The First of the Palanquin Admins

BGM: Pokemon Colosseum: Cipher Syndicate Theme
watch?v=8JnWYDvIJ34

Wes tried the interior door. Locked. "Well. How are we supposed to get inside? She's locked the door, and I don't have a key." he said to Marisa, shrugging his shoulders.

"Wes, you need to think outside the box more, ze. That door is a wooden door. Stand back." Marisa replied. "LOVE SIGN: MASTER SPAAAAAARK!"

The Spark crashed into the door, and bounced right off, ricocheting just between Marisa and Wes.

"...OK, I agree, Wes. We need a key, ze." Marisa concluded, looking bummed that the door hadn't blown off its hinges.

At this point, the door suddenly retracted into the floor, revealing a corridor that led into the depths of the ship.

"...That solves that. Ladies first?" Wes sardonically said.

Marisa shook her head. "No. After you. You're the reason we're here, after all, ze." she icily replied.

Wes headed inside. As he walked down the dimly illuminated corridor, the first thing he noticed was the statues of Murasa flanking the hallway. Someone has a high opinion of herself...

He reached the end of the hallway, then stopped and stared. The door had a garish yellow painted all over it. "Ok, what is with her taste in color?" he asked Marisa.

"I have no clue, ze. Last time I saw this ship, everything was military neat." Marisa replied. He walked up to the door, and as it slid open, a blast of music hit him loudly.

BGM: Miror B's Retro Groove: watch?v=YSJYAT6Jpzs

"Fwo ho ho! So, you finally made it!" came a voice. "The music is going to play! On our awesome battle today!"

On top of a pedestal in the middle of the room, sat a dancing fool that Wes remembered from long ago. She wore yellow on everything, wore hipster glasses, and was dancing to the music.

"Miror B?!" Wes exclaimed loudly. Looking around, the walls seemed to be made of stone, and all the way at the back was a door that exactly like the one Plusle was hidden behind back in Pyrite Cave! "What... what..."

"I say that when we're finished today, WHOA- OW!" Miror B fell, clonking her head down on the stone, causing it to flicker. The stone walls faded out, and the mechanical door was replaced with a plain old wooden one. "Miror B", meanwhile, suddenly shifted into Nazrin. "Aw... the holodeck must have broken again." she stated simply. "I'd hoped to keep the illusion, but such was not to be."

Marisa scowled at Nazrin. "So that's it. I thought there was something funny about this. Now give us back our friend and I won't Spark you."

The floor underneath Marisa suddenly sprang up, launching her back. As she flew outside, she noticed lines on the deck opening. Walls sprang from the floor, enclosing Nazrin and Wes in a chamber alone.

BGM: Cipher Syndicate Theme: watch?v=8JnWYDvIJ34

"So, Wes. You came here to find your friend, right? Well, let me tell you something. The Captain's keeping him plenty safe and entertained. Our Lady is seriously considering allowing him to join our worship. You want to tear him away from us? Well, since you made the challenge, we choose the battle. As it is, the Cap'n and our Lady found tremendous amusement in this. Welcome... to the Myouren Temple Elite 4 Challenge. I'm suuuuure you know the rules. After all, your world invented them. Let's get this show on the road! Are you ready to fight? There's HP restoration between battles, but that's all. Showtime!"

BGM: Cipher Admin Battle: watch?v=FXzUw7csXxk (Use for all Palanquin Four Battles)

Palanquin Four Nazrin:

Nazrin, AStar, AKanako

VS

Shady Guy Wes:

Mantine, Umbreon, Gligar, Fortress, Misdreavus, Granbull

"Heh. Hehehehehehehehehehe..." Wes laughed. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"What's so funny?" Nazrin asked. He must have a screw or two loose.

"Ha. Just wondering why you'd pick this. I don't lose Pokemon battles." Wes replied. "Unless... you aren't using Pokemon, are you?" He frowned at that last statement.

Nazrin smirked. "You know us too well. Yes, I'm NOT using Pokemon. But unlike your acquaintance Nue, I will not be doing any fighting myself! Come out, Nazrin!" Nazrin threw a Miko Orb, releasing a Nazrin Boneka.

Wes shrugged. "So this is how it is? Boneka vs. Pokemon again? No matter, I can do this." The Miko Orb at his belt suddenly burst open, releasing the CWes.

"Hello, me.

Long time no see.

I see you're ready to rumble.

I'm here to make sure you don't fumble

The upcoming battle which lies ahead.

For if you do, you and your friends are dead..."

The CWes smirked after delivering that chilling poem. "I can hear in there, you know. So anyway, I'm here for informational support. Nazrin there is a Beast/Heart type. Anyway..." CWes's eyes went blank as it recited:

"Nazrin. The Mouse Boneka. An expert at finding things. For her troubled master, she will search high and low, near and far. Abilities are either Collector or Sand Veil."

The life came back to CWes's eyes as it continued talking.

"Nazrin is very attack oriented, with most of its skills in Attack, Special Attack, and Speed. Do you want me to repeat it again?"

"No. What types are those, and what's Collector?" Wes asked. CWes looked sheepish. "Ooops... forgot you weren't as familiar with the type chart. But now's not the best time to explain, you'll probably learn better from experience. Collector is Pickup. Now go get her!"

Wes swore silently, realizing he had no clue what was effective against this strange mouse girl or what attacks her lookalike possessed. He decided to try Gligar first.

"Go! Gligar! We're in the weirdest battle of our lives right now, but we need to win!"

Gligar came out of the Pokeball, claws out. Then it noticed Nazrin and the Nazrin, and turned around, acting confused. "I know, Gligar. But believe it or not, yes, one of them is your opponent. The smaller one."

Gligar got its claws out and looked fierce. Well, I might as well go for broke here, since Nazrin looks frail... Wes made a snap decision. "Gligar! Go for the kill! [OHKO Sign: Guillotine!] Wait, what the heck did I just say?!"

Nazrin laughed. "So, our attack style is beating its way into your brain, eh, Wes? They say no one who enters Gensokyo remains unchanged, and I see it's even true with a seemingly stony man like you. Well, I hate to break it to you, but my Nazrin is nowhere NEAR as weak as it seems!"

Gligar's Guillotine was deflected by Nazrin with ease.

"Now then, since we appear to be hybridizing attack declarations, [Iku's Gift: Thunder!]

Wes stopped and laughed. "You fool, Nazrin! You wasted your free attack!" he howled.

The Thunder struck Gligar fiercely, zapping through its entire body and radiating into the floor. However, Gligar seemed unharmed.

"WHAT?! But... Gligar's a Flying type! How did that not work!?" Nazrin stamped her foot.

"News flash. Someone clearly hasn't done their research." Wes replied. "While Gligar is a Flying type, it is also a Ground type. Now, what happens when you ground electricity? NOTHING. Ha! My turn! Gligar! [Anti-Evasion: Aerial Ace!] Now let's see if my suspicions about Beast type are correct..."

Nazrin was confused, then comprehension dawned. "Nazrin! DODGE!" Then she remembered something else as Wes started laughing again.

"You really slacked off, didn't you? On studying. YOU CANNOT DODGE AERIAL ACE."

Gligar slammed into the Nazrin, slashing hard against it with claws shaped in an X. The impact from the blast hurled the Nazrin backward, smashing it against the wall. It slumped down, knocked out.

Nazrin looked miserable. "Nazrin, return. We're far from done here, Wes... AStar! Let's go!" Her fighting spirit came back to her face as she said this.

CWes scrambled over to him again.

"Star Sapphire. Fairy Boneka. A fairy with the ability to feel the presence of animate objects. The light of showering stars. Ability: Water Absorb. Type: Water/Nature. Or in your chart, Water/Grass. The A means that her affinity is Attacking."

Wes frowned at the description. Water/Grass, huh... Well, Gligar still has the upper hand. Nazrin was completely pumped again. "Alright, AStar! [Nature Sign: Power Whip!]" Nazrin yelled.

Wes frowned. Grass type move? I would have thought she would choose better... Then CWes scrambled over, whispering: "Too late for you to do anything about it now, but for future reference, Power Whip is a Nature/Grass type move with 120 power and 85 accuracy. Translation: Even without type advantage, this thing still hurts!"

Gligar was caught off guard because Wes hadn't issued any orders and took the Power Whip directly. It was slammed against the ground by the force of the attack, incurring further harm. It stood up blearily and took off, but it looked shaky.

Wes was rapidly running calculations in his head. OK, so we've established 120 base power. Add elemental affinity, and we have 180 base power. Then... Wait, this thing is an ATTACKER? Aw, SNAP! "CWes, what moves are comparable to Power Whip on our side of the Border?"

"Mega Kick, Thrash, Double Edge, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Solarbeam, Petal Dance, Thunder, Fire Blast, Zap Cannon, Outrage, Mega Horn..."

A.N. All of the listed attacks have 120 power. The closest analogue would be Solarbeam, but it would A: Be physical, and B: Not have to charge.

"Enough, CWes. Most of these moves have a flaw. Low accuracy, usually. But those are also some of the most powerful attacks! Not counting the Rechargers. I'm in for a long battle... Gligar! [Anti-Evasion: Aerial Ace!]"

Nazrin stamped her foot. "NOT AGAIN!" Gligar slammed into AStar, smashing it with the X-shape of an Aerial Ace. AStar was strongly affected by the attack, even more strongly than Wes's Gligar had been!

"Well, that went better than expected..." Wes said quietly.

"OH REALLY?! Well, you won't be laughing when I take your Flying/Earth thingy out of the sky! [Nature Sign: Power Whip!]"

Wes responded at the same time. "Alright, Nazrin! Dodge this! HA! You can't! [Anti-Evasion: Aerial Ace!]

AStar drew back its arm for the Power Whip as Gligar slammed into it with Aerial Ace. "I'm afraid my Gligar is faster than your fairy, Nazrin!" Wes crowed.

Nazrin was suddenly deadly calm. "Don't count your victories before they earned, Wes. Now, it's time your flying insect... thing... met the wrath of the Moriya gods. Come forth, AKanako!"

AKanako came out. It exuded an aura of power from the rope circle on its back, with pillars pointed straight forward like cannons.

Wes grimaced. "What do you mean, the wrath of the Moriya gods?"

CWes started talking. "Kanako Yasaka is the god of the Moriya Shrine. She controls the sky. She-"

Wes couldn't take it any more. "NAVI! SHUT UP! Wait, who the hell's Navi?"

CWes smiled. "Whatever, man. Whatever."

"[Natural Cannon: Energy Ball!] AKanako's cannons will rip you to SHREDS! FIRE!" Nazrin shouted.

The 4 pillars began to glow green. Wisps of energy came from each, forming a ball in the center. The ball grew steadily larger.

Wes shouted a move in return. "Gligar! [Surface Mover: Earthquake!] Make the arena tremble!" Gligar made the arena tremble with an Earthquake just as Kanako fired off the Energy Ball. Gligar was smacked in the face by the Ball, falling to the ground, defeated. At the same time, AKanako took the effects of Earthquake, falling to the ground. But it got back up.

CWes said: "AKanako is an Attack oriented version of Kanako. Faith/Earth type. 'The God of Yamato came to fantasy today. Straw festoon of the back is a trade-mark.' ... The only info I have is in Japanese, and therefore is poorly translated via machine translation. ...I'll spare you any more of my mangled translations, and just treat you to my summaries of the people they're based off of!

Nazrin called out: "We're in a battle here! Send out your next Pokemon before I get bored and start shooting danmaku at you!"

"Don't get your shorts in a bunch. Go, Misdreavus!" Wes shouted.

"I'M NOT WEARING SHORTS!" Wes saw Nazrin pull out a card as she said that, then put it away. She gave a scowl and said: "It's lucky for you I'm under orders, or I'd be shoving this Spell Card someplace painful right now."

"Alright! [Illusionary: Confuse Ray!] Let's keep it from attacking!" Wes cried.

"AKanako! [God's Wrath: Earthquake!] Tremble before the wrath of a Moriya god!"

The ground trembled... but Misdreavus just floated there, laughing. How dumb can this mouse be? Misdreavus has Levitate! Misdreavus's eyes glowed, releasing a ray which struck AKanako hard. AKanako began reeling from confusion.

"ARRRGH! AKanako! [Iku's Fist: ThunderPunch!] Zap Misdreavus!"

"Alright, Misdreavus! [Pikachu's Power: Thunder!] Zap this god from head to toes!" Wes shouted, getting carried away.

"Now who's the idiot here, Wes?" Nazrin was practically dancing a jig. He forgot! I know that CWes is feeding him type info... And he forgot!

The Thunder came down from the ceiling, soaking through AKanako... who used it to channel power and slam Misdreavus with a powerful ThunderPunch! Misdreavus was sent flying backwards, but stopped just before it hit the wall. "Well, that backfired..." Wes was calm. "Misdreavus. [Sabrina's Power: Psychic.]"

"AKanako! [Ultimate Nature: Frenzy Plant!] Smash Misdreavus!"

However, instead of attacking, AKanako smashed its head on one of the pillars. "What's... the Confuse Ray!" Misdreavus struck with Psychic! AKanako was lifted off its feet and hurled into the ceiling! It crashed down, defeated.

"...Wes. You have proven yourself to me. Go on and face the next room. You may be surprised what you find there."

Wes called back his Pokemon as the walls retracted. Marisa came strolling over, saying: "Well done, ze. Very well done." Together, they headed for the next room of the Palanquin Four.

Champion's Room:

"So, he's made his way past one of the Palanquin Four. He seems to be adapting to Gensokyo's Boneka very well."

"Yes, he does. You know your job. Defeat him here in the Champion's room. It will be just like old times... heheheheheheh..."

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Who is the mysterious Champion? Is it Captain Murasa? Is it Nue? Is it Byakuren? Or is it someone else? What foes await Wes and Marisa as they take on Gensokyo's parody of the Elite Four challenge? Find out next time. Rate, Review, Follow, that would be great.

Introductions:

Nazrin: Nazrin is a mouse youkai. She is a skilled dowser, and leader of many mice. Now this may not sound very impressive, but she gets them to search for stuff for her. She serves Shou, who we met earlier and will be introduced later. By dowser, I mean a treasure hunter. And by treasure hunter, I mean someone who actually seeks out lost treasure or items, rather than steal them from someone else, unlike a certain anthropomorphic BAT we all know from SEGA. But I digress. She's the first boss of Touhou 12. In fact EVERYONE on this ship is from Touhou 12.