Stubborn

After my friends turned around to run towards Prism Tower, I channelled my Enhancement Aura and leapt into the air, landing on one of the buildings in the surroundings.

As soon as I landed, two bursts of energy left my bag, forming into Luca and Luci. They stood at my side as we waited for our guests to arrive.

We didn't have to wait long as the duo suddenly landed around 15 meters in front of me.

We stood silent and still, staring at each other, gauging each other's intentions as the tension seemed to build.

"Mr Meyer," I finally said.

"Kai." He replied.

"Is there something I can help you with?"

"What are your intentions with my children." He asked; his voice was steady, but his eyes were burning.

"Nothing. They are my new friends I've made while in Kalos."

"Bullshit! You Mochizuki Clan don't make friends! Now tell me! What do you plan to do with my Children!"

"It is your choice whether you want to believe me or not. I've said nothing but the truth. Clemont and Bonnie are merely friends I've made on my trip here. They have nothing to do wi-"

"Don't you dare say their names, you Bastard!" Meyer roared as he and Blaziken charged at me.

"Haaaa…. Luca, Luci, go easy." I sighed and ordered.

They activated their Aura Enhancements with a nod and burst towards the oncoming Blaziken, working in tandem to incapacitate it.

Meyer finally arrived before me, swinging his fist with full force directly at my face.

Raising my hand, I channelled my enhancement and caught his fist.

"Seriously…? If you know who I am and the family I come from, why on earth would you think I would be targeting your children?! What purpose would there be to target a fourteen-year-old boy and his eight-year-old sister?!"

"You all probably figured out my identity! You want to hold my children hostage to get at me!"

Hearing his words, I deadpanned. I honestly couldn't believe the bullshit coming out of his mouth.

Meyer then spun around, attempting to deliver a round-house kick to my head.

I ducked under his passing leg, leaping backwards into a flip, landing on my hands and pushing myself back further to land on my feet.

"Meyer, if my family wanted you gone, they wouldn't need to go through your kids to do that."

"Hmmph, you just want to use them to control me!" He said, leaping forward as he let loose a barrage of punches and kicks, each of which I either blocked or dodged. All the while, I continued trying to reason with him.

"I don't mean to be rude, but you think way too highly of yourself. Sure, maybe you used to be part of the security detail for one of our rival families in the past, but you've retired. Over the years, the most you've done during your stint as a vigilante is dealt with petty thievery, busted a few minor criminal rings, and maybe saved a Meowth or two from a tree! So why the hell would my family have any interest in controlling you?!"

"Because that's what you Mochizuki do! You're control-freaks! Whatever doesn't go according to your whore of a Mother's plans needs to either be leashed or snuffed out!" Meyer screamed as he threw a right hook.

As soon as I heard what Meyer had called my Mother, my mind blanked.

While I always disagreed with my Mother on many things, the one thing that always stuck with me was how much she loved and cared for my Father and this family.

My Father had married into the family, even after discovering my Mother's family secrets. However, he never judged her and looked past all of that to see the lonely woman that my Mother was.

Because of that, my Mother was extraordinarily doting and loving to him and the family they'd created together. She may put on a cold front, but she hated that she had to put her children in danger due to the family responsibility of being Aura Guardians.

I knew that behind that facade of indifference, she was a worrying mother who did everything in her power to secure our safety, hence the control-freak tendencies.

After all, it was her carelessness that led to some of our enemies getting to my Father…

She'd grieved so hard after his loss. In fact, she still suffers to this day, though she tries her best to hide it. She loved my Father. She would never love another.

For Meyer to insinuate that she'd, in any instance, been unfaithful towards my Father and the marriage they shared, something inside me snapped.

Ducking under his right hook, I channelled my Aura Enhancement to the max, my ADA bursting forth in full force, forming my demonic-looking transparent armour, as I swung my left arm as fast as possible, digging my armoured fist under his ribs and impacting his liver.

I didn't even feel any resistance… The force of my fist allowed me to penetrate through his body and out the other side, obliterating his liver.

However, in the split second it took for my hand to pass cleanly through the front of his body, I snapped back to my senses, still fuming but feeling overwhelming guilt and shock at what I was doing to my friends Father… I was about to leave Clemont and Bonnie as orphans….

As my hand was halfway through his body, my aura channelled directly into him, shielding the surrounding organs and the rest of his body to mitigate the damage and block the resulting shockwave explosion of my blow that would've turned his entire body into literal blood mist.

Thus, my hand finally passed all the way through as my enhanced senses ended, speeding up my perception of time once again.

There was silence for a moment before,

"BLAZIKEN!!!!!!!"

Blaziken cried out, seeing the state of his Master. He tried to rush towards Meyer and me, but Luca and Luci were on him, delivering blow after blow.

Meyer's eyes were wide open. He heard Blaziken's cry, wondering what was happening. However, it finally hit him.

Feeling the intense pain radiating from his body, he looked down, only to see my arm pierced through his body down to the elbow. He coughed as blood poured from his mouth.

His life began to flash before his eyes, images of Clemont and Bonnie constantly replaying, causing him to realise he would be leaving them alone in this world. Tears of regret poured down his cheeks as everything was growing dark.

He turned his head to look up at me, only to see my shocked expression as my eyes were displaying my regret and guilt.

Finally, he understood that I'd lost myself in my anger. In his last moments of consciousness, he replayed all I had done during his attacks versus the state I'd currently left him in, realising that I'd been holding back this entire time and I had likely been telling the truth.

Regret once more clouded his mind at his rash decisions, the last image he saw being Clemont and Bonnie before he passed out.

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Lowering Meyer's body to the ground as gently as I could, my mind spun, trying to figure out how I would save him.

Everything around me slowed down as my mind crunched away at different outcomes, overcoming my shock. Thus, a plan immediately formed in my mind.

"Aurora!" I cried out.

Aurora burst out of her Pokéball, appearing beside me.

"[Heal Pulse], quickly!"

She nodded before channelling her [Psychic] energies directly into Meyer.

As the first pulse passed through us, I could feel Meyer's wound trying to close around my arm that I'd left in to stop him from bleeding out. Thus, I slowly started pulling it out of him, watching as the surrounding flesh began to regenerate at a rapid pace.

As I slowly pulled away, I praised my lucky stars for my quick thinking and that only his liver was destroyed. It was one of the only organs within the human body that could inherently grow back; thus, [Heal Pulse] was accelerating that natural process, allowing me to pull my arm out entirely as I watched it happen.

After Aurora had used six consecutive [Heal Pulse]'s, Meyer's wound had completely closed, leaving a rather nasty scar in its place. Nevertheless, he was completely healed and back to 100% as the healing Move had also replenished any lost blood.

With a sigh of relief, I looked over to see Luca and Luci approaching. They had knocked out Blaziken and were dragging him over by his legs, with the left leg held by Luca and the right held by Luci.

They tossed Blaziken by Meyer's side rather roughly before standing next to me, nodding at Aurora when they arrived at our side.

"Thank you, you three… Especially you, Aurora. You got me out of a mess I'd made once again."

Aurora shook her head, kneeling down and hugging me from the side and rubbing her cheek against mine.

"Haaa… Well, let's just wait here till he wakes up. Shouldn't be too long."

With a nod, Luca, Luci, and Aurora disappeared in a burst of energy, returning to their Pokéballs.

I just sat down, leaning my back against the ledge on the roof we were on and closed my eyes.

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Around an hour and a half had passed before I finally noticed movement from Meyer.

Looking over, I noticed him slowly waking up. Then, finally, he opened his eyes, staring dazedly at the sky above.

However, he suddenly jolted into a seated position, looking around in a panic, before finally having his eyes land on me.

Staring at me, looking at him with a neutral expression, he looked down at himself, seeing his bloodsoaked costume, wondering if he was dead.

He lifted his top, only to catch sight of the gnarly scar on his side. He lifted his top further, turning around to see the exit scarring on his back.

With a sigh, he lowered his top before looking back at me, only to notice that Blaziken was unconscious next to him.

He was about to rush forward, but I said,

"Calm down. He's merely unconscious. Nothing a trip to the Pokémon Center won't fix."

Meyer turned to look back at me before releasing another sigh.

"So, you spared me." He said.

"I guess you can see it that way. I didn't do it for you, though."

Looking into my eyes, understanding flashed across his.

"Clemont and Bonnie, huh…."

"Mm. I couldn't bear to hurt them like that. They don't deserve to lose their Father over his stupid decisions and my lapse in control over my emotions."

"Heh… Stupid decisions, huh? I guess it was pretty stupid of me to challenge a member of the Mochizuki Clan. Not to mention what I said about your Mother."

Hearing his words, my eyes grew sharp again, which he noticed.

"Sorry about that…."

I simply closed my eyes at his apology.

Silence followed for a few seconds before,

"So, what now?" He asked.

Opening my eyes, I stared at him incredulously.

"What the fuck do you mean 'what now'? You were the one who called me here; you were the one not listening to my words; you were the one to start attacking me despite what I'd said. So I should be asking you what now!"

Hearing what I had to say, Meyer winced slightly.

Scratching the back of his head awkwardly, he said,

"I guess we just go our separate ways and forget this happened…."

"Jesus fucking Christ… What a waste of time and energy this was." I said before standing up and walking to the edge of the building. As I was about to leap away, I heard,

"Kai…."

"What?"

"Whatever it is… please, just leave Clemont and Bonnie out of it… they're just kids…."

"Haaaa… As I said, I'm just here in Kalos on a trip, Meyer. It's my freaking vacation. I just happened to meet Clemont and Bonnie and became friends with them. Even if I were on a mission, I would never involve civilians."

With that, I leapt away, disappearing from Meyer's view.

"Haaa…" Meyer sighed before climbing to his feet, picking up Blaziken over his shoulder, and running home.

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