The Legend Thief - Part 5: The Cure

Chapter 36: The Battle for the Blooberry

Flashes of light illuminated the dark maze, as the friends each took out their fighting pokemon.

Rudia had returned her monferno, in exchange for her audino. Its blue eyes glinted in the light of the water, and its ears twitched in anticipation.

Floating in the air was Shell's lunatone. Its mysterious blue eyes floated in black, and its body was of a crescent moon. A strange, beak-like mouth protruded from the middle of the curve. It was a rather peculiar pokemon.

Appearing in embers, Quinci's ninetails stood proudly with all its fluffy tails dancing like flames. Its eyes were red, and they mirrored Quinci's amber ones, which were filled with determination.

At Bell's side was her herdier, a warm sand color (which by now, most of the friends hated) and a midnight blue. It stood, ready to attack, hindquarters coiled as if to spring.

Lastly was Ravisu and her vivillon. Its purple wings were accented by golden-oranges and reds. It flapped its wings, and twitched its antennae.

Quinci sent the first attack.

"Ninetails! Use flamethrower!" she yelled, and her pokemon immediately spouted a column of fire. It shot at Articuno, obviously.

"Dodge!" Ash said, "Then use gust!" The legendary robotically moved to her side, and then flapped her wings. The leaves of the maze were torn off of their branches, and the friends were all pushed backwards.

"Quickly! Use safeguard!" Quinci commanded. Ninetails summoned a green shield, and the friends quickly hid under it. Rudia and audino, along with Bell and herdier helped cover the others as they hid under the protection.

"Ah! What do we do?" Ravisu asked.

"We're gonna destroy Ash!" Raichu growled, and shocks of lightning jumped from his tightly gripped fingers.

Shelly put a hand on his shoulder, "I know you're mad. But that's not important."
"That's cold," Ravisu said. "And I'm one to talk!"

"Ravisu..." Shelly shook her head, and pushed back her hair from the wind, "Raichu. It doesn't matter, unless you handle it correctly. We're all mad, but it won't do any good if we're glass cannon." (note: glass cannon refers to a team with a lot of offense but little defense; usually only used in gaming.)

"Aw, I like glass cannon!" Bell said, "Ah! Herdier, use thunderbolt!" The pokemon summoned up a condense ball of lightning, and released it at Moltres. The attack was set off course from the wind, and instead disappeared into the darkness.

"Will you guys stop interrupting me?" Shell asked, "Ugh. Look, everyone. Rudia, you be our healer with audino. Raichu and I will take Articuno, seeing as we have the right attacks. Ravisu and Bell, you two take care of Moltres. Quinci, I don't want you to fight her."

"Um, that's good," Quinci said, "But then what will I do?.."

"You have to destroy Ash's pokeballs." Shell said, "If you break Articuno's and Moltres', the two will be freed."

"Ok, let's go!" Shelly said. Quinci commanded ninetails, "Stop the safeguard! Then use flamethrower!" Ninetails ended the defense, and blasted the fire at Articuno. The other friends quickly told their pokemon to follow up with the attacks.

Boom! Articuno was hit, and the wind finally ended. Now, the friends were free to move.

Bell and Ravisu quickly took a turn, and then commanded their pokemon to attack Moltres. When hit, Ash ordered the legendary to go after them. In a flash, the giant phoenix was just above them.