Pokemon: Johto Revolutions

[Wolfwhispers]

"Chikorita, Razor Leaf!" Jason called eagerly.

"Chiko!"

Jason had been eagerly walking down the new route, his eyes set on an escaping Duskull, before this pokemon showed up and attacked him with a Water Gun.


"Woop!" the Wooper cried out in pain as the sharp leaves tore at its exctremely tough body. What people weren't aware of, was that this pokemon was also a ground type of pokemon, and thus had extremely hard skin. The bad thing about this little ability was that up against grass type attacks, the double was double the power.

"Nice, Chikorita," Jason said, grinning as the blue pokemon breathed harshly.

"Woopo!" it called, opening its mouth and unleashing a blast of hard mud.

"Chikorita, watch out for that Mud Shot!" Jason called.

"Rita!" Chikorita barked, jumping to the side and moving his body in such a way that Jason thought impossible for Chikorita's body. "Tita," Chikorita smirked, spinning his large leaf.

"Wooper woo!" Wooper said angrily, bashing his tail against the ground and opening its mouth, this time unleashing a Water Gun.

"Chika," Chikorita said with a sigh and a roll of the eyes. The Water Gun sprayed against his body, rejuvinating him.

"Water types don't work so well against grass types," Jason informed the water type. "Chikorita, Tackle!"

Chikor!" Chikorita charged, his head lowered and leag waving in the wind.

"Wopp!" Wooper charged as well, tail wagging determedly. "Ppperp!" Wooper called jumping into the air and bashing Chikorita away with its Slam attack.

"Chi," Chikorita winced before quickly bashing his head into Wooper before it could bound away.

"You ok, Chikorita?" Jason asked.

Chikorita gave an inidnant sniff, annoyed at the question. Of course it was alright! "Chiko."

"Alright, then use Razor Leaf!"

"Chio!" Large leaf spinning, Chikorita sent out the sharp leaves.

"Wooper!" Wooper called, sening another Mud Shot attack that struck Chikorita right in the face, but unfortuanently for the water/ground pokemon, the Razor Leaf struck true, and with double the damage, the already hurt pokemon went down.

"Chiko," Chikorita snarled, shaking his head to get the mud out of his face.

Jason chuckled and moved to help his pokemon. "Here you go, buddy," he said, removing the mud with his shirt. "Feeling better?" He got a nod. Jason grinned and looked around, already seeing the defeated Wooper jump into the small river close by and get away. "You know, this seems like a good place to have a rest."

"Hika," Chikorita said with a shrug, not really caring.

"Come on out, everybody!" Jason called, throwing up his pokeballs in the air, not at all bothered by the grass types attidtude.

With a burst of white light, all of his pokemon appeared.

"Lucario!" Lucario called, doing a few kicks to show off.

"Croconaw!" Croconaw called, chomping his teeth together and grinning ferally.

"Heracross!" Heracross called, waving his horn around and stamping the ground.

"Ele..." Elekid said with burp, still looking a bit dazed from its ealier battle.

The pokemon immediately rushed to help the dazed pokemon, making her as comfortable as possible. It amused Jason that Chikorita and Elekid didn't seem fazed by the evolution of Totodile and Riolu, who were now Croconaw and Lucario.

Getting settled, they all had a nice lunch and just generally relaxed...

 

[Logan]

@ WW: Okay, nice post so:

Chikorita grew to Lv 13 and learnt Synthesis

 

[slls81]

The Initial Challenge...

After what seemed like hours, Ben finally reached Violet City. After a short trip to the Pokémon Center he felt ready to try for his first badge. Not wanting to waste any time, Ben headed straight to the Gym. He burst into the Gym and loudly declared...

"I'm here to challenge the Gym Leader!"

He looked around and saw a kid laughing at him, "Are you the Gym Leader here?" Ben asked the boy.

"No, but you can't just barge into a Gym and expect to challenge the Gym Leader straight away," said the boy irritably, "That's not how things work around here."

Ben almost choked, "How can I challenge the Gym Leader then?" he asked.

"If you want to battle Falkner, you'll have to beat me first!" said the boy confidently.

"Who are you?" Ben asked.

"I'm Billy," the boy said, "One of the Gym trainers here at Violet City Gym."

"Okay Danny," Ben said rather loudly, "You're on!"

"All right kid," said Danny, "I'll start with Swablu!"

He released a blue parrot-like creature with two long feathers on top of its head and cotton bud wings.

"Ha! I know how to deal with that," said Ben, "I'll use Heracross!"

Ben released his pokémon, who looked over at Swablu and began the battle... before an order had been given. The giant Beetle flew straight at Swablu and used her Horn Attack.

"You really don't like those things do you?" chuckled Ben.

"Hera," she said happily.

"Swablu use Peck!" yelled Danny, obviously unhappy to have been caught off guard like that.

"Dodge and use Tackle!" called Ben.

Heracross expertly side stepped the Peck attack from Swablu, before slamming into its side and sending it flying. For good measure, Heracross tackled the Swablu again.

"That things violent!" Danny yelled at Ben.

"No she's not," Ben defended his Heracross, who had looked hurt at Danny's words, "She's just a little over eager."

"Whatever," said Danny irritably, "Swablu try another Peck attack!"

"Dodge it Heracross," Ben called, "And use Fury Attack!"

Once again Heracross easily evaded the attempted Peck attack from Swablu, before ferociously slamming into it over and over again. After the attack, Swablu fell to the floor and was knocked out.

"Swablu return," Danny said angrily, "Starly your up! Start with Tackle!"

Danny released a a bird with a gray-coloured body. The lower half of the birds wings as well as its head were black, but the birds head, as well as a large spot on its chest, were white. As soon as the pokémon was released, it launched straight into a tackle attack.

"Dodge and use your Tackle Heracross!" Ben responded.

Heracross expertly side stepped Starly's attack, before slamming into its side and sending it flying.

"Damn that things fast!" said Danny annoyed, "But I'd like to see it dodge this! Starly Quick Attack!"

Ben was just about to order Heracross to dodge, but before he could get the order out Starly had slammed into the giant beetles side.

"Haha, not so clever now are we?" Danny mocked.

Ben let out a relieved sigh when Heracross struggled back to her feet. "Pursuit," he ordered simply.

Heracross disappeared from view for a second, before reappearing behind Starly and slamming into the back of the bird pokémon. Starly was knocked to teh ground, and was beginning to look tired. Looking over at his pokémon, Ben saw that Heracross was also looking tired... he needed to win this fast.

"Starly use Quick Attack!" Danny ordered, while Ben was still in the middle of his thought process.

"No!" he said.

Starly slammed into Heracross before the Bug had time to react, knocking her to the ground.

"Finish it with Wing Attack!" shouted Danny.

Starly flew towards Heracross and its wings began to glow. Starly then slammed into Heracross with its glowing wings, knocking Heracross out.

Ben returned Heracross wordlessly, before releasing his next pokémon. "Go Bonsly," he said quietly, releasing his newest pokémon.

Bonsly emerged energetically from his pokéball, jumping up and down looking pumped.

"Haha, you're going to battle me with that baby?" laughed Danny, "Starly use tackle."

Ben didn't bother to issue any orders, and just hoped Bonsly would do what he thought the young pokémon would. Starly slammed into Bonsly, and knocked the rock pokémon to the ground. Bonsly sat up slowly, before he began bawling his eyes out.

"Pathetic," sighed Danny.

Starly however, was far more moved by Bonsly's tears than its trainer. The bird flew back over and tried to comfort the crying pokémon. Bonsly began flailing around and 'accidentally' smacked Starly right in the jaw. The bird pokémon looked angry for a moment, but after seeing Bonsly was still crying went back to trying to comfort him.

"Don't mother it!" yelled Danny, "Attack it!"

This made Bonsly cry even more loudly, and Starly shot its trainer a sharp glance. Danny shook his head in disbelief. After a short while, Bonsly started flailing around again, and once again 'accidentally' caught Starly with a sharp whack to the jaw. The bird pokémon staggered back dazed, and Ben saw his chance.

"All right, I think it's time I stepped in," he said confidently, "Bonsly use Rollout!"

On hearing his trainers order, Bonsly immediately stopped crying and rolled into a tight ball. He then shot at the dazed Starly and slammed into the bird, sending it flying. Starly landed hard on the ground and skidded along. When Starly came to a stop, it had been knocked out... Bonsly had won.

"I don't believe it," muttered Danny, shaking his head and returning Starly.

Ben ran over to Bonsly and picked his pokémon up in his arms, "You're a cheeky little one aren't you," he said, shaking his head disbelievingly.

"A cheap trick to pull on one of my trainers," came a voice from above Ben, "That sort of trick won't work against me though..."

 

[Logan]

@ slls: Good start to the gym... can't wait for the battle. Nice way for Bonsly to win.

Heracross grew to Lv 14 and learnt Aerial Ace. Bonsly grew to Lv 8

 

[Wolfwhispers]

Chikorita eyed the other pokemon from a distance. He was currently brooding, and he knew it too. He wanted to be left alone, and tht was that. Lucario was currently doing flips by Jason, getting a rolled eye for showing off. Heracross was sucking on some random tree, depleting it of its sap. Elekid was currently curled up in some shade, dead asleep. All those pokemon knew he wanted to be left alone, but unfortunanetly for him, there was one pokemon that couldn't take the hint.

"Whatchya doin'?" the new and improved Croconaw asked, sauntering over to him.

"Being alone," Chikorita grumbled, twirling his large leaf in agitation.

"Where's the fun in that!" Croconaw laughed, chomping his teeth down a few times. Chikorita scoffed and turned away, determined to get away from everyone. "So what's really wrong?" Croconaw asked, following after.

"Nothing," Chirkorita said coldly. "Why do you insist on following me?" he demanded.

"Why do you insist of walking away from me?" came the cocky reply.

"You are so annoying!" Chikorita roared, finally just running off.

"Hey! Wait up!" Croconaw called, trying to keep up with the grass type by bounding after him on all fours.

"Back off!" Chikorita called back, finally just diving into some bushes and hiding in them until the great blue beast bounded by. Chikorita didn't have to wait long. The water type had run by at a faster speed than Chikorita thought possible. Sniffing with disdain, the grass type turned, only to knock into something.

"Watch it!" the thing cried out angrily.

"You watch it!" Chikorita snarled, glaring at the pokemon.

It was a little mousy looking, with a long nose and a black back with a tan underbody. "I was here first!" the Cyndaquil spat.

"Well, what're ya doing creeping along in bushes!" Chikorita demanded.

"None of your business," Cyndaquil hissed, flames bursting from its back in irritation, which only succeeded in causing the bush to erupt in fire.

"See what you've done!" Chikorita barked.

"Like I did it on purpose," Cyndaquil growled back as the two quickly jumped out of the bushes before glaring daggers at each other.

Chikorita felt his leaf twitch violently. He only ever felt a deep sense of competitivness when he was around males of the elemental trio of each region. He could remember getting into a huge battle with a male Bulbasaur and Torchic long ago. He hadn't felt like that for a long time, not since he met Totodile, but it was so fleeting since they rarely saw each other. Especially now that Totodile was now Croconaw, everything had changed, and Chikorita could feel the cold claws of envy wrapping around him, especially as he faced off against this male Cyndaquil who was feeling the same thing.

Their feet parted at the same time, both about to pounce...

And then they were interrupted. "Aha! Here's where our punching bag has gone!" a haunting voice cackled insanely. Before Chikorita's eyes, three ghost type pokemon with skulls for faces and one single eye appeared.

They all laughed as they circled the two of them. "You all know I could beat you one on one, cheater's!" Cyndaquil barked, flame erupting on his back.

"Now where's the fun it that?" one laughed.

"Let's get them!" the last one cried. Laughing, they all charged.

With angry growls, Chikorita and Cyndaquil dodged their bulleting bodies. "Looks like we have other things to worry about," Cyndaquil told Chikorita. Grudgingly, the grass type nodded.

"Let's see how you like this! Razor Leaf!" Chikorita snarled, spinning his large leaf and sending the sharp leaves towards the ghost types.

"Nah nah nah!" two of them laughed, flying around the leaves while their third screamed in pain, too slow to dodge.

"Let's see how you like this!" the others said loudly. "Night Shade!"

Chikorita and Cyndaquil gasped as the ghostly attack tore at their minds, taking away their health. "Ember!" Cyndaquil shouted in anger, mouth wide and sending hot flames at the two Duskull. "Attack with me!" Cyndaquil ordered.

"I know how to battle!" Chikorita said angrily, vines whipping out from his spud collar and snapping at their opponents.

"Not enough! Not enough!" the three of them cakled, almost as if they had the same mind. "Astonish!" they cried, charging at them with a purple fire surounding them.

"Like that weak attack could hurt me!" Cyndaquil snarled, charging as well, flames going everywhere as he fired an Ember.

"Idiot!" Chikorita snapped. "Razor Leaf!"

"Too slow! Too slow!" they laughed, spinning around the attacks and only getting the brunt of the burn and scratches. "There!"

"Yeoow!" the two screamed, getting bashed back painfully by, not just one, but all three.

"I... I can't move," Cyndaquil gritten out, shaking.

"That's... what... I tried to warn... Yeow!" Chikorita cried out, getting another Astonish attack. As the attack had caused him to flinch, it was easy enough for the gang of ghost types to land one free attack in. Cyndaquil went through the same thing, getting pounded back with a yowl.

"I'll get you," CYndaquil said angrily, getting to his feet. His body was dirty and bruised, and now that Chikorita really looked, he could see a few old looking scars across his back. "Ember!" Cyndaquil yelled, firing away.

"Razor Leaf!" Chikorita snarled as well, wanting revenge and, most of all, strength from this battle.

The three ghost typr pokemon gave a loud, and very haunting, scream of anguish as the two attacks intermized and hit them all. "Not enough, not enough," they whispered, circling around each other slowly as they came closer and closer to the two.

"How much is enough?" Chikorita asked angrily before blinking in shock as a large, and very powerful, burst of water pounded against the three of them. "Croconaw!" he called out.

"Thought you could use the help!" the gator called, bounding over to them.

"Friend of yours?" Cyndaquil asked.

"You could say that," Chikorita said, turning back to face the ghost type pokemon.

"One more, one more," they said, voices so hallow. "One more! One more!" they screamed, shocking the elemental trio by circling each other so fast that they seemed to be one.

"Are... are they merging?" Croconaw asked.

Cyndaquil hissed, his flames becoming stronger. "Get ready," he warned them.

When the three ghosts had finally stopped, in front of them, to their shock, was large ghost pokemon. It was a Duskull, one the size of a Dusknoir, but it had three heads. "One more! One more!" the three heads laughed before charging, body covered in the purple flame.

"Get out of the way!" Croconaw screamed.

"No ****, sherlock!" Cyndaquil and Chikorita snapped, the three of them running in different directions and avoiding the attack.

"One more... one more..." the three headed ghost said, beginning to fly lazily. The eyes (it had three; one per head), which was always a burning red, was now a blurry blue. It was...

"Its insane," Chikorita said with distaste, leaf twitching horribly at the thought.

"They were made to be like that," Cynaquil said with a shiver. He took a deep breath. "It loses its energy in that form."

"And you know that because...?" Croconaw asked.

"Who cares. Let's just finish this," Chikorita said, standing up to the pokemon. The other two nodded and faced the ghost type.

"One more..." With a haunting laugh that sent several Pidgey flying into the sky, the three headed Duskull monster flew at them, body erupted into purple flame, but this time with glowing gray eyes.

The three pokemon screamed as the Night Shade tore at their minds, but they knew they had to do this, to finish this thing. "Water Gun!" "Razor Leaf!" "Ember!"

With those three attacks bellowed, the charging pokemon was swept away by a tornado of water and fire mixing together, sharp leaves in the middle to cut at its skin and fire to burn and water to cool the wounds irritably. The combination of all three attacks sent the three headed monster into a screaming and seizuring rampage.

"And now to finish you!" Cyndaquil screamed with hatred, mouth filled hot fire. With a loud bellow, the small fire pokemon released the Ember attack and pounded against the three headed monstrosity.

Screaming with rage, the giant ghost pokemon flailed about, body becoming burned and charred. When at last the attack had stopped, the giant ghost shivered once more before shifting away from itself. The three Duskull were back, and they were incredibly weak.

"No more, no more," they moaned. "No more, no more."

"Leave!" Chikorita barked, vines snapping at the ground as he glared at them.

Croconaw opened his mouth readily and licked his teeth, wanting to give them a good Bite. "Yea, before we get real angry."

Cyndaquil walked up to them. "Don't go back to them," he said with a deadly seriousness. "Never!" With that finaly scream, Cyndaquil shot flames at the retreating pokemon. Watching them until they were no longer visible, Cyndaquil walked back to the others, just as exhausted as them.

"Glad that's over," Croconaw said with a hearty laugh.

Chikorita spared the gator an annoyed look before he looked over at Cyndaquil. The two of them glared at one another before they both collapsed. "Why haven't you evolved yet?" Chikorita demanded.

Cyndaquil was silent for a moment. "I'm waiting," he said at last.

"For what?" Chikorita demanded, enraged that this pokemon would wait for such a miracle. As much as he feared his final evolution, he knew he would be ok for his first one, and was readily prepared and waiting for it to happen.

Croconaw started laughing, startling the two. "Is that what's got you so hyped up? Evolving?"

The two ignored him. "I have my reason's," Cyndaquil said. "But I don't think I would mind gaining that experience with you."

Chikorita faltered, eyes glancing between the water gator and the fire mouse. Croconaw was grinning with understanding.

"Together, we would be invincible," Croconaw said, thumping his tail down on the ground.

It was true, though not well known since it was so rare for a trainer to have all three starters of the same region in one party. When together despite their differences and raw competitivness, the power they controlled together was incredible, but only if they knew how to control it.

"What do you say?" Cyndaquil said, shaking a bit from exhaustion.

Chikorita frowned, both in frustration and in thought. "I just want to get strong," he said simply. Lead lowering onto Cyndaquil, the two of them glowed. "Synthesis," Chikorita said softly, leaving the two of them healed.

The two stared before giving a grudging nod of respect before Chikorita lead them back to camp.

"He... hey!" Croconaw called to them. "How about healing me!?"

 

[Logan]

@ WW:Omg, I loved that post; it was brilliant with how you did it in the Pokemon's perspective. See VM's regarding Cyndaquil.

Chikorita Lv 15 and Croconaw grew to Lv 20

 

[Wolfwhispers]

Jason looked up from his lunch as Croconaw and Chikorita made their way back to him. He hadn't been nervous about their going off, knowing they could take of themselves, and if they couldn't against a trainer, the trainer wouldn't be able to capture them. They did look a little ruffed up, meaning they had obviously gotten into a fight, but it also seemed that they had brought along a new friend.

"Finally back, eh?" he called to them. "And who's your new friend?"

"Cr coroc!" Croconaw called back happily, bounding forward and licking the food right out of Jaon's hand, earning a disgust cry.

"Uhg, Croconaw!" Jason cried, pushing the bulky water pokemon away with a laugh. Curiously, he turned over to Chikorita and their new friend, Cyndaquil. The fire type was tilting his head at him before letting loose some flame on his back and giving a bark. Jason knew that look anywhere. The way Chikorita and CYndaquil were close meant that the fire type wanted to come with, but only if he proved himself. "Alright, if it's a battle you want, it's battle you'll get!"

"Cyd!" Cyndaquil cried happily, jumping back a bit and making the flame on his back grow bigger.

"Chiko," Chikorita growled, moving forward and not giving, or wanting, Jason a chance to call out another pokemon to do this battle. Off to the side, all the others came to watch and began to cheer. Not neccessarily for a single pokemon, but simply for the thrill of battle. It made the blood pump faster, and Chikorita could wait no longer. "Rita!" he barked, spinning his large leaf and sending a barrage of leaves towards the fire mouse.

"Cy," Cyndaquil smirked before lowering his back toward the leaves and shooting a blast of fire from his back, completely destroying the leaves.

"Be careful, Chikorita," Jason warned. He had never seen a Cyndaquil fire from its back, and only its mouth. In fact, he had never even seen a Cyndaquil. he had only ever seen a Quilava battle on television and that pokemon fired fire from its mouth. "Use Poisonpowder!"

Nodding in understanding, Chikorita began to run around the fire mouse, spreading the purple powder all around the air from both his leaf and the tiny studs around his neck. "Chika!" Chikorita called out, almost mockingly, thinking he had won.

To his surprise, Cyndaquil just snorted. "Cynda!" Cyndaquil cried, flame erupting on his back as he became a blur, running towards random openins in the poisonious powder field by running this was way and jumping that way and doing all sort of acrobatics. "Quil!" With a final jump, Cyndaquil burst through the purple powder and landed on a tree branch so that it could look down at Chikorita. "Cyq!" Mouth wide open this time, small Ember's shot toward Chikorita.

"Watch out!" Jason cried, wanting to run closer to his pokemon to get into the heat of the battle, but too wary of the poisonious powder. Instead, all he could do was watch back from a fair distance.

"Chiko!" Chikorita cried loudly as the fire balls pounded against his back. "Tita," Chikorita mumbled, wobbling a bit as the flames finally stopped. He only had a brief time to relax, because his trainer's surprised yell made him jump back, and luckily he did. Cyndaquil was bashing his head right into the ground exactly where he had been a moment before with a strong look Tackle attack. "Chikoir!" Chikorita cried, vines escaping in a flash and knocking Cyndaquil back.

"Cynda!" Cyndaquil cried, staggering back a bit on two legs.

For a moment, they stood facing each other rather awkwardly, almost as if they were suddenly unsure of what to do, but as soon as Cyndaquil began to cough and shake, the moment was ruined.

"Tackle!" Jason yelled, a fist forming in his hands as excitement tore through his body.

Barking, Chikorita quickly slammed his head right into Cyndaquil's gut and sending the smaller pokemon flying back. "Qulll!" Cyndaquil cried before giving out a choked grunt as he fell to the ground. Hmm, apparently the fire mouse hadn't completely escaped the Poisonpowder. On that note, Chikorita wasn't about to let this opportunity waste, especially when his opponent was down. Giving out a guttural cry, Chikorita charged, head lowered as he prepared for another Tackle attack.

"Turn back!" Jason barked at his pokemon just as the grass type began to charge. He had seen the Cyndaquil land on his stomach, back facing Chikorita. The fire mouse wasn't moving, but he knew the fire type wasn't out yet.

"Chika?" Chikorita skidded to a halt, having run too fast so he ended up just skidding even closer to the pokemon. This was what Cyndaquil was apparently waiting for, and giving out a loud, high pitched, cry, Cyndaquil released a blast of flame from its. "Chiooo!" Chikorita cried as the flame engulfed his whole body this time, leaving him burned and scorched. "Rita," Chikorita gasped, staggering back a ways as Cyndaquil coughed a bit from the poison.

"Quick, use Synthesis!" Jason cried.

"Rit-A!" Chikorita cried out. Chikorita's body had already been engulfed in a bright colored green color, but before the true healing affects could commence, Cyndaquil used Quick Attack to bash the pokemon away before he could heal himself. "Chiko," Chikorita growled deeply, spinning his leaf around in anger.

"Quil," Cyndaquil said smugly as the smoke from his fire began to grow thicker and thicker from his flames.

"That's a Smokescreen!" Jason called to his pokemon unneccesarily. Chikorita was already aware of what was happening, but that didn't help much. The grass type was looking aroudnd cautiously as the whole area was filled with the Smokescreen, making it nearly impossible for them to see. "Razor Leaf!" Jason ordered, trying to peer through the smoke with out luck.

"Chiko!" Chikorita barked, sending a barrage of sharp leaves in the last place he had heard Cyndaquil. Unsurprisingly, there was no loud cry of pain, signifying Chikorita had hit its mark. Instead, it was Chikorita that cried out as he barely dodged an Ember that was aimed from behind. "Chi!" Chikorita grunted, flipping away just as the Ember pounded against the ground. Unfortuanently, the smoke and fire gases mixed horribly, creating the whol area a poisonious airzone. The two fumbled around, coughing horribly before they bumped into each other.

"Guess me and my flame always miss something up," Cyndaquil coughed.

"Chikorita, blow the smoke away with you leaf!" Jason called as he heard the pokemon's loud cough's. He had figured something like this might happen, but he could already see possibilities forming in his mind for future battle's if he caught this pokemon.

"Alright!" Chikorita called, even though its sounded like "Chic!" to Jason. Leaf beginning to spin, the smoke began to blow away into the air before it disappeared completely, becoming one with nature and causing no further harm.

"Nice," Cyndaquil said as a way of thanks.

"Don't thank me yet," Chikorita smirked as vines wrapped around Cyndaquil's body raised his squirming body into the air. "This is for that Smokecreen!" With a large glare, Chikorita sent a sqealing Cyndaquil down to earth with a mighty slam.

"Quil..." Cyndaquil mumbled, lying in the small hole his pokemon created. It didn't matter if Vine Whip was a grass type move. Any pokemon that was slammed to the ground like that would feel incredibly weakned.

"Finish it with Razor Leaf!" Jason ordered.

"Chkka!" Chikorita called as he spun his mighty leaf towards the fallen pokemon.

"Cy," Cyndaquil grunted, quickly shooting flames out of his back and bruning away the sharp leaves.

"Tch." Jason watched the small fire type rise. It's body was full of bruises, but it was still ready to battle. Chikorita didn't look too much better. In fact, it almost seemed like they would collapse at any moment. All the fire attack's Chikorita had taken was pushing him to his limit, and the poison Cyndaquil had endure, along with Chikorita's attacks, had wiped him out. Looking from one pokemon to the other, Jason knew that the two would like to finish this on their own terms. "You can do it, Chikorita!" he cheered, startling the pokemon. The Johto grass starter was expecting a command.

"Culio!" Lucario barked happily, waving his arms crazily in support as well.

"Cros cross!" Heracross called, jabbing his fists through the air and stomping his feet.

"Kiik!" Elekid cried, sparks coming off her horn in excitement.

"Croco!" Croconaw called, raising his head up and shooting a small Water Gun attack.

"Chiko," Chikorita smirked as he turned away from the cheering. "Chiko!" he roared, spinning his leaf and sending out a large barrage of Razor Leaf's.

"Cuda!" Cyndaquil cried, back erupting in flame as he shot an Ember attack from his mouth. The two attacks hit midair, creating a small explosion simply from the power of the two attacks. From the force of the explosion, Chikorita and Cyndaquil were thrown backwards.

"Chikorita!" Jason called out in worry as his pokemon tumbled back painfully from the force and smoke momentarily blinded them for a moment. "Get up, Chikorita! You can do it!"

"Chio," Chikorita grunted, standing back up on wobbily legs. For a moment, he stood there, watching Cyndaquil fight to get to his own legs. They stood there, glaring at one another. "Cho!" Chikorita roared, being the first one to give a battle cry and already charging.

"Cyy!" Cyndaquil cried next as he began to charge, head lowered and back giving off the occasional weak spark of a flame.

Jason and all of his pokemon watched as the two finally made impact. From the force of their two Tackle's, neither one of them was pushed back or thrown away. Instead, they simply met head to head, a jolt of pain running through their bodies as they pushed and pushed.

"Chik!" Chikorita roared, vines quickly whipping Cyndaquil's back and sending the pokemon tumbling back.

"Qui," Cyndaquil grunted. He had seen the whip coming and quickly sent out a small Ember attack from his mouth, right at the same time as he was launched back, so this way the both of them were tumbling back in pain.

"Chikorita!" Jason called, running over to his pokemon. That last flame attack had been more than enough to take down the gutsy grass type. While Chikorita may have been not knocked out, he certainly wasn't getting up. "Don't worry, Chikorita," Jason said, carefully petting his burned pokemon's back. He looked over to Cyndaquil. It was down, but still awake. "It was a tie," he stated.

"Chi," Chikorita said softly, eyes lowering half way. He was feeling way too groggy.

"I'll handle this," Jason told his pokemon as he stood. He stared down at the fallen fire type, wishing the small pokemon had eyes so that he could tell how the pokemon felt about this. But it didn't, and Jason was a trainer, a person destined to capture pokemon, and that's what he would do. Still eyeing the fallen pokemon, Jason brought out a pokeball. "Go, pokeball!"

And with that, the red and white sphere hit the fire mouse, sucking it in with a beam of red light. And then it began to shake...

 

[Logan]

@WW: Because you are so amazing. You can have Exp. and a capture:

Jason captured a lv 17 Cyndaquil. Chikorita grew to Lv 17 and learned Razor Leaf. Both Pokemon can evolve.

 

[slls81]

Soaring Ambitions

"So you think you're ready to challenge me?" asked Falkner, "Judging by the way you fought against Danny I'd say you've still got a lot to learn."

"Oh yeah," said Ben confidently, "If you think you're so much better than me why don't you prove it?"

Falkner sighed, "Gym Leaders are a big step up from any trainer you've faced before. However, if you are challenging me I have no choice to accept," he turned to Danny, "Can you officiate this match please?"

Danny nodded his head, "Yes sir!"

Ben and Falkner took their places on the field, before Danny launched into the rules of the contest.

"Each trainer will use three pokémon. The challenger can switch pokémon at any time, however the Gym Leader may not switch pokémon during the contest. The first trainer to knock out the opposing trainers three pokémon will be the winner. Begin!"

Falkner smiled, "I guess I'll start this off! Go Pidgeotto!"

Falkner released a large, raptor like bird to the field. The bird was primarily brown, but had a light underbelly. It also had a red and yellow tail, and what looked like red hair. Ben looked at the pokémon and started thinking, he only had three pokémon to use and he planned to save Quilava till the end. As Heracross was at a type disadvantage he only really had one choice...

"I choose Bonsly," he called, throwing the rock pokémon's pokéball onto the field.

The young pokémon burst enthusiastically from his pokéball. Bonsly looked up at Pidgeotto and then back at his trainer, and began bouncing up and down happily. Ben smiled and shook his head, he thought back to the short time ago he had met Bonsly cowering in the corner from Team unknown... that little pokémon had certainly gained in confidence since then...

Unfortunately this reminiscing cost Ben, as Falkner caught him off guard.

"Pidgeotto Aerial Ace," said Falkner calmly.

Pidgeotto shot at Bonsly with incredible speed and smashed into the rock type pokémon, knocking him off his feet. Ben held his breath and hoped that Bonsly wouldn't burst out crying. Luckily, Bonsly quickly hopped back to his feet.

"Haha, Pidgeotto fly out of Bonsly's reach!" laughed Falkner, "How does it feel Ben? Knowing Pidgeotto has a move that cannot be avoided?"

'Oh no,' thought Ben, 'Aerial Ace never misses, and Pidgeotto is out of reach for all of Bonsly's attacks... what can I do?'

Then he had a brain wave, "Bonsly use copycat!"

"What?" Falkner yelled.

Bonsly suddenly shot at Pidgeotto at a speed Ben thought impossible for the small pokémon. Bonsly slammed into Pidgeotto and knocked the bird pokémon out of the sky. Pidgeotto fell to the ground, and landed with a loud bang.

"Okay Bonly let's take advantage of this Roll Out!" yelled Ben excitedly.

Bonsly rolled into a small ball and rolled at Pidgeotto at a high speed.

"Dodge it Pidgeotto," cried Falkner.

The bird pokémon struggled to its feet, but couldn't move before Bonsly slammed into its back and sent Pidgeotto sprawling across the gound.

"Keep rolling Bonsly!" said Ben.

"Pidgeotto Gust!" yelled Falkner frantically.

Pidgeotto struggled back to its feet and began flapping its wings frantically, whipping up a string breeze in Bonsly's direction. While the attack didn't really do any damage to Ben's pokémon, it did manage to stop the rock pokémons momentum and stop the Roll Out attack.

"Good Pidgeotto!" sighed Falkner relieved, "Now Quick Atttack."

"Bonsly Rollout!" Ben called quickly.

A very tired Pidgeotto began charging at Bonsly at very high speeds, causing a white slip stream to appear behind the bird. At the same time Bonsly leapt up, curled into a tight ball and rolled towards Pidgeotto at high speed. The two attacks met head on... literally, with the two pokémon's heads smashing into each other. Both pokémon flew backwards towards their trainers.

Ben looked down at Bonsly and saw the young pokémon walking groggily in circles looking very dizzy, but still standing. Pidgeotto on the other hand was laid on the floor knocked out by the force of Bonsly's roll out, and the previous attacks the flying pokémon had endured.

"Pidgeotto is unable to battle!" called Danny.

"Well you managed to beat one of my pokémon," Falkner said to Ben, "But that won't happen again! Go Skarmory!"

Looking down at Bonsly, Ben noticed he wasn't in the best shape and could use a rest.

"Way to go Bonsly you were awesome! Have a well earned rest," he said to his pokémon before returning Bonsly to his pokéball, "Skarmory's part steel type... so I'll guess I'll have to use you earlier than I thought! Go Quilava!"

Quilava burst onto the field and looked ready...

"The second round will be Skarmory versus Quilava," announced Danny, "Begin!"

 

[Logan]

@Slls: Yey that's a good battle. Can't wait for the rest. Could it be Bug Vs. Bug Heracross Vs. Yanmega.

Bonsly grew to Lv 10 and learnt Low Kick.

Union Cave
(5-7 Posts, 9 maximum)

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This cave links Violet City and Azalea Town. Union Cave used to be quiet and calm. It used to be like any other route/cave in the region of Johto. That was until Team Unknown started their search to find the legendary Shiny Lapras. The Lapras used to be a myth and a legend. That was until one young explorer caught a glimpse of this majestic Pokemon. Team Unknown believe Shiny Pokemon are much stronger; this is why they want this Pokemon. Please inform me if you want to catch a shiny, receive an egg, find TM's, find items. No meeting up with other role players. Oh and have fun. At the end of the cave you may end your post with the player at the start of Route 104; the route that links Union Cave and the site of your second gym battle; Azalea Town.

Note: Depending on whether your battle post was good enough or not, when you capture a Pokemon some of them will have an egg move but you will not know this until I put the Pokemon up in the OOC thread.

The Wild Pokemon:

Common Pokemon:

Geodude Lv 11-14

Type: Rock/Ground
Ability: Sturdy or Rock Head
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Tackle, Defense Curl, Mud Sport, Rock Polish, Rock Throw

Onix Lv 12-15

Type: Rock/Ground
Ability: Sturdy or Rock Head
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Tackle, Harden, Bind, Screech, Rock Throw, Rage(Lv 14)

Uncommon Pokemon:Rhyhorn Lv 12-14

Type: Rock/Ground
Ability: Rock Head or Lightningrod
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Horn Attack, Tail Whip, Stomp, Fury Attack(Lv 13)

Rare Pokemon:

Nosepass Lv 13-15

Type: Rock
Ability: Sturdy or Magnet Pull
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Tackle, Harden, Rock Throw

Aron Lv 14-16

Type: Rock/Steel
Ability: Sturdy or Rock Head
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Tackle, Harden, Mud-Slap, Headbutt, Metal Claw(Lv 15)

Very Rare Pokemon:

Larvitar Lv 15-16

Type: Rock/Ground
Ability: Guts
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Bite, Leer, Sandstorm, Screech, Rock Slide

Mission: Save the Shiny Lapras

Team Unknown wish to capture a very strong Shiny Lapras. You cannot let them do this as the Lapras is the protector of the cave. Without the Lapras there to watch out for the cave who knows what will happen. There are three Team Unknown grunts to defeat. Then once you defeat them you will go head to head with Commander Forgotten. Once you defeat him you will have one shot and one shot only at capturing the Lapras. Even the cave may fall to pieces there are other Lapras' who can take over the helm. I suppose the rest is up to you. All the grunts will have two Pokemon. I will list three or four and you can decide who you wish to use. And Commander Forgotten will have three Pokemon and you have to beat them all.

Team Unknown Grunt's Pokemon:

Eevee Lv 15

Type: Normal
Ability: Run Away or Adaptability
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Tackle, Tail Whip, Helping Hand, Sand-Attack, Growl

Magby Lv 16

Type: Fire
Ability: Flame Body
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Leer, Smog, Ember, Smokescreen, Faint Attack

Pachirisu Lv 17

Type: Electric
Ability: Run Away or Pickup
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Growl, Bide, Quick Attack, Charm, Spark, Endure

Yanma Lv 18

Type: Bug/Flying
Ability: Speed Boost, Compoundeyes
Gender: Male or Female
Nature: Random
Moves: Tackle, Foresight, Quick Attack, Double Team, Sonicboom, Detect

Commander Forgotten:

Lucario Lv 20

Type: Fighting/Steel
Ability: Steadfast
Gender: Male
Nature: Adamant
Moves: Aura Sphere, Force Palm, Bone Rush, Sky Uppercut, Fire Punch, Ice Punch

Weavile Lv 20

Type: Dark/Ice
Ability: Pressure
Gender: Female
Nature: Lonely
Moves: Ice Beam, Aerial Ace, Ice Punch, Pursuit, Swift, Iron Tail

Gliscor Lv 23

Type: Ground/Flying
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Gender: Male
Nature: Timid
Moves: Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Guillotine, Poison Jab, Knock-Off

One-Off Pokemon:

Shiny Lapras Lv 25

Type: Ice/Water
Ability: Water Absorb
Gender: Female
Nature: Timid
Moves: Water Gun, Sing, Water Pulse, Body Slam, Ice Beam, Aqua Tail, Thunderbolt
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[Wolfwhispers]

Jason was handed back his pokeballs from the happy Nurse Joy at the rest stop just outside of Union Cave. He had given her a large thanks before blinking surprise as a kid at least a year younger came up to him.

"Hey, I was wondering if you had any poison type pokemon?" he said by way of greeting. "Nothing like the common pokemon around here, but I was hoping for a trade."

Intrigued," Jason said, "Well, I have a Stunky... What are you willing to trade for it?"

The boy brightened. "Oh, wow! A pokemon from Sinnoh! I... let's see... Oh, here it is! A Spoink!" the boy showed Jason the pokeball that held the psychic pig pokemon. "Oh, and my name is Brett."

"Nice to meet you," Jason said, shaking the boy's hand as soon as the boy pulled back the pokeball. "Sure, that sounds like a good idea. Hang on, I already have six pokemon and its in my pc..."

Brett watched Jason take out Stunky's pokeball in replace of of Heracross's ball. "We have a machine right here," Brett said, pointing to the trading machine next to the pc. "You ready?"

Jason gave one last look at the pokemon he was given from the old man. He knew this pokemon would be better off with a trainer that would actually use it. "Yea, I'm ready."

With two eager expressions, the boys placed the pokeballs on the machine holder's and watched it do its thing. With a few blinks and dings, the pokemon had finally been traded.

"Thank you," Brett said as he hugged the pokeball to his chest. "I promise to take good care of Stunky!"

"And I'll do the same for Spoink!" Jason called to the boy. Watching him run out of the pokemon center rest stop, Jason finally turned to his new pokemon. "Come on out!"

With a bright flash of white, his new pokemon appeared...

 

[Logan]

A little pig with a pearl on top of it's head appeared. This was Jason's newest Pokemon.

Jason deposited Heracross. And traded his Stunky for a Spoink.

 

[Wolfwhispers]

"Spoi!" the little pig with the gem on it head cried. She turned her head curiously around before her eyes landed on Jason. "Po?"

"Hey there, Spoink," Jason said with a kind smile. "I'm your new trainer; its nice to meet you. He offered his hand by way of greeting.

"Poii..." Spoink sniffed his hand before nodding a little, clearly accepting her situation. She said nothing more, clearly expecting some order or something.

With nothing really to say, Jason simply recalled the pokemon and entered Union cave.

- - - - - - - - - - - - -

"Hey, you," a large man with a beard said to Jason after he literally took his first step inside the cave.

"What do you want?" Jason asked of the large man.

Grinning down at him, the large man laughed. "Well, a battle of course! Caveman George loves to battle! Double battle at that!"

Jason grinned eagerly. "You're on! Go Chikorita and Cyndaquil!"

"Hoho! What an intersting combination! Go, Larvitar and Rhyhorn!"

With a burst of white light, two rock pokemon with horns appeared and immediately gave their battle cries.


"Alright, let's start this off with Razor Leaf and Ember!" Jason ordered with vigor.

"Chikoo!" Chikorita cried, immediately launching the sharp leaves at the rock pokemon with his leaf.

"Cyyn!" Cyndaquil snarled, firing away from the flames on his back.

George gave a mighty grin before bellowing, "Rhyhorn, jump in front and use Protect!" With a loud grunt that echoed throughout the cave, the large horned pokemon moved infront of the incoming attacks and surrounded Larvitar and itself with a protective blue bubble.

"Smart," Jason conceded. "But Protect can only be used so much! Poison Powder!"

"Chiko!" Chikorita snarled, waving the purple powder over the two rock pokemon as fast as he could, determined to get revenge for that missed attack.

"Hoho! Smart moves!" George laughed as he smacked his large belly. "Larvitar, let's show these outsider's how we make use of our surroundings! Rock Slide! And Rhyhorn, you use Horn Attack!"

"Laar!" Larvitar cried as he stomped the ground, creating a small earthquake in the area.

"Watch out!" Jason cried. "Chikorita, block those rocks with Vine Whip and CYndaquil, you use Quick Attack to get away!"

"Chikoo!" Chikorita cried, releasing two vines and twirling it over his head in an effort to knock the rocks away.

"Quil! Quil!" Cyndaquil cried, becoming a fast blur and just barely missing not on the rocks, but Rhyhorn's incoming attack. "Qulll!" Cyndaquil cried, slamming into Larvitar and making the green pokemon go skidding back.

"Tar," Larvitar spat in anger, rubbing his stomach as he did so. "Taat!" he cried, charging forward with his horn lowered, only to let out a loud yelp as Cyndaquil released a monstrous amount of flames from both his back and mouth.

While Cyndaquil was doing alright, Chikorita was easily being taken over. One stray rock managed to make its way through his vines and knock him on the head, momentarily shocking him. Rhyhorn took the chance to attack. "Ryyy!" the monstrous rock pokemon roared as it continually hit the small grass type pokemon with its horn.

"Quick, get it away with Razor Leaf!" Jason called to his pokemon.

"Protect," George said with a smug grin.

Jason clenched his teeth and made a fist as Ryhorn easily made the protective blue bubble surround itself, making the super effective Razor Leaf useless. "Get back," he ordered to his pokemon.

Both Chikorita and Cyndaquil nodded and immediately went to the other's side while Larvitar stood by Rhyhorn's side. Jason frowned as his eyes moved back and forth between the two pokemon. What could he do? Larvitar would attack with Rock Slide, and then Rhyhorn would attack while Chikorita and Cyndaquil were too busy dodging. Cyndaquil had already dealt Larvitar with some damage, but not enough... He needed them to be blinded, for just an instant, when Rhyhorn couldn't use Protect...

"Rock Slide and Fury Attack!" George bellowed.

Jason grinned as he finally formed a plan. "Razor Leaf!" he called before muttering something under his breath.

"Hold that last one and use Protect," George said simply. Rhyhorn quickly jumped in front of Larvitar and quickly brought up the blue bubble, causing the Razor Leaf to be useless. "Now follow up on those previous orders." Jason's grin only widened as Rhyhorn came charging forward, only to falter as the area became dark with a Smokescreen. "Wha... what is this?" Goerge asked as he tried to peer through the thick smoke.

"My Smokescreen that Cyndaquil has been working on ever since Chikorita first attacked and you Protected," Jason explained as he watched the black smoke escape from Cyndaquil's back. "Razor Leaf!" he barked.

Smirking, Chikorita sent a small barrage of leaves, knowing he would need to save his energy. George acted just like he had hoped and quickly bellowed, "Protect! And Larvitar, as soon as those leaves are gone, Rock Slide!"

"Ryyy!" Rhyhorn cried, once more creating the large bubble. As soon as the last leaf was destroyed, Larvitar quickly pounded his feet to the ground, all the while giving a loud screech.

"Great job!" George laughed as he made out the rocks falling through the black mist. From the force of the wind of falling rocks, the Smokescreen was finally blown away, revealing... "Nothing?!" George cried, looking around. The falling rocks were all jumbled together on the ground, but there was no sign of the two pokemon.

Rhyhorn and Larvitar were also looking around desperately, both grunting to the other to be on the look out with, "Lar ra," and "Ry ho."

Jason's grin was now nearly breaking his face in half. "Now!" he bellowed, not at all surprised to find out his voice echoed just as loudly throughout the cave.

"Chiko!"

"Cynda!"

"Where?!" George cried, still looking around before blinking in shock as he looked straight up.

There, among the sharp stones on the ceiling, hung Chikorita and CYndaquil. They were both smirking down at them before releasing a mixture of sharp leaves and burning hot fire balls towards the two pokemon with a loud cry. The swirling attack came down like a beam towards the two rock type pokemon.

"Quick, Protect!" George bellowed to his Rhyhorn.

"Ry..." Rhyhorn said pitifully as he turned to his trainer when nothing happened before screaming in pain. "Ryyyy!"

The same happened to Larvitar. The two powerful attacks beat at his body, forcing out a loud cry of pain. "Laaarrr!"

"Larvitar! Rhyhorn!" George yelled, quickly running over to his knocked out pokemon. "Jus one attack?" he asked in disbelief. "And how?" he muttered, watching Chikorita and Cyndaquil fall to the ground in front of Jason.

"I was hoping you would use that Rock Slide and Protect combo," Jason said, looking extremely pleased with himself. "I knew I couldn't get a direct hit in, so I had Cyndaquil use Smokescreen to cover the area and Chikorita use only a small Razor Leaf to make you use up more Protects but not tire Chikorita out at all. When you used Rock Slide, they simply jumped from rock to rock and hung to the holes and random rocks that hadn't been used for Rock Slide." Jason quieted for a moment before he glanced over at the two fallen rock pokemon. "Of course, it wasn't jsut one attack. They were poisoned, remember?"

"So they were," George said quietly, apparently in awe. "They didn't so much as flinch when they went through that poison... It must have made me forget, and since we did so many attacks..."

"The poison pretty much took away their strength for me," Jason finished, his grin growing bigger. "And all they needed was on good combo from these two," he said to his pokemon.

"Chik," Chikorita said with a bold nod.

"Quil!" Cyndaquil said with much more vigor than Chikorita as his flames rose up happily.

"Hoho!" George laughed heartely. "That was quite the strategy! I've learned plenty from this battle, and sure hope we can battle again sometime soon."

Jason shook the man's hand, but as it was so large, George pretty much shook his own arm. "M.. e t...oo," he said as his body was being shaken.

"Well, I'll see you someday in the future! Oh, and be careful," George said seriously. "There are a bunch of strange folk on the lower level of the cave. They all wear these strange uniform's with a U on it." Jason's eyes widened, as did his pokemon's. "So best stay away from them," George said seriously before moving away after recalling his pokemom.

Jason waited until the man had disappeared. "Team Unknow..." he whispered, thinking of what happened last time he met them. "Return," he said, recalling his pokemon and quickly running towards the lower part of the cave. if Team Unknown were here, they were doing something bad...

 

[slls81]

Soaring Ambition Part 2

Ben looked at the steel bird perched in front of him, and had to admit that Skarmory was an impressive sight. However, with Quilava having the type advantage, he was confident he could beat it.

"Okay Quilava start with Ember!" he called.

Quilava shot a series of embers at Skarmory, which lit up as they travelled. They hit dead on and Skarmory called out loudly.

"Hmm, that all you got?" sneered Falkner, "Skarmory use Peck!"

The bird shot at Quilava, and slammed into the fire pokémon with its beak before circling away again. Quilava quickly recovered his composure and was watching Skarmory carefully.

"Okay follow it up with Steel Wing!" called Falkner.

Skarmory's wings immediately began glowing, and it shot towards Quilava.

"Quilava use Smokescreen!" called Ben quickly.

Quilava released a cloud of dark smoke, and obscured his position from Skarmory. The steel bird stopped in its tracks and looked around frantically for Quilava. Ben grinned and looked over at Falkner, who was laughing...

"Not a bad idea Ben," said the Gym Leader calmly, "But not good enough... Skarmory use Swift."

Skarmory shot a number of bright stars into the smoke. A second later, Ben heard a cry from Quilava and saw his pokémon flying out of the smoke. Quilava smashed to the ground, but was able to return to his feet quickly.

"Quilava use Quick Attack!" Ben said.

Quilava charged at Skarmory at great speed, leaving a white slipstream in his wake. He reached Skarmory in no time, leaping up and smashing into the bird and knocking it to the ground with a thud.

"Skarmory get up!" yelled Falkner, after a short while Skarmory regained its feet and took flight, "Okay now Peck!"

"Dodge and Tackle!" yelled Ben.

Skarmory shot at Quilava, beak extended. Quilava stood his ground for as long as possible, before leaping up at the last second to avoid impact. Quilava then smashed into Skarmory's back, slamming the flying pokémon to the floor. Quilava landed on top of Skarmory, which gave Ben an idea...

"Close up Ember!" he shouted quickly.

"NO!" shouted Falkner.

Before the Gym Leader could react Quilava released a number of embers from close range straight into Skarmory's face. Skarmory cried out in pain, before going limp. Due to the steel types weakness to fire and the proximity of the attack, the damage dealt had been huge.

"Skarmory is unable to battle!" shouted Danny.

"I have to say I'm impressed that you managed to beat two of my pokémon Ben," Falkner admitted grudgingly, "But there's no way you'll beat my final pokémon! Go Yanmega!"

Ben looked at the pokémon Falkner had released and gasped, "But that's..."

"That's right it's a shiny!" said Falkner confidently, "Not only is it unbelievably rare, but Yanmega is also more powerful than a normal Yanmega!"

'Wow, this is going to be hard...' thought Ben.

 

[Logan]

Both of you great posts.

Chikorita and Cyndaquil both grew to Lv 19. Cyndaquil learned Flame Wheel in the process.

Quilava grew to Lv 18 and learned Swift in the process.

 

[slls81]

Soaring Ambition Part 3

"The third round will be between Yanmega and Quilava," announced Danny, "Begin!"

"Haha, Yanmega start with Quick Attack," said Falkner confidently.

Yanmega shot at Quilava at unbelievable speed, and left a white slipstream in its wake. The flying bug smashed into Quilava, and sent the Fire Type sprawling across the ground. Quilava quickly got back to his feet though.

"Okay Quilava use Ember!" Ben told his pokémon, hoping that type advantage would be enough to see Quilava beat Falkner's shiny Yanmega.

Quilava shot a series of embers at Yanmega, which flared up as they neared the bug. The flaming embers hit dead on, causing Yanmega to cry out in pain. Ben smiled, knowing the attack had caused major damage to Falkner's prized pokémon.

"Sonic Boom!" cried Falkner.

Yanmega flapped its wings hard, creating waves of Sonic energy and sending them at Quilava. The sonic waves struck Quilava who skidded backwards, but managed to keep his feet. Ben looked down to see Quilava was breathing heavily, obviously still feeling the effects of his battle with Staravia.

"Quick Attack Quilava!" called Ben.

"Use Detect!" said Falkner Quickly.

Quilava shot at Yanmega at break neck speed and launched himself at the flying bug. Somehow, Yanmega managed to evade Quilava's attack, by dropping underneath the incoming Quick Attack. Ben gasped, as Falkner followed up with another command.

"Good work, now follow it up with Quick Attack!"

Yanmega smashed into Quilava's back, and sent the fire pokémon smashing into the ground. Ben watched, hoping his pokémon would be okay. Quilava struggled determinedly back to his feet, but was looking very tired.

"Finish this with Bug Bite!" called Falkner happily.

"Quilava shoot an Ember straight forward!" said Ben having an idea.

Yanmega flew straight at Quilava and bit down on the fire type. Quilava managed to release a few Ember's straight at Yanmega, before going limp. Yanmega cried out in pain and released of Quilava from its jaws, causing Quilava to drop to the ground knocked out.

"Quilava is unable to battle!" announced Danny.

Ben returned Quilava to his pokéball. Looking up at Yanmega, he could tell that the two ember attacks had made an impact. The bug was particularly weak to fire attacks, and was beginning to look tired. Ben knew he had to keep the pressure up!

"I choose Heracross!" cried Ben, throwing Heracross' pokéball onto the field.

Heracross burst out of her pokéball, and looked up at the shiny Yanmega with apprehension. She looked back at Ben, who gave an encouraging nod, before taking her battle position.

"The next round will be between Yanmega and Heracross," announced Danny, "Begin!"

"You've got no chance kid!" taunted Falkner, "Yanmega use Night Slash!"

Yanmega's left wing began glowing, before it slashed Heracross with a dark energy. Heracross was sent skidding a few feet backwards, but managed to stay on her feet.

"Are you okay Heracross?" asked Ben, upon Heracross' nod he continued, "Good, now counter with Aerial Ace!"

Heracross flew towards Yanmega at amazing speed, before disappearing from view momentarily. Yanmega looked around desperately, before Heracross reappeared behind the giant bug and slashed across Yanmega's back and wings. This caused Yanmega to fall from the air and slam into the ground.

"No Yanmega!" cried Falkner, watching as his pokémon tried to get back up. After a short wait, Falkner gave a sigh of relief as Yanmega managed to return upright.

"You nearly had me there kid," said Falkner, "But I'll end this now! Yanmega use Ancientpower!"

"Heracross use Endure!" Ben called out quickly.

Yanmega glowed white for a moment, before building up a huge ball of energy in front of it. Yanmega then released the ball, and sent it towards Heracross. Heracross braced herself and the attack smashed into the bug type.

"It's over!" said Falkner happily.

Ben looked at Heracross and smiled. Heracross was breathing very heavily but, thanks to Endure, was still standing.

"Finish it with Horn Attack!" Ben yelled.

Heracros ran at Yanmega and her horn began to glow. She smashed into Yanmega with her horn and sent the shiny bug pokémon sprawling across the ground. Ben watched anxiously as he waited to see if Yanmega would be able to keep battling. When the dust cleared, Yanmega was revealed to be lying face down on the ground... knocked out!

"I don't believe it...," said Danny shocked, before remembering his duties as match referee, "Oh, erm... Yanmega is unable to battle! Meaning that the winner of the match is Ben!"

Ben smiled and returned an exhausted Heracross to her pokéball for a well earned rest.

"Congratulations Ben!" said Falkner, walking over, "You battled well. I apologise for insulting your battling techniques before the match."

"Don't worry about it," said Ben, thinking back to Bonsly's victory against Danny. If he was honest, Ben wasn't entirely sure about Bonsly's methods either...

"Anyway," Falkner continued, "Take this badge to show that you have beaten me in battle. Oh, and take this TM. If you need it I know you will use it well, judging by the way your Heracross used it against Yanmega."

Ben thanked Falkner, and accepted the Zephyrbadge and TM from the Gym Leader. He then left the Gym with a big smile on his face. He decided to head back to the pokémon center before pressing on, he had a feeling all of his pokémon would appreciate a well deserved rest...

 

[Logan]

Loved it absolutely loved it :):

Ben obtained a Zephyr badge and a TM40: Aerial Ace. Quilava grew to Lv 19. Heracross grew to Lv 16.

 

[slls81]

Trainer terror part One

"Thanks Nurse Joy," said Ben, gratefully taking his pokéballs back off of the Nurse.

Now that his pokémon had been healed, Ben decided he would push on to the next town. The last Gym battle with Falkner had been the most exhilarating experience of his life, and he was eagerly anticipating his next Gym battle. He left Violet City with a big grin on his face and made his way onto Route 103. Ben made his way along the route for what seemed like an eternity without coming across any other people or pokémon. The monotony was finally broken by a rustling in one of the bushes on the side of the main path. Ben turned around and saw a small pokémon run out of the bushes, before stopping in the middle of the path to eat the berry it was holding.

The pokémon looked a lot like a squirrel with predominantly white fur, except for a light blue stripe which ran from the top of the pokémon's forehead and went all the way down to the tip of its tail. The pokémon's tail was twice the size of the pokémon itself, and had three spikes at the top of the curl. Put simply... the thing was cute.

Ben smiled and unclipped a pokéball from his belt; he wasn't going to turn down an opportunity like this when it presented itself!

"I choose you Bonsly!" he called, releasing Bonsly from his pokéball

"Bonsly!" said the small rock type pokémon happily as he emerged from his pokéball. The wild pokémon looked over at Bonsly, but didn't really pay any attention to the young Rock type. Instead it curled its huge tail around its body and lay on top of it, kind of like a pillow. Ben was just about to tell Bonsly to attack it, when he heard a voice from behind the bushes the pokémon had come out of.

"Pachirisu where are you? Come back!"

Ben turned and saw a young girl come through the bushes and see her Pachirisu, and then Ben and Bonsly in battle stance.

"What have you been doing to my Pachirisu?" the girl demanded.

"Oh erm... nothing," Ben stuttered, "I...er... just saw it and..."

"Thought you could catch it?" the girl yelled, "You were trying to steal my Pachirisu!!!!"

"No, no..." said Ben, "Well I didn't know it was yours..."

"Right that's it! We're battling!" she yelled, "You and me right now! 2-on-2!"

'Oh god...' thought Ben... how did he get himself into these situations.

"Pachirisu your up!" said the girl confidently. Pachirisu didn't seem to keen on battling, but after a stern glare from its trainer, the small pokémon stood up to face Bonsly.

Ben sighed, "I guess I don't really have a choice..."

"No you don't!" said the girl, "Pachirisu use Quick Attack!"

Pachirisu seemed to sigh, before charging at Bonsly with incredible speed.

"Bonsly use copycat to dodge!" called Ben.

Bonsly seemed to focus on Pachirisu for a second, before setting off at the same break neck speed. Thanks to this, Bonsly managed to avoid the attack, and both pokémon came to a stop.

"Good. Now Rollout!" ordered Ben.

Bonsly jumped up and rolled into a tight ball, before rolling towards Pachirisu at astounding speed.

"Pachirisu, use Quick Attack on Bonsly!" ordered Pachirisu's trainer.

"What?" questioned Ben, shocked by the girls order.

Pachirisu shook its head violently at its trainer, obviously not keen on ramming into something with as much momentum as Bonsly had.

"Do it!" yelled the girl.

Pachirisu gave its trainer a fearful look, before running at Bonsly. Ben watched, knowing what the outcome would be. Pachirisu tried to slam into Bonsly, but the momentum of the Rollout attack caused the small pokémon to be sent flying backwards. Pachirisu landed with a thud, and skidded painfully across the ground.

"What was that?" demanded its trainer, "Get up!"

Pachirisu struggled back to its feet, but looked in pain.

"Now use Bide!" called its trainer.

'What's the point?' thought Ben, 'If that Pachirisu takes one more hit its going to be knocked out anyway.'

He felt terribly sorry for Pachirisu. The way its trainer used it in battle was completely wrong. A small creature like that couldn't be expected to take the hits Pachirisu's trainer expected it to. The only way Pachirisu could win was speed. He finally realised why it had been on its own earlier, it had been trying to run away! Ben could certainly understand why it would want to, and decided it was time to end the battle and put Pachirisu out of its misery.

"Bonsly use Low Kick," he said softly.

The young pokémon nodded, before launching itself at Pachirisu. As it had been ordered to use Bide Pachirisu didn't even try to avoid the attack, instead the small pokémon just stood there as Bonsly delivered a hard kick. Pachirisu tried to keep its feet, but collapsed exhausted.

"Get up!" yelled its trainer, when Pachirisu didn't respond she screamed, "Pathetic!"

Ben shook his head and turned to leave.

"Where do you think you're going?" demanded the girl "This is a 2-on-2 battle remember? I still have one more pokémon! And unlike Pachirisu this pokémon isn't weak and can take a few hits!"

'Oh god...' thought Ben, instantly feeling sorry for the pokémon.

The girl continued, "I choose...."

 

[Logan]

@ slls: Good so far.... wonder who that Pokemon could be :P Can't wait for the conclusion.

Bonsly grew to Lv 12

 

[Snow Phoenix]

Name: Lucy Diamante

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Appearance: Lucy is an average height of five feet. She is rather slim and her body is considered one of her most attractive parts. Her hair is a rather shiny black and it is in a complex bun. Detatching from the bun near the base are a couple strands of hair that form a ribbon on both sides and two loops come from the outter edge to the center of the bun forming pretzel like rings. It is lastly secured by two chopsticks and at most comes down to her neck. Her face is rather clean and without pimples. She wears highly sophisticated glasses and usually a serious expression is upon her face. Her common attire consists of a dress that falls down to a point just above her knees and a long-sleeved matching shirt. Most girls carry purses around, however, Lucy perfers books than purses and so always carries a book around for which ever reason may occur that requires a book.

Personality: Having been rather intelligent she has always been stuck up. She has always been highly regarded for her natural born intelligence and position in society. Having such a high status getting anything less than the highest marks is failure and she'll scorn any of her close friends for this. Truthfully she hopes that by angering her friend that she can help then improve themselves and challenge them to do better. It's an unshown kindness that she gives to them. By watching out for them and fussing over them about thier flaws she actually sees herself as a motherly character and she cares for them.

History: Her father came from a large wealthy family and her mother an innocent beautiful woman came from a poverished background. She had captivated him and he ran away from his family. The two lived together in Sinnoh peacefully except for the husbands natural greed of money. They were poor and Mr. Diamante could not handle it, so he spent most of his time working at a local resturant and investing in oil companies over seas. They quickly became quite wealthy, but her mother loved the simplicity. She refused to move into a mansion like he wanted, but she finally submitted to him when she discovered her pregnancy.

The two of them loved Lucy and would spoil her with public tutors and foriegn goods. Mr. Diamante sought to perfect Lucy by heavily scolding her and whipping her whenever her faults showed. Her mother dissapproved of his actions and ran away with Lucy. They returned to live the simple life, but they had been brought in to an even worse poverty. Finally all the stress got to her and Lucy's mother died of a heart attack. Lucy then was forced to live on her own and she received a local education until finally she was allowed to travel for the sake of learning more about the world. She took a few pokemon from the native land with her to the Johto region.

Perfered Starter: Swinub

Other Pokemon: Snover, Spheal, Skorupi

Rp Sample: (From Old Lace's Johto RP)
It was late that night.

"Time to set up camp" Silver exclaimed looking up at the pitch black sky.

"Good. Now Cyndar come on out" Zack said in response while scanning the clearing. The Cyndaquil popped out with a gleeful cheer. "Now help that peon set up camp" Zack said to the fire Pokemon.

"My name's Silver!" Silver yelled at Zack.

"Okay, moving along then peon" Zack said getting progressively softer so that Silver wouldn't hear the last word at the end of the sentence.

Zack then pulled out his and Silver's sleeping bags from his backpack and set them on the ground. "Okay camp is set! I set up camp so that means you'll cook." Zack said slyly while handing silver a net. "Okay like I said, I'll have Cyndar help. After all Cyndar didn't help and he could use some practice."Zack continued seeing Silver's mouth drop and with a hint of evil in his voice and eyes.

Cyndar squealed.

Silver went through the woods to a nearby pond.

Meanwhile Zack had been bossing Cyndar around…

"Cyndar, Don't slack off! You've got to become stronger! You shouldn't have lost!" Zack said partially angry.

"Burn that tree, but only enough so it'll fall and we can use it for firewood." Zack commanded.

The Cyndaquil obeyed and the tree came falling down.

"Now use your ember to shorten it and then drag it to the center and don't forget to trim the branches and… it's pointless Cyndar I'm just so angry! It was my fault. My weakness, I curse you!" Zack yelled into the sky while sparing Cyndar from his wrath.

An emotion came to Cyndar. Water was actually coming from the fire Pokémon. Even though Cyndar thought Zack's training and care were too tough and harsh the Cyndaquil still felt the same sadness and ran into Zack's arms.

A tear fell down Zack's eyes as he accepted the Cyndaquil.

Cyndar began to glow.

"Is this a tear? It can't be tears are for the weak… or maybe." Zack said to himself and he felt an odd shape between his arms.

Who are you and what did you do to my Cyndaquil?" Zack said accusatively to the slender fire Pokémon that had replaced Cyndar in his arms.

He pulled out the Pokedex and pointed it towards the Pokémon.

Quilava the volcano Pokémon. It is the evolved form of Cyndaquil.

It intimidates foes with the heat of its flames. The fire burns more strongly when it readies to fight.

"Quilava? You evolved… was it something… I said?" Zack stuttered bewildered.

Zack still shocked thumbed through the Pokedex pages one more time…

"Quick Attack- an extremely fast attack that always strikes first." Zack mumbled to himself and then he fantasized about his Quilava speeding through as a blur.

"Quilava use quick Attack" he commanded to his Quilava with confidence.

The Quilava gained speed quickly and swerved across the ground.

"Eeh… it's not that fast." Zack sighed and stared at the fallen tree.

"There's still the matter of making a fire. Cyndar let's go!" he shouted with confidence.

The Quilava took a deep breath and blew hard. Flames covered the tree and out came a spider…

(It's a Shiny Spinarak)

Spinarak the string spit Pokémon.

It sets a trap by spinning a web with thin, but strong silk. It waits motionless for prey to arrive.

"Quilava Tackle it!" Zack said after shuffling to the side.

The Quilava came running towards the spider. The Spinarak spat string at the tree and retracted onto the tree. The Quilava came charging and missed it running into a tree behind where the Spinarak left.

"It's taunting you! Don't take it! Flame it down!" Zack shouted towards his Quilava.

The Quilava quickly turned around and spat flames at the landing spider, but once again the Spinarak dodged it and spat string directly onto the Quilava's face.

"Try your Quick Attack!" Zack shouted next.

The Quilava obeyed, but it was no use the string had slowed the Quilava down and the Spinarak immediately left its roost to make Quilava bump against the tree again. This time the Spinarak had landed on the ground.

"Now's your chance! Quick Attack!" Zack shouted.

The Quilava leaped at the Spinarak on the ground. It would have hit if Quilava hadn't hit something. Cyndar was caught in a giant spider web barely visible to any human. The Spinarak had purposely landed there so it could trap its prey in the web.

"Break loose!" Zack shouted frantically.

Quilava could not and the Spinarak crept up its body and covered the Quilava's face.

"The poison sting" Zack mumbled through clenched teeth.

The Spinarak dug its pincers into Quilava's face and a malignant grimace appeared on the Quilava. Quilava was in pain and the Spinarak was going to continue this torture the whole night.

One… Two… Three… Four…

Quilava was hit by every blow from the Poison Sting and Zack could tell the Quilava had already been poisoned.

"Spiders… Spiders… Spiders… Poison… Poison… Poison" Zack thought while trying to help his Pokémon.

Zack frantically swept across camp for anything that might help, but there was nothing. Zack glanced at the burning tree and an idea came to him.

"Cyndar release all of the flame from your body!" Zack shouted.

The Cyndar spent a tremendous amount of energy expelling flames from its body, but it had worked. The resilient string finally burned from the immense heat. The Spinarak had tumbled from the shock onto the ground and the Quilava landed on its feet.

"Few people would know this, but Spider Venom even coming from a Spinarak is easily neutralized by boiling temperatures. Although flames coming from small fire Pokémon can't reach that high this Quilava was able to produce enough heat on its own, so the poison has been eradicated." Zack said out loud in a victorious voice.

"Now that it's off-guard sweep it in your flames Cyndar!" Zack continued with full confidence.

The fire Pokémon spew its flames and buried the Spinarak in them. When the flames lifted the Spinarak had fallen.

"We won Cyndar." Zack shouted coolly to the Quilava.

The Quilava turned towards Zack and nodded in agreement, but the Spinarak pulled back and the Quilava went tumbling. There were strings coming from the Spinarak that were attached to Cyndar's legs.

"Burn them!" Zack shouted unaware.

Cyndar shot flames towards the Spinarak's string, but the Spinarak spat string at the Quilava's torso bringing it lower and redirecting its flames. The Spinarak now had Quilava's legs and midsection in its string. The Spinarak swung its string as hard as it could to the left and Quilava went slamming into the ground on the Spinarak's left still attached by the string. Then the Spinarak swung right and the Quilava slammed into the ground to the right of the Spinarak.

Right… Left… Right… Left… the Spinarak continued. The Spinarak had achieved full dominance over the Quilava.

"Quilava is being swung by Spinarak's string. The string is an axis and Quilava is being swung around like a pendulum. I can't get a clear shot at the string, but if I can burn it Quilava should be released." Zack thought while closely examining the Spinarak's movements.

"That's it! Cyndar when you land on the ground the next time, spew your flames straight across." Zack shouted towards his Quilava.

Quilava did as it was told and when it landed on the ground its flames went soaring past the Spinarak and the Spinarak swung him to the other side like it had been previously doing and it placed the string directly in the path of the flames. The flames burned the string and Cyndar was free.

"Now use another ember!" Zack shouted after the Quilava was free.

The Quilava doused the Spinarak in flames once more and the Spinarak finally collapsed.

Zack threw the pokeball at the Spinarak and crossed his fingers hoping to capture it.

I hope this okay for an SU.