I am going to be introducing something that I would love to see some form of in Pokken that would be absolutely stunning, if done right. You'll see, but I'll explain in the ending Author's Note how it would work in game. Just know, it shall be badass! Also, in case you hadn't noticed, when this story first came out, the people who would be important had a Weavile up there, that is no longer there. You see, I had a plan for Weavile, but changed my mind, since I found someone who would be better, but won't spoil. Now then! Here we go! Clench those cheeks for this kick ass chapter!
"So, you participated in regular Ferrum Battles, but you haven't done any of the other fun ones have you?" Cynthia shook her head, walking next to Mare who had his hands casually in his pockets. Riley was sitting on Garchomp's shoulder, enjoying the added height, while Garchomp just happily growled to him. Cynthia then sighed.
"Mare, I'm still sorry about lying to you." Mare scratched his chin.
"Technically, I never asked if you were the champion. So you didn't, you just avoided answering. Which I understand your logic. No harm no foul. Now then! Riley! Should we ask them to join us in what I have planned?" Riley had known what Mare was thinking the whole time, and was looking forward to not getting knocked around by the large Garchomp, so he shook his head, showing he was on board. Mare clapped his hands excitedly, while turning to Cynthia.
"You in?" She laughed slightly, then turned her head.
"You never told me what we're doing."
"Cuz it's a surprise. An epic one!" She looked to Garchomp, and received a growl of agreement.
"Alright, we're in." Mare pumped his fist into the air with enough force that he lifted into the air.
"Awesome! Let's go!" He grabbed her hand, running off, while she gasped in surprise, Garchomp and Riley exchanging glances. Riley only sighed, shaking his head, while Garchomp shrugged. They then began to follow the duo. They arrived in Old Ferrum Town, heading right to the square, where two trainers were battling. One using a Garchomp, and the other a Sceptile. Mare watched them, but then turned to Cynthia.
"This is going to be awesome!" She chuckled, then saw Mare was contemplating something.
"What is it?"
"Now that it's bad, but do you have another name for your Garchomp... since it could be confusing if you fought another Garchomp, and you were both shouting commands. Ya know? That's why I call Riley, Riley." Cynthia nodded, then looked away in slight embarrassment.
"When I first got her I was a little girl and called her... Lady. Would that work?" Mare shrugged, pointing behind her.
"Ask her yourself." Cynthia faced her Garchomp, rubbing her head as she leaned down.
"What would feel about getting a nick name." There was thought flashing through the eyes of the dragon, before she nodded.
"How about your old one? Lady?" Garchomp thought about it, before remembering the nick name, and then gave a nod. Cynthia smiled, rubbing the side of her best friend's head.
"Good girl, Lady. This will take some getting used to." Riley flipped off the newly nick named Lady, landing on Mare, and slamming him into the ground.
"Why!?" Riley looked down, then slowly stepped off his trainer, then waited with crossed arms. Mare stood, cracking his back.
"Why!?" Riley just looked at him, then sighed in defeat.
"You suck, ya know that? Stop reading my mind, curses!" Riley thought about it, then shook his head.
"You're mean, and a bully, and now I may have to cry." Riley gave a smug grin.
"Come on dude, we're partners! Why you gotta enjoy my pain?" Riley shrugged, knowing why, but not how to tell the flustered trainer. The battle behind them ended, and the two shook hands, but stopped when Mare called out to them.
"Want to have a double battle?" They looked to each other, then nodded, taking up sides next to each other. Mare motioned Cynthia forward, and she stood to Mare's right.
"So this is a double battle? Any rules?" Mare shrugged.
"Sorta. Basically, two Pokémon in the field for each side. Fight stops when both Pokémon on each side are done. We're only doing one round, but you get the point." She nodded, waving her arm and watching as Lady jumped over her, slamming into the ground and standing, before throwing her head to the side and growling. Riley walked forward, then used his aura to launch himself into the air, where he landed and stood, getting into a ready position.
The Sceptile jumped up, landing on the ground on all fours, then crawled forward before standing on two legs, letting out a purr. The other Garchomp stomped the ground, roaring at them. Mare giggled with happiness.
"I haven't done this in years, since I did it with Nia. This is so exciting!" He tugged on his shirt, straightening it, before asking if everyone was ready, making sure his headset was on. Everyone else did the same, saying they were ready. The field reformed, and the fighters waited for their commands. Mare hummed in thought.
"Riley can take the Sceptile, if you and Lady take out the other Garchomp." Cynthia smirked.
"Consider it done." Mare tapped his right foot.
"Alright Riley, you know the plan of attack. Attack!" Riley rushed forward, getting his bone staff ready to attack the Sceptile. The Garchomp then jumped in front, slashing at the Jackal, who just ducked, but not the enemy attack, since Lady threw her whole body over him, slamming into the other Garchomp and taking him to the far wall, crushing him between Lady and the wall.
"Whew, glad she's on our side now, eh?" Riley nodded, using his staff to block the leaf blade from the Sceptile. He moved both weapons up, kicking the Sceptile's chest and knocking him back slightly. While it was recovering, Riley spun, slamming to staff into the head of the grass type, launching it back. Riley dispersed the staff, cautiously moving forward as the Sceptile flipped to his feet. They both started to rush, when they stopped, jumping away as the two dragons came rolling past, biting and punching each other. Lady seemed to be at the disadvantage, but Mare and Riley planned on changing that.
Riley shot an aura sphere at the dragons, hitting the enemy in the head, allowing Lady to kick it up, then jump after it and slam it into the ground.
"Thank you."
"No prob." Riley rushed the Sceptile again, jumping up and slamming down, only to watch as the Sceptile vanished, a log sitting there.
"Well... crap." Riley was hit with dark energy, and the Sceptile appeared behind him, grabbing him and kicking him into the air, then appearing to slash him with his leaf blades, before disappearing to do so two more times. Riley hit the ground, rolling to his feet and shaking his head.
"Heads up." Mare told Riley to duck, as the enemy Garchomp was thrown over his head and into the wall. Lady had bit its tail, then swung it around her before launching it. Riley to a step back as Lady came sprinting past, ready to slam into the recovering Garchomp. Mare had faith in Cynthia, knowing she had a very good chance at beating this person, as long as he didn't mess her up, and kept the Sceptile out of the fight.
Cynthia had found immense enjoyment at watching Lady fight the other Garchomp, since they were rampaging around the arena, while the two smaller combatants were hitting and dodging the colossal beasts. Lady currently had the other Garchomp pinned against the wall, and was pressing deeper into it. Then there was a flash and Lady was thrown back. The other Garchomp had Mega Evolved, and for lack of better words, looked very pissed.
"Lady, try to keep your distance till he wears himself out. Watch out for any Burst attacks. We need to avoid unnecessary damage. But keep him away from Riley if you can." Lady growled her acknowledgement. Raising herself into a defensive stance. The Garchomp rushed her, at speed that surprised them both, slamming down as Lady backed up. The hit blew a crater in the floor, causing Cynthia to realize defending attacks may only do a very meager amount if it was blowing craters in the ground. She relayed the thoughts to Lady, who made ready to move around.
The Garchomp rushed her, swinging, only to miss as Lady ducked, giving an uppercut to him, that Cynthia smiled at, until she saw the Garchomp didn't flinch, biting the back of Lady's exposed neck, and throwing her into the air. Lady tried to recover, but was hit mid air by the Garchomp, who was coated in draconic energy. Then it flew back down, slamming into Lady, and taking her down, before hitting the ground with a small explosion. Cynthia flinched at the blast, watching as the Mega Garchomp devolved gasping for air as he backed away.
Cynthia was angry. Angry she had fallen for his trick so easily. He knew she would try striking after he left himself open, judging by the smirk on his face. Knew exactly how to play her for a fool, and she was mad. She saw lady's eyes open, seeing them turn red as she stood, covered in rock and dirt as she gasped in air with anger. Cynthia clenched her fists, looking Lady right in the eye.
"Let's kick his ass." Lady roared and everything was blinded in a red blast. Lady was standing, Mega Evolved, but coated in dark red energy, while her scythe hands were shining red. Lady turned to the other Garchomp, seeing fear in his eyes. She took one step forward, then roared. She jumped at him, swinging her large scythe hands at him, only to have him jump back. Cynthia growled. She was not going to let that happen.
"Get him!" Unstopped by the swing and refusing to recover, Lady jumped, slamming her shoulder into the Garchomp. While he was stunned she jumped into the air, then flew into him, knocking him high into the air. He seemed to hover, while Lady's back was to him, her red energy growling as she growled. She turned, then flew at the Garchomp like a bullet, a red and black explosion of energy blowing it away. He stood, but was shaky. Cynthia and Lady both saw the opening.
"Break him!" Lady straightened up to max height, jumping forward and swinging her right scythe, hitting the Garchomp and stunning him. She then growled with pure anger, slicing him three more times before the Garchomp fell to his back, watching as Lady jumped, seeming to get ready to slam into him, but instead digging under him. She then started to dig up, spinning incredibly fast, the red energy around her like blades as they sliced into the Garchomp and lifted him into the air. Then she stopped spinning, turning her back to her enemy and slicing her scythes against each other, and the arena exploded in a red and white light.
Lady hit the ground, roaring as her opponent was withdrawn from the battle. She then fell to the ground, out of energy. Cynthia coughed, falling on her rear, and letting out a tense breath. Mare however, was too engrossed to notice. She saw Riley was currently getting thrown around the arena by the Mega Sceptile. When had it mega evolved? She had been to angry at her opponent to care. She watched as it used vines to tie Riley's legs in place, before the Sceptile had the blade on its right arm grow to enormous size.
It them rushed forward, slicing into Riley, and the world seemed to turn white for a second as Sceptile rushed past. It used its claws to slow down, then slammed its fist into the ground, large vines moving forward and wrapping around Riley, picking him up into what almost looked like a tree. They it spiked and she could feel energy build.
Mare had started to glow blue, then a blue light broke through the tree and Riley was standing in the destroyed remains, Mega Evolved and growling. The Sceptile devolved, then tried to back up, only to have Riley seem to warp to him and slam his fist into the snout of the Sceptile, lifting it into the air. Riley jumped up, grabbing the neck of the Sceptile, and flying down and slamming it into the ground. He then picked it up, head butting it and throwing it back.
"End it!" Riley formed his great sword above him, looking at the floating sword before jumping up and grabbing it, spinning in the air before pointing straight down and slamming into the ground, blowing up the Sceptile in a white and blue light. When it cleared, Riley had his sword over his shoulder while the Sceptile was trying to stand from its kneeled position. Riley spun, slamming the flat end of the sword into the Sceptile's face and launching it into the wall. It twitched a little, but then flopped to the ground, and fainted.
Riley turned to normal, and sighed in relief, before waving at Mare. The trainer gave a thumbs up, then turned to see Cynthia on the ground, still out of energy.
"Of crap! Are you ok!?" She nodded, her body aching. She saw Lady was making her way to her feet, but looked dazed and tired. Mare helped Cynthia stand, smiling at her.
"I found out what makes you go super, I think." She chuckled uneasily, then felt her legs give out, being almost fully supported by Mare.
"What is it?" He started to laugh loudly.
"Anger. I don't know what you've been saving up in there, but you should let it out more. That was cool to watch, until me and Riley started to get beat up. All I knew was there was this explosive light, and then that other Garchomp was out, but so were you." Lady was now standing, shaking her head before growling with happiness. She worked over to Mare and Cynthia, rubbing her head against her trainer.
"I love you too, Lady. Good job being angry." The Garchomp roared her agreement, then turned to see Riley standing on her shoulder, holding the appendage on the side of her head for stability. Riley just looked at her, grunting at her. She hissed at him, which only made him sit, meaning he wasn't going to leave his perch.
"Riley, she's not good for you. She's making you lazy." Riley just looked at Mare, then scoffed, turning away and making himself comfortable. Mare then turned to Cynthia and smiled.
"How about lunch? My treat." Cynthia sighed in relief.
"That sounds wonderful." Mare laughed as he helped her walk to Pete's already knowing what he wanted.
"I'm going to eviscerate that Cheese Cake. Every. Last. Bit." Cynthia laughed at him, while Lady just grinned. Riley wasn't paying attention. He felt something that wasn't... right. Something dark and close. He didn't like it. Not one bit.
"So, we have a goal in mind, Master. But what else are we going to do? How are we going to achieve it? There are many out there who have a good chance to stop us. That one man stopped Shadow Mewtwo, didn't he? What's to say he won't stop us?"
"Because we will not allow him to know what we are up to. Do not question me again, worm."
"Yes, Master." The leader turned his head to the shadow in the corner.
"You have been most quite, Slade. Any thoughts?" The shadow looked at them, his blue eye like ice.
"I don't care. I will do what you tell me... Master." Though hidden well, there was venom in his voice.
"Well said, Slade. Just remember who your master is." The shadow scoffed, but very quietly.
"How could I forget?" There was sarcasm, which they all caught, but the leader did nothing.
"Empress... go about your mission. Slade, I have something special planned for you." The metal creature walked towards the shadow, glaring at the shadow with beady, evil eyes.
"And you'd better complete it. Understand?" Slade sighed, looking at his leader.
"What is it?"
"I have a certain friend I need you to awaken. Dusk. You will know him when you find his tomb. Just get him to wake up, and he will come back to me. He always has." Slade started to fade into the ground.
"As you wish... Master."
"Remember, if you don't, then girl dies. Have fun." Slade winced, fading away into a shadow on the ground, and then started to move away, angry at himself, angry at his leader... Genesis, angry at everything he had been put through. And for what? Some girl? No... Some little girl, who he was going to keep safe. Because Arceus damn him if he let any harm befall her.
"But when the chance arises, I will kill him. Rip his metal carapace apart, and make him experience his worst fear. He will know a true nightmare."
Who is this mysterious person!? Who!? Figure it out. Guess if you wish, but I won't spoil. Unless you want me to. It's -Redacted- Did you see that coming? I did! I wrote it! Haha! Anywho, yes, this was shorter, but, more a filler, since I've been kinda busy, which I'm sure you all hear way to much. Sorry, but life happens. Anyways, keep calm and may the Aura be with you!