Pokemon Adventures: Where Legends Cross
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I wonder when I'll be uploading this? Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters...
What can I say? I'm a fan of Queen.
Began writing on July 10th, 2011. Currently drafting Chapter 8 of Arc 2.
Chapter 24. Vs. Zekrom II: The Gathering
- Team Plasma's Castle, the Throne Room -
The sight was so beautiful and terrible, Blue couldn't help but stand still and watch.
The Great Hall was in ruins, its roof completely blown off - revealing the horrid blackened sky abovce - and fire and lightning lacing around everywhere; now and then the area near her, Silver and White would be struck, prompting either Blasty or Nidory to take action. In the middle of the now-ravaged platform Reshiram and Zekrom virtually danced around each other, occasionally pausing to either lash out at each other or dodge the blow. Beneath the chaotic beauty Black and N shouted a string of inaudible words, most likely encouragements or commands - or in N's case, suggestions.
"Blue-nee! Incoming!" Silver yelled in warning as a Thunderbolt from Zekrom bypassed Reshiram's head by an inch, flying straight in their direction.
"Nidory!" Blue shouted quickly, allowing her Nidoqueen to step forth and take the Electric-type move in full blast; despite her immunity to electricity, Nidory still flinched from the sheer voltage of the attack.
"You want to watch your aim, brother!" Reshiram remarked, firing a great Flamethrower from her mouth as she swiftly dodged Zekrom's Dragon Claw.
"Perhaps I will, if you stop dancing around me!" The Deep Black Pokemon grunted, ducking to avoid the pillar of flame while aiming a Slash attack at his sister's shoulder. This time Reshiram didn't escape unscathed, drawing back with a small scratch near her throat.
"Oh, no! First blood," whispered White fearfully as she watched from beside Blue with fearful eyes. Blue politely pretended not to notice that her eyes were fixed on Black more than Reshiram.
"This will be a tough one..." Silver's obsevant mutterings caught Blue's attention. Knowing her little brother's analytic habit, she was about to encourage him when a sudden onrush of footsteps reached her ears.
"Someone's coming, lots of them!" She exclaimed quickly, causing Silver and White to look at her in surprise. "It can't be Green; it's too loud to belong to three people."
Just then Zekrom leaped back from Reshiram's burst of Dragonbreath, landing in front of his Trainer with a great thud.
"N," growled the Deep Black Pokemon, sounding displeased. "It appears we have... undesired visitors."
"Hm," said N with a frown, just before Blue heard the chamber door swing open behind her. Whirling around shesaw - no surprise - a whole battalion of team Plasma grunts pouring out of the wide entrance like a herd of Durant until she quickly found herself surrounded along with Silver and White.
"Boss!" Blue heard Black cry out in shock, but his footsteps were cut off by a second voice.
"Wait, Black!" N called out as he stepped forward. "I'll handle this." He spoke calmly as he faced his subjects, who swiftly turned attention from the trapped Dex Holders to bow before their King.
"I believe I had told you not to disturb me or Lord Zekrom once the battle begins?" The grey-eyed Trainer demanded, looking angered and irritated for the first time Blue had seen him; for a moment, he almost looked like Green when he was in a mood. "What compels you to intrude in this noble contest of will? Explain yourselves!"
"We beg you forgiveness for the disruption, my Lord," said one of the grunts. "We were alerted that there are intruders in this castle, other than the one you seek audience with. We came under orders from High Sage Ghetsis, who has called upon the whole of Team Plasma to reurn to and defend the palace, and annhilate the intruders that have dared to lay waste upon it."
"What! Ghetsis?" Black and White exclaimed at the same time, while Blue cringed at the worst news possible: now the had to fight the entire Team?
"... I see," N answered, although the frown on his face persisted. "If Ghetsis had ordered this, then I have naught to say about it. But beware: your opponents are extremely capable, and deeply bonded to their Pokemon. Do not hesitate to retreat when you deem them beyond your capabilities."
"We hear and obey, O' King!" The grunts chorused, rising back to face the three Dex Holders with their Pokemon.
"Clefy, Umbry, come out!" Blue cried quickly, sending out her Clefable and Umbreon to appear beside Blasty and Nidory.
"Honchkrow, Rhyperior!" Silver shouted, releasing the rest of his whole team who quickly stood around the three Trainers in a tight ring.
"Samurott, help Gigalith!" White followed hurriedly, allowing the Formidable Pokemon to join his rock-type comrade.
"Attack!" One grunt yelled out, leading a wave of enemy Pokemon leaping against theirs in a roar of challenge.
"Damnit! Guys, help them!" Blue heard Black cry out as Silver's Pokemon first met the attackers head-on, allowing hers and White's to sweep them from behind. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Black's Pokemon rush over to aid them, only to be blocked by five more Pokemon who swept in between them in a fighting stance.
"N, you - " Black snarled as he whirled at N, who had just waved his team forward with a flick of his hand.
"I am the King of Team Plasma, and you are my opponent." The green-haired Trainer spoke evenly. "Ghetsis and the other Sages made me King because they had faith in me. I am oblieged to live up to their expectations as well, Black."
"You're not their puppet, N!" Black shouted, but couldn't continue further as N's Pokemon chose that moment to rush out, forcing him to retaliate with his own team. Reshiram and Zekrom resumed their battle as well, again putting the colossal hall under a whirlwind of energy.
That was as much attention Blue could pay to Black; after that she found herself busy with her own battle, as Team Plasma leaped out from every direction trying to breach Silver's defense.
"Blasty, use Mirror Coat! Nidory, Toxic Spikes! Clefy, Cosmic Power! Umbry, use Confuse Ray!"
"Ice Shard, Waterfall, Dragon Pulse, Air Slash, Aqua Tail, Stone Edge, Cross Poison!"
"Thunder Fang!"
"Ah, Gigalith, use Rock Slide! Oh my, Black are you o - Samurott, use Razor Shell! Are you okay?"
"Boss! I - gah, Tula, get that Zoroark! I'm fine! Poka, use Hammer Arm! I'll come help - War, look out! Right after - Sharp, use Iron Head! I'm done with - Musha, use Psychic!"
"Extrasensory!"
"Honchkrow, Night Slash! Black, calm down! Crobat, Hypnosis!" Blue heard Silver snap among the flurry of shouted commands. "We can manage these rats here. Rock Wrecker! Green-nii will come too - Kingdra, use Rain Dance around us!"
"But what's keeping them? They haven't come yet!" White wailed as rain began falling in a small area around them - thanks to Kingdra's extreme focus -, empowering their Water-type Pokemon without weakening Reshiram's flames. (#1)
"Hydro Pump, Blasty! Don't worry, White, trust in Green and Crys!" Blue yelled quickly, desperately trying to talk and fight at the same time.
"Ha! Then that trust will be in vain!" A grunt standing near her laughed gleefully. "We already sealed the stairway to this floor. Your friends will never arrive until you're all - "
"... You were saying?"
A large, blue fist slammed into the grunt's chin as he turned toward the doorway in shock, sending him flying over Blue's head and crashing into four other grunts, knocking all of them off their feet.
"Green!" Blue cried in delight as she saw her friend calmly walk through the gate, sided by his faithful Machamp and Charizard. Behind him Crystal stood between Megaree and Monlee, and Platina was there beside her Empoleon and Lopunny as well. All three of them looked none the worse for having gone through the battle with the Shadow Triad; if anything, they looked refreshed.
"We apologize for the delay," said Platina politely as she bowed her head at Blue, though er eyes went a little wide upon seeing Reshiram and Zekrom fight. "The Shadow Triad collapsed the entire corridor when they fled, and we had to dig our way all through."
"No matter, you came at the right moment!" Blue replied happily as Team Plasma shifted formation to try to include the three newcomers within their range as well. How foolish.
"Scizor, Porygon-Z, Golduck, Cryogonal!"
"Bonee, Archy, Spinee, come out!"
"Froslass, Pachirisu, Chandelure, let us join as well!"
"Attack!" Green, Crys and Platina shouted simultaneously as their Pokemon fell upon Team Plasma like an angry tsunami, sweeping them away like broom on dust until their Trainers could join the other three.
"Glad to see you're safe, Silver!" Panted Crys as she sprinted over to her friend.
"Aye," replied Silver curtly before exchanging a nod with Green, quickly rejoining Blue as the assault resumed. After a moment the rest of them joined in, filling the huge room with sound of battle; even with Team Plasma reinforcements continuously streaming out of the gate, now they could hold on quite well.
"I'm so glad we all ended up together," Blue said to Crys as she edged closer to her. "The next thing we know, Dex Holders will start falling from the sky!"
SLAM!
"What - " White exclaimed in surprise a something fell to the ground several feet in front of her with an incredible crash, the ensuing blast blowing away several grunts in its shockwave. Blue's eyes widened as she quickly recognized the identity of the fallen object.
Wish came true.
- Minutes ago, high above the Castle roof -
"Sapph, look out!"
Ruby's cry had barely reached Sapphire when yet another burst of energy shot up from below, blowing Pilo away from the wide-open roof in the resulting gust, almost making her and Diamond fall off in the process.
"Gah, 's no good!" Sapphire exclaimed as Pilo drifted back to Manbo, Staro and Perahiko, who were all hovering nearby. "The uplift made by them fightin's too strong, we can't get half a foot through!"
"Well, we gotta try, don't we?" Gold growled, already steering Manbo toward the eye of the storm with Emerald squirming uncomfortably behind him.
"Wind's picking up," observed Ruby as he followed him. Not wanting to fall behind, Sapphire quickly directed Pilo toward Staro, trying to pay attention to Diamond sitting behind as well.
The six Dex Holders had already reached near the castle by the time Reshiram and Zekrom began their battle (they knew it'd be them; what else could cause an energy tornado to rise out of a building?), but from then their progress came to halt by the resulting energy storm: whenever they tried to enter through the roof a fierce blast of air current would knock them back out, leaving them battered and at times slightly burnt. (#2)
" 'kay, cavegal!" Gold suddenly yelled out from the front, bringing Sapphire's attention back to the present. "Listen up, your Tropius has the most bulk, so work as vanguard, will ya? While you disrupt the wind flow the rest of us will dive in!"
"But senpai, it's too dangerous!" Ruby protested, causing a spark of irritation within Sapphire; did he still felt she needed to be protected, like when they were young? The idea both saddened and angered the wild girl, to an extent that for a moment she could forget about her innate discomforst with altitude.
"I'll do it!" She said quickly, speeding Pilo ahead of Manbo before Ruby could cut in again. "Pilo, you heard! Use Whirlwind to scatter the current!"
The Tropius replied with a determined bellow, diving headfirst into the fierce storm again. Sapphire flinched as the hot gust struck her full in the face for the umpteenth time, making her unable to hear the others following behind.
Daring to open her eyes against the uncomfortable wind and heat, Sapphire looked down to see the two deities fighting madly below, quite clearly visible even through the storm of energy on this altitude. Beneath their deadly dance she could see many more fighting going on, but those were too far away and murky for even her sharp eyes to identify its participants.
As Pilo struggled through the lashing uplift, several bolts of small lightning discharged from Zekrom's armor were suddenly shot up into the air, several of them whizzing by the Tropius like deadly arrows. One tendril of electricity brushed by Sapphire and Diamond's hands, slightly stinging but otherwise harmless. So Sapphire was more or less surprised to hear a loud "Ouch!" from behind her as Diamond flinched visibly, involutarily letting go of his grip on Pilo's wide back.
But as every rider knows, letting one's hands off his mount when the mount is in a diving position is nothing short of suicidal. To Sapphire's horror Diamond immediately lurched sideways from another blast of wind, slipping off the Fruit Pokemon to his doom waiting below.
"Diamond, no!" Several voices shouted at once, Pearl's being the loudest.
Instictively Sapphire shot her hand sideways, grabbing the falling boy's wrist before his butt left Pilo's back completely. Flexing her muscles like she had hardly ever done before (man, was he a heavyweight!) she pulled Dia back up with a single, strong heave; too strong, as it turned out, for the next thing she knew the recoil had made her slip.
"Wha - " was the last word she uttered before Pilo vanished from under her, leaving her in a free fall.
"What?" "Cavegal!" "Sapphire! NO!"
"Ruby!" Sapphire's terror, caused by the fall itself, quadrupled upon seeing Ruby hastily rushing Staro forward in a screaming power-dive, his free hand desperately reaching out for her. Manbo and even Perahiko rushed down after him as she fell away from them, the bot wind buffeting her from below as she looked up at them.
Despite her fiesty temper, the years spent together with Ruby has taught Sapphire the art of being calm in a dire situation. Even now, as altitude, whirlwind and heat (all of which she didn't work well with) bombarded her from all sides, she quickly began to think about how to land at least a little safer. It would be hopless to wait for Ruby and the others to power through the chaotic uplift and catch up to her, so the answer had to be at the bottom.
The thought brought her gaze below, only to have Reshiram's clear blue eyes lock into hers as she fell from ninety feet above the Vast White Pokemon - the deity's expression quickly changed from confusion to downright horror as she spotted Sapphire falling.
"Heat Wave!" She hissed as she ducked a Thunderbolt from Zekrom, sweeping her great wings toward where Sapphire would fall onto four seconds later. At once Sapphire felt her surroundings grow hotter, as a great onrush of heat surged up from directly beneath her, the uplift (threantening to roast her all over) also managing to slow her fall considerably.
Yes! Thought Sapphire as she coiled her legs in anticipation. At this speed she could survive if she landed properly -
SLAM!
But it still hurt.
Sapphire almost yowled in pain as the impact travelled through her bones and her feet cracked the stone floor, feeling as if her legs would shatter right there. She barely had any time to overcome the ache in her feet, however, before hundreds of weird-armored people (which oddly reminded her of Guile Hideout) that could only be Team Plasma grunts surrounded her with their Pokemon.
Without even time to look up and check on her friends she whipped out three Poke Balls in retaliation, but before she could throw them a very familiar voice called out: "Sapphire!"
"Blue-senpa - " Sapphire exclaimed as she tried to turn around, but just then Staro made his way down in front of her, Ruby quickly dismounting the Predator Pokemon before rushing over to her.
"Sapph, you're safe!" He cried as he almost threw his arms around her, but a sudden intrusion of a grunt forced him to dodge his tackle instead. As Staro quickly threw the grunt back Sapphire quickly looked around to see that Gold, Emerald, Diamond and Pearl were landing all around them, quickly joined by -
"... Gold...!"
"What? Oh - Gold! And Emerald too! What are you all - "
"Silver! Crys! You were here too?"
"Crys-san!"
"And Ruby was here too! What a delight!"
"Er, Blue-senpai? And Green-senpai too!"
"Diamond, Pearl! You're both safe!"
"Platina!"
"Dia was right, you came too!"
"Charizard, Blast Burn!"
The one disharmonizing voice pulled Sapphire's attention from everyone - Crystal, Silver, Blue, they were all there - , only to quickly duck (and pull Ruby under) right before an incredible explosion of fire swept over their heads, blasting away all the grunts in its wide vicinity.
"Think fast!" Sapphire looked up to see Green looking at the others sharply, although his eyes seemed less cold than usual as he greeted them. "Glad you're all here, but introductions can wait. Let's move!"
"Right," Silver was the first to join him, at once leading his entire team (Sapphire noticed a Crobat she hadn't seen before) against the still-plentiful grunts. Crys and Blue quickly rejoined them, followed suit by everyone else as well.
"Exbo, Polibo, Aibo, Sandbo! Let's kick some Team Plasma butts!"
"Sceptile, Dusknoir, Mienshao, come out!"
"Zuzu, Coco, it's show time!"
"Toro, Rono, Lilo! Let's get'em!"
"Tru, Lax, Moo, Bro, I choose you!"
"Saruhiko, Zeruhiko, Pikahiko!"
Soon their Pokemon were everywhere, Team Plasma falling like sandcastle before wave at their attacks. But before Sapphire could even enjoy the battle properly a pair of tremendous roar stopped everyone in their tracks.
"KRUWAAAAA!" Bellowed Zekrom, his tail engine spinning violently and his entire body laced through with white-hot lightning that sizzled the floor around the deity into crispy.
"HAAAAAAH!" Reshiram hissed as she spread her wings out wide, her own tail shooting out beautiful blue fire like a peacock's tail. Before Sapphire's amazed eyes the flame gathered together to form a giant orb of blue above the deity, almost as large as an average Armaldo.
"Reshiram, wait!" A young boy with brown hair and wearing a blue vest and a red cap shouted out from behind the Vast White Pokemon, his brown eyes wide in shock as he quickly glanced around at the Dex Holders fighting all over the large chamber.
"My Lord!" The worried voice belonged to the tall, green-haired man with gray eyes standing near Zekrom; this was N, without doubt, but what was he doing with a PokeDex in hand?
"Bolt Strike!" Roared Zekrom as he launched his crackling body forward.
"Blue Flare!" Howled Reshiram, and the flaming orb exploded in front of her brother with a great flash.
It didn't take any more to make the chamber vanish in light and heat.
- Team Plasma's Castle, Third Floor Stairway -
"No!" Yellow wailed in horror as the explosion ripped through her ears, her wide eyes fixed at the burst of light that came from the top of the stairs from far away. The succeeding burst of wind easily tore the straw hat off her head as she threw herself at the floor, sending it fluttering down the stairs below in its buffetting embrace. For a mement Yellow considered running back for it, but pushed the thought aside before continuing forward; her friends needed her up there, and she desperately hoped they had survived for her to heal them as she raced up the now-ravaged stairway again.
The hot wind carried the straw hat floating below the devastated castle, searching for a hand to return it to its owner...
I'm pushing myself days before vacation to get this loaded. I'm deliberately updating the this chapter (and perhaps the next one) some time after I finish writing them, for reasons you'll know when they come.
#1. Have you noticed that Blue, Silver and White are all Water-type starters? Besides them there are Silver's Kingdra and red Gyarados as well.
#2. I guess none of them thought up entering the castle through the ground... wanted to look kewl, did ya? XD
the Red King, speaking of Gray I'll spoil one more thing: there WILL be a Gray in this story, whoever it may be. I wanted to ask you all: Gray or Grey? I learned English in Canada so I usually write it as Grey, but I'll drop it if you wish to go for Gray. They're both fine with me.
Cryostylz, I see that you're a great fan of the RS arc :) While none of them make an appearance in Arc 1, Steven and Wallace kind of shows up in a small part of Arc 2 that I've already drafted. Since I'm trying really hard not to leave out any characters, rest assured they'll at least show their faces! :)
Pokemon56476, I don't have any problems with allowing you anonymous reviews except that I dont know how to do so (...)
And thanks to all of you I'll keep Black's Pokemons' name as it is now. Thanks! XD
Blazing CobaltX, you mean Blue and White? :)
Wow, that was a lot of review answering. In the next chapter: some more mysteries! Three, as a matter of fact! That's all I'm sharing right now! Until then, R&R!
This is Yowl of Time, out. Deliberately didn't reveal the completion time 'cause it's rather early from the updated day.