Chapter Twenty
The Results of Training
Team Justice had been training everyday for two weeks, and finally had promising results.
Keldeo and Keldea had both perfected Hydro Pump and Focus Blast, along with Double Team.
Shaymin had boosted her Energy Ball's power tremendously, and mastered Solar Beam and Aerial Ace.
Latias had learned Psychic and Aerial Ace, along with Extremespeed.
And Meloetta, while in her Pirouette Forme, had revealed her Close Combat attack, as well as Psychic, and learned Energy Ball.
Now it was time to show off their new skills. Not in a battle, but in a show of power and skill. Speed and accuracy.
"Keldeo, Keldea, you're up first," said Terrakion, "Show us what you've learned."
There were several targets set up along a trail through the woods. They had to hit all of the targets along the trail while making through the trail as fast as they could.
"Starting now, Go," said Virizion.
Keldeo and Keldea took off down the trail. The first two targets came into view, and both fired simultaneous Focus Blasts. Both hit dead on target.
Next came a deep hole with targets at the very bottom. The two jumped the hole and fired Hydro Pumps into the hole, also hitting both their targets.
The final target was a double target, and the twins used their Secret Swords to take it out easily. The twins finished the course in 15 seconds.
"Alright, good time," said Virizion, "You're up Latias."
Along with her moves, her courage had grown a lot through the training as well. So she was ready.
"Go," said Virizion.
Latias' challenge was a speed challenge. She had to take out targets as they popped out at her along the course. But she wouldn't know where they would pop out.
Latias was quick to start. She boosted down the trail using Extremespeed. She saw a target pop out just ahead and switched from Extremespeed to Aerial Ace in the blink of an eye. The target was easily dispatched, as were similar ones along the way. Latias finished the course, taking out all the targets, with a time of 12 seconds.
"And finally, we have Meloetta," said Virizion.
Meloetta's test was combat. The clearing would have several targets around it that would pop out at any time. She would have to take out all of them as quickly as possible.
"And… Go," said Virizion.
The first target appeared, and Meloetta quickly took it out with Close Combat. More targets appeared, and Meloetta made it look like a dance as she dispatched target after target. She took out the last target with a time of 14 seconds.
"Your final results were… Fantastic!" said Virizion.
"With your new skills, you should be ready for anything," said Terrakion.
"That's what we've been training for," said Keldeo.
"And this is proof," said Keldea, "Our training has paid off in a big way."
"I definitely got a real confidence boost from it," said Latias.
"I got to achieve my Pirouette Forme because of it," said Meloetta, "Thanks to your encouragement."
"And I think we got a sense of our team power," said Shaymin, "So we know where everyone is."
"Everyone got something out of it," said Entei, "And plenty of it at that."
"You would have made your ancestors proud," said Raikou.
Team Justice, now more powerful than ever, were ready for anything that came their way now.