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The Real Battle of the Ex's, Pt.1

Darla's first Pokémon was the Flareon, whose body was shimmering slightly due to the sheer amount of heat coming off the Pokémon. Comet nodded to Cale. Darla looked at Comet incredulously, as she could not believe that the person of her affections would use a Pokémon with an obvious type disadvantage.

In any case, Darla went on the offensive. "Flareon, use Flamethrower! Let's end this quickly," she yelled out at the small flaming canid in front of her. The Flareon did as he was told, the baritone of the Flareon's voice making itself known to Comet.

[Yes mistress!] yelped the Flareon, just before he unleashed a torrent of fire that raced towards Comet's Grass-type. Cale didn't move out of the way as the inferno rushed towards him. A second or two later, fire swept the area that the Wood Gecko was in, the Pokémon's form indiscernible in the flames. Darla grinned in triumph as the flames dissipated, only to lose that expression as everybody saw the hole in the ground of the arena.

Comet smiled with his eyes closed as Cale's hands erupted from the ground, dragging the surprised Flareon waist deep into the ground. The gecko reappeared, burns covering portions of his body as he came out of the ground faster than a caffeine chugging zombie, his stance low to the ground. Comet nodded to Cale, his eyes still not open, the teen's foot now tapping the ground in a beat known only to him.

The gecko rushed forward at the trapped Flareon, the leaves on his forearms now glowing a brilliant green. Darla looked on in amazement as her Flareon was struck by the Grovyle's Leaf Blade attack, which not only scored a critical hit, but managed to lift the poor Fire-type Eeveelution out of the floor and into the air.

Ray looked on in amazement at his son's battle. If anything, Comet's battle style reminded Ray of Laura, and how she beat the Elite Four...with his only slightly willing help. Laura was almost at the point of nonverbal communication of orders with most of her Pokémon when she had faced the Elite Four; Comet, to Ray's absolute amazement, was already past that point. The ex-Legendary watched as the Flareon struggled to stand up, only to fall down panting.

Comet opened his eyes in annoyance. The boy quickly looked into the Grovyle's eyes and then at the Flareon. Cale shrugged and speed off, the Grass-type preparing a Quick Attack.

"Flareon, use Fire Blast now!" Darla commanded to her injured Pokémon. The Flareon no sooner nodded and stood up when Cale slammed into the smaller Fire-type, the gecko's elbow driving itself painfully into the Flareon's gut.

Cale's eyes widened in surprise as the Flareon vomited up a massive orb of flame that consumed the Grass-type. The Flareon landed several feet away, unconscious. Cale simply fell down on the spot, the reptile's skin smoldering as he lay prone, his chest thankfully rising and falling.

The butler looked worried as he pointed his arm up. "Round one ends in a draw. Master Comet's Pokémon will be sent to the yacht's medical bay. Now, trainers, select your next Pokémon!"

Darla's face was contorted with anger as she sent out her Gyrados, the Pokémon's perpetually angry expression having seemingly no effect on Comet. Comet looked over at Kira and smiled grimly. "Go get him girl," he said softly, the teen's eyes shining with a mischievous glint.

The butler looked over at the two trainers and signaled for the next round to begin. At the exact same time, the Gyrados picked that time to try and intimidate Kira.

[OK you little rat, time for you to suffer!] the Gyrados roared, the volume loud enough to cause Darla to cover her ears. For those who heard the Gyrados' statement, they each reacted in different ways; Comet cursed and dropped to the floor, Katya shifted her form to that of a Zorua and crawled under Comet, Milo dropped to his belly and whimpered, Ray wondered at what was going on, and the mother of all tick marks appeared on the psychic felines now furious face.

[Little? Little?! I'LL SHOW YOU WHO'S LITTLE YOU-{Insert curse word or phrase of choice here}!!] Kira yowled in rage as she picked up the Gyrados with her mind and proceeded to introduce the water type to the floor of the battle arena, with rather violent prejudice. [Help ME!!] the Gyrados roared weakly, his face incapable of showing any emotion other than fear. After about two minutes of beating the Gyrados to a pulp, Kira launched him into air, and watched as the unlucky Pokémon landed in his native element. Painfully.

Without waiting for the butler/judge to say anything, Kira walked angrily back to where her trainer was still huddled to the ground, Katya's Zorua head poking out from under Comet's chest. Kira looked at her friend in confusion. [Kat, what's wrong?] the Espeon asked her friend.

The vixen looked at Kira fearfully. [Kira, you are scary when you're angry,] Katya responded, her voice showing signs of fear. The Espeon shrugged. [Think of it this way, you only have to fight the Ursaring, and I bet the match will take less than thirty seconds.] Katya nodded as Comet got up, now seeing the unconscious Gyrados lying in the pool, bruises covering a majority of its body in multiple shades of blue and black.

Darla looked furious. "Comet, I hope that you are not cheating in this! For there is no way that an Espeon could have a one hit K.O. on Mr. Bubbles!" the young girl shouted, her eyes declaring bloody murder. Comet rolled his eyes.

"Darla, raw strength isn't going to win a battle. You actually have to think about what you want to do. I mean, look at what happened with Cale and your Flareon. Just because Cale has a type disadvantage doesn't mean he can't win. It means he has to fight smarter," Comet tried to explain to Darla.

Darla apparently didn't care about what he was saying as she sent the Ursaring out onto the field. "Comet, you will lose this match! Major is from a line known for toughness, so there's no way that that Zoroark is going to win," Darla yelled across the field at her opponent. She cringed slightly as she saw Comet glare at her coldly.

"Her name is Katya, Darla," he said, his low tone of voice traversing the distance between the two trainers. Amongst Comet's Pokémon, there were several reactions. Milo and Cale looked at each other with a mixture of surprise and worry, Kira gulped, and Katya grinned evilly at Darla, the Illusion Fox shifting into an aggressive posture. The trainers and theirPokémon didn't hear the butler start the match.

Ray started to panic. This is either really good, or really bad, he thought. On one hand, he might be acknowledging his feeling for the Zoroark, or he could just be defending her honor, and leave the poor vixen heartbroken. Either way, Arceus is going to spot this and use it to his advantage.

Comet shifted his stance to reflect that of his Zoroark. "Katya, use Night Claw, and don't hold back," he calmly ordered the vixen, his voice low and cold as Comet looked at Darla darkly. Katya rushed forward as her claws glowed ominously with violet strands of energy twisting around the fox's arms.

"Major, dodge and counter with Fury Swipes! Don't get beat by a wimpy little fur-ball like that Zoroark!" Darla yelled at Major, hoping to inspire the bear to victory. What Darla didn't count on was the little known fact that Kat hadn't been an adorable ball of fur for about two years, and she was not, as the reports by both the Kanto and Johto Pokémon Leagues revealed, a wimp. So the bear had quite a nasty surprise coming to him.

Which unfortunately for all present, didn't come to the bear as a Skarmony dive-bombed towards Comet.

Mt. Pyre

Let it be known that of all the people that Latias knew on the planet (which barely went past about forty), Laura Toradan was possibly either the bravest, or the craziest person that the Eon Pokémon had ever met. Currently, the relatively young mother was fast marching her way up the side of Mt. Pyre, hoping to talk to a pair of people who were supposedly capable of talking to spirits. As a minor note, it was raining Growlithe and Meowths, reducing visibility to less than ten feet.

Latias had personally never been to Mt. Pyre, but from the confident way that Laura held herself up on the slopes of the local dread mountain, the Eon deduced that the former trainer had traveled up the mountain many times. Latias personally would have simply flown to the summit, but the Eon Pokémon was not ready to alert Arceus to her whereabouts. That and she didn't know who else was in the area and wearing polarized sunglasses.

Laura was not happy. Her boyfriend/husband had suddenly crashed back into her life after eight years, and it was in part Laura's fault. What truly made her furious was not the fact that she was leading a Legendary Pokémon up the side of Mt. Pyre, or that her son had disappeared from a hospital room. No, Laura was furious at Arceus for planning to kill Comet just because Ray happened to fall in love with the trainer who captured him. Unfortunately for Laura, Ray didn't exactly have a cell phone, so she settled for the next best thing: psychics, in this case, Mr. and Mrs. Beauregard, the caretakers of the tombs throughout Mt. Pyre. The married couple were also responsible for looking after the formerly hidden Gems of Hoenn.

Laura sighed as she remembered what had happened nearly seventeen years ago on this mountain. Brushing that memory aside, Laura saw that the rain was letting up, a good sign; she didn't want to be caught in a mudslide with the dead. Looking back, Laura saw that Latias was shaking.

"Hey Latias, you okay? You're shaking like a leaf," Laura said to the relatively young Legendary, stopping to get something to warm the Pokémon up. Latias nodded.

"Yeah, I-I'm fine, just keep going and don't get mad at who's up there," the seemingly teenage girl stuttered to Laura, the Pokémon's shaking growing. Laura's eyebrow shot up, her curiosity quickly taking hold. Walking up the now uncovered walkway to the top, the duo came to the summit of Mt. Pyre, but what they saw surprised them.

For Laura, the woman talking to the Beauregards was a complete stranger, with the only distinguishing features being a long cerulean trench coat, with golden blonde hair bleached almost white with faint red tips. Latias recognized the disguised Legendary almost instantly, shocked that Kyogre, of the many Legendaries that she knew, was even on the mountain. The elderly couple stopped talking to Kyogre as soon as they saw Laura.

Mrs. Beauregard ran towards Laura, embracing the young woman warmly. "Oh, Laura, it's been such a long time! Why haven't you visited? It's been years since you visited last," the old woman excitedly told Laura, who was about to answer when the lady in blue turned towards them and interrupted.

"Laura? Are you the one that my brother probably would never shut up about?" Kyogre asked, her slight Slavic accent deepening her voice in a way that a lot of men would find attractive, especially when her figure was considered. At about 6' 1", Kyogre was built like a wall, but with considerably less bulk. Her assets weren't too big, which just fine as it fit her figure. What Laura noticed about the lady were the cold, piercing blue eyes that carried a haughty air in them, as well as the fury of the sea. The other thing that Laura noticed was the intricate red tattoos on the lady's hands.

Laura decided to tread into the situation cautiously. "Which brother, and do I know you?" Laura inquired back, her voice not showing a trace of the fear that Laura felt inside. The former Hoenn Champion felt...cold in the stranger's presence. It was almost as if she had walked into a meat locker on full chill.

Kyogre nodded, her mouth going up in an aristocratic smile. "It is wise of you to not dive into the water, since you do not know the depth. I speak of Rayquaza, or whatever name he goes by among you humans," she said, her eyes not leaving Laura.

What happened next no one could have predicted. Laura closed the distance between herself and Kyogre and delivered a devastating right hook to the latter's jaw. "You IDIOT! Do you have any idea how much time I lost with Ray because of you and Groudon? Hell, I should just beat the crap out of you right if it weren't for my current problem!" Laura yelled, the fury of hell coming out of her voice. Everyone present, including several nearby families of Vulpix and Ninetails, cringed in sheer terror of the angry brunette.

Mrs. Beauregard raised her hand slowly. Laura shifted her remarkably terrifying gaze to the older woman. "Laura," Mrs. Beauregard said softly, "Both Ray and your son are in rather grave danger."

Hall of Origin

Arceus smiled as he watched the Skarmony attack Comet, up until the point where he felt a chill crawl up his spine. The Alpha Pokémon shrugged it off as a prank from Mew and Regice.

"Father, can I speak with you?" Arceus turned to the speaker. While not the largest member of the Legendaries, Celebi was nevertheless one of the most powerful of them all, the only others being Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Mewtwo, and himself. Arceus nodded to the diminutive sprite.

"Father, why is it that Rayquaza had to be cast down from his post? After all, he merely pointed out a fine detail in the prophesy," Celebi stated to Arceus, the sprite's eyes cast down to the ground. Arceus didn't respond, the equine Pokémon's gaze fixated firmly on the scene on Earth.

To be continued...