antic type,Author's Note: Hey, guys. I'm back after another short period of time. Get ready for an epic battle scene. Since its a major boss, which is what I call the boss battle that occurs right before a special episode and at the end of a story arc, it will be kind of a long battle, so get your popcorn... or at least some Skittles. This chapter is probably going to be one of the most dramatic moments of this whole fanfic. It's also what's going to trigger some kind of chain of events in the story. Enjoy!

MAJOR BOSS FIGHT #2: Primal Groudon

[Sonic Adventure 2: Biolizard Battle music]

Carlos began by sliding under Groudon's legs, getting behind him. "Cyan Slash!" Carlos shouted, jumping up and slashing Groudon's back with a cyan paw. Groudon retaliated by swatting Carlos into a rock wall.

Groudon then made a flexing motion with his arms, and a red aura surrounded him for a brief moment.

Ruby, Anubis, Vixi, Mesprit and Hazel, who was still unconscious, were currently watching the battle unfold from behind a rock.

"What did he just do?" Anubis asked as the red aura that surrounded Groudon for a brief moment subsided. "And what happened to him?" Ruby added, confused.

"Well, Ruby, to answer your question, Groudon isn't able to use his full power as he is. However, when he comes into contact with the Red Orb, which is the crystal rock that he picked up before transforming, he is able to tap into his full power, and transform into Primal Groudon," Mesprit replied.

"Okay, but what about MY question?" Anubis asked rather impatiently.

"Oh, yes," Mesprit said, "the move that Groudon just used is bulk up. It raises both his attack and defense, so Carlos may be in for a rough battle."

"Oh... I sure hope Carlos is going to be okay," Vixi said, worried that Carlos may suffer the same fate as Hazel.

"Yes, he is a very noble child," Mesprit added. As they kept looking, Carlos had just been clawed by Groudon.

Carlos quickly rolled out of the way before Groudon could punch him again. Fortunately, Groudon's arm got stuck into the wall. Then, Carlos jumped up onto Groudon's arm and shot a Plasma Bolt to his left eye. Groudon screamed in pain and hoisted his arm up, sending Carlos into the air.

"Enough playing around," Groudon growled, "this is the end of you!" When Carlos was close to the ground, Groudon stomped on the ground, causing it to shake harshly, damaging Carlos even more.

Unfortunately, the earthquake attack had also affected the others, but Mesprit had levitated Hazel to prevent any damage from being dealt to her

After setting her down, Mesprit took a closer look at her. "Carlos appears to hold this vulpix in a high respect. What is her name?" Mesprit asked.

"Her name's Hazel," Anubis replied. "She and Carlos apparently share a really close friendship."

Mesprit nodded and kept looking at Hazel. "I do hope that she is okay," Mesprit said, concerned for her. Back in the battle, Carlos had fallen to the ground with a hard thud. Groudon approached and attempted to use another earthquake, but Carlos had used a Cyan Slash to cancel it. He then ran behind Groudon and zapped him with a Plasma Bolt.

"Die, fool!" Groudon shouted as he quickly attempted attacks on Carlos, but he kept on dodging.

Suddenly, Groudon shot a large wave of fire that covered the entire field, successfully damaging and even burning Carlos.

"This isn't good," Mesprit said with worry, "Groudon just used lava plume. It covers a large area and may even burn pokémon. It appears that Carlos has sustained one."

Groudon smirked. "Not so tough now, are ya?" he asked mockingly as he raised his right arm fiercely, causing spikes to materialize from under Carlos, landing severe damage as he was then grabbed and thrown into the side of a mountain.

"What on earth was THAT?" Anubis asked.

"Precipice Blades," Mesprit said, "that's Groudon's signature move."

Carlos got back up painfully. He managed to run at Groudon and use a Cyan Slash to damage him, but it didn't seem to hurt him that much. He ended up flicking Carlos away into the same mountain. "Your idea of an attack is pathetic," Groudon taunted as he began to walk closer to him.

Carlos tried to get up again, but he couldn't. His burn was still active, and it was hurting. On top of that, he was sure that one of his bones may have broken. "How am I gonna beat this guy now?" Carlos wondered helplessly.

Use your powers, Chosen One. Use them to heal your injuries.

"What?" Carlos wondered. "But those only work for attacks."

They serve as more than just damage-dealers.

Try it. Focus your body and mind into the power of healing.

Carlos decided to try it. As Groudon began to get closer to him, he emptied his mind of any stress and sat down straight, bringing his body and mind into perfect harmony. He then closed his eyes, and opened them with a flash of white.

"Gamma Heal!" he shouted. Suddenly, there was a comforting sensation flowing through him. When it was over, he noticed that the burn had disappeared and his leg felt as good as new again.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Groudon shouted in frustration. "Don't you know when to die!?"

"Yes. Yes I do," Carlos said, jumping as high as he could to hit Groudon in the face with a Cyan Slash, quickly following up with a Plasma Bolt, "but it won't be today!"

Ruby, Anubis and Vixi watched what Carlos did in complete awe. "How did he do that? At first, he looked completely helpless, but now he looks better than ever!" Ruby said.

"Gamma Heal. What he said must've been a healing spell that he was able to use because of that form of his," Mesprit said, also watching the battle in awe.

Unbeknownst to anyone else, the guild members had already recovered, and they were watching Carlos fight in astonishment.

"Eek! Carlos taking Groudon on all by himself!" Sunflora exclaimed.

"Hey, hey, is he crazy!?" Corphish shouted.

"Why is he glowing in those FREAKY colors?" Loudred wondered.

Wigglytuff just smiled at Chatot. "I told you he was special."

At this point, it hurt Groudon just to stand up. Carlos stared him dead in the eye. "Time to finish this," he said as his body gained a cyan outline that began to intensify until it began to pulse. "Neoblast!" he shouted as the outline transferred into a cyan beam that hit Groudon dead on.

Before Groudon fell, he looked at Carlos and laughed maniacally. "Hahaha... hahaha... HAHAHAHAHA!"

"What's your deal, man? I kicked your butt!" Carlos stated with a mix of confusion and anger.

"Your resistance is pathetic," Groudon jeered. "You are no Chosen One. No matter what you do, Her Highness will find you. And when she does, she will corrupt your mind. And your soul. You're just lucky that she didn't come here to deal with you herself."

"What are you talking about, and who the heck is 'Her Highness'?" Carlos,asked, confused by Groudon's words. Then he thought of something. "Wait... you're talking about Sharese, aren't you!?"

That only made Groudon laugh. "Sharese!? Wow, you don't even know about Her Highness! She is your master, and you are her slave. Mark my words, you WILL bend to her... will." Groudon then chuckled. "See what I did there?"

"Oh, shut up!" Carlos shouted, hitting Groudon with a Cyan Slash, causing him to fall to the ground and drop the Red Orb, reverting back to his normal form. Suddenly, a cloud of black smoke escaped Groudon's chest area. It flew away, passing Carlos. As the cloud briefly came into contact with him, he felt some kind of dark power emanate for a split second.

Carlos looked at where the dark cloud went. "What was that?" he wondered.

Carlos then refocused on the fact that he had defeated Groudon. He did it. Not only had he defeated a lake guardian, but he had also defeated a primal pokémon. All in one day.

Everyone suddenly ran over to Carlos, cheering. "You did it!" Ruby said. "Nice job, yup," Bidoof added. "Yeah, that was awesome!" Anubis said.

"Thanks," Carlos said. He couldn't see his team, though. "Where are Dusty, Katty and Darkfang?"

"Oh, they were watching the battle with us, and when we went over here to congratulate you, they said that they were going to check on Uxie," Chatot said. "Let's go to the lake." With that said, everyone went to the lake, with Mesprit carrying Hazel, who was still unconscious.

Uxie woke up with his head in pain. "Oww... what happened?" he groaned. He saw Dusty, Katty and Darkfang standing in front of him.

"Groudon knocked all of us out and transformed into Primal Groudon," Darkfang explained. Uxie's eyes widened in shock. "Oh, no. Did he kill anyone?" he asked worriedly. Dusty shook his head. "Carlos was able to defeat him."

Uxie gasped. "How is he strong enough to do that? Who is this child?"

All of a sudden, everyone else entered the lake area. Uxie saw that Carlos was colored oddly. He floated over to him. "You must be Carlos."

"And you must be Uxie," Carlos said, bowing. "It's great to finally meet you."

"The feeling is mutual," Uxie replied. He then noticed Mesprit. "It is nice to see you as well, Mesprit."

"Good to see you again, Uxie," Mesprit told him. Uxie then noticed Hazel. "Did the vulpix get hurt?" he asked, Mesprit nodded. "I was hoping that you could take a look at her and see what you can do."

Uxie nodded and Mesprit put Hazel on the ground gently. Uxie put his hand on Hazel's heart and closed his eyes to examine the problem. When he opened them, he gasped.

"What? What's wrong?" Katty asked.

"Apparently she was stomped on by Groudon repeatedly. Most of her bones were smashed to bits," Uxie said, looking down as a single tear escaped from his eye. "I... I'm sorry, but... I don't think this vulpix will be waking up any time soon."

Everyone gasped in horror at what happened. Some of them started crying and others were making death threats to Groudon.

Carlos, however, just walked over to Hazel.

Dusty noticed this. "Carlos, what are you-" He was interrupted by Katty, who put her paw forward to silence him. "Don't worry. I think he knows what he's doing," she said.

Carlos, who had grabbed everyone's attention, slowly picked up Hazel's head with his front paws, and he looked at her unconscious form. He sighed. "Please let this work," he thought as he leaned over and placed his right paw on Hazel's heart. Everyone watched silently, confused as to what he was doing.

"Gamma Heal," he said softly as his paw glowed white and transferred some sort of energy to Hazel. After a few more seconds, Hazel glowed white briefly. Then, all the white disappeared in an instant.

Carlos, who still had Hazel on his front paws, watched for any signs of movement.

But there weren't any.

Everyone looked down in depression. Carlos was about to leave, when he felt her stirring in his paws. He looked at her as her movements became slower.

Then she slowly opened her eyes.

Everyone murmured with excitement, smiling. Carlos was somehow able to heal Hazel.

The first thing that Hazel saw was Carlos. "C-Carlos? What h-happened?" she asked. Carlos gave her a quick hug. "Hazel, you're okay!"

Hazel looked confused and slowly broke the hug. "The last thing I remember is Groudon throwing me off of the lake."

"You must have passed out," Uxie said. "You see, when Groudon stomped on you, he managed to break almost every bone in your body."

"What!? How could I have possibly survived?" Hazel asked in disbelief.

"Well, you were barely clinging onto life. Carlos was able to save you, though," Uxie explained. "He's right," Mesprit said, "he used a move called Gamma Heal. It helped with your injuries, and your bones should be fine now."

"But what about Groudon? What if he comes back?" Hazel asked worriedly.

"That's the best part!" Anubis gushed in glee. "After he saw Groudon try to kill you, Carlos went through some kind of transformation and defeated him all by himself!" After he finished talking, Carlos' cyan gleam disappeared and he was back to having a yellow shine in his fur.

Hazel looked at Carlos with tears in her eyes. "You did all of that... just for me?"

"Of course. I wasn't going to let him get away with hitting you," Carlos said thoughtfully. He then realized that he was still holding Hazel in a sort of romantic way. "Uh... let me help you up." Carlos was about to pick Hazel up off the ground, but she stopped him. "Wait."

Carlos kept holding her in confusion. "... What is it?"

"Before you pick me up," Hazel said, staring at Carlos, "there's... something that I want to do."

Carlos stared back at Hazel. "Um... what exactly would that be?" he asked nervously.

Hazel then wrapped her two front paws around Carlos' neck. "This," she said as she pulled Carlos down and locked lips with him, closing her eyes as she savor end the kiss. Carlos was a bit surprised by Hazel's sudden action, but once it processed into his brain, he let his heart take control and kissed Hazel back passionately. He didn't know why Hazel did this, but he knew one thing: he didn't want it to end.

Everyone else watched the touching moment occurring before them. The guild members all clapped silently, Chatot and Wigglytuff smiled happily, Uxie nodded in approval, and 'aw'a came from Team Destiny. Even Darkfang had a genuine smile.

Uxie then noticed Mesprit smiling. He facepalmed and led her to a corner, crossing his arms. "Is there anything that you'd like to tell me, Being of Emotion?" Uxie asked rhetorically.

Mesprit smiled sheepishly. "I may have given Hazel a... 'small' push."

Finally, after what seemed like forever, Carlos and Hazel broke the kiss. Carlos then looked at everyone else in the room.

Thankfully, Uxie, being the Being of Knowledge, got the hint. "Umm... everyone, let's go outside. I think that Carlos and Hazel need a moment alone," he said.

"Wait, but didn't you say that you had something to say to Carlos?" Chatot asked.

"Don't worry about it," Uxie said, "it's only about 4:37. We can talk later." With that said, he left with everyone but Carlos and Hazel in tow.

Carlos and Hazel walked over to the edge of the lake, where they could see the lake shimmering. Groups of volbeat and illumise floated throughout the lake, their taillights giving the lake multiple colors. At the other side of the lake, there was some kind of green object that gave off a green glow that spread throughout the entire lake.

"Wow... I never noticed how beautiful this lake was," Hazel said, looking at the lake's many colors and leaning her head on Carlos' head, "but now that I've seen it up close, it's the most beautiful sight that I've ever seen in my entire life."

Carlos put his arm around Hazel. "I could say the same thing about you," he said as they briefly blushed.

"So... does this mean... that we're in a... relationship?" Hazel asked.

Carlos thought for a moment. "Well... it's a serious decision, and I think that we should think about it before we do anything serious," he said.

Hazel nodded. "I understand. For now, I'm just glad we're friends," she said.

"You two are definitely the best friends I've ever seen," Uxie said as he floated back into the cave.

"So, Chatot said that you had to talk to me about something?" Carlos asked the lake guardian.

"Yes. It regards your destiny," Uxie told him.

"Is it okay if Hazel stays to hear?" Carlos asked, not wanting her to not know anything about him.

"Very well," Uxie said.

Carlos and Hazel sat down. "So, let's hear it," Carlos said.

"Well..." Uxie said sheepishly, "I wasn't exactly told what to say, so just ask me some questions, and I'll see if I can answer them."

Author's Note: Ooooooh, romance. I am not exactly the romantic type, so please do not flame me for that little scene. Anyways, this concludes the Expedition story arc, and you know what that means: time for another special episode. Now, this special episode may be split into two parts. I could make it into one, but I always give myself the strict policy of never typing chapters that are 6000+ words. So far, the longest chapter that I've written is Chapter 16: Return of the Illusionist, which is 4142 words. But that's not exactly important right now. Like I was saying, the special episode may be cut into two parts - maybe even three, who knows? All I know is that this special episode will be way better than the first one. Until then!