The PYRE Team

The canine's voice filtered in only in spurts as Suzaku and the dragon fought for control. His vision was a blur of flame and talons and teeth and orange, his mind now unable to keep up such daunting a task as multitasking. The battle was the only event, the canine the only prey he wanted. Things were simple, Elai... things were correct, things-- Elai... THAT DAMN VOICE!

Suzaku staggered back a bit, giving some room between him and the dragon. "Why?!" the canine screamed, drawing Suzaku's attention from the dragon. "What are you fighting for? There isn't any point to this!" The words meant next to nothing to the undead blaziken, as the canine was simply his prey. What stopped him was the strange, familiar stirring in his cold, silent chest. It was as if he knew this, he knew what to do with this sort of feeling.. "Cathal...Suzu...please..." Elai... Please...

Suzaku's eyes narrowed, his dead mind attempting to process the strangeness. He moved forward, toward his prey, growling at the damned voices. They needed to shut up. They needed to stop. He would stop them.

((Please skip, I needed Cathal to post first since right now Anu is just watching the fight, horrified. Drago if you need it to post just go after Cathal with all my blessing. He is going to die soon, so don't worry about it.))

((In which my knowledge of poison types goes down the drain completely))

Obviously, the Dragon didn't like having its wings clipped. The rest of the bubbles that hadn't dissappated against its body returned to circle around Pierce. By the time he realized he was still dangerously close to the thing, however, it was too late. Pierce had only time to shout before the beast released its flames.

"No!"

The heat burned at Pierce's skin, but he never felt the brunt of the attack. Just in time, he had maneuvered the bubbles in front of him, in a makeshift wall. The wouldn't have normally held for more than a moment, however, that was all it took. On impact, the poisonous gasses contained in the bubbles ignited, causing a small explosion directly in front of Pierce. Blown a ways backwards, charred but not burned, Pierce backed up slightly. The battle was reaching climax, and he didn't want to be in the middle of it when it did.

Kikor continued to watch, as the big red dragon spat fire at the purple Pokémon, which only barely survived due to moving some purple bubbles to the fire and making them blow up, knocking it out of the way. Kikor liked this Pokémon. It knew how to fight. They could be a powerful team, Kikor turning to a... whatever that thing was, same attacks. They could take down any of the bad Pokémon.

Kikor edged forward a little more, hoping to learn some names. Bits and pieces seeped into his mind from the Pokémon. Poison, the barbs are poisonous. Kikor tried, but couldn't focus on his memories, they were locked away, inaccessible to even him.

((OoC:Sorry about the short post, can't really do to much atm, but will hopefully do some more soon.))

Cathal let out a low growl as the fighting chicken backed off a bit, seeming confused by all that was happening around him. He was about to go for its throat when Anubis's voice broke through his anger to reach him. "What are you fighting for? There isn't any point to this!" He whimpered, confusion now gripping him as well as he tried to focus on the Lucario's words. "Anu...stays. Anu stays forever." The look of horror on the canine's face was too much to bear as the words sank in, and a rage filled Cathal like never before. Anubis didn't want his gift!

A sudden explosion threw off Cathal's balance and without his wings he couldn't keep on his feet. Crashing to the ground with a thud the dragon was soon on all fours and let out a loud roar. The Blaziken moved towards Anubis, a predatory snarl on his face, and Cathal quickly charged a Focus Blast letting it loose on the bird. "MINE!" he roared, charging forward to tackle the damned creature to the ground. "He...is...MINE!"

He'd almost had the dog. He'd almost gotten him. But as his mind had been distracted with faces and voices trying to tell him something, a beam of power caught him, right in the stomach, pushing him back into the tree against which he'd awakened. But unlike last time, there was no pain, only the escape of trapped air from his useless lungs as he hit the wood. He landed on his feet, looking back up and not seeing the battle, the dragon and dog, but a brief glimpse of a farm, a pidgeot in the sky. Elai... When he blinked, it vanished, giving way to the sight of the dragon lunging for him.

With a startled cry of fury, the two went down, the blaziken pinned by the tackle. The dog was crying, crying for something, for them to stop. Surely he'd know what was happening, he'd be able to give Suzaku's deteriorating mind some sort of answer, if only he'd be able to ask the question. As he struggled with the dragon atop him, the voices continued echoing a foreign, familiar name in his mind. Elai... Elai... Elai... ELAI...

"SHUT UP!" he roared, clawing and punching at the dragon above him. Where was that damn voice coming from? What was the name it kept repeating? WHY WOULDN'T IT SHUT THE HELL UP?! With his anger intensified, he gather his feet beneath the dragon's blubbering hulk and pushed, wanting the dragon off of him.

((I can change the last bit, Phoe, if you want))

"Anu...stays. Anu stays forever." A sudden realization came over the canine as he heard those words, and his eyes widened in horror. Anubis started to back off slightly, shaking his head, and Cathal took the rejection harshly. The dragon reached for him but there was a sudden explosion as Pierce's poison reacted violently with the Charizard's flame. "PIERCE!" Panicked the Luario took off to try and get to the Nido, hoping that whatever had happened didn't hurt his smaller friend too badly.

Upon reaching the Nido Anubis could see a blackening to the other male's flesh, and he whimpered in sympathy. "Are you okay Pierce?" he question softly. "Cathal didn't hurt you, did he?" He reached down to try and brush some of the char and smoke off, hoping that there wouldn't be any terrible burns beneath. He didn't see Suzaku going for him until he felt the rush of wind as Cathal tackled the bird to the ground with a roar. Their fight seemed to be escalating and as Suzaku began clawing at his mentor's face he couldn't take it anymore.

Anubis ran for the pair and grabbed Cathal, throwing him off Suzaku and then reached for the Blaziken. Grabbing the male's arms he twisted them behind Suzaku and stood, keeping the arms trapped even as the flames started to singe his fur. "Stop it! Please just stop it! I won't let the two people I care for most in this world kill each other!" Finally angry beyond the point of holding back he trapped the bird's arms into one paw and held up a glowing one to Cathal, warning the dragon away with the threat of his Force Palm.

All he wanted was for the fighting to stop.

((OOC: Lemme know if you want me to change anything Drago, Anu is just really worried about Pierce, ^_^))

Pierce shook his body, loosening up some of the char. Anubis had dislodged most of it - a majority had been on the front side of his body, where the explosion was. Pierce understood how painful it had to be for Anubis to watch these two fight. He understood, but he didn't agree with his feelings. As upsetting as it was to watch Suzaku die, then rise again, and whatever his relationship was to this dragon, they were gone. They were so far gone that they were back again. But they would never be the same. Better for them to kill each other here, before they became as destructive as that Swampert.

"Anubis!" He called, cursing himself for once again getting involved. "We... We need to go. It's too late." If Anubis was killed, or worse, infected, in this battle, then Pierce would be on his own again. And with the current company, that was not something he wanted to experience. He had used pretty much his last trick in attacking, and was fully exhausted. There were no berries around that he could see, and as such, was at the brink. If he was forced to fight again, it was unlikely he would survive. It was time to leave.

The Ditto sat and watched as the chaos appeared to cease momentarily. One of the beings had trapped a flaming Pokémon's arms behind it's back and spoke.

Pierce appeared to be the Nido's name, or... his own name? The Ditto was beginning to get confused. Cathal the Charizard? The last name to place... Anubis, the Luc... Unable to pace the last part of the name, Kikor just watched. The Nido-whatever looked eak, perhaps now was a just to get rid of the intruder, the false Pierce, and return to his friends... enemies? Kikor-Pierce-was confused.

As he continued to watch, without even realizing, his body slowly moulded into the shape of what he believed to be him. He slowly changed fully in appearance, taking on the attacks which Pierce had access to. Poison began to flood around the Nidorino's body, as he grew the poisonous spikes from his body.

Pierce looked at himself, and began to remember a small memory. He was a Nidorino. He evolved from a Nidoran, of the male variety.

"Who is this intruder?"

Pierce asked himself, so quietly he was sure no one could hear. He continued to watch, trying to gather more information about the intruder, and struggling to remember more of his past.

[Please skip my turn, I'm waiting for Ciana. Thank you. ^^]

"SHUT UP!" As the fist connected with the Charizard's face he tasted the coppery tang of his own blood as it filled his mouth. The orange dragon was forced back and off of his prey as he shook his head to clear it of the fog clouding it, spitting out the thick fluid passing as his life blood. It hit the ground with a sickening smack, an amorphous blob deep red in color and flecked with black. It didn't look like any blood the dragon had ever seen before and for a moment he was confused as to how it had come from him, at least until Anubis grabbed the Blaziken to stop it from coming after Cathal.

"Stop it! Please just stop it! I won't let the two people I care for most in this world kill each other!" Cathal couldn't take this betrayal anymore, turning his sights from the dead bird to his dear friend. With a roar and a sick purple hue he unleashed a powerful Dragon Pulse which threw Anubis off of Suzaku and skidding several yards away. Within moments he had his former student and friend pinned beneath him, thick discolored blood running from his back down his neck and arms to drip on the dual type beneath him. Anubis struggled vainly but could not get the scarred bulk of dragon off of him, and only causing Cathal to tighten his grip to the point of breaking the Lucario's arms.

"Stop...defending...him!"

In his delerium, Suzaku's mind blanked as the dragon was shoved off of him, and soon he was restrained, his arms pinned behind his back. He struggled, but only lightly, as his mind fought to remember what the hell was happening around him. There was a fight... that he knew, but against who was a different matter. His eyes looked up to the blue canid, the one he remembered as his prey, then in a flash of purple, he disappeared. Not understanding what happened, the blaziken looked around him sluggishly to suddenly see nothing but black.

Elai...

That damn voice... Always, that damn voice, with that damn same word. Over and over, it had repeated itself. The blaziken lay prostrate on the ground, limp and gone to the world. However, his mind ticked and jolted, fighting desperately against its chains. The switch from living to undead had not been kind on it, as it generally never was, but things kept leaking through the gaps. Like that damn word.

Elai...

Suzaku cringed against the voice, its repetition making him want to claw something's face out. Why wouldn't it stop, why wouldn't it leave him alone?! He couldn't understand what it wanted, where it was coming from or who the owner was or even WHAT IS WAS FUCKING SAYING. About to scream in frustration, something suddenly happened.

Images, voices, scents, laughter, crying, screams, sighs, faces, pain, pleasure, all came to him at once, some barrier temporarily broken. A pidgey. A torchic. A farm. Playing, fighting, arguing, peace, war... The two evolved, the pidgeotto taking flight with the combusken. And then again, a handsome pidgeot taunting a grounded blaziken. The two were friends-- no, more than that... Brothers... Kin. Suzaku's eyes snapped open, the pidgeot's face and voice finally connected.

"Elai..." the pidgeot groaned, his nervousness apparent in his posture on the fence post. "Is this really necessary? Everyone can defend themselves, let's just kill these guys and get on with our lives."

Elai shook his head, the blaziken adamant in his preparation of the barn. "No, Taiv," he growled, irritated in the other's dismissal. "This is kind of important. These things have been killing pokemon left and right; you really think that we can just take them on? You're just going to get yourself killed with that kind of thinking." He continued, then suddenly felt a pressure on his back, indicating that the pidgeot had landed on him.

"Aww, Suzu, come on," Taiv cooed, nibbling lightly on the fire bird's head feathers. "It's gonna be all right. You don't trust me?" His reply was a wave of a claw in the face.

"Get off of me-- and stop calling me that!" Elai growled, still trying to fortify the barn. As the only one with hands, he was really the only one there that could have possibly done it. Still, Taiv was adamant in just sitting on the fence post, waiting for the onslaught to come, confident in his fighting abilities. With his evolution had come great pride and vanity, and Elai was concerned it had just gone to his head.

While he worked, a distant noise made him pause, glancing to find the source. Carefully looking about the perimeter of the barn, he found nothing, until he came full circle back to Taiv. There, a horde had come, springing themselves onto the two birds instantly. Elai cut through them, trying to get to his pidgeot companion.

"TAIV!"

((He's just lying passed out lol.))

Suzu stopped struggling and for a moment the Lucario thought it was over, until Suzaku's weight suddenly pulled him down. Concern filled the canine as he quickly caught the Blaziken slipping from his grasp and peeked over his companion's shoulder to see what had happened. The fire bird was passed out cold, just hanging as dead weight in Anubis's arms. Gently he lay his friend down on the ground just as Cathal began to charge...for him.

Anubis screamed as his former mentor nearly crushed him under his weight, thick remnants of tainted blood dripping from Cathal's gaping wounds to land on him. "Stop...defending...him!" A whimper escaped the Lucario as he struggled to get free, only causing the dragon to increase his grip. Anubis could feel his arms being crushed and suddenly the right one let out a sickening pop and dislocated. The noise startled even the Charizard as suddenly he was off of the Lucarion in an instant, worry painting his formerly enraged face.

"Cathal..."

Pierce was no longer able to make sense of what was going on. Not that he really understood anything from the moment Suzaku came back to life. Now the bird was on the ground, and the dragon was at Anubis's throat. Bloody hell, they had already clipped the beast's wings, and it still kept fighting. What did this virus do to their bodies?

POP

Well, now he knew what it did to other pokemon's bodies... Anubis's arm hung loosely now, obviously dislocated or worse. Pierce cringed at the sound, looking away ever so slightly. As he did, however, he caught sight of something in the shadows nearby, something about his size and pink. Careful not to look straight at it, he glared at the Dragon, so as not to alert the thing that he had seen it. Just what we need now... More company.

Kikor watched on, memory swiftly returning. His name was... Pierce, the blue and yellow Lucario was... Anubis! Cathal was the insane Charizard, and finally, the Blaziken was... He couldn't remember, but he was sure he knew them, he clearly did, by the way the intruder acted around them. Everything was making sense now, The intruder had knocked Pierce out, and was now pretending to be him in front of everyone else, however, Pierce had lost some of his memory. All he had to do was to get rid of the intruder, and that would allow him to ask his friends about his missing memory.

One problem, Pierce was unable to recall which of the battling Pokémon were his friends. Except, of course, the crazy Charizard-Cathal. All Pierce had to do was wait for the intruder to come looking for him, he was sure it would once it knew he was conscious and lurking near him. Once that happened, Pierce could knock it unconscious and hide it away like it had done to him, then he could explain everything to his friends. He could do nothing, of course, while the intruder was there. It would simply lie, and point suspicion onto Pierce instead of itself.

((OoC:Kikor now thinks that he is Pierce and that the real Pierce is an intruder, so he is plotting to kidnap and kill the real Pierce, to get his own life back. Permission from Drago to use Pierces profile image now that Kikor is an exact look-alike of the real Pierce, being that is who he thinks he is.))

Looking around, Isavi found she couldn’t say much about the sights in this area of the hazy mountain. It was silent, eerily so, and she was scared out of her wits. Surrounding her was nothing but undergrowth; dark greens, rotten sticks, and some things crushed beyond recognition. There wasn’t a single other Pokémon around- that she can see, anyway. This wasn’t necessarily a good thing, seeing as her brother was included in that category.

Her brother, Minus- a Minun- had been right behind her as she stumbled her way into the undergrowth to find a sheltered area where they could rest. Upon turning around to ask Minus what kind of shelter they were looking for, she discovered that the Minun had simply… disappeared.

She was all alone and frightened, and she kept hearing rustling nearby- only to realize after she nearly suffers a heart attack that it was simply herself making the noises. Her body wouldn’t quit shivering, even though it was hardly a low temperature in the area. She stopped herself out of fear from calling out for Minus several times, at this point. She hoped he wasn’t hurt. She wouldn’t be able to stand it if he was out there not only all alone, but injured as well. She was almost driven to begin searching for him at the thought, but decided not to move from her spot, remembering a lesson her mother had once taught her: When one is lost, they must stay put where they are. If someone is looking for them, chances are they won’t be found wandering around.

“Minus..?” She cried out in a weak whimper- although it was supposed to be loud. Her voice so quiet in this instance that she could barely hear it herself.

Taking a deep, shuddering breath, she curled in on herself, and decided to wait for her brother.

((OOC- This whole "waits nearly a week before posting" thing is not going to be habitual, and I do apologize. I look forward to posting with you all, though~))

Images in his head began to meld together as Anubis called out to him, so many things weren't making any sense and it was starting to overwhelm him. Cathal had jumped back as he heard Anubis's arm wrench from its socket, and while he knew his friend was in pain the canine still reached out for him. Cathal backed away in fear, gripping his head and roaring in agony. Why did his head hurt? Nothing hurt anymore...nothing. So why?!

Strange fragments started to piece together in his head, of a time...a time before. He remembered a dark, cavernous place filled with broken metal. A group, all struggling together after having plummeted through the ground. But he couldn't remember what had gotten them there, but flashes of dark fur and a wicked cackle kept flickering in his mind. His body started to get unbearably hot as the memories forced their way to the surface, blocking out even the Lucario's pleas.

His claws trailed down his face, leaving large gashes as they peeled away the flesh heating to the point of decay. He looked down at the bits of his own skin clinging to his claws, coated in the thick black gunk that seemed to be passing for his blood, and the flashes slowed to focus on just one point. His chest suddenly flared in pain so he started to clutch at it only to find a gaping hole where his heart should be. Eyes wide he looked down to stare at the wound, memories of dark claws digging into his chest and feasting upon the organ within, and it all snapped together.

Delia.

This was all her doing. The reason he attacked his comrades in the Under, the reason he was now hunting and trying to kill the child he had raised as a son. The she-devil had taken his life and tainted his afterlife, turning him into one of them. Disgusted within himself the broken Charizard began to heave, but there was nothing in him to do so. After a few moments he could only sit on the cold ground and cry, the knowledge that he was a monster burned into his mind.

Nothing but a monster....

((Once he hits bronze, Sil, he's all yours. So just one more cycle! ^_^))

"TAIV!"

The battle was a blur, blood, gore, feathers, limbs, flesh, flames, screams... all was a flurry before him, wrapping him in a vortex of battle and hell. The blaziken's body fought as his mind struggled to keep up, acting on instinct and instinct alone. He didn't know how long the battle waged, nor the whereabouts of his best friend, but he didn't stop till the horde had been cut down to nothing but scattered, splattered remains. Panting, his hands still balled into fists, he stood victorious amongst the carnage, albeit wounded and slightly dazed.

Now once again sober, Elai glanced around, looking for some sort of sign for the pidgeot. "Taiv?" he called, voice weary with fatigue and concern. Fear began to creep into his mind, the silence giving him no assurance. He called again, only to be once again met with silence. A small crack sounded beneath his feet, and there, he saw the charred remains of an infected he'd earlier disposed of. However, this one made him pause, peer closer at its melted face. Something... familiar...

Elai's eyes widened as the recognition hit, his eyes trailing down to the familiar cream feathers that still clung to the body's lower half. Even one trademark head feather remained, the base melted to the now exposed skull.

Taiv...

Suzaku's eyes snapped open, his mind taking in the scene with new eyes. He remembered. That was Anubis, the canid he'd met in the giant tomb, protecting his mother. Pierce, the little nidorino that helped fend off the monster Swampert. The dragon...

He picked himself up, holding his head with his claws. The last half hour or so was a complete blur, and he was unable to recollect anything during that timeframe. However, when he saw the now wingless dragon and the shape of Anubis' arm, concern rushed through him, even with the urge of bloodlust that rose. "Anubis!" he cried, rushing toward the injured dog.

Anubis struggled to his feet, still calling Cathal's name even as the dragon broke down crying in front of him. Cathal was even starting to injure himself, long gashes in his face as his claws trailed down where his tears would not flow. He was broken, a shell of the great Charizard he had once been, and it was all the Lucario could do to not start crying right along with him. Cathal seemed to remember something of what he once was, beyond just knowing the Lucario himself, and it was killing him.

Not wanting to see his former mentor in such a state Anubis sat down beside him, wrapping his good arm around Cathal in some hopes of comforting the broken male. "Anubis!" Oh no! "Suzaku stop!" The Aura Pokemon stood up immediately and blocked the bird's access to Cathal, but it seemed like it was actually him he was going for. Clutching at his limp arm he held his ground, not willing to let the two fight anymore. "Don't hurt him Suzu...please...He isn't going to hurt anyone anymore."

Pierce couldn't believe it. Somehow... Anubis had broken through to them. Not just Suzaku, who was very recently turned, but this dragon that looked like it could've been dead for years. Somehow... And yet, Pierce didn't like the odds of how long they would stay like that. The Dragon attacked itself, and Suzaku attacked it, but how long would that last? A minute? An hour? Too risky. Pierce knew now that Anubis wouldn't leave until the end, and Pierce respected him for that. He wouldn't leave him alone now either. However, the current tide was working in their favor. Pierce decided it was time he check out what it was he saw in the bushes a moment ago.

Pierce moved one foot backwards, then the next, slowly inching himself towards the brush. As his tail swept the foliage behind him, he spun and lunged in, coming face to face with... himself? It was a Nidorino, the same size, color and general shape, and it had the Focus sash around its ear in the same way. The eye color was correct... And it even had the same chip in its horn he got from fighting the Swampert. Who, or what, was this? "What... The fuck?"

Skip please, don't have time to make a post

((Have to skip. Not much I can do without Ciana here... D;)

Visions plagued his mind, sights and sounds, the smell of death and blood. All these and more came rushing back as he remember the times leading up to his death and after. Delia...that wretched she-devil...she had not only ruined his life but had stolen it away from his as well. He could feel his internal fires raging once more as his body slowly remembered what it was like to be alive, but his tail remaining forever unlit as testimony that he was in fact deceased. The Charizard wailed in agony, pure and utter sorrow ringing through the sound as he failed to realize the Lucario now standing in front of him.

"Don't hurt him Suzu...please...He isn't going to hurt anyone anymore." Cathal looked up to see Anubis trying to block the Blaziken from him once more. But as he watched a thought occurred, that maybe it shouldn't be the fight he was stopping. Rising up he placed a clawed hand on his student's shoulder, staying him from having to stand up against his own friend. "Be at peace..." The dragon then turned to the Blaziken and offered him a tired smile. Cathal took a few steps back and allowed the fires within him to swell and burn and catch him alite by his own flame. He knew he couldn't live this way, not with what kind of a monster it had made him. Hell, he had even tried to kill his own student! No...this couldn't be, he wouldn't allow it. "Let him end it."

He stood there, burning in his own flames as he awaited the final retribution. 'Forgive me...'

((OOC:All yours Sil.))

"Suzaku, stop!" Anubis' cry halted the blaziken, the latter flinching from the urge to rip the canid in half for interferring. Something within him called for his death, for the death of anything that challenged him, but he managed to stay himself, his fists trembling for use. He panted, even though the action had no use anymore. "Don't hurt him Suzu...please...He isn't going to hurt anyone anymore."

Suzaku glanced to the dragon, the wingless thing that, like himself, had brought his mind back from the bloodied trenches in which Death had put it. He looked uneasily at the beast, even as it seemed to make peace with Anubis and lit himself with the fires that kept him going. Startled by the display, by the gentle, resigned words coming from the monster he'd been fighting not minutes ago, Suzaku steadied himself. This creature... they were alike. The same. The blaziken looked down at his bloodied, foul claws, the unhealthy grey and purple tinge to his skin and feathers... The rage and bloodlust that was always sitting on the back of his throat and mind... He was one of them. There was no heat anymore, there was no life. His heart didn't stammer or leap for joy anymore... it was still, dead. Gone. Like he should be. Like this dragon should be.

Nodding, solemn and silent, Suzaku quickly disposed of the being before him, a strong kick across the face shattering the skull and brain beneath. The spine cracked with effort, and the body fell, truly dead. How it was supposed to be. He stared a moment, eyes lost on the carcass, his mind reeling with what needed to be done. He had already died once... but agian? Could he go down that terrible path again?

'At least you won't feel yourself dying, Elai,' he quipped to himself, gaze unfocused before him. 'That part's already done...' As much as the survival instinct was still there, fighting the decision as much as his rage and bloodlust, the blaziken remained himself, if only for a few minutes longer. He twitched and sputtered with effort, turning to Anubis. "...Anubis..." he began, keeping the urge to claw and peck at the canine before him, "...I..." He couldn't find the courage to ask for his own death outright, but fell to his knees and hands, shaking with restraint. He looked up, crimson eyes pleading. "...Please... Before... Before I..."

((Phoe has permission to kill Suzus, but I would like to have a "leaving" post with him afterward. One last post. ;u;))

Anubis watched in horror as Cathal asked for Suzaku to end it, feeling the comforting grip of his mentor's claws receding from his shoulder. He tried to reach out for the dragon but the sad smile on his face stilled the fighter's paw, frozen in sadness at the realization that Cathal wanted to die. Again. Of course it was cruel to keep him like this, the selfish wish of a child who simply wanted to keep his friend. Cathal would never have willingly have become one of the infected, so it made sense that he would want peace from it.

And peace he received.

With a swift strike Cathal was downed by Suzaku, the Lucario cringing from the sound of the skull crunching as the Charizard took the fatal blow. Tears began to fall as he watched Suzaku turned to him, the same depression in his eyes as had been in Cathal's. 'No...' "...Anubis...I..." 'Please no...' "...Please... Before... Before I..." He couldn't help but let out a sob at what Suzaku was asking him to do. Just as with Cathal he realized it had to be done, he knew he wouldn't want to live that way, but he didn't think he could take any life, much that of his friend. But...he was suffering...

He placed a comforting paw on the bird's shoulder, and despite the sobs that wracked his body he gave a nod. "I...I understand..." he managed to choke out, looking away in pained shame at what he was going to have to do. Falling back, paw slipping from the other fighter, he slid his eyes closed and reached out with his Aura Sense. He wasn't nearly as strong as the other, and all of his moves where the same types as Suzu's, so it would take picking out the one weakness in the Blaziken's aura to be able to bring him down. Finding it he started to charge his most powerful move, Focus Blast, and held the ball of energy in his paws as he opened his eyes to look at his friend one last time. "I'm so sorry..."

And he released.

((OOC: Left it open for you Sil, so you are free to allow Suzu to die on your terms.))