Suijin POV
As the four of us walked through the snow, I felt it speed up and come down harder then before, it's turned into a snowstorm. We were briefly stunned by the shift and we stopped for a second.
"G-Gah! Why?!" Serket yelled as he almost fell over. I covered my face to prevent it from getting colder and I began to notice something. I barely realized it, but there were two gaps in the wind to our left and they were moving behind us. Marshadow turned his body to me.
"Have you noticed?" He asked, to which I nodded. We waited for them to be right behind us, then I turned and shot them with Water Gun.
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Serket POV
I whipped around as I heard a blast of water. Suijin shot a Water Gun at two figures. Looking closer, they were Cacturne.
"W-What was that?!" Cream shouted, startled by the attack.
"We have a couple of stalkers." Marshadow stated, staring them down. The Cacturne on the left wore a white scarf, a bag slung over their shoulder, and a weapon holster, they held a dagger in their hands as well. The one on the right had a bunch of scars and wore a red scarf.
"T-That was way t-too cold!" The white scarfed one yelled in a feminine voice.
"Y-Ya got that r-right Cacts..." The more masculine voice came from the red scarfed Cacturne.
"Why were you following us?" The shadow mon himself asked the two walking cacti.
"What d-d'you care?" Red scarf answered the question with a question, scowling while doing so.
"S-Stay focused Cracts." White scarf said. So red scarf's name is Cracts... and white scarf is Cacts... I can see why they're a team. Cracts nodded at her words and took a step forward, to which we all got ready to fight. He came at us with Poison Jab, so I got out of the way as Cream helped Suijin. Marshadow blocked the hit and retaliated with Ice Punch, causing Cracts' midsection to be frozen almost instantly.
"H-Huh?!" He grunted and Giga Impacted Marshadow, breaking the ice and sending him soaring. I flew up and caught him, but the snowstorm forced us back to the ground as soon as I grabbed him. We crashed into the snow covered sand, and when I looked up, I saw Marshadow's arm bent the complete wrong way.
"H-Holy shit!" I screamed, though Marshadow didn't look like he noticed.
"The Cacturne is gone..." He muttered. I gestured to his arm, to which he reset it with a loud crack, making me shiver a bit more.
"And it seems he does not hold back..." He muttered again, then pushed me aside as an Energy Ball flew through where I was before.
"W-Wha-" Before I could even finish the first word, more Energy Balls were flung our way. I dodged, but got hit by a few, which hurt a lot.
"T-That's it!" I yelled before flying towards where the attacks came from, staying close to the ground so the snow doesn't build up on top of me. I was almost right in front of Cracts when he tried to use Poison Jab, so I thought quickly and bit down on his fist with Fire Fang. He began bashing against my skull with Power-Up Punch, but I held on just long enough for the poison to take effect before letting go and backing off.
"Y-Ya took all t-that damage for a b-burn..." He mumbled with pity in his voice. I chuckled as my wounds slowly healed.
"N-Not exactly." I said with him realizing what happened. I pointed behind him.
"By the w-way..." I started, Marshadow coming up behind him.
"You should not have taken your eyes off of me." He finished, throwing a Fire Punch... but was stopped as we heard a scream.
"M-Marshadow!"
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Cacts POV
While Cracts deals with the two, tougher opponents, I had the blind and soft ones. I approached them and held the dagger tightly. The soft one pulled the other back before she used Dazzling Gleam, which I tried to dodge, but I wasn't fast enough. I grunted in pain as I almost dropped my weapon, my only weapon...
"Cmon, let's train together." I shook my head and clenched my fists, feeling as if the knives' handle would snap. I got back on my feet and walked towards them again, carefully this time. Magical Leaves were thrown at me, so I dodged to the side and ran towards them, but the leaves came back and hit me from behind.
"Why don' ya start with Magical Leaf? It never misses ya know." The blind one was directed to where I was and blasted me back with Hydro Pump. The frostbite was so intense, I began feeling as if I was burning alive.
"Didn't spect it to hurt that much, but that jus' means ya strong." I got a headache. Gripping my head, I remembered it again.
"N-Not now..!" I whispered to myself, but it didn't do a thing.
"Cmon, use somethin' stronger." The water already froze, and it hurt just to move.
"Focus Punch is good. Don' worry, I'm tougher then I look." I felt cold and tired... my vision... I'm blacking out.
"G-Gah!" I felt like I was back there. He was imbedded in the wall... hacking up blood... my hands were covered in his blood when I tried to help... he almost died... it was my fault...
"It wasn't your fault." It was my fault...
"It wasn't your fault."
"It w-was my fault!" I yelled as I stabbed my own arm, causing my eyes to shoot open as tears fell. The soft one was shocked at what I was doing, but I didn't care. I got up and ran at them, dodging everything they threw at me. The soft one tried to back up, but I quickly grabbed her arm. The blind one went to attack, so I sidestepped and kicked him down. I stepped on his chest, putting my full weight on him as I held the dagger up to the soft one's throat. She squirmed and screamed as the blind one began beating on my leg.
"M-Marshadow!"