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Ooc// I think it means that if you win first place, you can pick any of the first place options as your prize, and the same goes for second & third place, respectively.

Wish and Angel were at it again; competing with each other to see who had more firepower. Both Pokemon knew that Wish was more powerful due to her higher level, but Angel was determined and Wish always liked to show her stuff.

Today they were in the middle of a training session. They had each been allocated a tree to burn, but when Wish finished hers she 'accidentally' finished off Angel's as well. Angel had gotten more than a little annoyed, and...that's where they were now.

Faith, fed up by now with their squabbling, gave them a challenge. The winner would get five Pokeblocks, end of story. Now the two fire Pokemon peered cautiously into the river. Their challenge was to cross it without going around...

Angel dipped a paw into the water, withdrawing quickly as her paw was soaked for a few moments before the moisture evaporated. Then her ears perked and she nosed a large branch into the river, using it as a makeshift raft.

Wish had another idea. Taking a long run up, she sprang from the edge of the river to a large, flat stone in the center of river. She landed, slipped and fell, splashing into the water with such a noise that Angel fell off her own raft and half drowned. Wish plucked the smaller Pokemon out of the water with her teeth and swam grudgingly to land, most likely thinking of how long it would take her to dry off.

"You ready to train properly now?" Faith inquired ten minutes later. The soggy Pokemon nodded obediently. "Alright. Wish, look. Your opponent."

A rather large Red Gyarados had risen from the water, staring down at the fire horse with a gleaming eye. Wish nickered and took off, ready to take on her opponent.

Ooc// BTW, Angel was just there for fun. I'm not training her!

Bic//

The Gyarados roared and used Hyper Beam, missing Wish by quite a bit. The Ponyta whinnied and used Flamethrower, catching the oversized fish on the soft underbelly. Wisps of smoke were pulled away by the breeze as searing fire scroched the water Pokemon's moist flesh. The Gyarados roared louder and lashed out in fury, and the ground shook as its tail crashing heavily onto the earth.

Wish continued to attack, easily dodging the slow movements of her foe. Soon she began to notice that the Gyarados was only using defensive attacks, holding its head up high. She looked back to her trainer questionably, but Faith just flicked her eyes toward the Gyarados's head and said nothing.

Wish followed her trainer's gaze, searching the head of the thrashing serpent for something special. Then she spotted it. A single, sparkling ruby was nestled behind the fierce spiked crown, large enough to see but small enough so it wouldn't tumble off.

The challenge was on. Seeing Wish's sudden expression of understanding, the Gyarados rose to its full height and began to attack, guarding its treasure with everything it had. Wish doged a Twister attack by a hair, getting caught on the rump by a Thrash as the Twister rolled off into the distance. Her nostrils flared and she countered the attack with Stomp, closely followed by a Fire Blast. Both attacks hit; as her opponent recoiled from the blow to its stomach, it was enveloped in steam as the flames once again scorched its sensitive skin.

The Ponyta reared to dodge a swing of her foe's powerful tail, then aimed one strong Flamethrower at the serpent's crown. The chain of fire swirled around the ruby for seconds before engulfing it completely; the ruby cracked and shattered, and a dead silence filled the area. Then, like a huge tree being felled, the Gyarados crumpled and toppled back, sinking into the depths of the lake with a mighty splash.

Wish whinnied triumphantly and flicked her ears at the water as if to say "Size isn't everything!". She trotted back to her trainer, head held high, crunching up her Oran berry regally before disappearing into her Pokeball.


Ooc// Will finish later!

As Sakura and Jasmine walked up the hill together silently, the wind breezed past them, making their hair cover their face. Than Sakura stopped in her tracks as her piplup named Kin had also stopped. Jasmine turned around as she noticed Sakura wasn't moving. Something wrong? she asked. Sakura shoved her head in a "no" movement and faced Kin. She than bent down near the little piplup and spoke softly to her "whats wrong?" Kin looked up and into Sakura's eyes. She than moved her eyes towards the wild electrike and started pointing. "Piplup, pip piplup!"

Sakura faced the electike with a pokeball in her hand, getting ready to throw. Jasmine, I'll meet you at the park so you can go. Jasmine nodded and with that left to the park. Sakura kissed her pokeball before she threw it and when it opened a growlithe popped out. Ok Kisa, your first battle with a human aiding you! Kisa bared her large fangs at the electrike and got ready for any movement from the pokemon. Kisa, charge and get ready for your next attack but don't slow down! Kisa than started running towards the electrike and it turned around from drinking out of a river.

Ok Kisa, fire blast! Kisa than withdrew a fireblast from her mouth and lunged it at the electrike. As it flew closer and closer, the electrike jumped high into the air, dodging it, and than shocked Kisa from the air. Kisa yelped in pain as it had static running through it's body. It's ok Kisa! Shake the thunder off and use double team! Kisa than shook her body, making the thunder go away and she had clones of herself, surrounding the electrike. It stood there, seeing what Kisa's next move would be. Kisa, fire blast with all the force you got! With than the clones including Kisa fired a blast of fire towards the electrike, burning it. The electrike was now burned and yelping with pain. Finish it off with bite! Kisa charged at it and bite into it, than let go as Sakura grabbed a pokeball from her belt. Go pokeball!