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

[プリンセスサファイア]

Amanda Smith

Amanda looked at him and smiled. "want to go to one of the battlefields I saw on the map?" she asked pulling out her map again looking at it "lets see" she muttered as Shadow jumped to her shoulder looking at the map. "You won't be able to do that after you evolve Shadow" she chuckled.

"And why do you say that?" Shadow said looking at the map.

"When you evolve if you jump on my shoulder you'll crush me Shadow" she shook her head with a small laugh before looking at Lincoln. "How about Battlefield 8? We're close to that one, and afterwords we can go to the cafeteria"

Sapphire Dillon

Sapphire blushed looking at Bri before seeing Skye, "It's nice to meet you Skye" she said a blush still on her face as she glanced at Bri again. Bea jumped out of Sapphires arms and went over to Sakutaro who was standing next to Bri at the moment.

"I know something" Bea giggled.

"And what's that" Sakutaro said back shaking his head.

"She likes him" Bea giggled more pointing first at Sapphire and then at Brian.

Sakutaro looked and chuckled. "I think your right" he said not liking that fact. "but let them figure it out on their own" he said.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Lincoln shrugged as he casually tossed the pokeball from hand to hand. Now that he had made his decision there was no doubt in his mind, no questioning whether or not he had made the right choice. That's just the way he was. He wasn't sure what kind of terrain battlefield eight would offer, but if it was near to the cafeteria and the opportunity of some grub that was good enough for him.

"Sounds like a plan to me." He nodded. "It seems fair that I should, like, treat a girl to lunch after I beat her on the battlefield." Lincoln grinned. Although he'd enjoyed his last battle he hadn't gotten on or had a particularly fun time with his opponent. But he knew that would be different this time around.

Nika Valentine

Nika quietly finished her lunch as she attempted to put thoughts of the nervous boy out of her mind. She knew that she could come across as a little... odd to other people, but that was no reason to change who she was. She had her pokemon for friends and, honestly, what else did she really need? The only people who had ever treated her well were her parents, and even then her relationship with her mother could be considered rocky. At best.

Gathering the dishes her and her pokemon had used she returned them to the cafeteria attendant with her thanks. Ensuring that she had everything she recalled all of her pokemon to their pokeballs, which took some time as she had completely forgotten her Joltik was resting on top of her head, and made her way out of the cafeteria. Hopefully she would find another student she could battle.

[Zerin]

❂ BOLD STEP ❂

A look of awkwardness graced the face of the little boy as he was half-glomped into a hug with the teasing Psy. He watched as the kids' pokemon were talking to him. It didn't make any sense, considering he looked like a boy. So he felt it best to act as if he couldn't understand or didn't know they were talking to him. He had simply watched them all as they talked. How does Psy know they aren't "R" Men...? How does she even know what "R" Men are? He shook his head quietly. Well... They might have captured me already if they were... But I still don't know them... Don't trust... Sucking on his index finger, his signature move of adorable childishness, he used his free hand to pet Star continuously. He was watching everyone talk, though he wasn't very good at listening, so he phased out some things but still tried to listen. He knew he'd be better off if he just stayed quiet; they wouldn't understand him anyways.

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Amanda Smith

Amanda smiled more and chuckled. "and if I win I'll buy you lunch Lincoln" she said spotting the battlefield and running over to the other side. "This is the first time I've ever battled purely for the fun of it" she smiled more her eyes shining with happiness for the first time in a long time. Shadow jumped in front of her and she looked at Lincoln. "Whenever your ready Linc" she said happily. She smiled to herself having chosen a standard battlefield, just grass and dirt surrounded by trees. It was close to the cafeteria and she could smell the food from it. She was excited to battle for fun and honestly didn't care if she won or lost.

[PinkSapphire]

Ruby Destiny

(ooc: Kat and SD- if your pokemon is going to talk to Ruby, pls let them speak in human language towards her :3 she can understand pokemon and talk to them, its her ability)

Ruby listened to the coversation that was taking place between Kat and Kilik, Kilik doesn't want to believe that this boy is her cousin. Ruby sees he's scared as hell and bents down to him, giving Star and PokePoffin to show her she won't hurt her little friend. 'Don't worry, i won't hurt him.' she pats her umbreon head and searches in her bag again.

'(what are you looking for Rubs?)' Hikari asks her curious. 'here it is...' Ruby takes out a candy and hands it to the little boy. 'i got it yesterday from halloween, you can have it.' Ruby smiles at him before walking back to Kilik and Kat.

'(he makes me think of the old you...)' Hikari speaks at her. '(shy... quiet... scared for everyone... not trusting anyone...)' Hikari says. '......' Ruby doesn't answer on her little Poochyena. 'that was the old me, my past, i was hurted, and now i changed...' she then comments quietly to Hikari.

'i think too that the whole cousin story is a little hard to believe, but let's change the subject, what are we going to do?' Ruby asks Kat and Kilik.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Lincoln chuckled and moved to the opposite side of the field from Amanda, stepping into the chalk outlined box designated for trainers to stand in. He could tell that Manda was approaching this battle with a sense of fun, and that was exactly what he had been hoping for. It was good to be competitive and serious when called for, but that didn't mean you couldn't enjoy yourself as well.

"Alright then Manda, I hope you're ready. I put a lot of thought into which pokemon to use... c'mon out then bro!"

Throwing his pokeball onto the field Linc watched the capsule split in half at the hinge, a collection of light bursting out from it and taking shape on the ground until a clearly defined pokemon stood there. That just never got old.

"Shiiieldon!" Cried Jackson, Lincoln's Shieldon. The little guy always seemed so happy to be out of his pokeball.
"So, like, ladies first Manda." Linc gestured towards her. "First move to you."

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Amanda Smith

Amanda smiled seeing him send out a Shieldon "I think Shadow's my best choice for this battle, plus, win or lose either way he'll finally evolve". She hadn't seen one of those before but knew it was a rock type. Mainly because she remembered Lincoln had mentioned that he was a mono-type trainer like she was. She nodded when he said she could go first. "Good Luck Lincoln" she said before looking at her Mime Jr. "Shadow use Confusion" she said with a smile.

Shadow nodded to his trainer and stood his ground his eyes glowing a pale red and a pale red light appeared around him before going toward Jackson.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Confusion, huh? I'll have to be careful. If Jackson gets confused then this battle is as good as over.

"Okay Jackson!" Lincoln called out. "Take the hit and let rip with a Sandstorm!"

Sandstorm isn't the most offensive move to open up with... but it'll damage that Mime Jr gradually. And Jackson gets a boost to its special defense in the sandstorm, which should set me up well against anymore psychic attacks.

Jackson braced itself and took the attack from the pale red light head on, growling through the pain until the attack had subsided. Lincoln watched closely to see if Jackson would become confused, but the small Shieldon shook itself and took a deep breath, preparing for its attack.

"Alright, AWESOME! We got this one bro!"

Linc quickly pulled his goggles down from atop his head to cover his eyes as Jackson let out a mighty bellow, sand mixed in with his breath. It was incredible just how much air and sand was becoming blown around the field from just one Shieldon, but soon there was a raging sandstorm that would damage Shadow gradually throughout the battle. It never even occurred to Lincoln that this was exactly how he and Jackson had opened up their last battle - which they lost.

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Amanda Smith

Amanda quickly put a hand in front of her eyes as Jackson used sandstorm. It would be pretty bad for her if she got sand in her eyes. "Hmm, Sandstorm that will hurt Shadow as the battle goes on" she thought watching as Shadow winced a little having braced himself the moment the attack was commanded. "You okay Shadow?"

"I've been through worse, what do I do now?"

Amanda thought for a moment and decided on the next move to use. "Shadow use Psyshock"

Shadow jumped up into the air his arms out in front of him. The sand was bugging him but he didn't let that stop him from forming a mass of light blue, blue and purple energy firing it right at Jackson. "Great Job Shadow"

[Sir Bastian]

After finishing off his shower, Daniel stretched out, smiling brightly as he looked out the window. Thankfully, it was only a little over noon, about… two or three, by his estimate, so him and Mark would still have plenty of time to go trekking in the mountains later on. First thing’s first though.

He moved over to the bathtub where Alexis was still soaking, now just gently bobbing about on her belly, letting out a pleased little coo every now and then. Daniel chuckled at this sight, smiling down at her. “You’re really enjoying yourself, huh?”
“Chhhuuuuu~” came the response, causing him to snicker again as he moved closer, picking up the sponge lying next to the tub. “Well, in either case, I better help you get rid of that mud, eh? Come on, give a paw here…”

About fifteen minutes of rigorous scrubbing and drying later, Daniel was standing in the main part of his dorm room, stretching out with a wide smile, happy to finally be wearing his good old, orange and black jacket with a white T-shirt underneath it, and a pair of jeans. Alexis was sitting next to him, rubbing behind her ear, as the shampoo had left a bit of an itch in that particular spot. Other than that, she was looking sparkly clean.

“Well, we’re both cleaned up, refreshed, and you look beautiful as always. Are you ready to go get some battling done for the first time here?” “Rai!” Daniel smiled and nodded, lowering a hand to scratch the top of the Raichu’s head, causing her to lean into his touch, smiling to herself. “Alright then. And don’t worry about winning or losing… as long as you do your best, I can’t ask for anything else!”

And with that, they went out of his room and headed towards the battlefield they had decided to meet on. Though Daniel was hurrying a little, due to thinking he might be a tad late, having spent a while getting rid of the muck and saliva that had drenched his clothes earlier. He had to send them to the washer’s at some point as well.

Eventually, they both arrived at the battlefield, though only Mark, Len, Snype and the odd half-serpent like Pokémon were present. Daniel came to a halt next to him with a bright smile, giving his hand a wave. “Hey you guys! Oscar isn’t here yet, huh? I’m sure he’ll be around soon… I’m so pumped for this. It’ll be my first battle on the island.”

He smiled warmly and excitedly, stretching his arms to the sides, peering over his shoulder, back at the academy, before snapping his fingers, looking back to Mark. “Oh! That reminds me… would it be alright if I head to the Pokémon center after the battle real quick? Alexis can handle rock and ground types, but it’s better to be on the safe side and heal her up fully, even if she wins, right?”

Alexis came to a halt next to Daniel and got up on her hind legs, waving a paw at the other Pokémon, her tail swiping a little in the air behind her while she smiled. Like Daniel, she seemed really excited about her fight. “Hey everyone. It’s good to see you all again! Looks like you all got cleaned up. I had a nice, long bath, and Daniel scrubbed my fur afterwards.” She let out a soft, pleasant sigh at the memory before shaking her head a little, snapping back to reality, turning to look to Len. “Can’t imagine you needed much cleaning, being a water type, mmh?”
She lifted a paw to rub slightly behind and in front of her ear, as if it was itching, but somewhere inside of her, she wanted at least some kind of compliment in regards to her fur. She hated to admit it, even to herself, but she adored her fur, and really disliked it if someone told her it was ugly, scruffy or they just plain disliked it.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Psyshock... Psyshock... c'mon Linc, Pops told us about this one... something about Defense... ah forget it, I don't have time to be thinkin' about that stuff!

"Jackson, just charge through it and use Iron Head!"

Jackson lowered its head and began to run directly towards Shadow. Although it only had short legs the Shieldon was gradually accelerating, picking up more and more speed until a white aura exploded into existence around Jackson like the tail of a comet. The aura was so brillaintly white that Jackson could only be seen in black and white inside of it.

The Psyshock attack collided with Jackson's aura, the vibrant blue and purple energy exploding upon contact. Whatever damage Jackson had suffered wasn't immediately obvious as he continued to charge headlong towards Shadow.

"Shi-shi-shi-shi-shielDOOON!"

Lincoln stood partially in awe, never having witnessed Jackson use this maneuver in a real battle before. It was clear that Jackson was determined to make up for his loss against the Torkoal earlier that day.

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Amanda Smith

Shadow landed back on her feet and Amanda smiled watching as the attack hit and Jackson charged through it. She was a little surprised and was unsure if the attack had done any damage. But she thought quick "Now would be the perfect time to try out his new move".

"Shadow Use Mimic!" She was praying that Shadow managed to get the attack up before Jackson hit him. Shadow nodded acting quick running right at Jackson the same white aura forming around him as the two Pokemon ran right at each other. "Come on Shadow" she whispered taking a deep breath. She was glad that her Pokemon's new move had worked it seemed, copying the move that Lincoln's Pokemon was using.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

What the...? Damnit, I should've expected something like that. It's a Mime Jr! Called Shadow! Use your head Linc... okay, just because it's the same move doesn't mean it'll have the same effect, this is a psyche-out tactic. Iron Head is a Steel type move... Shieldon is effected by Shield type moves normally. I'm pretty sure psychic types are too... but what did pops say? If a pokemon uses a move it shares a type with, the move gets stronger. Jackson is part Steel type, so it gets a bonus! Plus, I don't think Mime Jr.'s in general have great attack... so mine will be way more effective!

"It's okay Jackson!" Linc grinned. "Yours will be, like, waaay stronger! Hit 'em hard bro!"

The two pokemon collided, both aura's exploding in a blinding display of light as they made contact. When the light cleared the sandstorm continued to rage, and both pokemon seemed to have been thrown quite a distance from each other by the force of their attacks. Jackson was quite close to where he had originally started from, and was slowly getting back to his feet, flinching as he did so. The combined damage from the Psyshock and the Iron Head attacks seemed to have taken a lot out of Jackson, but he was an extremely durable pokemon.

"You okay there bro?"
"Shi...don..."

One more hit and I think he's toast...

Lincoln looked across the field to see how Shadow and Manda were doing.

((Iron Head has a 30% chance to cause the target to flinch. Jackson has been effected by this, and misses his move in response to Shadow's Mimic/Iron Head attack. The next turn is yours!))

[Megaman765]

Mark eventually reached the location and ran into Daniel. Seemed Oscar wasn't here yet... but at least he knew he was in the right sport. He was looking forward to seeing how Daniel battled.

"Ha, I gotta say, I'm looking forward to seeing this to. In a way, I get to see how you both battle. Might give me an advantage if we ever battle." He said, slightly joking. Len looked at Alexis and stared at her for a moment. She looked very different now that she was properly cleaned up...

"O...oh! Hiya Alexis!... You uh... you look great! And... um... cute... Len said, saying the last word a bit quieter and a bit more nervously. He was tempted to say something along the lines of "beautiful" but he wasn't sure if he should have said something so mushy.

"I uh... just settled for a shower myself. Mark helped me a bit but I could mostly clean myself up... though I'm still a fan of baths myself... kind of like being in a cold pond." Len said.

"Yeah I think it'd be a good idea to head to the Pokemon Center. I should head over there to before we head to the mountains." Mark said.

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Amanda Smith

Amanda's eyes widened as the two attacks hit and she covered her eyes briefly from the explosion. When she looked again she saw Jackson flinch as he stood. Shadow had hit the ground and stood up looking very weak. "You okay Shadow?"

"I c-can't go on much longer"

"If you can't go on Shadow it's okay, can you do it if not it's okay"

Shadow nodded "I think I can"

Amanda nodded knowing she had just stood their silently for at least two minutes communicating with her Pokemon. Blushing in embarrassment she smiled "Shadow use Thunderbolt" she said and watched as Shadow charged up the electric attack sending a bolt of lightning at Jackson, but Amanda could already tell that the attack was way weaker than normal.

[Fuyu]

Skye

New friend... Skye smiled. As always Bri's ability with girls was virtually nonexistent. "N-nice to meh-meet yuh-hou." He didn't even glance to see if she would react past a simple greeting. It wasn't out of dislike but simply because the two of them clearly felt awkward and making it worse by complaining about his physical mishap would be the worst right about now. So he just gave an amicable grin and hummed, glancing politely at young Bouncy.

"Unless you wake the little fuzzbrain up, she's out like a light curlyball," Rama reported with all the smiling mischief he could muster. He gave Sprinkles a roll of the eyes. "Poor kid. Spoiled as rotten food, that's what you are. Hehe." Skye would have hit Rama if he could but thankfully he had an Ellie to read his mind and do it for him. The Espeon left her Pokeball and smoothly smacked her friend over the head.

"Behave you," she murmured, giving Sprinkles an apologetic look. "He's just young. Besides the pot is clearly calling the kettle black."

Rama snorted. "Stop having species sympathy. And don't even call me spoiled girly. Arrogant yes, a pain, yes, but spoiled? Hah! You and I both know what that looks like."

"I do wish you would shut up about that," she growled before waving her lilac tail at Bri in greeting, nodding at Sakutaro politely.

Skye caught Bri's offer and smiled. "I-hif you duh-hon't mind me j-joining you," he said warmly, giving Maxwell a cheery nod. "I-hi cah-han pay duh-duh-don't worry."

Ash

It took all of her pranking finesse not to bust up laughing right then and there. Had this kid ever heard a ghost? But she had gotten her answer. It was the kid from the hospital. Oh lordy. This would definitely be entertaining. Tapping her chin, she breathed out and let calmly go of a now softly growling Luxray. Sparx knew him too... oh dear. SHe hoped she wouldn't have to step in. Seeing Sparx in a temper was just too hilarious.

However, Ash was not willing to get fired just because of Sparx's overprotective fangs being set to the setting of overkill. Sparx began to carefully pad out the door, sniffing out Quin and looking through whatever she could with her sharp eyes. Ash silently followed, holding back a few childish snickers.

[PkMnTrainer Yellow]

Valorie Ryder - Academy Hallway
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As Valorie moved her way along at a brisk pace she was startled by the familiar sound of a flygon nearby. She didn't think it was hers, and yet it was so close she couldn't be sure. She began to turn when she was abruptly knocked over by the very enthusiastic subject of her concern. Letting off something of a yelp she went down and immediately started freaking right the heck out because sweet-mother-there's-a-heavy-dragon-pinning-me-down-and-it's tasting-me-oh-god-why. In all seriousness though, flygon were surprisingly heavy for a pokemon that spent a good deal of it's time flying, leaving Valorie... quite uncomfortable, to say the least. The immediate result was a terrified, squirming child turning her head away from a dragon's tongue and a much larger dragon, name Valorie's 12 foot tall Dragonite, letting herself out of her pokeball in a protective manner. Perhaps surprisingly though, the hallways weren't actually large enough for Dragonite and she promptly bumped her head against the ceiling, being forced to hunch over in an awkward manner in order to fit. The ceilings were high, but not /that/ high... 8-9 feet most likely. Valorie heard a voice call out but her panicked mind wasn't ready to deal with it. when the flygon got off her she quickly squirmed away, up against one of the feet of her dragonite, looking as if she had just nearly been mailed by an ursaring and was worried it might not be finished.

Congratulations, Drake made Valorie lose her cool in public. That wasn't exactly terribly hard. Valorie was hyperventilating when Drake spoke to her, and just sort of stared at him in a bewildered manner as she began to grasp the situation. Meanwhile a tense dragonite just sort of sat there, realizing it literally had almost no space.to move around in here. She was almost twice the size of your average dragonite.

After a moment Valorie's cheeks flushed slightly as frustration took over. When she spoke, she sounded a bit exasperated. She was silently reminding herself that sue could not sass Tue adults without fear of making things worse, whereas with other students personal strength dictated the ultimate outcome... or at least that's how she saw it.

"I'm Valorie Ryder..."

Olivia Wolf - In front of the academy
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Olivia took a moment to consider what Kenshin had said. So he had some sort of hideaway huh? She found this slightly odd, as she hadn't gotten the impression he had been there for a while. Regardless, she simply smiled and acted as if it were no big deal. Really, she had no reason to make a big deal out of any of this stuff. Her mother had told her training would be full of bumps and bruises. What did she care anyway? Some scratches were no big deal when put up against all the exercise her legs got to her. Nobody cares about a girl's arms being in shape anyway. Looking around, Olivia considered her options before returning her attention to Kenshin.

"I guess I'll just be around here in the grasslands somewhere trying to find pokemon~"

She hadn't offered to accompany Kenshin mostly because well... It was called secret for a reason, yes? She had assumed that meant she wasn't supposed to see it, even if she /was/ slightly tempted. Besides, this would make for an excellent time for her to train up or perhaps catch a new pokemon if she found something cute enough.

Elizabeth - Classroom
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Elizabeth seemed a bit puzzled by the claim Takumi had made. Magical book, haunted house? Her, magic? For a moment she seemed stumped as to how to respond. She wasn't very good at speech, was the thing. Takumi had referred to it as ancient Johto. She probably could've taken anything a haunted house threw at her on account of her pokemon. However, sue honestly didn't feel compelled to do so. She had trained more for survival than anything else.

"T-the umm... the magic is created from the pokemon."

Her speech was a bit awkward. What pokemon was she referring to? Or had she not meant it that way? Elizabeth seemed to imply that magic was not a natural gift, but rather something to be obtained or harnessed.

"I...uh-don't know much about.. the school. I-I-I'm new."

This whole speaking thing seemed to be hard on her, as at times she spoke slow and on ocassion she tried to speed up, only to trip over her words as they tried to leave her tongue.

"Th-they said I was to... suppose...to... protect the-um...students."

The idea of being protected by this tiny, partially illiterate girl was probably hilarious to Takumi on some level. Really, the fact that she wasn't even 4 feet tall didn't do a lot for her.

"But I-um... I don't know how to work the magic..."

She paused for a bit, almost as if she were done.

"...They said they would instruct me when I was older..."

...Huh. Sooner or later someone was bound to ask the obvious question. She had more or less provoked Takumi to ask it just then. It wasn't really a secret, was the thing. It just wasn't well known, and Elizabeth might not understand why one might want to keep such things on the low side. Regardless, Elizabeth had just implied she had known these people when she was young, if she wasn't still young anyway. That was debatable due to time shenanigans. Yet, she had also said the ball was ancient. She clearly was not, or at least did not appear to be, ancient. Or perhaps these people still lived somewhere, keeping their art a secret? That still didn't explain why she had called the ball ancient if it was made by a living society.

For one reason or another Elizabeth didn't seem especially excited to have a curious student asking her questions. That being said though, Elizabeth has never, ever looked excited outside of being offered something delicious, so it was more a lack of a response than a negative one, which may not even come off as unusual coming from a person that often looked uncomfortable or just seemed to be quiet such as herself.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Lincoln waited while Manda communicated with Shadow. Not being psychic himself he wasn't entirely sure what she was doing, but it wouldn't be very sporting of him to take advantage and attack while both her and her pokemon were distracted. As Shadow was charging up his Thunderbolt, thoughts raced through Lincoln's mind. Would Jackson be able to take this hit and stay standing? If so, they could launch one more Iron Head and finish this battle straight away... but if not, then Jackson would go down before he could land an attack...

Lincoln looked around, his eyes protected by his goggles. The sandstorm was still raging, and if he could remember right, it should last two more rounds... would it? Was he right? He couldn't remember... but either way, it was still happening now. Which meant Shadow would still be taking damage from it.

"Jackson, Protect!"
"Don don!"

Jackson lowered his head and concentrated, a greenish blue dome of light appearing around it. The thunderbolt hit the barrier, which stood strong, rendering the attack useless and buying Linc and Jackson a little more time while the sandstorm did their work for them.

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Amanda Smith

Amanda smiled at Lincoln glad he didn't try to attack while she and Shadow where talking. Other trainers she had faced had done that to her before and she didn't think it was fair when they did. That was yet another thing that made her really mad. She watched as Jackson used protect and the Thunderbolt fizzled out upon impact of the barrier. The sandstorm was still going and Shadow winced more getting weaker but it was still to much. "S-Sorry Manda" Shadow's voice said to her before he collapsed fainting.


"It's okay buddy" she whispered before smiling at Lincoln "Great Job Linc you won" she smiled happily and healed Shadow with a potion. As soon as the Mime Jr. stood up again he glowed making Amanda smile more as she watched her Pokemon evolve.

[Kid Mind]

After finishing up in his dorm room, Oscar had quickly changed his clothes into spare ones, and was now on his way to the battlefield along with Flora. They were walking at a relatively slow pace, since he wanted a bit more time to prepare himself for the battle. He was still debating about which Pokémon to use. Meden was the strongest Pokémon he had, but both Arya and Flora could use some more battle experience.

As he was pondering on this, a sudden cry from Flora directed his attention forward. He could see the battlefield from here, and also Mark and Daniel. Breaking into a run, he waved excitedly and ran over to the two trainers and their Pokémon.

''Hi guys! Seems like I'm a bit late...sorry about that.'' He said with a sheepish grin while nervously scratching the back of his head. Taking a few moments to observe the battlefield to get a good idea of the field, he looked back at Daniel and Mark, with a somewhat confident smile, though by the sound of his voice, he was still quite nervous.

''So...let's start the battle, shall we?'' He slowly started to walk over to his side of the field. Not that he didn't want to talk with the two but he was quite excited for the battle and wanted it to start, even if he was nervous. He took out two Pokéballs which contained his two other Pokémon, holding one of them in his right hand, and the other one in his left. It was almost as he was weighting the two different Pokémon. After a few seconds, he looked at Daniel. ''Ready when you are, Daniel!''

''Hi everyone! What's up?'' Meanwhile, Flora walked over to the group of Pokémon, shaking her head excitedly with a cheerful smile. He was expecting Oscar to battle with Meden, so she was not nervous at all. She usually was insecure in battle and was a bit scared of battling herself. She gave a glance to all the different Pokémon and noticed how Len was acting a bit different with Alexis. Ohhh...she made a mental note to talk to Alexis later. When Oscar went over to his side of the battlefield, she was quick to follow him. ''Sorry guys, it's time for Oscar's battle! I'll talk with you later!''

[Sir Bastian]

( What follows here is the soon-to-be-famous OSCARPOST, that me and Kid worked on together for a couple of days. It's their entire battle in one, MASSIVE post, and you should only read this if you're either me, Kid, or Megaman, or if you're really interested in reading a wall of text XD If not, apologies for spamming! )

Daniel chuckled a little at Mark’s half-joke, smiling cheerfully as he shrugged his shoulders. “Well, from seeing your Pokémon in action, I don’t think there’s much doubt about who would win. You’re a pretty awesome trainer, you know!” he said, just before hearing someone call out behind them. He turned and saw Oscar running towards them.

“Oh, hey Oscar! Don’t worry, I only just got here as well. I’m ready when you are.”
As Oscar went towards his side of the field, Alexis let out a faint giggle at Len’s compliment, her cheeks emitting a faint spark of electricity as she smiled back to him, ears giving a little twitch. “Awh, thank you Len. You look pretty good yourself!” She paused to lift a paw and wave at Flora, opening her mouth to continue talking to Len, until she realized that Oscar and Flora was heading for one side of the field and Daniel was about ready to head to another. She turned to Len and smiled apologeticly. “Sorry, I’ve gotta go, Daniel needs me. Cheer for me!”

Daniel gave Mark’s shoulder a pat, smiling somewhat nervously, yet still in a rather excited manner. “Wish me luck! And remember to keep a close eye, I’ve got a trick or two up my sleeve.” He added with a wry little smile before turning, half-running towards his end of the field, Alexis giving a quick wave to the others before scurrying along on all four, until they both reached their destination and turned to face Oscar in the other end of the field.

He smiled widely with excitement, adrenaline starting to pump as he stood across the battlefield from Oscar. The field wasn't all that big, but it was enough to invoke some kind of sense of greatness. He looked down to Alexis and gave her a firm nod. "Alright Alex', let's do this!"
"Chu!" Alexis responded, nodding back up at him before moving into the battlefield itself, readying herself on all four while staring over at Flora, smiling challengingly. She had always been a very soft-hearted Pokémon... but as soon as the heat of battle took over, her friendships became adversaries more than anything, and she wouldn't let anyone win, other than if they were simply better than her.

"Alex', let's start this off with a bang! Thunderbolt!" Daniel exclaimed.
"Rai!" Alexis' cheeks lit up with electricity, her tail shivering in the air behind her, arcs of electricity moving between the tip of it and her body before she suddenly let out a massive bolt of lightning, it coming crashing towards Flora with neck-breaking speed, Alexis' entire body enveloped in electricity, her fur on end.

Oscar gave off a big smile to his opponent as a friendly gesture. In reality, he was quite nervous as Daniel after all was a Suicune student, as evident by the blue dorm jacket. He would surely have some tricks up his sleeve. But Oscar would still give it his best shot, even if it sounded a bit cheesy. He looked down at his Pokéballs, trying to decide which Pokémon to use, before his gaze went over to Flora. ''Flora, you're up. Let's show them what we've got!''

The Oddish made a surprised face and glanced up at her trainer before walking out on the battlefield, a bit hesitantly. No denying it, she was scared. But if Oscar was confident in her, then she would do her best. She went over and took her place on the battlefield, a somewhat confident smile on her face. Both Oscar and Flora carefully observed their opponents as they waited for the first move.

And suddenly the match had started, with Alexis firing off a powerful Thunderbolt. The attack flew forward with great speed, giving the Oddish almost no time to react. She took the attack and the electricity cracked around her for a few moments before wearing off. Flora shook herself a few times to focus on the battle again and looked up at the Raichu before starting to run towards her.
''Alright Flora, Sweet Scent!'' Flora continued to close the distance between her and Alexis and when she got close enough, she spun around in circles, sending out waves of pink powder around her at a decent speed. Oscar watched as the powder made its way towards Alexis, hoping for a hit.

Sweet Scent? Daniel wasn't sure what that did, but he would soon find out, he supposed. Alexis kept her distance as Flora neared, her eyes narrowed somewhat, expecting the worst. A moment later, a pink dust was washing over her, the calming scent of flowery goodness entering her nostrils. She shivered for a moment before letting out an involountary sigh, seemingly relaxing a little more.

"Alexis, don't drop your guard! Get on in an get her with a Tail Whip!" Flora had moved closer to Alexis, just as Daniel had hoped she would. Alexis shook her head a little to clear it and moved in closer with a quick leap forward, the sharp lightning bolt at the end of her tail swiping down towards Flora, deliberately not hitting her, but only swiping near her, trying to taunt her to attack and drop her guard. "Come on, Flora, you aren't scared of attacking, are you~?" she commented smugly, though there was a playful tone to her voice, ensuring Flora would know this was not meant as an insult of any kind.

Oscar made a small smile as the Sweet Scent apparently did its job. But the smile quickly disappeared as Daniel used the opportunity of close combat to get off a Tail Whip. But at the same time, he was a bit confused by this course of action, as a Defence drop didn't help electric attacks. But none the less, he kept his attention on Alexis as she moved forward.

Flora took a few steps forward when Alexis suddenly ran towards her. She closed her eyes when said Raichu jumped up in the air, preparing for an attack, but opened her eyes after a few moments when nothing stuck her. But as soon as she looked up, Alexis's tail was inches from hitting her, causing the grass Pokémon to stagger back a bit, looking very surprised. She blinked a few moments before taking a stance and giving Alexis a small smirk. She was beginning to feel more confident. ''Well, if it's an attack you want...''

''Flora, time for some damage! Razor Leaf!'' ''...then ready yourself!'' Flora finished before shaking her leaves around, releasing a wave of small, razor-sharp leaves flying towards Alexis. At this close range it was bound to dish out some good damage.
Daniel smiled at the somewhat confused look on Oscar's face at his choice of move. It was always nice doing something unexpected, but having a plan all the while. It was great feeling the rush of battle again after so long without it. He was starting to get really excited, even as Flora was about to attack Alexis.

Alexis, still feeling rather woozey from the Sweet Scent, didn't manage to get out of the way of the leaves in time, wincing as they sliced past her, giving her a few nasty cuts, though nothing to speak of. She shook it off and let out a huff, smirking challenging. Looked like Flora was getting into the mood of it too, now.

"Alright Alex', let's try our luck with a... Double Team!" grinning widely, Daniel saw his plan slowly coming around, dearly hoping that Oscar didn't have any kind of move up his sleeve that would mess it up.
Alexis rose up on her hind legs, pushing her arms out to the sides to take on a fighting stance, tensing her body for a moment before seemingly splitting up into ten different Alexis... ees at once, sorrounding Flora in a half-circle, towering over the much smaller Pokémon, though without saying anything this time.

Oscar watched as the Razor Leaf dealt out some damage. He looked up at Daniel with a smile but that changed into a confused expression once again when he saw that Daniel also was smiling. That could not be good...he was planning something...but what? His thoughts were answered when Flora suddenly was surrounded by multiple copies of Alexis, all of them looking exactly the same. Oscar eyes shot open in realisation. Double Team...not good, not good at all.

Flora looked equally confused, if not more, and turned in every direction possible when the copies surrounded her. She quickly gathered her composure and turned around in a half-circle slowly so she could keep an eye on every one of the copies. One could clearly see that she was quickly becoming nervous.
''...Flora, try using Sleep Powder!'' Flora gained a small, confident smile at this, and made a small dance where she stood. While she was doing this, a light blue powder was realised from the leaves on her head, and the powder slowly flew towards all the electic Pokémon. Flora and Oscar both watched and hoped the powder would hit, or at least take out some of the copies.

Daniel clenched his fists in frustration. He had feared that Flora had had an attack like this stored up and raring to go. Now there was nothing left but to hope that it wouldn't hit Alexis before she could pull off the final stage in their plan.
Alexis stood completely still, with her look-alikes on either side of her, unflinching with the wry smirk on her lips, even as the blue powder was strown across a couple of the copies, but thankfully not Alexis, the powder going right through them and onto the ground.

Daniel couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh of relief, a wide grin on his face. Now was the last stage in his plan! At least, for now. "Alright, let's do this Alexis! Hit her with a Brick Break!"
"Chhhu!" "Alright! Look out Flora, here I come!" Alexis exclaimed as she suddenly lept out of the row of 'clones', lifting her right arm behind her, dashing in from the side before bringing the paw straight down towards the side of Flora's face in a devastating punch.

Oscar put on a disappointed face when the Sleep Powder simply missed the true Alexis and instead, went though some of the copies. This battle was quickly going downhill for him. The situation got worse when Daniel made his move; a devastating Brick Break attack. There was no chance that Flora would be able to dodge in time.

Flora frowned when her attack missed its target. Well, so much for that plan. She carefully observed the remaining Pokémon around her when suddenly Alexis called out. Flora only had a moment to blink before she was hit by the punch, making her go airborne for a few moments. After a slow flip in the air, she hit the ground hard.
''Nice one, Alexis.'' Flora commented while slowly standing up. The attacks were starting to wear her down and she was rather tired at this point. But she wasn't gonna go down just yet. ''Flora, respond with Acid!''

''But now it's my turn!'' She took a stance and stood still for a moment or two before firing a bunch of small, violet, nasty-looking balls of acid at the spot where Alexis and the 'clones' were standing, from her mouth. She didn't like to use the move too much but it still was a good move, and hopefully, this one wouldn't miss.
"Oh crap." Daniel mouthed at hearing the next command of Oscar's, the smugness of his, actually rather successful, plan succeeding, quickly fading again. "Alexis, try to dodge it! Jump back!"

"Let's see what you can do, then!" Alexis called out with a smile. She was greatly enjoying fighting one of her friends. It had always been alot of fun measuring up against people, but even more so against her friends, and Flora was no exception. It was a challenging battle, and Flora was rather tough, for an Oddish.
As the bubbles of purple flew towards her, Alexis tried to move backwards and away from them, but the effects of the Sweet Scent had her moving more sluggishly than before, and she wasn't able to get away in time. She winced in pain as they collided with her, popping and sending painful shivers up her spine. "Nngh...!"

Daniel looked at the battle with his heart in his throat. He might actually be winning, despite not having a type advantage. He went over the scene in front of him for a moment, determining that Flora couldn't stay standing for much longer. One powerful attack and it should be good. "Good job Alex', now let's see if she can handle your specialty! Thunderbolt!"
Alexis staggered for a moment, but shook her head, taking a deep breath, her fur slightly scruffy by now from the fighting, dodging and attacking. She hunched her back somewhat, the tail whipping up into the air above her as electric arcs began running up and down her body once again, eventually sending off a massive bolt of lightning towards the poor Oddish standing a few feet away. "Rrrraaaaaai!!"

As the Acid attack was succesful, Oscar's frown slowly turned into an excited smile. A small plan was starting to form in his mind. It was time for their comeback. But they would have to do it fast, as he noticed how Flora wasn't looking too great at the moment. But his hopes were shattered when he heard Daniel's next command. ''Flora, look out!''
Flora gained a confident smile when her attack proved to be successful. She was enjoying the battle quite a lot, even though she was normally frightened of battling. But still, this was really exciting! And Alexis was putting on a very good fight. But her thoughts were interrupted when she noticed Alexis beginning to charge up for another attack and the warning to look out from her trainer.

But Oscar's warning was to no avail. The massive bolt of lightning was heading with incredible speed towards the grass Pokémon and when it connected, she was enveloped by the powerful electricity with a painful cry. Even though she was resistant to electric attacks, this one packed quite a punch. When it wore off, she staggered around for a few moments before staring down at the ground, painting heavily. Oscar knew that she would go down any second now.

''Flora, quickly! Use Synthesis!'' Flora slowly raised her head and locked eye contact with Alexis, a small smirk starting to form on her face. The battle was not over quite yet. Closing her eyes, the leaves on her head started to glow white while her body glowed a bright yellow. But the glowing wore off almost instantly, and was replaced with small lightning bolts cracking around her, rendering her unable to move.

“Nicely done, Alex’! Be careful, she’s not down just yet!” Daniel called out, smiling to himself, looking rather impressed. Flora was just an Oddish, but she was taking a beating from a fully evolved Pokémon! Oscar must be a really amazing trainer. Alex’ was starting to breathe a little heavily, but it wasn’t hard to see where the battle was tipping to.
Daniel widened his eyes a little as he heard Oscar’s command, clenching his jaw. This could very well lengthen the fight for a lot longer, if- … if not for the fact that Flora was paralyzed. Daniel smiled a victorious smile, letting out a breath of relief. Flora was actually a rather dangerous opponent, now that he thought about it.

Alexis breathed heavily in an out after having shot the bolt of electricity at Flora, smirking in return. This was an amazing fight, and it was long since she had enjoyed herself so much. Flora was a great fighter, but Alex’ wasn’t ready to just lie down and let her win. She was going to show Flora, Oscar and even Daniel, exactly how strong she was.
“Alex’, let’s end this with a Brick Break while she’s still paralyzed!”
“Rai!” she called out as a response, taking a moment to look at Flora slightly apologeticly, even if it only lasted for a second, before she got onto all four and dashed forwards, finally leaping up, pulling her right arm far back, and finally hammering her paw straight down towards the poor little Oddish.

''…'' Oscar had just started to get his hopes up when Synthesis was starting to take effect. But when he saw the electricity around Flora and that she stopped moving, his eyes went wide open with a blank look. It took a few moments for his brain to process what had just happened. Paralyzed...he couldn’t believe it. Slowly blinking, Oscar realized that Flora would go down with the Brick Break Alexis was about to deal out.

The Oddish herself was still paralyzed and so, she had absolutely no chance of avoiding the attack at all. She could only watch as the Raichu closed the distance between the two Pokémon, before getting hit by the Brick Break, sending her crashing down to the ground. She laid down at the ground for a few seconds before getting picked up by her trainer carefully, who held her in his arms.

''You put up a great fight. I'm proud of you.'' Oscar said, smiling softly. Flora managed to respond with a weak smile before seemingly fainting. He promptly took out a regular Pokéball and returned the Oddish. Still holding the Pokéball in his hand, he looked down at Alexis and gave the Raichu a bright smile before looking up at Daniel. Even though he had lost, he couldn't do anything else but admit that it had been an awesome battle. Sure, he had lost, but he wasn't a sore loser.
''Hey Daniel, great battle! You and Alexis really are an amazing team.'' He complimented while jogging over to Daniel with an excited smile. ''Hopefully, it was good training for Flora. She seemed to enjoy it too. But I'll have to go heal her up at the Pokémon Center.'' He continued, glancing down at the Pokéball. ''Are you gonna heal up Alexis too?''

Daniel, having been temporarily lost in a rush of victory, his arms pumped up into the sky as he let out a relieved "Whoo!". A moment later, he realized that this might've been just a tad respectless and quickly lowered his arms, coughing, his cheeks darkening. He was afraid Oscar would be pissed at him for being such a bad winner.
Thankfully, as the boy came over to him, closely followed by Alexis, who was panting somewhat, a few cuts here and there due to the razor leaf attack earlier, Oscar was smiling. Daniel smiled in return and nodded eagerly. "Thanks! So are you and Flora... she really is an amazing Oddish. It was a tough battle, that's for sure!"

He nodded quickly as he looked down to Alexis, having suspected she would get at least a little beat up by her fight. "Yeah, it's probably best, since Mark and I are heading up in the mountains." He glanced towards Mark with a smile, waving him over. "Hey, Mark! I'm gonna go to the center and have Alex' healed up! Wanna come with? Otherwise, I'll be back in five minutes!"
Daniel turned back to Oscar, smiling brightly as he offered a hand to him. He might've come off as a bad winner, but he might as well give him the respect he deserved. "Great fight. Hope we can do it again sometime!"

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Lincoln stood stock still for a moment, staring at the battlefield as the sandstorm finally died down. He pulled his goggles down from his face to hand around his neck and blinked. Shadow had gone down from the sandstorm? He'd never really expected the sandstorm to finish Shadow off, using Protect had just been to buy some time but...

We won.

Breaking into laughter Linc jumped into the air, pumping his fist above his head. "Woohooo, Jackson, you NAILED it bro!"
"Shi...shi... shi...eldon..." Jackson wheezed, exhausted but incredibly proud of himself.
"You were, like, totally awesome dude! And so were you Sha-..."

Lincoln stopped mid-sentance, watching as Shadow began to glow and evolve. He'd never seen a pokemon evolution in person before, and neither had Jackson for that matter. The Shieldon was watching the process with wide-eyed fascination.

[プリンセスサファイア]

Amanda Smith

Amanda smiled as the glow faded and a Mr. Mime stood where the Mime Jr. had just been. She smiled more going over to her Pokemon and giving him a high five with a giggle. "Great job Shadow" she said happily before going over to Lincoln followed by Shadow and stuck out her hand "Great Battle Linc" she said not even upset at the fact she lost. Just because she was in the Suicune dorm didn't mean she would win every battle, she knew that.

"What now?" Shadow asked as both Trainer and Pokemon's stomach growled.

"Lets go to the cafeteria, I can get food and feed you and the others" she sent back before smiling at Linc "so wanna head to the cafeteria?"

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Lincoln shook Manda's hand when offered. It had certainly been interesting watching a pokemon evolution happen right there in front of him - now he had some idea of what to expect when his own pokemon evolved. The size difference between Mime Jr. and Mr. Mime was incredible, previously Shadow had been a similair size to Jackson and now he towered over him.

"Yeah, totally great battle Manda." He said, not wanting to make a big deal of his victory. It was his first ever win, but he was going to handle it more graciously than he had with his loss earlier that day.
"Shieldon..."

Jackson trotted over to Lincoln's side, rubbing his metal-plated head against Linc's leg.

"Oh, sorry buddy." Lincoln said, pulling Jackson's pokeball from his belt. "C'mon and get some rest." Linc recalled Jackson and returned the pokeball to his belt before nodding to Manda. "Totally. Some grub sounds good right now."

[Kid Mind]

Oscar smiled and scratched the back of his head at the compliment Daniel had responded with. He wasn't one to brag about his Pokémon but that didn't mean that a compliment was unappreciated. As Daniel waved at Mark, Oscar did the same, but looked back at Daniel when he offered a hand to him. He glanced up at Daniel, then back at the hand before blinking a few times, realizing what he was supposed to do.

''Yeah, it was a great battle. Looking forward to our next one!'' He grinned widely and gave Daniel a somewhat firm handshake. That was a first for him. He wasn't used to shaking hands with his opponent after a battle, but he gladly did so. Turning to Mark, he kept his grin and spoke up.

''So Mark, what did you think of the battle?'' While waiting for a response, Oscar took a few steps towards the Pokémon Center before glancing back at the two. If they followed him, he would continue forward but if they for some reason didn't, he would turn to the two and wait for them.

Suddenly, one of Oscar's Pokéballs released a bright light in front of the other Pokémon, reviling Meden the Meditite. Oscar looked at him with an odd look before shrugging it off. Meden had heard the battle while being in the Pokéball. He looked at all the Pokémon with a mildly confused expression. ''What did I miss?''