And here's the next chapter, a bit later than I had hoped, but eh.
Chapter 11: Therapist Terumi?
Although, to be fair… I wasn't editing for long. My Paleopager went off again while I was halfway through Toba's page. Thalasso was done at least, though. I looked to find that Celestial was my opponent this time, and thought of how I would beat her. She had her Nycto, which was an Air-Type, but I hadn't seen any of her other Vivosaurs. I could assume they were also Air, but… I wasn't confident about using Carno. After all, I almost lost control of it last time, and this time, I might not be so lucky that it follows my commands. And Proto wanted a break… I'd give it to him, even though Metamorphosis was a cool trick. This left me with Elasmo, Toba, and Thalasso.
I heard a roar from outside the room, and rushed down the stairs. When I got to the common room, I could hear Ty Ranno.
"Well, folks, she's done it again! Thea defeats Brandon with only one Vivosaur, her star player Argento!"
"Yep! It's a Vivosaur with cosmic proportions!" I just shook my head and sighed. When I looked back up, Celestial was standing there staring at me. Once again, I wasn't the first to arrive.
"Well, are you ready? She asked me.
"Yeah, I guess so…"
She took the farther side of the stadium, so I got the closer half. Our medals were flung, and she had brought her Nycto along with two raptor-like Vivosaurs. One was green and covered in feathers, while the other was red, a lot larger, and only had a few feathers upon its head. Toba was a large sauropod that was mostly a bright pearl color, much like the names of its moves. Thalasso was a pterosaur not unlike Rubicon's Jara, except it didn't constantly move up and down as it flew, and its head crest was more like a sail rather than the triangular crest on Jara. Celestial got the first attack, but groaned when she saw my Vivosaurs. Still, she attacked with her Nycto, calling out "Beak Strike!", and the green pterosaur flew at Toba, jabbing its side before making a loop and returning back to Celestial. She ended her turn, so I took mine. "Elasmo Tackle!" Elasmo flew out and slammed the green raptor, which knocked it off of its feet, and managed to turn it back to a medal.
"Wow, Ty, Derrick's doing pretty well. You would have never thought it would take Derrick one turn to gain the lead when he barely finished his last match."
"Well, you never know. According to my sources, Derrick's had that Elasmo since he was a child. It would have to be pretty strong. Combine that with Lagia's Fire attribute, and it's not that farfetched."
Celestial sighed, and then had her Nycto once again attack Toba, but this time, she had it use Wing Whirlwind, which caused the same effect it had in the hall. A tornado started to form around Toba, damaging it quite a lot more than I had expected. Toba seemed pretty tough, though, so I felt I could continue without worrying too much. "U-Raptor, Raptor Claw!" The red Vivosaur leaped for Elasmo, and slashed at him. However, a counter-attack was not far behind.
"Elasmo Combo! Angry Peck on U-Raptor!" Elasmo quickly moved after biting on U-Raptor's leg, and Thalasso struck it down.
"And Derrick is now three and one, with only Celestial's Nycto left." With Ty's comment, the crowd got louder, though I felt uneasy about her last Vivosaur.
"Wing Whirlwind!" The repeated attacks had left Toba exhausted, and it transformed back into a medal. The spectators were now even rowdier than before, perhaps anticipating the irony of my loss if Celestial could come back. However, Nycto had not been completely unharmed either, as Toba's Auto-Counter had taken a small toll upon it.
"Beak Strike!" Thalasso flew at the other flying Vivosaur with a jab, and then banked and flew back to my side. Nycto seemed to have taken some damage, so I followed up with an Elasmo Tackle, bringing its health down even more. Celestial smirked at me, before using a new attack.
"Wing Hurricane!" Elasmo was wrapped in air, and the wind blew furiously, causing Thalasso to struggle to stay aloft. When they died down, Elasmo was definitely feeling the strength of the attack. Nycto didn't look like it had used up a lot of energy for that attack. In fact, it seemed to be more revitalized.
"And Celestial's Nycto heals itself with Wing Hurricane, a skill allowing the user to steal LP from the opponent!"
"Thief!"
While the announcers continued their banter, I struggled to come up with a plan to defeat it. Two skills clicked into my mind. It'd be a miracle if they both worked, but even more to see if Elasmo could survive long enough to do his part. I passed my turn over to Celestial, and she responded with another Wing Hurricane to Elasmo, leaving him very low on LP.
But when my turn began, I had everything set. Now I just had to hope they would work. "Elasmo Combo, Tornado Wing! Nycto was battered by the two attacks, and to my surprise, was inflicted with both of the special status conditions the moves had.
"Oh, and Derrick afflicts Nycto with a combination of Poison and Enrage."
Indeed, Nycto looked angry, as well as having taken on a purple hue to its body.
Celestial's next Wing Hurricane was sent my way, but this time, when Nycto attacked, it had even more vigor. However, it was so frustrated that the attack went off course, hitting the stadium walls rather than Elasmo. The purple then disappeared from Nycto, and the Vivosaur returned to its spot on the field.
"Tornado Wing, again!" Thalasso swept the swirling column of water at Nycto. It dissipated after a few second, but had done its work. Nycto was once again tinted purple, and when Celestial tried for one more Wing Hurricane to restore Nycto's health, the attack went off to the wrong side, and the poison too its toll. Nycto fell to the ground and landed as a medal, which Celestial promptly picked up.
"And Derrick pulls off a win with a unique combo of Status Effects to overcome his elemental disadvantage! And now…"
"Trip, don't you even think about calling for another bathroom break."
"Awww."
A collective laugh ran through the stadium as I made my way back to the common room. I sat down, and soon Celestial joined me.
"So, what made you bring two Fire-Types?"
"Well, I've seen you battle before, and I knew that Carno would be a big problem. So, I brought both of my Fire Vivosaurs to take it out in one turn so you couldn't do anything with it, and my Nycto would blow through the rest of your Vivosaurs. Why didn't you bring Carno?"
"I was worried that it would lose control."
"I can help with that."
We both looked up to find Thea standing in front of us.
"Uhh… Okay, sure, I guess…"
"Alright, meet me back at the hotel room." I nodded, and she left. I shook hands with Celestial, and then went to follow Thea. When we arrived at the room, she plopped down on the couch.
"Give me Carno." I looked at her, and she just glared at me. "Do you want my help or not?"
"Yeah, sure, but I'm just wondering what you can do."
"My mom's a doctor, I know enough to be able to handle this. Besides, I've trained an Argento, haven't I?"
"I don't see how this-"
"I will make Carno the next Argento, or my name's not Doctor Terumi!"
"… I thought that was your mom's name."
"Oh, just get out of here! You're not helping with this!" She grabbed my arm, pulled me to the door, and then shoved me out. Seconds later, it opened again, and an arm reached out and grabbed my key card from my hand before shutting the door again.
"Well, that's just great."
I sighed as I took the stairs back down to the Station. It seemed like a good opportunity to finally go check out Jungle Labyrinth, so I went almost directly south of the town and entered the Dig Site. I walked a bit into the jungle, not even bothering to dig up anything. I continued in deeper until I ran into someone. I held my hand out to help them up, but put my other hand into my pocket and grabbed my Dino Medal in case he was one of those unreasonable people. But when I saw the word "Vengeance" across the person's jacket, I audibly exhaled in relief.
"Haha, sorry about that Primacron."
"That's alright. What're you doing here?"
"Got locked out." Primacron looked at me first with confusion, then with realization. "Stole your key card?"
"Yep." I sighed. He just laughed.
"Well, can you help me look for something here before we head back?"
"Yeah, no problem." I shrugged, and we headed deeper into the forest.
Towards what seemed to be the end of the traversable area of the jungle, I saw a person in blue digging up what appeared as machine parts. I approached the person, and was surprised to find Dina lugging a metal ball out of the ground. She wiped her brow and waved to me before shoving the parts into a pile and going to the VMM. I saw her tap a few buttons before she was surrounded in light and disappeared.
"Huh, so they do have a teleporter system in those."
"That's… convenient."
"Yeah, you can just go straight back to town with one of those."
"So what are we looking for?"
"Not what, who. I'm trying to find a person."
"Why would you be looking for a person?"
"Well… it's a long story."
"Is it that guy?" I pointed towards a boy in a red jacket that stuck out in the dense green forest. He looked at me suddenly, and came over.
"Hmm… Yes, just as he said, orange, blue, and yellow all over." He then took a look at Primacron and stepped back, shocked. "Vengeance… Hey! You're Primacron, aren't you?"
"Who's asking?"
"You just told me everything I need to know. You're Primacron… I happen to know someone who knows you, and I'll tell you now, he'll be happy if I can take you down right now… I might even get another favor out of him…"
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh, never mind what I'm talking about. You're a fighter, right? Then let's battle."
"Okay, you're on!"
Primacron grabbed two brown and white rimmed medals, and one that had a pure white border, rather than the usual stripes. The boy had out one green, one red, and one brown one. When the flung them out, I saw a Raja and two ankylosaurs on the boy's side of the field. Primacron's Tro and Salto were out, but the last Vivosaur he had was unrecognizable to me.
"What's that? I'm pretty sure it's not a dinosaur."
"You're right, it's my Zanth. Zanth's a Super Evolver, which can only be found when you use a Miraculous Fossil on certain Vivosaurs. I'll explain the rest later. Salto Combo, Tro Toxin, Zanth Shot!"
"Fire Spear, Raja Whirl, Perplex Shot!"
The Vivosaurs launched their attacks, but a grey blur suddenly went right in front of Salto, taking the Salto Combo. When it staggered back, I saw… my Carno. Carno backed up, looking in fear at the sauropod, when it was struck in the back with orbs of fire. This caused it to start jumping around everywhere. Tro accidentally slashed at it, and poison began to show, making Carno stop in its tracks. Raja's Raja Whirl was unavoidable at this point, which sent Carno flying into the path of a blast of air. Carno began to stagger until it was hit with Zanth's tail, which finally stopped it as it fell asleep.
"Well… that's one way to calm it down." I found Thea standing next to me, the same expression I had on her face. We continued to look in amazement at what had just happened until a group of staff members walked into the area. At this, the boy suddenly recalled his Vivosaurs at took off into another part of the jungle. The staff apparently didn't see this, though, and grabbed the machine parts Dina had dug up and started carrying them back.
"Well, do I get my room key back now?"
Well, Read and Review and all that, and don't forget to let me know if I typoed.