Xiri

I'm so hyped for this game! Personally I'm really liking the storyline based on what they gave us. I wonder who the antagonist is going to be? If they're turning every legendary into stone... hmm

Unfortunately, you're pretty much stuck there until you defeat the current episode (a.k.a 4 more leaders including Samson).

Ooh I love this idea! I hope you continue with this and cover all the leaders I noticed that the team is pretty specially offensive though... and I've just built my own Electric monotype today (it's OU though) but Electivire is really useful! Electivire @ Expert Belt/Life Orb Ability: Motor Drive EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 SpD Jolly Nature - Cross Chop - Wild Charge - Earthquake - Ice Punch I agree with that Rain Dance won't really work TOO well here... so maybe replace Rain Dance on Galvantula with Energy Ball for more coverage?

ENTRY #16: The Connection Cain was waiting for me in the Railnet - and was excited to see me with the badge. I mentioned that Aya said something about him running away, and Cain sheepishly admitted that he did. He needed to get away from his mom - because she was upset by some of Cain's 'choices' a.k.a who he has fun with (oh dear...). Eventually, Cain couldn't handle her old-fashioned way of thinking, and he left home. I asked if he is fine with it and he replied that he at least learned what it is like to be out by himself, and how freedom could be intimidating at a young age. I asked him if that was the reason why he was so intact on protecting Heather, and Cain nodded with a grin. As we talked, we reached the room that was previously inaccessible due to the metal gate. There was another door to the right - but it was locked, so we had no choice but to head outside via a set of stairs. We ended up in North Obsidia Ward - and noticed that the pathway lead to the old Yureyu building. We hesitantly headed inside - and was wondering why it was functioning despite being destroyed by the earthquakes a few months ago. We slowly headed up each floor - and found that Meteor grunts were stationed in them! These people are just everywhere, aren't they...We defeated a handful of grunts and proceed on to the fourth floor - where we saw Shelly being held hostage by two grunts. They threatened that if we attempt to rescue her, they will cut Shelly's throat with a knife. Shelly was in tears - obviously scared, but we had no choice but to move on... We came across Charlotte, who was also with two grunts on the next floor. She was impatient, and scolded us for taking too long. Cain excused us that we had some big happenings that prevented us from getting here sooner - and the grunt next to Charlotte snarled at us to back off or they'll cut her throat. Charlotte stared at him in disbelief that they were still 'playing that game', and the grunt stupidly stuttered that it was what their boss told them to do. Charlotte scoffed to ignore Sirius's orders for now, and said she'll introduce them to us. She introduced me and Cain to the grunts, whose names were Simon and Tara. Simon and Tara already knew who I was (I obviously didn't) because I beat them multiple times already. Cain was shocked that Charlotte made friends with Team Meteor - but Charlotte shrugged that they were people too, but they just happened to have different perspectives. Cain urged that we must hurry - but Simon stopped us, saying that he can't just let us go. Without any choice, me and Cain battled these two hooligans... and with no surprise, we beat them again. Tara was annoyed that they were defeated again, and Cain wondered why they joined Team Meteor in the first place. Simon admitted that their doings are not normal, but when it is completed, he will be living a better life. Tara exclaimed that Team Meteor is going to rebuild the world - and they will earn a place at the top later by contributing to their progress. Cain asked what is going to happen with the current world - and Simon coldly replied that it is going to be erased forever. Charlotte wished them luck, and told us we have to move on and save the others. Simon and Tara looked helpless as they weren't supposed to let Charlotte go like that. Charlotte asked us if we had rescued Shelly, but I replied that we couldn't because the guards down there was threatening us. Charlotte grunted, and headed downstairs. We followed. Charlotte was facing the grunts, who were threatening to hurt Shelly again. Charlotte remained calm - and told them to do as they wished, which left Shelly in shock. Charlotte coldly stated that Shelly was not her sister - and she only came down to flick a switch that granted us passage to the next floor. The grunts seemed to be quite confused too - and shouted that they really will hurt her - but Charlotte's expression didn't change at all. She calmly flicked on the switch - and in a flash, quickly grabbed Shelly and ran backwards when the grunts weren't focusing. Shelly was in tears again - thinking that Charlotte really wanted her dead. Charlotte replied that was nonsense - and she respected Shelly for assisting her escape from the orphanage. She apologized for pulling a risky trick like this - but that was the only option to safely rescue her. With that, we left the dumbfounded grunts behind - and made our way to the next floor. On the next floor, Noel was imprisoned inside a cage - and Charlotte taunted the guards that it was one classy method. She wondered what kind of corporate building has these metallic cages and the guards laughed that this wasn't a corporate building for a long time. He continued to explain that Yureyu wasn't destroyed by earthquakes but Team Meteor infiltrated the company slowly over time - and they shut them down for good. Noel exclaimed from inside the cage if that meant Meteor destroyed Reborn City by shutting the Power Plant. The guards confirmed his theory and they were about to do it again by shutting down Julia's Power Plant, but someone (a.k.a me) got in the way, and they were seeking revenge. Yeah, keep dreaming about your revenge, because I beat you again! Noel told us that Anna and Heather were taken upstairs along with the Doctor and the other scary guy - probably referring to 'Sirius'. Charlotte assured that me and Cain could take care of them (what?), and she told us in the meantime, she will try to figure out how to unlock Noel from his cell. Noel mentioned that they took something called the Amethyst Pendant from Anna - and it was a priceless piece of treasure which their real father gave her. I wondered if the jewelry had any connection with the Ruby Ring Corey told me about earlier. On the next floor, I found Sigmund and Heather. Sigmund still remained calm - confessing that he was lucky to have met Team Meteor, as they captured his patients for him again. In return, he had to retrieve a Ruby Ring from Heather (which made me gasp), and he was holding her hostage for questioning later, although it is going to be futile because she has lost the will to speak. Cain shouted that the person that made her that way shouldn't talk - and the doctor denied that Heather has only lost her will to speak, not the power to. He asked if we were intending to fight him, and while Cain accepted, I shook my head. Cain seemed puzzled at my actions, but the doctor stepped away - and he allowed us to move on. On the top floor was Anna and Sirius. Sirius was sneering that he has obtained the Ruby and the Amethyst, and Anna was desperately trying to get her pendant back since it was the only thing her father left behind. Sirius continued to sneer to her that her father was always a fool, and Anna was shocked to realize that Sirius knew her father. Cain shouted that he has done enough, and the eye-patched man was unimpressed that the doctor has failed to prevent us from proceeding. He accused us for not knowing the true power of these jewelry items, and he will not allow such items to be relinquished for mere sentimentality... Mission: vs vs vs vs vs vs The battle began as Sirius sent out his Hitmontop and Chandelure. The two Pokemon ganged up on Cain's Nidoking with Mach Punch and Psychic, while we also did the same to the Hitmontop with Root's Will-O-Wisp and Nidoking's Thrash. Fortunately for us, the teamwork on Sirius's team was extremely poor. Another Psychic took out Nidoking - but High Jump Kick failed to hit Root because of her ghost-typing! The Hitmontop fell to a Shadow Claw, and Sirius angrily tossed out Manectric. Manectric's Ice Fang-Fire Fang combo took Root out, while Chandelure confused Cain's Samurott, and followed up with Heat Wave. Samurott did manage to break through and get a Night Slash off on the Chandelure, which damaged about half of Chandelure's HP, and Revenge on Manectric - which hardly did anything. Donar came in, and put Chandelure to sleep - while Samurott finished it off via Night Slash - simultaneously taking Manectric's Ice Fang. Honchkrow was next - and proceeded to KO Donar with Brave Bird as it dodged his Sleep Powder. Samurott also went down to Manectric's Thunder Fang. This was a tough battle for us, it seems. We had to stay on guard though... Paruto hit the field, and so did Cain's Venomoth - who almost got OHKOed by Manectric's Fire Fang. Cain's Venomoth successfully pulled off a Sleep Powder on the Honchkrow while Paruto prepared for a Dig attack. Venomoth fainted on the next turn via another Fire Fang, while Manectric finally disappeared back into its Poke Ball as Paruto hit it from underground. Despite the ruckus, the Honchkrow remained fast asleep. Seviper was Sirius's next Pokemon while Cain tossed out his Muk. Unfortunately, the combination of Double Kick and Sludge Bomb from our side of the field failed to knock out the Honchkrow - who woke up, and fired off a Foul Play on Paruto. Paruto did survive - but Seviper's Aqua Tail fainted my giant bunny. All three of us had a few Pokemon remaining. I called upon Jan, and ordered an Ice Fang on the Honckrow, knocking it out. Cain's Muk shrunk itself as it launched Minimize, and it successfully dodged an Aqua Tail from Seviper. Sirius's final Pokemon was Probopass - which was EXTREMELY bulky. Thinking that the evasion increase made Cain a more difficult target to take down, Sirius ordered his Pokemon to direct their attacks to Jan - and a combination of Aqua Tail and a crit Magnet Bomb made Jan retreat - much to my displeasure. Purugly was called out - and I ordered a Body Slam on the Seviper. It lived with a sliver of health - but Muk's Mud Bomb took its remaining health away, and the snake lay defeated on the ground. Probopass was the only one remaining on Sirius's side of the field, and the man snarled in annoyance. Eventually, the giant nose Pokemon met the same fate as Seviper - as it couldn't handle the constant Shadow Claw and Mud Bomb combo spam, and our long battle finally reached its conclusion. Sirius grunted that this loss meant nothing - as he already retrieved what he came for. Without giving us time to catch him, he vanished instantly. Anna seemed to be trembling - and she cried that the man ran away with her father's pendant. She seemed upset that the man knew her father, who even she didn't know the identity of, and Cain assured that it was alright. Anna squealed that she is going to go after him, but Cain caught her just before she dashed out - assuring her again that it is going to be alright, and we are bound to see him again soon - but not now, since we have no idea where he ran off to. The three of us then decided we should get out of the building first. Before leaving though, I noticed a key beside the large table in the room. I picked it up and we made our way downstairs - being joined by Heather, Shelly, Charlotte and Noel in the process. I inserted the key to unlock the giant door that was blocking our way to Charlotte's house. Charlotte was glad they could continue our journey again, but Anna suddenly whimpered - saying that we should hurry, as her Jirachi doll, Nostra wasn't feeling well. Noel turned his head, and said that he actually thought she was the one that was sick - as she looked quite pale. Anna denied this, and said it was definitely Nostra, which made Noel sigh. Nevertheless we hurried, but we came across another obstacle. Another gate as in our way - and Cain screamed that he couldn't believe something else was blocking our path. Shelly seemed to know how to solve this puzzle though, and I moved hastily - trying to set all the railway tracks in the correct way... Current Team: Jan (Feraligatr) Lv. 44 - Water Pledge - Crunch - Ice Fang - Rock Smash Squelch (Muk) Lv. 44 - Gunk Shot - Mud Bomb - Pound - Screech Donar (Venomoth) Lv. 46 - Bug Buzz - Sleep Powder - Psybeam - Quiver Dance Paruto (Diggersby) Lv. 43 - Bounce - Dig - Hammer Arm - Nature Power Root (Trevenant) Lv. 44 - Destiny Bond - Horn Leech - Shadow Claw - Will-O-Wisp Purugly (Dummy) Lv. 50 - Body Slam - Shadow Claw - Swagger - Hypnosis

Thanks guys for your input! Yeah, I can't believe I forgot about Scald. I'll change it right away! 1) & 2) I thought about Choice Band on Diggersby - but I don't usually like going for Choice items unless its a Scarf. However, I will try your suggestion - because it does seem to work quite well with Magnezone's Magnet Pull. I didn't know that Diggersby had U-Turn too! 3) I admit, Gothitelle is pretty tricky to utilize properly, and I wish I could be smarter with how I play it. A Wish Passer/Heal Bell user would be wonderful for my Altaria - but that kinda ruins the purpose of building this team around my Reborn teams. I guess Glaceon could learn Wish and Heal Bell, but OU is probably a tough environment for Glaceon.

How many badges have you got? I think Solosis is actually available after defeating Luna now. As for Gastly, it got axed a.k.a it's not available in the current episode.

Litleo replaced Vulpix - so you should find it in the Railnet

ENTRY #15: Big, Barren... and Purple On my way to see Cain in front of the Byxbysion Gate, I ran into Cal - who I was not really pleased to see so soon. Cal noticed my facial expression has changed - and pleaded me to listen to him. He assured me that he never meant for any of this to happen - including Kiki. He joined Team Meteor because he wanted to change. While he achieved that goal, he had to pay the price of being useful for the organization. He continued that he got sick of being treated like that - so he had sabotaged the PULSE machine in the first place because he didn't want anyone to get hurt. Cal asked me to believe him... and I dunno. This guy seemed still a little bit fishy to me. He sighed that he knew I wouldn't believe him straight away - but people at Apophyll, especially Victoria, will not either. He told me that I will believe that he was being truthful - and began to walk away, saying that Team Meteor will be after him as well as he has betrayed them. Cain was anxiously waiting for me in front of the large gate. I joked that a lot of things have happened since I first asked him for the key at the Beryl Cemetery - and Cain laughed shyly. He wanted one more battle before giving me the key, and I happily obliged: Mission: vs vs vs vs vs By now, everybody and their grandma should know that my Venomoth is far more serperior than Cain's Venomoth! ...well in terms of levels anyway. After putting it to sleep, 2 Psybeams did the trick - and Donar remained on the field, unharmed. Huh? Haunter? Oh you should be easy to beat. Just go to sle... aww it missed. Oh well, I'll just make you fall asleep the next turn... no don't put ME to sleep with your Hypnosis!! Meh, I don't think you can OHKO me anyw... fudge Dream Eater Attempt 2! Sleep Powder did work this time - and a crit Psybeam OHKOed Haunter. Get out of my face ya dork Sleep Powder + Signal 3HKO = Bye Samurott! (Sleep Powder does seem a little OP now...) I never thought Nidoking would outspeed Jan. Jan took 2 Thrash attacks - leaving him with 1/4 of its HP, but was able to 2HKO with Water Pledge. That was close I don't think I had a Muk vs Muk battle yet, so this was going to be quite interesting. Our Mud Bombs was only slightly efficient - despite being super-effective - so I proceeded to dramatically lower Cain's Muk's defense with Screech... until that bugger decided to spam Minimize . But Squelch came through with her Gunk Shot - even at +4 Evasion! Oh I'm really proud of you Squelch. Cain accepted his loss in his usual fruitful way - and opened the gate for me. He wished me luck for challenging his sister - and said he'll be waiting at the Railnet. The Wasteland was a huge place - and I meant REALLY huge. It was full of weird debris - from broken statues to random signposts. Lots of Poison Pokemon lived in the small patches of grass found here and there throughout the Wasteland. Why did Cain's family choose to live in a place like this? I wouldn't understand... I stumbled across a lone house near the end of the Wasteland - and a purple-haired woman greeted me rather benignly. She must have read my mind - since she apologized for portraying a bad attitude - since she has to get used to strangers entering her house to challenge the Gym - which her living room got turned into. I asked if she was Aya - but she stated that she was Aya's mother - and introduced herself as Lana. She called out to Aya, who seemed to be in the left room, that she had another visitor. Aya shouted back saying that she was busy at the moment, and Lana informed that she was battling another trainer. She suggested I go and watch the battle, and I agreed. As I entered the living room/arena, Aya seemed to have been defeated... and I was shocked to see Fern gracefully walking towards her to retrieve the badge. Like WTF dude, you left for the Wasteland like days ago, and you've just defeated her now? Did you get lost in the Wasteland or something? What a loser. Fern cackled that I don't have to worry about the battle since Aya was a 'total noob'. Aya seemed ticked off at the comment - stating that she beat him once before. Fern boasted that his previous strategy didn't work - but as he cleverly changed his battle style, the battle became 'easy-mode'. Fern then went on saying that the battle between 'noobs' (f**king hell) will be interesting, and I was about to hit him in the face - until I heard Lana call from the entrance saying that there is another visitor. Aya seemed annoyed and surprised that so many trainers were coming in - and Fern shook his head, saying that she is so stupid for not seeing people wanting a free badge. Aya began to argue back - and then, a red-haired boy stepped into the room, wondering if he came at a bad time. Fern seemed to recognize who this guy was, and gave him an unfriendly greeting. The boy wondered what Fern was doing here - and Fern eagerly cackled that he was sweeping noobs (I swear, this guy is just mentally unwell). The red-haired boy said hat he came to welcome the new Gym Leader, and introduce her to a few things. He spotted Aya - and introduced himself as Hardy, Reborn's Rock Type Gym Leader. Hardy told Aya that he was planning to give a warm welcome, but it looked like she received a rather sour one from Fern. Fern was slightly annoyed by that comment - and Aya asked if the two of them knew each other. Hardy sighed that he had the misfortune of being stuck in the same class as Fern in the Onyx Trainers School - and Fern goofed that he was just being jealous. He added that their sisters got along together too - so they were dragged around to the same places in their childhood. Aya went to heal her Pokemon in the other room, and as she left, Fern asked me if I was going to battle Aya straight away. He sighed that I was going to easily win - so he said that I deserved at least one good battle here, and he will help me out... Mission: vs vs vs vs vs Urgh I hate Ferrothron so much. I decreased its defense down to -6 via Squelch's Screech - and continuous Gyro Ball spam from the Ferrothorn took Squelch out. But then, Shadow Claw from Purguly 2HKOed the iron thorn Pokemon. Ice Fang OHKOed the Krokorok - despite the Intimidate drop. Hah, suck on that loser Fern's Roserade is always a pain to deal with... because it packs Extrasensory which destroys Donar. I had to use Hypnosis + Swagger + Body Slam, to get Roserade's health down a bit - and Donar came in and finished it with Psybeam by miraculously surviving a Extrasensory. Scyther was 2HKOed with Ice Fang. Technician-boosted Wing Attack was quite scary though. 2 more would have taken Jan out. You know, if there is one thing I learnt from this run - it would definitely be utilizing Nature Power. Serperior's Giga Drain surprisingly didn't OHKO Paruto - so Paruto used last of its strength to attack with Bounce - taking away about half of Serperior's HP - and paralyzing it in the process! Now since Paruto outsped the grass snake, a Nature Power that turned into Gunk Shot was launched - dealing super effective damage and finishing the battle! Fern frowned, and stated that he let me win. Ha! How sore can he get? Hardy laughed that seeing Fern defeated paid for the efforts to come here. Fern bluffed that he was going on easy on me, but I think both Hardy and I knew he tried his best - but just didn't accept that he was a worse trainer than me! Aya was back from healing her Pokemon - and asked if I was ready. Fern apparently wanted to watch this battle - so he went up to the spectator seat. Hardy volunteered to referee the match, and our battle began - despite Aya not being too enthusiastic about it. Mission: vs vs vs vs vs vs This was one HELL of a battle to successfully pull off. First, I decided to be slightly lenient in this battle, and allowed myself to replace one of my main team members with another dummy Pokemon (Garbodor) because it just didn't work otherwise. Also, I let Donar defeat Venusaur, and gained 1 extra SpD EV (but this compensates for the 2 extra EVs allowed for every member) Aya opened up with Tentacruel and Nidoqueen, and I tossed out Root and Purugly. Purugly put the Tentacruel to sleep with Hypnosis, and Root burnt Nidoqueen with Will-O-Wisp. The Nidoqueen retaliated with Stealth Rock - which behaves differently in this field - by inflicting damage directly at the Pokemon standing on the field. Purugly and Root then used Swagger and Leech Seed respectively on the Nidoqueen, and it hurt itself due to the confusion while the Tentacruel remained asleep. The residual Leech Seed + burn damage was wrecking Nidoqueen - and got KOed on the next turn by Purugly's Body Slam while Tentacruel met the same fate via a crit Shadow Claw from Root. Aya sent out Gengar and Dragalge next - and this was quite intimidating. Fortunately, in my 1324th attempt at this battle, Gengar missed its Focus Blast (I THOUGHT THAT FOCUS BLAST HAD REALLY BAD ACCURACY!!), and Purugly was able to put it to sleep. Root managed to get a Shadow Claw off on the Dragalge - but went down to an Adaptability-boosted Dragon Pulse. Luckily, I brought some Cotton Candies from Obsidia before coming here (I don't use them in singles, and I don't try to use them in doubles - but I had to in this case). Purugly went down to Dragalge's Dragon Pulse - but it was able to inflict a lot of damage with Body Slam - and even got the paralysis on Dragalge. Donar, who I sent out, went for a Psybeam on the Gengar, and almost took it out. Luckily, the Gengar was still fast asleep the next turn - so another Psybeam took it out. I sent out Garbodor, my temporary dummy Pokemon - and used a Cotton Candy to revive Root. Dragalge's Sludge Wave was ineffective against both of my Pokemon - but thanks to Adaptability, it hit pretty hard regardless. Drapion was up next (to my demise.. I wanted Venusaur to show up), and I put it to sleep with Sleep Powder as soon as it entered. Dragalge was pretty lucky with the para hax - and defeated Donar with another Dragon Pulse. I had Garbodor set up with Amnesia, and I sent out Root again. I ordered Root to go for a Shadow Claw on the Dragalge, and the weakened dragon finally fell. I used another Cotton Candy on Purugly - so I can use him when Drapion was the only Pokemon left on Aya's side of the field. Aya's last Pokemon was Venusaur, who knocked Root out with a Power Whip. I used another Cotton Candy on Donar, while Drapion snored away. It woke up the next turn though - and attacked Garbodor with Aqua Tail - which Garbodor took very well. The Venusaur was hit with a Psybeam while it tried to hit Donar with another Power Whip but missed! A combination of Signal Beam and Sludge Bomb took the Venusaur out - leaving only Drapion on the field! Helpless, the Drapion attempted to hit Donar with Aqua Tail, but to Aya's disappointment, attacked the air instead of my moth Pokemon. Now, I needed Donar to faint - so I can send in Purugly (it would've been better if Garbodor ate up the experience himself - but he only had Sludge Bomb as his attacking move, so it was impossible to KO the Drapion). Donar launched a Signal Beam to get Drapion's health down to yellow - and I reluctantly ordered Garbodor to attack Donar with Sludge Bomb. I saw Donar look at me with disbelief, but it's all for your own good, little guy. Garbodor's Sludge Bomb and Drapion's Aqua Tail connected - making my Donar faint once more. I finished the battle by sending Purugly - and attacking the Drapion with a Body Slam, the final blow. Aya admitted that she has lost - but was glad she did because she wouldn't have to see any of us again. Fern yawned that he would have preferred if I lost after all (I probably put on a better show than you, b*tch), and strolled off in a goofing fashion. Hardy was trying to cheer Aya up - saying that losses happen. Aya said she didn't care, and just as Hardy was about to say more words of comfort, Aya burst into rage - shouting that she didn't want this job in the first place, and it was supposed to be her baby brother's. Aya looked directly at me (which frightened me a bit) and asked if I knew Cain, which I nodded to. Aya ranted that she was left with all the responsibility because her brother left home without saying a word. Their mother wouldn't talk about him - and she was left alone to handle the mess her brother has made. Aya was nearly in tears now - and Hardy tried to calm her down, offering to stay a little bit longer to assist with some things. Aya wondered why he was being so generous - and Hardy replied that it was natural. He suggested that firstly, she gives me the Venom Badge (about time!). Aya walked over to me and handed me the Venom Badge along with TM34 containing Sludge Wave. Aya then dismissed me, and Hardy said farewell to me too - saying that he will be expecting me at his gym in Agate City one day. I promised we will have a marvelous battle, and I left their home - heading towards the Railnet, where Cain and the kids were waiting for me... Current Team: Jan (Feraligatr) Lv. 43 - Water Pledge - Crunch - Ice Fang - Rock Smash Squelch (Muk) Lv. 42 - Gunk Shot - Mud Bomb - Pound - Screech Donar (Venomoth) Lv. 44 - Signal Beam - Sleep Powder - Psybeam - Stun Spore Paruto (Diggersby) Lv. 42 - Bounce - Dig - Nature Power - Double Kick Root (Trevenant) Lv. 42 - Destiny Bond - Leech Seed - Will-O-Wisp - Shadow Claw Purugly (Dummy) Lv. 45 - Body Slam - Shadow Claw - Swagger - Hypnosis

So... I currently have six Reborn save files (all with different teams), and I thought it would be nice to assemble a team by choosing one Pokemon from each save file. I'm still relatively new to competitive battling - so I would appreciate your comments and opinions! At first glance, the team does look pretty weak - but it does work though. Trust me. Phantom (Gengar) @ Focus Sash Ability: Levitate EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 SpD Timid Nature - Sludge Wave - Shadow Ball - Focus Blast - Destiny Bond The team's powerhouse. Sludge Wave and Shadow Ball are great STABs and Focus Blast deals with the all-so common Heatran and Terrakion. Focus Sash-Destiny Bond works well together, unless the opponent has priority like Aqua Jet and Bullet Punch. Pabiri (M-Altaria) @ Altarianite Ability: Pixilate EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Dragon Dance - Return - Earthquake - Roost I'm running a physical M-Altaria set - as my team is mainly special. With the same base attack and special attack, Altaria does tend to get your opponent to think about whether it is physically or specially offensive. It basically becomes a monster with 2 Dragon Dances up - and will hit almost everything. Roost is there to restore HP as it sets up. Moazelle (Gothitelle) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Shadow Tag EVs: 80 HP / 176 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Calm Mind - Psyshock - Trick - Rest The team's troll. Shadow Tag prevents the opponent from switching - so if Gothitelle switches in on a wall, it's pretty much GG for that wall - examples include Chansey and Milotic. But this set does find a few problems - such as nothing to hit Dark types and the fact that I'm a mediocre player and I can't always seem to get the timing right xD. Coil (Magnezone) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Sturdy EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe / 4 Def Timid Nature - Volt Switch - Thunderbolt - Flash Cannon - Hidden Power Ice Typical Choice Scarf Magnezone. I don't really like running two Scarfers on the same team - but I really couldn't give it anything else to be honest. HP Ice is there to OHKO Landorus-T and sometimes Garchomp. This also makes Coil my usual lead - as people really like to lead with their Landorus-T or Garchomp. Paruto (Diggersby) @ Life Orb Ability: Huge Power EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 SpD Jolly Nature - Return - Quick Attack - Fire Punch - Earthquake A powerful, but frail member. Return and Earthquake are STAB, and Quick Attack is also a nice STAB priority move - so that's pretty useful too. Fire Punch is there to deal with annoying Ferrothorn and Scizor - and this catches opponents off-guard too. Draca (Dragalge) @ Black Sludge Ability: Adaptability EVs: 228 HP / 252 SpA / 28 Spe Modest Nature - Draco Meteor - Sludge Wave - Hydro Pump - Toxic Spikes Finally, I've added a UU Pokemon to the team. Draco Meteor and Sludge Wave are STAB, while Hydro Pump offers coverage (I might exchange it for Focus Blast - but Gengar already has it, so I thought it would be nice to have a water attack). Toxic Spikes is actually quite useful, which surprised me - as there aren't many Poison types lurking around in OU. So that is the team! Feel free to leave your comments below. I don't think I'll be changing any of the members but if you have any suggestions, please leave them below as well. If you think, a different combination will work - choose six Pokemon, one from each team and show me the team you came up with! Team 1: Greninja - Gengar - Noivern - Arcanine - Meowstic(F) - Florges Team 2: Chesnaught - Lopunny - Flygon - Houndoom - Gardevoir - Altaria Team 3: Swampert - Luxray - Gothitelle - Cinccino - Glaceon - Chandelure Team 4: Empoleon - Weezing - Tentacruel - Magnezone - Krookodile - Gogoat Team 5: Feraligatr - Muk - Venomoth - Diggersby - Trevenant - Froslass Team 6: Delphox - Leavanny - Heliolisk - Dragalge - Reuniclus - Clawitzer

I think I read somewhere that her name is just a pun of Titanium.

Nope. It just means the data that determines what the mystery egg will hatch into is decided when you choose your starter - which is different to a particular starter leading to a particular mystery egg Pokemon.

No one (apart from Ame) is completely sure about that. I always thought you had to lose against Solaris on Pyrous Mountain but I'm guessing I'm wrong as fighting with Julia does give us new information (about Fern and Rini),

So many people are predicting Adrienn (which makes perfect sense) to be the next leader... which is exactly why I think xe isn't going to be next (because Ame likes to be that way xD)

ENTRY #14: Tragedy Azurine Island was pretty much uninhabited. Nothing but lost items, Foongus... and Foongus. GODDAMNIT how many Foongus are in this place?? I saw something sparkle on the ground - and I realized it was one of Cain's earrings. I made through the natural maze and came across a lone house... and found Aster and Eclipse, who challenged me to a battle... oh dear... After about a few attempts, I did manage to beat the duo. Before trotting off, Aster practically gave away that Cain was hidden here somewhere - so I began to do some searching. As I interacted with some machinery, the machinery slid past - revealing a hidden staircase, which eventually lead to... Taka? Taka was talking to someone via the phone. To the left was Cain - imprisoned, while to the right was a Camerupt behind some metal bars too. Taka and Cain both noticed my presence - the former surprised to see me here and the latter excited that I have come to the rescue. Taka realized that I came for Cain - and apologized since he was ordered to capture him. Cain shrieked that they are planning to attack Apophyll with a PULSE Camerupt - and Taka confirmed that it was true. Before that though, he added that he was also ordered to capture me too, so a battle started: Mission: vs vs vs vs Klefki was basically knocked out with Hypnosis + Swagger + Shadow Claw spam. He thankfully didn't have any physical moves (apart from Foul Play), so it was an easy round for me. Gligar met the same fate - although Purugly attacked with Slash instead of Shadow Claw. Root's Will-O-Wisp, followed by 2 Shadow Claws destroyed the Cradily. The Cradily couldn't really touch Root at all - as Root ate up a Giga Drain and Ancientpower from the barnacle Pokemon. Chatot went down pretty easily too. The Chatot set up using Nasty Plot - as Squelch shot a Gunk Shot - which brought the bird down to yellow health. A Heat Wave then connected - taking away half of Squelch's HP. The second Gunk Shot was enough to KO the Chatot - winning me the battle. Taka shrugged that he has at least tried. You know, something tells me that this guy doesn't really want to work for Team Meteor... or is it just my impression? He expected me to show up on Pyrous Mountain, and with that, the Camerupt and Team Meteor vanished from here. I unlocked Cain's cell and thanked me for rescuing. He said we should hurry though - as Team Meteor will destroy Apophyll if we don't. Back in Apophyll, Victoria was glad to see that I brought Cain with me. She hurried us inside as Kiki wanted to talk to us all. Kiki looked paler than ever - but went on quickly to say they haven't got much time - as the Meteors already began to climb the mountain. Cain explained that they plan to hook a Camerupt to a PULSE machine and destroy Apophyll. Victoria gasped that everyone in Apophyll will perish - but Kiki stated that Apophyll wasn't going to be the only region that will be receiving damage - since the City and Apophyll are part of the same world. Kiki said that their only hope was for Cal to hold them off long enough until we reach the summit to assit him. As she attempted to stand up, Kiki grunted in pain - and Victoria quickly came to her aid. Kiki said they must hurry - but Victoria hushed her, telling her to leave everything to us. Victoria then turned to me and Cain - saying that she will stay behind to take care of Kiki, so she asked us to go assist Cal and stop Team Meteor. Grunts without Pokemon were blocking our pathway to the summit - and Cain just simply pushed them off the cliff with Nidoking... and that was pretty hilarious. Cain rushed ahead - and as I was about to follow him, I heard Victoria call my name. I thought she was going to stay behind and take care of Kiki? Victoria read my mind - and said that Kiki made her leave because there was nothing she could do for her. In that case, we decided to team up and go together as a duo. Together, we defeated Grunts who were stationed throughout the pathway to the summit. As we proceeded, Victoria let out all sorts of praise about Cal - and she seemed to be preparing to confess to him after this is all over.... haha cute. We spotted Solaris, Taka, Cain and Cal in the distance. Victoria was shocked to see Cal defeated already while Cain was grunting that he couldn't take both of them at once. Trying to understand the situation, Victoria praised Cal that he has done his job - and now it was our turn. Victoria exclaimed to Solaris and Taka that she will not let them touch Apophyll or Cal - and Solaris simply chuckled evilly that it was amusing. He shot a disgusted look at me (HOW DARE YOU LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT??) - and Cain pointed to us the PULSE machine which was stationed in the middle of the volcano. The machine was building up energy - and if it reaches a certain point, the whole place was gonna blow. Solaris said Cain was absolutely correct - and we will not meddle in their business. He ordered Taka to deal with Victoria, while he will handle me himself... and he will only require a single Pokemon to do so... Mission: vs Well... I can now see why everyone loves Destiny Bond so much! Soft-reset until Garchomp misses his first attack (usually Dragon Rush or Stone Edge) and boop! Destiny Bond! Guaranteed victory! Solaris told me my efforts were futile, and there was no point in continuing. Cain argued what he meant by that because he clearly lost in a battle. Alongside Solaris was Taka's Chatot combating Victoria's Emboar. Just then, a voice was heard from behind Cain to stand aside. It was Kiki, who weakly stepped up towards Solaris and his Garchomp... who was miraculously standing despite being beaten. Victoria exclaimed to Kiki that she should be resting at the Academy. Kiki moved past me too - and she told me to stand back because she can take care of things from now on. Without giving me time, she pushed me back and sent out her Medicham. Solaris taunted that our numbers can increase but we cannot stop the PULSE as it is going to activate any minute now. Kiki agreed - and ordered her Medicham to destroy the machine with High Jump Kick! Alerted, Solaris ordered Cal to stop her - and Cal called upon his Magmortar to catch the Medicham who was dashing towards the machine. Victoria was shocked and demanded to know what Cal was doing. Cal avoided her gaze - and apologized to her that this probably wasn't what she expected of him - and he has a habit of not being what people wanted him to be. Victoria seemed to be lost for words at the fact Cal was betraying us, and Solaris ordered Cal to dispose of the Medicham. Cal hesitated but Solaris sternly stated to fulfill his orders. Cal reluctantly ordered his Magmortar to throw Medicham into the burning lava, while apologizing to Kiki about it. Just as Victoria and I were about to shout angry words, Solaris ordered his Garchomp to use Dragon Rush. On what, I wasn't sure... until the next second. The Garchomp dashed towards Kiki, who was unprotected without her Pokemon. It delivered a huge slash - and Kiki's body tore into two. Cal screamed 'No!', and Victoria rushed towards Kiki's body with shaking hands. Cal shouted to Solaris that this was not part of the plan - but Solaris shrugged him off - saying that she would have perished in the flames regardless, and he has no reason to be saddened. Cal was fuming with rage - and said he was done. Solaris taunted that he was just like his brother said - a weak individual. Cal seemed angry that Solaris was mentioning his brother - but quickly admitted that he was. He continued on to say Kiki helped him realize and accept that fact, and she was his savior. Cal looked directly at Solaris, and announced that he is going to stop things instead of Kiki. He ordered his Magmortar to destroy the PULSE with a Blast Burn attack, and the PULSE Camerupt was instantly destroyed by the burning flames. Solaris seemed amused at what Cal has just done - calling him reckless. He laughed that in the end, Cal ended up killing his own teacher. As Cal was about to rage at him, Solaris told his son to retreat as the operation has failed - and the two of them vanished. Victoria remained silent as she shed tears next to Kiki's body. Cal approached her slowly - and apologized that he didn't mean for this to happen. Victoria, with tears in her eyes, looked directly at Cal, and asked him then if he wanted all of Apophyll to perish. Cal began to deny but Victoria angrily snapped at him - and asked if he wanted her dead too. She was furious that he was lying all this time, and he never cared for anyone here. Cal tried to calm her down, but Victoria angrily shouted at him to go away as she didn't even want to look at him right now. With a word of apology, Cal left the volcano. Cain approached Victoria and asked if she was alright. Tears were running down Victoria's face as she watched Kiki's body lie on the floor. Cain stated that Apophyll is safe thanks to her - and Victoria sadly agreed that Kiki died protecting the place she loved. Cain suggested we take Victoria back to the Academy, and the two of us escorted her back to Kiki's room. After a while, Victoria seemed to calm down a little. She said she has something to give me, and it was the HM for Strength. She told me however, she cannot give me the Fury Badge as Kiki is no longer a leader - and the badge has been invalidated. She informed me that she will tell Ame about this, and she will be in contact with the reserve Fighting Gym Leader. She also added that she will be remaining in the Academy as that was Kiki's last wish. Since she cannot travel anymore, she made me and Cain promise her that we will beat the Reborn League. Cain reminded me that we still have to save the kids first - and I will need to beat Aya to use Strength. He told me he will be waiting in front of the Byxbysion Gate to open it for me, and he trotted off. As I set off on Amaria's boat, I watched Apophyll behind me... and closed my eyes to remember Kiki and her efforts to save this beautiful place... Current Team: Jan (Feraligatr) Lv. 42 - Water Pledge - Crunch - Ice Fang - Cut Squelch (Muk) Lv. 42 - Gunk Shot - Mud Bomb - Pound - Screech Donar (Venomoth) Lv. 44 - Signal Beam - Sleep Powder - Psybeam - Stun Spore Paruto (Diggersby) Lv. 42 - Bounce - Dig - Nature Power - Double Kick Root (Trevenant) Lv. 42 - Destiny Bond - Leech Seed - Will-O-Wisp - Shadow Claw Purugly (Dummy) Lv. 44 - Body Slam - Shadow Claw - Swagger - Hypnosis

ENTRY #13: Peace among Chaos I hit Apophyll Beach. What a peaceful place this was... compared to the City, this place was extremely relaxing! As I walked along the beach, I came across a large building - and judging from the sign, this was the Apophyll Academy. I mingled with some of the students here - and all they basically did was to praise Kiki - who seemed to be the teacher here. I needed to see her as well for my HM - and one of the students told me that she was preparing to give a lecture in the Training Grounds. I found Kiki surrounded by a group of students and visitors in the Training Grounds. She was giving a lecture on 'voids'. After the lecture (which was actually pretty compromising), I approached Kiki who was packing up her stuff and asked her if she had the HM for Strength. Kiki seemed slightly confused that I came to seek the item, and told me she does have it, but only graduates of the academy are given the item. I pleaded if there is a way to be exempt from that - and Kiki said it might be better to discuss this in her private room. As we made our way back to Kiki's room, we met Victoria again - who was glad she finally caught up to me. Victoria seemed to be just as popular as Kiki around here - as her fame of being the 'top student of Apophyll' wasn't a lie. Victoria told Kiki all about the kidnap incident, and the reason why we were seeking the HM for Strength. Victoria introduced me to Kiki formally - and told her that we are working together to save the kids. Kiki seemed like she wasn't in a good position - as while she regards our situation as being urgent, she simply cannot give the HM to those that haven't properly graduated from the Academy. Victoria remained silent for a moment - and announced to Kiki firmly that she would like to apply for graduation. Kiki affirmed her decision - and mumbled to herself about how she was glad to hear that, since her condition was worsening. I wondered what she meant by that - but Kiki said that it was nothing to worry about right now. She turned to Victoria and asked if she was successful in defeating the Reborn League. Victoria admitted shamefully that she wasn't (shouldn't Kiki know this anyway because Victoria would have to beat her to even qualify to participate in the League?), and she wasn't able to obtain a single badge because of all the tragic accidents that happened. Kiki sighed that a certain badge was required for the usage of the HM, so that wasn't a really helpful answer. She turned towards me, and asked the same thing. Victoria answered instead of me - saying that I already acquired a handful of badges, and one more won't be a problem. Kiki was deep in thought - and announced that a proper examination is in order. She stated that Victoria will remain for her test in the Academy, while I climb Pyrous Mountain, find Kiki's student up on the summit and defeat him in a battle. Victoria gasped at what Kiki was suggesting - but Kiki remained calm, and told her to have faith in me. She concluded that if we succeed in our own tests, we shall be granted the HM. Time was ticking, so I had to hurry. There was something bothering me though... but I wasn't sure what it was... I was about to depart for Pyrous Mountain until I heard Victoria call my name from behind. She said she wanted to wish me luck, and told me that the student at the summit was a guy called Cal - who was apparently the old Fire type Gym Leader of Reborn. I could tell that Victoria having some affection towards him (even though she tried to hide it... rather badly). Embarrassed, she told me that I had to drain some lava from the upper floors to proceed to the summit, and give Cal her regards. She ran off back to the Academy afterwards. Pyrous Mountain was a pretty complicated maze. After draining the lava (and running into a hungry Heatmor), I eventually made my way to the summit. It was quiet - but from a distance, I noticed that a red-haired man was looking at the view of Apophyll - which was quite marvelous I should add. He noticed my presence - and asked if he could help me. I told him that Kiki sent me here to battle him - and he seemed to oblige. He added that he hasn't had a serious battle since he resigned, and also added the reason he came here - to try and become better than his brother. This sounded like a story of someone else I know, and Cal actually read my mind. He asked if I knew a gym leader named Shelly - which I replied with a 'yes'. He asked me how she was doing - and added that Shelly and him connected on some things - but he ended up hurting her, and that is something he has regretted the most in his life. Cal apologized for droning on with his story - and suggested that we proceed with our battle... Mission: vs vs vs vs vs vs Round 1 begins with me requiring luck. My kitty was fast - but so was the Infernape. The Infernape went for a Swords Dance, which gave me the chance to use Hypnosis. Purugly didn't have Keen Eye anymore - so Hypnosis missed quite a lot. As it stayed asleep, I went for a Swagger. This was a similar situation to Shade's Doublade. The Infernape woke up the next turn, hurt itself, and took damage from Slash. Cal heals - and the process repeats - but this time, the Infernape got knocked out. Oh god, Donar has to handle 4 of Cal's Pokemon - which ALL have a type advantage over him. I had no choice but to sacrifice a Pokemon (except Paruto as he needed to take care of the Blaziken) for each of Cal's threats - bring it just enough for Donar to come and revenge-kill. Magmortar (which was I believe Cal's ace) was up. Jan hit the field on my side. A Lava Plume from Magmortar combusted the field and Jan's Water Pledge was not weakened - and it almost OHKOed the Magmortar! Yikes, this wasn't good. Jan kept shooting Water Pledges as Cal healed his Magmortar - and afterwards Magmortar shot various attacks such as Focus Blast, Thunderbolt and Flamethrower - most missing due to Jan's Water Pledge lowering accuracy for both our Pokemon. Frustrated, Cal switched out to Delphox - and its Shadow Ball took out Jan. It was Purugly's turn to shine. After a successful Hypnosis, a Slash dealt just under half damage. I had to stall the Delphox out a bit because its attacks (Shadow Ball, Mystical Fire) didn't do much to Purugly at all. As the final Mystical Fire fainted my cat, Donar came in and revenge-killed the magician fox with a Signal Beam. Next was Charizard, which was heavily weakened by Squelch. Charizard's first two attacks, Thunder Punch and Dragon Claw, was absorbed rather well by Squelch - and 2 Sludge Waves managed to bring down Charizard to very little HP. A field-boosted Fire Fang instantly took Squelch down, however - and Donar came back - and Psybeam took it out. Blaziken was a joke - as a Dig OHKOed it as it went for a Blaze Kick. Speed Boost surely wasn't a good ability to have in this situation - so Paruto got an easy win - without being hurt at all. So I decided to use Paruto as a sacrifice for the Typhlosion. Solarbeam took Paruto out instantly - but Take Down wasn't quite enough for a safe revenge kill. I decided to risk it though - but to my shock, Sleep Powder missed! Fortunately, Typhlosion went for a Sunny Day, which gave Donar the time to successfully pull off a second Sleep Powder - and Psybeam 2HKOed the badger Pokemon. Finally, a weakened Magmortar hit the field - which immediately retreated after taking a Psybeam from Donar. Cal smiled weakly - stating that he might have lost his fire after all. He said that he began to train Fire types to combat his brother's Ice types. Cal seemed to be going back to his meditating - and before settling his position, he allowed me to tell Kiki that I beat him. I returned back to Kiki's room - and found Victoria attending to a semi-unconscious Kiki, who was kneeling on the floor. Victoria exclaimed that Kiki was pushing herself too hard - and this was going to worsen her condition. Kiki brushed her off - stating that willpower is a muscle, and she got back up on her feet. She stated that she will fight her chaos within her - and told Victoria not to worry. Finally noticing my presence, Kiki asked me to ignore what I have just seen right now (it looked pretty goddamn serious though...). Victoria asked me how Cal was, and I raised an eyebrow. Realizing her wording was slightly ambiguous, Victoria stuttered that she was meant to ask if I defeated him. I nodded - and Kiki said that Victoria, too has been informed of what she must do. Kiki then asked me to challenge her to an official Reborn League match - and if I emerge victorious, I will be receiving the HM. I made my way to the courtyard - but Victoria suddenly called upon me. She told me that while I was at Pyrous Mountain, she was being informed of how to run things around the Academy. She squealed that Kiki is dying... and her illness, which has no cure, is worsening. She then challenged me to a battle - because she just can't let me fight someone so injured like this... Mission: vs vs vs vs vs Scraggy could've been a huge threat... if it hadn't missed its High Jump Kick. Thanks to that, 2 Water Pledges were enough for the KO. Jan was pretty lucky in this battle - a crit Ice Fang, followed by a Water Pledge KOed the Heracross - but Jan lost a lot of health to a Close Combat. I guess her Kirlia evolved into a Gallade (where did you find that Dawn Stone??). Root's Shadow Claw OHKOed him though. Too bad he isn't going to make use of the +2 Attack boost from Swords Dance... Emboar was 3HKOed by Water Pledge (I wish I had a physical water move on Jan...) - and Emboar's attacks weren't too great (Heat Crash and Arm Thrust), so Jan was really coming through in this battle! I thought Root had a nice last matchup against Hariyama... but that thing packed Knock Off! I managed to burn him though with Will-O-Wisp... so it didn't do as much - but another one will kill Root! As I healed, I expected another Knock Off... but Victoria got greedy and went for Belly Drum. I swear you made the same mistake when you were trying to stop me from battling Shelly, Victoria... A Shadow Claw fainted the Hariyama and the battle ended rather frantically. Victoria remained speechless at her loss, but realized that I was doing this for the kids. Victoria seemed to be holding back her tears as she ran past me - towards the Courtyard... The Courtyard was made into a small stadium. On one side stood Kiki and there were student spectators around the exterior of the courtyard. Victoria stood in the middle - acting as the referee. Kiki told me to get ready on the other side, and our match began... Mission: vs vs vs vs vs vs I wish Squelch was a tad bit faster... but oh well. She FINALLY learned a physical Poison STAB move - Gunk Shot - which was going to be perform with perfect synergy with Screech... and it did! A Rock Slide followed by a Meditate was all the Machamp did - while Squelch OHKOed it with Gunk Shot after Screech. I thought Root would have quite an advantage over the Gallade... but it packed Night Slash... GODDAMNIT. Thankfully, it didn't one shot Root - and she was able to burn Gallade with Will-O-Wisp. I forgot to stock up on Potions, so I was worried that Root will go down - but the Gallade attacked with Rock Slide - which wasn't STAB and due to the burn, it only inflicted about 20HP. Shadow Claw OHKOed it afterwards. Toxicroak vs Paruto. Dig. OHKO. Good bye Toxicroak. Hitmonlee vs Squelch. Gunk Shot. OHKO. Good bye Hitmonlee (thank god that Gunk Shot hit - because +3 Attack Hitmonlee could've just swept my team) Lucario was probably the toughest Pokemon on her team. I had to make 2 sacrifices for the first time. I sent out Donar and paralyzed Lucario with Stun Spore while he set up with Calm Mind. Calm Mind gets a boost from the field - so this thing was already quite deadly. Psybeam dealt pitiful damage to Lucario, and it OHKOed Donar with Psychic. I then sent out Purugly - but immediately switched out to Root - predicting a fighting move, and Kiki fell right in my trap. The Aura Sphere didn't hit Root at all, and Root used Destiny Bond - which made her bring Lucario with her as she fainted to a Hidden Power. Result? Purugly got all the experience! Medicham could have been a real threat... but the AI messed it up a little. It went for an Ice Punch on Jan for some very weird reason - which made it easy for Jan to 2HKO with Shadow Claw. Kiki appreciated my skills after my defeat - and was about to hand me my badge... but suddenly collapsed to the ground! Shocked, Victoria and I rushed up to her quickly and escorted her back to her room. Shortly, Kiki came back to her senses, and Victoria told her to relax and focus on her breathing. She assured Kiki that she is going to be fine - but Kiki denied it. She was upset that her glass reputation has shattered by collapsing in front of other people like that. Victoria tried to calm her down, but Kiki seemed to have already lost control - and began to shout at Victoria - saying that it was no good thinking of positive things - as it doesn't change the fact that her body is killing her. Victoria seemed to be upset by her words too, and quickly rushed past me - out of the room. Kiki realized what she has said, and tried to stop her, but it was too late. She told me she wanted to be alone right now, and asked me to leave. Victoria was just outside Kiki's room. She said she never saw Kiki grow so mad like that, and decided it was best for us to leave her alone for now. She assured she will grab the HM and the badge for me - and she will stay here for a while to look after Kiki. She then mentioned something was bothering her - as Cain was also on his way here - but he is nowhere to be found. I now realized what was bothering me so much today... and it was the fact that Cain wasn't here - despite him leaving way before me. Victoria wondered if he got lost on the way - but Apophyll wasn't easy to miss as it was since so large. She said that there was an island between the city and Apophyll - called Azurine Island. She asked if I could go look for him - in case something has gone wrong. With a nod, I headed back to Amaria's boat, and started to head off towards Azurine Island... Current Team: Jan (Feraligatr) Lv. 40 - Water Pledge - Crunch - Ice Fang - Shadow Claw Squelch (Muk) Lv. 40 - Gunk Shot - Mud Bomb - Pound - Screech Donar (Venomoth) Lv. 44 - Signal Beam - Sleep Powder - Psybeam - Stun Spore Paruto (Diggersby) Lv. 40 - Dig - Nature Power - Take Down - Double Kick Root (Trevenant) Lv. 40 - Destiny Bond - Leech Seed - Will-O-Wisp - Shadow Claw Purugly (Dummy) Lv. 41 - Shadow Claw - Swagger - Hypnosis - Slash

Confirming - but its Azurill not Mareep!

ENTRY #12: The Second Factory I hastily made my way back to the Railnet - but as I saw on the screen, a giant fissure was preventing me from proceeding onward to the now fully open gate. There was another pathway I could take - but that path was also blocked by a boulder. Just then, I heard a voice calling my name behind me - and I saw Victoria, who was glad to see me. She told me that she ran into Cain - who informed her of Team Meteor kidnapping the children. Frustrated, I told her the situation we were in - and she stated that the boulder could be moved with the HM Strength. She then went on that her sensei, Kiki, in Apophyll has that HM with her - but you need a Venom Badge to activate it. Apparently, she also told Cain this - and he dashed off to Apophyll right away. Victoria suggested we go after Cain - as the new Poison Gym Leader, who gives out the Venom Badge when defeated, is Aya - who is also Cain's sister. Since Cain has the key to the Wasteland, where Aya lives, it would be best to go after him. To reach Apophyll, I needed to cross Azurine Lake from Coral Ward - so I dashed off right away. Cain was facing the lake from a pier. I approached him - and he faintly smiled, assuming that I already know what has happened. He blamed himself for not thinking straight and blowing up the passage. But he was determined to rescue everyone, and he was going to retrieve the HM from Kiki. I asked him how he was going to get there because the toxic water clearly prevented us from surfing. Cain told me not to worry and sent out his Muk. Muk landed on the toxic water - and Cain hopped on its back. Before ordering his Muk to take off, Cain looked at me with a determined expression - and told me not to worry since he can handle this. With that, he took off. As I stood there, watching Cain venture off - I noticed someone was tapping me on the shoulders. It was Amaria - and she noticed that I seemed lost. I told her I need to cross Azurine Lake to get to Apophyll - and she also seemed lost on giving a solution. I asked her what she was up to - and Amaria told me that she has been doing some research - and found that the source of the pollution is coming from Blacksteam Factory in West Peridot Ward. She was on her way there to see if she can put a stop to the madness - and she noticed me on the pier. She asked if I would like to help as well - and I nodded my head. I noticed that the factory we were heading to was the same factory I first met Fern. The front door was tightly shut however - and as I wondered what to do, Amaria was one step ahead of me. She called upon Deliverance, her Lapras out of her Poke Ball - and ordered a Waterfall, followed by an Ice Beam. A large ice staircase appeared that connected the ground to the top of the building! I was extremely flabbergasted by this - while Amaria didn't seem too surprised at all. She returned her Lapras to her Poke Ball, and suggested we head on. We stumbled across 2 Meteor Grunts as we proceeded - and Amaria sighed that she should have known that they were behind this. The Grunts challenged us to a Double Battle - and to be honest, Deliverance did all of the work (it was way more powerful than any of my Pokemon...). After being thrashed, one of the grunts set off to warn their associates. Amaria suggested we hurry - before the word gets through. I agreed - and we hastily went on. However, we seemed to be too late. As we stepped into the next room, myriads of Grunts were approaching us from all directions. Amaria asked if I trust her - and I replied with a 'yes'. Amaria whispered that she was going to make a clearing for me to get past the grunts. I wondered how exactly she was going to do that - but without any more talking, she swiftly sent out Deliverance and ordered an Ice Shard forward. The grunts in the trajectory swiftly moved to the sides to dodge the attack - and Amaria shouted that this was my chance. She pushed me towards the gap - and I hesitantly ran towards the other side. The grunts snickered that it was a foolish move - since Amaria was left alone. But Amaria grinned and had different thoughts. She called out Atlantica the Kingdra - and prepared for combat. Amaria noticed that I haven't gone away yet - and shouted that not to worry about her and instead, look for a way to shut the factory down. Grunts were still chasing after me - so I had to run away most of the time. I stumbled across a small opening - and was shocked to see a man in a trenchcoat waiting for me. It was the same man I met down underneath the Grand Stairway! He wasn't expecting me to see me again either - and said there will be no need for them to meet any more. A sound of a button clicking was heard - and a second later, the ground beneath me opened and I fell down to the unknown. As I regained consciousness, I seemed to have been in a large cage - with Pokemon that were imprisoned in their own cages. The grunt guarding me laughed that I was trapped in here - and teased that the Pokemon stolen from Obsidia's Day Care spam was going to be receiving some company. Luckily, I was smart - and gained support from these Pokemon... With Cyndaquil's Flamethrower, Vanillite's Ice Beam and Roggenrola's Rock Blast (as well as Loudred's Screech and Jigglypuff's Sing), the metal bars of the cage broke apart - and I was free to escape, and explore the rest of this malicious factory. They must be quite aware of how threatening I was to their team - as so-called 'knights' and 'dames' began to battle me. They were tougher than usual grunts - but nevertheless I defeated all of them with ease. After disengaging locks, I entered the control room. ZEL was the first one to notice me - and Lumi stuttered that I shouldn't be here. Right beside ZEL was the man in the trenchcoat - obviously annoyed by my presence. He seemed impressed that I managed to get past his subordinates - so he offered me to observe what they were doing in this room. I could see a PULSE machine up ahead - and this time, instead of a Tangrowth, they hooked a Muk up to the machine. Eve explained to the man that I was already aware of the PULSE system, and said that I was responsible for the failure of the PULSE Tangrowth attacks. The man cut her off - saying that he already knew, and told me to watch the Muk as the machine attached to it drains the lifeforce and suffocates its spirit. As I continued to watch disgusted at the actions these evil people have done, I heard the man release Garchomp out of its Poke Ball and he ordered it to attack me with Dragon Rush! Knowing it was too late, I shut my eyes tightly. Just then, Amaria's voice resonated through the area - as she ordered Atlantica to attack with Ice Beam. I opened my eyes very slowly, and turned to the back. The Garchomp was frozen tightly on the spot, and Amaria's Kingdra was right next to it. The man clicked his tongue - saddened that he lost the opportunity to end me for good. OKAY MR. TRENCHCOAT YOU JUST CROSSED THE LINE. Amaria joined the scene properly and asked if I was alright - saying that she doesn't want to imagine what could have happened if she was late. Amaria turned towards the man - and asked him why he was doing all these things. She didn't seem to understand why he was destroying the beautiful nature of Reborn - and the man snickered that they need the people to leave the City. Hence, they are doing whatever they can to pollute everything - to drive people away. He raged that the city should have been a vacant place from the very beginning - and the two of us criticized how awful his plan was. The man shrugged our comment off - by saying if we don't agree to their ordeals - we are considered an enemy. His tone changed all of a sudden as he was staring at Amaria's wrist. He recognized it as the 'Sapphire Bracelets' and Amaria warned him that it was a gift from 'Tania', so he shouldn't even think about stealing them. She began to get prepared for her battle with the man - while she told me to find a way to deactivate the PULSE. Zero exclaimed that he wasn't going to let that happen, and our third rematch began Mission: vs vs vs vs Glaceon (which FYI is my favorite Pokemon) was easily knocked out by being put to sleep, and being hit with 2 Signal Beams from Donar. Donar was starting to get a little overpowered at this point... so I probably needed some Common Candies very soon... Espeon basically met the same fate as Glaceon. I thought a Signal Beam would OHKO it, but it survived with a sliver of health. However, the confusion hax stroke - and Espeon brought its own demise. I wasn't confident that Root would be able to take down the Muk by herself. I called upon Squelch - and ordered her to spam Screech until it fainted to Muk's Protean-boosted attacks, such as Muddy Water, Sludge Wave and Mud Bomb. Now that its defense was at -4, Root's Shadow Claw OHKOed the Muk. This battle was going pretty smooth for me! ZEL's last Pokemon was Umbreon. I basically had to heal-stall this thing because Feint Attack dealt quite a lot of damage to Root. I did manage to get off a Leech Seed though - so the thing went down within about 5 turns. Lumi squealed to Solaris, who was the man in the trenchcoat, that they have failed him. Solaris, who was using Tyranitar to fight Amaria's Lapras, laughed maniacally that everything was useless. He taunted that we might have stopped the PULSE but the lake was already poisoned beyond the limit. He concluded that there was no reason for them to be here anymore, but told us that he has a parting gift for us. I wondered what he meant - and he simply ordered his Tyranitar to attack with Superpower on Amaria! I tried to stop it from happening - but it was too late. Amaria was stroke with a full blow (although she managed to narrowly avoid a direct hit), and Team Meteor took this chance to escape the facility. I quickly rushed up to the injured Amaria, who weakly smiled and congratulated me for defeating the PULSE. I told her to stay still - but Amaria didn't listen, and tried to move. She said she was fine - other than the fact that she was a little winded. She continued to despair that they were too late to stop the lake's pollution - but assured that the Water Treatment Center under the city will clean it out in time. Amaria then remembered that I had to cross the lake. As a token of appreciation, she lent me the Harbor Key - which opened the dock in Coral Ward which hosted her boat, which I could use to go across. I asked if the boat would not corrode during the process, but Amaria told me that this was the time when the boat would be of the most use. I asked her what she planned to do next - and she replied that she was going to take a rest at her home in the Aventurine Region. With that, we exchanged parting words and I headed off to the Coral Ward... Current Team: Jan (Feraligatr) Lv. 38 - Water Pledge - Crunch - Ice Fang - Shadow Claw Squelch (Muk) Lv. 38 - Mud Bomb - Sludge Wave - Pound - Screech Donar (Venomoth) Lv. 42 - Signal Beam - Sleep Powder - Psybeam - Stun Spore Paruto (Diggersby) Lv. 37 - Dig - Nature Power - Take Down - Double Kick Root (Trevenant) Lv. 37 - Curse - Leech Seed - Will-O-Wisp - Shadow Claw Purugly (Dummy) Lv. 40 - Shadow Claw - Swagger - Hypnosis - Slash

If you are facing Corey in the Corrosive Mist field, try and use Gust to get rid of the field - makes the battle much easier.

ENTRY #11: The Entity Noel stated that the reason why the door remained shut is because it is still hooked on to the old Power Plant. Anna realized that he was referring to the old Power Plant - and exclaimed that it was where 'Mr. Shadow' lives. I wondered who she meant, and Shelly realized that she was talking about Shade - who we saw taking Corey's corpse away earlier in Lapis Ward. Anna began to get excited - and was sure that if someone went up to him and asked to open the gate, he would. She suddenly looked at me - and said that I should go up because Shade was also a Reborn Gym Leader - and I should get my badge while I'm at it. Everyone was looking at me with rather keenly - and I guess I had no choice. Cain patted me on the back as I started to head off - and reminded me that the gym was located across the Beryl Bridge. The atmosphere around here was scary as ever. The place was deserted - and I began to shiver slightly. Just as I was about to enter the gym, I noticed that an Absol was watching me from a cliff right beside the gym. As we met each other's gaze, the Absol turned its head - and ran off. Was that the same Absol I ran into after defeating Corey? I hope it didn't mean any bad omens like it did last time... The interior of the gym was pitch-black - apart from rare flashes that appeared from time to time. The pathway to the north was blocked by several iron gates - so I proceeded to the room to the left. I noticed there were some screens in the room - which turned on when I touched the monitor right in front of it. They contained horrific scenes - one being Amaria seeming to be stabbed by a red-haired girl, and the other being a woman being slashed viciously by a Garchomp. Feeling uneasy, I realized that there was nothing more to do here - so I returned to the main room. I noticed that some of the gates have disappeared - so I assumed that they have some relation to those scenes I have witnessed. There was a room to the right - so I headed in. Two more screens were waiting for me - one hosting a scene of Corey's suicide and the other showing a green-haired woman exploding. I was shocked to see Corey's scene - so were these all depicting scenes from the past? I was starting to feel more sick... I went back to the main room - and found that all the iron gates have now been opened. I walked slowly towards what seemed to be the main control room - and got a shock to see Shade just chilling right in front of me. Without a word, he floated to the air, and showed a malevolent grin to trigger off the battle... Mission: Shade lead off with a Gengar who was coincidentally named Corey. I HOPE this wasn't what I think this is. Anyway, a field-boosted Shadow Claw hit Donar - which took away 2/3 of Donar's health. Donar flapped his wings and let out a Sleep Powder - and hit the Gengar with 2 Psybeams before making it retreat back into its Poke Ball. I hoped again that this Corey wasn't the Corey I knew... Paruto defeated Banette in a very interesting way. Nature Power turned into Discharge - short-circuiting the field, and taking down Banette's HP to just over half. Banette attacked Paruto with a Knock Off - which inflicted about the same amount of damage. The second Nature Power turned into Gear Grind - which Paruto utilized better as it was a physical attack - and the Banette was gone. WHY THE HELL IS THAT DOUBLADE SO LARGE?? This was the most annoying part of the battle - since it heavily relied on luck. I sent in Squelch. Doublade outsped me and set up using Swords Dance. I would be horrified - but I had a plan for this creature. A Mud Bomb took away about a quarter of Doublade's HP - and a +2 Shadow Claw took Squelch out. Purugly hit the field next - and put the ghost to sleep via Hypnosis - followed by a Swagger. After 2 Feint Attacks, the Doublade woke up but unfortunately for Shade, it hit itself - knocking itself out (+4 in stats inflicts a HUGE recoil damage in case you didn't know) Trevenant was less of a threat than I thought it would be. Jan's Crunch almost brought the ghost tree down to the red zone - which its Horn Leech did the same to Jan. A second Crunch was enough to take the Trevenant out. Rotom... was another douche. This thing was bulkier than it looked - so I had to slowly wear it down. Root got knocked out, after inflicting a Curse, to a Shadow Ball. I called upon Purugly next - with the hope of wearing it down. To my shock however, Hypnosis missed for the first time (seriously), and Discharge OHKOed Purugly! Slightly panicking, I put all my hopes on Donar. Curse did bring the Rotom down to yellow - so hopefully a Psybeam after putting it to sleep will work... and it did! Reminder to myself: ALWAYS have MORE than one specially offensive Pokemon. Chandelure vs Venomoth was probably the most horrible matchup to my side - and I had to rely on Jan to do the hard work for Donar. 2 Water Pledges brought Chandelure down to the red - while the floating candle attacked with Shadow Ball followed by an Energy Ball - knocking Jan out. Fortunately, Chandelure was in the range for a Psybeam to faint it, and the battle was (finally) over. With a flicker of his hands, an Omen Badge and TM65 materialized in front of me. I grabbed the badge - and Shade activated the power. The whole place has lightened up - and Shade told me to observe the screen ahead of us. The screen was portraying the kids waiting for me in the Railway - and the door has opened up! Anna was rejoicing that I had succeeded - but just as she was about to go on, the eye-patched man whom I encountered in the Mosswater Factory came out of the door - chuckling that this could not have been more convenient. Charlotte demanded who he was - but the man simply told her that it was none of her business. He stepped forward and ordered someone to seize all of the kids. Then, a large number of Meteor grunts appeared from the door - and started to seize the children one by one. Cain was panicking as he desperately tried to brush away a Grunt that was targeting him. He sent out his Nidoking - ordered an Earthquake - which caused a huge fissure to appear between him and the Grunt - blocking the grunt from catching him. Cain ran away to the left afterwards. The grunt patiently asked the eye-patched man what he should do with the one that escaped - and the man replied not to worry - as he was not part of the Doctor's deal. I was shocked at what just happened - and I felt uneasy, since I had no idea what to do. Shade remained silent - but stated to not let dying souls suffer to the poison in vain. Just as I was about to question him on what he meant, he vanished - and no trace of Shade could be found.... Current Team: Jan (Feraligatr) Lv. 37 - Water Pledge - Crunch - Ice Fang - Shadow Claw Squelch (Grimer) Lv. 36 - Mud Bomb - Sludge Wave - Pound - Poison Gas Donar (Venomoth) Lv. 40 - Signal Beam - Sleep Powder - Psybeam - Stun Spore Paruto (Diggersby) Lv. 36 - Mud Shot - Nature Power - Take Down - Double Kick Root (Trevenant) Lv. 36 - Curse - Leech Seed - Will-O-Wisp - Shadow Claw Purugly (Dummy) Lv. 38 - Shadow Claw - Swagger - Hypnosis - Slash

The city will have to be pretty much 'redecorated' - with the water being cleaned up and such, so I'm guessing that will be the main reason why its going to take so long. I surely didn't expect the music to be changed though. It's going to be pretty awkward listening to the same tune with a different atmosphere (but I get what you mean - I am a composition major after all xD)

As far as I know, the egg could contain either Ducklett or Drowzee (I'm not too sure what causes which egg to appear - I'm assuming it's just randomness)

I'm really curious why some people are asking who the Fairy Reserve Leader is... (I'm pretty sure there were questions like this before)

Yeah I agree that Mega Altaria does most of the work for her team - but some of her other Pokemon aren't too much of a pushover - like Gliscor and Archeops (although I haven't battled Archeops yet - I battled the Pokemon that got replaced with it). Her other Pokemon do seem to 'fall through' though

Slightly off-topic, but I just realized that in one of my saves, my party has 4 Pokemon that can mega-evolve - Lopunny, Gardevoir, Houndoom and Altaria. Looks like I'm gonna be having fun when we get the Mega Bracelet.