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Last time on The Rise of Chaos: After completing a rigorous month-long training session, Naruto and the gang journeyed into Vermillion City where they set their plan in motion.
Splitting up, Naruto and Ash challenged the Vermillion City gym leader, Lieutenant Surge, while Misty and Brock began to prepare for the battle that was soon to come.
The gym battle was a short one. Surge accepted their challenge on the condition that it would be a two on one battle between his Raichu and both of their Pikachus. Surge's Raichu was quickly defeated by one overwhelming Lightning Orb from Denkou and right after Naruto and Ash received their badges.
Upon Surge's defeat, Naruto gave Brock the order to summon the organization's troops and soon met up with Misty on the northern edge of the city.
Brock soon rejoined the group and, after Naruto distributed a trench coat and a mask to Ash, Brock, and Misty to hide their identities, Ash prepared to summon the spectators.
Meanwhile, Hisashi informed Nobou of the disturbance and assigned him to lead a company of section 10 troops to check it out.
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"What's going on here?" Officer Jennie asked as she dismounted her police-issued motorcycle.
Forcing her way through the growing crowed towards the center of the commotion, the smell of smoke and the sound of thundering footsteps consumed her senses.
Finally braking out into the front row of people, Officer Jenny dully noted the sight of a burning building to her right.
The sight of hundreds of troops uniformed in pitch-black jumpsuits and equally black masks marching down the dirt road leading into the city seemed to take predominance over that inconsequential event.
Also, the fact that the soldiers were carrying an impressive array of deadly weaponry simply added to their importance.
'Who are you?' Officer Jenny asked, failing to realize that she her voice box had malfunctioned.
"Well it seems as though we have stirred up quite the crowd." Nobou commented, motioning for the majority of his troops to halt just outside the city limits.
Glancing over at the building groaning under its own weight, a large smile broke out over Nobou's face.
"Not only did we scare them shitless, but it seems a few of them went as far as to set up a nice little incinerator." Nobou mocked, his smirk instantly transforming into a frown. "What's it for? Is it some device for us to throw dead bodies into when were done, or is it some type of signal fire used to summon the one that brought us here in the first place?"
Receiving a deathly silence as his only response Nobou pressed on.
"Anyone? No one is willing to speak up." Nobou asked, his frown still firmly implanted into his steely visage.
"How about you?" Nobou asked, gesturing towards a random member in the front of the crowd.
"No?" Nobou asked when the man remained unresponsive. "Are you sure? Do you need some motivation?"
With a flick of the wrist, a kunai found itself embedded in the now screaming man's calf.
"That doesn't answer my question." Nobou said nonchalantly, redirecting his another member of the crowd. "How about you sir? Can you answer me?"
The man didn't even bother to listen to his sentence, instead choosing to try and bolt into the crowd in a desperate attempt to escape the madness. But, with only the front row of the crowd able to distinguish Nobou's words and actions, everyone else saw no need to let him through.
They simply stood on the tip of their toes in an attempt to figure out what was going on.
"How rude." Nobou said, sending a kunai into the man's ankle, causing him to release a pained shout and collapse onto the unforgiving concrete street.
Officer Jennie simply looked on in stunned silence as the process continued.
She hadn't been trained for this.
She tried speaking out multiple times, but her vocal cords continued to fail her. The only thing she could do was hope that she wasn't chosen.
"So, who's next?"
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'Its almost time.' Naruto thought as he watched the occurrence alongside Ash, Brock, and Misty from their place on a nearby roof. They where hidden under the cover of genjutsu and a impressive array of both silence and aura-dampening seals.
Averting his gaze from the atrocious display towards the faces of his friends Naruto assessed the situation.
'Overwhelming anger and determination, not the best reaction, but it will do.' Naruto thought moving down the line. 'Stone-cold determination, perfect. What's this?'
"Misty." Naruto said, instantly gaining the attention of everyone present on the roof.
"Yes?"
"I want you to go back to the Pokémon Center. We'll meet you there when this is over."
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"What." Misty screamed, rising from her previously crouched position in one explosive motion.
"Now Misty." Naruto said, his tone unchanging.
"Why?" Misty asked, giving him no room to respond. "This is what we trained for, why would…"
"Misty." Naruto said, his voice raising just enough to end her sentence. "Now."
Glancing back at Ash and Brock, Misty gave a small nod before she disappeared from the roof leaving a couple teardrops behind.
"Release your pokémon." Naruto ordered, refusing to even acknowledge what had just occurred.
Wordlessly following his command, the roof was soon much more crowded than it had been a second before as everyone waited for what would come next.
"Me and my pokémon will lead the attack." Naruto explained. "I want you two to wait for an opening before you strike. When you do make sure to attack hard and fast, don't give them any time to adjust or regroup."
Pausing to allow the information to sink in Naruto continued his speech.
"Release only two levels of your gravity seals." Naruto said. "The rest you can release during the battle, but only when it is necessary to give you a second wind, or the ability to use one of your more taxing techniques. Other then that, no levels are to be released."
Gaining several nods, Naruto responded with one of his own as he prepared to enter the soon-to-be battlefield.
"This is the real deal." Naruto said, as he made his way to the edge of the roof. "They will be trying to kill you when you go down there, so before you do make sure you a prepared to deal with it. If you aren't then don't attack. Because once you enter the battlefield there is no going back."
With that said, Naruto disappeared, followed closely by his pokémon.
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"What about you." Nobou asked his next victim nonchalantly, his frown growing a bit more pronounced.
Not even waiting more then a second, he let another kunai fly towards the woman.
The kunai didn't make it, however, as it was redirected and imbedded deep into the cement between Nobou's legs.
Reacting on instinct alone, Nobou withdrew another kunai from his pouch and blocked horizontal slash aimed to decapitate him.
"So he finally shows up." Nobou grinned. "The bat signal actually worked."
Breaking from their stupor the whole of Nobou's forces quickly began to close in on the new addition.
"Your out numbered." Nobou commented idly, attempting to stall for as long as possible.
"Your out of your league." Naruto responded, immediately breaking the stalemate and disappearing from his view.
Scowling and spinning around to check on his troops, the sight of Naruto and multiple pokémon tearing large chunks out of their formation wasn't that surprising.
"Release your pokémon." Nobou ordered, before he too joined the fray.
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Preforming a flawless backflip and decapitating two attackers on his decent, Naruto continued his deadly dance.
Impaling an attacker in the stomach with his right blade, Naruto ducked under a stab from his left. Releasing his right blade, Naruto preformed a sweeping kick, knocking the attacker right off his feet.
Preforming one more spin, Naruto held his blade at a horizontal angle, slashing the airborne attacker clean in half before rising to his feet once more.
Sidestepping a vertical slash from behind, Naruto grabbed the hilt of his right blade in a reverse grip, tearing the blade from its dead host and using it to block an incoming kunai.
Spinning to the left, Naruto used the blade to slash an attacker in half at the midsection before bringing his left blade up to block a shuriken aimed at his temple.
Roundhouse kicking the upper body of his recent kill, Naruto sent the body portion into three oncoming kunai, five shuriken, and an approaching attacker.
Pumping a bit of wind aura into his right blade, Naruto once again spun to the left, slicing Nobou's kunai in half.
Dropping his now useless weapon, Nobou didn't have much time to react to the snap kick that collided with his stomach. His journey through the air was short, however, as a solid surface halted his backward motion.
Struggling to regain his bearings and retain his lunch, Nobou barely had enough time to duck under Naruto's horizontal slash.
That small victory was dampened, however, when the feeling of a wet substance became overwhelmingly apparent in his back and hair. The body portion that landed on his head didn't help either.
He wasn't able to dwell on the subject for much longer though, because getting punted in the chin tends to stop all conscious thought for a few seconds.
Stumbling back a few inches, Nobou was soon forced to hunch over as the hilt of a sword was shoved into his gut.
Feeling a substantial amount of weight appear on his back, Nobou dully noted the sound of tearing flesh as Naruto claimed another victim while standing on his back.
Naruto's weight then proceeded to increase for about a millisecond before completely leaving Nobou's senses, driving the disgruntled man face first into the dirt.
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Completing a textbook backflip after launching himself off Nobou's back, Naruto immediately deflected two kunai with each of his blades, using them to eliminate two more attackers.
Using a bit of wind to propel himself upwards a few more inches, Naruto then proceeded to sheath both of his blades while blocking a few shuriken with a series of kicks.
Pulling out eight kunai from his pouch, Naruto began his decent, sending a burst of wind to redirect an incoming kunai into the sea of enemies.
Launching two of his kunai into several oncoming shuriken, Naruto kicked his legs, twisting his body into a high velocity spin. Releasing all, but one of his of his specially wrapped kunai, Naruto's feet once again found land.
'Looks like, they've gotten over their initial surprise.' Naruto mused, as he watched the small circle he had carved out for himself rapidly close up.
Blocking at least ten shuriken and narrowly dodging three more, Naruto released a large blast of wind to deter the remaining five as he once again fell into his stance.
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After he had finished dodging what seemed to be the seventh boulder, Pikachu's ears perked up as he turned its gaze toward the spiraling black entity in the sky.
Five thin projectiles shot out of it as it fell back into the vast sea of attackers. One of those projectiles landed just in front of the Onix that had been making Pikachu's life miserable for the past thirty seconds.
Gazing at the small black blade that had come so close to hitting the beast, Pikachu could only think of one thing as the Onix threw its final boulder.
'I need one of those.'
The blade exploded soon after, launching the Onix as well as its recently thrown boulder straight into the forest that lined the road they were currently fighting on.
'Or maybe twenty five.' Pikachu thought as he bolted towards Staryu.
Pumping aura into his tail, Pikachu preformed a series of front flips as he propelled himself into a Geodude that was attempting to flank Staryu. The collision resulted in the formation of a deep gash in the Geodude's side and its immediate trip into unconsciousness.
With that out of the way, Pikachu spring-boarded off of Geodude's descending body, launching himself into a double backflip and straight into an attacking Machop.
Knocking the unsuspecting pokémon flat on its back, Pikachu uncoiled himself, landing square on its stomach where he proceeded to cover himself in an overwhelming amount of electricity.
Leaving the electric coat around himself, Pikachu jumped off of the Machop, twirling through the air in a series twists as landed an electrically charged axe kick on the head of an unprepared Nidoran.
Pushing off of the downed pokémon's head, Pikachu completed another series of flips, landing alongside Staryu who had just finished taking down a daring Onix.
Giving Pikachu little more than a nod, Staryu sidestepped a Water Gun, watching as Pikachu was forced to make a similar motion to dodge a Flamethrower.
Charging the offending Growlithe, Staryu hardly registered the sight of an approaching Sandshrew before another Flamethrower obstructed his view.
Choosing to ignore the possible threat for the moment, Staryu continued closing in on the Growlithe, sending out a series of small water jets to block its vision and keep it occupied for the next two seconds.
Staryu's velocity increased as the speed of the Rapid Spin it had previously been using to hover above the ground got a dramatic boost. While this was happening, Staryu began to release jets of water from each of the tips of his body, encasing his body in a disc-shaped layer of water.
Traveling in the wake of his previous attack, Staryu tilted his body at a diagonal angle, striking the Growlithe in the face after it had just finished spinning out of the way of the last water surge.
Continuing to sustain its Hydro Cycle, Staryu redirected his trajectory, aiming to collide with the Sandshrew he had seen previously.
That thought was halted, however, as the impact of a Razor Leaf threw off his attack and drove him straight into the dirt.
Quickly recovering and spinning out of the way of an incoming Thunderbolt, Staryu glanced at an incoming Oddish before once again launching himself into the air. Spinning to hover above the ground, Staryu flipped himself over so that his gem was facing the ground.
Releasing two levels of his gravity seal and increasing his spin velocity by an explosive amount, Staryu proceeded to flip its body so that his gem was facing upward.
And, with his body now in the proper position, Staryu began to pump Aura into his gem as what seemed to be a column of water began to rise from its body
Using the sheer speed of his spin as a defense, any incoming attack was easily deflected as soon as it made contact with the blur that was Staryu's body allowing him to turn his complete focus onto his technique.
The water began to take on a rough cone shape as it continued to rise from Staryu's body.
Staryu's focus remained unhindered, however, as just the sight of flames, water, leaves, and even electricity fusing and swirling around his spinning form did a great job of intimidating and distracting any and all combatants within viewing range.
The sight of a surging whirlpool filled the battlefield as Staryu's attack finally took on its full formation.
And, not one to waste the time he had, Staryu immediately began to turn his body at a vertical angle so as to make the Whirlpool face horizontally straight into the crowd of enemies that surrounded it.
Against the shear revolving force provided by the Whirlpool, not a single opponent stood a chance of staying on their feet. Some of the smaller pokémon were simply thrown away immediately upon contact with the attack, while most others were caught in the attack for a few brief seconds before being released shortly after.
Staryu's body shook as he attempted to finish his full three-sixty spin, but it was all for not.
The whirlpool abruptly fell apart and crashed back down to the ground as Staryu's body ground down to a halt.
And, no longer able to sustain his hover, Staryu dropped to the ground in a heap. And, releasing another level of its gravity seal, Staryu once again worked his way onto his feet.
But, before he could launch himself into a proper Rapid Spin, a Voltorb slammed itself into Staryu's side. Looking to avenge its fallen brethren, the Voltorb continued its charge, bearing down on Staryu's downed form.
Electricity crackled across its body, as the Voltorb shot a powerful bolt of electricity in Staryu's direction.
The electricity glanced off of Staryu's body as he twirled along the ground in an attempt to dodge.
But, even such a small amount of contact was enough to induce a minor case of paralysis in a water type such as Staryu.
Once again losing his ability to sustain a Rapid Spin, Staryu skipped across the ground for a few seconds as the Voltorb plowed through the remaining distance between them.
Sparks shot across Voltorb's body as its body began to glow. The glow steadily increased as Voltorb's stored energy began to reach the breaking point.
Staryu was spared from having to witness that event, however, as a small hole opened up in the ground right under Voltorb.
Unable to properly react, Voltorb fell into the hole exploding hardly a second later.
The explosion caused a small tremor to travel throughout the battlefield, but it failed to break the surface of the ground and cause any real damage.
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Nodding towards Staryu as he once again took to the air, Growlithe abandoned his tunnel, opting to run instead.
Swerving through the mosh pit of opponents, Growlithe fired a surge of fire into an oncoming Machop just before he used its head as a springboard.
Releasing a jet of flames to counter an incoming Thunderbolt and shifting his body just enough to avoid a boulder, Growlithe used the boulder as a makeshift platform and launched himself straight into a bewildered Oddish.
Using his head to throw the Oddish into the air, Growlithe sidestepped a Water Gun and set fire to a Razor Leaf as he watched an approaching Poliwag get body checked by Rhyhorn.
Flames licked his teeth as Growlithe caught his previous victim from its decent. The Oddish was rendered helpless as Growlithe threw it into a Bellsprout that had gotten a little to close to Pikachu. But unlike its previous journey through the air, this time it was escorted by a substantial amount of fire.
Turning away from his handiwork, Growlithe was greeted by the sight of one pissed off Geodude.
Tilting his head to avoid his first jab, Growlithe leapt into a backflip to gain some distance. And, using the speed of its decent to his advantage, Growlithe tunneled far into the dirt.
Sensing a sudden drop in Geodude's aura, Growlithe surfaced to just in time to see Geodude's body be engulfed in a surge of water from Staryu.
Giving Staryu a nod of thanks, Growlithe turned its attention towards Scyther, who was in the middle of combating three of his own kind.
Moving to assist, Growlithe burrowed back into the ground before he once again resurfaced only seconds later.
Jumping out of his hole, Growlithe took a deep breath.
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Using his blade to redirect a strike from one attacking Scyther, Naruto's Scyther was forced to disengage to sidestep a vertical slash from another.
Scyther ventured a horizontal slash at the third Scyther, but his strike was soon transformed into a block when the first Scyther decided to capitalize on the crack in his defense.
Naruto's Scyther didn't have to worry about this new development for long, however, as a slight tremor caused all three of his attackers to back off in wonder.
And, almost immediately after that happened, the ground surrounding him exploded as a ring of fire penetrated its surface. The three attacking Scythers were each engulfed by the rising column of fire.
After a few seconds, the flames dissipated and allowed the three slightly charred Scythers to descend into the hole from which it had previously emerged.
Nodding towards Growlithe, Scyther once again went about his business. Tearing through the seemingly endless waves of enemies with deadly grace and precision, Scyther positioned his body behind that of Pikachu.
Facing down their wide assortment of enemies, Scyther and Pikachu gave each other one brief nod before they each disappeared from view.
Connecting a powerful horizontal slash with the body of a disoriented Dratini, Scyther flowed into a flawless front flip that propelled him above the jab of a Machop.
And, using the momentum he gained form his flip, Scyther planted his feet against a Pidgey that had been knocked out of the sky by Pidgeotto.
Using the Pidgey's body as a springboard, Scyther launched himself into a backflip that once again propelled him over Machop's still-extended arm and also served to propel the airborne Pidgey straight into the unforgiving dirt.
Unraveling from his backflip Scyther then planted his feet on the head of the reeling Dratini and launched himself, blades first, at the Machop that was just now beginning to retract its arm.
The jump succeeded in slamming Dratini's head into the dirt much like the Pidgey before it.
Using his right blade to gouge a deep gash in Machop's arm just above its elbow, Scyther then kicked his right leg across his body to send himself into a spiral.
And, when his body was just beginning to face Machop's Scyther extended his right blade just in front of his body and his left blade right behind it.
The right blade created a deep diagonal gash from the left corner of Machop's pelvis to its right shoulder blade.
After that, the back of Scyther's left blade had a direct collision with the left portion of Machop's ribs, cracking three and propelling the pokémon straight into a Sandshrew that was just starting to turn around to combat Scyther.
This entire exchange lasted little more than three seconds.
With its feet once again planted firmly on the ground, Scyther threw himself into an impressive butterfly kick that just happened to connect with an airborne Drowzee that had been repelled by Pikachu.
The kick sent the Drowzee skipping lifelessly across the dirt to Scyther's right.
Nodding in Pikachu's direction as he finished dispatching the last remaining enemy in the immediate vicinity, Scyther propelled himself into the air slashing an attacking Spearow across the length of its wing as he began his decent.
But, just before Scyther's feet connected with the ground a grey blur placed itself between them.
Landing gracefully on Rhyhorn's back with his body facing sideways, Scyther straightened himself out of his crouched position and turned his head to face forward.
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Dully noting the helpless Caterpie that had been launched across his field of vision by one of Staryu's rapid spins, Rhyhorn forged ahead plowing into a Paras along the way.
Then, redirecting himself to collide with a Steelix that was approaching Pikachu, Rhyhorn took note of a rather intense jet of water closing in on his person. But, before he could even move to react the water was redirected by a powerful gust of wind, shooting the liquid straight into an unprepared Tangela.
Doing his best to nod at Scyther in appreciation, Rhyhorn continued its sprint. However, the notion was soon forgotten as the sight of an angry Nidorino filled its vision.
Normally that wouldn't have prompted any hesitation from Rhyhorn, but the Wartortle and Weepinbell flanking seemed to be enough to give him some pause.
Apparently Nobou's pokémon weren't on the same level as the others.
'Wait.' Rhyhorn thought, his eyes widening at its sudden revelation. 'If there are three of Nobou's pokémon attacking us right know then that means that there are probably three more somewhere. And they seem to attack in groups…'
Looking back over at Pikachu, Rhyhorn did the equivalent of cursing as he saw a Rhydon, closing from behind Pikachu as he just began to engage the Steelix in what seemed to be an impossible battle.
Looking up at Scyther, he heard him mutter, "this is bad" just before he was forced to jump to the right, out of the way of a Water Gun.
The momentum caused by this action was soon turned against Rhyhorn, however, when a stream of aura-enhanced leaves where conjured directly on his right side.
But, with a quick intervention from Scyther, a similarly enhanced wind propelled the leaves straight into another incoming surge of water.
The water was instantly disrupted by the sudden collision, spraying a sparkling shower of both water and lush green leaves in a mesmerizing display of beauty.
And a perfect distraction.
Releasing a level of his gravity seal and launching both himself and Scyther into what remained of the Water Gun, Rhyhorn shot right in between the Wartortle and Weepinbell, aiming to assist Pikachu as the elemental mouse collided with the side of a unfortunate evergreen after being on the receiving end of a powerful Iron Tail.
Rhyhorn's plans were put on hold, however, as Nidorino slammed into his side, sending Rhyhorn sliding to the left as Scyther stuggled to stay on its back.
The unexpected collision was then followed by a stream of bubbles that made contact with Rhyhorn and completely paralyzed him for a second as searing pain shot through his body.
Any form of movement, both voluntary and involuntary, was made incredibly painful as the high aura density contained inside of the small water content carried by the bubbles eroded Rhyhorn's body at an insane pace.
Fortunately for Rhyhorn this experience was short lived, but unfortunately for both him and Scyther an explosion quickly followed.
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Back flipping in midair to stabilize himself and using Rhyhorn's rolling body as a platform, Scyther propelled himself towards Weepinbell as it prepared its own attack.
Releasing two levels of his gravity seal and kicking it into high gear, Scyther covered the ten meters that separated him from Weepinbell in about a second.
And, before it could properly react, a swift snap kick from Scyther drove Weepinbell's forming Energy Ball straight back down its throat.
The resulting explosion, threw Weepinbell out of the forming dust cloud with powerful force.
Weepinbell didn't stay in this state for long, however, as Scyther seemed to faze into existence right above its body, delivering a devastating dropkick to its midsection.
Immediately disengaging from the kick and allowing Weepinbell to bounce two times on the unforgiving dirt, Scyther then launched the pokémon high into the air by connection a solid kick with its back.
At the peak of its flight, Weepinbell watched helplessly as Scyther once again seemed to appear out of thin air already primed for another dropkick as he focused a large amount of aura into the heel of his foot.
Scyther's form quickly changed, however, as he unsheathed his wings and shot back into the air.
As soon as that action was completed a barrage of pink needles passed right above Weepinbell, right through the space that Scyther had previously occupied.
But, a body check from Rhyhorn brought an abrupt halt to the attack as it threw Nidorino straight into one unlucky Geodude.
Turning its attention back to Scyther, a rush of wind passed by Weepinbell's head as the sight of Wartortle withdrawn into its shell filled the better portion of its vision.
Weepinbell could sense Scyther transfer its aura from his heel into his blade as he closed his wings and streamlined his body to meet Wartortle's Rapid Spin.
Then, focusing on regaining its bearings as it began its decent, a Pidgey reflected off the side of Weepinbell's body.
The collision was soon followed by a powerful wind current that, not only caused the Pidgey to once again slam into Weepinbell, but it also caused a Zubat and a Spearow to crash into them both.
Weepinbell wasn't able to dwell on the new situation for long, however, as a powerful shockwave reverberated throughout the air as Scyther and Wartortle collided.
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Struggling to overcome Wartortle, Scyther dully noted Pidgeotto colliding with Weepinbell encased in a Wind Lance.
Refocusing his attention back on the task at hand, another shockwave shot through the air as Scyther released another two levels of its gravity seal.
Feeling the power coursing throughout its body, Scyther began to pump wind aura into its blade. The action caused a thin extension of condensed air begin to form on the end of Scyther's blade, steadily slicing into Wartortle's protective shell.
This also put an end to Wartortle's spin.
As the two pokémon began their decent, Scyther willed himself to hold onto its technique as the aura extending its blade began to break apart and loose its form.
Acuminate wasn't an attack that was meant to be put under constant pressure. It was designed to absorb the pressure that came from swift slashes and strikes. But, the pressure provided by such strikes, though intense, was brief and the attack was given some amount of time to recover.
In this case however, it got no such break.
Air rushed past Scyther's face, as his body began to feel the strain from holding the attack. Scyther's arm began to shake violently as his bladed extension began to shoot out numerous needles in all directions.
Two more seconds passed as Scyther pushed himself to his complete limit, feeling Wartortle's body just within his reach.
'Just a bit more.' Scyther encouraged himself as he released another seal level.
Another shockwave rocketed throughout the battlefield as Scyther re-stabilized his attack just enough to extend it another centimeter.
Scyther's progress was all for not, however, as Wartortle began to pump its own aura into the gash Scyther had dug into its shell.
Feeling Wartortle's aura push against his deteriorating attack, Scyther's vision began to falter as the adrenaline began to leave his body.
Black spots began to fill the majority of his vision as Scyther's blade was gradually pushed out of Wartortle's shell.
'Shit.' Scyther thought, as he attempted to blink away the expanding spots, but to no avail.
Thrusting his arm in a weak attempt to fight against Wartortle's aura, Scyther noticed that it wasn't responding. Looking down, Scyther saw his arm shaking fiercely, riddled with numerous small gashes from his own attack.
However, Scyther's attention was drawn towards something else.
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Back at ground level, after having wiggled free of the fourth tree he had been implanted in, Pikachu stuggled to stand up.
His arms gave out under him two consecutive times before they finally held long enough for Pikachu to straighten his back out. And, even then, Pikachu's right leg gave out under him dropping him onto one knee.
'I could really use one of those explosive tags right now.' Pikachu thought as he released one of his gravity seals.
Using the dirt cloud that was formed by the resulting shockwave to conceal his movement, Pikachu directed his aura into his tail and launched himself towards Rhyhorn.
Jumping over Steelix's tail from its attempted horizontal Iron Tail, Pikachu hit the ground in a roll as he shot himself between Rhydon's legs and latched onto the back of its right ankle.
Using his momentum to throw his body in a flip to Rhydon's right, Pikachu focused some aura into his feet and unraveled his body so that his feet connected with the side of Rhydon's body allowing him to stick.
And, once he had his proper footing, Pikachu began to sprint upwards towards Rhydon's head.
Then, releasing his grip on Rhydon's side, Pikachu threw himself into a straight backflip to dodge an incoming strike from Rhydon's elbow.
The action hooked Pikachu's tail on Rhydon's arm serving to not only dig a deep circular gash in Rhydon's arm, but to also direct Pikachu's momentum towards the center of Rhydon's body.
As a result, Pikachu's body was propelled right in front of Rhydon's face and chest.
Releasing his tail from Rhydon's arm and kicking his leg in the beginnings of a butterfly kick, Pikachu straightened out his tail behind his body.
A deep gash was carved into Rhydon's face and chest as Pikachu's tail dug straight into a battle scar that he himself had given Rhydon not too long ago.
This entire exchange occurred in the better part of four seconds.
A roar of rage was heard by all on the battlefield as Rhydon plucked Pikachu out of the air and threw him straight into the ground. The force of the throw bounced Pikachu just high enough to reach Rhydon's ankles.
And, after a swift one-eighty from Rhydon, its aura-enhanced tail impacted with Pikachu's ribs. The collision sent Pikachu body screaming through the air just inches above the ground and it didn't take long for Pikachu to make his initial contact with the ground.
The collision reflected Pikachu's body just centimeters in the air and propelled him into a series off head over tail flips with both his head and feet making contact with the dirt at regular intervals.
But, a horizontal slash from Steelix's Iron Tail provided both a spine-shattering halt to Pikachu's forward movement and an explosive redirection of Pikachu's forward momentum.
Pikachu reached Rhydon's waiting forearm in the matter of a second.
And, after being sent into another head over heel spin, Pikachu crashed through an unlucky tree that neighbored the one he had first left.
Pikachu simply lay on the ground, his body shivering as he attempted to get some kind of response out of his limbs, but to no avail.
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Checking over his shoulder, Scyther's gaze fell on Pidgeotto as he tumbled through the air in a series of flips. A Dragonair quickly followed in pursuit as multiple small ice shards began to condense at the opening of its mouth in what seemed to be the beginnings of an Ice Beam.
Then, directing his attention downwards, Scyther bore witness to both Rhyhorn and Staryu trapped in an endless whirlwind of leaves sustained by Weepinbell, two Bellsprouts, and an Oddish.
Not far away, Growlithe was in the middle of jumping over a charge from Nidorino when he was blindsided by a Water Gun from a nearby Seel.
Channeling some aura into his feet and managing to turn himself around so that his feet were connected to the end of the water surge, Growlithe walked onto the top of the attack and began to sprint towards its source.
He never made it.
A Bubblebeam brought a sudden halt to Growlithe's advance as it slammed into his side, propelling his body straight into a stream of electricity. Growlithe's body hung in the air for one pain filled second before he was finally dropped onto the ground.
He laid there for a bit before he finally made a move to get up, but a body check from Nidorino quickly put an end to his attempt.
'Shit.' Scyther cursed once more a he refocused himself on Wartortle and the fast approaching ground.
Closing his eyes and relishing in the feeling of the wind rushing against his skin for a moment, one thought crossed his mind and lingered there for a while as he began to gather all his remaining aura inside his chest.
'They better appreciate this.'
And then there was pain.
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The sound of rushing wind instantly became defining to Scyther as a mixed feeling of unbearable agony and raw unrestrained power rippled throughout his body.
With this feeling also came control.
Scyther forced himself to smirk as his arm instantly stopped shaking and its bladed extension expanded to twice its original length and stabilized its shape.
Channeling his aura back into his attack, Scyther experience a feeling that could be compared to molten lava flowing through his body.
But, strangely enough, the thought of quelling the pain never crossed his mind.
The pain was simply there.
And his body didn't care enough to react to it.
But, the feelings of Scyther's actions aside, its results were much more painful… for Wartortle at least.
The extension of Scyther's blade was forced straight through Wartortle's protective layer of aura and right into the edge of its skin.
And, when Scyther flared his aura, for a split second the attack cut a lot deeper than that.
But, despite the fact that the extension retracted back inside Scyther's blade almost instantly after the flare, the damage had already been done.
Removing his blade from Wartortle's shell and allowing the heavily wounded pokémon to finish its journey back to Pokéarth, Scyther opened his wings to halt his decent.
Then, pumping a massive amount of aura into said wings, Scyther began to climb at an increasingly fast pace.
Scyther's body became little more than a blur to some and even less to most as he reached the apex of his climb and began his dive.
From here he had two options, he could either channel the rest of his aura into his head or into his blades.
'Might as well go all out.' Scyther thought nonchalantly as the ground came ever closer. 'This is going to suck either way.'
As Scyther channeled his aura, a bladed extension of pure, condensed wind began to form across its head on a horizontal plane.
Then, after extending both its arms straight out to its sides, the extension began to spread to cover them as well. And, once they were covered as well and a clear representation of a bladed edge made itself known in front of Scyther's body, the wind contained in the blade began to spill over the edges of Scyther's body.
The phenomenon caused the entirety of Scyther's body to be covered in a flat plane of wind, which succeeding in depicting the flat of Scyther's full body blade. And, as the wind began to move past the boundary of Scyther's body, the wind began to break apart and create a tapered edge like that of a comet.
Those who had the ability to catch sight of Scyther's still descending form would only succeed in catching a glimpse of a pristine ivory blade of celestial justice prepared to bring its divine judgment onto those unfortunate enough to draw its ire.
Of course their perception would have been heavily influenced by the emotional breakdown from seeing such a sight, but who could blame them.
After all, they had never before experienced the wonders of war.
Especially not a war fought by shinobi.
Redirecting all his remaining aura into his wings, Scyther's speed had a notable increase as he forced his body to level out just inches away from the ground.
A deep trench was dug into the dirt trial as the intense pressure provided by Scyther's technique tore through the relatively soft substance.
Two arching walls of dirt were erected on either side of Scyther's attack much like the sight of water yielding to a jet passing by at low altitudes.
The wild wind currents surrounding Scyther's attack kicked up more than just dirt as all pokémon within a twenty-meter radius of his attack were violently launched into the surrounding forest.
Most didn't even realize what had been the cause of their airborne state as they proved to be physically incapable of following Scyther's movement.
Nidorino became Scyther's first intentional victim as it was blindsided by his attack.
A large gash was torn into the side of Nidorino's body as it was carried away on the end of Scyther's ivory blade.
Nidorino's misery didn't end there however as Scyther used its body to plow into Weepinbell while the sides of his attack took care of its grass-based posse.
The collision served to push Nidorino's body further into the blade and, because of Scyther's speed of travel was faster than Weepinbell's forward momentum provided by collision, Weepinbell joined Nidorino at the end of his blade.
The overwhelming air currents created by Scyther's high speed movement caused both pokémon to hold fast to his blade as he continued onto his main target.
'If I can't get them off before I collide then this isn't going to work.' Scyther thought, his mind working a mile a minute as the distance he had to work with continued to decrease. 'My attack won't have near enough power behind it to take them out if their bodies are there to blunt my attack.'
Scyther shot across the battlefield as he weighed his nonexistent options.
'Ah hell.' Scyther thought as he stared into Steelix's fast-approaching face. 'Think think think.'
Running out of time, Scyther did the only thing he could think of…
He went faster.
Completely cancelling what was left of his gravity seal and pumping what remained of his aura into his wings, two jets of near-solid wind shot out of Scyther's back.
And, for just a fraction of a second, Scyther's body bent slightly downwards before he straightened out reflexively.
However, the deed had already been done.
Following its creator, the ivory blade bent downwards just enough for Weepinbell to be separated from the blade. And, as soon as Weepinbell was caught without a solid substance to lean against, a powerful jet stream whisked it away.
Weepinbell's body flew over the top of Scyther's attack, bouncing off the flat of the wind blade once before it shot off at breakneck speeds.
As for Nidorino, the tilt caused it to tilt downwards as well. But, when the attack straightened out again, Nidorino's body still had downward momentum. This caused the sharp edge of the blade to tear a gash out of the side of Nidorino's body when it had gotten in the way of its upward movement.
The loss of skin instantly released Nidorino from the blade's hold and almost as soon as that happened the blade's edge once again collided with Nidorino. But, this time the attack simply carved a deep cut into the side of Nidorino's head and propelled the pokémon into a series of head over heel spins as it was caught in a jet stream leading under Scyther's blade.
Both pokémon had been released just a fraction of a second.
And then, not a second later, Scyther's ivory blade of celestial judgment slammed into Steelix's bewildered face.
The resulting shockwave was felt throughout the entire city.
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Pikachu watched the scene in silent awe as Scyther's attack struck Steelix. The pokémon had just begun turning its head when Scyther had begun his decent and had finished just before Scyther had hit it.
As for Pikachu himself, it took everything he had just to follow Scyther's path of travel. It took even more to latch himself to the ground so he didn't get blown away when Scyther eventually hit.
And hit he did.
Steelix had been knocked out almost instantly as Scyther's blade sliced halfway into his forehead and held fast.
Then, while carrying Steelix on the end of his attack Scyther flew straight into Rhydon who hadn't even finished turning his head.
And, within the next instant, they all disappeared into the forest, shattering anything that dared stand in their way.
Raising himself from his current quadrupedal state that he had used to brace himself for the fallout of Scyther's attack, Pikachu made his way over to the rather large whole in the forest where Scyther had gone.
What remained of the intense gale that Scyther's over the top attack had brought to the battlefield gradually began to die down into an airy breeze that Pikachu found quite refreshing.
As Pikachu peered into the opening in the forest, he was hit with the distinct smell of sap and pine that steadily increased as he ventured further in.
The whole thing was a mess. A deep earthy brown trench was dug directly down the center of Scyther's path of travel. But whether it was made from the bodies of the two pokémon Scyther had carried with him or solely from Scyther's attack itself, Pikachu was unsure.
Nearby at the edge of the trench, numerous tree stumps leaned away from the trench itself, having been lucky enough keep their hold on the ground with a few precious roots. And, a bit further away, whole trees seemed to have positioned themselves in a similar way.
But, for the trees that had been inside off the trench's range as it had been dug, they hadn't been nearly as fortunate. The luckier ones had been completely uprooted and thrown in various directions, while other's deeper into the forest had simply been uprooted and thrown further down the trench. Pikachu guessed that that was the point when Scyther's blade finally began to lose its steam.
Wooden splinters of varying sizes and shapes covered the forest floor on either side of the trench to the point where only a few small patches of green served as a reminder of its original color.
The soft crunch of the dirt under Pikachu's uneven steps seemed to be the only sound present in the world to him as he proceeded even further down the trail of destruction. Finally coming across the cause of all this destruction, he caught sight of Scyther lying on his back staring into the cloudless sky with an unreadable expression.
He was still conscious, Pikachu was sure of that. But, judging by the fact that every blink he took lasted over ten seconds, Pikachu was sure that he wouldn't remain that way for long.
As Pikachu began to close the distance between them, he took notice of Steelix and Rhyhorn. The two previously intimidating pokémon now appeared to be completely harmless, as they lay motionless against the massive oak tree that had put the final breaks on Scyther's attack.
Half off the tree's roots had been torn out of the ground in its attempt to stay upright under the assault, but for the most part it had remained standing.
Scyther's ears seemed to perk up as he finally heard the sound of Pikachu's approach.
That in itself showed just how close to the edge he really was.
Any other day, Scyther would have been alerted to his approach from a mile away just by sensing his aura. But not now.
Scyther made no move to look at him, which meant one of three things: he was unable to move his head, he already knew that Pikachu was an ally and saw no need to move his head, or he didn't know if Pikachu was an ally or an enemy and figured if he was an enemy then he wouldn't be able to put up a fight either way.
"How's it going?" Pikachu asked casually, as he came to a stop just inside of Scyther's line of sight.
"Great." Scyther said. "I can't move any part of my body, half of the sky is currently black, and I'm in so much pain I don't remember what anything else feels like… I never imagined pulling a stunt like that would be so rewarding. I think I should make it my new hobby."
A moment of silence passed through the air as Pikachu milled over what Scyther had just said. And, despite hearing the actual content of Scyther's speech, Pikachu wasn't able to truly tell if he was being sarcastic.
"Well that's good." Pikachu said breaking the admittedly peaceful silence. "But you need to get your ass up, we have work to do. You weren't able to catch everyone in that attack."
As if to reinforce Pikachu's statement further, the forms of Pidgeotto and Dragonair shot across Scyther's vision.
"How are you feeling?" Scyther asked spontaneously, choosing to ignore Pikachu's previous statement.
"What do you mean?" Pikachu asked in obvious confusion.
"The last time I saw you, you were being thrown into a tree repeatedly." Scyther said blankly, making Pikachu feel a bit less intelligent for asking.
"Oh yeah, that was fun." Pikachu said, bitterly rubbing his shoulder absentmindedly. "But, anyways, I'm pretty messed up. I've only got a few more levels of my seal left to fuel me, but even then, no matter how many of them I release it won't cure my limp, my broken ribs, or my dislocated shoulder. Never thought I would respect Nurse Joy as much as I do now."
"How many more do we have to go?"
Scyther's question was clear, how many enemies were left.
However, the answer was a bit more vague.
Looking over his shoulder back to the battlefield, Pikachu sweat dropped at what he saw.
"A lot."
That was an understatement.
There were still pokémon as far as the eye could see. Many of their attacks could be clearly viewed as they shot through the air in an attempt to take down what remained of their team.
"I see." Scyther said, his eyes unwavering as they continued to stare straight up.
"We won't be able to last much longer." Pikachu said. "While your attack did take out all but one of Nobou's pokémon we didn't exactly come out of the battle completely intact. We all got injured in some way and now we have one less teammate on the battlefield. Things are not looking good."
"Well it's a good thing that we're about to get a few new perspectives."
Pikachu's look of utter bewilderment was all that Scyther needed to see before he finally allowed his eyes to close.
"We didn't go into this battle alone."
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Pokémon Moves
Staryu
Hydro Cycle: A combination of Water Gun and Rapid Spin. While spinning, the user uses Water Gun. The circular movement of the users body causes the water to form a disc like shape that surrounds the users body.
Surging Vortex: A combination of Whirlpool and Rapid Spin. The user spins as it produces the whirlpool, increasing the destructive power and speed of the swirling water. -deltabeta26
Growlithe
Underground Highway: A variation of Dig. Instead of just digging one tunnel the pokémon creates a system of tunnels that connect, making it possible for the pokémon to travel underground without having to be exposed to the surface. -deltabeta26
Pidgeotto
Wind Lance: The manipulation of wind. The user spins to form a protective yet deadly barrier of wind around itself, that takes the shape of a lance.
Scyther
Acuminate: The manipulation of wind. The user channels a thin, sharp layer of aura over an appendage, increasing its ability to pierce through objects.
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AN: Well, there's the chapter hope you liked it.
And yes to those of you that took notice, the pokémon do have genders now so that should make these battle scenes a lot easier to understand. However, the enemy pokémon do not have genders, because in the middle of a battle they cannot be readily identified like humans can… especially when the narrator is a human as well. And, yes, I gave Staryu a gender.
Also, there is a reason that none of the pokémon die in the battle. It will be explained later.
One more thing, after this battle is finished it is highly likely that I will create a side story based solely on the pokémon army and their actions. Pokémon will still be involved in the battles in this main story, but in the side story the pokémon will be on their own and fighting their own battles.
As always reviews are welcome and appreciated.
Until next time...