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Pump: "Oh yeah, teh news should be on soon." *goes to his own couch*

Me: *looks around* "It appears to me that you are the only one who can grade missions. Oh well ; )"

Fail, there is some good stuff in here, don't get me wrong, I'm just going to go after a couple points that were glaring out at me. First, after a Calm Mind Meditite should be able to handle more than two Confusions. So add some more to that battle. Secondly, one hit kills are bad, avoid them pretty much at all costs. Third, you and the kid had always been rivals, does he have a name? And also Pokemon names and Attacks are proper nouns, capitalize them.

MISSION- Flame on!
Go find a fire pokemon!

Pokemon:
Any non evolved, non legendary fire pokemon

Money: 600
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I was running to the mission board hoping the mission my friend recommended was level one. When I got to the board it turned out to be level two, so I decided I wouldn’t do that mission. I decided to take another mission Flame on. The mission was going to be and easy one, so I went home and packed to go back to Mt. Pyre. I took the ferry again to Lilycove city and rode my bike to the Safari Zone. When I got to the pier I noticed that the sky had turned black. After I surfed to the entrance of Mt. Pyre I went in the entrance to find no one around. I went up the same set of stairs behind the graves and took the second flight instead of going through the wall. As I got to the top I noticed that I had rained. I went walking around the small grave and came upon a wild Chimecho I sent out my Shuppet and use Astonish. Chimecho got hit hard and flinched so I decided to use Astonish again and again dealt another large blow but the Chimecho did not flinch. The Chimecho used Astonish on shuppet and dealt a heavy blow almost knocking shuppet out. I ordered shuppet to use Shadow ball and took the wild Chimecho out.

After that I sent out my Mime Jr. I went up the mountain and soon found myself in tall grass. I walked into a meditite and completely scared the living daylights out of me. The Meditite use calm mind and I had my mime Jr use hypnosis and stuck meditite to sleep. The meditite stayed asleep so I used confusion and nearly took out the meditite. It woke up and use detect and I used mimic and used detect. The meditite tried to use detect again but it failed. I used confusion again and left him confused he tryed to use Siesmic toss but hurt itself in confusion which knocked meditite out.

I came out of the tall grass to a hill which I climbed. The hill had a great view of the sea and I stared out in awe. After I was done looking at the scene I went back into the tall grass and went up instead of straight. When I came out I found a team magma grunt. I tried to avoid him but he spotted me. He came up to me and asked for a battle I accepted. He sent out a zubat and I sent out mudkip. The Zubat used wing attack and hit mudkip. Mudkip countered with water gun and nearly took Zubat out. Zubat attacked with astonish and missed then Mudkip used Tackle and then took Zubat out. The grunt sent out a Numel and it used Ember which did little damage. Mudkip used Water gun again and took Numel out too. After that the grunt told me he had been fired and he came up here to fight anyone he could, and if he could beat a trainer he would be hired back into team magma. I said keep training.

I kept going up the mountain and came to a large area of tall grass. I walked into the grass and try to walk forward but bumped into a kid who was looking for a wingull. I quickly turned and ran to avoid another battle. I got away and found and clearing where I found my friend mourning a grave. I went up to Zach and asked him why he was here he said one of his families pokemon had died recently. Zach challenged me and I accepted because we had always been rivals. He sent out a plusle and I sent out mime Jr. Plusle used quick attack and hit mime Jr in the shoulder. Mime Jr used confuse ray and confused Plusle. Plusle tried to use spark but hurt itself in confusion. I used confusion and got a critical hit which severely damaged plusle. Plusle attacked with spark again and hit mime Jr and damaged him slightly. Mime Jr used physic and knocked plusle out cold. My friend said he had no other pokemon, and we shook hand and went our separate ways.

I went back into the grass and stumbled upon two holes and I sent out my mudkip and told it to use water gun on one of the holes. The water came out the other hole and out popped a vulpix. The vulpix was severely damaged and it use will-o-wisp. The vulpix burned mudkip, but I had my mudkip use tackle and nearly took out vulpix. Vulpix used ember and did little damaged, and the burn hurt mudkip too. I threw a pokeball and it shook once. Twice. Three times and the vulpix was caught. I went back down the mountain and out the entrance of Mt. Pyre with a new pokemon.

MISSION- Birch's First Break-in
Any Team Aqua member is asked to go to Prof. Birch's lab in Littleroot and steal one of his three pokemon (Treeko, Torchic, Mudkip). You must sneak in at night. But don't get caught by Prof. Birch or his assistant. At some point you must battle the pokemon you stole/are stealing, if you want to catch it.

Pokemon:
Treecko
Torchic
Mudkip

Funds upon completion: 300
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After getting some much needed rest I was ready to hit the road with my pokemon. After following my morning routine I went to get some breakfast. I ate my breakfast quickly this morning. I was excited about my third mission. It would probably be like my mission last night. Night raid on Devon. But this was different. This time it was more complicated. I was prepared but wasn't sure about my new zigzagoon. I decided to go out and battle some pokemon instead of training with my own. I started down the road and ran into a wild ralts. I pondered whether or not it would be worth fighting. I decided that it would be perfect for my zigzagoon to fight. it would be our first battle together.

I threw the pokeball that contained zigzagoon. It used growl on ralts. Zigzagoon followed up with tacke. It hit ralts but not very hard. Ralts used confusion as soon as it recovered. It didn't do much though. Zigzagoon hit it with a full power tackle attack that sent it flying. It didn't seem to harm it very much because it got up quickly. It used confusion again on zigzagoon and lifted it up off the ground this time. Ralts dropped it quickly though due to lack of experience with the attack. Zigzagoon tried a headbutt next. It launched at ralts full power once again. Ralts used teleport to get out of the way. It teleported behind zigzagoon and hit it with another confusion. All it did was stop it this time though. it didn't leave the ground. It seemed to barely phase zigzagoon. It came back again with another tackle after blinding ralts with sand attack. The ralts attempted to use teleport but it went the wrong way. Zigzagoon hit it hard and took away a lot of energy but didn't knock it out. It got up and used double team. Zigzagoon was confused. He sent out a sand attack and one after the other the copies faded away leaving only the real one standing. Ralts used confusion again and stopped zigzagoon from using sand attack on him. It let zigzagoon go but not before taking a good deal of health away. Zigzagoon charged at ralts with one last headbutt. It sent ralts flying and when he hit the ground he was knocked out. I sent a pokeball out and caught the ralts. It was mid-day already. I had to get going.

By the time I got to Littleroot town the lab was closing down. The professor was closing and locking all the doors. I climbed into a nearby tree to avoid being seen. After he left I figured now would be a good time to make my move. I sent out my plusle. He would be my main man on this job. I threw a rock at a window and it shattered. The alarm started to go off. "Great. This will make my job a whole lot harder." I thought to myself.I stayed in my hiding spot up in the tree. Two assistants came to the window and looked out. One had apparently disabled the alarm because it quit going off. I was just about to climb out of my spot when both the assistants came out. I stayed where I was out of common sense. I sent plusle out on to the road. He walked in front of both the assistants. "Plusle!" he said and looked up at them. They knelt down and both tried to pet him. As soon as their skin made contact he sent an electric attack surging through their bodies knocking them out instantly. "Damn. The mission statement only talked about one assistant. Maybe there's more." I said quietly to myself. "Plusle return." But I didn't hold out my pokeball. Plusle came back and climbed up the tree next to me. I decided to climb down and sneak up to the window. I peered inside. The coast was clear. "Thank god." I thought. I sent out totodile and hid around the corner. Totodile used headbutt and knocked the now closed door open again. "Not the stealthiest of ways to do it but it works none the less." I told him. I returned him to his pokeball. Someone must've heard the crash because he came up to the doorway. He walked outside cautiously. I sent out ralts for this one. He used confusion and knocked the guy out. Three down and however many more to go. I returned ralts to his pokeball.

I crept inside and hid in the shadows after returning ralts. This could get dangerous if I wasn't careful. Plusle walked by my side the whole time and made no noise. I needed to find the bag with the pokeballs in it. My target was treecko. I had studied it a long time ago. It was my favorite grass type pokemon. I started to look. After a while I figured I had checked everywhere in this room. I had checked in desk drawers. In closets. In chairs. Anywhere he might've set it down. I couldn't seem to find it. I chose to start my advance to the next room. I started down a long corridor with small windows on either side. No doors though. About three-quarters of the way down the hall I saw a a glow from a flashlight coming from the adjacent hall. I peeked my head around the corner just enough to check who it was. It was a security guard. "This is ridiculous. This place is way too heavily guarded. It's only a pokemon lab. It's not a bank." I thought to myself. I sent out ralts once more to use confusion. The unconscious guard fell to the ground. I slipped by him and headed down the hallway. At the end of the hall was a big, open room. In the back was a door and a table with something on it. I crept up to the table and examined the mysterious object. It was the bag! I had finally found it. I opened it up and took the three pokeballs inside with me. I made my way out the door and onto the road. I sent out all of the pokemon. Mudkip, treecko, and torchic all came out. I sent out my totodile and ralts. My plusle was already out.

Plusle used quick attack on torchic to start things off. It hit but not hard. Torchic turned around and used ember. Plusle dodged and came back with spark. Torchic jumped to avoid the attack. As soon as it landed it started to rush at plusle. Torchic hit plusle with a peck attack. Plusle fell to the ground. It got up quickly and used another spark attack. it missed but bounced off a tree and hit torchic from behind. It fell and hit the ground hard but managed to get back up again. It hit plusle with an ember attack. He took a great deal of damage on that attack. It must've been a critical hit. Plusle managed to get back up and used thunder wave on torchic followed by another quick attack. Torchic fell to the ground but didn't get up. It was knocked out. Plusle came back to me to try and recover. He sat next to me and watched the other battles unfold.

I sent ralts in to deal with mudkip. Ralts used double team as its first attack. Mudkip used water gun in response to knock out the clones. One by one a shot of water went through each one. When he was done all the ralts were gone. Including the real one. Mudkip looked around confused. The real ralts had teleported behind mudkip to avoid being hit. It used confusion to pick up mudkip. Ralts dropped mudkip and used teleport again. It was gone. Mudkip searched all around. Ralts dropped from a tree behind mudkip but wasn't quiet enough with his landing. Mudkip turned around and shot a water gun straight towards ralts. It tried to dodge but was too slow. The water gun contacted with ralts and sent it flying. It got up and shook off the attack. Mudkip charged at the recovering ralts. It used confusion again. Mudkip was stopped dead in its tracks. He was let go but came out of it wobbling. He could hardly stand up. Ralts must've confused it. Mudkip attempted to use tackle again. It ran straight for ralts but swayed to the side and almost fell over. It ran into a tree full force knocking it out. I called ralts back to its pokeball. The next battle would be the most interesting.

Totodile was pumped up and ready to fight. It launched at treecko with a full power tackle attack and made contact. Treecko fell to the ground but got right back up again. It jumped at totodile and latched itself onto totodile's back. It used absorb and dropped totodile to its knees. Treecko jumped off and waited for totodile to get back up. When totodile got up he charged at treecko. It jumped onto the treecko and used bite taking a large amount of energy away from it. Treecko fell to the ground. It got up and jumped at totodile again. Totodile shot a blast of water at the airborne treecko and knocked it out of the air. It quickly fell to the ground and hit with a lot of force. It took a while for treecko to get up after that but when he did he seemed to be just fine. He still looked strong. He sped at totodile with a quick attack and hit him. totodile was sent flying and hit the ground but not as hard as treecko. Totodile got up again and startled treecko with a growl. Totodile ran at him. The frightened treecko didn't move. Totodile hit him with another strong tackle. Treecko snapped out of it and came back with another quick attack. It missed totodile but slid and came back from behind. It jumped instead and grabbed onto totodile to try and use absorb. Totodile threw him off before he could do anything and sprayed him down with a water gun. Treecko got up and ran towards totodile. Totodile started to sprint towards treecko. The two pokemon collided and were both sent flying backwards. Totodile and treecko were both knocked out . I returned totodile to his pokeball and threw a pokeball at treecko. It absorbed treecko in a red light. The pokeball closed and hit the ground. It shook once. Twice. Three times. *Bing* Treecko was caught. I released the ralts back into the wild after catching the treecko. After praising and healing my pokemon I headed back to HQ. Mission complete.

*Crawls out from the paper pile to stick a note on the mission brief*

You fixed one use of growl/stun, but not the second. (Totodile vs. Treecko) If you really want to stop a pokemon for a second, try Scary Face. It sharply reduces the foe's speed. There also seem to be a few cases where you launched two attacks in a row. We frown on such tactics since they basically amount to cheating. What's more, against both Ralts and Treecko, you knocked them out before catching them. Weaken, don't KO.

I'll let you go with a warning this time, but don't expect any mercy next time.

Because you've got a good story, I'll let this mission pass. Your last two missions were also pretty good, once you fixed them up. So in addition to the usual "Keep the pokemon and here's some money" reward, I'll also let you have a rank-up. (That's why I'm not going to go so easy next mission)

Congratulations, and always strive to improve! smile

Ike: *Is stretched out, sitting on the couch with a sleeping Pichu in his lap* Hey Brian. Look who finally hatched? ^_^