Act 49: The Battle Estate
Several kuroko were moving with relief workers as they did their best to help Blackthorn city recover from Juzo's attack.
The group was in the town hospital with Clair sitting in a bed with a sling over her arm.
"Thanks again, by the way for helping us recover and for dealing with that monster dragon." Claire said.
"He won't be bothering anyone ever again." Takeru said.
"Well that's good to hear. In any case, I wish I could battle you two now. But Dragonite and I are still-"
"We understand." Jack said.
"If there's anything we can do to help." Alex said.
"I'm sure the kuroko and relief workers wouldn't mind some help." Hikoma said.
"I wouldn't mind helping." Arkanes said.
"Why not." Quinn said.
Takeru, Quinn, Alex, Jasmine, Jack, and Hikoma left, but Kaoru and Emily were stopped.
"Kaoru, Emily." They heard before turning back to Claire.
"I understand you're both competing in the battle frontier correct?"
"Yeah." Emily said.
"Well I understand you both have three symbols, one more and you'll be battle frontier recognized. That is an honor that few can achieve. Are you aware of the fourth frontier brain?"
"Yeah, I hear he only appears like once a year or so to challenge people." Kaoru said.
"Well you're in luck, because he's here." Claire said.
"What!?" They shouted in unison.
"Yes, the Battle Estate's brain is back in town, I would challenge him sooner rather than later, you might not get this chance again for a while." Claire said.
"Where is the Battle Estate?" Kaoru asked.
Twenty minutes later the two made their way around one of the lakes near the town.
"Do you know much about this brain?" Kaoru asked.
"This guy is as mysterious as a ghost. Though I did meet a trainer who managed to complete the frontier here. He says he's quite skilled and is a very big traditionalist."
"Traditionalist? Like what?" Kaoru asked before they saw an estate by the lake.
The estate seemed like an old feudal style house, much like the Shiba estate.
"Like us." Emily said.
The two approached the estate and knocked on the door.
Moments later, the doors opened as a kuroko in blue robes came out.
"Konichiwa, we're here to take part in the Battle Estate. This is the place right?" Emily asked.
The kuroko nodded before leading them inside.
They saw several blue robed kuroko working on the estate with several pokemon.
The kuroko showed them a sign with instructions on it.
"Before earning the Feudal Symbol, you must pass through the trials of darkness and psyche. Then you will face the frontier brain." Kaoru said reading it.
The doors were opened by the kuroko, leading to a pair of separate doors.
"Good luck." Emily said.
"I've got my secret weapon."
Kaoru went in the left and Emily the right.
In front of both doors was the character that said Psychic.
Kaoru entered her room and saw a young woman sitting down in a room with paper walls.
She wore a red kimono with hair hair done up in a more traditional manner. She had black hair and the same skin tone as Kaoru.
She was in front of a painting easel.
Kaoru saw a calligraphy brush carefully painting an espeon onto the board, the brush glowing blue as it seemed to move on its own.
Kaoru was in amazement watching this.
She wanted to say something, but almost felt compelled to let her finish so she could continue watching.
The young woman finished painting before the brush was set on the easel.
She stood up and faced Kaoru.
"So I suppose you're here to challenge our frontier brain. Welcome to the psychic chamber. If you want to continue, you must defeat me." She said before a pokeball slowly flew from her kimono on its own before it opened, an Espeon coming out.
"Espeon huh, alright go Meganium!" Kaoru shouted as her grass starter came out.
Chikorita had since evolved during their training.
" Espeon use future sight."
The Espeon unleashed a psychic wave over Summer.
"Pedal dance!"
"Sand attack."
Meganium unleashed a blast of pedals as Espeon moved to the side and tried to splash sand into her eyes.
However, Meganium was able to turn her head and unleash the pedals into the sand, carrying it away.
The blast hit Espeon and forced her back.
"Vine whip!"
Meganium unleashed several vines at Espeon.
"Swift."
Espeon unleashed a few sharp stars at Meganium who knocked them aside with ease using her vines to ensnare Espeon.
"Last resort!"
Espeon unleashed a normal attack around them, but Meganiumhurled Espeon away before diving up and out of the attack's range.
Espeon tried to get up.
"Magical leaf."
Meganium unleashed several glowing leaves into Espeon that hurled her into a wall with swirly eyes.
Elsewhere, Emily entered a very dark room, the only light in the room was a small candle in the center.
Sitting behind the candle was a young man wearing a black kimono. His hair was done up in a topknot and his eyes closed.
"I see you have made it past the first trial. It's time to see if you can see past the darkness."
He stood up as a black pokeball came to his hand.
The pokeball was dropped into the darkness before Emily saw an Umbreon come out.
"The fact that we're batting already makes this much better than the last frontier." Emily said smiling as she took out a pokeball.
"Go Sandslash!."
Sandslash came out and faced Umbreon.
"Sand attack!"
"Confuse ray."
Sandslash unleashed some sand at Umbreon who moved into the darkness and out of sight.
Sandslash tried to stay with Umbreon, but Umbreon appeared on Umbreon's side before.
After doing so his eyes glowed before Sandslash's eyes got swirly.
Sandlsash stumbled around looking confused.
"Assurance."
"Slash!"
Sandslash furiously slashed around but kept stumbling so couldn't hit anything.
Umbreon appeared in front of Sandlsash and smashed his front paw into Sandlsash knocking him back.
Sandslash tried to get back onto his feet, but was still confused.
"Feint attack."
"Sandstorm."
Sandslash recovered his senses and quickly made a thick storm of sand that forced Umbreon back and away from him.
"Earthquake." Sandslash unleashed a powerful quake that hit Umbreon and forced him further away.
"Slash!"
Sandslash slashed across Umbreon's face.
Umbreon fell backwards and landed on the ground.
The room then lit up.
The man returned his Umbreon.
"Alright, you can continue on to the frontier brain."
The doors opened as Emily and Kaoru saw each other.
"There you are." Emily said.
"I get to challenge him first!"
"Like hell you will!"
The two ran together before they saw the main chamber. It was like the main chamber of house Shiba.
A man was kneeling before another banner.
"Are you the frontier brain?" Kaoru asked.
"We've come to challenge you, and I'll be doing it first." Emily said.
"Actually I am." Kaoru said.
"Honestly I thought you two were more civilized about this than Alex and Jack." A familiar voice said.
The twos' eyes widened as they saw the figure stand up and reveal himself.
"Hikoma!" They shouted.
"I'm so glad you two made it past my students."
"You're a frontier brain!? How , when did you?" Emily started.
"Wait a minute, that week you take off every year is to do this?"
"And see my grand daughter. But yes, I'm the Battle Estate's brain. I've been looking forward to this day. Now that is has come, I will finally be able to show you what you're capable of."
Several kuroko came in as they cleared the room and made it more open for a battle.
"The two of you will face me together." Hikoma said.
Emily and Kaoru stood across from Hikoma as he took out a black and chrome pokeball.
Hikoma looked at Kaoru as he tightened the group on the pokeball.
"It may be time for her to do this, even if I'm not ready to let her."
"Go Celebi!" Emily shouted as Celebi came out in front of her.
"Go Summer!"
Summer snarled as she came out, now a fully grown and evolved Lupus.
"Normally I wouldn't use this pokemon, but since I'm facing both of you, I thought I'd give you a special treat."
Hikoma hurled a pokeball forward, the building shaking as sparks of electricity flew around them.
Emily and Kaoru finally saw none other than the legendary pokemon Zekrom in front of them.
"Zekrom!" They shouted in disbelief.
"You had a Zekrom! You know he would have been helpfu-" Emily started before she saw their pokemon looked a little afraid.
"Let's begin. Zekrom use Thunderbolt."
Zekrom roared as electricity flew from his claws and all around the two pokemon.
Summer and Celebi were hurled back.
"Zekrom use Thunder."
"Ancient power!" Emily shouted as Zekrom unleashed a massive bolt of electricity from above them. Celebi covered the two with rocks as they grunted feeling the power of the electricity burn through the rocks. Luckily the rocks absorbed the blast, turning to dust in the end.
"Leech seed!"
"Ice beam!"
Celebi unleashed a blast of seeds into Zekrom that began to sprout.
"Dragon claw."
Summer unleashed a blast into Zekrom who knocked it aside with a swipe of his claws. Despite the successful swipe, Zekrom tightened the grip on his right arm.
"Outrage."
Zekrom unleashed a storm of dragon energy from his chest.
"Blizzard!"
"Ancient power!"
"Low strike Dragon claw."
Zekrom's claws glowed as he flew under the storm of ice and rocks that collided before coming up behind his opponents and slashed them back.
Celebi and Summer grunted as they were knocked down.
"Thunder."
"Ice beam!" Summer quickly got up and blasted ice into the incoming bolt of electricity,
Zekrom kept up the pressure but Celebi's leech seeds sapped his strength and replenished some of Celebi's.
"Future sight!"
"Dragon claw!"
"Dodge it!"
Summer and Celebi moved back as Zekrom slashed at the two.
"Thunderbolt."
Zekrom unleashed a blasts of electricity from both of his hands into the two pokemon who grunted in pain before the intensity from the electricity lessened.
"Crunch!"
Summer leapt up and snapped her jaws around Zekrom's right arm.
"Confusion!"
Celebi used her psychic powers to force Zekrom's other arm back.
At the same time the leech seed sapped more of Zekrom's strength.
"Fusion bolt!"
Zekrom roared as his tail surged blue before a sphere of blue electricity formed around Zekrom, forcing Summer off him before he crashed into both pokemon
Celebi and Summer were hurled back, Celebi knocked out with her eyes swirly.
"Celebi is unable to battle."
"Celebi!" Emily shouted.
Summer was paralyzed and unable to move, but still conscious.
"Summer hang in there!" Kaoru shouted.
"Fusion bolt."
Zekrom prepared to unleash Fusion bolt as Kaoru and Emily watched in horror. However, Celebi's leech seed slowed him down just long enough for Celebi's future sight to come crashing down on Zekrom.
"Blizzard!" Kaoru shouted as Summer got up and howled as she unleashed blizzard into Zekrom.
When the blizzard cleared, Zekrom came out breathing deeply before he fell forward and hit the ground with swirly eyes.
"We did it, we actually did it. We beat Zekrom!" Kaoru shouted, Summer fell to her side with swirly eyes.
Kaoru rushed over and helped her wolf get back up, Emily holding Celebi in the mean time.
Hikoma smiled and nodded before he returned Zekrom.
The kuroko began to clap as Hikoma came forward.
"I have no words, the two of you have made this old man very proud." Hikoma said as he took out two frontier symbols in the shape of the symbol of house Shiba.
"With these you two are now recognized as Frontier level trainers. This is an honor bestowed upon few, treat it with humility and admiration."
Emily and Kaoru let out their other pokemon in great excitement before Hikoma put his hand on Kaoru's shoulder.
"Kaoru, may we talk alone."
Kaoru came outside with her pokemon.
They stood beside the lake with Hikoma.
"It seems just like yesterday I had to put you down for naps in your nursery. Now you're a grown woman. I wish time moved slower."
"Why didn't you ever tell us you had Zekrom? Where did you get him?"
Hikoma took a deep breath.
"That's what I wanted, this Zekrom doesn't actually belong to me. But he's been willing to fight beside me for a while. Kaoru do you know how your mother died."
Kaoru's expression changed.
"No, neither you or Onii-Chan would ever talk about it."
"….Kaoru your mother died beside your father, three months after you were born. This Zekrom belonged to her, your father made me promise to never allow you to die in the same way your mother did. All these years I've tried to keep that promise, but now it seems you've grown up to be your mother. Seeing you is like seeing your mother, an exact copy."
"Okasan was just like me." Kaoru said.
"I can't keep you from doing this anymore Kaoru."
Hikoma handed Kaoru Zekrom's pokeball as her eyes widened.
"You're, you're giving me Zekrom!?"
"Your mother would have wanted you to have him, and this." He said handing Kaoru a small wrapped package.
Kaoru slowly opened the package before her heart nearly stopped. Inside was a black calligraphy brush.
Kaoru slowly took it out , her hand shaking as she held it.
She turned to Hikoma who nodded.
Kaoru painted a black character in the air before her pokemon saw black shinkenger armor form around her. The armor has Zekrom like design around it as well as a Zekrom like helmet and visor.
Kaoru drew her black Katana.
"Shinken Black! Kaoru Shiba!"
Author's note
And with that the battle frontier ends, for those of you wondering how a Zekrom lost, keep in mind he was fighting Celebi a legendary pokemon, and fully evolved Direwolves are pseudo legendaries so , yeah
Kaoru is now a full fledged Shinkenger , not temporary anymore, but a full Shinkenger
Other big news, in honor of Star Wars the Last Jedi coming out soon I have decided to re-write Star Wars the Force Awakens as a six chapter short story and post it on here. As much as I liked the Force Awakens, I feel it's story and some characters needed some tweaks to make it even better in my opinion. If you're interested I'll be posting the first chapter either soon or later with the other five all at once.
So until next time,
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