The Sphere of Shadows [[ended]]

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A dark fox like creature stared into the cave with a yawn. It was late at night, her fur blended into the darkness well along with her nature. She had come in search of a mysterious item that was told to have granted the ability to convert feelings into a sphere and then attack. She smirked at the idea, she would be able to do that...IF she had what was called a Technical Machine Shadow Ball. The fox hopped inside the cavern, which was a slope leading upwards. The slope twisted a bit and turned in different shapes until she could no longer see the end, it should not be too difficult to navigate, just follow the left wall. Constantly touch the left wall, never let go, and she would eventually find the item. It was that easy, it was just a matter of waiting. This, was a waiting game.

"Welll...um.... okay Illia take that blowback orb, i'll hold the thing off till its ready" The Sneasel grinned and ran towards the Bisharp. Sharpening her claws on the way she clenched them as Ice began forming around them, and attempts an Ice Punch yet misses and takes a Fury Cutter to the side which makes her grit her teeth in pain. Then the second and third hit which sends her towards the right hand wall. It seems she's down but she's not out yet as she holds herself up with a rock protruding from the wall and prepares a focus punch

"ARE YOU INSANE!?" Mirage shouted as she managed to pick up the small orb in her jabs with difficulty and leaped in between the Sneasel and the BIsharp. The orb glowed brightly and a strong blast emitted from it and sent it flying back in the tunnels and out of sight. Who knew how far it was blasted back? Mirage turned to the Sneasel, "That thing was way more powerful than you and I combined, you could have been-I mean I could have been killed!" Mirage stopped herself mid sentence and changed it. She was an outlaw, she wasn't supposed to care for others. She huffed angrily and said, "We should keep moving, it might come back."

"Pssht I'm okay, I can handle myself for like, 3 seconds" Kuro giggled at the fox's anger but walked ahead of her "Anyway this Focus... thingy seems pretty cool... if I could get to using it that is" The Sneasel returned to the sharpening of her claws, creating a noise that would make more than a few pokemon cringe. A few sound of thuds could be heard from the distance, rather faint but still slightly worried her. But she relaxed almost instantly when the thuds faded

"You're rather carefree, aren't you?" She questioned the Sneasel, trying her best to not turn around and beat the living daylights out of the sneasel for the annoying sound. The Zorua regretted having this pokemon come with her, since the sneasel did nothing, but get into trouble and score TMs that weren't the ones she wanted. She flinched every time she took a step, it was difficult to walk. She had scrapes, sores, and bruises from the fight with the bisharp that they barely managed to get away from. She did not know if she would be able to continue on much longer, much less fight anything without blacking out. Is that what the sneasel wanted? Was that why she was so nonchalant?

"Eh I wouldn't say carefree... more...." She drifted off into thought trying to find the right word to describe herself, yet this thought got lost as she noticed the manner in which the fox walked "Hey you got pretty scraped up in that scrap back their, need to rest or something? I mean not the move Rest, that would be dumb, unless you have one of those berries that I could feed you... what are those called? Pecha? No no that's poison, although would it poison you if you ate it while not poisoned?" Kuro had stopped in her tracks as she pondered on the thoughts that were brought on by her ramblings

"I think you mean Oran berries, and I'll be fine," Mirage wondered why the pokemon had asked her if she was okay. Of course she was not okay, she just had her tail handed to her on a silver platter by a Bisharp! She pushed the thought out of her mind, she was just bruised and nothing was broken, there was no need to complain especially when something could not be done about it. She wanted that Shadow Ball TM, but then again. She could use this to her advantage. She could just pretend to have become so injured that she could not move and have the Sneasel go look for it for her. She wanted to face paw, why had not she thought of that BEFORE she said she was fine?

"Yeah those things, and sure sure if you think you're gonna be, I mean you weren't faring too well there, we both weren't! Although luckily you had the Blowback Orb thing to help me. Thanks" She smiled politely as she walked along the cave wall. She had been methodically sharpening her claws until it stopped for a second as she noticed something on the ground. Then she continued "Hey Illio or Illiu, whatever it was again, there's something over there" Kuro Nodded to the item on the ground to her right

This dice is not existing.

Mirage, a bit annoyed that Kuro had forgotten her false name, turned to see what the fuss was about. She only glanced at the item though, not finding it to be Shadow Ball technical machine and not caring to continue in finding out what it was since it wasn't her item. She swished her hanging tail back and forth as she continued, "Eh, it's not what I want sadly," Mirage wondered when SHE would find an item, but it sure was useful that the Sneasel was finding stuff more than her, she could steal back anything she wanted.

She smirks as she takes the grey gummi in claw "Don't mind if I do then" She picked it up yet didn't eat it and kept it in her grasp "Yoink" The Sneasel mumbled to herself "So where does this staircase lead? The top of the mountain? That'd be pretty cool, should brought a sled... coulda slid down the whole mountain. If it weren't for the rocks.... damned rocks"

"It should lead to Black Void Peak, a dangerous place only ghosts can live. It's strange how they call this place a staircase when it's actually just a long tunnel leading up there." Mirage spoke. She sat down as she waited for her slave acquaintance. The zorua yawned, she was growing sleepy. She wondered if the bisharp kicking her tail had anything to do with it or if she were just bored. The zorua blinked and awaited a response.

Kuro soon caught up to the Illusion pokemon and smirked "Tired huh? Well that Bisharp did kinda beat us up bad" She let out a small laugh and stood besides her temporary companion and looked down at her "Cmon, we gotta get that TM thingy for ya, sitting around won't help will it?" She asked rhetorically, looking around in the darkness in hopes of seeing a glinting object or anything at all. But nothing, only stalactites and stalagmites

"Stal-whats and stal-whos?" Mirage asked, not knowing much about cave geology since she spent most of her life in dark forests similar to Shadowhue. Sure she was a dark type, but what could a fox eat that was in a cave other than mushrooms with the potential to kill a pokemon by consuming it? Mirage may have been strong, but she definitely was not immune to poison...

This dice is not existing.

This dice is not existing.

Just as Mirage was talking the Sneasel had spotted something. A item on the ground, which had caught Kuro's eye "oooh shiny!" Kuro exclaimed as she ran towards it. Yet something else was after it. A shadow jumped out of the ground and launched a Shadow Ball at Kuro, knocking her back and snatching the item. What revealed itself was a sinister pokemon, a pokemon that loved to trick others. A Gengar

Mirage squeaked in fear as a Gengar revealed itself, the thing had to be powerful to have been a gengar. To make matter worse it knew Shadow Ball! It must have used a TM or something to get that! She growled in rage, and flattened her ears, collecting dark energy and releasing it in a powerful pulse towards the gengar. She looked at the item and was disheartened to find that it was just a grey gummi. She picked it up in her mouth, eating it quickly before licking her lips and staring down the gengar, trying to distract it for Kuro, "Hopefully the idiot will get the idea..." she thought.

The Sneasel let out a small chuckle at the Gengar "Oh no ya don't" She rushed towards the Gengar with a frozen fist, hitting the gengar dead on, but not doing too much impact. She went for the second hit yet the Gengar was able to dodge it with its heightened speed and reflexes. Making Kuro hit the ground with her punch