The Grand Tournament

[Percy Thrillington]

The point of impact was immense, but was it enough? Noah saw his Chimchar staggger around, but it was obvious he was going to faint. That had been the plan, Noah wasn't going for a win anymore, no, the super effective pound had ended all hope. What Noah wanted was a draw... Could he make it?

The Chimchar feel to the ground, sprawled out, arms and legs in an eagle-spread position, tongue rolling out of his mouth. Noah willed Forest not to get back up, a draw would be fair, losing because of the rain would not be.

 

[Sharpedochu]

Eager to get her pokemon Rukia rushed into the busy office, around her she saw other trainers from all around, turning to where a man in a white coat handed her a poke'ball
"here" he said in a kind voice, "you have been selected to train Turtwig, Turtwig is a very small bashful little pokemon so he needs lots of care, if you promise to care for him, he is yours"
The proffeser put the ball into her hand, Rukia blinked with excitment of seeing this new pokemon,
A smile soon light up on her face as the tiny leaf pokemon emerged from the ball,
I'ts little green face blushed, kneeling down she remembered there was a few pokeblocks left in her bag.
she took off her pack and fed one to her new pokemon,
The turtwig smiled at Rukia, Rukia would pat his head.
Rukia turned to the proffeser and exclaimed, "i love him already!"
Rukia then turned to the little pokemon and said "would you like to come with me?"
Turtwig smiled an nodded his head.
She picked him up in her arms and held him close "were going to have to give you a name.." She thought to herself.
"Oh and proffeser!, thankyou so much!"
Rukia turned to walk out of the door with turtwig in her arms.

 

[Kansas]

The two pokemon's head clash had left them both too tired to even attempt to get up. Camera flashes and loud commotion could be heard from the watching crowd as their excitement had finally been released at the climactic head butt between the two pokemon.

"Looks like they knocked each other out, Mankey boy..." Fen called across the water soaked field. He walked slowly to the two small pokemon and lifted up Forest, cradling him in his arms. Forest squinted his eyes open just enough to show he was alright.

"Forest...you're a hard fighter... We're going to get along much better than i originally thought..." Fen said calmly to his little pokemon. "All you need is a decent rest. Once you're feeling better, you can go back to your favorite spot on my head, hows that sound?" Fen said, smiling at the little grass pokemon.

Forest responded weakly with a small 'treecko...' as Fen pulled out the pokeball and recalled Forest back into the sphere. Fen looked up to Noah and scratched his head. "Your style of battle... is quite different... and reckless...but none the less, it was a good match. Your style of battling makes me look forward to studying you, Mankey Boy." Fen said with a sly grin as he turned around and headed back towards the lab.

"I'm going in to dry off... and maybe wait out this storm while Forest recovers...you may want to do the same before the poor Chimchar's tail burns out" Fen called back to Noah over his shoulder as he returned to the building.

Upon entering he saw the other trainers, waiting for the storm as well it seemed. A couple new trainers had even slipped in, escaping Fen's attention as he was battling. Fen stood for a moment while looking around, and took his original seat in the chairs against the wall without really saying anything to anyone for now, he assumed they must know he had to tend to his pokemon after it had just battled. Fen let the little Treecko out of its ball again into his arms and cradled it gently. The Treecko refused the cradle, having already gained enough strength to climb back on top of Fen's head, where it curled up and resumed its nap which was earlier interrupted by the battle.

Fen looked up to the little green pokemon and smiled then let out a heavy sigh of exhaustion. It would be time to leave Pallete Town very soon...

 

[Trainer Kat]

"Good job Pikachu.. And Kat, thanks.."

Kat simply waved her hand in response. "Yeah, yeah..." she began. "Anyone would have done the same thing..." When he wobbled, her bony arms darted out, ready to catch him. "Hey, careful!" she chastised him. "You shouldn't be standing. Here, why don't you sit down and rest?" With that, the blonde led the other to the chairs where they had originally sat, depositing him on one of them.

At that moment, Fen entered, returning to his position on the chairs. Kat was hesitant to approach him, since last time, both he and Noah had invaded her personal space. Ultimately, her curiosity as to what had happened in his battle persuaded her to go to him.

"You stay here," she said, slowly taking her arms away, since she had no clue whether or not he was able to sit on his own, since standing looked to be a challenge. "I'm going to go talk to Fen. Plus, I think my makeup's shot. I gotta redo it." Looking to Axel, she spoke; "Make sure he doesn't fall and crack his skull or something. Get help from one of the other trainers if you need to." The Charmander responded with a simple "Char," accompanied by a sharp nod.

Making her way over to Fen, Kat sat in the seat she had occupied when she first got there--the one on Fen's left.

"Hmmph. So, little professor, who won your little skirmish?" she asked, not looking at Fen, but rather at the compact mirror she had retrieved from the bottom of her cluttered bag. Pulling out a moist towelette, she cleansed her face of any remaining makeup before beginning to cake mascara on her lashes and eyeliner on her lids. "I didn't get to see it, since I was battling at the same time."

 

[Jim]

Most, if not all of the other Trainers had found their way back out of the rain and into the warmth of the Professor's lab. Kat had jumped up to go and speak with a boy who had messy green hair and a Treecko and the collapsed boy was sitting a few chairs away from herself, with Kat's Charmander standing guard. The brunette sighed, watching her Pokémon, who had his back turned to her, trying to destroy the solid rubber ball with it's jaws. Most of the Trainers had already established some sort of bond, some more than others and everyone more than Roisin and Totodile.

Maybe it'll earn my trust in a battle, and as soon as his rain clears I'll let it beat the stuffing out of a Ratatta or two... Nothing like the dancing Totodile squad on TV...

Roisin sighed for a second time. She jumped up, stretched her legs and arms and then decided for a walk over to Kat and the other Trainer. She starter to approach him, ready to introduce herself and ask how the battle went, but on the way she was interrupted by the Pokémon Professor.

"Excuse me, Roisin... That's your Totodile there?" The Professor smiled and nodded towards her Pokémon.

Roisin flinched.

Please say he hasn't bitten Kozue's Piplup.

As she slowly turned around too where her Pokémon was last seen she couldn't believe her eyes. In the corner of the room, where Totodile was sitting with it's new ball, there was a mass of blue, curled up and breathing steadily. Totodile's crimson eyes were hidden beneath his jet-black eye-lids -rather like Kat's-.

"Wow, he's so peaceful... I know I've known him for all of 30 minutes but, this is extremely unexpected." Roisin smiled and withdrew Totodile's PokéBall from her bag. Roisin held out the PokéBall and pointed it at Totodile. "Return," she commanded, and the translucent red light once again shot out and drew her Pokémon back with it, into the Pokémon's spherical home.

OOC: I know this should be in the OOC thread but I'm too lazy, you can respond there though. Can we get going soon? ^_^

 

[Degenerate]

"Thanks again, Professor. I'm not sure what I would've done without this." Patrick waved the ruby PokéDex in one hand, scratching the back of his head shyly with the other. The pokémon prodigy simply smiled at the young lad's forgetfulness.

"Don't worry about it. Lots of kids make that mistake," the wise man comforted him.

Patrick questioned the reality of that statement. Really, how many to-be trainers forgot their PokéDex before heading out into the pokémon world? His name had been officially added to that fictitious list. Nonetheless, he was just glad he remembered before it was too late. Now that he had the elusive device in his possession, he decided to test it out a bit, better to have a test run in the controlled confines of the laboratory building than out there in the wild, he reasoned. After one last salute to the Professor, the brawny teen wondered around the room, PokéDex ready in hand, collecting information on all the starter pokémon he could spot in the area. The fact that most of the other trainers seemed to have a fondness for leaving their pokémon out of their pokéballs worked great for him.

A sigh of relief escaped his lips as he'd finally collected data from the last pokémon available in the room, a Charmander. He looked through the list of pokémon data recorded on the PokéDex with a grin on his face. "That's Charmander, Squirtle, Totodile, Turtwig, Treecko, Mudkip, Chimchar, Piplup and Pikachu. Oh and Speedy, my own Cyndaquill of course," he read out to himself gleefully. "This PokéDex thing is really nifty."

Looking up, he found himself standing next to Kat and her friends. He couldn't help but overhear the question she directed to Fen. Patrick too wanted to know the victor of that battle. "Yeah, I was kinda wondering the same thing," he added. "Round about the time I left, it looked like it could've gone either way."

 

[Kansas]

ooc: sorry about the wait, i had work all day =X

Fen sat peacefully with Forest as they yawned in unison and began to doze off quietly, almost forgetting that they had an adventure to leave for soon. He was stopped by an onslaught of questions from both Kat and Patrick.

"Hmmph. So, little professor, who won your little skirmish?" Kat asked while administering her makeup.

"Yeah, I was kinda wondering the same thing," Patrick added. "Round about the time I left, it looked like it could've gone either way."

Fen looked up to the two, quite flattered that they had taken so much interest in his battle. He looked at Forest sleepily then looked back to the two trainers.

"...it ended in a draw. Mankey Boy's tactics are quite bothersome and dangerous. He forced the match into a draw using a kamikaze head butt with Chimchar...He'd rather risk hurting his partner than taking a loss...I'll be sure to mark that in my notes...But Forest appears to be fine, so I'm not too concerned about the results anymore. The battle proved to be an accurate representation of Mankey Boy's abilities and style. I wont fall to such a desperate attack next time I meet him in battle." Fen said softly to the two curious trainers. He cracked a smile to them. "And besides, Forest doesn't want that to happen again either, do you Forest?" Fen said, letting his eyes float to the top of his head to look at the little Treecko. Forest squinted an eye open from his nap at the sound of his name, the closed them again, uninterested in the conversation.

Fen pulled his legs back cross legged and crossed his arms, shivering slightly inside his soaked clothes from the rain, waiting for the warm building to dry him off a bit.

 

[GastlyGuy]

Name: Kai Mikoro

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Personality: Kai is happy sometimes but when provoked he can get very angry.He has a very short temper so he lashes out at anything that will annoy him that little bit more.He is never grumpy or laid back and he always wants to get into action.He will never back down from a battle and is always a good sport after the battle and he is really concentrated on winning and dedicates most of his concentration towards winning.

History: Kai was born in the region of Hoenn.His parents were killed in a rock-climbing accident and he now lives with his Uncle in Fortree City.He loves Pokemon and has been around Pokemon since he was born.His Uncle is a known Ruin Maniac and Kai always goes on adventures with his Uncle.He knows a lot about types of ruins and mountains which could come in handy sometime in the future.

RP Sample:

Kai stood there.His beloved Pidgeotto was getting destroyed in a battle against a Beedrill.
"Hang in there Pidgeotto!"
Kai shouted as he clenched his fists tightly.Suddenly Pidgeotto launched a huge and magnificent Aerial Ace attack on the Beedrill.The Beedrill fell to the ground like a ton of bricks.Suddenly Beedrill fainted and Pidgeotto was declared the winner.
"Well Done, Pidgeotto,You are certainly a great Pokemon."
Kai took the badge from the leader and walked triumphantly out of the gym.He immediately went to the Pokemon Center to get his Pokemon healed and to have a bite to eat.

 

[Trainer Kat]

OOC: No worries. :] I was gone all day as well.

IC: "...it ended in a draw. Mankey Boy's tactics are quite bothersome and dangerous. He forced the match into a draw using a kamikaze head butt with Chimchar...He'd rather risk hurting his partner than taking a loss...I'll be sure to mark that in my notes..." Fen responded.

Once he finished, Kat spoke: "Is that sort of move even recognized?" She shook her head and sighed. "No, don't even bother answering that. Knowing you, I'll get an hour long explanation to a question to which I'm already fully aware of the answer."

With that she stood, makeup application complete. About to walk away, she stopped and turned back to the messy-haired boy. "Hey. I've been meaning to ask you how you expect to take notes on..." Her teal hues shot a glance in Patrick's direction before returning to Fen. "...Both of them all by yourself. You're not exactly a laboratory, y'know. No workers, no nothin'. It's just you."

When her eyes hovered on him, she quickly called Charmander over. "Turn around, Axel." The Pokemon obeyed, turning so that his tail was directly in front of Fen's seat. She looked away from Fen this time while she talked, obviously not wanting to be associated with her good deed. "You can warm up with his tail flame.."

The blonde teen glanced around the room. All the battles were over, everyone seemed to be getting along well with their Pokemon, and all of them were inside. It seemed like the perfect time to leave. A quick glance outside showed that the sudden downpour had turned into a light drizzle. Though they would still get wet, it was better than being soaked. She took a step onto a chair two seats down from Fen, pulling her body up onto in. Standing upright, she readied herself.

"Listen up!" She yelled, attempting to obtain the attention from the surrounding trainers. "Axel and I are going to go to Viridian City. If you want to accompany us, fine. If you don't, I guess we'll be seeing you around as rivals." With that, she made an effort to jump off the chair. Boots soaked from the rain, her attempt to end the speech looking cool failed when she slipped and fell right on her butt.

OOC: GastlyGuy: A few minor grammatical errors, but I'll accept you, as long as I know you'll be posting longer entries than your sample. Accepted. Mudkip is your starter.

 

[GastlyGuy]

OOC: Whats currently happening?

 

[Kansas]

ooc: we have an OOC thread... and you signed up without reading whats happening? o.o"

Fen raised an eyebrow to the blond in curiosity as she finished her statement.

"Hey. I've been meaning to ask you how you expect to take notes on..." Her teal hues shot a glance in Patrick's direction before returning to Fen. "...Both of them all by yourself. You're not exactly a laboratory, y'know. No workers, no nothin'. It's just you."

Fen was confused for a moment. He wasn't an ugly kid... but that being said, he had never been approached by a girl outside of them wanting homework help. That being said, he immediately assumed the aforementioned. He waited patiently as she courteously allowed him to dry himself near Charmander's flame. It was a nice orange warm glow, Fen was feeling drier by the second, although Forest didn't seem to appreciate being so close to fire. The little Grass pokemon changed places, moving to Fen's lap to avoid falling near the flames and resumed his sleeping position. Suddenly Kat called out to the whole room.

"Axel and I are going to go to Viridian City. If you want to accompany us, fine. If you don't, I guess we'll be seeing you around as rivals." she called out, jumping down from her seat and falling flat on her butt.

Fen couldn't help but be slightly amused at her antics but quickly did the gentlemanly thing and stood up, letting Treecko move back to his head, and walked over to her, reaching a gracious hand down to her. He smiled at her and spoke softly

"Need some help? I couldn't help but think that you might be offering to help with my research? If thats what you're saying, I would love to travel with you. I'll even share my collected data on the two trainers and pokemon in general with you as a thank you? How does that sound, maybe? Sorry... I'm new to this talking to girls thing... my last school was an all male school..." He finished, wincing at admitting his embarrassing past, then returned to looking Kat in the eyes, waiting for an answer.

 

[Trainer Kat]

OOC: It's your duty to read the previous posts. For future reference, there is an OOC thread in the OOC lounge.

 

[Lash]

"Listen up! Axel and I are going to go to Viridian City. If you want to accompany us, fine. If you don't, I guess we'll be seeing you around as rivals."

Marcus heard Kat yell to all the trainers in the area. He sat down in a chair, still a little wobbly, holding Pikachu in his arms. He turned his head towards Kat, trying to catch her attention.

"Then I guess you will be seeing Pikachu and I as rivals."

He said, then turning to his Pikachu. Both still damaged, Marcus was a-okay to go, though Pikachu still needed to be healed. He smiled down at it, still incredibly proud of it. Of the display of power that it showed. Marcus touched one of his wounds on his right arm where the Fury Attack stabbed in, but it barely hurt. Holding Pikachu in his arms, he stood up, bending down a bit to get some dirt off. Pikachu smiled, becoming hyper a little, running up to his shoulder. It started saying the first four letters of its name constantly, "Pika Pika Pika Pika Pika Pika Pika!"

"You okay bud?"

The Pokemon kept saying its name over and over again. Marcus began saying "Pika" quietly with it over and over again, examining its tone of voice.

"I may not speak Pokemon.. But it sounds like you want your nickname to be Pika?"

Pika nodded. Marcus smiles, and pats it on the head.

Marcus placed his hands in his pockets, looking for his Pokedex. He grabs it out, looking at any data he might have recorded so far, but only Fearow, Spearow, and Pikachu data were recorded. He sighed, putting the Pokedex in his left hand. He searched his back pockets for a moment, and found a Pokeball hidden. He looked into the Pokeball for a moment, to find that the Fearow he had given Kat was still in his possession. He thought for a moment, figuring out what to do with it.

 

[Percy Thrillington]

OOC: I've been busy... Eh... RPing elsewhere.

IC: "Listen up!" Kat yelled, attempting to obtain the attention from the surrounding trainers. "Axel and I are going to go to Viridian City. If you want to accompany us, fine. If you don't, I guess we'll be seeing you around as rivals." With that, she made an effort to jump off the chair. Boots soaked from the rain, her attempt to end the speech looking cool failed when she slipped and fell right on her butt.

Noah grinned. "Yeah, I'll tag along, but only on the grounds that you'll go against Brock with me; a double battle."

With that said, he walked over to her and held out a hand to help her up.

 

[Trainer Kat]

IC: "Need some help? I couldn't help but think that you might be offering to help with my research? If thats what you're saying, I would love to travel with you. I'll even share my collected data on the two trainers and pokemon in general with you as a thank you? How does that sound, maybe? Sorry... I'm new to this talking to girls thing... my last school was an all male school..." With that, Fen finished talking, though, he did look a tad embarrassed by his last sentence.

Noah grinned. "Yeah, I'll tag along, but only on the grounds that you'll go against Brock with me; a double battle." With that said, he walked over to her and held out a hand to help her up.

Kat couldn't help but giggle inside when Fen mentioned the all-males school. Perhaps that was why he had been so awkward. Initially, she had been ready to snap at him for assuming she wanted -or needed- help, though once he began talking, her anger dissipated. Looking from Fen to Noah, she made her decision. Reaching up with one slender, bony arm, she took Fen's hand and pulled herself off. Brushing off the backside of her jeans, she contemplated what her answer would be. Previously, she looked upon Noah and Fen with annoyance, and if she accepted his offer, she would be forced to travel with both of them. Still, it could be interesting...

"Alright, little professor, you've got yourself a deal." She shot him a full grin. "I'll help you research Mankey-boy, and you share your notes with me." She turned towards the door, indicating her eagerness to leave. She placed her hands on the back of her head, fingers laced. She slightly turned her head towards him, looking at him with one green-blue eye. "And maybe..you'll learn a little something about girls, too, while you're at it." She said, finishing her sentence with a smirk and a wink.

 

[Phanima]

The early morning from which they had all gotten up from to arrive at the laboratory on time, was finally beginning to break. It had been close to three hours since all of them had arrived and received their first Pokemon, and after two battles, a near casualty and lots of interaction between both trainers and Pokemon, it was finally time to leave.

Asserting herself, albeit not as gracefully as she would've liked, Katrina Lee immediately took the leading role of the group and ushered the others to hear her words. Her topic had also been on the young boy's mind, yet he had never put a lot of thought into the matter. Would he travel alone with just his Pokemon or would he join a group and venture together with the others? Of course, his answer was obvious; together was best and he couldn't think of anyone more suiting to take charge than Kat herself. Well, maybe Patrick, since he had a more mature vibe about him, plus he had an unfathomable resemblence to the tough-guy character in common light novels he would often read back home.

"Axel and I are going to Viridian City. If you want to accompany us, fine. If you don't, I guess we'll be seeing you around as rivals," the blonde-haired girl announced as she lifted herself off of her seat before crashing to the floor.

Kozue looked on with concern at the sight and was about to head over to help, when Fenra then came to her aid. Pulling back, the blonde-haired boy breathed a small sigh and smiled. At least everyone was getting along a little, if not quite well, he thought to himself, surveying the room where now all of the trainers had gathered. It was a pleasant sight and his mood had once again changed, except this time, in a positive way.

Stroking Piplup's feathered head, as it tried to gouge his fingers with its stubby beak, Kozue suddenly shot a hand in the air and exclaimed his decision, an effort that would hopefully deter attention away from Kat's embarrassment.

"I'll come too!" he beamed with genuine excitement.

 

[GastlyGuy]

(It's K, I'll leave the rp)

 

[Percy Thrillington]

OOC: Thanks Kat, my posts are illusions.

GhastlyGuy, why didn't you just PM Kat?

 

[Jim]

OOC: Poop... Can I insert this post after Evkay's last post, it's nothing special... Just toying around with Roisin's mind.

"Axel and I are going to go to Viridian City. If you want to accompany us, fine. If you don't, I guess we'll be seeing you around as rivals." shouted Kat, in a sort of 'leaderly' motion, one thing was sure, Kat was born to lead the group. At this point in time Kat was the only person Roisin knew, that's if the term 'knew' could be used loosely, they'd spoken once. The point remained that besides speaking with a boy that gave her limited responses, Kozue.

"I'll go with you," Roisin bawled goofily; louder than she anticipated. She wouldn't be caught dead as Kat's rival, or she and Totodile could get 'attacked by a group of Spearow'.

Damn, I was too late to meet everyone this morning and join the little introductory sequence, I'm like some sort of alien. I suppose I could try and get into the inner-circle, if so Kat and the kid with the Treecko are my primary 'targets'. Wow I'm manipulative... Don't go starting World War VII here Roisin.

Roisin walked over to the Trainer who had a Treecko on his head.

I heard he's a little scientist, nice to have a smart guy on our team.

As Roisin approached him and Kat she unwillingly absorbed a piece of conversation, rather like a Golbat at a blood bank.

"-Sorry... I'm new to this talking to girls thing... my last school was an all male school..."

Aww, cute. How can I go about this without making him uncomfortable?

"Hey," Roisin squealed as she put her arm around the boys shoulder. "Look's like somebody's in love, what's your name?" Roisin asked the boy.

Damn, that's exactly what I didn't want to do...

 

[Trainer Kat]

OOC: Yeah like, the only time I forget to hit 'Preview Post' first. D'oh. O.<
Anyway, I edited it to include Noah.