Pokemon Battle V.2

[Angelic Pika]

"Wow this place looks so beautiful! The waters look so clean and fresh" Sparkie said with stars in her eyes

"pi pika chu!"ChuChu said as he cannonball-ed into the lake

"Wait for me!"Sparkie already changed clothes and jumped into lake.

She was wearing a yellow bikini with blue tear-drop shapes on it.

"The water is so refreshing"she said while she floated on the water

But what ChuChu and Sparkie don't know, is that someone or something is watching them behind the waterfall...

"chu pi kachu!"ChuChu shouted while pointing beneath the water.

"Oh ChuChu maybe that's just a water pokemon, would you just relax already"Sparkie said still floating on the water.

Then the figure jumped up and landed on Sparkie's tummy.

"Awww! It's so cute!"Sparkie squealed."So you were the one ChuChu was pointing at. You're adorable!"Sparkie told the Azurill

ChuChu got furious because the Azurill was getting all the attention. She was ready to thundershock it when...

"Hey little guy do you want to join us?"Sparkie asked the Azurill

"Zu!"replied the Azurill

"Well then, i'm gonna name you Azul. Because Azul is spanish for Blue"Sparkie said

"pi pika chu pipi chuka pi"ChuChu said in a sarcastic tone

"Oh, ChuChu don't be jealous of Azul. Just because it's getting all the attention doesn't mean you're going to be left out."Sparkie told ChuChu.

"pika..."ChuChu apologized

"It's okei ChuChu...at least you didn't thundershock us. We are in the water you know?"Sparkie giggled

"zu rill!"said Azul happily then jumped into the water. Sparkie noticed that Azul had a scratch on her tail.

"Azul! You have a scratch. Let's take you back to the Pokemon Center."Sparkie said worriedly while returning Azul to her Pokeball."You need to rest."

"pi pika chupi kapi chupi pipi kachu!"ChuChu whined

"I know we just got here..but they say there's a spa at the Mall back at the Island"Sparkie replied

"chu pi pika chu kachupi!"ChuChu jumped out of the lake and onto Sparkie's shoulder.

"Wait a minute i need to get dressed"Sparkie told ChuChu.

Sparkie got dressed onto her normal clothes and put on her cap.ChuChu jumped onto her head.Sparkie got her bag put her Stuff and Azul's Pokeball in it.And they set off back to the Pokecenter.

As Sparkie and ChuChu skip down the road to the PokemonCenter she tripped on something.

"ow!"Sparkie fell.

ChuChu jumped down and scurried to look for the thing that Sparkie tripped on.She then got a Blue rock.

"Wow, this is a Water Stone. How lucky of us ChuChu."she told ChuChu then put the Water Stone in her bag.

"Pika!"ChuChu agreed.

Then they finally walk down the road towards the Pokemon Center.

OOC:
^i really like this thread thing.

//:Sparkie Electrii & ChuChu ;025;

 

[Razor Shiftry]

The pokemon centre came into sight as I rounded the corner. It was nearing evening. Over some buildings, I could see the brilliantly orange sun setting slowly over the horizon.

I walked into the healing place of trainers and their pokemon casually and quietly walked up to the counter. One of the nurse Joy’s and her Chansey were organising some paper work with a bored expression but their look brightened up as I levelled up to them.

‘Hi! Can I help you?’ asked the Nurse, her voice WAY to happy for my liking.

‘Errm…can you heal up my pokemon please because I’m entering the tournament tomorrow’ I said, smiling a little. Then added for no reason, I added ‘we ran into some pokemon…’

‘No problem! Let me just have your tired and injured pokemon for a while…’ I took out the pokeballs of my Remoraid, Tropius and newly caught Medicham onto the desk carefully. Togetic though, sat on my shoulder loyally. He didn’t want to leave me. The Nurse nodded as I shrugged at her and from underneath the desk, brought out a small bottle with tablets in them.

‘This is called an Elixir. Give Togetic two of those tablets every half an hour till there aren’t any more and he’ll have the energy to fight tomorrow perfectly! Now excuse me for a while I take your injured pokemon for quick healing!’ she finished briskly and I mumbled a thanks and sat down on one of the nearby comfy chairs in the waiting areas.

Togetic glided off my shoulder and on to my lap. I opened up the medicine bottle and gave him two tablets. Togetic was free from physical injuries due to him using that ever so useful wish attack but he was tired. It looked to me that these tablets where just energy boosters.

Another half an hour later, Nurse Joy returned with my other three pokeballs on a tray followed by her ever-faithful Chansey.

‘All healed!’ She said cheerfully. But as I picked up my pokeballs, her face darkened a little. ‘I was a little concerned for your Medicham though. He looked totally out of it and I suggest you should take it easier on him. He’s pretty old you know. I’m actually surprised he’s in such good shape! Oh well, good bye and good luck in the tournament!’ I smiled and nodded and walked out of the pokemon center to the hotel.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

I woke up to bright sunlight streaming though my room’s windows and onto my face. I rolled over awake and looked around my large room. Before I went to bed, I had let out all (even Tropius, the room was THAT big) out of their pokeballs to relax a bit. Remoraid was snoozing around in the large luxurious bath and Togetic was snoring on the bed next to me on his back while Tropius was lying down somehow in the lounge. This was a 5-star hotel after all.

Medicham however was psychically hovering a meter and a half or so off the carpet meditating…again. So he was old. That would explain why he had suddenly collapsed – out of over doing himself. So it seemed that he was made to quickly take out opposing pokemon or run.

There was a knock on the door. Medicham opened his eyes and with both of them glowing with blue neon energy, the door opened.

‘Room ser-‘ the bellboy pushing the room service tray stopped his movement of just about to knock on the door.

‘-vice…?’ He finished with a surprised expression. I beckoned him in. ‘Whoa! Seriously cool pokemon dude!’ said the young teenager without thinking. But he regained his composure. ‘AHEM! Sorry…errm…room service. Complimentary breakfast of whatever you fancy from the breakfast tray! Please help yourself and someone will be around in an hour to collect it!’

I nodded in thanks and the bellboy bowed and left quickly, stealing another glance and the hovering, meditating Medicham.

‘An hour eh?’ I said roughly to myself. I silently climbed out of the four-poster double bed and looked around the food tray. Basically anything I ever wanted for a breakfast was there. ‘Looks like this lot will fill me up for a while eh! Well, I’m sure this will keep warm but you guys eat what you fancy ok? I’m going to have a shower if Remoraid gets out of the way, east whatever food you leave me and then we’ll go and then we’ll go down to the stadium! Alright with you Medicham?’ I asked the hovering psychic. Medicham nodded silently at the plan. I’ll tell the others he seemed to somehow say. Hoping that he didn’t just talk to me telepathically, I walked over to the bathroom.

 

[Miss Rarity]

Damien crossed the bridge quickly and then ran over to the pokemon center. Damien opened the door and timidly walked in, looking around at the people in there...

"Excuse me, nurse joy" Damien said softly but Nurse Joy didn't notice him due to his soft tone. "umm... excuse me?" Damien said a little bit louder. "oh, umm sorry i didn't hear you!" Nurse Joy said giggling while covering her mouth with one of her hands.

"Could you please heal my pokemon?" he said grabbing his three other pokeballs and Mime Jr's pokeball. "Of course!" Nurse Joy said smiling, Damien grabbed Mime Jr.'s pokeball and pointed it at Mime Jr. "mime?!" within a second of saying that Mime Jr. was converted into energy and sucked into the pokeball.

Damien placed his four pokeballs onto the tray and handed it to Nurse Joy. "Thank you, this will only take a few minutes" She said her voice dripping with sweetness. Nurse Joy placed the four monster balls onto her machine and they started pulsating with energy making them glow.

After two minutes the nurse grabbed the pokeballs and handed them to Damien. "Thank you" Damien said timidly and opened Mime Jr.'s pokeball.

"mime, mime!" Mime Jr. said leaping onto Damien's head. "Ummm... That tournament thing is about to start... I think we should get going" Damien said and walked off in the direction of the stadium. Damien opened the big doors that held it open and saw a few other trainers waiting, eager to battle.

"I just hope we don't lose the first battle..." Damien said softly and sat down in a corner.

OOC: sorry for the short post... >__>;;

 

[Razor Shiftry]

I dodged my way though the market towards the Stadium. After having a shower and VERY nice breakfast and all my pokemon fine and happy, I walked out of the hotel to head towards the Stadium. My pokemon (baring Remoraid) walked behind me, Medicham in a thoughtful, calm mood and Tropius and Togetic playing around together, the latter flying around in circles, his curiosity to nearly everything and everyone in the market unmatched.

‘Come on Togetic!’ I shouted back. We were already running a little late and I was close to jogging at the pace I was moving. Medicham, of course didn’t look like he was in a hurry at all.

‘OW!’ I said. I had accidentally barged into a man while calling to my happiness pokemon and I was about a mutter a hurried ‘sorry’ when the man grabbed me.

‘Just the sort of person I wanted to see!’ said the large man, bellowing a hearty laugh though his beard.

‘Huh?’ I said in confusion as my pokemon stopped behind me in wonder.

‘You look like a strong trainer and my shop is giving away promotional items for trainers like yourself!’ continued on the man. I was aware of the time and tapped my feet in impatience. The man didn’t notice. Instead, from out of his pocket, he drew out two stones. One was shining white with a wondrous light while the other has this sort of darkness about it and seemed to be trying to drown itself into its own shadow.

‘Please choose one of these rare elemental stones!’ finished the cheerful man. Without thinking, I just grabbed one of the stones and stuffed it into my pocket before running off, knowing I was really late now. Medicham ran beside me and Tropius took to the air. Togetic lingered to shake the man’s hand before happily zooming off after us. I think those elixir pills from last night made him just a little high…

As I rounded the corner, the huge steel and glass modern build which was the stadium. I breathed a sigh of relief before picking up the pace and sprinting the last few hundred meters to the main doors with my 3 pokemon following after me.

I opened the doors dramatically, me panting like mad and hot and slightly sweaty with Medicham beside me, not breaking a sweat and breathing quite lightly. I glared with jealousy as Togetic happy flew pass my head and zoomed inside without a flap of his wings with a grin on his face and Tropius land outside the stadium and walk inside with me and Medicham, Tropius having to lower his head so as not to hit it on the top of the door. There were trainers standing around in the lobby waiting for the battles to start and they all looked at me like what they hell was I doing? I drew out Medicham’s and Tropius’ pokeballs and returned them and allowed the happy Togetic of sit on my shoulder although he wouldn’t sit still.

 

[firewater]

I grin at my pokemon, as I had the four of them in an X Shape.....

"now, to determine who fights tommorrow, we are going to have an elemental battle, You all can only use Bubblebeam,Flamethrower,Hidden Power, and Ice beam. the last standing will battle tomorrow...."

"Pip"
"Rat"
"Pine"
"Slug"

and with that I watched the attacks slam into each other.Surprisingly, the first to go down was Slugma- the other three attacks slam into it- Knocking him back.... and out.

While he slugs beside me, I turn to see Raticate's Bubblebeam dissipate, and the Ice and Orbs slam and knock it back as well, as Pineco and Pochama keep on. I suddenly see the ice flow decrease slightly, and knowing who would win, I just watched, as Pineco jumps to the side, then fires another blast, which knocks Pochama back. I grin, and announce.....

"Pineco will be battling tommorrow"


.......end Flashback


I walk inside, to see all of the trainers that had been on the boat, and a few others. I didn't care about the Pofin or the berries, I only cared about the training we got- and hopefully Pineco's "Spiky" attack will get us to the next round....

Pineco learned Spikes
I'm in the Stadium now

 

[Angelic Pika]

"Wow...The Pokemon Center in this island is so big!"Sparkie said to ChuChu...

"pi pika chu pipi ka"ChuChu pointed to an alleyway.

"huh? what? You hear a Pokemon? in the Alley?"Sparkie questioned

"pika!"ChuChu replied

"Then what are you waiting for let's go!Sparkie ran ito the alley.

When Sparkie headed for the alley, She found a little pokemon crying behind cardboard boxes...

"awww...it's a cute little buneary..."she told ChuChu

After hearing Sparkie's voice the Buneary hid inside a box.

"pi pika chu kapi"ChuChu teased

"No i'm not ugly and no that is not the reason why the Buneary hid insid the box!"she was fuming mad.

"kachu..."ChuChu apologized

"it's okei...Now little Buneary...don't be scared...we won't hurt you"Sparkie said softly

"Bunni? Buneary!"The Buneary jumped into Sparkie's arms

"ChuChu i think we have another Pokemon friend"Sparkie said to ChuChu

"pika! pika pika chu-chu!"it danced around Sparkie

Sparkie Giggled then said"Hmmm...now what to name you..."

"Bunnie!"Buneary said

"What a great idea! Let's name you Bunnie. Okei Bunnie in the Pokeball you go!"Sparkie said

"Buneary"said Bunnie as her voice faded and went into the Pokeball

"pi pika! chu pi!"ChuChu said

"oh yeah i forgot.Let's go to the Pokemon Center"Sparkie said while running towards the Pokemon Center

As Sparkie entered the Pokemon Center, She saw Nurse Joy...

"Hi and Welcome to Pokemon Battle island's Pokemon Center. What can i do for you?"said the nice Nurse Joy

"Oh ...*sweatdrops* hi i'm Sparkie...and this is my Pikachu: ChuChu. Could you please heal my Pokemon. Thank you" said Sparkie

"Okay...Let me take your Pokemon and...Why don't you take a seat over there."said Nurse Joy

"Uh...Okei...could you take care of ChuChu too?"asked Sparkie

"Oh yes!Come here ChuChu...Please Wait over there for a while"She said while going into a room

Sparkie sighed and then she saw a bulletin board. It said...

"Pokemon mini-tounament

Yes...i Mr. Regal Bryant is going to hold a mini-tournament scheduled tomorrow...

Please sign your name here if you want to participate..."

She noticed that there are a lot of names on the list...so she decided not to put her's...And she didn't notice Nurse Joy behind her.

"I see you signed up for the mini-tournament"said Nurse Joy

Sparkie jumped as she heard Nurse Joy's voice "Oh no...i didn't sign up"

ChuChu jumped on Sparkie's head.

"Well here are your Pokemon."Nurse Joy handed Sparkie 2 Pokeballs

"Oh thank you...and By the way are you the sister of the Nurse Joy in Cerulean City?"asked Sparkie

"Oh? No actually she is my cousin's sister"said Nurse Joy with a smile

"okei"Sparkie giggled

 

[JTI]

Vaan awoke around 6 A.M., he couldn't get back to sleep afterwards. He figured it was probably because of his creepy nightmare of him being chased by a killer clown mob. Even thinking about it made him shiver, as he hated clowns and enclosed spaces. Vaan decided to venture out into the mountains again to train his pokemon and hopefully catch a new one. He got into the shower and put on some underwear. He put on a white jogging suit with thick navy stripes along the sleeves and pants legs. He put on some navy shoes, grabbed his backpack, pokeballs, pokedex, and pokeblock case he won at a contest back home.
Vaan stepped outside and saw the dimly lit sky. He decided to go to the Pokemon Center to make sure his pokemon were in the condition to battle. While he was there he saw advertisement for a tournament that was happening soon and thought it would be a good idea to enter. He planned on signing up once he got back from the Snow Top Mountains.
“Here are your pokemon, they are in perfect condition.” Nurse Joy said with a cheery grin. Vaan thought to himself: How can any one be this happy this early. I bet she's an android or an alien. Vaan gave nurse his I-know-what-you're-up-to look and left. Vaan released Yeti and Pip and let them enjoy the fresh air as Vaan began his hike to Snow Top Mountains.
They traversed the lengthy, thick forest located near the center of the island and saw many wild pokemon. Vaan found his way through the jungle using a map he had in his pokenav. As they were walking a three Beedrill attacked them. The Beedrill rushed at them with a violet aura surrounding their needles. They dodged the incoming attack. Vaan took no chances and attack with his pokemon.
He released Feebas and fed it some pokeblocks. “Feebas Dragonbreath, Pip Bubblebeam, Yeti Bulletseed!” Vaan commanded. A green stream of hot fire emitted from Feebas' mouth and was followed by a jet of bubbles from Pip and a jet of seeds from Yeti. The combination of attacks sent the Beedrill soaring into the sky.
“Good job guys!” Vaan said, but one thing stayed on his mind...Pip's name. Now that Pip had evolved the name wasn't very fitting. Vaan looked at Pip and said, “How do you like the name Tux?”
“Prin Prin Plup!” Pip replied nodding its head.
“Then Tux it is.” Vaan returned Feebas and continued his hike to Snow Top Mountain.

Later, Vaan arrived at the place known as Volcanic Mountain. He took of his jacket off and tied it around his waist. He returned Yeti as he really didn't like fire at all. He released Feebas and fed her some pokeblocks. Feebas jumped into Vaan's arms and he carried her along. While walking they were ambushed by three Magmar and two Magmortar. The Magmar Magmortar all used flamethrower. Vaan, Tux, and Feebas all jumped out of the way. Vaan wasted no time and attacked.
“Feebas Water Pulse, Tux Bubblebeam.” The orb of water was propelled forward towards the fire pokemon and turned into a huge wave. The wave washed over the Magmar and Magmortar. The Magmar were knocked out by the attack, however the Magmortar were still standing. Vaan fed Feebas more pokeblocks and kept attacking. “Feebas, Confuse Ray.” Feebas eyes began to glow and a beam shot towards one of the Magmortar. It instantly began attacking the other Magmortar. They both used Flare Blitz on each other and were severally weakened. Vaan took this chance to finish them off. “Feebas use Water Pulse.” The water sphere hit the ground and turned into a column of water that blasted the Magmar and Magmortar off into the sky. As Vaan was going to pick up Feebas she began to glow. She changed from a small round shape to a long serpent. When the light faded, a large Milotic was visible. “Now I know what to call you, Vanity.” Milotic made a soft growl that assured she liked the name. Vaan returned his pokemon and continued to Snow Top Mountain.

Vaan arrived at Snow Top Mountain and immediately began looking around. He knew what pokemon he wanted and knew it would be hard to find, especially in a snowstorm. Vaan figured Yeti might know where the pokemon would be and released him. Vaan showed Yeti a picture of the pokemon and Yeti nodded. Yeti walked around looking with Vaan close behind. After what seemed like hours, Yeti finally located the Fresh Snow Pokemon, Glaceon. However, this Glaceon was a lighter shade than others. Vaan whispered to Yeti, “We have to sneak up on it.”
“Use Ice Shard to trap it. Yeti raised its hands and several icicles surrounded Glaceon. Glaceon was taken by surprise and began scanning the area.
“Use Razor Leaf.” many leaves flew towards Glaceon, but it used Mirror Coat and repelled the leaves and icicles back towards Yeti. Glaceon used a Shadow Ball and knocked Yeti into a tree. Yeti was knocked out due to the Razor Leaf, icicles, and Shadow Ball. Vaan returned Yeti and released Tux. “Use Bubblebeam then Metal Claw.” Tux ran forward shooting bullet-like bubbles to distract Glaceon and then rushed in with a Metal Claw. Tux's metallic flipper knocked Glaceon high into the air. “Use Bubblebeam.” Tux fired bubbles at the airborne Glaceon and Glaceon fell to the ground. “Use Drillpeck.” Tux ran forward with an illuminated beak. Glaceon dodged using Quick Attack and launched an Ice Beam. The ice beam sent Tux, now encased in ice, flying into a tree. The ice around him cracked open and he was released. Glaceon rushed at Tux using Ice Fang, Glaceon bit into Tux's leg and caused much pain. “Use Bubblebeam.” Tux fired bubbles at Glaceon's head and caused it to release it to let go of him. “Try to use Shadow Claw.” Tux's flipper began to glow with a dark aura but went away. Glaceon had used an Iron Tail attack and knocked Tux into a tree. Tux was out cold. Vaan returned Tux and released Vanity. Glaceon immediately attacked. “Vanity, wait for it to get close then use Aqua Tail.” Vanity began charging her tail as a blue aura surrounded it. Glaceon jumped forward ready to bite, Vanity swung her tail and knocked Glaceon back. “Now finish it off with Twister.” Vanity's tail spun and spun until and large cyclone appeared and knocked Glaceon to the ground. It was down for the count. Vaan threw a pokeball at it and it was vacuumed into the pokeball. The pokeball wobbled for a few seconds and then stopped. Vaan picked up the pokeball and returned down the path to Modern Island. At eleven o'clock, Vaan was back on modern island and figured it was about time to sign up for the tournament. Vaan signed up and had a picture of him and Vanity taken. Vaan entered the room for trainers and sat down in a chair and started thinking of how to use Vanity in a battle.

 

[Seviper_Fan]

The due of Brandon and his Monferno are walking about in the forest, pretty deep in after having walked for about 8 or so minutes. The only true light in this forest would be the light coming in from their entrance, which is traveling in a straight line and lightning up only what is in the said line. Otherwise, the forest remains dark and bleak with much life in it but life that have not proven it’s existence yet to Brandon. The young trainer from Sinnoh is walking a few steps in front of Monferno, who seems to be looking around in the dimness of the forest.

“There are supposed to be a bunch of Pokemon here, right? Where are they? Please don’t say they’re hiding, this place is creepy enough!” Brandon proclaims.

The young boy continues to walk, but soon enough his ears do not detect the footsteps of Monferno. Worried, he quickly spins around, but sees that his pal is still there. However, Monferno is sniffing about in the air, feeling as though he detected a Pokemon.

“You scared me, I thought something happened…what’s up, you sense something?” Brandon asks.

And not a moment too soon, a large bush to their side rustles about, and out comes a small Pokemon that is charging straight for Monferno with his head lowered. Speedy and quick with his senses, the fiery monkey evades the attack by jumping over the Pokemon, then lands with style and turns around in battle position. The dinosaur-looking Pokemon stops running and turns around as well, and he too gets in a battle position, ready to take on Monferno.

“You okay Monferno? …What is the heck’s that thing? It looks like a dinosaur!” Brandon yells.

Brandon watches on at the small dino Pokemon, who is gray in color with rugged blue patterns across his torso and cranium. He has a set of small spikes protruding from both sides of his skull, and has small stubby arms but with three claws n each and sharp pointy claws for toes. Having just met this Pokemon, Brandon pulls out his Pokedex from his pocket and flips the top open, then aims the data device at Cranidos to get its information.

POKEDEX:
Cranidos, the Headbutt Pokemon. Cranidos is an ancient Pokemon that has been revived from the Skull Fossil, and they tend to live in large forest settings. Their favorite weapon in battle is their bone-plated skull, which is so hard that it is actually as hard as iron.

Brandon flips the top back onto the Pokedex and puts it back into his pockets, as Cranidos and Monferno continue to glare at one another with a fiery passion for battle in their eyes.

“You ready Monferno?” Brandon asks.
“Mon, Monferno!” Monferno yells.
“Alright then, Monferno, lets start this off with Brick Break, now!” yells Brandon.

Monferno then charges at Cranidos, as his right hand begins to glow a bright white color, being revved up with power. The fiery monkey leaps up and comes down onto Cranidos with a powerful Brick Break, but Cranidos craftily dodges, thus leaving Monferno with his back exposed. Quick to take advantage, Cranidos lowers his head once again and darts at Monferno, slamming him in the spine with a strong Headbutt. Monferno is send flying forwards, but he is able to quickly handspring himself to a safe landing to his feet. However, he is grunting is pain, having suffered a brutal blow.

Monferno has little time to recover, though, as Cranidos is now darting at Monferno again, this time with bits of light bouncing from his body. He is attempting a Take Down attack, and Monferno is his target. But, with its amazing agility and speed, Monferno leaps over Cranidos and lands behind him, in full attack mode.

“Alright Monferno, now, use Flamethrower!” Brandon screams.

And with that, Monferno opens his mouth and releases a large blast of fire from his mouth, jetting right towards Cranidos. The Headbutt Pokemon sees this coming, though, and somehow dodges the attack right before it hits him, suffering from a rather low speed level.

“How did he dodge that? I thought Cranidos were supposed to be slow! Maybe it was a lucky dodge…Monferno, use Flamethrower again!” Brandon blurts out.

Monferno opens his mouth wide and uses another Flamethrower, but Cranidos dodges once more, and charges at Brandon’s starter Pokemon with his head lowered once more.

“No way! Monferno, look out!” Brandon yells out loudly.

However, it is too late for dodging, as Cranidos slams into Monferno with a devastating Take Down attack. Monferno is launched backwards, falling down hard onto his back.

“Monferno, no!” screams Brandon.

With impressive defenses, Monferno manages to get back to his feet, still hurting from the two attacks already landed on him. There is no denying the power of Cranidos, but can Monferno prevail over the ancient Pokemon?

Cranidos lowers his head once again and charges in on Monferno, going for a finishing blow as his body glows a bit with dark energy. He is using Pursuit now, and is closing in on Monferno. Just at that moment, Brandon springs up a plan.

“Wait a sec…I got it! Monferno, use Flamethrower, but shoot it at the ground in front of you!” Brandon yells.

Monferno opens his mouth and points it at a charging Cranidos, but instead shoots down at the ground before him, which Cranidos runs into unwillingly. The ground Flamethrower not only scorches Cranidos, but elevates Monferno into the sky.

“Now, Monferno, come down on him with a Mach Punch!” blurts Brandon.

Cranidos is not hurt too much by the move considering it’s type disadvantage, but he is weak against a Mach Punch – which automatically hits first. With Cranidos engulfed in the fire, Monferno comes down on him with a lightning quick but nonetheless powerful Mach Punch, which knocks Cranidos down onto the ground. The ancient Headbutt Pokemon is not knocked out, but his health is low enough, it seems, for a capture. Monferno leaps back towards Brandon, giving him the cue.

“Okay, now, Pokeball go!”

Brandon then throws one of his Pokeballs at the fallen Cranidos, and the Pokeball opens and sucks Cranidos in with a red light. The ball falls to the ground and shakes, with Cranidos trying to break free inside of it. The ball continues to shake and shake, but soon enough it stops moving, and the light no longer is blinking. A smile comes across Brandon’s face, and he runs over to the Pokeball with glee. However, the ball soon starts to shake again, showing the feistiness of Cranidos. It shakes for several seconds, but eventually stops again, this time for good. Brandon, knowing it’s over, smiles from ear to ear and grabs the Pokeball before raising it over his head.

“Alright, I caught…a Cranidos!” Brandon yells out.
“Monferno!” Monferno lets out, making a peace sign as he stands next to Brandon.

Brandon puts the Pokeball on his Trainer Belt and looks at his watch, and notices the time is 1:13.

“Well, we got ourselves a strong new pal, but we gotta go and get us healed before we go to the stadium! We’re late, but we can still watch.” Brandon says to him.

Monferno nods his head, and the two run off out of the forest and across the bridge, with their destination being the Pokemon Center and then the Stadium. Once Monferno and Cranidos are healed, they will be off to the Stadium to see the competition they missed.

 

[Beequeen]

Mitsy walked in to find many trainers scattered around the room. She nervously made her way by and sat on one of the benches. “I hope I can do this,” she muttered looking at the tv displayed on the wall. Suddenly it flashed and the match ups appeared on the screen. She squinted her eyes and searched for her name. “There,” she stated when she say it. Apparently she was battling a young man named Damien. “I wonder what pokemon he’ll be using,” she told herself as she pulled out the flower creature’s pokeball. She recently decided to use the newly obtained pokemon so she could establish an even stronger bond with it. she knew it was probably a bad idea because she just captured it but, she was willing to take a risk.

~will Mitsy and Damien please make their way to the stadium grounds~ came the announcement from the speaker.

Mitsy got up and made her way to the grounds. She entered a long hallway until she emerged outside. People in the stands were cheering and getting pumped. Mitsy blushed. she was use to having fans for her graphic novels but not on open terms like this. One the other side of the stadium emerged the trainer Damien. He had messy raven dark hair that covered his dark hazel color eyes .He had a tan skin tone and wore a large concealing jacket and darkish blue denim pants. Mitsy was intimidated when she saw him. “He looks tough,” she muttered, doubting her self.

“That girl looks confident,” said Damien a little worriedly as he walked onto the grounds. In turn, Damien was actually a little intimidated by Mitsy. The wind blew through his hair and made him slightly calmer. “I wonder what she’ll use. Oh well, no matter what it is, I’ll give it my best,”he thought.

“Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the practice tournament!’ announced the host. “I’ll be your announcer, J.M! So let’s get the first match up started!”he shouted. The audience went wild and whistles echoed throughout the stadium. “Now then, begin!” he commanded.

“Here we go,” stated Damien a little nervously. He pulled out a pokeball and threw it in the air. When it landed a pretty bunny pokemon emerged from the brilliant white light.
“Mimiroru,” she said flirtatiously flipping her fluffy ears in the wind and bending over in a somewhat taunting pose.

“I’ve never even seen that pokemon before,” thought Mitsy dumbfounded. “Ok then go flower creature she said, embarrassed on how she didn’t even now it’s name yet. The sakura pokemon twirled out, did a cartwheel, and then landed in the splits.

“It looks like are first battle will be between too pretty pokemon, Mimiroru and Cherrim!” came J.M’s voice.

“Ok, so it’s name is Cherrim,” muttered Mitsy with a little more confidence.

“I don’t know if this girl highly skilled or not, but I better get this done quick just incase,” thought Damien. “Mimiroru! Use jump kick,” he hollered, softly.
The bunny pokemon ran up to cherrim and did a backwards flip, kicking the flower pokemon into the air.

“Cherrim!!!!!!” it cried as it smashed back into the ground.

“Oh no Cherrim!” yelled Mitsy sadly. Cherrim slowly got up and shook off the dust.

“Cherrim!” it winked at Mitsy, issuing to her that she was ok. Mitsy sighed with relief.

“Cherrim use growth!” commanded Mitsy. Cherrim’s body expanded then deflated back into its normal size. “Now Cherrim, use leechseed combined with magica leaf!” yelled Mitsy.

“Cherrim!” it shouted energetically. It did a, would it looked to be a para para like dance until leaves with little seeds on them formed. It then twirled rapidly sending the dual attack straight towards Mimiroru.

“Mimi!” she screamed as the leaves circled and bombarded her, scattering the leachseeds that were attached to them, all over her delicate body.

“Oh, no!” cried Damien upsettingly. Mimiroru’s body was covered in lurking seeds that zapped her energy. “Mimiroru try to shake them off!” he said nervously, his body shaking uncontrollably. Mimiroru shook herself back and forth, but the seeds stoke on to her like glue. Suddenly a giant black cloud loomed over the stadium, causing it to get dark. Cherrim flinched then recoiled itself inside it’s petals. Mitsy stared at it confusingly.

“Cherrim what’s wrong!” shouted Mitsy. Damien saw Mitsy’s confusion and decided to use the opportunity to his advantage.

“Mimiroru use fire punch to burn off the seeds,” he said with a new found confidence. Mimiroru did so and soon all the seeds were incinerated. “Now, one more but this time try doing it from the sky!” came Damiens assuring soft toned voice.

“Mimi!” answered the bunny pokemon happily has it lunged herself into the air. It’s ears then incased themselves in fire and it rocketed downwards towards Cherrim who was still not in bloom.

“Cherrim you have to dodge!” shouted Mitsy worriedly. Cherrim sweat dropped as it didn’t now the direction of where the pokemon was coming from, do to it’s inclosed state.
Mimiroru was at a break neck speed, bulleting closer and closer. Suddenly the cloud moved away, causing Cherrim to bloom open right when Mimiroru initialized it’s attack. The fire punch hit Cherrim directly in the face knocking the flower pokemon square in the ground.

“Ouch, what bad timing for it to open up, that was a super effective hit!” came J.M’s annoying sarcastic voice. Cherrim lay unconscious, it’s body lodged into the ground.

“And the winner is, Damien!” hollered J.M. The crowd all cheered with excitement. Damien’s face lit up in blissfulness.

“We did it Mimiroru!” he hollered hugging her. “Mimiroru smiled and embraced her trainer back. Mitsy ran to Cherrim and picked her up.

“Oh Cherrim, I’m so sorry. You were wonderful out there!” she said happily. Cherrim’s petit red eyes opened up slowly.

“Cherrim,” she smiled, and winked at Mitsy.

“Will the contestants please walk forward and exchange words of gratitude!” came J.M’s hyperactive voice.
Mitsy and Damien both walked forward and shook each other’s hand.

“That was a good match,” said Damien shyly, starring to the ground.

“Same,” smiled Mitsy and both parted ways into their separate exits.

“Will the next match wait for a 2 minute intermission as we fix the terrain field,” said J.M through the microphone.

Mitsy healed Cherrim at the small pokemon centre located inside the stadium. She then bought food from a nearby concession stand and went into the stands to find her seat.

“I wonder who the next match will be with,” she said to herself, sitting down and taking a sip of her cold fruit punch drink.

 

[Fiend Ryu]

{{OOC: Yet another flashback post- day before tourney. I'm gonna have Delita not enter.}}

IC:

Coco the Doduo only stared as her opponent, a sadistic Sneasel, leapt at her and delivered a Mega Kick to her right head. She was quickly knocked down, and the Sneasel landed on its feet while Maximillian charged at it as fast as he could. An fireball materialised in the puppy Pokemon's mouth as he prepared to use Tackle and Ember on his opponent.

The little Growlithe shot an Ember attack first, which the Sneasel easily dodged. Knowing a Tackle was coming next, it jumped over Maximillian and once agin, gracefully landed on its feet. Maximillian stopped and turned around, but by that time the Sneasel had already gotten close and prepared to use an Ice Punch attack. Its hand glowed with a light blue aura, and the puppy knew he couldn't aoid what was coming next. He took a blow to the head and was knocked back near a tree.

The Sneasel looked back at Coco, who was now standing, and looking angrily at her foe. She rushed at the Sneasel and launched a Peck attack, only to have the Sneasel dodge it and for her beak to slam into the ground. It then screeched at the now vulnerable Double Bird, who was distracted by the horrible noise. The Sneasel only grinned as it slashed Coco's left head with a barrage of Metal Claw attacks.

Coco was bruised, beaten and bleeding- and just as the Sneasel was about to end it with an Ice Punch, a fireball hit it in the back and sent it flying. Maximillian stood a good distance away from the Sneasel, and was panting, but felt triumphant that he actually managed to land a hit on his foe. "Grr...arrf!" the dog said with a determined look on his face.

The Sneasel slowly got up and ran towards the Puppy Pokemon, gathering the strength for a Crush Claw attack. Maximillian prepared another Ember attack in his mouth, and wasted no time to shoot it at the Sneasel. The Sneasel's eyes widened as it grabbed Coco with one hand and used her as a shield from the fireball. "DODUUU!" the Double Bird screamed in pain as she fainted.

Surprised, Maximillian stopped to look at his injured comrade, whom the Sneasel had just thrown aside like she was a broken toy. He turned his attention back to his foe, who was right in front of him and about to slash him. Maximillian, in a state of hesitation, tightly bit the Sneasel's claw as it descended. The Sneasel couldn't get his hand out of Maximillian's mouth, and began to feel heat as a fireball formed in the puppy's mouth. The little Growlithe finally released his grip on the Sneasel's hand, and blasted him with an Ember attack.

The Sneasel was once again sent flying, and landed head first on the ground. Its eyes were open, but it looked unconcious. Delita grinned when he saw this and prepared to throw a Pokeball at it, while Maximillian cautiously approached his defeated foe. His pants were loud, and his vision was beginning to fade, but from his view, it looked like he had won.

Then the Sneasel's eyes gleamed and his irises moved.

Payback, the attack that's power doubles if the user is striked first- both Delita and Maximillian would learn of its power. The Sneasel quickly rose and lunged at Maximillian with his claws- and needless to say, the Puppy Pokemon was downed in one swoop of the powerful attack.

With both of his Pokemon defeated, Delita was stunned and he only watched as the Sneasel quickly escaped from the scene.

"GODDAMNIT...!!!" Delita screamed to the heavens as he fell on his knees and pounded his fists on the ground.

He only hated this island more and more.

 

[Razor Shiftry]

I saw my name flash up on the screen in the waiting area of the stadium along with another name of someone called Andy. ‘Looks like he’s my opponent’ I said quietly to myself. There was an annoying blare of noise as the speaker radiated out across the stadium:

‘Will the trainers Jack and Andy please walk up to the stadium please.’ I got off the armchair I was sitting in and walked towards the plain, white, ceiling lit corridor that lead out to the battlefield. As I reached the corridor, I came faced to face with a boy looking slightly gothic from the clothes he was wearing. He looked determinedly at me.

‘Andy?’ I inquired politely. The boy nodded at me. I brought up my hand in a gesture of good luck which he shook before we both walked down the corridor, then split up from each other so that we would enter at each end of the battlefield.

As I walked up, the sunshine from the sun above the open-roofed stadium, blinding me momentarily before my eyes readjusted to the overwhelming light. Mild cheering greeted my ears as I looked around to see quite a few people in the seat cheering. I gave a little wave to the crowd as I walked up to the raised battlefield, climbing up the steps till I reached the top and saw my opponent Andy do the same.

‘OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!’ shouted the ref loudly into the mike. He was standing in the middle of the battlefield on the side and his own platform and looked at both of us suspiciously for some reason. ‘ This will be a 1 on 1 battle with no time limit. The battle will end when one pokemon falls to the ground and doesn’t get back up within 15 seconds!’

Andy and met each others gaze as we took out a pokeball each. I didn’t want to have a long lengthy battle, as it was a one on one so I resorted to the only pokemon I had which I knew from catching him, was god at quickly dealing with other pokemon.

‘Begin!’

‘Go Medicham!’

‘Lets go, Taillow!’

I sighed with despair as the pokemon got released into the basic battlefield. ‘A type advantage and with better speed, just my luck’ I thought to myself bitterly. I wasn’t going to get beaten and I didn’t want my first official battle on the island to begin on a bad note but this was just a test. Yes, a test to see if I was good enough for this place.

I glared with determination at my opponent with a grim, solid face, who, in turn, gave me a slight mocking smile. It was then that I remembered. While Taillow had the type advantage, Medicham had the attacks to counter his weaknesses.

‘Peck Taillow!’ said the pokemon trainer called Andy. Taillow glided effortlessly into the air before quickly diving down and mercilessly clawing and pecking at Medicham who put up his battle worn arms in protection from the fast onslaught.

I jumped in fright. That attack came so fast while I was in thought…

‘Give me and order damn it!’ came a thought train into my mind. I shook my head as the psychic presence moved away again as I realised Medicham was talking to me Telepathically.

‘You can hear what I’m thinking?’ I exclaimed out loud. People who heard what I said looked at me quizzically as Medicham back flipped to temporarily get out of reach from the savage tiny swallow.

‘YES I CAN! Now give me an order!’ . I clutched my head in pain at the mental shout of annoyance from my frustrated and injured pokemon to whom I saw had cuts and scratches on his arms which looked quite painful.

‘Detect!’ I said aloud as the Taillow came to strike once more. Medicham sighed quietly to himself in despair and with his eyes glowing white slightly, cart wheeled out of the way as he sensed the movements of the flying typed pokemon.

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‘I meant give me an order in your THOUGHTS you idiot!’ I screamed telepathically at my trainer as my detection failed and Taillow sliced me with a razor sharp wing to my said, giving me a painful bruise. I closed my eyes and sent a sudden surge of psychic energy to get his attention and give him a rather nasty migraine before he finally realised what I wanted and the benefits of taking my orders from his mind instead from his voice.

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I grinned with a newfound confidence. ‘Medicham, Mind read Taillow’s next move and charge up a ring of hidden power’ I thought, somehow attempting to aim the train of thought at Medicham. It must have worked as Medicham gave a slight nod and closed his eyes to anticipate the next move.

I glanced over at my opponent Andy. He looked worried from the other side of the battlefield where I was. My new found confidence and apparent lack of giving order must have been a little unsettling for him.

‘ Wing attack and then Double team Taillow!’ I heard Andy shout out.

‘Fire the attack one at a time Medicham!’ I yelled within my mind.

Medicham had created a beautifully deadly compressed ring of what seemed like fireballs around him and as the small flying pokemon dived bombed once again, Medicham countered by with a flick of his hand, sending fireball after fireball towards the incoming bird. Taillow panicked and tried to stop herself, instantly turning 180 degrees in a flush of feathers to go backwards and away. As she was going so fast though, all that happened was that she halted her flight and in a last attempt to dodge the power attack, double-teamed at an incredible pace. Clones shot around in a full circle around Medicham as one of them disappeared where Taillow was before as the fireball struck though it.

‘Release them all around you!’ I cried out in my mind, worry hinting at my voice.

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I realised the danger of being surrounded by an unknown foe and promptly unleashed all of the hidden powers of fire and smiled. Just because I was a trainer’s pokemon doesn’t mean I couldn’t have some things that were my own. Spreading my arms out wide and drawing on my psychic powers, I sent my will on my fireballs which I had created and made them rotate around me, spinning outwards like an opening flower of fire.

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Andy looked shocked at the display and so was I. Never would I have thought of a trick like that. Medicham hovered slightly in an aura of neon blue as the spinning balls of fire whizzed further and further away from him in a circle of blurs. The Taillow and its clones attempted to get out of the way but was unable to as fireball after fireball blasted each clone apart until one hit the real bird who, seconds later, was pummelled with a incinerating barrage of hidden powers. Unable to defend herself in anyway, I saw Taillow collapse to the ground in defeat.

‘THE WINNNNNNNNNNER IS JACK!’ yelled the ref triumphantly. The crowd roared as Medicham walked back to me and rested heavily on my shoulder, worn out from the battle. Andy quietly returned his Taillow and without a single word or allowing me to say ‘good battle’, ran off back into the stadium. I took a moment to wave to the crowd before returning Medicham with a warm smile and walking off the battlefield and back into the Stadium…

 

[Razor Shiftry]

Medicham and me walked down the corridor back to the waiting with grins on our faces. True, my opponent took his loss quite badly it seemed, but we won our first match. I thought I’d best return Medicham into his new pokeball but when we were off the battlefield, he showed me a little trick of his and recovered his injuries. He was still tired though from the use of the controlled hidden power with his psychic though but all he said was that he just needed a little rest – and that walking in with no apparent injuries would discourage other trainers.

He walked into the waiting room comfortably and with ease. The simple, large room littered with armchairs and sofas along with TV monitors was filled with other trainers who looked at us warily as we casually sat down on a sofa. The next battle was going to start soon and there was a buzz of excitement and nervousness from everyone nearby – each wondering if they would go into the next round.

Without warning, someone’s Blissey came bounding up hopping around happily. Medicham and I looked momentarily surprised at it.

‘Did someone lose you?’ I said casually to myself, looking around for the happiness pokemon’s trainer. Not finding anyone I turned back to the mysterious Blissey. ‘Don’t tell me you just turned up here did you?’ I smiled at the pink pokemon who smiled back in its own naïve little way – slightly too happy I realised. But then again, it WAS a happy pokemon by nature…

Slightly shaken by the creepy euphoria of the pokemon, I search around the room for the pokemon’s trainer or a nurse joy or someone who could help me. Somehow, everyone avoided my gaze. Scowling slightly, I stood up slowly followed by Medicham behind me. I had barely taken 2 steps when I felt something smashed into my back and collapsed onto the floor.

‘OW!’ I gasped in pain. Looking with sudden shock and hate, I searched for the culprit of the attacker. The remnants of the thunder wave, which had temporarily paralysed my legs, were the pokemon I least suspected. Manically euphoric laughter escaped the Blissey.

‘What the hell!?’ I yelled though my gritted teeth as the Blissey continued its crazy paralysing spree, surprising Medicham for a thunder wave/thunder combo I recognised. I sickening crack echoed in the waiting room as Medicham, stunned and paralysed, slid to the floor after smashing into the wall. There was a stunned silence…

OOC: dun dun duuuuuun...

 

[crystal-zephyr]

Nicola ran along the bank of the lake where she had first found her Poochyena, Pulse, and also the place that her Togepi...Togekiss, left. She took out all three of her occupied pokeballs. Her two obedient pokemon burst out, Cloyster and Buizel. However for once the Poochyena remained in its pokeball. "Coral?" She asked towards her Cloyster. "How you feeling since you evolved? Still abit scared at everything." The Cloyster shook its head, as best it could, and shot Nicola a hard glare. "Wow you have got confidence. How about a practise battle then? Both of you two fight each other in a practise. Just dont be going over the top." Both of her water pokemon turned to each and nodded and ran out into an open(er) area standing quite a few feet apart. "Ok guys i'm not going to give commands so you'll have to fight on your own." Just as she finished speaking Buizel launched itself forwards in a burst of light swinging its fist directly into Cloysters hard shell throwing it back slightly. Cloyster quickly responded with a glowing horn thrown at Buizel hitting it in the chest. "Wow a Spike cannon attack. A strong one too." At that Nicola dropped herself to the floor to sit down and resting the pokeballs besides her without noticing Poochyena release itself. It turned to run but its eyes were caught by the battle enraging on and turned around again to watch besides Nicola. Out of the corner of her eyes she noticed the little brown dog pokemon sit and watch the battle between her other two pokemon.

Buizel ran over and dived into the lake out of view. Cloyster closed its shell as a green aura surounded it. Cloyster was taking the smartest way out and using Protect. Suddenly a huge collomn of water shot out of the lake with Buizel clearly seen in the centre. It circled in the air then came crashing down towards Cloyster. Nicola looked amazed at the attack as she couldn't recognise it as seen before. As the water faded down Cloyster could be seen as hurt and Buizel was standing on its shell as its fist began to fade from glowing. The attack was probably combined with a Focus Punch, one of this Buizel's most used move. He hopped off as Cloyster came out of its shell looking slightly dazed but still able to fight. Cloyster began spinning in place preparing itself whilst Buizel once again got its fist glowing. He leapt off straight at Cloyster. Something flashed before Nicola's eyes what ever it was hit Buizel hard. "Stop!" Nicola yelled. Cloyster stopped spinning as it was seen that Poochyena was the one who went past and had a hard grip over Buizel's fist with what looked like an electrified jaw. Nicola recalled the dog pokemon and crouched down next to her Buizel. "You ok Foku?" Buizel just sat up and nodded that it was fine. He flinched abit at a spark of electicity coursed through its body. Buizel is a tough fighter but not tough enough to resist being paralysed. Nicola next recalled her Cloyster and picked up Buizel in her arms. "come on Foku i'll take you back." She broke into a sprint heading towards the pokemon centre on the island.

A few minutes past and Nicola was on the phone, first off asking questions about Poochyena off her dad who was well known in her home town for being the best with one-on-one matches using a Mightyena. It was just so worthless that he couldn't ever win a two-on-two match. After getting some info she worked out that Poochyena she had isnt a normal Poochyena as it should be grey and black, not brown, and that it used Thunderfang earlier. Finally she spoke to her mum about seeing if she could send something over. An item used back when Nicola first got Coral as a Shellder and used the item so the two could attach better. She hoped that the Sooth Bell could help Poochyena stop being so rebelious. "Ok thanks mum." She said over the phone.

"Oh i'm sending you something else aswell. Oh and can i ask something?" Her mum asked.

"Yeah sure."

"Do you have a boyfriend yet?"

"I'm going now mum." She quickly put the phone down. "Oh well. I'll wait till Foku is better and i'll go get my stuff from my mums Fearow. Hopefully if it gets there before me it'll wait."

 

[Skeith]

I waited for my match to be called in the waiting area, I had been deciding on what pokemon to use and after much thought I had chosen my Chimchar, now I sat there waiting bored, longing for my match to begin, I glanced round the room looking for something to kill my boredom, there were a few magazines (all back issues of Pokemon Pal and Trainers Travelling Tales) scattered across the desk and a TV in the corner, knowing the magazines would just add to my boredom I decided to turn on the TV.

Nines days… One house… Big broth- I quickly changed the channel, I loathed big brother

Your watching the P-TV, Now its time for Pimp my Bike with your Hip to the No host, Hipno! I quickly turned off the TV, Its true what they say the quality had sunk beyond low, I sighed and sat down and bored, wondering when my match would star-

“Attention please will the contestants for the forth match please make there way to the arena!” I smiled at the speaker as it delivered the news I had been longing to hear for so long, I scooped up my pokeballs and made my way to the stage.

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“Lady’s and Gentlemen, Welcome to the forth match of the battle island preliminary tournament!” The announcer yelled into his mike from the centre of the stage, he then stunk out his hand to the right “To my right is the first of our challengers DM!” The crowd erupted with cheers as they did I wondered if my opponent was famous, I looked at him, he a tall boy with brown hair but didn’t really strike me as familiar, surely a normal person wouldn’t get that kind of reaction from the crowd but was he really famous?

“And to my left, the second challenger give it up for Jacob!” The crowd erupted once more, I sweat dropped I was used to this kind of attention, maybe I was wrong, maybe the crowd were just geared up for a match.

“Fighters ready?” The announcer asked before retreating towards the sidelines, “Begin!”

“Go Pineco!” Dm yelled as he hurled a familiar red and white sphere into the air, light burst out of it and formed into a pinecone shaped creature, I stared at it trying to remember it’s typing, since it resembled a pinecone I assumed it was a grass type and became filled with conference as I threw out my own pokeball.

“Go Chimchar!” The ball burst open freeing the fiery primate from within, I smirked at my opponent whom smirked back, I suddenly felt uneasy, had he expected my choice? Or had I been wrong about his pokemon’s typing ?

“Spikes!” DM ordered, my face couldn’t hide my surprise, had he forgotten that this was a one v one match? Judging by his face by the answer was no, I turned my attention backwards the battlefield to see that it was covered with spiny objects, what was he up to?

“Pin Missile!” Pineco spun round unleashing a barrage of thin needles at my pokemon, I quickly refocused on the match.

“Chimchar, Jump and Ember!” My little monkey leapt up out the line of fire and spat out a ball of fire, that hit the Pinecone pokemon and sent it rolling backwards towards it trainer, I smiled maybe I had gotten its weakness right, DM smiled to I wondered why and looked back and Chimchar whom was falling back down to the spike covered field, Spike covered field… Oh no! I could only watch in horror and my monkey plummeted back down towards the field and landed on top of the spikes, It screeched in agony and clutched its foot where a spike had embedded itself, it began to leap round the arena causing some members of the crowd to laugh, I glared at DM whom had a huge grin on his face, that had been his plan all along, to limit my movement, well that wasn’t going to keep me down for long.

“Chimchar, ember again!” I ordered, Chimchar, in-between his hopping, launched anther ball of fire at Pineco, who though wounded still had more than enough energy left , witch it demonstrated by leaping out the way of the attack, it landed in front of DM who looked like he had planned this out.

“Rapid Spin!” He ordered, his creature responded by spinning like a spinning top and hurtled towards Chimchar, I had to think fast, I couldn’t order Chimchar to move or he would be hurt by the spikes but what could I order him to do?

“Brace yourself Chimchar!” I ordered, Chimchar thrust its arms up in an X shape and we both prepared ourselves for what was going to happen… however the attack never came, Pineco hurtled past surprising both me and Chimchar, What was DM planning? Pineco soon answered my question by hurtling in a large cluster of spikes spending them flying in all directions (a few hit some of the spectators) several hit Chimchar in the back and I whined, partly for my pokemon but mostly because of the spike that had embedded itself in my leg and though had hurt me I had at least gained something from the attack, DM’s strategy, he was solely using the spikes to harm my pokemon, that said something to me however that would have to wait for now I needed to dismantle his strategy and I had the perfect more for it.

“Torment!” Chimchar started to make silly faces and teasing movement and the pinecone like creature however the creature was spinning to fast to notice, now I faced anther problem how could I get it to notice?

“Chimchar halt it with an ember!” I ordered, Chimchar obeyed firing off a ball of fire in front of Pineco however the creature had picked up speed thanks to its spinning and easily dodged the attack, I let out a sigh how could I stop it? I didn’t know any more of Chimchar’s attacks that was a projectile, the situation looked bleak and my leg was throbbing, I looked down, pulled off the spike and threw it to one side, that’s when inspiration struck me. The move Fling that would work perfectly here but would Chimchar know it? There was only one way to find out!

“Chimchar! Fling the Spikes on your body at Pineco!” Chimchar looked at me quizzically before pulling a spike off its foot and hurled it at Pineco, Yes it knew it however the spike soared over Pineco’s head and hit a member of the crowd (whoops), Pineco was fast approaching anther large cluster of spikes if we didn’t hit soon it would surely bring Chimchar close to fainting, I quickly reordered the attack and Chimchar responded by pulling off three spikes and prepared to throw, miss, miss, the last one! It hit Pineco’s base causing the creature to topple over. This was the chance I had been waiting for!

“Chimchar! Use torment!” I ordered, Chimchar made some more mocking movements and Pineco fell for it! YES! I could see the dismay creep into DM’s face, now I had control of the match!

“Pineco! Takedown!” DM ordered his creature, his look was determined but there was fear evident in his voice, I smirked and ordered Chimchar to brace itself, Pineco collided into Chimchar who easy with stood the attack, my theory had been right! DM’s Pineco wasn’t very strong and was using Spikes to compensate for its weakness, I smiled as Chimchar threw the creature backwards.

“Its payback time! Fury Swipes!” Chimchar screeched and started to relentlessly slash at the bagworm causing the creature to cry out in pain as it hurtled across the field and landed in front of DM, the match was over… or was it, Pineco picked itself up, it was panting and close to fainting by still capable of fighting! I gulped and DM’s smile returned.

“Rapid Spin!” I swore the torment had released rapid spin and sealed take down, Pineco hurtled to wards the cluster of spikes, I looked to Chimchar preparing to order anther barrage of spikes however my luck had turned bad as Chimchar had no spikes left on it, dam this could be the end, I could order Chimchar to use Ember again but then Pineco could easily dodge it, there was only one option left and it was a risky one!

“Chimchar Ember aim it at the spikes!” I yelled, Chimchar gave me an odd look before doing as it was told, the ball of fire set the spikes alight just as Pineco ploughed into them, the creature screeched in pain as the flames engulfed it, the spikes went flying causing spectators to flee from there seats, I ducked as one flew past me

“Chimchar flame wheel” Chimchar did as it was told and started to spin in place as the flaming projectiles flew towards to it, the monkey’s flames erupted just as the flaming spikes closed in as they collided the flames incinerated the spines causing them to burn up before they touched Chimchar. I breathed a sigh of relief as my plan paid off and Chimchar emerged exhausted but unscratched however it looked like one more attack would finish it off, I panicked and turned my attention towards DM’s Pineco, It was still standing, just barely, one more attack would finish it off as well, I grinned it would come down to who landed an attack first! Both me and DM prepared to order an attack but a shrill cry emerged from somewhere, it was DM’s Pineco, It looked like it was in pain, its sides looked burned and that was the status that had effected it, Pineco struggled to keep awake but it was in to much pain and past out, for a moment there was stunned silence before the ref thrust up his flag in my direction, Chimchar let out a cry of joy and leapt into my arms, I simply grinned I had won the match.

 

[crystal-zephyr]

The nurse came out from a back room with Foku right behind her. The Buizel ran forwards and leapt into Nicola's arms. She gave him and strong hug and stood up from the chair she was sat on. "Thanks but we really need to get going." Nicola said before exitting the centre before anything else could be said.

"Ok Foku. You ready to go poke-hunting?" Buizel nodded. "Good. I heard from one of the trainers that a Blissey has been wandering around attacking pokemon. It's suposed to be strong, but so are you. I mean, after Pulse attacked you with that Thunderfang all that happened was you got a paralysed status. And Pulse was a strong fighter anyway." Foku grinned.

"Bui." Foku responded. Nicola ran from the clearing into the thick trees heading towards the beach.

"We just gotta get my stuff from mum's Fearow." Bug pokemon scattered out of the way as the trainer and her water pokemon sprinted through thick thick forest. The sandy beach came soon into view as an orange spec fly across the sky enlarging. Slowly it grew into the figure of a small bird, then a large bird and within minutes the spec was over head and landing. The mighty Fearow squarked loudly as Nicola removed the package tied with a string around its neck hanging loosely. When the package was taken, the bird pokemon spread its large wings and beat them hard, flying off. The package was opened to reveil a bell on a red string and a small messenger bag. Nicola unzipped the side pocket and dropped in the pokeballs. In the main compartment of the bag, Nicola took out the new clothes her mother had sent. "Well i've got everything i need right here. Lets go Foku." Once again the two broke out into a run, only this time with Nicola's new bag trailing behind.

 

[firewater]

"RATICATE NOOOOOO"

"Rat"
"Blisseeeeeeyy"

..... Let me get to the beginning of this.......

I had been sitting in the lobby, spraying Pineco with a hyper Potion when I heard a commotion down a hall. I look out, to notice a blast of electricity knock a Medicham clear across the hall. I notice a Blissey leap out of the same hall, behind it- a trainer's shout of anger. Suddenly, a blast of lighting slams into the floor in front of me. Irratated, I toss out Raticate's ball- and order it to use a Tackle attack. it slammed into the pink pokemon, knocking it to the ground. The pokemon tosses its Egg out, and as it hits the ground, it splits into three smaller eggs, which knock Raticate backwards.

"Raticate, go back with a HYPER FANG"

Raticate bares its teeth- and bites into what he thought was the Blissey. In fact, if falls on its face, as Blissey grins happily.... in a strange way- and slams Raticate with a giant thunderbolt. Yet again, Raticate is knocked backwards...

"Oh well, the third time's the charm- Raticate Bubblebeam it"

"BLISSssseeeeeeeYYYY"

Blissey screeches manically, and fires a thunderwave, which blasts the bubbles- and Paralyzes Raticate. Raticate glows yellow, and with surprising speed, slams into Blissey, who is knocked back quite a bit. Realizing that Raticate's Guts ability activated- I shout

"Raticate, finish it with Hyper Fang"

I watch, as Blissey glows white, and heals itself with a Softboiled attack. Raticate dashes forward, but freezes halfway there- and is sitting there, Paralyzed as the Blissey fires another Egg Bomb. Raticate flies back, and gasping for air- dives forward in a desperate Double Edge attack. Blissey grins and charges electricity as Raticate charges forward. Suddenly, Raticate leaps into the air- and as its Tail glows silver- it freezes up. Blissey leaps backward, and as the tiles beneath it crack- the Thunder slammed into Raticate- finally knocking it out.I fall in frustration, tears falling from my eyes as my rat pokemon twitches on the ground. Fully frustrated, I watch the pink thing dash down another corridor, as I pick Raticate up- and turn it in to Nurse Joy. I quietly pray, as I vow revenge on that Blissey.......

 

[Fiend Ryu]

{{OOC: Yet another flashback post...day before tourney, yeah. I tried first person, and uh...well, yeah.}}

IC:

“Your Doduo’s hurt pretty badly- it may have to stay here for a few days.”

Wonderful. ****ing wonderful.

I almost instantly realized that I wouldn’t be able to leave this damn island as early as I’d hoped. I’d have to sleep in that crappy hotel, and I'd need my ****ing money back, too…

With Maximillian’s Pokeball in hand, I walked out of the Pokemon Center, clenching my fist tightly. On my way to the hotel, I spotted that *******, Bryant…he had something in his hand. It looked like a cheque. As I approached him, he held out the cheque, though he looked somewhat reluctant.

“I suppose you want your money back, Grayer,” he said bluntly. “Well, here it is.”

I snatched it from him quickly, walking past him and muttering a small “thanks”. I wasn’t in the mood to start an argument with him, and now that I knew I had no hope of buying this island, I had no purpose in being here, and I’m pretty sure he understood that.

“…so I take it you’ll be leaving tomorrow, right, Grayer?”

“No. As it turns out, my Doduo is going to have to stay in the Pokemon Center for a few days.” I did my best to sound calm, but my voice turned out hard and cold.

“…I see. I hope your Doduo makes a quick recovery,” he said as he began to walk away. I bet he literally meant it- he wanted me off this island as much as I wanted to be. “…oh, and, enjoy your stay in the hotel.”

I continued walking, Pokeball still clenched in my hand as I walked into the hotel and booked a room. I walked upstairs and headed in, and though the room wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be, I was still unimpressed. It was then that I wished that I was in my enormous, luxurious home in Celadon…

Maximillian- I had almost forgotten to scold that mut, until I pressed the white button on his Pokeball by accident, and he materialized in front of me. He looked sad, concerned, afraid- but it didn’t phase me at all. I walked up to him and stared into his eyes- my expression must’ve scared him, because I noticed his eyes beginning to water, and he wasn’t saying anything.

“YOU WORTHLESS MUT!” I yelled as I kicked him in the stomach, knocking him into the wall. He only cried more and more, but I once again approached him and stared him down with the same expression. The window was open, and people might’ve heard, but I honestly didn’t give a rat’s ***. This mut continued to fail me, again and again, and I was fed up with it. That weakling…needed to be taught a lesson.
I picked him up by his chest and held him near my face, squeezing his furry skin tightly as I saw him squirm in desperation and pain. He barked and cried, but I gave no regard.

“You weakling, you’ve constantly let me down today! You’re worthless, and you won’t live up to anything! You have no potential in this world…!” I tossed him onto the floor and kicked him again. I glared at him, my eyes mixed with anger and disappointment- I continued to scold him, no longer with physical contact.

“Ambition and power should be all you care about, but you treat life as a game…you never aim to become stronger, you never set any goals for yourself…that’s why you’re WORTHLESS!”

There was an echo in my head and I froze. I realized that I’d repeated something I’d heard before- and I didn’t say another word that night, immediately going to bed.

I began to think about what my father had said to me, and I compared it to what I had said to Maximillian- no, I shouldn’t have given it any regard, and I realized that. It was then that I wondered if all Pokemon were like him…

Pokemon are stupid creatures. They obey humans because they are weak- they depend on us, our intelligence, and our power, to survive. Because without humans, they are eaten or killed in the wild- we are their saviors, their masters. They are our slaves. They give us complete servitude because we are superior…

These thoughts, they crawled through my mind for minutes, until I finally fell asleep.