Dom waited and waited until Emma finally arrived in the room. As she hit the bed, Dom felt a huge wave of relief wash over him. Finally, he could meet with Mr. Hanzo. He waited for a moment, trying to gauge whether or not she was actually asleep, and then sprung into action. Dom and Lycanroc slowly crept up, and snuck towards the window in their room, and opened it slowly. While Dom opened the window, Lycanroc went into the drawer and grabbed the Z-Power ring and the Lycanium-Z, and quickly scurried to Dom's side.
"Right, almost left this didn't I" Dom laughed.
Leaving it open, Dom jumped out and landed swiftly on the ground. A bit of a hard landing, but nothing a Draconid couldn't handle. Lycanroc jumped down next and the two sprinted towards the main arena. The arena was on the other side of the forest, so once again Dom decided to jump through the trees. This time though, he seemed not to feel the same ominous presence, it must've been concentrated at the front of the forest near the docks. They shortly arrived at the bridge that led to the Arena, which was built on top of the water. It was a really beautiful night that night, and the stars reflected off the water.
"This almost reminds me of the day you evolved, Lycanroc. Do you remember? That was the day that we beat Kiawe's trial. I wonder what they're all doing now..." He wondered.
They soon arrived in the arena, and they were greeted by Hanzo and his Accelgor.
"Well, I see you actually kept your word. Did you bring it?" Hanzo asked.
Dom nodded, and raised his hand in the Arena light, showing off the Z-Power ring with the Lycanium-Z. Hanzo seemed amazed, and grabbed Dom's arm, raising it in the air to get a better look.
"Wow, I never thought I'd see this Z-Crystal again." he said.
"You've seen it before?" Dom asked, confused.
"Yes, I have. Anyways, we should probably start our training. It's what, 10:30 now? I'm giving you until 11 to get it back." Hanzo said coldly.
"Wha-?" Dom looked down at his Z-Power ring to see that the Lycanium Z was now gone.
Dom and Lycanroc looked around frantically, but turned around to see Accelgor holding the Z-Crystal. Still a bit surprised, Dom and Lycanroc sprang into action.
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Dom was kneeled over, winded, and fell to the ground.
"5 more minutes." Hanzo taunted, walking up next to Dom.
"Quickly Lycanroc, go for it!" Dom said.
Lycanroc, who also appeared tired and beat up, charged at the Accelgor, who was still full of energy. Dom watched as Lycanroc charged, and looked up at Hanzo, which is when he noticed it. A Z-Crystal shape was protruding from his pocket, and Dom had only just noticed it. He quickly sprung up and reached into Hanzo's pocket, and grabbed the Z crystal and jumped back.
"Hah! Got it!" Dom shouted excitedly.
Hanzo seemed impressed, and Accelgor approached, still holding the other Z crystal in its hand. Lycanroc slowly followed behind, somewhat tired, but seemed to be recovering.
"Well, congrats. You passed my test. However, I have two things to say. One, that actually isn't, a Lycanium Z." Hanzo said.
"What?!" Dom shouted.
The Z-crystal poofed into a small cloud of smoke, revealing that it wasn't a Lycanium-Z, but only a regular Rockium-Z.
"Second, here, eat this." Hanzo said.
He handed Dom and Lycanroc these two strange herbs. Dom and Lycanroc both put them in their mouths, and immediately recoiled.
"What is this!?" Dom asked.
"It's some energy root, to help get you ready for the second part of tonight's training." Hanzo said, "I want you to use that Rockium Z. Use it until you perfect it, not a single flaw. I'll be the one you use it on."
"Are we fighting Accelgor again?" Dom asked.
"No, you're gonna be fighting this pokemon." Hanzo said.
He sent out a Pokemon from a quick ball, and it was his own Lycanrock, but it was a Midday form.
"Go ahead, I know you already know the pose." Hanzo said.
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"Alright... Lycanroc one more time!" Dom shouted.
Lycanroc pulled itself up, and got ready.
"The raging mountains bring themselves down upon you, stronger than a rock, the raging boulder! Continental Crush!" Dom said as he performed the Z-Pose.
Energy gathered around Doms Lycanroc and its Aura flared to life. It jumped high into the air and a giant boulder formed as tons of rocks were pulled in by Doms Lycanroc. Hanzos Lycanroc looked up at the boulder, seemingly unfazed. Doms Lycanroc hurled the boulder at Hanzos Lycanroc, and it went flying. As it got closer and closer, it started to... diminish. The boulder soon began to fall apart, but a much smaller boulder still landed, hitting Hanzos Lycanroc head on. Dom and Lycanroc looked at eachother.
"Lycanroc......... YOU DID IT!" Dom cheered.
The two ran to each other and hugged, jumping up in down happily.
"Silence!" Hanzo yelled.
The two immediately stopped cheering.
"There is no cause for celebration, just yet. You've come quite far, you may be even to Use Splintered Stormshards by the end of the school year, but for now, I'll be holding on to your Lycanium-Z. For now, if you want, you may wear your Z-Power Ring as you please. But hear this, you are only allowed to use Continental crush, ONCE a week, outside of training, do you understand?" Hanzo said.
"Right." Dom said, a bit disappointing.
Hanzo noticed the twinge of sadness in Doms tone, "Don't worry kid, we all start somewhere. There was even a time once when I couldn't get it down."
"You can use Splintered Stormshards?!! Show me it, please Mr. Hanzo!" Dom pleaded.
Lycanroc seemed to have the same sentiment, they really wanted to see it, and Hanzo gave in.
"Fine, c'mon Lycanroc, lets do it." Hanzo said to his Lycanroc.
Hanzo and his Lycanroc got in place, and began the pose.
"The earths crust shatters into a billion shards, and from that comes anew, creation! Splintered Stormshards." Hanzo said.
The earth below rose and Hanzos Lycanroc let out a piercing howl. The shards of the earth from the rose into the sky, and came crashing down, one nearly hit Dom in the face but barely missed him. Though he was unfazed, still frozen in amazement. Hanzo sent him back to the dorm as the clock hit 1 am.
"Man, I actually feel kinda excited to be here now." Dom said as he walked upon the Dorm building.
Dom recalled Lycanroc to its pokeball and looked up at the window he left open, and jumped back up using the ledges on the wall. He climbed back into bed, and slowly drifted off to sleep
