Chapter 42 – Life & Death – Part II
Sup peeps, this is the last chapter of the Kalos Arc, so I hope it satisfies you!
There's a story that Coral the Leviathan has been working on involving Vanessa. Her new story is a crossover of this story and RWBY, so check it out when the first chapter is posted.
Time for the big finish! Time for the Kalos Arc's last chapter!
To Recap:
After Erza defeated a wild Scyther, they set up camp for the night, where in the morning, Nic is seen training. Later, Nic senses a portal and heads over towards Victory Road, where he briefly battled a Hydreigon and soon enough finds the portal. They were halted by a tainted Yveltal and Xerneas, who easily took down the Mages, and when Yveltal fired a Dark Pulse at Vanessa, Nic rushed in and saved her, unleashing his Legendary Force – Black Kyurem in the process.
Chapter 42 – Life & Death – Part II
If you were several miles away, you could've heard thunder and booming, even feel the ground shift just a little, and if you were able to see Victory Road, you could've seen explosions and dark clouds spread out as far as the eye could see.
Nic was engulfed in electricity as his turbine tail was light blue, and he roared through the air as he lunged at the tainted Xerneas, the earth cracking behind him and the ice shattering. He zoomed in the blink of an eye, leaving Xerneas momentarily open.
"Hyper Voice!" Nic let loose a powerful and devastating, ear-splitting roar that emanated rippling shockwaves through the airspace. The ground where Xerneas stood started chipping off pieces of rock that flew backwards, and Xerneas tried to hold his ground, but was skidding back a few feet from the sheer force the Hyper Voice gave off.
With an opening, Nic opened his mouth as he formed a blue orb of electricity, the air freezing around him once more. "Ice Beam!" Nic unleashed several icy blue beams at Xerneas as the latter shook his head, trying to shake off the uneasiness of the Hyper Voice. Ice Beam made its mark and struck Xerneas's head, making the Fairy-Type screech as he skidded back several feet, barely holding his own ground, though the ground itself started to turn to solid ice from the remanence of the Ice Beam.
In a matter of moments, Xerneas whipped his head around, making the ice and the Ice Beam deflect in all directions, bits of ice in small shockwaves echoed about from the lash-out, and Nic covered up as bits of ice bombarded him and the earth and air around him.
Fortunately, everyone else was spared as they were a large proximity away. Erza requipped into her Heart Kreuz Armor and finally got to her feet. Her long, red hair wisped in the cold and ecstatic air as Nic dueled with Xerneas.
"This power is beyond human." She stated flat. She then turned around and looked at the group. "Everyone, we must get to higher ground and away from the battle at once!"
Though shocked, everyone knew it was the safest solution. Natsu was the one who put his foot down. "Are you serious Erza?! We can't leave Nic over there to fight alone!"
"We have no choice! This area is too dangerous and we can't engage or charge recklessly towards the portal because we'll catch Xerneas and Yveltal's attention!" Erza looked back to see Nic roaring, continuing his onslaught with a powerful and massive Dragon Pulse at the ground under Xerneas, making a powerful draconic, multicolored explosion that made Xerneas pounce to avoid flying rock and debris, the explosion covering a large area.
After Nic lunged with high velocity with his right claw glowing and extending with Slash, he struck Xerneas's horns, making white static discharge on an unforeseen level, though this clash was a brief two seconds before Nic and Xerneas backed off and both landed with powerful thuds on the ground.
Erza knew deep down, she wanted to stay and help Nic in whatever way possible, but this was her only course of action. The Legendary duo, and the ones before, were beyond what she could've imagined. She had no idea that Pokémon had such monstrous potential, perhaps even more than she could ever achieve.
Her resolve was clear, and she turned back towards the others. "Fall back, that is an order!" Reluctantly, everybody followed and ran off towards whatever was left of the mountains nearby. Vanessa turned back once more, seeing her big brother quarreling with the monsters with Greninja holding off one of them.
"Nic, please be alive when this is over." Vanessa prayed, and turned back and ran with Erza and the others.
Nic roared monstrously at Xerneas as he unleashed a fierce Ancient Power from his body, the silver sphere making streams of energy from behind as it traveled across the airspace. Xerneas's horns expanded as he unleashed his Megahorn and screeched up to the air. Xerneas then lowered his head and then took off towards Nic, colliding the Megahorn with the Ancient Power, making a very powerful shockwave rattle the ground once again. Xerneas held his ground as the silver sphere exploded and expanded, making smoke surge and dust ripple briefly.
Nic arced his wings and took flight once more. When he escalated to a high enough velocity, his Black Kyurem eyes glared at Xerneas's blood red ones, both wanting the other to fall. Nic narrowed his gaze and opened his mouth, letting loose a disastrous Blizzard that was like a frozen hurricane, a violent storm of snow and ice that expanded over the vast area and engulfing Xerneas in the sheer freezing attack.
Yveltal and Greninja were currently away from the Blizzard, feeling the cold ice and snow from where they were. Yveltal screeched violently as he coated himself in draconic energy and ascended with a swift burst of speed and spread his wings out and dived downwards with a Dragon Rush.
Greninja tensed up and used Smokescreen as cover, encasing the area around him in thick black smoke. Within the smoke, Greninja made haste and sped out of the way, so fast that he was a blur. Yveltal crashed into the ground, Dragon Rush missing again. More dust and smoke dispersed, in which Smokescreen dispersed just like that, and shockwaves palpitated to no end. Though not hit, the force behind Yveltal's impact to the ground make Greninja fly and tumble backwards.
Greninja skid backwards and landed on his back, his body covered from head to toe in scrapes and scratches from the force he's accumulated. Yveltal arose from the ground, screeching once more with wings spread out and dust ceased to fly, revealing the avian in a crater and still ready to keep thrashing away.
Greninja grunted. "(This guy's hardly taking damage at all.)" He noted, seeing Yveltal ascend. "(This dark power combined with his Dark Aura must be amplifying his power. I don't think it's wise to face him head-on. Nic, hurry.)" Greninja then let loose a battlecry as he had Water Shuriken ready as he charged at Yveltal.
Xerneas's horns glowed a dark purple, in which he then swung his horns and Nic ascended quickly, dodging the Night Slash and watching with surprise as the shockwave from the Night Slash swing shatter the ground once more.
"Night Slash?" Nic said quietly, turning back towards Xerneas, who looked up at him. "If he had Night Slash, then Yveltal's Dark Aura will make this situation all the more complicated. It seems I'll have to maintain a safe distance."
Nic, Greninja, and Gabite were all panting heavily, as they had suffered a lot from the ever-going brawl. Nic struggled to keep balance as was Greninja and Gabite. The three were exhausted while Xerneas and Yveltal were still holding up well, despite their power being weakened from 'The Ultimate Weapon', but they were far from finished.
"T-this world. T-these people." Nic stammered. "We have to save them!"
"(We won't fall.)" Greninja stated.
"(If anyone's to fall, it'll be those monsters.)" Gabite said.
Yveltal then flapped his wings, ascending and making winds surge like crazy. Yveltal reached a decent point and screeched once more, which echoed and unleashed a very strong Dark Pulse attack in which shot like a missile. Nc and his two teammates tensed up as the Dark Pulse went their way.
"(Bring it on!)" Gabite shouted.
"(We're not going down against you!)" Greninja shouted. The two then lunged ahead and let loose battlecries as Greninja used Water Pulse and Gabite had Slash ready.
"Guys! Have at them!" Nic shouted. Just then, they were both swallowed up by the Dark Pulse, both coated in black and purple and a very drastic explosion. Nic went wide-eyed at that moment. "Guys!"
No answer through the explosion.
"GUYS!" Nic shouted, but that only irritated Xerneas, who saw Nic and fired Moonblast at him. Nic turned in shock as he saw Moonblast heading his way. He had little room to think as he thought Greninja and Gabite were…
A shockwave pulsated from the black and purple explosion, and everything shined, and the Moonblast dispersed when it was hit by the powerful shockwave. Nic covered up as he skidded back a few feet. He looked over and his heart raced like crazy as his eyes widened and shook.
"G-Greninja. Gabite." Nic murmured. From the center, he saw Greninja coated in a blue aura, feeling power fluctuate like that of a tide. In between his hands, he had a small dark and purple jumbled mess, in which looked like a Dark Pulse.
As for Gabite, he was shining a bright light, engulfed in energy that made Yveltal and Xerneas cease attacking. Greninja didn't even look, as he knew what was going on. He simply smirked as he took a bit of Yveltal's Dark Pulse and made it his own, and Gabite was changing.
"G-Gabite, you're…" Nic didn't have the words as Gabite began to grow and the tail grew, the fins expanded, and the neck elongated slightly. And when the light exploded, a shockwave echoed and Greninja jumped at that instant, gushing forth his new Dark Pulse attack, which struck Yveltal and made the avian screech and jerk back.
Gabite's new Evolution roared, shaking the ground harshly, and Greninja landed, still smirking. "Gabite, you…"
Garchomp turned back and grinned. "(Let's admire later. Now we destroy.)" He said.
Nic blinked and shook his head, his confidence back up. "You got it! We'll end this now! Greninja! Garchomp! Go!"
Though with Greninja having Torrent, he readied his new Dark Pulse and lunged right by Garchomp, who rushed in with Dual Chop towards the Legendaries.
Nic inhaled and unleashed a strong wind that was Icy Wind spread a vast blanket of cold throughout the area in front, Xerneas wincing as he skidded back a couple of feet. The tainted Fairy-Type wailed as he was feeling nothing but chills, which seemed to aggravate him.
From the nearby peaks, the group watched with concern and awe as Nic and Greninja held their own against the Legendary duo, but barely. Erza narrowed her eyes as she could feel the electricity surge and the air was pretty chilly.
Wendy shivered. "Is anyone else cold?"
Natsu was slightly shivering, but that was because he remembered the ferocious power Nic used against Jellal with the Legendary Force. The power Nic was using was very massive, and he wasn't sure how Nic was able to contain it all.
Natsu gulped and Lucy stepped by his side. "So, that's what Nic's Legendary Force is like. Other than that white one from destroying Nirvana." She said.
Natsu nodded. "Yeah. Though it's not Magic, this level is beyond any chart."
Gajeel snickered. "To think Luminous had such power. No wonder he's at the top of the food chain."
Erza and Vanessa both had narrowed eyes, but looked at Nic as he continued with Icy Wind. 'Nic.' They thought in unison. 'You need to live.'
Xerneas wailed at Nic. He then brought his horns around and swung then with Night Slash, the attack hitting Nic right on his right side, where his black-scaled arm was. He gawked as he was hit, and flew like a meteor diagonally into the earth, making a crater three yards in diameter.
As Nic grunted, feeling pain on his right side, he opened his left eye and saw Xerneas closing in and driving a front leg down towards him. He extended his black right arm and his icy left arm forwards and dug his claws into the incoming leg, stopping it in time. Nic struggled as he tried to shove the leg away, but Xerneas had him cornered, and he was still on his icy back and left with little room.
Nic glanced over, seeing the portal from afar. He saw how it looked unsettled and it seemed to be unstable. It probably didn't even have ten minutes left. Nic shot his glare back at Xerneas and growled heavily. Nic clutched the leg even tighter and he mustered up the strength he had and roared a battlecry as he slowly began to overpower the heavy leg.
With enough space set, he finally got to his feet and kept pushing the leg, making Xerneas struggle slightly. Nic then forced his arms downwards, bringing the large leg underneath and he jumped on it. He then landed and lunged with great force and let loose another roaring battlecry as he used Slash across Xerneas's face.
Xerneas reared away and Nic was airborne once more. "Hyper Voice!" Nic then unleashed a close-range, powerful, and devastating roar that transmitted through vast shockwaves that cracked and broke the ground even more. Xerneas wailed as he shook his head as the attack was causing him to lose focus and cause damage. He wailed as the Hyper Voice drowned him out, and then his footing was uneasy momentarily.
Xerneas forced through the attack and initiated Megahorn, thrusting his horns at Nic. Nic went wide-eyed and stopped his attack and quickly reacted by put his arms out in front and grabbed the horns, the force shaking up the area and he grunted as he was unbalanced in the air and Megahorn won out, flinging Nic diagonally upwards and he covered up until he stopped his rapid ascent.
Xerneas saw Nic momentarily dazed and used this opportunity to unleash Moonblast, the attack making a pink sphere in the center of his horns and Xerneas screeched as he then stomped and fired his Moonblast, the force making dust ripple underneath Xerneas's feet.
Nic huffed as he was feeling all worn out from using Legendary Force and so many moves at this point. His body was reaching a limit. He was slightly panting, but that left him vulnerable as Moonblast made way towards him. When he finally realized the attack was coming at him, his body was slightly numb. "Oh no-!"
Nic was engulfed by the Fairy-Type move, rapidly making a spherical pink explosion high in the sky that expanded to a high level of force and area, in which made a crater in the ground, a massive one, and winds surged as Xerneas made his mark.
"Nic!" Sophie shouted, with the girls having their mouths covered by their hands out of sheer shock. Erza and Vanessa's faces were struck with horror as they saw Nic fall like a shooting star from the dispersing pink explosion, landing with a massive boom and watching the ground shatter.
Lily grunted. "I don't get it! He should've dodged that!"
Natsu balled his fists. "Damnit. He's used that before, and he only used it for a few minutes, yet his body was beyond exhausted. Against that Zero guy, his white form went on much longer. I don't think he's used this much force yet."
Happy looked up at Natsu. "So you're saying Nic's probably at his limit?!"
Nic grunted as he was momentarily buried under rubble, barely able to move. 'Damnit. I'm hitting Xerneas with everything I have, and he's still formidable. My body hasn't been adapted for this long using Legendary Force.' He mentally swore. He used his icy left arm and shoved a piece of rock off of himself, and struggled as he soon found himself on the rubble. He soon got to his feet, and wobbled slightly, and Xerneas looked coldly at him. 'I have to hurry. Now!'
Nic then panted momentarily as he dashed after Xerneas through the air, discharging electricity that left the ground in frost and chunks of ice as he soared at a low altitude towards the tainted Fairy-Type. Xerneas saw him flying in and initiated Night Slash, the attack poised and ready to strike.
Nic's scaly black right arm reached out and the claws lengthened and glowed. "Slash!" Nic's attack made contact as Xerneas swung his head about, both attacks colliding and making purple and white static echo about. Nic grunted as he was feeling himself getting pushed back, but he powered through and held his balance in the air, letting loose a battlecry as he then opened up his claws and then reached and grabbed both sides of the front horns, surprising Xerneas.
Nic roared down at Xerneas. "I will not lose! Do you hear me?! I WILL NOT LOSE!" Nic's turbine tail pulsated more electricity as the energy given from his will made the air electrify and pulsate with a freezing feeling, now making Xerneas shiver slightly.
Nic opened his mouth and fired a large Blizzard right down on Xerneas's head, the severe Ice-Type move gushed and raged like a violent tempest that swallowed up everything. The ground was frozen solid almost immediately and Xerneas screeched and wailed as Nic let go and shot the more concentrated area of the Blizzard at Xerneas's head, where he aimed before. Xerneas flew back and skid on the icy ground, shattering it as he fell back and ice flew everywhere.
When the Blizzard dialed down, almost everything was covered in bits of frost and ice. Nic roared and then looked out at Greninja, who was still barely hanging on almost half a mile away.
Greninja was using his ninja-like and acrobatic agility to flip and raced along the frosty landscape that reached out to him and avoided the Dark Pulse that scattered all over, with Yveltal trailing the attack to no end, the ground breaking apart even more and Greninja saw some large rocks fly and he sought that as an opportunity and crouched.
"Bounce!" Greninja leaped from the ground and escalated up every rock possible with his light feet and gave a big leap, now jumping high into the air and above Yveltal. Greninja pivoted and then dived downwards. Yveltal turned around and brought his wings in front and blocked Greninja's feet. Greninja grunted as Yveltal sustained less than a mere budge and then bounced off of the wings and back into the air.
"Greninja!" Nic shouted, making Greninja turn his head in midair towards Nic. "Water Shuriken!"
Greninja nodded in midair. "(You got it!)" He then twisted in the air and shot his Water Shuriken attack towards Xerneas. The Water Shuriken were traveling alarmingly fast, and Nic smirked.
"Alright then." He zoomed in towards Xerneas as the Fairy-Type was getting back to his feet. "Let's see how you handle this! Ancient Power!" He zoomed towards his right upwards, now facing Xerneas's left side, the same direction where Water Shuriken was coming from. Nic made a silver sphere and aimed it low, shooting it towards Xerneas as Water Shuriken made contact with the Ancient Power.
Xerneas turned his head towards the two attacks to see the Water Shuriken splitting the Ancient Power into several little bits, now becoming silver shards that shot like missiles along with Water Shuriken in Xerneas's face. The glistening attack made Xerneas shriek in facial agony and he lost his footing and had his eyes shut from that sudden assault.
"Now choke on this!" Nic rushed in and opened his mouth. "Ice Beam!" He then fired a close-range Ice Beam and struck Xerneas yet again, making the Fairy-Type wail as the Ice Beam made him fall over to his side.
As Xerneas landed with a grand thud that made the ground quake, Nic zoomed away at a high speed, increasing velocity and acceleration. He then stopped at a certain point far away, and his sudden stop made a powerful wind from the ongoing force.
Nic then turned around as Xerneas was practically wincing and still highly vulnerable. He saw Xerneas stumbling and barely keeping his feet underneath. His Legendary Force dealt some nasty damage, but Nic didn't have any time left. He had to end this now.
The turbine on Nic's tail generated powerful electricity, and Nic started to make the air fry as he roared, letting his tail surge with light blue electricity. His body was then surrounded in a violet sphere of electricity. Nic then flew with massive force towards Xerneas, getting the momentum to keep himself from stopping.
As Xerneas shook his head, it was too late as Nic's attack rushed at blinding and electrifying speeds. Nic then let loose on last battlecry. "Maxus Legendary Arts – Fusion Bolt!" Nic roared one last time as Xerneas went wide-eyed and then a vast and powerful electric explosion swallowed everything in sight, almost obliterating the mere frost and dust that was in the air. The ground quaked to no end and Xerneas's scream could've been heard through the sheer static in the massive dome that was the electric explosion.
With Erza and the others, the saw the powerful attack and heard endless thunder rampaging all over, covering up as some sparks made it over to them. A lot of their hair stood on end, and they soon shook it off and saw the electrifying explosion dial down.
They all saw Xerneas in the center of a very massive crater that sparked with blue electricity all about. Nic was in front of Xerneas, keeping his balance and the electricity in the air started to dial down. Nic quietly panted as his body was covered in scratches, but was otherwise fine. He had narrow Black Kyurem eyes as he gave a low snarl as Xerneas twitched.
"You gotta be kidding." Nic panted slightly, seeing Xerneas slowly get up, despite being covered in sparks and wobbled heavily. Xerneas stood affirm, towering over a startled Nic. Xerneas took several moments and then screeched up to the sky one last time.
Nic then saw Xerneas's legs giving in, and then relief washed over him as Xerneas finally wailed weakly, his body succumbing and fell over one last time, the ground booming as Xerneas landed on his side, defeated.
Nic panted as he gave a victorious draconic roar to the skies above, making blue electricity boom once again that made ice appear on the ground. Nic then huffed and then looked forwards, seeing Xerneas lying unconscious in front of him. He saw the black evil haze starting to seep out and up into the air. Unlike Zygarde and Moltres, there was a massive amount seeping out and dispersed into thin air, the foul and intoxicating energy screeched violently about in the winds before being rid of for good and turning Xerneas back to his original colors.
Greninja charged with Dark Pulse towards Xerneas, and the Fairy-Type screeched and then used Gravity, emanating black waves of energy from his body, of which made the whole area intensify in gravity. Greninja suddenly felt heavy and his movements were slowed down, but he kept trying. Despite being slowed down, he aimed and unleashed his Dark Pulse attack at Xerneas. The attack scored a hit, making Xerneas flinch and wince.
Greninja smirked, and then he huffed with Smokescreen, obscuring their view.
Within the vast cloud, Yveltal was brought to the ground, which was an unfortunate side effect of Gravity. Yveltal screeched in annoyance, yet it left him open and Garchomp roared and unleashed Dual Chop, dealing damage on Yveltal's face. Garchomp then dove back into the cloud of smoke.
Xerneas then used Moonblast through the Smokescreen, making a violent pink explosion erupt, sending shockwaves all around. Nic narrowed his eyes as he covered up and grunted. He saw the smoke disperse and it revealed the two not being present.
Nic smirked and he knew what was going on. "Garchomp, let them get what they deserve! Greninja, Water Pulse!" Just then, the ground under Yveltal gave in, and Gravity kept Yveltal from escaping and the Dark and Flying-Type was struck from the abdomen by Garchomp, making the avian screech and fall back. While Garchomp was in midair, Greninja leaped out of the hole and the Water Pulse was massive, and threw it with everything he had at Xerneas, the Torrent-influenced attack striking Xerneas on the side with a booming explosion of water, making the Fairy-Type fall over.
Greninja and Garchomp both landed quickly. Despite gravity being heavy, they were still fast at least, and that was the advantage they needed. "Slash! Dark Pulse!" Nic commanded consecutively. Garchomp's right claw then glowed and he rushed with powerful force. Greninja put his hands by his side and then stored black and purple energy, feeling it build up and he let loose a battlecry, letting loose Dark Pulse right by Garchomp.
The Dark Pulse fused with Garchomp's claw, and Garchomp had black and purple trailing with a glowing center. He roared monstrously as Xerneas got back up. The Legendary screeched, but Garchomp continued onwards, and he saw Xerneas ready a Moonblast.
"(You think that'll stop me?!)" Garchomp shouted, heading towards the catastrophic pink sphere launched his way. Garchomp raced ahead and was mere inches away from the sphere. He then shifted left and zoomed with great speed past the Moonblast, which exploded upon hitting a nearby wall behind Nic and Greninja, though the two were unfazed.
"(You're going down!)" Garchomp shouted, slashing away across Xerneas with extreme force, violent tempests raging as Xerneas screeched loudly, being hit with a brutal attack. The Fairy-Type skid back harshly, screaming all the way and finally crashing with an explosive burst of energy. Garchomp landed and roared in triumph.
Back then, Xerneas and Yveltal were much weaker because some of their power was sapped, but now Nic realized that the power from before was nothing, and he had defeated the real deal that was Xerneas.
Everyone at the peak cheered in joy as Nic defeated Xerneas, but barely. "That's showing them Nic!" "YAY!" "His power is unbelievable." "Yeah, it's inhumane. It's Legendary."
Lily huffed. "It seems Nic has managed to suffice this long." He then frowned. "However, take a look at him."
Everyone there then gazed down and their joy diminished when they saw Nic get to a knee, panting heavily. His body was quivering and his energy seemed depleted. Lily grim analysis was starting to make reality. "I'm afraid Nic used up too much power against Xerneas."
Erza gritted her teeth and clenched her arms. 'I was afraid of this. He's only used it twice before, and both times he's exhausted his power after using his final move. It's that final move that drains his power. This is bad.'
Nic heaved as he looked over and saw Greninja tumbling away, landing on his side with a thud. He saw Greninja wince in pain and Yveltal looked over from the air and saw Xerneas was down. The avian was silent for a moment before screeching loudly, making a small quake.
Now it was at that point Nic realized he was in deep trouble. Nic punched the ground as he was trying to keep his balance. 'This isn't good…I used up a lot my power…against Xerneas.' Nic panted as Yveltal was flapping and ascending into the air above. 'Using a normal Legendary Arts drains the Plate I am active in, and a Maxus Legendary Arts drains my power when in Legendary Force.'
His eyes narrowed. 'This is looking grim. I don't think I can do another Maxus Legendary Arts. Damnit!'
"Nic! Incoming!" Greninja shouted from afar. Nic was brought out of his thoughts when he saw Yveltal high in the air, and zooming in with Dragon Rush. Though heavily strained and exhausted, Nic pressed on and got to his feet. Nic crouched and he ascended quickly into the air. He narrowed his eyes as Yveltal changed trajectory and angle so the massive draconic shape would hit him in the air.
"Icy Wind!" He shouted, unleashing his Ice-Type move at Yveltal, letting loose the wind that engulfed the Dragon Rush and Yveltal, making the attack slow down and Yveltal wincing. The large avian was forced off course slightly, and Yveltal's Dragon Rush ceased as the avian screeched and jerked away.
"Huh?" Lucy wondered.
Lily stepped forwards. "It appears that Nic's Legendary Force's Ice related attacks are highly effective on Yveltal." Lily said.
"Hang in there Nic." Vanessa hoped.
Nic let loose a draconic roar and opened his mouth, gushing forth a multicolored dragon-shaped beam, via Dragon Pulse. The attack's head made contacted and chomped down on Yveltal, swallowing the tainted Legendary in a multicolored explosion.
Nic exhaled and inhaled as his body felt as though it's been circling the world twice with no rest. He's never been pushed this far in this Legendary Force. His body was starting to get off balance in the air and he grunted as he struggled. He shook himself of his fatigue and his conical turbine tail generated electricity and he let loose a shockwave as he jetted past the explosion behind.
He exhaled frost as Yveltal's wings were seen flapping within the dispersing smoke and Nic narrowed his eyes and roared as he used Ice Beam, the attack beaming through the air towards Yveltal.
The tainted Legendary turned and the blood red eyes glowed light blue, and then the Ice Beam was put to a halt. Nic gasped and jerked back as Yveltal used Psychic and manipulated Nic's attack right back at him, the severed ice-blue beams shooting at Nic.
"Blizzard!" Nic shouted, and unleashed a mighty and very forceful storm that was Blizzard from his mouth, whipping everything around him in a tempest of cold and frigid snow and frost. The raging Blizzard whipped about, and the force of the violent attack was just enough to obscure Yveltal's vison and focus, stopping Psychic, which made the Ice Beam zoom back with the added tailwind given from Blizzard.
Yveltal screeched in monstrous pain as he was swallowed in the frigid attack, frost and powerful snow bashed his body and all anyone heard was screaming.
Nic grunted, thinking that should have at least weakened him greatly. He waited anxiously and cautiously for when the attack settled. He then widened his gaze slightly upon seeing Yveltal flapping in place and having a veil around himself.
"(What?!)" Greninja exclaimed. "(He used Psychic to push the air around him, making a shield?!)"
Yveltal flapped until the Blizzard dialed down until there was no more snow and frost. Afterwards, Yveltal continued to remain in place, and Nic grunted in frustration. "Damnit!" He muttered. "That attack didn't do anything…" He then gaped slightly when he looked closer to see bits of frost here and there on Yveltal. "Wait a minute-!" He suddenly felt exhaustion, and he fell a few feet before regaining balance.
He panted as his gaze was slightly hazy. "My body…it's so worn out…but I managed to deal damage to Yveltal before he used Psychic. He must have taken the attack briefly before deflecting it with Psychic. If I hold out just a little longer, I should be able to have him on the run."
Nic then opened his mouth and fired Dragon Breath, the attack releasing a blue beam and Yveltal saw it and ascended with haste, the Dragon Breath missing. Nic looked up and grunted and Yveltal circled and flipped in the air, flapping his wings and seeing Nic in distress.
"(Nic!)" Greninja shouted.
"I know!" Nic exclaimed back. Nic tried mustering up more power and his vision started to get hazy for two seconds, but he was still able to get a blur of Yveltal's blood red, and his vison cleared and he fired Ice Beam, the attack rippling ice throughout the air, freezing it. Yveltal shifted left and circled about. Nic continued firing the Ice Beam throughout the air, trailing to no end as Yveltal ascended upwards and away, flying right past the Ice Beam and tilting his body, finally circling around it once more and looking back at Nic, not even grazing the Ice Beam.
Yveltal screeched and Nic panted in midair. He was starting to wear out fast, and continuing on in his condition was of no benefit. He growled as his vision was getting blurry yet again; this time, his head was getting light and his tail turbine wasn't moving as fast. 'I don't know if I can…' His conscience was growing weary and uneasy as he didn't realize that he was slowly descending.
"Oh no!" Happy shouted.
Carla grew very worried. "Nic's losing lots of power. If I'm not mistaken, he just reached his limit."
Gajeel balled his fists. "Luminous. This isn't looking good."
Yveltal screeched as he saw Nic in a dilemma and then spread his wings and tail forwards and let loose Dark Pulse, the attack shredding the air and heading towards Nic with the possibility of ending him.
"Nic!" Erza shouted, seeing Nic descend slightly some more.
Nic growled as he looked and saw the raging Dark Pulse attack heading his way. He shook himself violently and retained his previous focus. He quickly ascended and dodged the Dark Pulse, the attack exploding upon hitting the ground below.
Nic heaved heavily and then he rushed at Yveltal, who in return flew towards Nic. Nic readied Slash as he was starting to get close. He then jerked upwards just as he was two feet away and zoomed past Yveltal, using Slash as he went over it and grazing the back, making Yveltal let another neutral screech emit. Nic pivoted and twisted, turning back to see Yveltal doing a U-turn and coming back around, back up towards Nic. The Legendary Force user opened up his mouth and fired Ice Beam yet again at the incoming monstrosity. The icy cold beams shot away, yet Yveltal screech and tilted his body here and there, dodging Nic's Ice-Type move and heading his way, talons stretched out.
"Nic! Hurry and get out of the way!" Sophie shouted.
Nic grunted and shifted right, but the force Yveltal had made him tumbled and get caught off balance in the air. Nic yelped as he was tumbling and spinning out, his whole world hazily spinning, and his body and mind were beginning to struggle to coincide.
Yveltal turned and looked back down at Nic and screeched down at him, the horns glowing and then getting cloaked in draconic dragon-shaped energy. Yveltal then rushed with Dragon Rush. The monstrous dragon-shaped Yveltal screeched once more as he made way towards Nic.
"Nic! Move!" Happy shouted.
"Nic! Look out!" Lisanna shouted.
"NIC!" Natsu and Gray shouted in unison.
Nic was unable to act. His mind could barely hold on, and he caught one glimpse of Yveltal before being struck and passed by Dragon Rush. A glint was seen as Yveltal's Dragon Rush zoomed on and faded and Nic's scream echoed violently throughout the air as a massive draconic explosion swallowed everything in sight.
"…no…no!" Vanessa murmured as she saw the image over and over again, Nic getting struck with Dragon Rush, the violent screaming, the very large explosion, she had hands to her mouth and started choking. "N-NIC! NIC!"
Nic only heard silence. No wind. No explosion. Nothing. He wasn't sure if he was even conscious. He did feel a slight breeze on his back though, which indicated he was falling.
Nic was falling head-first out of the sky, his eyes were shut and his body was covered by the streaming smoke. He suffered extreme damage, and everyone looked in fear as Nic fell and didn't look like he would be getting his balance back.
Yveltal turned around and took only a second to see Nic falling from the sky. When he was close to Yveltal's eye level, the tainted Legendary brought his limbs forward and launched a terrifying Dark Pulse. The attack rattled the airspace as it was zooming towards a barely conscious Nic.
"NIC!" Erza shouted, her eyes filled with shattered emotions as the Dark Pulse went after the fallen hero.
"NIC!" Vanessa screamed at the top of her lungs, her scream echoing as Nic was still falling head-first.
Out of the blue, in a brief blue blur, several Water Shuriken spun at high speed, scoring hits on Yveltal's left facial side, rather close to the eyes. Yveltal was thrown off with the disturbance and the Dark Pulse's trajectory was tilted a little upwards, missing Nic by a mere few inches.
From below, Greninja zoomed upwards with Bounce, jumping as high as he could while Yveltal was distracted and caught Nic. Despite how heavy Nic's become, Greninja didn't care. He landed on the ground with dust rippling, and quickly looked down at Nic's condition.
It was beyond devastating. Some of his black scales were chipped off, his body coated in scrapes and a few gashes. The ice on his entire left arm and wing were both cracked, making him unstable.
"(Nic! Nic! Answer me!)" Greninja pleaded down to his pal in his arms, but all Nic could do was wince and barely open his eyes, with showed haziness.
Yveltal screeched in the air, and Greninja looked up and grunted. "(Damn you!)" He shouted angrily. "(You're gonna pay!)" Greninaj eased Nic down to the ground turned towards Yveltal and then crouched and dashed with the grace of a ninja.
Nic groaned as he felt as though his body was splitting in two. He's never felt this kind of pain before. The Dragon Claw to the gut and the torture from several days ago was one thing, but going this long in Legendary Force was making Nic unstable.
"Nic! We're coming!" Natsu shouted, and everyone made a desperate break down the rough peak towards Nic. Though Yveltal was busy quarreling with Greninja, dodging his Water Shuriken, the large monster did notice the group heading downhill and then his eyes lit up, and the group that was descending was coated in light blue.
"H-hey! I can't move!" Lucy shrieked.
"Me either! I think Yveltal is-!" Wendy wasn't able to say another word before Yveltal screeched and widened the eyes a bit, and the group was shot backwards, flying and screaming as they crashed on their backs into the dirt at the spot where they watched.
The group groaned and rubbed their heads, feeling stinging sensations all over their bodies as they tried to get up, seeing Yveltal jerk back and evade Greninja's Dark Pulse.
"Guys…I think Yveltal wants no interference." Sophie said dejectedly.
Vanessa got up and she put a hand on her own back, and looked to see Nic still lying down. She hesitated for a moment, but then tried to make a break, but only got a few feet before Gajeel grabbed her and held her up. "Hey! Put me down! I have to go and save him!"
Gajeel groaned and shook his head. "No a chance. You heard the blondie, we get close and we'll be vaporized."
"B-But…" Vanessa started getting misty in the eyes as Nic still wasn't moving.
"Believe me shrimp, I feel as bad as you, but we'd only be getting the way. We're just going to have to bet Luminous finds his way out of this." The Iron Dragon Slayer set her down, and Sophie put a hand on Vanessa's shoulder as the Pularis sibling started to tear up, unable to tolerate Nic suffering.
Erza was using every ounce of her will to keep herself from rushing ahead and getting Nic back to his feet. She was just as desperate as Vanessa, but found that the results would still end in a stalemate. She regrettably bit her lower lip in great frustration and balled her fists so hard that they were shaking.
Nic was slowly opening his eyes, getting fading images of his surroundings as he was feeling his body give up. 'I can't move.' He thought. He turned his head barely to see some chipped scales and gashes, not to mention his cracked left arm. 'I can't believe this was as far as I've gotten. How could I have been so dumb? How could I have pushed myself to the point of near-death? Why didn't I stop after using Fusion Bolt?'
Too many questions rolled through Nic's mind and he was starting to see darkness fill in the empty spaces of his mind. His head felt extremely light, and he wasn't certain if he was going to make it through the fight.
Greninja continued his quarrel, barely holding up, and he backflipped and dodged a Dark Pulse, but was unable to find room to attack. He looked over and saw Nic stirring. '(Nic. Come on. We've been through worse, thick and thin. You've been through Hell and back too many times. Fight!)' He mentally screamed.
'G-Greninja?' Nic wondered. 'Somehow, I can hear his plea. H-How is that…oh right. How foolish could I have been? We're one and the same.' Nic tried desperately with every ounce of will he had and he twitched his right hand, sending a pain through his arm. Nic winced even more and tried getting up, which nearly made him gag in agony. 'This hurts. But, I've held my own, and I've been through worse.'
Nic's conscience was starting to lose any and all fuzz, and he balled both fists. He gritted his teeth as his body was feeling like giving up, but Nic refused to lose. 'I can't! I won't! Back down!' He was starting to sit up and his body shook as he placed a hand on the ground, not feeling anything. 'I don't care what my body feels like right now! I refuse to die! I refuse to leave everyone!'
Nic growled as he finally stood up, not even feeling any breeze. His eyes were still hazy, but he refused to care. "I…am…Nic…Pularis!" Nic declared. He had his aching body tense up, putting intense pressure on himself and started the turbine on his tail again, generating power.
Lily looked with shock. "I don't believe this! He's pushing himself beyond the limit!"
"Nic already unstable! What's gonna happen?!" Wendy exclaimed.
Yveltal had talons stretched out and poised at Greninja, who could barely move. The large avian was getting closer and was about to end Greninja, who was still going on until the bitter end. Greninja then caught an Ice Beam from the corner of his eye, and he saw the attack hit Yveltal's body, making the avian screech and crash into the ground, ice covering the abdomen.
Greninja jerked over. "(Nic?!)" He saw Nic rushing with intensity, running over towards Greninja. Greninja saw Nic almost lose footing several times and saw his hazy, bloodshot, Black Kyurem eyes. Nic trudged and stopped right in front of Greninja, grunting as he almost fell over.
Greninja smirked. "(You do realize that you're gonna fall apart, yet you're gonna keep going anyways, right?)"
"What else…do you expect?" Nic panted. Nic turned back towards Yveltal, who screeched and flew back in the air, flapping and made strong winds. Nic grunted as he could feel his body going numb again, but he didn't quit as he then opened his mouth and fired Dragon Pulse, the attack making Nic's insides hurt like no tomorrow.
The Dragon Pulse surged through the air, yet Yveltal circled around it, dodging and watching the attack explode behind him. Yveltal then screeched as he then winced slightly, the frost and scrapes on himself from earlier were starting to sting. He saw Nic now on a knee, and sought this as the chance to kill him.
Nic hesitated for a moment, but didn't back down as he then turned towards Greninja, only seeing a dark blue blur in his eyes. "Greninja. Get out of here. I'm gonna end this."
Though he didn't want to, Greninja had no say. He trusted Nic, and vice versa, so Greninja zoomed away in a blur, heading off and Nic then let loose a painful battlecry as he had the ice spikes in his back stretch out, reaching his tail. The chords then began to change to a blue color, the electricity and ice beginning to surge, which made Nic feel as though nails were churning in his body, and his head too hazy, but he kept going.
"I'm not gonna lose here! I've fought you before! And I shall-NO! I will defeat you again!" Nic declared, his vision getting slightly less blurry. He roared as he generated even more power, and he couldn't help but scream as it felt like more nails grinding and churning through his tattered body.
Yveltal then began charging a transparent violet energy. He was gonna finish Nic with Oblivion Wing. Both were charging, and Nic charged and discharged a lot of electricity and ice about the area. He put his claws together and he began surging energy, a light blue-white ball surrounded in endless electricity was being made, and Nic felt his left arm cracking slightly from the exerted force.
Nic grunted and winced from the agonizing ruin, and Yveltal screeched loudly as he unleashed his massive Oblivion Wing attack at Nic, the attack making the air shatter again. Everyone watching gasped as the attack went rushing at Nic, and Nic made last-ditch move and tried to put his claws in front, the small sphere of immense power up front and the Oblivion Wing struck the attack, the violet and light blue attack colliding in Nic's hands as he struggled to keep it concentrated.
The force unleashed from the Oblivion Wing made a violent boom echo and Nic closed his eyes and grunted as he felt himself get pushed back while blocking with the sphere in his hands. Dust rampaged and the ground shook like a massive Earthquake attack, everything jumped around and the ground began to crack with large bits of ice from the electricity Nic was unleashing.
"IT-FEELS LIKE-MY BODY-IS BEING-RIPPPED APART!" Nic shrieked, screaming as he struggled to keep himself barely on his feet as the sphere in his hands was still holding off the Oblivion Wing's beam from devouring him.
Nic was close to seeing fuzzies again, and his power was beginning to make more scales shatter, but Nic went wide-eyed when he heard a voice.
"(You can do this Nic!)" Greninja shouted from afar, screaming out towards Nic. Nic paused as his energy was kept stable and Greninja shouted out to Nic. "(We've been through worse! We promised to achieve greatness and we have! We're still not done! We'll never succumb to such evil! No amount of evil will keep us down! All the way!)"
"Get your butt in gear Nic!" Gray shouted.
"Go Nic!" Lucy shouted.
"Do it for everyone!" Natsu shouted.
"We believe in you! You can do this!" Erza shouted.
"FIGHT NIC!" Vanessa shouted.
'G-Guys…' Nic looked left and right, picturing images of all his friends and his team right by his side, smiling and giving off their determined expressions, much like when they stopped Extalia from being destroyed in Edolas. The images and pictures he saw glanced over towards him, all grinning. His team, his sister, and Erza.
Realizing he made it this far with all of them, Nic gave a determined gaze, his eyes no longer hazy and he started pushing beyond the pain. "I WON'T BACK DOWN! I HAVE A SISTER! I HAVE A TEAM! THEY ARE MY FAMILY!" Nic tensed up and grunted with battlecries integrated as he was giving off immense pressure, the sphere beginning to increase in size and the amount of electricity discharge like crazy all around, freezing the ground entirely once more and making the earth shake. Dust flew far more violently than Oblivion Wing from a few seconds ago, and Nic continued to emit large pressure and power, despite his arms were ready to implode.
"THERE'S ONE MORE THING! I…AM…A FAIRY TAIL MAGE!" He shouted, the Oblivion Wing's force and energy starting to draw back upwards towards Yveltal. "AND WE DON'T KNOW THE MEANING OF GIVING UP!"
Nic screamed as the sphere was now his size, and the ground boomed and thundered with large electricity and ice. Yveltal screeched as he saw Oblivion Wing losing and saw the immense power Nic unleashed.
"Maxus Legendary Arts – Freeze Shock!" Nic shouted, and the faint images of his friends around him pushed and Nic threw the sphere, launching it with massive ice-like shockwaves through the air, freezing it and making the temperature drop drastically yet electrified it. Nic roared at the top of his lungs as the Freeze Shock shot straight through Oblivion Wing, and the ground upon being launched broke into pieces of ice, the entire Victory Road quaking and cracking as ice and electricity surged as far as the eye could see. The entire landscape of Victory Road was fractured, cracked, and Nic roared as ice froze everything entirely in the grove, and Yveltal screamed at the top of his lungs as he was swallowed in a freezing ball of electricity, engulfing the sky in a flashing light-like fireworks going off, and nonstop booming echoed.
Thousands of shockwaves and ice rushed to every place imaginable, and everyone covered up as they all flew back and their backs struck the icy ground that was also fractured. They all screamed and violent tempests ravage everything, and a shockwave echoed through the air once, stretching for miles.
It took a couple of minutes for the rumbling to stop and everyone looked with startled gazes as Nic stood there, his scales still barely intact, and his wings and everything barely held together. From the skies above, Yveltal fell and let weak scream echo. Yveltal crashed into the ground with a monstrous thud, the appendages frozen and static froze the body. Yveltal unable to move, the body unable to act, defeated.
Greninja pushed Water Pulse at Yveltal, which scored a powerful hit right in the abdomen. Yveltal was engulfed in an explosion of water and sailed back several feet and landed on his back. Yveltal slowly arose and fired Dark Pulse as he was still on the ground. Greninja dodged and there was another explosion underneath. In the air, Greninja let loose his Dark Pulse, the attack surging like crazy. It struck Yveltal's abdomen again, and then out of the blue, Garchomp struck from underneath with Dig, striking Yveltal's back and made the avian screech in pain.
Yveltal landed on his abdomen with a thunderous thud, and then felt his body lighten up, and realized Gravity was over. Yveltal finally ascended, but suffered many scrapes and bruises. In the air, he started conjuring energy, and the violet energy that was Oblivion Wing started to form.
"GRENINJA! WATER PULSE!" Nic screamed.
Greninja jumped up and then made a Water Pulse that was his size. He let a flash of images of Nic and his team surface and he felt the Water Pulse grow stronger, and screamed as he let loose the violent Water-Type move.
The Water Pulse zoomed and struck the Oblivion Wing as it was still forming in Yveltal's center. The Oblivion Wing was unstable, and Yveltal felt the force of Water Pulse, screaming at the top of his lungs and was engulfed in an explosion of violet and water, making the walls of the lab shatter and Nic, Greninja, and Garchomp all fell back from the force. They all saw Yveltal fall from the smoke cloud above with a screech and crashed, hitting the ground with a thud, defeated right in front of an unconscious Xerneas.
Everyone watching gaped their mouths in sheer shock. They have never ever seen an attack as destructive as that in their entire lives. They all felt chills rise as they never saw Nic release that much power before. Erza and Natsu were there when Nic used the same move against Jellal before, but this Freeze Shock had far more power behind it.
"…whoa." Gajeel muttered.
"Yeah…whoa." Natsu muttered.
Nic roared up to the skies in triumph, and then panted, exhaling frost. The electricity in the air dwindled, and then Nic was coated in a flashy rainbow light, reverting back to himself. Nic's entire body was coated in bruises and gashes. Some parts of his hands and arms were purple from extreme exhaustion, and his eyes were bloodshot and hazy. He fell forwards with a thud in unconsciousness.
"Nic!" Erza shouted. With the fight finally won, Erza and the group raced down to where Nic was. Greninja got there first, turning Nic over and checked his heart beat. It was very low, but at least he was still alive.
Erza and the others eventually caught up, and Vanessa and Erza both jerked towards Nic and got their knees, his head resting on Erza's lap. With no delay, Wendy proceeded to healing Nic as quick as she could. Unlike the fight with the assailant, his injured were less drastic, but still difficult nonetheless.
The girls and everyone present was beyond relieved as Nic was slowly looking better, but was still unconscious. Vanessa smiled at her brother. "Nic, you did it. You've become so strong."
Greninja smiled. "(Nic's gone pretty far this time. Well done buddy, well done.)"
Everyone smiled and Erza was very ecstatic, just as glad as Vanessa. "I knew you could do it." She muttered as she looked down at him.
Happy chuckled. "You loooove hi-!" Happy was then delivered a punch from Erza, making him whine with a bump on his head.
There were some sounds being heard, and the Dragon Slaters all turned their heads. They saw some rocks moving and that the evil emanating from Yveltal slowly turned into thin air. They all heard wails and everyone turned to look and saw the colors on Yveltal return to normal, and that the darkness emanated from him dispersed, the foul negativity vanishing.
Soon, they all saw Yveltal slowly get up, shaking off the painful and icy static, and they saw the ice from afar shift, and Xerneas slowly appeared out of the ice. Immediately, everyone was on edge, and Erza gently sat Nic down and turned towards the two Legendary monsters that Nic had defeated.
"They want more?!" Natsu shouted, jerking in front with a flaming fist ready.
Xerneas and Yveltal both stood still as they examined the area around themselves, taking note of the shattered and destroyed terrain. They looked and saw ice everywhere, and both saw the clouds above dispersing, showing the sun.
Xerneas and Yveltal both looked down to see the group on the defensive, and recognized Greninja and Nic, despite them both battered and torn up.
Xerneas turned towards Greninja. "(You there.)"
Greninja narrowed his eyes and stepped forwards with caution. He stood before the two that he fought in the past. "(Yes?)"
"(Did you, and your Trainer, defeat us, again?)" Xerneas asked.
Greninja paused and looked back at a healing Nic. Wendy was using as much Magic as she could, and the results were making the purple and damage Nic sustain disappear. Greninja turned back towards the ones before him.
"(Yes, Nic defeated you while you were under the influence of evil. We were lucky to have survived.)"
"(I see.)" Yveltal flapped in place, noting the familiar, determined face from long ago. He then turned towards Xerneas. "(Xerneas.)"
"(Yveltal, you're normally against me helping. Guess the human and Greninja made you get caught up in a good mood. Very well.)" Xerneas then spread his feet apart and then began glowing light green.
As everyone was nervous and was tempted to attack, Greninja spread his arms out. "(Wait!)" He shouted, making everyone stop. "(Xerneas is gonna use Geomancy.)"
Though they didn't understand, everyone knew Greninja told them to hold back. They watched with caution as Xerneas then screeched and then emit green waves that glistened as they spread out, like rainbows.
Everyone saw the ice under them dwindle into nothing, and the entire area, as far as the eye could see, become coated in Geomancy. They all watched as the majestic attack made the ice disappear, and the wet dirt began sprouting grass. Lisanna and everyone watched with shock and amazement as Geomancy spread all over Victory Road, melting the ice and restoring desecrated life, filling the cracks with grass and moss, and the dirt all over the grove and a s far as the eye could've seen get covered in green, rich grass.
When finished and everyone discussed on Geomancy, Xerneas heaved and looked at Greninja, who was not moved by Geomancy. "(Twice now. Twice, you have saved us.)"
Yveltal flapped in the air. "(I can't believe I'm saying this, but thank you, and we are in your debt.)"
Greninja nodded in understanding. "(I'll tell Nic when he comes around.)"
With that, Xerneas went off, pouncing off towards the peaks, rejuvenated. As for Yveltal, he flew off into the high skies above, not wanting anymore confliction as he still felt agonizing pain. Greninja and everyone watched on as the two freely went off, with no will for bloodlust anymore.
Nic stirred and he was coming around, his eyes back to their usual blue. "Nic!" Vanessa shouted, hugging her brother tightly, making him gag.
"V-Vanessa?" Nic said, exhausted. He slowly sat up, his body aching in every nerve and cell possible. He hasn't felt so much pain in a long while, not since turning into Black Kyurem and fusing with Etherion a long time ago, only this felt twice as painful, and he was still faintly dizzy.
"That was totally awesome man!" "Remind me never to fight you." "You kicked their butts!" "That was too baffling for words." "I've never seen such power in my life Nic, amazing." "That's gotta be as strong as Gildarts if not stronger!" Nic was constantly getting praised, and he couldn't help but smile.
"Thank you guys…!" He then frowned and jerked upwards, but Erza and Greninja supported him as he was still unable to stand upright. He looked back, seeing that the portal was still untouched, and was fluctuating like crazy.
"Everyone, time to go home." Nic smiled.
"YEAH!" Everyone shouted, and then they made a break for the portal. The portal was fluctuating still, and they were all ten feet away, save Nic and those helping him as he lagged behind.
"HAHA! It was fun being in Kalos! Let's do this again sometime!" Natsu shouted before turning and jumping through, with Happy following.
"I gotta say Nic, this place sure was interesting." Gray remarked before jumping in.
"Come on Lily, time to join Fairy Tail at last!" Gajeel shouted and hopped into the portal, with Lily following suit.
"We're going home! It's been so long, and I can't wait! Come on Carla!" Wendy shouted, and jumped into the hole with Carla, followed by Lisanna, Lucy, and then Sophie, all eager for home.
Finally, Nic was in front, with Greninja and Erza by his sides. Though he was happy, he was also slightly concerned. He stopped in place, and Greninja and Erza turned towards him.
Erza noticed Nic's discomfort. "Are you alright? Is it because you're still exhausted?"
Nic was still a little dizzy, but he focused. "…no." He then turned his shoulder and looked behind himself, seeing Vanessa look with concern.
Vanessa's blue eyes were the same as Nic, and yet Nic couldn't help but feel guilty. "Vanessa, tell me. Are you sure this is what you really want?"
Vanessa's eyes widened slightly at the question. "W-wait, what?"
Nic looked down. "Throughout this adventure, and my time back in Kalos, I've been left to ponder. Too be honest, I don't know if you'll be safe."
Vanessa gasped, but Erza and Greninja looked down, realizing the truth that Nic doesn't want to see Vanessa get hurt.
"N-Nic, just hold on." Vanessa pleaded. "I understand, but here me out to." She then paused as a wind blew. Then she inhaled and exhaled, and then repeated once more before walking up to her brother.
Nic blinked. "Vanessa, this is your only chance to turn back. You could continue with your journey and then return home, or you could start a new one in Fairy Tail. The decision is yours." He stated.
All Vanessa did was smile. "Nic Pularis. My brother. I understand you are trying to look out for me, but give yourself this choice: would you be happy knowing you'd be apart from your sister, with the possibility of never seeing her again?"
Nic didn't realize this. He was so caught up in his worries for Vanessa that he'd completely forgotten something he said back in Lumiose City.
"Vanessa." He said. "Listen." He gave a neutral smile. "I know what you're thinking, and I know full well you don't want to go through with it again…but it's a hard debate because your safety is important…however I also see the fact that you have chosen to follow my path, in my footsteps, and dare not tread another path." He then turned away. "To be honest…I wouldn't walk away from my sibling either, not again."
Vanessa was wide-eyed as Nic turned towards Lisanna. "You see her? Her name is Lisanna. She has two siblings back on Earthland, and they've been waiting long enough for her to return home…and we'll get home." Lisanna looked down, sympathizing with Vanesa in terms of siblings. Lisanna was waiting all this time, and she knew Vanessa felt the same way. They needed their siblings.
"Y-You mean…" Vanessa was starting to see a glimmer of hope.
Nic turned back towards her. "Yes Vanessa. You can come along." Vanessa had a hand over her mouth and she couldn't control herself and she held onto Nic and had misty eyes. Nic just smiled down at his sister. "You're all grown up. I can still be your protector, yet you can handle problems yourself now, and that's what I wanted to see and know."
Nic realize he was just contradicting what he said back then, and he gave a smirk. "How foolish can I be?" He sighed.
Erza smiled. "Nic, she'd make for a great addition to Fairy Tail."
Greninja smiled. "(There's really no say in this. She's coming, whether you say no or not.)"
Nic looked down and back at Vanessa. She did have a point. He might never see her again, and they'd been there for each other their whole lives. Nic huffed and he smiled. "Alright Vanessa…let's go home."
All Vanessa did was smile wide, her expression too proud. For a second, she thought Nic said no, but realizing he reflected on his time back in Kalos, and realized she's grown up. She would be able to look out for others and be able to have more than just her team to rely on. This was truly a benefit for both of them.
With that, Nic, Greninja, Erza, and Vanessa all took in one last look in Kalos and the scenery before them, the mountains, the nearby lake, and the ice mountain afar.
Erza turned towards Nic. "Nic, thank you for letting us experience your world. It's truly something. I hope we come back here someday."
Nic smiled. "Someday." The two then looked forwards and crouched. They then leaped into the portal, with Greninja right by them, and finally Vanessa jumped in. It was two seconds after Vanessa jumped in that the portal gave out and disappeared, leaving behind sparkles and Victory Road, and Kalos.
In the closed portal, the entire group was floating in a spacial field of black-like space. They saw pink and blue stardust all around, and everyone looked in amazement. Nic grinned weakly as he saw everyone looking ahead.
"Whooooaaa…" Natsu, Gray, and several others looked to see that Dialga and Palkia were already in front of them, looking down at them.
"Greetings humans." Palkia said. "I trust your time in Nic's world was an experience worth taking.
"HOLY COW! WHO ARE THEY?!" Happy shrieked.
Nic grinned. "Happy, guys, meet Dialga and Palkia. The ones who sent me to Fiore."
Dialga then looked down at Nic. "Nic, I hope you are aware of Arceus's condition."
Nic frowned. "I'm aware. And I take full responsibility of what transpired."
"It's not anyone's fault." A voice echoed, and Nic realized the third voice. Above, he and everyone saw a golden light, and it slowly descended until it was right above Dialga and Palkia. Everyone watched with shocked eyes as the light shaped and turned into Arceus, pale and sickly.
"Arceus…" Nic said.
"Do not trouble yourself Nic Pularis." Arceus announced. "You have done well in stopping Giratina's antimatter that seeped through the portal Hoopa has made." He then found himself sitting down on a bed of stardust due to his condition.
Vanessa looked in awe. "Nic…is that…?"
"Everyone, that's Arceus." Nic announced.
"That's awesome! I've never seen a God before! Man everyone's gonna be so jealous!" Natsu teased.
Lucy sighed. "Chill out Natsu."
"Oh come on, he's just excited is all." Lisanna said, and giggled. She and everyone looked back up towards the three giants before them.
"Dialga. Palkia. It is time." Arceus announced.
"As you wish." Dialga said. Everyone then saw Dialga and Palkia both clearing their throats,
"Nic Pularis, you and your friends and sister shall venture back to Fiore, to Fairy Tail." Palkia stated. "But first, let us debrief your sister on Fiore."
"Oh really? What's that?" Vanessa asked.
Nic then drooped his head, sulking. "Oh no. Not this again."
Greninja shook his head in agreement. "(Likewise.)"
Dialga then progressed. "In a land…" Nic and Greninja sulked as everyone was paying full attention to what was being said. Natsu, having the curiosity of a child, was in awe. Vanessa blinked as they were processing the details of the intro. ",,,Its name…is Fairy Tail." After Dialga finished, a lot of people clapped for the intro.
"Way to go! That's some useful stuff!" Gray said.
"I didn't even realize our population was seventeen million." Sophie stated.
"Interesting, very interesting indeed." Lily said.
Dialga and Palkia then began emanating auras, and then a ring appeared under the entire group, and then the ring opened, revealing grass and trees. The group then suddenly found itself screaming as they fell through the hole.
"Good luck, young ones." Arceus said before the portal closed.
Everyone fell to the ground with a thud, landing on their backs or abdomens. Nic had the worst of it since his body was still exceedingly sore.
"D'ow!" Nic panted as he was slowly getting up, but fatigue washed over him again and Greninja came to his aid, supporting him with a shoulder. "Thank you." He then looked up at the cloudy sky, seeing as how it was raining down on them. "…well, at least they did better than last time. Thirty feet rather than thirty thousand feet."
Everyone quickly regrouped, seeing that the forest was familiar, and that Natsu recognized the smell of the place. "Wait…HAHA! THIS TIME WE'RE RIGHT! WE'RE BACK EVERYBODY! WE'RE IN FIORE BABE!"
Vanessa looked over towards her smiling brother and saw him slowly get dizzy. She couldn't blame him. He's had a long, agonizing fight. She was glad to be in Fiore with her brother.
"Nic." Greninja said, actually speaking again, which made a few people look in shock.
"Whoa! Greninja started talking again!" Lucy exclaimed.
Vanessa was caught with sheer surprise. "O-Okay…? This might take some getting used to."
"I was so used to him taking by his name that I forgot what he sounded like." Gray said.
Nic and Greninja paused. "Anyways." Greninja said. "I think it's time we get back to the guild."
Gajeel smirked. "About time! Now Lily can become a member!"
Vanessa raised here hand. "And I guess me too."
Nic smiled. "I agree, but first…" He then glanced over towards Lisanna, who stood there confused. "There's something that needs to be done."
Lisanna gasped when she realized what Nic meant, and then gave a sincere smile.
"Lisanna." Nic said. "We've kept your siblings waiting long enough."
In another dimension…
"Damnit!" Darkrai growled, his vile aura killing off any good will, not that there was any. "The plan failed!"
Mewtwo scowled with a shaking fist. "Their unholy power should've crushed Nic and gut him alive, but we failed to account his Legendary Force. The more he uses it, the more capable he is at controlling it."
Hoopa fumed. "This is outrageous! Xerneas and Yveltal were strong! They should have killed him!"
Darkrai looked down at the vison of Nic and everyone making way towards Magnolia. "It took little effort to manipulate Yveltal due to his violent nature, but it was a hassle with Xerneas. It took up the rest of the antimatter to have him tainted and bloodthirsty."
"Nic Pularis is growing stronger." Mewtwo stated. "It sickens me."
They all emanated a vile and death-like aura through the void they were in, and the most vile of them all, Giratina's bloodthirsty, devil-like eyes beamed through the vison and he emanated an extremely monstrous aura that could shrivel up life. The four auras emanating slowed their hatred and disgust at Nic, and Giratina was actually shaking from extreme anger.
Giratuna let loose a violent screech that rattled and echoed, irritated that the plan failed. The echoing never ending. He exhaled a bloody mist and huffed and turned towards everyone, who was just as frustrated and they too had that Satan looks in their eyes.
"…we've underestimated Nic Pularis. He's won our animosity for sure." Giratina said. "Let it be known that he got very lucky this time."
Kardia Cathedral
It was still raining, the gray sky never ending. Elfman and Mira were in the cemetery. Mira was frowning as her eyes looked downwards towards Lisanna's stone. Thunder boomed and Elfman stood tall with a frown, holding a red umbrella.
LISANNA
beloved sister
and a friend
to animal souls
X768 – X782
They stood in dark blue cloaks, and Mira's head was pretty soaked as she wasn't under the umbrella, but she didn't care.
"Come on sis, let's get out of the rain." Elfman quietly asked.
"Give me a minute." She asked, continuing to stare down at Lisanna's stone. She quietly cascaded a gloomy glance at the stone, not noticing a splashing puddle nearby.
Close behind them, running through the cemetery, a white-haired girl panted as she raced towards her brother and sister, and looked at them eagerly.
"Mira!" Lisanna called out, making Mira jerk her head upright. Lisanna waved in the air as she ran closer towards her siblings. "Mira it's me! Hey big brother Elf!"
It was then that Elfman gasped in shock of hearing that voice. Lisanna had misty eyes as she was getting closer to her siblings, being reunited with them. Mira turned her head and looked behind her, seeing Lisanna running towards them. Mira went wide-eyed and gasped very loudly, her hair wisped slightly from her sudden jump back to her feet.
Elfman turned around at that moment, and he gasped and his eyes widened in shock, as though he was looking at the past before him.
Lisanna stopped several feet away, looking at her brother and sister from afar. Her cheeks were rosy and her eyes were swollen with tears. She exhaled and inhaled heavily through her nose. Mira and Elfman still frozen and were unable to respond. The sight just left them with no words. Elfman was so frozen that the umbrella fell out of his hand and onto the ground.
Everyone else looked on with big smiles from afar. Greninja still supported a barely awake Nic as he looked with a happy smile right by his sister. To think that they went through the same thing a week ago.
Lisanna then had a big smile showing as she ran towards her siblings. Mira had hands close to her mouth as she started to tear up. "I-Is this real?"
Lisanna laughed happily as she started having tears fall through the rain. Elfman and Mira started streaming tears. Elfman was gasping as he was on the verge of crying out loud.
"Lisanna!" Mira shouted. Lisanna finally embraced her sister and Mira held Lisanna closely, crying. Both siblings started crying and tears fell over the other's shoulder. They continued to cry and embrace as Elfman stood there and teared up, still in shock.
"I'm back sis." Lisanna whispered happily. Mira and Elfman then hugged Lisanna, both unable to contain their joy and both sobbed with their biggest smiles.
Nic and everyone looked on proudly as the Strauss siblings were reunited at long last. Nic then looked over with misty eyes as did Vanessa. Vanessa then turned and hugged Nic, with the latter still feeling extremely sore, but gave no care as he was feeling all emotional again and wrapped his right arm around his sister to return the hug.
Erza and Greninja looked with happiness as Nic was hugging his sister, and they couldn't feel anymore happy for the Strauss and Pularis siblings.
"Vanessa…" Nic said.
"Lisanna…" Mira said.
"…welcome home." They both said in unison, both little sisters smiling tearfully with big grins.
And that is the end of the Kalos Arc! Did you guys like it? Leave a Review or comment on how you thought the Kalos Arc went.
Though this Arc took a long time, I'm glad I got it done. The key of the Kalos Arc was to get more Pokémon involved, as well as introduce Vanessa, and the Drapion Take Over was just a bonus. Hope it was enjoyable!
Next chapter is gonna be the little bridge that connects to the Tenrou Island Arc, and I got a unique idea for next chapter.
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