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Pikachu had been in here before to train. He'd fought Ridley multiple times and Primids as well. The grunts didn't faze him anymore, and even the ROBs, though dangerous, could be defeated. That wasn't why he was here. The lady on the thingy had said that everyone had to face their fears. So that's why he was down here. He was facing his fears.

At first, all Pikachu could do was sit and stare with an emotion that rapidly approached horror, as the surreal black and violet mesh landscape of Subspace formed around him. When a large blue humanoid appeared, glowing and floating in midair, it took everything the Pokemon had to keep his shaking from showing. There was no time wasted upon the simulation's start.

Tabuu pulled himself in tighter and then swung both of his arms out to the side. Giant wings unfurled, and with them came a massive shockwave of power. Pikachu knew what this attack did, and he didn't want to experience it again. He turned to run but it was too late. The wave struck him hard and sent him careening into a simulated Trophy of one of his other companions. Though the attack wasn't strong enough to Trophy the electric mouse, it was strong enough to hurt. A lot.

Pikachu had a lot more trouble getting up the second time, and Tabuu was already charging his second attack.

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Vivio was a bit restless. At the moment, she had a lot on her mind. Somewhere, on this ship, was a creature that could attack them through their dreams, through their fears. She wanted to stand up and fight them alongside her parents, but Nanoha told her differently.

The question still remained: Was she ready? Could she face her mom and tell her she was ready?

Wandering into the Sensorium, she let out a gasp as she found herself in a strange world, a large blue human-like creature looming over a poor yellow mouse... and it was ready to strike him down.

"NO! GET UP!" Vivio shouted, scared. She shook her head and grabbed Sacred Heart out of the air. "SACRED HEART, SET UP!" A flash of white light and Vivio had transformed into her older self and her Barrier Jacket, using her magic to fly towards Tabuu and launch a powerful strike at the creature. She wouldn't let him harm Pikachu.

Pikachu had just gotten up when the girl rushed past him, transforming and flying to meet Tabuu. He'd never seen Ganondorf try the exact same thing, or he might have tried to stop Vivio. As it was, he shouted a warning, hoping she could understand him. Unfortunately, Tabuu was not one to be stopped with a single blow, and this was demonstrated when the attack struck a shield that shimmered for a moment from Vivio's attack, and then reflected the force right back.

Pikachu could already tell this fight was going to be tough.

Vivio let out a yelp as she felt herself get pushed back by Tabuu's reflection, flipping head over heels before righting herself. Just what was that thing? Is this what they were up against? She didn't care. She had to stop him. She had to prove to herself that she was capable for handling things!

She let out a roar of anger as she charged at Tabuu, throwing punch after punch at the creature as she got close. She had to give Pikachu a chance to get up.

"PIKAAAAA!" the mouse shouted, letting fly with a burst of electricity at Tabuu's wing. It left him winded a moment, but it was very satisfying to watch the digital looking wing shatter into a million glowy bits.

"Pika pikachu!" he called out, trying to point out Tabuu's other wing, since hitting Tabuu didn't seem to be doing much at the moment.

Vivio blinked as she noticed Pikachu's electric burst shatter Tabuu's wing, then heard him call out and point. Noticing the other wing and the creature wincing in pain, Vivio took that as her cue to strike the wing, watching it shatter.

"Yes! That did it!" Vivio cried out.

Not quite. Pikachu jumped back and gestured for Vivio to do the same. Someone as strong as Tabuu wouldn't go down from two hits. The entity didn't disappoint, either. New wings --though not as shiny or large-- unfurled, and it held out one hand toward the two combatants, firing a barrage of glowing bullets at them.

Vivio pulled back as Tabuu unfurled his new wings and began firing the glowing bullets. The girl began weaving through the bullets, trying to dodge the attacks as they flew through the air. And without any real devastating range attacks, Vivio was a bit over her head.

That much was obvious. Pikachu knew she wanted to help, but this was Pikachu's fear to face, and someone needed his help. He charged in fast, leaping on top of Trophies until he was behind Vivio. Though he didn't want to hurt her get her hurt, he needed a platform. "Pika!" he said forcefully, running straight ahead and leaping.

Fortunately, he was light, and he jumped off Vivio's shoulder and plowed into Tabuu as hard as he could.

Then he called down the Thunder.

Vivio blinked as she watched Pikachu bounce off her shoulder and rammed into Tabuu full-force.

What is he...? Vivio thought, then she saw it.

"PIKACHU, NO!" Vivio cried out, trying to reach out to save the rodent.

There was no getting around it; Pikachu really was just too brave for his own good sometimes. "PI!"

"KA!"

"CHUUUUU!!"

While Pikachu had lost the full immortality of being a Smasher once he'd left the World of Trophies (he didn't know it, but he was becoming more and more like a normal Pokemon every day), this had been traded off with the ability to grow stronger naturally, without the use of stickers.

And Pikachu was now very strong. The resulting explosion rocked the entire battlefield, blinding anyone watching temporarily from the brilliant flash of light. Of Pikachu and Tabuu, however, there was little that could be seen.

Edited 2010-01-08 09:31 (UTC)

As the bolt struck, creating the incredible explosion, Vivio pulled back, covering her eyes as the light intensified. As the light died down, Vivio was able to slowly look back, trying to blink away the dots in her eyes as she tried to find the two.

"P...Pikachu?" Vivio called out. "Pikachu, are you okay?!"

When the explosion cleared, Pikachu was well in mid-air while Tabuu writhed and exploded from the sheer amount of force that hit him. In moments he was gone, and Pikachu was on the ground, safe and cheerful as ever.

"Pika pika!" he said.

"Oh... oh, my..." Vivio stammered, noticing the Pokemon still there, healthy and whole. She raced down to the ground and picked up Pikachu, hugging it in relief. "I... I thought you were..."

If Pikachu noticed, there were tears running down Vivio's face. She was truly worried!

"Pikachu?" Pikachu was confused. Why was she crying? He certainly didn't mind the hugging; he returned it happily.

"I-I'm sorry..." Vivio said, quickly returning to her child self. "It's just... I didn't know what you were going to do or... if you could handle that. I... I got scared..."

She sniffled and wiped away her tears. "I'm sorry if I worried you."

"Chaaa!" Pikachu replied, returning the hug even more than before. He hadn't meant to worry anyone!

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