OoC: Just to let you guys know, this’ll be my last magnificent post for the next five days or so, so savor this one if thou will ^_~
OoC2: B4: Sorry for dictating most your battle…thought I’d make things interesting

Alexander, Alexis [Abra M], Lyfai [Vaporeon F], Kevin, Shade [Eevee F], Seth, Clyde [Mankey M], Ari, Efri [Eevee F], Asher, Fray [Ponyta F]

Ah, it seems as though my new friends are ready…let’s see the crew…duh Alexis is here…ah Ari’s got a spiffy Eevee…by the name of Efri, that’s spiffy as spiff I want one o’ those someday...maybe not…creepy…oi! Look at Clyde and Seth in action, they’re all pumped up like heck! And Kevin’s got…his Eevee out?! Oh well, he’ll figure something snazzy in the end I suppose…Asher…Asher omg she’s…she’s picking a Pikachu…LEIF!?

As Leif, Asher’s second pokemon, materialized out of her pokeball, she smirked at the second largest hiker as if he were a over-confident nub or something:

“I don’t need an advantage over such a couch potato as yourself. My pokemon need a challenge you fatty, so see if you can even touch my Pikachu with your slow-butt Geodude,” Asher pulled back her hair and re-secured it in a ponytail, awaiting the hikers’ reactions, which were of course pure laughter and mockery:

“Aw, the little lassie wants a challenge for her yellow little mouse, does she? She’ll get it alright! Go Geodude, slam him with our new Body Slam attack! Show no friggin’ mercy darn it!”

“Smack that tiny Eevee with your Rock Throw attack! Show him the power of the mountains!”

“Defense Curl against that Mankey’s Karate Chop attacks and counter with Counter! Hell ya!”

“That Eevee there’s a joke! Rollout, now!”

“Ha, you’re talking, that Abra’s a tiny critter, no kidding, Rollout him too!”

And so the battle was joined. Clyde and a dark-tinted Geodude took center stage, and Clyde began the battle with an expected Karate Chop attack that connected very nicely, leaving the Geodude visibly bruised. The attack had landed even before a Defense Curl could’ve been set up, yet the Geodude did manage to Counter effectively, sending Clyde skyrocketing back to Seth’s feet:

“Aw come on, Clyde, we can over-run ‘em. Remember we’re the very best! No one can stop us! Realisticaly that guy’s got no hope! Now up and at ‘em!” Clyde rose to his feet from the encouragement of his trainer Seth who eyes were fixated upon the opposing and imposing Hiker

On the west side of the battle arena, Ari and Asher were literally back to back, as Leif and Efri kept the Geodudes at bay. The first Geodude charged viciously at Leif, who giggled softly and jumped over the rock-hard pokemon, who went straight over Efri and made both protagonists laugh out loud. Unfortunately, the same wouldn’t apply to Leif, for when Efri evaded the blow, the other Geodude’s Rock Throw attack hit Leif head on, and Asher grumbled slightly…every so lightly…but just enough to transform Ari into a forgiving carcass (not to degrade you Nab, u’re cool).

“Oh no! My dearest apologies Asher! I didn’t mean for our battle to interfere with yours so badly and…I’m so sorry! I’ll make it up to you I swear!” Ari cried, jumping up and down as Efri squared off the other Geodude, who was still considering his next move, but looked he was eyeing Leif instead.

“What? Oh my gawd, don’t worry about it Ari, these things are bound to happen. Pfft, I’ll probably ruin your battle first…” But Asher took her words back as soon as she had said them, for now both the Geodudes were sending variable Magnitude waves Leif’s way, and the female Pikachu seemed eternally doomed….

Meanwhile, way over on the East side of this rocky “arena,” Alex and Kevin had their hands full with two other hikers, the two smallest ones as a matter of fact. But they had it far from easy, for these two Hikers kept using the deadly Rollout attack which seemed to gain more strength and speed every time it was used. Things looked like they were going from okay to annoying to tedious to harmful to finally dangerous, as Shade and Alexis both took a major physical blow from Roullout…lending snickering snickers from the snickering of snicker Hikers…a devious combination of snickers indeed.

Alexis and Shade did their best to over-whelm the Geodudes with their superior speed, and things were going considerably well: Alexis had inflicted serious damage with his Confusion attacks and Shade had caused her opponent to crash into stray boulders here and there quite a few times: but the truth of the story was that it wasn’t getting anywhere fast, because the Geodudes were rearing up for an unbelievably fast Rollout attack that would have left even Alexis wondering as to how to evade the blow. After a considerably close call with Shade, Kevin cried:

“Alex, I have a plan we can use. You fancy giving it a try?"

“I’m game if you are,” Alex replied, and so they plan unfolded…with the battle ever so closely nearing the center of the stage. They didn’t have to worry about Clyde and the first Geodude, however, as they had taken their fight to an extreme and Clyde was basically balancing himself as if he were participating in the circus on a Rolling-Out Geodude that was running in circles around the whole arena!

But finally the plan was set in stone—and behold the works of art, it worked like a miracle—the two Geodudes collided furiously and were knocked back on opposite ends of the battlefield, both visibly unconscious, and as Alex walked over to Kevin to congratulate his efforts, the battle between Leif, Efri, and the larger Geodudes was reaching a climatic finish….

“Aha! What’s she gonna do now? Can’t run away with your Eevee now, can ya, ya Pikachu?! Wahaha!” The third and fourth biggest Hikers bellowed and Asher was ready to give them a good noggin’ bashin’, but she was realized that indeed Leif was in grave danger.

“Oh dear…Efri! Quick! Make amends and carry Leif to safety with Agility, then create clones with your Double Team!” Ari was jumping crazily, afraid she was going to lose her first true female friend.

But Efri didn’t fail her, and the Geodude did exactly 0% damage to Leif, plus they were totally confused by the many clones around them, and eventually Leif adopted her ally technique, creating dozens of clones as well. Pretty soon it was about three dozen Pikachus and three dozen Eevees against two Geodudes.

“You just saved Leif, didn’t you, Ari?” Asher asked, looking behind her to see an equally shocked pale-skinned Ari.

“I-I guess I did…wow…that-that’s so cool…” Ari was still in a daze as the Geodudes struggled to find their point of focus, when Asher snapped back to reality and the Hikers grunted louder than before.

“J’es smack ‘em with Rock Throws, they can’t evade two volleys, right partner?” The bigger one asked.

“Right on, mate. No way hoz-a-hay,” the smaller one cackled, though to Asher and Ari they both looked unbelievably huge….

“Right, Leif! Start start charging up some electricity with Charge…” Asher turned around to see that Ari was still in partial-shock, so she proceeded and assumed command of Efri, “Efri, if you don’t mind, please try and carry Leif on your back and blind ‘em with Sand Attack. After all that you gotta ram into one of the Geodudes with a physical attack—anyone you know, just go for it,” Asher was confident in her strategies and sure enough they worked like a charm.

The Geodudes were still wondering what in the world was going on, since they had no clue which Efri or Leif clone to dismantle. In their vision, all the Leifs used a powerful Charge move, but the Geodudes weren’t worried, electricity couldn’t harm them, right? Right? Right?

Efri blinded them badly with her Sand-Attack moves, acknowledging the fact that Ari was a little side tracked. The Geodudes consistently bumped into each other, and Efri powered up for what looked like a Body Slam attack.

“Quick Leif, position a Thundershock attack just between Efri and that Geodude! Now! And again!” Asher cried.

Lightning coursed through one of the blinded Geodudes as Efri penetrated its skin with electricity—the result was a stunted Geodude—stunted in the term that he was internally shocked. The process repeated itself as the other Geodude suffered the same ghastly fate. The clones and the original protagonists both cackled in victory and the hikers were rather peeved again, to say the least.

“Huh? Wow…you’re so good at battling, Asher! Hey, Efri, nice work! Finish things up with a few Double-Edges!” Ari cried enthusiastically.

“Um, thanks Ari, ok Leif, finish them up with multiple Quick Attacks!” Asher commanded.

“Pikaa!”

“Vee!”

Efri’s Double-Edges drove the two Geodudes senseless and the rock pokemon had no clue where to go or move. On top of that, Leif’s Quick Attacks stunned them into oblivion, chipping away at their stamina till finally the two Hikers recalled their Geodudes angrily,

“T’was a burst of luck if I ever did see one,”

“Jyes, you’re gosh darn it right it was,” Needless to say the Hikers were legible for a pounding from Asher, but she couldn’t bother and was busy talking with Ari over their amazing battle….

“Woah, easy Clyde, keep it easy, now! Smack it!” Bop. Clyde’s Low Kick caught the largest and possibly strongest Geodude right where it HURTS, namely because the Geodude and the Hiker had been expecting a Karate Chop, and had ducked in response.

“Crud! Geodude, Counter that shiz, and then hit ‘em with another burst of Mega Punch! That’ll send him reeeeeling hell ya!” Unlike the other Hikers, this once was actually experienced and Clyde suffered major damage at the hands of a titanic Geodude that looked like it was ready to evolve into a Graveler….

“Geooo-go-gra—graa—grave-gravellher!” And sure enough, before Seth and his adversary’s eyes, it evolved into a even larger rock pokemon that struck a tiny chord of intimidation in Clyde.

“Ha! You think you can intimidate us with your big body and all that shiz, yeah right, we’re crush you to smithereens! Clyde, harness your energy with Focus Energy and then power up with Bulk Up!” Seth commanded.

“Ha! Bulk Up won’t help ya, I’ve taught my Graveler that move long ago, Graveler, now that you’re even stronger, make it a point with Bulk Up as well!”

Fortunately, for the overconfident Hiker, he thought a few Bulk Up moves would be enough to scrap Clyde…he had forgotten the power of Focus Energy and would pay dearly for that ignorance….

The Graveller and Clyde both powered up till they looked like they were about to burst with power, but Clyde had the upper hand with a Focus Energy charge-up, and when the time came for the two pokemon to collide with their strongest attacks, Clyde made it a point to HIT FIRST. And he did it, too.

To both trainer’s surprise, the Graveler never laid a hand on Clyde, for the Mankey was so swift in his execution of the final Karate Chop that the Graveler didn’t even have time to lift his hand for his Mega Punch technique. The end result was a Graveler decimated by a critically strong super-effective high-gear attack from a hyper pokemon, leaving much to be desired for the defense.

“Maank!” Clyde victoriously stampeded onto the Graveler, who wasn’t breathing very well and soon returned to his pokeball.

“Alright, Clyde! That was awesome! Dude you showed that pile of rocks who’s boss and ya did it well, oh, look at the expression on that hiker’s face…whaha!” Seth simply laughed out loud at the 7’5” hiker in front of him, who was rather peeved, but didn’t care for much of it.

The five Hikers reassembled themselves and shifted their legs as they departed, morning the loss of their supremacy. Meanwhile, the other two 2v2 battles had also ended, and the group, well, they regrouped at the center to congratulate Clyde and Seth on a battle well played.

“Glad you picked your teeth with their bones,” Asher.

“Wow, you’re really talented, Seth, and you too, Clyde!” Ari.

“Spiffy work and a job well done,” Kevin.

“Woah, and a Graveler too, that’s gotta hurt their oversized egos alright,” Alex.

“Yeah, Clyde pulled through rather nicely…hey your battles weren’t all that bad either. Efri and Leif bedazzled those Geodudes and Shade and Alexis struck them senseless. Ha! It was hilarious plan, Kevin, I commend you,” Seth complimented, returning Clyde to his pokeball.

“Aw shucks, it wasn’t that cool…but yeah I suppose we drove ‘em up the wall,” Kevin laughed and patted Alex’s shoulder, “He and Alexis were a big help though,” Needless to say though, he was smiling in Asher direction and she barely returned the favor with an ever so slight upcurling of her lips.

Alex sensed it would be a wise time to once again leave the scene quietly, so he walked over to Ari and struck up a random conversation, eyeing back now and then to see if Seth was also moving away from the action…and thankfully his friend had picked up on the act…or he was just too happy with his victory—Alex couldn’t quite tell…

“So, Ari, I see you’re quite experienced with ghost type pokemon,” Alex commented, his Vaporeon striding beside him and Alexis perched once again on his right shoulder.

“Well, I have lived in Lavender all my life so yes, that would be correct…you look like you’re from Viridian, right?” she asked timidly, calling Efri back to her pokeball.

“Wow, how did you know?” Alex asked, obviously shocked at her seemingly ESP nature.

“Um…lucky guess? Hehe, I dunno, you just look like those well-educated Viridians, not like the run-down Pewter people or the farmer-type Pallets, you know what I mean? She asked.

“Yes…I suppose so, though I’ve always abhorred such a stereotypical image…” Alex trailed off, unable too his eyes off of Ari’s captivating necklace…which seemed to lull him into a deep enchantment.

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OoC: OMG, Nab, I had to RETYPE the entire section with you and B4 just because I thought Efri was a Ghastly!! Ech!

Seth: sorry for leaving you out of the conversation dude, I just wanted you to bathe in glory =P

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