Light in the Dark: Orre Region

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To Lostt: You questioned me about the posts, and honestly, if every post were like that, you'll be in good shape. Good job.
You Snagged a Level 5 Male Budew!
 
Chapter 4: Battle at the Lab!
Mike rolled along on his skateboard enjoying the night breeze. The stars were shining overhead and the wind was whispering through the trees. "Man I knew I shouldn't have explored that lighthouse!" Mike muttered. It wasn't because he was running late. It was now he wished he could have done something to save that poor Poochyena. "Man that just kills my mood."

Soon Mike entered the Pokemon HQ Lab area with the road becoming more of a road and less of a game trail. As the HQ came into sight Mike noticed a large truck parked in front of it with a bunch of people wearing the same uniforms as that duo in Gateon Port.

"Whats going on?" Mike muttered. He silently released Totodile, expecting trouble. He noticed two of the boys from the lab enganged in battle with two of the people, one having a Poochyena and one having a Budew. "Well we're not going to be upstage by them are we Totodile?" Mike said with a grin. Totodile gave the same grin back.

"Man why do we have to stand guard? I want to battle to!" one of the men said.

"Yeah well you heard Naps. We have to stand guard." his compainen said.

"Hi! I'm here for my free tour of the HQ facility!" Mike said as he walked out of the woods.

"Excuse me?" the first man said before Mike's foot collided with his face.

"Hey! You can't do that you brat!" the other man shouted.

"Well guess what? I just did! Now what are you gonna do about it?" Mike said cockily.

"I'll battle you is what I'll do!" the man said as he sent out a Phanpy.

"Piece of cake! Totodile get in there!" Mike shouted.

"Phanpy use Shadow Blitz!" the man said. The Long Nose Pokemon became engulfed in a purple aura. It charged at Totodile with surprising speed knocking the Big Jaw Pokemon into the air.

"Totodile! Use Scratch Cyclone!" Mike cried. Totodile stuck his arms out in front of him this time and proceded to spin. It was basically a drill.

"Phanpy use Defense Curl!" The man shouted. Phanpy curled up in a ball and when Totodile's makeshift drill struck it harmlessly bounced off. "Yes! Now lets use Tackle!"

"Phamp!" Phanpy cried as it charged at Totodile.

"Totodile! Use Water Gun!" Mike cried.

"Toto!" Totodile cried as he proceded to forcable shoot water out of his mouth stopping the Long Nose's charge.

"Mike!" a voice cried out. It was Prof. Krane being carried to the truck. "Thats a Shadow Pokemon! Here!" Using all of his strength Krane broke free and threw a Pokeball towards Mike.

"I got it!" Mike cried.

"Now use the Snag Machine to catch the Phanpy!" Krane cried before he was thrown into the truck.

"Whatever you say!" Mike said as he threw the ball. In a flash of bright light and what looked like a giant hand, Phanpy was in someone else's Pokeball.

"Hey! Thats not fair!" the man said before he and his buddy took off running.

"Whoa. I can't believe that worked!" Mike cried out surprised. "Hey Prof! It actually..." Mike looked around. The truck and Krane were gone. Mike looked at the Pokeball that contained Phanpy wondering what to do. Save the Proffesor or figure out a way to purify the Phanpy.
 
To reac: ............

To Zimvee: Whoa, good post. I remember Naps from the game. I gonna start playing again tonight. :)
You Snagged a Level 5 Female Phanpy!
 
Josh walked, yes walked, back to the HQ, and as always, hated it. Being more sure of the way this time, it was quicker, and was extremely excited.

"Hey Bulbasaur, what do you think this thing does…" Josh said, still looking at the machine on his arm.

"Bulbasaur." Bulbasaur said in return.

"Yeah, I didn't think you'd know."

Josh and Bulbasaur slowly made their way, and when the HQ came into view, well, let's say it wasn't what they had expected.

"Hey who are all these punks?" Josh asked, "They look sorta like the guy I battled at the Lighthouse…"

Suddenly, a very familiar face appeared in the crowd, and shouted, "Careful guys, that's the kid who beat me back at the tall flashy building."

"It's called a Lighthouse, dude, and don't worry, I'll take him on this time." said one of the other men.

"You want some?" Josh said, feeling sort of cocky, "Come and get it."

"You got some nerve kid. Go Poliwag!

"This should be easy. Go Bulbasaur!"

The two Pokémon leapt into action, eying each other carefully.

"Bulbasaur, use Leech Seed!"

Bulbasaur took aim, then started firing seeds at Poliwag! The seeds ingrained themselves on Poliwag's skin, and started absorbing his energy.

"Pooolllliiii!" Poliwag cried.

"Nooo! Argh, you'll pay for that! Poliwag, use Water Gun!"

Poliwag shot a steady stream of water from his mouth, engulfing Bulbasaur!

"Uh oh." Josh said, "Bulbasaur, break free with your Tackle!"

Bulbasaur tore out from the water, as if it had barely done anything, then smacked into Poliwagwho lurched backward.

"Poliwag, Shadow Blitz!"

"Ack! Bulbasaur look out!"

But it was too late. Poliwag, shrouded in its black aura, charged straight for Bulbasaur, sending him flying. Bulbasaur stood up, but he wasn't looking good. Suddenly, a burst of energy was sapped from Poliwag, and absorbed by Bulbasaur.

"Alright! Leech Seed is taking affect!

"Bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur cried out. It clearly felt better now.

"Great, now Tackle, Bulbasaur!"

"Shadow Blitz, Poliwag!"

The two Pokémon charged at each other. Poliwag certainly looked more intimidating, with the stream of, well, pure darkness flowing from him. It was also clear that Poliwag would have the advantage here.

"C'mon, c'mon…" Josh said to himself, anticipating the collision.

When the two made contact, Bulbasaur had gained enough speed to do the same amount of damage as the powerful Shadow Blitz. Both Pokémon skidded backward, and prepared for another attack. But before anyone could do anything, Leech Seed once again sapped health for Bulbasaur.

"Ugh. Oh well, Shadow Blitz!" The man called out.

"Tackle!" Josh said.

The Pokémon continued this brawl, colliding again and again.

"Ok, let's mix things up a bit. Bulbasaur, Growl!"

Bulbasaur sat down, and growled, in his nicest, cutest, sweetest voice, which isn't saying much, but it worked. Poliwag slowed his attack.

The man slapped his forhead, and shouted, " C'mon, Poliwag, you can do better!" On hearing this, Poliwag's dark aura flared up, and he started going berserk!

"What's happening, what's going on!" Josh screamed as the Poliwag started bludgeoning Bulbasaur madly.

At that moment, he saw in the corner eye, Professor Krane being dragged away by some of the other thugs. He was about to intervene, when he turned his attention back to his Bulbasaur being viciously attacked.

"Forgive me Professor." Josh thought.

Suddenly someone in a white lab coat ran in, and shouted, "Hey! First of all, that's called the Hyper State!"

The man turned his head and said, "I could have told him that. Poliwag, snap out of it!"

Poliwag calmed down, and the dark aura surrounding him shrunk away.

The guy in the lab coat spoke up again, "Those are Shadow Pokémon," He tossed me a Pokéball, "Use the Pokéball to snag it back from those guys!"

Well, the part about him being a Shadow Pokémon was ridiculously obvious, and now he knew what the Snag Machine did.

"Ok, Bulbasaur, we need a final Tackle attack!"

Bulbasaur nodded, and charged forward. He threw himself into the attack, slamming into Poliwag. Poliwag braced himself, and it did minimal damage.

"Aw man, that's not gonna do."

But as Bulbasaur backed up after his attack, Leech Seed did it's job one last time.

"Poliwag!" Poliwag cried, while the energy was being sapped from it.

"Bulba!" Bulbasaur said, receiving the energy.

After that, Poliwag couldn't take much more. He fell backwards, and that's when Josh threw his Pokéball.

"Hey! What do ya think you're doing kid!" the man yelled.

The Pokéball struck Poliwag on his stomach, and pulled it in. It rocked back and forth a few times, before sealing itself.

"Yes! I got him!" Josh cried.

 [FONT=&quot]"Grahh! I can't believe this!" The man shouted, and ran away.

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To SuperJ-GOF: Very good capture and battle post. Everyone is making this chapter more interesting than I thought they would. :)
You Snagged a Level 5 Female Poliwag!
 
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"Ahhh" Beo yawned as he stretched his arms up over his head. He then looked down to his charmander who was sleeping peacefully on the floor.

"Ok i'm gonna softly step over charmander so I don't wake him up" Beo said quietly to himself, as he tried to step over charmander, but accidently stepped on it's tail.

"CHARRRRR" charmander roared as it spewed flames right at Beo.

"I'... i'm sorry charmander" Beo said as he fell to the ground then quickly got up pretending he wasn't in pain.

"Char-char-char" charmander explained.

"Ya ya, anyway here's some breakfast now eat up" Beo said as he poured some pokefood into a bowl.

The two then sat down and started eating before they were loudly interrupted.

"BEOO, get down here right now we need to talk" Proffessor Krane said over the loud speaker.

"Hmm ok, charmander return" Beo said as he grabbed his back pack and headed down the stair case.

When he reached the bottom of the stair case he noticed five other trainers that he knew from the lab, he then quietly entered in the as so no one would notice he was late.

Beo then heared some pretty troubling news,things that he had already known about shadow pokemon, and some new news. Beo was overcome by anger, since he still figured it was a shadow pokemon that had killed his parents he hadn't the slightest mention of them.

"Hmm me and charmander should do this, maybe we can make a difference in Orre." Beo thought to himself as all the trainers were dissmissed and headed for the door.

"Beo come here for a minute" Proffessor Krane said, as he waved for him to come forward.

"Yes Proffessor" Beo asked.

"Well I dont want you to let your emotions get the best of you on this journey, understand?" The proffessor asked

"Yes I understand, dont worry Charmander will keep me in check" Beo said.

He then said goodbye and headed for the door. "Alright charmander let's do this" Beo thought to himself again.

(Sorry for being late on this, my internet was down)
 
To dboring: Good post. You can put your next two posts together if you want to catch up.

Chapter 4: Dusty Path
(3 Posts)​

Everyone is happy, but distraught at the same time. Shadow Pokemon attacked the lab, the Professor was taken to who knows where, and some of the lab assistants even got hurt. Everything is a huge mess and you wonder how or why it happened. But there is good news. In your hand is a shadow pokemon that managed to snatch right from those evil crooks. The faces they had when you threw the ball at their own pokemon!

You follow an assitant motioning towards you right into the building where you had your last meeting. In front is a lady standing to face you guys. She looks at each of the trainers with the Snag Machine proud on their arm.

"It is incredible what you accomplished today, but this isn't the end," spoke the young woman. "This is only the beginning of that group's terror. The people you have battled today were members from the group of Team Cipher, a horrible gang that is in charge of closing the hearts of pokemon."

She paused and looked around the room at the trainers. Some of them told her about the attacks in Gateon while others kept their mouth shut.

"Yes..." she muttered aferwards. She looked around and faced each trainer in the eye. "I need everyone to do a huge task. You must open the heart of the pokemon you just caught back up and go around and do the same with these other pokemon. We need to recover as many pokemon as possible."

The trainers slowly nodded in agreement, but also in confusion. Nobody knew much yet about the shadow pokemon. The lady slightly smiled and nodded.

"Yes, do not worry. Try battling with the shadow pokemon and it will slowly open up to you until it heart opens up completely. The journey will be hard, but it is possible. You must go to Agate Village to start your journey. Elders live there that will tell you more about these Shadow Pokemon. It is an intersting place to start."

The women dropped four pokeballs into each trainer's hand so they could capture more pokemon on their journey. The trainers grinned and took off into the open world with their new Shadow Pokemon starting their adventure on the path leading to Agate.

Description: Much like most of the region, the Dusty Path is a very hot and humid climate. Many pokemon try to avoid this area, but some have managed to adapt to the extreme climate. Passing by trainers love to battle and train along this path. It is a great place to battle with your new Shadow Pokemon.

Wild Pokemon
Starly
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Level- 2-6
Type- Normal/Flying
Gender- Random
Attacks- Tackle, Growl, Quick Attack (If level 5)
Ability- Keen Eye
Rarity- Common

Bidoof
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Level- 2-6
Type- Normal
Gender- Random
Attacks- Tackle, Growl (If level 5)
Ability- Simple/Unaware
Rarity- Common

Zigzagoon
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Level- 2-6
Type- Normal
Gender- Random
Attacks- Tackle, Growl, Tail Whip (If level 5)
Ability- Pickup/Gluttony
Rarity- Common

Sandshrew
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Level- 2-5
Type- Ground
Gender- Random
Attacks- Scratch, Defense Curl
Ability- Sand Veil
Rarity- Uncommon

It may seem weird that Sandshrew is more uncommon than the others, but did this because it is more rare.

Things you can do on a Route:
.You may battle trainers, just use the attacks you pokemon learn (refer to the ooc thread). The better, and more creative, your post is, the more experience your pokemon receives
.You may find items/tms, but you post must be VERY creative, but stay realistic with your findings
. On your travels, you will be able to capture wild pokemon listed on the information for the route. The more rare the pokemon is, the more creative and decent your post must be. While trying to capture a pokemon, after you mention throwing a pokeball at the pokemon, END YOUR POST THERE. I will decide whether you caught the pokemon and how strong it will be. This, once again, depends on the quaility of your post. I think you already know the drill of this from the last chapter.
.Take note of a Shadow Pokemon's nature. They will battle more aggresive and harsh than a normal pokemon, but cool down the more its heart opens up. Take this in mind if you're going to battle with a shadow pokemon. Also, the only move your shadow pokemon knows is Shadow Blitz. Later, the Shadow Pokemon will know more Shadow Moves.


The rules may seem a little strict, but still have fun!​
 
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Chapter 4: Dusty Path-
The Encounter with Zigzagoon.

(OOC: In my next post, I am going to find a hm/tm because Shinx, doesn't really learn any more attacking moves untill level 13)
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Krauss woke up a few hours later, and was ushered into another room by some female lab assistant. "W-what is going on?" he asked her. She told him to 'shush' that she would explain soon.

"It is incredible what you accomplished today, but this isn't the end," the young woman began. "This is only the beginning of that group's terror. The people you have battled today were members from the group of Team Cipher, a horrible gang that is in charge of closing the hearts of pokemon." she ended that part.

She paused and looked around the room at the trainers. Some of them told her about the attacks in Gateon while others kept their mouth shut. Krauss was among them to be silent.

"Yes..." she muttered after hearing the stories. She looked around and faced Kraussin the eye. "I need everyone to do a huge task," Krauss nodded,"You must open the heart of the pokemon you just caught back up and go around and do the same with these other pokemon. We need to recover as many pokemon as possible."

Krauss nodded, to show that he would do it. The nod was also in a sense of little confusion.

"Yes, do not worry. Try battling with the shadow pokemon and it will slowly open up to you until it heart opens up completely. The journey will be hard, but it is possible. You must go to Agate Village to start your journey. Elders live there that will tell you more about these Shadow Pokemon. It is an intersting place to start."

"Ok.. will do so.." Krauss muttered to himself. I really shouldn't write down my klutz accidents.. it is nothing to be proud of. If the woman said anything Krauss hadn't heard, he was in deep thought, then the women dropped four pokeballs into his hands. Krauss still in thought dropped them, and they rolled across the floor. "Ok, bye Ma'am" he said as he hurried out the door, Kolink at his side.​
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A little bit later Krauss was already heading off, not really paying attention to any other of the trainers, he did want to train and all. I really need to get more in with the other group of trainers.. I can not do this journey alone.. I will stop the next person to come by. Nate was wandering around aimlessly, desperately trying to find a pokemon to train on, when suddenly a raccoon like pokemon came around a turn. He reached to his waist, grabbed a pokeball and sent out Budew. "Alright Budew, we are gonna take this one down, ok?, use shadow blitz please.."

"Bud.. Budew!" Budew chanted to his new owner. Then his body began to be engulfed in that purple like flame. Budew shot out a vine like thing, and whacked the pokemon real hard. The un-expected blow caused it to skid a bit, but not much. The other pokemon growled.

"Zig..zag...zoon..." the Zigzagoon chanted. It shoved it's body towards Budew, who used another Shadow Blitz. The raccoon pokemon whimpered a bit from the hit, but didn't give up. "Ziggy" it growled. Then it tackled the Budew, who was distracted by the growl. It tackled the Budew back a foot or two.

"Budew, Shadow Blitz.." Krauss commanded the pokemon.

Budew followed order, it was all that he had ever done. His vine slapping going towards the zigzagoon.

"Zig.." it growled, and then launched it's body at the vine, causing it top stop the attack. Then Zigzagoon tackled the grass pokemon again.

Budew saw it coming, and without order used another Shadow Blitz, knocking the Zigzagoon back away from him. "Budew" it shouted to the Zigzagoon.

"Budew... Shadow Blitz, now!" he yellled. This battle is simple I just have to repeat my self every so often. The Budew flew back and smacked into Krauss. He then heard a voice shout.

"Hey you!" the voice came, Krauss recognized it is as a male."Leave my poor Zigzagoon alone you bully!" he chanted.

"I didn't know that he was yours.. honest kid.." Nate Protested."Well, since we already started lets finish this battle.. how about it kid?" he asked the boy.

"Well duh!" the kid sneered. "Oh, and I am Billy not kid.." he told him. "Ziggy, use tail-whip.."

"Ziggy" the Zigzagoon said in an excited voice, then did the tail-whip attack. It hit the Budew, it only seemed to tickle causing the Budew to laugh. "Now" he began looking at his Zigzagoon,"use tackle" the pokemon flung it's body once more at the Budew.

"Budew, you know the drill" Krauss said. He pointed at Ziggy and mumbled to himself,"Heh, time to lose.."

Budew engulfed it's body, sending it's vine towards the Zigzagoon. He hit it, the Zigzagoon collapsing.

"Ziggy, get up come on.. try to win.." Billy tried to get his pokemon to get up. It had worked, slowly the Zigzagoon rose to it's feet. "Use one more tackle, with all your might come on!" he said rather tense.

"Zig..zugoon" The raccoon said. It charged it's body at the Budew, who countered with a Shadow Blitz. When the two met a dust cloud appeared, covering them up.

"Well, I guess we got to wait and see who wins huh kid?"
Krauss asked, although it came out more of a statement.

"Uh huh.. and I am Billy not kid.." The young boy said, still focusing on the dust that was beginnging to clear. He began to cough as it came his way. To his dismay Zigzagoon was on the ground, fainted. "Ziggy, Return. Come on out Starly." The brown pokemon returned to it's ball, and out came a gray,white, and black pokemon. "Starly use quick attack on the Budew"



"Budew, use Shadow Blitz. He saw that it was too late. Budew was already down. "Quick Budew return!" Krauss shouted returning his Pokemon. "Ok Kolink, take the stage..!"

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"Kolink!"On it Kolink jumped into battle, automatically using Leer, because the Starly looked like it was tough. Orangish beams shot out of her eyes. It went directly through the Starly. All of them there knew that it was doing a lot more internally. Then Kolink used a tackle attack, so did the Starly. The both hit the ground, only Kolink landing on her feet. Kolink took her chance while it was getting up to utilize another tackle. She sent the Starly skittering across the ground.

"Starly! I know you are stronger than that, use quick attack" said the boy in an angrier voice.

"Star..ee" The Starly replied to it's trainer and then gathered itself and used a quick attack, hitting its body against the Shinx. It went back a bit, but then countered with a tackle. Starly used a lot of strength to grip the ground and stay in place. He heard his trainer tell him to use quick attack so he did. He used another quick-attack and the Shinx tackled him. Starly flew back from the impact. It grunted, this time it was barley able to get up.

"Kolink, finish it off with a tackle okay?"

"Kolink!" Kolink tackled the Starly, who used quick attack to dodge it.

"Hey, Billy you have one smart pokemon there you do... you should take pride in it. That Starly is trying it's hardest in the battle.. It has really great potential. I suggest that you raise it with care.. and the Zigzagoon too, it gave my Budew a run for it's money.." He then motioned for Kolink to use another tackle, it did hitting starly.

"Oh yeah?" the kid asked Krauss. "Well, I am not going to fall for your little 'im your friend' act. You are not friend nor will you ever be ok? SO just butt out I will raise my pokemon however I want to.. got it?" he finished talking and motioned for his Starly to tackle the Shinx.

"Ok, I was actually trying to be nice to you kid,but it seems like that was a mistake. I guess I wont help you. Also, I was not telling you how to raise your pokemon I was suggesting a nice tip.." Kolink launched another tackle at the Starly, this time finishing it off.

"W-what? I lost?" The kid stammered. "Oh, man I guess I do need to train.. thanks though, this battle was fun.." Billy turned off and ran.

"Ah, the youth today, always so eager to be the best.." he sighed. "I still have a long journey ahead of me.." He turned to Kolink who has just walked up to him. "Ok, Kolink take a big rest you deserve one.. I'll also break here.." Krauss laid down, and began to gaze at the clouds.

"Kolink"Thanks Kolink walked onto Krauss stomach, and then curled up into a ball closing her eyes.

"Hey take it easy.." he told her. But she was already a sleep. "Well, she was exhausted from that battle.."
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To Lostt: Good battle. Yeah, battling with a shadow pokemon at the moment is pretty repetitive, but it'll get better. Could you possibly tell me what tm you want to find in my VM's before you post?
Budew's heart opened up a little.
Kolink grew to level 10!
Budew remembered Absorb!
Kolink learned Charge!
 
Chapter 4: Dusty Path
"Well, this turned out to be pretty interesting day, huh?" Josh said to Bulbasaur.

"Saur!" Bulbasaur said, smiling and hopping up and down.

"I just hope the Professor is alright. I promised to help with this catastrophe, and I won't let Professor Krane down!" Josh thought to himself.

One of the lab assistance walked into the room, making gestures that suggested they should follow her. They ended up in the same room they had started in, where the Professor had given them their first instructions. A lady stood at the head of the room. Josh noticed that she was looking at each of their arms, to make sure they had the Snag Machine.

"Well," the lady said finally, "it is incredible what you accomplished today, but this isn't the end. This is only the beginning of that groups terror. The people you have battled to day were members from the group of Team Cipher, a horrible gang that is in charge of closing the hearts of Pokémon."

She paused, again looking around at all of us, and Josh went on a long ramble of what had happened to him at the Lighthouse. When he realized how quiet some of the others were, he stopped, a little embarrassed.

"Yes…" the lady muttered, then said, "I need everyone to do a huge task. You must open the heart of the Pokémon you just caught back up and go around and to the same with these other Pokémon. We need to recover as many Pokémon as possible."

Josh nodded, as well as all the others in the room, but a look of confusion was upon everyone.

The lady smiled, as if she understood, and said, "Yes, do not worry. Try battling with the shadow Pokémon and it will slowly open up to you until its heart opens up completely. The journey will be hard, but it is possible. You must go to Agate Village to start your journey. Elders live there that will tell you more about these Shadow Pokémon. It is an interesting place to start."

"I'll say!" Josh thought, "I get to visit home for a while, sweet!"

The lady gave each of the trainers four extra Pokéballs, and then Josh tore through the doorway. When they got to the path they would take, Josh couldn't understand why he had been so eager to get there.

"Hot… dusty… uhhhh…" Josh said after just a half-hour of walking.

"Bulba…"

Suddenly, Josh eyed something that looked like a gray rock. Well, kind of. It had feathers, and a beak. And it chirped.

"Hmmm, either I'm seeing things, or that's not a rock."

"Starly star!" the bird cried.

Straightening up, Josh called out, "Definitely not a rock. Go Poliwag!"

The round blue creature appeared out of the Pokéball Josh threw.

"Poliwag!" shouted the small Pokémon fiercely.

"Starly!" the bird Pokémon cried, as it hurled itself at Poliwag, attacking with what Josh recognized as Tackle.

"Poliwag, Shadow Blitz!" Josh shouted.

Poliwag launched its attack, shrouded in its black aura. The two Pokémon collided, and Poliwag knocked back the Starly several feet, but Poliwag skidded backward as well. Starly hopped up and prepared for another Tackle attack.

"Ok! Poliwag, use, uh… Shadow Blitz!" Josh shouted again.

Once again, they collided, with the same result. Starly once again hopped up, but instead of using Tackle again, Starly stood there and made a sound that vaguely reminded him of gargling water.

"Well, I guess that's as close as a bird can get to growling." Josh said to himself. Unfortunately, it worked. The Growl attack was actually very sweet sounding, and Poliwag's offence was slightly diminished.

"Poliwag... uh, Shadow Blitz." Josh said with noticeably less enthusiasm.

The back and forth brawl of Shadow Blitz and Tackle ensued once again, and continued for several minutes.

"Well, this certainly is getting monotonous." Josh said, watching the Pokémon go back and forth.

After a couple more minutes, Josh finally couldn't take it anymore.

"Poliwag, return!" Josh called out, as Poliwag was pulled back into the Pokéball.

"Bulbasaur, go!" he shouted, and Bulbasaur who had been napping the whole time, awakened, and jumped in to defend his master against the Starly.

"Bulbasaur, Leech Seed!" Josh cried, once again excited.

Bulbasaur shot several small seeds, which ingrained themselves onto Starly.

"Now, Tackle!" Josh shouted.

As Starly was trying to remove the seeds, he wasn't paying attention, and the Tackle attack hit head on.

"Staarlyyyy!" Starly cried out.

"Ok, here it goes… Pokéball, go!" Josh shouted as he tossed the Pokéball as hard as he could. It conked Starly on the head, and absorbed it. The ball rocked back and forth, as Josh anticipated the outcome…
 
Max walked out of the room to find an assitant standing there wating for him.

"Come with me. Someone urgently needs to see you and some other kids." the assistant said.

Even though Max wanted to stay with Ingo he reluctantly followed. The man took him to the place wehre he first found out about his little mission. There was a young lady standing there with a few other kids. Max walked up and stood in a line with the other kids. The lady smiled.

"It is incredible what you accomplished today, but this isn't the end," spoke the young woman. "This is only the beginning of that group's terror. The people you have battled today were members from the group of Team Cipher, a horrible gang that is in charge of closing the hearts of pokemon."

Max stood there and looked her in the eyes.

"I was attacked by a man who thought he could take Aki away from me, but he found out the hard way. Anybody who tries to take Aki away from me will learn the hard way." Max said.

A few other trainers his age told about their Gateon Port experience and then she finally silenced them all.

"Yes... I have a huge task I need every single one of you to do. I need you to open the hearts of the pokemon you just caught back up and to do the rest with Shadow Pokemon you will catch. We need to recover as many pokemon as we possibly can." she said sternfully.

Max was totally confused, but yet, he nodded in agreement anyway.

"Yes, do not worry. Try battling with the shadow pokemon and it will slowly open up to you until it heart opens up completely. The journey will be hard, but it is possible. You must go to Agate Village to start your journey. Elders live there that will tell you more about these Shadow Pokemon. It is an intersting place to start."

Max nodded and the lady came by each and every trainer. Max didn't know what she was doing until she came up to him. She dropped four pokeballs into his hand.

"Good luck Max. Oh, and don't worry. I'll make sure Ingo is ok." she whispered so nobody else but him could here her.

Max slowly nodded and felt tears rising in his eyes. He quickly rubbed them away and smiled. Then the trianers slowly dispered on their adventure. He came up to Ingo's room on his way out and slowly stepped inside, but surprisingly...ingo was nowhere to be found! Max dropped the pokeballs in his hand and then picked them up. He put them in his pocket and then did a lab wall to wall search, but ingo was nowhere to be found.

Max panicked and ran outside. He came outside and saw the exact man that hurt Ingo carrying him to a truck!

"Hey! Give me back my friend!" Max yelled.

The man turned around and saw Max. He quickly threw Ingo into the back door and sped off. Max followed the truck as long as he could and then fell to his knees on The Dusty Path. A path he heard barely any type of pokemon lived in.

"I couldn't save the professor. I couldn't save Ingo. Why? Why am I so useless?!" Max yelled into the sky.

He felt tears rising up in his eyes but didn't wipe them away. A few minutes later and a bird pokemon landed on his head. It bent down and looked him in the face.

"Starly?" it said.

Max stopped crying and then stumbled over to a tree. The bird had flown of its head and into his lap.

"You're a Starly aren't you?" Max asked.

The bird nodded and then pointed it's beak at Aki's pokeball.

"You want to battle?" Max asked.

The bird nodded and flew away a few feet. Max smiled and stood up ready. He chose a pokeball and threw it into the air. Instead of Aki ,though, it was his new companion, Poocheyana(which he will later nickname Fang).

((OOC: In my next post I will be doing the battle then.:)))
 
To SuperJ-GOF: Good post with the Starly. You deserved one for that effort!
You caught a Level 5 Male Starly!
Poliwag's Heart Opened up a Little!

To Pikalover10: Okay, I'm looking forward to the battle. :)
 
Max threw the pokeball into the air. The Starly flew into the air as Max's companion popped out of the pokeball. Poocheyana popped out of the pokeball and looked very ferocious.

Man...I wonder how long it'll be until his heart is open? Max wondered to himself.

"Ok, Poocheyana Shadow Blitz!" Max said.

Poocheyana was engulfed in a black shadow and ran at the Starly. The Starly dived at him and then quickly pulled up at the last second then dived at him again. It hit Poocheyana and flew back into the air.

Then Poocheyana got up and started growling ferouciously. Then a black outline started engulfing him and his eyes turned blacker...

"Poochey!" the dog yelled.

Max stood there wondering what to do. He remembered this stage being called something like...The Hyper Mode or Hyper Stage...

Now what am I supposed to say when this happens? Oh yeah...

"Poocheyana!" Max yelled.

Then, the black outline surronding the dog disappeared and his eyes grew lighter.

"Use Shadow Blitz!" Max said.

The dog was engulfed in black again and dashed at the bird. The bird dived, but this time didn't pull up, and Poocheyana slowed down a bit at the end causing Starly to dive into the ground and then he tackled it.

"Starly!!" it cried.

The bird flew into the air again as if it didn't take any damage. Then it turned around swiftly and dived at Poocheyana, who was at this time recovering from recoil damage. It hit him and Poocheyana flew back a few feet.

"Poocheyana! Ugh...I guess I should train you up more before you battle...Let's see where did your pokeball go?" Max asked fumbling around with his fingers trying to find the pokeball.

While Max was doing this the Starly hit Poocheyana again knocking him into Max.

"Wah!" Max cried falling to the ground. "Ok...Return Poocheyana. Go, Aki!" Max said.

The dog returned to its pokeball and the orange chick popped out.

"Aki use Focus Energy!" Max said.

The chick turned brighter then normal orange and then turned back to normal orange, with her power strengthened.

"Now, use Scratch!" Max said.

The orange chick ran at Starly who was preoccupied by prening itself. Then Aki jumped and scratched the birds head. The bird fell off the grey smooth rock it was standing on.

"Again Aki!" Max said.

Aki this time jumped over the rock and scratched the birds chest. Aki stood on top of its chest. Then the bird, realizing what happened, and then flapped its wings very quickly. Then the bir suddenly took of into the air knocking Aki off of it.

"Aki jump and use Scratch." Max said grabbing another pokeball.

Aki jumped when the bird least expected it and scratched its back. Then just giving up the bird plummeted to the ground. Max made the pokeball in his hand get bigger.

"LEt's try it I guess. Go, pokeball!" Max said.

The bird was engulfed in a bright red light. Then it disappeared into the ball. The ball wriggle back and forth...Back and forth. Until.........
 
Chapter 4: Dusty Path-
Troublesome Sandshrew!
(OOC: Decided to find the Tm in the next Post-Dark Link12 I will pm you it to see if you approve..)
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Krauss decided that no one was coming, so that he would continue on until the next town and stop people at the gate. Or he would meet them on the way there. "Ok, Kolink time to wake ok?" he shook the sleeping bundle and it sleepily opened it's jewel like eyes. The pokemon's eyes glistened from the sun,they looked awfully pretty. The Shinx walked off of it's trainer and then he got up. Then both of them began to go off towards their next destination."So, Kolink do ya want me to find us a new friend?" he asked his pokemon who reponded with a loud,excited sounding mew."Ok, now what one.. what one.." he saw lots of Zigzagoons and Starly all over the place. "No.." he continued walking. "Hey look Kolink!" he shouted to his pokemon,"it is alot of Bidoof.."

"Kol..ink..kol"Eek, they are mean looking.. Kolink backed away, whimpering to show that she didn't like those pokemon.

"Ok, so I guess we keep on looking huh?" he asked his pokemon who nodded. After a couple of minutes of traveling Nate and Kolink came across a Sandshrew. "Hey, look it is a Sandshrew, do you want that one Kolink?" he asked his partner, who just purred. "Alright then it is settled" he shouted, sending Kolink out to battle. "Kolink, this is gonna be tough, because he is ground and you are electric... I would send out Budew but he needs more recovery time... so Kolink, use tackle on it" he told his pokemon.

Kolink ran and then flung her body at the Sandshrew who rolled up into a ball to stop the attack. <Defense Curl eh? Ok, that is how you want to play huh?> she was asking him, in her thought. She noticed that he was still in a ball, so she tackled the him again. The ball began to roll, straight down the hill. "Kolink!"Hah!

Suddenly the pokemon shot up, uprooting grass and flowers. The mud went flying into the air, some landing on the Sandshrew, who didn't seem to notice. "Shrew! Sandshrew!"Now I am angry! The Sandshrew ran up and launched a scratch at the Kolink. The attack landed, hitting the Shinx on the forehead. Then came another scratch hitting Kolink in the same spot.

"Sh...in...x..." rarely ever did Kolink say 'Shinx' or anything signifying the pokemon. <I can't tackle with all those scratches..> The scratches kept Kolink at bay, she ducking every so often.

"Alright, there is only one move here.. Kolink, dodge all of them that you can, wait until the Sandshrew tires, then give it your best tackle.." he said, knowing that Kolink would lose.

"Kol..ink.."I...will.. Kolink's voice was showing more weakness as she grew weaker. Finally the Sandshrew stopped to rest and Kolink rammed it with the strongest tackle that she could muster. She sent the pokemon flying through the air. It landed on the ground a few seconds later, and then Kolink fell over.

"Alright, return Kolink" he held out his pokeball, pressed the button and his pokemon came back. He only called back Kolink when he thought necessary this time was now,he thought. "Alright, Budew, finish this!" he held out another pokeball and out popped Budew

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After changing pokemon the Sandshrew was rested and had it's energy back. "Budew, use Shadow Blitz!" commanded Krauss.

"Budew! Budew!" chanted the grass pokemon, seemingly happy. It began to be shrouded by the purple back mist and then it launched a pound-looking move. It quickly whacked the other pokemon.

"Saandshrew" it replied to the Budew. They were having some sort of conversation going on. Before the vine that hit Sandshrew left, he clawed it, his claw sticking in it. When it retracted he flew back into the Budew, knocking both of them over.

"Budew, Budew!" it shouted at the Sandshrew, who quickly got off, and scratched Budew again. Budew used another Shadow Blitz, and it hit the Sandshrew who had just curled up into a ball. THWACK! That was the sound made when the vine hit the Sandshrew and it went into the air. Then it landed and hit the floor hard. "Budew" Budew seemed to have a proud tinge to his voice, and turned around hapily. Then the Sandshrew launched itself out of the dust and it's claws raked the Budew's back. This only infuriated Budew who turned around and shoved the Sandshrew.

"Ok, Budew" Krauss began,"Use Shadow Blitz!" he said, hoping that this attack would finish off the pokemon, or get it to a catchable state.

Budew shot out it's attack and missed. The attack had just hit the ground, Budew took recoil damage and entered his hyperstate.

Sandshrew began rapidly clawing at it's now frozen in time foe. "Saand SHREW!" when the Sandshrew shouted the scratch was stronger. It took a quick breath and resumed the scratching. It quickly grew tired,"Sand.." It did a slow scratch."Shrew.." it began to breathe heavily and then it fell over backwards. Then Budew snapped out of it's state.

"Budew, Budew!" it shouted, as if to say watch. As the Sandshrew struggeled to get up, Budew used an absorb attack, draining the most of the energy it had left. Budew was left looking fresh and chipper. While Sandshrew was nearly fainted.

"Alright, go Pokeball!" shouted Krauss as he threw his Pokeball at the Sandshrew. It bounced off of it's head and then hit the dirt next to it. The red beam came out, seeming as if it pulled to the Sandshrew's soul. The next thing that everyone knew was that it was inside the ball. Krauss stepped closer and watched the ball gently rock back and forth.
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To Pikalover10: Okay, good post!
You caught a level 4 Female Starly!
Poochyena's heart opened up a lot!

To Lostt: Also a very good post. You seemed to switch off calling the pokemon Sandshrew and Sandslash ^^. Don't worry about rushing the posts. Just take your time.
You caught a level 4 Male Sandshrew!
Budew's heart opened up a lot!


I'll update bio's in the morning. I'm really tired now.
 
Max continued through the dusty path seeing all sorts of wonderful new pokemon. He wanted to catch some but decided he had enough trouble on his hands as it was.

I wonder if Ingo is ok? Oh, and what about Proffessor Krane? Max wondered. All these things all came back to the same answer. He wouldn't know until he got to them.

Max looked down at Aki who was trodding alongside him, Pipper on his shoulder, and Poocheyana on the other side of him. Max sighed and then looked further down the path. He saw a boy about his age sitting on a rock looking bored. Max sped up and soon came to the boy.

"Hi!" Max said cheerfully.

"Hi." the boy said.

"My name is Max. Yours is?" Max asked.

"Gabriel. My name is Gabriel." the boy said.

"Well hi there Gabriel. Want to have a battle?" Max asked.

Gabriel looked at him and smiled as if that was what he had wanted all along. "Sure." he said.

Gabriel stood up and walked away about 6 or 7 meters. Then they chose their pokemon.

"Go, Pipper!" Max said.

"Go, Jenny!" Gabriel said.

Pipper flew down from Max's shoulder and then landed on another rock. In a bright white flash another Starly appeared. It was a little different in appearence, however. It had black feathers on top of its head, it was light brown wehre it was supposed to be tanish, and its tail feathers were brown instead of black. Max shrugged and then looked at Pipper who was rearing to go at her first trainer battle.

"Pipper use Tackle!" Max said.

"You too Jenny!" Gabriel said.

The two Starly chirped in response and then flew at eachother head on. They collided with a loud "BANG!" and then both flew back a little before regaining their balance. Then Pipper's wing glowed and then the glow disappeared. Max wondered what this strange attribute was but then shrugged it off.

"Again Jenny!" Gabriel said.

Then Jenny flew in and knocked Pipper out of the sky. She plummeted to the ground and Max not noticing it this time, her wing glowed again. She crashed into the ground but then rocketed out of the ground furious.

"Tackle!" Max said.

Pipper hit Jenny and knocked her out of the air. Then she dived in and hit Jenny sending her, faster and harder, plummeting into a rock. She hit the rock and crushed it into tiny pieces. Jenny struggled to get up and then finally did. Pipper was still in the air and was gasping, oviously tired.

"Come on Pipper tough it out! Tackle." Max said worried.

"You too Jenny." Gabriel said.

The two pokemon flew at eachother again. Pipper dived in at Jenny, and Jenny plunged at Pipper. Pipper spun out of the way at the last minute and then pushed off the ground and hit Jenny's back. Jenny screached and fell to the ground. Jenny appeared out of the dust and stood there silently and stared at Pipper with eloquence. HEr feathers gleemed in the sunlight and momentarily blinded Pipper.

Then, Jenny flew in at Pipper and knocked her to the ground. Pipper struggled to get up and then finally did. They both huffed and puffed and then their eyes got all foggy as if they would both faint right then and there.

"Tackle." Max whispered just loud enough so that only Pipper would hear him.

Pipper then shot like a rocket off the ground and hit Jenny. She fell to the ground and then hit it with her back. She kicked a bunch of dust up. It took a few minutes but the dust finally settled and revealed Jenny, kocked out.

"Yes! We won Pipper!" Max rejoiced.

Gabriel smiled and returned Jenny. He walked over to Max and shook his hand.

"Good battle man. I hope to battle you latter on in our journeys." he said. Then, he took off without another word.

Max smiled and nodded and headed the other way, towards the next area. Hoping to meet new friends and gain new allies.

((OOC: I nicknamed my new Starly Pipper (Pip-r)
 
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