~Destino Reale~ (It STARTS! LSUs Welcome!)

[SWAMPERT1]

Lee Kenta
Party: Eevee – Magikarp
Location: Route between Pewter City and Mt. Moon
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“I couldn’t stop thinking about how Alex must feel right now. Is he sad? Does he hate me? What.” I thought to myself, “I hope we could meet up again later.”

I was walking on a path that was right beside a fairly grassy area. It looked like there was some small pokemon in it but I couldn’t make any of them out so I just continued on my way. I could also see some trainers battling way out past the grassy area. I thought of going over to them to watch but I decided not.

All of a sudden there was a rustle in the grassy area. It kept getting closer and closer to me when all of a sudden, a familiar face popped out. I was the Bug Catcher I had battled in the Viridian Forest.

“Hay you.” He said to me, “I remember you from Viridian Forest, lets have a rematch.”

“Umm… Hi. How have you been?” I asked a little confused of how straight forward he was.

“The rematch kid?” The Bug Catcher asked.

“Ah… Ok” I told him.

He then got right to it, “Okay, go Butterfree”

Sorry about that Mewtwo. But don't worry, I'll make sure we meet up later ^____^

[Bulbasaur4]

Asher
~ In the Pokecenter w/Siderous & Kevin ~
Leif [Pikachu/m]|Fray [Ponyta/F]|Aries [Dratini/M]

Asher withdrew a stifled yawn as she awoke from her sleeping bag, instantly blinking her eyes a bit until her clouded vision had gone away. Leif was sleeping curled against her side, although she probably had thrashed around in the night a little bit. Aries was staring at her, curled in the same state he was at night but his eyes were wide open and he stared quite intently. Asher offered him a weak nod as she glanced to see that Siderous was up and already changed.
" Not much of a late riser, are you?" She said flatly, slowing crawling out of her sleeping bag. Her tank top hugged at her figure slightly, as her shorts drooped a little bit to show a bit of her defined pelvic line. She seemed oblvious, her ponytailed hair a bit messed up. Asher looked at Kevin snoring on the couch and she rolled her eyes.
"I suppose we should get going..." Asher said to Siderous, who nodded.
"Yeah, we should go challenge Brock."
Asher gave a nod and grabbed her blue bag which was near. Instantly she grabbed a few garments of clothing and then disappeared into the bathroom... leaving Leif to sleep upon the couch.

She returned, and it seemed as magically she had transformed to look different than the previous day. She had showered and her skin was glowing, matching her viberant light-hued hair which wasn't down... but up. It was beautifully straight and hung about her back and shoulders, seeming to look like silky ribbons. They matched her vivid eyes as she walked back to the couch. She wore a black tank top which had a route sign in white print upon the square of her back. She wore jeans this time, deep blue jeans that were slightly faded along with her usual shoes. The deep contrast was rather blazing compared to her light hair and eye color, although her skin was slightly tanned.

Asher looked at Kevin, who was still snoring about as loud as a Snorlax. Annoyed, Asher took a nearbye couch pillow and decked Kevin in the head ... pretty hard too for a pillow. Instantly it connected dead on, Asher remarkabley always having great accuracy, and he awoke with a yelp.
" Wake up, Siderous and I are ready and you're still snoring up a storm." Kevin looked a bit embarressed, as Asher rolled her eyes and packed up her things.
" What are we going to do...?" Kevin said yawning, obviously still a bit out of it. Asher practically smacked herself in the face as she looked at him, Siderous's expression looking rather amused.
" We're going to be challenging Brock." Kevin gave a sleepy nod until suddenly his expression seemed to dramatically change.
"What about breakfast, we get to eat first right?" He asked eagerly, and Sideorus withdrew a sigh.
"I suppose... our pokemon could use the food."
Asher gave a nod, and looking at Leif she gave him a slight nud.
"Hey guy... wake up. We're going to be getting some thing to eat. I'll let you out then... okay?" Asher then looked to Aries and gave the same explanation, and they both nodded.
Instantly they were recalled, and Asher stood up looking at Siderous as they both waited for Kevin to come out of the bathroom.

"You made an aweful lot of noise last night." Asher stated blankly, crossing her arms.
"With both you and Kevin, I'm going to sleep very little..." Asher shrugged lightly, looking at Siderous's expression as she shook her head.
"I work well on little sleep anyway... "

Lyfai
~ The Vaporeon / F ~

Lyfai stared up at Alex, blinking slightly as she tilted her head to the side and stared at him puzzling over the question. She was to battle? She had battled before... yes... many times... but to do it for this trainer?
"Vapooor!" She suddenly exclaimed, leaping off of Alex and doing a little twirl as if she were chasing her tail. She then gave a slight nod, her viberant violet eyes seeming to glow a bit as she almost gave off the air that she was smiling. Alex seemed happy at this, as he gave a nod.
"Alright!" He proclaimed, giving a smile which made Lyfai wag her tail a bit.

She liked it when she saw smiles.

"Well then... should we go over now?" He questioned, and Lyfai glanced through the window at the massive looming building that she had been inside before. She recalled the large snake-like pokemon of rock... Onix. how it had smashed into the ground... trying to beatup the Eevee and trying to seemingly devour the entire earth. It was like a demon from the ground with large eyes and a roar to cause the giants to shake...
... Lyfai suddenly narrowed her eyes in determination. She knew she could beat it.

Looking up to Alex, her determination faded and she seemed to be just as bubbly ever.
"Eeeeohn! Eeooohn vaaay!" She stated lightly, running towards the Pokecenter door as she glanced back at him, wagging her tail and ready to go.

[DaRk MeWtWo]

Alex @ Pewter City Pokecenter, with Sleeping Alexis [Abra M], and Lyfai [Vaporeon F]

The Vaporeon’s wagging tail infused a grin upon Alex that he had quite a hard time rubbing off. Her violet and deep eyes seemed to reply in and of themselves, and it wasn’t difficult for him to understand she was willing to be her partner against Brock.

And now she’s happy again. But what about Alexis? The psychic humanoid pokemon was still resting soundly on his shoulder, still in his “Full Sleep Mode,” as Alex would later refer to it. He’ll be okay. I’ll just take him with me and win the first badge the second he wakes up…ugh who’m I kidding? He’s going to miss the whole thing. Alex glanced fervently at his first pokemon and was almost ashamed he wasn’t using it in his first gym battle. But that moment was soon over as he and the bubbly Vaporeon exited the Pokecenter, and with long and confident strides, were soon at the stone-cold door to Brock’s daunting gym.

It was with a slightly trembling hand that Alex turned the ivory knob of that door and stepped into his first ever gym battle—for the battle had begun as soon as he had entered the gym.

“Ha! I see you’ve returned!” The obnoxiously loud and echoing voice of the six-packer Brock rang bells in Alex’s ears and made him jump a foot or so off the floor. Alexis didn’t stir a bit, and the Vaporeon simply glared back at the gym leader.

“Ho ho. It seems your pokemon are more confident than you. Now what kind of a trainer is that? If his heart is not in the forthcoming battle, how can he even hope to win?” Brock laughed and walked all the way to Alex—from across the whole expanse of the gym—till he was face-to-face with the trainer. “Well?” he mockingly asked. Alex just stood there, a little petrified, but soon he had gathered himself together.

“I am confident,” he simply said. Then there was quite an awkward silence. God, what a lame comeback that was. I gotta show him I’m no pushover.

“I meantersay no oversized muscular gym leader with a six-pack is gonna send me back home. You’re boasting like you know everything there is to pokemon. I bet you didn’t even graduate from university or something—and that’s why you’re such a pathetic gym leader!” he proclaimed. Oh s***. What was that for? Great. Now I’ve made him mad. Brock inched even closer to Alex till their noses were just an inch apart:

“You dare to defy my superior rank?! I’ll crush you and your pokemon like the tiny toddlers they are!” he fumed.

“Yeah right. You know you don’t have a chance,” Alex smirked, glancing at the Vaporeon by his side, who was standing loyal and tall by his side, patiently awaiting for his argument to subside Holy cow. Here I go boring her again. I’ve got to stop this.

“Well, prepare yourself, and we shall see who truly deserves the higher rank. And, by the way, I didn’t go to a university—I went to a community college that integrated pokemon with helping the needy. But you wouldn’t know that—you’re too haughty yourself. Match starts in a minute. Be ready, I’ll be waiting on the opposite side of the gym.” Brock finished his comeback-gone-speech and walked away swiftly, head even higher in the air than before.

“Wise guy…come on, let’s go get him,” Alex walked ahead as the Vaporeon trailed behind him. He was soon atop a high ledge and observing the battle from afar, and the Vaporeon was courageously awaiting for the battle to begin, a tiny blue Eeveelution in the distance…It’s like she’s all alone. Against that giant snake that’s gonna pop outta that tiny pokeball…Alex slapped himself on the head, almost making Alexis fall from his right shoulder. Woah. Almost dropped Alexis there. I gotta focus.

“Well, well, are we ready? I presume this shall be a two-on-two battle, no? Go Geodu-” Brock’s bellowing was cut off by the alarmed voice of Alex:

“No! It’s a one-on-one battle. I’m using only my Vaporeon, and you should use…him.” Alex cried.

“What? You expect me to initiate a single one-on-one battle? I’m sorry, kid. I only do battles with both my pokemon. Whether it’s a Doube Battle or a Single Battle, whether it’s against one trainer or two, I always use both my pokemon. I’ve promised them participation from the start.” Brock’s somewhat angry voice seemed to strike a sledgehammer upon Alex’s skull.

“What do you mean? Oh no! Then we’ll have to battle another time I guess, my Abra’s still asleep. I gotta go then…” Alex said, beginning to climb down from the rocks…when suddenly a spire erupted from the ground and slashed his leg. “OW! What’s going on here!?”

“Hahaha! Don’t you know you can’t leave me now, boy? Trainers cannot refuse challenges from other trainers, and it’s not that different with gym battles. Once you’ve stepped into this gym and challenged me, you’re stuck with me until it’s all over—and since I’ve posted my two-pokemon usage policy right outside the gym, I guess you’re just have to fight two-on-one. Haha!” His barking laughter didn’t faze the Vaporeon down there all by herself. She just seemed to nod her head as if it was a simplistic challenge—she was eyeing the floating Geodude across from her with a devious curiosity.

“You fagging bully you! You can’t do this!” Alex protested. But a cage of stony spires was enveloping him, and it seemed they wouldn’t budge.

“Yes I can! You’re to fight me till the death! Haha!” Brock’s laughter was really getting on Alex’s nerves.

“Oh shut up you giant bully. Ugh,” Alex returned up to the high ledge, where he could actually breathe, “After I crush you I’m reporting you to the Pokemon Challenge authorities—they’ll have your head you tyrant!” Alex was fuming and the fact that Alexis was still asleep, and probably shaken up from the spires cutting a small injury on his left arm, wasn’t helping either. This guy’s going down. I’m not gonna betray her so soon after we met.

Pewter City Gym Leader Battle~ Lyfai F vs. M, and M (???)

“Silence you maggot! Geodude! Strengthen defenses with your Defense Curl first! Then smash his Vaporeon with Rollout!” Brock commanded.

“Ha! That’s so simplistic, it’s not even funny! Vaporeon! Make yourself invulnerable to his already pathetic strategy with Acid Armor!” Alex cried.

The Geodude’s Defense Curl was so fast that Vaporeon didn’t even notice the seconds tick as the rock pokemon’s skin hardened and gleamed a slightly lighter brown tint. Next Vaporeon began to dissipate, as if she was dissolving into thin air—her body was covered with a rainbow-colored aura which glowed with a brilliant radiance. The Geodude was impressed, but was quick to act by grabbing its skull and turning itself into a bowling ball—trying to strike down the Vaporeon for a good first hit. The attack was unreasonable fast, and the Vaporeon was struck on her left side. But the damage itself was laughable, and she shook of the pain immediately. Before the Geodude could continue his assault—

“Let’s show him we won’t just smack him cheaply with water! Vaporeon! Tail Whip, then follow up with a Sand-Attack, or ten! We can blind him pretty good here!” Alex cried.

“I doubt it. Geodude! Keep using Rollout, but if you miss then you better retreat and send a massive Magnitude attack! Go!” Brock bellowed.

The Vaporeon Tail Whipped the Geodude before he could even attack, and rock pokemon was struck dizzy, it’s gleaming tint beginning to fade away. But both pokemon were quick to attack, and the Geodude began retreating quickly enough. The Vaporeon stood still for a second, as if she contemplated how to perform her next move. Then she simply ran full-speed at the Geodude, and stopped just before she reached his face.

She giggled spontaneously as the equivalent of twenty normal Sand-Attacks billowed up behind her and swallowed the Geodude in a blinding cloud.

“Vapii! Eonn!” she was delighted with her tactics.

“Geoo—oo—dude?” The rock pokemon blindly struck the floor with his Magnitude attack, and the pathetic move was made even more pathetic by the fact that he missed his target completely, almost sending the shockwave rippling towards Brock.

“Geodude! Snap out of it! Concentrate! Ugh. Just use Reflect and wait for the Vaporeon to make her next move!” Brock bellowed, obviously very frustrated.

“Vaporeon! Nice work! Use your Quick Attacks now to render him asunder!” Alex responded.

The Vaporeon ran in circles around Geodude and struck him several blows, adding in a Tail Whip here and there for good measure. Soon the Geodude was so dizzy he was about ready to give it up. He couldn’t even aim a simple Tackle attack anymore—and his shining rocky armor was giving way quite nicely.

“Dammit. Geodude! You can do more than just a Rollout attack’s worth to that Vaporeon! Show him our stuff! ExPlOsIoN, NoW!” Brock’s commanded struck fear into the heart of Alex, and he felt his knees buckle under just the words.

“No! Vaporeon! We gotta really play now! End the battle quickly with Bubblebeam! Finish off the Geodude before it Explodes! You can’t avoid the damage from any range now, just finish it before it blows up!”

Everything next seemed to happen in slow motion. Vaporeon swished her elegant tail back and forth and charged numerous bubbles in his mouth, ready at any second to unleash on of her stronger water attacks on the disadvantaged rock/ground type. However, the Geodude seemed perfectly trained for his “sacrificial lamb” position, and was soon glowing a bright white and yellow, on the verge of using the deadly Explosion attack.

Dammit. What the hell was I thinking this time? Brock knew he was in trouble from the start, and knew I was confident all along. That’s why he made me even more confident and therefore I didn’t end the battle straightaway with a water attack. Now Vaporeon’s too relaxed and close to the Geodude to run for shelter from that Explosion attack. What’ve I done?!

Alex ("Panic Mode"), with Lyfai (Vaporeon F), and Alexis (Abra M in "Full Sleep Mode")

K Swampert1 I look forward to it =)
B4, continue/end it however you wish =) hope I'm not hogging Lyfai =x

[Bulbasaur4]

You're not hogging... hee.

Lyfai
~ With Alex in Brock's Gym ~

Lyfai stared at the Geodude, anger and determination in her eyes. He had already hit her a few times... and she didn't like it. She knew that she had capabilities of beating her opponent, and she hated the idea of the dumb rock pokemon actually touching her elegant body. Now she watched as the pokemon pulsated and glowed with viberant energy... and instantly Lyfai realized that she wasn't going to be able to bubble him in time.
"Vaaay!" She gave a cry, closing her eyes as she concentrated extremely hard upon herself. Her bubbles stopped foaming from her mouth as Alex gave a cry, just as Geodude suddenly let his own call out. Following that... a huge massive explosion ripped through the gym. Dust seemed to erupt from the ground, causing huge swirling clouds to form all about blinding both trainers. Bits of rock and boulders were blown away, crushing the ground and it seemed hopeless for Lyfai. The poor Vaporeon would have either been blown back, or she would have been trampled by the rocks.

When the dusty clouds finally settled... Geodude was upon the floor, fainted... and Lyfai was no where to be seen.
"Vaporeon?! Where are you?!" Alex said worriedly, panick with in his voice as Brock started to laugh.
"Looks like you've lost your only pokemon... that means the battle-" In midsentence, suddenly there was a shift. A small puddle of water could be seen surrounding a large, spike-like boulder that had not moved. Slowly the puddle seemed to glow an eerie silver, and it began to form together again until it uprose and took shape. After a brilliant flash of white echoed through the air, Lyfai was there again- her body virtually unscathed.

"W-what the?" Brock seemed at a loss for words, as he stared at the Vaporeon who saw teh fainted Geodude. She instantly grew a smile-like expression upon her face as seh wagged her tail and gave a cry. She then suddenly darted about the fainted Geodude... almost prancing about, as if saying, "Nice try!" Alex seemed a bit stunned as well- Lyfai had done that with out any order... just naturally, and so much swifter than before.
"That's... that's incredible?! Such an advanced Acid Armour with out any hint of water..." Brock fumbled for words, but soon anger overcame him as he withdrew Geodude.

" Enough. Playtime is over... your vaporeon won't stand a chance against ONIX!" With that his pokeball opened up and the glowing, looming figure of Onix appeared upon the floor. Instantly the red began to fade and an overwhelming roar echoed through out the entire stadium. It's large, massive eyes looked down at Lyfai with a deep determined look which was equally matched by her own small stature.

The two of them seemed to stare for a second... exchanging glares before Brock called out.
"Onix, let's start things off with an EARTHQUAKE!"
Instantly Onix sent a shrilling roar through the air, and Alex quickly responded.
"Jump upon one of those rocks and hold on... try to charge up a fierce Water attack!"
Lyfai gave a feverish nod, as she instantly darted over to one particular large rock. She sprinted as fast as she could, as Onix prepared to slam his body into the ground to cue a large, trembling earthquake. Just as she leapt into the air, his body had slammed into the ground as she soared through the air. She gracefully landed atop of the boulder, just as the Earthquake started to subside and as bolders and rocks moved, she kept herself steadily upon the top of the boulder. Her eyes seemed to glow quite viberantly with violet as she stared at the Onix. Her fins flared out a bit, looking slightly like menacing spikes almost... and it seemed as if her mood had changed. The Geodude was a joke.. but the Onix... the Onix was some thing she wanted to put in it's place.

The Onix reared up, and Brock shouted for a tackle attack. Lyfai waited for the Onix to rear up, her eyes beginning to swirl about with their viberant color as Alex seemed to nervously cry out.
"Dodge it with Quick Attack!"
However, Lyfai was head strong... she waited until the Onix charged at her. Then suddenly she opened her mouth and gave a cry.. "EEEEoooon!" as instantly a gush of water sprayed from her mouth with utmost force. It nailed Onix directly between the eyes, and the pokemon instantly gave a roar of pain. It then recoiled away from Lyfai in mid-tackle, crashing into boulders to the side of Lyfai. Lyfai kept her water gun going until the pokemon was upon the ground, in which she ceised. The Vaporeon then leapt off the rock... leveling herself with the Onix.
" Finish it off Vaporeon! Another water gun!"
Lyfai looked to Alex and a smile instantly overcame her face as she gave a nod. Slowly the Onix began to rise... obviously hurt by the water tremendously. This time Lyfai did not charge her attack up... but rather she withdrew a haughty breath and then instantly a gush of water spread along Onix's body. Lyfai made it so that the water gun didn't hit just one spot, but ran along a great distance of his body.

A roar of pain seemed to signal the end of the battle...as Onix crashed to the floor, powerless to avoid the stream of water. He gave a weak cry and instantly Lyfai ceised her water attack, panting slightly from using all her force and energy to create a powerful water gun. She then turned her face back cheerfully at Alex, wagging her tail to see Alex's stunned face that they had actually won.

"Vaaapor!" She said with a giggling-tone, scampering back over to Alex with such vigor that it was quite clear she had all intentions of tackling him. It was amazing too... the fact that she had seemed hell-bent upon mutilated the Onix in defeat, and then at the first sign of a done battle she became her hyper, energetic, bubbly self.
And Alex was going to recieve the brunt of it.

[Crystal Tears]

Chase
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Why I couldn't stop staring at them I didn't know, besides the point they were IDENTICAL, and the fact their names were... Um.. Bad, it was also because they were adorable. I smiled and picked up the D.C. I could tell it didn't exactly being abandoned by the breeder so young, and it didn't like its name.
"I'll take the girl." I said, holding D.C so that she could drop into my slightly to big pocket. She yelped happily and snuggled into it. "Your Name will be Fay now ok?"
The pikachu, not knowing the breeder long enough nodded happily, before snuggling down in the depths of the pocket.
"You taking A.C Emi?" I asked. "Cause if Not. I'll Take Him aswell."

OOC: Sorry for shortness. Out of ideas right now.

[classy_cat18]

Emi Tajiri ~ Pewter City Pokemon Center

"I'll take care of him," I said. "I guess that means you're not identical twins but fraternal. Let's see. We need a name. You can't be A.C. without D.C. What about...Ken?"

The Pikachu cocked his head. "Pi?" He then smiled widely. "Pikachu!" He climbed up to my shoulder and nuzzled me.

"Thanks, Mom. We'll take good care of them." I hugged her. "We have to go now but I'll call you when we get to Cerulean City." I left the building took a quick stop at the Pokemart for potions and antidotes. We then left the city, taking the route that would lead us to Mt. Moon.

Feather was under heavy training on the way to Mt. Moon. She started fighting with every wild Pokemon she saw. I had to spray her with potion before we reach Mt. Moon. She and Ryu beat Bug Catchers on the way. Ken would occasionally pick on the Spearow that lived in the area.

We reached Mt. Moon. I was still a little nervous about having to face Team Rocket but I felt safer with Chase and my Pokemon with me. We walked in and immediately bumped into one of the "grunts".

[Siderous]

Siderous Peregrine (w/Asher and Kevin, soon with Alex and Lyfai)
Party: Pidgey[F], Spearow[M], Butterfree[M], Nidoran[M]
Location: Pewter City Pokecenter
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"I work well on little sleep anyway... "

"Yeah, sorry about that," Sid said, scratching the back of his head. Kevin emerged from the bathroom, refreshed.
"So," Kevin said, grinning, "who's hungry?"

An hour and a half later, the trio and their Pokemon were just finishing up their breakfast in the Center. Siderous swallowed the last of his rice cake.
"I'm gonna head outside for some fresh air." Sid pulled his pack on, recalled his Pokemon, and walked out the door with a wave to Asher and Kevin.

It was a bleak morning. He looked up in the sky and saw bits of red swirling in the clouds. "Red in the morning, sailors take warning..." thought Siderous, remembering an old rhyme his mother had taught him. A red sky in the morning meant that it was going to rain later.
A voice whispered from around the corner of the Pokemon Center.
"Pssst! Hey, Sid!"
Sid whipped around and saw a guy hiding behind the Center, his stomach bulging.
"The boss wanted you to have this. He says they're very rare." He reached into his cloak and produced a Pokemon egg.
"What...?"
"Don't ask me, I'm just a messenger," the Rocket said hastily.

They heard the doors to the Center open. The Rocket said quickly, "Watch out for that girl. Apparently she hates us Rockets. She nearly took my head off there in the forest..." He reached up and massaged his neck.
"Sid?" Asher's voice echoed through the field. The Rocket gave a silent yelp, and scurried off to the west of Pewter.
"Sid?" Her voice was closer. Once Sid was sure the Rocket was out of sight, he called back, "I'm over here!"
Kevin and Asher came around the corner. Kevin sighed and said, "There you are, you're always running off..."
"Where on earth did you get that?" Asher hushed, cutting Kevin off. She was staring at the egg Sid held in his arms.
"What? Oh, this thing? I, um... I found it. Right here, behind the Center."
"It was just sitting here?" Asher gave him a scepticle look.
"Yeah, weird, huh?" There was an awkward silence. "Oh come on, guys... why else would I be behind a Pokemon Center? I was just on my way up to the PokeMart, and I happened to glance back at the Center and saw this lying on the ground here."
Another awkward silence. Sid sighed, and put the egg in his backpack. "Who's ready to kick Brock's hiney?"

The three of them made their way around Brock's gym and to the front doors, right when another trainer was coming out. He was beaming; and a Vaporean was bouncing around him excitedly. It was obvious that they'd just beaten Brock.
Sid noticed the glint of the Boulderbadge shining in the sun for the first time. "Congratulations," he said to the boy as he passed by.
"Thanks," replied the trainer.
"That's an awesome Vaporeon," Asher said, biting her lip. "Where'd you get it?"
"What? Oh... I'm not really sure if it's even mine yet," said the trainer, chuckling. "It just sort of found me here."
"Geez, you can find everything here," Kevin piped up. "Asher here caught a Dratini in the Viridian Forest... Siderous found a Pokemon egg, and a Vaporeon just walked right on up to you!"
The trainer laughed. "Yeah, I guess this is one lucky city... I'm Alex, by the way," he added at the end. "Well, Asher, Siderous... what did you say your name was?"
"Kevin."
"And Kevin. Good luck! Watch out for that second Pokemon, it's a doozy," he said, walking around the group and towards the Pokemon Center. Vaporeon, however, was still playing around with Asher, so Alex started coming back to the group.
"Come on, Asher, we need to get going," Sid said heartedly.
"Vapooor!" Vaporeon cried, jumping towards Siderous.
"Whoa!" Siderous stumbled backwards to avoid getting trampled down. One of his Rocket balls fell out of his pocket and rolled on the ground towards Vaporeon.

[Samchu]

Kevin
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I snatched up the ball quickly and examined it. I paid little attention to the thinning atmosphere around me. The balls was strange, I'd never seen one like it before and I'd seen a fair few in my time.
"Where'd you get this?" I asked, not yet taking my eyes off of the ball.
The vaporeon came over cautiously and sniffed at it. Then, deciding that she didn't care for it, she puffed up and darted quickly beside Alex.

"Yeah I found it," replied Sid, taking it back and putting it carefully away. "No idea what's so special about it yet though."

I shrugged, "you'll figure it out."

I kneeled down and dropped my bag to the floor and started rumaging through it. I took out a small plastic bag containing a meaty substance and unsealed it carefully. I took out a piece and handed it out to Shadow who chomped happily on it. I placed a few chunks into my hand and help it out to the vaporeon.

"What are you doing?" asked Asher.

"Making friends," I replied. Slowly, the vaporeon began edging her way over to me and sniffed at the treats in my hand. Then, deciding that they smelt quite tastey, she quickly took to chomping them down. Whilst the pokemon was doing this I took to taking a quick look at the magnificant pokemon before me. She was perfectly formed and with - I reached out and stroked a patch of fur - perfectly silky exterior. I looked up at Alex, "she's a beauty mate, better take care of her." and I stroked her under the chin gently and she gave out a faint.."por!"

"You look like you know what you're doing," said Sid.

I nodded. "My mom was a breeder and I'm gonna train to be one. I'm not much into training but I'm eager to learn so I'll catch pokemon and learn to be a great breeder like my mom." I pulled out some more chunks of my own-made pokechow and held them out to the vaporeon. "Fancy some more?"

[Bulbasaur4]

Lyfai

Lyfai was prancing about Alex as they exited the gym. Alex was preparing to head to the pokemon center to heal Lyfai... some how, but they ran into a group of three. Instantly Lyfai- being a people pokemon- seemed to dash to them as the group exchanged a few words. Lyfai happily approached the female, instantly taking a natural liking despite the female human's blank stare. Lyfai sensed the quiet and gentle nature of the girl however and she nuzzled her shin. However, such peace and pleasantness did not last. Lyfai glanced up to one of the males, and she dashed to him as if she were going to pounce playfully. He obviously was not accustomed to such playful nature by a pokemon - especially a technically 'wild' pokemon - and he seemed extremely startled.

Instantly a blank pokeball seemed to drop from his belt, and Lyfai lightly gazed upon it with her violet eyes.
FLASH!!
They were surrounding her... all of them dressed in black, grinning evily as shouts and cries from a distant boy protesting seemed to be muffled to her ears. A beating sound... crying... laughter... but they were all upon her... throwing their black spheres in the air to summon their beasts to beat her to defeat...
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They were in white coats, hidden behind gleaming glasses or shrouded in the darkness between bars. Pain... sharp needle-like pain as she heard screams... cries... smelled blood, fear.. death...
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Black pokeballs. White coats. Pain. Death. Pokemon. Green liquid. Blood. Attack! Battle! Run!


Bits and pieces of random images from deep with in her unconciousness came flooding to her mind. Her eyes glazed over for a second until instantly they returned into a fierce violet as she gave out a sharp cry of terror. That black pokeball... it was... it was them. Suddenly Lyfai did not see that male trainer as a pleasant person, but her eyes saw him dressed in a white coat... grinning evily... bits and pieces of memories coming all from that sphereical objects which echoed and screamed, "THEM!" at her mind.
Instantly Lyfai's reaction was to puff out, her fin's spreading so that they seemed perfectly on edge and made her rather small body looking extremely intimidating. She lashed her tail lightly... but then at the rememberance of battling so many black pokeballs last time... fear caused her to dart with lightning movements behind Alex. She practically pressed her body against his legs... shivering wildly.

A few more words were exchanged but Lyfai was in too much shock to recall their words. However soon a smell wafted to her nose... and her eyes flickered to see the other male trainer holding out food to her. She refused to move, fright and confusing memories still ebbing at her mind. Then she finally began to rid herself of the haze... and blinking she crept away from Alex, and began to eat. The food licked at her tongue and tickled at her senses as her mind seemed to ease for the part time. The black pokeball had disappeared- mostlikely picked up. Still, Lyfai was too afraid to look at the other boy who dropped the black pokeball - as if she were afraid he would hurt her or transform into the white coat.

Asher
~ Currently outside of Brock's Gym w/ Kevin, Siderous and Alex ~
Fray [ Ponyta/F]| Leif [Pikachu/M] | Aries [ Dratini/M]

Asher had observed the situation with an intense stare. There was some thing about that black pokeball... that she wasn't buying. She could sense that Siderous was hiding some thing deep, and it was starting to annoy her. She didn't expect him to come out and say whatever it was, but the reaction the Vaporeon had to such an object was obviously a sign. No pokemon acted that way normally unless they had been traumatized in some event related to an object such as that pokeball. Asher however... decided to remain silent upon the matter for now. Better to observe.

At the news of Kevin's announcement, Asher had raised a brow.
" That'd be better for you." She said flatly, having a few looks at her.
"You never were much of a competitive type." It was a slight joke- slight- but it was there. Kevin seemed to recognize it and he smiled lightly, petting the Vaporeon as she soon stopped eating and glanced up at them.

" You know... that's not a regular Vaporeon." Asher stated lightly, crouching down as Fray snorted and seemed to lower her nose to the ground as well, staring at the Vaporeon. The Vaporeon gave a little soft 'Eon!' and scampered to Asher, obviously liking people for some reason or another. The Vaporeon then looked at Fray, and they exchanged a few foreign words and seemed to be having their own little observation of each other. Asher could tell from Fray's expression that her Ponyta liked the Vaporeon.
" I figured her coloration was just... a little abnormal." Alex explained, as they glanced at it.
" No. It's more than abnormal... some one definately tampered with that pokemon either by genetics or by... other ways." Asher's tone was grave, herself narrowing her eyes as her mind explored.
" Pokemon do not have that type of odd coloring in the eyes. Her eyes are brilliant violet, and you can tell by the way they flared up and swirled with different shades, that she was tampered with. Also her skin color is a deeper blue- not abnormal really, but the thing thats abnormal is that it has seemingly glitter with in her skin that reflects silver. She's in healthy condition, but her body has obviously gone through some hardships... that small scar upon her tail proves it."
Indeed, there was a small scar upon the fin of her tail as it swayed about. Kevin seemed dumbfounded a bit as he glanced at Asher.
" How the heck did you analyze all of that?"
Asher shrugged, "I did attend one of the best Pokemon Academys. Besides, I studied organizations and pokemon anatomy the most."

[VirtualPlay]

Michelle Randeth
Squirtle (Aqua - F) Pikachu ([unnamed] - F)
In Pewter City PokéCenter
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"I'm sure Aqua wouldn't mind the training," I said. "I just hope she doesn't distract Drake while you're training him," I added with a small giggle. "I dunno if…oh! I never named my Pikachu!"

Pulling out her PokéBall, I released the Pikachu. She appeared in a flash of red and another shower of sparks like the one she had let off earlier when she joined my team. "Hehe, you're so 'spark'ly," I said, then realized what it was I said. "Hey, do you mind if I call you Sparkly?"

In agreement, she said, "Chuu!" and let off another line of sparks from her ears.

"Then Sparkly it is," I said. "Do you want to come train with Aqua and Aidan's Pokémon?" I asked, holding her at arm's length.

"Chu…" Sparkly said slowly, looking kinda confused.

"Maybe she doesn't know what it means to train," Aidan suggested, and Sparkly nodded, looking so confused it was cute.

"That's alright, you can just watch, Sparkly," I said, putting her on the ground. "I think I'll let them walk, since we're not in any particular rush to get to where we're going. By the way, where were you planning on training anyway, Aidan?" I asked her.

"Just at the base of Mt. Moon," she replied, heading for the door. "I don't want to get too far away from Pewter, but there just wasn't much to battle in the forest."

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A short while later we were walking around the grass along the path that led to Mt. Moon. We both had all of our Pokémon out, Drake trying not to look like he was following Aqua, Nightshade staying close to Aidan, and Sparkly riding on top of me (she seemed to think she owned my head).

Eventually we came across a pair of Nidoran, which Aidan claimed for training. I moved away, looking for a battle of my own. As Drake's battle cries mostly faded away, we came across a Spearow pecking at the ground.

"Go Aqua!" I cried, and she jumped forward. I flipped open my PokéDex and found that, unfortunately, Aqua only had two moves at the moment. Still, it was better than nothing. "Aqua, Tackle that Spearow!" I said, and Aqua jumped forward, tucking her head into her shell. A loud THWACK sounded, and Spearow was knocked back.

"Speeeeaaaar!" It cried out, but I quickly told Aqua to give it a Tail Whip and another Tackle. Sure enough, Aqua was stronger than the Spearow, and soon, without much effort, Aqua fainted the Spearow.

"Good job, Aqua," I said as she came walking back to me. My PokéDex pinged, and I pulled it out and read that Aqua had just learned Bubble. "Yay! Now we'll be able to battle Brock!" I said happily.

"Pi!!" Sparkly said suddenly from on top of my head. I turned around and saw the three Spearow that Sparkly had seen.

"Oh dang! Aqua, Bubble them!" I said, panicking. Aqua launched a large volley of bubbles at the Spearow. It slowed them a little, but it wasn't enough to stop them. I was just about to turn and run when Sparkly jumped off of my head. "Sparkly!" I called, watching as she dove towards the Spearow.

"Pika…CHU!" she cried, her body glowing with electricity. A sudden electric attack launched from her onto the Spearow. I learned later that it was Thundershock, but at the moment I was too stunned to think about it.

All at once, the three Spearow fell to the ground, still sparking slightly. Sparkly landed lightly on the grass, as if nothing was wrong. "How did…" I started, then realized why. Not only were the Spearow Flying types, but they were wet from Aqua's Bubble attack. My PokéDex pinged again, and I read happily that Sparkly had just learned Tail Whip.

"Are you alright, Michelle?" Aidan called, moving through the tall grass towards us. Drake and Nightshade were right behind her.

To her surprise, I smiled brightly. "Couldn't be much better at the moment," I said, letting Sparkly jump on my head again.
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[DaRk MeWtWo]

Riiiiiiiiight…um ok:

Alex, w/ Alexis [Sleeping Abra M], Lyfai [Vaporeon F], Siderous, Kevin, Asher, Fray [Ponyta F]

“No, no, hey, slow down! Please don’t! Ah!” The Vaporeon tackled Alex head-on in the stomach and to the trainer’s dismay, Alexis was sent hurtling skyward. Omg She cracks me up every time. Holy cow Alexis is gonna take quite a fall.

With the Vaporeon stomping in joy over the fallen trainer—and with him laughing too hard to able to catch the Alexis—all hope for the tiny humanoid orange pokemon was lost—or not. Alexis had seemed to just pop out of “Full Sleep Mode:”

“K…what’s going on here? Hey! It’s all over! *beep* I missed it all!? Shoot. Wowzah—she must be pretty decent to take down Brock without any training at all—type advantage or not.” Alexis levitated himself and gently sat down on the floor—although he still seemed “asleep.” Alex figured he was now in what he would later call, “Sleep Walk Mode.”

“Eheh…Alexis, she actually did a 1-on-2 and beat the c*** outta Brock. You missed it, man! Hey maybe you can later access it all on my brain, since you’re psychic and all…hey, stop that!” The Vaporeon licked his face and was still stomping on him with full force, but soon enough she let out an exasperated sigh and tumbled to the floor, still giggling.

No way. How could that happen? She’s taken Brock down all by herself?! Man, this journey’s gonna be rougher than a I thought. I’m really gonna have to pump myself up in order to even stay on par with her…hm…. Abra was slightly disturbed at the Vaporeon’s landslide victory, and urgently wanted to prove his excellence to Alex as well.

“Okay, guys, come on, now, seriously, we better get moving on to the Pokemon Center—I don’t know how you have so much energy left in you! Alexis, are you in a “Sleep Walk Mode?” Alex stood up from the floor, dusted his clothes, and looked over to where Brock was still standing in shock “Aha! We wiped the floor with you!” Brock shook his head and walked to the entrance of the gym—the same way Alex was headed.

“Yeah, I’m still in a “Sleep Walk Mode,” if that’s what you wanna call it. It’ll still be an hour or so till I’m fully awake and able to battle—hey but I can still hear anything going on—so don’t do something funny Alex!” Alexis re-perched himself onto Alex and the Vaporeon walked on his left side, just like they had entered the gym before.

On the exit, the encountered a dismayed Brock, who simply held out his hand: “You were a worthy opponent, Alex. I’m sorry for having insulted you before. My apolo—”


“What the heck are you talking about? I disrespected you tons more. I’m sorry, I didn’t know you worked with community service organizations—you put up a good fight nonetheless, I’ll be heading to Cerulean next. Hope to see you sometime later!” Alex shook Brock’s hand and found a medium-sized TM, along with the iron-hard Boulderbadge after the handshake was complete.

“This TM contains Bide. I think you know the rest. I hope you tear Misty apart. Farewell!” And with that, it ‘twas over. His first gym battle was behind him. The emotionally charged trio exited the gym with boundless egotistical abundance, and were heading for the Pokemon Center, when they suddenly encountered three more trainers, along with a Ponyta, which was obediently standing next to the female trainer on the right.

After a brief introduction to newfound friends, Alex found him ego go higher and higher Man, I can’t believe they’re so impressed! That Vaporeon really is something special. Omg—Alexis can hear everything! Uh-oh. Oh nos…inferiority complex! S***!

In all the vivid excitement, the trainer Alex had learned bore the name of Siderous, was basically halfway-tackled by the Vaporeon, and out of one of his pockets dropped a black pokeball, scripted with a shiny, red, R sign.

Suddenly Alex felt the air around him collapse on itself, as if there a thousand atmospheres pressing down on his forehead. What kind of a pokeball is that? I think I’ve seen it before somewhere…a long time ago. Where was it? Ugh, I can’t remember anything these days.

The black pokeball had rolled right next to the Vaporeon—and Alex say the dreadful effect. Her frilled neck almost stood on end, and her violet eyes opened wide. Suddenly she ran next to Alex and he could feel her shivering violently by his left leg. What the heck is that supposed to mean? Something’s not right here. Hey, Alexis, are you reading all this?

“Sure am. Weird stuff. Don’t worry about me. I can tell what’s happening just be sitting on your shoulder. Be careful. Don’t do anything funny.” The tiny orange pokemon sat still on Alex’s shoulder—and thankfully everyone else though it was asleep as well.

Alex also noticed that one of the male trainers—the one named Kevin, also had a black Eevee—whom he called by the name of Shadow. He began wondering how many more strange pokemon he’d find on his journey, when suddenly Kevin picked up the black pokeball and examined. Soon enough he had given it back to Siderous and the moment had been forgotten—or had it?

The Vaporeon was still shivering when Kevin gave Shadow some poke-chow and began coaxing the Vaporeon with some as well. Still nervous as hell, Alex urged Vaporeon forward, gently patting the back of her head. It took long enough, but eventually Siderous had packed away his mysterious pokeball and the Vaporeon approached the poke-chow beside the black Eevee. Whew. At least for now, she won’t smack that Siderous guy—hm, it’s weird—I think she knows something about that guy. Oh man, it’s just like my memories of that black pokeball, it’s all fuzzy and incoherent. I’ll just have to bide my team. Brock’s TM suddenly came to mind and Alex had to stifle the quickest giggle ever.

All things aside, Kevin was getting along rather well with the Vaporeon—as was Shadow. Suddenly the one female trainer with her Ponyta walked a bit closer to join in on the conversation, and half-heartedly kidded around with Kevin. Bearing the name Asher, Alex could tell from her usually blank expression that she wasn’t exactly the talkative/extrovert type.

Before he could officially say hi, however, Asher began a string of comments on his Vaporeon’s condition. Her comments made him feel uneasy, to say the least. By the time she had said: “She's in healthy condition, but her body has obviously gone through some hardships... that small scar upon her tail proves it,” Alex felt the slightest hint of perspiration leaking from the egotistical version of himself that had exited the gym earlier. In particular, the mention of the Vaporeon’s scar on her tail deeply alarmed Alex, and he nearly slapped himself in front of the others for not noticing it before.

As the Vaporeon sidled next to Asher’s Ponyta, Kevin questioned Asher on her extensive knowledge of pokemon, she simply replied: “I did attend one of the best Pokemon Academys. Besides, I studied organizations and pokemon anatomy the most."

“That’s certainly most impressive, Asher.” Alex complimented, hoping she wouldn’t start questioning him regarding the/his Vaporeon, for he knew even less than she did.

“Hm? Thanks. Yeah, I guess so. You’re Alex, aren’t you? This is my Ponyta, Fray,” she gestured towards her fiery pokemon, which was still engaged in deep conversation with Alex’s/the Vaporeon.

“Yeah, she and Fray had quite a go at—” Kevin suddenly cut himself short, glanced Asher’s way, and then turned sharply to face Siderous. Alex could see from a mile away that his eyebrows were deep in thought. Although the tension wasn’t as great as it had been before, Alex could tell something was up between Siderous and Kevin. Time would reveal the truth.

“Eheh. Stop looking at me like that, Kevin. What’s wrong, anyway? Hey, people! I was kinda wondering if we could beat the pants off Brock? No offense, Alex, I would like to talk to you more but time is of the essence,” Perhaps Siderous was really low on time, which was unlikely, or perhaps he just wanted everyone to forget about the epic scene involved his black “R” pokeball.

“Alexis, you still reading all of this?” Alex was worried his pokemon might’ve fainted out of tension.

“Oh yeah. Dude, you’ve got one interesting bunch of people here. Now, see, if I was a bad guy, I could go ahead and read [i]all[i] their minds, reveal everything there is to know about them, and totally embarrass them to heck. But, unfortunately for you, since I’m a good guy, you’ll have to wait and find out on your own good time. In the meanwhile, I’d have to agree that Siderous guy is funny-lookin’. Not an evil thug, but still funny. That gal Asher and that dude Kevin look sincere enough. Oi! A black Eevee? Eh…what’s the world coming too? You know, we could even nab that—” Alexis’s lengthy and fast-forwarding mental voice was beginning to drive Alex crazy, so the little critter fell silent for quite a while. “Just play cool, Alex.”

“Oh, yes, the three of you must be moving along to meet Brock. You know, it was really nice meeting you people, but I’m afraid my Vaporeon needs a bit of rest, she’s beat—”As if she could read what Alex was about to say next, the aquatic pokemon cried out loudly and pranced about, displaying she had plenty of unfound vigor left in her supple body. Kevin simply laughed:

“Yeah, sure. I think your Vaporeon pretty much smothered Brock’s face off. She doesn’t look tired at all, from what I can see.” Kevin and the others watched as the Eeveelution danced in circles, and stopped—when she realized everyone’s attention was on her.

“You know, you could come and support our gym battle, if you want. We’ll be battling him in about ten or so minutes. Shadow and I have to plan out our strategies first,” Kevin picked up his black Eevee and began patting his/her head. Alex was in a pickle, but he took Alexis’s advice—play it cool.

“Yeah, ok, I’ll just run to the Pokemon Center, get myself a drink or two, and be back in time to watch you three battle, that sound good?” Alex asked.

“Uh-uh. That, that would be cool,” Siderous didn’t care that much, he just wanted to get away from the uneasiness the Vaporeon often glanced at him with, and even now, when she was beside Alex, she couldn’t set her eyes upon him directly. Ever.

“I suppose that’ll do. Kevin does some times to warm-up before he battles. I think I’ve known him long enough to admit that.” Another almost dismissable joke from Asher almost made Alex giggle—but he didn’t dare do it in front of Siderous and Kevin—it would just look—girl-ish. Eh? She’s also kinda odd. Sometimes indifferent, sometimes funny, sometimes happy, sometimes almost sadly lost in a dream or something. Dang it, the only one I can understand out all these people is Kevin. You know, Alexis, he’s the only one I can really trust. He’s cool and simple.

“You do know just how immature you’re sounding, don’t you? Or at least conservative? Like either a I’m-scared-of-everything-unordinary-and-not-in-synthetic-pokedexes, or that conservative-father-who-never-gives-in-to-liberal-curfew-times. Don’t you?” Alex could just see Alexis smirking. It was so irritating that it was hilarious. The third time he’d have to suppress a burst of laughter.

“Yeah, I know. You’re gonna have to help me get over it.” Alex mind-spoke.

“Sure thing, Alex, that’s a splendid idea. We’ll be going now, and we’ll see you at the gym in about ten minutes,” Kevin smiled slightly and pretty soon the five of them—Asher, Fray, Kevin, Shadow, and that Siderous, were over twenty meters from Alexis, Alex, and his/the Vaporeon. Almost spontaneously Alex hid behind a building, totally out of their view, and collapsed to the floor. His/the Vaporeon, a little confused with his behavior, followed him anyway.

“Omg. Okay, look here,” he said, motioning for the/his Vaporeon to sit beside him as they gazed back at the route leading to the Viridian Forest. “Now, I don’t know if we should really be going along with that trio. I mean, sure, we’ve got that nice pokemon breeder guy, Kevin, and he’s got a cool looking Eevee, but that girl Asher scares me just a little, although her Ponyta looks awesome, but then there’s that funny looking Sider—”

His/the Vaporeon had been sitting still, listening to him patiently, as usual, but she gave a jolt of movement—a simple reshuffling of her paws, when she heard the first two syllables of Siderous’s name. She looked away from Alex and her thoughts once again seemed to be elsewhere. Then she stared at him with those violet eyes and Alex knew at once she did know something, but whether she’d ever be able to show him was up to time to tell and for chance to make true. Alex let out a long sigh, he hadn’t realized that he’d been holding his breath for the longest time ever.

“Alright. If you don’t wanna, we can don’t have to go. But I thought you were getting along with that Asher girl and Kevin. Fray doesn’t seem mean either. I’m putting the decision in your hands,” Alex sat back against the building, which happened to be the museum they had went to before, and suddenly remembered the shiny stone he had found there. Checking his pockets, he calmed down when he realized it was still there. At least that Siderous guy isn’t a sly thief. Now that’s something to be wary off….”

Alex with Lyfai [Thinking Vaporeon F], and Alexis [Sleep Walk Mode Abra M]

Like the irony at the end? Have fun posting people. Oh, and Siderous, you’re not that funny looking, you’re ok IMHO. =P

[Samchu]

OOC: Just for the record, Kevin isn't going to compete for gym badges. He wants to focus mroe on breeding than training but he still intends to capture and train, just not collect the badges.

Kevin
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We headed inside and paused to see whether Alex was going to follow us. Having no intention of battling myself, I sat down on a spectator's bench and stroked Shadow's fur gently. There was silence between us, neither one knowing quite what to say to the other. I decided instead to simply relax a bit.

I released Jet from his pokeball so he could stretch his wings a bit. I took out a different bag of pokechow and offered it to him. It was specially designed for bird type pokemon. He seemed to enjoy it as he chowed down. I only gave him a few pieces though, I didn't want to risk over-feeding the little guy.

I offered a few pieces to Fray but she wasn't interested.
"She'll only take food from people she trusts Kevin and the chances of her trusting you any time soon are slim to none."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence," I mumbled disapprovingly. I sat back and sighed, Alex still hadn't come in, I wondered if he was actually gonna come back at all. His vaporeon had seemed extremely freaked out by Sid's mysterious black pokeball.

"So," I asked aloud, "which one of you two is gonna battle Brock first then?"

[Siderous]

((Unfortunately I have no time to post, I've got a show I'm in and I'm suppost to be there right now... I just thought I'd comment on the level of role playing that's been going on. I must say, it's nice to be role playing with people with creative and grammatically correct minds. I was getting tired of those Yahoo! chat sites... what I'm trying to say is, thanks! I love to write, so this is extremely fun for me, as dorkish as it sounds. I'm glad I found this place! Thanks again for everything, you guys!))

[Arnen]

Er, I guess I just never really noticed this, and it seems to be thriving, unlike the rest of the RPGs I'm in.... Uh, it says LSUs are welcome, right? I think I can catch up well enough. ^^;

~Name: Ari Ishikawa
~Age: 14 (15 in a month)
~Sex: Female
~Appearance: She's about 5'6", of average build, but not very strong (especially in the upper body). Her skin is pale, both from lack of sunlight and probably close proximity to ghosts. Her hair is black and falls straight to about shoulder-length, and her eyes are grey, but upon further inspection seem to be speckled with violet. She prefers to wear black shirts, comfortable jeans, and has several black hoodies. She also has a black leather and silver watch with an O-ring on each side, and a pewter necklace of a dragon coiling around a sword with an amethyst set in the hilt, slung on a fine silver chain.
~Personality: Quiet and morbidly shy, she likes to keep to herself around strangers. She tries her best to please everyone, even to the point of taking the blame for things obviously not her fault. She has the annoying habit of saying "Sorry" all the time. She also is a bit of a brat and a crybaby, even if this isn't apparent at first. When she's with her friends, she opens up, and can actually be quite hyper, but only when she feels comfortable. She's a good friend to turn to, patient and clever.
~Starter: A brave little female Eevee she names Efri, whose coloring is a tint lighter than usual.
~Items: Her bag is a plain black-and-silver backpack, which she tends to get frustrated with because the pulls on the zippers fall off (yes, taken from my ACTUAL backpack, lol). She carries a few potions, a couple of antidotes, some snacks and soda, a few books, and some spare clothes, along with her collapsable bike.
~Relationships: Er, open, I guess.
~History: Born and raised in Lavender Town. Her parents were in charge of keeping Ghost Pokemon from coming into the city from the Tower, but aside from that she's led a pretty much normal life for a recluse. Because of her quiet nature, she has difficulty making and keeping friends, so she spends most of her time indoors, playing video games and occasionally hanging out with one of her few friends.
~Other: *poketh*

I have the peeeerfect way to introduce her, too. ^^;

[Toxicity]

Nab: Nah, it's fine. Accepted again.

And you guys, I'm sorry I've not really showed up for some time. It just lacks with that TMM hasn't given me any suggestions for him, nor has he posted his promised second character. *sighs* I'll try updating for both Laura and Tycho later.

[Arnen]

I forgot to put stuff in her pack ><; So I edited that in.

~<()>~ Ari Ishikawa : Party - None ~<()>~

"Ari! Ari, wake up, you're going to miss the barge! ARI!"

"Five more minutes...." I rolled over, covering my ears with the comforter. Automatic response to my mom yelling at me in the morning. I didn't even notice that the word "barge" replaced "bus".

A few minutes later, she yelled again, and I slowly rolled out of bed and went to the door to my room. "WHAT?!" I yelled.

"A letter came in the mail for you, from Pallet Town! It says you're to go to Oak's Lab and start a Pokemon Journey, sweetie!" I grimaced at the sweetie, but there was no denying my excitement.

In order to get there at a reasonable time, I would have to take the 11 'o clock barge from Lavender Pier. It was already quarter till, and I still had to finish packing, brush my teeth, and eat something, not to mention run down to the pier! I scurried around my room, leaving a whirlwind of clothes, papers, and other such articles in my wake. Finally, I was dressed, and had everything in my pack save for some food.

I flew down the stairs and into the kitchen. Throwing open the fridge, I snatched the bread out, fiddled the twisty tie open, took two slices, and popped them in the toaster. I put some more in a ziploc and put them in the portion of my pack designated for food, then raided the fridge, choosing nonperishable items, as well as some sodas and bottles of water. The toast came out a little too dark, but I shoved it in my mouth all the same, hugged my mom goodbye, and quickly assembled my bike as I ran out the door and towards the pier. I rode the rest of the way, but by the time I got there the ship had already pulled away.

"No..." I groaned, getting off my bike, dismantling it and stowing it in my pack. Thoroughly irritated, I plopped down on a bench and read a book till the next one came in an hour and a half.

~~~~Some time later~~~~

Finally, I heard foghorns as the second barge pulled in. I sprang to my feet, stuffed the book in my pack, and ran to the pier. I gave the man there my ticket and boarded, taking a seat out of the sun to read some more of my book.

~~~~More time later~~~~

Another foghorn told me we were pulling into Pallet. I stood up, more soberly than previously, stretched, and picked up my backpack from the bench beside me. I walked down the steps and into Pallet Town.

It looked a little larger than Lavender Town, with lots of grass and trees, which there were less of in my mountainside hometown. I saw a large house with a ranch out back, which I assumed was Oak's, clearly from my current vantagepoint, so I set off at a run, hoping I might still make it on time.

Unfortunately, by the time I got there, there was nobody around. I doubled over, breathing heavily for a few minutes before I got up the courage to go inside.

I took the letter out of my pocket as I walked and looked it over. Apparently this whole thing had something to do with stopping some organization called "Team Rocket". I saw down in one of the chairs scattered about, looking over the letter again and again.

"Oh! It seems we have a late arrival." I heard a voice and looked up. An older man in a white labcoat was standing there. He had a pleasant smile on his face. "You must be Ari Ishikawa, since everyone else has already come and gone." I nodded timidly, about to spew out an explanation, but he went on. "Now, I'm assuming you'll be needing supplies? Pokeballs, a PokeDex... Do you have a map?" I shook my head. "All right, I'll get you one of those as well." I nodded and followed him mutely, looking at the ground.

Eventually we were in a room that had walls lined with Pokeballs and other such equipment, which I assumed was for outfitting new trainers. Oak handed me a PokeDex, ran me through how to use it, then gave me some Pokeballs.

"Now, did you have any type in particular for your new partner?" He asked. I looked up from the tile of floor I had been staring at, startled. I hadn't put much thought into it.

"Er, I, uh... Um, not really," I stuttered, blushing. Oak nodded, stroking his chin as if in deep thought. I returned my gaze to the floor, wringing my hands out of nervous habit.

"You know, I think I have the perfect partner for you," he announced finally. I looked up. "She's a bit of a handful, but you seem responsible enough." He turned around, and I looked at my hands, thoughts running through my head. Now I had done it, I thought. I was going to end up with a Pokemon I completely hate, all because I didn't think things through. I felt my eyes welling up, tears coming on. Then Oak turned around, a Pokeballs in his hand. "Here," he smiled, handing it to me.

I chewed my lower lip apprehensively and tossed it to the ground. A flash of light, and then I found myself staring at the cutest little ball of fur I had ever seen. The fluffball squeaked, wagged its little tail, and hopped up on my lap, where it curled up and snuggled against me. It was a little Eevee, no bigger than the span of both my hands, excluding her tail. I noticed she was a little bit lighter than Eevees.

"I think she likes you," Oak said with a grin. I nodded, biting down on my lower lip to hold back tears. She was perfect, no denying that. I stood up, holding her to my chest as one might a cat or a rabbit. I bowed, careful not to spill her onto the floor, and thanked Oak. He showed me out and wished me luck, then went back inside. I took out my map, located the Pokemon Center, and walked there numbly, petting my first Pokemon.

I went inside, still absorbed in my own thoughts, and sat down on a bench. I set the Eevee down on the floor so I could take off my pack. Immediately, she opened her eyes and was on her feet, sniffing at the air. Before I knew it, she was already starting to sniff around the place, but I picked her up and set her on my lap. She struggled a little, batting at my arms playfully, then curled up on my lap.

"What should I call you....?" I mused, commencing to pet her behind the ears. She mewled and fidgeted around, getting comfortable. "Efri," I said suddenly. I didn't know how I had thought of it, but it suited her perfectly.

I set a somewhat disgruntled Efri down on the floor and watched her romp around the room, tears of joy standing in my eyes.

[The_Missing_Link]

Aidan Stafford
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As we walking towards the base of Mount Moon, two thoughts struck me. One, Nightshade knew only one attack and needed serious training if he was to evolve and gain some new moves. Two, aside from his knockout from his previous battle, I had yet to see him sleep the day away. Usually, Abra's were notorious for sleeping for most of the day, somewhat like cats, but he seemed wide awake.
"Hey Nightshade, are you usually awake most of the time or asleep?"
A guttural noise and a picture of the sun flashed through my mind. Although it didn't seem like an answer, I figured he meant the sun equaled activity and the moon, sleep.
This is highly unusual for a Pokemon like him. Must be something in his genes.

I shook my head and smiled as my thoughts focused on Drake and Aqua. It was rather pathetic the way he's acting despite her lack of reciprication of feelings. Hopefully he'll succeed one day.
"Abra," Nightshade growled.
I looked down at him and from the corner of my eye, I saw a pair of Nidoran munching on some grass. Although I had no interest in catching either of them, training Drake and Nightshade was of upmost priority.
"Drake, hit them both with embers," I commanded.
Snapping him out of his random daydreams, he bounded forward and releases balls of fire onto the male and female Nidoran. Startling them out of their peaceful dinner, they chittered angrily and ganged up on them, tackling in tandem. Unable to dodge, Drake a direct him and flew a few feet before landing with a crash.
"Nightshade...get in there and distract them any way you can. Drake, fight back with more embers."
I frowned as I watched the Abra levitate in and teleport here and there to divert the Nidoran while Drake pulled himself up and charged back in. I wanted Nightshade to gain experience, but not by becoming a rodeo clown for Drake. Unfortunately, I knew of no other way to gain battle experience like that.
"Charmander, char," Drake shouted and scratched the female Nidoran, while her counterpart chased futily after Nightshade.
"Abbbb..." Nightshade stopped and faced his opponent. Curling his right hand into a fist, I stood amazed as it became encased in an icy blue glow and struck Nidoran square in the face. Rolling backwards, it stopped and shuddered briefly before fainting, the female Nidoran following suit after another burst of fire finally sent her down. Drake looked a bit flushed, but triumphantly grinned while I continued to stare at Nightshade.
Consistently awake, using a non psychic attack...it is from his genes!
Instantly whipping out my Pokedex, I scrolled down to see who could learn Ice Punch by any possible means and who they could breed with. After what seemed like an hour, I finally pinpointed Nightshade's heritage.
"Abra, do you know what your father looks like?"
He shook his head firmly. We would probably never know for sure, but the pieces fitted in perfectly. Hitmonchans are highly active and can learn Ice Punch through natural means. Chances are, Nightshade was separated from his family at a young or and never got a chance to know them.
"Oh well, nevermind then. Let's go look for Michelle."

I forgot about her as soon as Nightshade spotted the Nidoran but suddenly remembered and went searching for her. We found her a short time later with Sparkly and Aqua out and a whole bunch of Spearow surrounding them.
"Are you alright, Michelle?" I asked.
"Couldn't be much better at the moment," she replied.
"Must've been one hell of a battle," I raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"It was a good one," she smiled, Sparkly cooing softly from the top of her head.
"We should head back and get some rest for tomorrow. I want to challenge Brock bright and early."
"Think you'll fare well?" she asked.
"I think I'll do better than expected."

[Mystic_clown]

Seth Maverick
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The white haired boy looked up at the gym before him.
"You ready guys?" he asked, as he lookde down at Ochu and Clyde.
"Mankey!" Clyde replied.
"Oddish!" Ochu agreed. Seth smiled and the three entered the gym. It was dark, and there was a large stone arena in the centre. Seth could make out someone sitting on a chair at the far end of the building.
"Welcome," the man spoke, rising to his feet, "I am Brock, leader of the Pewter Gym." Seth gave Brock a cocky smile.
"And I'm Seth Maverick," he said, stepping up the arena, "Let's go." Brock nodded and pulled a pokeball form his belt.
"Go Geodude!" In a flash of light, the rock pokemon appeared on the field.
"Geodude!" it bellowed. Seth wasn't fazed.
"Go Ochu!" he commanded. The Oddish jumped into the arena.
"Geodude!" Brock ordered, "Tackle now!" Geodude launched itself at the grass pokemon. Ochu nimbly leaped to the side and Geodude ended up slamming into a rock.
"Ochu!" Seth commanded, sensing an easy win, "Absorb! Now!" Ochu bent his head, ready to take in Geodude's energy. The rock pokemon didn't see it coming.
"Geodude!" it groaned as the Oddish drained its energy.
"Geodude!" Brock called, "Rock Throw!" Using all it's strength, Geodude grabbed a rock and hurled it at Ochu. Taken by surprise, Ochu was sent flying.
"Ochu!" Seth cried. Brock laughed.
"Geodude! Let's end this. Tackle now!" Geodude lunged at Ochu, a look of triumph on its face.
"Now, use Poison Powder!" Seth cried, thinking fast. Ochu shot a blast of powder at the oncoming Geodude, getting it right in the face. Geodude stopped and began to try to wipe the powder of its face. Brock stood dumbfounded as Ochu distand himself from the Geodude. Seth gave a short chuckle.
"This match is just getting started Brock."

[The_Missing_Link]

OOC: Don't know if you didn't know this, M_c, but Oddish can't learn Vine Whip (by any means, actually). Assuming that he's at level 14, he would only know Absorb, Sweet Scent and Poisonpowder

[Arnen]

~<()>~ Ari Ishikawa ~<()>~
~ ~ Party : Efri (female Eevee) ~ ~
~ ~ Location: Pallet Town Pokemon Center ~ ~

After a few minutes of preparation (rearranging my hastily-packed bag and figuring out how to get a Pokeball to shrink), I tracked down Efri, who was sniffing around a potted plant. I gathered her up, not wanting to confine her to a Pokeball, and she immediately went to my shoulder and wrapped her tail around my neck for support. It was very soft, like a fur scarf but warmer.

I left the PokeCenter and took a moment to assemble my bike. I got on and rode onto Rt. 1 [OOC: If I mix up any route names it's because I haven't played any of the earlier games in awhile and lost my GBA so I can't check.]. It was nice, lined with trees and hills. I didn't see any other Trainers, a further sign of my lateness. Efri seemed to be enjoying herself, though. She kept turning her head this way and that to take in all the new sights, sounds, and smells. I was afraid she was going to jump off and run away, but I guess we were going so fast it wouldn't be safe for such a small Pokemon.

It took almost an hour on bike to get to Veridian City. It was the biggest town I had ever seen, and I spent a few minutes just looking around. Of course, having lived in such a tiny little town my whole life, almost anything would look big. In any case, I quickly found the PokeMart and went inside. There were all kinds of items on the shelves, many of which I'd never seen before. I knew that soon I would have to go through the Veridian Forest, and that it was full of Bug Pokemon who could make Efri sick, so I bought a couple Paralyz Heals and Awakenings. I also bought a potion, in case I needed more than what I had in my pack.

I left the store and quickly consulted my map to see which direction to go in next. I walked along, walking my bike beside me as I followed the map, until I came upon a large building that I guessed was a rest area before the forest. I walked through the double doors and saw a few people, but walked straight past them and out the doors at the other end.

The forest was so dark that I actually looked up to see if a cloud had obscured the sun. Instead, there were thick branches, their leaves reaching up to capture the light that streamed through in mottled patches. I sighed; it was the prettiest thing I had ever seen. I was galvanized by a fidgeting at my shoulder, and when I looked at Efri I saw that she was squirming around. I set her down on the ground and she bounded off towards a bush. I ran after her, and saw her crouched down beside a bush, making soft mewing sounds. I knelt down next to her, and a few seconds later something burst from the bush, scattering foliage on me.

"Fwee!" Efri cooed, jumping in the air after the culprit, a Pidgey. I scrambled to my feet and grabbed a Pokeball out of my pocket, pressing the button to make it regular size.

I hesitated. I'd never done this before, but I'd seen Trainers try to capture the Ghost Pokemon at the Tower. "Efri," I said, "Er, use, urm..." I blinked and realized I didn't know what moves she knew. I took out my PokeDex, pointed it at her, and pressed a button. It read out some information, including her gender, personality, and level (which was 5). It said she knew Tackle and Tail Whip. "Use Tail Whip," I said, since it sounded like a stronger move. But all she did was wag her tail in the Pidgey's face. It was cute, but it didn't look like it did any damage.

"Erm, try Tackle!" I cried. She backed up a few paces and pounced on the Pidgey. It tried to fly away, but Efri was too fast for it, and she batted it with her paws. It fell to the ground, cooing angrily. She pounced a second time, and this time she pinned it down by its wings as it tried to fly off. Before I could order another command, she started licking it on the beak, squeaking. I crept over, crawling along on my knees, and, holding the Pidgey down with one hand, I gently pushed Efri off it with the other. She mewed, wagging her tail and looking very pleased with herself. I picked up the Pidgey, folding its wings to its sides so it couldn't fly off, just as I had held the parakeet I'd had when I was seven. It glared up at me and tried to get at my hand with its bek, but I placed a finger on it and stroked it gently. It seemed to calm down, though it was still eyeing me warily.

Carefully, I knelt down and set it on the ground. Efri trotted over and sat next to it so it couldn't escape. Then, I picked up the Pokeball, which I had dropped when I picked up the Pidgey, and tossed it. It hit, and there was a flash of light, and the Pokeball was sitting on the ground, with the Pidgey nowhere in sight. The button was glowing red, and it was wobbling back in forth rather violently. I held my breath, fingers crossed, until finally the button clicked and it stopped moving. I waited a second, then picked it up, cheering silently, I hugged it to my chest, then dropped the ball to the ground. The Pidgey popped out and the ball rebounded back into my hand. I tucked it into my pocket, then took out my PokeDex and scanned the Pidgey.

It said he was male, level 4, and healthy, though a little beat up from Efri's Tackle. I smiled and reached out to let him perch on my arm, only to be met with a Scratch to the hand. I yanked it back, frowning, and took off my pack. I dug around until I found some bandages, and when I did, I took them out and wrapped my hand. I did it extra-thick so I could hold him without getting hurt.

"What to do with you..." I frowned, mulling over some names. "How about... Flurry?" I said, remembering the name of a hawk from a video game ((Final Fantasy X-2 actually XD)). He didn't move or make any sign of acknowledgement. I reached out again, this time drawing back from his talons. I frowned. It was obvious he didn't like me, and he'd probably scratch me up if he stayed out anymore, I reasoned, so I took his Pokeball back out and pressed the button as I pointed it at him. Flash of light, and he was gone. I sighed, offered my shoulder to Efri, who eagerly hopped up, and realized I had no idea where I was.

"Great," I groaned, almost shouting. "I'm lost in the middle of a forest!"

I'll do more later, that just seemed like a good place to stop. If it seems like I'm getting a little ahead of myself, capturing a Pokemon in my second post, it's only because it seems like a lot of people already have two Pokemon, and are in Pewter City, so I'm just trying to catch up. ^^;

[Mystic_clown]

My mistake. I've editted it now.

[Siderous]

((Time for some serious posting... btw, is it sad that I've already written out a little bit of a future plot for Siderous? I'm such a nerd...))

Siderous Peregrine (currently w/Asher and Kevin, and apparently Seth- soon with Ari Ishikawa)
Party: Pidgey[F], Spearow[M], Butterfree[M], Nidoran[M], Egg
Location: Pewter City Gym
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"So," Kevin asked aloud, "which one of you two is gonna battle Brock first then?"

Before either Asher or Siderous could answer, another boy walked in the gym and immediately stepped up to the ring. Brock emerged from the shadows, and suddenly a battle had erupted between the two.
Sid sighed. "Great," he said, "just great. We've got to wait now for that kid." The newcomer's Oddish blasted a gust of Poison Powder at Geodude.
"That was extremely rude," Asher commented, clenching her fists. "We were here first!"
"Nothing we can do now," said Kevin, crossing his arms.

Sid felt his arm begin to vibrate. "Uh, I've got to use the restroom," Sid said quickly, making his way to the back of the gym. Kevin grimaced jokingly. "Thanks for telling us."
Once in the bathroom, Siderous pulled up his sleeve and spoke into the little microphone.
"Yeah, Sid here."
"Get out." It was the voice of Giovanni.
"What...?"
"Go back to Pallet Town. I have a job for you." Siderous furrowed his eyebrows.
"Okay, but these people I'm with want to..."
"Go alone." His voice was very demanding. "Leave them."
There was a moment of silence.
"Alright. I'll call back once I get to Pallet Town."
"Good." Click.
Siderous sighed. "Great," he thought, "right when I was going to get my first badge, too." Sid crawled out a back window, and out of the gym. Quickly, he scampered around the gym and down towards the Viridian forest.

Random thoughts ran through his head as he made his way through the forest at a jog. Why back to Pallet Town? That was the last place he wanted to be. Pallet Town was where Professor Oak resided.
Wait.
What exactly did Giovanni want him to do? This thought burned in his mind, and he picked up the jogging pace.

Soon, however, he spotted a girl with an Eevee around her neck.
"Great," she groaned, almost shouting. "I'm lost in the middle of a forest!"
"Another trainer from Oak," he thought. "Just ignore her." He soon came close enough for her to hear his feet beating against the ground, and she whipped around, startled.
"Excuse me," she said, as he came closer. "Excuse me!" Sid ran right by her. "I need to find..." That's when Sid spotted the bike. Quickly, he jumped on the bike and sped off. "Hey!" he heard the girl call from a distance, "That's my bike!"

Eventually, he reached Viridian. Panting, he made his way up to the Pokemon Center. Nurse Joy came up to him with a glass of water. He took the water, and chugged it down. "Gracious," Nurse Joy commented, "where on earth are you running to?"
"I'm not running, I'm biking," he said. He walked up to a computer and opened up an account for new trainers. He placed his Butterfree and Spearow in an open box. His arm vibrated again.
"Yeah?"
"Punch in this code: 395042398-R" Click.
Siderous paused, but did as he was told. The screen turned black, and suddenly he saw his Butterfree and Spearow floating in a box labeled, "Rocket Siderous."
"Amazing," he thought, "Team Rocket has their own Pokemon storage systems!"
Nurse Joy came over to him again, so he quickly shut down the PC. Before the Nurse could say anything, he was out of the Center and back on the bike again heading towards Pallet Town.

Pallet Town. It was pretty close to evening by now. "Asher has probably beaten Brock by now," he thought. Sid shook it out of his head. He probably wasn't going to be seeing them again for a while now. Pulling up his sleeve, he contacted Giovanni.
"I'm here."
"Good. Now, I want you to find where they keep the Pokemon. We're coming to pick them up."
Siderous suddenly felt confused. "Pick them up? You mean, you're going to...-"
"Steal them, yes. I prefer the term 'liberate,' myself. After all, we don't want them in the hands of that old croaker, do we?"
Sid felt better. "Not at all."
"All right then. Do what you can." Click. Siderous biked up to Oak labs, leaned the bike on the wall, and walked inside.

Professor Oak was at his computer, talking on the phone.
"Yes, yes, of course... splendid... don't worry, your Muk is in good hands!" Professor Oak's squeaky voice hurt in Sid's ears. Oak hung up the phone, got up from the computer desk, and turned to face his visitor.
"Siderous?" he said, surprised. "Why, hello again. You've come back?"
"Um, yeah," Sid said, suddenly realizing that he wasn't sure how he was going to get Professor Oak to show him the back room where the Pokemon were stored. There was an awkward silence.
"Well? What would you like? How may I be of service?" Oak's voice was getting on Sid's nerves. He wanted to tell the old geezer to shut it, to buzz off and go hang himself...
"I... I have a Pokemon egg." Sid's brilliance surprised even himself as he produced the Pokemon egg he'd recieved from Giovanni.
Oak's eyes lit up at the sight of it. "A Pokemon egg!!" he shouted, so loud that everyone in the room stopped and stared at him. He cleared his throat, and held out his hands eagerly for the egg. "I... I should take that... for now... just... um..." Sighing, Siderous placed the egg in the Professor's shaking hands.
"Ah..." The Professor was in awe. He immediately turned around, and walked through the back doors in the lab. Grinning, Sid followed.
Suddenly, his arm began to vibrate again.
"What?" Sid hissed, careful not to let anyone see or hear him.
"We're outside. Have you found them yet?" This wasn't Giovanni; it sounded like the voice of a nervous lower-ranking Rocket. Professor Oak opened a door, and walked in.
"The room is right inside the back door." There was a silent moment again.
"Really?"
"Yeah. That's how I first got in, was through the back door. I thought it was interesting myself that the Pokemon are right there through the back door."
There was a couple seconds of more silence, and then the sound of a door being opened.
"Holy... wow, kid, this is jackpot. Okay, you keep the old guy busy. We're loading the balloon."
"Balloon?"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, it was the best we could do. See ya." Click.
Sid followed where Professor Oak was. He was examining the egg closely, mumbling to himself.
"Yes..." he was saying, "interesting..." Finally, Professor Oak handed the egg back to Siderous. "It's rare, all right," he said, "and about ready to hatch, too. Make sure you tell me when it hatches, yes?" he started out of the room. Frantically, Siderous called out to him.
"Uh... uh... Professor?" Professor Oak stopped and turned to him.
"Yes?"
"About those... uh... those starter Pokemon..."
Professor Oak frowned. "Yes, those poor starters. Most trainers that came already had a starter, so all of the ones I had didn't get a trainer." His eyes suddenly lit up. "Say... you wouldn't happen to want another starter, would you?"
Sid opened and shut his mouth. "Um... well..."
"Excellent! I knew you'd agree!" Professor Oak exclaimed, clapping his hands. A Gastly appeared, holding a Pokeball. The Gastly looked... gastly. It obviously wasn't happy.
"Meet Gassy," said Oak proudly. "I caught it just last week while visiting the Ghost Tower. Isn't it a cutie?" cooed the Professor. Gastly let out a sigh. "Anyway... here you go!" Professor Oak took the Pokeball from "Gassy" and handed it to Siderous.
"It's a Charmander!" he explained, "and quite a rowdy one, too. Take good care of it!" Professor Oak started off again.
More vibrating in the sleeve.
"Sid here."
"We're done, and on our way back to base. Thanks, kid."
"No problem." This time, Siderous hung up first with a beep.
Gastly started dissaparating. "Wait!" Siderous said to the Gastly. It turned it's sad eyes towards Siderous.
"You don't like it here, do you?"
Gastly shook it's head.
"Well... I can get you out of here, if you'd like." Siderous pulled out a Rocket ball and showed it to the Gastly. It looked excited to see the black ball.
"You've seen this before?"
Gastly moaned a happy moan, and started doing circles. Siderous smiled, and tossed the ball towards Gastly.

Sid hopped on "his" bike, and sped off towards Viridian City again. It was quite dark now, and since the pathway to Viridian wasn't lit up, it was difficult to see. Suddenly, he felt a jolt from his backpack. He stopped, and zipped open the back.
The egg was hatching. Out popped a small nose, and what looked like a horn... Sid placed the egg on the ground and watched as the little baby Pokemon forced it's way out of it's egg. Because of the dark, it was difficult to see it. The Pokemon let out a low growl.
"Lar..."
Siderous pulled out his Pokedex for the first time and opened it up. He learned that it was a baby Larvitar. Grinning in the night, Siderous pulled out a Rocket ball and re-caught his Larvitar. He hopped back on the bike and finished his route to Viridian City.

Getting to the Gym was a chore in the dark. He finally found the front door, and knocked. The doors hissed open, and he made his way inside again.
"Welcome back," a low voice said. "And with new Pokemon, I see. A powerful group, too. But, there is one more thing." Sid tensed up. "In Mount Moon, a discovery has been made with fossils. Bring me one of those fossils; it might provide a very powerful Pokemon for you."
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Siderous Peregrine
Party: Pidgey[F], Nidoran[M], Gastly[F], Charmander[M], Larvitar[M]
Location: Viridian City Gym

((I think I've written enough for tonight... I'll let you all catch up now!!))

[Bulbasaur4]

Lyfai

Lyfai had happily followed Alex behind the building, and she watched him collapse upon the building. She tilted her head to the side as she sat before him, listening to him quite intently and hearing his worries. She closed her eyes and let out a little, "Eon!" to show that she had no fears. A wag of her tail and she gently leaned into him and gave him a swift lick upon his cheek before suddenly darting off. Obviously she had no worries about the trio... despite Siderous who had given her a jolt. But he was gone now... and she felt any worries melt away from her. Alex gave a cry as he swiftly rose with Alexis and raced after the running Vaporeon.

Instantly Lyfai was infront of the building... and the puffing Alex finally caught up. Blinking and withdrawing a few breaths he shook his head.
"You really should be going to the Pokecenter for a rest..."
Lyfai simply glanced up at him with brilliant violet eyes and gave an intense little "poooor?" as if that was the strangest thing ever.
"Alright alright... we'll watch the match but THEN you have to go there to rest up! I don't want you to get hurt.." Alex said guiltily, his eyes wandering to her tail as if the scar had been his fault. She tilted her head to the side and seemed to smile as they entered the gym.
There was a trainer who had apparently finished and left, but now the girl Asher was before the gym leader Brock. Her whole entire demeanor seemed poised and hardly nervous for the battle. Her intense eyes of silvery blue were cold and dead, showing no emotion as she stared at Brock who seemed to be breaking into a cold sweat. Fray was standing next to Asher, her main flickering about her as she snorted but looked at the ground ahead of them as if it were an enemy.

"Vaporeon!" Lyfai gave a little cheer, looking to see Kevin sitting on the bench with his oddly colored Eevee. Alex, Alexis and lyfai climbed up to the seats where they could watch and lyfai instantly rubbed against Kevin much like a cat before hoping over by Alex. She couldn't stay still however... soon she had journied over to the ledge and was putting her paws over it, staring intently below at the battle as her tail swished back and forth.

Asher
~ In Pewter City Gym w/Kevin ~
[ Fray (F/Ponyta) ] [ Leif (M/Pikachu) ] [ Aries (M/Dratini) ]

"What the hell..." Asher stated, noticing that Siderous had gone out the gym in haste. Asher had sensed he hadn't had to go to the bathroom, so instinctively she stood up as the battle was going on below and she approached the window. She saw Siderous racing back to the Viridian Woods... and instantly a thick frown came to her face.
Some thing is up with him... he can't be trusted if he lies so freely.
Asher thought coldly, narrowing her eyes as she turned to look at Kevin.
"Siderous is gone." She stated blankly, watching as Kevin's expression instantly seemed to be bewildered.
"WHAT?" He said slightly agaped, and Asher simply nodded.
" I watched him disappear into the Viridian woods. He lied..." Asher cut off her sentence, obviously showing that she didn't trust ones who lied.
Kevin opened his mouth as if to say some thing but Asher withdrew a sigh and seemed intently fixed upon the battle as she sat next to Kevin. Probably the closest she had ever sat next to Kevin before... which was odd, but she was so focused upon th ematch that she hardly gave any attention.

When it was over.. Asher stood up.
"Well, here I go." She stated, as Fray and herself both walked downwards and appeared before Brock as teh other trainer had left.
" Are you ready to battle me?" Brock taunted, smirking as he tossed the pokeball upon in the air.
" I'm going to beat you." Asher stated simply, her poise and posture showing that she was not intimidating in the least bit and that she really didn't seem to be bothered by this match. Brock instantly was a bit unnerved, as silence filled the air and Asher barely noticed Alex entering. Brock however, soon had enough of staring.
"We'll see about that! GO GEODUDE!" He cried, thrusting the pokeball forward so that it touched the ground and instantly popped open. Instantly a flash of red echoed through the air, revealing the rocky pokemon beneath. Asher already had her selected pokemon, grabbing one of them she threw it out.
"Aries!" She yelled, and instantly with alittle, "Neeee!" suddenly the male Dratini appeared upon the gym floor.
" Alright Aries..i t's time we get a little aquainted with our battling styles." Asher commented, as Dratini seemed to nod. Asher watched as the Geodude seemed to examine Dratini and Brock cried out.
"Alright Geodude, that thing looks awefully slow so let's show it a tackle!"
Asher instantly recoiled, "Use that powerful tail to push yourself away and give it business with Bubble!"
Instantly Dratini gave a little cry and just as Geodude was about to tackle at the spot where Dratini was, it flipped itself into the ground and withdrew a deep breath. However, Dratini was a bit slow and instantly Geodude was ready and grabbed at Dratini with it's free arm. It cut Dratini short as he fell into the ground.
" Roll out!" Brock stated, and instantly Geodude backed off and then began to roll towards Aries.
" Aries BUBBLE!" Asher stated, knowing she had to get an attack off. Dratini inhaled a deep breath and instantly released a spewing stream of bubbles at the rock pokemon. Geodude gave a cry, feeling the water attack penetrate at his defenses. ASher could tell his stats were weak against his attack...
"Alright, a few more of those and he's down. AGAIN!"

Aries was nailed with a Roll Out attack just as he was about to blow another stream out. His head nailed into the side of a boulder and he gave a slight cry of pain.
"Aries! You okay?" Asher said instantly, her demeanor turning into sincereity and worry. Aries however obviously showed he was not happy... instantly snapping his head forward and opening his mouth as Geodude was retreating back to prepare another attack. Geodude gave a cry of agony, as Asher smiled.
"So you DO have some spite in you.. alright Aries, one more well placed Bubble should do it! Stay at that rock and move when I tell you..."
Aries nodded, bunching up his muscles as he prepared to move just as the Geodude began to grow into a huge rolling mass of powerful dirt. Aries gritted his teeth slightly, narrowing his eyes... trusting ASher...
"NOW! BUBBLE!" Asher cried out, and Aries instantly jumped into the air. Geodude collided into the huge boulder, giving a cry of pain just as Aries whirled about in midair and aimed an explosive Bubble attack down upon the rock creature. Geodude cried out in agony... just as Aries landed upon the ground. Aries panted heavily, obviously hurt from the roll otu which had caused him to collide into the boulder. It was a good thing he had gotten off that attack or he probably would have fainted...

Geodude however, had been the one to fall. Instantly Asher nodded- never smiling- when the Geodude was recalled.
"Time for me to wipe that smile off your face!" Brock said eagerly, as Asher raised a brow.
"I'm not smiling."
Brock seemed to ignore that comment however, as he threw out his next pokemon and instantly the large, massive pokemon known as Onix appeared before them.
"Aries.. return." Asher stated, having her Dratini come back from the battle. Instantly she turned to look at Fray, who was pawing at the ground with her hoof in eagerness.
"Ready for this girl? Our first gym battle... together." She stated lightly, patting Fray upon the mane as the pony gave a whinny and snorted in response.
"Okay... go Fray!" Asher pointed outwards towards the arena, and instantly Fray cantered into the field.
"A fire pokemon? You should know they aren't affective aga-" Brock was about to say but Asher interupted him.
" Your Onix looked like it had a weak defense last battle. Fray's fire attacks are well above such strengths your rock pokemon might have."
Brock narrowed his eyes and quickly got to business.
"Onix... Earthquake!"
Asher was ready for this... she wasn't about to go lightly. Fray was her pokemon- her companion and her friend. She knew Fray better than anyone else, and she wasn't about to let this be a close victory.
"Fray... show him his mistake! Let's show him what happens when an earthquake messes with Fire!"

Instantly Fray gave a nod and whinnied, rearing up as the flames about her mane and tail suddenly seemed to roar. The fire grew in strength and feriocity as she gave out a cry. Her hooves suddenly seemed to glow a crimson red as well, as the blazing fire swarmed about her body. Onix was rearing up to smash into the ground, but just as the large snake-rock pokemon was going to do so, Fray pounded her own hooves into the ground. Instantly the fire which licked about her body seemed to explode outwards like a rushing river. It poured onto the ground just as Onix was smashing into it. Instantly the fire seeped and licked into the cracks of the ground, and then seemed to grow upwards around Onix's body. The earthquake had affected Fray minorly... her body was stretched outwards, supporting herself from the shifting ground. Onix gave a cry of pain... even the heat was a bit too intense for the guy.
"Swiftly! Show it one of your fire attacks!"
Fray gave a whinny of reply and instantly she opened her muzzle and inhaled a deep breath. Running towards Onix full speed, the ringing of hooves could be heard as she charged.
"TAckle!" Brock cried out, and Onix flung himself forth at the blazed galloping figure. Asher didn't say anything... she knew Fray well, and just as she had predicted the tackle had missed its mark. Just as Onix's body came hurling down, Fray leapt into the air with surprising grace and length, and instantly she had landed upon the fallen pokemon's body. She quickly leapt into the air once more, but curled her neck around to blast a fiery stream of flames at the Onix's head- mainly the eyes.

A roar of pain had occured... and Onix was feeling the beating. He had crashed himself into the floor twice and the fire was extremely strong- even for a rock pokemon. Fray landed upon the ground and Asher gave a nod, and instantly Fray unleashed yet another attack of blazing fire as Onix was slowly getting up. He let out a pained roar as he rose his neck and then fell again suddenly. Fray gave a pleasant whinny as she stopped her fire attack and cantered about. Onix had fainted...

"Geez..." Brock said lightly, recalling the massive rock pokemon. Soon Brock walked across the stadium, coming forth to Asher who was petting a very happy Fray.
" Good show. You really have a special bond with that Ponyta there..." Brock said, holding out his hand.
" Here. The Boulder Badge." He said lightly, and Asher took it with a thank you.
"You know... you're really a great trainer, and you're extremely gorgeous. A great looking guy like me is the only choice for a girl like you... Why... how about you and I go out on the town tonight? We could go get a bite to eat and if things work out we can come back here an-"
Suddenly Asher had, with out warning, withdrew her arm and instantly punched Brock directly in the gut. He gave a coughing cry of discomfort as the wind was knocked out of him, and Asher narrowed his eyes.
"A girl like me doesn't go for guys like you." she stated flatly, walking away from Brock to join Kevin and Alex. Fray gave a pleasant whinny that slightly could be compared to laughter.

[DaRk MeWtWo]

Alex w/ Alexis [Abra M], Lyfai [Vaporeon F], Kevin w Shade [Black Eevee M], Asher w/ Fray [Ponyta F]

She’s such a little devil. Alex was still trying to catch his breath as he and the Vaporeon watched the battle intently. Before he could comment on her beloved speed, however, she had skipped over to Kevin to greet him, and then had hopped over to the ledge in front of them that was overlooking the battle beneath. Alex finally caught his breath and smiled to himself, slowly rising from his seat to also acknowledge Kevin’s presence.

“Hey, hey, I think we’ve made a good partner fer sure. Don’t cha think? We can re-ally use her help fer somz of thoze up-cooming battlez.” Alexis’s mental voice was slightly unnerving—he sounded—odd. Alex could tell that even though the tiny critter wasn’t really speaking in “true words.”

“Of course she will be, you should’ve seen the way she creamed Brock’s Onix, you know that my memories can’t compare to—hey, what’s up with your voice? You sound funny.” Alex made sure he didn’t actually utter a word, for Kevin was only a seat or two away, and as lost as he was in his thoughts and the battle before him, Alex knew he was bound to notice a lunatic talking to himself eventually.

“I dunno what’ts-ha-wrong with-a-me heither. Mabbe I’m abaut to wake up zor somezing. Oh jes, I’m zinally azake! Zaza!” It had been well over sixteen hours since the Abra had entered any type of sleep, but now Alex could tell he was in what would later be termed as “Full Awake Mode,” as lame as it sounds.

“Glad to see you’re awake man. Hey, I’m gonna talk to this Kevin guy fer a while…why don’t you see if you can connect with our new blue friend?” Alex suggested, easing his way out of the rows of seats.

“Sounds like a good idea to me. I don’t think she feels too hot about me after I tried to pry her mind yesterday or something ratherz. Bleghz. AHEM. K…woah. It feels weird to actually see the world after so much sleep. Bah. I’ll have to get used to it. Oh well…nice Vaporeon…don’t smack little Alexis…please.” The orange pokemon gently un-perched himself from Alex’s right shoulder and levitated himself towards where the blue pokemon was sitting, still staring at the raging battle below.”

ALERT: Bringing a few characters together here

Summing up some courage, Alex tried to act cool as he sat beside an entranced Kevin. From the edge of the gym, Alex noticed the rather haughty figure of what seemed to be quite a familiar face…especially those blue eyes and white hair…contrasting so heavily with his dark skin. Eh? Who is that guy? Man, my journey just keeps getting weirder and weirder…ah well, might as well get to know him. Alex waited till the trainer—Alex presumed he was a trainer—had close enough for Alex to call him.

“Hey! You there!” Alex called out stupidly. WTF?! I sounded like an idiot! Fortunately no one except Kevin had heard him, who gave just the slightest twitch of acknowledgement Alex’s way—then resumed to glance blandly at the scene beyond Alexia and the Vaporeon, where Asher and Brock seemed to be having the outs, more or less.

“Huh? Are you talking to me? The great Seth Maverick?” The trainer swiveled his head around 90 degrees and looked Alex up and down as if he were judging an opponent. “You want to battle me or something?”

“Huh? No, no! Not really…not now…I mean not at all.” Alex replied hastily, losing a little confidence. The brown-skinned, white haired, blue-eyed guy was rather muscular and his imposing figure wasn’t something Alex was ready to put up a fight against.

“Ha! That’s what I thought. Neways, I gotta run—I’ve got bigger fish to fry than the likes of you….” As Seth began walking off in the direction of the gym’s door, Alex cried after him:

“Hey! Wait up! Listen, can you give me some tips? I’ve heard you’re a hot trainer!” Alex could’ve seen from a mile away the impact of his last statement. Seth froze in his tracks.

“Oh…you have, eh? Well, of course, everyone knows me, I’m so skilled they talk about me and my moves 24-7,” Seth smiled a devious but approving smile that could be seen from around the globe. He began walking back in the direction of Alex, and seemed less offensive, and more casual now.

“Yeah…some…guy told me you’ve sweeped some pretty tough-to-beat trainers. I’d…like if you…” Alex was going to finish his sentence, when he abruptly bumped into Kevin, who was sitting right next to him. Although it seemed as if nothing could break Kevin’s trance as Asher’s Dratini Bubbliezed Brock’s Geodude, fortunately, or, unfortunately, Kevin was finally awoken from his daydreaming.

“Wha? Hey! It’s you, Alex! You came back,” Kevin let out a short laugh as he helped Alex to his feet, who had fallen almost flat on his face.

Shit. WTF do I do now? Two guys saw me fall like a complete loser. And what if she saw…nah, she’s hypnotized. I swear she is. Alex brushed the dust off his clothes and looked back and forth between Kevin and Seth, still wondering what his next move would be. Fortunately for him, he wouldn’t have to make much of a decision.

Shade leaped from a seat beside Kevin and gladly welcomed the change of pace. It seemed as though the little critter was also growing weary of his trainer’s daydreaming. Seth watched in half wonder and half slight-arrogance as the black Eevee leaped onto Alex in an attempt to hug him with his arms. Alex cried in surprise, caught Shade before he hit the floor, and let out a long sigh. The tiny Eevee tilted its head to the left, much like the Vaporeon, and curiously questioned Alex’s intentions. Kevin just laughed again:

“You’ve got some charisma as well, I suppose, Alex. Although, Shade is a little more hyper since we left on our journey,” Alex handed the treasured furball back to Kevin and turned around to find out that Seth was nose-to-nose with him. Oh boy.

“Well…want the tips?” Seth asked, motioning towards the nearest seat as Asher recalled her victorious Dratini—another thing that kept striking Alex as rare and odd—and sent out her Ponyta to do battle with Brock’s daunting Onix.

“S-Sure. Let’s sit down and talk strategy,” Alex and Kevin took back their respective seats. Alex tried his very best to get onto Kevin’s other side, so that he wouldn’t be the one in the middle—but there was no such luck. Kevin, once again, was ½ entranced by…the battle.

“Right, my friend, the first lesson I’ve gotta tell you is that you’ve always gotta have spunk and funk,” Seth stated, opening his eyes a little wider, which made Alex’s hands tremble.

“Spunk…and funk?” Alex quickly asked.

“That’s right. You just can’t let the other guy let you down from the start of the battle. You’ve gotta look determined and steady and ready and so-confident that even if you’re-at-a-type-disadvatange-you-can-cream-the-lights-outta…” Seth’s neck craned ever leftward…till his eyes were upon…none other than our fair lady. “Now that’s…a fine, a fine example…ahem, where were we? Ah yes, yes, she’s a fine example…” Seth couldn’t regain his counsiousness, lost in the strategically superior feminine figure before them.

No way. Ew. Ewa-ewaoh. Eeee-ew. Bah. Humbug. Aff. I’m just gonna pretend I care…hm…she’s not that…what? Oh no you don’t. I’m not a part of this escapade. No siree pope doodle dee dee.”

Gaining confidence again—characteristic of his shifting personality and charisma—Alex forced himself to get up and get in the way of Kevin’s view in order to see how Alex was doing. Unfortunately, at that instant the Onix delivered a mighty Earthquake attack, and even though Fray, Asher’s Ponyta, wasn’t really affected by the blow whatsoever, Alex took yet another fall and landed right next to his Vaporeon…and in the process of trying to hoist himself up….

…was left dangling in a rather dangerous position over the ledge—which, at its base, housed many sharp stalagmites plenty of meters in height…not too mention those stalagmites were nearly ten or so meters beneath him….

Meanwhile….

Mm. Mmhm. Stay calm. Nice Vaporeon. Don’t smack meh…Alexis edged closer and closer to the Eeveelution till he plopped himself to her right and waved one of his hands feebly at her.

She had been staring intently at the battle unfold beneath her…and the fact that a Dratini was battling a Geodude was enough to draw her entire being into watching the battle…till she noticed Alexis’s tiny waving hand. Gracefully she turned her face to face him and gave a short cry of approval as if to acknowledge he was finally awake.

That’s right. I’ve got no bad intentions of earning Alex’s favor over yours…no hurting me…whew. Okay, now what? Mental speak? Oh nos…we know what happened last time. Blegh. Ah well. Guess I’ll have to speak normally then. Darnit—this way of communication is so, so, so, so, so, oh so inconvenient. Wasting air particles for other people to breathe and such—WTF I sound smart? Mm…interesting. I must’ve gained s’more brain cells.

“Raaabra—raa...” Alexis motioned his hand down to the battlefield and began commenting furiously on how skilled the Dratini down there was—but also how he was taking quite a beating…“Brrraaa….rabrahaaaaa.” Alexis personally had a little doubt in his heart of the Dratini would be able to stop Brock’s Geodude’s well-rehearsed Rollout attack—the Vaporeon on the other hand, seemed to beg to differ:

“Poor, Vap rap, Eoohn!” She was totally opposed to such heartless thoughts that housed Alexis’s mind. She had quite a lot of hope for the little critter. In the end the Bubble-izer connected rather well, and Alexis was surprised.

“Eohn! Va!” She seemed to be saying to him that not everything could be judged before a battle began.

“Rabra—ha!” Alexis giggled mentally at such a naïve way of thinking but knew she had a point. However…he was dead-set against the next match up. Oh pahleeez. A Ponyta…Fray…right? Against that massive Onix. No. Way.

“Ha-bra…rabra-ra,” He was willing to bet the Vaporeon some poke-chow that the Ponyta wouldn’t make it—or make it in a real foul condition.

“Va? Poooor-eon…eon,” She disagreed with him once more, stating that she was certain Fray would wipe the floor with the huge rock snake pokemon. Alex sensed the slightest arrogance—so slight that he soon forgot about it, he was an Abra, not an Alakazam, after all.

As the Earthquake attack shook the gym rather violently, Alexis cheered in joy, “Raabraa! Ra bra!” As if saying, “Haha! I win!” However, his joy was to be short-lived.

Using an attack or ability still unknown to Alexis’s extensive database, Fray negated the Earthquake attack by simply supporting herself and injecting flames into the fissures of the Earthquake attack. In a seemingly impossible miracle, the flames enraptured the Onix and soon enough the huge rock snake pokemon was down for the count.

*THUD*

Without warning or any cry for help, a dangling Alex appeared in front of Alexis and the Vaporeon, clutching onto the rocks beside him…already losing his grip from the serious strain to support himself. The Vaporeon yelled in surprise...but Alexis was mentally frozen solid. It’s as if he had been paralyzed from shock out of an extreme overload. Perhaps it was the prediction that as Alex would slip from his hold he wouldn’t have enough time to bring him back up before he was impaled by the stalagmites that froze his brain solid…a technical calculation. Or…perhaps he was truly shocked, paralyzed like any other pokemon could have been by such a starling event.

The Vaporeon nudged Alexis to strut his psychic stuff…but the orange critter wouldn’t move…and…far off in the distance, Asher had just delivered a rather gut-wrenching blow to the insidious Brock—earning well over a thousand percent of Seth and Kevin’s attention. Shade, however, managed to see what was happening and bounded right next to the Vaporeon.

With her newfound trainer losing his grip every second, Alexis frozen in terror, Asher bathing in the glory of victory over a pro-macho-pig Brock, and Kevin and Seth alike still daydreaming of a beachside with…you know…and only the little black Eevee named Shade to help her, time was of the essence as the Vaporeon thought on the spot of how to save Alex from the demise of a dozen stalagmites a dozen feet high and a two dozen feet beneath the ledge itself….

Alex (dangling for his life) w/, Alexis (Full Awake Mode, frozen in terror, Abra M), Lyfai (Worried Mode, Vaporeon F), Kevin (entranced), Seth (entranced), Shade (Worried Mode, black Eevee M), Asher (Victory Mode), Fray (cantering about, in Victory Mode, Ponyta F)

Mmm. Cool posts people!

Glad you decided to join us Nabooru! =) We’re gaining popularity people =O

Woah. You’ve a hand at sideplots Siderous. It’s nice to have someone actually on the other side as a conspirator and the like. Oh, there in one little problem…I dunno if Kikyo/Sango’s gonna let you keep that Larviatar egg. S/he said only first 151 pokemon from RBY I dunno =x

M_c and Samchu: man, I had to do that with you guys, I just couldn’t get the idea outta my head…guys it was all set and…I hope you don’t mind.

B4, think of something even more dramatic to put in =O Will he survive the stalagmites to see the light of day? Will Alexis ever get over the fact that he’s inferior to Lyfai? Will Kevin and Seth ever take their eyes off Ash—oops. =x

[Arnen]

~<()>~ Ari ~<()>~
~ ~ Party: Efri (female Eevee, Lv. 5), Flurry (male Pidgey, Lv. 4) ~ ~
~ ~ Location: Veridian Forest ~ ~

"Nooooo, can this get any worse?!" I moaned. Lost in the forest, and then some jerkwad takes off on my bike! Efri seemed to sense I was upset, and she began to lick my cheek, mewing softly. I petted her slowly with one hand while I took out my map. It showed a little trail through the forest, but it didn't help much since I had no idea where I was. I sighed, and was about to give up when I saw movement on the other side of some trees.

I ran over and saw a little kid with a straw hat and a net chasing after a Caterpie. The little bug outsmarted him, dodging his net and crawling up a nearby tree and out of reach.

"Darn it!" the kid fumed, "Almost had 'im!" He stomped the ground angrily.

"Excuse me?" I said, walking over tentatively. "Umm, I'm kinda lost here. Could you please point me in the direction of the exit to Pewter City?"

The kid appeared to look me over, his eyes lingering on Efri curled around my neck.

"Yer a Trainer?" he asked, straightening the brim of his hat. I nodded. "Well, if you can beat me at Pokemon I'll tell ya where to go. A one-on-one battle." I blinked. I'd never even watched a Pokemon Battle between two Trainers before, but I figured the rules were pretty simple; fight until someone's Pokemon were knocked out.

I nodded hesitantly. "Uh, ok," I said.

"All right then. Go, Caterpie!" He threw a Pokeball to the ground and a tough-looking Caterpie popped out. I thought for a moment, then took Flurry's Pokeball out of my pocket and threw it to the ground. He popped out and cast a hungry eye on the Caterpie.

"This'll be a good'n," the kid grinned. "Ok, Caterpie, Stringshot 'em!" The Caterpie sucked in a deep breath, then blew out a rope of string at Flurry. Flurry swiped it away with his wing, with a lazy, smug look on his face.

"Er, use Scratch!" I commanded, but instead Flurry leapt back and started flapping his wings, whipping up dust -- a Sand Attack.

The kid laughed. "Gosh, you can't even control yer Pokemon? This'll be easier'n I thought!" he gloated, which drew a glare from me.

Meanwhile, the Caterpie was squeaking out what seemed to be coughs. Its little head was bent against the sand. Suddenly, Flurry burst through the dust, talons extended. The Caterpie ducked out of the way in the nick of time, squealing. As Flurry went past, attempting to wheel around, the little bug leapt into the air and smashed its tail into him, right in the wing. He veered off course and skidded to the ground, ripping up the dirt and leaves. When he whirled around, huffing angrily, I could see one of his wings was sticking out at an odd angle.

That little thing’s stronger than it looks, I thought nervously as I chewed the tip of my thumb, another nervous habit. “Try again, Flurry!” I cried. He chirped grudgingly and charged at the Caterpie, flapping around on one wing rather pitifully. The little bug charged, only to be met with Flurry’s talons, right in the face. It backed away, whimpering, several scratch marks scoring its forehead. It flinched as it looked up at Flurry, who took the opportunity to charge head-on into it, sending it flying a few feet.

“Enough!” the kid in the hat said suddenly, rushing forward to pick up his precious Caterpie. “Ok, ok, you win! Jeez… My poor Caterpie!” He sniffed. I rolled my eyes. It just had a couple scratches and bruises.

I knelt down beside Flurry and reached out to touch his broken wing. He screeched and pecked at my hand, which I quickly pulled back, frowning. “C’mon, I’m just trying to help!” I moaned, feeling utterly hopeless.

The kid in the hat watched with interest. “I think he needs t’ go to a Pokemon Center,” he said. “Follow me, I’ll show you the way to Pewter.”

“Ok,” I said, nodding. I carefully picked Flurry up as I had when I first caught him, being extra careful of his broken wing. “Oh, I’m Ari,” I said, realizing we hadn’t been properly introduced.

“Sammy,” the kid replied. “Now come on!”

Sammy led me to the forest exit. It didn’t take as long as I had thought, and there was still no sign of any trainers other than ourselves and the guy who had stolen my bike earlier. Flurry fell asleep in my arms at one point.

When finally we reached the exit, I thanked Sammy and ran off through the rest stop, not even bothering to look around. I ran until I was in the city, located the Pokemon Center, and rushed inside, cradling my crippled Pokemon in my arms.

[Siderous]

((I thought that we were allowed any Pokemon in the Fire Red/Leaf Green versions... if anyone wants me to change, that's not a problem, I'll edit it to something else. And thanks for the comment about the sideplots! Like I said, I've got an interesting future set up for Siderous, just you wait...))

Siderous Peregrine
Party: Pidgey[F], Nidoran[M], Gastly[F], Charmander[M], Larvitar[M]
Location: Viridian City Gym
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Siderous stepped out of the gym, and hopped back on the bike. As he pedaled back towards the Viridian Forest, he kept wondering what it was that was so important in Mount Moon. "I've heard there are moon stones there," he thought. "Moon stones evolve certain Pokemon. Hum. Who knows...?"

His legs pumped up and down as he weaved through the trees of the Viridian Forest. Sid finally emerged in Pewter City, and he made his way to the right. He blew by some trainers that were eager to fight him, but he just ignored them and continued on. Finally, he reached the cave called Mount Moon.

Biking inside, it was lighter than he expected. Sid had actually pulled out his Charmander, ready to call it forth if he needed the light, but holes in the ceiling allowed for a decent amount of sunlight to pour in. He biked throught the tunnel, not exactly sure whom or what he was looking for, until suddenly his eye caught glimpse of a tiny glimmer in the ground up ahead.

He tried to pull up the shiny object, but it was pretty deep.
"Go, Nidoran!"
In a flash of red, Nidoran appeared.
"Help me dig up that rock, will you?"
"Nido!" Nidoran began digging furiously at the ground. Once it had been mostly revealed, Sid said, "Okay, now finish the job with Water Pulse."
Water gushed from Nidoran's mouth, spraying the ground where the shiny stone was. Siderous grinned, and saw the stone glimmering beautifully in the sunlight.
"Thanks, Nidoran. Return." Flash, and he was gone.
Siderous picked up the stone. "This must be a moon stone!" thought Sid excitedly. He placed the stone in his backpack, re-mounted the bike, and began to peddle forward again.

Within the next hour or so, Siderous fought trainers that lay scattered throughout the cave. Nidoran's Water Pulse proved to come in handy, especially against the Geodude and Onix that some of the trainers had, and also against the wild Pokemon.

[Bulbasaur4]

Lyfai
~ Vaporeon / F ~

Lyfai was staring at the battle below... until suddenly the Abra had come to talk to her. She sparred him with guesses about who was going to win, and to her it seemed as if the Abra was slightly pessimistic. Still, she smiled at him and she had a feeling of content about him. He was a very friendly pokemon.
However... some thing soon happened so rapidly that caused Lyfai to panic. Alex had some how managed to tumble over the railing, where he was clinging to it with one hand for life. Lyfai instantly darted to him along with the black Eevee, as they both didn't know what to do. Neither of them had the power to grab his hand and they couldn't possibly use their teeth, let alone their body weight, to pull him over. Lyfai glanced over to Alexis and begged him to help his trainer.
"Vaaapor! Eon eon vaa!"
However... Alexis seemed to be stone-cold, petrefied it seemed to move or do anything of the sort. Lyfai looked to Kevin and the other trainer to see that they were busy watching Asher finish her battle.
Slip.
Alex's hand had slipped a little bit, and the fall below was a jagged death for sure. Lyfai felt as if her brain was being mentally strained... as if some pounding headache suddenly had released itself inside of Lyfai. Lyfai suddenly felt a strange sensation overcoming her mind... although she wasn't sure what it was. Her head had begun to thrum slightly... but she hardly paid attention to it as she watched in horror as suddenly Alex's hand slipped.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeon!"
Lyfai shrieked at the top of her lungs, and almost instantly a popping noise echoed in the entire gym along with a brilliant flash of violet.
It was as if everything were in slow motion... Alexis let out a cry of horror, finally moving forward in shock... realizing that his trainer now must be a jagged, bloody mess upon the floor of the gym. However... after the brilliant flash had faded, suddenly Lyfai seemed frozen and rolls were reversed. All was eeriely quiet... Kevin and the other trainer letting out a shout as they just looked to see Alex fall.
Yet Lyfai's body was stiff... and her eyes were glowing imensely, their violet color glowing and lingering about her face like two brilliant bulbs of light. Gazing below... Alex was suspended in the air... his body glowing a brilliant and eerie purple in color. He wasn't immobile, and when he saw he was floating in the air instantly looked up at Alexis.
"Thanks buddy!" But Alexis seemed to be in complete bewilderment... until he glanced at Lyfai, and shock seemed to come into place.
A Vaporeon....?
"Vaaay! Vaaay!" Suddenly Lyfai cried out, her eyes closing as the purple aura was beginning to fade away from Alex and slowly he started to descend. Alexis now was ready this time,a nd he quickly focused his powers to teleport Alex back up where the rest of them were. Alex quickly had reformed, but it seemed that with this new and unused 'power' of Lyfai's had drained her of her energy, or perhaps had caused her a mental shock.
Vaporeons were not supposed to be able to do that.

So Lyfai now was upon the floor... completely unconcious but at least still breathing shallowly.

[Samchu]

Kevin
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I ran over and helped to pull Alex that last bit of the way. "Man are you okay?" I asked, "I thought you were a gonner for sure."

"Me," too admitted Alex, composing himself slowly. Guess it was quite a lot to try and get over. I felt stupid for not having been there, that could have been my fault...another person who I'd just let die...

"Hey, what's wrong?" Alex's voice brought me back to reality and I saw him leaning over his Vaporeon. I headed over and kneeled beside him.

"It's okay, she's still breathing. She must have passed out as you were being pulled back up." I stroked the fur upon her head softly. I had the sneakig suspicion she didn't pass out from exhaustion but what else could it have been? It seemed strange... "Don't worry Alex, she'll be just fine after a little rest. We'll help you get her to a centre after Asher's battle had finished."

Shadow gave a gently "ee!" and I looked down at her and smiled. "You've found yourself a friend, haven't you girl?"

She seemed almost to grin at me and replied, "ve! ve!" I was glad she was happy. I stroked her fur then left her to stay with the vaporeon so I could watch the end of Asher's battle. I arrived just to see Onix fall and Asher be crowned the winner. I watch Brock head over, and most importanlty I heard what he said. I prayed so hard she would stay the same right now and turn him down flat on his face.
*thwack*
On second thought, I decided that response was much better.

They came over, Asher and Fray, and I ran to greet them. "That was a great battle," I compliment, trying to score a few points. "Nice punch too," I added.

[Mystic_clown]

Seth
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Seth ran over to Alex, he felt like the biggest idiot in the world.
"You okay?" he asked. Alex nodded.
"I'm just so sorry," Seth apologized, "I should have helped you. I feel like such an idiot!"
"It's okay. Kevin didn't know I was in danger too, so you're not alone." That made Seth feel a bit better, but it still didn't change the fact that he felt bad. Especially since his Vaporeon was now unconcious.
"At least let me make it up to you." While Alex had told him that it wasn't his fault, Seth still felt guilty.

Sorry for the crappiness, severe writers block people.

[Arnen]

~<()>~ Ari ~<()~
~ ~ Party: Efri (female Eevee), Flurry (injured male Pidgey) ~ ~
~ ~ Location: Pewter City Pokemon Center ~ ~

I burst through the door of the Pokemon, still clutching Flurry in my arms.

"Is something wrong?" the Nurse Joy asked, obviously startled by my sudden entrance. She looked exactly like the Nurse Joy in Lavender Town, but that was to be expected.

"Please... My Pidgey, I think.. his wing's broken," I panted, winded from the long run from Veridian Forest. I walked over to the counter and set Flurry on it. He pecked at me irritably, trying to hide his wing from view.

"Oh dear," Joy murmered, looking him over carefully, poking his wing to make him extend it so she could see it better. "Yes, it's definitely broken," she tutted, "How did this happen?"

I told her about the battle in vague monotone, not taking my eys off Flurry. I felt like such a failure. My first battle and I'd already gotten one of my Pokemon hurt...

"Ok," Joy said. I realised that I had finished talking. "Ill fix him right up!" she smiled. She picked up Flurry to take him back into the ward.

"Th-thank you very much," I stuttered, bowing. I wandered over to a chair by the window and sat down, lost in thought.

What would mom and dad say if they knew about this? They're such important trainers, how would they react if they knew ther daughter was an utter failure... I put my head in my hands. Something warm and wet found its way to my cheek, and when I looked up I saw Efri sitting on my shoulder.

"Ee?" she squeaked, a sad look in her eyes. frowned and petted her on the head, my thoughts hazy and random.

After what seemed like hours but was probably less than one, I heard a series of chimes and looked up. Joy came out the sliding doors to the ward, struggling to keep hold of a squirming Flurry. I walked over, still absently petting Efri, who had fallen asleep on my shoulder. Joy handed Flurry to me, and I careflly cradled him in my arms so he couldn't peck or claw me.

"There now!" she smiled. "He'll have to take it easy for awhile, but the splint can come off in about a week." I nodded and thanked her, looking down at the brd in my arms. He leered up at me warily. I sighed and left the PokeCenter.

So my Pokemon hates me, I thought wearlly. I trudged on, not paying attention to where I was going, till I felt the ground under my feet change to rock and grass. Looking up, I found myself at the edge of the city. I looked back, biting my lip. I hadn't gotten the badge, but I knew that if I tried, I wouldn't be abl to at this point. I walked forward, hearing voices up ahead.

[classy_cat18]

Emi Tajiri ~ Inside Mount Moon

"Nice Bulbasaur. I think I'll take it!" the Team Rocket grunt sneered. He was hopefully our final opponent. "Go, Rattata!"

"Ryu..." Chase started.

I stopped him. "Dimitri can take care of this. Go, Dimitri!" I looked down. Dimitri was growling like never before. I haven't seen him so angry. "Dimitri, Poison Powder!"

A cloud of purple spores erupted from Dimitri's bulb. Rattata tried to hold its breath but failed. He coughed as the spores entered through his nose. Dimitri then wrapped the Rattata in his vines and started to pick him up and slam him into the ground. He repeated this until the Rattata was KO'ed.

"Don't you think you were a little ruthless?" I quietly asked Dimitri.

"Bulba!" Dimitri snapped.

I stepped away from him. "Okay then."

"I'll have that Bulbasaur whether you like it or not!" the grunt yelled. He threw another pokeball. "Go Zubat!"

Dimitri started to step into the fight but I stopped him. "No, Dimitri. I'm using Ken this time. Ken?"

"Pika!" He shot a Thundershock at the Zubat and fried it. It fluttered to the ground, defeated.

"Okay, we beat your Pokemon. We're leaving with our Pokemon," Chase told the Rocket grunt.

"O-o-okay," he stammered. He stepped to the side, letting us pass.

We continued exploring the cave and came across a strange stone sitting on the ground. I picked it up. It seemed awfully peculiar. "Chase, I think this is a Moon Stone." I put it in my pocket. "Don't really know what it does but it might come in handy someday. Anything you want to do before we go on, Chase?"

[Crystal Tears]

Ty Classy_cat for posting again ^_^;;;

Chase
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"Yeah. I want to train." I asnwered, I easily defeated zubats, geodudes, even the ocassional onix. My pokemon were growing stronger by the minute, and the same with Emis'. We were kicking but through out the cave until, Ryu, Fay, Kiro, and the newly named Vasius the Staryu, were just toying with the enemies.

"Chase!" I turned sharply to see a grunt holding emi, a familar but distant anger boiled it, it seemed to be transfered to Ryu and Kiro, as they bounded out.

"Ryu! Ember! Kiro! Use Poison Sting!"

It was a short but thrilling battle, I don't think I was thinking when I order my pokemon to atatck another human, because I would've never done it if I had thought it through. The grunt let out a scream up pain as a ember hit his chest, and a poison Sting hit him straight in the face, he tumbled back, before running of into the darkness of Mt. Moon.

"Chase.." Emi Whispered, running up to me, as I stood staring at the darkness of the Cave. "Its.."

"No." I answered, turning away from the Cave. "It's not Alright." I muttered, returning my pokemon. "Lets go." I muttered, fumbling with Ryu's pokeball all the way out.

[DaRk MeWtWo]

OOC: (whatever that means) I thought Shade was male O_o apologies Samchu

Alex, w/ Alexis [Full Awake Mode Abra M], Lyfai [Unconsious Vaporeon F], Kevin, Seth, Asher, Fray [Stiilll Victory Mode Ponyta F], Shade [black Eevee F]

OMG. I thought that was really the end there. How in the hell did that even happen? I'm not a klutz, never was. And what's up with my newest friend? She's...unconscious...still breathing. How did this all happen. Mm at least it's over now.

Kevin had lifted Alex's spirits, but was now grinning like the devil as he walked over to compliment Asher and Fray on their earth-shaking victory. Asher's Ponyta was quite in the jolly-good mood, and Alex didn't want to disturb them just yet.

Meanwhile, Seth had come over as well to offer his condolences. His attitude had completely transformed into a caring and guilty soul. Alex was stunned by his metamorphosis and was eager to ask what had prompted the change, but decided not to.

Hell, I've made another friend. What more could I ask for?

"Make it up to me? There's nothing really to make up man, but, in case you still feel you owe me somthing, you could always travel with us--the more the merrier." Alex jubilantly proclaimed.

"Hey you're right. That would be cool. Kevin and Asher seem like nice enough people and you're obviously lucky to have a Vaporeon like that. I guess I could hold off my reven--" he cut himself short before he could add in the last syllable.

"Hold of your what?" Alex asked.

"Nothing, nothing, man. Really, nothing." Seth's white hair shook so hard that Alex was certain he didn't want to talk about it.

"Eheheh, I could find ouuuttt...." Alexis's voice trailed into Alex's mind as the Abra levitated himself onto his right shoulder.

All this time Alex had been sitting down and staring at the Vaporeon, and Seth had taken a seat on the stands beside him, and Alexis had felt the urge...to perch. It must have become a rather impulsive habit of his.

"Hey, hey. Superman never used his powers for bad Alexis, so don't you dare. Eww Superman? Why'd I use that example. Nevermind. Just don't you dare, heard me?" Alex was finding it rather difficult to stress mental thought-speaek, so he just crunched up his eyebrows and concentrated on the words "heard me." In the end Seth looked down at him in confusion and just laughed.

"Yeah yeah, Mr. Moral, I won't do any such thing." Alexis replied.

"Hey hey, what in the world happened to our new friend? She's totally wiped out." Alex asked him, while Seth was still in the middle of a short laugh.

"Huh? Oh, um, I dunno. I was just careening you back to safety and she sorta passed out. I have no clue...and like you said, Mr. Moral, I'm not about to probe into her head again, am I?" Alexis asked.

"Hell no. We'll just have to trust she fainted from exasperation or fear or whatever you call that mumbo-jumbo. Meanwhile, I'll try and carry her over to the Pokecenter....eh? She's not that heavy? Ah, you're helping, aren't you?" Alex said, lifting the Vaporeon in his arms and motioning for Seth to walk ahead of him.

"Yeah, I guessed you could use some help. And what in blazes happened to that Seth guy? He's like a saint. Aw, you must've broken the chain on his heart. Ew. We say the sickest things. OK, ok, I'll shut up, here comes the other two. Remember, act calm." Alexis visibly blinked, although no one probably registereed the gesture.

"Well, that Brock character had it coming to him from the start. I had machoistic guys like that. I hope he gets more punches like that from other girls in the future...oh hey, are you that Alex kid?" Asher asked him, more upbeat and than she was when she had entered the gym and almost smiling, but still retaining that semi-cold indifference. Alex did his best to reply...

"Ah, yes. That would be me. Sorry about the havoc I caused...uh, with the railing and all. Your, your battle was awesome. I've never seen a fire pokemon negate an Earthquake like that before." Alex knew he's stuffed the speech with fluff again, but it couldn't be helped. She made him nervous, and Alex couldn't exactly respond clearly to her persona.

"On the contrary, it made our battle more exciting, even though you could use some more eye-hand-feet coordination." Asher smiled so little it wouldv'e taken a microscope to identify the upper curving of her lips. Alex tried not to react to such an open comment. Thankfully, Kevin and Shade intervened with their...bubbly...persona.

"Right, he had me freaked out as well. Um, Asher? Would you like to get to the Pokecenter so we could heal his Vaporeon? And Fray and Aries?" Kevin tried to smile as well. It was like the smile-olympics.

Ech. I can't play this game of smilly-wiley. It's so...pointless. But it does crack me up a little. Oi! Hey, hey, Alexis, don't slack off! She's not that light!

For the first time in the conversation, Asher registered the unconscioius Vaporeon in Alex's arms and quickly replied:

"Of course we can. That shouldn't be a question. Fray, let's go and heal Aries, he could use a bit of energy," Asher called out to her Ponyta, who was, for reasons unbeknowest to Alex, still prancing around the gym in a flurry, but who soon yielded to Asher's command and came prancing over to the trio...or quartet, as Seth seemed to be rather mute at the moment. Shade suddenly popped out of nowhere and made herself comfortable in Kevin's arms, swivelling her head now and then to glance at her blue friend. As Asher, Fray, Kevin, Shade, Alex, Alexis, and the Vaporeon began to exit the gym, they heard Seth cry behind them:

"Hey! Guys! Wait up, hey, do you think I could...travel with you?" Seth quickly finished his question and looked pleadingly into Asher's eyes, whom he still needed to earn to the respect of.

"Well..." Asher looked around and seemed to notice the gender ratio and lowered her eyes to the floor, lost in thought, then she slowly raised her eyebrows and replied:

"I suppose he could. You're not a theif or an excessive gambler, are you? she asked him. Seth was relieved at her response and had no trouble answering:

"Of course not. I just wanna see how you guys battle, that's no crime, is it?"

"Duh, not even close, welcome to our club Seth," Kevin smiled.

"My gawd...why do they always have to get mushy like this? Alex, I can't take much more dah-rhama. Mm, I'm gonna let Vaporeon loose...aha...oops, sorry Alex." Alexis loosened his mental grip on the Vaporeon, and the end result was that Alex began to loose his grip on her as well. Everyone noticed and apologized swiftly, and within minutes they were out of that gym door like flies fleeing from insectide.

As the gym doors closed on the scene, Brock finally recoverd from Asher's blow, not just to his stomach, but to his pride as well.

"Those young chicks just aren't the type for me. Bah, she doesn't know what she was missing. None of those guys are worth chicken feed for a phoenix like her. Ah well, her loss, back to the drawing board for me..." And with that Brock exited from the back of the gym, entering his office with slouched shoulders.

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Man, am I in Sin City or what? All this time Kevin, Seth, and I have been talking like n00bs in a bar about life and ambitions, while Asher's gone to clear herself up. And somewhere in the depths of this Pokecenter, my newest pokemon is barely breathing. I gotta stop sinning.

"Hey, hey, ok, guys, that's enough soda for one day. I've had like...five...or something...can barely breathe...mm...was fun though, right?" Alex asked Kevin and Seth, who were still finishing their third or fouth can of whatever drink they had called for from the vending machine there.

"Hell yes!" They both cried together and laughed hysterically. But the merriment soon died off as they heard Asher's footsteps edging ever nearer to the door...all three of them panicked and stuffed the cans in a garbage can as best they could. No way is she gonna know about this. NO WAY. Alex jumped into the garbage can and crushed the cans for good measure, to make sure three semi-bloated guys next to a vending machine weren't exactly the ones drinking all the cans. It seemed rather hopeless, however. So they moved on to Plan B.

Kevin released Shade from her pokeball and began reading some of the pokemon magazines with her on the couch on the far end of the room. Seth released Clyde, his Mankey, and picked up a totally random fighting pokemon strategy book from the nearest shelf and pulled his pokemon down so that he could pretend they were reading it and practicing the moves. Needless to say, the hyper Clyde was a little fazzled by his trainer's odd behavoir. Shade, on the other hand, was they merriest furball you could imagine.

Alex, panicking like all heck had broke loose, ran over to Alexis, who had been reading the entire bookshelf row by row for the past hour and quickly relayed his distress:

"Omg, Alexis, gimme that book! Heck if Asher sees us like this she'll laugh her ass off. Hey, stop giggling. I gotta look like I'm reading, dammit. Ahem, right...now...where are we...ah yes, Jolteon...I like that critter, fast, and agile...Flareon...puffy furball with killer Flamethrower...oh yeah, Vapor--" Alex cut himself short and shut the book just as Asher re-entered the main Pokecenter room--where all the trainers usually were.

She took notice of Alex's dismayed attitude, but decided instead to head over and see what Kevin was up to, as Shade attracted much attention. From across the room, Seth exhaled a sigh of relief and Clyde shrugged his shoulders in confusion...till he saw Asher walk over to Kevin and the fact that there was a visible stain of Coke on Seth's shirt...and then cracked up like an unstoppable Mankey...which he was as a matter of fact.

"Alexis, I'm gonna see if she's ok. You just stay here and keep reading, alright? I mean, whatever you want to do, I'll be back soon." Alex reshelved the book on Eeveelutions and strode with a burden on his back to the Pokecenter's collection counter. Nurse Joy was already waiting for him.

"Hello Alex, I'm pleased to announce your Vaporeon is in top-notch condition, but I would advise that in future times of peril..." she helped a Chansey reel in the Vaporeon on a stretcher of some sort "....that you use a pokeball to keep your weakened pokemon safe. It's the best way to ensure their injuries don't accumulate and that they don't receive any infections." The Chansey lifted the Vaporeon and carefully placed her in to Alex's arms, crying "Chanssseeeey!"

"Well, you see, I would, but she's kind of the free type. You know how some pokemon can't stand pokeballs, right? I think she's one of them. I still don't understand what happened back there. I'm really sorry for all this trouble." Alex looked down at his blue pokemon and his heart was crushed.

"Yes, well, you're not alone in your troubles young man. A rather pale lady swung by earlier with a Pidgey. Broken wing--that can really leave a mark on any flying pokemon, and the trainer has to rebuild their relationship with them. However you and your Vaporeon seem like somthing else altogether to me. Anyways I must be going now, we hope to see you again," The Chansey and Nurse Joy bowed before rushing to attend anothe trainer whose Butterfree looked like it had been scorched by a rampant Charmander.

"Thank you--" He didn't get the time to say his thanks however as they had left his the scene in quite a flurry.

"Dammit, I'm so sorry, Vaporeon, I didn't mean to freak you out back there like that. Please forgive me." Alex thought these words and morosely carried back Vaporeon to Alexis...however, she seemed to have somehow sensed his concern...

"Vapy? Eohn? Eoohn!" She awoke in a flash and licked his face, jumping from his arms and wagging her tail vibrantly--scar and all.

"Wow...that was...that was quick. Cool, hey, did ya meet all my new friends?" Alex grinned and motioned towards Seth and Clyde, as well as Shade, Kevin, and Asher to acknowledge they were still there.

"Vapy!" She cried in joy, and ran over at top-speed and tackled Seth to the floor, licking his face and began to jibber away at Clyde. The Mankey laughed as if she had made a joke and they quickly connected.

"Man, she's the most hyper pokemon I've ever seen..." Seth commented, wiping his face and smiling.

"Yeah, she is, sorry about that," Alex helped Seth back to his feet and they watched their pokemon talk it out for a while before looking over to see how Kevin was doing with Asher.

"Aha...I hope she's not killing him too badly. She's pretty hard to talk to, you know?" Seth asked Alex.

"Hell yes, but I think they've known each other long enough to be able to joke around and the like, you know what I'm talking about, right? Oh waiiiit...were you listening at all when Kevin was telling a bit about his past, or were you too busy with that soda can fest?" Alex laughed and received a playful punch from the white-haired Seth.

"Hush, of course I was...eh. Anywhoo...we should get moving soon, yes? I'll get my backpack and stuff, can you tell the other we should get going too?" He asked.

"Sure thing man, meet you out here in ten minutes or so." Seth ran off to get his backpack from the Pokecenter dorms as Alex walked over to interrupt a small arguement between Asher and Kevin...

"Why are you so intent on knowing everything there's to know about me? I told you before it's none of your business and you've never told me anything either." Asher's anger was building steadily.

"I-I'm sorry, Asher. I didn't mean to offend you again. Really, I didn't...it's just that I thought--oop. Hey Alex, uh, I suppose you're gonna ask when we should go?" Kevin was sem-curled up on the couch with Shade, who was curling up as small as she could go given her dimensions--she was obviously not enjoying the conversation and was glad for Alex's interevention.

"Um...yes...that would be correct dude. So...Seth's gone to get all his stuff ready and we were just wondering if you guys wanted to leave now or something rather?" Alex asked, keeping his eyes moving steadily back and forth betweeen Asher and Kevin so that he wouldn't have to endure Asher's angry glare or Kevin's innocent face.

"Yes, I would anyways. I think we've stayed in Pewter long enough. Cerulean sounds like a nice change of pace. I'll go get ready and be out in five minutes flat. Don't make me wait people," and with that she walked off, a little less angry but far from pacified.

"Holy cow...Kevin, you ok?" Alex asked him once Asher was out of earshot.

"Yeah...this isn't the first time this has happened. Don't worry about it man, I'll figure something out someday. It'll just take some more time. Mmm, your Vaporeon looks pretty happy and dandy, doesn't she? Good to see her back on her feet," Kevin commented, rising up from the couch with Shade in hand.

"Yeah, she's pretty hyper, the little devil. Oh nos, you'd better brace yourself Kevin, she's coming. Holy cow she's coming fast. Oi!" Alex jumped to the side as the Vaporeon tackled Kevin back onto the couch and stampeded on him as well. Poor Shade was almost squished in the process and had to squeal for registration to the Vaporeon.

After the fiasco had ended itself, and with Asher returning back in a happier mood, and with Clyde back in his pokeball, and with Shade walking beside Kevin, and the Vaporeon beside Alex, and with Alexis re-perched on Alex's right shoulder, all seemed well as the quartet left the Pokecenter.

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With near to no conversation between the four of them, in a large part due to Asher's presence, the four of them split into two groups, with Alex and his pokemon along with Seth leading the way, and Asher, Fray, Shade, and Kevin dangling behind. Alex thought that was the best way for things to run in the group...

But soon they had run across a lost-soul-of-a-trainer, and Alex could see from a mile away that her skin was as paler than one who hath seen a ghost in Medieval times. He walked slower and made sure that he was the first in the group to tak to the lost-soul-of-a-trainer

"Hey!" Alex called as he neared the trainer, who he soon saw bore the darkest outfit one could find and housed an impressive necklace around her neck...Heck, that necklace's even more damn cool than my own...hm. Eheh...five person group doesn't sound bad to meh.

"Um? Yes? Are you talking to me?" she asked, whirling around to reveal her oddly colored grey and purple eyes.

"Whoa...I mean, yes I am, m'lady. May I be endowed with thy name?" Alex asked, trying to sound gallant or something, since she seemed to have popped out of the Medieval Ages with a ghost ready to pop up from behind her.

"Um, My name's Ari, and I'm from Lavender Town...what may your name be, if I may ask? She timidly asked, as if almost intruding into Alex's personal life.

"T'is Alex, and this here is my friend Seth," Alex motioned towards the equally odd-colored hair of Seth, who waved back with a hello.

"Pleased to meet you two. Oh, you have more friends, Alex?" Ari asked, as she saw Kevin and Asher catch up to them from behind.

"Ah yes, my friends, this is the Lady of Lavender Ari, and here's Kevin, and, and here's Asher." Even after all this time he still had trouble even mentioning Asher's name. It was an ordeal.

"Hi," Asher and Kevin greeted together, striking a rather harmonious chord in the process. Alex could sense that Ari felt like she was being examined and stepped over close beside her so that the situation wasn't so awkward.

"Wow...you've got a lot of friends Alex. I'm just journeying the usual gym leader challenge...and I'm on my way to Mount Moon now. Oh, oh, dear, I'm' afraid I've wasted ten minutes of your time, my apologies for holding you up," she bowed/curtsied and looked down at the floor.

"Hell no, I mean, no way, we--I mean, at least I'm always looking forward to new people to meet," Seth proclaimed.

"Yeah, me too, and I think I speak on everyone's behalf when I ask if you'd join us. We may not know much about you, but I've learned that it's easy enought to make friends once you're journeying together with them every day," Kevin chimed in. Asher nodded ever so slightly and Ari smiled as a result.

"Thank you for your kindess. I will do my best not to be a hassle," she bowed/curtsied again and Alex wondered why she felt she had to do that every time...it looked so odd. But her intense eyes commanded some attention in any case. There was a story behind her, just like Asher, that Alex wanted to find out.

Pfft. Why can't girls just say it? It was so fun and easy between Seth, Kevin, and I...what the heck's up with Ari and Asher. Bah, I'll never understand girls.

Alex did his best to keep a gallant face and thankfully succeeded.

"No worries, welcome to the group, Ari." Alex returned a bow which made an obnoxiously loud snicker in his brain from Alexis and which he had a rather hard time concealing as well.

"Damn it, stop that Alexis, I'm not hitting on her."

"Really? Funny you should mention the thought then. Aha--you poor humans have it so bad. Us psychics can see through everyone all the time so relations are damn clear-cut and nice. Ah well, suffer mwhaha." Alexis continued to snicker and began vibrating furiosly on Alex's shoulder.

Finally, the group shook hands with Ari and incorprated her into the group, landing between the four of them. It would be hard for her to choose which group to walk with, and Alex was going to suggest something to her when they suddenly came across a barrage of trainers, halfway on their path to Mount Moon.

"Mwhahaha! Hey guys, look at those tiny twerps! It's like they just came out of Grade Five or somethin'" A huge mountain-climber of a man walked up to them and snickered very loud. He was soon joined by four other Mountainclimbers who hee-hawed rather annoyingly.

"Aw shucks, the damsels and the frog princes all gathered up. Hey! You all want a battle with us or what?" Another mountainclimber asked, laughing his giant head off.

"Heck yeah!" Seth cried, jumping ahead of the group and grabbing one of his pokeballs, "You are guys look like you could use some cutting down."

"He's got a point, all that flabber's not very good for your health," Asher added, joining Seth on front stage with Fray in close company.

"What she said--for mountainclimbers, you guys don't look too fit," Kevin added, moving to the right of Seth with Shade.

"Um, yes, I would have to agree with them--my dearest apologies," Ari moved to the left of Asher and prepared for battle.

"Hey, hey, hey! I thought I was leading the group. What's this mutiny and all?" Alex looked around all confused and the Vaporeon giggled in response.

"Just come and battle Alex, Jesus..." Kevin answered, motioning for him.

With nine people waiting for him to walk over next to Kevin, Alex took his time, which got on everyone's nerves but made his four friends give a short laugh.

Aha--I can crack 'em up too...I think. Damn those laughs better not be out of courtesy. Alright...Alexis, you need some battle experience to even out with Vaporeon, get ready brotha.

"Heard you loud and clear, Alex, this is gonna be fun" Alexis cracked his psychic knuckles and prepared his mind for battle.

"Pshaw. How heart-lifting. Y'all see the might of the mountainclimbers--and I'm not fat! I'm just, uh...portly...and...well-built, that's right! Go for rock-hard glory, Geodude!" The last word was echoed by the four other trainers as the five Geodudes erupted from five respective pokeballs.

"Ew, that's some nasty level of variety you got there guys, alright Alexis, let's do this!" Alex motioned.

Alexis levitated himself off of Alex's shoulder and propped himself on the floor, ready for any Geodude to attack him, but obviously there was a tense silence as Alex and the five mountainclimbers awaited for the other four trainers to choose their pokemon....

Alex, w/ Alexis [Full Awake battling Abra M], Lyfai [Watching Mode Vaporeon F], Kevin, Shade [Anticipating black Eevee F], Seth, Asher, Fray [Anticipating Ponyta F], and our newest member Ari =)

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Well, how was that people? Sorry for shoving y'all into a battle, but it was the only good idea for stopping I have right now...*checks time* *faints* ...erm I'll get back to studying for tests now

Oh, and M_C, sorry about the stain on your shirt.
Oh yeah and Nab, hello =)
Uh, B4/Samchu: it that how it's supposed to be like? =x
Oh yeah OMG: what in the world does OOC mean?! It's not mentioned in the forum rules anywhere!

Anywho, have fun posting people =)

[Arnen]

OoC means out of character.

~<()>~ Ari ~<()>~
~ ~ Party: Efri (battle-ready female Eevee), Flurry (still-resting male Pidgey) ~ ~
~ ~ With Alex, Kevin, Seth, and Asher ~ ~
~ ~ Location: Near Mt. Moon ~ ~

I shuffled my feet nervously. Alex, Kevin, Seth, and Asher probably had their first badges already, and what had done? I'd gotten poor Flurry beat up by a measly little Caterpie. Deciding to let him rest for awhile, I instead gave Efri a nudge.

"You ready?" I whispered in her ear.

"Ee!" she nodded. I petted her quickly on the head, then she hopped down. Growling -- an attempt at seeming threatening that only made her cuter -- she crouched down in a battle pose, facing one of the Geodudes.

I bit my lip nervously. I still didn't really understand battling, and now I was going to look like a fool in front of my new friends...

Sorry for short crappiness, I'm a bit preoccupied right now and I just wanted to get something in before the battle actually starts ^^;

[Siderous]

((Hee hee this is so nice... most of you, together... this is going to be fun...))

Siderous Peregrine

Party: Pidgey[F], Nidoran[M], Gastly[F], Charmander[M], Larvitar[M]

Location: Mount Moon

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((When we last met Siderous, he had just made his way through Mount Moon, destroying any and all trainers he found...))

"Water Pulse."

Another wild Geodude bit the dust. "I'm getting tired of this," Sid thought. "What am I looking for?"

Suddenly, Nidoran began to glow a brilliant white. Siderous had to shield his eyes from the light because they were in an extremely dark area for quite a while- the sudden light hurt. Then, just as suddenly as Nidoran began to glow, it stopped. Siderous lowered his arm from his face, and gazed at his new Pokemon.

"Riiiiinooo!"

Nidoran had evolved into Nidorino. "Splendid," Sid thought. "At least some good came from this place."

Footsteps were heard clacking against the rocky ground, gradually growing louder. "Another trainer?" Sid moaned. A man appeared, wearing a Team Rocket outfit.

"You there!" called the man, "Who are you?"

"Name's Sid," Siderous replied.

The man stopped jogging towards him. "What? Siderous? Really?"

"Yes."

The man slowly made his way over to Siderous, and soon stood within three feet of him. "So... you're the guy, huh? You're really him? The boss's new recruit?"

"Yes, yes, that's me," Sid said, getting extremely impatient. The man could sense Sid's disapproval with the man in his voice, so he cleared his throat and turned around.

"Follow me."

The man led Siderous (who, don't forget, has a bike) and Nidorino deeper into the cave, until they finally reached a group of grunts standing around. They turned to face who was approaching them, but once they noticed the man Sid was following, the group loosened up.

"There," pointed the leading man. He had pointed somewhere in the middle of the dark up ahead. "Just walk through there, and bring back something."

"Something?"

"You'll know when you see it."

Siderous fumed. He recalled his Nidoran, and began walking into the darkness.

"This is stupid," he thought. Sid continued through the cave, and finally he turned a corner that led him right to another Rocket. The Rocket spotted Sid, and held a finger to his lips. Obviously he was supposed to be quiet. When Siderous got close, the grunt whispered, "Over there. This guy's got our fossil. I'd get it back, but I've only got one more battle-worthy Pokemon left..."

"I'll take care of it," Siderous said, comforting the Rocket. Sid continued forward until he found a man dressed in a white lab coat lying on the ground. He was holding up a fossil of some sort, mumbling to himself. Siderous walked over to him and called out, "Hey, you there!"

The man got up quickly. "Y-y-y-y-yes? What do you want? Go away!" the man practically yelled. His voice echoed throughout the cavern. "They're mine! I found them just now! They're mine!"

"That's not true," Siderous said calmly, approaching the mumbling fool. "You took one from someone else."

The man looked confused for a second, then said, "You mean... you mean this Dome fossil?" The man held out a dirty looking rock and pushed his glasses up. "I got to it first."

"Well then," Siderous said, pulling out a Rocket ball, "I guess I have no choice but to get to it second."

Once again the man looked confused, but suddenly realized what was about to happen when Siderous placed his bike on the ground and shouted, "Go, Gastly!"

The man chuckled. "All right, all right... it's a battle you want, is it? Go, Grimer!" A sludge-like Pokemon emerged.

Suddenly, Siderous remembered that he didn't know what kind of attacks Gastly knew. Quickly, he drew out his Pokedex and pointed it at Gastly. It listed all attacks that his Gastly knew.

"Grimer, use Pound!"

"Gastly, Lick!"

Grimer lumbered forward towards Gastly and flung a sludgy fist at it. Gastly just laughed as the attack went right through him.

"Huh?" the man gasped.

"Normal attacks don't work against Ghosts," explained Siderous. "Use Night Shade!"

A sudden blast of darkness swept over Grimer, smacking it hard against the wall. It fell, and didn't get back up.

"Grimer, return!" shouted the man. He didn't look so pathetic anymore- he was pissed. "You're getting very lucky, but not this time. Go, Voltorb!" An electric ball cackled as it suddenly appeared, floating in the air.

"Use Charge!"

"Try a Curse!"

Voltorb began to vibrate, charging energy, but soon felt the sting of Gastly's curse.

"Okay Voltorb, Screech!"

"Quickly, Gastly, use Hypnosis!"

Voltorb looked as though it was about to release a huge amount of energy, but suddenly began dropping to the ground. Soon it was sound asleep on the floor.

"Night Shade, Gastly!"

Once again, a powerful gust of darkness carried it's target, this time smashing Voltorb up against the ceiling. The man recalled Voltorb, and cried, "All right, your turn, Koffing!"

A floating, disgustingly poisonous Pokemon emerged.

"Doesn't this guy have any cool-looking Pokemon? Gastly, use Night Shade!"

"Koffing, use Poison Gas!"

Gas erupted from Koffing, spewing the poison all around the cavern, making it nearly impossible to see. Just then, Gastly's Night Shade kicked in, cutting through the gas and nailing Koffing square in the face. The gas began to disperse itself throughout the cave, and Koffing floating but a foot from the ground.

"Enough!" The man cried, calling his Koffing back. "That Night Shade is just too much. Okay, you can have your fossil," he finished, walking over and handing Siderous the Dome fossil.

Just then, Gastly began to glow, just as Nidoran had. Sure enough, within the next ten seconds, Gastly had evolved into Haunter.

"Beautiful!" clapped the man. "Simply amazing!"

"What a loser," Sid thought, withdrawing Haunter and picking up his bike. He began making his way back to the group. Surprisingly, all of the grunts were not too far behind him; they'd watched the match. Once he got close enough, the comments began bombarding him:

"Congratulations!"

"Outstanding!"

"That was amazing..."

"Truly a wonder..."

Siderous held up a hand. "Thank you, thanks... but I've got to get back to Viridian now." With that, Siderous hopped on the bike and began pedaling away from his new fan club.

Siderous finally emerged from the cave, and entered the Pokemon Center that was right outside. After healing, he went back outside and began pedaling back towards Pewter City.

He made some twists and turns, and finally turned a corner, only to be stopped by a line of hikers who seemed to be battling. "Great," he thought. He spotted an opening to the right of the hikers, and began pedaling for it. He passed the line of hikers... and almost fell off his bike.

Asher, Kevin, the white haired kid from before, Alex, and that girl he stole the bike from were all battling. He considered stopping for a moment; he was sure one of them spotted him, since he was right next to the matches, but he knew he couldn't stop to chat. He'd just end up making up more stories, and then would have to make up another one as to why he needed to leave again. Quickly, he pumped his legs faster and passed the group. He flew into Pewter City, and tore into the Viridian Forest.

Not long after, he arrived at the Viridian Gym once more. He entered, and was greeted by Giovanni once more.

"Do you have it?"

Siderous held out the fossil.

"Good." He took the fossil from Siderous. "Once it is revived, it will provide you with a powerful Pokemon." He turned his back to Siderous and began walking into the darkness.

"Hey, wait a minute," Siderous called out to him. Giovanni didn't stop. "Wait a second... hey..." Siderous followed after him blindly.

Suddenly, the lights snapped on. It took a few seconds for Sid's eyes to adjust to the light, then looked around.

The Gym was built to accomodate any and all types of Pokemon. In the far back right corner was what looked to be the set for the inside of a volcano... a large swimming pool sat in the middle of the gym. On the left were many items used for humans to work out. The back left corner, just behind the work-out area, looked like a smaller version of Brock's gym. Close by, just to the left, was a small ice-rink, and to Sid's immediate right was a mock-forest.

"Impressive, isn't it?" Giovanni cooed. "Of course, the gym isn't always like this; only when I train."

"Train? You mean..."

"Yes, Siderous... you are going to train with me. I will teach you everything you need to know about battling techniques and styles. Here, you and your Pokemon will grow stronger, and, perhaps, beat me. Unlikely, of course," he smirked, pulling out a few Rocket balls, "but perhaps. Are you ready, Siderous?"

Siderous didn't give it a second thought. He pulled out each Pokeball and called forth each Pokemon.

"Go, Pidgey, Nidorino, Haunter, Charmander, and Larvitar!"

Sid's team assembled in a line in front of him. "We're ready, Giovanni."

Giovanni grinned. "All right, then. Let's begin."

Siderous Peregrine

Party: Pidgey[F], Nidorino[M], Haunter[F], Charmander[M], Larvitar[M]

Location: Viridian City Gym

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((I've ended it like this because my posting time is being shortened. Being grounded sucks as is, plus I now have a job, and on top of that are other sites that I rp on [which have been waiting for me to post for over a week now! Gah!] You'll still see me doing missions for Giovanni here and there--kind of like Gary, where you just see him now and then--but anyway... see ya!))

[SWAMPERT1]

It is a quick post. I have not been able to right up a post lately and this is just to let you all know I am still around ^__^

Lee Kenta

Location: Battleing Bug Catcher
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The battle had gone on for about half an our know. My Magikarp had fainted due to an extremely powerful combo of moves and know Eevee was battling the Beedrill. Eevee was tired but the beedrill was even more.

"Eevee, use a tackle." I commanded.

Eevee then charged at the Beedrill and hit it head on. The Beedrill hit the ground hard and fainted. Finally, the battle was over.

The catcher returned his Beedrill and said, "I'll get you next time." He then ran off into the hills.

I congradulated my Eevee and returned it to its pokeball. I then looked at my map and saw that there was a pokemon center up the road and I decided to pay it a visit.

Like I said, not great but I am running on a STRICT time here.

[classy_cat18]

Emi Tajiri ~ Cerulean City
Team: M Bulbasaur (Dimitri), M Metapod, F Pidgey (Feather), M Pikachu (Ken)

"Look, Chase! Bikes!" I exclaimed as I looked through the window of the Bike Store.

"Emi, they're too expensive," Chase groaned.

I hung my head. "I wish they were giving them away."

Ken also groaned as his stomach growled. "Pikachuuu..." he told me as he rubbed his stomach.

"Are you hungry, sweetie? Okay, we'll stop at the Pokemon Center first." I picked him up and followed Ken over to the Pokemon Center. "Let's heal you first." I walked up to the Nurse Joy behind the front desk and handed her Ken and the rest of my pokeballs. Chase gave her his and sat next to me on one of the couches.

A trainer walked up to us, waving. "Hey, I see you have Pokemon. Are you going to challenge the gym leader here?"

"We sure are!" I said excitedly.

"A word of advice. Misty has a wicked Staryu and Starmie that know Water Pulse, a powerful Water attack that may cause confusion. They can even take out Grass and Electric types with that attack. I should know; I had both an Oddish and a Jolteon and she took out both of them. The good news is that as soon as I beat her, I'll not only get the Cascade Badge, but I'll also get a Water Pulse TM. Isn't that cool?"

"Yeah! I mean, as soon as I get a Water type, that will be the coolest!"

"Oh, I almost forgot!" Chase spoke up. He handed me a disc. "Brock gave me this while you were sleeping this morning. It's a Rock Tomb TM. I got one too."

I grinned as I took the TM. "Nice."

Nurse Joy walked up to us with a big grin on her face. "Miss, you should see this." She opened up one of my pokeballs. My Metapod was now a Butterfree!

"That's strange. Why did it take him so long to evolve? Oh, who cares? You're a Butterfree!" I opened my mouth to cheer when I let out a long yawn. I finally felt the fatigue that came with trekking through Mt. Moon. "Chase, how about we turn in for today? I'm so tired."

[Mystic_clown]

Seth
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The dark haired glanced at his four partners. So far, Alex had let out his Abra Alexis and Ari had brought out an Eevee. He looked back at his five oppotants, the fat hikers. That's when something caught his eyes. He noticed a boy just a couple of meters away from them.
Wasn't he from the gym?
The boy quickly jumped on his bike and sped off. No one else seemed to notice.
"Hey," the hiker in the centre, obviously the leader called out, "Are you three goin to call your pokemon or what?" The smirk returned to Seth's face, as he pushed the thought of the boy to the back of his mind.
"I dont know about my friends here, but I've already got a choice for you fatsos." Seth pulled a ball from his belt and grabbed his pool cue. Flicking the ball into the air, he smaked it with his cue, sending it nito the air.
"Show time Clyde!" In a flash of light, Seth's Mankey appeared in mid-air, did a graceful blackflip before landing on the battle field. Seth smiled as he twirled the cue in his hand.
"Ready to go down boys?"

[Samchu]

OOC: Runs in with muffin in mouth. I know I know, my bad. Creativity has been at rock bottom lately but I'm going to do my best.

Kevin
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I stared down my opponent and his geodude. I didn't have the best choice of pokemon to go into this battle with. I could send out Jet...but he would get slaughtered by any and all rock attacks...I didn't have a choice really, I'd have to send out Shadow.
I knelt down and stroked her head softly. "Alright girl I'm sending you in. Geodudes use a strong offensive and we need to use our agility, hopefully we can find a way to fire back our opponents attacks."
"Eevee!"
And Shadow trotted carelessly onto the battlefield.

"I'm gonna impress Asher if it kills me," I muttered quietly.
I was waiting for the Asher to send out her pokemon but my opponent appeared to be in a bit of a rush and sent Geodude into the brawl. Shadow fortunately was alert and jumped swiftly over the oncoming assault.
"Son of a - Shadow! Agility!"
As Shadow darted around Geodude's rollout attacks, I tried to think of a way to take Geodude out.

By this time, Asher had chosen her pokemon for battle (I forgot to take note which it was) and the others battles had begun around us. It was all very tight. I tried to organise a play with Shadow to send Geodude into the base of Mt. Moon, however the hiker/Geodude combination was well prepared for such an attempt and the Geodude turned smoothly, coming at Shadow again. She ran but had to stear off course to avoid colliding with Alexis, this allowed Geodude to catch her in the side.
She gave a squeal of pain but recovered in time to regain her composure and continue her defensive play. "Man these matches are so tight...they keep this up and there'll be a collision..."
Wait! A collision!? I could use that!

"Alex, I have a plan we can use. You fancy giving it a try?"
He shrugged. "I'm game if you are."
"Great." I had observed that both our opposing Geodudes were in the middle of powerful rollout attacks. This could be greatly used. "Okay, get your Abra to meet my Eevee and when I say so, order him to teleport away from the oncoming attack."
Alex nodded and I shouted some commands to Shadown to tell her to get ready for a surprise attack.

It took a while to set up, but eventually Shadow and Alexis met up in the middle of the battlefield. Both Geodudes reared round and came stright on at both pokemon.
"Shadow! NOW!" Shadow bounded gracefully to the side and Alexis teleported to safety. At full speed and with nowhere to turn, both collided powerfully into one another, the impact forcing both pokemon to shoot across the battlefield and land unconcious. I had never expected that but it would do.

Shadow bounded over and I hugged her before shaking hands with Alex. "Nice one mate, I really needed your bond with Alexis there and ya pulled through, great job."
"It was a good plan."
I grinned greatfully and turned to the others before sighing. "Guess we gotta wait for everyone else to finish huh?"

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OOC: DM ~ You can put whatever detail into your battle as you like I just hope ya don't mind me ending your battle.

[Crystal Tears]

+Chase+

I yawned and looked over at Emi who had asked me the question. It wouldn't be a bad idea I suppose. I smirked and nodded..

"Growl.."

I opened my eyes to see Ryu glaring at me with a smirk. I frowned. Then I saw it, my eyes gleamed as one of the other trainers had two bike tickets. He was alseep, but only lightly, if I could distract him with something, I could get those tickets and get the bikes. Then, me and Emi would have bikes, and we'd get places ten times faster.

"Didn't we leave that habit back in Saffron?" I smirked, Ryu frowned, before placing his paws on my lap.

I released Kiro quietly and he cocked his head at me. Ryu informed him of the plan and the a similar gleam lit up in Kiro's eyes as it had in mine.

"So you'll help?" I whispered. Kiro Nodded.

Ryu was prepared to Distract the trainer just incase he woke up, quietly, and with great planning, Kiro pick pocketed the snoozing trainer, stealing the yellow tickets, and replacing them with fake ones. I smirked.

~~~

I stood outside the PokeCenter, waiting for Emi to awaken, apparently, no one had seen what Kiro had done. And the Trainer had just thought he had been tricked by the nasty kid that lived in the house where he had been training. I smirked.

"Chase?" Emi asked, as she started outside but stopped in total surprise. As to gleaming bikes were in front of her. I smirked.

"Got ya a present."