Welcome to chapter 8 of Special Adventures – Radiant versus Dire when the real action starts to appear.
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Special Adventures – Radiance High School [ School Twist 2 Remake ]
NOTE: Special Adventures – Radiance High School andRadiant versus Dire will both be updated. The updating speed is parallel with the number of reviewers per chapter.
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Reviews (You know what? It's not enough.):
reregniL: Thanks Lingerer! Well... torturing Green is fun, but not for long! Yeap Blue and Green at their finest :D
AlphaReapr: I'll try to shorten the waiting period before the arrival of their abilties as fast as I can!
Mi-Chan: OldRival :D And yes, although it's the first time I tried writing action fics, but It actually came out well. Anyways, I do suggest you register an account.
CrimsonSnowScarletFate: Typical parents, eh? Anyways welcome back! Thanks for the encouragement, I highly appreciate it. About Green's ability, yeah I am still planning for it...
Daownlyone: I'll try to make it as cool as possible! Stop DAMNING! LOL. And there is zero chance of Cyrus working with the Dexholders, since he got killed in the first chapter by Heatran. As for the others, I might consider it:)
Special Adventures – Radiant versus Dire
Arc 1 – Immersing in our own power
Chapter 8 – The Awakening of Darkness
After the last battle at their mansion, the Dexholders were placed on high alert in Saffron City as they teamed up with Team Rocket in an attempt to gather information about the enemies' plans, movement and technologies. Green and his grandfather, Professor Oak, is trying their best to research ways to find and improve their abilities, with Crystal working once again as Professor Oak's assistant in a makeshift basement lab.
Despite the war, the Sinnoh Trio still decided for a break at the local cafe, namely Saffron Aroma Cafe to relax themselves before they participate in the brutal battle that is going to show on their doorsteps soon. It's surprising that Team Rocket actually protected civilians in the city using Sabrina's Psychic Shield to prevent any enemy scouts or spies from entering the city via the sky. As for the four gates, they are heavily guarded by Team Rocket's executives, squad leaders, grunts and even prototype robots.
"Red, mind accompanying me for some tea?" Giovanni tapped the Kanto Champion's shoulder when he was observing the situations of various cities in various regions through the Team Rocket control room located on the top floor of Silph Corporation.
The Kanto Champion stared at Giovanni for a while but reluctantly agreed for a tea break along with the Team Rocket Leader.
"Let's go then, I know a good cafe in the city. I recommend you have a try on the espresso there, the smell is marvelous." Giovanni said as he turned around and signaled for his executives to monitor the city via the monitors while Red followed silently.
As for the other Dexholders that aren't participating in any research meetings, they just trained their abilities for the upcoming battle in the old Fighting Dojo beside the Saffron Psychic Gym.
"Argh... damn training, this is boring." Gold mumbled for a second before focusing back on the training battle against Diamond with the others spectating.
Diamond formed his two leaf swords and proceeded to charge his senior while holding one of his swords in an attack position and the other in a defensive position.
"Not going to work on me, dream boy!" Gold smirked as he floated up into the air while charging a bolt of lightning.
"Diamond, look out!" Pearl and Platinum yelled in unison as the Jotho Boy started yelling out his trademark sentence once again.
"Have a taste of my Super Rising Thund- Ow f*ck!" Apparently this moron bumped his head into the ceiling while he floated up with his artificial Magnet Rise.
Taking the chance of Gold's distraction, Diamond combined his two swords together into one bigger leaf sword and threw the sword towards Gold's stomach, piercing through him.
"Ow!" Gold fell back to the ground while puking out blood, and Yellow stepped into the arena and healed the Jotho Dexholder with her Healing Bolt.
"See? That's what happens when you get overconfident, you idiot." Obviously, without Crystal here, this insult is from Silver.
"Shut up, you fucking bastard..." Just then, Gold's Pokegear rang. He froze in fear when he saw that the caller ID is Crystal.
"Err.. hello Super Serious Girl?"
"Don't "hello Super Serious Girl" me! How many times did I told you not to swear infront Platinum?!" Crystal proceeds to use Hyper Voice against Gold, which is super effective with the help of a Pokegear. The other Dexholders, excluding Silver and Blue stared at Gold with amusement. Blue on the other is trying her best to suppress her laughter, obviously she is the one that ratted on Gold with her sound bug.
"I didn't! Oh did I?" Gold snickered as he hung up.
"Yeah! Catch me if you can, Super Serious Ga-" PLANG.
"Sorry senior Gold, Crystal's idea." Sapphire grinned while holding that crystallized hammer Crystal gave her in case of situations like this one. Gold could do nothing but slide down to the floor like a jelly.
Meanwhile...
"Is this even a cafe? What are you planning, Giovanni?" Red angrily questioned the Team Rocket Leader when he leaded Red to a strange basement instead.
"Well... before that, I would like you to meet an old friend. It took quite long for me to convince him not to kill me, but oh well." Giovanni smirked as he pressed the password of the basement of Saffron Sliph Corporation.
"Who are you talking about... Mewtwo!" Red exclaimed in surprise. 'We meet again, Red.' Mewtwo communicated with him through telepathy.
"Its been awhile." Red smiled to the Genetic Pokemon.
"So Red, Mewtwo is here to aid you in the battle, so feel free to use his combat abilities to the fullest against the Dire." Red turned his head towards Mewtwo with both surprising and amazement. "You came here to help me?"
Mewtwo nodded. Red happily went over and gave a bro-fist with his old time partner who is soon going to be his partner once again.
After a short reunion, Red turned around to the Team Rocket Boss whom is enjoying a cup of tea that came out of nowhere. "Why are you doing this?"
Giovanni raised an eyebrow as he stopped sipping on his tea.
"Why are you helping us?"
"Let's say... I would like you to make a deal with me. A business proposal... I suppose?" Giovanni smirked. Red lit up his hands with fire in case Giovanni actually wanted a fight.
"Simmer down, Red. Still as hotheaded as before, eh? Actually, I just need you to help me take care of someone on my behalf."
"Who? Silver?" Red calmed down as he extinguished the fire on his two hands.
"Yes. It seems that he trust his friends more than his own father. I couldn't ask for anything, considering myself as a leader of a criminal organization, the respect I deserve as a father will take ages for my own son to muster. I will provide you with every help you need against the Dire, but only if you can promise me that my son will not be harmed during the war." Red could tell that Giovanni is serious. He considered and analyzed the man infront him for a little while before nodded.
"I promise you." Red stopped for awhile. "On second thought, stay alive. Silver needs you."
Giovanni nodded. A truce, an agreement.
"Now aren't you going to treat me and Mewtwo for some espresso?" Red smirked.
"But of course, its my pleasure."
Two days later, Sliph Corporation president room...
"I guess everyone here have had enough rest, yes? It's time for us to get back to business." Giovanni, as the spokesman of the meeting, began while the other Dexholders, Professor Oak, Professor Elm and some Rocket Executives sat on their own seat, listening attentively.
Green stood up and proceeded to explain the information about various Dire headquarters detected by the Gym Leaders and Team Rocket spies.
"According to our intel, each region has one Dire headquarters that are controlling every other branches in the region. The Dire initially planned to establish a Kanto headquarters at Saffron city, but Team Rocket managed to take the city before them. The Kanto Gym Leaders and the Elite Four will start trying to retake the major cities while us Dexholders are going on a frontal assault on Jotho. Various professors and leaders are flying over from their regions to Saffron City, so this city we are standing on will act as a main headquarters for the anti-Dire movement."
Everyone else nodded in understanding.
"I would like everyone on seat to take this seriously. We are at war, not some childish games. Only us have the ability to put up a fight against the massive Dire force, which I was wondering where and when did they muster up such a huge organization. As for now, I would split the Radiant into teams, as I have multiple assignments that I am going to present to you, and I need all of you to complete it as soon as possible." Green said while pointing to the projector screen as he explained the details of various assignments.
"The first group will need to search for any survivors in various attacked cities and bring them back because they may contain valuable information about the enemy. Their destination would be New Bark Town, Cherrygrove City and lastly, Violet City."
"Let us go to our hometown!" Gold and Crystal immediately raised their hands, but is promptly shot down by the Radiant leader Green.
"No. You two have decent combat capabilities, and I am not going to waste it here. Red, take Ruby and Platinum. Search for any survivors and bring them to Pallet Town, Team Rocket will be setting up a stronghold there to tend to the survivors. "And this guy..." Green sweat dropped as he pointed to the figure standing in the corner. 'Why are you appearing in every surprising moment...' Green narrowed his eyes towards the figure.
"I shall scout ahead in Violet City." Mewtwo said through telepathy.
Red nodded and gestured Ruby and Platinum to follow him out for preparations.
"Silver, Blue and Sapphire will sneak to Blackthorn City and steal any intel about the Dire, as Team Rocket scouts confirmed that the Jotho Dire headquarters is stationed in the underground base Team Rocket used some years before.
Before the trio could leave the room, Green stopped them.
"Oh, take care of Sapphire, she's a little bit hyperactive." Sapphire scowled as Silver nodded while Blue could only clutch her stomach out of excessive laughter.
"What did you just-" Blue forcefully dragged Sapphire out of the meeting room with her able hand while using her other hand to hold her stomach.
"Pearl and Emerald, you're on me. We'll stay in Saffron City while researching new technologies I have in theory to help in the war.
"Gold, Crystal, Diamond and Yellow. You're going to help in guarding the four gates of Saffron City, in case any surprise attacks arise."
The meeting ends with every Dexholder scurrying away to their jobs except Green who stayed in the meeting room in the next phase of the meeting along with Giovanni and the two Professors.
"Have you really considered properly what you're planning?" Green asked the Team Rocket Leader whom seemed to be lost in thought.
"I am always sure what I am doing."
"But you'll-"
"Silence, gym leader Green. I said I know what I am doing, save your worries for the war instead."
Red, Ruby and Platinum – Group 1, New Bark Town...
"Oh my Arceus... this town is nothing but a burning rubble." Ruby stared in bewilderment when the group arrived at New Bark Town, Gold's hometown.
"I truly wonder what Pokemon could cause such devastating damage to a town." Platinum tried her best not to puke upon looking at the dead bodies. Some even had their jaw separated far away from their body. Most buildings in the town – namely Elm's Lab and Gold's big (freaking/f*cking) house. As a fire controller, Red slowly extinguished the fire with his power while Ruby took Platinum and looked around for any survivors.
"Senior Red, is this a basement entrance?" Platinum exclaimed as she pointed her finger towards a seemingly big basement entrance located at Gold's house (or the place where Gold's house was). Red immediately rushed over and confirmed the heiress' suspicions.
"Is anyone in there?" Red knocked on the steel basement door, but no one seemed to respond, if there actually is someone below the door.
"Platinum, give me a power boost." Red said as he received the enhancement and started pulling the door with all his might. The steel door finally succumbed to Red's strength, and the trio leaped into the basement to find any survivors. Gold's basement is huge...
"Is anyone alive? If there is, please respond by making a noise or anything, we will come to you!" Red shouted in the basement, but all he could hear is the echoes of his own yelling.
"Senior Red, I found someone! And some Pokemons too!" Ruby yelled out loud as the Kanto Champion and the heiress rushed towards Ruby's direction only to find...
"Youngster Joey?" Red exclaimed. "Yeah... its me." Joey could hardly speak. Red immediately carried him up and Ruby returned the Pokemons he found (Gold's household Pokemons) to their own Pokeballs and prepared to evacuate the survivors.
"Senior Red, I shall stay here in search of other survivors while you evacuate Joey and Gold's Pokemon to Pallet Town." Platinum said as she took on a battle stance, surprising both Red and Ruby.
"We can't leave you here, its obviously unsafe." Ruby disagreed.
"I second that." Red disagreed too, obviously.
"I can take care of myself, seniors. I am someone with special abilities too, yes?" Platinum smirked with confidence. Red and Ruby could do nothing except promising the heiress that they will return as soon as they finish escorting the weakened Joey and the household Pokemons back to Pallet, where a stronghold constructed by Team Rocket stood.
Platinum waved to her seniors whom rode Red's phoenix back to Pallet. She continued searching for any survivors, but she found someone else.
"Who's there?" Platinum took out her knife that Pearl gave her before the satellite explosion and took on a battle stance as she enchanted herself with her own power enhancement spell and looked around for the moving shadow she noticed just now.
"Hello, heiress." Before she knew, someone grabbed her from behind and a claw-shaped hand is placed on the heiress' throat, preventing her from moving or screaming.
"Who... who are you?" Obviously in a panic, Platinum questioned her attacker.
"Oh, did I forgot to introduce myself? I am-" Platinum took the chance of the attacker's distraction and pushed the claw-shaped hand away while swinging her knife towards the attacker with her right hand. She stood in surprise when she saw no one as she turned around.
"What- who..." Platinum could barely finish her sentence as she noticed her own shadow is the cause of her demise right now.
"Trying to fool me? Bad decision." A figure emerged right from Platinum's shadow, and the claw-shaped hand is once again on Platinum's throat.
"How did you..." The heiress was scared. Very scared. Not only did she got attacked by an unknown attacker, but the unknown attacker has seemingly supernatural abilities too. She immediately regretted her decision to stay back for searching other survivors, because there is no one but herself to help her right now.
"When we discovered that you cursed Dexholders got hold of some superhuman abilities upon embracing the satellite cannon's blast, we decided to take it upon ourselves to experiment among our own minions. I am one of the products produced from the experiment, girl. I wasn't planning to hurt you, but... I dislike getting tricked." The shadowy attacker let out a sadistic smirk as he/she started clawing out a mark on Platinum's chest, leaving her to scream in agony and felling into subconsciousness due to excessive pain.
"Bring her back to Goldenrod. She will have some questions to answer. Hand her over to Mortred and she'll know which torture course to choose." Platinum trembled with fear upon hearing the word 'torture', but she soon lost her remaining consciousness when her body got carried away by two Dire grunts.
Ouch... torturing my own favourite character is something hard. But yeah, I don't see anyone else easier to get captured than Platinum. Want to know what happens after that? Easy. Stay tuned for the next chapter.
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 28th May 2013