I'm back with the chapter that you have all been waiting for! Quite the short wait right?
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Alright I'm terribly sorry...I should have known, I should have known. I really should not make promises that I can't keep.
IMPORTANT! Please read! (Although no one can really force you to.)
Also, I have some bad news...No no no, I'm not discontinuing this story. It has nothing to do with my current story, BUT it rather concerns my future plans.
School so far proves to be time consuming, and it has been difficult to find the time or schedule to work on my chapters. From what I'm telling you right here, right now are all true experiences that I'm having in my current school year, and I doubt the years to come will be any different. To be honest, I doubt I will even have time to work on my stories.
Therefore, I've been a decision...I'm probably gonna quit writing stories by the time this one is complete. Notice that I said 'quitting' not LEAVING. I said I'll be quitting in terms of writing but I'm NOT leaving this site for good. I'll still be around; reading, scavenging the site for Pokemon stories that I find interesting, or maybe just having a simple chat. (If you haven't been able to tell, I'm a die-hard Pokemon fan. xD)
There is a good reason behind this decision of mine...I don't want to be one of those people that writes a story that everyone enjoys but it is never finished from the beginning to end. (Not pointing any fingers or anything, so don't take it in an offensive way.) Like I admit, I never expected this story to get above five favorites, ten follows or even over 1k view!
IMPORTANCE ENDS HERE
Anyways, enough with that message that I have to get across..Onto the Reviews!
Jaegothis:
...I didn't review the last one. Oops...? April 31?
OOOOH I FEEL YOUR PAIN. Hence why half of my stories are on hiatus -_- xD
I'm gonna stop being stupid now and review the actual chapter.
I think Sigma's already my favorite Ditto. These remind me of the RvB A.I...
Moonless is a PokePuff addict. Hopefully he won't get diabetes.
Bullet rain, eh? I geuss they prefer to fight in the shade... okay that was bad.
Response:
No problem bro. To be fair, I didn't even review your last chapter(s) xP
Yeh, hiatus are no fun.
Tell you the truth, what if I tell you that Sigma was orginally intended to be a black colored Ditto that goes to absorb a Umbreon-morph? Mind blown yet? No? Okay I'll go kill myself now, jk. As for RvB, yeah I'm gonna act like I know even though I don't. :p
Every hero has an addiction! Not really but PokePuffs ftw! Of course, diabetes not a thing for Moonless. After all, he's an Eevee that knows magic; a Mage.
Nice try with that joke there. :)
YourTypicalReader:
The Dittos absorbing Ribbon and the others, dunno why it reminds me of Majin Buu absorbing some of the Z fighters. :/
Sorry about the DBZ reference in Pokemon. xD
Response:
I can imagine, now that you mention, it is actually kinda similar. Only last time I checked, Majin Buu hogged all the victims to himself lol.
As for references, we all make one once in a while so it's okay.
Sit back, relax and enjoy!
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Also, I apologize if this is getting a bit repetitive or if the fight scenes are not as epic.
And if no one has told you already, you're the best. :)
[(Hello. - Insert Name Here)] - Background conversation/Someone talking in the background.
*[Hello.]* - Telepathy
*'Hello.'* - Thoughts
"Hello." - Normal Conversation in First Person
"Hello." Said (Insert Name Here) - Normal Conversation in Third Person
Chapter Twenty One: Mythic Primal, The True Fusion?
POV Change - Try to guess ;)
Darkness surrounded me. It felt like I have been out for a long time.
"...Ugh..."
I tried to open my eyes but was then met with bright light. I closed my eyes fully and tried again, this time taking it step by step and hoping I can get adjusted.
I gave a groan in annoyance, seeing that even taking the method slowly still wasn't getting me anywhere, until a figure obstructed the light that was giving me half-lidded eyes.
"You awake?" A voice said, stern yet calm, one that I've heard before and communicated with when I needed help.
Wait, does this mean?
"Y-You- ugh..." I groaned again, not from light but the blurriness in my eyes.
Much to my surprise, it seemed to read exactly what I had in mind. "Take your time, don't worry. I won't be going anywhere." The voice replied, reassuring me to the point where I relaxed and tried again.
Slowly but surely I was making progress; the blurriness starting to fade away as my vision returned, everything looking a lot more sharper than before. By the time my vision had completely recovered from its technical shut down, I blushed furiously in realization why I couldn't see earlier- the bright light that I was staring at earlier apparently was the sun.
I was drawn from my thoughts by the same voice speaking earlier, this time I had a better view of the figure, now that my vision is fully back again.
"It's good to see you again Xerneas." I said truthfully, bowing after finish my sentence.
"Likewise Ribbon, it has been quite some time." Xerneas replied, her voice equally as genuine.
I still find it weird but amazing that whenever a legendary speaks, their mouth doesn't necessarily move.
"But if you are here, does that mean?..." I trailed off, which Xerneas looked at me for a second before nodding.
Xerneas was about to answer but gets cut off by three voices shouting, "Hey Xerney!~" as three figure makes its way towards us.
*'Xerney?...'* I thought, turning my head in time to see a sigh escaping the Life Pokemon's 'mouth'.
"Celebi, Shaymin and Victini, hello to you three again..." Xerneas said, a bit of annoyance visible in her voice.
The Victory, Time Travel and Gratitude Pokemon gradually made their way over, with a cheerful smile on their face.
"Is she awake yet?" Celebi and Victini pouted.
"Yes." Xerneas sighed. "We'll be on our way, now why don't you three head back to the others? I'm pretty sure you all are missing your fun times with Blade, and most importantly, Thunder."
"That's right! Celi, Victi let's hurry! Bladey and Shocky are waiting for us! We should head back!" Shaymin tugged at the Time Travel Pokemon's antennae and the Victory Pokemon's ears, which the two non-stop chanted, "Ow ow ow ow ow!"
I sweat dropped, Xerneas have too guessing from her expression. In a blink of an eye, the three back-tracked towards the way they came from.
I heard the a sigh from the Life Pokemon again, as she said, "To this day, I still have yet to find out why Lord Arceus have given them permission to be Mentguards..."
*'Shaymin and Celebi huh? From what Blade told me, they were his Mentguard?...This is actually the first time that I have met them face to face...Same goes for Victini, isn't she Ember's Mentguard?'*
Straight thinking raised a question in me, and I proceeded to ask away. "Xerneas? If you don't mind me asking, why are they here?"
"Oh right...You might be wondering how Celebi, Shaymin and Victini are in your Dream Dimension, instead of the one they are suppose to belong in right?" Xerneas said, I nodded. "Well, the one that you are in currently is rather...less restricted."
"What do you mean?"
"Let's get going for now, since the others are probably waiting. I'll explain on the way." Xerneas said, she paused for a second and offered. "Also, you may ride on my back, since it is a long walk there."
"But-"
"Really, its fine." Xerneas said, lowering herself.
I gave in to her offers and climbed on, since I can't really turn down an offer like this.
*'Oh well, less walking for me, less pain for my legs.'*
"I heard that by the way." Xerneas smirked
"No privacy huh?"
We both shared a laugh for a second, as Xerneas continued on her way while I rode on her back.
"So where were we?"
"Right...As you can see, you are not in your usual, private Dream Dimension where outsiders require a Transport Ring to access. This Dream Dimension, also known as Global Trance Terrene, is a more public and less restricted world of the dreaming created by Arceus." Xerneas said
"Cool, so does this mean anyone can come here?"
Xerneas chuckled. "Not everyone, only those who have access or have gained access to their Dream Dimensions are allowed here. Back in the days, we use to host meetings here, mostly the important ones or ones that have to be secluded. It is actually our secret meeting spot, that's what every legend calls it."
"Wow..." I said, astonished at the amount of information that was slowly processing in my head, as I couldn't help but trail off to stare at the ancient Dream world around me.
Xerneas chuckled, which snapped me out of my trance. "At least let me finish, then you can look all you want."
"Right, sorry." I said sheepishly
"Meetings are only hosted once in a while here, but it became more frequent when the war broke out." Xerneas said
"Why?" I asked. "And what war?"
"The Hope and Despair war...Actually, its not a real war but because that's how everyone refers to it, it just kinda stuck up." Xerneas laughed heartily.
"Ah."
"Since meeting in halls would mean to have our forces withdraw from their camps, and that will lose us specific and important battle points- advantages in the war. Sometimes delivering a message by air could be a bad thing too, since the message could be lost or it may fall into the wrong hands. Therefore to communicate properly, Lord Arceus created the Global Trance Terrene for all legends and chosens to stay in touch." Xerneas said
"That's amazing."
"Lord Arceus has always been a great decision maker, especially during the war. Nowadays, this is where most of us Legendaries hang out, on our free times or when we are bored." Xerneas explained.
"I never knew this place would have such a history behind it." I said, now admiring the view around me.
"Now with the history lessons out of the way, let's get to the main point why we are here." Xerneas said
"Now that you mention it, I actually have no idea why I'm here."
"Okay let's backtrack, what is the last thing you remembered before you woke up here?" Xerneas said
"I remember...fighting seven Eeveelution-transformed Dittos...getting surrounded in a glob of slime...then I woke up and ended up here..."
"You were immobilized and knocked unconscious when Sigma absorbed you. In fact, not just you but also all of your friends that became the victims of those Dittos. Shortly after you and your friends were knocked out, all of you- in your conscious dream state, were brought here by Lord Arceus, Mentguards alike."
"How come?"
"You will see...Arceus will explain in full details and as briefly as possible...he is always straight forward in his speeches or during meetings. Although for some strange reason, he summarizes everything he says in the end..." Xerneas trailed off, mumbling the last part to herself.
"Xerneas?"
"Oh right, sorry about that. Arceus will explain everything in full details by the time we get there. Which should be...yep, we're here." Xerneas said giving a sigh once again, stopping all motions with her fore and hind legs.
The Life Pokemon lowered herself and I hopped off as I stared at the scene in front of me. I see Celebi, Shaymin, Victini, Blade and Thunder playing tag with one another, the Psychic/Fire and three Grass types running away from the Electric type.
A few feet away from the group were a Glaceon and Flareon, sitting with their legs crossed while a majestic blue bird; Articuno were doing and combing the two Eeveelutions' hair from behind.
Looking further, I saw a three-headed creature resting ontop of a rock. From afar, the heads of the creature looks like the three legendary dogs- in order from left to right, a Suicune, Raikou and Entei.
*'Three heads...Looks like Suicune, Raikou and Entei...Is he Thunder's Mentguard?...'*
Needless to say, it was difficult to tell from so far away but because I was so curious to find out for myself, I failed to notice myself slowly walking towards the three-headed creature.
"Hmm?" The creature turned its head- three heads to stare at me, as I tensed up in intimidation.
It turns out I was right; the three-headed being was indeed a hybrid of the three legendary dogs. From what I heard, he is the ancient ancestor of Raikou, Entei and Suicune. I think Thunder refers to him as Raiteicune.
"Um...hello Raiteicune." I bowed, a little nervous for keeping an ongoing conversation with the ancient beast.
"Well aren't you a respectful one." Raiteicune said with a smile.
"T-Thanks..." I said.
"Well well well, look at who is finally awake. Good of you to join us, Ribbon Skye." A voice interrupted my conversation with the hybrid legendary.
Let's just say I was lost for words for the next few seconds of my life. I came face to face with the Alpha Pokemon, the god himself who was staring intently at me. Good thing he was wearing a smile on his face or else my fur would really stand on end.
As soon as I registered what Arceus said, I blushed and poked my index fingers repeatedly. I'm glad that Xerneas was there to get me through my state of embarrassment, since I followed her footsteps shortly after she bowed before the Alpha Pokemon.
"It's good to see you too Lord Arceus." Xerneas and I said simultaneously.
"Arise, Xerneas and Ribbon." Arceus said with a smile. He then shot a annoyed look at the Life Pokemon and said, "Also Xerneas, what did I say about the ways of greeting me? There is no need to address me as 'Lord' nor do you have to bow; just treat me the same way like how you would do so with your fellow legends." Arceus said.
His gaze was then directed at me, which I swallowed hard from the sudden change in attention. "That goes for you too Ribbon." He said with a smile, which I nodded.
"I'm afraid I can't do so, since you are still the god of all Pokemon." Xerneas said, to which Arceus rolled his eyes. "I'm still surprised how you don't act like a god, at least not what I have viewed, despite your reputation."
"I say discuss this later? We still have more important matters to attend to right now." Arceus said
"Right...Sorry my lord." Xerneas bowed, much to Arceus' annoyance.
"Come along now Raiteicune, the trial is about to start." Arceus said, with the hybrid legendary giving off a yawn before pushing himself up.
"Trial? What trial?" I tilted my head.
"The test to determine if you and your friends are worthy of wielding the final stage of Primal form, Mythical Primal." Arceus said.
"Mythical...Primal?" Everyone said in unison, all except for the legends.
"Mythical Primal, or 'Mythrimal' as the embracer would call it, is another form that mage can take by drawing out their Mentguard's power. However, you must-" Arceus said but he was cut off.
"Question!" Blade raised a hand.
"Yes?" Arceus replied calmly, despite the rude interruption.
"Aren't we already drawing power by being in our Primal Form? Except for Thunder, no offense but seriously, what difference does it make?" Blade asked
"A huge difference actually. While your normal Primal Form do draw power from your Mentguard, the transformation itself contains only a fraction of. Whereas Mythical Primal, an evolved version of Primal, draws out the Mentguard's maximum potential." Arceus explained.
Arceus paused for a moment to stare intently at everyone that was listening. "As for Thunder, I can agree his powers are a little...extraordinary. But like the rest of you, he has a final form of his own; it may not be the same, but it is similar."
Blade expressed his understanding by forming an 'O' with his mouth, to which Arceus took as a sign to continue.
"Back to what I was saying, this 'Mythrimal' form cannot be accessed directly without the help of indirectly receiving the powers to do so." Arceus said
"Without what and what?" Thunder said
"By any means, you cannot simply just access your Mythical Primal Form by a ring..." Arceus said, lifting 5 rings with his powers before dropping one ring in each of our hands. "Without your Mentguard's choice or will of offering the powers by heart, that is."
"Hmm..." I hummed out while inspecting the ring; a pink, alexandrite gemstone that was finely crafted into a ring- with a Fairy Type icon/avatar on the front.
"Lord-" I said but flinched immediately when I saw the glare. Millions of thoughts flooded through my head of how I might of pissed him off but then the thought of title addressing struck me.
"Arceus..." I corrected, the glare disappearing and replaced with a smile. "If you don't mind me asking, what do you mean about the Mentguard's choice or will?"
"They might not be willing to lend you their powers?" Blade cuts in between our conversation but Arceus nodded at his claim.
"What Blade said." Arceus replied.
"Then..." I trailed off.
"Therefore, you have to prove yourself worthy of wielding the powers." Arceus said.
"...And how do we do that?..."
"You have to battle them." Arceus replied.
Everyone that was not a legend literally had dropped-jaw expression, excluding me since I had my element of surprise already.
"Chosens, you have come a long way. All the times you battled Mutants, fighting back to back...It's time to put all those times of training to use once again...The time has come...The final test...To prove if you are worthy of unlocking, accessing- the privilege to tap into the final stage of your Primal form!"
/Scene Change/ -Third Person-
A clear reflection of a Sylveon-Mutant can be seen, smiling evilly before she swung her cutlass.
"Take this!" Sigma shouted, her reflection figure enclosing before the sounds of metal clashing could be heard.
With left hand on the handle and right hand on the back of his blade, Moonless parried effortlessly and broke free from the confines of Sigma's cutlass. Moonless followed up by delivering a side way slash, powerful enough that the impact was total knockback.
The knockback did the trick; temporarily giving Moonless his time for rest, but not for long since the other Eeveelution Mutants are advancing forward.
A Flamethrower, Ice Beam and Solar Beam was shot from different directions, the gap between the three attacks minimizing as they were closing in on the same target, at some point merging together as a Fire/Ice/Grass attack.
*CONNECTION PLEASE*
A large spell void appeared and absorbed the merged attack, as Moonless switched on an ability spell ring.
"Allow me to add a mix to the spice!" Moonless said, placing his right hand in front his embracer.
*ABILITY REQUIEM STREAM GO*
The streaks of turquoise lights were shot into the spell void, the spell circle disappearing before reappearing, this time directly above the Mutants.
The attacks became a downpour, creating sparks and explosions on the enemies as Moonless retracted his spell when he was certain that the wave of attacks were over.
It may look like Moonless is winning despite the number disadvantage but if one is to look closely, Moonless was covered in scratch marks- open cuts in some parts of his upper trench coat and his coat tails were just barely holding together. Not to mention, the mage-absorbed Mutants were not even using their magic or spells.
As for the enemies' conditions, Alpha and Gamma were effected the most by Moonless' attacks- naturally, Mutants have only neutral resistance to mage's spells/attacks but because the Dittos have had Ribbon and the others contained- the remaining Ditto Mutants; Omega, Zeta, Delta, Beta and Sigma were more resilient.
The shiny Umbreon-morph crumbled onto his knee, holding himself up with his sword with wheezing breaths escaping his maw.
Moonless was caught off guard by a Shadow Ball, the attack knocking his weapon away since Moonless wasn't able to react fast enough to fully take on the attack. The most he got out of it was getting away unharmed, at the cost of losing his personal weapon for combat.
*NATURE'S RAGE ACTIVATE*
The ground shook violently, cracks forming before giant plant roots emerged. It was launched towards Moonless, diving underground before uppercutting and hitting him square in the chest. Due to exhaustion and Magic Energy Fatigue- the case where the usage of Magic Energy becomes fatigue, Moonless reflexes wasn't as great to the point that taking a proper stance was difficult.
The powerful blow sent Moonless into the air, as he came crashing down rather roughly, cracks appearing on the spot he landed.
*VICTORY FURY ACTIVATE*
While Moonless struggled to get into a knee position, a line of fire formed a V-shape around him. Moonless dashed towards the only opening but jerked back as the raging flame closes up the last gap to engulf the Umbreon-morph in a vortex of fire.
"This is not enough to take me down!" Moonless said, switching and swiping his spell ring again.
*CONNECTION PLEASE*
Moonless dug through his trench coat pocket and pulled out a ring with his right before throwing it in the air. He shook and loosened the spell ring that was equipped and the falling ring slips right into the usual 'ring' finger.
As the blazing fire continues to eat away at Moonless' transformation, the Umbreon reaches through the projected spell void and pulled out his sword, before efficiently swiping his current spell ring on the weapon's sigil.
*SLASH STRIKE, DARK*
The energy charged swings- crescent-wave slash strikes effectively dispatches the ring of fire, saving Moonless from the burning hellfire.
"...Not...happening..." Moonless said, panting hard but was able to keep a straight face.
*HAILING HELL ACTIVATE*
The moment of impression; Moonless' minor celebration was short-lived when the area soon became covered in a sheet of ice, freezing wind blowing viciously at the struggling Umbreon.
Moonless was trying his best to get a view but the wind makes it difficult, especially when it is near to impossible to see without having to squint at the strong wind blowing against his eyes.
The cold was starting to get to him; due exposure of the icy wind and low temperature, Moonless was losing coordination and his senses that he failed to notice a large ice spike appearing in front of him. It was left unnoticed by the Umbreon-morph until the attack struck him dead on in the chest, the aftermath of cracks forming on the frozen landscape when Moonless came crashing down.
*FAIRY* *FOUR* *FOUR, FAIRY, GO*
Four random Fairy Pokemon holograms were summoned, every one of them headbutting and ramming into the Umbreon. Shortly after Moonless regained footing, the holograms were destroyed by a swift swing from Moonless' sword. Even still, it didn't necessarily matter when Sigma gut-punched him, followed up by discharging a Moonblast attack on Moonless' face. The super effective attack knocked the Umbreon right back into his base, Eevee form.
We now have a barely standing and badly beat up Eevee-morph, coughing violently on the ground as blood ooze out of his mouth from the damage sustained within his Umbreon transformation.
"So this is how it feels to be like a mage huh?" Sigma said, stomping a foot on Moonless' stomach. "Not bad, but Mutants are more superior." Moonless grunted and grabbed her leg, trying to pry her off but the more he tried, the more force Sigma applied.
"To think..." Sigma said, kicking the Eevee's side before grabbing and flinging him across the rough, still frozen ground. "Someone as weak as you would become such a big problem to us."
"Not for long." Omega said from behind, placing a hand on the Sylveon-Mutant's shoulder. "I say we let him have a taste of magic, for finisher."
"Sure~" Sigma replied, fitting on a ring with spirals around a Fairy type symbol on the front.
Except for Alpha and Gamma, the others proceeded to do the same, each fitting on an individual ring with a symbol of their types on the front.
The took one last look at the Eevee-morph, who was lying on his back and groaning in pain but still able to keep an eye open. Seeing what they were about to do, Moonless gritted his teeth. He tried to get up but his body protested, never enough to have rested from all the blows he had to tank earlier.
"So long, Wizard." The five mage absorbed Mutants said in, placing their right hands across 'their' embracers and surely enough, a voice replied.
*SPECIAL GEOMANCY ACTIVATE*
*SPECIAL SENSORY STORM ACTIVATE*
*SPECIAL ZAP HYDRO BLAST, ROAR*
*SPECIAL SEED FLARE ACTIVATE*
*SPECIAL SEARING SHOT ACTIVATE*
Sigma had a turquoise-colored blast attack in her hands with spirals revolving around it; Beta had three holographic figures of a Suicune, Entei and Raikou charging up its individual attacks; Omega was scorching in scarlet flames; Delta started to glow green in color, the sign of the destructive shock wave about to unfold and the icy wind kicked up once again, with Zeta's eyes glowing with Psychic energy.
"So much with whole ordeal of being able to take down the Mirages..." Moonless said, even breaking into a small chuckle for himself.
The attacks expanded and enlarged- no doubt waiting to be released, as the Mutants retracted their hands before pushing out completely.
Moonless gritted his teeth and clenched a handful of rubble in his fist, waiting for that flash of his fate. He gave it everything he got, putting up a decent fight in a seven against one; he was contented, to a certain extend at least. The only thing he regretted was the inability to save all of his friends, and it makes it worst when the Eevee recalls the exact words that his friends said during his fight with the Mirages: 'I believe in you.'
"Sorry guys...I failed you...One day, I hope you guys would find it in your heart to forgive me. For now..farewell..." Moonless said
After his little farewell message, he closed his eyes and braced himself. He waited and waited and waited. It seemed like forever, when in reality only two minutes have passed. However, his fate never came.
Moonless was confused and annoyed at the same time. He succumbed to defeat, yet it is taking them forever to fire a deadly attack. Logically, he is merely two feet away from their attacks.
He wasn't paying any attention to the argument and conversation between the Mutants, until he heard a faithful voice replying *ERROR* .
Moonless' eyes immediately snapped open, eyes filled with revelation from the sight of the signature attacks disappearing from the Mutants' hands.
"What?!" The Mutants exclaimed, placing their right hands in front of their embracer again but the same thing happened again.
*ERROR*
"What's going on!?" They shouted.
"...What?..." was all Moonless can mutter, until he was snapped back into reality when Sigma pointing a finger at him.
"Forget that! I say we just finish him with our own attacks! Better than to let him die by the powers of his allies!" Sigma said
The Mutants nodded in agreement and fired their different attacks, this time from their arsenal of movesets.
Moonless shifted into a knee position and narrowed his eyes at the upcoming attacks, clenching his hand tighter with a tiny bit of blood leaking through the openings of his hand.
*ACTIVATING...DEFENSE, GRACIAS*
A pink spell void appeared in front of Moonless and defended him from the barrage of attacks.
Everyone's eyes widened, and most attention were directed at the Sylveon-Mutant.
*ACTIVATING...FAIRY SCENT, GRACIAS*
A pink aroma surrounded Moonless, the cuts and wounds on his body closing up and disappearing as everyone stared in shock.
"What the-" Moonless looked at himself all over.
"It wasn't me, seriously!" Sigma held her hands up in defense, but his fellow Mutants still stared at her suspiciously.
*ACTIVATING...TELEPORTATION, GRACIAS*
"She's right, it wasn't her." A calm, soothing voice said, before a bright light towered in front of Moonless.
Moonless choked on his words. "R-Ribbon!"
The light fades and standing in front of Moonless was none other than Ribbon the Sylveon-morph, one of the many people that Moonless was worried sick about. However, some things were off about her, where at first that even Moonless doubted if she was Ribbon.
She still had the flowing blonde hair that Moonless known of but instead of pink highlights, it had rainbow highlights. Instead of reaching down to her shoulders, the orginal length that Moonless remembered, it reached down to her upper back. The battle suit- dress that she was wearing also had changes in it; she had a blue dress that consisted of eight-horned set of antlers as its patterns, instead of the usual pink one she wore and blade-plated black leggings that replaced her silky, pearl-white ones. Lastly, the bows and ribbon-like feelers are in place but swapped with another set that fits more for Ribbon's current theme: light-blue feelers and gray bows with rainbow outlines.
"That's impossible...I absorbed you...You are a part of me; I contain you!" Sigma hissed in anger, earning a smirk from Ribbon.
"You did...while I was still in my normal Primal form as a Sylveon...But now that I'm no longer in my Primal stage...I was automatically ejected, but I left a Substitute to make sure you wouldn't notice." Ribbon said
"What do you mean 'no longer in your Primal stage?'...And most importantly, how?..." Sigma demanded.
"As you can see, my appearance has changed significantly due to the stage I'm in at the moment-" Ribbon said
"So? It's only looks, that doesn't mean anything..." Sigma said
"Like what you said Sigma, looks can be deceiving...I'm currently not a Sylveon...I'm a Xerneas..." Ribbon said
*/Flashback.../* (Ribbon's POV)
"Arghh!" I grunted, rolling backwards and landing on my stomach for the fifth time from Xerneas' attacks.
I'm starting to find this pointless, since for one, my attacks are doing nothing to Xerneas at all. Surprising though, I felt no pain nor is exhaustion kicking in, but I payed no mind to it since it gives me the strength to keep going. I see the others are literally in the same situation as I am, but none of them were on the verge of giving up. They were now, as ugly as it may sound, throwing themselves at the legends that they were fighting. Yet, every time they fall, they continue stand up, even more determined than ever.
*'If everyone else is determined to find out, guess I can't slack either...'*
"You can still stand?" Xerneas asked
"Of course, until I find out, for whatever reason...Until you grant me the powers for the Mythical Primal transformation, I won't give up!" I said with motivation in my voice.
I caught sight of a smile from the Life Pokemon and as I looked into her eyes, I see appreciation and honor. Yet from the look she was giving me, I feel as if I'm still missing something, something really crucial to may be the key to this lock.
"The you have to prove yourself worthy of wielding my powers!" Xerneas said for the sixth-time, unleashing a Moonblast attack that I countered with my own.
*'I know I'm on the right track but what is it that I'm missing? What is this crucial point that I am forgetting?'*
"It is something that have gotten you to where you are today, something that allowed you to make it this far. It is thanks to this 'something' that you are who you are. Something, something you are thankful of. Now what is it?" Xerneas said, seemingly to have read my mind.
My eyes widened in realization, as I inwardly cursed myself for forgetting such an important thing.
"Guessing from your expression...you have found out the key to the lock. Now, it comes down to whether you can find the last piece to the puzzle." Xerneas said, charging up an attack but this time it was not an ordinary Moonblast attack. It was her signature attack move, Geomancy. (Also to clear some stuff up with the 'attack' move thing, I know Geomancy is a status effect move, but I decided to use it as an attack move for my story. Think of it as an enhanced version of Moonblast.)
The attack headed for my way as I prepared a Moonblast attack to counter. Seeing the look of disapproval, accidentally leaked from Xerneas expression, I smirked and cancelled the attack.
I caught glimpse of a look of surprise from Xerneas but she suppressed it quickly with a deadpan expression.
The attack strikes and the results were near to immediate. The force of he attack was pushing me backwards, and it was exerting so much pressure on me that it feels like I'm being crushed. Yet, I feel no pain from it; I stood my ground and continued to take the painless attack head on.
The beam-like attack soon died down, but I held my ground in case there was more, also fearing that my body with break apart if I do so- not from the pain but the pressure within the attack.
"Well done..." Xerneas finally spoke up, breaking the silence between us. "You have finally realized in order to attain the transformation of Mythical Primal is to allow yourself to be marked by my attack."
"A-Am I-"
"Don't worry about it," Xerneas said. "I know for a fact that it will take more than a legend's signature move to break your bones."
I nodded, now that I was reassured to the point I feel confident in moving freely. "...Does that mean I?..." I asked.
"You can forget about the keys you tried, you can forget about the pieces you fitted together. You can forget about them all except for one: never forget the thing that have brought you where you are at now."
"I almost made the mistake in forgetting, if you had not reminded. Therefore, never again will I forget about something so crucial!"
"Good...Oh look, it seems like the others passed successfully as well." Xerneas said.
I turned to see the others give a thumbs up, with me returning the signal tenfold due to my distinct, sufficient amount of ribbon-like feelers.
"Now then, should we warm up or go straight to it?" Xerneas asked with a smile.
"Choice B of course!"
*/Flashback Ends.../*
"And this...is my final stage...my Mythrimal Form." Ribbon said
"Is that so?...Well sorry to disappoint you." Sigma said
*CONNECTION ACTIVATE*
Sigma withdrew a sword adjusted GunXword with her free hand and held it out to prove her point.
"You see, after a certain amount of time, I have total access to your power even if you are no longer a part of me! Allow me to show you, the taste of your own powers!" Sigma roared
Ribbon snapped her fingers, and with a snap, Sigma's embracer, sword and rings cracked; shattering to nothing but fragments of dust. Sigma stared at the ruins of 'her' magic tools in shock, her eyes trailing to the rest of her body- which was reverting from her primal form back to her previous Sylveon form.
"Wha-" was all Sigma can muster out.
"It was a part of you because you were able to manipulate my powers and use it as your own, that was while I was unconscious within you. Now that I'm no longer a part of you...the powers are slowly slipping; at some point they will leave you completely." Ribbon said, without any signs of emotion expressed on her face.
From the sight of Sigma baring her teeth, Ribbon decided to push the matter even further by saying, "Or was the powers you got a few seconds ago withdrawn from my Substitute?"
That did the trick, Sigma tensed up and froze in place- only for a slight moment before she went back in crunching her teeth.
"So you do know..." Sigma hissed
"Reverse psychology doesn't necessarily work in your favor my friend...not when you are someone who lives in a house with two Psychic types." Ribbon pointed out
Sigma snickers. "Even if I lost my hold on your powers, it doesn't mean my comrades had too~"
"So an 'error' occurring for all of your embracers just happens to be a coincidence?" Ribbon said
"It's only a miracle! They can happen from time to time!" Sigma shot back, which made Ribbon sigh in defeat.
"Oh you would be surprised..." Ribbon mumbled
*SPECIAL SENSORY STORM ACTIVATE*
A gust of heaven-earth freezing wind kicked up, Psychic energy radiating off of the killer wind that was blowing towards Moonless and Ribbon. Moonless dug his hand through his leather jacket pocket but Ribbon intervene before Moonless was able to continue further.
"Fairy Wind!" Ribbon shouted; a warm, gentle yet powerful breeze struggled against the harsh wind. It went on for about two minutes, Ribbon's attack starting to lose its strength, to the point where Moonless can feel the coldness and bitterness of the wind.
Moonless reached in his pocket again and pulled out a Protection ring but stopped when Ribbon grasped onto his right hand. Moonless looked in shock but after seeing the smirk on her face, he decided to roll with whatever is going through the Sylveon...'Xerneas' mage's mind. (But let's refer to them to who they orginally were so it's less confusing.)
It wasn't long until another surge of icy wind appeared, blowing against the confines of Moonless' coattails and Ribbon's feelers. The frosty chill from behind caught Moonless off guard as he stumbled but Ribbon stood her ground as if she anticipated it.
The wind, blowing from the opposite direction, stopped every fiber of Zeta's 'Sensory Storm', keeping the attack at bay. The Mutants were surprised, Moonless was overall confused and Ribbon remained unfazed, the smirk still visible on her face.
Zeta placed her right hand in front of her embracer, the ability ring activating in reaction only it came with a little surprise at the end.
*SPECIAL SENSORY STORM ACTI-* *ERROR*
Before Zeta was able to react, the same thing repeated for the Glaceon-Mutant's embracer- the same thing that occurred to Sigma's embracer and rings a while ago.
Zeta's expression flipped out, big times; she stared in shock at the disappearance of the rings and embracer she had equipped.
After witnessing what happened, the other mage-absorbed Mutants; Omega, Beta and Delta, gave a quick try out by using or attempting to use their spell rings. Once again, the same thing happened to 'their' magic utensils.
In an instant, it was gone with the wind. Cracks piercing through the rings and embracer, shattering or breaking apart rather explosively, into pieces of fragments. As the pieces fell, they faded to dust till there was nothing left.
Sigma was the first one to snap out of her trance, stating "Who says we need the no-good-of-a-power of yours? We can just our ordinary movesets!"
From that statement, Zeta was the next one to break free from her shock. The Glaceon-Mutant channeled energy through her body and the outcome was a blast of blood-chattering wind: Blizzard.
Little did they know they were in for a big surprise. The wind that was blowing from the opposite direction strengthened, pushing against the still active Sensory Storm and Blizzard attack. From everyone's perspective, it was a trade-off of wind to wind combat...But in the Mutants' perspective, the wind blowing from the opposite direction was winning.
At this point, Zeta's feet were scraping against the frozen grounds. The further she was getting pushed back, the more her feet were digging into the ground.
"W-What's going on?...Who's...Who's doing this?..." Zeta grunted out, the force of the wind that she was countering or failing to counter was slowly getting to her.
"Are you that oblivious? I'll say you are covered in it." Ribbon said
Moonless stared in confusion but after seeing how freely Ribbon was moving, the fact how the icy wind blowing from behind wasn't affecting her one bit made the Umbreon scratch his head in confusion.
When the realization hits, it hits hard; the importance behind all of this is the icy wind itself. The surging wind that was blowing in the opposite direction of where the Mutants were facing; that particular wind also a Psychic aura radiating off of it, similar to Zeta's but the mages find it more friendly and the Mutants find it devastating.
And...It was left unnoticed until Ribbon pointed it out.
"Alright Fiona, I think you had your fun..." Ribbon said
*ACTIVATING...HAILING HELL, FANTASTIC*
The wind took a turn for the worse, which brought a sigh to the Fairy mage's mouth. Ribbon gazed up, Moonless taking after her actions by raising his head. The Mutants were excluded due to the technical difficulties they were facing.
At first, nothing could be seen as Moonless shot a confused glance at Ribbon. The Sylveon gave him a 'look closely' look, so he gave it another go. After a few moments in the second try, sprinkles of light was visible to the naked eye, a figure slowly descending from above. The figure waved down at the two mages, Moonless tilting his head until he was met with a familiar face, in contrast to Ribbon who was grinning and waving back.
"F-Fiona!?" Moonless said, half surprised and half relieved.
Upon closer inspection, the figure resembled the looks of a Glaceon- Fiona wearing her usual attire when she transforms- except her hair was the part was off.
Her hair was still the usual dark blue color, but on her forehead; her top portion of hair became three smooth, rhombus-shapes that extended two inches back. Halfway towards the lengthy hair, about one inch to be exact; was the rest of her hair falling towards her back, flowing majestically like the tail of Articuno in flight.
Speaking of her hair, it would have reached all the way down to her back if it wasn't for the wind...or at least that's what Moonless thought.
Not wanting to be an idiot, the Eevee held out a hand towards the still-blowing wind and was met with no resistance. It seemed to go straight through him, which he finds disturbing, even though it was actually maintained to be noneffective to Moonless and Ribbon. Of course, even the smart one can be oblivious sometimes. (Which is why he's not perfect.)
Moonless' right eye twitched by the time his gaze fell upon the feathery joints on her back, not recalling any past events of the Glaceon growing a pair of wings. Stretching out from her back was a pair of blue wings- Speaking of which, that was how Fiona descended, not that Moonless knew.
The Eevee mentally face palmed at how he didn't catch sight of the mind-blowing sized wings in the first place. Needless to say, it wasn't humongous but it wasn't puny either.
"Hiya senpai!~" Fiona chirped, her wings surrounded by a bright light before disappearing.
Putting on a blank face, Moonless was debating whether he should knock himself out right on the spot; to regret or not to regret for calling out her name like that.
Fiona giggled at his reaction, which ticked the Umbreon off even more, the annoyance clearly visible in his groan.
"Enough about that, where are the others? Especially for my knight in emerald armor?" Fiona asked, pouting childishly.
"They should be here right about now. As for Blade..." Ribbon trailed off, silence overtaking the conversation as she glanced around, her ears perked up at rumbling of the ground. "Ah there he is."
Behind the enemy lines, about four roots that were up to three inches thick, erupted from the ground and lashed out at them. As they got closer and closer to their target, the four roots coiled around each other to form a giant, one foot thick root.
By the time the Mutants saw the shadow looming over them, it was already too late.
The wrath of nature was showing no mercy; the Mutants were tied up in seconds, the root lifting them up into the air before forcefully slamming back down. The root untangled itself, releasing the enemies who were now writhing in pain.
While they were recovering, a battle cry could be heard from above as an energy-glowing green blur falls toward the Mutants.
In the midst of all that, one can barely make out a sword-adjusted GunXword in the hands of the green figure.
Coated with the same green energy, it continued to radiate off the sword till it made contact with the ground, the blur slamming the blade of his sword into the ground which created a explosion impact that caused everything around it- the ground and Mutants alike- to fly up.
"Hahaha! I have always wanted to make an entrance like this to a scene!" A voice said through the smoke, which resulted in Moonless' eyes snapping wide open, even when he had it closed from the dust blowing against his face.
"That- urg..." Moonless winced at some dust getting in his eye. "Voice...!" He said with his eyes now closed, rubbing it in attempt to ease the itchiness but at the same time, trying to get rid of the dust in his eyes.
"Hold on." Ribbon said, placing a hand on the side of the Umbreon's head. Using her thumb, she pushed his right eyelid up and gave a gentle and swift blow. Gently letting go, she repeated the same process with his left eye. "Better?"
"Yeah thanks...I needed that." Moonless said with a smile, which also brought a smile to Ribbon's face.
Their expressions took a U-turn after seeing Fiona, not really her but more of her eyes sparkling, like the the stars of an endless night.
"My juicy blueberry, what do you think of my entrance?" Blade winked, which caused the Glaceon mage to melt on the spot.
"It was wonderful~" Fiona chimed
The Fairy and Dark Mage sweat dropped but Moonless took the time to examine Blade's new appearance, since the dust had cleared up by now.
"Pff..." Moonless couldn't help but puff his cheeks out, covering his mouth to suppress a laugh that was rising.
The Leafeon is still in his usual 'solid' emerald trench coat, now sporting a red-pedal bandanna in his left arm and bonus scarf around his neck. Light green and transparent, the outstretch of it also looks solid, making it look like two wing-like attachments on his neck. His battle boots were replaced with ones that have a lighter shade of green instead of the previous brown and tan ones.
However, it wasn't this that was causing Moonless to crack up.
An extra pair of ears...wing resembled ears- the white and flat ones that Shaymins have in Sky Forme- were sticking out from the side of Blade's head, just slighty to the lower left of where his real ears were.
Soo...It was the abnormal amount of 'wings', or in this case, 'ears' that seems extremely ridiculous to Moonless. In fact, the Umbreon was putting on so much effort to prevent himself from laughing that his eyes are watering.
"It looks really good on you." Moonless teased.
"What?!...It's second nature of beauty- coolness!..." Blade bit his lips at the mention of 'beauty' and reclaimed self-control to finish his sentence. His statement made Moonless burst out in laughter, unable to hold it in any longer. Irritated, the Leafeon added, "Like you in your Sylveon form!"
Moonless' eyes widened and his face flushed. "Hey! I thought we had a discussion about this!"
"About what?" Blade crossed his arms.
"That no one is to mention about that form of mine!" Moonless blurted out.
"What's so bad about being a Sylveon?" Ribbon said, narrowing her eyes.
"I-I mean uh...Sylveons are cool...I should use that form more often..." Moonless lowered his voice, adding a whistle at the end.
Ribbon smirked. "That's what I thought."
"Hey here's a good advice," Blade waved. "There is at least 7 pissed off Mutants, all up and ready to ram...so I say we let them have it and discuss this matter later?"
"Nah, I'm not worried." Ribbon shrugged, earning a nod from the Glaceon who was resting her head on Blade's left shoulder. "You have a point there." Blade added.
"Umm...did you guys hit your head or something?" Moonless blinked, not understanding why his allies were being so carefree.
"Let's see...incoming energy at 180 degrees, may you get rid of it for us my dear little plum?~" Fiona said. [(Enough with the cheesy lines! - Moonless)]
"Why of course, not even a problem." Blade said, lifting his right hand and swiping it across his embracer. [(Ar bless, I swear you guys are not even taking this seriously anymore - Moonless)]
*ACTIVATING...NATURE'S RAGE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT*
Unlike the first time when Blade summoned the roots, this time there was only one. He waved his right hand around, the root following his hand's exact movement.
Eyeing the attacks, consisting of a Flamethrower, Hydro Pump, Thunderbolt, Energy Ball, Shadow Ball, Psybeam, and Ice Beam, Blade gave a deviously devious grin. He held a batter's position in baseball and shifted both his hands near his right shoulder, where he held his 'bat'.
"Batter up!" Blade said, adding a smirk. "The hit of the century, let's go go go!" The Leafeon chanted and swung, the root following after as a temporary shadow loom over him.
For extra dramatic effect, Blade held his left hand horizontally above his head and shouted. "Home run!"
The swing of that 'bat' had deflect all the attacks, the Mutants scramming in the opposite direction to avoid the attacks that was being returned to them. Talk about a return to sender.
"Holy shit..." Moonless stared in awe. "I don't recall Nature's Rage being this powerful, I mean...I know its powerful and all but never in my life would I ever expect it to deflect attacks of its own weakness."
"Well don't underestimate Blade's Mythic Primal, and that was only the Celebi's power." Ribbon said, shocking Moonless beyond repair.
"ONLY Celebi's power?!" Moonless exclaimed
"Yeah, sure Celebi can be cute and cuddly, but he can definitely pack-a-punch when the time comes. In a general way, don't underestimate Mythic Primal in general." Ribbon said
After processing all the information, Moonless swallowed hard.
Moonless turned his attention towards Blade, before saying, "If that is 'ONLY' Celebi...What does Shaymin have to offer?..."
"Dunno, I guess we'll have to find out. In the meantime, let's enjoy the show and cut in only when we have to. I mean, you can't pay for entertainment like this." Ribbon said, pointing towards the Mutants that were currently being flung into the air.
"I-I guess you have a point there..." Moonless said, still unknown how he should react to a situation like this.
To Blade
With one hand grabbing a hold of the blade's mid section, his other hand was responsible for pushing the handle of the sword down. Followed up with one final step, which is flipping the top section of the blade up, the sword was readjust to a gun as he fired a volley of homing bullets at the enemy; a green 'tail' trailing behind the base of every bullet.
Each bullet collided with its target, sending spark-like explosions that knocked the Mutants downward to the earth. Every fall of the Mutants implanted a silhouette in the ground, the designs vary depending on the position that the Mutants were falling.
Simultaneously, the Mutants popped up from their silhouette, panting hard from those painful experiences.
Blade flashed a smile, growing wider by the seconds that made the Mutants stutter on spot.
With a newly equipped ring, Blade placed his right hand in front of his embracer once again, *ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL SEED FLARE, ACKNOWLEDGE-*, that was until his hand was suddenly yanked away. *DEACTIVATING*
Blade's eyes widened, but sighed in annoyance when he saw who it was. "Oh come on...it's the best part too!"
"Don't hog all the fun for yourself, my gf and I over here was waiting patiently for a turn!" The voice of that person revealing themself to be a male- the airhead that everyone knew about.
"That's right, sharing is caring!" Another voice said, this time higher pitched to reveal itself to be female.
"Ember and Thunder! You guys are okay!" Moonless said, relief overcoming him for the third and hopefully the last time.
Oh yeah, first the simple, then onto the complex.
There is not much change in Ember's looks, if you count out the orange colored 'V' on top of her head, that is. It looks more like an attachment than anything; starting from her forehead to the crown of her head, just in between of where her ears were. Still supporting the 'burning' flame appearance, the only bonus she got out of the transformation is a pair of silky orange gloves and two cream-colored wings on the side seams of her orange battle boots.
Onto Thunder, he looks like a complete hybrid of the three legendary dogs Raikou, Entei and Suicune.
His original gold armor was still supported in his current form, except it was marked by blacks stripes along the sides of the Jolteon's leg and arm plates. He is also supporting two layers of gray plates along a thick, purple mane. There was some yellow highlights visible but the others was excluded out due to the thickness of the mane. Don't forget about his three tails; a thin, light blue tail with a spark-shaped formation as well as two white, streamer-like tails that flows like waves.
On both sides of his muzzle consisted of two light blue fang-like whiskers and three red three-sided stars. Finally, a yellow crest was displayed on his forehead, five sloped points in total following the color scheme: yellow; blue; yellow; blue; yellow.
"Although I wish I can say the same thing to your appearances..." Moonless stared dully, finding the repetitive entries a bit boring now. "I swear, these outfits are slacking and non-creative..." He mumbled.
"Enough with your whining Blade, care to lend a hand at least?" Thunder lightly elbowed the Leafeon, earning a shrug from him in return.
"All you have to do is to hold them in place." Ember pleaded, giving puppy dog eyes.
"No...And that won't work on me, unless you are Fiona." Blade crossed his arms, but he gave in after seeing puppy dog eyes from Fiona.
"Please Blade?" Ember asked again, the puppy dog eyes were now having two times the effect on the Leafeon.
"Fine...why not?..." Blade sighed, rolling his eyes in the process. Slipping off his currently 'Special' spell ring, he reequips the spell ring from before.
*ACTIVATING...NATURE'S RAGE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT*
Around the Mutants, four roots emerged outward from four different corners, forming the the vertices of a square if viewed from a bird's eye. Each of the roots extended themselves out towards another corner end in a counterclockwise, curving fashion. The result of it was a giant circle made of roots, enclosing the seven Mutants in it when the circle increased in height; the layers being formed by every round trip the roots made. By the time the roots were still and passive, the 'circle' was standing approximately eight and a half feet high, to an extend that no one was able to catch a glimpse of the Mutants.
Except, it wasn't exactly that NO ONE was able to catch a glimpse. Ember was the first one to spot four tendrils grasping onto dear life, followed by Sigma's ear's and her head- near the the top of the wall of roots.
"I...I ain't your slave!...You fat ball of fur...!" Sigma said, panting between her sentence as her hands were also holding onto the roots for support.
Knowing that they are trying to escape was one thing, but calling her a fat ball of fur? Ember was not having any of it.
*ACTIVATING...VICTORY FURY, GLORIOUS*
"...Can I take that back?..." Sigma stuttered
"Vic-" Ember mimicked, finishing it off with a squeal. "TORY!"
A trail of fire drawing into the shape of a V before closing off to complete a fire triangle. A scorch of flame then erupted, torching up around the circle of roots.
Moments later, a fire wall was formed- literally a wall made of fire. There was steam coming from the inside; likely Alpha's doing to put out the flames that have sparked on the inside. Not only the inside but his comrades as well since screams of "Hot!" could be heard virtually.
"Ah~, the Hellfire Ring...What a great combination." Ember said dreamily
"Couldn't agree more...Now let's see what we got..." Thunder said, doodling with his rings as he fitted on one with a rainbow question mark.
*MYSTIC BONUS, FIRE, WATER, ELECTRIC*
"Ooh~...That's new." Thunder said, now replacing it with another ring that has a white question mark. *SIX*
"Couldn't have asked for more. Sorry babe but I might end up destroy your fragile Hellfire Ring after I'm done." Thunder said, earning a slight frown from the Flareon, but she nodded anyways to give the 'go ahead' signal.
*MYSTIC BONUS; SIX FIRE, WATER, ELECTRIC...GO*
"Roar!" Thunder said, swinging his Phantasm Sabre that released 6 different Pokemon holograms for each of the three sets of mentioned types.
The summoned figures created a total breakdown, as the wall came crumbling down by eighteen holograms ramming into it. Screams of panic and distress could be heard from the inside, the Mutants scrambling to run away from the holograms that were chasing them.
"And for the finisher...main event!" Thunder said, fitting on a ring that has a fire, water and electric symbol.
*MYSTICAL...ZAP HYDRO BLAST...PROCESSING*
A red, yellow and blue spell void appeared; each color representing the specific element specified on the ring. The three different attacks could be seen charging in the center of each separate void, stopping shortly after the attack has reached a fair size in comparison to the spell void.
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL SEARING SHOT, GLORIOUS*
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL SEED FLARE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT*
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL SENSORY STORM, FANTASTIC*
"Oh dear Giratina, please be gentle-" Beta said but stopped when Sigma and Omega slapped him on the back of the head.
"We Mutants do not lose our prides!" Sigma and Omega yelled in unison. "Even if we lose, we don't go down without a fight!"
"Together!..." Sigma commanded. "Hyper Beam!"
7 destructive beams were fired from the opposite direction, the current of the attacks- both the mages and Mutants- were fighting for dominance.
"We...shall...not...FALL!" Sigma said, both her and her comrades focusing all their energy in their destructive attack, which is successfully pushing back the mage's attacks.
"When there is a beginning...There's an end." Ribbon said, fitting on a ring that has the Fairy Type symbol, one that has spirals revolving around the symbol.
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL GEOMANCY, GRACIAS*
A blast of gentle yet powerful energy attacked to the mages' firepower, immediately putting the Mutants on square one. It was clear who was victorious, since the mages' attacks were pushing back the Mutants' effortlessly.
"The end-"
"LAST RESORT!" The seven Eeveelution Mutants shouted out, performing their last attack in their moveset arsenal.
Surprisingly, their combined forces have deflect off the five mages' special attacks, something that even Ribbon did not anticipate.
"WHAT?!" The mages exclaimed
"This is it...Time to press our built-in kill switch...SELF-DESTRUCT!" Sigma said before her body glows brightly. The same goes for the others, a bright light engulfing them as well.
"Crap..." Ribbon cursed, but even amist all the light, she caught sight of an EEvee- transforming into an Espeon and rushing out towards the Mutants.
"M-Moonless?!" Ribbon widened her eyes but winced at the bright light, forcing her to close her eyes once again.
The mages waited for the inevitable explosion, but it never came. They got fed up with waiting that by the time they opened their eyes, the Mutants were longer in sight.
"A-are we safe?..." Thunder blurted out
"We were left unscratched...From the looks of it, yeah." Ember said
"Mage one! Mutant zero!" Blade cheered out.
"Justice will prevail!" Fiona joined the Leafeon in with her own victory line as celebration.
"Where's Moonless?" Thunder asked, his head shifting around in search of the Umbreon.
"Wait, isn't he here with us?" Blade said. "Did you see him Ribbon?"
Noticing how the Sylveon is averting eye contact, Blade asked, "Is something wrong Ribbon?" but his attention was drawn towards the direction that Ribbon was facing, a large crater as deep as four feet could be seen.
"Holy shit!" Blade exclaimed. "Where the hell did that come from?!"
Instead of replying, Ribbon simply walked towards the crater, suddenly dropping to her knees as she cupped an object her her hands.
Wondering what it was, the rest of the team were curious to find out what the object was; whatever Ribbon had discovered.
As the rest of the mages approached her, they saw the Sylveon's shakily figure.
"Are you okay?...Ribbon?" Ember asked
Ribbon slowly stood up, turning around to face them with blood-shot eyes, visible tears forming in her eyes.
"M-Moonless...he-" Ribbon said before choking on her words. Unable to continue on, she lifted both her hands.
The team got a closer look to see that the object cupped in her hands were none other than a ring, but their eyes widened in shock that it is not just any ring.
"Isn't that Moonless' Self Destruct Ring?!" Thunder asked
"W-What's it doing here?" Blade asked, seeing Ribbon lower her head so a shadow obstructed her eyes. But it was clear that enough she was upset since the tears were trailing down before dripping on the dirt.
"He...he can't be...He did not..." Ember choked out
"S-Senpai sacrificed himself...to save us?" Fiona said in disbelief
"No...I refuse, he's Moonless! He can't die! Not this easily!" Thunder roared in denial.
The mage's moment of grief was interrupted by a familiar voice.
"The fresh grief in the air, feels nice doesn't it? Now you know how we feel...Actually, it is about time that no good of a pest is gone!" The voice cackled, which in turn, brought anger to boil in the hearts of the mages.
Their anger turned to shock at the sight of Sigma waving at them, all fresh and ready for battle; completely free of cuts and bruises unlike what the mages recalled a few minutes ago. Joining her side is the rest of her comrades, their conditions are good as new.
"Don't tell me..." Ribbon gritted her teeth.
"Indeed, our DNA contains the genes that allow us to regenerate, even by means when our bodies are blown to bits." Sigma said
"Again, the abuse of immortality, resurrection, and regeneration...Great...I'm starting to rub off of Moonless now." Ribbon frowned.
"Wizard...Great tactical decision on his part...sacrificing himself by forming a large barrier around himself with all of us in it before using his powers to lessen the effect of Self-Destruct...The barrier was able to limit the radius of the explosion and his powers have lessened it to where it can only make a crater this big. I admit, it was a wise choice." Sigma commented
"You monsters!" Ribbon lost it and dashed forward, in hand wielding dual sword-adjusted GunXwords.
"Ribbon wait!" Her teammates called out but knowing that she can't fight them alone, they joined her in the sudden aggressive approach.
"Eject." Sigma, Omega, Zeta, Delta and Beta said simultaneously, just loud enough so that anyone within a few feet could hear them.
Out of the blue, a big lump of the five Mutants' flesh broke off and landed a few feet away with a heavy thud. The flesh separating to reveal an unconscious morph victim that they absorbed. In occurrence of a flash of light, they reverted back into their Ditto forms.
"You're mine!~" They shouted in unison, pulling and stretching themselves so that their slimy bodies were towering above the mages.
Lucky for the Mutants, the mages weren't able to stop in time and fully withdraw from their sudden assault, and thus was caught in their trap.
"Mutant one, mage zero~" Sigma said, her slimy body surrounding a certain Mythrimal Sylveon.
As Sigma attempts to absorb Ribbon, or rather trying to even engulf her in the glob of goo, that's when she noticed that something was off.
"Why!?" Noticing that her body is not suctioning her victim, she exhaled in exasperation. "Why can't I absorb you?!"
It was now Ribbon's turn to be confused. She too finds it weird how Sigma is having a hard time trying to absorb her, especially the fact that the Ditto was able to do like a vacuum on the first try. She is overall happy that she doesn't have to be a part of the Ditto again.
"What the-" Alpha and Gamma started to shine before the light engulfs them. The light soon faded away, to reveal them now as Dittos.
"What's going on?!" Sigma stared in shock until a voice cuts in.
*[It's pretty obvious that you have lost your specific DNA traits to do so, that is if you have yet to realize.]* A telepathic voice replied calmly. *[As for those two- Alpha and Gamma- the victims they absorbed has been extracted.]*
"What?!" Sigma looked around frantically, the other Mutants doing the same.
*[Alright, I'll explain it this way: Because you, along with your comrades, no longer hold the specific DNA traits to do so.]* The voice replied once again.
"Not that! The other-...UGH...Just show yourself!" Sigma demanded, earning a slight telepathic frown.
*[As you wish.]* The voice replied, an 'armored' figure with a twin forked tail levitated down.
Once clear, everyone was able to make out the figure being an Espeon-morph. As the Espeon descended, its eyes remained close likely from the usage of Psychic powers for sensing. Near the figure's left was an unconscious Vaporeon slowly brought down by a visible, blue outline of Psychic energy. To the right is another Espeon morph, also being lifted down by the same telekinetic energy.
"Who are you-" Sigma demanded but the Espeon cut her off, this time with its real voice and not through telepathy.
"Who else can I be?" The Espeon said in a masculine voice, opening his eyelids to reveal his teal blue eyes. "Wizard obviously." He answered for them while he gently sets the two morphs on the ground with his Psychic powers.
"Moonless!" Ribbon sighed in relief, glad to see the transformed Eevee once again.
"Care to explain what you meant before?" Sigma asked, as Moonless shrugged.
"Due to my keen senses and the Psychic powers I possess in this form, I am able to see through the tiniest bit of atoms that you are composed of, which means your DNA is a factor as well. Funny how I was able to tell which gene was normal and which was not..." The Espeon paused for a moment to think but shrugged it off and continued.
"Anyways, now that I have a knowledge of your DNA composition, I then focused my Psychic energy into drawing a high concentration of Ultra Violet Radiation from the sun and use it; which granted me the opportunity to destroy your modified traits- the ones that allow you all to physically absorb others." Moonless explained
Beta stuttered. Swallowing in his nervousness, he asked, "D-didn't we...How did you-"
Moonless raised his right hand, making it clear that there was a visible turquoise band wrapped around his hand. Not to mention, the hazy wings around the head of the band is pretty self-explanatory.
Now that the whole ordeal has been cleared up, the need for an explanation was unnecessary. Therefore, Sigma jumped past the question and straight onto the subject, seizing her grip on it.
"How dare you...! You will pay, for ruining our perfect traits!" Sigma said with venom in her voice, pointing a slimy finger at Moonless.
"Perfect as in what? Being a clone? A perfect copy?" Moonless snickers. "You guys think having the same genetic make up; identical DNA composition will make you perfect? Seems like another failure to me..." He added.
Sigma didn't even get her chance to throw a verbal insult back when a bullet connected to her right shoulder.
"Damn it..." She cursed, but Sigma's moment of pain turned to shock as she stared at her missing limb.
"WHAT?!" She was more freaked out on the fact how her damaged limb isn't regenerating at all.
"I forgot to mention..." Moonless said, spinning his gun backwards by the trigger. "The UV rays destroyed not only the genes that enable you to absorb others but also your regenerative capabilities..."
"And..." Moonless trailed off, eyeing the rest of the Mutants.
Doing a spin while firing six more bullets, each bullet flying and auto-targeting onto their separate targets. "That goes for the rest of you as well."
Grunts of pain followed the spark-like explosions, the Mutants' expression were reformed into raw anger instead of the shock that Sigma had.
Seeing their expressions, Moonless smirked.
"So they have finally snapped," Moonless said under his breath, pulling out his connection spell ring from his left coat pocket.
*CONNECTION PLEASE* As the Espeon projected a spell void to his right.
"Emotions are your biggest weakness. Be the strong and not the weak; don't let your feelings reach its peak." Reaching his hand into the void only to withdraw with an arm-mounting attachment on his right hand.
*EEVEELUTION RINGER* The prism figure glowed in purple, indication that the flip switch is all ready to go. Certainly, in before he was able to press it, someone yanked his hand away.
"Thanks for your 'sacrifice', allow us to return the favor." Ribbon said
"How so?" Moonless raised an eyebrow, the prism on his attachment still glowing in purple.
"Allow us to finish what we started, considering we weren't able to do so before. I guess we went overboard with the fun and let our powers get to our head...but we promise it won't happen again."
"Good to know; who knew you guys were able to go beyond a Primal form, let alone the form itself giving you the chance to escape? Never in my life." Moonless said
"We're flattered." The other mages said in unison.
"It is only fair if I step out...After all, I believed in you guys."
"You do?" Thunder asked but was slapped on the head by Ember.
"Surely, I never gave up on the hope when you guys were absorbed but every passing second is like living for eternity- seeing those I love die before my eyes while I remain alive forever- I thought I'd never see you guys again...But you proved that theory wrong."
"Thanks Moonless." Ribbon said, pulling the blue eyed Flareon into an embrace.
Her actions caught Moonless off guard but he returned the affections and whispered, just loud enough for everyone to hear. "Your welcome...Now get out there and kick ass!"
"Hell yeah!" The ascended mages chanted, glaring down at their opponents with new found determination.
"Uh-oh..." The Ditto Mutants gulped.
"Hey guys, as much as I want to toy with them longer...I prefer we don't accidentally lose our heads to our powers again. Let's end this swiftly." Ribbon said
"Right!" They replied at the same time, slipping on their final specials.
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL GEOMANCY, GRACIAS*
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL SEARING SHOT, GLORIOUS*
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL SEED FLARE, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT*
*ACTIVATING...MYTHICAL SENSORY STORM, FANTASTIC*
*MYSTICAL...ZAP HYDRO BLAST...PROCESSING*
"Penta Finish!" The five mages said, unleashing their special attack at their opponent.
The seven Dittos strives to let out an attack, succumbing to defeat because of the inability to do so. Losing their Eeveelution forms also meant losing their movesets; basically ejecting their victims was the worse mistake they can ever make. Then again, none of them expected Moonless to destroy their absorbing abilities- they were soon evaporated by the barrage of attacks.
"They did it." Giving a slight chuckle at the five Eeveelutions' celebration among each other, Moonless breathe and exhaled deeply. "Phew..."
There was not one cloud in the light blue sky, and there was even a cool, gentle breeze blowing against his face. Nonetheless, the smile seemed to leave Moonless' face as he stared into the horizon. "The thing is, when will this war end?..."
Moonless snapped out at the sound of his friends calling him. Seeing how Ribbon was waving over at him about helping them with the unconscious morphs, he smiled and chuckled again.
"We'll worry about that when it comes...For now, let's worry about what we have in hand." Moonless said.
*/Back at the warehouse, in an unknown location.../*
"If all else fails..." Sabrina sighed.
She exited out from her sight powers and stared at another capsule within the laboratory. "Guess I'll have to rely on you..."
"Legionnaire..." She read.
Hope you enjoyed! Moonless(Author) here and peace!...In a sec.
INSERTING ANOTHER IMPORTANT MESSAGE!
However, if no one is able to guess already; all bad news come with good news right? Half of me doesn't actually want to quit writing, seriously. So right now, I'm kinda stuck between whether I should continue or quit. I would love to hear from all of you; your opinions will mean a lot to me.
If I end up making the decision of continuing then I'll have to make compromise with all of you- after all continuing to write will definitely come at a cost- which is longer wait for chapter updates.
So deal or no deal? :3
IMPORTANT MESSAGE V2 ENDS HERE
*~~Question of the Day: Which of the Mage's spell is your favorite?~~*