Scarefest! Shady Guy Wes vs. Umbrella Ghost Kogasa

"What? Oh, those had better not be what I think they are..." Wes groaned. "You did NOT steal other trainers' Pokemon."

"Oh? Why not?" Kogasa asked.

"Your depravity just has no limits, does it? Fine, let's do this! Round 2!" Wes shouted.

BGM: Taking the Lead: watch?v=VWrZZToJDME

Shady Guy Wes:

Forretress, Granbull, Gligar, Umbreon

VS.

Umbrella Ghost Kogasa:

Gengar, Mismagius, Darkrai, Umbreon (M)

A.N. I'll explain that M in a bit.

"When you lose here... We'll take your soul! Come out, Gengar!"

The familiar Ghost/Poison type made its appearance. "Finally, some foes I know. Even in an unfamiliar landscape like this, glad to know there's some comforts of home. Come out, Foretress! She just won't play the rules! I didn't get any of my Pokemon healed between this battle, so I'm out Misdreavus. If that Destiny Bond had worked... I'd be out 2!"

"Gengar! Shadow Rush! Attack Forretress!" Kogasa called.

Shadow Rush!? Damn, these people are heartless!

"Forretress! Protect!" Wes called.

Forretress protected itself, blocking the Rush.

"Forretress! Let's get one step ahead of this umbrella! Use Spikes!" Wes decided to seed the field.

"Uuuuuuuu... You're mean to my poor Pokemon... Gengar! Perish Song!"

CWes scrambled over to him. "Put these in! Now!" it said, holding out a couple earplugs. The lights around him began to shiver as if in response to the Song before it could even be heard. Some began to drift towards Wes. Some drifted towards Foretress. As if this was a welcoming committee for the recently departed. A boat docked alongside him, flowing down a river which had not been there before. A girl sat in the boat, a skull necklace around her throat. She left the boat and came towards him, swinging her scythe. She came closer and closer. As she approached, the lights grew brighter.

She looks like a reaper. Why is she... The earplugs! I never put them in!

Fighting a lethargy that had enveloped his entire soul, Wes desperately forced the earplugs into his ears. As he did, the spirits seemed to lose their luminosity, and the boat and girl faded away.

"You meanie. But your Forretress is doomed to faint in 3 turns. And I hope you were at the very least courteous to Miss Onozuka when she came for you." Kogasa seemed to be agitated.

"You know, the more time I spend around you, the less I like you."Wes responded. "You've now tried to murder me twice, cheated and took additional turns while I was recovering from said murder attempts, plus you lost the first battle and immediately challenged me to another. I hope you've at least considered what things will look like for you when you die."

"I have. I was an umbrella once, I'll have you know. I was abandoned by my owner because my color wasn't popular. That would be like you abandoning your pokemon because their tail was too big! People like that are seen as criminals because Pokemon are alive! Well, what does that make me!? I'm very clearly sentient, and just because I'm an umbrella was no excuse to ditch me!" Kogasa shouted.

Now she expects me to feel sorry for her?! Maybe I would have if she hadn't tried to MURDER me twice in cold blood and also wasn't cheating!

"But I don't want your pity! What I want... is revenge! One human at a time! You're today's! Granted, my surprises generally haven't gone so well, but I'm flying sky high and feasting today! Now the last thing I need... is to stop you here. Then, you're mine forever! Hee hee hee hee!"

Ugh... yet ANOTHER youkai who says they'll keep me. I don't know if they're serious, I don't know if they can back their statements up, and I sure as heck don't want to find out! But how do I know she'll let me go if I win!? She already tricked me once!

"I suppose you're wondering if I'll let you go even if you do win. Upon pain of punishment, the Captain made us all swear we would let you by if we were defeated completely. Since I'd rather not deal with the Captain's wrath, if you can defeat my team, I'll let you go! You have my promise!"

Oh, amazing comfort that, coming from someone who had the floor rigged up to drop me down here after I won the first battle!

"...That really doesn't mean anything to you, does it?" Kogasa asked with a frown.

"Coming from a lying umbrella ghost that already tried to kill me twice and has already cheated in battle? NOT REALLY!" Wes shouted back.

"Well, let's continue. Gengar! Mean Look!" Kogasa declared.

"Forretress! Zap Cannon!" Now let's hope this works... The Zap Cannon powered into Gengar for a direct hit! Gengar went down with a loud shocking sound.

"Alright, you umbrella ghost. What's next?" Wes asked.

"Uuuuu... you mean, mean, man. I'll have you know that your NIGHTMARES are just beginning. You? Beat me? In your DREAMS. Go, Mismagius!"

"CWes? What is that thing?" Wes asked, confused.

"Mismagius is a Ghost type found in the Sinnoh region. It evolves from Misdreavus if a Dusk Stone is used on it. Dusk Stones have only been found in Sinnoh and Unova, so it's no surprise you haven't seen one before. And a caution. Her pokemon's attacks have affected you personally before, and if this continues... Mismagius has the ability to create illusions, so our cheating karakasa here may try to trick you with them."

"Cheating karakasa? Did you REALLY just call me that?! Oh, that does it, when I win, CWes, you and I are going to have a PRIVATE talk." Kogasa was furious, but controlled it. "Mismagius! Use Confuse Ray X!"

Mismagius's eyes glowed blue. Then Wes's Forretress seemed to start flickering. The walls moved in and out, and Kogasa was right next to him, smirking.

What the... Oh, for the LOVE OF ARCEUS! She attacked me with that, didn't she?!

She reached out and ruffled his hair. "Isn't it futile to keep going?" she asked, while still stroking his head.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! Illusion or no illusion, GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Wes cried. He swung a punch at Kogasa.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Kogasa just laughed. "That worked better than expected. He's completely lost his cool. Mismagius, let's mess with his head some more while you power up. Nasty Plot!"

"Get AWAY!" "Wes! Control yourself! That karakasa is SUCH a jerk! Put these in! Wes, listen to me! Listen!"

But CWes's cries went unanswered, as Wes was hallucinating. He punched the air, continuing to scream. "Go away! Go back to your side of this field and STOP THAT!"

CWes scrambled on top of Wes's shoulder, jabbing a contact lens into his eyeball. "OW! Why you... huh? What... it felt so real... *shiver*. I'm going to make you PAY for that... *shiver* That was just WRONG."

Forretress suddenly buckled and went down, the Perish Song finally taking its toll. Crap! I forgot about that! Dang karakasa that has some VERY questionable taste...

"Go, Granbull!"

"Mismaaaagius! Peeeerish Soooong!" Kogasa singsonged again.

Really? Talk about a one trick umbrella! THIS TIME, I'm not letting that song invite me to die! Wes put the earplugs in.

Mismagius began to sing, but Wes wasn't affected this time, because he'd planned in advance. However, he knew that it had kicked off a 3 turn clock on how long before his Granbull lost all strength. "Granbull! Thunder, now!"

Kogasa, meanwhile, was all smiles. "Mismagius, return! Come out, Darkrai!"

Wes blanched. That's a Legendary Pokemon! How'd she get her hands on that!?

CWes, meanwhile, began feeding him information as quick as possible. "Darkrai is a Dark type Legendary Pokemon. It inflicts nightmares on those who fall asleep around it. These nightmares will sap a Pokemon's strength."

Darkrai took the Thunder, but being a Legendary Pokemon, came out looking slightly winded.

"Alright, Darkrai! DARK... VOID!"

A mysterious shadow enveloped Granbull. Granbull fell asleep. ARGGGH! Granbull quaked in terror from Darkrai's Bad Dreams ability!

"And now... Nightmare!" Kogasa shouted. Granbull began to quake from the nightmarishly bad dreams, dropping stamina rapidly. "Granbull! Return!" Wes called Granbull back. "Urgh... Come on, Gligar!"

"Dark~rai! Darrrrrk Voiiiiiid!"

The shadow snaked out, attempting to envelop Gligar in restless sleep. But it dissipated before reaching Gligar.

"Gligar! Aerial Ace!"

Gligar slammed into Darkrai, winding it slightly more.

"Boooo! You're no fun! Dark Pulse!"

"I don't know why you seem so interested in fun, given that I'm CERTAINLY not having any! Gligar! EARTHQUAKE!"

Darkrai fired a spiral shape of darkness at Gligar, who deftly dodged it. Gligar shook the earth with a mighty quake, and Darkrai felt that, collapsing to one knee before struggling back up.

This is ridiculous! How much can this thing take?!

"Darkrai! Try Dark Pulse again!" Kogasa shouted.

"Gligar! Earthquake once more!"

Dark Pulse smashed into Gligar, sending it into a wall. However, it recovered, soaring back in and creating another tremor, which smacked Darkrai around, KOing it.

"Boooooooo... You're no fun. Mismagius! Return to the field. Quickly! Confuse Ray X!"

Wes tapped his eyes knowingly, safe behind his contact lenses as Mismagius attempted to hit him with the illusion again.

"Not this time! Use Aerial Ace and clock Mismagius!" Wes yelled. Gligar smashed into Mismagius, driving it into the wall. "Let's see your last Pokemon."

"Oh, it's not MY Pokemon. This one isn't one you can simply KO. Why? Go, Umbreon!" Kogasa laughed, sending out an Umbreon which didn't look that powerful.

"Oh? Why can't I KO it?" Wes asked.

"Because just like with your fight against Cipher, I'm only giving you one chance to Snag it! And your friend will never forgive you if you don't get his Pokemon back from us..." Kogasa stuck her tongue out at him, and the umbrella she was holding did the same.

"YOU... BASTARD. I freaking HATE you!" Wes shouted.

"Hahahaha... Check your pockets, Wes...We might have slipped something in there."

Wes checked his pockets and found 10 Ultra Balls.

"Yep. You've got 10 Ultra Balls to capture 4 Pokemon. How did those get there? Remember when Nazrin went looking for her Safari Balls? That was a diversion. While she did that, me and Murasa each slipped a set of 5 Ultra Balls into your pockets! Because we wanted more challenge!" Kogasa winked her blue eye at him, as if she expected him to be happy about it.

"While I applaud your ingenuity in slipping those into my pockets, I disapprove of your stealing my friend's Pokemon! So I'm going to take it back! Gligar! Aerial Ace!"

Gligar smashed into Umbreon, slamming it against the wall. It looked winded.

"Go, Snag Ball!" Wes threw an Ultra Ball at it. Kogasa looked rather hacked off at that.

"Uuuuu..."

Wes walked over and retrieved the Ultra Ball. "You've lost, Kogasa! Now which way is out?"

"Oh, you just fly up out of here." Kogasa flippantly replied.

"What? Run that by me again?" Wes asked, confused.

Kogasa winked at him. "That's right... you can't fly." She held her arms out. "Want a lift?"

CWes popped out. "Yeah, everyone in Gensokyo can fly, so this trap would be a minor inconvenience to anyone else. Just grab her hand."

Wes grabbed her hand. She clamped with a vicelike grip and her umbrella licked him in the face. "BOO! Hehehehehehe!"

Wes resolved to punch her in the face when they landed.

They flew back up to the first battle arena. Kogasa suddenly threw him unceremoniously into a doorway which slammed shut behind him.

"Well, ze. She certainly threw you for a loop, huh?"

Wes grunted in reply and started walking down the hallway towards the next challenge.