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Renekai stumbled to her platform, squinting into the darkness. Slowly, her eyes adjusted and Renekai was just able to make out the shadowy forms of the gravestones. "Dismal place," Renekai commented, shivering despite herself. She had never been in this stadium before, and who knew how Bell would react... Renekai shivered again, but this time at the memory of Bell's wrath after she had repeatedly gotten stuck with the hottest and most uncomfortable fields. "Time to come out," Renekai whispered, instinctively quiet, as if respecting the dead. She held up Bell's pokeball and let her out.

Bell had not expected it to be dark and dusky, she had expected it to be unbearably hot, like those recent battles. Therefore, the utter lack of light and chill took Bell by surprise, causing her to crash into Renekai, who stumbled backwards. Bell regained her feet and glared at Renekai, Bell's eyes adjusting the same as Renekai's. Only Zubats could like this place, Bell thought, disgusted. But, for once, she did not attack Renekai as punishment. Bell, too, felt the need to be careful and quiet, though she herself could not explain why.

Renekai nodded at Bell to signify readiness, but then doubted that Bell could have seen the gesture at all. So, instead, Renekai squinted to the other end of the field, trying to see the other trainer and her pokemon and failing miserably, while Bell got into her position with the least amount of hitting tombstones as possible.

((Reroll! xD))

Renekai had at last spotted the opposition. "Oh, hi there!" she said brightly. Well, as brightly as one could in a graveyard. Gravey ard, Renekai thought, making herself chuckle inwardly. "Ooh, a Cubone! I like them; they're so cute!" Renekai grinned at the Cubone, hoping that Bell had noted her exclamaition, in case the Delibird hadn't seen Clementine. Well, now Bell was slightly better prepared...

Bell smirked. A Cubone, eh? Well, she'd now see how much the Cubone's trainer had studied and trained, and how much the Cubone knew. Bell hid behind a grave marker, waiting for her chance to attack.

"Let's start things off with an Ice Beam!" Renekai shouted. Ice was super effective against ground-type pokemon, after all!

Bell jumped into the air from her hiding place, charging up a ball of ice within her beak. "Deeeeeeee....." she growled as the ball grew larger. "LI!" The ball transformed into a long, ice-blue beam, headed for Clementine's be-helmed head.

Renekai's eyes narrowed into the darkness and her smile faded slightly. Now it was time to battle.

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Renekai raised her eyebrows, mildly surprised. This was new; she wondered how Bell would react to it. Stat attacks, huh...? Well, that could become an advantage in the long run, but Renekai planned to make this battle a quick one.... Don't get cocky, Renekai scolded herself. Just because they're less experienced...

Bell angrily tried to avoid the growl, turning her ears away. But... there it was. That annoying, ugly sound was kinda... Cute in a way. Bell clicked her beak in disgust.

"BLIZZARD!" Renekai called.

Bell's purple eyes glowed temporarily icy blue as, out of nowhere, snow came rushing into the already-cold stadium. Ice and snow quickly covered all surfaces, while sharp shards of ice wended their way to Clementine.

Bell sighed. It was FINALLY the proper temperature, though the darkness was bothersome. Luckily, the bright snow provided a little light, gleaming brilliantly white. But, on the down side, the constant flurry of snow made it difficult to see. Bell squinted to where Clementine had last been seen, waiting...

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"Whoa! Fly!!" Renekai called. That move was dangerous! Bell had to keep off the ground!

Bell soared into the air, and just in time. The rocks bounced into the air where Bell's tail had been seconds before. Bell grumbled to herself, then launched a cascade of chunks of ice on top of Clementine; an Ice Ball attack. Bell was acting without orders, as she did constantly when she was angry. That had been a near-miss, and it would have really hurt!

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(( It's a real attack. :3 http://www.serebii.net/attackdex/iceball.shtml ))

"De!" Bell gasped, having taken a rough boulder to the stomach and now gasping for breath. Bell's eyes flashed dangerously, and she spouted a new round of Ice Balls onto Clementine. Now Bell was angry. Too often... Too many times... Those blasted Cubones had done it enough. It hurt. Bell would make them pay. She would make them hurt as well. Bell now knew that she hated Cubones just as much or even more than Raichus. However, the hatred of Cubones was not quite on the personal hatred Bell had of Albireo, the Dewgong.

Renekai's hands squeezed the railings until her knuckles went white. That attack had been used so many times on Bell! If two more like it hit, Bell would be finished in no time.

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"Bell!" Renekai shouted impulsively; watching her Delibird weave in and out of flying debris was nerve-wracking. But she could not dodge forever, she was going to--

"BELL!" Renekai repeated, only this time out of horror. One rock after another slammed into Bell, causing her to fall painfully onto the hard, dead earth.

"Geh..." Bell panted, standing up. She had scratches and bruises all over, but she seemed that she'd be alright.

"We need to do a sneak attack," Renekai muttered only loud enough for Bell to hear; Bell had managed to crash near Renekai's trainer stand. "Use the darkness in your favor, then Ice Ball."

Bell gave a brief nod before trundling away. She couldn't see in the thicket of all the darkness and fog, and neither could Clementine, hopefully. Bell used the maze of gravestones to get closer and closer. Then, out of nowhere (or so it must have appeared to the Cubone), five Ice Balls appeared out of the dense fog in five different places; Bell was sprinting from one place to another to shoot each ball in a different direction to avoid detection and, hopefully, it would make the attack unavoidable.

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