Homija [RP thread]

The silence lengthened long after the nobles had fallen to their knees.

Creeeeeeeak. . . . . . . . .

Something about that sound sent shivers down her spine. It sounded out of place in a royal palace... such as it was. She remained kneeling there for a long time, until her knees were sore and her arms throbbed, before she dared raise her eyes to get a better look at this Emperor who had been such a mystery to them. Her eyes found his mother first. Her eyes were swimming with tears as she looked down at them all, but that might have been expected of any grieving widow... it was the barely masked terror on her face that made Mizushima's heart race. What is she so scared of? Inoue Ayame had lived in the Imperial Palace all her life, and had been consort and wife to the Emperor for decades, until his death. Now she was the queen mother. So why did she look so terrified?

Her lowered eyes wandered over the chair, over the Emperor's slippered feet, and to the arm of his great throne...

Kasumi choked back a gasp when she saw his hand.

His nails were as long as knives, curled, and disgustingly yellow, and his hand was milk-pale skin stretched taut over bone. For an instant she thought she was staring at Emperor Kaito's shrunken corpse... until Inoue Ryuunosuke spoke. Her manners forgotten, Kasumi's head jolted up to meet his eyes behind the veil. She couldn't make out his features, but perhaps that was a blessing. Mizushima wasn't sure if she really wanted to know what he looked like.

"My lady of Mizushima," Ryuunosuke began, quiet and eloquent. His voice sounded like the scraping of nails across a chalkboard, and every word made Kasumi's flesh crawl. "But where are all her fine friends? I see Tanaka and Himura, Kita and Akiyama, Yukimura and Yoshida, Takahashi and Miyamoto... but where is my Lord of Sengoku and his sons and daughters? Where are the Oshiros? The Fukuis? Even the Nakaharas, such valued friends of the crown..."

His voice was mocking, Kasumi realized. She felt herself stiffen. Something's wrong.

"Ah... but you know where they all are, do you not, Mizushima? Akiyama?"

A cold bead of sweat rolled down Kasumi's brow as the Empress Dowager began to sob quietly into her hands. "M-my lord... I'm not sure w-what you m..."

"Your Majesty," Ryuunosuke corrected, his voice thin and sharp as a whip. "And let us not play this game any longer, my lady. This grows tedious. Your fine friends of Kurosawa and Kimura and the rest are all safely back home, are they not? Of course, where else? When you tread on the dragon's tail and slay the dragon's father, only a fool would come prancing into the dragon's den at his invitation, wouldn't you agree?"

Kasumi was at a loss for words as a thousand questions began to buzz in her head. She began to rise. "Your Majesty, I'm..."

Ryuunosuke cut her off. "Confused," he finished for her. She thought she caught a glimpse of yellow teeth behind his veil in what might have been a crooked smile. "No doubt. And how cruel of your fathers, to send you here into my city. But ah, how I ramble. I fear that is a bad habit of mine. Pray forgive me, my loyal lords, my ladies."

Creeeeeeeeeaaaaaaak . . . . . . . . .

"Perhaps I ought to explain what your lord fathers failed to fill you in on..."

CREEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAK . . . . . . . .

Lady Ayame let out a wail and sunk to her knees. "But I would not want to gloat about foiling their little conspiracy... and it would be rude of me to keep Ryujin waiting for his dinner."

The dark ceiling was lit up by a blaze of ice-blue fire and a soul-shattering roar that rumbled through the throne room. An enormous Charizard with scales as black as night sat among the rafters, breathing flame. Its ruby eyes were full of anger, hunger, and bloodlust, and it came swooping down on dark wings at the heirs of the great clans that sat kneeling in front of the throne.

Kasumi jumped away and out of the dragon's reach, rolling... but Chiyo Akiyama did not do the same. The blonde's blood-curdling scream ended abruptly as the Charizard's jaws clamped down shut on her upper body like an iron trap, spraying the other nobles in a shower of blood and viscera. It shook her corpse violently around in its mouth, and Chiyo's lower body went flying across the room. It slid over the marble when it hit the ground, leaving a bloody streak in its wake. The rest the Charizard wolfed noisily down, bones cracking in its mouth as it feasted.

Mizushima crawled to her feet, took one glance of what was left of the Akiyama girl, and let out a wordless cry of despair. The Empress did the same, and the Charizard answered them with another roar. Its rows of teeth were filled with flesh, and its black snout was slicked with blood and gore.

The dragon set its eyes on Hideaki Himura. The Emperor watched on, looking bored, even while the Empress screamed and sobbed. Kasumi was reaching into her kimono, searching for Pokéballs that weren't there, while the guards inched forward from the walls, golden-tipped staffs raised, their faces hidden by plain masks.

And something, or someone, slammed into the heavy doors on the other side of the room.

The Himura heir was one of the last few to kneel to the ground as they approached the Emperor, his amber eyes narrowly watching the near-child on the throne. He'd seen the Empress dowager's weeping face, the black veil hiding the Inoue himself, and the gnarled hand that had claws longer and more disgusting that he'd ever seen - human or pokemon. It left a sick feeling in his stomach and he was already making plans to head home and share news of their new Emperor's beauty by the time his forehead touched the ground.

As the newly crowned royal spoke, however, it became more and more obvious how obviously insane this Ryuunosuke was. Kasumi stared straight ahead and spoke for them while he himself listened, glancing around the room supiciously. And that's when he'd heard it above them. The heavy creek s.

Hideaki sat up instantly putting one foot forward and staring up into the rafters. What he saw was the shape of a pokemon all-to familiar to him. It was far different about it though. Its skin was as cold and black as the night and darkness around them, its eyes a terrifying bloody red glow. In the icy blue flames surrounding it, it seemed nothing short of a true nightmare.

A trap. They'd been sent here to die at the hands of this madman, but there was no time to question why, as he refused to believe the Emperor's words. As the mighty beast swiped at them them, Hideaki was quick to leap back out of the way, rolling back and finding his feet again in a matter of heartbeats. Not everyone was so fortunate.

The young man's eyes widened in terror as the entire top half of the Akiyama heir was ripled away before him, the remainer of her body sent across the room. Bright red splattered against him, staining the pure white on his kimono and deepening the red flames. He stared up at the creature as it finished its first meal, ghastly eyes finding him.

He'd heard rumors of this. With the modern discovery of mega-evolutions, his family - like many others - had taken to discovering the effects of it to pokemon of their homeland. They'd discovered another form for charizard, as and he'd heard that the Inuoe's had as well... Poisoning it's true form with the blood of dragons.

"Bastard." he growled.

Did the cowardly Emperor think this would be so simple, though? Did he believe that the nations would simply let their heirs be slaughted on a whim at his very feet? Did he think they they themselves would simply let him without putting up a fight?

The Himura wouldn't dream of such a thing happening, jumping back again and reaching into his kimono, a fury in his eyes and the blood of Moltres burning in his veins. "Shinkou!" He called out to his pokemon, pulling out a slick black pokeball, near worn from years of use. An empty ball of a likely appearance hung on his belt.

In a flash of white light, a similar pokemon appeared between them, near as tall as the black monster of Ryuu's. A charizard of his own, raised from a charmander since the day Hideaki had come of age to start his training. No command need be said. Shinkou glanced back its trainer, catching the look of the Himura before turning back around, taking to the small space of air before shooting a flamethrower like attack at the enemy, its blaze white hot.

Asa sliently stared at the floor for minutes, almost perking up at the things the emperor were saying along with the water master. Gently blinking to herself, as she listened to his words. She felt her body stiffen as she heard more creaks from above. She knew something clearly wasn't right here lifting her head up as she glanced around the room.

Seeing Hideaki and Kasumi roll out of the way the message was clear to her, instantly getting up she rolled over almost covering her mouth when she saw the fire breathing black beast, it's eye's blood thirsty and enraged. Reaching into her kimino she frantically searched for her pokeballs, which she had left at the gates. Shit. Biting her lip Asa had never felt so helpless before, why had she been so stupid? and not guess something bad was going to happen tonight.

Her brown eye's lit up in shock and fear as the beast snack on Chiyo, Oh No... Not having any time to react as her friends blood splattered all over her. Almost breaking out in tears, we're the heirs gonna die here? No she can't die here, i refuse to die here. Getting to her feet the girl pulled out a ball that she had stashed away thank god.

"Hell no.." She spat throwing up her pokeball into the air where the form of her Septile came out it's branch hanging in it's lips as the creature took it out and hid it behind his head. Catching the Pokeball directly in her hand, Giving her partner a slight nod. She looked at the giant fire beast, Though the heir knew she had the disadventage her Septile was strong and had dealt many times with fire pokemon, they have good expierence with them.

It felt like forever as Akio continued to keep his bow for the new emperor, but the longer he was there, the more and more dread he felt rising into his chest and throat. It was almost choking him, and it only grew worse as the emperor spoke. He almost cringed at the sound of his hoarse voice, and the terror that came from his mother was even more frightening. What was going on around here?

Turning ever-so-slightly to the left and right to look at the other nobles, he could see just how scared or nervous they seemed to be as well. Good, he wasn't the only one that could feel it, and it was at this point that he ultimately regretted not trying to bring in some of his pokemon like some of the others had done. He needed to defend himself in some way, but unfortunately, he had nothing. No Talonflame, Gyarados, Noivern... They were all left at the front gate. Stupid, stupid! he thought to himself until he heard Kasumi speak up and the emperor responding. Instantly, he looked up at the throne, his eyes widening at the horrible shape the emperor truly seemed to be in. He couldn't see anything except for his hands and every once in a while a flash of disgusting teeth. But only then, the creaking got louder and louder.

It didn't take long for the whole incident to take place. Before he could even realize what it was that had attacked, blood was everywhere, staining his clothing, the floor, everything. Instantly, he jumped back, letting out a terrified scream of his own as he jumped to his feet and instinctively reached for one of his pokemon... which weren't there. "Gah! Damn it!" he snapped, glancing around to finally lay eyes on the creature that killed the noble girl. He hadn't seen anything like it before. He had heard about the whole mega thing, but he had never seen it in person until now. The black scales, the dark purple glowing around the Charizard's body. It was menacing for sure. In its eyes, all Akio could see was death. He knew it was coming. Poor Chiyo didn't stand a chance.

Suddenly there were shouts from the others as they called out for the pokemon they were able to sneak in. He looked around, seeing yet another Charizard as well as a Sceptile. At least they had that, but against a mega Charizard? He really hoped they stood a chance. They seemed to be the only things that stood between the nobles and the Chiyo's fate. If only he had  his own pokemon. This would have been an easier battle. But he had nothing except the terror of the fact that they were becoming food and the guards against the wall were slowly closing in on them along with the loud thudding on the opposite side of the door behind them. It was a giant mess, and he saw no way of getting out.

Aika looked watched with growing terror as she followed the new charizard appear from the ceiling. She had ignored what the Emperor had said and focused on their cracking only to find a hidden charizard was behind it.  The terror only grew more as she watched one of the other heirs get eaten, and blood spattered across the room and onto her. Oh so carefully did the earth master stand. Rage grew within her as she kept her eyes locked on the man who no longer deserved any respect. There was no way she was going to die here, or at least not with out a fight. With a shakey hand she gripped the hidden pokeball in her kimono, and brought it out. She tossed it up and out came a large garchomp. "Take care of the guards." Aika said. She followed near her Garchomp as it approached the outer ring of guards letting out a purple pulse. "Stay near me." She called to the others.

Yashushi looked at the ground. No one had been expecting this? What was going to happen? Soon after the two's monologue, he heard the ear shattering roar. Freezing, he looked up and watched as the Pokemon swooped down, and snapped up Lady Chiyo. Yashushi didn't move for a long moment. His brown eyes wide in terror. He was only nine, and he was terrified for his life. What did his father not fill him in on? This?

In a dream, he turned to watch the others pull out their Pokemon. He slowly recalled that he hid his own in his kimono. With shaky hands, he slowly reached for his Pokeball. Looking terrified, he clutched the ball to his chest, not yet going to throw his Frillish out into the fight. Lightly shaking he hurried over to the others, finding safety with them. For the first time since he arrived, he spoke is first word. "...why?"

Every second Setsuko grew Uncomfortable and Nervous as they bowed to the Emperor, waiting for a signal that it was alright to get back up - But their was nothing at all, nothing but a deathly silence until something that sounded like Death spoke up, surprised that it was the voice of the emperor. His whole appearance was Frightening his long curled yellow nails and his rotten yellow teeth almost - Made her gag.

The heir Listened to their conversation half confused and half worried. The emperor sounded more and more crazy every time he said a word. Feeling others move around her she knew it was alright to get up. The charizard had taken her by surprise taking a rough tumble then a yelp as she fell back onto the ground. Shakily she rose back to her two feet until she felt something splatter against her blood. The shock was to much causing the heir to fall back to her knees and stare in horror as the black daemon tore up Chiyo.

Slowly turning her head to see the others pull out their own Pokémon she  slowly realized she had her own. But wait if the guards were aware of this what were currently happening to her other five Pokèmon? Knowing she couldn't worry about that know she stuffed her hand into her Kimono grabbing a, Dark flashy pokèball with a bright star in the middle of it. The heir honestly cleaned her pokèballs everyday and it was very clear too notice.

Without a second thought or hesitating Setsuko tossed the shiny ball into the air and with a bright flash her trusted partner came out with it's long claws that sparkled unsheathed. So they were fighting a charizard? It couldn't be too hard. "Midnight hit it with the strongest Tackle you got! And speed it up with your agility!" She ordered and with that her Weavile dashed off quick on its feet and ramming into the charizards side with great force

But Setsukos Weavile didn't have enough force to knock the thing off it's feet. The only thing she wanted was it attention Yukimura watched Midnight carefully silently praying that he won't get injured or anything.

So much had happened at once, everything seemed to be a blur. One moment they had been bowing and the exchange between Kasumi and his Majesty seemed to last in a single tone for eternity, the heiress not paying heed to details until the screeching sound Ryuunosuke had created from scrapping his nails against the throne's arms, trying to keep still as she ignored the shrieking pain it created for her, wanting to clasp her ears and remove herself from the position the Yoshida had been staying in, for so long. Still quite oblivious compared to the others, while she was curious to the Emperor's words and what he was implying, Naomi couldn't quite put a finger on it and hadn't taken any sense of warning. Closing her eyes and listening carefully towards the two's conversation, slowly, the Fairy master started to realize something wasn't right. But what could it be?

The creaking above had gotten louder than before and it held on for eerie silence until she noticed that the Emperor had dare say that their families had failed to inform them of something crucial. Getting up and opening her eyes, she didn't dare care that she was ruining tradition, but the fact that he insulted her family, her uncle, that was something she found offensive, but forgivable. A small tear formed in one eye and she was about to tell him to stop until the deathly roar of a dragon had sounded out up above them, soaring down towards them. A Charizard who had pitch black scales and a gaze that gave Naomi the chills as it seemed to pierce through her. Fire erupted in the room as its red, gleaming eyes watched the nobles, raging and in dire need of an appetizer, and the Yoshida had jumped back, falling in the process on her back, wincing. When she opened her eyes again, she was watching Akiyama be eaten... alive. Eyes wide in terror, she kept telling herself it would be alright and that she had to help somehow, but...

... Naomi didn't have her Pokemon with her. She didn't bother sneaking in one like what the others had done. It was useless... the Yoshida felt herself burdening everyone and that she was foolish to be so trusting. Yet, so far, she still felt that she could trust the Emperor somehow. Something had been slamming at the door while she didn't have her Pokemon on her, searching and hoping she had forgotten to give the guards at least one, until she noticed that Yashushi had been frozen and trembling with fear for so long, unable to collect himself. This wasn't right... Ryuunosuke was unamused by the current scene as though he had expected it to be a true war or the like and he had his Charizard kill out of cold blood. Looking up to the Emperor, straight in the eye as she fearlessly dared to talk back, Naomi shouted and her voice echoed in the room, "How could you do this? Please, stop!" Dodging against the others, she quickly ran over to the Ghost heir, trying to find words of comfort or something, something that could reassure the poor boy. Anything. Unable to tell whether this would work or not, but she clutched onto the youngest noble and whispered softly in his ears, her breath gentle and hopefully her tone was reassuring and not shaking as she truly was afraid herself, "Someday, everything that happened today will make sense... But please, calm down and remember that, even if tonight wasn't what we believed it was to turn out, find the good that we saw in the day and know that... everything happens for a reason. And that reason will make us stronger." Knowing that a few other nobles hadn't snuck their Pokemon in as well, the guards closing in, Naomi tried to believe in her own words and know that, somehow, they'll be fine. Everything will be alright....

Kasumi stared at the Pokémon suddenly filling the room, uncomprehending. The white flashes of Pokéballs and the muffled shouts of masked guards and frightened children seemed far, far, far away. For a moment, Ryujin was encased in a cloud of flame, but only for an instant before it soared out, roaring and unharmed. Of course. Her eyes wandered over the others... a Garchomp, surrounded by a throng of guards, a Sceptile, a Weavile that was slamming into the Charizard's flank. Ryujin twisted in the air, cloaked in fire, and sent the Weavile flying backwards with a thrash of its mighty tail.

Idiots. They were idiots. A Sceptile, a Weavile, a Charizard, a Garchomp... what could they hope to do against that thing? It hurt to know she was the biggest idiot of them all. Her Pokémon... she'd given him her Pokémon and walked right into his trap. The Yoshida girl was holding the little Miyamoto boy to her, whispering something into his ear, while Aika called out for the others as her Garchomp blew back a column of guards with a pulse of purple energy. Kasumi clenched her teeth and curled her hands into fists. I'm not going to die here, she promised herself. I'm not going to end up like...

Her thoughts were cut off by the explosion.

It had happened far away out in the city, too far away to harm the Imperial Palace, but even still, the force was enough to knock Mizushima off her feet and onto her side. The whole Palace seemed to shake. There was another loud BANG at the door.

"What―...?!"

Another explosion rocked the Court just as Kasumi had begun to crawl back onto her feet. As she tumbled back onto the cold marble floor, another one went off somewhere in the distance, and another, and another. A series of deafening eruptions were rippling through Fujiwara like a tide.

Somewhere near the throne, she heard the crackle of a radio and some muttered curses. Empress Ayame was crying even louder. "Your Majesty..." a guard hissed. "Fujiwara International Hotel..."

Our hotel, Kasumi thought dully, remembering all the fretful employees who'd kept them imprisoned there. Someone bombed our hotel.

Ryujin let out another roar as it breathed a column of blue flame at the Himura boy's Charizard, cutting off the rest of the guard's sentence, but by the yellow scowl glimpsed behind Ryuunosuke's black veil, she could tell the news wasn't good. "...the Diet's assembly hall... city center... the docks... Fujiwara mall..."

Ryuunosuke gripped the arms of his throne with his disgusting skeletal hands. "They've struck the first blow, then... very well. Ryujin, let us be done with this. Burn them all."

BANG. BANG. BANG. A large dent had formed in the gate now, but in all the chaos, hardly anyone had noticed. Not until now.

BANG. There was an explosion of shrapnel and dust, and the door went flying off its hinges, hitting the ground with a great crash. The metal screamed as it skid across the floor, leaving deep scratches in the marble. Four human silhouettes marched through the dust; the fifth was a hulking Golem, with a boulder the size of a basketball clutched in one stubby hand.

A guard―the same guard who had taken their Pokémon at the gate, judging by all the Pokéballs hanging from his hips―led the three girls into the throne room. In one hand was the same golden-tipped staff all the other guards carried. In the other were three Pokéballs in their shrunken forms. He stepped carelessly over what remained of Chiyo Akiyama's corpse and threw them out.

At some point Kasumi had managed to get to her feet, and one of the Pokéballs seemed to gravitate naturally to her hand. She snatched it out of the air and looked at it in wonder. "My..." she whispered, not sure if she could believe anything that was happening anymore.

"Come, children," the old man rasped from behind his mask. The other guards whirled to face him, their staffs raised to attack.

The Emperor did not stir from his throne, but the uncertainty was clear in his voice. "This has been quite a vexing day. I grow tired of these surprises. Ryujin, kill them. Mother, I will require tea."

Ryujin beat his wings in answer and roared, breaking away from his tussle with Shinkou to face the intruders at the broken door. Lady Ayame let out one last wail and hurried off out a side door.

"Come," the old man repeated. His Golem waddled ponderously forward, red eyes trained on the Charizard. "Or die like your friend."

Mizushima glanced from her Pokéball, to the Emperor on the throne, to his Charizard, to the guard... and ran towards the open gate, kicking off her shoes and gathering up her kimono in her hands. A guard's gloved hand shot out to grab her, but she danced nimbly out of reach. Another grabbed at her sleeve, but she wrenched away out of his grip, and felt the fabric tear. She didn't dare look over her shoulder in case Ryujin was there, ready to tear her in half like he tore apart Chiyo.

It would have normally been hard to run in a kimono, but fear stirred her forward past the thickening knot of guards, past the old man and the three girls behind him, and to the mouth of the drafty hall that led out back. She finally grew brave enough to slow down and cast a glance over her shoulder, a million questions burning through her head...

She decided now wasn't the best time to ask, and ran out of the throne room and into the hall where torches blazed. The Dragon Gate had been opened as well... and the guard who had stood next to the old man laid across the entrance, his head smashed into a mushy pulp.

It all had been so much to take in, first Rekia was late and well now... Before rushing after the guard The heir reached to her belt of pokeballs grabbing one. With a whisk of her hand she threw the pokeball into the air summoning her Skarmory out of the ball. With a nod the pokemon flew after Rekia as she hurried after the guard. Into the palace where she could hear loud and angry roars of a charizard. Not wasting anymore time Rekia picked up he pace as she dashed down the dark hallways of the palace until a giant door stopped her making her hands clutching into fists.


Becoming more and more impaitent as they tried to slam the doors down Rekia slouched onto the wall being the type not to worry so much, but being like the crazy reblious one. Though she couldnt do anything but watch the others trying to bring the door down.
As her foot tapped away on the hard ground jumping to her feet as the door finally had opened. Moving past the other two royals she didnt show much sign of respecting them.


A bit shocked of what exactly was happening right now, giving her head a little shake Rekia pointed out towards Charizard where her pokemon soared out with a loud cry, as she flied high up to the celeing of the room. "Steel wing.." And with that command Skarmorys wings started to glow. "Skar!" The pokemon cried out diving faster and faster towards the Charizards back.
 


Asa had no clue what was going on at all a bit confused to see other pokemon join the battle wondering where exactly A Garchomp and Weavile came from.  Giving a glance around she firgured it was Sesukos and Akias pokemon they managed to sneak in. With a grin she nodded to herself preparing to attack the Charizard. But something stopped her the loud clang of a door being slammed down. Whirling around she was relieved to see four others arrive to their rescue but was four enough?


Hearing the guard telling everybody to get out, Asa nodded giving a glance to her Septile the two hurried towards him almost stumbling over her kimino Shit. Asa quickly regained her balance charging forwards after Kasumi Bursting past the girls as a clear tear. Fell from her eyes.  Almost calling out to Kasumi to wait, but before she could say anything Kasumi bursted out the door.


Following after her she tripped over one of the dead guards hands causing her to stumble onto the ground "Ow.. What the fuc-" 
Asa didnt finish her sentence as she caught a glimpse of the guard who laid dead near the gate. Her heart lurched how many others had to die? 

After the door had been knocked down Yukimi stepped away from the old man and into the chaos of the room and looked around, her eyes darkening with anger at the sight before her. The black charizard's eyes met hers for a moment and she swore loudly and dove to the side, a spiral of flames flying where she had just been. The large mega houndoom that had been following her growled and she shook her head. "Not this time Hikaru." She took out a dark purple and black Pokeball and the houndoom and then disappeared into the Pokeball with a flash of light. She then pulled out another Pokeball and threw it into the air and smiled as her Hydreigon appeared in a flash of while light.



"Tatsuya! Hold it off while I help get everyone out!" The tri-headed dragon pokemon roared and waited till the skarmory was a safe distance away before it rushed at the black charizard and slammed into it with alarming force and speed. Forcing herself not to worry about Tatsuya she rushes over to the Ghost heir and the girl next to him and yanks them out of the way of the two dragon pokemon, pushing them towards the door. She then looked around for anyone else who had lingered in the room rather than go out the exit and as she does so she yells at them. "Everyone get out!!!" She continued to push people in the direction of the exit, every once in a while glancing back at Tatsuya.
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Kimiko caught up to the old man and the other two heirs, since she had stayed back a moment to make sure no more guards were coming. As she looked into the room her cheerful smile and happy-go-lucky adittude disappeared and she became serious. Next to her stood a Mega Gardevoir, her gardevoir was a very close friend to her, having raised it ever since she had found it injured in the wild. Seeing the black, demon-like charizard terror filled her and shone in her eyes and the Gardevoir stepped forward and looked back at her trainer. Shaking herself alittle Kimiko smiles at the pokemon and nodded. "Titania use Moonblast! Help keep it distracted!" The pokemon nodded and sprinted forward, getting closer to the charizard before letting out a bright flash of energy which hit the black charizard head-on.



Kimiko then slipped into the room. Pulling out a pokeball she tossed it in front of her and with a flash of light a Delphox appeared. "Aria use flamethrower to take out as many of the gaurds as possible!" The delphox yipped, the sound extremely fox-like, and turned towards the gaurds. After it stared at the fire on the end of it's stick for a few moments flames started to circle the stick and suddely a large column of fire blasted towards a large group of gaurds. Meanwhile, Kimiko ran up to the fire master clan heir and pulled his arm alittle. "Come on! Everyone needs to get out!"

The young boy's head whipped around to see some people break in, an old man with Pokeballs around his waist and two girls. One pulled him and another heir to the door and yelled something he couldn't understand. Everything seemed like a dream. The deathly look in the Charizard's ruby eyes, the Pokemon's stance that looked ready to kill, and the chaos that swirled around him.

Squeezing his eyes shut, Yashushi turned away from the mess and surged forward, having already abandoned his shoes in the throne room. Following after the Water heir, Yashushi attempted to evade the guards. One hand shot out to grab him around the waist, only for him to do some sort of a mock front flip around the arm. Landing on his back, the air was knocked out of his lungs.

Brown eyes stared at the dark ceiling to what felt like an eternity. His chest ached for air, but it was like he forgot how to breath in those moments. Suddenly, he drew the deepest breath he could manage. Air flowed back into his lungs, and Yashushi noted the pain he felt in his chest for later.

The guard from before stood over the boy, ready to hurt him when the boy's Pokeball opened on its own. The white light gave way to a pink Frillish who's eyes where narrowed in anger, and it's mouth opened in a wide 'O'. Shocked by the Pokemon's sudden appearance, the guard took a few steps back, bewildered. Water flowed out of the Pokemon's mouth, effectively landing the attack 'Hydro Pump' into the guard's chest, sending him into the wall with a loud crack. The guard slid limply to the floor, unmoving.

The Frillish looked down at her owner, obviously concerned about the dazed look in his eyes. Noting the chaos, Frillish carefully wrapped her appendages around her trainer's body, and carried him quickly over to the other heir, dodging guards with ease. She then lowered him to the floor, then turned back into the fray to help the other heirs, and the heir's rescuers.

A few moments later, Yashushi blinked and took a shaky breath. "T-thanks Frillish..."

Still fumbling around trying to find anything that he could use as some kind of weapon, he stopped as soon as the door finally seem to explode to reveal three girls he could only recognize from the other noble families along with the guard that had been at the front gate and at his hip, Akio could see his belt of pokeballs that he had left earlier. But at the same time, he could see his exit. The little bit of light shining through where the door used to be. It was his way out of here away from this tyrant and away from certain death, but he needed his pokemon. What happened if the guard somehow didn't make it out? There were others here with pokemon, but if that guard was left here, Akio's own cherished pokemon were going to be left here too. There was no way that he could let that happen. Besides, most of his flying types were all based on speed. He could help more than just himself escape. He needed his companions.

Stammering onto his feet from where he had stumbled back, he quickly threw off the shoes he was wearing. Who needed them? They were uncomfortable anyway, and this way he could run faster and further without worrying about tripping over his own two left feet. Darting towards the guard as fast as he could in his clothing, he reached out for his belt of pokeballs swinging on the guard's hip. "Please! Give me my pokemon! I-I can help us all get out of here faster!" He shouted over all of the noise of roars, screams and debris surrounding them in the chaos of their fleeing.

Aika ducked in fear when she heard a loud crash from the doors. Once she stood again she quickly spun to a couple people in the door aiding in their fight. She looked back at her Garchomp, and waved at him to follow her. She shook with fear as she kicked off her shoes and held up her kimono. She quickly ran for the door dancing past anyone tat tried to grab at or for her. Her Garchomp followed quickly after knocking any guards away.

OOC;; Don't got the muse; will write what comes to mind as a warning

IC;; With the brink of battle storming and surging, little seeming to make sense or comprehensible, the Yoshida heiress was watching the black Charizard helplessly with fiery, determined eyes to make it out of the palace alive, confidence brimming that they'd be fine and just a few scratches when they escaped, they'd be able to live another day... This couldn't just be the conclusion to some sick fairy tale that was controlled by the tips of another's fingers, or in this case, his Majesty. Trembling with the internal struggle she was facing, deciding what was right and whether there was any true, justifiable reason that Ryuunosuke was doing this to them, all of the thoughts flew out the windows when a large explosion was heard.

Their hotel? What was more different was when Yashushi had immediately made a break for the doors, trying to flee himself by trying to bypass the guards, barefoot. Freezing as she watched, unable to decide for herself whether to follow, but the moment Naomi saw the young boy got knocked out and fazed on the ground, she shut her eyes closed, holding back tears as her hands formed fists and reopened, making a dash herself. If someone else could do it, she could try herself. Hesitating for many moments, the Fairy trainer had kept her eyes on the motions Frillish had used to evade the soldiers, so to speak, and mimicked them as best as she could, sliding, jumping, etc. However, when everything seemed to be going well, one slip of a move caused her to fall back, surrounded by a mob of the Emperor's personal 'assassins' in getting rid of them.

Eyes narrowed, trying to get up helplessly in the kimono, Naomi muttered a few words, refraining from cursing at the very least, and let out a sigh, "I must do this... don't I?" With confused looks on the guards as they stared at each other at her words, she gave a soft smile, sticking out her tongue, before getting up quickly with a leap, grabbing the nearest guard by the neck, choking him slightly before giving a powerful kick, using the opportunity that the opening left her to take a run for it, not looking back at all, squeezing her vision closed to make sure she didn't see any of it. Her shoes falling off and the heiress not bothering to pick them up, approached and by the time she reached the Ghost heir, went down on her knees and took the responsibility to carry him. Having his arms around her neck, Naomi had supported him with her arms, using the "piggy-back" style of carrying someone, and continued to sprint afterwards, struggling a bit at first.

Catching up to the others and the guard, the clip on her hair seemed to have fallen off in the midst of the palace, her bangs covering her vision slightly from becoming loose. She had questions of her own to ask, but safety first, and more importantly, finding out what was right. Naomi didn't try to question whether this was something normal or if it was something the Emperor did out of rage, but whatever it was, there had to be some reason and she was hoping to find out what it was. Keeping hold of Yashushi, the girl faked a smile, pretending to be cheerful to hide her own fear, saying, "Everything will be alright. There's nothing we need to worry about.... Nothing." Her voice trailed off as she looked up ahead, the sounds of the palace behind her, fire searing and debris falling...

Staring at the guard who had taken their Pokemon, she was about to ask for her's back, but for now... That'd have to wait.