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

[Ocelli]

Tristen S, Raikou Dorm
[Clearing]

Tristen began running towards where the Aipom was being chased by the raging Tauros. Skarmory flew ahead of her, ready to execute any attack.

“Skarmory, Air Cutter!” Tristen spoke, still running behind him. Obediently, he launched himself through the air and bulleted towards the Tauros. Once he came in between the monkey pokemon and the bull pokemon, he stopped in midair and proceeded to flap his wings towards the Tauros, sending slices of air towards his face.

The Tauros was hit full force with the blast, thanks to the element of surprise. He stopped in his tracks, allowing the Aipom to run farther ahead and distance himself from the angry pokemon.

White hair flying wildly behind her, Tristen came to a stop a safe distance away from the small skirmish. She stopped just in time to see the Tauros charge Skarmory with a tackle attack.

Not bothering to call out another command, she simply watched to see what her pokemon would do in a situation on its own. “Skarmory--Independence.” It was the word she had told her pokemon that meant that they had full control over their own decisions.

Skarmory understood, but not in time to dodge the tackle from the wild Tauros. He staggered back from the blow, and began to focus. He then began to accelerate in speed and circle the Tauros, executing the move Agility.

The Tauros wheeled around, trying to keep up with Skarmory’s speed. Tristen could still discern a look of crazed rage in its eyes. That Aipom must’ve really pissed off that Tauros. She looked around for the small purple monkey. It was a good two hundred feet away from the battle, and it was looking directly at Tristen. She simply looked at it through the corner of her eye, not even bothering to turn her head.

Next, the Tauros charged again at Skarmory and missed, which gave the steel bird the opportunity to try his most recently learned move in battle. He dived in, grabbing the Tauros on its back with its hard talons and proceeded to lift it into the air. It was unexpectedly heavy for him, so he didn’t get very high.

Tristen watched, her eyebrows pushed together as she watched. He was struggling to get more than fifty feet into the air; the Tauros was just too heavy. At last, Skarmory relented and let go of the beast, sending it towards the earth. It landed with a thud, and the Tauros appeared to be stunned momentarily. It wasn’t terribly harmed, but it was confused and shocked.

Skarmory quickly began to lose altitude since most of his strength was spent on trying to carry the Tauros.

Deciding to retake control of the situation, Tristen called out, “Sand Attack.” He obeyed and stirred up a cloud of dust that enveloped the Tauros.

Still slightly stunned from the move Sky Drop, the Tauros got up and hobbled away, attempting to leave the battle. Skarmory proceeded to follow it, when Tristen raised her hand in a “stop” signal. He nodded and returned to her side and watched as the Tauros left the battle looking slightly confused.

Raising a gloved hand, Tristen pat Skarmory on his beak. “Good--but we need to work on your strength to improve your Sky Drop.” He cawed in agreement as he landed on the ground and stood next to her.

[Lincoln West]

Lincoln West

Lincoln cringed and clapped his hands over his ears as the Buneary wailed, not taking them away until quite a while after the pokemon had finished. Even then it was reluctant as though he expected more horrible noises any second. How could a trainer let their pokemon become so unhappy with them?

But then, maybe the girl hadn't realised the Buneary was unhappy... that was kind of the point of the lesson, so maybe he should try and pay a bit more attention. He didn't like the idea that any of his own pokemon could be so unhappy with him.

Nika Valentine

Loki only had to deal with an overly curious Meowth the rest of the way to Oak Town, at which point he was returned to his Dusk Ball. He was coming along nicely, and taking down that Pidgey and the Meowth had helped their teamwork and confidence in each other. If only she could do the same for Mark and Able...

Sighing slightly she made her way to the towns Pokemon Center and handed Loki and Pineco across for care. Once she was done here she could finally buy the supplies she needed, and possibly a TM or two as well.

[pat20cool]

After a while Lucas continues to look up the directions on his watch. Looking at which way was which, Aipom began to wander around being curious of where Seth is also. They see an opening to a forest with the directions pointing towards it. As they walk through the plains leading to the forest Lucas sees all of the wild Pokemon running around, playing, battling or even hunting. Aipom notices a female Aipom running into the forest, Aipom's eyes fill with hearts and it's fist tail turns into a heart also. 'Huh, Aipom are you okay? You don't look to good?' Lucas asked with concern. Aipom screeched as it proceeded to use Acrobatics towards the forest. 'What's gotten into him? He must know where Seth is'. Lucas follows his love-struck Pokemon into the forest.

Lucas kept walking through the forest trying to keep up with his partner until he couldn't see him anymore. Getting scared Lucas tried walking back as he was getting lost. 'Uh-oh...I don't like the feeling of this...' Lucas whimpered. 'Aipom? Are you here? Aiiiiiiipom!' Lucas isn't getting anywhere he tries looking around for a way out, but no luck. He hears a small rustling behind him, and starts walking forward slowly not to alert whatever it is. He hears a buzzing noise come out of the bush behind him. 'AHHHH!' Lucas screamed as he ducked down to hide from the predator. He looks up to see a happy baby Heracross fly over to a tree and beginning to suck from it. Lucas sighed in relief, 'Thank God it was a Heracross... I could've sworn it was a Scy-' before Lucas could finish a Green flash swipes the baby Heracross off the tree hurting it incredibly as it lands on it's back. A massive Scyther appeared from nowhere and pointed it's blades at Heracross and began sharpening the blades. Lucas tried backing away slowly as the Heracross started crying out in help. The young trainer knew he couldn't leave the poor baby beetle like this. Lucas helps the Heracross up off the ground and helps him walk away from Scyther.

'Huh...that's weird...The Scyther is letting us escape? Well, let's just be glad we can get outta here Heracross.' The young Heracross nodded as it kept walking with Lucas. Suddenly the Scyther flashed before them as all the trees that they past collasped and crashed to the ground causing an echo throughout the forest alerting many other Pokemon in the area. 'T-T-T-that was Fury C-c-c-cutter!!' Lucas cried out in fear. The Heracross was shrieking in fear also.

[Mick Fizz]

Jimmy Vincent & Alice Crenshaw
Academy Hallways

Alice suddenly realised she knew who the girl was. She was one of the first she had met at the Academy, and remembered she, along with some other students, was planning to go to a weird forest, where apparently ghost Pokémon could get her soul... She shuddered at the thought, and then pushed it away.

"I think... I know this girl..." Alice said in a whisper.

Jimmy, in the meantime, was so amazed watching the battle that he wasn't aware of Rosalyn's words, or the fact that she squeezed his hand lightly. However, he turned to Alice when she said she might know the girl who commanded the huge dragon. With an evil smile, he chuckled.

"And I don't like that boy with the Swampert either, Rosalyn." she whispered, "There's...something about him that...I dunno, but I'm scared..."

She hid herself from the boy's sight behind Jimmy, and held Jello tighter. Jello was too scared to say anything, and shut his eyes, hoping it would all end soon. Jimmy's Pokémon were watching the battle with amazement in their eyes.

Charlie Fitzpatrick
Academy Grounds

Charlie shook his head after the kid's remark, he was joking about something that seemed pretty serious. He grabbed a Pokéball from his belt and sent out a Feraligatr, who roared his name after coming out.

"Jaws, we gotta get this kid to the ER, right now." he said.

Jaws nodded and bent over to pick up the injured kid. Then he went back to Charlie, having no idea of where the Emergency Room was. The counselor glanced at the two people that were there. A boy and a girl, and their Pokémon appared to be a Honchkrow and a Simipour. He went over to them, and then noticed that the girl had been crying.

"Well, thank you for your cooperation." he said, "Now, I need you to please come with me. We gotta get that boy treated." He paused and then spoke in a lower register. "If you don't mind, could you lead Jaws and I to the ER?"

He then motioned them to come along, and walked back to his Feraligatr's side. On his way, he noticed that the Lucario that had led him there was beginning to cry. He placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, don't worry. He'll be as good as new." he said, "Now, let's get going."

After Aaron was in the Emergency Room, under the care of a nurse or doctor, he figured that he would take those two kids to his office and have a word with them. There had to be a reason behind the girl's tears. And he was determined to find out and help out in any way possible.

[Ocelli]

Tristen S, Raikou Dorm
[Field]

Suddenly, the small Aipom popped up from behind Skarmory’s head--it had climbed onto his back very quickly and proceeded to sit on top of him. Caught by surprise, the steel bird began to shake his head, and the monkey pokemon fell off and landed with a light thump.

Tristen and Skarmory looked down on the wild Aipom that had caused so much trouble for itself. Hands on her hips, Tristen frowned at the pokemon. She didn’t have much patience for pokemon (or people) with a knack of getting into unnecessary trouble. The fact that he had angered the Tauros to the point of rage already proved that the Aipom didn’t understand the concept of “too far.”

Dumbfounded, the purple pokemon simply looked up at the two of them, realizing that they weren’t too happy with him. It squeaked and attempted to run away, but Skarmory caught it by the tail and lifted it up to eye level with Tristen.

She gave it a piercing look with her glowing red eyes. Without speaking, she lifted her finger and flicked it on the nose. The small monkey yelped lightly, mostly from surprise. It wasn’t particularly agonizing, but it still hurt a little on his nose.

“This little experience should teach you that little pranks and jokes can only go so far. Don’t be an idiot and push things to the point where you’re going to get yourself beat up.”

Quickly, the Aipom nodded and squeaked a small apology. Skarmory put it down, and the Aipom took one quick glance at Tristen before dashing off towards the forest areas.

Watching it leave, Tristen shook her head. “I’m so glad you have a decent amount of common sense, Skarmory. Pokemon like that just drive me insane.”

Skarmory simply smiled in response.

[IceFyr1928]

Seth was still meditating when an abrupt crashing sound came from deeper in the forest. He wasn't all that worried, until he heard a boy scream.

"Sh- I've got to go!" Seth yelled as he quickly sprang up and sprinted in the direction of the commotion.

What he saw when he arrived put him strait into overdrive. A Scyther was chasing Lucas, who was holding a small Heracross. He grabbed Doom's ultra ball off his belt and released the fiery hound onto the scene.

"Doom! Get that Scyther with as many Fire Fangs as you can get in! Lucas, to me!" Seth yelled over the angry buzzing of the Scyther. Doom obeyed with honor, charged at the bladed bug-type.

Doom got a hit in, which temporarily stunned the agile hunter. However, it wasn't stunned for long. Doom was soon pushed back by a fury cutter.

"Use this on that Heracross!" Seth shouted as he tossed Lucas a potion.

Back at the fight, the Scyther was still slicing at Doom, while he bit at it in between Slashes. A few moments through this exchange of blows, the Scyther showed signs of slowing.

"One more hit! Make it count!" Seth yelled to Doom, who latched on to the Scyther as his fangs lit.

The Scyther soon batted him away, but was not strong enough to do anything else. Seth, seeing the opportunity, threw an ultra ball at the Scyther, which successfully caught it.

"Now, if you will follow me..." Seth said to Lucas as he started walking back to the clearing.

[pat20cool]

The Scyther gradually crept closer to Lucas and Heracross as they both freaked out more and more. Suddenly a Houndour jumped out and attacked Scyther with a flaring bite. Stunned at what just happened Lucas looks at a serious Seth. 'Lucas, to me!' Lucas relieved nods and helped the Heracross to Seth. Lucas watched Houndour unleash the barrage of Fire Fangs on Scyther, what power... But the Scyther wasn't letting up as it countered with it's Fury Cutter. 'Use this on that Heracross!' Seth tossed a Potion at Lucas, Lucas nods and sprays the Heracross's side where Scyther had struck earlier. Heracross was crying in relief.

'Don't worry Heracross, you'll be fine now. I'll keep you safe!' Lucas said compassionately. He looks at Seth, he had never seen someone so determined to battle before. Scyther had struck Houndour and had looked far too tired to do anything else. Seth tossed a ball at the Green Mantis and the ball had consumed the Scyther and sealed tight and dinged. Seth looked pleased, in his own way and picked up the strangely designed Pokeball.

'Now, if you will follow me...' Seth said to Lucas as he was walking away. He nodded and helped the Heracross who seemed to be getting a little better. 'Seth, I can't thank you enough for saving me! But have you seen Aipom? He ran into the forest and I got lost.. I promise whenever I get Aipom back I'll show you how strong we actually are!'

[IceFyr1928]

"Seth, I can't thank you enough for saving me! But have you seen Aipom? He ran into the forest and I got lost.. I promise whenever I get Aipom back I'll show you how strong we actually are!" He heard Lucas say from behind him.

"Um, no. No I haven't. And I don't doubt that you would." Seth said, looking back at him. He saw a flash of purple behind Lucas, and stopped walking. Soon enough, another flash went by.

"Uh, Lucas? Do you know why Aipom ran off?" Seth asked, still looking at the treetops over Lucas' head. "Because if he was chasing another Aipom, I belive that we just found him..."

[Kezius]

C.J. Styles
Dead Forest

C.J. noticed Dardanette’s Pokemon become distracted at Golett’s Gravity attack. By the look of things the Gengar was fading into the ground itself. As Gollett continued his attack C.J. tried to figure out which way the Academy was. He was disoriented by the ordeals that had taken place and took a guess at the correct direction, basing his choice from the mountains he could see in the distance.

C.J. took a brief moment to make sure all his belongings were still attached to him. After regaining a bit of his composure he summoned all of the remaining strength he had. He didn’t want to mess around any longer, these Pokemon were far to powerful and if that girl awoke they would become much worse. This was it, his last chance to escape.

He ran to Golett and Picked him up in his arms, not wanting to recall it because he was unsure if the effects of Gravity would vacate or not without the Pokemon out. Turning to the direction that C.J. believed the Academy was in he began to run. He didn’t look for any sort of path he just ran, and so long as nothing stopped him, he would continue to run straight through branches and all until he reached the academy grounds.

[pat20cool]

'Another Aipom? You mean he found himself a new friend? That's nice but we gotta find him, please show me where he is Seth.' Lucas replied. He looked down at the baby Heracross that had taken a fond liking to him after saving him from the Scyther. Lucas smiled at the Heracross as Seth began leading the way.

[Lincoln West]

Nika Valentine - Oak Town

With her team returned from the Pokemon Center Nika was finally able to go about the rest of her business in town. The Pokemart on the island was, unsuprisingly, excellently stocked. She spent quite a long time browsing the various aisles and counters, slowly adding to her basket of purchases.

First priority was medecines. Potions, antidotes and all other sorts of curative remedies went into the basket. It was best to be fully prepared for any eventuality, there was no telling what kind of threats you could encounter in the wild or how long your pokemon may have to battle for. Not having the right items to take care of their injuries or maladies in the field was a sure way of getting yourself turned into a wild pokemons dinner.

After that came pokeballs. Fresh out of all kinds Nika made sure to buy a large amount of the standard variety, as well as a number of speciality pokeballs. Sometimes the simple pokeball wasn't enough to get the job done, or didn't suit the pokemon you wanted to capture.

And finally - TM's. With her three new pokemon she wanted to get a TM for at least one of them, and having just had a class with a Grass Type component, Parasect was the winner. Thinking about the Grass moves Miss Sandoval had said were particularly powerful she selected Solar Beam, feeling it would help give Parasect's arsenal the added punch it was lacking.

Having spent some time on her own pokemon journey, and receiving a constant allowance of money from her father during that period, Nika was financially reasonably well off for her age, but this shopping spree was quite a dent in her budget. She would have to be more frugal in the future.

Paying for her purchases at the counter, and receiving a Premier Ball for her trouble, Nika stowed her new belongings away in her satchel. The Solar Beam TM was slotted into Parasect's pokeball before being placed into her relatively empty TM case. Exiting the shop she considered what her next move should be...

[IceFyr1928]

Seth started walking in the direction that he had seen the two Aipom swing in.

This would be so much easier if I had Shadow with me... Or if that new Scyther was trained enough to not go on another rampage, or run off... Seth thought as he trudged through the dense overgrowth. They soon came to a small clearing with a giant tree in the middle. All along the tree were hundreds of Aipom, Ambipom, Mankey, and Primeape.

"I think we're going to have a tad bit of trouble finding your's..." Seth said disheartendly to Lucas, who seemed downcast.

[pat20cool]

Lucas looked at the huge tree with all of the monkey like Pokemon bouncing around and playing. He sees hundreds of Aipom singing and playing around. It looked really nice. 'I think we're going to have a tad bit of trouble finding your's...' noted Seth. Lucas folded his arms, and tried thinking of a way to find his Aipom. He sat down as the Heracross sat next to him. 'I know! Seth you might think it's crazy but it could work!' Seth looked at him in confusion as if he wanted an explanation. 'Well, Aipom and I met each other because he saved me from an Absol attack! If he comes through for me when I'm in danger so that might be the key! You could send out that Scyther and I'm sure that Aipom will rescue me if I'm in danger! And also that way I can prove that I'm strong too!' Heracross began shaking his head thinking it was a bad idea. Lucas looked at Seth, 'So, what do you say?'.

[IceFyr1928]

"I'm not sure about that... Not only is he almost dead, but he needs some training time to get a hang of following orders. I could try it with Doom though." Seth said, looking around the tree.

Seth released Doom and equated down to his level.

"Okay. We are going to try something that we need your help with. I am going to leave to just in the forest, and then you will start to bite at Lucas. However, you need to be sure to not actually bit him while still making it look real." Seth explained to the hound, who occasionally nodded.

"Whenever you're ready, just say so." Seth said to Lucas, who had been observing the disscussion.

[pat20cool]

Lucas nods at Seth, as the Heracross goes up to Seth and hides with him. 'I'm sure this will work, thanks for helping me out Doom!'. As Lucas to pet him, Doom snaps at Lucas. 'WOW! That was almost too real, we're just...Pre...tending..' Lucas began getting frightened as the Houndour lived up to it's scary nature. Doom kept barking at Lucas. 'D-d-doom..chill out..we are just pretending?' Lucas kept stepping back until he eventually started running towards the tree, and the plan was set in motion as Doom bolted after the poor trainer.

Running as fast as he could to try and get away from the dog who kept barking and snapping at the poor human. 'HELP!! ANYONE HELP!!' This call for help attracted the attention of all the monkey Pokemon in the tree who just observed the scene. Lucas tripped over a branch and fell to the ground, as Doom came over, intimidating as ever by setting it's fangs on fire. 'SOMEBODY!! HELP!!'.

Suddenly a giant fist smacked into the side of the Houndour, knocking it over completely. Lucas looked around to see that it was Aipom standing on a Swift star that smirked at Lucas. It hopped down and looked at Lucas making his tail into a peace sign. All of the other Aipom and Ambipom started cheering for their comrade. 'A-Aipom? Let's show this Houndour who's boss!'.

[IceFyr1928]

Doom

Doom watched as his master ran into the woods. His primary instinct was to follow his master, but he had instructions. He saw the unfarmiliar trainer reaching for him, and he snapped at him. He didn't like how friendly he was acting. This guy was invading his personal space. He advanced on the trainer, his intention was too clear.

Doom smirked as the trainer started fleeing, this was what he was made for. He was chasing after him when he tripped. He activated his Fire Fang, and slowly stalked torwards his terrified prey.

Doom was about to spring when he was tossed aside by a punch in his side. He rolled over when he hit the ground, making it land on his feet. He saw an Aipom standing next to his prey. He once again powered up a Fire Fang, and leapt at the Aipom, latching onto one of its arms. Twisting his head, he threw it to the ground.

[Leaf Storm]

Danielle Accola - Academy Quad

“Mien….Mien!”

“Vul….Vulpix!”

“Pachipachipachipachii!”

“Yaannnnn.”

An hour has passed, Danielle had fallen asleep on the grass…the ocean wind was amazing. She had to take the advantage to take a nap. Her Pokemon had fun, hanging around, blabbing, but Mienfoo wanted to leave. He started to poke Danielle on the nose. She twitched a bit, and slowly opened her eyes. “Mmmm?” She woke and the first thing she saw was Swifty, trying to smile. “What happened...? I was asleep?”

“Mien…” Mienfoo rolled his eyes, as Danielle sat up. Leaves from the tree started to fall, some fell right on top of Danielle’s knees.

“Yeah I fell asleep, the breeze was amazing to sleep in. I’m ready to go out and explore some more. How about some training at the beach, guys?” She asked her Pokemon.

Ozzy and Sector looked at one another, but it was Swifty who immediately responded. “Vulll!”

“Mien Mienfooo!” Mienfoo became the ecstatic one and ran down the small hill. He was impatient and he really wants to train for future battles. “Fooo!”

“Alright then, to the beach we shall go!” Danielle stretched out, and stood up. Retrieving her belongings and walked straight down the hill. Swifty, Ozzy, and Sector followed. The day was already getting started, in spite of having class already. She wanted to dedicate her time to train her Pokemon some more, especially Swifty and Sector, whom she had less training with. The beach would be a good place to start with the training, as Danielle ran with her Pokemon to exit the academy…for now.

Megan Sandoval - Teacher's Lounge

“Shelmet, Shelmet, Shelmet…” Megan has been inside the lounge for a little over an hour, she was reading the newspaper as well as the campus newspaper as well. She loved to read, and with her cup of tea aside her, she took advantage of reading everything that was on her. Her Pokemon were released as well, from Mimi taking a nap on the couch, to Leah and Bree having a few staring contests, to Avan creating a bit of mischief around the lounge.

Avan bumped beside Megan’s left leg, and fell on his back. She felt a sudden thud, and looked down to find him upside down. She chuckled and helped him back on his feet. “You silly Avan, be careful.” He then walked away to the other side of the room.

The lounge was still empty, Megan continued to sip her tea and continued to read the newspaper, still interested in the news everywhere in the Pokemon World.

Drew Stone - Suicune Dorm

“BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM.”

A sudden explosion was heard from the outside, nearby the Suicune Dorm. Drew and Syd woke up from his short nap, startled from the noise. Syd jumped right out of bed to find the window, and glanced the outside. Drew hesitated to get up from his small bed. His room wasn’t decorated just yet, and his suitcase filled with belongings haven’t been unpacked just yet.

“What’s going on out there, Syd?” Drew asked as he walked up to the window. He pulled the curtain to the left, and found smoke at an Academy classroom hall nearby. Drew wasn’t sure whether he should evacuate, as the smoke seemed dense. “Someone’s doing a Pokemon battle there. Figures. I guess.”

“Petilillll” Syd jumped out of the window and hopped on Drew’s shoulder. “Pet-Pet!”

“What? You want to go see what’s up?” Drew asked. He realized that Syd was sensing at least something, but having to intervene with the situation down there was something Drew shouldn’t do. “I see you’re in the mood for an adventure then.”

“Pet!”

Drew nodded, and grabbed his backpack. He sighed as he glanced at the window, in which he saw the smoke. “Alright, let’s have a moment of adventure then!”

[pat20cool]

The Houndour reacted to the Focus Punch by latching onto Aipom's arm and smashing it on the ground. 'Aipom! Use Double Team to escape Houndour's grasp!' commanded Lucas as Aipom divided into two, then four, then six allowing the real one to escape the Fire Fang. The copy that was trapped in the Fire Fang dissappeared leaving 5 left. 'Aipoms, surround the Houndour and use Swift!'. All of the Aipoms surrounded the pooch and they had all began making their hand-tails glow as they began to shoot a barrage of stars at Doom.

[IceFyr1928]

Doom

Doom was biting his way into the monkey's arm, when suddenly it dissapeared. He shook his head in confusion, then noticed that he was surrounded by five diferent enemies, who all started shooting stars at him. Doom got extremely angry at this, and proceeded to torch one copy after the other with Flamethrower until he reached the original. He then continued to torch it until he was sure that he had done some damage. As he waited, he noticed the other monkeys in the tree were booing him, to which he barked ferociously, as if to say 'Shut up or your my next meal', which made them quiet down considerably. Turning back to his opponent, he crouched, ready to take the next attack.

[pat20cool]

After receiving alot of damage from Flamethrower, Aipom grew weaker. Lucas started to get nervous and worry about Aipom a little. Just then all of the other monkeys were booing the dog and cheering for Aipom to winning. 'Aipom! Dig underground! Take Houndour by surprise!' Aipom nodded and dug underground. Aipom dug and dug and dug, trying it's best to confuse the hound. 'Aipom get ready to strike!'.

[IceFyr1928]

Doom

I truthfully hate that move... Doom thought as he saw the Aipom dig it's way underground. Instead of doing anything, Doom concentrated, and then used Earthquake. Once the tremors faded away, the Aipom was on the surface, and the monkeys were once again making a loud ruckus. To which Doom howled his unnerving howl.

Seth

Seth was observing the battle calmly until the Earthquake hit. He didn't know where it had come from until he heard Doom howl.

Didn't see that coming... he thought to himself as he walked out of the undergrowth, the slightly frightened Heracross on his shoulder.

"Well, I did not expect that. Good match to all three of you." Seth said as he walked back into the clearing.

"Here, you may need these." Seth continued, handing Lucas a Revive and a Super Potion. He returned Doom to his ball, which he returned to his belt. He looked Lucas in the eyes.

"Don't be so down about it. Just because you lost doesn't mean that you aren't a weak trainer. You could have beaten many of the people that I've fought. I am also pretty sure that you could have wont his one too if I had been in control. I didn't even know he had earthquake!" Seth reassured Lucas.

"Now that that's over, how about I get you a Pokeball for this Heracross? It can't exactly ride on your shoulder it's entire life." Seth said, and he pulled out a normal Pokeball for Lucas, and offered it.

[Khawill]

Teal
Teal was woken up by a tremble in the earth. "Uh, what's all the noise for." Teal sat up, seeing Seth and another kid just talking. Oh great even that guys even done a battle, how lame. Seth released his ponytail and laid over its back, he had a massive headache. "Go that way ponyta." He mumbled.

Kira
Kira felt an earthquake under her feet, "Hope there aren't any of those during our climb." Kira noticed Teal struggling on to the ponyta. She walked up and helped him up, "You better not be this weak on the climb." Teal shook his head no. And she laughed, "Well I'm ready soon."

[IceFyr1928]

Shadow

Shadow flew quickly over to Seth as soon as he came in view. Seth turned towards him, looking a bit surprised, but then eased up.

Seth!!! Why didn't you come get me?!? He asked Seth, a tone of comic anger in his voice.

What? You didn't want alone time with the lady?

It's not like that!!!

I can read you like a book. Of course it is! Seth began lathing as Shadow became a bit frustrated. He turned around, only to see that Kim was watching him from the other side of the clearing, where Teal was trying to ride his Ponyta.

Seth

"Teal! What's up?" Seth said as he walked towards his friend. He was leaning against his Ponyta for some reason. Hopefully it wouldn't interfere with the upcoming hill-run.

He looked back at Lucas and called him over.

"Everyone, this is Lucas. Lucas, this is Kira, Teal, Raphael, And their Pokemon Kim and Vel." Seth introduced, pointing to each one in turn.

[Ocelli]

Tristen S, Raikou Dorm
[Forest Clearing]

After finishing up that small battle with the wild Tauros, Tristen had decided that their training session had never quite been complete. They had headed back to their original forest clearing that they had found a few hours before.

Skarmory was nice and warmed up from battling that Tauros. After getting some food in its belly, it was ready to take on anything Tristen threw at him. Gabriel had been released from his pokeball as well and was glad to be rid of that boring pokeball. The small Croagunk liked open space just as much as his two companions, though he did take to small rooms every once in a while. He liked feeling cozy, but not cramped.

“Let’s get started.” Tristen clasped her hands and rubbed them together for friction and warmth. “We’re going to be doing some endurance training. Gabe, since you just got out of the pokeball, start with a light jog around the perimeter to warm-up. Skarmory, we’re going to try that weight-lifting exercise we did earlier, but with a tiny bit less weight.”

Obediently, Gabriel proceeded to jog slowly around the clearing, pacing himself wisely thanks to his past experience with this sort of training. Skarmory grabbed a small boulder and began to fly and up and down, holding the heavy rock in his talons. He tried to keep his flapping even and smooth, all the while trying to fly vertically without swerving.

As she watched, Tristen sat down carefully. She felt a little dizzy--she hadn’t eaten anything all day, and running around with her pokemon wasn’t helping the fact. When she made sure that no one was paying attention, she sighed quietly.

It was still her first day at the PTA, and, more than anything, she surprised herself by feeling homesick. She had no home, so the feeling was ironic, but she missed mainland Hoenn.

After running away from Johto many years back, Hoenn had been her safe haven. She knew the region like the back of her hand; the white-haired girl had a terrific memory, and everything her red eyes saw was instinctively stored away for later use. Hoenn was familiar, and it held many hiding spots she could quickly tuck herself away in. Weeks were spent in solitude, and she always thought she liked it that way.

Tristen shifted uncomfortably as she watched her pokemon strength training. Almost the entirety of her friend group was working right in front of her. Perhaps... She closed her eyes for a moment. Once alone, always alone.

[PkMnTrainer Yellow]

(Sorry guys. PCX has eaten more time than I expected. The brunt of it is over however, and it ends fully on the 7th.)

Valorie Ryder -

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The male turned his gaze down at Valorie in a competitive manner, very much aware of others that were being attracted by the noise. His Swampert collapsed, unable to withstand the assault from Valorie's Haxorus. The male returned said Pokeon as Mark spoke up grabbing Valorie's attention. She became momentarily distracted and turned her head to acknowledge Mark... and a group of others vaguely with him. This had drawn attention hadn't it? She smiled at Mark apologetically before being startled by the voice of the unnamed rocket spy sending out a braviary and immediately issuing a command. Valorie turned back towards the battle.

...A braviary? When the thing came out of it's ball, it immediately looked cramped in the hallways. This was a bird no less. How was it supposed to fight in here! The Pokemon looked grizzled, a number of battlescars covering it's body. ...Did his trainer do that to him? Valorie had little time to wonder however... because the boy's braviary proceeded to immediately show her exactly how it would fight by coming right down that hall at an alarming speed and lunging at Haxorus, violently snatching the dragon pokemon where she stood with her talons and effortlessly dispatching her into the nearby wall with a deafening crack as hard armor met reinforced wall. It was not nearly enough however, and the blow did considerable damage to the wall... not to mention Haxorus. A brief cry was given off as she impacted the wall, and then she came crashing to the ground, sliding via sheer recoil off the wall for a moment before settling there. She was out like a light. Geez! Valorie reached into her satchel to grab a pokeball, intent on protecting herself from harm. Something stopped her however, namely a rather supernatural glare the braviary gave off. She froze up like a deer in headlights and stared up at the larger pokemon, whose eyes were concentrated on her. They seemed to pierce her. In Valorie's eyes, she started to see more than what was actually there. The braviary's eyes flashed ever so briefly with energ, and Valorie just sort of went a tad pale. It was scsary face.

The boy chuckled at the situation, amused with what he had accomplished. Valorie was seemingly paralyzed where she stood. One could only imagine what was going on inside her head. No doubt to the surprise of the rocket spy, but maybe not so much to those around him, a teacher proceeded to lay a hand on his shoulder rather abruptly. The rocket spy flinched and turned, only to find it was Sabrina, a teacher.

"...That's enough out of you two." Sabrina started, glancing around briefly before continuing. "Do you see how much damage you've caused?" she said in a rather aggravated tone of voice. Looking around, the hallways of the hallway nearby had multiple sections of sever damage. Valorie just sort of became indignant in expression, looking away, before shifting her gaze down at Kiyoko. A short pause followed. Looks were thrown around, thoughtfully. The male hesitantly returned his braviary thinking better of fighting. Sabrina sighed before speaking up and continuing, addressing those around the battle.

"...Alright. I need to know what happened." she stated, in an ever so slightly frustrated manner. One would think a celebrated psychic user would just know all this stuff... if they were naive.

Olivia Wolf - N's Classroom

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Vivian the buneary squirmed and emitted a muffled, irritated noise as N's zoroark grabbed her, squirming within his grasp in an irritable manner. She didn't like that. Nope. Not one bit. Meanwhile Olivia just sort of lazily looked up at the ceiling. She seemed kind of disorientated, and rather sluggish. After a couple of moments N came over to her and her eyes met his. She seemed slightly nervous. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. An awful ringing filled her hearing instead.

"... ... ...W-What?" Olivia asked, confused and ever so slightly upset. Being deaf was not pleasant. "...I can't hear..." she continued, and hugged herself in a rather unnerved manner. She somehow didn't feel as if she could get up, as if she was suddenly too tired. Her body hurt in a way she had difficulty describing. Being blasted with energy wasn't like being struck with a physical attack. Reaching up, Olivia tenderly cupped her hands over her ears in a testy manner. Yup. This one definitely neded a nurse, pronto. Goodness knew how badly she was hurt.

Elizabeth - Elizabeth's Classroom

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Elizabeth gestured for Takumi to wait a moment in a rather humble manner. Words. Words weren't easy for her. Hand gestures in contrast were... a bit easier as far as communicating went. She moved over to Dante and reached up, lightly pressing the tip of his pokeball to prime it. As the ball expanded in size to it's more ideal size for being gripped in a hand the runes covering it's body glowed with a faint but noticeable light, as if a low-intensity LED light were being shown through them. Elizbeth gestuerd to the ever so faintly glowing runes. "T-These won't... glow if they aren't... applied properly." she stated, her hand shaking a bit for an unknown reason. She almost seeemed... frail. Given, if one examined her hands, her wrist. What little skin they could see was... a tad bony. She /was/ frail. Just... this was the sort of frail you more expected with age... "...This one... is perfect." she remarked reassuringly. She honestly seemed a bit... tired at this point. Though, she was also a bit calmer than she had been now that a good portion of the class had left. After clarifying how to check to make sure one's runes were working, she bowed her head to Dante in a somewhat humble manner before directing her attention back to Takumi. The entire process hadn't taken long.

She would address him with her eyes at first, silently. She was waiting, and would do this for a moment long while she gave others the chance to head out. Then, she finally started to speak.

"Takumi... what are you...fighting for?" she ased in a curious tone, addressing the apparently much larger student. As usual, her speech was somewhat impaired. It seemed she wantd to know what his goals were, to know that which he strives for. Why she wanted to know, however, was a mystery.