Haha! Well, jokes aside, I do think I can't keep fighting anymore. Honest to goodness, alright. Another pokemon the monster transformed into was Yveltal. Like how in the hell am I supposed to fight against something like that? In fact, Machamp was more comfortable due to its human-like characteristic and fighting style. And even if it uses any attack with elemental status, Anabel's barrier with my battle style was enough to block.

So, uh... am I supposed to go hand-to-hand combat?

I looked back at my friends. Mallow was resting against the tree, Kiawe holding onto Mamane, and Lana looking after Faba. Confusing, when did Faba even lose his leg? Well, they have been battling against the monster when I was in my depressing world, so it was no wonder that Faba was unable to continue his leading dance. And Looker was on the same condition as both Mallow and Lana, exhaustion due to overuse of SKIN.

Right now, my biggest concern was if the monster would use a large AoE attack or not? Anabel's barrier is zero to none and high chance my friends will get caught in its attack. Honestly, the Machamp was better even if it had an ability like No guard or guts. I wasn't able to determine but I don't think any of the attacks hit me nor was I able to inflict any status up to it. Well, no point talking about it, but does the monster can't copy the abilities by chance?

Compare to Machamp, this pokemon was a terror, both by the looks and the stats. And it can use a wide array of moves that don't have to relate to close-combat. Furthermore, the monster was no longer getting disordered by my poking. Sigh, Anabel was right, I did choose the mission that could be considered suicide. Heh, but somehow I am not afraid.

Actually, you know what, take that last statement. I really have a bad feeling about it. In fact, it didn't take too long for my bad luck to kick once again. The monster which turned into Yveltal had its eyes glow purple as its body began to glow red while floating above the ground. Bad, bad, bad... I turned back to tell my friends to run away but I doubt any of them could move. Even if they were to move, can they dodge the attack? Answer: No.

Then I turned back to someone who was just a little better than okay. The said person Anabel looked at me, I guess having the aether inhaled body can be quite advantageous. After all, the SKIN use was no less than Lana and Mallow, but she was far better than the two. Not so far, alright, just in a bit better state than any of them.

But even so, Anabel can't use her barrier. I looked at my whole body. One of my hands and legs had already lost the barrier in the previous attack. I turned back to my friends and asked them to run as far as possible and stood in front of the attack, holding my arms in front. Believe it or not, whether it works or not, the fact doesn't change that it is a barrier shrouding my body. I wonder if I could buy a little bit of time to make them move forward?

"What are you doing, Lillie? You'll die." Anabel ran toward me while shouting at me, "Defense mechanism no longer works. Please run."

"I know," I said while freeing my arms from Anabel. "But I have a plan, so I will catch up to you." That's to say, I don't have any plan. All I am doing is trying to make up for my mistake, for failing to protect everyone. Now, I am not trying to become a messiah, it's merely an act to take out my frustration. After all, I wouldn't say my little sacrifice couldn't save my friends' lives. If anything, a few seconds, that's all I could manage.

"Hahahaha... You think your little plan could save your puny life," The monster laughed as it fired its dark energy, not giving any of us a chance to run. Well, that was given when none of my friends ran away, leaving me alone. Stupid idiots. I really hate you guys. I wonder if I am smiling right now? I don't know, I never felt such loved in my whole life. "Pay for your ignorance." While hearing the monster's enraged voice, I saw the beam slowly moving toward me. I closed my eyes as my whole life flashed within my view. If only I had a SKIN, maybe I could have saved my friends. Hmm!? SKIN?

Wait, can't I just catch this mutant? That said, I am obviously not going to throw away my cards at him? Well duh! the cards will get destroyed by the monster attack. I guess I could just enjoy the feeling of Anabel's chest. Not a bad way to die.

...

Is it just I or the attack of the monster is taking its sweet time to reach us? Then we all heard the monster's enraged voice once again, causing me to open my eyes. An unbelievable sight caught my line of sight. Some sort of big fire arrow was actually countering the move of the monster. At least, the arrow feels similar, only several times larger. In a hurry, I once again looked around me, but I never saw the person I searched for. Does that mean, this was her last effort to save us?

Damn Z, if she was this powerful from the beginning, she should have used it. My feeling was right, Z was indeed holding back. And now, she is gone. I don't know where but somehow my intuition was telling me we can't rely on her again. And somehow, the question in my heart for Z just expanded more. Just who was that mysterious girl and if by chance, she was also behind the fact over my research paper? Nah, possibly not. After all said and done, it is true that she just saved our lives. I wonder if I could see her ever again.

"I am glad that we are all alive but I hope you would stop squeezing my boobs already."

"Ah, sorry." Not. No wonder my hand was feeling so soft. It was different from squeezing my own. Ahem* anyway, I am someone who never let go of the chance on the hand. So, without a doubt, I would fully use the time Z provided us. And it's given that I would throw my card at the monster who was preparing for its next attack. Unprepared, the monster was simply sucked inside the card.

While the card was blinking, I pushed Anabel away from me, asking her to stay safe on some side. Although reluctant, I worry-freeing her, she went to the side. After all, even Anabel was human in the end, I couldn't ask her to do impossible. And I want her to stay somewhere safe, after all, it was more dangerous by my side since I made the monster angry. Not to mention, Anabel had already pushed herself harder than anyone, supporting me till the end. Now I don't know how could I ever repay her kindness?

Of course, it goes without saying that the monster broke free from the card. And seeing me, it charged toward me again. Well, since the target was bigger, I again threw my card, catching it successfully. Naturally, like the normal course of nature, the monster broke free. I know I can't catch it but I can still halt the monster. And to my surprise, the monster was getting angrier and angrier. I don't know if I should call it a good or bad omen?

I should still have a few cards up my selves. Actually up to twenty, I guess. Why do I have that many? Simple, my stupid mother actually presented me with so many when she found that I was going to catch my own pokemon, or well, mutant. Anyway, leaving that aside, I once again threw the card toward the monster, only to be destroyed by the monster. Well, I am the stubborn girl myself, so I threw again and again. And just like before, either the monster usually gets caught only to break free or break the card.

It kept going on 'till I have some four to five left. Even the monster was too annoyed that it changed into a smaller subject, a Scyther. Suddenly it charged toward me, of course, to kill me. Now with a smaller body and agility, it reached me in no time, causing me to back off. When I threw two cards toward it, they were dodged and simply cut in half. And I wasn't able to completely dodge it when the scythe of the monster pierced my leg that had lost its barrier in the previous exchange.

Stumbled, I fell to my butt. I can't rely on my friends when they are already beyond the state of moving. All the sense of the danger in my body cried. There is a saying, even cornered rats fight back. So, in a hurry, I threw everything on me toward the monster. Although a slim chance, I just hope a single card may catch it. And viola, it was so close that, it wasn't able to dodge a single card, getting trapped inside.

Taking the advantage of a simple lucky opening, I backed off from the monster making a bit of a distance. Of course, my legs hurt when the blood was flowing out of there. It feels weak. Is there a hole? Is there a hole in my beautiful leg? Ahh~ this is just the worst...

Just then, I heard the ping sound. And along with it was a computing voice saying the registration was complete. Eh!? Registration? That can't be right, after all the monster was right in front of me, coming out of a broken card. Did other cards catch a monster? Nah! that can't be possible, after all, there was no monster in the vicinity. And even if they were caught, it would require manual registration.

Wait... No, that can't be. Shocked, I touched around my neck and slightly below it. Nai, Nai, it's not there. My 'Pokeball neckless,' it's not there. I threw it when in a panic state. And somehow... that Pokeball caught a pokemon or mutant when it got thrown away from the hit of the monster. I shook my head, taking all the questions into the side of my mind. I don't even have time to think when I realized the monster was pointing its scythe toward me shouting something like 'an annoying girl.'

Suddenly the monster in front of me vanished. It wasn't at the speed of Pheromosa, so I could tell the monster charged toward me. I don't know what is it that I caught? I don't even know how it managed to register by itself? Why did the Pokeball that didn't catch anything till now even catch one? All these questions are making my mind go crazy. But right now, all I have is one request. Please, help us.

I too pointed my wand toward the monster. 'Tis now or never. As the scythe reached for me, I too shouted whatever came to my mind...

"ABRA & KADABRA"

I think I heard that in some movies. Well, it doesn't matter. As I shouted that, which wasn't really needed, a massive amount of black fog came out of the tip of my wand. And the monster that was reaching for me was sucked into the said black fog. As our curious eyes fell to the passive plan, the black fog turned into a black ball, like it was holding something inside it. And that something was the monster, the black, well-drawn eyes, Ditto.

And in front of our curious eyes, the black ball slowly retracted, getting smaller and smaller till it vanish in the mid-air. And the monster which was giving us so much trouble was vanished along with it like it was never there. If not for the wasted land, I would have believed that our entire exchange was just an illusion. But it's not.

And we really won. Wait, no... Let's wait a bit. I can't trust my luck. Just when I was sighing, the monster may appear to say hello...

...

...

Alright, you can come out now... Even after a few minutes passed, the monster didn't come out. Eh! seriously... Does this mean we finally won? I am so happy... We finally did it...

We won.

Ouch! my legs hurt in all the celebration. And I walked a few steps to pick up the ball, the real VIP of today's battle. And that was the moment I saw the black entity with red blood-like eyes, eyes that looked like they were holding the whole universe inside them.

And the one I am fated with...

Arc 2: END [Introduction To New World]

Afterword:

Hello, hello... Yuu here. A shut-in majestic dragon. Alright, don't even start anything. Anyway, let's move to the topic already. With this, we finally reached the end of the second arc. Thanks for sticking with me till now, because of your love and support that we have come so far... So far... so far... Odd, is it just me, or did we really come far ahead? Looking back at it, didn't we come back to where we left at the first arc... Ahhhh~ we didn't come far at all.

And I have a feeling that all this writing has made me soft... Nah! I am prolly imagining it.

I would like to answer a few questions...

First: To Mr. mohid afzel 458...
- I can understand your feeling. That was just me practicing my conversation skill. I wanted to know how can I write a flawless conversation, so I just went with the mood. Tee-hee. Ah! but don't worry, I would try to use that battle as a plot in an upcoming story. And I know it was stupid.

Second: To Mr. Darklord024

- Even though you are a Darklord, I am still a dragon. Also, I can tell why you thought so. Oh! I am happy you call my series cool despite everything. It is indeed a bit confusing. And I can currently think of three points.

First and the worst, Grammar shit. So, if the grammar was worst, to begin with, no wonder the story gets stupid and disturbing. But believe me, I am doing my best to improve but I guess this is my final ability. Sorry, I can't do anything about the grammar.

Second and another worst, timing shit. So, well y'know, I don't have a proper timetable and fixed schedule and I am sorry to tell ya, I can't do anything about it either. Whenever I find new content to read or do, I simply ignore everything around me and fully focus my time on that. And it's given that I don't even write anything.

Third but honestly irritating, unnecessary inputs. I will agree, I do this to increase my storylines. And still can't do anything about it. Just take this final battle for an example. All this was supposed to be a single battle that would contain somewhat 5/6 chapters, but because of my zeal, it kept on stretching. Of course, I keep doing it because if not, I can't write anything. So, all this useless enthusiasm makes the reader lose about what's happening in an actual event.

This is all I can find why I can't write to make the story more clear and interesting. Please, help if you can... Let's leave the plot and unexplained situation for later.

Well, with that said, thanks to all my readers, you guys are the reason I am actually continuing this series. I am definitively not lying with a straight face. Just so you know, I am always welcoming your thoughts and ideas.

By the way, how was the story reading through Lillie? And of course, Lillie herself too? I think I did a good job making Lillie different from games and anime. For me, Lillie was just pure, talented, kind waifu material and it goes without saying, she is my best girl in the pokemon franchise too. So, I did try to make Lillie different, selfish, stubborn, and above all, narcissist but still extremely kind. And I wanted her to keep on conversing to readers while detailing the event? Y'know something like an afterword, I wonder if I did okay? It's painful to think.

I don't know how much time it would take me to upload the third arc but I will try my best to make it soon. And sorry (I actually said it) for not having a harem till now. Just enjoy some of Lillie's romantic flirting as a bonus. With that said, there is something, I would like to tell you guys. After some thought, I decided to not include any of the main poke girls in the harem. Well, it's just a thought so I don't know what I would do in the future but I think I would like to include some of the rare pairs or pairs that have never been written. Though I have a few in mind, I would also like to know if you want someone to be in the harem, please let me know.

And with that said, there will be no harem in the third installment too. In fact, I would like to work on giving Ash an actual human body, not some fog. Well, I guess Lillie counts. After all, I am simp for her. And there will be a bit of fast forward, there will be just a brief explanation for what happens to horde.

I hope you will keep on supporting me in the future despite all my mistakes. Please look forward to it.

See ya... next time...

P.s. Let's just keep the logic inside the page... Bye...