This is the repost of the original thread, as a careless text limit has eventually pwned the post from the previous. The original thread can be found here (continue the storyline from there):

http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/36153/t1302745-rp-pok-eacute-mon-mystery-dungeon-trinity-limit-2-part-1-oblivious/

This is the last page of the previous post

...first off, I would like to rant on how sucky internet explorer was and gladly wiped out the entire message I was about to post... and it was so detailed too T_T

ANYWAY!

Here we are, the second of the 'series': Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Trinity Limit.

Oh yeah, about that "Title Pending" and "Subtitle Pending" part... well, obviously this RP needs a name. Since this is the second of the 'series', it would be appropriate to have a title for the series, and a subtitle would then be found for each thread that is made. The first one never had a title...

ANYWAY!

_{...damn you IE now I forgot what I typed after that!}

We'll start with the standards of RPs... or rather, the standards of everything in general: rules and regulations. (list below -- credit goes to Hybrid Harpuia for the original)(obviously revised)

quote "R&R of the first series"

1.No god mod (don't talk for other people unless you have permission.)
2.no crude language (you can use substitutes such as @$$ or $h!t, but not the real words)
3.do NOT spam(put OOC if you want to talk about something related to this RP)
4.you may join other people in the RP (go as a group)
5.No flaming or arguing (basically, don't criticize others.)
6.No double posting (self-explanatory)
7: No legendaries until permitted to do so. This will be dictated by the progression of the story.
8: No killing unless appropriate! Story progression should tell of the right time. So killing will happen only on the RIGHT TIMES, but as much as possible please avoid.

Next, pl0t. The story plot was suggested before by Flippy/Limberheadpollen, and after much revision here is all the current summary will give:

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During the calm period of several years after the incident with arceus, peace slowly becomes more fragile as behind the scenes there were three forgotten entities: Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf; who unknowingly was developing a sydnicate of Pokémon and other entities to take the world into an oblivion in their favor. Their station is somehow deceptively hidden well in such an obvious place that no one can seem to find -- hell no one even knows that a syndicate is being formed! Slowly as time passes, as long as their station isn't found, they continue to grow in number, until finally they can start pummeling Terra into oblivion. The events brought about by this will bring back memories and entities from the past, and carve new memories and present new beings as it goes by.

To disclaimer: sorry if it was changed too much... If you're one of those people who has known the exact plot, please then read the spoiler below:



If you're one of the people qualified to view the spoiler above (qualification requires being a member of the first series "Primal Invasion"), please state if you have any objections or suggestions.

...even with the random blabbering I've been doing right now, there are still things that need to be achieved:

Registration and character data
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Pretty much standard. Oh yeah, involving the characters... I have a special rule that's a lot more free-wavering than most limitations would offer:

You may have up to 25 characters, both sub and main, but please limit your 'main characters' to around 6-9 only. You may also have different groups as characters, and not just being one team -- but each character put in would count towards the character count... so that basically means you can't have 25 on 1 of your teams and 25 again on another :\ ...I stated this because I got carried away and already have around 20+ characters. :\ In order to register for the RP, you would have to PM me along with the complete set of characters and teams that you will be using. Beware though that I have a criteria for 'properness' and 'appropriateness', thus you MAY get rejected if you don't organize yourself. When you have been accepted, please reply to this thread with a simple "Membership has been approved and modded" or something -- those that have been accepted but fails to reply with the approval message after two weeks would then have to be on 'waitlist'. As long as the story is kept at its first thread (30 pages before thread is replaced), other members may still join in. As much as possible please follow the guide form below. If you wish to change something in your character descriptions, please notify me through an OOC in a reply and embed the addition in a Spoiler tag. Note that it would be appropriate to keep changing descriptions as the story progresses if the character is a round character, or is really holding a lot of secrets.

quote "Sample Registration Form"

[Group A Name]:

[Member A Name]
Species:
Gender:
Description:
(optionals)Signature Move/Battle Style/etc. (as long as it's related to the RP)

[Member B Name]
Species:
Gender:
Description:
(optional)Signature Move/Battle Style/etc. (as long as it's related to the RP)

[Member C Name]
Species:
Gender:
Description:
(optional)Signature Move/Battle Style/etc. (as long as it's related to the RP)

[Group A Name]:

[Member A Name]
Species:
Gender:
Description:
(optionals)Signature Move/Battle Style/etc. (as long as it's related to the RP)

[Member B Name]
Species:
Gender:
Description:
(optional)Signature Move/Battle Style/etc. (as long as it's related to the RP)

etc... Read the posts above in "Registration and Character Data" for quantities on the number of characters and limitations.

Terminologies and other terms/names:
Pokétei 13 -- A band of Pokémon split into 13 squads that are founded to be world-wide protectors. Each squad has their different aspects, with each squad's Captain usually having the strongest ability of that certain aspect -- examples would be Squad 11's strength in brute force fighting, Squad 4's specialty in healing, Squad 5's specialty in magic, Squad 6's guardian-instincts, Squad 2's stealth methods, and the like. Note that they may just appear suddenly in the scene of other people for assistance -- they weren't covered world-wide for nothing.
Trinity Inc. -- A sort of famous large company reigning in Neo Treasure Town. *more definition will be added as storyline progresses*
Dokon Dan -- a sort of newly found group with intent on taking over the town. *see General Characters for details*
Ouendan -- group of Pokémon with magical cheers and dances that affects the spirit of other Pokémon.

Members and their characters:

























This message was edited by Zekira on Nov 21 2009.

[color=#666666]This message was edited by Zekira on Nov 21 2009.

OOC: I've made the new thread and revised a lot... and now I'm even going to post insanely. What's motivating me to do this?!

I'm changing Lighty's text color to Lime. I don't remember with whom I used it before (EDIT: Oh wait, I remember -- L.Lapras). If ever I used someone for lime, I'll transfer it to black instead...

At the Soul Shop...

"Osu!" "Go!" "Osu!"

These three voices came from outside. As Lighty heard this, he suddenly opens the door. Then entered three entities.

"You're finally here!"

Lighty greets the three entities excitingly. The entities that entered was 1 Milotic, 1 Plusle, and 1 Minun.

"Apollo! Update me!"

"Hah! You're truly outdated, my dear Lighty.

See? We already have a logo!

Our formal team name... Yuhi of the Wide Sea. More famously known as the Ouendan Yellow!

I am the commander, Apollo Maira!"

"I am the leader, Maya Ryuuta!" said the Minun.

"And I am Ouendan Yellow's Ace Rookie, Para Hajime!" said the Plusle.

"I'd infer that you haven't built up a group yourself, but I think you haven't lost your dance, now?"

"Of course I haven't! I've polished my Osu Magic for the past years that I've disappeared!"

"Heheh... but I've empowered the Osu Magic to both of these dancing prodigies. I promise you we have a very wide range of tracks compared to what we did last time, Lighty. Here: Banbina, Shounen Heart, Zenryoku Shounen, Glamorous Sky, Okoru Kotoba... you're kind of not getting the new genre of Osu music today!"

"...ugh! I hate to admit, but I haven't gotten myself polished with the new tracks lately!"

"Just for an example, would you like to have a mini-showdown in Ready Steady Go's chorus?"

Obviously Lighty accepts that -- Ready Steady Go was Apollo and Lighty's signature music when they were still on the same dance troupe. As a trial, the one who danced better would radiate a stronger spirit. In the end, Apollo even knocked Vanguachu off his chair, while Lighty only dragged Para and Maya to the wall.

"...ah!"

"Lighty Lighty...! Well, I guess we'll be leaving -- shout for help may be frequent! I trust that you would have your own improvement, Lighty! Osu! Move!"

"Go!" "Osu!"

The Ouendan Yellow leaves the Soul Shop.

"...

...! Apollo! That's it! I will take the name...! The name that will rival theirs...!

...Arahi of the Vast Sky! Ouendan Green!

Fabulous name, I must say! I WILL, and I Mean I WILL dance better!"

"...you're so determined on this Lighty, it's making me want to join!"

"I have very little criteria if you want to join -- just show me how you dance!"

"Alright, I'll cheer to one of your favorite tracks: Rirura Riruha!"

"...(honestly I made moves for the female on that one, but whatever, I wanna see this!)"

As the music played, Vanguachu showed a very strong way of cheering, basing his dance on martial arts and Japanese cheer style, which featured the spirit of fire. As the song progressed, Vanguachu was radiating a burning aura as he continued to do his cheer. This impressed Lighty so much that he already stopped the music.

"...! I never expected you to be so...! So...! Beatmaster-like! Vanguachu, I'd allow you to join me in this journey!"

"...yes! Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan Green, Go!"

"We'll start the new era of music for the town... no, for the world!"

From outside, an entity flew and knocked on the door. Lighty opened the door to find a Skarmory.

"Oh yes... I can't believe I'm actually doing this! Lighty Eon, I'm Skyras Shinta, and I've been considering you an idol for ever since the time of the Ouendan Red!" said the Skarmory excitingly, whose name was apparently Skyras.

"Ah! Yes, you! I've seen you many times during our cheers back then...! What reason would you be for being here?!"

"...I just overheard everything! It seems as if you've made Apollo you're rival, and both of you are of seperate ways. Now I understand that you want to form the other side of the Ouendan, which is the Ouendan Green. To match, it would appropriate if you had three members..." said Skyras, with an obvious intent.

"Hm! This seems to be interesting! If you truly want it, then show me!"

"Then I shall! Play the music... 'Pop Star'!"

As the very catchy song played, Skyras style was unusually that of a strong cheer of Japanese females -- her wings were naturally somehow formed so that it would wave like pompoms. And like most cheering agents, they radiated their aura from the dance. Skyras radiated a burning aura as well.

"...that's...! Oh so impressing! Then I have no doubts, you shall be the third member of the Arahi of the Vast Sky! Ouendan Green!"

"...yes! Thank you so much, Lighty!...

...I can call you by 'Commander' right now, right?"

"I'd prefer discreet formalities, but anyway!

Ouendan Green...! Yes!"

"Yeah, we'll start drawing the logo right here!"

"Oh, I must gather my things from outside! Please excuse me." said Skyras as she flies away. Lighty and Vanguachu begin drawing the logo for the Ouendan Green.

OOC: Part one, heh... my hands are too friggin' tired, I can't even type 1/10th of what I intend! Here's how I outlined it:



EDIT: Fine then, second part!

Near Tailwind base...

"...I sense it here. I might as well enter..."

Byakune enters Tailwind base without permission, finding Razen and Sparchu sleeping in the living room. He chose to sit there and wait.

Eventually both of them woke up simoltaneously. Peaceful sleep.

"Good morning... or, good afternoon?"

"...?! Wha... Byakune! What are you doing inside the base without permission?!"

"...it wasn't locked..."

"Anyway... yes, I think you came to see how I was doing? From your strong senses, you must have been worried about the disappearance of my spirit..."

"...can't say it better."

"...Byakune. It's time, but yes it's finally arrived. The primals have shown themselves again. Yes, in the form of hollows. I could say that hollow and primal are of the same definition right now..."

"...Ah, yes, I remember now... both of us were affected by a strange Flower that was radiating hollow energy."

"...?! Then... Pokétei 13 must be more aware now. The hollows must not dominate.

For now, we have to discuss everything we know about the primals. Sparchu... I trust you know something?"

"Of course I do! What do you think of me, you Skitty?!"

*ahem* "Anyway... let me then review both of you about the facts we know about the primals."

Somewhere in NTT, near Trinity Building.

"...I still couldn't get my suspicion off this building...

...nothing should be left unknown to my knwoledge. Nothing. Yet the interiors of this building is still concealed to me..."

The Ninetales named Roko (Squad 5 Captain) was still on guard outside of Trinity BUilding.

"Bad things can come from even the biggest of celebrities... I can't assume anything on anyone right now."

As Roko was still pondering on his thoughts, a sudden explosion was heard from near the location. This startled every citizen and ran for their lives. Roko stood up and was now in fighting position.

A lot of rogue Pokémon with identical uniforms of Red and Blue halved-Hakamas were seen. Out of all of them, 3 Pokémon stood out: A Glameow, an Blue Gardevoir, and a Porygon-Z. The Gardevoir then began to speak.

"Alright! We are here...! We obviously are attacking!

You Pokémon are being too comfortable, but this such town is without a meaning...

...not unless they are under our power! We are... the Dokon Dan!" cheered the Gardevoir. "Botan! Pleased to meet you twerps!" The Gardevoir continued, whose name was apparently Botan.

"Nya~ Nya~! Nyanki~, desu! Dokon Dan's cutest thing ever! Don't dare piss me off or you'll get it!" said the Glameow next, whose name was apparently Nyanki.

"And this is our delightful superior mecha -- Dorabot!" said Botan as he introduced their Porygon-Z named Dorabot.

Roko then approaches the large group of rogues.

"We don't care who you are... but you seem to be the troublemaker type. Leave if you don't want to be arrested." says Roko, who tries to drive away the Dokon Dan. Some guard Pokémon from inside Trinity Inc. went out of the building and was in position to fight the Dokon Dan.

"...is that all?! You shall never be able to win...! For we are the powerful Dokon Dan!" cheered the Gardevoir (Botan), as she suddenly radiated a very painful scream which immediately made all the Trinity Guards faint. Roko had to cover his ears tight as he heard this.

"Nya~ Nya~ haha! I recommend you just give up!" comments the Glameow (Nyanki).

"I won't allow this! Get ready!" says Roko, who raises his tails up and begins to chant the number of Pokédo that he wants to use.

Suddenly, from the sky, a medium-sized bird figure dived.

"Quetza Dive!" the figure shouted, as that bird figure dashed onto all of the members of the Dokon Dan who was incapacitated -- but the 3 Dokon leaders were able to endure somehow. "No one comes along the way of the town like that! Leave!" says the figure, who apparently was a Staraptor.

"...! It's... Akiha Tohno!" Roko suddenly realizes.

"Oh? You're not making us! Dorabot, take care of these two fools!" says Botan. The Porygon-Z named Dorabot suddenly went haywire and fired many beams at both Roko and Akiha.

"Pokédo number 96 -- Metal Burst." chants Roko, as the beams that were fired at him were absorbed on his 9 tails and fired back.

Akiha, on the other hand, dodged quickly with a fly and used a large Brave Bird hit on Botan and Nyanki, making them fall. Dorabot was then hit by the beams that were deflected.

"Y...you!" Botan complains. "We'll come back you see!" continues Botan, as Dorabot begins to power the large transport cargo that was carrying the entire Dokon Dan group, and that flying Dokon Ship disappears.

"...that's that... but. Akiha... Akiha Tohno."

(OOC: Can I use colons for this nexts one?)

Akiha: "It's been a while... Captain Kyukon."
Roko: "I didn't expect to see you in such a situation..."
A: "Well, let's just say that I've gotten more powerful... and I've lost much of my respect for the Pokétei.
R: "...but still, remember Akiha. You're still an outlaw for the Poketei. Anyone who would remember like me would try to banish you, but I wouldn't."
A: "Do not underestimate me, Roko."
R: "...I really shouldn't be talking to you."
A: "Same here! Goodbye!"

Akiha then flies off after a frustration with Roko.

"...that girl is just one of the attentions needed... but...

...there's still another thing that carries me away. Byakune, Razen, and Essie... no doubt those 3 are so close. They must be keeping a secret from everyone in the Pokétei... I must know what that is, if we want to form the world."

OOC: Ah, I'll continue some time after my hands rest.

This message was edited by Zekira on Feb 25 2009.

OOC:

Back at Tailwind base...

"I think I'll catch up on some outside air..."

"...and I assume you haven't forgotten the Fresh Area?"

"...! Oh, delightful! It's still clean, yes?"

"It wouldn't be called the fresh area if I never cleaned it everyday! I remember us cleaning it like 3 times a day before!"

"...(What the hell are they talking about? Are they acquainted from before somehow?)"

"Heh, yeah. Well, I'll be going there for a while then."

Razen then went out to another part of the base.

"...a lot of things have been happening, eh?"

"...If you haven't been observant, then I'll answer with a 'yes'."

"...what?"

"You see... if you aren't aware of everything happening from around... more than a thousand miles away, there's something bad that will surely happen to you."

"A thousand miles! But that's a far range of sense!"

"I can sense that."

"Liar! What kind of Pokémon can even do that?!"

"...Pokémon like you."

"...what?"

"Tsk, seems as if... there's something limiting you from the actual world itself. Although as a commander I expected nothing less... I expected more of you because of the enormous power that you hold."

"...what power? All of my abilities... I got it from constant training from all these years! I'm the oldest member of Tailwind -- I think I've had enough of power increments."

"Hm. Indeed your humble nature does give a sign of power... but there's still something lacking.

Your spirit... I never felt it. Not just yet."

"Maybe that's because I haven't been going near you?"

"As I said, I sense things from more than a thousand miles away."

"I still don't believe you. It doesn't matter to me whether you're a Pokétei Captain -- you still don't have a right to judge my position."

"I don't... or am I saying it the wrong way? I'm just suggesting."

"You sound pretty braggy to me, anyway."

"...I apologize then."

"But that makes me curious -- indeed if you could sense things from a thousand miles away... then...

That's it. I can't take it anymore. Duel. Again."

"...*sweatdrop* If that was all that you wanted to say, you should've just said it directly."

"No rules, area is outside. Win condition: first to fall."

"...it's a challenge then."

Both Byakune and Sparchu then head outside.

They position themselves on Tailwind's training field.

"..."

"...(I'm assuming he's ready.)"

Again what happened last time. For a very lenghty amount of time, they just didn't move. Stared at ecah other.

"...(obviously he wants me to lose patience.)"

But as Sparchu was in this thought, Byakune took advantage of it by immediately initiating the same move (Senka) he frequently uses. When the spin was made, Sparchu was cut only mildly as the Pikachu was able to at least defend himself from the attack and evade a bit. It did damage to Sparchu, but not that significant.

Something odd happened, though. Byakune already was able to put up a Thunder Wave immediately after slashing, and it was directing towards Sparchu. Sparchu at least foresaw this and magically used his Focus Punch to decipitate the electric field, which at least surprised Byakune -- Sparchu developed perfectly the technique of blocking projectiles with Focus Punch.

Byakune used Assist, and what came out of his paws was an Earthquake. As the ground was then shaking, Sparchu is nearly losing his balance. Sparchu did a smart thing, though; he placed his Light Ball just directly under his feet and let the Light Ball regulate his balance, completely protecting him from the Earthquake. After the shakes though, Byakune was nowhere to be seen. But Sparchu was sure he could still feel him.

"...I'll wait all day, just come out."

OOC: I could've typed a lot more if I didn't meddle around with my DS while typing this D:

OOC: Beware, for yellow hurts the eyes.

"...(I could've sworn I sensed something happening in the town. Is my senses failing? I can't feel it right now.)"

"...I'm still waiting. Eternity is just a short time, you know."

"...

...

Pokédo #1..."

Byakune suddenly Flash Stepped behind Sparchu.

"...Focus Punch."

His magic enabled him to do a Focus Punch. The time that Sparchu wasn't looking was enough for Byakune to fully release it. As his paw was almost near, however, Sparchu countered up with his own Focus Punch. Remember that Sparchu almost doesn't need to charge up a Focus as he has mastered the Focus Punch. As the two paws clashed, Byakune was suddenly startled when he was pushed very much away by the large force exerted by Sparchu's Focus Punch.

Byakune hit the wall brutally, but after in a 3 second state of shock and unconsciousness, he still manages to stand up firm. As he stood up, Sparchu was already in mid-air, ready to hit Byakune with a Thunder Stream, as he already launched it.

"It's game over for you!"

"...tsk. Should I do it...?"

"...Byakune, this is a battle. It may just be merely a challenge, but it's still a battle. I will allow you." said the voice of his sword, Senbon.

"...then you leave me no choice, Kanpi."

As the Thunder Stream was near Byakune, Byakune whispered something to himself.

After the short whisper, an enormous amount of flower petals suddenly came out from his body and whirled around him.

"...?!"

As the petals slowly disappeared, Sparchu immediately sensed something at his back, but he was too late in looking. He got slashed with a large amount of spirit-enhanced slash delivered by Byakune. All that Sparchu remember seeing was the blood and wound that came out of Byakune's right paw...

Thus Sparchu fell to the ground, and Byakune landed back on. Sparchu tried his best to stand up, but his legs eventually gave up. It then lead him to losing the challenge.

"..."

"...yes, it's just a challenge anyway. Hold on, stay awake."

As the challenge was over, Byakune used Assist. Sparchu was still fortunately conscious. What came out from the Skitty's Assist was a move unique to only few Pokémon (OOC: Wait, that's ironic!). As Byakune slammed his right paw to the ground, white and soothing spirit waves flowed through the ground.

"...that's... refreshing... it's a powerful healing move."

Sparchu was able to stand up after 10 seconds of the spirit waves.

"Hope you're not too hurt."

Byakune then stops the wave.

"I'm feeling great. Thanks...

...!

...that can't be...?!"

Sparchu then realizes something.

"Was that...?!"

quote Flashback

"Ngh... I can't just leave them here. What would be my priority, then...?! Save myself...? Or at least try to help my team...

...the latter, of course. But what can I do...?

...even though it is weak, I will try my best, anyway.

...Assist -- help me... Healing Wave!"

...

...

"...I feel... rejuvenated, even a bit!"

"...this wave... it complements mine."

"...such a powerful healing move... I would like to know what it is..."

"...Hah... hah! Go time!"

"...That's nice..."

"...oh... you've at least learned to use it through an Assist, I see. Well done, little brother..."

"...Ugh... ow... my soul, it's back?"

"Is everyone alright? Find time to shelter yourselves... I'll take over from here."

"(...

...agh... memory of him still retains with me, no matter what. If indeed this is a Healing Wave...

...does Byakune know something about him...?)"

"...? Why are you suddenly blank?"

"(I never see any Pokémon with such a well-done Assist except maybe 'him'... oh...

...are you trying to give me signs...

_{Nekone...? Are you replying to all those letters I've been sending to you via balloons? Is this your response? Where are you, anyway?! Nekone...)}

"...*pokes Sparchu with KuroSenbonzakura* ...Sparchu!"

"...wah! Oh, oh, yes I'm sorry! I just got lost in my own thoughts!"

"...don't be, you're beginning to frighten me."

"...*walks in* Hm, nice battle actually. Short, but had a lot of power to it."

"...Captain Faya... you've been watching."

"Ah? I never sensed someone was watching!"

"...! This is weird! Seriously! I sensed spirits coming from the town, but I can't even sense a spirit in the nearby area?!"

"...what are you talking about...?"

"...!

...well, maybe there's just a mistake in the netherworld, or something... ugh."

"...I hope it's just that. Anyway, it appears as if all of us are going to town anyway. We should go there now."

OOC: My hands are still tired.

Oh, and unrelated:MY DS TOUCHSCREEN IS FINALLY FIXED, AHAHA.

OOC: Oh damn. Oh just damn! As you know, I haven't been as active as I normally am. Why? This entire week is KEEPING ME BUSY with a lot of things! OMG. T_T

Let's see how I'll start off everything I want to say...

Right! First off, I apologize to the newcomer for not being able to put in your characters immediately. But I will after I post this thread, so go ahead and post already -- I already put your characters on the list.

Next, as you may know, it's been 3 insanely long posts for me and I HAVEN'T EVEN GONE THROUGH HALF OF MY PLAN FOR THE DAY. This is insane, but my next RP post, I will rush the current day... wait, I think me and Hybrid are still on the same timeline, haha... but still, my plan is still stuck for too long, and I will finish that in my next post... since hopefully my next free time would give me around more than 2 hours... grr. And after my next day, I PROMISE that I will make my RP days shorter... I'm getting carried away with too many characters!

On the current day that I'm in the RP, I actually still have to add 7 more characters (Botan, Nyanki, Dorabot, Apollo, Para, Maya, Skyras) and around 2-3 more terms (Dokon Dan, Ouendan Teams, Primal/Hollow, etc.) to the list , which I still cannot do (T_T)... Anyway, if you read one of my previous RP posts (I think it's the first one in this thread?), the Dokon Dan group will, although they're subs, play a significant role as an antagonist. Expect the Dokon Dan (usually the Dokon Trio) to show up often.

...so expect a big boom on my part on the next RP, haha.

Actually this OOC post was just too explain my idleness... and yet AGAIN I got carried away with typing too much. I don't know if I can control myself...

@DW1: I'll fix the title next time...

EDIT: Can someone find me a substitute color for Sparchu's text? Since the yellow is beginning to torture me as well... T_T I'd prefer a dark-yellow color. (yes, even if it means having to use hex.)

@Hybrid Harpuia: I like how you do Kenzar. Keep it up.

[color=#666666]This message was edited by Zekira on Mar 03 2009.

OOC: FFD000 could work, thanks! I was looking at how text would look behind the Neo White Background (eef0f9, the color that Neoseeker uses for Neo White), and FFD000 doesn't hurt the eyes! Yey.

EDIT: Keh... what is this?! The character list is getting eaten up with HTML text. AGAIN.

This is weird... does anyone know the Neo forum on where bugs are reported? To ensure that nothing of the sort happen, I'm going to save up a file of the character list on my magical storage so I can refer to it.
EDIT3: I've finally found the cause of the problem. Apparently, a post cannot exceed 65536 characters when translated into HTML. BUT the Edit function seems to work this around. Problem is, when you click edit on the exceeding thread again, the post will then limit itself to 65536 characters and 'eat up' the remaining excess. To work around this, I have currently abused the Edit function and I'm never going to edit it again from the Neo box, and will just edit it in my magical storage, THEN abuse the Edit function. On the next thread, I will allot, unfortunately, the first 3 posts for the details... as I'm cutting the character lists in half. (I'm sorry if my character list is too big!)

EDIT2: I liked the fight scene, yes. Oh, and I'm pretty sure Razen already knows about it. Seeing as how you portrayed more on Kenzar, I might do the impossible and give his Zanpaku-to a name.

Oh, and I'm in the mood to RP post even a bit, so yey.

There's a certain place that usually isn't minded in the Town. That's probably the bar. So let's head over there, shall we.

The Heracross of the RtS Dojo, Akvmovat, enters the bar. He mildly drinks -- usually he goes to the bar for the insane number of rumors and news spreading around. As he walks in, a certain Floatzel named Roze happened to be crossing the same place. Roze and Akvmovat were batchmates from the old PokéSchool from before, so Roze also enters and sits beside Akvmovat quickly.

"Hey, Racross." says Roze, greeting Akvmovat.

"...Oh, hi Ploat. It's been a while now." comments Akvmovat, the Heracross.

Conversation: Roze and Akvmovat
Roze: "I trust you've been doing well? I surely couldn't forget the honors you've brought."
Akvmovat: "Why of course, I've been taken in as an underling of... you've heard the living Soul Reaper, Hien Gon right?"
R: "Why of course, commander has been mentioning his name for quite a while now. I heard he's quite a Ninask."
A: "He is. I think you've also heard of the RtS, right? Well I'm the second student, and I'm proud of it."
R: "Oh? That's quite an achievement! I've heard the entire history behind Hien and Hiryu... I know how it would feel being a student of such a great master."
A: "Actually! It's the first time I'm not feeling left out with my intelligence. Yes, I'm still weird."
"R: No you're not. I think you're unique -- a Heracross that specializes magic? You won't see that anywhere else!"
A: "...actually I'm worried. Have you heard from your commander, the story of the primal era?"
"R: "Let me recall... yes, I've heard of it."
A: "I am fearing that my magic might just be abused by the primal entities. It was said that primals could possess some beings... and you'd become a primal yourself."
R: "I've heard of it too. It's scary, when I think of it..."

Then suddenly a certain Scizor enters in from nowhere, who apparently was overhearing the conversation. This Scizor was none other than Karasu Mirage, Pokétei 13's Squad 8 Captain.

Conversation: Roze, Akvmovat, Karasu
Karasu: "Ah, I'm hearing it right. Primals... they might just be those intimidating entities of this world. But with everything as goes, they are the ones that ruin the world's balance... eventually, they'll be the one to be eliminated."
Roze: "Who... who are you?"
Akvmovat: "...I know you! Captain Mirage, Pokétei 13's Squad 8. I forgot that this is your main hangout place."
K: "Hm, looks like someone knows me well! I applaud your being updated, Heracross."
A: "I am Akvmovat Racross, and I ambition to be an effective soul Reaper one day."
R: "Hi. I'm... Roze Ploat, Team Tailwind's medic and speediest member."
K: "Ah, it's no wonder both of you are talking of something trivial -- you both have a very good position in this world as of current. Anyway... the primal entities. I will tell the story again to you, but this time, I will put in as much details as I could...

Karasu then tells the entire story of the primal era from before. As he was storytelling, Akvmovat and Roze were asking a few questions. Akvmovat usually questioned about the more practical and scientific matters, while Roze wanted to know some details about the legendary beings that participated in the era.

"...?! No way?! Commander Sparchu... was part of that epic fight?"

"Yes he was, Roze. So was Hien, and some other Tailwind members... I just forgot the name of their ex-commander!" Karasu replies.

"...if I think about it now, Commander never mentions anything about the previous commander of Tailwind..."

Then suddenly from outside the bar, an explosion was heard. This made all the Pokémon inside the bar run in fear and hide at the back, while the three suddenly stood up and went outside to see what was happening.

The Dokon Dan was there. Again. They invaded the bar as seeing that the number of people there is very large.

"We've come back as promised, twerps! This time nothing's going to stop us. Don't interfere, and we're taking hold of this bar over here!" comments their main ace, Botan the Gardevoir.

"...You were fools to blindly barge in here." Karasu tells them.

"Nyan~, old man! You're one to say such things, yet you're a drunkard! What can you possibly do on us?" Nyanki the Glameow taunts the Scizor.

"...you dared question it. Fine then... go, Gasu-Kasu. Jinrai Furetsu..." Karasu immediately took action and unleashed his two Scissor-like pincers, which can technically be called his Zanpaku-to -- Gasu-Kasu. Out from those two pincers came out a large razor wind which was increasing in size, and was going towards the Dokon Dan. The Dokon Trio was able to endure it, but the razor wind was enough to badly affect the other Dokon Dan members, thus making only the Trio remain standing again.

"Gah~! You'll regret doing that to us! Have a taste of this!" Botan said with a loud voice, and readied to launch some sort of Fire Ball towards Karasu. Like all Scizors, Karasu was weak to fire. The ember was still forming in Botan's hands.

"...I would have to deal with you immediately, then. Gasu, Kasu... hear me now. Bullet Spear!" Karasu said. With a swift and sudden shine of his body, Karasu immediately positioned to leap off from his location, and delivered the ferocious move named Bullet Spear. The Bullet Spear is an attack based off from Bullet Punch, but this time using the power of the entire body to deliver. Karasu's Bullet Spear using his Zanpaku-to was enough to send both Nyanki and Botan flying, with Dorabot having to immediately make the Dokon Dan retreat as the Dokon ship floats away once again.

"Who... were they? The Dokon Dan... they seem to be new troublemakers around here."

"I've heard they've invaded the center of town not too long on this same day." Akvmovat complies.

"...they're certainly not cautious enough." Karasu comments.

Karasu did mention the move: Bullet Spear. As Lighty was walking down the same road (who was going to the CD store), Lighty heard and saw Karasu pull off the move. He eyed the Scizor and approached him.

"Lighty!"

"You...! Was that right that I heard?! You call... THAT move, a Bullet Spear?!"

"...yes I do. And you're problem is...?" Karasu questions Lighty with much oblivion to what the heck Lighty is talking about.

"In light of my favorite move, I won't accept having to back down from you! I challenge you to a duel, just a quick one -- one move duel, winner goes to most efficient move!" Lighty challenges Karasu.

"...this is sudden." Karasu notes.

"...I don't know about this, but seems as if this move, Bullet Spear, is rightfully Lighty's. I'll be on his side on this fight!"

"...Roze, this is no show! Stop trying to be an audience!" Akvmovat comments.

OOC: Woooh, I've done quite a number right now. Bullet Spear conflict, here I come. Also, as I said a while ago, I am trying my best to resolve the posts getting eaten up. Also, character update.

This message was edited by Zekira on Mar 04 2009.

OOC: Pfft, I forgot to put some things in my character list again. >_> Anyway... RP post quicky.

Karasu and Lighty were distanced properly at the bit-wrecked road caused by the Dokon Dan. The duel involved a simple one-move hit.

Roze was already in position for healing purposes.

After a few moments...

"BULLET SPEAR!"

"...Bullet Spear."

As both the Scizor and Jolteon positioned their own Bullet Spear, they hit each other simoltaneously with that one move. They pass through each other (visually) after performing the move, and both of them land the ground without any reactions just yet. After a few moments though, both Karasu and Lighty were forced to bend one knee as both have been hit largely by each others' Bullet Spears.

Roze then rushes to both of them to see the conditions of their physical health. It seems like small wounds have been made, and Roze was quick enough to tape on a healing band on both Karasu and Lighty quick enough.

"...heh, you're good!"

"It's inevitably a strong Bullet Spear." Karasu replies.

"I'm surprised how one such as yourself could even pull off a Bullet Spear better than I can!"

"...ah. Now I realize something. You are one of those who have been entrusted with the true move of the Bullet Spear... I practiced Bullet Spear with a few modifications to fit my own style, thus I think... mine is the one that is right enough to be called Bullet Spear 2." Karasu confirms.

"...! If indeed you then based it off from our lineage... then I have no objections to it, you have the right to call it a Bullet Spear of your own! Of course the original one stays with us, so you'll have to stick with Bullet Spear 2 as a name!"

"...and I knew we'd be reaching an agreement after some time." Karasu concludes.

Later, Raulant Umirai the Lanturn, squad 13's captain, goes in the scene.

"What happened here...? Oh, and obviously I would find Mirage in this place!"
Raulant first wonders, then he spots Karasu later on.

"Oh, Umirai. Good to see you, what brings you here?" Karasu asks Raulant.

Conversation: Raulant, Karasu, Roze, Akvmovat, Lighty
Raulant: "I just happened to be passing by, just a daily walk around town. Actually I shouldn't be out of the water... but the recent events have brought attention."
Karasu: "Indeed, it seems as if the... Dokon Dan, was it... attacked 2 times in this same day already."
Raulant: "So I heard. They are new, yet they are large in number. We should monitor the situation as the town seems to be their main target...
...oh, if it isn't Roze and Akvmovat!"
Roze: "Hi, top one!"
Akvmovat: "Ah, good to see you, school's prodigy. Seems like you've gotten yourself a very worthy position considering your ace-ness."
Raulant: "Ahaha, Akvmovat, no need to consider myself as the school's legend anymore -- it's been too long a past anyway."
Roze: "I never expected you to pop up again in my sightings! Anyway, it seems as if you're a captain too?"
Raulant: "Yes Roze. I am officially Captain Umirai, Poketei 13's Squad 13 Captain."
Akvmovat: "Still showing that very positive part about you, eh?"
Karasu: "...ahaha, seems as if a few people still know Raulant and his very happy past, eh?"
Lighty: "...and you people are ignoring me, haha!"
Raulant: "Lighty. I was just talking to them :\ They have a lot more questions for me as they have not seen me in a long time."
Lighty: "Hey, we're still affiliates, so I don't mind! Anyway...! This is some sudden re-union we seem to be having!"
Karasu: "...ah. I would like to take this opportunity to bring up a discussion. Please, let's proceed back inside the bar, shall we?"

All 5 of them then walk into the bar. Karasu hand-signalled the bartender to clear away the other customers and privatize the main table. This then happened -- only the 5 of them were left in the main table.

Conversation: Lighty, Akvmovat, Roze, Karasu, Raulant
Karasu: "I welcome all of you. It comes to my attention that each and every one of us is part of a different group. I would like to take this opportunity to discuss about the sudden rise in criminal acts around the town."
Lighty: "It's fairly obvious! The previous week has been very catastrophic for the town!"
Karasu: "Since many of us scout the area frequently, it may seem that the light of the situation is slowly revealing itself. Today we find ourselves being attacked by a certain group: Dokon Dan. It may not be related, but do you think the increasing number of rogues have to do with their presence?"
Raulant: "...are you suggesting that the rogues are caused by the Dokon Dan themselves?"
Karasu: "It's what I have in mind right now. I can come to no other conclusion as they mirror each others' personalities and other things. If the Dokon Dan is a big syndicate than usual, who knows what will happen to the town..."

Roko happened to be crossing the bar too. Since Captain Roko Kyukon, Ninetales, had a very strong sense, he butts in and sits beside the discussion.

Conversation: Same + Roko

Roko: "Hm, judging by the age of our information about them, it is then safe to assume that there is something up with them, and we must not underestimate."
Roze: "...I recognize you. Squad 5 Captain, Roko Kyukon."
Karasu: "You're right, Kyukon. The recent increase in crime rate is too much for standard recession, and the appearance of the Dokon Dan may be one of the things that will lead us to the entire situation. To confirm, we will need to gather as much information as we have about the Dokon Dan as much as possible."
Akvmovat: "And eventually we'll get to the bottom of things. I like that."
Lighty: "This could mean bad business for me, yes! Though I'm pretty positive something's gonna come up for our side of the town!"
Raulant: "Hm, it's fortunate that you can still look at it that way, Lighty."
Roze: "But I think we have very insufficient data. Too insufficient, even. Where do we start, or what the hell do we do with what we have now? (OOC: OMG w's.)"
Karasu: "Exactly. Gather info. Seeing as how quick they just recovered, they could attack any place of the town at almost any time."
Roko: "I was the one who took care of them the first time Mirage...
...actually, another being was there. Under the name of ex-captain Tohno."
Akvmovat: "...?! Akiha..."
Karasu: "...oh? She's still alive, I'm surprised. She might be living a different life now -- as long as she won't disturb us, I won't pursuit her..."
Roko: "Anyway, the many groups that are on the move to protect this town is numerous enough to at least gather some data. Plus, the Trinity Inc. is in the center to record everything that's happening."
Karasu: "I could also infer that the Dokon Dan somehow has their goals set on taking over the Trinity Inc., too. We may have to prioritize that place."

Ren Torar, Luxray, Squad 6 Vice-Captain, happens to cross the bar as well. But he didn't join in the conference -- he just eavesdropped.

Conversation continues
Roko: "I have stationed myself there numerous times as I'm doing an investiagion there. I don't need to prioritize it any further."
Roze: "I would like to bring attention that the Trinity Inc. has many entranceways in different mediums."
Karasu: "Affirmative on that. Second conclusion... it comes to my attention that they attack the more populated parts of the town."
Lighty: "Fortunately I'm not too long enough in wandering around, anyway!"
Raulant: "That's not the point! Anyway, Mirage and Kyukon, your intentions, please."

The discussion went on for quite a time.

...yes, this is my idea of 'quicky'. Haha.

OOC: It's odd how we usually want healers who weren't meant to be. Look, my healer is a Floatzel, lol.

I'll RP post maybe later.

OOC: I could imagine the next scene of mine happening, I just can't put them into words. Haha.

As the discussion inside the bar went on, other entities finally arrived outside.

"...Lieutenant Torar? What are you doing here?" Byakune asks Ren who was eavesdropping from outside the place.

"...! Captain! I... it was just an interesting conversation." replies Ren the Luxray hesitantly.

"You better be going back now, night approaches."

Byakune, Sparchu, Razen, and Ren take one last look inside the bar. They were surprised to find a lot of familiar faces in there, as the meeting has also just come to a close.

"...ah, and I find a lot of you here."

"...! Roze, don't tell me you've been spending ti~"

"Relax, commander! I never bought anything, anyway!"

"...Byakune. You're right, we're heading back to the Teigon now." says KArasu the Scizor (Squad 8 Captain)

As all entities there head out and walk towards the outskirts (in the same direction).

Conversation: Roze, Sparchu, Byakune, Lighty, Ren, Karasu, Raulant, Akvmovat, Roko, Razen
Byakune: "...I understand then. Seems like while I was out, something was happening in the town. I felt the heaviness of the spirits, too."
Roze: "We were so worried, commander -- you were oversleeping too long."
Sparchu: "You wouldn't think such an action would really incapacitate me for too long?"
Roze: "...of course not commander."
Ren: "Something's incredibly wrong, Captain. I'm pretty sure I scouted my part thoroughly, yet I have not yet seen the carnage that's been happening."
Lighty: "...*sweatdrop* Gah...! Can't we move a little bit faster...?!"
Karasu: "...really, stop being too much in a hurry."
Lighty: I'm trying my best...! To be patient... patient... patient...! *thumpthump*
...ARGH! I can't take it anymore! Get away from me, Pokétei 13 members! Just get away!"
Raulant: "...?"
Karasu: "..."
Lighty: "...stop... stop staring at me like that! Argh...! Agh!"
Byakune: "...*pokes* Lighty Eon! Quit your whining. I shall never spread that word anyway, and that thing you're worried about is safe with me -- so please just calm down before anything else happens to you..."
Lighty: "I... I can't! You Skitty there...! Don't you understa~ *oh!* ...yes, as you then wish!"
Karasu: "...hm?"
Raulant: "...odd, how come Byakune immediately gets to shut up Lighty that fast?"
Roze: "...yes, I did see you eavesdropping, Ren."
Ren: "...! Oh... it's so embarassing, stop pointing it out..."
After much further walking...
Byakune: "...ah. Seems as if this is the fork where we'll be going seperately, then."
Sparchu: "Bye everyone! Take care now! Roze, let's get to the base immediately! *runs*"
Roze: "...! Hey, no fair commander! Wait up! *runs*"
Akvmovat: "It was nice having a conversation with you captains. I hope we'll be able to reach an extent of understanding in the near future."
Karasu: "I never imagined to see a Heracross with such intelligence as yours. I commend your progress. Keep it up. Farewell, then."
Akvmovat: "... ... hey wait a minute. How did you know I was going to split here, too?"
Byakune: "...I apologize but I know what faction you are from, Akvmovat. So please just leave now."

After some time, only the Pokétei 13 members were walking. Night time then arrived.

OOC: I really can't put my stuff into words... I'm pretty sure I still have more in mind than this!

This message was edited by Zekira on Mar 13 2009.[/color]

OOC: Bumpage.

Somewhere unknown...

"...two assaults in one day, both proven to be almost insignificant!"

"...we're deeply sorry Dokon-sama! It was just a first attempt!"

"Nya~ Who knew that Pokétei 13 would be approaching us at the first sign, anyway?!"

"...It seems as if someone got careless..."

"...! It's... the three bosses... hey, as they said, it's only the first attempt...! Please!"

"Dokon! I will not think it would be necessary that we would be directly on the action of this! If what I then heard is true... then your first target will be all the opposing 'legendary' teams, and drag along the Pokétei 13 down with them! After that, the area could be clear and the procedure is slowly progressing."

"...Oh, Agnome..."

"...I'm not being harsh! I'm just being straightforward, Emrit! Isn't that what we all want right now...?"

"...I'm not feeling this right, Agnome... see, even if we're this many... we may still be outnumbered... you saw the events of 4 years ago, right?"

"...If I may, Agnome and Emrit. It was because we weren't there. That stupid wretch of a god compeltely forgot about us."

"...Eiyux? It's not like you to speak such ill of Arceus..."

"...you must know I'm considerate of what I say, Agnome. If I say someone's a jerk, someone is truly a jerk. Why do you think that 'god' lost?!"

"...Please, sirs and ma'am! Don't argue in front of us...!"

"Dokon-sama, we don't understand a thing anyway!"

"It's better that you do not understand, Botan. I've been hearing of everything behind what the three bosses are talking about..."

"....fine then Dokon! I advise you to reorganize yourselves, plan out accordingly, and DON'T disappoint us next time!"

"Yes Sir Agnome... we'll stall them out next time! Botan! Nyanki! Out of this place!"

"...I think you're being too direct, Agnome..."

"...I think we're not going to get anywhere if we keep doubting each other. Agnome and Emrit, we should continue the arrangements..."

"Alright, Eiyux. Your call on this one."

Tailwind base.

"...Haaaah...! Got some useful notes, yes."

"Let me see what you got...

...

...! This is bad..."

"Ah, both of you are back. Yup, nothing going here in the base lately."

"...get these notes away from me, take them Roze. Get back to your rooms immediately, I don't want to hink any further..."

"...OK..."

"...whatever you say."

All 3 of them proceed to their own rooms.

In some far away island...

"...did you just feel that?"

"Their continuing to sprout, one by one..."

"This is exactly as planned. It's a good thing I got all of you to round up before this unfortunate event happens..."

"Hm, then waking up forcefully was quite worthwhile, then."

"...seems as if my job still isn't done... or was it overdone?"

"For this night, we will leave out the Tailwind base. Scatter yourselves around the area without touching Tailwind base, it seems to be the most inactive central point right now."

"...alright, will do."

"...I'm flying."

"...I get to watch from below."

"I'll navigate the borders..."

Meanwhile in Squad 6 quarters, an insomniac Byakune was a bit panicking.

"...where... where...?!"

"...captain... keep it down... zzzz..." Ren was snoring so loud.

"...Senbon. Damn it. Senbon... where the hell are you..."

Back at Tailwind base, inside Sparchu's room.

"Looks like it's time to brave ourselves again. After 4 years, it happens once more. This time, it's my lead on this one..."

Sparchu continus to worry about stuff when suddenly later he spots a familiar looking sword just beside his bed. He approaches it and examines it, and he recognizes it to be Byakune's Zanpaku-to, KuroSenbonzakura. After much pondering of what it was doing here, the sword suddenly transformed into a Cherrim.

"Hi... Sparchu..." Senbon said.

"...?! Uh... is that...? What...?"

"Don't be startled... I don't want you worrying like this, eh?" Senbon was clearly awake, and from her voice, she had an obvious bad intention.

"Wha... what are you... what do you want from me?! I... I can't just attack you out of the blue...!"

"Oh, but I mean no harm... I was just here to do something..."

"...what is that 'something'?! I advise that you shouldn't really be here! Byakune was careless enough to leave you here!"

"...I came here on my own intention... I'm still a Pokémon you know..." Senbon said, and her voice got more seductive. She continues to come close to Sparchu, while Sparchu keeps on backing off. Eventually, Sparchu trips over his bed and from it, he's now laid on his bed.

"...exactly."

"...hey... what...?! Stop... stop!"

"...as I said, I mean no harm... so keep quiet."

"I won't allow for this foolishness...! Release my feet from your spell this instance!"

"...poor boy, you do realize that you can't attack as well..."

"...! My... hey!"

"...so just submit yourself!"

"W-...what the!"

The Cherrim named Senbon suddenly jumps over Sparchu's body and a large cage of petals enclosed both of them on top of the bed. Who knows what happened there anyway, but it can be assumed that Sparchu was molested.

After some time, the cage of petals finally opened. Sparchu was weakened and still laid (OOC: Lying isn't the correct word, see...) there. Senbon takes one last glance at him before jumping off.

"...good night."

With that done, Senbon jumps out the window and disappears with the wind.

Sparchu, on the other hand, was still panting. He tried his best to forget what just happened and attempted to sleep. But all that was halted when he suddenly noticed one peculiar petal fall down from somewhere. He examined this petal, and he found it to be of the color black, blue, and red, instead of pink. With the many things that Sparchu is already thinking, he already came to the conclusion that...

"...! *gasp* I... I've been...

...I've been... molested... by a... primal...

...this...

...this can't be happening..."

As Sparchu continues to panic silently, his mind automatically recalls all the events from 4 years ago involving the incident. All events still scare him to this very day, and continus to haunt his entireity. Eventually he couldn't handle this pressure, and after too much panting, he eventually falls to the floor, fainted. (OOC: Yes, it's weird. He's laid on the bed but he still falls there.)

Zangetsu was just almost asleep, and he suddenly felt the disappearance of the spiritual pressure from Sparchu's room. This alerted him as he immediately got up and went for Sparchu's door. It was locked. Since Zangetsu had a very bad feeling on this, he continuously slams the door until it finally gave in. Running inside, all he found was the Pikachu's fainted body.

"...! Whatever happened here...?

...no blood, no carnage, not too much... but definitely I felt another entity come through here. That must be why Sparchu is like this...

...well, I could at least position commander properly on the bed..."

Zangetsu fixes up the room and properly carries and positions Sparchu on the bed to be of normal sleeping position. The Lucario then returns to his own room for his own sleep.

OOC: Grr, I forgot what I was supposed to do after that. Also, yellow looks better on the Neo Blue background, while FFD000 will be on the Neo hite background...

This message was edited by Zekira on Mar 14 2009.

OOC: Help. My fandom is telling me to purify Mesprit already. :\ This shouldn't be happening.

Up in the sky, a Togekiss was still unable to sleep. This Togekiss happened to be Squad 9's Captain, Beoruve Ranza.

"...I never seem to get tired... why?" obviously Beoruve was trying to fall asleep.

"Captain! Are you sure you're still staying up?" a particular Hitmontop asked, which happens to be the Vice-Captain of Squad 9.

"...I thought I already told you to clear the area already... please, just get back inside..." Beoruve replied. With a direct statement, the Hitmontop immediately went back inside the quarters of Squad 9.

While still flying, Beoruve happened to bump a certain Salamence who was also flying in the same area.

"...?! What are you doing here...? Who are you...?" Beoruve immediately asks.

"...I! I accidentally happened to bump someone! I deeply apologize, but I'm just crossing." the Salamence replied.

"If you're new around these parts, then I must inform you that you have already crossed the Pokétei 13 boundaries..." Beoruve informs the Salamence.

"...oh? Is that so, I apologize then~...! Wait, Pokétei 13 you say?! Then... I have a short favor. Please just give this small paper to the captain of Squad 12, please. Thank you, and I am sorry again. I will leave." the Salamence then leaves, leaving the Togekiss to hold the piece of paper that the Salamence handed over. Beoruve then read it.

quote

@Razen Faya:

"I'm still watching."

~Tiamat Ria

"...what is this all about... anyway, I'm giving it tomorrow." Beoruve thinks, then he continues to fly over the skies, when in particular he suddenly notices something in the forest. It was already black, as if burnt. After much analyzation, it was as if a fire had already ended there. Startled, Beoruve immediately roosted back to his quarters to inform the others, when he saw the members of Squad 4 below already making their move.

"...that's a relief. The healing squad is so fast on this...

...this concern is making me sleepy." with that, Beoruve retreated to Squad 9's quarters to finally fall asleep.

Back at Tailwind base, Sparchu eventually got at least his consciousness back and his faintness became sleep. He was still haunted in the dream though -- it was Ichimaru in the dream world again.

"...I'm here again."

"Did you sense it Kanpi? How much it's already going near you..."

"...Ichimaru~...! You're here again... what are you talking about this time?!"

"How much of those same petals would you like to see...?"

"...! No... no more!"

"...that's fine then, I'll have to just stab you again anyway."

"...what?! Hey... I still can't move, even inside this dream!"

"Well too bad, find a way to move. Shoot 'em dead, Shinso."

"Wah!"

The dream sequence ended just like that, leaving Sparchu in the darkness of sleep instead of having a nice dream.

Somewhere at the sea...

"...! How... how was that possible? I'm pretty sure that... there was no activity there."

"Madam... everyone makes mistakes... or there's something else interfering with us. The primals just sprout out of nowhere, you won't expect them..."

"Tailwind base... I thought it was pure from hollows...

...wait, how about the spirit that emerged in the forest?"

"...I apologize but I don't know the spirit. It doesn't seem to be a primal and hollow, neither is it a dead one... it just radiated so much power that we can feel it from here."

"...fine, continue the route that you were supposed to take."

"...now I'm really getting scared. I've patrolled the area, and it's as if everything already happened before we got there! There's nothing happening now, it would be useless to patrol any further..."

"...I couldn't even travel in stealth, what is this? Has the surface turned so evil now that even I can't hide in it?"

"This is getting out of hand... looks like we have to awake earlier than usual, and reveal ourselves to the world... alright, everyone go to sleep. Now. We'll leap back to Fullmoon Island immediately..."

OOC: ...damn, I'm pretty sure I already had plans for the next morning.

OOC:
EDIT2: Um, Hybrid, I mistakenly put Hanayama in Reserve Unit in the character list.. Where should I place her? :\

@DW1: Yes, that's what the entities sensed.
@Hybrid: Lol, I'm expecting a released-form fight anytime, haha.

It was still early in the dusk, and the Captain of Squad 9, Beoruve Ranza, already was awake. Since last night, he couldn't sleep for some odd reason. With nothing in mind, he immediately flew out of the Teigon and onwards to the DPARI to deliver the short letter to Razen. Once he got there to Razen's window, the lights were still open. So Beoruve quickly just slipped the small paper through the window, which Razen noticed. After Razen looks out of the window, seeing the Togekiss, Beoruve then flies away.

"...it looks like a note."

Razen then picks up the small piece of paper to read the contents.

"...

...?! It...

...is this...?"

Razen suddenly got all panicky, and thus the Flygon halted his current experiment and immediately ran to the storage room.

"...handwriting analysis... checking..."

Razen got another piece of paper to the storage room and compared the two. It then concluded that it was authentic.

Razen then ran off back to his laboratory for carbon-dating of the paper. It had no signs of much contamination, and the paper doesn't date back to more than a week.

"...if... if this is true... that... this was written just recently...?!

...no, but you're already dead... I still don't believe..."

Razen just suddenly set aside the piece of paper and continued on with his experiment.

Back at the Teigon, at Squad 4's headquarters.

"...quantity of injuries?" the captain, Lekisima Eneko, asks her lieutenant (a Blissey).

"Not much ma'am, only 2 were hurt, but they were both severe. Both cases involve high-degree burns in the entire body..." was the reply of the Blissey.

"Since it's only a few, I assume that you've taken care of things already... alright, it's really disturbing having to wake up too early, but anyway, we should start warming up already so that we're ready by 7." Lekisima replies. After everyone in Squad 4 has already retreated to their own chambers, Squad 6 Captain Byakune Eneko happened to enter.

"Were you able to get to the scene...?" the Skitty captain inquires.

"No I haven't... it's too early in the dusk too even get up and out of this place..." the Delcatty replies.

"...unlucky, I wanted a report on the event, but anyway... I'm pretty sure you felt that pressure too?"

"It was so strong, how could I not feel it?"

"...Lekisima, if chance happens, you must go retreat back to Flariao and hide with him again... I think that era is coming back..."

"...you're underestimating me too much, Byakune. It doesn't matter if you're stronger than me, I can fight too..."

"...I guess I got too traumatized by the story you told me back then. It's your choice, but I'm not always there to save the day for anyone... so Lekisima, I will pray upon Senbon for your safety. Good day."

With that, Byakune leaves the quarters and back to the town, so early.

Now morning came.

OOC: ...and this particular Zekira doesn't know what happens next.

This message was edited by Zekira on Mar 17 2009.

OOC: First off, I just lost the file for the character list so I'll have to recover it back from scratch first before I can update the character list again.

Second, those re-explanations of yours reminded me of a really big thing with one of my characters, Hybrid. Also, if you've noticed, I'm making both primal and hollow synonymous (just that colors differ lol).

Just early in the morning, Lighty had Vanguachu manage the shop for a while since the Mercenary Business was on day-off anyway. Lighty was already wandering around the deeper parts of the town, deeper and deeper into the slums.

"...wait a minute, how the hell did I get here?!"

It was as if Lighty wasn't in control of himself. It was either his sleepiness took him there, or something else. After coming back to reality, Lighty realized that he was in some sort of cursed area around the town... it had the stench of the graveyard, and the chill of the underworld. This place does not have a name, for many have not even dared go too deep in the slums. But sometimes these are the frequent homes of only the most brutal of rogues and it was rumored that some of these Pokémon are infested and/or undead.

"...with this thick fog... I can't see a darn thing! Getting out of here would be almost impossible! It's a good thing I'm used to the graveyard, or I'll be fainting prematurely!"

Lighty continues to wander uselessly around the place. After some time, after his strength was taking him to his limits, another entity happened to appear near him.

"...Lighty... Eon... traitor..." the faded entity seemed to have said. This obviously got the Jolteon's attention and looked around for where the voice came from.

"...kill... now..."

"...!"

"Not... forgive... ever... Lighty... what did you do... to me..."

"I wouldn't respond a thing, so just come out you nimbwit!"

Indeed as expected the entity revealed itself. It was an Eevee alright, but there was something wrong. It seemed to have the stench of the dead, and it had shades of white, red, and blue.

"What's wrong... why are you still here...? Will you finally make amends... after all this time...! Then let me proceed...!"

The abnormal Eevee's eyes suddenly shone red, and even more abnormal Pokémon came out, surrounding Lighty completely.

"...now I remember that voice! You, Vivue Kanpi, the most vengeful spirit of the Kamiki Village!"

"...it's not only me, Lighty... all of them... blame you... for you are truly at fault..." said the Eevee, then other voices from the other abnormal entities came echoing through Lighty's head.

"You left... us... not keeping us safe..."

"It's your fault... you never... shared... you never approached... you never even tried to protect..."

"...where were you, Lighty...?! Where were you...! Shout... shout! I want to... know... WHY!"

"It's all your blame... go to hell... sinner... traitor!"

Lighty was getting stiff with all the voices that are echoing, as some of his memories are made clear.

"...*sweatdrop* Gah! But I indeed told you! Told all of you! 9 years before the plague! I told everyone, LEAVE! But no, most of you never followed! Only 6 of us believed the great calling for escape by the spirit god! All of you here now, you approach me with the whole defiance you've already given me! Now you tell me who should have the ears!"

"...didn't you say back then... that you... would save the entire village...?! Then why didn't you stay and fight for us...?!"

"...stop and think, idiot! By putting you away from the village, I am already taking you away from the plague! What are you facing with me right now?! Stop those... stop those primal and hollow spirits shouting at me! Be yourselves and go to sleep!"

"...Lighty... irreasonable... kill..."

"Vanish... sinner..."

"Eradicate... traitor..."

Not only were the surrounding entities abnormal -- they were actually primal entities! They begin to close in on Lighty, still echoing to attempt to breakdown Lighty by haunting him with memories. This indeed was happening to the Jolteon -- slowly and slowly he couldn't take it and he was already crouched and feeling heavy with every echo that he hears. He was in first, fear, then later it was as if he was dying already.

When the abnormal Eevee, Vivue Kanpi, began to slap Lighty around (thus insulting him), Lighty slowly began to give up... until something fell out from his bag. Or maybe, 3 things fell out from his bag.

The first that he saw was a small pendant-necklace. The symbolic opened, and it revealed the picture of a Vaporeon. This then flashed something inside Lighty's head.

quote Flashback

Conversation: Lighty and the Vapreon
V: "Sir Eon... are you sure...?"
Lighty: "...Showers... this promise, I will never break. To protect and forever be loyal to the masses... and especially you! It was you that gave me reason to find more power! I wish for this world... to be the best it could be, all for you! Showers, need not worry! I won't run away in another direction! If indeed you have to stay in the village, it is your choice and I will not force you."
V: "But... Lighty... I'll... I'll...!"
Lighty: "...! Stop... stop your tears. Temper your spirit and believe in yourself.

...no, no! Don't believe in yourself! Believe that I believe in you! Believe that I am still on your side and support and I shall never ever disrespect your decision! Now go, just go! I have to leave soon, and I am sorry but I will not come back anymore!"
V: "...
...Sir Eon..."

"...(Showers...!
What did I say again?! Yes, I promised I would tame the world and maintain it! A promise I gave her, and a promise to her I shall never break! I will get out of here and put these souls to rest!)"

The next item that he saw that fell out from his bag was a neatly farmed Pure Seed which seems to be untouched with its pureness. This reminded him of only one other entity.

quote Flashback

Conversation: Lighty and a Skitty named Nekone
N: "That power, Lighty..."
L: "...no! Nekone, please! Take... take it away from me! I am so troubled...! I am taking the world into darkness with this! Please, Nekone I request of you! Get out of here, I might be the one to kill you...!"
N: "...no! No! Stay put, Lighty!"
L: "...argh...! Agh...! No... Nekone... get away! I'm...
*transforms*...SERIOUS! Didn't I tell you to get away?! For not being of such a listener and oblivious, you would have to be eliminated by my hand!"
"...Assist -- ...
*short blurred up memory*
L: "...ugh... Nekone... kill me. Now... I've been doing this traitoring ever since I left my homeland a long time back... and now it seems like karma is coming back to me... Finish what you came to do, Nekone! Aren't you here to eradicate the darkness?!"
N: "...Lighty... get up and scratch me. Make me bleed!"
L: "...what?! Nekone... don't... don't force yourself to die!"
N: "Lighty, I will not stop at anything just to take away that bad side away from your soul! Look inside yourself -- is this really you?! I bet you're still Lighty, so get hold of yourself! What are you doing, is this how you control your fate?! It's disgusting! If you wish for me to kill you, then I would not -- why would I follow an insolent fool anyway?! Any command that you say, I will not heed! Stand up Lighty, and control!"
L: "N... Nekone... ack... argh... aaaah!"
N: "...feeling much better? Then I'll take you back for a while. We'll talk after you wake up..."

"...(and forever shall I be grateful! Nekone then shone the light back to me, and thus I see what the world really is like! I can't run away again, away with this vengeful spirit of mine! What I do, I do for the world!

They... these undead villagemates of mine... they don't know me one bit! They insult me for what I have done... but they never even tried to hear me out! You're wrong this, you're wrong that! Then I ask to them!)
...do... you even know me...?! You, Vivue, who happened to have approached me first?! Do you even know why I am doing this?!"

"Of course I know why -- you hated us so much that you chose to abandon us!"

Hearing the more annoying reply, Lighty suddenly roared out (quite loudly for a Jolteon), and a short spirit explosion emitted from him, knocking back some of the abnormal primals.

"You... don't... know... me...!"

Lighty picked up the third and last item that dropped from his bag. This item happened to be a White Half-mask with blue and red stripes. He picked it up and carefully wore it in the right side of his face. After wearing it, some of the primals could feel the sudden rush of spirit energy that emitted from the Jolteon. Lighty then eyed all of the primals fiercely.

"...I know I'm being irreasonable, but I think your reasoning has gone too far... now tell me who's the non-listener here..."

Lighty's eyes suddenly shone red, and... let's pan the camera to the sky for a while. We can they say that we are hearing a total carnage on the graveyard-like place that Lighty is in now. After some time, we pan the camera back to Lighty, and there he was standing alone, while the other primal entities were badly wounded and their spirit could be seen being sent back into the underground.

"...begone, you are not worthy for the world anymore..."

From afar, some sort of spirit weapon suddenly shot itself and towards Lighty.

"Begone, primal..." the entity wielding the weapon said. It was a Delcatty with closed eyes -- yes, it was Ichimaru Kororo of the Pokétei 13.

Right now, the sword named Shinso was already pierced through Lighty, stunning him a bit.

"I don't care about anything about you, all I know is that you're spirit must be eliminated from this world!" Ichimaru continues.

"You... you... don't know me!"

Lighty suddenly got himself out of the sword's stab, and while Ichimaru was still retracting his sword, Lighty suddenly rushed over to Ichimaru. After a certain flash, Lighty was already behind the Delcatty. Ichimaru fell on the ground after that, as it seemed that Lighty had attacked him with such speed.

"...good night, have a nice day. Just be sure not to show yourself to me, primal..." Ichimaru replied before suddenly disappearing.

While Lighty was still in that mask of his, a Cherrim suddenly came rushing in and, like what happened to Sparchu last night, enclosed Lighty in a cage of blue and red-striped petals.

"...?! What... what is this!"

"...bring yourself back to your true spirit, Hollow..." the Cherrim said while both were still inside the cage of petals. What was happening inside, still unknown. But after some time, a Skitty came rushing in the scene, saw the cage of petals, and tried to approach. After shouting something and rushing, the Skitty was then suddenly pushed back by a powerful spirit pressure emission.

"...no..." this Skitty was Byakune Eneko, Squad 6 Captain. Byakune then quickly got up and rushed back to the petals, and touched the petal cage. He murmured some words for a while, then suddenly the petal cage burned to ashes and the Cherrim was already disengaged from Lighty. After murmuring some more words, the Cherrim suddenly turned into a katana. The Cherrim was actually Senbon, the soul of Byakune's Zanpaku-to. After it was all done, Byakune ran to Lighty. He could see that Lighty's mask was no longer just half -- it was ready to fill up the entire face of the Jolteon. Byakune quickly was able remove it with his Zanpaku-to and woke up Lighty.

"...! Help... help! Argh! No...!

...huh? I'm still me?! ...someone saved me...! Oh, Captain Byakune!"

"Are you alright, Eon?"

"...help me! I'm... I'm! Turning..."

"...shut up! You're never going to turn one. You weren't declared having 'mystic' battle style for nothing, I'm sure you can control it further. I will be leaving, you should too. Come with me if you want to get out."

Byakune put the mask back inside Lighty's bag, and both proceed to get out of the cursed place.

"...thank you, Captain Eneko! I... I wonder how you got there anyway?!"

"...I just felt your spiritual pressure, that's all.

Goodbye Lighty."

Byakune disappeared with a quick Flash Step, leaving Lighty in the slums again. He got to a corner and inspected the mask that he wore a while ago.

"...can I really control it...?! Is it time for me to use it again...?!

Looks like... history is repeating itself...!"

From afar, Byakune was muttering something to himself.

"...(That Jolteon... he's a primal, I could feel it. But his powers are strong enough to make him regulate it... but if it gets out of hand, he'll, turn full. If prediction is right, the world will go into chaos with primals vs. primals, hollow vs. hollow...
...also, Senbon... I don't want to kill you, but how I can I purify you...?)"

OOC: My hands died. Lol.

This message was edited by Zekira on Mar 22 2009.

Just a while in the morning and Team Tailwind was on their study session instead. The bulletins coming to them were so inactive that they're running out of recreational activities.

"...Sparchu, why are you stressing the books about the primals?"

"It's something unusual Roze, but history repeats itself... we just have to prepare for it. Lately, I'm seeing a lot of it repeat again..." the Pikachu suddenly looks at Zangetsu.

"..

...

...why are you looking at me like that?"

"...nothing. Just get back to reading..."

Back at the Teigon, Byakune slams the door to the quarters and immediately walks to the farthest part of the headquarters.

"Captain...?" Ren the Luxray asks, concerned on Byakune's sudden mood.

"Leave me be, Ren. I have something to do that mustn't be seen by anyone..." Byakune demands, as he slams the backdoor shut and seals it with a Pokédo.

As the Skitty captain walks further outside into the Squad 6's dark field, he unsheaths up his sword and throws it toward the wall. He then suddenly used a ferocious Assist -- Focus Punch on it.

"...what...are... you..."

The sword then transformed into the Cherrim that is Senbon. As Byakune saw this, he immediately punched the Cherrim again, and pinned it down to the ground, pointing his paw at the flower.

"Would it take an infinite amount of hurt to let you know that there is not even one entity that you can take? Will you still persist, knowing that you're spirit is weak?"

"...what are you saying, Byakune?"

"...hm. Bloom and scatter!"

As Byakune said this, the Cherrim's pink petals suddenly scattered and the actual Cherrim disappeared as it burst and covered the current field with flowers. But the body didn't really disappear -- what appeared was a blue and red colored Cherrim.

"So you're the one who's been interfering! You've gone too close, now you're mine!"

Senbon had a primal soul, which now it was revealed. The primal Cherrim then made again its cage of petals and this time enclosed Byakune in it. Without an exit or entrance (Byakune sealed all of them), Byakune has only his own to break free of the incoming curse.

OOC: D: My head spun and I forgot what I was going to type.

OOC: Time to do a little quick one.

In the 'faraway island' that I, the narrator, currently call, something is actually happening. This is unusual because there is no activity for that island in the morning and afternoon, but it's still morning.

"...?"

"...someone's coming in this direction..."

"...sensing, it seems to be a peaceful entity. Don't block him, her, or it."

"*enters* ...I... Hi."

"It's a Vaporeon..."

"And she seems to be a spirit..."

"Is this...? Have I arrived? If I'm not mistaken, you are who they call 'Madame Yumigami'."

"...I don't know who ever dubbed me with the title of the moon goddess, but I'm assuming that's what they begin to call me, yes. From your tone, it seems that you were aiming to arrive here... and you have an intention left undone...? Or a new one that has to be done..."

"Yes, that's exactly it. Like all of you, I've been watching the surface... and I need to get back here to aid..."

"Hm. First... introduce yourself."

"I... Showers Doruga, guardian of the waters of the now ruined Kamiki Village..."

"State your main reason, why you would want to return..."

"...guidance, aid, and finishing..."

"Then... concentrate your mind on mine, and I will see through your linkages...

...

...

...Showers. It seems that... you were right in coming here. The things you have shown me, it might be in large relation to our own reasons."

"Madame Yumigami, I promise my dedication to this, and while fulfilling my own mission, I will help the world as well."

"...then. Show me a talent, one that portrays your true being."

"...all is explained by this song I last sung... Over the Distance...

Omotte ita yori amaku wa nai mitai
Isso ima goto tobbara te kite hoshii
Sora de utaenai kotori no koe mitai
Konna ni kurushii
Dakedo anata ja nakya..."

"...! That... the true and powerful song of eternal love..."

"With the way you sing, I could tell that your entire being still remains true to the world. Very well, Showers, you may begin with us later... as obviously, we usually operate at midnight..."

"...thank you, Madame. I shall go to sleep now..."

Tailwind base.

In the library, while all 3 were still reading, an envelope found its way inside the room and flew in front of Sparchu's face. He quickly grabbed it and opened it.

"What's that, commander...?"

"...

...! Finally! Something to do! Time to retire those books for today, and gather your things properly! We have a mission to do!"

"...finally! I couldn't wait any further."

"Alright, I'm on it!"

"Meet at the living room in 1 minute. Go!"

After one minute...

"Alright! Here's the mission! Onwards to a place named Aquatic Sanctuary, we go and find the dungeon there! Go to the deepest floor, and find a lost item named the 'Tsuyugami'. After that, we are to go deeper~ yes, we are going deeper than the lowest floor~ and find the spirit encased in that certain item. After we find both, we deliver to our recepient, an Arcanine named Amaterasu. This Arcanine is the Vice-Captain of Squad 13, so she's a Pokétei member, we must not let them down! Tailwind, move!"

Tailwind then slams the door shut, and they travel to the beach in Western Terra, where the Aquatic Sanctuary can be found.

After arriving there...

"...odd, this looks like an ordinary beach. No signs of any dungeon or anything!"

"Ah, I forgot to mention then. You go on ahead, Roze. Dive exactly on that shining spot in the water right there, and drown yourself."

"...! *sweatdrop* What?! I'm not gonna kill myself! I need to breathe!"

"Just trust me. You may breathe again when you feel that you're being pushed down.

On second thought, we'll go together. Let's go, Zangetsu."

"Lucky for me I can hold my breath for long. Alright"

As the 3 dived in the water and drowning themselves, they eventually reach a part at the bottom of the sea where they were being pushed. All 3 of them could suddenly breathe.

"I welcome you to the Aquatic Sanctuary, a historical place known for being the house of some of the mystic entities. This place was almost never touched. Many undersea Pokémon retreat to this place for salvation, as there's a saying that a goddess guards this place. I don't know if it's still guarded now, but 4 years ago it definitely was. I wonder if she's still here."

"...this place is familiar to you then, commander? I never knew that such a place existed."

"This place... the aquatic sanctuary. Ah! This was the final step in my full formation, I remember now! You told me to drown myself and hold my breath for long, and that my spiritual pressure would help me survive. Commander, this is where I landed!"

"I'm glad you still remember. Now it's time we explore it in-depth. I will guide you along as I'm still pretty sure of myself in this place."

The 3 finally landed on the sign of land. It was still underwater yet they can breathe.

"Nothing's changed. No wonder -- it's kept so secret and peaceful. Alright, we'll proceed."

OOC: Time to recall what the hell I did with Aquatic Sanctuary. Can someone link me to the first thread of the previous RP? D: I need some references.

OOC: Oh, but I do read all the posts (for this RP at least, heh -- I ignored some from the previous one).
@DW1: I like how you slowly and slowly build up the characters and yes, but somehow typos and un-capitalized words somehow takes away some of my momentum. You're posting great, yes, but try to correct as much errors as possible for the ultimate writings.

Quicky one again.

Back at Teigon's Squad 6 Field, the cage of primal petals was still closed, with Byakune and the primal Cherrim still there. Inside the quarters, Luxray Lieutenant Ren Torar rushes in along with the Ninetales captain of Squad 5, Roko Kyukon.

"...I apologize but this type of magic seal seems to be unbreakable at this current time." Roko tells Ren.

"What?! It's so dangerous out there right now that definitely something almost as powerful -- maybe even more powerful -- than the captain is there, and both spiritual pressures are clashing...!" Ren panicks.

"The magic that Captain Eneko used was Banodo #104 , Moonlight Bind. The dispelling spell for it, Pokédo #104 -- Morning Sun -- cannot effect the Moonlight Bind unless it's night time. By reversing the condition of the surface, it's how the Moonlight Bind will be broken." Roko tells Ren.

"Then..."

"It seems as if we have to wait. What happens out there, I don't know, we'll know by midnight, or when Byakune opens up the door again."[/color]

OOC: I apologize for my absence. D: Now I completely forgot what I wanted to write next.

Down at the underwater dungeon, Aquatic Sanctuary.

"There's been an outbreak of aggressive Pokémon here lately, that's odd."

"They look normal, but I never expected them to attack in such numbers."

"Well at least we can handle it. I'd advise we proceed further down."

"If I remember correctly, we're just halfway there. Keep going."

Back at Teigon Squad 6 Field...

The cage of petals was still intact. After sometime, it then finally scattered. Inside, both Byakune and the primal Cherrim emerged. Both lied down in the center of the field, as if unconscious. The primal Cherrim stood up first, and walked over to the Skitty. As the flower got there though, a burst of fire suddenly rushed from the Skitty's paws. Byakune then immediately got up in a normal fighting stance, as if nothing happened.

"What... what?!"

"...(I don't know why just yet. But...)

With all your efforts to do so, I shall never succumb to the conversion. I see how you do it, and did you not notice my immunity to it? Must you persist so much that you need to consume my spirit as well?"

"Then no more, I must eliminate all potential threats!"

P.Cherrim readied an unexpected attack, as from within her some spirit rings formed and was obtaining energy.

"...(This is no normal Cherrim, obviously, but it's powers are extraordinary as well, because...)"

Eventually the spirit rings are forming in such a way that they can explode at any time.

"(Cherrims normally can't use Seed Flare!)"

A legendary move, Seed Flare, was launched by the P.Cherrim. To counter this, Byakune called to using Pokédo #38 -- Fire Blast. It was enough to weaken the incoming explosion of the Seed Flare, but he was still hit. P.Cherrim had a few burns of her own, too.

Byakune, as strong as he was, immediately got back up and Flash Stepped behind the Cherrim while it was still recovering. Byakune was then suddenly reminded that his sword is currently not existent, and thus he just pushed the Cherrim with such force that it sent the Cherrim sliding on the field. P.Cherrim finally got to recover after that and immediately from underneath her, a large burst of petals occurred and was charging towards Byakune.

The Skitty wouldn't let up on this and immediately after the petals supposedly hit him, Byakune was already in front of the Cherrim. He delivered a swift jab to the Cherrim on the center of her chest, which caused her to flinch in a bit of pain. With this quick flinch, Byakune was immediately able to whisper a lot of words. After the whispering, Byakune withdrew his hand and the P.Cherrim could be seen not moving, as if frozen in time. Slowly and slowly, the P.Cherrim's body was suddenly becoming stone.

"...

...Bloom, KuroSenbon!"

The petals that scattered before the battle were forming around the petrified Cherrim and enclosed it. After which, the petals finally formed the Cherrim that Byakune knows.

"...Byakune! I... I!"

"Stop that and go to sleep already."

Byakune delivered a swift blow to the nape of the Cherrim, which left her unconscious. The Skitty dragged her over and unsealed the magic of the door, which then surprised Ren and Roko on the other side. Byakune opened the doo~ rather, he slammed the door open, and immediately walked all the way to his room without giving notice to Roko and Ren, who were both dumbfounded with the Cherrim that he's dragging.

OOC: I'm becoming so lazy. D:

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:

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: 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.

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:

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, Arceus' gift to Terra, 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:

This message was edited by Zekira on Apr 17 2009.

OOC: For the neo-blue background, I will be using #eef0f9 as the color code for Lighty. Actually, [b]I want an absolute replacement for color. It must be in the hue of green, though it MUST be distinguishable from the normal green color of the forums.

Still night time. A Smeargle named Issun was in his own private land, quite tired.

In his space, there was a paintboard with an unfinished painting. In this painting, there was already painted the beautiful flowerfield just somewhere at the outskirts of Neo Treasure Town.

"It's about time I finish this scenery! Only the booming effects of nature, and it's done!"

As he was approaching the board, however, he tripped over a quite large rock. But this wasn't just an ordinary rock -- it was peculiar enough that it had unique colors, red and blue mostly.

"OW!... damn rock, it took me quite a long time to make that!"

Issun complained as when he tripped over, the paint spilled over to his current painting, and some paintings at the back. Issun stood up to recover the painting.

But as he looked upon it, he suddenly fell down on his butt, gasping so loud it could probably shake the ground. The loud gasp was caused by the sight of the current vision of the painting.

The painting now had an obvious darkness looming through it -- the sky was painted suddenly dark and the flowerfields was then hued purple, as if they were cursed. The trees were suddenly covered black, and it then looked like the trees were dead. It was clearly a vision of a cursed flower field. And amazingly enough, the smudges of paint could evidently form a destructive storm in the painting. So it was a painting of a really dark and cursed flowerfield, where the sun wasn't shining and a storm is falling down.

Words lingered in Issun's head. -- I promise, my next painting will express what the world should be! Indeed, he promised this. His paint was powered by Arceus himself, that's why he could do a lot of stuff with it. With that finished painting, he couldn't stop thinking what could possibly happen.

He wanted to stop gazing at the painting, so he turned his head back at the other paintings. But he saw even more, for the smudges of paint affected his paintings of legendary Pokémon.

The most affected part was his latest works -- three of them. These 3 paintings were all painted simoltaneously, as they depict 3 small legendary Pokémon, and are titled as one "Offsprings of Arceus." The painting smudged a few white, red, and blue hues on the 3 paintings, clearly showing another form of the Pokémon that was supposedly depicted. This made the fear inside Issun grow even more, eventually making him faint. As he slumped over, however, his painting of a godly Pokémon fell over him.

Still night time, somewhere near Tailwind's base, the silhouette of a Ninetales could clearly be seen stealthily retreating. It was going back to the Teigon.

...enough of that, morning came!

Morning. Finally.

In Tailwind base, Roze got up in a bit of a bad mood, and as she got out of the room, she was disappointed to see that Sparchu and Zangetsu have finished breakfast.

"I never bothered to make a morning call since so many things are happening already that I feel that both of you should rest as much as you can."

"But we can't run away from duty, anyway..."

"Waking up early feels so ordinary for us now, commander."

"That's splendid to say the least. Come, Roze, get your breakfast. We'll wait for you."

After some time of them gathering at the dining room, a knock was heard on the door. By this time Roze finally finished eating so she swiftly fixed up the table and stuff. All 3 of them were now in the living room, and as Sparchu opened the door, there appeared Lighty.

"So you did come. Explaining time."

"...

...this just feels like talking with another mystic I know very well!

...the surrounding feel in the air makes me want to get too serious."

"...so serious that you even lost your exclamation point."

"Exactly...

For now, we'll start off with the current situation. This will undoubtedly lead us back to everything that happened a few years ago... not just 4 years ago.

The first spread of the primal infestation was not supposed to be that major, and that the only way to spread the threat was through a moving medium. It would then be impossible to spread it around the entire Terra without anyone noticing it. As such, we legendary teams were still able to quell the first outbreak of the primal era, where we removed the curse from Arceus himself.

But look at it this way -- there was no other way that Arceus could have been primal, considering his status. Nor so with Dialga, Palkia, Darkrai, and Giratina. The dimensional-degrees were peaceful until one fateful day. The day when the impossible became possible."

"...and what was that?"

"...it can be better worded with 'when the impossible was born', actually. There was one unexplained innocence in the holistic creation of Arceus, if you remember the sacred book..."

"The book of the ancients..."

"A universal law that wherein any force has an equal and opposite force alongside it -- it certainly affected even Arceus himself. There was then, the birth of one who could defy Arceus directly and had the same power. It was the 'birth of impossibility'. And we all know of this incident as the legendary teams combatted this impossibility before they reached Arceus..."

"I keep hearing the word 'impossible'...

...! You don't mean..."

"Yes, the anti-God, Hiryu.

How Arceus was born was the same way Hiryu was. He has just been sealed inside the unfortunate body of a Nincada, though he eventually developed all his powers and then was affected by the imbalance of the world.

It was quite contradicting, actually, since the birth of Hiryu was the start of the wack-o of Time, Space, Dimension, and Darkness. But that same wack-o was the one that made Hiryu defy Arceus.

Let me just ask this -- how long did Hiryu stay as a Tailwind member?"

"...7 years?"

"So it allowed him 7 years to set up, probably enough time anyway. He always disappears, I mean always, right? He knew before hand what to do, on how to completely corner the world into the first primal invasion.

Explaining everything that he did one by one would take the whole day, but let's just say that it was enough to spread through out Terra already. No one was actually aware of this -- not even Hiryu's good side. This is because Hiryu only turned back to himself when you guys finally defeated him, and thus he has no memory of it in his dying moments, leaving the traces of his works unseen.

And carelessly enough, after we defeated Arceus, we never considered inspecting for aftershocks. Right now, there's another unspeakable drive that's now taking the advantage of primalization... or what could now be called hollowification. The source, I do not know. We haven't heard of the other legendary Pokémon ever since the Arceus incident, but I think it's just about right to not disturb them anyway. But with the rate of things, it would take a really powerful Pokémon to be bringing such a number of primals already.

Going back to the time before, notice how Nekone ALWAYS comes back super late at night during day-offs. He spent most of that time with me. I would not go into details on how we crossed each other, but let's just say we shared a lot in common -- most notably, being the first to be knowledgeable about what's happening to Terra. We had to keep the common Pokémon out of this business, but it seemed to be unavoidable as we couldn't stop it the first time, thanks to Hiryu.

I don't know why, but Nekone has the innate property of both supressing spirits, accepting spirits, and denying spirits. This allows him to be naturally immune to hollowification. I, myself, have been granted power to over-ride my brain power and turn into a primal myself. All I had to do was to train in controlling it. That's why you see me wear this mask often.

Can't you feel it lately, Sparchu? Heavy spirits are wandering around, popping up from nowhere. It's not helping that the infamous Dokon Dan is also on the loose, and it seems as if they have invented technology to manipulate primals... never mind that since they aren't invading too much.

I just hope the Pokétei 13 is doing what they can -- they seem to be able to communicate with spirits more than anyone does. As for me, I grew just an ordinary Eevee until I got lost in some ruins one day -- but it was like a fateful encounter with Arceus himself, and thus I am granted this power, which I tend to not bring into the light of knowledge.

The first primal infestation relied on the usage of the world's degrees' imbalances to make it grow. This is why the gears were used a lot of times -- in order to stop it. Fortunately the gods themselves made the gears in case it happened. But again, we thought of it as over, but now it seems like the Primal Infestation is now using the obliviousness of the masses to keep building up. For now, it would seem like a good thing as we don't want the entire PokéCivilization to suddenly be instilled with fear. But it's becoming more evident and evident by the minute!

I don't know if it's just me, but I sense even more spiritual beings from faraway lands, just waiting for an opportunity to quell the primals again. I myself am still stuck with my shop, waiting for the same moment.

Sparchu, you should ready your team too, the dreaded Day of Darkness draws nearer and nearer~

Oh darn! Now I remember some details. In the sacred book, the Day of Darkness was never mentioned, but indeed it does exist. It is when nature suddenly gives up and rests for a while. Normally, this would maintain balance with civilization, but the primals have entered the scene, making it only the worst disaster. The eve of the Day of Darkness is 4 years prior to it...

...oh my... oh dear. The first primal infestation could have just been the eve of it all... how could I not foresee this?"

"...the eve...
Though, surely, it was destined that this Day of Darkness will not prevail, right?"

"...stop thinking ahead of me! Yes, it seems like that, for the other worlds have sent at least 2 beings to combat this, in order to save Terra. One of them, you met 11 years ago. Your... most faithful commander and your forever... *blush* how can I say it..."

"*blushes heavily* Do not dare blurt it out! But yes... it did seem awkward. Nekone came out like WHOA, who is he?

I'm assuming the other one you know is that Espeon named Zekira?"

"I never heard of him too much, but yes, Nekone told me that Zekira and himself are directly related even in that other world they speak of. It is supposedly that both of them know the most about what's going to happen in the future.

I'm not quite sure, but some of the other 'legendary teams' might have just had their own otherworldly being to their own..."

"...I'm quite getting the picture now. And the final statement -- Arceus sent these otherworld beings.

I think I can pick up from here, Lighty."

"...that's surprising, knowing your nature, Sparchu. But I think you'd do well to be the best commander of Tailwind. Nekone would be proud."

*blush* I'm taking that as probably the best compliment I've ever heard."

"Well...! No time like the present! I better get back to my duties now! Starting today, I advise that you 3 keep an eye on everything surrounding you, you hear me?! It's helping that your Floatzel over here is socializing so much with everyone! Bye~"

"Alright, bye Lighty!"

But as Lighty was heading out, he touched Zangetsu a bit. This suddenly alerted him and he turned around, in an attacking position, facing the golden Lucario.

"What the... what's up with you?! You want a fight?!"

"Lighty! What's gotten into you?! Withdraw your pose!"

"Gaaaah...!

...! Sparchu... come over here for a second."

Lighty finally calmed down, and dragged Sparchu off a bit far from both Roze and Zangetsu.

_{"What are you doing?! Kick this boy out! This is too much spiritual pressure!"}

"You are clearly over-reacting! If you can train your own spirit, so can he! I'm not giving up, he'll grow powerful, you'll see!"

"What the, but hollowification is no joke Sparchu! He is potentially a threat!"

"...damn it Lighty! Don't act like you know everything!"

"I'm not! I'm just telling you what you SHOULD do!"

"...I'm not listening to you."

"Then so be it!"

Lighty readied a Bullet Spear at Sparchu. Zangetsu and Roze noticed this and prepared to back-up Sparchu. As Lighty finally charged at the Pikachu, Sparchu suddenly stopped Lighty in his tracks as Sparchu used a special tecnique named Shirihadori (dubbed as "Blade Grasp") to suddenly hold Lighty in his two hands, stopping him directly in front.

"What the...! Unhand me!"

As Lighty continues to shout, the right side of his face was shedding, once again revealing the primal inside him.

"...

...no. It is not your will to be doing this. What is your purpose for being not yourself, anyway? Why do you keep on defying nature so?"

"...! (I... I've heard this a lot before...)"


"Must it always be that your spirit runs wildly, without your control? Why is it that you must always be on the suffering end of things? Will you allow yourself to succumb to this weakness that you are presented to?! You are shameful then as a Pokémon!"

"!!!!"

Lighty's primal-face suddenly shed again, revealing back the normal Jolteon face that he was supposed to have.

"...Sparchu..."

"...you finally came to. Get out... now."

"...I gladly will... because...

...I now admit you to be the next and only commander for Tailwind, no more...

...as you commanded my spirit, I saw the splitting image of Nekone inside your image... the only power I would follow."

"...huh..."

"...is this how it should be? Then I would not question Tailwind's actions any further! Good luck in your pursuit, Sparchu! I know you can do it!"

After this, Lighty burst like the Jolteon he was supposed to be, and disappeared in a flash.

"I'm... just like my commander?"

"...this seems to be too much for me to bear..."

"...this is no small talk anymore. We must get ready for the worst."

OOC: WOOOOOOH. Hands = dead.

Still morning, somewhere north of Neo Treasure Town.

"...good morni~ Where am I?" said a newly waking Luxray named Ren, who apparently had no idea what he was doing outside of the Teigon. He seemed to be in the middle of some ruins -- though the ruins were actually clean. Beside him was Byakune.

"Ah, you're finally awake. I already prepare your usual morning routine in a portable way -- it's over here. Take your 1 hour."

"...(How did he carry all of this stuff?!)"

It was weird, as there in that platform was prepared Ren's breakfast, usual bathroom utilities, grooming stuff, and morning exercise stuff, just enough for him to get ready in the morning.

So let's just say now he took his 1 hour.

"Captain... where are we?"

"I was supposed to ask you that -- could you look around and tell me about this place?"

"..." Ren wondered, but he eventually did look around. At first, it seemed that he was dumbfounded because he can't identify the remains of the buildings, but eventually he stumbled across the floor-remain of a building he always knew -- his house.

"...! Captain... is this...?" Ren now recognized the place. "Kusa Village... my home-village! Why are you showing this to me again?!"

"Calm down... just look at the progress we've made."

"The... progress you've made?" Ren looked around further, to find that the main building of the now-burnt Kusa Village, the Gale Shrine, was being repaired. Ren ran to it with joy.

"...what?! It's being re-constructed! Also... the statue of my father still stands proud! I don't believe it!" Ren was joyous, for seeing the main-attraction of the shrine -- the statue of his father Shin Torar -- was still standing. It was the genuine first statue made by him and his mother Tei Torar , he was sure of it.

"I've been recruiting some people from the town to restore this place, I feel that it needed some life again. Hopefully, once the entire village is ready for occupancy again, it could be a peaceful village like Kamiki."

"...this brings back more of the positive memories!"

"This is where I found you, Ren. When Kusa Village was already done in its catastrophe, I found you fainted underneath a brick. It seemed like you fought off a lot of others or what -- you were badly hurt, as if trying to protect something."

"Injustice was brought upon this place back then -- I swore to protect it. My father and mother? They were victims of the corruption..."

"The harshness of life already started at a young age, I still remember how much you've been traumatized back then...

...anyway, we must take a closer look at how the construction is going, shall we?"

Byakune and Ren went closer, nearing the many Pokémon who were working. They all greeted Byakune with a joyous cheer.

"The progress is fantastic -- we're going 3 days ahead of what we planned, and it's all good!

Also, people, I want you to meet the next successor of the shrine -- Ren Torar, Kusa Village's child prodigy!"

Mumbling could be heard crossing around the mass of workers. "Torar?! You don't mean... Shin has an offspring?!" "He indeed does have the same aspects like Shin Torar..." "It doesn't seem to be a joke! You can feel power emanating from the Luxray as well!" "All give respect to the new legend!"

"...haha, don't take it too seriously guys -- right now, I'm actually more in-debt to you. Thanks to you, I have motivation to become even stronger. If this village is revived, then I would be more than glad to protect it with my life!"

"Osu!"

"...(what?)"

After they all got back to work, from the crowd, a certain Absol emerged and went near Ren.

"N-no way... Renji?! I never expected seeing you again!" the Absol said.

"W...who?"

Conversation: Ren, Esura, Byakune
Esura: "It's impossible you don't remember me, Sir Torar! Looks like my teasing is gonna be the truth!"
Ren: "...ack, that provoking voice! You're obviously Esura Saionji! Am I not right?!"
Esura: "Don't play dumb, of course it's me! Anyway, I've been in the town as probably the best architect around -- I never expected to be working for Kusa Village at all! When your captain here suddenly posted the notices quite a few months ago, I just HAD to come back! And now, I'm seeing my best friend here as well?! This has gotta be one of the best past-blasts I've ever had!"
Ren: "Same here! To think my best battle-buddy would be still alive after all these years!"
E: What was THAT supposed to mean?! You underestimate my power now?!
R: Of course not! I'd be happy to duel you right here, right now if you wanted to!
Byakune: "I was hoping you two would. I've gotten background on Esura, and I wanted to see how he matches up with you, Ren."
R: "This will be fun, so stay back captain!"
E: "Hah, it'll have so much replays, so watch out Ren!"
Other workers: "Whoa! Look! A duel's set-up! Ren and Esura, too! Much like the past!"
R: "...what? Some Kusa villagers are also workers, too? I somehow recognize some voices..."
E: "Yeah, but enough of that. We've gotten enough playfield!

"Free match, first to fall. Restricted area to only the open field since we don't want to harm the ruins. Use any power you might come out with -- I will be the one to regulate around here."

"Hah...! I'm ready anytime you are!" Ren provokes.

"I already am! *dances*" Esura didn't take too much time to do something.

"Ren! You're wasting time!"

"...?! Did he just do a Swords Dance that quick?! That's it!"

At Tailwind's base...

Sparchu was rampaging through the storage, as Roze and Zangetsu watch.

"Sparchu...?"

"I'll be there, could you wait?!"

Sparchu was definitely looking for something. After much rampaging, he got to the corner of the storage room. There was a really old drawer which he dusted out and pulled it brutally out. Inside were a lot of papers. Clean hand-writing, familiar one at that.

"Got it! Nekone's documents!"

Sparchu finally got out of the room. Then with a simple Thunder Wave, the storage was immediately organized. They locked the place again. The 3 headed out to the living room once more.

"Alright, sit down. Inside this drawer is a ton of documents that need reading.

Roze, I need you to find a map that's folded. You'll recognize it immediately because when it's unfolded, it's bigger than this drawer.

Zangetsu, I need you to find the 'sketchbook'. You'll notice it's thickness is standing out.

I'll be compiling all the written documents I need."

OOC: I'm becoming soooo lazy...

This message was edited by Zekira on May 02 2009.

"...Lighty..."

"What is it?!"

"I've been worrying why you've been out almost all the time."

"Well, things aren't going as well as they are, Vanguachu! It's about time the action got going again just like 4 years ago!"

"4 years ag~ You can't be serious."

"No kidding! Notice why I've been training with my hollow mask night-in night-out recently!"

"I thought you were just having fun destroying stuff."

"You think lowly of me too much!"

Then came entering a Smeargle into the shop.

"Oh, hi! We~ I recognize your face... Issun, was it?!"

"...how do you know me?"

"Your ink splattered over me from last night! "

"...now I have never heard of Smeargles painting in the air..."

"...so you must be that Jolteon that got beat up last night? You weren't so friendly..."

"...*swt* it's not my fault, and I deeply apologize still! Anyway...! What is it that you come here for?!"

"I just had my intuition right here, and it seems that you've already dug up what I was looking for -- the Golden Ink Pot."

"...oh, this thing here on the recent finds! It's a beautiful container, I may say!...

...not only that, I also feel some spirit coming out from it! I kept it safe here in the shop just in case, so it's not up for grabs!"

"But I must use it! It's for th~"

"I could see why! Your brush over there isn't an ordinary brush -- that's the mystic Celestial Brush, isn't it?!"

"...!"

"If that's the case, then I do have the right to give it to you...! But, there are things that you must know first before I give this to you! And it will take the remaining afternoon today to at least make you see what I want you to see..."

"...You intend to show me something concerning about the mystic world, correct?"

"Couldn't have worded it better! Issun, if you really want this pot, I suggest you get ready now because we'll depart anytime now."

"...I hate being left here in the shop! Can't I at least come with you this time?! You keep disappearing!"

"...fine fine, you know what's happening anyway! Oh, forgot to introduce... wait, I don't even know Issun, so what's their to introduce?!"

"...what's this?! When this Raichu over here goes near me... my brush suddenly loses ink!"

"...what? I didn't do anything! I don't drink ink!"

"...(this must be another display of Vanugachu's special property! Even the gods' powers are surpressed!)

Well, it'll refill later! For now, I would prefer that we start packing up the shop for early closing and get ready to go out!"

OOC: I couldn't move Tailwind since DW1 is finding me. I'd best prefer that if there's a conversation, it'll happen in the base. Also, I still need a new color for Lighty, preferably in the hue of green-yellow...

"Going-ons of the world...? Seems like it's not only us who's involved... very well, come in..."

Roze let the Ninetails and the Minun in, leading them directly to the living room.

"Interesti~ Uh, why didn't I notice that we had visitors? Zangetsu, please keep this entire dra~ wait.

...Ninetails over there. I'm pretty sure I've seen you before."

"...wasn't he the one attacked by rogue ghosts last time, commander?"

"So he is... but I've been wondering. I'm pretty sure this isn't the second time we've seen each other, either..."

"My memory doesn't fail me -- you are a senior member of Tailwind, are you not? From 4 years ago..." Fox retorted.

"...so that's why I've had a sparkle of my memory just now. You're that Ninetails who~... didn't you... wha..."

Sparchu suddenly approached Fox and began poking him, obviously receiving a "..." expression on the Ninetails' face. Sparchu began to move around and poked him even more.

"Weren't you the one who got hit? By that bright white light...? I was thinking you never survived...! Are you sure you're real?!"

"...cut it out, you Pikachu! It's beginning to scare me " retorted the Minun.

"...
...
*gets back a bit* Oh, sorry, I've been too childish~ I'll ask questions later.

Anyway! I'd assume you obviously know that this is Tailwind's base, so welcome. I'm Sparchu Kanpi, current commander of Tailwind. My teammates Roze Ploat and Zangetsu Kurozen... yes, I'm sorry, you must address Zangetsu the long way since I can't find a suitable nickname for him.

It's odd how we 'know' each other for 4 years now and I never knew your name... your turn to introduce, heh..."

OOC: Where is my creativity?! I'm clearly having a semi-writer's block.

OOC: "Anything else?" -- who said that to who? :\

"...never happen again? I have doubts about that..."

"...what do you mean by that? Are you implying that you know something about Morganna that I don't?"

"No, I definitely have little to no knowledge about it. What worries me is the fact that Morganna is a 'spirit', made of 'the elements of Terra'. You also said yourself that the spirit was destructive enough, and surely it means that if mishandled, would mean another apocalypse. What I worry about is that possbility."

"But... it's impossible to even control even one of the eight elements if you're not the one wielding it."

"...and that's where the cue starts. 'It's impossible' doesn't seem to ring any bells anymore."

"...what?"

"Slowly and slowly everything impossible is being made possible, starting from 4 years ago. I never believed it except for the existence of godly beings like some Ninjask I know and another Skitty, but these authentic documents and my recent findings lead me to believe that any power, as long as their extraordinary, is indeed, manipulable.

Let me brief it like this -- lessen your combat as much as possible, and try minimizing the use of your extraordinary power.

Explanation begins here. I'll just read this journal directly...

quote "Nekone's Journal"

Date: XX/XX/XX

With many things I find impossible, I am lead to believe now that the impossible is actually in reach. Ever since Hiryu opened my eyes back to the mystic world, undoubtedly I had to unveil all of the things that he has already done.

Today, me and Lighty have finally finished the research we've been conducting, hence the large 1 month gap in the journal entries. As we found more and more traces of primal entities, we were pretty sure that they had a pattern. We found quite an erroneous pattern, really, for we found traces of artificial objects being embedded onto the primals. We gathered these for deep analysis in Razen's lab.

I wouldn't want to break down all the parts of that substance. Then, in this remaining one month, we gathered materials enough to replicate the experiment 8 times. We then waited for the 3-days off that I was supposed to give Tailwind, preserving all those materials.

The reason why we wanted 8 replicates is so that we ensure everything. The experiment? First, it's objective was the creation of primal beings ourselves.

It was simple -- we took the body of a stray Pokémon, a Magikarp, and just done the artificial experiment. It turned out to be a failure when the Magikarp died, but I somehow suddenly used some sort of mystic move that then revived the Magikarp, let it evolve immediately, and turn primal, turning it into a success. Using Razen's lab we also removed the primal status of the Gyarados immediately. A few minutes then were took into looking on what I did. It was simple -- if one has spirit power, they can release a poisonous spiritual pressure. This poison will passively activate once a spiritual being panics, then they practice it from there, and eventually develop it. I've learned to control this special power of mine, and I also taught Lighty and Razen how to do this, seeing as they both have spiritual power as well.

This made the rest of the experiment a lot easier, and all were made into success. We experimented on a dead body, a stray Mightyena's body, and tried to revive it using the same experiment and with an overflow of poisonous spirit. It revived and immediately went in rage and attacked us, and we were forced to kill it again.

Next, we experimented on a faithful volunteer, an Eevee, and tried to turn it. It was difficult for it retained free will most of the time, but too muhc poisonous spirit lead it to losing control of itself. The Eevee didn't have spiritual powers, thus it turned primal faster than any of us could release our spiritual pressure. But since it was a very normal Eevee, we easily turned it back normally.

Now here's where the impossibility starts. We tried making a sculpture of a legendary Pokémon -- Mesprit. We then embedded all the materials needed, and intoxicated spiritual pressure into it. The statue came to life, and because Razen knows everything about Mesprit, the Mesprit could use powers of a normal Mesprit, but this time with an overflow of mystic powers as well. This was a difficult primal to take down, and we had to turn Lighty primal instead to combat that artificial Pokémon. When it was finally defeated, we put on Lighty's mask to negate the effects of is primality.

The next one is where I'm completely convinced now. We tried to replicate a being not from this world -- myself. Using just a simple DNA strand, embedding it with life force from the materials gathered, a Skitty with the same properties immediately was cloned. Then it turned primal and its colors were different. It could even use powers that I knew only I had. Since we were equal in level, we defeated my primal clone. What I was wondering was this -- I am immune to hollowification, so How could a clone of mine become primal?

We finished the experiment with that, and then the next day, we found all our materials missing. After that day, that's when the 4 degrees went more wack then ever. I am assuming that Hiryu has stolen all our materials, got some more, and with its power, used it to infest Arceus with primality.

If even Arceus was not able to resist the hollowification, and seeing as how clones can be made through the given artificial process, any Pokémon can be created with the consequence of them being primal from the start.

If one was able to control primals, then they are free to replicate all the primals they want -- even the Pokémon that have extraordinary powers not of this world -- and turn it for their own use. Arceus forbid that this document gets out of word from Tailwind and its affiliates, for this is now deemed forbidden in all rights.

If you are reading this and have an extraordinary spirit yourself, please refrain from fighting with it, especially if you're facing a primal. It may just be that one of these primals are actually spies for their master, and once the primals have gathered data on you, they can replicate all your powers.

For here, I close this and lock it away inside Tailwind's storage. This journal shall never be read unless it's of the successor of Tailwind's commanders.

~Nekone Eneko

"...! Commander! That gets me a bit worried!"

"...why so?"

"Remember the time when we helped this Ninetails from the ghosts? I used some of my impossible skills... and since we can't be too sure, who knows -- those ghosts might be affiliated with the primals..."

"...they're just rogues, what's there to worry?"

"...if I may ask? Do you think the Scizor I fought..."

"I'm not too sure since I wasn't there. It's best that you double check the forest again for any heavy spirit activity. If you will indeed check again, be sure that you keep calm and stay as normal as a Ninetails as you can. I can't stress this enough..."

Then suddenly later another Pikachu just burst in the door. It looked exactly like Sparchu, but the S.Light Ball it was holding was black.

"...what, it's not nice to barge in others' homes like that!"

With that statement, the stray Pikachu used a really strong electric attack at Roze, making her paralyzed and stunned at the same time. The stray Pikachu suddenly had a fierce look in its eyes, and its normal yellow color shed. After it stopped shedding, the primal colors were revealed.

"...! This is just one example! Whoever made this Pikachu... modeled its power from my own! Defeat it!"

OOC: I'll continue later since I'm running late...

OOC: You're lucky to even think about how you finally unlocked your Zanpaku-to -- I can't even start to think how I'll even execute Byakune and Ren's second release. I blame my writer's block.

I also blame my writer's block for not RP posting on this one.

OOC: I need something that would let them... 'hear' the correct call. Though it's supposed to be that Byakune can already do it, I just want a good opportunity for it.

Also, I have yet to make Ren control his inner Zanpaku-to, but I have an idea when that's gonna happen (since first release is a lot easier than the second one), so that's why I'm thinking when and how I'm gonna do the second release.

Also, I still can't type a thing >_<

ALso, wait a minute, there's a fourth seat? I thought after third, it skipped to fifth... or am I stupid now? T_T

OOC: Well for now what we're discussing isn't of 'too much' importance...

...also, I have an idea where you got your avatar. Ahahaha. HGSS For the win.

...I still can't write

OOC: I'll be keeping it as quick as possible when I get the chance. I'm actually trying to imagine on how I'll get this through. *I was intending for Fox to do something, but meh, I completely forgot what.*

OOC: I'll force myself to write. Now. D:

"OK that's not right."

"Zan! You know exactly how I battle, and it's most probable that this primal of mine fights the exact same way! Go!"

"...uh, why don't YOU help?!"

"...because I'm afraid that I might hurt myself."

"..."

"..."

While all of them were in a moment of stupidity, the primal Pikachu didn't hesitate and immediately Thunder Waved Zangetsu, who in turn was paralyzed immediately. Then onto the ground the electricity channeled even more, locking Zangetsu into place, surely immobile.

"...I never knew I could do that, but whatever!"

Sparchu tried the same as he fired a Thunder Wave at the primal Pikachu and concentrated his S. Light Ball on the ground. But as the electricity was locking on the ground, the primal Pikachu was able to punch the floor so hard (like Sparchu could as well), rendering a slight Earthquake, making all of the 5 there off-balance (for 4 of them were weak to ground attacks: Sparchu, Fox, Zap, Zangetsu).

This off-balance was taken advantage by the primal as it used the same strategy that Sparchu frequently uses -- a quick Focus Punch while the opponent is off-balance. It almost hit Sparchu when suddenly Roze's body came flying from somewhere (because of the recent earthshock) and shielded Sparchu from the attack. This caused the Floatzel to be delivered so far and was tossed out the window. Sparchu recovered after that.

Realizing how disastrous it was getting, Sparchu took into position in trying to do a more tricky strategy of abusing Grass Knot.

Fox was also ready to give out a Will-O-Wisp, but the ground shook again as the primal Pikachu once agian Focus Punched the ground, making Zap and Fox off-balance once more, rendering them disabled from attacking. But this earthshock enabled Sparchu to manipulate the grass easier as the ground opened up even more grass patches from the ground. As the knots were complete, the primal Pikachu finally tripped over and was immobile for a while.

Sparchu was ready to Focus Punch that Pikachu into oblivion, while Fox was ready to Fire Blast the primal. Zap channeled his 'Minus' into the left cheek of Sparchu, the one with the 'Plus'.

Unfortunately, this Minus channeling of Zap was the reason why the primal Pikachu was able to got up again, as the primal Pikachu's 'Plus' connected to Sparchu's 'Minus', completing a channel of both Sparchu's and Zap's power, reversing the effects of Grass Knot and shocking the ground, leaving Fox suddenly paralyzed and Zap a bit drained of his power. Sparchu wasn't drained because he was in the middle of the electric circuit.

Seeing how the primal Pikachu will be obliterated soon, it suddenly ran so fast into Tailwind's storage and carried the forbidden drawer, and tried to run out of the base. It got out of the door easily, what with all of them trying to recover.

"What?! He mustn't escape with that! After him!"

The only ones capable of still chasing the primal was Sparchu and Fox. But the primal Pikachu was already leaking with electric power that his trail was covered with electricity, and if they would follow him, they'd be damaged significantly.

"...! I don't think we can handle this much overcharge..."

"But those were forbidden documents! I don't suppose you're giving up on retrieving them?!"

"Of course I won't! But right now it doesn't even seem possible without outside help!"

Oh, then it IS possible with outside help. The electric trail of the primal, obviously, could only hinder those that are following him at the back. But what about at the front?

The Ouendan Green; Lighty, Vanguachu, and Skyras, together with Issun, happened to be crossing in front of Tailwind's base that time. Seeing the primal Pikachu, all 4 of them stopped.

"...(it's a primal! And it's Sparchu...? No, it's a replicate... it's from our experiment from 5 years ago!)"

"Whoa! Is that Pikachu intending to ram us to death?!"

"...(I want to see Vanguachu's power right here! This could be the perfect opportunity!)

Vanguachu! This is not Spar! Sparchu could never become a primal, and I think you know that! Since you know Sparchu TOO well, why don't you try stopping it?!"

"...what, me? I don't want to hurt my little bro~ even if it's just an image of hi~"

"Trust me, this Pikachu is WAY too off to be an image of Sparchu! Just fight it!"

"...OK, if you insist! But why won't you help?"

"I have a Pikachu weakness!"

"..."

"..." ~Skyras

"..." ~Issun

Enough of that stupidity.

Vanguachu stepped forward to filter the incoming Pikachu that was ready to ram the 4 to death. Vanguachu readied his position.

As the primal kept running, however, it could be noticed that the overcharge trail behind it was suddenly shutting down, enabling Sparchu and Fox to chase after the primal. As the primal got nearer and nearer to Vanguachu, it's Black Light Ball was losing its luster.Eventually when it touched Vanguachu, it's as if the primal never had any power to start with.

"...you're right, I don't believe that this is my brother. He can't be THIS weak!"

Seeing as how the primal was blocked, he suddenly punched Vanguachu out of the way. But unlike Sparchu's punch, it only delivered Vanguachu a short flinch.

"...(I knew it! It's that special property of his! It's finally awakened!)"

Vanguachu was able to recover quickly and Thunderbolted the primal. Though the primal was quick, it was not able to dodge this one. But it looked like an ordinary Thunderbolt -- easily dodgable, yet it hit perfectly!

Following up, Vanugachu released a Hidden Power, which shook the ground below the primal. It was a Hidden Power of the Ground-type, perfect.

This quickly disabled the primal, as if it was some weakling. Vanguachu positioned for his second signature move.

"Now! The fiercest of all Kanpi-style Martial arts!

Focus Kick!"!

Vanguachu's perfect move, Focus Kick, coupled along with the sudden weakening of the primal, allowed it to be executed most than perfectly, sending the primal Pikachu flying towards Sparchu and Fox's direction.

"...! Stand back for a while.

Now! The strongest of all Kanpi-style martial arts!

Focus Punch!"

Now Sparchu's attack, Focus Punch, had the same effect, sending the primal back in Vanguachu's direction. Vanguachu grasped the body as it was incoming. He then dropped it. Tailwind, Fox, and Zap, all better now, went to the primal, along with the Ouendan Green and Issun.

"So I see!"

"...I never knew that it could be this dangerous..." Zap had to retort.

"That's why this drawer must not leave in the hands of Tailwind or Lighty or Razen. Roze, please take this back."

Roze picked up the drawer and delivered it back into the base.

"I felt a much more heavier spirit coming from this primal as compared to yours, Sparchu... I'm assuming that both your power and the primal's stacked?" Fox asked to confirm. Lighty answered.

"But indeed that's how hollowification works! An override in spirit in such a way that the body can't control it!

Speaking of spirit, Vanguachu, could you please pick up this Pikachu?! Hold it close to your stomach!"

"...this is getting weird, but whatever."

The Raichu did as said, and as the primal was prolonged near Vanguachu's body, its primal form was shedding from itself, and out came the ordinary Pikachu that it was supposed to be.

"It's notch-eared...! It must be a special Pikachu."

"It would take time before she wakes up again! It would be best if someone could take care of her, or if she could be taken to either Squad 12 or Squad 4's quarters!"

"...does Squad 12 even have quarters? I never saw any building by Squad 12."

"*coughDPARIcough*"

"...ah, alright. I guess we'll be taking this Pikachu for a while."

"So if you'll excuse us, we'll leave now! We can't waste anymore time!"

Ouendan Green and Issun left for their actual destination.

"...Epitaph. I suppose this much exposure is getting too evident, and we might be being watched from here on. It's best if by now, we part ways. Maybe go back to where your next destination?"

"It would be fine, we were about to leave anyway.

Again, we thank you Tailwind for sharing your knowledge with us. It's most probable we'll cross roads again someday. Zap, we're leaving."

Fox and Zap left.

"...wait, how'd you know their team name?"

"...uh, yeah, 4 years."

"...whatever. Anyway, what are we going to do with this notch-eared?"

"For now we'll take care of her in the base. Until she wakes up and tells us where she wants to be dropped off, she should be in care. Roze, if you will."

"I already prepared the room for injuries when I was there. I'll be tending to it starting this night."

"That's better. Alright, let's head back."

OOC: MUCH better. Though my hands died...

EDIT: Whee, Spar and Vangua~


This message was edited by Zekira on May 19 2009.

OOC: I felt a bit blank right now and was just listing down this stuff, so I just felt like posting it here -- my characters arranged according to their strength:

1.) Essie Doruga -- will explain later.
2.) 'Madame Yumigami' -- will be revealed later.
3.) Byakune Eneko -- immunity to hollowification while overriding spirit, not to mention a semi-controllable Assist and small body.
4.) Kenzar -- immune to hollowification while overriding spirit, and a maximized buff.
5.) Hien Gon -- hidden within him is the true form of Hiryu. Can control inner hollow because of this, too.
6.) Lighty Eon -- possibly the one holding the strongest primal, not including legendary primals of course.
7.) Razen Faya -- oh look, more hollow/primal.
8.) Zangetsu Kurozen --
9.) Ushiwaka --
9.) Botan -- somehow, can be comparable to Ushiwaka, but more on the psychic-side.
10.) Sparchu Kanpi -- UberPikachu, enough said.
11.) Venus M. Faya -- Hey, look, the moon! *dies*
12.) Insert all the other captains not mentioned here.
13.) Senbon -- Zanpaku-tos tend to carry the same power as their wielder.
13.) Insert all vice-captains not mentioned here.
14.) Roze Ploat -- Her swiftness and bulk is not something to be laughed at. Out of many ordinary Pokémon, she stands out as extraordinary.
15.) Skyras Shinta -- she's hiding something.
16.) Akvmovat Racross -- A strong Heracross that can also use magic is extraordinary.
17.) Vanguachu Kanpi -- Although he's listed this low, Vanguachu is the only one who has a chance of beating ALL the 13 captains of the Pokétei, even Essie as long as Essie doesn't use his other-worldly powers. He also has perfect anti-primal properties. In conclusion, he has the strongest anti-spirit of all of them.
18.) Issun -- not much to say except that he's swift, but his knowledge of celestial brush and perfectly drawing any type of Pokémon move could come in handy many times.
19.) Akiha Tohno -- although strong, she has yet to overcome her weakness of having a pattern in battling.
20.) Dorabot -- ubermachine!
21.) Nyanki -- she has the unique ability to be able to create 'real illusions'.
22.) Para Hajima, Maya Ryutta -- Only capable of osu!magic and overcharges, really. D:

OOC: I think this dude is up for an automatic rejection. -_-

OOC: ...I'm sorry, but with the previous posts you made, I'd have to put a momentary penalty on being more sensitive on you. In the current PM you sent me, you clearly had some spelling issues. Please re-do... I really apologize but I don't want too much errors in the RP, and as much as possible epicness should remain, so I'm going for 'coverjudging' on applications.

OOC: I don't think the penalty has a duetime.... but whatever, please, do send the PM again with more properness.

ALso, time to get with an RP post or what.

Back at Kusa Ruins, where the duel between Ren and Esura was taking a bit longer than usual...

"(...it's taking long. Esura should reveal his own power any minute now...)"

"...ugh, you've done well to keep up with me within this long, Renji!" complains Esura.

"You tired me out as well, Esura. I don't see how this will end anytime soon." Ren replies.

"Oh but it will. You see, my mother Asurie never was dubbed the second strongest warrior in Kusa for nothing." Esura said, as the Absol got up and spun around slowly. After spinning a full 360 degrees, 8 auras of different elements could be seen floating around the field, and was closing in on Esura's face-blade.

"...that formation... seems familiar." Ren but help but recall something that he's seen before.

"It should be. This is our move of pride, and calls forth was darkness actually means!"

"...pure darkness... it's entity entirel~ It can't be, the 8 elements of fire, water, wind, electricity, poison, evil, light, and earth..."

The 8 auras formed in front of the Absol's face and merged with the face-blade. Esura jumped high in the air, and readied a frontflip.

"Yes, that's right Ren. Octet Blaster! Stride, Orochi!" Esura called out as a powerful aura slash was sent from afar, towards Ren's direction. It was similar to a Moonlight slash, but it could be launched and had the purity of darkness in it. Getting hit by it would mean an instant knockout.

"(...yes, I knew it. That little thing over there has the potential to be a spiritual sword as well. Zanpaku-to, I'm not sure.

But Ren. He definitely has one.)"

Seeing the slash reminded Ren of how fiercely Shin the Luxray and Asurie the Absol, Kusa's two best warriors, fought. It was then up to Ren to know how his father actually countered this move.

As he was about to get hit though, a spark happened for a while in Ren's spirit, rendering him away from reality for a while.

"...this is exciting. I'd never expect I'd see such strength again. I remember now... how as a kid I loved the exhibitions my father and the others of Kusa Village entertained me with their power.

They protected the village with that same power, too. It definitely served as an inspiration to me. I chose to train hard because of this too.

I could care less if Kusa burned down along with the corruption -- it is definite that the Kusa 5's spirit still lives in these lands. I can't just be here and be humiliated."

"...and so you did come back, Ren. I was waiting."

"...! That's..."

"Half of me was in you. Half of me was in this land. Approaching such a situation with joy is what I've been looking for -- my pride in battling could never be complete without having full enjoyment in battling. Be it for the land or just for minor things, the engagement of warriors is something to smile about."

"...so what are you trying to tell me?"

"Ren, I always wanted to give you this secret spiritual power of mine, but I never had the chance to... So right here and now, hit me with your most powerful electric attack."

"...OK, if you say so..."

"...! Can't you do something stronger?!"

"...! I'm trying!"

"... that's better, one more!"

"...grraah..."

"ACK! There! Swing, Zanken!"

"...! What..."

"...yes, this is it, Zanken does indeed live within you. And I promised the heavenly land that I will return once Zanken has been full again. It's because..."

"...but Zanken... that's the name of~"

"Please don't cry now. Your mother disappeared first, and that's why you never saw her after evolving, right? I tried to train you as much as possible since I know that Zanken wants you to take up her soul instead of me... for I have done an unbearable sin that you might not forgive me for.

Right now you're in the face of getting hit. What are you going to do about it?"

"...Shin..."

"Good luck, I'm going now."

"...Shin!"

Ren finally got back to reality.

"Ack?"

"Ren! You're taking too long!"

"...! Alright, that's it!

Hehehe... Esura, there's a reason why Asurie was only dubbed the second strongest warrior in Kusa..."

"...getting cocky much?"

"Admit it -- Shin was the FIRST, and I happened to be his direct descendant, remember?!

Swing, Zanken!"

"Finally!"

If anyone could remember the moment from a few days ago, where Ren had this long electric serpent, like an extension of his tail. It came out again, but this time it looked more gentle. Ren was in full control of this powerful spirit now -- the spirit of a certain Dragonair, Zanken W. Torar, who happened to be Ren's mother as well, was made into a full-spiritual Zanpaku-to and resided inside Shin for a long time. After which it slowly developed inside Ren Torar as well.

Seeing this new power made Esura flinch for himself a bit as the extended tail of Ren just knocked off the Octet Blaster. From that same extended tail along with Ren's body, a powerful electric wave was gathering up, and was definitely to hit...

"Extreme Discharge. Is this what you want?!"

Ren released a Discharge which he never knew he could release so powerful. It hit directly on Esura, causing the Absol to fall down immediately with such a powerful attack.

"...

...

...I guess it's that, then. Duel over.

Assist -- Healing Wave."

Byakune healed Esura.

"...ugh...

...Ren, I want a re-match. I won't accept falling to such power!" Esura demanded.

"Heh, you'll get yours soon." Ren said sneeringly.

"You're right -- for now we've took time right here. Ren, we still have another place to go to, so place your goodbyes for now."

Ren went to the crowd for some goodbyes, then went back to Byakune as they went to another place.

In that other place...

"I'm pretty sure you're familiar with this place...?"

"...not 'familiar' directly, but indeed, this place is like a sanctuary to us. This forest was rightly inhabited by the many who was known as the 'Luxio Tribe'. This forest has still grown more lush than I expeceted it to be."

"It looks more like a Shinx's sanctuary to me. There are so many of them..."

"I agree."

Then from some part of the field, a scream could be heard as a good number of Shinxes were running away, as if being chased by something.

"What's going on here...?"

"There's something attacking, it seems. We better step up, Capta~ What? Hey, wait up captain!"

"Keep up with me using Flash Steps!"

The two were rushing forward, to try and find the origin of the commotion of the Shinxes.

After some time, they found the source -- a number of Luxios were attacking like crazy. But they weren't just normal Luxios.

"These are... primals! Attack, Ren!"

"Easily!"

Byakune and Ren could easily combat the Luxios as they were too ordinary. The number of Luxios were a bit great, though, they might just be outnumbered. But Byakune's power won't fall for such.

As Byakune keeps on combatting them one by one, a flashback unknown to him suddenly appeared.

quote

"Or because you're all idiots. You had no idea about the pain I was going through. Every waking minute I spent silently torturing myself! But now, it's all over. *laughs*

And now, it's time to show you what I can do.

You forgot something: I. Am. Impossible.

If you or anyone else had fought alone, destruction awaited you. The same holds true for me. YOu cannot defeat me without help, nor will you get it. We will see to that."

"...(whatever this is, this definitely isn't my flashback. Maybe I'm just recalling this since I"m getting too worried... that the world is coming back to its state of selfishness. And then regret comes at the end...)"

"That's finally over... where did those Luxios come from anyway?"

"...I... do not know."

A Shinx from behind stepped up. "They came 4 years ago... from the top of that mountain." The Shinx pointed at the top of a semi-crippled mountain. "And since that time we haven't been able to live as peacefully... all we could do was protect this homeland of ours. I am wondering where our senior Luxios have gone...

...who are you two? You Luxray... are you maybe..."

OOC: WAH! I was being demanded to get to sleep. So I'll continue this next time. Also, HH, sense something familiar?