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BGM: Isle of Armor (Pokemon Sword and Shield)
"Hmm… Wicked Blow… Surging Strikes… Fascinating!" Mona said as she was studying the scrolls. "Oh man, this is so cool! To think this is for a Kubfu, but I can imagine a Faunus like me learning these things!" She grinned.
"Well, which one are you gonna try out first?" Anthony asked.
"Let's see here… let's try out Surging Strikes." She said as she was still studying it.
"Alright, show us what you got." Jen said.
"Allow me to be your punching bag for the time being." Zoey walked over. "Mistress Chloe, you got the first aid kit ready?"
"Yup."
"Alright. Show me what you've learned, Mistress Mona."
"Alright!" Mona nodded as she stood up and clapped her hands together, and with a deep breath, she lunged directly at Zoey. First she unleashed a swift round kick, before doing two more roundhouse kicks in quick succession, then she delivered several punches to Zoey's chest and stomach and then ended the combo with one last roundhouse kick. Zoey had at least attempted to block the attacks but was knocked back.
"Zoey, you okay?" Chloe asked as Zoey shook it off.
"Yes, I am alright." Zoey said with a smile.
"Woo! What a rush!" Mona grinned.
"That was Water? I didn't see any water." Camrin said.
"I think the water is for the Pokemon only." Jen guessed.
"Eh, who cares if I didn't conjure up water? That was awesome!" Mona's eyes sparkled.
Anthony let out a chuckle. "Yup, that's our Mona for you."
"Alright, now let's try Wicked Blow." She said as she looked at the scroll. "Uh-huh… I see." She nodded as she got into position. "Hraaaaaaah!" She exclaimed, as if she was trying to power up.
"…What are you doing?" Jen asked.
"I think she's trying to power up." Anthony said.
Jen rolled her eyes. "If she keeps this up, we'll be standing here for at least a few more episodes… or possibly the next story arc, I dunno."
Mona then quickly lunged at Zoey, delivering a powerful punch to her gut that sent her flying. "Ooooh!" Chloe winced as Zoey quickly recovered and landed on her feet, sliding a few feet as a Tangela looked on in curiosity.
"Rrrgh… that'll leave a bruise." Zoey winced.
"Huh, that felt like one of my normal punches if I wasn't holding anything back…" Mona rubbed her head. "I think I'll stick with the Surging Strikes. You okay, Zoey?"
"I'll survive, Mistress Mona." Zoey reassured with a chuckle as Chloe pulled out her first aid kit.
"Just in case…" Chloe pulled out a salve and applied it to the bruise on Zoey's belly. "That'll heal ya right up in no time."
"Thank you, Mistress Chloe." She smiled, pulling her into a hug.
"Heheheh…" A voice chuckled as they turned to see Mustard approaching them. "Never in my life would I ever thought I'd see a human actually going out of their way to learn a move specifically for a Pokemon. A Legendary one at that."
"Faunus, actually!" Mona smiled.
"Faunus? As in that kitty gal and monkey boy that's with Ruby?" Mustard wondered. "Huh, I thought they were just simply cosplaying. Though I don't see an animal-like trait on your body."
"Just roll with it." Jen chuckled.
Mustard laughed a bit. "Alright, if you insist." He grinned.
"Sorry about stealing your scrolls. I actually wanted to learn a new move or two." Mona said, sheepishly rubbing her head.
"Oh, it's alright. The important thing here is that you had fun doing it." Mustard chuckled. "I'll let this slide just this once."
"Oooogh…" A voice groaned as they saw Gloria stirring and then she got up, rubbing her head.
"Morning sleepyhead~!" Mona smiled nonchalantly.
"Morn-… hey, wait a minute!" Gloria got back up and was ready to kick some arse… but then Mona handed her the Water scroll.
"Here ya go~!"
"…Huh?"
"Sorry about that. I just wanted to learn a new move or two with these scrolls." Mona smiled.
"Then what the hell was all that about with knocking me out?!"
"Simple, you would've gotten in the way." Anthony responded. "And then there would've been a whole misunderstanding."
"Bullshite!" Gloria yelled. "If ya would've told me, I would've been understandin'!"
"Instead you opted to pummel both my charges to the ground because of your Scottish antics." Zoey said. "You can't always go in bagpipes blazing with your Scottish tendencies, Miss Gloria."
"I…!" Gloria had raised a finger before lowering it. "…You… might have a point…" She said, rubbing the back of her head. "Ugh… me and my anger issues… I definitely need to fix that…" She sighed. "I'm… sorry for what I did."
"Aw, no hard feelings!" Mona smiled, hugging Gloria tightly.
"Gack!" Gloria yelped. "Lassie… c-can't… breathe!"
"Now then, come along, Gloria. We got your trial to do." Mustard said as he walked off, gently taking the scroll away as he also had taken the Darkness Scroll from Zoey.
"Right." Gloria said as she walked off.
"I can tell her heart is in the right place and she means well, but… her anger issues need a bit more work." Jen said.
"Tell me about it." Anthony agreed as MAJC walked off, all of them unaware of Marnie spying on them.
"Gloria admittin' that she has anger issues and wantin' to fix it? Never thought I'd see the day." She said, forming a small smile as she walked off.
Pause BGM
Back at the dojo…
BGM: Master Dojo (Pokemon Sword and Shield)
"Ooooh! What's this cute little guy!" Penny said as she was staring at a Porygon.
"Oh this? It's a Porygon. You can have it if you'd like… for 1,000 Watts." Hyde said.
"1,000 Watts? What's that?"
"Oh, I can get it for ya." Ruby said as she walked forward. "I happen to have a ton of 'em." She said as she handed over 1,000 Watts.
"Whoa!" Hyde exclaimed. "I can use this to power up my Cram-o-matic! Thank you! The Porygon's yours!"
"Thank you, Ruby!" Penny smiled, hugging Ruby tightly.
"Ack!" Ruby yelped before hugging her back as the Porygon floated over to Penny.
"Pory?"
"Hello Porygon!" Penny smiled.
"So, you gonna nickname it?" Weiss asked.
"Hmm…" Penny folded her arms before shaking her head. "There's no need. Porygon is fine as is." She said.
"Gon!" Porygon floated up and nuzzled against Penny, causing her to giggle.
"Come along, friend Porygon! We're gonna have so much fun!" Penny smiled.
"So uh… now what? We wait for that old man or what?" Yang asked.
"Hard to say… maybe we oughta wait a bit longer." Ruby said as she was scrolling through her Rotom Scroll. "Ah, here we are!"
"Porygon, the Virtual Pokemon: State-of-the-art technology was used to create Porygon. It was the first artificial Pokémon to be created via computer programming. In recent years, this species has been very helpful in cyberspace. These Pokémon will go around checking to make sure no suspicious data exists."
"Oh!" Penny grinned. "That is most sensational! …Does it evolve?"
"Yes!" Rotom said. "You can evolve it by trading it-"
"Excellent!" Penny grinned. "Ruby, trade me your Scarlet and I'll give her back to you!"
"Uh… okay." Ruby nodded as she called out Scarlet and then explained what they were doing.
"Zoro." Scarlet nodded as she walked over to Penny as Porygon floated over to Ruby, then they went back to their owners.
"Uh…" Penny tilted her head. "Maybe there's a glitch?"
The Rotom Scroll sweatdropped. "Bzzt, you didn't let me finish. It evolves by trading while holding an item. You need an Up-Grade and a Dubious Disc."
"Ooooooh…" Penny nodded. "What are those?"
"Here, I'll show you." Rotom showed off what the Up-grade and Dubious Disc looked like.
"Understood! Locating said items. …Found 'em!" She said as she took off flying with the Porygon right behind her.
"Aaaand she's off." Yang said with a chuckle.
"Wonder how Gloria's doing…" Ruby wondered.
At the Water Tower…
Gloria walked out of the tower, fist pumping. "Now that's what I'm talkin' about, lad!" She grinned at her Urshifu.
"Shifu!" Urshifu grinned.
"Heheheh, that was definitely the reaction I was hoping you'd go for." Mustard said as he walked out in his normal attire. "Ruby was the same way, though less of a sailor mouth."
Gloria chuckled. "Somehow, I'm not surprised Ruby would react the way like I did." She said as they walked off back to the dojo where they met up with everyone else.
"Ah, Gloria… we were just waiting for you." Byleth said.
Gloria grinned. "So Ruby, I see you got yourself an Urshifu like I did!"
"Yup!"
"Let me guess, you saw Mustard as-"
"Oooh yeah." Ruby nodded. "How'd it go for you?"
Gloria looked on in shock, seeing Mustard all "powered up". "Ruby gave me that exact same look." Mustard smirked.
"…WHAT THE FOK?!" Gloria yelled.
"Though she didn't say it like that."
"Oh, pretty well." Gloria giggled.
"Now then, there's something that you must know." Mustard said. "Urshifu is known to Gigantamax, but it requires something else other than Max Soup."
"Max Soup?" Weiss asked.
"Oh yes, you weren't there for it." Mustard chuckled. "You see, if you put some Max Mushrooms in soup, it'll be known as Max Soup, and if you give a Pokemon the Max Soup that is known to Gigantamax, they will G-Max the next time you activate your Dynamax band." He explained. "Humans can also eat that tasty goodness… and if you eat it…"
"We can Dynamax?" Yang asked, already picturing it.
"ALRIGHT BOWSER, LET'S RUMBLE!" Yang yelled, as she was gigantic as both of them were towering above Toad Town as Bowser let out a roar, then both of them pulled back their fists as they let out a mighty punch.
"Nope. Nothing happens." Mustard grinned.
"Aww…"
"You know you can just use a Mega Mushroom, right?" Weiss looked at her.
"Well yeah, but that doesn't last too long…" Yang rubbed her head.
"There is something else that Urshifu loves. Something sweet."
"Oh! I know!" Hop pounded his fist into his palm. "Sonia and I were busy looking into the forest and I believe I know what Urshifu might like!"
"Sonia?" Hiyoko perked up and turned to him.
"Yeah, Professor Sonia."
"…Oh…" Hiyoko said. "Not the Sonia I was thinking of."
"Oh?" Hop looked at her.
"Yeah, our Sonia is named Sonia Nevermind. Princess of Novoselic, bit of a Horror freak, loves using military weapons… let me tell ya, she does things completely un-princess like."
"Oh, so like Princess Daisy." Hop grinned.
"Huh? There's another un-princess-like lady?" Hiyoko asked in surprise. "Well, in any case, she said she was going to take a look around in this new world that we dropped into but she hasn't come back. Ibuki's been looking all over for her."
"Well, I'm sure we'll run into this ragtag princess of yours somehow." Qrow said.
"Right, well, let's go find whatever it is that's sweet for Urshifu." Hiyoko said as they walked off.
"Two Sonias, two Jades… what's next?" Weiss asked as they started to walk out.
"There could be a third Jade." Blake said.
"Pfft, good one." Weiss rolled her eyes as they walked out.
End BGM
Resume Master Dojo BGM
"Where is that blasted last Diglett?!" Sarge's voice was heard as RWBY turned to see the Reds and Blues gathered around. "Have you found it anywhere?"
"Nope. You?" Tucker asked.
"Nada." Donut said.
"What's going on?" Blake asked.
"We're down to one Diglett but we can't find it anywhere. Not on any of the islands, nothin'!" Church said. "All we're getting is dumb Pokemon too!" He said, pointing to the Alolan variants. "See?"
"Yeah, I can see tha-" Weiss immediately made eye contact with a Popplio as she let out a gasp, then she ran over and picked it up. "You are the cutest little seal I've ever seen!"
"Pop!" Popplio barked.
"It's official. You're coming with me!" Weiss smiled. "I'll call you Mari!" She said as the Popplio smiled and nuzzled against her. It was then that Weiss spotted something around its neck. "Hello, what's this?" She wondered, taking it off and looking at it.
"That is a Z-Ring and a Z-Crystal." The Diglett Trainer said. "It came with it, so hey, if you want to use some fancy tricks with the Popplio, go right ahead!"
"Not sure what that's about but okay!" Weiss said, putting the bracelet on herself.
"Well that's great, but we still haven't found that Diglett yet!" Sarge said.
"Excuse me!" A voice said as they turned to see Doc approaching them. "I believe this is the Diglett you were searching for." He said as a Diglett was with him.
"Dig Dig!"
"Doc? Where did you come from?" Church asked.
"I was here this whole time!" Doc said. "Can't say I'm surprised you didn't notice me though."
"Woohoo! We won!" Grif exclaimed. "You guys get to do our laundry!" He said… but then noticed the Diglett moved over to the blue team. "HUH?!"
"Well, looks like we won." Tucker said, then noticed the scoreboard and noticed that they were now tied. "EXCUSE ME?!"
"So uh… what do we do with a tie breaker? This is un-American!" Sarge said.
"I dunno… re-enact a battle that you had in the past?" Blake suggested. "Last team standing is the winner."
"Blake… that is the most glorious idea yet!" Sarge exclaimed. "I can see it now, we rebuild Box Canyon from scratch and we will have a battle to the death! This time with REAL death! Don't worry, we'll give the losers 1-Up Mushrooms once it is all over! Chaaaaaaaaarge!" He said as he took off running as the Reds and Blues followed after him.
"...What did you just do?" Ruby asked.
"Ya know… I'm not sure myself." Blake responded. "I wasn't really thinking they'd go for a blood bath or whatever."
"Eh, I'm sure they'll be fine." Yang said. "It's not like they'll make a whole web series of a Battle of the Death or whatever, right?"
"Yeah, you're right." Blake nodded as they walked off.
In the forest…
"Peti…" A Petilil cried.
"Aw, what's the matter, little guy?" Hop asked as he knelt down.
"Peti! Peti!"
"It looks lost." Sun said.
"I think it lost its mum." Hop guessed. "Ah, but where in the world could she be?"
"We'll be on the look out." Sun said as he started climbing a tree, startling an Emolga that was resting.
"Emah?!"
"Sorry!" Sun apologized as everyone went to searching for its mother, and it was when Tai and Qrow immediately found a Lilligant who was looking absolutely beside herself with worry as Sonia was right next to her.
"Hey, you looking for your kid?" Qrow asked.
"Lilli!" Lilligant's eyes sparkled. "Lil! Lil!"
"Oh, you found her child? Oh, that's a relief!" Sonia smiled happily as the Lilligant happily walked between Qrow and Tai as they escorted it to the Petilil.
"Peti!" The Petilil smiled as it bounced happily to its mother.
"Lilli!" Lilligant happily hugged it and then turned over to Hop. "Lil! Lil!"
"Ah, it was nothing." He chuckled as the Lilligant gave him some of her sap, along with Tai and Qrow as she happily skipped off with Petilil. "Hmm… could this be the thing?" He wondered and licked his hands. "Hmm… a bit runny for my liking…"
Qrow sneered at the taste. "Ew…"
"Eh, it's alright." Tai shrugged it off.
"Okay so… we need something sweeter like… an Applin! Yeah, that'll do the trick."
"Um… lad…" Gloria tried to say but then Hop spotted an Applin inch by as did the others.
"…There is an Apple Pokemon… what?" Weiss said.
"It's also a Dragon." Marnie said.
"WHAT?!"
"It's the worm inside the apple." Gloria explained.
"Oh, that makes sense."
"Apple?" The Applin turned to the group. "Aaaapp!" The Applin took off rolling.
"Hey, wait up!" Hop said as they went after it where they spotted the Applin climbing up a tree.
"I got it!" Claude said as he hopped up on the tree and tried to reach out for it, but the Applin decided to jump off. "…I don't got it." He said as it bounced off on Ruby's head.
"D'oh!" Ruby yelped as the Applin bounced off and scurried off.
"You okay?" Pit asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She responded with a nod. "My hair feels a bit sticky though…"
"Probably because of the apple." Yang said as Pit put his fingers in Ruby's hair and got the sticky sweetness off of it.
"Hmm…" Pit said as he put it close to his lips.
"Pit! Don't just eat it off of her hair! You don't know where it's been!" Weiss scolded.
"Weiss, you're talking to someone who eats ice cream off the ground." Blake pointed out.
"…Great, now I need to forget that again." Weiss said as Pit licked his fingers.
"How is it, mate?" Hop asked.
"Mmm, a bit sweet but I don't think it's what you're looking for." Pit said, causing Ruby to blush a deep red. Yang and Qrow were trying to hold in their laughter while Tai pinched the bridge of his nose, taking a deep breath.
"Oi vey…" He could only say while Byleth had to compose herself from laughing too hard.
You two are definitely made for each other. Hiyoko thought to herself.
"Augh… what kind of sweetness are we looking for then?" Hop wondered, and then laid his eyes on a Venipede walking by. "Hmm…"
"Hop, you knucklehead! Take one look at our Urshifu, lad!" Gloria said as Hop took a look at the Urshifu.
"Oh… duh!" Hop facepalmed. "Honey!"
"Exactly." Gloria shook her head.
"I've heard there's a honeycomb shaped island nearby. Maybe we can look there." Hop said.
"Yeah, that can work!" Ruby nodded as they took off to Honeycalm Island.
End BGM
At Honeycalm Island…
"Thanks Nessa!" Neptune said as they had rode on the Wailord that Nessa caught.
"You're welcome!" Nessa smiled as they walked over to the tree, where they saw some Lilligant playing in the water with a few Combee joining them.
"Hmm… how are we gonna shake a tree this huge?" Hop asked.
"Who needs to shake it?" Bea walked over and then delivered a strong kick to the tree… when suddenly an aura surrounded it. "Huh?!"
"Is it a Power Spot?!" Ruby asked, when suddenly they heard buzzing as they looked around to see where it was coming from… and then they saw something charging at them and taking them to its den.
"Ugh… where are we…?" Qrow asked.
"We're in a den… and look at that!" Yang exclaimed as they saw a massive Dynamaxed Vespiquen in front of them.
BGM: Max Raid Battle (Pokemon Sword and Shield)
"VESPIIIII!"
Royally Pissed - Dynamax Vespiquen
"Ah geez, we made her mad!" Ruby exclaimed.
"We?! Bea kicked the tree! This is all on her!" Weiss said.
"Shaking it probably would have pissed it off too." Bea defended.
"Alright, we'll handle this!" Yang said as she stepped forward, as did Gloria, Hop and Weiss. "Let's go, Helios!"
"Razor, let's go!"
"Zacian, let's rock!"
"Zamazenta, let's go!"
"Volcaaaa!"
"Sneasel!"
"Lrooooooard!"
"Griiiiieeeld!"
"Let us know when you want to tag team!" Ruby said.
"Thanks, but we got it!" Yang gave her a thumbs up as they stared at the gigantic queen bee. "Heat Wave!"
"Icy Wind!"
"Vesss!" Vespiquen cried, using Defend Order to increase her defense right as the Icy Wind and Heat Wave connected. It then unleashed Max Airstream on the Volcarona, but Helios avoided it… as did everyone else who was behind the Volcarona.
"Let's take it down a notch!" Gloria said. "Behemoth Blade!"
"Behemoth Bash!"
Both Legendary Pokemon jumped up in the air, as Zacian slashed through her and Zamazenta practically headbutted the Vespiquen, severely hurting the Pokemon. "Vesp…!" Vespiquen grunted as it used Attack Order to try and give it an edge… but unfortunately, it was already too late as Yang had ordered Helios to use Hurricane on her. "QUUEEEEEN!" Vespiquen cried as it shrunk back down to normal after exploding.
"What is with these Dynamax Pokemon and exploding?" Weiss wondered.
End BGM
"Beats me." Hop shrugged as they were then taken back out with the now calmed Vespiquen.
"Vespi Vesp…" Vespiquen said and then flew off, but not before leaving some Max Honey for the others.
"Alright, we got it!" Ruby grinned.
"Hell yeah!" Gloria high fived her as they went back to the dojo where both Urshifu happily ate their Max Soup with the honey added to it.
"There, now they can Gigantamax!" Honey smiled.
"Now then… there is something we must do." Mustard said. "Ruby. Gloria. You two come with me." He said as he walked off. The girls followed him as they wound up back at the arena with everyone following them. "You two have come a long way after joining the dojo… growing so much and learning… now it is time for your final test. You must defeat me in a Pokemon Battle." Mustard said.
"Two against one? I dunno, doesn't seem fair." Ruby said.
"Who said he'd be fighting alone?" A voice asked as they turned to see Honey approaching them. "I will fight alongside my husband. It'll make it even."
"Well, alright then!" Ruby nodded as they got to both sides of the arena.
"Time to get serious." Mustard said, taking off his hat and flipping up in the air, landing gracefully as he was back in his attire when he fought Gloria and Ruby in the towers, as everyone else looked on in shock.
"Oh… oh wow… she wasn't kidding!" Yang exclaimed.
"Okay… I'm a bit intimidated…" Pit said.
"You two ready?" Honey asked.
"Oh hell yes!" Gloria smirked.
"Ruby. Are you ready?" Mustard asked as Ruby had her eyes closed, seeming to compose herself and taking a deep breath.
"I am so ready! Game on!" Ruby said, getting in a fighting stance.
"Then let's do it." Mustard smirked. "Mienshao, let's go!"
"Blissey, you're up, darling!" Honey said, both of them calling out their first Pokemon.
The Dojo Power Couple - Mustard & Honey
"Urshifu, let's go!" Gloria called out.
"Scarlet, let's roll!"
BGM: Red Like Roses Part 2 (RWBY)
"Night Slash on Mienshao!"
"Fake Out!"
"Jump!"
Scarlet leaped into the air to avoid the Fake Out as she then landed behind the Mienshao and then clawed it with Night Slash, knocking the Mienshao back. The Mienshao retaliated with a Blaze Kick as the Zoroark lunged at it, as she got hit in the chest. Scarlet let out a smirk and then retaliated with a Foul Play attack, sending it flying back. "Mien…" Mienshao grunted as it attempted to use Close Combat on her but she used Agility to quickly run around the Mienshao.
"Roooark!" Scarlet cried, slashing at it with Night Slash to take it out.
"Blizzard!" Honey ordered as her Blissey unleashed a Blizzard, hitting Gloria's Urshifu while it ran toward the Blissey, fighting off the Blizzard.
"Brick Break!"
"Shiiifuuuu!" Urshifu karate chopped the Blissey, knocking it back with a wince where it then unleashed Surging Strikes on her right after as it responded with a point blank Fire Blast. Urshifu tanked the hit and shook it off while it charged up an attack, quickly avoiding a Thunder attack as it lunged directly at Blissey and used Focus Punch to send her flying away, KOing it.
"Yeah, nice one!" Gloria grinned as Honey and Mustard returned their first Pokemon.
"Luxray, you're up!" Mustard said.
"Darmanitan, you're up, sweetheart!" Honey called out, calling out their next Pokemon.
"Urshifu, return lad!" Gloria order before calling out her Cinderace while Ruby called back Scarlet and called out Fleur.
"Ah, well played there." Mustard smirked. "Psychic Fangs."
Psychic?! Ruby thought. "Alright Fleur, just wait a bit!" She ordered as Luxray got closer.
"Luuuux!"
"Alright, Sleep Powder!" She ordered as her Ivysaur used a point blank Sleep Power on the Luxray, making it crash down near it. "Now Poison Powder!"
"Oh, I see what you're doing!" Mustard smirked as he watched his Luxray get poisoned. He quickly pulled out an Awakening and threw it at the Luxray to wake him up right as it got Seed Bombed by the Ivysaur.
"Uh oh!" Ruby said.
"Psychic Fang!"
"Dodge that!" Ruby ordered as Ivysaur lunged out of the way, but Luxray grabbed a hold of him and bit down.
"IVY!" Fleur cried.
"Cinderace, help Ivysaur out!" Gloria ordered right as Darmanitan got hit hard by a Pyro Ball.
"I don't think so. Use Icicle Crash on that Ivysaur!" Honey ordered as Cinderace used Double Edge on Luxray to knock it back before jumping over and taking the Icicle Crash. "That's a fast Cinderace you have!" She complimented as Fleur shook it off and used Seed Bomb on Luxray again after it shook off the Double Edge.
"Ray!" Luxray winced before falling over from the poison, and then Darmanitan fell from another Pyro Ball.
"Not bad." Mustard smirked, both of them recalling their Pokemon as he called out a Corviknight and Honey called out her Gallade.
"Let's make things interesting." Honey said, raising her fist up and tapping the Mega Stone on her wrist to Mega Evolve her Gallade.
"Gallaaaaade!"
"What the?!" Gloria yelled as Ruby had an idea and recalled her Ivysaur, then called out her Houndoom.
"Gloria! You take on that Corviknight. I'll take on the Gallade." Ruby said.
"Okay!" Gloria nodded as Ruby pulled out her scythe.
"Alright Grim, let's do this!" She said, tapping the Mega Stone on her wrist as Grim Mega Evolved, letting out a howl.
"Oh, you can Mega Evolve too? Excellent." Honey smirked. "Swords Dance… and then use Throat Chop!"
"Thunder Fang!" Ruby ordered as Grim lunged at Gallade as it bit down on Gallade right as it used Throat Chop, making it yelp.
"Leaf Blade!" Honey ordered as Gallade cut Grim a few times with Leaf Blade, where it then got hit by a point blank Inferno that made it step back… then the Houndoom used Crunch on the Gallade.
"Lade…!" Gallade fell on one knee, as it used Swords Dance again as it attempted to use Leaf Blade on him but Grim had jumped back before jumping over and unleashing Crunch again to knock it out.
"Way to go, lass!" Gloria grinned, having had her Kingler use Crabhammer on Mustard's Lycanroc after recalling her Cinderace that knocked out his Corviknight.
"Knocked out two of my Pokemon already… heh, you two are something else." Mustard said. "Kommo-o, let's go."
"Salazzle, you're up, hon!" Honey said, calling out her Salazzle.
"You want to take on the Kommo-o?" Gloria asked.
"Sure!" Ruby nodded, recalling her Houndoom and then called out her Urshifu while Gloria called out her Sandaconda. "Bulk Up!"
"Clanging Scales." Mustard ordered as the Kommo-o clanged its scales, making both of them wince from the sound.
"Aaagh! Make it stop! Wicked Blow!" Ruby ordered while covering her ears as Urshifu powered himself up and then lunged directly at the Kommo-o, striking it hard enough for it to get knocked back hard from the attack.
"Aura Sphere!"
"Kommoooo!" Kommo-o unleashed an Aura Sphere on the Urshifu, knocking it back a few feet but Urshifu simply shrugged it off with a smirk before lunging at it with a Close Combat right as it used Clangorous Soul, but the added defense wasn't enough for it to stand up thanks to the added blow from Wicked Blow, as the Salazzle went down from a Sand Tomb.
"Oh dear, it seems we've been cornered." Mustard said. "How exhilarating!"
"Indeed." Honey smirked. "Shall we?"
"Yes." Mustard smirked and called out their last Pokemon. "Let's go Urshifu!"
"Togekiss, let's rock, sweetheart!"
"You still going strong, bud?" Ruby asked as her Urshifu gave her the thumbs up. "Good!" She said as she spotted Honey and Mustard starting to Dynamax their Pokemon, so she did the same while Gloria decided to switch out her Kingler for Zacian.
"SHIIIFUUUUUUU!" Both Urshifu roared.
"KIIIIIIIIISS!"
"Lroooooaaaarrrd!"
"G-Max One Blow/Rapid Flow!" Mustard and Ruby ordered while Togekiss unleashed Max Airstream on Zacian, who responded by using Behemoth Blade on the Togekiss. Once the G-Max moves connected and made a powerful explosion, both Urshifu lunged into the smoke and proceeded to pummel each other with punches and kicks as they both used Max Knuckle on each other. Both Urshifu slid out of the smoke, as Ruby and Mustard jumped out of the way to avoid being squished.
Both Urshifu used their G-Max moves again, both of them colliding… but Ruby's managed to overpower Mustard's as the One Blow struck Mustard's Urshifu. "MAX KNUCKLE!" Ruby yelled as Urshifu lunged at him and delivered one final blow to the face as Mustard's Urshifu took a step back as he and Togekiss exploded after Zacian did another Behemoth Blade to finish it off as both Pokemon shrunk back down to normal size, as did Ruby's Urshifu.
End BGM
"YES! THAT'S MY SISTER!" Yang cheered excitedly as everyone else cheered for the two. Ruby and Gloria hugged each other while Honey and Mustard simply smiled and both fist bumped each other.
"Well done, you two." Mustard let out a chuckle. "You two have definitely surpassed the dojo."
"We're proud of the both of you." Honey said as Ruby let out a giggle… before getting glomped by Yang.
"Ack! Can't breathe…!" Ruby whimpered as she pulled away from Yang after hugging her as everyone else approached them. "…Wait a minute, where's Blake?"
Earlier…
"Alright Grim, let's do this!" Ruby said, Mega Evolving her Houndoom.
"Wow! Look at it! That's incredible!" Weiss said. "Wouldn't you agree, Blake?" She asked, turning to her and seeing a blinking white outline of her. "Blake?" She wondered as Blake was in front of the Dojo, rolling back and forth in a fetal position.
"Devil Dog… the Devil Dog turned into a hell hound! It wasn't real… you didn't see it… keep calm!" Blake whimpered as tear-like waterfalls were streaming down her cheeks.
Back in the present…
"Oh boy." Ruby sweatdropped. "Come on, let's go." She said as they walked through the dojo and saw Blake still rocking herself while Penny was curiously poking her with a Porygon-Z next to her.
"Blake, you okay?" Weiss asked as Blake turned around and saw Ruby.
"Ruby… can you do me a favor and not have that devil dog get near me?" Blake requested, causing Ruby to sweatdrop.
"You really got let this fear go…" Ruby sighed.
One calmed down Blake later…
"Aaaah… okay, I feel better." Blake said after calming down. She noticed Gloria and Ruby approach the others back in their regular old clothes… well, regular Galar clothing for Ruby that is.
"Hey Ruby." Mustard said as he and Honey walked out. "If anything seems to trouble you or if you need to train a little more, just be sure you're always welcome here. You and Gloria."
"You got it!" Ruby smiled as they started to walk back.
"I don't know about you, but I say we head back home and relax for a while!" Yang said as Zwei barked in agreement.
"Actually…" Ruby said. "Who says we have to leave right now? You still need to explore Galar! I'll show you around!"
"…Oh, what the heck? I'm curious." Weiss said as everyone nodded.
"Let's go!" Ruby grinned.
BGM: Battle Cry - Stand Up! (Pokemon - Galactic Battles)
Wedgehurst…
The train pulled up as everyone walked out as they started walking over to Postwick where Gloria and Hop showed off their homes before Yang, Blake, Sun, and Mona went into the Slumbering Weald as Gloria and Hop walked with them. The others went into Sonia's lab where they looked around as Byleth and Ozpin pulled out a few books and started reading the notes that Sonia wrote up. Captain Toad and the others explored Route 2 where they were chased by some Galarian Zigzagoon, all the while Magnolia watched them while drinking tea.
Motostoke…
Kabu went off for a jog with Yang, Ruby, Weiss, Sun and Neptune jogged with him throughout Motostoke. The latter lagging behind and falling on the ground, gasping for air before a Sizzlipede picked him up and carried him away while down at the riverbank, Blake pulled up a Magikarp from a fishing pole. She drooled at the sight of it and took a bite, as the Magikarp responded by whacking her with its tail before hopping in the water, much to her disappointment.
Turffield…
Weiss and the Toad Brigade ran away screaming as a stampede of rolling Wooloo chased after her as Milo tried to chase after the rolling Wooloo while nearby, Byleth, Hiyoko, Chloe and Ruby were curiously looking at a Milcery as Ruby decided to catch it for Peach, while nearby, Ozpin was busy studying the engravings on the hill. At Route 5, Blake wandered into a day care where they happily gave her a Pokemon Egg. As she walked out, she spotted an Espurr looking at her as she knelt down and offered her hand as the Espurr looked at her hand to examine it before smiling and happily jumping into her arms with a smile.
Hulbury…
Neptune and Tank were busy swimming laps around the dock with Nessa and Weiss cheering him on, while in the mines, a Galarian Stunfisk happened to snag Tai's foot as Klara, Pit and Zoey tried to pry the sneaky Stunfisk out of his ankle… all the while Qrow was checking out a few Gastrodon minding their own business.
Wild Area…
Everyone managed to keep their distance away from the Wild Pokemon… while in a den, Ruby was facing the same Zeraora from before, but this time she had her Urshifu battle it while Yang, Pit and Blake were with her. The Zeraora fell on both knees in defeat and glared at Ruby, when suddenly a Dynamax Ball struck the Zeraora and went inside the ball. It shook three times and then clicked after shrinking down back to an Ultra Ball as it rolled back to Blake as she picked it up with a grin. Ruby, Yang and Pit nodded in approval.
Hammerlocke…
Raihan did several selfies with the group, doing the peace sign with Ruby and Yang. Weiss looking a bit annoyed as Blake was blinded by the flash as he did a group selfie with Klara and Avery, while up in the air, Byleth was riding his Flygon with a happy look on her face with Penny flying beside her.
Stow-on Side…
Mona and Yang both charged at Bea as she quickly stood her ground, quickly dodging their swings and punches as she slid back from Mona's Surging Strike while in the bleachers, Blake, Ruby, Tai, Qrow, Anthony, Camrin, Zoey and Pit were cheering them on while Ruby was hugging Allister who was on her lap. While in Route 6, Hiyoko, Weiss and Jen were chewing out Cara Liss for making such hideous abominations while Ozpin, Penny and Byleth looked fascinated over Dracozolt, Arctozolt, Dracovish and Arctovish.
Ballonlea…
Everyone found themselves getting lost in the Glimwood Tangle as they tried to hit the mushrooms to light their way, but kept bumping into things as Bede was on the other side rubbing his temples while Gloria, Hop and Marnie simply shrugged with a sheepish grin on their faces, while Opal was in the background sipping tea. Yang happened to find a mushroom that looked edible and popped it in her mouth… and unwittingly got high off of it, causing Ruby and Gloria to facepalm while Bede started laughing.
Circhester…
Weiss immediately jumped into the hot spring with Yang as they braved the cold winds in Steamdrift Way. They were immediately greeted by Melony who wrapped her arms around them in the hot spring, cuddling with them while Gordie was laughing at their surprised looks with Ruby telling them that Melony is basically a hugger. They immediately saw Gloria, Marnie, Byleth, and Avery drop the frozen solid Toad Brigade into the hot spring as a few curious Snom watched on. At Route 9, all of MAJC was trying to stop Mona from diving into the frozen water with just a bikini because some other trainers were happily swimming. Mona broke free and dove on in… and immediately came out as an ice cube, causing them all to sigh as they had to fish her out.
Spikemuth…
Klara and Piers proceeded to do a singing competition against each other while Team Yell, Avery, and Marnie cheered them both on while the others were checking out the rest of the town. In the end, Piers won much to Klara's disappointment. Piers however gave her a pat on the back with a friendly smile.
Wyndon…
Hop waved over to Leon who was walking around as he turned around and noticed them as he let out a grin and did his signature pose before running over and hugging him before chatting it up with the others as they all went over to have dinner at a nearby restaurant.
End BGM
"I don't know about you, but this place is awesome!" Yang grinned as they were looking at the river.
"You know it!" Ruby smiled and then let out a sigh. "Man, I needed this."
"I think we all did." Yang said. "The two of us needed to unwind and smell the roses… not sure about these two."
"I had to get my mind off things over Adam… eh, I'm sure he won't be much of a problem. Hopefully." Blake said.
"I'm gonna be honest, I needed this too." Weiss said. "I needed to get my mind off things over witnessing my dark self getting eaten alive. It was just bugging the heck out of me." She shook her head. "I'm glad it's not much of an issue with me anymore."
"Oh good, we all needed it." Yang said. "Alright, from now on, we all work together as a team and take out Dark Ruby for good."
"You know it!" Ruby smiled.
"Hey." A voice said as they saw Klara and Avery approach them. "So uh… you guys wouldn't mind if we went with you to Remnant, would ya?" Klara said. "We're kinda curious where you're from."
Ruby grinned. "Of course! We'll be happy to take you there!"
"That's great." Avery said with a nod as they all headed back to the portal leading to the Mushroom Kingdom. One by one, they went inside as Gloria had called over the gym leaders and former champion to check out the Mushroom Kingdom as well… everyone but Ruby went inside as she took a deep breath.
"Dark Ruby… I'm no longer afraid of you. I'm going to take you down." She said and walked inside the portal.
Man, I love doing montages! Hehehehe.
Soooooo, how about that KH: Melody of Memories demo? Proud Mode is brutal... ESPECIALLY Wave of Darkness. I can handle Proud Mode on Days, Re:Coded and even DDD (Literally the only KH games i've ever played because I don't have a Playstation.) but this? THIS... hooo boy... this isn't your normal Proud Mode. While I think it's fun, I feel like it could've used some Curagas and Potions just so you won't... ya know... die? Ah well. What can you do?