Violet Iron & Scarlet Beast The Abyss Riders

by Terraspace81

To free a world from their doom future, a man will ride out of the Abyss with Pokemon following him. Now let's see how he handles all manner of madness, from fighting mad men set on destroying the world, to a man and woman falling out of the sky landing right on top of him.

12. Chapter 12

Hello everyone, sorry for the wait, Fire Emblem took longer than I thought. And this chapter took some time too, and I've been having some really hard time lately. Plus things have changed at work so I've had to handle that as well.

Also The winner of the vote for the Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves crossover is Fire Emblem Awakening of Galarain Trainers, and it will be a while before that crossover is out, the reason is that it takes place after the the story is over, so I have to finish it first.

But here's a small summary of it, that doesn't hopefully spoil too much. Thieves and their Pokemon have stolen a dangerous relic, and the cloak figure sends a team made from the Children of the Shepherds to catch the thieves and retrieve the relic for him before something far worse than a Red Wizard can get its hands on it.

Now let's start Chapter 12.

Chapter 12

Ride Off With Teal Masquerade

After who knows how long, Luke woke up from his coma, with Mieu the only one in the room. "I guess he was finally done with me." Luke said to himself, as he sat up. "Master." Mieu said, as she hopped onto Luke's bed. "Mieu." Luke said, looking at Mieu.

But while looking at Mieu, he noticed something out the window, and walked towards it. Once he got to the window, he noticed Tear, Charcadet, and Liran outside and in a field of glowing white flowers. Like looked at them for a bit, before a thought crossed his mind. "Oh, yeah! St. Binah's in danger!" Luke said, as he left the room and walked towards them.

Hearing the footsteps, Tear, Charcadet, and Liran turned to see Luke walking towards them, with Mieu behind him, a worried look on Luke's face. "Luke… You're awake." Tear said to Luke.

"Is this a flower garden?" Luke asked Tear. "They're selenias. They only flowers that grow in the Qliphoth. They bloom at night. The Outer Lands cover the sky, so hardly any sunlight gets through." Tear said to Luke, as she walked past him.

"Anyway, you looked like you were worried about something." Tear said to Luke, as she turned to him, and put her hands on her hips. "Where's Diaz? We have to go back to the Outer Lands!" Luke said to Tear.

"Diaz is in the armory tinkering with something. But you'll be able to go back at some point. For now…" Tear said to Luek, but was interrupted by Luke grabbing her shoulder. "No, we have to go back now! Asch said St. Binah's gonna fall!" Luke said to Tear.

"But… you've been asleep this whole time." Tear said to Luke. "I could hear! He and I are connected!" Luke said to Tear. "Sounds like a pain." A male voice said to Luke, making everyone turn to see Diaz walking up to everyone, with Miles dragging a large bag in his mouth.

"Diaz, thank goodness." Luke said, as he let go of Tear and ran up to hug Diaz, surprising Diaz a little. "Whoa! What happened to you? Since when do you hug anyone?" Diaz asked Luke, making Luke break the hug.

"Sorry, I'm just glad to see you and that you stayed. We have to get back to the Outer Land, St. Binah is in danger of falling." Luke said to Diaz. "How do you know that?" Diaz asked Luke. "Because I heard Luke say that when our minds were connected." Luke said to Diaz.

"Even if that's true, how do you plan to prevent St. Binah from falling?" Tear asked them. "W-well…" Luke said to Tear, looking at his waist.

"You don't understand a thing. You base all your actions on what others say and never try to understand things for yourself. That's no different than how you acted at Akzeriuth." Tear said to Luke.

"Heh heh. You're right. "Master Van said so." "Asch said so." That's all I ever say. It's no wonder everyone got sick of me and left me behind." Asch said to everyone, surprising everyone a little.

"You knew? That they went back to the Outer Lands." Tear said to Luke. "I told you, Asch and I are connected. I saw it through him. I really am his replica." Luke said to tear, as he looked at his hand. "Luke." Tear said to Luke, feeling a little confused and bad.

"Up till now, all I ever paid attention to was myself. And I'm not even sure I saw myself clearly." Luke said to everyone. "Yeah." Tear said to Luke. (You are kind of a brat.) Charcadet said to Luke.

"I want to change. I HAVE to change." Luke said to everyone, putting a hand on the front of his waist. "If you really mean that, then perhaps you can. But even if you change, that won't bring back Akzeriuth. And it won't erase the fact that thousands died. With the weight of all that on your shoulders, how do you plan to change?" Tear asked Luke.

"I might sound like I'm not thinking for myself and it's pathetic. But I want to live by the example Diaz sets. I can't bring back those who lost their lives in Akzeriuth, but I can start trying to save lives to make up for what I've done. So I'm going to start with that. And I'm serious, I want to do this, and figure out who I am along the way." Luke said to Tear.

"Big talk, but can you really do all that you say?" Tear asked Luke, as she turned from him. "Tear, you carry knives on you, right?" Luke asked Tear. "Yes, why?" Tear asked Luke. "Let me borrow one for a minute." Luke asked Tear, holding out a hand.

Tear was confused a little, but gave him a knife. Luke then looked at the knife for a couple seconds, before grabbing his air and cutting the back of his long hair off. "Luke." Tear said in surprise as Luke finished cutting his hair, making his hair short and spiky.

"With this, I say good to who I've been." Luke said to everyone, as he let his hair go. "Can't say I'll miss him, but I do like the new look Luke." Diaz said to Luke, rudding Luke's head. "Thanks Diaz." Luke said to Diaz, giving him a smile, before looking at Tear with a serious look.

"Tear, I want you to watch me from here on out… and then make up your mind. I may not do a good job right away. I may make mistakes. But I'm going to change." Luke said to Tear. "All right. I'll be watching you" Tear said to Luke. "Please." Luke said to Tear.

"I will. But don't ever take it for granted. I can give up on you at any time." Tear said to Luke. "Anyway, right now, if St. Binah is really going to fall, we have to find a way to stop it." Tear said to everyone.

"Right. But what should we do?" Luke asked everyone. "Let's ask the mayor, my grandfather. He should be in the meeting room." Tear said to Luke. "Okay. Let's go." Luke said to everyone.

"Before that, I have something for you all." Diaz said to everyone, as he started to dig into the bag he brought with him. First Diaz pulled out a sword and held it towards Luke. "Here's a new sword for you." Diaz said to Luke.

But Luke pushed the sword away. "No thanks Diaz, I won't need it." Luke said to Diaz, surprising everyone a bit. "Are you sure?" Tear and Diaz asked Luke at the same time.

"Yes. Trust me." Luke said to everyone. "Fine, but I'm keeping this for later." Diaz said to Luke, as he put the sword in his back, and dug threw the bag again.

This time Diaz pulled out some armor. "Charcadet, this is for you. I figured it's time for you to get an upgrade." Daiz said to Charcadet. (Some Auspicious Armor, don't mind if I do!) Charcadet said to Diaz, as he hopped into the arm, making it glow light blue.

When the light faded they saw Charcadet was a 5 foot red human like creature, with his legs and arms becoming bigger and longer, his ponytail flame become bigger, and he had a small yellow spike behind his eyes, his chest was now covered in golden armor with a red mack across his chest, and on his shoulder was massive gold shoulder pads that looked like they were from the same pot with both top and bottom having a half circle lid.

(Now we're talking!) Charcadet said to everyone, looking at his new body. "Looking good, Armarouge." Diaz said to Charcadet, now Armarouge. "Armarouge?" Tear asked Diaz. "Here." Diaz said, as he pulled out his Rotom phone.

Name/Armarouge

Classification/Fire Warrior Pokemon

Type/Fire Psychic

Text/This Pokemon clads itself in armor that has been fortified by psychic and fire energy, and it shoots blazing fireballs.

"Ramon." Luke said to everyone, getting their attention, as Diaz put his Rotom phone away. "What?" Tear asked Luke.

"Armarouge's name. I figured it's about time I finally gave my partner a name." Luke said to everyone. "So Armarouge, what do you think of Ramon as a name?" Luke asked Armarouge.

(Ramon. Not good, but not bad. It could have been worse if you were still your old self, so I'll take it.) Armarouge, now Ramon said to Luke. "He said he's okay with it." Mieu said to Luke.

"Great now for this." Diaz said to everyone, as he pulled out the last thing in the bag. These were a couple of Pokeballs that looked like it was made out of steel and copper.

"While you were out cold, I made these Pokeballs. Apparently while in my Iron forms, tech is easier for me to figure out, and I made these to help with transporting everyone else Pokemon." Diaz said to everyone, as he tossed Luke and Tear the Pokeballs.

"Are you sure these things will work?" Luke asked Diaz, looking at the Pokeball in his hands. "No idea, this will be the first test." Diaz said to Luke. "Okay. Sorry about this Ramon." Luke said to Diaz and Ramon, as he turned to Almon.

(Wait, don't I get a say in…) Ramon said, but was interrupted by Luke throwing the Pokeball at him, making him glow violet, and sucking him in. The Pokeball shook for a little, before letting out a small surge of electricity, meaning he was caught.

"Did it work?" Luke asked Diaz. "Let's find out?" Diaz said, as he picked up the Pokeball, and opened it, letting out a bolt of violet energy, the violet energy turned into Ramon. (Okay, I'm okay, but that felt weird.) Ramon said to everyone.

"He said, he's okay, but it felt weird." Mieu said to everyone. "I'll take that. Let's put the Pokemon away, and go see Teodoro." Diaz said to everyone.

Everyone nodded, and while Tear caught Liran, Diaz and Luke returned Miles and Ramon to their Pokeballs, and after putting their Pokeballs away, with Luke and Tear's Pokeballs on their back hip they all headed towards the meeting room.

A few minutes later, they reached the meeting room, and walked into it, finding Teodoro at the head of the meeting table. "Oh, Tear, it's you. I see you have Diaz with you. And this must be…" Teodoro said, as he noticed everyone walking to him. "Ah… p-pleased to meet you. I'm Luke." Luke said to Teodoro. "I'm Mieu!" Mieu said to Teodoro.

"You, stay quiet." Luke said to Mieu. "Luke, if you want to change, being nicer to Mieu would be a good start." Diaz said to Luke. "Right." Luke said to Diaz. "Sorry Mieu." Luke said to Mieu.

"And I… uh… I apologize for… for what happened at Akzeriuth." Luke said to Teodoro. "Ah, you're the Luke replica. I see. You really do look the same." Teodoro said to Luke, making Luke look down, with a sad look on his face.

"Grandfather!" Tear said to Teodoro, sounding mad with him. "Oh, I'm sorry. There's no need for you to apologize to us for Akzeriuth, however." Teodoro said to Luke, surprising Luke and Diaz. "Wh-what do you mean?" Luke asked Teodoro.

"The fall of Akzeriuth is written in Yulia's Score. It occurred because it was meant to." Teodoro said to everyone, surprising everyone. "What are you saying?! I've never heard that! That makes it the same as Hod!" Tear said to Teodoro.

"It's part of the Close Score. Only those of Maestro rank or higher know of it." Teodoro said to everyone. "If you knew about it through the Score, why didn't you try to stop it?" Teodoro to Tear. "So he was right, you know about all of this and chose to ignore it." Luke said to Teodoro.

"Luke, I don't know who told you that we ignored it. We chose to follow it, in order for everyone to live a calming life. That is the way of the Order of Lorelei." Teodoro said to Luke. "Or is it for your people to control us? To lead us down, what you think is right?" Luke asked Teodoro.

"How dare you. We do what we do for the betterment of all. It's why we read the Score on everyone's birthday each year? To learn of the next year and accept the possibilities it holds." Teodoro said to Luke.

"Then why didn't you inform the world about Akzeriuth's destruction?" Tear asked Teodoro. "Yeah! If you'd let everyone know, people wouldn't have had to die." Luke said to Teodoro.

"That's the problem. When faced with a Score of death, people become unable to live peacefully." Teodoro said to everyone. "Of course… sir. Nobody wants to die!" Luke said to Teodoro. "That's not acceptable. Yulia read prosperity for Auldrant in the Score." Teodoro said to Luke.

And that's when Diaz had it. Diaz grabbed Teodoro by the arm, and forced him out of his chair. Then Diaz put Teodoro's arm behind his back with a tight grip, and put his other hand on the back of Teodoro's head.

Diaz then moved at a high speed, and forced Teodoro into the glass window of the room, very hard, breaking the window after he pulled Teodoro head and slammed it hard into the glass.

"FORGET THE STUPID SCORE! LOOK OUT THERE! OVER A THOUSANDS INNOCENT PEOPLE DIED OUT THERE. AND JUST BECAUSE YOUR WORTHLESS ROCK SAID THEY HAD TO DIED FOR YOUR BENEFIT! IF NOT FOR THE FACT THAT I DON'T KILL, I WOULD THROW YOU OUT THIS WINDOW AND LET YOU SINK IN THE MUCK, LIKE YOU DID FOR ALL THE PEOPLE OF AKZERIUTH!

"You don't understand. If we don't move history down that path, we'll lose the prosperity we are promised." Teodoro said to Diaz, only earning another face slam into the window from Diaz.

"DO YOU THINK THAT WILL MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER! THEY HAD LIVES, FAMILY, FRIENDS! THEY WERE HUMANS BEING, NOT PAWNS FOR SCUM LIKE YOU PEOPLE!" Diaz said to Teodoro, putting more pressure onto Teodoro's head, causing more of the glass to crack.

"Tear you have to stop him. We are the watchers who guide the Outer Lands to prosperity based on Yulia's Score. You know this." Teodoro said to Tear, the sound of bagging in his voice.

"He won't kill you, you'll be fine." Tear said to Teodoro, not in any rush to help him. "And while we're talking about the sins of the Score, what other disaster are you people planning?" Diaz asked Teodoro, pulling Teodoro's face off the glass.

"The next thing is a war between Malkuth and Kimlasca. That's what's written in the Score." Teodoro said to Diaz.

"And that's why Grand Maestro Mohs held Fon Master Ion and tried to cause a war?" Tear asked Teodoro. "Master Van knew about the Score when he took me to Akzeriuth?" Luke asked Teodoro. "That's correct." Teodoro said to Luke.

"You told me neither Malkuth nor Kimlasca listened when you warned them about Hod! Was that a lie?!" Tear asked Teodoro. Teodoro said nothing. "TALK!" Diaz said to Teodoro, bending Teodoro's arm even more, causing more pain.

"I'm sorry. You were young. I didn't want to tell you the truth. But Van knows the truth." Teodoro said to Tear. "Then my brother IS planning to take revenge on the world. He said that a world shackled to the Score is better off destroyed!" Tear said to Teodoro.

"Tear, you're mistaken in thinking that Van is trying to destroy the world. It's true that there was a time when Van hated the Score after what happened to Hod. but now, he's doing an admirable job as an observer." Teodoro said to Tear.

But that's when Diaz slammed Teodoro's face into the window, breaking the glass, giving Teodoro a few cuts, while sticking Teodoro's head outside. "HOW IS WORKING FOR THIS NIGHTMARE ANY KIND OF ADMIRABLE!" Diaz said to Teodoro, as he forced Teodoro to look at the empty and dead world that's around them.

"Yeah! Letting everyone in Akzeriuth die was admirable?! You're crazy! There's something wrong with all of you!" Luke said to Teodoro.

"Not at all. At the end of the Sixth Fonstone, Yulia's Score read thus: "The land of Rugnica will be enveloped in war, and Malkuth shall lose territory. Kimlasca-Lanvlader shall thrive, and this shall lead to unprecedented prosperity." We have watched all this time, in order to bring that unprecedented prosperity to the Outer Lands." Teodoro said to everyone.

That's when Daiz bought him inside, and then tossed Teodoro to the floor. "There will be no such thing as unprecedented prosperity when it comes from the lives of millions. What will happen if scum like you will benefit from all the pain you cause, while everyone you used will suffer or be full of rage. Plus a war is something you can't predict, anything can happen." Daiz said to Teodoro.

"He's right. Van is trying to cause St. Binah to fall!" Tear said to Teodoro. "The battle will take place around it. St. Binah will not fall. It is not written in the Score." Teodoro said to Tear.

"What proof do you have? I know it might be strange, but in the world we have people that actually use their brains to learn the truth and not a rock." Diaz said to Teodoro.

"If you three are that worried, take the Yulia Road to the Outer Lands. See for yourself that your concern is groundless." Teodoro said to everyone. "And when we prove to you that St Binah is falling, and that your Score is wrong, we'll be back." Diaz said to Teodoro, before he led everyone out of the room, slamming the door on their way out.

"Now which way is this Yulia road?" Diaz asked everyone. "Before we go there. There's something I want to get from my room. Okay?" Tear asked everyone. "S-Sure. Where's your room, Tear?" Luke asked Tear.

"It's the room you were sleeping in. That's my room." Tear said to Luke, making Luke realize he was in her bed, and blushed a little. "Master? Is something wrong?" Mieu asked Luke. "N-no! L-let's go!" Luke said to everyone, confusing the Tear and Mieu, but Diaz knew what thought crossed his mind, and gave Luke a disappointing look.

A couple minutes later, everyone was back in Tear's room with everyone by the window, while Tear looked around. "Van hated the Score. He was always talking about it, here in this room. He'd stand about where you two are now and say he could never forgive a world that let Hod die." Tear said to everyone.

"Why does he care so much about Hod?" Luke asked Tear, making Tear turn to everyone.

"The Isle of Hod was Malkuth land, destroyed in the Hod War 16 years ago. It was our home. Hod fell into the Qliphoth just like Akzeriuth. Van and my mother, who was pregnant with me, fell into the Qliphoth. Van probably used a fonic hymn. Something happened before I went to the Outer Lands. Van returned to this city, something he didn't do very often." Tear said to everyone, putting her hands over her chest, and remembered something she overheard.

"Asch seems to suspect something." Legretta said to Van, as they stood in the flowers. "Asch is still a bit… dainty. He'll cause trouble if he learns that the people of the Outer Lands will be annihilated." Van said to Legretta, not looking at Legretta. "Shall we have Sync keep tabs on him?" Legretta asked Van. "Yes." Van said to Legretta.

"I thought my brother was planning something terrible. At least, that many people were going to die. I couldn't allow that to happen, even if Hod had been left to die because of the Score. I swore I'd stop him, even if it meant killing both of us." Tear said to everyone.

"Tear!" Luke said to Tear, sounding worried. "But it looks like I failed. I couldn't save Akzeriuth." Tear said to everyone. "That's because I…" Luke said to Tear, but was interrupted by Tear. "I can't blame it all on you. I took an assignment in the Outer Lands in order to stop Van." Tear said to Van.

"You're strong." Luke said to Tear. "Am I? I wonder?" Tear asked Luke. "Too strong. But… I thanks for telling me about all this. I think maybe I understand you a little better now." Luke said to Tear. "That's the first time you've ever thanked me for anything." Tear said to Luke. "R-really?" Luke asked Tear, rubbing the back of his head.

"I'm so happy you two are growing close to each other!" Mieu said to Luke and Tear. "If you two are done flirting, we should get going." Daiz said to everyone. "I-it's not like that. By the way, what did you come here to get?" Luke said to Diaz and asked Tear.

"A book of fonology. I thought you would need it." Tear asked Luke. "Why?" Luke asked Tear. "A hyperresonance is caused by Seventh Fonons. I think this will help you learn to control them." Tear said to Luke. "Oh. Thanks." Luke said to Tear, as Tear gave him the book, and they started to move to Yulia Road.

Soon they found themselves in a large circle room at the heart of the city, with many light blue circles in the middle with wavy lines connecting them.

"This path connects to the Aramis Spring on the Padamiyan continent. Be careful, this trip is a little strange for the first time." Tear said to everyone.

"Okay." Luke said to everyone. "I'm scared." Mieu said to everyone. "I'm sure we'll be fine." Diaz said to Mieu. "Here we go." Tear said to everyone, as she activated the magic circles, causing them to warp.

A second later, they all appeared in a glowing spring in the middle of a mountain range. "Mieuuuuu?!" Mieu said, as everyone but Tear was shocked that they were dry while in the middle of water.

"Whoa! It dumped us out into the water!" Luke said to everyone. "It's all right. You won't get wet." Tear said to Luke, as they got out of the water. "How come?" Luke asked Tear. "Apparently, the force from the Sephiroth spout pushes the water aside." Tear said to Luke.

"Those Sephiroth things sure are strong if they can lift the whole land into the sky. And I destroyed one of them." Luke said to everyone. "Stranding around depressed isn't going to help anything." Tear said to Luke.

"You're right. I came back here to do what I can. Man, I'm hopeless." Luke said to everyone. "Maybe but we can change that. And while we can't change what happened to Akzeriuth, we can change St Binah's fate. So let's focus on the task at hand and get moving." Diaz said to Luke, as they started to move through the mountains.

While walking through a path that was inside a somewhat hollow mountain, when a voice stopped them. "It's about time you showed up, Luke." A voice said to Luke, making everyone look up the path ahead to see Guy and Lokej sitting on the path.

"Hey, you cut your hair. Nice, clean-cut… Looks good." Guy said to Luke, as he and Lokej stood up.

'It's just like I saw when I was connected with Asch! Guy waited for me…' Luke thought, as Guy and Lokej walked to everyone.

"Guy!" Luke said to Guy, before going quiet in nervousness. "Huh? What is it?" Guy asked Luke. "I… I'm not Luke." Luke said to Guy. "Jeez, I don't need you talking like Asch, too." Guy said to Luke. "but… I'm a replica." Luke said to Guy.

"So? That guy doesn't like to be called Luke, anyway. I say take it." Guy said to Luke. "Take it? Heh heh, you haven't changed a bit." Luke said to Guy.

"You sure have, though. You don't have to put yourself down so much." Guy said to Luke. "Yeah, you're not someone's shadow, you're your own person. So forget being a copy, and be your own man." Diaz said to Luke, patting Luke in the back.

"He's got a point. Who cares about names at this point? You could at least look happy to see me, after I went to the trouble of waiting here for you." Guy said to Luke. "You're both right. Thanks." Luke said to Guy and Diaz, surprising Guy a lot.

"Luke said thanks?" Guy asked everyone. "Yes, your ears are not playing tricks on you." Diaz said to Guy. "He says he's going to change." Tear said to Guy, as she walked forward, and made Guy jump back in fear.

"Looks like you never do." Tear said to everyone. "If we're done with this reunion, we should get going. Oh, and Guy this is for you." Diaz said to everyone, giving Guy a Pokeball.

"You have more of those?" Luke asked Diaz. "I got a whole bunch. We should be good for a while. Here are a couple more just in case." Daiz said to Luke, as he pulled out more Pokeballs and gave them to everyone.

Meanwhile Guy was looking at the Pokeball. "What is this?" Guy asked Diaz. "It's a Pokeball, one I made to be exact, it helps with transporting Pokemon." Diaz said to Guy. "Oh. thanks." Guy said to Diaz, before catching Lokej.

They then got back walking through the mountain, and while walking a few questions entered Luke's mind. "Why did you wait for me?" Luke asked Guy. "We're friends, right? Oh, wait, I'm your servant. Sorry." Guy said to Luke.

"I'm a replica. I'm not your master." Luke said to Guy. "It's not like I was acting friendly towards you just because you were my master." Guy said to Luke. "What?" Luke asked Guy.

"You're you, and Asch is Asch. Replica or whatever, you're real to me. Do you remember? It was after the kidnapping, so I guess it was right after you were born." Guy said to Luke.

"What? Did something happen?" Luke asked Guy. "I asked you if it was hard not having your memory. You said, "You can't go forward if you keep looking back". So you didn't need a past. That's what you told me." Guy said to Luke.

"Hah hah… Man, I was stupid. I didn't "not need" one- I didn't have one." Luke said to Guy. "Actually, I thought it was pretty insightful." Guy said to Luke.

They for a bit, before Guy walked to Luke again. "All this must have been hard on you." Guy said to Luke. "I'm in no position to talk. Everybody died because of me." Luke said to Guy. "Part of that's my fault, though." Guy said to Luke.

"You didn't have anything to do with it." Luke said to Guy. "I'm partly responsible for raising you from a blank slate to a selfish, spoiled kid." Guy said to Luke, confusing Luke a little.

"From the start, when you didn't remember how to walk- Or didn't know, I guess- I was the one who looked after you. I've really learned my lesson." Guy said to Luke.

"Yes, when you finally have a kid you'll know how to not make them into an old Luke." Diaz said to Guy, making everyone, even Luke, giggle a little.

"So Luke, out of curiosity what's your plan for making up?" Daiz asked Luke, after walking a little bit. "I have an idea but I don't want to tell you yet." Luke said to everyone. "If your idea is to just apologize. This is not something you can just apologize for." Tear said to Luke.

"Yeah. Apologizing is important, but it can be hard on the one you apologize to." Guy said to Luke. "Why?" Luke asked Guy.

"The greater the loss, the more people need someone to hate for it, you know? You might feel better, but the ones you apologize to can't just say, "Okay! No problem"!" Guy said to Luke.

"Perhaps you should spend your life bearing that responsibility, never forgetting… No, that's too vague." Tear said to everyone. "Maybe I should never be happy?" Luke asked everyone.

"Now, I know that's not right." Guy said to Luke. "Yeah, you shouldn't forget this. But you shouldn't stop living a life, that's no way to honor them." Diaz said to Luke. "Are you sure? I mean, I wasn't even supposed to be born, and then I destroyed Akzeriuth." Luke said to Guy and Diaz.

"Okay, stop, stop, no more of that. Hearing you talk like that is just annoying." Guy said to Tear. "Guy! Luke's thinking seriously about the issue." Tear said to Guy. "Just help people. Use the rest of your life to make everyone in the world happy." Guy said to Luke.

"I was thinking of a way to do this." Luke said to Guy. "I can't wait to see. But don't forget that you need to put in some effort." Guy said to Luke. "I plan to do my best." Luke said to Guy.

A little bit later, they reached the exit of the mountain, and were met with Jade, Zaid, and their Pokemon rushing towards the mountain. 'Whoa!" Luke said, as they ran up to them.

"Jade?!" Guy asked Jade. "Zaid, what are you all doing here?" Diaz asked Zaid. "Trouble." Zaid said to Diaz. "Colonel, what are you all doing here? And what does Zaid mean by trouble?" Tear asked Jade.

"I have a favor to ask of Guy. He said he'd wait for Luke here, so we came looking for him." Jade said to Tear. "Me?" Guy asked Jade. "Mohs has captured Ion and Natalia." Jade said to Guy.

"What?!" Luke asked Jade. "Oh, Luke, I see Diaz brought you with him." Jade said to Luke. "You got a problem with that?" Luke asked Jade. "Not especially. Anyway, if we don't rescue them, there's going to be trouble." Jade said to Luke.

"First explain how. You had Zaid with you, how could Mohs get his hands on them?" Diaz asked Jade. "After Asch gone. Mohs attack, new power. Shiny warriors. Hot Rod-Mon. Distracted us and stole friends." Zaid said to Diaz.

"Translation?" Guy asked Jade. "After Asch and Carlo choice to ditch us, Mohs attack, and his forces had this power that give them come kind of Crystal armor, that they called Yulia's Blessing, and a Volcano Rob-Mon that set everything on fire, and while trying not to get burned, they grabbed Ion and Natalia and took them away before we could react." Jade said to Guy.

"But why come for Guy, aren't you a Colonel? Can't you just rally an army?" Diaz asked Jade. "There aren't any Malkuth forces nearby, so I thought I'd ask for Guy's help." Jade said to Daiz. "I have to ask, why do you mean by "trouble"?" Guy asked Jade.

"With the disappearance of Akzeriuth, Kimlasca has begun making preparations for war. They probably intend to use Natalia's death as justification." Jade said to tear. "That's right… The people of the Outer Lands don't know why Akzeriuth disappeared." Tear said to Jade.

"And Mohs' order knows that for a prosperous future, war has to rage, and both Ion and Natalia could get in the way of that." Diaz said to everyone.

"Okay, Luke. We're going to rescue them. There's no way we're letting a war happen. Right?" Guy asked Luke. "Yeah." Luke said to Guy. "In case you were unaware, Daath is southeast of here. I hope you won't get too lost or slow us down too much." Jade said to Luke.

"Luke, it's not easy to regain trust once you've lost it." Tear said to Luke. "I know. But I think we should make a side stop first." Luke said to Tear. "And where is this side stop?" Jade asked Luke.

"Well, if we're going to save our friends from Mohs. It would help if we have a Pokemon that we could ride and use to escape in a hurry, kinda like Miles and Selim." Luke said to Jade.

"That's… not a bad idea." Diaz said to everyone, as everyone gave Luke a surprised look. "No it's not really that bad of an idea. But where would we find Pokemon like that?" Jade asked everyone.

"Are there any plans like areas between here and Daath? Pokemon like Miles call those kinds of lands home?" Diaz asked everyone. "There is one place. It's a little out of the way, but it wouldn't be a problem." Tear said to Diaz. "Perfect, let's go." Diaz said to everyone, as they started to move.

Later they found a wide open area. "Perfect. We should find some Pokemon we can use as mounts around here somewhere. Come on, let's see who's here?" Diaz said to everyone, as he led everyone around the area.

But while walking around, Luke noticed a faint green glow, and separated from the group to instigate it, with only Mieu following him, while everyone else kept moving along.

Trying to find the source of the glow for a while, Luke eventually found himself standing before a Cyclizar that looked like their body was covered in a green crystal coat, and on their head was a few crystal flowers with the largest one being a sunflower, two red flowers on the back, and a blue feather on the front.

"A Cyclizar. Perfect." Luke said, getting the Cyclizar's attention. (And who are you?) Cyclizar asked, with an energetic female voice. "She asked who you are?" Mieu said to Luke. "Hello. I'm Luke. I was wondering if you would like to join me in saving some friends." Luke said to Cyclizar.

Cyclizar then started to run at a fast pace, running around Luke, giving Luke a quick once over. (While helping your friends would be the right thing to do, I should go it alone. You seem kinda slow.) Cyclizar said to Luke.

"She said you're kinda slow." Mieu said to Luke. "Please, we could really use your help. I'll do my best to try and keep up with you." Luke said to Cyclizar. (You see my head? My Tera Type is special. If you want me to listen to you, then prove yourself in battle.) Cyclizar said, as she got into a fighting stance.

"She wants to fight you if you want her to listen to you." Mieu said to Luke. "Guess we don't have a choice. Ramon, I need your help." Luke said, as he let out Ramon. (Finally out of that thing. That Pokeball is going to take some getting used to) Ramon said, as he stretched a little. (Okay. Ready.) Ramon said, as he got into a fighting stance.

"He's ready." Mieu said to Luke. "Okay Ramon use Fire Spin." Luke said to Ramon. (I can't use that move anymore.) Ramon said to Luke. "He said he can't." Mieu said to Luke. "What? Why not?" Luke asked Ramon.

(When my kind evolve, all of our moves change to match the armor we used. For me this armor turned my moves into Incinerate, Protect, Psyshock, and Wide Guard.) Ramon said to Luke. "He said his moves are now Incinerate, Protect, Psyshock, and Wide Guard." Mieu said to Luke.

"Okay, I don't know what those can do. But let's try Incinerate." Luke said to Ramon. (Good idea) Ramon said, as he held out his arms and caused his shoulders to slide down his arms and form a cannon. Then Ramon fired a large ball of fire from his cannon at Cyclizar.

(You're going to have to be quicker than that to beat me. Aerial Ace.) Cyclizar said to Ramon, as she disappeared, dodging the fireball. Then Cyclizar reappeared behind Ramon, and hit Ramon in the back, forcing Ramon forward a little, as his shoulder moved back into place.

"Ramon you good?" Luke asked Ramon, as Ramon regained his balance and footing. (I'm good.) Ramon said to Luke. (You won't be for long. Scale Shot!) Cyclizar said to Ramon, as she turned her tail to him and started to swipe her tail at him, firing shades of purple scales at Ramon.

(Psyshock!) Ramon said, as he held out his arms and caused his shoulders to slide down his arms and form a cannon, and started to shoot purple orbs out of it line a machine gun.

Both orbs and scales crashed in the middle, destroying both of them. And while Ramon's shoulders moved back into place, Cyclizar glowed blue then red.

(Not bad, but I'm not done. Trailblaze!) Cyclizar said, as her hat let out green sparkles and her feet glowed green. Cyclizar then moved in a zig-zig line before hitting Ramon in the chest.

But Ramon just flexed his chest forcing Cyclizar back, as Cyclizar glowed red. "Ramon use Incinerate again." Luke said to Ramon. (Just what I was thinking.) Ramon said, as he held out his arms and caused his shoulders to slide down his arms and form a cannon, and he fired a fireball at Cyclizar.

(Trailblaze!) Cyclizar said, as she landed on the ground, and her hat let out green sparkles and her feet glowed green. Cyclizar then moved in a zig-zig line, dodging the fireball, and glowed red when she stopped, while Ramon's shoulders moved back into place.

"She's slippery." Luke said to Ramon. (Not slippery, fast. So far she has raised her speed up three stages.) Ramon said to Luke. (And I'm not done yet. Scale Shot!) Cyclizar said to Ramon, as she turned her tail to him and started to swipe her tail at him, firing shades of purple scales at Ramon.

"Ramon use Protect!" Luke said to Ramon. (On it!) Ramon said to Luke, as he formed a green bubble around himself, stopping the scales from hitting him. But again Cyclizar glowed blue then red again, as Ramon's bubble popped.

(Come on you can't win if you hide behind a bubble. Trailblaze!) Cyclizar said, as she landed on the ground, and her hat let out green sparkles and her feet glowed green. Cyclizar then moved in a zig-zig line.

This time when she hit him, she jumped back before he could force her away, then moved around and hit him in different spots of his body.

"Ramon use Incinerate on the ground." Luke said to Ramon. (Good idea.) Ramon said, as he held out his arms towards the ground, and caused his shoulders to slide down his arms and form a cannon, he fired a fireball into the ground, not dealing any damage to him, and forcing Cyclizar back, while Cyclizar glowed red.

(I guess you two are tougher than I thought, but you can't keep up. Scale Shot!) Cyclizar said to Ramon, as she turned her tail to him and started to swipe her tail at him, firing shades of purple scales at Ramon, all the while hopping around the place, making the scales come from all over the place.

(Wide Guard!) Ramon said, as he made a wall of brown hexagons appeared that blocked the purple scales from all directions.

(Good job blocking my attacks. But blocking my attacks won't help you now that I've reached max speed.) Cyclizar said to Ramon, as she glowed blue and red. (Just because you maxed out your speed, doesn't mean I can't block your attacks.) Ramon said to Cyclizar.

(Are you sure. Quick Attack!) Cyclizar said, as she glowed white. Then like a flash she moved towards Ramon, hitting Ramon in the side as she ran past him, knocking Ramon to the ground.

"Ramon use Protect." Luke said to Ramon. (Way ahe-.) Ramon said to Luke but was interrupted by Cyclizar hitting him again, making him roll to a tree.

As Ramon raised his head, he and Luke looked around, and kept seeing flashes of white all over the place, only seeing Cyclizar whenever she stopped and let them see her. (Okay, maybe I was wrong about blocking her attacks. Luke got any ideas?) Ramon asked Luke, as he got up.

Looking at the tree behind Ramon, and remembering what Wide Guard did, he had an idea. "Ramon, place your back on the tree and use Wide Guard." Luke said to Ramon. (Why kinda plan is that? Wide Guard can't stop her.) Ramon said to Luke.

"Trust me Ramon." Luke said to Ramon, with a serious look on his face. Ramon sighed. (It's not like I have any better ideas.) Ramon said, as he made a wall of brown hexagons appear in front of him, with the top and bottom of the wall going into the tree and ground. Ramon didn't say anything, but realized the idea Luke had.

(It's cute that you think that a wall will stop me. Quick Attack!) Cyclizar said, as she glowed white. Then like a flash she moved towards Ramon and around his wall.

But that's what Ramon was waiting for. Once she disappeared from sight, Ramon stretched out his arms to the sides of the wall, making his shoulders move to the end of his arms.

(Psyshock!) Ramon said, as he fired purple orbs at both sides of the wall. And as Luke and Ramon thought, Cyclizar ran right into the orbs, causing an explosion and knocking her to the ground and on her side. Cyclizar groaned a little as she laid on the ground, as Ramon's shoulders moved back into place.

"Now ended it with Incinerate!" Luke said to Ramon. (With pleasure!) Ramon said to Luke, as he held out his arms towards the ground, and caused his shoulders to slide down his arms and form a cannon, he fired a fireball at Cyclizar, hitting Cyclizar and causing an explosion.

When the explosion cleared up, Cyclizar's hat and crystal coat was gone. Then Cyclizar laughed as she stood up. (That was awesome, and clever. Using a wall to control where I could go. You've proven yourself to be my partner.) Cyclizar said to Luke, as she walked to him.

"She said, she'll join you." Mieu said to Luke, as Cyclizar reached him. "Glad to hear. Welcome to the team Dahy." Luke said to Cyclizar, as he took out a Pokeball, and used it to catch Cyclizar.

"Nice work Ramon. Why don't you take a break." Luke said to Ramon, as he pulled out Ramon's Pokeball. (No complaining here.) Ramon said to Luke, as he returned to his Pokeball.

Luke then looked at the Ramon and Dahy's Pokeballs in his hands. "I'm glad to have you both with me." Luke said to Ramon and Dahy's Pokeballs.

"Nice work Luke." A voice said to everyone, making Luke turn away from his Pokeballs and turn to see everyone else, with Daiz and Zaid on their Cyclizars, minus Otto who out of sight, and two Pokeball on Zaid back hip, and everyone else on new Pokemon, with Jade having four Pokeballs hanging over his heart.

Tear was riding a dark brown deer like Pokemon with a tan under belly and lower legs, a couple pink spots on its back, and its antlers were tree branches that had a couple pink flowers.

Guy was riding a black zebra, with white lightning shape line on its body, and a white mane that looked like two lighting bolts that went down into a flash tail.

And Jade was riding a big brown buffalo with a very large black ball of curly hair, and two massive horns that had two yellow rings on each of them.

"How long have you been there?" Luke asked everyone. "Not long, and I see you caught yourself a Cyclizar like me and Zaid." Diaz said to Luke. "Yeah, she's a fast one." Luke said to Diaz, as he let Dahy out of her Pokeball. "Everyone say hello to Dahy." Luke said to everyone, as he and Mieu got into Dahy's back.

(Pretty.) Selim said, while looking at Dahy with an interested look in his eyes. (Easy brother. You just met her, better to get to know her before you try anything.) Miles said to Selim.

(If you're fast enough to keep up with me that is.) Dahy said to Selim, before she ran around everyone, surprising the humans, Miles, and Seilm, and annoyed the new Pokemon.

"I guess she's going to take some getting used to." Diaz said to Luke, as Dahy stopped next to him and Miles. "Yeah, so who are these new Pokemon?" Luke asked Diaz.

"Well Tear's new Pokemon is a Sawbuck, who she named Sivan." Diaz said to Luke, pointing to the deer Tear was riding. (Hello.) Sivan said to Luke, with a wise male voice.

"Next, Guy's new Pokemon is a Zebstrika, who he named Chedi." Diaz said to Luke, pointing to the zebra Guy was riding. (A pleasure to meet you.) Chedi said to Luke, with a loud male voice.

Lastly Jade's new Pokemon is a Bouffalant, who he named Braiden." Diaz said to Luke, pointing to the buffalo Jade was riding. (I hope you won't hold me back too much.) Braiden said to Luke, with a deep male voice.

"So what is a Sawbuck, Zebstrika, and a Bouffalant?" Luke asked Diaz. "Here." Diaz said to Luke, pulling out his Rotom Phone.

Name/Sawsbuck

Classification/Season Pokemon

Type/Grass Normal

Text/It seems that a Sawsbuck with many flowers on its antlers will grow at a slightly slower pace because the flowers absorb that Pokemon nutrients.

Name/Zebstrike

Classification/Thunderbolt Pokemon

Type/Electric

Text/This Pokemon is aggressive and has a volatile disposition. When agitated, it will illuminate its mane in yellow and fire off bolts of electricity.

Name/Bouffalant

Classification/Bash Buffalo Pokemon

Type/Normal

Text/These Pokemon can crush a car with no more than a headbutt. Bouffalant with more hair on their heads hold higher positions within the herd.

"Now that we all have a mount, let's head to Daath. We've kept everyone else waiting long enough." Diaz said to everyone, as he put his Rotom Phone away. "But what about mounts for everyone else?" Luke asked Diaz. "I caught some Pokemon for them, but I'll show them to you later. For now we really need to go." Diaz said to Luke.

(Which way is this Daath?) Dahy asked everyone. (Southeast of here.) Miles said to Dahy. Dahy then said nothing, and took off southeast at high speed, causing Mieu to scream a little, as he and Luke held onto Dahy for dear life.

Everyone else just watched Dahy leave in with a little confused look on their faces before going after them.

With the help of their Pokemon, they reached a city with a massive cathedral in the middle, and stone pillars connected to the cathedral that reached the walls of the city. All of them stood on a cliff overlooking the city in no time at all.

"Master! Is that Daath?" Mieu asked Luke, as she got onto Dahy's head. "I don't know. Is it?" Luke asked everyone. (You said head southeast, and we went southeast. So this should be it.) Dahy said to Luke.

"Yes. Ion and Natalia are likely being held inside that cathedral." Tear said to everyone. "Understandable. Like Diaz said, those two hold the potential to stop the war. Mohs won't want them to leave Daath." Jade said to everyone. "Assuming he's kept them alive." Diaz said to everyone.

"Can't we just tell my uncle about them being captive?" Luke asked everyone. "Natalia's probably thought to have been killed in Akzeriuth. I think that'd be difficult." Tear said to Luke. "Yeah. And Mohs has the King's ear, too. Let's help them ourselves." Guy said to Luke.

"And where are Anise, Whina, and Qadira?" Diaz asked jade. "Anise and Whina are looking into things at the Order, with Qadira being their mussel if things get out of hand. Hopefully, we can find them in the city." Jade said to Diaz.

"Guess we'll have to look for them." Luke said to everyone. "Then let's dismount and try and keep a low profile." Diaz said to everyone. Everyone nodded yes, and got off their Pokemon, before returning their Pokemon to their Pokeballs. Then they walked towards Daath, trying to act normal.

While walking up to the steps of the cathedral, Anise, Whina, Qadira and their Pokemon, plus Plata, and Jataayu came bursting out of the shadows, scaring Guy out a lot. "Anise! Whina! Qadira!" Luke said to them, as Guy hid behind Luke, while Anise had a surprised look on her face.

"Whoa! Asch, you cut your hair?" Anise asked Luke, earning a slap to the back of the head from Qadira. "Anise, that's clearly not Asch. look at him." Qadira said to Anise, making Anise look at Luke, and realize it was Luke and not Asch.

"Oh, no, it's Luke." Anise said, before the realization finally reached her mind. "Wait, what?! Why's the spoiled brat here?! Hey, the others are with you, too. Wow! Must be Lorelei's will huh!" Anise said to everyone, confusing and annoying everyone, but jade, at the same time.

"That voice could break glass." Guy said to everyone. "Anise, we've gathered the manpower to rescue Ion. What is their situation?" Jade asked Anise. "Ion and Natalia have been taken to the Oracle Headquarters beneath the cathedral!" Anise said to Jade.

"Do they let people just walk right in?" Luke asked everyone. "Into the cathedral, sure. But only Oracle members can enter the Headquarters below." Tear said to Luke.

"Can we sneak in somehow? If we don't find a way to rescue them, we really will have a war on our hands." Guy said to everyone.

"It looks like it's already starting." Anise said to Guy. "Well deal with that later. First we need to get into the Oracle headquarters and save our friends." Diaz said to everyone.

"Tear, you still haven't reported back that the Seventh Fonstone was fake, correct? Can you take us into the Headquarters as witnesses for its discovery?" Jade asked Tear.

"Okay. I'll try asking the Minister of Affairs, Maestro Trithiem." Tear said to Jade. "Well, that Tritheim guy's inside, right? Let's go on in." Luke said to Tear.

"Before that. I have a few things for you all." Diaz said to Anise, Whina, and Qadira, as he tossed some Pokeballs at their Pokemon, catching them.

Diaz then pulled out three more Pokemon before moving to pick up the Pokeballs. "Okay. here you go, this will make it easier for you to travel with your Pokemon, plus some new Pokemon that you can ride off into the sunset with. Hope you like them." Diaz said to Anise, Whina, and Qadira, as he handed them the pokeballs.

"Thanks." Whina said to Diaz, as they put the Pokeballs on their right hip, with her and Qadira putting the Pokeballs for Natalia and Ion on their hips as well.

"Can't wait to see who my new friend is?" Qadira said to everyone. "That's great and all, but we should move, Ion needs us. "And Natalia. Don't forget her as well." Qadira said to Anise, as they went into the cathedral.

Inside, they went to a large stone at the back of the cathedral, where a male priest was standing. "Welcome to the church of Lorelei. Personal Score readings are held each week during the mass on Remday." The priest said to everyone.

"Maestro Tritheim. I've completed my assignment from Grand Maestro Mohs. Could you grant permission for me to take these witnesses into headquarters to assist in giving my report?" Tear asked Tritheim.

"Ah, from Grand Maestro Mohs… understood. Please take this with you." Tritheim said, as he handed Tear and permit. "Thank you." Tear said to Tritheim, before taking the permit and left with everyone.

With the permit, they got past the guard blocking the way to the headquarters and headed inside. Soon they reached the Headquarters, which had many floors that got smaller and smaller with each floor.

"Where do we go from here?" Luke asked everyone. "I don't know. We'll have to search the whole place." Anise said to Luke. "We'll get caught if we do that." Luke said to everyone.

"We'll have to do our best not to draw attention." Tear said to everyone, as Diaz stepped away from the group and to the railing of the floor they were on. "And we can't have them calling reinforcements if they spot us. We'll have to make sure we leave them dead." Jade said to everyone.

"Actually, I don't think that's necessary. There's no one here." Diaz said to everyone, making everyone move to the railing, and noticed they were alone. "That's odd, where is everyone? There should at least be some staff around for paperwork." Tear said to everyone.

"We don't have time to figure out where everyone is. If we don't hurry, war really will start… and many more people will die." Guy said to everyone. "Then let's start knocking on doors." Diaz to everyone. Everyone nodded and split up, looking for Natalia and Ion.

After looking around for a bit, they found Ion and Natalia in a room at the bottom floor. "Ion! Natalia! Are you okay?" Luke asked them, as everyone entered the room, making everyone notice them.

"Luke… it's you, isn't it?" Natalia asked Luke,sounding a little confused. "If you mean is this one the one you abandoned, and not the one that abandoned you, then yes this is Luke." Diaz said to Natalia. "Yeah, sorry for not being Asch." Luke said to Diaz.

"No one's saying anything like that!" Natalia said to Luke, crossing her arms. "Sorry if your tone of voice doesn't make us believe you." Diaz said to Natalia, as he crossed his arms, and Anise, Whina, and Qadira moved to her and Ion.

"Ion! Are you alright? Did they hurt you?" Anise asked Ion, as Whina gave Ion a once over. "I'm fine. Thank you all for coming here just for us." Ion said to everyone. "Was my brother involved in imprisoning you?" Tear asked Ion.

"I haven't seen Van. But the Six God-Generals tried to get permission to take me away. Mohs refused." Ion said to Tear. "I guess Mohs and Van have different objectives. But if that's true, then how does Mohs have a Rob-Mon or this new power Zaid was talking about?" Diaz asked everyone.

"We know Mohs wants to start a war. But Van is trying to remove the Daathic seals so he can wipe out the Sephiroth Trees." Tear said to everyone. "Which means the Commandant will come back to take Ion." Anise said to everyone.

"Exactly. Let's hurry and get out of here. We should be okay once we get outside town. We can decide what to do next then." Guy said to everyone. "Problem!" Zaid said to everyone, as they heard the rumbling of many armored boots.

Everyone went outside the room, and saw a massive number of Oracle Knights all over the headquarters, and walking through the Oracle Knights was Tritheim and a Rob-Mon.

This Rob-Mon was in the shape of a volcano with a red visor like line going around the body, it had four two foot long jagged stone legs placed in the cardinal directions around the volcano, and it's under belly had lines that looked like it could open up with faint red light leaking form the lines.

"I was hoping that the orders Mohs gave me were wrong." Tritheim said to Tear. "Maestro Tritheim, what is the meaning of this?" Tear asked Tritheim.

"Mohs told us that you left on your mission with a man who challenged the Score. When he came back, Mohs heard from the Oracle Knights about a man with a special belt. Knowing that it was the man that went with you, he asked Mohs to ask the Score about him, only to find nothing about him. He's not part of the Score, and there's only one explanation for this, he's a devil sent from the underworld to disrupt the Score and deny us the prosperity it promises!" Tritheim said to Tear, sounding like he was trying to give a sermon, while pointing at Diaz.

This made everyone turn to Diaz and gave him a flat look. "What? I'm from another world, not the underworld." Diaz said to everyone.

"So you admit it. You admit you're a devil, one that brought all sorts of monsters will you. But your evil stops here. With the help of God General Dist, we have turned your monsters to the side of good, and we've also gained the power to defeat you. Behold the power of Yulia's Blessing, the power of the Second Fonon." Tritheim said to Diaz, as he raised his right hand, holding up a tan crystal ball before crushing it.

This caused the crystal ball to let out a tan pulse of energy. The energy hit him, and the Oracle Knights glowed tan, and tan crystal armor appeared on them and gave their weapons a crystal edge, and on their heads was half of a world, with mountains and oceans in it.

"I guess Dist must've found a way to give their forces Tera Types. In this case, The power of the Ground Type." Diaz said to everyone.

"I am sorry Tear, but Mohs told me that if you try to help the devil in freeing those who have been corrupted by him, then you must be corrupted as well, and that means we must put you down. EVERYONE OPEN FIRE!" Tritheim said to Tear and ordered the Oracle Knights.

That's when all the Oracle Knights pointed their weapons at everyone, and started shooting bolts of tan energy at everyone. While the Rob-Mon Volcano tip glowed red and started to shoot out fireballs into the air that came down on them like a meteor.

"WHOA!" Diaz yelled, as everyone ran back into the room, and took cover inside while the energy and fireballs started to do a number on their cover. "This is crazy. How are we going to get out of this?!" Anise asked everyone. "We have to fight." Luke said to everyone.

"Big talk from someone that doesn't have a sword!" Anise said to Luke. "I don't need a sword." Luke said to Anise, as he moved out of cover. "Luke what are you doing?!" Diaz asked Luke, in shock.

That sight of Luke stepping out of cover without anything in hand, caused Tritheim to hold up a hand, making his forces stop their attacks.

"Do you wish to surrender to us? To repent and renounce the devil at your side? And to do your part to ensure the Score prosperity comes to fruition?" Tritheim asked Luke.

"No, for I'm done being what you want me to be. I followed your Score and so many people died because of me. If that's my role in the Score, then I would rather be a devil." Luke said to Tritheim, as he reached out behind him and pulled out a Driver with a large teal wheel with an open slot at the top of it.

"A Driver?" Diaz asked, everyone watching in shock, as Luke put the driver on his waist, making a teal belt appear around his waist.

Then appearing on his left hip was four 6 inch masks, one was a scary green mask with spikes all around the ends, the next one looked like flames with a angry look on it, the third mask was blue and in a heart shape with a sad face on it, and the last mask looked like it was made out of stone and had a smiley face on it. and on his right hip a odd shaped Ignition Key, this Ignition Key was a rectangle shaped with the large parts going up, in the middle of the rectangle was a round bump, the end had a green crystal that was in the shape of a leaf, with two handles that had a curved edge around the crystal leaf.

Luke then pulled the green mask and the Ignition Key off his belt. "With this mask and Leaf Key, I'll make up for my mistakes." Luke said to everyone, as he put the mask on bump, making a clicking sound.

Then Luke inserted the Leaf Key into the slot on his driver. "GRASS!" A gentle female voice said from his driver, as a flurry of green crystals in the shape of leaves came bursting out the teal tire, surprising everyone, and making Tritheim and his forces raise their arms in defense.

"It's time for me to use this new power." Luke said to everyone, as he slid the mask down over the teal tire, causing the tire to shoot out a crystal shape of the mask that was twice in size. The crystal broke, revealing a scary face in the middle, teal visors that looked like squinting eyes, three leaves on each side of its check with a crystal vein in the middle of the leaves, and the top looked like spiky teal hair.

The mask let out a roar, making the leaves spin around Luke at high speed. "Even if I can never undo what I've done and will always be treated like a monster. I won't stop trying to make things right. TERASTALLIZING!" Luke said, as he slammed the handles into the tire, making the leaves slam into him.

"THE LONE OGRE, WHO HIDES BEHIND FOUR MIGHTY MASK HAS COME DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN TO JOIN THE FETICTIVIES. LET THE FUN TIMES BEGIN WITH TEAL MASQUERADE: FORESTIVY." A gentle female voice said from his driver, as the crystal leaves broke apart, revealing Luke in his new form.

Luke's legs was black leggings with patches of armor, some green geta for shoes, a tight light green long sleeves shirt with dark green armor over it, with a white star on the right side of the armor, and two yellow circles on left side of the armor, a light green helmet that had a black ring of wood around his face with for spikes on it, his face was orange with two yellow circle visors.

Then the mask turned to face away from Luke and flew back into Luke's face, turning his face into that mask, and making a green cap that came out of the back of his shoulders that reached a little bellow to his elbows and had a round end, and a green skirt came out of his belt.

"One second." Luke said to everyone, as he ripped the skirt off his belt, and then shoved it over his right back hip.

After that Luke held out his right hand, causing green particles to gather and make a 3 foot long green crystal cylinder. Luke then grabbed the cylinder near the bottom, and crushed it, forging a handle as the rest of the cylinder broke apart revealing a thick green cudgel wrapped in vines with a few wooden spikes sticking out of it.

"Okay. Who's first!" Luke said, as he jumped up onto the upper floor. Shaking off the shock from Luke transforming, the Oracle Knights that stood before Luke charged at him, shooting tan energy blast at Luke as they charged.

But Luke used his cudgel to swat the energy away from him. Then, as he reached the Oracle Knights, Luke swung his cudgel at the Oracle knight, smashing their weapons and crystal armor with ease. In a few seconds Luke took out this group of Oracle Knights.

Next another group of Oracle Knights came charging at Luke from the back. But that's when Luke turned around and threw his cudgel at them, smashing them and taking them down like they were bowling pins, but he didn't get a perfect strike, and rushed the remaining Oracle Knights.

Luke punched the first one in the face, taking him out. Then an Oracle Knight tried to grab him from behind, but was met with by Luke doing a backhanded punch into the Oracle Knight's face, breaking his crystal armor and knocking him out.

Then the last of the Oracle Knights rushed Luke at once from all directions, but was all taken out when Luke did a helicopter kick to their head, breaking their crystal armor, and knocking them out.

"He wasn't kidding. Rider Powers are incredible." Luke said, as he looked at himself for a bit, before he started to run, grabbing his cudgel as he ran past it and got back to fighting.

From the room, everyone watched as Luke started to rip through many more of the Oracle Knights like they were paper. "Where did Luke get that?" Guy asked everyone. "Maybe from him?" Diaz said, thinking of the cloak figure, as everyone looked at him .

"From who?" Whina asked Diaz. "Yeah, if you know who gave that to Luke. You have to tell us so we can find him and make him give us belts like that as well." Anise said to Diaz. "Drivers. They're called Drivers." Luke said Anise, as he ran past the room, still smashing Oracle Knights left and right.

"Whatever they're called. I still want one." Anise said to Diaz. "I don't know who gave us our Drivers, he was a no named cloak figure with some crazy powers. But now's not the time to argue about this." Diaz said to Anise.

"Right. Let's fight." Zaid said, as he let out Selim and Otto, before he pulled out Brute Bonnet's Ignition Key into the slot with the Green side facing him.

"GRASS!" An aggressive voice said from his belt, as Zaid ripped it out of the slot with enough force to not only break the crystal off it, but making the tire on his belt spin counter clockwise, and glowed green.

This made Selim's tire sack glow green, and a giant green crystal tire popped out of Selim's throat. "TERASTALLIZING!" Zaid said, as the green tire turned to him, and hit him, causing the tire to fall apart. This let out a green pulse of energy, and the crystals attached to his body.

"BRUTE BONNET!" An aggressive voice said from his belt, as the crystals broke apart, revealing Zaid in his Brute Bonnet form. Then Zaid, Selim, and Otto yelled a battle cry before running out of the room.

Zaid then started to smash through the Oracle Knights, smashing their armor with one one punch and sending them flying into the walls all over the place, knocking them out.

(Power Whip!) Selim said, as his tail glowed green, and swatted it at a couple of Oracle Knights, breaking their armor and sending them flying into a few more Oracle Knights, taking them all out.

(Brick Break!) Otto said, as his right tentacle glowed orange, and he jumped up and slammed his tentacle into one of the Oracle Knights. Breaking the Oracle Knights' armor and forcing him threw the floor. A second later, the Oracle Knight came out of the room below Otto, and then fainted after walking out of the room.

"Okay everyone, let's go help those knuckleheads of ours." Diaz said to everyone, as let out Miles and Ingvar, before he put Iron Bundle's Ignition Key into the slot, with the dark blue side facing him.

"WATER!" A techno voice said from the belt. Diaz then hit the button This caused the handle to pop out of the slot, minus the crystal, and made the tire spin clockwise, with the tire glowing dark blue. This made Miles' tire sack glow dark blue, and a giant dark blue crystal tire popped out of Miles' throat.

"TERASTALLIZING!" Diaz yelled, as the tire hit him and caused the tire to fall apart. This let out a dark blue pulse of energy, and the crystals attached to Diaz's body. "IRON BUNDLE." A techno voice said, from the belt, as the crystals broke apart, revealing Diaz his Iron Bundle form.

"I'll handle the robot. You all take care of everything else." Diaz said to everyone. "Rob-Mon." Qadira said to Diaz. "Whatever!" Diaz said to everyone, as he ran out of cover with Miles and Ingvar following him.

While Diaz, Miles, and Lokix charged at Rob-Mon Volcano, it fired fireballs from its top at them. "Miles use Dragon Rush, and Ingvar use Axe Kick." Daiz said to Miles and Ingvar, as she used his blaster to shoot water bolts at fireballs, turning the fireballs to bursts of steam in the air as he hit them.

(On it!) Miles and Ingvar said, as Miles' body became encased in purple energy, with wings and a dragon head forming the energy around his head and the back of front legs, and as Ingvar jumped into the air and did a flip in air, and came straight down on Rob-Mon Volcano, with his right blade pointed at Rob-Mon Volcano.

Miles and Ingvar then crashed into Rob-Mon Volcano at the same time, but their attacks did nothing. (The armor is tougher than we thought.) Miles said, as he and Ingvar jumped back and onto the floor.

That's when Rob-Mon Volcano's legs started to glow an orange red, and the floor glowed a faint orange red. Then Miles and Ingvar's feet started to glow red, and a little smoke came from their feet.

Miles and Ingvar didn't feel the heat at first, but they smelled the smoke. (Is something burning?) Ingvar asked Miles. Then Miles and Ingvar looked down at their feet and saw as they started to burn. (HHHHHHOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTT!) Miles and Ingvar yelled, as they jumped back to a not heated part of the floor.

"Thick armor, can shoot fire, and can make the ground around it hot. This is going to be hard." Diaz said to Miles and Ingvar, as they all got into a fighting stance.

Meanwhile Zaid and his Pokemon were ripping through the Oracle Knights, with Zaid kicking and punching the Oracle Knights, breaking the crystal and regular armor, and forcing them into the walls and floor, still alive, but in a lot of pain.

Realizing they couldn't get close to him without getting pummeled so they fired energy blasts at him instead. (Protect!) Selim said, as he got in front of Zaid, and made a green bubble around himself and Zaid, blocking the energy blast from hitting them.

(Payback!) Otto said, as he fired black bolts at the Oracle Knights, stunning the Oracle Knights, and letting Zaid rush them, and took them out like they were made out of paper.

"Well I guess we can help mop up the stragglers, Liran, Sivan, I need your help." Tear said, as she let out Liran and Sivan before pulling out a few knives, and leaving the room.

(I'll start by clearing the way. Horn Leech!) Saivan said, as his horns glowed green, and grew spikes at the edge of the branches. Saivan then rushed through a couple Oracle Knights, smashing their crystal armor as he forced them to the ground.

"Good work Sivan. Liran, help me with Sing." Tear said to Liran. (On it.) Liran said, as she and Tear started to sing, causing the Oracle Knights that lost their armor to feel sleepy and passed out.

"Come one out Chedi it's time to see what you can do, and Lokej why don't you help out." Guy said, as he let out Lokej and Chedi, before pulling out his sword, and leaving the room.

(I can't really help until their armor is gone.) Chedi said to everyone, as she took a step back. "Not a problem." Guy said to Chedi, somehow figuring out what Chedi was saying. "Lokej, I could use your help with Rock Smash." Guy said to Lokej, as he rushed the Oracle Knights, slashing them, and breaking their armor.

(Right behind you.) Lokej said, as he made his leek glow red and he followed Guy, smashing a few of the Oracle Knights, breaking their armor.

(Thanks guys. Spark!) Chedi said to everyone, before he rushed the Oracle Knights whose armor was broken by Guy and Lokej, generating a small surge from his body, zapping them, and taking them out.

"I guess it's time we join in the fun as well." Jade said, as he let out the Susus and Braiden, before summoning her spear, and leaving the room. (Okay, then let's start with Quick Attack!) The Susus said as they glowed white and moved at high speed, doing hit and run attacks on the Oracle Knights, breaking their armor.

That's when Jade cast a lighting spell, taking most of them out, and then throwing his spear at another one taking the Oracle Knights.

That's then a couple of Oracle Knights started to slowly get up. (I guess I'm on clean up. Iron Head!) Braiden said, as his furo turned silver and rough. Then Braiden rushed the Oracle Knights, taking them out with a lot of force.

"They got some cool new Pokemon. Let's see what we got?" Anise said, as she let out Fie and her new Pokemon.

Her new Pokemon was a three foot rock armored creature that stood on four stubby legs that had two white claws for toes, white eyes with red iris, and its back had a rock fin with a half circle cut out of the top of it.

That's when a piece of paper floated down from the air, with Anise catching it. "This said he's a Rhyhorn that Zaid named Anzan, and here's his Pokedex." Anise said to everyone.

Name/Rhyhorn

Classification/Spikes Pokemon

Type/Ground Rock

Text/Once it starts running, it won't stop-even if it crashes through boulders. This disposition is what's caused its habitat to expand.

"But why would they give me this ugly thing?" Anise asked everyone, not noticing a few Oracle Knights rushing her. (Rock Blast!) Anzan said with a young but mighty male voice, before he fired rocks at the Oracle Knights' heads, stunning them, and breaking their armor.

(Gust!) Fie said, as he flapped his wings, blowing the Oracle Knights to the ground.

"Nice work Fie and Anzan. I can see why you're new Pokemon." Anise said to Fie and Anzan, before she summoned her doll, and made it take out the Oracle Knights. (And I'm starting to like you.) Anzan said to Anise, before they got back to fighting, causing energy to be shot at her.

"Ion, I suggest we get somewhere safe." Whina said to Ion, as a blast of energy hit and exploded on the wall next to them, making them flinch a little. "Good idea." Ion said to Whina, as Whina let out all of their Pokemon, letting out Inesa and Jataayu plus their new Pokemon.

The one for Whina was a light brown deer with a fluffy round tail, a dark brown snout, and golden antlers that looked like magic staffs with a black orb in it.

The one for Ion was a brown ostrich-like creature, with three large red tail feathers, three heads with long skinny necks, long becks, and two black feathers in the shape of a V over their eyes.

That's when two pieces of paper floated down from the air and landed in Whina's hands. "This says the deer is a Stantler that Diaz gave him the name Divyam. And the bird is a Dodrio, and Diaz gave him the name Vishesh. And here's their Pokedex info." Whina said to Ion

Name/Stantler

Classification/Big Horn Pokemon

Type/Normal

Text/Staring at its antlers creates an odd sensation as if one were being drawn into their centers.

Name/Dodrio

Classification/Triple Bird Pokemon

Type/Flying Normal

Text/The strongest head with the thickest neck becomes the leader and gains primary control of the body.

"Divyam and Dodrio, a pleasure to meet you. And I hate to ask this of you both after we just met, but can we get a ride to safety?" Whina asked Divyam and Dodrio.

(No problem. Hope on.) Divyam said to Whina, with a wise male voice, letting her onto his back. (Yeah, let's get out of this place.) Vishesh's middle head said to Ion, with a mild male voice, as he let Ion onto his back.

(Allow me to clear a path. Reflect!) Jataayu said, as he made a glass wall appear in front of them, keeping the Oracle Knights away from them. "Nice work Jataayu." Ion said to Vishesh, before they all started to move.

But they didn't get far before another group of Oracle Knights appeared before them, and fired energy bolts at them. (Acrobatics!) Vishesh said, as he started to do some fancy footwork, dodging the energy bolts, while Divyanm had to do some fancy dancing to prevent the energy bolts from hitting his feet.

(Round!) Inesa said to everyone, as she let out a blue sonic wave, causing the Oracle Knights to cover their ears, as their crystal armor broke.

(Now let's end this. Hypnosis.) Divyam said, as he started to let out a gentle and calming pink pulse. The pulse hit the Oracle Knights, making them feel tired, and fall to the ground, before falling asleep.

"Very nice work, Inesa and Divyam." Ion said to Inesa and Divyam. "Less talking, more running!" Whina said to everyone, as they got back to getting away from the fight.

"I guess it's time for us to get involved." Natalia said to Qadira, as she took her Pokeballs, and opened them, letting out Plata and her new Pokemon.

Her new Pokemon was a 5 foot tall tan horse with a horn on its head, flames for a mane, and flames coming out from the back of the joins above its black hooves.

"Oh, I like this one." Natalia said, as a piece of paper floated down from the air and landed in her hands. "It's says here that Tear named you Fiamma, a pretty name for a pretty girl. And here's your Pokedex." Natalia said to the horse.

Name/Rapidash

Classification/Fire Horse Pokemon

Type/Fire

Text/This Pokemon can be seen galloping through fields at speed of up to 150 mph, its fiery mane fluttering in the wind.

"All right Fiamma, I could use a distraction if you're able to give me one?" Natalia asked Fiamma. (As your noble steed, your wish is my command. Double Team!) Fiamma said to Natalia, with a regal and wise female voice.

Fiamma then made many copies of herself all over the place, surprising the Oracle Knights.

"Good work. Plata care to give me a clear shot?" Natalia asked Plata, as she pulled out her bow and a handful of arrows. (Right. Tackle!) Plata said to Natalia, as they started to rush the Oracle Knights, smashing their armor, and clearing the way for Natalia to fire her arrows at the Oracle Knights, taking them out.

"I guess it's time for me to see what they got for me."Qadira said, as she let out Babila and her new Pokemon.

Her new Pokemon was a massive 8 foot brown horse, with a thick and hard black mane with dreadlock, and the end of his mane ended with a orange color, a massive black tail that looked like it could be a orange foot, it's lower legs where thick rough and orange color, had massive hooves, a long snout with a orange mark on it, and white eyes with black iris.

"Now this is my kinda horse." Qadira said, as the piece of paper floated down from the air and Qadira pulled it out of the air. "Well big boy. It says here that Zaid named you Keyon. And I gotta say, this Pokedex entry is impressive." Qadira said to the horse.

Name/Mudsdale

Classification/Draft Horse Pokemon

Type/Ground

Text/Its legs are fortified with mud and harder than stone, and they can reduce a large truck to scrap with one kick.

"Now let's see if you really can reduce whatever a truck is to scrap with one kick." Qadira said to Keyon.

(I can do better than one kick. Double Kick!) Keyon said to Qadira, as he rushed two Oracle Knights, and turned around to the Oracle Knights, and kicked them both at the same time, breaking both their crystal and regular armor into pieces easily, as well as sending them flying back into other Oracle Knights, taking them out as well.

"Whoa! Okay! That was power. I like you. But save some of the fighting for us?!" Qadira said to Keyon, as she rushed the Oracle Knights. (Wait for me! Rock Smash!) Babila said to Qadira, as she followed Qadira, her hammer glowing orange.

Qadira then started to slash through the Oracle Knights, cutting through their crystal and regular armor like butter, finishing them with ease. While Babila used her hammer to smash through the Oracle Knights' crystal armor, and knock them out as she made large dents in their armor.

"Okay I've had enough of you devils, it's time you fall before the grace of the Score!" Tritheim said to everyone, as he used his magic to summon a staff and charge at Luke.

"Ramon, Dahy, I could use a hand out here." Luke said, as violet energy came out of his driver and made Ramon and Dahy appear in front of Luke, with both of them surprised to see Luke's new form.

(Luke?! Is that you? What happened to you?) Ramon asked Luke. (It smells like him, and I gotta say, I like the look.) Dahy said to everyone. "Ramon, Dahy, I need you to take care of a few Oracle Knights, while I take care of Tritheim. Oh and don't kill anyone." Luke said to Ramon and Dahy, as he charged at Tritheim.

(Okay. Trailblaze.) Dahy said, as her feet glowed green. Cyclizar then moved in a zig-zig line, taking out a few Oracle Knights.

(I guess I don't have a choice. Psyshock!) Ramon said, as he held out his arms and caused his shoulders to slide down his arms and form a cannon, and started to shoot purple orbs out of it line a machine gun, hitting many of the Oracle Knights, and taking them out.

Meanwhile Luke clashed with Tritheim, both sides locking their weapons. "Why don't you just give up. You who gave your soul to the devil, can't defeat our holy forces." Tritheim said to Luke.

That's when they heard an explosion and looked up to see a few Oracle Knights getting sent flying into the air. Before Tritheim could react, Luke turned to Tritheim and kicked him away. "You're sure about that?" Luke asked Tritheim.

"This is impossible. We have the Score on our side. It said we won't have any trouble in the cathedral this month. We should have crushed you all with ease. We can't be losing." Tritheim said, on the verge of a freak out.

"Sorry to say, but things are changing, and it's time you take a nap." Luke said to Tritheim, as he slammed his cudgel upside down and into the floor with the handle pointed up.

Luke then pulled the handle on his right side of the driver up. Then Luke jumped into the air, and halfway up, his mask fell off and started to glow green. Then in the air, Luke slammed the handle into his driver, making him go down, right foot first, and glowing teal.

On the way down, Luke's foot hit the back of his mask, causing the mask to let out a surge of teal energy in the shape of leaves.

Tritheim screamed in terror, as Luek crashed into him, mask first, causing an explosion with teal energy leaves. When the smoke of the explosion and leaves cleared, everyone saw Luke standing over a knocked out Tritheim, his mask still under his foot and on Tritheim's definitely broken ribs.

Luke then moved his right foot, causing his mask to fly off Tritheim and back onto his helmet.

Luke then turned to see Diaz, Miles, and Ingvar still having trouble with Rob-Mon Volcano. Then Luke turned to Zaid, Selim, Otto, Ramon, and Dahy, dusting off some dust from their bodies, while standing on a pile of knocked-out Oracle Knights.

"Zaid, Selim, Otto, Ramon, and Dahy help Diaz, Miles, and Ingvar. I'll join in a second." Luke said to them, as he pulled the handle on his left side of his driver, making the mask slide up.

They nodded yes, and rushed to help Diaz, Miles and Ingvar, while Luke slid off the green mask, causing his mask, cap, and fabric to fade away in sparkles.

Then after putting the green mask back on his left hip, he pulled out the stone mask. "Let's see if its heat can affect this form." Luke said, as he put the mask on the key, making a clock sound before he slid the stone mask down over the teal tire, causing the tire to shoot out a crystal shape of the mask that was twice in size.

The crystal broke, revealing a gray rectangle mask with a stony like top, a smiley face with round yellow visor eye, two light blue lines that started under the visor and curved up the side the visor, and a toothy smile that had two black tusk coming out from the ends of the smile.

"TEAL MASQUERADE: CORNERSTONE." A gentle female voice said from his driver, as his cap and fabric reappeared, only now they were a dark stone gray. Luke then ran over to where he left his cudgel, and grabbed his cudgel, making the vines turn gray and become stone like. Holding his cudgel up like a bat, he charged Rob-Mon Volcano.

Meanwhile, Diaz, Zaid, and their Pokemon wasn't making much progress on Rob-Mon Volcano, their attacks were barely leaving scratches, and everytime they attack, they had to retreat because Rob-Mon Volcano kept making the floor hot, making unable to stay close to Rob-Mon Volcano to do more one strike at a time.

But then Luke yelled as he ran past everyone, and reached Rob-Mon Volcano, slamming his cudgel into Rob-Mon Volcano, acutely making dents into its body, and what was surprising everyone the most was how he didn't have to fall back, it was like the heat of the floor didn't affected him like the others.

"He strong." Zaid said to Diaz. "Yeah, Luke has gotten really strong in a very short time." Diaz said to Zaid, as Luke slammed his cudgel into Rob-Mon Volcano body, forcing Rob-Mon Volcano back a couple feet.

But then Rob-Mon Volcano made a humming sound, and made four lines of tan energy come out of his legs, causing tan energy walls to be made around everyone, pervanting Luke or anyone for that matter from leaving the space they were in.

Then the side visor of Rob-Mon Volcano facing Luke lit up, and its body opened up, revealing a ton of tiny barrels, all of which were aimed at Luke. "LUKE WATCH OUT!" Tear yelled at Luke, as Rob-Mon Volcano started to fire a massive furry of tiny fireballs, like it was a machine gun.

But Luke didn't panic, instead, he slammed his cudgel into the ground, making large rocks burst out of the floor, blocking the fireballs. Then Luke swung his cudgel like a bat, sending the rocks flying into Rob-Mon Volcano, breaking many of its barrels, forcing it to stop its attack.

That's when Luke rushed Rob-Mon Volcano, and with all his might, he swung his cudgel in a uppercut fashion, hitting Rob-Mon Volcano in his underbelly, and forcing Rob-Mon Volcano onto his sides, and with how it was built, it couldn't get up.

"Guys there's a Pokemon here. Help break it out!" Luke said, as he moved out of the way, while the tan energy wall faded away.

"With pleasure." Diaz said, as he spun his tire clockwise.

"We free friend." Zaid said, as he spun his tired counter clockwise.

That's when Diaz's giant glass ball moved from his back to the back of his blaster, and the baster flipped, to the barrel was facing him and the glass ball was facing monster, all the while, Diaz kept spinking his tire clockwise, causing a massive amount of snow to be made in the glass ball.

And that's also when the top of Zaid's helmet started to glow green and spin at a high speed.

"WINTER WONDERLAND!" Diaz said, as he pressed the button, and the glass ball popped open, and a blizzard came bursting out of it.

"BRUTAL HURL!" Zaid said, as he ripped the top of his helmet off and tossed it at Rob-Mon Volcano.

(Let me help with Psyshock!) Ramon said, as he held out his arms and caused his shoulders to slide down his arms and form a cannon, and started to shoot purple orbs out of it line a machine gun.

(And me with Scale Shot!) Dahy said, as she turned her tail to him and started to swipe her tail at Rob-Mon Volcano, firing shades of purple scales at Rob-Mon Volcano.

All the attacks comedian to make a green circular saw with purple blades and white edge. The saw hit the bottom of Rob-Mon Volcano, making a large crack appear on its bottom, with a red light leaking from the crack.

(Leave the rest to us. Giga Impact!) Miles said to everyone, before letting out a massive surge of white energy, before charging at Rob-Mon Volcano.

(I'll help with Axe Kick.) Ingvar said, as he jumped into the air and did a flip in air, and came straight down on Rob-Mon Volcano, with his right blade pointed at Rob-Mon Volcano.

(We'll help too, with Brick Break!) Otto said, as his tentacles glowed orange.

(And Iron Tail!) Selim said, as his tail turned silver and rough, and he charged at Rob-Mon Volcano, with Otto on his head.

All four of them crashed into Rob-Mon Volcano underbelly at the same time, causing a small explosion. And coming out of the explosion was not only Miles, Selim, Ingvar, and Otto, but a Camerupt as well.

When the smoke cleared, everyone saw Rob-Mon Volcano still on, but having some glitches and making whirly sounds.

"I guess this Camerupt was the power source behind that Rob-Mon Volcano. Don't worry Camerupt. We're getting you out of here." Diaz said to everyone, as he held a hand next to his driver, making one of his Pokeballs come out.''

Diaz then used the Pokeball to catch Camerupt, and after Camerupt was caught, Diaz held out his left hand, making the Pokeball glow violet and fly right into Diaz's hands. "Rest up Camerupt, you need it after everything that you've been through." Diaz said to Camerupt, before putting the Pokeball close to his driver, causing his driver to suck it in.

"Okay guys let's finish this!" Luke said to everyone, as he got onto Dahy's back. "With pleasure." Diaz said, as he turned back into his Violet Iron form, and got onto Miles back. "We crush bot." Zaid said, as he turned back into his Scarlet Beast form, and got onto Selim's back.

Luke then pulled the handle on his right side of the driver up, while Diaz spun his tire clockwise, and Zaid spun his tire counter clockwise. Then their Cyclizars jumped into the air, and everyone jumped off their back, getting more air time, and halfway up, Luke's mask fell off and started to glow gray.

Then in the air, Luke slammed the handle into his driver, making him go down, right foot first, and glowing teal, while Diaz's thrusters ignited and his right foot let out a surge of violet energy, and Zaid's right foot glowed scarlet.

On the way down, Luke's foot hit the back of his mask, causing the mask to let out a surge of teal energy in the shape of rocks. Everyone watched as Diaz, Zaid, and Luke combined into what looked like a violet, scarlet, and teal comet that came down on Rob-Mon Volcano, making a massive explosion with violet, scarlet, and teal sparkles coming out of the explosion.

When most of the smoke and sparkles from the explosion cleared everyone saw Diaz, Zaid, and Luke standing tall with their Cyclizar's landing right next to them. All the while Luke's mask floated back onto his face.

And maybe it was just some of the last remaining sparkles and embers from the explosion, but all three of them had a radiant glow to them.

And while Guy, Ion, Jade, Anise, and the other Pokemon looked at them in amazement. Tear, Whina, Qadira, and Natalia looked at them with wonder in their eyes, as their hearts beat at a fast pace.

After looking around and seeing no one on the enemy side still standing, Diaz, Zaid, and Luke turned back to their normal forms, with Luke pulling both the handles off his wheel, then pulling the mask up, making the Leaf Key pop out of his driver. "Let's go!" Daiz said to everyone, as he, Zaid, and Luke started to leave, returning their Pokemon to their Pokeballs.

Then everyone shook their heads, and focused. They returned their Pokemon to their Pokeballs, and followed them out of the cathedral.

TWISTED REALM.

Meanwhile in the Twisted Realm, The cloak figure was laughing in enjoyment, as Eshu painted Luke's piece teal. "I'm glad you're enjoying this master, but I gotta ask, why did Luke have a skirt?" Eshu asked the cloak figure, as he put Luke's piece down on the board.

"It couldn't be helped that power was made from Ogerpon, and she's a female. But forget about that, let's talk about Dist, he's proven to be smarter than we planned." The cloak figure said to Eshu.

"Yes, with a short time with the Scarlet Driver he learned how to give people Tera Types, and he's figured out how to turn Pokemon into a power source for his war machines. Honestly I didn't think he was smart enough to make anything himself that wasn't a pile of junk." Eshu said to the cloak figure. "I guess getting owned by Diaz must have been quite motivating." The cloak figure said to Eshu.

"Should we do something about this? These new powers could cause trouble and make us lose the game?" Eshu asked the cloak figure. The cloak figure started to think for a couple seconds in silence.

"No. While normally the powers of a Rider would come from their enemies, or be related to their enemies. In this case, evil crazy powers came from the Riders. And as the evil grows, the Abyss Riders will have to grow and unlock new power in order to stay ahead. And while Teal Masquerade is the Tertiary Rider and won't grow that much in power, I can't wait to see how this will affect Violet Iron and Scarlet Beast. After all, Violet Iron and Scarlet Beast are the Main Rider and the Secondary Rider, and I'm interested to see how they will break through the limits I set for them." The cloak figure said to Eshu, as he rested his head in his hand and looked at St. Binah on the board.

Hello everyone please like, follow, or review if you like this story. I hope you like Teal Masquerade, and for the record Forestivy is just an OC name I made for Ogerpon's Teak Mask form so I didn't have to do Teal Masquerade: Teal Mask.

And for the record Rob-Mon Volcano moves where twists on Eruption, Incinerate, Earth Power, Scorching Sands. With the fireballs being Incinerate, the hot floor being Scorching Sands, the tan energy wall being Earth Power, and the furry of tiny fireballs being Eruption.