Here is the first of my battles for the training grounds. I bought Sinopa the Body Slam TM.
(Sinopa’s POV)
Once I had been healed, Darin and I went off in search of Amy. It didn’t take us long to find her. She was talking with Blazer and Kovu about the plans to go back home. As we sat there waiting for our turn to talk to her, Darin and I learned that we were leaving in the morning.
When they were done talking with Amy, they excused themselves. On his way out, Blazer paused and leaned down to give me a nuzzle. I glanced over at Darin and he nodded letting me know that he’d tell Amy. He took a deep breath and waited until the others were out of earshot before approaching her.
“Is everything okay?”
“Not exactly,” I answered.
“What’s going on?”
Darin and I quickly told her what we had discovered and she said that when she saw Tom again she’d try to find out just what was going on. Darin and I exchanged a look at that. We both had noticed that she had said when not if.
(Darin’s POV)
The train ride back home was a completely different compared to the one that we had arrived on. Everyone was relaxed and they were enjoying themselves. That made the trip so much more enjoyable in the long run.
Upon arriving home, Ebony reported to us that she had battled one of Tom’s pokemon not long after we had left, but afterwards things had been fairly quiet. Even Sugar had been behaving herself. Unfortunately, we also learned that Flame still hadn’t returned home.
So, Amy set about making missing posters as the case had been sent to the police. As the days turned into weeks, she didn’t give up home. None of us did. Shortly after we had returned home, Talut had started to go out every morning to see if he could spot him but so far he hadn’t found a thing.
(Blazer’s POV)
When Talut returned from his search, he still hadn’t found any sign of Flame but he had mentioned that he did spot Dodger. According to Talut, he was doing well.
“Maybe he can help keep an eye out for him.” I mentioned.
“That’s what I thought so I asked him if he would.”
“What did he say?”
“Dodger said that it was no problem and that he’d be happy to keep an eye out for him.
“That’s good,” Amy said as she walked in followed by Kiara, Kovu, and Sugar.
“What’s going on?”
“I just heard that the training grounds were opening up.”
My ears perked up at that. The training grounds usually opened up when there was a tournament in the works. I noticed that Kiara and Kovu were nodding along at that a well.
Amy took a deep breath before letting it out slowly. “I talked with Yana and it was okay with her, but I wanted your opinions on this as well.
”What is it?”
I thought that it would be a good change to train some of the younger members of the team, excluding Danny and Rick.” Amy hastily added the last part when Sugar began sparking, but once she heard Amy’s words the jolteon relaxed. “If any of you want to battle just let me know and I’ll work it into the plans once I figure out who’s battling in each room.”
“That’s fine with me,” I assured Amy as Kiara and Kovu nodded in agreement as well.
“If there is going to be a tournament, do you have any idea who you will be entering?”
“I haven’t decided yet. Most likely, I’ll just do like I did last time or use an electronic randomizer because every one of you deserves the chance.”
We nodded, watching as Amy stood up to go and tell the rest of the team about her plans before she went upstairs to pack.
(Sinopa’s POV)
That night, I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep. I was a litter nervous because now I was no longer able to fit in Amy’s arms and the thought of being confined in a pokeball was enough to make me want to run in the opposite direction and find a place to hide.
“I’m sure that Amy has an idea on what to do so don’t worry,” Yana said as she nuzzled me after I must have woken her up for the third time.
The houndoom was right Amy did have a plan. Talut had volunteered to carry me in his arms while Amy rode on his back. I heard her tell him to stop and rest if he needed it as often as he needed to.
“If I need to I will, but I don’t think I’ll have to. With all the airtime I’ve been making lately I should be okay.”
Amy nodded as she looked around as the team starting to gather around her. She already had two pokeballs on her belt. The eevee pups were nestled inside and had gone in without a fuss. I shivered as I thought about tiny space. “Is everyone ready to leave?”
There were a chorus of “Yes” and she smiled at the reaction. Then one by one she recalled the rest of the team starting with Blazer and ending with Ebony.
I watched as Amy climbed up on the dragonite’s back and wrapped her arms around his neck. Once she was situated, he began to beat his wings until he was hovering in the air above me and that was when he picked me up. I made it a point to be as still as possible since I didn’t want to be dropped on accident. I smiled amazed as I watched the beauty of the ground from above as we traveled.
I must have dozed off at some point because the next thing I knew I when I opened my eyes, Talut was slowly descending in front of the hotel.
When Talut set me down on the ground, I gave myself a full body shake as Amy released the others. Once she had gotten the key to her room, we followed her to the elevator.
Once we had settled in our room, Amy looked over the information that she had on the training grounds trying to plan who was battling and when. While she was doing that, I padded over to the window and looked out. A short time later, I heard the chair scoot backwards before Amy approached me.
I blinked in surprise when she did that because I figured that I would have been one of the last to battle if I did get the opportunity. She gave me a new TM, Body Slam, before motioning for Darin to join us as well.
“How do the two of you feel about battling in the Lava Room?”
I glanced over at Darin since I knew that Amy was pretty much asking him but trying not to make it obvious.
“I’m sure that I can handle it,” he told her.
She nodded at that. “Do the two of you want to tackle it now or would you rather wait until the morning?”
“Now,” we answered in unison.
“Okay.”
Darin and I followed her out of the hotel. We paused outside of the East Tower. Upon entering, Amy showed her ID and I couldn’t help but notice that after he checked it he was staring at me. I blinked, trying not to let it get to me as we headed for the stairwell.
“Up or down?” I asked glancing over at Amy.
“Downstairs. The Lava Room is located in the basement.”
“That makes sense.” Darin agreed.
“Why do you say that?” I asked curiously.
“On the odd change that there was a leak, I wouldn’t want to be in the room underneath the Lava or the Pond room.”
“There aren’t any leaks.”
“I’m just saying…”
I chuckled as we made our way down the stairs, but I had to agree with Darin. As we neared the basement, I could feel the temperature increasing. Amy took a deep breath before pushing the door open, only letting it close once we were all inside. Afterwards, she took a sip of water out of the jug that she had brought with her.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw that Darin’s paws were transparent. He saw me stop and looked down at his feet to see what it was that I was looking at. “I wish I had better control over it,” he admitted. “But my hidden power hasn’t failed me yet when I really needed it.”
“We have company.” Amy mentioned suddenly.
I looked up to see a pair of ninetales approaching us. One was shiny, her fur a beautiful silver color, and the other was normal colored.
“Are the two of you looking for a battle?” The normal colored one asked.
“We are,” Darin confirmed.
“Good, so are we. I’m Bella and this is my sister Jenna.” She said nodding at her partner the shiny ninetales.
“I’m Sinopa and this is Darin.”
“Nice to meet you,” they said before adopting battle stances and Darin and I did as well.
Sinopa L.18 F Ninetales with Rainbow Topknot and Crystal Blue Eyes 
& Darin L.18 M Espeon Vs. Bella L.25 F Ninetales and Jenna L.25 F Shiny Ninetales
Jenna took up position in front of me and Bella in front of Darin before they exchanged looks and gave a nod to each other. I glanced over at Darin who just shrugged. When I looked back over at our opponents, they were glowing purple and I noticed that we were as well. The next thing I knew, Bella was sent hurtling through the air. I tried to start by confusion Jenna, but I was having trouble. I had figured that it was because I had never used the move before so I decided to try something else. The same thing happened when I tried to whip her with my tails. I saw her smirk and I threw back my head and howled my frustration as loud as I could when I realized that she had used imprison which meant that the only useful moves that I had left required me to get in close range.
Jenna backed up momentarily when she heard me howl but she quickly recovered her bearing and son I was staring at four shiny ninetales. I also heard Darin yelp as I felt a slight breeze from the attack Bella had launched against him. He responded by using another psychic to send her hurtling through the air once more. I noticed that he didn’t want to get close her either and I can’t say that I blamed him. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes focusing on my sense of smell as I sniffed at the air. As much as I wanted to smile when I caught the scent of fur, I kept a neutral expression on my face as I opened my eyes.
Bella charged at Darin and just as she was about to hit him with her quick attack his entire body went transparent and she slid through him wincing from the ghost energy she encountered as she did so. While I was momentarily distracted, Jenna used the opportunity to hit me with a powerful psychic blast that caused me to cringe in pain.
Bella took a deep breath and used a double team of her own. I smirked when I saw Darin close his eyes before returning my attention back to Jenna who along with her clones was sitting there calmly looking at me as she created a semi-transparent veil around both herself and Bella. I took a deep breath and charged forwards, slamming into the real Jenna with the full force of my body causing her to yelp as her clones disappeared. I slammed into her harder than I had anticipated, but I quickly darted out of range before she could react.
Bella tried to use another ominous wind on Darin and I held my breath because I knew he couldn’t take another hit like he had earlier. As I carefully watched, he just stood there and at the last second he shot to the left and avoided the ghostly wind. I sighed in relief before I was hit by another extrasensory blast causing me to cringe in pain again.
“Why you…” Bella snarled as she used another double team. I carefully watched him as Darin’s eyes glowed purple as Bella was lifted up into the air and sent hurtling into the far wall where she hit and slid down. Unlike the previous times, this time she stayed down and didn’t get back up.
“Bella!” Jenna cried out before snarling at us as she launched a fire blast at Darin but in her anger, it missed him slamming into the wall behind where he was standing. I then began to mimic how I had seen Darin use psychic and my eyes glowed purple as Jenna was lifted up and sent hurtling through the air as well.
She hopped back up onto her paws and used another double team since she noticed the odds were against her now, but thanks to the odor sleuth I had used earlier, I could still smell her fur. I could feel Darin helping me out with his helping hand as I used my mimicked psychic to send Jenna hurtling through the air again and this time when she landed she didn’t get back up.
Darin and I won!
I grew to L.20.
I learned Solarbeam as my free TM.
Darin grew to L.20.
Darin learned Dig as his free TM.
I smiled at Darin who also had a huge grin on his face before we headed back over to Amy who was standing by the door waiting on us. “Good job,” she told us with a smile. Her t-shirt was soaked in sweat as she opened the door for us and we stepped out into the slightly cooler stairwell.
“Here’s the plan. I’m going to take you both to the Pokecenter upstairs to get you healed before we go back to the hotel room where I’m going to take a shower and change into some clean clothes. Then, I’m taking the whole team to eat.”
“Sounds good.” Darin agreed and I nodded as well.
Re: ¤Game¤ Dragon Tamers Battle Range v.23 {MA Pidgeot}
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Re: ¤Game¤ Dragon Tamers Battle Range v.23 {MA Pidgeot}
