Hohoemi no Kage [Devi]

[drake]

The old man sat on the top of his Gyarados' head. His breathing was shallow, and he could feel his entire body tremble with each breath. There was no other feeling in this world than when you could feel your own mortality. Time... he thought, staring at the gray, cloudy sky as rain dropped from above lightly. His Gyarados, too, remained looking at the sky. ...it's somethin' I'm runnin' out of.

On the grass just to the side of him was his Rhyhorn grazing peaceably, content just to spend time with his trainer and the two remaining pokemon on his belt - the Gyarados that had wrapped itself around a rock as to not be swept downriver and down the waterfall, while Themis the Salamence circled around them.

"Gray day, eh?" he asked them, his small laugh turning into a cough. "Good day, though...th'rain 's nice."

[damien]

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[classy=para]devi sat on oskar's back, the fearow gliding through the light rain to the familiar spot where drake tended to dwell. nina was perched on his shoulder, watching the pool of water come closer and closer. the gyarados was a familiar sight to both of them, and devi smiled as he saw his father. "drake!" he called, nina squealing beside him.

they flew lower until oskar was right beside drake, devi jumping off to land beside the man. "it's been a while, drake." devi said fondly, a tone so strange to a man like him. nina squeaked happily, while oskar went off to soar with themis. "how are you doing? i know it's a bit of a surprise visit but i didn't think you'd mind."[/classy]

[drake]

Drake turned his head when he heard his name, his dim black eyes finding the sight of a relatively young fellow upon the back of a bird pokemon. It was one he didn't recognize instantly. Damn.. he thought, shaking his head briefly before trying to focus his eyes upon the light-haired man that landed upon the Gyarados just near him. The bird pokemon flew off to Themis.

The old man's eyes narrow, trying to think. Themis appears to know him, but theres so little register in his mind of who this is that Drake assumes he's imagining things. "Wha's yer name, lad?" Drake grumbles, coughing before speaking more, "An' what brings ye t'Ever Grande in it's state?" It couldn't be anything good.

[[ooc post-EG go]]

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[damien]

[classy=para]devi's eyes widened, and nina stopped squeaking. he took a step back, expression twisting into one of hurt and betrayal. drake was the only one he could trust, or was there no one left? was this even drake? "drake... it's me. your son." he said softly, fist clenching. nina's cheeks sparked, instantly becoming hostile as she sensed the hurt in her trainer.

the rain drenched devi, hair plastered to his face and nearly covering his eyes as he tried to deny what was going on. how could drake forget him? devi was his son. drake was his father.

drake was the only one he could trust

... right?

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[drake]

The expression on the lad confused Drake, but then a feeling of confusion within himself set in. Son? Foggy memories of a beautiful young woman expecting a child were barely discernible in his mind, yet he knew what it meant from the journal he kept in his League room for so many years. Drake shook his head slowly, expression matching the gruff, but apologetic tone of his voice.

"I'm sorry, lad..." The old man murmured, leaning against the strong white fin upon his pokemon's head to pick himself up. "...I don' recall ye...at all." He didn't even know if this boy was telling the truth, but the least the old man could do was humor the statement with his own slight knowledge. "Me only family died years back."

He sighs slightly before letting his eyes narrow when he looks back up to the young man. "Why're ye in Ever Grande? It jus' got wrecked by a battle an' this is all that's left." His voice sinks towards a growl, "Are ye here t'see its ol' Admin go down with it?" He curls his lip, realizing he wouldn't put it past Lux or Nox to see him dead, though he was lenient to Nox and allied with Lux. "Be tha' the case, I won' letcha without a fight."

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[damien]

[classy=para]hurt was the only expression on devi's face now. oskar flew over, quickly diving between drake and devi, using a wing to push devi off the gyarados, before flying underneath and catching him. devi stood, oskar coming up to face the gyarados from higher ground. "i'm your son, drake." devi whispered, all while memories filled his mind from lavender town. his parents being killed, sitting in the police man's office with eyes glaring down at him before being shipped off to this place. the place where drake had raised him, trained him to become a powerful trainer, and now his father had no recollection of him at all.

"i'm your son!" devi screamed, voice drowning out the pitterpatter of rain that was growing stronger, raining down harder. devi let loose a wordless scream, fingers tangling into his hair and grasping at his head. his entire world broke into pieces one by one, shards of glass dropping into a crystalline pool with the rest of his humanity. drake forgot him.

there was nothing left for him.

oskar reared up, ready to fight as drake's lip curled, a threatening position as nina jumped onto the fearow's head, ready to attack. devi didn't move, eyes wide with unspoken horrors. all his worst nightmares were coming true. there was no one in this world for him to trust, no one for him to love, no one to love him.

( i'm sorry devi, but i can't love you anymore.

but... lily, i've loved you for so long.

i know devi but... we weren't meant to be. )

he had painted her bloody corpse for months. [/classy]

[drake]

Drake tensed when he heard the boy's voice over the rain. There had been sudden movement of his pokemon as it dove between the two of them. Drake backed up, his weight shifting unevenly to stay off of his leg. Themis growled as the pokemon with the younger trainer appeared ready to attack on the instant.

"Themis...!" Drake called over the pouring rain, the Salamence coming up beside him, a vicious growl sounding in her throat as she readied herself to attack. The Gyarados beneath him turned as well, its gaping jaws turned and brought level with the bird pokemon as it released a deep roar of its own. "...Chronos!" He curves over, clinging to the fin upon his Gyarados' head as not to fall with the sudden movement.

"I've given ye me warnin, boy." Drake said, his breaking voice lost in the sound of rain and his own coughs. "Bu' Ever Grande has seen enough destruct'n an' I'll be drivin' ye out meself!"

He raises his voice to command his pokemon. "Themis, m'love, Flamethrower!"

The dragon roared and drew her head back before extending her neck forward, an immense pillar of flame bursting from her jaws and straight through the rain towards the boy on his pokemon.

[damien]

[classy=para]oskar reacted before devi could, flying farther away and spiralling upward. devi was still, gasping for air as he clung to the fearow as it rocketed up. "nina." devi whispered, capturing the attention of his minun. there was no hesitation when he spoke, eyes burning as he glared upward at the sky, cursing his existance, and condemning himself to hell without a care.

"thunder."

the minun waited until the fearow stopped, before diving back downward. the minun jumped so as to not affect the fearow, and electricity sparked at her cheeks. nina's body exploded with crackling blue energy, a massive bolt sent up into the sky. the rain was a torrential downpour now, the pool of water rushing down the waterfall faster and faster. a rumble echoed in the clouds, before a gigantic bolt of lightning rocketed straight towards drake and the gyarados.

devi held his breath as oskar continued shooting downward, getting lower so as to be at less risk for lightning to strike him. he watched as more bolts of lightning poured down, setting fire to the grass and aimed for anything, everything in the raging storm. [/classy]

[drake]

It happened in a flash. Blue lightning surrounded the tiny electric-type that leapt from the fearow before striking from the clouded heavens to the crown of the massive Gyarados' head. The tall white fin that towered above Drake drew the electric attack straight to its target. There was very little that Drake could do to prevent what happened next. The sensation was electrifying, the sensation that exploded throughout his whole body. Every nerve ending within his body was on fire and he felt blood spurt from his nose, mouth, eyes, and ears before he saw nothing more.

The Gyarados' body lit up like a crackling blue fire, engulfing the trainer within the electrocuting flair. The pokemon roared, an unearthly sound closer to a scream than any roar a Gyarados could produce. The pokemon's body went limp and waved in a near-circular motion, sending the old man flying from its head and into the overflowing waters below.

The Gyarados, too, collapsed into the rushing stream, fallen dead. Water rushed upward in a surge, crackling with the lightning that struck the ground, unable to tame the flames that licked upward on the dry grass. The Rhyhorn from below yelped as a surge of water pulled it under the waves, its heavy body sinking like a rock.

Drake struck the water and felt his neck break with the force. The last sensation he was aware of was the water pulling him away as he thought, A seaman dies with the waves. His mind faded from his old body at last.

Drake, of the Hoenn Elite Four, had perished.

Now you lay in the water's grasp
trailing down the current fast.
It's pull on your life will be the last you know
And forever will your body flow
Through the waves you sailed so eager like the wind to blow
Your time on earth is past and now, may forever rest your soul.

[[ooc drake, gyarados, and rhyhorn dead. I have yet to decide what to do with the WEP]]

[damien]

[classy=para]devi watched with wide eyes, filled with horror and an emotion he couldn't quite describe. it was foreign to him, this burning ache rushing through his bones as he watched drake beginning to fall. devi barely had time to react.

he acted without thinking, without breathing. devi launched himself off oskar, ignoring the bird's squawk of panic, rushing with gravity through the air, following the path of the rain into the rushing waterfall. his hands reached out, grasping drake's coat with a vice grip, pulling himself and wrapping his arms around the old man.

as they fell down the seemingly endless waterfall, devi closed his eyes, grip tight around the old man who no longer remembered him. memories flooded through his mind, the cliche life flashing before your eyes. he remembered nothing but being hated, before drake was the only one to accept him. devi whispered one final thing before they struck the water, a single tear falling from his eye. one final phrase for the final man to ever matter in his life.

"daddy."

"who are you?"

"you're my new daddy?"

"no one loves me, daddy."

"you'll always love me, right daddy?"

"drake, you're the most important person in my life."



"... daddy?"[/classy]