The Tale of Seven

[Rikugurl]

The crowd leaned and some even stood to see where the battle was being taken.

"Huh, they're headed to the marsh..." A redhead stated as he leaned over the bars in front of him, pushing his glasses all the way up to his bridge. Ninetails got onto her hind legs, her front paws on the top of the bar as well as she looked over. "Nine!"

Ven too got up and looked over the crowd the best he could... but unfortunately he was too short to see over the heads of those standing up. "Damnit!" He looked up at Aqua and growled. "What's going on!?"


The hooded man turned as his own Pokemon went out of view. The marsh was more towards Sora's side... so pass the trees were hard to view it. This caused a problem to those watching behind Gethin as well as they all tried to see.

The Metagross's eyes widened as the fox moved, now jumping away just as its one claw was about to hit. Instead, it hit the slushy ground below, the arena shaking and some unstable trees falling from the power of the impact. Being as heavy as 1212.5 lbs, the steel pokemon started to sink.
"META!" It cried as it tried to pull its legs from the muck... but it was stuck fast.

Water started to come up around it, making it sink a bit more until its stomach started to touch.
"METAAAAA!" It cried more as it tried to shake the water off it's body.

The cried caught its trainer's attention and the hooded man was off from his spot in the arena, his loyal Umbreon chasing quickly. When he was about to break free of the forest's view, that was when he heard a loud crackling and then... and explosion.
"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"
The electric hit the soaked and stranded pokemon, the water taking full effect of the power and sizzling around it. When it got into the seeps of the Pokemon, the insides started to react and... an explosion erupted.

Small patches of fire shot out from the steel pokemon, melting some of its body. "MEETAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"
It cried more, the horrible sound of its pain echoing through the bleachers.

Gethin stopped in his tracks, grabbing his dusk ball as quickly as possible before throwing it out. The small ball hit the suffering pokemon, turning it back into an element of light. When the ball returned to Gethin's hand, he held it with both, looking down at it.
Umbreon's ears flatted on his head, whimpering as he looked up at the ball.

[Reno]

Roxas watched as well, his eyes narrowed a bit. Well that was smart - water conducted electricity. Of course, so did metal but he had a feeling Sora was trying to get Metagross... stuck rather then conducted.

"Ab...." Absol murmured, tilting it's head.

Terra's eyes narrowed as the battle progressed, Houndoom growling in warning beside him. Something bad was going to occur...

"Stand on your chair damn it! Do I look like a playbook?!" Aqua snapped as she stood on her tip-toes, watching the suddenly very intense battle.


No one, especially not Sora, expected the devastating outcome. The brunette trainer's eyes took notice of Gethin's disappeared, then the mighty scream... and explosion. "Oh no..." He whispered, horrified and jumped jumped over his railing and rushed towards the marsh as well.

He figured out when he got there as his legs started to sink. Jolteon was laying on where he had jumped, ears down flat and looking panicked at the very damaged Pokemon. He whined suddenly in worry and sadness, not knowing that was going to occur.

Suddenly everyone was there. Umbreon, Gethin, Sora. Jolteon jumped from it's perch and struggled over to his master's side, seeing his shocked and hurt look. As Metagross disappeared, nothing separated the two but a huge marsh, Gethin seemed to look up and see the other trainer's pained expression.
"G-Gethin I... I'm sorry." Sora said, his voice weak. He didn't get an answer, not even an acknowledgment, except from Umbreon who gave him a furious growl, before the trainer was turning and running off.

"W-Wait!" Sora cried, "Let me help!!" He started to run forward only to slip on the ground and fell into the mud below.
"Jolt!" Jolteon cried and ran to his side, whimpering as the other slowly raised his head, half of his face covered in the sticky brown dirt, spikes somewhat flattened to plaster to his skull and skin. The brunette grit his teeth and struggled back up, not caring his clothes were now a mess as he backtracked some to where the ground was more stable and did run after Gethin. Jolteon at his heels.

He didn't hear the Announcer, the bing, the judge calling his victory. All he heard was silence. The crowd's silence. There were no cheers of victory as Gethin, and then Sora, slipped off the right side of the stage.


The Pokemon never seemed like such a long run. Then again, whenever a Pokemon was hurt, all runs to a center took too long. Every second, every moment was fraught with worry and fear that you would be too late... that you wouldn't be fast enough.

Sora sat against the wall just outside the center, his knees pulled up and his head buried in them. He looked up however when he heard loud feet and a soft bark, then a tiger striped dog appeared. Around it's right ear was a pink bow. Around its neck was a special collar in which three Pokeballs were strapped to it.

"Hey Arc, done already?" The brunette said softly. The dog barked softly in denial, she'd been gone for hours!

"Go Arcanine..." Sora called, but not like he usually did. There was no enthusiasm in his voice and it had her worried.
"Aaar...?" The Pokemon softly purred, looking to her master. He was covered nearly head to toe in a thick layer of mud. Jolteon, also muddy, was by his side, paws on his lap and licking softly at his cheek where tears were running down his face. There were very few times she had ever seen her master so upset.
Sora sniffled, petting Jolteon on the head and pushed slightly so he'd get off of his lap. He reached for his bag that he had thrown next to him and pulled out the familiar collar. Seeing she was faster than him and had natural guardian instincts, Sora had designed the collar specifically so that, if any of his Pokemon needed to get to a center quickly, he could have her go ahead of him.
There was a golden tag on it that read: 'I am currently incapable of reaching the center. Please treat these Pokemon until I can get there. Sora'
He reached over and Arcanine bowed her head, letting him strap on the thing. He took off two balls, murmuring that Staraptor needed to be treated for poison and Raichu for exhaustion. Then he took off a third and pointed it at his fox.
"Jolt!" The fox shook his head fiercely. He didn't want to leave when his master was so distressed!
"You're going Jolt... I'll be okay but right now you guys need to be treated." Jolteon's ears flattened and he bowed his head. He returned the fox to the ball and also placed it on the collar before taking out a brochure and flipping it open. "It's only about a mile away, you think you'll be okay?" He said as he showed her the way with his finger.
"Arc!" The dog barked in agreement, then paused and then looked up. Wait... they were at a center! "Ar...?"
"I know... but they need to concentrate on helping Metagross right now." Sora said softly, and she understood having known of the battle even though she was in her pokeball. He looked up. "I'm counting on you Arcanine."
The dog nodded proudly and Sora smiled weakly, nothing like his usual bright ones she normally saw. He reached up, petting her. "Good girl, get going."
And off she went.


It appeared to her he had tried, in the past few hours, to get off the mud the best he could, most covering his old bath towel he had thrown disinterestedly to the ground. Even still, there were still vestiges of it clinging to his skin, clothes and hair that only a good long shower was going to get off. He was shivering a bit too in the crisp air of the late afternoon, the mud having no warmth to it.

Sora reached up, taking off the collar and one by one let all three of his Pokemon out to inspect them. First Staraptor who trilled softly. The brunette smiled and held out his arm, letting her perch there. "You look much better." He murmured softly, petting her wings. They felt good and soft again. Strong too. "Thank you for battling so hard."
"Staaaar!" She trilled, spreading her wings before pulling then back against her body.
He smiled and gave her a treat before returning her.

Next was Raichu. The mouse shook his body. "Rai, Rai!" The mouse said happily at the sight of his master, but his enthusiasm dropped a little when he saw the others solemnity. "Chu...?"
"Oh its not you Rai." Sora murmured softly, also giving him a treat and a pet on the head. "You did wonderfully. Best I've ever seen! Soon you'll be the strongest Raichu in the world!" He rubbed the others cheeks softly, feeling the healthy spark. He was returned as well.

He looked at Arcanine and smiled, giving her a treat as well. "Thank you for taking them Arc. It means the world to me."
"Ar!" Barked the tiger-dog letting her master pet him and even enjoyed the scratches she was given behind the ear, making one of her legs shake. Sora laughed softly, before readjusted the bow. "Get some rest." He returned her as well, returning her to his belt.

Then finally, Jolteon. The Pokemon, his spikes now flatter after his bath and soothing treatments, jumped right into his lap and got dirty all over again. The fox barked licking his chin in earnest concern.
Sora smiled faintly, petting her carefully, feeling her spikes. They were all sharp and charged again and the tension that usually built up under his skin after charging electricity was gone. Nurse Joy had done a good job...

"I'm alright. How about you?"
"Jol..." The fox whined, ears lowering in sadness.
He kissed the top of the fox's head, murmuring softly. "You battled great. It's not your fault Jolteon, it's all mine."
The other shook his head. "Eon!"

"I gave the order." Sora said, still in that soft, soothing voice. "You just did what I said. You didn't know... but I should have. I'm the trainer and I have to be responsible for everything that happens to both mine and my opponents Pokemon in the battle. I should have been more respectful, more careful... instead all I could think about was winning." The brunette sighed bowing his head, tears forming at the corner of his eyes again. "I'm a terrible person."
Jolteon whined more but he wasn't listening. He couldn't be terrible! Whenever he or one of his friends got hurt by one of their opponents most of THEM didn't go to the Pokemon center and wait outside for hours to make sure they'd be alright!

His eyes narrowed before he jumped from the other's lap and suddenly ran inside the center, automatic doors opening and closing behind him. He looked around before spotting the hooded man, pacing back in forth in front of the emergency room, Umbreon watching him with red eyes looking just as sad and worried. Last time they had come here it had not been pretty...

Sora burst into the center with Jolteon panting at his side, just as he saw Nurse Joy and a Chansey hurrying away with a dusk ball in her hand, Gethin standing in front of the desk and gripping on the countertop hard enough to make his knuckles go white. Umbreon noticed them and looked back, eyes narrow.
Sora panted, hands on his knees before he walked over cautiously, feet loud in the silence. "Gethin...?" He said breathlessly, mud dripping from his hair and pattering on the ground.
The other spun around so quickly it made Sora jump and back up a few steps, blue eyes widening in surprise. He quickly composed himself though. "Gethin... I'm so sorry."
Umbreon glared up at him but he did his best not to notice. The hooded man just looked away and made a hand motion towards the door, silently telling him to leave.
"Please I... I didn't mean for it to turn out like that." Sora said taking a step forward.
Gethin's hands started to curl into fists at his sides, hard enough Sora was afraid that he'd break the skin.
He took another step forward. "Please you have to believe me! I didn't know that would happen! I-" To his, Jolteon, and maybe even Gethin's shock, Umbreon suddenly shot forward and tackled Sora, smacking him in the gut before landing soundlessly on the tiles. The brunette fell on his back, winded and dazed. He sat up slowly, wincing as he held his stomach and looked towards the black fox.
"Umbre!!" The fox growled furiously.
"Jolt Jolt!" Jolteon cried in surprise, looking at his master before growling right back at his brother, looking none too happy about the attack. He ran in front of Sora, his spikes started to lift when suddenly hands grabbed him and pulled him against a muddy chest. He whimpered, feeling his master shaking with sadness.
"It's okay Jolt..." Sora said softly, resignedly. He stood slowly, still holding onto his fox, his head bowed to the mysterious man. "Your Pokemon are very strong and they have a lot of trust and love for you. Your bonds with them are strong and I know you'll never give up on them. I bet you anything they won't either. Believe in Metagross it's going to be okay. It's going to be real happy when it wakes up and the first thing it sees is you and Umbreon worried but happy too."
He nodded then turned on his heels and walked out the doors. They didn't know that Sora merely walked a few steps before throwing his bag on the floor and sitting against the wall. Waiting just as dutifully as Gethin inside was. Not long after he sent his Pokemon away to be treated... and waited alone.

"Jolt-EON!" The fox barked loudly, making Gethin turn to face him. The fox growled and bit at the fringes of the other's coat, pulling at it, trying to make him follow. Someone with human speak needed to talk his master out of his depression!


"Come on hurry!!"
"Damn it Roxas slow the fuck down!"
"Did your mother kiss you with that mouth?!"
"Yes she fucking did!"
"Well you had a terrible mom!"
"THE FUCK DID YOU SAY ABOUT MY MOM?!"
The red-head of the group told them both to shut up.

Roxas panted hard taking the lead of the six runners, Ninetails a few feet behind him, then Axel and Terra ran nearly side by side their long legs not having too much of a problem keeping up but somehow still Roxas outdistanced them. Behind those two trainers Absol and Houndoom ran as well, trying to keep up.

They had finally finished their matches, each of them having won some of them more easily then others. Terra had his first fight on the rock and sand field and had won with Flygon, not even switching the desert dragon out once. Roxas had won on the grass field with a bit more difficulty, Glameow and Zangoose both having been knocked out during the fight before he finally won with Linoone.

But now the fights were over and all Roxas cared about was getting back to his brother. After his twins match he had run out of the stadium to catch up with him. Axel couldn't follow, his match was starting soon and Terra declined because he was supposedly very bad with these sensitive situations. Roxas finally found him almost an hour later sitting outside a center all alone. Inside he knew who was in there.

He wanted to stay, to comfort his distraught brother, but Sora kept telling him again and again he would be late and he had to get to his match. Finally, after the blue-eyed brunette finally growled and said he'd never forgive him if he didn't go back Roxas left. He didn't believe him, but he left. It was a miracle he even got back at all.

Okay, Axel found him wandering the streets again and led him back. The red-head had won but he didn't seem too excited, worried about Sora as well. The blond just sighed, sad and worried, as he went to his match that his brother wasn't even going to get to see. He won but took no pleasure in the cheers, as if the horrible incident from before was all but forgotten.

It was maddening, waiting for Terra's match to finish even though the brunette promising to be quick. And it was. each match lasted less than five minutes and then they were off - but time had been wasted. Lots of it... he was afraid to go back to the center and find out Metagross hadn't made it. His brother, the same brother who had once dreamed of being a Pokemon doctor, would never forgive himself.

[Rikugurl]

Shock ran through the hooded man's mind, not able to believe what he just saw. Never in his life...
"Umbree!!" The black fox called, getting his master out of the trance. And he did. Gethin quickly turned and rushed out, holding the dusk ball in his hand carefully, as if it was a hurting egg.

Umbreon followed at his heels, looking over his shoulder now and again to see Sora and Jolteon following. He growled but looked back, seeing that he was losing his speed. He quickly caught up and decided not to look back again. His ears could tell that they were still following.

They raced out of the stadium, their rush and panic making people move out of their way quickly. They rushed down the sidewalk by two blocks and turned, heading to a building with a Poke ball on it. Gethin broke through the doors first, followed by Umbreon. The man pushed people waiting aside until he got to the front desk where Nurse Joy was already helping a trainer.

"Ack!" She cried and her Chansey puffed up, not happy about how rude this hooded man was.
The dusk ball was shoved into the woman's face. By the look of the ball...she could already tell that something was wrong.
"Please..." A worried voice came from the hidden face and the nurse took the ball, quickly putting it in the health checker.

"Oh my gosh! This pokemon needs critical care! Chansey! Alert my sisters!" The Chansey cried before wobbling away quickly, getting some nurses from their relaxing exercise with other Pokemon.
Nurse Joy looked back at the hooded man and nodded. "We will do our very best!"
She looked at the line and sighed. "Everyone! There is an emergency and all our nurses will be too busy to make sure all your pokemon are at 100%. Please head down to the other center that's about a mile away."

That was when Sora burst through the doors and almost got stomped on due to trainers in a rush to get their pokemon healed.
Umbreon growled as he saw the two walk up. The hooded man turned quickly, his hood flapping from the move but his face still not revealed.
His arm was brought up, an index pointing to the door before he turned again. When Sora spoke more, all he could do was curl his fingers into a fist.

That was when it happened. Another step and it was a good thing that Umbreon only tackled Sora... instead of poisoning him for getting too close to his master. Even if this brunette was the master of his brother, that didn't mean that he was a nice person... especially if he ordered Jolteon to hurt his friend so badly!

When the two left, a hand reached out and grabbed the Umbreon's ear, pulling it harshly. "Umbreon!" The fox whimpered as he was pulled right to his master's side.
He was just trying to protect him...


Six hours had passed and not one word about the Metagross. With hurting and aching feet, the hooded man continued to walk back and forth. Umbreon whimpered, just watching his master then looked back at the door where they were taking care of Metagross.

The sound of the front doors opened made the black fox shoot up, knowing that Nurse Joy had put a sign up that she couldn't help any trainers until the emergency was through.
When he saw who it was, he didn't get any happier. "Umbre! Eon!"
He growled as his brother started to pull at his master's coat. "Umbreon!" The fox was about to tackle his brother when a hand shot down and stopped him. Red eyes looked up at the hand's owner... which was his own.

Gethin snapped his fingers and pointed his index to the floor. Umbreon understood as he sat down but whimpered as Gethin was dragged outside.

When the doors opened and the man was pulled out, the yellow fox let go and rushed back to his own master's side. The hooded man just stood there for a moment before slowly walking towards the brunette. He paused next to him, looking down. His arm extended, his hand offering to help Sora up off the ground.
When Sora took it, a strong pull brought the brunette to his feet.

Before they could continue, the doors to the center opened, making Gethin look back and Sora around the figure. What they saw coming out was something that was unexpected.
A happy looking Metagross with a Umbreon sitting on its head.
"META!"
"Umbreon!"

The ground shook as the Metagross walked out of the center and onto the sidewalk, making imprints into the ground from its weight. Gethin turned and quickly rushed to the Pokemon he had almost lost in the battle. He quickly knelt down to wrap his arms around the Metagross... and as he did, the hood was flipped up, revealing long, silver hair that shined in the last of the sunlight that came down onto them.

"META!" The steel Pokemon cried happily as it was hugged, smiling as it nuzzled its master back.
Gethin slowly stood and pulled the hood over his head, covering the beautiful silver it had hidden before turning back to look at Sora.
"Thank you for caring so much..." A light, kind voice came from the shadows.

Before much could happen, Gethin shifted, seeming to look beyond the now more cheerful Sora.
Three trainers with three pokemon were heading towards them.

"HEY! THERE THEY ARE!" The redhead called as his Ninetails continued to race ahead of him.
He too had won... and quite quickly. He was lucky that he had a grass type trainer. Rapidash and Camerupt really did well!
As they rushed up, Nurse Joy was taking down the sign and walked out to hand the dusk ball back.

When the three caught up, they were all panting hard but Axel straightened and smiled. "Wow! Looks like Metagross is back to normal!" He said happily just before it was pulled back into its ball.
The hooded man only looked over and nodded before looking down at Umbreon. He nodded at his loyal friend before Umbreon flattened his ears and slowly walked towards Sora.

"Umbre, umbreon! Eon...umbre..." The fox whimpered as he got close enough and started to lick Sora's hand.


In a hotel room a few blocks away, a now happy-to-get-out-of-a-dress boy was looking out the window of his hotel room with a sigh. He was wondering how Sora was... and being undercover... well... he couldn't just go over there and check. He could see the top of the center from the window and sighed once more. "Well... if he's really down... I know he'll call me..."

"Haun, haun..." The ghost behind him patted his shoulder as he took looked out at the sunset coming down over the city.

[Reno]

Jolteon's ears perked up some as Gethin started to follow him. He didn't let him go though, for fear he wouldn't keep following if he didn't keep his strong hold. So he held strong and continued to tug the other forward until the automatic doors open again with a soft whoosh and the mans boots were tapping across concrete. Finally he let go running to his master's side, whimpering and looking up at him imploringly.

Didn't he see? His master felt badly! He'd been here the whole time, worrying and waiting just like him!

Sora blinked, looked over at his fox before seeing just who he had brought. His eyes widened and he looked down about to snap at his fox for doing something so uncalled for... when suddenly there was a hand in front of him. His lips trembled a bit and he looked up at the other trainer silently for a second but he couldn't see the other's face to gauge what he was thinking.

He tried to smile and failed, merely taking the others hand, blushing at the touch as he accepted the help up. He blinked however by just how STRONG the man was, practically being lifted effortlessly. Jeez he must of have muscles under that coat!

This time a timid almost shy smile was on his lips. "T-Thanks..." He whispered uncertainly, unsure why Gethin was out here and actually helping him. That was unless he only wanted to help him up to deck him back down. Yeah he seemed like a respectable type not to hit someone already down.

Before anything could happen, violent or not, the automatic doors made another whoosh. Sora blinked seeing something that made him quickly look around - and then grin. He nearly fell as Metagross touched the ground the tremors much worse when he was close - but Gethin didn't pause at all only turning around to hug his Pokemon.

Sora watched the sweet scene unable to stop his own smile. Nothing was better then seeing a Pokemon reunited with its tra-
His eyes widened when the hood flipping down, and the sun caught sparkling silver hair. He drew in a breath. W-Wow...
Jolteon, sitting by its master's feet, was smiling as well. "Jol jol!" He said conversationally, looking up - then paused curiously at the dazed look on his master's face. He tilted his head. "Jol...?"

And then it was gone. Sora blinked and shook his head only to be dazzled again - by his VOICE! It was so melodious and angelic and... perfect. His cheeks heated just a fraction and his grin was happy but nervous. "Y-Y-" He tried to respond and then blushed more as he realized he was sounding like an idiot. Jolteon was even further confused.

That was when he was interrupted by a voice from behind. Saved by his brother and friends! He glanced back, sighing happily as he saw the familiar faces running over.
Roxas bent over hands on his knees panting hard. "Looking... for you... everywhere!"
Terra panted as well. "That's only because you led us down five different side streets! Shortcut my ass!"
Roxas growled and glared at Terra. "Stuff it!"
Sora chuckled a bit, shaking his head. That's why he never let Roxas lead. He smiled at Axel though seeing the red-head already knew exactly what to say. He looked back around at Gethin, smiling, only to blink as... Umbreon approached him.

Well here was that violent attack he was worried about. He looked down at the fox, waiting for the other to make a move - whatever it was he'd probably deserve it. He didn't expect however when the other Pokemon started to whimper and lick at his hand. "Oooh..." He slowly knelt down until his knees were on the cement and he ran a hand along the others face before scratching under his chin, "Don't feel badly Umbreon. I probably deserved it." Sora said softly. "I know you were just worried about Metagross and wanted to protect Gethin." He smiled. "I don't mind really." He looked up then, at Gethin then to Metagross and smiled. "I hope you all can forgive me, though. Especially you Metagross. I really am truly sorry."

Jolteon looked at his master, before looking over at the other trainer and Metagross. His own ears flattened and he walked forward, but stayed close to Gethin as he looked up at the massive Pokemon. His ears fell further, apologizing as well. "Eon, jolt jolt."


Aqua opened the door to their room quietly, before looking inside and finding Ven sighing at the window, looking homesick and Haunter trying to comfort him. It seemed he hadn't even heard her come in, so lost in his deep, dark thoughts about his brother. She tilted her head, wonder if she should just turn around and leave let him stew in his solace...

Nope not enough fun!!
She threw something suddenly.
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!" Came the wild cry as the Porygon went threw Haunter and smacked into Ven. Aqua burst into laughter as Ven freaked out.

[Rikugurl]

Gethin stayed silent as usual as he heard Sora's apology. What he thought and what he wanted to say was unknown. However, now Sora knew that the mysterious man had long silver hair... and could definitely speak.

The man looked down as the electric fox walked next to him and looked up at his large, heavy Pokemon. Metagross's red eyes looked down at Jolteon as he heard the fox. "Meta, Megross, gross!" It replied and seemed to smile slightly.

Axel smiled as he watched the display, the Umbreon really loving Sora's touch and the Jolteon trying to create bonds. Like he thought, this Gethin trainer wasn't so bad... even if he was a bit shady in his outfit.
What he couldn't help though... was his stomach growling. A crazy day like this... made him pretty hungry.
"Hey, Gethin... would you like to join us for dinner?"

Everyone quieted as they looked at the hooded figure. Gethin stayed silent as always before slowly shaking his head. The dusk ball had Metagross return and Umbreon barked before quickly running back to Gethin's side. The hooded man bowed slightly before turning... and walked off.

Axel rubbed the back of his neck and sighed, watching the man walk off down the road.
"Well... I guess not everyone is easy to make friends with." He smiled softly as he nodded. "I'm sure we'll see him again in the future... but for now... I'm starving!"
"Niiiiiiiinetails!"


Ven sighed more as he shook his head, looking away from the center as he reached up and held an interesting looking pendant, heart with a cross under it. "I hope you're ok..." He closed his eyes before letting the charm go and sat up.

"Hau--- Haunter?" The ghost started before he felt something ticklish. With that, he started to laugh and clap in amusement.
"Wh---AAAAAAAAH!!" He was hit in the head and from the shock, he went falling out of the window and into the bush below it. Unfortunately, that fucking thing fell with him!

"UGH! AQUA! YOU FUCKING BITCH!" He cried out as he grabbed a branch and started whacking the Pokemon that was flying around his head.

[Reno]

OOC: Just because I bet you had a shitty day I wanted you to know: I L-O-V-E YOU!

Jolteon's ears perked and he smiled back. "Jolt!" No one knew, all the way, what they exactly were saying - except maybe Gethin who had proved to be very well versed in Poke-mind mind-speak. But if he knew, he'd never tell.

Sora meanwhile was smiling, not minding that he wasn't getting a response. He had expected that - though he was a little disappointed. What he wouldn't give to hear that angelic voice, just one more time...

Then again that could be a disastrous. He could faint. Or worse, get weak knees! Embarrassment Avenue right there!

So he concentrated on Umbreon, giving the other little pets and scratches he knew Jolteon loved. It was easier with this black fox though, because the coat wasn't full of spikes (which he would swear to anyone that they are indeed sharp enough ti pierce skin if you aren't careful or the lightning Pokemon just HAPPENED to get scared of furious while being near).

However the spell was broken when Axel asked his question and Sora knew without looking the answer that would be given, even if he offered to pay. He looked up anyways, unable to stop a soft smile up at the other hoping maybe he'd be wrong. He wasn't.

Jolteon expected it as well, rubbing his head against the man's leg, barking to Metagross in goodbye before it was sucked back up in its dusk ball and walking back to his trainer, looking at Umbreon as he passed him as well. Sora straightened, watching the two walk off and smiled and waved even though they weren't looking. "See you around! I hope we meet again!!"

He watched the two disappear in the sunset - finding it ironic and romantic and straight out of a freaken' romance book, not like he read those - before he turned around hearing Axel.
"Alright, but I fucking lead. Blondie here might land us on the moon." Terra grumbled.
"What's that supposed to mean!?"
"Oh just that you have the worst sense of direction known to man!"
"Did I ASK you?"
"Hmph, bet a blind and deaf man could led better than you!"
"Well why don't I cut out your eyes and ears and we can find out?!"

He smiled, and shrugged quickly jumping into the argument before it could get worse. He wondered what it was about Terra that made Roxas less shy - or what it was about Axel that made him moreso. Maybe just because one was aggravating while the other was charming. "You guys go ahead without me. I um... need a shower." He motioned to his muddy and dirty clothes. "And a laundromat." He laughed.

"Yeah, you kinda smell." Roxas chuckled.
"Absol~"
"Hey!!" Sora pouted, crossing his arms, discreetly sniffing himself. Ugh he did smell! Like dried mud and acid! And he smelt like that in front of all of Gethin's perfection?! Damn, no wonder he declined.
"I'll save some leftovers for you."
The brunette's eyes shimmered and he grabbed Roxas into a death grip of happiness. "I knew there was a reason you were my brother and I loved you!"
"Well don't hug me!!"

Sora laughed but obediently let go. After saying his goodbyes to the three he headed back for the Victory Hotel, thinking now would probably be a good time to calm home and tell mom he loved her for always reminding him to bring bleach and other laundry-type cleaners.


"PORY! PORY! PORY!" Screamed the frantic bird as it flapped its little wings rapidly dodging the branch, trying to save its own hide. Aqua stuck her head out the window, laughing mercilessly down at the blonde. "You know if you miss them so much why don't YOU call THEM? It's not like you don't know where they are!"

Ven had, of course, been keeping taps on 'Axel' by following him, Sora, and Roxas back to the hotel with her so that they knew were their biggest 'prey' was staying. The idea seemed to make Ven pause and Porygon, already forgetting it had been in mortal danger, landed on the branch and started to dance again. "Poooory~ Pooory~ Poooooy-Gon-Z!"

[Rikugurl]

Axel nodded before laughing at Terra. He really didn't have my patients at all. Axel himself liked the idea of getting lost. It was adventurous and who knew if they would stumble upon something that they might of missed if they were going the right way. He had seen beautiful views whenever he wandered off the trail in his journey.

"Let's go back to the buffet." The redhead smiled as he and his Ninetails turned and started heading in that direction.
When they arrived in a timely manner, thanks to Terra, the six got their usual spot and started to chow down instantly. Once again, they had all passed and were now able to stay another night. Axel had to agree that he was starting to get nervous as Roxas. Ninetails quickly made him feel better with a bark.

Terra still didn't feel nervous. He still believed that he was going to bring home the trophy.
What neither Roxas or Terra knew though... was that Axel had the most powerful, registered Pokemon of the championship.


Ven growled as he looked up, seeing his partner sticking her head out the window.
When he heard her suggestion, he stopped and think. Would it be too odd for him to call when Sora obviously had a horrible day?
No... because they were triplets and they could feel this kind of thing right?

With a grin, he flung the branch at the Porygon and called up. "Haunter! Have a lick!"
The Haunter blinked but grinned as he looked at Aqua. With a large lick onto her back, the woman became instantly paralyzed... and fell out the window as well.
"Hehehehehe...." The blonde chuckled as he climbed out just as she fell in and quickly scaled the building to their window.

When he climbed in, he sat on the bed and reached for the phone, pressing 7 to use the outside line. He got an operator and asked for the Victory Hotel.

When he got the front desk, he asked if he could be transferred to the room where Axel Xipil was staying. There was a beep and then a ring tone. He wasn't surprised when he heard who picked up. "Sora! I finally found your number! You have NO idea how fucking hard it was for me to find out where the hell you were! Are you really in Victory City!?"

[Reno]

Of course he had more confidence he had won his match with Flygon getting her hurt AND at the same time never had to use another Pokemon. He knew for certain he'd get to the top 8 - and everyone knew that if he felt confident then so would his Pokemon. They would feel the aura of their trainer's feelings and oftentimes responded to positive emotions positively and begative ones negatively.

As long as he continued to be confident, they'd be fine.

Roxas meanwhile was trying to keep himself from being two nervous in the presence of the two without his brother to back him up any longer - physically or mentally or otherwise. So he basically stared at his plate all night and blushed whenever Axel talked to him and bristled when Terra did. He was getting along with them swimmingly he thought.


"Wha- NO!" Aqua started to cry when she was licked. She shook all over and started to tip - and couldn't even scream as she fell and landed in a bush.

"Pory, pory!" Her crazy duck said, jumping on her stomach and dancing around.


Sora sighed as he got to his temporary home - and he he felt no shame calling a hotel room 'home' - and he threw his pack on the ground. He had just wondered into the bathroom and was wetting a cloth with warm water when he heard the phone ring.

... The phone?

He rung out the washcloth and ran to the other room picking up the phone with a damp hand. "Hello?!" He paused, hearing the strikingly familiar voice on the other end but it wasn't Roxas. Too gruff and tough. He grinned. "VEN!!!" He called, sure the other had moved his head away from the phone.

"Haha, I can't believe you're calling!" He said happily, spinning on his heels and whistling. "Come here Jolt."
Jolteon walked out of the bathroom and over to his trainer, tilting his head. "Say hi to Ven!" He said cheerfully, holding the phone out.
"Jolt, Jolteon!"

He laughed and put the phone back to his ear. "Yeah I'm in victory Town, me and Rox are in the Platinum Conference - yeah I know I'm amazed he made it too. It's too bad you aren't here." He didn't know how wrong he was. "We've made some neat friends already." He sighed, almost dreamily. "And Gethin..."

[Rikugurl]

Ven smiled as he heard his brother's voice. It was nice to hear his chipper, always happy voice... even knowing the day had been horrible to him. That was the Sora he knew, the one that the world could collapse around him but just simple things like a phone call could super glue the world back together in seconds.

"Oh hey, Jolteon!" He smiled more as he heard the call of Sora's Pokemon. Sora and Pokemon alike, Sora seemed to rub off on them... they all having great attitude and were confident in themselves.
Ven had always wished...

He smiled softly as he nodded. "Yea well... I'm still working on getting my eighth badge. I can't believe you two got them before me! Especially Roxas!" He laughed, both of them knowing about Roxas's sense of direction. "Did he find that Compass Pokemon he was looking for?" He joked and shook his head. "Well... seeing that you sound happy and all, it must mean that you've been winning!"

God, if he sounded more happier, he might just drop dead. It was a good thing that Aqua wasn't here to make fun of him. That lick would wear off in 15 minutes... so that gave him enough time for him to stay alive for this phone call.

"And I'm not shocked that YOU of all people made friends already." He rose his eyebrow as he heard a familiar name.
Gethin? So... it seemed like the Meragross was alright. "G-gethin? Who's that?"

[Reno]

Sora laughed softly, shaking his head. "No he never found a Nosepass." Those of course were the rock-type compass Pokemon who had so much iron in their noses they always pointed north. That would help Roxas out some... then he would need a map-reading Pokemon.

With Roxas' luck he's get a Nosepass that always pointed south and a blind map-reader.

His smile turned a little sad when the other spoke and nodded. "Yeah... we made it through to the next round." At least he was guessing Roxas and them all did since they hadn't said they hadn't - then again he WAS a little preoccupied...

However, little butterflies began to dance in his stomach the minute Ven asked for more informed. He unwound the cord from the phone and sat down, leaning against the desk. "Well... he was the guy I battled today. He didn't say a world during the battle, just spoke to them telepathically, like Sabrina or Anabel." He frowned some. "I really hurt one of his Pokemon." Jolteon whined at the understatement - "B-But everything's okay! Nurse Joy works wonders really! His Metagross made a full recovery." There was definite cheer.

Then a startled chuckle. "A-And... he... he has silver hair... it glitters and-" A lovestruck sigh, "And his voice... he thanked me for staying around and GOD what a voice!" He laughed but it sounded more like the over-enthusiastic giggle of a teenage girl talking about her newest crush. "I almost fell over my knees got all weak - isn't that weird?"

[Rikugurl]

Ven nodded kind of boringly. He already knew what Gethin had done... and that his brother's Jolteon had hurt that Metagross. But what shocked him was the way that his brother was... SWOONING over this guy!
And silver hair? He never expected anything like that... and how did Sora know!?

He shook his head and frowned a bit. Weak in the knees!? What the hell?
He couldn't help but chuckle. "What are you? Gay?" He shook his head but before Sora could answer, he saw a door open up to the room with a very angry looking bluette stomping inside.
"Uh... Sora, I gotta go! I'll call you late ok! Good luck tomorrow!" With that he hung up and jumped off the bed in attempts to get away from the crazy woman.


About a hour later, the door to the Victory room opened and Roxas, Axel, Absol and Ninetails walked in.
"Sora!" The redhead called and smiled as he saw his friend. "Brought you your...." He stopped as he pushed his glasses up to see the brunette on the bed, his cheeks flushed and looking a bit embarrassed.

"You ok?"
He had answered that he was fine... and just thinking about what had happened to day. Axel and Roxas looked at each other and just shrugged as they all got ready for bed as Sora ate his meal.

Tomorrow was another big day... none of them knowing what it would bring.


What it brought was Roxas being the first to battle today.
Much like the day before, he had a crowd of watchers, including Sora and Axel. They had met up with Terra in the morning... but it seemed like he had some things to buy before his next battle of the day.

Everyone seemed to also be wearing a scarf or cuddling up to their Pokemon as the ice from the arena below chilled the bleachers.
Nine tails made Axel feel warm as his Pokemon sat on his lap. "I think Absol will do great in this arena! He's use to cold places and blends in well with the snow."

Down below, the said blonde was on one side as his opponent was on the other.
He was a tall man with striking, long blue hair and cold yellow eyes. A distinctive scar ran down the middle of his face, making it look like an 'X'.

He was from Celestic Town and from the clothes he wore, it was obvious that it was a town that honored the past.
By his side was a floating Lunatone, an uncommon Pokemon who takes in the moonlight for it's power. It seemed quite happy by its master's side, seeing that the night before was a full moon.


Another identical blonde... well.... not so much, was sitting on a chair in front of a large mirror. "I thinks that's enough fucking make-up." The cute girl grumbled under her voice as her 'make-up artist' was dabbing more blush on her. Other girls and artist were around as well, getting the girls ready for their show.

[Reno]

What are you? Gay?"

"Uh, well uh-" Sora started to stammer in explanation, his cheeks heating up by several shades. He wanted to be truthful... maybe now was the time to come clean with one of his siblings.

"ACtually..." He began, trying to steel himself to reveal the truth when Ven suddenly cut him off, sounding panicked. He rose an eyebrow. "Oh, okay B-"
Click!
"...Ye?"

Sora pulled away the phone slowly and shook his head, before looking and Jolteon. "Time for that shower!"
Jolteon's ears pressed down some. "Joool..."
"It'll be fun!"

About an hour later, Jolteon was sulking at the head of the bed already mad because he had to have not one but TWO baths. Now all his electricity was shot!
Sora meanwhile was in spare clothes, his others damp and hanging in the bathroom to clean. He was looking at the ceiling, smiling as he thought about earlier this day.

"Thank you for caring so much." The voice still sent shivers down his spine and butterflies fluttering.
He shut his eyes smiling as he daydreamed.
"Thank you for caring so much." Gethin whispered softly in that silken smooth voice, leaving Metagross' side to approach him. His silver hair was hiding his face, leaving it in shadows and all Sora could catch was a pair of perfect lips descending closer... and closer and-

"SORA!" A voice snapped into his vision and he sat up, startled and blushing. He looked up clueless, before grinning nervously as he saw his brother and Axel in the doorway, looking at him oddly. He laughed waving off Axel's concern. "Y-Yeah just peachy! Just was thinking about today!" Hopefully the blush could be passed off as one of shame rather than love-struck.

He happily excepted his dinner, thanking the two with love before he tore into it, his sulky Jolteon coming over to steal some as well. Man how could he be so totally smitten with a stranger?! And he didn't even have anyone to tell!


The next morning they were late again, Sora taking the lead in the race once again and actually seeming to have a little skip to his run. Beside him, Jolteon was rolling his eyes.

However they got to the field quickly enough that they were early enough for the beginning of the matches. Though Terra met them he didn't join them, saying he had some errands to run and would catch up as soon as possible. Luckily his match was one of the last.
And Roxas visibly shook as they yelled his name for one of the first.

Sora and Axel did their best to brim their buddy with boldness, but even they noticed the grim smile gracing the blonde;s lips as he left Absol at his side.

"I-I-I-I don't s-s-s-see why he's s-s-so worried!" Sora chattered out, holding Jolteon against his chest, knees curling up to savor in the Pokemon's electric warmth. "He did g-g-g-good yesterday!"

Down on the ice field Roxas wasn't shivering at all - he was too numb and nervous to notice the cold. And why did his opponent look like he came out of a bad pirate flick? The youngest of the triplets sighed shaking his head.
For this field the opponents were not asked to meet in the middle - seeing the ice was slippery and they'd likely break their legs trying. so from his side Roxas called without much hope. He;d lost every coin toss so far... "Tails!"
He watched the metal glint in the sun, flipping silently through the air before it was caught again and-

"And it's tails! That means Saix will have to pick the first Pokemon." Roxas slumped in surprised relief and smiled a little more confidantly.


Across town, a contest was being held. The audience wasn't too large, most being at the stadium for the matches and it was almost ALL women and some poor unfortunate husbands and boyfriends who had been dragged by their ears.

Back stage however ladies were hard at work beautifying themseleves and their Pokemon some beginning to get agitated. One in particular. "Shut it and close your eyes." She growled before the blond sighed dramatically and did so. She brushed another another coat of color across each eye, and when he opened them she smirked seeing how it helped his 'big blue eyes' stand out.

"Alright!" She picked up something that made The blond twitch. Tweezers. "Now for those eyebrows!"


Terra hummed happily, chomping down on something fluffy and warm, a hint of chocolate in the mix. In his hand was a bag of stuff he had bought, swinging at his side. He grinned satisfacorally, taking another bite.
"How, how!" His dog barked at his side, looking up with his tongue lolling out.
"Get your own damn muffin!"
Houndoom scowled and started to growl, fire burning in its throat - when a soft noise caught his attention.
"Ski."
"Hound?" His tail rose and curved, comically making the same curl of a question mark as he looked to his left - and saw something wonderful. His new meal.

It was a little cat with large ears and a strange tail that was looking around as if lost or searching for someone. Houndoom licked his lips, leaving his Master's side - Terra didn't notice seeing as he was currently in muffin heaven - and followed Skitty quietly until he was right behind her, licking his chops as he kept in step with her.
"How..." He growled softly.
The cat froze tilting its head before it slowly turning to look behind her only to face the grinning face of a devil. "SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" She screeched, making Houndoom's ears ring and his muscles lock while the pink thing started to run for it.

He recovered quickly and, barking loudly, chased after.
"Houndoom wait! Come back!!" Her ignored his master, intent on the chase.

[Rikugurl]

Green eyes lit up when he saw that Roxas had won the coin toss. This would help him in the match big time! With a glance, he took two of Ninetails's tails and wrapped them around Sora. The fox didn't seem to mind as she looked down at Roxas and Absol.
"NINE! NINE!" She called, trying to get Absol's attention.

Down below, the blue hair man frowned but nodded as he reached down to his belt and grabbed a Timer Ball. With a flick of his wrist, the ball flew out, an energy forming a large Pokemon.

"Ugh.. here we go again..." Axel sighed as he cuddled up to Ninetails. What was with these huge pokemon?

"MASNOW!" The large, Frost Tree pokemon called, it's deep voice making the ice and snow around it crack just a bit.


Ven grumbled as he looked up at his partner but closed his eyes anyway. They needed this rare Pokemon for the boss! Maybe if it was good enough, they could get better Pokemon than a god damn Spinda or a FUCKING PORYGON-Z.

When she was done, he opened his eyes and looked at himself in the mirror. GOD... did he look like some... candy eating, squealing, annoying, rich girl! IT WAS PERFECT!
"How the hel--WHAT!?" He cried as he practically jumped out of his chair, his fake golden locks bouncing as his eyes widened in horror at the tweezers.

The cute girls around looked over, wondering what the big deal was. Anything was worth looking cute for!


"SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" The kitten continued to run, going under bushes and into onto the sidewalk through the other side. She panted as she though she was safe... but when she looked back, she jumped with fear as the dog plowed through the bushes after her. "SKII! SKII!" She cried once more as her little legs started to move quickly once more.

As she rushed down the sidewalk, bouncing around poles and through people's legs, she picked up a familiar scent. "TY!" She cried before taking a sharp turn into a grooming parlor.
The hell hound followed after.

"What the--"
"OH MY!"
"SOMEONE CATCH THEM!"

The Skitty dodged people's legs and ran under the table, trying to move her legs faster as she heard a bunch of commotion behind her. "SKIII!!" She cried as tears started to form on the outside of her eyes. She finally dash out into the open and slid UNDER another Pokemon before racing to a door that was slowly shutting.

When it shut, she panted and sighed in relief, only to hear a large gasp. Slowly, the poor kitten looked up to see sparking eyes of girls in cute dresses and make-up.
With a sweat drop, she smiled nervously. "S-ski?"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAWE!" The girls cried and pounced for her.
"SKIIIIIIIIII!!" The kitten cried once more before rushing pass them.

On the other side of the door where women were picking up things, the certain hell hound slammed into the Pokemon that the Skitty had rushed under. Oddly enough, it was the Skitty's evolution.

The Delcatty looked around at the Houndoom. Even now, she was smiling even if she was bumped pretty hard.
"Catty!" She meowed as her tail swooshed back and forth.

[Reno]

Sora blinked but smiled as he was given the tails mumbling his thanks before carefully adjusting them to wrap around Jolteon too. The yellow fox nuzzled the tail before looking out over his new makeshift scarf to see the battle.

The brunette laughed softly as the large Pokemon appeared, shaking his head. "He'll be fine." He disregarded the fact that Roxas had even smaller Pokemon than him and that he was considerably more nervous.

Absol blinked as he heard a slight noise and looked around at the crowds, trying to locate his little fire fox. He didn't get the chance though before his attention was stolen by the Pokemon that appeared across the stage.

"And Saix has chosen an Abomasnow! This Pokemon is a mixture of grass and ice, and they have the ability to create snowstorms! An idea choice for this field! Now how will Roxas respond?"

Roxas blinked listening to the announcer. Grass and... ice? He blinked slowly, before grinning. He hadn't planned to use her until the end but this was just too perfect a match!

He grabbed a Pokeball and threw it. "Alright Flareon you're up!"
"Ab?" The wolf-dog barked in confusion and complaint. He wanted to go first!

In a flash of light the red fox appeared. "Flare!" The fox chirped, his long ears twitching. She looked at her opponent then around the field curiously.

"And Roxas has chosen Flareon! It's flames will be super-effective against the grass and ice type Pokemon and - hey where's it going?!"

"Flaaaaare!" The fox said happily running off to the left side of the stage and pounced in a mound of snow, disappearing instantly. There was a long pause before Flareon's head popped, snow covering her fur and a little mountain of snow was on the top of her head. "Eon!" The fox chirped and laid on her back and started to roll around in the snow.
The crowd watching started to chuckle and laugh, even Sora had to contain a few chuckles while Jolteon rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Jol..."
"Well it seems Flareon decided to take a little break to play!" The announcer said, amusement clear in his voice.

Roxas groaned, hitting his own forehead. "Flareon!" He forgot how much she loved the snow. "Get back here!" The fox looked up and over, ears falling unhappily before she jumped from the snow and ran back to stand in front of her master's ring, shaking herself of the snow that was starting to melt on her overheated body.

She looked at her opponent this time and gave a happy bark to say hello.

Sora grinned and glanced at Axel who seemed dazzled. "I'll tell you a secret." He said softly, leaning forward as if what he was sharing was some great truth. "If Roxas ever gets un-shy he can be just as friendly as Flareon but just as fierce too." He got a disbelieving look from the red-head. How could Flareon EVER be fierce? "You'll see."


Houndoom ran after her, knocking over trashcans and people, barely skimming by poles. He even charged through some bushes. Behind him his trainer struggled to keep up, following the path of destruction he left behind.

He didn't even notice as the scenery changed from the outdoors to a parlor. Again he went charging through people and upended a couple tables as well as he ran, make-up and perfume and all sorts of things crashing behind him. Hid chase was stopped for certain however as he ran into another Pokemon, knocking the other backwards and falling flat on his face.

Aqua grinned maliciously, grabbing the other's arm and tugging him down. "Come on Venita! It'll only hurt for about ten minutes!" Ven started to squirm under her grip his eyes wide with panic as the tweezers came close. He shut his eyes tightly, showing off his perfectly make-uped eyes...

But a commotion spared him from pain. Aqua straightened in confusion, looking around only to see a small pink blur and a black dog before the door was closed separating the Pokemon parlor from the girl's dressing rooms and the pink blur was gone. She shook her head, seeing the Houndoom before looking back at Ven glad they had hide in the far corner of the room. Other girls were crying and complaining about their ruined dresses and messed up make-up.

Houndoom picked himself up off the floor, shaking his head before opening his eyes at the meow, looking at who he had so rudely hit. The fog's eyes widened and pink hearts formed, his tongue slipping out. "Hooooow!" The dog howled softly in appreciation, jumping forward and grinning to show off his teeth and visage his own tail wagging suggestively. It appeared he was over Ninetails.


"Houndoooooom!" Terra yelled, as he hurriedly ran past people who had been tripped and shoved, items lying all over the ground from upturned bags from the heavy shoppers. He groaned shaking his head at the mess before he caught sight of a pointed tail disappeared into a room. Oh no...

He tried to run after, but suddenly two big and burly ladies were standing in his way and he all but crashed into them. They had large shoulders and a fat girth and identical buns in their hair. One had blue hair and another had maroon.

"Where do you think you're going?" The lady with the maroon hair said, her voice husky and oddly low for a woman.
"My Houndoom just ran into that parlor!" Terra said in a panic.
"That's what they all say!" The blue-haired woman spoke, her voice incredibly high and as one the two ladies grabbed Terra's arms and tugged him down the street throwing him to the concrete at the back of a small line.
"If you want to see the ladies buy a ticket pervert!"

Terra blinked dazedly watching them walk off and slowly sat up. "Ticket...?" He looked up suddenly seeing people - no women - in line looking at him curiously many of them giggling and he rose an eyebrow before looking over their heads to see the sign. "Oh fuck no!"
In pink letter there was a sign that said 'CUTE CONTEST'.

[Rikugurl]

Axel smiled as he saw what the energy had formed. Something very large... but very weak. At least... for his type. "Ha, Ninetails would of had that Abomasnow on it's back in less than a minute." He said happily, Ninetails agreeing and trying not to wag her tails much. Axel knew that Roxas had that Flareon, and she would be great for this.

It only made him smile as he saw the small fox called... but they narrowed as he watched her frolic off and...
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!: The redhead laughed out loud, having a hard time covering it with his arms full of his own fox. He had NEVER seen a fire type love snow so much... and that was pretty much all he had!

He shared a glance at Sora, seeing him laughing as well.
Roxas really did have some cute Pokemon...
When he heard Sora speak, he leaned in to hear better from the crowd.
What? Flareon fierce? That was hard to imagine. He already knew, thanks to Terra, that Roxas had some jabs in him.

Saix frowned as he watched the fox, crossing his arms. If this stupid thing wanted to act cute, there was a contest for it just down the road some.

When the Flareon called out to the Abomasnow, the large pokemon didn't seem amused at all. Abomasnow weren't known to be friendly pokemon... and this one was no exception.
"SNOW!" He blew out and grumbled.
"Alright, Abe! Let's start out with Earthquake!"
The large pokemon growled before suddenly stomping it's feet hard onto the ground.

With the weight of the pokemon, the arena started to shake and the snow and ice around the stage started to fall off ice rocks and down towards the opposing team.


Ven held his breath as the pain of the nails in his arm was hopeful going to be more painful than his hair getting plucked off his face! COULDN'T GIRLS JUST SHAVE IT OFF!? "What are my chances of NOT willing if my eyebrows aren't pluUUUUUUUUUH!" He jerked as he heard all the crashing and opened his eyes, pulling away from the psycho bitch as he saw a pink blur sped pass.

His eyes widened even more as a large dog shot after it. He climbed up into his chair so that his outfit wouldn't get ruined by the heat of the dog and frowned as they disappeared. With a sigh, he slumped back down and growled, hearing all the girl cry and whine as they complained about their messed up make-up and dresses.

"Alright, alright girls~ Don't you worry! The judges will be here for another day so if you're not cute enough for your performance, please take the day off and get some ice cream! You can perform in the morning!" The woman called as she walked down the hallway with the mirrors.
The girls cried more as she patted their shoulder, telling them that they would have to come back.

When she reached Aqua and 'Venita', she smiled. "Why, you look so cute!" She looked at her notebook and smiled. "You can be the first one on today, sweetie." She looked at Aqua and smiled. "Make sure you pluck some of those hairs around the edges." With a wink, she was gone.


The Delcatty fluttered her eyes before she walked around her master.
"Oh dear, that's just awful." The MAN said as he looked at himself in the MIRROR. "I must of forgotten to brush this one hair. When he felt his Pokemon rug against him, he turned. His rosy colored hair whooshing perfectly as he did so. When he looked down, he frowned at the love struck dog.

"You, where did you come from?" He frowned even more as he pointed down at the dog. "You leave my Bunchies alone. Shoo now!"


The girls that were waiting in line giggled as they saw Terra get thrown out. Before they could comment, the pink bow was cut.
"Alright everyone! Tickets are now on sale! Hurry, they'll only last 30 minutes!"