Me: Wazzup? Here's chapter 2!
Aiko: Awesome, so we ge-
Akio: Aiko! No spoilers, please.
Aiko: Fine. And Gemstone Gal doesn't own Pokemon.
Me: Enjoy~
Chapter 2 - The Battle for Ignis!
Aiko and Akio spent the next few days training with Oichi. Eve, Kuro and Jigglypuff all became stronger, and they had better links with their partners. On the third day they were training, they ran into the three who were spying on them. Aiko saw that one of them had a very fluffy white headdress and laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" The one with the fluffy headdress asked.
"I think she's laughing at your fluffy headdress." The second, who had silver hair, said.
"Weird." The third had black hair and black paint on his nose.
"What do you want?" Akio asked.
"You can't just train forever. You have to battle other castles eventually." The one with the fluffy headdress said.
"Eh? Is that true Oichi?" Aiko looked at the girl with her Jigglypuff. She nodded.
"What are your names?" Oichi asked.
"I'm Kiyomasa. The one with the black paint on his nose is Masanori and the one with the fluffy headdress is Mitsunari." The one with silver hair answered.
"Cool. You probably already know who we are." Aiko said, calming down.
"Anyways, if you're going to battle a kingdom, I suggest Ignis." Mitsunari said.
"Isn't that the kingdom where those idiots came from?" Akio asked Aiko. Aiko nodded.
"Hey...Mitsunari, Kiyomasa, Masanori, do you want to join our army?" Aiko asked.
"Wh-what?" Masanori almost fell over in shock.
"Uh...could we talk it over? I'm not sure if those guys are okay with it. Or our pokemon." Kiyomasa said. Oichi just noticed their pokemon, Mitsunari had a Scizor, Kiyomasa had a Larvitar, and Masanori had a Skorupi. Akio nodded.
"So...what do you think?" Kiyomasa asked. "I personally want to."
"Me too!" Masanori said.
"I will on one condition. They conquer Ignis." Mitsunari said.
"That sounds good." Kiyomasa said. Masanori nodded.
"So it's decided?" Mitsunari asked. The other two nodded. Louder, he said, "We'll join on one condition, you conquer Ignis."
"Sure, that sounds reasonable." Aiko agreed. "And maybe we can get Kuro and Eve to evolve with these items!" The Moon Shard was tied around Kuro's back with string, and Eve had the small part of the icy rock around her neck, like a necklace.
"Let's go battle Ignis tomorrow." Oichi said.
"Okay, get your pokemon ready!" Akio said.
The next morning Aiko, Akio and Oichi got on three Blitzle that were prepared for the journey to Ignis.
"Let's go!" Aiko said as the electric horse pokemon started running to Ignis. "This is awesome!"
"No it's not!" Akio shouted. Aiko laughed.
When they reached Ignis, Aiko suddenly felt a bit dizzy.
"I dislike this place. It's too warm." She groaned.
"No it's not. It's a nice temperature." Akio said. "Anyways, let's go to Hideyoshi."
"Uh...Lady Aiko..." Oichi started. Aiko looked at her.
"What's up?" She asked.
"Well...it's just that...Eve's necklace might melt..." Oichi said.
"Oh, that. Yeah, I know." Aiko said. Akio and Oichi sweatdropped at her carelessness. They reached the castle and Akio opened the door.
"Oi! Hideyoshi! We're here to challenge you!" Aiko shouted.
"A-Aiko! Be a bit quieter!" Akio scolded.
"It's okay." A voice said. Aiko and Akio's eyes widened as they saw a man with a monkey like hat and a Chimchar. On his right was a tall man with half white and half black hair with a Litwick. On his left was a shorter man with brown hair and a yellow and white hat who had a Pichu with him.
"Y-you're Hideyoshi, aren't you?" Aiko whispered.
"Yup! And who are you and your brother? I know that she's Lady Oichi." Hideyoshi said, pointing at Oichi.
"My name is Akio Moon, and that's my younger twin sister Aiko." Akio said. The three in front of them looked at them with wide eyes.
"N-no way! Aiko and Akio died thirteen years ago..." The one with the yellow-white hat said, and he looked as if a sad memory had came up.
"Hanbei, you can't be thinking about their funeral at a time like this, can you?" The other man asked. Hanbei shook his head. "Good."
"You're Kanbei, right?" Oichi asked.
"Yes, I am." Kanbei conformed, raising his hand, making a gust of dark wind blow. Oichi reacted and raised her two hands and blocked it. "I see that you've been practicing your power."
"Eh? P-power?" Aiko looked at Oichi for explanation.
"All current warlords have a pokemon type power, and Lady Oichi has the power of Dragon pokemon." Hideyoshi answered. "Anyways, let's go to the battlefield."
The Ignis battlefield had lava and flames everywhere, and it was also a volcano. Aiko wasn't very comfortable, but Akio was more than fine.
"Eve, Kuro, Jigglypuff, we can't lose!" Oichi said. "What's the plan?"
"Kuro get's Litwick, Jigglypuff should get Chimchar and Eve'll get the Pichu." Aiko said.
"Okay! Kuro, let's go!" Akio said, leaving the other two and their pokemon.
"We'll go as well, Lady Aiko." Oichi said as she and her Jigglypuff left.
"Eve, do your best!" Aiko said, cheering for her pokemon.
Akio and Kuro were walking around. Eventually, they found Kanbei studying the battlefield's current activity.
"Ah, I see you've found me. Let's see if your Eevee can beat my Litwick." Kanbei said. "Use Ember!"
"Kuro, try to dodge and use Dig!" Akio ordered. Kuro jumped up, dodging the attack and then started to dig.
"Litwick, be on your guard, it could attack at anytime." Kanbei said.
"Lit! Litwick!" Litwick replied. It head rumbling from underneath it and sidestepped Kuro's dig.
"Shadow Ball, quickly!" Akio shouted. Kuro, before Litwick and Kanbei could counter, hit Litwick with a Shadow Ball, knocking the Litwick out. Kanbei quickly rushed to his pokemon, and when Akio tried to go near it, he tried to knock him over with a gust of dark energy. Akio responded with a gust of darkness that was stronger than his. When it stopped Akio stared wide-eyed at his hands.
"Wha? H-how?" Akio tried to form a sentence.
"Hm...so it seems as we have the same type. You know, maybe I could join your army to help you control it." Kanbei said. Akio's face brightened.
"Would you?" He asked.
"Sure, as long as you won't make me do nothing." Kanbei replied.
"Awesome! Now, I think we should find the others." Akio said.
Aiko and Eve face-to-face with Hanbei and his Pichu.
"Let's do this like real warriors." Hanbei said. He unleashed some electric energy, which Aiko easily dodged. "Pichu, use ThunderShock."
"Eve, use Quick Attack!" Aiko ordered, as she kept dodging jolts of electricity that Hanbei was sending her way. One headed straight at her, and she lifted her hands to block it. It never hit her. She opened her eyes and saw Hanbei staring at her...well, more like the ice shield that was around her. She was also surprised that it hadn't melted right away.
"D-did I do this?" She asked. Hanbei nodded slowly. "That's so cool!" Aiko moved her right hand from the left back to the right, and icicles shot at Hanbei. He jumped up and did a backflip to dodge.
"Pichu, keep using ThunderShock!" Hanbei said, as he dodged Aiko's attacks and sent attacks at her.
"Eve, finish Pichu with Dig!" Aiko shouted. The eevee quickly dug into the ground and soon came out and hit the electric mouse, which made it faint. Aiko ran to Pichu and gave it an oran berry.
"Hey...why are you helping Pichu?" Hanbei asked.
"Just cause we're enemies once doesn't mean I can't help your pokemon. Besides, I noticed you didn't bring any healing items." Aiko laughed.
"Uh...if you don't mind...maybe Pichu and I could join your army?" Hanbei asked.
"It'd be great to have you in our army!" Aiko smiled. "Now, let's go check on Oichi!"
Oichi and her Jigglypuff were tired. So were Hideyoshi and his Chimchar. But neither gave in, and kept launching one attack after another.
"Keep...it up...Jigglypuff." Oichi panted.
"Don't give in Chimchar!" Hideyoshi encouraged.
"Use Tackle!" Two voices said at the same time. Hideyoshi saw two eevees attacking his precious fire monkey pokemon.
"Ack! Hanbei! Kanbei! Help me!" Hideyoshi said.
"Sorry Hideyoshi, but we're going with their army." Hanbei said.
"N-no! Ch-chimchar!" Hideyoshi said as Chimchar fell down, knocked out.
"YES! Ignis Castle is ours!" Aiko and Akio said.
"Argh, come on Chimchar, let's retreat for now." Hideyoshi said as he ran away.
"So, that's our first castle that we conquered, 15 left." Oichi said.
Me: Whaddya think? Pretty good, considering that I whipped it up in about an hour. :3
Aiko: Please review!
Akio: Man, this chapter is the longest you've written!
Me: :D