Chapter 10
Japanese Region of Hokkaido – Abashiri City – December 20, 2016
Logan and the others wake up from a nights rest after the terrifying battle against Melissa and the scarring loss of their teammate, Paul. Logan leans forward and looks around the room to see it was empty and bright. Arren was lying beside him and was still out cold but that didn't stop Logan from getting up. He stood up and walked to the nearest bathroom and turned on the light to look at himself in the mirror.
"God dang… I look terrible…" Logan said looking at himself in the mirror. He looks over to the shower beside him and he shuts the bathroom door behind him. He opens a cabinet door and pulls out a towel for him to dry off with and then drapes it over a towel rod. He turns around and begins to take off his clothes. He pulls his white v-neck shirt over his head and throws it on the ground and then pulls down his boxers before starting up shower water. He feels the water to make sure it's not too hot or too cold and then walks in to wash up.
While Logan takes his shower, Ellen wakes up and looks over at her clock to see it's about 7:30 am. She picks up her glasses and puts them on and begins to get out of her bed. She walks over to a dresser and looks through some clothes to wear. She would, then, pull her shirt up over her head and begin changing clothes. About this time, Arren begins to get up out of bed and does the same.
Cecil wakes up later and lies down in bed a while and Nozomii and Sunou had already gotten up and started their normal morning workouts. Everyone was preparing for today as they hoped to get all this business past them so they could just move on and get this war over with so no one else has to die. Tougan and Denzi were the only Hokkaido Leaders left to take care of and there was no telling what these two might be planning. Tougan is Hyouta's father and more of a construction worker while Denzi is a war veteran and has a reputation for having an unfavorable attitude.
The continuing threat that Lord Akagi might try to attack again was slight but still expected by the group. It was obvious that Akagi is letting these Leaders get away with this much and there was no telling what he would let them do. As everyone prepared for this new day, they all went through the though the "expect anything, prepare for everything" mood. Logan was finishing up with his shower and walked out to grab his towel.
The water was stopped and Logan began to dry himself off and then wrapped the towel around his waist and opened the door. He was shocked to see Nozomii in a sports bra and a pair of short workout shorts standing at the door. He greets her and allows her to walk past him where he would slip out and walk back towards his room. He opens the door to Arren looking for a decent bra to wear and then walks over to find some clothes to wear for himself.
Arren turns to face Logan with a bra in each hand and asks, "Which one looks better? Black or red?" She moves the bras back and forth to cover her breasts hoping to get an opinion.
Logan looks at her after taking his towel off and throwing it on the bed and says, "You wear black ones all the time… Try the red bra" He turns back around and looks for some clothes to wear. Arren throws the black one back in the drawer and begins putting the red one on. Logan eventually finishes dressing and again turns back to see Arren attempting to get a pair of pants to go past her behind. Logan laughs a little and walks over to her and helps her pull her pants up over her luscious booty.
The group would meet outside the building and discuss the plan for Tougan as he was the first problem they were focused on. Tougan is a Steel-Type Leader meaning that his Pokémon are extremely durable but weak against Ground and Fire Type attacks and it wasn't going to be easy to get to him either. Chances are that he is probably underground working on some project and that would require and elevator to get down to him… which… would require permission. There was no chance they were going to get permission to see Tougan… So they decided to just in without warning.
The group would reveal a flying Pokémon to fly them to Otaru City. Logan threw out his Pokémon Drako, his Flygon and Arren released her Hydreigon. Ellen threw a Pokeball and released Ace, her Dragonite and Cecil revealed another Pokémon by throwing out his Charizard. Nozomii and Sunou both look at each other and throw out their Pokeballs releasing a large blue bird with cloud-like wings and a large owl.
"Altaria wa, Otaru-shi ni watashitachi o toru", Nozomii said to her bird Pokémon.
"Anata mo, Noctowl", Sunou said to her owl Pokémon. The bird Pokémon acknowledged the command and wait until their masters are ready to leave. The trainers all mount their Pokémon and take off into the sky toward their next challenge.
Flying at their top speed, the group arrives around 9:00 and returns their Pokémon to rest. The group who arrived there in Otaru remembers the first battle between Nick and Malik and how amazing that experience was but now they were there to eliminate another Japanese nuisance. They go to the closest building under construction and were surprised to see that they were right on the money! They found where Tougan was!
How do you know? Someone might ask… Well in this case Cecil would have noticed a sign in Japanese reading "Tougan no kōchiku to haki!" Any argument would be invalid at this point. They look around and just as suspected… The building falls way down below the ground.
"There aren't any workers around… Do you think it might be too early?" Ellen asked looking around.
"Possibly… But that means we don't have to worry about permission to use the elevator", Nozomii said opening the door to the elevator. They all follow her and press the button to go down to the bottom. It makes some racket and sounds that couldn't possibly be louder and was just overall unbearable.
Down at the bottom the dirt covered man known as the Steel Leader, Tougan woke up from a nap and rushed outside to the sound of the elevator coming down. He looked up and was concerned because his workers weren't supposed to arrive until 10:30. Knowing this, either there was bad news, good news, or intruders so he would walk back over to his small shack of a house and grabbed a shotgun from beside his doorway. He prepared his gun by making sure it was loaded and cocked ready to kill if necessary.
The group finally made it to the bottom and walk out with no one to be seen. Tougan had dashed out behind his little shack and waited for the group to get closer plus he wanted to hear what they wanted before he came out with a gun. Logan looked at everyone and pulled a Pokeball out and opened it releasing Lucas. Hearing the Pokeball open, Tougan would jerk around the corner and unload one round at the Lucario only to have it stopped by Lucas's magnetic field.
Tougan would then reach for his belt and throw a Pokeball releasing a bird that stands about 5'7" and is completely clad in light metal armor. The bird takes off flying toward the group at blinding speeds but is abruptly stopped by Lucas. Lucas releases a teal colored orb from his mouth blasting the metal bird causing it to flip in the air in mid-flight and crash into the dirt wall behind the group. Tougan gets aggravated and releases all of his Pokémon: Steelix, Magnezone, Bastiodon, Aggron, and Bronzong.
The group decides to throw out their Fire-Type Pokémon except Sunou who would release her Noctowl to fly her back up to ground level so she can call the police. Logan releases 2 Pokeballs holding his Pokémon Wilburn the Emboar and Veronica the Volcarona. Cecil released his Charizard once again, Arren released her Rapidash, Nozomii released her Ninetales, and Ellen revealed her 6th Pokémon. This creature was taller and more elegant than most of the other Pokémon and was named Nikita. Nikita was a massive canine Pokémon that was known for being THE Legendary Pokémon.
Nikita was much larger than normal Arcanine as Ellen caught this monstrous dog as a puppy from Russia; even then the pup was much larger than normal Growlithe. Nikita stood at a staggering 8'7" and was a hefty 651 pounds of muscle and fur and was ready to attack. By command the two groups of Pokémon lash out at each other with teeth, claws, talons and fists.
Veronica and Scarmory fly up above the Pokémon and begin an airborne battle. Scarmory made several attempts to trap Veronica in a Rock Tomb but was unsuccessful as Veronica was much faster than the Scarmory. With a swift motion, Veronica flapped her moth wings and a blast of extremely hot air and flares would gust into this massive hole in the ground. This not only did serious damage to Scarmory but increased the general temperature of the battlefield. Sweat began to pour down the faces of the trainers but it didn't keep them from this battle.
Scarmory's metal coat began to melt and fall off but it managed to keep itself flying. Veronica would then flap her wings again and move around in a dance-like pattern around Scarmory. The Scarmory was unable to keep track of Veronica because of her seemingly increasing speed and was blindsided by a tackle-like attack from the moth Pokémon. The force from the strike caused the Scarmory to lose consciousness and fall down to the ground behind Tougan. He looks behind him in shock to see one of his Pokémon had already fallen.
His Steelix was definitely the biggest Pokémon in the hole and was challenged by Cecil's Charizard. The two Pokémon go back and forth between Charizard's Flamethrower and Steelix's DragonBreath attack and move all around the hole pushing anything out of Steelix's way. Cecil decides to tell Charizard to fly up to see if Steelix would try to follow it and as Charizard flew up the Steelix would use its rotatable body to climb up the walls of the hole. They continued to shoot their attacks out at each other until Charizard stopped and challenged Steelix to come get him in the center of the circle.
Apparently the Steelix wasn't so smart… It lunges out toward Charizard and its heavy body wouldn't even let the creature make it to the center of the hole. The massive Pokémon fell to the bottom where it would slam down head first and then the rest of its body would follow. The walls shook but thankfully maintained their structure and also the Pokémon all managed to avoid being crushed by the massive metal snake. Magnezone and Arren's Rapidash go back and forth as well not showing anything good for the speed demon, Rapidash. Magnezone successfully managed to electrically paralyze Rapidash and the flaming unicorn struggled to move.
The horseshoe magnets Magnezone has for hands behind to spin and charge up and electrical shock and was going to destroy Rapidash with a nasty Thunderbolt attack. Nikita had just taken out the slower defensive tank known as Bastiodon and was on a roll. Nikita's fur catches fire and it takes off toward Magnezone at unbelievable speeds and Magnezone never saw it coming. The flaming canine smashes into the magnetic mecha and then pins it to the ground. Nikita opens its mouth and its teeth seem to catch on fire before it would bite down on the outer metal coat of Magnezone.
Nikita spits the metal out and crushes the rest of Magnezone with its paw and then cautiously walks over to help Rapidash. The Steelix that tried to defy the laws of gravity would lift its tail and prepare to smash Nikita and Rapidash in a single crushing blow. However, another force grabbed the tail before and stopped the giant snake from swinging at the dog and unicorn Pokémon. Wilburn was holding Steelix's tail and strained but managed to swing the 800 pound snake into Tougan's Aggron finishing off both it and Steelix. The Emboar fell to his knees to try and catch its breath but was caught off guard by a Psychic attack.
Tougan's Bronzong was the only Pokémon left. Its emotionless figure held Wilburn in the air with ease and crushed it with little struggle and no remorse. Logan shouted out in anguish and pain as he watched one of his dearest Pokémon get crushed. A single tear fell down his face and then he clenched a handful of dirt into his hand and knew that he had no choice in this matter. He reached into his jacket and pulled out the Pokeball he took from Paul after his death and threw it. The ball opened up and released a Master of Beasts, Lord of Flames, and Wisest of the Dog Trio… Entei…