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"I was on my way back a few days ago, but my professor wanted his students to enter this tournament." Tsuki said, giving an indifferent shrug. The Hunter's Tournament would stay in the back of his mind for a while. There wasn't any actual deaths, but there were plenty of close calls. Too many.

"So, do you still have those things I asked you to hold?" he asked. It was a Rare Bone with a Reaper's Cloth tied around it. A bit of a loophole but the boy didn't see a big problem. Anyways, he'd still uphold his end of the deal. Instead of practicing with Exell, he'd try out the weapon, and most likely recieve a lesson in pain, with her.

"Huh, did you give him that purple cloth tied around it?" Tsuki asked, before noticing she was about to add something. So he got to choose what his weapon was like? Great, that way it wasn't useless. "Alrighty then." Pocketing the bone, he'd make his way to the back of the gym. The man had to be around here somewhere...

Thinking on all the choices Tsuki would say "A single band with the claws would actually be pretty cool actually." He would be like a freaking Zangoose, extendable claws and such. Besides slashing seemed more appealing than brute stabbing. "Could you work it to fit into this?" he'd ask, taking off one of his fingerless gloves. The right one, as he was used to using that hand primarily. And it it was injured in action, he'd cut another hole on the other side for his left hand's thumb. It was a pretty durable material, making the boy wonder why he didn't use it for defense before anyways.

Seeing as the other boy either replaced or upgraded his old sword, Tsuki wanted to try something similar.

But he'd digress, the band could go over the knuckle part on the glove with the claws over his hand, waiting to extend with a flick of his hand. Tsuki would probably add something to block it until battle. Stabbing a person whom's hand you were shaking would be... problematic.

With that, he'd hand over the bone and gem.

Giving a thanks, Tsuki would follow Tirrani towards the hotel. He felt... naked without the glove there. Where it had been worn could be shown by the much paler skin there. Infinem followed behind, opting to stretch his legs. Seeing the fancy hotel, the boy's jaw would drop ever so slightly. He had never been in an establishment like that. For the most part, he and his brother couldn't afford a nice hotel for a day. This was top class.

Tsuki had figured the battle would be with weapons, not an actual Pokemon battle. Well, either way it didn't matter to him. He'd take the keys once she handed them over and said "Cya tomorrow then." before heading off to the room.

Suffice to say he ended up getting lost. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

After (finally) finding his way to his room, he'd promptly place the do not disturb sign. He had wasted the day finding the room and he was damn sure he'd use it. He sent out his team, five Pokemon in all. It looked like he forgot to heal Bane and Rose. However he would do that later. Besides with those two tired that meant a quiet night.

And then he fell asleep.

Waking up, Tsuki would find his team still asleep. Yeah, who's the lazy one now Bane?! He got up, drowzee and managed to turn the lights on without falling back to sleep. It was rather dim, thank Arceus, meaning they had stayed up late and turned the brightness switch to low before turning it off.

Stumbling across the room, he'd make his way to the bathroom and do the obvious things. Shower, brushing teeth, et cetra. Quick to leave the hotel, he'd get his clothes on and wake up his Pokemon.

"-Five more minutes!-" barked a tired Bane. Finding a broom, Tsuki carefully began to poke the monster he had caught a week or two ago. Finally Bane would get up, muttering a series of curse words.

Crystal and Infinem would be the easiest to wake up. Merely picking the penguin and monkey up did the trick. Scrambling to get down, Crystal gave a small glare as Infinem jumped on his shoulder to start combing his hair.

Crystal looked perplexed, asking "-Why are the hell are you doing that?-"

The Mankey would give a shrug. "-It's a monkey thing.-"

Rose was the hardest. She actually attacke him, chasing the by around and around the room, making it look like Extreme Tag. Eventually she calmed down and for Embitter?

Tsuki wasn't stupid enough to wake her up. He just returned her.

Getting downstairs, they'd get breakfast before heading to the Pokemon Center. Once there, he'd return his Pokemon and place them on the counter it was free here last he heard.

Giving a word of thanks, Tsuki would leave the hotel. After returning the keys of course. He had felt small in that place, like all of the upper class people there were staring at his every move with a small bit of contempt. He was used to not being well liked but there he felt vulnerable. The tree house at Ash Forest seemed more luring than before.

Shortly after exiting, he'd send out Rose. The Scyther rubbed her blades together, examining the boy who had caught her by surprise. He looked... weak. She turned away, saying "-Return me.-"

"Wha-?"

"-Are you deaf, or just stupid? I'll oblige to battling under you but I will not, I repeat will not, follow you around like a lost puppy.-" Rose growled at her trainer before he returned her.

So he would send out Crystal. She hasn't gotten used to him, but he was warming up at least. The only ones who really didn't like him were Embitter and Rose.

So he would make his way to the Gym, careful to not walk too fast for the Piplup.

"Soooooooo cooooooooooool." Tsuki said, looking at the weapons. That would give Excell a definate answer. Those things looked like they could do some real damage. More importantly, now he stood a chance against the other two Strike members. Both would probably have similar weapons, but him? He'd have a chance to surprise them. He took the gloves, strapping them over his hands.

Flicking his right hand after curling his fist, three blades whipped out for a moment. He loosened his grip, letting them slink back in. Oh, this would work greatly. They looked like normal gloves, but in reality they were dangerous weapons. Now he'd have the element of surprise. That was why he wanted retractable blades on the gloves. Of course there was no transformation, he hadn't inserted Infinem's Pokeball yet. Nor did he know.

"Heck yeah it does." Tsuki said, strectching his fingers to get the feel of the gloves. They felt like his old ones too. He'd listen to Excell, taking out Infinem's Pokeball. It wast until the man spoke that he notices the indentation on his left hand. Minimizing the ball before placing it, he'd be quite surprised by the effects.

His eyes were the first to change, turning a dark orange. The ends of his coat began to glow, leaving a brown aura like around them with same happening to the ends of his legs. His teeth showed more outline, becoming more sharp and one edging below his upper lip, showing.

And he grew a Mankey colored tail.

Yes. A tail.

And since there wasn't any openings in the back of his pants, he had that extra limb stuck inside. "Sweet Shaymin!" the boy jumped, hands going to his lower back. "I'll be... right back. I need to make room for a tail." His pants obviously didn't make a hole for that extra limb. It wasn't until he cut the hole in the pants at the nearest bathroom that he had skin colored fur. The changes were subtle, as if the powers embeud in the gloves wanted him to have the element of surprise. Only the color of the ends of his coat and jeans were obvious. The tooth? Give or take it could be noticed.

Coming out, his tail flicked from side to side. It wasn't the most glamorous of transformations, but it'd work without the spotlights and mysterious voice telling him to fulfill his destiny. Any other movie cliches were absent as well.