Doll POV
The three of us had a stare down with the Bewear. It eventually leapt towards Cream with a Hammer Arm ready, but I was faster. I flew over and grabbed Cream, taking her out of its range while Rush landed a High Jump Kick, pushing it back. I put Cream down behind Rush.
"You okay?" I asked, earning a nod. We looked back to see Rush counter a Focus Blast with his own. Me and Cream walked forward to help him.
"Should we take care of this quickly?" I asked.
"Yeah, that would be best." He responded before firing another Focus Blast with Cream and I following up with Energy Ball and Thunder. The Bewear didn't dodge, it instead ran into the attacks, meaning all three hit directly. Dust was blown up, not letting us see what happened to it.
"Did it go dow-" I wasn't able to finish my sentence as, all of a sudden, I felt as if I'd been burnt and battered, to put it simply, it hurt like hell.
"What happened?!" Rush yelled, just as confused as me, but then I realized.
"T-That bastard... it u-used Pain Split..." I spoke before I couldn't hold myself up any longer and fell to the ground.
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Rush POV
I looked back to see the Bewear walk through the dust before stopping and locking eye contact with me.
"Cream, take Doll and hide, I'll take care of this thing." I said without breaking eye contact with it, hearing a hesitant 'alright' from behind me. After a few more seconds, the Bewear shifted its stance, its left foot forward with its body facing its right, its left arm extended with the other behind its back.
"What..?" I was really confused, I thought these things were mostly mindless. Before I could think about it anymore, it beckoned me over, kinda like it was challenging me. I almost wanted to smile when I saw this, but this thing will definitely kill me, so I'll have to be ready for anything.
"You want a challenge? Fine, but how about we make a rule? Neither of us can us our moves." I said, getting a nod in response.
"I can't believe that worked! Hopefully now it'll be easier to beat." I smiled as I also got in a fighting stance. I put my right foot forward and bent down slightly, one of my fists in front of my chest, just below my chin, while the other was higher, in front of the bottom half of my cheek. We stood still for almost a minute before I decided to make the first move, running towards the Bewear with my body hunched over. It quickly extended its arm to try and hit my face, but I let myself fall to the left before slamming my left foot down to save myself and shoot my arm up to hit it in the stomach, causing it to lean forward a bit before taking its right hand and uppercutting me. I landed and quickly got back up.
"Never mind, this won't be any easier, but now it can't use Pain Split, so that's a plus." I thought to myself as we stared at each other. This time, it was the Bewear who attacked first, zooming right at me and nearly taking me to the ground with its right arm extended in the same direction. I ducked under and tried to sweep its legs out from under it, but I was stopped when it grabbed onto my face and slammed my head into the ground. I struggled to get out of its grip, but instead of letting go, the more I struggled, the harder it's grip became. I eventually felt like my head was gonna pop, and tried using Mega Kick, it looks like it did some damage, but its hold didn't loosen even a bit.
"L-Let... go." I managed to choke out, a feeling welling up in my leg. I kicked with everything I had left, resulting in the Bewear being thrown backwards, letting me get up and catch my breath.
"W-What?" I asked myself in confusion.
"Was that..?" I couldn't question it anymore as the Bewear jumped in front of me and tried to attack, but I punched it in the gut without properly realizing that I did. It leaned forward in pain, then I noticed a bright blue glow around my fist.
"It is!" I shouted before taking my fist back and uppercutting the Pokémon with my newly unlocked Aura.
"Yeah! How do you like me now?!" I yelled as both my fists gained a large amount of Aura. The Bewear attacks me with Hammer Arm, but I grab its arm before it reaches me and deck it in the face. Since it was stunned by my attack, I decide to let go of its arm and start wailing on it, blasting my fists at it again and again. When it's over, the Bewear falls on its back and stops moving completely. I stumbled back and fell on my butt. I sighed, but my hands started hurting like hell.
"Agh! D-Damn that hurts!" I looked down to see my hands covered in small burns and bruises.
"L-Looks like you overdid it, idiot." I turned to see Doll being helped up by Cream.
"Yeah, I guess..." I muttered. Doll sat against some bricks while Cream healed me.
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??? POV
"That Riolu unlocked his Aura this early? Interesting." I thought aloud to myself.
"Hey M, remember what Frosbitch said a few hours ago?" Lurantis walked into the room with an annoyed expression.
"Would it kill you to say my full name?" I asked, to which she shook her head.
"Nope, it bugs you. Anyway, Frosbitch meant what she said about the icicle up your ass, so here." She spoke before placing a large icicle on the table against the wall.
"Where is she?" I asked, trying to ignore the fact that the icicle was dampening my papers. She shrugged.
"I don't know, go look for her." Then she walked out. I sighed and walked out as well.
"I swear..."