Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Eclipse (Book 2)

True Final Boss Battle: Wraith

Geek seemed to be creating Dragon Pulse attack at will. Wherever he wanted one, it would appear and go in whatever direction Geek wanted. Wraith plowed forward, getting ready to slam a fist into Geek's chest. As soon as the fist hit, it sent another sonic boom, but Geek didn't even flinch. He looked at Wraith with a gleeful grin, then slammed several spikes into Wraith.

"That's the power of Pokemon, Wraith," Geek said as he sent several more spikes forward.

Wraith dodged them, then sent a few Dark Pulses at Geek. Each hit, and they actually hurt. Geek flipped around and saw Wraith mere inches away from slamming a Shadow Ball into his face. Geek teleported behind Wraith and sent three Dragon Pulse attacks into the dark Mewtwo copy. Wraith shrieked in pain, and flipped around, slamming his tail with Dark Pulse energy into Geek. Geek went spinning in the air, and then got hit with a few Shadow Balls mid air. He flew and skidded into the ground. He got up, pain slightly pricking at him, but otherwise fine. Wraith growled in anger.

Geek jumped forward and used an Extreme Speed to slam into Wraith. As soon as Wraith was a few feet away, it was like slow motion took over. Geek grabbed Wraith's tail, slammed him into the ground. Wraith rebounded back into the air, and Geek elbowed Wraith in the gut. Wraith rebounded again, and Geek kicked Wraith into the air. He sent fifteen Dragon Pulses into Wraith as he fell down, then waited until he slammed into the ground. The smoke cleared, and Wraith jumped up, slamming Geek's face with a Shadow Ball.

Geek spiraled back, then felt Wraith's tail wrap around one of his legs and slam him into the ground. A Shadow Ball volley soon followed, hitting Geek in the back several times. Geek cried in pain, but pushed on. He felt Wraith's next attack with his aura, and rolled to the side. The leg slammed into the ground, sending Geek into the air with a shockwave. Geek balanced himself in mid air and grabbed a Shadow Ball attack. When he landed, he copied what Wraith had done to him so long ago. Wraith, now furious, charged forward and slammed Geek with a Dark Pulse attack.

Geek flew back, but recovered and landed, grabbing Wraith's hand as he threw it out, then flipped him over and into the air. Mid air, Geek slammed Wraith's chest with his leg, then punched Wraith several times with his fists, then unleashed a huge payload of Hand Pulses and Dragon Pulses into Wraith's body. Wraith flew even further, but stopped just before he fell off the platform. Geek began to spin Wraith around by his tail. When Geek let go, Wraith flew into Necrozma's bubble and cracked it. That shouldn't have been possible. Geek, noticing the crack, got an idea. He grabbed Wraith by the tail again before he could get up and slammed him into the bubble.

The bubble shattered, and Necrozma woke up, realizing what was going on. Geek threw Wraith into the bubbles of everyone else, shattering them into oblivion. Everyone cheered, now in their real bodies, as Geek smashed every single bubble with every single Pokemon with Wraith. Wraith was unable to stop him, and he started to feel dizzy. Finally, Geek had one last bubble to pop. Volt's.

"Wraith, how does it feel to have everything taken away after all this build up? I hope you feel sad, CAUSE THAT'S HOW I FELT!" Geek shouted as he slammed Wraith into Volt's bubble harder than the others.

Geek dropped Wraith and grabbed Volt before he hit the ground. Volt, sleepily opened his eyes and saw Geek.

"So, you didn't give up did you?" He said weakly.

"Nope. But I'm not done yet," Geek said as he handed Volt to Wave and Tsunami, who set him down and started healing him with what they had.

Geek walked over to Wraith, now broken and battered on the ground. He looked down at the now weakened Shadow Pokemon Lord. He gave Wraith the kind of look you get before someone ends you. Wraith looked up helplessly as Geek raised his hands and brought them down. He stopped. Wraith looked at him confused.

"You know, when we first battled, we didn't even consider what you were," Geek said.

"What?" Wraith asked, confused.

"But I know what you are now. I understand now," Geek said with a smile.

"What are you babbling about?" Wraith asked, confused and somewhat worried.

"You're just another Pokemon like us. Sure, you're evil, and sure you're trying to destroy the world and stuff, but that's something all of us have. A dark side. Something some keep hidden, and others let roam free," Geek began to explain.

"So you're just, sparing me!? After all of that!?" Wraith shouted.

"Of course. If I ended you, you would just come back more powerful and with more vengeance. Why try and force you to hide what you really are?" Geek replied, the smile growing bigger.

"I can't believe you!" Wraith shouted as he tried getting himself up.

"Sure you can. Because I won. Not by strength, but by not giving up. You never gave up did you? Even when you lost to us, you came back. You see, you and I don't have too many things different, we just choose to express them differently. So come on Wraith. Why not try and show us that bright side?" Geek asked as he held his hand out for Wraith to take.

Wraith looked at Geek skeptically. He wasn't sure what to think. After everything he had done, Geek was just going to spare him? Maybe he had a point. Wraith searched deep inside of himself. He found something, hidden, deep in himself, something bright and warm. He moved away the dark, cold vines that choked it out, and felt happiness, real happiness, take over. Slowly, his body changed from Black and Red, to White and Blue. He became a white Mewtwo looking Pokemon, with blue eyes and a blue tail. He had a softer expression, one of joy. Geek smiled even wider as Wraith, no, Shine, took his hand and lifted himself up.

"Geek," Shine said.

"No. Stop right there. No need to apologize. Just fix what your evil side did, and that will be regret enough," Geek explained.

Shine nodded, then went to the front of the Realm. He lifted his hands and sent a whitish blueish beam into the black and red realm around them. The whole Realm changed color, and began to shrink. As it did, Pokemon vanished and appeared back where they had been sucked in earlier. Geek and all of his friends watched as everything began to return to normal. Geek slowly lost his purple body aura, and he felt frail and weak again. But he didn't care. For the first time, he didn't care for a good reason. Drew came up next to him, limping and with an injured arm. Shine looked over and sent a small beam into Drew, fully healing him and restoring his energy. Volt came up next to the other side of Geek, and the three of them got into a huge three way hug.

"I love you guys so much," Geek said.

"I know," Drew and Volt said at the same time.

As they hugged, everyone slowly began returning to their last locations. When the Realm finally vanished, Shine warped everyone back to Taku Taku City. It was busy, alive, and perfectly well. Geek and Volt, Drew and Auroras, Moss, Wave and Tsunami, and Dist all stood in the city square together. Shine looked down on them, and smiled a genuine happy smile.

"Thank you Geek. Thank you for everything," Shine said, then blasted off into space.

"Guys," Tsunami said.

"Yeah?" Geek asked.

"Did we just save the world? Again?"

Everyone laughed.

"Yeah, I guess we did didn't we?" Wave said.

"So, who wants to finish exploring the Alola Continent!?" Geek asked excited.

"YEAH!" Everyone replied in unison.

For the first time in a long while, Geek felt happy and full. He felt warm and fuzzy knowing that he was once again surrounded by his friends. For the first time in forever, familiar wasn't too bad of a word to think about.