Draco: I hope you lot enjoy this one.

Pokémon and protagonist © Nintendo. Character designs © Koei. Ransei © somewhere in the middle.


Ultra Kingdom - Broken Flowers: Full Power

The Warriors regarded their newfound destination; Oichi could tell from the others' expressions that she wasn't the only one who was just a little bit uncomfortable with the scale of this place. After a moment, it was clear to her there was some slight precipitation; it wasn't rain, quite, so much as a... descending mist.

"This place is so damp," Okuni observed. "You'd need to aim like three Fire Blasts on the same centerpoint within a second of each other to set anything alight."

Ranmaru shook his head. "Whatever sort of beasts reside in this place," he observed, "they must thrive in wet environments. Water-types, perhaps?"

"Or maybe more Bugs," Gracia murmured.

Everyone turned towards her and found her looking upwards. Atop one of the broken blooms was an insectoid figure in red and black - a muscled figure, whose torso put Yoshihiro of Pugilis to shame. Its body seemed to be segmented into sacs filled with some kind of fluid; from its face extended a long needle-point mouth, from its back were a pair of orange wings, and it stood on four legs that tapered to points. By some miracle, it hadn't seemed to notice them yet, and was advancing up the flower's stem.

Then Type: Null roared at it before Oichi could stop him - and the beast turned towards the sound.

Oichi swore as her eyes swirled purple. "It's a fighter," she warned. "Like the Pheromosa - a bug and a fighter!"

The beast gave a low-pitched screech - as oxymoronic as it sounded - and leapt down from the stem, landing with a sizeable splash. It seemed to flex its muscles as Null made to charge at it; when the artificial Pokémon was near enough to swipe a Crush Claw at it, the beast moved its arm in the path of Null's claws.

Everyone yelped when the two found themselves in a deadlock. For a moment, Null's claws seemed to be closing; then the beast flexed again, and its arm bulged, forcing them back open before it threw the attacker off it. Then it lunged forward, shoulder-tackling Null and throwing him to the ground.

Gothitelle swung her arm down as power pulsed from it, and Lucario hurled an Aura Sphere before Null could right himself, letting the projectile soar over him and throw the beast back. Volcarona leapt to the beast's side and twisted into a Fiery Dance; as Okuni had suspected, the flying embers didn't do much to the growths around them but make steam - and though they hurt the beast, to be sure, it didn't seem harmed so much as angered, leaping away and then Lunging at her as well once the dance had ended.

Bisharp and Krookodile charged forward while Null was righting himself; a Night Slash lashed across one side of the beast, and then its arm was Crunched before it could charge. The latter proved to be a bad idea, however, when the beast forced Krookodile's maw wide with another flex; the Intimidation Pokémon had no chance to retreat before the beast Lunged at him as well, knocking him aside without relent. Gothitelle's Future Sight bombarded it, giving Haxorus an opening to charge in and unleash an Outrage bombardment - but as soon as the dragon mist parted, he too was Lunged away.

"What the hell is this thing made of?" Gracia shrieked.

Ranmaru grit his teeth, reaching for his zanbato. "So powerful!"

The beast turned to Bisharp before he could blindside it, Lunging at him as well and knocking him into the nearest growth; then it leapt away before Volcarona could try to singe it again, leaving her Fiery Dance blazing against nothing. Null had righted himself at this point, and when Oichi tried to warn him back, he ignored the instruction, charging at the beast once more. With a low screech, the beast waited for the Crush Claw to come and then raised both arms, catching Null's claws between segments. Slowly, it started to lift its arms up, forcing Null's forelegs apart; when his claws started to tighten, the beast flexed to force its claws to part.

Null roared in protest.

And a violent light draped his body.

Oichi's eyes widened as she recogized the glow of evolution drape Null - save for his helmet, leaving light streaming out of the gaps for his mane, maw, and plume. The beast started to panic as his claws tightened around its forearms; his body started to expand, and cracks started to appear across the mask, from which the light poured like some brilliant font.

He lifted his claws off the beast's arms, and then brought one set down on its body - and power surged in the air, trailing each point as the beast was razed.

And when the other set of claws came down, the mask shattered, pieces being flung aside as the beast was knocked back.

The light faded from Null - or what had been Null. The artificial Pokémon stood taller, now; his mane had brightened to a blinding white, the metal of his forelimbs had gained a threatening luster. His face was now exposed; his upper maw seemed to be metallic, extending on either side to a circular marking with a segment through it. The fill of his aquatic tail had turned the same bright white as his mane, the dark fur of his body had gained a proud sheen to it, and the metal edge at the fore of his plume had earned the same luster as his claws. The binding upon its plume had broken, letting it spread wider - and three transluscent white spikes emerged from the back of the spread, shimmering with a strange power.

"Null...?" Abruptly did Oichi realize what she was looking at. "No... Full!"

The beast seemed as though it had never seen evolution before, and panicked; its wings started to move as it tried to retreat. But Type: Full was having none of it - with a roar of a higher, more confident pitch, it leapt forward to raze its claws down the beast again, force trailing each edge. That was enough to finish the beast off; it was thrown back, rolling weakly in the water until it tumbled to a halt against one of the giant, snapped-stem flowers.

Okuni's jaw was open. "Holy Mulch... That's..."

Ranmaru could barely believe his eyes. "This is... Type: Full?"

After a moment, the newly-evolved Pokémon turned to Oichi - and she gasped in surprise. "You're...?"

Gracia glanced between them warily as he approached the Warrior. "Lady Oichi?"

"His mind," Oichi murmured. "It's... not buried anymore. I can feel him..." She set a hand on his face, and he closed his eyes softly. "I can hear him..."

She set her brow against the base of his plume. "This is a real Link."

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Like the home of the last Fighting beasts they'd encountered, this place had no changing light to mark the passage of time. No one wanted to make camp in the middle of nowhere - but to much relief, they eventually found a tree stump (of similar scale to the grass and flowers) whose surface was above the water, if a little damp.

Berries, vegetables, herbs, roots, and jerky - everyone was glad their rations needed no fire to be suitable to eat, because lighting one in this place was not going to be a simple matter, and everyone was a bit too hungry from marching through mud to wait for their meals. Tents were pitched very near to each other; Ranmaru dished out everyone's meals, prompting most of them to retreat into their tents to get out of the mist.

Save for Oichi and Full, who remained out in the weather.

Gracia brought the two of them their meals. "You're gonna catch a cold, out in the rain like this."

"It's not really cold enough for something like that," Oichi argued.

"Better cautious than crushed," Gracia retorted. "How awful would it be to have your partner evolve and then you wake up the next morning sick as a Muk?"

"True enough," Oichi admitted. Then; "Oh? Gracia look at this."

The Nixtormer stepped forward; without Oichi needing to beckon him, Full lowered his head, that Gracia could see. The circular pattern on his left side seemed to be an opening of some sort. "What's this?" she murmured. "Wait, there's some kind of writing on it."

Oichi swept her hand over it; the rain made the carved writing somewhat harder to see, but she was able to make it out. "Beast Killer RKS System," she read aloud.

"What?" Gracia exclaimed. "Beast Killer?"

Shocked, Oichi pulled back, causing Full to turn to her. "You were made for this," she realized. "Fighting these beasts. That's why you react to them the way you do."

Full gave a silent nod.

"Wait, RKS..." Gracia glanced towards the tents. "Wasn't that what the box said? With those discs!"

"RKS Memory Programs for use with... Type: Full," Oichi recalled. "Those are for you."

Gracia quickly dashed towards Oichi's tent; she found the bag full of discs quite easily (although it was caked in mud from her arrival, nothing had gotten into the bag, let alone onto the discs through their cases), and came out to find the rain had stopped. She set it aside for now and came up to Oichi, opening the bag and grabbing the first case she could get a good purchase on.

Oichi accepted it, looking over the disc itself. The case was transparent, but the disc had a red colour to it; marked on its surface were the words RKS Fire Memory Program. Curious, she opened the case and seized it by its rubber grip, pulling it out and holding it up to Full. "How do I... give this to you?"

Full gave a gentle cry, closing his eyes; after a moment, the segment on his left side seemed to extend out. He lowered his head so Oichi had a better view, revealing there was a small slot within it; carefully, Oichi set the disc into it, and once her fingers were free, the slot closed again.

Silence for a moment; then Null raised his head and roared. Colour rushed through his body; the spikes upon his plume, the white of his eyes, the inner surface of the protrusions, and the fill of his tail all faded from a shining white to a fiery red.

Gracia gasped in awe. "No way. Did you just... change type?"

Oichi's eyes flickered purple. "You did," she murmured. "You..."

"The rain has stopped." The voice from behind drew everyone's attention; Ranmaru had stumbled out of his tent. "So this place has a weather cycle, but no day and night?"

"Ranmaru," Oichi called, "look at this."

He turned towards them and was surprised by what he saw. "What happened to him?"

"It's those RKS discs," Gracia explained. "They change his type." She turned to him. "Wait, is it just you, or can you attack with...?"

With a roar of confirmation, Full raised one set of claws and brought it down - and this time fire trailed the prongs.


Draco: So, I'm gonna be honest with you guys. The way Silvally's name is handled irks me for a very stupid reason. Fortunately, Ransei gives me a perfect excuse to do something about that without looking like I'm forcing my preferences on canon. In fact, if it DIDN'T irk me, I don't think I could justify using it as is canon. Type: Null's evolution is going to be referred to as Type: Full because Ranseans have no way of knowing about Silvally's existing history.

Here's the battle info for the new Ultra Beast.

Buzzwole
-Range: 3
-Move: Lunge
-Ability: Beast Boost | Thrust

Lunge (Bug)
-Movement: one tile forward
-Attack area: single tile in front of destination (i.e. Heat Crash)
-Effect: 1-stage Attack reduction