The Pokémon Trainer Academy (T) [Best Veteran 4Q '11]

[Nideous]

Brian

Leena was smacked by the Ice Shards as she tried to disappear into the floor, which seemed to be her main method of dodging. She was knocked out, and just kind of floating there a few feet off the ground with a vacant look on her face. Bri returned her and Drizzle got up and walked into the battlefield.

"You up for this? You ust got done battling three pokemon!" Bri said worriedly. Drizzle held up his paw and waggled it at Bri.

"Heh, are you kidding? I'm good! Still a bit tired, but that should make it a fair fight, considering I'm almost ten levels higher than this guy! I can deal with it!" Drizzle said, a note of fatigue already in his voice. Bri couldn't exactly complain either. Other than Drizzle, all he had left was Bouncy, and there was no way she'd be able to take on Wilson.

"Err... I guess I have no choice..." Bri said, cursing himself for not getting Nova healed while they were on the boat. He didn't know where anyone that could heal his pokemon was, and he had left his bag on the boat. So he couldn't do it himself either.

"Drizzle... Hey, wait a minute... You learned a new move! Let's give it a try. Drizzle, use Aqua Jet!" Bri said, excited that Drizzle had learned the move that Brogan's Wartortle had kept using on Frost. He knew that it was fast, and with Drizzle using it, odds were good it was even faster! Drizzle grinned and water surrounded him. He rocketed towards Wilson incredibly fast. Bri remembered watching old contest re-runs that some kid had been able to turn it into an Ice Aqua Jet, and while that would be very cool, he doubted he could do the same.

(OOC: Yes, I did just reference Ash. XD)

[Bassiroth]

N smiled to the group now. It was nice to see friends acting this way with one another. Normally he had grown up seeing this kind of thing between himself and his pokemon friends but this. . . well this was a true human friendship, much like Touko and Touya were with Bianca and Cheren.

"It's good to have friends for moments like this. You should treasure and value each and every friendship that you make within your journey," he said to Valorie and Selene, but it was really directed all 4 trainers at once.

N gave an alarmed look at the sound of Raltz yelling at Jason.

"Raltz?"

He looked at Jason to notice that Raltz wasn't on him. "Where is Raltz?"

[Mr. Mammoth]

Maxwell watched Drizzle going up to the battlefield. He saw that the Buizel was hurt, but Maxwell knew that he was still going to be a though cookie to break.

"Are you ready Wilson?" he asked.
Wilson was almost gasping for air, he was very exhausted and knew that he almost didn't have any strenght left to fight. "Swiii..."[I'll try...] he replied.

But then, Drizzle used Aqua Jet. Maxwell saw how the Buizel advanced towards Wilson, he wouldn't have time to command Wilson to dodge and he wasn't sure if his Swinub could take the hit.

BAM!!!
Drizzle's attack made contact with Wilson and sent him flying upwards, then an idea formed in Maxwell's head.
"Wilson, use Earthquake!" he shouted.
Normally Wilson's weight wouldn't provide such a powerful Earthquake, but with him accelerating towards the ground it would help him create a bigger force.

"Nub."[Gotcha'.] Wilson said. Even though the Aqua Jet hurt like hell he wasn't willing to give up.

After a short while he slammed into the ground, causing it to shake like crazy (Maxwell actually got pretty overwhelmed by the attack's power) and making huge cracks to open up along the battlefield. The biggest one was now heading straight towards Drizzle.

[Nideous]

Brian

Drizzle was slammed into by the Earthquake and hit the gorund. He struggled to his paws, and gave a tired groan.

"I can't take much more..." Drizzle panted. He pushed himself back into a fighting position. Bri looked at him with concern. Drizzle was pushing himself beyond his limits. He shouldn't even be standing. He should be taking a long overdue, well deserved rest. But Bri needed him. He looked at the ground.

"I... I don't know what to do..." Bri muttered queitly. Drizzle peered back at him and smiled winningly. He grunted tiredly, but he wasn't going to give up. He wanted to win.

"I do! Let's finish this guy off and go find a quiet place where no one will try to battle us, ok?" Drizzle said. Bri looked at him and nodded.

"Yeah, that sounds good to me. Drizzle, use Aqua Jet one more time!" Bri said. Drizzle was back in gear instantly. He created more water around him and leapt into the air, soaring right for Wilson again.

[Mr. Mammoth]

"Swi, *huff*, nub..."[Wow, you, *huff*, can really take hits man...] Wilson said to Drizzle. As he saw the Aqua Jet coming for him, he knew he wasn't going to make it. But he decided to hang in there a little longer, for Maxwell's sake.

"Okay Wilson," Maxwell said, "Try Ice Shard!".
Wilson opend his mouth, now Drizzle was almost right in front of him. He inhaled and blew out three pieces of ice just like before, the pieces headed straight towards Drizzle who now came closer and closer to his target.

Upon the impact of the Ice Shards, Drizzle rammed right into Wilson, causing an explosion that whipped up a small sandstorm who enveloped the two pokemon in a cloud of dirt, dust and sand.

"Damn, I do hope that Wilson is okay..." Maxwell thougt, he was worried for his Swinub, maybe he pushed him a little too far? But Wilson did keep going, was this just because Maxwell wanted to win so badly? Man did he feel like a real jerk right now. He didn't want Wilson to suffer any serious damage.

The cloud lifted partially and revealed Wilson, he was lying unconsious on the ground. Maxwell ran up to him, "Wilson, Wilson! Are you okay? Please be okay." he picked him up, took out his pokeball and returned Wilson to it.
"..." Maxwell was quiet for a short while.

[Nideous]

Brian

Bri's eyes widened when he saw the Ice Shards. Drizzle didn't even try to dodge. He knew he wouldn't be able to. He flew right through them and slammed into Wilson. It hurt, it really did. After the dust cleared, Drizzle was on all fours. He looked up as Max came over and returned Wilson and smiled smugly as he lay his own head down.

"Good night," he murmered as he fainted as well. Bri stood still a moment. What had just happened? Drizzle had fainted. That's what. He should not have pushed his pokemon that hard. Bri wordlessly returned him.

"Um..." Bri began, but Bouncy popped out of her pokeball and scowled at him.

"Bouncy want play! Play!" Bouncy cried indignantly. Bri looked down at her as she frowned up at him. Wait, she wanted to battle? That was insane! She was only a baby! But she did. She must have been tired of just hanging out in the pokeball, not that Bri could blame her.

"Bouncy..." Bri began. But Bouncy had other plans.

"No! Want play now!" she said angrily, puffing herself up a little bit. She began bouncing around Bri, calling out for playing. She was serious it would seem.

[chef30]

Hailey saw a girl get scared by a ghost pokemon and run off. Hailey felt sorry for her. Sparks was expecting Hailey to say awful things, but Hailey took off after the girl. Hailey didn't know why she would do this, but she just had an urge to. Hailey realized why. Hailey had always been humilliated by everyone she met. Hailey was used to the feeling, but that didn't mean she was oblivious to it. It still hurt. Hailey then remembered the first time she got humilliated. When she was in pre-school. A chill ran down Hailey's spine. That first humilliation feeling really hurt. Hailey finally found the girl. She was with other people.

"Hey, you okay? Sorry 'bout what happened back there." Hailey said as she sat beside the girl.

Hailey had never said those words to anyone except Sparks before. The feeling was weird... But Hailey started to like it. For now. Hailey had never acted like this before. Her nice side was showing. But it was because of when Hailey's nice side would show in the past, someone or something was always there to stop it.

[~Genevieve~]

Geneviève blushed a bit as the boy Sam shook her hand before he walked off and she wiped her tears away having called Sapphire back into her Pokeball. "You did a great job Sapphire no more battles for now" she thought looking around at the other students battles. The one that caught her attention was the boy battling with a Buizel against another boy with a Swinub. Smiling a little she made her way over to them just as both Pokemon fainted. She sighed a bit but still stayed a small smile on her face as she watched the baby Igglybuff jumping up and down around it's trainer obviously wanting to battle. The sight warmed her heart in a way seeing the small cute Pokemon and she pulled a revive out of her bag healing Sapphire as she watched to see what would happen next.

[Fuyu]

Ciel saw someone else and flinched a bit, letting Chika fly around him. The Togetic was cooing merrily, oblivious. Her trainer was so silly. It was just humans... well then again... eh she had no clue what she was thinking about. She went back to watching Skye's battle.

Pala bounced back on her paws again, giggling. "Win! Pala is gonna win!" She was rolling around on the carpet, dodging a Dual Chop as her body glowed white. The Axew fired a Dragon Pulse, causing her to squeal in pain and hit her human's leg. She shook her head dizzily. "Win..." she repeated wearily.

The boy snorted. "Give up kid. No way your little bear is gonna beat my Axew! Slash!" The small dragon leapt to slash the baby's nose and succeeded in getting her face, causing her to begin to cry. Skye started, looking concerned. Maybe he shouldn't have let her play... or use Bide... Oh this wouldn't end well. The other male just kept laughing, looking amused. "Poor baby! You abusive jerk."

Unfortunately Pala heard that. Her black eyes snapped open and she looked visibly upset as she got to her back paws. She looked up at the opponent with something resembling a glare. "No!" she shouted, glaring at the human. "Skye not bad! My human, my friend! You wrong! You are mean!" She stomped her feet, the white light glowing brighter." You are a bully! A big bully! YOU ARE A MEANIE!" The white light temporarily blinded the room as she shouted. Rama yelped and swore, falling off the bench.

When the light faded, Axew was almost unconscious but still standing. Pala panted, on all fours. She heard Bouncy and waddled over to her. "Stoppit," she said to the baby. "Noisy. Play is fun with apples. No apples..." She turned away and was about to go back to the field when something shot her out of the air. Pala rolled to Skye's feet, out cold. The Axew was grinning weakly as it stood up, the boy smug at finally getting a victory.

"Hah you little freak," he spat. "Congrats, you're going to lose to your own dormmate."

"Duh-houbt it," Skye said softly, picking up Pala and pulling out another Pokemon. "Guh-ho on Rei." He released his new Lapras, who crooned softly at him in greeting before looking down at the Axew.

The other boy laughed. "Why the hell aren't you in Raikou? Your Lapras is a sitting duck!"

"Sheh-he duh-doesn't neh-need to muh-hove to beh-beat you," Skye replied gently. "Suh-hing." Rei opened her mouth and released a soothing, gentle melody for the room at large. Skye covered his ears, managing to hear Rama fall off the bench again, having fallen asleep. CHika fell to the floor by Ciel's feet while the boy looked on, obviously too anxious to pass out. The other boy was scowling sleepily.

[Gold19]

Dante

Dante gave a slight smile back at Valorie and moved to the side. He then saw Valorie get up and go over to Selene that was defending her and watched Valorie apologize. Dante had a sigh of relief from when he saw the group.

"Hi, my names Dante Redson", Dante said introducing himself to Selene. "I just got accepted to the academy. Oh, and the man with green hair is N Harmonia. He is an intern at the academy."

So Dante's mind started to wonder, from thinking to what will happen next at the expo from to what will catch next when he will go to the academy island. Then, he notice from N that Jason was at their location without Ralts.

"Hey Jason, I'm going to send my Rufflet to get Ralts for you, kay", Dante said to Jason. "Okay Rufflet, go find and get Jason's Ralts."

"Ruff, Ruff", Rufflet cried, obeying his master and flew off to find Ralts.

[PkMnTrainer Yellow]

Valorie Ryder

Valorie looked up at Selene, who was of course significantly taller than her, and nodded her head in response to Selene asking for forgiveness. It was not Selene who needed forgiving, or at least not as she saw it. A sense of relief came over Valorie to find that the uncomfortable air around them had lifted... Well, /almost/ lifted. Even then, it didn't feel the same knowing those feelings were out there in the air. Valorie would never apologize for those. She had not changed her mind regarding how she felt towards Selene. She had more been apologizing for the way she had expressed herself and how it may have upset Selene. Yet, their feelings had not yet been truly resolved. That... was a conversation much more appropriate for when they got a private moment together though. For the time being though she felt as if things were back to normal, or at least as normal as they got around here. /Seriously/, she had /N/ as a teacher! What the heck was up with that?! I mean, sure, he didn't seem like a bad guy, but could the guy that had nearly destroyed training as we know it in Unova really be teaching in a school..?! The thought was mind boggling. She was pretty sure his ideals would've conflicted with the schools... Could he really have had such a change of heart? It hadn't even been /that/ long ago! Sure he had had what must've been years, but her mind had difficulty accepting that he could just change like that. You didn't hear about Team Rocket's leaders turning into authority figures for children after all! Yet, here he was, living evidence that he was in fact reformed enough to teach at a school. Valorie, being young, was somewhat skeptical. She didn't know why, but her brain just couldn't accept that right at that moment. She heard Jason apologize, but it wasn't her place to reply, so she diverted her attention off into the crowd, back towards the stage where the speech had been given earlier.

"..."

Something caught her eye; a woman dressed in black sporting long blonde hair moved up onto the stage. That was Cynthia! This alone wouldn't have really impressed her, since she'd already known Cynthia would be here. Yet... after a few moments she was followed by ....Lance?! Valorie just sort of froze up. What was Lance doing here? She of course hadn't realized he was a teacher at the school yet. Cue Dragonair floating on down to try and figure out what Valorie was staring at. Valorie just sort of noticed the large serpent pokemon beside her and they both locked eyes for a moment before Dragonair made a pleasant expression and proceeded to float on off towards the stage... directly towards Lance. Around this time Steven Stone was moving to the stage, looking professional as always.

Meanwhile, Cameron Odell would've been notified of by HoTa staff that he too was wanted on the stage.

"Dragonair, no, /wait/..!"

Valorie panicked a bit as she watched Dragonair casually float up towards the stage, though Dragonair didn't seem to hear her over the crowd of people talking. And to be fair, Valorie didn't really have a loud, commanding voice. She looked horrified as Dragonair approached the stage. Lance seemed to notice Dragonair after a moment, perhaps because of his interest in dragon pokemon, perhaps because Dragonair was /really dang big/ even for a Dragonair. It only took him a moment to realize the serpent pokemon was heading straight for him. Dragonair stopped a handful of inches away from Lance, greeting him with a pleasant expression and cry. After a very brief moment Lance grinned in response, reaching up to pet Dragonair on the nose. Valorie... didn't know what to make of that. She was afraid Dragonair was going to embarrass her, quite frankly. For the moment, she was simply tense and unmoving, watching the stage with a worried expression on her face.

Stage Announcement

Everyone in the HoTa building would hear an announcement. It was Steven Stone speaking, and if they looked towards the stage they'd find him there along with Lance, Cynthia, and assumedly Cameron Odell.

Steven Stone: "If I could have everyone's attention for a moment."

Steven paused for a moment to give people time to react. Most of the talking died down as people realized they were being spoken to, though some remained. Steven seemed unphased by this, and when he continued to talk the remaining people quieted down over a few moments.

Steven Stone: "Thank you. It's been a real pleasure to watch you all grow as trainers right in front of my eyes. You may not understand it now, but perhaps when you're older you'll know what a treasure it is."

Steven paused again to let that sink in before continuing.

Steven Stone: "It's now time for the showcase battles. We will all be choosing one from amongst you to participate in a one on one battle."

A murmur passed through the crowd. Those within it might catch people talking about how they would or would not like to be picked and by who.

Steven Stone: "We'll all be using less experienced pokemon than normal though, so don't be too distraught!"

[Mr. Mammoth]

Maxwell saw Bri returning Drizzle to his pokeball. Then it was just their last pokemon left who had to battle. Bri released an Igglybuff to his side of the field.

"Lets do this Slackey!" Maxwell said, Slackey crawled on his stomach up to the battlefield, when he reached his destination he sat up with a tired look in his eyes. But then the Igglybuff were distracted by Skye and his Cubchoo battling, she walked up to the Cubchoo and wanted to play with it. But it fended her off so she returned to the battlfield.

"Okay Slackey use---" Maxwell began to say, but he was cut off.

"If I could have everyone's attention for a moment."

Maxwell looked at the person speaking, holy crap! It was Steven Stone!
Also on the stage Steven was standing on was Cynthia, Lance and Cameron Odell. Maxwell looked around to see if Gold was anywhere close, but unfortunetly he was nowhere to be seen.

Steven announced that he would be picking trainers to battle eachother, or something like that, Maxwell wasn't really listening. He was too busy being dissapointed that Gold wasn't there, but oh well. He didn't want to battle after this though, he was a bit tired and he just wanted to chill.

As Steven stopped talking, Maxwell turned his back so he could face Bri, not noticing the girl with a revive standing a little bit away from them.

"Okay Slackey use---" he was cut off again, this time by Slackey.
"Sla, sla"[Wait slow down! You wan't me to fight her?!] he pointed at Bouncy.
"Koth, koth!"[I refuse to! She's a baby for Arceus' sake! I would feel like a real jerk if I attacked her!] so Slackey crossed his arms and refused to move an inch.

"Hehe..." Maxwell gave off a vauge laugh. "Guess you get to move first again Bri." he said.

[Nideous]

Brian

Bouncy stopped fussing when Pala walked over. her face lit up and she bounced around Pala a moment.

"Not have apples! Just want play! You play with me?" Bouncy said happily. Then Pala was shot in the back by an attack and Bouncy was livid. She bounced up really high and Brian caught her before she could do anything else.

"Meanie! You meanie!" Bouncy shouted at the Axew. She looked over when Slackey came out and forgot her anger.

"Yay! You play with me?!" she shouted happily. She leapt to the ground. Bri then noticed the girl watching them battle. He waved uncertainly at her, then turned his attention to the announcement that was going on. No way he was going to battle any of them. He was having enough trouble with his fellow students. Bouncy was now singing queitly along with Rei. Bri glanced at Slackey and Max.

"No! You play with me!" Bouncy said indignantly to the Slakoth when he protested about battling her.

"It's ok... Just try to be gentle, ok?" Bri said quietly. Bouncy needed a bit of battle experience, and she seemed eager. He checked her moves. Sing, Charm, and Faint Attack. That was it? Well, he knew what Sing and Faint Attack did. What did Charm do? Time to find out...

"Bouncy, use Charm!" Bri said nervously. He was very aware the battle had drawn a crowd. Bouncy stopped bouncing around aimlessly and landed right in front of Slackey. She made big red puppy dog eyes at him.

"Play?" she said, cute as can be. Bri felt his own anxiety fade a little bit. He couldn't help it. She brought light into his world. He cared deeply for her, and was not going to let anything happen to her. Even if that meant he'd have to forfeit the battle. He wasn't going to let this go too far.

[Mr. Mammoth]

"Come on Slackey, you can battle her. You heard what Brian said right? Just be gentle" Maxwell tried to convince his pokemon.
*sigh* "Slaaa..."[*sigh* Ok fine...] Slackey said, "Koth, koth"[But I'm only doing this so that she'll get experience, 'K?]. Slackey already felt like a child-abuser for agreeing to this, but whats done is done.

Suddelnly, the little Igglybuff ran up to him, or bounced up to him rather. She stopped maybe an inch away from him, made big red puppy dog-eyes that seemed to stare into Slackey's soul. Then she said: "Play?" with the sweetest, cutest most adorable voice ever.

Slackey started to blush, completely dropping his guard. he felt his face becoming very hot and he wondered how he could ever agree to try to harm this little angel. "Slaaa!"[Of course I'll play with you, come here!] Slackey suddenly felt an urge to hug the cute little Igglybuff, so he stood up, held out his arms, picked up the baby-pokemon from the ground and began to hug the ever-living daylights out of her.

Then, Slackey felt a heavy weariness befall upon him and he slowly laid down with the Igglybuff still in his arms and fell asleep.

[Nideous]

Brian

Bri was very surprised when Slakoth fell asleep after performing his attack. Bri had never battled a Slakoth before. Bouncy struggled her way out of his arms and scowled at him.

"No hug! I want play!" she said angrily as she began glowing with dark energy. Without even waiting for Bri to issue a command, she launched at him with Faint Attack. She bounced backwards.

"Bouncy! Um... In this game you need to wait for me to tell you what to do. If you just do that, then... Um... Then you will lose! Ok?" Bri said. He was struggling to try and put it in terms she would understand. She seemed to get it and bounced around happily.

"Ok Bri!" she said happily. Bri wondered what he should try next. Charm was out of the question. Sing would not do a lot, as Slackey was already sleeping.

"Ok, Bouncy, use Faint Attack again!" Bri said. Bouncy gave a little cheer and bounced at Slackey, glowing with dark power again.

[Mr. Mammoth]

"Okay Slacky, its the next turn now, so naptime is over!" Maxwell made two short claps with his hands and suddenly, Slackey opend his eyes and saw Bouncy heading towards him.
"Slackey use Shadow Claw!" Maxwell shouted. "Great, by using a Ghost-type move Slackey won't hurt Bouncy too much." he thought.
"Sla, sla..."[I'll try...] Slackey said with a discouraged tone. He held up his claws in fron of him in a defensive pose, suddenly they started glowing in a murky light.

Bouncy got closer and closer until she hit the flat side of Slackey's claws. Slackey took a small step back, the impact was much more powerful then he thought. Even though she was still a baby, Bouncy sure was powerful. Slackey was a little surprised by her power and he decided to be a little more careful next time Bouncy attacked.

[Nideous]

(OOC: Ghost moves won't hurt her at all. Just a heads up. )

Brian

The Shadow Claw did nothing to Bouncy and she bounced away happily.

"Buff! Fun! This is fun!" she said happily. She bounced around Slackey, while Bri was trying to figure out why the attack hadn't done anything to Bouncy. It had passed right through her... Hm...

"Ok... I don't get it... Whatever. Bouncy, go ahead and use Sing," Bri said warily. Bouncy cheered happily and stopped right in front of Bri. She opened her mouth and began singing a lovely little song. There were no words to the song, but the melody was putting Bri to sleep a little bit. He shook it off and looked at Slackey to see how it was effecting him.

[Megaman765]

Snype

Snype got up to his feet as well and gave off his large smile. He was growing bored as well just sitting around. He reckoned he would have to move around a bit more.

"Yeah, Mark couldn't have gotten too far. He was looking for a battle earlier so chances are that he probably found one." Snype said. His train of thought was quickly interrupted as there was an announcement on the stage. Snype could recognize who was up there. It was Steven Stone, Champion of Hoenn... well... he was the champion but he still has quite allot of praise.

"Showcase battles huh? Geez I'm sure these kids would die to battle one of the league champions... I'd love to get in on that action myself... hehe..." Snype said. He turned to Thyme again.

"Whadaya say we find a better view of the stage and watch some of the Showcase battles?"

[Mr. Mammoth]

Slackey was relieved, his Shadow Claw hadn't hurt Bouncy at all, she bounced around him for a bit. He couldn't take his eyes off her as she moved around him, she was just soooo cute.

But suddenly, the little Igglybuff stopped bouncing around him and returned to her trainer. There she opend her mouth an out came a melody so beautiful and so soothing, that Slackey couldn't help to feel very tired.

"Slackey, use Chip Away! But be very gentle okay?" Maxwell said, this was a great opportunity! Whenever Slackey became tired, his sight would weaken. Usually this was a bad thing, but when he couldn't see that he was going to attack Bouncy, Slackey would follow the order like it was no big deal.

Slackey started walking very fast-paced until he reached Bouncy. As he stood before her, Slackey raised his claw, and bumped the Igglybuff in the head with its flat side. But then, he felt weary again. Shortly after he got this feeling, Slackey faceplanted into the ground and after an even shorter period of time, he started snoring.

[Nideous]

(OOC: Mammoth, please bare in mind that Chip Away is not an auto hit move. As such, it is considered bad form to say whether it hit or not. You should describe your attack, and then leave it to the other person to describe if it hits. Just keep that in mind in the future, ok? XD)

Thyme

Thyme listened to the announcement with a passing interest. Then she began to think. What if she could pick up a few new stratigies from these champions? After all, they weren't called champions for nothing. And while she still didn't like battling, knowing a few more stratigies would be able to help her in the future when she has to battle for Brian. It was just another part of the training, first she had made herself stronger, with help from Snype and Len, and now she could observe the professionals.

"Ok, why not? It's not like we have anything better to do," Thyme said. She stodd around and waited for Snype to come with her. She reached out and took his hand when he got close enough.

"You go right ahead and get in on the action. I'm going to hang around and watch," Thyme said simply.

Brian

Bouncy was smacked on her head and went rolling away. Of course, she hadn't ben hit hard. She blinked her eyes a bit and began crying.

"Bouncy," Bri said quietly. She ignored him. She was mad, and she wasn't going to listen.

"No!!! That hurt! Owie!!!" Bouncy said angrily. She charged right for Slackey, powering up a Faint Attack, bouncing furiously at him.

[Darkgoalie]

Jason's Ralts

Ralts stood still from the statement he had shouted he looked at the ground at disbelief 'Did i really just say that?'.

He sat back down on the battlefield looking out to the direction he last saw Jason.

'Did i really mean it?' his mind became lost in thought of how he truly felt towards his trainer.

A black spec started to become visible in the distance.

It looked really familiar, as if he had seen not too long ago.

An announcement could be heard from the stage, but Ralts didn't want to listen, until a certain line sparked his attention.

"It's now time for the showcase battles. We will all be choosing one from amongst you to participate in a one on one battle." announced a grey haired man.

An idea sprung into Ralts mind.

'Thats it i'll battle them' but than he began to think 'But i would not be able to battle unless Jason command me'.

Ralts went back into thought.

'If only there was someone else who could understand me...' Ralts was deep in thought, it was only untill a pair of wings got really close that he turned around to see the Rufflet from before coming towards him.

The Rufflet landed next to him, Ralts stared back at it.

With an uncaring tone Ralts finally spoke.

"What do you want?"

[Mr. Mammoth]

(OOC: Yea sorry, I kinda got carried away hehe...)

POW!!!
Bouncy's Faint Attack hit Slackey right in the head and he was sent flying. With a loud crash he hit the ground and woke up with a puzzeld look on his face. "What was that?" Slackey thought, then he saw Bouncy standing a small distance away from him. She looked angry, but why? Suddenly Slackey noticed the small bruise on her head, where did it come from? Then he looked at his claw, he hadn't done it right? But, Slackey did remember hitting something when he was half asleep. Oh no! Why did he hit her!?

"Sla, sla, koth!?"[Maxwell, did you tell me to attack her while I was half asleep!?] he looked angrily at Maxwell.
"U-um y-yes, a-as a matter of fact." Maxwell replied nervously, oh boy this was bad.
"Sla, koth, KOTH!?"[Why did you tell me to attack her Maxwell? WHY!?] Slackey screamed at his trainer.

"Well, y-y-y'now ehehe..." Maxwell didn't have any good answer to this, except for the fact that he wanted to win this battle. But that would probably upset Slackey even more. So Maxwell just said: "I'm sorry okay? I didn't know you liked her so much.
*sigh*"Sla, sla."*sigh*[Ok Maxwell, I can't be angry at you.] Slackey said in a calm voice.

[Nideous]

(OOC: Bouncy is ten levels lower than Slackey. I find it pretty funny how she could send him flying from one attack. Though, it didn't seem to do much damage. :D lol, that one Chip Away probably did more to her than all of her attacks have done to him. XD)

Brian

Bouncy calmed down as fast as she had gotten mad. She calmed down and bounced around happily again. Bri was beginning to think she was ADD. He shook his head, beginning to laugh a little.

"Bouncy, your silly!" Bri said happily. She bounced around playfully.

"Fun! Yay! This is fun!" she called out happily. Bri shook his head and tried to think. Charm hadn't done that much. That left either Sing or Faint Attack.

"Bouncy, you are very silly. Go ahead and use Sing again!" Bri said as he shook his head. Bouncy stopped bouncing around and began Singing again as nice as she could. Bri smiled as he himself became a little drowzy.

[Mr. Mammoth]

"Yes! Now we'll be able to attack her again!" Maxwell thought when he heard Bouncy use Sing. Slackey was just happy that she wasn't mad at him anymore. Maxwell let Slackey take in the singing, so that he would become drowzy.

The Sing hit Slackey's ear, "Oh, what a beautiful song..." he thought as the weariness once again, fell upon him. His eyes turned dim and his brain could only hear the soothing song.

"This is our chance!" Maxwell thought excited, this time they could win the battle! "Lets go Slackey!" he exclaimed, "Use Chip Away again! Only this time, put a little more power in it, okay?"
"Sluh, sluuuu..."[Yea sure thing man, lets do this...] Slackey slurred, Maxwell tried to hold back a laughter, Slackey sounded like he was drunk.

Slackey crawled on his stomach towards Bouncy, when he reached her, he stood up and raised his claw. He held it over his head like a victory pose, blocking the sun a bit, causing his claw to shimmer.

(OOC: I find it quite hilarious how Maxwell has so much trouble of beating an Igglybuff who is ten levels lower than his own pokemon xD.)

[Nideous]

Brian

Bouncy stopped singing when she saw Slackey standing over her with his claw raised. As it came down she began crying before it even touched her. When she got hit she went rolling backwards with a dazed look on her face.

"I don't wanna play anymore," she said, sounding very dizzy. Bri bent down and picked her up.

"It's ok Bouncy, you did good,"Bri said quietly. Bouncy hadn't been knocked out, but she was still done. She was very dizzy looking and was crying slightly, and there were two small bruises on her head, but nothing too bad.

"Well Max, it looks like you win," Bri said sadly. He was disappointed he had lost. And the fact that Bouncy had gotten hurt, however slightly, because he allowed her to battle was really bugging him. He stood still and looked at the ground. Bouncy buried her face in his shirt and continued crying.

"Oh, Bouncy, don't cry. It's ok," Bri said quietly, trying to comfort her. She wasn't crying because she was hurt. No, she was crying just to cry. She was frustrated. And nothing Bri could say would make her feel better. Sometimes you just had to let a baby cry it out.

(OOC: Well, she's a natural born battler. XD Even as a baby.)