Pokémon: the Dark Circuit (AKA the Vanguard Descends Season 2)
Hello there…oh it’s been 5000 years. Sorry about that😅.
Chapter 13 Past and Future
I decided to change around some of their moves. It’s okay because they haven’t fought yet.
Aichi’s current team
Level 90 Takuto (Solgealeo) steel/psychic
Moves:
Sunsteel Strike
Flare Blitz
Solar Beam
Psychic Fangs
Level 93 Wingal (Lycanroc (dusk)) rock
Moves:
Stealth rock
Crunch
Stone edge
Play rough
Level 91 Llew (Golisopod) water/bug
Moves:
Sucker punch
Blizzard
Liquidation
First impression
Level 95 Gancelot (Lucario) fighting/steel
Moves:
Focus blast
Stone edge
Meteor mash
Dragon pulse
Level 100 Soul Saver (Haxorus) dragon
Moves:
Outrage
Iron head
Dragon dance
Earthquake
Level 100 Alfred (Aegislash) ghost/steel
Moves:
Sacred sword
King’s shield
Iron head
Shadow Claw
Emi had heard about limit break from Aichi and Shuka talking. She couldn’t help but wonder when he would ever need such a thing. Then she had another dream of Shuka’s world a few days later.
It was the only time she had ever seen 003v struggle. The dream Emi experienced greatly confused her both her dream self and her as a spectator. She was watching a monitor alongside her father. He seemed to be facing Ren, Christopher, and Leon at the same time. She noticed sweat dripping down 003v’s brow. Something was wrong with them, their appearances had become bizarre and they seemed to be compelled by something. He was being assaulted on all sides. He ended up knocking Chris away with a wave on his hand then used absolute lock. However, quickly Ren and Leon were after him.
003v just barely evaded them and was actually scratched.
“003v stop playing around and finish them.”, Gin ordered.
“I’m trying to not kill them. They’re important to Team Asteroid, r—“, 003v replied.
“Not more than you. Exterminate them now.”, Gin answered coldly.
003v froze looking unsure. His eyes were hazy as his programming recognized that as an order.
“But…aren’t Leon, Chris, and Ren 003v’s friends?”, Emi questioned, though Gin waved off her concern.
“Right now they are infected and now a threat to Team Asteroid. Now, what are you waiting for 003v? Destroy them. That’s an order.”, Gin replied.
Any light there was in 003v’s eyes disappeared. It was horrifying and it was about to get worse. In mere moments the other three members of project Psyqualia were torn apart seemingly at once. His power use percentage had suddenly spiked from 50% to 70%.
Emi’s eyes were wide.
003v was covered in blood and his eyes were cold like a robot.
“Good.”, Gin said, not alarmed by this at all.
Emi held in a scream. She couldn’t understand. They could have been saved. 003v was trying to save them. However something clamped its claws onto 003v after the sudden influx in power. The bluenette raised his power to destroy the bizarre alien entity which was black and had massive claws.
The dream shifted to later on. 003v was clashing with the alien entity that had become golden. It now resembled a dragon with six wings. 003v had a barrier around him as they clashed in outer space. His power was steadily rising beyond even how much he was using before. This entity was by far the greatest opponent that 003v had ever fought.
The footage was becoming shaky as their battle continued to intensify.
003v was breathing heavily.
“You cannot lose, son. You must defeat him to save everyone. It is time for you to break your limits.”, Gin said.
003v’s head slowly rose as he glared at the alien entity. His eyes were no lower foggy and he was clearly enraged.
79%…80%…85%…
003v power was rising even higher as he fired an Absolute Break at the alien. The alien fired back with his own blast which exploded with 003v’s attack on contact.
86%…87%…88%…89%…90%.
Emi’s eyes widened as the alien was suddenly sent crashing back to Earth in an instant. Dark blue flames suddenly appeared next to the alien as it almost hit the ground in an instant. The alien was struck again so harshly that it was sent flying out of the planet. It was hit back and sent flying again so fast that if you blinked you would miss it.
The alien was left on the ground severely injured. 003v stood over it menacingly as he pulled out a strange looking poke ball. As the alien twitched trying to get up 003v kicked it harshly.
“So, you think controlling people is funny, huh? Well…now you’re the one who’s going to be taking orders from now on.”, 003v said, before striking the alien with the poke ball.
The ball waddled a few times but then it was caught as it had no fight left in it.
003v collapsed.
“003v!”, Emi called out.
The dream shifted to later on again…
Worry and confusion filled Emi. She needed to know what happened to 003v. How he was feeling after Gin forced him to kill and after that battle. She stopped when she heard shouting behind a door. Emi listened in from behind the door.
“You idiot! How could you hesitate like that? Necrozma almost took over the world because of your feelings of sentimentality!”, Gin yelled.
Emi peeked her eyes through the crack in the door slightly. 003v lowered his head just taking the beratement without arguing. He was shaking. His face was dripping with sweat.
“I’m sorry, father…”, 003v replied, as quietly as a mouse.
“You aren’t supposed to feel anything.”, Gin said as he walked up close to 0003v.
003v was sweating more intensely, clearly mentally panicking. Despite his strength he was completely terrified of one man. Surely he didn’t just have to take this. Surely he could do something about it…right?
Gin puts his hand on 003v’s shoulder. In response 003v nearly flinched.
“You are supposed to be perfect and execute my commands without question. Yet you didn’t. So, what’s wrong, 003v? Why are you malfunctioning?”, Gin questioned.
“Malfunction…? He’s your son, not a robot. Is this how father really thinks of brother…?”, Emi thought, as she felt her heart aching.
“…..I…”, 003v replied, seeming very hesitant again.
“What’s wrong? Can’t you say it? It’s quite obvious.”, Gin questioned.
“Because…I didn’t want to kill Leon, Ren, or Chris…I just thought…they’re a part of Team Asteroid so I was supposed to save them…”, 003v answered.
“003v, why are you using those human names? They’re simply a part of Project Psyqualia like you. Not people.”, Gin replied as 003v flinched.
“Not people…? They were all people! Even if they were made they were people like everyone else!”, Emi thought.
“I’m sorry…”, 003v replied, weakly.
“Would you stop saying that? You sound like a kicked Lilipup. Hit yourself with 70% power.”, Gin replied.
Emi put her hand over her mouth as 003v struck himself in the cheek without question.
“See you can follow orders. Your emotions are the problem.”, Gin said.
“I won’t mess up again…I promise.”, 003v replied.
Gin slammed his hand against the wall next to him.
“Did I say you could speak?! I know very well that you must understand what this means! You have a will of your own when you’re not supposed to! After all, why do you look so damn concerned?! You know we can’t have you doing something so untoward like going against your purpose.”, Gin shouted.
He really was helpless.
He wasn’t capable of doing anything against their father. That’s not how he was made. Unlike Aichi nothing was ever done to help with the brainwashing or training.
Emi sneaked away with tears stinging her cheeks.
“I need to help my brother. I don’t want father doing anything to him.”, Emi thought.
Nearby a familiar shiny mythical flew towards the building.
The present…
Emi felt a chill go down her spine at the memory. She was beyond worried for Aichi. The point still stood that she didn’t want their father to do anything to him.
Gin paid keen attention as Aichi took his place in the arena.
“I’m going to have to deal with Groudon after this so any of my steel types is a horrible choice. Llew would be a good choice but that’s way too predictable. He will definitely have an out for a water type so…”, Aichi thought.
“For our next contestants we have Lee Shenlon of of Team SIT Genius. He’s the #2 top student at SIT having only ever lost to 004a.”, MC Miya said.
Lee looked annoyed at the announcer’s words.
“Not anymore…I’m going to prove it first by defeating 003v. He’s obviously thinking about Chris’ Groudon so he’s going to foolishly use a water type. I’m prepared for that. It’s the obvious choice considering the only two Pokémon he can use against Groundon effectively are his Golisopod or Haxorus. Even if he chooses Haxorus he stands no chance.”, Lee thought.
“For Team Q4 we have 003v, the son of Gin Gaillard who has been rumored to have driven Team Asteroid out of the Kakusa region. This battle has me so excited that I can hardly contain myself. These two are definitely about to show us an amazing battle!”, MC Miya continued.
“Umm…sir, my name is Aichi Sendou.”, Aichi corrected sheepishly.
“Oh um…Aichi and Lee are sure to have a force battle for the ages! Let’s go! 3…2…1!”, MC Miya announced.
The two threw out their Pokémon at the same time. Aichi chose Soul Saver and Lee chose Cyclizar.
“What’s that Pokémon? It looks like a dragon type.”, Aichi thought as Soul Saver roared challengingly.
“So he did choose Haxorus. Not ideal but I can still beat him.”, Lee thought.
Cyclizar responded with its own roar.
“Soul Saver use Dragon Dance.”, Aichi ordered as Soul Saver started dancing as it bolted forward.
“Cyclizar use Shed Tail.”, Lee said.
A substitute appeared around the smaller dragon.
“What is he doing…? Surely he can’t expect that substitute to last long when I have super effective damage. This is a trick.”, Aichi thought.
Haxorus kept dancing, waiting for her moment to strike. Lee smirked as the substitute made his current Pokémon out change. The other’s eyes widened.
“W-what?! Isn’t that cheating?!”, Jonouchi questioned.
“No, that’s Cyclizar’s special move. It can give a substitute to another Pokémon and switch out with the same move.”, Yugi explained.
“This is dangerous…”, Misaki thought as he sweated.
“He’s switching out so…”, Aichi thought as his eyes widened.
Haxorus charged forward ready to ram her head into the substitute which was now as hard as metal.
“Iron Head!”, Aichi ordered.
“He predicted me!”, Lee thought as he snickered.
In Cyclizar’s place was now Tinkaton who got nailed by the Iron Head and destroyed the substitute.
“There’s no time for Swords Dance, Haxorus is way too buffed now!”, Lee thought.
“Use Gigaton Hammer!”, Lee ordered.
Tinkaton slammed her massive steel hammer in Haxorus’ face so hard that some of her teeth came out. Aichi looked stunned and concerned.
“It wasn’t super effective but it did that much damage?!”, Aichi thought.
Haxorus stumbled to her feet with her vision having become blurry after that titanic strike.
“Now, use Swords Dance!”, Lee ordered.
“Is this really all you have, son?”, Gin thought looking very disappointed.
“003v can’t do anything with this match up. Tinkaton resists everything his Pokémon can dish out.”, Sierra commented.
“That hasn’t been decided yet. Types aren’t everything.”, Neve replied as he crossed his arms.
Olivier watched the match intently.
“Earthquake.”, Aichi ordered.
Everyone looked stunned as the battlefield suddenly shook, making Tinkaton stumble. Aichi’s expression looked extremely serious. Tinkaton barely clung onto consciousness as it swung its hammer at Soul Saver.
“Catch it!”, Aichi ordered.
Soul Saver moved her head up and stuck her tusks into the hammer cutting into it. Everyone gaped in disbelief.
“Looks like Aichi has been keeping her tusks extra sharp.”, Shin commented.
Tinkaton gasped looking wide eyed as the dragon continued moving her head and pulled Tinkaton upwards.
“Slam it down!”, Aich ordered as Lee panicked.
Soul Saver jumped backwards and pile drives Tinkaton into the ground. Tinkaton fainted instantly as Lee looked stunned.
“H-how?!”, Lee questioned.
“I win. Umm…you might want someone to check out Tinkaton’s head.”, Aichi said.
Soul Saver removed her tusks from the hammer.
“Haxorus. (Sorry.)”, Soul Saver apologized to Tinkaton but it was passed out cold.
“Heh. It seems you aren’t as good as you thought, Lee.”, Chris said as he walked past Lee.
“Chris…d-damn it!”, Lee growled and punched the wall.
“Well, at least I get to crush 003v myself now.”, Chris said as he smirked.
His aura was completely different from before. His teammates stayed back being able to tell this.
“Woah…that match was over in an instant. 00-Aichi’s power truly is amazing! Now, he has to face his fellow in Psyqualia, Christopher Lo! He’s the #1 genius at SIT with perfect grades and a perfect score in batting! He’s never lost a single game!”, MC Miya announced.
“That’s right. I’ve never truly lost and I definitely won’t lose to you if you were struggling with trash like that.”, Chris said.
“I won’t lose to you, Chris. I CAN’T. I don’t care what you throw at me.”, Aichi replied.
“You know what’s coming don’t you? That pedestrian Pokémon stands no chance against what I’m packing.”, Chris replied.
“Here’s the first real test. If he completes this test then his victory against Ren wasn’t a fluke.”, Gin thought.
Chris brings out the titan of the earth. It easily towers over the arena and the colosseum. Soul Saver looks like a toy in comparison. It entered its primal form as the weather around them shifted to intense sunlight. Many in the stadium were now sweating like pigs in the heat.
Soul Saver looked up at the absolutely massive Pokémon.
“It’s even bigger up close.”, Aichi thought as he sweated.
“That thing is bigger than Kaiba’s ego.”, Jonouchi commented.
“How’s Aichi supposed to beat it alone? I don’t think he can Dynamax, right?”, Anzu questioned.
“I don’t think so. But, he must have some plan.”, Yugi replied.
“Come on, Aichi…”, Misaki thought.
Aichi’s loved ones at home watched with extreme worry. Kai and Kamui looked over to the arena in the distance to see the massive figure of Groundon.
Chris’ Psyqualia activated as a green aura surrounded it powering it up even more and its eyes flashed. Aichi looked up without fear.
“Let’s go, Soul Saver!”, Aichi said as Soul Saver roared.
The others could only pray that the previous timeline wouldn’t be recreated here.
To be continued…
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