Chapter 67- A Random Bird
As the group falls through the darkness, Missingno pulls out Cassandra's hammer.
"Don't worry, guys, I've got this!" He opens the parachute-
Just as he hits the stone floor.
Koja tucks and rolls, landing safely. Driller lifts Cassandra at the last moment, so she is safe as well.
They look around the cavernous area they are in, but only soft light makes it all the way down, covering most of it in shadows. Loud drops of water hits stalagmites and puddles all over the cave.
Missingno scrambles from under the parachute. "Be careful, guys! After beginning an chapter with a weird joke, there is usually an intense battle coming up!"
Unknown to Missingno, a group of bird-like creatures are walking up behind them.
"You know that the phase 'unknown to Missingno' is useless when written, right?"
… Totally known to Missingno, a group of bird-like creatures are walking up behind them. Only a foot tall, they sneak out of the shadows. They get ready to attack, when-
"Hi." Missingno's head turns 180 degrees to look at them.
The creatures jump back, icicle feathers clinking together. The birds lean forward as they continually screech at him.
Cassandra raises an eyebrow. "Are those… frozen Spearows?"
As they screech, some of them burst into flaming Pidgeys. As the flames light the area, more and more birds become visible, constantly screeching and changing between the two forms. An expansive floor of clinking feathers and crackling flames begins to fill the air with their presence as well.
"That's weird. With stories like these, behind the mob is a powerful boss that shows up in an awesome display of-"
From even deeper in the cave, a Fearow steps forward, glares at them, and bellows a cry that shakes the walls.
And then the javelin pierces its chest.
"Yeah, like that." Missingno remains in a throwing pose as he gives the others a thumbs up.
The large bird thrashes around, taking out several birds with its long wings and beak before it freezes… and then it freezes.
From around the javelin, ice spreads over the whole body.
Cassandra smiles at him. "That's a cool attack."
Missingno doesn't return it.
The ice shatters, ice cubes flying everywhere as an even bigger blue bird gracefully emerges from the chaos. The long feathers of its tail whip around as the smallest twitch, accenting the power that lies within. It is the legendary bird, Articuno.
Missingno's hands swivel at the wrist, falling to point at the floor.
As Articuno cries, the hoard of birds rush at them. Missingno jumps back, pulling a disk from his pocket. The stream of fire that erupts from it hits the ground, sending fire in five directions.
Wait, doesn't that attack send a blast that defies the laws of physics and turns into the japanese symbol for big before flying at the opponent?
"... Yeah, the jury is still out on which is the official version, so I'm gonna go with the game one for now."
Ok.
"Like I'm gonna do something silly like that. Ha! When pigs fly."
… Ok…
"Missingno! A little help here!"
The birds are still advancing, walking into the low burning areas as they change into flaming Pidgeys and back again when they leave it. Koja grabs a couple of rocks and throws knives at them, but while they defeat the Pidgeys, they just bounce off the frozen feathers of the ferocious pre-fearows.
Missingno's eyes sparkle and his grin grows wide. "I've got it!" He fires the disk again, sending fire over the birds. They turn into Pidgeys to escape harm, but-
"Driller, use Dig!"
A hockey mask appears on his face and he raises the shovel. The Pidgeys look down at the fire and up at the bee as they quiver.
Driller used Dig!
Driller used Dig!
Driller used Dig.
With each swing of his weapon, a Pidgey disappears from existence. Even when he lightly taps one, they are instantly destroyed.
"Oh, I thought that last attack just had a punctual typo."
Yeah, me too.
Cassandra fist pumps. "I knew that would work. Good job, Driller!"
"... Oh, I thought that I was the one that told Driller to attack."
Yeah, me t-wait, what?
"Cool, so I'm gonna leave this to you guys." He fits the disk onto Driller's spear hand and walks towards the side of the cave. He walks into the wall, just disappearing.
…
Driller used Fire Blast!
"Did you just teach my Bug Pokemon a Fire type move?!"
As Articuno surveys the destruction of its devilish division of draftees, it prepares to attack when a javelin pierces it from the side. It bursts into flames, and from within the flames, a ferocious red bird soars above. The flames of Moltres' feathers crackle as it searches for its assailant.
I'm surprised you thought that would work.
Missingno walks out from the inside the wall and shrugs. "You never know."
Moltres dives at him, pulling up and striking at him with a flaming wing. Missingno deflects it with a sword, following through the motion with an attack on the opposite side.
The metal clashes against the chilled crystalline feathers of the creature's wing. The wing continues to freeze past the shoulder, where steam floats through the air as the forces balance out.
Missingno jumps back and scans his foe. "It's like some sort of frankenstein of a legendary bird mash up."
Except we already helped Zapdos out, so it isn't part of this glitch.
"Imagine if it was. 3 legendaries in one glitch would make a powerful enemy. I'm not even sure if I could defeat it like this. But I guess that they pulled in a Fearow instead. Besides being smaller and not nearly as cool or useful, it looks a lot like Zapdos."
Are you talking while fighting the glitch?
"Yup."
Isn't that a thing done a lot in anime, but hard to do in real life? How are you concentrating like that?
"Cause can."
That doesn't answer my question. And how are you blocking fire with a sword?
"Cause can."
The creature attacks with fire while defending against counter attacks with ice.
"This is like fighting a swordsman that uses a sword and shield. And there is one surefire technique against such a foe."
Knowing how much of a weeaboo you are, I'm guessing you're going to say some Japanese kendo art, rig-
"Lightning!"
… Sure. Or that.
Missingno jumps back and whips his sword around in a flash of fancy fencing. He holds it in front of his chest and touches the side with two fingers. As he slides his hand towards the point, lightning jumps around on the blade.
That is completely not needed. And why are you doing this rather than using their common Rock weakness?
"CAUSE CAN!" He pulls back the sword and says, "Eat the strongest Electric attack! Super Rising Thunder!" The pragmatic protagonist proceeds with a piercing motion, a plethora of prime power penetrating towards the opposer.
Missingno used The Manga is Better!
The bird smirks and turns fully into Fearow, easily being able to absorb the-
Actually, the glitch gets shocked and shatters.
"Finally! Such a long chapter." He turns to the others. "You guys might want to hurry up and get over here!"
As the cave begins to shake, the three rush over to him. The shaking abruptly stops, and the ice overhead is replaced with a much lower rock ceiling.
Cassandra raises an eyebrow as the walk away from the battle. "That was all very crazy, but what exactly happened?"
"And where are we?"
Missingno smiles as he gestures out the exit of the cave. "We are at the final arc of the season." Outside, a slope rises to the majestic building that houses the strongest trainers. The line of Pokemon statues leads to the front door, where their fate awaits.