BATTLE ERUPTION! PYRAMIA'S LAST STAND!

Hoenn

Pyramia was looking down inside an active Volcano, Groudon within the middle of the magma, the Dark Ring still on it.

"Excellent! Groudon, make it erupt with all your might!"

"Um, Mistress," interrupted Lucario, "Groudon's asleep".

"What!?! Why is he asleep?!"

"Tired?" said Arcanine, "It was a long walk getting up here".

"I... don't... care... GROUDON!!! WAKE UP THIS INSTANT!!"

Groudon thrusted its head into the air, throwing Pyra, Lucario and Arcanine into the air as well since they were standing on its head. Pyramia flipped in midair and landed on her feet as she shook dust off her red cloak.

"Ha! That wasn't so ha-OOF!" Both Arcanine and Lucario land on top of her, "Bad...ow!"

"That was fun!!" exclaimed Arcanine before jumping high in the air, yelping.

"Glad to hear it," said Pyramia, spinning her sai and sheathing it. "Now then, where were we? Lucario, keep a sharp eye out for any unwanted visitors while Groudon and I get down to making all of Hoenn into a real 'lava cake'!"

"Right away, mistress! We sha-"

"ODIN'S BREATH!!"

A blast of cold wind appeared and Lucario, apart from his head, was frozen solid. Surprised, Pyramia unsheathed her sais as she looked around the volcanic crater.

"Who's there!?! Show yourself!"

As though commanded, a large red-horse-like paladin landed near Pyramia. Pyramia recognized the Digimon and sighed angrily.

"Oh great... You again, horseboy? Kentaurosmon, isn't it?"

"Yes, that is correct," replied Kentaurosmon as he readied his bow.

"Kentaurosmon?" asked Lucario.

"A Digimon Royal Knight," explained Pyramia, "We fought against them during our, brief, period in the Digital World. So, what brings you to Hoenn?"

"What else?" Kentaurosmon raised his bow towards Pyramia, "To stop you from destroying this world!"

"Is that so? Only you, heh. You don't stand a chance against me and Groudon!"

Just then, giant winds began to gust around her. Pyramia looked up and saw what appeared to be a Skarmory, but it grew into a jet-like version of the Steel-Flying type Pokemon.

"No, not the Skarmory Mach 2! Big deal, even with the Pokemon Champ's help, you're odds of winning are very slim!"

As Pyramia charged, her sais flaming angrily, a golden flash stopped her.

"MAGNA KICK!"

"GAH!! Not you too!" she growled as Magnamon landed next to Kentaurosmon. "Magnamon! Are all you Royal Pain-in-the-Necks here?! No matter! Flaming Rose Strike!"

Pyramia threw her sais, the flames catching fire to anything it touches. Magnamon and Kentaurosmon dodged them, but met with Lucario and Groudon.

"AURA SPHERE!" shouted Lucario as he hits Magnamon with a blue sphere at close range to his chest.

"GAH!" said Magnamon, "That Lucario's at a high level to even hurt me! And how did you get out?"

"With a little help from me!" said Arcanine, behind Magnamon, "Fire Fang!"

Kentaurosmon, meanwhile, was galloping around the crater, avoiding Groudon's Solar Beam and Pyramia's attacks.

"Try dodging this!" Pyramia leapt into the air, sais burning red hot as Kentaurosmon aimed for her.

"Bifro-OOH!" Kentaurosmon forgot about Groudon, its Solar Beam landing a direct hit. Dazed, he let his guard down, letting Pyramia strike.

"Crimson Slash!" With two slashes, she knocks Kentaurosmon down to his knees.

Not good… he thought, looking around. I can't keep up with her and the Legendary Pokemon, and Magnamon's got his hands full as well.

Magnamon kept trying to knock out Lucario and Arcanine, but tried to hold back.

"Listen to me!" he exclaimed. "You're both being used! Stop this at once! I don't want to hurt you!" No effect. Lucario kept trying to hit Magnamon with Force Palm while Arcanine tried to bite him with Fire Fang. "You're leaving me… no… choice here!"

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Meanwhile, on the opposite side of the volcanic crater…

"So, this is where Pyramia is?" Dorumon heard a roar as a beam of light fired near them. He, A. Charlie, Vec, Kristen, and Vullen look behind the boulder they were behind. What they saw was two Digimon fighting the Knight of Fire, Groudon, a Lucario, and an Arcanine.

"You were saying?" said Vullen.

Dorumon watched as Kentaurosmon narrowly dodged Pyramia's slashes, only to get hit by a Mud Shot from Groudon. Dorumon examined Groudon and saw it.

"We need to aim for the Dark Ring! Once that's destroyed, Groudon will be free!"

As Kentaurosmon fell, Pyramia looked at him, grinning.

"A strong, Royal Knight? HA!" she chuckled. "More like a big disappointment! Groudon, finish him with Solar Beam!"

Groudon opened his mouth, ready to fire the attack, when two Shadow Balls struck its Dark Ring, shattering it off Groudon. Groudon roared as it went into the magma, returning to its rest.

"NOO!!" shouted Pyramia, "The Dark Ring's destroyed!! But ho-"

"Odin's Breath!"

Pyramia got blasted by another cold blizzard from Kentaurosmon's shield. Pyramia, shivering slightly, was getting angry.

"I AM NOT WEAK!!" She raises her fists into the air, causing the magma to erupt high and swirl around her, like a serpent. "Lava Dragon Whip!" Pyramia causes the magma to crash near Kentaurosmon, who dodged it as the lava splattered everywhere.

"Bifrost!" He shoots an arrow into Pyramia's chest, causing the lava dragon to fall. Pyramia, the arrow still in her, takes her sais out again.

"FIRE WALL!!" A wall of flames surrounded her, "I CAN'T FAIL!!"

"Magna Punch!" Magnamon punches Pyramia behind her, going through the wall of fire, but not without sustaining damage to his armor. "She's losing it".

As Pyramia, slowly rising to her feet, coughed as she gathered her sais, trying to continue the battle. She charged for Magnamon, but then, another arrow shot through her, causing her to fall to her knees.

"M-master…" she cries, her sais falling from her hands and into the volcano, "I truly.... *coughs*... failed you…" She falls to the ground, disintegrating into ashes and burnt robes. Just then, a red orb appears from the ashes, flashes, then was gone. Then, both Lucario and Arcanine fainted where they stood, Pyramia's spell no longer holding.

Dorumon sighed in relief, "Great job, my Knights".

"Hey," said Vullen, pointing towards Lucario, "What's that Pokemon?"

"Hm?" Kristen follows Vullen's finger, "Oh, that's a Lucario, a Steel-Fighting type Pokemon, from the Sinnoh Region, if I'm not mistaken".

Vullen, eyes lowered and a wide smile on her face, sighed, "How handsome".

"Um, Vullen…" Kristen points out as both the Lucario and Arcanine became snagged by Whyte.

"Oh, phooey!"

"Dorumon, looks like your boys are introducing themselves to the UK Champ".

"Right," Dorumon said, watching his two Knights give introductions, "Hmm... I need to speak to one of them without arousing suspicion".

"I have an idea," said A. Charlie.

"We're the Royal Knights of the Digital World sent to deal with the Elemental Knights!" explained Kentaurosmon to the England Champion, Sir Conan Whyte.

"So, you know about them too?" he replied.

"Yes. They entered our world not too long ago and caused havoc everywhere, eventually teaming up with two evil Digimon: Dracmon and Lucemon. Right now, only Magnamon (points to the golden armored Digimon, polishing his armor) and myself came close to this area. We were in luck to know that our leader is currently living with the white Ninetales of Legend".

Hearing that, Whyte wanted to ask them about the white Ninetales until one of his newly snagged Pokemon started to hover away from him and into the forest.

"What in the world?!" said Whyte.

"I'll get it," said Magnamon, chasing after the Snag-Ball.

The Snag-Ball floated and swerved through the trees as it landed in Vullen's paws, Kristen's glowing blue eyes dimming to normal.

"There you go, Vullen," she said as Vullen, going a little bright red in the cheeks, soothed the ball to her cheek. "You have something for this Lucario?"

"Yes. He's quite handsome!"

Just as Vullen was about to release Lucario, Magnamon appeared, eying the Pokemon group.

"OK! Hand over that-" Magnamon saw Dorumon stepping behind a bush, "Dorumon! Sir!" He kneels before the purple Digimon.

Dorumon motions Magnamon to stand, "Listen, forget Lucario, we'll take care of him. I know that human wants to help Ninetales, but please don't tell him where he is. I'm sorry, but I can't tell you where he's hiding at the moment. We can't risk it".

"Understood!" saluted Magnamon.

"Also, stay with this human and aid him in his battles against the remaining member of the Elemental Knights, and oh yes, if you're here, who else?"

"Kentaurosmon, Dynasmon, Gallantmon, and UlforceVeedramon!"

"Very well. I'm currently staying somewhere safe and secret with BanchouLeomon, the white Ninetales, Suicune and Entei. Tell the human to give up his search for the white Ninetales, he is safe".

"Understood!" Magnamon bowed and turned to leave, but…

"Wait!" said A. Charlie, creating a blue orb and placing it in front of Magnamon, "That orb would allow us to see what's going on and to know if you need any help".

"Very well. At least one Knight's down, but we still have six more to go!"

"Yes," Dorumon looked at the golden Digimon, "Listen, Ultimate has Lugia and Ho-Oh brainwashed on his side, so be careful. Charlie, let's go back".

Magnamon watched as the group flashed blue before disappearing, leaving behind sparkles of dust.

Magnamon returned and explained to Sir Conan Whyte about what happened. Whyte took it in, sighed, and felt a little relieved.

"I hope the Ninetales would be…Huh?" Whyte goes to Pyramia's burnt up cloak and picks up a Chaos Emerald, along with a sharp piece of what appeared to be steel. "What's a Chaos Emerald doing here?"

"Interesting," replied a voice. Whyte and the others turn to see a black and blue hedgehog, along with a red echidna.

"Shadow the Hedgehog? What's a member of G.U.N. doing here?"

"Pyra and the Emerald. The Elemental Knights are the enemies of G.U.N."

Whyte handed the Emerald to Shadow. "And mine as well. They show no respect to the Pokemon, theirs or others! They just use them as tools of war!"

"So, whose the golden guy and freaky horse dude?" asked Sonic, Kentaurosmon flinching.

"I am Magnamon!" explained Magnamon, "And the horse dude is Kentaurosmon. We are the Royal Knights of the Digitial World!"

"Digimon?" said Knuckles.

Just then, Whyte got contacted by Darkraptor. After a quick chat, he looks at Shadow.

"Sorry, we don't have time to chat right now. Almost every scientist and explorer now has the information about Atlantis Haven. We must get there now before they do... or before another Knight!"

"Better get a move on!" said Sonic. "Just where is this place located? Perhaps I can help?"

"It's located underwater near Du-"

"Underwater?!" Sonic looked at his wrist, "I just remembered something very important back home, like on land! Good luck though!" With that, Sonic speeds off.

"What's with him?" asked Kentaurosmon.

"He's afraid of water," said Knuckles. "Sonic's fast on land, but he's a terrible swimmer".

"Well, luckily the Skarmory Mach 2 is big enough to fit you all, plus a little. Coordinates to Atlantis Haven is set, so let's get a move on," said Whyte, heading back to the jet.

"Thanks for the offer, but I better head back to G.U.N. and report about this," said Shadow, holding the Emerald in front of him, "CHAOS CONTROL!" In a flash of light, Shadow disappeared.

"As for me, I must return to searching for the missing pieces of the Master Emerald," Knuckles said as he began to go on his way.

Magnamon and Kentaurosmon look at each other, nodded, and headed for the Skarmory Mach 2, the blue orb following behind them.

TO BE CONTINUED...