The heroes continued their travels before reaching the capital of Ylisse itself. There, they saw the Shepherds bunker.
"Well, this is it. Make yourself at home." Chrom said.
"We might just have to. Since we're gonna be here for a while." Jexi said.
Jexi was then knocked over by a girl in a dress. "Oh, thank goodness! I was on pins and Needles worrying for you Lissa!"
"There was never any need to worry over me. I can take care of myself, Maribelle." Lissa said.
Jexi then got up. "Would it kill you to watch where youre going?" he said.
Maribelle then turned to Jexi. "I see. He has the same rainbow aura I saw this one man in town had." she said.
"You saw Grav and Heracross?" Knuckles asked. "Where is he?"
"Well, I remember him talking about doing some training in the city." she said.
"They must be getting ready for next year's competition." Knuckles said.
"Hey, if ya need any help training, look no further than The Vaike!" said a man with spiky hair.
"That's Vaike, he's a fighter in our company." Lissa said. "He's also very self centered."
"Ha! As if. I also just happen to be Chrom's number one rival, so don't go fighting him." Vaike said.
"And what class are you, Maribelle?" Hope asked.
"I'm a Troubadour." Maribelle said. "Someone who works with pikes, and also another healing class." she explained.
"Maribelle hasnt been on any missions with us yet though. She comes from a very rich family in Themis, a very important family here in our country." Lissa said.
"So, youre here where it's safe so that Plegia cant take advantage of you." Weiss asked.
"Exactly. Not a bad idea, is it?" Maribelle said.
"And this pretty girl here is Sumia." Vaike said bringing over a girl in armor. "And she happens to be a Pegasus knight."
"There are Pegasi here?" Twilight said.
"Of course. They're pretty good with air combat and for trained knights like Sumia here." Vaike said. "But they're bad against archers so… hey, is something wrong with that girl in the coat?"
"Oh, not again." Hope said noticing Juvia upset. "Juvia has a… bit of a...jealous thing going on." Hope said before Jexi grabbed him. "What are you doing? You're gonna make things bad like last time." he whispered.
"Hey, it won't hurt to tell them. Besides, I think that Sumia girl has her eyes on Chrom. Look at her all shy in front of him." Hope said as they saw Sumia stare at Chrom. "Guess she does. But I am not risking a fight in such a closed off area. So, while everyone gets acquainted here, I'm taking you, Juvia and Knuckles with me to find this Grav guy." Jexi said.
Later in town, the mentioned people were walking through the busy streets till they saw a heracross doing some boxing moves against a man using pads. "That's it! Give me more a left hook, buddy!" he called out.
"Grav! Heracross!" Knuckles called out.
"Son of a gun. If it isn't our favorite champion?" Grav said. "Just so you know, that title isn't gonna be yours forever."
"We'll see about that. Anyway, I'd like to introduce Jexi, Hope, and Juvia." Knuckles said.
"Jexi? Ah. I know you. Blazer and Umbra talked about you all the time." Grav said.
"You know my brothers?" Jexi asked.
"Know them? We use to travel about three years ago. Then we split off so I could train my perfect link here for boxing." Grav said.
"Well that's good. So, we heard you use a style of Ultimate Color Fighting?" Hope said.
"Yeah. What about it?" Grav asked.
"I just invented a new one, and we just so happened to beat Drake and Blade."
"Lizard lips and the sword boy? Been a while." Grav said. "Those two doing well?"
"Emphasis on well. Anyway, Jexi just unlocked Golden God mode." Hope said as Grav stopped. "Let's talk about this somewhere more...private." Grav said.
Back at the Barracks, the Shepherds were gathered with the heroes and Grav.
"So, you actually achieved that state? Must mean one of your parents was a color fighter." Grav said. "But that sort of mode should only be used as a last resort."
"Well, Drake did give us a run for our money."
"You don't understand, using that mode too much could basically kill you in a matter of minutes." Grav said.
"It's like the 8 inner gates if all of them are opened." Sakura said.
"I guess, if you wanna put a ninja spin on things. Anyway, don't bother using it until you get more training." Grav said. "But, I can give you a basic explanation of the class system for the styles."
"This could take awhile." Vaike said.
"It's actually pretty simple." Grav said. "There are over five classes: Fighter class which involves using power amplification, Element Class that allows you control over different elements, Animal Class that allows you to become or control animals, Item Class that allows you to use your abilities through items and Mystery class for those special cases you can't just explain." Grav said.
"And what style are you?" Chrom asked
"I'm Fighter Class and so is Jexi and Drake. Blades an Item Class, Blazer and Umbra are Element Class and you, Hopeful are Mystery Class." Grav said.
"I see. So interesting." Hope said.
"Well, that's all, better get back to training. And Jexi, if you ever need a sparring partner, call me on this." he said tossing a shell to Jexi. "It's a Color Conch. It can be used to contact any color fighter you've already come into contact with."
The next day, the companies were ready to move out to Regna Ferox. About that time, Rarity came in with a bunch of battle outfits.
"Holy crap Rarity, how long were you awake?" Gray asked.
"I never slept. I couldn't stop thinking about new outfits to take into battle." Rarity said.
"Rarity, you really didnt have to." Hope said.
"I know." Rarity said.
"No, seriously I mean you didnt have to…" Hope said.
"I know!" Rarity said with a smile.
"That face!"
"I know!" Rarity said.
"You sure you can stay awake for the trip?" Chopper asked.
"Chopper, I always am prepared. But, designing these, all of this for you all without any prejudice just… it just fills me with so much energy!" Rarity said.
"You sure you don't wanna take a nap? One of us could carry you along the way." Jexi said.
"Uh, guys?" Ruby said as they saw rarity glowing. She rose into the air and ponied up, invoking her tail and ears.
"What the heck? Are you guys seein' this?" Vaike said in shock.
"She must have activated this by being so generous." Twilight said.
"That's the second time this happened, the first being Rainbow Dash." Jexi said.
"So, by doing something that is connected to their elements, they can transform like that." Hope said.
Outside, rarity still hadnt reverted to normal when someone walked up to her.
"Wait! Wait!" said a male voice as a man came running up the hill with a horse.
"Stahl?" Chrom asked.
"I was supposed to come with you. Vaike should have told you by now." Stahl said.
"This is Stahl everyone. He's a cavalier like Sully and my trainee." Frederick introduced.
"One of our mages, Mirel, should be behind me, but I think I left her in the dust." Stahl said breathing heavily.
"I see. Sorry to worry you, Stahl. Anyway, let's move on." Chrom said before they saw movements in the bushes nearby.
They peered in to see more of those creatures from the night before.
"The Risen are this far into Ylisse's borders?" Chrom said.
"The Risen?" Sir Robin asked.
"It's what we named them. They had to have something." Frederick said.
"Wait, something else is coming!" Lissa said as small mushroom like creatures with green spots jumped out of the bushes.
"I've seen these before. They're called Shroomish. But they shouldn't be here. The kingdoms wars are over." Robin said.
"Get out of the way before they fire a Poison Spore!"shouted a new voice. They looked up to see a taller creature with a mushroom cap head, long tail and short legs. "I mean it, out of here or they will spread their spores." he said.
"Dont have to tell us twice!" Hope said as the heroes backed off.
"Ha! Told ya boys. These guys are cowards. This is territory for the Furious Fists Pokemon Guild. Now get lost." the taller one said.
"We meant you no harm, we'll be on our way." Chrom said. He drew his Rapier and charged with the companies to the Risen, hacking them away.
Vaike was close behind. "Just wait'll these things get a load of Teach. My ax will…. huh? Where is it? Don't tell me I lost it!" he said in worry as the Shroomish began surrounding him with angry looks on their faces.
Suddenly, a blast of fire came from the brush and knocked them all away. Out of the bushes came a woman in glasses with a fire tome and a witch outfit.
"No more fire! We surrender!" the shroomish said.
"Miriel!" Vaike shouted as she held out his axe.
"I was wondering what ignoramus would leave their weapon behind like that." she said.
"Whew, thanks. Now let's take care of these guys!" Vaike said before he blocked a punch from the taller mushroom creature. "I told you this land belongs to the Furious Fists Guild. You won't leave so now I have to make you." he said jumping down. "Get ready to feel the fists of Breloom!"
Before Breloom could make a move, Vaike stopped him with a punch and swung his ax down on the ground, but before the ax even hit the ground, Breloom leapt high into the air. "Mach Punch!" Breloom shouted as his arm stretched to deliver the punch. Ranma leapt into action and blocked it.
"Hey, Mushroom head. Remember me?" Ranma asked.
"You again? Looks like I get redemption after all!" Breloom shouted as he showered the ground with a flurry of punches.
"Go! I need to go another round with this freak." Ranma said. "I beat you last time, I can do it again."
Vaike and Miriel then caught up to the others. "Splendid! It seems we caught up. Now to extricate these brutes." Miriel said as she cast a fire spell on the horde.
Stahl then noticed Miriel. "Sorry I left you behind like that. I just needed to catch up with the others first." he said.
"I must say, it takes real energy to accomplish such a feat. I must do some field tests." Miriel said.
"Oh, great. Another egghead." Rainbow said as she slashed at Risen with her Rainbow Blade.
"Ultimate Color Scattershot!" Jexi shouted firing rainbow like bullets from his hands. They hit the chief and he went down, after a few hours. Ranma had also taken care of Breloom by the time they were done.
"You...you won't get away with this. The others within the guild will get revenge for me." Breloom said. He then lost consciousness.
"Okay. Now is everyone accounted for?" Chrom asked.
"All present and accounted for by my calculations." Miriel said.
"Are you a mage, or a mathematician?" Lucy asked her.
"Both. She's a real good mage that way." Lissa said.
"Nobody said there'd be math!" Luffy shouted.
"Looks like some warriors from the kingdoms have formed guilds like back home. Guess they dont approve of what we did." Natsu said.
"Well, I didn't want to worry anyone. But after we left Hyrule, I heard rumors that pokemon warriors still itching to fight left their kingdoms and began to form guilds in order to satisfy that. A lot of them are joining with the bad guys though." Twilight said.
"Well, we must be ever vigilant. Onward to Regna Ferox!" Chrom said.