Pokémon Academy: Ch 2a: Dragons [IC]

[Tses]

"I don't know, if I can make her cheer up, but I can go and grap her away from him." Sissy said, and started walking towards the duo. "Excuse me." She coughed, trying to get both attentions. "Sorry for interrupting your bug-talking, but I need Sofia for a moment. Can you follow me?"

[Commander]

Henry cared little for this challenge and made his way into the forest for a good area to practice. He noted a Swellow hanging out in a tree, but since it seemed pre-occupied, Henry ignored it entirely. With a full amount of sleep, he was actually able to think clearly for once. His two newest recruits were playing around with each other with the two veterans looking at how childish they were. It was odd seeing the Drilbur play tag with the young Togepi despite being twice her age.

"It's funny how those two get along so well. I unintentionally captured both, but there's nothing I can really do about it. Paradox is way too weak and young to take on anything we have to face so I doubt she's going to be used like the two of you. Burrows is strong, but..." Henry watched the Drilbur fall flat on his face chasing after the little Togepi. "We have a lot of work to do."

[Felicity]

Claude wasn't too sure what to do, his mind hazy from the heat. "Oh dear lord above!" He exclaimed. Doux and even Colere were both struggling with the heat, though she was naturally more resistant. Lancelot on the other hand seemed too stupid to know he was meant to be overheating. He was hopping around the place, investigating the surroundings whilst also hopping back to inspect Colere, unsure about his new team member. Ever curious, he hopped over to the torkoal despite the heat, dragging the delirious Claude with him.

[Chim]

Zephyr

“Oh okay,” Lana replied. “If you need me I’ll be at the lake somewhere searching for a Turtwig. I don’t know about dark types, but maybe there are some with an extra water typing?” After her suggestion she waved to her childhood friend and her Litwick and left to try and find one of the grass types she wanted.

Happy Elf

The closest Torkoal ignored the energetic bug and the human. Smoke came from its nostrils and the end of the shell. The other one repeated that action and soon the entire area was covered in a white smoke.

Tses and TurboAura

Alvin kept bugging Sofia and it took him a minute before he saw Sissy. “Yes? Is there something you want?”

“She wants to talk to me,” Sofia quickly said. A part of her was glad she didn’t have to listen to Alvin anymore, but the other part was worried. Maybe this girl knew Ryan and would get on her case because of what Kristen said yesterday? She followed Sissy, eyes fixated on the ground.

Tacos

Devin wasn’t sure where the Bagon were, but he suspected they were with an adult Salamence. He was keeping an eye out on the other students when his Flygon showed up from behind him with Ryan asking for help. “What’s the problem?” he asked turning around to see a little green Bagon.

[Tacos]

"Well first of all, I found out where the Bagons were. They were all up on that cliff over there hoping to see this little one fly." Ryan gestured to the precipice where the Bagon had crowded. "I remember from your class that Bagon attempt to fly at early ages hoping to be like a Salamence. I think this one wanted to show the others what it was capable, or more so, incapable of. This one was lucky I was able to see them, or else it would have had a devastating fall. I managed to save it from the fall, but it was hard considering it had already jumped when I was making my way towards it." Ryan paused, catching his breath. "And I was thinking about catching it. I don't want to see it doing anything that risky like that, and I think it would be a great addition to my team."

[Tses]

Sissy started walking with Sofia behind her, when they passed Robert. "He is all yours now. Take care." She wispered with a small laugh coming out from her mouth.

She kept on walking till they were some meters away from Alvin, and then stopped. "Phew, that was an easy escape." She looked at Sofia. "Rescue accomplished." She smiled at the girl. "I'm Sissy. Nice to meet you. Although I don't really have something to tell you. Both Robert and me were trying to help you out with that bug freak." Her face looked over at where Robert was. I hope, he will be okey with that guy.

[TurboAura]

Before Robert had gotten to them, Sissy had already proved her side of the deal and taken Sofia away, passing him with a 'your up' ideal. "Well, there's the more important part started. Now for the more 'tedious' part." He took a deep breath, readying for his side of the deal, getting the rest of the way there, and started inconspicuously enough. "Well, I guess they've got something important to talk about. If you want, I overheard you talking about a Heracross. From what you've been saying, it seems really powerful." Robert knew full well he'd be walking into a rant-trap, but was willing to stall him incase he would try and follow those two before Sissy could do whatever she could think of.

Edited November 19, 2014 by TurboAura

[DarkLight]

"So you told Jacob about Slade and me already? And he says that he needs some time away from us?" Danielle asked her Larvesta as she gathered some lavender and purple colored flowers and green leaves. Corona chirped a confirmation on the top of Danielle's head. She was on the lookout for any flowers that they could use for their project.

Danielle counted the stalks of flowers and green leaves before she headed off towards some old, dying trees that are laying on the ground. Corona hopped off and landed on a trunk with ease. "Time does heal all wounds, I guess... Alright, that just gives me - and you two - more reason to leave Jacob alone when he is with Kristen, got it? No ifs, ands, or buts unless Jacob comes to me, or you two, specifically for help." Corona gave another affirmative cry as she crawled along the forest floor. They could both hear Avis' reply echoing around them; the Murkrow must be above their heads, although they couldn't see her. A few seconds later, they could hear a ripping sound before a big, brown piece of tree bark landed right beside them. Shortly thereafter, Avis appeared hovering right above it.

The human girl went over to examine Avis' discovery; the outside of the brown bark was rough to the touch, which will provide its underside with good protective layer from the weather elements. Turning it over, Danielle found herself facing a smoother, creamy-white interior. It looks like Avis had taken this from an Oak tree.

"This is perfect, Avis. Thanks!" Danielle exclaimed. Her Murkrow cried gleefully as they began heading towards a nearby cave. All three of them realized that nobody seemed to be venturing into the said cave, so it will provide a good place for them to work in peace while they could also be on the lookout for the Steel and Fairy Pokemon. Their only problem is the lack of light...

"Larvesta!" Corona cried, emitting a small ring of fire around her horns. She then led the way in, only turning around to wait on her two friends.

"Merci, Corona~" Danielle thanked her tiny bug as she and Avis followed her in. They settled on a spot that was deep enough for cave-dwelling Pokemon to appear but still close enough to the entrance for an easy escape. Danielle then took out her Pokedex and searched for an entry labeled "Nidorino" and placed it down in front of them. Avis took a quick look at it and proceeded to sit by the flowers to get ready for plucking. Danielle then drew a circle in the middle of the inside of the bark with her finger and showed it to her Larvesta. "Sticky String Shot?" Corona responded with a quick blast of her signature thread. Danielle pet her body as thanks before she took began to position a leaf onto the sticky substance. "So, that will be an ear..."

[Jory]

Jacob wiped the sweat from his forehead, already perspiring after being in the sandbox for only a few minutes. The Trainer looked around and, upon seeing all the Trapinch around, grinned and released Arete, Teo and Spitfyre from their Poke Balls. "Alright, guys," he began, crouching in front of his teammates so they could hear him better. "Today we're gonna be doing some intense training. It's a little too hot here for Chalchi's Ice-type attacks to work properly, so I'm going to keep her in her ball for now. But you two thrive in the heat, so let's make this a good workout. Okay?" he asked. The three Pokemon nodded, each giving an abbreviated cry before waiting for their instructions.

"You two are gonna battle some of these wild Pokemon so that you can get experience against Dragons and Ground-types. So let's see about finding a couple of Gibles and Trapinches to help us out, huh?" he asked enthusiastically. The group began moving toward the younger Dragon-types. Jacob pulled out his Pokedex and began scanning the wild Pokemon, searching for a few that were slightly more powerful than his own Pokemon. "Let's see... We can battle that group of Gible over there, those two Trapinch, or that Druddigon," he said excitedly. "Let's start by having Spitfyre battle against one of those Trapinch. A type disadvantage is going to make you work way harder," he said happily. Spitfyre gave a firm nod, looking determinedly at the pair of Trapinch who seemed to be playing king of the hill with a small rock. This was going to be an interesting battle.

[Chim]

Tses and TurboAura

“I didn’t know you were interested in bug types!” Alvin said surprised. A big grin showed on his face as he thought he finally found someone who appreciated the type as much as he did. “Do you want to meet my Heracross by any chance?” he asked Robert.

“Oh uhm thanks,” Sofia said politely. “I’m Sofia, nice to meet you too Sissy.” Her eye fell on Robert and Alvin. “Will he be alright? Alvin doesn’t stop talking once he gets started.”

Tacos

Devin looked up at the cliff and saw a Salamence hovering around to push the remaining Bagons back. “It tried to jump from up there?” Devin was a little surprised the little Bagons managed to get up all the way there without being caught. “No matter, the situation is being resolved. And if you want to catch that one you have to battle it and earn its respect. There isn’t really much else I can help you with.”

DarkLight

The light created by Corona drew the attention of all kinds of Pokémon, including a Mawile. The steel type stood behind a small boulder and tried to peek over it to see what caused that light. Avis could easily spot it with her sharp eyesight if she looked in little further inside the cave.

Commander

“Piiix”

Evan, still staring at the water stone, heard a cry from close by. When he turned around he could see a Vulpix about to collapse. The small fire type had her nose in the air and was clearly sniffing something while doing her very best to crawl over. A small rumbling sound coming from the little fox made clear she was starving. Evan grabbed some of the food and hurried over, feeding the Vulpix who dived into the bowl with her last strength.

“Where did you come from?” he asked the fox. “I don’t think you’re Henry’s. His Vulpix is a little bigger and behaves differently I think… guess it can’t hurt to check, right?”

The little fox didn’t pay much attention to the human’s rambling and finished the food in a record time. She happily brushed against Evan’s sleeve when he tried to take the bowl and started following him. When Faith saw what was happening, she quickly waggled over to greet the newcomer with a loud and cheerful ‘Cleffa!’ Evan picked her up and ordered Eevee to stay close.

“Hey Henry!” Evan yelled. It took him a while to find the other boy. “I found a Vulpix and wanted to make sure she’s not yours,” he said pointing behind him where Eevee was sniffing the fire type.

[Commander]

“I found a Vulpix and wanted to make sure she’s not yours.”

"Uhh...my Vulpix is a male and right over there taking a nap." He looked at the strange little Vulpix behind Evan. "Hey Zuko, I want you to meet someone." Henry signaled his Pokemon to wake up. The Vulpix woke up in a grouchy mood. He didn't want to handle another new addition to the team, but headed over there anyways. He was surprised at what was following Evan. Zuko growled at the creature, but quickly stopped after seeing his master's expression.

"You have to forgive him. He's not really fond of species. Never understood why." Henry looked at the Vulpix once again. "She seems quite fond of you. Call me crazy, but I think you might want to consider catching it. Zuko may be a lazy glutton, but he's been a loyal friend through thick and thin to Citrine and I."

[TurboAura]

While Robert was a bit suprised by the very sudden mood change, he was a bit confused as to why he wouldn't like Bug-types from his starting point. There isn't anything that struck as anything wrong against bug types. Instead, he turned his attention to the later question, about meeting the Heracross. "Yeah, I don't see why not. Go ahead and let it out."

[Aurorix]

As Slade arrived at the lake he began his search for a Frokie. He walked around the Lake with Flare by his side looking for any signs of the frog pokemon. They saw many pokemon along the way, Goomy, Magikarp, Goldeen, but no Frokie. After a while they're feat began to sore so they sat down under a tree. As the lay there taking a quick break Slade began to grab something from his bag, It was an Oran berry. Oran berries were Flare's favorite, He'd do almost anything for one. Slade threw it at Flare with his mouth wide open, though strangely nothing went into his mouth. Flare angry growled at Slade playing a trick on him. "What, want another that badly? Ok..." He sighed as he threw another one and again nothing went into Flare's mouth. He growled again, this time barking. Slade sighed getting another berry from his bag. "Fine but this is your last one, got it?" He handed the berry this time only to notice that right as soon as Flare was about to eat it it disappeared. He looked up in the tree to find a Frokie eating an Oran berry in one bite. "Ey, so it was you who was taking the berries!" He yelled at the frog pokemon in the tree. The water type just laughed, 'Frokie-kie-kie-kie!" Before running away into the brushes of the trees. Luckily Flare caught onto his scent and began chasing after him, Slade following close behind yelling, "YOU DIRTY BERRY THIEF! YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY!"

[Tacos]

"Ok, thanks for the help Professor Cadmus." The little Bagon hopped out of Ryan's arms, irritated with the sudden babying. Ryan chuckled at it. "Well aren't you tough, you want to fight."

The Bagon dragged her foot across the ground, like a bull ready to charge, and let out a tiny, adorable roar, that was meant to be vicious. Of course I want to fight you stupid human. You ruined my day. You'll pay! The Bagon sprinted towards Ryan, fire licking its canines.

Ryan couldn't help but giggle as the Bagon began running towards Ryan. As it got closer, Ryan quickly sidestepped it as it ran right past him, skidding to a halt. "So you like fire fang? I've got a friend who likes it too. And I think it would be a little more fair if you faced another pokemon." Ryan reached for a pokeball at his hip and tossed it out, releasing Feroces onto the battlefield.

Feroces was excited to see battle for the first time in a while. It shot a glare (Intimidate) at the Bagon, attempting to make it fearful of the upcoming fight. The bagon looked slightly scared as Feroces shot it an awful look. Its movements seemed to become far less careful. The Bagon charged at Feroces, spewing bluish-purple flames out of its mouth. A couple of the flames licked Feroces face, dealing more damage than Feroces had expected. Ryan knew that move. Dragon Rage, a move that will deal a flat 40 damage under any circumstance. "Feroces, Howl and then Fire Fang!" Feroces followed Ryan commands, releasing an ear-shattering howl before jumping onto the Bagon and biting it with its flaming canines. The poor Bagon was terrified and couldn't move for a brief period of time. "Follow it up with bite!" Feroces leapt onto Bagon, biting the pokemon's rough head. The Bagon didn't take the attack lightly, and used Fire Fang on Feroces. However, Feroces was unfazed. He jumped off of the Bagon, sending a glance to Ryan. He think's now is my chance. The Bagon however, was in no way happy. No, I can't lose this fight! I always lose fights! The Bagon began to start dancing rapidly, in complex motions that made it hard for Ryan to aim. He grabbed an empty pokeball and prepared to throw it aiming it at where the Bagon seemed to be at most during the dance. He tossed the pokeball, nicking the Bagon on the head. The Bagon disappeared inside the ball. It shook, 3 times before a sudden click. Ryan's face lit up as he limped over to the pokeball, excitement filling his face. "We did it Feroces!" Ryan threw himself onto Feroces, giving him a big hug and small noogie. He then released the Bagon from its pokeball. It was... in tears? "Aw, are you ok little buddy?" Ryan bent down and picked up the Bagon, holding it close to him and petting it on the head. The Bagon looked up at Ryan with a regretful face. "Are you upset that you lost?" Ryan spoke gently to the Bagon as he fumbled in his pocket to find his pokedex. He pulled it out to examine the Bagon. Gender: Female Moves: Fire Fang, Rage, Bite, Dragon Rage Support Moves: Dragon Dance Additional Notes: Shiny

The Bagon gave a small nod to Ryan before nestling herself closer to Ryan. "Hey, you didn't really lose. You're my friend now. And you know what that means? We're gonna make sure you win all the time. That sounds nice... Victoria?" Ryan paused before saying the name, hoping for a positive response. Victoria gave a grin to Ryan and started waving her tiny hands around.

[Sutoratosu]

"So you guys wanna play?" Mareek asked as the Gibles began popping up like whack a mole around him He he caught on pretty quickly that the young dragons meant this to be some type of game. "Alright, Nemo, Java, get out here." The Cubone and Porygon were released from their balls in twin flashes of white light, looking around and noting the Gibles... well, Nemo did at least.

"Cube!" he called, happy to be involved in a game. Java just looked at his Trainer as if the boy was trying to patronize him.

"Well, at least one you wants to play," he sighed, turning and walking away from the Dragons. "Have fun, Nemo. I'll be watching..." Java didn't follow him as he left, though, just hovered there, looking at Nemo with a strange stare. Then the Porygon's attention was drawn by the growing cloud of white smoke from nearby... and needless to say, he headed over to it to investigate, only to bump into Claude on accident in the blinding stuff.

[Zephyrus the Priestess]

"Ayt, I'll see you in a bit, then, pon," Raiza said, before she could offer her assistance in searching for a Turtwig, and resigned herself to wandering around the lake and observing the Pokemon.

Before long, she jumped up and decided to train. "Best to not waste time, pon. Isn't that right, Lucifer, sweetie?" The Litwick responded with a content "Wick, wick" in agreement. Watching the Horsea and others was getting boring anyway.

[DarkLight]

Danielle was lost in her own world as she placed each flower petal daintily into its intended spot to make her nature collage look like a Nidorino. She didn't even notice that the cave-dwelling Pokemon were staring at the trio of females who seemed to be preoccupied with a piece of dead wood and flowers. Danielle's hand raced from one petal to another as each of them had fallen into its place, only stopping in order to hold out the piece of bark to see if the full picture is coming on along smoothly. The leaf ear and the outline of the Nidorino's body were complete by now; the human is now focused on drawing in the shapes of the Nidorino's eyes, jawline, and claws - places where it would require small, white stones, or other materials to match a Nidorino's color scheme. Some small, white pieces drifted down onto the rocky ground beside her as Danielle chiped away at the underside of the bark a with a small, sharp rock in her hand.

Avis gave a silent yawn as her master continued with this masterpiece. She had already finished plucking the petals off of the lavender stalks and the violet flowers and sorted them into two, neat little piles that are easy to reach for Danielle. So, she decided to take on guard duty just in case some wild Pokemon, or nosy humans, would get in her master's way. With a nod to Corona, Avis began walking and hopping around and decided to head further into the cave. Despite the attention from Corona's flames, however, Avis didn't seem to find anything extraordinary. All she was seeing so far were the small frames of Digletts and Dugtrios, yellow round Sandshrews, upside-down hanging Zubats and Noibats, dark ruby eyes of a Mawile... Avis immediately stopped in her tracks and stared directly at the pale yellow and black Pokemon that was peeking behind a boulder; he seemed too preoccupied with what Danielle was doing and totally ignored the Murkrow's stare. Avis grinned and went over to the Mawile and tapped him on the shoulder. She then gestured for the Steel type to come over so that he could observe Danielle's masterpiece better.

The Mawile was fairly shocked to find a black bird inviting him over to see this human and that flaming Pokemon. He glared at the Murkrow suspiciously. Was she trying to trick him or something? He looked over at the fleeing Dark Pokemon and then at the human with the bark. He was curious about what they were doing with a dead tree part and some floral patterns, and his location certainly was not providing him the best view of the action. After mulling the invitation over, Mawile finally followed the Murkrow and decided to sit himself besides Danielle, crossed his arms, and watched her work on the collage. Even if they did try to pull any tricks on him, he could always bite back, literally and figuratively.

((Going to continue after a few of you post. I want to make it so that time has passed before Danielle even notices him.))

[Chim]

TurboAura

Alvin released his Heracross. “What do you think?” he asked. He struck a pride pose with his chest forward.

Commander

After Henry’s remark about catching the Vulpix, Evan turned his attention to the little fox. Zuko’s growl made her on edge as she rubbed against Evan’s leg and glared at the other fox. “It’s alright,” Evan said picking the female fox up. “You want to come with me?” Vulpix nodded and yelped excited. Cleffa added her own cheers to it and Evan found himself with two wiggling Pokémon in his arms. He put Cleffa down to get one hand free and grab a Pokéball in order to actually catch Vulpix. The little fairy ran over to the Togepi and Drilbur and started to play along.

Vulpix pushed her nose against the Pokéball and a clicking sound confirmed the catch. Evan released his newest addition again and scanned her with his Pokédex. He noticed she was a fair few levels below the rest of his team. “Guess I’ll have to train you first before using you in the battle tomorrow. And I think I’m going to call you Mythe from now on.”

The young trainer wanted to thank Henry, but his words got lost when his eye fell on the little Togepi running around. “I never thought I would see you with a Togepi…” he remarked.

((The Vulpix is level 12 and the extra 'e' in the nickname is intentional))

[Commander]

"You're one to talk with that Cleffa running around." Henry pointed to the group playing with each other. "As for myself, I wasn't expecting it either. She really does like playing with that Drilbur which is why I'm guessing she wanted to be part of the team. I'm not usually for catching low level Pokemon, but when the bloody thing started crying about having to leave, it's kind of hard not to take it with you."

The coordinator looked down at the Eevee. "A few people started to evolve their Pokemon. There's still quite a ways away before any of mine evolve, but what about you? Any idea when any of your guys are going to evolve?"

[Felicity]

Disoriented, Claude fell on his rear when Mareek bumped into him. Colere came over and helped him up as best she could, one ought ake care of ones property, and Claude tried to figure out who it was next to him. "Mareek, that you?" Lancelot however was charging about the place, roaring as much as he could.

[TurboAura]

Looking towards the freshly released Heracross, Robert was actually pretty impressed. While it was nowhere near some of the other Heracross's he's seen before, like the one Brawly had used during some of his PWT matches, it seemed pretty strong, especially for what Robert overheard of it being a fresh catch. Finally done observing, he turned his attention back to Alvin, who seemed just as prideful that his Heracross was being observed. "Well, your Heracross SURE does look pretty strong. If I heard right, you said that you actually caught it just recently. What are the other pokemon you have?" If Alvin was bragging that much, was this just one strong pokemon of many that he's been bragging about, or is the Heracross radically better than his others. Atleast this way, Alvin's bragging would have some kind of reasoning and truth.

Edited November 20, 2014 by TurboAura

[Sutoratosu]

Java raised a little higher when Lance came at him blindly, moving out of the way. He resisted the urge to attack the bug type though, focusing on the voice nearby. Instead of a verbal answer, what Claude got was the sight of the Porygon staring at him and Colere through the smoke, still weary of where Lance was.

[Felicity]

Claude sighed, sticking his foot out and waiting a few moments before he inevitably heard the sound of Lancelot tripping over Claudes foot. He made his way over to where he thought the small bug was and picked him, then turned to Java. "Well hey there, I guess I wasn't far off, you're Mareeks Porygon, right? I think i'm right..."

[DarkLight]

"There! It's done!" Danielle exclaimed, holding out the tree bark for those around her to see. The lighter-colored lavender petals made up of the entirety of the Nidorino's body while a few darker violet petals represented the Nidorino's dark spots. A few indents could still be felt to indicate the separation of jawline and the eyebrow with the rest of the Pokemon's structure. "Now, all we need is a few white stones for the claws, the tooth and the whites of its eye, and maybe some black powder for the eye itself and the indentations. Oh! And some honey to provide a finishing coat to keep everything together... Yeah..." Danielle gently put the bark onto the ground and stretched herself out, inadvertently kicking her Pokedex towards the leaving Mawile.

"Mawile, the Deceiver Pokémon. Mawile's horns form a huge set of jaws strong enough to chew up an iron beam. It uses its docile-looking face to lull foes into complacency, then bites with its huge, relentless jaws."

Danielle immediately froze in place, her heart began beating at a rapid pace no thanks to her nervousness. Slowly, her eyes followed the blinking light of her Pokedex... And found herself facing a very complacent Mawile that is examining the strange device that was analyzing him. Danielle let out a terrified squeak and held up her artwork in front of her face, as if that will protect her from a Mawile's strong horn.

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The Steel type was actually impressed by the floral design that Danielle had created. Not only did it look pretty, it smelled pretty nice too. He nodded his approval before he decided to take his leave; his curiosity was satisfied. However, the rolling Pokedex stopped his trek when it started to speak. The Mawile recognized it as one of those devices that a few other trainers have used when they ventured into his home, but he has never seen one this close in person. He decided to wait around to see if the Pokedex will speak again, only to look up from the strange, blinking light when he heard the human recoil from him. He raised an eyebrow when she tried to hide herself from that small piece of bark. "Maw...?" he asked Avis, who has flown over to his side. He only got a "Murkrow" as a response. All will be explained; that was what she told him. He crossed his arms once more and waited for this bird's trainer to calm down.

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She could only hear her inconsistent breathing. There was no cry of pain, no crunching sounds being made, nothing. Corona was still beside her and Avis... well, she heard her give a calm cry, so Danielle knew she was safe. 'If they aren't running away from it, I guess I have nothing to worry about.' With that in mind, Danielle finally gathered her wits and began lowering the bark from her face. When she saw the Mawile's dark red eyes, however, she cowered behind it again. Danielle then heard an unfamiliar sigh before she felt a poke on her leg. When she looked down, the said Fairy type was there giving her a confused expression. "Mawile?" it asked. 'At least it's not attacking me. Jacob is right, maybe it's not so bad...' Danielle finally put down the bark to her side and took a good look at the Deceiver Pokemon. It looked like any old Mawile that she had seen in her textbooks: Pale yellow body with black patterns and red eyes... It's huge, prominent horn that can tear up anything that is weaker than iron... The only difference seems to be its taller than average height. Taking advantage of its docile nature, Danielle unzipped her backpack and pulled out a Sitrus Berry. "I'm sorry for my reaction back there. It's not just you; I'm like that around all Fairy and Electric type Pokemon due to a past event with my Murkrow, Avis here." she explained as the Mawile took the berry. With a sigh, Danielle then got up, gathered up her things and took the collage with one arm. "I'm going to go look for stones and such now... You can come with us if you want...?"

Mawile sniffed the Sitrus berry before he blinked at Danielle and the two Pokemon. He saw Corona give a nod to indicate that its safe to eat. Avis had already flown back to Danielle's shoulder; she mimicked the Mawile's action before giving a shrug. He tilted his head and took a bite as Danielle began to head back outside. The berry was, much to his surprise, delicious! It wasn't too sweet nor too sour. It was a blend with perfect harmony! After savoring the first bite, the Steel type quickly deposited the rest into his back jaw and ran over to block Danielle from leaving. "Maw maw mawile! Mawile!" he cried as he pointed to the picture and to the cave. He then ran back the way he came from and waited for the trio to follow him, taking out the berry to nibble on as he did so.

Danielle looked to Avis and Corona to see what they want to do. Just as she thought, however, they both sped off to the Mawile and left her standing there. She scratched her head and chuckled. She was still uneasy about this newcomer, but a good impression was needed to get him to join their party. "Okay, if you two think it's fine, I'll go with you. Thank you, Mawile." On that note, the four of them headed deeper into the cave to find the missing items.

[Sutoratosu]

Java nodded at the flamboyant Trainer's question, looking around a moment later and scanning the area with a strange red circle, tracing it along the ground and through the smoke. it made a few passes, sweeping over Colere and Lance without slowing down before the strange circle finally found it's mark, whatever it was, through the smoky veil. The thing constricted once it had it's target, a red glow reminiscent of a giant turtle glowing for a few moments before fading away. The porygon looked over at Claude questioningly, as if to ask what was putting up this smokescreen.