OOC: Fixed up the character list, so you know what that means.

Deeper and deeper into the Aquatic Sanctuary did Tailwind move. But they find themselves even more invaded than the previous floors.

"...don't you notice something weird?"

"I don't -- they're all the same, just numerous."

"They're coming in even larger numbers, that's all I can tell."

"No, commander, don't you feel that it's getting a bit... heavier?"

"Heavier...?...

...hm, alright, everyone stop moving."

As the team stopped, they took 20 seconds of idleness. After that 20 seconds, Roze was suddenly slumped on the ground as if she was choking, yet nothing was holding her. Zangetsu noticed this quickly and tried to get her up, while Sparchu noticed what Roze meant -- the spiritual pressure in this part was then too immense and was radiating like 'whoa'. Since Roze couldn't handle such pressure, she almost fainted. Sparchu positioned to cover both teammates as more wild Pokémon approach. But something wasn't right. The Pokémon that were then approaching had some blue, red, and white patterns on some of their bodyparts. Everytime one of them went near, the spiritual pressure became intensely heavy, which causes Sparchu to quickly punch all of them away.

"...! This is no good! We're being attacked by primals!"

"Here?! But... this place was promised to be eternally pure!"

The number of primals keep increasing and Sparchu was already panicking as he quickens up every move he can dish out, covering both Zangetsu and Roze.

The spiritual pressure kept increasing and increasing, causing Roze to eventually to become immobile in the process, forcing Zangetsu to carry all her weight. Sparchu kept on using his signature moves to ward off the swarm of primals around them while backing off.

But alas, after retreating for too long, they come across a bottomless seawater-gravitational pit (which leads directly to the unbreathable seawater), and no where more to run (the primals formed a semi-circle around them.

"...I don't want to go desperate and cancel the mission for a while -- we might not live if we dive there!"

"But it doesn't seem as if we have a chance of breaking through!"

While the primals were closing in, both of them were increasing their chances of giving up on this.

But before they fell down to the sea, a large, long, and sparkling entity came from the seawater pit and jumped in front of the primal crowd. That unknown entity fired a powerful Ice Beam that was enough to build a straight pathway out, but obviously the primals never gave up and kept charging.

By now, the entity could be seen as a sea serpent with hair, so it would obviously be a Milotic. The Milotic didn't hesitate and a powerful 'screen' formed in front of the Milotic. With that screen, the Milotic suddenly bursted in front of the primals and began to charge, causing everything in her way to get serious damage. After she finished charging forward, she *jumped?* swam in the air and back to Tailwind's position, back in front.

"Use this." the Milotic said, as it formed the same large 'screen' in front of all 3 Tailwind members. After that, she swam back to the seawater pit and disappeared.

"...what is this?"

"...! No time to waste, attack! Now!"

"But... Roze still hasn't woke up!"

"We'll defend her by attacking everything that goes near her. Right now we have a chance of eliminating all of these!"

Sparchu and Zangetsu then proceeded to their best moves as they rampage through the big primal crowd, with the big 'screen' as their protection.

OOC: WTF? My hands suddenly got lazy. I said to myself I'll be getting to the most bottom part of the dungeon by this post, but... D:

OOC: You call THAT big? You should see my posts in the previous RP.

"(I recognize this type of defensive screen anywhere.)"

Sparchu freely luanches a Thunder Stream delivered unto another line of primals.

"(The ultimate move in defensive history, Reflect Screen. And I know of only 2 who can do this move.)"

Zangetsu used Bullet Punch on Sparchu to get some electric charge, and did an Extremespeed to further damage a lot of the primals.

"(How many times have I been protected by this screen, I do not know. But surely, it's been 4 years ever since I felt being protected by it.)"

To finish off, Sparchu used Focus Punch to send the other primals flying, clearing the area.

"(It wasn't called the Aquatic Sanctuary for nothing. Indeed, it is still protected.)

...this was convenient, and I never expected support to come from nowhere. Let's go."

"...but Roze. She still can't move properly."

"...I still can't."

"... *Thunderbolts*"

"*flinches largely* OUCH! Hey wha... well that got me moving."

"We're almost near the bottom, we can't just sit around here. For the record, I want to get out of here befor night strikes."

They proceeded lower and lower, until they finally reached the bottom. There, the shrine of a certain deity was already broken and was in ruins.

"...has the gods' power grown so weak that even these statues are being so broken now?"

But protruding from the statue was a peculiar looking sword with evident divine spiritual pressure coming from it.

"That must be it!"

Zangetsu ran forward to pull it out, when a sudden explosion came from nowhere.

"You think we wouldn't be so foolish to leave something that important here? Dorabot, dispose of these 3!" It turns out that the Dokon Trio already set a trap, and was objectively wanting to get the Tsuyugami sword for themselves. The Porygon-Z named Dorabot already surrounded Tailwind in a ring of fire, making them immobile.

"Dokon Dan?! You three again!"

"Nya~! Dare you've been insulting us from the time we last saw each other you weasel! Now I hope you rest well here, as our attendants tend to you nya~" Nyanki the Glameow taunted as she quickly placed illusions surrounding Tailwind to hit them continuously for disturbance. Botan got hold of the sword, pulled it out freely, and the Dokon Trio were about to leave the place.

"Byebye, Tailwind! So much for being a legendary team, no?" The Gardevoir taunted. Tailwind were busy fending off the Glameow illusions that were disturbing them. The Dokon Trio was about to escape with the sword they sought!

Then again, luck is on Tailwind's side as an unexpected help came to them. Sparchu saw some black ink being thrown into the air, which was weird. The ink formed a loop symbol, something that would symbolize the wind. Out from the ink symbol, a strong wind suddenly blew, removing the fire and dragging the Dokon Trio down to the ground once again. After that, two straight horizontal lines formed with ink, and after that a mist of slowing time suddenly could be felt in the air. This mist also was the reason why the illusions suddenly disappeared.

"...attack!"

"Gladly! I so hate that Glameow right now!"

Roze didn't hesitate and immediately did a swift Aqua Jet on the three, sending them banging to the wall.

"...! Why you...! Who turned up the fan anyway?! I'll scream!" Botan said, and was readying the screech that could send everyone into a confusion. But before she could, Spores came out from above, sending all 3 of them to immediate sleep.

"Focus~"

"...! ...byebye!"

"...hahaha! Here we go!"

Roze and Zangetsu, knowing of Sparchu's very powerful Focus Punch, were ready to cheer on the commander Pikachu releasing one of his most powerful moves. Normally to perform Focus Punch, he wouldn't focus as much -- but if he DOES Focus, it turns into the strongest punch ever delivered in the entire universe.

"~PUNCH!"

Sparchu dashed forward, and sudden burst of joyful spiritual pressure emitted from Sparchu, making Zangetsu and Roze cheer on even more. But if viewed from the spirit world, it could be seen that Sparchu had the spiritual support of 5 other entities sprouting from his body. The punch then delivered the Dokon Trio passing through the wall, and even further as they keep bumping on the wall and crashing it, sending them so far that they couldn't be seen over the horizon anymore.

"...whew, heh!"

"...really so strong..."

"The commander is so awesome in his own way!"

What about the entity that was painting in the air? That entity then came from behind, approaching Tailwind. The sword named Tsuyugami was dropping from the air; the painting creature caught it with its tail and gave it to the Pikachu.

"I believe you're looking for this? Were you the ones assigned to protect this sword?" the creature asked, who was apparently a Smeargle.

"Protect...? What are you talking about? We were simply asked to retrieve it from right here."

"Would I be allowed to know who asked you to retrieve this?"

"Um... ah, I remember. An Arcanine named Amaterasu."

"...! Then I have no doubts, I will leave now. Please be sure to get out of here safely and give it to her, OK? Also, tell her for me 'Issun said Hi.'"

The Smeargle then painted a cross mid-air, and out from it came a portal which he entered and vanished from the place.

"...I take it that the name of that Smeargle was Issun."

"...Issun? Amaterasu? Sounds familiar..."

"Well, we're done here! Let's go back now."

Then from the hole that the Dokon Trio made (via Sparchu's Focus Punch), water started flowing in. Remember that Aquatic Sanctuary was underwater, and making a hole in the dungeon could mean that the dungeon would drown.

"Run!"

Roze and Zangetsu began to run back to the exit, when Sparchu Thunder Waved both of them.

"Hold it! There's nothing better than being prepared, yes?"

Sparchu held in his hand an Escape Orb, which he smashed to the ground, leaving a portal for the 3 of them, making their escape and back to the surface.

OOC: Wheee. Issun. D:

OOC: Bump and post. D:

Back at Byakune's room, after much waiting, Senbon finally awoke.

"So you've finally came to."

"...Byakune... I don't understand how and why!" complained Senbon, ranting on how the events happened.

"You are indeed one powerful soul, but what I never knew was that you don't have protection on hollowification."

"...Byakune! Why did you ever think?! Who in this world has protection from such entities anyway?! Inevitably, I couldn't handle such..."

"Well I can!"

"...what?!"

"Time and time again I've seen it, how many times a primal has tried to conquer my head. But alas, they have failed passively, and I then can infer that I have an immunity to their influence now. In that time when your primal invaded me, I have learned to tap into that inner power of mine, and I thought that words is not a solution for now. Enough of this talk then, I would want to instill in you then this same power that I speak of. If you indeed still will remain my Zanpaku-to, then you must synchronize with me and have an equal amount of power. I cannot think of any other way."

"...yes."

"It will be a bit strenous, but it will definitely be worth it. Who knows, we might be able to release...~"

"...the...?"

"...exactly. It is in these dark times that it is necessary to unleash everything we have. Until we haven't fully unlocked both of our potentials, nothing has begun for us."

"...it is as said then. I will heed your call, Byakune." after that short conversation, Senbon turned back into KuroSenbonzakura. Byakune quickly got a grasp of it and rested for a while. In came Ren the Luxray, the vice-captain.

"...what's going on?" Ren asks, obviously confused.

"Times are getting even harsher than before, Ren. I couldn't stress enough now that we must unleash everything we have already..." Byakun worryingly says.

"...then definitely something is the matter? Surely you must have an inkling on what's happening."

"...As of now Ren, it must not invade your innocence. Right now, I advise that you work back at the field again -- this time, I want you to destroy 100 Diglett dummies with one Discharge!"

"100! I can't even do 50! I even had a hard time with 1!"

"We have no choice, but you must do it. Just trust me, Torar. You'll see why I'm doing this to you."

"...fine then, Captain. I will try my best."

"But night is approaching -- it is advisable that you start sometime else. For these remaining hours, it is advisable to only be doing light activities."

"OK then Captain, I will leave now." Ren then leaves Byakune's room.

"...
(Ren is strong but still oblivious. Let it be that until he has already enough strength, he not know about the primal entities... for it might just be the cause of everyone's downfall...)"

OOC: WTF, my hands got lazy again. I said I'd be at least finishing one last scene before I end this post D:

OCC: Sorry for not posting, guys. Completely forgot about this >.>

Might I make a suggestion, BTW? Team theme songs. Doesn't make a difference, though.

Anyway:

"You guys ready to go, then?" Jake asked. "Where are we even going, anyway?" Roy replied curiously. "Exploring, my friend." Jake answered. "You sure you're feeling well enough to come, Jed?" "I'll be fine, just so long as I don't push too hard. Besides, what danger could come up when we're wondering around exploring?" Jed reassured.
And with that, the team set off from their hut, out into the forest.

I'm getting to somewhere of importance, now.

This message was edited by CAPITAL BETA on Apr 11 2009.

OOC: Damn it, I'm in serious writer's block right now! I'm writing quite a few fics of my own, and now I can't even write anything, even in this RP! :\

OOC: Like i said last time i made an OOC post, perhaps we should move on into the main story, start meeting up with each others' teams, etc. My team is in its base right now, so if anyone wants to head over there, that's fine. Of course, they can be moved to just about anywhere if needed.

OOC: My imagination has suddenly grown dull, what the hell is wrong with me? I've been spending almost half my day asleep... D:

Tailwind returned to the Teigon to deliver the retrieved item. But as they went to Squad 13's Quarters, they couldn't find their building.

"...what? But the tracer said it's right here! Why's there only seawater?"

"...that's odd, Raulant said it was here, yet he mumbled something about... something."

"...I can sense a lot of spirits within this blank area, so definitely something's odd."

After a few moments of staring at the blank space, Raulant came from the 'seawater' of the blank space.

"Oh, it's Tailwind! And you seem to be lost, yes? But Roze, you seem to..." Raulant never finished his sentence, when Roze suddenly walked up to the blank space, and went up an invisible set of stairs, opened an invisible door, and went into an invisible building.

"What the?!"

"...you don't see that everyday."

"Well, as you can see, only those worthy and those who believe can actually see what's going on. As long as you don't see it, you can't enter."

"But I do have faith on the Pokétei 13!"

"Hm, the quarters treat you as a stranger, so you might not see it immediately..."

"...hey, now it's coming clear!"

"Well that's... interesting."

"Alright, since you can enter now... I might as well go in too."

The 3 were already inside, and Roze was already ahead. The Floatzel was astonished by the very Japanese-like layout of the Squad 13 Quarters.

"I'm not responsible for the architecture of this thing anyway, but I like it. Feel free to do what you have to."

"Thanks captain Umirai. May we know where the Vice-Captain is right now?"

"Ah, you mean Amaterasu... she's been waiting at the balcony ever since she sent you that mission proposal."

"...I can sense a really heavy aura coming from the balcony -- could that possibly be hers?"

"...I never have been able to sense auras... Zangetsu, was it? Yes, I never was able to -- but Amaterasu definitely has an extraordinary trait within her that I cannot see or even fathom... it's not harmful or anything, it's actually kind of peaceful -- it's like when you stare at her, you see a goddess in front of you...

...no I'm not saying that because she's enticing -- I'm a fish for crying out loud!"

*blush* For a while there... ehehe. Anyway! To the balcony, then."

Roze re-joined Tailwind and the 4 (including Captain Raulant Umirai) went up to the balcony. There you can see the alter-colored (or what is known as a 'shiny') Arcanine waiting there. The Arcanine, known as Amaterasu, turned around in delight to see that Tailwind is finally back, with the sword.

"Here you go.

...I must say, this is some sword you wield. For a quadpedal specie, you sure you can wield this?"

But Amaterasu retained all that there is for a Pokémon -- she could not speak English like many, and thus her only responses are like how Arcanines normally do -- barks or howls.
Since Zangetsu was a Lucario, he could understand the things that Amaterasu is saying.

"...what... oh, you mean to tell us that this sword is named 'Tsumugari' and not 'Tsuyugami', and that you apologize for your bad handwriting?"

"...hm, she definitely hasn't been a good writer..." Raulant confirms.

As the Tsumugari sword was handed over to Amaterasu, it somehow suddenly disappeared as it was properly placed on the Arcanine's back. Tailwind never wondered though -- the world is too full of weird stuff today.

"I'm glad we finally had a mission to do, after such a long time!"

"For the record, though, you came back at night -- was the dungeon really that lengthy, for such you Tailwinds took too long?"

"...*swt* it's a long story, Raulant, you don't want to hear it..."

Then suddenly a voice came from somewhere high in the sky. In response to this voice, Amaterasu suddenly posed a canine fighting stance.

"Oh, but I know that 'long' short story...
I can only sum it up with two words: Primal Invasion. Don't you think that's a very fitting title?" the voice said.

From above the skies, a Gallade suddenly appeared, and he wasn't falling from the sky -- his pose indicated that he was descending slowly with his two feet flat, and that as if he was controlling his fall. He perched on the thin balcony stand with his very thin slippers, and it still looked impossible since he should've lost his balance already!

"It wasn't quite an impressive feat, but I know exactly why ma cherie Amaterasu here sent Tailwind specifically.

I already told her of the prophecy regarding the status of her lost sword... thus she could think of no other team to run to... Her own power will be completely eliminated once she attempted to come near the bottom of the dungeon -- not counting the fact that Amaterasu here is a Fire-type, and she would try to dive in that area?"

The Arcanine growled at the Gallade, as if saying "To hell with you".

"But inevitably that was the only choice you had. Calm down, ma cherie. I'm not here to disturb you for too long anyway."

"...who exactly are you, now? What's with the... peculiar outfit...?" Raulant wonderingly asks -- for he must know almost everything that goes on with all his squad members.

The Gallade did have a peculiar outfit. He wore a red tight-fit longsleeve robe with a sleevless blue and red shirt inside of it. He covered his lower body with violet pants that had a very Japanese-like belt knotted around the waist of the pants. On his head was a very odd looking piece of headgear in which the center was an eagle's head (it's like a mask that fits on top of the head), and sprouting from that eagle-headpiece was were 2 wing-like 'feathers' that were colored white but had a few red markings on it. He wore three daggers on his back, and on his hand he held a flute. His normal hand position was of notice, too: the middle and ring fingers were normally folded, while his thumb, index, and pinky fingers were always open -- this hand position was fit to be able to execute actions for both open and close hands.

"...Captain Umirai, am I not mistaken...? My identity lies hidden within many, but I suppose I can tell you even just my name... I won't do my signature introductory entrance since I'm already here... so I'll just tell you my name before I go.

A messenger of the moon... my name is Ushiwaka... or many call me Waka for short.

...Au revoir, baby!" with that final phrase, the Gallade, known as Waka, disappeared and floated back into the sky's horizons.

Amaterasu looked a bit worried after seeing Waka. Zangetsu went on to ask what was wrong. Though Amaterasu just replied with a blatant "Nothing" on her face.

"...well I guess we're done here! Another day of success for Tailwind, yes!"

"...seriously commander, I think we need a really catchy victory sequence!"

"...how could we come up with something catchy, though? It's not like we're characters of a fantasy videogame or something..."

"...actually I've been considering on making one, but I'm stumped on ideas!"

"...hehe, back when he was still the commander, you had the very awesome victory cry back then..." Raulant butts in. With the stress on the word 'he', Sparchu's face turned a bit serious on some side, but is still generally happy.

"...yes, I loved our victory cry back then. Well Tailwind, time to go..."

The 3 Tailwind members are then escorted out of the Squad 13's quarters, and the image of the quarters became faint once again.

As Tailwind was walking back to their base, Zangetsu couldn't help uttering out something.

"Is it just me, or... does that Arcanine have a... peculiar 'makeup' on her fur?"

"...huh? She looks like a normal alter-colored Arcanine to me..."

"...me too, but there are some suddenly faint red lines I see on some of parts of her body... not quite too sure though because my eyes may just be failing me, for they are so faint."

"I didn't notice a thing. At all."

"But I can see it clearly... that Arcanine had a peculiar arrangement of red lines on her fur. Plus, the aura that the Waka guy emitted... it's as strong as Amaterasu's."

"...so much for me only being able to feel spiritual pressure or what."

"...everything is getting so mixed up in my head right now, I better go to sleep!"

Before they exitted the Teigon, they had to really cross the noisy side of the front-most quarters -- the Squad 6 quarters. Right now, even at the time of day, the field seems to be bustling with a bit of activity. Tailwind, as curious as they were, went in to peek at the field. They then see a Luxray trying to use Discharge in order to hit the Diglett dummies that were popping out of the ground.

"...! Ren-kun! You're still up?"

Ren was about to release an electric bolt when he heard his name by a very familiar voice, and accidentally released the electricity in the direction of Tailwind... fortunately Sparchu was able to Focus Punch it out of the way.

"...who... *blush* what the, Roze! What are you doing here?"

"We just came from Squad 13's quarters and we were curious why there was noise around here!"

"Hm... I can't say much right now, but all of a sudden, Captain Eneko suddenly wanted me to raise up my training standards by quite a lot!"

"...like how much?"

"Imagine how hard it is to hit a Diglett dummy with any Electric attack... now he wants me to hit 100 Diglett dummies with only one Discharge!"

"What?! That's pretty absurd! But... if it's you, Ren, then I believe you can do it. Come on, you do extraordinary stuff all the time, am I not right? *blush*"

"*blush* Uh... that's right! Discharge!"

As the Luxray, Ren Torar, Vice-Captain of Squad 6, released a sudden Discharge, he was able to hit a big number of Diglett dummies. Although it wasn't a 100, it still exceeded what his limits were telling him to.

"...wha... I actually did something this enormous?!"

"See?! You're so awesome~. I hope I could stay and watch, but we have duties to do. Hope to see you soon, Ren-kun~. *blush*"

"...alright, bye Roze. *slight blush*"

Tailwind then proceeded to move back to the base.

"...Ren. Maybe then right now I know the other things that you lack... and it's all in the inner spirit of yours."

Byakune was actually watching, and he went outside to Ren, who was still astonished.

"The... inner spirit of mine?"

"Seems like right now, the best favor I can do for you is to give you the childhood you deserve..."

"...! The childhood... I deserve..."

"I can't stand the hidden tears within your mind, maybe it's about time I show you the positive side of the world some time."

"...Captain! Why are you saying this all of a sudden..."

"...I faintly remember my past, but all I do know is that every endeavor I take, it all starts with a bit of joy. If you can't find the enthusiasm to actually have a worth in having a life, then you won't achieve your true potential. I wouldn't like you to remember your past, Ren. I know how harsh it was..."

"Captain... Eneko. It's not like you to bring up that topic again..."

"...and by bringing it up, I might just find something about my lost past, too... This is both for you and for me, Ren. I'll think up of something we can do tomorrow. For now, rest and make yourself the most comfortable you can."

"The most comfortable I can? You already gave me one hell of a room already..."

"Yes, I know, and I want you to indulge in that room even further. Feel free to spoil yourself. You may now rest if you want."

"...yes, thank you Captain."

Ren rushes inside back into the quarters. Byakune still looked out at the horizon.

"...yet I've guided many, I haven't even guided myself. Is my desire selfish, then...? That I help others in order to help myself...?
What caused me to actually take in Ren, anyway?... It's not because I knew nothing of myself. Rather... there's some hidden kindness inside my heart that I cannot explain. That hidden emotion within me... is what I need to know to decipher my lost past, once and for all. Ren was the first piece of the puzzle...
...and when I think about it, that Pikachu named Sparchu, seems to be the second piece..."

Meanwhile, somewhere in the middle of the sea, we can see the Dokon Dan floating about.

Conversation: Dokon Dan + A mysterious character
Botan: "Whaaaat! I told you we should've gotten it and made our escape already!"
Nyanki: "I'm no coward, you two were just too slow!"
Botan: "I just hope you put some intelligence in those actions of yours!"
Nyanki: "You're the one who never anticipated the interruption!"
Botan: "So you're telling me it's my fault?!"
???: *floats from the sky*"I finally found you 3... stop being so noisy."
Botan: "...finally, Dokon-sama! Where have you been?"
Dokon: "Just went to check on the status of our 'lost treasure'..."
Nyanki: "We-we're sorry, Dokon-nya~! We promise we'll be more straightforward the next time!"
Dokon: "...no, it's alright. We must've stumbled upon what I was actually expecting... but for now, let us make our lead back to our land, shall we?"

OOC: MY BRAIN IS MIXING UP! I still have the mysteries of some characters to unveil, but maybe I'll slowly build that up with the main course of the storyline, too... From this point on, I would be typing a lot of conflicts with primals now. Also, I need to update the character list sometime soon...

This message was edited by Zekira on Apr 15 2009.

Fox took his time going back home from his adventure to defeat and tame Skeith. He could still feel Skeith's own pulse inside of him, although it felt weird, it was a comforting sort of thing, it gave something to help Fox focus, and it also broke the silence where there was silence. Or maybe that was just his pulse, over-acting due to the fact that he wasn't under the pressure and heat he had become used to that last day or so. This alerted Fox; how long had he been gone from his home? It couldn't have taken that long, maybe a day or so...but something just didn't feel right. Maybe it was just the feeling that as he walked through the dark forest on his way to the boat platform to get back to the mainland that he was being watched. and, not to mention the fact that the deeper he went into this forest, the darker it seemed to get, which wasn't a good sign. Fox had had enough of this, the constant feeling of worry and awkwardness, it was getting to become too much for him, and now, Fox just stopped moving and sat down on the ground, and waited. Eventually, his follower revealed himself, but not to Fox, just revealed himself out of his hiding. The follower was behind Fox, but on the pathway none the less.

"I've been searching for a long time, Skeith."

Foxes eyes sprung open and widened as he stood up and spun around to look at the culprit, hidden behind shadows, although glowing red eyes could be seen, and somewhat shining yellow rings lines the pokemons body...Astraeus would be able to tell hat pokemon this was, but sadly, Fox wasn't that smart when it came to pokemon knowledge.

"I knew you had been hiding, but you can't hide anymore with your heart beating like that! all the others have not been found yet either, however...So, Skeith, are we to battle again, or are you to finally come to terms and join me."

"What are you talking about? I don't even know who you are...And I'm not Skeith!"

"I see...you have been beaten by your host, then, it seems, and now you are just a power source, what a shame. Well, host of Skeith, my name...Is Corbenik!"

"Tch!-- So you are the dark entity of Morganna...Arcanine and Moltres told me of you, the second destructive power! What have you done to the pokemon you are hosted by?!"

"Oh...you mean Burakki here? Heh...Burakki the Umbreon was no match for my power. I am off to find the others, but while im gone, I ask that you think of my offer, to join me in my quest to restore Morganna."

Currently, they are walking at the boundaries of the town -- the quickest way to arrive at the base. Tailwind proceeds to walk back to their base, when suddenly all of them tripped over. It wasn't just an ordinary fall -- it was as if something intended to really make them fall. They quickly stood up to notice that a primal Jolteon suddenly attacked them.

"What is it with primals today anyway?!"

Like all primals, they start out with an obvious rage. The Jolteon quickly cast over a quick Thunderbolt at Roze while making itself fade, and Roze barely even dodged the attack. Though she dodged it, now we find Zangetsu completely paralyzed.

Startled by the speed, Sparchu got into an immediate stance and brought out his S. Light Ball to maximize himself. But alas, as he brought it out, Roze was already knocked out towards the wall -- though not too hard, as Roze was only immobile and so was Zangetsu, but they were definitely hurt. Sparchu quickly delivered a wave of heat (somehow...) to spark on the ground, hopefully getting the Jolteon off-balanced. The primal Jolteon was forced to jump up, giving Sparchu the position he expected -- perfect for a Focus Punch. Sparchu jumped up in the air, in perfect position, and released the Focus Punch. But as he was lunging in the air, the Jolteon suddenly regained balance mid-air and performed a fierce Bullet Spear, passing through Sparchu and the Focus Punch missed. Not only did the ferocious attack miss -- Sparchu was badly hurt and his upper body couldn't move properly. He landed on the ground, kneeling from the pain.

As the primal Jolteon began to only wreak havoc with its own Thunder Stream, a powerful slash came from behind the Jolteon, coming from a solid sword. This led the Jolteon to reduce his power to minimal as he tries to recover. The one that delivered the slash was the same Smeargle that Tailwind encountered before -- his name was Issun, as far as I remember. The Smeargle painted a few dots above the Jolteon's head, and it formed into Spores, hopefully getting the Jolteon asleep. But alas, he just hit an illusion, and the primal Jolteon was already behind Issun. Issun panicked and painted two horizontal lines, which prompted the time-slowing technique. WIth this technique, however, Sparchu's Time Gear suddenly reacted and Sparchu was able to get himself up, all of the sudden. But alas, the primal Jolteon already hit Issun with a vicious Headbutt, sending the Smeargle to bump towards Sparchu's body, leading them to getting knocked over in the process.

The attacks seemed endless and that the Jolteon was ready to finish them for good, when different voices could suddenly be heard from the sky.

<sub>"Dokon-sama, where are you going?!"

"You 3 go on ahead, there's definitely something I need to get to."</sub>

From above the skies, the same Gallade addressed as Waka descended gracefully. Seeing as there was no-one to do his introduction, he immediately positioned himself to play the flute that he was holding.

The primal Jolteon had an obvious face of "WTF". After a few moments of flute-playing, the Jolteon got annoyed and proceeded to attack the Gallade. But when he got near, though, the Gallade stopped playing, and as if 'extended' his flute, and it became a blade made out of green spirit-energy. This enabled Gallade to counter the sudden charge, and send the Jolteon back to the ground.

Waka then pulled out his 3 swords and tossed them in the air, making it land around the Jolteon, trapping it. Waka then proceeded to fly over to the Jolteon and deliver his favorite sword combo upon the primal being.

"Behold, Pillowtalk!"

As Waka proceeded to do on with his 5-hit sword combo (I won't go into details because it's tiring), it eventually ended up in the Jolteon finally getting knocked out. The other Pokémon was already awake, too. They all approached the Jolteon.

"...ugh..." the Jolteon finally spoke.

"Wait... what?! This is no primal -- this is Lighty!"

"...what, yes it is!"

"...but he definitely looks like a primal."

Lighty, a bit confused, stood up, but barely had balance, for he was injured.

"What were you doing just attacking us like that?!"

"...attacking you...?! Oh no...! I must have dozed off with my mask again...!"

"...your... mask? You mean that half-red-and-white mask you're wearing on the right side of your face?"

"There are some things that I haven't explained to Tailwind just yet!

...also, who are these 2?! They seem pretty lethal to me!"

"...honestly, I don't even know them also."

The Gallade, seeing the opportunity, stood up and suddenly re-appeared at a quite-far-away rock.

His flute played a beautiful temple-like music.

"Hark! The call of the heavens, the earth, the sea... they summon me forth to banish evil!"

From here on, the Gallade jumped leaped over and higher to the sky, then descended slowly back to the place where the others were.

"Ushiwaka the gods gift to man is here! Bonjour!"

"...is it just me, or this guy really weird?"

"No, it's not just you..."

"...but there's no doubt that he's no ordinary Pokémon."

"...and within this Gallade I feel a very heavy presence of moonlight coming! What is with this guy?!"

"This guy's nothing, that's all! It's just that he's so full of himself that you're feeling something weird, making you feel so miserable! Right, you half-baked prophet?!" the Smeargle named Issun continued on with a bit of insult.

"...ah, I never noticed that our little friend is also here..."

"Who you calling little?! Also, you're completely late if 'banishing evil' is your objective! So much for seeing into the future, you half-baked prophet!"

"...noisy and insolent as always, I see, yet you still do remember that your swordplay is no match for mine..."

"Put a cork in it! Who said I needed to beat you to be steadfast anyway?! I am Issun, the greatest painter of the land!"

"...yet you never realized that another painting should be done already, don't you? The painting that would hopefully end all this issues about the primals..."

"*pffft* Can't you wait?! A great artistic work needs time!"

"But what if... there's no time left?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Well, if you won't believe me..."

"Alright, stop it you 2! Frankly, we may be out of place, but I know EXACTLY what you are talking about!"

"You... do?"

"I'm no mystic for nothing! Besides, how could I wear this mask if my mind was so weak?

Waka! Issun! I don't know who the both of you are, but definitely you've been already nosing around the issues of the primals, and the predicted return of the 'day of darkness'!"

"...it seems like this monsieur knows what he's talking about. Seeing this, I must not reveal any further. I will have to leave now.

Au revoir, baby!"

The Gallade ascended into the sky with one powerful leap and disappeared.

"Tsk, that no-good excuse for a two-bit future-seeing numbskull is up to his no-good act again!
But at least he reminded me that I have a painting to finish! See you others around!"

The Smeargle then drew the 'X' mark, revealing a fog-portal that made him disappear.

"...Lighty..."

"I know, I know! Now leave me back alone in the shop and hopefully I'll be able to explain it all to you by tomorrow! I suggest you 3 get some good sleep, too!"

Lighty then ran back to the Soul Shop, disappearing so quick.

"...the 'day of darkness'?"

"Haven't you read it yet...? I just came acorss such an article this morning in one of our books."

"I would then need to refer to it... for now, we have to get back. Lighty's right -- I'm so tired!"

"Same here!"

"...that's something I can't argue with.

Eventually, Tailwind finally reached their base.

OOC: AAAAND my hands got lazy. D: