bravenewworld | The Elite Four Strikes

[It's easy to see why the old man has the rank he has, and she practically jumps at his call. So do the Guardians of Union. Rocket scampers ahead, Drax following close behind to start helping move people along. The giant Chestnaut at least has hands...and unlike Snor-Lord he's not too selfish to use them. Gamora. Well. She has sword hands.]

If you've got anyone hurt, come here! I can heal them or give you some herbs!

[Yukiko, helping.]

[Geo's Scyther, Giedi, flies over to help move people along as well (although, he's more or less just waving people along than anything else--at least he's trying!).

Geo just clears his throat, then lifts both hands to his mouth before he speaks.] If you don't have anyone injured, please keep moving!

[Saiph, his Purrloin, dashes ahead to follow Rocket and Drax.]

Guys, this seriously isn't good, what if that thing comes down here and tries to take out that housing building...everyone in there's going to die!

[He looks up at the sky, hoping that it didn't come their way.]

Do any of you guys have some defense here? We're totally screwed if it even looks at us the wrong way!

Their presence seems to be a boon to the relief efforts, and while there are those who drag their feet, Gordon's commanding presence gets people moving. Injuries seem very mild here, and appear to have been sustained from other areas of the city. Still, Yukiko will see quite a few with bruises and gashes, thankful for anything to ease their pain. Even the dragon seems to have passed over this area. Things seem to be going well, for the most part.

Too well. Yosuke just had to jinx it.

"Floor 11 is clear, sir!" One voice called.

"10, clear!" Another.

"Levels 9 through 6 are good to go!"

A Sword of the Savior, one who appeared to be the head of command for this operation, nodded, his voice booming through the hall. "Last call, we need to clear this floor now!"

Over the shouts of families gathering together the last of their belongings, a shrill roar cut through the skies. People stopped cold. It was close. It was really close.

"Shit!"

"We need to move! Now! It's coming back around! Savior help us!"

"Everyone, please remain calm!"

Hearing the panic in the Swords' voices only seemed to fan the flames of hysteria around the halls, and people began to scramble in confusion. Time to run!

Sheesh! Good job, Yosuke!

[Because this was totally his fault and not just coincidental. But Chie's under a lot of stress right now, so blaming him only seems natural.]

Uggghh, nevermind! Ghidorah, come on out! Help get those people to safety!

[Summoning her Hydriegon with her Warp Band, Chie sends it flying up to the highest floor not yet evacuated.]

Guan Yu! Make sure the building stays safe until everyone is out!

[Her Aegislash is next, erecting a King's Shield and doing its best to defend the people.]

[Gordon turns at the roar, several of his pokémon (those that had been shooting dirty looks in the direction of the dragon earlier) turning from their efforts as well. When chaos starts to break out, he calls out.]

Remain calm. Get out and away from the fighting.

[He turns to his Arcanine, currently the mount for a few that wouldn't be able to evacuate in any kind of hurry on their own.]

Rusty, get those people to safety and then get back here. We might need your help.

[He turns, heading towards the exit, Mac, Mike, and Lauren following. The large, pink form of Ramsey makes a muffled noise at the Captain, the human picking up the questioning tone if nothing else.]

I'm going to place it under arrest. Then, when it resists--

[He chambers a round.]

I'm going to shoot it.

[The Blastoise grins at that, cannons emerging from his shell.]

Hard.

[The cuts and gashes are quickly dealt with by Yukiko, raising her hands to the sun and releasing a wave of healing light over the gathered group. Snor-Lord interposes himself with Wroot's help, making sure nobody gets too handsy, as well. This helps her and Fuuka both not to get swept away in the crowd. hopefully Gordon's orders quell things.]

Right! We have to get ready on defense! That means you guys too! Buff up!

[And just like that, Gamora and Snor-Lord start getting ready. She sharpens her claws with a Swords Dance and the big blob uses Amnesia to boost his defense.]

Giedi!

[The Scyther flies over, pumping himself up with a Focus Energy. Maia jumps from Geo's arms to set up a Light Screen.]

[Trying her best to make sure that everyone got out to safety, Fuuka called over both of her Pokemon to get ready should anything happen. At the same time, with Fuuka keeping an eye on the dragon, she had to wonder if it was possible to defeat it once more.

Either way, Aerodactyl used Steel Wing to try to raise his defenses before following Chie's Hydriegon to rescue everyone on the top floor.]

C'mon, we better hurry! It looks like it's getting closer!

It's not my fault!

[He shoots back to Chie, looking up towards the sky once more, feeling panic surge through him. Just as it did when they'd fought Reshiram. This is some serious end of the world shit going on here, and he doesn't understand why all this has to happen now...]

Maybe we can distract it a little before it gets here! You know, so we can get as much defense up as possible! [His mind races. But how.]

Hertz, get just in range to use an Air Slash on that thing, then get the hell outta there! [He yells as he uses a Tailwind on the party.]

The Tailwind from Yosuke certainly makes evacuation efforts a bit easier, the party as well as any other volunteers helping evacuate the area benefiting from the speed boost. Rusty is able to help a number of children, their parents following the large arcanine out to the streets. Likewise, Fuuka's efforts to get people out seem to help quite a bit.

Once outside, however, they are able to see the true magnitude of what was going on. The great icy dragon, gliding toward the apartment building, letting out an earth-rending Hyper Voice-charged shriek, shattering the windows of any buildings within the area--theirs included.

The various shielding moves seemed to at least keep the foundation in-tact, but it was hard to say for how long. The walls let out a foreboding groan, feeling the pressure of Kyurem's attack. It would not be long for this world.

Yosuke's Air Slash caught the edge of the great beast's tail, and while it didn't act as if it noticed it, the dragon let its wings fall hard, the pressure of it bearing down on the people in the streets, knocking them to the ground. It did not appreciate that bit of a tickle, human.

[Gordon falls to one knee at the Hyper Voice, the magically imbued jacket taking some of the hit, and the old man too stubborn to give the god the satisfaction. In a weird way, this is his life's work. Defend Union, its people, his family, his home, from all threats. Today, the threat is an angry god, upset that Union and her people refused to have any part in a cleansing. Doesn't mean his job has changed, just, if anything, gotten more important.]

I have defended this city my entire adult life! I have sworn an oath, to this city and its people to defend it from all threats! In the name of Union, in the name of the Savior, stand down!

[Then comes Kyurem's little tantrum at the Air Slash.]

Suit yourself.

[The gun is raised, and, with remarkable marksmanship, Gordon fires. He's not waiting to see what one bullet does, squeezing off a volley of Steel type projectiles. Mike the Blastoise drops to all fours launching off an Aura Sphere.]

[The Hyper Voice knocks Geo backward, tumbling onto his butt.

... He picks himself back up quickly enough though and motions to Giedi, who begins twirling his blades rapidly so that he can launch a Vacuum Wave at Kyurem. Geo, feeling a bit heartened at Gordon's words about defending Union, squares his shoulders before he hurls a telekinetic blast in the dragon's direction.

Sinistra scurries away, the Spinarak rushing ahead to try and lead more families away from the fighting. His Rotom, Atik, bobs along behind her.]

[As the Hyper Voice nearly knocked Fuuka off balance, she was starting to fear for the worse. But she had to admit, hearing Gordon's words did boost her spirits some.]

I don't think it's going down without a fight. But we'll fight back right?

[She said with a confident smile.

As she tried to make sure her Aerodactyl managed to rescue some people from above, she had to do something. Her Meowstic sending off Confusion in hopes it would do something to known the dragon off course.]

We'll hold it here! Get to safety!

[Chie calls out to the people still trying to escape before turning her attention to the giant dragon blocking their path. She's fought against impossible odds before, and she's taken a vow to defend the people of Union as a Sword of the Savior. There's no way she's running from this.]

Ghidorah, Guan Yu - let's get him!

[Dropping the shield and evacuating the last few people from the building, Chie's Pokemon spring into action. Her Hydreigon beats its own wings mightily, summoning a Draco Meteor attack aimed squarely at Kyurem's big stupid mouth. Maybe that'll shut up all that Hyper Voicing it's been doing. And at the same time, Guan Yu the Aegislash shifts into its attack form, letting loose with a Sacred Sword to its midsection.]

[As he's wont to do, Wroot stands in front of Yukiko, tree-limbs spread to absorb most of the shockwave. It doesn't bother his rocky hide, but it definitely shakes Yukiko. Rocket though, goes sailing away. Smacking into a building, stars in his little eyes, he drifts into unconsciousness. And that...that's enough to seriously piss off the selfstyled Guardians of Union. And Yukiko. Rocket's going to get help soon but...]

You overgrown thing! How dare you attack my home!

[She snaps her fingers up in an angry gesture, casting Forest's Curse on the giant monster, giving him a Grass Typing.]

Peter, remember what you had for lunch. Why don't you give this jerk a taste?

[Oh yeah. YEAH! THE BOSS'S COOKING! UGGGHHHHHH! DISGUSTING!

His stomach gurgles...he doubles over, and falls backwards, spraying a Gunk Shot right at the newly weakened Kyurem. That's...some really gross curry, okay?]

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[Yosuke falls as well, losing his balance easily enough. He crawls back to his feet, looking upward at the dragon that he's almost sure might try to eat them for lunch. But he won't have that, and not without a fight, moving into a defensive position. His allies attack, and the Snorlax just...]

Oh, duuuuude, gross!

[There went his appetite.]

Okay, Makie, show 'em what you're made of! Hit it with an X-Scissor!

[He flaps his own wings once, twice. Faster and faster, until he kicks up his own Razor Wind with almost no down time at all, sending it straight at Kyurem.]

Of all the things fired, thrown--and even lobbed--at it, Kyurem seems to take it in stride. With seemingly larger Magikarp to fry, it looks like it might even pass over again without much hassle.

That is, until Snor-lord decides to throw literal crap at it.

The Gunk Shot hits its tail first, followed directly by a Draco Meteor straight to the face. There were some things that the giant ice dragon could ignore. It could ignore a lot of things, really. But there were two things it couldn't stand for: Someone throwing putrid... whatever that was at it, and someone else hitting it in its beautiful (to someone) face.

Okay its going to kill everybody here. You had your chance to go quietly into the night. The window's closed now.

Two things happen in quick succession. Letting out a shrill, ear-splitting screech, the pressure of its presence hammers down on them like a ten-ton weight. Those evacuating parties who didn't immediately freeze in fear find themselves beyond the current capacity to concern themselves with personal preservation. They scream, they cry, and many fall to the ground under the dragon's great emotional pressure.

Confusion hits it, but either the dragon shrugs it off, or uses the effects to further fuel its Outrage. Throwing the curry residue back at the party, it uses that momentum to slam into the top of the residential building that they were protecting, the top few stories raining down on the street below.

Is Kyurem having a temper tantrum? Hell yeah it's having a temper tantrum. You threw crap at it. Literally. Crap.

[Gordon glances back at Yukiko as she throws her Forest's Curse, giving a thoughtful frown, but doesn't have much time to react to it before he's recoiling from a Gunk Shot. When Kyurem lands, oppressive presence and all, he staggers back a half step, but then the god is attacking a building, attacking a piece of Union, and the old man is too angry to be reverent.]

Mac! Stop them!

[The Hitmonchan ducks down, hands raised up in a defensive pose, and sprints, moving towards Kyurem with remarkable speed. It rears back for a punch that could not be more telegraphed, but it's just a Fake Out the actual blow lighter, faster, and designed to break the chain. Up in the building, a Skarmory is struggling to hold a Lickilicky aloft, the pink monstrosity deeply offended by the indignity of it.]

That's enough of that, #@*%

[Ramsey meets Kyurem's eyes, tongue lashing out to slap it in the forehead, unleashing the less damaging Disable. Of course, Kyurem is still covered in the half-digested remains of Yukiko's cooking, enough to make it immediately regret it's tongue being it's primary offensive weapon.]

UGH! Can Jim arrest whoever calls this atrocity cooking? Crimes against taste!

I think you just made it mad, Yukiko!

[Wow, that thing sure is doing a lot of rampaging. Chie dives out of the way of the falling rubble, Ghidorah doing corkscrew maneuvers in the air to get out of the way itself while Guan Yu steadfastly protects its trainer by holding its shield aloft. Once she gets up and sees the cowering crowd, though, she quickly redirects his attention.]

Guan Yu... I'll be fine! Protect as many of these people as you can while we take this guy down!

[Nodding and floating off toward the crowd, the Aegislash shifts into its defensive form, sticking close to the townspeople.]

Ghidorah, it's you and me! Let's knock this guy's lights out!

[Vaulting onto the dragon's back, Chie and her Hydreigon take off, headed right up toward Kyurem. Just before reaching the great dragon's midsection, Chie vaults off into the air, delivering a mighty High Jump Kick timed to hit in concert with Ghidorah's Dragon Rush before once again landing on her Pokemon's back.]

Get out of our city!

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[There were a lot of things Fuuka could handle but whatever Peter dished out?]

I think we should better give Peter some more food after this!

[How else was she suppose to react? Either way, as she nervously chuckled before the debris started to come crashing down on her. Luckily, both her and Meowstic managed to avoid them but her Aerodactyl had had enough. When he saw the both of them were okay, he quickly attacked the dragon with an Iron Head! If he was going to fight, then so will he!

At the same time, once the both of them got to safety, they quickly looked around the area gesturing the others to keep on moving. Although, it didn't take the cat pokemon all that long to run off in hopes to find some more people to rescue.

While her Meowstic goes off, Fuuka had to wonder it was possible to locate its weakness just like what she had done before. But that was going to have to wait until she started to tell the civilians to keep walking.]

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[That’s really it. That’s all there is to it. Yukiko’s sick and tired of this dragon and now it’s down here and fighting her. That’s just freaking fine with her. It’d been up in the sky Hypervoicing and spraying ice and metaphorical crap on them and everything. It’d hurt Rocket, it’d been knocking things over, and it was pretty much just making a mess of things even without her encouragement. Her anger is enough to overcome that pressure, weird though it is.

Chie receives a positively withering glare, and Yukiko barks out several commands as she sidesteps some falling rubble.]

Drax, Peter, get the stragglers out of here. Gamora, you get Rocket and go too. Wroot, get ready to get more while I distract it.

[The Pokemon nod, and comply, grabbing people by the fistful and one very dazed Lineone and booking it in the other direction. Snor-Lord seems particularly keen to get a move on.]

If it’s a fight this thing wants, let’s give it our best. Hit it with your best shots!

[A change comes over Yukiko in that instant. Light flares, golden and brilliant like the sun overhead. The sun that suddenly grows harsher, nastier, more…omnipresent as her mega-evolution takes hold. The incandescence surrounding the girl blossoms into a storm of burning flowerpetals that dart towards Kyurem and hammer it’s Grass/Ice typed flank with a Flame-Amped Sacred Fire, hoping to burn the thing and make it realize they weren’t worth the trouble.

When the light dies away a bit, Yukiko’s appearance is outwardly very, very different. A golden sheen of what looks like armor plates her whole body, with steely wings and a pair of bejeweled shields over each wrist. A flap and she takes to the air, zipping clear of more rubble and lining up a Blast Burn, still boosted by the blessings from the gods, the sunlight, and the fire-enhancing property of her mega-form.]

Get out of my home! I Am WROOOOOOT!

[Wroot? Just slowly plods forward, moving boulders out of the way, or tearing them apart to reach more people.]

[Aaaand it's pissed off now. He's this close to turning tail, if only so he can focus more on getting people out of the area, but he manages to steel himself a little so he doesn't flee. Atik, Saiph, and Sinistra will help get more people to safety.

Geo has to shield his eyes when Yukiko mega-evolves but when he can finally look... it's impressive, and that motivates him to strike again as well, with another telekinetic blast. Maia adds to it, firing off a Confusion of her own in tandem with her trainer.]

[Yosuke shakes from the oppressive force from the dragon, but he knows he's not down and out. He's not helpless, and he's going to do something about it. With no shortage of bravery, he stands his ground until the curry comes flying back at them. Some of it hits him in the face, some of it covers his upper torso, and his wings. He can smell it. It's disgusting, and it takes all of his willpower to not throw up right on the spot.

He wipes his face off, angrily flicking whatever he'd managed to remove off of the back of his hand and onto the ground. He doesn't even get to enjoy how cool Chie looks kicking the dragon in midair like that.]

Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiick!!!!!! Was that seriously necess-

[His words get cut off by the Mega Evolution taking place, standing in awe once again from another one of Yukiko's evolutions. It helps to relight the fire in him, more determined from the display than ever before. And also a little envious. How many evolutions does she have anyway? he thinks to himself.]

Okay, enough's enough! You're not killing anyone if we have anything to say about it!

[Wind kicks up around him, and he unleashes a Razor Wind at the dragon, while Makie gets in range once more to let loose another X-Scissor.]

Kyurem's Outrage knows no bounds, and it seems to not even care about the fancy light show from Yukiko "Praise the Sun" Amagi. The ice dragon is mad. Whether or not Ramsey's Disable works is hard to say, but judging from the rampage that it continues to rage, its efficacy is negligible, at best. More, Maia's Confusion seems to further throw the beast into a blind fury; nothing here is safe.

Sacred Fire and Blast Burn hit true, and the creature lets out an unearthly roar. Not expecting to feel the burn quite as hard as it did, the great dragon is caught off-guard, volleyed by the countless other attacks thrown at it.

Okay. You know, it was going to let you humans off easy. Maybe even let a few of you survive. But you went and hecked that up, hard. Gaining altitude quickly, it looked as if the beast was going to let them go. It rampaged, threw a tantrum, maybe it was time to find a nice place--possibly a decent-sized hoard--and take a nap.

Then it shifted, exactly the full force of its rage on the rest of the building, and the people below. Ramming full force into the structure, the god sheared it from its foundation, debris and glass exploding from the base. Guan Yu and Yukiko's party's efforts would be in vain, as screams erupted from the scene, people lying there in the streets, writhing in pain--or not moving at all.

Rising again into the sky, it was hard to say whether or not the beast would try a second pass. They would likely lose even more if it did, if they didn't move.

The Elite Four Strikes

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Chie's got Hydreigon, Barbaracle, Floette, Aegislash, and Hawlucha for this

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