Bonus Chapter- 3 Lupatrice
A/N- Hello everybody, I am really stupid and forgot about Blue vs David battle. Let's just say, they stalemated each other until other Rangers came and arrested David. Hope you enjoy!
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The surroundings were ravaged by the raging flames, consuming humans and Pokemon alike. 'It' then saw a large tree, falling down, the tree that extends its reach to skies had been damaged. Then that wolf like Pokemon raised one of its forelegs. 'Why?' It asked. "Was there no other way?"
Something was wrong. Akira tried to move his hands. But he wasn't in control. He was inside the wolf like Pokemon's body. He was seeing through its eyes. But... He wasn't in control.
*Huf*Huff*Huff*Huff*
It was as if he woke up from a terrible dream. No, He saw the memories of that Wolf like Pokemon, Lupatrice. "Eternatus" That word came from his mouth. He himself did not realize it. Why did he say that? The name was oddly familiar. It... felt weird. Just then, He heard footsteps approaching from behind him. He turned around, and saw a Wolf figure. "Lu-Lupatrice? What happened after I fell?"
"Hmm, you have seen my memories. This is the Valley of Psychic. I have seen your memories, just as you have." It walked up to Akira, "You have stayed here long enough. You must leave." Akira tried to get up, but he fell on his knees once again. "Humans are so frail. Why did I even bother helping one?" Lupatrice sighed as it saw Akira's wound.
"Who is... Eternatus?" He felt like he should not have asked that. It looked back at him.
"I have nothing to do with it. And I suggest, you should do the same. I am afraid, you will regret not listening to me."
"Uh... Please. I feel like I need to know. I don't know why. But..." The wolf the jumped-on Akira, glaring in the human's eyes.
"Are you not scared? I can tear you to pieces any moment. What is it, that makes you this confident?"
"Nothing? You just look like a good guy." Akira smiled.
"Such naïve personality will lead to your downfall. In a battlefield, your opponent will show no mercy."
"Why do you even bother trying to tell me this? I am not even in a battlefield."
The legendary Pokemon walked away. It is one of the three symbols of Signetta. Lupatrice, the one who started the history of Signetta. Valkyria, the one who looks over the peace in Signetta. And Fafnir, the one who brought destruction of Signetta, a millenium ago.
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_ "What do you desire?" The man with crown asked.
"Money? Fame? Women? Whatever it is, I will grant you. Work with me. Win me the war."
_*Huff*Huff* "Lucario! Where did you go?"
_ "Lucaaario! Caaa!" [Lycanroc! Don't stop me!]
"Huh? Was that another one of those dreams? But this one was..." Akira did not think much of it.
"Stop peeking into my memories!" Lupatrice shouted.
"I can't help..."
"You're dreaming about me. We are completely different species. And I am few thousand-year-old."
"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey. Why are you making your own assumptions? Not like you are even a female."
"I AM a female"
"Wha-What?" Akira felt like this was awkward. Most legendary Pokemon don't even follow things like gender.
"Uh... Okay, Okay. I need to ask you something." Akira hesitated. "About Azoth..." Lupa glared at Akira. "And... Philosopher's stone" Its facial expression was now serious.
"Why does a human need to know that?"
"The world is in danger. I feel like you know something about it..."
"The day the heavens fell. The day the child of chaos embraced the child of earth. It will happen again. Once again, the planet will be dyed in deep red. Just like that day."
"No. What I want to ask is... What is their goal? How can we stop them?"
"I don't know what you mean by, 'Them'. But the thing that you need to know is... You won't escape from here in one piece." It bared its fangs towards the human, jumping on him. But his Scizor barely stopped the attack.
"Why are you attacking me?" It launched multiple attacks. Scizor was able to deflect them. But the difference in brute strength was clear. And in experience. Who knows how long that thing lived? Its earliest records are 2.7-2.8 thousand years ago. Every few decades a person or two claims to have seen it.
"Is that it? Is that all you can do human?"
"Iron head" Scizor counter attacked the moment opponent thought she had advantage. Not giving your full is a strategy that can be surprisingly useful. But with that Opponent?
"Graaaah" She used Accelrock to attack before the opponent attacked.
"Damn it. That hit Scizor's joints."
"How can you match your enemies when you are much weaker than me?"
"Uhh... I would personally not compare you with a normal opponent."
Lupatrice bit her lips in frustration. "The one you are going against is in a completely different league." She sighed, "I saw your memories. I know what you want to achieve. But are you prepared to cast away everything in order to get what you want? Do you have the determination that will let you win? Are you aware that you will have to crush and trample over the dream and salvations of others for achieving what you believe is correct?"
"Uhh... What do you mean? Of course, I will save my brother! Those guys are just nuisance in the world!"
"Such short sighted you are. What are you? A hypocrite? You have not suffered enough. You have not seen the despair in the face of death. I will teach you. I will teach you the way to power. I will teach you how to become a monster... But If you show even slightest hesitation, I will be the one to kill you. I warn you, do not regret your actions." It walked past Akira. "Like I said, Tomorrow, I shall teach you how to be strong." It saw at the stars. 'This time there can be a different result. Right? Zamazenta, Zacian.'
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Scizor's memories
Before it even knew what affection was, it lost parents in fire. It tried its best to survive in wild. But that wasn't easy. Then it met the human. He was a parent like figure.
_ "Zor,Zor" [Slash]
"Maganus, dodge them again... You will make no progress in this way. You didn't even launch a single attack." Daedalus sighed.
"I will take a walk. You are allowed do what you want."
Few seconds later
"Hehehe. I wanted to check how that young boy was doing. Fine I see." The man like figure chuckled.
"Zor!" Scizor knew that something was wrong. It attacked that very instant. But the man dodged. "Not enough blood lust" Another X scissor was used. But this time, he blocked it with a knife. He was able to match Scizor's strength. *Slash*Wham*Slash*. He was on par with it. No, he was only using a single hand, and he was still on par with him. Albeit, Scizor wasn't going all out.
*Drop* He throwed his knife and sat on the ground. "Zor?"
"What happened? Attack me." Scizor hesitated as it took back a step.
"Hehehe. You won't attack me because I dropped my weapon. Do you think you are being honourable? No, you are being a coward. When you are fighting, you need to aim for the throat."
"Zoooor" Scizor attacked the opponent. But he jumped above Scizor. "So, let me teach you how to be a monster."
Scior did not understand what its opponent wanted. 'How to be a monster'? Before it had any time to think about that, the man was behind Scizor. *Slash*Slash*Slash*Slash*. If it was not for Scizor's far superior defences, it would have turned into pieces. 'A human that can over power a Pokemon?' that thought flew through its mind. He started pushing Scizor back. "Too slow"He smiled. "Swing your claws as swift as possible. Go along with the flow. Like water!" Scizor continued attacking, paying no attention to the opponent. "Don't you get it? You can never reach me like this! You need to swing like you have no arms. Like you are weightless. After all, you are a slave that need to tear open the path for your master." Scizor had much more strength. But when it came to speed?
"If that is your limit, I am disappointed. Your weakness will lead to the fall of people around you." The man was before Scizor. It didn't even realize that the man was standing before him. Infact, he was touching its face. The background changed.
"Scizor. Bye" That voice echoed through its mind. Before it was Akira. With tears in his eyes. And he was stabbed. "Zoor!" But there was something behind it. That was also Akira. "Scizor... Why are you so weak? We will all die because of YOU!"
"Scii..." Another stab. Followed by another. It felt like a loop.
"Hey Scizor!"
"ZOOOOR" Scizor stabbed Akira. It was no longer able to bear this. But the background turned back. But the corpse was still there.
"Why did you do that? Oh, how cruel of a Pokemon you are..."
The corpse did not disappear. As if... Scizor stabbed the real Akira.
"Zor-Zor..." [Wake up. Please wake up.] It then got up. *Slash* The slash was directed towards a tree. It hit that man.
"How?" That was pure instinct. Akira's corpse disappeared. That was all an illusion. Scizor jumped on the man. Its attacks were much swifter. Or to say, with much better concentration.
"Zooor" It launched another X Scissor towards the opponent. "Darn ith. Ya breakin through mah illuzon, Nat expected." The man... or rather, the Zoroark showed its true form. Many Pokemon are incapable of talking human tongue no matter how much they learn. Zoroark's were one of that species. So, this was extraordinary. But Scizor showed no hesitation in attacking the opponent. It knew that the Zoroark was far beyond its league.
"Yezzzz! No matter who you fight, you need to fight like there is no tomorrow." It turned into a humanoid figure. This time it was Akira.{The illusion makes it seem like correct words, but it is not.}
The steel rod and X Scissor clashed. The previous attack wounded Scizor. But X Scissior had hit Zoroark just as hard.
"You don't hesitate against even your master?" It jumped towards Scizor. But a blinding light engulfed the place. Scizor hit it. But that was just an illusion. There were infinite of those Illusions. Infinite Zoroark(s) surrounding Scizor. All of them attacked. All the pain felt too real.
"You can't beat me. Your mind is weak. You are weak." It did not talk. But the voice echoed in its head.
"Let me tell you the difference between us. Our experience. You can't follow me. Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won't see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you'll miss the entire forest. See everything. That is what it means to truly see."
Chills went through Scizor's spine. The illusion disappeared. "Somethings comin'. Hehe. Zat boy no longer haz za ring? But remember. I will be watchin' ovah za person who inherited Azuren's will."
Scizor tried to pursue that 'ancient thing'.
"Zor?!Zor?!" [Why!? Why did you fight me?]
"Oh? Don't ya get bored if ya lived for 2000+ Years?" A smirk formed on its face.
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Next day, after training.
It was as if Scizor copied the attacks. Each of Lupatrice's attacks were countered with attacks that were just as strong. But there was no way it could keep fighting on par with the opponent. After all, Lupatrice didn't even go all out.
"Curse." It is an attack that works differently when used by a non-ghost type pokemon. Scizor's muscles strengthened. But the movement was far slower.
"I hate to say this. But after that move, you can surpass me in strength. But you are far too slow. And my stamina is in a whole different level." Lupatrice jumped on Scizor once again.
"Sire, Liquidation." Lupa was pushed back. "Scizor you did well. Leave it to Ken for now."
Lupatrice hit the ground, sending a shockwave through the ground towards Quagsire. [Earthquake.]
"Reverse flow" Akira said calmly. Sire changed the direction of the shockwave with its own ground mastery [Earth Power]. It was thought to it by Daedalus. Only a handful of skilled Pokemon can do something of such scale.
But Lupa was too fast for Quagsire to catchup with. It used liquidation. But Lupa dodged it, and rushed towards Akira. She jumped on him, pointing her claws towards the human. "The protection of the black turtle" Akira maintained his calm. Ken used shadow claw's energy to create a layer of protection.
"Back when Zen was a thing, that brat, Emperor Zhuangxiang, father of Qin Shi Huang {Ying Zheng} invented these techniques during the warring states era. {A/N-Not really} It was one of the reason's Qin won the great war. You mastered the technique of legendas. I am impressed someone like you did it."
"Uh... Thanks for the compliment, I guess... Then... Let's go." They clashed again.
"Dance of the White Tiger." [Swords dance]. But Lupatrice managed to land an attack in that time. "Revival of Red Phoenix" [Vermillion Bird] The surroundings were covered in fire. Ken took the advantage of Lupatrice's attack, to counter attack. The fire around Ken changed into a bird like being. Blaziken mega evolved and attacked in a point-blank range [Flare Blitz].
*Explosion*
Both were hurt by that attack. But Lupatrice decreased the damage by summoning stones in front of it. Ken was clearly on the worse side of this exchange. But Lupatrice underestimated its opponent. "Blazing kick of the Blue [Azure] Dragon" The blue flame that emerged from Ken's foot turned into a dragon like figure. Before the opponent even realized she was hit multiple times, by the same attack. The Blaziken's speed was blinding, even from her perspective. It seemed like a lance that can pierce through anything.
That Blaziken had mastered all of its attacks. Infact, it practiced each attack hundreds of times. Especially using its ability.
"It won't be an exaggeration to say, that you are at the same level as the ones who have conquered the hall of fame. But... I will now go all out. I hope you are prepared. HUMAN!"
It sent a massive shockwave, creating an Earthquake. The rocks were flying around like crazy. All with a Roar. [Conquerors roar!]
"Sire! Reverse flow!" The shockwaves were reflected and most of the boulders were destroyed by Liquidation. But that was not it. The ground below Quagsire was being destroyed. The entire terrain was changing.
"Vernnnn!" The Weavile used Icicile crash on Noiverns signal. The dragon used Echo location to know the position of Lupatrice among the rubble. Instead of directing towards Lupa, Weavile froze everything around it, not leaving space for escape.
"Viiile!" An Ice shard was launched, damaging Lupa, allowing Weavile to get on the opponents. The annoyed Wolf pokemon tried to use Rocks to get rid of Weavile. But...
"Quagsire, Double Wave. KILLER WHALE!" The Water that turned into a whale/shark like figure, went through the ground and attacked from below the ground, like a hungry shark.
"Conqueror's roar!" Multiple large stone spears were created and shot towards Noivern.
"Veeernn!" It dodged all of them. After all, Noivern's training was dedicated to speed and agility. "Draco Meteor" Akira commanded as Noivern launched an orb of arcane energy which shot out multiple 'meteors'.
Lupatrice blocked one of them and dodged the rest. The stone spears decayed. Conqueror's roar is an attack that can control the entire terrain like a king. But during the time, he/she is unable to move. Now that Lupatrice moved, the attack was no longer in effect. "Follow it up, with hurricane." Though the winds were much weaker after spending lot of energy in Draco Meteor, the vortex was strong enough to stop Lupa. At least until Rotom reached it. "Psycho Boost!"
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Evening
"Are you okay?" Akira asked.
"Yes. I am fine. To think a human and some weak Pokemon defeated me? I enjoyed peace so much that I grew rusty."
"I mean, you were the one who thought me these techniques, like how to make use of Quagsire's flow control."
"The stamina of you Pokemon will be much lesser. You need a strategy before fighting an opponent. Quagsire can act as a defensive wall that protects you while also attacking the opponents from distance. Blaziken can be used in close combat while Scizor will punch as many holes in the opponent as it can. Noivern should be used to gather information about battlefield and opponent while acting as a fast surprise attacked. Weavile should be a sneak attacker just like it did with me. Rotom on the other hand should be saved till the last moment. That attack was strong enough to knock me out, but it has to rest for hours or even days after using this."
"Heh, thank you very much. I am indebted to you. Now... Let's storm the place tomorrow."
"I... I will be coming. I trained you not to turn your back from your decision. It would be a shame if I did the same. I will not regret my decisions. Let's rest for now."
End of Bonus Chapter 3- Lupatrice
Lupatrice Stats- Hp. 110, A.150, D.130, SpA.90, SpD.80, Speed.110