Pokémon Academy: Ch 2a: Dragons [IC]

[Aurorix]

"Teh, like they know anything about potential." Slade said calming down and let out a big sigh. "Ok, now that that set back is done," He glanced towards Sasuke, "Shall we get going then?" Sasuke nodded and leaped back into the trees. Slade then followed him as he led the way back to the group.

Edited November 29, 2014 by EXLink32

[Jory]

Jacob was very surprised that the Skrelp was able to manage another attack. However, he had a plan. Well, not exactly a plan. More like 'rinse and repeat,' he thought to himself. He then looked to his Togepi once more. "Arete, finish this fight! Use Extrasensory! You can take that hit, I know it!" he said encouragingly. The Togepi's eyes and stubs began to glow yellow once more and Arete fired another rainbow-colored beam at the fatigued Poison-type. The attacks passed one another in the air and the Acid landed squarely on Arete, knocking her backward and causing her to land on her back. The Togepi flailed helplessly on the floor, unable to get off her back as her attack sped toward the Skrelp.

[DarkLight]

“Avis… A- kay…?”

“P--se say s—thing…”

“Avis, please wake up…”

Avis heard the soft, familiar voice of her master echoing from the depths of her mind. As she slowly regained her consciousness, Avis began to hear the other sounds of the forest around them. She could hear Zared trying to reassure Danielle that she will wake up soon and the Deino sniffing her to check her vital signs. When the Deino got too close to her face, Avis couldn’t help but utter a small cry telling him to get away. An immediate shuffling then occurred before she heard Danielle exclaim, “Avis! You’re alive!” ‘Of course I am. It takes more than that to kill me.’ The blurry images of her master and Zared slowly became clearer as she opened her eyes; they appeared relieved to see her coming around. Avis gave a weak smile as she tried to move onto the forest grounds. The Murkrow found herself struggling though before she resigned to settle back into her master’s arms after assuming a more comfortable position. Her wing muscles were aching terribly and she can feel a headache coming around. What in Arceus’ name has happened to her? The last thing she remembered was that huge boulder in front of her, which was now gone. She strained her neck muscles to look left and right and gave a questioning cry. Danielle allowed Zared and Deino to explain what had occurred, believing that they could do a better job than a human ever can. She stroked Avis gently on her head as their conversation took place.

***

Danielle, Zared, and the Deino had to wait several more minutes before Avis finally collapsed in the clearing. When the three of them reached her, they found Avis panting heavily from exhaustion before she slipped into a deep sleep. As Danielle cradled her black bird, Zared took a look at the destruction the Murkrow had caused. All around them, there were bits and pieces of rock and wood beneath their feet. The huge boulder that was once the Deino’s target practice was now reduced to a pile of pebbles. The leaves were floating down around them as the silence settled in once more.

***

Avis crept around the clearing cautiously, clearly in shock at the destruction she has caused in her rampage. She then felt Danielle pick her up and snuggled her close to her chest. “It’s not your fault, Avis… I didn’t know you were so bothered by Evan and Kristen. If I did, you probably wouldn’t have lost control at all. I’m sorry…” Avis snuggled back and uttered a soft cry to let her know that the bird forgave her. In honesty, though, Danielle didn’t do anything wrong at all. The Deino had explained that this was a natural cycle to learning Dark Pulse. Unforgiving, dark thoughts would begin to cloud a Pokemon’s mind at its onset. These feelings would only intensify as the stimuli are discovered, which happened to be Evan and Kristen. The only way to subdue its effects to, simply, let it all go in one full setting. Despite its destructive learning process, a Pokemon’s Dark Pulse, and consequently the user’s mind, would then be more stable afterwards. But, of course, the Pokemon cannot really explain all of this to a human, so Avis will just settle with letting Danielle learning it on her own in school and pretend to accept the apology.

The Deino cried out to snap them back into reality. With an approving nod at the progress made, he began to stumble out of his playground and allowed the human and her Pokemon to catch up to him. Now that the harshest part of the lesson was complete, the Murkrow would only need practice her aim and concentration. Since most of the stuff here was demolished, he will lead them to another part of the forest where he and his friends and family play. This would also give him an opportunity to keep an eye, or rather an ear, out to see if Avis would lose control again. Those cases are rare, though, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Plus, he might get a bigger reward from the human for being so responsible and helpful.

[Azeria]

"Damn"James said as his Dratini was getting squeezed by the larger Arbok,"Wait,this could be usefull.Dratini use thunder wave to paralyze the Arbok!"He shouted at the serpent,who had started to execute his orders by charging some electricity and sending it right at Arbok's face paralyzing it.

Edited November 29, 2014 by Can't Type

[K_H]

Kenny, his Team, and the Oshawott were battered by the strong wind made by the angry Dragonite, and were sent flying into the Lake. As he sailed through the air, kenny reflected on how he'd been making bad decisions for the past two days or so. Kenmy's Team amd the Oshawott were pretty shaken by the Attack, but not surprised by its actions. When they landed in the Shallows of the Lake, the five of them knew that they were clearly outmatched by the Dragonite. because of that, they all agreed that the best thing to do was to try to get out of that situatiion as quickly as they could. However, they kept on being hindered by the four other Oshawott, always being sent back towards the Dragonite. Having no other alternative, Kenny told his Team to give it all they could. In response, Otto and Kenny's Team started Battling the Oshawott that were blocking them from escaping. As the four Oshawott surrounded them again after another Escape Attempt, Ryu readied a Circle Throw, Eve and Otto prepared to use Tackle, and Zorro used Fury Swipes.

[Tacos]

Ryan laughed as the Gibles seemed to be protecting Glacien from him. "Hey Glacien, flood them out if you want to." Glacien gave a nod before water began to profusely pour out of Glacien's mouth, beginning to fill the hole, but then sinking away in the sand. "Well that didn't work too well." Ryan tapped Flygon on the back, signaling it to dive into the pit. The flygon followed the command, and Ryan scooped Glacien up and out and flew right outside the edge of the pit. He gave a complimentary "tongue-out" to the Gibles.

[Chim]

Turbo and Tses

The female Gible had no way to escape. She was still confused and ran around in random directions when she was hit by the Water Gun. She tried to retaliate with a Dragon Rage, but due to her confusion the attack was fired in a random direction.

The male was still hiding underground. He decided the Slowpoke had the most annoying tricks up his sleeve. The little dragon made his way back to the surface and popped up right under the Slowpoke. ((dig))

Elf and Azery

It was impossible for Arbok to dodge an attack from point blank range. First it was paralyzed by the Dratini, releasing the wrap attack, and then it was hit by a stomp attack. The snake lost its flexibility and took a lot of damage and decided to retreat. The others could deal with those pesky opponents.

The two that fired Poison Stings at Colere turned their faces and continued with their attacks. Both Colere and Dratini were in the line of fire while the third one was still waiting for the opening to Bite one of its opponents.

K_H

The human ignored her? And the scrawny trainer was even arrogant enough to start another fight right under her nose. The water battle disrupted the peaceful Dratinis and scared some of them. A loud roar stirred the waters and blew Kenny and his team even further in the lake. Dragonite took off and hovered right above them; snarling in anger.

Jory and Surge

Skrelp didn’t have any energy left to try and dodge the incoming attack. The poison type was hit and floated into the water, embarrassed it lost to an egg. A few other water Pokémon stared at the weird swimming style while another Skrelp went close and started laughing.

Tacos

That was cheating! The hostage wasn’t supposed to try and escape and Flygon made things extra easy for the human! All seven Gibles started to pursue Ryan in an attempt to kidnap Glacien. They jumped and tried to grab Flygon to pull the adult dragon down.

Edited November 29, 2014 by Chimchain

[Felicity]

"James, the pokemon have to keep moving! You deal with the poison stings, Colere, jump away and Stomp the Arbok that's waiting for you!" Claude commanded, hoping James did as asked as Colere jumped once more across the battlefield to Stomp upon the Arbok that was waiting for an opportunity.

[Azeria]

"Got it,Dratini use twister to blow the Poison sting attack away."James shouted at the serpent,trying to think of a way to keep the Arbok away permanently."After you do that,try to immobilize this Arbok with Thunder Wave!"He asked Dratini who started to blow away the poison sting attacks

[Jory]

Jacob frowned at the laughing Skrelp. "Hey, your friend there tried his best! Why don't you tell him what he did wrong and help him improve instead of making fun of him? It's not his fault that we got lucky with that Aeroblast. Speaking of which..." he trailed off, looking at the comically flailing egg. The Trainer quickly jogged over and scooped the egg Pokemon up, lifting her high in the air. "Arete, that was amazing! I didn't know you had it in you!" he said excitedly, bringing the Togepi in to hug her. Arete hugged her Trainer back, giving a happy cry. "You won your first battle! I'm so, so proud of you!" he gushed, unable to contain his excitement. "And with an AEROBLAST! That was so cool! I've never seen that move before now, but it was everything I imagined and more. You're going to be with me for a long time, Arete. I promise."

The Togepi gave another happy cry. Spitfyre stood off to the side, smiling to himself and shaking his head at the excessive display of emotion. But, he had to hand it to Arete and his Trainer; even with a type disadvantage and no experience in battle, Jacob was able to coach the newest member of the team to victory.

The Trainer then turned to Mareek, a huge smile on his face as he cradled the happy Togepi. "What did you think, Mareek? I know you're a strategist at heart and probably didn't like that I relied on Metronome, but how frickin' cool was that Aeroblast?"

[Chevaleresse]

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure. I would think the professors would want to hear about this, even if they didn't believe me about the visions and stuff. I wonder why it would show up, though." Kage laughed. "Out of all the people Celebi could have chosen. . ."

[TurboAura]

'Okay, with that taken care of, we need to lower the amount of targets against us. The one over there still seems confused, plus it's been taking a lot of the hits. It would be smart to take it out and make it easier.' With that in mind, Robert was sure that this would work best. "Jet, try to finish off the confused Gible with a Wing Attack!" Jet nodded quickly and flew straight towards the confused Gible, wings glowing yet again and racing towards the target.

Edited November 29, 2014 by TurboAura

[Sutoratosu]

Well, at least he knows its not gonna be a magic ticket out of every situation..."Admittedly, yes, it was," Mareek concurred cooly. "I didn't really see anything else that needed addressing besides the Metronome matter, but I'm sure you already know why it's far from the most reliable type of move one can use for shielding or intercepting."

[Jory]

Jacob grinned at the normally unexpressive Trainer's approval. "Yeah, I know. But Arete isn't quite fast enough to get out of the way and it seemed my best option at the time. I was actually hoping for something more defensive like a Withdraw or even a Protect, but I'm not about to complain about what happened." He looked down at the Togepi and tickled her stomach, causing the egg Pokemon to giggle uncontrollably. "You're gonna have to do some hard training before the Winter Cup!" he said in a mock harsh tone, razzing her belly immediately after.

[DarkLight]

Danielle and Zared had sat down a good distance away from the training grounds that the Deino and Avis are currently in. They both watched silently as Avis fired off Dark Pulses at the solid objects with relative ease; it didn't seem like Avis would lose herself any more. Once the little Deino was satisfied, he soon moved Avis to target the moving objects instead. He would throw small rocks at her at unpredictable moments and command her to retaliate with her newly acquired move. Although the pebbles are nothing compared to a Rock Tomb, or any other rock-type move for the matter, Danielle would cringe each time when her Murkrow was hit with a small pebble, even though Avis didn't seem to mind it all that much. To the coordinator, a hit is a hit no matter how strong or weak it is. Every bit of damage counts towards winning a battle, even in a contest battle.

She gave a deep sigh as she continued her thought process. She did decide to go with the coordinator route to break the trend of trainers in her hometown but, deep down, she also did it because she just didn't have the heart to see a Pokemon lying on the ground in pain. Her brief training as a Furisode Girl at Valerie's gym only made her more certain of her path as she witnessed day after day the gruesome battling techniques that the Pokemon have used to obtain the Fairy Badge. She only endured the painful cries to see if there were combinations that she pick up to use in Contests. And yet, despite her unease at the matches, Danielle respects and admires the trainers and their Pokemon for going through so much just to reach the top. That ignited spark in their eyes was admirable; that passion was something she was lacking due to her fears and doubts, and she knows it. Danielle glanced at Zared, recalling how excited he was during Henry's match and, even, his little battle with Corona. She wondered if she could also just "battle for fun" without worrying about her team getting injured.

"Hey, Zared. This probably sounds foolish, but don't you guys upset whenever you got hit in the face? I mean, I would probably cry if I ever got hit with fire, let alone a big rock that could crush me." She saw Zared give a laugh before he knocked on his steel horn with his fist. A resounding clang could be heard to indicate its tough exterior. "I know you're a tough cookie, but... What about those that don't have your massive horn? Doesn't it hurt when you get hit because of your trainer's incompetence?"

This time, her Mawile stood up and looked Danielle straight in the eyes. With a few cries, he then poked at where her heart is. Then, he gave a grin and thumped his chest proudly, sticking his nose in the air as if to add more emphasis to his previous statement.

Danielle chuckled at his display. "So, you Pokemon really don't blame us for making mistakes on your behalf, huh?" Her Mawile shook his head and, once again, knocked on his horn. "I get it. You guys are built for this, so you seek humans out to help you further along." Finally, Zared gave a happy cry as his point finally got through to his master's head. 'Perhaps I did worry too much. I underestimated them, so that's why they could never do their best.' Danielle nodded and smiled at her confident fairy. "Understood. The next time we battle, I will trust you and the others more, that's a deal." She held out her hand for Zared to touch. Her Mawile responded by giving a high five and beamed at her. 'I can feel it; she is getting stronger each time we talk. I can't wait until we team up to battle! She will be great! I know it!'

[Tses]

Seems like the plan worked out. Sissy's attention then turned at Sherlock, where the ground under it opened and the other GIble came out. "Quick Sherlock defend it with Curse." The water pokemon started glowing, taking the hit by the Gible. But with a second curse, that attack did a slight damage. "Disable, then Tackle attack." Sissy said hopping to hit it hard. Slowpoke's eyes glowed once again and then he charged towards the Gible with a full force Tackle attack.

Edited November 30, 2014 by Tses

[Chim]

Turbo and Tses

The male Gible took the Tackle head on, damaging Slowpoke with his Rough Skin. It kept the Slowpoke close and fired a Dragon Rage from point blank range. There was no way to avoid this one.

The female was in a far worse situation. The Wing attack hit her full on and when she tried to retaliate, she added to the damage she took. Exhausted and with not much resistances left she laid down and spread her arms in defeat.

Elf and Azery

Arbok barely dodged Colere’s Stomp attack. The snake quickly regained its composure and wanted to create some distance, when the shiny leader showed up from between some rocks. Its fangs were dripping with poison as it lunged at Colere. The normal Arbok got scared and quickly retreated, not wanting to enter a battle where the golden one was involved.

Under cover of the flying poison stings the two Arbok’s slithered towards Dratini. As long as their leader kept the big one busy they stood a chance against the small dragon. They avoided the thunder wave and both of them prepared for a Bite attack. The first one went for Dratini’s head while the other waited two seconds before going for the body.

[Tses]

"Sherlock dodge its attack." Sissy yelled at the water pokemon. But it was too late. Sherlock was in pain after his tackle attack, due to the rough skin of the Gible, and it was inevitable for it to dodge the dragon attack. The attack hit it head on, making it fall down, laying in defeat.

"I guess, here ends our part of the battle." Sissy said at Robert, looking at her injured pokemon. "Return. You deserve a good rest." The Slowpoke dissapeared inside his pokeball.

"Now it's one versus one. I think you can handle it from here on." She said at Robert. "If you find it hard against it, Miss can give you a hand."

[Zephyrus the Priestess]

A sketch of how Raiza imagined the scene was taking form on the paper as she scribbled and sketched away. "Did you maybe... meet it some time before? Then again, Celebi is the Time Travelling Pokemon... maybe the future you had met it...?" When the girl finished, she raised up the pad for Kage to look at. "Is this accurate enough?"

[Chevaleresse]

"That's probably it, yeah." When Raiza asked the second question, he felt another pang of worry. He shifted his shoulder just enough to get Lucas's attention focused on the notebook, and only replied when he received a positive feeling from the Ralts. "That looks good, I think. Um, should we get back now? I'm sure the teachers are wondering where we ran off to."

[Zephyrus the Priestess]

Stowing away the sketchpad after Kage's approval (though she wondered why he didn't comment any further), she nodded her head. "Oh, shoot, that reminds me of that challenge thing we had to do... Haven't done it yet, pon. We ought to hustle and get it done before they call us back," she said, motioning for Lucifer to come back to her.

[Chevaleresse]

"You go ahead, I want to see if Celebi is alright first. Could you tell one of the professors about this for me?" Kage turned to move backward in the cave. He wasn't sure Celebi would show itself with anyone else around.

[Zephyrus the Priestess]

Aw, I kinda wanted to draw Celebi... It'd be easier sketching it in person than drawing it from memory... and then again, I've never really seen one... Oh, well. "Erm, all right, then. I'll go on ahead. Take care, okay, pon?" Then, turning to Lana, she said, "C'mon, let's look for a Pokemon to sketch... or were you gonna do something else?" The girl's voice trailed off as she headed down the stairs with her friends.

[TurboAura]

As soon as he saw the first Gible down, he put his sights on the remaining target, having seen that it took down Sherlock aswell. He nodded to Sissy, more than willing to finish it off. "Thanks for the offer, but unless Jet faints, I believe we'll be able to finish it from here. Jet let loose a Gust towards the Gible, and try to get closer to the Gible right after." Jet immediately began the Gust, and began curving around the side of the gust to get towards the Gible without being noticed so quickly.

Edited November 30, 2014 by TurboAura

[Felicity]

Colere was caught by the Leaders fangs on her leg, pain ripping through her. Thankfull though, the fangs, and thus the poison, didn't penetrate her hide. In her pain, Colere released a furious Roar, right into the ears of the Arbok.