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Maddy chuckled a little, watching everyone as they tried to wake up the Snorlax.
"I guess it's no use. We should continue onward."
She led them all down the path that headed towards Route 6. They found themselves on a road lined with bushes and tall trees. Some of the bushes seemed to be rustling!
"Hmm... If I'm not mistake, Pokemon may jump out of the bushes and attack you as you pass them."
She turned to her comrades.
"Let's see what Pokemon we can find in the bushes!"
She took a Pokeball off her belt.

[Everybody fight a Venipede and Audino. They will jump out of the bushes at you! Catch one if you desire.]

Maddy released her Fletchinder as an angry Venipede rolled out of a nearby bush.
"Acrobatics!"
Since Fletchinder's movement wasn't hindered by an item, the attack did double the damage! Venipede tumbled across the ground, taking a heavy blow. It got back onto it's stubby little feet though, still raring to go. It lashed out at Fletchinder with it's tail, attempting to poison the bird Pokemon as well as damage it. Luckily for Maddy, her Pokemon was left untouched by poison, but the blow did deal a critical hit. Fletchinder was struck hard, but still had energy to fight.
"Flame Charge!"
The little bird's body burst into flame as it tackled it's bug-type foe. It was the finishing move; Venipede could fight no more.
Maddy returned her Fletchinder and released her Charmander as an Audino crawled out of another bush nearby.
"Power-Up Punch!" Maddy barked.
Charmander ran forward and punched the pink Pokemon square in the face. The attack didn't hurt the Audino as much as Maddy would've liked, but Charmander's Attack power gained a small boost from it. She began to think over Charmander's move pool, preparing for a stronger attack. In the meantime, Audino retaliated with Surf! A wave of water rushed out of nowhere, hitting Maddy's Pokemon hard. It was a close one.
"Quick! Brick Break!"
Charmander's next attack was stronger than his first, and thanks to his Attack boost it was even more devastating. Audino was finished off, despite the copious amount of health it had. Maddy returned her Charmander and waited for the others.

A bug jumps out of the bushes at Misery, who shrieks at first. Bug usually mean poison, and poison hurts. She glares at the Venipede before remembering she's also psychic.
"(Go away!)" She growls, blasting the bug with a Psychic attacks before telepathically flinging it back into the bushes.
There's a 'WHACK' sound and an Audino storms out of the bushes furiously. It had a lump on it's head with a Venipede indent around it. It charges the psychic fairy in anger, before receiving a powerful blast of focused energy in the gut. Misery had pulled her arms back and placed her hands together before Hadokening an attack at the normal type.
The Audino gasps for air as it goes down, landing face first into the dirt.
"(Hmph. Don't think just any ol' wild Pokemon can tango with me.)" She says arrogantly as she places her hands on her hips and scoffs. She the returns to the group, ready to keep on the way to Parfum palace.

Rei was rudely awoken to the sound of his TADS beeping while being thrown at his face by a certain Zubat.

"AAUGH! What in the-" He fell silent as he read the message.

"Oh..... OH! Crap, I'm late again!" He quickly snatched his bag and rushed out of the castle, making a mad dash to Route 6, his Zubat in hot pursuit. He stopped almost immediately upon exiting Camphrier Town.

A fork in the road never looked so... strange. On one path, he could make out a blob on a small bridge that sagged under the immense load.

"What in the... Never mind. I guess the other way's the way to go," he said in resignation, taking the northwestern fork to Route 6.

The landscape became more divided; a straight path lined with trees separated a sea of tall grass. On this path, Rei spotted a few familiar faces walking ahead. Eager to catch up, he threw caution to the wind and made a beeline towards them.

A Venipede took this opportunity to launch itself at the trainer. Rei's collapse onto the earth was anything but graceful. The Countess couldn't resist a squeaking chuckle.

"Owwww. Of all the luck..." He grabbed a Pokéball from his waist.

"Come on out, Leviathan. Let's make quick work of this. Focus Energy"

His Horsea leaped out and immediately began building pressure in her snout. The Venipede took this pause to run up and bite the Horsea in the tail, injecting its venom. Its poison burned through Leviathan's small body. She maintained her focus and fired her blast of water at the Venipede's eye; a critical hit! But despite the fact that she had the Sniper ability, her Water Gun didn't do enough damage to completely wipe it out. The Venipede, with a swollen eye and struggling to maintain consciousness, gathered its special venom in its mouth and sprayed it all at once on the Horsea. It reacted dangerously with its first venomous bite, and the Venoshock did quite a bit of damage.

The Horsea's vision blurred, and waves of pain crippled her small frame. She had prepared a Brine to finish off the poisonous bug, but that attack flew right over the Venipede's head, completely missing. Rei frowned, unhappy with how the fight ended up, but surprised with the Venipede's tenacity.

"Well, if it can hold its own against a trained Pokémon, it can't be all that bad." His Zubat cried her agreement, and with that, Rei tossed an empty Pokéball at the battered Venipede. It shook violently, but completed three ticks. Immediately afterwards, he recalled his Horsea; he didn't want it passing out on him.

"You did a great job, Leviathan. Thanks for holding up." He looked back at the path leading to Parfum Palace. His fellow Aquans had already entered the building, leaving him with two options: rush to catch up, or head home and heal his Pokémon. Feeling torn, he turned to his Zubat.

"Well, Countess, what should I do?" She responded by swooping closer to the palace. His decision made, he moved further along the path.

He got only two paces further when he encountered an Audino, which at least had the manners to cry out its challenge. Rei frowned.

"Don't have much choice, do I? Yami, let's go." He tossed out his Pokéball, and a Scyther lunged out to meet the opponent. Scyther wasted no time rushing up to the Audino, slashing its belly while avoiding a Double Slap attack. Enraged, the Audino rushed up and rammed itself bodily against Yami. The two crashed onto the ground, but Scyther was the first to its feet.

"X-Scissor at the same cuts you made on its belly." Yami's scythes glowed a light purple, and with a downward stroke, deepened the gashes on Audino's stomach. The victim cried in pain and rammed itself once more into the Scyther, getting gravel in its cut, but successfully pinning the Scyther against the floor. It then proceeded to headbutt Yami mercilessly.

Rei sighed. Today just wasn't his day. "Return, Yami." He selected another ball from his belt. "He's pretty weakened. You can't mess this one up, Magikarp."

The Magikarp flopped out of the Pokéball, a sad contrast to the cool entrance of Yami. Eager to prove itself worthy of praise, it hopped its way towards the Audino and tackled it. The Audino, more out of surprise at a fish attacking it, only managed to get two slaps into its opponent. The Magikarp tackled again, and Audino, previously wounded by the far more deadly Scyther and cumulative damage from Double-Edge, finally collapsed to the ground.

Rei groaned. Two Pokémon were just about done with fighting for the day, and he spent too much time fighting the pink menace. He turned to the Countess.

"Sorry, girl. We can't keep going. We're not even halfway down this path, and two of our team almost got wiped. We'll be a hindrance more than anything at this point. Let's go back." Disappointed, but unwilling to argue the point, the Countess followed her master back home.

Ace was impressed by the exterior designs of Parfum Palace. "I hear ya." She reluctantly agreed as she glanced at the extravagant fountains that seemed to pompous for her own taste. Her head turned to misery and silently agreed on the ordeal. There's no way she would pay for something like that.

Michael ran up behind the rest of the gang with his two pokemon right behind him. In between breaths he managed to get out. "Sorry...for...being late...Overslept and was out of it." His pokemon were nearly out of breath too and hoping Michael would not be late again.

Misery's jaw drops a bit as she follows Maddy into the palace, where it drops more."(Some humans just live so lavishly...)"
She then gets her orders to find the flute. She teleports off, warping into various rooms she believes would be locked.

Yamato was walking to the Parfum Palace with a map in his hands.
"Hmm... I wonder what kind of Parfum Palace is. Since I'm here in Kalos, I want to visit every single place" he said "Although I feel a little bad that I skip today's mission, but I guess they will do it fine even without me"
He stood in front of the castle, and was suprised at its beauty and size. He looked around, trying to find the guard so he could pay to go inside.
"Guess he is on a break. Lucky!"
And then, he went inside without paying