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Shadows of Aura Chapter 8

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Pokémon Shadows of Aura
Chapter 8: First Battle

A strong gust of wind pierced the line of trees causing them to rustle. Henry glared at Empoleon as he did the same. Both were poised to strike at any given second. "What do you recommend Dalius

"Empoleon use Bubblebeam!" ordered the trainer. Empolean squawked loudly as his beak began to glow a light blue color. A moment later, Empoleon opened his beak as a stream of bubbles hurtled toward Henry.

Both Henry and Jared knew they didn't have much time to act. They had to quickly come up with a counterattack. "Dive and use Aura Sphere!!" barked Jared. Henry sprinted toward the stream of bubbles. At the very last opportune second, Henry leapt forward into a dive as the bubbles narrowly grazed him. Leah's fur stood on end witnessing this. That was daringly close as the stream of bubbles passed him hitting into the nearby trees. Henry rolled forward while charging his attack with one of his paws. He managed to roll himself to where he could use the front of his feet to propel himself at astonishing speed toward Empoleon. While still charging him, Henry was able to charge the glowing blue orb with one of his paws.

Henry let out an intimidating roar as he fired off his attack. Henry's attack hit Empoleon square in the chest, causing him to stumble back a few inches. Jared saw this as a chance for Henry to truly take the upper hand. "Now Henry! Force Palm!!" he roared. Henry stuck his paw forward, he already knew he was in range for this attack. Henry fired off an enormous blue burst of energy which completely engulfed Empoleon.

Much to everyone's surprise however, Empoleon let out an enraged squawk, bursting through Henry's attack. Henry felt himself jump out of his fur. He couldn't believe Empoleon would've been able to withstand such an attack despite him having the type advantage. Henry crossed his arms, bracing himself for Empoleon's attack. Empoleon ferociously squawked as he used one of his flippers to aggressively knock Henry back. The force from his attack knocked Henry off his feet as he shortly thereafter crashed onto the ground.
"Henry!" Leah gasped.

"I'm alright Leah!" he said before getting back onto his feet. A cocky grin grew on his face letting out a very amused chuckle. He couldn't believe it at first, but he was having the time of his life. He was actually enjoying this!

The trainer let out an amused chuckle, "So you want some more huh!!?" he scoffed. Jared only growled in response. "Very good Empoleon! Now use bubbleam again!" Empoleon squawked in response as his beak glowed a light blue color once more.

Henry glared at the large bird Pokémon as it fired off a trail of highly pressurized bubbles. Henry knew he'd have to make his counterattack shortly. All he needed were Jared's orders. "Henry dodge!"

"That's the plan Sherlock...." Henry said to himself sarcastically. Henry quickly dove, rolling out of the way of Empoleon's attack. Henry quickly got back to his feet, awaiting Jared's next order.

"Now counterattack with Extreme Speed and Bone Rush!!" Jared barked.

A smug smile grew on Henry's muzzle. He finally got the opportunity to put everything he knew to good use. Henry placed his paws together but quickly spread them apart as a glowing green staff shaped like a bone formed in his paws. He held the staff to his side and charged Empoleon while letting out a battle cry that shook everyone including Leah and Jared to their cores.

The trainer let out a terrified scream."EMPOLEON USE HYDRO PUMP!!!!" He yelped. Empoleon screeched before firing off a powerful jet of water from his beak.

Despite seeing the immense stream of water speeding toward him Henry kept his wits about him. He still charged the large bird Pokémon as the cool breeze rushed past him. To avoid Empoleon's attack, Henry used his powerful muscular legs to leap high off the ground. Both Leah and Jared gasped at this astonishing sight. To be able to do that this early on in training was an amazing feet. As Henry began the staff, he rose his staff over his head holding it with both paws. He was going to deliver a powerful vertical blow to Empoleon.

Unfortunately for Empoleon, he had to wait a few seconds before the water pressure he built up died down. As of this moment, he was nothing more than a fixed heavy cannon. Unable to move and only good while firing. Henry roared as he closed in on Empoleon. When finally in range, Henry swung his staff forward delivering a powerful and very painful blow to Empoleon's shoulder. Empoleon roared in pain feeling as if flipper was going to fall off.

Henry continued his string of attack by landing in front of the stunned Empoleon. He thrust his staff forward jabbing Empoleon in the gut. Empoleon bent forward from the severe pain brought on from Henry's attack however, Henry wasn't done. Henry retracted the staff in order to continue his devastating combo. By this point, Empoleon was doomed and Henry knew it. While still gripping the staff Henry used his front paw to push up while his paw in the back pushed down causing the back end of his staff to perform a vertical sweep. The back of Henry's staff hit the large blue bird in the chin forcing his head upward into a vulnerable position.

Leah's jaw hit the ground. She couldn't believe Henry was performing as well as he was. Only a month has passed and yet Henry was kicking some serious ass. Unrelenting in his assault, Henry, shifted his paws to grip the staff like a baseball bat. He then swung the staff as if aiming to hit a baseball. The staff pierced the air around it as thrust toward the large blue bird. The staff the side of Empoleon's jaw line followed by a loud cracking sound. Empoleon was knocked off he feet as he plummeted to the ground barely keeping conscious.

The trainer's jaw hit the floor. He couldn't believe that his Empoleon was beaten so easily. "H-how did this happen!?" he stammered. He watched as the large penguin laid there taking in large inhales followed by loud and long exhales. He pulled out Empoleon's Pokéball. "Empoleon return!" he called out.

Henry stood there panting heavily through a mix of shock and joy. He won he thought to himself. A satisfied grin played on his face. He won his first official battle!

"Alright way to go Henry!!!" cheered Jared. "You totally wiped the floor with that Empoleon!" He walked up to Henry giving him a pat on the back. "Looks like Leah DID teach you something through all that meditating!"

Henry gave an uneased chuckle. "Yeah I guess so....." he said disquietly. He wasn't too troubled by the fact that he managed to win, however he was still quite surprised by it. He turned his attention over to Leah, her yellow fur coat glistening from the summer sun. She gave him a very warm smile, which made Henry have butterflies in his stomach. Thankfully for him, Jared didn't seem to notice this seeing as to how he was basking in the glory.

Henry smiled back at her. Feeling the need to talk to her Henry began walking towards her until he felt a hand pat his shoulder. Standing next to him, was Jared. "Congrats Henry." Jared expressed. A sinister grin appeared on his face while chuckling evilly. Henry let out a sigh, he knew what this meant. The mischievous gears in Jared's head started to turn. "I'll be right back Henry." he said while gazing at the trainer. "I'm going to rub some salt on somebody's wounds."

Henry rolled his eyes. He knew this wasn't going to end well for the trainer.
Jared walked over the trainer. "Hey man that was a nice battle." Jared said politely perfectly hiding his true intentions.

"Thanks, your Lucario is very strong." he said admirably.

He waved his hand forward. "Come, walk with me." he invited.

The trainer nodded. "Ok." he replied. The two of the strolled down the path leading back to the lake as they slowly disappeared behind the line of trees. Little did he know, what Jared was truly planning.

Henry rolled his eyes, shaking his head with disapproval. "Poor guy.....he has no idea what's coming." He looked over to Leah who also had the same look of disapproval. She knew as well as he what was about to happen. Without second thought, Henry made his way over to Leah. As he got closer, he felt himself getting hotter. To him it felt like a literal version of the Hot/Cold game. By the time he was standing in front of her, he felt like he was in the Habura Desert again only this time trapped in a fur coat. Henry couldn't get over how cute she looked even while leaning against a tree. "Hello there." he greeted.

Leah blushed lightly while sly smiling at him. "Why hello there my fierce champ." she chirped.

Henry raised an eyebrow after hearing this."YOUR fierce champ?" he questioned.
  
Leah casually strolled over to him with a very sly smile on her face. "Yes, MY fierce champ. You kicked some serious ass today!" applauded Leah while lightly jabbing him in the shoulder.

Henry gave a cocky chuckle. "You know it Leah." he replied  while flexing off to her.

Leah's eyes widened as her face slowly shifted from her casual yellow to a bright red. "Damn he's hot! Nice abs there......." she said to herself. However instead of hiding it, she relished it. "S-so how did it feel? To be able to battle I mean." she inquired.
  
An excited smile took form on Henry's face. "Oh it was brilliant!" he "I was having the time of my life and I never felt so free."
  
"You did very well today." She reached out with her paws and gripped Henry's paws holding them firmly. Henry didn't hesitate to grasp her paws. Both smiled warmly at each other. Her ruby red eyes gazed deeply into Henry's sapphire ones. "I'm very proud of you...." she said softly, gripping his paws tighter.

"Yes you did very well for someone who managed to beat an overweight penguin." scoffed Dalius. "You even had type advantage so do go thinking you're all bad!"

Henry gritted his teeth. How he wished he could kill that guy sometimes but he'd let it slide. After all, he was with Leah and he didn't want to ruin the moment.

A playful smile across her lips "I think my champ deserves a prize." she said suggestively.

A playful smile spread across Henry's muzzle. "Oh you do, do you?"

Leah giggled cutely. "mmmhhmmmm." she hummed. She leaned up to him, still grasping his paws. In a swift yet gentle motion, Leah pecked Henry on the cheek. Still holding onto his paws, Leah backed away gazing at him. She let go of his paws as she warmly smiled at him while he did the same.

Leah knew how close she was to Henry and she felt that she didn't want to waste this opportunity. She felt like giving him a simple peck on the cheek wasn't enough. She liked him a lot and this was her chance to truly show it. "Ah why the hell not!" she exclaimed  She grabbed him by the arms. "Come here you!!" she chirped as she tugged him close to her. Leah shut her eyes and gave him a passionate kiss much to Henry's surprise. Henry felt himself stiffen, his eyes bulged gazing down at the gold furred canine.  His cheeks flushed red as he felt the odd yet exhilarating sensations that danced on his lips. He couldn't believe that Leah was actually kissing him. Leah released her grip from his arms as she slowly pulled away. She gave him a sidewards glance with her hands behind her back. She gave him a shy smile, her mind running with many different mixed emotions. She felt worried since Henry's look of shock hadn't completely gone away. "Henry?...." she called shyly.

However Henry felt like he was on top of the world as his heart raced. Leah actually kissed him! Henry shot her a cocky smile. "My turn....." he breathed. With that he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her close. With their bodies pressed together and their faces only inches apart, Henry sealed the gap with his own kiss.

Leah went wide eyed and stiffened at first, but she eased up as she threw her arms around Henry's neck deepening the kiss. Part of Henry still couldn't believe that he was sharing a kiss with a Lucario but he embraced it all joy and delight. At the moment Henry couldn't be happier.
      
Meanwhile Jared and the trainer walked through the woods discussing about various different topics. Within minutes both were lounging at the dock that hung out over the lake. The trainer sat on the bench while Jared leaned against the fence on the other side. He gazed at the trainer engaging him with, "You know, you did well but….." A sly smile appeared on Jared's face. "You never really stood a chance against me." He mocked.

The trainer rolled his eyes. "Oh gee thanks." he groaned.

Jared walked over to the end of the dock waving him over continuing with his evil scheme playing in his mind. "Hey come on over here." He called. The trainer obeyed and walked to the end of the dock standing next to Jared. He was completely unaware of what was about to occur. He played right into Jared's hands. "Maybe looking over at the lake will help uplift your wounded pride, you know."

The trainer shot him an  glare. "And how is looking at the lake supposed to help?" he snapped sounding very irritated.

"You know, the serenity, the calm and peaceful aura it presents." He placed his hand on the trainer's shoulder, enacting the final setup of his prank. He took a deep breath sounding very calm, steady, and relaxed before asking, "But you wanna know the best part?"

The trainer, curious asked, "What?"

An evil smile grew onto Jared's face as took a step back. "Seeing you soaked in it!!" yelled Jared as placed his hand on the trainer's back. Without warning, the fully clothed trainer was shoved off the dock as he plummeted to the freshwater lake below. Jared burst into laughter after hearing the loud splash. He stood over the edge of the dock, watching in amusement as the trainer surfaced.

As trainer bobbed in the lake, he looked up to see Jared in hysterics. "What the hell was that for!!?" he barked.

Jared only continued his laughter. "I had you the entire match!!!" he scoffed while laughing. "And now you lose like the noob you are!!"

The trainer grinded his teeth, ready to strike against Jared. "WHY YOU LITTLE!!!" he roared as he began swimming to the shore of the lake.

Jared ceased his laughter as he saw how fast he was moving toward the shore. By this point, Jared knew it was time to bail. "RUN!!!" he cried out as he scurried away as fast as he could. By the time, Jared got to the line of trees, the trainer was already out of the lake and in hot pursuit.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!!" He roared with the gap slowly but surely closing between them.

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Henry and Leah stood on either end of the path talking to one another. Henry leaned against a tree on one end while Leah simply sat on the grass. Henry and Leah were sharing stories about each other. "And that was the first time I ever fired a shotgun." chuckled Henry.

Leah burst into laughter. "Oh my god that's awesome!! you got knocked on your ass!!" she giggled.

Henry growled as his face went bright red from embarrassment. "Shut up! I didn't think it was going to have THAT much recoil."

Leah only continued to laugh. However she her laughter slowly died as two them heard a faint yelping noise. "Huh?" muttered Leah. She placed her paw up to her ear. "Henry do you hear that?" she inquired.

Henry nodded. "Yes I do it sounds like….."

Henry was cut off mid-sentence as he saw a trainer dressed in a black trench coat running toward them! He had a look of sheer terror on his face. "Jared……" said both Henry and Leah at the same time.

"HENRY, LEAH HELP ME THIS CRAZY GUY'S TRYING TO KILL ME!!!" he screamed, while sprinting with the trainer not too far behind.

Jared whizzed right past them with the soaking trainer only a few feet behind him, leaving a slipstream of wind that struck both Henry and Leah. Leah sighed to herself. "Looks like Jared pushed him the lake……" exhaled Leah not at all surprised.

Henry stood next to her gazing at her. "Should we help him?" he asked.

Leah chuckled as an amused grin spread across her lips. She looked up at him playfully. "Nah! It's more fun seeing Jared like this. Plus, he probably deserves this." She giggled.

"Yeah you're probably right." laughed Henry. Henry gripped Leah's paw as she looked up to him lightly blushing. "Wanna head back to the lake?"

Leah giggled completely content with the moment. "Sure thing."

The two gave each other one last glance at each other before making their way back to the lake.

--Later that night—

A Noctowl let out a hoot before soaring through the air of moonlit forest. In that forest were Henry, Leah, and Jared all gathered around a campfire. Jared sat there roasting a marshmallow. "Ha ha I owned that noob!" gloated Jared. "As soon I got back into a line of trees I took a sharp right which completely threw him off." Jared burst into laughter.

Leah rolled her eyes. He kept going on and on about this story and she couldn't take much more of it. She gazed over to Henry who looked equally as annoyed as she did. Leah then scooted closer to him to the point where they were sitting side by side each other. The two side glanced, giving warm smiles to each other. "Hello Henry." She said cheerfully but quietly.

"Why hello there Leah." he answered slyly but also quietly. Leah giggled while gripping his paw. At the same time Leah slouched herself against his arm, resting her head on his shoulder. Henry tensed for a moment while blushing madly, but soon relished the feeling as he rested his head on top of hers. Leah purred as she shut her eyes.
  
"You should've seen him you guys!" laughed Jared unaware of what Henry and Leah were doing. "He started cursing like a sailor." Feeling a little unanswered Jared inquired, "Did you guys hear anythi……" Jared looked up and saw what was to him, a gut wrenching sight. He saw Leah gripping Henry's paw, her head on his shoulder and Henry resting his head on top of hers. "W-What are you two doing!!!?" he barked.

Surprised by Jared's outburst Leah opened her eyes. Henry lifted his head off Leah's as she lifter her head off his shoulder. Both still gripped each other's paw. Leah blushed heavily. "N-nothing! We were doing nothing!?" she stammered.

Jared gritted his teeth. "Doesn't seem like nothing!!" he snapped. "You're holding his paw for Arceus' sake!"

Leah looked away from his gaze blushing heavily. "Welll I…….I think Henry's cute….." she said softly.

Jared felt himself stiffen. "You think he's cute!!?"

Leah nodded as she came up to Henry, nuzzling him. "mmmhmmmm" She threw her arms around him, pulling into a warm hug. "I like him!" she exclaimed.

Jared felt a sharp pain in his gut. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Y-You like him!? Leah he's a human!!"

Henry rolled his eyes. Jared was overreacting like a little kid. Normally he'd stay out of things like this but he'd much rather stand up for Leah. "Yes Jared she likes me!" Henry wrapped his arms around her. He gazed back over a Jared. "And I like her too."

Jared growled at him. "Henry you're not a Lucario! I don't care what that so called legendary hero Dalius has to say about it!" Jared got onto his feet fed up with what he was hearing. "But fine do whatever!!" he roared before storming off into the woods.

Leah looked up at Henry with a concerned expression. "D-do you think he's gonna be ok?" she asked him feeling a little guilty of angering him.

Henry gripped her paw out of reassurance. "Knowing him, he'll be fine." replied Henry.

Leah nuzzled his chest. "Good….." Shortly after Leah let out a yawn. "Well Henry it's late. I need to get to sleep." She gazed up at him giving him a quick kiss. "Goodnight Henry." She purred while getting up.

Henry chuckled. "Good night Leah." Leah slowly walked into the tent before flopping over and quickly drifting to sleep.

Henry sat out in the cool night hearing the beautiful sound nature around him. It played a very nice song which in minutes caused Henry to drift to sleep.
Yay Chapter 8 has finally arrived brought to you by :iconloonychris: and I!

I hope you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it. If you could please leave comments. They greatly help improve the story. Thank you for reading.

Very nice Henry's seemed to win his first real battle, though he had type advantage......Things seems to be going well for Henry and Leah, but Jared doesn't seem to happy about it.

Pokemon (c) Nintendo, Gamefreak
Henry, Irvine Jen (c) me
Dalius(c) :iconloonychris:
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-.- ..... Jared.... you Sure you're not jealous?? >3