Dark stretched. He felt quite warm as he shook his tattered remnants of ears. It was strangely dark in the warren. He glanced around, noticing that his kin were asleep and padded outside. Dark had never totally been accepted into the group, he was too unusual, too bedraggled. But he didn't care. It was quite dark outside, he noticed, and glancing upwards the sky seemed to be blotted out by dark clouds, although it was warm, almost fresh.
He stopped and scratched a patch of mangy fur, then hopped a few steps and munched on some crisp grass. Oh yes, life was good, but it would be better if it wasn't for the other Pokemon in his valley sanctuary. Dark was a private creature.
The tatty Nidoran hopped across the floor of the dome and realised that the pokemon who had claimed the land from his kin was talking to some strange pokemon by the edge of the dome. He couldn't see them properly, the disease had claimed his fur, some of his ears and a proportion of his eyesight, but he could hear well enough. Great, more bloody Pokemon were intruding on his home...
*
Sharra nodded to her black companion, the two eevees came near the huge door, it had been a incredibly long journey, from Cerulean they had escaped the game corner area prize, along the way other Pokemon looked at them as they passed by, there wasn�t anything really special in these eevees, except maybe for their fur color - she had bright red fur and he had a brilliant black fur, that was the reason they where stolen by team rocket a time ago, they had not known each other until they meet in the prize area, but there, when some Voltorb caused a small explosion made them able to escape, they knew they would be hunted down, but they overheard about Lake Eerie... so they headed in right away... now they are in front of a door, Sharra, the red furred eevee walked in first, a bit curious, then her mate, Kurohi, followed in right away, they stood in there, they got inside the dome... it was so amazing!!!
The two of them started to walk around, when Kurohi got under a shadowy tree, he was looking back to sharra, and he did not notice someone was ahead of him... *thud* Kurohi had just crashed with a black nidoran! Kurohi got up very scared and just looked at him... "what, or who are you???"
The Nidoran drew back, flattening his tattered ears against his head. "More of you," he snarled, "just what we bloody need. I'm Dark, cos I am. And this was my home until Mr Monster came and brought all his friends. Now this place is overcrowded and nobody listens to old Dark." He grumbled for a bit more. "Anyway, who are you two then?"
*
Pyone boredly roosted, and searched around for something to do. She spotted the diseased Nidoran, and lifted off. She dove, and spread her wings for a landing in front of him. "Hello." she said.
Dark rolled his eyes as the purple Pidgey flapped down beside him. "Hello to you too," he said gruffly. "As I've just said to the black Eevee here, they call me Dark, cos I am. Do they call you Purple?"
"No they do not." Pyone said, trying to be polite. "My name is Pyone. I'm not sure about coming along yet, I'm still relatively new, and it is starting to get cold outside." she also answered the Eevees' inquiry about tagging along.
The two eevees stood there looking at each other in amazement.... Sharra opened her eyes wide, as Kurohi did, why on earth the dome is full of different colored Pokemon? They saw Dark getting mad at the minute, it was quite fun at the beginning, but they decided to go and explore the area, still amazed at the place, and asked for the purple pidgey to join them too, since they saw she was relatively new here and while hoping for an answer, they began whispering about how weird were Dark's ears...
Dark scratched his tattered ears. "At least I'm not a funny colour," he replied, hearing the two Eevees in conversation. He nibbled idly at a piece of grass.
Kurohi growled, "ok... mister, I didn�t came here to be insulted by any weird eared black nidoran you know!!"
Sharra moved protectively to his side, and snapped in reply; "Kurohi... quit that! this is supposed to be a safe place, I don�t see why we must be angry at him..."
"But how can he say we have funny colors!!! I cant stand this! You there, Dark, why don�t we proof who is the funny colored one in here? Or are you afraid of getting your pretty ears damaged?"
"Kurohi!!! quit that!!!! " Sharra scolded, but it was too late.
Of course, Kurohi completely ignored Pyone while he was still arguing pointlessly at the already annoyed Dark, Sharra, however did heard the Pidgey. "Shesh... as soon as kurohi stops this stupid arguing we would love you to follow us, were still new here too, I think it would be good if we three stick together for now, but, I�m not sure you want to hang around with such self control lacking eevee like my Kurohi over there..."
Dark rolled his bloodshot eyes. "Just trying to be friendly." He said, snapping at a flea in his mangy fur (are there any flea pokemon, hehe?).
"Just trying to be friendly," Kurohi mocked at the black Nidoran. "I thought you were going to be a bit braver than that... a nidoran who's afraid of an eevee, ha!, if you don�t want to fight just tell it to me ok? I better go away, I don�t want to hurt your precious fleas or get any of them on me."
Dark turned his blood shot eyes to the black eevee. "Oh you're asking for it boy!" He snarled, and charged, horn low, aiming for the Eevee's belly.
Kurohi rolled in the ground, Sharra just screamed at the sight and got mad at the Nidoran, she charged to him, but Kurohi screamed her to stop.
"I'm not letting this flea guy make this to me!" While saying that Kurohi grinned cockily at Dark, on his black fur, a small shine began to came out, he had recieved the horn not fully becouse he reacted in time, but however the wound was a bit deep, it was matter of time to se if the poison had taken any effect.
Kurohi then shouted a loud "ivvvvvviiiiiiiii" cry as he threw itself to the Nidoran, both of them started rolling in the ground, getting their dark fur dirtier every roll, Kurohi tried to bite him in the neck, and assuming victory he turned to smile to sharra just before throwing the bite at Dark's neck.
Dark squealed as the Eevee barrelled into him. With his gnashy little teeth (argh Monty Python reference!) he tried to grab onto the Eevee's thick scruff as the Eevee grabbed him about the throat. Pain shot through him, but he did not relent. His teeth caught in the Eevee's ruff and he kicked at it with his hooves as blood began trickling down his side. He struggled, trying to get a good angle with his horn, so that he could stab the impertient Eevee again. Imagine, insulting him, him? Dark the surivivor, Dark the nobel. Dark was somewhat strange in the head.
Kurohi got kicked several times while he was still being held by the scruff, that double kick was suffocating him, Kurohi released his bite grip, and he was now only suffering from the repeated kicking, then, suddenly, the pain started to increase, kurohi realized that the poison was starting to take effect, he tried to beg the Nidoran to stop the fight, but the pain was so strong words didn�t came out, only senseless muttering. Then, he stoped feeling the pain, the kicking ceased, he sighed in relief, but...
He suddenly released a very loud shriek as the poison horn poked him in the stomach, in a last desperate move, he used his mimic move, its the only thing that he liked of being caught by the rockets, they taught him that move so he could impress people, just a freak show act for Kurohi... but this time it was just the perfect thing to do, the mimic move copied the poison horn and Kurohi's tail stiffened, it became a pin and tried to stab the nidoran, but it only touched its tail, which didn�t damaged Dark at all, but made him release the black eevee who rolled by in the floor, he was there moaning, in fact the pain wasn�t so bad at all, it was his pride which was hurt.
Sharra ran towards him crying, she licked him in the face making sure he was ok, then she glared angrily at the nidoran. "How could you do that? he was already beaten!!! I demand you to do something about it!!! Whatever, heal him, whatever...." She started crying as she laid down beside the sobbing dark eevee, Kurohi was crying from the humiliation of being beaten in front of Sharra, the pain of the kicks disappeared, but.. the poison still hadn�t taken its effect... but it soon would...
Pyone flapped above the fight, too scared and weak to stop them, and landed.
Thoroughly humiliated and still seething with rage, Dark ran off, blood trickling persistently from the neck wound. His vision was dancing from the pain. He did not get far before his legs gave up and he fell into the dirt, his lifeblood soaking into the soil.
So this was it then? The end. To die from a bite from a blasted black Eevee. At least he had gone out fighting�
As you can guess, neither Kurohi or Dark actually died as a result of the fight, although both were badly injured, they were healed by the Psycheon, Even. However, the grudge was one that each would hold for many months to come, and as of yet, the two have not faced each other again.