Shard by the River (4Relics/16 Shards)

[DanteMGalileo]

The Koi River, a body of water that powerfully rushes through the eastern part of Dimensional Island, eventually pouring off into the void that surrounds the island. It is here that the River Shard is buried, along the banks. However, unknown to our small band of heroes, villains await to take the shard.

A male Staraptor landed in an old tree, a young girl with long greenish hair attached to its leg. As the girl climbed up, the bird Pokemon reverted to its human form, a teenaged boy with messy gray-brown hair. It was Ri the Staraptor shifter and Nishara the Tyranitar shifter, landing after their flight from the northern mountains. The boy watched as a few figures came into view, he and his companion hidden from sight.

"Well, if it ain't Miles, Volcano, Tua and Mheetu. We can wipe out a good chunk of Team SOS right here." Ri whispered to himself, all the while drawing a strange staff with emeralds adorning it form his long coat. It was the Staff of Rayquaza, something he had stolen from the Air Temple and wasn't going to give back any time soon.

Nishara gave a small, silent chuckle as she held a staff similar to his, but with rubies instead. It was the Staff of Groudon she had stolen from the Earth Temple, and like Ri, she wasn't going to return it willingly. "And as for their friends, we'll deal with them later."

[gantzgun74]

Meanwhile further upstream from where Ri and Nishara were, one could find a beautiful cherry blossom grove where said flowers could be seen blossoming in their serene beauty. Among the blossoms one could see a bench sitting there among the greenery...

And sitting on the bench were two figures that were definately new to the scene.

One was a tall, somewhat muscular young man, with short black hair, wearing a pale green and blue samurai kimono, and wearing two toed ninja tabi with sandals. He had green eyes, with light peach skin, slightly tanned, and a serene expression on his face. Sitting next to the bench was a pair of samurai katana's sheathed and put away. Why?

[CUE SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWL NAMEPLATE!

Issac]

Because he was enjoying the day with the woman that was sitting next to him. Roughly around the same age as him, and roughly around the same height without the dark brown rabbit like ears on top of her head. Along with that she was a rather willowy woman with brown tan skin, and wore green robes with a green artist's bagget hat on her head. Another trait noticeable about her was that she also had long silver hair that reached her upper back.

[Luna]

Another trait that could be seen between the two of them? They were both wearing wedding bands.

The young viera sighed, as she rubbed her head against the side of Issac's head, feeling quite content with herself. "This place is so peaceful... This was definately a good idea to come here Issac dear."

Issac chuckled as he leaned against his loved ones head himself. "Well, I managed to find this place not too long ago. I figured you'd like it." Luna's rabbit like ears perked side before finding a comfortable spot. "I can't believe it's been a few weeks since..." Issac looked a little put down at that.

Luna noticed the tone before looking up to Issac. "Shh... It's okay, I'm sure the others are fine. I mean, we found Marco. That has to mean something. Our friends are not too easy to kill."

The man sighed after a moment. "Yeah... Yeah, your right honey. Sorry about bringing it up... I guess I'm just a little worried about them."

After a moment, the viera smiled kindly. "I can understand, Issac. It's okay. Besides, we're together now. And together we'll stay. We'll find the others, I'm sure of it."

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Not too far away, an odd looking creature wearing a mining hat could be seen. It appeared to be an odd looking creature up to 3 foot 1 in height, and looked like a cross between a rabbit humanoid, and a cat. It appeared to wear loose orange clothes aside from the miners cap, and an antenna ended with a small red ball sticking out of the top of his head.

A Moogle's pom-pom.

"Kupo, kupo, kupo." Marco had only been here for a few minutes, using his hands to dig up a little bit of dirt from the bottom of the river. Why exactly? Well, he HAD heard that gems could be found at the bottom of this river. So why not check it out?

After all, the wedding between his two good friends Issac and Luna, had left him in such good spirits! "Let's see what we got here kupo..."

[DanteMGalileo]

"Tch, that guy that reeks of death feels strong. We'll save him for last. I doubt even he could deal with our combined assault." Ri stated as he saw the four Pokemon walk into view, also spotting a human girl (Leona) and the man that he had said 'reeked of death' (Enn). Obviously, there are just some people who were born with just too much pride and arrogance, and he was one of those people. Nishara responded by muffling his mouth.

"Quiet, you idiot! Do you really want to destroy the element of surprise?!" she hissed quietly but deadly into her (mentally-challenged in her opinion) male companion's ear, instantly shutting up out of fear of Nishara turning into a Tyranitar and pummeling him with Stone Edge after Stone Edge, or whatever attack she wanted to use. When he was released, Ri seemed to have undergone a sudden personality change.

"Right, so who do we pick off first?"
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A bit south of the two scheming people was a young man, around the age of eighteen or so, a thin person with somewhat long light purple-gray hair and matching eyes, wearing a gold headdress, long dark red robes and silver shoulder armor. He carried a strange stone in his hand that seemed to be giving off a strange power, the spirit of an eight hundred-year-old demon that had been reborn with him, and he held a tome that radiated with what was known as 'dark' magic in his world. The Dark Stone and Naglfar, two items that were from his past, a past that he had no clue of.

[Lyon[/b]]

At the moment, the man that was once the prince of Grado was wondering around, looking confused. The most recent memory he had was of a woman around his age stabbing him in the heart with a sacred blade, and then being a sacrifice to the demon now sealed within the stone he carried, and then a blinding light... The next thing he knew, he had awakened in this place... wherever he was.

[gantzgun74]

Down with the others, Enn was keeping a solid watch, keeping his eyes open for any and all threats that may come to pass. It was, after all, pretty expected to encounter foes whenever you get close to the goal. Enn should know, he had been in situations like this countless times before.

Leona meanwhile was shivering. "Enn... Is something the matter?"

Enn didn't answer. Of course, he didn't. Enn couldn't talk after all. But still, Enn was on edge. She had no way of knowing that, with Enn being a soldier and all, he pretty much was ALWAYS like this on missions, Enn had been in more then enough life threatening situations to know that dropping your guard meant DEATH.

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Back with Issac and Luna, the two were completely unaware of what would soon be an all out brawl. Likely when things picked up, they'd take notice, but for now, they were too busy enjoying each others company.

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Marco was too busy to notice as well, when he started digging up what would appear to be gems that people appeared to have thrown into the river a very long time ago. Though for what reason was beyond him.

Grinning, he continued digging.

[Sorry that this isn't really all that eventful, but it gets my turn out of the way.]

[DanteMGalileo]

Miles, Volcano and the two Luxio siblings were walking along the banks of the Koi River, trying to sense any signs of a threat, possibly even enemies from their past adventures. (They were hoping that Anti Tana didn't show up, because the evil counterpart of their moronic leader packed all of her power except that it actually had a brain and assorted otherworldly powers) So far, they hadn't seen or smelled anything that matched the description of 'threat'. Mheetu spoke up.

"From what I've heard, the River Shard should look like a small square piece of frozen water, and buried along the banks..." he sweatdropped at the river's length after he had said that, not noticing the small creature digging along the banks. "We've got our work cut out for us..."

Miles was sniffing the air now, a tense expression on his snout. "I smell... something... it's faint, but it smells like..."
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In the trees, Ri's clothing changed into feathers, his body shrinking and becoming more avian-like, the world becoming sharper and clearer. He would pull off his usual strategy of changing forms to throw his enemies off-guard, using both the attacks of a Staraptor and the wind powers of his staff in combination with each other for victory. He felt... stronger, faster... free. Free of what had caused him to get his shapeshifting powers in the first place.

As he felt Nishara's rocky hand grip his leg, they knew exactly who their first target would be...
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Lyon suddenly clenched a hand to his chest, gripping at the fabric of his robes. It felt like his heart was being stabbed with a thousand knives, all sharpened to their finest. He had felt this sensation before, but he didn't remember when. "Ahhhh... no, not again..." he said quietly as he fell to his knees, feeling lightheaded, his world growing dark. The stone in his hand was covered in a pure black aura, an aura filled with the darkest, most horrible of thoughts.

And when Lyon blacked out, his body stood up, a smirk on his face, part of his hair falling into his right eye. The ex-prince of Grado was gone, replaced by Fomortiis, the Demon King.
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Miles' eyes suddenly went wide at something. "Everybody, duck!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!" Tua and Mheetu didn't know what the Feraligatr was yelling about, but they decided to play it safe and ducked down with him, more effective than the blue gator honing to their smaller size.

Volcano didn't back down, instead flaring up his wrists for battle. Today was not a good day for him so far...

There was the combined sounds of a bird shriek and a monstrous roar as Ri swooped in for a Sky Attack, aiming for a certain someone, while a transformed Nishara landed and summoned up a mass of boulders, readying a Rock Slide.

If one looked where Ri was aiming, his attack would be heading straight for... Leona.

[gantzgun74]

Leona, truthfully, was the first to react on Miles suggestion, screaming all the while

Enn however?

"RAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGH!!!!!"

His response was getting in Ri's way and firing a beam of magical fire energy at the rapidly oncoming enemy. In truth, he had been expecting an ambush. Given how powerful the Mountain Shard was, it was too be expected that someone would want to steal it. Sure the ambush came sooner then the gang would've wanted, but nothing they wouldn't be able to handle.

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Back with Issac and Luna, Luna jumped to attention. Stirred out of his drowsiness, Issac looked around in a dazed fashion. "Wh... what's wrong dear?"

Luna looked around a moment seemingly concerned... "I... I felt some kind of fire magic being used somewhere..."

Issac appeared to wake up even more at that. "What? Why would anyone use magic like that around here? This is supposed to be a peaceful place I thought..."

Luna nodded, but she knew better, Issac did as well. "Fights can break out anywhere on this island."

Issac looked in the direction Luna did, where the magic originated. "Should we go check it out?"

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With Marco, the flux of magical energy caught his attention but he put it off. "Let's see here Kupo... What else is here?"

[DanteMGalileo]

Now, Ri clearly did not see that coming, and quickly let out what one could assume was the bird version of a girly scream as he tried to maneuver out of the way. His attempt was not fully successful however, as one could smell roasted bird, his left wing being burnt. He counted himself lucky to have not been struck by the burn status, the bane of all physical attackers. "Fuck... That stung... I wonder who I'll target next... Oh hello, you'll do just fine."

The Staraptor suddenly made a dive at Volcano, his body enveloped in a sky blue aura as he dived at a breakneck speed at the Blaziken. It was Brave Bird, the strongest of all Flying-type attacks known to Pokemon, though the fact that it inflected nasty recoil onto its user made it a last-ditch move in most cases. Ri never really took recoil into account.

In response, the fighting chicken Pokemon jumped at the incoming bird, his body becoming cloaked in flames to counter. He was using Flare Blitz, the strongest of all physical Fire-type moves, packing a nasty recoil like Brave Bird did. However, at this very moment, Volcano needed all the power he could get, recoil be damned. The two Pokemon grew closer and closer together, making an impact inevitable.

Nishara noted the overgrown chicken becoming distracted with her partner, and decided to focus her attention on his teammates. Following a set of rules she used, she always picked off the weak foes before focusing on those deemed a bigger threat. With a loud roar not befitting her human form but quite fitting of a Tyranitar, the rocks were launched at the heroes minus Volcano, a Rock Slide attack.

Miles swore under his breath as his back legs tensed up, his tail becoming cloaked in water, ready to strike with the force of a wave in a raging storm, Aqua Tail. He knew one thing, he had to keep the physically frailer members of the group safe from the powerful physical attacks of Ri and Nishara, and right now his current target was the latter. He waited for an opening to jump in, ready to smash through rocks with his tail.

Tua stood her ground, cursing the fact that her Intimidate ability hadn't kicked in, but also grateful that Ri's own Intimidate hadn't worked, and especially for Nishara's Sand Stream not activating. (Sandstorms were a major pain to fight in thanks to her type) Her tail was glowing white for Iron Tail, ready to strike when Ri was fully occupied with Volcano to notice her presence.

Mheetu was crackling with electricity, ready to spread paralysis around the enemy when he had a chance with Thunder Wave. Unless they were really slow to begin with, or had the abilities Quick Feet or Guts, or had traits the blocked paralysis, most Pokemon didn't enjoy having their speed cut down to a quarter of their original speed.
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When Fomortiis caught sight of the fight that was sure to break out, he merely watched from a safe distance. He might be the Demon King, but his human vessel was too weak for prolonged conflict, and if Lyon was to die, so was he. Maybe he'd show up later, to pick off weakened fighters at the end of the fight. He laughed to himself. "H-Heheheheheh... mortals are so amusing to watch...!!"

(OOC: I figured that abilities that kick in when a Pokemon enters battle, such as Intimidate and Sand Stream, wouldn't activate all the time)

[gantzgun74]

Enn was quick to launch a multitude of spherical balls of pure fire energy that blew up upon coming in contact with the rocks that Nishara had launched at them. As he did, he looked to Leona and pointed to her book with his other hand.

Leona understood immediately. Though she was admitably scared out of her wits, doubt wasn't a luxury they could afford right now. Thankfully she had been in this situation before, so it felt natural to reel her book up, and read out multiple runes in self defense. As she shouted multiple runes out loud, the runes seemed to jump off the page and fire out non-elemental lasers at whatever target the girl wanted. "Hah!!" She fired out a powerful round of runes at Nishara.

However, given Nishara's type, and likely physical defense, it looked like the blows only mildly hurt. "My runes aren't working!"

Enn noticed this, but thankfully Leona had done her job. With a roar, he launched himself at Nishara. The Tyranitar took a quick step back just in time, as Enn's fist slammed into the ground.

SLAAAAAAAM!!!!!!!!!!

Along with implanting his fist a foot or two in the ground, the shockwave caused a few people to loose their balance. For some of the smaller members, the rumble launched them into the air ever so slightly.

[DanteMGalileo]

Mheetu and Tua, being Luxios that were just barely adults at eighteen and nineteen years of age, weighing somewhere along the lines of sixty-seven pounds apiece, and coupled with their weakness to earth-based attacks, not to mention their average to below average defense stat, were easily sent flying into the air. Rather than panic, they decided to use their temporary 'flight' to their advantage; The blue one readied a Thunder attack onto a certain Godzilla-look-a-like, and the yellow one focused his strength into his tail for Rock Smash.

Though before slamming down onto Nishara, he decided to leave Ri with a lovely parting gift. The shot a weak jolt of electrcity at Ri, Thunder Wave.

"What in Arceus' na- AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" Ri yelled out in Pokemon-talk as he saw the paralyzing attack come at him from the corner of his eye. He panicked, canceling out the Brave Bird attack just to avoid being hit with the bane of all speedy attackers.

Which led to Volcano ramming into him with a full-power Flare Blitz. His Intimidate trait had failed to work, and this was coming from something whose species had a natural high physical attacking ability AND matched the move's type. That, and there was the fact that Volcano did not mess around with attacking, always using full force. (according to a conversation he had once overheard, the Blaziken went all out even in training matches)

Which then led to a plummeting and crispy, but still moving if only slightly Staraptor, but there was still something else...

Volcano felt a jolt of electrcity strike his body, and he started to fall, eventually landing with a thud. He slowly got to his feet, a weak electric charge coming from his body... the crippling effects of paralysis. All from a Thunder Wave intended at Ri, said target dodging at the cost of burns.

Miles roared out loud as he dived at Nishara with Aqua Tail, intending to shatter a few bones with the attack. Unfortunately for him, the stone monster dodged, leaving his water-covered tail to collide with the ground. The gator slammed into the ground, looking up at his fellow giant Pokemon. Even if they had totally different expressions, it was like they were saying the same thing.

"Bring it."

[gantzgun74]

Enn yanked his fist out of the ground, and joined in the stand-off between Miles and Nishara, growling lightly. Leona meanwhile, was quick to get off the ground and back into a defensive position. She knew her runes had little effect on Nishara so she quickly backed away.

It was around that time that the noises of battle had finally caught the attention of Issac and Luna, whom were now a few feet away, well hidden by a few bushes. "What in the..." Issac was pretty confused, at what was going on.

Luna was in the same boat. "What... What is this?"

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Back with Marco...

"Okay kupo. This should do it then."

Well during the length of the fight he had dug out a few jewels from the bed of the river, some of it just looked like junk to the untrained eye, but Marco knew that each piece had it's own individual worth. Boy did he love having an eye for treasure.

"Hmmm..." At that point he was closely examining what appeared to be a disgarded pipe. "This could be useful in crafting new firearms kupo-kupo." With that said, he put the pipe away, and proceeded to put the junk into a bag...

However...

His pom-pom suddenly twitched.

"Kupo?"

...... Slowly, he turned back to the river. "What the-?" Just as slowly, he walked to the river, stepped in, and begun digging through the mud...

What was this odd energy signature he felt?

[Time for the River Shard! XD Don't reveal it to the others just yet, I'll start that off in the next post.]

[DanteMGalileo]

Miles growled at the Tyranitar, and Nishara growled right back at the Feraligatr and Enn. It was a standoff, with neither side wanting to make the first move lest they get countered by the enemy. The growling continued, sometimes dying down, sometimes getting louder.

However, it was at that moment when Tua finished charging up Thunder, and landing, blasted the strongest special-based electric attack at Nishara.

With a startled cry, Nishara jumped out of the way of the attack, leaving the electric bolt to char the ground where she had once stood. Seeing an opening in her defense, Miles dived at Nishara, backed up by the force of a raging waterfall. Mheteu joined in the attack,, tail going at her with enough force to shatter a boulder.

Ri gave the best sneer he could in his bird form and in his current state, which was burnt due to taking a Flare Blitz attack head-on. And no, I'm not referencing that commercial. Volcano was now his target, noting the paralysis of the Blaziken. He dived at him with Aerial Ace, a swift attack that hardly ever missed.

However, just when he was about to make contact with Volcano's face, he felt a clawed, three-fingered hand grab his leg. His cocky expression suddenly turned to horror as he looked at the chicken's face.

A smiling Volcano is NEVER a good sign for his enemies.

"OW!!!! OW!!!!! THAT WAS MY LEG!!!! OWWW!!!!! OW!!!!! MY OTHER LEG!!!!!!!!! NOT THAT, TOO!!!!!! OW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Long story short, Ri's not going to be walking for quite some time.

[gantzgun74]

Enn followed along with Miles and Tua, jumping at Nishara, his fists covered with fiery energy to further add impact to his oncoming blows. He came at the speed of a jet, using his dash attack to get in close quickly.

Issac and Luna continued to watch, interested, hoping to find out what was going on...

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With Marco...

"Kupo..." He looked in awe at the object he had found in the mud. At this point, he was holding it in his hand, to take a closer look, his pom-pom twitching uncontrollably.

[DanteMGalileo]

A normal person (erm, Pokemon or Pokeshifter in this case) would have flinched at the sight of four powerful attacks rushing at them, or at least would have panicked. However, this Tyranitar was a strange person, and a con artist to boot. She hardly lost her cool, and even said four attacks rushing at her, she had the same facial expression.

Nishara crossed her arms together, every muscle in her rocky body tightening. It was a Protect attack, though it technically wasn't even an attack and more of a defensive maneuver, a move that although it usually just blocked an incoming attack, if deployed at the right moment, would send physical attackers bouncing back, and special attacks in another direction.

Miles and Mheetu would have easily fit the 'Oh Crap' trope at this very moment in time, Waterfall and Rock Smash sending them flying backwards. The Feraligatr's reflected momentum sent him crashing into a tree, while the Luxio was knocked back and down.

The overgrown, bipedal alligator growled, all the while rubbing his head, having snapped the tree in half with his weight. The growls were aimed at the snickering Tyranitar. "Sneaky trick... I should have seen it coming from you..."

Meanwhile, Mheetu was more than a little dazed, whistling presumably was his species' version of the Meow Mix theme.

Meanwhile, Tua had just enough time to jump to the side, her reflected Thunder attack scorching the ground where she had once stood, mere inches from her current position. "Eeeep!!!"

"OH MY ARCEUS, WILL YOU PLEASE STOP THAT!!!!!!!!? I THINK THAT WAS MY WING, AKA MY ARM IN HUMAN FORM!!!!!!! OH MY OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! S-stop that!!! I AM NOT YOUR DINNER!!!!! What, you were just kidding, phew, I thought I was a gone- WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 'JUST KIDDING ABOUT JUST KIDDING'!!!!!!?"

Miles turned in the direction of the scream, and saw Ri sticking out of Volcano's beak, the Blaziken looking rather satisfied with himself. Miles only had one thing to say.

"Volcano, let him go. You don't know where that's been."

Volcano obliged, even if he was reluctant to let his meal go. He disposed of his would-have-been meal...

... by spitting Ri in the river.

"I CAN'T SWIM!!!!!!!!! HELP ME!!!!!!! HELP!!!! OH ARCEUS, IS THAT A PIRANHA!!!!!!?"
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The River Shard, in all its years of inhabiting the Koi River, took on a design that matched its surroundings. It was a majestic shade of blue, with patterns that mimicked the flow of the mighty body of water it lived in.

[gantzgun74]

Enn's blow bounced off of Nishara's 'Protect' manuever, though he regained his balance quickly enough. Growling, he proceeded to fire off powerful fire spells at the Tyranitar. Leona meanwhile, watched as Ri was spat into the river. She couldn't help but giggle a little at the scene...

And she had been afraid of that cry baby earlier?

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From where they watched, Issac and Luna looked a little confused. "This is one heck of a fight." Issac monotoned, scratching behind his head. "I wonder what started it..."

"I... I don't know." She looked to where Enn was firing off powerful fire spells before stopping upon seeing that it didn't do much damage to Nishara. "But that man in red armor seems to be the one behind the fire magic I felt earlier..."

Issac nodded. "I can see that... But what are they fighting over?"

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"Kupo, kupo." Marco stared at the stone he had found, in awe of it's natural beauty. "It's..." He smiled widely. "Now THIS is one heck of a find! I should've come here earlier! This trip is definately turning out to be every bit as profitable as that Spelunking trip I took in the caves!" He pocketed the stone before turning back to the junk he had dug up earlier. "Now then, I wonder how much this all will sell for... Me and the others are definately going to need all the money we can get to afford a place of our own..."

"Well, well, well..."

Marco jumped at that, and quickly turned, pulling out his twin pistols all the while.

Standing before him was what appeared to be a towering mountain of muscle of a man wearing light blue armor, with a helmet that completely hid his face from view. With a slow stride, he walked up to Marco, towering over the moogle. Marco could almost see the sadistic grin underneath the infamous Exdeath's helmet.

"You have done me a great service, finding that gemstone worm. I have been looking everywhere for it."

[DanteMGalileo]

The sound of my enemies screaming in pure terror is music to my ears... Volcano thought, watching Ri get washed downstream, and praying to Arceus himself that the Staraptor would be spit out into the Void. (sure, it was a dark thought, but that's one less enemy to deal with on a regular basis)

But as much as he wanted to watch Ri thrash and hear him scream, they were kind of in a fight, and screw paralysis, he needed to tale Nishara down!! his claws glowed a whitish color as he dived at the Tyranitar, grateful for his Fire type to take the stray flames from Enn's attacks, and for his Fighting type for a boosted Sky Uppercut.

However, he was only going at a fraction of his normal fighting speed (which was merely average to begin with), thanks to Mheetu's misaimed Thunder Wave. So slow was Volcano moving, that even a slow, non-paralyzed Tyranitar could easily outspeed him.

Nishara moved her head and upper body to the side, easily dodging the slow claw attack. Undeterred, Volcano kept throwing out his assorted array of fighting attacks, from Brick Break to Superpower to Double Kick, and Nishara kept dodging the attacks. The Blaziken was getting frustrated by this point, and turned to using his other attacks.

And still, he could not hit the accursed Godzilla rip-off!!!

Miles stood up slowly, rubbing his head. He was still recovering from the crash into the tree, having lost a bit of health with that impact. "Graghhh...." However, it was at that moment when he spotted Volcano trying to strike Nishara (with Poison Jab, of all things), and failing each time thanks to the paralysis slowing his movements.

Sending a mental apology to the Blaziken, he began to ready a Focus Punch, ready to strike at the Tyranitar's biggest weakness, because Fighting attacks, even from something with a non-matching type and a lower attack stat than Volcano would still make a nice dent on Nishara's Rock-and-Dark-type exterior.

Having just shaked himself out of his daze (he mentally swore at the Persim Band he wore for not blocking that kind of confusion), Mheetu stared at the current scene, and then at the Feraligatr readying an attack. Giving what was his species' version of a shrug, he suddenly felt something.

"Could it be...?"

Tua too seemed to have felt whatever her brother was feeling, and she looked around at her surroundings. "What could that be? Could it be the........ what's it called again...?"
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Fomortiis turned his head, sensing a presence as dark as his own in the general area. But just who, or what could give off an aura that rivaled his own, the Demon King's aura! His fingers lingered over his host's dark tome, Naglfar... or rather, a spell that HE had made usable for his host's body.

"Come out, you can not hide from me..."