Showgan -- Standing On Edge (Invitational)

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{Don't get your hopes up...} Ashura said, shooting a warning glance to Fang as she noticed the Zubat's excitement over the type advantage debate, {A type advantage does not equal a victory, and when I evolve my weakness towards fliers will be nullified, and I shall become impervious to poisons as well.} the Scyther smirked at the Zubat, {I would suggest staying in your own league...you might just defeat a fairly inexperienced Oddish or Caterpie if you try hard enough.}

{Erm...the scary mantis lady has a point...} Kaika interjected in his somewhat quiet voice, {Kaika has been seenings lots of peoples water pok?mons gettings beaten, even though the master usings only fire types. Kaika thinkings that winning bes more a matter of experience and strong attacks.}

"I know what you mean." Rai said, frowning at the picture of the Azure Town gym leader that had formed in his head, "And I agree full-heartedly, pok?mon should be treated as friends...not emotionless slaves. I'll do my best to prove his error, that I promise."
 
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Fang growled. {Well then, I'll just have to fight you before you evolve!} he snapped, sounding far too fierce to be Fang. {And as for experience... you're just the pet of a spoiled brat; what do you know of leagues?} he screeched irratably, his ears fixed on the Mantis.
Maxie flinched. Thank god none of the others could understand her zubat; he was right little git sometimes.
"Fang, calm down. Ash has probably been trained properly. You're my friend, not my servant, remember?" she insisted, struggling to drag the zubat's attention away from the mantis. If Fang did get into a fight, he would be pulverised for sure.
{Maxie, I...} he trailed off. He wanted to fight, he wanted to prove he was somebody. How dare Ashura talk to him in that way? Fang was probably older than her, and he had seen more of the world than she possibly could have. She had probably slept on a silken cushion inside a mansion and learnt about battling from a DIY tv program.
 
{I know more than you will probably ever learn in your lifetime!} Ashura hissed, her eyes narrowing to two narrow slits as she glared at the Zubat, crouching back in preparation, {And unless you wish the said lifetime to come to an end within the next five seconds, I would suggest holding your insolent little tongue while you still possess one! None insult Rai in my presence! Especially not an honourless knave like yourself!} the Scyther lifted one of her bladed arms up for a strike, but this time her trainer was more observant of the situation, instantly grabbing the arm from the flat side.

"Hold!" he called sharply, the tone of his voice sounding unusually hard, "Back down Ashu! Back! What's gotten into you all of a sudden?!" the boy locked eyes with his pok?mon, despite the bug type's best attempts at eluding eye contact as she hissed something incomprehensible in response, her face still bearing a murderous expression. Rai would not release his grip, however, until Ashura had fully calmed down and the mantis pok?mon could never bring herself to hurt him, both knew this. And slowly, very slowly, the bug type's aggressive behaviour began to dissipate, until at last Rai deemed her calm enough to release his grip again, although he still kept a watchfull eye on the mantis pok?mon.

"I'm not sure what went on between those two..." Rai said, his expression looking serious troubled, it was always as terrifying to see Ashura revert to her old ways and despite how many times the boy had hoped that she would have gotten over it, he knew that the mantis pok?mon probably never would. "But I think...I think it would be a good idea for Fang to keep his distance for a while. Ashura...she...well, she has...she has had a rather troublesome past." the boy said at last, his expression maintaining its uncharacteristic darkness, "There are some things you just shouldn't say to her...no matter what..."

Utilizing the briefest lapse in Rai's attention, Ashura managed to throw Fang a murderous glare that was nothing short of pure hatred, conveying quite clearly that she would gladly end the Zubat's life right there if it was her decision to make.

{This is not over...} she hissed, {Not over by any means...I don't know what kind of criminals you two are...but I will find out. And when I do...} she mimicked the slitting of a troath with one of her blades before instantly returning her expression to normal as Rai turned to him again.

{Criminals?} Chupon echoed quietly for himself, still clambering tightly to Rai's arm. What on earth was Ashura talking about?
 
{Criminals???} Fang froze on the spot, his voice laced with disgust. {You! You jumped up old-!} Fang began to shout, but Maxie put a hand in front of his mouth. Normally the zubat would take this to mean 'no', and back down, but something about Ashura had really 'got his goat', as Maxie's foster father was fond of saying. He brushed Maxie aside and made to lunge at Ashura, furling his wings and throwing himself at her like a pokemon cannonball.
"Woah, Fang. Just woah." Maxie muttered, and pulled the bat back by his twin tails before he could do any real damage to Ash - and she could do damage to him. "Don't be such a prat. Calm down." she told him, a poisoness edge to her voice, and forced him back into her front pocket.

Maxie sighed irritably. She could hear Fang muttering to himself, but he had calmed down now. With the material of her pocket in the way, Fang couldn't 'see' anything, and all he could hear was Maxie's slow, if not slightly erratic, heartbeat.

Turning back to Rai, Maxie dipped her head apologetically. She had never seen Rai look so shattered before; he looked almost terrified, and it probably wasn't of Fang. Maxie bit her lip, feeling guilty.
"Sorry. Fang gets...frustrated, to say the least. I'll keep him out of sight." she couldn't help feeling worried though. What had Fang said? 'Criminals?' Had Ashura caught on? Maxie desperately hoped not. It could ruin any chance she and Fang had of getting Sephy back... and Maxie missed the little Ralts dearly. "I think Sephy's disappearence is really getting to him." she added to Rai.

Maxie couldn't help wonder what Ashura had been through, to make her react in that way. Worse than her and Fang? Maybe. At least they had always had each other.
 
Kayley seemed a bit unnerved at the sight of Fang and Ashura quarreling. Even if she had no idea what they were saying.. She could tell by the expressions on their faces and by the tones of their voices that something was going on.

She didn't want to get involved, though. It wasn't her business, so she should stay out of it. She gathered her three Pokemon near her just to make sure they weren't going to get involved as well.. Although that was hard considering everyone just knew Fishy was going to comment at some point or another.

I hope breakfast gets here soon.. Kayley thought to herself. Maybe that'll get everyone's minds off of this. And then afterwards even more so with preparing for the Gym Battle.
 
Jena looked up as Ashura and Fang began fighting,she didn't know what they were talking about,but the expressions on the others face looked rather irritated and angry.And to add on,the Scyther raised on of her blade-like arms at Fang.
Ryne,who felt rather scared immediately jumped into Jena's arms beside Cascade,who was watching the fight intently,he would've gone over to ask why both were fightining,but the grip of his trainer was too strong.Orjen stood rooted to his spot beside Razz on the floor,scratching his head with one tiny leg in utter confusion.

Though,Rai managed to stop by grabbing the blade and speaking in this hard voice Jena couldn't recognise.The girl sat deeper into her seat as the boy tried to calm his Scyther down.Finally,the Scyther backed down,although the look on her face hadn't changed.Not one bit.Fang however,didn't want to back down,luckily Maxie grabbed him and placed him into the front pocket of her dengarees before the Zubat could do anything.The girl then proceeded to apologise,stating that she had no idea what had gotten over Fang,probably because of Sephy's disappearance.

"Don't worry Maxie,I bet it was just one of those,one kind things."Jena grinned weakly,talking for the first time since the Scyther and Zubat started.

"We shouldn't let these things effect our pokemon,especially yours Rai,you're going to battle that nasty gym leader,along with the rest."she stated.

"And,we'll find Sephy soon."she turned back to Maxie.

"We'll move out after breakfast,yes,good cheese sandwich."the girl added quickly,trying to bring the conversation away from this unappealing topic.
 
A practically sadistic grin spread across Ashura's face as she noticed that Fang was going for the charge, the mantis pok?mon immediately readying herself for the impact, relishing the thought of being able to strike the impudent little bat down for good and without interference. Much to the Scyther's annoyance, the awaited blow never arrived however, as Maxie effectively seized her pok?mon in mid-dive, stashing him away into the front pocket of her dungerees. With a clear tinge of dissapointment in her expression, Ashura returned to her normal standing position. Apparently the girl was slightly smarter than her pok?mon, but no matter, Ashura told herself, once she had figured out their plot in whole and revealed it to Rai she would surely have her chance...and when that would occur, escaping into Maxie's pocket would not be enough to save the treacherous little poison type. {You got lucky this time, traitor...} the mantis pok?mon hissed under her breath, casting a treathening glare at the lump in Maxie's pocket, {...but luck only lasts for so long...}

{Rai...} Kaika moaned, not caring that the boy probably didn't understand him as he pressed himself closer to him and as far away from Ashura as possible, {The mantis lady is scaring Kaika lots...}

"It's allright..." the boy replied, his voice regaining some of its previous softness even though his expression was still somewhat haunted, "It's allright...it's over...no-one's going to get hurt..." he turned his gaze to Maxie, nodding at the girl's response, "I see..." he replied quietly, "And it's good, I think...if he stays out of sight for a bit...I'm sure Ashura will calm down after a while..." he sighed, casting a wary glance at the mantis pok?mon beside him. Despite all the love and care that he had bestowed upon her, Rai knew that he had still failed to curb the Scyther's vicious tendencies. They were merely covered, hidden from careless eyes, but still there...the killer instinct boiling as vicious as ever, merely waiting for a chance to be unleashed, and the mere thought of it made Rai shudder. Despite the long time the two had spent together, the boy was well aware that he still didn't know nearly everything about the Scyther's past, and he had never wished to agitate her by prying. From various minor slip-ups, Rai had managed to gather that the mantis pok?mon had lost someone (perhaps many someones) very dear to her, and still seemed to blame herself for it, but the boy had a feeling that there was a lot more to it than that...things that the mantis pok?mon did not dare to tell, not even to the master she cared for above all.

"I think...this has already affected them..." Rai replied, looking up at Jena's comment and gesturing towards Kaika and Chupon, both still considerably terrified by Ashura's outburst, and Ashura who still seemed to have a slightly vicious glint in her eye "But...it will pass with time...I think..." he added, "They just need to find other things to think about...something to take them away from this. I think I need something like that too..." the boy added, casting a glance at the clock on the pok?mon center wall and hoping that breakfast would arrive soon. At least it would give him something else to do with his time than mulling over thoughts that he would rather not think at all.
 
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8:24am here,and Titan still has not gone to bed.XD

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"I see,nevermind though."the girl sighed,releasing both of her pokemon more her grip,it was scary,that the Zubat and Scyther were about to fight,the looks on their faces,their harsh growls.One of the reasons why Jena didn't like battling.

Cascade immediately jumped onto the table,but Ryne chose to stay huddled close to her trainer.Even these sort of things,the Master and Madam would've taken care of before pokemon started hurting each other out of the Feebas.

{Fishy,tell me one of your stories....}Cascade asked in a small voice,much unlike his own peppy one to the Mudkip beside Kayley.
 
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Kayley sighed, relieved that the subject more or less had been dropped, then contributed to the ensuing silence with gusto. She dared not comment or say anything for fear that it would only make matters worse than they had to be.

Razz blinked once, resisting the urge to snort. She herself thought that the whole thing could have been avoided. Morons.. The Ponyta thought silently. They just had to go and ruin a perfectly good morning. Hmph. She payed no attention to the Wurmple who huddled on the floor at her side.

Hazy seemed to have missed most of the drama, her expression very vacant because she had been deep in thought the whole time. The rumors about the Gym Leader had gotten her thinking.. And apparently she was not in the mood to talk, much like everyone else.

As for Fishy, he frowned, folding his forearms in much the same manner that a human would cross their arms.

{Gee, I had no idea we were so behind..} He stopped that thought in its tracks when he noticed Cascade, who had approached him via the table. Silently, Fishy leapt from Kayley's shoulder to the table, landing neatly beside the other Mudkip.

{You want story time? Fine, I'll tell you a story. Anyone else is welcome to listen in, I don't care..} He paused to clear his throat.

{Once upon a time there lived a young maiden by the name of Arielle. She lived near the beach, in a village populated by weird dudes and mute women except for herself.

The weirdest man in the village, a guy named Shane, constantly tormented her to no end with his poem, which was very popular at the time. It is as follows:

Who is Shane?

That's my name.

What is Shane?

He is a pain.

Where is Shane?

He's on a plane.

How is Shane?

He's got game.

Why is Shane?

There's no one to blame.


And so every day Arielle was forced to listen to the poem, and she would constantly dread that time every day because frankly, she was tired of it. So, one day, the maiden decided to do something about it.

She equipped herself with two potatoes, as well as a blue-cheese bazooka copyrighted by some girl in Singapore. Anyways, when Shane came over to her house to read his poem to her, she immediately lured him away from the house and towards the beach with her two potatoes.

Thinking that the plan would work, she hurled the potatoes into the ocean and hoped that Shane would go after them. Ah, but the boy stood there on the beach, staring after the sinking potatoes, and said..

'Screw that.' And walked away.

Out of frustration, Arielle went trigger happy, launching blue cheese out of her bazooka, turning at a 684 degree angle while she did so.

This caused blue cheese to be scattered throughout the land..

And ever since then, the region where it took place, Zygotica, has been thriving in the dairy industry.

The end.} He concluded.




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You know, there really is a guy named Shane at my school.. He wrote that poem.. XD
 
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*wipes away tear from eye*

That,was a beautiful story.XD

The girl who copyrighted the blue cheese bazooka sounded smart and cute and pretty and hyper and..*gets buried in herbie cookies and Ludicolos*

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Cascade immediately clapped his fins when Fishy brought the story to a close,not really caring if he was the only one listening.Though,on the floor,Orjen could hear to story perfectly,the Wurmple's eyes widened in interest.

{Oh wow.Such a great story you've told.The story you have just read is great.}he clapped the six of his front legs along with Cascade.

{I liked the part about the cheese,Jena would've liked it too.}the Mudkip grinned.
 
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*ahem*

Stand down everyone, Plushie has written a poem.




Friendly Enemies




I live in a castle
Shaped much like a fishtank

I have many minions
They've taken over the first national bank

I rule without fairness
I crush all rebellions

Especially that of Yibber
Her Feebas friends in the millions

I have total control
But she refuses to give up

I crush her again and again
And yet she always shows up

We will continue to fight
We will continue to duel

Just Yibber and I
Bubu clones versus a blue-cheese tool

The land is our battlefield
None will stand in our way

Until a victor emerges
The skies will always be gray.


So who shall be victorious?
Who will it be?

The Supreme Goldfish Plushie of Darkness,
Or the Golden-Hearted Feebas of Glee?

No one knows,
O young being of similies

But everyone does know

That the two will always be friendly enemies


I've been inspired. XD
 
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OH PLUSHIE!!^0^

*huggles Plushie before spraying insectiside on self*XD

Tha's such a sweet poem...T_T

*takes a bite out of blue cheese*
 
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Are you trying to offend me, Yibber, with that insecticide? XD

Anyways, yes, I had nothing better to do. XD

Gah, not much to post right now..
 
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I always spray insectiside on myself,tis the way to show tha I'm an annoying pest is all,especially to Plushie.XD

Still,great poem!!^0^
*prints it out and sticks it on the desk next to her bed*

Yeesh,you shall haunt me to sleep every night!!^^
 
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Now, shall I be honoured, creeped out, or both? XD

Anyways, I shall stop posting pure OOCs. Not good for the soul, you know. XD




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{Read the story?} Fishy said, tilting his head once Orjen had stopped talking. {No, I never, ever read the story. 'Tis always in my mind.} He said, his grin taking on a rather frightening expression before fading to his usual one.

{Anyways, glad y'all liked it, yet again it is my pleasure to share stories. Really is good for the soul.} He concluded.

{Well, I guess it was pretty good,} Razz began, {But I failed to see the main plotline.. Now should I feel left out or relieved?} She stated.

{Is that a rhetorical question?} Fishy retorted, turning towards the Ponyta.

{You tell me.} Razz said, resisting the urge to hiss it out.

Hazy, who had begun to listen in when the story had started, began to wonder if Fishy and Razz were always like this.
 
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Freaky and cool!^^

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{Wow!Even better!Gooder than good!}Orjen started clapping his hands again.Aunty Beautifly never made up such grand stories,all were just about how Wurmples were Wurmples,why they looked like that.Old poketales.

Ryne sat back and sighed,she had listened to the story,but,the Ralts didn't see a need to comment,since Cascade and Orjen had said most of what she wanted to either way.Though,she did sit up when Razz and Fishy started arguing.The Ralts wasn't the only one who found it interesting,Cascade had proceeded to sit himself down right between Fishy and Razz,he turned to the Mudkip and Ponyta,each time they spoke.

Orjen,still lost by what they were talking about,decided to get a better view of things.The Wurmple climbed up onto the table,and sat down beside Cascade.
 
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XD So Jena's Pokemon are just gonna sit back while another argument takes place? XD

Oh well, at least this one is a bit toned down. XD



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Kayley glanced back at Fishy and Razz once they had really begun to fire statements at one another, all the while both remaining calm, yet retorting with all their might. The girl sighed, rolling her eyes.

"Here we go again.." She whispered. She was more than used to moments like these.

{But who would know better than you, Razzie?}

{Now what did we agree on about my name?}

{Ah, I seem to have forgotten. Mind refreshing my memory?}

{Why yes I do, for I know perfectly well that you remember.}

{How can you tell? You're not Psychic.}

{I see through that glint in your eye, little Mud Fish.}

{You cannot see through glints, Razzie.}

{I beg to differ, I can see through your fibs easily that way.}

{Now you're being silly. You can't see through fibs either!}
 
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Yeah,thats them.Orjen and Cascade don't think complex.And Ryne thinks too complex to meddle with the argument.XD

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"What're Razz and Fishy doing??"Jena asked curiously,both looked rather irritated by the other.Though no where close to when Ashura and Fang were.

{He's correct Razz,you can't see through fibs.}Cascade stated honestly.

{What're fibs?Are they nice to eat?}Orjen asked,his mouth watering from the fact that he had been waiting for the food to come for a long time.

Ryne shook her head,again choosing to keep quiet,she didn't want t get involved in this,but,it was interesting to hear what they had to say.
 
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Well, since I feel sorry for Titan, Charon, and Melissa for having to read through all of our posts every day, I'm only going to post one more IC in here. XD



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"Oh, they're just having a minor disagreement. It's not too bad right now, or I'd have seperated them already." Kayley replied to Jena, a rather blank expression on her face.

Meanwhile, the war between Ponyta and Mudkip continued to wage.

{I didn't mean physically..} Razz said in response to Cascade's comment rolling her eyes. {And 'fib' is another word for 'lie'.} She added when she heard Orjen's question.

{Then why didn't you say so?} Fishy jabbed, his expression still blissfully calm, which couldn't be said for Razz, pure annoyance on her face.

{Because I figured you were witty enough to realize it. Apparently I thought wrong.}

{No, you weren't wrong. I was always witty enough to fool you into wasting your time on such things as trivial as this.}

{Then what's in it for you, wasting my time like this?}

{I'd have thought you'd have figured it out by now..}
 
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Yeah,I feel kinda sorry for them,sleeping away right now.^0^

Anyway,I really have too much time on my hands,so--
Amelia and Kuro

Niah,she looks older than 14,probably 15/16.
Bah,Titan didn't decribe her well,so I drew her out of imagination(tis a great thing,probably the most that fills my empty head up other than Feebas).And,she's a trainee,you can see that by the hat she's wearing,it ain't as big as Nurse Joy's/Gwendolyn's one.^^
And yeah,Kuro's holding her notebook.

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"Oh I see."Jena started drumming her fingers on the table.No,she wasn't anxious to get the food,infact,the service was rather good.It was just that,well,she was hungry and she knew that Amelia was already trying her best.Gah,but,she didn't get anything to eat the entire of yesterday,that is,if you excluded a small cheese sandwich before her training.

{Oh..}Orjen nodded as Razz explained what a fib was.

{I'm hungry!!}Cascade folded his arms and fumed,he wanted his pancakes.

{You're not the only one,Cassy.}Ryne yawned,hoping that her eggs would come sooner.

{You know,we could all just go out and pluck some leaves of the trees to eat.}Orjen suggested.

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Okay,this is getting me hungry,where ish lunch and cheese when you need it?!
 
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