A nearby tree exploded in frames, bringing Steve out of his trance. Scizor shot out of the woods followed by a Salamence. A trainer also appeared, partially obscured by the shadows. He pulled out two more pokeballs and threw them out. Two large pokemon appeared, pokemon many trainers had heard about, but few had seen. Latios and Latias screeched out, and charged Steve and Kari.
Kari stepped back in wonder, but Steve already has his pokeballs in hand. He threw out Metagross and Venusaur, and barked out his orders. ?Articuno, Salamence! Metagross, Latios! Venusaur, Latias! Take them out fast?
Three separate battles began between the burning house and the forest. Kari was still watching Latios and Latias, with a confused look on her face. ?They?re legendaries, but where is the grace? They don?t move like they should.? Steve would have noticed the same thing about the two legendaries if he had been paying attention. However, now, there was only one thing on his mind: revenge.
Kari pulled out her pokeballs to use, but Steve turned back and said ?No. My pokemon can do this. I?m doing it alone.? With that Steve walked around his brother?s body and towards the enemy trainer. Kari watched him for a few seconds, and then followed.
Salamence charged straight towards Scizor, who stood ready to fight. However, at the last second, Salamence jumped up, narrowly dodging an ice beam. Its belly was frosted, but aside from that, it was undamaged. The dragon turned and flew towards the charging bird of ice. It began to roar out a challenge, but Articuno was already upon it. Claws scratched Salamence?s face, ripping into the armored hide and pucturing one eye.
Salamence roared out in pain and retaliated by biting down on one of Articuno?s legs. Articuno screamed out and struggled to free itself, but the dragon dug its teeth deeper into the frosty flesh. Articuno stopped struggling, and instead aimed down and shot an ice beam point blank into Salamence?s back. Salamence let go of Articuno and fell to the ground.
Meanwhile?.
Latias circled around Venusaur, narrowly avoiding a barrage of razor leaves. It flew down and just above Venusaur, releasing a pshycic assault just as it passed over Venusaur?s flower. The plant beast wailed in pain, but quickly shook it off and shot out vines, which quickly entangled Latias. Latias struggled against them, but the vines held tight, and slashed at Latias as well.
Latias managed to turn towards Venusaur, and shot out a stream of blue flame at Venusaur?s vines. The flames hit the vines, singing them, and causing the vines to release Latias and fall back to Venusaur. Latias shot off, trailing pink goo. Latias turned back and charged Venusaur head on, who was starting to glow. Latias flew forward, and the glow suddenly disappeared from Latias. Latias quickly dropped down, expecting a beam of energy to shoot out from Venusaur. Instead, something happened that completely surprised Latias. Giant roots shot out from the ground, stabbing into Latias. Energy coursed through the roots, surging through Latias? body. When the attack finally ended, Latias fell to the ground, pink ooze falling out from many parts of her body.
Meanwhile?. (again)
Latios and Metagross circled each other wearily waiting for a moment to attack. Latios feigned forward, causing Metagross to lash out, but Latios instead shot into the sky, and came crashing down onto the top of Metagross. The steel beast, however, was not phased by the physical assault. Latios then let out a psychic assault, but this, too, had little effect.
Metagross hovered back for a moment, then shot forward, spinning, claws outstretched. Latios shot out a stream of blue flame, but Metagross burst through it, smashing into Latios and ripping into it with its claws. Latios was thrown back, in pain from the assault, but quickly got back up. Latios shot into the sky, preparing for another assault against Metagross.
Meanwhile?. (last time, I promise)
Steve walked up to the trainer standing in the woods. The trainer seemed busy watching the battle, and did not notice Steve. Steve would fix that. He ran the last few yards, pulled his hand back, and punched the trainer hard in the side of his face. The trainer fell to the ground, surprised at the attack. The trainer got back up, but to Steve?s surprise, he backed away instead of coming back to fight. Steve followed him, fists clenched.
