“Rise, fallen warriors!” Shones chanted. Challow watched Jacha’s and Itasha’s bodies heal and return to normal. Draco and Phoenix stood back. A bright light surrounded the group trapping them on the edge. From above, fire struck the huge barrier of light. Jerachi seemed to be giving off the light. Everyone stared in amazement at little Pokémon. “I didn’t know you had it in you.” Ama and Black Pyro noted.
The bright green light faded when the fire stopped. Jerachi looked at the others. “What was that?” Billy asked. “He used protect and saved us from the fire storm.” Shones replied, “We should get back to the ship before this happens again.” Everyone started walking back. Frick looked over at Sain. She watched the others and turned to face him. “I think this is the best thing that has ever happened to me!” Sain jumped for joy, “but, I miss Nelo.”
On the ship, Sain confronted Shones about her problem. “Don‘t worry about Nelo, in fact I talked to him before we left the port.” Shones watched Sain’s eyes get wide. “Honestly?” Sain asked. “Of course I am! We’re going back so, you won’t be upset for much longer!” Sain jumped up and down. Frick looked confused. “Is that the only reason we’re going back?” he blurted out, “I was hoping to kill monsters and have fun with my new weapons!” Shones giggled. “We forgot to get some supplies. Don’t get to cocky or you might end up dead like Laizen and Jawser did.” Frick scowled and walked off.
Nelo looked out the window next to him. He could see the sea. Birds flew over the big blue. Nelo looked at a picture in his hand. The picture was tear stained with a burn on the left corner, where his finger was. Sain and Jaysein were in the picture. A heart was drawn over the smiling Sain’s head. “Soon, we will meet again.” Nelo whispered. He took a black samurai sword off the wall next to him. He put the sword in its sheath on his side. Nelo turned to the waiter, flipped him a coin, and walked out of the door of the Black Roses’ restaurant.
The Shadow Rider approached the dock. Again, the people screamed and ran away from the shore. Nelo watched in horror as the ship came to a stop. I can do this, I will take down the Black Roses and get my Sain back! he thought. Jaysein stepped off the ship and all the people stopped. The screaming turned to cheers as she waved. Nelo stared in astonishment. Sain came out behind Jaysein with Frick, Ray, Shones, and Challow by her side. Sain spotted Nelo and waved at him.
Confused, Nelo ran up to Sain. “You’re OK!” Nelo embraced Sain in a hug. “Why wouldn’t I be?!” Sain asked. Paulwow ran across the deck. “What did I miss?” he asked out of breath. “Where have you been?” Shones asked. Paulwow didn’t answer her, instead he smiled and walked off the ship. “He is one weird guy!” Nelo mused. “Hey, don’t talk about Paulwow like that.” Draco joked. Ray looked up at Draco, “That’s an insult to weird people!” Everyone laughed.
Rebecca watched the pirates from on top of the crow’s nest. She sighed. The black rope ladder twitched in the wind. The bandanas on the pirates’ heads seemed to burst into flames in the hot sun. “Wow!” Rebecca watched the shore that was crowded with the pirates. The shore looked as if it were on fire. “What are you doing up here?” Rebecca lost her balance and started to fall overboard. A hand from behind grabbed her wrist and pulled her up.
Link stared at the startled Rebecca. Rebecca clung to him with her life. Her heavy breathing slowed down to normal. “Please, don’t do that, again.” Rebecca still clung to Link. “You can let go if you want.” Link stared at her, again. This time she stared back and let go of his shirt. “Lets get down from here before one of us falls and dies!” Link helped Rebecca down the rope ladder.
Finnket watched as Wolfwood and Vash argued over an apple pie. “You can’t have it because you already had 2 pies!” Wolfwood took the pie from Vash. Finnket laughed and fell over in the water on the beach. “Oh, crap!” he cried. “Not ‘Oh, crap!’ but, Oh, crab!!” Paulwow laughed and pointed to the little red crab on Finnket’s reddish hair. Vash and Wolfwood stopped and stared at Finnket. Then, they laughed till it hurt. Finnket ran around in circles swatting at the crab, screaming of course.
Nelo and Sain watched the retard run in circles. Shones kept shouting, “Don’t move or it will bite harder!” Challow aimed an arrow at the crab. The arrow whizzed through the air and nailed the pinching crab. “I didn’t know I could do that!” Challow gasped at the dead crab with an arrow in the dead center. “Don’t worry all of you have powers that you don’t know of, yet.” Shones said.
The band of pirates followed Shones to a training area. Large Japanese looking huts were all over. There were seven of the huts. Five were dojos, one was a tall five story hotel, and the other was a trainer’s rest area. They place looked deserted except for two guards on either side of the hotel, a man and woman, who looked like statues, in the rest area, and the samurai on the roof of one of the arenas.
“Monsoon, come down here.” the man yelled. The samurai hesitated then, jumped off of the roof. He landed in front of Ama and Black Pyro. Shones stared at Monsoon and said, “We’re here to practice our skills.” Monsoon bowed and showed the way to the largest of the buildings. “This way, my lord.” he instructed, “If any of you need to rest, go to the man and woman and ask for what ever is necessary for your comfort. They will give it to you and do not ask for eternity, only Shones would grant something that important.”
Everyone stared at Shones. She giggled and signaled to the others that he was a little coo-coo. When Monsoon stopped in front of the hotel, the guards nodded their heads and stepped aside. Monsoon turned and then left the group to explore the hotel. “Please, be free to roam the training grounds. Don’t get lost!” he warned as he walked away. Shones looked at the tired pirates, “You may sleep here and we’ll practice early in the morning.”
That night, the pirates decided to celebrate their new life in the strange world Shones called home. Nelo and Sain danced together the whole night. Shones and Challow sat together at the bar laughing and loving each other. Phoenix and Draco snuck out for some alone time. Ama and Black Pyro watched a movie together. Ray, Billy, and Guy served the hungry pirates. The rest of the restless pirates drank till they fell over laughing and carrying on.
Jawser, Jacha, Frick, and Itasha got drunker than monkeys. Itasha went around the hotel tricking people and causing destruction. Kay walked around like she was lost. Jawser, drunkenly, made Kay the queen of darkness. “To the new queen of darkness, may she live forever!” Jawser cheered. Kay got an evil glint in her eyes.
Everyone stopped what they were doing. Draco and Phoenix came barging in. “What have you done, Jawser?” Draco asked out of breath. Shones started laughing. “Don’t worry about any of this. Kay was already queen of darkness.” Shones explained, “When you’re in my world, you are who you really are deep down. You’re not who you wish to be but, how you really are underneath the mask.” Everyone stared in amazement. “Only Kay didn’t really have a mask!” Itasha laughed.