Chapter 11

The Wayward Sword

Team Stardust quickly ushered the trio into their guild house. The trio was currently resting in the lounge as Grace bustled around, tending to the group's many injuries.

"We cannot thank you enough," the green Pokémon said graciously.

"Think nothing of it," Grace said, waving off her thanks.

"Even so, you did not have to help us, so I am grateful for you," she said giving the shiny Mawile a small bow. The bulkier of the trio scoffed at the female.

"Jeez, Virizion. Do you have to act like royalty everywhere we go?" The green one swung around and glared at snarky Pokémon.

"At least try to act grateful, Terrakion!" she sniped. "They took us in out of the goodness of their hearts. The least we can do is be respectful Just what kind of message are you trying to teach Keldeo?!"

"You know I'm right here, right?" the final member, who was noticeable younger than the other two, said. Unfortunately, it appeared the the duo either didn't hear him or were ignoring him.

"The kid's old enough to make his own decisions," the older male said gruffly.

"That is not the point!" the female snapped. "The point is if you keep acting like that, he will start to emulate you!"

"And what's wrong with that?!"

"Well I would prefer to have another sophisticated member of our group and not another neanderthal."

"Hey! Who're you called a neanderthal?!"

"I wonder," she said sarcastically, rolling her eyes in annoyance.

"Why you..." The male made to get up, but a tremor of pain shot through his body.

"Please, don't get up!" Grace cried in shock, rushing over to the large Pokémon. "You're still healing. Any movement could reopen your wounds."

"Alright, alright," he relented, settling back down with a barely contained wince.

"See, there you go again!" the green Pokémon chastised. "Always going off half-cocked and getting yourself hurt!" Despite her diatribe, concern could be heard in her voice.

"Yeah, yeah," he grumbled, turning his head away from the scolding look of the one female of the group.

"Um, not to interrupt, but could you tell us who you three are and why you came here?" Asura asked.

"Oh, where are my manners?" She sat up a little straighter as she addressed the exploration team. "My name is Virizion and these are my compatriots, Terrakion and Keldeo and we are the Swords of Justice," she said as she pointed her head to the older male and the younger male respectively.

"Hey, nice ta' meet ya'!" Keldeo chirped excitedly.

"Hmph," Terrakion grunted, earning a scowl from Virizion.

"Terrakion, show some manners!" The cavern Pokémon rolled his eyes.

"Wait, your the Swords of Justice?!" Jackson asked in disbelief.

"Aye," Terrakion answered. "That'd be us."

"Oh my Arceus!" Katara all but squealed. "I can't believe this! I'm meeting the Swords of Justice!"

"Who're the Swords of Justice?" DJ asked.

"What?!" Katara shouted incredulously. "How do you not know about them?! Didn't you ever read story books about them when you were a kid?"

DJ's response was a blank look.

"Oh...right," Katara said sheepishly when she realized just who she was talking to.

"The Swords of Justice are a group of four legendaries that go around protecting Pokémon everywhere," Grace explained.

"Wait, they're legendaries?!" DJ asked in shock.

"Yep! They're like an exploration team except with legendaries!" Katara said in full fangirl mode. "There's the elegant Virizion who dances around her foes in a deadly dance of swords, then there's Terrakion, the muscle of the group, so strong that he can bring down mountains with a single sword swing, next there's Cobalion, their fearless leader with a body of steel and a heart to match it, and finally, there's Keldeo, the youngest of the group who is training under the three to become their successor!"

"Looks like we've got a fan," Terrakion said in amusement, causing the Frogadier to blush brightly.

"You guys have always been an inspiration for me," Katara confessed. "Hearing stories of your guys' exploits made me want to join an exploration team."

"Well, I am glad that we were able to inspire you," Virizion said kindly.

"Wait, you said that there was another member, right? So where are they?" DJ asked.

Immediately upon asking this, they friendly atmosphere evaporated. The trio all looked down at the floor, their expressions becoming closed off.

"Something...something happened to Cobalion," Virizion finally said. "One moment he was fine, then the next he...changed."

"Changed how?" Asura asked.

"He became...dark," Virizion answered.

"Dark?" Leaf questioned. "You mean like a dark type?"

"No, that's not it," Terrakion said. "We mean that he literally turned dark. His fur turned a dark indigo and his eyes became red like rubies."

The entirety of Team Stardust glanced at each other at the familiar sounding event.

"What happened after that?" Blade asked tentatively.

"His personality changed," Virizion said. "He became angry and began to lash out randomly, attacking all those in his way. Shortly after that he..." Virizion choked up at this and couldn't continue.

"He began attacking innocent Pokémon," Keldeo finished, nuzzling Virizion in an attempt to calm her down.

"He what?" Katara asked in horror.

"What? Are you deaf?!" Terrakion said angrily. "He began attacking innocents!"

"Calm down, Terrakion," Virizion chided, finally getting control of herself.

"B-But why would he do that?" Katara asked, not believing what she was hearing. "He's supposed to protect Pokémon, not hurt them!"

"We don't know. If we knew we wouldn't be here now would we?" Terrakion growled, getting a chastising look from his female compatriot.

"We tried to stop him, but he was too much for us," Keldeo said sadly. "He knew all of our moves and trounced us."

"We do not know what to do, which is why we came here," the grassland Pokémon confessed.

"But why us?" Jet asked. "Why'd you come to us for help?"

"Because we heard that it was you guys that stopped the dark wells," Keldeo jumped in, not noticing Terrakion's scowl. "We thought that you'd guys be able to help!"

"Way to be subtle, Keldeo," Terrakion grunted, causing the colt Pokémon to blush.

"This is exactly what I was talking about. He gets it from you!" Virizion snapped at Terrakion. The rock-fighting type opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by Asura.

"I think we can help you," he said, earning the trio's attention. "If what you described is correct, then we may have encountered another Pokémon that showed similar tendencies. Darkrai."

"Darkrai!" Virizion exclaimed. "This happened to Darkrai as well?!"

"I believe so," Asura said grimly. "He attacked an island and trapped many Pokémon in nightmares, including myself and several members of my team. The remaining members of the team went after Darkrai and beat him in combat. After that, whatever was effecting Darkrai was reversed."

"So if we beat Cobalion, then he'd turn back to normal?" Keldeo asked hopefully.

"Possibly," Asura said. "I don't pretend to be an expert on this, but if what happened to him is what happened to Darkrai, then it would be safe to assume the same will happen."

"Then will you help us?" Virizion asked desperately. "Please, help us bring our friend back to us."

Asura hummed pensively. "Where is he currently?"

"Last time we faced him, he was attacking Stoneford, a town just north of here," Terrakion answered.

"That's not far from here," Graced said. "Maybe a days travel at most."

"That is pretty close to Miracle Town. He could be moving here," Drake pointed out.

"We'll help you," Asura said, getting grateful smiles from the trio, though Terrakion tired to hide his.

"Yes! We get another chance to go up against a legendary!" Blitz said excitedly. "I can't wait!"

"Not all of us will be going," Asura said bluntly.

"What?! Why?!" Blitz demanded.

"Because we still have an exploration team to run and we wouldn't be doing our job if we just up and left," Asura explained.

"So who all will be going?" Jackson asked.

"We're only going to take those that have a type advantage against Cobalion, so it will be DJ, Drake, Bertha, and I going."

"Ha, ha!" Bertha taunted the electric mouse.

"Lucky," he huffed.

"Only four?" Grace asked worriedly. "Are you sure that's wise?"

"We'll be fine," Asura reassured her. "We'll also have three out of the four Swords of Justice with us."

"Fine," she sighed in defeat.

"We will help you any way we can," Virizion said gratefully.

"Awesome, I get to fight another legendary!" DJ shouted in excitement.

"Leave it to a fighting type to be this pumped over a fight," Jackson sighed before he realized who was in the room. "Not that all fighting types are like that!" he added hastily.

"No offense taken," Virizion chuckled.

"Some taken," Terrakion grunted jokingly.

"I wish I could go," Katara said morosely.

"Maybe next time," DJ said reassuringly.

"All of you rest up!" Asura called. "We're heading out at dawn!"

"Why is it always dawn," DJ wondered as he headed to his room.

-Legend-

The group of seven woke up early the next morning and left for Stoneford. As Grace had said, the trek through the forest took a little less than a day before the group made it to a large hill that overlooked Stoneford.

Stoneford was a relatively plain looking town, especially when compared to Miracle Town. It had dirt roads that crisscrossed through the town, leading to various buildings. The homes all resembled huts, though a lot more sophisticated. While made of wood, the buildings were built durably with thick planks of woods that served as support beams. There were also a couple larger buildings, including one building with a large domed roof with a needle-like point, that utilized brick in their design, having stone foundations and walls to make them sturdier.

A ways away from the buildings were a series of cultivated land with small sprigs of some kind of plant poking out of the ground. Even from where they were, the group could see that the land looked dried out from lack of water. Further past the town was a small mountain.

"This is Stoneford?" DJ questioned. "It's..."

"Plain?" Asura supplied.

"Yeah."

"Well Stoneford isn't on the same level of Miracle Town."

"Even so, this place is a lot less lively than it was before," Virizion said worriedly.

"You don't think Cobalion...?" Keldeo asked, not needing to finish his question.

"No, even in his dark state he would never do such a thing!" Virizion said vehemently. "Right?" she asked uncertainly.

"Y-Yeah, that's right!" Terrakion assured. "Cobalion's always been a Pokémon of honor and even if he's all evil now, he'd never kill!"

"Then where is everyone?" Drake's question was met with silence.

"Let's head down there," Bertha said. "We won't know what happened unless we do."

-Legend-

The group was horrified by what they saw when they entered the town. Several of the homes had caved in roofs with streamline gashes littering the walls. The same slash marks were carved into the stone work of the other buildings. Windows were shattered, shops stalls were smashed into splinters, flower were trampled and strewn across the road. It was horrible.

"What happened here?" Bertha asked, horrified.

"Cobalion," Virizion whispered, tears brimming in her eyes.

"Cobalion did this?" DJ asked in a mixture of awe and horror.

"I would recognize these slash marks anywhere. These were made by Cobalion's blade."

"It's hard to believe someone as calm and mellow as Cobalion being responsible for this kind of destruction," Terrakion muttered.

"But we'll make him better, right?" Keldeo asked, his eyes sparkling with innocence.

"Yeah, we'll make him better," Terrakion reassured the young colt, throwing a furtive glance towards the others.

"Yeah, we'll definitely save Cobalion!" DJ said confidently. Keldeo smiled gratefully at the Lucario.

"This place gives me the creeps," Bertha shivered. "It's like a ghost town!"

"Maybe we should try and find someone to question," Drake suggested.

"I'll try and find someone," DJ said before closing his eyes and activating his aura sight. He winced at his new sensitively. It felt like staring at the sun. Everything was overly bright and hard to focus on. He actually had to turn off his vision before tentatively activating it again. When he did he saw that there was a mass of Pokémon held up in the large building with the slightly cracked dome roof.

"There's a lot of Pokémon in that building," he said, pointing out the building.

"There's also three behind us," Keldeo said. They all spun around and saw a Rhyperior, Exploud, and a Pangoro growling threateningly at them.

"You shouldn't have come here," the Pangoro growled. "Not after what your friend did!"

"We're going to make you pay!" the Rhyperior added menacingly.

"DJ, what the hell?! Why didn't you mention these guys?!" Asura whispered harshly.

"I didn't see them," DJ gritted out. "I'm still getting used to my increased sensitivity to aura!"

"Please, we do not want to fight," Virizion called out to the trio. "We only want to-"

"ENOUGH TALK!" the Exploud roared. "YOU AND YOUR COHORT TRASHED OUR TOWN, SO WE'LL DO THE SAME TO YOU!" Without warning he released a large blast of sound that vibrated the air in front of him, sending a blaring sound wave at the group. Caught off guard, the group was buffeted by a deafening shout that caused them all to cringe in pain.

The Rhyperior then held up his hands, forming a large boulder from the small holes on his palms. With a roar, he fired the boulder at the group.

Clutching his ears in pain, DJ managed to crack open an eye and see the encroaching boulder. Thinking quickly, he formed an aura sphere with one paw and fired it at the boulder. The two attacks met in the middle and exploded, the shock wave disrupting the Exploud's hyper voice attack.

With the screeching sound gone, Team Stardust leapt into action. Asura charged the Exploud, kicking the purple Pokémon away from the other three before chasing him down. Both Bertha and Drake simultaneously attacked the Rhyperior and when the Pangoro attempted to assist his two cohorts he was met with a rather irritated Lucario.

The daunting Pokémon attempted an arm thrust, but DJ lithely ducked under the attack and struck the larger Pokémon in the stomach with a power-up punch. The Pangoro gasped in pain and was unprepared for a swift kick to his temple. He staggered back in pain and tried to attack DJ again, only to hit nothing but air. Before the dark-fighting type could react, he was hit by another power-up punch, this time from behind.

Losing his balance, the Pangoro fell face first onto ground. DJ stood over the large Pokémon and glared.

"Give up!" he said. "I don't want to hurt you, but if you keep this up, I won't hold back!"

"Never!" With surprising speed, the Pangoro rolled onto his back and fired a dark pulse at the Lucario. The dark type blast slammed into DJ's gut and sent him flying.

DJ landed on his spryly onto his feet, glaring at the now standing Pangoro. Said Pokémon grinned, thinking that he had injured the aura Pokémon only to frown when a red aura enveloped the jackal.

"Bad move," DJ growled before speeding towards the Pokémon with extreme speed.

The Pangoro's eyes widened as the Lucario seemingly appeared before him. He raised his arms to defend himself, but before he could he was sent hurtling backwards through the air. Opening an eye, the Pangoro saw DJ running towards him, keeping up with his flight with extreme speed. Speeding up, DJ ran past the Pangoro and stopped directly in the Pokémon's flight path. Bracing himself, DJ cocked back his fist before punching the flying bear with a power-up punch.

DJ was pushed back a few feet before he was able to muster enough strength to send the daunting Pokémon flying back in the opposite direction. The Pangoro roared in pain before slamming into the ground and skidding a few extra feet. Groaning, he rolled onto his back only to see an aura sphere and inch from his face.

"Don't move," DJ warned in a no nonsense tone.

"Damn you," the Pangoro growled defiantly.

"ENOUGH!" a new voice rang out.

Chancing a glance, DJ saw that the speaker was an elderly female Absol. Flanking her were several other Pokémon, small children partially hidden behind the elders.

"Elder Constancia!" the Pangoro said in surprise. "You shouldn't be out here! It's-"

"If you say that it is dangerous then you are an even bigger fool than I thought," she said sharply, her red eyes narrowed at the Pangoro.

"B-But elder! These Pokémon attacked us and-"

"As I recall, you three attacked first. They said that they did not want to fight." The Pangoro opened and closed his mouth, unable to make a sound. The Absol then turned to DJ, her eyes losing their previous sharpness. "I apologize for these three's actions. If you would let them go we can talk civilly."

DJ eyed her suspiciously. Discreetly activating his emotion sense, a skill that thankfully wasn't affected by his evolution, DJ read the Absol's aura to see if she was truly genuine. Seeing that she truly did not want to fight, DJ allowed his aura sphere to dissipate and stepped away from the Pangoro, allowing the dark-fighting type to get to his feet. Looking around, he saw that the Rhyperior and the Exploud were in similar situations as the Pangoro had been in.

"Thank you," Constancia said with a bow of her head. "Again, I must apologize for these three's brazen actions, but you must understand that we have been attacked for three days. Everyone here is on edge."

"Cobalion," Bertha realized.

"Indeed," the elder confirmed. "He attacked us out of the blue without warning. The only thing that saved us was my disaster sense. He destroyed our homes and buildings, sending us into a state of fear. You can understand how we were terrified upon seeing the other three Swords of Justice arrive in our town."

"That is why we are here," Virizion said, stepping towards the disaster Pokémon. Several of the Pokémon around the elder tensed at the grassland Pokémon's approach, but Constancia signaled for them to back down. "We have come here along with these four exploration members to deal with Cobalion and hopefully save him from whatever darkness plagues him."

Constancia opens her mouth to speak, but was cut off by the Pangoro scoffing. "You all expect to beat that menace? Yeah right. If we couldn't beat him, what hope do you have?"

"As I recall, we beat you in less than five minutes," DJ pointed out jeeringly. The Pangoro growled at the Lucario. He took a menacing step towards him, but froze at his elder's steely voice cut through the air.

"Bruno." The Pangoro slowly turned at met ruby red eyes that were burning with anger. "Stand. Down." Reluctantly, the Pangoro stepped away from the Lucario, resigned to glare hatefully at the blue jackal, who smirked childishly at him. Seeing the Pangoro stand down, Constancia nodded and turned back to Virizion.

"If you are truly here to help, then we will not turn you away. With the threat of Cobalion hanging over us, we are fearful to even step outside to seek help. Our strongest fighters were unable to even scratch him. We have been living in total fear."

"No offense to your people, but they ain't the best fighters," Terrakion grunted, ignoring the sounds of indignation from the three Pokémon they fought.

"What my compatriot is trying to say is that we are more than capable of handling Cobalion," Virizion interjected, shooting Terrakion with an annoyed look. Absol looked at the group thoughtfully, her eyes landing on the quartet from Team Stardust.

"You four, you are from Team Stardust, yes?"

"Yes, we are," Asura answered, stepping up next to Virizion.

Constancia nodded her head. "I thought so. We heard about how you assisted our world and we are all grateful to you. If you are positive that you can handle him..."

"We are."

"Then we are in your debt." Constancia said with a smile.

"Elder, you can't be serious!" Bruno interjected. "They're just a bunch of-"

"Bruno," Constancia said coldly. Bruno's mouth snapped shut, but he still had a mutinous look on his face. With an angered huff, he stormed off. Constancia watched him go and sighed. "That boy... His heart is in the right place, but he is headstrong and does not think things through."

"I know how you feel," Asura said, looking directly at DJ.

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!" the former human demanded, affronted.

"Shiftry," Bertha said.

"Surge," Drake added.

"Me," Asura said.

"Shiftry again..."

"Okay, okay! I get it!" DJ snapped, crossing his arms and pouting childishly. "And that last one wasn't my fault!"

"Anyway, we intend to stop Cobalion before he can do anymore harm," Virizion said, turning back to the Absol.

"Then we beg of you" -Constancia and the rest of the Pokémon assembled all bowed to the group.- "please help us."

"We will," Virizion said with conviction, the rest of the group nodding their heads in agreement.

-Legend-

The elderly Absol informed them that Cobalion was last seen climbing Mt. Rizen, the mountain behind the town. After restocking their supplies, the group made haste to the mountain. Arriving at the mountain, the group saw that large trees were growing along the mountainside, causing its roots to burrow in and out of the stone.

Climbing the mountain took a relatively short time with the group only stopping to rest. Any wild Pokémon appeared to have been scared off by Cobalion because the group didn't encounter any. Before long, the group stood before a large cave entrance.

"Is he in here?" Keldeo asked timidly.

DJ activated his aura sense, careful not to hurt himself with his new sensitivity to aura. Quickly looking into the cave he was nearly blinded by a powerful aura. He couldn't make out the shape, but he was positive it was alive.

"There's a large mass of aura in the cave," DJ informed the group. "I can't make you who or what it is, but its alive."

"That's gotta be Cobalion!" Keldeo exclaimed.

"It would appear so," Virizion said uneasily.

"We're going to have to be careful from here on out," Asura informed. "Cobalion's a legendary. While not at Darkrai's level of power, he's still powerful."

"Right," they all agreed before entering the cave.

Upon entering, they saw that it wasn't so much of a cave as it was a long tunnel. Thick roots burst through the stone walls and curled in on themselves. Glowing stones were embedded into the walls, offering dim light to the group. The walked cautiously down the winding tunnel as if expecting the wayward sword to jump out at them at any moment. After five minutes of walking they came upon a large cavern.

A large hole in the ceiling brought in sunlight, illuminating the scene before them. To the group's surprise, the floor was covered in vibrant green grass that glistened with dew and wild flowers sprouted out sporadically. Larger fragments of the same glowing crystal littered the wall, glowing even brighter with the sunlight entering the cavern. However, there was one thing that broke the scene of tranquility.

A long four-legged figure stood in the middle of the clearing. The figure had dark blue fur over its body with dirty bronze protrusions sprouting from its shoulders. A large scruff of ash gray fur flowed down its long neck. Two large, thin, bronze horns rested atop its head, a black bald spot in between them. Its face was a slightly lighter blue than his fur, its eyes were closed.

"Cobalion," Virizion whispered.

The figure opened its eyes, revealing two ruby red eyes. The figure focused on the three swordsmen and smirked.

"My...friends. It is good to see you again," he mocked, his voice was smooth and calm yet held a dangerous edge to it.

"Cut the pleasantries, Cobalion!" Terrakion snapped. "We're here to snap you out of this!"

"Snap me out of what?" Cobalion asked almost tauntingly.

"The darkness that's controlling you!" Keldeo piped up.

"Oh, but this darkness is not controlling me," Cobalion grinned. "It gives me so much power. More power than I could dream of!"

"This is getting us nowhere," Asura interjected. "He's completely under the darkness' influence."

Cobalion's head swiveled to Team Stardust as if taking note the other four for the first time. "Oh? You seem to have brought trash with you."

"TRASH!" Bertha roared in anger. "I'll show you trash!" She made to move forward, but Drake's outstretched claw stopped her.

"He is baiting you," the land shark said, his yellow eyes narrowed.

"So the trash actually has a brain. Impressive," Cobalion jeered at Drake, who gave no outward reaction.

"Enough words!" Virizion suddenly shouted abruptly, taking a step forward. "We shall defeat you, Cobalion, and restore you to your previous state!"

An ominous wind blew through the clearing. Cobalion regarded the group, noting their tensing bodies as they prepared to battle. His eyes roamed over them, silently gauging their strength and comparing it to his own. After several tense seconds he smiled at his former team.

"Hmph, it is clear that, together, you would have enough strength to defeat me, even with the trash you three call allies." Cobalion grinned ferally. "I have a proposition for you."

"Why would we bother to listen to anything you have to say?!" Bertha growled, still stinging from the 'trash' comment. "We could just-"

"I challenge one of you to single combat." The three swords of justice froze at Cobalion's challenge.

"Why would we agree to that?" Asura asked with a frown. Cobalion smirked at the Medicham before addressing his former teammates.

"On the off chance that you win, I stop my rampaging, but should I win, you all leave and I continue with my attacks on the village," he said, ignoring Asura completely, his gaze solely on the trio of swordsman. "Come now, don't you three have honor?" he mocked.

"Honor has nothing to do with this," DJ snarled. "What matters is stopping you before-"

"He's right," Virizion almost whispered.

"-you hurt some...one." DJ couldn't even finish his sentence he was so surprised.

"Are you insane?!" Asura demanded harshly. "We're trying to stop him!"

"He has issued a challenge. We cannot interfere," Virizion said regretfully.

"There's almost nothing more important than honor and disrespecting a challenge would be dishonorable," Terrakion ground out.

"It was the first thing Cobalion taught us," Keldeo murmured. "Respect a challenge, no matter who makes it."

"Predictable," Cobalion drawled, causing the trio to grit their teeth in anger. "Since I know I can beat you three with minimal trouble, I will issue my challenge to one of you four," he said, looking at the quartet.

"And what's to stop us from attacking you all at once?" Asura challenged, taking a step forward.

"I will fight you!" Team Stardust whirled around towards DJ, shooting him looks of disbelief.

"You will not!" Asura shouted.

"Yes, I will," DJ said firmly. Asura opened his mouth to protest further, but the Lucario cut him off. "Asura, I need to do this. Don't try and stop me."

"Why do you need to do this?" Bertha demanded. "Why do you have to fight him alone?"

"I'm not sure myself," DJ admitted. "I can feel something in his aura, something that is shining through the darkness that his consuming him. A small smidgen of honor that refuses to be smothered by whatever is controlling him." DJ turned towards the stoic Cobalion, noting a flash in his eye. "He's fighting it. I'm sure of it. He just needs something to snap him out of it."

"And fighting him one on one will do that?" Asura asked doubtfully.

"Hey, if he's big on honor, maybe an honorable battle will do the trick," DJ said with a large grin. With that, DJ tuned out his friends and stepped forward to face Cobalion.

"So you are the one who will accept my challenge?" Cobalion questioned with a bored tone.

"That's right. My name is-"

"Don't bother telling me your name," the iron will Pokémon interrupted with a condescending smirk. "I don't take the time to remember the names of trash."

"Funny, you seem to remember your name just fine." Cobalion's smirk morphed into a frown. He turned fully towards the Lucario and looked him over carefully.

"Hmph, you seem strong." DJ smirked challengingly.

"Thank you."

"For trash that is," Cobalion sneered imperiously.

"We'll see who's trash after this fight," DJ said, slipping into a fighting stance.

"Yes we shall."

A silent wind blew through the cavern. All at once the two steel-fighting types burst forward, each determined to beat the other into submission.