Pokémon Academy: Ch 2a: Dragons [IC]

[Commander]

Henry watched as Danielle got back up. He couldn't help but give a little smile. "A heart, no matter how dark or broken, can be purified with a bit of trust and compassion. I guess that goes for humans too." Henry then locked eyes with the Murkrow. "It seems I've been caught before I could make a move. What a pity as I have little choice but to give up now. I'll be honest, part of me is relieved, while another is pissed. It's kind of like those classmates I used to hang out with in Phenac. Just thinking about it, I wonder what they're doing right now."

Henry began jogging down memory lane. He rarely did this as he preferred to forget those happy memories as a kid. He remembered the days where he'd walk to the pre-gym where his mother would teach classes to many young kids including himself. He recalled the day of his first battle.

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5 years ago...

"Hey Henry, watcha doing?" A boy in a yellow shirt began tapping his shoulder.

"Just a bit of reading. We have a big test over type weaknesses tomorrow. I still keep forgetting Bug is weak to Rock." Henry closed the book and placed it to the side.

"Wait, what? I don't even know how you remember stuff like that. Steel type messes with my head. I always thought it was weak to Ghost and Dark."

"Fred, you never think. That's why you're always asking questions in class. Maybe if you paid attention, you'd be at the top like Henry and I." A boy with black hair and red shirt came up to the table. He looked over at Henry. "I see you're trying to play catch up to me. Sorry, but that's not going to happen."

"Hey, you're just jealous Henry's better than you. He even taught more than half the stuff Ali and I know, right Ali?" Fred gestured a girl with blonde hair sitting at a table nearby. She silently nodded her head without saying a word.

"I wouldn't call that much of an accomplishment. You two are the bottom of the class. I bet Henry still doesn't even have a Pokemon yet." The red shirt boy smiled seeing as the boy in yellow was about to blow a fuse.

"Actually David, I do." Henry saw a surprised look on both boys' faces as a Skitty jumped up on the table. "My neighbors are usually too busy that they hired me to house sit this Skitty. She became so attached they decided to just give it to me."

"...Maybe I can borrow one of my brother's so I can finally prove I'm better than you to those two twerps." David wasn't going to be beat by this kid so easily.

"Kick his butt, Henry," responded Fred.

"I really don't know too much about battling." Henry looked down and saw the Skitty smile back at him. "Rosie seems okay with it so I guess I'll try my best."

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Five years later, and I've still never beaten him in a battle. Suddenly, Henry heard a noise that knocked him out of his daydream. He sent out both his Vulpix and Drilbur from their Poke balls. "Zuko, Burrows, Gypsy, stand guard. I'm not sure whether or not that's friend or foe. Don't do anything until I give the order." The Drilbur tried to salute Henry, but ended up banging his head. Zuko gave a quick chuckle angering his new comrade. "It's going to be one of those days, isn't it?"

Edited November 6, 2014 by commander218

[Chim]

Group 1 (Bforger, Murdoc, Zephyr, EXLink)

Some of the smaller dragons were running around while their parents kept an eye out. One of them was standing directly behind Kage. He could hear the dragons footsteps.

Two little Axew’s were playing something that looked like a sort of tag but wilder. The one that was running away bumped into Shiro and Slade.

Group 2 (Commander and DarkLight)

Tyron was still walking circles around the Garchomp. “Alright show me what you got!” he yelled. His enthusiasm rubbed off on the dragon type. “Mienshao, show him what you can do!”

The fighting type took a stance when Tyron pushed against a tree. Some leaves came down and with unnatural fast jabs Mienshao cut them perfectly in half.

Garchomp only snorted and signaled for Mienshao to get out of the way. He gave the tree a head-butt, causing a cracking sounds, and slashed at all the trees at once. In its enthusiasm, and slightly provoked by Tyron, it slashed the tree in half causing a loud rumbling noise.

Tyron started laughing even louder drawing all attention to him. It took a while before he calmed down. “That…was in-incredible.” He gasped for air and held is hands at his waste. He laughed so hard his ribs actually hurt a little.

The Garchomp scratched his head in embarrassment because it went full power and obviously underestimated the challenge.

Group 3 (TurboAura, Tses, Tacos)

It didn’t take long before Henry and Sissy ran into Ryan who was still sitting against a tree. He was obviously upset about what happened between him and Sofia earlier.

Group 4 (K_H, Surge, Jory, Azery, Lucky Elf)

“Chaaar!” an echo sounded through the caves where Jacob was. If he looked to his left he could see some sort of a natural staircase and apparently the echo came through there. It was safe and often used by tourists. If he reached the exit he would enter a small rocky area. There were no trees and he had a perfect view over the area around him. Beneath him he could see the other students in his group. Above the cave, where he was now, there were some Roggenrola and Sandshrews eating berries. They didn’t pay much attention to Jacob, but if the student looked closely he could see an orange tail with a flame sticking out between two Sandshrews.

Rebecca received Mareek’s wooden sculpture of the Mega Ampharos. “Impressive!” she said. This one was one of the best she received so far. She gave him a warm smile but when she saw his expression she stopped. “Is there something wrong?”

[Tses]

Reaching the trees, Sissy could see a Flygon and the other guy from her group sitting there. The Misdreavus pointed them and returned on top of Sissy's head. "I guess, that's why you were thinking earlier. They don't seem suspicious after all." She said walking towards Ryan. "Hello there. Do you need maybe any help?" She smiled at Ryan. "And the most important. Have you seen anything, chasing a girl some minutes ago?"

[Zephyrus the Priestess]

Before they left, Raiza left the little Tyrunts some Berries to snack on. Now she watched the Axew chasing each other as one bumped into Slade and Shiro. "Aren't dragons cute?" she swooned to Lana. Evidently Lucifer wasn't amused at all and rolled his eyes-- if Litwick could roll their eyes, that is. He chose to float over to Lana dejectedly, pouting at his Trainer.

[TurboAura]

Having finally gotten where Miss had been leading them, they had found Ryan instead of the girl they were looking for in the first place. 'Oh well, I guess that it's better than nothing. Maybe we can see if he knows anything. He must've seen the girl run through here atleast.' Before Robert could actually say anything, Sissy got her words out first and had covered everything he could've possibly asked.

Edited November 6, 2014 by TurboAura

[Tacos]

"I don't need any help!" Ryan snapped coldly. He looked up, realizing his words came out sharp. "I mean, no, not really. A girl being chased. Not being chased necessarily. Simply running..." Ryan sighed. "... from me."

[Tses]

Not again that tune. I had enough with Henry, not with this guy too. Sissy turned her look over to Robert. "From what happened to us earlier, that girl wasn't just running." She turned again to Ryan. "Did you hurt her or anything?"

She took Miss from the top of her head. "I guess it was a familiar face, thats why you didn't say anything in the first place." The Misdreavus nodded and stared Ryan.

[Aurorix]

"Hey little guy," Slade said rubbing the little dragon on the head, "I see you're having fun with your friend over there playing tag," Slade gestured over to the other Axew, "Mind if we join you? Well this guy here might not want to but I'm certainly dieing to play tag right now." He said giving a big smile towards the Axew.

[Tacos]

"I didn't harm that girl. Her name is Sofia. We were just hanging out, talking, looking for Pokemon, and riding Flygon. Well the girl had a crush on me apparently. I don't think she could handle the rejection and tried to run. I caught up to her and tried to apologize but she wouldn't listen and I guess ran into you guys. I may have broken her heart, but I didn't physically harm her." Ryan sighed, and put his head back in his hands, wallowing in self-pity. "If you see her again, tell her I'm sorry again."

[TurboAura]

From Ryan's explanation of everything, the situation had fully made sense to Robert, atleast what has already happened. "Well, if she's feeling rejected from that, it doesn't really seem like there's a 'right' way to handle this. Should someone else try to cheer her up?" While Robert wasn't really knowledgable about love, he knew that anyone truly feeling hurt wouldn't as 'accepting' towards who they were hurt by, atleast until after the initial problem.

[Tses]

Sissy was hearing the story of Ryan, making her feel pity for the girl. "Robert you can handle the cheer up thing." She smiled at Robert. "Maybe the earlier gooey-mud form of you, can cheer her up." A laugh came out from both her mouth and the Misdreavus.

"As for the apology, you should personally do it." She turned to Ryan. "Me and Robert were just obstacles in her way of running away from you." She said and started walking back, from the direction they came.

She grapped the Slowpoke's pokeball and pressed the button on it. The Slowpoke returned inside the pokeball, leaving Sissy to think a good name for him.

Edited November 7, 2014 by Tses

[Tacos]

"I already did apologize though. She refused to listen to me. There's not much more I could do at this point." Ryan sighed and stood up the best he could. "I'm heading back to Phoebe and Roman." Ryan crawled onto the Flygon, returning his pokemon to their pokeballs, and signaled the Flygon to take off. After a short amount of time, they had landed right next to Phoebe, and Ryan got off, with a glum face.

[DarkLight]

"Oh, so that's what that was..." Danielle said to herself as she watched Tyron's Mienshao and a huge Garchomp face off in a test of strength, or something like that. She giggled at Tyron's fascination with the dragon and the poor Garchomp's expression. 'Never thought I would see a shy Garchomp.' As soon as she calmed down, Danielle clapped to show her appreciation. "Mr. Silva is right. That was really cool, Garchomp~"

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Avis only started paying attention to the duel after she saw Henry leave the vicinity. She tilted her head side to side when she saw Henry smile. Avis thought he would have been disappointed in not getting his chance to harm her master... How odd... If fact, Henry seemed happy, but not entirely. Avis nodded to Henry before turning to watch the showdown, although she did take some seconds to look around her sometimes.

[Chim]

Zephyr

“They are cute as long as they are little,” Lana said with a really quiet voice. The adult Haxorus intimidated her a little and she had the same feeling when she saw Hydreigon and Salamence fighting in Devin’s garden. “Professor Cadmus said the real trouble usually starts when they reach their final evolution.”

EXLink

The Axew stared at Slade long enough for the second one to catch up. “Axeeeew!” the first one yelled and started running away quickly followed by the second one. Apparently they decided Slade had to chase them first.

Tacos

Phoebe, who wasn’t paying any attention, was a little startled when Flygon landed next to her. “Shees, kid, you almost gave me a heart attack!” She put the back of her hand against her forehead. “I’m way too young and pretty to die!” she added with a little bit of drama. When Ryan didn’t respond she gave him a quick glance out the corner of her eye. “What’s with that face? You would think flying on a Flygon would be a pleasant experience…”

[Zephyrus the Priestess]

That was true. Raiza hadn't seen it herself, but she'd heard much about the rampage back in Professor Devin's garden. That wasn't really the only case of dragons wreaking havoc-- it was pretty much S.O.P. for nature for things like that to happen, what with reports of injuries, even casualties, from men stumbling into a dragon's nest. It didn't lie only with Dragon-type Pokemon, either: Gyarados, although unofficially dragons in their own way, were probably as destructive, maybe even more so, than a Dragonite, given that they could be found in almost any body of water you visited; a travelling swarm of Durant somewhere out there had once forced an entire village in the way to evacuate lest be eaten by their iron jaws; the Gengar line was infamous for being mischievous, sentient puffs of toxic clouds. Literally.

"I think that it's not just with Dragons, pon," Raiza began, casually, with her hands behind her head, "but with all Pokemon, really. Dragons are known to be inherently ferocious, territorial, most of all beings of pure power, yes? That's why you don't mess with them You don't mess with them, you absolutely do not mess with their hearts either. You respect them, keep your distance if they say so, and only approach if you're blessed with their trust, like Sir Cadmus is, and luckily, we are too. I think that that's why we've been having these excursions, pon." The lack of pon's in Raiza's speech just now showed how serious she was about what she was thinking and saying. "They are wild... We can only do so much to prevent that violence from happening, pon. That may be another reason why we're learning about these fellows... so that as early as now, we learn how to respect these Pokemon, and we are trained to prevent such disasters from happening." Raiza stopped to think about what more insightful things to say... Sadly, she'd run out of words and took a swig of water, before concluding. "Ah, well, I thought I was on a roll, pon. Heheh, if my rambling was a little too weird and incoherent, I just basically meant to say, 'don't screw with them and you'll be fine'! Anyway, Professor Cadmus is here, so I'm certain nothing horrible'll happen, pon." she said with a reassuring smile to Lana.

[Tacos]

"I guess it's girl problems, but also not really girl problems, or at least not your typical one I guess" Ryan let out a weak laugh at how ridiculous he sounded. "Basically, the girl in this group named Sofia, I think she likes me. The problem is that I'm currently taken, and because of that, I had to reject her. She seemed really upset and ran away, and I tried to apologize and explain to her but she didn't give me the chance." Ryan sighed. "I don't know if it will be easier for you to explain to her considering you're a girl and maybe she'll be more comfortable talking you. Just, maybe explain it to her? Let her down easier than I did?"

[Sutoratosu]

"Um...N-no. Nothing," Mareek said hesitantly. It's not that he didn't want to talk to someone about...this. But he quite honestly didn't even know how to begin explaining it to another person... this feeling of being stuck behind some wall that no matter what he did, he could never bring himself to walk from behind or to scale over. Or perhaps trying to talk about it was just yet another thing the mental wall blocked him off from... either way, though, he just couldn't even find the words to start right now, so he tried to change the subject.

"I'm...Fine, Mam," he lied, not even sounding very convinced of it himself. "How much longer will we be out here before heading back?"

[TurboAura]

Before Robert could react, Ryan had already taken off using the Flygon. "Well we atleast know what happened, but I guess he doesn't think he should try apologizing however many other times. Anything you can come up to do with this? I mean, I admittedly don't have a clue on how to settle this kind of situation." Robert fully hoped that Sissy would be able to come up with SOME way to help the other girl. In a normal situation, he'd probably just let the girl deal with the situation their way, but this was a Dragon-filled forest that they had just came to today, and he didn't want someone to get sad and lost just because he didn't have a plan.

Edited November 6, 2014 by TurboAura

[Tses]

Sissy looked up in the sky and saw the Flygon and Ryan going back. I hope that girl is alright. After all it wasn't her fault. Her thought went away upon hearing Robert saying the exact same thoughts to her.

"First we need to find that girl. I'm asuming that she headed back to the place where the professors are." She said and started walking a bit faster than before. "Second, we will talk to her. I didn't have a similar situation in my life, so I hope I can find something to tell her.Maybe you can help me out."

After some minutes, they reached the area ,where they started, but the girl was nowhere to be seen.

"Excuse me professors. Have you seen a girl running around here?" Her eyes stared Ryan and then continue talking. "We need to talk to her."

[Aurorix]

Slade looked down at Flare "Well, looks like I'm it." He said as he put his hands behind his head then quickly tapped the red pooch and ran away. "And now you're it!" He yelled as he ran away with the Axew while Flare followed behind. Slade and Flare made sure that they weren't running too fast for the Axew and it was an interesting challenge.

[Chevaleresse]

Kage turned to face what could only be one of the adult Haxorus. He gave a polite bow to it before taking a couple steps back and releasing the Tyrunt he caught earlier. Shortly after doing this, he recalled Tyrunt's Pokedex information. "This Pokémon was restored from a fossil. If something happens that it doesn't like, it throws a tantrum and runs wild." Please behave, please behave. . . Remarkably, the little dinosaur was actually quite polite; she performed a similar motion to her new Trainer before walking over to him and bumping into his leg. "Is it alright if she plays with your little ones? I can't imagine being in that ball is terribly exciting for her."

[Jory]

"Chaaarrrr....."

The echo sounded through the cave as Jacob walked with Teo through the rock formation. Suddenly, he stopped and put his finger to his lips. "Hear that, Teo? That's Charmander's cry!" The student grinned wildly and picked up his Trapinch, looking to his left. The rocks formed a natural staircase, making it safe to ascend. The Trainer looked to his partner for confirmation. The Trapinch nodded its large jaws, gurgling lowly in anticipation. Wow... My first capture attempt, and it's a Charmander! This is gonna be tough! he thought to himself, remembering all he'd read about people trying to catch the Flame Pokemon. He continued to go upward toward a lighter area, which seemed to indicate the presence of an exit.

As Jacob crested the top step, he was let out onto a ramp that came up the side of a rocky outcropping. He slowly walked along it, his head spinning as he looked down at the area around him. "Easy... Easy..." he said quietly to himself, relieved when he finally made it to the top of the rocky area. There were several Pokemon up there, but only one caught the Trainer's eye. "There you are..." he muttered, setting Teo down. He looked at his Trapinch. "Let's get this guy right now, alright? I'll lead with a Poke Ball."

Jacob burst from cover and reached to his belt, taking off a free Poke Ball and expanding it in his hand. He flung it toward the Charmander, aiming squarely for its back. Suddenly, the Charmander slapped the ball out of the air with its tail and turned around, glaring at Teo and Jacob. It inhaled a large amount of air, then fired a huge ball of blue flames directly at the Trainer and his Trapinch.

"Oh, for fuck's sake!" Jacob said loudly, diving on top of Teo as the Dragon Rage narrowly missed him. "This isn't gonna be easy, bud!"

[Chim]

Group 1 (Bforger, Murdoc, Zephyr, EXLink)

Haxorus just snorted when Kage released a Tyrunt. She didn’t mind as long as the other dragon wouldn’t try anything funny. The sight of a Tyrunt was something new for many small Axew’s. A few of them came closer to take a look and surrounded Kage. Some of them seemed eager to battle.

In the meantime the two Axew’s playing tag with Slade ran past by Raiza and Lana when they suddenly stopped. A loud roar that didn’t belong to any Haxorus was heard. A few of the older ones immediately walked over to the tree line, where it came from, and met some small Deino’s accompanied by a Hydreigon. The big one was covered in scars but didn’t seem faced by the welcoming party of at least 5 Haxorus’s. He only reacted when the one that stood next to Kage a minute ago walked over. The two growled at each other in anger but didn’t seem to do anything else.

“Attention everyone!” Devin suddenly spoke up. “The little Deino’s and Axew’s around here like to play with each other but their parents have a long lasting rivalry going on. They don’t like each other and don’t tolerate one another on their own grounds. Normally they would go head to head but they never do it when the small ones are around. So for now stay away from the big ones. I’ll keep an eye on them but those of you that want to catch one hurry up. We’re going to leave soon. The parents accept it if you manage to defeat it in battle so won’t come after you.”

Group 2 (Commander and DarkLight)

“Ooooh! You have a good eye girl!” Tyron yelled. He walked over to her and studied Avis. “I think I remember this one… Aren’t you the Murkrow that always pranks people during my class?” His tone sounded amusing. After six weeks he still didn’t remember every name or in which program they were but he knew the ones, like Avis, that stood out.

He turned his attention to Danielle. “If you like that Garchomp; what kind of battle style do you have? I always go for the straightforward ones that pack a punch or can seriously retaliate.” He showed his energy and passion by throwing a left-right combination at an imaginary opponent. A few meters behind him Mienshao shook her head in embarrassment. She was used to her trainer’s antics by now but sometimes she couldn’t help but think Tyron had no off switch or common sense.

Tyron just kept going. “You should try it sometime. Get yourself a fighting type and take down your opponent in a few swift movements! Or a steel type can get the job done as well. Incredible defense those guys have!”

Group 3 (TurboAura, Tses, Tacos)

Phoebe raised her eyebrows when first Ryan asked for a favor and then at Sissy’s question. What did they think? She was a teacher, not someone to involve in silly love affairs! She sighed and answered Sissy’s question first. “Take a look around you. This place is filled with students and aside from you there are at least 10 other girls. So yes, I’ve seen multiple girls running around. You have to be more precise about how she looks…”

“And as for you,” she said to Ryan, “man up a little!” She rubbed her head. Kids these days can’t do anything by themselves… “Why would I turn a girl down for you? I’ve nothing to do with it so she surely won’t appreciate if you go around and involve other people, especially teachers! If she ran away you either did something or she wants to be alone for now. When she calms down you, and you alone, should try and sort things out.”

Roman kept silent throughout the entire discussion. He knew Phoebe for a few years now and it always entertained him to see her try to act as a teacher in her own way.

Surge

Rebecca didn’t say anything. Clearly something happened but if Mareek didn’t want to talk about it there wasn’t much she could do. After his question she looked on her watch. “It won’t be long before we go back. In 15 minutes Brendan will signal for everyone to gather up. Your group will go to Professor Cadmus next.”

[Tses]

Sissy looked around for a couple of seconds, after Phoebe had answered her question, and turned over at Robert. "I don't really remember how she looks like. After she bumped into us she run away immediately." She then stared Ryan. "Maybe you can enlighten us on how she looks like. After all ,you have seen her better than anyone."

[Zephyrus the Priestess]

The raspy voices of Deino filled the air. Deino. Just one look at the little Dark-Dragon Pokemon was all it took and Raiza fell in love all over again, the first time being when she grew up with Pokemon, the second when her precious Litwick egg hatched and she stared into the eyes of her own little baby Pokemon, and the third when she laid her eyes on a Sneasel darting adroitly from tree to tree. One of the little black fuzzballs bumped into her, backed off, and sniffed her. "Hey there, you little cutie, pon," Raiza said gently, pulling out a Pecha berry. Who didn't like sweets?

There was something sweet in the air above him. What was it? Grab it, grab it quick! Reaching up, the Deino took a tasty berry into his mouth and gulped it down with gusto. He headbutted the funny-smelling, talking tree in front of him for more berries. Unbeknownst to him, the talking tree was in fact a human girl, who reached out another pink berry for him to gobble up... but, this seemed like a nice talking tree.

If only Litwick fire could change color, Lucifer's would've been green with envy by now. Look at her go, wasting those precious berries on this little thing over here... This was the last straw. He hovered down to the Deino's level and made his flame spit at him... unfortunately that didn't have the effect he desired. "Yeah, good idea, Lucifer, we oughta let this little fellow prove himself, pon!" cried Raiza. Well, at least he got to fight it...

The Deino ran around and turned, looking ready to take him on. "All right, baby, Deino like to bite hard! Minimize, so he can't nip you!" Lucifer did as he was told and shrank himself. All the while, his opponent looked like he was breathing... harshly? Deeply? Didn't matter-- he wasn't going to lose to this Pokemon just cause he was a Dark-Dragon type! "Engulf him with Night Shade!" Shadows burst and flickered around the Ghost-Fire type, the darkness enveloping the Deino. He barely cried out-- he couldn't see in the first place, and his typing was at home in the dark after all. Retaliating, he tried to take a big chomp out of the sentient candle, his fangs glowing with black energy outlined with purple. Lucifer dodged it easily, barely having to move. What a doozy this was going to be! "Clear Smog, go!" Faintly purple mist enveloped the little dragon, which wheezed and coughed in response. Rearing back, he raised his front legs and brought them down heavily onto the ground, making it explode, the dust and earth raw with his heightened energy. It almost caught Lucifer, who barely dodged it, hovering up into the air when the rumbling started. That was a dangerous trick-- he'd have to look out for that one. "All right, Clear Smog again!" More purplish mist billowed out, blowing towards the Deino. He wasn't fast enough to dodge it and cried out with its hoarse, throaty voice when he inhaled the toxic air, reeling from the poison. The cry escalated to a shrill, sharp scream, making Lucifer wince. "Finish it off with Flame Burst!" Lucifer looked over and saw Raiza readying what looked like a Great Ball. Might as well finish it. The blue flame grew bigger and brighter until it couldn't hold anymore energy. With that, Lucifer flung it at the Deino, hitting it squarely, embers flying about as the attack exploded. The smoke cleared, and the little dragon could barely stand anymore. A blue ball whizzed through the air, sounding with a little bop as it bounced off the tired dragon's head.

One... Two... Three... Click! "All right! Awesome job, Lucifer, you did great, pon!" cried out Raiza excitedly, picking up her little baby and hugging him as though he weren't made of ethereal fire and energy. After feeding the pleased Litwick a Pokeblock, she walked over and picked up the Pokeball, releasing the Deino. "You're a real toughie, and you've got a cool trick up your sleevies, don't you, pon?" she said gently to the little dragon as she sprayed him with a Potion. "You remind me of a dragon I really like... Can I call you Toothless?" Toothless the Deino rasped in joy in hearing his new name and as Raiza fed him another yummy Pecha berry.

Edited November 7, 2014 by ZephyrEnyalios