Hello, again.
For any who haven't figured it out, the Pokeathlon is basically the very mini-game set from Soul Silver/Heart Gold.
Don't own Naruto or Pokemon.
Pokken Round 1
XXPreviously, on 'Were'mon'XX
If it wasn't for having an idea on just how big the whole thing actually was, the Were'mon would've thought that the stadium they were standing in was already packed to standing-room only, with both people and Pokemon.
All three had to whistle as Sayuki spoke out their thoughts about this. "Damn, that's a lot of viewers."
"No shit." A Blaziken among the contestants that were already there said. "Two worlds are meeting in a big spectacle, and we have four Were'mon amongst the fighters."
"Four?" Nikorra asked before she noticed a new arrival, who was lightly glaring at her. She sighed in exasperation. "To keep this simple, where did we meet? I can figure out who you are from there."
"Near the Fire Country port town that is a direct route to Sea Country." Thankfully she was compliant in answering Nikorra while Hinata and Sayuki looked her over.
They recognized the Pokemon connected to be Suicune, giving her a white face and front with a blue back, and white diamond-shaped markings on the back of her padded four-finger hands and hiding on her hips. Thick, purple hair, similar to a mane, fell in waves down to the small of her back with two white 'bangs' framed her face coming from a hexagonal crest acting similar to a crown halfway on her forehead. She wore a sleeveless gray tunic-blouse with a yellow sash that only just stopped people from seeing any farther than the top of her legs and her High-B nipples, which in particular got them confused.
At least until Nikorra said "Isaribi the Kaima Girl, now a Suicune Were'mon. Once a swimmer, now a runner."
Both actions prefer smaller breasts, but they weren't complaining.
"And a homeless fr-" "Don't finish that sentence if you want to live." Hinata quickly stopped her. "The three of us can't hold back practically the entire Pokemon race from killing you if you say that. And who said anything about being homeless?"
She sauntered up to Isaribi and whispered in her ear. "You can always join us, you know. And you'd never be alone or unloved again."
She sent a few images that got Isaribi to blush and look away as Hinata moved back, just in time for Xerneas, Yvetal, and Zygarde to arrive and address the crowd. Somehow.
"Quite the sight we see. All these different faces, yet so willingly to see each other as friends and allies. Even so, that doesn't mean there isn't anything to learn about each other. So, without further ado, let's begin the first Pokken Festival!"
The ensuing cheering seemed to echo throughout the world, although that could've been because of the TVs that were set to it, like the one in the home of a young black-haired boy in a place known as Pallet Town.
He wasn't exactly quiet about it himself.
XXXXX
Morning came, and with it, the first big day of the festival. Nikorra and Hinata were in the stands with the rest of them waiting for the first set of matches to start.
A little earlier that day, Zygarde had went a little further into detail with the rules and proceedings (with a slight change in regards to Pokeathlon).
On account of there being 20 participants for the tournament (with surprisingly two Legendaries when they were registered for the crowd's knowledge) there would be six days for the festival (which sounded like a good precedent to most). The first five days would have four combatants in a total of three matches, while the sixth will be a battle royale between the five winners. And afterwards (or after noon depending on time), the Pokeathlon contest will take place that day. The final half of the sixth day will be wrap up with awards and notice of suggestions for future festivals.
The match line-up was as follows:
Blaziken vs Pikachu, Sayuki vs Gardevoir, Winner 1 vs Winner 2, Speed Course
Pickachu Libre vs Sceptile, Gengar vs Machamp, Winner 1 vs Winner 2, Power Course
Nikorra vs Mewtwo, Chandelure vs Isaribi, Winner 1 vs Winner 2, Skill Course
Kurotora vs Charizard, Garchomp vs Hinata, Winner 1 vs Winner 2, Stamina Course
Darkrai vs Scizor, Croagunk vs Empoleon, Winner 1 vs Winner 2, Jump Course
Winner Royale, Awards/Notice
They weren't part of the first day, so they stuck to cheering their teammate/lover on.
As the officials set up for the first match between Blaziken and Pikachu, Akamaru moved over to them. "Konoha's Pokeathlete team is somewhat surprising."
"How so?" Nikorra asked.
"Me, a Scyther, and a Tyranitar."
That last one in particular caught them by surprise. "A Tyranitar? The big Dark-Rock type?"
Akamaru nodded, then smirked. "And get this: one of the events that he is apparently good at, is basically a four-way snowball fight."
Nikorra and Kushina dropped to the floor in laughter at that, and the others weren't all that much better. They just couldn't connect a big and heavy bipedal lizard (more or less) being good in a snowball fight.
A little bit after they calmed down, the match was ready to begin. Both Pokemon were in position, and so was the referee.
"The match is over the moment one of you are knocked out or forfeit, understood?" The ref asked, getting a pair of nods in return. "Then let the match begin! FIGHT!"
Any of the audience who had no real idea just what Pokemon were capable of, they found out right then as Pikachu started things off by blurring forward at easily low-chunin speeds. And it wasn't the only one, as when it just about got to Blaziken, the bigger Pokemon strafe-jumped to near the side of the arena.
And a spectacular dance seemed to start before their eyes, surrounded by bolts of lightning and spouts of flame. At least until Pikachu shook things up a bit when he dug a hole into the ground, forcing Blaziken to start jumping around while looking at the ground. Unfortunately, it wasn't quite enough as Pikachu managed to land "Iron Tail!" on Blaziken's back. Though this did leave the smaller Pokemon open for a "Blaze Kick!" in return.
Damn, they're going at it. Hinata overheard someone think, to which she replied They're just getting started, pal.
She was right, as now they started mixing things up with tunnels and craters, among other things. Even the ninja in the audience were starting to get impressed, at least until Pikachu suddenly jumped off of Blaziken, high into the air. He started spinning in the air rapidly, building up electricity, until he finally shouted "Catastro-PIKA!"
He came down like a meteor, grazing Blaziken as the Fire-Fighting type jumped away and managing to paralyze the Pokemon. "Gruh!"
Many a witness whistled, while the group Hinata skimmed over and identified as from Kumo being incredibly interested in the technique. And they weren't the only ones.
"Catastro-Pika?" Nikorra asked. "Is that like what I did against Kiba in the Exams?"
"Let me check." Hinata said, then concentrated. A few moments later, she answered. "Yes, but it is one of the Pokemon-exclusive ones instead of Type-exclusive, like the Normal-Type one you used."
Nikorra looked at Hinata. "What exactly are those moves called, anyway?"
"Apparently, Z-moves." Hinata replied. "We didn't learn about that little tidbit before now because they don't entirely like that name for them."
"Ah." FOOM! "The hell?"
Nikorra cringed and shielded Hikari from the sudden explosion of flame, and she wasn't the only one who didn't expect it.
When it finally died down, the audience looked on a completely charred field, a panting Blaziken as he "Must've used his Mega form.", and a clearly knocked out Pikachu.
Many of them hissed/winced in sympathy at the blackened Pokemon as the referee shouted "Winner: Blaziken!"
Of course, right afterwards, Blaziken knelt down and gently carried Pikachu over to the medics, getting a round of applause from the viewers.
"That right there is, unfortunately, something you don't always see among Trainers." Zygarde spoke, a tad solemn. "And a number of Ninja and Civilians could also stand to take heed of this lesson of sportsmanship and honor."
A moment of silence later, Sayuki and Gardevoir were called to the field, with the field itself "Damn, they work fast."
Kushina leaned to them. "That's actually part technology and part seals, so they didn't actually affect the ground beneath them."
Nikorra's reaction: "...we really need to figure out a way for Were'mon at least to use Seals."
Kushina giggled at that, focusing back on the fight that had just started, with Sayuki launching "Aura Sphere!" as the first move.
What caught people completely off guard was Gardevoir's "Teleport!" to dodge.
"How long do you guys think it'll be before they finally see the differences between Teleport and Hirashin?" Hinata asked, somewhat rhetorical as she could guess that it wasn't going to be for a long while.
Although one thing that did help curb the murmurs/outcries was when Gardevoir levitated some pretty sizable chunks of earth and started throwing them at Sayuki. The Pokemon caught her by surprise when she turned the last piece into a high-speed barrage of smaller rocks.
"Shit!" Sayuki grunted as she braced herself against the onslaught.
When it was over, Sayuki lowered her arms and narrowed her eyes at her opponent, who looked calmly back. With a small grunt, she shot forward with a "Bone Rush!" aimed at Gardevoir's midsection. She used the momentum when it bounced off of Gardevoir's "Reflect!" to maneuver into a diagonal slash which she accidentally enhanced with "Thunder Fist!"
Gardevoir started at the move long enough for it to knock her on her back, and a moment or two later, Sayuki noticed what she did. "Unusual...but effective."
She grinned a bit maniacally before jumping towards Gardevoir and attempting to stab her with it, only to have to stop and dispel the technique when the Pokemon suddenly "So this is your Mega form."
There wasn't too much of a difference between this and her previous form, just that the 'ears' looked a bit more akin to the sides of a head piece that framed her face, the 'hair' was a bit tighter in form, both of the red protrusions on her were now on her chest like a bow or butterfly, and her her arms and 'dress' were like white gloves and white ballgown from older days.
Nikorra and Hinata giggled as they overheard a few little girls in particular go "Pretty." while Tsunade, Shizune, and Kushina look on a bit confused, having not heard it.
Sayuki tensed as a set of glowing pink circles came into formation in front of a floating Gardevoir, who simply said before activating them, "And so it ends."
That got the Konoha contingent to tense in worry for Sayuki, only idly noticing the glow she started gaining as well right before the blasts of psychic energy hit her.
"Sayuki!" Both watching Were'mon shouted, concerned, only to sigh in relief when it died down. "Dammit, Sayuki."
Sayuki, now in Mega form herself, simply looked at Gardevoir and said "My turn."
She blurred out of sight, reappearing above Gardevoir with her hands cupped together. "WITNESS THE POWER OF AURA! AURA STORM!"
Zygarde, Yvetal, and Xerneas all whistled as a blue beam easily as wide as Sayuki is tall shot out, following a now frantic Gardevoir as she dodged for her life (at least as far as she was concerned).
Nikorra stared blankly at that display. "...Okay, that's awesome."
"Agreed." was the general consensus, at least until Hikari scrunched her face. "What's that smell?"
Hinata blushed for the both of them as Nikorra told Hikari, "Don't worry too much about it right now. Auntie Sayuki is still being awesome out there."
Thankfully, that worked, though Nikorra and Hinata both agreed silently 'She was going to get it that night.'
When the beam finally died down, however, Hinata had to intervene as Sayuki's energy was spent. "Winner: Gardevoir."
"Definitely going to put that under 'Forbidden Jutsu' and limit her use of it until she gets proper energy levels for it." Tsunade remarked as Hinata floated Sayuki over to the medics.
"She's gonna be okay though, right?" Hikari asked.
"Most likely, but if you want, we can join them to be sure." Nikorra told her. "Unless you want to stay here for whenever the final match of the day shows up."
"The final round of Blaziken vs. Gardevoir will commence in 30 minutes!" sounded out to the crowd, which gave Hikari her answer. "I wanna be there for Auntie Sayuki."
"Let's go, then." Nikorra and Hinata set out for the infirmary while carrying Hikari, where Sayuki was most likely to be by now.
However, Hinata only managed to sense a glimpse of a darker mind towards the edge of her range, but didn't think to much about it as they walked, it disappearing quickly.
Said 'man' it came from, however, wasn't too happy with the fact that he had to run thanks to a stray blast from a Quagsire catching him in the face. I hate Pokemon!
Not entirely sure just what I'm going to be doing for the Pokeathlon results, but as for the final matches of each day, you'll have to wait for the winners until the five-way on the final day. However, I won't actually be doing the events themselves. Most of them would be more the audience's reaction anyways.
And to somewhat help keep focus on the Pokken/Pokeathlon, the omakes are going to be gone for the most part. Though, I will admit, I could use a bit of a refresher to bring in some new material anyways, at least beyond what I've used already (and I'm not talking about the series already used).
They will be back, but they aren't the focus of this story.
As for the 'man,' I ask you who it is: Orochimaru, or Zetsu? ;)
That's all for now. Until next time, please let me know what you think.
