PM: …You'll probably only get the chapter title if…
A: You've watched the movie 300. I haven't.
B: You've been on any internet forum. I have.
Reference: THIS IS SPARTA!! Lame, if you ask me. XD
And, one more change. I won't be including the time limit and substitution thing in the battle statistics unless needed.
Chapter 17: THIS… IS… WAR!!
An impossible event was taking place at the top of the Cipher Key Lair… Twenty-four of Team Pat's Pokemon against thirteen Cipher Pokemon, four of which were Shadow Pokemon. This was no ordinary Pokemon battle, clearly… It was more of a Pokemon war.
Pat popped his knuckles. "Alright guys, follow my lead. Combusken, begin charging Flamethrower! Aerodactyl, begin charging Hyper Beam! Croconaw, begin charging Hydro Cannon!"
Combusken's beak flashed with fire, and a ball of fiery colors formed in front of its mouth. A ball of golden-orange energy formed in Aerodactyl's, and a large water sphere formed in Croconaw's.
"Fire when I tell you. Do not hit Vibrava, Pupitar, Medicham, or Masquerain."
Justin followed. "Snorunt, start charging Ice Beam! Banshee, start a Shadow Ball! Sharpleaf, get in position for Bullet Seed!"
An icy blue ball of energy materialized in front of Snorunt's mouth, a black and dark purple sphere in front of Banshee's hands, and a yellow sphere appeared in Sharpleaf's mouth.
"Now! Fire your attacks together!" spoke both.
With a blast of multiple colors, six attacks came together: a beam of fire, a large golden-orange beam, two spinning water beams, a thunderbolt-style ice-colored blast, a dark purple and black blob, and a fury of yellow, seed-shaped bullets. This formed a large beam of multiple colors, which blasted through five of the normal Pokemon, KO'ing all five: the two Lombre, Mightyena, Pikachu, and Marshtomp.
Pat gulped nervously. "That… Was… Wow. That was incredible."
Justin nodded, and chuckled quietly as three Cipher Peons recalled their defeated Pokemon, two of which ran off.
"That was easy." muttered Brendan. "Now all we need to KO are four normal Pokemon, then weaken the rest. Piece of cake."
He then pointed forward. "Seviper and Huntail, use Poison Tail and Bite on Banette!"
Seviper and Huntail rushed forward toward the second Pokemon belonging to one of the Cipher Grunts. The Poison-type slammed its purple-glowing tail into Banette's black-gray body, and was followed by Huntail's dark purple-glowing jaws clamping down on it. The two attacks knocked out the Ghost type quickly.
The Grunt who lost one Pokemon earlier recalled Banette, then followed his comrades and ran off.
"…This is too easy…" chuckled Brendan smugly.
"Masquerain!" shouted Targ. "Vibrava! Attack them! Shadow Rush and Shadow Rave!"
Vibrava shone in a dark purple color, and sped towards Huntail, slamming into it with Shadow Rush, causing a large amount of damage. Masquerain shone in the same color, but shot out a wave of shadowy spikes toward all twenty-four of Team Pat's Pokemon, attempting to skewer them all.
"Aerodactyl, fly towards those spikes with Protect." said Pat.
Aerodactyl formed a green bubble shield around its body, then spun straight for the ever-widening row of shadowy spikes, making them all dissipate.
"Heh… Clever." muttered Targ.
The R&D who owned Pupitar and Medicham, Klots, pointed his finger out. "Pupitar, Shadow Rave. Medicham, Shadow Wave."
Pupitar sent out another wave of shadowy spikes, while Medicham did the same, but the spikes were only two small, floating strands of shadow energy.
"Aerodactyl won't be able to use Protect against both attacks." Justin said. "Sharpleaf, use Bullet Seed to counter Shadow Wave!"
May spoke up for the first time in minutes. "Gorebyss, use Surf to counter Shadow Rave!"
Sharpleaf shot a barrage of seed-shaped bullets toward the two advancing shadow energy strands, causing them to dissipate. After all friendly Pokemon moved out of the way, Gorebyss summoned an enormous wave and rode it into the Shadow Rave, causing the second use of the attack to disappear as well.
Targ and Klots growled angrily. "Blast those brats…" muttered Targ. "…They're crafty…"
Pat turned to Croconaw. "Well, Croconaw. Think you can help finish off Aerodactyl, Golbat, and Kadabra…?"
Croconaw looked at Pat as if his trainer was mad, but received a confidence-granting smirk.
"Come now, Croconaw. After all this, I'm sure you can decimate these… These… Inferior pests. And now! Aim your Hydro Cannon for Aerodactyl!"
Croconaw turned to Aerodactyl, forming an enormous sphere of water in its open mouth.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Golbat!" shouted Pat. "Tauros, use…"
He was cut off by Brendan. "Must you always take the glory?!" shouted the white-haired trainer.
Pat backed down as Pikachu fired a large bolt of golden lightning, zapping and KO'ing Golbat, while twin, swirling blasts of water took out Aerodactyl, both of which were recalled.
Brendan pointed forward. "Rhyhorn! Go for Kadabra with Shadow Rush!"
Rhyhorn glowed a deep purple, then ran for Kadabra.
The only remaining Cipher member, aside from Targ and Klots, smirked. "Kadabra, use Psychic!"
The golden and brown fox-like Pokemon twirled its blue-glowing spoon, sending a beam of light purple energy at Rhyhorn. This beam sent the Rock/Ground type flying backwards, stopping Shadow Rush.
Brendan gasped. "Rhyhorn! Argh… Alright then. Golbat, Huntail, and Seviper, use Bite!"
All three Pokemon, fangs and jaws glowing a sinister purple, rushed toward Kadabra, clamping their jaws onto its body and knocking it out immediately. Kadabra's owner recalled it and ran off.
"Looks like it's just us…" smirked Targ. Klots nodded.
"Indeed, sir…"
Pat turned. "Well gang, I guess we don't need twenty-four Pokemon out right now. Combat each Shadow Pokemon two-on-two. I'll take Vibrava and Masquerain. Justin, mind being my partner…?"
The blonde shook his head. "Not at all…"
The members of Team Pat recalled all but four Pokemon: Croconaw, Banshee, Seviper, and Gorebyss. Pat and Justin, along with Banshee and Croconaw, faced Targ and his two Shadow Pokemon, while May and Brendan, with Gorebyss and Seviper, faced Klots and his Pupitar and Medicham.
Pat smirked, and jabbed out his left hand. He then flexed his fingers back twice. "Come on! Show me your moves!"
Justin again gained an almost indescribable look: "O.O". After shaking off the odd look, he removed his Snag Machine, throwing it to Brendan.
"Bleach Hair, catch!" he called out. Brendan "snagged" the Snag Machine out of the air, and equipped it, giving a thumbs-up.
With that, the two double battles began…
BATTLE COMMENCE!
PM: And I'm cutting it there. I hate to, because this chapter seems rather short, but the next one will be a lot longer. R&R please.