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His binds removed, Dark was able to roll away from the Rock Side and avoid being crushed, but not without taking the Dragon Rage from Dan's Axew. Despite being blindsided, he'd eventually see Crystal and Varuna fight for the staff shortly afterward, soon springing up and seemingly fade from existence. The next few seconds would seem like a blur as he'd appear behind Crystal with a timely Feint Attack, moving to kick her down before spewing flames to encircle her. The smoke left behind by the resulting Fire Spin was thick and noxious, an attempt to keep her and Lykas, let alone the rest at bay if they didn't want firsthand experience in what a Houndoom's flames were capable of. Either way, it'd perhaps buy Varuna just enough time to ensure that he'd reclaim the staff.

"You should consider yourselves lucky that that's all I'm doing," he'd comment with a low growl, the closest thing to showing any emotion that wasn't just cool and calculated.

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Cera had tried to rush after the staff herself, only for the flames to stop her from getting too close. The heat and fumes were enough to make her second guess the decision. She'd instead try to wrest the staff away with Psychic in the most ballsy game of keep away the team would know. "Yanno I'm around too, right?" She'd ask, almost taunting the trio.

Amaranth wouldn't dare get off of Horus so easily, at least until she saw Reno charging forward. Quickly moving off, she'd throw a Will-O-Wisp to try and buy Reno a little more time.

Ryan was back on his feet and ready to fight some more. "Tank, focus on Dark with another Rock Slide. I have other business to tend to." Ryan would tell his Swampert as he called out Ursula, his Remoraid.

As Tank caused rocks to fall down on Dark again, hopefully hitting the slippery Hybrid, Ryan would take aim at Varuna with Ursula. " Bullet Seed, and fire!" Ryan would command.

( this post will have # hits roll for Bullet Seed. I will make a second roll only post for the Hustle Accuracy on the # of shots.)

"Blizzard!" Varuna shouted to his Carracosta as the man resolidified, clutching his hand in pain after taking a hit from the Will-o-Wisp. The hybrid would snap back to reality as two seeds came out of nowhere and slammed into his left shoulder, causing him to spin around a little and now face in the direction of Ryan and his Corsola. "Both of my students, I am strangely proud at this moment." Varuna kind of scoffed. "Enough of these games." The Grand Master declared as he inhaled deeply and then expelling from his mouth a rapidly forming and dense black mist. The Haze attack would engulf the cave at a surprising rate, reducing everyone's vision to the point where they could barely see their hand in front of their face. From somewhere in the darkness a Shadow Ball which blended into the Haze perfectly would fly straight for Lykas. Revenge.

"Costa!" Roared the turtle in pain as it took the Energy Ball right to the chest. RC however would notice that while its chest shell would crack a bit it didn't do as much damage as he would have assumed, plus the turtle was still on his feet. That's one tough shell...wait, that's its Solid Rock ability. With the command from its master the turtle would let out another roar, expelling from its mouth a fierce gust of freezing wind, right at the dragon before him.

Horus would see Amaranth's own Will-o-Wisps coming, the hybrid expertly stepping out of the way and putting him directly in Reno's path, the hybrid getting tackled again, now face down on the ground. Without a word the angered hybrid would focus on the Channeler on his back and unleash a massive wave of Psychic against him, attempting to throw him off and send him flying.

Horus didn't know who he was dealing with at all. If he did, the Xatu hybrid wouldn't have tried something that would light him up like a flare in Reno's vision. Quickly getting a strong grip on Horus as the Psychic blast kicked out, the red haired man would feel himself get tossed into the air and release his tackled prey slightly before he scrambled to regain his grip on the hybrid. "Now then. Start talking. The hell did you do to me in that cave?" Reno growled, maneuvering himself so that his right hand and its brightly glowing palm would be visible to Horus. "Now, start talking or else we really see what punishment you can take."

The Dragon Rage hit its mark; however, Dark was still on the move, rushing over to Varuna's side. Before he realized it, Dan had got swept up in the battle between hybrids and channeler's. It was hard not to feel overwhelmed in this situation, but he was determined to push on and help in any way he can. As the Haze came up, he drew the bokken from its scabbard, prepared to strike any foes that came his way. The Axew on his back, moved to his shoulder and patted him on the head. "Ax, Axew!" "You're right. We're still in this! A little black smoke isn't gonna...huh?" For a moment, the trainer could've sworn he could...understand his pokemon? He really hoped this wasn't another Rain situation. No, this was different; Axew was still speaking "Poke-Speak" but it made sense to him, kinda. If that wasn't strange enough, the wooden sword began giving off a vibe; a hardly noticeable aura that he'd never seen before. "This is beyond bizarre..." "Eww. Ax! Ax!" "Attack? Who?" Dan replied, still weird-ed out by these strange happenings. The dragon pointed straight ahead, urging his trainer to move with nudges to his head. That was where that Vaporeon hybrid was just moments ago. Just as confused as ever, he shrugged and went ahead with his pokemon's suggestion. As he advanced to the position Varuna was last seen standing, Dan struck out at what he believed to be a silhouette with an upward diagonal strike.

Crystal would stand, hacking and coughing from the smoke and using the staff to support herself. However, she'd draw in chi from around her, letting it grow and compress before releasing it, attempting to use an unfocused Psychic to create a shockwave to put out the flames. If she was successful, she'd charge forward, eyes and staff still glowing as she'd attempt to beat Dark over the head with the staff.

(Whoo! More than the minimum! Now for that Accuracy Rolls. 1-8 hit, 9-10 miss, miss breaks the chain of attack)