So my friend brought Pokken to my house the other day and when we played it I was instantly hooked. There is so much you can do for plot stuff that I decided to make a story on it. Now, since not a ton is known about Ferrum, I'm going to be making up some things as we go. You'll know them when you see them. Also, the songs I'm listening to, because they're awesome is the Uncharted 3- Drake's Deception- Full Sound Track. Because two hours of amazing Uncharted music is the only way to go.
If you want to find a good one of YouTube check out these guys called TheUnchartedBoys. Just in case you were curious. Anywho, let's get this party started!
"Keep up the assault! Don't give him any room to breathe!" He swiped his arm to the side as his partner rushed the recovering opponent, kicking the enemy up into the air, only to follow and deliver a kick to them that knocked them straight into the ground.
"Finish it!" His partner spun in the air to where he had his head down like a missile. He dove down, energy coursing around him. When he got close he pulled his fist back, coating it in energy. He let out a growl, before slamming it into the downed opponent. Dust and debris flew everywhere. When it cleared only one was standing.
"Nice job, Riley!" Riley backed away from his opponent, never taking his gaze off. After a few seconds someone called out, "Feraligator is unable to battle! The winner is Riley and Mare." There was a loud round of applause, which Mare raised his right arm to. Riley crossed his arms over his chest, letting out a small growl on joy. Mare walked forward, hugging his partner.
"Nice job, Riley! You were incredible out there! If we fight like that in the next tournament we'll win hands down." Riley nodded to his partner, closing his eyes and relaxing.
"Let's head to the healer. Then we can go to Pete's. Sound fair?" Riley thought about it before nodding.
"Sweet. Come on." Mare led Riley to where the healer was. They had been practicing in the arena, seeing as they wanted to get a feel for it before competing there for real. While it had not been an official tournament or fight, just practice, there was a large amount of people who still watched.
When they reached the healer, Mare sat in the chair to the side, while Riley settled onto the table, his eyes still closed.
"That was good, just have to work more on our distance fighting game. Up close you can't lose. The problem is getting close or fighting a distance game. We'll work more on that later though, ok?" Riley grunted his understanding. Mare looked at his watch, letting out a sigh.
"Only noon. We have most of the day left. After getting food want to train?" Riley opened one eye, looking calmly with the red orbs that Mare was so familiar with. He shook his head.
"Alright, but tomorrow we have to train, got it?" Riley grunted once more, though it was slightly annoyed. Mare chuckled at his partner. The healer looked him over, giving a few sprays of potion to his arms and body. After a few seconds she smiled to Mare.
"All set, Mare. You may go. Good fight out there, by the way. You guys have certainly improved from when I first saw you." Mare nodded to the girl.
"Thanks, Felicia. It means a lot to hear that. Riley won't admit it, but he likes it when people give him praise." Felicia rubbed the head of the Pokémon to her left.
"I know he does. He's such a good boy." Riley let out a snort of discomfort. Felicia chuckled at him.
"It's not that bad, silly. I've been healing your wounds for a long time. Every time I do you never complain. Even that time when you were hurt real bad, you sat silently and let me work. I really appreciate it. Some of the fighters are real cry babies." Riley gave the equivalent of his chuckle. Mare nudged his partner's arm.
"Tough devil ain't ya?" Riley smirked at the praise. Mare stood up, stretching his back as he did.
"Well, we need to be going. Thanks for the help Felicia, say hello to Silas for me." She nodded to him.
"I will. Make sure you visit sometime soon. My husband loves talking to you about your battles. Why he doesn't just ask me I won't ever know." Mare shared a laugh with her, waving his good bye. As trainer and Pokémon started to leave they noticed some people were gossiping vividly about something.
"Wonder what's up, eh?" Riley opened his eyes, focusing on the targets of interest. Riley was able to hear what they were saying, and then transferred what he was feeling to Mare.
"Did you hear that the former champion of Sinnoh is coming here!?"
"Really!?"
"Ya! She's coming to oversee the tournament. They say she may even compete in it! Imagine that!"
"What would someone from Sinnoh know about fighting like we do? They treat their Pokémon like tools. Why do you think everyone in Ferrum only has one Pokémon? So they won't mistreat any. They can have up to six in Sinnoh! Why would you need that many when you can have one of the closest friends ever?"
"Ya, they keep 'em in Pokeballs too. Why would you have to, or even want to do that?" Mare had heard enough, sensing it, Riley withdrew their minds from the conversation.
"Former champion. Interesting, don't you think?" Riley shrugged, closing his eyes once more. Mare let out a bored sigh.
"Anyways, let's get going. Pete won't wait forever." Riley gave a confused glance. Mare chuckled, scratching his head.
"Maybe I'm just hungry." His stomach started to growl loudly.
"Or a lot a hungry." Riley chuckled to his trainer. The duo made a faster pace to get to the food that Mar...both of them really wanted.
When they arrived at the diner they were pleased to see it was not very busy. The two sat down in their favorite booth by the window, Mare making small talk to Riley, the Pokémon just nodding to his trainer. Eventually a women walked over to them.
"Mare, how are you?" Mare was so excited he jumped up and practically tackled his friend.
"Nia! I haven't seen you in forever! How are you would be a better question, since me and Riley have been fine." She chuckled, readjusting her glasses.
"Well, I've been ok, and so has Weavile has been training a lot, so we are definitely a much bigger threat on the battle field. Though I'm sure we could never hope to match up against you and Riley." Riley one more soaked up his praise. Mare brushed it off.
"We're not that good."
"Not that good!? You guys have qualified for the biggest tournament in Ferrum! That requires raw talent! And skill, and synergy, and practice, and lots of strength. The list goes on and I can't think of one thing you both don't have." Mare chuckled uneasily.
"You make it sound like we're going to be the next champions." Nia smiled at her friend. The two had grown up together since they could barely crawl. They viewed each other as siblings more than anything.
"Well, if you want we could always help you to train. It's better to have partners than just bags. Especially since Riley tends to break all the bags in a few good hits." The Pokémon being mentioned looked away slightly.
"I wouldn't doubt it. He's as strong as they come. Plus his fur is really pretty." It was true that Riley had nice fur. It was different though. Instead of a dark blue it was a pale blue, one that could almost be mistaken for grey, while his chest fur was snow white. He had not been born that way, rather an incident with the morphing process.
If two similar Pokémon were battling each other then machines would morph their colorings for a short time to allow people to distinguish which was which. When they had done so with Riley one time the coloring had been incorrect. They usually switched them to be opposites from each other, so he would have turned red. Instead, they turned him pale blue and white. When they tried to change him back it wouldn't work.
The most they could do was compensate and give them money. Riley hadn't cared, and had actually become slight vain. Though it wasn't much, he only really showed it to the same of his kind. Which made him a black sheep. Most of his kind distinguished themselves for their power, yet he didn't like to fight for titles. But he did enjoy fighting. Such is the way of a Lucario though.
Nia tapped her ear piece.
"Ya? On my way. See you soon." When she finished the call she faced a grinning Mare.
"Was that your boyfriend?" Nia blushed, looking away.
"No! Just someone I'm advising for, I swear!" Mare chuckled.
"Sure it is. Better go before you make yourself look even more foolish." She nodded quickly, then took off. Mare faced Riley, leaning close.
"Was it her boyfriend?" Riley gave a half nod and head shake.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Riley took the salt and pepper shakers and put them a few inches away from each other. He then put his hand right in between.
"Sheeeeee... likes him, maybe?" He got a nod.
"Awesome! We are a good team. You fight and I tell you what was wrong." Riley gave him an annoyed look.
"Kidding. Even if it is kinda true, but you know I would definitely step in for you if I had to right?" Riley nodded, then held his fist. The duo fist bumped, making explosion sounds and throwing their fists in the air.
"Mare! Are you hungry?"
"Thank the lord, yes, Pete! Feed me!" Riley face palmed. While his trainer could be childish, despite being twenty-two, he wouldn't trade him for anyone in all of Ferrum or any of the other regions.
She had finished checking into her hotel and looked around.
"What a beautiful place. So many Pokémon out and about." She stepped outside and took in the air. Despite it being the city it still had fresh air that made the ones back home seem unbreathable.
"Now, to find the stadium." She began walking towards where she believed the stadium to be when she felt hungry. She looked around and spotted a place called Pete's.
"That should work." She stepped in, looking up when she heard the bell. Something new to her after hearing only electronic pings. She looked for an open seat and saw one behind a booth where a trainer and his Pokémon sat. She sat with her back to the duo, looking around ion a bored way. She heard the young man behind her talking loud enough for her to hear very easily.
"Then you were like, Boom! And then Kaboosh! Then I was like, 'Woah,' and you were like Skadoosh!" She shook her head, sighing peacefully as she was handed a menu. She began scanning it when she heard a rustling behind her.
"You must be new here." She turned to see the person from the booth talking to her. She smiled to him.
"How can you tell?"
"Most people here have nice tanned skin during the summer from all the sun. Yet you're pale as a ghost. Unless you hide inside all day, but you don't seem like the type to do that. Plus you have to look at the menu. People who come here know the memory by heart." She laughed at his inspection of her.
"Well, you are very correct. Anything to recommend?" He nodded quickly.
"Cheese Cake!" She smiled at him in confusion.
"For lunch?"
"Oh. Well, it's all good so just get anything. I've had everything on the menu at least twice. Pete is good at what he does. Him and his Bisharp." She looked back at the menu before making her choice.
"So, where you from?"
"Sinnoh." Mare nodded. He turned to Riley.
"We heard something about that earlier. What was it again?" Riley pointed at the women, then pretended to put something on his head.
"Royalty?" Head shake.
"Hmm... She likes hats?" Riley slammed his head on the table.
"What I was isn't very important. What I will become is better to ask." Mare turned to her.
"What do you plan on doing?" He looked her over, sizing up what she seemed like she could do. She wore mostly black, with large pants and a coat on her. They had golden highlights along them and in her long golden hair she had two things that almost reminded him of a Lucario's appendices on each side of her hair.
"Trainer maybe? You look like a trainer." She smiled.
"Something like that." Mare nodded.
"Never introduced myself. Name's Mare." He held out his hand, which she shook.
"Cynthia. Pleasure to meet you." She looked closer at the young man, taking in his appearance. His hair was white and short, with lots of evidence of being bedhead. He wore glasses that had blue rims and slightly tinted glass. He was slightly tanned, like he had said most people in Ferrum were.
His clothes were very casual, consisting of a black shirt that had grey lines running horizontally along the chest. He wore a checkered shirt over it that he left unbuttoned. The checkered shirt was a dark blue in color. His pants were regular jeans that had worn spots on the knees either from laying down or moving around a lot, she deduced. All in all he seemed like a regular everyday person one would meet.
"You said you're a sort of trainer. Since you probably haven't been to Ferrum before, we can show you around, and even a Ferrum battle or two. The battles here are known for being explosive and action-packed." Cynthia thought about it, then picked up her menu.
"Can I at least eat first?" Mare chuckled.
"We got to as well. So sure. In fact..." He stood, sitting at her booth.
"That'll be easier then turning around multiple times. Riley, come here." Riley lifted his face from the table, then stood. The Lucario walked around to sit next to his trainer.
"More introductions. This is my partner, Riley. History fact, people in Ferrum are only allowed one Pokémon. When they become of age they are given an egg, and whatever comes out is their partner." Cynthia nodded.
"Interesting. I am surprised why there are so many Pokémon around though. Back in Sinnoh there was never this many." Mare shrugged.
"We probably have about the same as any other place. But we don't keep ours in Pokeballs. Those are sorta taboo here." Cynthia felt in her coat pocket, the familiar sleek ball where her best friend was resting.
"I was wondering about that. I was worried my partner would scare some people if I let her out, so I didn't. I won't till we leave, she is rather large." Mare nodded.
"Sweet. Anywho, you excited for the Ferrum Tournament? Biggest event on Ferrum. It's going to be broadcasted all over the region and then to some of the other ones. Have you ever seen one?" Cynthia shook her head.
"Around this time we have our own tournament in Sinnoh, so most people are preoccupied with that. I am excited to see it." Mare nodded quickly.
"Maybe you should enter too. Could be fun. Just have to get you the right gear." Cynthia turned her head sideways.
"What gear would that be?" Mare tapped his ear, a device sprouted in it, letting off a golden light before a golden line spread out to be in front of his mouth. It looked like a headset. When he did that a similar glow started in Riley's ear and a small golden orb formed by Riley's ear.
"Synergy headset thing. I don't remember the name, but they allow you to bond very closely with your Pokémon in battle and even attain a Synergy State, then use powerful moves called Bursts. Me and Riley are mostly known for having high Synergy. Everyone tends to have some places they excel in and others they lack." Mare tapped the device and it shrank away. When she looked at his ear she saw it was still barely visible. Riley no longer had the golden orb.
"Impressive. Are there some people who have attained Synergy without those?"
"I've heard stories. They were said to be unstoppable. But I haven't seen one, ever." Cynthia nodded.
"How much are those?"
"Not too much. Coloring them and personalizing them is the expensive part. You can practically get one for free if you wanted to. I'll help you get one after we eat."
The rest of the meal was spent making small talk. As they left Mare started to lead Cynthia towards the Trainer store.
"You never told me what you did back in Sinnoh." Cynthia smiled at him.
"Like I said, that was my old life. It's not too important now." Mare started to have the gears in his head churn.
"Wonder what she's hiding?" He could also feel Riley's insecurity. Eventually they arrived at the store. Cynthia was confused by the enormous doors.
"Why are they so large?"
"So the Pokémon can get in." Cynthia nodded, remembering her partner. She reached into her coat pocket and pulled out the red and white sphere. Her only Pokémon she brought from her past life in Sinnoh. She threw it up into the air, watching as the sphere opened and a light shone. It formed into her best friend. The large dragon roared, arching it back.
"Hello, Garchomp." The massive Pokémon leaned down and rubbed its head against Cynthia. She giggle, rubbing the head of the Pokémon.
"Nice to see you too. We're going to get some things from this store, ok?" Garchomp looked at the store, then back to Cynthia. It nodded, then turned to Riley. The Lucario gave a wave to the big dragon. Mare chuckled.
"Riley isn't the biggest fan of things that are bigger than him. Not sure why, he just is." Cynthia laughed as Riley jumped on top of a street lamppost to get taller than the Garchomp. Mare led her into the store. The other two soon followed, though Riley immediately jumped to the ceiling, hanging on the lights. Mare couldn't help himself from laughing.
They went to the front counter where Mare started to talk to the man.
"Hey there. She's new here and needs a Synergy headset for her and her partner. Can you give us a deal?" The man looked at Cynthia, smiling when he saw her. He knew she had looked familiar with the hair over one of her eyes and down her back.
"For her? Absolutely." Cynthia lowered her head a little. Mare was confused, but didn't ask. The man gave them a plain white Synergy headset. Cynthia placed it in her right ear, tapping it and watching as it came to life. The owner went to her Garchomp.
"Come here ya beauty." The Garchomp leaned down. The man took an orb and placed it on the side of Garchomp's head.
"There, you should be Synced now. Try it out." Cynthia did as Mare had done, tapping the device and dragging her finger in front of her mouth. The mic formed and the orb started to form on Garchomp's head. Cynthia immediately felt like there was another presence in her head. She looked to her friend and smiled.
"This feels good." Garchomp nodded to her. She tapped it again and watched as it faded. She turned to the man and placed her money on the counter.
"Thank you very much." Mare smiled, then grabbed her arm and dragged her outside.
"What are you doing?" She was very calm, despite the situation.
"We're going to have a battle at my favorite place. Tellur Town! Come on, it's just over here! You'll love it!" She smiled at his enthusiasm.
"Alright, but I'm capable of walking myself." Mare chuckled uneasily and released her. They walked to the place Mare had called Tellur Town. When they arrived Cynthia was amazed at the sight. It was so calm and bright with people running around everywhere and Pokémon playing.
"This place is amazing. So, how do we do this? Just start fighting?" Mare shook his head.
"I'll show you. Stand over there." Cynthia stood across from him as he tapped his headset. Cynthia did the same. An eye piece appeared over her right eye and a screen lit up. It then read, "Challenger approaching. Accept?" She heard Mare say, "Yes." So she said the same. The screen flashed then the eye piece blackened. Garchomp stood in front of her and Riley in front of Mare.
Everyone seemed to know what was happening and backed away. An orange line began to trace along the ground around them before it spread up and form a dome around them. Cynthia was mesmerized by this. Then the dome faded, though she had a feeling it was still there. Mare placed his left hand in his pocket, calmly.
"Your move." She nodded.
"Garchomp, use Dragon Rush!" Garchomp rushed forward. When the large dragon closed in Riley moved to the side in a quick dodge.
"You didn't say anything?" Mare chuckled.
"You fight as one. Know what the other is thinking and go for it. Synergize." Mare looked to Riley and smirked.
"After you." Riley rushed forward quickly. Cynthia told Garchomp to block, but was surprised when Riley broke through, grappling her Pokémon. Riley gave a swift double kick that launched Garchomp into the air. As Garchomp began to fall Riley started to charge up his power. He then released it into Garchomp right before he hit the ground.
She noticed Riley had changed stances. Instead of moving around left and right, he was now tightened up and ready for close combat. Garchomp stood and roared at Riley. Noticing they were not moving, Riley balanced on one foot, aura lightly flowing around him.
Cynthia didn't know what he was doing, but decided it would be best to stop him.
"Attack!" Garchomp rushed forward, attempting to slam into the Lucario, though her attack was sloppy. She was not used to this freedom in battle and Cynthia could tell.
"Riley." Mare spoke calmly. Riley jumped back, narrowly avoiding the attack. He then rushed forward with a bone staff. After a quick assault to Garchomp's body he gave a swift uppercut that launched the Garchomp up and back. Her eye piece began to flash and she noticed many things. A bar that showed about how much energy her partner had left. She also noticed a multicolored bar the was a fourth of the way full.
She looked to her partner and realized they had to do as Mare said and synergize.
"Get up! I know you can do this!" Garchomp turned to her and nodded. She stood, roaring loudly. Cynthia noticed the bar of both her 'health' seemed to have risen and the multicolored bar had done the same. She locked eyes with Mare, who had taken his hand out of his pocket and was leaning forward.
"Now, we've got a battle. Riley, give em what for! Personal Frenzy Style!" Riley flashed a pulse of aura and began rushing forward. Cynthia smiled. She had never felt such a rush.
"Garchomp, show them our strength!" Garchomp growled, rushing forward, pulling her fist back. Riley pulled back his only his had aura imbued in it. When they collided Riley was pushed back slightly, but almost immediately followed up with a spinning kick. The force knocked Garchomp into the wall, where she started to almost get zapped before getting thrown into the middle of the arena.
Riley was immediately upon her. Garchomp braced, but was surprised to find Riley meditating again. They were confused when they saw the aura flash and stay around Riley. Cynthia told Garchomp to attack. When they attack hit Riley they were both surprised when there was no effect on Riley. No flinch, nothing. Riley opened his eyes and smiled. Mare chuckled darkly.
"Oh shame for you. You activated my Riley-card." Riley grabbed Garchomp's arm, then threw the large dragon into the wall behind him. When Garchomp hit it she only slid down it instead. Garchomp rose to her feet and prepared to attack when Mare held a hand forward.
"Show them what real Synergy looks like." They both noticed that some aura was coming off of Mare's body as well. Riley crouched slightly, his left leg forward and his right almost under him. He crossed his arms an in a flash changed into Mega Lucario. Cynthia didn't know what to do. She hadn't see either of them with Mega Stones. She didn't know how they had achieved Synergy.
Mare pointed right at Garchomp, his eyes glowing blue.
"Vengeance." Riley lowered so his left hand was on the ground, his right hand held back, coated in a small aura storm.
"Garchomp, look out!" Riley was already upon the dazed dragon. He gave a strong uppercut to the dragon that knocked it into the air, both from the fist, and the storm of aura that appeared from nowhere. Riley created shards of aura around him before launching them at Garchomp. The dragon was launched higher into the air. Then Riley's chest began to glow. Right before Garchomp hit the ground Riley unleashed a large beam of aura that completely engulfed everything in light.
When it all cleared, Cynthia saw Garchomp unconscious on the ground. She rushed to her friend.
"Are you ok?" Garchomp shook her head, then nodded. The orange field faded and light flowed into both Pokémon. Cynthia noticed that the injuries on Garchomp had faded away. Riley and Mare walked forward.
"Well done for your first time in a Synergy battle. Especially coming from out of town like that." Cynthia watched as her friend stood, as if she had never been injured.
"The field heals all combatants afterwards. In a tournament it's best two out of three, but for casual battles we usually just do one round." Cynthia nodded.
"So what was with your mega evolution? I didn't see a mega stone." Mare chuckled.
"Synergy is far stronger than any mega stone. when we reach max synergy we are able to create all the power we want and then mega evolve. For those fighting who can't they just take on a stronger form of sorts. My friend uses a Weavile and when they Synergy burst Weavile gets coated in an almost ice armor."
Cynthia nodded.
"So potentially, me and Garchomp could reach mega evolution without a stone?" Mare nodded.
"Totally. People do it all the time. I'm sure someone with your skill could easily do it." Cynthia nodded.
"You're far stronger than us though." Mare shook his head.
"We ain't that good. I'm sure if you practiced you could beat us." Cynthia smiled at him warmly.
"Thanks for the compliment, but I'm sure you'll always be better than us." Mare shrugged.
"Only time will tell. Now then, anywhere you else you want to go?" She nodded.
"I needed to go to the stadium. I am needed there in a few hours." Mare nodded.
"We'll take you there, maybe a detour or two won't hurt." Cynthia smiled at him.
"I would like that."
When they had reached the stadium Mare was definitely excited.
"Just wait until tomorrow! That's when the tournament starts. You gonna vote for us?"
"Something like that." Mare chuckled at her answer.
"Well, we'll keep our eyes open for you. We may have to part ways here. We need to get back home and make sure we have everything ready for tomorrow. And you have to do your thing here don't you?" Cynthia nodded.
"Unfortunately I do. Though I very much enjoyed our time together. I hope to see you again very soon." Mare nodded to her and left. Cynthia entered, following the signs. When she reached the room she sat patiently. After a few seconds a man entered.
"There you are. I trust you enjoyed the sights, Champion?" She frowned.
"Former Champion, remember. And yes I did. Now, why did you ask for my help?" The man sat at the table, across from her.
"We think having you compete in our tournament would help bring some popularity to our region. Ferrum isn't exactly very well known and we'd like to expand to get out there, so to speak." Cynthia shook her head.
"I'm not very good at the type of fighting you do here at Ferrum. I was beaten quiet easily by someone earlier today."
"Who?"
"A young man named Mare." The man started to laugh loudly.
"That doesn't surprise me. That humble boy and his partner are the most talented people we've seen here in years. He won't admit it but he's quiet a force to be reckoned with. Besides, you'll have state of the art training. We're starting right now." Cynthia didn't get to object when a man with a Machamp walked in.
"Are you ready for training in the fighting style of Ferrum, Champion?" Cynthia sighed.
"I don't get a choice do I?"
"Nope." Such is the life of a celebrity. Which was the main reason she didn't want to tell Mare who she was. Her relationship with him was much better when he saw her as an equal. Truth be told, she had enjoyed being beaten as easily as they were. It had been so long, and was very fun.
"Alright, I'll train." She stood, looking out the window to see Mare and Riley way in the distance as they walked home.
"See you tomorrow." She smiled warmly.
And there we go. As I said, some things were going to be... adjusted. Hope you guys enjoyed! Peace!