"Use Psycho Cut!" Amethio barked, his Fire Blades Pokémon firing its Psycho Cut attack just as the group jumped with determined cries.
But, as Charizard jumped in and cut the Psychic attack in half, one-half of it that wasn't destroyed whizzed past him and Friede before it made its way toward Liko, Sharon, Kaguya, Rosebelle, Hiroto, and their Pokémon, leaving them defenseless until Liko's pendant shone brightly and the group was suddenly encased in a giant forcefield protecting all of them.
What also threw everybody for a loop was the fact that two two Pokémon whom Hiroto and Rosebelle had - their baby turtle Pokémon (Terapagos) gently appeared from her secondary satchel glowing as well before the royal couple and Liko noticed that the forcefield they and their Pokémon were saved by was in three layers.
A Luxury Ball Rosebelle had on her floated out of her satchel on her back and appeared before them and her and Hiroto's necklaces glowed brighter along with Liko's before they saw four Pokémon in front of them (with the Luxury Ball opening to reveal the third Pokémon that Amethio wanted from them).
Rosebelle and Hiroto could hardly believe their eyes as their Terapagos appeared before them (the third having been discovered in Paldea's Area Zero after the pair were first introduced to the region by Rosebelle's Paldea team in their ongoing quest to find out more about Link, Zelda, and the Terapagos in her and Hiroto's possession, slumbering in its depths for the last two million years). But, they were even more shocked along with Liko and their Pokémon to find a fourth Terapagos appearing from the new student's pendant.
The three Terapagos that belonged to Hiroto and Rosebelle cooed at their human parents before they returned to their dormant forms but the fourth that belonged to Liko via her pendant looked at the three humans before it pulled itself back into its shell and materialized back into the pendant (removing the forcefield that had shielded them at the same time).
This was an unfortunate wrong move by the youngest of the Terapagos as the group started to fall (with Liko (who managed to catch her pendant) and Sprigatito screaming in panic as they did so) until Friede along with Prism and Celeste (who popped out of their Master Balls in the nick of time) to rescue the pair and their family with Prism and Celeste catching Rosebelle, Sharon, Kaguya, Hiroto, Weiss, Artemis, Titania, Leah, Miraidon, Scarlet, Brooke, and Leah while Charizard caught Liko and Sprigatito.
Seeing this and the group leaving from their hiding spots, Rosebelle and Hiroto's dragons came up beside them (with Sylvia and Violet having the rest of their family on their backs given their shared size) along with their Flying Types.
"Heh, well now... You Five are a bit reckless, huh?" Friede smirked at them.
Liko winced in embarrassment as she thought, "Yeah, try telling that to Sprigatito ever since I followed her on my first day to the rooftops."
"But, hey, that was quite brave. I also expected as much coming from two of you, really more so with the adoptive granddaughter of my old friend from what I heard with you and your adventures."
"Honestly, this feels so weird. And, with everything that's happened, maybe I'm just a weirdo now, too. But, for some reason, it feels like, this is the start of something big," Liko thought, her heart racing as she held her pendant and she and Sprigatito looked at each other in awe as if they felt something starting to grow within them.
"We must retreat before our confirmed enemies come at them again!" Virizion suggested, hearing the clock tower ring as it was now 7:00 in the morning.
"My good man, do you know a place where we can take the princess, Sharon, Kaguya, her husband, and Liko to keep them safe from those fools?" Ghost questioned Friede.
