((Blerg blerg TCoD needs to stop eating my posts. Also, the quality of my posts seems to get better when I'm not posting in the middle of the night.))
There was general confusion among the injured Darkness Army (Akabari rather liked the sound of that, even though they're technically not an army yet), and Akabari surveyed the field. There were many injuries, definitely; they had just defeated a legendary, after all. A Legendary Light. Akabari still couldn't quite wrap his mind around the concept that they, a small group of oppressed pokemon, had managed to defeat a Legendary.
Yet Cresselia's defeat still bothered him. Akabari knew that the last move she used was Lunar Dance, and it was a move known to have powerful healing properties. Yet, who did she heal? It could not have been the Dark Army, for she is one of the Light, yet there is nobody in the vicinity who could have helped. Unless... The Absol shook his head. He had not been feeling any sense of disaster, and, although his foretelling senses weren't the sharpest in the world, he still could see something extremely devastating. He probably should stop worrying about it. Akabari trotted next to Darkrai's fallen body and nursed his wounds. The cut was still bleeding, but it wasn't that bad, especially compared to Darkrai's.
The Darkness creature seemed to have stopped bleeding now (Akabari briefly wondered about where Darkrai's blood would come from), but he was still unconscious. The Absol carefully prodded Darkrai on the side, noticing that nobody was paying attention to him.
Darkrai stirred, and opened his eye. Akabari leapt about a foot into the air and stumbled backwards, surprised, as the Darkness pokemon, who he thought was dead, slowly rose up. Darkrai's dark cloak was still ragged and worn, and his red collar was still covered by blood, but he was alive; or conscious, at least, because Akabari couldn't tell whether Darkrai was dead like some of the Ghosts are.
The Pitch-Black pokemon hovered higher and blinked, surveying his surroundings. "C...Cresselia is dead?" He asked, his voice filled with disbelief. Then, as he floated closer to the Light's wound, Akabari could almost hear the joy in his voice as Darkrai exclaimed, "Cresselia is dead!"
Yet, almost as abrupt as Darkrai's sudden awakening, the joy disappeared and Darkrai faced the group of injured Darkness. His voice, no longer weak, rang out over the field, as cool and smoothing as the Night. "Giratina's Army," he started, paused, as if to contemplate his thoughts, then started again, "The Army of Darkness, I congratulate you on our first victory against the Light. While many of our numbers are injured, we have defeated Cresselia, the Guardian of the Moon, and the sole creature responsible for covering the Night with Brightness. However," Darkrai made a sweeping gesture to the dark, moonless sky above, "Cresselia is no more and we have once again regained the Darkness in the Night, and I thank each and every one of you, brave warriors of Lord Giratina, for helping our cause."
Akabari listened intently as Darkrai continued his speech. "However, I must cut straight to my point," Darkrai said, his voice suddenly becoming serious. "Cresselia's defeat will warn the Light of our rising, and their army is probably already gathering this minute. We must find and revive the Seven Lords of Darkness, the seven brave creatures who had dedicated his or her lives fighting for Giratina, and," Darkrai's voice was sarcastic now, almost bitter, "their reward was for their souls to be sealed into stones by Arceus."
Darkrai turned serious again, his eyes resting briefly on every single creature of the Army as he continued. "You, the faithful Army of Darkness, is the key to Lord Giratina's revival. The stones containing the Seven Souls are heavily guarded by Light handpicked by Arceus himself, and it will be a dangerous battle that a single creature cannot win alone." Here Darkrai chuckled bitterly. "I had thought that I was powerful enough to challenge one of those creatures, and I had failed."
"The first stone is in the Ruins of Alph, a series of caves south from here," Darkrai continued, "This is the only information I managed to extract before Cresselia attacked me. I must apologize in advance, for I will be setting out to find the location of the next stone and will not be able to help you on your quest. However, I believe in every single one of you, and, as the Army of Darkness, you will be able to defeat the Light, and Darkness will rule once more."
