Charlotte: Last time on The Last Hound 2 Portal Combat~! Blaze Inferno and Ericha Hames were separated from each other after fleeing from Chouka the Hound Hunter~!
Touma: Ericha ended up in the Anime version of Pokemon, which was infested by heartless. Fortunately she encountered Ash's Pikachu and Team Rocket's Meowth and Wobbuffet and evaded GoldenRod City.
Ibuki: Meanwhile, Blaze Inferno crossed paths with a particular Dragon Slayer. Saving her life, and providing a beatdown against Chouka~!
$$$$: W-Wasn't C-Cynthia the o-o-one who b-b-beat C-Chouka?
Shiho: True, however, the NOVAH general wasn't a pushover. If Blaze hasn't attempted to attack Chouka, Cynthia wouldn't stand a chance.
Ibuki: That and...marcus00721 would have the author's head for killing off their character.
#####: Anyway, after being saved by Cynthia, Blaze winds up in another world involving a blue rabbit.
Setsuna: Do we really need to beat around the bush, about revealing him?
Ibuki: You have a lot to understand about story plots Setsuna. We're just here to introduce the chapter. We can't ruin it for some of the readers.
Leone: Also we can do random shit like punching Touma in the shoulder.
Touma: Wait Wh-OW~! Why don't you punch #####?! He was the one who stole your pudding!
#####: OH CRAP! YOU SAW ME!?
Leone: Well, that changes everything.
Charlotte: ...Should we do something about those two?
Shiho: We'll figure out the conclusion at the end, let's just end the intro.
Chapter 7: Woo Foo Wabbit
The sky above Blaze was crimson red while he desperately dashed across a prairie filled the corpses of his species. While trying to avoid gazing at the bodies, dark thoughts proceeded to torment his head.
"You're just a monster!"
"Your existence deserves to be terminated!"
"Go to the depths of hell you scum!"
"His true intention must have been to lure her sister into our world!"
He stiffened and got in his fighting stance when he noticed a silhouette of a female emerging out of the corpse with two large bat wings sprouting behind her back.
"Wh-Who are you?"
"Who am I…?" She questioned with a wide grin on her face. However, in Blaze's point of view, it felt more creepy. "…I'm your worst nightmare… Goodbye~!"
The second she finished, the woman pounced towards him.
The nightmare startled Blaze, who breathed heavily from it. After calming down, he scanned the area and found himself in a dojo-like bedroom with two beds. He was sitting on a blue bed which had dirty clothes and toys all about it. On the other side, a pink bed appeared which appeared to be cleaner than the dirty blue bed.
Blaze recalled the battle against Chouka back in the forest, frowning. 'Even though I battled Chouka again in round two, my attacks still couldn't penetrate his thick scales. Moreso he knew more about my species than I anticipated…If I can't even defeat Chouka, how am I going to save my family and Ericha…Can I even sav-…!'
The Houndour quickly shook his head. 'Now's not the time to be thinking negatively…Thanks to the girl that got involved, I'm still alive…What was her name again…? Dang it! It was just on the tip of my tongue…I got it! Her name was Cy-.'
"HEY FURBALL!"
"…AH!" Blaze recoiled a bit from the abrupt voice near his left ear. He spun towards the source of the sound which happens to be a blue bipedal rabbit wearing a white uniform, glaring at him.
"Good~! At least somebody's home in there," The rabbit impatiently complained.
"W-Who the heck are you?" Blaze questioned, alarming.
"A bunny that wants you out of my bed now!" He retorted rudely.
"Okay, Okay," Blaze obeyed as he climbed off the boy rabbit's bed. Unfortunately, he was still a little dizzy and face plant straight onto the floor. "…Ow!"
"That's just pathetic," The rabbit commented, while Blaze peeled his head off the floor. "I suppose you're still woozy after that ugly fall."
"Nasty fall?…" Blaze inquired a bit, confused until his eyes widened. "Oh, I remember! I ended up being thrown all over the place within that stupid pinball machine!"
"I can see how someone could mistake you for a pinball based on your size." He teased.
Blaze glanced at the rabbit. "Where am I exactly?"
"Well you're in our dojo 'Furball,'" He replied. "After you fell from the sky and collided onto me, I hauled your butt back here. My master treated your injuries and I had to wait three days for you to get off my be-."
"I was out for three days?!" Blaze exclaimed, stunned.
"Yeah, and while you enjoyed sleeping in my bed, I had to remain in my sister's bed," The rabbit finished looking disgusted. "…I still can't get the girly odor out of my nose…yuck!"
"Yang!" An old man's voice called out. The door slides open revealing an old looking panda. "What did I tell you about provoking him?"
"I just kept an eye on him until he woke up," The rabbit dubbed as Yang defended.
"…That's not creepy at all," Blaze reported sarcastically, keeping his distance.
"Yeah, well I didn't enjoy it either furball!" Yang shot back at him angrily. Then he glances at the panda. "Anyway, now that he's awake, we can beat some information on him about the stupid black tornado."
"…Black Tornado?" The Houndour repeated tilting his head.
"Yang, do you really believe this dog is connected to the black tornado monster that took Yin?" Yo asked.
"…Maybe?" Yang replied unsurely.
'…Is it the same worm creature that assaulted Bugs and the others?' Blaze asked himself.
"…Hold on a minute…" Yo abruptly said. Blaze felt weird when the Panda was searching him with his eyes. "…The black fur…The emblem on your forehead…"
The panda snatched Blaze's tongue and stretched it out long enough to examine it. Yang just stared at his master in disgust. "…This tongue…!"
Once he was done, the panda let go allowing it nap right back into Blaze's mouth. "...Could you be?"
"Could be what?" Blaze repeated looking puzzled by the panda's shock expression.
Yo's response was interrupted by a rumbling sound from his stomach. He promptly held his rumbling stomach. "Ooh! Excuse me, boys, I need to use the outhouse! Yang don't you dare do anything dumb while I'm gone!"
The old panda vanished in a puff of smoke, leaving the bunny and dog alone in the room.
Before Blaze could say a word, a bamboo sword was pointed at his neck. "Alright, Furball! We can do this the easy way, or my favorite, the hard way! Where did you take my sister?!"
"How would I know where your sister is? Or what she looks like?" Blaze wondered.
"She looks just like me only she's pink and does...girly stuff,"
"…It doesn't take a genius to figure that out," Blaze deadpanned while gesturing his eyes to Yang's sister's side of the room.
"…Right…nicely played furball," Yang squinted at Blaze skeptically. "…But I will shove the truth out of you!"
"…Are you always this paranoid?" Blaze questioned.
"No, that's my sister's job. When she's not gushing over a boy," The rabbit responded casually. "My job is to kick bad guys butt, goof off while doing it, and creating messes."
"No wonder your bed stinks like a Muk after a potluck," Blaze muttered before turning to Yang. "Look, whoever abducted your sister might've come from my world."
"AHA!" Yang accusingly points to him. "So you are the cause of thi-."
"Only because the heartless invade my village," He concluded.
"So you're telling me that cyclone thing is called a Heartless?" Yang questioned.
"You weren't the only one who encountered it," Blaze answered. "Anyway, if the worm like Heartless you described took your sister, then perhaps I could help you defeat it before it leaves this wor-."
"BWAHAHAHAHA~!"
The blue rabbit was rolling around on the floor laughing. Tears were coming out of his eyes. Blaze on the other hand just stared at him with a deadpan gaze on his face.
"…You done?"
"No…HAHAHA~!" Yang took a breath to proceed laughing. He was lying on his stomach while pounding his fist on the floor several times, while the Houndour just continued to stare at him with an unamused expression.
This lasted for about five minutes until Yang eventually mellowed himself down. He stood up wiping the remaining tears out of his eyes. "Phew~! Thanks, I needed a good laugh."
"I'm serious," Blaze proclaimed stubbornly. "I may not appear like it, but I'm capable of managing myself in a fight. The last opponent I fought beat me badly, and if it weren't for that girl, then I wouldn't have entered here!"
"You know that's not helping your case," Yang chuckled, trying to hold back his laughter. "Listen furball. You may not have noticed, but I am a Woo Foo Knight! My sis and I have taken down monsters, ghouls, and loads of adversaries! I think I can manage whatever that Heartless tornado thing tosses at me!"
"Didn't your master teach you to never underestimate your opponents or something?" He questioned with a sweatdrop. "Warrior or not, I doubt you can take on the heartless by yourself."
"Oh, and you can?" Yang shot back irritated. "I love to see that, or better yet, I love to prove it to you by kicking your butt!"
"…You're kidding right?" Blaze raised his eyebrow, oddly at him. "Instead of searching for the Tornado Heartless that captures your sister, you want us to beat each other u-."
POW!
After a split-second of being thrown out of the bedroom, Blaze tumbled across the backyard, landing on his back as he hit the ground.
"…Urgh, what the heck?" He groaned slowly recovering.
Yang jumped out of the hole in the wall. "If you were a true fighter, then you would've seen that coming a mile away."
"Fighter or not, how was I supposed to block against a punch mid sentence!?" Blaze retorted looking annoyed.
"In all seriousness though," Yang responded. "I need to blow up some steam on someone! Since Carl's out with his family outings, and the rest of the villains are out for the month on some Villain Convention, I think you're as worthy as my punching bag!"
"I never signed up to become someone's punching bag," Blaze retorted.
In response, Yang pounds his fists together, sparking flames around his hand. "Fist of Fire!"
Blaze hadn't even had time to react when the rabbit raced toward him. Yang hit Blaze's left cheek and then slipped an uppercut to his chin, sending him flying upward. The rabbit leaps over Blaze and ends his combo with a punch, knocking him to the ground.
"…Is that all you can do? Talk about pathetic." Yang mocked while he landed on his feet.
"…That should be my line,"
When the dust cleared up Blaze was on his feet. Despite receiving a harsh beating, he didn't look tired or injured. Yang eyes widen, when he witnesses Blaze's smirking at him. "Thanks to you, I'm feeling much better."
Yang stared at him oddly. "…What are you talking abo-,"
POW!
The Woo Foo rabbit was interrupted by Blaze ramming his head into the Woo Foo rabbit's abdomen. But not after he submerged his body with a red aura of flames increasing the damage and hurling Yang across the bedroom and into the living room. Yang slid on his back but bounced back on his feet.
"Well…I admit I wasn't expecting a punching bag to fight back," Yang replied.
"That was a lot stronger than I expected," Blaze exclaimed, looking somewhat flabbergasted. He entered the living room from the hole in the wall.
Despite the sudden attack, Yang smirked at Blaze while he took out his bamboo sword. "Now you've got my attention~! CHI HO WAH!"
The rabbit leaped right above Blaze while his bamboo sword abruptly in an intense blue aura and raised it above his head. Panicking the Houndour quickly develops his short tail into a metallic grey color, and crouches forward over his head blocking Yang's sword. This causes the dojo floor underneath Blaze to crack under the aura of the sword.
Blaze opened his mouth and emitted a purple orb spewing it at Yang's stomach. This causes the surprise rabbit to get propelled away from Blaze but quickly recover by backflipping onto his feet, just as Blaze rushed forward, spinning around like a flaming wheel.
"Jam Hammer!" Yang announced. His bamboo swords swiftly transformed into a giant white hammer with a strawberry logo on it. He clashed with Blaze upon contact, stopping his attack, and splattering him with gooey red substances once he collapsed across the floor of the dojo.
"Ugh!" Blaze groaned slowly as he recovered from the attack. He swallowed some strawberry jam that landed on his tongue. "…What the…? Did you just hit me with strawberry jam?"
"Yup! Behold the power of the Jam Hammer! Not only do they cause concussion, but they coat my enemies in tasty goodness," He announced, revealing his weapon.
In a blink of an eye, Blaze managed to free himself by eating the entire jam around him. "Wow~! First, you boost my power and now you feed me some delicious strawberry jam?" He smirked. "Are you always considerate to your opponents?"
Yang was startled to find his opponent quickly escaping from the jam but grinned back. "Nah, I just felt wrong about kicking your butt without at least having something to eat."
Without warning, the two rushed towards one another, exchanging blows in a cloud of smoke.
Yang's kick sends Blaze into the bathroom and down the toilet, causing the lid to close. Luckily Blaze pushed the lid up and dragged himself out of the toilet, looking drench and soak. He shook himself off dog-like to take out all the gross toilet water, leaving his body puffed out.
Noticing his ridiculously looking made Yang roar in laughter. "Nice hair style Puff Ball~!"
Blaze responded by firing flames close range towards Yang. Once he was done, Yang was black and smokey from the attack, hacking up a bit of the smoke.
"Hmm, I don't think black is the right color for you," Blaze joked back. The two laughed at each other oddly for a few minutes until they broke into another big ball violence moving back into the living room.
This time Yang was hurled into the kitchen sliding into the counter. He noticed some stack of dirty dishes above him slowly toppling over him. Quickly the bunny to sidestep to the right causing the dishes to fall over shattering to millions of pieces, causing the dishes to crash down the floor.
"Phew, that was close," Yang sighed.
"Shadow Ball!"
Yang's instinct kicks in as he jumps on the counter to avoid a dark purple orb that burst on impact. He watched Blaze launch another orb one after the other out of his mouth. The rabbit quickly avoided three more orbs by weaving across the counter.
"You aren't the only one who can use firepower Yangfomate!" Once he announced it, Yang's sword glowed morphing into a mini-missile launcher.
He shot a few small white and red rockets towards the multiple incoming Shadow Balls. Though the rockets were small, they were able to cancel the orbs out with ease, creating a dust cloud between them.
Two rockets pass through dust clouds and make their way towards the Houndour. Using his metallic-covered tail, he quickly swats them both, creating holes in the wall.
"Paws of Pain!" A huge blue fist emerged from the smoke traveling towards Blaze. He leaps in the air, avoiding the first fist, only to be hit by a second one, which sends him tumbling onto an old green recliner chair.
He quickly noticed Yang leap towards him preparing to deliver a kick towards him. In a burst of terrifying fire, Blaze leaps from the armchair into a ball and somersaults through the air towards Yang.
"AHHH~!"
"AHH~!"
They flew towards each other with great speed preparing to launch their attacks, but were caught by a large pair of black and white hands. "What the..?"
The fist was then lower down, to reveal Yo who looked annoyed. "I was only in the outhouse for a few minutes, and you two have already wrecked the dojo?!"
"Aren't you being a bit over dramatic Master Yo?" The blue bunny skeptically asked. He was oblivious that the entire dojo was in ruins from their tussle. The wall had several gaps in it, scorch marks throughout the floor, and fragments of the roof were falling apart.
"Let me guess, Yang was the one who struck first, right?" Yo predicted turning to Blaze. He responds with a swift nod.
"Hey, he was the one who provoked me first," Yang defended. "And besides, I was making sure he wasn't cahoots with the worm monsters. You know how strangers we encounter are always enemies in disguise."
"Well, you might be surprised what I'm about to inform you two," The Panda reported.
"What do you mean?" Yang asked.
"You know soon enough, right after you two clean this place up!" Yo commanded aloud while dumping the two boys onto the ground.
Once he recovered, Yang inspected the area. "What the foo happened here?! Are we under attack?"
"…Seriously?" Blaze deadpanned, believing he was just kidding. Master Yo just facepalmed by his student's density.
The three were unaware despite the vacant town, there was one being who was standing on top of the roof of a structure; a man with lime-green skin, black spikey hair, and red boots
"HA~! HA HA HA~!" He laughed, sounding fixed. "I was anticipating this moment~! The special and exclusive Helgar will soon be mine~! HA~! HA HA HA HA~!"
After stressfully sneaking away from numerous heartlesses on every corner, Ericha and her Pokemon comrades were able to escape the carnage of Goldenrod City. She thought that once she was out of the city that she would finally get some time to collect herself and figure out their next course of action.
The instant they approached the National Park, they were quickly ambushed by a gust of wind, separating her from the others due to the chaos.
Under the bench, the blond girl now found refuge in. She had terrified expression on her face as her heart pounded out of her chest, she worried about the mysterious creature that was attacking them.
"What... the hell...was that?" Ericha asked herself while trying to regain her composure.
Witnesses the shadow of the creature, she scurries back further away from the opening. Ericha found herself biting her lip, wishing that whatever was out there to fly by. At the same time, she didn't want to remain under the bench in an uncomfortable position forever.
Ericha held her breath and gradually went in the right direction once the silhouette shifted to the left. Once she knew that the monster was far enough, Ericha quickly got out from under the bench and made a break for it.
The shrill sound of the monster almost knocked her off her feet. She made a hard left and witnessed Pikachu, Meowth, and Wobbuffet surrounded by several unconscious and paralyze Scythers and Pinsirs.
"Guy's help~!" Ericha wailed while waving her arms. The three Pokemon turned to the voice, and discovered her as well as the monster behind her.
"...Oh Wow~!" The only thing that escapes Meowth's mouth as his eyes gleamed in joy.
"...What the hell?!" Erica's jaws dropped. Meowth and Pikachu were suddenly staring at the beasts with an outright gushy expression, and hearts for eyes, while, Wobbuffet seemed oblivious. "I'm running from my life and all you two can say is…
…!
Oh Wow~!"
The moment she turned around, Ericha stared hypnotically. A large elegant looking butterfly hovered in front of them surrounded by a golden glow. The golden sparkles fall from its large wings each time it flaps them.
"So pretty," Ericha said, mesmerized by its beauty. She gently walks towards the butterfly reaching her hands to touch it.
"WOBBA~!"
The teen sensed her blouse being yanked from the back pulling her away from the beast. "W-What?" Ericha ripped her eyes away from the butterfly and towards Wobuffet who had the hypnotic mouse and cat on his head.
Wobbuffet pointed to a portal on the opposite side of the park, which got her attention. "A portal! We can get out of this world!"
"Aw~! Do we have to go?" Meowth asked, gushing.
"SCREECH~!" The same high pitch shriek she heard before, eventually broke Ericha's image of the beast in front of her. Those golden wings were now grayish and were covered with two pairs of fake eyes. The creature has a red flame pattern on its forehead with compound eyes that turn red when watching them with intense focus.
After witnessing the butterflies' true form, Pikachu and Meowth heart-shaped eyes broke in half, returning them to normal. In fear, the two held each other close, their teeth chattering.
"W-What the heck is that?!" Meowth asked, staring at the monster.
"Move first, ask questions later!" Ericha cried to him and promptly made a break towards the gateway. Wobuffet waddling behind with Pikachu and Meowth on its head.
The butterfly flew after them and dive-bombed towards them. Ericha and Wobbuffet instantly dive themselves on the ground to escape its long legs.
"Hurry! Before it attacks us again!" Ericha shouted. Getting to their feet, she and the others merged into the portal, and vanished in a flash. The portal was about to collapse on itself until the butterfly shot a light purple beam from its antenna, causing the portal to freeze in place for a brief second.
Which was enough time for the carnivorous butterfly to fly inside of it.
Leone: Well, I got my revenge, what I missed?
Shiho: A scuffle between a dog and a rabbit, and a carnivorous butterfly chasing Ericha.
Touma: What did you do to #####?
Leone: Relax, I didn't kill them. I just pummeled him for near-death and tied him up in the closet.
Charlotte: T-That a bit extreme don't you think?
$$$$: N-Next time on T-The Last Hound 2 Portal Combat: The Butterfly Reflect.
Setsuna: Honestly, you're worse than Dovan with the stuttering.
Leone: The kid can't help it if their sister makes them wear a dress.
Ibuki: HINT! HINT! HINT!
Setsuna:...Shut up Ibuki.