Welcome to chapter 6 of Special Adventures – Radiant versus Dire. (Hey can anyone suggest me something else to greet my readers in a new chapter? This is getting boring. LOL)
Just broke up with my girlfriend. Yay? Sigh.
MISC: Some of the Dexholder's ability will be improved or added as time goes by. Its the same as a game that is unbalanced needs to be rebalanced by improving or weakening something that is overpowered/underpowered. For example, I added supportive abilities for Platinum because I thought that her time stopping power is just not enough for such an awesome and pretty lady (Yes that's a little bias since she's my favorite character.) So the Dexholders will receive upgrades time to time.
Faithful Readers List: Currently None
Faithful Readers Privileges: Minor requests will be allowed without much consideration. Major requests will be reviewed before implementing or rejecting it. Your name will also be listed at the beginning of every chapter, giving you some glory (maybe?). Also, you may PM me to know a Dexholder's ability. (You can request to know future ones like Diamond or Green, or existing ones, since their abilities will improve time per time, similar to level-up.) Lastly, you may suggest a small ability to be added to one of the Dexholders.
How to be listed as a Faithful Reader: Just review three times straight (not in one day) and the reviews has to at least have a significant length. Be warned, it will be revoked if you went missing for a specific period of time.
Reviews:
Hunter-35: Well, I guess Ruby's Shiva Blast is considered as one. Normally those ultimate spells or very powerful spells will tire the user out, in an attempt to balance their powers so that they do not get overpowered.
Tyhe2476: Thank you and I hope you enjoy the story, also their abilities will be slowly revealed!
MagmaLava: Woah long review coming in, I like long reviews! Thanks for the review and the praise, I appreciate it greatly. Also I thought of this plot line in accident, when I was trying to sleep after finishing my exam paper. But I guess this really did worked out after all!
Daownlyone: Assault* mage. I am starting to become a grammar nazi :D And yeah, some Dota reference from the hero Invoker for Ruby. And no, Topaz and Amethyst will stay as researchers. If they dabble in both, they will get overpowered. Nope, I suck at remembering numbers. Even my maths sucked so hard in the exams.
Special Adventures – Radiant versus Dire
Arc 1 – Immersing in our own power
Chapter 6 – The Tournament
Life in the Radiant Mansion is just a normal with extra comfort.
Its just a routine of waking up, eating, playing together and chatting around while some parties are organized. Of course, there's training to sharpen the Dexholders' abilities, or to excavate the hidden abilities on the ones that have not acquired one yet.
But this day, there's something special. Something more fun.
A training tournament. Now that sounds a little bit unfair since some of the Dexholders haven't found their abilities yet, but they agreed to participate nonetheless in hopes of discovering their abilities.
This tournament is designed and organized by Topaz and Amethyst with the help of Emerald making the calculation / arena simulation machine. The tournament was carried out in the massive backyard in the Radiant Mansion (aka Platinum's Mansion)
"Are you serious? I don't have an ability yet!" Pearl grunted but decided to give it a go when Emerald gave him a prototype sniper that is loaded with blanks as a weapon in the tournament.
"Well Topaz and Amethyst, are you taking part too?" Red asked with a smile that is hard to resist... at least for Amethyst. She nodded and took out her Pokeballs while Topaz sweat dropped upon getting stomped by the Dexholders. Its either electric punches in his face, or a fire phoenix towards his body or so on. But since we have Yellow preparing to heal wounds, it's not a problem. Topaz considered for awhile before agreeing to participate.
"I guess... I should prepare to get stomped then." Topaz sighed as he took out his Pokeball containing his Rhyperior and Flygon, while Emerald drew the tournament chat using a randomizer he made in... thirty seconds. The tinker isn't something to be joked with!
Dexholders without an ability are allowed in the tournament, and Green, Pearl, Sapphire and Diamond decided to give it a try despite having zero offensive measures or defensive measures other than their own reaction speed or their fists and kicks. Sapphire is an exception, since her fist kills... Emerald decided to not to participate due to him being the main technician that is organizing every machinery – the randomizer, results calculator, heartbeat sensor (in case any Dexholders have health problems as the battle is carried out) and the arena simulation machine around the backyard. Also, he didn't want to get owned the first second he took a step into the arena, since almost all his seniors have special abilities, and he didn't want to lose to his juniors either.
Also, Yellow is banned off due to her needing to be on standby in case anyone accidentally dies in the tournament.
The randomizer results are as below:
Gold vs Diamond
Red vs Blue (Blue: "Why Emerald why?!")
Green vs Platinum
Topaz vs Crystal
Pearl vs Sapphire
Ruby vs Silver vs Amethyst (This is a three way battle due to the lack of players.)
The rules are – every player are not allowed to kill their opponent. In case that actually happens by accident, Yellow will be tasked to revive them and the tournament will be paused so that Yellow can recover her energy. No one wants a dead Dexholder while Yellow is asleep.
Abilities are allowed, and every participant without an ability are granted the use of weapons such as a rod, a hammer and a sniper containing blanks that wouldn't kill but will still knock someone out. The melee weapons are provided by Crystal while the sniper was provided by Emerald. Ruby decided to not take a weapon much to the Dexholders' confusion, but only Sapphire knew...
Pearl and Diamond both took the rod, Platinum took the hammer and Green took the sniper. Platinum is allowed a weapon because her ability does not include offensive abilities.
First up, Gold vs Diamond.
"Hello dream boy, don't go easy on me because I wont go easy on you!"
Diamond gulped as he would have to face his senior with a crystal rod. Gold started the match with everyone else spectating by using a thunder shockwave aimed directly towards Diamond, with the latter avoiding it barely. Diamond tried to go on offense, but his speed was just far too slow for Gold to even flinch. Gold charged his legs with electric and kicked Diamond in the stomach the moment Diamond got close to Gold, causing Platinum on the spectators seat to panic.
"Dream boy, if you lose this round, you're going to give me Platinum's number, you got it?" The Dexholders on the spectator's seat sighed on the flirt's comment, with Crystal fuming much.
"Ow... Senior Gold, that's pure bullying." Diamond tried his best to catch his breath as Gold jumped around, preparing for the second attack.
"Come on, Dream boy! Show me what you got!" Gold taunted with his opponent trying his best to stand up.
"Diamond! Please stop it if you are hurt!" Platinum shouted out loud. 'No... I cannot lose just like this... Miss Lady would be disappointed in me!' A voice in his head suddenly rang. 'Why don't you use your Mach-One-And-Only Razor Leaf?'
Diamond was confused when he heard that, but felt something awoke inside him. He instinctively touched his hands and was stunned that his hands started forming two green swords.
"Woah, what the hell, Dream Boy?!" Gold fell back upon looking at the two shiny green swords covered with leaves. Diamond tried to test the green swords and found out that everytime he swiped the swords, pieces of leaves drop down from the blade.
"So that is Diamond's ability." Topaz nodded while writing a note in his notebook, about Diamond's leaf sword ability.
"Senior Gold?"
"What?"
"Try my Dia's Mach-one-and-" Before Diamond finished his sentence, the leaf sword already plunged through Gold's stomach.
"-only Razor Sword!"
"Round 1 ends! Diamond wins the battle!" Emerald announced with a speaker while Yellow healed Gold for his injury on his stomach.
"That's what you get for being cocky, Gold." Crystal reprimanded Gold to which he hung his head low for losing to one of his juniors.
Diamond dropped the sword on his left hand and immediately, the sword dissipated into multiple pieces of leaves.
"This reminds me of Wig..." Diamond smiled. He was happy because he finally have an ability to protect someone on the spectator seat. He looked towards Platinum, who is smiling towards the boy.
Next up, Red vs Blue
"Go easy on me, Red! You won't want me replicating Yellow!" Blue started the round with a threatening tone. Red visibly flinched as everyone else on the spectator seat, including Gold and Diamond, laughed out loud.
"Ill try to go easy on you, Blue..."
"Now that's more like it!" Blue said as he replicated an image of Red. "Wait what the hell? So I am going to fight myself?"
"You don't say!" Blue pumped her fists. Before Red could respond, two balls of fire was flying his way as he concentrated a ball of fire and blasted the two balls of fire away, causing the fire to burn out mid air.
"Not bad, but try this!" Blue yelled as the replicate summoned a fire phoenix and rode on it. Red did the same too, and created the scene for an open aerial battle in the backyard (arena).
"Woah, an aerial fire battle!" Red struggled against... himself, since he's the best fighter in Pokemons Battles, and he aren't going to lose out in a real battle either.
Red let his fire phoenix lunge itself towards the replicate, jumping off the sky and then forming another during the fall. The replicate was knocked out and dissipated itself, causing Blue to take heavy damage which didn't amuse Green at all.
"Ow... I told you to go easy on me!"
"Sorry Blue, maybe next time." Red ended with his hand lit up as a fire blade and pointed at Blue's face, signaling the end of round 2.
"Round 2 ends, Red wins! As expected..." Emerald mumbled through the speaker with Blue yelling loud. "I heard that, sweetie!" Blue sarcastically exclaimed while receiving healing spells from Yellow.
Next up, Green vs Platinum.
"Senior Green, please go easy on me." Platinum pleaded while gripping her crystal hammer as firm as she could.
"Are you kidding? I don't have time stopping powers." Green replied in monotone.
Platinum sweated before deciding to start the battle by charging towards her senior with the hammer on hand. Green evaded it with ease, noting that his junior has relatively slow speed. He decided to use that to his advantage and ran towards Platinum. "I won't hold back towards a girl like I always did to Blue, you know." Green said as he appeared behind the surprised Platinum, knocking her to the floor with just one hit with the crystal rod. At the same time, Blue frowned on the spectator's seat.
'Green... you're going to get it from me later.' A devious thoughts flashed in Blue's mind as she giggled with a Halloween grin.
"Senior Green, that hurts..." Platinum groaned while trying to stand up from the floor, with Green waiting behind.
"I know."
"But not anymore!" Platinum smirked wildly (Something that is such a rare occurrence compared to Blue being calm and silent) and her crystal hammer suddenly grew bigger, bigger and even bigger due to her power enhancing spell. She used all her energies to channel a time stopping Chronosphere, rendering Green immobile for 2 seconds. However, that two seconds was enough for Green to turn into a pancake on the ground by getting slammed down by that massive hammer.
"Ow... that's gonna hurt." Gold commented as Emerald announced the winner as Platinum while Green facepalmed so hard that his face is going to stick to his palm.
"This is freaking hell unfair." Green groaned while looking up the sky. "What the hell, Arceus?"
"Now that's a shame poor Green." Blue laughed as hard as she could, the sound waves are estimated to have a killer lethality of 500%.
Next up, Topaz vs Crystal.
"Go, Flygon!" Topaz shouted as he initiated the battle with his Flygon. Not going to be useful though, since he's against someone that could chunk out crystals...
Crystal started forming massive walls of defense, defending her from the incoming Sandstorm while also building ammunition for her offense later. Flygon tried to use Dragon Claw to claw through the wall, but Crystal immediately reformed the scratched part so fast that Flygon is considered useless among the spectating crowd.
This is proved shortly after when Crystal chunked every piece of crystal she formed; including the walls, right at the Flygon, knocking it out so fast before Topaz could even react.
"Nevermind then... time for Rhyperior's show!"
Crystal repeated her tactic once again, chunking up lots of crystallized barriers in an attempt to stall the Pokemon's approach. This time around, it didn't work. Rhyperior just tackled off the walls, reaching Crystal in no time.
"Double edge!" Topaz shouted as he delivered his command, but Gold ain't going to take this lying down.
"Hey! Are you seriously a man for attacking a girl with that stone hard Rhyperior?" Topaz was fazed for a second by Gold's remark. Apparently, that second is enough to cause him to lose the game. Crystal immediately created a huge cube out of thick crystal, trapping Rhyperior as the Pokemon trashed about in an attempt to break free of the crystal prison. As he was doing so, he left his trainer's defense open, providing Crystal an opening as Crystal formed a crystallized bow and arrow, shooting towards Topaz that caused him to... take an arrow in the knee.
"Ow..." Topaz mumbled as Yellow magically removed the arrow from his knee while healing him off his pain. "It seems that my Pokemon can't even defeat a mere human right now... Heh." Topaz forced a smile in defeat as Emerald announced the winner as Crystal.
Up next is Pearl and Sapphire, being the second final match of the day.
"Senior Sapphire... please don't lay that steel fist of yours on my face. Anywhere but my face!" Pearl requested politely, which... does work against everyone except Sapphire.
"Saying that reminds me of that sissy Ruby over there, so I am going to punch you. HARD!"
"What? What's your problem, you barbarian! I saved your ass in the last mission!" Ruby protested while eating his popcorn in the spectator's seat which clearly did not amaze Sapphire even by a little bit.
"Shut up! I can cover my ass well all right! Now die, Pearl!" Sapphire said as she lunged forward towards Pearl, knocking him off the ground and punching him in the face. Just that one hit is enough to knock Pearl out cold.
"That's … cruel." Platinum sweat dropped while the others fell silent, not wanting to be Sapphire's second victim.
"The round ends with barba- I mean Sapphire as the winner! OUCH THAT HURT-" Emerald had a taste of Sapphire's mighty punch when he started on the word 'barbarian' as Sapphire dashed towards Emerald in light speed.
Emerald proceeds to host the last round with a huge injury on his forehead.
"Last round, Ruby vs Silver vs Amethyst!" The three-way battle began with Silver fading invisible while Amethyst called out her Mismagius to hunt the invisible boy. No one seemed to give a damn about Ruby since they thought Ruby will deal zero harm since he doesn't have a weapon, and 'doesn't' have an ability either. Ruby just stood there, observing Mismagius blasting random places with Shadow Ball until Silver finally emerged from invisibility and shot Mismagius with his MAI. Apparently the Mismagius got poisoned and Silver went invisible once again, leaving the Mismagius to faint by itself.
Amethyst sent out her second aka her last Pokemon, a Vileplume. Silver went invisible (again), but this time Amethyst tried a different approach. She ordered her Vileplume to pump Sleep Powder everywhere, striking the invisible Silver and even Ruby, causing them to fell asleep. When Silver fell asleep, Amethyst took the chance and channeled a Solarbeam, knocking Silver out. "One down, one to go." Amethyst muttered as she adjusted her lab coat. "Wait, where's Ruby?"
"Hello." Ruby said as he appeared behind the purple-haired girl, and used a volley of spells much to everyone's surprise.
"Chaos Meteor!" A fireball from the sky dropped down at high speeds. As the ball starts to reach the ground, Ruby casted his second spell. "Deafening Blast!" This deafening blast not only deafens the Pokemon and Amethyst, but also made them stumble back. Vileplume was rolled into a flat dough shape by the meteor as the Deafening Blast blasted him backwards, knocking him out. Amethyst could only raise her two hands to surrender the match.
"What was that, Ruby?"
"That's my ability, to invoke multiple abilities and use them. I call myself the Assault Mage." Ruby smirked and answered everyone's question as Sapphire stood there calmly, clearly having knowledge of this.
"That's quite a painful experience for Vileplume, getting rolled over by a flaming meteor." Amethyst sweat dropped as she congratulated Ruby for the win.
I will consider writing the next rounds, but will cancel it if I managed to think of a plot advance. In the meantime, please rate and review. :)
List of the special abilities known:
Gold – Electric Controlling
Platinum – Time Pausing and Supportive Spells
Crystal – Crystallizing
Blue – Replication
Silver – Invisibility and 2x Multitype Aliment Inflicter Pistol
Yellow – Advanced Healing and Revival
Red – Fire Controlling
Ruby – Assault Mage
Diamond – Leaf Sword
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Released on 20th May 2013