??? POV
"You got what I asked of you, did you not?" I chuckled.
"They are right here." I opened the small case beside me.
"Good. I want them-"
"Yes, yes, I know. You could be just a bit more grateful, it took me quite a while to find them after all." He turned away.
"Do not expect a full congratulations until this is all over. It does still upset me that we will not be able to use him after what happened." He walked out. I could hear his underlings arguing once again.
"Why do you always have to hog all the good stuff?!"
"Don't start with me you stupid-"
"You'd better not finish that sentence if you value your arms!" I do not enjoy listening to their ramblings.
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Rush POV
Frost and Marshadow were in hospital beds. Frost had some weird machine hooked up to his left arm, and Marshadow had bandages all over his body.
"Marshadow will be out in a few days, he's lucky there was next to no internal damage. Frost will be about a week and a half though." Gardevoir said as we stood outside. She left a bit later, probably to check on some other Pokémon.
"Come on, we can't stay here forever." Doll said as she and Gem walked to the door.
"Yeah, alright." Cream muttered and we followed. We were all silent for a bit before Doll spoke.
"So it'll just be us for a while?"
"Are you thinking we won't be able to handle things like that by ourselves? Then we'll just have to get stronger!" I shouted. Cream agreed and Gem just nodded.
"Alright! Let's go train... in the woods." I said and lead the way.
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We stopped at a random spot with trees everywhere.
"So, what're we doing?" Doll asked while leaning on a tree. I thought for a second before I got an idea.
"Let's race to the biggest tree!" I suggested.
"You mean the one that's three times as tall as the others?" Cream nailed that one! I nodded and Doll rolled her eyes.
"Do you know how far away it is from here?" I shook my head at that.
"Nope, not a clue!" She pointed behind me after I finished. It is pretty far, but that'll only make it better!
"We can do that." I said while hopping on a tree branch.
"Let's go!" I started jumping from branch to branch to get there. I won't lie, I almost fell a couple times. I looked back to see Doll flying through, going under or over any branches in her way. I was starting to get excited as I went faster. I eventually fell and landed on my face, and I wasn't even that far from the tree.
"Looks like I win." Doll smiled as she poked the tree. I feel kinda sorry that Cream and Gem have to walk all that way to catch up, just like yesterday. I was about to speak before we heard twigs snapping. Doll whipped to the source to find a fallen, and broken, branch. It was a big one too, and it definitely didn't break from falling.
"Uh... is something there?" I asked while standing up. Doll shook her head.
"It was probably just-" Doll was suddenly hit with a Seed Bomb! She stumbled a bit before turning around. There was a Chesnaught, it gave off the same vibe as the Drapion and Magnezone from yesterday, but its eyes were weird. The white part was black, but the irises were still bright red like the two from yesterday.
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Doll POV
This is exactly like the last time, a feral Pokémon that's aggressive for no reason. I was about to attack back, but a giant pair of jaws came out of nowhere and threw the Chesnaught into a tree. Stel and Clover stood where the thing was just a second ago. I sighed in relief.
"Stel? What're you doing here?" Rush asked as he walked over. She glanced at the Pokémon trying to get unstuck from the tree.
"I wanted to relax for once, but it seems that will have to wait." She said simply as Clover hid behind her. The Chesnaught freed itself and looked pretty angry.
"Talk later, fight now I guess." I muttered, Stel nodded. The four of us used our own attacks against it. Clover staggered it with a Dark Pulse, which was enough time for us to hit it. Rush went first with Quick Attack, knocking it towards us. I used Sucker Punch, and Stel decked it in the face with Power-Up Punch. It took some damage, but just like the two from yesterday, it regenerated.
"Regeneration? This will be harder then I previously thought." Stel said as we all backed off.
"We dealt with two Pokémon yesterday who could do the same. Unsurprisingly, the way we beat them was killing them." I told her. She hummed and dodged a Mud Shot.
"I'll disorient it with Sandstorm while Clover will drain its energy, giving you two the chance to finish it off." She explained as the Chesnaught was getting ready to attack. We nodded and the two got to work, clouding its vision with Sandstorm and draining it with Giga Drain. Rush ran up and hit it with Metal Claw. I stretched a bit before flying in at full speed and stabbing it with Shadow Claw. Both of our claw attacks stabbed its chest, so I guess we won. It fell and we turned around to see Cream and Gem in the distance.
"Hey! We beat a Chesnaught!" Rush said loudly to the two, and Cream facepalmed.
"It was another super aggressive regenerating guy." I said once they saw it.
"I-It's getting up!" Gem yelled as he pointed to the Chesnaught. We stepped back as it roared loudly.
"It's supposed to be dead! That Drapion didn't get up after Frost stabbed it!" I shouted over the things roaring. The two holes in its chest healed as its form started changing. The armour plate on its back grew and covered most of its body now, giant leaves grew on its arms and its tail sharpened a lot.
"It changed form?!" Stel was just as confused as the rest of us, except she didn't exactly look scared of the thing that just cheated death.
"So, anyone got a plan?" I asked as the Chesnaught growled at us. Clover shivered.
"We're so dead..."