We all followed Lilly and Elric into the training room, where Ore and Kykis were waiting. They didn't look like they had done much fighting against Lilly and Elric. What was the battle when we were all outside?
KY and I took our places on the opposite side of them. Lilly and Elric stood in the referee's area. "Begin."
Kykis and Ore were off. Kykis split into multiple copies of himself. Double team. We were about to attack them, but they all started quickly disappearing and reappearing randomly. It was a very crazy way to use teleport. We were momentarily stunned, which gave Ore the chance to hit both of us with an easy stone edge.
"Come on, guys!" Eriff yelled at us. "You can do better than that!"
I looked at KY, and he nodded. He closed his eyes, and I stepped under him, making a shield of trump cards around us. Ore ran forward, stones floating around him, but I extended my attack outward, knocking him and the Kykis copies back, destroying most of them.
KY opened his eyes. "Ready!" We rushed forward to the unsuspecting Ore, ready for our intensified toxic.
"Kykis!" He called.
Without warning, a shadow popped up in front of both of us and attacked. It passed right through us, but it startled us enough to let Ore move away. Kykis must know shadow sneak.
We turned to face them. "Let's go with the elemental star," I said.
"I'm for it." KY readied his try attack, while I sent my swift flying. Just as it started to reach Ore, KY hit it with his tri attack. Some of the stars became blue and red, and they were knocked in the direction of Kykis. He tried to teleport away, but he staggered when he reappeared, having been hit by a few. Sparks of electricity were around him. KY had paralyzed him.
"Go, Ore," Kykis said. Ore ran towards us, and in a flash was right in front of us, his fist glowing purple. Poison Jab. We moved the perfect distance away, and struck him with our toxic. He cringed, then fell to the floor, looking very tired.
I got ready to use trump card, but was jerked to the side. KY was moved as well. Kykis, looking very drained, was concentrating on us. Confusion. "I'll take care of Kykis," I said, running towards him.
Just before I reached him, Kykis started to glow white. "It's about time," Lilly said. "We've been waiting for this for forever."
KY grew taller, and the light disappeared, revealing a kirlia. He had evolved. I didn't let this phase me. I launched my swift attack at him, but he easily jumped backwards. As he landed, he let loose two glowing green leaves at me. Magical leaf.
I had no hope of dodging. The attack hit, and I was thrown back, landing upright next to KY. Ore was now next to Kykis. They both looked really tired.
"Time for our big finish," KY said. A purple and black orb of energy formed in his hands. He lifted it into the air. I jumped up behind it just as he released it as a ringed beam of energy. I shot a large amount of stars into it, finishing our move, which we called black star cannon.
Kykis fell to a knee sparks flying around, and Ore was just too drained from the poison to move. They were both hit, and the attack exploded. When the smoke cleared, they were both unconscious.
"Kykis and Ore are unable to battle," Elric said. "KY and Hydra are the winners."
Eriff walked over and gave them some herbs while the others came over to us. "Nice battle," Mark said. "You guys got some good combos."
"I'm guessing you switched, KY?" Lilly asked.
"Yes, I went to adaptability. My download ability made my attack stronger, which wasn't going to help us."
"Wait, what do you mean switch?" Absolum asked.
"Nothing," I said.
Eriff came back over with Kykis and Ore, who were looking much better. "You guys are great," Ore said. "What was that toxic combo you did?"
"We intensified it with my magic coat," KY explained.
I noticed that Kykis looked really irritated. "What's wrong."
He scowled. "I look like a freaking girl."
We all couldn't help it; we laughed. Kykis was always so calm and had his emotions in check. Seeing him angry at this was pretty funny.
He wasn't amused. "It's not funny!"
"What's not funny?"
We all turned to see Auroc limp into the room, leaning on the wall. There was a clean white bandage wrapped around his waist to cover the wound. Karu was at his side.
"Ah, good to see you're feeling better," Lilly said. "You just missed the first match of our training."
"Training. Sounds like fun."
Lilly looked at the Magcargo. "He should be clear now," Karu said, "just make sure he doesn't overexert himself in the next couple of days."
"We will," Elric said. "Thank you." Karu nodded, and left.
"So what are we doing?" Auroc said, shakily walking over.
"We are building the gang's compatibility," I said. "We all get a partner and need to learn how to work with them. You are with Mark."
He nodded. "So how did the first battle end?"
"KY and Hydra beat Ore and Kykis," Absolum said.
"And both of the groups passed," Lilly said. "They can each work very well with each other. This leaves you and Mark against Absolum and Eriff."
"Okay, then let's get going," Auroc said, walking to one side of the arena, ready to fight.
"Are you sure you can fight?" Mark asked. "You still look pretty tired."
"I'm well enough. Shall we begin?"
Lilly looked skeptical. "If you insist." Mark took his place next to Auroc while Eriff and Absolum went to the other side. "Begin."
"Back me up!" Mark said, charging forward. He burst into flames and started rolling towards them, flame wheel. This unfortunately was extremely easily countered. All Eriff had to do was brace himself, and when Mark hit him, the attack died down thanks to his flash fire ability.
Before Absolum or Eriff had the chance to attack mark, Auroc was there, moving with speed we didn't think he was capable of in his condition. He jumped, spinning over everyone, and Mark was lifted into the air while the Eriff was thrown to the side. Absolum was unaffected. It must have been psychic.
Mark and Auroc landed a bit away. "We can't beat them with fire. Do you know a move of a different type?"
"Only one that attacks," Mark said.
"It will work. When I say so, get into the air."
Absolum stepped in line with Eriff behind him. Purple flames popped up around them. Will-o-wisp. Absol's horn glowed white, which I believe meant he was preparing for razor wind.
"Wait for it," Auroc said. The opposing two let loose their attack, the white crescents of razor wind each having a flame in the middle of it. "Now!"
Mark jumped towards Auroc, jumping off of Auroc's hand into the air. Auroc ducked down, fog forming around his hands. Once the attack passed over him, he slammed his hands on the ground, and a layer of ice radiated out from him. The entire battle field froze, and Eriff and Absolum's feet were stuck.
Mark landed, having caught fire, so he melted through to solid ground. "Not bad. I got this." He charged forward, becoming surrounded in electricity. Wild charge.
Absolum's eyes glowed purple, and the ice cracked beneath them, the cracks glowing with purple energy. This made Mark lose his balance just slightly, which allowed Absolum to knock him aside with a strong night slash.
Mark landed hard. Auroc was soon next to him. "This is rather difficult."
"No kidding," Mark said, getting up. "Got any other cool tricks?"
"I'm afraid none of them would be very useful right now, unless," he got a determined look in his eyes. "Distract Eriff." He ran forward, his hands becoming incased in ice. Mark, not objecting at all, charged at Eriff, becoming surrounded in electricity as well. The battle had split into two.
In Auroc and Absolum's battle, Auroc was trying to hit him with his ice punch. Absolum was engaging him with night slash, landing some really strong blows every once in a while. I had seen how fast Auroc could move. Even while injured this seemed simply too slow.
Eriff and Mark's battle was raging on as well. Mark was only using wild charge while Eriff was flying through the air on fire, which I believe was flame charge. They would race around, running into each other. It seemed like Eriff was trying to get to Absolum to help, but Mark just wouldn't let it happen.
Auroc made another jab at Absolum, who jumped out of the way, then leaped at Auroc. They went down and a small cloud of dust formed. I didn't know what this move was. There were a few audible hits, and then Auroc flew up out of the smoke, only to be smacked across the room by Absolum, who hit him with a shadow claw.
Mark was soon there. "Hey, you okay?" Their opponents had already regrouped, and were preparing to attack again.
Mark put his paw on Auroc, and he glowed bright white, filling the room with light. Morning sun. When his light died down, they both looked a bit more energized.
Auroc got up. "We are almost done." He held his hands to his side, where an aura sphere started to form. It grew until it was the size of his torso. "My ability is justified, which is why I endured all those night slashes.
Eriff raced forward, this time being surrounded in blue flames. Flare Blitz. Mark charged forward again, using wild charge, and they went speeding off in their heated attack. Absolum's horn glowed white, and he shot a razor wind at Auroc. Auroc jumped into the air, and fired the massive aura sphere down. It exploded, leaving a huge crater with Absolum in the middle, unconscious.
Eriff and Mark both reached opposite ends of the field, and charged in head on at each other. They clashed in the middle, shaking the whole building. They pushed at each other for a good while, but then Eriff flew backwards, unconscious.
"Eriff and Absolum are unable to battle. Mark and Auroc win!" Eric said.
Auroc was breathing heavily and sat down. "Not bad. Not bad at all."
Mark walked over, really tired too. "Yeah, that was pretty good."
"It's amazing how quickly you two could work together," Lilly said.
"I may not be very social, but I had to be able to work with people when constructing the Glacial Tower," Auroc said.
"Well, that went by just as fast as I expected. You all were perfectly compatible. Now, our next piece of training will happen tomorrow. This one will be a group mission. Rest up, because we got a lot of work to do tomorrow."