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Tsuki was blown back just like Fear but he held on. Their resolve was strong and written in stone. They would take that Dragonite down. It was the lead member of the team, the ace if you will. The Absol and Electross were strong but they were manageable. This one seemed to be stronger than the two combined. Chael took a deep breath before calling out "Another Tackle!" He knew that attack had taken about a third out of his Pokemons HP. Before Fear was caught off guard. Tsuki, not so much.

Tapping his paw once on the ground, the Eevee lunged once more towards the Dragonites temple. That'd knock the wind out of it for sure.

Totodile (Argos)/Male/Valerians Lab/Level: 12/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Torrent/
Atk:Scratch /Atk: Leer/Atk: Water Gun/Atk: Rage

Ratatta (Fear)/Female/Route 1 /Level: 12/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Guts/
Atk:Tackle/Atk: Tail Whip/Atk:Quick Attack /Atk: Bite

Eevee (Tsuki)/Male/Route 1 /Level: 9/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Adaptability/
Atk:Tackle/Atk: Tail Whip/Atk:Helping Hand /Atk: Sand Attack

Timburr (Bruce)/Male/Route 2 /Level: 9/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Guts/
Atk: Pound/Atk: Leer/Atk:Focus Energy /Atk: Bide

Blitzle (Lizzy)/Female/Route 2 /Level: 10/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Lightning Rod/
Atk: Quick Attack/Atk: Tail Whip/Atk: Charge /Atk:   

Chael's Bag- 
1xPokedex 
2xPokeballs 
4xPotions  

Nolan cringed at the loud trumpeting from that mammoth pokemon. Shinx started to panic again, little sparks flying from his fur, and Nolan, while he was wondering why he didn't think of this before, recalled the Flash pokemon back. Nolan put Shinx's ball right in his bag to to nestle against the Magikarp's repeat ball. But that still left one pokeball empty.
"Snivy, do you want to go back into your pokeball too?"
She, of course, just put her nose up in the air, refusing to act scared and silly like the lion cub. But both Snivy and Nolan cringed together when the ground rumbled a little underfoot as the huge Mamoswine charged.
"If ... if that is how real pokemon battles are, I'm really not sure I'm cut out to be a pokemon trainer."
Nolan was really just talking to Snivy, who wasn't impressed in the least by her trainer, but he had paused not to far from that other trainer, Alex. Again Nolan smiled sheepishly, but he found himself watching the battle once more. The big hairy tank had a nickname, because there certainly was no pokemon breed that would be named 'Snowplow'. But it got Nolan thinking about his own pokemon too.

"I probably should name the rest of my pokemon. They're individuals too."
Nolan again stiffened with embarrassment, realizing that his one-sided, rambling conversation must have seemed really weird to Alex. Snivy didn't seem to be paying attention at all, her head cocked and her eyes drinking in every detail of the Elite Four member. She certainly envied the strength of that Return move, while she was stuck with ... Nolan.

Snivy sighed.

Snivy snickered quietly to herself, thinking in a childish retort, 'That's what she said!
Sadly, the pitiful humans just couldn't understand pokemon speech, so she kept the stupid joke to herself.

It did feel a little less awkward when Nolan heard the other trainer talk out loud too. It echoed the same question in Nolan's head. Well, the question among the other thoughts floating around, like possible names for Snivy and Shinx. And wondering where something like that huge furry tank would come from. And he was trying not to imagine the even potentially larger pokemon the pro trainer could have concealed in his other pokeballs. Maybe like a Snorlax, but even if those pokemon are immensely strong, they weren't very frightening so long as no one woke it up. Nolan's thoughts really were scattered all over the place. But sure, he also thought he would take a stab at a guess.
"Maybe ..." Nolan glanced over at Alex. "Maybe all the trainers out farther from Blyse City are like this? If that's true, I'm not sticking around. I did see another fork in the path back there."

And truthfully, even as Nolan and Snivy were learning loads about how an expert battled, Nolan didn't feel like there was anything else he could really glean from just watching without doing himself. Except, maybe, learning just how pitiful he was starting out on his first day as an official pokemon trainer. Beating a hasty retreat, Nolan continued southwest, but Snivy was slower to turn away to grudgingly follow her trainer.

Nolan was relieved to see that taking Route 2 offered a much more scenic view of the coast and the ocean. He didn't recognize the blue and white bird pokemon wheeling overhead, but while Nolan was looking up towards the sky, he spotted something else. Squinting at the flying orange bug, Nolan noticed it was headed in his direction - following the path. Looking straight ahead, he spotted a trainer that WAS walking Route 2, but with memories of the Dragonite and Snowplow fresh in his mind, Nolan didn't even want to risk being asked for a battle right now. He didn't want proof that he was pathetic right now.

When Nolan darted off the path, Snivy was left confused for a moment, but well, if her trainer wanted so badly to go in another direction, she was fine with that. Just so long as they were making progress, it was better than lazying around Blyse. Snivy had had enough of that city just being in the laboratory for more than a week. But when the Grass Snake caught up with Nolan, she frowned, because she hadn't taken her eyes off of him for more than ten seconds and he was already flat on the ground.

It's just that Nolan tripped over something he hadn't seen. Rolling over with a grunt, he brushed his palms off and tried to identify what he had tripped on. There was just a patch of smooth ground, not even any grass where his foot got snagged. Snivy trotted over to stand in the middle of the patch, looking severely at Nolan, but now she tripped. This time Nolan thought he really did see something, and started to dig into the soft soil with his hands.

What he found looked like a gray-white stone, but it didn't feel right like a stone. Rapping his knuckles against it, Nolan fell backwards with surprise when it turned around and looked at him. The foot tall insect waved its antennae, and Snivy was pointing at the pokedex on a lanyard around Nolan's neck.
"Right." He fumbled a moment for the device, but at least knew now how to operate it. 'Nincada, the Trainee Pokémon.'

"Sorry, Nincada. We didn't mean to disturb you."
Apologizing to a pokemon that probably purposefully tripped them sounded weird, but right now the bug pokemon looked docile. And Nolan didn't want to do anything to change that, glad to be able to walk away.

"Nin!" The pokemon sounded cross, and the Nincada shook the rest of the dirt off its back, climbing out of its hole. "Nin!"
Shinvy was already on Nolan's heels, and understanding Nincada, she just turned her nose in the air. But Nolan didn't and had to stop to try to determine what was going on with the bug, because it was starting to follow them.
"Uh, did you want some food?" Nolan dropped a couple berries in front of the Nincada, watching as its antenna tapped over the little fruits. Snivy was horrified the food she had so painstakingly gathered was being used to feed some ... dirty bug.

Nincada left the berries where they were in the grass, and instead it again shouted at them, "Nin, nincaaaaa!"
Snivy wasn't going to take any of that. She turned right around, glaring, and Nolan could even tell that a fight was about to go down here. But he was the pokemon trainer, right? So he'd have to help Snivy out. Nincada was a bug pokemon, and that was bad for grass ... so, well, Nolan didn't really know.
"Snivy, careful of its moves. They could really hurt you."

Snivy rammed Nincada with a Tackle, but using her superior speed, quickly dodged the retaliating Scratch attacks. Hopping side to side as the slow Nincada swiped at her again and again, Snivy got around behind the bug, and Tackled it again, knocking it off its feet. Snivy wanted to end this fast to teach it a lesson, and went for another Tackle. But what she wasn't expecting was to be bounced back when Nincada used Harden, tensing its body and digging its pointy legs into the ground.

But now the battle was at a standstill, with neither pokemon making an attacking move since Nincada raised its defenses again every time the Grass Snake got close. Even Snivy's Leer seemed to have almost no effect because Nincadas were nearly blind from its subterranean lifestyle. Now Nolan had a little time to think, time to prove he could be a trainer.
"Snivy ... I got a better idea. Come back here."

Snivy had to admit she didn't know what to do, so she obeyed Nolan and went to his side. Besides, let the fish or the cub bash their brains out instead on that hard shell. Getting the repeat ball, Nolan called out Magikarp, but that was a risk in itself as well. He had never battled with Dosu before, and he wasn't sure it was really the best thing for his fish pokemon. But the Magikarp seemed more than ready, although, that meant he was really just flopping around on the ground.
"Dosu, get ready to get bouncing, but lets see you make that Nincada fly! Get your tail under it and flip it in the air!"

Dosu seemed to understand, because he flopped end over end over to the Nincada. Sensing another attack, the bug used Harden once more, but the Magikarp scooped its fin under it. Then with one big heave, the Nincada was popped high up into the air. It landed on its back, its legs flailing. To right itself it had to relax its muscles to regain its flexibility, but that was what Nolan was hoping for.
"Now, Snivy! Tackle it!"

Nincada was sent skidding across the ground, spinning on its back, but Nolan also felt guilty for giving it so much trouble. But if he caught it, healed it up, he could just release it afterward, right? It was a humanitarian cause, and Nolan threw an empty pokeball at the little Trainee pokemon. Just a short struggle after Nincada vanished inside, but now Nolan had four pokemon to look after.
"Sorry about that, Nincada. I'll get you healed up and then you can go right back to sap sucking."

It all worked out alright. Snivy pretended not to care.

((Let's see...NO! You survived attacks that would destroy level fifties, and you used the wrong swinub evolution in your post!))
Elite Four Max has appeared...

((A. levels mean nothing and B. The match should be interesting. A BAM-knockout BAM-knockout match isn't that interesting. Also when I made that post it was like 2 in the morning. Drowsiness doesn't play well with attention.))



"I may be from Johto but I know a psychic type when I see one. Fighting type as well or not. Sorry, but you have enough of an advantage. Return." Chael said as Bruce sighed. A Blitzle walked up to the match, to contend against the knightly Pokemon. Lizzy galloped in a circle before standing firm, facing the Gallade.

In an instant, Chael actually began to slightly disdain power. He could see the older boys point when he scolded him for training against Pokemon who were lower leveled. But then it was only by two or three levels. Now, for Chael, it's a fifty level difference. For that Dragonite it was a seventy level difference. Talk about over doing it. Well this was his last Pokemon, he was a fool to send out Bruce who was already severely hurt and he would not force innocent Tsuki, after getting beaten silly by a dragon and mammoth, to fight again.

"As long as you teach me a lesson about modesty." Chael responded back. He had no emotion in his words, but oh the loathe in the back of his mind. Seeing Fear like that was etched into his being. He was an expert at hiding his emotions, luckily. His palms weren't sweaty, he didn't twitch once, nor did he give any glares. the only emotion actually shown was shock when he sent out that Dragonite, then sorrow when Fear was almost killed.

Totodile (Argos)/Male/Valerians Lab/Level: 12/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Torrent/
Atk:Scratch /Atk: Leer/Atk: Water Gun/Atk: Rage

Ratatta (Fear)/Female/Route 1 /Level: 12/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Guts/
Atk:Tackle/Atk: Tail Whip/Atk:Quick Attack /Atk: Bite

Eevee (Tsuki)/Male/Route 1 /Level: 9/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Adaptability/
Atk:Tackle/Atk: Tail Whip/Atk:Helping Hand /Atk: Sand Attack

Timburr (Bruce)/Male/Route 2 /Level: 9/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Guts/
Atk: Pound/Atk: Leer/Atk:Focus Energy /Atk: Bide

Blitzle (Lizzy)/Female/Route 2 /Level: 10/
Holding: Nothing/Ability: Lightning Rod/
Atk: Quick Attack/Atk: Tail Whip/Atk: Charge /Atk:   

Chael's Bag- 
1xPokedex 
2xPokeballs 
4xPotions  

Ledyba, Flew as fast she could towards where the tremor came and started flying over the area where the other trainer was fighting another trainer. Ledyba looked down at the fight and felt something flying next to her. Pidgey chirped happily as she greeted her friend and looked around for the rest of the team. Both pokemon looked down at the pokemon battle below them, while waiting for Vayne to appear.

Vayne sighed as the walk took some time to finish, but it was interesting... Two trainers were running from the same direction in which he was heading. One of them seemed to notice Vayne and just hopped off the path, the other was younger and he just took off running like the world was ending. He was now more curious to whats happening, Did a legendary land and scare the newbie trainers? Vayne knew once he had finally made it to the scene. That other trainer was fighting the Elite four Max. Was he really so stupid with power to think he can take on the elite? Even with weaker pokemon an Elite has better experience and strategies than a new trainer. Vayne made no effort to conceal himself, He stood there behind the boy, arms crossed watching the fight between Gallade and Blitzle.
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Post 18

Cyndaquil//Caught-Valerian's Lab/Male/Level: 7/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Blaze/Atk:Tackle /Atk:Leer /Atk:Smokescreen /

Pidgey//Caught-Route 01/Level: 4/Female/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Tangled Feet/Atk:Tackle /

Ledyba//Caught-Route 01/Level: 5 /Female/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Early Bird/Atk:Tackle /

Ralts//Caught-Route 01/Level: 2 /Female/Holding: Nothing/Ability: Trance/Atk:Growl /