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    I intend to post it tomorrow, Ade.

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    Airen, your story was really impressive (and unexpected). I could make quie a lot of comments about punctual details, but I don't want to bore you out, so I'll just say this: it would be hard to fit it into our regular continuity, but it will be interesting if we can manage. Though I guess that, for someone who's just starting to post here, catching up with the general background is considerably harder than making up a new one. Take 23 stamps! ˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘

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    Airen, your story was really impressive (and unexpected). I could make quie a lot of comments about punctual details, but I don't want to bore you out, so I'll just say this: it would be hard to fit it into our regular continuity, but it will be interesting if we can manage. Though I guess that, for someone who's just starting to post here, catching up with the general background is considerably harder than making up a new one. Take 23 stamps! ˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘
    Wow! Thanks! I'm sorry about the "details", and I REALLY don't know much about the background. And I'll try to make it work out better. I had to make up a lot of things, but I hope it still works out alright. I'm also like to write stories and plots better than battles. But I'll try to make my next battle more detailed and such. Though there isn't really much to say when Rayne's stratagy is basically slice n' dice and let them faint from blood loss. X__x. I'd be interested to see what you have to say about my "punctual details". Perhaps when you can find the time to do so, you could PM me a list or summery or something? Or a site address if its up somewhere and I'm just too oblivious to see it. And thanks for all of the Stamps! I'll have to save and go on a shopping spree after my Twenty Level Run with Rayne is over.

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    Well, we have a thread at Tsuyoi's Lair to discuss background information and ideas for our stories. You're welcome to join. I have to go now (after posting the scenario, which I can't believe I received in April!), but we can talk soon.

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    Ade gets 30 stamps for sending in this scenario! Let's see how we deal with this now that it's finally come. ˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘

    "Here are your reports, sir." The faceless bureaucrat proffered a large folder full of papers to his companion. "They confirm every suspicion you had. Output from the Ulthuan branch's scientific division has dropped by over a third, whilst expenditure has increased by over 70%."
    "It was a mistake to let that man have any kind of power. The only thing he's any good at is inciting riots." It was no secret that Giovanni, the true power behind Team Rocket, was a man with as many problems as any other. And right now those problems had grown to include a Rocket executive who seemed to be going against orders. Armand DiAnnio, head of Team Rocket's Ulthuan division, and open hater of Giovanni's methods. "I don't much appreciate having to come out here after what happened to my Black Battalion. He's going to regret this delay dearly." Giovanni shuffled through the folder he had been given, but all it said was what he already suspected. Armand simply wasn't doing what he was supposed to.
    "Sir?" A voice from the cockpit interrupted the Rocket boss in his work. "We're picking something up on the radar. A large pokémon presence heading straight for us. It's... a Salamence, I think."
    "Trained or wild? Wait, it doesn't matter. Either way, it will be ours soon." Giovanni barked his orders. "Deploy the stun guns, now."
    "Yes sir, stun guns..." A short pause, then the pilot's voice spoke up again, a trace of panic beginning to edge into his voice. "Sir? The Salamence, it's... gone."
    "Gone?"
    "Yes, sir. I'm not picking up anything on the radar, it's almost as if..." A sudden jolt rocked the helicopter, almost throwing Giovanni out of his seat and straight on top of the Persian that followed him everywhere. "Sir, it's on top of us, it's trying to break in, I can see its claws coming through the roof, I can..." There was a shrill shriek, almost inhuman in its quality. And then silence.
    "What's going on?" Giovanni snarled. "Somebody get into the cockpit and find out what's just happened. Now!" The few Rocket executives that were accompanying Giovanni on this trip scuttled to the door. Only to be stopped in their tracks by a new voice coming from the internal speaker system.
    "Oh, I don't think you need to be doing that. The door's locked, anyway, and unless any of you guys have a bazooka handy you're not gonna be able to get through." This was a deep, almost hoarse voice, a decidedly excited quality to its tone. A voice almost unmistakable to Giovanni's ears.
    "Armand," he snarled, his eyes narrowing. "What the hell are you playing at?"
    "What does it look like to you?" came the calm response. "I'm doing what I should have done a long time ago. You comfortable back there, by the way? No? Pity, I like my guests to be treated in style. Anyway, I'm glad you could come out to visit, Giovanni, as you can probably tell we're doing just fine without you. So well that me and Reaper took ourselves a little vote, and voted two to nil that we don't really need you at all."
    "So you finally found the balls to try it." It was no secret that Giovanni and Armand loathed each other. A face off was seen by many as inevitable. "I was thinking you were all talk for a minute."
    "Oh, I'm far more than talk. There's more than that planned for you. Just hold on to your seat. ...Cause today we're gonna settle things once and for all."

    "Friends!" Armand addressed the packed meeting hall in his usual passionate manner, a twinkle in his eye that hadn't been there before. Tonight was his night to shine, the night when it would all begin. And he was determined to enjoy himself to the full. "We've been making progress lately, good progress. Finally the world is talking about Team Rocket the way it should be talking about Team Rocket. With fear. With respect. With emotion. Finally we're back out there, back on the map, and I want you all to know that I'm proud of you. Proud of every last one of you."
    Apart from those who are no longer with us
    "Hush, darling, I'm in the middle of a speech. As true as what you're saying may be." Armand cast a sly glance over at Reaper, the huge Salamence stood proudly behind him, before returning his attention to the crowds. "However, I have to ask myself; is this enough? Is it enough, what we do now? Can we truly say we're the best we can possibly be? The answer is no, we're not. And why? I'll tell you why. It's not enough because we're constrained. Constrained by a set of rules and protocols set down by our founders. And while it's constrained, it's not any fun. So I'll gathered you all here tonight to ask you to make a simple choice. Either we carry on doing what we're doing, we keep up with our petty thievery and pathetic attempts at evil. Or we break free, we abandon Team Rocket and all that it stands for. I'm asking you to choose, friends. Choose between this life of crime, or a future where we unite and show Ulthuan what real disorder is! Tonight, my friends, marks the start of a new era. The start of a new and terrifying force that's going to make people beg for the old Team Rocket with all its stupidity back. Tonight marks the beginning. The beginning of the Crimson Blades." Armand scanned the room carefully, already noticing the signs of dissent. This was going exactly as planned. It was time, then, to play his trump card. "And..." Here he gave a quick nod to Reaper, who swiftly pulled back the curtain behind them to reveal a tied and gagged Giovanni, obviously beaten and bruised and now put on display like some sort of perverse trophy. "...the end of Team Rocket." And just as Armand knew it would, at that moment the entire room erupted into raw, primeval chaos. The beginnings of his new world.

    Mission
    Recent events have sparked great infighting between rival factions of Team Rocket's Ulthuan branch. Battles between Giovanni's followers and Armand DiAnnio's terrorist units, the Crimson Blades, have been growing more and more frequent and intense, with devastating results for the surrounding areas. Your mission is to limit the damage caused by this battling. Use your skills and your pokémon to neutralise both sides as quickly as possible - both the Crimson Blades and Team Rocket pose great threats to the safety of the realm, and it is considered that it is best to strike whilst they are busy battling each other. Be warned, however, that Team Rocket is possessed of great technology and a large pokémon base, and the Crimson Blades are comprised of the most ruthless, ambitious and bloodthirsty creatures Mr. DiAnnio could summon to his side, and what they lack in numbers they more than make up for in zeal.

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    L38 Ledian (+1)
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    L48 Breloom (+1)
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    L58 Piloswine (+1)
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    Nk, thanks! I'll join as soon as I can(Under the name Darkfire). And Can I have an extension for this scenario just in case, too? I have only a small part of the second training grounds battle done. If not, then I'l' just hurry up then.
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    Yes, you can have an extension.
    Wow, this must be the first time someone asks for an extension as soon as the scenario is posted!

    Oh, and Ade gets 18 stamps for his latest battle! (I liked the nickname Gina gave Lord Absol).
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    Um, yea, I'm trying to make a return to the Adoptees thing. But I need to be sure of something ^_^;. If you have,lesay, a level 5 Pidgey and a Level 7 Charmander, can they both do a 1 on 1 with a l15 Rattata and gain two levels each? Just need to make sure.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow Djinn
    Um, yea, I'm trying to make a return to the Adoptees thing. But I need to be sure of something ^_^;. If you have,lesay, a level 5 Pidgey and a Level 7 Charmander, can they both do a 1 on 1 with a l15 Rattata and gain two levels each? Just need to make sure.
    Yeah, you can fight two pokémon in a typical scenario and gain a maximum of 4 levels. Of course, the previous one was big, so we had a lot of level gains.

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    Oh, all alright, thanks ^_^.

    Well, since I finished the first part of my possibly 3-part scenario thingy...I'll just post it right now ^^

    Pokemon for Combat:

    Shade
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    Level 5
    Attacks: Scratch, Leer, Substitute, Slash, Aerial Ace

    Shadow
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    Level 7
    Attacks: Tackle, Tail Whip, Helping Hand, Toxic, HP Dark


    Shadow’s POV

    Wild nights. A glory that hardly anybody bothered to experience, days spent out in harsh lands, a barren desert, or a dark forest. And I was experiencing them, all right. Hunter leading the small group, trekking through the wild jungle, hacking away at anything that bothered to swing in our way. Shade slowly walked behind me, as if with arrogance, such I had never seen. Where had he gained such dignity? He had never even battled. I still wore my scars of battle from the last encounter on the deadly beach, a fierce battle against two powerful Crawdaunts, Claw and Jaw. Eclipse was fascinated every time I retold the great story, a glorious fight that I didn’t think I would win. But Shade dismissed my tale with ease; he always just regarded it with a small “ hmph.” Such insolence, I noted with disgust. Where did he gain it? Was it Morton, his father? Or was it Quaye? Oh, how I wished with earnest that he would experience true battle, instead of being pampered with TMs, oh how it DISGUSTED me. I growled softly, looking forward to the day where HE would be in peril, a battle to live, and then he would be sorry. Oh, he would. I grinned now, and Zane looked at me with a troubled expression.

    “ What troubles you?” Zane asked softly. He began to walk faster, keeping up to pace with my great strides.

    “ Nothing.” I assured Zane. Zane glanced at me with a stare I knew so much, the stare that said, “ I know something is up, and I’m gonna find out.” But I was too focused on Zane and Shade, so focused that I accidentally bumped into Nightshade, who hissed in displeasure.

    “ Sorry.” I said swiftly. Nothing was worse then facing an angry Nightshade. She simply gave me a cold look. But she didn’t move from her position, which was strange.

    “ Move.” I said urgently.

    “ We stopped.” Nightshade replied curtly.

    “ What do you mean, stopped?” I snapped with impatience. I made a move to dash ahead of her, but she stretched out her paw.

    “ Shut it.” Nightshade snarled. I drew back, annoyed. Even Nightshade had begun to adopt the malignant personality of a typical Umbreon, a calm, evil beast that lurked in the shadows. But how so? How had she become different? Had she accepted the fact that she was no longer an Eevee…but an Umbreon? A husky voice from behind me spoke.

    “ You are becoming…the same way as well.” I whirled around indignantly, a powerful black orb forming in my paw.

    “ Who said that?” I said sharply. As I whirled around, I looked deep into the eyes of Shade, who returned the gaze calmly.

    “ Control…your emotions.” He stated, almost shakily. The energy forming in my paws subsided, and I lowered my paw to the ground. I gave him a piercing glare, ignoring the commotion ahead, and growled.

    “ Listen here, NEWBIE. I fought. I won. I battled and I know what it takes.” I said viciously. Angry seethed within my body…oh how I wanted to tear and tear at that cheeky Absol…to slash and slash and to have no regrets…

    “ But exactly what does it take? Confidence and skill? Or does it require knowledge and strategy? Tell me, mister expert, oh great Crawdaunt slayer. What does it take?” Shade replied boldly, a confidence that I remember I had once shown. A pride that I had once displayed.

    Was he going to be like me? I wondered. Would he two change? All this plagued me. I groaned, letting confusion wash over me like a crashing waterfall.

    “ Well?” Shade insisted firmly. I looked to Zane and Eclipse for support. But they were staring with attention towards Nightshade’s direction. What was going on? I shoved Shade away and leapt onto a nearby rock to see. Hunter was rooted to the spot, as though in fear. I heard a cackling and a hiss, noises you don’t often hear. What WAS going on? Hunter shakily back stepped, hissing an order to retreat. Zane and Eclipse swiftly took off, followed by Nightshade and Tsunami.

    “ Let’s go guys!” Hunter shouted. I made a move to run, but noticed Flame, hunched up in a corner, shivering in fear.

    “ Let’s go!” I repeated my master’s words with urgency. I felt a great danger…the same dark forces I had felt in the Black Beach. Could it be those people again? No…it was not. It was a much stronger force…more powerful then the Crawdaunt…but how? Shade stepped ahead of me, unceremoniously snatching up the shivering Cyndaquil with his teeth, and trotting away.

    “ Comf onf. Let’sf gof.” Shade growled through his teeth. (He said “ Come on. Let’s go.”) But I couldn’t move…fear washed over me and I let out a whimper. Shade gently lowered Flame to the ground and snapped, “ What are you doing? MOVE.” But I couldn’t. The prickly feeling, the knot bulging in my stomach…and the haunting feeling that I was being watched…And a presence in my mind…get out…

    “ GET OUT!” I roared. The presence drew back…Hazy…Purple thing…

    “ SHADOW!” Shade cried in alarm. Two furry beasts…emerging from bushes…Crimson Blades…base…? Shade…can’t…fight…alone…

    3rd Person POV

    “ More of these guys?” The two purple beasts stepped forward, long tails wagging in the air.

    “ Yea, Zor. Amazing eh? Ganglis will be really happy.” One of them said. Shade snarled as they stepped towards the crumpled figure of Shadow, showing his teeth.

    “ Oh, look. An Absol, Zaris. This will be fun.” The purple beast called Zor cocked his head towards Shade, grinning malevolently.

    “ Yea, Zor. Ganglis is sure to be proud of us now, once we take care of this guy.” Zaris grinned. Shade leapt back, landing abruptly next to the cowering Flame, who squeaked in surprise and released a long tongue of flames that angled towards the sky, illuminating the dark jungle to reveal two Ratatta, both wearing grinning wickedly.

    “ No!” Flame squeaked. He tried to repeat the same attack he had done before, but it was useless. Zor snarled and leapt at Flame, but Shade howled, throwing his body against the airborne Ratatta. Zor howled as he was sent flying, crashing into a tree trunk with a thud.

    “ You won’t be hurting ANYONE tonight.” Shade hissed.

    “ Cute. A new hatchling trying to act all tough.” Zaris remarked snidely. “ Well then, Shade, let’s see just how powerful you are then.” Zaris dashed towards the Absol and smashed Shade to the ground with a Tackle.

    “ How…” Shade choked.

    “ You forget.” Zaris sneered. “ I am much stronger then you, hatchling. You’re no match.” Zor, who had recovered from the blow, got to his feet and hissed.

    “ Little Absol, oh you will pay. I will show you what happens when you mess with me…” Zor crouched, and leapt into the air.

    “ This little Cyndaquil will SUFFER for your actions!” Zor screamed manically. Shade, with sudden inhuman strength, let out a piercing howl and threw him self into the air, lashing out with his claws in attempt to foil Zor’s attack.

    “ What…what are you DOING?!” Zor shrieked. A claw raked her body as Shade plummeted to the ground, sending Zor with him. Zaris let out a yip in surprise, hastily dashing forward to assist Zor. But Shade was not done. He batted Zaris away with a hind leg, while he began to rip and tear at the fallen Zor, the Ratatta’s screams going unheard.

    “ Why you-” Zaris dashed towards Shade with his fangs bared, but was blown away by a powerful sphere of dark energy.

    “ Halt. You will go no further.” From the shadows, emerged the figure of Shadow.


    Um, yay o.o; I think I'll request a time extension for my other two parts because they might take a while ><;

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    Yes, as long as each of your pokemon has a 1 on 1 battle (or they both share a 2 on 2 battle). A 2 on 1 would result in them gaining 1 level each.

    Oh, Ade, I was at university when I posted (my thesis director stood me up for 2 whole hours, and the worst part is I'm already used to it), so I forgot to tell you that Milly was impressive. But he was.

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    Well, here it is folks, Part 2 of the three parter.

    ~Part 2~

    3rd Person POV

    “ What! No! Zor, I thought you got him hard with that Toxic!” Zaris roared in fury. Zor responded with shrieks, as Shade began to slash more fiercely, growling angrily. Shadow stood coldly over the fallen Zaris, his rings flashing a bright purple.

    “ You know, Zaris, I can use Toxic too.” Shadow said coolly.

    “ Of course.” Zaris smirked. “ And I can do…THIS.” A burst of flames sprouted from his mouth, surrounding Shadow as more began to appear.

    “ ARGH!” The fox like creature leapt back as Zaris regained his footing, immediately leaping into the air and shooting more flames. The Umbreon retreated, drawing back as Zor’s poison attack, once again, began to take toll.

    “ Agh…” Shadow crumpled, vainly trying to stand up. A minute later, he was attacked from the side, sharp fangs snapping at his flank. Zaris spewed more flames as Zor began to snap, snarling like a rabid dog.

    “ Stay here, brother.” Zaris said calmly. He crossed to where Shade lay, bruised from Zor’s fierce Counter attack.

    “ Knocked out cold.” Zaris grinned, his lips curled in a sneer.

    “ Yes, my Counter did quite well.” Zor drew back from his attack as Shadow performed a mighty leap from his crippled position, roaring loudly, as dark pillars began to rise from the field like miniature geysers. Zor was caught in a pillar, and begin to writhe as the dark energy consumed her. As the pillar cleared away, Zor dropped limply to the ground.

    “ Brother!” Zaris cried out in alarm.

    “ I’ll be fine. Just let me rest.” Zor said heavily. Zaris nodded meekly, and turned to face Shadow.

    “ That’s it. This little skirmish ends NOW.”

    Shadow (Male Umbreon ) Level 7 versus Zaris (Male Rattata) Level 15


    “ You little runt, you.” Zaris snarled as he dashed forward, throwing his body against the still Shadow. At the last second, no, millisecond, Shadow nimbly ducked away, tackling Zaris in the process. The rat twisted in midair, landing on his feet, and sent a blue lightning bolt shooting through the air. Shadow turned to face the wave, but something crashed into his flank, sending him skidding across the dirt ground. Shadow snarled angrily, and the field exploded as black bolts hurtled through the air, bombarding the entire field. Chunks of dirt launched through the air, intermixing with the black blasts that relentlessly crashed down upon Zaris. After what seemed to be eons to Zaris, the bombardment ended, and as the dust and smoke cleared away, it revealed a field ridden with holes and fallen tree trunks, with leaves scattered everywhere. But the Umbreon…he was gone.
    “ Where are you, runt?!” Zaris howled in fury. A black shape raced across the field, practically mowing the Rattata over with a powerful tackle. But yet again, Zaris twisted to land on his feet, and calmly began to gather electricity in his paws.

    “ What the hell are you doing?” Shadow spat.

    “ Something you’ll never expect, my dear little Umbreon…” Zaris grinned. Seconds later, lightning bolts flew from his paws, speeding like arrows towards the frozen Umbreon. The Umbreon crouched, preparing to spring into the air. As the deadly bolts began to near him, Shadow jumped, a jump that defied gravity itself, a truly celestial jump that seemed to reach the heavens. Zaris roared in fury as the lightning arrows simply hit a tree trunk, dissipating upon contact. A purple sludge dropped from the sky, landing directly on Zaris, seeping into his battered body. The liquid seemed to be like fire, burning to no end, sending spasms of pain throughout the rodent’s body.

    “ Arghhhh!” The rat writhed in pain, squirming as more and more pain exploded inside his body. Shadow finally touched the ground, and said sarcastically, “ Like my toxic?” Zaris growled angrily, as more and more of him suddenly began to appear, until about 20 clones surrounded Shadow. Shifting his left leg forward, Shadow grinned cockily.

    “ This all you got, newbie?” Violet and black beams lanced through the air, stabbing through the clones, destroying them with little effort.

    “ My clones!” Zaris roared in outrage. Shadow withdrew his attack and darted away to avoid another stream of deadly bolts. Zaris bounded away as Shadow made an effort to tackle him, and a brown aura seemed to surround Zaris as the rat grinned.

    “ You know, since you like using your Hidden Power so much, let me show you mines. It’s called Hidden Power-Fighting.” Zaris said casually.

    “ What? No!” Shadow protested. Zaris became a bright mahogany streak as he shot through the air, crashing into Shadow’s side skull first. Pain exploded within Shadow’s body, and he stifled a slight whimper. But the Umbreon still stood his ground, and once again, black beams lanced through the air, striking Zaris as he tried to retreat.

    “ Why won’t you give up!” Zaris said infuriatingly, before another black beam sent him toppling across the dirt.

    “ I…will never give up.” Shadow declared weakly. But then, his grim smile was suddenly replaced with a cocky smirk, and Shadow resumed his usual arrogant posture.

    “ You should know better. I will always win. Remember that.” Shadow jeered. As Zaris began to run, Shadow chased after him, and pounced on him. A black orb formed in his mouth, and it exploded as soon as Shadow released it, sending the limp body of Zaris flying into a tree trunk.

    “ One down, one to go.”

    Shadow won!”
    Shadow grew to Level 9!
    He learned Sand Attack!


    Stop trembling
    Open your eyes
    Release your own time! Shootin’ star going towards the future!
    Draw the arch of light
    You’ll reach it, if you keep believing
    When the voice that calls for you
    Bursts open in your heart
    Everything will start, Believer!







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    Default ¤Game¤ Dragon Tamers Battle Range version 21 (M.A. Pidgeot)

    Lune, the male Eevee’s POV:

    I stared into the infinite blackness of the sky, exhausted but at the same time energized, renewed. There were no stars tonight. But I did not miss beauty… I had it right here with me, the purest kind: the beauty of a perfect soul. “You know, you could have gone inside to watch the battles. You didn’t have to stay here with me,” I said to the Scyther beside me.

    Rúthruin shook her head. “I didn’t want to go,” she answered. “The darkness puts me in a pensive mood. There’s too much energy in battle for a starless night, and the two who’ll be battling will just add more. No, I’d rather be here with you.”

    “Hehe. You’re one to talk about not having enough spirit.” I grinned. Rúthruin had a lot of strength, more than I ever had.

    “What? I’m not exactly the energetic type.”

    “I think you’d be surprised. Because of you I have the courage to move on and forget about the past. When I saw you face your history with strength, I drew from that energy to help me stop living in my own dark nightmares of days that have been long gone. Ruth… You have so much power. That’s why… I…” I paused, my face coloring slightly. It had been a long time since I had confessed my feelings like this, and it felt a little awkward. “Rúthruin… I love you with all my heart and soul.”

    She smiled sweetly. Her twinkling eyes reflected the light of the hidden stars. “You know,” she said, “You surprised me when you told me that, but I felt the same way about you. That night… Lune, why must you wait till night to be romantic?”

    What she said was true. In the daytime, I felt like a forlorn shade, alone and exposed under the sunlight. At night… The darkness excited me. I felt as if the abundance of shadow gave me strength. As I searched for a way to communicate this to her, I suddenly felt a stabbing pain in my side that made me shudder and wince.

    “Lune?” She looked at me, concerned.

    “Shar…”

    The searing slash wound across my shoulder burst aflame, putting me at the mercy of its torture. How an Absol of lesser training could cause so much pain, I had yet to find out. I simply could make no sense of it. The memories of the volcano came vividly back to me. Her interruption of Gwaihir and Aglárien’s battle, how they had nearly fallen to a single Leer, then the chase…

    Instead of leaving my two suffering teammates trainer-less in their painful situation, I opted to catch Shar myself instead. The faux volcano was larger than I had expected it to be. Shar led me through winding passages, over dangerous rock formations, and into pockets of heat that made my burning fur coil. Eventually, I made up the distance between us that she had gotten from her head start, and managed to trap her in a corner.

    “Why are you doing this, Shar?” I asked, but she did not respond.

    Instead, she hissed at me bitterly, snorted with amusement, and threw all her weight against me, pushing me into a wall. When I felt the cruel blade dig into my flesh, I thought, this was all right, I could handle it. But when she was done spilling my blood, she crushed my open wound against the scorching walls, a sensation worse than a blazing firebrand. The scent of my sizzling flesh added a demented sparkle to her eyes. At this point, I had no choice but to defend myself.

    “I didn’t want to hurt you, Shar, but if I don’t start fighting back, you’ll cause me some real injury.” When I sank my teeth into her restraining legs, she yelped and was forced to let go. I broke free of her grip and took the opportunity to position myself for attack. She pounced to expose her underside, and I leapt immediately to counter her jump, slashing at her from beneath with my claws. Then I let the shadows of the dark corner leap out from the background to restrain her. She sank quickly into unconsciousness, which allowed me to bring her back safely… but with a price.


    “That scar will take a while to heal,” Rúthruin said worriedly. “Do you want to go inside? I’m sure someone will have the herbs to ease that burning.”

    The pain went away. “No… I’m fine. It’s gone now. Don’t worry about me; it just erupts momentarily at times. It’s not as bad as I made it look. It just came as a shock, that’s all.”

    She wasn’t convinced, but remained silent.

    “Ryu”, the male Vibrava’s POV:

    I felt great being able to fly. The past few days had been ones of pure ecstasy, moments of joy as wonderful as the first time I had met the sky. I treasured my wings more than any other ability of mine. Flight was the best experience, always so… free.

    Watching the calm expanse of waters before me, I stared out quietly into the open sky. Only the moon showed itself tonight. Its milky white face gave a round, warm smile, shining its coolness upon the world below.

    Elwing and Kalazeth were to battle here tonight. I glanced at the little sparkling box that hung around my neck on a silver string. Extremespeed, a prize from the Unicorn Games. I couldn’t use it… but I knew who could.

    Landing in front of the Dratini, I removed the box gently from my neck. “A farewell gift from me to you,” I said. “Live a wonderful life.” I flew off into the sky, leaving the TM and Elwing behind. My dreams would only be higher now, upward, reaching into the infinite offerings of the expanse beyond.

    Elwing Starspray, the female Dratini’s POV:

    I stared at the twinkling box, trying to understand the words that Ryu had left me with. I knew he couldn’t mean goodbye literally, because I would see him every day, as long as he was still in the team. And I doubted that he’d leave… Or would he?

    Shaking off those thoughts, I turned my attention to the TM that he had given me. What was it? As I opened it, I could feel the rippling energy in my skin urging me to move. Almost immediately, I knew what it was… and I gasped at the rarity and generosity of the gift. To what lengths had he gone to get me Extremespeed? The only option would be his prize from the Unicorn Games, which he had worked so hard to win. To give that to me without much hesitation… I did not know what to think.

    Perhaps – I did not know how to express it – he felt the same way I did with Kalazeth. Like anything that happened, no matter how bad… could be forgiven within an instant. Because… Fights weren’t important, the reason conflict arose wasn’t important… It didn’t matter who was right in the end, if both felt sorry, well, that was the end of it; everything would be all right again. Every moment I spent with Kalazeth, I cherished; it felt special somehow. He could always make me laugh or feel really good, even if there was barely anything to laugh about. I looked forward to spending time with him every day; to me, it was the best feeling in the world.

    But I was probably wrong. Ryu didn’t look sad when he said, so cryptically, goodbye. If anything, he looked tired…

    “Looks like you learned a valuable move,” Kalazeth observed.

    “Yeah, it was awfully nice of Ryu to give this to me… It’s Extremespeed, and he must have gotten it as his prize for the Unicorn Games. I wonder why he didn’t choose something for himself?”

    “Perhaps he didn’t want anything.”

    “That’s true… Why me, though?”

    “That I can’t answer… But hey, we didn’t come here to speculate. Our opponents are waiting for us somewhere out there. It’s a beautiful night for a battle under the moonlight. Want to join me for a quick swim before we shatter the peaceful silence of the night? We can race so you can get used to your new attack.”

    “Yes, that sounds fun! It would be a good idea to test it out beforehand, in case I need it for my battle. Let’s go, Kalazeth, but I’m warning you, I feel as if I’m going to fly through that water.”

    “Haha, I never underestimate you, Elwing. I’m going to swim as fast as is physically possible.”

    “You’re on!”

    Immediately it began to rain, and I knew that I had to start off and end faster than I had ever moved before. Kalazeth won the previous water race at the Eevee House with this technique, and it was a force I had to meet with a lot of my own effort.

    He accelerated more quickly than I did although I thought I’d made a good start. Time to push myself to a limit I’d never known… I harnessed the power that my new move seemed to give me, propelling myself through the water as if my life depended upon it. …Which might not have been good, because I wasn’t doing very well. I kept stumbling; the bursts of speed sent me in erratic directions, and I found it hard to control overall. I was moving much faster than Kalazeth, but not making much progress. Each time I’d shoot forward, I’d lose ground by accidentally going off course! Eventually I decided to swim normally a bit after I’d gone in the right direction, then try my luck again. By that time, though, Kalazeth had already reached the end point. I arrived several seconds later, panting, dizzy, and quite annoyed. Kalazeth wasn’t even flushed.

    “Since I won,” he said, “You get to choose whether you or I battle first. And by the way, don’t feel so discouraged. I watched your control of Extremespeed as you neared the end of the race. You may not have noticed, but you went completely straight the whole time. Stopping to swim for a bit was unnecessary.”

    I wondered if he was saying it just to be nice, but I knew Kalazeth for being always honest. If something was wrong with my technique, he’d tell me. He did the same after that Eevee House race that I’d lost, a little later. I still wasn’t as good a swimmer as he was, but maybe now with the boost Extremespeed would give me, I could keep up and even overtake him. “You battle first,” I told Kalazeth, noticing a waiting Mudkip nearby. “I want to practice some more.”

    Kalazeth, the male Horsea’s POV:

    “All right, your choice,” I answered. I knew that Elwing felt frustrated with her Extremespeed. It was visibly bothering her, and I hoped that she would master it to her satisfaction sooner rather than later. She could never rest when something was out of her control; she hated not being able to do certain things. Nothing, in her mind, was out of her ability… If something caused some difficulty to her, she would not like it at all, and she would do something to fix it.

    I watched her go off, accelerate faster than she had done before into the distance, and sighed. I just hoped that she wouldn’t hurt herself. Feeling like telling her this, I made a motion to follow her, when suddenly the Mudkip that I had been ignoring threw herself against me and began to make a deafening noise.

    Kalazeth, LV10 male Horsea vs. LV15 female Mudkip


    The baby blue creature leapt out of the water to thrust herself against me again, this time exposing her white underbelly. I dove underwater to avoid her physical assault; she fell with a splash, annoyed, then proceeded to swim towards me with a face steadily changing to an angry shade of purple. Her orange side fins flared out with her temper. As she neared me, she let out concentrated streaks of frost that chilled the area around me and encased me in a solid ice chamber. What to do, what to do…

    The glint of my Status Coin’s reflection against the icy walls reminded me of its existence. Well… Here goes nothing, I thought. I wasn’t exactly sure how to harness my item’s power – it had been a recent gift to me – but it began to glow, which seemed like a good sign. Delicate white tendrils shot forth, wrapping around the Mudkip and imprisoning her in a similar frozen structure. I took the opportunity, using my tail as a means of propulsion, to throw myself against the walls of my ice chamber. They shattered pretty easily; perhaps using my item wasn’t necessary after all.

    I looked over at the Mudkip, who seemed annoyed and awed at what I had done to her. Before she had time to think further, I released a black ink cloud that enshrouded everything around us in darkness. Of course, I couldn’t see her now in the murky water, but I had memorized her position with respect to mine. Unless she broke out and started swimming rapidly as my Smokescreen covered the area she would not escape my incoming Take Down attack.

    Mustering all the speed I could get, I thrust myself forward at the Mudkip’s most recent general area, which turned out to be the right one. She had just gotten out of her ice casing and had begun to wonder what to do next, confused and disoriented. I caught her by surprise.

    She squealed in utter anguish. The pulses that ripped through me knocked me off balance, made me feel sick, stunned me momentarily while my black cloud cover faded gradually away. Ohh… What a Water Pulse…

    As I recovered from the blow, the Mudkip swam hard against me, lifting me to the water’s surface with all her Strength. Now why would she want to come up top?

    The answer came quickly. I heard a repeat of the horrible noise she’d made before when she challenged me. This time it lasted longer, and I was beginning to feel weak. Stop… Make it stop!

    Turquoise flame erupted from within me. It washed over the Mudkip like a giant wave of fire, charring, bruising, making boils explode upon her flesh. Continuous streams of fire. More vicious, more powerful as her screams grew louder and louder. When my draconic fury subsided, the Mudkip was silent. I remained panting where I was; she seemed stunned by the assault. It took me a while to realize that she had also been paralyzed by my breath.

    I wanted to freeze her in place so that I could repeat strong physical assaults, now that we were above water, but she acted first. A pain I’d never felt before erupted within me, a burning of my blood, an attack from within that hurt beyond comprehension. This was how it felt to invite the wrath of poison; I’d never expected a Hidden Power from the Mudkip, let alone one this terrible. I felt my insides slowly sickening under her vengeance. If I did not end this battle soon, I knew that I would emerge the loser.

    She came for me, ready to crush me under her weight. I had no choice; I had to unleash my final desperate attempt, the power to struggle to the very end that I had acquired during birth. I sank underwater and waited until she fell, then shot out from below and began to let loose all the energy I had left, doing everything to keep her away from me. She could not handle my ferocious counterattack; in coming for me instead of using a ranged move, she had chosen the battle’s outcome on her own. I stopped Flailing when her body went limp.

    Kalazeth won!
    Kalazeth grew to LV12!

    Rúthruin, the female Scyther’s POV:

    I stared into the glinting eyes of the evil being that had scarred the Eevee who now slept safely beside me. “What do you want?” I hissed. “He is asleep. Don’t you think you’ve done enough?”

    She did not answer, only watched me in silence as a low, menacing growl rose from inside her throat. I got to my feet and bared my scythes. “You may have been able to take advantage of his kindness, but I’m warning you, I don’t have the same restraint that he does. I have no objections to slicing you to pieces. It would be good for everyone else; you seem to enjoy hurting those who have done absolutely nothing to you.”

    I moved toward her and she stumbled backwards, warily eyeing my double blades. “Yes, I have one more than you, and I am a lot faster. As long as that is true, I will make a carving out of you if you try to hurt anyone, do you understand?”

    Shar made something between an angry cry and a whine, then snorted and tossed her head in annoyance. “Why do you stand in the way of my revenge?”

    Revenge??” I frowned. “The only revenge that should be dealt out here should be against you. You attacked your own teammates while they were in the midst of a battle, nearly causing them serious injuries. They didn’t even do anything to you. Then, when you ran off, Lune tried to get you back without hurting you, and you tried to cook him alive!”

    Her eyes glinted mischievously. “Oh, so it’s about him, is it? No, you’re pretending, it’s all for you.”

    “What on earth are you talking about?”

    Lune stirred at my feet. Shar really deserved to be put into her place… He hadn’t been able to rest much since she’d given him that wound, and now that he could sleep without being awakened by his pain, she had to come and ruin it. “Ruth? What’s going on? Are you all right?” His face turned cold when he saw the Absol standing before us. “What do you want? What is it that you want? Why must you torment everyone around you?”

    Elwing Starspray, the female Dratini’s POV:

    Finally, I got it right. It was beginning to annoy me. I mean, how hard was it to swim straight without going off in a tangent? Other pokémon could do it; I didn’t see why I had trouble with it.

    “Elwing!” I heard Kalazeth’s voice call. He held something that looked like a little box that I’d never seen before. It reminded me of Switchblade’s Status Die, except it was a different color… Something indefinite, not gray and not deep red and not blue or gold; it was a color without a name.

    “Karin gave me this thing and told me to let you have it. Then she left… Switchblade came out and said something, and the two just walked out the exit. Must have been something very urgent; she wouldn’t miss watching your battle otherwise.”

    My eyes widened as I examined the box curiously. “What is it?”

    Switchblade, the *male* Porygon’s POV:

    Lately I had been feeling better. Though I still missed Élan, I realized that I had been acting stupidly; he was a rare case. Élan was ambitious, always reaching up for something more, so full of energy that he couldn’t stick to doing one thing for long. He was the kind that would do something and then move on to the next; when he left, he was done with us, and it was his time to move on. The others would always be here for me, always. I shouldn’t have doubted them; it was just… Élan left so suddenly that I hadn’t seen it coming.

    I still didn’t come out of my pokéball often because I felt tired, but that would probably change soon. What had drawn me out was a voice in my head that had given me a warning and a sense of alarm. It was a familiar sound, the voice of a fiery Psychic I had once known…

    Élan, what are you doing in my head? I had asked.

    Go help your friends. That was all he said, and then he vanished from my detection. At first I was puzzled and even annoyed at his words. Was that all he would say to me, after leaving suddenly for so long without properly saying goodbye? His warning, though, sent chills through my heart. Who was it that I had to help? I had no clue what he was talking about… until I remembered that Lune and Rúthruin had decided not to come to the Pond Room with us. I didn’t know what was threatening them, but if Élan had seen it necessary to warn me, it must’ve been something important.

    Rúthruin, the female Scyther’s POV:

    Shar’s comment struck me while I was least prepared for it. What did she mean… it was all for me? Why would she say such a thing, and even if it was true or not, how would she know?

    “Ruth, are you all right?” I heard Lune ask me, but I couldn’t think of an answer; I just stood there. He saw the look on my face and immediately guessed the problem. “Look, if you’re upset about anything Shar said to you…”

    At that moment, the Absol pounced on him while sinking her teeth into his closest leg. I heard a sickening crack that jolted me back into reality… Why should I pay attention to anything Shar said? Her accusations didn’t even make sense.

    “Agh, damnit, Ruth, she’s dangerous; be careful if you try to take her down. Don’t ever lose concentration.”

    “You let me hurt him, you wanted him hurt, didn’t you?”

    Lune was right. The Absol was being ridiculous. Wasn’t she…? She seemed so confident…

    Nimrodel, the female Lapras’s POV:

    The reflections of the stars against the water were so beautiful… I really didn’t mind if I seldom got to battle. I liked it better this way; to be able to enjoy nature’s serene grace, to live quietly without having to fight… That was my idea of a perfect life.

    I didn’t like violence. Part of the reason that I hadn’t spoken much to many of my teammates, despite the fact that I had been one of the first in the group, was that most of them enjoyed battling; they lived for it. This alienated me somewhat. I couldn’t understand how they could enjoy hurting others, and I didn’t know what they got out of the experience. Whatever it was, it seemed good for them; but as for myself, I would probably never take their path.

    “She called it a Status Modification Die,” I heard Kalazeth answer Elwing. “She told me to replace your earring with this.” Happily the Dratini agreed, removing from her ear the golden ring that Ryu had given her so long ago. I wondered if she even remembered that it was from him; I wondered if she remembered that she used to smile at every nice thing he did for her. It wasn’t my place to intrude, but I felt sorry for that hardworking Trapinch; he was really nice, and although he had fallen for her too early, she could at least have been civil instead of so coldly pushing him away.

    Kalazeth, the male Horsea’s POV:

    After Elwing took the new item, leaving her old earring with me, she was about to show me her improved Extremespeed when a Croconaw came up to us and introduced himself.

    “Hi! My name is… er… I forgot my name. I came here to do something, I know I did. I just have to remember it…”

    Elwing looked at him expectantly. “Did you want to challenge me to a battle?”

    A light bulb went off in the Croconaw’s head. “Ah! Yes! That’s what I wanted to do. That’s right, I’m challenging you to a battle,” he grinned, seemingly proud of himself for ‘remembering’. “What’s your name?”

    “Elwing Starspray. Nice to meet you.”

    “Yes, and my name is… er… I forgot my name. Hey, did you want something from me? Why am I talking to you, again?”

    This was getting ridiculous. I didn’t want to interfere, but perhaps Elwing’s opponent wasn’t really as forgetful as he pretended to be. After all, he’d repeated the exact same line twice already, completely overdoing his act. Elwing either didn’t notice or didn’t show it.

    “You’re here to battle me, remember?” she said.

    “Ah! Yes! That’s what I wanted to do.”

    Shar, the female Absol’s POV:

    I silently snickered as I watched the confused and angry faces. This was so much fun. They had no idea what was going on. I could harass them as much as I wanted and they’d continue to give me the satisfaction of seeing that annoyed and frustrated expression in their eyes.

    This Eevee had bothered me after my revenge on the Charmander; he was also responsible for kidnapping me from my master. It was only fit that I pay him back. I saw the Charmander fighting that Slowpoke, and because of her my master ran away, leaving me with these… people…

    Revealing my cold, silvery claws, I scratched the trapped Eevee across the eyes. For some reason he didn’t seem to want to hurt me. Or maybe he just couldn’t; all the better for me. It was his loss, not mine.

    The Scyther leapt at me, threatening to slash my body apart with her blades. I dodged and fled; I knew when I couldn’t handle a battle. But as for who defeated whom, I was the victor here; I’d caused the most pain.

    Switchblade, the *male* Porygon’s POV:

    We spotted Lune and Rúthruin between some trees on a hillside. Lune was lying down and Rúthruin was bending over him worriedly, not a good sign.

    “Lune! Ruth! Are you all right?” Karin called as we dashed towards them.

    When we got closer, the question answered itself. Lune was bleeding, one of his paws was crooked, and the area right above his eyes was all red, smothered in blood.

    “She tried to blind him,” Rúthruin said shakily. “He closed his eyes before she attacked and turned to the side, so she didn’t get him, but she was close. She broke his leg, too.”

    “I’ll be fine…”

    We didn’t even need to ask who Rúthruin meant; it could only be one pokémon. Shar.

    “This is all my fault,” Karin said, taking the injured Eevee gingerly into her arms. “I thought I had her sealed tightly in her pokéball… She got out without me noticing. I don’t know what her problem is, but we’ve got to find out who her real owner is soon. Whoever it is might be able to help.” Karin stroked Lune softly. “We need to get you to a Pokémon Center,” she whispered. “Come on, let’s hurry; they have one outside the battle rooms.”

    She ran off, Rúthruin following after her. But something told me to stay. They didn’t notice, so I figured I’d just catch up with them later.

    “Élan?”

    “Hey, Switchblade! Still the same Porygon that I knew?”

    A bunch of mixed emotions swarmed over me as the Unown emerged from within the trees. I was glad to see that he was all right, but then again who was he to just come and act like everything was normal, when it obviously was not?

    Noticing my silence, he hesitated a bit. “So how’s it been?”

    I was debating between being nice or giving him a piece of my mind. Seeing that he showed no remorse or had no idea what he’d done wrong, I opted to vent on him. “We were so close, then you just left without saying much, like I wasn’t good enough for you. You told us you had to go and then soon after you disappeared, just like that. Then now you come back and you don’t even give me an apology for what you did? Do you know what you’ve done to me? I stayed cooped up in my pokéball for a couple of months because I was so afraid that after you’d left me, all my other friends would leave me, too. And here you are just smirking as if nothing’s ever happened!”

    I almost immediately regretted what I said because he took one look at me and left without a word. “Wait! Come back!” I called, but he was gone…

    Elwing Starspray, the female Dratini’s POV:

    I felt almost awful for attacking first, but I did in case my opponent forgot again that he was battling me. It’s just that… I felt bad fighting against a pokémon that had a memory handicap. Wasn’t it unfair?

    Elwing Starspray, LV18 female Dratini vs. LV25 Croconaw


    Originally I was going to expose the Croconaw to paralysis, but in his condition he didn’t need anything else to make him sluggish; he already had paralysis of the mind. Instead, I started by raising a draconic whirlwind that trapped him. This made it easy to target him with severe jolts of electricity. I’d been practicing my Thunderbolt ever since Daddy gave it to me, and I was getting good at it.

    Of course, then I was surprised when the Croconaw came up from beneath me and didn’t even seem injured in the least. He grabbed me and sank his teeth into my skin, immediately making hole punctures where he bit because they were so sharp. I felt my blood burn with the dark energy that seeped into me. For someone with memory problems, his reactions were extremely fast. From the looks of it, he’d managed to dive underwater to avoid my Twister and Thunderbolt, then came up from underneath to Bite me.

    Unexpectedly, he spit a high-pressure Water Gun into my face. It came as quite a shock. Since I hadn’t been prepared for it I was momentarily stunned, giving him enough time to inflict upon me a world of pain. I didn’t know what it was at first because the attack came so fast that I didn’t see it; all I knew was that my body suddenly erupted with the sting of stabbing knives. I felt as if, having been penetrated by sharp daggers, my flesh started to roast as a result. It took me a while to put a name on his attack, but I figured out eventually that it was Dragon Claw.

    All the Croconaw’s attacks so far had been deliberately planned and executed to perfection. My eyes widened as I realized that all along, this had been an act of deception that I had not caught on to until now. “You tricked me!” I cried out in anguish. “There’s nothing wrong with your memory!”

    My opponent grinned toothily. “Ah, I’m afraid you’ve caught me. Don’t take this personally, please, but my trainer, who’s absent right now, has lately been teaching me to exploit an opponent’s emotions. You’re the first to help me test that strategy out in battle, and I’m happy to say, it’s turned out to be a great success. Nice battling you.”

    He raised his arms, ready to strike me again to deliver the final blow, but at that moment I dove underwater and began to weave about in inexplicably complicated patterns. It paid off that I’d practiced my Extremespeed; now I felt as if I could control it more easily and accurately. I wound around the Croconaw in circles, close but not close enough for his repeated slashes to reach me. At the same time, I was focusing on tapping a more difficult resource of power…

    As I circled my opponent in the water, dodging his attacks to buy me enough time, my body emanated a glow that grew steadily stronger. Shades of all values in the rainbow began to swim along with my body, and as I drew upon the energy within I felt my wounds gradually healing. When my opponent saw this and realized what I had done, he began to panic.

    “Recover? Oh, please no!”

    “Oh, yes, you’re very welcome,” I shot back. By then I’d stopped moving because I was getting not just physically but spiritually drained. I wasn’t sure if I’d found out in time that he had been deceiving me; I might not be able to win this fight.

    Just one more push, I urged myself. I was so close...

    The Croconaw came at me in an obvious attempt to deal as much damage as possible before I got a chance to Recover again. This time, I was ready. When he tried to seize me with his claws – seething with dragon energy – he struck a sparkling bubble of energy that shone brightly into his eyes. Once my Light Screen distracted him I had all the time I needed to attack.

    I coiled myself around my opponent’s body, making sure to enclose his arms under my Wrap. From then on all he could do was struggle because I didn’t allow him to move otherwise; all my frustrations and rage poured into him in the form of severe Thunder blasts that came rapidly one after the other. He slumped soon after, conceding the victory to me.

    Elwing won!
    Elwing grew to LV20!
    Elwing learned Dragonbreath as her free TM!

    Switchblade, the *male* Porygon’s POV:

    “I saw him,” I said after I caught up with the group. Lune had been transferred from intensive care into a more stable unit; they said that he would be fine. Nonetheless, Rúthruin insisted on staying with him instead of getting some rest herself.

    “Saw who?” Karin asked me, although she looked as if she had her suspicions.

    “Élan. I chased him away, it’s all my fault, I shouldn’t have gotten mad at him,” I admitted sadly. “It’s all my fault…”

    [COLOR=silver][B]Guardian Lune

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    All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.

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    [COLOR=silver][B]Guardian Lune

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    All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.

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    Indeed he did use Flame Wheel ^_^. I thought it'd be fun to give the Rattata a Fire Attack, for what reasons I will reveal soon.
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    Sorry to double post, but here's the last chunk, which wraps up the scenario nicely and provides some good substance for my next stories ^_^

    ~Part 3~

    As Zaris fell, Zor let out a cry of agony for his fallen comrade. Shadow crouched, as pain washed over him countless times, feebly trying to soothe his burns with his tongue, trying his hardest to show he would not back down.

    “ Next.” He grinned meekly, slowly standing up, but his body would not let him do so, and once again, he was consumed by the hurt. Zor scowled at the crumpled figure of Shadow, and formed a bright orange, spherical orb in his mouth, increasing its size by the second.

    “ My brother is near death. You…will pay.” Zor hissed. Shadow rolled slightly aside, as if in hope to evade the death that would await him, but to no avail. The angered rat shifted his body to face Shadow, and widened his jaws.

    “ This Hyper Beam will avenge my brother. You will suffer!” Zor’s voice was now hysterical, and he declared a cry of triumph.

    “ Long live the Black Wraiths!” And Zor laughed, a cruel, dark, evil cackle. The beam of destruction was unleashed, and the tortured figure of Umbreon drew back, as if to weather the blow. Shadow’s eyes were firmly shut, and he just hoped it would end. But as the apocalyptic blast hurtled through the air, a sleek body shot into the midst of the blast, discs of air shooting through the air, to cut through Zor, taking blood with the blow. Zor flinched, and the beam died away. The path of where the beam had followed was scarred; chunks of earth missing, and bits of gravel seated in large holes. But at the end of the beam’s path, was the limp body of Shadow, the sleek body that still quivered with life, a bundle of sorrow and hatred. And behind him was the gray Shade. His eyes bore deeply into Zor, void of joy and happiness, but filled with sadness and hatred that fueled the Absol, the emotions that drove him to continue to fight the warriors known as Zor and Zaris.

    “ Black Wraiths. Zane told me about you morons.” Shade spoke with hatred, with sorrow.

    “ You mean Star? He’s with you now? Is he still a wimpy Eevee?” Zor smirked.

    “ He isn’t wimpy.” Shade responded.

    “ He’s a coward.” Zor said hysterically. “ He never could kill like us. That’s why he left when we aligned with the Crimsons. Morning Star was a wimp, you should know. But you and that Umbreon…you hold the potential to become one of the greatest fighters in Ulthuan. Join us. Your talents are best, they are at home with the Black Wraiths.”

    “ His name isn’t Morning Star. And I will never join the Black Wraiths.” Shade growled defiantly.

    “ Oh? Then DIE!” A burst of flames spouted from the Rattata’s mouth, fired at Shade like a missile. Shade tapped into his true potential, analyzing every possible direction to go, every possible outcome…Nimbly dodging the blow, Shade snarled.

    “ That’s it. Bring it on!” He roared.


    Shade (Level 5 Male Absol) vs. Zor (Level 15 Male Rattata)


    With lightning quick speed, Shade’s head blade glowed a bright, ghostly white, and he slashed the air, shooting out several air saucers that slashed across Zor’s body.

    “ You should’ve learned from Shadow. You may defeat me, but you will just defeat yourself as well.” Zor cackled, spitting flames from his mouth that brushed past Absol’s flank. Shade jumped to the side, more discs flying through the air from his blade. Droplets of blood slowly dripped from Zor’s cut up body, but the Rattata showed no pain.

    “ Haven’t you learned from Zane?” Zor grinned. “ Us of the Black Wraiths are practically immune to pain. But you weaklings give in to it. Or did Zane already give in, becoming a slave of those humans?” Shade angrily slashed Zor across his side, throwing his heavy body against the beast’s own, colliding with the force of a bull into his flank. The bodies both hit the ground, but Zor easily got up.

    “ Pathetic.” Zor grinned, and sent arrow like bolts towards Shade, who had just recovered from his own careless attack, only to feel a sharp pain in his chest from the powerful attack.

    “ Too…Powerful…” Shade gasped, coughing blood. Zor smiled wickedly.

    “ You see, the Black Wraiths uses powerful TMs for its members. It raises your power, and you will feel stronger. Join us.” Zor’s voice reminded Shade of a zombie, which he disliked. Zor began to form another barrage of sizzling bolts, but Shade was ready. His eyes scanned every outcome, every possibility, and every evasion technique available. The young Absol became a gray streak as it soared across the field, aerial saucers flying in every direction, and the black, bloodstained blade flashing in the night. Zor drew back as Shade pounced, slashing and ripping until he was blown back by a powerful charge. Zor spat blood, and scowled at the fallen Absol.

    “ Ganglis will be unhappy about this.” He murmured.

    “ Who…is Ganglis!” Shade roared, and with renewed strength, slashed Zor in the chest, before smashing him into the earth. A mystical aura encased Shade, and then it was gone, something Zor dismissed with ease.

    “ Ganglis is the leader of Black Wraiths. He is the greatest!” Zor said, as if he was a puppet himself. A barrage of bolts erupted from Zor’s body, but Shade weathered the blow, not expecting the upcoming Flame Wheel. The Absol was trapped in a brilliant golden crown of flames, and suddenly, the Absol burst into ashes.

    “ What?!” Zor said, aghast. A black streak collided with him, and he hit the earth yet again.

    “ Substitute, eh?” Zor sneered. He got up again, and a brown glow encased him.

    “ That seems to be your trump card.” Zor remarked as the Absol skidded to a stop. “ But mines…is something you’ve seen before. It’s called Hyper Beam.” Zor continued casually. Shade hissed, and a mystical glow enveloped him again. But a quick barrage of flames incinerated the copy Shade had just created.

    “ Dammit!” Shade roared. He rushed straight at Zor, consumed with anger and range. His cruel blade sliced Zor’s side, letting blood spurt out, before dishing several more cuts across his body. Zor just grinned, and several strands of silk sprouted from Zor’s mouth. They wrapped around Shade, immobilizing him.

    “ What?” Shade said infuriatingly.

    “ Like it? It’s my own power. Hidden Power. Bug.” Zor calmly formed an orange, spherical ball in his mouth, and it began to increase in size. It was too familiar to the intelligent Absol, who began to decipher his strategy immediately, and devised a counter attack. Though his powerful legs were bound in silk, his upper body was free to move as he pleased. Zor was so triumphant over his trap that he ignored the glow that Shade was emitting, before it disappeared, and then the Absol was still.

    “ That’s right. Bow down to death.” The calamitous beam erupted from the Rattata’s mouth, ripping through the silk, and the Absol burst into flames.

    “ No!” Zor shouted. But the blast continued, and a limp gray body flew across the air. Blood fell from it, before the form began to shake. Blood dripped from the Absol’s flanks, and bruises were all over his form.

    “ Impressive. Using a Substitute to shield the blow, enough to let you live. You truly are a prodigy.” Zor remarked. He dropped to a crouch.

    “ And your strategy worked…how? How was I so careless?” And the limp body stood, proudly and arrogantly. Shade loomed over Zor, a smug expression painted across his face.

    “ You lost because you believed in pure strength, Zor. As long as that happens…you will…never succeed.” The Absol said breathlessly, before Zor went limp. And Shade finally gasped, before collapsing in triumph.

    Shade won!
    Shade grew to Level 7!


    “ Ganglis…forgive me…” Zor murmured quietly. And from the darkness came a crisp, sharp voice.

    “ Too late, Zor. And for you, Zaris. You failed to retrieve Morning Star. You failed to combat complete weaklings. Ganglis is disgusted with you.”

    “ …Specter!” Zor gasped. “ Help me!”

    “ Relax.” The voice said coolly. “ You won’t die. Return with me to the Black Wraiths. Ganglis will see you.” The creature departed with a sinister cackle, with a weak Zor and Zaris in tow. As soon as they departed, Shadow slowly raised his body, getting to his feet.
    “ So…Black Wraiths, hm? Strange enough.” Shadow stared at Shade’s body.

    “ Well? Get up.” Shadow stated bluntly. Shade got to his feet slowly.

    “ Where to?” Shade sighed.

    “ I don’t know. But-”

    “ Shadow!” From the bushes emerged Nightshade, and she wore a very happy expression. Shadow was awestruck. Nightshade—HAPPY?

    “ Thank god!” She breathed. “ Zane noticed you were missing. We went to go look for you and…oh! You’re hurt so badly!” The Umbreon quickly dashed forward, and Shadow was baffled.

    “ Ok.” He murmured to himself. “ What the hell is going on here?” Shade turned to him with an amused expression.

    “ Sounds like someone…” But he never got to finish. A brisk voice interrupted him, much to his displeasure.

    “ Dammit. Where is he? Well?” Zane leapt out of the bushes, followed by Eclipse, and they both wore angry expressions.

    “ Where’s who, Zane?” Shadow said tiredly as Nightshade began to check his wounds.

    “ The Black Wraiths! Someone put…SOMETHING on Nightshade, possibly some Hypnosis type thing. She’s suddenly all happy and crap.” Zane snapped, and for the first time, Shadow was looking at the Zane that was masked, behind a hidden shell that was hard to crack; a thick barrier that barricaded itself from his usual personality.

    “ I don’t know, Zane. Zor and Zaris just ran off with some creature a while ago. I hate to say this, but I really want the old Nightshade back.” Shade spoke up.

    “ Agreed.” Eclipse said shortly.

    “ And Eclipse is suddenly resembling Nightshade. They seem to have switched personalities.” Zane continued on fiercely.

    “ Well, Zane, Zor and Zaris went off, and Hunter’s coming here soon. By the way, what happened to him?” Shadow replied.

    “ Some Dragon Tamer asked for his help or something. He took Tsunami, Koukeui, and Inferno with him. Told us to wait at that fork in the paths.”

    “ Then let’s go back.” Shadow shrugged Nightshade off and slowly continued down the path.

    “ You guys go.” Zane murmured.

    “ What about you?” Shade inquired skeptically.

    “ I…have some unfinished business.” Zane said darkly.

    Stop trembling
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    Release your own time! Shootin’ star going towards the future!
    Draw the arch of light
    You’ll reach it, if you keep believing
    When the voice that calls for you
    Bursts open in your heart
    Everything will start, Believer!







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    I would like to battle, I will use gerald my ditto, I dont care which pokemon battles me as long as its around level 8

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    Read the first page of this topic, then read the current scenario (link is on the first page). You need to base your battle around that. You could always look at other people's battles to see how people do it. It tells you what pokémon you can battle on the scenario page...
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    And Soo gets a stamp for her help, while...
    Karin gets 28 stamps! I liked how you've added more depth to Shar's story. Scene changes were a bit too frequent, but they were interesting and well handled. It was great to see Élan again, if only for a brief moment, though I feel sorry for Switchblade now.
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    Shadow Djinn - Cool, take 7 Stamps.

    [COLOR=silver][B]Guardian Lune

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    All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.

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    I'll return those stamps for an RBG for Zane please. *Hands over the said stamps*
    Stop trembling
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    Release your own time! Shootin’ star going towards the future!
    Draw the arch of light
    You’ll reach it, if you keep believing
    When the voice that calls for you
    Bursts open in your heart
    Everything will start, Believer!







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    Quote Originally Posted by Shadow Djinn
    I'll return those stamps for an RBG for Zane please. *Hands over the said stamps*
    *coughs* Area.... ^^;

    [COLOR=silver][B]Guardian Lune

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    All that is gold does not glitter,
    Not all those who wander are lost;
    The old that is strong does not wither,
    Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
    From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
    A light from the shadows shall spring;
    Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
    The crownless again shall be king.

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    Oh darn...It was in my head and snap...I didn't type it X_X;. Requesting from the Universal Adoption Center please.
    Stop trembling
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    Release your own time! Shootin’ star going towards the future!
    Draw the arch of light
    You’ll reach it, if you keep believing
    When the voice that calls for you
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    Everything will start, Believer!







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    I took a look around the field I had ended up in. I’d been travelling around for goodness knows how long, and I really didn’t know where I was any more. The area was fairly barren – the wintry climate had totally cleared the area of any luscious vegetation that there would normally be. I turned round in a circle on the spot. It was getting quite dark, even though it was only half past four. It was very noticeable that the clocks had been turned back not too long ago, as I couldn’t see the mountaintops in the distance. That might have been because it was slightly foggy, of course – As I looked into the distance all I could see was a glistening cloak of mist slowly encircling everything it could get its wispy grasp around. I wasn’t sure what to do. If I stayed out here much longer I would simply get cold and have to lie in the grass, and even if I did move on, I wouldn’t get very far before it got too dark for me to see.

    I wasn’t used to this weather. I was used to the warm sun beating down on me whilst I lay in the grass, surrounded by pokemon quite happily roaming about. I’d never been here during the run up to winter, where the grass was cold and rough, the trees were rapidly losing their jackets of maroon leaves and there wasn’t a pokemon to be seen since they’d all gone to find somewhere nicer to live. I’m sure I couldn’t be too far from the Dragon Tamers Adoption Centre – I usually find myself somewhere fairly close to it. However, even if I wasn’t that far away, it had become too dark for me to even have a chance of seeing it. I sat on the tough ground and took out my map of Caledor and my torch. I’d spilt tea on my map so a large splodge of the map had been dyed a rather light shade of brown. Still, I could make out everywhere that was important, brown or not.

    It was cold. I had my map out but my hands were so numb they felt as if they were about to fall off, so I put my gloves on and, using my bag as a pillow, I tried to go to sleep, even though it was only about five o’clock. It didn’t really work though, because I was so uncomfortable. I lay on my back to look at the stars, but as I opened my eyes I was greeted with a drop of rain up my nose. So as it began to rain, I screwed up my eyelids in a vain attempt to sleep.

    I woke up when it was still relatively dark. Sitting up, I could see that it wasn’t so misty any more, and I could continue on my journey. Then I realised something. I had completely forgotten where I was going. In all my valiant attempts to continue on through the countryside it had totally slipped my mind what I actually wanted to do. So I felt a bit silly for that. After the feeling silly-ness I sat and pondered for a while. What should I do? I couldn’t remember for the life of me why I’d set out on this trip, and I wasn’t sure what to do now. Backtrack? It seemed the best option since I didn’t really know where I was, and I didn’t know how close the nearest building was. So, back to the Eevee House it was then.

    I yawned, stretched, and stood up. I noticed my map of Caledor was a bit squished… I must’ve slept on it or something. It really has taken quite a bit of a beating even though I hadn’t actually used it for guiding myself round Caledor very much. Either way, there wasn’t anything I could do about it now, so I folded it up, put it in my bag, and wandered back the way my came. That wasn’t very difficult to do, because since the air was so still, my footprints were still there. Besides, I can’t imagine seeing very many people around here in this sort of weather.

    It was a bit dull. I was backtracking along the grass when it was still early in the morning and it was cold. I needed someone to talk to, so, grabbing the first pokeball I had on my belt, it chucked it into the air and sincerely hoped it wasn’t Talis (my Onix). Thankfully, it wasn’t. There was a flash of red light and out popped Athena, my Swablu. She fluttered around in circles until she was dizzy for no apparent reason before peacefully floating down and sitting on the ground.

    “What are you doing down there?”
    “I don’t know.”
    “Well get up then! We need to get back to the Eevee House.”
    “But I’m huuuuungry.”
    “Well I can’t do anything about that. Don’t you remember? Yesterday Faithless ate all our food.”
    “What a stupid, greedy Aerodactyl.”
    “You really aren’t a morning pokemon, are you?”
    “You noticed?”
    “No need for the attitude. Now, hurry up, because we can get back to the Eevee House within a few hours if you do.”
    “But I’m huuuuungry.”
    “Yes. I know. What do you expect me to do about that?”
    “Well-“
    “Don’t answer that – it was supposed to be rhetorical.”
    “Yeah but-“
    “Nope. We need to get going.”

    So, we got going. There was an awkward silence for a while – I think I’d irritated Athena – but honestly, if she’s going to act like that when there’s no need to I think I have a reason! Sure, not everyone likes mornings, but still, no need to be argumentative with someone who actually wants your company. I mean, who does she think she-

    “Ow!!”

    I turned round and saw Athena being pecked on the head by a rather scruffy looking Torchic.

    “Well? Fight back then!”


    Athena, level 7 female Swablu vs. Wild female Torchic at level 7

    It took a while for Athena to hear what I’d said, but when I put my right hand into a fist and started to punch my other hand then I think she got the idea. The Torchic had started to stand on her head and then proceeded to dig her talons into Athena’s scalp, making her squeal with pain. In a way this wasn’t so bad, because normally there’s no telling whether or not Athena is going to drift into a daydream in the middle of a battle or not.
    As Torchic continued to dig her talons into Athena, the Swablu fought back with Haze. Normally this’d be a bit silly but it actually worked in a different way than it’s supposed to. Instead of resetting all status changes it got into Torchic’s eyes which made her lose her grip on Athena. Breaking free of her grasp, Athena swung round and let the Haze fade away before digging her beak heavily into Torchic’s stomach. The fiery bird winced after receiving the Aerial Ace and fought back by scratching at Athena’s face – “Fight back with Peck,” I cried – so as she did so Athena opened her beak wide and nipped several of her opponent’s toes. Torchic made a funny little squeaking noise and withdrew, but then she did something a bit weird. Her eyes started to glow a funny purple colour and then she lit up with a pinkish glow. Then I recognised it – It must be Focus Energy. I’d seen it before but not THAT colour… Athena, however, was no so quick on the ball and watched in fascination as her opponent continued to glow a rather nice violet colour.
    It lasted for a while. I kept shouting to Athena to attack, but she didn’t. Torchic knew that since she wasn’t attacking she could hold the Focus Energy for even longer and unleash more power later on. Suddenly, she burst out and with full force she slammed straight into the face of the unsuspecting Swablu, completely knocking all the wind out of her. Consequently, though, this process of getting Athena utterly winded made her release an Ice Beam – I thought she could control this ice move of hers now but evidently not – and got Torchic in the eyes.
    The heat of her feathers quickly melted the ice and left her eyes dripping as if she’d just been crying. Athena’s head still hurt from the earlier assault from her opponent had wreaked on her so she narrowed her eyes and shot forward with surprising speed at the wild pokemon. Drilling her beak into Torchic’s chest, the Peck attack knocked her totally out of balance and also knocked her totally… well, over. Athena drifted to the ground and tiptoed over to Torchic. She felt a bit sorry for her now.

    Athena won! She grew to level 8 and learned Astonish!

    “Will she be okay?” she asked me.
    “I expect so. She didn’t look in the best condition in the first p[lace so I’m sure she’s used to getting in scraps – I’m not sure whether or not just to leave her here or not though, because it seems a bit mean.”

    As soon as I said that though, the Torchic got up and gave me the meanest look you could ever have thought of. Fluttering away (rather erratically may I add) I turned to Athena and congratulated her.

    “Well done. You just defeated a very rude little Torchic. But honestly, we do need to get to the Eevee House.”
    “Yeah, I know… I can’t fly there though, my wings are all tired out.”
    “I’ll carry you there.”

    So I did. With Athena nestled in my arms, I continued on back to the Eevee House. I have a horrible feeling that I’m going to remember what I set out to do as soon as I put a foot through that door when I get there though…

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    Default ¤Game¤ Dragon Tamers Battle Range version 21 (M.A. Pidgeot)

    Could I please have another RBG? This time it'll be for the Free Range Coral, and the pokemon I will be using is Imarad. She's my Zangooose, and she's at level 9. *hands over 7 Stamps*

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    Alright, Imarad will be battling a Smeargle.
    Hmm... that could be interesting. It's up to you to decide what moves the Smeargle knows.

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    Can I have an extension for this scenario? I hope to get the previous ones and my RBG finished soon so I can work on this one, though.

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    The extension is yours, Matt.

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    After running a lot not knowing how he got to the place he was, Kerel found himself err... lost.

    He decided to ask an old lady for directions, he didn't know what she'd answer but the answer definelty surprised him.

    -Gas, gas, gastly!!!

    "what the f*ck?"

    And so the battle began.

    Bruce-"Hey hold on, that's absolutly stupid"

    Kerel-"Shut up Bruce, pokemon don't speak"

    Bruce-"I can't stay quiet if you say so many bullshit"

    Kerel-"Well, why don't you tell the story then"

    Bruce-"Alright people, now for the real one."

    Kerel was hired by some guys I cant mention to find some rare...I cant tell but anyway...after I explained him all the clues he missed we finally got to Sector Alpha.

    After a taxi driver messed up taking left for right, we found ourselves in a strange and foggy street.

    It was pretty dark and foggy, and the place was reaaalllly scary, if you are a scarefull human, wich of course I am not.

    -Scarefull what the heck is that?

    -some one who scares easily.

    -Who gets scared you mean?

    -yeah...I'll go on.

    So there was this cat that said Meeeoww, and Kerel just went out running like crazy and sealed himself in a house which door was misteriously opened.

    Anyway I had to follow him, and enter the house, afer of course noticing the "WARNING HAUNTED HOUSE DO NOT ENTER SIGN"

    And yeah, "sign" was written on the banner.

    well, I don't really know how Kerel got himself trapped in a closet, but after I found him he only Shouted "GHHOOOOOOOOOSTTTTSSSSSS"

    Kerel- "Bruce, you're exaggerating"

    Bruce-"barely"

    Kerel-"I'll take it from here".

    Then after those Gasltys showed up, and ONE OF THEM WAS disguised as an old lady.
    Bruce tried to fight them.

    Bruce-"he sent me too, after half an hour of useless battle (cause non of us could hurt the other) I had to tell him what a Pokedex was, he even tried to harm them using psychology cause he read Psychic powers harmed gastlys".

    Kerel-Well, one of them did fall asleep.

    Bruce-Well yes, that's true.

    Finally I sent Caroline (my ponyta) to do the job, and she burned the gastly who was awake using her flamethrower. The Gastly liked her.

    Bruce-You mean licked her?

    Kerel-Both actually.

    And she burned him again. then I told her to burn the sleeping one cause he kissed me when disguised as an old lady and I wouldn't forgive him. So she did, after that we decided to run away cause we were on a woodenhouse and all that fire set it on well...fire.

    So we left pretty much unharmed, and I think Team Rocket was blamed for the burning so it's alright.

    Bruce-"excepting for our confession right?"

    Kerel-"er... well..." RUN!!!!!

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    TECH DATA: when the battle began Caroline (Ponyta) was level 6 as well as Bruce (Zangoose) hey that rhymes!

    well after it both became level 7, unless I should level up Kerel for the psichology attack.

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    Hehe, time I inflicted another two-poster on you all.
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    For what had to be the first time in her entire life, Kasumi was feeling miserable. Normally she was always full of limitless energy and enthusiasm, and in spite of her perverted attitude she was generally considered a rather happy-go-lucky kind of creature. But lately she felt anything but happy or lucky, and her 'go' seemed to have vanished altogether. In fact, the Growlithe had lost the will to do pretty much anything. And why? Well, her reasons for feeling low could be summed up in one word. Thunderblast.

    Kasumi could still remember the first time the two pokémon had spent any decent amount of time together. Before that fateful day they had been nothing more than passing acquaintances, and whilst she couldn't deny she had always found the Raichu rather cute she had never really considered acting upon it. Until that day. The team had been visiting the Eevee House, a usual meeting ground for trainers. And Kasumi had commenced upon her usual rounds of tormenting everyone within sight, asking anyone who moved for a date, knowing full well that most would either tell her to get lost or simply run away. Most seemed to be rather intimidated by Kasumi. Especially Gabi's Stantler, Iael. She had great fun making him nervous over the years. However, Thunderblast was a different kettle of fish altogether. The psychic Raichu belonging to the trainer known as Dan... she hadn't ran away. Or told the Growlithe to go away. She had actually talked to her, the two pokémon hitting it off immediately. And talking moved on to sitting on the couch and watching a movie. And watching a movie had turned into snuggling. And that... well, that had led on to other things.

    How happy Kasumi had been back then! For possibly the first time in her entire life she had found a creature who could match her in terms of adventurousness, boisterousness and sheer strangeness. Around Thunderblast, she didn't have to worry about overstepping any boundaries. Because there were none. It was an arrangement that suited them both perfectly. After a while what had just been a mutual attraction started developing into something more. After a while the Growlithe had been equally happy just talking with the Raichu as she was helping her to come up with ever more inventive uses for her tail. For the first time in her life she knew what it was like to feel love as opposed to lust. Oh, she knew that Tsuyoi had a soft spot for her, and in a way it was still returned, but... this... this had started growing into real head-over-heels stuff, the sort of love whereby just spending time in Thunderblast's company made Kasumi feel giddy. No longer did it matter that everyone else would stare at them oddly. Before they had almost delighted in getting the weird looks from other pokémon and trainers; homosexual relationships between pokémon were, after all, virtually unheard of and to see two females so openly affectionate made more than a few creatures a little uncomfortable. But something changed over time, and spending time together ended up simply feeling like the most natural thing in the world. Sure, they still got the occasional close-minded moron, but they were always easily laughed off. Or held in place by Kasumi's telekinesis. Or knocked out with an irritated Thunderbolt from her Raichu companion.

    Good times indeed. But they, like all good things, had to come to an end eventually. And in this case they were brought to their conclusion by the sudden disappearance of Dan from Ulthuan. One day he had just left without so much as a word, and a heartbroken Kasumi had been left with only a hastily scrawled note of apology to remind her of the good times she had with his Raichu. And yes, later on she was able to have some limited communication with her via instant messaging - fortunately their respective trainers were reasonably good friends and still kept in touch via their respective computer screens - but it simply wasn't the same. She wanted to be able to touch her, to feel her body once again. It wasn't fair, any of it. Kasumi hadn't been the only one affected by the move, either. Soo's Charmander, Kassandra, had been going out with Dan's Wartortle, Hydro, at the time, too. Although she was made of much sterner stuff, and had shrugged off the parting with ease.
    "Straight into the waiting coils of Marius, too, from the looks of things," Kasumi snickered to herself, finding at least some amusement in the relationships of others. Well, it was true! Since parting with her old boyfriend Kassandra had been spending an awful lot of time in the company of the unnaturally intelligent Dratini, even if she would refuse point-blank to call their friendship anything approaching a relationship. They were an odd couple, for sure. The only thing they really had in common was a ridiculous stubbornness. But they seemed to work well together. Better than Kasumi and Thunderblast had been, evidently. Otherwise the Growlithe would still have a girlfriend right about now. "Anyway, what's with all this being soppy all of a sudden? There'll be other... other..." Here Kasumi's voice trailed off, her attempts to talk herself round evidently failing. "Who am I kidding? There'll never be any other like her. But the least I can do is to pretend to be okay. The others would start worrying about me otherwise." Yes, there was no time for heartbreak. At least, not at the moment. Not when the chance of salvation still existed, at any rate.

    Kasumi wasn't the only troubled one that day. Elsewhere in the house, the Jolteon known to the world as Rhiannon was in a meditation of sorts. The room she was currently sat in - the usually jumbled spare room that had been the scene of her recent evolution - was totally bare, the contents now stacked up against all four of the walls to reveal so much bare floorboard that it made the area seem at least twice the size that it seemed originally. And there in the middle of it all sat Rhiannon, her eyes closed tight in concentration. There was something evil in the air. Something so familiar, and yet so alien that it sent shivers down her spine. It didn't bode well.
    "What is it?" Rhiannon's mouth moved, but the voice coming from her was anything other than normal. It was a voice rooted deep within her mind, the psychic projection of her innermost thoughts. It was the voice of a young girl this time, or at least for a moment. For in an instant another voice began to emanate from the young Jolteon's head. A deeper, more self-assured voice.
    "We both know what it is, Rhiannon," this second voice chided. "Our history, it seems, has finally caught up with us."
    "Your history, you mean! You brought all of this about, if it wasn't for you I would have never gotten caught up with those nasty Dark Cloak cultists. If it wasn't for you they would have never experimented on me. If it wasn't for [i]you[i/] we wouldn't have so much blood on our paws now, would we?" By now Rhiannon's voice was a barely understandable sob. "They should have just let those Scythers eat me." It had all started going wrong for Rhiannon long before she had been picked up by a scouting party for the Dark Cloak cultist sect, of course, the ones who had bestowed great power to her in return for her services in helping them have their shot at conquering Ulthuan. If she thought about it, it all started going wrong just weeks after she had been born, when the premature loss of a sibling at the hands of uncaring breeding centre workers had broken her mind. "We don't deserve to be here."
    "Nonsense. There is no blood on your paws anyway. I don't ask you to share my burdens."
    "I don't ask you to share my body but you still do anyway, don't you???" Rhiannon practically screamed at herself.
    "Hush now. We can resume this conversation in times when we can afford to sort things out between ourselves. Right now we need to concentrate." Finally Rhiannon fell silent once more, tranquil once again. "We don't know what they're planning. Not even our powers can determine that. We need assistance. Guidance. What, in the name of the myriad planes of the Vortex, are they doing?" Rhiannon hadn't even noticed that the gemstone buried deep within her skull had decided to show itself, illuminating the room with its soft green glow. "We need to know. We just need to. Amon, please guide us."
    "My Lady, if you can't figure this out then what chance have I?" A thin voice from the other side of the room spoke up, causing the Jolteon to look up. There he was, a slightly battle-scarred Umbreon sporting the most sympathetic smile he could muster. The urge to run over and nuzzle him was immense. Although the fact that he was semi-transparent indicated that this would have probably been a futile gesture. Amon, Rhiannon's long-dead lover from her less than savoury past. Amon, one of two pokémon whose only connection to the physical world was due to Rhiannon's remarkable powers. "Even guardian angels have their limits, Rhiannon."
    "You overanalyze things," commented another voice. This one came from an equally translucent Sandslash, staring absently out of the window into the darkened night sky. Rhiannon's will had kept Amon as a shade, their bond too great to be severed by death. But for some strange reason Amon's best friend Khism, also killed in the same unfortunate events that cost the Umbreon his physical form, also seemed insistent on sticking around. Which was fine by Rhiannon. She rather liked the evangelical Ground-type. "We all got a taste of what Armand DiAnnio - and, more to the point, his deadly little pet - is capable of, and why he does what he does. There is going to be chaos. On a scale the likes of which nobody could hope to imagine. I know I'm right. So do you. The question is, in what manner this chaos is going to come about."
    "So far you've succeeded in telling us nothing new, Khism. Why don't you go boil yourself in a pot of Assam or something?" The tea thing was an in-joke lost on practically everybody bar Rhiannon and her phantoms. "By the way, Rhiannon, I like the new look. If I could learn possession just so I could borrow a body to touch you with, I would in a heartbeat." Rhiannon found herself blushing. She couldn't look Amon in the eye all of a sudden.
    "We... we're glad you approve," she finally stuttered, sounding more like Brandy than her usual self.
    "Amon! Lady Rhiannon! This is not the time for flirting!" Khism snapped, hopping down from his perch. "The situation is dire. We... well, I say 'we' but I really mean you, Lady Rhiannon... have to deal with possibly the most violently cruel anarchist the world has to offer, and what's worse is he has access to a dark power that we know all too much about." The Sandslash sounded bitter. In life he had believed absolutely in that power. He had swallowed it all hook, line and sinker. In death, however, he had gradually come to accept that his dark religion had been nothing but a fraud. Oh, the power had existed, there was never any question about that. But at least now he understood it as something less than the holy thing he had once considered it. "The worst part being that this power actually seems to want to serve him, it's only happy when fulfilling his desires."
    "Armand and Reaper deserve each other," Amon spat. "Whether the rest of us deserve to suffer having them around, however, is another matter. Rhiannon, you've got your work cut out for you. You're going to have to deal with Reaper, defeat Team Rocket and stay out of the way of that Lord Absol fellow who's still hanging around like a bad stench. But hey, if anyone can do it, you can. I believe in you."
    "Amon..." Rhiannon was cut off by a sudden burst of light as the doorway behind her opened, flooding the room with the hallway light. She turned to look at this intrusion. Pandora, looking half asleep and in less than a good mood.
    "Rhiannon, come to bed already, you're keeping us all up with that constant jabbering to yourself," the Houndour grumbled. "I've no idea how you manage to find so much to talk about when there's nobody else around. I know I'm usually sick of my own company within seconds, in fact me and myself usually come to blows whenever we have a good heart-to-heart."
    "You'd be surprised how much we have in common then," Rhiannon muttered to herself, casting a sly glance backwards. They were gone. She had suspected as much.
    "But anyway, like I was saying. You. Bed. Now. And think yourself lucky I'm still in awe of the great Lady Rhiannon, because you woke me up when I wasn't actually dreaming of anything for once, and I've killed for less than that."
    "We're sorry, Pandora," the Jolteon sighed. Her friend was right. It was probably better to sleep on things, anyway. Even Rhiannon needed to rest occasionally.


    "Ade! Ade! Wake up!" A violent shaking at my shoulder, a shaking that simply refused to let up. A loud voice in my ear that was bordering on the hysterical. Why was it so hard to just be woken up in the mornings like most normal people? By a nice, normal alarm clock? "Ade, I'm scared!"
    "Wha..?" I opened my eyes groggily to see Soo's worried face peering at me through the gloom. What kind of time was this? It was pitch black inside the room, so dark in fact that it took several minutes for my tired eyes to be able to make anything out at all. I smiled weakly as the beautiful face of the woman I loved finally came into focus. Her wonderfully clear, soft skin, her dark copper hair, her kissable lips, her almost unnaturally blue eyes... I could have stared at that face all day if given half the chance. "What's wrong, Espie-girl, did you have a bad dream?" The nickname was truly bizarre, admittedly, but it had fast become a term of endearment. The logic went that Soo and her Espeon, Kirei, were so similar in attitude that it was hard to tell the two apart. Hence Soo was Espie-girl.
    "No, I wish it was!" Soo seemed genuinely scared, and I couldn't help but take her in my arms and hold her close. She felt cold. And whilst this was to be expected now that the lazy days of summer were behind us, something simply didn't feel quite... natural about the whole thing. "Ade. Listen to me. What time do you think it is?"
    "About three in the morning, I'm guessing." By now I was fully awake, and as such was fumbling for my glasses over Soo's shoulder. Eventually my fingertips found their cold wire frame and grabbed them.
    "Ade, it's not. It's... Ade, it's ten o'clock. A.M., at that."
    "You what?" My blood ran cold. All of a sudden a torrent of horrible memories came flooding back to me. Being woken up around this time by a rather frantic Sindel, her psychic senses thrown totally out by the sudden darkness. Frenzied discussions around the table. "It's an omen of something dark, something powerful. Quite what is going to come of it, I don't know." Quickly I leapt out of bed, hoping against hope that I wasn't going to witness what I already half suspected was going to be greeting me in the outside world. The last time I had encountered this strange phenomenon was just before the Dark Cloak attacked, those cruel, twisted excuses for human beings that blindly followed their Dark Lord Resomegnis, a vicious being born of the fusion of techniques both scientific and arcane. That had been a struggle. The cultists had been relentless in their assaults, and had even breached the walls of Sector Alpha at one point. Yet we had driven them back. We had defeated them. Or so I had thought.
    "Ade, I'm frighten!" Soo moaned as I left her side for a moment to throw back the curtains. I gave a short gasp of dismay at what I saw. Thick black clouds covered the skies so that not a single shaft of sunlight was able to reach the ground. It was if the entire world had been wrapped in a thick, suffocating fog that had cursed the land with everlasting night. Only this was no natural night. At least during the night you could usually see the stars dotting the pitch black sky. Here there was nothing. Just eternal gloom.
    "Shit!" I found myself saying, rushing back to pull on the first clothes that came to hand. "Soo, please, calm down. We're gonna need all our wits about us. This is something big. Get dressed, grab your pokémon and meet us in the kitchen. Time we had one of those annoying emergency meeting things."

    The fact that everyone was ready and assembled in the designated spot within ten minutes spoke volumes for the sheer urgency of the situation. It was rather cramped with everyone there at the same time. There was Pearl, looking concerned as she tried to prevent her daughter Celeste from crying. Katnip, sporting the sort of expression he reserved solely for when there was urgent competition up ahead. Beckham, for once managing to stifle his umpteen goofy comments. Milliardo, looking tired and irritable yet somehow managing to keep his temper in check for now. Sindel, fiddling nervously with her spoons as she awaited some kind of explanation. Lucky, trying hard to put a brave face on things even though he had seen more atrocities than most. Scratchy, for once not even pretending that he wasn't that concerned with what was going on. Kasumi, silent for once, although few knew exactly what was on her mind. Pandora, her large eyes registering a bizarre mixture of determination and sheer anxiety. Rhiannon, who seemed unusually troubled for once. Bolovayr, who understood the situation well enough to realize that any comments as to how similar the situation was to a really bad movie were probably a bad move. Marius, who would probably have been pacing up and down deep in though had he any legs to pace with. Megan, sat watching the entire scene with a look of sheer bewilderment upon her face. Ryo-Ohki, who was clinging terrified to Sindel's leg. Kassandra, who had originally been grumbling about how she didn't see why everyone was so scared by a load of clouds, but by now had fallen silent, the gravity of the situation having eventually gotten through even to her. Kirei, busy cowering in a corner in a state of advanced hysteria that always seemed to be an omen of something disastrous being on the horizon. Sparky, busy balancing the not-so-identical twins Kaguya and Yuki on his shoulders and trying to calm the more inexperienced pokémon down. Chartreuse, sporting an expression so determined that it was hard to believe that she was the same pokémon who had been going starry-eyed over the irritating Alan Davenport just days ago. Kyore, seemingly baffled, scared and just plain fed up all at the same time. Skyla, who had wisely chosen a position well away from Kassandra for now. Hokiri, who seemed to be genuinely troubled by all of the conflicting emotions within the room. Hell, even Brandy was listening in through the window. And then there was the rest of us. Soo, myself, and the self-appointed chairman of any group discussion.
    "So," Tsuyoi commented, far too relaxed for comfort. "You've all been seriously disturbed by this, probably due to the fact that this darkness seems practically identical to that cast by the Dark Cloak before they attacked us a good two years ago. Correct?"
    "Correct, but..."
    "Well, you needn't worry. Although the threat Ulthuan now faced bears their stench, you may or may not be pleased to know that they have long since been obliterated."
    "Along with everything else nearby," Rhiannon noted sourly.
    "Come to think of it, why am I even holding this discussion?" Tsuyoi's eyes fixed upon Rhiannon for the longest of times, during which the Jolteon was seen to visibly flinch. A cruel smile played upon Tsuyoi's jaws. There was still no question as to where the balance of power lay. All the enhancements in the world weren't able to put Rhiannon on his level. "I would say that between you all you possess enough knowledge to solve this puzzle yourselves. Come now, what do you suspect is going on here?"
    "We all already know," Rhiannon grumbled, "but..." Before she could elaborate any further, however, our meeting was rudely interrupted by the sounds of shouting and banging from the street outside. It sounded like the area was being marched upon by a mod of drunken louts. At least that was the impression that the sudden noises left me with.
    "What the ^@!Ł???" Milliardo was the first one to rush to the window and peer cautiously out into the darkness. It was hard to tell exactly what was going on out there. All that we could see from the safety of our house were shadows racing down the road, shouting and yelling as they went, the occasional pokémon mixed up in their number. Every so often a large flash of light would briefly illuminate the street as a pokémon attacked some unseen opponent, and during these flashes we could briefly make out black-garbed men and women sporting expressions that were part panic, part determination. "Guys, not even I can see what's going on out there!" the Umbreon complained bitterly.
    "Out soccer team's been knocked out of the World Cup again. There can be no other explanation," Beckham nodded sagely.
    "Becks!" Marius scolded the Wartortle. "This is neither the time nor the place for such ridiculously random bouts of theorizing! Listen, everyone, we need somebody to go outside and ascertain what the triggering factor to this cacophony happens to be. Henceforth, I shall see you all in a minute equipped with the full details of what is going on."
    "Over my dead body!" Pandora snapped, positioning herself smartly between the door and her foster son. "You are going nowhere, you understand me?"
    "It's alright, guys." Kasumi was already at the door before anyone could stop her. Well, nobody had really been keeping an eye on the Growlithe. She was one of the last pokémon anyone expected to suddenly take to heroism! "I got it covered. I know I'm a klutz, and I know you're all picking your chins up off the floor because I'm not talking about sex, but hey. Call it my need to prove that I'm not just a pretty face."
    "Sumi, you don't need to...." It was too late. Before I had finished, my Growlithe was already out of the door. "...prove yourself." Something deep within my heart sank. I couldn't have asked any of my pokémon to go out alone! Not amidst all of this! "Guys, you all up for following her?" I asked. The universal opinion, from the looks of the faces of my assembled team, was a resounding yes. Well, at least that solved that little problem!

    Surveillance, it had to be said, was something that was a lot easier to talk about than it was to actually do. Or so Kasumi was swiftly finding out. Oh, she had gone out with her head filled of good intentions, alright. But putting them into practice was almost impossible. Practically as soon as she had stepped out of the door she found herself being caught up in some sort of mad stampede, a small army of people and pokémon running down the street smashing cars, vandalizing property and generally making a nuisance of themselves. To begin with she had just assumed that Beckham had been unintentionally correct, that these really were no more than random, drunken football hooligans. That was before the head of the crowd had turned to his followers, brandishing an oily rag and a bottle, which he held high above his head like some sort of trophy.
    "For the glory of Team Rocket!" the man cried, his face stained with blood and dirt. He looked as if he had gone a few rounds with a martial arts champion. "We shall not bow down before anyone! For our glory, and our leader!" At this point the man stuffed the rag into the bottleneck, set it alight with a cigarette lighter and hurled it at the nearest car. The entire thing ignited within seconds, lighting the darkened skies with its ominous flickering. It was at that point that Kasumi suddenly found herself wishing she had just stayed at home and voted that Scratchy went to check it out like she was sure Milliardo was going to suggest.
    "Okay, Sumi, let's just back out of here nice and slowly and hopefully nobody will notice you..." The Growlithe began to make her way silently out of the crowd. The last thing she needed was to be spotted by these deranged Rockets! Unfortunately fate had never been particularly kind to her. She supposed it was life's way of getting revenge for all of those she had scared in her time, all the potential suitors she had come on too strong with, all the opponents she had messed with the heads of. There was precious little explanation otherwise!
    "Well what do we have here?" Somehow Kasumi had managed to back up into one of the stragglers of the group, in what was a classic Sumi moment of simply not looking where she was going. She turned around in horror to see a short, squat man with cropped black hair and a leer so cruel it wasn't natural. And he was looking directly at her. "You're not one of ours, are you? No, I'd have remembered you if you were. You look a good, strong specimen. The others would be queuing up to have you. But they're not going to, are they? No, because I found you. And hence you're all mine." The Growlithe froze in terror, all of her years of training suddenly flying out of the window. She had never been this scared in her life!

    Fortunately for Kasumi, somebody got to him before he could get to her.

    "Come on, little Growlithe," the Rocket cooed in what would have been a supportive tone coming from most people but instead sounded just plain evil. "I won't hurt you. At least, not if you play it by my rules. I could be very, very nasty if you don't play nice, did you know that? Did you know..." Suddenly the Rocket stopped in his tracks, his eyes suddenly widening. He seemed to be being pulled backwards by some unseen force, his heels dragging against the tarmac beneath him in an attempt to stop his motion. Not that it was doing him any good. "Wait... what's going... on?" All of a sudden he was thrown backwards for what seemed like miles to Kasumi, even if he did eventually land at the very end of the street. Evidently the gods hadn't forsaken my Growlithe yet!
    "Wow!" Kasumi gasped in surprise. "Who did that? Where are you? I want to give you a big kiss to thank you, whoever you are!" She looked all around, but saw only houses and the unruly Rocket rabble.
    "I'm up here, you big doofus," a voice commented, causing Kasumi to redirect her search to the skies. But still nothing. "No, not there, over to the left a bit... no, to the right... left... oh, why am I even bothering? I know you too well to expect you to find me. Wait a second, would you?" All of a sudden Kasumi found a big Raichu face zooming in on her at such a speed that it caused her to fall backwards in shock. "I thought it was impossible to shock you," the pokémon commented almost nonchalantly. "By the way, I'd like to claim that kiss you offered at some point as well. Now might not really be the best time, but hey." There were very few pokémon on the planet who could act so casual whilst hanging upside-down, suspended by the tail from a nearby lamppost. Especially during a Team Rocket attack.
    "Wh... what... why..?" For possibly the first time in her life, Kasumi found herself at a loss for words.
    "Okay, let me deal with those in totally random order. 'What?'... well, it's me, that Raichu you liked cuddling up to not so long ago. 'Why?'... let me put it this way, I wasn't too impressed with my new life after Dan moved away. And 'Wh?'... that could mean anything, Sumi, full words would be nice." In spite of her usually composed demeanor, the Raichu was having a hard time in keeping a straight face. "Ugh, I spent too long travelling, it's driven me quite strange. So look, do I get that thank you kiss or not?"
    "Of course!" Kasumi was finding it very hard to keep herself from crying. Abruptly she threw herself at the Raichu, smothering her in kisses. "I missed you, Thunderblast. Nobody else will ever play with me."
    "Few could keep up with you, that's why," the Raichu said matter-of-factly. "Never mind, Sumi, maybe we'll get to play later. I didn't come all this way just to talk and then scoot off again."
    "What did you come all this way for then?"
    "I told you, Dan's new lifestyle didn't suit me much, I got really bored just hanging around. Besides..." Thunderblast turned around slowly to look behind her. "Oh no... I should have knocked that goon further than the end of the street." Kasumi craned her head to look in the direction her lover - for what else could she realistically think of the Raichu as? - was glancing in. Only to see the same Rocket from before. Bloodied and battered, maybe, but as yet undefeated.
    "Fine!" he yelled at the two pokémon. "If that's the way you want to play then so be it! I'll take you both out and take you for Team Rocket! Go, my pet!" At this point the Rocket hurled a pokéball into the street, where it smashed open in a flash of blinding light to reveal a particularly tough looking Ledian.
    "This... is not good," Kasumi whined, still unable to shake the feeling that she should have stayed at home.
    "It's not?" A wicked glint came into Thunderblast's eyes. "You know, Sumi, I did say I'd try and keep out of trouble while I was here, but you know that old saying about 'what they don't know can't hurt them', right?"
    "Yeah?"
    "I agree totally with that." The Raichu took a step forward. "It's been way too long since my last battle. So let me deal with this."
    "Whatever you say, you big fuzzy bundle of brilliance, you!" A huge grin snaked its way onto Kasumi's muzzle. Now this was going to be a battle worth watching!

    FIGHT!!! L43 Raichu v L39 Ledian!

    "You want to challenge me?" The Ledian sounded too sure of himself for Thunderblast's liking. It made her wonder if this battle wasn't going to be too easy. "Me? One of Team Rocket's finest?"
    "Yes, I do," the Raichu replied in a rather bored tone. "So stop talking yourself up and start fighting, if you don't mind."
    "Okay then I think I will!" The Bug-type shot forward, hoping to strike with a ferocious punch from one of his many limbs. It never happened. The instant he started Thunderblast had already anticipated the attack and had ducked it, only to ram hard into his side with a devastating Slam attack that knocked the Ledian flying. He staggered again to his feet. What kind of nonsense was this? Roaring with rage, he charged towards the Raichu, flames beginning to form at his fist. Fire Punch. But again the Raichu dodged. Then Ice Punch. Dodged again. And Thunder Punch, out of sheer frustration. That didn't connect either. "Stay still you bitch!" the bug roared angrily.
    "Now now, that isn't a nice thing to be calling me," Thunderblast noted. For her part she had been showing off to Kasumi more than actually trying to battle. After all, so far her opponent had shown no signs of actually being able to cause any damage. So she had essentially been dancing around her opponent, avoiding all of its attacks with remarkable ease. However, the time was fast approaching where she would have to actually get on with it. Somehow she could sense the mounting frustration of the Rocket in charge of her opponent. And somehow she knew that if she kept this up for much longer then he was more than likely to do something drastic. Narrowing her eyes, the Raichu began to build up the charge within her body, the electrical sacs on her cheeks beginning to spark. Before her opponent could even hope to dodge she sent out a huge snaking line of pure electrical energy, illuminating the darkened sky with its sheer brilliant intensity. The Ledian couldn't have avoided the attack if it had tried. Instead the attack struck it hard, causing it to cry out in pain. Quickly she rammed hard into it, Slamming it again with remarkable accuracy. This was almost going to be too easy!
    "You little pests!" the Rocket roared angrily from the sidelines. Quickly he reached into his pocket. For a second it appeared as if he was about to pull out some sort of item that would assist his pokémon. Unfortunately that wasn't the case. The Rocket was brandishing a gun. "Fine, be that way! There's plenty of strong pokémon out there, who needs you?" He drew a bead on Thunderblast, who was too busy pummeling her opponent to notice what he was doing. "Say goodnight, stupid Raichu!"

    Kasumi couldn't believe what she was seeing. She had known of Team Rocket before, of course, and she knew full well that the depths that they would sink to knew no bounds. But this... this was beyond a joke! Well, if that stupid Rocket thought he could try and kill her girlfriend then he could think again!
    "Don't you DARE!" With a yell of rage Kasumi made a jump for the Rocket, her teeth finding the flesh of his arm quickly and sinking in deeply, causing him to cry out in pain. Angrily the man flung her to one side, leaving a trail of blood where her teeth had pierced him skin. Suddenly my Growlithe found the Rocket's unwelcome attention focused on her, the barrel of his gun now staring her in the face, its muzzle now gaping in her direction like an unstoppable void. "Wait... let's talk this over, huh?" Kasumi backed away nervously. "I mean, sure I just tried to bite your arm off but let's think about my position here..."
    "Since you're so keen to die first, mutt..." There was an almost manic gleam in the Rocket's eyes. "...then I'll be glad to oblige!" The finger began to squeeze the trigger slowly. Kasumi closed her eyes tightly. She hadn't wanted it to end like this!
    "Bad guys around here are so unoriginal," a voice suddenly commented. "Nobody's dying just yet, okay?" All of a sudden the Rocket was sent flying down the road yet again, this time not to get up. "You okay?" Kasumi suddenly found herself staring into the concerned eyes of Thunderblast, and practically collapsed from sheer relief.
    "I am now!" she beamed brightly, having never been one for staying in a downbeat mood after the moment was over and done with. "I don't know how you do it, Thunderblast. Smart, sexy AND downright heroic to boot." The Growlithe was hugged tightly in a fond embrace that would have taken her breath away in any normal circumstances. However, there was one small flaw with this otherwise perfect scene, a flaw that Kasumi could see perfectly from her position peering over the Raichu's shoulder. A flaw that was coming towards them at a remarkable speed. "Thunderblast, watch out!"

    Inwardly Thunderblast cursed herself. How had she allowed herself to be caught off guard like that? One second she had been saving Kasumi from almost certain death the next she was being struck in the back with a particularly vicious Mega Punch that had sent a jarring pain up her spine, sending her staggering forwards and nearly knocking Kasumi over in the process. Had she not been trained better than to take her eyes off her opponent so foolishly?
    "Stand back, Sumi." Almost roughly Thunderblast pushed her girlfriend to one side, her eyes fixed firmly upon the Ledian that even now looked like it was preparing for another attack. Well, she wasn't about to give it the satisfaction! Angrily she focused her powers, channeling that which made her so unique amongst Raichus. Suddenly she threw all of the psychic energy she had at her opponent, an invisible stream of mental energy moving from her mind and into the Ledian's. The strange creature reared back in agony, clutching at its head as the attack did its damage, twisting and tearing at its mind until it simply hadn't the will to survive the onslaught any longer. With a low moan the pokémon sank to its knees before falling face down in the dirt, defeated.
    "Is it... over?" Kasumi asked gingerly.
    "Depends on what you mean by 'it', Sumi," came the honest reply. "This battle is, at least." Yet there was a strange feeling that this wasn't the end of the war. Not by a long shot.

    Thunderblast wins!
    Thunderblast grew to L44!

    ANTIASH SUPERSTAR
    The 21st Century Manachu Boy




    I'm not even angry; I'm being so sincere right now
    Even though you broke my heart and killed me
    And tore me to pieces and threw every piece into a fire
    As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you!
    Now these points of data make a beautiful line
    And we're out of beta, we're releasing on time
    So I'm GLaD I got burned, think of all the things we learned for the people that are still alive!

  31. #311

    Default ¤Game¤ Dragon Tamers Battle Range version 21 (M.A. Pidgeot)

    "Sumi!" It had taken a while for the rest of the team to locate our errant Growlithe. The rabble she had been caught up in had taken so many twists and turns that it was a wonder we had been able to trace her at all! But trace her we did, and finally reached the battered street area she had been left in. It was a terrible sight to behold. Windows had been smashed, cars destroyed, homes torched. A terrible sense of anarchy loomed over the whole area, made all the worse by the terrible darkness that still hung over the skies. "Damn it, you really worried us!" I bent down to hug my daft little pokémon, and she hopped into my arms like the hyperactive attention-seeker that she was.
    "There was nothing to be worried about. I was looking out for her. It's not in my interests to have her hurt." A psychic voice in my head alerted me to a presence that I had previously not noticed due to worrying about my Growlithe. Cautiously I turned to see a Raichu peering at me with a bemused smile upon her face.
    "Wait a second. Thunderblast?" I had trouble in believing what I was seeing. Hadn't Dan moved away from Ulthuan some months previously? "What are you doing here?"
    "Well Dan and the rest are still back in Dullsville, before you ask," came the reply to the question I was going to ask once I had obtained a response to the one I had just come up with. "I'll give you the same response I gave Sumi. I got bored, what can I say? I missed Ulthuan - and some of those in it, I might add." Here the Raichu gave Kasumi a sly glance. "So I'm here now."
    "Gee, that's just wonderful." Finally the rest of the team had caught up, viewing the current situation with expressions that ranged from bemused to downright irritated. In Milliardo's case he seemed to be displaying traits of both moods. "We so missed you encouraging Sumi in her stupidity. I bet Dan's pleased to see the back of you, though."
    "Just because you're immune to my Psychic doesn't mean I don't know a million other tricks to hurt you really badly," came the cool response. "So I'd keep my mouth shut if I were you."
    "You're bluffing."
    "Am I?" This seemed to shut Milliardo up, at least for a moment!
    "Excuse me, I really do hate to interrupt this totally productive exchange and all, but may I please be allowed a brief moment to propose a plan of action?" Marius broke in, sounding more irritated than normal. "How about you cease the arguments until we're actually out of danger? For, and I can't really say I know fully as to whether you realize this or not, there appears to be a malevolent Team Rocket member heading over in our general vicinity right now."
    "Say what?" Kasumi asked.
    "There's a Rocket coming this way so shut the @&*% up," Pandora translated. All eyes turned to witness a rather battered man decked in the traditional black of Team Rocket stagger up the road. He had clearly seen better days, covered as he was in scratches and bruises. And his eyes... oh, how they radiated a sense of pure loathing! This was a man on the edge. That much was obvious.
    "You... you scum!" the Rocket spat viciously. "Do you have any idea as to what you're doing? Do you have any idea as to what's going to happen if you don't let us go?"
    "Uhh... the world will lapse into chaos and Giovanni will rule all?" I rolled my eyes. What did this Rocket know of higher motives anyway? "Call me silly if you like but I'm not buying anything a Rocket tells me."
    "Listen to me! They..." Suddenly the Rocket's eyes widened, and he fell forwards, having apparently passed out completely. A dart protruded from the back of his neck, having embedded itself deep within his flesh. I took a step forward to check the comatose body despite myself. What had just happened there?
    "Move away from the body if you want to live," a voice rang out from the rooftops. I looked all around me, but couldn't locate a single presence other than that of my team. "I'm up here, and I repeat my instructions." Suddenly a lithe figure jumped into my field of vision, seeming to drop straight out of the skies. It was dressed from head to toe in a red so dark that it was almost black, numerous tools and weapons poking out from a utility belt strapped around its waist. A large sniper rifle was strapped to its back with an olive green cord. And it's face... well, its face was totally obscured by a large hood that matched the rest of its attire. Quickly the thin creature scampered over to check the body of the fallen Rocket, pressing two fingers against his neck to check for a pulse. Satisfied, it stood up and removed its hood, revealing a narrow male face framed with floppy straw blonde hair that came down to his ears, His mouth was curled upwards in a cruel parody of a smile, and the eyes... oh the eyes. They were eyes far too calm to be truly sane. "I presume you must be Ade," the man smirked. "Mr. DiAnnio has told me a lot about you."
    "Wait a minute." I began to back off cautiously, my team following suit. The mere mention of the name 'DiAnnio' tended to instill great caution within us lately. The Rocket boss was a total psychopath, his only goals in life being to keep his pet Salamence, Reaper, happy and to bring the entire planet to an age of disorder. Anyone who he spoke to without killing was either really lucky or equally as deranged. "You're one of Armand's men? What are you doing killing fellow Rockets?" Subconsciously I already knew the answer. I could still remember what the curly-haired Rocket executive had told me on the rooftop of the Mercenary Trainers Union headquarters. I just had to hear it with my own ears.
    "None of your business," came the sneered reply. "Although if you want to stop me then be my guest. I'd love to taste the blood of a Dragon Tamer."
    "Just you try it," I snarled, the stronger members of my team already inserting themselves smartly between me and this new threat.
    "Boys, boys. Whatever happened to manners?" A husky female voice scolded us. "At the very least we should introduce ourselves before killing each other." A short woman with black hair tied up in a bun and an especially angular face stepped out of the gloom. She, too, was decked out in dark reds, although her uniform was at least clearly distinguishable as red. A striped crimson blouse, short red skirt and high heels that gave away the fact that she would have come under the category Milliardo would uncharitably describe as 'microscopic' without them. A cruel smile filler her face. "Forgive us, Dragon Tamer. I am Leona Douyoku. Head of the scientific arm of the Crimson Blades. My friend over there... well, just call him 'Dagger' for now. He is Armand's personal assassin."
    "Crimson... Blades?" I asked, this information far too much for my mind to take in.
    "Oh, did your superiors not inform you?" Leona smirked cruelly. "Doesn't surprise me. Armand has made... well, let's call it a takeover bid for now. Which means that for once you Dragon Tamers aren't really our main object of concern. So do us a favour and stay out of it, would you?" She turned primly to leave. "Dagger, let's go. There are still other stooges of Giovanni's to be eliminated. We can deal with the Tamers and their Guild once we've sorted that out."
    "Wait a minute," I snarled. "Do you really think we're just going to let you walk off just like that?"
    "Do you really think you have much of a choice?" The woman turned back to view our group with a thin sneer upon her face. "As strong and as varied as your team happens to be, between the two of us we could quite easily stop the whole lot of you in your tracks." The woman raised a thin arm and pointed a bizarre, bulky pistol in our direction. "This, for example, fires a net that not only causes paralysis to those who touch it but also emits a field specifically designed to interfere with psychic powers. I'd say that's half of your tactics put paid to in a single shot, wouldn't you?" I opened my mouth but no words seemed to come out. I would have loved to have said the Blades scientist was bluffing but something in her tone told me otherwise.
    "Well then, oh mighty leader, care to suggest a plan instead of doing ridiculous impressions of a goldfish?" Milliardo whispered vehemently from behind me. The Umbreon's mood had taken a considerable dive, that much was obvious.
    "I..."
    "Oh for goodness' sake!" Something within Pandora seemed to snap, the Houndour barging past to glare at the two evil creatures in front of us with venom. "Go kill every member of Team Rocket if you like, I wouldn't care, but leave us out of whatever stupidity you have planned for after that or so help me I'll tear your throats out!"
    "The little one has spirit, don't you think?" Dagger smiled without humour, a vicious smile designed to unsettle. "You ought to keep your pokémon under control, Tamer. If they keep on making threats they're unable to carry out then something drastic might happen to them." The man bent down to Pandora, who backed off, her sudden spurt of anger suddenly dissipated. "Go ahead and try if you like. I bet you any money you couldn't."
    "How are you able to understand her?" I asked, quickly pulling my Houndour close to me before anything could happen. I could feel her heart beating against my chest, and could tell that inwardly Pandora was petrified.
    "That's for us to know and for you to find out," Leona smirked. "Let's just say neuroscience has progressed in leaps and bounds since Armand started funding my research. Anyway, we'd love to stay and chat but we really should be getting on with our mission. Tell you what, though, since your pokémon are so keen to fight then here's a little something to be keeping you busy." Here she reached into once of her pockets and produced a pokéball, which burst open on the ground to reveal a Rattata with a look in its eyes that no sane pokémon should have possessed. "Humans aren't the only thing I can enhance," Leona cackled, before turning to Dagger. "Keep an eye on this lot. If they try anything, kill them all."
    "It'd be a pleasure," the thin, wiry man smirked, nodding his goodbyes to his colleague before she dashed off in the direction that she had first appeared from, her crimson skirt flapping in the breeze. "So then." Finally Armand DiAnnio's top assassin turned his attentions back to my little group. "You heard the lady. Battle or die, what's it to be?"
    "You don't exactly leave us with many options, do you?" I snarled, finding it harder and harder to keep my composure in the face of this cruel excuse for a human being. "Fine, we'll fight you."
    "Wrong, Ade," Pandora seemed to have recovered from her earlier scare, for she began squirming in my arms, her usual fire seemingly returned with reinforcements. "I'll fight him. You think I'm going to let him get away with embarrassing me like that in front of everyone?"
    "Pandora..." Finally I lost my grip on the Houndour, and she scampered to a position in front of Dagger's Rattata, an intensity burning within her eyes the likes of which I hadn't seen in too long a time. "I hope you know what you're getting yourself into. Just be careful, okay?"
    "Relax, Ade," she smiled back, although if anything the smile only served to heighten my concerns. "I've got it covered."

    FIGHT!!! L11 Houndour v L15 Rattata!

    Not even Pandora was entirely sure as to why she wanted to be the one to compete in this battle so much. There was just something about this whole situation that irked her, something that made her blood boil to the point where she needed to take her anger out on something. And if this supposedly enhanced Rattata was being offered as a potential punching bag then so be it. She was going to grab the opportunity to get this out of her system now, before the anger was potentially turned inwards.
    "Get ready to die!!!" The Houndour had hardly even managed to stop to size her opponent up before it was racing towards her with its cruel incisors bared. It was as much as she could do to roll swiftly out of the way before it snapped down on the space where her leg had been just seconds ago. If the attack had connected it would have probably crippled her for life. All of a sudden it became painfully obvious as to just how high the stakes were, and that was a thought that made Pandora's blood run cold. What had she gotten herself into here? "Die! Die!" her opponent was still chattering excitedly, the blank expression in its eyes a worry in itself. There was definitely something not quite right with this pokémon. It was as if it was so wrapped up in the battle that it couldn't even see what it was fighting. At least the pokémon's frenzy was making it careless, and when it launched itself at her in an attempt to follow up its initial attack it was no difficulty to avoid its flailing body.
    "Will you give it a rest?" the Houndour snapped, summoning up all the internal heat she had to offer in order to strike the little pokémon with a ferocious Ember. Only it didn't seem to go quite as Pandora had planned. Sure, the attack hurtled towards the little Rattata with remarkable accuracy. But then something quite unexpected happened. Her opponent planted all four paws hard on the ground, faced the fireball with a determined look in its eyes and let the attack strike it. For at that point the Ember seemed to bounce right off the little pokémon, flying back to strike Pandora with enough force to knock her backwards, sending a bolt of crushing pain through her chest.
    "What was that?" I yelled from the sidelines. I had never seen anything like that before!
    "Mirror Coat, I think it's called," came the nonchalant response from our opponent, the Crimson Blades assassin Dagger, who looked as if he would have much rather have been somewhere else. "Dr. Douyoku is a very skilled neurosurgeon in the traditional sense, but her real specialty is the research of psychic power. Meet one of her more successful lab rats."
    "Great," I grumbled to myself, still too wary of Dagger to dare retaliate as I would have liked. Something in the detached way he watched the battle told me that I had better not give the man any excuses. Besides, anyone who made a living killing others for a man as sick and as twisted as Armand DiAnnio was best kept as calm as possible. "Pandora, you'd better prepare yourself for anything."
    "Yeah, tell me now it feels like my ribs have been broken, why don't you?" the Houndour snapped irritably, an old fire within her starting to rise. "Go for it Pandora... SMACK! Oh, by the way, you'd better be careful, it might bounce your attacks back in your face." Pandora turned to the Rattata, who was still seemingly chattering away to itself, totally oblivious to its surroundings. This was anything but a normal pokémon! "Right, you. Time we tried something else." Pandora was loath to get any closer to her opponent than she absolutely had to - the way its dangerously sharp incisors constantly chattered put her off more than anything, although the manic gleam in its eye wasn't exactly a comfort either - but she was fast running out of other options if it was capable of deflecting her Ember. Quickly she raced forward, ramming the top of her head sharply into the Rattata's nose. This at least managed to get something approaching a reaction, the little pokémon giving a shriek of either pain or surprise and rearing backwards, clutching at its nose. Now it was wide open, and Pandora intended on capitalizing on that fact. "Here goes nothing!" The Houndour prepared to take a swipe at her opponent's now exposed belly, using the claws on her paws to dig into its flesh in the same way they had been used on herself so many, many times before. Only it didn't seem to go as planned. All of a sudden the pokémon seemed to blink out of existence, vanishing in an instant to that the attempt at Slash passed straight through thin air.
    "DIEEEE!!!"
    "Pandora, above you!" My warning came too late. Almost as soon as the Houndour looked up her opponent was upon her in a frenzy of paws and cruel teeth, a whirling maelstrom of fury that she simply couldn't shake off. Suddenly she shrieked, a loud and prolonged wail of agony. The Rattata had buried its fangs deep within her back, a cruel Hyper Fang that was certain to do some lasting damage. Pandora wailed on and on, the pain growing more and more intense as her opponent gnawed upon her, her black fur now matted with blood. The Rattata was relentless!
    "Get... off me!" Something stirred within Pandora, some driving force within her psyche that simply refused to give in to the overwhelming urge to just pass out and be free of this constant torment. "Get OFF!!!" Suddenly the Houndour launched herself backwards at the closest physical object to hand, in this case the nearest lamppost, and caused herself to impact hard with its unyielding form. Certainly it hurt, especially seeing as she now had a particularly nasty-looking open wound upon her back, but this drastic course of action served its purpose admirably, her opponent caught between both Houndour and steel post, having been far too busy attacking to even think of moving out of the way. "LEAVE ME ALONE!!!" By now Pandora was totally lost to the mounting anger and anxiety that was rising within her. She could feel her strength ebbing away with every passing moment. She could feel the closing hand of unconsciousness closing in on her. And yet despite all of this the overwhelming desire was to finish this battle while she still could. So again and again she struck at the Rattata. Again and again she let her insurmountable rage do the fighting for her, until she had no more to give. Until her energy supplies finally gave way and she collapsed upon the comatose and bloodied body of her opponent, too weary to dole out any more punishment to the creature that, in fact, had passed out after about the third blow. Not that such details were important to Pandora now. She was simply too drained to do anything. She couldn't even move. And was the world around her gradually became black she only barely registered her teammates crowding around her, offering panicked words of encouragement.
    "Pandora, keep your eyes open, keep focus!"
    "Mother, hang on in there, I beg you!"
    "Damn it, Pandora, stay with us! Don't you dare leave us now!"
    "I'm... I'm sorry..." the Houndour mouthed to the faces that she could no longer even make out beyond incomprehensible blurs. "I'm just tired... so very tired..." And with this everything went black.

    Pandora wins!
    Pandora grew to L13!
    Pandora learns Smog!

    We won't let you go now!

    "Uhh..." Pandora slowly opened her eyes. Her every muscle ached, a dull throb that was totally unlike anything she had ever experienced before. A terrible urge to simply drift back into the all-consuming darkness overwhelmed her, but somehow she knew that if she chose that path then there would be no turning back. So it was with a great effort she forced her eyes open, only to be met with an uncomfortable white glare that made her wish she hadn't bothered.
    "Pandora!" A voice from her side forced the Houndour to open her eyes again after the sudden brightness had forced them shut once more. Carefully she squinted at the source of the noise to see her trainer peering down at her in front of a tiled white ceiling. My face was shot with worry, and for the life of her Pandora couldn't understand why.
    "Uhhh... hi, Ade," she smiled weakly. "What's... what's wrong? Has Sumi finally managed to get herself pregnant or something?"
    "Eh, I doubt there's too much of a chance of that in her current relationship," another voice commented in the distinct tones of a Raichu. "Unless she's cheating on me, and you wouldn't do that, would you Sumi?"
    "Ha! No chance! Not without your full consent, at least," Kasumi shot back. A thin smile crossed my Houndour's lips. Some things never really changed, and the constant bickering of so many forceful personalities pushed together was one of them.
    "What's wrong????" Milliardo hopped up onto the bed - for that was where Pandora was lay; a surprisingly comfortable yet clinically clean bed - and fixed the Houndour with amber eyes filled with tears that only she could hope to detect. "You big doofus, shall I make a list for you? We've just had to witness the scariest battle of all time, the world is being plunged into darkness and chaos, we just had to deal with a pair of the world's most %@&^ed up individuals..."
    "The assassin!" If she had the strength left within her Pandora would have shot bolt upright in a second. But she lacked even the energy to do that. All she could do was to make a pathetic effort at raising her head that only served for her to get a decent look at her surroundings. A clean while and pastel blue room flanked by beds that were filled with pokémon of all shapes and sizes. Some were sat up in bed watching a small television that was perched upon a bracket in a corner. Some were taking laps of water from bowls placed on the little wooden cabinets beside every bed. Others were talking to concerned-looking trainers, teammates and lovers. But they all had one thing in common. They all looked really, really beaten up. Well, evidently she was in the hospital wing of a Pokécenter. Pandora felt she could deal with that. What she couldn't deal with, however, was not knowing what had happened since she had blacked out. "What happened to him?"
    "I've no idea," I confessed. "The instant you knocked out his Rattata he just shrugged and bounded off. I don't think he wanted to be there in the first place, he was just taking orders from that creepy scientist woman."
    "Not that we noticed what he was doing much, he could have jumped on a unicycle and performed a fire-eating trick with a backdrop of a neon flashing sign that said 'Oi! Look this way!' for all we cared," Milliardo added. "Pandora, you really had us all worried. We rushed you here as quickly as we could. Don't you remember the battle at all?"
    "I... uhh, I remember the Rattata bit me..."
    "Bit you? Ha, that's the biggest *Ł>@ing understatement I've ever heard!" my Umbreon scoffed. "Pandora, he tore a bloody huge chunk out of you." All of a sudden he grew quiet, turning to the rest of the team. "Guys... I know you all care for her and all but can you give us a moment? Just our little clique, for two minutes." By 'clique' he basically meant himself, Marius and Rhiannon. The family of sorts did tend to stick together quite a lot. Besides, they were the only creatures Milliardo found himself comfortable being honest with.
    "Sure. We'll be outside if you need us." Slowly everyone else filed out of the room, and finally Milliardo let those barely-stifled tears show.
    "Pandora, we were worried," Milliardo sighed, his eyes watering. "When we brought you in the nurses said it was a miracle you were even alive, that the Hyper Fang you took had come ridiculously close to piercing some pretty important organs within you and if that wasn't enough you were practically comatose through blood loss. And so they stuck you in here on life support. I really thought I was gonna lose you at one stage. I... I couldn't have that, Pandora. I'm just not happy unless I have you around."
    "That goes for me as well," Marius added. "I can't deny that I was more than a little concerned, Mother."
    "More than a little?" Milliardo scoffed through his tears. "Pandora, he was in tears. And you know, I've never seen him cry, not once, until now. Have you?"
    "Father, I know you find it a nigh on impossible task to actually put your brain into gear before your mouth starts operating, but maybe you might like to try it just for once?" my Dratini snapped irritably before returning his attentions towards his foster mother. "He's correct, though. I did worry about you. We all did. And Aunt Rhiannon, may I take this opportunity to thank you for your help?"
    "What did she do?" Pandora asked, only half hearing the story through an increasing mound of disbelief. She had nearly died???
    "Only acted as your bloody life support machine until we managed to get you here," Milliardo replied. "She just says something along the lines of 'we won't let you go now!', that dumb gem of hers opens up and she sticks one of her paws on your side. And we can tell what she's doing as well, because... well, for a start you stopped bleeding at that point, and also it was pretty visible that she was giving you her life energy." The Umbreon turned to his sister. "Thanks, Rhi. I owe you one."
    "Don't be ridiculous," Rhiannon commented, a slight blush forming at her cheeks. Pandora couldn't help but notice how haggard the Jolteon looked, as if she had aged about five years over the past few hours. "What are family for? You know we care, Milliardo. And Pandora... well, we're glad you're awake now, at least. We can’t be losing one of the few long-term friends we have left, can we? There has been far too much death lately as it is." The Jolteon smiled slightly. "We hope you feel a hundred percent soon, Pandora. Now if you'll excuse us, we have a little unfinished business to attend to."
    "Uh oh..." Milliardo rolled his eyes. "Why do I always have this feeling that something really, really disturbing is happening whenever you say you have unfinished business, Rhi? If you have urgent things to attend to they're usually way beyond mortal understanding."
    "At least you appreciate that much, which shows you know us better than most," Rhiannon commented. All of a sudden the emerald set into her forehead revealed itself, her supernatural powers tearing a hole in the fabric of reality. Rhiannon's voids, what was arguably the most useful skill she had learned during her schooling in the ways of magic. "We'll be back soon, we promise." With this Rhiannon stepped into the darkness, leaving her family behind to have the emotional reunion they so richly deserved.

    "LET ME GO!!!" The shrieks were almost deafening, but Rhiannon was far too used to noise such as this to care. She had warped herself into a small room made of rustic red stone, a portcullis where there should have been a door and the smell of death in the air. This room was devoid of all decoration, save for one crucial item. A frenzied Rattata suspended in the air by glowing green chains, the pokémon trying to twist and turn in order to somehow wriggle out of its bonds. Not that it would do any good. Rhiannon knew that there was no escape for this particular pokémon. After all, had she not formed its shackles herself out of her magic power?
    "Not quite yet, I'm afraid." In situations like this, Rhiannon never referred to herself in the plural. She didn't want her other self, the little child still locked somewhere within her mind, even remotely incriminated in such matters. "Not until you tell me what I need to know."
    "What you're gonna kill me? Kill me, kill me, I don't care! I don't care because you won't be able to torment me when I'm dead!" the Rattata chattered with an almost manic tone in its voice.
    "My friend," Rhiannon began, "if I killed you then it would be even easier for me to extract from you that which I desire. It's only because I'd rather not resort to such measures that I'm even keeping you here."
    "You lie!"
    "Stupid Rattata." The Jolteon snapped, a harsh tone of authority in her voice. "You're talking to Lady Rhiannon of the Dark Cloak here! You will tell me what I need to know or suffer torment that will make you beg to be placed directly in Lucifer's lap! For I've far too much blood on my paws now to care much as to whether yours is added to that. So now." Rhiannon settled down on the cold dungeon floor, her tones calm once again. "Tell me what you know of the Crimson Blades. I have plenty of time to kill, after all."

    ANTIASH SUPERSTAR
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    I'm not even angry; I'm being so sincere right now
    Even though you broke my heart and killed me
    And tore me to pieces and threw every piece into a fire
    As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you!
    Now these points of data make a beautiful line
    And we're out of beta, we're releasing on time
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    Ade, let me inflict 36 stamps on you. Way to go! This story was way gloomier than most of your posts, but it was appropriate, coherent and well written. Though it was strange to see Marius scolding Beckham. I'll try to keep the details in mind for when I write my own (which I hope I can do soon; if only university would stop putting so much load on me!) ˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘˘

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    Kerel - Short and insane O_o But so funny!!! XD Sorry I can't give you much, though, because of lack of content... Take 5 Stamps.

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    Okaaay, time for me to start on the RBGs again... I'd like one for Sumi from the Sports Breeding System, please. *pays 7 stamps*

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    I'm not even angry; I'm being so sincere right now
    Even though you broke my heart and killed me
    And tore me to pieces and threw every piece into a fire
    As they burned it hurt because I was so happy for you!
    Now these points of data make a beautiful line
    And we're out of beta, we're releasing on time
    So I'm GLaD I got burned, think of all the things we learned for the people that are still alive!

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    Yay for home study, it's giving me the chance to post this now Also, just to note, I wrote the majority of this a couple of weeks ago, before I bred Kai with Gabi's Sylvan, and I didn't feel like editing it, so this is set before I received my Bulbasaur egg.

    ~Hannah~

    “Um, hi there, I was, well, I was just wondering; would it be ok if I had a battle today?”
    Looking un-characteristically hesitant, Kai glanced round awkwardly at us, lowering his gaze as Archie and Fizz turned to look at him kindly.
    “There’s no need to look so worried about it, we’re not going to attack you just because you’d like a match.”
    “No, I just thought you wouldn’t want me interfering if you had any plans for the last rooms.”
    “Even if they did, if you want to fight then you can.”
    Placing my hand onto Fizz back as she rested comfortably in my lap, I scratched her neck gently; trilling quietly to herself, her head drooped, her eyes closing slowly.
    “But it doesn’t matter anyway; Fizz has already said that she’s going to skip this area, so if you want to come along, it’d be fine with us.”


    ~Kai~

    “I’d love too! Except…there’s still too…”

    “I’m not battling.”
    “And let’s just say that we’re coming along for moral support.”
    Ebony lowered her head and carefully butted the object lying at her feet; the embedded gems flashed red as Heat Wave began to unpack herself slowly from the confines of her shell, blinking rather dazedly in the light.
    “When they heard that we were going to the Blizzard room, Ebony and Heat offered to tag along and provide us with some extra warmth.”
    “Though that wasn’t enough to convince me.”
    Fizz stirred from her short doze, fluffing her feathers up before flapping languidly into the air.
    “Well, if that’s all decided, then I’ll leave you to it. Have fun.”
    “Enjoy your sleep.”
    “I intend to.”
    Archie pattered up next to me, watching as Fizz’s dark form glided over the heads of the remaining crowd and vanished.
    “Ok, everyone ready then?”
    Hannah leapt to her feet, scooped up Heat Wave and motioned for us to follow her.

    Light danced over the ice, sparkling, shimmering with colours, an intensity unlike anything I’d ever seen before. A tender, gentle turquoise blending into sapphire blue, overlooked by a cloud of white so pure it was unreal.
    And it was everywhere; rolling down the cracked walls to glitter on the smooth ice we were walking on, reflecting the light from the ceiling and back again.
    Bombarding the whole structure, the wind whipped through the open spaces, roaring and howling, but even that was bearable, as it drove with it a light flash in the air, the faint promise of mist and ice. Even as the wind stung against your eyes, blurring and freezing them, the light splintered, refracting through the pale covering, so that all you could see was a frenzy of gentle colour, shifting and swaying as the wind rushed through it.
    It was almost enough to make us forget the mind-numbing cold.
    Almost.

    Xolotle padded ahead of us, flicking her head-feather carelessly, her image rippling through the light mist as she periodically hesitated and glanced back at us, seemingly unaffected by the chill.
    Snorting softly to herself, Ebony strode out eagerly; wanting to stay close to her comforting heat, I trotted along by her side, hurrying as she drew away, prancing slightly against the pounding wind.
    Behind us, I could hear Hannah and Archie whispering to each other, arguing fiercely.
    Archie had been adamant about battling, insisting that he was fit enough, despite having been released from care a few days ago. Hannah hadn’t been so sure, yet had eventually agreed as long as he proved that he had the strength to handle a match. But the fact that the actual walk here had been enough to tire him out to such an extent that he needed to be carried seemed to have confirmed her view that he wasn’t alright…which he was vividly disputing.
    And Heat Wave just perched contentedly on her shoulder, occasionally coughing tiny specks of smoke into the freezing air.


    “There’s one of those cabins just ahead.”
    Xolotle clattered back, her claws shattering through the smooth ice, forming deep rivets in its glimmering surface.
    “I guess we’ll be heading over there then. You lot must be freezing…even I’m cold, and that’s saying something.”
    “I’m not.”
    “Part of your body is flame-how could you ever get cold?”
    “What’s the hold up?”
    “Just saying, there’s a cabin coming up: want to go over?”
    “That’d be great.”
    “If nobody has an objection- minus her- I think I’ll walk there myself, just to prove to nobody in particular that I’m just as fine as I always am.”
    Archie skittered down onto the ice and strutted forward, determination and defiance exuding from every part of his body.

    ~Archie~

    “See? I walked that perfectly.”

    “That distance was nothing compared to the previous one….or the strains of a battle.”
    “I’m fine.”
    Crossing my claws self-righteously, I curled up, catching Kai’s eye as he glanced nervously round at us. He’d lost a lot of his usual enthusiasm since we’d set out; probably the appeal of a battle was getting less and less, especially now that he was witnessing a lingering side-effect of my last fight.

    A clattering-scuttling sound and a squeal caught my attention; the tiny little wood cabin was heated by a small metal basin filled with warm coal that gave out waves of warmth that was just enough to keep the temperature bearable.
    The basin was now lying on its side, the coal scattering over the floor as Heat Wave thudded her way through it, happily scooping up the coal and shoving in onto her shell, where it glew briefly before melting and absorbing into her body.
    “That doesn’t help.”

    “Why’re you doing that anyway?”
    “Doesn’t it give her energy or something?”
    “Right in one.”
    “Why do you need more energy anyway? It’s not as if you ever do anything that needs some.”
    She was silent for a second, before turning round and glaring at me.
    Oops.
    “That came out wrong.”

    “I’ll say.”

    ~Kai~

    “Want to leave?”
    Ebony leant down and muttered into my ear.
    “Alright.”
    Scrambling up, I followed her as she quickly slipped round Heat Wave, who was now sending a constant, thin stream of black smoke swirling round her body, and darted back out into the ice cold.
    Ebony had already set off, her black outline easily visible against the light surface; scampering after her, I heard the clatter of claws behind me as Xol darted out from the cabin and headed after us.

    “I figured it’d be best if I came with you two….nothing more boring than having to watch reconciliation’s between Pokémon..and trainers.”
    Falling in to step beside me, she half-glanced across and smiled.
    “Still willing to fight?”
    “Sure, of course I am.”
    Nodding, she fell quiet and the two of us walked on in silence for a couple of minutes, content to keep an eye out for other Pokémon or just admire the surroundings.

    “Kai..how about against her?”
    Ebony came trotting back, pointing towards a spot about ten metres away, where a small, white blob with a green head was skimming across the ice.
    “Ralts….that’d be a piece of cake for me, but maybe for you it’d be more of a challenge….go on then.”
    Shoving me forward, Xolotle looked eagerly towards the other Pokémon, shouting out.
    “Hey Raltsy, you ready for a battle?”
    As she turned to face the sound of Xol’s voice, I relaxed slightly, seeing the delicate, fragile body, and the nervous way she returned our stares; perhaps I had been getting overly worried.
    “Go on then.”
    Nodding, I scampered forward.

    Fight
    Kai (Mudkip L6 M)
    Vs
    Ralts (L8 F)


    Grinning as I remembered my newest attack I coughed, spitting out a stream of vibrant, sapphire bubbles that pelted towards the still cringing Ralts, who just squeaked in response, edging away and flailing her arms.
    That wasn’t too hard.
    Pretty pleased with myself, I chanced a look at my friends, waving briefly before whipping round as a sudden light flared on the edge of my vision.
    The Ralts was glowing….no, not her, but a faint aura had formed around her body that gradually deepened in colour before detaching itself and encircling her entire body, forming a protective shield.
    And that was?

    “Light Screen, you idiot.”
    Xolotle hissed from behind me.
    Oh drat.
    No mud would exist here, so that meant my Mud Slap was out, so if I wanted to attack her physically, I was limited to Tackle.
    Shrugging, I decided to give it a try and darted forwards, swaying slightly as I skidded across the ice, aiming to strike her head-on.
    Instead of moving, she just shivered quickly, as a low murmur began to burst from her throat, rippling out into the silent air, surprisingly loud, and slightly eerie, coming from such a tiny creature.
    It didn’t end there either- rising in crescendo, constant beats of sound piling up, one after the other, pounding into my mind as I edged closer, slowing as my mind rocked under her constant barrage.
    Then my vision blurred as a blue haze slipped over my eyes, before my body somersaulted up, being flung up to crash into the icy ceiling.
    There the grip faded.
    I caught a brief glimpse of the Ralts, her body encased within a blue outline, then gravity dragged me down; trying to stay calm I braced my body, struggling to focus so I could land on my feet.
    Seconds away, I felt her grip seize my body again, flipping me over and slamming me down onto the ice, head first, before slipping away again…or had it?
    I couldn’t tell.
    Rolling to try to get back on my feet, I saw the room blur, becoming simply a mass of blurred colours, with a million white specks that could have been my opponent.
    There.
    Behind me, I saw a flicker of movement, a white figure dashing for cover; chuckling, I leapt forward.


    ~Xolotle~

    “Let me guess? Ralt’s managed to confuse him?”
    “Looks that way.”
    Leaning casually against Ebony’s side, I threw another glance out to where Kai was frantically chasing his own tail, lurching drunkenly from side to side as he did so, his eyes blank and unfocused.
    Completely unaware of Ralt’s charging the sphere of dark, black-purple energy, taking her time to aim and focus her attack.

    “Any way of snapping him out of it?”
    “Yeah- leave him. He’ll come too on his own, sooner or later.”
    “Sooner or later?”
    In front of us, the Ralts suddenly decided the time was right, and launched her Shadow Ball, which hurtled directly into Kai’s body, sending him ricocheting away along the ice, even as a variety of tiny white orbs began to form around his body.
    “Well, he’s using an attack now, doesn’t that mean something?”
    “Probably not. Ralt’s still has Light Screen up; it’s not going to do much, and if he had managed to snap out of it, then he’d know that as well.”
    The orbs surrounding Kai exploded out, forming a massive, crackling ball of electricity that launched a multitude of bolts down towards the Ralt’s…..and pretty much everywhere else as well. She just crouched down, hiding behind the protective shield, which swung out in front of her, absorbing the majority of the hits, resulting in only tiny streams of static actually meeting her body.
    Darting after Ebony as she galloped further back, to avoid the random bolts smashing into the ice around us, I saw her gaze shift. Following her look, I managed to catch a glimpse of the bolt just before it erratically slammed into Kai himself, briefly illuminating his body in white light before he swerved to the side and the attack faded.
    “Bingo.”


    ~Kai~

    What?
    Wincing against the aching in my muscles, I dazedly glanced round, blinking drearily as I gathered my scattered wits.
    How’d I managed to do that?
    From the looks of it, I’d destroyed most of our battlefield- tiny shards of ice now littered the whole plain, torn free when my attack had plunged into the ice, leaving ripped chasms of dark colour against the blue of the surface.
    Actually, that gave me an idea.
    Eyeing the mass of shard carefully, I focused, looking up at the Ralt’s and nodding.
    The ice flashed, a mist condensing around them, before rising, hanging motionless in front of me, sparkling as the tiny particles of ice caught the surrounding light.
    Nodding at Ralts, I felt a tiny rush of triumph as the ice cloud drifted slowly towards her, shimmering gently as it came into contact against her Light Screen.
    That doesn’t matter. It was only a weak attack anyway, but that wasn’t what I was aiming for.
    Come on, freeze, freeze.
    For a couple of seconds more, the two ‘struggled’ against each other, before my attack dissipated and swirled outwards to join the rest of the ordinary mist.
    Instantly, Ralts reacted, as a strange, orange jet of something wrapped round her horn, then jolted out to smash into my face.
    Wincing automatically; it didn’t really hurt, but was the strangest sensation…part of my mind was being wiped, losing all memory of…what had I just used again?
    Shaking my head viciously to try to get rid of the sense of loss, I flung a frantic glance round at my friends and my opponent.
    Why did I have the feeling I’d just forgotten something important?
    Next second, I felt a wrench around my neck as Ralts commanded the dark energy flowing across my body, which reared itself up to reveal a massive, clawed hand that seized at the Beach Ball…. my Beach Ball that hung round my neck and tore it lose before vanishing.
    Then reappeared next to the Ralts, fixing my item carefully around her neck before it faded away.
    “That’s mine!”
    Glaring at her, I focused then charged forwards again.


    ~Ebony~

    “That was a mistake on her part.”
    Xolotle nodded, her eyes gleaming as she watched Kai lunging forward to strike the Ralts again; she didn’t seem too bothered, just motioned forwards as the blue glow as she tapped into her Confusion materialised around her body.
    But Kai seemed to have the measure of her this time- changing tactics in an instant, he lashed out with the white hot electricity of his Hidden Power, which managed to penetrate through her shield and her forthcoming attack, electrocuting her at close range.
    Then she struck back, as a bolt of yellow lightning burst from her horn and slashed through his body, sending him tumbling back, before she unleashed another wavering burst.
    Kai just turned and ran.


    ~Kai~

    It’s got to be Shockwave….no other attack follows you…it always hits.
    Zigzagging desperately, I could feel the heat coming off of her attack, it was close enough for me now to hear the low cracks it made as it sliced through the chilly air.

    “Kai, might be a good time to…”
    I stumbled, tripped, and the bolt cascaded down into my flesh, as worse as the last time…no, worse, because my muscles were still screaming from her previous attack.
    Writhing on the floor, I gritted my teeth, praying for her to let up when…
    Hey, I know what I’d forgotten! I know Powder Snow as well.
    ..it wasn’t much, but it helped, knowing I was in control fully of my mind again.
    But being in control and in full knowledge of my attacks didn’t help me as she shot another Shadow Ball my way.
    As I thudded back into the floor, I caught a brief glimpse of her Light Screen flickering then
    vanishing, though she seemed to be focused more on recharging her ghost attack than recreating her
    defences.
    Trying to remain motionless, I quickly ran through my selection of moves, noting what Xolotle had
    been shouting at me, and knowing what she meant.
    There.
    I heard the rush of movement as she let the ball of pulsing energy loose; leaping away, I skidded slightly, regaining my balance enough to mentally drag the particles of ice from the floor again, surrounding her entirely in the faint mist.
    As she whipped round, startled by the sudden cold clamping down on her, I let loose the flurry of bubbles, able to aim easily as she simply tried to focus her mind against the threatening chill.
    Ok, now come on, use Shockwave. You know you want to.
    Whether or not she heard me, I didn’t know, but she reacted in exactly the way I wanted her to; the electricity exploded from her horn, curving round to reach out for me.
    I just let it come, ready to accept the pain as a red film began to form round my form; shuddering against the impact, I felt the pain, fought against it, then with a final shove flung it away, back towards her, hearing her shriek of alarm and pain.
    Then she collapsed.

    I won!
    I grew to L7!


    Breathing hard to bring my heart back to its normal rate, I couldn’t help the smug grin that flashed across my face as I winked at my friends, before running over to where she lay.
    Half to check that she hadn’t suffered anything serious, and half to get my Beach Ball back.


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    ~Hannah~

    “Any idea where they went?”
    “Beats me. You’d have thought that they’d have stayed close, but I can’t see them anywhere.”
    Archie frowned as he scanned the area, shivering slightly, but not wishing to get any closer to Heat as she coughed a stream of smoke out; the two of them were also being oddly formal to each other, a sort of miniature compromise over their earlier dispute.
    “Perhaps we should…hey, screw that. Look over there.”
    He eagerly pointed out, motioning towards a Pokémon that had been plodding his way across the ice.
    “I’m going against him.”
    “But you’re not fit enough.”
    “Of course I am.”
    He didn’t wait another second, and instantly scrambled forward.

    ~Archie~

    Fight
    Archie (Anorith M L14)
    Vs
    Slowpoke (M L15)


    I wasn’t really in the mood for having a long fight, so I quickly tugged at the Status Die I always
    carried, wrapped securely around one of my claws, rolling it out towards my opponent.
    The die flashed briefly, illuminated, then sent a cloud of dust to spin around the Slowpoke, who just
    stood, vacantly staring at me.
    Er, what? Shouldn’t he have a status problem now?
    He decided to answer for me, laboriously raising a leg, then crashing it down to send a rush of energy crashing through the ice, which buckled and lurched as the intense power burst through the surface.
    Immediately, the ground began to shake, the walls cracking and showers of ice particles swirling round to drift over the battlefield, as massive cracks exploded through the ice.
    He was completely unaffected by the rocking and swaying motion, standing confidently as the arena lurched; flattening my body against the floor, I tucked my claws into my sides tensing my body to resist his Earthquake.
    Gradually the tremors faded, the shifting walls and floor steadied, and the Slowpoke responded by sending a fast shooting stream of water pounding towards me, surprisingly fast for something reputed to be, so, well, slow.
    Still, the ice surface meant that it wasn’t exactly hard to dodge his attack; digging my claws into the brittle surface, I dragged my body forward, easily sliding over the surface, dodging the Water Gun, clawing my way round to face him again.
    A multitude of swirling white orbs materialised around my body, flaring occasionally, which condensed to form a mass of miniature, white bug shaped lights that tore towards him.
    He didn’t even try to dodge, just stood there and let my bug Hidden Power pound his face, as his pale skin began to form lesions and bruises, strangely dark under the purple of his eyes.
    Purple eyes?
    Cutting off my assault, mid flow, in confusion, I felt my body clench as I recognised the look of a psychic attack.
    But nothing was happening; he just stood facing me, eyes glowing, while I was in exactly the same condition as I had been at the start of the fight.
    The glow faded.
    Shrugging to myself, I focused, waving my claws as the feathery legs on either side of my body rippled, pulsing with power, the front two detaching themselves to wrap around my claws, their tips visibly sharpening and catching the light that danced around the room.
    Readying myself, I flung a quick look over at Slowpoke, curious as to what I should be preparing to defend against, only to see him yawning vigorously, mouth stretched open as far it would go, his body actually trembling with the effort.
    Instantly, a wave of tiredness slipped over my body; my eyelids drooped, and I could feel my muscles relaxing and growing heavy.
    Faintly, I was becoming aware of a tension in the air, a sense of uncertainty, but it seemed to little to be bothered about, not when my mind was drifting away, so loose and free.


    ~Heat Wave~

    Archie’s opponent wasn’t going to let him give an inch- even as Archie was slouching down, his claws sprawling over the ice, and his eyes slowly slipping closed, Slowpoke was snarling at him, growling angrily, destroying the attack boost that Archie had given himself.
    And worse, his premeditated attack was coming.
    The air was pulsing now, tiny ripples spreading out over an invisible surface, trembling, as a blue-ish haze spread out in the area between the two of them.
    Then it ripped apart….the unstable barrier exploding outwards as a ball of sky blue and indigo energy hurtled to envelop Archie’s, pushing his body to slam into the ice wall.
    Yet he still slept.
    Slowpoke raised his eyes to the ceiling, summoning the ice flakes, forcing them to converge, forming a blizzard that flew on his command to lash against the shrimps crumpled form.
    “Damn it, he’s got to wake up.”

    “Yeah. And it doesn’t help that his die landed on confusion…and Slowpoke must obviously have Own Tempo, so the roll would have been useless.”
    “Worse, I don’t think that Archie knows what happened, and why he didn’t get an effect.”
    She nodded, looking nervous, and I couldn’t really blame her as I flung another glance at the massive storm of ice now circling the point where Archie had collapsed.


    ~Archie~

    Cold…freezing….intense…surrounding…
    Me.
    The pain stabbed into my body, wrenching me from my peaceful state, forcing me to confront the cloud that was lacing against my shell with daggers.
    My mind was numb, horribly numb, terrifyingly unresponsive as I struggled to bring my drugged wits back to the level I needed to win this fight.
    Motioning frantically, I heard the roar, heard the ripping of ice, heard the clattering of ice shards slamming into the arena, as a boulder appeared, cracked and ripped with age, russet coloured, rough surface reflecting the first light that had shone on it for centuries.
    It hovered briefly, then plummeted down, cracking down to slam into…what? Him?
    The whole earth shuddered with the impact….how he could withstand that was beyond me…rubble rolled harmlessly past me as the ice dissipated, finally clearing my view.
    He was standing, silent, still standing even amongst the rocks lying shattered on the ground around
    him.
    I actually felt weak seeing that.
    How could a power like that affect him so little?
    Then he began to move.
    Slowly…too slow.
    Exaggerated slowness, it seemed.
    Damn it.
    Curse.
    He must have used it while I was asleep, while I was being hammered by his Blizzard.
    Yet I knew I could use this to my advantage; if he was that slow, I could avoid his attacks, easy.
    The ice was horribly cracked, shattered, but it could still serve a purpose; seizing it, plunging my caws in, I dragged my body forward again, using the momentum to skid over the crunched surface.
    It was bumpy, and I was fairly out of control, but it was allowing me to get closer to launch an attack, while avoiding his assaults, so I could live with that.
    He was charging a beam now, shining white, flecked with blue, gathering power from the environment.
    But still oh so slow.
    Launching the Ice Beam, he tried to aim it straight at me, but it was so easy to simply slither away, bouncing over the ripped surface; circling round I tensed my claws and sprung; whipping them forward, I dug them into his skin, dragging down.
    It was weird, inflicting an attack that would cause a lot of pain, but having the Pokémon remain motionless nonetheless.
    Shrugging, I lashed out again, scarring his skin over and over, as he slowly lifted his tail up, arching it over his back as the tip shone white; flashing my claw brown, I slammed them up, meeting the expected attack, struggling against his raised strength.
    The light faded, my claws meeting his normal flesh; changing tactics I spun and flung out with an Aerial Ace, shooting the attack across his back.
    He was beginning to respond now-his head was slowly beginning to turn to glance at me.
    Starting to enjoy myself, I switched back to slashing along his skin, when I felt the air shiver; looking quickly up, I saw the cloud condensing above me as he poured his strength into another Blizzard.
    Reacting, I dragged my claws along the back of his head, then scrambled forward, spinning to send the army of tiny white insects billowing into his face.
    It didn’t seem as though anything had happened for a second, but then the gathering ice above dispelled, and his body went limp and crunched down onto the floor.

    I won!
    I grew to L16!


    “Great battle, Archie!”
    I jumped at Kai’s voice- him, Xol and Ebony clattered up, out of breath, looking more than slightly cold- and in Kai’s case- extremely triumphant.
    “I take it you won something?”

    “You bet!”
    Cheering excitedly, he broke into a shambling run and circled us triumphantly.
    “What was it against?”
    “A Ralts. How pathetic.”
    “Leave him, he’s got a right to be pleased with himself, he’s proven to himself that he can stand his ground and win.”
    “So? He should just grow up.”
    I didn’t bother to answer, just rolled my eyes at the others, before winking at Kai as he galloped past, grinning like a maniac.

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    Cheesey, apologies for taking so long btu ihad a group project that was due today that i was working on. Next time could you use a larger font? It was hard to read ^^; Take 8 stamps. The introduction was nice, but the battle was a little short. Though its understandable with low leveled pokes.

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    I've been thinking about it and a couple of people have said my font's hard to read sometimes (namely you and Karin) so I think I'll go back to using a normal sized font.

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    This is my Jungle Room scenario (I was given an extension on the training grounds scenario). I hope you enjoy it!

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    Last week had been a strange one; precisely my battle at the blizzard room had been strange. I hoped I was not making a mistake by having booked another battle, this time in the jungle room. I also doubted I'd be able to shift the image of Alan Davenport and Chartreuse kissing passionately from my mind for quite some time.
    "Soo," Kirei came and rubbed against my leg. "I was wondering if Lucky can come with us to the Jungle Room on Friday. We never get to do anything together anymore."
    "But Lucky's Ade's pokémon," I told my Espeon. "I'll ask him if he can come with us this time though."
    "Don't worry," Kirei said. "I've got a better idea." Then she ran off. I didn’t have much of a clue as to what she was up to.

    "Right here will be fine, thank you." I heard Kassandra's energetic voice just as a rush of wind surrounded me. Suddenly Skyla, my Butterfree placed Kassandra right down on the table in front of me. "You may go now," the Charmander told Skyla.
    "Kass," I sighed. "Why don't you give poor Skyla a break?"
    "Why should I?" She replied. "It's not like she knows any different. Skyla was made to be my slave, because she was my prize!"
    "How many times do I have to explain this, Kass?" I said, exasperated. "Skyla isn't your slave; just because you won the consolation rounds it doesn't mean you can treat her that way."
    "She likes it, anyway," Kass insisted.
    "Well, that remains to be seen," I said.
    "Anyway, Soo," Kassandra changed the subject. "Who am I going to be battling in the Jungle Room?"
    "Kass," I said. "Look, your fire attacks would set the whole place alight. Do you think I want a bill for new exotic plants for that place?"
    "As if I'd use fire attacks," Kassandra said as she paced up and down the table. "I was planning on mostly sticking to Nightshade and Fly. There's no challenge in using the easiest attacks all the time."
    "Naturally," I commented, trying not to let my sarcasm show too much. "But still, I thought it would be good to give Skyla a chance at battling this time."
    "What?!?!" Kassandra was outraged. "Skyla is my slave! She's not a battler!"
    "Kass," I said. "Skyla's a normal team member, just the same as you. Stop treating her like your slave all the time. Just because she agrees to fly you around, it doesn't necessarily mean she wants to."
    "Well, let me battle too then," Kassandra pleaded. "I know you're allowed two pokémon in the training grounds."
    "Actually," I told Kass. "I was thinking Kirei could do with a battle. Sorry, but my mind's made up."
    "Hmph," was all the Charmander had to say on the matter. "Skyla, I'm ready to go now."
    "You'll get fat if you let Skyla fly you everywhere," I told Kass, then left to find the Butterfree before she got collared again by Kassandra.

    Skyla was in the garden, practising her string shot on a tree while flying as fast as she could in circles around it. When she saw me the Butterfree flew to greet me. "Hi Skyla," I said. "You're looking in great shape for your battle on Friday."
    "Thanks!" she replied. "I love practising, although it's hard when Kassandra keeps me busy so much."
    "About that," I went on. "I don't know why you don't just tell her to stop bossing you around. You aren't her slave you know."
    "Well... I..." Skyla sounded sad. "You see, I don't really have many things in common with anyone but her. She's the only one I've met here who is serious about battling, and she said that if I fly her around she'll teach me tons of new attacks."
    "That isn't true," I said. "Firstly, how about Sparky, or Katnip? The two are really keen battlers, and much more serious than Kassandra. And do you really think Kass can teach anyone attacks? She's all mouth, really."
    "Well, I'll talk to Sparky and Katnip some time," the Butterfree replied. "But I really like Kass. She's funny. I'd like to be her friend though, not her slave."
    "Just tell her that then," I said. "Look, Kass is only treating you like a slave because you're acting like one. Just remember next time you talk to her that you're as much a part of this team as she is."
    "I will, Soo," Skyla answered. "And thanks." Skyla flew high and then returned to my level. "Looks like someone's coming," she told me, before flying off again.
    Skyla had been right. Just then the doorbell rang. I had no idea where Ade was; probably he was training with some of his team. I went to answer the door. The tall man with flowing auburn locks of hair, whom I knew as Alan Davenport, stood there in a bright gold shirt with extremely flared sleeves. "You're looking ravishing. Absolutely ravishing," he said in his smarmy voice.
    I was rather surprised to see Alan standing in our doorway. For one thing, I had never once given him my address. "How do you even know where we live?" I blurted out.
    "I have my ways," he said, slowly and smoothly. "Besides, how I am here is unimportant."
    "Well, why are you here?" I asked my uninvited visitor.
    "May I come in and sit down?" Alan asked me.
    "I suppose so," I replied, beckoning him inside to the kitchen. Chartreuse was standing by the table. I guessed she must have heard his voice at the door.
    "I... uh..." Alan stammered upon catching sight of my Ponyta, whom he had passionately kissed during a state of mental confusion brought on by the Blizzard Room. I guessed he had remembered what had happened. "It's... uh... nice to see you again." He blushed red as he took his seat and pulled it rather too close to mine for my liking.
    I got up and made two cups of tea while Alan talked to me. "I need your help, Soo," he said. His voice contained a note of panic which seemed to indicate that he might be in some sort of trouble. "I think they're on to me."
    "Who are on to you?" I asked, retaking my seat.
    "Before I tell you this, you must swear not to breathe a word to anyone else," Alan said, seriously. "And to be safe, I think it best that your young... uh... filly leave the room also." Chartreuse hung her head low and left, before Alan closed the door and sat down. "Soo. I'm a Lord of the Dragon's Guild."
    I spluttered tea everywhere. "No you're not!" I said, knowing that the Dragon's Guild is a very powerful organisation, whose Lords are highly trained specialists in their fields. A buffoon like Alan did not seem to me like a member of such an organisation; let alone a Lord!
    "I didn't think you'd believe me," Alan said, reaching into his pocket to bring out a dark leather card holder embossed with the Dragon's Guild logo. He opened it to reveal an identity card which read 'Lord Magikarp'.
    "Lord Magikarp?!" I exclaimed. "How on earth did you get to be a Lord of the Dragon's Guild?
    "My father... was a high ranked Lord of the Guild for most of his life. His name there was Lord Gyarados," Alan explained, a surprisingly (for him) solemn expression upon his face. I decided to listen to his story. "He got me into the Dragon's Guild. I was so proud, and have always hoped to follow in his footsteps. My father's work was of a highly confidential nature. Needless to say his was involved in several highly important missions for the Guild." Alan's face filled with a sadness that evoked in my a sympathy I thought I would never feel towards Alan. "Two years ago, my father was killed on a mission. I hate the Guild. They didn't take proper care of my father, and because of their foolishness he lost his life."
    "Wait a minute," I said. "If you hate the Guild so much, why do you still work for them?"
    "To avenge my Father's death. It is my one true desire." He looked at me. "All right, it is one of my true desires." He winked, his eyes filled with tears. How he had managed to be sleazy at the same time as tragically sad I will never understand. Still I did feel sorry for him.
    "So how exactly do you plan to avenge your father?" I asked Alan. "And what is it you actually do as Lord Magikarp?"
    "I'm the Lord in charge of..." Alan shuffled on his seat. "... the photocopying department of the Dragon's Guild."
    I tried my best not to laugh. "But I don't understand how you can do anything to avenge your father's death," I said. "It doesn't sound like you're in anywhere near such a high ranking position as he was."
    "That's not true!" Alan said, offended. "The Lord of the photocopying department is a highly complicated role. Without me the Guild would have nothing photocopied. Nothing!" Alan did an evil little laugh as he said the final "nothing". "And my plan to avenge my father is going very successfully, I'll have you know. I've kept it up for over a year now, but..." he looked around "... I'm afraid they're going to catch up to me and... terminate my existence."
    "Well," I said. "What is your plan?"
    "When I get things to photocopy, sometimes I turn some of the pages upside down before I staple them! And also, I sometimes do less copies than they ask for. Sometimes I even mix up the order of pages, and sometimes..."
    I interrupted. "I... uh... get the idea."
    "I'm doing it for my father," Alan said. "The Dragon's Guild are evil and must pay for his death. I will never cease my mission of vengeance." Alan left his seat and gave a triumphant pose, before breaking down into floods of tears and hugging me. "How?" he sobbed into my now wet t-shirt, "...how could they kill my father."
    "There, there," I comforted the still sobbing Alan. Despite all his - well, obvious - flaws, this Alan Davenport was a noble creature deep down. If somewhat misguided.
    Alan stopped crying eventually and we finished our tea. "Soo, I'd like to thank you," he said. "Let me take you out to dinner."
    "Alan..." I said. Would he ever stop asking me out? "I'm not going to go on a date with you."
    "What can I do to make you love me?" Alan looked frustrated.
    "Alan," I spoke softly to him. "You can't make anyone fall in love. Love happens on its own. And I'm already in love with Ade; you know that."
    "I..." Alan almost looked as if he was ready to accept it, but then his face changed to an expression of determination. "I will find a way to make you love me. What is your favourite colour?"
    "My...?" I was confused. "Alan, are you sure you're all right?"
    "Just tell me," he begged. "You at least owe me that much."
    "I don't owe you anything," I countered, "but I don't see the harm in it. My favourite colours are pink and orange. I think pink suits me best."
    "Soo," Alan started. "Can I stay with you tonight? I am sure the Dragon's Guild are on to me for my mission of vengeance. They'll kill me in my sleep."
    "Alan," I said. "Look, you haven't done anything bad enough for them to want to kill you!"
    "Well," he said, "can I stay anyway?"
    "Yes," I said, after careful contemplation. "You can stay with Chartreuse."
    "Er..." Alan stammered. "I've changed my mind. You say you like pink though, right?"
    "Sure," I said. "I do like pink."
    "Great, I'll see you tomorrow," Alan said.
    "What?" I asked. "Why are you seeing me tomorrow?"
    "Just for a chat, thought it would be nice. Bye!" Then he left. I later caught up with Ade. He had been trying to take Sumi's mind away from pining for a certain Raichu she hadn't seen in a while with a training session. That was Wednesday; a weird day.

    Thursday began just as strangely as the previous day had, and with another visit from Alan Davenport. He had with him a leather bag which he placed on the floor as he sat down with me, and with a few of my Pokémon this time, for a cup of tea. It wasn't worth arguing with him about visiting, he was always so insistent, and despite being annoying he was harmless and also quite entertaining.
    While we were drinking tea and talking about his pokémon (I was trying to keep the subject away from me and how "delightfully beautiful and ravishing" I looked that day), Kassandra came in and hopped onto the table. She then seemed to get bored, messed around a bit under the table, and then left. Chartreuse stayed with us the whole time, nuzzling up to Alan.
    Alan was acting even stranger than normal. "This is the last time you'll see me as I am," he told me. "I'm changing; for you. I'll be a new man next time you see me."
    "Alan," I was confused. "What on earth are you talking about?"
    Just then Ade walked in. "Hi, Alan," he said, looking a bit confused to see Alan here again.
    "Oh... Ade... hi," Alan said. "I'm sorry but I must leave you and your fair maiden for now. I'll see you on the morrow."
    "But Alan," I said. "I won't be here tomorrow. I've got the Jungle Room. And why do you keep coming round again?"
    Ignoring my question, Alan replied, "I'll be early, don't worry," and then left.
    After Ade had helped himself to a slice of cake he left for the garden. Just then I heard some commotion coming from the living room and rushed in to see Kassandra standing next to a very different-looking Kirei.
    "What the..." I started, shocked. "Kirei, what's happened to you?"
    "So it's really true?" Kirei replied. "I thought Kass was lying. Do you have a mirror?"
    "In a minute," I said. "What's happened to you?"
    "Well, first I..." my Espeon began.
    "I'll tell it!" Kassandra interrupted, rather rudely. "Well, when I was under the table I saw this bottle sticking out of Alan's bag, so I took it. I was only going to have a look at it so I brought it in here to show Kirei..."
    I interrupted my Charmander. "Wait a minute, Kass. You took something that doesn't belong to you? That's really bad, you know that?"
    "I know, and I'm sorry, but I was going to put it back," Kass said. "Honest. Then Kirei saw that the lid wasn't on that well and between us we got it off. I said she shouldn't but Kirei tried a bit. She thought it was fruit juice, you see. The label was all messy and we couldn't read it. Then Kirei said it was really nice and drank the whole thing!"
    "And that's when I..." Kirei seemed to have just hit upon the realisation that she could position herself in a way that she could look down at part of her body and her tail. "...I turned pink."
    "Right," said Kassandra. "Then you came in."
    "You two," I said, strictly. "You've both done very naughty things; Kassandra for stealing the bottle, and Kirei for drinking the contents. You both knew it didn't belong to you."
    "We're sorry," the two said in unison.
    "I must say though," I turned to Kirei. "The colour really suits you. What do you think?"
    "I love it!" Kirei ran to the bathroom and then back. "I really love it!"
    "I have to admit, it is nice," I said. "But I think you owe Alan an apology next time we see him. He probably bought that juice for one of his pokémon!" Kassandra began to slink out of the room. "BOTH of you owe him an apology," I called after my Charmander.

    The next morning I was woken by Ade gently shaking me and planting a kiss on my forehead. "Wake up, sleepygirl," he said. I opened my eyes. "You're not going to want to hear this, but Alan Davenport's downstairs."
    "Oh no," I groaned. "What time is it?"
    "8.30am," Ade informed me, "but to be honest you could probably do with getting up soon anyway."
    I pulled myself to my feet, quickly brushed my teeth and put on a brown buttoned top and black flared jeans and walked downstairs to see Alan sitting, a rather dejected looking Chartreuse at his side, at our kitchen table. Skyla was visible just outside the window. I opened it and called to her. "Skyla, would you mind doing me a favour?" I asked. "Go and find Kassandra, will you? And drag her here whether she likes it or not." Skyla whizzed off obediently. "If you'll excuse me, Alan, I'm just off to hunt for Kirei."
    It didn't take me long to find my newly pink-furred Espeon; she was lying curled up in the lounge. "I know you're only pretending to be asleep," I told her as I shook her gently. "Come on, you're going to have to apologise sooner or later."
    Reluctantly Kirei followed me to the kitchen, just as Skyla entered, a squirming Kassandra being placed onto the table by the Butterfree. "Now, you two," I said sternly. "There's something you both need to say to Mr. Davenport."
    "Sorry," said Kirei.
    "I'm sorry too," blurted out Kassandra.
    "It seems my little Charmander here took your pokémon's pink juice from your bag yesterday," I explained to Alan. "And Kirei here... well you can guess the rest."
    "Ah," laughed Alan deeply; I had expected him to be angry. "The colour suits you beautifully, my girl." He stroked Kirei's chin. I could almost swear I saw the Espeon blush slightly, although I knew she would never admit to it. "I thought it had fallen out of my bag on the way home," Alan said before turning to face me. "Actually, it wasn't going to be for one of my pokémon; it was supposed to be... for me."
    "Huh?" I was surprised by this revelation.
    "I wanted to dye my hair pink for you," Alan said. "Because you like pink, and it would make you fall in love with me."
    "Oh, Alan," I giggled. "I'm sorry but no matter what colour your hair is, I'll always love Ade. Besides, I don't think pink would have suited you so maybe this was all for the best."
    "I guess you're right," he said. "Soo, your beauty and brilliant mind dazzle me."
    "Yes, yes," I said, putting away the things on the table. "Well, if you don't mind I have a Jungle Room booking to prepare for. And don't you go getting any funny ideas about battling me again; I've made an appointment to battle a staff member."
    "Oh, don't worry," Alan said. "I have some training of my own to do. But I promise you, darling," Alan took my hand as he said this, "I will see you again soon."
    I pulled my hand away from Alan before bidding him farewell and getting on with preparing for my battle.
    Chartreuse had been even more miserable since Alan had left so I decided to try to take her mind off the human. "Chartreuse," I asked my Ponyta after everyone else had left the room. "How would you like to come with us to the Jungle Room today?"
    "Is Kassandra coming?" Chartreuse asked me.
    "No, she isn't," I said. "I thought Skyla could use a break from her, so I bribed Kass into staying here by promising her she could be in the next battle we have."
    "I'll come then," Chartreuse nodded decisively. "I've had a headache all morning and I really think being around Kass would be the worst thing for me right now."
    I laughed. "Great," I told Chartreuse. "Hokiri is coming too, as I'm too lazy to walk to there, and of course Skyla and Kirei are coming, and I was thinking of asking Yuki and Kaguya if they'd like to come along, and Kyore as well."
    "Lucky's coming too!" I knew that voice at once; Kirei had just entered the room.
    "Kirei," I told her. "Lucky's Ade's pokémon, so I can't really take him without checking with Ade first."
    I turned to see Kirei standing with Lucky beside her. "Actually," the Meowth told me, "Kirei has been bugging Ade for the past two days and he told me I can have you as my trainer, if you want me of course. And it would be nice to watch Kirei battle."
    "Of course I want you," I told Lucky. "It's better for the two of you to be on the same team then you can battle together and support each other more. But are you really sure Ade said it was all right?"
    "He did," urged Kirei.
    "Where is Ade anyway?" I asked.
    "Here," Ade panted as he ran into the room. "That Charmander of yours has been chasing me around again. Can't you keep her under control?"
    "Sorry," I laughed, "not really, no."
    "Anyway," Ade said. "I did have a think about what Kirei asked me and I told her earlier today that it was all right with me if it was all right with you. It seems a shame to keep them apart."
    "It's fine by me," I said, hugging Ade. My team was getting quite large, although I loved each one of my pokémon.

    We were finally ready to go. "Hokiri, are you sure it's all right with you?" I asked my horned Ponyta.
    "I managed it last time, didn't I?" he reminded me. Hokiri had indeed managed the art of teleportation after Yuki and Kaguya's battle in the blizzard room. Now that he knew where he was going he shouldn't have any problem.
    We all huddled together, me holding Yuki and Kaguya, Skyla perched on Hokiri's shoulders, Chartreuse, Kyore, Lucky and Kirei all close by me, then suddenly we were enveloped in a brilliant white light. I closed my eyes and felt my body tense up. Immediately I opened my eyes and we were at the entrance to the training grounds. "Oh well done, Hokiri!" I congratulated my Ponyta.
    Together my little party entered the building; most of us had been there the previous week, although for Skyla the experience was completely new. She flew about in excitement at the sheer magnificence of our surroundings before returning to hover by my head as I stood at the reception desk. The receptionist was different from the one we had had the previous week; the one who had taken a bribe from Alan Davenport to double book our appointment. "Your name please?" she greeted me with a corporate smile. I gave my name. "Ah yes," the receptionist replied in a cheery voice, "you requested a staff member to battle against, didn't you?" I nodded my agreement. "We have many pokémon available to battle, but how does this sound? A Surskit and a Chikorita?"
    "Sounds like they'd be an interesting match for my Espeon and Butterfree," I replied.
    "Great," the receptionist replied, and ushered us into a well-designed waiting room. "We'll make the preparations for your battle then call you when we're ready for you," I was informed before the receptionist left. Looking around the waiting room revealed an extensive range of pokémon magazines and training guides, and several pictures of past battles in the training rooms adorned the walls.
    I turned my attention to my pokémon. "You ready, guys?" I addressed Skyla and Kirei. "How do you want to do this? A two on two battle or would you rather take turns?"
    From my lap Kaguya decided to put her opinion forward. "A two on two battle is great, because you can help each other and co-ordinate your attacks; I found that out battling with Yuki. It's also difficult in the sense that you should be aware how you're partner's doing at all times, in case they need your help." I was very impressed with the Minun's insightful comment.
    "But a single battle allows you to focus on your opponent's battle techniques and learn to react and hone your own skills," Kyore chipped in.
    "For all his shallowness," I said out loud to nobody in particular, "Alan can't have been that bad a trainer after all."
    "Skyla, what do you think?" Kirei asked, giving my Butterfree the choice.
    "I think we'd make a pretty good team," Skyla responded. And so it was decided, a two on two battle would take place.
    The receptionist re-entered the room. "Your opponent is ready in the jungle room," she informed me.
    "Right, come on, everyone." My team and I proceeded through the large double doors marked "JUNGLE ROOM" into a veritable cornucopia of exotic plants. The whole room looked enormous with thick grasses underfoot and plants absolutely everywhere, reaching right up to the ceiling. There was even a stream running through the woods area. It was difficult to believe this was an indoor venue. I was greeted by a gentleman of around 30.
    "My name's Jeff," I was informed. "I'll be your opponent. Before we begin are there any questions?" I couldn't think of any questions and informed Jeff of this fact. "Fine, then we'll begin. The trainer's stand is to your left. Please take your position.

    FIGHT!!! L11 Espeon & L10 Butterfree v L8 Surskit & L15 Chikorita!

    The trainer's platform was raised a few feet from the ground and gave me an excellent view of the central area where the battle would take place. Kirei stood ready for battle opposite Jeff's Surskit and Chikorita, with Skyla hovering above. "She looks good out there, doesn't she?" Lucky said from my arms. I held him close to me so he could have a good view of the battle. Kaguya and Yuki sat on each shoulder and my other Pokémon stood beside me.
    The Chikorita made the first move, charging right at Kirei. My pink Espeson managed to dodge the attack, although tripped on some vines as she did so. The Chikorita looked as though it was laughing at her. Kirei got back up and was immediately knocked down by the Surskit who seemed to have come from nowhere. Talking of coming from nowhere, as I saw Kirei gather herself to her feet, Skyla sped towards the Surskit and completely took it by surprise with a physical attack. "Great work, Skyla," Kirei complimented the super-fast Butterfree on her work.
    The Surskit quickly recovered and immediately aimed a jet of bubbles right at Kirei. This time the Espeon took the brunt of the attack, before managing to roll away and avoid any serious damage. Skyla's speed made her incredible difficult to hit and she avoided a similar attack from the Surskit with ease, before narrowly missing her opponent with a String Shot. If that had hit it would have really turned the battle in my team's direction. "Nice try," I shouted out my encouragement. While Kirei and Skyla's attention was on the Surskit they didn't notice the Chikorita standing behind them charging itself with solar energy, its whole body glowing. I thought to myself as I noticed this fact and quickly shouted out "it's Solarbeam! Behind you!" Kirei and Skyla whirled around just in time to dodge the powerful beam of light that came towards them. The Chikorita must be very well trained to have mastered such a complicated attack as this one. Kirei and Skyla moved fast; Skyla kept the Chikorita busy with several Tackle attacks while Kirei quickly concentrated her energy into a large ball of electrical energy and sent it rushing towards the Surskit. The ball was just too big and too fast for the water type to dodge. It helplessly took the full force of the attack and crumpled to the ground in pain. Amazingly it didn’t give up and got back to its feet. However unsteady, this pokémon wanted to continue fighting; I had to admire its perseverance. The Surskit was standing but was having immense difficulty moving, making finishing it off an easy target. Kirei aimed her final attack, focusing her energy as she had done before. As she focused the Chikorita appeared and quickly rushed to its team-mate, casting a protective screen which completely encircled the Surskit in a wall. When Kirei launched her Zap Cannon attack for the second time it was almost completely absorbed by the screen, the Surskit still standing. With the only gap in the screen being that of the space above the Surskit there was no way Kirei's attacks were ever going to reach it. The Chikorita looked pleased with itself. Kirei wasn't about to give up either, and concentrated hard to produce yet another ball of electrical energy aimed right at the grass type. Unfortunately, however, at that very moment Skyla charged at full speed towards the Chikorita and was clipped by Kirei's volts of electricity causing two effects: firstly this caused Skyla to fall to the ground and secondly it completely saved the Chikorita from the attack.
    "Skyla, no!" Kirei yelled out, instinctively rushing toward the Butterfree.
    "I'm OK," I heard Skyla tell my Espeon. "It didn't hit me as hard as it could have. My wings hurt but I think I can still manage to fly, just not fast like before." The Chikorita ran at Kirei, while Skyla, true to her word, did manage to fly. She was very erratic and a lot slower than normal though. From within its protective screen the Surskit merely watched the tussle between the Chikorita and Kirei, evidently trying to recover its energy enough for a final bout when it was needed. An interesting plan, I thought to myself. I heard Skyla say, "I can still feel the electricity in my body. I know what to do." I had no idea what my Butterfree was going to do. She flew right above the Surskit then released a massive ball of electricity, like Kirei's attack which had hit her, and sent it straight at the Surskit from above who had no chance to evade it. This time the Surskit really was down and out and had absolutely no energy left in it. I realised at this point that my mouth was wide open in shock at Skyla's use of electricity. Skyla herself looked extremely surprised at what she'd accomplished and right at that moment the Chikorita took advantage of her distraction and fired a Solarbeam at the Butterfree. Skyla heard Kirei's warning but was lacking the speed to evade the attack and came crashing down to the ground in agony. Amazingly she managed to drag herself up, using her wings to support her weight and moved towards Kirei.
    Kirei was enraged. "Don't... you... hurt... my... FRIEND!!" she yelled at the Chikorita, after seeing what it had done to Skyla. As she shouted these words the area where the Chikorita was standing suddenly caught on fire; the Chikorita's leaf was on fire and it helplessly tried to escape. Naturally the underbrush of the jungle room caught on fire and it spread rapidly throughout the room, destroying the plants and burning everything. Jeff yelled out in shock, and I found myself unable even to speak. The room's emergency sprinkler system was triggered and water sprayed down, dousing the flames and putting the fire out as quickly as Kirei had, somehow, started it. The Chikorita had been completely overcome by the flames and was unable to move at all.
    As Jeff ran towards his fallen pokémon I congratulated Kirei and Skyla, both of whom had fought incredibly hard and both of whom had shocked me with talents I had no idea they possessed.

    Kirei and Skyla win!
    Kirei grew to L.12.5 and Skyla grew to L.11.5!
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    Sorry for the delay, everyone. I've been too busy (still am) and the heat is doing my blood pressure no good. Though I can't blame it all on the heat, I shouldn't have taken 8 cups of tea yesterday. x_x

    Anyway, on to the ratings. Those were 2 nice stories.

    Hannah: I liked yours though some parts were a bit hard to understand and at some points it was hard to tell who was speaking. I'd like to get to know your characters better and see what makes each of them special. Take 14 stamps!
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    Also, could you please explain what "just motioned forwards as the blue glow as she tapped into her confusion materialised around her body" means? I've been trying to figure it out, but failing.

    Soo: Alan's ability for being ridiculous doesn't cease to amaze me, but his story came up as quite a shock. I liked the expression "corporate smile" (random comment). There's a slight continuity problem. Didn't Thunderblast come back after the Training Grounds closed? It seems Thunderblast and her trademark "weird Raichu physics" alter the course of time wherever they go. Take 15 stamps!
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