Chapter Five
Dragon Rage
A woman in very pale pink robes dropped from the sky, a Dragonair floating down behind her. "Hello," she said. "I'm Tatsu, and I'll be your kidnapper today."
"Oh, right, like that's scary." Kendra snapped.
Tatsu flinched, but kept a reasonable cool. "I'm gonna subdue and kidnap all of you!" she exclaimed.
Kendra raised an eyebrow. "Not too bright, is she?" she asked. "And how exactly do you propose doing that?"
Tatsu pointed, and blue flame leaped from her finger onto Kendra, singing her outfit. "Like this. Dragon Rage!"
Blue flame burned around her, and leapt into a whirling maelstrom of angry blue light. "Haa!" The vortex leaped forward, and swallowed Kendra.
"Aargh!" she cried. Then, she got an idea. Dragon is weak against Ice, right? She grinned, ignoring the pain of the Rage. She closed her eyes, and tapped the limited reservoir of Ice energy she could feel. Coldness surged through her, and a flurry of snowflakes whirled in the opposite direction of the Dragon Rage. The tornado slowed, and halted. Then, it turned the other way, and unraveled.
Tatsu stared. "No one has ever undone a Dragon Rage before! It's impossible!" she exclaimed.
"Well, you've obviously never fought someone with Ice elemental capabilities." Phoebe snorted. "Starmie, Aurora Beam! Butterfree, PSY Beam! Bayleef, Razor Leaf!" she ordered, launching a Fire Spin of her own.
Tatsu growled. "Dragonair, Dragon Breath!" she snarled. "Get the Aurora Beam!" She raised her hands. "Dragon Skin!" she barked. A pink bubble surrounded her and her Pokémon, and the Fire Spin and PSY Beam slammed into it, splashing off harmlessly. The Dragonair reared back, and spat a stream of pinkish flame that canceled the Ice attack.
"Hah! You can't hurt me!" Tatsu laughed. Will stepped up.
"Elementally, you're right. Dragon is strong against every element save Ice, and you can use that little Breath trick to cancel any Ice technique we can muster up. But can you deflect a physical attack?" White light tinged with brown surrounded him, and he raised his arms. "Gust!" A tornado whirled around him, picking up dirt and small rocks.
"Petal Dance!" Haru cried. A green aura surrounded her, and petals whirled up around her and were sucked into the tornado. Haru channeled her power through Will, so the petals would still be dangerous, rather than be high speed bits of organic material, but would make it through the Dragon Skin.
Kendra and Phoebe caught on quickly. "Flamethrower!" Phoebe uttered, unleashing a very hot stream of flame that turned the tornado into a firestorm.
"Water Gun!" Kendra shouted. The water didn't neutralize the fire-far from it. The two elements combined, and became a whirling, deadly mass.
An Antipode.
The tornado, already stretched by the flame, completely lost form with the addition of the water. But it retained enough physical attributes to break through the Skin.
"Aaargh!" Tatsu screamed.
"Draaaaaa!" the Dragonair echoed. The Antipode Storm froze and burned them simultaneously. It must be pure torture, Phoebe thought, shuddering.
The attack faded away, and Tatsu was on the ground, panting. Her cloak was shredded, and burns covered her skin. "You...you..." She seemed at a loss for words. "Dragonair...it's time for...the attack..." A pink aura blazed around her and her Pokémon. "Seadra...come out..."
"Seea!" the Sea Dragon Pokémon trilled, coming out of a Pokéball. It began to glow as well.
Tatsu stood, and seemed to gain strength as the aura blazed around the trio. "Ultimate Dragon Annihilation!" she yelled.
A massive tornado filled the clearing. Ho-oh shrieked, and flapped away, avoiding being caught. Lugia and Celebi Teleported away from the scene.
Kendra, Will, Phoebe, and Haru, and the Pokémon that were out weren't so lucky. The four of them tumbled through the large windstorm, buffered by strong winds. But it didn't seem worthy of the name "Ultimate Annihilation".
Then the energy kicked in. The winds became pink energy blasts that seared them, growing progressively stronger until they felt like dying. Starmie and Bayleef attempted to use their Light Screen and Barrier techniques, but the beams sliced through like they were gauze cloths, and Butterfree's wings were torn by the blasts. Kireihana was knocked out early on, not being used to combat. Which was a mercy.
Will, with his last vestiges of concentration, tried to halt the rotation of the tornado. But his will was not strong enough.
Haru summoned her Petal Dance move, hoping to hit Tatsu or Seadra, at least. But she couldn't focus, and the petals appeared and lost power, adding to the chaos inside the whirlwind of death.
Kendra kept her head well, curling into a ball and surrounding herself with a protective bubble, but when the Petal Dance popped it, she was hit with three different beams.
Phoebe knew that there wasn't much time left. She dredged up every drop of willpower she had, and aimed her gaze at Tatsu-who was in the center of the attack, and was the origin of the horrible rays of deadly light. She lifted her arm, took as much aim as she could, and-
-this is for all of us-
-let a massive, five pronged Fire Blast scorch through the protective bubble surrounding the Dragon girl. The whirlwind faded, and the unfortunate victims plummeted.
"Hoooo!"
"I've got you!"
Ho-oh's amazing, twelve foot wingspan filled Phoebe's vision, and she was resting on a soft blanket of feathers. Light flashed, and she felt her strength returning, but not by a significant margin. She blacked out.
The Recover technique was not well aimed, as Ho-oh had to dodge more Annihilation rays aimed at her by the now out of control Tatsu. Haru and Kendra received most of the benefits, while Will and Phoebe simply had a pain relief. Haru gazed at the destruction caused by the awful attack.
Lugia swooped down, blazing with light, as a large Aero Blast smashed the Seadra into a mountain. Tatsu snarled, and glowed brightly. "Outrage!"
A blast of pink light slammed Lugia as hard as the Aero Blast had slammed Seadra. The aura around Tatsu pulsed, and a stream of pink bullets peppered Ho-oh as she swooped in to unleash a Sacred Fire.
"HOOO!" The scream was simply a vocal expression of pain, as the majestic bird landed ungracefully.
Haru ran over, and tried to cast a healing Synthesis over the wounded bird. But she was exhausted, and couldn't summon enough energy.
A rainbow glimmered around the legendary bird, and she Recovered some of her health. Now it is time for a true fight. she said telepathically, lunging into the air. "HO!"
"Sacred Fire!"
A large fireball rocketed from the sky and exploded on contact with Tatsu. Haru was overwhelmed by a wave of searing heat, but she didn't lose consciousness again.
Kendra joined the battle, calling out her Vaporeon. "Vape, Aurora Beam!" she ordered, launching one of her own.
"Vaap!" The two rainbow beams hit the Dragonair together, knocking it out.
Tatsu's aura faded visibly, but then it flared up again. Pink fire wrapped around Kendra and Haru, reawakening the agony caused by the "Annihilation" technique.
Celebi came out of nowhere, invoking a Synthesis that made the burns fade. Then, she merged her power with Haru's, giving her the strength to fight.
"Doduo, come out!" Haru cried. "Rapid Peck!"
"Dod!" "Do!" the two Pokémon heads cried, running forward and furiously pecking Tatsu.
"Hmm...Ho-oh, can you use Sunny Day?" Haru called.
"Ho..."
"I'll try..."
The light suddenly blazed double, nearly blinding Haru. She absorbed as much of it as she could, and unleashed it in a large Solar Beam attack. Ho-oh and Celebi did the same.
Three intense Grass blasts merged on a very unfortunate girl. Tatsu was sent flying.
Haru's eyes rolled up in her head, and she fainted.
