bravenewworld | The Elite Four Strikes

Ah, sorry guys, I should have brought another friend. Hang on. If anyone else can put up a weather effect, especially Sunlight, doing it now would be great.

[Rise sends out a psychic missive to her Ninetales, asking her to report to the battlefield. Since the Warp Bands aren't functional, though, it will be awhile before she can arrive.]

[While Toyo puts up a Reflect to finished protecting the group, Himiko gathers up the remaining moonlight making it through the clouds and forms it into power, launching the distinctive sparkling beam of a Moonblast toward Kyurem's center of mass.]

Edited 2016-01-22 14:57 (UTC)

The rain is troublesome, but at least no offensive move has been made - yet. Kyosuke unloads the entirety of his Revolver Stake into the Dragon before launching a Claymore mine that explodes into a bunch of steel balls further up the dragon's body and disengaging

[ Ugh, flying in the rain was the worst, especially for poor Tadakatsu. Curving his flight trajectory back toward the icy beast, its body began to glow as it barreled full force at Kyurem with a Heavy Slam. ]

Hey, the weather man didn't say it was supposed to rain today. Poor Taddy's gonna melt at this rate. Somebody oughta complain.

[ Not good. If this thing had anything else Water-based in its arsenal, he would go down like a wet paper sack. Slimer would thrive in this kind of weather, but if her intuition was right, then that thing would hit him with the same type of weakness.

All they could do was stall until someone (hopefully) changed the weather back in their favor. Quickly landing on a rooftop, the blond laid low, aiming her rifle, and firing three quick Psychic-charged blasts. ]

The rain was annoying, and effectively put a damper on her fire powers, but she never relied on them. If her first attack missed, she would just keep jumping back in, bouncing back and forth between the dragon and nearby buildings like a pinball. She didn't think she was going to seriously hurt it but maybe she could distract it enough that one of the other gods could get a hit in.

Meanwhile, overhead, the rain was the final straw. The Tropius's flying became erratic enough that Gultas lost his grip and fell off. The pangoro panicked for a bit, but this had really been the plan all along, and eventually he got oriented enough to turn from a tumbling mess into a terminal velocity super punch aimed (so much as aiming was possible at all) at the small of the dragon's back.

[ Kyurem does not like that little pest bouncing around its undersides! Or that little pest slamming into it. Or whatever just exploded against it - that's not only irritating, but confusing.

And it definitely does not like being hit by that Moonblast. Grunting - and taking a sidestep against some buildings, which creak and crumble - it turns its attention away from the Habitat and stares at the group. Very well. Trash disposal first.

It raises its wings. They shine in the light - but not the refracting glitter of ice crystals. These, as Kyurem readies its attack, have the smooth sheen of solid steel.

Then it sends those wings flapping down, hard. It's aiming for Himiko, but it's delivering a Steel Wing to the neighborhood on either side of it. Swatting is suitable for pests. ]

[The Steel-enhanced hit slams into Rise's mini-group, blunted to some extent by Toyo's defensive measures (and held up by Toyo herself from squashing them all flat), but still hitting Himiko super-effectively and Toyo and Rise with some collateral damage.]

Ah! I've got it covered, don't worry. Keep up the pressure...

[Toyo hands Himiko a Softboiled egg that she accepts gratefully, recovering from the worst of the damage, albeit not all of it. Shaking herself off gracefully, Himiko retaliates beat for beat with a Pixilated Hyper Voice, singing defiance at Kyurem.]

[No helping it. Kyosuke launches himself in the way of the Steel Wing in an attempt to defensively support the team and protect the structures, focusing on bolstering his personal defense and hoping his Steel/Fire and Child of Unyielding Steel typing will lessen the attack well enough]

Rise, find some cover! We'll cover you.

[ Or Kyosuke will go full aggro. How is she not surprised? Honestly, that should be expected. Flying out and weaving about, she covers his ascent with a number of Normal-type bullets from her rifle, howling a bit as she fires. It helps her aim, she swears. ]

Taddy, help Kyosuke out!

[ Blasting off toward the site of impact, the Golurk's body shines with a well-timed Iron Defense as it lands next to the Steel-typed enlightened. ]

Doing okay down there, Morgy?

Morgiana covered her face and ducked beneath the massive wing, but just the wind of its passing sent her tumbling down the rubble strewn street. She looked dirty, mainly, but not seriously injured as she climbed back to her feet. Compared to that, being called "Morgy" was an indignity she could live with.

It's...big. Nothing I do is having any effect on it! We need a better plan of attack!

Up above, both her pokemon were sent flying. The Tropius righted itself in the air just in time to avoid crashing into the ground, and Gultas was sturdy enough that a few bounces weren't going to take him out, but either way they wouldn't be back in the fight immediately. The attack on them had been much more successful than the attack on her.

[ The tips of Kyurem's wings cave in a few roofs as they touch down, but it can still feel those little pests keeping it from slamming them all the way to the ground. It flaps its wings against the shields (and, well, Kyosuke) interfering. More buildings creak.

But right now it is mostly not happy at Himiko. No, it is not happy at all. In fact, it has a pounding headache.

So, while continuing to flatten the city with its wings, it glares at the Mega Gardevoir. A sphere of shining mental energy appears in front of it.

Then it lets go with a Focus Blast, sending the sphere zooming Himiko's way. Ideally it'd like to hit her - but it will settle for any buildings just past her, if it must. ]

You've got this, Himiko!

[The Mega Gardevoir stands there and just...tanks the Focus Blast. That was about the worst super-move to use on Pokémon of Himiko's species. It's still a powerful hit, but she can grit her teeth (if Gardevoirs have those) and bear it while Toyo uses Copycat to send her own Focus Blast back at the god. Himiko follows it up with another Moonblast just to demonstrate that Kyurem should pick on someone its own size.]

[Kyosuke just has to trust that this will go well.]

Excellen! Match my timing!

Flames stream from Kyosuke's back as he ignites his flame typing to give him an enormous speed boost as he rockets forward, the autocannon on his hand firing a stream of bullets at the creature's flank.

Okay, Kyosuke! Let's show them what lovers can do!

[ Flying out from her safe little hiding spot, Excellen charged, weaving about and alternating between shooting Normal-type and Psychic-type bullets in what looked to be a very well-coordinated dance. ]

Morgiana jumped in again, going for a slightly different tactic, as it seemed Kyosuke and Excellen had the offense covered pretty well for the moment. She focused on her fire type powers harder than she ever had before.

She jammed her feet down until they were actually IN the ground, giving herself more stability and more leverage, then thrust both hands out towards Kyurem. From some vague area around her wrists, chains made of flame unrolled out and wrapped around the one of the dragon's wings. She doubted she could seriously burn a god, but if she could just make the flames intense enough, maybe they'd be able to act as actual chains and restrict Kyurem's movements. Even if it was just for a second, it might give the others the chance they needed to actually get a solid hit in on the thing.

[ There is fire (and sparkles, and humans shouting nonsense) everywhere. And Kyurem, in its irritation, had misjudged the gnat.

Smoke wisping from its body from where all the Fire attacks had hit it, it snarls, gnashing its teeth and trying to lift its wings against Morgiana's chains. While the chains do finally snap, they leave smoking patterns on Kyurem's wings. The god beats said wings once, trying to knock Kyosuke and Excellen off-course, and looks around for a different target.

These are not hard to find in a city.

Kyurem raises its head towards the Habitat. And it fires a Hyper Beam. ]

No...

[Rise sees where it's aiming, and freezes. Literally the majority of her friends are in there, unless it's been evacuated and she doesn't know.]

Gardevoir. Blissey!

[Her Pokémon, on the other hand, know exactly what they have to do. The briefest glance and an emphatic flipper-shake is all they need to work out the plan, and through their connection that goes deeper than the simple mechanism of the Warp Band ever did, Rise catches on about half a second too late to stop them.]

Wait, guys, no!

[Still holding Toyo's hand, Himiko Teleports the duo to a point midway between Kyurem and the habitat, holding them in place telekinetically for just a couple seconds. Toyo takes a deep breath and refreshes her Light Screen just before the Hyper Beam hits her, praying in her Pokémon way that the shield is wide enough to block the whole beam.]

[Then the Hyper Beam hits.]

[The wingbeat slams Kyosuke off course]

Course correction .7 seconds, pattern 2.

[Righting himself his flames build to life again as he charges back in, his blade springing to life with crackling flame as he slashes at the Dragon's flank]

[ Likewise, Excellen is thrown, but manages to right herself quickly, leaving an afterimage in her wake. This guy wanted to make things difficult, huh?

Well that was fine by her!

One afterimage gave way to two. Four. Eight. Quickly casting Agility on herself, Excellen used her clones for extra cover, firing a flurry of Psychic-type beams at the beast. ]

Pew pew pew!

[The rain bothered Duskull and Pidove enough in their flying that they backed up a bit. The shiny Pidove flew back towards the habitat to check on Toyo and Himiko... maybe catch them if they needed it.

Rotom, meanwhile, shot off an Electro Ball at the giant dragon.

With fire attacks down, Houndoom stayed back as Mightyena went in to hit with a Sucker Punch.

Absol just chittered cheerfully about how she saw this coming, and no one heeded her warnings of doom.

Duo switched weapons, putting away the gun and switching the long metal pole he had strapped to his back. With a little concentration, it flared to life with a scythe blade at one end. He started to charge.]

[ Thanks to its use of Hyper Beam, Kyurem needs a moment to recharge itself. As a result, everybody's attacks hit, Kyurem arching its neck to try and keep its head clear of the barrage - or maybe so its howls of rage will look more dramatic, who knows. If there's a special attack anyone has been keeping in reserve, now's the time to use it.

Maybe.

That Light Screen holds up well against the Hyper Beam to begin with, but can't quite cover the whole blast; one side of the Habitat gets a giant hole punched in it. Terrified Flying- and Bug-types begin streaming out - those who were lucky enough to have been out of the Hyper Beam's range - and the floors above creak.

The force of the attack flings Himiko and Toyo themselves towards the tower; they'll hit a roof, hard, on their way there. That maneuver was very, very brave, but also very hard on those who executed it. ]

[The girls aren't dead - Rise's sure of it - but they're also not going to be well enough to just pop back into the fight. She casts a psychic instruction out and hopes they can hear it over there.]

...thank you, girls. Now please stay down and heal up if you can. Backup should be here...now.

[With that, the bright light of a false, or at least magical, dawn comes as Inari, Rise's Ninetales, finally arrives on the scene, her Drought ability battling Kyurem's rain dance to clear up the precipitation and enhance Fire-type moves.]

Everyone! If you've got Fire, use it now!

[Inari trills and builds up a huge breath to blow a Fire Blast at Kyurem. Rise follows it up by physically chucking a Hex charm at him that she's had in her pocket for like a year and a half, hoping to capitalize on the potential burn.]

Morgiana winced as her chains whipped wildly through the air after they snapped. She let them dissolve before they could set anything on fire, but making a fire that intense left her feeling strange. Like something had come loose inside her.

Worry about that later.

She ran after Kyurem as it attacked the habitat and jumped, intending to come down on the base of the dragon's neck with a flying kick. She didn't notice the tiny wings of flame that had just sprouted out of her ankles, but she DID notice that she was moving through the air faster than she should have been. The sudden acceleration ruined the moment. She reached her target before she had properly lined up her kick and so instead of managing a textbook perfect rider kick she kind of awkwardly slammed into her target with her knee.

[Kyosuke launches a Claymore mine at Reshiram's face in one fluid motion before drawing back his Stake and slamming it into Reshiram and unloading every shell he has into the dragon god, each blast slamming the massive steel stake into it]

This is our...

Love love attack!

[ She sounds really happy about that, as energy gathers around the barrel of her gun before releasing one final, huge Psychic-type beam.

Because size always matters. And how you use it, of course.

Hopefully Kyosuke is able to ram it into her laser. ]

[It was recharging... now!]

Solo, go!

[The Houndoom charged, shooting out another Flamethrower attack.

Rotom stuck it out above and fired off another Electro Ball.]

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Kyosuke will be joined by Aggron, Machamp, Talonflame, Garchomp and Empoleon

Excellen has Golurk, Pidgeot and Goodra

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