CHAPTER 8

Thwack.

The Sound Of the Wooden Twig Hitting the Ground Reverberated around the Surroundings, Signaling the Start of the Battle between to Avian Pokémons.

It was Spearow who made the First move. Cocking It's Head back, Spearow Let out a Loud cry In a startlinf Fashion, Making Both Muez and Haribon Flinch momentarily. Spearow Has used Astonish. An Egg move, Muez Thought.

Spearow Took advantage of Them Flinching and darted towards haribon In great speeds with his Pair of wings Glowing In a Silvery white Manner. Haribon Saw him Closing in and Flapped her wings Strongly, Barely avoiding The Wing Attack that was meant to Knock her Off the Air.

Muez Saw Spearow miss and Took that opportunity to counter attack.

"Haribon, Use Tackle Followed Up by Air cutter!"

Haribon Heard his orders And did what she was told to. Flapping her wings with all her might, Haribon Flew towards the Unguarded back of Spearow. Leaving A Glowing White trail Behind her.

Spearow Heard Her Coming And Immediately Dove Towards the ground. The two Avians Flew descended from the skies in great speeds, Making Muez Worry about what the Other Flying type was up to.

Looking Back At the Pidgey That was Tailing him, Spearow Grinned and Flew Faster before Pulling up With Slight difficulty. Haribon, Who was Flying after him with Tackle Fully charged on, Was Completely Caught off guard by the sudden maneuver that spearow Has just pulled. She Flapped her Wings With all her might In an attempt to stop herself from Hitting the ground.

Haribon Smiled To herself when she Successfully did Prevent herself from Kissing the ground and was about to Fly back jnto the air when a Strong force slammed to her back. Haribon Let out a Pained Cry As Spearow's Tackle Struck her Hard.

Muez Wanted to Punch himself for not paying Their opponent any attention. Seeing Her Experience such Pain Made him bite his lower lips.

"Shake it off, Haribon. You Can Do better than this! Now, Aircutter!"

Haribon Nodded to him and Sent A Volley of Air blades towards the Spearow who was Just recovering his Balance From Using tackle On Haribon. Realizing that it was already too late to dodge this One, Spearow Used Wing Attack And Started Parrying The Air cutters. Mid. Air.

Muez Watched in shock As Spearow Continously Countered The Air Blades with his Glowing wings. Muez Refused to believe that the One in front of him was a Pokémon And not A Swordmaster.

Spearow Continued on countering the Air cutters that Haribon sent For while before he felt Himself Growinf tired and exhausted. continuously using Wing attack to Deflect the Attacks Made by his opponent While Maintaining himself airborne was proving to be more taxing Than he thought . Unlike Pidgey, Spearows Like Him doesn't have as much stamina Like what their counterparts Has.

Their Body was made for quick Bursts of Flight. They can Travel in great speeds, Yes. But not that Long like pidgeys do.

Noticing That Their opponent was now starting to grow Tired, Muez Took this opportunity to Tip the Favor Towards them.

"Haribon, Use Air cutter followed up by Sand Attack. After that, Use Aircutter simultaneously, Again!"

Haribon Let out a cry and Sent Another volley of aircutters Towards her opponent before Diving towards the ground. The Aircutters Was probably enough to keep Spearow pre-occupied For A while.

When she Reached the ground, Haribon used Her Wings to Sweep Huge amounts of sand and Dust upwards by Beating her wings Repeatedly. The sand Flew and struck Spearow, Who, At that time, Was Concentrating On Parrying the Aircutters while maintaining Himself airborne so the he was unable to React in time As the sand Covers his body.

Seeing him Lose his Focus, Haribon Grinned Victoriously and Sent Another Cluster of Aircutters towards him.

Spearow Was forced to Close his eyes for a moment the instance the sand struck him to prevent it from getting into his eyes. A mistake that He soon realized Far too late. The moment Spearow Stopped parrying the attacks, the Air Blades That haribon Sent Struck his body.

Spearow can only Groan in pain as Multiple Aircutters hits his Frail body. Not that long after, Spearow was unable to Keep himself Airborne And Fell Down towards the ground.

Haribon Watched him Falk to the ground and was about to Use another Aircutter when she suddenly heard Muez Yell to her.

"-bon Look Out!"

Haribon Turned towards him but was met with a glowing wing to her face. Haribon was just about To let out a cry When Multiple Glowing wings struck Her entire body. The Attack continued on Steiking her before One last Strike from a Glowing wing sent her Crashing into the ground.

Muez Immediately Ran after her to check on haribon. Upon arriving, Muez Saw her Twitching in pain.

"Hey. Hey. Haribon, Can you Hear me? Hey. Hey!", Muez Shook haribon and tried to Get a response from her. Haribon opened her eyes and saw the concern look in her partner's Eyes. Shiftinf her gaze To his Side, Haribon saw aa group of five Spearows Hovering in the air. Grinning at her In a very mocking Manner.

Muez Saw her looking behind him and Turned to glare at the New arrivals that interupted their Battle.

The spearow that haribon and Muez was Battling Managed to open his eyes to look at what was Haplening around Him. His opponents Pained cries earlier told him that something wrong just Occured While he was down and recovering.

Looking forward, Spearow saw the human cradling Haribon Carefully, Glaring above them in a very Angry Manner. Turning his Gaze up, Spearow saw What they're glaring at and immediately understood ehat just happened.

The Five Spearows from his flock Must have Ambushed his opponent while she was far too Occupied with Battling Him.

Spearow Didn't Liked it. Battles was meant to be fought One on one. Relying on numbers to defeat One's Opponent Was Very cowardly in Spearow's Opinion. Much Less Ambushing one when they're Not paying attention. A method of Battling that spearow found Disgusting Among His flock. He hated it when One calls their flock to gang up on one. He hated it when The Entire flock Laughed while Bullying Others with their numbers.

Spearow Forced himself to stand up. Pinkish Feet Shaking As he Stood up. After Standing up, Spearow Let out a Cry that Caught His fellow spearows' Attention before Flying towards them With Glowing wings.

The spearows Hovering Above them Looked at their fellow Spearow in confusion as He Flew towards them Aggressively. They Looked towards each other and saw the Confusion In each other's Faces. One of them was about to ask what spearow was doing but was met Eith a Powerful Wing attack in the face. Shocking Muez, Haribon, And his Fellow Spearows At the Same time.

Spearow Took advantage Of that and Used another Wing attack to Smack Another spearow in the face. Spearow was just about to use another wing attack When A Glowing wing struck his Stomach. Spearow let out a groan in pain before he Counter-attacked with His own Wing attack. One Glowing wing struck the other, Making The two Spearows Shake from the Impact.

Spearow Tried to Strike his opponent with His other wing when Two glowing Wings Connected To his body. Spearow Let out a Pained cry and saw the anger in his fellow spearows' Eyes.

Why did you fucking do that?!

The Three Spearows repeatedly Struck Him with wing attacks, Making his frail body jerk in every direction. They're doing it again. Ganging up on One with Their numbers. Spearow hated it, He really hated it. Especially now that it was him who was At the receiving end of their tactics.

Just As when Spearow was about to Lose Conciousness, A loud Cry Came from Below them. The Three spearows' Assault came to a halt As they turned to Who made that sound. At that moment, Spearow witnessed as Air blades struck Their body one after another. Making them all cry in pain at the same time.

Without them Keeping his body airborne with their Attacks, Spearow felt himself fall downwards. Closing his eyes, Spearow Braced himself for the collision but Was Met with A pair of arms instead of the hard surface of the ground.

Opening his eyes, Spearow saw the human smile at him in Assurance.

"Let us do the Work from here on, Alright?" The human asked Sincerely. Spearow didn't know what to feel. One moment, He was fighting This Guys over Some Half-eaten food. then The Next Moment They seemed to be allies now.

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"You ready, Haribon?"

"Cawwwwww"

Muez Grinned In excitement. Let's Show 'em who's the Real boss, Alright?!

"Haribon, Use Aircutter!"

Haribon let out a Cry before sending Numerous air blades towards their Enemies. The spearows saw her attacks coming and dodged all of them by flying In a Zigzag manner.

Muez Saw all of Haribon's attacks miss but Didn't panicked.

"Haribon, Use Air cutter Again then Tackle!"

Haribon Sent another Volley of Air cutters before Flying Upwards To meet them all head on.

The spearows Dodged her attacks with ease but One of them was met with a Tackle head on. The other two can only watch as Haribon Grabbed the Dizzy Spearow With her claws before Slamming It To a nearby tree.

The remaining two Spearows cried at her angrily before Flying at her with glowing wings. Muez saw what they've wanted To do And told Haribon what to do next.

"Haribon, Buddy. Use Aircutter Towards them Before Flying around the Tree Behind you using tackle!"

Haribon Heard him Loud and clear and used Aircutter To Distract them Before Using tackle to fly around The tree where she slammed One of the spearows Earlier.

Similar to what the spearow In Muez's Arms Did to counter Haribon's Air cutters, The spearows Merely Swatted the Airblades away with their glowing wings. The two Looked at each other's Eyes and saw the Same sumg expression in Each other's face. The two were about to resume their chase when Haribon Came from beside them and Struck One of the spearows With all her might.

The spearow let out a pained cry before Haribon grabbed it with her claws And Slammed It to the hard ground, Knocking the poor spearow instantly.

The remaining Spearow Saw how It's Companion Got Knocked Instantly and was about call for help when a Purple Silhouette Flew towards him in great speeds. The Figure Was curled Into a Tiny Balm before it uncurled itself and Faced Spearow, Revealing the huge Front teeth in it's mouth that was glowing.

The spearow watched in horror as the Ratata Attacked it with Bite before A Sucker Punch Struck It's Face. The spearow blacked out instantly before falling towards The ground alongside Ratata Who was Screaming His lungs out.

Haribon Flew after Them And caught The two with her claws And struggled Keep the three of them from crushing to the ground.

Muez And The Spearow in his arms Watched the three of them descend from above slowly before landing infront of them. Haribon Dropped the two of them to the ground before Spreading Her wings to their fullest.

Muez and the others Were surprised when haribon Started glowing. All of them Watched As Haribons Figure grew larger And larger. Not long after, The Light Gradually died down and In Haribon's Place stood A Pidgeotto.

[ Beep! Pokémon Status Updated.

Pidgeotto : Female

Nickname : Haribon

Species : The bird Pokémon

Type (s) : Normal / Flying

Abilities : Keen Eye, Big Pecks ( Hidden Ability ).

Moveset : Quick Attack, Sand Attack, Gust, Air Cutter, Wing Attack, Aerial Ace, Hurricane, Feather Dance. ]