Ok guys my first fanfic and I hope I'm able to write a good one for you guys. Enjoy! Feel free to PM me for anything.

"speech"= talking out loud or conversing

*speech*= thoughts

speech= Pokemon moves

speech= telepathic communication

( )= Song for the Battle "Cantata Morti & God In Fire"

"Good Arceus it's cold as shit today!" I said as I walked down the trail on the snow-covered peaks of Mt. Coronet. "This is what I get for deciding to go exploring. Well what's a Gallade to do?" I couldn't remember how long it has been since I have been living on my own. Since my trainer died, I have been alone to fend for myself. I barely contained a tear from falling from my eye.

In a state of self-deception I promised myself that I wouldn't cry over the old man again. Yet, it seemed so much more difficult as he died so suddenly when I was a Kirlia. "I wonder how my life would of been if I was still with master?...I need to find a home soon."
It has been about 5 years since I've been on my own and I have already traversed all of my homeland of the Hoenn region and now I found myself in the Sinnoh region after I caught a ride on an unaware Salamance. "So this is the Sinnoh region?" *I've been here 3 days and I've seen absolutely nothing but a few Abomasnows and Weaviles. Such the fucking home searching experience I was looking for.* I though sarcastically to myself. "I should probably find somewhere to sleep tonight", I said to myself while sighing.
I walked for about 3 or 4 miles until I spotted a small rock formation that looked like it could protect me from the snowfall for the night. I immediately looked for some twigs to start a fire with (which was not much of a challenge since there were some dead trees nearby). I then rolled the sleeping bag that I usually carried under the formation and started the fire. It felt amazing to finally have some warmth for the first time in 3 days and I took the chance to lay down and savor the heat while I stared across the rocks to the night sky. "I wonder what I'll find in my time here. It's not like I can just go back to Hoenn. Oh well, I should probably rest for tonight." With that I layed my head on a rock a positioned to imitate a pillow and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning I woke up and was welcomed by the sound of a group of Chinglings. The pokemon always used to amuse me back when I explored the Kanto region, yet I always wondered why I never saw them in Hoenn since there were Chimechos present. With a sigh I got up to leave *no time to stop and watch*. Since I saw the Chinglings there should be some vegetation nearby that isn't buried in snow, at least that's what I thought to myself. I soon realized that I was right when I felt it become warmer and a slight smile came to my face because of the the sweet embrace of the heat. "Well this is a welcoming treat. Looks like I'll probably find some food here. The last thing I want to do is hunt." I always hated hunting because it involved me taking the life away from some innocent creature and I always hated to kill in general.
I kept walking until I saw a lake with some berries growing on the shore, needless to say I was overjoyed. I quickly jumped off the cliff I was on and landed in the lake, quickly swimming to the berries. I always loved to swim since it made me feel like I was flying. Such a feeling always helped me relax and forget my troubles.
When I arrived, I quickly gorged myself on the sweet yet still pretty sour berries. I didn't mind, I loved sour food to begin with and I haven't eaten in days. I then took my time to get down on my knees and take a few gulps of the lake water.
I kept drinking until I sensed something was nearby, with my cautious nature, I extended my blades from my elbows. I tried to pinpoint the location of whatever was there and then I heard the nearby bushes shake. I took up my battle stance and waited for whatever was in the bushes to show itself. I waited for a while until I saw an Absol run out of the bush and by the expression of it's face I could tell it was being chased by something. As I watched it run I noticed three more Absols running after the first. *Don't get involved* I thought to myself as I continued to eat but then I heard a scream come from their direction and it sounded like a female. *!* I couldn't stand an assault on a female of any species. So I stopped eating and ran to the direction of the scream. It was in a small clearing in the cliffs opposite to my direction. I looked for the Absols until I heard another scream, but this time is was of a male.
"Oww you little bitch!"
After that I heard another scream from the female. I quickly darted for their direction to see one of the males hitting the way younger female with his claws. A vein started to appear on my head as I saw that and I decided not to play the stealth game.
"Stop! What the hell are you doing to her?" I yelled. When they heard me they turned and glared.
"What's it to you stranger?" said the Absol that hit the female. "We're just trying to have a bit of fun with this one. It's just a game."
"A game! You call that a game? What did she do to deserve that hit?"
"The bitch bit me." As he said that I noticed bloody teeth marks on his leg.
"I can tell she did it to protect herself. It's high time you tell me what you're really doing!" I demanded with the vein getting larger.
"Oh come now, it's none of your concern." he said while laughing.
I took the chance to read his mind and the mind of the female and found out what the males were planning. I quickly became furious and disgusted at the same time. "It is my concern! You were trying to rape the poor girl!"
"Hey it's technically mating season for us Absols."
"She's no older than in her mid teens! How disgusting can you get?"
"Listen, I've just about have had it with you here. Leave now or die by my hands and by my boys' hands."
"NO! This is your last chance to let her go and scatter...because I'm this close to drawing my blades and slicing you in half." I said as I glared at him.

( )

"Enough of this! Boys get 'em!" As he said this the other two Absols charged at me and I quickly used Focus Punch on both of them. One was larger and bulkier than the others and staggered at the blow while the smaller one flew threw the air and hit a nearby rock quickly getting knocked out. The larger one then tried attacking me again and I dodged his attemped Night Slash by jumping to a nearby mountain wall. He charged me again with Night Slash and got his horn stuck on the mountain when I dodged it again. I couldn't help but mock him.

"Ok that mountain is not your eating disorder." I chuckled and it seemed to anger him.
"Trying to get on my nerves are you?"
"Trying? I succeeded!"
"Shut you fucking mouth!" He then jumped into the air above the cliff I was at and charged a Night Slash and tried to divebomb me. As he came closer I just closed my eyes and raised my hand. To everyone's surprise I caught the attack and the Absol with my bare hand. I then opened my eyes and gave them a fiendish smile.
"You have no fucking clue who you're fucking with here, do you?" I said as my smile turned back to a face of rage. I then quickly lowered the Absol to my eye level to deliver a sharp Focus Punch to his stomach making him cough up blood. "What happened to all that bravado?...You're pathetic!" I said as I narrowed my eyes and drew one of my blades and slashed the Dark type, cutting a line through his chest. I didn't kill him but the Focus Punch to the stomach seemed to have finally limited his movement and knocked him out. I quickly turned my attention to the smaller Absol who finally woke up at the rock he lander onto. I quickly stood over him and he stared at me with an expression of fear on his face. I looked straight into his eyes and said, "Tell me was it worth it?"
"What?" he said confused and frightened at the same time.
"Was listening to that guy really worth the pain? Why do you follow him? Does committing these cruel deeds benefit you in any way?"
"I just do what my big brother tells me. Otherwise I suffer the consequences." he said as he lowered his head.
I then turn back to the ring leader and said, "So you're not just a menace to other pokemon but to your own family. You're despicable!" I quickly stopped talking as I felt the younger brother Sucker Punch me.
"I may not have anything to really gain from it but it sure is fun." he said as he charged an attack in his mouth. By the looks of it I could tell that it was Flamethrower. I quickly crossed my arms over my face and chest and he let the thick stream of the inferno loose. "Burn! Burn you fucking peice of shit!" he yelled at me as the flames engulfed me. Soon his expression turn to that of complete disbelief as I dispersed the flames with Psychic and all he could see was my black silhouette among the flames with my blades drawn and crossed with one pointing to the ground and the other to my right. My eyes were now glowing blue because of the Psychic. As the flames died down they could see I have taken no damage and that I was now furious.
"Ok enough games. You guys obviously have no shame. So now I won't hold back and watch things progress. I will kill you and send your vile souls to the Reverse World." I said as I charged dual Psycho Cuts onto my blades.
"I'll love to see you try. You have to get close to me to hit me with those blades." he said as he used Double Team.
"I'm not that kind of Gallade. I can fire my Psycho Cuts." I said as I fired one at the larger Absol who woke up and rose his head. The attack landed in the dead center of his throat. The force of the attack snapping his neck.
"What the hell! You fucking killed him!" the ring leader said as his face went from smug to shocked.
"I told you I was going to kill you, didn't I?"
"What did he do to deserve it?"
"You're kidding right? How do you think I found out about the fact that you were going to rape that female? I read all your minds and went deeper by checking all the evil you have done. So much blood that has been spilled by your hands and the families you destroyed. It's unforgivable and justice has to be served." I said this while raising my blades and firing the second Psycho Cut at the smaller Absol destroying multiple copies caused by the Double Team. I then jumped into the mass of copies and started slashing all the copies, being very careful not to hit the Absol. As I destroyed the last copy, the Absol looked at me and I took the opportunity to Focus Punch him onto the mountain wall. After the blow he coughed up blood and stared at me.
"M..mercy?" he said.
I looked him dead in the eyes and responded, "Sorry fresh out." I then stabbed him in the chest with my right arm's blade and walked away as his life slipped away. "Two down, one bastard left to go."
"You honestly think I'll go down as easily as my brothers? Prepare to be surprised." the leader said before using Quick Attack to tackle me to the ground. He then attempted to pin me down and use Night Slash on me, which I countered with a quick Focus Punch to his gut. I then kicked him off of me and we then circled each other trying to size each other out. He wasn't very large but still a pretty decent sized Absol with his hair spiked to one side and the bit mark on his leg was still bleeding.
"Looks like that girl made quite the mark on you."
"She'll get what's coming to her later. But right now I'll be more worried about what's going to happen to you." he said before laughing at me.
"Want to follow that up and see if you can make me pay?" I said while opening my arms signaling him to try.
"Fight like a warrior and die like a dog! But I have to hand it to you, you survived longer than I expected you to."
He then lunged forward and made me fall to my back but I was able to roll and throw him over my head with my legs. I quickly scrambled to my feet to not leave an opening available for him to exploit. I then fired a Psycho Cut at him but he used a Night Slash to knock it away.
"You're going to be harder to beat than I expected." I said with a smile on my face. "It's been a while since I've had a good fight."
"Are you going to fight or talk?" he said with an annoyed tone in his voice.
"Awww can't I do both?" I said sarcastically.
My last comment seemed to have agitated him to the point that he lost his smug smile. He then said, "I'm going to enjoy this far more than I should." He then used Quick Attack mixed with a Night Slash to hit me in the back. The force of the attack left a slash on my back and made me stagger forward. I turned to face him and he used it again, this time hitting my shoulder. He continued his assault until I was forced onto my knee.
"What did I tell you? I wasn't goint to be as easy as the other two and I will be the one to kill you."
I didn't reply so he decided to Sucker Punch me in the gut, making me hunch over and fall to my hands and knees. After he saw that that I was in the perfect execution position, he lifted his hornblade up to behead me.
"Oh wow. This was easy. I thought you were going to actually put up a fight. You see? Compared to you I'm a demigod. I even have you on your knees before me. Oh well, goodbye you bastard!"
He then brought to blade down towards my neck but it never made it. I was stuck in midair and I lifted my head with my eyes glowing blue. I was using Psychic to immobilize his horn, thus keeping him in place.
"Thought you had me, didn't you? I knew you were going to be harder so I decided to make you think that I was broken a beaten so that I could get the opportunity to attack you back. So yeah, get ready to lose your head." I then used my Psychic to move his head to the level of my blades and was about to slash him until he fired a Flamethrower at me. I had no choice but to release my hold on him and cover myself.
"Ha! Thought you had me didn't you?" He said after he fired the attack at me. "I know you're fine. That attack didn't work on you before, I know it won't work now. So come out of that fireball."
I started to laugh. "You've really figured me out haven't you. But you're actually wrong." I then extinguished the flames with Psychic to show him that I have taken damage from the attack.
"Wow, I actually got you...or is this just another trick?"
"What you don't trust me? Oh how mean." I laughed.
He seemed to have gotten angry. "Ok that's it. Now you die!"
He once again began to use his little Quick Attack/Night Slash combo with my not being able to block them and it bringing me to my knees again. I was left a bloody mess.
"I learned my lesson of getting close to you. I won't make that mistake again." He said while charging a Flamethrower.
I struggled to get to my feet which became harder with a slash that was on my knee that kept bleeding like a motherfucker. "Damn, I don't think I can get up from this one."
"Scared. You're a fucking lamb for the slaughter now."
I remained silent.
"What's wrong? Have nothing cute to say this time?" I just smiled as the Flamethrower was ready to fire. "Goodbye!" he said as he released the attack.
"BIG MISTAKE!" I yelled as I blocked the attack with Psychic and fired a Psycho Cut through the flames. The attack hit him in his face making him fly through the air. As he took off he looked and saw me all of the sudden next to him with my fist glowing. "Thanks for the health!" I said as I hit him dead center in the gut, blowing a hole in his abdomen.
After the hit connected, my wounds closed and all the damage I have taken was gone. The Absol was still alive but unable to fight back after that colossal hit.
"What did you do to me? What was that attack? How were you healed?" he asked in disbelief.
"It's called Drain Punch. I hit you and I get your life energy."
"So this is the end of the line isn't it? S..s...spare me?"
"Warriors should never beg for their lives. Be thankful that you're dying with honor."
"At least tell me your name."
I was confused with the request. "Why would you want to know my name?"
He laughed slightly but stopped due to the pain. "A warrior should always get the name of the one who killed him. It's not like the kill. The name is not a statistic, it's the only thing a warrior can take that reminds them of an honorable death at the hands of the one who bested him or her."
"I see. Well if that's your ideology about it I guess I could humor you. My name is Rick. Simple, short, and clean."
"Rick, hmmm? I'm glad I've had the chance to fight a true warrior."
"Thank you. Good bye and be at peace." I said this as I leaned over him and stuck my blade through his heart and laid him on the floor and closed his eyes.
I took some time to calm myself after the battle. Then I turned to the female Absol who was still laying on the mountain wall. I approached her but she didn't seem frightened.
"Are you alright?" I received no response other than a hug. "Calm down it's all over. They won't bother you again."
"Thank you! I've you haven't come i would of been in big trouble. Sorry for getting you into this." she said in short bursts of breath.
"You drag me into this. I chose to do it. I can't accept to see an assault on others that can't protect themselves. I believe it's a Gallade's curse. What's your name?"
At this point she let go of me and lifted her head and I got a better look at her. She had her hair in a large bang over her red right eye. The bang had a red ribbon wrapped around it. She tried to regain her composure and she finally spoke after a few seconds. "My name is Serenity."
"I'm Rick. I should probably get you back to your parents, kid."
"I don't have my parents with me. They were captured by a trainer when I was a cub. So I've been traveling all of Sinnoh searching for them ever since. I came back to Mt. Coronet to see if they were here again...but I was fooling myself. Then all this shit happened and here we are."
"Well do you have somewhere I can take you where you'll be safe for a while?"
"No. I've been traveling all my life. I've never had a home. Can I ask you something?"
"Sure. What do you want Serenity?"
"Can I join you on your journey?"
"Huh? How did you know I was on a journey?"
"I saw you on the mountain about a day ago and noticed you were saying about a looking for a home. You also mentioned something that told me you don't know your way around the Sinnoh region. I know this region very well. I can help you. Also, I think I'll sleep easier knowing that I have some protection."
I sweatdropped as I heard her say that. I wouldn't mind some company and if what she said was true she could be a valuable asset but she was just so young and might just get in my way. "So you were following me this whole time?"
"No, I just happened to be walking by when I heard you. Then I found you here."
"Well Serenity, I don't know if that's the best idea. You still a kid and I will most likely get into more dangerous circumstances than this. But I don't really like the idea of leaving you alone...so...here's what I'm going to do. I'll take you with me until we reach this place called Veilstone City."
"Why there?"
"Because I have to give this amulet to my late trainer's granddaughter." I said while showing her the amulet. "It was his dying wish and I want to fulfill it. His granddaughter's name is Maylene."
After I said that Serenity looked shocked at what I said. She then spoke.
"I know this region so well and you'll be surprised to learn that you're right that she is in Veilstone City."
"Good but I assume that you know who I'm talking about."
"Yes, she's the gym leader of the city's gym."
"Good, it'll make her easier to find. Where is Veilstone City anyways?"
"It's east of here. It's a couple day's journey and you'll have to go pass this mountain range and through some fields."
"Ok then. We should start moving if we're to get there. Remember, I'm only taking you as far as there. Understood?"
"Loud and clear. I just want the protection and the company."
"Very well then Serenity, lead the way."