OOC: Fortunately Kenzar is immune to primalization due to his lack of natural spirit energy. Though, I think whoever is making the copies (I obviously know who) might just be able to make a Primal Kenzar (Shoot.), which I have no idea how we'll beat.

OOC: ...which I have no idea of, since I don't play Brawl. Lol.

"That mountain...?"

"We're not sure what's there... but all of these Luxios that are attacking us are coming from over there!" complained the Shinx loudly. It's as if this Shinx is the most mature of all the Shinxes around this place.

"...I remember the name of this forest now -- 'Currest', was it? Yes, I've been here frequently back then when I was a Luxio myself. I never knew what happened after the corruption, though..." says Ren.

"...! Please, Luxray! You have to understand! ...

...well, you do know what I want to request of you now...?" said the Shinx.

"...! ...I'm sorry, Shinx, but I can't. Though I would be devoted to stay, I still have more duties in the wide world. I can't be back here in the forest just yet... So I am sorry, you will have to find another savior..." replies Ren softly.

"...we understand. We've been enduring and running away from these abnormal Luxios, and our peace never came back... but at least we're surviving..."

"...now I see. Why... why do you even keep running away? Isn't it time that... you actually fight?"

"...fight?! With our puny little bodies?! We are at a very big disadvantage!"

"I'm sorry little Shinx, but I'd have to agree with my vice-captain here. There are times that things are taking their toll too much. If you find that running away isn't working, then it's probably time you stop the cause of the comotion yourselves. Why don't you just try?"

"...insolent Skitty, we don't have the physique to fight those drunken things!" shouts the Shinx, a bit angrily.

"I don't understand it. You clearly have a lot of guts and has a very strong will, yet you refuse to fight an obstacle that keeps on cornering you. How long are you going to keep struggling for salvation? Isn't it time that you made your own...?"

"...I...

...the truth is, I'm afraid to fight. Sight of too many battles have given me too much traumas... I can't stand having to fight anymore." said a truthful little Shinx.

"...Ren, I'm assigning you to do this. I'll be going somewhere on my own for a while -- when I'm back, can I trust that you can train these Shinxes?"

"...what?! Captain! Are you serious...? I don't think I can even train these children...!" said Ren, who suddenly panicked.

"...then did I just become your captain for nothing?"

"...! ...

...alright, I'll do my best. Be careful, Byakune." says Ren.

"...I won't take long."

Byakune then leaves Currest, and heads to the mountain that the Shinx pointed to.

Byakune quickly got to the bottom of that mountain.

"...this place is in total ruins. I wonder what took place here anyway...?"

Byakune was inspecting the few remains on the walls. Something weird was happening though -- everytime he touches something, flashbacks come to him like they happened yesterday.

One of these flashbacks involved attacks from a Deoxys. Another flashback involved seeing a very evil Skitty. Byakune even saw that another Skitty fired a powerful beam from the paw. He also saw some other familiar stuff that he cannot seem to fathom what they are.

"...the only thing I can make out of the flashbacks are the identities of the legendary Pokemon... and the existence of Razen and Sparchu. What are these coming to my head...?

...links to the past keep coming back, and I still cannot make out... who I am."

After much moving forward, Byakune stumbles upon what seemed to be a forcefield made of fog. It was blocking the way further into the top of the mountains, hindering his walk to a dead end.

After much more looking, he saw 4 panels on the ground. It was odd for these panels formed some shapes. One of the panels looked like a needle. The other 3 looked like gears from a machine.

"These formations look familiar..."

Indeed it was familiar. Byakune's Spacial Gear fell off from his stash and he saw that it was glowing. The second panel seemed to glow as well, and it was as if the glyph on the ground was reacting to Byakune's Spacial Gear. A portal opened then. Byakune entered without any worry.

He found himself suddenly at the very top of the mountain. Or maybe higher...

"...no doubt I could feel that there's no ground under me almost. This may be somewhere near the heavens already..."

It looked like a cloudy domain alright, but the place was in so much ruins that you couldn't even call it a very celestial place. Byakune noticed how destroyed everything was, as if 2 entities of the worldly-degrees themselves clashed.

While walking, Byakune suddenly stepped on what seemed to be like blood. This blood has aged so much, yet it didn't die. The estimated blood spillage -- 4 years.

"...two sets of blood, actually... this one... smells like bloodspill from a primal... and a Luxray. A primal Luxray. The other one... an oversoul. An Absol... An overAbsoul? No, that sounds stupid... but definitely it's a powerful Absol.

...and what's this in front of me? A portal?"

This portal that he saw wasn't so inviting. It was obviously swirling with unnatural spirits.

Byakune sat in front of it, waiting for something to happen.

...

...

"...! Scatter, Senbon!"

KuroSenbonzakura suddenly transformed into Senbon the Cherrim, and the flower exploded into many petals before landing safely back on the ground. It was a smooth move -- a lot of primal Luxios suddenly burst out of the portal, and Senbon's attack shielded Byakune.

"Clearly this is where they come from. I don't know how to close this portal, but right now my only concern is to eliminate these suckers!"

"Byakune! I await your command!"

"...tsk, your call! I didn't make you strong for nothing!"

With their usual fighting, Byakune and Senbon fended off the very numerous primal Luxios that were assaulting them. Some escaped back into the portal, though. After some more flower scattering and assist spamming, no more primal Luxios were in sight. The Cherrim became a sword again.

"...can't I peek through this portal at least?"

Byakune got his 2 front paws up on the portal's 'ground', and tried to pop his head into it.

It was a scary sight. He saw the world... only in waste, as if the entire world became primal in that portal. While popping his head in that portal, Byakune could hear the scary voices of what seemed to be primal entities.

"...if an ordinary Pokémon happened to stumble across this portal, I don't think he or she can tolerate it... I must have another special property this way."

While peeking some more, Byakune suddenly got pulled by some invisible force, and back onto that cloud-top. Byakune wisked around to find out what pulled him.

"...Byakune, please leave this area at once."

"...Head Captain! How did you find your way here...?"

"Just leave, Byakune! There's no saying what will happen here in the next 2 minutes...

...or maybe... at this moment!"

Head Captain Essie Doruga was there, and Byakune has no idea how he got here. But as soon as the Espeon said the word 'at this moment', a lot of primals of different origins suddenly gobbled up sight of Essie. This suddenly made Byakune flinch, as to the enormous number of primals attacking at once.

".....errr...

Bloom and Scatter, KuroSenbonzakura."

"...hey?!"

It was as if Essie commanded Byakune's sword. KuroSenbonzakura suddenly shot itself towards Essie's direction, piercing the crowd of primals. A few seconds later, a bright flash happened where Essie was, and the primals were sent back so far that they fell off the mountain. And there he was -- Essie Doruga holding KuroSenbonzakura up high, using te signature move. Byakune could not believe how Essie could pull off a move from a Zanpaku-to that he doesn't even own.

"I actually come here a bit frequently to reduce the number of hollows going in the world. I suggest you leave now if you already analyzed what was in the portal!"

Even though it was just a 'suggestion', Essie suddenly Flash Stepped in front of Byakune, pushed him so hard that he also fell off the cloudy domain. The ground, not in sight.

Before Byakune hit the ground, he Flash Stepped to safely land.

He was at the side of the mountain. While there, he saw more primal Luxios rush towards the direction of the Currest again. Byakune had to run as fast as he could to help the forest again.

When he arrived there, though, he just smiled and sat at the scenery. A lot of non-primal Luxios were countering the assault of the primal ones, and Ren went and sat beside Byakune afterwards.

"...as expected."

After some more time, the Luxios were able to fend off the primals. This received some cheers from the Shinxes, who seemed to become a bit few.

"...thank you, Luxray! I never realized how well worth a lesson in combatting could get...!" a certain Luxio went forward.

"It's no problem at all. We need to fight at least once of everything..." replied Ren to the Luxio. This Luxio was apparently the same Shinx that was 'leading' the Shinxes just a while ago.

"...it's getting a bit late Ren, I think we've had enough for today."

"...yes captain." affirms Ren. But they aren't leaving just yet -- the Luxios and Shinxes had to say their regards.

"...maybe we'll cross paths again sometime. May I know your name, great Luxray?" asked the leader Luxio.

"I am... Ren Torar, vice-captain of Po~"

"...Torar?! A descendent of the great Shin Torar?! You...?! Sir Ren, are you being truthful?!" suddenly interrupted the Luxio in awe.

"...what is it with my lineage anyway? How about your name, too?"

"...I don't remember my family name anymore, but I am addressed as 'Ray' by everyone."

"So I'm assuming Ray is your name then. Well... take care, all of you! I hope all of you grow up to be very fine Luxrays!"

With that, Byakune and Ren head back to the Teigon.

OOC: WTF lazy hands. D:

OOC: I cleaned up my grammar and spelling, so I have been accepted! Whoo-hoo! And there will be no pointless spamming, or Mr.Jackson spoof references... Okay, maybe one or two, but...

Anyway, just thanking Zekira for accepting me! Thanks,

Pokefreak77

And if anyone knows how to spell Jackson's first name, let me know!

OOC: From what you just PMed me just recently, I expect less trash as from what you showed me as a sample of your RP post, though. I'll be monitoring yours tightly. No storyline destroying or else... D: And yes, you could use it -- indicating italics for actions is a good idea. Through that what I call 'dialogue format', you'll actually save up a lot of hand energy lol. Fine, I already put your team on the list then.

You know, some people don't like their work being called "trash." And that certain Pokemon was not real. All will come in time... And now, a small intro for all my characters.

Narrator: It all began a long, while ago, in the great underwater city... of Negatropolis. Negatropolis is a very lawful city, where all beings prosper. From Gungans to anthropedics, from Pokemon to people, everyone was treated equally. Thus, Alex was born on October 14th. His parents, Aiela and Mudi, were killed when their plane crashed over the ocean. Alex, a Riolu of 4 at the time, then vowed to protect the innocent, no matter what. When he was about 7, he began learning guitar from his uncle, Zephyr. When he turned 8, he met Harry, after performing CPR on Harry after a transformation gone awry. He was 10 years old at the time of the Arceus incident.

Now Harry was born on July 14th, only nine months after Alex. Harry has no idea who his parents were, as he hatched in a dumpster outside of a bar. He had never had any glimpse of emotion as a child, as he couldn't get out of the Dumpster for two years. He survived that long on garbage thrown into the bin. At age 6, having lived on the streets for four years, he saw the movie School of Rock through a diner window, seeing the large screen above the bar. He had always known how to read, and was lucky that they had subtitles. Since then, he could transform into Freddie Jones and play the drums amazingly at any time.

Ooc: My fingers are tired, so I will tell you about Danielle tomorrow. And I probably spelled tomorrow wrong, too. Thanks for reading,

Pokefreak77

OOC: You know, some people do make mistakes. Lol. Anyway...

...argh, I can't think of anything up right now. With the past 2 days that I was gone, I kept imagining on how I'll make an AMV of Trinity Limit 1 (as if I can draw, which I clearly can't) since I... call me weird, but I'm a fan of our first series, lol!I loved it too much, and this second part is also no exception... I'll also admit that I'm a big fan of Sol and Fox. _{I actually got lost in my thought one time and kind of imagined that Sparchu was... fantasizing about Fox. I finally stopped when I came to my proper senses, and slapped myself in self-embarassment.} I'll continue writing once I have time and school isn't getting in the way. >_>

This message was edited by Zekira on May 31 2009.

Fox's eyes opened as wide as they could go. Here he was, the very last person he wanted to see at the moment, and here he was using his power as if he had no care in the world. It felt as if Fox's heart had stopped, his blood had stopped, everythign and everyone has stopped inside of this dark cage...Where were they? Where was Zap!? Fox would turn to look next to him, to see if he was still there, but he just...he just couldn't!

What is wrong with me...? Why can't I move? Why can't I speak? Why is he here? Does he know where Plusle is? Who...Who is he?!

"Who are you?!" Fox managed to scream out, noticing something change about Corbenik, but he couldn't tell what it was that changed. although, the fact that Fox could speak now was something of a clue. That's when he noticed it, a certain flame inside of his body growing...He was subconciously using Skeith's power to break free of corbenik's control over him. Now Fox had noticed it, that grin on Corbenik's face had changed to a frown, and his eyes, glimmering with amusement not too long ago, now drowning with hatred and anger.

"Tch~ It seems even a tamed power can break free of my own, I guess I underestimated you, Skeith! Well, seeing as I've gotten the information I've wanted, I'll let you in on a little secret! Gorre's second half has awakened their half powers, and with the inability to control this power, they have hidden themselves away in a place of their own element."

"Why would you tell me this?!" Fox shouted, noticing the dimming of Skeith's flame, but still holding control over his own body. It seemed that Corbenik had backed off on his dark cage.

"The blue half of Gorre has already chosen their allignment, and I am not a spirit of theft or deceiving. And If I took the red half of Gorre for myself, then we would both have useless pokemon, and that would be a waste of both of our time. However, in place of Gorre, I have found another spirit. It's up to you to figure that out though!" Corbenik said, finishing with that evil cackle of his before dissapearing with the darkness surrounding the three pokemon.

"Fox! Fox! What just happened? all I remember was seeing Corbenik, and then everything went black!"

"Corbenik told me...a clue of Plusle's location, but right now, we need to get back to our base...I need to rest."

Zap nodded slowly, and then lead the way back to the base, while Fox tried to go over everyhting in his head at once, especially the place of Plusle's own element. Whatever that could mean...

"...! It's..."

"...? Dokon-sama? What is it again?"

"I felt that same power emanating from somewhere I don't know again...! I sensed it from somewhere and I'm pretty sure it was the same one, alongside a more evil power... The fact that there is a compilation of extraordinary spirits must mean that it's not too long before we can finally finish this.
But I want to clarify that Raichu I just saw earlier. He just completely nullified anything that the Pikachu I made could throw. I don't know how he did it, but I want even an ounce of that power. We could use it to larger extents. As for that Jolteon, I am afraid to say that he's too powerful, and probably has an anti-body of himself, and I can't make another of him if that's the case."

"...Dokon-nya~! Didn't you look at the Ninetales as well...?"

"...what about him?"

"...well, I don't know if it's just me, but I felt that those were 2 Ninetales..."

"...2 Ninetales? How can you be so sure? But... I'll trust you and this one and ask if the 2 Ninetales that you sensed are different from each other."

"Nya~ron! Though one of them ignited a fire that I couldn't really decipher nya~ The other NInetales, the one not present, felt so volcanic..."

"...volcanic huh... a stronger fi~ DAMN!

Move, now! Go and invade that cavern! I'll split and find that Ninetales for myself!

This is so embarassing... how can I miss something so significant?!"

"Dokon! Wait! ..."

"Nya~ron Botan! The Crystal is what we're looking for!"

"...oh yes, that's right! We're all set, then!"

OOC: Will post more later.

OOC: I'll add them once you've completed the descriptions. Lol.

Let's see if I can do a long one.

Lighty, Vanguachu, Skyras, and Issun were still walking towards their destination, and Vanguachu couldn't just help but ask Lighty something.

"...what... what was that you just made me do? Answer me, Lighty. I won't allow anyone else to know me better than myself."

"...it appears I would have to tell you then! Vanguachu, what you just saw of yourself is a very extraordinary power, existing to only a few! I saw this same power of yours when Nekone told me of how you continued to hunt him down back then, and that's how I knew you had it in you! It's some sort of... 'anti-spirit' thing that's going on inside your body, wherein if you concentrate well enough, you're emanating some sort of aura that completely shuts down the effects of spirit-energy! You could control that power to be concentrated only on certain targets, and that's a very good thing! But unlike others I have seen, yours seems to be so strong! I know others who have the same power like yours, but I've never seen something faster!

Saying this, Vanguachu, I would have to entrust to you the new job of eliminating primals, too!"

"...ah~ wait, what?! Eliminating primals! Aren't you going too far?! Those things are too violent, and I would have to KILL THEM to get them to their actual senses, which I obviously do NOT want to do! Surely there must be something else I could do with it!"

"...well, you could just use it passively as if you didn't know it, that would work fine too!"

"...Lighty, was that also the reason why my tail loses ink when Vanguachu comes near me?" asks Issun.

"I think so, Issun! The first time Vangua approached you, correct?! I think Vanguachu can't even control that power until now just yet, so it's splitting here and there -- but he'll eventually get the hang of it, I'm sure! Controlling it is just like battling normally, anyway!"

"So I'll just train more and I'll eventually get it. Okay, cool."

After much walking, they finally reached their destination. Issun noticed something odd.

"...wait a minute. This is MY place! What are we doing here?!" Issun said, surprised.

"...ah, which explains all these paintings, then?! I don't think we have time to look at your works, so I'll just reveal it!"

Lighty then suddenly jumped up high, and slammed himself on the ground so hard. After a few seconds, a hole opened up where Lighty slammed, and it seemed to be a pathway to a dungeon.

"Ask later, let's go in first!"

They proceeded inside that hole.

"Yes, this is it, I still remember!

I welcome you 3 to one of the mystic locations of Terra. It's called the 'Bed of Crystals'! The reason why it became mystic is because of the spirit power emanating from many Pokemon here, most notably from the crystals surrounding it, too!

This place has been known to have some primals existing, but no doubt I've been here before, for it has a special place which no one could just forget. I was fortunate enough that I was allowed to get in here by that special entity!

We'll know more once we enter later! Hopefully that same entity could explain everything to you, Issun! Alright, let's advance further!"

After just a few walks, Lighty and Vanguachu noticed other Pokemon going in.

"...oh what a surprise, look who's here."

"Razen! What are you doing here?"

"Hm...?! Razen...! Come over here for a while!"

Razen and Lighty scurried over to a far corridor for a while.

<sub>"...Lighty, you needed to know something, obviously."

"It's not just me, isn't it? I have a feeling you are feeling the outbreak of primals, too..."

"Evidences show that it's leading back to the same causes... I'm trying to find the books which lead back to the revelations of that day. We must have overlooked everything..."

"I still know bits and pieces, but obviously that's not enough. You do know why this place I picked, right?"

"...yes, yes, it was that the name of those 3 were never mentioned... and they might still have a clue. We must let the other entities rest for their power must not be exposed."

"I don't know why, but it's true -- they can be duplicated... with the right technology. I've seen someone duplicate Sparchu, which should say something..."

"...it's true then! Someone is using the primal cloning to use again... it doesn't support the fact that primals are naturally coming down from the tower, too."

"I don't know, but I have a feeling that whoever is cloning is also linked to the things going on up there..."

"...we can't be stalling out like this for long, the others might get curious. Let's get going..."</sub>

"Sorry for that, but yeah. I think we're just going in all the same so I just suggest we go together."

"Obviously."

"Oh, I forgot to introduce her. She's Manya Rura, my most favorite assistant. She may be very quiet and timid, but you can rely on her with most stuffs. Unlike that other captain I know, I treat Manya differently..."

"...huh? Differently?" the Weavile just had to ask.

"...never mind that, let's just say you're fortunate that I'm the one taking care of you.

Well Lighty, shall we proceed?"

"We can't waste much time, so let's go!"

So they delve deeper in the Bed of Crystals, a very majestic place indeed. Wild Pokémon here in there, some had special spirit powers, which quite gave a shock for some of them, but they managed to pull off good results in battling. Vanguachu probably had the easiest time -- it didn't matter to him whether these Pokemon had spirit power or not.

As they go deeper, though, they notice that some primals are beginning to attack.

"Here we go. Oh no."

"Here they come! Primals!"

Primals always came in swarms, unfortunately. Issun used a lot of ink to fend off as many Pokemon as possible, giving time for the others to set up. It was pretty helpful that Issun mastered drawing Spore.

Razen displayed his very proud self as the former sweeper of Tailwind, pulling off attacks like child's play -- Earthquake so easily while pulling off some impossible things like Ice Beams here and there, and he sometimes performs weaker versions of the Cero, a primal attack that he learned to control.

Manya on the other hand was very pleasing to watch. Using very analytical battling processes, Manya looked as if she was just in the training grounds of some martial arts gym or what. Her attacks with her claws were very strong for her size and personality.

Vanguachu was just kicking the primals here and there, developing further the anti-spirit properties inside him. Pulling off stuff like a normal Raichu doesn't really matter because the primals are being neutralized of their spirit override. He was proud that he even hit a Primal Dugtrio so hard that it didn't get a chance to even get a slap of mud on Vanguachu.

Lighty was his usual self of being the blinding speed-demon. Like many rammers, Lighty just bounces back here and there hitting other Pokemon, eventually using a few Thunderbolts of his own and some Thunder Waves, pulling off Bullet Spear when he gets the chance, and also can sometimes perform weak Ceros of his own.

But Skyras was the one that's quite odd. The way she battles was identical to those of the primals that were attacking her. Using a few violent methods while pulling off some stunts that only primals can do, she even just stared so intently at a Sealeo and it was getting choked by nothing, as if feeling an immense amount of spirit, then it suddenly just collapsed. Once the swarm got so many, Skyras suddenly pulled off something that none of them think she could -- a Hyper Cero.

Lighty noticed this after the brutal swarm of primals.

"...! What... what... Skyras?!"

"...you're beginning to scare me."

"...she's... a normal Skarmory, isn't she...?"

"...sir Razen... was that...?" Manya.

"...darn, I could've painted that blast..." Issun.

"...I... I'll talk later... please let's just go before more primals attack us!" Skyras suddenly shouted out in panic. All of them suddenly agreed and ran further deep into the place.

They eventually reached a dead end, which seemed to be the main room of the dungeon. There was a large crystal in the middle of the room.

"...so it's just below here, isn't it?! Razen, are you sure these others could go in?!"

"...you brought 3 of them, so you should know! As for Manya, I think we can trust her."

"...alright, then! Let's open this up!"

Razen and Lighty approached that large crystal.

"Sol Niggoth..."

"With me you shall rise...!"

"And with me you shall fall."

The crystal stopped shining. It sank to the ground and revealed a path further below.

"Let's go."

They walked that stairs down, and they eventually reached the bottom. What they saw was a beautiful area with very beautiful crystals formed. Half of the room was crystal, half of the room was a lake. The walls had some inscriptions on it and some drawings.

"...why do I feel suddenly empowered when I look at these drawings?"

"...what, what! Wait! This... this scenery!" Issun suddenly blurted out.

"...what is it?"

"I... I... I DREW THIS PLACE! I... I never actually came here, and this is the first time I've been here. Now I clearly remember -- one of my drawings is exactly this!" Issun explained. "It's even at this angle that I recognize my painting!"

"...no doubt then, you must be something extraordinary, wielding the brush of the gods, Issun!"

"The... brush of the gods..." Manya suddenly said.

"...Manya? Manya...? What's that about the celestial brush...?"

"...Must... have... chance..." Manya suddenly fell face flat right beside Issun.

"...Enta! Enta! Wake up, for crying out loud! What are you doing?! Are you hypnotized?!"

"...hehehe, looks like this brush has some other interesting uses... *blush*" Issun just had to say so.

"...quit your fantasizing and smudge her with that ink of yours! What the heck..."

"...I'm not sure what's happening but I have an inkling! I'll tell you later, Razen!"

So as said, Issun spilled his ink all over Manya (OOC: Is it just me, or did that sound WRONG?!) , getting her back to her senses.

"...now it's about time I call out who the hell I was looking for!

Azelf! Azelf! Yonyon ga Yumimi shota yo~?!"

"Yonyon ga Yumimi shota yo~!"

"...it doesn't seem like he's here right now! And I wanted to ask so much of him!"

"Me too, there are a lot of things I need to clarify... especially with what we're researching on right now."

"Who's... Azelf?" Skyras asked.

"...the legendary being of willpower, Azelf of the Blue Crystal..." Manya described very briefly.

"Oh? This is where Azelf resides? Are you sure?!" Issun shouted.

"No we're not! I don't think he does, anyway!" A voice from somewhere came shouting down.

"...! Who's there...?!"

"...that voice seems a little familiar!"

"...enemy...!" Manya retorted.

"Okay that was ONE ugly female voice!" Skyras got annoyed.

"...Dokon Dan!" Issun finally registered everything in his head.

Then came slamming down the Dokon Trio of Botan, Nyanki, and Dorabot.

"I wonder why we didn't even bother to break the crystals on your head -- I guess we were just too forgiving, then!" Botan blurted out tauntingly.

"Oh you'll wish you never even showed your face here!" Lighty didn't hesitate and attacked them pre-emptively. But to his surprise, Dorabot suddenly countered Lighty's speed with an Icy Wind attack, slowing down his most powerful aspect, disabling him from doing his other abilities. Nyanki knocked down Lighty in a few hits with her bachi-pole.

"That's...!"

"You're really no good troublemakers, aren't you?! Then I'll just have to do what we did to you last time!" Issun got annoyed, and painted the symbol of the mist again, slowing down time for the 3 of them. Issun approached quickly and tried to Spore all 3 of them as quick as he could. But to no avail, Botan suddenly grabbed Issun's tail, finding a loophole in the mist, and turned the ink back at him as Issun was suddenly paralyzed with a Thunder Wave. Dorabot fired a Hyper Beam at Issun afterwards, knocking him down as well.

"Why you...! Enta! Vanguachu! Skyras! Let's beat up these 3!"

Vanguachu initiated it up by running towards Botan, disabling her use of her extraordinary powers. But that didn't stop Nyanki from using her own powers -- it seems like Nyanki didn't use spirit for her power, but instead, her own speckle of anti-spirit, pitting the Raichu against the Glameow. Vanguachu was able to dodge the swift strike from Nyanki's bachi-pole, but Dorabot caught the Raichu in the air and suspended him there with a transferred Magnet Rise -- Vanguachu doesn't know how to manuever in the air. Skyras got suddenly pulled towards Vanguachu because of the Magnetic field, and Nyanki was set to strike them with her bachi-pole again. But instead, Nyanki used an Assist -- and to their surprise, Nyanki assisted what wasn't thinkable -- Close Combat. Combined with her bachi-pole, she striked Vanguachu and Skyras down with many strikes, all performing very powerful hits. The blue Gardevoir named Botan finished it off by using a few Psychic powers of her own to send them to the wall. All that was left was Manya and Razen.

Razen never bothered to hesitate and wore his hollowmask immediately, giving him primal powers. He roared as loud as he can while performing an enormous Earthquake to send the ground shaking, surely immobilizing all of the others that aren't immune to it. After that, Razen readied his signature Grand Cero at the 3, when he never noticed that Dorabot actually was able to go around Razen because of Magnet Rise. Since Dorabot was also a machine, the roar of Razen had little to no effect. Dorabot quickly used Sharpen, and rammed Razen stronger than ever, sending Razen a bit to the floor and skidding. Before he could recover, though, the Glameow named Nyanki used her tail to grab hold of Razen's tail, and drawing him close. She stabbed the right side of the Flygon's body, opening up a wound -- which lead to Razen screaming out in pain as he was hit by that thing. What he didn't notice was that his mask was coming off because of Nyanki's bachi-pole, and eventually Razen passed out before Manya could even do anything. Because of the horror, Manya suddenly empowered herself and readied the special properties of her claws to call out the energy of the moon. With her powerful Moonlight Slash, she took out Dorabot on her own. She was ready to beat up Nyanki as well, but she was outnumbered for Nyanki and Botan worked well together. Using her voice, Botan used her signature move -- the Blurred World Scream, to immobilize Manya while packing up spirit energy flowing from her to damage the Weavile. Nyanki, on the other hand, used her own signature in Blurred World Illusions to make many copies of herself. Because of this, Manya was having the feeling of nausea and she fainted on the ground. Dorabot repaired himself after that.

"...arrogant little brats. Now, find what we're looking for!" Botan commanded, as the carnage left a few openings for the Dokon Trio to find what they were looking for. Nyanki eventually found it -- a peculiar crystal with a different sparkle to it.

"This seems to be it! We can take this back to Dokon-sama, and we can aim for the other 2!" Botan happily exclaimed.

"...no... don't!" Lighty could barely get up. "...it's... it's... you don't understand..."

Nyanki walked up to Lighty and slammed him one final time, making him unconscious once more. The Dokon Trio flew off with that Crystal that they were holding. But as they left, a peculiar black needle suddenly dropped from somewhere within the cave, and was now above the fainted team's bodies.

OOC: ...and on top of the lazy man's hands. >_>

This message was edited by Zekira on Jun 03 2009.

OOC: I'm getting mixed up. I completely forgot about the RtS Dojo. Argh. Anyway...

"Ouen!"

"Ouen!"

"Dan!"

"Osu!"

"Osu!" "Osu!"

"Hoh! Hyah!"

"Cheer now! Ou-en-dan! Osu!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"...that sublime cheer..."

"...am... am I moving?..."

"...Commander Lighty...? Is that your cheer...?"

Lighty, Vanguachu, and Skyras was suddenly awoke. There standing in front of them was none other than the rival cheer group, Ouendan Green.

"...! I... I never expected this!"

"...it doesn't matter if you're thinking of embarassment or what. I felt a spirit go off here. So I just tried to re-ignite it back. By our Ouendan cheer of course..."

"If it wasn't for master Apollo over here we wouldn't be able to even find this place! Osu!" retorted the rookie Plusle named Para.

"...it would've been better if you were here earlier!"

"And surely we won't be out-cheered by you 3..." Skyras retorted.

"...in whatever case, Lighty, we have more things to be worrying about. Yuhi of the Wide Sea! Move!"

With a swift command, Apollo, Maya, and Para disappeared.

"That was annoying! I can't believe I've been too preoccupied with things, completely forgetting that we're the Ouendan Yellow -- the best cheer group there ever existed!

Enough of that, what about the 3 of them...?!"

"I couldn't find Issun anywhere."

"...what?! It's either someone took him or he awoke before us! What is this...?! We can't just let him be captured -- he controls a small fabric of existence~!"

"Don't worry... don't worry! I'm just here..." the Smeargle named Issun just then popped out from one of the crystal room's corners. "The drawings on the wall somehow called to me... and my soul fired up to draw all of them.

Looking at them sequentially... I think I get the story. The evil beings addressed as the primals... how they were awoken, and all that..."

"Looks like I never needed to explain! Ahah, you're one genius painter! So I hope you understand why I dragged you here! 1/3 of the puzzle lies in this room! This wasn't called the 'Crystalized Valor' for nothing!

...speaking of crystals! The Dokon Dan! They got away with that powerful item! That... that 'Crystal of Willpower'! I don't believe this!"

"...ugh... I'm awake. Enta is too. Lighty... I'm as concerned as you are. The crystal itself is a wonder to many and many don't know how to use it. But... the fact that the Dokon Dan sought it must mean that they somehow know something. Though I doubt -- those 3 look too dumb to know anything."

"Sir Razen... the documents..." Manya handed over a few papers to Razen.

"...Enta? Let me see that...

...

...! Is it... is it possible?! Lighty, come over here!"

"...what's that you got there?! Something we overlooked?!

...

...oh?! I don't think so! Not at all! I'm not being overconfident or what, but I doubt that the dark eclipse has happened already!"

Vanguachu noticed something stuck to his back.

"...what... what is this little thing...?

...! Lighty! Look at this! A stray Oblivious Needle! It's got corruption swirling about it, too..."

"...!"

"...*sweatdrop* What... what is the meaning of this?!"

In Lighty's panic, he suddenly knocked off the needle and into Skyras' right wing. Strangely enough Skyras wasn't hurt -- something different happened. It's as if the needle kept on piercing through Skyras as the needle became part of Skyras' body. The needle lost its corrupted luster.

"...Skyras?! What...! What is this!"

"4 years ago must have missed a few more darkness guardians..."

"...I... I will confess now. I know some... no, I know a lot. About those events." Skyras said shyly.

"...that's it! We're definitely talking through this back at the shop! For now, we've come to what we needed to do -- explaining to Issun what went on! I hope he'll improve painting after this one, right?!"

"Yes... yes, I've been enlightened much. Let's go -- I think I can make a mist portal to the shop..." Issun said, as he made a big X-Mark with his brush, opening a mist portal that allowed them to teleport out of the place and back in front of the shop. They enter back in.

"...so I think you can make good use of this Golden Ink Pot now! *hands over*"

"Definitely! Oh... oh yes...! The beauty of this inkpot... I can't believe it's with me! Now!" Issun said joyously.

"It's getting really late -- we'll have to be concealing the shack now! Go back your place now, Issun!"

"Alright! Maybe we'll see each other sometime!" Issun said. But before he left, Lighty ran over to him.

"I almost forgot! Here's an extraordinary pocket map...! Open it, if you will!

I marked a triangle on the map covering almost the entire eastern sector of Terra! The 3 points of these triangles refer to the 3 places with the 'pieces of the puzzle' -- the Crystalline Valor, the Rubified Verity, and the Acuity-in-a-Topaz! And yes, your place points to exactly the lower-right point, for under it is the Crystalline Valor! Each 3 of these places lie more of the drawings you saw, and when you can draw them all, it would form the ultimate painting of fate! All I can do is hope that those drawings aren't altered...! But whatever! Go Issun go!"

"Alright! I'll be rushing back now!" Issun just disappeared all of a sudden. Now as Lighty and Vanguachu concealed the shack, the 3 went to the quiet room to discuss with Skyras the events of today.

OOC: Anyone want to involve themselves in going to the Rubified Verity and the Acuity-in-a-Topaz? I would just like other people to try and pursue the Ruby of Emotion and the Topaz of Intelligence, and the Dokon Dan will be able to steal them in the end. It will all lead eventually to the main climax of the story, don't worry! I just don't want to hoard it all. Let the antagonists play their part this time