War Over Hoenn: Beginnings (Rated M)

[Random_Fan]

Had this at another forum before. It isn't doing to good...I'm trying my luck here now.

Warning: This RP contains lots of violence and gore. Not recommended for children.

War Over Hoenn: Beginnings

In the glint of sunlight overshadowing the continent of Hoenn, the land seemed to be in a state of piece, with the only chance of destruction being the small battle trails left by Pokémon and trainers, as they either fell or won victory in battle. And even then, nothing was left to be shattered by mayhem. It was one of those days that you thanked the heavens and wished to have the children blessed by the gods. Not that anyone really believed in them. Still, there was tranquility there. That is why no one expected to have lives lost that day. No one expected to get separated from their loved ones. What was expected was the ordinary. But that day, as the sun glowed down on all, and shimmered down past the mountains, the word "ordinary" was crumbled and torn apart to pieces. Because the beginning of a war was at hand, and two paths will be given. What you choose is your destiny, your fate. Be careful along your travels. A new Aurora is rising.

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1. You may have two characters if you wish, but in the end of this RP, only one will remain standing.
2. If you choose to have a secondary character, the two may follow the same path, or go on different paths.
3. If your family is brought along with your character, they will not be as main as your lead character.
4. You are not a god, don't act like one.
5. By the end of this RP, your last character may die if you wish it.
6. This isn't the Anime universe. No Ash.


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Name: (Your last, too)

Age: (No limit)

Gender: (Male/Female)

Pokémon: (1 to 6) (If you wish, you may start out with none)

Path: (Refugee camp/Runaway) (Read below. Either way, terror will be with you on your path)

Reason Behind Path Chosen: (Read below) (Optional)

Appearance: (Optional) (When you are trying to stay alive, appearances are the least of your troubles unless it is that of the enemy)

History: (Optional) (Use this more as of a reason of why you are at the Safari Zone, but more history is welcomed if you wish)


There is no personality here. When you meet someone in this time of scenario crisis, they will be stricken with fear, or hiding it. It will take awhile before the personality returns to normal. That does not mean I want the same personality for everyone, it means you'll show it as we go along. Not from the very beginning.

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In the Hoenn region, the Safari Zone has gotten huge amounts of Pokémon from all around the globe. As a celebration, and excuse to make money, the Safari Zone has made an event there at which whoever catches the most Pokémon (that are a variety in type), will be given a rare Pokémon that has recently been discovered. There are very few of its kind, and scientists are currently trying to help higher the population in them before they are extinct. But one lucky trainer gets to have that Pokémon, and the Pokémon that he/she caught.

This is where you are. The Safari Zone by Lilycove, either a spectator watching the hunt or an actual hunter. Everything is fine, and it has only been two minutes since the hunt has begun. But then, a machine nine feet tall and larger in width drills itself out of the ground, and starts killing many. More machines rise from the ground, and transport trucks arrive letting loose rabid Pokémon to finish the job off. You barely escape the Safari Zone, shocked to insanity or trying to keep cool, blood drenched or hardly any on you. Then you see more trucks arriving in front of you. These with Rocket, Magma, and Aqua grunts jumping out and lending evil hands to you, telling you that they, of all people, have banded together and are giving you a chance to live at their refugee camps. And you had to choose either to run or follow them. But you have to hurry on your plan; the machines and Pokémon are around the corner and ready to rip you to shreds if you don't think fast enough.

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And lastly, my characters.


Name: Ned Rivor

Age: 19

Gender: Male

Pokémon: None

Path: Refugee camp

Reason Behind Path Chosen: As he escaped the Safari Zone with his sister, his sister wanted to be protected in a way that Ned could not grant. If he was to save his sister, he needed to have people watching his back. He had the criminals do the backup, in order to survive with his sister, but in the end, they were split up into different trucks and taken off to "safety."

Appearance: Ned has brown hair, just a bit more to the right side. He has tan skin, green eyes and a nose with a small scratch on it due to a wild Zigzagoon encounter which his sister found really funny when she saw it happen. He isn't very well built and muscular, the only time you could see his muscles is when he shows them off. Because of that, people see him as scrawny. He has a white long sleeved shirt with a brown vest and black pants to go along with it. To top it all off, he has black running shoes.

History: Ned actually lived in Foretree City and enjoyed life. He never really cared for Pokémon training; he didn't really even like it. Still his younger sister was a trainer and had come home from her journey for awhile, only to find out about the event at the Safari Zone and have Ned accompany her instead of traveling alone. It was their family's choice, and Ned didn't say anything against it and went along with his sister, Heather Rivor.



Name: Jason Baker

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Pokémon: Mightyena

Path: Runaway

Reason Behind Path Chosen: Jason was separated from his friends, and some of them died before his very own eyes. However, he didn't see all of them dead. And hopefully, they aren't. that's why he chose to find them. And it could get very dangerous for him.

Appearance: Jason has longer hair than any other trainer. It's black and reaches up to his shoulders, always slightly getting in the way of his face making him have to move it aside. He has round cheeks and brown eyes, and to match his hair, he has a black leather jacket with underneath, a dark blue tee shirt. He has dark blue pants and black shoes.

History: He was a trainer for most of his youth, but settled down and quit. He still has his first caught Pokémon and takes him with him almost all the time. When the Safari Zone event was announced, he and some of his friends decided to join in for the fun of it, and remember what it was like when they were younger. He didn't call on the plan; his friends called him and asked him to come. Since he had nothing better to do, he decided to go with it. They were his friends, after all.

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Anyone may join. After we pass the Safari Zone, you may still join, but you will not start at the Safari Zone. If you pick Refugee Camp, you will just arrive in trucks to the Refugee base. If you pick Runaway, well, you're a runaway, chances are you'll meet up with the rest of the runaways. Also, the history won't be of any use anymore, but you can still use it in your Sign up.

 

[~*Nariko*~]

Can I join? This looks fun ^_^



Name: Kali Tsunari

Age: 15

Gender: Female

Pokémon:
Female Sneasel (Shadow)
Male Pikachu (Zeypher)
Male Zangoose (Slash)
Male Charizard (Pyro)

Path: Runaway

Reason Behind Path Chosen: Kali remembered the way Team Rocket, Aqua, and Magma were before this happened. She hated them then and she hated them now. There was no way she was going to join up with them.

Appearance: Kali has shoulder-length, taupe colored hair and sharp, sapphire eyes. She usually wears a white t-shirt with a black dragon printed on the back and baggy black pants. Lastly, she is rarely ever seen without her black headband which has a red pokeball design on the front. She never wears dressy clothes because she hates dressing up nicely. She had always been somewhat of a tomboy.

 

[Erin Moonnite]

(( This seems like a good RP. ))

Name: Erin Moonnite ((Never expected that, huh? xP))

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Pokémon:
Moonlight; Shiny, Female Umbreon
Tiger; Male Arcanine
Webster; Male Ariados
SeaDragon; Female Kingdra
Dragonfly; Female Flygon
Levitate; Male Claydol

Path: Runaway

Reason Behind Path Chosen: Erin was running along the beach one day with Moonlight, who at the time was an Eevee. Erin heard sirens wailing, and she curiously followed the wailing trucks, seeing that the trucks stopped at her own home, which had burst into flame. Erin was very young, and she didn't understand when she saw two bodies covered in a white cloth being pushed into the truck. Soon she learned her parents had been pronounced dead at the sceen. She became suspicious when she saw a member of Team Magma run away from the house when she was following the trucks. But no one believed her when she told the police becasue she was so young. She would never go into the hands of Team Magma, Aqua, or Rocket.

Appearance: Slender and limber, she can be very sneaky and athletic. She has long, dark brown hair that reaches the middle of her back. She is usually seen wearing her favorite hat on backwards, just to keep her hair out of her face. Sometimes she wears sunglasses over her hazel eyes. She wears a red t-shirt, black pants, and sneakers. She's not to much into 'fads' or fashion.

History: Erin had come back after seven years of being away from her hometown. She had planned on staying for a week, enjoying the department store, the beach, the Safari Zone, the Pokemon Contests, and all the trainors that surround Lillycove. Also to visit her parent's grave and pay her respects, although, the challenge at the Safari Zone caught her attention before she could even enter the city.

 

[Utami]

[Looks exciting!]

Name: Hanae Hishida

Age: 14

Gender: Female

Pokémon: Metagross, Porygon2

Path: Runaway

Reason Behind Path Chosen: Due to her fear of Pokemon and the thought of thousands of Pokemon at the Refugee Camps, she chose to run away rather then to being transported.

Appearance: Hanae wears a panda hat that covers her short green hair. She has yellow-green eyes and pale white skin. She wears a white blouse and has a plaid red skirt. She also carries a white messenger bag with bunny stickers on the bottom side.

History: Her hometown is Celadon City in Kanto however, she moved to Hoenn due to her parents transferring to the Mossdeep Space Center. She is afraid of Pokemon after an incident when her parents brought home a Magikarp, which unfortunately, evolved into a Gyarados and destroyed half of her room. She received a Metagross as a birthday present and later a Porygon2 after her parents abandoned a project. She kept the Pokemon as a sign of respect towards her parents. Her parents send her to her aunt who forced her to come to the Safari Zone.

 

[Random_Fan]

Okay, I assume me being what one here would call the "Game Master," has to know declare acceptance to the members joining. Okay.

Nariko is accepted. If there should be a detailed reason as to why (which I see in most RPs here) then, it is because I don't see anything wrong. Beside the lack of appearance, you're good and ready to go. ;) Not really detailing here... >_>

Erin, you are accepted. The reason is because I'm not a picky person. Just promise to write lengthy enough posts. >_> Maybe I should have put up an RP sample in the sign-ups, but whatever. There's nothing really bad that I can see in your sign-up and am willing to give you a chance, but one mistake and you're out! :0 j/k, I wouldn't throw someone out that easily. You'd have to do something really bad for that. XD

Utami is accepted. Your sign-up sheet shows me that you can do a good job, and I'm being trustful as always.

Okay, now I just need 1 or 2 more members for this, then we'll get started. We'll probably start tommorrow.

 

[Wolf_Goddess]

Name: Satomi Eto

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Pokémon: Vulpix (Pixie; Female)

Path: Runaway

Reason Behind Path Chosen: She had bad experiance with Team Rocket, when she was visiting Lavender Town with her then-Pokemon, a Cubone. Because of what the Rockets were doing to the Cubone, they murdered her's as well. Since then, she never trusted any team.

Appearance: She has scarlet red hair cut at jaw-length with black highlights. Normally she wears 'punk' styled clothing, but at the moment of the attack she was wearing simple blue jeans and a simple black tank. The knees on her pants are now torn from the encounter, and dried blood cakes her attire.

History: Her family were what people would call 'nomads.' Her father had a job that caused him to constantly travel, so they never truly had a home. Her birth town was Lavender, where she grew up a good six years of her life, and owned a Cubone. However, with that horrific attack made by Team Rocket, she lost her precious Pokemon during a killing spree, resting his remains in the Tower. The first time they moved was out of safety's sake, to Pallet Town. After living there a year, they moved again, and soon it became a necessity. She received her Vulpix when she was 15, winning it during some sort of Breeder's Fair, and they moved to Lilycove, where visiting the Safari Zone was a normal thing.

 

[Random_Fan]

Okay WG, I see no reason as to why not to let you be accepted. Your sign-up sheet is all good and well written, leaving nothing more needed. We'll start tommorrow, because by then I'll have the starting post ready.

 

[xxxSakura]

Name: Hanashiro Mimi[Mi-chan is her nickname]

Age: 13+

Gender: Female

Pokémon:

Pokemon Team:

Pikachu

Nickname: Chuchu

Gender: Female

Description: Pichu was given to Mimi by a Prof when she wanted her starter. Since then, she had became Pichu's guardian and partner. They love each other very much, and Pichu is most dedicated to Mimi. Chuchu has a good sense of direction and can easily guide the team out of a forest. Her favourite food is the apples that grows on a very special tree in Viridian. Her personality is optimistic and laid-back like Mimi, but she too can be quite oblivious to what is happening. Chuchu [who evolved to a Pikachu now ] is still one of Mimi's much treasured Pokemon, and will always be.

Chuchu also has a bell pendant like Coco.

Corsola

Nickname: Coco

Gender : Female

Description : Coco was obtained through Mimi's best friend. Coco has a long, dangling bell earring on a pendant which is hung around her neck. Coco has the moves " Recover ", so when Miru the Milktank is not in the team, Coco willl be the Healer.

Coco is very shy and sweet, but that's besides when Natee is attempted to anger her . Natee is very competitive with Coco. Coco's best friend in the team is Chuchu. Coco loves to eat the seaweeds and Miru's Milk Drink. Mimi sees her as the most beautiful Pokemon in her team. At first, Coco was not too 'open'. She simply refuses to speak or battle! But that was history. After Chuchu grew in her, her " true form " as a sweet little darling was revealed.

Milktank

Nickname: Miru

Gender : Female

Description: Milktank was the first Pokemon caught, and is most willing to join Mimi . She saved this Milktank from being poached for its Milk. Milktank is the 'Healer' of the team, with the moves " Milk Drink " and " Recover ". Miru is also able to surf from a HM given by Mimi's mother. There was once where a case of Milktanks were pokenapped to be sold for their milk, but Mimi rescued them with the help of her other Pokemon. Miru differs from the other Milktanks as she hangs a bell around her neck and her eyes are pale pink. She is also one of Mimi's beloved Pokemon.

Miru is the kindest in Mimi's team, always willing to help [ although sometimes, her help turns into a disaster ]. Strangely, Miru seems to dislike drinking her own Milk [ unless she's forced to in a disaster where there is a drought ], she prefers pure water. Her favourite food is the tall, fresh grass near Olivine City in Johto.

Beautifly

Nickname: -nil-
Gender: Femae

Description: Beautifly was originally captured as Wurmple in the wilds of the Forest beneath Pewter and froth Viridian. It was very rare to capture Wurmple there, since it was not discovered in Kanto Region at that period.

Beautifly is often used for contests, like Coco. She has a very light bell pendant too, hanging from her head. It seems that all Mimi's Pokemon had bell somewhere. Beautifly is the offspring of a Beedrill and Butterfree. Mimi breeded them and raised the egg. When Wurmple came out, Mimi wanted to let it free, but it returned to her and Mimi battled her. It was her first time capturing a Pokemon, and it feels very good.

Beautifly's best friend is probably the female Butterfree that is with Mimi's sister. However, she also seemed to have developed a close friendship with Miru as well. Her enemy is Natee, who always seemed to be insulting her. Beautifly and Natee had lots of things in common, though, such as their favourite ice-cream, water, etc.

Natu

Nickname: Natee
Gender: Male

Description: Natee has a beautiful muilti-coloured feather with a bell shape engraved on it hidden amongst his left wing. It was probably injured from the engravement, so Mimi rescued it and nursed it back to health. It si also one of the one who's willing to join Mimi's group.

Natee had a close friendship with Coco, although he often make her furious. Natee is rather a joker though, and he is considered the Tanker of the team, with high defense stats. However, his attack is also quite powerful, covering up for his poor speed.

Arcanine

Nickname:Arckee
Gender:Male ♂

Description: Arckee was a rebellious member at first. Mimi captured it, but it won't admit defeat and never once obeyed Mimi's comments. However, when Mimi found out he had an injured leg, she tried her best to nruse him back into health. Now, although often limping, Arckee regained his composure and opend up to Coco's sweet form and Mimi's carefree attitude. Often the Fighter or the Peacemaker, the one trying to break up fights between Beautifly and Natee.

Arckee enjoys fresh meat and mineral Moutain Water. He loves Pecha Berries and Oran Berries too, but he doesn't eat them oftenly.


Path: Runaway

Reason Behind Path Chosen: The case of the captured Milktanks were connected to Team Rocket. And then, her Cubone was almost killed byy them too. Team Aqua and Team Magma considered Mimi as a spy, so she was absolutely sure that they would never lend her any hand.

Appearance: Mimi wears a typical minidress. It is divided into 2 parts, the top a shirt and the bottom a miniskirt. The top is pale blue while the skirt is white , causing people to think she wears a shirt and skirt seperately. The top is an impression of an off-the-shoulder shirt with a cut nearing the elbow with its transparent sleeves. She wears a black handpatch. On her back is a big straw hat that hangs from her neck[ it has a garland of different kind of flowers like roses, carnations, chrysanthemums, etc weaved onto it by Mimi ]

The skirt is slightly more complicated . It has a deep cute from its waist on the right all the way to the end of the dress[Like the one Temari had when she aided Shikamaru]. The bottom is actually a skirt short but the shorts are never seen in any kind of position. Mimi wears a pair of transparent stockings to show off her tanned legs . After that , a pair of green leg warmers and white boots end the whole outfit.

Her hair is long and always changing when she applies different dyes. Her hair is dyed pink after she had her ninth birthday[it was originally black]and always decorated with small little shining star hair ornaments, but lately she got into dying her hair pink with pale rose highlights and decorate her long fringe with ribbon bells. She ties it up in a high ponytail. On the right side of her head lies a small flower [the peony].

Her eyes are black-brown but now she wears green contacts. Has dangling,shining earrings in her double-pierced ears. On her left ear is a feather earring given by Falkner as a soveniour and one dangling grape earring with blue leaves and white fruits. Her left is the same. Has a crystal clear locket with five different bells on it.

In conclusion, Mimi is cute on the outside, but very complicated and deep in her heart

History: Mimi was born on the 2nd of December on a field dominated by blooming flowers in a forest on the outskirts of Viridian City. She was then introduced to her 3-levelled home near a lake in the village. Since then she knew it as her house. Her parents were quite famous as Coordinator and PokeTrainers. Taking flowers as her symbol , she kind of ran away from her home when she was still 9 and travelled all the way to Johto to be mistaken for an orphan. Ever since then she was trapped in her adoptive family. Mimi dearly misses Viridian, the lake and the tall patch of weeds. She attempted to escape from Violet City and ran all the way to Ecruteak.

Mimi than help a girl capture a Gastly. The girl, grateful for her help, brought Mimi to her brother, Morty ,'s Gym. Morty helped her to get back to Kanto after she earned all her badges there with some Pokemon she caught in Johto. After she returned, her family moved to Hoenn to investigate the disappearance of her Aunt Amethyst. After they returned to their vacant house in Viridian, Mimi was a Gym Challenger and Coordiantor.

After a few years, her parents sent her to Hoenn to live for one month with her distant cousin' mother. Although it was her second time there, she kenw the whole Region by heart. Mimi enjoyed it very much. Her cousin, Hanaeko[meaning child of flower], was mature for her age. It was then Aunt Hanekyo suggested they go to the Safari Zone to capture some Pokemon for her research.

Name: Hanashiro Hayaeko

Age: 13

Gender: Female

Pokémon:

Butterfree

Gender: Female
Nickname: -nil-

Description: Butterfree is a very kind and sweet girl. Best friends with Beautifly[her distant cousin's Pokemon], she never fails to complete a good contest move or win or lose with self-esteemed pride. Butterfree has a bell pendant over her head too[given by Mimi, dang], on the insts of Mimi, her distant cousin.

Venomoth

Gender: Male
Nickname: Veno

Description: Veno is very cold and distant. He simplys refuses to communicate with any other Pokemon other than Mimi's and his companions. He is the Fighter, with high attack, averae defense and agile speed. Venoi is probably the weirdest one, eating all the Berries and drinking Milk instead of water[as an insect.] He resembles Mimi's Arckee, but not too much.

Kirlia

Gender: Female
Nickname: Keyaki

Description: Keyaki is probably the most hyper of the team, and on good terms with Chuchu. She has good defense, good power and average speed. Furthermroe, she has Metronome, a Hm given by Mimi to Haeyako[Mimi had tons of those kind of HMs].

Dugtrio

Gender: Male
Nickname: -nil-

Description: Dugtrio is the mysterious and brainy one. He's got a leader sense, much like Chuchu, but Dugtrio doesn't interact much with his companions, and none of Mimi's Pokemon. Dugtrio appear seriously injured on Hayaeko's doorstep one day, and she nursed him back to health. Dugtrio simply only opens up to Hayaeko.

Path: Runaway

Reason Behind Path Chosen: Hayaeko was weak and matrue at the same time. She cannot stand seeing thousands of refugees under an evil organizations, as she believed people under people who are evil will grow evil. That is a clear point made to Mimi, and she supports it too.

Appearance: Hayaeko has shoulder-length purple hair which is often tied into a low ponytail, and emerald green eyes. She wears a simple top with a cute pink kitty on it, and a Beautifly skirt-shorts. Her socks are orange in colour, appealing to her yellow track-slippers.

History: Hayaeko is borned in a 2-levelled home in Littleroot Town. When her distant cousin, Mimi, came to stay, her mother suggested that they go for the Safarai Zone in Lilycove to capture Pokemon. Although she doesn't like the sound of it, she respects ehr cousin and loved to do the same as her.

She is often sandwiched between her divorced parents' hometowns, Littleroot and Goldenrod City in Jhoto.

 

[Erin Moonnite]

(( Thanks for accepting me, I promise I'll try to write a lot, it's just that I was being bugged to go somewhere.. They were, uh, yelling in my ear. -.-; So, I'm sorry and I'll try to write long posts. =3 *edits sign-up*))

 

[water&icepower]

Name: Jake Broadwell

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Pokémon: Starmie, Vaporeon, Dewgong, Cloyster, Lapras, Blastoise (Specialty: Water/Ice Type)

Path: Runaway

Reason Behind Path Chosen: Jake had seen the horrors of Team Rocket in his childhood years when they had terrorized his hometown, Cerulean City in the Kanto Region. They charged into his house asking for all the Pokemon in there and threatening to kill his family and him if we didn't give in. Luckily Officer Jenny arrived just in time to get rid of the Rockets in there and back then Team Rocket was still young and not as powerful as now. Because of this, he would never join them.

Appearance: Description: Jake stands at 5'9 and has an athletic build due to his constant training with his water Pokémon and his love of water sports. He is slightly tanned and has brown spiky hair. His eyes are Sapphire Blue. He wears a black polo with navy blue cargo pants that are baggy and wears black sneakers. He also wears a Yin-Yang necklace.

History: Jake is one of the minor-leaders of the Cerulean City Gym. He worked with Misty and all the Water/Ice pokemon in there. Misty was like a role-model to him because he himself wanted to be a Gym leader. He came from a family of Gym Leaders but unfortunately, his family gym closed a while ago due to no family member claiming it after Jake's sister resigned. Back then he was still too young to be a Gym Leader. After so much work in the gym, He decided to go to the Hoenn Region and go to the Safari Zone there to see what new Water and Ice Type Pokemon he could catch and add to his inventory.

 

[~*Nariko*~]

Random fan, is it okay that I changed the "path" section in my profile from refugee to runaway? If it's not, I can change it back.

 

[Random_Fan]

Wow, that's impressive X-kris. I'd be an idiot not to accept you. Though there is one confusing part, it isn't really important for me to point it out. Seriously. Everything else checks out and you're good to go.

Erin again, that's a better sign-up. Nothing really else to say, you covered up everything.

Water and Ice, well put. You got a lengthy enough sign-up and I see nothing wrong with it.

Nariko, Yeah, you can change it to runaway. The RP hasn't even started yet. Though, now all I can say is "ROFL, no one went with R, A, and M!" XD

Well, now that everyone's set, I'll leave this note for anyone that hasn't joined and would like to join, then I'll put it up in the first post after we're done with the Safari Zone.

"Anyone may join. After we pass the Safari Zone, you may still join, but you will not start at the Safari Zone. If you pick Refugee Camp, you will just arrive in trucks to the Refugee base. If you pick Runaway, well, you're a runaway, chances are you'll meet up with the rest of the runaways. Also, the history won't be of any use anymore, but you can still use it in your Sign up."

That's after we're done, people who are peaking around the corners, read this one if we already started and haven't left the Safari Zone.

"We already started. New members can join, but you must read the posts in the last page we're in, then find a way to squeeze in."

The quote above is already in the first post though, so I see no reason why I put it here. Anyways, let's start, shall we?

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Heather looked forward from behind the guard rails, where many spectators stood watching, clapping, talking together, having a good time. There were families. Some were shaking hands with others, knowing they would be taking part in the Safari Zone hunt.

"Look Ned!" she said to her older brother, Ned Rivor.

Ned squeezed through two people and reached for his sister. "Hey, I told you not to wander." He said calmly to her, with a stern face to add with it.

"What are you talking about? I wasn't wandering!"

"Me losing sight of you is what I call wandering, and that's exactly what happened."

A Safari Zone guard opened up the guard rails right in front of Heather. He wasn't really in the Safari Zone attire. Instead, he was wearing a black security guard outfit. "Trainers, enter," said the loud speakers. Just as they blared, trainers departed and were heading to the exit in front of Heather, pushing her out of the way.

Ned chuckled a bit at what had happened. Heather looked at him, a mean gaze placed.

"What?" asked Ned.

Before the trainers could go any further than they were, more guards went up to them and asked them to give them their Pokéballs. They did, and the Pokéballs went over small scans connected to the guards' arms. The scans made the Pokéballs containing Pokémon useless for a total of 30 minutes. The trainers were then asked if they had any Safari balls, to which they agreed. The ones that didn't were given.

"Bye Ned," said Heather. She then got caught up in the crowd of trainers still going out and went to the front. She was asked the same thing as the other trainers.

"Didn't even let me say 'later'," Ned sighed to himself.

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"Didn't even let me say 'later'," said a spectator. Jason wasn't really paying attention to anyone. When the bystander turned around and saw him, he said to him, "little trainers and they're 'I know everything because I've been everywhere' attitude, remember those days?"

Jason stood there and raised an eyebrow, wondering why the person even spoke to him when he didn't know him. Jason raised his Pokéball, and that was enough to show that he was in the event too.

"Later stranger," said Jason, and continued onward to the crowd in front of him. He saw his six other friends waiting there, already with their Pokéballs disabled.

"So this is the event of my lifetime?" asked Jason, remembering what one of his friends, Keith, had said over the phone to get him to come.

"Close enough," said Keith, as a guard asked for Jason's Pokéballs, in which he only gave his Mightyena.

He looked at another of his friends. "Sarah, it's been awhile."

"Two years, you mean," she said with a gaze. "Jason, we had something going. Why did you stop calling?"

Jason remained quiet. After a few seconds, he said, "We could still pick it up, can't we?"

Sarah smiled. "I'd like that."

Jason's Pokéball was given back. He was asked if he had Safari balls, and he answered yes, showing his bag of thirty. And now they just had to wait.

 

[Erin Moonnite]

Erin looked down at Moonlight, holding onto her Pokeball, twirling it on her finger. "It'll only be for a little bit, Moonlight, I promise." Erin said, pleading to her Pokemon who disliked Pokeballs. Moonlight sighed, and poked the button in the center of the Pokeball with her nose. With a flash of red light, Moonlight returned to her Pokeball.

Erin quickly got her Safari Balls and had her Pokeballs checked. Erin thanked them and took her Pokeballs back, moving to another location so other people get by.

Erin waited for the challenge to begin. Erin stared at Moonlight's dusty Pokeball that had not been used in years. 'I promise to make this quick, Moonlight. I'll have you outta that Pokeball in no time.' Erin thought to herself.

 

[~*Nariko*~]

"This is going to be so much fun!" Kali said outloud. She had never been to the Safari Zone before. She was so excited she could hardly wait to start. The Sneasel at Kali's side was seemingly happy too, but that wasn't going to last for long.

"Trainers," the speakers blared. "You Pokemon must be kept in their Pokeball's at all times until the end of the activity. No acceptions. Thank you!"

The Pokemon's smile fell as it's trainer pulled the pokeball out of her pocket. "You heard the man, Shadow. It's only thirty minutes, I'm sure you can last that long."

Shadow gave Kali a look of protest before crossing it's arms and reluctantly agreeing. Kali pressed the small button on the pokeball and with a bright flash of red, the Pokemon was sucked inside. She then hurried over to one of the guards to get her pokeballs locked.

Once everything was ready, she excitedly proceeded to the Safari Zone's entrance.

 

[water&icepower]

Jake looked at his 6 Pokeballs containing Starmie, Vaporeon, Dewgong, Cloyster, Lapras, and Balstoise. He was proud that he was a specialty trainer, and knew this would eventually qualify for him to become a Gym Leader, his life-long dream.

He looked up and saw that the Safari had just started and looked back at his Pokeballs. He called them all out before to talk to them before he would go in. He looked at them Lapras being the largest of the six and Vaporeon being the smallest. "Sorry you guys, but they won't let you in according to the rules." They all growled and sighed. He felt sorry for them and tried to cheer them up, "Hey guys it will only be for half an hour, then we can have all the battles we want." They still looked pretty upset and returned back to their pokeballs hesitantly.

He then walked into the Safari Zone and gave his Pokeballs to the guard to disable them. He was excited to see what kinds of water or ice pokemon he could find.

 

[Utami]

Hanae tried to cover her ears over the loud spectators roar. She looked in the crowd for her aunt. She saw the lady pointed towards the entrance of the Safari Zone. In the midst of chaos, Hanae could faintly hear the words, "Go... fun... catch..."

Hanae shook her head violently at her aunt. She headed for the exit but her aunt had already caught up with her.

"It's almost starting, why aren't you going inside?" asked her aunt. "You know why..." replied Hanae. She started to finger her hair nervously while looking away to not see her aunt's scowering face. "Just go, maybe you'll like it... you never know right?" sighed her aunt. Her aunt started to nudge Hanae towards the gate. Hanae solemnly walked in the pointed direction. She was sweating all over.

The guard asked for her pokeballs but Hanae took a step back and ran into the crowd with the spectators.

 

[Wolf_Goddess]

The Vulpix in her arms began to squirm as they entered the area of the Safari Zone. Satomi looks down at her curiously, tightening her grip upon the fox Pokemon. She had read somewhere that Pokemon could sense things that were about to happen, but normally that was with Psychic Pokemon, not Fire bred species. Besides, nothing bad was to happen, it was just her weekly visit to the Zone. Looking down at the small creature in her arms, she figured that Pixie was just excited, especially with all these trainers around. It hadn't been this crowded for awhile...or at least as long as Satomi was here...which in retrospect was not quite long at all.

Many looked curiously at the Vulpix, pondering over the strange markings on the tail. All six of them were tipped in a deep charcoal black before regaining their usual red-hued brown colour. Whenever someone asked about the strange colour of the tails, the girl would reply that she had dyed them that colour. The truth was, Satomi was quite the rebelious teenager. Her eyes were heavy with black eyeliner, and she looked suited to be at some sort of rock concert, even though she was cladded in a normal black tank and plain blue jeans that were loose and held up with a large, simple black belt.

'And why did you dye them?' Many would continue, looking curiously at the girl. It was then that Satomi would smile, fingering her scarlet hair that was streaked with black.

'I had the time.'

Noticing that yet another trainer was about to ponder over the mysterious tails that Pixie possessed, the redhead scurried away in a nonchalant manner, and was shortly stopped by a guard. The look on his face read that he obviously did not want to do this job. Who would blame him from the looks of this crowded place?

"Pokeball." He says gruffly, poking at the belt roughly. He was intelligent enough to know that this was a belt used to hold Pokeballs from the small clasps on it, and yet he saw naught of the contraption.

"Uh...?" Satomi said, blinking her brilliant cobalt eyes in somewhat of an innocent manner. She truly had no idea what he meant.

His sigh was coarse, and her rubbed his five o'clock shadow. "If you're paticipating in the hunt, then you have to put your Vulpix in a Pokeball."

Satomi cursed mildly at herself. How stupid could she get, she left Pixie's Pokeball at home...and it was too late to get it now. Her mother was out working at whatever the hell she does, and her father was out doing whatever the hell he did. She possessed no keys, and the house was undoubtfully...locked. Dammit.

"I forgot it at home," she snaps coldly, still pissed at how stupid she had gotten.

"Then I suppose you shall just watch." The guard said, looking at her roughly. She glares at him, her blue eyes filled with a ominous feel to them, but obliges, turning away towards the crowd. She finds herself standing next to a man with a small scratch on his nose. A girl had just recently said her goodbyes, and Satomi accidentally caught his name. Ned, if she heard correctly.

Pixie still seemed a bit nervous, and then again, she wasn't used to being by so many people. Satomi held the black-tipped Vulpix closer to her chest, feeling the slight tremble of the nervous creature vibrate throughout her body.

"Why are you so nervous, hm?" she cooed at it, rubbing Pixie between the ears. "It isn't like anything bad is going to happen..."

 

[Scottura]

Name: Scott Wyvern

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Pokémon: Charizard, Pikachu, Houndoom, Ditto, Umbreon, Espeon

Path: Runaway.

Reason Behind Path Chosen: Scott never really liked Team Rocket, Magma and Aqua, He had heard about them ever since he was little and even had a Team Rocket member try to steal his Umbreon and Espeon, but he defeated the member, using his Charizard. And to Scott, the way those teams just came together, made him suspicious of them.

Appearance: Around 5'10, with a bit of a toned body. His skin is slightly tanned from all the time he spends traveling. His eyes are a light brownish-red and his hair is the darkest black. His hair is a bit spiky but really messy. Around his neck is a gunmetal silver necklace or pendant in the shape of a crown. He has a scar coming from his right shoulder blade to his left rib on his back. His clothes are dark gray cargo-pants, black long-sleeve shirt with a dragon inprint on the back, black and red sneakers. On his hands are some black fingerless gloves.

 

[Phanima]

Name: Miles (Christopher Scott – middle and surname curtesy of Miles' adoptive parents)

Age: 14

Gender: Male

Pokémon: Noir (Dragonair), Misdreavus, Shiftry, Roselia, Milotic, Absol

Path: Refugee camp

Reason behind path chosen: Miles became aware of his family and his involvement with Team Rocket after his adoptive parents mysteriously disappeared and he was instated as the temporary leader of his adoptive parents' gym. Miles has no intention of becoming a refugee but is using this opportunity to find his parents and how they and he are linked to Team Rocket.

Appearance: Miles stands at 159 centimetres high and weighs an approximate of 55 kilograms. He has short black hair often adorned by a 'Mambo' beanie. His skin is lightly tanned and is clothed by a white long-sleave (rolled) collar shirt as well as a pair of grey buckle-braced trousers. His attire also includes a pair of white grey sneakers. A dog-tag chained by a silver necklace rests across his shoulders and around his neck. The word 'Reach' is also printed upon the tag.

History: Miles was brought up by his adoptive parents, Judith and Michael Scott, and became his father's apprentice when he was thirteen. Miles and his father both worked within the family gym until the period of time where his parents abruptly disappeared and he was instated as the temporary leader of the gym. After some time Miles discovered several reports and papers involving an agreement between his adoptive parents and the infamous crime syndicate, Team Rocket. The latest papers indicated an event that was to occur surrounding the opening of the Lilycove Safari Zone. Miles then decided to investigate the event in hopes of discovering the disappearance of his parents and to restore normality to his life.

*Took me a while to read through all your stories and characters (so tired now) and it's really interesting. I guess I can only join (if I can't that's cool, the stories are interesting enough) after you've passed the Safari Zone right? Anyway, keep it going and nice work getting it all together Random_Fan.

 

[xxxSakura]

Mimi folded her arms and drummed her fingers on the wall anxiously. Her disatnt cousin, Hayaeko, paced around nervously. Finally, she gazed up at the clock and hollered at her mother.

"It's TIME! We JUST have to go now, Mum! Isn't that stupid old darn car fixed yet?!"

Her mother sighed from the garage. "It guess it'll probably not be fixed for another..." Ann took a look at her watch. "Half an hour, I would say. You guys have to go by yourselves."

Mimi's blue eyes widened. "Can you please ENLIGHTEN me on how we are going by ourselves?!" She bawled as Hayaeko dragged her out of the door.

"With this..." Hayaeko pulled out a Pokeball, an half red, half white orb. "GO! Butterfree!"

A radiant maroon beam flashed out a beautiful Butterfly-like creature. Hayaeko smiled. "Now, where yours?'

Mimi grinned as she pulled out another orb with a different fashion. "Go, Beautifly!" Another beam shot out, and a Butterfly-like creature came out too. However, it was different from Hayaeko's Pokemon, they were different species of Butterfly-like Pokemon, Beautifly and Butterfree.

"Beautifly!"
"Butterfree!"
"Use FLY!"
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"Isn't this a long queue?"

Mummurs of fatigue and regrets came pouring around the area at the Safari Zone. Restless people were pacing around, while the spectators were anxious to witness the starting of the Contest.

"See ya!" A girl with pale green hair and emerald eyes called out from the spectators' area, wavign frantically at Mimi and Hayaeko.

"Bye, Ayame-chan!" Hayaeko waved back slightly, and went ahead into the guard rails of infamy without Mimi.

"Uh, bye, Ayame-chan! Wish me- Hey!" The guard quickly shuffled her into the Zone as he closed the gates with a bang. "How rude! I was going to have a wishing of good luck!"
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"How rude those guards are!"

Complaints can be heard about the guards everywhere.

Who knows? Mimi shrugged. They are just nervous about the contest, perhaps?