Raiden's Rather Strange Adventure Chapter 4: An Ice-Cold Visitor
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We're picking up right where we left off in the last chapter so HERE WE GOOOO!
"Bloody Tears? That sounds kinda edgy don't ya think?" asked Arthur, putting a hand on his chin in puzzlement.
"Don't judge me Arthur. You stabbed me in the hand without any warning, it's only fair." Raiden retorted. Arthur decided not to respond to that.
"Anyway, how do I use Bloody Tears?" Raiden asked.
"Let me take you out back, it's where I go to train my Stand." replied Arthur.
"Wait, you have a Stand? You never brought that up." said Raiden, frowning slightly.
"Yep, it's name is Through the Fire and Flames, though I call it Fire and Flames for short. It's obviously a fire-based Stand" replied Arthur while nodding.
The duo walked to Arthur's training grounds and we're greeted to a room with various dummies, targets, and other various breakable equipment.
(Ultra Forest: Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon)
Arthur set up a large wooden dummy with a large target painted on its chest.
"Alright, to use your Stand, command it to destroy this dummy" he instructed.
"Um, Bloody Tears, destroy this dummy" said Raiden doubtfully. This is stupid he thought.
Suddenly, a huge scythe with a wickedly-sharp blade and a black handle appeared in Raiden's hands. He sweatdropped once he saw it.
"What on Earth?!" he called out in shock, nearly dropping his scythe.
"Now, strike the dummy." Arthur commanded, ignoring Raiden's shock.
Swallowing his disbelief, Raiden rushed forward and slammed the dummy with the scythe. The dummy cracked in half before suddenly exploding in a flurry of wood shavings, coating the duo in them.
(End Music)
Arthur brushed off his shavings. "Well that was rather messy, but you destroyed the dummy nonetheless. Now let's see if you have some sort of projectile in your disposal." he said before setting up another dummy.
Raiden decided to take things into his own hands (literally) and held out his palms. Suddenly a ghostly-blue fireball shot out and incinerate the dummy, leaving nothing but a smoking pile of ash and bits of charred wood behind.
After seeing the fiery spectacle, Arthur smiled and started clapping his hands. "Congratulations! You've managed to wipe my dummy out from existence!" he said.
"T-thanks." Raiden stammered, not used to being praised before. "So what's next?" he asked.
Arthur gave a mischievous grin and walked in front of Raiden. "Fighting me" he declared, holding his hands out with a fireball appearing in each palm.
"Wait, what if I accidentally kill you?" Raiden asked with slight worry. Arthur chuckled at his question.
"Stand users have a much higher pain tolerance and more durable than normal Pokemon. I've seen some users cut their hands off in order to get themselves out of sticky situations." he answered. "Oh and before you ask, fighting comes naturally to Stand users, I'm sure you'll be surprised." he also said.
After that Raiden gave Arthur a wicked grin. "Then let's get this party started shall we?" he asked.
"Indeed" replied Arthur, returning the grin.
(Solar Inferno: Mega Man 10)
After the declaration of the battle, Raiden immediately started out by running forwards and performed a horizontal slash at Arthur, who ducked and blasted Raiden with one of the fireballs he was holding. He then lobbed the second into the air before jumping up and spiking it towards Raiden, who just managed to deflect it away. He then decided to experiment and concentrated his energy into the scythe before swinging it at Arthur. A huge energy crescent shot out and struck Arthur, who's eyes were widened in shock. He got up and dusted himself off before deciding to up the ante. He put his hands together and starting rapidly shooting fireballs at Raiden, who had to dance around the room to avoid being roasted. Before Raiden could take any advantage of the situation, Arthur suddenly stopped firing and ignited his hands before rushing up to Raiden and started delivering several punches. Raiden cringed in pain at the blows and burns, and decided he's had enough. He suddenly dismissed Bloody Tears (AN: I'm going to call the scythe Bloody Tears from now on) and grabbed Arthur before chucking him across the battlefield. Before he could get up, Raiden re-summoned Bloody Tears and starting charging his crescent attack. When Bloody Tears started glowing purple, Raiden held it over his head.
"Bloody Crescent!" he called out before swinging Bloody Tears downward, releasing a huge crimson crescent of energy. It barreled through the battlefield before striking Arthur head-on. There was a huge explosion which covered the whole field in smoke.
The fog then parted to reveal Arthur on his feet, yet severely weakened.
(End Music)
"I think, that's enough for today" he panted before beginning to sway on his feet.
Raiden dismissed Bloody Tears and rushed forward to catch and steady Arthur before he collapsed.
"Heh, thanks." he said.
"No problem. Say, wanna head to Frank's for a few drinks?" Raiden asked.
"If you'll pay the tab!" joked Arthur. They both laughed at his little joke and headed off towards the bar.
However before they could make it, they noticed a huge crowd around the town square.
"Why are there so many Pokemon there?" questioned Raiden with a raised eyebrow. "There's usually never an event big enough to warrant THIS big of a crowd." he continued.
As they came closer, they noticed an odd figure in the middle of the square. This newcomer was what appeared to be a large golem made of pure ice, with yellow dots forming a plus sign on its "face".
Suddenly, Arthur clenched his hands and gritted his teeth in anger. "That's Regice, one of the members of the Regi Trio I told you about." he said angrily.
"WHAT?!" Raiden cried out in shock. "Then shouldn't we eliminate him right here and now?" he questioned, but Arthur shook his head.
"Can't. There's too many innocents present. And I wouldn't put it past him to suddenly snatch one up as hostage." he replied. "My main question is, why the hell is he here of all places?" he continued, but his question was soon answered.
"Attention all town natives!" Regice called out in his usual robot voice. "It has come to my attention as of lately that you currently have something in your possession that is of much importance to me. If you would kindly hand it over I will leave without further disruptions." he clicked.
"And what if we don't?" a voice called out.
"Who said that? Show yourself!" Regice whirred angrily, his gaze darting from every Pokemon in the crowd.
Suddenly a Pangoro stepped out from the crowd and walked in front of Regice. "Me. Now as I said, what if we don't?" he repeated, crossing his arms with a ticked-off expression on his face.
"The extermination of the town and all of its residents" Regice deeped deeply with malice, his "eyes" turning blood red. He held out his hands towards the Pangoro while his "eyes" were blinking rapidly. He then fired a huge beam of ice towards the Pangoro, whose expression changed from anger to shock and horror. The ice beam instantly turned the Pangoro into a solid ice statue, before being punched by Regice, shattering into thousands of pieces.
The crowd all screamed at Regice's actions, and then fled the scene.
Regice turned to attack the fleeing crowd before being stopped by a voice. "Hold it right there you bastard!" the voice called.
Regice wheeled around to the source of the voice and found a jet-black Gengar and a crimson Lucario marching towards him, both with a very angry look on their faces.
"I don't have time to deal with the likes of you, begone!" clicked Regice in annoyance.
"We won't let you harm another innocent!" declared Raiden, but Regice only laughed.
"HAH! You and what army?" he challenged.
Raiden and Arthur both brought out their Stands in response.
Regice's laugh was cut short once he caught sight of their Stands.
"So, looks like you must be eliminated after all!" whirred Regice angrily.
Before Raiden or Arthur could make a move, Regice blasted the duo with a powerful blast of ice, which brought them down immediately.
Regice turned to leave, but then called back to the duo. "I'm aware you both are still alive, but I must warn the others about your kind ASAP!" he beeped before suddenly disappearing.
To be continued…
AAAAAARGH WHY AM I SO LAZY WHEN IT COMES TO CHAPTERS?! WRRYYY!
Also I'm not having two fight scenes in one chapter, that's a bit much.
Anyway, this is NebbytheFanficWriter, signing off!