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Chapter 32: The Finals
Berry slowly opened her eyes, and when she did, she immediately realized where she was; a medical room. She knew that she had cost them the match, but she couldn't keep going with the battle. She saw Dust and Shab nearby, they appeared to have been talking about something.
"Dust? Shab?" Berry called out to them.
Both Dust and Shab looked back after hearing Berry call out their name. They both quickly scramble to Berry while shouting at the same time. "Berry!"
"Are you okay, Berry? You took a pretty big hit from that explosion," Shab asked in concern.
"I'm fine… don't worry, I made sure it didn't blow up directly on my face," Berry reassured. "I just mostly feel tired."
"Well after a battle like that, I'd be surprised if you weren't tired," Dust smiled, though it seemed kinda forced.
Berry gave a sigh. "I'm sorry, Dust… I cost us the match, and likely our chances to get the Gold Rank…"
Dust frowned as he looked away, deep in thought. Berry was wondering what was going through the Absol's mind, whether Dust would be angry or disappointed, Berry just prepared herself for whatever Dust was planning on saying, if he said anything at all.
After looking away for a bit, Dust looked back at Berry, smiling once more as he shook his head. "Let me ask you, did you end up losing control? Or evolving when you didn't want to?"
"Well… the latter is pretty obvious, I am still a Goomy," Berry remarked. "But… well, I guess I came close to losing control back there, but I was able to stop it. Blizza wasn't too happy about it though. Also… thank you, Shab… you kept me from losing it."
Shab smiled. "I'm glad I was able to help a little."
"Well, the way I see it, you may have lost the battle, but in the end I think you truly won," Dust chimed. "If you had won, but at the cost of losing yourself, then I believe we would've truly lost. So don't worry Berry, you didn't cost us the match."
Despite smiling the whole time, Dust was truly disappointed, but not in Berry or Shab. Instead he was disappointed with himself. Not Berry, the only one to truly blame was me. If I hadn't taken the Duel challenge… we likely could've won…
"Dust? Are you… okay?" Berry asked in concern.
Dust realized he was deep in his thoughts, so he quickly nodded. "I assure you, I'm fine. We may have lost the match, but we've come pretty far, and I think we've proven to Chihiro that we are deserving of a higher rank, whatever it may be."
"The important thing is we got as far as we did, on our first time participating, that has to say something," Shab stated. "You should be proud, Dust."
"Heh, I didn't think we would come as far as we did to be honest," Berry chuckled sheepishly. "Sure you made a mistake, but you're only Pokemon, after all. At least your mistake didn't nearly drown some teams."
Dust chuckled slightly. "True, well how are you feeling now? Do you want to rest some more? I think Team Silkwing's match is almost over, we could try catching what's left of it, though I wouldn't be surprised if they had already finished."
"Wait… Berry, do you feel like you could move?" Shab asked.
Berry stretched her body a little, hissing a little. "I feel a little sore, but… I think I'll be fine otherwise."
"Would it be easier if you rode on me?" Dust offered.
"Yeah… glad to see you have the Pecha Scarf back on though," Berry remarked before she remembered something. "Wait… my Everstone! Where's my Everstone?"
Dust and Shab looked at each other, both frowning as Dust grabbed something from his bag. "Well it turns out your explosion ended up shattering the Everstone."
Dust then showed Berry the few remaining pieces of the Everstone that were left on his paw.
"Oh… I… broke it…" The Goomy frowned, staring at the pieces of the Everstone.
"But it's okay, Berry! We can always go back to the guild to get a new one, right?" Shab said, hoping to reassure the Goomy he loved.
Berry sighed before she nodded. "Yeah… I guess, since our fight here at the tournament is over, I won't have to worry about suddenly evolving for a while, I hope."
"Then let's head back to the guild and take care of that. Better to do it now then later," Dust agreed before getting close to Berry. "Alright, hop on when you're ready. I'll make sure not to go fast."
"Thanks," Berry said before she slithered onto Dust's back.
Shab hopped up onto Berry's head. Dust chuckled, seeing that they were a trio of stacks. The Absol began leaving the medical room. Dust barely took a step out of the room when something ended up crashing into him. Luckily whatever crashed into him was so light that Dust almost didn't even noticed. Looking at the ground, he was surprised to see a familiar Dreepy, with their eyes swirling.
"Phantom?" Dust asked, surprised to see the Dreepy.
The Dreepy blinked their eyes before they quickly floated up. "Team Night Tide! I'm glad I found you!"
The voice indicated that this was Spooks rather than Phantom, and he seemed rather frantic.
"Is something wrong, Spooks?" Berry asked in concern.
"I-its...it's…" Spooks tried to speak, but his stuttering was getting out of hand as tears began to roll down on the side of his face.
Seeing the young Dreepy crying, Dust put a comforting paw on the Dreepy and brought him for a hug. After raising a baby Larvitar, Dust had a better idea on how to comfort a young Pokemon when they were upset about something. Dust felt Berry slithering around his body, and towards his chest. She then nudged Spooks to try to calm him down. Shab nudged as well.
"Shhhh… it's going to be okay… try to calm down, Spook, and we might be able to help with whatever's going on," Berry comforted gently.
Dust walked back into the Medical room and got on top of one of the beds. He kept holding Spooks close, sensing that he was starting to calm down. After another minute or so the young Dreepy had stopped crying, with Dust's fur mostly covered in tears and slime.
"Feeling better?" Dust asked. Spooks nodded as he wiped his tears away. "Alright, tell us what's wrong."
Spooks nodded again before he took a deep breath, making Dust's scientific side wonder if a Ghost type needed to breathe at all, before Spooks answered. "It started… just after Team Silkwing defeated Team Vanguard…"
*Flashback*
I was with Phantom and Cliff while we watched the battle. Grandma was just behind us, speculating. Team Silkwing were announced the winners, and the Mawile announcer said that they will be taking a break before the finals. We were going to go out to get something to eat, when suddenly Chopper the big meanie Garchomp walked over with the big Magnezone officer behind him. The officer had two of his deputies with him; a Magneton, and a Magnemite. They looked really scary and serious when they approached Grandma.
"What's going on here?" Grandma asked, though from the look of her face, she seemed to already have an idea why they were here.
"Chihiro, you are accused of kidnapping Pokemon during the tournament events," The Magnezone explained. "Until you are proven innocent or guilty, we will need you to come with us as we prepare an investigation."
"And on what accounts do you have to suspect me?" Grandma asked before looking at Chopper. "I thought I had explained myself to you yesterday that I wasn't the one behind the missing Pokemon."
Chopper gave a scary looking grin at Grandma. "We got an interesting bit of information from an anonymous Pokemon. They told us that it had been rumored and confirmed that the kidnapper had red eyes."
"That alone shouldn't be enough to accuse me," Grandma countered. "You have any idea how many Pokemon there are with red eyes? Besides, last I checked, my eyes are mostly yellow, not red."
"True, but you do have red eyelids. When you close your eyes, they appear red. And with your sharp senses, Chihiro, you wouldn't need your eyes open to see your victim," Chopper pointed out. "And right now, you are the primary suspect."
Before Grandma could even say another word, Magnazone spoke up. "Chihiro, is it true that you have been staying late at night during these past few days?"
Grandma frowned. "It is. But I stayed near my own guild teams, I did not go anywhere else that would warrant suspicion."
"I am sorry, but with all these new claims, right now you are the prime suspect. Please come with us, once we investigate the missing Pokemon, then we can determine if you are free to go," Magnazone explained before turning to Eclipse. "We also are asking for your assistance, Eclipse."
"Why me?" Eclipse asked.
"If it turns out Chihiro is truly the culprit, we would need the assistance of a Dark type to handle her, and we believe you are more than capable enough of handling Chihiro, if the needs should arise," Magnazone said.
"I understand," Eclipse sighed before looking at Chihiro. "Don't worry, we'll get your name cleared as soon as possible."
"It's not me I'm worried about," Grandma frowned, as she took a quick glance at me, my sister and Cliff. "Fine, I will comply and go with you. Oh Chopper, I do hope you do realize what will happen when I am proven innocent."
Chopper grinned, making me shiver. "Save it for the judge."
"Wait, you can't take Grandma! She would never do such a thing!" Phantom shouted suddenly, flying between all the big scary grown-ups.
"Is Grandma Chihiro in trouble?" Cliff asked innocently, having started calling Grandma 'Grandma' as well.
I was scared, I wanted to stand up for Grandma as well, but I was terrified that I would get hurt and arrested too. My sister already spoke up for Grandma, Cliff didn't seem sure as to what was going on, and I was scared out of my wits. I was shivering in the corner, hoping nobody would notice me.
"Phantom… please, don't make this hard for yourself. I'll be fine, don't worry, they'll see that I'm innocent like you do," Grandma reassured Phantom.
"Chihiro, it's time to go," Magnazone spoke up.
"Not until you get someone to take these children to Carrie, she's a Kangaskhan, and my assistant," Grandma spoke up. "I want to at least make sure my grandchildren are safe. That includes the Larvitar."
Then there was a shadowy figure coming up, I didn't look at them since I was using this time to try to sneak away. All the grown-ups were distracted by this Pokemon, this was my opportunity.
"Perhaps I could help," The Pokemon said before I flew through a wall.
"And I kept going until I found you guys…" Spooks finished with a sigh.
"To think Guildmaster Chopper actually went through with it," Dust noted. "But I know that they will prove your Grandma innocent."
"She is innocent. I don't know why they arrested her in the first place." Spooks frowned.
"Like you said in the story, she was the prime suspect," Shab explained. "But don't worry, once they find out she's innocent, they'll let her out."
"But what's going to happen to the guild members without Grandma there to protect them?" The Dreepy asked in concern.
Dust now realized that with Chihiro gone, no one was left to watch over the other members. Not wanting to cause Spooks to worry more, he thought of a probable solution. "Not to worry, since we are not too far from the guild, I think the best solution is for the others to quickly return to the guild. That way they can't possibly be taken. We can just explain to them the current situation. I'm sure that they will understand."
"You really think so?" Spooks asked, feeling hopeful.
"Yeah, we just need to find the others and tell them," Berry assured.
"Team Night Tide! Good, I'm glad to see you're well enough to leave the medical room," The Stufful spoke up, with Bewear behind them as usual.
Dust was surprised to see the Stuffel, but quickly replied."Oh yes, we are doing well. We were in fact about to-"
Stufful held up a paw, cutting Dust off. "Sorry, but right now everyone will be going to watch the finals."
"Okay, but first we were hoping to-" Dust tried replying, only to get cut off once more.
"Sorry, no can do. While normally any one is free to walk around the stadium during matches, right now everyone has to go to the finals." Stufful explained. "It's the final match in the tournament, not counting the exhibition match with a Gold Rank team if the winner chooses to face them of course. Everyone needs to be there."
"I think we can watch the finals, and then warn our fellow Unity Guild members to go back to the guild," Berry suggested. "I doubt anyone would kidnap them during the finals with so many Pokemon around."
Dust looked back at Berry and the others, part of him felt that they should warn the others, but he didn't see the harm in waiting until after the finals. "True, plus we should be there to give Team Silkwing our support."
"Perfect, now you best hurry, the finals are going to start soon," Stufful advised before leaving as the Bewear followed behind.
"Right, and Spooks, after warning the others, we'll go look for Phantom and Cliff, I'm sure they are worried about you too," Dust noted.
"Yeah, okay… They said they would take them to Carrie," Spooks stated.
"Well, for now, just stick with us," Berry remarked.
Spooks nodded. "Thank you for this, Team Night Tide."
"No problem, that was Crusader are for," Dust replied as before they all started heading towards the arena to watch the final match.
Dust and the others had just found some seats as Patricia came to the center of the arena. Dust saw that the crowd was brimming with all sorts of Pokemon, all who had been waiting for this moment. A spotlight shines on where Patricia was currently standing, as to grab everyone's attention.
"Alright folks, since the beginning of this tournament, we've witnessed many fighters and their exemplary skills. We saw incredible battles, unbelievable attacks and coordination. Many teams have fought hard, and while they gave it their best, it only comes down to the final two!" Patricia paused for a moment as the crowd cheered. After a couple of seconds the Mawile continued as she pointed towards one side of the arena. "On this side, showing us how strong and resilient they are, I give you Team Crimson Raiders!"
The spotlight then went to where Crimson and his team were. The Zoroark led his team towards the center of the arena as he occasionally gave a brief wave to the audience. Blizza was scowling the whole time as she followed close behind. For a brief moment Berry saw the Hakamo-o glaring at her, and could tell that Blizza was already in a foul mood. Berry quickly picked up Shab with her antennae and held him in front of her, hoping to hide away from some of Blizza's heated glare. Of course, this set Shab up for Levi to glare at. Dust only stared at Crimson as he was reminded of his mistakes.
That could've been us down there, if only I hadn't messed up so bad. Dust thought to himself as Team Crimson Raiders finally made it to the center.
The crowd was cheering loudly. Then Patricia began to announce the other team. "And finally, for the team that had surprised many, and had been able to overcome whatever challenges they had to face with outstanding teamwork, I give you Team Silkwing!"
With that, a Starly and Butterfree came flying in with a Snivy bouncing between the two, showing off a bit before they landed beside the Mawile. Team Crimson Raiders were staring at these three as Patricia went to greet the two teams.
"Alright, you all have worked hard, fought many battles and proven that you deserve to be here," Patricia started.
"Tch, might as well just declare us the winners," Blizza remarked. "This final round already seems like a let down."
"Yeah, there's no way these little weaklings would pose much of a challenge to us," Levi agreed, and being the tallest of Team Crimson Raiders, was glaring down at Team Silkwing.
"My, how little you think of us," Ivy remarked, not backing down.
"They do bring up a fair point," Crimson spoke up. "Even I know this battle will be pointless, so how about we at least try to make this interesting and have ourselves a duel."
"Another duel?" Patricia asked. "My, your team sure does have a lot of confidence. Alright, Talon, since you are the leader, it's your call. Do you accept Crimson's challenge to a duel?"
Tippi and Ivy looked at Talon, who was their team leader. Talon hopped forward as he looked up at the Zoroark. "Sorry, but I'm going to have to decline. My team works best together rather than apart."
"Suit yourself," Crimson shrugged before turning to face Blizza and Crimson. "You two should be able to handle them on your own. Try not to hurt them too much. And Levi, please refrain from almost destroying the arena, we don't want to be disqualified due to your mistake."
The Gyarados did wince a little bit. "I promise I'll refrain myself. I wasn't used to this new kind of rage, but I'm better prepared for it now."
"Huh, so a Pokemon that's newly evolved has to watch out for new kinds of changes rather than just their bodies?" Dust noted with interest. "I always thought a Pokemon would instinctively know how to use their newly evolved forms, but I guess I was wrong."
"That is true for some Pokemon, but others can usually get the hang of their bodies and new emotions or instincts pretty quickly," Shab explained. "I was just lucky Levi didn't take into account of her rage when she became a Gyarados."
Levi and Blizza took their position as Crimson walked to the side of the stage. He smirked as he crossed his arms, wondering how Team Silkwing would try to attempt to win this match. Despite having an opponent tower over them, Team Silkwing looked as determined as ever.
"One thing is for sure, Team Crimson Raiders are definitely underestimating their opponent," Shab commented.
"So you think Team Silkwing can win then?" Dust asked, to which the Feebas nodded. "Then the best of luck to them."
"I know it's definitely possible," Berry agreed. "It just depends on how they handle the battle."
Then Dust noticed a silver scarf on Tippi's neck, he hadn't noticed it before.
"What's that scarf on Tippi's neck?" Dust questioned.
"I think it's a Silver Scarf," Berry answered, squinting her eyes. "I've heard that they're usually filled with Silver Powder that helps power up Bug type moves."
"Fascinating," Dust replied before taking a quick glance at Shab's scarf that was tied at the base of the Feebas's tail fin. He said it was just for looks, but I wonder if there's more to it.
"Alright!" Patricia shouted, getting Dust's attention. "It looks like both teams are ready to start this match! Team Crimson Raiders, are you ready!?"
Both Blizza and Levi nodded, eager to get this match over with. Patricia then turned to Team Silkwing as she pointed her mic at them.
"Team Silkwing, are you ready!?" Patricia asked.
"YEAH!" Ivy shouted loudly.
"We're ready!" Talon said loudly, not as loud as Ivy, but was still enthusiastic.
"... Um… yeah," Flutter said the quietest, being the shy Butterfree that she was.
Patricia brought her arm up, seeing both teams watching her in anticipation, waiting for her to start the match. Waiting a couple seconds for dramatic affect, Patricia then brought down her arm while shouting, "BEGIN!"
Talon started by flying up a bit before coming in towards Crimson with Quick Attack, leaving a silver streak behind him. Due to his small size, he easily zoomed past Levi and Blizza and slammed into Crimson's head. Crimson started falling back, but he quickly recovered, though he winced when he felt where Talon had previously hit him. Talon quickly flew up out of reach to avoid getting hit by retaliation or grabbed. Levi, being as big as she was, tried to catch the Starly with her teeth, but Talon was too fast for her and avoided her Bite attack.
Tippi was flying towards them while carrying Ivy. Ivy looked like she had big butterfly wings as the two of them flew over Team Crimson Raiders. Tippi began to spread out purple powder-like spores at the three team. Ivy then smirked as the leaf on her tail glowed blue before she swung it, creating a twister-like wind to spread the poisonous looking spore.
Crimson reacted by using Flamethrower around him, burning the spores around him. Blizza and Levi weren't so lucky, with the Gyarados taking the blunt of the attack while Blizza took cover behind Levi. After the poison twister combo had ceased, most of Levi's body was covered in purple spores, and the Gyarados looked rather fatigued.
"That is a deadly combo," Dust commented. "Surprised to see Ivy using a dragon type move like Twister, wonder where she learned that."
"Wait, Twister is a Dragon type move?" Berry asked. "You sure? It looked more like a Flying type move to me."
"That is the common misconception of the move, though I can understand why you would think that," Dust replied. "While Twister looks more like a Flying type move, I can assure you it's actually a Dragon type attack. Just imagine if Ivy was actually a dragon, the attack would've been more devastating."
"Let's just be glad we don't have to deal with it…" Shab remarked. "Although… it wouldn't be a bad idea to learn a Dragon type attack…"
"Blizza, how about instead of using me as a shield, you help out!" Levi yelled at her teammate.
"You're the only one who can reach them, so how about you stop complaining and actually manage to bite one of them!?" Blizza countered.
Despite having been attacked recently, Crimson still remained off to the side. He shook his head as he watched Blizza and Levi argue with each other.
While the two dragon-like Pokemon were arguing, Tippi was flying over them again, this time spreading out yellow looking spores. Ivy, this time, used a different move. Her tail glowed green before she spread out another twister-like attack, only this one was full of leaves. The leaves absorbed the Stun Spore, turning into sharp leaves with Stun Spore powder on them. Crimson was the only one to escape, however, he didn't escape from Talon's keen eyes.
Talon flew at Crimson with another Quick Attack, tackling him as he went back and fourth at Crimson, doing more damage with each Quick Attack.
"Shouldn't you be helping your teammates instead of just watching from the sidelines?" Talon asked, making sure to keep a safe distance from Crimson.
The Zoroark simply crossed his arms before replying. Despite having been attacked multiple times by Talon, he seemed to have brushed it off. "I've meant what I said back then, so I see no reason to help them. If your teammates happen to beat mine, then you have earned the right to fight me. But for now, I'm gonna continue watching, you can do as you please."
Talon glared at the Zoroark. "That… You have Calm Mind, don't you?"
Crimson didn't answer, instead he only grinned at the Starly. Talon quickly flew towards to his teammates. Levi and Blizza were having trouble moving due to the leaves that cut through their scales and leaving behind the yellow spores on their body.
"The opponent's leader is getting stronger. So, we'll have to get faster," Talon stated to Ivy and Tippi. "Just like we practiced!"
Tippi and Ivy nodded. Talon began to move around both of them quickly, his body covered in a blue aura. The blue aura surrounded Tippi and Ivy as well.
"What are they doing?" Berry asked.
Dust recognized the aura, having seen it before. "That's just like Team Rocket's match. They plan on using Agility!"
"Shh! Don't say that so loud!" Berry hissed. "If Team Crimson Raiders don't know what they're doing, it'll take them by surprise."
"I like the way you think, my sweet Berry~" Shab smiled.
Levi, getting angry, powered up a Hyper Beam in her mouth. She shot out a bright golden and red beam from her mouth at the Butterfree and Starly.
"Disperse!" Talon ordered.
Talon and Tippi flew in different directions in a much faster speed than anticipated by Levi, Tippi was still carrying Ivy. The Hyper Beam missed them completely and hit the barrier instead.
"You're slow!" Blizza growled. "You should've waited until after the tournament to evolve! Or evolved before it so you could've practiced being in that giant body!"
"Shut up! You would've done the same if you were still a Jangmo-o fighting that stupid purple blob!" Levi countered. "Which, might I add, you almost lost to, despite being evolved!"
Berry quickly started slithering behind Dust as Blizza's face turned red with rage. Tippi flew in low before dropping Ivy beside the angry Hakamo-o. The Snivy grinned at Blizza.
"Hi~ Sorry I'm not a dragon, but here's a Dragon type attack for you to chew on," Ivy remarked.
Ivy's tail glowed blue before she began to spin around Blizza, trapping her in a twister attack. Blizza was caught up in the Twister, but she wasn't going down without a fight. With her long tail, Blizza's tail turned into steel and she managed to swing her tail at Ivy. The Iron Tail slammed into Ivy's side, which caused her to go flying a few feet before hitting the ground and rolling on it a few more feet.
"Jeez… she does hit pretty hard…" Ivy groaned from the ground.
"If you think that pathetic excuse for a Dragon attack is enough to take me down, you got another thing coming! Let me show you a real Dragon attack!" Blizza yelled before charging at Ivy with Dragon Claw.
But the paralysis kicked in, Blizza's body went completely numb and she fell to one knee, panting. Ivy grinned as she stood up. "I know you have me beat when it comes to raw power and strength alone. Which is why I have my teammates backing me up with their own moves~ Even the toughest Pokemon will fall when they're not completely healthy!"
Ivy shot out two vines from her neck, and wrapped around Blizza's waist. Blizza growled as she was trying to fight through the paralysis. Ivy lifted up the Hakamo-o before she slammed Blizza down to the arena. Levi looked at Ivy, and while she liked seeing Blizza getting her karma, the Gyarados knew she should at least try to help her teammate. Levi started to move towards Ivy, opening her mouth as her teeth glowed, intending to use bite.
"You look grumpy," Tippi suddenly spoke up from above the Gyarados.
"What!?" Levi growled, looking up at the Butterfree.
"Maybe you should take a quick nap?" Tippi suggested innocently as blue powder started coming out of her wings.
"What are you…" Levi started, but because she was so close to Tippi, she ended up taking in a lot of the Sleep Powder. "...talking….about…."
The Sleep Powder took effect as the Gyarados tried to stay awake, but with each passing second, Levi found it harder and harder to keep her eyes open. Meanwhile, Blizza managed to break free of the vines. She was badly damaged, but she was not ready to give up.
"Is that...all you got?!" Blizza shouted between deep breaths.
Ivy just smirked. "Oh, I got plenty more, though I think you shouldn't be focusing on me right now."
Ivy then pointed up, causing Blizza to look and see that Levi's body was going limp, having succumbed to the Sleep Powder. The Gyarados was starting to fall right where Blizza was standing. The Hakamo-o tried to move, but the paralysis prevented her from getting out of the way.
"Levi, wake up you stupid overgrown fish! You're going to crush-" Blizza called out to Levi, but never finished as the Gyarados ended up landing right on top of Blizza.
While Levi was on top of Blizza, Ivy passed by them leisurely before putting a seed on Blizza's forehead scale, and another seed on Levi's scales. As soon as the seeds took root, they grew out vines around the two dragon-like Pokemon, and began to suck away their power and health, making Ivy grow healthier and fixing up her own wounds.
Talon thought that perhaps now Crimson would come to the aid of his teammates, but the Zoroark still watched, not making any moves to help them out.
He's either overconfident, doesn't care for his teammates, or he's planning something. Talon frowned, watching Crimson cautiously.
Tippi flew over to Talon. "Is something wrong, Talon? You look worried."
"Just trying to figure out what Crimson is up to, he looks too calm for someone who's teammates are on the ropes," The Starly answered. "Tippi, keep a lookout for anything unusual with your Compound Eyes, he can use illusions. For all I know, the Crimson I'm looking at is just an illusion and the real one is stalking somewhere, waiting for an opportunity to attack."
Tippi nodded, making sure to keep an eye on Crimson in case he tried anything, but the Zoroark still remained standing there, arms crossed as he grinned at Team Silkwing.
"Levi...Wake up already!" Blizza shouted while trying to break free, but found her strength was being sapped away. "Oh once I break free, you guys are gonna regret-"
"Oh shut up," Ivy remarked as she used her vines to clamp down Blizza's maw. "I'm sick of hearing you shout, you hot air dragon."
"... Wish I was as sassy and brave as Ivy…" Berry muttered.
Levi was still asleep and made no indications of waking up. Blizza was fuming mad at having vines shut her mouth. She pushed harder and harder, but the weight of the Gyarados combined with the Leech Seed sapping her strength was proving too much. Plus, her body was still numb from the previous spores, but there was more. Even though Blizza had used Levi as a shield to protect her from the Poison Powder, it seemed as though she wasn't able to completely avoid it.
Blizza's vision started to go blurry, and when she realized that she might pass out, she tried once more to break free. But try as she might, her body refused to move, her vision darkened, and for a moment, she thought she saw someone else. Someone who she held a deep grudge for. The last thing she could see was a Kommo-o looking at her with a disappointed expression. Blizza soon lost consciousness.
Ivy let go of Blizza's maw, seeing that she was out of it. And Levi would soon follow if she doesn't wake up soon. The Leech Seed and Poison will sap away all of the Gyarados's strength.
Despite having both teammates unconscious, Crimson started clapping slowly, in a condescending way. "Congratulations, you managed to beat an inexperienced Gyarados, and got the upperhand on Blizza. Now what shall I ever do?"
Talon frowned as he looked at Crimson. "I'm going in, Tippi. You watch my back."
Talon began to dive towards the Zoroark with another Quick Attack.
"Should you be focused on me right now? I think you should be worried about your teammates," Crimson advised.
Talon took a quick glance behind him and saw a Zoroark behind Tippi and Ivy. "Tippi, Ivy, look out-"
Talon had shouted out his warning at first to his teammates, when he suddenly felt something hard hit his body. The blow knocked the wind out of him, but Talon managed to recover, gaining some distance between him and Crimson. Talon shook his head a little.
Was that Double Team? Or… illusions? Talon frowned as he noticed the Crimson from behind Ivy and Tippi disappeared. I see… he is using illusions.
"Well call me impressed, at least you didn't go out in one blow. I was worried for a second that my Sucker Punch might have been too much," Crimson taunted. "Well, since it's now one vs three, I think the odds are now fair. So let's get started, shall we?"
"You're definitely confident, I'll give you that," Ivy grumbled. "In an arrogant way."
Tippi flew a little closer to Crimson. She wanted to use her spores, but Talon was too close, unlike Ivy, he wasn't immune to her spores, and she didn't want to incapacitate a teammate.
"Now let's see you handle this," Crimson challenged before charging up a Hyper Beam.
Talon quickly flew away, trying to get away from Crimon's Hyper Beam, Ivy quickly ran too, not wanting to get caught up in that. Tippi, however, appeared to be looking elsewhere. For a moment she saw something shift as it seemed to be moving towards where Ivy was running to. Trusting her instincts, Tippi flew towards to where she was looking and started using Silver Wind in that direction. The Butterfree sent out winds with silver spike-like energy from her wings.
Ivy, who was unaware of what Tippi was doing, stopped in her tracks when Crimson suddenly appeared. He grinned at her before opening his mouth, flames starting to come out. But just as Crimson was about to use Flamethrower, he's suddenly pushed back by Silver Wind. The Silver Wind's spikes stung Crimson badly, he was weak to the attack.
Crimson looked at Tippi, noticing that she was keeping a very close look on him. Don't tell me that Butterfree has Compound Eyes?!
Ivy looked up and saw that Tippi had managed to stop Crimson in time. "Thanks Tippi, I almost got roasted just now."
"It's not over yet," Tippi warned.
Crimson growled, realizing that the Butterfree was going to make using his illusions much harder. He jumped back to get some distance between him and Team Silkwing. As he thought of a new strategy, he grinned as he grabbed something from his bag. Alright, illusions aren't the only tricks I have.
Crimson then focused as he closed his eyes for a moment. Suddenly there were now 9 Zoroarks, and each of them charged at each member of Team Silkwing, spitting into groups of 3.
"Tippi! Can you tell which is the real one?" Talon asked as he flew closer to the Butterfree.
"Give me a second…" Tippi looked around at the group of 3, which were moving around quickly. "Over… over there!"
Tippi began to create more silver energy spikes with her wings, when a small seed was tossed through the air, having the Silver Wind break it open in front of the Butterfree, causing pink smoke to surround her. Tippi's red eyes widened as her Silver Wind missed Crimson completely, and the world around her began to spin.
"Tippi?" Talon frowned, noticing Tippi was acting a little weird.
Tippi turned to the Starly, seeing him suddenly morph into Crimson. She let out a surprised scream before she shot out Silver Wind at Talon, pushing him back.
"Tippi! What's wrong?" Talon shouted, flying back a bit.
Tippi didn't answer Talon, instead, she began to release purple powder at Talon. Talon quickly flew away from the Poison Powder.
"I think she's confused!" Ivy spoke up to Talon. "That seed that broke in front of her was likely a Totter Seed!"
"Well I couldn't let her keep track of my way abouts," One of the Zoroark replied, before another one continued. "So I decided to make things more interesting. Now what will you do? Focus on me as your teammates mistakenly attacks you? Or perhaps try to help her, while giving me another opportunity to attack?"
Talon glared before he flew down and landed, leaving himself vulnerable. "Ivy, you have the item bag, hurry and give it to Tippi. I'll deal with Crimson."
"Interesting, all right, I'm game, let's see what you got," Crimson taunted as the other Zoroarks vanished. "I wonder, will you get knocked out first before that Butterfree beats Ivy?"
Talon narrowed his eyes. "Then why don't you attack me and then we'll see?"
"Well, if you insist," Crimson replied when he suddenly vanished and appeared right next to Talon, already preparing his next attack. "Try not to go unconscious too fast."
Ivy ran towards Tippi, who was using Stun Spore now. Ivy ran through it easily, her Grass typing protecting her from Tippi's spores, but the Silver Wind was a different story. Please don't use Silver Wind.
Talon braced himself, knowing that he had to remain bait for Crimson to play with while Ivy went through Tippi's spore attacks to try to get her the item she needed. Hold on… hold on… you can do it!
The illusions of Crimson kept coming closer and closer, Talon tried not to jump at each one that came in too close. Talon decided to shut his eyes, the illusions couldn't fool him if he couldn't see. Though this didn't stop Crimson from attacking him more. Talon tried listening for the real one, but all the illusions were talking at once, making it harder to anticipate Crimson's next attack.
Tippi had been frantically avoiding what she assumed was Crimson, thinking that the Zoroark was targeting her cause of her Compound Eyes. She found it a bit strange that Crimson kept calling out her name, and hadn't been attacking, but she assumed it was a trick. She knew she had to avoid Crimson, in case he tried his illusions or something else.
"Dang it, Tippi! Stop flying away and take your dang medicine!" Ivy shouted as Tippi kept flying out of her reach.
Ivy looked back for a moment and saw the beating Talon was taking. She figured out what he was planning, but unless she snapped Tippi out of her confusion soon, Talon may not even have a chance to use his plan.
"Sorry, Tippi, but this is gonna sting for a bit," Ivy apologized as her tail glowed green.
Ivy then used Twister, making sure that Tippi was caught in the middle of it. Unable to fly out of the Twister, Ivy took her chance and used Vine Whip to grab onto the Butterfree and pull herself up. The moment her vines wrapped around Tippi, she started freaking out more, thinking that Crimson had managed to grab her, even though she was high in the air.
As a last resort, Tippi was about to use Silver Wind on Crimson, hoping to stop him. But just as she was about to use her attack, the Zoroark placed something in her mouth. At first she was worried that Crimson might have put a harmful seed in her mouth, but suddenly Crimson started to shift in front of her, and instead of seeing a Zoroark, she saw Ivy, bracing herself from her attack.
"Ivy?!" Tippi asked in shock.
"Nice to see you can see me as me again, Tippi, you were confused and kept attacking your teammates," Ivy explained.
"Ivy I'm so sorry-" Tippie started apologizing until Ivy cut her off.
"It's all good, but save the apologies for later. Right now Talon needs our help, he's going for that plan," Ivy said while pointing at Ivy. "We need to help him find the real Crimson before it's too late."
Talon was barely holding on, he managed to defend himself from Crimson's attacks, but he still couldn't figure out which Zoroark was the real one, and he'd end up receiving a hard blow either to his body, no matter how hard he had tried to anticipate the oncoming attacks. But he knew he had to hold on for as long as possible in order for his plan to work, but that all depends if Ivy had successfully helped Tippi.
For a brief moment the attacks ceased, causing Talon to open his eyes. He then saw that each Zoroark had surrounded him in a circle, all smirking at him.
"As fun as it is tossing your body around like a ragdoll, I think it's time to put this to an end. Once I'm done with you, I'll make sure to make quick work of the others," all the Zoroark spoke at the same time.
Talon's eyes widened as he saw each one open their mouths as energy started building up, similar to how Crimson used Hyper beam on Al and Dust, the Zoroark was preparing to do the same to Talon.
"Talon!" Ivy called out in alarm, seeing that the Zoroark was powering up a Hyper Beam.
Tippi quickly dived down at the Zoroark and flapped her wings frantically, creating winds of silver to blow back the Zoroark before he could finish off Talon. Crimson let out a screech as the Silver Wind really hurt, and fell back a bit. Tippi and Ivy quickly went over to the injured Starly.
"You should eat an Oran Berry, you don't look so good, Talon," Tippi said in worry.
"N-no… no, this is fine," Talon reassured.
Having been hit by Tippi's attack, his illusions had all disappeared. Grunting, he got up before addressing the others. "Heh, didn't expect you to come to your senses so soon. Maybe this won't be so boring after all."
Talon narrowed his eyes at the Zoroark's bag. "Ivy… he likely has an Oran Berry… when he tries to attack me again, I want you to try to sneak your vines into his bag to take it out."
Despite his previous comment, Crimson was frowning, seeing his situation getting rather more annoying. Now that Butterfree is back to her senses, it looks like I'm back to square one. No problem, their leader is almost done, and once he falls, it'll be easy to take the other two out.
Crimson looked at the weakened Starly and grinned, he just had to take him out and victory would be within his grasp. Talon was looking straight at Crimson. If he had an Oran Berry, then Crimson deduced he would be eating it right now in this short time of respite, so Talon likely didn't have any Oran Berries. Ivy ran off in a direction while Crimson looked at her for a second, then he began to cast an illusion on himself, making him 'invisible' while the illusion charged at Team Silkwing. Tippi might be able to see him, but Crimson just had to grab the Oran Berry in his bag and eat it.
Ivy frowned, she sent out a vine at the illusion, only for it to go through him. Distortion World! That's an illusion!
Sadly for the Snivy, it was too late, Crimson chomped down on the berry, his wounds instantly healing. Tippi noticed this. "Talon, that's an illusion, the real one just ate his Oran Berry."
Despite the situation, Talon gave a grin. "That might be our best case scenario then."
"I think you might've taken too many blows to the head, Talon," Ivy replied in concern. "How is that our best case scenario?"
"Remember, Ivy, I learned a particularly deadly move during training. He just ate his only Oran Berry that could save him from this," Talon answered.
"This is risky, Talon, what if you faint before you can use it?" Tippi asked.
Talon narrowed his eyes as Crimson began to run towards them. "I guess we'll find out. Tippi, make sure this is the real Crimson, I'm going in."
Crimson saw Talon managed to start flying again despite looking like he might keel over soon, getting ready, most likely for his last attack, which Crimson happily welcomed. "They say that Pokemon are able to draw on immense strengths in their last moments. I'll take that challenge, show me what you got!"
"This is indeed the real Crimson," Tippi confirmed. "Please, be careful."
Talon nodded to Tippi before he began to dive towards Crimson. Crimson grinned as he jumped behind the Starly. Talon let out a surprised gasp as the Zoroark clawed at his back, causing Talon to hit the ground. Crimson smirked as he landed nearby. "Looks like I won~"
Talon looked to be unconscious. The Mawile announcer was about to come on stage to see for sure, when suddenly, Talon's eyes opened and he gave a grin at the Zoroark. "Surprise~"
Crimson's eyes widened when he saw Talon's body suddenly glowed yellow, and his wings and talons slapped and slashed Crimson across the stage suddenly. It was so sudden and so powerful that Crimson suddenly felt like he was about to keel over. Crimson glared at Talon as he tried getting up, only to fall on his knees. It took almost all his energy to just stay conscious.
"What… what did… you do?" Crimson groaned.
"I just used Endeavor on you," Talon explained as Ivy went over to Talon, giving him an Oran Berry. "Why do you think I willingly let you damage me so much?"
Crimson was shocked to see that they had an Oran Berry the whole time. "You...cheeky little…" Crimson grunted in pain once more before continuing. "Don't think...this...is...over…"
Ivy came running towards Crimson, who set up another illusion, so her Vine Whip missed him, but shortly after, Tippi flew over the real Crimson, and spread out Stun Spore over his body, making him go numb and unable to move as fast. Crimson's body was twitching a bit from the paralysis. Even with his illusion, now that he was slowed down, he couldn't outrun the next attack.
Talon, who was looking much healthier now, flew down at the paralyzed Crimson. Crimson was about to defend himself with Flamethrower, but his body's paralysis stopped him, and Talon smashed into him with a Quick Attack. Crimson fell over on the stage, his body unmoving.
The whole crowd watched in silence as they saw Crimson go down. Many were expecting it to be another illusion and that the Zoroark would pull another surprise attack. Talon was expecting the same thing too, in case Crimson did try to pull anything. But after a while, Patricia went to check on Crimson as the crowd continued watching in suspense. She took a moment before addressing the crowd, using the time to build up their anticipation.
Pointing at Team Silkwing, Patricia shouted into her mic. "Crimson is unable to battle! Team Silkwing are the winners!"
The crowd went wild with cheers, many of them were surprised that Team Silkwing ended up taking the win without losing a single member. The medical team came to pick up Crimson, and the rest of his teams and take them to the medical room.
"That actually won…" Berry noted, unable to believe what she just saw.
While Team Silkwing had been a team they usually got along with, they never seemed like a powerful team to others, especially not to Team Crimson Raider's levels, yet here they are, having won the tournament for low ranks, beating Team Crimson Raiders without losing a single team member. Most of those who were watching couldn't believe it, they had expected Team Crimson Raiders to have easily won.
Dust was having mixed feelings after seeing Team Silkwing had won. While he was glad that his friends had won, at the same time it only reminded him of his mistakes and what could've happened had he fought with his team instead of fighting Crimson on his own. Of how he felt utter disappointment with himself over his decisions, and his loss against Crimson. Dust had no words to say as the crowd continued cheering on.
That could've been us, if it wasn't for my mistake. Dust angrily thought to himself.
Shab was looking at Dust for a bit.
"After many matches, after watching many teams rise and fall throughout the tournament, we finally have our champions! They have done the unexpected, showing us that it doesn't matter what shape or size you may be, but through hard work, determination and teamwork, anything is possible! Let's give another round of applause to Team Silkwing!" Patricia shouted to the crowd, getting them riled up once more.
The crowd gave another loud cheer. Ivy playfully bumped Talon, while Tippi was blushing heavily from all the attention. Talon just gave a smile, though inwardly he was pretty surprised that they won.
"Now, normally we would give the winning team, that is, Team Silkwing, a chance to battle against a Gold Rank team to show how well they could keep up with a Gold Rank team," Patricia continued when the cheering finally died down. "However, there are some special circumstances for this month's tournament. All participating members of Unity Guild are to stay for a special announcement. Everyone else, however, should leave now. This is only for the Unity Guild."
Everyone was confused by the sudden announcement, but they assumed that it's mostly because of how Unity Guild were the ones to have hosted the tournament, so they started leaving, some more quickly than others. There were some who still remained, curious as to what this special announcement could be, but the staff would then convince them that they must go. After a while, the crowd had finally emptied, except for members of Unity Guild.
"Wonder what it could be," Berry remarked.
"Has this ever happened before during a rank up tournament?" Shab questioned.
Dust shrugged, he himself wondering what the Mawile's announcement would be. "I don't recall ever seeing anything like this before, I guess we'll just have to wait and see."
Seeing how the only ones left were members of Unity Guild, Patricia started to address them. "Alright, I was asked to pass this message on to you. As of right now, all members are required to stay here at the tournament for the time being."
Flawless Victory: DarkFoxKit: As Shab stated in the story, he only won because not only did he get lucky, and used items to help him out, Levi wasn't used to her newly evolved form, and the rage that came with it. So even though it seems unbelievable, it was perfectly doable. Especially in Mystery Dungeon, where if you used the proper items and strategy against a much stronger boss, you can still win. As for Levi having a crush on Shab, yeah, she kinda does.
FoxyKhai0209: DarkFoxKit: Levi wasn't used to her evolved form or the new rage that came with it, so she lost control of herself. Not only that, but Shab was smart when he used a Blinker Seed to blind her, and enrage her even more. So while it may seem unbelievable, it was perfectly doable.
Arctic Breeze: Traveling Master: Blizza does have her reasons, it doesn't excuse her for the way she's been acting towards Berry. And please, don't freeze her entirely, she is still needed for the story ^^'. But don't worry, we got plans for her, as well as Berry in the future that we hope you will like.
Moondust: Traveling Master: Oh yes, we do have some plans concerning Dust's blue eye. Though as for the reincarnated theory, while interesting, sorry but that's something we didn't really think much about. But don't worry, in time the mystery behind Dust's blue eye will be answered. Eventually. Just gonna have to wait and see.
Starry Fire: DarkFoxKit: That's the whole point, they're basically the 'Team Meanies' of this story. XP
Berry Tail: Traveling Master: Heh, Eclipse sure wasn't expecting that. And just like how Dust is still getting used to being Cliff's father, I'm sure it's gonna take some time for Eclipse to get used to it too.
Guest #1: DarkFoxKit: Ah, well Zekrom makes more sense.
Guest #2: DarkFoxKit: Uh… you're asking us for a nickname? Maybe you could be… 'Questionnaire', since you're the reviewer who asks us the most questions for each chapter.
Traveling Master: I say just go with whatever makes you feel most comfortable. I mean, way before I even had an account, I just used the guest name RandOm guy...And it worked.
DarkFoxKit: Moves like Earthquake and such are indeed banned from the tournament, at least for that particular tournament for reasons. All hit moves that hit above the arena, like Surf or Lava Plume are fine though, since they don't destroy the arena itself.
Traveling Master: That is an interesting analysis. We can neither confirm or deny it, but you are right about the two mysterious figures. Something about the arena seems to be very important to them, though what it is, we can't say.
DarkFoxKit: Well, Magikarp doesn't usually always evolve faster, it depends on how fast you can get a Prism Scale and trade the Feebas, or raise its beauty level quickly with the right berries and poffins, but you're right in saying it is generally a lot more tedious to evolve a Feebas than a Magikarp. As for a future rivalry between Berry and Levi, well… sort of? Levi likes Shab, but Shab likes Berry, though Berry is naive in Shab liking her. Shab is indeed keeping his evolution a secret from Berry since he really wants to surprise her.
Traveling Master: I think Levi's main concern would be electric types. At least being part Water, Ice doesn't do too much damage, but if she gets zapped by some lightning, oof. She is gonna be hurting.
DarkFoxKit: I think he means that whether Levi was part Flying or Dragon, Ice would've done neutral damage to her.
Traveling Master: Oh, right. Like Kingdra. Okay, my bad.
DarkFoxKit: We figured that sometimes Pokemon just learn these moves upon evolving, so that way they're not too weak when going up against an opponent, and to make it more interesting than if Levi just used Tackle over and over as a Gyarados. As for the Whishiwashi's school, Levi hasn't really spoken her opinion on them yet, though I'd imagine she finds them annoying since they always need to be grouped up together to be worth anything.
Levi wasn't used to her new evolved form, and she wasn't prepared for the rage that came with it, which was why she lost. Shab fought smartly, he was much smaller than her and was able to avoid her attacks. He also used a Binker Seed to blind her temporarily, making her lose her temper even more. Sometimes it's dangerous to just evolve into something drastically different than what you're used to to battle against an opponent; you need time to get used to your new form and whatever else that may come with it. Levi kinda held back her evolution, because she wanted to wait a good opportunity to.
Traveling Master: Looks like you got most of it right for each combatant. Levi saw the potential between her and Shab. Ever since Dust had lost, he's been wanting to have a rematch with Crimson for a long time, wanting to prove to Crimson and himself that he's gotten better. And Blizza definitely wanted a rematch after losing from the first time. Crimson normally keeps a calm demeanor, but that also makes him more dangerous. Never fear the man who's quick to anger, but the one who always acts calmly. But yes, just because they are rivals, doesn't mean they have to act like enemies, seeing how they are part of the same guild.
As for Crimson's earlier statement, that was more from his pride. If Team Night Tide had fought the Crimson Raiders as a team, things might have gone differently. One of the major things was that Crimson was underestimating their team, so that might've played a key role had they fought as teams instead of 1 vs 1. And Crimson does care for his team, though he shows it differently. Blizza has a lot of respect for Crimson, and he's been helping her with her training, knowing a lot about her past. And speaking of pasts, while we do have plans for Crimson's past, we can't say much. There's a lot that will happen in the future concerning Crimson and his team. Just gonna have to wait and see.
DarkFoxKit: Blizza didn't intentionally attack the Everstone, but she did want Berry to evolve or use her outburst. You will likely see Blizza's brother at some point.
The voice in Berry's head is the dragon part of her, yeah, though I wouldn't say it's controlling the outburst. Whenever Berry goes into her outburst, her wild instincts begin to take over. This inner Berry doesn't care about fighting with Blizza, it just wants to survive and become stronger.
Yes, Berry is currently everstoneless and is holding back her evolution. Berry is afraid of evolving, she's afraid of turning into a Goodra, she's afraid of becoming a monster.
Grant and Al are both at their final evolved form levels, but they have their own reasons for not evolving yet. Grant has his own purpose for staying as a Groyvle, while Al's subconscious mind is holding back his own evolution, or maybe it's something else. We rather not say yet.
We won't say much about Otti right now, or her possible origins.
Traveling Master: Regardless of whether Otti is a Ditto or not, being a Ditto does at least allow her to have access to all those other moves. She would just have to transform into a Pokemon that is able to use one of those moves. But right now Otti is more of a researcher, but if it came to it, she might be able to use some of those combination moves, though I think that would be pretty though.
Greatest Guy: DarkFoxKit: Yeah, Shab was pretty much the MVP. XD Dust is… yeah, pretty much that. Poor Berry. Don't worry, let's see how long the Crimswin can last.
Lonleyboi69: Traveling Master: SHHHH! You have any idea how long I was stuck as a plushie?! Please don't give Mew any ideas or reason to try something else! But besides that, glad you thought the chapter was spicy. That rematch between Team Night Tide and Crimson Raiders has been something we've been looking forward to as well. We got plans for Blizza and the others, but that will come later. Glad you liked the chapter, and hoped you liked this one as well.
Water Candy: DarkFoxKit: Seems Shab's win against Levi was a shock to everyone. I will say we don't plan to evolve Shab any time soon right now. Levi wasn't used to her evolved form, or the rage that came with it. She was much bigger than she was used to, and Shab fought smartly by dodging her attacks and giving her a Blinker Seed to blind her temporarily.
Sugar Blossom: Traveling Master: Considering who her son is, I'm sure Eclipse was very surprised to hear that Dust was a father, thus making her a grandma. It's very rare to catch her off guard, but Cliff's cuteness can do the impossible.
Honey Jewel: DarkFoxKit: Try not to get too high hopes for who could Dust's father be. We're keeping it within the realm of possibility after all, meaning Legendary Pokemon are out.
Guest #3: Traveling Master: ...Funny how you mentioned Lee vs Garra. Cause that's actually where the idea came from. XD Had Dust not taken Crimson's offer, things would have been very different. As I mentioned earlier, Crimson was already underestimating their team, so had they fought as teams, there might've been a chance Team Night Tide could've won. But those are now what if's.
Also...why would you say that?! Now I have to make sure my room is lock before that Absol-
*Explosion goes off*
...Nevermind...looks like I have some cleaning to do...Thanks...
Jewel moonstone: DarkFoxKit: Don't go watching late night horror movies then.
