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Middle of a War
(Pokenese)
"AAAHHH!" A Houndoom rammed its two horns curving backward onto a Mightyena which sent it flying back into a tree, toppling it. It let out a bone-chilling howl and fired an orb of dark energy that slammed into Houndoom, making him fly back. Flamethrowers and Shadow Balls were fired until the Mightyena finally couldn't keep up. Its side got roasted from a Flamethrower, which slowed it down considerably. The Houndoom turned around and used its rear legs and kicked the Mightyena, knocking him back. He was about to finish him when-
"Whoa! Two wild Pokemon fighting! What's going on?" The Houndoom looked up. A young boy with a Treecko on his shoulder was staring at him. With him were two others, a girl and another boy. The Houndoom snarled, then fired a Flamethrower. The boy narrowly dodged.
"Let's take this thing! Zeck, go!" "Brian, you are an idiot. It's a fire type!" "So?" "Zeck's a grass type, retard!" "He can take him anyday! Zeck, use Pursuit!"
Zeck's whole body turned slightly black. He jumped, then zoomed down at the Houndoom, slamming into him with dark energy blasted everywhere. The Houndoom was surprised at the speed of the tiny little threat. He fired a Flamethrower, which was dodged by the nimble Treecko.
"Well, the midget is pretty good." The Houndoom taunted. Zeck responded, "Well, I don't see any of your bursts of flame hit this MIDGET!" Zeck then used Pursuit again, knocking the Houndoom back against a tree.
"Your tougher than I thought, midget." "Looks can be deceiving, butthead." Another Flamethrower was fired. Treecko used Quick Attack to rush toward a tree, push off, and slam its tail onto Houndoom's face.
"Good job Zeck!" Zeck grinned, then jumped up into the air. He spun around violently, getting momentum for his Pound attack. Houndoom saw this and used Flamethrower again. This time, it looked as though the Treecko wouldn't be free of a burn mark. But Treecko's tail suddenly glowed white. It even startled Andy. The glowing tail slammed into the fire attack, negating it. It went on and on until it slammed Houndoom into the dirt.
"Wow, I surprise even myself."
(Normal)
Brian curiously asked, "Zeck, what happened?" Andy explained. "Zeck somehow managed to learn Iron Tail during that battle. Iron Tail is an extremely powerful attack, only its accuracy is somewhat lower than normal attacks."
"All right then! Use Iron Tail!" Zeck's tail glowed white again. But this time, Houndoom was ready. Black fangs appeared in front of Houndoom. He charged, the fangs clamping down on Zeck, severely injuring him. The Crunch attack basically disabled Zeck.
"Zeck! You ok?" Celia nodded to Andy. She said to Brian, "You're obviously gonna need help. Flash, go!" "You too Nidor!" The two Pokemon appeared. Nidor ran behind Andy's legs, cowering. The Houndoom made a sound that sounded like a hoarse laugh. Flash boldly walked up to Houndoom. He yelled, "Pi Pi Pi Chu!", then sent a Thunder Wave into Houndoom, paralyzing it instantly. The attack tired Flash out. He collapsed.
"Nidor, use Horn Attack, now!" Nidor's horn grew white, then slammed into the defenseless Houndoom. It was sprawled on the ground. Houndoom then howled. It scared Flash back into its Pokeball. Suddenly, 4 Houndour and another Houndoom appeared from behind the trees. Everyone sent out their remaining Pokemon.
"Claws, use Slash!" Claws ducked out of the way of a Bite attack, then slashed the gut of a Houndour, instantly subduing it. Blaze set a Houndour's butt on fire, while Kroc was kind enough to put it out…and send it flying into a tree too. Claws then Headbutted a Houndour into the last one, taking them all out. Only the Houndoom was left. But then about 8 Poochyena sprung out from the bushes. They all latched their teeth onto Houndoom. Andy, Brian, and Celia just stared at the poor Houndoom getting obliterated. But then the paralyzed Houndoom managed to fire a Flamethrower at the Poochyena, scattering them immediately. Then the Houndoom and Houndour gang retreated. During the fighting, the injured Mightyena managed to slip away unnoticed.
Brian wiped his forehead. "Wow, that was some strange battle." Then a man came out. He had a black sleeveless shirt and green shorts. His brown hair was covered by his green cap.
"Are you guys hurt?" They shook their heads. "Well, my name's Mike. I live a little bit away from here. You guys wanna come to my place?"
Brian said, "Of course! Let's go. Besides, Zeck here is hurt, and he needs help." The four of them walked a little. Then they approached a clearing. A snug little log house was in front of a small garden. A Houndour puppy and Poochyena puppy bounded toward Mike. Brian was instantly terrified.
"AAAHHH! They're gonna attack us! Claws get ready!" Claws bared his teeth. But the two puppies jumped into Mike's arms. They licked him happily, letting him know he was gone too long.
"Hahaha! Stop! It tickles!" He set them on the ground. When the Houndour saw Claws, he ran behind Mike.
Andy said to Nidor, "You're just like him." Nidor sniffled, then dug a hole in the ground which he jumped into. Andy sighed.
But then the Poochyena jumped up and bared its teeth at Claws. Claws just looked at it and growled. The puppy ran up to Claws and bit him on the arm. It didn't hurt, but Claws was annoyed. He flung the Poochyena at Mike. Brian tried calming Claws down.
"Claws, its just a puppy!" Claws scratched Brian, then went to sleep on the ground. Celia just said, "It's always doing that." They left Claws and Nidor outside and walked in Mike's house. There was a couch and a table in the middle. He went into another room that had a bed in it. He took out some drinks and snacks and let his guests munch on them.
"These are my two Pokemon, Grey-" The Houndour barked. "-and Black." The Poochyena barked.
Brian asked, "These are your only Pokemon?"
Mike nodded his head. He then said while tending to Zeck's wounds, "Those two used to have brothers. A Mightyena named Fang and a Houndoom named Skull. I had them about 10 years ago. Those two never got along. They always fought and fought. I had to put them in separate rooms. But they always got to each other and fought even more. Eventually, I had to give them away to different people. They ran away from their owners, obviously going to find a way to kill the other. Then I heard a rumor about an escaped Houndoom and Mightyena roaming around the forest a little bit farther than the Forbidden Woods. So I moved here, trying to get Skull and Fang back. I've been around Poochyena and Houndour my whole life. They just won't have random fights unless they have a purpose. I'm guessing Skull and Fang have assembled larges packs to fight against the other pack. All the Poochyena, Houndour, Houndoom, and Mightyena I've seen are all on edge lately. They're probably going to fight pretty soon."
The three listened to this elaborate story. Suddenly, there was a noise outside. An injured Poochyena crashed through the door. It got up and rushed back out, only to get hit by another Poochyena flying after an attack. The four went outside to find Claws and Nidor fighting off about 15 Poochyena and 4 Mightyena.
(Pokenese)
"We could use some help here!" Claws yelled while fending off a Mightyena. Nidor rammed a Poison Sting at the Mightyena. It was knocked back. Several Poochyena ganged up on Claws. They all jumped at him with Bite at the same time. But then the Poochyena looked confused. The Linoone had disappeared.
"Where'd that thing go?" "Look out!" Claws burst up from the ground and knocked out 3 Poochyena with the Dig attack. Zeck and the other came onto the scene with Ember, Water Gun, and Bullet Seed, scattering all the Poochyena. They now faced 4 Mightyena, one severely injured with poison.
"Blaze, cover me!" Zeck yelled. He jumped forward. Blaze fired an Ember attack at the Mightyena. Three of them jumped away. Zeck Pounded the poisoned and injured one, fainting it. Three Shadow Balls were flung at Zeck. But they were destroyed by a Water Gun from Kroc. Claws rushed at a Mightyena, tearing at it. Kroc and Zeck were far range attacking a Mightyena. Blaze and Nidor were teaming up against another one.
"Die you black-haired demon!" Claws sliced at it. It tore through Mightyena's forearm. It ran away whimpering. Blaze yelled, "Nidor, spear him after this!" Blaze pointed his tail at the Mightyena and blasted it with a Flare attack. Then Nidor rammed another Poison Sting into the Mightyena. It lay on the ground fainted. The one Kroc and Zeck were fighting was considerably stronger than the other ones. It blasted a Shadow Ball at Zeck, which he dodged. Kroc fired a Water Gun, but the Mightyena flew out of the way. The others then ran up to help Kroc and Zeck.
"Fire like crazy!" Zeck blasted a wide Bullet Seed attack, Kroc used Surf, Blaze fired a huge Flamethrower, Nidor shot Poison Stings out of its horn, and Claws kicked lots of sand at the Mightyena. After blindly shooting for so long, they took a look. A lot of trees were toppled, the ground was soaked here and fried there. The Mightyena was nowhere to be seen.
"What happened?" Kroc asked. Blaze answered, "I dunno. Where'd he…go?"
Blaze had turned around and what he saw was a very hopeless situation. He saw the Mightyena they were fighting. He took a closer look at it. It had a scar running down his neck. A bolt of black ran across its face. It was bigger than the rest of the Mightyena. But that wasn't what made the scene hopeless. The fact that there were 20 other Mightyena behind it, that made it hopeless.
Blaze said, "That big one must be Fang. Look, if we can take it out, they won't have a leader. Claws, You and I will go after Fang. The rest of you, fend off the other Mightyena. Your goal is to make sure they don't get to me and Claws. Use far range attacks so they will have a smaller chance of hitting you, got it?" They all nodded. Blaze used Rage and Claws started with a Quick Attack. A Shadow Ball flew past him. He saw a couple of Mightyena fall from Water Guns, Bullet Seeds, and Poison Stings. He saw Fang right in front of him. But Fang disappeared and a claw fused with dark energy hit him across the back. Blaze hit Fang with a Flamethrower, but he quickly got back up after that Faint Attack. He disappeared again. This time, Claws turned around and Slashed at the reappearing Mightyena. It took the critical hit and flew back. A stray Shadow Ball zinged across Claws's head. He looked up and saw the other 4 still fighting 15 Mightyena.
"Kroc, look out!" An Absorb blasted a Shadow ball to shreds. The gang had toppled a couple of trees and made dug a hole for a defensive position. "Thanks Zeck! AAHHH!" Kroc focused, then a wave of water crashed down, knocking out a lot of Mightyena. There were about 10 left. Poison Stings hit their mark on another Mightyena, causing it to collapse. But then something strange happened. All the Mightyenas' eyes turned pure black. A ball of energy appeared that floated above the fighting field. Suddenly, it became nighttime. All the Mightyena had an aura of darkness around them.
"Kroc, what just happened? My attacks are much weaker now!"
Kroc fired another Water Gun, but it was weaker than usual. The Mightyena that took the attack shrugged it off and fired a Shadow Ball. Before it could hit Kroc, a Thunderbolt hit the blast. Kroc turned around.
"Flash where are you?" She finally saw Flash, but Flash had become a Pikachu! Flash fired dozens of Thunder Waves, paralyzing the Mightyena. They fell wave after wave until the only things opposing them were paralyzed Mightyenas. But then, beams shot out of the black energy ball above the field. The Mightyenas got up, and resumed fighting.
"Aw, man! We are doomed!"
Claws lunged at Fang. His claws just missed him, but Claws was caught in the back by another Faint Attack. Blaze flung his burning tail at Fang, burning him. Fang turned and fired a barrage of Shadow Balls, almost taking out Blaze. Blaze fired a Flamethrower, negating some of the Shadow Balls. Meanwhile, Claws snuck up behind Fang and dug his claws into Fang's back. Blood was pouring out. Fang jumped up into the air, shook off Claws, and planted both of his hind legs onto Claws's gut. Claws fell down on the ground, hard. He didn't get up.
Blaze shot an Ember at Fang. It was cancelled out by a vicious Crunch attack. Fang shot a Shadow Ball and
The ground near Zeck exploded. The multiple Shadow balls thrown by these relentless Mightyena were overpowered. Zeck looked up at the ball of energy floating high in the sky. He then rushed out of their little bunker and dashed up a tree. He pushed off and used Iron Tail on the energy ball. It dispersed. The battlefield turned back into daylight again. Then the Mightyenas' auras disappeared.
Kroc yelled, "My attacks are back to normal!" Another wave of water crashed down, knocking out even more Mightyena. Kroc was tired out. But then a Shadow ball hit their makeshift bunker and destroyed it. They all ran out and started attacking close range. Kroc slammed her tail on a Mightyena's face. It retaliated by shooting a point blank Shadow Ball. Kroc jumped just in the nick of time. The Shadow Ball's explosion knocked out the Mightyena.
Zeck Pounded and Pounded a Mightyena repeatedly on the head. He finally used Iron Tail, taking out yet another Mightyena.
Nidor kept firing Poison Stings in random directions, blasting a lot of trees. But the Mightyena kept retreating in fear of getting hit.
Flash jumped into the air and generated electricity in his body. He discharged it all in his body and slammed into a Mightyena. The Discharge attack knocked the Mightyena out cold. But another Mightyena jumped at Flash and was about to hit him when a blast of fire hit him full force. Flash turned around and didn't see Blaze, but saw a big Houndoom leading a pack of 5 Houndoom. The big Houndoom had a third horn that curved backward like his other two horns.
Flash gasped. "Skull is here!"
Blaze took a bad hit after that Shadow Ball attack. He could barely get up. Suddenly, Claws sped at Fang with a full on Tackle, knocking him to the side. Fang got up and blasted Claws with a Shadow Ball. Claws fell on the ground. Blaze immediately moved in front of Claws to defend him. Fang was about to finish Blaze when Fang suddenly stopped. Blood veins in his eyes showed. He howled, signaling the other Mightyena to follow him. He ran toward the direction of the others.
"Claws, you alright?" "Ugh… I thought we were finished!"
Zeck saw the pack of Mightyena shift gears and attack the Houndoom. It was a vicious battle. But what captured his attention was the big Mightyena fighting the big Houndoom. Fang and Skull were biting and firing at each other.
However, the Houndoom appeared to be winning, since they were fresh, and the Mightyena suffered from the other Pokemon's attacks. Fang, still blind with malice, had to be pulled away in retreat by another Mightyena. The Houndoom laughed at the Mightyena, then retreated into the woods too. Zeck's good eye caught movement in the thickets, and saw a Shade running away. That can't be good…
(Normal)
All the humans were tending to the Pokemon's injuries. Brian was constantly with Claws. He was terribly worried about him.
Celia thought Wow. I've never seen this side of Brian before. He cares deeply for his Pokemon, even Claws who doesn't listen to him.
Black and Grey were scurrying around, obviously nervous about having their brothers around again.
After bandaging a wound on Claws, Brian stood up. "We are going to put an end to this war, whether Fang and Skull like it, or not…"
Author's Notes: Wow…one of my longer chapters. Haha, what will be the conclusion of this epic rivalry? Find out next time on The Castle of the Howling Moon! (that is so cheesy, so cheesy I could eat it… mmm… cheesy…)
And if you're wondering, I have Sapphire version, and I have a lv. 60 Blaziken, lv. 60 Aggron, lv. 58 Sceptile, lv. 46 Swampert, lv. 45 Linoone, and lv. 46 Flygon. I think legendary Pokemon are so cheap. That's why I try not to use them, but they are extremely tempting. LoL.
