#Just to inform dear readers that there's some serious bloodshed in this chapter. Not for the faint of heart. But hey...It's a darkstory, you know what you're reading when you saw the tag...

Two figures dashed towards the clearing from where the smoke was rising from at high speeds. The first figure was that of a boy, about 13 or 14 years of age, silver-streaked black hair, wearing red black jacket left unzipped over a plain white full sleeved t shirt underneath and black gauntlets with purple stones embedded on them.

The second figure was that of a pokemon, mostly blue in color with golden bands glowing on his legs, a long slender black tail ending with a shuriken at the end, royal black mane that fluttered in the wind and glistening red eyes with concentric circles in them.

They swiftly moved towards the black smoke in the forest and soon reached the place they were looking for...And indeed what they found astonished them and made them disgusted at the same time...

...There were 6 people and 8 Pokemon. All 4 of the men and 2 women wore a black suit with the logo of R on their chest. There were 8 Pokemon, 3 Growlithe, 4 Vulpix and a single Numel. All fire types...Ash noted. It would have been easier if he had a water type with him...A water type that atleast KNOWS a water type move that is...Magikarp was useless in this situation.

About 2 men had 2 long gun like flamethrowers in their hands and they were raining fire on every damn thing near them. Be it a tree or any wild pokemon.

But the question was...Why? Why just go and attack a forest? Surely they wasn't anything worthwhile here...

Shaking his head out of these thoughts Ash looked at Luxray who was...Grinning from ear to ear and licking his lips in anticipation...Oh my...The Rockets were in for a bad surprise...

Ash silently perched himself on a tree and observed the 6 Rockets,

"Hey! Brunner, when will the damn thing appear already?! Didn't boss tell us that it should have been here?!" One of the ladies yelled out impatiently.

"Well Clara you see that little bugger doesn't listen to you moaning and bitching all day to grant your wishes on a whim...So if you're done doing that YOU CAN HELP ME A LITTLE DAMMIT!!" The Rocket grunt with the flamethrower retorted with a scowl.

Ash took that moment to release just 3 of his pokemon beneath the tree he was hiding in and jumped down. There were Vibrava, Mimikyu and Kirlia standing there waiting for his command. Mimikyu with an internal snarl at having to obey this human though...

He may be a ghost, a trickster in nature but he had his own honor...He would not disobey the person who saved his life from certain death.

'...Guys we are on a Domino Pizza hunt you see...There are 8 Pokemon...pretty damn week...Kirlia will be long range support, Vibrava will fight on the frontline with Luxray and Mimikyu...' Ash turned to the little ghost fairy with a small smile as he spoke,

'...First of all...I am sorry...I never introduced you to my teammates. But I'll do that later. Now...I need your help. I have read about ghosts...Is it true that they can live in the shadow of their trainers?' Mimikyu gave a very slow and reluctant nod...For a trainer to let a ghost pokemon live in their shadow was the ultimate act of trust. It showed that the trainer trusted the pokemon enough to let it cover their backs in case something happens. To give a place for the ghost to live peacefully...Ghost pokemon too considered it the ultimate honor to be received from their trainers and returned the favor a thousand times...

...But nowadays it was getting rarer. Letting ghost pokemon live in their shadows was now becoming a reclusive concept. So the question is...He hates his human. The human also knows this...So why was this human giving him this...honor?

Seeing the conflicted emotions on Mimikyu Ash spoke up, '...Mimikyu I know how you feel about me...To be honest, I would too if I was in your shoes...But...I know you will never betray me, you're not like that...So I ask you of this...Will you fight by my side?'

Mimikyu spoke no words. A dark shadow extended from nowhere and consumed Mimikyu...Suddenly Ash felt a cold chilling presence just behind him...But with the chilling feeling there was another thing...

...Warmth...Acceptance...A feeling of fulfillment. Of completeness. The feeling of knowing that there is someone watching over you who will bail you out of trouble...And from his shadow he heard a few words...Distorted but still understandable...Like a cackle...

"...I...Shall...Fight...By...Your...Side...Human...Scum..."

Ash couldn't help but sweatdrop at the last part...Was that gonna be his new nickname?

"...Yes..."

What the – Was Mimikyu reading his thoughts now?

"...Indeed..."

Okay...This was seriously creepy...

"...I...am...a ghost...I am...supposed...to...be...creepy..."

Wait...Was that a sense of humor in Mimikyu? Whoa...The world must be coming to an end...

"...Are...we...gonna...kill...them...already? I...am...hungry...Haven't had...a...decent...meal...in...years..."

Ash's eyes widened as a chill ran through his spine...He had forgotten the unique reputation of Mimikyu even among ghosts...Mimikyu lived off the souls of the dead...Bill's lighthouse doesn't even have a single tinge of 'dead' so Mimikyu must be quite famished...

'...Thanks Mimikyu...Now...Listen up guys as I said, Vibrava and Luxray will fight on the frontlines. Vibrava will take down those fire pokemon with ease with her ground type Sand Tombs and Luxray will...err...Do whatever you like with the grunts...Just remember we need only ONE alive. Kirlia will stay back and get some Calm Minds done before he jumps in the fray and diverts any attack coming towards Luxray or Vibrava and occasionally use Psybeam to end any remaining enemy. Mimikyu will cover my back and I will capture a grunt to interrogate...So...Let's go kick some rocket ass shall we?' Ash asked nonchalantly.

All his pokemon nodded. Some had a little more than just disturbing reactions though...Luxray, with his signature bloodthirsty grin and a very chilling cackle from Ash's shadow...where Mimikyu was residing...

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With the grunts, Brunner and Clara were now handling the fire pokemon and instructing them to burn down certain areas of the clearing. Ash still had no idea why were they doing it.

Brunner, the more buff rocket grunt with heavy muscles was laughing as he used his large flamethrower to burn away the shrubs. Clara, the one with bushy brown hair sat idly cursing her executive for sending her to this mission, one of the other men, Mich, was about to say something when suddenly they heard a beastly growl coming from just behind them...

...What they saw made everyone heart leap out of their chests...There stood majestic lion like pokemon with long black mane, its body was blue and there were golden rings on its legs that were pulsing with crackling yellow electricity, it also had long slender tail with a shuriken like star at the end and the most defining feature of the Pokemon that truly instilled fear among them were...

...Gleaming Red Eyes with concentric circles in them...

It was a Luxray, The Gleam Eyes Pokemon. And currently one was just behind them with a very disturbing grin etched on its face...

The other rocket lady, Tara screamed, "GROWLITHE HELP - AAAAAAHHHHHHH"

SHLIEK!!

- Or atleast she would have screamed if a electrified claw hadn't gone through her throat interrupting her shriek of pain...

Luxray took the moment to pounce upon Tara and the last thing Tara felt was cold blue teeth sinking into her throat as her life drained away in front of everyone's eyes.

CRUNCH!!

The other rocket grunts stared in horror as the Luxray crunched upon her throat as the head was severed from the corpse. The Luxray lifted its bloody jaw with a large grin on its face...Its teeth were stained with blood, the red ooze was dripping from his jaw and there was a...

...Chilling bloodthirsty grin on its face...

"ATTACK THE LUXRAY NOW!!"

Each and every Team Rocket grunt (Only 5 that were left alive...for now) in the clearing screamed together in abject horror as the Luxray turned towards the closest grunt...Mich.

All 8 pokemon, 3 Growlithe, 4 Vulpix and the Numel formed a circle around Luxray and a red orb of fire formed in front of their maws...Their fire attacks would have struck Luxray if a dome of earth hadn't suddenly erupted from the ground beneath Luxray and protected the lion pokemon.

They saw a dragonfly like pokemon (Vibrava) rise up from the earth and shoot dozens of concentrated bullets of Sand at the fire pokemon...

2 Growlithe and 3 Vulpix were immediately knocked out by the supereffective ground type attack. As soon as the protective ground cover around Luxray dispersed Luxray curled his paws like a spring and sprang up...

...Towards Mich...

The man screamed. But the scream was outpitched by an even louder,

RRRRRIIIIIPPPPPPPP!!

Mich fell down on the cold hard ground...Missing only a single arm...His left arm was ripped away by Luxray's jaw as he fell down on the pool of red ooze on the ground that was his own blood...

CRUNCH!!

Another ominous 'crunch' echoed throughout the clearing as the gleam eyes pokemon devoured the amputated arm.

What startled them even more was a beam of condensed Psychic energy (Psybeam) that struck the Numel and knocked it out. All of them looked back to see a pokemon that looked like 'dancing ballerina' use Psybeam to knock out the Numel.

BBBZZZZZZZTTTTTT!!

"GAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH" Everyone turned to the side to see Clara get hit by a bolt of electricity from the Luxray. The Luxray pounced at her and sunk its deadly bloody fangs into her throat. Clara fell down on the ground...Dead.

SHLIEK!

Once more their attention was drawn to the left when they saw...A silver streaked black haired boy step out of the canopy with a...purplish ethereal javelin (Do you remember Pointy?) in his hands. The boy threw the javelin at the nearest grunt piercing him straight through the chest as he fell down on the ground with 'shleik' sound...His eyes slowly becoming lifeless.

The only 2 remaining grunts shivered...They knew they were dead...And there was no escape either.

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5 bloody corpses laid aside the clearing where the silver-streaked black haired boy stood. The ground was stained with blood. A lone Luxray was...gnawing on an amputated arm of a Rocket grunt...Teeth stained with blood and a bloodthirsty grin on his face.

CRUNCH!!

The lone rocket grunt still who was still alive winced when he heard the ominous crunch as Luxray bit down on flesh. Meanwhile Ash actually made a disgusted face at Luxray...He could tolerate the fact that Luxray was a bloodthirsty battle junkie...But...Actually seeing him eat made him a little disgusted. Kirlia was however the most disturbed one seeing Luxray's...messy eating habits.

Once more Ash felt the chilling sensation as Mimikyu came out of his shadow...With a cackle of glee the little yellow cloak wearing pokemon scooted over to the dead Rockets and...

...Wait...Why the FUCK were those bodies actually DISSIPATING in cliché bubbles of dark purplish energy?!

Very soon all 5 corpses were gone...Dissipated into dark purple bubbles that Mimikyu had made and then collected it in another large purplish blob.

Seeing Mimikyu form the large orb in his hands Ash couldn't help but ask, '...Mimikyu...What's that?'

Mimikyu's distorted voice answered him, "...Soul Orb. Collective...gathering...of...souls...My special ability...Forming soul...orbs..." With that Mimikyu absorbed the purple into himself.

Ash took a deep breath to calm himself...Okay...This was new. But nothing he couldn't handle...If he could handle a bloodthirsty Luxray who ate Team Rocket Chicken Wings as his favorite dish he then can also handle a soul sucking Grim Reaper.

Hardening his heart and steeling his resolve Ash made his way to the only alive tied up man...Brunner was his name perhaps...

Brunner was currently tied to the tree with a rope, Ash approached him to see this his eyes were tightly shut, not wanting to see the carnage that had just happened...So he did the only sensible thing...

...Punched him in the jaw to wake him up...

The man's eyes opened slightly as he coughed up some blood to the side. He looked up with hazy vision to the tall figure of a silver-streaked ravenette towering over him,

"...Greetings...Mr. Rocket. I don't know your name and I won't bother to. I have killed all your comrades and you are the only one alive. I've kept you alive so that you can give me information...Failure to comply will result in a very painful death...But if you correctly answer my questions, I will let you go" For adding extra emphasis Ash made a purple spear in his hands that reached the ground and twirled it around as he pointed it to his palm...

He held the spear just above the man's palm and spoke up, "...A single wrong answer and you lose you palm..." Ash smiled at him as he spoke, "...Now my first question...Why were you here and where is Rocket Agent Domino?"

"I-I...I-I...I wo-won-won't t-t-tell y-y-you –" His stuttering reply was interrupted when he felt something cold inside his palm...

He looked to his left hand to see his palm pierced by the spear and into the ground...

Brunner screamed. But no one heard his cries. But then Brunner saw something that terrified him till the rest of his life (Which won't last long anyway)...He saw Ash's smirk widen into a cruel grin,

"...Scream...Scream some more..."

SHLIEK!

...Brunner couldn't, not scream after that...

End...Well like I said...This is a darkstory. There is a freaking tag of 'darkstory' and ranked #1 on the tag last time I checked...

And so...Yeah...Next chapter will feature Ash reaching Domino's coordinates and the clash between them...Now...I am a little conflicted on that part though...

Should Domino be kept alive?

You can suggest about it. I'll take your suggestions. And so...Stay safe in this second wave of the outbreak. Read and Review. Go to hell for all I car –

WAIT WHAT?! THAT'S NOT MY SIGNATURE LINE!! INNER ME GET THE FUCK OUTTA MY COMPUTER!!

Inner Me : *cackle* Kekekekeke...