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Phase 3: Gang Wars

Turn 15: Shen Hu's Mighty Victory

Location: Dragonspiral Tower

Time: 11:47 PM September 17th

Condition: Humid

"Lelouch, we're getting hammered out here!" A voice called to him from his transceiver.

"Just wait a little longer, I'm almost there." Lelouch shouted. In the distance he could hear the sounds of battle not far off in route 7. He couldn't pay attention to that though. He ran as fast as he could. Though he was panting and struggling to carry CC, he was determined to make it to the Dragonspiral Tower.

Once he entered the tower he finally saw it, the little pool of water off to the side. It was a little deep so he decided he would go in as well to keep her from drowning. He might have to explain why the two of them are soaking but considering the situation, he doubted anyone would even notice.

He jumped right into the water carrying CC with him. It was cold as ice, although it felt odd somehow, like it wasn't water in the strictest sense. He broke the surface and looked to see CC floating next to him, she still looked unconscious.

It didn't appear to be making any difference. "Crap." Lelouch slammed his fist against a nearby wall. In retrospect, perhaps he shouldn't have taken advice from a guy who almost killed Shirley, and then proceeded to commit suicide.

Suddenly he felt a jolt run through him. He heard something echo through his head, a name perhaps, he could feel that CC was now awake. He could feel everything she was feeling again. Then he felt a jolt of electricity shoot right through his body.

"Uh oh." Lelouch's eyes widened. He jumped up the wall grabbing the ledge of the pool and pulled himself out. As he did so the electric jolts only seemed to grow more common and more powerful. He panted a little before getting up.

Before he could turn around Lelouch heard a draconian roar followed suddenly by a large black form emerged from the waters. It laid its large webbed wing-like arms down on both sides of Lelouch as if to hold itself up in the water. He could see under the wings of its arms were its three talon claws.

It had a sleek pitch black body reminiscent of CC's hair except for more leather-like in appearance. It appeared to have four shoulders with the top shoulder connected to the two long black wings on its back which appeared very flat unlike the arms which were more rounded.

Its head featured two wavy cloud-like horns pointing backwards which glowed dark blue at the tips. The lower jaw of the creature was much sleeker like the rest of the body while above the upper jaw appeared much more jagged in nature. It bore two red eyes with a white sclera and black iris. The skin and by extension the water around it seemed to be discharging with pure electrical energy.

The creature then stepped out of the water and Lelouch had to step back in order to keep the creature in full view. He could now see its thick strong looking legs and its cone shaped tail which glowed the same eerie dark blue that the horns did although it seemed to go dark returning to black along with its breathing. On the tail there appeared to be two rings which didn't glow with the rest of it. The first was closer to the base of the tail where it was the thickest and the second was almost to the end of the tail where it was thinnest and sported three jagged spikes.

True to the nature of the beast, light seemed to bend around it. It was as if it couldn't touch the skin of the monster creating a shadow-like luster surrounding the beast making it appear much darker. The only light that could be seen directly from the creature was the lights emanating from its horns and tail.

It stood at least twice his height, if not taller, and as he looked up at the creature from its feet he couldn't see the shoulders, back wings, eyes, or the top of its head. Lelouch almost couldn't believe his eyes when he saw the creature, it was magnificent, and what was more so, he could feel the power surging through her through their connection. The euphoria he was currently experiencing rivaled if not overshadowed what he felt when they first exchanged hands. His eye activated on its own the power was so great.

He held his head with his hand before embracing the power that surged through them. Lelouch began to laugh uncontrollably. His maniacal laughter echoed throughout the tower like the sound of a mastermind who had finally achieved his goals. He felt he could do anything. Break anything, anyone. It didn't matter to him anymore, how or why this worked, the mere fact that it did was much more important right now. "I see it now. The path to our dreams lay right before us this whole time!

"Ghetsis, Team Rocket, conspiracies, they are all for naught, nothing can stop us now." Lelouch laughed again.

"Shall we head for the battlefield then?" CC's voice echoed though his frenzied mind.

"Not as you are now." Lelouch said trying to contain himself. "I would like to keep you a secret a bit longer if possible. With the power we now share I am sure that Ohgi, Chiba and I will be more than enough to stop whatever Ghetsis has planned for us."

"If you insist." CC acknowledged nodding her head. Darkness surrounded her body obscuring her from his view. Once it dissipated, CC stood in her human form, wearing nothing but the sleek black body suit, her long black hair flowed wildly before it fell back down to her sides. "I will stay by your side as a guardian just in case though."

"Here." Lelouch threw her some clothes to wear over her body suit. "I'll head battlefield."

"No time." CC threw her arm around him. Lelouch jerked a little when he realized that they were floating. Then they started flying right to the battlefield.

"Where is that punk Lelouch?" Cross growled after dodging an attack from a giant rock. Gidra had just bounced it off while protecting En. The rock then flopped over into a nearby pond as they were continuously pushed back.

The field on Route 7 was overrun with Black Plasma and their pokémon, pushing back their forces. Cross was leading his men as best of his abilities but it wasn't enough. Whoever was leading this attack was obviously an accomplished tactician.

"I'm here." They heard Lelouch shout announcing to the world that he has taken to the field. Standing beside him was Ohgi, Chiba and CC.

"It's about time." Rosa was relieved running up to him. Her eyes focused on his. "Lelouch, your eye."

"It's nothing." He brushed her off.

"Lelouch, things are bad. They've overrun this position." Cross explained.

"I can see that." Lelouch said. "What happened? There were at least ten more units stationed here."

"They moved faster than we anticipated. They got cut off from us and it's been an uphill battle ever since."

"Alright, Blake and Zack, take command our right flank, Ohgi will accompany you. Cross and Gidra, take command of our left flank, Chiba will be my support to you. I will take command of the center force, Rosa you and En will be in charge of the recovery force." Lelouch barked out orders.

"Right." They all agreed and separated.

"Now, Blake, Cross, I want you to command your units to remain still until I give the signal to move in." Lelouch spoke through his x-transceiver. He then turned to everyone within the central force. "Everyone march forward in an armored spearhead formation with Senba and his bastiodon in the front!"

As he commanded those in his battalion started forward towards the heart of their enemy forces in an almost triangle shaped formation. It was a slow advance with bastiodon taking the bulk of attacks and the surrounding pokémon attacking forwards into their front.

"What is that presence?" Lelouch wondered to himself feeling something from across the battlefield. "It's bug/steel but it's stats feel like they aren't what their supposed to be, more similar to that of a legendary pokémon, yet somehow hollow. What is it?"

It was then that his question was answered for from the back lines of the enemy force came Xingke followed closely by his genesect. Its armor gleamed in the moonlight and the enemy forces seemed to back up as if not wanting to get involved.

"What is that?" Lelouch almost gasped at the sight.

"It's genesect, an artificial pokémon that Team Plasma has been working on for the past four years." CC explained.

"I am Li Xingke. This is Shen Hu, the mightiest pokémon." The man introduced his pokémon before drawing his sword and holding it up horizontally.

"Xingke, I should have known that there was only one person in Black Plasma with the tactical mind to pull of this operation." Lelouch glared at him.

"By order of the Seven Sages, the rightful leaders of Team Plasma, I command you all to step down and surrender." He shouted so everyone could hear him. "If any surrender now, I will spare them the humiliation of death and defeat."

For a moment the battlefield went quiet. No one was moving. "As you can see Xingke, we fight for a cause more noble then rightful leadership. We fight for the liberation and freedom of all pokémon!" Lelouch told him.

This did put a dent in his intended strategy but it wouldn't be something too horrid. With Xingke and this pokémon leading the front of his army he would need to remove Chiba and Ohgi from the flanks along with Rosa and En from the Recovery Group so he would have a type advantage over the machine pokémon. He would then command Cross and Blake to storm forward in order to perform a pincer movement crushing the enemy units and forming a circle around the genesect. By then it wouldn't matter how strong this genesect is, nothing would be able to withstand being hit from all sides like that.

"Rosa, join me at the front lines. Cross, Blake, once Rosa and En engage Xingke and Shen Hu you will press forward in a pincer movement and siphon the units under my command to join you until you've completely cut off Xingke from the rest of his forces." Lelouch commanded. "Well take down Black Plasma yet."

"What?" Rosa almost tripped while running up to the battlefield from behind. "You want me to take on that thing alone?"

"No, Senba, his bastiodon, Chiba, Ohgi, and I will be supporting you." Lelouch reassured her through their transceivers as she still wasn't quite there yet.

Chiba and Ohgi joined up with Lelouch in the central forces. "All forces," He commanded everyone's attention. "Attack!"

The White Plasma forces charged forwards towards Xingke's Black Plasma Forces. "The fool." He muttered under his breath glancing back at his men. "Counter Charge the enemy, show no mercy!" He ordered and his men charged him and Shen Hu leading the counter.

"Get him with your taunt!" Senba ordered his bastiodon.

"Ohgi, join in with a crunch, Chiba, get him with a crush claw." Lelouch commanded.

"I'll do what I can." Ohgi responded.

"Immediately." Chiba nodded in acknowledgement.

"Shen Hu, activate the douse drive and get him with your Techno Blast!" Xingke pointed his sword at the bastiodon.

Leaping forwards first was Chiba swooping down with her hardened talons slamming into the forehead of the Shen Hu. It shrugged off the attack, then the light on the back of Shen Hu's cannon turned into a dark blue while it aimed for the Bastiodon. Shen Hu then unleashed a powerful burst of water hitting the bastiodon which braced itself for the blow. Despite its heavy weight and powerful body it was knocked right off its feet and too the ground.

"Dang it, Shen Hu's stronger than I thought." Lelouch admitted. "Its true potential is in the technology he wields making it impossible for me to properly calculate."

Ohgi lunged forward crunching into Shen Hu though dealing only minimal damage. Bastiodon then stood up shrugging off the blow as if to say, "Is that all you got?" The genesect appeared unaffected by the gesture, but Lelouch could tell that it was certainly more agitated.

"Alright!" They heard Rosa's voice. She jumped up right next to Lelouch and Senba with En charging up to the front lines.

"About time." Lelouch said to her.

"What's the strategy?" Rosa asked.

"Flinch/Confusion maneuver with you dealing the damage while we support." Lelouch explained.

"Right." Rosa acknowledged with a nod.

"Chiba, get him with a swagger, Ohgi bite." Lelouch commanded.

"Iron Head."

"Flare Blitz!"

Opening the new offensive was Chiba shrugging off Shen Hu's attempts to attack making it even more furious and confused. Charging forward was Ohgi and the bastiodon. Ohgi hit first with a bite, and the bastiodon then quickly followed up with an iron head attack making Shen Hu flinch, even if he didn't it would be unlike he would get off a meaningful hit with him confused.

Now it was up to En. She charged forward becoming engulfed in a mass of flame. It looked as though she was dragging hell with her. En lunged into the Genesect, the flames leapt forward, swirling around both of them in a massive tornado of smoke and flames. There was so much smoke and flame that they couldn't see what was going on. Lelouch, however could sense what had happened and it almost made him shutter.

As the smoke surrounding Genesect cleared an orb of protective energy stood around it. Shen Hu had been completely unaffected by the assault. "But, it flinched, there's no way it could have had the time to protect itself." Rosa pointed out.

"Colress calls it the Blaze Luminous System." Xingke commanded. "It will automatically activate a protective field whenever it detects a dangerous attack."

"That means that the only thing that could have harmed it," Lelouch started to realize.

"Is completely useless, and all of your pokémon are weak against mine." Xingke smirked. "Now Shen Hu obliterate them!"

"Ohgi, mega evolve!" Lelouch commanded his left eye glowing with the Mega Evolution Sigil. Ohgi was then encased in a sphere of power before he was crashing through it in his Mega Tyranitar Form.

"Iron Head again."

"Stomp."

"Close Combat, and Ohgi, Thunder Fang!" Lelouch commanded.

"Shen Hu, aim for the Rapidash." Xingke ordered.

Leaping forward ahead was En jumping around to kick Shen Hu with her hind legs. It was ineffective as Shen Hu leapt back dodging the blow with ease and unleashing a mass of water pressure blasting En clear across the battlefield. She was toast.

He had no strategies to stop him, with this blaze luminous system active an entire army wasn't likely to hold a candle to this monster. It was only a matter of time before he and his group was defeated now, and it would only steadily go downhill from there. "Retreat!" Lelouch commanded. "Everyone retreat!"

"What?" Cross seemed shocked at the very prospect.

"Do what I say and retreat, Ohgi and I'll distract him as well as we can." Lelouch told them. "Everyone head back to Twist Mountain, someone send a message to our Mistralton Forces to do likewise."

"Right." They all concurred and the retreat order was sounded. White Plasma had lost this day.

"Ohgi, Hyper Beam!" Lelouch commanded.

Ohgi then charged up a massive and powerful beam as is spikes on his back started to glow. He whipped his head in Shen Hu's direction before unleashing a massive beam that blasted him clear across the battlefield.

"Think that got him?" Ohgi asked.

"No, it was hardly scratched which is why the his protection field didn't activate, but it gave the rest of them time." Lelouch told him. "Come on lets join the retreat.

The men surrounding Xingke stopped for a minute in awe of Ohgi's power. "What are you doing just gawking around, after them!"

Zack, Blake and Rosa were all carrying En off of the battlefield whenever suddenly as if in a flash three men and their pokémon surrounded them. They each had long white hair pulled back with a black bandanna with masks covering their faces. They wore black sleeveless shirts and baggy gray pants. "The Shadow Triad."

Author Notes: I am so shocked, someone actually voted on my Hilbert Versus Suzaku Poll thingy. Congrats to whoever voted because you got Suzaku into the story! *Starts clapping* well done. Anyways expect to see everyone's favorite Knight sometime in the future. Have a great day, and don't forget to review.