Moisha frowned at seeing the Megami trying to make distance between them. She knew Megami were dangerous with all their distanced special attacks, but Moisha knew she had the elemental advantage, since Megami were primarily Psychic-types. “Well if she’s, like gonna try ta’ keep ‘way, let’s see if she can tell which one to keep away from!” Moisha thought seriously as she used the “Blur technique”.
Archon stared in shock. The Ninjanezumi seemed to have shifted, wavering with multiple images of the same movement; like a painting that had been smudged. “Shit!” The Megami mentally cursed. After all, it wouldn’t have been proper to shout that out. “PSYWAVE!” The Megami cried out.
The blast of energy flew from the Megami’s forehead. It was a steamlined version of the all-powerful “Psychic” technique. Although less powerful, it could be easily directed. However, with the Ninjanezumi amid the Blur technique, it past right through her multiple ‘forms’.
Nearly upon the Megami, the Ninjanezumi’s form solidified as she held the sword high to perform the Slash technique. Seeing the rat right above her, Archon raised her hands and used her magical prowess. “SHIELD!”
Fortunately for the Megami, the Shield technique held up to block that one attack. It would have held up longer, but since the rat pokégirl was of a superior element, the shield shattered underneath the strength of the sword strike.
Again, Archon was trying to move back as the Ninjanezumi took swipes at her with her sword. “Damn it, I need room!” Archon thought. She then looked over to a tree far from them, and used ‘Teleport’.
Moisha frowned as her sword went through where the Megami’s head SHOULD have been. Turning her head, she saw the Megami a good distance away behind her. “Chwa! You ain’t, like, getting’ ‘way THAT easy, u’ know!” The Ninjanezumi shouted. She used the technique Agility to boost her speed before she turned around and went running towards the Megami.
Breathing deeply Archon could see the rat coming back towards her at a superior speed than before. She quickly used the Armor technique to double her defense, as a second invisible barrier of mental energies surrounded the Megami’s body. “If I’m going to win this, I got to make sure I can stand up to her attacks should she land them.”
Now upon her, Moisha performed the ‘Bite’ technique. While her teeth weren’t sharp, her front buckteeth could REALLY cause some damage. Which they did.
Archon winced and pulled back forcefully, withdrawing her arm from the Ninjanezumi’s hold on her arm. She didn’t have time to check over the cut made from the bit as the Ninjanezumi went to strike with that sword of hers again. “Teleport!” Archon shouted, quickly disappearing.
“Drat!” Moisha groaned. “Not again!” Damn that Megami! Moisha knew she was gaining the foothold in battle again, and that Megami had to run.
Appearing again, this time, by another tree, Archon held onto her bleeding forearm. The cut was a tad deep, but the Megami knew she’d be all right. The barriers she already cast upon herself had worked well in keeping the pain down. She then cast the “Bestow Luck” technique on herself. A technique exclusive to Megami; it would increase the odds in her favor at critical moments. Now all she really needed to do was cast a few more techniques on herself and then she’d be ready to go toe-to-toe with the Dark-type pokégirl.
Looking around, Moisha cast the Agility technique on herself again. She had to keep up with that Megami’s teleport. After a few more seconds, she finally caught sight. “THERE!” Moisha shouted and started running, moving REALLY fast.
Archon gasped as the rat-like pokégirl was closing in on her at a fast clip. Thrusting her arms forward, the Megami screamed, “MYSTIC BOLT!”
As the blast of magical energy went towards Moisha, the Ninjanezumi smirked. With twice the dose of agility, Moisha knew she was limber enough to dodge the blast. And she was. Still keeping in her run, Moisha gathered the Shadow Force around her foot and performed, “DARK KICK!”
Archon felt the wind knocked out of her as the rat pokégirl’s foot connected with her abdomen. Although it hurt like hell, Archon knew it could have hurt worse. Though she did not say her technique, Archon teleported once more, and away from the Ninjanezumi.
“GODDAMMIT!” Moisha shouted. Now where did that Celestial pokégirl go!?
Appearing again, but this time up amidst a tree’s branches, Archon was panting to catch her breath. Holding up her hand to her hurting stomach, she used the ‘Heal’ technique. “Damn, that still hurt,” Archon moaned as she then followed up with another Armor technique. She needed to be able to stand up to Dark energy if she was going to win.
Looking around, Moisha held her sword at the ready. “Damn. Where is she?” Moisha wondered. “She hiding behind a tree or somethin’?”
Catching her breath, Archon let out a sigh of relief. The Ninjanezumi wasn’t thinking to look up. “Good. This’ll give me time,” the Megami thought seriously as she then cast the Agility technique on herself. While she wasn’t moving faster at the moment, she could already feel herself being filled with a little more vitality.
Moisha began to move quickly about the forest, looking for the Megami. Should could hear the sounds of other PokéBattles going on near her. The Poolmice and Vesta weren’t giving up, and neither was she, damn it! “I just gotta find that coward, and, like, give her what-for!”
Looking down from the tree, Archon smiled. She needed one more spell in place, and then she’d feel ready. “Foresight.”
Archon smiled as she concentrated. Her own mental energies wrapping around her without problem, already building upon the barriers already in place. While the Foresight technique wouldn’t last for long, it would raise her defenses dramatically for a few rounds. “Meaning I’ll be on even terms.”
Moisha looked about the forest as she went a little deeper. “Damn it, you coward!” the Ninjanezumi yelled. “Like, where the hell are you!?”
“I’m right here,” Came a female voice from behind the Ninjanezumi. “And I’m NOT a coward.”
Squeaking in surprise, Moisha turned around quickly to see the Megami standing there. “It’s, like, about time you stopped running.” Moisha then performed the Dark Kick again, intent on hitting the Megami hard and fast...
...Only to get the surprise of her life when the Megami caught the foot with ease, and just held it. The Dark power seemed to be having no effect on the Megami!!!
Still holding the Ninjanezumi’s foot, Archon frowned. “I’m through with running,” she said as she pushed the foot back and let go of it, causing the violet-furred rat pokégirl to fall onto her ass. “And you’re not getting away either.”
Moisha growled. “You bitch!”
“Sorry, I’m more cat-like,” Archon said as she stood there. Focusing her psychic energies into her hand, and it soon too the form of a sword as it shone brightly. “The Psi-Blade usually only lasts one round,” Archons poke seriously. “But believe me when I tell you I can keep this up for a bit.”
Getting back to her feet, Moisha had to admit she was feeling a little nervous. Still, she wasn’t afraid of a measly Psychic-type pokégirl! Even if it was a Megami. “Dark Blade Mark Two!” Moisha shouted as she gripped the hilt of her katana tightly. It began to ‘glow’ with black light the seemingly sucked in light like a black hole.
Frowning, Archon knew this technique. The Dark Blade Mark II allowed a Dark-type pokégirl to concentrate and focus the Shadow Force around any handheld weapon, allowing it to not only allow the attacks to strike harder, but deal Dark elemental damage as well. “Bring it on...” Archon said seriously, as she held her Psi-Blade to the fore.
With a loud yell, Moisha lunged towards the Megami with her Dark-empowered katana, only to have it blocked by the Megami’s Psi-Blade. She brew back and struck forward, only having to move to the side to avoid an upwards strike from the Megami.
Archon frowned as she swung the Psi-Blade. She could already feel perspire on her forehead. Usually the Psi-Blade would last for one swing, but she had to try and keep it up for a fight. Her life depended on it!
Moving as quickly as she could, Moisha was annoyed, but internally impressed that a pokégirl of a ‘weaker’ element would stand up to her. “She’s moving so fast too,” Moisha thought as she deflected another quick incoming strike from the Megami. “But still, she, like, ain’t no Cheetit!”
Archon was starting to get frustrated. She knew she wasn’t the most adept pokégirl at using a sword, but sure she should have been enough to defeat a Ninjanezumi, right!?
Smirking, the Ninjanezumi could see the Megami’s weapon start to waver. Smirking, she took one hard swing with her own Dark-powered blade, dispelling the Megami’s Psi-Blade. “You’re mine!”
Archon shrieked in pain as she felt the sword stab into her shoulder, and pinning her to a tree behind her. She grit her teeth as she Ninjanezumi held it there; she knew if she hadn’t cast all those barriers on herself, the pain would have been enough to have made her pass out from the initial blow.
“Still conscious?” Moisha asked. She smirked at seeing the Megami’s pained expression. “Goody! You’re awake! That means I get to do this!”
Archon screamed louder as the rat-type pokégirl began to twist the sword in her shoulder. She could feel the cutting pain and the Dark-energies flowing through her body. It just HURT!
Moisha smiled. Good. This on was almost beaten. Once she was then they could take care of the rest of these pokégirls standing in their way of paradise and-
“POWER BOLT!”
The Ninjanezumi shrieked as she was slammed by a huge bolt of magical energy; a superior version of the Mystic Bolt. She skidded across the ground for a bit before coming to a stop when she hit the base of a tree.
Panting, Archon turned her eyes towards the way the blast came “W-who?”
“Here you are, almost beaten again,” Came a definitely feminine voice. The form of a certain Enchantress came walking towards the Megami. “And once again, it’s up to me to pull your bacon out of the fryer.”
“Tanya!” Archon shouted. “I’m sorry, I-”
“Forget it,” Tanya said as she walked over to the Megami. She gripped the hilt of the sword. “Now hold still.”
Gritting her teeth, Archon closed her eyes tightly as she felt the Enchantress pull the sword out. “OUCH! That hurts!”
“Yeah, yeah,” Tanya mumbled. “Now heal yourself so we canAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!” Tanya shrieked as a blast of fire hit her form behind.
“TANYA!” Archon shouted as she kneeled beside the Enchantress to check her burns. Hearing more noise to the side, she turned her head and saw numerous red-furred rats making their way towards them. “It’s Vesta!”
“Ves, vesta, ves, ves...” One of the Fire-type rats mumbled as the group got closer. She opened her mouth and a small flame began to form in it. The few other Vesta’s with it got the idea and soon flames began to appear in their mouths
Holding Tanya, Archon brought up her Shield technique, surrounding herself and the Enchantress in a case of Psychic-Force. It held up against the combined unleashed Flamethrower techniques of the numerous Vesta, but Archon and Tanya could still feel the heat! “T-too much!” Archon hissed. She wouldn’t be able to keep the Shield up if those Vesta kept up the flames.
“MOUKO TAKABISHA!”
Archon and Tanya turned their heads away as a blast of some sort of energy blasted into the area with the Vesta, making them blast off like a certain Team Rocket group. Turning their heads, the Megami and the Enchantress looked at the origin of the attack.
Holding his hands up, Ranma smiled a bit. “Heh. Wasn’t sure I could pull that off. Been awhile since I personally thought or did any real training.”
“M-master...” Jetta said in wide-eyed awe. “How’d you do that!?”
Archon blinked her eyes. “Mr. Sextome did that!?”
Smiling a bit, Ranma said, “Yep!” His smile widening, he said, “Yep! Still got it!”
Jetta’s eye twitched as she saw Ranma laughed and rant. She didn’t know what was surprising her more. The fact he fought instead of commanding his pokégirls, the fact he could pull off a technique she though only some Fighting-type pokégirls knew, OR the fact that he was gloating over his victory! “Ranma Saotome, you really are one huge question wrapped in an enigma with a side order of mystery,” Jetta thought seriously.
Walking over to the two downed pokégirls, Ranma asked, “Are you two all right?”
“It hurts…” Tanya mumbled. Her back was really burnt!
“I just need to heal her,” Archon said. “Then we’ll...” She trailed off at seeing Ranma un-shoulder his backpack. “What are you doing?”
“Doing this,” Ranma said as he unzipped it. He pulled out a plastic red case with the sigil of a flam on it. “Hold Tanya still please,” Ranma asked as he opened the little case and scooped up the pinkish salve onto his fingers.
Jetta’s jaw dropped as she watched her Tamer using his own supplies to take care of the two pokégirls of Stryyp. “Master, that stuff isn’t cheap.”
“Well, they need it,” Ranma said as he applied the Burn Heal to the Enchantress’s back. Seeing her wince, he massaged the salve gently into her burned skin. “Easy, easy... Relax. This’ll hold you for a bit until you can get to a Healing Machine.”
Nodding her head, Tanya mumbled, “Thank you.” It was already starting to feel better.
Jetta sighed. Well, there went a good one-hundred or so slc down the drain. While it made her feel good, knowing her Tamer was a kind man as to help pokégirls not his own, realistically, they SHOULD conserve money.
The Megami watched this impressed. Good deeds like these always filled a Megami’s heart with joy, and Archon was no exception. “So kind,” Archon thought as she watched the pigtailed Tamer finish applying the salve.
Patting Tanya’s back, Ranma asked, “Feel better?”
Nodding her head, the Enchantress answered, “Yes. T-thank you.” She blinked her eyes when she saw Ranma pull a blue vial out of his backpack next. “What?”
“A High Potion,” Ranma answered. He undid the cork at the top and upended the blue liquid into her mouth. “This’ll help with healing.”
Gulping, Tanya nodded. She could already feel her skin and fur starting to regenerate along her back. Blushing, she nodded her head. “T-thank you.”
Ranma waved it off. “No problem.”
“Yes a problem!” The Lupina shouted. “That High Potion cost five-hundred slc! It wasn’t all that cheap!”
Rolling his eyes, Ranma snorted. “Please! Out meal at McPoké’s cost more!” Raising Tanya back onto her feet, Ranma motioned for Archon to come over to him.
Pointing to herself, Archon asked, “Me?”
“Yep. Now come on!” Ranma said seriously. When the Megami walked over to him, he looked at her shoulder. “That looks bad. I better use this,” Ranma then leaned over to pull a red vial out of his backpack.
Jetta’s eyes widened. “You’re gonna use an X-Potion!?”
“Yeah!” Ranma said. “There’s a whole in her shoulder that goes right through!” He then let the Megami drink the contents of the red vial. Amazingly, bone, muscle, and skin healed rather quickly. “See. Good as new... Except the dress.”
Smiling brightly, Archon said, “It’s all right. Thank you very much.”
Jetta’s eye twitched. No, she wasn’t feeling jealous... Was she?
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