The Incomplete Soul Saga

Chapter 6: Rock On!
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Alright, let’s get this chapter going. But before I do, I have one little confession to make….
The beginning of this chapter has been modified from 2002, for the future purpose that in the later chapters, things start to make sense. Please read and you’ll find out. Enjoy!

Remember: Mewtwo's speech are in Italic font style.
"(thought)"-one on one telepathy and/or thinking.

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Roosting on top of an abandoned hospital in the middle of down town Fuchsia City, a lone figure wearing a black trench coat, leather vest & body suit & a black sun insignia on the vest, scans the night horizon. Transfixed by the glittering neon lights that were blazing all around, the figure brandished a small picture. “You, you have ruined my life. Because of you, I now must live the life as a lonely mercenary.” Brushing the golden locks away from her eyes, the figure glanced one more time at the small photo within her grasp. It was an old picture, about eight years old. There were two individuals in it. One was a bright & happy teenage girl, wearing the formal Team Rocket uniform & skirt, along with her red & white cap. The action that the girl was doing was hugging the other individual. The other was unlike anything, as if it came out of a sci-fi movie. It had large metallic armor covering it’s body arms, & worn a odd looking helmet. The most intriguing feature, was that the visor that had blocked the views of the face, were removed, showing a pair of deep amethyst eyes. Bringing up on her other hand, the distraught, confused woman gazed upon her assault rifle: a modified HK G36E. Possibly, the only thing that she could rely on. Tears of anger & sorrow, were struggling to break free from her cold dark soul. “I may no longer be part of Team Rocket, nor will I ever be the Black Tulip; the most feared agent. Or will I ever forgive you…. But know this…” Putting away the photo into her leather vest, she cocked up the rifle and shut her eyes. “I will come after you Mewtwo, not only do you have Giovanni & Team Rocket hunting you down. Now,... you will also have me: the new Domino. No longer do I go by as Agent 009, the Black Tulip. Now, you and the entire world will know me by my new alias. Prepare to feel the wrath of... ‘Black... Sunshine’. One way or another, I will make you suffer….” Opening up her eyes with one of the tears that had managed to fall to her cheeks, Black Sunshine strapped her rifle to her shoulders, leapt out of the rooftop down to the streets, and continued on her hunt. Searching, seeking for the only one that had got away. The one who betrayed her once happy soul: Mewtwo.

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Waking up ever so early, the worn out & groggy Mewtwo had got up on his feet from the carpet floor. Remembering now that he was in Pewter City, more whatsoever, in a motel room. As the weary clone was on his toes, his whole entire body ached with fatigue, on account of what had just happened last night with Daisy. He thought that she would not agree, but she said yes. It was something that he hadn’t done in years, the only other person who had done what he proposed to was…. “~Bah, there is no need to bring that up now. I hope she still does not feel awkward about last night.~” A brief moan escaped from a sleepy red head, Daisy tossed & turned all over her bed. Turning on the shower faucets, the sleepy clone took a cold rinse to get himself active (fully wake him up). Hearing the shower running, the sleepy trainer got up ever so slowly, & tried hard as she could to open her dreary eyes. “(yaaawwwwnn) Soooooo tired, mmmmnnnhh, need more sleep. I never knew the both of us could have kept at it, all night long. Good thing I already took the shower before my nap.” While stretching her arms & started to dress up, Mewtwo was still in the shower, bombarded by near freezing water from the nozzle. One hand on the tiles, his head lowered down with his eyes closed. For Mewtwo, this is what he really needed: a full body refreshment. Out of nowhere, great pain arose from his stomach, & valiantly made its way through his throat and finally out of his mouth. Clutching his chest, shutting his eyes tight, and opening his mouth, the clone commenced on vomiting. Not just anything, it was blood. “~It’s…..too…..soon …for--~” Another surge of utter pain had cut Mewtwo off, as some of his own blood had made it’s way out of his system. Heaving almost a pint of blood, his body trembled with so much suffering. When the excruciating agony had managed to subside, he opened his eyelids to see his own plasma, slip into the drains. Turning off the water, Mewtwo got out of the shower & looked at himself with the bathroom mirror. Taking in some water in & spitting it out along with some excess blood, he spoke to himself, “~How I wish my life could be washed away…~”


Walking in the middle of the day was not something a super powerful psychic clone would fancied. Mewtwo had insisted on strolling at dawn or at dusk. But Daisy didn’t want to wait so long to make her first ever gym challenge. That, and the fact that he disabled the basic functions of her poke ball, and she wants his to pay. He reluctantly agreed to go out to the public, but only if he does not have go through many crowds of people and unnecessary stops for fun. While walking at steady pace, Mewtwo help but wonder how he was amongst the very beings he had once despised. Even under his cloak, he felt like…a fish out of water. Eyeing her companion from four feet behind, Daisy couldn’t help but stifle her laughter. There were not so many people on the streets, but most were looking at him as if he was about to flash at someone. Unable to resist teasing him, she had to add some fuel to the fire. “How the mighty have fallen.” “~Don’t want to hear about your whims.~” Ten minutes of walking & nothing but walking had put the redhead in utter boredom. “Isn’t there something that’s not boring?” Still pacing himself, the cloaked psychic gave her his answer. “~No…another ten minutes and you’ll be in the gym.~” Not wanting to stop talking, she started another round of twenty question.

“Is there a theater around & can we go?”

“~Yes & no~.”

"Why not?"

"~Time is not to be wasted.~"

“Can we at least stop for a snack?”

“~No.~”

“How ‘bout a rest?”

“~No.~”

“How come this stupid Disc man you gave me isn’t working?”

“~You have it on hold.~”

“Oh, Can’t I at least get a cup of tea?”

“~…No.~”

"Why are you such a dick?"
Being referred as a part of a male genitalia did not faltered Mewtwo at all, for he brushed that vulgar question off and went on. Frustrated by his serious nature, Daisy went for her disc man, removing the hold button to the off position, & played the first track. Whatever it was, she was glad that he gave her something to keep her occupied. Other wise, she would've kept on bugging him. As the first track was loading up to play, she kept her eyes at her 'guide', and the bustling life the residents were going over...

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Just as the song had ended, the disc man ceased to operate. Right before Daisy could complain to Mewtwo, she bumped to his back. "What's with you? You gave me defective disc player, you made me bump into you-" He brought his finger to her lips to silence & told her, "~We are here, The Pewter City gym. By the way, the batteries need to be recharged. Hand it over.~" Complying, she handed over the disc man to him. Already pumped up from the song she had listened, Daisy was ready to take no prisoners & win her first gym match. "I can barely contain my excitement. This, is my first official step to become a true trainer." Taking the first step, she went through the two sliding door that marked as the entrance to the gym. The clone took his time to follow her, after all, there is no need to rush into anything. Upon entering, the redhead's breath was whisked away from her mouth, as she looked at the amazing interior structures that surrounds the area. Aside from the stadium seatings that were only occupied by one (Mewtwo sat at the nose bleed section), many different types of rocks & minerals were organized as if to appear in the shapes of rock-type pokemon varieties. The sound of footsteps were coming from the other side of the gym. Out, comes a rugged man, in his late twenties. Black grayish hair, squinting eyelids (his pupils are not shown), olive green vests, with a dull brown shirt underneath. Going along was a pair of charcoal black khakis, and worn out shoes. As the man made his way to the center of the gym, he spotted her looking at him. Like a bat out of hell, he ran towards her, grabs her hands ever so gently up, & proclaims, "My name is Brock. What's your name? Would you like to go on a date with me then maybe you can be my girlfriend and-Bwee bwaiii...buwwahp thath phwachk?" (WTF) A boulder had mysteriously appeared to wedge itself in Brock's mouth ((Courtesy from a bored & annoyed Mewtwo)) & made the now confused Daisy laugh at his misfortune. Removing the wedge out of his pie hole, the Pewter gym leader gathered up his shattered manliness & proceeded to talk some more. "I don't wanna know how that happened. Anyways, what can I, the great & all mighty Brock could do for you, little lady?" Removing her hands away from the wannabe smooth criminal, Daisy announced herself.

"My name is Daisy Shinoda, and I am here to challenge you to a gym battle. Are you up to it?" Seeing the cockiness of her attitude made the psychic questioned to himself. "(~Why did I ever had agreed to help her improve her training at all, if she thinks that she's the greatest trainer~)."But after he thought of that, he remembered as to why he said yes: it was his 'request' from last night that he figured it out. "As a gym leader, it is my duty to accept all challenges from any newcomers. Let us begun. This gym battle will be a one on one, no time limit. Now, to begin the match, goooo, Golem!" The rocky behemoth trudged onto the ground, combat ready & eager to battle. "Heidnreich, show that over sized pebble that size doesn't matter!" Popping out of the poke ball, the purple bunny rat made it's way, onto Golem's toes and gnawed away. From the nose bleed section, Mewtwo muttered to himself, "~That pokemon has got to have some neurological issues about it's toe biting habits.~" "What's wrong with your pokemon? Forget it. Golem. Kick Nidoran to the ground." The heavy pokemon was about to punt the annoying toe gnawer, but the kunoichi was ready to make her move. "Now Heidnreich! Dislodge & fire Ice Beam!" All in one motion, the Nidoran unlatched his jaws, with enough speed to launch his arsenal, scoring a direct hit to Golem's under side. The gym leader didn't looked fazed, but smug, as if the attack meant nothing. "I see your pokemon are prepared to take on many types of elements, but so are. Mine. Golem, Rollout attack! Then quickly follow up with Earthquake, the way I taught you to use!" Golem curled up it's body inward to start rolling to Heidnreich. Not knowing what he meant by saying, the newb trainer hesitated to call for an attack order. "Use Thunderbolt!" Brock gave a hearty laughter as he shouted out to her. "Golem is a rock and ground type pokemon, electrical attack have no effect whatsoever!" Watching every move that his partner make, Mewtwo groaned out in annoyance, seeing her making a tactical error. Soon, yellow electrical surges were sparkling throughout Heidnreich's body, unleashing a strong Thunderbolt. Hoping what he had spoken earlier would be false. That hope shattered, when she saw that the attack did nothing at all, as it struck harmlessly at the rock shaped bowling ball. Utter fear enveloped Heidnreich, watching his assailant barreling over to his direction. Brock gave out his command, "Now, Golem! Jump up to the air & fall down to unleash Earthquake!" All the built up speed from the Rollout made it possible for Golem to un-tuck itself and leapt high into the top of the ceiling.

Mewtwo had enough, watching her struggle to make any decent moves at all. Normally, he wouldn't help anyone, but she was the exception for now. Using low key telepathy, the psychic had to intervened. "(~Daisy! Stop this absurd game & fight! Remember what I had taught you yesterday: expect the unexpected. Now don't think I will help you out in this situation again, but I want you to do is...~") Taking every word he gave, she did everything he told her to do. "Use Ice Beam onto the ground and intercept Golem with Double Kick!" Using all that it's got, the Nidoran took a small huff of air, aimed straight to the battle field, and fired up another Ice Beam. The little bugger launched himself, resembling a surface to air missile, preparing to take out the falling rocky meteorite that is Golem. Brock was impressed by her quick thinking and bold tactics. Spinning recklessly towards Golem, Heidnreich rolled his body up in as a ball to increase speed. Before The giant rock pokemon could create such a massive impact, Heidnreich was at a hair's length to strike. "Double Kick now and follow up quickly with another Ice Beam!" "It's too late for you to succeed!" A smug look had shown on Brock's face, if he knew that victory was in his grasps. But that all changed. Just as Golem was within a couple of meters to the impact zone, the brave and possibly suicidal Nidoran had gotten it's body to unwrap and used it's hind legs to connect a Double Kick, right to the side. Golem's own weight had shifted out it's velocity, thus the momentum that it was prepared for the Earthquake attack was removed. Following up from successfully Double kicking, Heidnreich wasted no time to fire up another Ice Beam attack. This time, the attack did made a harsh blow to the rock monstrosity. The gym leader felt his pride sinking lower, and his determination to win rise. "Don't give up Golem, Use Fissure for the knock out!" One foot up in the air, Golem motioned itself in a sumo wrestler way. but when it brought that same foot down to the ground, all hell broke loose. A massive tremor literately shook the whole gym, scaring the shite out Daisy. Huge cracks formed under the sole of the behemoth and embarked uncontrollably to Heidnreich.” (~He's done...~)” As soon as the cracks were right under the confused Nidoran, the ground began to open apart. the violent shakings did not scared the clone spectator, he just ignored it as if it were nothing new to him.

Pillars of dirt and debris risen up from the open crevices, bombarding Heidnreich to the fullest extent, until the little couldn't take anymore and fainted. A gasp of fear came into Daisy's heart, as her pokemon had fallen in combat. "No, Heidnreich!" While she called back her pokemon to the poke ball, the gym leader had to say something to console her. "Hey, don't worry, as soon as you take your pokemon to the pokemon center, it'll feel better in no time. But it looks likes the odds are in my favor. There's no shame in forfeiting right now. You can try again some other time." In her mind, admitting defeat was the only choice for Daisy to do. "(I guess I'm not made to cut out for-)" "~ENOUGH!~" Both trainers were looking for where the booming voice came from. The kunoichi had almost forgotten one thing: her partner, is her only hope to win. Brock glanced up to the seatings to see one person standing up. "Hey! You up there, were you the one who shouted to interrupt the match?" But the figure did not spoke, instead, it jumped up into the air, and quickly descended right in front of the distraught girl. "(~If I help you with this match, you are gonna pay for it, BIG TIME! Nod if you agree.~)" Very happy that he put his hat in the ring, Daisy nodded in sheer delight. Brock, on the other hand, was not so pleased. "Hey, you in the cloak, Halloween's over. And don't try to interfere our match, you hear?" But the redhead came in to defend him. "He's not interfering, this guy hear is my partner. And he's gonna help me take your sorry ass down!" But Brock didn't buy what she had said. "That's not in the rules, no human can-" Irate, she cut him off in in mid speech. "Who says this guy here is human, right?...Mewtwo?" On cue, the psychic took off his hood down to reveal his face to Brock. "~It has been a while since the last time I have seen you, Brock...~" Words could not describe what the gym leader was feeling, but for one thing, he was beyond frightened. "Wh-wh-what-Mewtwo? Why is he with you? This pokemon is far beyond dangerous, a total monster!" The kunoichi felt like the ball was in her court, now knowing that her opponent became somewhat nervous, all because of Mewtwo. Not wanting to know how they know each other 'til later, Daisy needed to win the match. "Save the chit-chat for some other time, okay? Mewtwo is my partner, and he's just grumpy all the time, but he's not a monster. Sure, maybe a perverted dick & sometimes a total sexist-" "~DAISY!~" "Oops, got carried away. Okay, do that thing you do best: kick his ass and win!" Taking off his cloak, the psychic clone made his way to the battlefield. For some reason, he didn't seemed to be excited, much less show any expression whatsoever. "Hey, Mewtwo! Look,... a poncho!" Looking back, he saw Daisy was wearing his cloak as a...poncho. By some unknown urge, both Mewtwo & Brock, thought of one word at the same time to describe her behavior: "(~imp~)".

While she was occupied with his cloak (noticing that the fabric, even being extremely worn and tattered: was fine and soft), Mewtwo had to take care of things, namely the Pewter gym leader and his pokemon. Getting his grips back from the realization that he has to go up against the most powerful pokemon, Brock made an effort to defeat Mewtwo. "Golem, this battle has now turned against us, but do not give in! Use Fissure again!" On command, Golem made the same exact moves it had performed earlier. But this time, the clone's eye's started to glow icy blue: preparing to strike back. Just as the rocky behemoth's foot could even try to stomp the ground and bring anyone on to their knees, a black electrical orb blasted Golem away to the walls. Upon the impact, golem's body went through the walls with ease, as if the walls were made entirly out of paper. Brock couldn't believe what he had witnessed: his Golem being pummeled out of the arena with one shot. Looking over to the other side, he saw the infamous god of all pokemon, having his arm out in front of him, aiming at the spot where his Golem was once standing. Retrieving back his fallen Golem from outside the battlefields, "You may be all powerful, but you don't have a heart! And that is more powerful than you'll ever be! Go, Onix!" Released from the poke ball, a huge grayish serpent bellowed out, coiling itself to strike when given the command. As Daisy noticed how big his Onx was, she wondered if Mewtwo could defeat it. A quick glance to his partner's eyes told Mewtwo what was going on in her thoughts. "(~It's time to not show any signs of fear to others, Daisy. No matter what. Besides, you've already tasted a sample of my powers.~)" Giving it all that he gots, the Pewter gym leader had to pull out all the tricks in his bags of skills he's been working to achieve in the last four years. "Onix, go underground now, and use Rock Slide!" With one massive movement, the giant snake burrowed deep to the earth. Making a small trek near the freshly dug hole, Mewtwo gave a soul piercing stare to Brock before making a dreadful statement. "~I do believe that you have been training your pokemon to avoid being assaulted by different types of attacks. How futile of you to make that mistake. For you see,~" A presence of raw psychic surrounds the clone's now clenched fist. Motioning himself to kneel on his left leg, he brought his fist up above his head, & spoke, "~no matter what, everything has a hidden weakness.~" Bringing down the fist, Mewtwo punched the tattered arena. At first, nothing, then, a couple of seconds, rumblings started to form. "What's going on? What did you do?" staggering around, the worried gym leader wanted answers. Daisy... kept her bearings on: that and the fact she feels ever so comfortable with Mewtwo's cloak around her. Made her qiute contempt.

Just when the rumblings ceased, at the same hole that Onix had made to the ground, Onix popped out and crashed right in front of the doomed gym leader, fainted. "Return. Good work Onix, you did your best, now you deserve a rest. Impossible,... how did you beat my Onix, while underground?" "Yeah, how did you do it, without touching anything but the floor?" Walking away from the nearly destroyed field, Mewtwo said, "~it does not matter. What matters is that you lost, Brock.~" Getting back to the finished battle, Daisy almost forgotten that she won. "Okay, sucka, I won. Pay up!" Having to lose in a official gym battle, despite having help from a legendary status pokemon, Brock fished out the Boulder badge. "Fine, as proof of your...victory over me, I present upon you, the Boulder badge. Here, you've earned it." With a shout for joy and a jump full of excitement, the red haired newb trainer, Daisy had won her first gym battle." "Yay, yay, yay! I've got my first badge! Thank you so much for this match." But the gym leader had one final trick up his sleeve. "So, now that that's over, how 'bout you and &-nyahhaha! My eyes!" Not wanting to go over again with his charms, the kunoichi used her thumb & middle finger to poke his eyes out to shut him up. "(This guy goes for anything that gots two legs and a rack.)" Right then, Mewtwo came back to Daisy. "~Aren't you forgetting something?~" "Let me guess: you want me, do ya? I bet you want me on all fours & beg for you." As Brock ran around the gym, screaming "Ah! My eyes! My eyes!", Mewtwo was taken back by what she had said to him. "~Bw-w-what? Stop trying to change the subject, I want my cloak back now.~" Embracing the cloak around her, she felt compelled to get her ways. "But your cloak is so comfy, and feels sooooooo warm. Tell you what, the cloak & in exchange tell me what did you did to the ground." Realizing that her curiosity would bother him if he didn't tell her, Mewtwo gave a sigh & told Daisy up front.

"~I used my psychokinetic combined with an Earthquake attack, thus: a controlled and accurate tremor. Anything that were underneath the regulated shockwave would have been squeezed out with such tremendous force. Now, Give... it... BACK!~"

“NO! I change my mind, I want it! Please, let me have it."

"~NO!~"

Much after seven hours arguing over Mewtwo's cloak, the two left the gym, heading into another part of town. Somehow, In the end of the quarrel, Mewtwo had to make a deal with her, in order for Daisy to surrender back his highly needed item. The deal was this: get the cloak back and he'll agree to do what ever she wants to do tonight. It was the Movie theater for her and he's paying for the foods & admission as well. And so, he accepted her terms of agreement, meaning his night is gonna be hellish. While the clone had his cloak back on him, his mind was focused on not wanting to be revealed to the public. Daisy was excited for two reasons: One, she had her first gym match and won the Boulder badge. And two: her mind was on an ego trip, having Mewtwo, not only to help her in her match. But as a bonus, she gets to have a bit of fun time at his expense. "Oh, how I the power over all, ha ha ha ha! (I am...THE GREATEST!)"As they she saw the matinee sign within a block away, Daisy couldn't contain her joy. Grabbing his hands, she pulled Mewtwo behind her and ran straight to the box office. "What's playing, what's playing? Ooh! "Kaze To Issho Ni" (In the company in the Wind) is playing! I wanna see! I wanna see!" Without having his hands being shown to the booth teller, a poor and irked Mewtwo paid up the twenty dollar ticket admissions and slinked back out of the way. But before he had to give her the ticket, he had to say one question: hoping that his answer won't be right. "What type of movie is...this?" Hiding a chuckle with her hands, she figured out the reason why he said this. "A romantic drama flick. Now, you agreed to do what I wanted to do. So get your purple ass in there and enjoy the movie with me!"

High above one of the apartments, two shadows were gazing at the two, writing down bits of information onto a piece of paper before preparing to leave the area. One of them whispered to the other in a sinister tone. "After several months of hiding away, we found her. We must get to Lord Zaigou and relay the message to him that Masamura's child is here, and with a companion." Brandishing a kunai shaped sword, the other had different intentions. "No, we must not let her live now. After all, she knows our secret, and if she gets help from anyone els-" "Lord Zaigou's main priority for all of us is to track Shinoda & report her whereabouts. No questions asked."

And so, two whole new threats await for the unlikely duo. But the most important thing of all is:
When will they strike the two... and where?
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Author's Notes: Ok, so I can't write a decent battle sequence right now...
Next Chapter is a real treat.(Chapter 7: Blue Moon)

Kaze To Issho Ni (In the Company of the Wind) is the Japanese ending credits song to Mewtwo's Counter Attack (Strikes Back)