Chapter XXV: Spitting in Destiny's Face
We sat there on the ground, exhausted by the fight we just had with Kyurem, though we were soon joined by Deoxys, Jirachi, Xerneas and the guild, the latter of which was unusually quiet.
"Kyurem, are you antagonizing the protagonists again?" Asked Xerneas.
"No, I merely tested their strength," said Kyurem, "I wasn't convinced they had what it took to defeat our foe."
"You doubted my powers of selection?" Asked Xerneas.
"No, I doubted their power and conviction to stand in the way of destiny," said Kyurem.
"What do you mean destiny?" Asked Fluffi.
"Though I'm not a Psychic Type, I have the power to see the fates of individual Pokémon and the world as a whole," said Kyurem, "and I seen all of you perishing in your valiant struggle and the planet being swallowed whole."
"You've seen our doom...," said Ivy.
"Yes, I have seen it, so it is destined to happen," said Kyurem.
"Has your power ever been wrong?" I asked.
"Yes, a human, much like you, showed me how wrong it can be," said Kyurem, "that is why I'm going to fight this future along with all of you."
"Hate to interrupt," said Deoxys, "but the time for talk is past."
"He's right," said Jirachi.
"Deoxys, you will be heading the assault with Team Dragoon's assistance," said Xerneas, "I already contacted all the other Pokémon who'll be fighting alongside us. We'll follow your lead, so whenever you're ready to begin-"
"Right," said Deoxys, "everyone ready?"
We all nodded our heads yes.
"Wait," said Sceptile.
"What is it?" Asked Duran.
"I know, I'm not your Guildmaster anymore, but I just wanted to let you know that I give you my
permission to kill Tuskmadorogg," said Sceptile.
"Are you giving us the kill order?" I asked.
"No, I'm just letting you know that in order to save our world, it might be necessary," said Sceptile.
"We'd rather not, but if we have to, we will," said Pyroar.
"We can't delay any further," said Deoxys, who then surrounded us with an orb of pure psychic energy, "this will protect you from the vacuum of space, but I won't be able to attack while shielding you."
"Leave it to us!" I said.
Duran, Fluffi and I then Mega Evolved, I chose Mega Charizard X for this one because I didn't think a Flying Type advantage would matter in space.
We floated up and left the planet, heading to the edge of the solar system, with countless Pokémon following behind in a similar field of energy, except for a few Pokémon who could survive in space. This solar system seemed to be an exact duplicate to the one from the human world. We passed by Mars, went through the asteroid belt and then passed Jupiter and then Saturn.
"Heh, we just passed by Uranus," said Plusle, who was then promptly whacked by Minun.
"Oh, grow up already!" Said Minun.
Pokémon act just the same as humans it seems. Then, at the edge of the solar system, we went around a comet and we seen the biggest creature I'd ever seen before, it was even bigger than the earth, no, the sun!
To me this dragon looked like a Shelgon and Haxorus hybrid. It looked to be built more like a boar than a dragon, but its long tail let us know that it was indeed a dragon. Tuskmadorogg's front legs were twice as big as its back ones and were layered with massive jagged crystals and it lacked wings. Those crystals covered its body with the vast majority of them centered around its lower back. It was also covered in massive jagged scales, each bigger than a Wailord. However, the most obvious feature were its tusks which were attached to its lower jaw and stuck straight forward and then curved sharply upward like a elephant's tusks. All over Tuskmadorogg's body bore the scars of countless failed attempts to destroy it. Chunks of its body were even missing, but it kept on devouring.
"Uh, guys, ever get the feeling we've bit off more than we can chew?" I asked.
"Too late for second thoughts!" Said Pyroar.
Pyroar fired a Solar Beam at Tuskmadorogg but it seemed to hit some sort of invisible wall.
"I should've warned you," said Deoxys, " Tuskmadorogg has a sort of force field, we'll need to get everyone involved to destroy it!"
Then, Tuskmadorogg shot countless massive scales at us from its body. It was taking all of Deoxys's effort to dodge them all even after transforming into Speed Forme. We helped Deoxys out with our moves and even then we were almost hit by an asteroid. It seems that Tuskmadorogg had its own gravitational pull. After the Scale Shower (what I dubbed the attack) ended, most of the other Pokémon had joined us.
"Time to redouble our attack!" Said Duran.
"What's the plan?" Asked Gardevoir.
"Our foe has a force field, destroy that!" I said.
"Right, I'll relay the plan to everyone else!" Said Gardevoir.
Gardevoir used her psychic powers to issue the orders and then everyone attacked Tuskmadorogg. There were even a few legends in the mix, specifically, the Lake Trio, Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno, Lugia, Celebi, Cresselia, The Forces of Nature, Reshiram, Zekrom, Xerneas, Yveltal, Kyurem, Rayquaza and even Groudon and Kyogre. We, of course, were also attacking and apparently every other Pokémon on the planet was fighting as well. Every once in a while, Tuskmadorogg would use a move that looked kind of like Protect and twice it used Recover, but we still kept on attacking, and quite a few of all the Pokémon attacking had to pop a few Max Elixirs to avoid using Struggle.
"GRAWWRGH!" Roared Tuskmadorogg, so loudly that it made me momentarily deaf.
Tuskmadorogg roared and sent several of the asteroids, orbiting around it colliding into us. Of course, we did our best to dodge, but several of us weren't so lucky. Luckily, Tuskmadorogg had to recharge after that attack, letting us take some valuable breathing room. This round, we did a lot more damage, due to a few more legends joining the fray, namely, Ho-oh, Raikou, Suicune, Latios, Latias, Regirock, Regice, Registeel, Regigigas, Heatran and Diancie. Wait, that reminds me...
"I must be the dumbest Pokémon here," I said.
"Why?" Asked Jirachi.
"I forgot I had this," I said and then took the Prison Bottle out of my bag.
"Are you serious?!" Asked Fluffi, "You forgot THAT?!"
"Did YOU remember?" I asked.
"Good point," said Fluffi.
"We don't need HIM," said Jirachi.
"You've just been overruled, Jirachi," said Ivy.
I opened the Prison Bottle's stopper and then Hoopa emerged from it.
"Hey Starbreeze and boss, what's up?" Asked Hoopa.
"Call me that again...," said Jirachi.
"THAT'S why I summoned you," I said pointing to Tuskmadorogg.
"Not a problem!" said Hoopa, "I can just use my rings to send that dragon far away from here."
"Not an option," said Deoxys, "we must destroy it or history WILL repeat."
"Gotcha!" said Hoopa, "though, this needs my full power!"
Just then, a lot more energy erupted from the Prison Bottle and entered into Hoopa's body. Then Hoopa grew larger and grew more arms and transformed into Hoopa Unbound. Hoopa then, emerged from Deoxys's sphere and began attacking Tuskmadorogg and with Hoopa's help, the force field was destroyed.
"GRAWWRGH! EL'NRAGN BA KARR NOOEN KOTEPH!" Roared Tuskmadorogg.
"Okay, did anyone get that?" I asked.
After a unanimous head-shaking, acknowledging that no one understood what our foe had said, the crystals covering its body shot out at light speed, revealing gigantic tentacles covering Tuskmadorogg's body, tipped with the crystals. The tentacles had then began lashing out at us.
"Okay, now everyone, destroy the tentacles!" I said, which was soon broadcast by Gardevoir and the other Psychic Types.
"This, I cannot allow!"
"What was that?" I asked.
"You've meddled in my affairs for long enough!"
We were then caught inside time. Everything got frozen in time, except for the orb we were in. I honestly don't know how else to explain it. Then, everything got bigger except for us, or maybe we shrunk, and then an unfamiliar Pokémon appeared before us.
"Okay... what's with the llama?" I asked.
"I can't believe it," said Ivy, "Arceus?"
"Yes," said the Pokémon.
This llama-like Pokémon spoke with a voice that sounded neither male or female, but rather a voice that sounded like it was unfit for mortal ears.
"Uh... who's Arceus?" I asked.
"Only the Pokémon responsible for creating the universe!" Said Ivy.
"I cannot allow you to destroy Tuskmadorogg!" Said Arceus.
"Its trying to destroy the world!" Said Duran.
"I know, I set it upon your world!" Said Arceus.
"What?!" Yelled Fluffi.
"Tuskmadorogg may be a mindless beast, but it can be steered," said Arceus.
"Why would you destroy our home?" Asked Jirachi.
"Your people have grown selfish and the world has grown dark," said Arceus, "so for the good of the universe, some pruning is in order."
"Does that really warrant the total destruction of the planet?!" Asked Duran.
"Yes and then once I'm done here, the human world is next," said Arceus.
"You really think we'd let you do something this evil?!" Asked Pyroar.
"You have no choice," said Arceus, "you will die here and then both your planets shall be
destroyed. It is destiny for you to lose here."
"Well, consider this spitting in destiny's face!" I yelled and then hit Arceus with Dragon Pulse.
"INSOLENT, INSUBORDINATE, WORM!" Roared Arceus, "JUDGMENT!"
Countless lasers rained from the sky and, though we tried, we couldn't avoid getting hit. We all took significant damage from the attack, but Duran and Jirachi took considerably less damage.
"Duran, time to counter attack!" Yelled Jirachi.
"Right! Aerial Ace!" Yelled Duran, who then landed an attack on Arceus's head.
"Flash Cannon!" Jirachi yelled, blasting Arceus with the attack, right as Duran jumped out of the way.
"Insolent!" Yelled Arceus, "Shadow Claw!"
I intercepted the attack with Focus Blast. This was bad, we were worn out from fighting Tuskmadorogg and now we had to fight Arceus.
"Drake! Pyroar!"
It was a voice that I recognized, but I couldn't place the owner of said voice.
"Attack Arceus with the Etherlight! Trust me!"
We decided to do as instructed and as we struck Arceus with our combined attack, we were brought out of whatever spell Arceus cast on us and were back inside Deoxys's sphere, full size and everything. Only difference was that Arceus was just outside the orb and was surrounded by several angry looking legends, namely Dialga, Palkia, Mew, and two identical Pokémon I didn't recognize and there was no orb at all, and every single Pokémon seemed to be doing just fine in the vacuum of space.
"Dialga, Palkia, Mew?" Asked Jirachi, "what's going on?"
"The five of us used our powers to let everyone survive out here long enough to destroy our foe," said Mew.
"You seven, continue fighting the dragon," said one of the two other Pokémon, whose voice Pyroar and I recognized as the one who spoke to us.
It then dawned on me, the Pokémon's name was Mewtwo!
"We'll deal with Arceus," said the other Mewtwo, who sounded female.
"Who are you two?" Asked Arceus, "I don't recognize you."
"We are called Mewtwo," said the male, "we were cloned from Mew's cells."
"And made to be the strongest Pokémon in the world," said the female Mewtwo.
"If Mew cannot defeat me what makes you think you can?" Asked Arceus.
"Beyond evolution! Mega Evolve!" Yelled the two Mewtwo.
The male Mewtwo transformed into Mega Mewtwo X and the female Mega Mewtwo Y.
"You shall not interfere!" Yelled Arceus.
Then Palkia and Dialga used their powers to teleport the six of them away.
"Get those shocked looks of your faces!" Said Deoxys, "We've a job to do!"
"We know! We know!" Said Fluffi.
"Where'd we leave off?" Asked Ivy.
Just then, we had to dodge out of the way of a tentacle.
"Does that answer your question?" Asked Deoxys.
We all then floated to the top of Tuskmadorogg to deal with the tentacles. Though as soon as we did so, the tentacles turned on us and fired a concentrated beam of golden energy at us. We managed to dodge it, however, a few Pokémon behind us weren't so lucky and suffered massive damage.
We attacked the tentacles and, with everyone's help, severed a few of them and slightly injured one.
"G'NARGH B'RA'DSH!" Roared Tuskmadorogg.
The tentacles then tried to crash into us with an attack similar to Heat Crash. A few Pokémon got hit including me, but I was shielding Jirachi then, so I didn't mind. Everyone unleashed a second wave of attacks and we severed a few more tentacles.
"VRARDSH!" Roared Tuskmadorogg.
The tentacles surrounded themselves with electricity and then hit us with a move that felt very much like Thunderbolt.
"G'RARGSH RADH LO'VE'R GOGHSST!"
The tentacles surrounded themselves with strange energy and cut into us. I don't know the attack's name, so I'll just dub it Tusk Claw.
"Psycho Cut!" Yelled Cresselia and Malamar (yes I didn't expect to be saved by a Team Clandestine member either)
Due to the double Psycho Cut move, the remaining tentacles were severed.
"Aim for the limbs now!" Yelled Deoxys.
This time it was Cresselia who relayed the orders and all who were still able to fight started firing on Tuskmadorogg's limbs.
Tuskmadorogg roared in its own alien language and then sent more asteroids after us. We dodged them, however, Ivy wasn't so lucky, taking one to the chest and suffering a KO.
"Why don't we ever carry Reviver Seeds?!" I asked.
"Don't ask me, you're in charge of the finances," said Fluffi.
"I know better than to give them to you," I said.
"You two can fight like an old married couple later!" Said Duran, "apocalypse, happening now."
"All right, already!" Said Fluffi.
Our team decided to concentrate on Tuskmadorogg's left front leg. After we had launched our attacks and injured our foe, Tuskmadorogg used another Scale Shower hitting nearly all of us. We launched another series of attacks, doing a lot more damage due to several legends making a sweep of the left side.
"V'NARSH!" Roared Tuskmadorogg, using its entire body weight to slam everything on its left side, namely us.
This got Mega Rayquaza mad, so he helped us attack the left side, we done more damage and then Tuskmadorogg hit us with Shadow Claw, KOing Jirachi.
"Dragon Ascent!" Yelled Mega Rayquaza, then he hit the same limb we were targeting with the attack. However, he didn't destroy it, but it still looked like it wasn't going to be moving anytime soon.
"Now on to the right side, team!" Fluffi said, then we went around to the other side.
"The left limbs are no threat now!" broadcast Deoxys, "Aim for the right limbs!"
I don't think so! Judgment!"
Arceus appeared out of the blue and fired a Judgment attack at us before being taken away again. This time Deoxys and Sceptile suffered KOs. Over half the guild were already KO'd including Plusle and Minun.
"Deoxys! Sceptile!" Yelled Duran.
"Forget about them!" said Pyroar, "we've got to destroy Tuskmadorogg!"
Tuskmadorogg used another Scale Shower, causing us to suffer even more casualties. All remaining Pokémon attacked Tuskmadorogg's right limbs, doing some damage.
"GWWAR GRNO QUVERTSH!" Roared Tuskmadorogg.
Tuskmadorogg used another Scale Shower and sent more asteroids after us at the same time. This time, no one on our team got KO'd but several other Pokémon did, such as Team Clandestine and the Lake Trio. We fired off some more attacks, doing significant damage.
"V'NARSH!" Roared Tuskmadorogg, using its entire body weight to slam everything on its right side this time.
We hit Tuskmadorogg with even more attacks, then it hit us with an attack that looked exactly like Hammer Arm.
"Oblivion Wing!" Yelled Yveltal, who then fired the final attack that disabled Tuskmadorogg's right limbs.
"On to the tail!" Yelled Duran.
Cresselia broadcast the order, as Gardevoir was no longer able to due to that last move.
"GWWAR GRNO QUVERTSH!" Roared Tuskmadorogg.
Tuskmadorogg used another Scale Shower and asteroid combo and took a few more of us out. However, we still managed to get to the tail while Tuskmadorogg was still recharging and landed a few attacks on the tail.
"KRESH!" Roared Tuskmadorogg, knocking out Duran and a few others with Aqua Tail.
Now, only Fluffi, Pyroar and myself alone remained on our team, unless you count Hoopa. We hit our foe with even more attacks, injuring the tail and causing our foe to respond with Iron Tail, KOing a few remaining Pokémon.
"LET'S SEE HOW YOU LIKE THIS, DUM-DUM!" Said Regigigas as he grabbed Tuskmadorogg's tail.
Regigigas pulled the tail clean from Tuskmadorogg's body causing the beast to shriek in pain.
"On to the head!" Yelled Pyroar, "time to finish this!"
This time it was Lugia who let everyone else know, and we all floated around to the head to finish this once and for all. However, as we did so, we were caught by a strong invisible force and were slowly drawing closer to Tuskmadorogg.
"Curses! We're caught in Tuskmadorogg's gravitational pull!" I said.
"Oh no, look!" Said Fluffi pointing behind us.
We looked and seen that we were directly in front of the Pokémon world! It was now or never!
As we drew closer to Tuskmadorogg, it opened its mouth wide.
"IT'S GOING TO EAT US!" Screamed Fluffi.
"Not exactly!" Said Pyroar.
Tuskmadorogg was charging up some sort of energy in its mouth!
"It's going to destroy us along with the planet!" I yelled.
Tuskmadorogg fired a massive beam of energy at us. Large enough to destroy the planet in one blow. Once again, my entire life flashed before my eyes. Note to self, never eat Tomato Berries before saving the planet. Arceus had escaped long enough to watch our destruction. As I floated there, unable to move, waiting for my death, a flash of green intercepted the attack. Then, in the beam's destructive path, appeared a strange, green bipedal dragon. The green dragon was using its own power to shield us from the deadly attack, and was actually succeeding.
"Wha-?" I asked in shock.
"Zygarde!" Spat Arceus.
"Sorry I'm late!" Said Zygarde.
"What took you so long?" Asked Xerneas.
"Takes a while to collect all my cells and cores from all over the planet," said Zygarde, "but I think my 100% form and power was worth the wait."
"Zygarde! Stand down!" Said Arceus, "this is fate!"
"Maybe so," said Zygarde, "but something you learn from living on this planet is that nothing is set in stone."
"It is not your place to defy fate!" Yelled Arceus.
"Maybe not," said Zygarde, "but my job is to protect the ecosystem of this planet and since you're trying to destroy it, that kind of falls in my job description."
Zygarde looked back to the rest of us.
"You've fought valiantly, but your role here has ended," said Zygarde, "I will finish Tuskmadorogg!"
Zygarde then rocketed forward, pushing back the beam as if it was nothing before finally dissolving the attack and landing on Tuskmadorogg's head.
"Dialga! Palkia! Get them out of here!" Ordered Zygarde.
With a flash, we were all back on the planet, even the KO'd Pokémon, who woke up just then and joined everyone else who was watching Tuskmadorogg's shadow in the sky. Then, in a moment, the shadow exploded, signaling Tuskmadorogg's destruction. Everyone cheered, except for Dialga and Palkia.
"WE HAVE TO GO AND MAKE SURE THAT ARCEUS NEVER TRIES ANYTHING LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN," Said Dialga.
"I DOUBT YOU'LL EVER SEE US AGAIN," said Palkia.
The duo then disappeared and then I was tackled by Team Allure.
"Way to go, honey!" Said Nidoqueen.
"You did it! 3" Said Sylveon.
"This calls for a reward!" Said Altaria.
"Take a kiss from all of us!" Said Milotic.
I was then kissed by all of Team Allure, getting jealous looks from most of the guild.
"Hey he's mine!" Yelled Fluffi and Ivy at the same time.
"You like him too?" Fluffi and Ivy asked each other at the same time
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"What exactly is going on here?"
We turned and seen another female standing there, whom I've never seen before. All I knew was that she was a Tyrunt.
"And you are?" I asked.
"You mean you don't recognize me?" Asked the Tyrunt, "well, I guess you wouldn't in this form. You left me at the supermarket in the human world!"
"Sarah Blakeley?" I asked.
"The one and only!" Said the Tyrunt, "you've disappeared on me, now I've finally found where you've been hiding! Only to find you being embraced by four strange women!"
"Hey! I was here first!" Said Fluffi.
"Move aside, sugar queen," said Sarah, "He's mine."
"Sugar queen?!" Said Fluffi.
"He's not interested in ugly girls," said Milotic, "only me."
"Ugly?!" Yelled all the other girls.
"Jirachi, someone, help!" I pleaded.
"I'm enjoying the show," said Jirachi.
"You're on your own here, Drake," said Pyroar.
"Man, Drake, you've got to teach me your secret," said Duran.
"These girls are going to kill me...," I said, "I've got to get out of here! Mega Evolve!"
I Mega Evolved into Mega Charizard Y and flew away as fast as I could.
"You're not getting away that easy! Mega Evolve!" Yelled Altaria, who Mega Evolved and began to chase after me.
"I didn't chase you across TWO worlds to let you escape now!" Said Sarah, who ran after me as fast as she could.
The other girls continued the chase as well.
"Come on, boys! We'll miss the show if we linger here!" Said Jirachi.
"This ought to be worth the price of admission," said Pyroar.