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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 0:16:30 GMT -5
"Oww! Ta-kuuuun... Why'd you bite me?"
A cry came out in the middle of Route one, revealing a fifteen year old girl with raven-coloured hair and a teddiursa hugged tightly to her chest with her arm. At first, you might have thought the Pokémon was actually a doll.
...That is, until you notice it pierce it's fangs into Ophelia Summer's fair skin and draw blood. She let out another cry, tears beginning to glitter in her violet hued eyes. "You're... you're really mean!"
"Teddy... Teddiursa!" Ta-kun replied, ending his response with a deep growl in the back of his throat. The beginner trainer frowned, almost flinching. Finally, she dropped the bear-pokemon as she sat on a bench near by. Ta-kun, on the other hand, just leaned against a tree with ease. Luna gazed down to her small wound, a tear falling from her cheek to the earth's surface.
What a great start for my journey: I receive a mean Pokémon that refuses to listen to me! She thought, a sigh escaping through her mouth. Ophelia put her head down in defeat, sniffling.
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 1:07:39 GMT -5
Taku strolled down the dirt path of Route 1. With his thumb behind the strap of his backpack, his other hand in his pocket, and his Cyndaquil on his head. Taku whistled as he went, until a faint sound caught his attention.
Taku stopped, "Cyndaquil, did you hear that?"
"Cynda," the fire mouse nodded, turning his head to the right.
"Over there?" Taku asked, walking over to the source of the noise.
Taku peered out over a nearby bush, his gaze falling upon a Teddiursa leaning up against a tree and a young girl dressed all in black sitting on a bench, sniffling.
"Aww..." Taku frowned, "I wonder what's wrong..."
"Cynda," the Pokemon said, jumping off of Taku's head and heading over to the girl.
Taku gulped, "Uh, Cyndaquil!"
The small Pokemon came up to the girl, sitting down before her. The fire mouse gave out a quiet "Cyndaquil...?"
The girl looked up at the little fire type.
Taku scurried out from behind the bush, running up to the girl.
"Sorry, if my Cyndaquil scared you or anything. He;s quite the adventurous type, I'm afraid..." Taku apologized...
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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 1:17:15 GMT -5
Ophelia raised her head warily, gazing at the fire Pokémon with minor curiosity. The sun's rays beamed down at her, making her tearful eyes gleam like the ocean.
"Hey.. little guy..." She sniffled, gently petting the tip of his head. "You're not mean like Ta-kuuuun are you?" The trainer's head cocked to the side in curiosity.
Suddenly, she heard a voice and a boy appeared; obviously the cyndaquil's trainer. Were they new too?
"It's.. fine. He didn't scare me at all." Ophelia continued to pet the pokemon, the many bracelets and necklaces swaying. Once more she sniffled, whipping her eyes with the side of her hand.
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 1:22:52 GMT -5
"Oh?" Taku thought, "Well that's good."
He took a seat next to the girl.
"I wasn't sure... I mean, you were crying when I came up, I wasn't sure of my Cyndaquil scared you or not..." Taku said looking down at his fire type, who responded with a curious "Quil?"
Taku turned to the girl, "So, what's wrong?"
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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 1:27:09 GMT -5
Ophelia frowned, shaking her head.
"No, no. It's something completely different." She moved her black bangs from her face, a tear running down her pale cheek. "My teddiursa.. he's... he's really mean!" The fifteen year old exclaimed, pointing to Ta-kun whom was napping underneath the tree.
"Ted.. teddii.." He snored.
Ophelia then gazed to the minor wound on her arm; the bite from the aggressive Pokémon. She sniffled, looking down at the ground.
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 1:30:36 GMT -5
Taku quickly took notice of the small girl's wound, grabbing her arm and bring it closer to expect it.
"Aww," he frowned, "Poor girl... Hey, I think I have some bandages in my pack," Taku said, as he pulled off his pack and began to search for them.
"So, I take it your Teddiursa is an ornery one, huh?" Taku asked as he rummaged through his pack.
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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 1:40:38 GMT -5
Ophelia was a bit surprised as he took her arm and expected it, it sort of caught her off guard.
"Thanks. But you really don't have to! I mean.. I don't want to intrude.." She said, giggling lightly. She once more sniffled, but now a smile was forming on her face. "Well, yeah. He won't even go inside his pokeball; it's a pain!" The purple-eyed trainer straightened out of her dress as she awaited for the boy to find bandages.
"By the way, my name's Ophelia. Ophelia Summers!" Another giggle seemed to escape.
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 1:48:44 GMT -5
Taku grinned, Ophelia was a pretty name he thought.
"Just call me Taku," he grinned, digging more into his backpack, "And it's no problem at all."
Taku pulled out the bandages, taking Ophelia's hand as he began to apply a few band-aids over the wound.
"I'm assuming your Teddiursa doesn't have any infections or anything," Taku joked, "But about your Pokemon... I don't pretend to know too much about Pokemon, I'm new myself, but I just think the little guy needs to be put in his place."
Taku snapped, "You need to battle!"
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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 1:54:38 GMT -5
Ophelia giggled, eyes narrowing to her teddiursa.
"Ta-kuuuuuuuuun, let's battle!" She said in a rather cute voice, getting to her feet quickly. Ta-kun blinked, getting to his feet slowly and headed toward the two. Although, he had a rather drowsy face on and growled grumpily, "Ted... ted..".
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 1:59:45 GMT -5
Taku stood up too, "Alright, then a Pokemon battle we have!"
Taku turned to his Pokemon, "Are you ready Cyndaquil?"
The small fire type looked up at him, giving a confident "Cyn-da-quil!"
"Well, alright then!" Taku shouted with determination.
Taku turned to Ophelia, "Ladies first, make your move. Remember, this is our first battle, so we can get a hang of this thing together!"
Cyndaquil turned to Ta-kun the Teddiursa, shivering with anticipation.
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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 2:05:21 GMT -5
"Okay!"
Ta-kun gazed at the Cyndaquil warily, obviously not excited. Actually, he really just didn't care at all.
"Ta-kuuun, use Scratch!" The bear like pokemon responded with a yawn, leaving Ophelia smacking her hand against her forehead. "I said use scratch!" Ta-kun seemed to look thoughtful for a moment, then raced toward the fire pokemon, gaining speed and....
Licked him.
"No! Not lick! Scratch! Ta-kuuuuuun! Scratch!" The pokemon didn't seem to really listen to Ophelia, instead, he used Lick once more.
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 2:16:07 GMT -5
Taku couldn't help but cock an eyebrow at the sight.
Here he was in his first Pokemon battle and his opponent's Pokemon was disobeying his trainer's commanders and...licking... his Pokemon to death.
As Teddiursa used Lick once more, Cyndaquil could only shiver, turning back to Taku as if to ask "What do I do?"
"Ummm, maybe he just needs some coercing?" Taku thought.
"Cyndaquil, use Leer!"
Cyndaquil complied, turning back to the snack-happy normal type. The fire mouse lifted his eye lids, revealing his yellow eyes that gave off a unnerving stare. Ta-kun took a step back, as the glare from the fire type caught him off guard and lowered his defense.
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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 2:21:36 GMT -5
"Let's try this again... Scratch!"
Finally, although somewhat warily, Ta-kun let out a growth and headed for the pokemon with his claws ready for aim. Hopefully, if the cyndaquil didn't dodge, he'd be able to claw at it's soft underbelly.
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 2:27:07 GMT -5
The sudden turn in the battle took both Taku and Cyndaquil by surprise, giving them no time to dodge the attack.
The Scratch hit the fire type, leaving a slash mark over his stomach and sending the fire mouse onto his behind.
Taku called out, "Cyndaquil, you okay?"
"Cynda!" The pokemon responded confidently.
"Alright, let's do this! Smokescreen!" he ordered.
Cyndaquil opened his mouth. With a good huff, Cyndaquil unleashed a huge cloud of purple smoke that filled the battle field, falling over both of the Pokemon and almost the trainers.
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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 15:18:23 GMT -5
As the smoke surrounded Ta-kun, it clouded his vision, making him more vulnerable to attack.
"Stay still! And be as cautious as you can be!" Ophelia commanded, gently coughing as the black smoke came towards her. She winced, hoping her teddiursa could stand his ground.
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 15:24:41 GMT -5
Taku smirked, "Perfect."
"Cyndaquil use Tackle!"
Cyndaquil suddenly zoomed through the smokescreen at a fast pace, ready to ram the unknowing Teddiursa to the ground.
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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 15:40:10 GMT -5
Taku's planned succeeded, for the Normal-type pokemon was plummeted to the ground. Bruises were now visible on his beige fur.
"Scratch! Again!" Ophelia said, sort of frantically. Ta-kun let out a, "Teddi! Teddiiiiursa!" as he aimed to dig his powerful claws into the fire pokemon's skin once more. Only a few more hits and Ta-kun's down. His trainer thought worriedly.
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 15:53:12 GMT -5
Taku's strategy had worked, and he'd hit his foe with a heavy hit. However, Ta-kun was able to recover rather quickly, regardless of the critical hit he'd landed. The Teddiursa was down, but not out. As the teddy bear Pokemon stood back up and readied his claws for a vicious Scratch attack.
"Cyndaquil! Look out!" Taku called.
It was too late, however, the attack connected leaving a small gash over the bridge of the fire mouse's noise. The Pokemon's snout being as sensitive as it was left Cyndaquil reeling from the blow.
Taku thought fast, "Evasive maneuver!"
The fire type nodded, leaping backwards back into the safety of the Smokescreen...
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Post by Luna. :) on Sept 8, 2008 16:02:07 GMT -5
The teddiursa let out a snort of triumph, his luster claw's gleam as the sun's rays beamed down at them. A growl was rumbling at the back of his throat threateningly; he was ready to attack.
"Ted... teddiursa.."
Ophelia, on the other hand, was rather confused. It didn't seem like Ta-kun could do much damage to Cyndaquil as long as Smokescreen was to affect. What to do... hmm.. She thought, violet eyes examining the field. But she couldn't think of any tactics.
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Post by cyberwrist101 on Sept 8, 2008 16:12:49 GMT -5
Taku watched as Teddiursa stood within the Smokescreen, helplessly. His Cyndaquil was in his element. Being a fire type, he was quite familiar with smoke and knew how to maneuver within it. And Taku was well aware of this.
"Alright, Cyndaquil, finish this! Use another Tackle!"
Once more, the fire mouse Pokemon bolted from within the smoke, charging the normal type with all his might.
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