Pokémon: Amber [IC]

[Strala]

Christopher Liu
As the smoke started to cover the field, Christopher couldn't help but smile. While a lot of people thought smokescreen was bad it was actually a great move. It allowed him to escape from a certain she-demon and make hasty getaways from hot springs. He pities all the men that got beaten because they didn't have a pokemon that knew smokescreen. It was also great for the current reason. Flame had a type disadvantage against the Squirtle.

Christopher suddenly yelled "Flame use scratch." When saw that nothing was happening he decided to yell again. "Flame the hell I said use scratch. YOU KNOW SCRATCH. THE MOVE WHERE YOU SCRATCH THE ENEMY. FLAME ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING." Hearing no response was worrying and the smoke was starting to lift. "FLAME WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING. DO YOU WANT TO GET BLASTED BY WATER. AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO HATE WATER?!"

On the other side, the man who so happens to be a team shade grunt was laughing and with a mocking tone, he said "Kid this will be easier than I thought. I mean what type of trainer let's there pokemon do whatever they want. How about you go home and let the big kids play." Christopher shouted right back "Never I have absolute trust in -" at that moment, the smoke cleared and in the middle was Flame slumped over snoring. Christopher was thinking HOW THE HELL IS FLAME SLEEPING AT THIS MOMEMENT"NANI FLAME WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING. YOUR NOT A SNORLAX AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW REST." Christopher's eyes twitched as he formed a fist held it towards his mouth."Flame I swear to gods that don't exist that I will cut you from food forever if you don't defeat that Squirtle.

As he said that a blur came from where Flame was sleeping and it charged right into the Squirtle. Christopher grinned knowing that he hit Flame's weak spot. Who needs blaze when you have a lazy pokemon that only loves sleep and food. "Flame if you defeat the Squirtle in the next ten minutes I'll give you extra food and I might let you eat ramen and go on my next "research" trip with me." As he finished he noticed Flame was getting more pumped. "Now Squirtle use water gun" yelled the man. The Powerful blast of water hit Flame and launched him backward. It was heartbreaking for Christopher because even though he threatens Flame he truly loves Flame, even if he is a bastard. "Flame can you get up" "Char Char Charmander" was the reply he got. He grinned when saw that Flame was slowly getting up. "That's the spirit now use scratch." Flame charged towards the Squirtle and started scratching it. Ten minutes later Flame collapsed from exhaustion but not before making the Squirtle faint.

"Good job Flame, when we get out of this I'll get you the ramen and the "research" trip you deserve. Now you that was a great battle we- huh where did you go" The man had disappeared and in his place was 100 pokedollars. "Oh, sweet money. He doesn't need it anymore, so that means more Ramen for me." When he finished collecting the money he returned Flame to his Pokeball and Christopher started searching for the professor. Man that professor knows to make an introduction ceremony fun.

[Eastfield Lodge]

Lloyd Ninten and Lucas Monteiro

Glameow’s Scratch attack made contact, sending Fluxy spinning away, but the Magnemite recovered without much effort. “Quick, Fluxy, confuse it with Supersonic!” Fluxy complied, spinning the screw in its head to create another deafening sound, but Glameow braced well and wasn’t fazed by the attack. “One trick pony, I figured. Pity that won’t work twice. Glameow, Hyp-”. The thug was promptly interrupted by Jain’s Ember making contact with her Zubat. “How dare you interrupt me like that! Not cool! Glameow, use Growl on both of them, Zubat, Wing Attack!”

Lucas chuckled, his usual fun nature showing. “And here I thought that showing a girl some fire would be proof of my interest. Jain, welcome the attacking Zubat with an Ember to the face!” Jain stood, waiting for the Zubat to get close, only for her to jump and shoot another fireball at her target.

Glameow’s growl missed both trainer’s pokemon, with Lloyd just staring at Lucas as he was what, flirting with the thug? “You know, there’s a time and a place for that. Fluxy, take out that Glameow with a Magnet Bomb!” Fluxy’s body glowed silver and created an orb of light around itself, which it then fired at the Catty Pokemon. Both the Ember and Magnet Bomb made contact, and the thug was getting increasingly angry. “Right, I’ve had it with the pair of you. Glameow, hypnosis on that pesky Vulpix. Zubat, Supersonic on Magnemite!”

”Well, I was going to solve this peacefully, but someone had to stop me while I was midway through this.” The blond said, grumbling. ”Alright, Jain, let’s see if this cat can handle a fox. Close your eyes and go for another Ember!” He yelled. Excuse me, sorry for ruining your date. Lloyd replied. ”Cancel that Supersonic with your own Fluxy. The Vulpix nodded, closing her eyes and blasting a fireball, hoping to aim the blast via the cat Pokémon’s smell, whilst the Magnemite created yet another wall of sound. Jain’s Ember cancelled out Glameow’s Hypnosis, but the cat was quick, following it up with a close-range Scratch that Vulpix couldn’t avoid. The two Supersonics collided, deafening all three trainers, but with no effect on the pokemon. Lucas looked at the boy, yelling again due to the deafening Supersonics. ”It’s fine! I don’t think she’s into good looking guys with scarves! Maybe we should try and plan a move out together?”

All around them, the battles were beginning to clear up as help was arriving, but this thug wasn’t quitting just yet. ”Yeah, sure!” Lloyd shouted back. ”I’ll slow that Glameow down so you can take it out! Thunder Wave, Fluxy!” Before the thug could recover from her bleeding eardrums, Fluxy created an electrical tunnel aimed straight at her Glameow. It worked, as Glameow was suddenly doubled over and covered in sparks as she was paralyzed. Lucas only nodded. ”Ember, Jain!” The Vulpix was fairly annoyed of having to use Ember again, but promptly did so, shooting another ball of fire from her mouth, dead center on the Glameow’s head. The thug recovered just in time to see her Glameow keel over backwards, spirals in its eyes. ”How? I’m not done yet. Zubat, Absorb!” Zubat swooped up towards Magnemite with its fangs bared, but it was met with a well-aimed Psychic attack from another source. A Hypno was on the scene, surrounded by a purple glow. The police had began to stream in, finally. The thug took one look at them, recalled both her pokemon and legged it, dropping everything else in the process, including some money.

Lucas rose an eyebrow, having realized the girl fled, shrugging. ”Oh, boy. I’m guessing she really isn’t into scarved ones. So, what’s your name? I mean, you kind of helped me out there though I’m sure I could’ve solved this without a battle.” The Vulpix shook her head before being recalled. ”The name’s Lloyd. Lloyd Ninten, from Patagol City.” Lloyd replied whilst recalling his Magnemite. ”I don’t think that girl was in the mood for talking, to be honest, what with you taking her out with a football and all. What’s your name, by the way?” Lucas chuckled. ”What? Never heard of love on first ball shot? And well… name’s Lucas Monteiro. Probably never heard of me as well.” He shrugged, picking up his ball back and placing it inside his bag.

[Mundeo]

Altorre City, Monument Avenue
The Dust Settles

Prosper was about to land his attack, when a fast, round object came into view and slammed into the Poochyena, sending the pokemon flying. When the pokemon didn't get back onto its feet, the grunt picked up his fainted pokemon and ran from the scene. Now that Ness was able to get a clear look at just what had hit Prosper's target, he was able to see a large, metal mask sparkling in the sunlight - it was an Aron! If a pokemon had came in to take the knockout, then where was its trainer?

"You're lucky I decided to help you. You wouldn't have made it, otherwise" As if on queue, the trainer in question appeared on the scene. The black-clad Corvao walked over to his Aron, turning to Ness with a dismissive smirk. "You didn't actually think you would've been able to take on an experienced trainer on your own, did you?"

Corvao then looked back to the stage with a scowl. There were a few trainers still in the avenue. Three were on the stage and the rest were heading there. Police officers were beginning to storm the area, chasing away or arresting the few remaining thugs.

On the stage, with the help of Adam, Alexander, and Malcolm, the Professor was able to get himself out from underneath the screen. "Thanks" He muttered to the three as he dusted himself off. Ferris hopped off of the Skarmory, joining the three trainers and the professor.

"Are you alright, Leandro?" He asked.

"Yeah, I should be fine" He answered briefly, giving the gym leader a thumbs up. "I'm not what you should be concerned of, though" He motioned to Adam, Alex, and Malcolm, then looked over the stage to the group of trainers and police officers. "I never could have expected them to pull of something like this, putting all of those children in danger. Thank goodness I'm the only one who sustained any injuries"

Professor Acai then knelt down by the three trainers, a wide grin on his face. "What you three did was incredibly brave-"

"What they did was incredibly dangerous" Ferris interjected. "You had just received your pokemon, and you pit them against an enemy that was far too powerful to take on. Imagine what kind of harm both you and your pokemon would have suffered had I not arrived..." The gym leader sighed and shook his head. "Nonetheless, I am glad to see you three safe"

"We should gather up the rest of the trainers and bring them to the lab, perhaps give them some time to process all of this..." Leandro said, looking out over the stage, then looking at Ferris. "I wonder where your son is?"

"He's out there, no doubt" Ferris answered. "He could never resist the opportunity to battle"

[Dentali]

Glen ran into the ceremony grounds, narrowly beating the police closing in. Unfortunately the Team Shade Grunts had mostly cleared out and escaped, beaten back by a number of hopeful trainers and others. Glen recalled Gojira to his Pokeball and began walking over to the individual he thought might be the Professor Acai.

“Is everyone okay?” He said to the group that included the Professor “I fought my way in here, what the heck was Team Shade up to?”

[Haedros 92712]

Rustling grass! Time for battle!
Um, Nyx? I forgot which moves you’ve learned.
Nyx? Where did she... aw shoot.

Out of the grass popped a Pikipek! “Alright Nyx, lets take this thing on!” Called out Alice. It was then that she realized her Pokémon had vanished. “Umm... Nyx? Nyyyx...” It was at this point Alice knew Nyx wasn’t coming back. And so, she did the only logical thing to do in this situation. She ran as fast as her legs could take her. And of course, the Pikipek gave chase. Alice ran for a good mile before she sat down to take a rest. Just as she sat however, she heard the Pikipeks cry... right... above... her head. Not even looking back, she burst into full sprint again, however, this time, just as she managed to build up some speed, she tripped over a tree root. She hit the ground and rolled into the trunk of another tree. “Ow...” she muttered. This was when the Pikipek finally caught up. It prepared to use peck on her, and then, from the trees came another Pokemon. Alice instantly recognized it as Nyx. Nyx used tackle on the bird, knocking out of the air. As the two Pokemon hit the ground, Alice took her chance. She reached into her bag, and removed a glossy red and white pokeball. She threw it at top speed towards the Pikipek, and her aim was true. The bird was pulled into the ball, and the ball fell to the ground. It shook, and trembled, and hopped. And then it stopped. And the Pokemon was captured. “Yeah! We did it Nyx! My first captured Pokemon! Woo Hoo!” The zorua turned her head towards Alice, before opening her mouth and using her illusion once again to speak. “You mean, I did it. All you did was panic and run. And by the way, I told you I knew where we were going.” The fox turned and walked away. Alice followed, only to see nothing other than Altorre city. Bewildered for but a moment, Alice stood and stared, before following her fox into Altorre.

The city of Pokemon!
Isn’t it beautiful Nyx?
Wait, Nyx! Come back!

Trainer and Pokemon walked alongside each other in the city, passing by shops for Pokemon supplies, gift shops, various cafes, and everything in between. Nyx led as the two walked through the city, knowing that they had been late for the ceremony. And then, Nyx veered away, into a nearby cafe that also served food for Pokemon. “Nyx? Where are you going?” The Pokémon turned her head before her stomach answered for her. “Oh... alright then.” Alice followed Zorua into the cafe. They ordered food (well, Nyx ordered food, Alice just bought a slice of cake) and they two sat down. “We have to eat quick. I need to get a Pokédex before they stop giving them out.” The Zorua nodded in agreement, not willing to reveal she could talk in front of people.

[Segral]

Brian Warner

Ho-ly shit. Team...Shade, what the hell?! All Brian had come for were his Pokédex and Pokeballs, that was it! He had spent hours getting here from Garoma City, only to find this! All he had seen as he walked off the stage was the screen suddenly collapsing, several loud bangs and screams, before all hell broke loose. It was craaaazy, craaazy as one can get!

He had wanted to fight off the grunts, but instead, he had gotten knocked over by some running kids and spent the next good while trying to avoid getting trampled underneath the sea of legs that was gathered in Altorre. Muncher...had not been of much help, mostly trying to shove people away from Brian to avoid getting trampled, a series of actions with slightly...binary results.

Eventually, the noise and din quieted down, and there was a way out. Getting to his feet with Muncher’s help, he managed to find his way to a quickly gathering group of people.

“Yo, are you guys okay?!” Brian exclaimed, running up to the group with Muncher hot on his heels. “Like, what the hell was that, who—hooooooly shiiiiit...” he trailed off, realizing the ensemble all-star cast in front, the Professor and a well-known Gym Leader straight dead in front of him. He was clapping eyes on them. Damn.

[Dentali]

Brian Warner

Ho-ly shit. Team...Shade, what the hell?! All Brian had come for were his Pokédex and Pokeballs, that was it! He had spent hours getting here from Garoma City, only to find this! All he had seen as he walked off the stage was the screen suddenly collapsing, several loud bangs and screams, before all hell broke loose. It was craaaazy, craaazy as one can get!

He had wanted to fight off the grunts, but instead, he had gotten knocked over by some running kids and spent the next good while trying to avoid getting trampled underneath the sea of legs that was gathered in Altorre. Muncher...had not been of much help, mostly trying to shove people away from Brian to avoid getting trampled, a series of actions with slightly...binary results.

Eventually, the noise and din quieted down, and there was a way out. Getting to his feet with Muncher’s help, he managed to find his way to a quickly gathering group of people.

“Yo, are you guys okay?!” Brian exclaimed, running up to the group with Muncher hot on his heels. “Like, what the hell was that, who—hooooooly shiiiiit...” he trailed off, realizing the ensemble all-star cast in front, the Professor and a well-known Gym Leader straight dead in front of him. He was clapping eyes on them. Damn.

"Oh good im not the only late one" said Glen who arrived just moments before "I think everyone is as confused as us. I'm Glen by the way, I was hoping to get started on my journey here." He turns back to the Pokemon professor "I'm not gonna let a few thugs deter me from my goal. Are you still giving out Pokedexes?"

[S i t k a]

Marty Finnegan

Meanwhile, as things became more than a bit chaotic in Altorre City, a kid near the end of Route 2 fell out of a tree.

Got pushed out, actually. As the dislodged teenager shook his way out of his sleeping bag he looked up to see the grinning face of a zorua, followed by that laugh that seems endemic to the species.

The teen, however, was not upset, and smiled after getting his bearings. "Fine, I'm up, okay? You don't need to do that." More giggling in response. Marty, as the kid was named, began idly packing up his belongings and cleaning up the remains of last night's camp, before suddenly standing up straight as an arrow and looking at the position of the sun.

"Morning... late... city... pokedex... AUGH!"

There was no need for further explanation. In little more than a minute his bag was packed and him and Duncan the zorua were running full speed down the trail. They weren't far at all from Altorre City - some of its buildings were visible above the treeline - but they had hoped to be there in time to get a pokedex from Professor... Pine? Acacia? Tree? The name was irrelevant, but time was not. Marty had saved up the money for the liner from Sinnoh for a reason.

It was not long before the trail took them into the outskirts of the settlement. Given its proximity, the duo could have very easily stayed the night somewhere, but they often preferred nature to a bustling city, though the city did have its charms. More importantly, money was needed for food and other essential supplies needed for any traveler. Pokemon Centers tended to provide lodgings free of charge, of course, but getting lost in a strange metropolis late at night looking for one wasn't high on anyone's to do list.

Daytime, in contrast, was a safe time to explore, but there was precious little time for that now. They walked swiftly toward the city center, Duncan keeping an eye out for anywhere to grab a snack while Marty looked for anything to do, draw, or investigate.

Marty's attention soon turned to this as well, as he realized they hadn't eaten since yesterday. Him and Duncan's path veered away from the city center, eventually leading them to a small cafe. It wasn't far from the plaza the Professor was to be in, so Marty shrugged and went in to order breakfast for them both, hoping it wouldn't cut into their savings too much. Sitting down, he didn't immediately notice a girl across the room with a zorua of her own.

Duncan did, of course, and looked over inquisitively for a moment with a tilted head. He looked up at his friend, who was so absorbed in his sandwich that he could have missed the second coming. Marty had wanted to make friends, and here was a girl with another zorua! He really wished he could speak. At least Marty knew he understood him.

Marty seemed to sense his companion's annoyance with him, and looked over to where the girl was sitting. Interesting. He hadn't seen many other people with zorua before. He managed a weak wave and a smile but nothing else. He was never sure how to greet people. Duncan simply put his paw over his eyes and shook his head.

[Phalnia]

Malcolm Brite
Altorre City

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With the professor freed from beneath the rubble Malcolm lowered the weight, careful not to crush his fingers or his toes. Malcolm was trying to take it all in. Law enforcement had swarmed Monument Avenue. They were rounding up the last of those Team Shade thugs. That was the first time that Malcolm noticed that other trainers had been battling just like Adam, Alexander, and he had been. Did they win? They must have. Malcolm thought. Otherwise those thugs would have gotten away. He snapped back to the scene on the stage when professor Acai began to thank them for their efforts. Before he could even finish he was interrupted by Skarmory's trainer. Malcolm must have passed over him in all the chaos. He was a well dressed man with an aura of authority. That aura only grew as he chastised the boys for taking on so much risk.

That's when Malcolm put it together. The powerful steel-type and the quick arrival. This had to be Ferris, gym leader of Altorre City. "W..we couldn't just stand by and watch them get away with it." Malcolm stammered out to Ferris. Before he could think of another explanation, more figures rushed the stage. These were not more Shade thugs bent on violence and theft, but rather fellow trainers. Malcolm listened to their flurry of questions and spoke up to the group as a whole.

"I think were all alright over here. Thanks to Ferris' timely arrival," Malcolm looked over towards Skarmory and the other pokémon, "and Skarmory's Air Slash." He turned back towards the group. "I'm Malcolm Brite, by the way. I don't think I got a chance to introduce myself during all the excitement."

When Malcolm had looked towards the pokémon he was relieved to see them all standing and chattering away among themselves. Eve's head had finally calmed down and she had begun to shake the dust of of her coat. She turned to the other two. "That was exciting, wasn't it. I can't wait to fight again either.

[New Roman Empire]

Serana Mystan

As the dust settled the Grunt had disappeared and some pokedollars were on the ground. She split the money each of them getting 100 of the 200, she cleared the hair from her face and pushed it to the side. "Well, that was an interesting experience we should probably go check on the stage no doubt that is where most people will be heading," she advised the boy who had helped her in the battle. "By the way, my name is Serana and thank you for the help," she informed the boy before heading off towards the direction of the stage.

When she got to the edge of the stage she could see the professor was alright and she sighed with relief. She leaned against the front wall of the stage and slumped to the ground. She was exhausted no doubt Munch was as well, there was no doubt that this would only get harder and hopefully, there wouldn't be so many of those guys next time around. Man those Pokemon were tough though they didn't look like it from looks, I guess that is what judging off of a pokemon's looks gets you. She smiled at the though and rested her arms behind her head and started to relax.

[Strala]

Christopher Liu
As he was searching for the professor he would bump into random people. Direction finding was never his strong suit and that was probably why he got beaten after his research sessions. He shivered at the bruises that he got from the women and especially his mom. At least when Flame learned smokescreen he could take his sweet time and got more to write down. Other than wanting to become a pokemon champion it didn't hurt earning extra money from becoming a writer, and this research was very crucial. If Jiraiya sensei could see him now he would be proud of him. When he finally thought that Flame had rested enough he let him out of his pokeball and fed him some of his precious ramen packs. He was crying while doing it but a promise was a promise."Why did I have to make that bet with you Flame, couldn't you be more like other Charmanders and instead of getting motivated by food or sleep instead you get motivated by a good fight." All he got from Flame was "Char Char Charmander" which translated into "Love you too"

After wandering endlessly for a few moments he saw a sight that greatly interested him. It was a very hot girl slumped on the ground near the stage. The girl looked like she was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old and she already had that type of body! Imagine what she would look like when she grew up. She would definitely be a looker. "Hot damn... right Flame" "Char Char Charmander"

Flame was more interested in if she had food for him. After all, she had a Munchlax as her pokemon and a Munchlax was what Flame probably was in a previous life. He sleeps and eats like a Munchlax and the only difference is that if he can mega evolve he can take down legendaries. If only he was a Munchlax instead of a Charmander.

Christopher walked straight up to her and said "Are you a Pikachu? Because you are shockingly beautiful." gently. Hah, that should do it. It was a "great" Pick-up line and he was the epitome of manliness. She should be head over heels for him and well to put it slightly, he was attracted to her and she could also double as great research material

[Avoros]

Ness Cordellia

Prosper was about to land his attack, when a fast, round object came into view and slammed into the Poochyena, sending the pokemon flying. When the pokemon didn't get back onto its feet, the grunt picked up his fainted pokemon and ran from the scene. Now that Ness was able to get a clear look at just what had hit Prosper's target, he was able to see a large, metal mask sparkling in the sunlight - it was an Aron! If a pokemon had came in to take the knockout, then where was its trainer?

"You're lucky I decided to help you. You wouldn't have made it, otherwise" As if on queue, the trainer in question appeared on the scene. The black-clad Corvao walked over to his Aron, turning to Ness with a dismissive smirk. "You didn't actually think you would've been able to take on an experienced trainer on your own, did you?"

Cordellia looked at the young trainer with slight relief in the back of his mind, but externally he appeared a bit annoyed, shaking his head and laughing faintly. "Hey now, every Pokemon has their weaknesses. Poor fella over there had some pretty weak attacks." replied Ness, looking back at the now fainted Poochyena. He watched as the grunt retreated with his mon, dropping something on the way. Ness walked over and plucked the wad of cash, counting it in his hand. He looked up at Corvao, who was looking towards the main space of the ceremony. "You wanna split this or...?".

Ness was interrupted by a squawking Prosper, announcing the arrival of new faces. Police and their Pokemon alike came onto the field to shoo off the remaining grunts. On the stage, Ferris and his Skarmory chased away the grunt and his Scrafty. People across the park tended to their Pokemon or stood in shock. The invasion was over, yet Ness still felt skeptical. He began jogging over to the main stage, hoping the professor and trainers were ok.

[New Roman Empire]

Christopher Liu
As he was searching for the professor he would bump into random people. Direction finding was never his strong suit and that was probably why he got beaten after his research sessions. He shivered at the bruises that he got from the women and especially his mom. At least when Flame learned smokescreen he could take his sweet time and got more to write down. Other than wanting to become a pokemon champion it didn't hurt earning extra money from becoming a writer, and this research was very crucial. If Jiraiya sensei could see him now he would be proud of him. When he finally thought that Flame had rested enough he let him out of his pokeball and fed him some of his precious ramen packs. He was crying while doing it but a promise was a promise."Why did I have to make that bet with you Flame, couldn't you be more like other Charmanders and instead of getting motivated by food or sleep instead you get motivated by a good fight." All he got from Flame was "Char Char Charmander" which translated into "Love you too"

After wandering endlessly for a few moments he saw a sight that greatly interested him. It was a very hot girl slumped on the ground near the stage. The girl looked like she was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old and she already had that type of body! Imagine what she would look like when she grew up. She would definitely be a looker. "Hot damn... right Flame" "Char Char Charmander"

Flame was more interested in if she had food for him. After all, she had a Munchlax as her pokemon and a Munchlax was what Flame probably was in a previous life. He sleeps and eats like a Munchlax and the only difference is that if he can mega evolve he can take down legendaries. If only he was a Munchlax instead of a Charmander.

Christopher walked straight up to her and said "Are you a Pikachu? Because you are shockingly beautiful." gently. Hah, that should do it. It was a "great" Pick-up line and he was the epitome of manliness. She should be head over heels for him and well to put it slightly, he was attracted to her and she could also double as great research material

Serana Mystan

She didn't want to do anything the rest of the rest of the day. But, it looked like the universe had other plans in stored for her and little did she know she was about to meet someone she would not forget. She was trying to relax when a shadow loomed over her, she opened her eyes to see a boy with a Charmander standing over here. She didn't think much of it until she heard his line and blushed at first. Her eye instantly shot open and you could say there were flames coming out of her eyes. "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!" She barked as what the boy had said finally clicked in her mind.

The fire in her eyes only seemed to grow stronger as she shot up and made a fist with her right hand and got closer. "Do you hit on every girl you see!?" She inquired as she took a step closer. With each step, the ground seemed to form cracks under her feet. "What are you some kind of pervy sage wannabe!?" She growled as she jumped on the guy and start to throw punches creating a ball of dust to form around them.

[Petrovskia]

Serana Mystan

As the dust settled the Grunt had disappeared and some pokedollars were on the ground. She split the money each of them getting 100 of the 200, she cleared the hair from her face and pushed it to the side. "Well, that was an interesting experience we should probably go check on the stage no doubt that is where most people will be heading," she advised the boy who had helped her in the battle. "By the way, my name is Serana and thank you for the help," she informed the boy before heading off towards the direction of the stage.

When she got to the edge of the stage she could see the professor was alright and she sighed with relief. She leaned against the front wall of the stage and slumped to the ground. She was exhausted no doubt Munch was as well, there was no doubt that this would only get harder and hopefully, there wouldn't be so many of those guys next time around. Man those Pokemon were tough though they didn't look like it from looks, I guess that is what judging off of a pokemon's looks gets you. She smiled at the though and rested her arms behind her head and started to relax.

Jackson nodded, "I'm Jackson, that's Peachy", he said, pointing at his shoulder, he said, smiling as the took the 100 split. "Thanks, you and Munchlax were great, he said, smiling goofily.

[The Frozen Forest]

Alex held the screen along with Malcolm and Adam until the professor was able to crawl out. Between the three boys there seemed to be just enough to lift the screen, thankfully. He lowered it with the same ease as Malcolm had-the screen he figured was permanently destroyed so there was no point in being super careful with it for any reason other than to not let it fall on himself. Malcolm seemed fixed on something when Alex looked up, he turned to look around the stage grounds to see the police arresting a few-odd criminals, as well as some other Pokemon Trainers. He reached a similar conclusion, they must have been battling alongside him, Malcolm and Adam. He hadn't even realized it, but it made sense-It explained why the criminal team hadn't simply ganged up on him and the others. He offered a silent thanks to the others, whom he didn't know. Naturally the Gym Leader scolded them-he expected something like that. What they had done was dangerous, brave or perhaps even reckless. He was glad they had though, because it had worked out. Some of the trainers joined them on stage, he heard a voice and recognized it. "My name is Alexander Lyahkov, Alex for short."

His eyes turned towards his Pokemon. He still hadn't a nickname for her. She seemed to be getting along with the other two, Malcolm's Eevee and Adams Turtwig. "They seem to be getting along..." he muttered to himself, an idea coming to mind. He turned to the others and asked "Where are you guys planning on going first after all of this gets settled?" He hadn't really thought about it, there were three official routes out of Altorre City. One to Selverde City, another to Meiola Town and a final one to Garoma City. There was also one more "unofficial" route to a place called Jemoia Town.

Oshawott chuckled at Atlas and Eve, "Yeah well you didn't get punched in the face or pilled on your own teammates" Teammates? Was that the right word to use? She looked over the pokemon before her. This was temporary but i had fun she admitted to herself. She looked over at their trainers. "The Professor is OK" she commented happily. She hadn't met Atlas or Eve before today, but the Professor had saved her not too long ago. She remembered that day and closed her eyes for a moment, forcing it out of mind. She didn't want to think about it anymore, the memories were still fresh.

[Strala]

Serana Mystan

She didn't want to do anything the rest of the rest of the day. But, it looked like the universe had other plans in stored for her and little did she know she was about to meet someone she would not forget. She was trying to relax when a shadow loomed over her, she opened her eyes to see a boy with a Charmander standing over here. She didn't think much of it until she heard his line and blushed at first. Her eye instantly shot open and you could say there were flames coming out of her eyes. "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!" She barked as what the boy had said finally clicked in her mind.

The fire in her eyes only seemed to grow stronger as she shot up and made a fist with her right hand and got closer. "Do you hit on every girl you see!?" She inquired as she took a step closer. With each step, the ground seemed to form cracks under her feet. "What are you some kind of pervy sage wannabe!?" She growled as she jumped on the guy and start to throw punches creating a ball of dust to form around them.

Christopher Liu
Well, this wasn't the reaction he was expecting. "Calm down Sweetheart, no need to beat up little old me over here." Damn was this girl violent. What type of girl actually tries to beat up someone that complimented them. "And to answer your question I only hit on the hot ones, and I am no normal PERVY SAGE WANNA BE. I AM CHRISTOPHER OF NATALUZ THE EPITOME OF MANLINESS! MEN FEAR ME AND WOMEN LOVE ME. I NEVER FALL PREY TO WOMENS' WAILS. OR something like" Hah that should do it. Now all he needs is for her to back away and allow him to conduct some "research".

[New Roman Empire]

Serana Mystan

She didn't want to do anything the rest of the rest of the day. But, it looked like the universe had other plans in stored for her and little did she know she was about to meet someone she would not forget. She was trying to relax when a shadow loomed over her, she opened her eyes to see a boy with a Charmander standing over here. She didn't think much of it until she heard his line and blushed at first. Her eye instantly shot open and you could say there were flames coming out of her eyes. "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!" She barked as what the boy had said finally clicked in her mind.

The fire in her eyes only seemed to grow stronger as she shot up and made a fist with her right hand and got closer. "Do you hit on every girl you see!?" She inquired as she took a step closer. With each step, the ground seemed to form cracks under her feet. "What are you some kind of pervy sage wannabe!?" She growled as she jumped on the guy and start to throw punches creating a ball of dust to form around them.

Christopher Liu
Well, this wasn't the reaction he was expecting. "Calm down Sweetheart, no need to beat up little old me over here." Damn was this girl violent. What type of girl actually tries to beat up someone that complimented them. "And to answer your question I only hit on the hot ones, and I am no normal PERVY SAGE WANNA BE. I AM CHRISTOPHER OF NATALUZ THE EPITOME OF MANLINESS! MEN FEAR ME AND WOMEN LOVE ME. I NEVER FALL PREY TO WOMENS' WAILS. OR something like" Hah that should do it. Now all he needs is for her to back away and allow him to conduct some "research".

Serana Mystan

As the dust swarmed around them the boy somehow managed to escape and once again spoke. Flames started to shoot out of Serana's eyes at what the boy was saying, she brushed some dust off of her again before she dragged the boy back into the dust cloud that was settling and started to wail on him again. "You little Pervy Sage wannabe! What the fuck is wrong with you! You pervert!" She barked as she was wailing away at the kind causing the ground to create even more cranks. She stopped for a moment and started to seeth, "DID YOU JUST CALL ME SWEETHEART!" She growled as she formed a fist, "SO TELL ME WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR AFTERLIFE NAME TO BE!" She shouted.

[Haedros 92712]

Going to get a Pokédex!
Hurry up Nyx! We don’t have time to waste!
Ugh, fine! You stay here then!

Alice stood up, looking at the clock. “We don’t have any more time Nyx. We gotta go get the Pokédex before they stop giving them out.” The Pokemon just shaft tilted her head towards Alice then went back to her previous engagement. “Alright, fine then. You stay here and eat while I go get all my equipment to become a trainer.” Alice then walked out the door. She walked the roads until she had reached monument avenue only to find it swarmed with police. Oooohkay then. I think I should probably wait a bit, unless... Alice walked up to an officer. “Excuse me sir, I’m here to see the professor? I need a Pokedex. You see, I’m an aspiring trainer... and, well... y know.” The officer stared down at her. “Cause no trouble, please.” The man stepped aside and allowed Alice through. “Thank you sir!”

[Calindelo]

Joel Knight,
Altorre City

As the Team Shade member walked closer to Buizel, Joel mustered all his strength and set all his fear momentarily, and loudly said, "Wait!" Joel slowly and shakingly stood up from the hot concrete road. Joel gulped before he started talking again, "You'll only get Buizel if you defeat me in a fair Pokémon Battle!" The grunt slightly bended down as he held his knees for support, and started laughing, almost hysterically. "Really kid? You? Battle Me? Just give me your Pokémon and i won't crush your dreams kid." says the grunt before he continued to laugh once again. Joel bit his lips, sweat dripping down his face, and replied, "Why won't you battle me? Scared of being defea--?" Joel was interuppted as a loud and powerful gust of wind swept through the stage, sending another Team Shade member, and a Scrafty through the air, above Joel and Buizel. Now with his attention around him, Joel noticed Team Shade members running away from the trainers they lost to, and some Altorre City police officers, even aressting some. Joel returned his focus on the grunt and continued speaking, "Looks like Team Shade once again lost, why don't you run along with your friends?" The Grunt, who's expression changed from bouyant to shock, replied while stepping back a cew steps, "Never. I am a man of honor, and i accept your puny challenge." The grunt grabbed his pokéball from his belt and released a Ponyta, a fire type pokemon.

As Joel's father taught him, "weaken your opponent before striking, abuse your enemy's quirks and weaknesses." Since Ponyta is obviously a fire type Pokémon, Buizel can use water to weaken it. "Buizel!" Shouts Joel, "Use Water Sport!" Buizel followed Joel's command and it quickly began raining at the battle area. The grunt grinned, and said "Water sport? I'm not that stupid. I can defeat you only with normal attacks. Let me demonstrate." The grunt turned to his Ponyta and shouted, "Ponyta! Tackle that Buizel!" The Ponyta started charging at Buizel. Buizel was quickly hit and was pushed 10 feet away, tumbling down from the force. While Buizel was on the ground, and the Ponyta towering over him, the Grunt chuckled and proudly said to Joel, "I told you this would happen." The grunt then turned to his Pokémon and said, "Finish that Buizel with stomp." Joel quickly alerted Buizel, and said, "Buizel! Dodge it!" Buizel rolled to the right with haste, narrowly escaping the painful move against him. Buizel quickly stood up and took a stance, ready to strike. "Strike him with Sonic Boom, Buizel!" A bright light emerges from both Buizel's tail and he quickly turns 360 degrees, proppeling some sort of poweful shockwave at Ponyta. Ponyta was hit and flinched, struggling to stay still while standing. "No!" Yells the Grunt, eyes widened. Joel seeing the opportuity, said, "Buizel hit him again!" A bright light shines from Buizel's tails again and he spins around once more, sending another shockwave at Ponyta. This was it, as the Ponyta staggered and fell down on the ground, unresponsive to the commands of his trainer. Ponyta was then recaptured by the grunt's pokéball. The grunt grabbed his pokéball, and said to Joel, "You only won the battle kid, not the war. I'll be coming back for you." before running the opposite direction, towards his team.

Joel shakingly fell down on the ground, still wet from Buizel's water sport. He can't believe it, he won his first serious battle. The battles he had in his school back in Castelia city were just friendly battles, with nothing on the line. But this, this was different. Buizel sat down with Joel, hugging him.

[Segral]

Brian Warner

“Pleased to meet ya, Glen!” Brian cheerfully responded, grabbing Glen’s hand and vigorously pumping it up and down before letting it go and turning to face the rest of the group as a whole. “I’m Brian, Brian Warner, from Garoma, originally from Sinnoh. And this is my bud Muncher!” he explained, giving a sweeping gesture towards his Munchlax, who seemed very pleased by the praise. So much so, that he decided to hop onto Brian’s shoulders.

“Wha-OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW” Brian screamed in initial confusion as the 232 pound Pokémon jumped on his back, piggyback style. Both tumbled to the ground instantly in a cloud of dust, both seeming extremely peeved with each other. “WHAT THE HELL, MUNCHER??!!” Brian shrieked in pain, getting to his feet with a considerable amount of pain in his back, Muncher continuing to growl at him.

“Excuse my pig-headed partner in crime, here.” he said with a slight grunt, eliciting a similar grunt from Munchlax. “I suppose the rest of you now know my name, don’t you...eh heh.” he continued somewhat sheepishly to the rest of the crew, realizing he had just made a fool of himself in front of a Gym Leader and a Professor. “So...anyways...now what’s gonna happen, are we free to go do whatever or...?”

[Kita-Hinode]

Lucas Monteiro

Lucas tilted his head before walking up to the professor, retrieving one of the bags that happened to lay by his side. Jain followed him with a lot of pride, apparently very happy with herself for her performance. "Professor Catuaba, I got some of the stuff they were trying to take. Might wanna keep a good eye on 'em. Name's Lucas Monteiro, came here for the free goodies. You know, starting as a trainer and whatnot-"

It was then that he heard something. "And to answer your question I only hit on the hot ones, and I am no normal PERVY SAGE WANNA BE. I AM CHRISTOPHER OF NATALUZ THE EPITOME OF MANLINESS! MEN FEAR ME AND WOMEN LOVE ME." Lucas knew he had to interfere. "I beg your pardon, you classless amateur. Do you understand exactly where you are?" He asked, having already dropped the bag of goodies he brought to the professor, possibly on the Professor's right foot. He then looked at the miss. "Is he perhaps bothering you, miss? I've never seen such a lack of class from someone trying to date a girl, I can teach him a few things if you're so inclined."

[Dentali]

Brian Warner

“Pleased to meet ya, Glen!” Brian cheerfully responded, grabbing Glen’s hand and vigorously pumping it up and down before letting it go and turning to face the rest of the group as a whole. “I’m Brian, Brian Warner, from Garoma, originally from Sinnoh. And this is my bud Muncher!” he explained, giving a sweeping gesture towards his Munchlax, who seemed very pleased by the praise. So much so, that he decided to hop onto Brian’s shoulders.

“Wha-OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW” Brian screamed in initial confusion as the 232 pound Pokémon jumped on his back, piggyback style. Both tumbled to the ground instantly in a cloud of dust, both seeming extremely peeved with each other. “WHAT THE HELL, MUNCHER??!!” Brian shrieked in pain, getting to his feet with a considerable amount of pain in his back, Muncher continuing to growl at him.

“Excuse my pig-headed partner in crime, here.” he said with a slight grunt, eliciting a similar grunt from Munchlax. “I suppose the rest of you now know my name, don’t you...eh heh.” he continued somewhat sheepishly to the rest of the crew, realizing he had just made a fool of himself in front of a Gym Leader and a Professor. “So...anyways...now what’s gonna happen, are we free to go do whatever or...?”

"A Munchlax!?" Glen says enthusiastically "Snorlax is one of my favorite pokemon!" Glen sends out his Larvitar "This is Gojira". Glen leans down "My mothers family has a tradition of raising Snorlax, I grew up around them. This little guy looks prime, excellent weight class."

[Segral]

"A Munchlax!?" Glen says enthusiastically "Snorlax is one of my favorite pokemon!" Glen sends out his Larvitar "This is Gojira". Glen leans down "My mothers family has a tradition of raising Snorlax, I grew up around them. This little guy looks prime, excellent weight class."

Brian Warner

“Cool!” Brian replied upon hearing that Glen shared his enthusiasm for Munchlaxes and Snorlaxes, his favorite family of Pokémon by far. What wasn’t to like? They were cute, versatile, heavy hitters, could learn tons of moves, and were great companions! And Glen seemed to think sontoo, given the fact he could analyze weight classes. Brian would like to think that Muncher was a good weight class, given how much both of them eat.

However, his Pokémon geek level skyrocketed into the heavens when Glen sent out his Larvitar. Not only was it a Larvitar, meaning it was one of the most kickass basic level Pokémon ever, but it had a kickass name too! Gojira...what an awesome name.

“My mom has a Tyranitar she uses in battle, but I’ve never seen a Larvitar in person before. Wow, this thing must be fierce, he looks like he’d knock out other Pokémon just by looking at them!”

[Dentali]

"A Munchlax!?" Glen says enthusiastically "Snorlax is one of my favorite pokemon!" Glen sends out his Larvitar "This is Gojira". Glen leans down "My mothers family has a tradition of raising Snorlax, I grew up around them. This little guy looks prime, excellent weight class."

Brian Warner

“Cool!” Brian replied upon hearing that Glen shared his enthusiasm for Munchlaxes and Snorlaxes, his favorite family of Pokémon by far. What wasn’t to like? They were cute, versatile, heavy hitters, could learn tons of moves, and were great companions! And Glen seemed to think sontoo, given the fact he could analyze weight classes. Brian would like to think that Muncher was a good weight class, given how much both of them eat.

However, his Pokémon geek level skyrocketed into the heavens when Glen sent out his Larvitar. Not only was it a Larvitar, meaning it was one of the most kickass basic level Pokémon ever, but it had a kickass name too! Gojira...what an awesome name.

“My mom has a Tyranitar she uses in battle, but I’ve never seen a Larvitar in person before. Wow, this thing must be fierce, he looks like he’d knock out other Pokémon just by looking at them!”

"He's a tough little guy." Glen said proudly "My parents Aggron and Tyranitar had him, he can use Iron Head". Glen pats Gojira on the head as it begins to examine Mucher. "I'm from Jemoia how about you?"

[Mundeo]

Altorre City, Monument Avenue

This was quite the... interesting group of trainers. Professor Acai cleared his throat, grabbing the group's attention. "I see you've all got to know eachother. Now, let's go to my lab. I should have some spare pokedexes in there to give to you"

With a wave of his arm, the professor led the group off the stage and out of the avenue. Ferris took out a pokeball, and in a beam of red light, the Skarmory was gone. As they walked down the avenue, they first passed a large building over a reflecting pool. "For those who don't know, that's the Altorre City gym" The Professor began. "It was completed just a few days ago, and it was quite the project"

"I made sure it was finished just in time for the ceremony" Ferris said, his cane tapping along the road as he walked. "Now, I believe this is when we shall part for now. I better get ready for those who will try to challenge me with only one pokemon. I hope the best for you all!" With a wave to the group, the gym leader departed, breaking off from the group to go to the massive gym. The group then continued down the avenue until they reached the very end of the road, where another building awaited.

"Well, here we are" Professor Acai said, leading the group into the laboratory and into a lounge area, where several comfortable-looking sofas awaited. "Don't be afraid to make yourselves comfortable"

Once everyone was seated, the Professor began bringing out the cell phone-like pokedexes and handing them to trainers that didn't have them yet, all the while speaking. "I can't express enough just how brave you all are. I never expected Team Shade would pull of something as big as this, but you stood up to the challenge, no matter the odds. But I will say, after this, there's no telling what they might try next. When you can, try to stay out of their way and leave them to the professionals and the authorities. For now, though, I think you all deserve these"

After he was finished handing out the pokedexes, he also gave them each three potions and 300P. "This is the least I can do for all of you. So, where are you all planning on going next?"