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Before Mike could respond, more or less agreeing with his friend, Kilik commanded his Elekid to let loose a Shock Wave attack. "The no miss move eh? I just happen to have one of those of my own!" The boy flicked his unruly bangs from his eyes and stomped on the ground, slashing the air with his hand. "Napalm, take that hit and retaliate with your Faint Attack!" Might as well save an Overheat for when things get serious.

While the Magby didn't enjoy the prospect of getting blasted by the attack, he knew that sooner or later it would hit him. Might as well take it now instead of running around tiring himself out. Napalm braced himself as the Shock Wave blasted him square in the torso. He felt the electricity surge through his body. It didn't feel good that's for sure. Shaking off the static, the Magby jumped into the air with as much of a smirk as he could wear, vanishing from sight.

Mike watched calmly as his Pokemon disappeared, slipping his hands into his pockets as the battle unfolded before him.

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The purple-haired girl from far away turned and looked around but did not reply. But that was enough for M.A. to tell who it was; although her ability of face and name memorization was lackluster, this one she definitely knew.

"MITSUUUU~~!" With that, the brunette ran towards her friend, looking almost like a gazelle now with her mile-long legs. She stopped a few feet short from her target since said target hadn't made any move of recognition as of yet. Who knew, maybe it was one of those times where she had gotten the wrong person and was making a fool of herself...

Serenity found herself blushing again with the other boy came up to drop his pokemon off for healing. Mike introduced himself, and then when it became obvious that he knew the other boy as well, he introduced Kilik. Before she had much chance to respond to Mike's proposition of joining them on their shopping trip, or even saying hi to Kilik both boys were in discussion about a rematch of some sort. Mike's Magby seemed to be up for the challenge either way. The thought of watching a battle between the little fire pokemon and Elekid kind of got her blood rushing in all different directions.

George was watching the two boys with curiosity. He wasn't used to seeing so many new humans, pokemon gallore sure, but not humans. It was interesting to see them interact with each other, and with each other's pokemon too. George heard them talk of a battle and he got excited and started bouncing around a bit more than he already was. It was something he wanted to see.

When the two boys started to rush outside, both called after Serenity to come watch the battle. There was no way she could turn down such an invitation. She wanted to see what she would be up against one day. She had a feeling that she would have little trouble convincing George to battle and level up. The mudkip was at least as excited as she was at the thought of watching a battle between the fire and electric pokemon.

The Elekid was faster and struck first with shock wave, but before she knew it the magby used faint attack and vanished from sight. I've always liked that attack. Serenity sat down on the step of the pokecentre and continued to watch the battle in front of her.

"Are you sure you're alright?" Jaxon asked, catching her gaze with an expression mixed with cloudy concern, skepticism, perplexity and something close to astonishment. For one, she rarely ever smiled like that, if ever. He'd never seen her make such a gentle expression. Maybe she really was feeling woozy, as seen by her swaying. Must be pretty bad if she actually accepted his arm and actually waited for him to take her to her own quarters, though he certainly didn't mind that womanly weight; his heartbeat sped up for once, something that surprised him for that usually only happened when he was pissed off or in some kind of fix. Naturally, he didn't mind this side of Mai at all, except for the fact that this was Mai and her being like this, her typically strong, independent self allowing such support, screamed for alarm. Could it be dementia, or was she sleep-walking or did she hit her head or something? "What happened? Do you need a doctor?"

"And Miss, your office... is this way," he said, concern deepening now when his commanding officer was about to go straight ahead rather than turn.


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"Hey!" M.A. laughed, nearly thinking that she had gotten the wrong person again. Now that the target's identity was affirmed, she swept in for a brief, friendly hug. "Yeah, I know. Did you get paler?" she asked, cocking her head to one side as she pulled away.

"Ah! Good to see you too... It's Karri, right? And whatever did you mean by that?" the girl said with innocent blithe, oblivious to the message.

"Well anyways... since you're both here... would you two like to play beach rugby with us? Us being my family over there. It'll be fun, I promise. Unless you're leaving already," the girl said, a small frown forming at that concluding clause.

Nope. She was fine after all; just a bit tired, heavens knows the woman works hard, Jaxon thought with the beginnings of an ironic smile. He was genuinely glad that she was alright, though he already knew that regardless of anything the situation would never change. But the masochist part of him enjoyed this; it was punishment for his heavy crimes to have whatever was left of his heart settling on the one woman he didn't have the slightest shot with. There was no agonizing on this point; it was the simple truth of the matter and he had long ago accepted it. So he listened to her commands as always with that attentive, expressionless manner; this wasn't a mask, but simply what he was. He gave her a nod and a sharp salute before departing.

Time to train, he thought to himself, fingering the three Pokeballs on his belt under his trench coat. With the Beach Party so near by, there was no chance to relax yet; according to the records and research that the Team already possessed, there were considerably strong opponents to face this time, several of which could overwhelm him in terms of strength. He'd have to be a bit more wily than usual. . . For Jaxon, there was next to nothing keeping him from playing less than fair. The end justifies the means, he thought as he changed into a white-beater and some basketball shorts before setting off to the training grounds.

'Till midnight with a few water breaks, he personally sparred off with his Hitmonlee, surprisingly practically on the same level while his other two girls went at it.

Mike watched as the zippy little plug ran forward, charging towards his Magby. The very recent battle towards the Mightyena came back to mind, the ferocious wolf tearing into the ground, teeth bared and all. It was too bad that he couldn't use Napalm's Psychic attack to stop him.

Wait.

Dammit. The boy groaned slightly. I'm so stupid. Elekid wasn't a Dark type (he hoped.), but, as was Mike's way, he would charge in blindly and think of things as he went along. He made another mental note, this time to look up Elekid next time he had a chance. "Napalm!" He shouted. "Try to stop Elekid with your Psychic! Don't be too fancy!" He wished he had commanded that sooner, the Electric Pokemon was very close.

Napalm smiled, he always liked using that move, it made him feel really versatile. Thankfully he'd had a lot of practice using it, or he wouldn't have been able to pull it off in time. The Pokemon's eyes lit up with a bright shade of blue. After a brief moment, Napalm threw his clawed hands forward, a semi-transparent blast of circular energy launchng out from his body. The Magby closed his eyes and focus, hoping the mentally powered attack would stop the Elekid in his tracks.