Pokemon Center [ Pokemon X&Y]
" So hold on a minute, you're telling me that by the time we got here, that your town got saved by that odd guy outside?" Reimu asked, gazing at the old man with the weirdest facial hair ever.
" That is indeed correct, young sprout. That there machine out there was going to execute some folks in the town in order to bring fear to us, but then something odd occured." Ramos, the old man softly moved his hand along his Pokemon's side, Gogoat was its name. And ole Sanae was hugging it silly.
" I will take a guess and say that the swordsman out there appeared right out of the blue and decided to go all slicey dicey?" Kaguya asked, even making wild slicing motions, almost smacking a trainer in the face.
" Indeed, the man was beyond skilled with the blade, I even offered him a job at the gym if he could slice up hedges that good but unfortunately he was worried about something else." Ramos stated, still rubbing his hands through those through that beard.
" Worried about something? What exactly could that be?" Yukari asked, watching Okuu casually playing with various bird Pokemon and flapping herr wings. She was listening to the clashing of blades outside.
" He seems to be unable to leave tthis town, he says he believes he feels bound to this place but I got no form of reckoning of what he is blubbering about, I think the whipper snapper just doesn't want to leave this place." Ramos assumed while Yukari looked to be in thought.
" Fluffy Grass goat~" And the happy ole airhead was just hugging away on the Gogoat, rubbing her face in his grassy fur.
" hmm...perhaps that might be the case but for now, we shall rest and regather supplies for the road." Yukari stated before looking outside at the blade fight that was going on outside.
The sounds of clashing blades came from outside and soon the sight of Ziden skidding backwards along the earth, being repeled by Sasaki's powerful strikes while Youmu watched.
Ziden offered an item to make this battle nonlethal but Sasaki turned down the item, saying that it would besmirch their duel. Ziden's arm was leaking blood down onto the Earth, he was a skilled wielder of the blade, this guy was on a whole other level, even at full strength, he could tell he would not be able to best this man easily.
" Young swordsman, is this all you have? I was expecting you to put up a great battle." Sasaki stated, softly gripping onto that katana of his. And man was it big, looked like it could lop his head at a range.
" Tch, wasn't expecting you to be this good, but don't worry, I will show you what i got!" Ziden said, holding up Crimson Edge and gripping onto it tight.
Fight on! [Final Fantasy 7]
Ziden was quick on his feet, thrusting his blade at the face of the swordsman, whom quickly parried it and his blade sliced right up against his chest, almost drawing blood from the young hero. " Tch!" Ziden was quick to slide back but Kojiro wasn't letting him get away, sliding forward and bringing his blade down onto his shoulder, watching it clash with that red blade of his, watching the sparks staining the Earth.
Youmu was watching this battle and waiting for her chance, she was surprised he wanted to face them both at the same time. What a cocky fellow he was. But she watched as Ziden was forced on the defensive as fast as he was trying to go on the offensive, this man was no normal swordsman.
As soon as Ziden tried to gain his stance, he could feel the cold steel of a blade tearing through his chest, causing blood to stain the earth as he staggered back, stunned by this. He's never felt so overwealmed before, even when he was at full strength. His healing was alot slower but it was keeping him alive.
It was at this moment that Youmu leapt in with her blades, her long blade aiming at Kojiro's eyes, but he was quick to duck under it and roll backwards and now using his unusually long blade to block each strike coming for him from Youmu. This man was skilled with the blade to inhumane levels, he had the feel of magic to him, like he was living off of it but she blocked that out of her mind.
Spinning her shorter blade, she goes right to his hip and cleaves into it, a red mist accompying the impact as she was quick to dodge to the side, feeling his blade slicing deep into her arm, enough to cleave through her flesh and into her muscle, causing her to leap back, feeling the intense pain of the attack she felt, that arm wasn't gonna be useful today or for a while.
Ziden saw this moment occur before spotting the swordsman dashing forward towards him and unleashing a powerful assault onto him, Ziden's blade shuddering under each powerful blow from the swordsman. This was the first time he was pushed back this much in a battle of blades. He saw that Youmu's left arm was pretty much useless right now and it was that moment where he was once more sliced right down the chest.
Ziden was quick to roll back away from the male while Yukari watched this battle and Yuyuko seemed worried about Youmu, she was not much able to fight like she was so Yukari of course she gapped her away from the male before seeing that Ziden was gripping onto his blade, letting flames dance through it the best he could before aiming it at the man and dashing.
But everyone saw what came next, the swordsman taking an odd stance and the air was shifting around him. Ziden was about to swing before he saw it too. " Tsubame Gaeshi!" What happened next, baffled the minds of all that watched, an impossible movve that was a testament to the monster of a swordsman this man was. This fabled rival of history's greatest swords man.
Ziden felt the impact strike in and soon found himself hitting the earth, three strikes all hitting him at the same time, he tried to block it but it was too much for him, perhaps that was why he awoke in the Center, his wounds healed while Youmu was bandaging her arm after taking an Elixir. He could hardly believe the timelapse between the impact and him resting in the couch. But it all made sense when he saw the panting Sakuya, she no doubt stopped time and grabbed him and no doubt held up Time Stop to get him healed up.
The more surprising sight was seeing Kojiro drinking tea outside of the center, sure the battle area was still bloody, but he seemed so calm and peaceful.
"...I do not know what he is, but what he did, I couldn't understand it." Reimu said while softly packing up their things into odd little bags, the size of coin purses that were created by Yukari to help them carry supplies on future Journies.
" I...couldn't even see what he did." Takeru was surprised at what he saw, a burning sensation in his robes as he felt the Musashi Icon burn. What emotion he was feeling? It was eagerness, the legendary swordsman felt eager to battle this man, like it was their fate to do this.
"...A servant huh." Yukari whispered to herself before going to scoop up Ziden onto her shoulder.
" What- hey!?"
" Shut it Ziden, we don't have the time for you to fully get back onto your feet." Reimu stated before looking over at Sanae. " Come on Sanae, we best get going, heard we got something annoying to trek through."
" Oh? Where are we going?" Utsuho asked right beefore a scene transition of them in a rocky area, a badlands of sorts. This place looked unforgiving as all hell. Meiling didn't like this place at all, dirt could get into alot of places. A thought shared amongst all of them.
" Hmm? A Power Plant is here? Is that anything like the ones the Kappas made near the mountain?" Meiling asked while Sakuya nodded.
" I believe so, they say its the reason why all the towns had electricity but it seems that the energy is currently being limited, hence why every town we visited barely had any lights going on aside from the ambient lights of nature." Sakuya explained while Ziden watched the ground move under them, being carried around the lands.
Several Gible could be seen digging through the earth and soon stared at the group passing by, seeing them head to the Power Plant to check this out at the behest of Ramos.
" Huh, this is somewhat of an issue, how are we going to get inside?" ziden asked as Takeru was about to phase through the gate, only to see Meiling softly make a stance before the gate and used her fist to slam into the gate, causing a spiraling impact to ring through the gate and literally tear right through it and allow her to enter. Her bandages clung to her strong with only a few strands blowing in the wind as she and several others walked in as Ziden was finally lett down, letting out a sigh as he still felt a tad weak.
While a good bit of them was approaching the plant, the sounds of metalic footsteps behind them. " Ziden, about time we found you. We gotta talk." Ziden blinks before turning around, seeing two old allies from the past.
" X and Zero! Been a long ass time!" Ziden was about to go to them before he caught the eyes of Utsuho and that stare she had, one of intense fear. Ziden didn't know what happened at all in that lab, the surgical and brutal attack she suffered at the hands of the one in red. Reasoning was gone, that explains why barriers formed around the plant's important machines as a powerful blast of energy came from Okuu and right at Zero, who quickly leapt out of the way of the explosion. " What? Okuu!? What are you doing!?" Ziden was about to move to her before the strength of her wings blasted him back towards the Power Plant.
" IT is no use, her ears are clouded by fear!" Meiling shouted before feeling something behind her and leaping back, avoiding a fist of metal and a group of people in red suits coming out of the power Plant.
" Intruders? Here at this place, how utterly annoying!" An orange haired woman in a mask came out of the crowd of seven before showing off a cocky grin.
" And who are you guys?" Ziden asked, Takeru following up with him and standing before the group.
" We are known as Team Flare, and we are ones who will make this world beautiful like it should be! And I know who you guys are, no doubt you're punk trainers that a town sent to liberate this place but as one of Team Flare's best scientists, Aliana!" Aliana was holding up a Pokeball while Sanae stepped forward, holding an Ultra ball in hers.
" Of course, anyone who came here, we slaughtered for our goal!" One of the grunts in the back exclaimed. " All thanks to this big guy right here!"
Ziden's eye focused on the large machine standing next to Aliana, obviously a monkey like machine but the lightning traveling along his body caused concern amongst the two fighters. But Meiling joined their side, making it 3 on 1.
" I am known as Spark Mandrill, A Maverick that is part of Lord Sigma's Army, and today, you shall end up like those foolish trainers that came here to save this place." Mandril let lightning arc around him, as up on a cliff nearby, a man in golden armor was watching this battle go down.
" Hmm, so it seems I am on a whole nother world, one where it's humans aren't as disgusting as the ones back home. I wonder if these Mongrels will be entertaining." The armored man seemed focused on Ziden. " And I can see this Mongrel who calls himself a Hero of Legend in my absence."
Elsewhere on Earth...
Bison stood there in that room where the Holy Grail in all of its Golden Glory was floating in a case, hooked up to a massive machine as he soon closed his eyes. " I was wondering when you would appear again, offering your knowledge on this item."
Out of the shadows, an extremely weathered old man stepped forth, using his cane before those sunken hollow eyes were gazing upon the item. " Humph, and here I thought the almighty Bison would have figured out this item by now. Do you still require me to teach you about it?"
Bison crossed his arms and assumed his usual stance. " You showed surprise when this item was able to be filled with the souls of normal humans, why is that?"
The old man nods at this. " It is, normally a Grail of this nature can only be filled with the souls of Powerful beings of Magic known as Servants, but this Grail, it can take the energies of the lives on that other world. It is already surprising other worlds exist but for a Grail to work this way, it is most surprising." The old man's eye seemed extra focused, showing that black and sunken cornea.
Bison was about to speak before a screen showing Sigma's face appeared. " I have new news coming in. It seems that we have discovered something new about that Grail of yours from odd energy signatures from an odder source."
Bison seemed intrigued, so did the old man. " And what is this development?"
" You told us that slaughtering humans would release this energy to your Grail but we have discovered that Pokemon that faint in battle also release this energy, in a Lesser amount of 2% than human deaths." Sigma explained while Bison's face showed joy.
" Is that so? Then that means if we allow those children to play with their monsters, they would be able to give us more energy than the daily executions and slaughters!" Bison lets out a hearty laugh, another figure coming out of the shadow, a blue haired male, obviously unnerved by the amount of evil in this room.
" It appears that they had some special battle planned in the city where this base is located. Shall I allow these fleshbags to continue the tournament?" Sigma asked while Bison looked at the Grail, a mysterious golden liquid was slowly filling it, it was odd, it did not feel evil, but a powerful magical energy.
" Go for it, but for the towns, continue executions, nothing wrong with gaining as much energy we can." Bison said while soon seeing the screen close, the old man staring at the Grail.
' Hmm, this man plans to change this world to something new but I shall use the Grail in Fuyuki to achieve my own goals.' The old man thought before looking at the Grail, unaware of the true dangers that lie ahead.
Trivia:
1. Yep, there is indeed a reason why this story is so death heavy, a Unique Holy Grail is being fueled by it, what does it do? you will see.
2. Sasaki Kojiro is a char from actual history but this form is from Fate Stay Night and yes, he is quite damn powerful as a swordsman
3. Spark Mandril is from Megaman X as are...Megaman X and Zero are
Author's Notes: Yeah, sorry aboutt the long ass daily, got bombarded by Oddysey, Xenoblade 2 and Fate/Grand Order so I had to take a mini hiatus, I gurantee this story will be finished before April, Remember, leave reviews and such if you have any questions!