Lore Before The Legend: Fiercely independent and passionately militant in nature, the Fire Province is home to some of the strongest Pokemon in The Known World. The buildings of the Fire Province range from all sorts of material, whether it be wood from their Electric Province neighbors to the east, brick and stone from their Ground province neighbors to the west, or the feathery roof paddings from their Flying Province neighbors to the south. Because of their steadfast and passionate nature, those provinces that help the Fire Province have gained not only a powerful ally, but one of the most peacefully kept borders a province could imagine. Heck, it was thanks to the Fire Province's peaceful borders with the Electric and Fighting Provinces that they lasted through The Great Type War. And while the fighters of the Fire Province are incredibly fierce, and looked up to as protectors, just as fierce are the many tribal factions that claim home to the badlands and desert of the Fire Province. Among them is the Fire Sapien Triage, a large group of tribal Pansear and Simisear that is part of a larger group including the other Pans and Simis. They are ruthless in their fighting, and engage in the barbaric acts of group rape, necrophilia, and sometimes even cannibalism. But, so long as you have a Fire type ally with you, you're guaranteed to have someone with you who will fight off the evils of the province, and fight them off with more passion and ferocity than any other type of Pokemon could possibly hope to compete with.


Steel Province: Capital City of Southshore: Merc Madness Festival Grounds: Fire Province Sparring Arena(The Phoenix Ring): Age of Mew: Year 656: All Fire Province Sparring Matches

Mandy the Mawhile rushed into the Fire Province Stadium. It was no longer the working week, so the mine was closed for the day, and she was in such a good state of mind that she didn't notice the large and imposing figure she ran into before falling onto the ground.

"Hey, watch it!" She said as she looked up to see not the kind of pokemon she was expecting.

She had thought it was just some citizen of Southshore like her, but she had never seen this kind of pokemon before.

"Are you alright, little one?" The intimidating pokemon asked as he turned around to face her, his gentle tone contrasting greatly with his intimidating appearance.

"I-I'm f-fine…" Mandy stuttered as she got up. "I-I'm sorry for bumping into you…"

"It's quite alright." The robe-clad pokemon said. "Just don't go letting the festival excitement affect your manners, hm?"

"R-right…" Mandy blushed with a small laugh. "Sorry again."

Before their conversation progressed any further, Mandy heard someone complain to the pokemon she had been talking to.

"C'mon, shouldn't we going already?"

Mandy leaned over to see a group of pokemon behind the robed figure.

She noticed an Ice type Vulpix, a Marshadow, a Dartrix, and a Salazzle behind the robed pokemon, but the one who caught her eye the most was the Hakama-o who seemed to be glaring at her with eyes of a special distrust. And he seemed to be doing his best to hold the distrusting gaze back as well, making Mandy more nervous than anything.

"Ah, yes, you're right." The robed pokemon said to the Hakama-o. "We should go."

As they left, Mandy tilted her head, wondering who she had just seen.

"Excuse me?" She asked the Heatmor at the betting booth. "Who was that pokemon in the robe just now?"

"Never seen a Golisopod before, eh?" The Heatmor asked. "I think his name was Grievous. Said he was looking for former members of a Team Morningstar."

"Are any here?" Mandy asked.

"Well…" The Heatmor thought to himself. "I know one is but…I think they might be a little busy considering the festival is happening right now. Now, unless you want to make a bet, I suggest you head on into the stadium and not keep the line of good pokemon behind you waiting any longer.

"Ah!" Mandy noticed a line of pokemon waiting to bet.

"Sorry!" She ran into the stadium and took her seat, just as Neron and Rio were welcoming everyone.

"It's Destruction Day!" Neron announced. "You ready for some explosive matches, Rio?"

"Only if they don't explode on me." Rio retorted.

"Destruction Day…" Mandy's eyes widened.

"Destruction Day is an interesting one, don't you think?" Rudo asked as she took her seat next to Mandy.

"Ah!" Mandy recognized Rudo's Moonbrand scarf. "You're on Team Moonbrand!"

"Yep." Rudo smiled. "Name's Rudo." She held out a hand.

"Mandy!" Mandy shook it with her own. "What were you saying about Destruction Day?"

"That it's interesting." Rudo repeated. "We've set aside a day to honor the destruction that nature hands us every day, whether we like it or not. Wildfires burn down forests and settlements, electrical storms turn would be cities to ruins. The destruction we have to put up with generally isn't thought of as something to honor, but we've set aside a day for it anyways. Know why?"

Mandy shook her head.

"It's because…" Rudo continued. "By allowing nature to take it's natural course, destroying what we might have built so that it may take over, we give the world we live on the opportunity to wash away any blemishes that might cause it harm. Take the Ancient Fire Province Capital of Inferno for instance. It was one of the largest cities of its time before a wildfire burned the whole thing down to the ground. Ever since then most buildings that close to Mt. Immolate have been built using the sand and sandstone found in the surrounding desert, and they still stand in Flamewater today. Destruction Day teaches us to learn and grow from nature's anger rather than fight it. And I just find it interesting that this is the day we use to teach that lesson, when Life Day happened just yesterday."

"Yeah…" Mandy said, not at all following what Rudo was saying.

"And with us we have B the Blaziken here to explain The Fire Province Arena for our Sparring Matches!" Neron exclaimed. "How are you feeling, B?"

"I'm feeling fine, thank you." B replied. "I'm not that old."

"That's what he says." Neron spoke into the microphone. "But this S-O-B's been around since the Age of Reshiram! I get that some of you Ghost, Fairy, and Dragon types in the audience may not think that a big deal, but Fire and Fighting are two of the shortest lived types, and somehow this dude's kept going!"

"Let's not make a big deal out of this…" B laughed. "You want me to explain The Phoenix Ring, the Fire Province Arena this year, right? Let me do that."

"Explain away." Rio gave his ok.

"Well…" B began. "The Phoenix Ring is an arena that is made almost entirely of a field of twigs and branches, much like a nest of sorts.

As contestants move towards the center of the arena, the twigs will also be accompanied by large piles of ashes. In the very center of the arena is an ever burning flame, made from heating up astrafialpide into a gas and igniting it, unable to be put out by any pokemon move.

If a Fire or Dragon type pokemon immerses themselves in the flame, they will heal any and all wounds they may have received in the battle thus far. They can only do this once per match however. If any other type of pokemon attempts the same thing, they will instead be badly burned, dropping their Attack to minimal levels as well as losing 1/4th of their remaining health every two minutes.

Because of the heat and the far reaching aspects of the flame in the ring, Fire and Dragon type attacks will do 50% more damage, Water type attacks will only deal one third damage, Grass type attacks won't work at all, and all Poison type attacks will explode upon execution, causing the user to take recoil damage of an equal amount to the damage dealt.

If an outcome has not been decided within 16 minutes, the flame in the center of the Arena will engulf the entire arena, draining any non Fire and non Dragon types of all their energy and forcing an outcome. If both pokemon are either drained of all their energy, or completely fine, the match ends in a draw. If one pokemon is an immune type to the Phoenix Flame (Fire or Dragon), and the other is not, the Fire or Dragon type will end up the victor.

And I believe that's about it."

"There's no random chance that something weird will happen?" Rio asked. "Looking at you, Life Day."

"I can't say for certain, but if it does, it probably won't be because of the arena." B laughed.

"Then let's get these matches started already!" Neron exclaimed as The Phoenix Ring rose into the Stadium.

"For our first Sparring Match of Destruction Day…" Rio announced. "We have Team Soulwind's Xenon the Sceptile facing off against Lone Mercenary, Aramis the Aegislash!"

After the mercenaries took their place on either side of the Arena, and after the same sportsmanship speech every representative gave from B, the match began.

XENON VS ARAMIS
Xenon began the match by creating a Substitute of himself to distract and deceive Aramis, who fell for it as he himself approached with a Shadow Claw.

As he swung his blade, the force of the wind caused the substitute to duck and dodge his attack.

"Dragon Pulse!" Xenon announced as he, from the other side of The Phoenix Ring, shot a Dragon Pulse from his hands, through the everburning flame, and into Aramis, who fell over onto the twigs before hoisting himself back up and attacking the Xenon Substitute with an Iron Head.

The Substitute began to crumble, but it was still standing.

"Blast…" Aramis muttered.

Xenon shot another Dragon Pulse through the flame, pushing Aramis out of the Ring.

"Aramis is out of bounds!" B announced. "Xenon wins for Team Soulwind!"

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: XENON

"And now...for our next match!" Neron announced as Xenon and Aramis shook with each other before heading off. "We have Guards United's Magellan the Magcargo VS Team Obsidian's Koopa the Carracosta!"

"Now, this will be interesting…" Magellan gave a hearty laugh. "Even with the nerf of your water moves, they'll still do more damage to me! I suppose I'll have to find a way to get rid of you first then."

"Sorry, but I've won this fight." Koopa said without smiling.

"Don't underestimate a guard." Magellan warned as the two took their places. "Especially a guard from your own Province."

MAGELLAN VS KOOPA
"Ancient Power!" Koopa announced as he tossed large rustic rocks towards Magellan, who winced as the piled on top of him.

"Ugh…" He waddled into the fire in the center of the arena to heal himself up and looked at Koopa.

"Not to KO you." He announced. "Overheat!" He said as he let out a large Overheat blast in an attempt to knock Koopa out of the ring.

Koopa was pushed to the edge of the arena, but he stayed upright and inbounds.

"Hydro Pump!" He shouted as he let out a large blast of water from his mouth that Magellan managed to dodge.

"Rock Throw!" Magellan said as he tossed rocks in Koopa's direction, which Koopa dodged with ease.

"Rollout!" Koopa announced as he spun himself towards Magellan.

"Oof…" The Magcargo said as Koopa began to roll back for another Rollout.

"Smog!" He exclaimed as the Carracosta neared him a second time.

The gas exploded, though neither pokemon seemed to feel any ill effects from it.

Magellan did manage to use the confusion to dodge the second Rollout however.

"Rock Throw!" He announced again as he tossed plenty of rocks towards Koopa once more.

"Gah!" Koopa grunted as the rocks hit his shell and bounced off it and out of the arena.

He turned to Magellan and let out another Hydro Pump attack.

The Magcargo began to wheeze as the attack hit him. "Earth Power!" He announced as the ground began to shake. Koopa moved out of the way just as the ground opened up for a magma eruption.

"Ancient Power!" He shot an Ancient Power at the Magcargo who dodged it.

"Rock Throw!" Magellan retaliated. The rocks smashed against Koopa's shell, but did not move him.

Koopa attempted a Hydro Pump once more, and Magellan avoided the attack yet again.

"Overheat!" The Magcargo announced as he let out another Overheat blast, that Koopa expertly dodged with a jump.

"Hydro Pump!" Koopa shot one last attack towards Magellan, who dodged out of the beam's way.

"Rock Throw!" He announced as he deliberately threw rocks outside of the arena.

"Why did-?" Koopa began.

Magellan turned his head towards the rapidly expanding flame.

"I'm a Fire type." He grinned happily as the flame engulfed the arena, and Koopa was knocked out of it.

"Time is up. Koopa is out of bounds." B announced. "Magellan wins for Guards United!"

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: MAGELLAN

"Next up!" Rio announced. "Is Team Celsius's Sal the Suicune facing off against Team Attract's Sonja-Sofia the Salazzle!"

"Listen Mandy…" Rudo said. "We're rooting for Team Celsius in this fight alright? You always root against Team Attract. Pokemon like them give Pokemon like Cahir a reason to exist."

Mandy didn't really understand what Rudo was talking about, and also wasn't about to let her say who she could or couldn't root for, but she gave a silent nod and watched as the two mercenaries greeted each other.

"Heh, I hope you're ready to lose!" Sal said. "You'll get a taste of my Hydro Beam and this match will be over."

"I hope not…" Sonja put a finger to her mouth and said in a fake innocent voice. "After all, I'll be fighting such a handsome Suicune. I'd prefer the match last as long as possible…"

"Well, when you put it like that-" Sal began.

"Sal, no!" Verrin the Vaporeon said from the bleachers. "She's trying to trick you into a forfeit by timeout! End the match early!"

Sonja pouted as the mercenaries took their spots.

SAL VS SONJA-SOFIA

"Unlike most of my peers…" Sonja said. "I prefer to avoid using Attract on pokemon that aren't Fire or Poison types. So I'll start my gaining some admiration from you."

She posed as sensually as she could on the twigs, near the fire.

"Captivate…" She said.

"Not doing it for me…" Sal responded. "Maybe if you did some cool pose like you just defeated a pokemon. Kind of like what I'm about to do!" He said excitedly. "Extrasensory!"

"Sorry darling…" Sonja said as she snuck closer up to Sal. "But my mind's just a tad focused on something else right now."

She giggled with a wink. "Now I think I'll make you mine with an Attract." She smiled.

"Yeah…." Sal said in a daze as the Attract worked, and Sonja-Sofia gently led him to the edge of the arena, before shoving him off.

"Sal is out of bounds!" B announced. "Sonja-Sofia wins for Team Attract!"

"Dammit Sal, you get up here-" Verrin began.

"Oh no." Sonja wagged a finger.

"I make good on my Attracts. He'll keep myself company until it wears off."

She led the Suicune out of the stadium.

"She's at it again…" Florencia said to Loliana in the bleachers.

"Jeez…" Loliana sighed. "Once she gets like that, there's no stopping her."

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: SONJA-SOFIA

"See that's why you don't root for them." Rudo said to Mandy. "They didn't fight, like, at all!"

"But they probably spent a lot of time training their Attracts to be that strong…" Mandy reasoned. "It's their Team Name after all, and It's not like Attract isn't a move. They still exert energy to use it."

"Yeah, I guess." Rudo sighed. "Whatever, I'm just glad Conlan wasn't fighting them today."

"Conlan?"

"He's my b-...He's our team's leader." Rudo answered. "But he's never been the best at resisting...any kind of pokemon move really."

"Then why is he your leader?"

"Because even though he's from really far away, and knows barely anything about The Known World, he's really smart, and very kind and helpful. I can see it in his aura. He's the kind of pokemon you meet once in a lifetime, if you're lucky."

"And for our next match!" Neron announced as Rudo and Mandy took a break in their conversation.

"We have Team Steel Heart's Nirene the Nidoqueen facing off against Haywood's Legion's Mo'Olon the Marshtomp!"

"Howdy!" Nirene held out a hand for Mo'Olon to shake. "Nice to meet you Mol- Molo- Mo-"

"Mo'Olon." Mo'Olon replied. "I get that it must be heard for a City-born to pronounce. I was born in a Barbarian Camp, so I suppose I can pronounce the name with ease while the rest of you all have trouble with it."

"Barbarian camp? You were born at Haywood's-?"

"Did I say Warlord? No." Mo'Olon replied. "I said Barbarian. The most crucial distinction between the two is that Haywood commanded an army. Barbarians are smaller. We were one of the first conquests he made, because we'd been raiding a nearby farming village of all their food. Those of us that surrendered were taken in, and here I am now. Thanks to my father making the call that would spare his son's life."

"And your mother?" Nirene asked, curious as the Mercenaries took their places.

"Died in childbirth." Mo'Olon answered.

"Tends to be common outside of the cities. But enough chatter. It's time to spar."

NIRENE VS MO'OLON

"Earthquake!" Nirene announced as the ground shook and staggered Mo'Olon a bit before he regained his balance.

"Interesting." He said. "Scald!" He announced as he shot a Scald from his mouth towards Nirine, who ducked under the attack.

"I see you, trying to burn me." She said. "Fire Punch!" She brought her flaming fist up to him.

"So you go for the obvious direct approach?" Mo'Olon asked as he ducked away from the Fire Punch. "Mud Bomb!" He shot a large ball of mud towards Nirene, who knocked the attack out of the arena with her fist.

"I'd rather not get all dirty if that's okay with you." Nirene said as she began another Earthquake attack.

The tremors were larger this time, and Mo'Olon had a tougher time regaining his balance, but he still managed to.

"I see." Mo'Olon said. "In that case, let me raise you my own Earthquake!"

The tremor was so small it was almost not noticeable.

"Really?" Nirene asked.

"I'm...still learning that one." Mo'Olon blushed embarrassed.

Nirene shrugged before using her next attack.

"Poison Jab!" She said as she brought her arm up to Mo'Olon, who dodged the attack with a grin that instantly faded the moment he saw Nirene had the same expression.

"Boom?" He asked, knowing what was about to happen.

"Boom." She smiled.

Nirene's Poison Jab exploded, sending Mo'Olon flying out of the ring while Nirine was able to take the damage and stand her ground.

"Mo'Olon is out of bounds!" B announced. "Nirene wins for Team Steel Heart!"

"Man…" Mo'Olon said as he got up. "Too bad my dad's not around anymore. If he was in my place, Damp would've stopped that from working."

He held a hand up to Nirine. "Good match, City-born."

Nirene smiled as she shook Mo'Olon's hand. "Good match, Mo."

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: NIRENE

"Our next match.." Rio announced. "Is Team Revenant's Lucca the Lampent facing off against Leafguard League's Gemmei the Gourgeist!"

"Are you kidding me?!" Laicho the Lurantis said from her seat in the arena.

"Laicho…" Tsutsugi said.

"Gemmei's up against a Lampent? If she doesn't get rid of it like, right fuckin' away, it'll wipe the floor with her!"

"Laicho…."

"And then we'll still only have 5 points, that we only got because of a time limit draw, and do you know how hard it'll be for us to climb up to the top 16 after today ends?"

"Laicho!"

The Lurantis stopped and sat back in her seat.

"I'm just saying what you're thinking, General." She mumbled.

"Laicho…"

"Sorry, I'll be quiet."

"Good. Now let's have some faith in Gemmei alright?"

"Alright."

LUCCA VS GEMMEI

"Shadow Sneak!" Gemmei began as she rushed towards Lucca in their shadows.

She rammed the Lampent, knocking him back a significant amount.

"Heat Wave!" Lucca retaliated as he summoned a large heat wave, which hit Gemmei, causing her to move back as well.

"Phantom Force!" Gemmei said as she disappeared into the shadows.

"Endure…" Lucca announced as he waited for Gemmei to surface.

"Hyaaah!" Gemmei leapt at Lucca from a shadow.

The Lampent knocked her through the flame and out of the arena.

"Gemmei is out of bounds…" B said. "Lucca wins for Team Revenant!"

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: LUCCA

"General Tsutsugi!" Laicho exclaimed.

"Laicho, you will calm down at once." Tsutsugi said. "That is an order."

Laicho crossed her blades. "I knew a team full of just Grass types was a bad idea…" She mumbled.

"But you were still the first one to agree to join." Tsutsugi said as Gemmei rejoined the rest of her team.

"Sorry guys…" The Gourgeist said. "I got carried away there."

"It's fine." Tsutsugi said.

"But, we're losing!" Laicho exclaimed. "Badly!"

"I must admit, General…" Lei the Leavanny said. "Your attitude doesn't seem to match that of the rest of ours. We may not be as vocal about it as Laicho is, but we don't like the fact that we keep losing."

"There's a reason, of all the new Mercenary Bands that the Grass Province has, that we were the only ones invited." Tsutsugi said.

"But until Performance Day, that reason remains secret to all but myself and Representative Maki."

The ladies of Leafguard League all looked at each other as Neron announced the next match.

"Our next match is…" He exclaimed. "Team Aspect's Bai the Bagon, facing off against Team Gentilhomme's Thiago the Throh!"

"You're Long Bai...daughter of Long Shaoli, Emperor of the Dragons…" Thiago knelt down.

"An honor to meet you, princess. You are more beautiful than I could have ever imagined."

"You cut that shit out right now." Bai said. "I joined Team Aspect to avoid that insincere praise, and to earn respect for myself rather than have it handed to me by some dumbass birthright. If you really are a part of Team Gentilhomme, than you'll do me the courtesy of taking this sparring match seriously."

"Of course, Bai." Thiago stood up. "My apologies. I did not mean to offend you."

"You're still talking like-"

"A thousand pardons, but this is how I always talk to ladies such as yourself."

"Yeesh." Bai shuddered as the mercenaries took their positions on either side of the arena.

BAI VS THIAGO

"Aerial Ace!" Bai began as she jumped up in the air and slashed at Thiago's clothes, cutting through them and hitting his red skin with her sharp claw.

"Come now…" Thiago said as he stretched out a hand. "A strong and beautiful Bagon like you wouldn't use such a cheap trick against a Throh like me would you?" He asked as he attempted an Attract attack on Bai.

"Sorry." Bai said as she leapt into the air again for another Aerial Ace. "But I don't have much of a thing for Fighting types."

Her Aerial Ace just barely grazed Thiago's skin as she landed.

"Then perhaps you'd like to be thrown back to a special someone of yours?"

Thiago asked as he grabbed by and began to spin her.

"Circle Throw!" He announced as he tossed Bai out of the ring and she landed on Doyle's lap.

"Bai is out of bounds!" B announced. "Thiago wins for Team Gentilhomme!"

"You want me to put you down?" Doyle asked Bai. "You must be upset after that kind of loss."

"What?" Bai blinked up at Doyle, before realizing what had happened.

"Put me down immediately." She ordered.

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: THIAGO

"Oh, Conlan's up next!" Rudo nudged Mandy.

"Is he going to be okay?" Mandy looked at her schedule. "He's facing Team Horizon…"

"...He is?" Rudo's excitement began to fade. "Well, I'm sure he'll be fine but...I actually would have preferred he face a team closer to our own rank…"

"Now, for our penultimate Fire Province Sparring Match!" Rio exclaimed. "Team Moonbrand's Conlan the Chimchar is facing off against Team Horizon's Faden the Feraligatr."

"Tough luck, buddy." Faden said as he an Conlan shook hands before the match began. "I don't feel right going up against you like this, but I'm not going to hold back. My team has a title to defend."

"I understand." Conlan replied, simply relieved that if he had to get his ass handed to him, it wasn't from one of the many overconfident pricks that were all too present on many of the other teams.

After B went over the same speech as always, and Conlan and Faden both took their starting positions, the match began.

CONLAN VS FADEN

Faden started off with an Earthquake attack as the ground began to shake wildly, tossing Conlan around like a ragdoll.

"Ungh…" He groaned.

He stood up, only barely.

"I probably only have enough time to make a single move…" He mumbled to himself.

"Flame Wheel!" He said. But instead of aiming for Faden, he aimed for the large fire in the center of the arena.

A burst of energy rushed through him, and as a reinvigorated Conlan exited the flame, he managed to graze Faden's leg before his Flame Wheel stopped.

"Did he just?" Mandy asked Rudo.

"Well, he's got a touch at least." Rudo smiled. "Hopefully his luck lasts."

"Crunch!" Faden announced as he bit down towards Conlan.

"Gahhh!" Conlan screamed in pain as he felt Faden's teeth biting him.

"Might hurt more'n usual." Faden mumbled, keeping Conlan in his mouth. "My Ability is Sheer Force…"

"That...explains it…" Conlan wheezed. "Slack...Off…" He announced as almost all the muscles in his body relaxed, giving him a fair amount of energy back.

Conlan prayed that it would be enough.

Faden began to cloak himself in water, that the fire in the arena began to boil as he tossed Conlan up in the air and then he himself ascended in the same direction. "Waterfall!" He announced as he slammed into Conlan.

Conlan landed on the edge of the arena, wobbly, but managed to regain his balance.

"F-Fire Spin!" He announced as he shot a swirling vortex of flames towards Faden, engulfing the Feraligatr in fire.

"Alright, you've lasted longer than I thought you would." Faden said with a proud grin. "But now is the time to end this match."

He shook the ground once more with an Earthquake, and Conlan, helpless against the tremors, toppled backwards out of the ring.

"Conlan is out of bounds." B announced. "Faden wins for Team Horizon!"

"I think that might actually be one of his better performances in battle…" Rudo thought aloud to herself. "I'm oddly not even upset that we didn't get points."

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: FADEN

"Now…" Neron announced. "Our final Sparring Match in The Phoenix Ring...It's Team Aquarius's Lazuli the Lapras facing off against Team SONA's Star the Staraptor!"

The two mercenaries took their places on either side of the arena.

After B's sportsmanship speech, the match began.

LAZULI VS STAR

"Brave Bird!" Star announced right away as she swooped towards Lazuli, who moved his neck out of the way just in time as Star skidded to a halt before she left the arena.

"Ice Beam!" Lazuli shot a frozen ray of ice towards Star as he turned his head to face her.

A frozen Star fell off the edge of the arena.

"S-Star is out of bounds…" B said. "Lazuli wins for Team Aquarius."

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: LAZULI

"That's all our Fire Province Sparring Matches for today folks…" Neron announced. "But we have a few races planned for you after a small break, so be sure to meet back here in 15!"


Steel Province: Capital City of Southshore: Merc Madness Festival Grounds: Fire Province Mystery Dungeon Race Track(Inferno Village)(An 18F Mystery Dungeon): Age of Mew: Year 656: All Fire Province Races

"So B…" Neron said. "Tell us about this Mystery Dungeon."

"Well…" B said. "The Fire Province, this year, has created a Mystery Dungeon Race Track that we like to call Inferno Village, named after our ancient capital city. As such, you'll find Fire, Ground, Ghost, and Fighting type pokemon inside the dungeon, so be prepared for anything. This dungeon is a very straightforward one actually, and there's no real trick halfway through it.

The only thing that makes this particular dungeon stand out above the others is...something the Racers will figure out on their own. Hopefully right away."

"Well, let's introduce our first Racing Squad then!" Neron announced.

"From Team Grass Flare, it's Sara the Fennekin!" Rio listed. "From Team Azure, Harmony the Houndoom, and finally, from Team TMNT, Talo the Talonflame!"

The racers all took their places and after B's speech, they all sprinted/flew into the dungeon.

SARA V HARMONY V TALO

1F(Dungeon Boss Room)

As all three pokemon entered 1F, a gigantic, black, Mega Charizard Y descended from what appeared to be the ceiling of the undercroft the racers seemed to find themselves in.

A harsh sunlight beat down as the Dungeon Boss roared.

"Oh, shitsticks…" Talo said as his feathers shook.

"Ah…" B announced. "Here it is. In this dungeon, the Dungeon Boss appears on the first floor, and will chase you throughout the dungeon. You better hope you can dodge her rapid fire attacks, all of which are being powered up by the strong sunlight by the way. Good luck racers! Don't fall!"

"Shitshitshitshit" Talo said. "Agility Agility Agility, Agility all the way to the end of the dungeon!" He sped towards the stairs.

"Whoa, whoa whoa…" Harmony said as she did her best to match his pace. "Not so fast, why don't stay at my pace, handsome?" She winked an Attract in Talo's direction.

Talo whistled as he shifted backwards so that he and Harmony were side by side.

"After you." He motioned as they approached the stairs.

"Why thank you!" Harmony said as she headed down to the next floor.

Sara was not faring as well as the other two, as she kept dodging Fire Blasts coming from the Dungeon Boss's mouth.

Eventually, she could see the stairs that the other two racers had already gone down.

She made a beeline for them as the shiny Mega Charizard Y fired an Inferno attack at her.

The attack slammed into Sara before she could reach the stairs, causing her to stop and cough as the Dungeon Boss got closer to her and her opponents ran even further ahead of her.

The Mega Charizard Y let out a Flamethrower, which Sara was too injured from the Inferno attack to avoid, and collapsed on the ground before being escorted out of the Mystery Dungeon.

7F

"What the-?" Talo broke out of his Attract. "How did you get ahead of me?" He sped ahead of Harmony. "TMNT for the win! He chanted as the Dungeon Boss flew her way up through the floor into 7F."

"Tch." Harmony clicked her tongue before turning back towards Talo.

"Talooo!" She called, using Attract again. "Don't leave me behind…"

Talo ground to a halt before turning back and grabbing Harmony by the scruff of her neck with his talons as he sped away from the Dungeon Boss.

13F

As powerful ground type pokemon started to appear and use Earthquake, Talo ignored the attacks as they did not affect him at all, and Harmony, who would normally have been overwhelmed by the Earthquake attacks, was safely being carried by Talo, whom Harmony was careful to keep under her Attract move.

As the Dungeon Boss fired Fire Blasts, Harmony absorbed each of them without taking any damage so that Talo could focus on flying the two of them closer to the finish line and their teams' flags.

17F

As the duo were reaching the stairs up to 18F, Talo snapped out of Harmony's Attract once more, and looked down at Harmony. "Why am I carrying you?" He wondered aloud as he began to drop Harmony on the ground.

"Because of our special bond of love…" Harmony winked at Talo with another Attract.

Talo chuckled as he fell under Harmony's spell once more.

"You are pretty hot…" He said.

18F(Flag Room)

Talo put Harmony on the ground as the pair entered the Flag Room.

He motioned his wing.
"Beautiful ladies first…" he bowed.

Harmony smiled proudly as she rushed up, grabbed her flag, and left the Mystery Dungeon.
Talo then grabbed his own flag, and was evacuated moments later.

RACE END

"Rio, did you read the Team Names right?" Neron asked. "Because damn, Harmony, that was a Team Attract performance if I ever saw one."

"No, she's definitely Team Azure." Rio said. "Perhaps Talo is more susceptible to Attract than the average 'mon?"

"In any case…" Neron continued. "We have two more races to get through! Now let's hear it for The Twin Flames's Sirina the Salazzle! From Team Sniper we have Esmend the Eelektross! From Team Skullblasterz, Patt the Plusle! And last but not least, from Fortune's Four, Favor the Floatzel!"

SIRINA V ESMEND V PATT V FAVOR

1F(Dungeon Boss Room)

The Dungeon Boss Mega Charizard came crashing down as the racers entered the dungeon.

Sirina gave a seductive and playful look towards Favor as the Floatzel used a Rain Dance to negate the effects of the sun that the Charizard had brought with her. "If you're going to get a lady all wet like that, the least you could do is take responsibility and let her ride you..."

Favor blushed intensely as he took Sirina's Attract at full force and bent over motioning for Sirina to get on before he bounded for the stairs

Patt took off towards the stairs after them.
Esmend turned around to face the Dungeon Boss.

"Let's defeat this monstrosity!" He said.

In the bleachers of the arena, Daria the Decidueye puts her wing to her head.

"Esmend you fucking idiot…" She mumbles.

"Zap Cannon!" Esmend announces as he shoots a ball of condensed electricity at the Dungeon Boss.

The Mega Charizard fell to the floor, paralyzed. It attempted to attack Esmend with an Inferno attack, which missed.

"And...Crush Claw!" Esmend announced as he put his clawed, suction-like hand on the Dungeon Boss's head.

The pokemon then sank into the floor below, unable to battle any further.

"Victory!" Esmend shot a hand into the air.

"You're in last place, you idiot!" Daria shouted. "Move!"

"Pushy as always." Esmend mumbled as he finally began to move forwards."

9F

Patt came face to face with a Golurk. It was clear that Favor and Sirina had already been there from the drenched Goletts around the room.

The Golurk looked at Patt angrily and attacked with a Bulldoze.

Patt fainted before the Bulldoze even hit her as she was evacuated from the dungeon.

17F

As Favor approached the stairs to 18F, with Sirina still riding his back, he managed to blink out of the Attract, which had lasted for the entire dungeon so far.

"U-Um…" He asked with a blushing face as he noticed Sirina sitting gracefully atop his back as he ran on all fours. "C-could you get off please?" He asked.

"No…" Sirina said as she patted Favor's cheek. "You're very sturdy and durable. You wouldn't mind helping me out for just a while longer would you?"

"I-I guess not…" Favor said with his face bright red as they entered 18F

18F(Flag Room)

As Favor reached the Flag room, he momentarily forgot that Sirina was riding him, and Aqua Jet into his team's flag, grabbing it and evacuating the dungeon.

"Rude!" Sirina said as she dusted herself off and grabbed her own team's flag. "I'm starting to regret keeping you around for that long, but you were good for the ground types, and six points is better than no points." She reasoned before she was also evacuated.

Finally, a very long time later, Esmend found his way into the room and grabbed his team's flag.

He held it up proud as he was evacuated.

Daria shook her head.

"That's nothing to be proud of you-...ugh..."

RACE END

"And now for our Final Race of the Fire Province!" Neron announced. "Team Ebonshade's Darron the Delphox!"

"Knights of the Round's Lily the Lopunny!" Rio continued.

"Team Kirei's Adrianna the Aromatisse!" Neron exclaimed.

"And Team Discharge's Buster the Bliztle!" Rio finished.

DARRON V LILY V ADRIANNA V BUSTER

1F(Dungeon Boss Room)

Lily immediately took off before the Dungeon Boss even crashed through the ceiling, and took off down a path that very clearly was not the correct way to go.

Darron began to run towards the true path leading to the stairs, using Calm Mind as he advanced towards the next floor.

Buster Quick Attacked his way towards the stairs, passing Darron as he did so.

"Yoohooo!" Adrianna called towards Darron. "How would a handsome strong Delphox like you like to help little ol me through this dungeon? You keep us going fast, I promise to knock the others we come across out of the race, sound good handsome?" She winked at Attract towards Darron.

The Delphox looked at her. "I've got someone already, so cut that Attract shit out. Besides, that doesn't help me in any real way, and you'd only weigh me down, making it harder to avoid the ground type attacks that I'll inevitably have to put up with."

He then left up the stairs.

Lily then began running up towards Adrianna, on the other side of the Dungeon Boss Mega Charizard Y.

"N-not me!" Adrianna backed up and pointed behind the Dungeon Boss. "Get her! Look, she's bigger, far more juicy. I only smell good. I don't taste that great…"

The Dungeon Boss was not convinced and attacked Adrianna with an Inferno.

Adrianna was engulfed in the flames before being evacuated from the Mystery Dungeon.

The Mega Charizard Y turned around and noticed Lily.

"Eheh...I'm not gonna hurt you!" Lily put her hands out in a 'calm down' gesture. "I just want to reach the flags. Once I get that, I'll leave your village, I promise."

The Charizard thought for a bit, before lowering its head and motioning for Lily to hop on its back.

"Wooo!" Lily said as the Charizard zoomed her through the dungeon to catch up with the other racers. "Hey thanks!" She thanked the Dungeon Boss. "I'm, like, super bad with directions, so this is a big help!"

"Well...that's one way to deal with a dungeon boss…" B smirked from the commentator's booth.

15F

Just as the Mega Charizard and Lily breached the floor and caught up to Buster, with Darron a few yards ahead of him, on 15F, Lily noticed the Krookodile.

"Krookodile!" She observed.

The Krookodile attacked all the pokemon in the room with an Earthquake.

Both Buster and Darron managed to leap above the ground while the tremors occurred to avoid the damage of the attack.

"Dazzling Gleam!" Darron announced as he shot a Dazzling Gleam throughout the entire room.

The Krookodile fell over, unconscious.

Buster powered through the Dazzling Gleam and kept running towards the stairs to the next floor.

The Mega Charizard crashed into the wall, and Lily, who couldn't see a thing, began to wander around aimlessly as her vision slowly returned to her.

Darron headed up the next floor in an effort to catch up to Buster.

17F

As Darron caught up to Buster, he attacked the Blitzle with a Fire Blast.

Buster crashed against the wall of the dungeon as Darron continued on his way towards the stairs.

"D-Discharge!" Buster announced, just as Lily entered the room as he sent a wave of electricity flying everywhere. Despite hitting both of his opponents, the Discharge was not strong enough to paralyze the others.

Buster then succumbed to the burns he had received from Darron's fire blast and was immediately evacuated from the dungeon.

"Well, at least he still gets points…" Lily said, mournfully.

18F(Flag Room)

Darron was the first to grab his team's flag, and Lily grabbed her team's flag soon after.

RACE END


UGM Update: Fire Province Events Have Ended, Now Calculating Team Placement:

1st(50): Team Soulwind

2nd(46): Team Steel Heart, The Twin Flames

4th(40): Team Horizon, Team Attract, Team Ebonshade

7th(36): Guards United, Team Azure

9th(30): Team Gentilhomme, Team Celsius, Aramis

12th(28): Team Aquarius

13th(22): Team Revenant

14th(20): Team Skullblasterz

15th(18): Team Sniper

16th(16): Knights of The Round, Team Moonbrand, Team Kirei, Fortune's Four

20th(15): Team Aspect, Team Grass Flare

22nd(11): Team TMNT

23rd(8): Team Discharge

24th(6): Haywood's Legion

25th(5): Leafguard League

26th(4): Team Obsidian

27th(2): Team SONA


Destruction Day's Team Interaction Scene: Leafguard League(5), Haywood's Legion(6)

"Tsutsugiiiiiiii!" Lebun the Leafeon complained as she slumped her head on the table next to the captain. "I'm so booooooored…."

"Then go train." Tsutsugi said as she looked over a large amount of what appeared to be papers full of scribbles to Lebun. "I'm busy with-Gahh!"

Tsutsugi hurriedly stomped down on her papers to keep them from blowing away as Lebun cringed in the face of the sandstorm that had started.

"Yeah...I think I'm going to train." Lebun said as she jumped down from the table. "I'll find Laicho and Lei, maybe Rokuko will join us too. You...you stay here."

"Tch." Tsutsugi clicked as her teammate hurriedly ran out of the sandstorm weather. The general turned back and saw Haywood the Hippowdon standing before her. Next to him was an Altaria.

"Hm…" Tsutsugi looked at the Altaria in question, and then took note of her own body. Neither had a scratch on them.

"Cloud Nine…" She mumbled.

"Yes." Haywood said as the Altaria sat down at the table while he walked towards the head of it. "I usually take Amendi with me when I want to talk to pokemon who can't handle sandstorm weather on their own." He explained. "I was wondering if I could pick your brain about something."

"I don't know why you'd want to pick my brain." Tsutsugi rolled her eyes as she sat back down in her seat and gathered up her papers. "I'm the leader of one of the few teams that are behind you in this competition."

"It wasn't about the competition." Haywood said. "I'm curious about the reason Leafguard League even exists."

"Excuse me?"

"Well...I mean, you're all soldiers right? Why form a mercenary band? Shouldn't you be more focused with protecting your territory than running around The Known World looking for odd jobs?"

"First off…" Tsutsugi pointed. "Do not presume that this team is made of simple soldiers. Many of the Grass Province's soldiers wouldn't waste their time with this mercenary band. I'm an exception." She paused. "...For a few reasons."

"Like what?" Haywood asked. "Are you in debt to someone?"

"Sort of…?" Tsutsugi tilted her head. "You likely don't get news out in your warlord camp, but before Maki became the Grass Representative, she was the general of my squad of soldiers. We were stationed in this nowhere of an island called Coldcrop, where the only citizens are colonial farmers along the southern shore of the isle. We were up in the north to deal with...ugh...bandits."

"That sounds...underwhelming."

"It was." Tsutsugi said. "But there were a lot of them. Even someone as uninformed as you ought to know of The Sapien Triage. There was a particularly large branch up in the northern reaches of that island. The wilderness was perfect for their primal culture. One night, they all descended upon our camp like savages. I was only a Steenee then, and wasn't terribly skilled at anything, but Maki...she was able to save most of the troops including myself, and even though we requested backup, no help came, but Maki still found a strategy that she believed would work, and we were able to wipe every last member of that branch out. If you know what The Sapien Triage does, then you understand why I say that I owe Maki my life. She inspired me to be what I am today."

"A general?"

"A tactician. Though this event hasn't given many chances for that to shine through, I've been compiling notes that I've taken on each and every sparring match I've seen so far. Hopefully they'll be of use in the future."

"Hm." Haywood nodded. "I knew there was something different about you. You understand the importance of tactics. Many of the mercenaries here often go for whatever move hits strongest, hardest, fastest, but very few of them are looking at this long-term. I'm glad to see my instincts were right, and that you are one of those few. I hope to, before this festival ends, be able to spar against you myself, Tsutsugi, General of Leafguard."

"Sir, I see her team approaching." Amendi said. "From the way the Leafeon reacted to the sandstorm, I suspect-."

Haywood nodded. "Yeah, your Cloud Nine might negate the effects of the weather, but sandstorms aren't comfortable. I suppose it's time we took our leave." He turned towards Tsutsugi.

"I wish your team luck in the coming events. My own ought to be fine."

"What a strange pokemon…" Tsutsugi scratched her head. "He was a lot better at conversation than I would have expected from a Ground Province warlord…"


Steel Province: Capital City of Southshore: Merc Madness Festival Grounds: Electric Province Sparring Arena(Stormfury Arena): Age of Mew: Year 656: All Electric Province Sparring Matches

"Here we are in the glorious Electric Stadium!" Neron announced excitedly. "We have with us, Ebner the Electivire, Representative of the Electric Province!"

"Thanks Neron." Ebner said. "It's great to be re-elected, so I look forward to a few more years of working with the UGM, especially in putting together events like this."

"Speaking of events like this…" Rio said. "Would you mind telling us about the Electric Province's Sparring Arena?"

"Alright, I'll tell you, but pay attention, because it's pretty important. The arena we built is named Stormfury Arena."

As Ebner said its name, the arena rose from the ground.

Conlan's and Rudo's eyes both widened. The entire arena was full of crags and gorges. Some pillars of ground rose up incredibly high while others seemed to barely jutt out of the ground.

"Whoa...It looks just like the badlands, east of Mt. Immolate…" Rudo said quietly.

"And look up there." Conlan pointed to the dark clouds hanging over the arena that seemed to be crackling with energy.

"This arena, land wise, is exactly what you see before you right now. Simple crags with massive height differences. However, there is a special weather condition to this arena. The Thunderstorm, and many effects go along with the weather. 8 of them to be exact. Allow me to list them:

1: The power of all Electric type moves are tripled

2: Any sound based attacks will immediately fail without question

3: The move Thunder will never miss.

4: The move Charge Beam will always raise Sp. Atk

5: If a pokemon attempts to fly or float too high in the air, they will be struck by a Thunderbolt attack from the clouds above the arena, forcing them to land.

6: Sunny Day will fail if used.

7: If Rain Dance or Hail is used, the effect will last indefinitely (even between sparring matches) or until Rain Dance, Hail, or Sandstorm is used to replace the weather condition.

8: If Sandstorm is used, the Thunderstorm will combine with the Sandstorm so that Electric type pokemon are immune to the adverse effects of Sandstorm weather, other than that, Sandstorm works as normal.

Finally, there is no time limit to the matches in this arena. Good luck, Mercenaries!"

"And with those words of encouragement, let's jump right into it!" Neron announced.

"Our first matchup is Hector the Hitmonlee from Team Gentilhomme, going up against Gadasi the Golisopod from Team Azure!"

"Let's skip the formalities, Gentilhomme." Gadasi said. "The less time I have to be within fifty yards of you and your ilk, the better."

"I'd respond, but I don't want to disregard your opinion." Hector bowed. "Very well, let us start the battle."

HECTOR VS GADASI

A Thunderstorm Is Brewing!

Hector began the match by jumping up to a moderately high crag. "Hmm…" He looked down at Gadasi, before nodding. "Rolling Kick!" He announced as he rolled down the cylinder and towards the Golisopod, who jumped out of the way onto his own crag.

Gadasi stared down Hector as the Hitmonlee finished rolling.

"Liquidation!" He announced as he shot out a blast of water to propel him into his opponent, pinning Hector to the side of another ground pillar.

"Ngh…" Hector grabbed Gadasi. "Strength!" He announced as he attempted a suplex, not managing to do any damage, but somehow managing to wriggle free himself.

Gadasi turned around silently towards his opponent.

"Brick Break!" He announced as he brought one of his hands down and Hector jumped out of the way as the attack collided with a crag, causing that particular cylinder to wobble.

"Mind Reader…" Hector said as he focused in on Gadasi, analyzing the Golisopod's movements.

"Liquidation!" Gadasi shot himself towards Hector again, causing the Hitmonlee to go flying towards another cylinder.

"Rolling...Kick!" Hector announced as he rolled up the side of the cylinder and came around to strike Gadasi in the backside, "Gahhh!" The Golisopod looked back to massage where he had been hit.

"That didn't hurt that much, but, ahh, fuck, that was not in a fun spot…"

"Blaze Kick!" Hector took advantage of the opportunity as he brought a flaming leg down, but by then it was too late.
Gadasi could see the attack coming and rolled to the side, causing the blaze kick to strike the ground.

"Rock Slide!" Gadasi announced as the cylinder he had hit earlier crumbled and began to pelt Hector with the rubble.

"Gahhh! Ough…" Hector shielded himself as best he could. "Dang, should've-"

"Now lose!" Gadasi announced as he fired himself towards Hector with another Liquidation.

Hector was smashed into another cylinder, and this time did not get up after he fell.

"Hector is unable to battle." Ebner announced. "Gadasi wins for Team Azure."

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: GADASI

"Alright, who is next on our list?" Rio asked.

"It's Gracia the Gothitelle from Knights of The Round facing off against Sari the Salazzle of The Twin Flames!" Neron exclaimed. "Let's see a good match from both these mercenary women!"

GRACIA VS SARI

A Thunderstorm Is Brewing!

"Fire Blast!" Sari roared as she let out a large blast of fire, that Gracia dodged by hiding behind a cylinder of ground.

She poked her head out.

"Psyshock!" She announced as she psychically sent small pieces of rubble towards Sari, who easily avoided them, almost dancing to an unhearable rhythm.

"Shadow Claw!" Sari announced as she jumped towards Gracia, striking her opponent across the chest with a long claw of shadows.

"Aghhh!" Gracia held her stomach and gritted her teeth.

"D-Dark Pulse!" She announced as she sent out a wave of darkness towards Sari, who jumped away from the attack and landed on the side of a cylinder with a grin.

"Dragon Pulse!" She countered as she let a beam of energy loose from her mouth, blasting Gracia clean out of the arena.

"Gracia is out of bounds...Sari wins for The Twin Flames!" Ebner announced.

"Rank H, for a reason." Sari said as she stood up and looked over the psychic type she had just managed to defeat. "The Twin Flames are Rank H for a reason."

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: SARI

"Aramis the Aegislash is about to go up against Greod the Gliscor of Team Celsius!" Neron exclaimed.

"Both of these teams are at 30 points." Rio said. "The winner will pull a good amount ahead of the loser in terms of placing."

"Facing off against Aramis himself huh?" Greod gave a grin as the two mercenaries shook with each other before the fight. "I can't wait to see how this goes. Don't hold back on me now, alright?"

"I wouldn't dream of holding back against anyone." Aramis replied.

ARAMIS VS GREOD

A Thunderstorm Is Brewing!

Greod gave a grin as he dove down into the ground provided by the arena.

"A dig, huh…" Aramis said. "That was a mistake on your end…"

As Greod came up from the dig, he smashed directly into Aramis's King's Shield, forcing him backwards.

"Try again." Aramis scolded.

"Night Slash!" Greod dove towards Aramis at a blinding speed, managing to scratch against the Aegislash.

"And allow me to repay the favor!" Aramis said as he slashed towards Greod with his own Night Slash attack, also managing to scratch against his opponent.

"Earthquake!" Greod announced as the entire arena began to shake. The cylinders all around Greod fell on top of him, burying him beneath the rubble.

Aramis stared blankly for a few minutes.

"Maybe someone should help him." He finally said in a loud voice as he moved to the pile of rubble and began to dig Greod out.

"G-Greod is unable to continue battling...Aramis wins?" Ebner seemed a little confused.

BATTLE OVER! WINNER?: ARAMIS

"Our next matchup is Kavosa the Krookodile of Team Soulwind VS Nid the Nidoking of Team TMNT!"

"Nid's going to get his ass handed to him, isn't he?" Rudo asked Conlan.

"Probably." Conlan agreed.

KAVOSA VS NID
A Thunderstorm Is Brewing!

"Earthquake!" Kavosa announced loudly as the ground around the arena began to shake, and Nid immediately fell over, unable to continue battling.

Conlan and Rudo looked at each other with nervous looks on their faces.

"I kind of feel bad for the guy…"

"Yeah...but at least that's not us out there...Hopefully Shock can deal with his opponent from Team Sniper. He's an experienced Mercenary after all, so if anyone can do it, it's him."

"Well, there's still a few matches before his, so let's just keep watching.

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: KAVOSA

"Um…." Rio was at a loss for words.

"Our next match!" Neron announced, eager to take the attention away from what was one of the most one-sided matches since the Gemstone Stadium.

"It's Matt the Minun from Team Skullblasterz facing off against Theobold the Turtonator, Leader of Team Aspect!"

"The big idiot who was attracted out of his fight?" Matt snickered.

"Too bad I won't be attracted out of this one." Theobold menaced the Minun. "Say your prayers to whichever legendary you hold closest to your heart, because you'll need their protection in this battle."

MATT VS THEOBOLD

A Thunderstorm Is Brewing!

"Quick Attack!" Matt announced as he zoomed towards Theobold, who stepped one pace to his left in order to avoid the all too predictable attack.

"Dragon Pulse." Theobold announced as he launched a Dragon Pulse towards the Minun, who managed to duck, just in time.

"Heh." Matt snickered. "Switcheroo!" He said in a hushed whisper.

*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*

"What was that?" Conlan asked.

"Look!" Rudo announced.

An item was rolling around on the ground of the arena.

"That's a Sleep Seed." She said.

"But aren't."

"Items are not allowed in Merc Madness Events." Ebner the Electivire stood up. "Matt the Minun, member of Team Skullblasterz, you are hereby disqualified from Merc Madness. To the rest of Team Skullblasterz. If any of you are caught breaking this rule again, your whole team will be disqualified."

BATTLE OVER! WINNER?: THEOBOLD

"Oh hey...that shiny Gardevoir from Team Kirei is up next." Conlan said as he noticed her walk into the arena.

"And she's fighting against that Chandelure from Team Revenant." Rudo observed.

"Our next match!" Neron announced. "Is Nuri the Chandelure, Leader of Team Revenant, VS Getrude the Gardevoir, Leader of Team Kirei!"

Gertrude gave a yawn, "Let's end this quickly alright? I'm behind enough on my beauty sleep already, so I'd rather not expend energy unless I have to."

"Hey, I didn't want to sign up for this either." Nuri said. "But now that my team's brought me here, and we're this far in, I'm not going to just throw in the towel for you."

"Then I'll be sure to not provide you with any towel that you'll need to wipe away your blood and oil after I'm done with you."

NURI VS GERTRUDE

A Thunderstorm Is Brewing

"Hypnosis." Gertrude announced as she gestured toward Nuri and stared him down.

"Hah." Nuri said as he avoided the Hypnosis attack. "Nice try, but not good enough! Hex!"

He shot an aura of negative energy towards Gertrude, who easily dodged it as she glided closer to the Chandelure.

"I will say this one more time, because you don't want to be awake for what comes next." She said. "Hypnosis."

"Hyp-no-sis…" Nuri fell to the floor, asleep.

"Alright." Gertrude said as she knelt down above Nuri. "Dream Eater."

Not much happened. Nuri twitched a little bit, but as far as anyone could tell, he might always do that in his sleep.

"Hm." Gertrude said. "If you aren't much of a dreamer, than the painless route will have to be put on hold for now. Let's go ruthless."

She put her hand to his head.

"Moonblast."

The sheer force of the Moonblast at such a close range alone was enough to knock Nuri unconscious, but he was also sent flying into the wall of the stadium, below where the audience sat.

Conlan looked down at the defeated Chandelure and then up at Gertrude.

For a split second, it looked like she was staring back at him.

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: GERTRUDE

"Shock's up next!" Rudo said, excitedly.

"Y-Yeah!" Conlan agreed. "Let's root for him!"

"Up next…" Rio announced. "We have Shock the Manectric of Team Moonbrand facing off against Esmend the Eelektross of Team Sniper!"

SHOCK VS ESMEND

A Thunderstorm Is Brewing

"Thunder!" Shock announced immediately.

The biggest bolt of Thunder Conlan had ever seen erupted from the thunderstorm overhead, so powerful that it pushed Esmend clean out of the arena.

"Yes!" Rudo cheered.

"Fuck Yeah!" Shock himself cheered as Ebner announced him the winner due to Esmend being out of bounds.

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: SHOCK

"Our next match…" Neron announced "Is between Lucia the Lurantis of Team Attract, and Rhaelacia the Raichu of Guards United!"

"Oh? Looks like I'll be able to repay Guards United for the embarrassment their Sawsbuck caused my dear leader back on First Day." Lucia said into one of her scythe-like petals.

"You keep telling yourself that." Rhaelacia said as she hovered on her tail above the ground. "Meanwhile, I'll score Guards United some extra points to boost our place."

LUCIA VS RHAELACIA

A Thunderstorm Is Brewing!

"Nasty Plot!" Rhaelacia announced as she began to surf the air around the crags, sizing up Lucia as she did so.

"Petal Blizzard!" Lucia announced as a barrage of petals shot towards Rhaelacia.

"Sorry!" Rhaelacia said as she rode the Petal Blizzard right back towards Lucia. "But I'm pretty good in Thunderstorm weather."

She slammed into the Lurantis, causing her to fall out of the ring.

"Looks like you can't do much without Attract to help you, huh?"

"Tch…" Lucia clicked her tongue. "We'll be fine." She said. "One loss isn't the end of the world for us, and there are far more male mercenaries here anyways."

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: RHAELACIA

"Our next battle is Steadfast the Sandslash of Fortune's Four VS Wes the Chespin of Team Grass Flare!" Rio announced.

"Oh hey, two Rank E teams." Conlan observed.

"I wonder what their match will be like." Rudo pondered.

STEADFAST VS WES

A Thunderstorm Is Brewing!

"Slash!" Steadfast announced as he sliced at Wes with a glowing claw.

The attack just barely scraped Wes's arm.

"Seed Bomb!" He retaliated as he began to spew seeds at Steadfast, pelting the Sandslash until he couldn't get up anymore.

"S-Steadfast is...unable to battle? Wes wins for Team Grass Flare?" Not even Ebner was sure of what to think.

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: WES

"And now…" Neron announced. "Our final Sparring Match of the day! It's Samuel the Stunfisk of Haywood's Legion VS Farren the Furfrou of Team Ebonshade!"

SAMUEL VS FARREN

A Thunderstorm Is Brewing!

"Substitute." Farren announced as he created a copy of himself to draw Samuel's attention.

"Discharge!" Samuel said as he let spark fly from his body, not one of them hitting the dummy.

"Swords Dance!" Farren snickered as he powered himself up with the opportunity.

"Mud Bomb!" Samuel announced as he hurled a Mud Bomb towards the dummy, and the attack went wide, leaving the stadium, going only Arceus knew where.

"Swords Dance!" Farren was almost giggling as he powered himself up again.

"Scald!" Samuel shouted as he shot a blast of boiling water towards the substitute, once again missing.

Haywood sighed in the audience.

"The weird ground and crags might be messing with him…?" Amendi tried to reason.

"Or he just sucks," Mul'Dona the Mudsdale of the same team offered her reasoning.

"Swords Dance!" Farren cackled as he powered his physical strength up to its very limits.

"Discharge!" Samuel cried out.

And perhaps Arceus took pity on the poor Stunfisk, because that Substitute was reduced to nothing but ashes and a single stream of smoke.

Samuel sighed just in time for Farren to lunge in with his Facade attack.

"Samuel is unable to battle!" Ebner announced as Farren got up from the clearly unconscious Stunfisk. "Farren wins for Team Ebonshade!"

BATTLE OVER! WINNER: FARREN

"That's all the Sparring Matches we have for you, folks!" Rio announced. "But we'll be back after a quick intermission in order to watch our Electric Province Races!"


Steel Province: Capital City of Southshore: Merc Madness Festival Grounds: Electric Province Mystery Dungeon Race Track(Thunder Sanctum)(10F Mystery Dungeon): Age of Mew: Year 656: All Electric Province Races

"Alright, let's get right to it." Ebner said. "This Mystery Dungeon is 10 floors, ascending. At the top lies a Dungeon Boss, guarding your team's flags as per usual. It's a Therian Forme Thundurus, so be on guard when you get to the floor because although engaging in combat with him is optional, he will attack on sight. Inside the Mystery Dungeon, you'll find all sorts of pokemon that have abilities which render electric type moves against them meaningless. The final thing you should all be aware of is that the same Thunderstorm from the Sparring Arena is plaguing this Mystery Dungeon on all its floors. That is, of course, everything you need to know regarding this dungeon."

"Well, if Ebner wants to get the ball rolling, let's get the ball rolling!" Neron announced. "Our first Racing Squad! From Team Horizon, Nezarix the Noivern! From Leafguard League, Lebun the Leafeon! And From Team Discharge, Kent the Klinklang!"

NEZARIX V LEBUN V KENT

1F

Nezarix immediately took off, a Tailwind helping him move faster as he glided through the Mystery Dungeon.

Lebun began following after him, but noticed she wasn't making much progress.

As she turned and noticed a rapidly approaching Kent, she sighed and went for broke.

"Grasswhistle!" She announced as she began to blow on one of the leaves on her legs, creating a soothing melody.

Kent picked up on the noise and slowly drifted to sleep.

"Hopefully I can get there before he wakes up then." Lebun said as she turned to run towards 2F.

7F

Nezarix had extended his lead pretty far. There weren't really any threats heading his way.

He knew he had this win in the bag. As he turned the corner he stopped short.

A Seaking was floating along the path throughout the dungeon.

"I know Ebner said that they had abilities to negate electric attacks, but...it just feels unnatural to see a Seaking casually floating along like that."

"Hm?" The Seaking looked at Nezarix. It stared for a minute...and then proceeded to go on its way, allowing Nezarix to head for the stairs to the next floor.

10F(Dungeon Boss Room)

"Shock Wave!" The Thundurus announced as it saw Nezarix enter the room.

"Damn, that hurts…" Nezarix winced. "Good thing I won't have to put up with another one." He said as he grabbed his team's flag and evacuated the dungeon.

After a few more minutes, Lebun arrived at 10F herself. "Yes!" She said as she saw the flags. "I beat Kent here!"

"Shock Wave!" The Thundurus announced.

"No-no-no!" Lebun quickly used Dig to get under the ground.

The Shock Wave, with no other pokemon to actually target, hit the Thundurus instead.

Nothing happened,

Lebun surfaced next to her flag and grabbed it with a relieved sigh before evacuating the dungeon.

Finally, about a good two hours after the race had started, Kent arrived on the final floor.

"I was put to sleep…" He mumbled as the Thundurus launched another Shock Wave.

Kent seemed to be able to shrug the damage off as he slowly meandered towards his team's flag.

"Hammer Arm!" The Thundurus roared, angry at Kent's lack of attention to his surroundings.

The Thundurus missed Kent, but it certainly woke him up.

"Woah, shitshitshitshit…" Kent Autotomized quickly towards his team's flag and evacuated.

RACE END

"And now for our final race, and final event of the day!" Neron announced. "Our Second and Final Electric Province Racing Squad!"

"From Team Steel Heart…" Rio began. "We have Lucien the Luxray!"

"From Team Aquarius…" Neron continued. "We have Zecora the Zebstrika!"

"From Team Obsidian…" Rio exclaimed. "We have Kaden the Rockruff!"

"And from Team SONA!" Neron finished. "We have Nilsine the Nidoqueen!"

LUCIEN V ZECORA V KADEN V NILSINE

1F

Following Nezarix's example from the prior race, Zecora took off aided by not a Tailwind, but an Agility.

Nilsine began to follow behind her but was quickly overshadowed by Lucien, and Kaden struggled to catch up to any of them.

10F(Dungeon Boss Room)

Zecora was the first to arrive at the Dungeon Boss Room. "Dark Pulse!" The Thundurus announced as he shot out dark tendrils towards the Zebstrika.

"Hup!" Zecora dodged the attack and charged up to her flag to grab it just as Lucien entered the room, with Nilsine coming up behind him.

"Thrash!" The Thundurus announced as it lunged for neither of the two pokemon in particular, which turned out to be its downfall as both pokemon dodged out of the way.

Nilsine picked up her flag first, and evacuated, while Lucien picked up his flag a split second later.

Kaden was then evacuated under the grounds that he wouldn't have scored any points for continuing the race anyways.

RACE END

"That's it everyone! That's Destruction Day!" Neron announced. "Come back tomorrow for Night Day where the Ghost and Dark provinces get a chance to shine!"


UGM Update: Electric Province Events Have Ended, Now Calculating Team Placement:

1st(60): Team Soulwind

2nd(56): The Twin Flames

3rd(50): Team Horizon, Team Ebonshade

5th(48): Team Steel Heart

6th(46): Guards United, Team Azure

8th(40): Team Attract, Aramis

10th(38): Team Aquarius

11th(30): Team Gentilhomme, Team Celsius

13th(26): Team Moonbrand, Team Kirei

15th(25): Team Aspect, Team Grass Flare

17th(22): Team Revenant

18th(20): Team Skullblasterz

19th(18): Team Sniper

20th(16): Knights of The Round, Fortune's Four

22nd(11): Team TMNT, Leafguard League

24th(10): Team Discharge

25th(8): Team SONA

26th(6): Haywood's Legion

27th(4): Team Obsidian


Lore After The Legend: In the center of the Electric Province one can find its vast and sprawling plains and plateaus where the modern Electric province mixes with old forts that are no longer used. Thunderstorms are a common occurrence in these plains and plateaus, especially at higher altitudes, and locals are quick to warn wanderers that sometimes the thunderstorms become so severe that the noise cracks the earth, but for those courageous enough to not be dissuaded, the southwest of the province awaits. The beautiful gorges, crags, and canyons of southwest Electric Province are filled with all manner of ancient ruins, which locals will tell you are where the very first Electric types settled. Although very small in population, both Fire type and Flying type pokemon have been known to intermingle here in very small villages that have been built to withstand the violent storms that often plague the craggy area in the winter months. Just be careful that, should you be a wanderer, you stay on your best behavior, because the Electric Province's sense of justice is akin to Scorched Earth, They will do any and everything to see that lawbreakers are given their just desserts, and are known to have the harshest guards and jailing system. It would take a very strong or a very clever pokemon to commit and get away with a crime in the Electric Province...which is precisely what attracts so many thieves and swindlers looking for a challenge.


AN: Greivous the Golisopod and all the Pokemon with him were submitted by Onic1400! Thank you Onic!(May I call you Onic?)


AN2: 0.0 You know what I want.

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