Pokémon Novien: Phoenix Rising

Chapter 14

Since the other members of Paladin had stopped talking, Serilay watched the battle with interest.

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Ryan smirked a bit while Ryu shook the sand from his face. "Digging underground to escape the heat. Clever move...Perhaps I should help you escape it more!" Ryan laughed at his cleverness. "Ryu, Ice Beam the ground. Make it cold enough to chill that Treecko out!"

"Ry!" Ryu yelled. A ball of energy appeared above his head before rays of energy blasted the ground, slowly turning the lovely soil into permafrost.

Scar suddenly emerged from the hole he had created, shivering.

"Scar! Use Pound!" Michael yelled. "Quick! Before Ryu can make a move!"

Scar jumped up, rubbing his arms to heat himself up, and flipped, slamming his tail down on Ryu hard.

"Ryu!" Ryan yelled. "Are you alright?" he asked. Ryu's speed (and the fact that this was his first real battle) made it so that he wasn't used to taking hits.

"Dra. Dra!" Ryu yelled! He shook himself, a sign of perseverance.

"Alright! Ryu, go into the water and use Twister as hard as you can!" Ryan commanded.

"Dra? Drati?!" Ryu exclaimed. He wasn't able to understand what Ryan had planned or if it would work.

"Just trust me, okay?" Ryan said. Ryu did; he had known Ryan for years now and even though this was their first official battle, he knew Ryan would never steer him wrong.

Ryu followed his order, diving into the water and using Twister. A small twister began forming underwater, creating a whirlpool-esque effect.

"Harder! Just a little more!" Ryan said.

"Dra!" Ryu replied. He focused more of his energy into the Twister; his effort began to show as the Twister rose out of the water and slowly approached the shore. A huge water storm approached them all...

"Dra!" Ryu said. Ryu was wondering if this technique was safe, but followed orders nonetheless.

"Alright! Now, use Thunderbolt and Ice Beam on the Twister!" Ryan laughed. His technique was undoubtedly ridiculously dangerous, but he wanted to win.

"Dra...Drati!" Ryu replied. The twister grew larger as it approached Scar, Michael and Ryan and the Thunderbolt and Ice Beam added to its deadliness. It was now no longer a twister, but a huge hail storm with lightning, ready to take down Treecko...and both trainers.

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Janie gasped when she saw the storm approaching the shore. The town was right behind them, and her house was just beyond the gate. They had gotten a house close to the beach, but now the storm was deadly close to it. Her parents were still inside. "NO!"

Janie ran away from the others and sprinted towards the house, but she would have to pass the storm to get there. She didn't hesitate, and kept going. She had told Mary to stay put with the others, and she helplessly watched her owner run off.

Vinn remembered that the was still standing with the group. "Well then...I suppose I had better go secure my ship-ah I mean house. Arrivederci!" he called, leaving.

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"Uh oh," Michael said. "Ryan, this is getting out of hand! Call Ryu off! Scar, return! Go, Breeze! Use Double Team, then Quick Attack! Circle the Twister in the opposite direction it's spinning to slow it down!"

Breeze obliged, using its new speed. Breeze's mien shifted, and suddenly, a dozen copies of Breeze were flying around the Twister Ryu had made. They shot around the Twister at top speed, dodging the hail and lightning. Pretty soon, the Twister was dying down.

Ryan looked around, surveying the damage he could have caused.

~Must...win. But at any cost?~ Ryan thought to himself before the answer came to him.

"Ryu! Before the Twister dies completely, use Thunderbolt and Ice Beam on it! Strike each and every copy of that Swellow!" If both attacks hit Swellow the damage could perhaps go beyond fainting. Ryan, deep inside himself, hoped that didn't happen.

"Drati!" Ryu yelled. Balls of energy appeared above his head before shooting into the weakened Twister.

Serisay's Piplup slammed into Ryu, knocking it into the ground. Serisay yelled at Ryan, "That's enough! call it off!"

"This is a one on one battle! Stay out of this!" Ryan yelled. He was going to win; his uncertainty about how he would do so was now behind him. "Ryu! Let the storm take care of the Swellow. Thunderbolt the Piplup!" Ryan commanded.

"Dra? Dratini..." Ryu said. He wasn't up for attacking a Pokemon who was looking out for the interest of others, especially one as innocent as a Piplup.

"Just do it!" Ryan yelled over the dying storm. He had inherited his father's motivation for victory, it seems.

"Dra..." Ryu said, having no choice but to obey. A ball of energy appeared over his head before shooting beams of electricity toward the Piplup.

Wes ran to Ryan before any answer came to him.

"Hey, watch out. If you do something like that you could kill a Pokemon. There is no reason to ris an innocent Pokemon's life like that. Even in war a person must consider the life of the enemy Pokemon. A criminal may control an innocent Pokemon. Remember they are sentient too." Wes lectured Ryan.

Janie ducked under different bolts to try and make it across. The storm had died down, but it was still pretty powerful. She felt bad for the Pokémon in battle, but she had to reach her house. If the storm continued, it could seriously damage it. It was only a small, weak house.

Innocent...Life The words flew through Ryan's head for a moment. "Ryu, stop your attack! Quickly before someone is hurt!" Ryan exclaimed. Ryu obliged all too happily...or at least it would have. While Ryu can use combination of attacks to create devastating weather, he could not as easily reverse them.

"Dra! Dratini!" Ryu yelled. He needed help, and quickly.

"Um... Help, please!" Ryan laughed, rubbing his head thoughtfully.

"BAGON!" Ragnarok understood completely before Wes said anything. Its claws glowed bright as it leaped into the air. It began spinning deflecting the electricity. Then quickly dispelling the twister. The ice struck Ragnarok. knocking him back to the ground. It was unconscious but he would live.

Breeze kept flying around the Twister, steadily slowing it down.

"Xero, use Hyper Beam on the Twister!" Michael commanded.

"Pshu!"

Xero charged up a ball of light between its... whatever you call those hand things Beedrill has. Hyper Beam blasted at the Twister, shooting completely through the storm. Breeze flew directly below the Hyper Beam, continuing to slow the Twister below where the Hyper Beam had destroyed the storm.

"Scar! Use Quick Attack and help Breeze!"

Scar took off running in the same direction as Breeze. The storm was now slowing at a greater rate.

"Keep it up, guys!" Michael encouraged. "It's almost gone!"

"Thanks, guys! Alright, Ryu! Finish the storm off! Use Twister in the opposite direction!" Ryan yelled.

"Dra!" Ryu exclaimed, circling around in the air. A Twister was created with just enough power to cancel out what remained of the previous storm. The two storms collided head on (though storms don't have heads) causing each other to dissipate completely.

Michael sighed in relief.

"Well, I think that's enough for one day, don't you?" he said to Ryan. He looked at Xero, Breeze, and Scar, who were all exhausted and panting on the ground. "Hey, why don't we go get something to eat?" He turned to look at Wes. "Weren't you saying something about starting a team to fight Team Phoenix? We can discuss that over a couple burgers down at the Pokémon Center."

He unclipped three Poké Balls from his belt and had Xero, Scar, and Breeze return to them to rest. Then he started off toward the Pokémon Center, pausing after a few steps to look back and make sure the others were following him.

"Ryu, return!" Ryan said, even though the Dratini had nothing to return to. Instead it leisurely floated back toward its trainer.

"Dra...Dra..." Ryu panted, obviously tired from the struggle. He wrapped himself around Ryan as a sign of affection and tiredness before closing his eyes. Ryan rubbed his head before saying "There, there, Ryu. Get plenty of rest." Inside his head, Ryan was wondering if he should record the battle as a victory or a loss. He decided it would be tactful to not ask.

"Well, that was exciting... heh..." Tyler laughed nervously. "What are your names?"

"Well," Seresay said in response to Tyler's question, "I am Seresay, leader of this small group of Team Aqua survivors." he motioned towards his companions. "We have decided to give up our evil ways with a new goal of eliminating Team Phoenix and getting revenge on the bastards who did this."

Tyler shrugged. "K."

Then Vinn jumped in randomly again. "Hai gaiz lolol can I join you?"

"I'm Ryan, an aspiring Pokemon master. Sorry for the...incident...Heh." Ryan chuckled nervously. Ryu opened one of his eyes for a moment and laughed as well before going back to sleep. Ryan thought it best to not tell them about his second goal in finding his father.

And Seresay repeated what he did last time Vinn randomly appeared.

"I'm Michael," Michael said, ignoring Vinn who probably shouldn't be there if he wanted to live. "I'm just a traveler. I like to explore the woods of the different regions of the world. And it looks like I chose a good time to be here, since you might be needing some help."

And Vinn ignored Seresay like before. "So how about them Mudkipz?"

"Mudkipz?"

Credit for this chapter goes to:

Mizagium

Xelwes

Nicool

Calfrun

TheHiddenAssassin

Xero

Veralice