallade!" He Shouted as he dashed towards the slowpoke. Without any words i run towards the fainted Lucario! I kneeled beside him to check, until i heard something behind me, i was forced to turn around because of the loud sounds that concern me... turned around to see that Gallade is fighting against the slowpoke!
Gallade used night slash at the slowpoke! it manages to knock the slowpoke out with only one hit!
"Damn it!" he cursed as he returns the Slowpoke, Gallade only looks at the trainer with little fear...
"I'm prepared for you this time!" he shouted as he picks up another Pokeball and releases a Haunter! Gallade is weak against ghost!
"Haunter! Shadow punch!" he shouted, the Haunter then rushes towards Gallade and his claw suddenly glows darker!
"Ga-" Gallade freezes by the sudden rush and get's punched on his Chest!
"GAAH!!!" he cries as he was launched towards a boulder! the land is hard enough that the boulder behind him cracked!
No!!!
"Alright, time to finish you this time!" the Teen Roared. "use Shadow punch again!" he yelled as the Haunter flies up and Dives at him with anothe Shadow punch Ready!
Gallade tries to crawl away but he groaned in pain as his hurt! he can't get away!!!
...
I can't just stand here...
...
i...
must...
SAVE HIM!
with my instinct I dashed towards the Scene, I quickly clicked open my second pokeball, the pokeball with a sword sticker... a Ray suddenly appears in front of me as it form a sword and a shield... I Grabbed to sword with my left hand and caught the shield with my right. A purple cloth suddenly wraps around my left arm as I slide in front of the Gallade, I Quickly face my shield towards the Haunter diving and quickly, a transparent hexagon screen was formed in front of me...
The Haunter then punched the Screen! I feel the recoil as I kept my position. the Haunter then bounced off the Screen and landed right in front of the Teen!
"what the- is that an Aegislash?!" He stuttered by the view...
heh...
guess there is the time that I use him like this...
"Aegi-Aegi..." Aegislash said on my left hand as I nodded to him.
I looked at Gallade and Lucario... seeing them hurt... Hurts me...
"You dare to take and hurt my friends? I'll Make you regret it!!!" I Roared in Rage as I dashed towards him with the assist of Aegislash.
I'll slice this Teen!!!
"AAHHH!!! Haunter use shadow ball! Quick!" he desperately ordered as the Haunter with it's scared expression, it Launches a Shadow ball directly at me. I kept running forward as I point Aegislash shield towards it, and blocked it with "Kings shield". I didn't lose momentum...
with the momentum I quicklt positioned Aegislash sword behind me and ready to slash that Haunter! with a flow off movement the edge turns dark as it has a night slash effect. I swing the Sword edge at the Haunter! hitting it and Launched it Towards the Teen!
"Ohh s-" before he could curse, the Haunter lands on him, Flying them straight towards a Mirror wall! but instead off crashing into it... they went straight through it!
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it's over...
I pant a bit as I release Aegislash from my hands...
"Aegislash?" Aegislash said as he returned his shield and looks at me with concern as I try to regain my breath...
"Yeah... it's been a while since I-" I cut as I suddenly remembered...
Lucario!
I quickly turned around and runs towards the Lucario.
"Aegi!" Aegislash shouted behind me.
"Go help Gallade!" I yelled as I picked up the Lucario... Aegislash nods and Quickly flies towards the Gallade...
he's not moving...
I quickly check my bag for a revive shard... Found it! I quickly give it to Lucario! as it suddenly turns into dust and heals his wound on his Head!
...
come on... wak-
Whack!
A blue paw was Punched my face, I stumbled backward by the punch...
"ACK!!!" I screamed a bit... did I just got punched?
I did... but it didn't hurt?
after wiping my face while still sitting at the ground, I then Lucario Panting at the ground... looks like the effect is not that big...
"Aegi..." Aegislash said in a worried tone as he help Gallade walks towards me... the wound on his Chest seems like it hurts...
"Ga- Gallade..." The Gallade hardly speaks as he kept almost falling.
"Are you okay?" I said asking if he needs any help, The Gallade only nods... saying that it doesn't need any medical help...
"Justin!" A familiar voice is heard from the distance...
is that Lucario?
My Lucario?!
I stand up and looked to my right to see My Lucario waving at me with the Black hoodie guy standing beside him, and My Gallade running towards me!
"Ah! Galla-" I cut off as My Gallade hugs me tightly...
ouch...
"I-I thought we lost you!" My Gallade cried a bit...
"okay-okay... can you let go? your spike is... stabbing me..." i said weakly as I felt the concentrated pressure on my chest...
"S-Sorry!" He quickly let's go off me, I can see a tear on his eyes...
"it's alright..." I said as I looked at the other version of me...
he looks like my Dad... only with a different face... and tall as me... he looks at me with a Stern expression...
"Tell me... what happened here?" he said Rudely
"uh..." my mind went blank and scared by his words...
"who are you?" My Lucario said to Aegislash...
"..." Aegislash only falls silent when he looked at him...
I decided to turn my attention to them.
"Lucario! this is Aegislash! one of my old friends!" I said with a smile, Aegislash then bows to Lucario.
"it's nice to see you" Aegislash said with a calming and smooth tone...
"it's been a while since I see you, friend..." My Gallade said to Aegislash in a relaxed tone
"It's been a while as well to see you..." Aegislash gives a happy expression to My Gallade...
The other Lucario then Growled at the guy... this Lucario have issues...
"HEY!" the guy rudely interrupts our reunion...
"You know where's the portal at?" he added...
"y-yeah... it's over there" I said as I pointed my fingers towards the Mirror wall that the Teen went through...
"alright... hey! let's go!" the kid yelled at his Gallade, it nods and limps his way to follow him... is he fine? while his Lucario only looks at me for a while with a different expression... a sad expression? The Lucario then follows the guy as well...
we only just stand there and stayed silent... looking at them entering the portal and leave this world...
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they did enter...
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"Should we continue our journey?" Aegislash suddenly suggested
"Yeah!" Lucario happily replied.
Gallade sigh beside me...
"what just happened?" he said in disbelief and confused...
"not sure..." I said with my mind blank as well...
"alright... time for you to return" I said looking at Aegislash, he Nods and Agrees to return. i opened his pokeball and return him to it...
"aw... can't I talk to him?" Lucario ask innocently
"later when we have a place to rest" I said with a Proud smile
"Yay!" he said happily as he jumped a bit and quickly walks towards the exit of the cave, seen not far from here, I chuckled a bit at him...
he's cute...
"Justin... does he remind you o-"
"yeah... let's not talk about it..." I said with a serious tone to stop Gallade from continuing...
"Y-yeah..." Gallade tone seemed intimidated and scared...
sorry...
"so... how is he?" I asked Gallade.
"..." he went silent for a while... I don't like it...
"He's like your father... but worse... he threatened us to leave him... but Lucario somehow talked to him and let us be together with him... I-" Gallade paw started shaking...
"I-I H-Hate him..." I can see his eyes is filled with fear...
I looked at him with concern...
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"It's okay Gallade..." I said as I pat his back.
"..." Gallade only falls silent again, looking at the ground...
"Are you okay?" Lucario suddenly appeared in front of Gallade, asking...
"I-I'm fine..." Gallade said... his hand still shaking...
Lucario looked at Gallade worriedly...
even I do...
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then something shocked me...
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Lucario suddenly hugs Gallade... with being mindful about the spike on his chest...
"w-what?" Gallade stuttered in disbelief...
"It's okay... I know he hurt you..." Lucario said on him...
"L-Lucario..."
"He's not here to hurt you anymore, let's continue our journey happily okay?" Lucario said with a smile that warms my heart...
"..." Gallade falls silent...
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"Thank you..." He said as his hands stopped shaking... it... worked?
"your welcome!" Lucario happily replied as he let's go of Gallade
"wow..." I said, surprised...
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I feel like he needs a gift... for helping Gallade.
"Lucario?" I asked him
"yeah?" Lucario looks at me curiously
"let's get to the city... I'll buy you a pokepuff!" I said with a big proud smile.
"Really?!"
"Of course, let's say that this is a gift for you"
"Yay!" He cheered happily...
that smile will always cheer me up...
... I see the light from the cave... the exit...
"there it is! Come one guys! let's go!" Lucario said as he runs towards the exit.
"alright" Gallade smiles as he follows Lucario
"Hey Guys! wait for me!" I shouted happily as I follow them...
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I feel that our future will be bright...
alright! let's get to the next city and win our Future!!!
