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((Sorry guys, havent been in a RP kinda mood, still not really sweatdrop ))

[Earlier that Morning]

light shown in through the slightly parted cutains, forcing Tk to roll over, avoiding the orange beams of death. 'dont wanna wake up yet...'. Next thing Takamaru shot straight up, as if life just sparked within him for the first time. His hands serching his Body for injuries. The last thing he remembered was that he was walking back to the hotel when a wave of pain came over him, it made him feel as if he'd been pulled in half.

"I- Im fine, but how'd i get back here?" he mumbled, looking around there hotel room. He didn't remember walking back here. the Steel type trainer look over to the other bed, occupied by a shirtless snoring Hiba. 'Hiba must have found me and brought me back here..' that was the only explanation he could think of. Next to his bed were all four of his Pokeballs, X-transeiver, as well as his Slingpack and Shirt.

Tk then realized how full his bladder was 'gotta Pee..' he thought, going to stand up from his bed. Almost immedietly falling to one knee. He then came to another realization, he felt completely drained, like something was continuously sapping the strength from his Limbs. He'd Later come to realize that this was the affect of continuously using Aura.

Re-standing, the youth made his way to the bathroom when he heard the sound of flushing. himself standing directly in front of the bathroom door when it opened, revealing his reflection, or what he thought to be his reflection at first glance.

both stood Still, Takamaru and his reflection. neither moved. then the Reflection Blinked. Wait, why could Tk see himself blink? and who made the toilet flush? and how come he could see the bathroom behind his reflection, shouldn't he see the wall behind himself?

"Hi ya'!" his reflection said, holding up a Hand, a smile, No, HIS smile on his lips. Next thing Takamaru felt was the room spinning as he blacked out. His surprise to much to handle all at once.

((More to come.))

((I hate it whenever I wake up where I didn't fall asleep. Never a good sign.))

Wayne nodded, "Okay, sure." The doors closed behind Sal and then he realised: "Ah... I kinda need to go to the pokémon center."

Luckily there was a small map near the front of the gym, which gave trainers directions between the gym building and the pokémon center, plus the ways to get in and out of the city but Wayne didn't need those yet.

"Where were you the other night?" He sighed, memorising the sign's information. Salieri would have already started her battle now; he'd make this trip a quick one. Wayne sprinted out of the gym and down the street.

Although he'd been here several times already, Wayne had never really appreciated just how huge the building was. Its face overlooked the ocean, doors great and wide and made of glass. It was a building used by many; trainers who needed their pokémon to be healed or checked up on. It was normally simple, clean, an every-day process. But sometimes things went wrong. Sometimes, things died in the Pokémon Center.

Shery.

He didn't know how long he'd been standing there staring at the doors. People came and went and he hardly noticed. It wasn't until he remembered that he had to get back in time for training with Salieri that Wayne pushed on.

Inside, the back dorm areas were blocked off by police tape. Official-looking people were hanging around beyond the line, preserving the crime scene. It happened in his room. Because of him.

Wayne could've sworn one of the policemen noticed him amidst the rabble of trainers. And that same man pointed him out to his colleague. The trainer avoided the front desk, looking for a potion vending machine. He had little money as it was, but the loss against Burgh had taken a hefty hit on Wayne's bank balance. He emptied it on a pair of potions and put them in a pocket each.

Fire danced in his stomach. One of the policemen had started in Wayne's direction. He ducked behind a crowd of kids who looked to be travelling in a large group. They moved towards the exit, and Wayne kept himself on their right. The glass doors began to slide open and he darted out without looking back, running down the street like a thief making a break for it.

With enough medicine to get Hitmonlee back on his feet, Wayne ran back towards the gym and hoped to hell that he didn't get lost.

((Turns out it's stick figures razz ))

(("This is, er, great, Sal. You want me to hang it up next to the Weedle you drew?"
"Are you blind? That's a Dragonair!"

Also, here's some battle music for ya))

Vine Whip shot out of Chen Zhen’s palm, upwards towards the ceiling. While Disable’s stun was still in effect, Scolipede could not move anything but his eyes, and with his head bowed he could not see what Chen Zhen was trying to do.

“Poison Tail!” Burgh called to his pokemon. If he managed to get the attack off, he might be able to knock out the Pansage with Poison. As soon as the stun was over, Scolipede swiveled his body around to smack his tails into Chen Zhen.

The monkey yanked on the vine, pulling himself up and tucking in his legs. He went right over the end of Scolipede’s body, and as the centipede finished his 360 spin he saw just what Chen Zhen had grabbed onto.

It was a large chunk of ice frozen into the ceiling by Haizhe the round before. Chen Zhen’s pull detached the icicle from the ceiling, yanking it down to crash on top of Scolipede’s head.

The ice shattered and Scolipede winced, stepping back in pain. “Recycle!” Salieri shouted.
Her Pansage held his palm up to the shards of ice that were midfall. They became surrounded by two curved green arrows that rapidly spun around to form a recycling symbol. It looked like the icicle was being rewound in time as the shards came together and formed the same ice chunk again.

Chen Zhen leaned back in midair and pressed both of his feet onto the side of the icicle. He pushed off, kicking it into Scolipede to smack him with the same hunk of ice twice in a row.

As soon as he landed on the ground, he was off again. Hone Claws boosted his reflexes, senses, and precision to make him more accurate. With this newfound agility, he bounded up at Scolipede’s head.

“Pin Missile!”

Scolipede opened his mouth and fired five white needles from his mouth directly at Chen Zhen. The Pansage narrowed his eyes, then held out his hands like claws. He swiped ahead at the Pin Missiles with his Fury Swipes, breaking each one in the center without losing any momentum in his jump.

While Scolipede took a second to brace for the pain of his Burn, Chen Zhen fired two Vine Whips from his wrists at the centipede’s horn’s. He swung him around and stood on the back of Scolipede’s head, clutching the vines like reins. Scolipede’s eyes shook with fury.

“Steamroller!” Burgh ordered. Scolipede bowed down in a running start and began to curl into a ball. Chen Zhen felt himself lurch forward, like a rollercoaster. If he continued to hold on, he would be flattened into the ground. Burgh smirked. Let’s see how she deals with this defense.

Salieri put her index fingers and thumbs together to form a circle with her hands. “Chen Zhen! BE THE DONUT HOLE!”

Burgh furrowed his brow. What?

The Pansage nodded, retracting one of his vines and releasing his hold on that horn. Before he did the same with the other vine, he used it to swing into the center of Scolipede’s wheel shaped body. Now standing on the centipede’s neck, he was looking directly at his face.

“You’re trapped now! Defense Curl!” yelled Burgh. If Scolipede continued to roll up his body, he’d be able to squeeze Chen Zhen into a bind until he could position himself slam the Pansage into the ground.

“We’re right where we want to be! Finish it off, CHEN ZHEN!”

As Scolipede began to curl up his body to remove the hole in the center of his circular shape, Chen Zhen was running out of space. The light from the outside began to dwindle as less opening for it was available in Scolipede’s trap. Just as it was getting too small, Chen Zhen somersaulted forward and drop kicked Scolipede in the face. He bounced off, flipping and kicking at Scolipede’s stomach before bouncing off again for another strike.

Scolipede’s body unfurled rapidly as Chen Zhen used Acrobatics to continuously rebound and strike every part of the inside of the wheel. The centipede could do nothing but become bug eyed in pain as he was thrust into the air by one final spin kick directly in his center.

Chen Zhen landed both his feet with one hand’s fingertips bracing the ground. Behind him, Scolipede fell onto the ground with swirly eyes. He was down for the count.

The Pansage looked over his shoulder, then at Salieri. With a big smile, he ran over to his trainer. Grinning in kind, Salieri jumped up and shot out a leg in a spin kick, allowing a platform for Chen Zhen to jump off of. He did so, flipping up into the air as Salieri finished her spin and landed on one leg with her other bent in front of her. She held out her elbow and Chen Zhen landed on it. And they finished this off with a high five.

“You’re scrappy as hell, Chen Zhen!” Salieri told him, giving the monkey a big thumbs up.
Chen Zhen rubbed the back of his head, blushing while giggling to himself. “Pa pa pa pa paaan.”

Recalling his second pokemon, Burgh reached into the computer for a third. “Very impressive! I didn’t think such a little pokemon had such shocking colors in him! Are you ready for this? My muse and masterpiece?”

“Of course we are!” Salieri called back as she threw Chen Zhen back to the arena like a baseball. He flipped through the air several times before landing on one leg like his trainer with his arms up and ready in a relaxed kung fu stance.

Materializing on the other side of the arena was a large mantis type pokemon that looked like a maid. Her smile was wide and cheerful, but a little unsettling. Salieri recognized it as a Leavanny. Her mother, Sophie, had one as well. But this one was creepier.

“Alright Leavanny, cut him down!”
“Get ready for Acrobatics again!”

Leavanny held her arms out and ran forward, moving at a speed that was even hard for Chen Zhen to perceive with his accelerated senses. Even with his enhanced reflexes, Leavanny was closing the distance fast. He didn’t have time for any large movements, so he jumped up in preparation to punch down on top of Leavanny’s head.

But Leavanny was too quick, and she was at her target just as he launched his punch. She brought her bladed arms together for an X-Scissor, making an X sharped slice across Chen Zhen’s chest. The monkey was blasted back, skidding across the ground until he slammed into Salieri’s trainer box.

She leaned over the railing to see if he was okay. By the time the smoke cleared, it was clear that he was KO’ed. Holding out his pokeball, Sal recalled Chen Zhen.

This Leavanny was very fast, not to mention that it didn’t have any damage or hindering statuses like Scolipede did. Salieri looked cautiously at her next pokeball, then decided to pick it up.

Burgh was surprised when Salieri released an Espeon, once again choosing a disadvantageous type. He looked at his computer screen.

Scolipede And Espeon: Synchronized

“This match is riding on your pokemon choice. Are you sure that’s a wise move?”

Salem looked back for confirmation, and Sal nodded without hesitation. “Of course.” Her eyes met Salem’s, causing the Espeon to flinch and look away. Salieri’s battle ready confidence faded to a softer, sympathetic look. “Salem…”

She didn’t want to look back at Salieri, but Salem listened anyway as Sal started talking. “What happened before, with the Synchronization, was out of my control. You saw what my life was like before I met you. I guess it made some biases in my head.” Now it was Sal who was looking away. “For a second, I guess I really did think you were a monster…”

The Espeon’s head bowed, and her lips curled down sadly. “But this morning I saw clearly why I wanted to do this. It used to be because I wanted to prove something, but not anymore! I’m not bound by anybody’s expectations! There is no shadow to live under anymore! I don’t challenge the pokemon league for anybody else! I challenge it for me!”

The Battle Girl took a step back and jabbed a thumb at her self. “I’m Salieri Del Forrest, heiress to my own destiny! I’m going to craft it into something the world has never seen! I’m going to stand on top, and I’m going to get there with all of my friends!” She held out a hand, beckoning to Salem.

Her Espeon turned around. “I don’t care what you look like, or what your abilities are, as long as you’re still ready to go. As long as you’re still my Salem, then it doesn’t matter. But I’m not going to keep going if it means I’ll lose what I gained so far! And I know you don’t want to stop now, not after all you accomplished! Look how far you’ve come!”

Salem’s mouth turned into a small O. She had only met Salieri a few days ago, but ever since then her life had taken a drastic turn. It was a new adventure every day. Salieri may have had mixed feelings about her change at one point, but it was clear now that her doubt was gone. Negative emotion and doubt had been tempered into willpower. Salem felt a strain in her chest, and the weight on her shoulders became lighter.

“LET’S DO IT TOGETHER, SALEM!”

For a moment their eyes locked, Salieri’s blazing with passion. And then, all of the sudden, she became still. She lowered her arms to the side, and her eyes became shadowed as she turned around, her back to the arena. Salem also lowered her head and her eyes became shadowed over too, as she turned her back to Sal and faced Leavanny.

Burgh smirked as Leavanny sliced her bladed leaf hands together, creating sparks. “These speeches are cute, but they’re getting old. Leavanny, let’s end this so I can get back to painting.”

In response, Salieri slowly turned back her head and stared into Burgh’s eyes. For a second, he thought his mind was playing tricks on him. Her eyes were amber no longer. Instead, she had adopted purple scleras with blank, white irises.

Just like an Espeon’s.

Burgh looked down at his computer screen. The digital letters scrambled ad reset into a different pattern to reflect the change.

Salieri And Salem: Synchronized

hay! i just got home from animazement! biggrin ... so its been 4 days and noone helps the dying child? o,o))

well in kentas defense, he was born in ilex forest and so associates more with pokemon. so its logical to head to the place that heals his 'family' rather than one that heals people. thanks for carting him off though ^^))

kentas eyes slowly opened. his arms wrapped up in bandages. sasha was curled up on top of him. he slowly glanced around the room, relizing he was in a hospital... a human hospital. he shivered at this thought. he had been dragged to one of these terrable places before. the scent of dissinfectant and desise, the cold hard floors... and the needles! ugh! he quickly sat up, waking sasha in the process. he tryed to get up but his legs felt numb. he tryed to shake it off but it would take awhile (they is asleep biggrin )

(it was amazing! i got afew awesome things. i went as red and even got the kanto badges at the con for it. i got a master sword, a bokken, there was a rave that played remixes of anime and vocaloid music, there were swordsmen shows, kendo demonstrations, and cosplay chess!)

["And in spite of recent events, next week's eradication of the Desert Resort's Yamask and Cofagrigus infestation is going ahead as planned. A World Government spokesperson had this to say:"

"We're just doin' all we can to rid the world of these vile freaks. Imagine, pokémon killing people and making them carry their faces around? Sorry, Team Plasma, but there ain't nothin' natural about this vermin."

"A compassionate report. Now for the weather--"]

"Huh," Wayne said, sitting in the gym's lobby and staring the TV. "Why do you have a TV in here anyway?"
"Are you kidding me? Between this desk and stupid, question-asking trainers, I'd be bored to death."
"Oh yeah. Trainers can be really stupid sometimes. Wait--"