Me: Okay, after a long wait, I present Chapter 12!

Aiko: FINALLY! That means one less chapter until it's the chapter I star in! :D

Akio: This is long.

Guest(Anonymous) - :3 Thank you~

Mr.001 - :D

Leodasdragon - Yes, I am planning to pair them up. And the snow's derping, but it'll appear in the next chapter. Rayquaza? EPIC! And dat dream... NO, NOT HANBEI! EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT NEEDED FOR THIS CHAPTER!

Hanbei: -.-' I think she's lost it.

Me: I HAVE NOT!

Oichi: *Ignores everything going on behind her* Gemstone Gal doesn't own Pokemon or Samurai Warriors. Enjoy~!

Chapter 12 - Puligis's Stage

Akio stopped in the middle of the road. Everyone else behind him did as well.

"Why'd we stop?" Masanori asked.

"We need to discuss the plan once we get there." Akio said. The others nodded. "Oichi, what's the battlefield like?"

"In this battle, you need to gain control of all four flags and defeat the opponent." Oichi said. "These flags are inside a ring and if any Pokémon is attacked while on the sides, they get knocked out and have to climb back up."

"And since they specialize in Fighting types..." Akio said. "Lemon will have an advantage."

"So will Litwick." Kanbei said.

"Then those two will be the ones to fight most of them." Kiyomasa said. "But Larvitar also isn't going to do that well here either."

"Neither will Jigglypuff." Oichi said.

"Then those two can just capture flags." Akio said.

"What do I do?" Masanori asked.

"You'll stick with Kiyomasa." Akio replied. "Anyways, let's get back to going to Puligis, we should get there soon."

"I wonder how Aiko's doing..." Oichi said, thinking about the other twin warlord.

Somewhere between Greenleaf and Violight...

"AH-CHOO!" Aiko sneezed.

"Are you okay?" Ruby asked. Aiko nodded.

"Whoever's talking about me better not be a stalker..." Aiko mumbled.

Soon, Akio, Oichi, Kanbei, Kiyomasa and Masanori reached Puligis.

"Now all we have to do is find Yoshihiro and challenge him." Kanbei said.

"No need, I've been expecting you." A man said. While he looked old, he was still very masculine.

"Then we have no need to explain why we're here," Akio said. "Yoshihiro. Let's just cut straight to the battle."

"Good to know that we both agree." Yoshihiro said. "Come, I will show you the battlefield."

The battlefield was just as Oichi described, except that it was the only indoor battlefield so far.

"Lemon, you ready?" Akio asked his partner.

"Drif!" The shiny Drifloon replied.

"Good! Let's go!" Akio said. Everyone had already split up. The two of them flew toward the nearest flag and touched it. The flag magically turned blue. Akio blinked.

"I still don't get how it does that." He said after staring at the flag for a few minutes. Lemon agreed. The two of them kept walking around until they found a man with his Timburr.

"Astonish." Akio ordered. Lemon hit the fighting type and it fell out of the ring, left to climb back up. Akio and Lemon looked around for another flag, but didn't see one. They kept walking around for a bit, until they bumped into someone.

"I'm boooreeedddd!" Masanori whined. Kiyomasa sighed.

"If you're bored, then do something." He said.

"But we're in the middle of a battle." Masanori pointed out.

"And we're supposed to find flags." Kiyomasa said.

"THEN LET'S GO FIND SOME FLAGS!" Masanori said. His Skorupi cheered while Kiyomasa and his Larvitar sweatdropped.

Several minutes later, they still hadn't found any flags.

"This is pointless." Kiyomasa said, sighing.

"WHERE ARE THE FLAGS?" Masanori said dramatically.

"Jigglypuff, Double Slap again!" Oichi ordered, her usually quiet voice a bit more fierce.

"Jiggly!" Her Jigglypuff said while she slapped a Machop, making it faint. Currently, Jigglypuff was fighting three, now two, fighting types. The two left were the Timburr Akio had battled earlier and another Timburr.

"Timburr, use Low Kick!" Both men shouted.

"Jigglypuff, dodge!" Oichi said. Jigglypuff inflated and went up into the air. The two Timburr slammed into each other, and they both fainted. "Good job! Now let's get that flag!" The three men who had been fighting wondered how a JIGGLYPUFF could beat their THREE FIGHTING TYPES. Quite the pokemon, eh?

"Uh...would you mind if we joined your army? We'd love to learn how to fight like that!" They said at the same time. Oichi looked surprised, but smiled.

"Sure!" She said, smiling along with her Jigglypuff. Oichi walked to the flag that was nearby and colored red and touched it. The flag changed colors, from red to blue.

Kanbei walked around, his Litwick following.

"Where could a flag be?" Kanbei asked.

"Lit! Litwick." Litwick said.

"Hm...that's possible. We'll have to find the side then, though." Kanbei said. He and the fire-ghost type found the edge of the ring and walked toward one of the corners. Standing next to a red flag was a man with a Pansage.

'This should be easy, considering that Litwick is part fire.' Kanbei thought. Litwick knew what he was thinking, and looked at him. Kanbei nodded and then Litwick went closer to the Pansage.

"Ember." Kanbei ordered. Litwick's flames toasted the Pansage, due to it being a Critical Hit, and it fainted.

"Pansage!" The man said. "Man, you're good. Would you mind if I join your army?"

"If you want." Kanbei said. He touched the red flag, and yet another flag turned blue. "Now I have to find Lord Akio."

The man that Akio had bumped into was Yoshihiro.

"Hm...let's have a battle! Whoever wins can claim the flag!" Yoshihiro said. Akio agreed. They each drew their weapons. Yoshihiro, however, had a giant hammer. Akio saw it and he raised his eyebrow.

"A hammer?" Akio asked. He shook it off and made his sword have the usual black void-like blade. "Lemon, spam Gust!" Lemon did her orders, and eventually the Gurdurr couldn't take it anymore and fainted. Just like Lemon, Akio swung his sword back and forth non-stop, hardly letting Yoshihiro get to attack.

"Well boy, you've won." Yoshihiro said. Inside his mind, he thought, 'That fire in his eyes...much like that young'un. He just might be the one...'

"Thank you for the great battle!" Akio said.

"No, no, thank you for the great battle!" Yoshihiro laughed. "If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to join the army of someone as strong as you! It'd help me get even stronger!"

"That would be awesome!" Akio said.

"Aww, you already won." A voice said. It was Masanori. "And I wanted to see you battle!"

"Stop complaining." Kiyomasa said. "You complain too much." And then an argument broke out between them. Everyone laughed.

"Give a message to my sister saying that I've conquered Puligis and want to know when to go to Chrysalia." Akio said to a messenger. He and everyone else at Puligis were eating dinner.

"Right away, Lord Akio." The messenger left, and Akio sighed.

"Now we've got Puligis. And to think I came here not that long ago." He said. "Hey Oichi, what day is today?"

"December 19th." Oichi said. "Why?"

"DECEMBER 19TH?!" Akio exclaimed. Everyone looked at him. "That means 12 days till my birthday...and 13 till Aiko's."

"I thought you two were twins?" Kiyomasa asked.

"We are. We're like our cousins who were born at the same time as us, December 31st 11:17 PM and January 1st 12:17 AM." Akio replied.

"That is so cool!" Masanori said.

"That's just like the previous Moon Twins." Kanbei said.

"That's even more cool!" Masanori said. Everyone laughed. "What'd I say?"

"It's nothing." Akio said, laughing.

Me: I'M SO HAPPY! I SAW A SHOOTING STAR YESTERDAY!

Akio: It was the first sho-

FUN FACT: It's my dad's birthday today! :3

QUESTION OF THE CHAPTER: Favorite song?

Akio: -oting star she's ever seen! And again? -.-

Me: :P

Ruby: Hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Axel: Where the heck am I?

Everyone else: WRONG STORY!

Me: *Pushes Axel back into Wings* Phew, I'm glad that's the only character jumping stories...for now.

Aura: *Cough cough* For now *cough cough*

Me: Oh shuddup.

Aiko: Anyways, REVIEW!