Me: Hey guys, you may not have noticed but I don't follow a schedule.
Tepig: At all.
Me: I have no clue what's going to get updated or when. It's more of a flash of inspiration thing.
Shuckle: And inspiration has struck again!
Me: I figured I'd do something for gen 7, so here goes.
"We really should help him . . ." A little gray Pokémon said.
"He hates it when we interfere with his battles." A feminine voice said, coming above from a large bat like Pokémon. "It's best to just leave him be."
"It's a seven on one though!" The Gloomdweller Pokémon stated as his burning red eyes stared worriedly at the gigantic black Pokémon before him.
"He told me before we got here that he wants to do this on his own. He's the most powerful guy here and I trust him to get the job done." Said a Steel-Psychic lion.
Marshadow could see that there was no point to arguing his case. He knew Necrozma was powerful, more powerful than any of them, but something told him that this battle wouldn't end well.
He took in the whole array of Ultra Beasts. Seven in total. A strange white jellyfish, Nihilego. A muscular red bug, Buzzwole. A graceful humanlike being, Pheromosa. A bunch of wires with hair, Xurkitree. A seemingly female warrior with heavy lances, Celesteela. A tiny thing with blades for hands, Kartana. And a gigantic black beast with a gaping mouth, Guzzlord.
For some reason Marshadow felt the most ominous vibe from Nihilego. Something about this Ultra Beast was different from the others. It looked so innocent; every other Ultra Beast had something that was obviously dangerous so this soft looking mass of tentacles had to have something special to run with them.
At that moment a voice rang out from somewhere.
"Just you?" It asked. "That is noble . . . but foolish."
Then Nihilego turned with a swish of a tentacle.
In an instant Xurkitree shot off a beam of electricity at Necrozma who shot his own laser straight into it causing a vast and windy explosion. Buzzwole came through the smoke to land a punch on Necrozma, but had it caught in Necrozma's hand. Necrozma slid back just an inch and charged up another laser while the red bug was still in his grasp.
Before the laser could go off a small and fast force smacked itself into his head making him just barely miss. Necrozma moved into the air just as another punch from Buzzwole sailed beneath him.
It brought him very close to Celesteela who almost immediately thrust a lance at him. He was able to barely avoid it and retaliated with one of the spikes on his arm slamming it into her body. Then the small force smacked into him again, out of the corner of his eye he saw the orange flash of Kartana.
The blow from Kartana was surprisingly powerful and twisted him directly into a kick from a thin white leg. This kick was much more forceful and sent him sprawling through the air.
Just before he had regained control he felt a surge of electricity go through him. It hurled him into the ground but also gave him the perfect angle on Pheremosa.
He fired off another laser at her and was perfectly on target. Then the white jellyfish put itself between the shot and its target, crossing its tentacles to weaken the blow. Necrozma was surprised by this. He knew they didn't hate each other but-
His confusion delayed him for a moment and he was just barely able to get to his feet before a blow from Buzzwole could pound him into the ground. What he didn't have the time to see was Celesteela's lance before it collided with his skull.
His world went black and he crumpled to the ground.
"Necrozma!" Lunala exclaimed with wide eyes. She was the first to react and flew toward him with Solgaleo following close behind.
Xurkitree turned a wired arm on Lunala and fired a burst of electricity that slammed into her with incredible force and threw her backward.
Solgaleo was immediately met by Buzzwole, who landed a punch directly to his face sending him sprawling.
Marshadow, having taken a more cautious speed, stood in between the two space legendaries readying himself for anything.
The voice from before rang in his head again. "I don't want you dead yet, but it is your choice." The Nihilego was facing him simply floating there. It didn't say anything more and it didn't need to. Marshadow understood exactly what it meant.
The battle was over and they had two options. Fight and die, or surrender and try later.
After that Nihilego turned to face Necrozma's unconscious body. A pink aura surrounded the prism Pokémon's body as he was lifted from the ground and floated toward the only Ultra Beast that hadn't participated in the fight. Guzzlord.
A sudden chill of horror went through Marshadow as he remembered what Guzzlord was. A beast that could swallow entire buildings. Something capable of bringing every single molecule of a meal into its own being. A being that could destroy anything.
Lunala also realized what was happening and attempted to get up. She was weak from Xurkitree's blast and electricity still surged through her hindering her movements.
As she tried to get up Marshadow noticed that Xurkitree's wires were crackling with energy, ready to shoot her down the moment she got up. Immediately he forced shadow bands around Lunala pulling her back down again.
Her eyes turned to him in shock as he did the same to Solgaleo, who was still too woozy from the punch to realize what was going on.
By now Necrozma was being slid into Guzzlord's maw feet first. There was a chomp as the beast's maw closed.
And then there was a roar of pain.
The sudden pain of being cut in half had woken Necrozma from his unconscious state. His eyes darted to Marshadow. For the first time in centuries they were filled with fear.
Moments later Guzzlord's claws clamped onto Necrozma's arms pulling the rest of the legendary Pokémon into his maw.
And then, with a clash of yellow jaws, he was gone.
Nihilego moved so that it was directly in front of Marshadow. It floated there, perhaps hoping to entice Marshadow into battle. It was almost working before he spotted Lunala charging a Moongeist Beam and remembered their silent deal. He instinctively summoned another shadow band around Lunala's mouth, preventing her from attacking.
Then with the swish of a tentacle Nihilego gave another command and the Ultra Beasts left.
Lunala was screaming at them through her shadow band with as much force as she could muster in her weakened state, struggling to break free from the shadow bands placed on her.
Even in her weakened state Marshadow was having a hard time holding her back. He held for as long as he could tapping into just a tiny portion of his rage reserve before the bonds finally broke.
Lunala immediately flew off in the direction of the Ultra Beasts. Solgaleo was still suffering from the blow to his head and had to get up slowly.
"Something . . . bad happened." He said slowly. His eyes finally came back into focus even though he still swayed on his feet. "What happened . . . to Necrozma?"
". . . He's gone." Marshadow answered.
"As in?" Solgaleo asked slowly.
This time Marshadow was reluctant to answer. "He's . . ."
"Dead." Lunala answered as she flew back to them. She cast an angry eye on Marshadow and addressed him with just as much anger in her tone. "You held me back. You prevented me from blasting their leader! I WOULD HAVE SAVED HIM!"
Marshadow reeled slightly from the rage pouring out of his friend. It was intense, and empowering, and . . . bad.
"You would have been shot dead if I hadn't." Marshadow responded careful to not let his anger slip. Lunala was about to fire back another response when Marshadow held up a hand glancing over at Solgaleo.
The great lion was still unsteady on his feet, the punch had clearly done serious damage to him and an argument here wasn't going to help it.
"We'll continue this later." Lunala said getting the point quickly. She flew over to Solgaleo's side and directed him as they headed back toward the teleportation area.
Shuckle: Well that was a happy little chapter!
Me: It was never going to be the happiest of stories . . .
Tepig: Did you really have to kill the cool one off though?
Me: Yep. It's important to the story. Now, since nobody really knows what Marshadow actually is yet I'm taking some serious creative liberties with him but I hope it pays off.
Tepig: Alright so next chapter's action is looking like . . . wait. What kind of Pokémon is a-
Me: Until next time!