Chapter 7: Chapter 8: Rain or Shine 1/2
Chapter 8 – Rain or Shine
I'm back guys. My other story's most recent chapter took only a day to get done, and to me, that's a new record time. I worked on it all day Monday, so that didn't slow me down at all.
Some of you guys are throwing out some sweet ideas for the upcoming chapters. You guys are (in my personal favorite word) Total-Awesomeness!
Some of you guys want to see some more Legendary Pokémon like Kyurem and such in some fights. Unfortunately, I don't see how that's going to play out since Nic doesn't have the Icicle Plate yet, BUT you guys did give me a super sweet idea to use for the Tower of Heaven Arc.
In my viewpoint, I think you guys are thinking a little out of my comfort zone. You all might hate me for this, but I'm one of those individuals who hasn't made the transition over to ORAS, though I do play the game, but rarely. I like X and Y more, so all of that stuff that's in ORAS that wasn't in X and Y – Not gonna happen. HOWEVER, someone did bring up the move Dragon Ascent, so I'll look into that just a little.
I'll be introducing another pokémon this chapter, and another will come shortly after.
Now let's get on with the show.
To Recap:
When Nic had returned to Fairy Tail, he found the Guild Hall destroyed and everyone operating in the basement. Later that night, as everyone else was asleep, Team Shadow Gear gets ambushed by Gajeel, the Iron Dragon Slayer from Phantom Lord. Nic rushes in and fights alongside Mega Charizard and the two manage to defeat him after a hard fought brawl, though he retreats wounded back to Phantom Lord.
Chapter 8 – Rain or Shine
After the devastating brawl that involved Nic, Charizard/Mega Charizard, and Gajeel was settled, Nic was helped back to Magnolia, where Jet and Droy were being watched over by Mira and Levy throughout the night until some professional medics arrived.
"Ow! Okay, that stings." Nic complained, but Porlyusica just rolled her eyes and continued applying medicine to his calf bruise.
"Don't complain. You're lucky that your bruise didn't get any bigger, otherwise it would be infected." The elderly pink haired woman sighed irritably. She finished applying the medicine and wrapped Nic's leg wound in bandages. She then went over to look at her other two patience that were attended to earlier.
Nic's gaze went over towards Jet and Droy, of whom were seriously wounded from a certain Iron Dragon Slayer ambushing them in the black of the night. They were both sleeping in beds, as to where Nic didn't need a bed since he was treated on a counter. The two were sound asleep from the treatments Porlyusica had provided. The two were diagnosed to be in stable condition, but won't be going anywhere for a few days.
"Thanks again." Nic muttered.
Porlyusica merely glared at Nic and turned her head sharply going "Hmph." And then exiting the hospital room.
"You'll have to excuse my old friend Nic. She isn't fond of humans nor human nature for that matter." Makarov spoke, stepping up to Nic.
Compared to Jet and Droy's injuries, Nic got off lucky. Other than his leg injury, he was perfectly fine if not tired and exhausted from last night. He didn't get a single wince of sleep because of his deep concerns for his fellow guild members.
Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Levy were all there in the same room, seeing them in such a feeble state. Not as much concern was addressed to Nic since he was fine though. The guild in general was infuriated with Phantom Lord and its cowardly stunts. This was the last straw.
Levy was sitting in between her two fallen comrades' beds, with tears swelling up in her eyes. She looked down at them in their sorry states and she couldn't bare but think that it was all her fault. Lucy say next to her to comfort her friend's mind, but to have little results. She felt even more guilty that she couldn't prevent Nic's leg injury.
Everyone was not only discomforted, but the fact that the same guy attacked twice had made them erupt in anger. Elfman was clenching his fists so hard that blood almost stopped circulating towards them. Gray was leaning against a wall with his arms crossed, as to where Natsu had a dreaded look that made him want to thrash someone in the next three seconds.
"Why couldn't I help…I couldn't do anything." Levy muttered, almost letting tears fall. Her voice was faint, but could be heard. "I'm so weak. I should've just went back home and then we could all be fine. This is all my fault."
"Levy, if anyone's to blame, it's Phantom Lord." Gray said, trying to ease a sobbing Levy.
"Yes, Phantom was done enough damage to us. They've crossed the line of tormenting our guild members with such anguish." Erza said, stepping forward.
A silence broke out as no one could do anything but just looked on at the two injured people…well, unless you count Nic as two and a half. Makarov just looked down and started shaking with such rage.
"I can handle our Guild Hall being trashed, I can handle our guild being blown away ten times over, but this act of violence has started something that Jose shouldn't have! Jose has gone and done the unthinkable. He needs to be reminded to never mess with my children. He wanted a battle, we're giving him a war!"
Everyone felt riled up from Master's speech. They all knew that you shouldn't go and mess with family, especially when it's Fairy Tail. Now was time to take action.
"Everyone, prepare the rest of the guild. We're taking the battle to Jose and Phantom Lord! We move at once!" Makarov commanded.
Everyone shouted in agreement. Natsu was all fired up now. His fists were raging with such heat that he was aching to let out.
"Yeah, it's about time Gramps!" Natsu said smiling with determination.
Nic looked on as the rest of the guild was cheering for their upcoming war, only to look down. He wasn't happy at all. He couldn't be. Not only could he not join the others, but the fact that war wasn't Nic's strong suite. Sure he had rivalries back in Kalos, but those rivalries didn't include beating the other trainer's pokémon senseless when it was already down. Fairy Tail was already down, and Phantom had gone and trashed them. If it were a one on one fight, then maybe, but Nic wasn't going to join such melee if it meant blood being spilled. He'll take the home front and keep watch over everything while they're kicking booties.
Everyone left the hospital room. Natsu, Gray, Elfman, and Mira, and also Lucy had followed them out. Erza was about to do the same, but then her gaze started drifting over towards Nic.
She noticed that he was silent. He didn't seem like himself this way. This made Erza feel unhappy.
"Nic, you alright?" The red-head asked.
Looked gazed up at her and did a half smile. "War isn't my specialty. I'll just take it easy back here." He said, feeling disgusted by thinking of blood. Erza could see it in his eyes. This was one of Nic's weaknesses: Blood. She felt sorry for him, but had to shift her focus back to where her attention should he held, which was the upcoming battle.
Nic continued. "Tell Natsu to fry a few guys for me, will ya?"
Erza looked on and turned her head. "Yes. I will. I'll see you later Nic." She said, exiting the room.
As soon as she had departed, only Nic and Levy were in the room, as well as an injured Jet and Droy. The thoughts came flooding through Nic's brain about the upcoming battle. He highly doubted that there will be blood, the meaning of war itself sickened him. It meant comrades and family getting hurt, and if that were to happen, he might freak out. That made memories flush back to when he was abused by his parents.
It was a little house in Vaniville Town. His sister was still in her diapers, including the one she was wearing on her head as a hat. She crawled about while Nic was making a peanut butter sandwich. He was in the kitchen as to where his sister was in the other room.
He was finishing up with the spreading of the peanut butter and pressed on with the jelly. When he had opened the lid, he heard a thud in the other room. Upon instinct, he dropped the jar of jelly and it broke on the floor.
Not even caring for the mess that he had made, he rushed over to see that his baby sister was crying. She was sitting there and weeping as Nic was coming to comfort her.
The thud was from her falling back when she tried to stand up. She had made a few attempts at this before, but that was when her parents were around. Her parents were upstairs and Nic was downstairs, easing his sister.
"Ssshhh. It's okay now. Big brother is here." Nic hushed quietly, making her calm down. She stopped crying and looked up to see him. She was pretty happy to see her brother.
Until the parents came down.
Nic's dad had a goatee and short, black hair. He had an unkempt stubble and he had crude green eyes. He wasn't in the best shape, as he was a little overweight and his skin was pale.
Nic's mother had messy, long, blonde hair. She was a little shorter than Nic's dad,but her blue eyes were just like Nic's, only hers weren't as pure. She was in no better shape than her husband. She was skinny and she wore no makeup.
In summary, they were considered those kind of parents that took no shame in their looks nor personalities.
They saw Nic's baby sister crying. The mom went over to pick her up as to where the dad just dragged Nic away.
"What did you do to Vanessa?" His father demanded. Nic was deeply offended, but he couldn't do anything against them. It was a hopeless situation for him. His father looked to see that the jelly jar had been smashed.
"Nic! What did you do now?!" His father roared in the kitchen.
"What did he do now?" His mother yelled. She gently set down Vanessa and smiled and waved at their favorite child. She waltzed on over and saw that Nic had dropped the jar.
"Nic!" His mother yelled, very displeased. Nic was in trouble, all because he went to help his baby sister. His father went over and he glared down at Nic. He was frightened. He put up his hands to gesture a surrender.
"Wait. I can explain-!" It was short lived when his father kicked him down hard and made him land on his back. He turned over onto his stomach and tried to get back up without crying. His mother stomped on over and she glared furiously at Nic. They were upset because they thought he had hit Vanessa, and Nic was gonna get the jelly jar and hit her with it until he heard them come down.
How stupid are they?!
His mom jerked him up and slapped his face repeatedly, not wanting to see him as a bigger failure than he already was.
"Nic Pularis, you tell us what you were doing with that broken jar! Were you trying to hurt your sister with the shards?!"
Nic was wide eyed and scared. He had no say.
"You need to be responsible. You can't try and hurt Vanessa just because she gets more attention than you! You dumb bastard!" His father berated, yanking Nic from his mother and dropping him to the floor on his back. His father went over and got the shattered remains and held them over Nic. "Let's see how you like it if you were in her place!"
"No, please!" Nic cried. "It was all a misunderstan-!" He wasn't allowed to speak and the shards came bombarding Nic's back, which felt terrible. Afterwards, he was left with a scratched up and bloody back and his parents forced him up and made him sit in the corner of the living room and go the whole day without eating.
The parents wanted perfect kids, and they had given up on Nic when he was born, thinking he was a mistake. Worst parents ever. They weren't very educated, not bright, and they were a little high on the alcohol they consume and take out all of their frustrations on Nic.
His sister had it easy, but Nic went through fifteen years of bloody hell, but still came out fine.
Back to reality, he slowly got up and tried to seek a quiet place to think. He needed a walk in nature or something. He plugged in his earbuds and made way out the door. Levy didn't pay any attention, but did take note of Nic's leave.
He got out of there and saw Lucy outside the hospital. Nic walked right up to her.
"Hey, Lucy." Nic said, trying to shake off any remains of that horrid flashback. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be getting ready for battle?" Nic could see that Lucy had no vengeful look in her eyes. He saw that she wasn't planning on joining the brawl.
Lucy frowned. "Well, the S-Class Wizards are out on job requests and Levy's watching over Jet and Droy. I think that it would be best to have more than just you, Levy, and Mira watching the guild. Since Levy won't leave their side, and Mira isn't much of a fighter, that leaves you and me. You're almost recovered, but I can't leave a friend knowing he's been through a lot. I'm watching the guild as well." Lucy said.
It wasn't such a bad idea to have Lucy stay behind, but it was for the best though. She was in the guild just as long as Nic, but she was just a little less inexperienced. It was best to leave them watching over while the others went for war.
Nic nodded. "Okay. Look, I'm heading out to get some fresh air. A hospital isn't where I belong. Be back soon, okay?"
Lucy nodded. "Alright, just be careful and make sure that if any trouble happens, signal me."
Nic started walking passed her. "Same." He plugged in his earbuds and then began walking off into the outskirts of town.
Lucy looked back and sighed. "This blows. Though I do wanna fight, I can't risk getting as injured as Jet or Droy. Ugh." She looked around and saw nobody there. No trouble seemed to be in sight, so she must have been in the clear for now.
"I guess I should get some groceries for Levy and bring them back to her. She hasn't eaten since yesterday." Lucy then went off into the market to get some food for her worried friend. It shouldn't be too long until she gets back, as long as she doesn't get delayed that is.
Meanwhile…
Nic had finally made it to another forest clearing. Not too far from where he and Gajeel had brawled. He had to get out to nature rather than lay in a hospital bed. Nic unplugged his earbuds and put them back into his pockets.
He slowly slid back against a tree trunk and closed his eyes. He could feel the grass and how the bark felt on his back. With the sun out, he flipped on his sunglasses and started to clear his head.
All of those wounds from the past, all of that pain, the heartache, the blood, he had to get that out of his head. That horrid childhood only scarred him for life, literally, and he couldn't seem to find such a place to ease himself. That childhood did make Nic see things the way they are now. For instance, he's not afraid of Erza one bit because he found his parents far more intimidating. The reason he has his earbuds in all the time is to drown out the pain he took in, and the reason he flips out in situations he didn't understand, like when the guild was destroyed, was because that happened a lot when he was young. Nic had grown since then to become a better being and understand others. What didn't kill him only made him stronger.
He sat in quiet for a good five minutes or so, and he was taking in every sound he could hear. The bushes rustling, the winds blowing, the occasional leaves in the wind. All of this was somehow tranquil to Nic. Nature sure had something to offer him for his discomfort.
Nic had already appreciate the concept of nature and the various environments he had to endure throughout his journey in Kalos. Fiore was no different. He's been through caves, forests, open seas, mountains of snow, pretty much everything you could've imagined. All of these environments made Nic adapt one way or another and that's how he managed to overcome such situations. In some battles, he used the surrounding to win, like have Greninja dive in nearby pond, or simply have Kecleon change into her surroundings.
Not much could be said otherwise for him. He always thought of nature as a hurdle to jump over. He never actually considered it to be peaceful to him this way, but that was changing for him.
The longer he sat there, the more nature he took in. He could feel the sun's rays beaming down on him, the heat making him feel like a plant. Nic was feeling as though his energy was slowly recovering.
He took notice as to how he was somehow being restored. He was slowly accumulating energy from all around him and he felt nothing but the grass he sat on and the bark. Aware that his concentration might break, he stopped taking notice and let it all flow. It was for the best though. He just took it all in as he sat there cross-legged. Now he was feeling something new.
He couldn't be certain, but it had to be that the Plates from within him were reacting as well. They weren't as nearly as strong from when he had gone and obtained the Dread Plate. Rather than feeling them jump all about like atoms, he felt them on a relaxing vibration. The more of nature he took in, the more the Plates began to vibrate.
He kept his breathing steady as he felt his body recover. Slowly in and out, as the oxygen went all about.
As of now, his mind was as fresh as a daisy and clean as the crystal blue water. It was like having a sixth sense, because he then picked up on a signature from above.
He opened his eyes, feeling cleansed of such anguish, though not entirely. He had seen a rain cloud hovering over an area as it flew over magnolia. It wasn't even big, but still he saw it. Rain feel down in a concentrated place and the little cloud was slowly moving deeper into Magnolia.
How could this be? It couldn't possibly be Rain Dance, and he wasn't in his Splash Plate Form to even do Rain Dance. He knew this wasn't natural rain almost immediately because he picked up on some Magic in the rain.
This wasn't a good sign to take. With some new found strength to take back, he got up and rushed back through the trees and back to Magnolia.
Though he hasn't completely recovered from said bruise or previous battle, he had enough energy restored and strength to jump from tree to tree. Nic didn't think as to how he could've gotten some energy back, but he had to focus on the matter at hand.
"I'm coming guys, hang on." Nic muttered as he jumped from tree to tree.
Magnolia
Lucy had just gotten the groceries that she was looking for and stockpiled them all into one bag. There were a variety of things that she had bought, and she needed to get them to Levy.
"Oh man, Nic sure has been gone for quite some time." She said. "It's been over half an hour, how long does a nature walk around here take anyway?" Suddenly, Lucy felt rain fall down on her all of a sudden. She looked up to see that it wasn't sunny anymore, but cloudy and rainy.
"Rain?" She couldn't help but feel curious as to how it could be raining when it was sunny not even ten seconds ago. She looked to see that the groceries and grocery bag were getting soggy and the bread was softening. "Oh, c'mon! I spend good money on that bread!" She complained. She then saw a person approaching her.
She was a blue-haired woman in a coat that wrapped around her body. She had blue emotionless eyes and an expressionless face. She had some sort of doll on her coat that was keeping her coat buttoned. She kept going "Drip, drip, drop" and continued onward as she walked by Lucy.
"Who are you?" Lucy said, startled by this woman.
"The rain is always with me. What kind of woman are you pray tell?" She asked Lucy as she continued to walk.
"Uh, I'm jst the regular kind. And what's with all of the dripping?" she answered and asked confused. The blue-haired walked right passed her, unfolding her umbrella. "A pleasure to have met you. I must be going."
Lucy turned in annoyance back towards the "drip, drip, drop" woman. "Well take the rain with ya!" Lucy yelled back. Then there was another voice that was heard as they both turned and saw the pavement changing and repeatedly saying. "Non, non, non!"
The pavement then stopped shaping and then transformed into a slim man of average height with a tiny, pointy, moustache and green hair pointing upwards. A monocle was over his right eye, attached to a slim chain. His other eye in general was small and round, compared to his other, larger eye. He wore a brown suit with three protrusions going outwards on both sides. He had on a white shirt with a red tie and had simple shoes. A short cape linked his elbows together.
He had a bizarre stance, with his head tilted. "I bid you bonjour, mademoiselle!" He said in a thick, French accent.
Lucy just looked on baffled. "Oh great, another weirdo?!"
The man then swayed his body and spoke. "Juvia, you must not shy away. You must focus on the task at hand." He then made his way over towards Juvia's side and put two fingers on his monocle, as if adjusting it. "Ah, oui. I see we have our intended target."
"Yes, she is the one." She said blankly.
Lucy didn't whether or not to be freaking out or standing her ground, but she knew these guys were trouble.
"Ah, oui. I have not yet introduce myself. Salut, I am Sol of the Element Four, also known as Sol of the Earth, but it is you who shall refer to me as Monsieur Sol." He said,
"I've heard about you. You're with Phantom!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Ah, oui. We have been send here to collect you and bring you back to the guild. My belle accomplice is Juvia of the Great Sea, she too is a member of the Element Four." Sol explained, bending his body all about.
Lucy then dropped all of her groceries and reached for her Zodiac Keys. She got in a defensive stance as the milk from the grocery bag began to stream out of the carton. What a waste of perfectly good milk!
"You guys are gonna pay for what you did to my friends!" Lucy exclaimed, but the next thing she knew was that her body was floating off the ground and she was being enveloped in a sphere of water.
Nic had finally arrived on a rooftop that towered above the scene. He saw Juvia encase Lucy in the sphere and he witnesses her struggle inside. They had no clue that Nic was towering from above.
Nic then had an epiphany. He felt the Plates stopped reacting, almost lie a switch. When he was ready for battle, that switch turned the Plates off, but when not in combat, the Plates were vibrating. Nic recognized this feeling from before, when he fought Tartaros. Back then, the Plates were going nuts, but they were held off when Nic went into battle. This was that same feeling.
'Wait, does this mean…?' Nic had an assumption that he's slowly unlocking another Plate, though his thoughts were postponed when he saw Lucy slowing down from within. 'Crap! No time to waste. I can't use Charizard since he's still tired, and that water lady looks as though she can manipulate water, leaving Greninja out of the question, so that means that I'm going to have to get up front this time rather than a stealth attack.' Nic then jumped down from the building and landed in between the two Element Four members and Lucy.
Sol and Juvia were taken back as Nic turned and shifted into his Splash Plate and diving in to get Lucy out of Juvia's Water Lock Spell. Since Nic had the Splash Plate active, that meant he could breathe underwater, giving him no trouble when it came to yanking Lucy out. The spell broke when Lucy was pulled out.
"Lucy, are you okay?" Nic asked.
Lucy coughed and looked up at Nic. "Yeah, thanks." Nic then assisted in getting her back up to her feet. The two then glared at Juvia and Sol. Juvia was still looking emotionless, but Sol was still wiggling about in surprise.
"Oh, mon dier! I have never seen such an ability. Someone had just fazed through Juvia's water with ease maintenant!" Sol said.
"It is a new development. Perhaps this is the one that gave Gajeel a hard time." Juvia said. Nic got ready to attack, but first he turned back to Lucy.
"Lucy. Get out of here and back to Mira. If it's you they're after, then I'll put some distance in between." Nic ordered. Lucy hesitated, but she soon took to her heels and turned.
"Be careful." She said, looking back at him. Nic then turned back to his new opponents with distaste.
"I'll try not to." He said, implying that he'll have to get crazy this fight. Lucy nodded and ran off back to the guild's basement. As soon as she was out of sight, everyone was clear to go.
"Now, now monsieur. Why must you be getting in the way? We were on a task to bring Miss Heartfilia back to the guild and then then you showed up." Sol complained, bending his body towards his right.
"Why are you guys after her in the first place?" Nic demanded.
"Ah, that is a good question. But it will not be answered as we must now focus on you." Sol said, bending back upwards.
"Yes. Once we have defeated you, we will pursue Lucy Heartfilia." Juvia said, emotionless. Nic started to get a Water Pulse at the ready.
"You guys have to do a lot better than your pal if you want to get pass me!" Nic exclaimed.
"Very well, monsieur. We shall overcome your strength and then the Heartfilia heir will be ours!" Sol proclaimed. Nic was taken back by this development.
"Heir? What are you saying?" Nic asked, dispelling his Water Pulse. Sol shrieked and wiggled all about.
"Oh non! I have spoiled ses beans! Non! Oh well, it cannot be helped. You might as well be aware that her father had asked us to take her back to him at once."
Nic narrowed his eyes. 'I'll have to get some answers from Lucy later. Right now, these clowns are going down.' Nic then got out a poke ball and tossed it up. "It's time to bring the hurt, Staraptor!" Nic shouted. Staraptor then formed from the energy from Nic's poke ball.
Staraptor proclaimed its name as it flapped in the air. It gave a shiver down Sol and Juvia's spines as it had Intimidate activated. Although, Staraptor has absolute zero fear, making itself extremely confident.
"You ready Staraptor?" Nic asked.
"Ever more. Just say the word and I'll crush them like potato chips!" Staraptor proclaimed.
"Ah, so this is what Monsieur Gajeel was talking about. That giant bird had given me the shivers." Sol analyzed, pinching his tiny moustache.
"It would appear that we'll have to defeat two adversaries now." Juvia said, folding up her umbrella.
The four were glaring at each other for a short while, and then the fun began.
"Allow me to begin. Roche Concerto!" Sol raised his arms over his head and Nic felt the ground beneath him starting to shake. He got out of the way just before the rocks shot upwards. Nic got his footing and managed to get in close to Sol with an Aqua Jet, but Juvia managed to cut him off with her Water Slicer. Nic saw this and stopped just before the blades had hit him. He watched as they all kept on going and sliced through a stand. Nic quickly jumped and used Brine on Sol, but was redirected back at him by Juvia's Magic. Staraptor managed to grab him and yank him out of the way just before getting hit.
"I can control water, so there's no need to use those attacks." Juvia said. Nic grunted as he then shifted into his Toxic Plate Form, seeing as how Juvia could manipulate his Water Type Moves.
"Stupid water lady." He muttered.
"Nic, shall we make it so that we each handle one?" Staraptor asked.
"Sure. You take the French guy, and I take the droopy lady." Nic said. Staraptor then dropped Nic and proceeded towards their intended targets.
"Ah, so I see we have ourselves an arrangement now, have we?" Sol pinched his moustache and grinned. "Very well, you shall suffer from defeat monsieur! Sable Dance!" Sol then created a swirl of sand around Staraptor, attacking him from all four sides. However, Staraptor looked unaffected by this attack, as the sand didn't even faze it.
"What's this? C'est impossible!" Sol exclaimed, seeing Staraptor flap there while taking the swirling sand.
"Is that the best you got? Ground Type attacks won't hurt me!" Staraptor shot straight through the sand and did a whole body 360 and rammed Sol with an Aerial Ace, knocking him onto the ground. Staraptor flew back upwards and circled around to attack again.
"Acid Spray!" Nic shot acid from his mouth as Juvia encased herself in a Water Dome, protecting herself from that one attack.
"Your attacks will prove useless if you can't even touch me." She said. Nic kept his cool, seeing as how he'll have to get up close with her.
"Poison Jab!" Nic then darted at Juvia with his fingers seeping with poison. She lashed her arm and used her Water Slicer to keep her distance from him. He jumped and narrowly dodged. He grunted as his calf didn't make the full recovery. 'Dammit. My jumping's limited. Gotta keep grounded.' Nic then landed and did a Sludge Bomb attack. Juvia, once again, use Water Slicer, but it tied with Nic's Sludge Bomb and there was a small smoke cloud. Nic made no haste in unleashing a Poison Sting, shooting little purple barbs at Juvia through the cloud.
Juvia didn't have time to register this as she was struck with intoxicating barbs, feeling them dart at her like needles. She winced in pain, but recovered from the shock.
"You're not sloppy, but you're gonna have to do better than that! Water Cane!" Her hand then became an aquatic whip that extended and then lashed out at Nic when the smoke cleared. He managed to evade a couple blows, blows the flexibility and the speed of the pressurized whip made it hard for him to avoid.
Back with Sol and Staraptor, Sol was using Roche Concerto, but she easily avoided it with her speed. Staraptor then used Double Team and a multitude of copies have appeared, confusing Sol.
"Which one is which? Je suis tres confused!" Sol said with eyes wide. He had to use Roche Concerto again, but he got two illusionary copies instead. The several others then converged on him and their wings were glowing a metal-gray color.
"Try and evade our Steel Wing!" The multitude of Staraptors said in unison. Sol flinched as the illusions fazed through him while the real one strikes him front the upper left, making him fly back and roll a few times.
"There's plenty more where that came from." Staraptor said as she flew in on Sol as he got up. Sol managed to snake his body around and wrap himself around Staraptor's body. Staraptor was stuck as Sol did not loosen his hold on the Predator Pokémon.
"Now now monsieur. Take it easy and please suffer from a slow demise." He said, with no way of being a gentlemen. Satraptor's movement was limited. All she could really do was move his head and feet. Sol's whole body was wrapped around her body, restraining his flight capabilities.
'This guy's got me in a bind, literally.' Staraptor thought. She then got up from the ground as stood on his two feet as Sol had squeezed even harder. 'Gah! This guy can't restrain me, not after I do this…' Staraptor then used Steel Wing, making his wings glow a metal-gray again. Her wings then became even more sturdy and she just spread his wings and he pried Sol off.
"My, my. Such a strong set of wings, oui?" Sol analyzed.
Back with Nic and Juvia, Juvia had cornered Nic after lashing him consecutively with her Water Cane. When she thought he was cornered, she encased him in Water Lock.
"You're not going to make this any easier for yourself, give up and we'll spare you." Juvia said, raising her voice.
Nic wasn't in there for long. He shifted into his Splash Plate and he got his breathing back.
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