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MurkMire January 6th, 2015 12:23 AM

Mauve Banzett
Rise and Shine, Through Mt. Moon!
Spoiler:

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Raze ♂
Vine Whip - Razor Leaf - Wrap - Poison Powder - Growth


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Huff 'n Puff ♂
Smog - Sludge - Tackle - Toxic Spikes



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Jinzo
Rapid Spin - Confusion - Rock Tomb - Mud Slap


Pokemon Center

It was some time while Mauve and his Pokemon were resting at the Pokemon Center. Mauve slept a quiet, peaceful sleep with only the feeling of silent content. He rolled around every now and then, until he woke up to the sound of one of his booklets falling to the floor. "Ugh... Uh, what time is... Well, I guess that's not important. The sun's still up... I need to get moving." He stretched with a long yawn, and picked himself up off the bed. "I should've left the light on," Mauve grumbled as he fumbled through the dark, trying to find the light switch.

Of course, he accidentally flips the switch with his slight flailing, and is shortly blinded. He never really liked bursts of light. This caused Mauve to rub his eyes thoroughly, and see a mess of notebooks on the floor, with his bag still hanging on a hook. As he began picking up his belongings, and slipping his clothes back on, he muttered to himself, "I suppose I... got a little hasty with getting some sleep. Well, it was worth it." Several minutes later, Mauve was ready to check out his Pokemon. Slinging on his bag, he made a hurried walk to the main area to get his Pokemon back.


"Hello, are you ready to pick up your Pokemon?" Joy asked as Mauve reached her desk. "Yes, yes... they're all okay, yes?" Mauve looked up at Joy with a slight look of concern. Joy giggled, and reassured the anxious trainer with a warm smile. She replied with, "They're perfectly fine. You know, those Pokemon are lucky to have a caring trainer like you. Let me go get them." She bowed slightly, and walked through the double doors. Mauve leaned on the counter, still trying to slap himself awake. After a little self-coaxing, Mauve stood upright and waited patiently. Shortly enough, Joy walked out with the tray holding Mauve's Pokemon. "I should mention, though... your Baltoy is a very kind Pokemon. You sure caught a sweet heart. Here you are," Joy said as Mauve received his Pokemon and clipped them to his belt. Except for Raze's Pokeball.

"Thank you, Nurse Joy. Your words mean a lot. Thank you, and have a good night. Raze, come on out!" Mauve tossed the pokeball upwards, and Raze beamed out and assumed it's normal post of hanging onto his trainer's chest with it's vine. "Bell! Wee-pin-Bell!" The Flycatcher Pokemon swung and waved happily to Nurse Joy. With a smile, Mauve stroked his partner's head, and thanked Joy again. He walked out of the Center, to continue his journey.



Mt. Moon


Mauve and his Weepinbell partner had been walking through the caves of Mt. Moon, occasionally catching sight of the resident Pokemon. Geodude, Paras, Sandshrew and Graveler. And of course... Zubat. Lots and lots of Zubat. Most of which just hung from the ceiling, but others fluttered by. Not wanting to disturb the wild Pokemon, Mauve silently and cautiously walked through the caves.

It didn't help that he had neither a Pokemon to light the way, nor even a flashlight. This made Mauve step even more cautiously. It wasn't total darkness, but it certainly wasn't a walk through the park either. Still, he steadied himself and made the trip through the most occupied area of the cave. After a while, the sounds seemed to be distant as he and Raze continued. "Well... the hard part is over... you okay, Raze?" The Weepinbell nodded, though as the two pressed on... they could hear a faint sound.

"... fairy... Clefa..." Mauve stopped in his tracks. It sounded like... like a Pokemon's call, but more like a chime of sorts. Shrugging it off, Mauve continued. The chiming call of that certain Pokemon seemed to surround him. Still, the trainer and Weepinbell pressed on.

Eventually, the pair had reached the exit with hardly a scratch on them. But, Mauve still couldn't help but listen to the chimes of the mystery Pokemon inside. He sat down a little bit from the entrance, and listened. Raze simply looked at Mauve quizzically. The young trainer looked up at the dusk sky. "Why don't we have a quiet sit, just the two of us? What do you say, partner?"

Weepinbell replied by relaxing into his trainer's chest, and closed his eyes. Mauve chuckled, and followed suit.

gimmepie January 6th, 2015 1:10 AM


Several more times Tasman saw the enormous bolts of electricity, it seemed as though whatever pokemon was creating the spectacular sight was chasing something, the attacks never in the exact spot but gradually getting closer and closer as though it was closing in on its target. Tasman felt his excitement growing as he slid down a ledge into a deep, rocky crater in the ground with Gati and his new Nidorino, Lance, behind him.

Carefully treading between the large grey boulders in the pit, Tasman carefully searched for the source of the shock. Gati and Lance followed behind him sniffing at the air and keeping their ears up listening for noise… although with Lance there was a possibility that he was just hoping to find more food. A slight mewling noise grabbed the attention of Tasman and his pokemon, so they crept towards the source of the sound. It didn’t take them long to find it, hidden between two boulders in the small space between them was a small felid pokemon with light blue fur on the front of its body, black fur on the rear, rounded ears and most notably a star-shaped object on the end of its tail. The creature, a Shinx Tasman could tell from its appearance, seemed too preoccupied to notice them so he took the opportunity to scan it with his pokedex.
Did that little guy create all that lightning? It doesn’t seem possible, but size isn’t always an indicator of power.

Tasman looked over the information on his screen. The Shinx was a male and possessed the ability Guts, which was extremely rare for a Shinx. Still, its power-increasing effect would only work if the Shinx was burned, poisoned, afflicted by sleep or paralysed – a condition it should be immune to. On closer inspection, the pokemon did look injured but Tasman saw no sign of it being affected by a status ailment. That was slightly unnerving, but not nearly as concerning as what Tasman noticed next. Rare ability or not, there was no way that the Shinx had created the lightning, it didn’t possess and powerful electrical moves like Thunder… in fact it didn’t know any electrical attacks at all besides Charge, a non-damaging move. A sense of foreboding crept over Tasman, something that didn’t happen very often.

The trio left their hiding place and moved towards the small electric-type as it cowered between the rocks. Tasman crouched in front of it, causing the pokemon to flinch and move further into the gap between the rocks.
“Gati, tell it that we won’t hurt it”

The Buizel didn’t get a chance to say anything because any noise it might have made would have been drowned out by the panicked cry of the Shinx. A shadow fell over Tasman and the three pokemon.
“Why do I get the feeling I’m not going to like whatever that is” Tasman slowly turned his head to see what was behind them, his pokemon doing the same. Standing proudly at the top of the crater, a fierce snarl upon its face was another quadrapedal feline. The newcomer resembled the shinx having equal amounts of light blue and black fur over its body – although it wasn’t divided into even sections – but was much larger with a shaggy main around its head. Its fur crackled with electricity as it leapt down the side of the crater and began to slowly pad towards the small group. The Luxray, because that is what is was, did not look very friendly. It didn’t take long to put the dots together, the Luxray had been causing the enormous bolts of electricity and it had indeed been chasing something, the Shinx. It seemed as though they had all unwittingly entered its territory and that they were not wanted.

The Luxray growled as it moved towards the assembled pokemon and Tasman
“This is bad, very bad” Tasman found himself saying. Gati and Majesta wouldn’t stand a chance against such a powerful electric type and Tasman doubted that even Lance would last too long judging by the strength of the electrical attacks he’d seen from a distance.
Lance can use Dig, its super effective and could distract the Luxray long enough for us to get away, then Lance could just escape underg- Tasman’s frantic though was interrupted by another panicked scream from the Shinx. Tasman turned to it, intending to try and reassure it, but soon found that he’d have been better off still looking the other way. A violent Flash erupted from the tail of the Shinx blinding all who saw it.
“Run!” Tasman shouted, still unable to see and begun fumbling his way around the rocks knowing his pokemon would follow by scent and sound and hoping that because of its sensitive eyes, the Luxray wouldn't do the same.

For what felt like an hour, although it must only have been a short while, Tasman and his pokemon fumbled around their vision nothing but white emptiness that was slowly fading away to reveal dark shapes. Tasman stopped, his head hitting something furry. He heard Gati grown as their vision returned to them, he was on all fours directly in front of the Shinx and only about five or six metres away from where they’d been before. The Shinx blinked in surprise, apparently surprised that any of its victims had moved… then it began shivering in fear as the shadow fell over them again. Tasman rolled onto his back and scrambled backwards until he was next to the Shinx, Gati and Lance in front of him. All four of them were staring into what may well have been the face of death itself. The Luxray’s fur crackled again.

GoldenHouou January 8th, 2015 9:22 AM


Sigurður "Sigur" Gunnarsson
Viridian Forest
"No Good Deed Goes..."

Before Sigur's fingers could so much as brush the side of the Pokéball he was lunging towards, the sphere's movement suddenly stopped and the thing let out an all too familiar, decisive ping that pulled a string of curses from the teen's throat. He might not have used Pokéballs before, but everyone and their mother knew what that sound meant; it signaled a successful capture. An unwanted successful capture in this case, goddamnit.

Defeated, Sigur stopped crawling towards the ball, stuck on all fours with gritted teeth, muddy knees and enough anger to start a forest fire. For fuck's sakes, he'd just wanted to protect himself from being electrocuted, not tie himself to a psychotic animal for the rest of eternity. The thing had had so much guts before too, how come a little ball managed to trap it now? Fate was a cruel bitch, that's how. Either way, he didn't have much choice now, did he? Standing up, the teen wiped his jeans clean and straightened his back, glaring intensely at the ball now. He'd made the mistake of catching the thing, not like he had a choice but to roll with it.

So, he bent forwards, grudgingly reaching for the capture device - when realization suddenly hit him. Wait a minute. He didn't have to carry the Pikachu around for the rest of this god-awful journey. There wasn't any rule that you actually had to keep the Pokémon you caught or hell, even pick up the ball you'd trapped them in. He could just... not pick up the ball, problem solved. It wasn't like there was anyone to see him walk away, either; the forest seemed empty like a fat kid's fridge after Christmas. There were no witnesses.

Glancing around him, Sigur slowly backed away from the Pokéball, pretending he was just fixing his watch as he did. He gave a sideways glance at Bál, who seemed more than unhappy that her battle had ended the way it had, but hell if Sigur cared. They were going to hightail it out of here before someone saw.

"Come on, we're leaving," he hissed in a whisper, frantically making motions with his hand to get the Gabite to heel. She grunted but obliged, following after him with a questioning look. Sigur groaned. "Yeah, we're leaving your little friend there, deal with it and get a move on."

And with that, the duo started their slow walk away from the crime scene. It didn't take more than a couple of hundred steps or so, though, before Sigur found himself glancing over his shoulder at the innocent Pokéball still sitting in the exact place he'd left it in. Ugh, why the hell did he care? It wasn't his problem if some big-ass Pokémon came and ate the asshole, or if it starved to death inside the ball, or if a kid found the thing and picked it up and ended up in the hospital with all his little friends. That's what you get. Tough life.

Yeah.

... Yeah.

Sigur's walk came to a complete stop. For a while he just stood there in complete, undisturbed silence, back turned to the capture device. Bál stood there with him, arms crossed to the best of her ability as she impatiently waited for her trainer to decide one way or another. She didn't really care, but she was eager to get to the next city and the Gym that awaited there, and for someone who was supposed to be in a hurry, her trainer sure was taking his sweet time now. The two's eyes met for a brief moment, before the human half of the duo rolled his eyes and threw his hand in the air in frustration.

"Okay, okay, fine," he sighed, turning on his heel and quickly walking back to where he'd come from. "But consider this my once in a life time good deed. I owe the world nothing now."

He wasn't sure who he was saying that to, considering that the Gabite didn't really give a damn either way and neither did he, but at least he'd put it out there now. So, he grabbed the ball, threw it inside his back and brushed past Bál on his way forward. "Now, like I said, get a move on."

She did, and in a moment the two were back on their way to Pewter city, at last. Hopefully, this time without any more interruptions.

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Pokémon on Hand
Spoiler:

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/444f.gif Bál, , Sand Veil, Dragon Claw, Body Slam, Dig, Sandstorm, Hone Claws
http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/025.gif Pikachu, , Static, Thunder Wave, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Volt Tackle, Reversal

Jegretis January 8th, 2015 12:55 PM

Route 3 [The Road to Mt. Moon - Pokémon Centre]

Damien Welters
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Damien watched with excitement as the battle was beginning to end. The Goodra was just about to end the battle, until its trainer commanded it to stop, and in return the Goodra obeyed and sat down in front of the smaller, Goomy. He saw the two trainers approach each other and they gave an exchange of words, however Damien was too far away to actually hear anything. Dang...if that's what Dragon Pokémon can do, then I want one. Damien thought, looking up at the sky. It certainly wouldn't hurt having a powerhouse on his team. Sure his Pokémon were strong, but he needed something that would be the main kicker of the party. Something that would be purely strength based, rather than defensive, like his Wartortle, or slightly more speed such as his other two Pokémon. Bella, his Ekans, was surely to be sneaky in battle, and Lin, His Mankey was a tad unpredictable when it came down to it. "Alright, it's settled. I'm going to find me a Dragon type." He nodded his head to himself, walking back down the route, to look a bit for a possible Dragon typed Pokémon.

"Hmmm...I don't want to kill too much time, so I won't go to far down the mountain." He muttered to himself. The area where he caught Bella was a bit of a stretch down, so he knew if he wanted to make it back to Mt. Moon at a decent time, he couldn't go that far down. The young man walked down the mountain, passing a few trees and some boulders here and there, however, no luck in finding any sort of Dragon Pokemon. Actually, he didn't even find any other wild Pokémon as well. "Oh, wait!" He suddenly had a bright idea. If there were any Dragon Pokémon around, the Pokédex would have surely listed the known Pokémon in the route. He took it out, and scrolled through the discovered Pokémon in Route 3. "Let's see...Nidoran, Gulpin, Baltoy..." It took him a few minutes to rea up on all the Pokémon and their typings, but when he was done, a frown wept across his face. Man...they have everything except Dragon Pokémon... He sulked around for a while longer, slightly disappointed at the fact that he had just wasted time going a bit further down the route. It wasn't anything drastic, but he figured he could have already been in Mt. Moon by then. "Alright, better go back to - " He mumbled to himself, until his thoughts were cut off by the sound of a screaming voice, coming from nearby.

"EEEEEEK! HEEEEEEEELP!" A female voice shouted. Damien quickly glanced around too see where it was coming from, and then started to run further down the road, just past a clearing of trees. As he approached, he saw a blue-haired girl, lying on her back, as a small pack of Pokémon charged at her. [I]Oh no! Those are Nidoran!" Damien noticed and recognized the Pokémon as he saw them earlier in the Pokédex. He knew they had a habit of accidentally poisoning their foes, as well as people if one wasn't careful.

"Uhhh, hold on!" Damien frantically spoke. Firs the Raticate horde, and now the Nidoran, it certainly was odd. "Go, Snapper!" He took out his Pokéball, and threw it into the air, releasing his water type Pokémon. It landed on all fours on the grass, and it quickly used a Water Gun, to spray the horde of Nidoran, without actually hurting them, in an effort to drive them away. The Nidoran stopped once they were sprayed, however still lingered around, almost as if they were waiting for a chance to attack. "Snapper, do it again!" Damien commanded, as his Pokémon shot another jet of water at the Nidoran, with more power, and this time causing them to whelp and flee back, and even knocking one of them backwards to cause some damage. Damien let out a sigh of relief and watched as the Pokémon hesitantly fled back into some bushes. He then turned his attention to the girl on the ground. "You know, that's like the second horde I've seen today. You should be more careful." Damien said, smirking slightly. Snapper trotted on all fours, approaching Damien's leg, and sat obediently. "The Pokémon seem to be a bit hostile for some reason." Damien shrugged. It certainly did pique his interest why the horde came after her. "Did you do something to anger them?" He asked, chuckling a bit at the question.


gimmepie January 9th, 2015 11:03 AM


“Move!” Tasman yelled, scrambling out of the way along with his pokemon as the Luxray lunged forward its body suddenly cloaked in a field of crackling electricity. The Luxray narrowly missed Tasman as it smashed straight through one of the large boulders that had been behind the trainer. Tasman wasn’t given a chance to think though; the ferocious pokemon lunged towards him again forcing Gati and Lance to jump the opposite direction to him.

[I]It’s not going to let us get away, somehow we’re going to have to do something to keep it from frying us and run for it whilst it’s preoccupy-“ Tasman’s thought was cut short, rather than going for the pokemon like the Trainer had expected the Luxray had lunged for his with fangs glowing an icy blue. Tasman felt the chill of the Ice Fang as the teeth were about to close on him when his attacker was suddenly knocked to the side and into a boulder. Gati and Lance took its place by Tasman having simultaneously rammed the dangerous pokemon.

The Luxray stood back up, not even phased by the surprise attack. It turned to the cowering Shinx who was crouched down nearby, its body shaking with fear. The Luxray growled as electricity began to crackle over its body. The Shinx cried out and tried to Tackle the Luxray, but it was battered away by a lazy swipe of the larger electric-type’s paw. The current running through the Luxray’s fur intensified, it was about to attack again.
“Power-Up Punch! Poison Jab!” Tasman yelled, knowing that he had to act before further harm could come to the Shinx, which lay on the ground cowering. Gati and Lance leapt for the Luxray, fist and horn glowing orange and purple respectively.

The Luxray wasn’t caught off-guard this time, expecting the attack it whirled on Tasman’s pokemon its tail suddenly shining like silver steel. It ducked under Lance’s attack and whipped its tail around slamming it into Gati’s side and sending him careening through not one, not even two but three of the boulders. Gati lay twitching in a pile of rubble.
“Gati!” Tasman yelled, he’d never seen a pokemon suffer such a brutal assault before.

At the sound of Tasman’s voice, the violent wild pokemon turned to him again. Lance reacted instantly, surprising Tasman since the pokemon had literally only just been caught. Lance dived into the ground, launching itself back to the surface below the Luxray – sending the electric pokemon rolling away from Tasman. Once again, Tasman was surprised by Lance’s strength but his surprise would soon turn to fear as out of the dust the Luxray flew towards Lance with a Wild Charge.
“Dig!” Tasman called, Lance diving below back into the tunnel he’d excavated just in time to avoid the powerful attack. The ground rumbled as Lance erupted from within the Earth behind the Luxray. For a second it looked as though the attack would hit, but the electric-type spun at the last moment and caught Lance between its jaws, unfortunately catching the side of Lance’s body avoiding the dangerous spines on the poison-types back. The Luxray shook its head violently, brutally digging its teeth into Lance before tossing him hard into the side of the Valley. The Luxray didn’t bother checking to see if the Nidorino would get back up, it knew that like Gati it was laying on the ground twitching. Instead, the Luxray began to look from Tasman to the Shinx.

“Return” Tasman found himself saying, his voice low. It a beam of red light, Gati and Lance were moved back to the safety of their pokeballs. The Luxray turned from Tasman and begun walking towards the Shinx.
Majesta is the only pokemon I have left, and she can’t go up against this Luxray or she’ll suffer the same fate as Gati and Lance if not worse.

The Luxray looked menacingly at its pre-evolved form. It’s fur began to crackle dangerously again. Grabbing the Shinx between its jaws it bit down before tossing it across the ground. The crackling of the electricity increased, become louder as the electricity brightened and expanded. The Luxray knocked the Shinx through a boulder with a lazy swipe of its paw, leaving it laying rouble the same as it had Gati. Tasman thought he’d leave it then, but he was wrong. In an explosion of bright yellow electricity the Luxray ran at the Shinx with a Wild Charge, furious electricity covering its body.

Tasman’s heart pumped, he had to do something. He couldn’t let the Shinx be hurt any worse than it was. He reached into his bag for Majesta’s pokeball, but he soon realised he’d gone for the wrong pocket. His heart sinking as panic overwhelmed him, Tasman did the only thing he could. Using the last option available to him he grabbed an empty pokeball and tossed it towards where he thought the Luxray would soon be. The ball sailed through the air towards the Luxray but clipped a rock suddenly and deflected… towards the Shinx. The was a flash of light and suddenly the Shinx was drawn into the pokeball, causing the Luxray to fly straight into the wall of the valley in a cloud of debris and dust. The pokeball rocked, Tasman could hardly believe his eyes.

Zavytar January 9th, 2015 1:54 PM

Danica Chandler
Route 3
Rescue Me!


Well, that was it. The end of her journey had come. Danica was about to get anihilated by a horde of Nidoran who for some unknown reason decided to attack her. Her injured leg prevented her from running away, and as the horde got closer, she just her eyes and waited for everything to be over with. Oh, the irony. Getting killed by the type of Pokémon that she detested the most. She heard some more sounds and waited for the strike, but it never came. She decided it was safe to open her eyes and see what was happening. To both her relief and dismay, a boy had driven the wild Nidoran away from her.

"..."

Although she felt glad she was still alive and able to continue her journey, she couldn't help but feel embarassed and humiliated. She felt weak, impotent which led to anger. She could have stood a chance if she had been able to reach Harley... or if Curtis hadn't fainted. She temporarily snapped out of her angry trance to listen to what her savior had to say. He mentioned that he had encountered hordes of Pokémon attacking Trainers, and asked if she had done anything to anger those Nidoran.

"Of course I didn't!" Danica yelled, "I was rushing to Mt. Moon when those cursed Pokémon attacked me!"

The anger returned. She hastily searched her hoodie pockets for the Pokéball that contained her newest catch, and sent out the small goat-like Pokémon. She attempted to get back up on her feet, but a wave of pain coming from her scraped knee brought her on her knee. Mumbling something and cursing the streak of bad luck she was having, she turned her attention to the boy who had rescued her. "Humph. Kid, mind giving me a hand?" she said, "I need to get out of here, right now."

The last thing she wanted was another attack from ugly, poisonous Pokémon. And, as luck would have it, a Nidorino lurked from behing some patches of tall grass nearby. And, boy, it did not look friendly at all.

Jegretis January 9th, 2015 6:11 PM

Route 3 [The Road to Mt. Moon - Pokémon Centre]

Damien Welters & Danica Chandler
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Damien crossed his arms, while the girl started to shout at him."Of course I didn't!" She yelled, "I was rushing to Mt. Moon when those cursed Pokémon attacked me!" Damien arched an eyebrow. It certainly was odd that they would attack her out of the blue, but he figured she had no reason to lie. Besides, Pokémon were unpredictable, so he figured they were most likely just being territorial. He then watched as the girl reached into her hoodie pockets and pulled out a Pokéball, sending out the Pokémon it contained. In a burst of light, out came a green Pokémon, that stood on all fours. He recognized the Pokémon as Skiddo, remembering it from the list of known Pokémon in the route. The girl then tried to stand up, but she was visibly hurt, as she kneeled down on one knee, as the other gave out. Damien didn't know she was hurt, so he was caught a bit off guard. "Humph. Kid, mind giving me a hand?" she asked, "I need to get out of here, right now." Damien just looked at her, but quickly realized she was asking for help. Normally he would have left after the whole horde encounter, but he knew it wasn't right to simply not help someone when they needed.

"Uhhhh...yeah, sure!" Damien said, as he hastily walked over to the girl. He grabbed her by the arm, helping her stand up and gain a bit of support. "Don't tell me you're going to ride on your Pokémon." Damien chuckled out loud, before turning a bit more serious. "The Pokémon Center is further up the mountain. Beyond the trees." Damien said. Although something he wasn't sure exactly how long it would take, he knew they would have to go at a slower pace, if the girl wasn't too capable of walking fast with her knee.


jombii January 10th, 2015 6:55 AM

Jordan Kaleel Jr.


A Horde Battle! A Contest Ensues!



The first thing Jordan noticed that the mountain entrance was formed so that minimal noise from the previous route could be heard inside. Well, it helps that there was really no noise at all outside which makes the mountain even more quieter. There was no one in the immediate vicinity of Jordan but he knew he have to move forward.

"All right. First thing's first. I need to find myself a Moon Stone." It is said that Mt. Moon contains various evolutionary stones, and in large amounts too. Well, large amounts does not mean that the walls would be glistening from the light of these stones, turns out. The mountain was eerily silent and Jordan felt unnerved by the feeling of isolation. He sent both his Pokemon out. Goo and Nido appeared in two flashes of red light. As soon as the Goomy saw the other Pokemon, Goo sent a stream of Bubble towards Nido. Nido, however, managed to avoid it and sent an intimidating look towards the Goomy. Jordan swore that if the Nidorino could talk, it would have harumphed!

"Okay, stop it now, you too," Jordan said, reprimanding his two Pokemon. "We're in Mt. Moon, guys, and we need to accomplish two things. One, we need to find a Moon Stone to aid Nido's evolution." Nido puffed up. "I know, but stop it. Second," Jordan leaned low so that his Pokemon could hear him whisper. "We need to find a Root Fossil." He has a respectable collection of fossils back at home in Saffron. However, while he had remarkable specimen for the other species of ancient Pokemon, the best Root Fossil he has is a single, hardened tentacle. Not enough proof that it was indeed from an ancient Pokemon, as much as the common Tentacool. "So, keep your eyes peeled."

The three of them slowly trudged along the rocky path several travelers have already made. It was slow progress as Goomy could only slide from one rock to another, its physiology not granting it the same ease compared to Nido's simple jumping from one spike to the next. Before he knew it, Jordan's was covered in several scratches and his suit was torn is some places and dusty in every place. Nidorino kept in a distance ahead of them, casually sniffing the rocks, probably for something to eat. Goomy was lagging behind but is also keeping up. He doesn't seem to tire though, despite his hard progress.

They reached the a bottom when Nidorino suddenly came bounding back towards the two left behind. He was crying, "Nido, Nido!" A buzzing noise filled the room and countless Zubats suddenly appeared, flying towards them. Jordan was not sure what excited the horde. However, he was sure that it was annoying him and it hurts like hell when those creatures are flying all over his head. Goomy and Nidorino was just as confused as the two of them were just going in circles, trying to avoid the incoming Zubats.

"Zubat! Zubat!" Goo sent a Dragonbreath (Jordan wanted to smile when he saw that but he was too busy swatting away the Zubat) which sent another one of the wild Pokemon flying away. Nido looked at Goo and thought that it was an invitation to a fight. Pressured, Nido tried to tackle one of the flying ones but it missed and crashed into the ground. Goomy was on a roll as another screeched as it was hit by a strong bubble burst. Another Zubat flew away from the horde as it was hit by another Dragonbreath. Nido growled exasperatingly, his futile attempts to show how stronger he is over Goomy, failing again and again. Jordan was simply swatting the Zubat away from his face. Nido barked (Nidorinos bark? Jordan thought but he was not able to ponder on it more as another Zubat tried to fly into its face.) and tackled another Zubat into the ground.

This time, he succeeded and actually did manage to pin the bat in the ground. The Zubat was so surprised it sent out a Supersonic, catching the three of them unaware. Nido lost hold of the Zubat causing it to fly away, with some of its brethren high on its tail. Goo was momentarily stunned but continued to send out streams of Bubble and Dragonbreath, his aim getting better in time. Jordan was too dazed to move. It was a good thing that Goo is managing to send the Zubats trying to flap their way into Jordan packing.

Nido had not much lack after the catch, though. Being a land-locked Pokemon, it was a hard time for him to find the proper timing to catch the swiftly moving Pokemon in the air with its close range attacks. Goomy was the one doing all the work as each of his attack sent or two Zubat flying away. Finally, there was only one more Zubat left. It tried to escape but Goo sent a Dragonbreath towards its way. It fell to the ground with a phlunk!. Its wings were twitching.

Good enough, Jordan managed to return to his senses and saw the opportunity. He threw the Pokeball at the paralyzed Zubat, waiting to hear the ding again.

gimmepie January 10th, 2015 9:16 AM



Tasman was stunned for a moment as the ball let out the familiar ping. He’d certainly not even thought of capturing the terrified Shinx, and he’d never expected the Luxray to succumb to a capture without even a minor injury, Yet now he somehow had a fourth pokemon and the Shinx was much safer, Tasman silently berated himself for not thinking of just aiming for the Shinx to begin with.

The Luxray began to stir, fighting to free itself from the rubble that it had encased itself in, the front of its body literally stuck within the side of the Valley. It fought furiously though and it wouldn’t take long for it to escape. Seeing this, Tasman ran passed the thrashing Luxray, barely succeeding in grabbing the Shinx’s pokeball as he ran. Tasman scrambled up the side of the crater as fast as he could, hearing cracking and crunching behind him as the Luxray got closer and closer to breaking free.

Tasman stumbled over the edge of the crater and onto flat ground and began sprinting in the direction of Mount Moon. He knew that there was a pokemon centre nearby having heard about it in passing in Pewter City, if he could just make it there where he’d be protected by the building and all the trainers present, then he’d be safe.

With a ferocious roar and the sound of shattering stone, Tasman heard the Luxray break free from the side of the Valley. He quickened his pace, but he knew that even with his head start it was unlikely he’d be able to maintain his lead on the electric-type. Luxray weren’t the fastest of the typically quick pokemon, but it was plenty speedy enough to catch up to your average human – plus it was not only familiar with the terrain but better built for it… not to mention it could see through objects.
I can make it, I can make it, I can make it, I can make it, I can make it! Tasman fund himself screaming inside his head, but soon enough when he turned his head he could see the Luxray racing to catch him and rapidly gaining ground.

Tasman though rapidly as he ran, the only pokemon he had left that could still fight was Majesta, and he knew full well that as feisty the Pidgey was she was no match for a pokemon that had taken down Gati, Lance and the Shinx in quick succession and that could conjure up a Thunder that left the ground demolished.
Thunder…
“If doesn’t even have to catch up to us!” Tasman cried out with realisation “One it gets close enough it’s just going to drop lighting on me!”

As if answering Tasman a shock launched into the sky from the Luxray travelling up and expanding into a cloud of electricity before launching down towards Tasman as an enormous pillar of electricity – much more terrifying to have above you than to witness from hundreds of metres away. Tasman leapt diagonally forward; narrowly avoid the attack but tripping over and being propelled across the ground by the force of the Thunder. Tasman pushed himself into a crouch; the Luxray had stopped running and was now padding towards Tasman at a leisurely pace – all the more threatening because of it. It appeared as though it knew the game was up.

Tasman felt his chest heaving, his body aching as though it was on fire from stress and strain and his head pounding along with his heart. This was very different than the exhilarating nervousness of a gym battle, this was the fear of someone whose death was striding towards them with a menacing gleam in its eyes. Tasman grabbed a cloth from his bag as well as his pokeballs and released Majesta, realising there was only one logical choice left.
“Majesta, don’t ask just do what I say!” Tasman yelled, unusually authoritarian in the grip of his terror, the bird pokemon ceased looking around in surprise and let out a threatening noise as the Luxray moved closer, not-surprisingly it didn’t take head.

“Majesta, now is not the time to try your strength. That thing will eat you alive, it swatted Gati and Lance away like they were nothing. You know how strong Lance his, he knocked you through that tree, well that Luxray sent him flying even easier than that.” As Tasman frantically spoke, he wrapped the pokeballs tightly in the cloth “There are three pokeballs in their plus yours; Gati’s, Lance’s and a Shinx. Take them and fly to the closest pokecentre, I don’t care if its Mt. Moon’s or back to Pewter!”

The Pidgey squawked, refusing to budge
“Just go!” Tasman screamed, the first time the Pidgey had ever seen him raise his voice at someone be them person or pokemon. Grudgingly and sorrow-filled, Majesta took hold of the pokeballs in her talons and took to the sky.

Tasman rolled onto his back, watching her fly off before sitting up to face the Luxray treading towards him. He was alone now, with the deadly pokemon only ten metres away at the most. Alone with a being that could utterly destroy him and intended to do so. Tasman laughed, even though his eyes watered with fear and sadness. He couldn’t stop thinking how good a story a ferocious Luxray terrorising a group of beginning trainers or travellers would make.

Zavytar January 10th, 2015 2:44 PM

Danica Chandler
Exiting Pewter City
Short Ride!


Danica shakily got on her knees and held on to Harley. "Well, of course!" she exclaimed, "I can't walk all the way over there when my knee's like that, can I?" She couldn't believe the guy. Who did he think she was, some twerp trainer? She was strong! She had a badge that proved it! But unfortunately for her the situation she was in did not make room for that as a first impression, and instead it portrayed her as a damsel in distress. Terrific. Just her favorite part in the play.

"...But whatever." she added, "If you want Harley can give you a lift if you're headed there too."

She paused and shook her head. She could not believe this was happening to her. Well, she could, but she didn't want to. Had she been stronger, she would have to been able to fend off those Nidoran by herself, and she probably would be at the Pokémon Center right now instead of wasting her time in a pointless social interaction. Heck, she could even be halfway through Mt. Moon, having already got a Moon Stone and, perhaps, a Fossil! Her train of thought was abruptly ended by some rustling in the grass. A pink Pokémon was leering from the distance. And it looked exactly like the Nidoran from the horde, only larger and more fierce! Danica cringed as the Nidorino took some steps towards where she and Damien were; the girl, almost as if she had been posessed by a Gastly that was scared to its core, quickly hopped on Harley's back, only for a huge wave of pain to remind her never to do that again when injured.

"Quick, hop on and let's get out of here!" she shouted and grabbed her Skiddo's horns.

Oddball_ January 10th, 2015 7:04 PM

Mount Moon: Delta Emerald




Delta couldn't resist. He was in pursuit of the fiery haired team Rocket Executive, knowing full well that she was an opponent that wasn't to be trifled with. Down several flights of stairs Delta crept silently behind the members of Team Rocket unroll they entered a room with two cages in it. In the middle of the room were two kids and they're pokémon standing in battle positions, surrounded by twenty or so defeated Rocket grunts. Delta began motioning towards the kids that he was here to help. Delta created from around the corner and slid through the room until he was positioned behind a large boulder. Delta peered over the rock and noticed that the kids had disposed of several grunts, but the onslaught of grunts would leave them weak for when the Executives decided to join in.

You didn't think I'd let you run off did you?Delta grinned leaping up besides the two kids and facing the executives. Hope you weren't planning on fighting 3 on 2. Delta grinned, Riley at his side.
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Gelius looked at the boy that appeared in scene. He was followed by a Riolu.

"Hey there! I'm Gelius and that arrogant guy that somehow recovered his Pokemon is Gary Clark." Gelius said, pointing to G. Clark.

"Shall we fight?" Shadow said.

"You again!" Blaze said to the mysterious boy.

"We can take on them!" Snake said.

"Bubbles go for a Bubblebeam on Mightyeana!" Gelius gave order to Bubbles.

"Croconaw Water Pulse on Onix, Kadabra Confusion on Arbok. Pidgeotto Wing Attack on Golbat, Beedrill Poison Sting on Dratini. Raticate use Hyper Fang on Seviper and Cacnea go for Pin Missile on Ekans." Gary Clark said.

Pokemon clashed. Bubbles was fighting Shadow alone. Gary Clark's Pokemon were going well on his battle. Gelius hoped that the kid came to help him and not the Team Rocket...
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Riley! Use dig on Houndoom! Delta exclaimed whilst tossing the Pokéballs of Hope and Char out to defend the trainers from any grunts that were stupid enough to try and stop them. Hope, upon seeing the familiar face of the team Rocket grunt she had defeated earlier, sent a Thundershock his way resulting in the grunt crying loudly for his mommy. Houndoom! Inferno! The team Rocket executive growled. The dog Pokémon roared and a spinning circle of flame began spinning around the room, circling and surrounding the trainers and executives, cutting them all off from the outside. You won't be able to withstand the attacks of three rocket executives. Give up and we'll let you live. Shadow chuckled. Maybe... Snake replied with a grin. Shut up you two! Blaze growled as Riley smashed into her Houndoom from below, sending it air born with the force of impact. Aura Sphere for good measure! Delta called, his voice would have sounded even more arrogant than Gary Clark's, if that was possible.
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Gelius just watched the fight between the executives.

"Hello! We are trying to fight!" Gelius shouted. "Get a room you three! Talk the lovers conversation on another place!" Gelius shouted.

"What?" Said Snake. Shadow stomped his feet.

"How do you dare! Now i am sure we must bury you alive!" Shadow growled. His Mightyena was down but Gelius' problem was his Haunter because it knows Hypnosis. Gary Clark finished his battle.

"Good luck you 2..." G. Clark was to leave.

"What!? You are leaving us?" Gelius shouted.

Snake did wanted to finish with Gary Clark. He released his Croconaw.

"You want a second round right?" He said.

Gelius was mad like a Tauros. "You will not be stopping to reach Cerulean City, my hometown!" Gelius shouted. Shadow now seemed puzzled for seconds...

"Hehehehe... That's why you looked familiar... No matters... We are going to destroy you!" Shadow said with a evil voice. Gelius was not understanding him.
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Bloody hell... This is getting out of hand. Char, Hope, Return! Delta hollered through the wall of flame. Delta had barely noticed Gary Clark and Gelius fighting with Snake and Shadow. His full attention had been on defeating Blaze and her Houndoom, but the dog Pokémon was out of the picture and it was then that Delta realized how difficult the situation truly was. Shadow. Snake. We have more than what the boss expects, it wouldn't hurt to forget these trainers and move on. Unless you men need to beat a bunch of kids in order to have a sense of accomplishment. These brats have it coming! Yeah! These brats don't even know that we plan on using these fossils too... Blaze and Shadow both elbow Snake be for he could spill their plan. Delta rolled his eyes and watched as Riley slowly dispatched the executives Pokémon while they were muttering to each other. Mightyena, down with an Aura Sphere, Haunter, down with a Shadow ball... Delta looked at Gelius and winked as a low rumbling sound could be heard from beneath them. Brock's Onix had found it's target.
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As Gelius heard the signal from the boy that he discovered to be Delta, he jumps to the side along with Bubbles. Then 4 big rocks, along a rock snake, fell on top of Snake's Arbok. 2 down, 11 more to go.

"No way! How was that possible?" Snake yelled. Gelius was not understanding well. He then picked up some Revives he stole from the Team Rocket's grunt and gives it to Sludges and Leaf.

"These 2 are ready for round 2! Sludges use Sludge Bomb on Dodrio, Bubbles use Bubblebeam on Shuppet. Leaf go for a..." Suddenly Leaf's leaf started to glow. Then he slashed trough the Duskull.

Leaf learned Leaf Blade.

"Oh that was Leaf Blade!" Shuppet, Duskull and Dodrio were down. Now was Fearow.

Gelius saw G. Clark. He already had finished his battle. After this he starts to leave.

"Come back here you idiot!" Gelius yelled. When Gary Clark left, Bubbles used Bubblebam again to defeat Fearow. Fearow was down.

"NO! Blaze finish that boy so you can take care of this one." Shadow said.
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I didn't sign up to fight a gym leader. Blaze pouted. Retreat?! Shadow asked. Never! We could advance in the other direction though... Snake giggled as he tossed down a Smoke ball that filled the cave with a thick white smoke.

The smoke cleared and the three executives had disappeared and Brock, Gelius, and Delta were all standing in a cave with several unconscious team Rocket grunts around them. Well... that was the weirdest battle I've ever had. Well there was this one guy who challenged my gym about a week ago, I think he thought he was a Pokémon cause he tried to fight Onix with his hands... sad really. Brock replied, unsure of what to do. So Uh... my names Delta. This is Riley, That's Hope, and this beautiful creature is Char. Delta explained to Gelius with eyes warning him not to mention the Charmeleon's color problem. Or shoelaces.
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"As i said, i am Gelius." Gelius said. "Hey Brock! What you dong here?" He asked. Gelius turned around and saw the exit. "Lets go!" He said seek peeking outside. He saw Cerulean City. "I'm almost back to home... Delta come on! We have no time to lose!" Gelius said.

gimmepie January 10th, 2015 11:39 PM

http://i.imgur.com/8RsK8Hk.pngTasman Bailey
An Escape through the Dark
No pokemon on hand

Tasman found himself accepting his fate as the Luxray drew ever closer, he’d known he was an inexperienced trainer that had assumed the risk of taking on a journey – as he had on his writing travels through Kalos. Sure there were many things he hadn’t achieved yet that he wanted to, but he’d lived a good life and his memory would live on through his books.

Resigning himself to his fate Tasman laid flat on his back and gazed lazily to his left. If he was going to die he might as well be comfortable before the fangs sunk in. That was when he saw it, just a few metres away was a long, thin crack in the ground that fed itself into a narrow opening in the side of the valley. Perhaps he could survive after all… but the Luxray was looming over him now.

The Luxray lunged down, intending to bite at Tasman but the young trainer, adrenaline pumping through his veins, kicked up suddenly surprising the Luxray enough to make it move back slightly. Tasman made a break for it pushing himself up he ran forward before letting himself tumble to the ground and into the crack. He felt the breeze over his head as the Luxray’s jaws snapped shut. He’d just barely avoided death but he was not out of the woods yet. Tasman pushed himself to his fit, his body cramped inside the thin depression in the ground. What sounded like crackling sounded above him and his panic returned.

It was too cramped a space to run in, so Tasman was forced to more or less shuffle and skip through the crack. Behind Tasman a bolt of electricity crashed into the ground where he’d just been only moments before, the force throwing him against the wall of the crack. Tasman wasn’t going to give up then though. He forced himself onwards still, pushing through the progressively thinning space in the ground until he staggered forwards into a slightly wider gap. Before him was the hole in the side of the valley. The sound of electricity sounded above him again.

Tasman lunged for the gap in the valley’s wall, pushing and squeezing himself passed jagged rock to get through the hole. The Thunder attack smashed into the ground behind him, the force throwing him the rest of the way into the small cavern, smacking his head on a rocky wall. He was safe though.

Sighing Tasman moved into a half-crouch, the sealing barely above his head at its highest point. What seemed to be a small tunnel, probably excavated by a pokemon, stretched out to his right in the direction of Mt. Moon whilst in front of him was the opening he’d crammed himself through.
The tunnel is pitch black, I can only see it because of the light from outside here. Besides there might not be an exit, but who knows how long that crazy Luxray will wait for me, I know it can see me through the rock. Lightning struck outside the cave once more, bigger this time with sparks entering the gap in the valley’s wall. That made up Tasman’s mind, he’d risk the tunnel.

Tasman moved deeper into the cave and from there, crouching lower still, into the damp, cramped space of the tunnel with the only light a small speck behind him. His already sore shoulders dragging across the wall, Tasman pushed himself forwards traversing the blackness of the unfamiliar terrain carefully with a hand against the wall for guidance so he’d know if and when the tunnel turned. Further and further Tasman progressed, keeping his head low to avoid the roof of the tunnel; which he knew was still just barely over his head from frequent check with his free hand. Stuffy heat and dank, mouldy smelling, air pressed in on the young trainer as he moved through the tunnel. His body was cramping from the confined space and he was covered in bruised but still all Tasman saw before him was the, now familiar, murky darkness. Tasman felt as though he could feel the Luxray’s powerful eyes watching him through the face of the rock.

A little over and hour had passed, although to Tasman it felt like days, when the light came in to view, burning at Tasman’s eyes as they had grown accustomed to the darkness of the tunnel. The Kalosian trainer forced himself forward faster, not intending to stick around at the exit long enough to be a sitting duck.

Tasman pushed himself through another thin gap and back into the light of the sun, squinting as it stung his eyes. He was standing on a thin ledge with only a ridiculously steep incline in front of him. Tasman swept his eyes over the area as they adjusted to the light once more. He could see the red-roofed building of the pokemon centre not too far from him to the north-east. The question was how was he going to get there without injuring himself. He could still here the sound of crackling electricity, although it was faint, so he knew he didn’t have much time.

To his left, Tasman saw a much larger plateau on the side of what he assumed was actually the foothills of Mount Moon. The way down from it was much less steep than where he was but to get to it he’d have to jump across a large corner-like intersection in the rocky formation, the wall below it just as steep as he was trying to avoid but with the added danger of rocks jutting from the side. Still, he would risk it since it left him a chance to get down without hurting himself.

Collecting himself Tasman ran forwards and jumped, flying over the intersection he landed on the edge of the plateau. Tasman let out a sigh of relief
“See that wasn’t so-“ the ground cracked and gave way beneath his feet. Screaming Tasman tumbled and skidded down the steep decline of the corner, banging and scraping against rocks and even the odd branch as he fell until when he was about a metre and a half from the ground he flew away from the edge of the foothills and soared through the air. He landed hard on the ground, his breath leaving his lungs on the impact. Tasman groaned but was able to climb to his feet, winded and his body aching from head to toe and yet he had managed to avoid any broken bones he felt. Grinning at his surprising luck, Tasman began to stagger towards the pokemon centre.

moon January 11th, 2015 3:34 AM

GM post...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurobat (Post 8574205)
Finally, there was only one more Zubat left. It tried to escape but Goo sent a Dragonbreath towards its way. It fell to the ground with a phlunk!. Its wings were twitching.

Good enough, Jordan managed to return to his senses and saw the opportunity. He threw the Pokeball at the paralyzed Zubat, waiting to hear the ding again.

But the Zubat broke free from the pokéball! It seems like one direct Dragonbreath attack was not enough to break this gutsy fellow. It was not exactly in a great state now though; its wings had been scorched so it couldn't do more than short jumps up into the air before it bounced back onto the ground again. Maybe Nido could reach it better now and properly defeat it?


gimmepie January 11th, 2015 9:34 AM



Tasman woke up, his head throbbing and sun shining into his eyes. At first he thought he was lying on the ground somewhere, but then he realised that he was far too comfortable for that. Tasman sat up and looked around. He was sitting on a soft white bed with orange covers in what looked like a small hotel room. A desk with a computer was to his left and a lamp in the corner, sun was shining through an immaculate window.
“Where am I?” he asked aloud, knowing nobody else was in the tiny room to hear him.

Tasman got up out of the bed and looked around the room, his shoes were left neatly below the desk with his bag. He was definitely alive, he felt heaven would be somewhat more luxurious and hell far less so.
“Actually, this resembles the room I had at the pokecentre in Pewter – albeit a little bit smaller and with different flooring. I wonder if I’m at a pokemon centre? Maybe Gati and the others are here!”

Putting on his shoes and swinging his bag over his shoulder, Tasman left the room finding himself in a small hall with several identical white doors along the walls. He walked down towards the end of the hall where a staircase led downwards. Reaching the bottom he found himself standing in a large lobby with orange tiles. Trainers and pokemon could be seen all over and to his left was a large desk with a silvery door behind it. At the desk a woman in a nurses outfit could be seen.
So I am in a pokemon centre. How did I get here though? The last thing I remember was heading towards here, but then nothing.

Joining the line at the desk, Tasman waited patiently until he was able to speak with the nurse.
“Oh good!” she exclaimed in a ridiculously happy, motherly tone “I didn’t expect you to be awake so soon. A passing trainer had to cart you back on his Rhyhorn when he found you lying in a patch of tall grass. What happened?” Tasman then recounted how he had been attacked by the Luxray and how, how he’d sent Majesta away with his other three pokemon and how he’d then managed to escape the pokemon.
“Are they here?”

The nurse smiled at him
“That was very brave and admirable, the world needs more trainers like you in this day and age. Your pokemon are here and being treated as we speak, your Pidgey is fine but we gave her a sedative to calm her down. The others will be ready to go soon too.” Tasman felt his spirit soar hearing that Majesta had made it and his companions – whether he caught them intentionally or not – were safe. “There’s been a lot of shady activity in the area recently” the nurse continued, looking more concerned now “I’d bet that the Luxray was in such a mood because of that and that the poor Shinx had just stumbled into the wrong place at the wrong time. Still, I’ll have to warn the authorities to keep a look out for it.”

Tasman thanked the nurse, who in turn told him to come back down in about half an hour to collect his pokemon. Tasman returned to his room and showered and changed into a clean pair of (nearly identical) clothes. He then spent his next little while finishing writing plot points for his story about Henry the misunderstood Nidorino and started writing down some points for a story about a Luxray terrorising a small village, keeping in mind what the nurse had said about shady dealings. Then, realising he’d been writing far longer than he intended, Tasman hurriedly packed away his things and hurried back down stairs having spent nearly forty-five minutes in his room, fifteen minutes longer than he intended. Once back down stairs Tasman was reunited with his pokemon and walked outside where he released them from their pokeballs.

There was a cry of glee from them as they saw him there unharmed, although Majesta was glaring at him.
“Sorry Majesta, it was the right thing to do” she ruffled her feathers, but seemed satisfied and further still she didn’t try to tear Lance’s eyes out. The Shinx made a mewling noise and rubbed up against Tasman’s leg
“Oh yeah, guys this is….” Tasman thought for a moment but the name popped into his head easily enough “Dalair”. Dalair purred enthusiastically at being named, the other three seemed relatively pleased themselves.

“I don’t really feel like sticking around, it’ll get boring just doing nothing here. Shall we head into Mount Moon?” A clatter of enthusiastic responses came to Tasman, his team simply happy to see he hadn’t changed. Tasman returned his pokemon and headed into the caves that lead through Mount Moon to route four.

Jegretis January 11th, 2015 12:42 PM

Route 3 [The Road to Mt. Moon - Pokémon Centre]

Damien Welters & Danica Chandler
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/icon/008.pnghttp://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/icon/056.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/0d/023MS.png


"Well, of course!" she exclaimed, "I can't walk all the way over there when my knee's like that, can I?" The girl spoke, shakily getting onto her Pokémon with her injured knee. "...But whatever." she said, "If you want Harley can give you a lift if you're headed there too." She shook her head a bit out of stubbornness. A lift? On that thing? Damien had no clue why she was acting so...prideful. He helped her fend off the horde, so he wasn't sure where the stubbornness was coming from. He then noticed her glaring into a bush a little ways away, where a Nidorino was slowly creeping towards them. Startled, Damien took a step a back and observed it. The Pokémon knew it was spotted, yet it was still coming towards them, as if it were going to pounce at any moment. "Quick, hop on and let's get out of here!" The Girl shouted, grabbing her Skiddo's horns. Damien just looked at her, and gave a confused look.

"Whaaa? Are you sure? I'm not exactly the thinnest guy around!" Damien replied. All those years of eating junk food did take its toll on him, and Damien was aware he had bit of 'extra weight'. Suddenly, he noticed the Nidorino run towards them, and let out a small roar. "Okay, I'll take you up on that offer!" Damien shouted, quickly jumping onto the Skiddo, hopefully not putting too much pressure on the poor Pokémon's back. "Snapper, return!" He aimed the Pokéball at his Wartortle who was getting ready to tussle with the Nidorino, but instead dematerialized into the red light, retreating back into the Pokéball. "Alright, go, go! Before it uses an attack!" Damien shouted to the girl.



Klippy January 11th, 2015 5:12 PM

Benny stepped out into the sunlight. He was finally ready to face Brock at the Pewter Gym, but his nerves weren't abating. This dream wasn't always his own, but he wanted this for both his father and himself. He had spent the night at a local man's house, a friend of his father's from many years ago. It was strange hearing stories about his father, but he recognized the man behind the tales. Rillo jumped onto Benny's shoulder. She had been with his father for many years and every story the man had told Benny had caused Rillo to jump around excitedly. As the stories continued, Benny realized Rillo had been there for many of them. These were her stories too. Her dreams. He would beat Brock and the rest of the gym leaders for his father and her. He owed them that much.

Pewter was a beautiful city, despite the emphasis on rocks. Benny liked rocks, but was relieved to find a lush city surrounded by the Viridian Forest and Mount Moon on the other. He couldn't wait to visit Mount Moon. He was fond of the scenery he had seen in books and wanted to find a nice cavernous lake to relax at. He had to take on the gym leader, Brock, first. He looked towards the gym across the main street and saw an extensive crowd gathering outside the gym. He wasn't interested in waiting in a line and he had slept through breakfast, so he resigned himself to getting lunch before stepping into that line. The small cafe across the way looked good, so he made sure Rillo was snug on his shoulder before venturing forth. Lapras was secure in her ball, but she enjoyed the journey here. Benny was not yet close to her, but after the gym battle, he had a good feeling that she would become another close friend. She was very equipped for her youth and he was confident in her helping him win his first badge.

Entering the cafe, he was forced to return Rillo to her ball. A sign said the restaurant required all Pokemon to be inside their balls before being seated. The waitress took his order quickly and he began munching on his sandwich. It wasn't the best, but he was always in the mood for a good club. He looked out the window and saw the line had begun to dissipate slightly. He paid the tab, but got a small PokeSandwich to-go and let the girls out to have their snack before entering the gym. His nerves were beginning to bubble and he feared how his stomach would react when he began battling. Rillo looked up and smiled at him. He felt himself calm some and became determined to win that badge, no matter what it took.

He walked down the street, taking in some fresh air. Lapras was safely in her ball, while Rillo rode on his shoulder. She loved seeing the world and he was glad they had that in common. In truth, she was just like his father and the looks she gave him echoed of his spirit. Benny passed four boys walking towards the forest, all carrying sleeping bags. They looked to be on an adventure and he was slightly envious of them. He was never close with any of the boys in town, though he could call them all his friends. He had never had a best friend though. He hoped someday he would have a close friend or two, but for now, his journey would keep him busy.

One of the boys said the other three, "If I could only have one food for the rest of my life? That's easy - Pez. Cheri Berry-flavored Pez. No question about it." Benny chuckled to himself. Rillo patted his head and both of them looked up at the Pewter Gym. It loomed above them, but Benny swallowed his nerves and proceeded in through the doors.


SylveonStar January 12th, 2015 8:14 PM

Part 7: Trouble in Mount Moon




Lilliana sighed and hugged herself as Aria and Alex walked beside her. Looking at the entrance to the cave in front of her she shivered. I'm afraid of the dark she thought feeling Alex rub against her leg. "Thanks boy" she smiled slightly at the fox Pokemon. "Let's-"

"Excuse me Miss" a voice interrupted her and Lilliana turned her gaze to see a man covered in dirt a shovel on his back. "I found these two fossils while digging, would you like one? I've found a Sail fossil and a Jaw fossil"

"Oh thank you" Lilliana smiled happily at the man and too the Sail Fossil gently putting it in her bag. "I'll take good care of it" she waved and then took her first few steps into the cave.

It's quiet. That's okay. I think I can do this don't be scared she thought as she continued to walk before jumping and letting out a small yelp as she heard a strange noise. "W-What was that!?" she looked around trying to see in the dark. "What's there come out! This isn't funny!"

Just as she finished yelling a swarm of Zubat led by a large Golbat flew right at her circling her fast. "A-Aria use.." she started to call out only to yelp again as two of the Zubat roughly knocked her small form into the hard wall of the cave. "A-Aria...Alex" she called out weakly watching as two of the attacking Zubat grabbed her Marill and Vulpix before flying off with them. The remaining five Zubat and the Golbat keeping her on the ground flying down and scratching her arms and legs. "H-HELP!"

gimmepie January 12th, 2015 9:43 PM



Tasman had been in the middle of trying to wrench a shimmering stone from the wall of the small cavern he’d found himself in, a light shining from Dalair’s tail illuminating the area around him, when he heard the scream for help. Tasman was no macho man, not much of a hero, but he figured compared to the Luxray this would be nothing he couldn’t handle. Besides, he couldn’t in conscience do nothing.
“Come on Dalair!” Tasman called running out of the cave towards the noise, it hadn’t sounded to far off and he could hear the sounds of several rapidly flapping wings back down the path he’d originally followed “lead the way” Tasman gestured to his Shinx and then followed the small electric pokemon towards the sound. What he found was certainly a sight.

A girl was pressed up against a wall as a swarm of zubat swarmed around the cave, screeching horribly. In the middle of the swarm a larger pokemon with an enormous fanged mouth flew, Tasman recognised the pokemon as a Golbat having seen a few before.
“I’m coming, hold on!” he called to the girl “Dala-“ the Shinx had buried its face into Tasman’s leg and was quaking with fear “Come on Dalair, please?” However the Shinx wouldn’t budge and every moment he wasted trying to get it to do something was a moment longer the girl was in danger.

“Alright, fine then” Tasman retrieved two of his pokeballs “Majesta, Gati, I could use a hand…or a wing” Tasman released his Buizel and Pidgey from within their balls “Majesta, use Twister and see how they like a change in the air current!” Majesta flapped her wings rapidly as a gust of wind began to develop, then the air current spiralled and soon a roaring tornado had formed in the centre of the cavern catching several Zubat in its grasp.
“Gati, Aqua Jet!” Tasman’s Buizel then began to launch itself at the suddenly disarrayed and surprised bat pokemon, knocking them about. Tasman was pretty sure the Zubat hadn’t received any great deal of damage the sudden attacks had given them cause to flee and so they did… except the Golbat. The bat pokemon launched itself towards Tasman – making it the second pokemon to attack him that day – but Majesta was having none of that. The Pidgey slammed into the poison-type’s side with a Quick Attack.

Tasman couldn’t help but grin a little, the rescue mission was turning out to be pretty fun
“Majesta, feel like showing our friend here why you’re queen of the skies?” she cawed in response, flying around the cave “Majesta, Quick Attack!” Majesta flew towards the Golbat, but it was able to narrowly avoid her attack before it replied with its own, it flew out from between to stalagmites and bit down on Majesta’s wing. She let out a cry of pain.
“Majesta, stop flying!” She did as she was told, the sudden drop in its lift and increase to weight it was carrying surprised the Goldbat, causing it to let go.

Majesta flared her wings before hitting the ground
“Twister!” Once more she flapped rapidly, causing the whirling vortex to reform and travel towards her opponent. The Golbat flew in and out of the stalagmite, easily avoiding them as it dodged the Twister. It didn’t attack again though, it continued to flap around amongst the jagged rock formations knowing that it had the advantage there.
“Majesta?” Tasman asked, but she was already on her way.

Majesta continued to chase the Golbat, seemingly a more capable flier but having the disadvantage in the dark amongst the rock. Unlike the Golbat, Majesta frequently ran into the rocks. Majesta screeched with frustration as she narrowly missed the Golbat and slammed into the side of yet another stalagmite. The Golbat flapped, hovering not far away from Majesta as she raged, making a very big mistake. The Goldbat seemed to be laughing at her.

Tasman almost shrunk back, Majesta’s fury was palpable. She screeched again and pulled her wings unusually far back before whipping them forwards a silver-white light flew forward, surrounded by shimmering currents of air. The blade of light sliced straight through the thin stalagmite that was between her and the Golbat before colliding with the latter and sending it tumbling through the air.
“Well that was unexpected” Tasman said, noticing Gati sharing his look of surprise. He couldn’t be sure, but he was fairly certain Majesta had just used Air Slash. He figured there was one way to find out
“Majesta, Air Slash!” he called, barely able to supress his glee. Majesta pulled back her wings and flung them forward again, one again launching the blade of shimmering and glowing air at her foe. The Golbat winged its way up, only to be caught again and send flying into the wall.
“Finish it up Majesta, Brave Bird! Majesta dove towards the Golbat encased in a fiery red light, colliding with it as she flared her wings – the red light suddenly shining a vibrant blue. The Golbat was sent careening through a small side-cave.

Majesta landed in front of Tasman, cawing happily as he patted her head.
“Well done! What a move that Air-Slash of yours is!” It was then that Tasman caught sight of the girl still standing there, in the excitement and fun of the battle he’d forgotten that he’d originally gone there to rescue her. He looked her over, she was a few years younger than him but he found her age hard to place. He figured she was probably in the range of ten to twelve, but he wasn’t very sure on which end of that range she was. She was very short, and had long hair that to Tasman looked as though it was half her body length, she wore a slightly odd looking dress with a bow. Tasman gave her a friendly smile
“Are you alright? They didn’t hurt you did they.” In the meanwhile, Tasman’s Gati and Majesta were eyeing off the young girl with curiosity. Dalair continued to bury its head into Tasman’s leg, but allowed the light shining from its tail to brighten.

-----

Majesta learned Air Slash

jombii January 14th, 2015 5:53 AM

Jordan Kaleel Jr.


A Bout over a Bat!



The ball exploded after three shakes. Jordan heard himself groan as the remaining Zubat managed to escape the clutches of technology. It tried to fly by feebly fluttering its wings to no avail. It felt too heavy and Jordan felt a pang of sympathy for the little Pokemon. Its screeches was weaker than those who have already left. However, the feeling was only momentary as Nido jumped on top of it, growling. The Nidorino barked at the Zubat, trying to intimidate the little guy. The Zubat whimpered (or that was how it sounded like, Jordan was quite unsure) and decided that resistance was futile. Nido sent a Peck at the Zubat.

"Nido, no!" Jordan screamed as the Pokemon took a jab at Zubat. "Stop that!" However, the Nidorino seemed to be oblivious to the command. Goo took matters into his own hands as he sent a Dragonbreath at the Nidorino, knocking it away from the Zubat. Nido tumbled, heads over paws. When he finally managed to balance himself, he sent a look at Goomy. It barked and charged, ignoring the Zubat entirely. Goo stood his ground and sent a Bubble towards the Nido, but the Pokemon managed to easily sidestep the attack.

Jordan started to scream at his own fighting Pokemon. He never knew training would be this hard. "Stop this madness at once!" Jordan tried to approach the two Pokemon, but Nido's intensity and Goo's relentless stream of attacks hindered him. Disgruntled, he approached the body of the paralyzed Zubat, apparently still. Jordan was glad to discover that the Pokemon was still breathing. He got out a Potion and sprayed the Zubat. Its wings fluttered slightly. He cradled the Pokemon in his arms.

"Nido! Goo! Stop this or you will both go back to the ball!" Jordan shouted, but his voice was pleading. Goo tackled Nido which was met by a ferocious Double Kick by the Poison-type which Goo took full on. However, Goo sent out a Dragonbreath, easily pushing the Nidorino away but he was already prepared for that as he was already rushing towards Goo again. "Stop!" There must have been something in his voice which caught the attention of Nidorino as it stopped in its tracks and sat on his hind legs. Goo remained where he was, tensed and poised to attack. "Nido, that was totally uncalled for!" Nido looked guilty as he kept his eyes locked on the ground.

"I knew we needed to catch the Zubat but that was foul! It was lying twitching! I could easily pop another ball and it's a good catch as any other. What happened to you?" Jordan asked. His Nido approached Jordan and nuzzled against his leg. Goo slid towards the three of them. "Also, I don't like you two fighting, okay. The moment I got Nido, I expect you to act as teammates and not go scratching at your throats the minute I left my eyes on you." Jordan reprimanded, his voice coming out continuously now. He never cared if his Pokemon understood him or not; he need to let it out his system. "Am I clear?" Nido simply growled and Goomy emitted a single bubble.

The Zubat twitched slightly on his arm. The Potion might have saved the poor Pokemon from immediate hurt but it was still paralyzed and that worries Jordan. "We need to go back to the Pokemon Center."

-

Zubat was immediately confined under "Wild Pokemon," as Jordan was not really the Pokemon's trainer. The capture was unsuccessful but after his two Pokemon fighting after defeating the poor Pokemon, Jordan felt a little responsible for the Pokemon. He must see that the Pokemon be in fit condition before he can go. Goo and Nido were already checked in also so Jordan was totally alone now. He doesn't know why there seemed to be a lot of tension between Nido and Goo, especially from the former. He wished Haru was here to show him. He knew a lot of things.

"Jordan Kaleel Jr.? Your Pokemon is fine now," Nurse Joy called out. Jordan approached the counter and the nurse handed him two Pokeballs placed on a tray. "There were some scratches and wounds on your Pokemon but nothing too major. Try not to let them go stray carelessly. The mountains eat and doesn't vomit." Jordan nodded.

"How about the Zubat?"

"It's going well, but we can't say when she'll fully recover?"

"She?"

"Yes. And a young one, at that. I can only estimate the Zubat to be at least four months old. It'll be put up for adoption. It is too young to be set on the wild alone, since young ones like this stick to their parents until their echolocation is good enough."

"I'll adopt it," Jordan said without hesitation. He knew it was his job to do it, to see things through. Nurse Joy frowned, her forehead wrinkling in thinking.

"I guess that is fine since you are the trainer who brought her in. We'll just see if she likes you enough."

It was hours until Nurse Joy emerged from the back room, the Zubat cradled in her arms. It was flapping its wings. "Here is the Zubat."

"Hello, Zubat." Jordan's voice excited the Pokemon and it tried to fly away from Nurse Joy's grasps. It started screeching everywhere, shrill cries that made the other people cover their ears. "Zubat! To me!" The Zubat stopped screeching and turned its head towards Jordan. It flew towards the trainer.

"It likes youm" Nurse Joy proclaimed. "Try catching it." Jordan nodded and got a Pokeball out. He tapped the Zubat with it and in a flash of light, the Zubat was sucked in. He waited with bated breath.

Zavytar January 14th, 2015 6:53 AM

Danica Chandler
Exiting Pewter City
Run, Run, Run!


The boy took Danica's offer and hooped on Harley. The Skiddo flinched for a moment, but it quickly got used to the new weight, given that Danica was not very heavy. Then, as the wild Nidorino charged at them, the small goat-like Pokémon made a run for it. The attacker followed, and was keeping up with the poor Skiddo. Danica looked back and shuddered. Gah! Why? Why today of all days? she asked herself as a grunt escaped her lips.

A familiar building with a red roof soon came into sight. Danica smiled in relief, but unluckily the Nidorino was still on her six. Once again, she cursed at her bad luck, and at the aggressive Pokémon she had encountered. When they reached the Pokémon Center, Harley stopped. Danica stepped off her Skiddo, but as soon as her feet touched the ground she yelped in pain and fell to her aching knees. The wild Nidorino stopped, but it continued to leer at the trio, and roared, as if asking for a fight.

"GET AWAY! GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU HEAR?" she shouted at the wild Pokémon, "GO BACK TO WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM!"

She managed to get back on her feet and limply began to make her way to the Pokémon Center. Just then, Nidorino began to charge... directly at her! She could only watch as the foe got closer and closer.

"Harley, as soon as the boy gets off, use Tackle!" she commanded, then turned to the kid, "You too, kid, strike this ugly Pokémon!"

moon January 14th, 2015 1:00 PM


Situated between the eastern exit from Mt Moon and the lovely Cerulean City, Route 4 is a mostly one-way road down a hill that has a gentle slope and is generally considered fun to traverse. There are often a lot of winds here, so be careful near the cliffs and streams of water. The route is short - you can even spot Cerulean City in the distance immediately as you exit the cave. Probably a lucky thing, as you might be in need of a Pokémon Center after the journey through the mountain.

Trainers usually encountered here include youngsters and joggers.


Wild pokémon:
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http://www.serebii.net/xy/pokemon/079.pnghttp://www.serebii.net/xy/pokemon/418.pnghttp://www.serebii.net/xy/pokemon/263.pnghttp://www.serebii.net/xy/pokemon/264.png

Jegretis January 14th, 2015 10:00 PM

Route 3 [The Road to Mt. Moon - Pokémon Centre]

Damien Welters & Danica Chandler
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The two held on to Skiddo as it tried its hardest to run away form the Nidorino. It's catching up! Damien clenched his teeth, as he held on for dear life, the Skiddo running and hopping over rocks and bumpy terrain, trying to lose the Poison Pokémon in its tracks. They started to turn the top point of the hill, as the familiar Pokémon Centre came into sight. Damien was starting to regret going back down to find a Dragon Pokémon, and definitely had his fair share of battling today. There was only so much his Pokémon could handle! They started to approach the Pokémon Centre, and the Skiddo started to slow down. The girl jumped off from her Pokémon, squealing a bit in pain, falling to her knees. Damien jumped off, and hesitantly looked at the girl. She was sort of stubborn about being helped last time, but he figured she would be okay for now. He looked in front of them, and saw the Nidorino approaching as well, growling as if it were egging them on. It came all this way, and we still couldn't lose it... He thought. "GET AWAY! GET AWAY FROM ME, YOU HEAR?" The girl shouted at the wild Pokémon, "GO BACK TO WHEREVER YOU CAME FROM!" The girl screamed at the Nidorino, who only got more agitated. The girl weakly stood on her legs, walking towards the Pokémon Centre, commanding her Skiddo to use Tackle on the Nidorino. "You too, kid, strike this ugly Pokémon!" She told Damien. He stood there for a few seconds, but quickly sent out Snapper, his Wartortle. Damien watched as the girl's Skiddo charged at Nidorino, giving it a good knockback, lying on its belly. It took a few seconds, but the Nidorino got up and gave another growl.

"Okay, use Water Gun!" Damien shouted. His Pokémon obeyed, as he launched a jet of water at the foe, knocking it back once again. The Nidorino lay there for a few seconds, but got up again, shaking the water off of its body. it then started to charge at Snapper, who quickly retreated into his shell, and was knocked backwards by a Horn Attack, next to Damien's feet. "Snapper, get up! Get him!" Damien shouted, slightly more aggressively than usual. Snapper slowly got out of its shell, a bit dazed by the attack, and sat down on its behind. "Ughhh!" He shouted out of frustration. "Quickly! Get up and use Water Gun!" Damien shouted once more, pointing at the charging Nidorino. Shaking its head, Snapper slowly, but surely got on all fours and launched another jet of Water at Nidorino, knocking it back once again, rolling onto its back. Damien stood there watching it, as it soon got back onto its legs and just looked at the girl's Skiddo and Snapper. After a few seconds, it quickly retreated by hopping through patches of grass and down back the mountain where he presumably lived. "Ughhhhh..." Damien moaned out of relief, taking out his Pokéball, returning his Water Pokémon. That was quite the work out. That Nidorino certainly was tougher than any other wild Pokémon Damien battled out here, but he was glad it was gone. He would have attempted to capture it, but one Poison type on his team was more than enough. "Oh wait..." He then remembered the girl, trying to limp her way to the Pokémon Centre. "Hey!" Damien shouted as he approached the girl. "That thing was pretty tough, but it's gone, and we're safe." Damien said, a little relieved. He opened the door of the Centre for the girl, before he entered himself. "I'm no doctor, but you should probably get the nurse to help you with that." Damien said pointing at the girl's knee. "The swelling looks kind of gross too." He chuckled slightly. He wasn't sure how serious her knee injury was, but he figured a little joke in there wouldn't help. He went to the side, grabbing a paper cup as he filled it up with water from water jug located near the entrance. He took a sip, sitting down on the couch, resting for a bit, before heading out to continue his journey.


jombii January 15th, 2015 5:22 PM

Jordan Kaleel Jr.


A Friend with the Stone! Archer Appears!



Jordan felt relief as he heard the Pokeball click, signifying that Zubat's capture was pretty successful.

"I guess congratulations are in order," Nurse Joy smiled. "Just be careful inside the mountain again, all right. People get lost inside." The Nurse walked away, presumably to entertain other patients. Jordan put Zubat's Pokeball inside one of his pockets, along with Nido's and Goo's Pokeballs. He checked his bag if he still has ample supplies for the journey into the mountain once again. He still needed to find a Moon Stone. However, he was now unsure if using it on Nido immediately would be good, with Goo's and Nido's rivalry being imminent once the two of them are out on the same time. A tip in the balance of power would crush one.

"I'll just wing it," Jordan said as he entered the mountain again. He traversed the same path he walked earlier. He let his Zubat out, letting it practice its echolocation to follow Jordan. The trainer was not always too far away from the young Poison-type though. The Supersonic seemed to drive most of the wild Pokemon away but it left Jordan's ears ringing. It was a good call when he let Goo and Nido stay inside their Pokeballs for once. "Now, where to find that Moon Stone?"

"Are you searching for Moon Stones too?" A voice asked behind him. It's been a while since Jordan saw a person inside the mountain, being too cavernous as it is. He whipped around, cautious of the newcomer. "Woah, chill man."

"Sorry. You just caught me off guard," Jordan apologized. He studied the man, from head to feet. He was standing at a height of almost six feet, with teal-colored hair and teal-colored slanted eyes. He was wearing a white shirt, with an R imprinted on the left chest part. His equally white pants, however, was dirtied everywhere, presumably from too much exploring in the mountain. "You want some Moon Stone?"

"Yeah, I am actually finding one for my Nidorino," Jordan replied. "The name's Jordan, by the way."

"Archer," the trainer said, his hand extended towards Jordan. He shook it. "I'm part of a group that's searching for Moon Stones and, if we're lucky, some fossils too. Do you want to join us? We have a good number situated here in the mountain, although we could use some more members scouring the region."

"Do you have any success, lately though?" Jordan said. Being a part of a group that searched for what he was looking for would be productive if he wants to finish the task early.

"Oh yeah. We have a multitude of Moon Stones excavated," Archer said with a smile. "In fact, I can give you one right now." Archer placed a hands inside his pocket and took out a glimmering stone. "Here, take it as a symbol of good faith." Jordan took the stone in his hands. While it was still rough, it seemed to glitter like a diamond, despite being illuminated only by a faint lamplight in the walls. It is almost as big as Jordan's fist but it's light. "We're not successful on the fossils, though. Those we found, one Dome, two Claw, two Helix, one Root, we all shipped to Cinnabar Island for restoration."

"It's pretty."

"It's yours if you want to join us," Archer said. "We're called Team Rocket by the way."

"Cool name," Jordan remarked. He unzipped his bag and place the Moon Stone inside. "What will I have to do?"

Archer smiled. "Well, I have enough people here in Mt. Moon excavating for more Moon Stones and fossils already. If you want, you can proceed to Rock Tunnel and help the team there. They're looking for some fossils there too, although it really is much rarer there." Jordan knew that it was the truth. If an individual wanted a fossil, Mt. Moon is the place to go, although it is still rare inside the mountain. Fossils in other places are unheard of. "Look for Petrel."

"I will do that, thank you," Jordan said. Archer handed him a card, with his name and number on it.

"You can call me if something comes up. Nice meeting you, Jordan," Archer smiled as he walked away. Jordan did not notice before but there seemed to be more people in the mountain, all with pickaxes, trying to hack away at the mountain. There was a pile of Moon Stones near them but no fossils.

"Well, I guess we have to proceed now. Rock Tunnel is still far-off, so we would have ample time to do things," Jordan said into the air. Zubat agreed with another Supersonic.

Claudaine January 16th, 2015 4:50 AM

Joseph Louis Grieve
Pewter City

Pokemon

Spoiler:
Species: Pumpkaboo
Nickname: Pumpkin
Gender: Female
Level: 15
Moveset: Astonish, Confuse Ray, Trick or Treat and Trick

Species: Pikachu
Nickname: Charlie
Gender: Male
Level: 8
Moveset: Thundershock, Tailwhip, Growl, Play Nice.

Joe emerged from Viridian Forest with a soft sigh, shoulders relaxing. For some reason, he always found patch upon patch of tall grass stressful, rushing through the greenery in hopes that he wasn’t encountered by a wild pokemon, or worse yet another trainer.

He had managed to meet Charlie however, a male Pikachu that, in his own humble opinion, showed promise. There was a glint in it’s eye… It was looking for an adventure as much as he was, and who was he to deny it that chance? He sure wasn’t going to condemn it to a life stuck in Viridian forest.

So, at least one good thing came out of that stressful experience. He walked across the town boundary, head held high as he searched for the pokemon centre. It wasn’t hard to find, and he didn’t waste time in rushing towards the building to heal his two pokemon. While Pumpkin, his small size pumpkaboo, was for the most part fine, a little TLC wouldn’t hurt while Charlie was getting a full work up.

He approached the counter, hands curling around the balls in anticipation of Nurse Joy’s spiel.

‘Hello, and welcome to Pewter city pokemon centre,’ she greeted, earning a smile in reply. There was only so many times you could hear the same line before it became old. He had learned to shut it out as a Pokemart employee back in Kalos, and had never quite felt the need to break the habit. That was at least one less thing the guys in the Kanto Pokemarts had to worry about… the only thing they needed to tune out was the music that played on loop.

… he still sometimes heard it as he’s fell asleep at night.

He handed over his pokemon with little ceremony before heading towards a table as he prepared to settle in for the long haul. A newly caught pokemon was usually carefully checked over for any parasites or other problems that may have developed while out in the wild, which meant that Joe had a little time to settle down with his travel journal and document the day. While it wasn’t the most exciting of starts, by any means, it was important to document it none-the-less.

How else would he compare himself later on, when he became Kanto’s champion?

He glanced around the centre before sitting so that he could watch the world pass by outside the window as he wrote. Perhaps inspiration would strike, or someone interesting would pass by.

For now he attention was brought to the short queue leading towards the gym. He wasn't by any means ready to tackle Brock, but perhaps after he got his pokemon back he could watch a battle or two and formulate a plan.

Zavytar January 16th, 2015 8:23 AM

Danica Chandler
Route 3 - Pokémon Center
The Checkup


The Nidorino retreated, meaning that the fight was over. Danica got Harley back in his Pokéball and limped inside the red-roofed building. The boy who had saved her told her to get her knee checked up, and then made a little joke that Danica, not being in the mood for a laugh, didn't find funny. She shook her head, and continued to make her way to the reception counter. "Thank you for the help." she said coldly, "...Bye."

Obviously social interaction wasn't her strong suit. But she cared little about that. At that moment, getting her Pokémon healed up and her knee fixed was the first thing on her mind. Once she was at the reception counter, she spoke to the nurse. "Hello. I need to heal my Pokémon." she said in a deadpan tone, "Also, some Pokémon out there injured my leg."

"I see. Just leave your Pokémon here, and then follow me." the nurse replied. Danica left the two Pokéballs that held her Pokémon at the counter, and the nurse placed them in an odd-looking machine. "They'll be ready in no time." Nurse Joy said with a smile, "Now, please, follow me."

Nurse Joy led the blue-haired girl to a small room that looked like a doctor's office, with all the equipment. She told Danica to rake a seat and proceeded to examine her leg. Boy, it did not look good. Joke aside, that Damien kid was right. Joy took out a first aid kit in order to get that knee back to the way it was. Now, I'm not going to bore you with all those silly details, but after a few minutes Danica's knee was properly disinfected and covered with a bandage. "There you go. You should be able to walk properly tomorrow." she said, "However, if you were planning on going to Mt. Moon, I suggest you leave it for tomorrow."

Ah, drats. Her journey was going to be further delayed. One again, she cursed that stupid horde of Nidoran, and wondered why some people would even have such hideous Pokémon as pets. Poison-type Pokémon are all like that. They attack for no reason, and cause nothing but trouble! she thought. "Also, in your case," Nurse Joy continued, "I don't suggest camping out tonight. I'll arrange for you to stay here, just so your leg can recover faster." Well, that least there was a silver lining: she didn't have to bother setting up the tent. "Now, I'll be right back. Your Pokémon should be fully healed by now."

Danica just nodded as the Nurse left. She sighed and waited for the Nurse to return. After that, she'd probably ask for the room, and call it a day. Or maybe she'd call Brian and tell him about everything before hitting the hay. Whatever. She'd figure out what to do after she had her Pokémon back.

Jegretis January 16th, 2015 7:17 PM

Route 3 [The Road to Mt. Moon - Pokémon Centre]

Damien Welters
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/icon/008.pnghttp://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/icon/056.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/0d/023MS.png


Sitting down, Damien was scrolling through his Pokédex whilst finishing up his cup of water. Zubat, huh? It says here they like to swarm and fly around in flocks. He really didn't like the sound of going into Mt. Moon and running into a swarm of Zubat, but he figured it could have been all bad if people were known to go through the cave to Cerulean. There was no way they would allow the cave to remain open if it was that dangerous. "Ahhh..." He said muttered to himself with an expression of satisfaction, getting up and throwing his paper cup in the garbage. "Not sure how big the cave is...but I'm not going to spend the night here and waste time." He said to himself once more, putting on his backpack and exiting the Pokémon. He stood outside, looking around at the setting sun. After taking a few moments to enjoy the outside, he turned the corner and headed towards the entrance to the infamous cave: Mt. Moon. Taking a deep breath, he walked in. After a few seconds, the light from the outside started to dim. Wow...it's going to get dark in here... He wasn't too scared of the dark, but the whole cave was a bit...unsettling to say the least. "Uhhhh...Bella, c'mon out." He opened his Pokéball, sending out his Ekans to keep him some company, and also in case some trouble was to find its way to them.

As some time passed, the two managed to make their way rather deep into the cave. Bella hissed, slithering close to Damien. He kept walking down a corridor, occasionally stepping onto some bumps or the odd rock every so often. The sound of water dripping was echoing a bit if he were to listen carefully, but if anything, it just gave the cave a more ominous vibe. I don't even know where I'm supposed to go. He thought to himself. He took a turn left at what seemed to be a split path, and he felt the ground elevating slightly as if he was getting on higher ground. "What's going on now?" He said in frustration. Bella just hissed randomly, as she continued to follow him. There's no one else even in this dumb cave... He sighed, as he arrived at a dead end. He stared at the wall, until he slumped down, and sat next to it. He was getting tired, and even though he couldn't see the outside, he knew it would have been dark by now. Ughhhh... He moaned. Bella slithered next to him, and coiled near his leg, resting as well. "We'll take a little break I guess..." He muttered, petting his Pokémon on the head. He leaned his head back and took off his backpack, closing his eyes. If anything, it was a bit more quieter in here than it would have been sleeping next to a tree outside.


jombii January 17th, 2015 5:18 PM

Jordan Kaleel Jr.


Out the Mountain and into the Route!



"Goo, Bubble!" Jordan's Goomy threw another jet of Bubbles toward the hiker's Geodude. However, it proved itself to be too agile for Jordan. It easily evaded the attack and swiped at the ground, sending sand towards the Dragon-type. It threw Goomy out of balance. The hiker saw the opportunity and ordered his Pokemon to crash into Goo.

Hard rock met soft flesh and Goo rolled away, dazed. Jordan and his team had been battling the people who were silently exploring the mountain, with his Zubat just behind him to watch. Nurse Joy mentioned that it was still young so Jordan doesn't want for it to sustain much damage while training. Theories, first. I'll let you soon enough.

Goo, still feeling dazed, let loose another Bubble but it went wide. The crash threw him out of focus. "Goo! Protect!" Goo put the barrier up as the Geodude once again crashed into the Pokemon. However, the barrier stayed and it gave a few seconds of peace to Goomy, just enough to put him back in order. "Now, Dragonbreath!" Goo blasted Geodude away with the attack. It was too powerful for the Pokemon to withstand. However, for good measure, Goo crashed into the Geodude with his Protect + Bubble combo. The Pokemon fainted.

"You have a strong Pokemon there, young man," the Hiker said as he recalled his own Pokemon. "Might be where you get that?"

"My father bou- gave it to me," Jordan stuttered. He was a trainer. Not just some guy whose father had given him a Pokemon.

"Your father chose a good Pokemon. Train it hard," the Hiker smiled as he walked away, humming. Jordan felt good. It was his third victory already and they're nearing the exit of Mt. Moon. Goo and Nido gained significant experience during their training inside the mountain and he thinks Zubat had saw the proper way to battle.

"Once we get out, I'm testing you out there," Jordan said to his Zubat, always silently flying behind him. He recalled his Goomy and went to the exit of Mt. Moon.

-

Zubat screeched as the sunlight pierced Jordan's eyes. It was too bright, since spending quite some time inside the mountain did nothing but acquaint their eyes to the feeling of brightness. Zubat, on the other hand, tried to echolocate, having no eyes to guide it through. Jordan took a few seconds to let his eyes adjust. Soon enough, the world dimmed. The Route was not long. In fact, he could see some of the next city's buildings in the distance.

"Let's go, Zub."

Illuminarty January 19th, 2015 3:24 PM

Arthur 'Artie' Cagliosso - Chapter #1: Among the Trees

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Well this is annoying.

Artie was stranded, lost, stuck, whatever you wanna call it, in Viridian forest. Y'know, the forest famous for having huge swarms of Beedrill attack innocent bystanders? Yeah, that one.

Strange, thought Artie. That truck driver drove me all the way from Vermillion and he expected payment here of all places? Artie was somewhat relieved to be out of the smelly truck, but he would've preferred to be dropped off somewhere less... rural. I was a hitchhiker for crying out loud! Hitchhikers don't have money, thus the hitchhiking! It didn't make sense. Nevertheless, now he was in the middle of a big clump of trees trying to find something that looked vaguely like an exit. His experience of Kanto has thus far been... troublesome, to say the least. After stowing away on a boat from Snowpoint to Vermillion, Artie was almost arrested for, well, doing just that. His brilliant plan to escape was to hitchhike on a truck, which, as we've just found out, hadn't gone that great.

However, the main conclusion that Artie has come to about Kanto is that it's really goddamn warm.

Now one thing you have to understand about Artie is that he comes from Sinnoh, which is one of the coldest regions in the world. Not only does he come from one of the coldest regions in the world, he was born and raised in the far north of it. In case it hasn't become clear, Artie is used to snow and cold. Although to you Kanto might be a moderate, even chilli climate at times; to Artie it's basically tropical. Arceus knows how he'd survive in Hoenn. But there's not much he can do other than tolerate it. Jass seemed to be handling it quite well, which was good Artie supposed.

Artie was looking for food. Anything would do, berries, leaves, Caterpie, anything. Not only did he have to feed himself, but he had a small purple thing to feed as well. Croagunks, Artie found out, are happy to live a long time off of leftovers and crappy berries. Artie was very thankful for this. If Jass needed more than that he'd probably have starved to death by now and Artie would be facing potential neglect charges too. It seems that his adventure as a trainer had got off to a rocky start, but to be fair he never really planned any of this. He got given a Croagunk by his Dad who assumed he knew how to use it. That made Artie laugh. The most experience Artie had ever had with Pokémon was when he played with the family pets (Persian and Herdier) at home, and that was only sometimes. But alas, now he was stuck with a Croagunk whom he named Jass. He tried to let the thing go when he released all those other 'Mon, but it seems the Toxic Mouth Pokémon took too much of a liking to Artie for that. Ya wouldn't think it though, Croagunk aren't exactly emotive Pokémon.

Berries! Artie felt a wave of relief wash over him. So we won't starve tonight, good to know. On the bush in front of him there were several varieties of berry, mostly Oran or Sitrus, scattered about. "Hey" Artie called out to Jass, who was a few metres behind him. He heard a croak in response. "Take your pick". Jass walked up to the bush and picked 6 sitrus berries. Artie took the rest to keep in his bag, but then took some out for dinner. The sun was setting over the bug-filled mesh that was Viridian Forest, and Artie didn't intend to have a hungry night.

"Jass, rest time." Croooaak. Jass was happily munching away at his berries as Artie sat down to eat his. He looked at the horizon, or what he could see of it considering the large trees blocking his vision. He decided he would go that way tomorrow. No particular reason, but he had to go somewhere and this forest must end eventually. He didn't know where he'd end up but as long as it wasn't on the path of angry Beedrills he was fine with it. He realised that Jass had finished his berries and was staring at him.

"What are you lookin' at?" Artie asked somewhat nonchalantly. Jass walked over to him and sat right next to him. He croaked. "Yeah, I know man". Artie looked at the horizon again, "I know". Artie turned to Jass and threw him another sitrus berry. "Here", he said, "Knock yourself out.". Don't actually, I may need you. That was a scary thought, Jass was Artie's only protection out here and Artie had never actually battled with him. Artie didn't want to start under these conditions but he may have to, depending on what likes to come out in the woods at night. Artie decided to take his mind off it by meditating. That meditation quickly turned into a little slumber as the half-moon slowly rose above their heads.

Zavytar January 21st, 2015 5:10 AM

Danica Chandler
Route 3 Pokémon Center
Hitting the Hay


As expected, the nurse returned to the room shortly with Danica's two fully healed Pokémon. Danica put them back on her hoodie's pocket, and a thought came to her head reminding her to purchase one of those belts trainers use to carry their Pokémon around. Then she began to think about more stuff she would need; however, Nurse Joy interrupted those thoughts by telling her to follow her to the room she'd be staying in. Danica nodded and limped her way behind the nurse.

The room was nothing out of the ordinary. Plain white walls, bed with white sheets, a small black tv hanging from one of the walls, and a simple painting of a Pikachu. With Nurse Joy's help, Danica climbed into bed, and the nurse left after wishing her a happy recovery. Okay... what to do now? I don't really feel like watching TV right now. she said to herself, And it's not like there's much more to do here. Guess I'll call it a day. But first...

She placed her bag on the side of the bed and then took out her Pokégear from her hoodie's pocket and called up Brian, her brother. To her chagrin, it went to voice mail. Must be busy... I'll call tomorrow. she thought and hung up right after the beep. She placed the Pokégear on a small table next to her bed and lied down. Her eyes closed and soon the blue-haired girl was fast asleep.

TheRaccoon January 22nd, 2015 1:04 PM

Ross Cooper
Pewter City
Helix - Plume

Amazing, Ross thought, as he took his first steps through Pewter City. He couldn't believe he was finally in the archaeological capital of the world. His first destination was the Pewter Museum of Science, followed by the Mt. Moon, where he'd look for fossils. Although it had been his dream to visit the city for a long time, he actually didn't have a clue what the exact goal of his journey was. I'm gonna travel to Pewter City, to learn everything about fossils. That's what he had told his parents. But now that he was here, he was a bit scared, since he had no idea where to begin.

First things first, he thought, now where's that museum? He had been wandering through the streets of Pewter City for about an hour now, and he hadn't found anything. At first, he thought it'd be nice to just explore the city, but now he was getting tired.

Ross noticed he was walking away from the centre of the city, as the streets were less and less crowded. After walking through a few more empty streets, he realized he wouldn't be finding anything here. He was about to turn around, when he saw a stone house in the distance. As he approached it, he noticed that it was the Pewter City Gym. He had read about the gym at home, but he never even considered actually challenging it. He already owned two pokémon, but he had never had an actual pokémon battle. Ross took his pokéballs, containing his Quagsire and Farfetch'd, out of his pocket. At least we could try... he thought and after one last moment of doubt, he decided to enter the Gym.

Klippy January 24th, 2015 1:40 AM

Benny had been waiting for almost an hour when it was nearly his turn to face Brock. Rillo, on his shoulder, sensed his nerves and patted his head. He smiled at her. She was ready for this and had been for awhile. Benny noticed a young woman behind him smiling at Rillo.

"Hi. This is Rillo," said Benny, leaning down for Rillo to look at the girl. Rillo jumped off Benny's shoulder and hugged the girl. She giggled and squeezed Rillo. "What's your name?" she asked.

"Benny," he replied. "And yours?" The girl looked about his age and she had two PokeBalls on her belt as well. She was brown-haired with freckles, a head shorter than Benny but infinitely better looking. Her smile reminded him of his mother, sweet and kind, but her laugh was even nicer than he could have imagined. She released Rillo from her hug and looked at him.

"Efa," she said. "What's your other Pokemon?" She pointed to the dangling PokeBall on his bag. She seemed quite interested in how he had managed to obtain Rillo and Lapras and she introduced him to her Pokemon, a Squirtle she had named Squirt and a Clefairy named Zen. Benny felt more relaxed thanks to the girl and by the time they finished chatting, they were next up.

Benny wasn't ready. His stomach began twisting and he didn't want to go yet. He told Efa to go ahead and wished her luck. She grabbed his hand and dragged him in to watch her battle. He jumped into the stands and Rillo looked intently on as Efa stepped up to battle the gym leader, Brock.

She was really quite good. Her Clefairy took the brunt of the hits from Brock's Pokemon, but Squirt was close behind to finish off whatever rock-type Brock put forth. Efa seemed confident, but Brock's Golem thrashed Zen into the dirt with a well-timed attack. Squirt managed to hold off Golem's power for a short while, but he, too, fell to the rock-beast. Benny's heart sunk. If Efa lost, how could he do any better?

She spoke with Brock briefly before running up to Benny. She gave him a quick hug and wished him luck, then shoved him off into the arena. Benny had forgotten that he wanted to puke. Rillo followed along behind him, giving her meanest face to Brock, who stood tall and intimidating at the other end of the battle arena. Benny reached his platform and looked towards Brock.

"Are you ready?" asked Brock. He grabbed a few new Pokeballs from behind him. Benny knew he wouldn't get the same ones Efa had had. "I saw you watching."

"Yes, I was watching," mumbled Benny. What was this guy's problem? Was he not allowed to watch? "I was watching her though." Brock looked towards Efa and smiled.

"Your girlfriend?" he asked. Benny felt his face turn bright red. He looked at Efa, who smiled at him and giggled again. That giggle he liked. He felt himself getting upset, but managed to say no without his voice shaking. Brock laughed and said, "I'm only teasing! Now... let's do this."

Brock tossed a Pokeball in the air. Benny would decide which of his Pokemon he sent out after. An Onix burst forth from Brock's Pokeball and shook the arena. Benny felt his legs buckle at the size of the monstrosity. He thought briefly, but Rillo decided for him. She rushed out and gave Onix the most intimidating look her sweet face could muster. Benny heard Efa giggle again.


Rillo and the Onix looked at one another. Brock was allowed first move and he stood silently, eyeing Benny. Suddenly, Onix reared up and Benny heard Brock shout, "Rock Smash!" Benny directed Rillo away from the crushing blow and she barely managed to escape the destruction. Obviously Brock wasn't going to play with him. Benny knew he had the type advantage, but he had to be smart. Brock was no clown in the gym and his type could withstand a lot of what Benny could throw back.

"Rillo, Power-Up Punch!" Rillo used her speed and ran up the Onix's back. It roared with anger and Rillo jumped up, dodging the spiked head. She seemed to float for a moment, then slammed her little fist hard into the Onix's head. It roared again and Brock shouted, "Rock Throw!" Rillo was still midair when a rock collided with her small body. She flew halfway across the arena and hit the ground hard. Benny took a step towards her, but she jumped up with anger on her face. She swayed slightly, off-balance, but used her tail to maintain balance.

"Rillo, good girl! You're doing great! Now use Low Sweep!" Rillo feigned passing out before rushing headfirst at the Onix. She swung her massive tail right into the huge body before her. Brock had shouted an attack, but Benny barely heard the words as the Onix roared. As the Onix collapsed, Rillo was flung high in the air by some supernatural force. She slammed hard back into the ground. Oh no! Payback! Rillo didn't move. The Onix struggled to lift itself, but couldn't succeed in doing so. Brock returned Onix to its Pokeball, then looked at his choices. Benny ran out into the battlefield and scooped Rillo up. She wasn't completely out, but he knew that dark move took its toll. Efa waited for him by his platform and took Rillo back to the stands for him. She smiled at him nervously before he turned back to face Brock.

"Not bad, kid," said Brock. "Your friend lost though. You got lucky against Onix. This one should be funner." He threw out his Pokeball and Benny was surprised to see a Sudowoodo emerge. He tossed Lapras into the arena, but now it was his move first.


"Sudowoodo...is a grass type. I thought you only used rock types," questioned Benny. Brock was surprised.

"No, Sudowoodo is very much a rock type. But he does have one slight advantage thanks to his bushy appearance," Brock said. "Make your move."

Lapras looked at Benny for direction. She was young, but a great help in everyday things. Now was her chance to shine. "Body Slam!" She flashed forward, floating above the rocky arena, before pummeling Sudowoodo with her large body. The apparent-rock type flew backwards and rolled around. Brock instantly counter-attacked, "Wood Hammer!"

Sudowoodo bolted forward, slamming Lapras hard with its wooden body. Lapras shrieked in pain, slamming into the rocky arena floor. It's over. Benny glanced at Efa slightly. She was looking at Lapras nervously. Rillo was sitting in her lap, wide-eyed and scared.

"Lapras! Get up, girl! We can do this!" Benny yelled out to her. She looked at him and rose. That attack would destroy her if it hit her again. "Use Sing!" Lapras turned to Sudowoodo and began her melody. Brock tried to attack with Wood Hammer a second time, but Sing's effects were clutching onto Sudowoodo fast. It ran at Lapras, but fell down face first. Brock shouted out, "Wood Hammer, quick Sudowoodo!" The Pokemon lifted itself up and ran at Lapras again. She was too quick and he was too drowsy. She dodged the attack and turned to face the stumbling "rock type".

"Lapras! Hydro Pump!" Benny yelled. He knew she could do it. She lifted up her head, then aimed her mouth at the sleepy Sudowoodo. Water burst out from her mouth, but the power was too much for her and she only slightly struck Sudowoodo. The water woke it up quickly, but now they were even-footed. She was wounded, so was he. Brock shouted a command, but Benny didn't hear. He knew it was Wood Hammer. He told Lapras to use Water Pulse and his stomach clenched with fear.

Sudowoodo's attack collided with Lapras' head, but her Water Pulse hit him as well. They both flew backwards and crashed to the dirt. Neither moved. They waited. Sudowoodo was the first to rise. It looked weak, but if Lapras didn't get up too, Benny was done for.

Rillo spoke to Lapras, the little monkey screeching across the arena. The eyes of Lapras shot open and she rose slowly. She was on the edge of fainting. Brock yelled to Sudowoodo to use Wood Hammer one last time. It began running at Lapras as Benny told her to dodge it. Please tell me it worked... Sudowoodo charged at Lapras, but turned right at the last moment. It slammed into a giant rock and fell back, dizzy with confusion.

"Water Pulse can cause confusion! I forgot!" Benny heard Efa shout. He had remembered though. He had hoped for it. He told Lapras to end this with one last Body Slam. She didn't move as fast, but she slowly moved towards Sudowoodo, who was struggling to lift itself up. Lapras floated right over him, then slammed down onto him. His twiggy arm flailed under Lapras' weight, then stopped. He had fainted. She looked at Benny, who smiled at her with pride. She closed her eyes, rolling off Sudowoodo, then fainted as well.


Zavytar January 24th, 2015 7:20 AM

Danica Chandler
Route 3 Pokémon Center
Morning's Here!


The alarm clock from Danica's Pokégear went off in the morning, at about 9 am, and woke the girl up. She slowly sat up, feeling very drowsy and confused. She had fallen asleep instantly the night before, and had been sleeping like a log until that moment. As she regained all her senses, she checked her Pokégear and found a message from her brother Brian. "Hey. U called? Sorry I couldn't pick up, call me as soon as u can" the message said. Without hesitation, she called again. This time, someone picked up.

"H-hey, sis!" Brian said groggily

"Hello, Brian. Good morning."

"Good morning to you too. You woke me up, haha!" he said, "So, what's up?"

"Not much. Just woke up." Danica said in a deadpan tone, "I'm at the Pokémon Center on Route 3. You know, the one near Mt. Moon."

"Sweet!" Brian said, "You're doing really well, sis. With that pace, you should be at Cerulean City by this afternoon!"

"Yeah, that's cool." Danica said, getting out of bed slowly. To her surprise, her leg's aching had been greatly diminished. "Though I would have gotten through that cave already if it wasn't for some stupid Nidoran."

"What?" Brian asked, confused, "What happened?"

"A horde of Nidoran decided to attack me for no reason. I hurt my leg trying to escape and this kid came along and helped me. Gosh, I hate those Pokémon."

"Are you okay?"

"Yes. Don't worry." she said, "My leg is fine now. I'm good to go."

"Okay, then. Be careful, sis, please." Brian said. "Oh, and by the way, Ritchie says hi."

"Say hi to him for me, too!" Danica said, and her stomach growled. "Well, I gotta go now. Take care, you two!"

"Thanks. You too sis! Be careful around Mt. Moon!" Brian said, "I heard there are some Pokémon there that are kind of dangerous! They suck blood from people and Pokémon!"

"Noted. I'll keep an eye out for them." she said, "Now, bye-bye!"

Danica hung up, made sure she had all her belongings with her, and left the room. She then made her way for the main hall, where the receptionist was tending to other trainers' Pokémon. She then spotted a vending machine from the corner of her eye and dashed over there. Once she had purchased a couple snack bars and a Soda Pop, she took a seat and proceeded to have her breakfast.

Next stop, Mt. Moon. Time to get this show back on the road.

Geras January 27th, 2015 11:45 PM



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Kiya Bonham
Pewter Gym: Smoker vs. Brock
Time: Afternoon


Kiya’s heart began to quicken as she struggled to come to a decision. Should she go for it? She knew full well that the smarter choice would be not to, but… Champion, her usually-faithful Hitmonchan, sat next to her, eyes focused on the scene below him paying no mind to her. It seemed even her partner had abandoned her in this struggle. No matter. This had always been her own fight. She felt her hands begin to tremble the longer it took for her to decide.

The martial artist had come to the Pewter City Gym, psyched for her first gym battle and completely ready, but it turned out that other battles had been taking place at the moment so she instead decided to climb to the bleachers overlooking the battlefield so she could watch them. Master Kiyo had taught her the importance of learning about an opponent, although that usually happened during the battle as opposed to before it in her experience. Everything was fine until she started getting a little bored, so she absentmindedly opened the canvas sack she had brought with her to hold all her stuff. She hadn’t actually checked it since starting her journey, although she didn’t feel the need to since she packed it herself, so one could imagine her surprise when she found something completely unexpected.

An entire bag of individually wrapped Custap Berry-flavored hard candies with wrapping that even had a Custap pattern on it sat in the middle of her bag as if it were staring at her. There was a note inside signed by her mother saying, “Don’t eat them all at once! And don’t tell your dad either. -Love, mom.” This was where her trouble began. Kiya’s dad made a big effort to teach her about the importance of eating right for a martial artist’s body, and she understood it, trying her best to take care of her body. The problem was that for as long as she could remember she had a great affinity for sweets, which happen to be infamous for being bad for you. Her mom sees no harm in some candy or dessert every once in a while, but her dad claims that it’s a slippery slope, and that once she starts it will be difficult for her to stop. If anyone has ever seen her with a large quantity of candy at her disposal, they would know that her dad is right in that regard.Thus, whenever she is around easily-accessible sweets, Kiya is forced to wage an internal battle with herself.

She couldn’t believe what her mother had done to her. What had she been thinking!? Was this a way for her to train her discipline? Yes, that had to be it… Her mother wasn’t so cruel as to needlessly torture her with such a thing. But that still didn’t help her with her current predicament. She could feel her heartbeat growing louder, each individual beat like a drum as she stared at the candy in her bag. Just one couldn’t hurt, right? She’d put so much work into her body that it should be impossible for one little piece to undo it all. A tiny, delicious, oh so sweet little piece...

Kiya slapped herself hard, the sound reverberating throughout the gym and causing others to look her way. She couldn’t give in so easily! But it was clear that she was fighting a losing battle. She shuffled around inside her bag for something that could help her when her hand bumped against something hard. It was a pokeball, one of the many she had brought for catching pokemon along her journey. But she knew that pokemon weren’t the only things they could capture. She grabbed the ball and brought it close to the bag of candy.

This all started when she caught a glimpse, so all she had to do was to not look at it! It wouldn’t do for her to have to go through this every time she opened her bag, so simply closing it wasn’t a good option. That’s where the pokeball would come in. She would just capture the bag of candy, so that whenever she looked in her bag it would be no different than if it were any other pokeball. It was genius! She sat there holding the pokeball next to the bag, ready to put her plan into action, but for a moment she didn’t move. Then, in a swift motion as if trying to keep others from seeing, she grabbed a single piece of candy before the rest of the bag was enveloped in the ball’s red light. There was no shaking or pinging sound since what the ball contained was inanimate, and in an instant the situation had been resolved.

Kiya sighed, and rolled the piece she’d saved in between her fingers. She was ashamed of herself, but also knew that having the willpower to put away all those other candies had to mean something. She didn’t want to try opening that ball again, nor did she want to waste another ball to contain the single piece, so she quickly unwrapped it and popped it into her mouth. In an instant, all feelings of shame and guilt disappeared, and she was in heaven...

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Once that little episode with the candy was done with, Kiya turned her focus back onto the battle. The previous one had finished and a new challenger approached. She wondered if she had missed her chance, but simply became determined to seize the next one. The new challenger was a messy-looking man with a black shirt and torn jeans with earphones hanging from the collar of his shirt. He and Brock talked for a moment, the same as with the previous challengers, when Brock suddenly received a phone call. After a brief conversation he returned to talking with messy man, then that guy picked up his phone for a call of his own. He didn’t look very happy. He started screaming into his phone, something about a stalker and an adventure, but he eventually seemed to calm down a bit. Soon enough, he put the phone away and put a cigarette in his mouth before finally pulling out a pokeball.

The battle began with the smoking guy sending out a Beedrill and Brock sending out a strange pokemon Kiya hadn’t seen before. Her mother had gotten her a pokedex and a pokegear thanks to some favors with co-workers at Silph Co. so Kiya pulled the dex from her bag and pointed it at Brock’s pokemon. It was apparently called Kabutops, and was Rock and Water type.

The smoking guy began by calling out moves like Hyper Beam and Earthquake, which his Beedrill apparently didn’t know. Then he started calling moves that Kiya wasn’t sure even existed, like Super Drill Attack and Wreck-Its-Face Attack. Brock didn’t seem very amused, looking more shocked than anything. After a bit, he managed to call an order the Beedrill could actually follow, namely, “Stab its eyes out.” The Beedrill flew up close to the Kabutops and jabbed at its eyes, but Brock ordered it to close them and the Beedrill’s huge stingers just bounced off the Kabutops’ rock-hard skin.

After that, Brock went on the offensive. His Kabutops struck the Beedrill immediately in front of it with a powerful Stone Edge attack, hitting it with jagged rocks that shot up from the ground. Smoker ordered his pokemon, that had somehow managed to survive, to get out of there, then had it focus on dodging the next few hits. It seemed he had abandoned any hope of offense. The Beedrill was fast and Kabutops couldn’t hit it as it fled. That is, until Brock ordered it to use Rain Dance. Its scythes began glowing and it started dancing, bouncing on one leg before alternating to the next. As it danced, dark clouds suddenly began forming above the battlefield and rain sprinkled down. The longer the pokemon danced, the larger the clouds grew and the more intense the rain became, until it reached a heavy downpour.

The Kabutops was upon Smoker’s Beedrill in a flash, having suddenly become much faster, and hit it straight on with another Stone Edge attack. Amazingly, the Beedrill was still up and able to fight, but it didn’t look like it could last much longer. Smoker’s face was one of annoyance more than anything, something that surprised Kiya. Brock, however, wore a grimace. He recalled his Kabutops into its pokeball and said something to Smoker before sending out a much weaker-looking Geodude that seemed rather unhappy in the heavy rain. Kiya could only wonder why Brock would do such a thing.

Smoker didn’t look too happy about what should have been to his advantage, but he still ordered his Beedrill to stab at the Geodude, the same as what he tried before against the Kabutops. Just like the last time, the blow did nothing to the Rock-type, and a quick Rock Throw attack from the Geodude finished off the gravely wounded bug. Smoker’s second pokemon appeared to be a Weedle, something that Kiya wasn’t sure helped him much when he already had a Beedrill. Maybe he just liked bugs? She realized that she probably wasn’t one to talk, knowing full well that if a Tyrogue or even another Hitmonchan crossed her path she would do everything in her power to catch it despite having Champion.

The Weedle did absolutely nothing to its opponent before succumbing to the Geodude’s rollout attack, ending the battle. Brock and Smoker said a few more things to each other before Smoker left, not looking very sad or angry about his loss but definitely not happy either. Kiya didn’t learn anything about Brock as a trainer from that fight, but she did learn a good deal about the Kabutops and she supposed that counted for something if he sent it out. Once Smoker left, the rain clouds were soon to follow, leaving the battlefield free for a new opponent. Kiya didn’t waste any time, leaping down from the bleachers down to the field with Champion close behind her.

Brock seemed to raise an eyebrow at Kiya when she stepped up to her designated place on the field. Most people did, though, apparently finding her outfit strange for whatever reason. She paid it no mind, though, and instead just got into a fighting stance. Now Brock’s other eyebrow rose. “You know your pokemon is going to be the one fighting, right?” he asked, only semi-jokingly. She didn’t need to respond as Champion soon took his place on the field, taking his own stance that was, rather uncharacteristically for a Hitmonchan, identical to her own. After all, he had been practicing Karate in the dojo alongside Kiya for as long as he could remember.

While she was an experienced fighter when it came to martial arts, she had also done pokemon battles several times in the past against others in the dojo who kept pokemon as well as some of the neighborhood children. In her early battles, she struggled with giving commands when they needed to be given. She usually knew what she wanted to do in a given situation, but she had always been used to simply reacting to things with her body as opposed to translating them into thoughts, then into words. Champion would also struggle between doing what he felt was best in the situation or obeying Kiya’s delayed commands. With the help of Master Kiyo, Kiya discovered that she could react faster if she acted as if she herself were the one battling, and attempted to synchronize her moves with Champion’s.

Brock could tell that the pair was serious. “Is this your first gym battle?” he asked. This surprised Kiya, as she was always used to just getting right into the fight after readying her stance. She just stood there for a moment, feeling awkward in this strange limbo between her “battle mode” and her “social mode”, as it could be said.

“Y-yes, this is my first,” answered Kiya, not used to conversation from her fighting stance. Champion turned around, sensing his trainer waver. She noticed and tried to steel herself, not wanting to show weakness to her partner and rival. Kiya took a deep breath to get back to her usual self and stood up straight. She then held out her right hand, holding up 3 of her fingers. “3 minutes. Win or lose, this match will take no more than 3 minutes. I have no badges, and no other pokemon, but I would advise that you don’t hold back.” Her expression had become fierce, and the moment of awkwardness felt like it was an eternity ago. Champion turned to face Brock again, glad that he worried about Kiya for nothing.

Brock gave a smirk after hearing Kiya’s announcement. “That sounds like a challenge! Alright, it looks like it’s about time to get this battle started.” He walked to a rack by the wall that held several pokeballs and picked one out before coming back to his place on the field. “No holding back, then? Come on out Aerodactyl!” He tossed the pokeball he had retrieved into the air, and out came a grey-skinned flying pokemon with purple wings, a triangular spade-tipped tail, and very sharp-looking teeth. It roared loudly as it emerged. Kiya didn’t bother looking it up on her pokedex, only focusing on the battle at hand as she pictured herself right there in the middle of the ring where Champion stood.


Klippy January 28th, 2015 1:02 AM

Benny rushed off his platform and to Lapras. She was still conscious when he approached her. He got down and lifted her head. "It'll be okay, girl," he whispered to her. "You did an amazing job." Benny wasn't sure if he had lost. Did his Pokemon need to be standing at the end? Brock returned his Sudowoodo to its ball. Benny pat Lapras on the head, then returned her to her ball as well. He stood and Brock stuck out his hand.


"Give me your Pokemon and I'll heal them up," he said to Benny. Benny handed Lapras over just as Rillo limped back out onto the arena floor. She was hurt, but quickly reached Benny and hugged him. She allowed him to put her in her Pokeball and handed her to Brock. He turned and entered the back stage. Efa walked out to where Benny stood. She put her hand on his wrist and his knees almost buckled. She was smiling.

"I think you did it, Benny," she excitedly whispered. Her smile was so nice. He smiled back at her and shrugged. Even if he hadn't won, maybe they could fight Brock again together tomorrow. He liked that idea. Brock returned from behind the curtain. He handed Benny his Pokemon back. Benny and Efa looked at him, waiting for an answer.

"Congratulations," Brock said, smiling finally. He stuck out his hand and Benny stuck his out in return, still unaware of what was happening. Brock dropped a Boulder Badge into his hand, then clasped his shoulder. "You did great out there, but you still have work to do if you want to keep growing." Benny nodded. He started smiling and looked at the small silver badge in his hand. He had done it. He still had so far to go, but he felt like he could go home proud already. The problem with that was that he finally realized why his father had wanted this dream. It felt amazing.

"And you," said Brock, turning to Efa, "Come back tomorrow morning and try again. You're something special." She looked shocked, then smiled and hugged Brock, thanking him. Benny felt his face turning red and he didn't think he liked Brock as much as he had moments before. You're jealous...and you just met her. Don't be so silly!

Efa and Benny left together and stepped back out into the afternoon sunset. She was already going on about strategies to beat Brock the following day and Benny starred, smiling and nodding, offering small tips when he could.

"Ohhhh, Benny! How did you know to use Water Pulse? Such a smart choice!"

He thought she was even more beautiful in the sunset than under the stadium lights.

"It was so impressive when Rillo ran up Onix's back and gave it a good whopping!"

Benny was glad to have met her. She helped him stay confident and cool when things looked dark.

"Benny, are you listening to me?"

Benny realized he was starring at her with a big grin on his face. They had walked all the way back to the restaurant he had eaten at. "Uh..." he stumbled, "Y-yeah! I was just thinking about how great you're going to do tomorrow!"

Nice save... She bought it. She smiled and hugged him. She even smells amazing! This felt like a better hug than Brock had gotten. She let go of him and looked at the restaurant saying, "I'm starving. Shall we eat?" He nodded. She seemed to want to keep hanging out with him, which he didn't mind at all.

As they ate, Efa continued speculating on her next battle with Brock. She told Benny about where she had grown up, far off in Kalos in a town called Santalune, but she had moved to Kanto with her family before beginning her own Pokemon journey. She was quite an intelligent young woman. She had previously owned a few Pokemon from Kalos, but had left them at home to start a fresh experience. He was really happy to hear that she was on a similar journey as him and before he knew it, he blurted out, "Want to travel together?"

She didn't answer. She just looked at him curiously. Too soon, oh no. She's going to say no and now you look like a fool. "Uh...I mean...maybe just until C-," he began. She jumped out of her seat and hugged him again. He felt his face turning bright tomato red.

"Yes!" Efa shouted, "Absolutely!" She let go of him and sat back down, bright smile of hers present on her face. He took a sip of his drink as she started talking to him about her strategy for the battle the following day.

They left the restaurant full and confident in Efa's battle with Brock tomorrow. Benny released Rillo from her ball and she jumped onto Efa's shoulder and gave a big grin to Benny. He knew he couldn't hide his crush from her and he laughed as Efa handed Rillo a small snack. Benny returned to his father's friend's home as night settled in Pewter City, asking if Efa could stay as well. His father's friend eyed him suspiciously, then told him to sleep on the couch.

Efa wished him a good rest for tomorrow then closed the guest bedroom door that Benny had previously slept in. He laid down on the couch and Rillo snuggled up next to him. She slapped her big tail across his face playfully, pointing at the door to where Efa was. Benny ruffled her hair and closed his eyes. He was so proud and happy of his two Pokemon, but he knew he'd need to get them some friends to help future battles. Lapras was so pleased with herself for the win and he had hugged her tightly when he showed her the badge. He was proud to have her on his team and Rillo loved spending time with her as well.

"Rillo, what do you think of naming Lapras Indigo?" he asked his small Aipom. She looked thoughtfully at the Pokeball that housed Lapras. She smiled and gave him a pat on the head, showing her approval.

Rillo and Indigo...
Squirt and Zen...
Benny... and Efa.


He drifted off to sleep, comforted with the thoughts and dreams his mind played for him.


Illuminarty January 28th, 2015 3:58 PM

Arthur 'Artie' Cagliosso - Chapter #2: Battles for Beginners

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...A wild Noctowl appeared!

Artie awoke to the unwanted sound of bag-rustling. Please don't be... A hungry Noctowl had discovered the berries hidden in Artie's bag. Oh. It is. Artie could barely see it in the newborn dawn light, but there was no mistaking those eyes. As Artie sat up, the Noctowl flicked its head up mid berry-chew and stared at him with its large, all-seeing eyes. Artie stared back.

"Uh-"

And like that, the Noctowl went from perching peculiarly on the floor to having its wings outstretched in the air with its talons lodged in Artie's arm. "Fuc-" Artie began before being interrupted by the massive splodge of mud flinging past him, into the Noctowl.

Jass used Mud-Slap!

The bird withdrew its talons from the flesh of the bloody mess that Artie's arm had become. It was at this point Artie realised that Beedrill were the least of his worries. Or possibly the most worrying thing, especially if a swarm were to be attracted to the loud noises they were suddenly making. Jass and the as-yet-unnamed Noctowl were facing off. The Noctowl wasn't the biggest fan of Jass after his mud shenanigans, and was ready to retaliate.

The wild Noctowl used Wing Attack!

It was super effective!

Crap.
"Probably shoulda dodged that." Artie told Jass, while clutching his arm. Only when the Croagunk looked back at him with a look of confusion did Artie realise his actual job as a trainer. That is, to tell the Pokémon to dodge before the attack hits. Surely that would be obvious to the Pokémon, Artie thought. Why should he have to tell him?

The wild Noctowl used Wing Attack!

This time Artie actually did his job. "G- go! Move!" Although it wasn't the most concise command in the world, it was enough.

Jass avoided the attack!

Jass rolled over, somewhat injured from the previous Wing Attack but still firmly on his feet. He looked to his trainer expectantly. Artie just shrugged and said: "Poison it?". His clothes were slowly reddening with his blood.

Jass used Toxic!

A somewhat small clump of purple sludge rocketed out of Jass' mouth and hit the Noctowl square in the face mid-flight. The impact threw Noctowl off and it plummeted to the ground as it started to feel the effects of the poison. Artie spotted this perfect attack opportunity and usefully provided the incredibly non-specific command of "Attack it Jass!". Jass, having received literally no direction whatsoever as to which attack to use, did what came naturally to him.

Jass used Poison Sting!

As the Noctowl was struggling to lift off, Jass ran over to it with a speed Artie didn't know was possible for a creature with such short legs, and smacked it with a glowing-purple hand. The Noctowl screeched.

The wild Noctowl used Growl!

Jass backed off a bit in fear of what the Noctowl might do. Artie was literally lost for words. It was his first ever Pokémon battle, in a creepy forest, in the dark, with a heavily bleeding arm. This was not how he imagined it happening. The Noctowl managed to successfully take off before being hurt by the poison inflicted earlier and falling straight back down to the grass. Artie focused, cleared his mind, and clearly said "Brick Break".

Jass used Brick Break!

Jass' fist came down on the top of the struggling Noctowl's back, making it wince. Artie could see it was losing its energy very quickly thanks to the poison. Soon he wouldn't have to deal with- Wait a minute. An idea sprang into Artie's head. He grabbed his bag with his bad arm, speckling it with blood, and reached in. He pulled out a small, red and white orb, commonly referred to as a Pokéball. Let's see how good my aim is...

Artie used a Pokéball!

The Noctowl stared in horror as the orb came hurtling towards it. Its attempts to escape were futile, as the Pokéball hit the Noctowl, engulfing it in a red light. Then the Pokéball fell where the Noctowl previously lay, and it wiggled. One... Two... Three...

Geras January 28th, 2015 6:01 PM



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Kiya Bonham
Pewter Gym: The Main Event, Kiya vs. Brock!
Time: Afternoon


Not wasting any time, Brock gave the first command. “Hit it with Fire Fang!” Suddenly, the Aerodactyl’s mouth filled with fire that cloaked its teeth, and with incredible speed, the pokemon dove at Champion. He and Kiya stood their ground.

When the enemy drew close, Kiya made her move. “Mach Punch!” Champion delivered a lightning-fast right hook aimed straight for the creature’s face. “Now Comet punch!” Not letting up for even a moment, Champion locked his opponent in a flurry of punches that were all aimed for the gut, focusing his damage on one spot just as he'd been taught.

Brock suddenly grinned. “This is your chance! Take it up with Sky Drop!” While the Mach Punch did noticeable damage, Kiya realized that the Aerodactyl didn’t seem fazed by the Comet Punch despite all of them hitting in a focused area. Champion didn’t seem to realize that his attacks were suddenly doing less damage and couldn’t react in time when the ancient pokemon quickly grabbed his gloved fist with its sharp, talon-like feet. With a single, powerful flap of its wings, it pulled Champion high into the air where he struggled to land a punch with his other hand past the air resistance. Mid-ascent, the creature did a graceful front flip that turned all of its momentum downward before flinging Champion straight into the ground with that same momentum. There was a loud crash as Champion was driven into the ground, a large dust cloud expanding from the impact point. It seemed like Brock truly wasn’t holding back one bit as he shouted, “Again! Don’t give it a chance to recover!”

Champion was still trying to stand as the Aerodactyl shot towards him like an arrow. “Dodge roll!” Called Kiya as she leapt into a roll off to the side, mirroring her pokemon. Champion moved just in time to avoid the Aerodactyl’s talons, which hit the rock where he’d been just moments ago hard. Rising from the ground left the Aerodactyl open for just a moment, so she shouted, “Mach Punch!” Champion leapt from where he knelt on the ground after the roll and his fist flew into the same spot on the Aerodactyl’s gut. “Roll out of there!” This time she didn’t attempt a follow-up, and Champion was able to get away from it. He was lucky, as the Aerodactyl had charged forward to grab him again without even receiving another order from Brock. No, that wasn’t true. He’d told it not to give Champion a chance to recover, so it wouldn’t.

After another order to dodge, Champion barely managed to avoid the next charge. The Aerodactyl was much faster than Champion could ever hope to be, but the Hitmonchan’s movements were timed and much more efficient, allowing him to dodge the attacks of such a fast pokemon in the first place. Unfortunately, Champion was beginning to grow tired. To dodge an enemy of that speed he required intense concentration and that was becoming increasingly difficult to accomplish as the battle dragged on. It didn’t seem like it would be doing so for much longer though when Brock spoke up. “It’s amazing that your Hitmonchan can keep up with my Aerodactyl! But that’s not going to be enough. Earthquake!”

The flying Pokemon went high into the air before diving straight down, slamming its talons into the ground with much greater force than before. It caused the ground to immediately shake and even break apart in some places, and a shockwave shot out from where the Aerodactyl had landed. No amount of timing and dodging could save Champion this time, as the shockwave sent him flying backwards. Kiya grit her teeth. She and Champion were great martial artists, but martial arts were created for men to defend against other men. Pokemon were different. A strong pokemon was a force of nature, and martial arts didn’t train against that.

“Grab it while it’s down!” shouted Brock. Champion was struggling to get up after the Earthquake when the Aerodactyl rocketed for him, and it was upon him in seconds, grabbing him by the shoulders.

At that moment, Kiya noticed an opening. “Now, Bullet Punch!” Kiya had felt all of Champion’s attacks first hand so she knew that Mach Punch was definitely his strongest attack, but being on the ground like he was at the moment there was no way he would be able to wind his fist back for a good one. Bullet Punch wasn’t as strong, but it could be fired off much more quickly and without the wind-up, relying on the number of punches to make up for lost power.

Exploiting the opening between the Aerodactyl grabbing Champion and it taking him into the air, Champion launched his fist forward at a blinding speed, delivering several punches in what looked like a single jab straight into the Aerodactyl’s side. The Aerodactyl roared in pain at the hit, surprising Kiya who was under the impression that Mach Punch was stronger, but it still wouldn’t go down. Just like before, the Aerodactyl soared into the sky with Champion underfoot, the latter unable to do anything. “This is it,” announced Brock. “Finish it with Sky Drop!”

“Endure it!” ordered Kiya right as Champion was being flung to the earth again. He hit the ground and kicked up another cloud of dust, obscuring the result of the battle. The dust thinned, and Champion’s silhouette could be seen getting to its knees. Kiya could hear Brock whistle, further impressed.

“Good move, but it won’t save you. He can’t fight anymore.” Brock pointed to Champion as he spoke, and when the dust had completely settled it was clear that he was not only severely injured, but that he was also very tired by the way he panted for breath and slumped a bit in his stance. “It’s been past 3 minutes. That number was your- no, his limit, right?”

Kiya hadn’t realized that it had already been that long. Brock was right, though. Champion was a powerful fighter, and his Karate skills gave him an advantage against most other, more feral opponents, but the problem was that as a Hitmonchan he had naturally low stamina. He couldn’t fight for any longer than 3 minutes without tiring himself out if he fought at his full strength. Kiya looked at the way Champion struggled to continue, then looked at the Aerodactyl, still soaring and strong. It would take a miracle for them to win now. But…

“Lots of energy!” Shouted Kiya, repeating a phrase that Master Kiyo would say to get pumped up. “No matter the pain, the blood, sweat, and tears we shed along the way, we won’t stop until we’ve reached the summit, until we’ve reached victory! Fwaaa!” With that finishing shout, Kiya stomped on the ground and punched both her fists into each other. Champion did the same, his fighting spirit shining through his exhausted body.

Brock’s smile grew wider. “Looks like we’re not quite done yet, Aerodactyl! Go, Earthquake!” The airborne Aerodactyl dove straight down into the ground.

There was that move Champion had no way to dodge. “All out attack! Close the distance!” Using every last bit of energy he had left, Champion dashed towards the Aerodactyl in an attempt to get it before it hit the ground. When it looked like he wouldn’t make it in time, Champion surprised Kiya by lunging forward and using his Mach Punch to propel himself, a clever idea she wouldn’t have thought of. It made her wonder whether or not he really even needed her there.

She couldn’t think about that now, though. Not at such a crucial point in the match. The Mach Punch didn’t take him all the way, but it brought him close enough. “Bullet Punch!” The Aerodactyl had nearly hit the ground, its talons pointed downward already, when Champion struck it in its gut where he’d been striking for most of the match. Unfortunately, the lighter nature of Bullet Punch meant that it would not be enough to stop the speeding Rock pokemon, and it still managed to slam into the ground. “Endure!” Called Kiya the moment she heard the Aerodactyl’s crash, and while the shockwaves from the crash still knocked Champion back, he was able to stand up again, although it took a significant amount of effort from the looks of it.

The Aerodactyl also seemed to struggle a bit to rise, having taken damage from the off-balance landing. It almost looked like it was going to double over, Champion’s concentrated hits to its gut finally taking their toll, but the creature righted itself and roared loudly into the air. Champion, on the other hand, wobbled in place, barely able to stand. It seemed like this next move would be one that decided the winner. Kiya was determined to have it be Champion. “Bullet Punch!” She shouted as loud as she could.

“Rock Slide!” Countered Brock. The Aerodactyl stomped and roared loudly, forcing rocks down from the gym’s stone ceiling, and at the same time Champion lunged forward and threw his fist. However, as Champion’s fist moved forward, so did his body, continuing until it fell limply on the stone floor. He had fainted from exhaustion. The falling rocks slammed into the Hitmonchan’s motionless form, ensuring that even if he did somehow find another surge of energy, it wouldn’t be enough for him to get back up. Thus, the battle was over.


GreyBidoof January 29th, 2015 10:11 PM

Rex Atwood

-Return-

Pewter City. A stone gray town, nestled in between Viridian Forest and the entrance to Mt.
Moon, and surrounded by rock on nearly all sides. All was peaceful, as the sun had began to
set, and the streets were nearly empty as locals shuffled back to their dwellings for a
good night's rest. A few stragglers continued to roam the streets, probably tourists, or simply
those that preferred to be up at dusk.

A weary figure entered the city around this time, moving slowly towards the Pokemon Center
near the center in town. Bystanders, if there were any would observe this figure to be that
of a male in his late teens, carrying a backpack and oddly enough, wearing sunglasses. A
careful observer would note the twin pokeballs hanging from his belt, and would make the
assumption that this worn out traveler was a Pokemon Trainer.

Pewter City. It was almost exactly as he remembered it.... The sandy-haired boy quickly shook
himself out of the flashback before he went too much farther into it. He needed to get to the
Pokemon Center and have his Pokemon checked out, so they would be ready for his gym challenge
tomorrow.

The door to the pokemon center slid open with a slight hiss as he approached. Trudging inside,
he unclipped the Pokeballs from his belt, holding them out silently to the cheerful red-haired
nurse. "I'll take those for you! What is your name, sir?"

"Rex. Rex Atwood." The trainer said groggily.

As Nurse Joy took Rex's pokemon to one of the back rooms to have them checked and healed,
Rex sank down into the nearest available chair. Finally able to think, knowing that he had
taken care of his pokemon, Rex scanned the room.

The ground floor of this particular Pokemon Center was deserted, save for another young man
with distinctive red hair, who was sitting at a nearby table, writing intently.

Rex's mind began to wander back to earlier this morning, when he had returned to Kanto to begin
his league challenge journey.

He hadn't slept the night before, too anxious to rest. Instead he had spent the night and early morning
hours expanding his knowledge of the Kanto region, preaparing his supplies (bought from Goldenrod's
famous department store, in his hometown), and worrying about whether he should even be taking
the quest in the first place. He was only a research intern, after all, not a battle-ready trainer.
All logic screamed that he belonged in the lab, not out in the field. For once in his life, though,
Rex wasn't relying on logic for his desicion, but instead on an impulse, a gut feeling. And that scared
him.

Rex had reached Kanto by late afternoon the next day, arriving just near the entrance of Viridian Forest.
He entered the thick vegetation, allowing his first pokemon, Mudkip, out of its pokeball to walk beside
him.

Mudkip had been a farewell gift from his parents, who were overjoyed to see their son branching out and
following in his father's footsteps. He had never cared for a Pokemon personally, and Rex, not knowing
what to do with his little mud fish partner, rarely talked to it, like he saw most other trainers doing.
Mudkip always seemed content to follow him around though, trotting at his feet with a great big smile
on his little face. Rex was lucky to have such a naturally friendly pokemon; some trainers had a hard
enough time seeing eye to eye with their partners, no matter how much effort they put in.

Rex wished that someone would have warned him about Viridian Forest before he went in. He could see all
kinds of irritated pokemon, and even more disturbing were the numeous electrical burn marks sorching the
foliage all over the span of the forest. "What in the world happened here?" Rex wondered. He didn't
want to think about it though, since all of the options he could think of didn't make him feel any safer.

They wandered around for hours, with Rex trying to get a signal on his pokegear to access his map, and
Mudkip playfully swatting at any nearby bug Pokemon. As they walked, one particularly brave beedrill
charged the pair, clearly wanting to drive the intruders away. Rex could hardly even realize that he was
having his first pokemon battle. In fact, by the time he realized it, Mudkip had already taken the
offensive, spraying the bug pokemon with a stream of high pressure water. Rex gaped at the now fierce
looking little water pokemon standing before him. "Are you even supposed to be able to do that? I
thought I had to give you the orders?"
Rex queried, for once addressing his Pokemon directly. The Mudkip
simply dropped it's battle gaze, and gave Rex an innocent look.

Somehow they had managed to find their way out, after hours of wandering around. Rex was exhausted,
he hadn't slept in over 36 hours. That was when he found himself at the entrance to Pewter City.

Rex arose from his flashback, but realized that Nurse Joy was not back with his pokemon yet. He sighed,
hoping that she would hurry up so that he could get some shut-eye soon.....

Klippy January 31st, 2015 2:06 AM

Benny had slept well. Efa had him up early, but she rushed out the door before he could even blink. She was back within twenty minutes showing off her new Boulder Badge. She told him she had spent the whole night thinking of a new strategy to beat Brock and had finally figured out a good plan of attack. Benny was slightly hurt she hadn't waited for him, but now they could head onwards to the next gym. Benny was packed up and ready as Efa entered from the bedroom. Squirt and Zen waddled behind her, happy and proud of their victory.

"Good work, you two," said Benny, bending down and patting Squirt on the head. Zen hugged at his leg and he pat her head as well. He looked up and smiled at Efa, who said, "Ready to go? We can get through the caverns by noon if we leave right away!" Benny nodded. They thanked his father's friend again for the night and headed off. Rillo was on Benny's shoulder as they entered the outskirts of the city. She was excited and bounced between his shoulder and Efa's, taking in every sight there was. Squirt was stuffed into Efa's bag, snuggled nicely and enjoying the cool breeze of the mountainous region. Zen squeezed herself into Benny's bag as well, comfortable around the young man quickly. Clearly they weren't in a mood to be in their Pokeballs. Indigo was the only Pokemon in her ball and she was quite content with that.

Benny and Efa reached the edge of the rock-laden path and breathed in the misty air. It was still early in the day and the morning dew shined on the shrubs and trees. The wild Pokemon were calling out to each other and packs of Spearow fluttered from one tree to the next. Benny was taking it all in and loving it. He turned to Efa and said, "Let's not rush. I just want to enjoy the beauty here, especially you."

He felt his heart sink to his stomach, then his stomach hit his throat. He hadn't meant to say that. He meant to say he wanted to enjoy the scenery with her. He looked at her quickly. She wasn't looking at him, but up over at a fluttering Hoothoot. She didn't say anything, but kept walking.

It was silent for what felt like an hour, except the crunching of their feet under gravel and the ambient noises around them. Rillo was back on Benny's shoulder, but she gave him a confident smile. Benny didn't want to stutter with his words and kept silent after his gaffe, so he felt less confident than her. They approached a small bridge near a stream and Efa stopped. Benny had been looking at the stream in appreciation of the beauty and realized she wasn't next to him, stopping quickly. He turned back to face her. She was smiling at him and finally spoke, "I want to catch a Pokemon here!" She grabbed his hand and began crossing the bridge.

"Ho there!" Benny and Efa stopped halfway across the bridge. A large man was approaching from the other side of the bridge. He was dressed well for the rocky ground and looked quite winded, but he smiled at them. As he stepped onto the bridge, Efa held Benny's hand tighter. Thank you, sir. Benny was practically melting. The man stopped directly in front of them, smiling and stretching his back.


"You kids fixin' to head through the mountain?" he asked in his booming voice. Benny noticed a few Pokeballs on his belt as he stretched.

"Yeah, we just received our Boulder Badges," said Efa nervously. Squirt and Zen heard the nerves in her voice and pounced out from the bags. Rillo remained vigilant on Benny's shoulder. "Are you a trainer?"

"Back in my youth, I surely was," said the hiker, chuckling. "I got myself a few badges, just like yours. Almost became the champ of the Elite Four even! Har!"

"Well, maybe we'll get as close as you someday too!" said Benny, slightly intimidated by the man's size. The hiker had just noticed Squirt and Zen on the bridge and bent over to look at them.

"How are you two doing today?" he asked. Zen looked up at Efa, then said Clef. Squirt nodded at the hiker. "Har! Clever little buggers, aren't they? Well then, kids, onto business. They call me the Toll Troll. I'm no horror story villain, but this here is my bridge. Most folks don't cross here, but up the road some. Guess you two stumbled onto my land. Now...it's no problem and this is a shorter path up to the mountain, but there's a price."

Efa looked at Benny and got closer to him, nervous at the man's sudden seriousness. Benny eyed the Toll Troll and said, "Well, we aren't interested in paying anything, so we'll head back. Sorry for th-"

The Toll Troll cut him off, "Now wait a second! Har! I just said I'm no bad guy! All I ask for is a quick battle! If you give me a good show, I let you pass. I didn't mean to scare you two, my goodness!"

The Toll Troll laughed heartily and the echo sounded in the quiet little enclosure. "Yeah, that'd be okay with us," said Efa before Benny could even interject. Well...guess we're going to battle!

The Toll Troll grabbed three Pokeballs off his belt. He smiled wider than ever and tossed the three Pokeballs up in the air. Out burst forth a Nidoqueen, a Stantler, and a Pikachu.


Benny and Efa looked at each other. This guy meant business. Benny was pretty sure this was going to end poorly for them, then they'd be out a few hours of travel time and their Pokemon would be weakened. "Uh...listen, we're just going to..." Benny started, but Rillo jumped off his shoulder and landed, giving a leer to Nidoqueen, who towered high above even the Toll Troll.

Efa looked at Benny and said, "I guess we're battling."


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Zavytar January 31st, 2015 6:56 AM

Danica Chandler
Mt. Moon Entrance
The Show Goes On!


After finishing her breakfast and makign sure she had everything she needed to continue travelling, Danica left the Pokémon Center. Her destination was Cerulean City, but between the girl and the big city stood Mt. Moon, where meteorites were said to fall from space and where Pokémon known as Clefairy made their homes. She remembered her trip to the Pewter Museum, and was excited about finding a Moon Stone... or a Fossil perhaps. With a faint smile on her usually-serious face, she took her first steps into the cave.

The cave was dark, but there was enough natural light to make the blue-haired see where she was going. She moved carefully around the rocky ground until she came to a small clearing. Her attention was drawn by an odd sign. "Beware! Zubat is a blood-sucker!" the sign said. The faint smile disappared. Those were the Pokémon she had to be on the lookout for. Awesome. More vicious Pokémon to avoid... she thought, I really need to get stronger. She reached into her hoodie's pocket and grabbed Curtis' ball. Her encounter with the Nidoran had shown her that she always needed to ahve a Pokémon ready to send out in cases of danger, which, with those ugly Zubats flying around, were bound to happen.

"Curtis, come out." she said, and sent out her Pokémon. She figured that having him already outside of the Pokéball would be more useful than having to send it out. The Ralts let out a happy cry as he materialized. Danica told him to stick close as they explored the cave, to which the Ralts replied with a nod and smile.

As they got deeper in the cave, more sounds could be heard. Trainers appeared to be battling, and the wild Pokémon appeared to be battling each other as well. A Zubat appeared out of nowhere, which badly started Danica, but it meant no harm as it was only flying by. The girl took some deep breaths, regained her composure, and continued walking, until she reached a hole with a ladder. This is odd... she thought, But there doesn't appear to be any other way to go to. She told Curtis to hang on to her tight, and once the small Pokémon grabbed on to her waist, she proceeded to maker her way down the ladder.

Jegretis February 1st, 2015 10:38 AM

Route 3 [The Road to Mt. Moon]

Damien Welters
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A nudge from Bella, Damien's Ekans, awoke him from his brief slumber. "Ughhh....i must have dozed off." He muttered, sitting there for a few more seconds, until standing up to stretch out his limbs. He looked around at the dark cave, until finally reaching into his bag for another granola bar. He unwrapped it and took a bite, and also broke off a piece for Bella, who gobbled it in on go. Soon enough, the bar was completely gone, putting the wrapper into his backpack to throw away later. "Alright Bella...let's get a move on." The poison type hissed, as it slithered forwards ahead of Damien, who was walking close behind. Turning the corner and walking straight down a corridor, the two approached some sort of rusty ladder that led downward. Standing there, Damien quickly decided to proceed downwards in the cave, grabbing on and slowly but surely making his way down the short ladder, dropping him to a lower floor of the cave. His Poison typed companion slithered down the ladder, and gently lowered her body to the cave floor, where she fell with gracefulness, and let out a playful hiss at Damien. He looked around, and saw that not much had changed from the previous floor. The corridor only led one way, which was a straightforward path down the cave.

"Sssss..." Damien looked down and heard Bella hiss at him once again, and then proceeded to slither on ahead of him, disappearing in the darkness.

"Hey, Bella!" Damien shouted, as he started to walk forwards. "Don't go to far in, I don't want you to get lost." He said. Although it was true that he didn't want to lose his Ekans, it was more like he didn't want to get lost in the cave himself. After all, Bella was scoping out the area for him. As he continued to walk, he suddenly heard a screeching sound coming from up ahead, where Bella presumably was. "Hey!" Damine shouted out of worry, running forwards. The sound did not sound like his Pokémon, but it certainly came from her direction. Now hastily jogging, Damien came to a slow stop, as he approached the source of the sound up ahead, where he saw his Ekans coiled around a large rock, with a Zubat in her mouth, trying to fly away. "...You caught a Zubat?" He the Zubat flapping its wings while letting out the same cry of pain as it did earlier, reverberating through the cave. "Bella, let that dumb thing go! It's making my ears hurt!" He shouted, as Bella held on the Zubat for a few more seconds, before opening its mouth, watching as the Zubat flew away in haste. Letting out a sigh of relief, Damien walked up to his Pokémon, and pet her on the head. "Don't worry, I'll get you some food soon." He gestured the Ekans to walk alongside him, until suddenly he heard yet another noise coming from up ahead. What the...? Me thought to himself. The noise was similar wings flapping, and it was getting closer and closer, until Damien could her it right from above his head. It was a massive flock of Zubat! Damien ducked his head, as Bella sprang up trying to bite some of the Zubat in an attempt to get them away. The beating of the wings almost made a booming sound, as the Zubat rushed around in a frenzy.


Klippy February 2nd, 2015 12:46 AM



The Toll Troll beckoned out his Stantler. It was a huge beast, but Benny thought it looked majestic. He had never seen one before and even if they lost, he felt grateful to even see it. Efa decided to send out Zen, who dashed to the center of the bridge, puffing her cheeks up.


"Interesting choice," said the Toll Troll. "Lady's move first." He tipped his hat to her, chuckling. Efa had a serious look on her face, but she said nothing for a time. Benny wasn't sure if she would ever speak, but he couldn't believe she was nervous about battling this guy after beating Brock. Rillo jumped off Benny's shoulder and darted up a tree. Guess she wants a better view.

"Go, Zen! Use Wake-Up Slap!" shouted Efa. Zen was in Stantler's face within a split second, giving the Pokemon a few good whacks to its face. It groaned in annoyance and pain, but the Toll Troll shouted out a move and the Stantler reared on its hind legs. It gave Zen a good headbutt and flung her into the stream over the bridge.

"Har! Ironic you call her Zen since I just used Zen Headbutt on the little lady," said the Toll Troll. He was laughing boisterously and grabbing his belly. Efa turned bright red as Zen stumbled up the bank and back to the bridge.

"Don't take that from him, my sweet Zen," said Efa. "Give Stantler a good Meteor Mash!" Zen nodded, jumped high in the air, then punched the Stantler hard in the nose. It wailed and collapsed on the bridge, clearly knocked out. The Toll Troll wasn't laughing any longer. His smile was gone as well.


"And here I thought we were gonna have us a nice battle," he said. He snapped his finger and Pikachu darted out from behind him, sending a bolt of thunder to zap Zen. Benny gasped. Zen was still wet from the stream and what normally would have been a tiny jolt turned out to be much more dangerous. She cried out in pain, flung back hard, and laid motionless. A knockout... Benny looked at Efa. She had tears in her eyes. Suddenly Rillo howled loudly, jumping high from the tree.


"Rillo, use Fling!" shouted Benny. Rillo had pinecones held in her tail and began throwing them with speed at Pikachu. They all connected, but Rillo was still floating down through the air. "Now, Power-Up Punch!" Rillo brought back her tail, then slammed it hard into Pikachu's body as she hit the ground. The punch was a bit more effective than Benny had thought, but it seemed Rillo was quite unhappy with how Zen had been treated. The punch cracked the wooden bridge and Pikachu sunk through the broken wood boards and into the stream.

"Quick Attack now!" shouted the Toll Troll. Pikachu sprung up and smacked right into Rillo, as both Pokemon flew over the railing of the bridge and back down into the stream. "Finish the little monkey with a good Thunder Punch!" The Pikachu charged up and smacked Rillo in the face with an electrified punch. Just like Zen, Rillo was wet and the punch did far worse damage than it would have dry. Rillo shook from the electricity, then fell face-first into the water. Benny jumped over the railing and splashed through the stream to scoop her up. She wasn't knocked out, but he didn't want her to keep fighting. "You did great, sweet pea," he whispered to her.

When he climbed back up, Squirt was on the offense.


"Skull Bash," shouted Efa. Squirt ran right at the Pikachu, but the Toll Troll yelled out in response, "Give it a good ol' Thunder Wave, Pique!" The Pikachu sent a wave of electricity at Squirt, who instantly fell flat on his face. He lifted himself, but one arm and one stubby little leg were immobile. Efa said, "Squirt, use Withdraw!"

Squirt tucked himself into his shell as Pikachu sent bolts of lightning at him. The shell seemed to be protecting Squirt, but the Pikachu was charging up for a big finale. Benny whispered to Efa, "We can't beat this guy. Let's just concede and get out of here. We're going to have to go back to Pewter and h-"

Efa interrupted him and shouted, "Now, Squirt! Bite!" Squirt jumped out of his shell and chomped down on Pikachu's ear. It squealed and tried to shake off Squirt, but he was latched on. The Toll Troll wasn't looking very cheerful anymore and Benny was ready to hightail it out of there. Not only had they done damage to his bridge, but they had upset him somehow and that wasn't a good sign.

"Finish the turtle soup up with a Discharge," said the Toll Troll calmly. Pikachu radiated with energy, then shot all the charged electricity from its cheeks directly into Squirt, who was still latched on. He recoiled into his shell before passing out. It was over. They had lost. They stood quietly for awhile, Efa silently crying, while Benny shook with rage and held her close to hide her tears.

He looked up at the Toll Troll, who simply stood there and smiled.



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Circuit February 3rd, 2015 10:02 AM

Zakk Steuermann ¦ Chapter 1 ¦ Awakening

Current team:
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A crash of metal tools sounded through the room. The noise of someone apologising furiously followed. Zakk opened his eyes wearily, and blinked several times. All that could be seen was the white of the ceiling above him. He laid there for a few moments trying in vain to figure out where he was but in the end Zakk decided to sit up. The room was blurry, but he could just make out the door and television on the opposite wall. Next to the bed Zakk was laid in resided a small glass bed-side table. The room itself had beige walls with a red and white Pokéball pattern running across the middle. The floor was comprised of beige tiles, and the door was made of rippled glass lined with dark oak. There was a green bookshelf in the corner of the room, with only three books actually on it. The bed sheets were a sky blue, and the gown Zakk found himself lying in were a similar colour.

The door opened, and a Nurse Joy in a pink dress and white apron walked in. She wore a white nursing hat with a red cross on it on her head. She carried a clipboard, and behind her trailed a Chansey, an egg-shaped Pokémon that pushed a trolley of medical supplies along. Nurse Joy walked over to Zakk and was surprised to find him looking back at her.

"Oh good, you're finally awake! You've been unconscious for about two days now, since you stumbled into Pewter City." Said the Nurse Joy. Zakk's mind suddenly raced, now knowing that he was nowhere near home, >>So that's where I am! Well, that's the name of where I am anyway...<< though he did not quite know whereabouts he actually was. The Nurse Joy asked, "How are you feeling?" Zakk didn't quite know. His head hurt a bit, and he presumed he must have hit it hard when he felt a wide scab on the side of his head, just above his left ear. The rest of him felt like... Normal? Zakk couldn't say, He didn't really remember much at all, save for a few old memories he had of home - his mother, sister and- Bagon!

"Where's Bagon?!" Zakk cried out, and subsequently started choking - his throat was incredibly dry. The Nurse Joy was slightly taken aback, but she quickly turned around a picked a Pokéball off of the trolley. She turned back to Zakk and handed it to him carefully. He rubbed the surface, and looked at the top, red half of the Pokéball searching for a scratch near the top. How Zakk knew this would mean it was his Bagon's Pokéball he had no idea, but it was there and he exhaled with relief. He He pointed the button of the Pokéball to the side of his bed and whispered "Out you come buddy." A beam of red shot from the Pokéball and quickly materialised into a green Bagon. The Bagon yawned and stretched its stubby arms as high as it could. As soon as it noticed Zakk it jumped onto the bed and hugged him fiercely, bashing Zakk's head with his own several times. Zakk chuckled and rubbed the happy Pokémon's head.

Zakk pickked Bagon off himself gently, and stood up. He was tall, and was easily a head higher than the Nurse Joy, but he wasn't imposing. The Nurse Joy quickly turned around and pulled a poultice from the trolley.
"Here, if you put this on the side of your head, it'll keep the scab moisturised, to prevent it from cracking and splitting open again." Zakk thanked the Nurse Joy, who then motioned to his clothes, which were clean and neatly folded on a stool at the end of the bed. The Chansey walked up to Bagon and handed him a soft-boiled egg. The Bagon smiled and cried a happy little roar. The Nurse Joy and Chansey then left, leaving Zakk to dress. There was a mirror on the wall furthest from the door, and Zakk was happy that the glass wasn't see-through, as he slipped off the itchy Pokémon Centre gown. He slipped on his glasses, which had sat on the bed-side table and then stood facing the mirror and observed himself closely. Tall, shapely, and a little on the reserved side, Zakk was embarrassed at looking at himself like this. He stood for a moment longer, before picking up his clothes and dressing. Fully dressed, he wore a grey shirt tucked into dark blue jeans with a brown belt which sported a black buckle. Over the shirt he wore a long heavy black coat, and on his feet he had a pair of black sturdy boots. His shaggy long brown hair and emerald eyes gave him a more friendly appearance, and his heavy brow only supported this. He was pale in skin tone, evidence of his foreign origin, and his ruby lips only highlight this further.

He finished lacing the second boot, and stood up tall. He picked up the empty Pokéball and pressed the grey button on the front, shrinking it to a tiny version of itself and slipped into one of the six Pokéball slots on his belt. He opened the door with Bagon trailing behind him and entered the main Pokémon Centre. There were several people in the Centre, tending their wounded Pokémon, or chatting to relatives on one of the PCs located around the edges of the main lobby. Several Chansey could also be seen wobbling around carrying various pieces of medical equipment or trays of Pokéballs. Zakk wondered if he needed to speak to someone now. Everything was new to him, and he didn't recognise any faces here. The accents people talked with were different from Rustboro too. Zakk wasn't left wondering long, as soon a Nurse Joy bustled up to him, looking a little fazed.

"Well, you're certainly fit to move around it seems! You're unusual, you heal amazingly fast, almost like a Pokémon." The said, offhand. This unsettled Zakk, and he was unsure how to respond. But he didn't have to, the Nurse Joy carried right on. "Anyway, your Bagon was in a very bad way, as were you, when we found you both. Your Bagon looked very mistreated, and you had many cuts and bruises, most of which have healed completely now." This made Zakk even more confused. >>Why would Bagon have been mistreated? And why was I cut up and bruised?<< He made to interrupt, but the Nurse Joy wanted to finish what she was saying first. "I don't know what happened to you, and it's not my job to inquire - after all I have a lot of work on my hands at the moment! We were informed however, by a passer-by that you were abandoned at the edge of the city by a cloaked figure in a black van, who subsequently disappeared. Our Officer Jenny is inquiring into the case so you should speak to her when you have a moment! Now then, lastly, your Bagon was found to have a strange virus we have taken to calling Pokérus, short for Pokémon Virus. It's not harmful as far as we know - it actually can make your Pokémon grow quicker! The strain is weak, and should pass soon. If you notice anything strange about the behaviour or condition of your Bagon, please let us know! We know very little about this virus, and any change could be dangerous. You look well enough to leave, if a little pale, so is there anything else you need?" Zakk looked at this Nurse for a minute, mulling over everything she had just said, trying to take it all in. Finally, he settled on a course of action.

"Could I possibly get a map of the area, and the region I'm in? And do you have an old rucksack I could save from being thrown out?" Zakk asked politely. The Nurse Joy nodded and gladly fetched the few things Zakk had asked for. She returned quickly with a Town Map and rucksack that looked brand new, and study too, despite Zakk only having asked for an old one. Nurse Joy pointed out Pewter City to Zakk, his current location and labelled a few surrounding areas he should visit and familiarise himself with. Finally the Nurse Joy bid Zakk farewell, and left him and Bagon to start their new adventure.

Zakk stepped outside the Pokémon Centre and breathed in deeply, the fresh air cooling and refreshing his body. The Pokémon Centre stood at the junction to three streets, all filled with houses, and there was a park at the end of the street to Zakk's left. That same street split off north towards the shopping centre and Pokémart. Beyond that were more houses, the Pewter City Museum of Science and the path to the Pokémon Gym. Zakk looked for the Police Station on the map, and found it was next to the shopping centre, so Zakk decided to head there first.
"Come along Bagon, let's go eh?" He said, smiling at the small Dragon type. Bagon let a small roar of pleasure and skipped alongside Zakk. Together, they took the first steps into a bigger mystery than either of them could ever have predicted!

Rune Alchemist February 5th, 2015 5:19 AM

Viridian Forest -> Pewter City

"Je ne pas apprécie les forêts." Gabrielle mumbled to herself, practically dead on her feet as she trudged forward through the forest, the scowl on the girl's face a complete contrast to the happy smile on the Chansey skipping along beside her. "Non, je déteste les forêts!"

Some clarification is needed to understand Gabrielle's predicament. You see, the poor girl is currently on her way to Pewter City. She went to the Regional Professor's lab to update her Pokedex and allow her to compete in Kanto's Pokemon League. After that, she went north to Viridian City to hopefully challenge the city's Gym Leader, but was instead redirected further north to Pewter City.

Not one to let a slight detour from shaking her resolve, she entered the Viridian Forest, the only obstacle between her and the next Gym Badge (Well, there's also the Gym Leader, but that's a given.)

So, what's her problem? Well...

"I can't believe I've been in this forest for five days! The forest can't possibly be that big!" Apparently it was. That, or Gabrielle just has a poor sense of direction.

It's actually the latter, but the girl hopes that it's the former.

"Chansey!" Her companion cried, patting her on the back in an effort to comfort her trainer. The auburn-haired Pâtissière sighed, plopping down at the foot of a tree and laying her back against it. The Chansey dropped the backpack on the ground next to her, shaking the tree as it did so.

A weight on her shoulder caused Gabrielle to turn to her side, seeing a green caterpillar Pokemon wiggling to stand right-way up. It must have fallen when the backpack hit the tree.

"Aww, how cute." The girl cooed, picking up the Caterpie gently with her right hand and placing it on her lap. She reached into her satchel to grab something from one of its pockets, alarming the Bug-Type pokemon. The Pâtissière giggled as the bemused pokemon tried to squirm out of her grip, but she put a quick stop to that. "Don't worry, I won't hurt you. Here."

The Pâtissière handed the Wild Pokemon a sweet-smelling cube she retrieved from one of her cases, urging the Caterpie to try it.

Ever cautious of humans, the Wild Pokemon sniffed at it, trying to determine whether or not to trust the girl. After some time, the Caterpie finally took a cautious bite of the cube. As soon as it did, its eyes sparkled, and Gabrielle had to pull back her hand or risk getting her finger bitten by the over eager Pokemon.

"Ahaha, I'm glad you liked it." Gabrielle smiled, picking up the Caterpie and reaching up to place it on a branch. "I've got to go now, I'm sorry I bothered you."

The Chansey picked up the backpack and caught up to the girl, who already walked a good distance away from the tree she was resting on.

"Well, I'm all charged up now." She told her Chansey. "And look! La sortie!"

The Pâtissière pointed forward, seeing a break in the trees and a path to the city ahead. Finally finding the exit, she ran forward, relieved to finally see civilization after her ordeal.

A day's walk, huh? Yeah right.

Finally stepping foot in Pewter City, she did the first thing any self-respecting Pâtissière would do when they reach the city.

"To the Cafe!" She said, about to dash away to a restaurant, when her Chansey blocked her way, its mouth slanted into a frown as it pointed to the Pokemon Center. "Oh, right. Sorry about that. Let's go to the Pokemon Center first to get you and Sweet checked out."



"I can't believe this, for a Major City, especially one that features a Gym, why don't they have any good restaurants or pâtisserie here... especially since it's a tourist attraction with the Museum of Science in this city." Gabrielle complained. "Ah, well. I didn't find the Museum that good anyway. The one in Altomare was so much better, but that may be me being bias, as I haven't seen an Omanyte fossil before... And they do sell quite the variety of fruits and vegetables here. I guess without any good restaurants, the merchants around here make quite a profit by selling their goods to the residents. But still, the potential lost..."

She stopped walking, finding herself back in front of the Pokemon Center. There were still a few Stalls here and there selling their goods, and she just had an idea.

"If they won't take advantage of it, then I will."

An hour later, saw Gabrielle in her Pâtissière Uniform, a stand open in the road, herself baking a couple of Rock Cakes of her own creation. While a new batch was cooking in the oven, she juggled five finished Rock Cakes to attract attention, and soon enough a crowd began forming in front of her stall.

A Hiker was the first to inquire "'cuse me. Whattare ya selling?"

"Rock Cakes, monsieur. Ici, vous avez des gâteau plus originaux : these ones are made with Passho Berries while those over there are baked from Roseli Berries." Gabrielle smiled, gesturing to a row of Rock cakes separated by the slight changes of their color.

"I've never heard of any of those Berries before, lass." The Hiker said, an eyebrow raised. "Are you sure you aren't tricking any of us."

Gabrielle huffed. The Hiker just insulted her, calling her false and belittling everything she worked so hard for. She shook her head, he didn't mean to make it sound that way. "Vous peux gouter."

At the blank look given to her by the Hiker, she mentally slapped herself. She'd been speaking in Kalosian again. Bianca and Lorenzo were able to beat that out of her when she played with them, but now that they aren't around it seems like she's slipping back into old habits. She should do something about that soon.

"I'm sorry. I said, you may taste." Gabrielle translated. "The Berries I used are very rarely found in the nearby regions, I grew them myself. I think you can find the Passho around Sinnoh, but Roseli is only found in my birthplace."

As soon as the Hiker bit into one of the Rock Cakes, his eyes unfocused and swayed in his position. Gabrielle herself is watching what the reaction of the man would be, as this is the first time she actually let someone she wasn't close to taste her creations. The other customers backed of warily, ready to run away should the big man collapse, but instead they were greeted by the Man hopping up and grabbing Gabrielle's hands, much to her surprise (and Euphy the Chansey's ire, as the Rock Cakes her trainer was juggling all bopped her in the head.)

"You made all this, lass? It's delicious!" The Hiker nearly shouted into her face. Gabrielle, unused to the treatment. But inside she was ecstatic, she made her customer smile! She's a step closer to her dream.

"Th-thank you." She said. But she didn't have time to enjoy the feeling, as soon she was swarmed by the other interested people.

The next hour passed by in a blur, with her having to make more than she expected as more people bought her cakes once they tasted it. Soon, the rush was over, and she was packing her tools. She returned the stall to the kind owner whom she borrowed it from, giving the old man a batch of her Oran Rock Cakes.

She bowed at him, already in her normal clothes, and headed to the Pokemart, planing on stocking up on her supplies before she tries to challenge the Gym Leader. If she remembered right, it was Brock, who specialized in Rock-Types. Maybe she should have captured a Grass type? She's sure she saw a Roselia in Viridian Forest.

She's not planning on going back there without help though, or else she might get lost again.

Gabrielle sighed, hefting her basket of unsold Rock Cakes. She supposed that she could eat them, as Rock Cakes can be used as Rations on the road. But most that are left are made from Nomel and Rowap berries, which are both spicy and sour, both things she didn't really like.

She can't really imagine any human liking a Spicy-Sour Rock Cake, but Rock Cakes are easy to make, and she thought that she should try to expand on her knowledge of Spicy foods. But she didn't really want to throw these away, that's just wrong.

Maybe she could give it away to a Pokemon? That makes sense... But what type likes Spicy and Sour again? Well, there's the Swellow family, the Swablu line... Oh, wait! Dragons! Yeah, most Dragon Types love Spicy foods. But where can she-

A flash of green caught her eye.

Was that Bagon green? Yes, yes it was. She patted her Chansey, the Egg pokemon turning to her. She pointed at the Bagon and its trainer and to the basket in her hand. The Chansey shrugged, not really caring if they approached the duo or not.

"Excusez-moi, Monsieur!" She said, before realizing she'd been speaking in Kalosian again. She ran forward, trying to catch the boy's attention. "Er, excuse me sir!"


Oddball_ February 7th, 2015 1:27 PM

Weirdest battle yet!




Delta nearly collapsed as they burst out of mount moon. Fresh air! Come on out guys! Delta hollered releasing his three Pokémon in a flash of red light. The Pokémon materialized and all started cheering with Delta. You can even see Cerulean from here!
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"Everyone come out!" Leaf, Sludges and Bubbles came out. Bubbles and Sludges get really happy for being near home, that they start to run. He and Leaf started to run after them that they tripped and started rolling down the hill. Half way down, they crashed with Bubbles, making the poor Poliwhirl rolling down the hill. Sludges starts laughing at the ones who rolled down the hill.

Then Gelius opens his eyes and hears a familiar voice.

"Big Brother! Hey big sis! Gelius arrived!" Joey and his Heracross that his dad gave him, help Gelius to get up. "So i have a question to ask you. Have you seen a- Oh there it is!" Joey pointed to the pokemon. It was a Linoone. "I am competing with with Gary Clark to see who is a better trainer but i am losing against him."

"Wait you said Gary Clark?" Gelius asks.

A feminine figure came in. Was Gelius' half sister that had the same age as him, Laura. "Gelius! I thought you would take 2 weeks in Pewter... But you left 4 days ago and you are back?" She said. "We are the not who were seeing if you came. Wait a minute... Is that the Linoone that was causing so much trouble?" Laura asked.

"Yeah." Joey said.

"Out of our way!" Said a very familiar voice. Gary Clark. And he was with Larry now. Larry brings out his Machoke. Sometimes, Gelius thinks that Larry is dumb, because Gelius had already defeated him plenty of times. But Larry is pushed by another known figure. It was...

"So buddy! How are ya? You took a lot of time!" Gavin said. Gavin was Gelius' best friend.

"Gavin!" Gelius greets him with a "bro-fist". "So are you doing well?"

"OH NO! Linoone is gone!" Gelius, Gavin, Laura and Larry look astonished by Joey's words. Gary Clark was mad.

"You gotta be kidding me! Gelius lets settle this later. I have a pokemon to catch... Larry lets go!" Larry leaves with Gary Clark. No way that Gelius would leave Gary Clark to get away with Linoone.

"Gavin i know you are my best friend but this Linoone is mine. See you later!" Gelius says, leaving behind Joey, Laura and Gavin. "Hey Delta come on!" He shouted.
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Delta tilted his head to the side and swore under his breath. How the hell was he going to remember so many names?! Either way it seems the kids had been talking about a Linoone, an interesting Pokémon that would sometimes find lost items for it's trainer.
Uh... hello? Did you guys say something about a Linoone causing trouble? Delta asked.
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"Yeah! The Linoone is causing troubles like stealing items. Like when Gelius had caught his Grimer." Gavin answers it, shouting. Gavin leaves to look for Linoone. Joey and Laura team up and leave.

"Hey where is Mark?" Gelius asks.
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Delta looked towards the group absent mindedly. He didn't care about a thieving Linoone, he wanted to get the Cascade badge... but he couldn't let the thing continue to cause mayhem. Goodguy Delta here to save the... Delta began, before being blasted with a stream of water. "Slooow" The Pokémon giggled. Beside it laughed a ferocious looking Ekans and a wild Linoone... The three Pokémon leaped into the river (Linoone and Ekans riding Slowpoke) and began floating away. Come back here! Delta screamed leaping into the water after them.
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Gelius was now with a Poker face. "What the f*** is happening?"

The 3 pokemon were laughing from Gelius and his team.

"Get back here!" But they were going faster than Gelius thought. "We will get you!"
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What greeted Jordan was a scene of utter chaos. There were two people on the route, and they were chasing what seems to be an Ekans and a Linoone riding on a Slowpoke's back. One of the people, the dirty blonde guy, leaped after the Pokemon.

"What's happening out here?" Jordan shouted, running towards the pair. Zub was closely following behind, screeching every now and then.
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Delta had been swimming towards the Slowpoke for a few minutes, luckily for him a childhood on the beach thought one how to swim remarkably well. "Slooow." The Pokémon replied sending a wave of water towards the boy. Oh Shi... Delta whined as the wave crashed into him. Quick thinking had enabled him to latch onto the Slowpoke tail, washing them all ashore, less than twenty feet from the others. Why do I always have to be the bloody hero? Delta whined as a stood up, his expensive designer clothes now dirty, torn, and soaked. Suddenly the wild Pokémon all barred their fangs and attacked.
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The dirty-blonde guy was washed ashore as the Slowpoke sent a huge wave of water towards him. Jordan started running towards the guy but it seemed he managed to grab hold of the Slowpoke's tail before being carried away into the shore. Without warning, the three Pokemon started to attack the guy.

"Hey, stop that! Zub! Supersonic!" The Zubat blindly screeched out the attack, which made Jordan cringe and cover his ears. It was enough to confuse the three Pokemon as they stopped in their tracks. However, it was only a distraction. The Ekans was the one who spotted Jordan first and started to slither its way towards Jordan, fangs bared. "Zub, Leech Life!" Zub managed to close its way towards the Ekans and plant its fangs on the Pokemon. However, Ekans as far more stronger than Zubat, as he wrapped his elongated body on Jordan's Pokemon. "Zub, no!"
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Hope, Get over here and help out by using discharge! Delta coughed as he checked on water. The Slowpoke continued to blast him with water whilst the Linoone kept knocking him down with a quick attack. Delta was about to thank the trainer who had distracted the Ekans when Hope leaped into view. "Shiinx!" The blue feline Pokémon growled releasing a burst of electricity that zapped everything in the area, friend and foe alike.
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Gelius was mad like a Tauros with those 3 prankster pokemon. He would not forgive that so he ran on the right edge of the river and ran for his life. Behind him was Leaf and behind Leaf was Bubbles. Sludges was on the pokeball.

"Bubbles use Bubblebeam, Leaf use Razor Leaf!" Gelius shouted. The pokemon obeyed him, but Linoone evaded jumping to a rock on the middle of the water. Then he starts moving around, jumping rock to rock. He wasn't going to stop. "S*** this will be harder than when i caught Leaf!"
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Jordan looked around and saw that the other people have engaged each of the three Pokemon already. However, he was reminded to always keep his eyes on his own as Zub echoed another screech. The Ekans, however, would not let go. It continued twisting the poor Zubat. "Zub! Leech Life!" The Zubat clamped down her tiny teeth onto the Ekans and started sucking. The Ekans hissed as it released the Zubat. Jordan's Pokemon promptly flapped its wings away from the Zubat. The Ekans hissed once more and coiled itself. It propelled its body upwards but Zubat was ready. It evaded the attack and bit down hard on the Ekans.

However, instead of sucking, the Zubat simply held on.

Zub learned Bite! "Hey, Zubat! That's nice!"
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Hope's attack sent out an electrified pulse, shocking all in its path. Aiiiii!... good job Hope! Delta cried, his hair sticking straight up. The Slowpoke however, while sustaining a direct hit by an electric type attack, was still standing. "Slooooow...." The Pokémon yawned causing Hope to follow suit. Come on hope! Lets finish this with a charged discharge! Delta cried. Hope closed its eyes and began to charge up power, however in the middle of the attack she fell asleep.

Oh Shi...
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Gelius was trying to figure a way to hit Linoone. Linoone was moving so fast that Gelius was getting dizzy. Then Linoone hits Gelius, and makes fun of him.

Bubbles and Leaf look at their trainer, that probably was fainted due Dizziness and due the hit. Leaf tries to do Razor Leaf while Bubbles jumps to the water to get near Linoone. While Leaf failed again, Bubbles was having success. Only thing that the poor Nuzleaf could do was trying to wake up his trainer. He he started his process, by calling Sludges to help.
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One of the guys was calling on his Pokemon for help, while the other, Jordan couldn't really see clearly. None of the two other people were doing particularly great. But who am I to speak? Despite having learned a new move, Zubat is still in the process of understanding how its fangs work, being so young and all. The Ekans wrapped around the bat again, as Zubat desperately tried to escape. Its fangs were still attached to the Ekans. It was only a matter of endurance and Jordan feared the worst, since Zubat is still immature.

"Zub! Let go and Supersonic!" The Zubat opened its fangs and emitted a shrill cry that could be heard all over the place. The Ekans, in its confusion, uncoiled itself and Zub flew away. However, the Supersonic seemed to be too effective as Ekans coiled itself into a ball. It hissed as it tighten its elongated body around itself more. Jordan could feel pity for the Pokemon. "Zubat! Bite!" This time, the Zubat aimed for the tail, away from Ekan's head so that it couldn't snap at it. The Ekans hissed in pain but it was cut short as Jordan threw a Pokeball at it.
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Delta saw the flash of light as Jordan attempted to catch the Ekans. Suddenly he felt himself recall Hope and watched as Riley leaped into battle. Shadow ball!Delta ordered, watching the Slowpoke. The glob of darkness smashed into the Slowpoke and Delta watched as it struggled to get back on its feet. Go Pokéball! Delta ordered. The ball struck the Pokémon and shook...
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As Sludges made an horrible stench, Gelius woke up.

"Ewwwww Sludges... Just stop doing stench and do Sludge Bomb..." Gelius said as he was getting sick of that stench. Sludges shoots little sludge balls to hit Linoone. Linoone is thrown to the other side. Bubbles appears and does a Body Slam, hitting Linoone. Gelius knew this was the perfect time. He threw a pokeball.
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gimmepie February 7th, 2015 10:04 PM



“Are you alright? They didn't hurt you did they.” Lilliana sniffled wiping at her eyes as she looked up to see a boy who looked to be a few years older than her with a Shinx hiding against his leg and a Buizel and Pidgey standing near him.

Looking down at her arms Lilliana spotted a few light scratches and one deeper cut. "I got a little bit cut up. Thank you for saving me, I hate to ask more of you but please you have to help me find my Pokemon. Two of the Zubat flew off with them when I was knocked against the wall."

"They what?" Tasman said his mouth dropping open, not once had he ever heard of a Zubat carrying off a trainer's pokemon before. Regaining his composure Tasman continued "I'll gladly help, these Zubat are interesting. Just lead the way." Tasman gestured at the girl.

"Oh yeah" Tasman said suddenly "You should probably wash those cuts out and bandage them up as soon as you can. I'm Tasman, what's your name?"

"Thank, you I'll take care of that once we find my Pokemon. One of them is pretty protective and she'll want to clean the cuts for me" Lilliana smiled gratefully at Tasman, "my names Lilliana and again thank you" she looked in the direction the two Zubat had flown.

"They went this way" she pointed down the path of the cave. "My pokemon are a Marill and a Vulpix"

Tasman headed off down the direction that Lilliana had indicated, his pokemon following along - which was good because Dalair's tail was one of the only reasons they could see anything following the dark path.
"I can hear them" Tasman said after a while, and indeed he could. The faint sound of hundreds of wings beating echoed faintly from the dark depths of the caves, far beyond the glow of Dalair's light.

The pair of trainers continued to walk through Mount Moon, following the sound as it grew louder and louder. Stopping at a small crack-like opening on the side of the cave. Tasman peered through and was surprised when faint rays of sunlight flickered down. Then he gasped. An enormous cavern was before him, the sunlight falling in through tiny holes that Tasman assumed were made by falling meteorites. Inside the cave was a veritable army of zubat, it seemed as though hundreds upon hundreds of them were flying about in the room. Amongst them were a few larger bat-like pokemon, Golbat. In the very center of the room a Vulpix and Marill stood, being constantly lunged at by the flying pokemon.
This is very bad... what can I do?

"Lilliana, you can look but I need you to stay calm. I think I have an idea, so you can't let them know we're here yet."

Lilliana almost moved forward as soon as she saw her poor pokemon. "what's your idea Tasman?" she asked in a whisper shaking slightly as she saw the Zubat and Golbat. Because of her attack she had developed a fear of the pokemon. In her fear she stepped slightly closer to the older boy.
Just hang in there Aria, Alex

When Lilliana stepped closer to Tasman he felt a sudden protectiveness of her, she reminded him of his sister in some weird way (albeit a few years older).
"Well, at a guess Zubat and Golbat aren't going to be fond of the idea of being electrocuted due to their typing. Right now Dalair's only electric move is Charge, but I figure if he uses Charge it will look like he can do electric attacks and it might make them stay away for a bit. Whilst they are scared your pokemon can run to us through this gap and once Dalair and they are through again we can cave in the hole before too many Zubat or Golbat get through. What do you think?"

Dalair whined at Tasman's plan and backed into a corner, a look of absolute terror on his face.
"Come on Dalair, we'll be right here to protect you if you need it and Lilliana's pokemon can help too. It will be fine." Dalair seemed to relax slightly, but he still seemed reluctant. Tasman didn't like the idea of forcing Dalair to do anything, and he wasn't nearly as sure of his plan as he was pretending, but he was certain it was better than just blindly rushing in.

Lilliana looked at Tasman and thought about what he had planned That could hurt Aria though she thought before realizing that Tasman said that Dalair's only electric move was Charge.

"T..That might work." Lilliana stuttered softly still deeply afraid of the flying bat Pokemon. "If the plan fails we can try to defeat them together. I tried to get my Pokemon to attack them but was attacked myself before I could call out."

It took a bit more coaxing, but eventually Dalair was slowly padding his way into the midst of the activity in the chamber. At first the swarm of Zubat and Golbat didn't respond to the little electric-typed pokemon as he moved closer to Lilliana's captive pokemon. Then suddenly the noise level sharply increased as the territorial bats begun to rage and screech at the intruder. They begun diving closer and closer to Dalair, trying to scare the shaking Shinx off but not actually daring to hit him already weary of his typing. Dalair waited a few more moments before swallowing his fear and starting to use Charge - electricity sparking across his body as he cautiously moved over to the Maril and Vulpix. The Zubat and Golbat continued to swoop at Dalair, but were keeping even further away now that he was crackling with electricity. Dalair indicated that Lilliana's pokemon should follow him along and the trio began to make their way back towards Tasman, Gati, Majesta and Lilliana.

Aria and Alex looked to the Pokemon in front of them then looked to where they were heading to see their trainer standing next to an older boy with cuts and scratches on her arms and legs. Seeing this the Maril moved faster rushing by the shinx to get to her trainer while the Vulpix turned towards the Zubat and Golbat. Seeing this gave Lilliana an idea.

"Alex use Will-O-Wisp!" she cried out from her spot slightly behind Tasman. She watched as her Vulpix stood his ground and opened his mouth firing a powerful ball of blue fire at the Zubat and Golbat some of the attack hitting the wall behind them.

Tasman opened his mouth and then promptly close it, he was about as sure of what to say as he was of Lilliana's reasoning for launching the attack. The Zubat and Golbat screeched with fury and begun swarming towards the thrip of pokemon. Dalair cried out with fear and begun sprinting towards Tasman and Lilliana, Aria and Alex close behind and behind them the furious horde of bat pokemon streaking towards them. The trainers pokemon narrowly made it through the gap when Tasman called on Gati and Majesta to seal the opening
"Gati, use Power-Up Punch! Majesta, Air Slash!" Gati begun punching the wall as Majesta's attack caused the rock to crack and fall. A cloud of dust rose up and a loud tumbling and crunching noise arose in the cave, eventually clearing to reveal a pile of tightly packed rubble blocking the way between caverns. The Zubat and Golbat could still be heard rampaging through the makeshift wall.

Klippy February 8th, 2015 12:40 AM



The Toll Troll returned his three Pokemon to their balls. He walked over to Squirt and bent down, pulling out a spray. Squirt popped out of his shell, wobbled slightly, then looked up at the large man. He sprayed the bottle on Squirt and after a few seconds, Squirt looked completely healed. The Toll Troll patted Squirt on the head, then walked over to Rillo, who was barely conscious in Benny's right arm. He sprayed her with the bottle and she shook her head, opening her eyes fully.

"You two aren't half bad," said the Toll Troll. He bent over to spray Zen as well, who hopped up quickly after being hit with the mist. "Not bad at all for attempting to beat a former Champion." Benny was taken aback. The man had lied to them.

"You said..." he began. Efa had stopped crying and was looking angrily at the man.

"Har! I say a lot of things, boy," said the Toll Troll, clutching his gut as he chuckled. "The fact a' the matter is I'm a world famous Champion. I hail from Kalos, but I certainly didn't lie. I got a few badges from Kanto. Could've went even further, but I decided to retire when I stumbled upon this grove. Felt like the beauty was unmatched and why would I leave it for glory I already had? Though many call me Champion Maple, my friends know me by my full name, Norway Maple."

"Uh," Benny was slightly taken aback, "I'm Benny. This is Efa." Efa was wiping her tears away, bending down to hug Squirt and Zen, who looked much better and were smiling at her. Rillo was back on Benny's shoulder, still a bit woozy. Norway was looking at the two as the stream moved below them. Despite the rush of energy Benny had just been in, the sounds of this peaceful place had calmed him back down. It was no wonder Norway chose to live here.

"Follow me, kids. It's getting dark," said Norway, turning and moving back across the bridge. Benny and Efa looked at each other. Benny shrugged and began following, Efa grabbing his arm as he went to keep pace. Zen and Squirt jumped up and snuggled back into their backpacks, as Rillo scurried about making sure they wouldn't fall out.

After almost twenty minutes, they saw smoke in the distance. Norway was a few paces ahead of them, moving quite fast for such a large man. Their battle must have lasted much longer than expected because the sun was already dipping behind the giant peak of Mount Moon. They rounded a bend of trees and suddenly a massive cabin bloomed into view. The lights were on and almost two dozen Pokemon were moving about the area. Norway greeted them all with a booming, "Hello, friends!" before stopping at a wooden fence that looked homemade.

He let Stantler, Pikachu, and Nidoqueen out of their Pokeballs and the three rushed off to join the other Pokemon. Norway turned to Benny and Efa and said, "Welcome to Norway's! Har!"

After entering the beautiful cabin and being treated to a warm plate of sausages and beans, Benny and Efa rested by the fireplace as Norway handed them each a cup of hot cocoa. He sat down in a massive armchair, kicked off his boots, and sipped his cup of coffee. He had spent the last hour telling them of his journeys in Kalos and all of the wonderful Pokemon he had met. They had met a few of them, including a Froakie and a few other strange Pokemon Benny had never seen. Zen had spent the entire time enjoying the company of a family of her own kind. Efa was looking at the window where the three sat, but began drifting to sleep.


Benny smiled at Rillo, who sat close to the fire with Squirt. Both had been given huge plates of PokeFood and looked a bit too full. Norway had his eyes shut and was enjoying the crackle of the wood. Benny got up and looked outside at the yard full of restful Pokemon. He was amazed at all the different kinds Norway had managed to capture. So many from the other regions and yet many were from close to home. There was a whole flock of Pidgeys led by a Pidgeot resting in an apple tree, a little pond where a Staryu and the Froakie floated, and even a - "AHH!!"

Benny shouted and fell backwards, spilling hot cocoa all over himself. A giant Ursaring had stuck its head against the window and made Benny jump in terror.


Norway bolted up, as did every Pokemon in the room. Efa leapt up as well, shattering her cup, which had luckily been drained of cocoa. The Ursaring ran off and Norway began laughing heartily. "Now, boy, that there's the loudest scream I ever did hear. Har!"

Benny was absolutely mortified. Not only had he scared half the grove to death, but he had looked like a fool in front of Efa and Norway. He asked for the washroom and quickly went in to change his shirt, which was covered in brown liquid and marshmallows. He washed his face and then went back out. Efa giggled at him as he sat down feeling his face turn bright red. Norway was snoring in his big chair, a Meowth, a Slyveon, and a Lillipup snuggled up with him. He had offered them a place to stay for the night, which they appreciated.

Benny looked into the fire for a short while as Efa sipped on a second helping of cocoa. He was quite content. He looked over at Rillo, Squirt, and Zen who were all fast asleep by now. The fire was beginning to die down and the crackles were making Benny's eyes very heavy. He closed them for a brief moment and before long realized he had dozed off. When he re-opened them, it was dark. The fire was barely embers and Norway's snores were the only sound in the cabin. The sounds of Pokemon outside were quiet and peaceful. Benny couldn't blame Norway for never leaving this spot.

Benny suddenly realized Efa's head was on his shoulder. She was fast asleep and she had gotten much closer than when he had sat back down earlier. He felt butterflies in his stomach. Her hair smelled like lilac flowers freshly blooming in spring. He closed his eyes again.

He wasn't sure he wanted to leave this spot either.


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gimmepie February 8th, 2015 10:27 AM



Tasman walked through the dark cave towards the faint light shining through the exit. It had been a little while since he had split up with Lilliana and her pokemon and he had at last made it to another part of the mountain lit with hanging lanterns.

Tasman glanced down at Gati, who was plodding along contently at his side. Seeing his companion caused a surge of memories to flow through the young trainer’s head.
I’ve had some mixed luck that’s for sure, I’ve met cool people like Jara, Brock and Lilliana – not to mention Majesta, Lance and Dalair – and I’ve had some amazing experiences like my gym battle. Then again I barely made it to my gym battle and I’ve also managed to anger two of my current team before capturing them, I nearly got killed by a luxray and just then there was a horde of Zubat and Golbat.

Tasman suddenly laughed, his voice echoing throughout the otherwise empty cavern and Gati looked up at him questioningly as a result.
“I was just thinking that I’m going to have a lot of interesting stories to tell everybody when I get back home. Who knows if they’ll believe all of it!” Tasman laughed again as Gati began to chuckle alongside him. The two continued walking towards the exit laughing with each other when suddenly Tasman’s foot hit something hard and he felt himself tumbling forwards and landing sprawled on the rocky ground.

For a few seconds there was silence, then Gati began laughing twice at hard as he looked at his trainer on the ground. Poking his tongue out at his hysterical pokemon, Tasman looked over at the ground to see what he had tripped on. A fairly large rock was lying on the ground, Tasman picked it up out of curiosity surprised that he’d not been able to notice something so large. Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Tasman turned the uneven surface of the rock over in his hands but suddenly stopped soon after he started, struggling not to drop it in shock. Tasman stared at the rock, his mouth hanging open long enough to even draw Gati out of his fit of laughter. Embedded deep in the face of the rock was what seemed to be a long feather.
Well there’s some more good luck to add to the tally, unbelievable.
“Well that’s got to be a good sign Gati, I seem to have tripped over a Plume Fossil.” Gati started laughing again as Tasman finally picked himself up from the ground and placed the fossil in his bag.




It was about fifteen minutes later when Tasman emerged from Mount Moon with Gati, feeling pretty good about his experience with the mountain – evil Zubat or not nothing really bad had happed. He’d made a new friend, Majesta had learned a new move and now he’d found a plume fossil. Even though it had only been that morning, Tasman found he had all but forgotten his near death experience with the Luxray.

A cool night breeze kissed at Tasman’s cheeks, the fresh air feeling pleasant against his skin after the hot stuffy air of the cave. The sky was painted pale shade of orange as the sun had nearly finished setting and the first stars would soon appear in the sky. In the distance the lights of Cerulean city shone brightly, reflecting off the mirror-like surface of the nearby Cerulean River. It was a beautiful sight and one that Tasman wouldn’t soon forget.
“We could possibly make it before it gets too late you know” Tasman said to Gati “but I think I’d like to camp out by the stream over there so I can enjoy the view”
“Bui!” Gati exclaimed in agreement.

Tasman and Gati moved towards the stream and there Tasman set up his bed roll, he had a small tent but the weather was good so he didn’t need to bother with it. Instead he simply camped out by the remains of the small fire he’d used to cook dinner and enjoyed the view with Gati curled up near his feet.

Tasman was soon drifting off into a deep sleep when a sudden exclamation snapped him back into awareness
“Bui!” the sound rang out through the empty expanse of Route Four again
“What is it Gati? Tasman groaned, pushing himself into a sitting position… only to have his mouth fall open with surprise. Gati was still curled up, sleeping deeply by Tasman’s feet.
Wait what? Tasman thought when suddenly another thought occurred to him Actually… that sounded to deep to be Gati’s voice and this is the right kind of area-

Tasman’s thoughts were interrupted by a repeat of the call, Tasman looked to his right and to his surprise saw a second Buizel walking towards he and Gati. This second Buizel looked somewhat different to Gati though. Unlike Tasman’s, the wild pokemon was more of a yellow colour than the orange of Gati and it had only a single cream patch on it’s back instead of two vertical patches like Tasman’s Buizel. It was also somewhat larger and looked quite displeased. The wild pokemon was a shiny, female of Gati’s species… and angry one. The female Buizel launched itself towards Tasman and Gati.
I guess after finding the Plume Fossil I was due for another attack from a wild pokemon



Tasman obtained a Plume Fossil

Zavytar February 8th, 2015 12:27 PM

Danica Chandler
Mt. Moon
The Fairy Fiasco!


Danica continued her trek through the cave. With Curtis clinging on to her right shoulder, she moved through the huge boulders and rocks that adorned the place. And the little bit of sunlight made it quite a pretty sight, actually. But she wasn't focused on that. Right now, her mind was like an Itemfinder, telling the eyes to look for something out of the ordinary that she could take as a treasure; like a Fossil, or a Moon Stone, for example. Curtis picked up some vibes of excitement and thrill coming from his trainers that made him feel that rush of adventure as well.

Soon they reached a clearing, and Curtis looked delighted upon the sight of four Clefairy dancing around a rock. He let out a cry, and it didn't take long for Danica to take notice of the apparently-extraterrestrial Pokémon. It looked like some kind of ritual. Wow... Those Pokémon look so cute! she thought, I think I'll try to catch at least one of them! She silently attempted to approach the Pokémon, and crept closer and closer. The Clefairy group appeared to take no notice. Everything was coming along according to the plan.

Unknown to Danica, however, a young boy had set his eyes on her. He had long hair and was wearing glasses and a pair of black pants and a shirt, all covered in dust. He had been looking for Fossils earlier and was lucky enough to have found two. The Super Nerd was feeling like it was one of the best days of his life, and then his eyes spotted a blue-haired girl in a purple hoodie. He became smitten instantly, and just stared, looking for a moment to make his move. The girl apparently was unaware of his presence, and instead was focused on a group of dancing Clefairy nearby. This is it! he thought, I'll catch one of them and give it to her as a gift! Then I'll ask if she wants to go on a date! As opposed to Danica's silent approached, the Super Nerd grabbed two Pokéballs from his waist and ran over there like a madman. "Grimer, Voltorb, go!" he shouted.

The four Clefairy were suddenly started by some loud noises and immediately stopped in their tracks and ran away from there. The nerdy boy attempted to chase after them but soon lost them. He turned around to see the blue-haired girl he was so smitten with glaring at him. "WHAT THE HECK DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" she shouted, "I WAS TRYING TO CATCH THOSE POKÉMON, AND YOU BLEW IT!"

"I, um, I was trying to, um..."

"GEEZ!" she barked, and made her way over to the rock the Clefairy were dancing around. It didn't look like those other rocks at the cave. This one reminded her of the Moon Stone at the Pewter City Museum. Could it be that same Moon Stone? She attempted to full a chuk of it off but failed. The Super Nerd saw that and thought that perhaps if he pulled of a Moon Stone chunk for her, she'd forgive him; however, he didn't think things very through when he shouted out his next command...

"Voltorb, get over to that stone, then use Selfdestruct!"

Danica screamed and ran away from there as fast as she could. She didn't get very far, but she did get far enough to avoid a Voltorb blowing up next to her. The stone shattered into many pieces, and the boy rushed to grab one and hand it over to Danica, who was all red with anger.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?" she screamed, "WHAT THE HECK! IT ALMOST BLEW UP IN MY FACE! I COULD HAVE BEEN HURT, OR WORSE!" She yanked the Moon Stone off the boy's hands and put it in her bag. The Super Nerd said nothing, just stared at the blue-haired girl. "Well? Aren't you at least going to apologise?"

"I, um... S-Sorry!" he said, and scratched the back of his head. "Y-You know... I-I've found some F-Fossils here..."

Danica scoffed after the boy said sorry and began to walk away, when he said that he had found Fossils. She stopped in her tracks. The boy smirked, thinking that finally he had got her attention. Hmm... I already got a Moon Stone... But having gotten my hands on a Fossil would be even better!

Jegretis February 8th, 2015 1:53 PM

Route 3 [The Road to Mt. Moon]

Damien Welters
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"Bella, do something!" Damien ducked his head, not wanting the Zubat to swoop down on him, possibly hurting him. He took a peek and saw his Ekans lunging at various Zubat, biting them, and trying to injure them. At one point, Bella even managed to grab a Zubat and throw it off to the side, causing it to the fall to the ground. She let out a hiss at the horde of Zubat, as Damien scrambled around his belt to find a Pokeball. "Snapper, do something! Anything!" He pressed the button, sending out his Wartortle, who immediately was caught off guard by the horde, but let out a growl, and then sprayed water to soak the enemies. Along with Bella's fantastic accuracy at lunging at the Zubat, the enemies were soon dispersed, as they flew on over to a nearby passage, and then leaving sight soon enough. Oh man...that was stressful. He sighed, panting a little. Being stuck in the Zubat frenzy certainly did get the blood pumping.

"Snapper, come back..." He muttered, reaching for the appropriate Pokeball, retreating his Water Pokemon in a beam of red light. Bela slithered over and nudged Damien on the leg, before playfully slithering around his body. It was the first she had done so, and she was actually rather heavy. "Haha..." He chuckled a bit. "Thanks for your help, girl." He smiled, and gave his Poison Pokemon a pet on the head, as she let out a playful hiss. He lowered his body, as Bella slithered off back onto the ground, and just sat there looking at Damien. "Uhhhhh....right. We better get moving." Without hesitation, he started to walk on down the corridor once again before he was interrupted by the sudden occurrence of the horde. Man, if I had known I would be in a constant battle with hordes and hordes of Pokémon, I wouldn't have even come on this journey. He complained in his mind, as he continued his walk. It wasn't long before the path began to turn downhill, and turned sharply to another passage, where there was a bunch of holes and shattered rocks littered all over the place. Someone must've have been digging? He thought to himself as he continued to walk.



gimmepie February 9th, 2015 9:38 PM


Tasman was sent rolling down the hill by the sudden attack from the wild Buizel, Gati waking up just in time for the female of his species to blast him down the hill with a close-range Sonic Boom.
“Bui!” Gati growled angrily, rising to his feet even as Tasman did.
“I guess it’s going to be a battle for you then, Gati?” Tasman sighed “she doesn’t seem very pleased about another Buizel being here.”

Gati launched up the hill with an Aqua Jet before Tasman could say another word, the cloak of pressurised water propelling him at a huge speed. Unfortunately the shiny Buizel was just as fast with her own Aqua Jet and was speeding down the hill towards Gati. The two met with a loud crash as water sprayed in all directions. Gati rolled back down the hill, sliding onto his feet at the bottom as the other Buizel landed nimbly half-way up the hill.
“She’s tough, try Pursuit!”

Again Gati ran for the second Buizel, the larger female suddenly whipping her tail forward and loosing a concussive blast at Gati that reached him with a loud boom, once again sending Tasman’s pokemon tumbling down the side of the hill. This time though she wasn’t waiting for Gati, the shiny pokemon ran down the hill, her fist glowing a bright purple colour. She launched the punch at Gati
“Block it!” Tasman wasn’t sure what the attack was, but he knew that this was one powerful customer and didn’t want Gati taking many more hits from her. In the knick of time, Gati launched a punch of his own – his own fist glowing in a familiar orange. The two attacks collided; orange and purple sparks of light flying off from the clashing attacks. For a while the power struggle continued, the other Buizel easily keeping pace with Gati despite the increase to his strength brought on by his Power-Up Punch. Then the female smiled a wicked grin and leapt upwards, whirling to reveal a tail glowing the same shade of violet. The wild Buizel whipped her tail around, hitting Gati on the side of his head and sending him flying back into the side of Mount Moon.
“I see… it was Double Hit.”

The shiny Buizel ran towards the cloud of dust concealing Gati and jumped into the air again. She breathed in deeply before launching a huge torrent of spiralling, high-pressure water from her mouth towards Gati.
“Aqua Jet!” Tasman shouted, Gati obeying instantly and flying past just below the dangerous Hydro Pump. Gati slammed into the female’s gut and sent her skidding long the ground back to the base of the hill.
“Heal yourself up a bit with Aqua Ring, before she recovers!” Gati relaxed for a second as the matrix of thin, glimmering strands of water spiralled around him, bathing him in their healing energy. The other Buizel wasn’t going to let him relax for long though, even as Gati healed himself she launched forwards with an Aqua Jet colliding with him and sending him flying back the way he’d done to her… right back into the side of Mount Moon again. She then proceeded to launch several loud Sonic Booms through the cloud of dust and debris that had formed. Each attack expanded the cloud of dust until the attacks eventually subsided and the dust cleared to reveal Gati panting on his hands and knees. He was hurt, but he wasn’t going down yet.

The female ran towards Gati even as he launched to his feet and rushed forwards towards her.
“Power-Up Punch, Gati!” Gati’s fist shone with the familiar orange light as he launched a punch at his opponent. The shiny Buizel deflected blocked his attack, her fist glowing violet once again, still slightly stronger despite a second boost to Gati’s strength. Once again she grinned venomously at Tasman’s pokemon before jumping up at slamming her shimmering tail into the side of his head, sending him sprawling to the ground.

Gati shot back to his feet and launched another Power-Up Punch, again orange and purple attacks clashed and again Gati was knocked down by the second half of the other Buizel’s attack. Over and over the same process was repeated, Gati’s health slipping with ach attack he took even though his power was growing. He was now easily able to deflect the first attack, but he was always too slow to deflect the second attack not knowing whether it would be a swipe of the tail, a punch or even a kick. Gati was slowly racking up damage, but his eyes were vibrant and alive. Calculating.

The shiny female struck with a glowing purple fist once more. Gati produced a feral smirk worthy of those given by his opponent. Her violet fist collided with Gati’s – his own suddenly shining a similar shade of purple. Tasman watched with wide eyes, he’d not seen that coming. The female launched her second strike, a swipe of her tail that was met by a second punch from Gati. Gati was much stronger now though from the use of his Power-Up Punch and easily knocked the attack aside, the momentum spinning the other Buizel to face him as he once again used Double Hit. Like a boxer, Gati launched two rapid punches to his opponent sending her stumbling back.
“Gati, Aqua Jet!” Tasman yelled, Gati cloaking himself in the water before launching into the staggering female of his species and sending her flying back into the stream from which she had likely emerged.

For a while they stood waiting for her to return, but instead she swam off – surprising both of them by simply admitting defeat. Gati fell to one knee, prompting Tasman to turn his attention to his injured companion. The trainer produced an oran berry and a potion from his bag, feeding the berry to Gati whilst he sprayed him with the healing liquid.
“That was impressive, you learned a new move!” Tasman beamed, Gati hadn’t learned a single new attack in the entire time he’d known him until that point “just wait until I tell the others!”
“Bui!”

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Gati learned Double Hit

Circuit February 14th, 2015 5:08 AM

Zakk Steuermann ft. Gabrielle ¦ Chapter 2 ¦ A New Friend

Zakk's current team:
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Gabrielle's current team:
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Zakk turned his head first at the unfamiliar language, that was yet different to the strange accents of those in Pewter City. He was greeted by a girl running towards him with a basket in her hand. Zakk stopped, and Bagon turned as well, letting the girl catch up. “Are you calling to me?” He asked uncertainly, glancing down to Bagon who looked just as confused as Zakk felt.

“Yes sir,” The girl nodded, stopping in front of him. “I was wondering, is this your Bagon?” She gestured at the oddly-colored dragon beside him.

Zakk squirmed uncomfortably at being called ‘sir’. “I’m Zakk, and yes, this is Bagon.” Bagon roared a shy greeting and shuffled on his feet a little. Zakk looked down at the girl, who seemed quite a bit shorter than he was. She seemed nice, if a little on the formal side, but Zakk was slightly unsure where to go from here. “What can I do for you?”

“I’m Gabrielle from Lumiose City.” The girl introduced herself, bowing slightly at him. “This is one of my partners, Euphy.” She patted the Chansey that just walked up to them, hefting a bulky and heavy-looking backpack. “I’m aiming to become a Pokemon Pâtissière, and was wondering if your Bagon has a special diet.”

Zakk looked at this girl. Definitely a bit on the formal side. Zakk felt a little awkward being bowed to. He looked down at Bagon, and wondered what a Pâtissière was. “Bagon and I… Well, I don’t really remember you see.” Zakk sighed a little, frustrated at himself. “I’m not from around here, but I’ve managed to find myself stuck here for the time being. Although, you sound different from the other people here too, and you say words I’m unfamiliar with too. For instance, what is a Pâtissière?”

“Oh uh…” Gabrielle mumbled, thinking of a way to explain what a Pokemon Pâtissière does. “A Pâtissière is someone who makes sweets, to put it simply. I’m aiming to make sweets that both Humans and Pokemon can enjoy equally.” She brightened up, smiling as she remembered the reason why she approached him. The girl raised the basket she was holding and presented it to Zakk. “Here, have a taste. I made these myself. I think Bagon would like these, that’s why I called for you.”

“Erm, ok.” Zakk agreed and picked one out of the basket for Bagon, and one for himself. The Rock Cakes looked extremely good, and Bagon had already taken a bite and was munching happily. Zakk took a bite and started chewing. It had a slight sourness to it that he enjoyed, and swallowed to take another bite. Before he could however, Zakk’s throat ignited, and his entire face began to glow red. He gasped in shock, and then started hopping from foot to foot as his his throat kept burning hotter and hotter. Zakk didn’t know what to do. Bagon luckily noticed Zakk’s predicament and, after finishing his cake, sprayed Zakk with a full-force Hydro Pump that knocked Zakk to the pavement. Zakk gasped and laid there for a few moments, recovering himself, before pulling himself up now dripping wet. He stood panting slightly, before glaring down at Bagon who just grinned back cheekily. “Are you trying to kill me or something?” Zakk questioned the girl, Gabrielle, suspiciously.

Gabrielle looked away, rubbing her cheek in embarrassment. “Je suis désolé. It looks like I still need some work when it comes to Spicy foods.” In apology, she handed him a MooMooMilk. “It’s a bit late now, but have some milk. I was going to hand it to you when your Bagon… helped you. Milk kills spiciness much better than water ever would.” She bowed again. “It seems like he liked it though. Um, is there any way I could make it up to you?”

Zakk gratefully took the milk, gulping it down. The MooMooMilk felt like silk as it calmed his raw throat. He sighed as he finished it, feeling rejuvenated again. Zakk noticed Gabrielle bow again, and flushed red, now feeling sufficiently awkward. “You’re right, it does help a lot more.” Zakk stated, trying to think of something that could move them on a bit. Then he realised he had no supplies of any kind. “You really do need to tone down the spiciness. Bagon loves it though, being a Dragon type and all. I haven’t got any supplies of my own, so perhaps you’d join me to the PokéMart and show me what I need to carry for travelling alone? I also need a coffee, if you like the stuff perhaps you’d join me?”

“I don’t mind at all, sir.” She smiled, leading the way into the PokeMart. “I was going so shop for my own supplies anyway. And coffee is good, but I don’t think there are any good Cafés around here...”

The Pâtissière then handed the amnesiatic boy a list and a basket, walking as she browsed the shelf.

“These are the most vital things anyone on a journey must have. A Town Map, a sleeping bag or tent, and at least two water bottles. Most supplies change depending on what route you’ll be taking, and how many towns and stops are on the way. You should also probably pack at least a few extra days of food just in case. The rest are optional, so feel free to choose.” Gabrielle dropped a few things on the boy’s cart, namely a scroll-like gadget that was supposed to be a map, and a rolled-up bag.

“I’m going to go get some of my own supplies. If you have any questions, just ask.” The girl then headed off to another shelf, leaving Zakk behind.

Zakk looked around and found the food section. He looked at some tins of beans and various other tinned foods. He pulled a couple off the shelf and put them in his basket. Zakk wandered around for a while, looking at every item. Then he stumbled across a section labelled for various numbers of gym badges. Zakk examined the items for those with no gym badges, and the items for those with eight. There were Pokéballs of various colours lining the shelves, but only the regular Pokéball was available to Zakk right now. He picked up a few, they’d probably come in handy. It was then that Zakk noticed the different coloured Pokéballs Gabrielle carried weren’t on sale. “Hey, that Pokéball you carry,” Zakk started, walking up to Gabrielle after collecting everything he might need. “What’s the deal with that Pokéball? I don’t see it on sale anywhere.”

“Oh, Ceux-ci?” Gabrielle looked up from making her selection at the question. “I’m not too sure about Kanto, but I got mine at a Pokeball Boutique in my hometown. Some of them make Pokemon easier to catch, while others have special effects.” She tapped at a camouflage-patterned Pokeball.. “This is Euphy’s, my Chansy, Safari ball. I caught her in the Safari Zone in Fuchsia City.”

The girl stood up, pointing at the shelf he was looking at earlier. “I don’t understand why Kanto restricts trainers to buy some of their products. I mean sure it gives a person with more money a larger advantage starting out than a regular trainer, but it’s an Entrepreneurial mistake.” She shrugged. “Also, not everyone challenges Gyms. I guess it’s just that popular here for them to even consider something like this.”

Zakk shrugged. “It seems to only be battle related items that are restricted. If you’re not challenging Gyms, you’re probably not going to need the items right?” Zakk looked around, checking if there were any last items he might need, then made his way over to the cashier. A sudden thought crossed his mind and Zakk quickly reached for his wallet, discreetly checking what was inside. Zakk’s eyes widened as he found around 100,000 PokéDollars inside. Yet another mystery to add to the list. Zakk paid and pretended that nothing was strange.

“Hey, Sir Zakk. Would you like to have a battle with me? It would be good practice for a Gym Battle.” As soon as the two exited the Pokemart, Gabrielle turned around to face him. “If you do, I’ll give you something special when we get some coffee.” The Pâtissière headed over to one of the many vacant arenas in the city specifically made for Pokemon battles, and bowed to Zakk in preparation for the battle. “Vous vous presente mon Pokemon,Sweets!” She grabbed a black and red pokeball from her strap and tossed it up, the Luxury Ball spinning sideways in the air before it opened to reveal a pink and white pokemon with an orb on top of its frosting-like head. It hopped in place, its tongue lolling out as it sniffed the air.

Zakk followed Gabrielle and once again flushed red at being called “sir” and being bowed to. Bagon was already out of his Pokéball, so instead he just stepped forwards and stretched. Zakk nodded at the little green dragon and smiled. “You can do it bud!” Bagon roared enthusiastically in return. Zakk looked over at Gabrielle and called “So, do you want to make the first move?” Zakk readied himself, a feeling of déjà-vu filling him as adrenalin filled his body in preparation for battle.

“Fine by me.” Gabrielle began ordering her Slurpuff to attack. “Use Cotton Spore!” Sweets spun in place, cotton popping out of its skin like popcorn and floating around in the air. It hopped forward, then the cotton moved to stick on the dragon.

Zakk didn’t hesitate to respond. “Bagon, use Headbutt through the cotton!” Bagon dashed forwards straight into the cotton, which stuck to him all over. Bagon charged through towards the enemy Slurpuff to attack, beginning to become slowed by the cotton.

“Is he nuts…?” Gabrielle couldn’t help but utter to herself. What an odd battle style. “Sweets, hop to the side and use Sweet Scent to slow that dragon further. Once he’s in bliss, attack with Fairy Wind!” Sweets hopped to the side, the distance between the two Pokemon large enough to anticipate where to move. As soon as she got out of the way, a sweet smelling aroma began to fill the field.

Zakk smiled slightly. “Bagon, cut the attack and use Hydro Pump!” Bagon stopped abruptly and sent a barrage of water hurtling towards the Slurpuff at insane speeds. The cascade of water brushed aside the sweet scent the Slurpuff had previously released.

“Ugh…” Gabrielle groaned. “Take it and keep up the attack Sweets!” The Slurpuff braced itself on the ground, getting hit by the torrent of water, but keeping the scent going. The pink cloud grew to cover over a half ot the field.

Zakk called out to Bagon, “Stay out of that cloud! Get on the other side and Dragon Dance Bagon!” Bagon did as Zakk advised and began using Dragon Dance when he was on the other side of the pink cloud as Slurpuff. Zakk awaited Gabrielle’s command before responding.

“It’ll take more than a little water to take out my Sweets! We’ve lived in Altomare for far too long for that to happen!” Gabrielle told Zakk. “Let’s bake this battle! Cotton Spore!” More cotton flooded the field, littering the arena of traps that is bound to trap the Dragon if he makes any risky moves. But being hidden by the pink cloud, its next action went unnoticed by its opponents. A strong gust began to blow like a harsh hurricane, the strangely-tinted wind whipping to strike the Dragon-type.

Bagon flinched and was buffeted by the strong winds. Zakk quickly thought of a new plan of attack. “Bagon, burn away the cotton and pink clouds with Ember!” Bagon unleashed a flurry of firey pellets that hit a lot of the clouds in front of it, burning them away and leaving the fields mostly clear. “Now let’s turn up the heat, Bagon, use Ember again, show them how fiercely we can burn!” Bagon prepared himself for a small moment, before released another flurry of pellets, this time travelling faster and further. These travelled quickly towards the enemy Slurpuff, but Zakk wasn’t done yet. “Bagon, run forward while you attack, and prepare to use Headbutt!” Bagon did just that, and closed in on Slurpuff as it attacked with Ember.

“Eh, don’t underestimate us.” Gabrielle whinned to herself. “Sweets, charge!” The Slurpuff moved faster than the Bagon, easily slipping in between the scattered Cotton Spore that either hindered the opponent, or acted as a guard against the Ember. Soon enough, the two Pokemon were close together. “Use Tackle!” She snapped her fingers, before winking. “I kid! Cotton Guard!" Suddenly, before the impact, the fluff of Slurpuff puffed like its namesake, easily absorbing the attack and the opponent sinking like a soft pillow into the cotton fur.

Bagon quickly jumped back and Zakk quickly gave him his next move. “Dragon Dance Bagon! Then full force with another Headbutt!” Zakk, felt sweat drip from his forehead. He was out of touch with battling, and unsure how to get the moves to easily flow together, especially against a Pokémon he had never seen before.

“Finish this off with Endeavour into Draining Kiss!” Slurpuff stood in place, the cotton still protecting it from the majority of the damage. It began to glow a pink aura, covering itself and Bagon when they touched. The Cotton retracted, and Slurpuff kissed Bagon when the momentum died down.

Zakk shouted at Bagon to avoid it but Bagon was too slow, and was hit with the kiss, which drained the last of Bagon’s energy. He collapsed to the floor when the kiss ended, and Zakk rushed over to help his friend. Zakk picked him up and smiled at the weary little dragon. “You did good pal, sorry I couldn’t help you better. You get some rest now.” Zakk held up Bagon’s Pokéball and a red beam of light shone from the Pokéball, pulling the Bagon back. Zakk fixed the Pokéball to his belt and stood up straight to face Gabrielle. “You’re strong, and I’m severely out of practise.” Zakk shuffled a little, unsure of what to say now. He stood back a little and allowed Gabrielle to tend to her Slurpuff.

“Not really…” Gabrielle scratched the back of her neck in embarrassment, giving her Sweets a treat for a job well-done. The Slurpuff eagerly devoured the Macaroon she gave it. “Dragon-types are naturally in a disadvantage against Fairy-types. And though Sweets isn’t a dedicated battler, I’ve had her for a long time now, and was trained by my mother to protect me.” She stood up, returning the Pokemon to its ball. “But for being out of practice, you sure were good. Next time though, don’t burn my Slurpuff’s Sweet Scent. You’re lucky it was just an Ember... So, sir.” She smiled. “How about that Coffee?”

Zakk smiled dumbly, and nodded. “Sure thing. I never battled against a Fairy type before… Or maybe I have and I don’t remember.” Zakk trailed off, losing himself in thoughts.

Gabrielle led Zakk to a Cafe she passed by earlier on her walk. It may not be one of the best ones she’s been to, but quite a step up from its competition around the city. Gabrielle ordered a Kalos Vanilite Coffee and an espresso for herself, turning to the older boy to ask what he prefers. “So, what will you order?”

Zakk stared blankly for a moment, before suddenly being able to remember the coffee he used to drink back in Rustboro. “ I’ll have a dark coffee made from Rustboro’s GeoGood hard bean. Just a shot.” Zakk needed something to get him going again after the battle. He turned to Gabrielle. “So what are you plans from here?” He asked, trying his hardest not to sound weird. Light conversation was always best.

“I’m going to challenge Brock soon, then probably head east to Cerulean City.” She said, though she kept the fact that she might get lost on the way to herself. “I’m going to collect badges and contest ribbons while I’m here in Kanto. And also learn more about their local specialties. Though, not much could be said about Pewter.” Her Vanilla arrived, and a small cup of espresso. “Oh, sir Zakk, I almost forgot! Wait here.” Gabrielle stood up, her Chansey trailing after her as she talked to the owner and went behind the kitchen. She came back wearing her pastel-colored chef’s uniform. “Let me make it up to you for giving you an overly spicy dessert. Would you let me?” She asked.

Zakk watched her go, a little confused. When Gabrielle came back wearing a chef’s uniform, Zakk was colourfully surprised. “Erm, sure! Just don’t kill me this time.” He smiled at her and took his coffee, the rush of the strong coffee flowing through him pleasantly. “What did you have in mind?” He asked.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry.” She tried to brush the topic away. “I won’t use any Berries this time.” The Pâtissière brought out a whisk and a bowl, mixing together the ingredients to make a cream. She poured it over a baking dish, and set it aside. She used the expresso she ordered and dipped ladyfingers on it, and placed them on the cream. As she prepared the treat she began a conversation. “So, sir Zakk. You know my dream, can you tell me a bit about yourself?” She asked.

Zakk hesitated for a moment, unsure of what to say, since he himself couldn’t remember a lot about himself. “Erm, well you see, all I know is what you see before you. I can only remember days from when I was very young, and after that everything is black. I don’t know what happened to me, but I know there are a lot of experiences missing, a lot of things that would answer all the questions I now have. And so that’s where I plan to go, to find the memories I’m missing, to find out who I am, what happened and why. The only other thing I remember would be finding Bagon. North of my home city, Rustboro, there is a waterfall named Meteor Falls. I used to climb around there whenever I could. And one day, I stumbled on a cave, and inside was my Bagon, being attacked by other Bagon. But they were all blue, and my green Bagon was the only one like him. So I chased the other Bagon off, and played with him. And then he started following me. By that point he had to stay with me, and he’s been with me ever since. I never had a father that I remember, and my mother and sister were very kind and fun to live with. And that’s where the memories stop I’m afraid.” Zakk finished, finding the outlet of his situation bizarrely calming.

As the amnesiac boy told his tale, Gabrielle continued working on the dessert. After placing the finishing touches, she handed the dish to Euphy the Chansey who used carefully placed and controlled Ice Beams on it. “So, you have la-acunar Amnesia?” The Pâtissière asked, almost saying ‘laser-guided’. “Are you even sure you want to remember those events? You may have forgotten them because it was too traumatic or horrible for you, and your brain locked them away to protect you.” She took a sip of her drink, letting the smooth and aromatic coffee drain away her fatigue. “And should you be even travelling in your condition? No offense, sir, just hoping that you don’t bite off more than you can chew.”

Zakk considered what Gabrielle said, but lightly shook his head. “What else can I do? I have no family that I remember around here, no home, and no other goal right now. No, finding out who I am, and what happened to me is definitely what I want to do. And again, what else can I do in my position? I can’t stay here forever, I have nowhere to stay, and I won’t achieve anything by staying in place.” Zakk watched the Chansey help out in the preparation of this dish curiously. “Besides, perhaps by travelling I’ll find something else I can work towards as well.” Zakk finished.

“I suppose so.” Gabrielle nodded, but lost in her own thoughts. She blinked, and turned back to Zakk. “Anyway, I think it’s done. Here, have a little pick me up.” She giggled, presenting the Tiramisu to him. She handed it to him on a plate, the now frozen dessert made of coffee-soaked ladyfingers and cream. “I think it’s about time I go. If you ever need any help, don’t be afraid to call me. Here’s my Holo Caster information.” With that, the Pâtissière waved at Zakk and left the cafe, her Chansey chasing after her.

Zakk took the information, although he didn't yet have a Holo Caster. Zakk tucked into the Tiramisu and found it a lot more agreeable than the Rock Cakes he'd been offered earlier.

Later after having had Bagon's health restored at the Pokémon Centre, Zakk once again began to make his way to the Police Station, renewing his journey with a new friend, and a new experience to help him along the way.

Rune Alchemist February 14th, 2015 7:10 PM

Viridian Gym

"Excusez-moi~" Gabrielle Recette, Pâtissière-to-be and newbie trainer from the Kalos region, said upon entering the dimly-lit Gym of Pewter City.

After parting ways with an older boy by the name of Zakk, she let her Pokemon rest in the Pokemon Center for a short while, and left her supplies in her room. She then returned Euphy, her Chansey, in her ball and proceeded to challenge the local Gym Leader. Of course, she was still thinking on whether or not her Pokemon are ready to tackle the Gym for a Badge. Maybe she should have caught more Pokemon?

Her thoughts were pushed aside when spot lights turned on, bringing to view a tan, brown-haired boy standing in the center of the field. "I am Brock, Leader of Pewter City Gym. What is your business here?"

Gabrielle had to take a step back at the introduction the Gym Leader gave, but stood resolute and squared her face. "I'm Gabrielle Recette of Lumiose City, here for the challenge for my First Gym Badge."

Brock nodded, taking his position on a platform on the other side of the Gym. "Very well. Take your position and we shall start the match."

The girl walked to the designated spot for the Challengers, idly taking note of an official Pokemon League Referee walking to supervise the match.

"How many Pokemon do you have?" Brock asked, his arms crossed in front of him.

"Two, sir." Gabrielle replied, tapping her bag's strap to bring attention to her Pokeballs.

"A Two-on-Two Pokemon match then. Is that fine with you?" The girl nodded, her hand clutching at her Slurpuff's Luxury Ball in nervousness. Brock's glare softened, smiling at her. "No need to be tense. If you do, your Pokemon will sense it."

Gabrielle nodded again, and took a deep breath.

"Let's work together, Sweets!" She grabbed the Luxury Ball, tossing it upwards on its side, releasing the Fairy-Type Pokemon to the field. She grabbed the ball as it fell down, wasting no time in clipping it back on her strap. In the meantime, she already noticed that Brock has sent a Pokemon she hasn't seen before.

Bringing out her Pokedex, the Pâtissière scanned the small Pokemon

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Aron, The Iron Head Pokemon

Aron feeds on iron ore that it digs from mountains. It uses this ore to make its body. With one all-out charge, it can demolish even a heavy dump truck.

"This is a 2-on-2 Pewter City Gym Match between Gym Leader Brock V.S. Challenger Gabrielle Recette of Lumiose City. Only the Challenger may make substitutions." The official called, holding two flags. "At the end of the match, the Gym Leader will determine whether or not the Challenger is worthy of the Boulder Badge."

"You may now..." The Official said, raising the flags.



"Sweets! Use Fairy Wind!" Gabrielle called. The Fairy-type twirled in place, the winds surrounding it coloring oddly and buffeting forward. Brock stood impassively as his Pokemon took a hit.

"You won't get far attacking my Aron with a Fairy-type move." Brock stated, his Aron prancing in agreement. "My Aron is a Steel/Rock type, Fairy-type moves just bounce off my pal's thick armor." Of course, being a Gym Leader, Brock didn't hesitate on punishing his opponents for the mistakes they make. "Aron, use Iron Claw!"

The Iron Head pokemon charged forward, ignoring the buffeting winds that tried and failed to damage it. As soon as it closed in, its tiny forelegs glowed metallic, and Aron reared back to scratch at Sweets.

"Cotton Guard!" Gabrielle returned, already guessing from the Pokedex entry that most attacks Aron can learn naturally are attacks that make contact, and raising her Slurpuff's defense by using Cotton Guard would help a big deal.

Like the match she had earlier, Aron had a hard time penetrating the soft, downy fur that has become Sweets's once it used the move. Aron wouldn't give up though, and continued its attack, but it can't keep this up. Soon enough, it tired a little.

"A Good Defense can be a Good Offense, but for that to work, your defense has too!" Brock told Gabrielle. "Use Iron Head!"

Aron jumped back, creating distance between the two Pokemon to gather its momentum. Aron's head began glowing brightly, which then nudged Sweets a feet even through the thick cotton.

"Counter with an explosion!" She waved a hand forward, surprising Brock. Sweets also began glowing, and before Brock could order Aron to get away, Cotton began to pop away from Sweets. Aron backed away in astonishment. "Just like an ill-prepared bread... Sweets can't fight Aron."

"Quick, Sweets! Use Sweet Scent!" Sweets puffed out a cloud of sweet smelling air that caused Aron to relax, its head raising up as it tried to sniff up more of the aroma. "There! Fairy Wind!"

"Aron, Iron Defense!" Brock tried to counter the attack, seeing what was happening, but Aron was too preoccupied to do anything.

The strangely-tinted air struck right underneath the armor, managing to deal at least some kind of damage against the Steel-type Pokemon. Unfortunately, this caused Aron to snap out of its bliss, and it charged forward to attack Sweets again.

"Punish them! Use Heavy Slam!" Aron became outlined in yellow and slammed into Sweets, pushing the Slurpuff into the ground.

"Oh, no!" Gabrielle could help but tear up as her partner was squished by the Steel type pokemon that was at least ten times heavier than it. For such a little guy, it sure was heavy! "Use Draining Kiss!"

Luckily for Gabrielle, Aron was still on top of Sweets so the Slurpuff didn't have to exert too much effort to use the attack. If it did, it would have probably just collapsed on the floor. The kiss connected, and it was able to drain the smallest amount of energy back into it.

"Get out of there!" She ordered the Slurpuff, and Sweets backed off, managing to escape the slowed Aron. Sweets swayed in place, but Aron only looked winded. She feared that Sweets won't last long in this fight if it went on. "Take a rest first, Sweets."

She returned the Fairy-Type back to its ball, and brought out her second Pokemon, this one in a Safari Ball.

"Tournant Euphy!" Gabrielle called, "Replace Sweets against Aron!"

"Chansey!" Euphy called, its usual smile plastered on its face. It sees the Aron in front of it and waved at it.

Brock stared at the Chansey with an unreadable expression, before he ordered Aron to attack. "Rock Tomb!"

Rock rained down on the sides of Chansey, trapping her in a tight space. Gabrielle, before Chansey was trapped, managed to call an Ice Beam before a rock dropped down in front of Chansey.

The Ice-type move hit Aron square in the face, and suddenly the Steel-type was covered in a glacier. The two battling trainers gasped, seeing the sudden stalemate that was created when their attacks succeeded.

"Good call. Switching out your Pokemon for another." Brock complimented Gabrielle in her decision. "But I still have one more fully-rested Pokemon in my team, and both of yours might be too tired to face him, that is if you can get past Aron."

"We will!" Gabrielle said with determination. "For the sake of our Dream we can't stop here!"

"That trait is admirable, Gabrielle. But not all dreams come true." Brock said sagely. "Many trainers pass through me to get to the Pokemon League, and yet there are those with your determination that I have battled and won against, but have never come back to challenge me again."

"I've come this far, and I won't back down. This is my long-life dream, to become a Pokemon Pâtissière and make all kinds of sweets!" Gabrielle told Brock."Even if I don't get the Boulder Badge now, I'll train hard, both physically and mentally, and challenge you again. We won't let a rocky-road bump like you stop us! Isn't that right, Euphy? Charge Beam!"

The Rock Tomb upon which Euphy the Chansey was imprisoned began shaking, tiny loose ruble coming off the sides. Finally, the rocks smashed apart, revealing a slightly dirty Euphy for all to see. Lighting sparked on its fur, and a grim determination on the face of the Pokemon whose species is known to always be happy.

"My Pokemon and I share the same dream. Because of that, we work to make it happen." Gabrielle said, her voice slightly wistful as she remembered the words flung at her by some of the people she knew. "I will never give up my dream. I don't care if I face many difficulties. They can't be as bad as not being able to achieve what I've always wanted. And if I have to face you to do it, then by all means, I'll bake this battle!"

"Strong words," Brock started, "But I'd like to see you back them up."

Just then, a small crack appeared in the Iceberg that encased Aron. Gabrielle realized that Brock was buying time by coaxing her to talk, allowing Aron to almost break free.

"You let your emotions get the better of you." Brock stated.

"No." Gabrielle shot back. "For a Pâtissière, putting all of yourself in your creations to make your customers smile is what's important. I've never let it get the better of me, because it is what drives me."

She waved a hand forward, aiming at the thawing Aron.

"Charge Beam!"

Euphy charged up another of her attacks, launching the electric beam towards the Aron, who broke the ice just in time to get hit by it. The Iron Head Pokemon was shocked into unconsciousness and fell to its side, too tired to battle. The remaining electricity flowed into Chansey, increasing her special attack even further.

"Aron is unable to battle!" The referee called.

"Hmph." Brock returned Aron, picking out another Pokeball. "Let's test your resolve then. Go, Onix!"

The large Rock Snake Pokemon appeared, dropping into the ground and shaking the entire building. Euphy fell on her rear at the tremor, and Gabrielle had to wave her arms to balance herself.

"Woah, that's one big Rock-Type." Gabrielle looked up at the tall Rock Snake, making herself and Chansey look quite small in comparison.

"Second match, begin!" The official waved the flag, resuming the battle.

"œuf à la coque!" Euphy grabbed the egg on its pouched and threw it up, the egg shattering into shards as it recovered the Chansey's health. Seeing the danger, Brock immediately set to attack Chansey.

"Rock Tomb!" Onix followed its trainer, smashing its tail on the ground. Like Aron earlier, rocks began raining around Euphy, cutting off the Chansey's path when she tried to run away. Each time she turned to run towards one corner, a rock would slam in front of her. Thankfully for her, Euphy managed not to get hit by any of the rocks. But she was trapped in the middle of a Hexagon formation.

"Charge Beam out of there!" Gabrielle told Euphy, hoping to escape before the Onix could do anything. But Brock would have none of it.

"Dragon Breath." Onix raised itself up high, way over the walls of the Tomb, essentially making Euphy a sitting target. Blue flames licked out of the edges of Onix's mouth as it charged its attack. It then struck out, just over the ring of rocks and breathed the flame into Euphy.

Euphy meanwhile, managed to gather enough energy into her attack and blasted forward, the beam shattering the walls in front of it like rubble, and hitting Onix on its chest. Still, being a Ground-type, it didn't affect Onix at all. But Euphy took the full brunt of the Dragon Breath.

"Euphy!" Gabrielle cried her Pokemon's name, honestly worried for her. Her Chansey is quite durable, but a point blank Dragon Breath from a Gym Leader's Pokemon can't be good for her continued health.

As the attack subsided, the girl could finally see what happened to her Euphy. The attack of the Onix was so powerful, it blew the Rock Tomb away completely, and Euphy herself was struggling to stand up.

"She's paralyzed." She realized.

"Let's finish this off with Iron Tail." Brock commanded. Onix roared in approval, raising its tail once more, it coating in a metallic shine. The Steel-type move slammed into Euphy from above, driving it into the ground. But still, Euphy tried to get up. Onix moved to repeat its attack, with Euphy cringing.

"Counter! Please, counter!" Gabrielle pleaded, unable to bear seeing her Pokemon suffer. Just as the Rock Snake's tail was about to make contact, Chansey's body was coated in a red glow, and the Iron Tail was repelled and hit the snake in its face.

It fell on its side, groaning in pain. Euphy tried to get up, but was only able to sit up.

"Are you okay Euphy?" Gabrielle asked her Pokemon. Euphy turned to look at her, with an expression that said 'Are you serious?' "Oh, right. Stupid question. Can you still fight?"

Euphy sighed, looking to the side. It nodded, but flinched as the Paralysis took hold.

"Let's get rid of that Paralysis. Aromatherapy!" This time Euphy's sigh wasn't one of resignation, but one of relief. The Paralysis flushed from its body.

"You have a strong Chansey, Gabrielle." Brock complimented her.

"Thank you. She's been a big help to me since we met." Gabrielle caressed the Safari Ball on her bag's strap, remembering their meeting.

"But its time for me to end this match. After I take down your Chansey, all that's left is your starter, and it looks too weak to battle my Onix." Brock finished. "Use Stone Edge Onix!"

Sharp Rocks began floating around Onix, hovering in an axis around it. It snaked forward, aiming to strike it while Euphy hasn't had the time to fully recover.

"Don't let him hit! Use Dazzling Gleam!" Gabrielle has a feeling that Brock is not used to fighting against Fairies, even if he knows their basic strengths and weaknesses. And though Chansey isn't a Fairy-type, it was still however able to learn Fairy-type moves.

An extremely bright flash emitted from Chansey, the attack powered up by the successive Charge Beams earlier, blinding the Onix and damaging it. The Rock Snake shuddered as its attack was cancelled.

"Finish it off with Ice Beam!" She said.

Euphy sent forward a blue beam, flash-freezing the ground underneath it and instantly knocking out Onix, who crashed into the ground unmoving.

"Onix is unable to battle, victor goes to Gabrielle Recette of Lumiose City." The Official announced.

"Yay, we did it Euphy!" She ran forward to hug the Chansey, who only sighed as the battle was over. When her trainer finally glomped her, she formed a half-smile and pointed at Brock. "Oh, right. We don't know if we've earned the Badge yet..."

She turned to look at Brock, who has his arms crossed in front of him, contemplating something deeply.


moon February 15th, 2015 8:44 AM

Cerulean City - "The floral lagoon city."
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Cerulean City is considered one of the most beautiful places in Kanto. It lies in the north central region, surrounded by hills and rivers running down to the sea at Cerulean Cape in the north. The city itself is somewhat larger than Pewter. Notable places of interest are a bike shop (but bikes are expensive) and a pokémon daycare where trainers can leave their pokémon for a while to let the daycare workers tame them or breed them. There is also, of course, a pokémart, a pokémon center and a gym.

Cerulean Gym:
Misty is among the middle ranked gym leaders of Kanto. She uses water types and all her gym battles take place across/in/above pools indoors or outdoors, so you'll have to think up a strategy for being able to fight either in or above the water, or by jumping around on the few platforms in the water. Remember to stop writing just as the battle is over, and wait for the GM to decide whether or not you get the Cascade Badge.


You can access Nugget Bridge and Cerulean Cape whenever you want, but you cannot advance to Route 9 or Route 5 without the Cascade Badge!

Gelius3 February 15th, 2015 11:33 AM

Gelius Emerald - Cerulean City - Fished out! Mark's secret!

I can't believe that the pokeball opened. The Linoone is free! And then the Linoone uses Headbut. I am thrown to the river, taken by the current. Bubbles tried to go to my rescue while Leaf and Sludges got hit too.

(Mark's POV)

Meanwhile in Cerulean City, Emerald Family House Garden...

Mark was fishing. Since he returned his journey that was almost complete, he had nothing to do. So he stayed on the yard fishing. The house where he lived with the family was near the river that conected Cerulean, Route 24 and Route 4. Little he knew that he was about to catch something.

The fishing rod started to bent. The noise of the string woke Mark up. He rushes to grab the rod and tries to pull it. He had caught something that was heavy for sure.

"Gurdurr! Help me here!" Mark shouted at his newly caught Fighting Type Pokemon. He had caught Gurdurr while Gelius was out.

The Fighting Type Pokemon starts to help pulling. Both were at point on falling in the river...

(Gelius' POV)

I was taken away by the current. I was almost fainting and then i feel something pulling my shirt. It did nothing during 2 minutes and then i am pulled out. I was on the land like i was thrown to a garden. Then i recognize the garden. I'm in my home!

"Hey Gelius. You are not a water type pokemon. So what you doing on the river?" He says and then starts to laugh. I recognize this voice. It's Mark!

"What's up Mark?" I said.

"I'm okay but you soaked." He said. "Why you took so long? Gary Clark is here 2 days ago and when he came he took like a day to go to Vermilion and to get the Thunder Badge. Laura, Joey, Larry and Gavin already have 3 badges." My jaw drops.

"It's nothing i just needed to deal with some Team Rocket goons. I think it's their name." I said. Mark changes his expression.

"Go change yourself." He said and left with his cold expression. I wonder whats going on. I look down to the river and see Bubbles carrying Sludges ad Leaf. I retrieve them.

(Mark's POV)

Meanwhile on Mark's Room...

Mark picked his phone. He looked at the board with some kind of papers and clues. One of them had Shadow, Snake, Flare and his mother, along with other 5 people that are uncovered. Another is the old leader of Team Rocket. One of the other is a paper saying : "Team Rocket. The eternal enemy that destroyed our family.".

Mark tries to call his dad's work. Someone answers.

"Hello Pokemon Transport System?" Answers a young man.

"Hey Bill. It's me Mark. Pass to my father." He says.

"OK." Bill says. Then a man talks.

"Hello who talks?" Says the man.

"Hey dad... It's me Mark. I have good and bad news. The good news is that Gelius came already." Mark says.

"That's good." Says his father.

"Now the bad news. Team Rocket is back and they tried to harm Gelius." Mark says. His father gets mad.

"Team Rocket? I thought they were over! What we are going to do?" He says.

"Don't worry dad. I'll watch Gelius back. They already destroyed our family... I won't let that happen again." Mark hangs up. He picks his old things that he got from the travel he made some years ago. He picks also his old pokemon. He even picks Raichu. Mark makes his bags and tries to hide them. He would leave when the time was good to leave.

(Gelius' POV)

Meanwhile at Cerulean City Streets...

I left my house to face my hometown. I am then tackled by Gary Clark.

"Well well well. The loser is here." He says and gives me that m*********** grin. Behind him was Larry and 2 girls fighting for G. Clark. "As i said, lets settle this now!" He said.

"Not so fast! It will be a 2 V.S. 2 battle!" Gavin came on my assistance. "I'll take Larry and you take Gary Clark." He said.

By the time, people (probably from Cerulean Academy) gather around our battle field. The clash was going to start.

gimmepie February 15th, 2015 9:08 PM


The chill of the early morning air was gradually subsiding as Tasman drew closer to Cerulean City, he’d gotten up very early having slept restlessly after being attacked by the other Buizel and had returned Gati to his ball so he could get more rest. That allowed Tasman to walk in silence and so he took in every aspect of the view he had of the city near the sea. The morning sun reflected off of the dew on the grass, the flowing water of Cerulean River and of the not-too-distant sea of Cerulean Cape. The sunlight on all the water gave Cerulean an almost shimmering appearance and it was easy for Tasman – even as a Kalosian – to admire the beauty of the place. In fact, he much preferred the simple beauty of Cerulean to some of gigantic man-made structures that could be seen in Kalos.

It was only a little while later that Tasman finally entered the city he had been admiring, people starting now to roam the streets. The sound of running water never seemed to be far away to Tasman, because even though the sea was far enough away to be silent the Cerulean River was nearby and there always seemed to be some sort of fountain or something nearby. Even on streets that were thronging with people, it seemed more peaceful in Cerulean than in the stoic grey Pewter City.
“It’s really nice here” Tasman found himself saying as he opened his map. It seemed to him that the pokemon centre was towards the centre of the city – which made sense really – whilst other attractions included the bike shop nearby, the pokemon daycare on the outskirts of the city and the relatively close Cerulean cape.
My first stop should be the pokemon centre, I’ll book myself a room there and get my team healed up. Then I’d like to see the cape, there’s no point in rushing into a gym battle when I haven’t even decided who I’ll use yet.

Soon Tasman arrived at the pokemon centre, passing a large crowd outside the neighbouring bike shop on the way through.
“Here is your room key, your pokemon are all healed up.” The nurse said to Tasman cheerily
“Thank you” Tasman said before asking “do you know the fastest way to get to the cape from here?”
“A little love-bird are you?” the nurse winked, teasing Tasman
“Uh… no, why would you think that? I just like nice scenery.” The nurse laughed before responding
“Never mind, however you need to wait for the moment. The road is currently closed because some silly person thought it would be funny to let a bunch of Diglett they caught from near Vermillion lose on the route between here and the cape. Why not have a look next door in the meantime?”

Tasman left the pokemon centre feeling slightly disappointed, but he would just have to wait which wasn’t too bad. Instead he decided he might as well see why such a big crowd was surrounding the bike shop. Tasman had no interest in actually buying a bike, they were far too expensive and he liked to travel at a slower pace anyway. Tasman joined the crowd and soon saw the source of the commotion.
“That’s right!” a man with a microphone was saying enthusiastically, the crowd becoming more excited with each word “the bike shop tournament is simple! You simply have to beat a few opponents one on one before the final round. Then you take part in a best two-out-of-three battle and the winner gets to take home a free bike from our newest range! Who’d like to sign-up?!” The crowd roared and before Tasman knew it he’d found himself signing up. He had paid absolutely no attention to the fact the prize was something he didn’t want, he just thought a tournament sounded like fun. So twenty minutes later Tasman found himself standing opposite a boy a few years younger than himself who was using a Tyrogue with his Nidorino, Lance, in standing opposite the fighting-type.


“Use Bulk-Up!” the Tyrogue’s muscles bulged suddenly “Now Tackle!” the young pokemon ran for Lance, launching itself at it.
“Lance! Use Poison Jab!” the Nidorino’s horn glowed a sinister purple, Lance using the side of it to block the other pokemon’s Tackle with ease. Lance then flung his head back to a straight position… and flung the Tyrogue over the crowds head and across the street. For a while there was just the sound of the Tyrgoue’s surprised cry, then a loud crash… then silence. The silence persisted for a while before the referee finally spoke as the boy ran of towards his pokemon
“Um… Tasman and his Nidorino win!” the crowd clapped as Tasman stepped aside for the next battle., feeling slightly embarrassed by the events of his own having forgotten about Lance’s unusual immense physical strength. A blonde girl with a Sylveon was next to battle along with a trainer with a Wartortle. She also defeated her opponent with ease… and soon enough it was Tasman’s turn again.

A young man a few years older was to be the Kalosian’s opponent. He worse torn jeans, a leather jacket and had a flamboyant green and purple hairdo.
“I’ll get you back for what you just did to my brother’s pokemon!” he declared, “Hitmonlee, let’s go!”
Why is it always me in these situations? Tasman groaned inwardly, it didn’t seem like this was a man he wanted as an enemy.

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moon February 16th, 2015 2:27 AM


Nugget Bridge is one of Kanto's architectural wonders. Made of wood over the Teal River, long like a modern steel bridge and painted with golden details, it is in itself a reason for some to come and visit Cerulean.

Nugget Gang:
When Cerulean's police force is mostly hired out to combat organized crime in the neighboring cities these days, a local gang of teenagers have decided to use that to their advantage. Cerulean Cape is considered the most beautiful scenery in Kanto and lures plenty of visitors every day in the warmer months. Plus, one of the most famous pokemon collectors and researcher lives there... But now the "Nugget Gang" are forcing everyone passing over the bridge to pay a toll, unless they can defeat them all in battle...

You need to beat 3 Nugget trainers to pass, and you can decide for yourself how many (or few) pokemon each of them uses. You obviously need to beat them if you want to visit Cerulean Cape. If you think your character is wealthy enough to be able to pay the toll instead, state why in the OOC thread and the GM will consider it.

Of course, you can invent shenanigans or try and stop their business, but you won't completely succeed as as they should still be there when later players arrive. We can contruct an eventual story arc where several players can participate in bringing them down though, if someone feels like it! Like, later on in the RP maybe.

Gelius3 February 16th, 2015 5:10 AM

Gelius Emerald - Cerulean City - Rivals! The big defeat!

"GO POKEBALL!" We yelled throwing our Pokeballs. On mine, Sludges was revealed. On Larry's, Machoke was revealed. On Gavin's, Pidove was revealed. And on Gary Clark's, Cacnea was revealed.

"Pidove use Aerial Ace!"

"Machoke counter with Brick Break!"

"Cacnea use Pin Missile!"

"Sludges go for a Sludge Bomb!"

Pidove striked at Machoke but smashed Pidove with Brick Break. Pidove was on the ground unconscious. While that, Sludges uses Sludge Bomb to stop the Pin Missile, and hits Cacnea. Cacnea, that was still weak, is down. Gary Clark pulls out another pokemon. The leader of the Raticate horde. Gavin pulls out the Troublesome Linoone.

"Raticate use Quick Attack!" G. Clark Says.

"Machoke teach a a lesson to him. Brick Break!" Larry says.

"Linoone use Headbutt!" Gavin says.

"Sludges you can take that Raticate down! Sludge Bomb!" I say.

This time Linoone manages to hit Machoke. Machoke loses his balance and almost fell in front of Raticate, taking the Quick Attack move and getting knocked out.

"You idiot!" G. Clark says.

"Sorry..." He pulls out another pokemon. "Pinsir!" Pinsir came out.

On Sludges' turn, the Mud Bomb hits Raticate, taking another of his newly caught pokemon out. Gary Clark pulls out his Beedrill.

"Pinsir use Submission!" Larry says.

Pinsir smashes on Linoone. Gavin was defeated. Larry returns his Pinsir.

"HAHA!" He laughs.

"Sludges use Mud Bomb Again!" I said.

"Beedrill try to Poison jab the bombs all out of the way!" G. Clark says. even that Beerill made to block 2 Mud Bombs, all of the other stroked right on Beedrill, knocking him out. G. Clark retrieves Beedrill and grabs another pokemon. "Now the real battle starts now. Kadabra come in!" Kadabra enters. "Kadabra use Confusion!" Kadabra tries to confuse Sludges. Sludges is out of battle.

He was right. The real battle starts now.

gimmepie February 17th, 2015 1:21 AM


“Mega Kick!”
“Aqua Jet!”

Tasman and the punk-looking guy had been battling for a while now, and whilst it was true the Hitmonlee battling Gati was strong it was clear that its trainer lacked any real ability to plan strategies. He was essentially just yelling out random attacks and hoping for the best – which is why Tasman was finding him so easy to beat. Guys like that were nothing compared to how difficult Brock had been. Gati’s priority speed allowed him to easily slip past the powerful kick attack and slam into the Hitmonlee, sending it skidding over the ground until it came to a stop at its trainer’s feet and didn’t get up again.
“The winner’s are Tasman and Gati!” the referee announced, Tasman grinned and stepped aside with Gati.

“Next up we have Simon versus Clarity!” Tasman watched as a young man with a buzz cut and a tattoo of a magnemite on his neck stepped forward to battle a young, short blonde girl with a simple hat. If you didn’t know better, you’d probably assume the girl – who was a few years younger than Tasman – was at a disadvantage but having seen her last battle Tasman knew that she was going to be able to hold her own.

“Poli” she called “Let’s go!” Clarity tossed forwards a pokeball and from it a round, blue pokemon with glove-like hands at the ends of its arms and a spiral pattern on its stomach appeared in a flash of light.
“Raticate, chomp this thing!” a large gold-coated rat pokemon emerged for Simon, it’s large teeth glinting briefly in the sun “Hyper Fang!” the Raticate’s teeth glowed brightly as it lunged for the bulbous tadpole pokemon
“Bubblebeam!” a torrent of bubble flew for the Poliwhirl at a rapid sped, slamming into the Raticate and popping with enough force to send it tumbling back. Clarity then pressed her advantage
“Body Slam!” the Poliwhirl dived for the temporarily downed Raticate, but was too slow for the rodent
“Sucker Punch!” Simon, the trainer with the magnemite tattoo called, the Raticate suddenly rolling to its side and punching the Poliwhirl in its belly with surprising speed and ferocity. The Poliwhirl called out in pain and slid back several feet, but it wasn’t defeated – it didn’t even fall down “Super Fang!” The Raticate’s teeth glowed again, seeming to expand and sharpen before the pokemon ran at its opponent, again it was outdone though
“Hypnosis!”

The Poliwhirl’s eyes shone a mysterious blue and the spiral on its belly seemed to moved hypnotically. Just as the Raticate reached the water-type it fell to the ground in a deep sleep. Tasman winced; he knew the moves Poliwhirl could learn well enough and he was pretty sure he knew what was coming.
“Wake-Up Slap!” the Poliwhirl slapped the sleeping Raticate with tremendous force and sent it flying back to the space near its trainer, the effect of the move dealing double the damage to the sleeping pokemon but also waking it up though. Tasman watched though, and like the rest of the crowd he knew it was over for the staggering Raticate.
“Bubblebeam!” the spray of pressurised bubbles smashed into the Raticate and knocked it out.
“Clarity and her Poliwhirl are the victors!” the referee called loudly, inspiring applause from the crowd – Tasman included. This left only Tasman and Clarity in the competition, so after a brief recuperation Tasman was standing opposite the blonde girl who now stood where Simon once had.
“Nice to meet you, best of luck” Tasman grinned
“Likewise – Sylvia, let’s go!” came the reply from Tasman’s opponent and in a flash the pink, beribboned quadruped , Sylveon, appeared on the battlefield.
“Gati, this one’s all yours.” Gati stepped forward from beside his trainer, raring to go.

A few moments passed and then the referee spoke
“This is the final match in our tournament to win a bike from our fantastic new range!” the crowd cheered “At the end of each round, both trainers must return their pokemon. The trainer who wins two rounds is the victor and wins the bike!” Tasman felt the familiar excitement of battling begin to rush though his veins – the fact he was competing for something he didn’t even want irrelevant.
“Sylvia, use Swift!” shining, golden stars flew towards Gati
“Use Aqua Jet!” Gati launched forward surrounded by his cloak of water. The battle was on.

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Zavytar February 17th, 2015 7:49 AM

Danica Chandler
Mt. Moon
Battle vs. Super Nerd! Begin!


"...What did you just say?"

Danica turned around, making the boy squeal inside his head in excitement. This is it. This is my last chance! he thought as he nervously approached the blue-haired girl. "T-That's right, I've found some Fossils! Apparently these super-ancient Pokémon once lived here at Mt. Moon! And I've found the fossils of two of them!" he said, speaking so fast it was hard for Danica to understand what he was saying- it wasn't liek she was making a big effort to understand anyway. "P-Perhaps. you know, I could... um... show them to you!"

Pffft. Showing them? That's it? Danica thought, That's no use. I need to get me one of those Fossils! Well, perhaps I can find a way to get my hands on at least one! Danica's face then showed a very faint smile, and she nodded to the boy. "Alright. Let's take a look." she said. The boy smirked and led Danica to where he had dug up his fossils. He attempted to grab Danica's hand on the way, but Danica took notice and it took a glare from her to make the Super Nerd stop what he was trying to do.

"Um, okay, well... um... here they are!" the Super Nerd says. "Helix and Dome Fossils! And they're both mine!"

Danica looked at the Fossils in awe. They didn't look like the ones she had seen at Pewter Museum. Her eyes gave off this odd sparkle of happiness, which made the Super Nerd chuckle. "Yes, they're truly wonderful. I can see that you like them. Perhaps we could..." he said, before being interrupted by the girl.

"I want one." Danica said coldly, "Where can I get one?"

"Umm... Eh... It took a long time for me to find them..." the Super Nerd says. "You have to be patient and dig for maybe days! But, you know what they say... Two heads think better than one. Perhaps we could tag team and, uh, look for more..."

"No time." she said coldly. She considered leaving without a Fossil, given that she had already found a Moon Stone. But then, an idea crept into her mind. She hadn't trained Curtis or Harley at all since she left the Pewter Gym. Perhaps she could battle this guy, and make some kind of bet. "I know! I challenge you to a battle. If I win, you'll share one of your Fossils."

The Super Nerd hesitated. He had spent a very long time looking for those fossils. His happy day was turning into a not-so-happy one. But then, he came up with a way to maybe improve how it was going. That's it! I got it!

"Um, fine. But if I win, you'll... go on a date with me!" The Super Nerd exclaimed, "So, deal?"

Danica swallowed hard. Great... Now I have to win this battle. For my sake....

"Deal. Go, Curtis!"

The Super Nerd chuckled, "Excellent. Go onwards, Grimer!"

Danica's eyes opened wide. NO. NOT THESE UGLY, YUCKY, POISON POKÉMON! AAAAAAGH!

jombii February 18th, 2015 8:09 PM

Jordan Kaleel Jr.


Onwards!



Guest: Oddball_ as Delta

Click!
Delta grinned as he heard the all to familiar sound. "I caught... a Slowpoke!" Delta walked over and grabbed the Pokéball. He looked around and noticed Gelius standing in front of a Pokéball. Delta held his breath, watching the Pokéball shake once... twice...

However before it could shake a third time, it snapped open and shattered, releasing the Linoone. " Don't worry Gelius, just a little more!" Delta cheered. Upon hearing a second click, Delta turned and saw Jordan picking up a Pokéball in which Delta assumed was the Ekans. "Well uh... Now that that's out of the way... haha..." Delta laughed walking over to the new boy.

Jordan took the ball, exalted. “Nice work, Zub!” He palmed his Pokeball, the one containing the Ekans, and put it in his pack. He would have time later to check what his new Pokemon is capable of. For now.

“Hey,” Jordan said. “That was uh, a nice battle, I guess?” Jordan held out his hand. “The names is Jordan. Jordan Kaleel Jr. And you are?”

"Most people call me Delta. I'm a Pokémon trainer from the Unova region, here to unearth the mysteries regarding the fabled and ever impressive Mega Evolution. Oh and topple the Pokémon league as a side project. I've already got the boulder badge from Brock and was heading to Cerulean to challenge Misty."

“Well, nice meeting you, Delta. I’m just a native here in Kanto, though,” Jordan took out his hand. “I’m also on the gym circuit although it is not really my thing, battling the leaders and all. It’s just a little side dish. What I wanted to do was collect rocks all over the region,” Dennis smiled. “Badges are some kind of rocks too so I guess that must count for something in my books.” Dennis spotted Cerulean city in the distance. “You want to go? I mean towards Cerulean.”

"Most definitely... I could use some clean clothes and warm food. As could Riley, Char, Hope, and... The new guy."




Klippy February 18th, 2015 9:31 PM



Benny woke up to the smell of bacon and beans. He opened his eyes. He was laying on the couch and looked towards the fireplace where Norway was standing over some sizzling pans. Benny rubbed his eyes and sat up. It was just the two of them in the cabin. He yawned and stretched. Norway looked up, smiled, then handed a plate towards him.

Benny sat up and thanked the large man. He felt surprisingly rested for sleeping on the couch. Especially falling asleep next to Efa. He looked around as he munched on a piece of bacon and asked, "Where's Efa gone to?" Norway turned to him with a rather sad look on his face.

"She's gone, boy," said Norway. He turned back to the beans over the fire, stirring them. Benny jumped up, choking on his food. Norway ran over and slapped his back. The bacon flung from his throat and into the fire. Norway was laughing loudly. Benny was gasping for breath and couldn't believe that she would leave. Why would she...?

Norway looked like he was about to burst with laughter. "Just kiddin' ya, boy! Har!" His booming laugh filled the cabin and suddenly Efa walked out of the bathroom. Her hair was damp and she was dressed in clean clothing. Benny sat down feeling like an idiot.

"He told me you left!" said Benny in mock-anger. Norway laughed even harder and Efa giggled as well. Benny couldn't help but smile. She sat down next to him and grabbed a piece of bacon off his plate, smirking at him. He felt his face turn bright red and scooped some beans into his mouth. Norway sat and ate as well, only much faster than either of them could. He put his plate aside, then got his boots on.

"Alright kids. I'm going to finish getting ready and gather up some Pokemon to take. You two get ready. Your Pokemon are out back now eating with all of my critters, so I'll bring them with me when you come out." The giant man stomped outside, hollering out at his Pokemon. Benny looked at Efa confused.

"What did he mean by that?" he asked her. She munched on her bacon, taking her time to answer.

She swallowed a bite and said, "He's taking us through Mt. Moon. He's spent so much time out here that he knows a path where we can even look at some fossils and evolution stones! I'm going to evolve Zen!"

Benny was impressed. Norway was definitely going out of his way for them. He finished his beans, put his plate in a bucket of water to soak, then got himself ready.

Half an hour later, Benny and Efa were stepping out into the early morning sun. It was barely past dawn and the fog in the forest looked simply stunning. It was the kind of weather Benny loved. He took in a breath of fresh air and enjoyed the moment briefly before a whack to the head told him Rillo had arrived. She was cheerful and had crumbs all along her face. He brushed them off and gave her a hug. She nestled into his backpack and closed her eyes for a little extra shut-eye.

Norway was rounding the corner, being followed by four Pokemon. He had a hand full of Pokeballs, tossing two to Efa and one to Benny. Indigo had enjoyed a morning swim in the pond and had been fed as well. Efa clipped her Pokeballs into her belt as Benny hooked Indigo's ball on his bag. Norway then introduced them to Combusken, Gurdurr, Boufalant, and Gliscor.


Benny was impressed. Norway was definitely a strong trainer and he had the Pokemon to prove it. Benny was sure that he had only seen a small fraction of the amount of Pokemon Norway possessed. Efa ran up and hugged the Boufalant. He did look nice and fuzzy. Norway lifted her up and placed her on its back. She squealed with excitement. He grabbed Benny and threw him on the giant beast's back as well. Norway told him to hold on to Efa in front of him, giving him a nudge and a wink.

Benny's face turned redder than Gurdurr's nose. He place each hand on her sides. She giggled, whipping him in the face with her hair, which smelled better than ever, as she looked about the forested mountains.

It had been about an hour's worth of walking, but Benny and Efa got to relax and enjoy the view from atop the Boufalant. Norway walked beside them talking on and on about his adventures and experiences. Benny was unfocused on his words as he took in the beauty of Route 3 and Mt. Moon, which inched nearer and nearer the longer they went. Efa asked Norway thousands of questions, patting the Boufalant on the head and tickling Rillo, who had switched from Benny's bag to the puffy haired head of her fellow Pokemon.

Soon enough, they reached the mouth of a cave. Norway helped them off their ride, feeding the Boufalant some cookies before returning it to a ball. He instructed Gliscor to help them through the cave and it swooped around cheerfully, pleased it could help. Its keen eyesight would assist them in the dense darkness. Norway lit a match so he could ignite a gas lamp placed by the mouth of the cave.

"Well kiddos. Let's go," he said as he squeezed into the cave. Efa locked hands with Benny as she liked to do when afraid. He followed Norway, Rillo now back in his bag and nervously hiding herself.

The cave was spooky and running water could be heard echoing off the walls. They heard the sound of voices in the distance as well. Other people passing through the main tunnels of Mt. Moon perhaps. Rocks crunched underfoot as they moved along, Benny occasionally slipping on the damp cave floor. Efa breathed kept up with Benny, but Norway trudged along at a smooth pace. He had walked this path many times, whereas they were quite inexperienced as to its footing.

There was a crumbling of rocks ahead as Norway stopped. Benny could barely see and bumped into the large man. He was squinting into the darkness to see what approached. Loud thumping ringed in their ears, but the noise dissipated before long. Benny was anxious and on edge, but grateful nothing had jumped out at them.

They moved along the path at a good pace for such deep darkness and Gliscor helped when it could. Benny suddenly lost his footing as something beneath his foot made him slip. He fell face-first into the rocky cave floor and barely avoided breaking his nose. Efa shrieked which sent a family of bats fluttering from a hole in the rock and back out the mouth of the cave.


Norway bent over and helped Benny up, then bent down to pick up the rock he had slipped on. He chuckled and rubbed off some dirt before saying, "My, oh, my..."

"What?" Benny asked, rubbing his palms which were scratched and slightly bloody. Norway stuck his massive hand out and showed them the stone. It almost looked...


"It's a Pokemon, kiddos," he said smiling. "I'll be damned if it ain't a Cover Fossil even." He grabbed Benny's hand and stuck it in his palm, which stung slightly from being forced open. "You keep that, boy. Someday they'll be able to revive fossilized Pokemon and you'll have first ticket to the rarest damn Pokemon this world may ever see. Aside from the ones in folk stories. Har!"

They trudged along for about a half hour more when Norway stopped and picked up another stone. He turned and faced Efa this time. "Guess it's your turn, sweetheart." He handed her a glowing stone and she gasped. She hugged Norway, then grabbed for her Pokeball. She released Zen and bent down.

"Zen, my little angel... are you ready?" she asked, petting the smiling Clefairy on the head. Zen jumped up and down as Efa handed her the stone. Benny realized it was a Moon Stone as Zen glowed brightly. She was evolving! Before long, a Clefairy no longer stood in front of them. A Clefable was now standing before them, but there was no mistaking it as Zen.



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Zavytar February 19th, 2015 9:42 AM

Danica Chandler
Mt. Moon
Fighting Fear, Part One! Vs. Super Nerd!


Curtis leaped from Danica's back into the battlefield. He could sense his trainer's distress, and put on a serious, determined face. He was going to give his all to make Danica win the battle, take a Fossil, and prevent her from having a weird playdate with this strange fellow who almost badly harmed the girl and stole a perfect catch from her. On the other side of the battlefield, the Grimer had a vacant look in the eyes but appeared to be more than ready for battle. The battle ahead looked like it was going to be a very action-packed one, as the trainers both had an enormous desire to win.

But it was not going to be easy for Danica. You see, as you may have noticed, she strongly dislikes Poison-type Pokémon. And despite having a Pokémon with a type advantage, she has a very hard time thinking straight when she has to face one in battle; just like back at Pewter City against the trainer with the Beedrill, and a mentioned incident at Viridian Forest. Anyway, before I get carried further away, she would have to put all her focus on defeating the Super Nerd. Otherwise, if she lost to his Poison-type Pokémon, not only she'd have to go on a date with the guy, she would ahve to spend time with his Pokémon as well. She cringed at the very thought of that.

"Grimer, use Pound!" the Super Nerd commanded.

"Curtis, Confusion, NOW!" Danica said.

As the slimy Pokémon collided with Curtis, the latter used his psychic powers to send him back some steps. While it was a somewhat weak attack, the type advantage had certainly paid off and the Grimer appeared to be drained of about a third of its energy. Great. Now, all I have to do is spam this move until that yucky Grimer faints!

"Curtis, Confusion, one more time! Give it all you got!" Danica exclaimed.

The Super Nerd chuckled, "Grimer, Sludge!" he said.

Grimer managed to hurl Sludge out of its mouth before being knocked over again. Now both Pokémon appeared to be horribly hurt by those moves. Danica couldn't understand why that was happening. And she was beginning to get nervous. I don't know what's his other Pokémon. But I need to beat this Grimer fast. Harley's a Grass-type, and Sludge will mess him up pretty bad!

"Fufufu..." the Super Nerd says, "While a Psychic-type move may work well on my Grimer, your Ralts is Fairy-typed. So Poison-typed moves will deal a lot of damage to them!"

"N-No..." Danica said, "Th-that can't be..."

"Oh, but it is!" the Super Nerd said, "Now look at the bright side! We'll both go and find Fossils together!"

"In your dreams! Curtis, Double Team!" she shouted.

"Grimer, Pound!"

Grimer leaped forward to strike, but upon hitting Curtis, he faded. It was one of the illusory copies! Now if Danica continued to do that, Curtis would be untouchable! She would say hello to that Fossil and goodbye to that creepy Super Nerd. However, after she told Curtis to use Double Team again, the Super Nerd did something unexpected. He took out a Pokéball and recalled Grimer. Then, he sent out a Koffing. YUCK! ANOTHER ONE! No worries... C-Curtis will handle that one too!

"Curtis, Confusion!"

"Fufufu... Prepare yourself..." the Super Nerd said, "Koffing! SELFDESTRUCT!"

The eyes of the Super Nerd looked as if he was possessed by some sort of strange entity. He smiled somewhat mischievously as his Koffing inflated and then blew up. A huge cloud of dust went flying towards Danica and she was forced to close her eyes. When that subsided, she opened them to find something that made her skin turn pale: all illusory copies of Curtis were gone and Curtis himself was lying on the rocky ground, unconscious. He was unable to keep going. Danica grabbed his Pokéball and sent him inside to rest. Koffing was unable to battle as well, so the Super Nerd sent Grimer back out again. The blue-haired girl looked as if she was in the verge of a nervous breakdown.

"H-Harley, come out!"

"Ah, Skiddo. A Grass-type." he said and giggled, "This should be a walk in the park."

Danica was now more put off by this guy. He was, to her eyes, a creep from the very start; but now he was adopting this supervillain-kind-of personality, and, in a way, was being kind of a bully. He had to be stopped. Not only because she wanted the Fossil, not only because if she lost, she'd have to go on a date with him, but now it was more of a personal matter. He had to be taught a lesson. Her face full of fear turned into one full of anger, and she finally spoke up.

"We'll just s-see about that!" she said, "Harley, use Tackle!"

"Fufufu... Grimer, right after the attack, use Disable!"

As soon as the goat-like Pokémon touched the gooey body of Grimer, he felt like an odd wave of electricity go though his body. Although it dealt no damage, the move Tackle was now sealed! Now Danica had only one choice- to use the not-very-effective Grass-type moves! And the Super Nerd had super-effective Poison-type moves at his disposal! Will Danica find a way to win the battle? Or will she have to look for fossils with this creepy Super Nerd? Find out in the next issue!

Rune Alchemist February 19th, 2015 6:19 PM

Route 3
*Appropriate BGM*

Brock approached Gabrielle, who was crouched beside her Chansey, the two looking up at the Gym Leader. He loomed over them, his arms crossed, before he smiled.

He reached out a hand to her and took her dainty but practiced hands in his rough ones. Pulling her up, he turned her hand around and placed a pin on the palm of her hand.

"You've impressed me with your dedication and perseverance, Gabrielle." He said, a hand on her shoulder. "Your bond with your Pokemon is evident, and I see that you're going to go far chasing your dream."

"The World of Pokemon is vast, and there are many kinds of trainers out there. You are quite unique, I can tell. You will chase your dream far and wide, and you'll see the world for what it is." Brock resumed his lesson. "You shouldn't forget the dedication you've shown in our match, and I'm sure you'll do well, and someday you will make your dreams come true."

Gabrielle nodded, taking the Gym Leader's words to heart.

"You're still young, and have many more things to learn. If I may make a suggestion, you should visit Cerulean City, where the next Gym is located. If you take your Pokemon Training seriously, I'm sure that the Gym there would test your abilities even further. The Leader there is a friend of mine." Brock finished. "Now go, Gabrielle. I hope that the next time I see you, you're even closer to have achieved your dream."

For a moment, Gabrielle just stared at the Gym Leader in stunned surprise. Then, what Brock said registered in her mind, and she began to shake in excitement. She twisted in place raising the Boulder Badge above her.

"Boulder Badge, get!" She joyfully said.

"Chansey!" Euphy chirped from beside her, before flopping on her back, exhausted.



"He was so cool, wasn't he Euphy?" Gabrielle asked her Chansey, who was walking beside her on the path to Mt. Moon. It was the morning after the fateful Gym Match, a very early morning if you ask any other person. It's actually 5:00 AM, and waking up really early, exercised, bathed, and gotten dressed in a new outfit, Gabrielle and her Pokemon set out from Pewter so that they can start making their way to Cerulean City.

She found it impractical to wear a skirt when she plans on climbing a mountain, even if she wears cycling shorts underneath it, so instead she's wearing khaki shorts, plain sky-blue dress shirt, and a pith helmet.

The girl is also skating slowly, using the attachable inline strapped to her boots.

Euphy the Chansey shrugged, the backpack she was carrying shaking a little at the motion. Truth be told, the Chansey thought that all the Gym Leaders have a degree of coolness to them. She may not have been Gabrielle's Pokemon for long, but she does know about the Pokemon League. It must take a lot to become a Gym Leader after all.

"What's the matter?" Gabrielle turned around, skating backward as she looked at Euphy. The Chansey shook her head and pointed forward, trying to tell her trainer to look ahead of the road.

Gabrielle giggled, pivoted on a foot and dashed forward, the still rising sun illuminating the road just enough for her to see where she was going. A Hoot-hoot flew over her head, roosting on an alcove located somewhere in the tall cliffs that dominated one side of the path.

Truth be told, she felt like she's on top of the world. She just finished her first Gym Battle, she met a new friend who she was able to share her skills with, and most importantly, she's one step closer to achieving her dream.

She absolutely won't forget this day.

A cliff came up on the path, and instead of taking the ramp circling around to the left, she rode it out, jumping at the right time in a twirl. She didn't see the boy walking on the lower path though.

The boy, alerted by the noise, look behind and above him, and nearly stumbled back in surprise. "Woah-!"

Gabrielle shifted her weight in the air and landed delicately, a few inches before she would have hit him, greeting the boy. "Oh, morning!"

"Hey, you watch where-... Gabrielle?!" The boy started, only to exclaim in surprise when she finally saw who almost crashed into him.

"Hi Ezio, long time no see!" She said.

The brown-haired boy blinked, rubbed her eyes, then pinched the girl's cheeks to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"Ouch!" She slapped his hand away, glaring at him. "What was that for?"

"I was making sure I wasn't dreaming." He said, still unbelieving. He shook his head and pointed at her. "Anyway, what are you doing here?!"

"Shouldn't you be pinching yourself?" She muttered to nobody in particular, before smiling. "I'm on my Pokemon Journey. I'm planning on obtaining eight of the Kanto Badges and participate in the Quarts- er, Indigo League while doing Contests."

"Oh? A Trainer and a Coordinator? Are you sure you're the Gabrielle I know?" Ezio regained his bearings, giving a rather sly smile at the girl. "Last time I saw you, you got lost on a one-way street. That takes special talent, one Coordinators and Gym Challengers are better off without."

"And last time I saw you, your special talent earned you that scar on your lip." Quipped Gabrielle, smiling good-naturedly. "So, you know why I'm here. What about you, why are you here?"

"I'm heading north to Cameron." He told her. "What about you?"

"Cerulean." She informed him. "I'm going to pass through Mt. Moon to get there."

"Oh, really? You wouldn't mind if we traveled together a bit? It's on the way anyway, and I don't have to go north until we reach Mt. Moon." Ezio asked.

"I don't mind at all." She grinned, before a cry from her Chansey, who just managed to make her way down the slope, brought her attention back to her Pokemon. "Oh, wait. Let me introduce you to my Pokemon. This is Euphy, she's been helping me a lot with my training."

"Oho~ A Chansey?" Ezio peered closer to Chansey, who leaned away at the attention. "She's helpful, I take it?"

"Of course!" Gabrielle agreed, and started skating forward, prompting the others to follow her lead. "She won my the Boulder Badge after taking out Leader Brock's Aron and Onix."

"Heh~ Aren't you reliable." Ezio patted the Chansey on the top of her head, earning him a slight purring from the Normal-type. "Ah, speaking of which."

He moved ahead of Gabrielle, taking the lead.

"I'll be the one telling us where to go. Who knows where we'll end up if we follow you."

"Chansey~" Euphy agreed.

"Mou~ You two..." Gabrielle pouted, but was defeated at the laugh the two shared. And so, the two friends and their Pokemon caught up with one another in their stories, the journey passing by in peaceful tranquility.


"Hey, what's that?"

Gabrielle turned to look that Ezio was pointing at a Pokemon grazing in the grass. It was a quadruped Pokemon with a bushy mane and horns. It was also rather large, maybe coming up to above half her height.

"Oh, I know. Those are Skiddo." She thought about those she saw running around in Kalos. "I saw them all the time back in Kalos. A lot of people use them as transportation, beasts-of-burden, and farm animals."

"Heh~ How neat." Ezio hummed.

"They're also usually seen in Kalos though... I wonder what its doing all the way out here in Kanto?" She told him, before nodding to herself. "I'm going to catch it."

"Oh, I've got to see this!" Ezio sat on a nearby rock as Chansey placed her pack beside him, walking to her trainer.

"Hey Skiddo~" The Pâtissière sang, stepping into the tall grass. The Mount Pokemon turned to look at her. "I'm going to try and catch you."

From behind her, she could hear the distinctive sound of hand meeting face.

Ezio couldn't believe his friend. Did she just walk up to a Wild Pokemon and challenge it, saying that she was going to catch it? Yes, yes she did. He moaned into his hands. Won't the Pokemon just run away?

To his surprise however, the Skiddo acknowledged her.

"Okay, good! Go, Sweets!" The Meringue Pokemon appeared with a cry, displacing the grass as it landed.

The two Pokemon stared at each other for a moment, analyzing their opponent before fully committing themselves to their attacks.

With a 'baa', Skiddo pawed the grass before charging.

"Slow him down with Cotton Spore!" Slurpuff nodded at the order, puffing out cottons that floated towards the wild Pokemon. It connected, but merely bounced off. Then, a green aura began to emit from its grass mane. "Wait, what? Is that- That's Sap Sipper! Oh no!"

The Grass Type move was not only ineffective in slowing down the charge of the Wild Pokemon, it also increased its attack, which is bad news for Sweets the Slurpuff.

The Mount Pokemon lowered its horns and tackled the Fairy-Type, sending it flying back.

"What am I doing?" She asked herself, "Cotton Spore doesn't even work on Grass-types."

Sweets hopped to stand, glaring at the offending Pokemon for its attack.

"Sweets, Draining Kiss!" Gabrielle told the Slurpuff, who kicked off the grass towards the Skiddo.

The Skiddo turned around, lowered its horns again, and prepared for the attack. Sweets, undeterred, continued its attack. That was Sweet's mistake.

Skiddo's horns glowed green, and as soon as Sweets was in range, the Skiddo hooked Sweets from under it and hoisted it up with its horns. The Gabrielle's partner tumbled in the air, unable to control its flight and crashed into the ground with a dull thud.

"What was that attack?" Ezio asked, curious and not the least bit worried about his friends' Pokemon.

"That was Horn Leech." Gabrielle stated, observing the light that came from Sweets and went into the wild Skiddo. "It's a Grass-type move that works like Giga Drain."

"Ho~ What are you going to do then?" Ezio leaned his head on his palm, watching the battle develop. In the meantime, the Skiddo stood up straighter, a green glow of Aura surrounding it. "That looks like Growth."

"Can you still battle Sweets?" Her Pokemon nodded. "Okay, use Draining Kiss again."

"That didn't work the first time, what makes you think it's going to work on the next?" Ezio told her.

"Just watch." Gabrielle told him. Sweets ran up to the Skiddo, who lowered his horn again to use another Horn Leech. Just as Sweets was about to connect, and the Skiddo hooked it for a throw, Gabrielle gave another command. "Jump!"

Sweets jumped towards the Skiddo, using the Mount Pokemon's head as a jumping board. The Skiddo tried to hit it with its horn by quickly raising its head. Instead of hitting, Sweets was propelled directly above into the air by the force.

"Now, Fairy Wind!"

Sweets pirouetted in mid-air, sending several harsh gusts of wind slamming into the wild Skiddo, who had to brace itself or it would be blown away.

"Connect with Endeavoring Kiss!"

Sweets twisted forward in a somersault, glowing orange and pink as it did so. Landing on the back of the Wild Skiddo, it flinched when the Endeavor hit its mark, before Sweets kissed it with a Draining Kiss.

The Skiddo charged, trying to get the Slurpuff off it. Gabrielle had to dodge out of the way when it went towards her, and Ezio yelled in fright when the two battling Pokemon ran at him.

Thankfully for Ezio, he was able to jump to the side before the Pokemon hit him. Instead, the Skiddo was able to smash the rock he was sitting on just a while ago.

"That's one strong Skiddo." Ezio said shakily.

The Skiddo turned around and aimed its charge at Gabrielle, who saw what the Pokemon was doing and skated away.

"This isn't how you do a Pokemon battle!" She shouted, trying to keep the distance between her and the Wild Pokemon. "Use Fairy Wind and try to slow it down!"

Sweets, seeing its trainer in trouble, hurriedly used the attack. the Pink-tinged wind buffeted the wild Pokemon.

Gabrielle thought of a few ideas on how to defeat the wild Skiddo. Though the Fairy Wind is doing its job and whittling down the Wild Pokemon's health, it looks like it'll still strong enough to handle several blows from it

Then, she saw the cliff face, and she smiled, preparing a vacant ball in hand.

"Sweets, cut off the Fairy Wind!"

"What?" exclaimed Ezio. Sweets echoed his confusion. Why stop? But the Slurpuff is trained, and trusts Gabrielle, so it did what it was told and stopped attacking.

The Wild Skiddo immediately sped up, Sweets still on its back and holding on for dear life.

Gabrielle moved perpendicular to the Cliff Wall, the Skiddo following after her. Before she hit the wall, she jumped, skating very briefly up the wall. Just before gravity got a hold of her again, she pushed off, just barely above the Skiddo and Slurpuff.

The Pâtissière reached out, grabbing Sweets with both hands, and back-flipped over the Wild Pokemon.

The Skiddo crashed into the cliff face, and the Mount Pokemon wobbled from the hit.

"Time for a catch!"

Holding Sweets in one arm, Gabrielle turned around in the air and threw a Premier Ball at the disoriented Pokemon. It sucked the Mount Pokemon inside, and then it closed with a click. It landed on the grass at the same time as Gabrielle did on her feet, and began rocking.


Geras February 19th, 2015 10:35 PM



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Kiya Bonham
Route 3: Champion's Frustration, And a New Disciple?
Time: Afternoon → Night


Kiya walked up to Champion and patted him on the shoulder. When the Hitmonchan didn’t respond, she picked him up and threw him over her shoulder. Then she turned to Brock and held out her hand. “A loss is a loss, I guess our training just wasn’t enough. Thanks for the match. But I’ll be back, and next time we won’t lose!”

“Wait.” Brock didn’t shake Kiya’s hand, instead grabbing the back of it and turning it upright. Then he placed something into it, on her palm. It was cold and metallic, and once Brock moved his hand away, Kiya saw that it was the Boulder Badge. Kiya’s brow furrowed. “You and your pokemon are both very passionate and very strong, and you have an even stronger bond. It’s clear that you’ve been training together for a long time. If you’d known about type matchups, there’s no way you wouldn’t have beaten me. That’s why I think you deserve it.”

The girl stared at the badge in her hand for a moment, unsure of what to say. She had lost the battle and didn’t feel like she deserved it, but at the same time, she didn’t want to disrespect the wishes of a strong opponent. She thought about it a few more seconds before making her decision. “Alright, I’ll accept this badge. But I’m still coming back for a rematch. If what you said is true, then I hope you train hard for when I finally come back. I won’t let you get away with losing easily!” With those words, she punched forward at Brock and shouted. He seemed to flinch at the sudden motion before smiling at her. “Uh…” started Kiya. “You’re supposed to bump your fist against mine. Does nobody else outside the dojo do that?”

“What?” Asked Brock, a bit surprised. “Oh! Sorry, it’s just that in my experience, fist-bumps usually aren’t so violent.” He then lifted his fist and bumped it against Kiya’s. “How long have you two been together?”

“Hmm…” Kiya had to think about that for a bit, never having bothered to keep track. “I think Master Kiyo gave Champion to me 10 years ago. No, 11 maybe? Somewhere around there.”

Brock’s eyebrows raised in surprise. “In that case, it’s no surprise that you two are so strong. But I have to warn you, one pokemon won’t be enough to conquer the gym challenge. There is always a pokemon that yours matches badly against, and it’ll need support. However, you’ve spent so long with your Hitmonchan that I think it might be difficult for you to synchronize with any other pokemon. Just keep that in mind during your travels, and work at bonding with any other pokemon you catch.”

Kiya wasn’t sure how to respond. She disagreed that one pokemon couldn’t beat all the gyms because she believed that with enough training anything was possible, but on the other hand she had always planned on catching other pokemon anyway, mostly as sparring partners for herself and Champion but also to have others to share the beauty of martial arts with. Well, besides not training enough it seemed that things were going well for her so she figured she’d just keep doing things the way she had been.

“Thanks, but there’s nothing Champion and I can’t beat with enough training,” answered Kiya before bowing to Brock and walking out of the gym with Champion hung over her shoulder.

***

The sun had long disappeared below the edges of the distant Mount Moon by the time Kiya finally made it to Route 3. Many things had happened since leaving Pewter Gym, most notably an incident in the Pokemon Center that resulted in her nearly getting thrown in jail even though according to her she did nothing wrong (while she did manage to avoid imprisonment, she was still placed on a watch list), but she had overcome those obstacles and was now back on track in her quest to strip Sabrina of her title.

Champion walked alongside Kiya as they traversed through the route, fully healed but in a particularly bad mood after losing not only to Brock’s Aerodactyl, but also to a Gardevoir belonging to the police. He walked at a brisk pace, though it wasn’t difficult for Kiya to match. She frowned. The girl wasn’t very fond of Champion when he was in a bad mood, as it tended to make him difficult to deal with. Fortunately, this wasn’t anything she hadn’t handled before.

After punching him on the shoulder, Kiya smiled and said, “Come on, let’s have a race. Hopefully it’ll get you to stop pouting about a loss or two. Take it from me, it’s not that big a deal.” Champion gave her an annoyed look that probably meant he didn’t believe her. “Do you even remember your win/loss against me? I know a thing or two about losses.” With a pat on his back, Kiya took off running. “Now enough talking, I wanna run!” It wasn’t very long before Champion came running after her.

While Champion had the fastest fists of anyone Kiya had ever seen, man or mon, his legs were a different story. That wasn’t to say that he was slow, but a footrace was one thing that Kiya managed to rival and occasionally exceed Champion in, depending on whether or not one of the two had been slacking on their training. At the moment the two were neck and neck, taking an instant to glance at each other with a grin before pushing themselves to go a bit faster. There were other trainers and pokemon walking along Route 3 doing various things, and a few of them might have even challenged Kiya and Champion to a battle, but at the time it was like there was nothing else in the world other than the two of them and the road ahead.

Kiya had taken the lead, her breathing ragged from the strain. They’d been going at it for a while, long enough that even Kiya’s well-conditioned legs were beginning to burn, and she loved it. Route 3 was perfect for a run because it was astoundingly uneven and there were tons of rocks and boulders one needed to watch out for to avoid tripping or crashing. Mindless running on an even track or treadmill was good and all for the body, but a martial artist needed more than just a strong body to be successful.

Champion managed to push his way ahead of Kiya once more, but eventually he began to slow down as a consequence of his low stamina and Kiya was able to retake her lead. The pokemon center at end of the route was visible far in the distance so she felt confident about her victory at this point, despite the fact that she’d been struggling with the obstacles on the road in her exhaustion. Her solution to that was to simply concentrate better. However, her increased focus on the rocks meant that she was able to concentrate less on the other things occupying the route, and as such, she failed to notice a little Mankey who had taken it upon itself to cross the road right in front of her. Kiya tried to slow down, but she’d been going too fast and was unable to stop herself immediately, barreling right into the furry little pokemon.

After crashing into it, Kiya and the Mankey slid a good distance along the ground before stopping. She got up and rubbed her arm, which hurt after landing on it like that. Then Kiya looked at the pokemon who’d stopped her with a frustrated stare. She was surprised that such a little thing didn’t just get pushed aside, being surprisingly heavy, but that just meant that it was probably dense with muscle like her. What she found stranger still was that she was quite familiar with her dad’s Primeape, and though it was maybe three times bigger, it didn’t weigh much more than this Mankey. Either way, the Mankey could very well have cost her the race.

The Mankey didn’t seem too thrilled about what had just happened either, as it began screeching and flailing its arms around as soon as it got up off the ground. It then pulled its leg back for what was obviously a kick, so when its foot went flying towards Kiya’s legs she was ready and she smoothly leapt over the little pokemon to dodge the move. This seemed to make the creature even angrier. Looking at the pokemon actually reminded Kiya of herself when she was just a little girl, whining about not being able to beat the adults but continuing to challenge them regardless. She decided she should probably catch the little guy. It wouldn’t hurt to have a bigger team, and she could take the Mankey on as a student as well, teaching it karate!

As she was making her decision, Champion came upon the scene, having been watching the events from behind. “Good timing!” Kiya piped as she dodged another Low Kick from the Mankey. “I wanna catch this guy. Can you keep him busy while I get some pokeballs out?” Champion examined the Mankey for a moment before narrowing his eyes and saying something to it. Suddenly the Mankey stopped attacking Kiya and turned to the Hitmonchan. It screeched something in reply and lunged at him, delivering a scratch to his chest. Champion didn’t even blink at the attack, and proceeded to drive a Mach Punch straight into the Mankey’s face, sending it flying into a nearby tree where it hit the tree so hard it actually bounced back. Kiya whistled as she searched through her bag, impressed. “Wow, definitely a critical hit! If he gets back up from that I’ll really want him!”

The Mankey lied face-down at Champion’s feet for several seconds before leaping back to its feet, looking significantly angrier and more belligerent than before despite the deep indent in the fur on its face marking the force of Champion’s punch. However, Champion simply turned his back on the creature. Apparently he had judged this Mankey as not worth his time. This appeared to be the last straw for the Mankey. With a loud shriek, it threw its whole body into an attack powered by its pent up frustration that hit Champion right in the back. He made no moves to dodge it, the pathetic attempt at a scratch attack still fresh in his mind, but surprisingly, this attack hurled Champion forward. His face hit the ground and he slid several feet, to which the Mankey cried victoriously.

Both Kiya and Champion were shocked at the Mankey’s sudden burst of strength. How come it couldn’t even put a scratch on Champion before, but now it could knock him around like a ragdoll? Kiya’s hand had come in contact with a pokeball, but now she reached for her pokedex instead. Pointing it at the Mankey revealed some information about it that at this point Kiya already knew, like the fact that it was quick to anger, but it also revealed some interesting things. Firstly, that what Kiya had been addressing as “he” was actually a “she”, but more importantly, that it possessed the “Anger Point” ability, which greatly increased its strength when it was hit by a powerful move. Kiya liked the idea of such an ability, and it was even something she could relate to. She would definitely be catching this Mankey, no matter what!

Champion heard the pokedex as it read the entry aloud and got up, patting the dirt off himself. He then gave the Mankey a nasty glare. Mankey was feeling quite confident at this point, though, and didn’t falter. It flung itself at Champion like before, knowing now that is attacks could actually hurt the veteran fighter. Unfortunately, the Mankey’s attack didn’t connect this time. Before it could hit, Champion slammed down on the little furball with another Mach Punch and smashed it into the ground. The attack was brutal, but even so, the Mankey tried to get up again. Champion loomed over it menacingly, and when it defied him with a shriek, he hammered it into the ground once again.

This happened one more time before the Mankey stopped trying to get up. Champion looked greatly disappointed. At that point, Kiya figured that it was over and threw a ball at the Mankey, who was still lying face-down on the ground. “We’re going to have a lot of work to do once you’re my student,” said Kiya as the Mankey was enveloped in a red light and pulled inside the pokeball. It began to shake, and Kiya grabbed another ball so she would be ready if it ended up popping open again. This Mankey was a fighter, and maybe a moment’s break was all it would need to be ready to challenge them again. She was excited at the thought of having such a tenacious disciple!


gimmepie February 25th, 2015 9:44 PM


Gati flew past the usually non-missing stream of golden stars, able to avoid the projectiles because of the superior speed provided by his priority Aqua Jet. In a violent spray of water Gati collided with Sylvia the Sylveon and sent her rolling across the ground towards Clarity.
“It will take more than that to stop us!” Clarity exclaimed with fiery determination that Tasman found infectious. Clarity was very different from the easy wins he’d experienced against the two fighting type users before her, she wasn’t just good but she was passionate and enthusiastic. She was going to be a real challenge for him and challenges were what made battling so much fun.
“Disarming Voice!” Sylvia let out a sudden, loud but almost musical cry that seemed to fill the air with a bizarre power – a power that stunned Gati and blasted him back.
“Follow it up with Fairy Wind!” as the sound faded and Sylvia climbed back to her feet she unleashed a pink-tinged gust that further flung Gati back, Tasman’s Buizel skidding back to his feet by his trainer with a fierce look in his eye. Like his trainer Gati was getting fired up by the battle.
“We can take more than that too, right Gati?!”
“Bui!”
“Aqua Jet!” Tasman called, hoping to get ahead of Sylvia with speed again and keep her trainer wondering about what other attacks Gati might possess. Gati cloaked himself in a torrent of water and blasted forward towards his Sylveon opponent.

“Quick Attack!” Sylvia was suddenly a blur of movement as she launched forward and collided with Gati with a crash and shower of water droplets. The two priority attacks had met with equal speed sending both pokemon flying backwards. It was clear however, that Gati possessed greater physical power than Sylvia as she landed on her side, skidding to a halt before Clarity, Gati tumbled along the ground but was ultimately able to land on his feet.
“Whilst she’s down, Power-Up Punch!” Tasman instructed, Gati’s fist glowing a powerful orange colour as he hurtled towards the fairy-type as she was struggling to her feet.
“Disarming Voice!” even as Sylvia was forcing her self to her feet she cried out again, the attack stunning Gati just before he could land a hit “Now Swift!” a shower of shining stars blasted Gati and sent him flying backwards again, this time he landed hard on his side.
“I’m not going to be lulled into a false sense of security just because that attack won’t do much to a fairy like Sylvia” Clarity grinned at Tasman “I know exactly what it will do and your Buizel is plenty tough enough already”
“He appreciates the compliment trust me, but flattery will get you nowhere” Tasman laughed, smiling himself “Try and stop us. Gati, Aqua Jet!” Gati sprung to his feet before careening towards Sylvia once more.

“Not a chance! Quick Attack!” Sylvia sprung forwards in a momentous blur slamming into Gati half-way across the battlefield. Both pokemon hit the floor hard but immediately sprung back up.
“Swift!” Clarity commanded
“Use Double Hit to send them into each other!” Gati’s fists glowed violet as he hit two of the stars, causing a chain reaction that resulted in star after star colliding and exploding into a shower of shimmering fragments
“Pretty” Clarity remarked as the glittering pieces of her deflected attack fell over the battlefield to the “oos” and “ahhs” of the spectators.
“Agreed” Tasman chuckled “but now isn’t the time to be distracted, Aqua Jet!” Clarity caught herself, recovering quickly
“Fairy Wind!” she was too slow to react for the priority move however and even as the pink wind begun to form Gati slammed into Sylvia knocking her down.
“Gati, follow that up with a Power-Up Punch!” Gati’s orange-glowing fit smashed into the downed fairy-type not doing a huge amount of damage considering the type disadvantage, but achieving a different goal in boosting Gati’s physical power.
“Disarming Voice!”
“Again!” Gati was quicker once more, delivering a second Power-Up Punch, this one doing more damage than the last whilst simultaneously increasing his power “One last time!”
“Yawn!” that move caught Tasman by surprise, Sylvia opening her mouth wide and breathing what seemed to be a yellowish cloud over Gati’s face. The change was instantaneous, Gati’s attack halted and he began to stagger drowsily “Now get him out of the way with a Fairy Wind so he can take his nap out of our space!” a pink-tinged wind whipped up instantly and blew Gati back to the centre of the battlefield, although by some miracle he was still standing Gati’s eyes dropped shut and it was obvious he was afflicted by sleep.

“Game over I guess” Clarity grinned “Hit him with Quick Attack repeatedly!” Syvia responded instantly, bounding forth in a barely visible flurry of motion. The first hit slammed Gati to the ground, but the barrage continued with each attack causing him more harm. Over and over Gati took hits from the Sylveon, the referee getting closer to calling the match with every collision. Tasman began to feel the tension of an impending loss, he was never the most competitive person but something had been coming over him in intense battles like those against Brock and Clarity, he got caught up in the heat of the moment and he grew a powerful desire for victory. The referee opened his mouth, the first few syllables rolling off his tongue, Gati’s eyes shot open stopping him in his tracks and making Tasman grin vividly once more.
“Aqua Jet!” Gati suddenly launched forward in a torrent of water, intercepting Sylvia and sending her hurtling into the ground with a crash and a spray of dirt and dust. When the air cleared it revealed a barely standing Gati and Sylvia laying at his feet unable to battle. The crowd and referee looked astonished – honestly so did Tasman and Clarity.
“The first round goes to Tasman and his Buizel, Gati!” the crowed clapped and cheered as Clarty congratulated Sylvia on her effort and returned her and Tasman recalled Gati
“Heal yourself up with an Aqua Ring and then have a nice rest for the next round. I’ll take you straight to the pokemon centre after.” Gati performed the Aqua Ring before flopping down to sit at Tasman’s feet and watch the next battle.

“I guess that wasn’t game over after all. Gati is really strong to pull of a win like that, you must be quite the trainer.” Clarity called to Tasman from the other side of the battlefield “I’m not going to let you get another win though.” Tasman replied
“I was just thinking you and Sylvia are pretty amazing too. I don’t even think battling Brock was this crazy. I’m afraid that I’ll have to take that win though.”
“Just try it” Clarity said with a fiery expression. With that both trainers simultaneously sent forth their next competitors
“Dalair, your turn!”
“You’re on Poli!”

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Gelius3 February 26th, 2015 2:15 AM

Gelius Emerald - Cerulean City - The real battle! V.S Kadabra

"Alright! If it's pain what you want, then you will get it! Leaf you are next!" Leaf comes in.

"A Nuzleaf? I must admit, that pokemon is rare... But it wont stop Kadabra!" Gary Clark states.

"Leaf time to preform a Razor Leaf!" I said.

"Teleport away and then Shock Wave!" Gary Clark stated.

Kadabra evaded the Razor Leaf, teleported to Leaf's back and used Shock Wave. Leaf was unlucky to get caught on this wave of electricity.

"Oh no way we will lose to you! Leaf go for a Feint Attack!" Leaf did not gave time and glowed black, hitting Kadabra. "Now Leaf Blade!" Leaf's leaf glowed green and then Leaf hits Kadabra with the leaf. "This is how its done. Leaf prepare yourself." Leaf knew it was time to preform Razor Wind. He started to charge.

"No time to preparations. Kadabra make your left hand an Fire Punch and the right hand an Ice Punch and go for multiple hits!" Kadabra teleported and then went to Leaf's back. Multiple hits were made and then Kadabra goes to front of Leaf and throws the Nuzleaf back. Leaf goes right to my face and i fell. Then Leaf does a last thing. He glows Black again and then strikes right on Kadabra. Kadabra was out. "Return! Pidgeotto! Teach this idiot boy about Type Matchups! Wing Attack!"

Pidgeotto strikes on Leaf and Leaf faints. I was up to only one pokemon. "OK now i won't play! Bubbles you are next!" Bubbles came out of the pokeball. If Bubbles gets knocked out i will be so humiliated...

gimmepie February 26th, 2015 3:56 AM



Dalair looked at the Poliwhirl that was standing in front of him, then looked back over at Tasman with wide eyes. Dalair wanted to be strong, Tasman had figured that out easily enough – but as always the young Shinx was something of a coward.
“It’s okay Dalair, I won’t let anything bad happen.” Tasman said, offering that and several more phrases of encouragement to the little pokemon, eventually persuading it to turn back to face Poli.
“Are you sure he should be battling yet?” Clarity asked, surprising Tasman because she seemed genuinely concerned about facing an opponent that wasn’t ready
“He’s a bit timid, but when he puts his mind to it he can hold his own.”
“I hope so” was the girl’s reply

“Begin!” the referee called loudly, prompting the trainers and their companions into battle.
“Poli, use Double Slap!”
“Baby-Doll Eyes, Dalair!” As the Poliwhirl moved to attack Dalair, Tasman’s Shinx shifted it’s expression to it’s cutest possible, a pink shimmer in his typically yellow eyes. The attack didn’t halt Poli though, the tadpole pokemon slapping Dalair twice and sending him rolling back several feet before he leapt back to his feet with a look of determination.
“Smart move, making a tougher opponent weaker” Clarity observed “and your Dalair seems a lot feistier now.”
“Like I said, he brings it when it counts. Dalair, let’s use Tackle!”
“I’m not going to let you!” Clarity said, as determined as when the battle begun herself “Mud Shot!”
Oh no…

Poli unleashed a concussive torrent of mud directly at Dalair, who had already jumped forward to tackle the opposing Poliwhirl and was in no position to dodge. Clarity’s super-effective attack hit Dalair head on and sent him flying back to Tasman’s feet where he struggled to stand back up.
“Ready to continue, Dalair?” Tasman asked, concerned but also sure that even if Dalair didn’t know it, he had plenty of fight in him. The little Shinx glanced back at Tasman before gulping and nodding his head.
“Don’t give them time to recover, Double Slap!” Poli ran forwards towards Dalair, but this time Tasman was determined to get the upper-hand.
“Dalair, use Flash!” As Poli was about to land his attack, a sudden burst of light erupted from the star on Dalair’s tail temporarily blinding the water-type and stunning him into stopping his attack “excellent! Follow through with Tackle!”

At the command, Dalair rushed forward and rammed hard into Poli’s body, sending the stronger pokemon skidding backwards but not taking him down. However, Poli still couldn’t see properly so Tasman pressed his advantage.
“Tackle again!” Once more Dalair rammed into Poli, this time bringing his foe down onto one of his knees “One last time!” Dalair launched himself furiously towards Poli, Clarity had regained her senses though and called her attack when Dalair was too close to avoid the incoming attack and Poli couldn’t miss even with his sight impaired.
“Bubblebeam!” Poli launched the attack immediately, a widely dispersed spray of pressurised bubble blasting Dalair back and leaving him open to a follow-up attack “Now, Mud Shot!”

Once more Poli blasted Dalair with a torrent of thick mud, knocking him down and sending him flying back towards Tasman’s feet where Gati managed to catch his unconscious form.
“Once he get’s over his fear he has quite the fighting spirit, I like him” Clarity chimed “It’s a shame that fighting spirit won’t help you if the only damaging move you have is Tackle.”
“I guess it was kind of obvious after all” Tasman laughed “I guess when I kept calling for a Tackle and not an electric move anyone could have realised they didn’t have anything to fear from the type match-up. Either way though, just wait until he learns some electric attacks and we’ll have to have a rematch.”
“We definitely will, until then onto round three.”

Tasman recalled Dalair, thanking him for his hard work.
“Majesta, show her what you’ve got!”
“Arrow, let’s finish this!” In two flashes of white light, a pair of bird pokemon appeared on the battlefield. On Tasman’s side was his Pidgey, whilst Clarity had called forth a flying-type of a similar size – a Spearow.
“Well this will definitely be interesting” Tasman said, his blood pumping with anticipation
“It certainly will. I won’t be letting you win though”
“Who said anything about letting me win?” Tasman chuckled before the referee spoke
“The final round will determine which trainer wins the bike!” his voice boomed to the enthusiasm of the spectators “It will be a battle of the birds, Tasman’s Pidgey against Clarity’s Spearow. Ready?”

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Gelius3 February 28th, 2015 7:58 AM

Gelius Emerald - Cerulean City - Hard Target, Harder aiming! V.S Pidgeotto!

I throw Bubbles' pokeball. He comes in.

"Bubbles go for Bubblebeam!" I said.

"Pidgeotto try to evade!" Gary Clark said. Pidgeotto evaded. "Now Wing Attack!"

"Wait for it..." Pidgeotto was getting near Bubbles. Then it came the right time. "Quick! Evade and use Hypnosis!" Bubbles evaded and then used Hypnosis. Pidgeotto fell asleep on the floor. "Now Body Slam!" Bubbles jumped on Pidgeotto with so much force, that the poor bird woke up with loud voice. Then Pidgeotto escapes from Body Slam.

"Pidgeotto use Quick Attack!" Gary Clark stated.

Pidgeotto strikes on Bubbles with a big speed, that throws Bubbles back.

"Now Tackle all the times you can! Don't let that chubby Poliwhirl get you!" Gary Clark commanded.

"How do you dare to call Bubbles "chubby"? Water Gun!" I said.

Pidgeotto flew towards Bubbles. Bubbles tried to shoot water to Pidgeotto but the bird always evaded. Then Pidgeotto hits Bubbles. Bubbles still stood on.

"Come on! You can do it!" I said. Then Bubbles glows light blue. Then a light blue beam is shot. Then it hits Pidgeotto, making the bird faint.

Bubbles learned Ice Beam

"Wow that was an Ice Beam!" I said.

Gary Clark retrieves Pidgeotto. "Lets finish this! Croconaw!" The pokeball revealed Croconaw inside. This was Starter V.S. Starter.

Zavytar February 28th, 2015 10:24 AM

Danica Chandler
Mt. Moon
Fighting Fear, Part Two! Vs. Super Nerd!


In the previous issue, we left off with Danica having only her newly-caught Skiddo, Harley, to fend off against the Super Nerd's Grimer. While the slimy blob of a Pokémon had been weakened by Curtis, Danica's Ralts who had been knocked out by a Koffing in the same battle, Harley had only Grass-type moves to use against Grimer, given that Tackle had been disabled. Danica was feeling a lot of pressure, given that if she lost, she'd had to spend who-knows-how-long on a date with the Super Nerd, who she wasn't particularly friendly to (but, then again, who IS Danica Chandler friendly to?)

Anyway, it's high time I resume telling the story of how the battle concluded. Like I said, Danica and Harley were in quite a tight spot. And the Super Nerd was looking at Danica with creepy, sparkling eyes. Danica would have to turn to a more defensive, sneaky tactic. She tried that against Brock and it didn't quite work out as planned, however, it's not like she had an actual choice. She knew of a move Harley could use that could slowly take energy from Grimer and give it to the young goat-like Pokémon. That's right: I'm talking about Leech Seed. Under the blue-haired girl's command, Harley hurled some seeds at the sludgey Pokémon. In the blink of an eye, vines emerged from them and wrapped around Grimer tightly, and began to drain its energy. However, the Super Nerd also had a trick up his sleeve. His next command filled Danica Chandler with dread, and the next thing she saw was the Grimer emitting a purple cloud of gas. She quickly told Harley to try to run from the cloud, while using Vine Whip to strike the yucky opponent.

"Fufufu... Grimer... Keep up using Poison Gas!" the Super Nerd said and chuckled.

"Harley, keep running and try to keep attacking him with Vine Whip!"

Harley ran for his life while moving around the Vine Whips to strike at Grimer form as far as he could. And while the Leech Seed attack from before was very helpful with weakening the foe, it wasn't long before both would be on an even ground. The cloud of Poison Gas had grown bigger and thicker and after two strikes from Vine Whip it had caught up with the Skiddo and inflicted with the special condition Danica despised the most... POISON! ACK! HE'S POISONED! she thought, This can't be happening to me! I can't go on a date with this weirdo!

"T-Time to seal the deal now!" the Super Nerd exclaimed, "Grimer, use Sludge!"

While he cringed in pain because of his poisoned status, Harley was hit by a super-effective attack from Grimer. Now both Pokémon were at about the same energy level, with Skiddo being just a tad more energic due to the Leech Seed attack. Danica knew that one more Sludge and it would be all over. She closed her eyes and silently wished for something to happen while keeping an expression of pure horror and disgust in her face. And then, just in time, a miracle occured. Harley felt another wave of electricity going through his body. It felt slightly painful, however, it was something benign. The effect of Disable was not a permanent one, and now it had gone away! Harley charged at Grimer and Tackled it in retaliation for the previous Sludge attack.

Danica was more than pleased. She didn't know if it was the Mt. Moon magic atmosphere or if it was just a plain coincidence and a whole lot of luck, but it appeared that the battle was soon to come to an end. With all her drive, she shouted out her next command. The Super Nerd, well aware of what had happened, was getting tense and nervous, adn saw his chances of going on a date with this girl slowly slipping away. Pretty much like when Danica fought the blonde guy with a Beedrill back in Pewter City, the nerdy trainer panicked and shouted out his next command in desperation.

"Harley, Tackle! Finish him!"

"G-Grimer, P-Pound!"

Yes. Even I facepalmed at what this guy just did. What a way to throw away a battle when you were just one attack away from winning. But whatever. Anyway, both Pokémon collided in the air and fell backwards. They struggled to stay standing. Harley was hurt by Poison and appared to be on the verge of fainting. But the Grimer's health was sapped by Leech Seed and some of it replenished Harley's. And it was the last bit of health that the Grimer had, which meant it fainted and Danica had won the battle. She couldn't contain her feelings and leaped for joy, which made her defeated opponent even feel even worse.

"I... I..." the Super Nerd said, and recalled his Grimer, "You know... I let you win. So, you know..."

"SHUT IT!" Danica shouted, and recalled Harley. "Enough. Now. Fossil. Hand it over."

"Y-Yes..." the Super nerd replied, feeling as humiliated as he could feel. He showed her his Fossils again and told Danica to pick one. She was drawn immediately to the spiraly one, the Helix Fossil. "I'll take that one." Danica said.

DANICA obtained a HELIX FOSSIL!

"By the way... um... Keep going through there..." the Nerd said, pointing at a small passageway, "Go that way and you'll be in Cerulean City in no time. And nice battle, by the way."

"Yeah, whatever. Thanks for the Fossil." Danica said. She was already back to her rude, unfriendly self. "Bye."

She sprinted towards that direction, wanting to get out of Mt. Moon as soon as possible. She moved like a purple ninja through the rocks and stones, and soon she had reached the exit. However, the stress from the battle and the exhaustion from the sprint had taken a toll on her. After taking a few steps in the open air, she suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness.

gimmepie March 1st, 2015 1:54 AM


“Arrow is a tad impatient, so let’s start things of. Arial Ace!” the Spearow cawed before flapping its wings hard and climbing in altitude quickly. Majesta immediately started beating her own wings, determined not to give Arrow the advantage of height. It was as Majesta ascended though that Arrow closed his wings and suddenly streaked forwards towards her.

“Majesta, Air Slash!” Tasman called in response, Majesta opening her wings before thrusting them forwards, producing a blade of shining, compressed air that launched towards the rapidly approaching Spearow.
“Dodge it!” Clarity instructed, Arrow abandoning his attack and spiralling away before flaring his wings to Majesta’s left “Quick Attack!” Arrow was suddenly a blur as he launched forwards towards Majesta, Tasman responding the only way he could to counter the priority move
“You too, Majesta!” Like Arrow, Majesta was barely visible as she darted forwards meeting Arrow in a furious crash.

In the aftermath of the collision Arrow, who had been somewhat above Majesta, was flung back in an upwardly-skewed trajectory whilst Majesta pelted downwards to slam hard into the ground with a loud shriek.
“That looked like it hurt” Clairty said from the other side of the field, Arrow righting himself in the air.
“Don’t count Majesta out, you’ve never seen fighting spirit like hers” Even as Tasman finished his sentence, Majesta sprung back into the air with an angry caw, she looked determined to repay Arrow.
“Arrow, Steel Wing!” Using his greater altitude to enhance his attack, Arrow flew towards Majesta with silver wings.
“Dodge it and use Sand Attack!” Tasman called to Majesta, who looked like she didn’t even need the instruction. The Pidgey through her body back until she was on her back, and as Arrow flew over her she flung her wings forward hard launching sand trapped in her feathers from her fall into the face of her opponent.

Arrow screeched at the sand in his eyes and begun veering in crazy direction, flapping madly and blinking like crazy in an effort to clear his stinging eyes.
“Majesta, he doesn’t seem to know where to go. Let’s help him stay aloft shell we?” Clarity looked confused at this until she heard Tasman’s command “Twister!” As Majesta beat het wings a spiralling gust formed, soon becoming a rotating vortex of wind on the battlefield. The tornado moved forwards towards Arrow, who with his temporarily impaired vision flew directly into it. The Twister pulled Arrow inside, throwing him around in brutal rotations before fading as it through him out towards Majesta.
“Now’s your chance, Brave Bird!” Tasman called, Majesta flapped her wings a few times for extra altitude before snapping them shut and hurtling towards the disoriented Arrow, a red aura blazing around her. Clarity opened her mouth in shock, surprised that Majesta knew the powerful move, which was very rare for a Pidgey. As Majesta neared her target Clarity’s worry was evident, and yet she still spluttered an instruction just as Arrow was about to be hit
“Barrel roll and use Steel Wing!”

In the split second before Majesta hit him, Arrow suddenly closed his own wings and barrel-rolled in the air. Majesta narrowly missing her fellow flier, however as she passed over the top of arrow, he opened a single wing – a wing that shimmered a metallic silver – and using his rotation slammed it onto the top of Majesta. Majesta, still coated in the aura of her attack, streaked towards the ground and collided with it in an explosion of dust and dirt.
“The power of her own attack must have made that worse” Clarity said, breathing surprisingly deeply given that she had been holding her breath only a short while during the aerial skirmish. Majesta cawed weekly, stumbling forward on her feet before giving a fierce battle cry, and shakily at first, taking to the sky again.
“Air Slash!” Tasman called, impressed as always by Majesta’s determination, Clarity was having none of that though
“Quick Attack!” Arrow dodged the blade of air, and using his rapid momentum slammed into Majesta sending her towards the ground, however before she crashed she launched a second Air Slash, this attack catching Arrow by surprise and sending him flying into the side of the bike shop with a loud thump, Arrow slid to the ground slowly even as Majesta pushed herself to her feet, flexing her wings to check for damage. Soon, Arrow was doing the same thing until the two birds caught each others’ eyes anyway.
“I guess they won’t preen forever” Clarity said across the battlefield, Tasman chuckling at the comment
“I guess not, shall we?” both trainers grinned determinedly at each other as their pokemon took to the sky, simultaneously calling their attacks
“Quick Attack!” both trainers called, in a flurry of motion their pokemon diving for each other.

Over and over the two flying-types collided with each other at a furious pace, each trying to outspeed and out fly the other. They seemed closely matched as they repeatedly met with violent force in the centre of the battlefield. Both pokemon performed increasing elaborate manoeuvres as they dodged around attacks and dived for each other, only to clash and be launched away before resuming their frantic battle for superiority. With a loud crash and furious squawks the two birds flung away from each other again.
“This isn’t working, Air Slash!” Majesta seemed to agree because she immediately changed tactic, flinging her wings forward and sending her attack careening towards Arrow. Clarity however, didn’t seem concerned
“Use Steel Wing!” in an instant Arrows wings were shimmering silver as he spun again, using his hardened wings to knock away the powerful attack, but the Spearow and his trainer weren’t done yet “Arial Ace!” Clarity yelled excitedly, Arrow diving suddenly, his wings snapping closed as he streaked down and slammed into Majesta once more. Tasman’s Pidgey once again flew hard into the ground with a crashing sound that rarely suggested a hope at a pokemon getting back up any time soon… and yet Majesta did. With a feeble, struggle and rapid flapping of her wings the Pidgey managed to get back to her feet.
“I’m impressed, you weren’t kidding about her having unmatched fighting spirit. It’s a shame I have to wrap things up. Arrow use – “ Clarity’s voice stopped cold. Majesta’s was glowing a vivid white, her body seeming to grow and shift slightly as she shone. Until with a squawk she suddenly extended her now larger wingspan, the glow shattering with the movement.
“Well that’s not good” Clarity said, blinking with surprise
“That’s a matter of perspective.” Majesta was severely battered and bruised, but both she and Tasman felt their confidence returned now that she’d evolved.

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Majesta evolved into a Pidgeotto!

Zavytar March 8th, 2015 8:49 AM

Danica Chandler
Route 4
Wakey Wakey, Danica!


The blue-haired girl that had been lying unconscious just outside Mt. Moon for the past two hours slowly regained her senses. She had a vague summary in her mind of her trek through Mt. Moon, however she could not remember certain details, such as what had happened before she passed out. What she felt was a hangover-esque thing, as if her brain had gone into overdrive to get out of the cave and then suddenly shut down. She scratched her head, removing some twigs and small pieces of dust that had clung to her hair while she was out cold.

"Ugh..." she said, "I'm all sore..."

She groggily pulled out her Pokégear, and checked her Map App. The device showed her that she was on Route 4, and that Cerulean city was just a couple miles away. A faint grin made its way to her face, and she carefully stood up. Having been lying on the hard ground for so long was not exactly doing wonders to her back, but she figured she'd take care of that when she got to the city. At the moment, all she wanted was to check in at the Pokémon Center and get her Pokémon rested up. Then she'd worry about accomodation. Given that she was not feeling well, both physically and mentally, she decided she'd postpone her Gym battle for the following day.

Having made sure she had all her belongings with her, Danica Chandler then began to walk east, where Cerulean City awaited for her arrival. As she walked, she could hear a cry coming from one of her Pokéballs. It was Harley, who, still poisoned was crying because of his condition. What the... When did Harley get poisoned? she thought, and immediately checked on Curtis, who had fainted. And how did Curtis faint? Jeez... I gotta get to Cerulean and fast!

But she knew better than to just sprint and suffer the same fate as in Route 3. She took out an Antidote from her bag and removed the condition from her Skiddo. Now that poison was not gonna keep hampering her progress, she continued moving forward. She took a deep breath of the clean mountain air and gazed at the City that stood standing in the horizon. Cerulean City... Here I come!

gimmepie March 9th, 2015 12:58 AM


“Arrow, you’re in the lead. She’s still taken more damage than you, we’ve got this evolution or not. Steel Wing!” The Spearow let lose a fierce battle cry as his wings became a metallic silver. He flapped for a bit of altitude and then streaked towards Majesta. If Majesta could have moved her beak to form an expression, she’d probably have given a confident smirk.
“Majesta, let him get close.” Majesta didn’t move, not until Arrow was too close to avoid her incoming attack “Air Slash!” she flung her wings forward suddenly, a blade of air, larger than it used to be, launched right into the incoming Spearow.

Arrow was sent flying backwards with a loud bang, now it was his turn to barely struggle to his feet. This would be the last attack, win or lose for either of them.
“Ready Tasman?” Clarity called from across the battlefield
“Let’s do it” Tasman replied
“Arial Ace!”
“Brave Bird!”

Both birds flew upwards, then for each other. Arrow, streaked forwards as Majesta launched towards him, a blazing aura bursting into existence around her. Both trainers felt their hearts bating hard, both held their breath. The audience was silent with anticipation. Then there was a clash in the air above them. Majesta was tossed back, but she managed to right her self. Arrow however, went careening into the ground and fainted upon the impact. The crowd erupted into cheering and clapping, both trainers had performed admirably but Tasman had emerged victorious.

“You were amazing Arrow, we’ll get ‘em next time” Clarity said, her voice suddenly lacking all the energy she had previously displayed. Without another word, she turned and walked away, leaving Tasman stunned.
I haven’t known her for longer than this battle really, but that doesn’t seem quite right… he couldn’t think on it much more though, because he was lost in congratulations from the crowd and the voice of the referee as he handed him a voucher.
“You can use that whenever you want, just bring it in and you can have any bike from our new range.”
“Uh… yeah, thank you” Tasman said, taking the voucher he didn’t even want and heading away from the bike shop and back over to the neighbouring pokemon centre. Thankfully, there wasn’t a long wait and after a few trainers had their pokemon taken by the nurse he was able to hand in his team.
“You’re back pretty soon, I guess you took my advice about the bike shop” the nurse laughed
“It was a great idea” Tasman chuckled himself “I won actually… not that I even want a bike.”
“Congratulations. Your pokemon will be ready in a little while, there’ll be a bit of a wait this time though.”

Tasman left the cue and was about to head out of the door towards Nugget Bridge when he stopped suddenly. Clarity was sitting alone in the corner of the pokecentre. Tasman turned back around and went to sit next to the Cerulean trainer.
“That was a great battle” The blonde girl looked around, surprised to see Tasman sitting there. Tasman was surprised to, she looked like she was barely restraining tears.
“Yeah… it was” Clarity responded, her voice lacking even a semblance of her former enthusiasm. Tasman had to restrain a sigh, it wasn’t any of his business but he didn’t enjoy seeing people upset.
“Why are you so downcast?” he said trying to be as tactful as he could “You don’t really seem the type to be this sad at losing a battle, especially after having me on the ropes like you did. Is everything okay?” The girl’s expression didn’t change even a little; evidently talking about it was something she did not want to do.

Tasman was about to apologise for bothering her and leave when she surprised him by responding.
“I can’t go on a journey now.” The surprises kept on coming, Tasman’s jaw fell open
“What?!?! Why not?”
“My parents are really overprotective of me” Clarity said, her voice quivering in a way that saddened Tasman to his core “but my cousin got them to agree to let me go so long as I had a bike and was good enough to beat Misty. I can’t afford a bike, and I couldn’t get one any other way but winning, which obviously I didn’t. Besides, if I can’t even win a stupid bike how am I meant to beat someone as good as Misty?”
“Is she really that good?” Tasman asked
“Easily the best trainer in Cerulean City” Clarity laughed humourlessly “I’ve seen her beat a trainer without a single of her pokemon fainting or even taking damage, and he even had a Pikachu which could do super-effective damage. What was I thinking?”

Tasman felt an unpleasant knot in his stomach, listening to Clarity was heartbreaking. However, he was well aware that he had the means to fix at least half of the problem.
“I don’t even want the bike”
“Do I look like I need you to rub it in?!” Clarity demanded of him “just go”
“That’s not what I meant” Tasman pulled the voucher from his pocket “I don’t want the bike, you can have it. It’s a voucher so you can even choose which one you want.” The anger quickly faded from Clarity’s face, she stood blankly at Tasman for several moments, stunned by what he said.
“Are you serious?”
“Of course” Tasman grinned “I prefer to move at my own pace, so I don’t really need a bike. Besides, I can’t have a trainer as good as you stuck here in Cerulean can I?”

Clarity leapt to her feet excitedly and wrapped her arms around the still-sitting Tasman, practically crushing his ribs.
“Thank you! This is great! Thank You! You’re the best!” the words spilled from her mouth, Tasman on the other hand was wondering if his face was turning blue from lack of oxygen.
“Suffocation is not the best thank you” he managed to choke out, causing his newfound friend to jump back, her face becoming extremely red as she realised she’d very nearly hugged someone she’d just met to death.
“I’m so sorry!” she exclaimed, falling back into her chair “I barely know you and I randomly hugged you and I insulted you and-“
“Relax” Tasman interjected, grinning “I didn’t die so it’s all good.”
“Are you sure?”
“Very”
“I still have to beat Misty, I couldn’t even beat you.” Tasman shook his head
“If Majesta hadn’t evolved you’d have won. It was just luck on my part… which judging from experience these last couple of days means I’m about due for something horrible to happen.”
“What?” Clarity remarked. Tasman laughed, deciding it would be wise to change the subject
“It’s a long story, but yes. You could have beaten me if it weren’t for luck. So don’t use me as a gauge. Besides, you won’t know if you can win if you don’t even challenge the gym. Why are your parents so overprotective?”

Clarity found herself laughing along with Tasman now, her mood having completely changed. She seemed much more like the girl Tasman had battle now.
“Luck huh? Well I guess you’re right. As for my parents, well it’s kind of my own fault really.” Tasman raised an eyebrow “I did something stupid when I was little and damaged my lungs, so I can’t do too much strenuous activity or I might need surgery again. They take it way too far though, I can swim and run for a while and I just have to stop when it starts hurting. I’m lucky I have my cousin, she’s an amazing trainer – she’s been in leagues and everything – but she’s really good at making a point too. So now I just have to beat Misty and it won’t matter, I’ll be able to go on my journey.”

Tasman nodded at the conclusion of Clarity’s story; everything made total sense now. He’d never have guessed Clarity would have a health problem like what she described, she seemed so vibrant and healthy. It just went to show you could never judge a book by its cover.
“Glad to see you’re feeling more confident. I’m going to challenge her later myself.”
“Oh really?”
“Yeah, I’m going to go see the cape first though.” Clarity seemed lost in thought for a while before grinning broadly
“Let’s meet at the gym this afternoon, we can watch each other’s battles.”
“An excellent idea” Tasman said, he was looking forward to watching what was sure to be an exciting battle. Clarity gave Tasman a devious look suddenly though
Oh God… now what?
“Do you really think I can win, or were you just trying to make me feel better?”
Ohhhhhhhh
“I admit I wanted to cheer you up, but honestly I don’t know if you can win or not. You’re really good though, so you’ve definitely got a chance. Probably better than mine!” Tasman laughed “I know that I intend to make it to the league though, and I’d like to think I’ll see my new rival there.”
“I don’t recall agreeing to be your rival”
“I don’t recall asking” Tasman teased causing Clarity to shake her head
“Well if that’s the case, we better both win our battles. I’ll see you at the gym.” Clarity rose to collect her pokemon, the nurse calling for her
“See you then, Clarity”
“Oh yeah two things” she said “Firstly, I prefer Clare. Secondly, don’t get messed up by the thugs on Nugget Bridge. Bye!”

With that the two trainers parted, although they’d soon be seeing each other again.

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Gelius3 March 10th, 2015 2:55 PM

Gelius Emerald - Cerulean City - G. Clark's secret weapon on his sleeve! V.S. Croconaw!

I had already enough troubles.

"Bubbles! Lets finish him with Body Slam!" I said. Bubbles started to run towards Croconaw. Croconaw did not moved. Then Bubbles jumped. Then Gary Clark speaks up:

"Checkmate. Croconaw evade and Brick Break!" He said. For a Croconaw, he was fast to evade a Body Slam. Then Croconaw hits Bubbles and smashes him to the ground. "Now Iron Tail!" Croconaw sweeps his tail and makes my Pokemon to get thrown back to a wall. "Now multiple Ice Punch!" Croconaw moved at a high speed, more than normal, closed his fists and then punched continuously on Bubbles. He might have trained well his Croconaw. "Now Crunch!" Croconaw grabbed Bubbles by his fangs. He manages to go to a roof, and then throws Bubbles to the air.

"Bubbles!" I shouted.

"Croconaw! Now its time for your smashing move! Brick Break!" He said. When Bubbles was at a perfect time and place for Croconaw (When falling), Croconaw punched him downwards, making him to crash to the ground so hard.

I ran towards Bubbles and saw him unconscious. I retrieved him.

"This will teach you to not meddle with me." He said and left along Larry and a lot of cheerleaders.

I ran to the Pokemon Center. The Nurse saw me.

"Oh no! You were defeated by Misty?" She asked.

"No..." I said.

"Nugget Bridge Gang?" She asked.

"No." I said.

"Gang of Bugs?" She asked.

"What?! No!" I said.

"Lt. Surge?" She asked.

"F*** your theories! I lost against Gary Clark." I yelled at her. "Heal my Pokemon please."

She sighs. "Alright. Gary Clark defeated you with Croconaw?"

"You know him?" I asked.

"Of course. Everyone knows Gary Clark. Who are you?" She asked. She gave me the 3 Pokemon.

I face-palmed. She is right. I come by, people wonder who am i, and when i leave, everyone forgets me. Who cares...

I left the Pokemon Center and i went right to the Nugget Bridge.

Zavytar March 14th, 2015 6:46 AM

Danica Chandler
Route 4
The Slow Pokémon!


Danica was walking towards the city on the horizon when she suddenly felt an odd sensation in her legs. It was like they had suddenly turned to jelly. She figured that whatever had happened at Mt. Moon that she could not remember was to blame, and that it had certainly been a long trek and she could use some minutes to rest. Given that Cerulean City was so close by, she thought, why not? It's not like a couple minutes to rest her tired legs were going to make a big difference, right?

She sat down and sent out Harley, who immediately nuzzled the blue-haired girl. Danica returned her Pokémon's affection by petting her goat-like Pokémon with a smile. It was a quite adorable sight to behold. The sun looked like it had been up in the sky for too long, and it began to make its way to the other side in the world at a slow pace. And speaking of slow pace, there was a like nearby, where a dopey Pokémon with a vacant look was resting. It let out a yawn that drew Danica's attention.

Wait a minute, I know that Pokémon! It's a Slowpoke! she said to herself, Part Water, part Psychic! She quickly went through her travelling bag to check if she had spare Pokéballs, which, to her delight, she had. She turned to Harley.

"Okay, Harley, I know you are very tired, but we're gonna try to catch that Pokémon over there." she said, pointing at the pink, dopey Pokémon that did not change its position, "Are you ready?" Harley yawned and stretched out his body and replied with a nod. With a smirk Danica got up and proceeded to walk over to the Slowpoke, who took no notice of anything.

"Harley, use Leech Seed!" she commanded.

Harley spat out some seeds that enveloped the Slowpoke, who let out a confused cry. It turned to see that a girl and a Skiddo had engaged in battle with it. Sigh... Can't one have a little time to rest? the Slowpoke thought, even though resting was what she had been doing pretty much all her life.

moon March 14th, 2015 1:42 PM

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viridian forest

The forest was green and alive. An emerald world enveloped Art as she kept walking, stumbling every other step on roots and rocks. She could not believe that she was actually here.

A few days earlier, she had left Vermilion by boat, set for Pallet Town. Traveling alone was something she had never ever done before, despite being twenty years old. She had stayed within her room on the boat for most part of the trip, until seasickness forced her out into the fresh air just in time to see the shores south of Pallet approach.

She hadn't stayed in the tiny town for more than the few minutes it took for her to walk straight through it and find the route north towards Viridian City. Civilization. Not that she particularly enjoyed being around people either, though. Which was why the forest she knew lay beyond entranced her so.

Forest were beautiful, full of life that usually wasn't human... She had painted many forests in her life, but not been inside of them herself very often. And definitely not an ancient one like Viridian Forest. But here she found herself now. And she was utterly and completely lost.

Taking up the pokédex she had picked up in Viridian's pokémon center, she tried to make sense of the map in it. But the signal was weak. She must have wandered further than she thought. Her feet were starting to ache and the cyan cotton shirt she was wearing was starting to feel much warmer than it should.

Feeling alive?

Instantly, she slammed her hands over her ears, but she knew that it wouldn't help. When the voice came, it could not be blocked out.

Stop panicking. You're alive and well in a beautiful place. Can't you see? Can't you hear?

Art closed her eyes, but slowly let her hands fall back to her sides. The world around her was quiet. Though, not completely. Something was moving in the bushes. Branches were creaking above her. Could it be...?

When she opened her eyes, something was looking back at her.


((OOC: just a little something to get me going!))

Ponee March 14th, 2015 2:55 PM


"Gosh, golly!" Capri stood with a map of Pewter city directly in front of her face. "We could go visit the Museum of Science! I bet they have some neat things!" This was the first city Capri had been able to stop and actually get a chance to explore since she started her journey. She was a long way away from her ranch up towards Fuchsia City, which isn't exactly the most admirable city to visit anyways.

Standing next to Capri, was her small pony-like pokemon, Ponyta. The Ponyta went by the name Crim and enjoyed being by her trainer's side. She looked up at her trainer as she continued to observe the map.

"We could also challenge the Gym Leader to a battle!" Capri cheered out as she pointed to the picture of the Pewter Gym. Crim whinnied in agreement. She sure did love to battle.

"All right, partner. First we will go to the museum. And then we will challenge.. and beat... our first gym leader!" The Ponyta seemed less then enthused with having to go to the museum, but she knew that once her trainer finally finished exploring the city they would be battling the gym leader!

Capri's eyes widen as they walked through the doors of the museum. There were fossils on display in glass exhibits all throughout the room.

"Now ain't this a purdy place." Capri gawked in amazement while Crim just yawned. Capri giggled at her pokemon. "Goodness gracious, Crim! Can't you ever be amused by anything besides battles!" The Ponyta just chuckled. Silly trainer, nothing is more amusing than battles.

Two large skeletons captured Capri's eyes.
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"Kabutos and Aerodactyl. Shew! Could you imagine battling these monsters!?" Crim shook her head. Challenge accepted. A chuckle could be heard from behind Capri. She turned around to see a dark skinned man with squinted eyes, who was also admiring the fossils.

"I couldn't help but chuckle at your Ponyta. She seems very spirited." He looked down at the Ponyta, who was just beaming with charisma. I'm sorry. I didn't introduce myself. I'm Brock." He pulled out his hand for Capri to shake.

"Well Howdy!" She smiled as she shook his hand. He didn't even need to introduce himself. Capri had recognized him from the map, which had an article all about him!" I know exactly who you are and I am planning on challenging you to a gym battle right after I finish looking at all the fossils in this museum!"

Brock smiled. "Very well then. I will be expecting you at my gym here soon!" He nodded his head at her and continued to look at the fossils for a bit. "I am actually about to head back to my gym now. Feel free to come in the next hour!" He waved goodbye and started to make his way out of the museum.

As the pokemon and trainer duo watched as the gym leader exited, Capri whispered to Crim,"I heard he was a good cook. Ya reckon he would make us a meal after we beat him?"

moon March 15th, 2015 6:49 AM

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viridian forest

It was a Beedrill. Art didn't have to be an expert on pokémon species to know this one. It stared at her where it sat, completely still, on a branch in the old tree in front of her. Beedrill were dangerous, weren't they? Its long lances and venomous stinger gleamed in what sunlight sailed down between the leaves above. She could run. But it might catch up with her. It likely would. She was stumbling even when walking, running would be suicide.

You are a pokémon trainer now, the voice inside her head said.

"Oh..." Art let out, making the Beedrill's wings twitch in anticipation.

She grabbed the only occupied pokéball at her belt and made it grow to full size in her hand. Smeargle had been inside for her whole journey so far. They hadn't done more than say hello and had one dinner together before Art left Vermilion. Would he fight for her? Regardless, it was her only option now. Unless she would throw an empty pokéball directly at the insect and hope for the best. But that struck her as ridiculous.

"Smeargle," she said and held out the orb, almost stuttering. "Come out!"

The normal type pokémon came out in sparkles of light, and the instant the wild pokémon saw him, it took off into the air above their heads. Smeargle followed it with his eyes for a moment before he turned back to face his trainer. They blinked at each other.

"Hello," Art finally said.

"Smee," her expensive pokémon greeted back, with a nod.

They didn't have time for more, before a buzzing noise became stronger and stronger and made them both look up. Beedrill was charging down at them, lances at the ready! They both jumped aside and managed to narrowly avoid the attack. Beedrill halted its descent a second before it would have hit the soil, and bounced up again, this time readying its tail stinger.

Smeargle gave Art a blaming look, which she interpreted well.

"I don't know what to tell you!" she cried. "I don't know how to battle!"

He rolled his eyes. Luckily, he did.

Suddenly, it was as if his figure became difficult to look at. Art tried to follow his movement between the ferns on the ground, but it was as if he had suddenly split into two. Or three? Beedrill dove again, but missed, instead ramming a particularly large fern and having to twist around a bit to be able to take air again.

You're stressed up. Be logical.

"Shut up!" Art muttered to herself, not looking away from the fight.

Just learn, will you?

Learn. Collect data. Pokédex! She quickly tossed her bag down and grabbed the licence machine from one of the outer pockets, pointing it at the vague shape of Smeargle. 'Double team', the screen stated. A well known move to increase evasiveness. Her pokémon knew how to battle strategically. What more moves did he know? 'Thunderpunch, Icepunch, Firepunch,' she read. 'Mimic, Swift.' She'd better just try something.

"Swift!" she shouted when Beedrill seemed to charge with its lances once more.

She could have sworn that she saw a smile on Smeargle's face as his form returned to one solid and he grabbed his pink tail with one hand. The tip of the tail started glowing white and he swung it towards his enemy in the last second, firing a beam of star shaped rays which stopped the Beedrill's descent and made it flail around in pain in the air.

It's thrown off balance. Now's your chance!

Art didn't even bother to tell the voice to shut up now. Instead she called out: "Firepunch!"

Smeargle clenched his fist until a flame suddenly erupted from it and soon enveloped the whole hand. He lunged upwards and delivered a punch to the wild pokémon's midsection. Singed, Beedrill fell to the ground, legs and wings fluttering around in panic.

Art raised her eyebrows and couldn't help but throwing a smile in Smeargle's direction. She felt her heart soar when the eager creature actually smiled back at her.

Don't forget...

"What?"

Oh, are you listening to me now?

"No," Art said, but she had realized what the voice meant as the hurt insect struggled on the ground in front of her.

Loosening an empty pokéball from her belt, she tossed it at the wild pokémon as she had seen trainers do on TV. It worked, and the pokémon was sucked inside. Smeargle carefully walked closer as the ball wiggled from side to side... And finally clicked in place. Art had captured a Beedrill.

Smeargle picked the ball up and returned it to his trainer with an anticipating look.

"Thanks," she said and fastened it on her belt. She felt oddly accomplished now. Granted, she hadn't done much. It was Smeargle who had battled. "Thanks," she repeated, her eyes more directly on his.

"Smee," he said, as if content with that.

So that was what it could be like, to be a pokémon trainer. Battle in the wild, without rules and without safety net. Capture wild creatures. But she also had the gym challenge ahead; that was what the licence was for. Smeargle seemed okay, despite being purchased for her and not having any reason to trust or like her yet. Maybe he had been groomed to like people easily? But Beedrill... Could she battle with that one? She still had much to learn.

At least the voice didn't give her any smart remark when they continued walking through the forest. She was too calm and happy to be insane right now.


Ponee March 15th, 2015 8:42 AM

Capri

Even though Capri enjoyed visiting the museum, she was practically oozing excitement (ew) to battle Brock! Unfortunately, the only Pokemon Capri had was a fire type. Brock specializes in rock type pokemon. Rock can do some serious damage to Fire. There is no way Capri could defeat Brock with Crim alone.

“You’re only lost if you think you are lost.” That was Capri’s logic as she meandered through Viridian Forest. She was on the hunt for a grass type pokemon. They were pretty effective against rock types. She had placed back in her Pokemon because her silly Ponyta would attempt to pick a fight with any Pokemon that they encountered.

As she ventured deeper into the forest a sweet aroma began to fill the air around her. It was getting stronger and stronger as Capri was getting further and further into the vast forest. A pair of roses, one red and one blue, were sticking out of the dense grass. “I wonder if that sweet smell is coming for those flowers!” She quickly skipped over to flowers. She bent down to sniff the roses only to be startled when she realized that those two roses were attached to a pokemon!

“Holy Miltank!” She hollered as the pokemon sprang up in the air shooting tiny thorns right into the startled girl's face. Capri let out a sharp “OUCH!” as she pulled the painful thorns out of her cheeks. “Gosh dang it, you rotten little stinker.” She scolded the flower pokemon, who was now chuckling at the injured trainer. Capri pulled out the handy-dandy Pokedex she had received at the beginning of her journey and pointed it at the Pokemon. She watched as data began to fill the screen.
“Roselia the thorn Pokemon. Roselia shoots sharp thorns as projectiles at any opponent that tries to steal the flowers on its arms. The aroma of this Pokémon brings serenity to living things.”

“Bless ya heart! I truly didn’t mean to touch your flowers!” Capri frowned. “Well I mean, if I knew they were attached to you I wouldn’t have done such a thang!” This is not a good start to gaining a good bond with a pokemon. But then again, she is about to call out Crim to battle this Roselia so she can capture it….

The Roselia glared at Capri, ready to battle. “Okay, Crim! Here’s what you’ve been waiting for!” Crim shot out of the pokeball. But once she was aware of her surrounding she seemed awfully confused. Well this is a funny place for a rock gym. The Ponyta lowered her head in disappointment. They were obviously not at the Pewter Gym.

Capri let out an awkward little laugh. “So uh, I need to capture this Roselia, so we have a decent shot on beating Brock.” Crim rolled her eyes. Silly trainer, I could demolish Brock’s team all by myself.

“Okie dokie! Time to use ember!” Crim spat out small spurts of fire. Roselia quickly avoided the flames and shot out some purple needles towards the Ponyta. Like Roselia, Crim was able to dodge the thistles of the poison sting. Both Pokemon stood across from each other with fury in their eyes. This Roselia seemed like quite the fighter.

“Well darn! It’s quicker than I thought! Capri put her hands on her hips as she thought about her next move. “Okay, Crim use double team!” Yay! Yay! Yay! We are still battling. Crim’s enthusiasm was through the roof at this point. Crim began to circle around the Thorn Pokemon, as her speed increased it seemed to make more and more figures of the Ponyta appear. You could tell that this was starting to confuse the Roselia. Roselia began to shoot out needles at a rapid pace hitting the figures, causing them to vanish.

“Great! Now use ember!” While Roselia was confusing herself as she was missing the actual target, Crim launched out a stream of embers at Roselia. They all hit the pokemon directly causing her to collapse to the ground. Ponyta then ran up closer to the pokemon to give it a good stomp with her front hoof. Even though she was obviously injured from the ember attack, The Roselia managed to dodge the stomp. Her two roses began to glow a bright white aura and Capri could physically see the energy being taken away from Crim and going in to the Roselia. Crim cried out as the energy drained out of her.

“Jeez!” Capri’s reaction was geared more towards Roselia. It was nice seeing how much of a fight this Pokemon was going to put up. She’s a perfect match for the team.

“Crim, you’re gonna have to try a little bit harder now! Kay?” Don’t worry trainer! We got this!

“Time to use flame wheel!” Capri cheered on. Her Ponyta engulfed into an inferno as she galloped straight for Roselia. Roselia tried to leap out of the way, but she was too injured from the ember attack. It was a direct hit! As the fire died down, it was clear to see that the poor Roselia had fainted.

Inside of the left front pocket of Capri’s overalls were a handful of pokeballs. Capri grabbed one and threw it towards the Roselia. A red light emerged from the open pokeball and absorbed the Roselia into the ball. The ball then began to wiggle side to side as Capri and Crim patiently waited. “Oh, Crim! This could be our first capture!”

Oddball_ March 15th, 2015 10:57 AM

Mysterious Caller



Delta fell against the soft bed in his hotel room. How long had it been since he'd left Pewter city? 2 Months? In reality it had only been a few days. Either way the young Unovan boy was glad to have showered and changed out of his ruined clothes. He yawned and accidentally knocked over his bag, causing the intriguing stone he had obtained in mount moon to fall out. He had almost forgotten about the stone, completely neglecting to mention it to Jordan before they had parted ways. He also hadn't told Gelius, but the last thing Delta remembered the boy had fallen into the river.

There was a knock on the door, the pizza Delta had ordered had finally arrived. Delta carried the box over to the counter where he began to dish up some of the mouth watering bacon olive and sausage pie onto several silver trimmed white plates. This is why I always book the VIP room! Delta chuckled to his Pokémon who were all sitting around a chessboard. Slow, the Slowpoke from route 4, happened to be very intelligent and had managed to teach Riley the fundamentals of the game. I'd say move your knight to D6 Riley. His Queen's gonna checkmate you otherwise. Delta offered upon eying the board. Riley, agreeing with Delta did as he was told. Slow, upon putting on a curious looking frown that must have been very hard for the Pokémon to make, flipped the table in a gesture of defiance. Save it for the gym Slow. Delta smiled setting the table. The Slowpoke sighed in reply, and at that moment the phone began to rang.

Hello? Cerulean cape. 10PM tonight, the inventor of the Pokémon Storage System, is going to be attacked by team rocket. A very important prototype of a device created by your friend Mr. Stones company is their target. Who is this? Hello?!
Click!

Delta looked at the clock. 8:02PM

Ponee March 15th, 2015 4:55 PM


The pokeball wiggled side to side three times. Click. Roselia had been caught!

"Yee-haw!" Capri clicked the heels of her boots together as she jumped up in the air. Her first capture as a Pokemon trainer. How exciting! Crim reared up with her trainer. Not only did she win her first battle, but she helped her trainer add a new friend to the team! Well.... hopefully Roselia will want to be her friend.

"Well, we should skedaddle out of this here forest and get y'all to a Pokemon Center!" Capri returned her Ponyta back to her pokeball and began her journey out of Viridian Forest. It took a good bit longer to find her way back to Pewter City, but like Capri always said "You're only lost if ya think you're lost!" Great advice.

A pink-haired nurse with the sweetest smile greeted Capri as she entered the Center. Capri handed her the pokeballs containing Crim and her newly captured Roselia. "They will be fully healed in about ten minutes." The nurse said in a soothing voice as she placed the pokeballs in machine and turned the power on. A feint hum could be heard as power could be seen going into the pokeballs.

This gave Capri enough time to eat a good snack before her first battle with Brock! She made her way to the vending machine located in the corner of the center. There was a short line of other trainers purchasing their own snacks. "I wonder what the goals are of these other trainers." She thought to herself.

A boy, who looked a few years younger than Capri was standing right in front of her. He was wearing a yellow hat, white cotton t-shirt that looked a few sizes too large, a pair of yellow shorts, and yellow sneakers with white laces. He was very color coordinated. Capri tapped him on the back of his shoulder with her index finger. "Excuse me, hun." She smiled. He awkwardly turned around and just stared at her. "I was just a wonderin' what ya goals are here!" This poor child seemed puzzled as to why this large green-eyed ginger was randomly asking her questions.

"Well uh, I want.... I want.... to win. I want to win all eight badges." He finally spit the words out.

"Shew-wee! Same here!" Capri raised her hand out for a high five, but the boy just stared at her, still puzzled as to why this girl had so much energy. Does this girl not realize that this is seriously the goal of just about every trainer?

"Um, I'm gonna grab my snack now." By the time Capri and this youngster finished their conversation they had reached the front of the line and the boy had already chosen his snack. He bent down to opening and grabbed his snack of choice, a bag of cheddar Wailord-shaped crackers. They looked yummy.

"Bye." He mumbled.

"See ya around, hawney!" Capri waved(her hand was still up in the air from the reject high-five) as the boy quickly walked away, ready for this awkward confrontation to end.

"Ooh chips.... and a candy bar! and cookies!" Capri awed at all the delicious choices she had. Her eyes scanned the rows of snacks. "Eh. Might as well buy them all." And with that Capri placed enough money into the vending machine and out came her chips, candy bar and cookies. She took a seat on one of the comfy couches that were located inside the center and happily munched on her snacks as she waited for her Pokemon to heal up. She was going to go sit with the youngster, but he had already left by the time she reached the resting area.

With her candy bar in her left hand, a cookie already placed in her mouth and her Pokedex in her right hand, she studied the information of Roselia that was added when the pokemon, who turned out being a female, was captured. She knew six moves: Absorb, Poison Sting, Magical Leaf, Leech Seed, Poison Jab, and Return.

"Capri Castillo, Your Pokemon are ready for you." A voice called over the Intercom. Capri stood up, wiping the crums off her face and skipped to her pokemon. "Thank ya, darlin'!" She grinned as nurse joy handed her the two pokeballs.

Once she was outside of the pokemon she released her team out of their pokeballs to give them a pep talk before her match against Brock. Crim happily pranced around and Roselia just stood unhappily with her tiny little flower arms folded across each other.

"All righty, y'all! We are about to have our first gym battle! So, y'all better be on ya A-Game ya hear!?" Crim cheered. Yes, trainer! I will most definitely be on my A-Game! Roselia still stood with her arms crossed. Jeez woman, you just kidnapped me from my home and now you are gonna make me go to this so called gym. I don't even know what that is.

Zavytar March 15th, 2015 6:57 PM

Danica Chandler
Route 4
The Slow Pokémon Strikes Back!


As the wild Slowpoke's health was sapped by Leech Seed, Harley felt a certain energy boost, as a regular human after a cup of coffee in the morning. His blue-haired trainer told him to use Vine Whip, however, the wild opponent counterattacked with a Yawn. As silly as that may have sounded, after the Slowpoke yawned a big pink bubble came out of its mouth and burst upon touching Harley's Vine Whips. That feeling of replenished energy was replaced by drowsiness. Danica Chandler knew that she had to attack before Harley would fall asleep. Since the physical move was interrupted, Danica had to try with a more ranged alternative: Razor Leaf.

"Harley, use Razor Leaf!"

With a yawn the goat-like Pokémon fired a barrage of sharp leaves at his pink opponent, apparently hurting it pretty badly due to the type disadvantage. The wild Slowpoke retaliated with a move that Danica was familiar with, given that she had used it before: Confusion. The goat-like Pokémon was slightly hurled backwards with a slight dizziness temporarily overcoming his body. Danica tried shouting out another command, however, her Pokémon could not take it anymore and fell asleep. The wild Slowpoke used Tackle, however, with more energy being drained because of Leech Seed, it appared to have dealt little damage.

"Harley, wake up! Use Razor Leaf again!"

But it was in vain. Harley was fast asleep. The wild Slowpoke attacked again with Confusion, and this time it appeared to have dealt considerable damage. Danica had to think, how could she get Harley to attack the wild Pokémon without Sleep Talk at his disposal and without an Awakening or Full Heal with her? Note to self: buy more status healers. I think that if I strike once more, maybe I can catch that Slowpoke. But if Harley's out of commission, I won't have any Pokémon to fight back!

Pretty much the same thing happened again: Danica told Harley to use Razor Leaf, Harley was fast asleep, and Slowpoke attacked with Tackle instead of Confusion. It's no good! I have to try to catch it now! I believe Leech Seed has drained quite a lot of energy from it, right? she thought as she reached for a Pokéball, Well, here goes nothing! She hurled the Pokéball at the dopey foe, who didn't even notice as she was hit by the device and sent inside. The ball began to shake, and shake, and shake. And Danica could do nothing but wait for a click that would signal not only a successful capture, but also moving on to Cerulean City at last!

Ponee March 17th, 2015 8:50 PM


The outside appearance of the Pewter City Gym was phenomenal. It appeared that the entire building was made out of rock. The words "Pewter City Gym" were engraved at the top right corner of the structure. Capri took a deep breathe and began to make her way through the entrance of the gym. She could just feel the Butterfree fluttering around in her stomach, but she still managed to have a huge grin on her face even though she was completely overwhelmed!

"Hiya!" A slim man waved at Capri as she entered the building. He was wearing a white collared shirt layered with a green button up blazer with a pair of matching dress pants.

"Howdy!" Capri waved back cheerfully. "This is my first gym battle!"

"Oh it is? Well, I can tell you one thing. You sure look like a Pokemon champ to me!" The man's enthusiasm was contagious.

Capri blush. "Oh, well I am working hard to become one! That's for sure!"

Capri noticed Brock meditating on a rock by the battle area. This must be how he stays so cool and collected. After saying her goodbyes to the gym greeter she made her way over to Brock.

"Hey, Stranger! Sorry I'm late. I had to catch myself another pokemon!" Brock opened his eyes and smiled at the charismatic girl.

"So, this is your first gym battle huh?"

Capri nodded her head. "It sure is! Well.... Actually... This is my first real battle with a trainer." Capri's common sense left a lot to be desired. Sure she had battled wild Pokemon and used her vivid imagination to pretend to battle other trainers when she was just a child, but she had not actually had a real battle against a real trainer before.

"Interesting. I would advise you to battle more trainers in the future though. Gym battles are slightly different than regular battles. The match that we are about to have is for Pokemon League Authorization. You have two Pokemon correct?"

"Yessir, I sure do!" She nodded her head.

"Very well than. I will use two Pokemon as well. " Brock proceeded to walk to the battle area of the gym. He pointed to a small white rectangle that was drawn with chalk on the ground. "You stand on that side of the gym." Capri nodded and skipped over to her side. She was about to participate in her first gym battle! So exciting!

Once Capri was safely standing in her spot, a rocky terrain began to rise up from the bottom of the gym. Now that was cool.

Brock smiled as he tossed out his pokeball. "Let the match begin!" An interesting floating rock with large eyes and bulky arms emerged from the ball.

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found in fields and mountains. Mistaking them for boulders, people often step or trip on them.

"Okay, Crim! I believe in you!" The Ponyta was released from her pokeball and emerged onto the field. A small nicker escaped from her mouth as she saw Geodude. Yipee! We are finally at the gym!

"You do realize that your Ponyta is at a terrible disadvantage?" Way to point out the obvious Brock.

Capri just chuckled. "I might be a new trainer, but I'm no dummy! Crim may be at the disadvantage here, but she makes up for it with her heart and passion to win!" Dat's right!

Brock just smiled. "Good enough. It's nice to see a trainer think so highly of their Pokemon. Enough chit chat though! Geodude! Use Tackle!" Geodude hovered over towards Crim at a quick pace for a levitating rock.

"Stomp!" The Ponyta was able to evade the attack by jumping onto a small boulder, just out of Geodude's way. She then proceeded to leap off of the boulder and used her front right hoof to make an indent into the Rock Pokemon's hard body. Unfortunately, it did hardly any damage.

"Okay, Geodude time to use Rock Throw. Geodude scooped up a handful of rocks in both of his hands and began to pelt them towards Crim's direction. Crim tried her hardest to dodge the rocks, but she just couldn't miss them all. A few decent size rocks managed to hit the side of her rib cage. Capri cringed when her poor teammate cried out in pain.

"Come on Crim! You got this!" Capri started to try to think outside of the box. She was obviously not gonna win at this pace, she needed to try a different approach.

"Use Charm!" Crim locked eyes with Geodude. Geodude couldn't look away from this adorable Pokemon. Crim began to bat her large brown eyes at Brock's Pokemon. She swished her small inferno of a tail from side to side and she slowly walked closer towards her opponent. Geodude couldn't help but blush.

"Geodude, use Rock Throw again." But Geodude just crossed his arms. "Geodude, I said use Rock Throw!" Geodude turned around to his trainer and frowned. "You're kidding me right?" A light smile appeared on Brocks face. His Geodude had instantly fallen in love with Crim. "I'm gonna tell you one more time. Rock Throw!" Geodude opened his arms out wide. At the point Crim just squeezed her eyes shut, if Geodude was to attack her at this close of a distance she would be a goner. What happened next was not exactly expected. Geodude did lift his arms up, but not to throw rocks at his opponent, instead he wrapped his arms around Crim and gave her a nice big hug.

Capri busted out laughing. "Aw shucks! Looks like my Ponyta is just irresistible!" Crim sighed in relief when it was clear that Geodude was not going to attack her. Now she had another issue. She couldn't get Geodude unattached to her body. Hey, um, this is very flattering and all, but we are suppose to be battling.

I love you.

Brock shook his head. This was a lost cause. He pulled out Geodude's pokeball and returned his Pokemon. Crim let out another sigh of relief now that the obsessive living rock was finally away. One Pokemon down. One to go.

"Onix! Your turn!" Pure fear covered Crim's face as Brock's next pokemon was revealed. A HUMONGOUS rock serpent looked down at Ponyta.

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Onix, the Rock Snake Pokémon. It tunnels through the ground which shakes when it raises its thunderous roar. It can move the ground at fifty miles per hour.

"Oh golly." Capri eyes widen. It was clear to see poor Crim wouldn't stand a chance against this beast, but Capri knew that Crim would refuse to give up.

"Crim start with double team!" Crim began trotting around the rocky terrain, another image of her self appeared with each step she took. Onix had other ideas though, he dug straight down into the ground, causing the entire gym arena to violently shake. It didn't take much to cause Crim to lose her balance and stumble to the ground. Onix was able to sense were the Ponyta was and rose up directly from the ground below her. Capri's poor Pokemon went soaring through the air as Onix hit her from below. Crim landed back on the ground with a large thud. I'm sorry trainer. I'm not strong enough.

Capri gasped. "Gosh dang it!" Her poor Ponyta hit the ground so hard. She was definitely down for the count. Capri sent her pokemon back into her ball to rest and called out Roselia!

The rose pokemon stood confidently in front of the Onix. Capri couldn't help but laugh at the size difference. On one side there was a teenie tiny flower and on the other side there was a giant behemoth of a stone snake. Capri noticed Brock couldn't help but chuckle either. This will be a fun battle!

"Onix, use Rock Smash!" Onix slammed his tail onto a pile of rocks near Roselia. Causing small rock fragments to fly every where. Capri, Brock and Roselia all had to shield their eyes from the debris caused by Onix.

"Otay, Roselia! Use Leech Seed!" Roselia shot out a small seed from her red rose. It stuck onto one of the sections of Onix's boulder of a body. "This will help us in the long run!" Capri smiled. She was glad Roselia was obeying so well considering she had literally just caught the Pokemon. You're lucky I don't like to lose, lady.

"Iron Tail, Onix!" Onix let out a loud bellow as his tail began to light up and head towards Roselia.

"Magical Leaf!" Roselia was able to shoot out about a dozen sharp, glowing leaves as Onix hurled his tail towards her. Roselia jumped back, only to be grazed by the tail. She could feel her body healing from the leech seed attached to Onix's body. The Leech seed was slowly sucking energy out from Onix and sending it into Roselia's.

"Rock Throw!" Onix rapped up a huge boulder and chucked it at Roselia. She tried to dodge to rock, but it was just to large. The hit caused her to skid through the dirt at a fast rate.

"Roselia! Are you alright!" Capri gasped. That was a rough hit! But Roselia seemed tough and looked at her trainer and nodded. She was not going down with out a fight. Capri smiled at the Rose Pokemon and her determination to win.

"Absorb!" Roselia's two roses began to glow as she pointed them directly towards Onix. He groaned out in pain as more and more energy was being drained from his body.

"Dig!" Onix regained his composure and shot back underground. The ground began to violently shake yet again. Onix could not be seen, but Roselia could feel where he was because of the Leech Seed. She could feel where the source of the energy was directly coming from. "Use Magic Leaf when ya can!" Capri shouted!

Roselia could feel Onix coming closer and closer at an impressive speed for such a large Pokemon. She could feel the ground become light from underneath her. She hurried to the nearest boulder and waited to make her move. Suddenly, Onix smashed his way through the ground and sent Roselia soaring towards the ceiling. She shot out as many leaves as she could. A cloud of dust and rock particles began to swarm the gym and the level of visibility became very low. Brock and Capri could hear the commotion of the two pokemon, but it was still too dusty to see. Suddenly a loud crash could be heard. The only thing the trainers could do was to wait patiently for the dust to settle.

Finally, the air began to clear out and the battle could finally be seen again. Both Brock and Capri let out a "Wha?" as they saw the aftermath of what had happened during this dust bowl. Both Pokemon were laying motionless on the ground....

Zavytar March 22nd, 2015 7:08 AM

Danica Chandler
Entering Cerulean City
Cerulean City! New Threat?


Click!

The ball stopped moving. The formerly-wild Slowpoke resignated herself to continuing her life as a travelling trainer's Pokémon and gave in the struggle against the device. She was Danica's Pokémon now. The blue-haired girl picked up the Pokéball. "I think I'll call you... Quinn. Would you like that?" she said. From inside the Pokéball, the Slowpoke shrugged, stating that she didn't mind. "Good. Now, time to go on, and rest." She put her Pokéball away in her hoodie's pocket, and continued to walk. In a matter of minutes she was in Cerulean City.

The sun was beginning to set, and the sky was turning into a darker blue. Lights were beginning to turn on, and the reflection on the bodies of water nearby were a lovely sight to behold. Danica was amazed for a second, but quickly remembered that her Pokémon needed healing and resting, and went back to looking for the building with the red roof. It wasn't particularly hard to find, given that it was the only red-coloured building in town, so she quickly headed there.

Once her Pokémon was in the nurse's care, Danica took the time to plan things. The local Gym was the main objective, but she didn't really feel up for it at that moment. She checked her map app; she could go north to Cerulean Cape where she could train her Pokémon to make the Gym battle easier, she figured. Even though she had a type advantage -two Pokémon with Grass-type moves at her disposal- the Gym Leader's signature Starmie was known to be quite the pain to defeat, and it was said that many challengers took that Pokémon for granted and ended up losing. She was not going to do that, however.

Her train of analysis was interrupted by the nurse, saying that her Pokémon were fighting fit, and that they hoped to see her again. Without thinking how the nurse travelled from Pewter to Mt. Moon to Cerulean so fast, or why they "hoped to see her again", she exited the Pokémon Center, with her Pokémon all ready to go. Her next destination: Cerulean Cape, north of Cerulean.

As she was walking through the bridge to reach the cape, two people stopped her in her tracks. One of them was a young teenage boy with a yellow T-shirt and a blue cap, and the other was a young, pretty girl with a white blouse and a blue miniskirt. Danica tried to walk past them, but they refused to let her walk by.

"Whoa, whoa, where do ya think you're going?" the boy said, in a heavy, mobster-like accent that was obviously faked.

"Yeah. Hold it." the girl said, "You want to go past, there's a fee you have to pay."

"...What?" Danica said, her face beginning to show annoyance.

"Yeah. This here, ya see, is our turf." the boy said, "Nothing personal, doll-face." His partner glared at him.

"Okay, enough! This gangster thing... is getting so annoying! Cut it out!" she scolded him, and the boy just looked down and said nothing. The girl then turned to Danica. "Look, we're the Nugget Bridge Gang!"

Danica just stared at them. Her eyes showed both confusion and irritation. Who did these guys think they were? Why didn't people do anything about it? She was certainly not going to pay these nobodies to go train! She attempted to ignore them and push them aside, but they did not budge, which only contributed to Danica's aggravation. "Move." she said rudely.

"Not so fast, doll-face!" the boy said, "You see, we don't take kindly to people like you, wanting to go through OUR turf just like that! If you're looking for trouble-" The girl punched him in the gut suddenly, and growled.

"I said cut it out, Timmy! Gosh!" she said, "This is how it goes. There are two ways to walk through here. Either you give us five grand and everything is cool, or you can try to defeat us all in a row." She chuckled, "Think you can take it?"

Danica glared at this girl with a look of determination and fury. "Bring it on!" she said.

Jay March 22nd, 2015 11:34 AM



"Kaku Kaku Kaku!"

Jun sat with a depressed stare plastered on his face, his eyes were directed at his ovular Kakuna whom was rolling happily back and forth along the tiled pokémon center ground. It had just fainted again in Viridian forest, to be perfectly honest Jun was amazed as to how the damned thing had been able to actually live in the location before Jun had found him without being eaten or something. Regardless, every time the small bug type was healed up Jun would let it out of its pokéball and it would proceed to roll around the floor with the most determined look he had ever seen a cocoon pokémon manage to muster. Kakuna really did mean well, but it's sheer incompetence made Jun sigh in exasperation every time he got his hopes up.

Honedge was sitting peacefully in his bag, her eye and hilt poking out to watch Kakuna happily. The two pokémon at least seemed to get along swimmingly, even if Jun wasn't as keen. Honedge didn't say a word, mostly due to the fact that she was a sword. She could talk using somewhat telepathic cries and by cutting messages into the dirt, but other than that she usually preferred to remain silent and use gestures to communicate. Something Jun much preferred over-

"Kakuuuuuuuu- Kak!"

The damnable thing had used harden and tried to roll through the front door again. Kakuna seemed to think that making itself tougher using harden would make it do more damage when he collided with things. This of course went against almost every rule of battle logic and while Jun appreciated the innovation, if it didn't work it didn't work. He had tried explaining this to kakuna over their time together, but the cocoon pokémon obviously hadn't evolved proper hearing yet... or at least a decent amount of intelligence.

With another sad sigh, Jun gently picked Kakuna off of the ground and looked him in his beedy bug eyes.

"For the last time, nobody finds harden impressive... it does nothing except maybe preventing you from a first turn KO."

"K-Kaku Kak- mmph!"

Jun quickly shoved Kakuna in his pocket and made his way to the front door of the pokémon center. The sliding doors parted and Honedge stretched its sash as it levitated out of its trainers bag and opted to float alongside him as they exited the center and moved into the fairly calm streets of Pewter city.

***

He could see the gym in the distance... a fairly impressive place dedicated to the training of rock type pokémon. Not the kind of place that Jun wanted to bring a little bug like Kakuna. Jun was confident he could maybe win without Kakuna, Honedge was strong, swift and reliable. But Jun was still not one hundred percent sure that he could pull off a victory with only one pokémon, he wanted to get the badge on his first attempt to cement a nice feeling of victory and confidence into his stride.

Plus beedrill were pretty cool looking pokémon. Intimidating too. Having one on his team would be nice.

But Kakuna was just so (dare he say it), worthless. Unless specifically instructed to do otherwise, all the little shell ever did was use harden. Harden, harden, harden. What was he, a metapod? Well technically he was the golden "more aggressive" equivalent but still. If nothing else Jun couldn't stand the thought of disappointing the poor little guy, Kakuna really wanted to be a benefit and while Jun was finding him difficult to train he still didn't want to send Kakuna into a fit of depression.

He groaned lightly under his breath before turning away from the street leading to the gym and heading back in the direction of Viridian forest. For now at least, it was back to the old grind.

Ponee March 22nd, 2015 7:38 PM


As the dust finally settled, it was clear to see that both pokemon had fainted. It was a tough battle for sure, but Brock’s Onix proved to be a very powerful contender despite his type disadvantage. Capri couldn’t have been more proud of Roselia. For her first battle as Capri’s Pokemon, she showed just how much dedication she had.

“Both our Pokemon are unable to battle. Even though we are both out of pokemon to use, I declare you the winner due to the fact that you defeated my Geodude as well.” Brock announced as he returned his Onix to his pokeball.

A huge smile appeared on Capri’s face. She had done it. She had won her first gym battle! She also returned her fainted Pokemon and headed over to Brock.

“I really enjoyed our battle Capri. Continue your training and you will become a force to be reckoned with!”

Capri blushed. “Oh my! Thank you so much!”

“I award you… The Boulder Badge!” Brock displayed a quarter sized badge that was a nice shiny silver. It was very basic looking, which was understandable considering most rocks are rather simple.

“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!” Capri received the badge and gave Brock a tight hug. When Capri began her journey, a kind old lady that she had met right before she made it to Viridian Forest had given her a hand-made box to use to hold her badges. Inside the box was eight small compartments to hold the eight gym badges.

“So, uh, I hear you are an awesome cook. Ya think maybe you could make me, a young traveling trainer that is low on money and also just defeated you in a battle, a nice meal before I continue my journey?”

Brock chuckled. “Well of course! You can join my family and me for dinner!”

Brock had a large family. A large, very energetic family. This was something that fascinated Capri very much
considering she practically lived her entire life as an only child. Capri counted all the small children happily slurping up some stew that Brock had made. Nine. He had nine brothers and sisters!

“So you beat my older brother huh?” One of his sisters asked.

Capri giggled. “Not exactly! Both our pokemon fainted in the end, so it was more of a tie. But I did beat his Geodude!” She winked at Brock.

Brock laughed. “That’s because my Geodude thought her Ponyta was too cute to fight.”

All the children giggled.

Not only was Brock an excellent cook for people, he also made wonderful food for Pokemon! He had made Crim and Roselia some special pokemon food to help fuel them up before they head out to Route 3. Geodude hovered next to Crim, munching on his own bowl of food. He would attempt to hand Crim bits of his food but she rejected him each time. Brock had also let his other pokemon out to eat. A large purple bat was perched on a small wooden structure to eat his food peacefully, He was a Crobat. Brock also had an adorable baby Pokemon called a Bonsley, who was too busy running around the dining room with the youngest children because they all were too wound up to eat! Onix respectfully ate his food outside, considering he could not fit in the house.

“So, I take it you are going to head out to Cerulean City next?” Brock asked.

“Yessir! I sure am going to go there to take on my next gym battle with Misty. If Roselia keeps up the hard work, it should be a breeze!”

One of the older boys whispered something to Brock. Brock looked at his brother for a moment and then turned his attention back to Capri. He got up from his chair and motioned Capri to come into another room, away from all the kids, so he could speak to her.

“My brother, Forrest, wants to know if he could tag along with you until you reach Cruelean City. I have never been able to take him to any other place due to the fact that I am rather busy with the gym and caring for our eight other siblings. He is rather shy though, but I feel like this will be a great learning experience for him.”

Capri just chuckled. “I would absolutely love to have a little traveling buddy to assist me on my journey!” The thought of not being alone made her one jolly girl.

Once dinner was over, all the tummies were full and content and the dishes were washed. Capri made her way out of Brocks house. Her two companions were to her right, happily waddling with full bellies, and to her left was Forrest, Brock’s shy younger brother. Hovering next to Forrest was Brock’s loyal companion, Geodude. Brock decided to let Forrest borrow Geodude so Forrest could help Capri with any battle and also to help teach Forrest how to battle! It was obvious Crim was not pleased with this decision.

Brock and his family said their goodbyes to the duo as they left the house and started to make their way towards Route 3.

“Don’t you worry, kiddo! We are gonna have a rootin' tootin' good time out here!” Capri hooked her arm around the young boys neck.

What have I gotten myself into? Forrest contemplated turning around and going back home, but it was too late. Capri had sucked him in with her endless amount of enthusiasm.

gimmepie March 24th, 2015 6:25 AM


Tasman walked north from the pokemon centre, his thoughts on what lay ahead of him later in the day. He was eager to watch his new rival in her gym battle, but he was also looking forward to his own.
But who do I use... Dalair has the type advantage but he can't use any electric moves besides Charge. Oh well, worrying about things is just boring. I'll just relax at the cape and make up my mind when the time comes.

Tasman continued to stride through the town, the river and Nugget bridge coming into view soon enough. In only a few more minutes, Tasman was walking onto the bridge - which was when the punk-looking guy spoke up.
"Oh like hell am I letting you of all people through." the guy was taller than Tasman, dressed in leather and had a colourful mohawk adorning his head.
This is the guy I beat in the competition earlier... no wonder Clarity told me to watch to for thugs near the bridge
"The way I see it" Tasman said in his politest voice "You don't really get to choose whether I cross or not." The thug leaned over towards Tasman with a wicked grin
"Oh but I do, you can only get across if you pay the toll or beat all three of us in battles."
"Battles? Well you should have said so, I'll just beat you again" Tasman smiled pleasantly
"What?! You are in for it now you shit" the two other gang member had moved over to enjoy the commotion now, both gripping pokeballs.

Gelius just walked to the bridge. He saw Gary Clark being cheered by many people for his win. While he... They just threw him garbage.

"How do i defeat Misty or Lt. Surge if i can't defeat Gary Clark?" He sighed. He thought visiting Bill would be good to cheer up.

He saw a boy being attacked by a gang. He was about to ignore but a Herdier growled at him.

"You ain't pass unless you pay us!" A boy yelled.

"I do not have money. I lost all to my rival..." Gelius sais.

"Pay me." He insists.

"I would not either pay to you." Gelius said.

"Pay. Me." He insists again.

"No." Gelius said.

"P-A-Y. M-E. Pay me." He says.

"N-O. No." Gelius said, confident that the boy was not harmful.

"Well then... PAY ME!" He says.

"Once again, i won't change my answer. No." Gelius said.

"Fine." He says. "If you don't pay me..." Gelius interrupted.

"Then i cross the bridge." Gelius said pushing the boy.

"Oh you dare to push me!? Herdier, lets see if he gets scared."

Gelius looked to Herdier's eyes. Then he walks away and says:

"Wow... That's sooo... Pathetic. No i'm not scared and No i won't pay you." Gelius said.

"Fine. YO GUYS!" He yells. "We got one more idiot!"

Gelius grabs his Nuzleaf, Leaf's pokeball and throws the pokeball.. "Oh no you don't! Leaf time to show your skills!" Leaf the Nuzleaf comes in.

Tasman watched as the new arrival showed up and started making a scene
"Well I guess it's two against three now. Shouldn't be too hard really." Tasman looked over his opponents, one with a Herider two who had yet to send anything out.
Well, this should be interesting
"Lance, let's help out!" Tasman released the purple form of his Nidorino from the confines of his pokeball.

"Hitmonlee!" the punk-thug called, once again sending out the fighting-type
"Linoone!" the third of the nugget bridge gang called, the normal-type also appearing in a flash of light. Tasman grinned, looking at the stranger on his side
"Nice to meet you, my name's Tasman. Pleasure to work with you" he laughed "Lance, Posion Jab on that Herdier!"

Lance's horn glowed a sinister shade of purple as he ran forwards towards the Herdier and slamming into the side of the bridge, jabbing him with the sharp point of his horn.
"Htomonlee, Jump Kick!" the punk-thug called

"You know what? I would like to help. Plus, no one messes with my hometown."

"Herdier use Shadow Ball!" The boy said.

"Come on! Using Ghost against Dark? Leaf show your power! Leaf Blade!" Gelius said,

Leaf struck with his Leaf Blade, evading the Shadow Ball, hitting Herdier.

"No Fair. My rules are: Only i can win; I am the best; Etc..." The boy said.

"These rules are pathetic." Gelius said.

"No way i will let you pass!" The boy said.

"Lance, Double Kick to counter it!" Tasman called to his Nidorino, the pokemon instantly kicking its legs up to deflect the Hitmonlee's attack before suddenly flailing into a second kick that smacked the fighting-type into the other side of the bridge. Tasman and Lance didn't get a reprieve though
"Lance, go help that Nuzleaf ou-"
"Don't forget me idiot! Linoone use Headbutt!" The Linoone sped in towards Lance, passed the battling Nuzleaf and Herdier, but tactics like that weren't going to beat Tasman or his pokemon with ease.
"Lance, Double Kick Again!" Twice in quick succession Lance lashed out with his back legs, launching the Linoone into the Herdier that was struggling back to its feet just as the Hitmonlee again jumped up to attack Lance.

Gelius tried to figure a way to defeat the thugs. They had advantage on him.

"Leaf go for a Leaf Blade on Hitmonlee!"

"Oh no you don't! Hitmonlee! Go for a Brick Break!" The thug said.

Leaf tried to hit Hitmonlee but the fighting pokemon used his feet to smash Leaf to the ground.

"Now Blaze Kick!" The thug said. Hitmonlee kicked Leaf with his Blazing Feet, throwing him back.

"This is way hard." Then Gelius remember. "Leaf you ready? When I say catch this." Gelius said showing the Leaf Stone.

Leaf nodded.

"Horn Attack!" Tasman called, Lance's horn shining a fluorescent white as he slammed the Herdier into the side of the bridge "Double Kick on the Linonne!" Lance looked to be on a roll, easily knocking the Linoone well back with two powerful kicks of his hind legs. Tasman grinned, feeling full of confidence
[I]Although I owe this guy for giving us the opening by distracting that Hitmonl-" Tasman's thought was cut short by his ally's Nuzleaf being hit by a nasty Blaze kick. Tasman's shock was further compounded though, when his teammate pulled out a leaf stone.
"Well that's a surprise..."

"Leaf now!" Gelius threw the stone. Leaf rushed to it and jumped. When Leaf caught the Leaf Stone, the Nuzleaf started to shine bright. When the light subsided and Gelius could see again, Leaf the Nuzleaf was no longer a Nuzleaf.

Leaf the Nuzleaf evolved to a Shiftry!

Gelius was surprised. Even though he expected that Nuzleaf would evolve, he was surprised to see the aspect of his newly evolved pokemon.

"Alright Leaf time to finish them!" Leaf knew that it was time to Razor Wind. He started spinning, creating some wind. Then a little tornado was created.

"Alright Leaf! Razor Wind on Herdier!" Gelius commanded. Leaf threw the tornado at Herdier, making the pokemon being thrown back. After that, Herdier fainted.

"Well I can't say that wasn't impressive" Tasman chuckled "Lance, use Poison Jab on the Linoone!" Tasman's Nidorino's horn glowed it's usually vibrant purple as he ran forwards and jabbed it hard against the Linoon's side, flinging it into the side of the bridge and knocking it out once more. Tasman looked over at the other guy
"You want to take the Hitmonlee down? I already got to earlier so I don't mind."

"I don't mind. Now that Leaf is faster i might be able to counter it. Leaf go for Razor Leaf!" Gelius said. Leaf started to throw several sharp leaves at Hitmonlee like Arrows.

"Hitmonlee use Blaze Kick to throw them back!" The thug said. Gelius knew his plan:

If Hitmonlee manages to throw the sharp leaves back to Leaf, it will count as Leaf making damage to himself. Plus, the leaves would catch fire from the foot, and it would be a made up move, Fire Type one and a kind of... Blazing Leaf?

Well what it would be does not matter, what could happen it's the main trouble. This made up move can make this battle in a total defeat.

Hitmonlee threw back the leaves, and the leaves ignite. Gelius had all planed.

"Leaf use your fans to make wind, so you can throwback the leaves to Hitmonlee!" Gelius commanded. Leaf did what his trainer commanded. By swinging his fans, he made the leaves being thrown back to Hitmonlee, since the burning leaves are light in weight. Plus, the Oxygen would make the flame stronger. The sharp burning leaves hit Hitmonlee, knocking him out.

"I guess we'll be passing then" Tasman chimed "well done Lance, and Leaf too what an evolution" he said as he returned his Nidorino. Tasman was about to continue walking when he realised than Gelius was still standing there.
"Oh, yeah. I'm Tasman, thanks for the backup."

"I'm Gelius, and in fact... I just passed by but once i saw these goons messing with you, I thought they were Gang of Bugs and were messing with Cerulean Folks again. You know, I don't like when someone messes with my hometown." Gelius said, while returning his Shiftry. Only Bubbles the Poliwhirl was seen next to him. "By the way, if you are going to Cerulean Cape, I know the owner of the house there, he is a friend of mine and works with my dad. I kinda wanna talk with him." Gelius said.

"Gang of bugs? Shouldn't there be a bit more control over groups like that?" Tasman asked before shrugging "Well they don't seem particularly dangerous, just irritating. I am going to the Cape, I've heard it's really pretty there. Might as well head that way with you for now." It was with that the pair left Nugget Bridge and begun to traverse the small route towards Cerulean Cape.

"OK. Follow me. You might not want to step their territory. I know a way to evade it." Geius said. When he tried to lead the way, he saw a sign saying: 'Road Under Construction.'

"OK... This was the only shortcut i knew. So yeah... There might be as well another shortcuts, but i only know this one." Gelius said. "We better look for another shortcut... I don't wanna go through another fight..." He said
"Shortcut to where?" a snooty sounding voice rang out from behind the pair of trainers, the duo turning to see a group of young trainers all with outrageous hair-do's and all with a bug-typed pokemon following them.
"I don't suppose that's them is it?" Tasman said to Gelius, sighing at the arrival of this other group. Honestly, the majority of them had Kakuna's and Metapod's with them so they didn't look to be much of a threat to anybody, even less so than the Nugget Bridge guys.

"Yes its them." Gelius said. "And by using pokemon like Kakuna and Matapod, it means that their leader is around and wanna give him priority to fight the trespassers. I heard that who loses to them will suffer and who wins against them... That those people would pay for defeating them. Pay but not on financial means." Gelius said. "These are rumors. Honestly i use to go by the shortcut. I never confronted them. And i was hoping to not find them. Neither their leader, Josh. Their leader is said to be born on Viridian Forest. This is all that the people know..."

"LEADER!" A young boy yelled. "The trespassers!"

"Better turn back and look for a another shortcut right?" Gelius whispered to Tasman. The boys were glaring at them.

Tasman nodded at Gelius
"Yeah, I can't be bothered battling a gang again. Doing the same thing over and over is boring. Maybe I'll see you at Cerulean Cape?" With that, Tasman walked off - right passed the astounded Gang of Bugs thugs - in the direction of Cerulean Cape.
Hopefully I'll find a route that's not crawling with more of these guys.
"Bye Gelius!"

"See ya!" As Gelius finished to say good bye to Tasman, Gary Clark showed up.

Zavytar March 24th, 2015 8:43 AM

Danica Chandler
Cerulean City - Nugget Bridge
The Nugget Bridge Gang! Vs. Timmy!


"I got this, Ali!" the boy with the blue cap stepped up, Pokéball in hand. "Rattata, go!"

"Quinn, you got this!" Danica said, and sent out her newly-caught Slowpoke. This was the perfect opportunity to try out her skills.

Youngster Timmy's Rattata attacked first with a defensive move, Tail Whip. Danica tried to get Quinn to use Yawn, so that the battle would be easier, but it appeared that the Slowpoke had not taken a liking to her trainer yet, and instead used Tackle, sending the small mouse Pokémon flying after colliding. The Rattata retaliated with Hyper Fang, and the pain from the move left Quinn immobilized for a few moments.

"Quinn, use Yawn! Or he'll do that again!" Danica shouted.

"Don't tell me what to do!" Quinn replied, and used another anger-fuelled Tackle that not only sent the Rattata flying, but it also knocked it out after it hit the side of the bridge. Timmy gasped, not expecting his Pokémon to have gone down that easily. But he wasn't going to give up. He was going to defeat this girl. Perhaps Ali would grow to respect him after that... Shaking those distracting thoughts from his head, he grabbed his other Pokéball and threew it in the air.

"Sandshrew, finish her! Start with Defense Curl!"

"We got this, Quinn! Water Gun!" Danica exclaimed. But Quinn ignored her orders and turned away.

"Now, Scratch!"

Timmy's Sandshrew charged at the idle Slowpoke and scratched her. Quinn heard her trainer telling her to use Water Gun, but once again she opted to ignore her and took a nap. This is no use... she said to herself, I have to find a way to make her listen to me...

"Alright, Quinn, that's enough, return." Danica said, keeping her emotionless face on, "Curtis, you got it! Use Magical Leaf!"

The attack worked like a charm. Curtis did not hesitate to use the move, which drained the foe Sandshrew of half his energy. Timmy's next command was a Rollout, and Sandshrew curled up into a ball and began to roll over to strike Curtis as if he was a bowling pin. Danica told Curtis to use another Magical Leaf attack, and even though Sandshrew managed to attack, the second barrage of magical leaves was more than enough to leave that Pokémon unable to keep on battling. Danica had defeated Timmy, but it wasn't like she could go on her way... Not yet.

"Humph! You and your stupid goon attitude!" Ali said, "I'm up next! And I tell you, it won't be easy!"

Meanwhile, a young boy with dark green hair was taking a stroll around Cerulean City, proudly showing off a newly-obtained Cascade Badge, when his attention was drawn by something. Some teenage kids were fighting a blue-haired girl with a purple hoodie at the Nugget Bridge. He couldn't help but think that he had seen this girl somewhere before, but right at the moment he had something more important to do. He would pay the Pokémon Center a visit to rest his Pokémon. Then, maybe, he'd stop by the bridge again and see how things would turn out.

Circuit March 28th, 2015 6:29 AM

Zakk Steuermann ¦ Chapter 3 ¦ A Trail of Breadcrumbs

Zakk's current team:
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"Wait a moment please!" The receptionist scuttled away, in a very similar fashion to a Krabby. Zakk tapped his finger on the desk with Bagon shuffling around his feet. The short, older woman observed Zakk over her large, round glasses. "Officer Jenny will be right with you, please take a seat. Zakk did as he was told, and sat one on of the seats at the edge of the foyer. Looking around the light, open Police Station Zakk could see a variety of paintings, none of which he recognised of course. After not too long spent waiting, Officer Jenny walked out to greet Zakk. She stood tall despite being quite a bit shorter than Zakk, and sported a blue officer's suit, blue skirt, a black messenger bag and a blue officer's cap. Zakk stood to greet her politely.

"I'm Zakk," He began. "And this is my partner Bagon. Officer Jenny shook his hand and introduced herself in return. She lead Zakk through a side door and into her own small office. There the two sat down, Zakk in the visitor's chair and her behind her desk. She withdrew a notepad and pen, and sat back.

"We have a lot to discuss. Or maybe we don't, as far as I'm told your situation goes. How are you, first of all?" Officer Jenny started. Zakk was already slightly uncomfortable, knowing that Officer Jenny probably knew more than he did about himself. He answered anyway.
"Physically I feel fine. I haven't noticed anything unusual, though I don't remember what usual is. I know something happened, and that is all." Bagon sat a scratched his head, not really interested in the conversation as of yet. "I can't remember anything past the mundane occurrences of my childhood. Can you tell me anything about how I got here, my condition, Bagon's condition, and who may have abandoned us here?" Zakk looked hopefully at the Officer, who scrutinised him for a moment, before reaching across the desk and placing a file in front of Zakk.
"That's the case file for this, or should I say your case." Zakk immediately went to reach for the file. "The isn't much in there," Jenny warned. "We haven't made much progress, there isn't a lot to go on I'm afraid." Zakk opened the file and looked at some of the eyewitness reports. He skim-read them quickly, and moved on to the concept sketch of the man seen at the scene. It lacked detail, but the sketch showed a man, approximately in his forties, with glasses and a small goatee. Zakk looked at the picture carefully.
Zakks head pounded fiercely, and images flashed before him. Zakk was stuck in a room, unable to move, while the man in the sketch walked towards him wearing a white lab coat. He spoke to Zakk slowly, in a language that seemed familar, yet Zakk couldn't understand him.
"Und jetzt kommt der Ergebnis von unserer Forschung!" The man held a syringe full of blue luminous liquid that Zakk didn't want any part of, but couldn't move to get away from it. The man came close and held the syringe up to Zakk's neck. Then he felt a hand on his should and Zakk snapped his head up to see Jenny looking at him funny.
"Are you ok Zakk?" She asked. Zakk nodded, but he could feel the sweat on his forehead. Just what on earth was that I saw? Zakk thought to himself. He stood up and thanked officer Jenny for her help. She moved over to Zakk and held out something to him. It was a Holo Caster.
"We had one spare, and you don't yet have one, so please take this. It already has our numbers in it, and your case has been passed throughout the region. If we discover anything, one of our officers will contact you, and of course, if you discover anything please let us know. Thank you for taking the time to talk to me, though this is a very puzzling case indeed." Bagon pulled at Zakk's trousers and Zakk looked down at him and nodded.
"Thank you very much. I should go now, I guess I have to go find my answers out in the world." Officer Jenny nodded and also pointed him towards Brock's gym. Zakk agreed, having already been suggested to talk to the gym leader.
Zakk left the police station with a copy of the man's picture. What he'd seen when he looked at the picture had seemed so real, it was almost like a memory returning to him. But if it was, then what was in the syringe? Zakk's head still ached a little, but he ignored it and began to make his way to the Pokémon Gym.
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Zakk arrived outside the gym as the sky had begun to dim. Zakk entered, and looked around. Inside was a large open area for trainers to wait and prepare themselves before Brock battled them. It was covered in rocks and stones and one wall was actually a climbing wall for Pokémon to use. Bagon saw it and rushed over, scrambling up the wall despite his short arms and legs. Zakk laughed and looked around, but no one else was here, except a tall man wearing an orange pullover and rugged green utility trousers. He wore sturdy brown boots on his feet and had messy brown hair. The man walked over to Zakk after seeing Bagon rush over to the climbing wall.
"Seems your little guy is quite the climber, and very strong. His stamina is something else to be able to go up and down that wall so many times so quickly. What's your name son?" He smiled at Zakk through slanted slitted eyes. His expression was soft and caring, but had a strength behind it that could hold you up even when nothing else could.
"I'm Zakk. Are you Brock?" Zakk responded. Brock nodded.
"Indeed, and I guess you're here because you want to challenge me? If so you're just in time; you'll be my last challenger today." Zakk simply nodded. Brock lead them through to a large arena for Pokémon battles, which had many large rocky features in it, and sand and gravel coating the floor. Two panels were in place for the trainers to stand upon and a path ran around the edge of the arena. "You're very quiet, Zakk. Perhaps this battle will tell me a little about yourself." Brock moved over to a panel on the wall, and a drawer slid open when he pressed on it. The drawer contained six Pokéballs. "How many badges do you have Zakk?"
"None yet, I'm just starting anew." Zakk called over to him, taking a look at the arena. Brock then picked out two Pokéballs and moved back over to the arena.
"These two will do for now then." Zakk took his position, and Bagon ran over at his call. Brock stood firm, and threw one Pokéball into the air. A red beam shot out and materialised into a Geodude, a Pokémon which appeared to be a rock with arms. Bagon stood in front of Zakk and readied itself. Zakk leant down and whispered to Bagon, "Use the rock formations as I guide you to them. You're going against two Pokémon buddy, save your energy where possible. We can do this!" Zakk stood up once again and nodded at Brock, ready. A large screen on the wall to Zakk's right and Brock's left lit up displaying the remaining energy of the two Pokémon battling. Brock returned the nod and waited a moment, to see if Zakk would move first. When he didn't, Brock began the battle.
"Geodude, use Rock Throw!" The Geodude picked up a rock and hurled it in one fluid motion, aimed straight for Bagon.
"Bagon, dodge it to the left." Bagon jumped to the left behind a smaller rock pillar and the rock missed. Zakk signalled to Bagon to climb a little. "Use Dragon Dance there Bagon!" Zakk called when Bagon reached a small platform to stand on. Bagon reached its arms up and pumped itself up, increasing its strength and speed.
"Geodude, use Rock Polish!" Geodude rolled on some of the small pebbles on the ground, smoothing off its sharp edges and increasing its speed. It moved over towards the pillar where Bagon was standing. Zakk motioned for Bagon to move to the top, which he did.
"Bagon, use Headbutt now!" Zakk called the minute Bagon was at the top. Bagon leaped, pulling its head back as it flew towards Geodude, and slamming hard into it with his head. The Geodude recoiled backwards and Bagon landed solidly. "Now follow with ember, then move right." Bagon did so, and Geodude covered itself with its arms to shield a little from the ember, which didn't seem to have much effect. Geodude's energy bar on the screen decreased by forty percent.
"Geodude, follow Bagon and hit it with a Tackle!" Geodude quickly caught Bagon and slammed into him. Bagon lost a little under a quarter of his energy on the screen. Bagon fell away from the Geodude, and quickly picked himself up again.
"Bagon get close to it again with Headbutt!" Bagon jumped towards the Geodude thrusting his head forward.
"Dodge it Geodude, move right!" Geodude moved and Bagon ended the attack stood right next to Geodude.
"Now Bagon!" Zakk called, and Bagon knew to attack. Bagon released a stream of fiery pellets into Geodude, who had no room to escape. Geodude took the full extent of the attack, losing a further fifteen percent of its energy.
"Geodude, use Rock Throw now!" Brock called and Geodude did exactly that, hitting Bagon in the leg with its shot. Bagon's energy decreased to a little above half. I need to give Bagon the momentum of this battle Zakk thought to himself.
"Bagon use Headbutt again, and run back!" Bagon executed the command and also began to climb the rock formation behind him. Geodude's remaining energy decreased further, leaving it with only twenty percent remaining.
"Geodude, use Rock Throw then follow up with Tackle!" Brock called.
"Bagon, use Dragon Dance now, then follow with Headbutt!" Zakk shouted at the same time. Bagon did so, and jumped at Geodude just in time to dodge the Rock Throw attack. Bagon's Headbutt overpowered Geodude's Tackle and Bagon's attack went through, knocking Geodude back, and landing upright. Geodude's energy hit zero, and thus was knocked out. Brock held out its Pokéball and the red beam recalled Geodude.
"I'm beginning to see what kind of person you are Zakk. You care very much for your Bagon here. Every time Geodude scored a hit, you'd get Bagon to move in such a way that would put distance between them, so you could re-evaluate how you could engage him again without further harm. You have a very strategical mind, utilising the surroundings to gain an advantage against Geodude, who would normally have the upper hand in this arena. But you lack a motive, a clear goal. Right now, you are simply jumping around the arena, and using the closest landscape to try and push an advantage. You're not looking for the most optimal advantage. And some trainers will easily pick apart your strategy here and defeat you because of it. Pokémon battles, like anything in life, require a goal, and I don't simply mean defeating your opponent. I mean strategically finding a way to out manoeuvre your opponent to push the strongest advantage you can, not a weak upper hand you gain in one particular moment. Let's see if you can show me what you're really about Zakk. Go Onix!" Brock threw his second Pokéball into the air to release the giant Rock-Snake Pokémon, which slittered easily through the rocky formations, but also could see over some of the smaller ones. Zakk motioned at Bagon to move to a hidden position. Brock smiled. "That won't work this time. Go Onix! Iron Tail!" Onix's tail glowed silver and Onix slammed the rock pillar Bagon was climbing, shattering it and knocking Bagon to the ground. Bagon lost a big chunk of energy, lowered to forty percent remaining.
"Quick Bagon, use Headbutt!" Bagon rushed towards the rock snake and slammed it hard, reducing its energy by twenty percent, but Onix barely even flinched. Zakk scoured the landscape for something he could give to Bagon to gain a good advantage over the opposing Onix. "Bagon Ember and move left around the rocks, make it move!" Bagon ran after releasing the Ember attack, which barely reduced the Onix's energy by five percent.
"Onix, follow it and hit Bagon with a Rock Blast!" Onix slid around the rocks easily, and fired a rock it had picked up in its mouth. The rock hit Bagon square in the back, and Bagon fell. It had only five percent energy left.
"Headbutt it Bagon, then double back and keep going!" Bagon did just that managing to dodge a Tackle in retaliation. Bagon weaved in and out of the rocks. Bagon ended up on a low plateau and turned to the Onix.
"Onix, use Rock Tomb!" Brock called out.
"Bagon, duck!" Zakk shouted out. Onix threw rocks which imprisoned Bagon, and then the last landed on top, which would squash Bagon and defeat it...

But Bagon ducked at the last second. Zakk smiled and Brock looked surprised. The plateau had a small dip in it which allowed Bagon to squash himself down and avoid the attack. Bagon stood up.
"Bagon end this battle!" Zakk called, nodding at him.
"Onix, Iron Tail now!" Brock called. Onix made to attack but its tail got stuck on the rock formations Bagon had led it through. Bagon breathed in deeply for a moment, and then unleashed a torrent of water that formed the Hydro Pump attack which slammed into Onix full force, slamming Onix backwards through the rock formations and shattering them. The attack ended with Onix curled on the floor with its energy depleted. Bagon stood over the Onix, exhausted, but victorious.

Jay March 30th, 2015 2:25 AM



Running, running, running! How on Earth had they managed to get themselves into such a horrible situation?

Jun was holding the exhausted Honedge tightly in his arms as he ran, she had fought bravely but even she wasn't enough to face the threat that they had stumbled upon. Upon exploring the Viridian forest further, Jun had hoped to find some weaker pokémon to train against and by his own logic he thought that the smaller and weaker pokémon would hide from human eyes off the beaten forest trail. With that in mind he had moved off course and proceeded to explore many hidden alcoves and areas that he had never before seen.

It was in one of these areas however, that Jun encountered a tiny Spinarak, looked to be very young and easy to take out... a small amount of experience like that might give Kakuna an edge, so he instructed the small pokémon to watch as he sent Honedge in to deal with the pokémon quickly. It was after that first attack however when everything went wrong...

As the smaller pokémon had been attacked, various Spinarak of various sizes burst out from all angles to protect their young. Valiantly, Jun and Honedge had managed to take out a large chunk of them, but Honedge couldn't withstand so many attacks from so many angles and so in a moment of fear for Jun, the sword pokémon had fallen to the ground. In a panic Jun managed to quickly grab her and take off in the opposite direction. But he didn't know this area of the forest! He was lost, alone and without hope... and the three Spinarak still following him were slowly gaining face.

Quicker in fact, than even he had imagined. A string shot latched around his leg and Jun fell forward into the grass in front of him. Was this... it? He had been preparing for his journey for this long... was it really just going to end like this? One of the Spinarak leaped into the air above Jun and the trainer covered his face and shut his eyes expecting the worst.

"KAAAA.... KUUUU!"

When Jun felt no attack connect he opened his eyes, only to stare in disbelief. The Spinarak was violently shaking its now grounded body. Covered in a sticky web, it was unable to move as a small brown cocoon like thing was flailed around at the end of the thread.

"K-Kakuna! Wh-what are you?"

Jun realized quickly that he didn't have time to ask questions, Kakuna was his only hope in this situation and Jun had to think quickly. What? What could Kakuna do? Kakunas main problem was mobility, he couldn't damn well make it to the pokémon he was supposed to attack most of the time. But, while attached by his string shot...

"Kakuna! Retract your webbing! Quickly!"

Without any hesitation, Kakuna quickly pulled the string shot back into its cocoon, however due to the weight and amount of web stuck to the Spinarak Kakuna ended up being pulled forward! With a light thud, Kakuna smacked right onto the opposing Spinaraks back.

"Now's your chance! Kakuna! Use bug bite to latch on!"

"KAKU! MMPH!"

The Spinarak cried in surprise and pain and began to roll around as Kakuna continued to bite into it viciously. The opponent bug type seemed to be trying to squish Kakuna under his weight. But Jun knew exactly what to do about that.

"Not on our watch! Kakuna! Use Harden and follow it up with as many poison stings as you can muster!"

Closing its eyes tightly and focusing, Kakuna shimmered momentarily before obtaining a new glossy sheen over his body, as if some new, tough enamel was covering his body. Suddenly the Spinaraks attempts to crush Kakuna under its own weight were pointless.

"KA-KUUU!"

Kakuna pulled it's tail back quickly where a long and purple needle began to form, once it had grown to full length, Kakuna quickly began to jab it into the Spinarak. The move wasn't very effective, but the repeated usage quickly began to take its toll on the Spinarak until eventually...

"Sp-Spinar...ak..."

Jun could only watch in genuine awe as Kakuna plopped onto the ground exhausted and the large Spinarak curled up onto its back. A perfect KO. The other two Spinarak following were much smaller than their leader and as they finally arrived to see him knocked out, all they could do was squeal and run in the opposite direction. Kakuna slowly rolled and bumped into the still grounded Jun.

"Kaku, Kaku?"

Jun grinned widely and stood up only to pick up the small cocoon before tossing him into the air and catching him in his hands with glee.

"Ha! Haha! You did it Kakuna! You saved us! That was incredible!"

"Kaku! Kaku!"

A bit adjacent to the left, Honedge, whom had been dropped as Jun was knocked off his feet, smiled gently (well as best a sword could smile) at the two as she floated over and slowly lowered herself into Jun's bag. Jun quickly slid Kakuna into his pocket where the small bug got cozy with newly found pride and satisfaction.

After a few moments to collect himself, Jun began to wander the forest looking for a way back to Pewter city. He had decided then, that he didn't need a Beedrill just yet... maybe that was what Kakuna and Honedge had known all along. He was now confident that with the pokémon he had, as they were, he could earn his first badge.

So with a new strategy in mind and a determination to win set as his goal, Jun resolved to challenge Brock, the Pewter City Gym Leader!

Zavytar April 2nd, 2015 3:46 PM

Danica Chandler
Cerulean City - Nugget Bridge
The Nugget Bridge Gang! Vs. Ali!


The battle began with Danica keeping Curtis out in battle against Ali's Pidgey. This time there were no type advantages that Danica could use to her advantage, or that she should watch out for, it was all a matter of using any moves possible until one of them went out. Curtis started out using a Double Team attack, while Pidgey counterattacked with Sand Attack. Both parties' accuracy had been compromised, but Danica did not appear to care, and shouted out another Double Team attack. Ali caught on quick to Danica's game and told her Pidgey to use Sand Attack move. If she was going to have trouble hitting the foe, she might as well give the opponent the same disadvantage. However, there was something she was unaware of - Curtis' movepool. Among the small Emotion Pokémon's moves was Disarming Voice, a Fairy-type move that would hit no matter how much sand there was in Curtis' eyes.

"Curtis, Disarming Voice!"

Ali was shocked to see that moved strike, but assumed it was just luck and told Pidgey to conuterattack with a Tackle. The move missed, and Ali immedately told her Pidgey to use Quick Attack, and this time it hit. Danica repeated her command, and now the foe was down to half of his health. Ali attempted another Quick Attack that failed, while Curtis once again attacked with Disarming Voice. Then she managed to land a Gust attack on Ralts before her Pidgey went down to yet another Disarming Voice.

"Humph. Guess luck's on your side... Or is it?" Ali said, "Nidoran, go get'm!"

Danica let out a yelp when she saw the next opponent. The same Pokémon she dreaded after the events near Mt. Moon was before her eyes, and she had to win in order to be able to go past the bridge and train up north (while teaching these kids a lesson, of course). Her mind began to go into overdrive as memories rushed past her eyes. She decided to take it down as fast as possible, with the only super-effective move she could use at the time: Confusion. However, the attack missed, and the Nidoran ♀ attacked with Fury Swipes, to Danica's dismay. Danica attempted another Confusion, but missed again, and another Fury Swipes was enough to put Curtis out of commission.

"Doesn't feel so good, does it?" Ali said, "See? This is why you don't cross us, the Nugget Bridge Gang!"

"...Curtis, come back." she said, almost keeping her deadpan stance save for a slight twitch in her left eye. "Harley, you go!"

Ali laughed. "Nidoran, Double Kick!" she commanded.

"Harley, Tackle!" Danica shouted in response.

Both Pokémon engaged in a small brawl, with the Nidoran ♀ kicking Harley and the latter charging at the foe and the latter tackling it. Ali told her Nidoran to attack with Poison Sting, which was no good news for Danica. Danica told Harley to attack with another Tackle, and he managed to strike after enduring the venomous move. This is no good... I need to strike, and fast! Put it out! I know!

"Harley, charge and attack again! And give it all you got!"

Ali chuckled, however her smile wore off after seeing the goat-like Pokémon charge at Nidoran as if he was in a reckless frenzy, and hit the small blue Pokémon with the horns, sending it flying off the bridge and into the water.

"Unbelievable!" she said, recalling her Pokémon "That's not fair!"

Ali was out of usable Pokémon. Danica had won this battle. "Now. Move." she demanded, however someone appeared from behind them.

"Having some trouble, guys?" he said. He looked almost like a boy-scout, except that his clothes were all messy and ragged. The newcomer turned to Danica. "Wow... Impressive. You managed to beat Ali!"

"Hey!" Timmy exclained, looking at his gang-mate angrily.

"Let me finish! You managed to beat Ali AND Timmy in a row. You must be a good trainer!" he said.

"..."

"But you ain't getting past thr bridge unless you defeat ME in a battle." he said, "I'm a lot tougher than these guys over here."

"Shut up and battle already, Ethan!" Ali barked. Ethan smirked.

"Alright, let's get this show on the road! Psyduck, go!"

"Harley, you're up!" Danica said. However, to her dismay, Harley was not in a very good condition to battle. The reckless attack had given him some recoil damage, and, what was worse, he was poisoned. She had the type advantage over the foe, but the foe was at full health! Who will win? Find out in the next epi-I mean post!

HARLEY learned TAKE DOWN!

moon April 3rd, 2015 2:23 AM


To the north of Nugget Bridge lies a rough mountain range, so historically most travelers choose to go on Eastwards. There is a windy, grassy path leading down to the sea and Cerulean Cape. It is the northeastern-most point in the region of Kanto. The awesome mansion called the Sea Cottage is home to the famous pokémon collector simply known as Bill, and the big lighthouse is considered the most well crafted and beautiful old building in Kanto. There is also a pokémon center, a few tourist shops and restaurants, as it is a popular spot for Trainers and tourists alike. Many couples consider it a prime dating spot and the beach is always well visited in the warmer months.

Trainers usually encountered here include swimmers (on the beach), collectors and tourists.


Wild pokémon:
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Special pokémon:
Once you have resurrected a fossil pokémon (one from Mt Moon), you can come back here and trade one with Bill for an Eevee.
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Circuit April 3rd, 2015 3:04 AM

Zakk Steuermann ¦ Chapter 4 ¦ The Journey Begins

Zakk's current team:
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Zakk ran over to Bagon and pulled him up grinning.
"You were amazing Bagon! Good job!" Zakk hugged Bagon who also seemed pleased, in a very tired manner. Brock walked over to Zakk, smiling.

"You both fought very well. It was good to see you develop your skills during battle Zakk, and I very much enjoyed seeing how you and Bagon work together as a team, anticipating each other and putting your full trust in one another. That is how it should be between and trainer and their Pokémon, and your bond together overcame the bond I share with my Pokémon." Brock put his hand on Zakk's shoulder. "You have what it takes to go a long way, perhaps even to the Pokémon Indigo League. There is something I see in you, or perhaps I would be better saying that I don't see. You lack a predetermined style, something that clearly defines who you are. Obviously you and your Bagon have a close history together, but you don't know it, am I right?" Brock asked, a serious but kind tone in his voice. Zakk nodded.

"I lost my memories, and am a long way from home. I came from the Hoenn region, and I can't remember anything about my past since I was really young." Zakk explained. Brocked nodded in understanding, as if this only confired what he'd already suspected. His response uplifted Zakk and gave him a new sense of direction that he'd sorely craved since waking.

"This land is large, and it holds many secrets to those with the eye and wit to find them. You have both, I believe. Travel from here to Cerulean City, and make haste. Once you get there, talk to the gym leader there, Misty. There has recently been a few problems involving a gang of criminals called Team Rocket. You are the one who was found unconscious, correct?" Again Zakk nodded. "Then they may have something to do with your appearance here. Almost every crime involves them somehow." Zakk nodded again, filled with determination knowing that someone may have the answers he longed for. Brock wasn't finished, but now spoke with more vigour.

"Zakk! In our battle you not only demonstrated how you are willing to improve and become stronger yourself, but also showed me the strength of the bond you are capable of between you and your Pokémon. I want you to have this, the Boulder Badge!" Brock held out a box containing a hexagonal grey badge, along with seven more empty slots. "That badge shows that you have the strength to endure life's hardships, and that you and your Pokémon are able to come out on top, even when things look bad. And also take this!" He pulled out a TM case and display which contained a single cd, or TM. "That is a Technical Machine, or TM for short. You can use it to teach your Pokémon a new move. The TM I give to you is Rock Tomb. It entraps the opponent in a wall of rock and crushes them, which also slows them down a bit. There is space for you to stay with me tonight, since it is now late, and you shouldn't travel alone in the dark when wild Pokémon are sleeping."

Zakk followed Brock to his home. Brock showed him to a spare room, gave Zakk food and drink and headed to bed, already exhausted and needing to be ready for challenges the following day. Zakk ate, giving some of his food to Bagon who seemed hungrier than Zakk felt. Also feeling very drained Still buzzing about his victory earlier, Zakk's mind wandered towards the flashback he'd had upon seeing the man's face. It had definitely been a memory, of that Zakk was certain. Zakk remembered the Syringe, and worried about what it contained. Suddenly, Zakk's head pounded and he curled up in pain, another image flashing before him.

Bagon was locked in a cage, and the man in the white coat held the same blue syringe. Bagon cried out in fear and struggled to get out, but to no avail. The man in white coat reached out to Bagon, before Zakk snapped back to his room. He was panting, and covered in sweat. He laid back and breathed out heavily. Bagon was still curled asleep, oblivious. Wanting to cool down, Zakk mvoed quietly to the bathroom. Looking into the mirror, his eyes were a strange colour. They remained the usual bright green, but now there were light blue streaks, the same colour as the liquid, tracing the veins in his eyes. They also extended into and through his irises. Zakk suddenly felt very cold and afraid. The injections must have had some effect, for this to happen when he remembered them. Zakk hurried back to bed, eager to move on to quickly solve this mystery and find out exactly what had happened to him and Bagon.

The next morning, Zakk awoke and readied himself for his upcoming journey. Bagon seemed eager to move on too, having been motivated by defeating Brock the day before. Upon entering the kitchen, Zakk found a small note left by Brock for him.
Zakk, I wish you well on your adventure. As a gym leader it is my duty to look out for all trainers who may need my help, so I have left my Holo Caster details for you. Take care, and I hope you find the answers you're looking for.
Zakk smiled and wrote a small 'Thank You' note in return, after adding Brock's number to his Holo Caster. Zakk hoisted his rucksack and left Brock's, heading towards Route 3. On the way, Zakk saw people running about their daily lives, each with their own set of memories and personalities, something Zakk craved. Zakk reached the edge of Pewter City, and looked down at Bagon, who hopped from foot to foot, eager to be out in the open again. Zakk adjusted his rucksack and stepped forwards, heading towards both his future and his past.

The route was very forested and felt refreshing. Zakk smiled as Bagon ran off ahead to play in the grass and climb trees. The pair had been walking for about an hour and the sun was creeping higher into the sky. Bagon jumped into a slightly longer patch of grass, and let out a cry as he stumbled across a bunch of wild Shinx. Zakk rushed over, to see that a group of five Shinx were fighting one another. But one Shinx was smaller than the others, and was particularly picked on. Bagon and Zakk instinctively moved together.
"Bagon. Ember." And Bagon moved to cover the smaller Shinx, scaring away the bigger four. The smaller Shinx turned to Zakk and Bagon, realising it wasn't being attacked. But instead of becoming friendly, it instantly attacked Bagon trying to defend itself. Shinx attacked by shooting a barrage of small stars towards Bagon. Bagon cried out and tried to cover itself. Zakk realised that he and Bagon would have to battle to get through to the Shinx that they were friends.

A coordinated pair against a frightened wild Shinx. This battle would be a lot easier than the battle against Brock had been, but Zakk wasn't trying to simply defeat the poor Shinx. Zakk waited until Shinx attacked Bagon again.
"Bagon, respond with Ember!" And Bagon did so, immediately understanding the plan Zakk had. Bagon held back his Ember, only attacking to push the Shinx's attack away. Shinx kept on attacking and Bagon kept holding back. This continued until Shinx no longer seemed frightened of Bagon, but more confused by it's less aggressive battle style. But Zakk and Bagon didn't stop, Zakk needed Shinx to understand that they wouldn't hurt it. To do this, Zakk switched strategy.
"Bagon, when Shinx next attacks, hit it softer with a Headbutt." Bagon did just that, and Shinx looked at Bagon funny, then at Zakk. It attacked again, and Bagon hit it softer still. This continued until Zakk noticed Shinx's stance changed, become more open, more inquisitive. It jumped backwards, and Bagon knew without being told this was the time to battle for real. Shinx attacked with Swift, and Bagon responded upon Zakk's command with a full power Ember. Shinx was surprised by the power, but continued regardless. Shinx charged at Bagon, electrifying itself, the Spark attack charging up.
"Bagon, Headbutt." The two clashed head-on, and Shinx was knocked backwards more than Bagon. Shinx began to pant, but it had an eager look in its eye, that wanted to keep battling. So they did, until Shinx began to struggle to stand up. "Bagon, that's enough." Bagon stepped backwards and Zakk pulled a Pokéball from his rucksack. He threw it towards Shinx, and a red beam extended around Shinx, pulling it into the ball.

The Pokéball rocked once. Twice. Thrice...

Oddball_ April 6th, 2015 7:57 AM

No Time pt1



Delta's feet had never carried him so fast in his life. He had made it from his Hotel to Nugget bridge in a matter of seconds, but know he was stood frozen in place as he stared at the scene in front of him. "You'll have to battle us if you want through!" The trainers on the bridge were grinning. I don't have time! Delta pouted pulling a Pokéballs from his belt. "Pigeotto Go!" The first trainer shouted, a blue and red Pokéball Delta recognized as a great ball flying from his hands. The ball snapped open and released the Pokémon which seemed to sneer at Delta.

Hope! Come out and use Thundershock! Delta growled, releasing the little blue feline. The bird keeper chuckled. "Don't think a type advantage will secure you a win. Pigeotto Whirlwind!" The bird flapped it's wings and Hope flew back into her Pokéball. Out of nowhere Riley's Pokéball snapped open and the examination Pokémon was released. "Whirlwind switches your opponents Pokémon, akin to roar. Now Pigeotto! Use wing attack!" The bird keeper exclained. Riley! Dodge it and use Dragon Pulse! Delta exclaimed. The speedy blue Pokémon skillfully avoided the razor sharp feathers that the Pidgeotto delivered, then let out a scream that manifested itself into a beam of purplish energy that smashed into the bird mid-flight. "Pidgeotto!" The bird keeper gasped as his Pokémon began to descend rapidly. The wooden bridge shuddered from the impact. "Pigeotto?!!" The trainer asked once again, the bird keepers voice wavering. Suddenly in a blur of feathers the Pokémon was back in the air. "Allright!" The trainer cheered happily. Not bad... Haha! Alright Riley, Come back! Delta exclaimed. In a flash of light Riley was replaced by the recently obtained Slowpoke. "Slooooow?" The Pokémon yawned. "Acrobatics!" The trainer replied. Stop it with Confusion! Delta ordered. The Pidgeotto flew towards the Slowpoke at near incomprehensible speeds, but before it could touch the dopey pink Pokémon, it began to convulse in the air. This caused it to fall to the ground in a writhing pile of feathers. "Okay! Okay! You won..."

Circuit April 7th, 2015 2:34 PM

Zakk Steuermann ¦ Chapter 5 ¦ Ancient Pokémon Part 1

Zakk's current team:
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The Pokéball clicked shut! Zakk punched the air in success and Bagon let out a small cry of success. Moving over to the Pokéball, Zakk picked it up and held it to his chest. After a moment, Zakk threw the Pokéball in the air, the Pokéball releasing the newly befriended Shinx through it's red beam. Shinx shook itself, but still seemed wobbly, still tired from the battle. Zakk knelt down to Shinx and patted its head. Shinx still seemed a litte unsure, so Zakk pulled a potion and sprayed it upon the Shinx's wounds. Bagon trotted over to say hello as well. When Shinx was refreshed, Zakk stroked Shinx again. He picked it up and checked the Shinx to ensure it was healthy. Upon closer examination Zakk found that the Shinx was female, which was a little surprising. Zakk had presumed she would be a male, due to the fact that she was being bullied. It was rare that a female Pokémon should be bullied. Zakk plopped Shinx down, who didn't seem to happy being handled yet. Zakk pet her head again and smiled. "Hey there little Shinx. I'm Zakk, and this here is Bagon, my first partner since long ago. You'll have to keep an eye on him, he's a little thick-headed sometimes." Bagon promptly gave Zakk a sharp Headbutt. Zakk rubbed his arm, grinning. Standing, Zakk looked down at the two Pokémon at his feet. Bagon ran off ahead, giving little cries that seemed to goad Shinx into chasing him. She did, and Zakk strolled along after them, taking in the slights this road gave.

It was some time before the scenery changed, but when it did the grass began to thin, and the trees became more and more sparse. Ahead loomed a mountain, Mt. Moon Zakk remembered from the map. Although it was now visible, the size of the mountain distorted Zakk's perception, and it took a day of the wooded road becoming a jagged valley to finally reach a small clearing, in which stood a lone Pokémon Center. Bagon and Shinx reached the wall of the Pokémon Center first, and both sank down, exhausted. Zakk walked up to the doors, his feet also sore from a day of trekking through a wood and a valley. Zakk looked up to the sky, admiring the stars which shone brightly with no light pollution to distort them. Zakk motioned to the pair to come inside. The Pokémon Center was the same inside as the previous, but the people inside were different; others who had also taken this path or come through the mountain, and now needed to rest. Zakk walked up to the Nurse Joy at the main desk. She looked up and smiled at him.
"Will you be needing a spare room tonight as well?" She asked politely. Zakk shook his head before responding.
"No, thank you, but these two," Zakk motioned to Bagon and Shinx, "are exhausted, and I'd like to give them a little food more substantial than what I currently have." Zakk explained. The Nurse Joy nodded and shuffled through a door behind her chair. She came back promptly with two bowls of steaming Pokémon food. Zakk thought it looked quite tasty, then remembered his own hunger. He thanked the Nurse Joy, took the bowls of food and walked back outside. It wasn't cold, and the air was still. Zakk quickly set up his tent and sat down with the two Pokémon. They were happily munching on their food, and Zakk needed to give himself something to eat as well. He pulled out a fire-starter kit from his rucksack, which he'd bought back in the Pokémart. He started a small fire following the instructions, and pulled out a small pan. He added water, some vegetables and Tofu, and boiled them all together. After a few minutes, Zakk added a few spices, some salt and pepper, and left the stew to simmer until it began to smell good. By this point the Pokémon had finished their food and lent against one another, their bellies bulging slightly. Zakk poured some stew into a bowl and began to eat, finally.

In the distance Zakk could see Pewter City glimmering faintly above the trees. He finished and re-filled his bowl, looking up to the sky whilst he ate. One of the Pokémon shuffled a little with a small grumble, and then Zakk noticed they were both asleep. It was understandable why, when the fire was such a comfortable warmth and the air so still. Zakk felt like sleeping too, so he picked up both Pokémon, which was a struggle, and carried them inside the tent. Zakk put the fire out, collected his things and retreated to the tent.

The next morning Zakk awoke to the scuffling of the tent cover, and found Shinx pawing at the entrance. Zakk unzipped it and she bounded out, scurrying off. Zakk had a good idea why. Bagon was already awake too, but still sleepy faced and tired. Zakk stretched and dressed. He stepped outside and folded up his tent and packed away his things. Ready to move on, Zakk returned the bowls to the Pokémon Center and walked towards a cave entrance in the side of Mt. Moon. But outside the cave entrance Zakk noticed a man advertising something. Upon closer inspection the man was selling a Magikarp. Zakk became angry, and the emotions of Shinx and Bagon matched his own. Zakk stormed up to the man, who turned to him.
"Why hello there sir, may I interest you in this fine specimen of a-" Zakk cut him off before he could finish.
"NO! And you release those Pokémon right now! They are not items to be bought and sold! They have an immeasurable amount of intelligence and understanding, and you're selling them like plastic dolls!" The man looked shocked, and beneath his moustache he frowned a little. Then he smirked, looking down at Zakk's Pokémon.
"How's about you battle me then? If you win I'll release these Pokémon, and if I win, I get your Pokémon to sell." Zakk scowled, looking down at Bagon and Shinx. Shinx pawed Zakk's leg, angry. Zakk nodded.
"Fine by us, we won't lose."

The pair found a suitable spot, but Zakk quickly noticed this was becoming a new form of advertising as people travelling in and out of the mountain gathered round. Zakk suddenly felt anxious, but pushed it down, his angry at the man taking over again. Zakk looked at Shinx, who stepped forwards.
"Go Magikarp!" The man cried with glee. "Watch closely folks, and get a first hand view of what these babies can do!" Zakk felt himself turning red, but he understood typings, and this man was crazy if he thought he could win.

Needless to say, upon the third Magikarp's defeat, the crowd began to boo the man, and Zakk called Shinx back.
"Release those Pokémon now!" Zakk yelled. The crowd took Zakk's side and the man panicked. He threw his Pokéballs in the air, releasing three Magikarp to flop around on the ground and let the balls smash.
"See ya sucker!" He shouted and as he fled, Zakk noticed his back t-shirt and the big red 'R' in the middle. Zakk wondered if that could be a member of the criminal group Brock mentioned. The Magikarp were rescued by three people from the built up crowd. Zakk thanked each of them and made his way towards Mt. Moon. A man approached Zakk before he could enter. He wore sunglasses and his face was mostly covered, so Zakk could barely see his face. The man simply whispered in Zakk's ear.
"Be careful which path you choose to follow. People are watching you with great... Interest." Before Zakk could react the man was gone, like dust in the wind. Who was watching him? And why should he be careful, what could happen? Zakk moved on quickly, taking his mind away from the ominous passing man and onto the cave and the journey before him.

Inside the cave was dark and damp, and Zakk could hear many wild Pokémon inside. After lighting a lantern, Zakk began to move forwards, but the cave seemed quite empty, compared to what he'd expected. He withdrew Shinx and Bagon into their Pokéballs, afraid of losing them, and journeyed deeper. Deep within the cave however was just as empty as the shallower part. Despite the emptiness, Zakk could still hear many wild Pokémon fluttering around above his head, and scuffling along the floor. Underground streams flowed around Zakk, causing a cold humidity that he wasn't overly fond of. The ground rumbled occasionally, like something very large was moving deep beneath him. Zakk shuddered. The thought of something so big was unnerving. The signs in the mountain directed Zakk easily through the mountain, and he would be glad to get out.

Then suddenly a loud explosion erupted through the mountain, shaking the floor and ceiling. Rocks began to fall from the ceiling, and as Zakk looked up, he could see a large one falling straight towards him.

Zavytar April 12th, 2015 9:20 AM

Danica Chandler
Cerulean City - Nugget Bridge
The Nugget Bridge Gang! Vs. Ethan!


Previously, Danica had defeated two trainers from a certain Nugget Bridge Gang. The battles were not particularly easy, and as she faced the third Trainer, she was down to two Pokémon; furthermore, one Pokémon was poisoned and worn out from the previous battle, and the other one was a bit of a rebel. But she had to beat this guy if she was to continue north to Cerulean Cape, where she would train to defeat the local Gym Leader.

Danica started off with a Razor Leaf from Harley, while Ethan's Psyduck countered with Disable. Now unable to use that move again, and with Harley's health dwindling due to poison, Danica called out for a drastic measure: Leech Seed. While it hit the foe and drained a little bit of energy, a Scratch from Psyduck left Harley in a more critical condition. Danica commanded a Vine Whip, however Psyduck managed to dodge it and land another Scratch attack, overcoming the type disafvantage and leaving Danica with her last Pokémon: Quinn.

Taking a deep breath, Danica recalled her Pokémon, and sent out Quinn, who just sort of... relaxed. She looked at her trainer vacantly, to the blue-haired girl's dismay. Ethan smirked. "You know, it's not too late to back down and pay the toll. And for trying to mess with us, the price will be $7,500!" he said, "And that's because you're tough! Otherwise you'd be paying up ten grand! It's a bargain!"

"..." Danica said, glaring at the boy.

"Oh, so you're gonna be that way anyway. Okay." he said, "You lose, and it's ten grand! Psyduck, Fury Swipes!"

"Quinn, use Confusion!"

The Slowpoke didn't seem to even feel the Psyduck's claws against her skin, and instead yawned, burping out a pink bubble that popped against the foe's beak, making it drowsy. More energy was sapped from the yellow duck, and Quinn felt as if nothing had happened. Ethan, however, managed to land a powerful Scratch on Quinn's face before it fell asleep, and Quinn then got angry. With a Confusion, she hurled Psyduck against the side of the bridge violently, effectively knocking it out. Impressed by the Slowpoke's power, Ethan recalled his fianted Pokémon and sent out a Mankey.

"One last chance! Just give us seven grand and we'll let you go quietly!"

"...Quinn. Use Confusion." Danica replied, coldly.

But the Slowpoke ignored her orders and just shrugged of the rage she was feeling and stood idly. Ethan smirked. "Ten grand it is, then! Hahaha! Mankey, use Seismic Toss!"

Mankey grabbed Slowpoke and leaped forward in the air. After the seemingly impossible feat considering both Pokémon's sizes and weight, Mankey began to spin cin circles as gravity did its work, and both Pokémon collided against the bridge, with Slowpoke taking the full force of the impact. The floor of the bridge was damaged, but the structure luckily was strong enough to keep it from sinking into the river. Now Quinn was about to go into another blind rage. Why? Was it too much to ask for a little time to relax? First this weird blue-haired girl interrupts her leisure time, then she forces her to come along, then she makes her battle and now these foes do these kinds of things?

Her eyes began to glow as she used Confusion again on Mankey, and violently slammed it against both sides of the bridge. The tired Mankey managed to endure everything, but went on a blind rage as well. Completely ignoring its trainer's commands, it used Fury Swipes on Quinn, while a Tackle from Quinn sent it back some steps. Then, as it leaped forward to attack with Scratch, Quinn used another Confusion to hurl it up in the air, and the small Pig Monkey Pokémon managed to land on the side of the bridge, clinging into it with its arm to avoid falling into the river.

"Tch! Fine! You win!" Ethan said, "But this isn't over! Guys, let's roll!"

Both Alice and Timmy followed Ethan up north, without saying a word to the blue-haired girl. With a sigh and rolling her eyes, she sent Quinn inside her Pokéball. Glad that's over with... She didn't have time to think what to do next when a shady man came from out of nowhere, clapping. Jeez... What now?

"Bravo. You did an incredible thing here." the man said. He had a black beret, a pair of ripped jeans, a black shirt with a brown leather jacket over it, and had a cigarette on his mouth that he had apparently just lit up. "You're a strong trainer, no doubt. And we could use more people like you!"

"...Excuse me?"

"Yes. The Nugget Bridge Gang could use some strong people like you! With your abilities, you could become one of the leaders there, no doubt!" he said and chuckled, "And perhaps you could be a part of something even bigger! You'll be rich, what do you say?"

"...No, thanks." she said coldly, "Now, I gotta go."

"Not so fast, lass!" the man said, "One does not simply turn down an offer like this! I'm telling you to join us!"

"I said no." Danica said, her deadpan voice gaining a hint of irritation, "Now. Let me go!"

"Well, seems like you need a little bit of convincing!" he said, taking out two Pokéballs, "Now, I'll make you an offer you can't refuse! Zubat! Drowzee! Come out!"

Danica's eyes opened wide and she began to turn pale. Out in the distance, a boy with dark green hair was passing by when he saw this man harassing the blue-haired girl from before. His Pokémon had just been healed, and he figured it was time to go and be a hero, but he would wait until it was absolutely certain that this girl could not handle the thug.

gimmepie April 19th, 2015 9:51 AM


Tasman moved forward out of the small, grassy route joining Cerulean City with the nearby cape with a smile on his face. The rest of his walk had been pleasant without a single gang of any description showing their faces and the sight that greeted him as he left the route was a beautiful one. The uppermost part of the cape was covered in soft and luscious grass with resorts, restaurants and the like standing close to one another – further up the large a cape a large house and lighthouse stood apart from the commercialised part of the cape, relics of an age passed. The lower part of the cape was a pristine beach, waves from the calm sea splashing onto the soft golden sand as children and adults alike enjoyed their time in the sun. Pokemon of varying shapes, sizes and types could be seen frolicking in areas apart from the resorts.

“No wonder this place is so popular, it incredible” Tasman said to himself, eyeing of the buildings on the edge of the cape “I just hope it doesn’t get any more popular… if another of those big hotels pops up it will be one too many.”

Tasman, noting a rumbling in his stomach, immediately chose to eat at a small café close to the beach. The little building was a lot more quaint and inviting than the larger establishments and had a pleasant atmosphere.
“Can I help you, sir?” a young woman in the café’s uniform said to Tasman in a voice that surprisingly sounded genuinely polite
“I don’t know about sir, but I’ll have the custap tea and one of those brownies” Tasman said, grinning at the waitress.

It wasn’t long until Tasman was sitting at a table overlooking the beach, watching a group of children play with what he was fairly sure was an unusually friendly wild Krabby as he enjoyed his lunch.
“I suppose they’re used to all the people here” Tasman said to himself as he sipped at the sweet tea he ordered. Watching the water-type made him consider looking for more pokemon, but that wasn’t really his style. If he saw a pokemon he wanted to catch he’d do so, but he was perfectly content with the friends he already had with him and didn’t see any reason to go hunting for no reason.

It was shaping up to be a really good day for Tasman, he’d made a great new friend, won a tournament, was having a pleasant day at the cape and had Clarity’s and his gym battles to look forward to in the afternoon. Despite that though, the numerous couples filling out the café and burying their faces into things that were not their food was getting to be a bit much so he decided to make the change and move onto the beach to write down some more ideas in his notepad.

“This place is great for inspiration…” Tasman yawned, soaking up the sun as he wrote, his pokemon now gallivanting about around him bar Dalair who was sleeping at his feet. Five minutes later he’d fallen asleep….




Tasman awoke about two hours later to a hard jab to his chest, his eyes flying open with shock and Majesta flapping her wings quickly to avoid being knocked into the sand.
“What the…. Oh no” the tide was starting to move in as the sun moved through the sky. It seemed Majesta had woken him up and with good reasons. Tasman apologised and quickly returned his pokemon to the confines of their pokeballs.
[I]I’ll be lucky not to miss Clarity’s battle! Not good!”

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Circuit April 19th, 2015 1:38 PM

Zakk Steuermann ¦ Chapter 6 ¦ Ancient Pokémon Part 2

Zakk's current team:
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Zakk ducked down and turned away from the rock. It seemed this was as far as he could get.
"Onix, Rock Smash!" A voice called out behind Zakk. The giant rock snake Pokémon reared up and shattered the boulder falling towards Zakk. Zakk quickly looked around and found a small alcove, where the man he'd heard previously stood. The man recalled his Onix as Zakk scurried over, his head beneath his hands. Zakk stood to catch his breath for a moment, before offering his thanks to the man, who simply shook his head modestly.
"Don't mention it. I'm Ace, by the way." The man said, and held out his hand. Zakk had to catch his breath for a few moments more before shaking it.
"Zakk" His voice shakily let out. The two stood for a few more seconds until the avalanche settled down.
"What do you suppose could have caused that?" Ace asked, scratching his head. Zakk shrugged, creeping out from the alcove, and looked around. Zakk came to the edge of a cliff that extended a long way down. There was a light down there, but Zakk couldn't make out anything, other than something very large standing quite still.
"Over here." Zakk called to Ace, who trotted over.
"Woah dude, that's a long way down!" Zakk nodded in agreement, then looked at Ace.
"We should do something and find out what that is. That is very dangerous." Zakk suggested. Ace turned to Zakk as if he was mad.
"Sorry buddy, but I have to see my relatives in Pewter City! I'm not going to risk following a stranger into a dangerous place. Good luck if you go though!" And with that, Ace walked off, Zakk watching his back disappear. Zakk waited a few moments, then began to search for a way down towards the lights. It wasn't hard to find a ladder that took him down. As Zakk descended, he noticed that the cave gradually became colder, and walls increasingly damp.

Upon reaching the bottom of the ladder, Zakk found himself among some narrow passageways that circled around each other and looked as though someone had been mining the walls for something. Zakk turned a corner and almost crashed into two men shady figures walking the other way.
"Hey!" Called the first.
"Watch it mate!" Called the second. Zakk scratched his head in embarrassment, before noticing the large red 'R' on their uniforms. The two men observed Zakk for a second, before realising he wasn't one of them. The two men were quite weedy in appearance, and seemed almost rodent like in demeanour. "Hey, this guy isn't Team Rocket! He's a lost little birdy, fallen from the nest." The second grunt sneered. Zakk felt his temper rising.
"What are you doing down here?" Zakk asked. The grunts laughed.
"We could ask you the same! Besides, we don't have to tell you nothing!" The first one jabbed. Zakk tilted his head slightly.
"So you have to tell me something then." Zakk remarked. The grunts looked puzzled, and then angry.
"Alright kid, we've had just about enough of you. Prepare to feel pain!" The second one growled and pulled a Pokéball from his waist. He threw it in the air and out came a small rat Pokémon; Ratata. Zakk called out Shinx, sensing the perfect opportunity for more practise.

It didn't take long for Shinx to defeat both Rocket grunts, as both only had a weak Ratata which matched their appearances. Zakk stepped up to the now intimidated grunts.
"What are doing down here?" Zakk asked, the anger in his voice very present.
"We-we're mining fossils!" The first called.
"Why?" Zakk leaned in slightly closer.
"We need them to add to Team Rocket's-" The first began to answer again, before the second cut him off.
"We can't tell him that, we need to get to Proton and tell him about this brat!" The two then proceeded to scuttle off down the narrow passageway, before Zakk could interrogate them further. It seemed to Zakk then, that the only option was to move forward and find out what was going on on first hand.

After a short walk through the damp, dark passageway Zakk stumbled into a wide, open area, shaped like a dome. It was incredibly large, a path circling around the edge sloping down the bottom, a long way down. Zakk could see many figures moving about, some wearing black Team Rocket uniforms, and some in white outfits that he presumed to be scientists of some sort. Zakk began to walk down the slope towards the bottom taking note of the holes in the wall, and the incredibly large drill in the centre of the pit. As Zakk got lower Zakk could make out a group of scientists standing by the drill, looking at a computer screen and discussing something avidly amongst themselves, whilst the Team Rocket grunts scurried around, carrying what looked like Pokémon bones to and fro. In the centre of the pit Zakk could see the two grunts from before talking to a Team Rocket member in a black uniform, with knee high white boots, and long white gloves. He was clearly the one in charge of this operation. Zakk didn't take long to put two and two together, and stormed up to the boss, who was already watching him with an amused expression on his face.
"What have we here? A lone ant that has lost its way. I presume you didn't see the signs saying keep away?" The boss said, quite sarcastically.
"No, I managed to miss those." Zakk replied, nonchalantly. "What exactly do you think you're doing here? This is a danger to the people trying to pass the mountain above you, and is disturbing all the Pokémon that call this mountain home!" Zakk became louder and louder as he shouted at the boss, who simply raised an eyebrow at Zakk.
"Why do I get the feeling I know you from somewhere?" He asked, absent-mindedly. "No matter. My name is Proton, and you appear to be an ant who has strayed too far from the nest. So, let me show you what happens to ants who stray too far away, and disobey their queen's orders! Go Zubat!" Proton cried, and out of a Pokéball whipped into the air came a purple bat-like Pokémon.
"Fine. Come on out, Shinx!" Shinx appeared eager to fight, sensing Zakk's frustration and anger. Although Shinx has a type advantage, we must be careful. Zubat can fly around and out-manoeuvre us. Zakk thought. He looked around quickly, and found a stack of crates that could be used to get up high, and attack Zubat from there. "Alright Shinx start with Swift!" Zakk called, and Shinx obeyed, using the move to batter the Zubat with stars. But it was tough, and took the attack lightly. Zakk could see this being a tough match.
"Zubat, use Wing Attack!" Proton called, and Zubat flew in, attempting to batter Shinx with its wings.
"Dodge left Shinx!" Shinx did so, barely avoiding the Zubat's attack.
"Now Zubat use Leech Life!" Zubat bit down on Shinx, absorbing some of Shinx's energy.
"Shinx, Spark!" Shinx charged herself, and attempted to batter the Zubat, but it flew high, causing Shinx's attack to miss. "Shinx, run around to those crates!" Zakk called. Shinx did so, dodging another attack from Zubat along the way.
"Zubat, hit it with Wing Attack now!" Proton called. Zubat battered Shinx again, who responded with a Tail Whip, followed by a Tackle. Shinx then managed to climb the crates, before Zubat responded. "Zubat, Supersonic!" Called Proton. The Zubat screeched a strange, disorientating tone that confused Shinx.
"Shinx, Spark!" Zakked called out, realising what was happening too late. Shinx tried to use the move, but fell off the crates instead, hurting itself. Proton smirked, and Zakk cursed. Shinx wobbled trying to stand, and Zubat battered her with another Wing Attack. Shinx looked very tired, but Zakk knew that with the type advantage Shinx held, it would only take one strong hit with Spark to end it. He had to snap Shinx out of her confusion. Zakk threw her Pokéball and recalled Shinx, barely avoiding the Zubat's attack, before sending her back out in front of him. The Zubat charged at Shinx, and Zakk commanded her to use Spark. She did so, and hit the Zubat full on, knocking it backwards and out of the battle. Proton growled, recalling Zubat, and sent out Koffing to replace it. Zakk recalled Shinx after petting her and congratulating her, and sent out Bagon in her place. Bagon was also eager to fight, and began the fight without a command from Zakk. He tried to attack with a Headbutt to start but when Koffing rose above him to avoid it, he turned and blasted Koffing with an Ember. Koffing responded with a Smokescreen.
"Now Koffing, use Poison Gas." Proton called out, and a heavy purple gas mixed with the black Smokescreen which would surely poison Bagon.
"Bagon, Hydro Pump!" Zakk called in response, and Bagon did so, blasting away the smoke, and hitting Koffing too. Koffing used Tackle, and Bagon recoiled, and returned the hit with a well-placed Headbutt which knocked out the Koffing. Zakk congratulated Bagon, before Proton sent out his final Pokémon, Archen.
"Time to see what these fossils can actually do for Team Rocket. Archen, use Wing Attack!" Proton began. The ancient bird Pokémon moved quickly, and hit Bagon before he could respond, knocking him backwards. He got up, and fired an Ember attack at Archen, who dodged it with ease. "Archen, now use Ancient Power!" Proton ordered, angry at Zakk's success so far. Archen did so, but Bagon managed to avoid it, before the thrown rocks hit him.
"Bagon, try another Ember!" Zakk called. Bagon did so, but again the Archen dodged with ease. Archen then used Scary Face as Bagon was repositioning and slowed him down. It then took the opportunity to hit him with a Rock Throw. Bagon was beginning to get more and more out-matched, panting harder and harder with each new development. Zakk cursed. They couldn't lose here, it wasn't an option.

Archen flew in for another Wing Attack, landing it spot on, sending Bagon flying back. He struggled to get up again. Zakk saw the Archen flying in for what appeared to be a finishing blow. He couldn't let that happen. Not here, not now. The Archen got closer and closer, and Zakk panicked and cried out.
"Bagon!"

Zakk jumped forwards and used Headbutt, knocking the Archen backwards, stopping its attack. While it recovered, Zakk used a Dragon Dance to gain some extra power and speed, and dashed around the Archen, towards the drill. Upon reaching the drill, Zakk noticed the Archen had recovered, and quickly began to climb the drill. The Archen tried to use Ancient Power against him, but Zakk was too high, the rocks just missing his stumpy legs. Zakk climbed a little more, then turned and charged a Hydro Pump, releasing the torrent of water from his wide jaws. In his field of view Zakk's big grey nose stuck out, but he could still see the Archen blasted by the torrent of water. Another Dragon Dance followed to quickly power Zakk up some more. As Archen tried once more to attack Zakk, Zakk jumped, spinning in mid air charging a Headbutt and slamming the Archen hard on the way down. The Archen crashed heavily into the floor, and Zakk landed on his feet, before collapsing, tired.

Zakk suddenly returned to his own body and shook his head, dizzy. What the hell was that? He thought, his head pounding. Proton was staring at him, his eyes wide with shock.
"Yes... I remember where I've seen you before. You were in the Rocket Labs... You were the test subject we had to abandon!" Proton let out, astounded. "What a coincidence we should battle here. I can now inform Giovanni of these developments. He will be pleased! I'll leave here, we've collected enough fossils anyway. Team Rocket has plenty of new Pokémon to use and sell. Pack it up boys!" Zakk was too confused to even realise what was going on as Team Rocket packed away their equipment and began to head out of the mountain. They left a different way to the way Zakk had entered however. As Proton began to leave, Zakk called after him.
"Hey! You know about me... Tell me, what am I?" He asked, his head still pounding, still confused. Proton's lip curled into a smile.
"You're a huge success." And with that, he left.

Geras April 22nd, 2015 8:16 PM

[INDENT]



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Kiya Bonham
Route 3: A New Ally! Tension in Team Kiya?
Time: Night → Morning


The ball gave a “ping” noise, officially marking the Mankey’s capture. Kiya put down the second ball she’d been holding and walked over to pick up the one now containing Mankey, which Champion was still staring down. She immediately held it forward and let out the Mankey. The red beam materialized the Pig Monkey Pokemon onto the ground in between the two, and after a moment of lying on the ground she got up. She glared at Champion, who glared right back, but it looked like it was done with the screeching and throwing herself at him. They stared each other down for about half a minute until Champion turned his back on her.

The Mankey didn’t like this and attempted a Frustration attack again, but, like the first Scratch attack, it looked like Champion didn’t even feel it. The Hitmonchan then simply began walking away, continuing towards Mt. Moon on his own. Finally, the tenacious little Mankey slumped over in defeat. Kiya crouched down and put her hand on its head. “I know. He seems almost unreachable in strength. But we’ll train, and someday we’ll get strong enough to beat him.” The Mankey looked up at Kiya. “We can train together! Champion’s my rival, but I don’t see why you can’t be his rival too. Actually, that’s a good name for you, Rival! And hey, you can be my rival too!”

For a moment, Rival the Mankey's anger seemed to fade and she looked at Kiya with an expression the girl found rather hard to read. However, Rival then immediately delivered a Low Kick straight at Kiya’s legs. The Mankey was too close for Kiya to notice the attack in time to dodge, and with a “Wah!” she tripped and landed on her back. Rival shouted victoriously. Kiya wasn’t having any of that, though, and leaped right back to her feet to give Rival a kick of her own that knocked the Mankey aside and into the same tree she had hit before. “Hah! You’ve still got a long way to go before you can beat even me!" she shouted triumphantly with her hands proudly on her hips. "Now come on, we can't let Champion get too far ahead!"

With that, Kiya started running after Champion without bothering to look back and make sure Rival was following. She didn't need to, though, because Rival was shrieking constantly as she chased after Kiya, ready for another fight despite the savage beating she’d already taken at the hands of Champion. With that Low Kick, Rival believed she had a chance for victory against Kiya, and no matter how small, if there was any chance for victory she would not back down. Kiya was happy to be seen as a worthy opponent, and would gladly fight Rival once they reached the pokemon center. It didn’t take them long to catch up to Champion, who had abandoned the race and was walking, and after returning Rival to her pokeball (Kiya didn’t think Rival would be able to put up a fair fight in her current state), they continued walking along Route 3.

***

Kiya woke up early the next morning with her legs a bit sore from the race yesterday, but she’d grown to cherish soreness as a sign of her becoming stronger so she didn’t mind it. Looking around her room at the pokemon center, she noticed it was empty despite the fact that Champion had been outside his ball beside her the night before. Rival’s ball was missing as well, although Kiya knew it was probably still with the nurse. The Mankey would have to stay inside the ball until it learned enough discipline to stop challenging everything that moved. Champion’s disappearance wasn’t exactly an abnormality either, however, Kiya instantly got on her guard.

Master Kiyo once explained that even a martial artist was vulnerable to surprise attacks, but he also said that it was nothing that couldn’t be solved with more training. Ever since that day, Kiya and Champion have been doing a training method where whichever one of them wakes up first goes and hides. At some point in the day, they are supposed to leap out and attack the other, taking them by surprise. In doing that, they condition themselves into adapting to an unexpected situation faster and thus being better at dealing with surprise attacks. It was actually something Kiya’s father suggested.

After searching the entire second floor of the pokemon center and finding nothing, Kiya went down to the first where she was informed that Rival was fully healed. The nurses seemed a bit less wary of her than they did when she walked in the previous night, although they still gave her looks. That was probably because they’d been told of what happened in the Pewter pokemon center, but it didn’t bother Kiya. She retrieved Rival and, after taking a quick look around the first floor of the pokemon center and seeing nothing, left.

She went on back to Route 3 and stood along the side of the road, waiting. It was a route, so it was obvious that there would be people going back and forth along it. Kiya was determined to find a challenger, and she decided that those travellers would be as good an opponent as any considering that she didn’t know any of them. She adjusted the badge pinned to her top before pulling a pair of hand grips out of her bag so that the wait wasn’t a waste of time.

Soon enough, a dark-skinned kid in shorts and a button-up shirt with messy hair walked past her on his way from Mt. Moon to Pewter. “You!” shouted Kiya with a finger pointed right at him. “I challenge you to a battle!” The kid glanced at the badge on Kiya’s chest and his eyes grew wide.

“Uh... I’m kind of in a hurry. My pokemon are all badly hurt. Yeah, I need to get to the pokemon center and heal them quickly.” He started talking a bit faster, and Kiya noticed that he was inching away as he talked. “As much as I’d love to battle you, I’ve gotta go so bye!” He took off running, but Kiya wasn’t going to let him get away. She dropped the grips and took off after him, catching up to him in no time and grabbing him by the collar with an unshakable grip.

“I’m not that smart but even I know that there’s a pokemon center like right over there!” Kiya shouted, pointing in the direction of Mt. Moon. “Now fight me!”

“Gah! Let me go, you bully! I’m a new trainer fresh out of Cerulean, I can’t beat someone who took down a gym leader!” He flailed his limbs about in a vain attempt to get free. Kiya frowned at this.

“Come on, why not! If you don’t fight stronger opponents, you’ll never get stronger either! And either way, Champion’s still missing and I just caught Rival. C’mon, you can use as many pokemon as you want, I don’t care. I just want to fight!”

“Ugh, fine! Whatever, let’s battle. Just let me go!” As asked, Kiya let the boy go. However, he immediately took off running again. Kiya could have caught him again easily, but she decided to ignore him this time. She wasn’t sure she had the patience for a coward like him. With a sigh, she went back to the spot she’d been waiting and continued working out with the hands grips.

Time passed staggeringly slowly, the next few minutes seeming like hours to the energetic girl. It seemed that it was still too early for there to be much traffic along the route, unfortunately. After a bit, Kiya decided that her hand grips weren’t enough for her to feel productive, so she prepared to do some more effective exercises such as push-ups, squats, and pull-ups on a nearby tree to name a few. First, though, she reached into her bag and pulled out the ball containing Rival (which took a few tries to find as all her pokeballs, empty or otherwise, were mixed together).

Immediately after sending her out, Rival looked at Kiya with a glint in her eye that the girl recognized. They were the eyes of someone who wanted to fight! But… “Rival, you should know you’re never going to beat me or Champion if you don’t do any training. When I beat you, you’ll join me for some, alright?” Kiya looked at Rival with a concerned expression while the Mankey looked right back in annoyance. She supposed just fighting things again and again was training in its own way (although it still didn’t do much if Rival didn’t learn anything from the battles), but Kiya really wanted to teach Karate to her very own disciple and she wasn’t going to let Rival ruin that by not listening to her!

“Fine then, come!” Kiya shouted and got into her stance while Rival lunged at her. Kiya easily sidestepped it and delivered a light chop at the Mankey as she did so. “I told you you wouldn’t beat me,” she said, a bit disappointed that Rival offered her no challenge. Rival tried a low kick this time, but Kiya dodged that as well. The Mankey shrieked in anger and leapt at Kiya’s face, arms forward in an attempt to grab onto her. She didn’t bother dodging it this time, doing as Champion did before and driving her fist into the pokemon’s face before the attack could reach her. Rival hit the ground in the middle of the road, but was back up and ready to fight again in an instant. “You’ll need to try something else if you want to get a hit in!”

Rival seemed to ignore Kiya’s words, deciding to simply charge at her again. Kiya prepared to dodge, but a rustling in the trees behind her caught her attention. By the time she remembered that she was still in the middle of a fight, Rival was too close for her to dodge or wind her fist for a punch strong enough to counter the full-body attack Rival was so fond of so she held up her arms to guard, taking the hit. Rival was still pretty weak, so it didn’t hurt much, but she was more concerned with the rustling.

Just as she had come up with a guess as to what it might be, Champion leapt out of the trees with his arms wide. Kiya stepped back and brought up her guard, but Champion didn’t hit her directly. He clapped his hands together hard enough for a shockwave to burst from the impact and hit Kiya’s face, making her flinch. Champion didn’t let up, hitting her with a Mach Punch right to the gut. She was thrown back, but managed to stay on her feet. Fortunately, she’d managed to react fast enough to harden her ab muscles and resist the blow somewhat. She grinned. It seemed this repeated anti-surprise training was paying off!

Champion followed up with a quick, piston-like series of jabs in the form of Bullet Punch to the same spot, but Kiya was able to act in time to defend the area with her arms. Lowering her arms to guard left Kiya’s head more vulnerable, something that Champion tried to exploit, but Kiya saw this coming and crouched down just in time to dodge a punch aimed for the side of Kiya’s head. She took this chance to target Champion’s weakness: his legs. She spun her leg and managed to sweep Champion’s out from under him, dropping him to the ground. She quickly tried to leap onto him and land a punch while he was down, but Champion rolled out of the way and immediately got to his feet. Kiya was right on his tail, though, and unleashed her own onslaught of punches and kicks.

Rival stood on the sidelines, watching as Champion suddenly stole her opponent. She wanted to get in there and force her way back into dominance, or at least relevance, but the ensuing battle between the martial artists was far too intense for her to have any chance to. She couldn’t figure out who to target, when, or how. It was a fight unlike any she had ever seen, even among the higher-leveled pokemon on Route 3, and she found herself enthralled.

Champion focused on blocking Kiya’s attacks when she suddenly stopped, just for a second. She even went so far as to drop her stance, leaving her helpless in that moment. Before Champion could even think about it, Kiya reached forward and grabbed his arm, twisting it behind his back. As he struggled to shake her off, she twisted it further and began to speak. To his surprise, she sounded absolutely enraged. “What the heck was that? I know you usually go a bit easy on me, but missing such an easy opening like that? It’s like you’re not even trying!” As she spoke, the force she exerted on Champion’s arm grew, bit by bit. “Then you just let me grab you?” Champion was silent, despite the pain. “What’s wrong? Do something!”

It seemed he had no choice anymore. He tightened his arm muscles in order to better resist Kiya and began forcing his arm back to his side. Kiya did not make it easy, but eventually he’d managed to get it as far as he needed. He then jerked his body in Kiya’s direction to face her and threw a sudden, upward Mach Punch that hit her square in the jaw.

Stars flashed in front of Kiya’s eyes as she stumbled back, her head spinning and her vision fading. For a moment, it seemed she was going to fall back, but she planted a foot firmly behind her as support and bent her legs for stability. Champion righted himself and looked down at Kiya who was hunched over and silent, still wobbling slightly in an attempt to get her bearings. After a few seconds, she finally stood straight and looked at Champion with a wide smile. “Now that’s more like it!” She turned her head to the side to spit out the bit of blood that had welled up in her mouth. Suddenly, her smile turned into a rather goofy grin. “Hehe, that was your full strength, I know it, and I didn’t get knocked out this time!”

Champion stared at Kiya, a number of thoughts floating around in his head as he processed everything that had just happened. Then he stared down at his fist realizing that she was indeed still standing after taking his strongest attack at full force, which was especially shocking considering where it had hit. And then he just laughed, in the strange way pokemon did with their limited vocal ability. Kiya couldn’t help but laugh alongside him.

When the two were finished, Kiya looked to Rival, who was surprisingly quiet the whole time. “This is what a fight is supposed to look like. Train with me and I bet you’ll be able to go toe to toe with the two of us in no time. Okay?” Rival looked down at the ground, not belligerent for the first time since Kiya had known her. Maybe she was distressed after finally understanding the difference in their power. But when Rival lifted her head, Kiya could see that Rival wouldn't be giving up anytime soon. It was nice to see the fire in those eyes without the screeching and lunging. It looked like Kiya had finally gotten her first student!


GoldenHouou April 23rd, 2015 12:16 AM


Sigurður "Sigur" Gunnarsson
Pewter City
"It's a Rocky Road, Without a Spoon."

"I'm sorry, sir, but I can't let you pass without the Boulder Badge." The man blocking Sigur's entrance to route 3 repeated with a decisive nod, voice just as steady and official as it had been the last five times he'd said pretty much the exact same thing. "It's too dangerous past this point."

"I've got a fucking Gabite!" Sigur spat in protest, one hand stuck to the side to wave towards his dragon companion - who, by the looks of it, wasn't any more amused by the situation than her trainer. "I think I can deal with all the goddamn Pidgey and Rattata out there!"

At least, Sigur assumed that Gabite were a pretty powerful species, if the kids back home constantly cooing over Bál were any indication. That, and as unreliable as her own boasts oftentimes were, she had pulled her own weight in the battles she'd participated so far. So, yeah, she might have been a total, bloodthirsty bitch - but she was a strong, bloodthirsty bitch, as far as he was concerned. He wasn't afraid of whatever oh-so-scary monsters lurked about the grass ahead.

Even so, the guard seemed hardly convinced; he merely shook his head at the teenager's words, voice the slightest bit more apologetic than before. "I'm sorry, but rules are rules. Having a strong Pokémon gives no indication of the actual prowess of the trainer. I need to see some proof that you won't die out there. Mt. Moon's no joke, lad."

Fuck you.

~

... Is what he'd wanted to tell the guy and just force his way past, but he figured that getting arrested for assault or whatever wouldn't exactly help him out of the city.

So, only a few minutes later, here he was; standing on the opposite side of the battlefield with Brock, the high and mighty Pewter City Gym Leader. Honestly, Sigur didn't really care for this whole badge collecting bullcrap, but at the same time, he did want to get past Mt. Moon and back into what he considered "civilization." There was absolutely nothing out here, and he missed the kind of hotels the larger cities offered. Seriously, the 'room' he was offered in the Pokémon Center last night? A freaking joke. He had to spend half the night throwing a bunch of overeager Weedle out the window. Never. Fucking. Again.

And, well, he'd started this whole journey business, so he might as well finish - maybe then his peers could shut up about the whole trainer business. He wasn't into it, he wasn't good at it, he wanted to do something else. But first, this gym and access to the next city.

Well, at least Bál certainly seemed overjoyed to get a chance to test her claws against something more powerful than Viridian Forest's bugs and psycho rodents; she was staring intently at the dark-skinned trainer across the field, head proudly cocked and something akin to a grin twisting her reptilian features. Yeah, see? He had that with him, and they told him he wasn't ready for one measly mountain. Seriously?

"How many Pokémon would you like to use?" Brock asked, interrupting Sigur's angsty inner monologue. And he instantly knew the answer.

"One," he replied with practiced indifference, eying Bál. Yeah... there was no way he'd let the crazy Pikachu out of its ball anytime soon, and the fewer Pokémon he used, the faster this whole deal was over. Bál would take care of whatever was thrown at her and they'd be on their way in a second.

"Alright, then," Brock confirmed, grabbing a ball from his belt and throwing it out above the rocky arena. A flash of red light and a shout that got drowned out by the cry of the newly materialized Pokémon, and Sigur found himself facing what looked like a large rock with a face. A face and... four arms, all ending in stubby fingers now flexing as if in preparation to grab at Bál. Sigur wasn't all that knowledgeable when it came to Pokémon, so it wasn't until the creature cried out its name that he found out what it was.

"Grave... ler?" Sigur repeated, only to quickly shake his head. Ugh, okay, Gravewhatever was going down. He glanced over at Bál. "A'ight, I choose-"

"Pi-Pikachu!"

"Yeah, Pika- wait," Sigur's eyes narrowed and his head snapped to turn towards the field so fast his neck threatened to crack. Before Bál had so much as managed to take a step forward to indicate her willingness to participate in the battle, the Pikachu inside one of Sigur's Pokéballs had already taken it upon himself to make the decision for him and burst out into the arena.

"-What?!" Sigur wheezed, arms spread and voice angry as he regarded the electric type with scorn and disbelief. Pokémon could do that? Just get out of their balls whenever they felt like it? Then what the hell was the point of catching them in them in the first place?! Ugh! Like that thing hadn't caused him enough trouble already.

"What the fu-"

"The battle between the Gym Leader's Graveler and the challenger's Pikachu," he suddenly heard the referee interrupt, one arm raised.

"No, wai--"

"-- Starts!"

"Shit." This was bad. This was really freaking bad. He'd deliberately chosen to use only one Pokémon to prevent the Pikachu from participating, and now it all bit him back in the ass, and Bál was the one having to sit this one out. She was going to kill him. She was going to kill him, he could practically feel her glare on the back of his head. "It's not... my fault," he hissed with gritted teeth to her, not bothering to turn around and face her wrath head on. He could do that later. Now, he had to figure out what to do with this damn Gym Battle. Suddenly, everything fell on the shoulders of a rodent who likely hated him just as much as he hated it. Great. Amazing.

Guess he had no choice, then.

"Alright, you know what, Ratface," he groaned, nicknaming the Pikachu in passing, "Fine. I won't let you ruin this for me." He raised his arm. "Go, electrocute it!"

The Pikachu glanced behind himself, brows raised as if his trainer was speaking in tongues. Still, much to Sigur's surprise, the rodent did as it was told; body gaining a yellow glow, Ratface launched himself towards the enemy, growling as it finally collided with the Graveler. Sparks flew across the air and a loud cracking sound temporarily deafened all the trainers present. Yeah, that was the way! There was no way the Graveler would be standing after-

"... Huh?"

The dust Ratface's run had left in the air settled, and much to Sigur's shock, the Graveler seemed to be completely unfazed by the head-on attack it had received. If anything, the thing was grinning down at the panting rodent, who in turn glared daggers back up at the larger Pokémon. But how was that... possible? He'd seen how powerful that attack was before when he'd almost ended up its victim, so how was it that this thing didn't have a damn scratch?!

"Electricity is ineffective against ground," Brock informed him as if reading his mind, seemingly just as confused as he was, if for different reasons. "You... didn't know that?"

Sigur decided not to grace that with an answer. He was too busy thinking what else could the Pikachu do to the goddamn rock, if electricity was useless. Seriously, did the rat have anything else? He had no idea what its moves were - or what moves the species could learn in general. Or... you know; what Pokémon moves existed in the first place.

"Tch, fine, then just... be quick and attack it some other way!" He haphazardly instructed, and the Pikachu obeyed. Kicking itself into a run again, it circled around the Graveler blindingly fast before slamming its tail into the rock's side. There was a loud slapping sound upon impact, but although the attack seemed to be more effective than the previous one by the look on the rock type's face, it... still didn't do shit, really. All it did was leave the big fat rock scratching its big fat ass, mildly inconvenienced.

This would take a goddamn eternity.

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Pokémon on Hand
Spoiler:

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/444f.gif Bál, , Sand Veil | Dragon Claw, Body Slam, Dig, Sandstorm, Hone Claws
http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/025.gif Ratface, , Static | Thunder Wave, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Volt Tackle, Reversal

Zavytar April 26th, 2015 8:23 AM

Danica Chandler
Cerulean City - Nugget Bridge
Thug Trouble! Floyd Pinkman to the Rescue!


"Quinn, use Confusion!" Danica shouted out, but her Slowpoke refused to listen. Instead she walked away and took a nap. Danica grunted, while the thug replied with a chuckle.

"Looks like you have no choice!" he said, "Now, it's time for you to join us! Hahahaha!"

"I'm not joining!" Danica said, while glarind at her sleeping Slowpoke. "Now leave me alone!"

"It's not like you have a choice, kid!" he said, "Guess you'll have to see the hard way! Zubat, Supersonic! Drowzee, Disable!"

Danica began to feel pain and extreme dizziness. What was that guy's deal? Using Pokémon to attack people? Did he even have a conscience? A gust of wind revealed a red R on his black shirt, over where his heart should be. Danica managed to see this before the supersonic waves from Zubat forced her to clsoe her eyes. And Drowzee's Disable left her cringing on the spot, leaving her unable to move. Was that going to be the end of Danica's journey? All of a sudden...

"Mime, Bruce, come out!" a voice said from nearby.

A sharply-dressed boy with green hair appeared from behind Danica, sending out a Mr. Mime and a Cubone. The boy had a confident smile on his face, while his Pokémon looked serious and let out a cry that showed toughness. "Back off!" the boy said, and the thug grunted.

"Scram!" he barked, "This is none of yer business!"

"It is now! Mime, use Confusion on Zubat! Bruce, Bonemerang on Drowzee!"

The Zubat was easily defeated by the Mr. Mime's powerful attack, while Drowzee managed to stay standing. "You got some nerve meddling with me! Drowzee, Hypnosis on that pesky Cubone! Put'm to sleep!"

"Mime, Doubleslap!"

After Bruce was put to sleep, the Drowzee was showered with slaps from the human-like Pokémon. When it stopped, the evil Pokémon fell to the ground, unable to continue battling. "Tch! This isn't over! My associates won't stand for this!" the thug barked as he recalled his Pokémon, "A word of advice, stay out of grown-ups' business! You won't eb so lucky next time!"

He used a small device to let out a blinding flash, and when it faded away, the thug was gone. All that was left was a blue-haired girl cringing on the ground and a napping Slowpoke that didn't seem to care at all.

"It's alright, now." he said to the girl, "That goon is gone, courtesy of Floyd Pinkman here!"

Danica regained her bearings and slowly got up. She wiped off some dust off her clothes and stayed silent. This is so... humiliating... she thought, and blinked back some tears that wanted to escape her eyes. "...Thank you." she muttered.


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