> Warning: This is not standard Pokemon fanfiction. It contains scenes of
> violence and some inappropriate language.
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> Pokemon Master
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> Fanfiction by Ace Sanchez.
>
> All parts of this story may be found at the following address:
> http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/acey/pokemon.htm
>
> Note: Pokemon and its associated characters are copyright by Nintendo,
> Game Freak, Creatures Inc, and 4Kids Productions.
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> Part 1 - Returns
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> An icy chill pervaded through the black night; cold except for the
> unnatural hot wind blowing south with the scent of acrid smoke.
> Through the dark starless sky slightly covered by clouds, intermittent
> moonlight shone on to the thick green forest revealing, little by little,
> a snaking trail of destruction. Burnt and broken tree stumps lay on the
> ravaged path - some still burning with small flickering flames - as well
> as fallen branches and other debris interspaced with giant animalistic
> footprints.
>
> A dark figure wrapped in a long hooded black cloak ran through the
> woodland almost silently, the robe-like mantle's folds flapping gently
> behind like a floating shadow. The only sound was the dry vegetation
> softly crunching beneath thick black boots as it followed the trail
> onward. Golden-brown eyes took wide sweeps, observing the desecrated
> area. A small, brown backpack was adjusted briefly by a hand as it sped
> up the pace. The quarry was close...
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> Flames crackled and fires burned. The small town settlement lit up the
> night, its modest structures engulfed like the pyres of a bonfire.
> Everywhere, screaming and smoke filled the heated air as dozens and
> dozens of people ran, all seeking escape from the terror of attacking
> raiders. Appearing from the south without warning, burning and pillaging
> without mercy, huge, hostile pokemon assisted their trainers in the
> merciless and violent raid. Totally unprepared for the assault,
> towns-people and their pokemon were cut down and destroyed almost as soon
> as they were called out.
>
> The huge, red two-storey-tall charizard took another long breath before
> continuing to spit out a long and melting-hot burst of flame which
> turned the school house into glowing crimson embers. At the opposite end
> of town, an angry tauros smashed through houses with its dagger-sharp
> bull horns at the direction of its trainer, trampling over possessions
> and structures alike. Meanwhile, almost matching it in damage, the
> sharp-bladed, green scythers and the massively-horned pinsirs rampaged
> through the town hall and community buildings. Little by little, the
> attackers slowly advanced towards the supply buildings in the centre of
> the town where the food and water was stored.
>
> Behind a slowly burning house, a young dark-haired girl screamed as a
> grinning male raider grabbed and pinned her against the wall. Nearby, his
> kangaskhan watched in fascination.
>
> The raider slapped the girl across the mouth hard. "Shut up with the
> screaming, bitch, and take this like a woman!" He began to work his fly
> open and loosen his pants.
>
> A shadow shifted.
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> Suddenly an explosion of pain erupted in the raider's head and the next
> thing he knew was the feel of the rushing air as he was picked up and
> thrown violently away from the girl. The hard dirt ground met his back
> all too abruptly and the breath exploded out of his lungs.
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> "Bastard!" he coughed furiously as he rolled to his feet and opened his
> eyes to see who had dared attack him. Several feet away, a tall figure
> wrapped in darkness stood watching him, its silhouette all but invisible
> if it weren't for the background of burning houses and hazy grey smoke
> behind it.
>
> All of a sudden he felt a cold stab of fear enter his heart. There was
> something familiar about this...
>
> Then he growled in anger. He was mistaken. This was just a poor fool who
> was trying to be a hero. "Kangaskhan, take him!" He laughed. "Chew his
> bones, nice and slow."
>
> Already hissing in anger because of the attack to its master, the large
> bipedal pokemon needed no second order. It gave an inhuman snarl and
> extended its sharp, bony claws before leaping towards the shadow.
>
> However, a rapid spin kick stopped the charging pokemon's attack, while
> one of its claws was seized and used against it, stabbing into its own
> chest like a knife. The kangaskhan blinked in confusion before toppling
> over, its chest a puddle of oozing dark blood.
>
> "Kangaskhan?" the man said in shock. No man could be strong enough to do
> what the figure had just done. He continued to stare, dumbfounded, before
> a hard booted foot smashed into his jaw and everything went black.
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