Tamer Gothic – Book 2 – Shadow Lord
The Finals - Part 2
Fortress. Shadow Island
I'd barely eaten at lunch time and yet I'd had plenty of time do so as the long meal had dragged on so slowly it seemed as if Illyria or Sexibi had been using their time powers. But they hadn't, the truth was that I simply wanted things to be over with. It was just a case of nerves, nothing else.
Now time seemed to be passing more quickly. Which was strange as I was still very nervous about my next battle. More so than I should have been because of the odd rule I'd found out about before lunch time when I'd tried to put my 'girls through a quick healing cycle at the small pokecentre they had here inside the fortress.
The Traveller had for some reason decided that no Tamer batting today was allow to heal their 'girls. Which meant that I couldn't use Raven again today as that whole expanding shield thing had worn her out. Thankfully all of my other pokes were okay. Kira wasn't at the top of her game, but the short fight she'd been hadn't really hurt her at all she just had tired arms.
Also I couldn't switch my pokegirls either. Which was shame because now that Porker was out of the running this was a good time to bring out Daphne. She had been in his harem so using her before now would have been a mistake, but now that this concern was no longer valid I still couldn't make use of her.
On the plus side I only needed two pokes. Kara was still fresh as was my Celestial, who didn't do anything last time but she shouldn't have a problem this time, and I had Babs if I desperate enough. She had changed upon evolving so I wasn't sure what she would do, but I was sure it would be different that what I was used to. However that was something I could do nothing about now and really my attention should have been on the fight between Thomas and Jayden.
Tom had sent out his Sexshrew, which was currently tunnelling under floor of the arena and then jumping out of the ground to try to get at Jayden's flying type. The winged pokegirl was however too high for the burrowing pokegirl to reach. The nimble flying type had plenty of time to dodge Tom's pokegirl and so it looked as if this battle could go for a while.
Jayden's bird type, that was a species I didn't know by site, and I had foolish left my dex in my room while changing after lunch, so I didn't have a clue what attacks it had other than the one it was showing off. Every time the Sexshrew went diving for a hole it was chased by some razor sharp feathers that looked as they could cut threw flesh.
Thankfully the burrowing pokegirl had tough skin so the lethal feathers had so far caused her no harm and there was only so many times to the bird type could make that attack before it lost too many feathers to fly. On the other hand there was only so many times the shrew could jump into the air because it had to a strain.
Neither Tamer down in the arena was a fool, they both knew that at the rate things were going there was good chance that the judge would end the match due it running for too long. If that happened then this match would be ruled as a draw and in turn that would mean whoever won the next round would win the whole thing even if was just by a fluke.
So they both wisely switched 'girls. Jayden brought out a Whoreturtle, the evolved form of a Squirtitty, were as Thomas sent his cat type Amber who spent a moment licking her claws before artfully dodging out of the way of an incoming rush of water. Then the cat type sped towards the Whoreturtle at blinding speed.
The water-type was shooting water out of her nipples like she was some sort of erotic fountain, and if that wasn't impressive enough the sheer amount of water involved was. There was puddles forming everywhere as the Whoreturle span around and tried to soak Amber, but the cat type was simply too fast to hit.
"Slash Attack" Thomas ordered.
Amber had very sharp claws so the humanoid feline came in for a swipe that I was sure could have shredded through Kevlar body armour as if was mere paper. But at the last second the water type retreated insider her shell and Amber's claws only created sparks as they racked across the Whoreturtle's super tough shell.
However Amber didn't let that fact stop her, the cat girl tried to reach inside her enemy's shell even as Tom ordered her to back off. But it was too late the Whoreturtle's shell took off into the air, with jets of water shooting out in all directions, and than crashed into Amber like she was some sort of human sized Gamera.
"Get away" Tom called "And then give her a good kick".
Amber recovered fast and back flipped away from the water type as she span threw the air. Then as the Gamera rip off span towards the cat she dropped to her knees and the feline humanoid kicked up just as the Whoreturtle was passing over her. The kick sent the water type off course and for a second it looked as if Jayden's pokegirl would fly out of the arena.
However the Whoreturtle was able to stop herself just in time and was soon out of her shell, at least as much as she normally was. But as fast as the water type was she wasn't fast enough to recover from her whole spinning thing and defend herself as Amber came into for what could be the finishing move.
Amber kneed the Whoreturtle in the face hard enough that the noise the move produced was heard by everyone in the audience, and the water-type's head snapped back down. Then Jayden's pokegirl fell to the ground and didn't get back up again. She wasn't dead we could all see that, but the match was now over. Tom had won a point.
Both Tamers then recalled their pokes and sent out fresh ones. Jayden had let lose a Direwolf, which was a rare and very powerful pokegirl that totally outclassed his own canine type poke, Catherine the Growlie. I wondered for a moment if Tom might sub the dog like pokegirl, but he didn't have time to do that as Jayden ordered his 'girl to attack.
Direwolves had many strange powers, but this one didn't just use any of them to attack Catherine she just charged and tried to sink her teeth into the Growlie's neck. Tom's pokegirl yelped in pain, and who could blame her, while also trying to bring her own natural weapons into play. However the Direwolf was simply too powerful to be pushed off.
Then Tom ordered his dog girl to use her elemental attacks. Growlies were more than just anthropomorphized canines they also had the ability to generate flames. So while the angle for attack was rather awkward Catherine was able to breathe fire and even set the Dire Wolf on fire. Which resulted in the much more powerful 'girl having to back off.
That was when I started to wonder if the Dire Wolf knew how to use her supernatural powers or not as the grey furred dog type was only using her body to attack. Not that this made her less a fearsome foe as she was quite capable of throwing Catherine around the arena and actually did that a few times as both of the furries fought.
It was a savage display of fist and fangs that seemed so surprising given that one of the pokes fighting was a Growlie who I had thought to be more playful than dangerous, but clearly when she needed to Catherine became a fighter.
Yet as skilled and brave as Tom's dog type was she wasn't going to be able to win this fight and everyone knew it. The Dire Wolf pokegirl was bigger, stronger and intimating enough to unsettle Catherine, it just became a matter of time before the Dire Wolf wore the Growlie down and then finished her off.
That time came sooner than I would have imagined. Catherine was keeping her distance while also trying to dart in for a fast attack when the Dire Wolf, whose name I hadn't yet caught, was ordered to attack with her powers. Being a psychic the assault was one on the mind and Tom's poor puppy had no defence.
"Bite her" Hunter Thomas shouted.
Catherine, even while suffering due to the mental attack, made one less massive effort and bit the Dire Wolf in the leg. The larger canine type howled in pain and then hit the Growlie so hard she was knocked out, but without a Healing Session, which weren't allowed, that wolf girl would be unable to fit again today.
Which was good news for me because the Dire Wolf was a powerful pokegirl that few of my girls would have been able to beat since I had no 'girls who knew how to deal with mind powers. And I wondered if Thomas had known and ordered Catherine to badly wound the Dire Wolf so that Jayden couldn't use her agaist me.
Now it was time for the third and final round of this match. Tom had won one round and so had Jayden so now it all depended on what 'girls they both chose next and how they made use of her. Thomas sent out Pamela, his Boobisaur and Jayden unleashed his own Boobisaur, which was an interesting sight as the two pokes looked so a like they could be sisters.
"Razor Leaf!" shouted Tom
Several leaves broke off the bulb on Pamela's back and like ninja throwing stars they flew through the air towards the other plant type.
"Leaf Shield!" called out Jayden.
Several leaves left the bulb of the other Boobisaur and formed a shield. The Razor Leaf attack shattered the Leaf Shield but the barrier kept the other Boobisaur safe.
"Use your vines" Jayden then ordered.
His Boobisaur shout out her trendrils and then used two of them to lift herself into the air while the other two she used to strike at Pam. Tom's Boobisaur matched the move and soon they were both in the air trying to slap each other down with their vine whips. Which I thought was really cool to watch.
As was what happened next. Jayden's Pokegirl began to spin and her two vine whips became a blur as the why swirled around her, becoming like some sort of saw that sounded as if it was cutting the very air. Pamela mimicked the action and this resulted in their vines becoming tangled together as both pokes hit the ground.
Then both the pokes got up and looked at each other with very angry expressions.
"Razor Leaf!" both Tamers ordered.
The leaves met in mid air and they were all knocked off course.
"Vines Whip!" the two Tamers then shouted.
What followed was a wrestling match of sorts as each poke tried to overwhelm the other with sheer force. However both 'girls were evenly matched in both speed and might so it became a contest of endurance. The poke who could keep her focus the longest and not tire out would win and I had no idea which one it would be.
That was when the light that appeared when pokegirls evolved blinded everyone as both Boobisaurs became Ivywhores. I had seen this happened before, during a gym battle with Misty and it had been an amazing sight, but to see it happen to two pokegirls at the same time was something else. Also I was so glad I was wearing sunglasses.
By the time the light had faded I saw that one of the Ivywhore's, I had no idea which was which, had been able to defeat the other, the match was over now as the other plant type had passed out. As it turned out it was Tom's Ivywhore who had been knocked so that meant Jayden had won. Which meant in less than an hour I would be facing him.
"Crapbaskets" I muttered.
(Line Break)
Fortress. Shadow Island
This was it the final match. The winner of this round would face the Traveller himself in a pokegirl battle for the title of Shadow Lord of Tamers. A title I had to win in order to stop Jayden from having it as the more fame and resources than he would have if he ever became the Dark King.
Which meant there was a lot of pressure on me to win this match, and not just because maybe preventing World War IIII, also I wanted to win for me. Becoming the Shadow Lord was pretty much the same as winning a Regional Championship, and to do that less than a year after becoming a Tamer was a great achievement. More so that for others as I'd hadn't grown up with pokegirls nor had I had a long time to prepare for this carrer.
Winning also mattered to me because I'd never really done anything that special until coming to this world, and people were already forgetting what I had done here, but if I became the first, and perhaps only Shadow Lord of Tamers then I would go down in history. Future Tamers would want to emulate my success and I'd become a Harem-Master in a few short years.
The countdown had already started and I reached for the one of the pokeballs on my black and silver belt. I was going to send out Kara to start with as while she preferred sex battles, and she was getting better at them in my view, she was still a fighter and I hadn't used her for a regular bout since before I had come to the Shadow Islands.
Which meant that Jayden would have no idea what she was capable of and would hopefully be surprised. If I'd been facing Thomas at this point it wouldn't have been a smart idea to use Kara as he had seen all my pokes in action, but Jayden hadn't even seen my sexy elf at all as far as I could recall.
When the countdown ended Kara was on the field of battle. At once she switched to her leather bikini armour and she made her staff appear a moment later. Then I got a look at the pokegirl Nikita's brother was going to use. She was a Witch of that I was sure and that made me smile as Kara knew some spells too, so she wouldn't be a big disadvantage.
"Mystic Bolt!" Jayden ordered.
"Reflect!" was my command.
The blue bolt of magical energy struck Kara and bounced off her. The attack was then flying towards Jayden's Witch who raised a shield in time so that her own Mystic Bolt wouldn't harm her. The magical energy fizzled out when it met the barrier and the spell caster on the other side of the arena started to looked worried.
That was when I saw Jayden's normally happy face start to frown as he realised the mistake he had made. Like many other Tamers he'd assumed Kara was just a warrior elf whose magic was focused on fighting. Now he understood that his Witch was facing a poke who could not only hit things with a stick but also protect herself from unfriendly spells.
"Mystic Bolt!" I ordered "and follow that with Thundershock!".
Kara then showed everyone that while her best moves involved physical contact of some sort she also knew some offensive spells as well. Her golden coloured Mystic Bolt was stopped by a shield, but her electrical attack was reflected when Jayden told his Witch to do just that. Thankfully for Kara her wooden staff was able to protect her from her own attack.
I knew then that trading long range assaults wasn't going to do Kara or myself any good. The two magic users were evenly matched in that department so I decided to try to get Kara closer to her foe.
"Charge her!" I commanded
I couldn't see her face but somehow I just knew that my sexy elf was smiling as she ran right at the Witch. The blue haired spell caster under the command of my opponent was rather surprised by the sudden rush, but she recovered fast enough when her master ordered her to strike Kara with another Mystic Bolt.
My Gardelfwhore ducked under the magical attack, rolled forward and then got back to her feet just in time to knocked off her feet by the Witch's latest assault. Thankfully it wasn't all bad as Jayden's pokegirl also fell over as the bolt exploded too close to her.
"Get up!" Jayden shouted at his 'girl.
I didn't bother to give a command as I could see what Kara was doing. As the Witch stood up, her legs were kicked from under her so that she fell again and before she could do anything about that my elf had her pinned down in a wrestling move. Which was more than a little arousing to watch as Kara was nearly naked right now.
Also it was a smart move because as long as my blonde haired poke was on top of the other then Jayden couldn't recall his 'girl so all Kara had to do was knock the Witch out in order to win the round. Which she did by ramming the blue haired 'girls head into the rough ground of the arena floor. That had to hurt a lot judging by the Witch's scream.
Jayden's pokegirl called to her master saying that she wanted him to forfit the round and he did which meant that this thing was already half way over, unless of course Jayden won the next round as then we'd need a tie breaker.
Since I didn't want to drag this match out so I sent out my Celestial who would hopefully make short work of the Ivywhore that Jayden had chosen to use for this battle.
As soon as the ref allowed it the Ivywhore went on the attack. She had evolved only a sort time ago but that didn't mean she was tired or unwilling to do battle. The plant-type sent out her vine whips to ensnare my flying pokegirl but that did no good as my angel-like pokegirl just batted the vines a side with her sword as she took to the air.
"Now..." I started to say.
She didn't listen to me and was in fact already swooping down upon Jayden's pokegirl at such a speed that there was no chance that the Ivywhore could duck in time. However when the Celeistal flew up again the planet type was somehow still standing.
"Razor Leaf!" Jayden commanded.
"Feather..." I called out.
Again I never got to finish and the winged pokegirl once more batted aside the plant-type's attacks with ease, then she swooped in again and as the Ivy-whore made a Leaf Shield appear it was cut through with ease by the Celestial's golden blade, but that didn't mean the Ivywhore was defenceless as she still had her Vine Whips.
That was when the golden weapon cut a vine even as another rope like things wrapped itself around the angel's leg. The sword swished through the air and the he other tendril was now also cut. Which left the Ivywhore with few means of attacking.
Jayden had already acknowledged that his poke was out matched and was about to recall the 'girl when she got dragged up into the air by my poke, before being taken into a dive. Then the two 'girls slammed into the ground hard enough to scatter rocks and bringing up a lot of grit.
The Ivywhore wasn't moving and my 'girl was able to stand. Which meant I'd won, but it didn't feel like that because I hadn't given any orders. I felt cheated and more determined that ever to expel the angelic pokegirl from my harem. She wasn't working with me and she wasn't a very interesting person either.
I was cheered up quickly when the crowd screamed out in joy over my victory. I'd won and denied Jayden his chance of becoming the Shadow Lord of Tamers as that was what mattered most of all.