Chapter 4: Flooding the Battlefield
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Kaila was ready for her drome battle.
She had her deck set up, ready and waiting in the winds, and her drome battle starts in ten minutes.
"Okay then, its time to battle." Kaila declared softly.
"Hey there."
Kaila was wondering who said that, so she turned to the origin of the voice and saw four people.
One was a guy with black hair and light-blue eyes, wearing a grey shirt, blue pants and white shoes.
Another one on his right was a guy with orange hair and brown eyes covered by red glasses; he wore a green shirt under a yellow waistcoat, dark green pants and brown shoes.
A third guy was on his left was wearing a yellow shirt with a green and gray jacket, black shorts and shoes, and hair brown hair and green eyes, and he was fairly heavyweight.
The fourth person among them was a girl, who had blond hair with green eyes. She was wearing a black shirt over a white one with red pants and red shoes.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Tom, this is Kaz, Peyton, and Sarah." The one in front of them Tom, said introducing them.
"Oh, My name is Kaila Narukami." Kaila said introducing herself.
'Oh we know who you are." Kaz told her, making her raise an eyebrow.
"The mighty heroine who challenged Klay to a drome match." Peyton said dramatically.
Kaila sweatdropped. "I wouldn't say that, I just couldn't take seeing a kid prayed upon by that con man." She told them.
"Just ignore them, we just wanted to say good luck, because the last few times we've seen him battle, he was playing dirty, both during and after the battle." Sarah notified her.
Kaila smirked at hearing this. "Don't worry, I've got a strategy that we'll blow him... out of the water." Kaila secretly punned snapping her fingers in their direction.
"We'll either way, good luck, we're rooting for you." Tom told her.
"And so will everyone that got scammed by him." Kaz assured her.
Kaila raised an eyebrow again. "What does that mean?" She asked.
"He means that a ton of people are going to be watching your drome battle against him." Peyton told her.
Kaila was shocked to hear this, but smiled as she began to walk off, but not before telling them something. "Tell as many people as you can, do me that and watch the amazed faces fly." Kaila told them as she made for the Oren drome.
They were confused as about this order. "Why would she want to do that?" Tom asked.
"She probably just wants people to see the epic beatdown Klay has coming to him." Peyton theorized.
"Maybe, but..." Sarah droned on before Kaz cut in.
"Oh come on, she must have an incredible strategy if wants that to happen, let's make it work." Kaz said optimistically.
"Oh, like that one idea you had that caused a massive landslide of events making Dranakis Threshold go kablooey." Peyton asked him sarcastically.
Kaz remembered that low point in his life when he battled against Samshady and sighed. "I thought we'd never mention that again." Kaz muttered with a sad expression.
"Let's just watch the match, it's going to be on that screen over there." Tom said trying to ease the tension in the air.
(Meanwhile at the Oren drome...)
Kaila arrived at the Oren drome, which was a green dome with multiple white arches spiraling to the top.
She walked in and saw nothing but the smooth interior of the drome, and Klay who was opposing her. "Hello there, didn't think you'd actually make it here on time." Klay remarked.
"Do yourself a favor and can it until after you, at the very least, see my deck, you got that." Kaila shot back.
(Back at the port court...)
Tom, Kaz, Peyton, and Sarah all sat at one table, waiting for the match to officially begin.
"Geez, tension looks so tough you'd have to cut it with a Stingblade." Peyton joked.
"So Sarah, you know anything about this girl?" Tom asked.
"I checked her online stats before we talked to her and it's completely normal, it's just a bunch of normal wins and losses, but she did stick with overworlders for literally all of them." Sarah explained.
"SO this match could go either way, huh?" Kaz asked as Sarah nodded.
They all turned up to the screen along with a few dozen bystanders.
(Back to the match...)
"Players, dock your scanners." A deep robotic voice rung out through the drome, it came from the drome master, a floating chaotic logo that spun around and levitated in the center of the drome interior.
Kaila placed her scanner on the holder as a holographic screen appeared in front of her as Klay did the same.
"Player, begin building your decks." The drome master spoke again.
Kaila began building her deck. "Okay Aa'une, it's time to see what you and your M'arrillians can do, not only you, but Milla'iin, and Kriz'ula too, Taqu'saal will be good for the front lines, and so will Mra'lue and Nua'noka, mainly because their fluidmorphers." She thought as she put them up on the board.
"Okay, now for battlegear. The Khr'all Magma Shard will give Taqu'saal some real firepower and the defender power to step in for Aa'une and the ones in the middle line, the Reefshard will give some extra power to Kriz'ula among other things, I feel like a Torrent Krinth will be good for Milla'iin, Nua'noka should be sitting pretty with a Riverland Moon, Mra'lue's Tiara of Hi'rai will give the girl herself some invisibility, and last but not least, the Baton of Aa'une with give Aa'une a major boost."
"Okay then, time for mugic. Klay most commonly battles with underworld creatures, so a Song of Embernova will be good as gold, Geo Flourish will heal just about any M'arrillian, the Tsunami Symphony will heal my creatures and give them extra abilities, Curemorph Chords will heal my fluidmorphers as well, The Unheard Melody may be expensive, but it can destroy any creature with no mugic counters, And a Song of Transposition to shuffle my creatures around just in case."
"And as for locations, I'll stick with my best water support locations, like the Riverlands, Everrain, and the Doors of the Deepmines, and boy is Klay in for a surprise when he sees the ultra rare location scans I've got from traversing the Precipice of G'gen."
(Flashback to when she ported out of Dome Primusalis...)
She wasn't porting back to Chaotic, but she wanted to secretly see if she could go to other locations in time and space through the Precipice of G'gen to help her out, she looked around and saw one location that looked insane to battle in.
"Isn't that the Storm Tunnel... completely flooded!" Kaila exclaimed, seeing the vision of the location.
It was just like the regular Storm Tunnel, only that the entire place was completely flooded and lightning was striking and electrifying the water. "This must be from when the M'arrillians invaded, I've got to scan that place." Kaila muttered before a thought crossed her mind, she held up her scanner and tried to scan the flooded Storm Tunnel from where she was, and it worked.
"WAIT A SEC! I can scan locations from across time and space in one single location, that's impossible." Kaila yelled. "At least, I didn't think it was, but how?" Kaila thought.
"What the hell does this mean, either someone pulled some strings here to make it like that or there's something else going on here." Kaila wondered as she noticed other locations that looked like they were invaded by M'arrillians.
(Back to the present...)
"I didn't think I'd get them, but I shouldn't complain, so I'll put the flooded Storm Tunnel, and the other Locations I got at the Precipice of G'gen in my deck, as well as the Precipice itself." Kalia thought.
"Players, please lock your decks." The drome master spoke as Kaila and Klay pressed a button on their scanners, revealing their creatures for all to see.
The moment Klay saw the M'arrillian scans, his jaw dropped. "T- th- those are- tho-"
"Surprise." Kaila said casually while examining his team, which consisted of Magmon, Brimflame, Barrath Beyond, Lord Von Bloot, Kectacc, and...
"Chaor! How did he get one of those, he must have conned it off of someone." Kaila thought.
(Back at the port court...)
Everyone's jaws had dropped to the point of dislocating.
"No freaking way..." Kaz muttered.
"How did she gather that many M'arrillian scans?" Sarah exclaimed.
Everyone was in a frenzy seeing these creatures on the board.
"She has M'arrillian scans!"
"How did she get them?"
"Did she bribe the M'arrillians?"
"Forget that, why do they look all girly and stuff."
"I don't believe this..." Tom said in shock.
"Oh boy, Klay is in for it now." Peyton said gaining a calm composure.
Sarah would've thought the same thing if it weren't for the sight of Chaor. "Wait, how does he have Chaor?" She asked loudly.
"Chaor scans are ultra rare, he must have snatched it away from someone." Kaz grimaced.
"Great, that practically means this could go either way." Tom grunted.
(Back in the drome...)
"How did you gather that many M"arrillian scans?" Klay demanded an answer.
"Beat one of my creatures and maybe I'll tell you." Kaila snarkly told him.
"Klayotic, because Kaizeress challenged you to this drome match, you will the first attacker, activate your location randomizer." The drome master ordered.
Klay spun the randomizer and as the location came up on both Kaila's and Klay's screens. "The first location, the Lava Pond." The drome master declared.
"Perfect, Magmon attacks... um, the center crea-" Klay was cut off.
"You mean Taqu'saal?" Kaila asked.
"Yeah, Taqu'saal." Klay said touching his Magmon scan.
When he did, the scanner slot in front of him descended into the floor, and code started to swirl around him, turning him into Magmon.
Kaila did the same as code swirled around her and turned her into Taqu'saal, she let out a battle cry once her transformation was done. "It's time to get Chaotic!" Kaila declared.
A flash of light brightened up the drome as Kaila found herself in the Lava Pond.
"Okay then, your first time battling as a M'arrillian Khr'all, just go with the flow." Kaila thought.
Kaila began moving, but ten feet later she sensed a presence above her. "Peek a boo!" She spun around and saw Klay as Magmon up on the edge of a cliff. "FLAME ORB!" Klay shot a ball of fire at Kaila, but using her lower torso's pincers, she simply swatted the attack away. "What?!"
"Nice try, But Taqu'saal has a lower carapace that can easily block fire attacks, ROCK WAVE!" Kaila shouted slamming her pincers into the ground causing a wave of stalagmites to shoot up from the ground and ram into the side of the cliff Klay was standing on, making him fall over and off the cliff, and into the rocks.
(The port court...)
"A M'arrillian that can do earth attacks?" Peyton exclaimed in shock.
"I never thought something like that would be possible." Tom said, also in shock.
(Back in the battle...)
Kaila smirked. "Is that all you've got?" She taunted.
Klay rolled off the rocks and got back on his feet. "Clashjet!" Klay clapped his hands together and lit them on fire, be pointed them forward and shot out a burning burst of fire that looked like it had wings (Not entirely sure of Clashjet works exactly).
Kaila saw this and countered it. "RIP TIDE!" She shouted, shooting high pressure columns of water at the bird, she not only shot through the bird, but also blasted Klay in the shoulder.
"My turn now, Klay." Kaila said equipping her Khr'all Magma Shard onto her top halves wrist. "Flame Orb!" She shot a ball of fire out of her hands and Klay raised his arms to block it, he was hit and sent flying into the lava.
(The port court...)
"Now it's fire attacks?" Peyton exclaimed confused.
"It must be the battlegear she gave that creature." Sarah theorized.
"She's using Klay's location against him." Kaz realized.
The crowd was cheering in Klay's beatdown.
(Back to the battle...)
Klay burst out of the lava and glared at Kaila. "Torrent of Flame!" Klay's mouth opened up and he spat out a wave of fire at Kaila, who raised her lower pincers to guard, but the attack made through anyway.
"You'll pay for that, Lavalanche." Kaila shouted.
"Lavalanche!" Klay shouted as well.
The two blasted lava out of their two hands/pincers and were caught up in struggle, using everything they had put power their attacks, but Klay won the struggle and blasted Kalia in the lower part of her body.
"Looks like you're out of luck." Klay said smirking."
"Wanna bet, CORAL BALLS!" Kaila shouted, shooting spheres of condensed coral at Klay, coding him on impact.
(The port court...)
The audience cheered for Kaila's victory.
"Alright!"
"In your face, Klay."
"That's what you get for scamming me out of my Melody of Malady scan."
"I don't believe it, she beat Magmon on his home turf." Kaz said baffled.
"Hey, anything can happen, especially when M'arrillians are involved."
(Back in the Oren drome...)
Klay was dumbfounded that he was beaten so easily. "Your kidding me." Klay said with his hands on his head.
"Believe it, buster." Kaila said turning back to normal.
"Kaizeress, it is your attack, activate your location randomizer." The drome master said.
"With pleasure." Kaila said spinning the randomizer.
"The next location..." The spinner stopped.
"Glacier Plains, please select your attack and target creatures." Kaila smirked.
"Let's mix things up a little, Mra'lue attacks Kectacc." She declared turning into Mra'lue and Klay turned into Kectacc.
"You're really going to regret challenging me." Klay told her.
"I should be the one saying that." Kaila smirked as a white light filled the drome.
Klay found himself wandering the cold area of Glacier Plains. "When I get my hands on her, I'm gon-" Klay was literally blasted out of his thoughts by an Iron Balls attack from behind, she spun around to see Kaila as Mra'lue floating above him. "You little, Power Plus!" Klay shouted, firing green holographic fists at Kaila, who turned invisible before the attack could connect. "WHAT?!"
"Let's see if you can handle this." Kaila said turning visible again. "Frost Blight!" She shouted blasting a wave of cold energy at Klay's feet, freezing him in place.
"How did you turn invisible?" Klay demanded to know.
"The Tiara of Hi'rai can allow any fluidmorpher to turn invisible while usable, Steam Rage!" Kaila's hands blasted pressurized steam at the glaciers above Klay, causing icicles to descend on Klay's body, coding him on impact.
(The port court...)
"She crushed to of Klay's creatures in a row." Tom noted.
"She think she could win this without losing a creature?" Sarah asked.
"We're going to find out." Peyton told her as the match went on.
(Back to the battle)
"Brimflame attacks Nua'noka." Klay declared.
Klay was on a Viledriver near the cliffs of the Riverlands with Kaila hiding behind a nearby tree. "Telekinetic Bolt!" Kaila uprooted a tree in the ground and flung it at Klay and his Viledriver, knocking them both off the cliff, with Klay falling into the water and the Viledriver coding him by crushing him.
"Taqu'saal attacks Lord Von Bloot."
It was raining cats and dogs in Everrain, but that didn't stop Kaila from blasting Klay with rapid-fire Mind Strike attacks thanks to her battlegear.
One of the attacks hit Klay in the back and sent him to the ground in pain. "That's it." Klay muttered.
A vision of the screen popped up.
"Consuming Cacophony!"
The mugic played its seven notes as a beam of burning light struck Kaila as she roared in pain, after the mugic subsided though, all she did was smirk. "I've got mugic too."
She stood up on her feet and raised her hands to the sky. "Tsunami Symphony, bestow upon me your power."
The seven notes of the mugic played in the sky as a beam of light radiated upon Kaila's body, healing her and restoring her energy.
Klay was shocked by the turn of events that he didn't have time to react to her next move. "Kha'rall Crush!" She fired and barrage of coral at Klay, coding him.
"Kectacc attacks Mra'lue."
"Let's end this fight quickly and with a bang, shall we?" Kaila asked as Mra'lue.
"What are you talking about?" Klay asked as Kectacc.
"Simple, UNHEARD MELODY!" Six mugicians from Mra'lue on the board entered the hologram of the mugic itself.
Seven haunting notes played in the sky and a beam of light crashed down on Klay, coding him into nothing.
Klay was in the drome completely baffled by that last move, while Kaila was bouncing up and down happily. "HAHA, got you good on that last one." Kaila laughed.
"I don't understand, how did you code me so quickly?" Klay asked.
"Simple really, the unheard melody may be expensive in terms of mugicians, but it and turn any creature with no mugicians into code in no time at all." Kaila explained.
(The port court...)
Everyone had their jaws dropped again as they were shocked that a mugic like that even existed.
"A mugic like that actually exists?" Sarah asked.
"How did she get it?" Peyton wanted an answer.
"Forgot that, how did she get any of these scans?" Kaz commented.
"The Doors of the Deepmines were shut after the M'arrillian invasion."
"I didn't think female M'arrillians even existed until now."
"So how did she get them?"
These were the thoughts of those who were baffled by how exactly she even got these scans.
(The Oren drome...)
"You may have beaten my other creatures, but there's no way that you'll beat when I break out the big guns." Klay promised.
"Kaizeress, it is your attack, activate the location randomizer."
"Humph, one final time at least." Kaila confidently said, spinning the randomizer.
"The next location will be..." The spinner stopped on a location that was the last one that Kaila wanted it to land on.
"The Precipice of G'Gen." Kaila saw this and noticeably gulped.
"Oh boy." Kaila muttered.
(The port court... again...)
"The... what?" Tom muttered confused by the location.
"Could that be where she got those scans?" Peyton asked.
"I bet that's the case." Kaz said.
"But it looks like space, how will they survive?" Tom wondered aloud.
(Back in the drome...)
"Okay, I can get through this, Mra'lue attacks Chaor." Kaila said as she turned into Mra'lue, And Klay turned into Chaor.
"I hope you're ready to get coded." Klay said.
"I should be saying the same thing to you." Kaila said as the drome filled with a bright light.
The difference between the rest of the battles and this was that they both were actually in close proximity of each other, with no obstacles between them.
"Well isn't this a lovely turnabout, but now let's wrap this up." Kaila said as the board showed up again.
"SONG OF TRANSPOSITION!"
The mugic notes played and a bright light shined down on Kaila as she took Aa'une's form instead of Mra'lue's.
Klay was shocked, as Kaila equipped her Baton of Aa'une and launched her first attack. "DEADWATER DEVASTATION!" She roared, blasting Klay with a high-pressurized blast of emerald green water, sending him flying back.
(The port court...)
"That deadwater devastation took away all of Chaor's mugic counters." Tom noted.
"Now Klay can't use mugic." Kaz added.
"She's got this in the bag." Peyton said snapping his fingers.
"Crush that con artist." Sarah cheered.
Other people heard their cheering and joined in.
(Back to the battle...)
Klay grunted in pain. "Ash Torrent!" Klay spat a black cloud of ash at Kaila, who merely raised her arms in defense.
Kaila smirked. "You might be a con man, but you sure are a fighter." Kaila commented, using a Flaming Coals attack.
Klay rolled out of the way and shot his own Flaming Coals attack at Kaila, who dodged and launched a Rip Tide at him, hitting his leg in the attack.
"I'm not going to lose to a loser like you, not now, not ever!" Klay roared. "Power Plus!" He shot green fists at Kaila, who got hit in the chest and was sent flying back.
"This is for all the people you've conned scans out, you pathetic excuse for a Chaotic player." Kaila shouted at Klay. "ICE DISKS!" Kaila shot five disks of ice at Klay that traveled faster than the eye could keep track, coding him the second they collided.
(The port court...)
Everyone was ecstatic that Klay was put in his place. People were high-fiving each other, and cheering her name.
"Oh yeah, Klay got clobbered this time around." Peyton quipped celebrating his defeat.
"Alright!" Tom cheered.
(Back in the Oren drome...)
Kaila turned back to normal as she pointed at Klay. "That was a good match, for me that is." Kaila said laughing, but not before noticing that Klay was having an angry expression on his face.
Klay was thinking of saying something, but didn't bother, took his scanner from the holder, and exited the drome.
Kaila raised an eyebrow and wondered. "What was that about?" Kaila thought walking out of the drome with her scanner.
(Later on at the port court...)
Kaila was currently eating a victory Perim Pizza with Tom, Kaz, Peyton, and Sarah.
"Man, you were a wizard with those M'arrillian scans, Kaila." Peyton complimented.
"Yeah, I've never seen anyone battle with a full M'arrillian team before."
"No one has, you've just made Chaotic history with those scans." Kaz said.
"Thanks, but it was noting really, I just wanted to put him in his place." Kaila commented.
"Maybe, but don't you think you went a bit too far?" Sarah sarcastically asked.
Kaila legitimately thought about that for a moment, and shrugged. "Nah." She answered, taking another bite of her pizza.
Kaila's scanner rung, signifying that someone was calling him, she picked up the call and her jaw dropped.
The one who called her didn't have a face, but wore a white and green mask along with a green robe with a white crest on the chest, which looked somewhat big, signifying that it was a female whoever was behind the mask.
"Co- co- c- Codemaster Oren?!"
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I'll be blunt and spit it out, I hope that the chaotic battles were alright, I tried to take some inspiration from the anime, where the creatures can get coded by normal means like falling off a cliff or crushed by a statue. Either way, I hope that you've enjoyed this chapter, and see you lot in RWBY movies: Watching the Multiverse.