//------------------------------// // The Defenses of the Tree // Story: My Little Pokémon // by Amarvax //------------------------------// Kanto. The Tree of Beginning. Afternoon. During their visit to the Tree of Beginning, Ash and his friends had been attacked by Regirock, Regice and Registeel. The guardians of the Tree of Beginning. Exempt from this was Ash as he had already been here. The tree did not see him as a threat. However, the same could not be said for most of his friends. Applejack and Rarity had come face to face with Regirock within a cave. The fearsome Rock Peak Pokemon refused to let them go any further, blocking the entrance. By taking Ash's advice, they would not show hostility, however, that was fairly difficult since Regirock was being extra aggressive in this instance. "REGIROCK!" Regirock had gone for Hammer Arm, lunging at Applejack and the others. "Sorry about this, Ash, darling! Pheromosa, Triple Axel!" Rarity ordered, going against Ash's request. "Mosa!" Pheromosa blocked Regirock's incoming Hammer Arm with a single kick. The ground below shook with shockwaves coming out, blowing away some of the rubble. Pheromosa tried getting the next kick off, only for Regirock's arm to keep her locked there for a moment. To make matters worse, Regirock's hard body was a grand weakness to Phermosa's fragile body. "Ph-Pheromo...!" "REGI-REGIROCK!" Using its defence, Regirock had the capability to also use its other arm to strike Pheromosa's active leg. Pheromosa felt Regirock's gutsy impact which was a problem for her frail body. A staggered Pheromosa forced her to be unable to dodge in time whilst being stuck in this position. Pheromosa's Lissome Body was trembling as Regirock ended up winning the close quarters struggle, pushing the Lissome Pokemon back. Pheromosa's legs had been injured prior to this battle and that pushback only worsened this as she slid on the ground, wincing. "Pheromosa! You're far too fragile for this one! Please, return!" Rarity held out Pheromosa's Poke Ball, knowing that Regirock was too rock-hard for Pheromosa to break through. "Mosa!" But Pheromosa refused to return. She held her arm out, shouting at Rarity to put the Poke Ball away. Pheromosa didn't want to go out so easily all because she was fragile against a hard-bodied Pokemon. "Stubborn girl. That's what we like to see!" Applejack could respect Pheromosa's drive to not give up as she grinned with respect. "Sceptile, help her out! Use Frenzy Plant to hold Regirock down!" "Scep...Tile!" Assisting Pheromosa, Sceptile dug his hands into the ground, summoning massive roots. Regirock's arms and legs were held back by these massive roots, restraining the Rock Peak Pokemon from any further action. "Don't think little of us! Pheromosa, Triple Kick!" "Riolu, Vacuum Wave!" "Rio...!" Delta Riolu jumped off of Applejack's back, manipulating the air to utilize it as an attack. "Lu!" The Embalming Pokemon unleashed a wave of wind with Pheromosa dashing next to it. Pheromosa came crashing in on the restrained Regirock with three consecutive kicks to its body. And delivering that fourth blow was Vacuum Wave. An explosion of Infinity Energy occurred from these impacts with super-effective damaging going through. The impact was also enough to move Regirock away from the entrance. Pheromosa jumped back with Riolu landing on her shoulder. With all of those hits, they believed that Regirock was staggered for a bit. They took the chance to leave this area away from Regirock, not wanting to engage with it any further. But that was not the case at all. Instead, once the smoke cleared, Regirock was revealed to have not only withstood those Fighting-Type moves thanks to its absurd defence, but it had also broken the roots via Hammer Arm. "ÜN ÜN ÜN!" Regirock had used the strength of Hammer Arm to rip the roots in half, startling the group. They flinched when seeing Regirock breaking free from Frenzy Plant as while they did manage to leave this cave, Regirock would not let them escape. "Seriously?!" Applejack roared before holding onto her hat with the Mega Stone hairpin accessory glinting. "Fine! If you're so tough then-" "No, Applejack!" Rarity stopped her before she could use Mega Evolution. "If we continue any further, this tree might continue seeing us as a threat! We should just leave that Regirock!" "...Fine." Applejack pulled back from using Mega Evolution as Pheromosa moved at breakneck speeds to get away from the Rock Peak Pokemon, taking the entrance without a second thought. They understood that further hostility would not make things any better. Right now, they were lucky to have gotten through the entrance while being carried by Pheromosa and her amazing speed. Regirock knew it couldn't keep up with Pheromosa, but that didn't stop its pursuit. The Rock Peak Pokemon moved back into the entrance, aiming to take another route. It knew the ins and outs of this cave as its biggest advantage. Meanwhile, the same problem had surfaced with Regice. Goh, Starlight, Spike and Equestrian Haxorus found themselves on a cliff with the Iceberg Pokemon standing in front of them. "REGICE! RE-REGICE!" Regice did not waste time as it had used Ice Beam, unleashing a chilling beam of ice onto the four of them. Haxorus grabbed everyone, ducking with them immediately as the beam froze the wall behind them. "Haxorus, Close Combat!" Spike shouted out. "Haxo!" After saving everyone from Ice Beam, Haxorus approached Regice with the intent of fending it off and giving his friends a chance to escape. They weren't here to battle, they were here to find Mew. Haxorus delivered a constant flurry of punches to Regice. Each hit was as hard as the last with sparks flying out of Regice. Haxorus' arms became a blur as it was a surprise that no shards were coming out of Regice from these devasting hits. Unlike Regirock, Regice was lacking in physical defence, making each of these hits a genuine threat to the Iceberg Pokemon. "REGIIIIIICE!" But Regice ended up stopping Haxorus' Close Combat before he could finish it by grabbing his arms. It's rare for a Pokemon move like this to be stopped midway but only a Legendary could do it so effortlessly. "Hax?" "REGICE!" After grabbing onto Haxorus' arms, Regice had used Ice Beam from its face, unleashing it onto the Axe Jaw Pokemon. Haxorus, unable to break free, was met with the violent chill of Regice's ice. "X-Xorus!" Haxorus cried out as parts of his body had been frozen over. He backed away, shivering afterwards. "Haxorus, no!" Spike gasped. But thankfully, Haxorus was resilient enough to withstand a super-effective attack. The same went for Regice. "REGICE!" Regice continued its attack by using Ice Beam once more, only for Starlight to intervene. She put up a protective barrier of magic, blocking the incoming beam of ice and giving Haxorus enough time to break free from the ice. "Ugh!" But even with Starlight's impressive magic, the strength of Regice was something to be reckoned with. "Iron Tail, Haxorus! Knock Regice off!" "Haxo!" Haxorus broke free of the rest of the ice, advancing towards Regice. Regice was too focused on Starlight's shield, allowing for Haxorus to get a free and clean hit off. A smack to the body by Haxorus' Iron Tail allowed for Starlight to be safe as the Iceberg Pokemon was knocked off balance. "REGIIIIIIICE!" Regice cried out, falling off the cliff. But, it still had the ice platform from before that it had made, landing on that instead. "Guys! There's another entrance there!" Goh pointed to a nearby entrance that would lead elsewhere to the cave. Anywhere away from hostile threats would do perfectly for them. "Say no more!" Spike dug into his backpack, going for the next Poke Ball. Haxorus had done his job, knocking Regice over who was certainly feeling the staggering impact of Iron Tail. "Flygon! Help out!" "Flygon!" Out came Flygon as their main mode of transportation to the other side. The ravine was the only obstacle left for them to deal with as it had previously had a vine bridge before being destroyed by Regice. Haxorus reverted into an Axew before climbing onto the Ground-Dragon-Type with Spike, Starlight and Goh. It was a shame that none of them could fully go through with Ash's advice. But then again, even Ash would know that something like this would happen either way. He did say they had to defend themselves and this was certainly their best way of defending themselves. Flygon took flight, carrying them off the cliff and over the staggered Regice. Speaking of Regice, despite it taking such heavy blows, it still would not let them escape. Regice may be lacking in the physical defence, but that didn't stop it as even when staggering, it found the strength to get up. "RE-RE-REGICE!" This time, Regice had used Avalanche. By manipulating the atmosphere, the Iceberg Pokemon managed to summon an avalanche of snow from the ceiling. Flygon looked up to see the Avalanche approaching, covering most of the air. "Gon?!" Flygon's eyes expanded for a bit as it started flying haphazardly to avoid the falling snow, which was continuous via Regice's control instead of a single instance of it being used. Goh and the others held onto Flygon tight, feeling the rocky movements and even some of the chilling aura from the descending snow. Starlight shielded Flygon from the cold via magic coating around its body. Flygon greatly appreciated this as it allowed for better focus. The Mystic Pokemon locked onto the entrance as the snow was starting to cover him. Normally, this would be where Flygon felt an intense beatdown and punishment through its cold-blooded body but Starlight's magic said otherwise. Thanks to this, Flygon managed to escape through the entrance, evading Regice. Regice witnessed them escape, standing there for a moment. Much like Regirock, it decided to continue moving, using the rest of the tree to its advantage with all of its various pathways. It wasn't over yet. The Regis would not stop until all of them were dealt with. And as for Registeel, it was having a face-off with Twilight and Pinkie Pie. They were intruders as well as the opposing stood afar from each other on different cliffs, right between a massive lake in this crystal-infested area. Twilight gulped, knowing that Registeel's intent to destroy her and her friends was high but sparing the Pokemon was a given. "Mew! Mew-Mew!" Knowing of what Registeel was planning, the two Mew had hovered over to the Iron Pokemon, immediately trying to convince it from ceasing any attack. "¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•..>> 𝓻𝑒ＧᎥ丂𝐓ⓔ𝔼ˡ <<..•.¸¸•´¯`•.¸¸¤." Registeel spoke in its bizarre and indescribable language once more, hearing the two Mew out. Registeel learned of their reasoning for being here. To see the other Mew that lived here. Registeel understood that completely. But that did not change its mind. Twilight and Pinkie were still seen as threats. Registeel turned away from the two Mew before then using Zap Cannon. A giant ball of lightning was shot out with Twilight and Pinkie leaping out of the way. Zap Cannon's impact on the ground caused a deluge of electricity to go about before fading away. "Mew!" "¤¸¸.•´¯`•¸¸.•..>> 𝓻𝑒ＧᎥ丂𝐓ⓔ𝔼ˡ