Ataro growled frustrated, he couldn't do much, in fact he couldn't do anything without moving his back. Sneasel carefully watched the movements of the Snorlax, Ursaring was preparing a Fire Punch as Gyarados inhaled the cold hair trying to turn it into a Fire Blast. Skarmory was next to Sneasel, waiting for a chance to strike.
["Hey, fur ball."]
["I think he's talking to us"] Ataro nudged Sneasel, the two of them looked at the steel bird with a slight glare.
The bird sighed, expecting their bitterness. ["Water Pulse. Fire Blast. Thunderbolt. Solar Beam. Those are this guy's attacks."]
The purple paralyzed pokemon widen his eyes confused and minorly pissed, turning his gaze to the clam panting Skarmory. Sneasel quickly ran a scan, analyzing their weak points and strong ones. ["And just WHY does this fattso know all these SHITS!?"]
Skarmory sighed out as Sneasel jumped on Ursaring to warn him about the attacks the Snorlax knows. ["He used be a Guardian."]
["Say what!?"] Ataro widen his eyes with disbelief. ["So he's the same as you?"]
Ursaring gave Sneasel the weirdest look, as he the pokemon started talking in Human. ["This guy knows ALL those moves?"] the weasel pokemon nodded no regret in trace. Ursaring exhaled annoyed and started to unleash his Fire Punch, Sneasel helped out by jumping up to the air, with a twist, cast down a Blizzard attack.
["Yes, he was replaced by another Giant."] Skarmory watched the Snorlax get trapped in a vortex of ice and getting his face rammed with a Fire Punch. Gyarados took this chance to unleash his Fire Blast, causing the Blizzard wings be replace with the flames, surrounding the Snorlax in a vortex of flames. A grunt of pain was heard from the giant.
Ataro was amazed by their team work and power. Though the more he looked the more useless he felt. ["So he wants revenge for that?"]
["No I-…."] the steel bird looked down, his eyes filled with someone one might call regret. lighting was scattered around, Skarmory defended Ataro and himself with his working wing. Snorlax inhaled, calling up another Thunderbolt. At this Ursaring bickered for Gyarados to back away, Sneasel jumped to the horns of the shiny water type and conjured up a Protect. The thunder strikes hit and fail to break the Protect, as for Ursaring he used Metal Claw to slash his way through, replacing the attack with Fury Swipes, slashing the Snorlax. ["Failed.. To fulfill something he asked me to do…"]
["And just what was that?"] Ataro's voice calm down, realizing the bird stayed behind to protect him fro any attacks that may come his way.
The look Skarmory gave, eyes pained, beak clenching. Something in the deep bottom of the bird's heart still haunted him to this day. ["Snowin was a Father once…."] Gyarados roared out, slamming his tail against the Snorlax, making him cry out with pain. Sneasel wanted to attack but fell to his bum, exhausted and hurt. Ursaring was heaving, trying to breath the icy winds his lungs refused to process.
The ground shook as the Snorlax fell to the ground. However one of his paw lifted with flames bursting, the overgrown pokemon glared harshly at the Skarmory who hadn't notice he was about o be attack. Snorlax rammed his fist against the ground, melting the ice and causing the flames to burst everywhere. Ursaring panicked as Sneasel tried to jump to protect the two but fell on his stomach unable to move. ["HEY WATCH IT!"]
["PAAAAAYY!"] shouted out the Snorlax, Skamory gasped, seeing one of the flames head his way. He picked up Ataro and tried to move, sadly Skarmory couldn't even cross a feet. If that fire touches me.. I'll melt..!
Skarmory covered Ataro and shut his eyes hoping to make it our just this once. ["This way~!"]
["Wha-"] Skarmory was pulled out of the way by what seems like bushes. Ataro snapped open his eyes to the familiar spell. The fire slammed to the wall, melting it a bit. Skarmory one was on his knees and let go of Ataro. ["Who…?"] the steel bird looked up to see a tree like pokemon.
["UTARO!"] Ataro shouted happily, he had more certainty that the others were safe, a moment of impulse went through him, he quickly looked around for his trainer.
The Sudowoodo smiled happily back at Ataro. ["Hai Hai~! Are you alright alright?"]
Once the purple pokemon nodded, Snorlax roared out, angry beyond all reasons. ["STAY OUT OF MY WAY!"] the ground shook under the weight of the heavy pokemon, Gyarados viciously stared at the Snorlax, waiting for an opening. ["He must be punished! HE MUST!"]
The ground shook harder as he slammed his fist to the ground with a fire blast. The five fire flames all missed the pokemons, they didn't even have to move. It was obvious, Snorlax wouldn't last long at this rate. ["Can can someone explain to me what's going on on?"] Utaro asked, everyone minus Skarmory shook their heads. ["So so we're just blindly attacking?"]
Everyone nodded their heads. Utaro sighed and shrugged pumping his arms ready to fight as well. Ursaring placed Sneasel next to Ataro. ["You."] Skarmory looked up at the bear. ["Protect them."]
["Tch."] the steel bird looked down, not wanting to give into that. He felt like a failure to be working with the trespasser's side. He muttered loud enough for the three to hear. ["Against him.. Everyone is on the same side…"] Ursaring took this as a 'yes' and went to Gyarados' side. Utaro frowned jumping to side to side.
Gyarados used Hydro Pump. Ursaring used Fire Punch. Utaro used Rock Slide.
Ursaring slammed his fist against the Snorlax, making sure he wouldn't be able to dodge the two incoming attacks. Sneasel and Skarmory was left in awe by the sudden rocks popping from the ground one by one fast and taller than the last. Utaro had pounded his fist to the ground as Ataro cheered him on, Snorlax groaned to the hit as Ursaring used one of them to jump away from the raging water. It was a direct hit to the Snorlax's stomach, causing him to roar out with pain. ["They did it!"]
Ataro and Sneasel cheered loudly as Snorlax swayed soon falling on his back zoned. Skarmory watched, amazed by their teamwork. Surprised at their power. He then looked at the two smaller pokemons cheering, he remembered their battle, how they worked together and won. This is.. Teamwork… this is.. What Partners looks like… isn't it…?
Skarmory looked down, feeling something in his heart cry, he never experienced anything like this. He was just a Guardian, protecting the territory he was assigned to. Just like the barrier around his heart, he was made out of steel that cannot be broken through. He was roughly shook out of his thoughts as Ursaring shoved him away from Sneasel and Ataro. ["Ack.."] his knees still felt weak.
["You're the one who did this to them aren't you?"] Ursaring demanded, it was barely a question. Skarmory sighed and nodded. Utaro held Ataro, looking at his injury, wondering if anyone in the team might know a way to help Ataro move again. Sneasel clenched his claw as Ursaring picked him up, and away from the bird. ["Why was he after you?"] the bear looked at the fallen Snorlax.
Skarmory only scoffed. ["What are you doing here?"]
Gyarados, -unable to sense the bitter tension- cheerful cut in. ["We're just looking for our Master~"]
["Your Master?"]
Ursaring was glaring at the water type, wanting him to shut up, yet he did not get the hint. ["They fell off a cliff, and we're just looking for them now."] Utaro looked down, sadness was the only emotion anyone can see from him. Ataro looked up at him, not liking his reaction to what the water type said.
["Now you answer us."]
Skarmory turned his body. ["Okay okay…."]
["I WILL PUNISH YOU FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!"]
["You talk just as big as your size~!"] the Glaceon laughed as she jump gracefully to the side, she kept prancing, getting near the Lapras and dodging the icicle she tried to hit Snowflake with. Murkrow watched, his eyes were squinted from the harsh blizzard that passed them. The Lapras growled under her breath a bit fussy than vicious.
The Lapras sent another ice beam at her, Glaceon easily dodged it just like the others. Murkrow began to notice how Snowflake hasn't attack yet, he began to wonder if she even can. He saw a certain glow around her, a lighter mistier one.
["~Koko ni iru yo~"] to mock, Snowflake had started to sing as she dodged her attacks with ease. ["~Tashika ni ore dayo~"] She jumped up, doing a black flip. She prance happily, her closed using her ears to listen to where the attacks came from. For an ice type part water, Lapras felt her blood boil.
Snowflake twisted to escape the icicles coming from the ground, finally, swiftly turning and coming to an abrupt halt. Her bangs and ears swirl as he looked behind her slightly with a smirk. ["I think it's my turn~"]
Twisting her paw around in a circle, sassily turning to face her prey, her body glowed even brighter. With a dive like hair flick, a moment of silence washed over them, her body taking in all the suspense. ["Sub-Zero Piece."]
The air around her just exploded, quickly after, pillars of sharp, sword like ice jabbed out of her body and dashed swiftly towards her prey in sight. Murkrow was overwhelmed by the power she displayed, the pokemon can practically here her shredding the air. Quickly, Glacier, the Lapras squeezed her eyes shut and formed a mint green orb around her.
She felt like her body was squished from the sudden impact her Protect took from the ice pillars. ["KAAGH!"] gasping for air, she felt her very life force being shattered. Snowflake smirked devilishly to see her ice starting to break through the barrier. Murkrow saw a pattern here, in Snowflake's battle style. Ursaring's claw, and now Lapras's Protect. He swore, he swore he saw this style somewhere before. ["Damn you… traitor…!"]
Snowflake giggled and jumped to one of her ice pillars, she slide her way to the Protect, gaining speed that's to her sharp pose. Once Snowflake was close enough, she swiftly stopped one of her foot, to swing her body rapidly, her tail glowing a familiar color. The spike shell pokemon gasp with fear to see her heading towards her way. ["NO!"]
Her voice screamed with fear, the moment Snowflake's tail shattered the Protect Barrier, was the moment the Protect orb was filled up with Water. ["AAARGH!"] Snowflake grunted from the impact of her ice colliding with each other, Lapras was panting, her eyes widen with fear as she quickly took this chance to turn her body around, soon swirling above water. ["Haah!"]
The four pawed pokemon was now alarmed as a pillar of water raise up Lapras, Murkrow flinched and got up, ignoring his lungs begging him to stay down. With a turn of the shell pokemons neck, a wave of water went down and swoop Snowflake off her feet. ["Whooaaaa!"] it was hard for the ice type to keep balance, she ended up having one of her paws being sucked in the water, making her upper half get dunk in the water. The wave made a loop, causing Snowflake to become wrapped around the water.
["SNOWFLAKE!"] Murkrow flew up to the sky, in order to catch her, or at least get her out of there. ["Stay away you!"] Lapras stone voice boomed in the forest, she waved her flipper, causing another wave of water to hit and bash Murkrow back to the ground. Snowflake was getting dizzy trying to find her way up to shore. As if there was one. ["Take your punishment!"]
The water flick and spit Snowflake out. ["WHOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"] Her scream got louder and louder as she was tossed to over the hill, her body slowly flipping making her head all the more dizzy.
The bad luck pokemon coughed out the water, it felt like acid in his lungs. ["SNOOOWFLAAAAKE!"] the concern call out brought Lapras' attention back to the black bird. Snowflake was now falling down slow yet fast. She felt like she was still in the air yet her insides said something else.
["AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAaaaaaaaa!"]
Snowflake yelled out as she was tossed to the air, soon she landed on the hill that was only leading dangerously down she was now sliding yet falling from the icy slope. ["ARRGH!"] she gritted her teeth, changing positions, using her paws and one of her elbows to slow down from her falling off the nearby cliff, her back paws tried to help this, yet she kept falling at a rapid pace. ["Grrrrrrrrrrraaaaaa….aaAAAA! DAMNIT!"] she rammed her tail down to help the process, as she near the cliff she added more pressure to her paws, at this, her elbow was now bloody from the ice shards that broke her fur and skin.
Soon, she came to a stop.
With her eyes shut tightly, she noticed she want moving and slowly stood up. ["Gah!"] she winced at her now bleeding right elbow. She left it half way bent as the rest of her body stood. ["Damn that stupid slug, this isn't over just yet you little Bitc-YAAAACH!"]
Snowflake was violently hit by a ray of pale yellow beam and rolled harshly a few feets. ["Nnrgaah.."] being already pissed, her fangs were showing as she laid on the snow her ears flop down and her side aching. She heard nervous panting nearby, the ice type opened her eyes to see something green and yellow. Almost like a plant. ["Who on earth…?"]
["Y-You…! I-.. you..!"]
As Snowflake's vision cleared up, she can now see a Sunflora shivering from the cold and shaking with fear. Her leaf hands were pointed at her, as if they were going to harm her from this distance. ["You…"] the Glaceon was just about to get up, now being slightly recovered. ["YOU KILLED GOLD!"] the grass type shouted.
["I what?"] Snowflake looked shook her head to clear up her mind and shake off the pain, when she looked at the Sunflora, she was already position to attack.
["YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE!"] her shriek echo in Snowflake's ears making her flinch to the high-pitched sound, she gasp loudly with shock and fear as she saw sharp Razor Leaf heading her way. With her eyes widen, Snowflake for once was Frozen with Fear.
The Lapras stared at the Murkrow, she turn her body to face him. ["I shall punish you for trespassing."]
Murkrow widen his eyes, he quickly looked around, wondering how can he escape, even though he is not a fan of leaving during battle, he knows his limits when he locks eyes with it in the face. Murkrow's brain jump started, recalling how Glacier dose not move that much and cannot retaliate quickly after an attack. ["Risky, but, Hell!"]
["Thunderbolt!"] the larger pokemon shouted as her body started to grow static. Murkrow stared terrified, ready to launch. His fear subconsciously made him fly into the air, just as the lighting bolts started to struck down.
["AH HELL!"] Murkrow yelped with fear and flew, dodging as many lighting as he can. Some almost hit him and some just plain scared him. He frown, scolding himself for hesitating. ["Rrrr… WING ATTACK!"]
Lapras focused her energy to hitting Murkrow, as the black bird just growled, enraged and terrified, he flapped his wings twice before closing them, zooming straight through a couple of lighting bolts, making his numb wings jolt with pain. The Transport pokemon realized what he was about to do, before she can even react, Murkrow screamed out, swiftly opening his wings, slicing her neck large and deep enough to leave a permanent scar.
["AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"] the ear piecing scream made Murkrow lose his balance, he squawked out from his ears feeling like it's about to burst, he roughly fell over the hill, rolling in the harsh snow until he was stopped by a tree, ramming his right wing against it.
Crack! went his shoulder. ["NRAAAAAAAAA!"] instinctively, his other wing wrapped around his body, muffling to the snow curses and cries of pain. As for Lapras, who was grinding her teeth together, her neck bent low, the freshly new cut kept making her flinch or thrash as the blizzard reached it.
She saw blood already falling to her flippers, and onto the pure white snow. She wanted to thrash her body around, a new type of coldness, an unwanted kind entered her neck, making her hiss. Her veins tingles, her eyes felt heavy, she can feel blood falling from the wound like a river.
["Snow…flake…"] Murkrow murmured the name of the disappeared Glaceon, with his heavy eyes he tried to stand, stay away, otherwise he would die in this blizzard. Why am I so weak…? Why… am I just a burden… why am I… so use… less….? Why…. ["Snow… flaah…."] Darkness consumed the black bird. As he silently wished for his Master to be safe.
["Please wake up…"]
["He is dead."]
["Silver… please wake up…"]
["He cannot, for he is dead, not sleeping."]
["Wake up… please just open your eyes…"]
["The boy is no longer of this world."]
Kingdra kept nudging her trainer, her eyes watery, a few lone tears falling gently on the redhead's face. Every time she asked for her Master to awaken, Froslass would remind her he was dead and won't wake up. The water type refused to hear it, and kept nudging her trainer excepting some type of reaction.
Froslass sighed, looking to the side, leaving the female to sulk about her trainer's death. They stayed here for a good amount of time. What was on the Ghost type mind was the minor fact, none of the Zubats were here. Kingdra did not sob out, she simply asked her trainer to wake up in a broken voice. Even to know she was still staying strong, and still clinging to false hope.
As if one cue, little whispers and chuckling were heard from the deeper, darker part of the cave, Froslass automatically recognized it as the Bats coming back, following the scent of dead, hungry for lunch. She groaned, not wanting any trouble and went close to the water type. ["It's best we left now."]
She heard it too, the sound of flapping and a screeching chatter. She knew the bats were coming. ["No."]
["I beg your pardon?"]
Kingdra stood up tall, her red eyes from tears swelling were stone and near lifeless. ["I said no."]
["They are food for the Zubats, leave them be."]
The dragon water type slowly brought her gaze to the ice ghost type. Her eyes widen with a hint of anger, her expression was clearly serious. She wasn't leaving, she wasn't leaving them behind, she would never dream of it. She will never do it. ["I'm not leaving without them."]
["But that's our lunch you're taking~"] Kingdra turned around to face an Army of Zubats, Golbats and one Crobat. Seeing the way they were circled around the Croat, he was most likely the leader. ["You can't steal pokemons lunches, that's just mean~~"]
Froslass sighed out, knowing she would have to fight them, though being Queen, she really rather not. ["I don't care. You are not eating them."] The Crobat made a pouting face of displeasure.
["Guess we got no choice but to fight for out lunch."]
["They were never yours to begin with."] Kingdra glared at the ring leader, the other lackeys were snickering, obviously looking down on her.
["Oh, I beg a differ"] Crobat looked at his lackeys, obviously taking way much pride in himself. ["Anything on these grounds, is mines."]
With a twirl, Kingdra summoned a water stream circling around her. ["Then I'll have to change that."]
Crobat flew a bit closer, telling the others to attack the Froslass, despite her being the queen, as he takes on the Kingdra. The water type just hovered there, waiting for him to make the first move, she moved their ditance away from the boys, so they wouldn't get caught up. Froslass frowned as an Army of bats surrounded her. ["You are forgetting your place."]
["Now, CHARGE!"]
Kingdra swiftly turned around, making the calm stream around her violently spin into air shredding, water boiling River of Fury, heading towards the cocky Crobat. The purple bat yelped out and dodge the attack, yet since the water was spiraling, he was hit in just a few seconds after. ["GAH!"] a wave of pride wash over Kingdra, her water spin as if she was swinging around chains.
Froslass on the other was bored with her fight, all she had to do was raise up her palm and let out some of her ice mist, instantly freezing the ones that tried to attack her. She was against the wall, making it impossible to do a sneak attack, any Zubat who was smart enough to charge at her as she was freezing some of the others were frozen by her other hand. ["This is much to boring."]
Crobat used Poison Sting. The needles were all washed and crumbled away from the stream that was now acting like a shield for Kingdra. Without even having to move, she was beating the Crobat hands down. A couple of the Golbats noticed this and snuck up behind her. Froslass saw the rage in the water types eyes, when a person or pokemon is in rage mood, they become blind to their surroundings and true feelings. The Golbats inhaled and sent out Air Cutter. ["GET AWAY FROM HER!"]
Quickly, Froslass violently swift her arm, summoning three Icicles, the speed and sharpness was enough to go straight through their wings and pin them to the wall. The screech they made brought Kingdra back to her sense. ["No! my lackeys!"] Crobat widen his eyes in horror, watching the three Golbats fall to the ground, slowly getting their wings tear in half.
Despite eating blood everyday, the red liquid he saw drip from their still moving detach wings, horrified him. Kingdra only scoffed at the sight and swirled around once morel slamming the Crobat up to the ceiling, letting him fall down defeated. The Zubats started getting out of control, going chaotic, swarming around. Froslass made her way behind Kingdra's back. ["You!"]
["Understood!"]
Kingdra and Froslass swirled around, Froslass had her hand out, making an ice mist that glittered spread, Kingdra's water stream was followed up neck, getting turned into ice, the more they twirl, the more it reached farther, freezing and making the Zubats scattered away. ["Diamond Dust!"] their shouts boomed throughout the caves, making sure no pokemon was still left inside.
Soon the ice stream shattered into pieces, creating a sparkling mist around the two.
Kingdra widen her eyes. Diamond… Dust..!?
["You are…! Not his pokemon… you're..!"] Kingdra's brain had momentarily shut down, she wasn't able to process this correctly. Froslass backed away from the Water Type. ["Are you really he-"]
~Clap clap clap clap~
As if it wasn't enough, the two females looked towards the deeper part of the cave, out of the shadows out came a purple faded pokemon. His hands not connecting to his body, floating in the hair and clapping with a playful grin on his fangs. ["My my, well done you two~"]
Kingdra was most likely fed up with all the random appearance of pokemons just as the climax point was about to be revealed. ["And you are?"] Froslass couldn't help but sweat drop and giggle at her reaction to the Ghost pokemon getting closer.
["Haunter. I've come to take these two to the Afterlife plane."]
At this, Froslass and Kingdra widen their eyes. The two of them both thought the same thing, only Froslass felt fear and Kingdra felt hope. That means… they still have a chance of living…!
Round One:
Explotaro VS Feraligatr.
Sneasel & Ataro VS Skarmory. S&A Victors.
Ursaring, Gyarados & Queendra VS Froslass. U,G&Q Victors.
Murkrow & Snowflake VS Giant Ursaring. M&S Victors.
Round Two:
Explotaro VS Feraligatr.
Sneasel, Ataro, Ursaring, Gyarados & Skarmory + Utaro VS Snorlax. S,A,U,G,S&U Victors.
Snowflake & Murkrow VS Lapras. N/A Victors.
Froslass & Queendra VS Bat Army. F&Q Victors.
Round Three:
Snowflake VS Sintaro.
-NO SPOILERS FOR YOU/SHOT-
Does Silver and Gold have a chance? Maybe~~ Maybe not :3 (Lol, I'm writing the fanfic, so I wouldn't get your hopes up = P) in other news, Partners from now on will have less battles and more Err.. serious plot LOL/SHOTDEAD