Time for another battle. I'm hoping to finish this story so I can continue the main one, I've been away from it for far too long.
"Look out!" Kody said.
The group and their Pokémon moved to the side.
"Croconaw, use Water Gun!" Kody said.
Croconaw launched a stream of water in Lucario's direction, blowing the former friend back.
"Wow, that was some powerup." Kody said.
Lucario got back up and rushed at Croconaw, creating a bone of energy as he went.
"Croconaw, use Rage!" Kody said.
Croncaw glowed red as the bone hit him, he then grabbed the bone and slammed Lucario down into the ground. Lucario got back up and created another bone.
"Now, use Bite!" Kody said.
Croconaw grabbed onto the bone with his jaws as it flew at him.
"Now, spin around and throw him!" Kody said.
Rawjaw spun around and let go, causing Lucario to fly into the air. Lucario created a dark Aura Sphere and launched it.
"Croconaw, look out!" Kody said.
Croconaw ran from the attack, but the explosion from the impact sent him flying.
"Croconaw!" Kody said.
"Looks like we'll have to step in now!" Verity said, "Piplup, use Bubblebeam!"
Piplup leapt up and fired a barrage of exploding bubbles at Lucario. Lucario spun one of his energy bones around and blocked the bubbles. Lucario then created another dark Aura Sphere and fired it off.
"Counter with Whirlpool!" Verity said.
Piplup jumped up, aimed towards the Aura Sphere and created a whirlpool that stopped the Aura Sphere and fired it back, knocking Lucario down.
"Yes!" Verity said.
Suddenly, an Ariados dropped in and fired a bunch of Poison Sting needles at Piplup, but they were stopped by Lapras's Ice Beam.
"Oh great, she's here." Verity said.
"Luxio, take over while Kody takes care of his Pokémon!" Sorrel said.
"Lux!" Luxio said.
Lucario fired a Focus Blast at Luxio.
"Luxio, dodge it and use Swift!" Sorrel said.
Luxio jumped up and launched a bunch of tiny stars at Lucario. Lucario created another bone and rushed at Luxio.
"Use Swift again!" Sorrel said.
Luxio fired more stars at Lucario, who used his bone to pole-vault into the air.
"Got you." Sorrel said, "Use Spark!"
Luxio fired a ball of electricity at Lucario, knocking the corrupted Pokémon back. A few moments later, a corrupted Umbreon rushed by and hit Luxio back.
"Midnight's Umbreon." Sorrel said, "Gwen, can you take over?"
"Sure." Gwen said, "Bayleef, use Razor Leaf!"
Bayleef launched some razor sharp leaves at Lucario, who punched them away with his fists. Lucario rushed at Bayleef with his fist glowing.
"Reflect!" Gwen said.
Bayleef put up a barrier of solid light that blocked Lucario's attack.
"Tackle!" Gwen said.
Bayleef removed the barrier and rammed into Lucario. A few moment later, Fullmoon's corrupted Gligar flew down and tackled Bayleef.
"Bayleef!" Gwen said.
"Don't worry, Gwen." Kody said, "My team's back in action."
"Okay, I'll take care of Fullmoon's Gligar." Gwen said.
"Lucario, we don't want to do this, but we don't have any other choice." Kody said.
Lucario ignored Kody and rushed at him.
"Geodude, knock him off-balance with Magnitude!" Kody said.
Geodude slammed down and shook the area. Lucario jumped into the air in order to avoid the attack.
"Zubat, use Wing Attack!" Kody said.
Zubat flew at Lucario and rammed into him.
"Now, Pichu, use Thundershock!" Kody said.
Pichu zapped the downed Lucario, keeping still for a moment.
"Croconaw, end it with Water Gun!" Kody said.
Croconaw blasted Lucario with a blast of water, knocking him down.
"Hopefully that does it." Kody said.
Lucario got up, appearing to be unscathed.
"What on earth?!" Kody asked.
Lucario charged up an Aura Sphere and blasted it at Kody's Pokémon, sending them flying.
"They're untouchable!" Gwen said.
"What are we going to do?!" Verity asked.
Lucario was about to fire another blast, but some surprise arrivals ran in and pulled the group out of the fray.
"Midnight?" Kody asked.
A few moments later, the group was safe in the decaying forest as the lead Royal Nights pulled the heroes in.
"What is going on?!" Kody asked, "Why haven't you been taken over by the corruption?"
"We saw that our leader's plan...blew up in face, per say." Midnight said.
"And the corruption doesn't affect some humans." Fullmoon said.
"We weren't affected for some reason." Dusk said.
"I thought Ho-Oh said that only the Rainbow Hero couldn't be affected by the corruption." Sorrel said to Verity.
"Yeah." Verity said, "Why would he tell us that if none of us were affected?"
"What do we do next?" Gwen asked.
"Well, we do share a mutual predicament." Midnight said, "I propose we work together until this is over."
"Agreed." Kody said.
"What are we going to do?" Dusk asked.
"Our first move should be getting to the temple." Kody said, "Then I need to get to the Rainbow Wing so we can fix everything."
"We found a good route." Fullmoon said, "It'll keep us out of the line of sight of those corrupted Pokémon."
"Good." Sorrel said.
"Are you sure we can trust them?" Verity asked.
"We don't really have much of a choice right now." Gwen said, "So we kind of have to."
"Okay then, let's go." Kody said.
The Royal Nights led the heroes through the decayed woods.
The group came through the forest, soon they came to behold the corrupted temple.
"Look at all of that energy spewing through the top." Sorrel said.
"We have to hurry." Gwen said.
"Alright, Kody, we'll provide you with a distraction." Verity said, "You just get up there and fix this whole mess."
"Okay." Kody said, "Let's get ready to-."
Kody was cut off a blast of dark energy hit the ground in front of them, causing a huge explosion.
"Hello there." Eclipse said as he slowly floated down with an Aura of dark energy surrounding him.
"Eclipse." Kody said.
"I presume you came to stop me." Eclipse said, "Well, I'm sorry to inform you..."
The corrupted Ho-Oh flew down over the temple.
"...but I've come too far to turn back now." Eclipse said.
All of the corrupted Pokémon came over to Eclipse and stood beside him.
"Your journey ends here." Eclipse said, "Get them."
The swarm of corrupted Pokémon rushed at the group.
That was chapter 11. The battle is about to get to the really insane bit. I hope it still is good with me speed writing this.
Powerhouse out.