Nothing that has to do with the Awakening storyline in this chapter, but that doesn't mean it isn't going to be interesting in anyway. For this chapter here has a Pokemon battle! And a Team Battle no less. If any one played Pokemon Battle Revolution, you should know what kind of battle it is. For those of you who don't... Well, it'll be explained in the chapter. Enjoy~
Disclaimer: I do not own Fire Emblem or Pokemon. I also do not own the opening, which is Papermoon, a Soul Eater opening.
*OPENING*
(Instrumental)
(The scene begins with the assassination of East Ninja Village. Coral, watching the scene from above, lets out a loud scream. Scene then changes to the title)
I'm falling
Down into my shadow
Holding in my every breath
As I await the deadly night
(Coral fell in dark water. She looked up at the surface and saw her family looking down at her as she tried to reach them. A whirlpool was picked up, dragging her away from them)
So scary
But you can't give into this
Fear of pumpkin carriages
Cause all the witches see it in your eyes
(Chrom and Robin were walking down the halls of the former's castle with troubled looks. Camera zooms out to reveal that it was seen in the eye of a crazy ruler and a dark mage. Screenshots of a Dark Flier and a general covered the screen)
See you in your dreams
Yeah, baby
(Screenshots of each of the Shepherds and Emmeryn going on with their normal lives came and gone in order of appearance)
Your nightmares, too
That's where I'll find you
(Scene changed to somewhere in space where Arceus was seen watching over Coral)
Fairy Blue
It is only for you
That I would crush the stars
And put them on display
(Coral, her Pokemon and the Shepherds were battling against the Risen and Plegians)
Black Paper Moon
(Coral's team were watching their leader sadly watching the sunset)
If you really put your faith in me
(Camera zooms over to many Pokemon that will be joining the Shepherds)
When you're lost here, I am
Forever with your soul
(Marth was fighting off many Risen on her own while heading to a portal)
Waiting here above you patiently
Just like the shining moon
(Scene changed and Coral took Marth's place as she ran to her clan's killer with a killing intent. They clashed and fought. Coral skidded back as she glared up at the murderer)
The Shepherds returned to Ylisstol with the Pokemon by their side, both their own and the wild, prepared to reveal the truth about these Magical Creatures.
"These are the rumored Magical Creatures?" asked the shopkeeper Herdier, Litleo and Primeape stole from.
The civilians around them watched as the wild Pokemon bowed before the shopkeeper, asking for forgiveness. Chrom was getting really nervous, unsure if they really should reveal Pokemon to them all. But, this was Coral's idea. If she's okay with it, then he shouldn't be worrying about it.
"That's right. Except they are not called 'Magical Creatures'; they're called Pokemon," Coral corrected. She then turned to the rest of the civilians. "People of Ylisstol! It's time for you all to know! The creatures that have been appearing in this world, the creatures you all called 'Magical Creature', are Pokemon! They are all native creatures from the land we ninjas are from!" Kazuto, Yuuki, Kazuki and Seth stood by her side as she said that. "As you may know, Pokemon comes in all forms and sizes. They all have great and magical powers and are just as smart as us or even smarter. However, that doesn't necessarily make them all extremely dangerous. Pokemon are also quite harmless unless if provoked, like wild animals."
"So then... they're friendly?" a child asked.
"Yeah. Look," Kazuki said, approaching Herdier. The Loyal Dog Pokemon seemed to also wanted to prove to be harmless, as he licked her face.
"Some of these creatures do look harmless," stated a female teenage civilian, approaching Sparky on Robin's shoulders.
"You're only saying that because it looks cute," said a male teen.
"Except he is harmless," Robin said, scratching Sparky from under his chin, earning a relaxed 'cha~'.
The next hour was spent explaining to the people of Ylisstol about Pokemon. During that time, Emmeryn came with Phila, wondering what the commotion was about and paid for the things the wild Pokemon took in the place of the Shepherds, despite her brother insisting that they would pay instead.
A distance away from them, a certain masked swordsman was watching the scene from the shadows. If it wasn't for the mask, one would see that he seemed conflicted between awe, like everyone else, and worry.
'This... This never happened before,' he thought. 'Just what's going on here? Did something happen to the portal when we tried to go back to the past?' He broke out of his thoughts as he saw the group of civilians follow the Shepherds to the castle, for some reason, and followed them. Little did he know, he too was being followed.
The group of people arrived in the training area in the castle. The soldiers training there ceased their activities at the sight of so many people in the castle.
"Your majesty. Why are you all here?" one of them asked the Exalt.
"Coral and her friends insisted on demonstrating Pokemon Battles from their world. To do that, they need a big space to work with," she calmly answered.
"Clear the area," Phila ordered. At that order, all the soldiers went to the sidelines where the innocents and the Shepherds were, leaving the ninjas in the training area.
"This looks big enough," Kazuto said.
"It does. A perfect place for an all out Pokemon battle," Yuuki agreed. Turning to Coral, she then said, "So, shall we spar, Coral?"
"Like old times," she answered, removing her mask as she walked to one side of the training area. Yuuki was walking to the other side.
Kazuto bent down to his adopted daughter. "Go to the sidelines where you and your egg can be safe."
"Okay!" Kazuki nodded, running to where the Shepherds were, with her Pokemon egg still in her arms.
"I'll watch over her," Seth said, following the young ninja to the sidelines.
Kazuto looked at both sides, seeing the pair of kunoichis prepared for the Pokemon battle. "The battle between Coral of the East Ninja Village and Yuuki of the West Village will begin shortly! This will be a Team Battle, where both trainers will be using all five of their Pokemon and individually face them off in one-on-one elimination battles. Neither trainers are allowed to switch Pokemon. The battle will end when one of these trainers defeated three of the other trainer's Pokemon."
"So there are also rules in Pokemon Battle," Sully said.
"And by the sounds of it, this is only one of the rules," Miriel added, taking more notes.
"Salamander, let's observe this battle as an additional lesson and to find out what Coral meant by working as one," Lon'qu told his Charmeleon.
"Me le," he nodded.
"Sounds like a good idea, Lon'qu," Chrom said. "We should all observe this battle and learn from it." Gladiknight nodded in agreement.
"Trainers! Call out your first Pokemon!" Kazuto called.
Both girls reached into their pockets and took out a Pokeball. "Go!"
On Coral's side was Nic. On Yuuki's side was a yellow mammal of some kind with a spiky fringe around its tail and a white ruff around its neck. Its ears are long and pointed and its eyes and small nose are black.
"What's that Pokemon?" Donnel asked.
"That's a Jolteon, the Lightning Pokemon. His name's Zap. Jolteon can send out electrical charges of about 10,000 volts. Because they are high-strung, they can be difficult to grow close to them," Seth informed.
"And Yuuki has a Pokemon that dangerous?!" Ricken asked.
"Well, she had him as an Eevee, so they've been together for as long as Zap can remember."
"'Eevee'?" Maribelle repeated in a questioned tone.
Kazuki turned to Seth at Maribelle's tone. "You didn't tell them about evolution yet?"
"I guess we didn't..." he said with a light laugh.
Back to the field, after seeing both trainers and their Pokemon ready to battle, Kazuto shouted, "Round 1: Nic the Ninjask vs Zap the Jolteon! Let the battle begin!"
"Nic! Fury Cutter!" Coral ordered. The Ninjask sped over to his opponent, his arms glowing.
"Zap! Agility!" At Yuuki's order, the Jolteon dashed through the field at high speed, almost rivaling Nic's speed. Both Pokemon were going so fast, no one was able to follow them with untrained eyes.
"I'm getting dizzy~" Vaike dazed, fainting from the dizziness.
"How can they keep up with that speed?" Sumia asked, referring to the ninjas.
"Slash!" Coral shouted.
"Thunder Fang!" Yuuki countered.
Both Pokemon clashed at the commands. This caused an explosion to occur, blowing them both away.
"From attacks like that, they can create an explosion?!" Lissa gasped in shock. Everyone else were shocked at the action.
"Thunderbolt!" With Yuuki's next command, Zap fired a powerful bolt of electricity at Nic, who was still trying to recover from the explosion.
"Double Team!" he heard his trainer order, as he made copies of himself and avoided the attack from hitting. "Fury Cutter!" All the copies regained their aerial balance and flew towards Zap.
"Spin and use Thunderbolt!" Zap got on his back and spun, shooting electricity from his body all over the field.
"They can use a move like that?!" Kellam gasped in shock, as the lightning bolts struck all of Nic's clones.
It almost hit the real thing, when he avoided the attack last minute. Yuuki noticed it. "Over there! Pin Missile!" Zap jumped back on his feet and shot out needles from his white ruff at his opponent.
"Deflect them all with Fury Cutter!" Coral ordered. Nic's arms glowed as he flew down through the needles, blocking the attack.
Just as he was about to strike the Jolteon, Yuuki went on with her next order. "Thunder Fang!" Zap's glowed yellow with some sparks of electricity and grabbed one of Nic's arms, sending more electricity to the Bug/Flying-type.
"Nic!" Coral cried out.
"Finish this! Thunderbolt!" At that final order, Zap sent more bolts of electricity. After the attack died down, he released Nic. The Ninjask was unresponsive, as he had swirls in his eyes.
"Nic is unable to battle! The winner of this round is Zap!" Kazuto declared.
The Shepherds were all shocked at the results. Pokemon battle or not, they didn't think they would see the day when Coral would lose a battle.
"Coral lost?" Vaike spoke in disbelief.
"It can't be helped. After all, Nic was at a type disadvantage," Seth reasoned.
"Type disadvantage?" Phila asked.
"We told your about the eighteen types, right? Each have their own strength and weaknesses against other types. In Nic's case, as a Bug and a Flying-type, while he's quite resistent against Grass, Fighting and other Bug-type Pokemon, he's weak against Flying, Fire, Ice, Electric and Rock-type moves."
Hearing that didn't take long for Lissa to catch on. "So then, he didn't have a chance against Zap in the first place because of his Electric-type moves?!"
"Something like that."
Chrom looked on at the field in slight shock, as both female ninjas returned their Pokemon. "And yet despite that, Coral and Nic still fought with everything they had. Not only that, but they were kind of close."
"That's the thing with Pokemon battles. Despite the disadvantage in type, both trainer and their Pokemon do whatever they can to defeat their opponent."
Back to the field, it was time for the second round to begin.
"Go!" Both girls called our their next Pokemon. On Coral's side was Bella. On Yuuki's side was a leopard-like Pokemon with purple fur.
"That's Violet, the Liepard, also known as the Cruel Pokemon. Stealthy Pokemon, they are. They can run so silently, they strike their victims from behind before they can have the chance to even blink," Seth informed.
"Sounds like quite a challenge, for a beautiful Pokemon," Virion stated.
"Better watch out, because that beautiful form is from the muscles she developed. The more beautiful a Liepard, the more dangerous they are."
Seeing both sides ready, Kazuto shouted, "Round 2: Bella the Dusknoir vs Violet the Liepard! Battle begin!"
"Bella! Shadow Sneak!" Coral ordered.
"Sucker Punch, Violet!" Yuuki also commanded.
Both Pokemon used their called moves. Bella extended her shadow while Violet charged in with her paw prepared for a strike. Both attacks collided. The Liepard leapt back while the shadow returned to its owner.
"Shadow Ball!" Bella shot out a purple ball of darkness at Violet.
"Night Slash!" Without missing a beat, at Yuuki's order, the Liepard's claws glowed light purple and cut the Shadow Ball in half, making it explode behind her. "Now Taunt!"
"Look away!" Coral shouted. Bella tried to look away from her opponent, only for Violet to suddenly appear before her and started to, as the move stated, taunt the Dusknoir. It was working quite well, too, for Bella was starting to become quite angry at the action.
"Taunt's a move?" Chrom asked Seth.
"That's right. When that happens, the enemy Pokemon either stops listening to its trainer and just go in to attack, or is just unable to use moves other than attacking moves," the disguised Zoroark explained. "This just got really tough for Coral and Bella because Bella only has two attacking moves."
"What?! Then how will they win?!" Ricken asked.
"They have to hold out until the effect wears off."
"Primeape! Prime ape!" came Primeape's cry. The people in the sidelines turned and saw the Fighting-type seemingly having some kind of tantrum, for some reason.
"What's going on with the Primeape?" Vaike asked.
"Pikachu! Pika pika!" they then heard, as they looked and saw Sparky cheering from Robin's head.
"Sparky?" the tactician in question asked.
Soon enough, the group all started to realize all the Pokemon in the sidelines were cheering. Rather they just realized the Pokemon had been cheering for quite a while now.
"They're cheering?" Miriel questioned.
"Well Coral did tell you about Pokemon battles being a popular sport, didn't she? Even wild Pokemon often engage in battles just for the fun of it," Seth reasoned.
"That's true," Chrom nodded, recalling the time when Coral had explained to the group about Pokemon battles back when they were on their way to Regna Ferox.
"Hmm? Is that so?" Anna asked, with a smirk on her face.
"Violet, Night Slash!" Yuuki ordered on the field. Her Liepard leapt over Bella's punch and struck hard with her claws, inflicting a great amount of damage.
"Bella! Calm down!" Coral called. Bella didn't seem to be listening, as she tried hard to land a hit on the Liepard. "Calm down and use Shadow Sneak!" The Dusknoir used Shadow Sneak, but instead of using it to attack Violet from behind, she used it to attack her head on.
"Violet! Sucker Punch!" The Cruel Pokemon leapt over the shadow and 'punched' the Dusknoir hard in the face. "Now Iron Tail!" The Liepard's tail glowed as she swung it down on Bella's head once more.
"Grab her!" At the East kunoichi's order, the Dusknoir grabbed hold of the Liepard's tail in a tight grip. "If we can't attack from long distance, then let's hit her at close range! Shadow Ball barrage!" Bella formed her shadowy globes and fired at point blank, inflicting damage to her opponent.
"Oh yeah! She finally dealt some damage!" Vaike cheered. Sometime during the battle, after seeing how hyped the Pokemon were just by watching the fight, everyone else seemed to have caught on to the true excitement and started cheering for different sides.
"Violet! Sucker Punch!" Yuuki ordered. The Liepard got ahold of herself and knocked one of the forming Shadow Balls right into Bella's torso. This caused the Dusknoir to cease her fire and release her hold on Liepard.
"Bella!" Coral cried out in worry.
"Now use Night Slash!" Not giving Bella time to recover, Violet went and struck her opponent. The Gripper Pokemon tumbled down to the ground in defeat.
"Bella is unable to battle! The winner of this round is Violet!" Kazuto called.
As some of the spectators cheered from the sidelines, the Shepherds were still in slight shock to see Coral losing. Sure it was only the second round, but still. They never thought they would see the day, after witnessing her skills on the actual battlefield.
Of all of them, there was one who seemed happy to see her on the losing side. "Well, it seems the great ninja isn't as great as she thought herself to be," Frederick stated. "Perhaps you should give up now, save the humiliation."
The rest of the Shepherds couldn't believe what they just heard from their Great Knight, not that he was wrong.
Despite those words, none of the ninjas let it bother them, keeping their focus on the Team Battle. Both took out a Pokeball and tossed it. "Go!" On one side was Alex. On the other side was a brown Pokemon, whose body resembled a living skeleton with a brown tail and has scythes for arms.
"They're still going?" Donnel asked.
"A true trainer doesn't give up until the battle is truly over. That's something mama taught me," Kazuki said.
"But if that Pokemon has a type advantage over Alex, then there's no point," Maribelle pointed out.
"There's more to Pokemon battles than type advantage. If you had paid attention, you should notice how close Coral and her previous Pokemon were in beating Yuuki's previous Pokemon," Seth said.
"Now that she mentioned it, that's true," Lissa agreed.
Kazuto saw the trainers and their Pokemon ready and began the battle. "Round 3: Alex the Typhlosion vs Buto the Kabutops! Battle begin!"
"Buto! Aqua Jet!" At the West female ninja's command, the Kabuto was engulfed in water and rocketed to the Volcano Pokemon.
"Flame Wheel!" In response, Alex somersaulted and was engulfed in flames, rolling his way to his opponent. The two attacks collided, creating a huge steam to form. In turn, the arena became quite misty.
Both Pokemon had already ceased their attacks and went back to their respective side of the field. Both they and their trainers prepared themselves for either a move or a counter against it.
"Flamethrower!" Coral ordered. Alex breathed out a powerful stream of flames at Buto.
"Dodge and use Ancient Power!" Yuuki ordered. Her Kabutops leapt over the flames. He then glowed white and created an afterimage of itself. Immediately after it was created, the afterimage was formed into a ball before him. He tossed it down to Alex.
"Alex! Flame Wheel!" The Typhlosion somersaulted and moved away from the attack range.
"Oh no you don't! Aqua Jet! Follow that Flame Wheel!" Buto did as told and rushed after his opponent.
The spectators all noticed that he was quickly catching up to Alex, already predicting that the Shellfish Pokemon will land a hit on the Volcano Pokemon from behind.
"Flamethrower!" Coral then shouted.
While still using Flame Wheel, Alex breathed out his flames. Because of this, to everyone's shock, fire whips were released. This caught Buto by surprise as the flames hit him at an angle, knocking him away from his target.
"They knocked him away?!" Virion gasped.
"There's more than one way to use an attack," Seth said. "You can improve it, master the attack and make it more powerful in some way. Or you can use it in another way, make it useful in the situation you're in. Flamethrower usually hits the opponent head on. But if you combine it with an attack like Flame Wheel, instead of a stream of flames, you'll be getting fire whips that strikes the opponent even if they're behind you."
As he said that, Robin thought back to one of the training sessions they had. One where they had to try to improve their Pokemon's attack or abilities.
"Redirect yourself!" Yuuki shouted. Buto regained himself and tried to go in closer to Alex. It proved to be difficult, though, considering the Fire-type was still surrounded by the flaming whips. "Spin and use Slash!" Buto then spun, his glowing scythes stretched out before him. The combined moves allowed him to cut through the whips and advance faster to Alex.
"Jump!" At the last second, the Flame-Wheel Typhlosion jumped into the air, avoiding the attack. Buto landed on his feet as he looked up, only to be blinded by the sunlight behind the soaring Fire-type. "Now Nature Power!" Alex flared up and practically roared. Appearing around him were three different colored orbs. He fired them, sending out a fire, ice and electric type attack from each of them. All three attacks hit their target.
"Buto! Are you okay?!" Yuuki asked. The Kabutops glanced to her and nodded. He then winced as he glowed red and embers formed on him. Yuuki clicked her tongue at the situation. "Burn status... We have to end this faster then. Aqua Jet!" Buto was once again engulfed in water and charged to his opponent.
"Smokescreen!" Alex quickly breathed out a large amount of smoke from his mouth, blinding Buto. The Kabutops disregarded the smoke and kept advancing on. The moment he exited the smoke, he ceased his attack, looking around in confusion.
"Where'd he go?" Yuuki asked, also looking around. She then looked into the smoke and saw a familiar flame lit inside. "Buto! He's still in the smoke! Ancient Power!" Wincing at the burn status, the Kabutops once again created an afterimage of himself and fired it in the smoke.
"Flamethrower!" At Coral's order, the Typhlosion fired his attack at Buto's. They collided and caused an even bigger smoke to form and spread around the field.
"He can attack from anywhere in there! Use Endure!" Buto held his arms up in a defensive position, prepared to block any attack that will come his way. This didn't mean it will help his burn status, however, for Buto winced as his health was slowly decreasing from the effect.
"I really wonder if you can still hold out for much longer, Yuuki," Coral said.
"That's my line. Don't forget, this is the third round. And we know in terms of type advantage, Buto is superior. A few hits and it's over for Alex and it will be my win," Yuuki logically said.
"You should know by now that type advantage means nothing to my team! Alex! Jump and use Flame Wheel!" The Typhlosion indeed jumped into the air and unleashed his move.
"There he is! Aqua Jet!" Buto lowered his guard and launched himself to Alex.
"Flamethrower!" The flame whips came once more from the wheel.
"We're not falling for it again! Slash!" Buto spread his arms out and spun, slightly enlarging the Aqua Jet and breaking through the whips.
"Who said anything about using the same trick?" Coral asked with a smirk. The Shepherds noticed the look and tone and couldn't believe their eyes and ears. "Nature Power!"
Alex let out another roar as he ceased his Flamethrower and formed the three orbs. He fired them, this time unleashing whips of fire, ice and electricity.
"Three different types?! We can't block them all!" Yuuki said. True to her words, although the Fire-type portion was easily blocked and the Ice-type portion didn't inflict much damage to Buto, as the Electric-type part of the attack hit, the Shellfish Pokemon got a complete shock from the move (Pun not intended) as he fell to the ground below. Alex also fell and landed on his opponent.
"Buto!" Yuuki cried out. Alex leapt away from the Kabutops, back to Coral's side. The smoke formed from the landing lifted, revealing the defeated Kabutops with swirls in his eyes.
"Buto is unable to battle! The winner of Round 3 is Alex!" Kazuto declared.
"Yes! Nice going, Alex!" Coral cheered. She caught herself in her cheer and looked to the sidelines, seeing everyone's eyes on her, all in shock with her action. Coral cleared her throat and regained her neutral persona. "Good work. Return." She called Alex back in his Pokeball.
'What just happened?!' everyone, especially the Shepherds, thought. They then looked over at Seth, as if expecting him to answer their unasked question.
The disguised Zoroark noticed their stares. "What? We told you about how Pokemon Battles was a popular sport. Even Coral will lose her posture at some point, especially for a win." They all accepted the reason.
"So, what were you saying about taking this win, Yuuki?" Coral asked.
"Okay, I admit. I might've spoke a bit too soon. But the next round won't be as easy," Yuuki said.
"I wouldn't have it any other way."
Both girls reached for their fourth Pokemon. "Go!" On Coral's side was Jack. On Yuuki's side was a humanoid Pokemon in red armor, with blades on its gauntlet-like arms, torso and helmet.
"What's that Pokemon?" Lon'qu asked in interest.
"Bisharp, the Sword Blade Pokemon. Mostly pitiless Pokemon who would order a group of Pawniard to hound a prey and finish it off themselves."
"What barbarian!" Maribelle stated.
"Except Alpha is not like them!" Kazuki defended. "He's too honorable for that!"
"That he is," Seth agreed. "Besides that, you guys are definitely going to love this battle." Everyone looked at him in confusion. "Just watch."
"Round 4: Jack the Weavile vs Alpha the Bisharp! Battle begin!" Kazuto shouted.
"Alpha! Night Slash!"
"Jack! Metal Claw!"
Both Pokemon charged at each other as soon as their trainers gave an order. Alpha's blades on his gauntlet glowed purple while Jack's claws glowed a metallic color. Both attacks clashed and the Pokemon got into an intense battle between blades and claws. Eventually, the fight came to a stop and both Pokemon returned to their trainer's side. The atmosphere around them grew intense. No one dared to make a sound.
"Hone Claws/Sword Dance!" At the pair of kunoichi's command, the two battling Pokemon boosted their attack power. "Aerial Ace/Iron Head!" Jack rocketed himself to Alpha, who also rocketed himself to the Weavile as his helmet changed into a metallic color. Both Pokemon clashed, neither one backing down to the other.
The intensity of the battle got everyone in the sidelines, both human and Pokemon alike, really excited as they cheered for either the Weavile or the Bisharp.
"They're practically equal!" Chrom stated.
"Those two are rivals after all," Seth pointed out.
"Oh. So like me and Chrom," Vaike said.
"Keep telling yourself that, Vaike," Lissa waved off.
The two Pokemon returned back to their position once more, staring down at each other.
"Starting to feel like old times, isn't it?" Yuuki asked.
"With these two? Always," Coral answered. "Jack! Blizzard!" The Weavile breathed out a powerful blizzard from his mouth.
"Dodge it!" Alpha leapt high into the air over the attack. "Guillotine!" With his blades glowing blue and extending greatly, the Bisharp fell down to the Weavile.
"Get away from there!" Jack dodge-rolled away from the attack, causing Alpha to crash into the ground. "Quick! Use Blizzard!" Jack used the called move and breathed out chilly and powerful wind in the crater.
"Fight that Blizzard! Night Slash!" Yuuki shouted. Alpha charged through the blizzard with his purple blades.
"Prepare yourself, Jack! Metal Claw!" Coral ordered. Jack ceased his Ice-type attack and got into another blade vs claw fight with his rival. The audience were all cheering for one of the Pokemon to overpower the other somehow.
"We're getting nowhere you know."
"Not for long. Jack! Jump!" The Weavile jumped high into the air. "Now Blizzard! Full Power!" Jack took in a deep breath and unleashed a powerful blizzard, one that froze the ground and some of Alpha's body parts, as well as leaving the poor spectators in the cold.
"W-W-Why did she have to u-u-use that move at f-f-full power?" Lissa asked, teeth chattering as she wrapped her arms around herself.
"Y-You're telling me. It's freezing!" Maribelle agreed.
"I have some winter coats, if you'd like. For a discounted price that is," Anna offered, already wearing a winter coat, for some reason.
Jack landed on the icy floor with a smirk.
"Now it's our field," Coral said, also with a smirk on her face.
"I wouldn't be too sure. Alpha and I have been training in preparation for this field!" Yuuki declared.
"Is that so? Then let's see the results! Metal Claw!" Jack skated over to Alpha at a faster speed than before.
"That's fast!" Sully stated.
"Block his attacks with Night Slash!" Alpha used his move to block Jack's attacks. Unlike before, however, it got a bit difficult for him to block his attacks, since some part of his body became heavier and the ground below him became so slippery of ice.
"What were you saying about that training?" Coral asked with a smirk.
"We're just getting started! Night Slash on the ice!" Yuuki ordered. Just before Jack could get the chance to strike again, Alpha hit the ice below him, sending chunks of it at his opponent. Weavile thought fast and knocked the ice away and distanced himself from the Bisharp. "What were you saying about that training?"
"I guess I spoke too soon. But two can play at that game. Metal Claw on the ice!" Jack did what his rival had done and sent chunks of ice to his way.
"Deflect them with Night Slash!" The Bisharp started to block the ice with his Dark-type move. Almost as though he predicted such action, seconds later, Jack appeared before Alpha and gave him a hard Metal Claw to the gut, much to the Sword Blade Pokemon and his trainer's shock.
"Don't forget this is still our turf," Coral reminded. "You didn't think we wouldn't be prepared for any long-range attacks on this field, did you?" Yuuki gritted her teeth at those words. "Now Jack, Aerial Ace!" Jack charged at Alpha at high speed.
"Use Iron Head!" Alpha responded by coming at him with a metal headbutt.
"Stab your claw down!" Jack did as ordered and jabbed his left claw into the ice. This combined with the momentum from Aerial Ace allowed the Weavile to give Alpha a hard kick in the head away from him.
"Alpha!" Yuuki cried out.
"Time to end this! Aerial Ace with Metal Claw!" The Sharp Claw Pokemon charged at the downed Sword Blade Pokemon with his metal claws. Alpha got on his knees, still trying to recover from the unexpected kick, when he saw his rival coming. Jack went pass the Dark/Steel-type, landing on his feet.
It was silent for a moment. Most thought Coral was jumping to conclusions about ending the battle, until Alpha collapsed in defeat.
"Alpha is unable to battle! The winner of Round 4 is Jack!" Kazuto declared. Everyone went wild at the results.
"Good work, Jack. Take a good break," Coral congratulated. The Weavile nodded, as he was returned to his Pokeball.
"Alpha. You okay?" Yuuki asked, kneeling by her Bisharp's side. The Sword Blade Pokemon regained his consciousness and nodded weakly. "You did your best. Take a nice long rest." He was returned to his Pokeball. "Looks like in the end, we're at the final round."
"Well that's to be expected, isn't it?" the East kunoichi asked. "Our battles usually ends after the last round after all." Yuuki couldn't help but smile at the fact.
"So wait, this isn't the first time they had this kind of battle?" Sumia asked Seth.
"Nope," Kazuki answered in his place. "They fought a lot of times back home. Right now this is the 315th battle. Current record is 315 ties."
"Even with a type disadvantage, Coral managed to end the battles with a tie?!" Stahl asked.
"Well, you saw for yourself how she fared against Yuuki's Pokemon, didn't you?" Seth said. The Shepherds looked back at their first ninja member in awe.
The kunoichi in question and her opponent released their fifth and last Pokemon. "GO!" Neo and Anubis appeared on the field.
"Let's give everything we got," Anubis said to her opponent, who nodded in agreement.
"Final Round: Neo the Magnezone vs Anubis the Lucario! Let the battle be-!"
"STOP!" came Anna's shout. Everyone turned to question why she shouted that, only to see that she had up a betting pool... with more than half of the people of Ylisstol putting in their bets. "Hi hi! The Pokemon battle between Coral and Yuuki is at the last round! Now's the time to put in your bets!"
"When did you set up a betting pool?" Robin asked.
"More like cease what you're doing!" Maribelle demanded. "Such a thing is illegal!"
"Oh? But I got permission from the exalt to do this," the merchant reasoned.
The Shepherds looked at their ruler in shock. "She promised part of the money will go to the Shepherds," Emmeryn explained.
"And they will!"
Everyone in the Shepherds sweatdropped at those words, especially the battling ninjas and their Pokemon.
After everyone placed their bets, Kazuto declared the battle to begin.
"Neo, Zap Cannon!" The Magnezone shot out his electrical beam at the Lucario.
"Block it with Bone Rush!" Anubis placed her paws together and spread them apart, creating a light green bone of energy. She then spun it before her, blocking the Electric-type move.
"She blocked that?" Frederick asked.
"Ground-type moves are superior against Electric-type," Seth pointed out. "Besides, Anubis has a lot of experience with long-range attacks and she's a close-combat fighter. In turn, she's able to block any and all long-range moves, no matter how powerful it is."
"Anubis, Aura Sphere!" Yuuki commanded.
"Roger!" The Lucario formed a blue ball of energy and fired it at the Magnezone.
"Deflect it with Flash Cannon!" Neo did as told and fired his Steel-type move, blocking the attack and creating a small explosion.
Seeing how equal they seem to be, everyone started to root for one of the two Pokemon they favor. The battling trainers on the other hand...
"Anubis. Are you feeling bored of this battle?" Yuuki asked.
"It may have just begun, but yes. I am," Anubis answered.
This left the audience in confusion, as the West kunoichi took out her sheathed sword. "Well then... It's time to get serious."
"She can join in on the fight?!" Virion asked.
"That's not it at all," Seth corrected.
"Then why does she have her sword...?" Lon'qu began to ask.
"Just watch! You're going to see something awesome!" Kazuki said.
"Let's go, Anubis! Unleash your true power! Mega Evolve!" Yuuki tapped on the hilt of her sword, which had some kind of stone on it.
The stone shone a bright light as a stone on Anubis's anklet glowed with it. Streams of energy appeared from both stones and connected with each other. As they did so, Anubis started to glow in a rainbow-colored light and changed before their eyes. Once the light died down, the people in the side lines were all shocked at the sight before them, while the Pokemon were all in awe. Anubis had grown taller, her cream colored fur got longer, thighs slimmed down, and the back of her now-crimson paws grew an additional spike each, same with her shoulders and now-crimson feet. Her aura sensing appendages also grew longer, with two now having crimson tip. Seeing her in this form left everyone speechless and in great shock.
"What happened to Yuuki's Pokemon?!" Kellam asked.
"That's Mega Evolution. To put it simply, it's a process a Pokemon can transform into, becoming temporarily stronger than before," Seth explained. "Right now you're looking at Mega Anubis."
"Now then... Come at us!" Yuuki and Anubis challenged in unison.
"They're speaking in unison!" Ricken pointed out.
"Well, in order for Mega Evolution to work, the Pokemon Mega Evolving has to have a strong bond with their trainer. Some Pokemon would result in having a mental connection with their trainer as a result, like Anubis," Seth continued to explain.
"You want us to give all we got, then we'll give it to you!" Coral vowed. "Neo, Flash Cannon!" Neo shot out his Steel-type move at the Mega Evolved Pokemon.
"Dodge it!" Anubis leapt over the attack. "Bone Rush!" She then summoned a pair of her energy bone-like weapon and swung them down at her opponent.
"Avoid it!" Neo also dodged the hit by soaring to the sky. "Lock-On!" He turned for a moment and locked on to his target, in which Anubis noticed.
"Oh no!" she thought out loud.
"Zap Cannon!" Neo let loose his Electric-type move at the Aura Pokemon.
"Don't forget we can block that! Bone Rush!" Anubis summoned her pair of energy bones and placed them in front of her in a cross formation. The Zap Cannon struck, pushing the Lucario back. Anubis held her ground, slowly skidding to a halt and successfully blocked the attack.
'That didn't work,' Coral thought.
"In that case, charge up your Flash Cannon!" Neo did as ordered and charged up his attack.
"We're not going to let you do what you want! Bone Rush!" With her energy bones still active, Anubis charged in after her opponent.
"Neither are we! Flash!" At the last minute, the Electric/Steel-type Pokemon glowed brightly, causing his opponent to cease her attack to shield her eyes.
"You should know that isn't going to help you much. Aura Sphere!" The Shepherds were shocked to hear her give another order.
"What is she saying?! Her Pokemon can't see like that!" Frederick questioned.
"Except Anubis is not like any other Pokemon," Kazuki told him. As if to prove her right, Anubis fired her called attack and successfully struck Neo, despite having her eyes closed.
"How is that possible?!" Sumia asked.
"Lucario can sense aura," Seth began to explain. "Every living thing has aura. Humans, animals, plants, they all have aura. Lucario and their pre-evolve forms, Riolu, are masters at sensing aura. You can blind them or hide from them, but they can still find you. No matter what. All you'll be doing is delaying the inevitable."
"Then in other words, Coral and Neo have to overcome their strengths and defenses to beat them?!" Chrom asked.
"Something like that."
Back on the battlefield, Coral gritted her teeth as Neo dodged another Bone Rush attack. 'As always, Anubis is a huge challenge,' she thought. 'We've never faced her in her Mega form before, but now that we are, there's a huge possibility that we will lose for once. Unless...' She looked down at a certain white bracelet on her left wrist. 'I once heard from my grandfather about how powerful and risky this power is. And that I might only have one chance in using it if my bond with my Pokemon isn't strong enough. Though it doesn't require a strong bond between trainer and Pokemon to stabilize the power, like Mega Evolution, if our bond isn't strong enough, if we aren't worthy enough, the crystal will be destroyed after using it only once.'
"Magnezone!" came Neo's cry. Coral was snapped out of her thoughts, as she saw Neo get struck by a Bone Rush.
"Neo!" she cried out, as the Magnezone landed hard on the ground. "Are you okay?!"
Neo slowly lifted himself back up. "Zone..." he nodded.
Coral looked back at their opponent. "One more direct hit and it's all over for us, even with your Sturdy ability. It can't be helped. Lock-On!" Neo locked onto his target.
"It's hopeless! Aura Sphere!" Yuuki commanded.
"And let's make it triple!" Anubis said, as she shot out three of her special move at her opponent.
"Flash Cannon!" Neo shot out his Steel-type move at the attack. The two moves collided and caused an explosion. "Climb up now!"
"Don't let him escape! Aura Sphere!" Anubis fired multiple blue energy balls at Neo, all which are catching up to him at high speed.
"Turn and use Flash Cannon!" At Coral's words, the Magnezone quickly turned and unleashed his Steel-type move, somehow blocking the Aura Spheres. "Lock-On again!" Neo once again had locked on to the Aura Pokemon.
"Laser Focus!" Yuuki shouted in return.
"This next attack will decide it!" Anubis promised, as she concentrated all her energy on her next attack.
"That's where you're wrong, Anubis," Coral said, much to everyone's confusion. "This battle will end. Here and now! Let's go, Neo!" She raised her left arm. As she did so, Neo understood what she meant and nodded, flying down by her side, while everyone else got even more confused or curious as to what she had planned. All except for one that is.
'That's... Lord Arecus'- No, her grandfather's...' Seth thought.
"Let's do this!" The next thing they knew, Coral and Neo started to do similar poses together, from crossing their arms, or attempt to cross his magnets in the Magnezone's case, across their chest to crossing them again in front of them to twisting their bodies to the right to once again crossing their arms, or at least Coral was, with her palms facing either upward or downward. The moment she did the final pose, Neo started to gather a large amount of electricity before him. "Take this! Our full strength! Gigavolt Havoc!" Both she and Neo punched forward, launching the attack straight at Anubis.
"Don't let that get to you! Aura Sphere! Full Throttle!" Yuuki ordered.
"I won't lose!" Anubis fired sphere after sphere of energy at the attack. Unlike before, none were even trying to slow it down, as it continued to make its way to the Aura Pokemon. Before anyone knew it, the attack struck, causing a huge explosion to erupt. Everyone tried to hold their ground or protect the kids, preventing them from being blown away.
As soon as the smoke died down, they all slowly opened their eyes and were shocked at the result.
"Both Anubis and Neo are unable to battle! This round and match ends in a draw!" Kazuto declared.
"Wait a second! How is that a draw?! What happened?! How did Neo faint?!" Sully asked.
"A stray Aura Sphere bypassed the attack and struck Neo," Coral explained, walking up to her downed partner. "Are you okay?" Neo regained conscious and looked at her. "You did well. Take a nice rest." With a nod, he was returned to his Pokeball.
Coral then looked down at the bracelet and, to her shock, saw the crystal she used was still in her possession. 'Either it's because I'm your granddaughter, or I'm truly worthy or this Z-Ring, grandfather. Either way, I thank you for this wonderful gift.' She got back up on her feet.
"So, what did you all think of the battle?" Coral asked the crowd.
In response to her question, everyone cheered and applauded, stating that they had enjoyed the Pokemon Team Battle, despite it ending as a tie.
"This is a Pokemon Battle," Yuuki began. "No matter the situation, a trainer and their Pokemon are always one. We can form bonds with the Pokemon, if they choose to be our partner. If you form a strong bond, you can do anything together. In terms of battle, if you uncover their strengths, weakness and skill, you'll be an ultimate team."
Those with a Pokemon in the Shepherds looked at their Pokemon partner, who stared at them back. Both knew what she said was true, especially after witnessing the battle.
As this was happening, hidden in a tree, a certain blue-haired swordsman was watching the whole thing in amazement. His attention was too into the battle that had occurred, he hadn't realized he was being watched from another tree nearby, who was also watching the captivating battle.