Team Valiant Arc 7.5 Chapter 7: The Junior Tournament Pt. 2
Caulin and Qiang approached the ring, accompanied by Volcan who walked a few steps behind them. The announcer introduced the two of them to the crowds, drawing all attention to them as he called out their names via microphone. Qiang felt exposed,...
Chaos Chapter 14: Break (True Epilogue this time)
"This won't go the way you hope it will, Grom," Volcan said not for the first time since his capture. They were outside of Marilogne, far from the eyes of the town as directed by Tabbis. Even though the town was effectively ruled by Calhoun, it was...
Chaos Chapter 13: Rescue Mission
"You called us here, Captain Luke. What is the emergency?" Romulus asked, straight to the point. Luke was somewhat disappointed that not more captains had been able to attend his emergency meeting, as most were indisposed at the time and unable to...
Chaos Chapter 12: Kidnapped
_Port Azure, the following morning._ After a much-needed night's sleep, Minato was on his way to Volcan and Luke's shared home outside the borders of Azure. He had been to check the boat, making sure it was properly up to code in maintenance before he...
Chaos Chapter 11: Mission Complete
Calhoun's mega evolution had initially caught Minato off guard, as well as the sheer dread the sight of it had caused with its unnatural appearance. But that surprise had quickly worn off as the fight resumed, the Lucario as motivated as ever to defeat...
Chaos Chapter 10: Sol
_One hour earlier..._ "Keep your heads low, guys!" Volcan instructed his team through the scarf around his face as the smoke grew thicker, leading then around the trees and waving his hand in a vain effort to clear the smoke. Trees reduced to husks...
Chaos Chapter 9: Final Hunt
The doors to the abandoned boarding house opened slowly as Sandjaw stepped in, alerting his henchmen in the living room that he had returned. They rushed out to meet him - three Krokorok, all members of his old gang from the West Continent, brought at...
Chaos Chapter 8: Rampage
Eberon's claws danced ever closer to Luke's chest as the Mega Lucario and the berserk Incineroar traded blows, well-placed Force Palms warding off the latter's forceful blows and sparing Luke certain critical injury from Eberon. When her opportunity...
Chaos Chapter 7: The Black Titan
"The Dark Crusade," Romulus read aloud. His words snappedLuke out of his momentary trance. The Lucario had been lost in his head until the Houndoom had spoken up, bringing him back to attention. He had been lost in reminiscence, thinking back to the...
Chaos Chapter 6: Holgan
Sandjaw threw himself through the window as the Blaziken chased after him, narrowly missing the Krookodile. A second later, Volcan was out the window and springing after him, his long legs gaining ground on Sandjaw easily, with Sickle not far behind,...
Chaos Chapter 5: Hydra
Sickle made sure the coast was clear before he approached the complex. Making sure no one was watching him, he pressed himself flat against the wall of the building, digging his claws into the brick work, and began to climb, scaling the vertical side...
Chaos Chapter 4: Lurking
At the third convention of the new Council, little progress had been made since the first. The captains continued to attempt to push forward their ideas of what needed to be done, causing the conversations to circle repeatedly as either side tried to...