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The Children Are Hunted

Zoran chuckled. "We can cook it," he hummed as Mickey got up. The auburn boy carefully grabbed Sneasel and threw her to the top of the RV. Then he went down to Thomas' Pokemon, carefully reaching toward Amber to pet her. Sparx padded outside and gave Volt a soft growl of greeting, not the menacing Pokemon she had been during their battle.

"Nice haircut," Ash told Robby lightly, turning to smile at her two friends. Zoran and Mickey both shared a mischievous grin. "Are you challenging the Gym today?" she asked Thomas.
 
"Yuck! That would make it even worse!" Vulpix said. Thomas laughed at this. Amber was enjoying the attention she was getting from Mickey. Thomas grinned and turned to Ash.

"As much as I would like to, I'm not sure I'm really ready yet. My team needs a little bit more tightening up," Thomas said with a smile.
"Amber especially. Until she can actually hit what she aims at, then she'll be at a major disadvantage," Esper said.
"You need plenty of work yourself, Esper. You still need to learn how to dodge a basic attack," Thomas said. Esper looked at him reproachfully, then turned and leapt into his arms.

"Thanks, I think," Robby said. Volt gave a soft, yet happy bark to Sparx. He rose from where he was sitting and walked over to her. Marcus stumbled outside, yawning loudly.
"Oh... You're all awake already," he said as if he just realized they were there.
 
Ash laughed placidly and went to go pull out the meat for Vulpix. Zoran glanced at Thomas. "Do you want to battle again?" he asked softly as Alyss padded out sleepily, actually looking eight years old and normal. Sparx gently purred, letting Volt come to where she was sitting. Mickey went over to her.

"So you're Alyss," he mumbled. Alyss blinked awake and instantly looked afraid. The other smiled and gently mussed her hair. "Wow, you were right Zora." The boy smiled and reached out, somehow seeing her wings through the illusion. "Thought they would be warm." Alyss blinked in wide-eyed confusion. "I feel for the men who will see you when you hit puberty. Your boyfriend will be a lucky man." Alyss didn't completely understand that, but the basic idea caused her to turn red. Zora smiled to himself, thinking of Silas.

Ash exited with the meat, holding it for Vulpix to take. "Enjoy buddy."
 
"Thanks! I will!" Vulpix said as he took the meat. He walked away from them all and settled down to eat. Marcus looked at him, obviously confused.
"What? I thought he wanted to hunt for himself," Marcus said.
"He did, but that wasn't an acceptable meal," Thomas said.
"Look in that garbage can if you're curious," Esper said.
"Hush, you'll gross him out!" Robby said sternly. Marcus shook his head and turned to Thomas.
"Are you really gonna have a battle right now?" Marcus asked.
"Why not? I think I'll use Esper to start with! How about you, Zor?" Thomas said. He walked away from the RV to give them some room. Esper joined him on the battlefield. Vulpix picked his meat up and walked back to the group.
"This should be good!" Vulpix said.
 
Zoran looked at his Pokemon and grinned. "This is to train you, not for my own gain so Doom will take this fight." He released the hellhound, who barked enthusiastically. Alyss went to settle next to Mickey on a tree stump. Ash grinned, sitting down on the steps. Doom padded over to Esper and growled playfully. Zoran grinned. "Don't forget, your Psychic type moves are useless on Doom. Good luck." Zaria went over to him, her eyes looking tired. He patted her head as she watched in silence. Her gaze was still off, but it seemed better than before.
 
"I don't think I would forget that. Not after last time we did this," Thomas said with a grin. He remembered well, that time on the top of the building. So much had been going on. He had been caught dumbstruck when Esper's Psybeam had been harmlessly absorbed by Doom's coat. But this time, he had a secret weapon. Though it wouldn't be secret for very long.
"Esper! Use Swift!" Thomas said. Esper opened his mouth and a barrage of star-shaped energy bits flew unerringly toward the Houndoom.

My team:
Esper (Espeon): level 29, Swift, Psychic, Shadow Ball, Bite.
Volt (Manectric): level 27, Discharge, Zap Canon, Quick Attack, Double Kick
Razor (Skarmory): level 29, Steel Wing, Brave Bird, Air Cutter, Whirlwind
Deluge (Wartortle): level 27, Water Gun, Ice Beam, Rapid Spin, Withdraw
Amber (Leafeon): level 24, Synthesis, Quick Attack, Solar Beam, Razor Leaf
Draco (Bagon): level 27, Ember, Dragonbreath, Dragon Rage, Zen Headbutt
 
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"Doom," Zoran uttered softly as they hit. The Pokemon didn't twitch, instead his mouth began to fill with fire. However, before he could run and bite his opponent, he released a large blaze toward Esper. Zoran whistled. "Well that was cool." Ash and Mickey both cracked up from the stairs.

"Things could be on fire," Ash cried. "Awesome!"

"I did not know this was how you got rid of your fear of fire," Mickey mumbled.
 
Esper laughed and caught the fire with his Psychic. He ran and leapt through the fire, unscathed by it, toward Doom. He was going to use Bite. It wouldn't hurt that much, but it may make Doom flinch and allow for other attacks.

"Not as good as my flames," Vulpix said.
"Vulpix, you would say that about the legendary Moltres!" Marcus said.
"Damn right!" Vulpix said shooting a white hot Flamethrower into the air. He resumed eating.

(OOC: I can't remember, can Fire Fang make you flinch?)
 
(It can do that and burn the opponent)

Doom dodged casually to the right and breathed a poisonous Smog at Esper. He let out a happy bark, tail wagging. He probably thought this was a game, like Amber did. Then he used Fire Fang this time, aiming for wherever he could hit. Zoran nodded to himself.Howl's going to be replaced soon. I'm so glad that Doom has Flash Fire.
 
Esper shoved the Smog out of the way with his mind and tried to dodge the Fire Fang, but failed. Esper was lifted into the air by his forked tail, and yowled in pain. He was able to escape the Houdoom's jaws, but his tail had a large burn on his tail in the shape of fangs. That would only get worse. He laughed a little.
"Esper, why aren't you taking this seriously?" Thomas asked.
"I'm a psychic type. He's half dark type. My strongest move does nothing. Two of my other moves are really weak. Why should I be serious?" Esper said.
"The moves you have left have other effects. Shadow Ball weakens his Special Defense (If I remember right). And Bite can make him flinch, which gives you an opening! And Swift! That move will always hit! And you are, despite what you've shown, much faster than him! You can do this!" Thomas said. Esper nodded and stared at Doom. It wasn't a threatening stare. He was sizing up his opponent.
"Now, are you ready? Good, use Swift!" Thomas said. Esper blasted more stars at Doom, then moved away a little. As long as there was distance between them, Esper could play keep away. He was fast enough to move when he wanted to, and he could use his mind to block most everything else. The trouble was he couldn't do both at the same time. And Thomas was trying to get him to learn to dodge on instinct. He didn't care if he won or lost, that wasn't the point of the battle for him.
 
Doom didn't attempt to dodge but somehow got distracted. He barked excitedly at Zoran and Alyss. Zoran chuckled. People wondered why he didn't take Pokemon battles seriously. Honestly it was Doom's fault. The dog took almost nothing seriously. Doom barked at Esper now."You and your trainer take things too seriously, yes you do. It's why you lose to my alpha. He takes seriously what matters. Now when you try not to, you look silly, yes. You don't know how to fight me at all. Shadow Ball doesn't always work and Bite does nothing. All you have is this weak move that will never miss, yes. It's silly. Now burn up yes." Alyss giggled. She loved how Doom talked when he was excited. He made sense but at the same time he didn't. It was a change from his calm, intelligent, protective self.

The Houndoom formed a blaze in his mouth and shot it through air. It was mixed with a Smog attack so even if one missed the other would hurt. "Y'know," Zoran commented. "There's a legend about Houndoom. If you get burned by one of their fire attacks, the wound never truly heals. Scary huh?"
 
"We do take everything so seriously, don't we? You know, you'd get along really well with Amber. But I don't want this big package, you can have it back," Esper said. He was still having fun. How could he not? Doom was very... Odd. He used Psychic to catch the flaming poisonous mess, snuffed out the flames, and threw it back at Doom.
"Heh, we'll find out soon," Thomas said with a grin. Vulpix rolled over after finishing the meat and watched the battle laying on his side. Mia walked up and saw the battle going on. She gave a little hmph, and walked over to join the others.
 
"A bit late," Zoran commented. "Doom's already burned Esper and from the way I look at it, it's not looking good. Okay Doom! Fetch!" Doom barked and snarled, dodging his own attack and charging toward Esper in a move similar to Tackle. Honestly he was just trying to ram him. Then he was going to take Esper back to Zoran and he would get a treat. He liked cooked chicken. As he ran, he threw another blaze. It missed but it was a lot stronger than before. He fired again, still barking out like laughter.

Zaria giggled. "I love Doom. And Esper, Amber should be afraid of Doom. He'd accidently burn her to a crisp!"
 
"I meant about the healing part. Esper, get out of the way," Thomas said. Esper ignored the fire attacks, as they were going to miss anyway. Doom charged right at him, and Esper rolled out of the way. He was on his feet again, and shooting Swift at Doom's backside. Those stars may be pretty weak to Doom, but they would add up really fast. He just hoped Doom would fall to his attacks before he fell to the burn.

"How did this happen?" Mia asked finally.
"Well, Thomas is trying to train Esper on how to dodge. Zoran offered to help," Marcus said.
"No, he offered to battle! Weren't you listening?" Vulpix said. Robby shook his head. Marcus had a better view of the situation. Mia shook her head.
"I came here to battle him! He made dinner hell last night! The brat!" Mia said angrily.
"Well... You'll have to wait your turn!" Robby said.

(OOC: Espeons have the ability to pass status effects to their opponents. But Houndooms can't get burns, can they? I can't remember.)
 
(He's got Flash Fire so I bet that would probably heal him. I dunno; I've never had the issue.)

Doom barked and barked, this time firing the Flamethrower through the stars. It would destroy a few of them. He turned to Mia and growled for a moment before turning back to the battle and attempting to sink flaming flames into Esper's leg. He didn't like Mia; mostly because she seemed annoying. And loud. And weak. A pack had weak ones true, but they at least attempted to contribute and protect their own. She was selfish. So nuh-uh. He would probably never tolerate her and her loud human noises. It sounded like garbage anyway, like those AAPM people. They made no sense. Even Theo made sense and Theo was a weird person. Ugh whatever, Doom did not like thinking about Theo. The guy hurt his alpha too much. Back to playing fetch.

Zoran sighed. "Doom, I swear I'm going to give you a stick one day and you won't know what to do with it." Mickey snorted as Sparx went over to him, purring. The boy pet the lion, looking glad to see her.
 
(OOC: That's what I figured.)

Esper laughed as he twisted his leg out of Dooms reach.
"I think you got a little closer that time!" Esper said, sounding out of breath. He leapt away from Doom, a little awkwardly. His tail hurt. Not just hurt, but HURT! And what was worse, it was taking it's toll on his balance. He flicked his tail dismisively at Doom, before firing a Shadow Ball at him. Thomas was impressed. That burn was taking a major toll on Esper, but his reactions were greatly improved! And this was a very funny battle. The antics of the two pokemon was making him feel light headed from laughing.

Volt huffed as Sparx walked away. He turned and lay down to watch the battle going on. That human female that just joined them got on his nerves.
"Wait? Well, if I must!" Mia said sounding annoyed.
"Keep up that attitude, and I'll never battle you again!" Thomas said raising his voice and cocking his eyebrow. She looked baffled by this, but wisely kept her mouth shut.
 
(It's official, I love writing hyper Doom.)

"By the gods, she knows how to shut up," they heard Ash growl. Sparx winked at Volt, still purring at Mickey.

"You only like me because I gave you venison once," Mickey joked lightly. The Luxray peered anxiously at him before nuzzling his hand. He really wasn't back to normal yet but he had a feeling going up and biting Zoran's arm would get a weird reaction from these guys. Rare meat helped because there was still blood in it but god the stuff tasted foul.

Doom dodged the Shadow Ball easily. "I have fought with Kira, who taught me how to dodge an Aura Sphere, which you can't dodge yes. It's fun yes it is, even when it hurts. You would like Kira yes. He is so serious for sure. He can focus on everything! I'm not sure you can though, because you are in too much pain, you are." Zoran was laughing. Oh he loved his Pokemon. Doom charged forward, Fire Fang ablaze.
 
(OOC: You know, I'm having a surprising amount of fun writing for Mia. And Doom is very silly!)

Esper didn't even try to dodge. Instead, he used Psychic to throw a rather large piece of dirt at Doom. It didn't slow him down at all. Esper braced for impact. Doom's mouth closed around his midsection. It burned a lot, but Esper ignored it. Esper was slightly shocked. His entire chest fit in the houndoom's mouth, and he was lifted easily into the air.
"Hehehe! You got me! Now what? But really, when did I get so small?" Esper said, giving a high-pitched giggle. Thomas burst out laughing at that.

Mia shot an angry glance at Ash. Volt ignored Mia completely. His head came up when Sparx winked at him. He shot a grin at her.
"What just happened? Who won?" Mia asked.
"Who do you think? Esper put up a great fight, but let's face it, even the slight level lead he has won't make up for the type disadvantage," Marcus said.
"C'mon on. Type advantage? Really? Wuss," she said. Volt growled at her. You didn't insult his partner. You just didn't.
 
Doom barked through the fur and carried Doom over to Zoran to plop him in his arms. "Chicken?" he barked innocently at Zoran, who smiled at him and nodded.

"Chicken," he agreed sagely and Doom barked and barked with joy, running around in circles before suddenly laying down. Zoran groaned and carried Esper back to Thomas. "Now he gets tired. I love my Houndoom but my god... And Esper, for your information, unless you are very fat, you've always been that small."

Ash had enough. She walked over to Mia with a scowl. Mickey leaned back. This was never good. He sighed and let her go. You could not stop Ash when she had her pissy moments. "Would you kindly shut your trap?" she snapped at the girl. "You want to battle? Fine, I'll fight you. When you lose, you will grovel on your knees understand? I will force your face into the dirt if I have to because I am done with you insulting my friends because you think you have talent. So get up and pull out your Pokemon. This will be quick I assure you." She clutched one Pokeball between her fingers.

(Doom is currently my favorite on Zora's team. And Mia is amusing to write I bet.)
 
(OOC: How funny. Doom and Esper's playful nature, when it's brought out, made me laugh so hard. And I bet the battle between Ash and Mia will be quick. I mean, if Marcus can beat her then Ash definately can. :P )

"Thanks Doom. Now I'm dizzy," Esper said faintly, still giggling like a maniac. Mia leapt to her feet, outraged.
"Yeah. I bet. When I get done with you, you'll go crying back to wherever it was you came from! Let's go!" Mia shouted. Thomas sighed.
"Should we let her know what she's up against?" Thomas asked.
"Nah, she'll figure it out soon," Vulpix said with glee. He was going to enjoy this.
"Oh well. At least we'll be able to scrape what's left of her off the ground," Robby said.
"Shut it! All of you! I don't care who she thinks she is, I will not be talked to like that! Delcatty! Let's take her out!" Mia said after a profuse amount of words in Italian. With gestures. Thomas could only guess what she was saying. Mia sent out her Delcatty. Vulpix walked over to Zoran and Thomas. Thomas sighed and shook his head.
"I almost feel bad for her. But after that display, I don't think I do anymore," Thomas mumbled.
"Boy, you two sure know how to pick em!" Vulpix said with a laugh.
"What?! Shut up, Vulpix," Thomas said. Vulpix just sat and laughed.
 
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