OOC: 'Kay, you shall be a NPC for now. ^-^
Hiroko
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Hiroko watched as Scar struggled in the snake's grip, his body getting squeezed together. She then looked over to Ruri, whose vine had just gotten bitten badly by her own adversary. Holland looked scared out of her wits, and raced around, a pudgy, silver snake chasing behind her rapidly. Yuri's Squirtle was having a tough time as well. Nothing seemed to work against them.
Zero called to Hiroko, "Now would be a good time to use your powers!" He had brought out his pokemon to help Squirtle and Scar. Aeris raced over to Squirtle to help out, and Pidgeot flapped up to the snake encircling Scar and slashed at its face with its talons. The snake lost its grip on Scar. It lashed its tail at Pidgeot, but it darted away too fast.
The pudgy snake chasing Holland sputtered a bit at her, {You'll have to go faster than that!} He whipped his tail in front of him and cut off her path. She turned around to meet with his great eyes.
{M-monsters! How can you want to hurt others so badly?! Creatures like you have no heart!} Holland spat at him, tears in her eyes.
The snake looked a bit caught off guard. She was such a little thing; and she was so scared. Her words struck a chord in him. He hesitated, {I... I have a heart!} he said, frowning with a bit of hurt in his voice.
They sat there for a moment, staring at each other, unsure of how to proceed.
Hiroko was staring at the last snake left near her. It didn't even seem to be moving toward her. It just stared at her with those awful eyes, and its mouth was almost smiling. She glared at it, feeling a lot braver with all of the others helping her.
"Stop that! Why are you staring at me?!" she said scathingly, though she did not expect an answer.
However, the silvery snake opened its gaping, fanged mouth and spoke to her, in a hissing voice that she could understand, "You think you are brave...? You think you can do all of this on your own? You are a fool. You will fall into trap after trap like the fools before you. Don't believe me? That's your own affair. Your ignorant, stubborn attitude will be your downfall. If you're not careful, it will cause you to lose what you really care about." His eyes fell on Ruri.
Hiroko blinked, a feeling of fear and a bit of shame rising in her. Her stubborness did get her into this mess.... But that was just a small setback! This stupid snake was wrong! She suddenly felt a new emotion rise in her; anger.
"You're wrong you stupid snake! And to prove it; I will take care of this on my own!" she said, staring into the eyes of her foe. Suddenly she peered down at a large rock on the ground. She knew what she had to do, and there was no other way. She imagined what she had wanted to take place, and suddenly it happened.
Large, rocky spikes sprouted from the ground, each stabbing one of the snakes. The snake that still held Scar was stabbed and let go finally, tossing the Raichu aside like a doll. Ruri was a bit shocked, but glad that her snake had retrated, checking its wound from the stabbing stalagmite.
None of the snakes were dead, just badly injured somewhere, and Hiroko stood a bit shocked but satisfied with what she had done.
The snakes all hissed and sputtered, the pudgy one giving a last look at Holland, and then they slithered off into a small hole in the ground near the wall of the cave.
Hiroko breathed out. "Oh... fine Zero. You're leading."