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Tier Advancement Mission #1

Larry woke up this morning with a plan in mind ever since meeting that Beartic and all the trouble with Io, Larry had decided that is team needed work. All his Pokémon were strong and he knew it. However, he knew they would have to be stronger for Larry's next assignment. Apparently their was a group of troublemaking adolescents roaming the woods around the Moutain and pissing off the local Pokémon of the area. This wouldn't have been so bad if the team hadn't had a goal in mind. Apparently their was some shiny Scizor that they were trying to catch. If they succeeded, the results could be catastrophic for the Snagmes. It was up to Larry to stop the occurance, though he didn't really like playing the hero.

"Bubble Claw," Larry called out. Opening it's ,outh, Lancer would release a stream of bubbles straight for Larry. This was a new combination that Larry was working on, incorporating the Bubbles as a distraction. All of a sudden, Snips would pop out from behind the bubbles with a scratch attack. Thus was the sneak attack known as Bubble Claw. Blocking the attack with his x-crossed arms, Larry was sent backwards by Snip's sharp claws. "Well done," Larry said, putting his arms down. "That actually stung a bit." Looking at his tattered clothes, Larry decided now was the best time for a shower. Earlier he'd been working with his other Pokémon and had created three more combination attacks: Mystic Ball (a combination of Shadow Ball and Metronome), Mystic Claw (a combination of scratch and Metronome), and Focus Claw (a combination of scratch and focus/mach punch). Now Larry was ready to take a shower and then sleep forever. However, that would have to wait. Moments later, an explosion would ring out in the woods that sent multiple Spearow fleeing into the air fearfully. "It's them," Larry said, turning and dashing towards the forest. "Let's get going before they escape." Lancer and Snips would both nod before launching after Larry. When the trio finally arrived at the forest, the place was empty. However, there were plenty of clues to show that someone had been here, the most obvious a trail of footprints. Appling his tracking skills, Larry followed the tracks as he examined the area to grasp what had happened. From what he could tell, these guys had broken into a fight with a group of Pokemon and chased through the woods. Apparently their were five of them and 10 of the Pokemon. Larry came to a stop when he saw the trail heading left. Instead of following it, Larry kept going straight until he came to a cliff. Just as he had expected, he had found the cause of the raucuous below. The five trainers were dashing through the woods below and chasing after a group of Scyther, 10 of them to be exact. "Follow my lead," Larry whispered to his Pokemon before jumping down below. Feet first, Larry would suddenly land on one of the group of five, knocking him out. This distracted the others to turn their attention towards Larry so the Scyther could escape. "Who the..." one of the group said. He cut off when Snips suddenly dropped from nowhere and landed on his head. Jumping off, Lancer would later land on the boy's head, knocking him out. "They took out Brago," one of the team said. "They took out Nine too. Who the h*ll are you?" Standing up, Larry would raise his hand in a fighting stance as if to say, come at me. "What," another member said, "you tryin' to steal our moves. Team Ninja's the only shinobi out here and we don't take kindly to no snot nosed punks tryin' to steal our image." Larry didn't say anything, which only fuled the member's anger. Launching at Larry, he would attempt to give him a hard punch in the face. Big Mistake. Grabbing the boy's arm with his left hand, Larry would thrust his right hand onto it and lift the boy's arm over his shoulder. Moments later, the boy would be in the air as Larry slammed him to the ground with a hard judo throw. The force of the attack was enough to knock this boy unconcious. "Who's next?" Larry asked, turning his attention to the other trainers. "Be forewarned, I'm an actual ninja." The other two flinched at that, but then remembered they had Pokemon on their side: a Ninjask and an Infernape. "Now you've asked for it," one of them said, pointing at Larry. "Alright Ninjask, use your double team." All of a sudden, Ninjask would become two more Ninjask. Those two would become four and those four would become six. "Ember Infernape," the other called. Opening its mouth, the ape-like Pokémon would release a stream of fireballs at the group. They all quickly moved out the way, Larry taking out another Poké Ball. "We'll probably need some help with these fake ninjas," Larry said, throwing the ball into the air. "Ink, come out and use Focus Punch." Popping out of its Poké Ball, Ink would launch at Infernape with a glowing fist. The attack landed and was able to send Infernape back only a bit. "Again," Larry ordered. Launching at Infernape, Ink was about to attack when the swarm on Ninjask suddenly appeared around the Smeargle. "Scratch," the trainer had called out. All of a sudden, one of the Ninjask from behind would come at Ink with a hard scratch. Staggering a bit, Ninjask turned to see multiple Ninjask standing around him. He couldn't tell which was real and which was fake. Unfortunately, Ink was so focused on Ninjask that it didn't notice Infernape coming from behind with a Mach Punch. The attack sent Ink flying through one of the clones and into Larry, who as able to catch the Pokémon. "Alright," Larry said, looking at his opponents, "we'll have to work together on this. Just like we practiced Lancer, Snips. I'll have Ink use multiple shadow balls to weaken them and then you two can finish them with Bubble Claw. This is the signal for the attack." Putting his two fingers together, Larry would swing his arm in a chopping motion. It was a simple gesture that would get the point across. "Go," Larry said. Raising his hand, Ink would fire a dark ball of energy at Infernape. The Pokémon quickly dodged an Ink fired another blast. He kept firing these blasts at rapid succession aimed at both Ninjask and Infernape. However, Infernape was to quick and Ninjask was hard to find. "You'll have to get close," Larry told Smeargle. Nodding, the Smeargle would dash after the fleeing Infernape. Ninjask tried to stop him with fury swipes, but Ink just dodged and kept going on. "Close Combat," the Infernape trainer ordered. Turning around, the Infernape would launch as Smeargle with its martial arts skills. This was where Larry had to intervene. Jumping in front of Smeargle, Larry caught the Infernape's leg just as it was about to strike the Smeargle. "Attack now," Larry ordered. Nodding, Ink jumped into he air so he wouldn't hit Larry and fired a shadow ball at close range into the Infernape as it was punching at Larry to try to get free. The attack sent Infernape flying backwards and into a rock. Meanwhile, Ninjask tried to come from behind the two with a bug bite. However, as Larry swung his two fingers downwards, a stream of bubbles would attack the Ninjask and make it focus on Lancer. It was caught completely off guard by the sudden scratch attack. Flying backwards, Ninjask slmmed right into Infernape. Those they were both still able to fight, their trainers decided to call it quits for now. "Sand-Attack," the Ninjask trainer ordered. The Infernape trainer ordered an ember. As Larry and he gang tried to dodge the attacks, their opponents took advantage of the situation to flee. Larry had won this battle, but there ws still the problem of finding the team again before they found Scizor. That was when Larry remember the three he'd knocked out. "Let's gather these unconcious ones," Larry said, looking at his Pokémon. "We'll need to do some interrogation. Would you like that Snips?" Sneasel smiled deviously at the idea, which told Larry that she would have loved to do it. Taking out his hoverboard, Larry loaded all the bodies and climbed on. There was no room for the others, so his Pokémon went in their balls for now. "I hope you know something," Larry said before taking off for nearby cave. They wouldn't be bothered there.

"Where's your hideout?" Larry asked again. The frightened adolescents said nothing and simply trembled in fear. "Have it your way," Larry said, turning to Snips. The Sneasel would unsheath her sharp claws and scratch at the three fake ninja's faces again. After arriving in the cave, Larry had tied up the three enemies and douced them with water so they could begin the interrogation. However, they had gotten no useful information so far. All the kids would say is that its in some distant cave. "I'll ask again," Larry said. "Where's the hideout. If you don't tell me where it is, I'll have to cut off your..." Larry cut off when one of the adolescents started crying and finally said something useful. "Alright already," he said fearfully. "The hideout's in a cave just north of here. You can't miss it. It's the one surrounded by groups of weavile, the guards. That's all I know, I swear. But you won't get past the swarms of weavile. Especially not with that little Sneasel as your backup." Sneasel growled and unsheathed her claws, scratching the adolescent's face. Larry took note of this information before turning towards the mouth of the cave. Someone was coming. Larry readied himself for battle, thinking it was a ninja. However, the one that had wandered into the cave was a Ralts. What was it doing in a place like this? It looked up at the scene before it in curiousity. "I think I'll catch it," Larry said, taking out his Great Ball. He could use the psychic on the team. Throwing the ball into the air, out popped Pit the hungry Munchlax. Ralts sensed that it was in danger and used its psychic powers to lift Pit into the air. "Metronome!" Larry called out. Moving its fingers back and forth, Pit would call on a random attack.

Night’s 1st C-Rank Mission

Waking up from a 12 hour long nap, Night found himself blinking into the darkness. He was still in his ninja garbs, as he always was whether awake or asleep, so he climbed out of bed and decided to get some dinner, which was breakfast to him. Unfortunately, as he got out of bed and made his way to the door, he accidentally found himself waking up his Growlithe, Wolf. The little dog barked at his trainer happily, waking up all the other sleeping Pokémon. “Nice going Wolf,” Night said sarcastically. “Now that everyone’s awake…who wants breakfast?” His Gible, Nibbles, was the first to jump at the idea, though the others were cranky about being woken up in the middle of the night.

Heading to the kitchen, Night found himself a nice burger and stuck it in the microwave, sitting on the counter as he waited for it to ding. While he did this, he’d be blissfully unaware of the fact that Nibbles had disappeared. Wolf didn’t notice it either. He was too busy trying to get Night’s attention. “Growlithe!” he barked, wagging his tail as he wanted to play. However, Night wasn’t about to leave his post to play with the dog. What if he left and the burger was finished cooking? What if someone found it and got the idea to steal the burger? What if Night came back and saw that person eating his burger with a happy smile? He wouldn’t risk it.

After a few minutes, the microwave let out a loud dink to show the food was ready. “Alright,” Night said, opening the microwave and reaching for his food. However, as he did, Wolf would suddenly jump up and snatch the burger up in his mouth. “Growlithe,” he said before running off with the burger in his mouth. Night had a look of confusion on his face at first, but that soon turned to anger as a vengeful look came on his face. “Come back here with my burger!” Night shouted running after Wolf. Seeing Night take the bait, Wolf began to lead the trainer around the HQ and even through a few angry sleeping people’s rooms. They were definitely pissed to have a boy and his dog jump onto them & interrupt their sweet dreams.

The chase lasted for a while before Night finally stopped, panting in exhaustion. “G-get back here you…stupid,” he tiredly. “Hold on…I need a minute.” Wobbling over to the kitchen, Night pulled out a water bottle and chugged it down like it was a bear bottle. As he did this, he’d notice Nibbles walking in with something white in his hands. “What’s that Nibbles?” Night asked after going through the water bottle and another one. The Gible handed Night the object before running off to play with Wolf. Looking at it closely, Night saw that it was a letter straight from the Snagem leader. Opening up the envelope that held it, Night began to read quietly.
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Hm. You’re doing well, I see. Got through your first advancement and reached the end of another tier. An impressive feat in itself, but it must be said now. These will only get rougher from here. Fortunately, things might be a little familiar for you if your previous mission was any indication. But unlike last time, things are a tad more serious in nature. If you think you can prove your worth even more, then read on.

As with the previous mission, you must be at the top of a tier. In this case, you’ll need to be at the top of Tier 5. Until then, you won’t be allowed to do this mission. I am not one for many words, though, so forgive any vagueness. I’m sure you’ll figure it out. Now then, allow me to brief you. Despite your efforts, it seems like the pranksters that call themselves Team Ninja haven’t learned their lesson in the least. Their mischief has begun to cause issues again, this time out in the Ilex Forest.

Normally, this might not a big deal, but there is the matter of the forest’s inhabitants. Bug Pokemon are very common, and it’s quite normal to find a tree with several Metapod or Kakuna attached, waiting for their evolution. On a rare day, you might even find a Silcoon or Cascoon. On their own, they aren’t much. But this isn’t what they’re after here. What they are after deals with what Pokemon like those evolve into. A Butterfree and its various powder attacks, Beedrill and its powerful venom, I could go on. Suffice to say that Pokemon like this could be dangerous if something causes them to start up. Not only for the forest’s Pokemon, but anyone around as well. Even these obsessive ninja fanatics wouldn’t be safe.

In this case, your mission has a few purposes. First of all, it’s one of protection, to avoid Team Ninja trying to do something stupid like trying to open up a cocoon Pokemon to speed up its evolution, or agitating any Butterfree, Beedrill, Beautifly or Dustox that might actually be around. Secondly, it’s one of rescue. I can’t say I’m too fond of this, but given how likely it is that something could really go bad out there, it’s imperative to get Team Ninja. I don’t care if the endeavor involves tying them up and dragging them out, while making them listen to a horribly dubbed show and stealing any money they have. Just make sure they aren’t in the forest by the time you’re done.

As before, Pokémon that can handle the likes of bugs and poison would be beneficial for you. That said, try not to burn down too much of the forest. It probably wouldn’t be too becoming, and counter-productive to your objectives.

Objectives
- Prevent Team Ninja from causing too much trouble.
- Also suppress any trouble that might occur from an agitated Pokémon, especially ones like Butterfree and Beedrill.
- Get Team Ninja out of there, by any means necessary.
- Kinda important: Keep the forest intact. If there isn’t one left, you’re probably gonna fail.

Opposition
- Just as your last advancement, Team Ninja itself. They’ve picked up a few more since last time, so you’ll likely face a minimum of four members. Three of those four seem to be just under their leader. Maybe they look up to them or something, who knows. Their Pokémon have improved as well; they still only use two to three, but some of them will be evolved to their second stage. Apart from this, you’ll have to take on Takashi. Whisperings mention a Dustox, Weezing and Shedinja with him. Did something happen to his Ninjask last time?

Rewards
- Advancement into Tier 4, as an Ace Snagem
- Anything else varies
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When he finished, a wide grin came onto Night’s face. He was finally being recognized as a candidate for the next promotion. This was what he’d been waiting for. However, if his opponent was Ninja again, he’d probably have some trouble. Night remembered well how Takashi had almost captured a shiny Scizor and started a whole war with a group Scyther. He’d barely been able to stop him with only Peep, who was a Torchic at the time, in his party. It was lucky he had the Scyther on his side, or that could have been messy.

“Might as well start it now,” Night thought. “I’m sure the fellas up above won’t mind me waking them up. Well…Titan might mind.” Putting the letter away in his pocket, Night would make his way back to his room to get the rest of his team.
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Teleporting into Ilex Forest, Night and his group would scan the area curiously & cautiously. “Can you see anything, Blank?” Night asked the Ralts next to him. She wasn’t really Night’s Pokémon; she belonged to Night’s cousin Larry. Night had just been borrowing her from time to time for transportation. However, lately Blank has started to come on actual missions with Night because Larry was busy with the other Pokémon in his team.

Raising its hands, Ralts tried to sense out for anyone nearby. Since she could sense negative feeling, Night thought she’d be able to find Takashi & the Pokémon he terrorized. However, when she shook her head, Night let out an exhausted sigh. “It was worth a shot,” Night said, beginning to walk through the forest. “Alright guys, let’s split up here. If anyone finds anything, just shoot a signal into the sky…or shout.” The Pokémon nodded, before going off. However, Night would stop his Lairon, Titan, as he was about to leave. “Not you Titan,” he said. “We’ll be searching together. I need a body guard just in case.” The Lairon simply nodded before turning around to follow Larry.

As the search went on, Nibbles, Wolf, Peep, and the team of Night & Titan all ended up with cold trails. However, the same couldn’t be said for Blank. As she moved slowly through the area, her attention would be drawn when she heard conversation nearby. “Why don’t we try a chainsaw,” a male said. When Blank peaked from behind a tree to see what was going on, her well hidden eyes grew wide in shock. It was a trio of boys about to cut open a Metapod with a large hunting knife. “Better get Night,” she thought teleporting away. She didn’t want to draw the boy’s attention yet she still needed to make haste.

When Blank reappeared with Night and everyone else, she found the group of boys about to cut at the Metapod with the knife. “Confusion please,” Night said to Blank. She nodded before using her psychic powers to lift the boys up & make them drop the Metapod. “Hey what the ****!” the shouted in surprise. Stepping from behind the tree, Night gave a little smile & wave to greet the four. “Yo,” he said. “I’m from Snagem & I’m here to kidnap you.” The trio quickly recognized Night as the one who stopped them last.

“Not you again!” one of them shouted. “Don’t think you can get off easy this time! We’ve gotten stronger since last time!” Night smiled, before gesturing for the rest of his team to come out. “You’re not the only one,” he said as he team assembled. “Now, as I was saying…we’re here to capture you. Blank, you can keep up this confusion for a while, right? Good! I need you on guard duty.” By the look of worry Blank gave him, Night decided that the Ralts might need a little help. “Don’t worry,” he said reassuringly, “Wolf is staying with you.” The little dog barked happily before running over to Blank, standing straight up at attention.

As they stood watch, Night and the others continued the long search for the Ninja & their HQ. Walking around, Night did find a couple stragglers, which he chased back to Blank & Wolf, but he didn’t find anyone important. However, as he continued, he did find something rather interesting. Attached to a nearby tree were a group of empty yellow shells, which were all ripped open. They were Kakuna, but the bug inside was gone. Looking down, Night saw a very bruised and bent knife lying on the ground beside the shells. “That’s a bad sign,” he thought, picking up the knife. As he did this, he’d hear buzzing nearby.

“What’s that noise?” he said, looking around. That was when he’d see them…a large group of Beedrill coming right for them. Apparently, they got they got the wrong idea when they saw Night with the knife so they decided to attack him rather than Ninja. “Peep!” Night shouted to the Combusken. “Persuasive Talk!” Nodding, the Combusken would step in front of the group and began speaking inspirationally to the Beedrill. Night didn’t understand a word he said, but he always somehow managed to make peace with wild Pokémon. However, it didn’t work this time. Rather than listening to reason, the Beedrill came at Peep with Fury Attack, stabbing at him with their stingers. Seeing that diplomacy wasn’t working, Night ordered a metal sound from Titan. Opening his mouth, the Lairon let out a loud screech that made the Beedrill stop in their tracks. They couldn’t cover their ears, so they just froze as they were paralyzed.

“Now run!” Night shouted over the screams. Turning around, they all took off into the forest, Titan still screaming to stop the Beedrill. Eventually, they were out of range so the Beedrill could move again, speeding after the group. “Combusken!” Peep shouted as he continued to try diplomacy. The mission would be a failure if they destroyed the Beedrill. However, they would all stop, including the Beedrill, when they found themselves looking into a dark cave. Inside…were multiple Kakunas & Metapods. Next to them, scattered across the floor, were damaged knives & projectiles. Whoever was here had tried to open the bug types & ended up using them for target practice in the meantime. However, none of the Pokémon were actually opened or even harmed. Still, finding this angered the Beedrill greatly.

Peep had to quietly explain that Night wasn’t responsible as the Beedrill were about to attack. When they still didn’t believe him, Peep went in the cave to get proof. There was a loud crash & the sound of shouting could be heard before the Combusken came back holding a beaten up preteen up to the Beedrill. “See,” Peep said, shaking the boy. The Beedrill believed then now, but there was a bad side to that. Now that they knew someone else was responsible, they wanted revenge on them. Turning around, Night could hear shouting from inside. Squinting, he would see a large group of kids coming right for them. Apparently the kid Peep beat up wasn’t the only one in there.

“Attack!” the Beedrill said, racing into the cave. Night called for them to stop, but they didn’t listen. This was bad. His mission would end in failure if he let the Beedrill kill all the Ninjas. He had no choice but to stop them. However, before he could do anything, Night heard a loud scream from afar.

It was coming from the same direction he’d left Blank & Wolf. What’s more, he recognized the screams as Blank’s. Now he had a real problem. Go help Blank…or stop the Beedrill. This would have been a better obstacle for Larry, but Night couldn’t rely on his cousin forever. Scratching his chin, he tried his best to use his brain to solve the problem. However, he couldn’t think too long, since the Beedrill had already gone on the attack. “Split up!” Night shouted finally. “Peep! Nibbles! Titan! You three stay here & handle the Beedrill! Protect Team Ninja even if you have to attack them yourselves! Just as long as they’re alive, go crazy!” Before anyone had a chance to argue, Night would turn and take off into the forest.

Letting out a sigh, Peep would turn back to the cave & make a dash for it with the others. Being Night’s partner, he was the official leader of the group. Opening his mouth, Peep let out a Fire Blast that caught the Beedrill’s attention, taking out many of them. However, there were a few who escaped by going through the gaps in the attack. They were definitely angry now, turning towards Peep & charging at him with Twinneedles. However, Titan would suddenly jump in front of Peep and use harden to make the Beedrill’s drill-like arms bounce off. They were about do more, when a bright white light suddenly shot past them and slammed into Gible, knocking out the oblivious dragon immediately. The attack had come from a Lucario owned by one of the Team Ninja members, a blue scarfed boy with black hair. What a time to run into the second in command of Ninja when Night was away. This had just turned into a three way battle.
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Back with Night, the trainer would eventually arrive to find Blank & Wolf panting in exhaustion as they stood in front of the trio of ninjas, who were unconscious. Following their gaze, Night found himself looking at a tall familiar red scarfed boy & a short unfamiliar yellow scarfed boy. “Finally found you Takashi,” Night said, drawing the red scarfed boy’s attention. “Who’s your friend?” Takashi growled when he saw Night, forgetting about Wolf & Blank. “You b*****d,” he said angrily. “It was your fault that we had to move to this crazy place & lost that crazy strong Scizor. Lucky for us, we found these cocoons so…wait are you here to stop us again?!” Night nodded with a smile, walking over to stand with Blank and Wolf.

“This time we’re also going to beat the crap out of you & drag you back to HQ,” Night said, gesturing to the trio of ninjas. “These three are coming with us and so are you. Even if you have gotten stronger, you’ll still fall to a few jabs to the face.” Takashi shook his head, smiling now. “Not this time,” he said, gesturing to his team of a Dustox, Weezing and Shedinja. “Not only have I evolved…but I also have an actual ninja on my side.” The boy beside Takashi would smile now, punching the air at the ready. “Straight from Mahogany town, meet Terashi Blade!” Takashi introduced like an announcer. Night flinched when he heard the words “Mahogany Town.” That was where he & Larry were born. What would a true Shinobi be doing following a punk like Takashi?

“Looks like I’ve got some competition,” Night said, stepping forward a bit. “So you’re another ninjaaaaa!” As he shouted this, he’d make a run for Takashi, catching the leader off guard. Jumping into the air, he aimed a spinning kick at Takashi’s face. However, his foot would suddenly stop midway as it was actually caught. With a look of pure surprise, Night saw that the one who’d defended Takashi was Terashi. “You shall not hurt Master Takashi!” he said, pushing Night away. Sliding across the floor, Night realized that he might have his hands full with these opponents.

“Powder Snow!” Terashi commanded his Frosslass. The ice Pokemon nodded and raised her hands to fire a blast of freezing snow. “Ember!” Night shouted. Opening his mouth, Wolf countered by letting loose a fury of fire balls. The two attacks collided forcefully, creating a cloud of smoke. Taking advantage of this, Night made another dive for Takashi only to be stopped by Terashi. “I see you’ve got everything down here,” Takashi said, returning his Pokemon to their balls. “Think I might go break get more cocoons. You clean up here.” Terashi nodded, pushing Night backwards as the smoke cloud went away. If he wanted the leader, he’d have to get past the ninja.
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Back with Peep, he was still standing, for the most part, but panting heavily. Scattered across the floor were the unconscious bodies of his comrades, most of Team Ninja, and many of the Beedrill. A few had gotten away, but they’d cleaned up for the most part. However, there was still the problem of the blue scarfed ninja, who was still standing with his one remaining Ninjask. After all this fighting, Peep was exhausted and bruised while Ninjask was still in tip top shape. Lucky for Peep, it was when things looked bleakest that his true power showed. “Combusken!” Peep showed as his Blaze ability was activated.

Charging up fire in its mouth, Peep would let it all out in a powerful Flamethrower. “Agility!” the blue scarfed boy commanded. At that moment, Ninjask would dart from side to side as he dodged the attack. However, Peep countered with a quick attack to catch up & attack the bug type. “Hyperbeam!” the boy commanded when Ninjask got up from the attack. Raising its arms, an orange ball would begin to form in front of the bug type, firing off in a power beam of energy. However, Peep countered with a Blaze charged Fire Blast, which slammed forcefully into the Hyperbeam. The two attacks seemed even at first, but it would soon be seen that Peep’s Fire Blast was being pushed back.

“Combusken!” Peep shouted, forcing its flames to shoot forth in a blazing aura. At that moment, the Fire Blast would begin to push forward, overpowering the Hyper Beam. “Ninjask!” the boy shouted as the Pokemon was soon engulfed in the powerful flames. It’s body was reduced to shadow inside the fire. As the attack ended, the smoky unconscious body of Ninjask could be seen lying on the ground. “Ninjask!” the boy shouted in surprise. “Damn Combusken!” Returning the Ninjask to his Pokéball, the boy would take off into the forest. Panting heavily, Peep would fall to his knees in exhaustion. At that moment, he’d notice someone approaching in the distance. Peep quickly recognized him by his red scarf, which was bad.
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“N-not bad,” Night said, panting. “But you still have a ways to go to catch up to me.” Terashi & his Frosslass looked up at Night, shaking as he tried to stand. “Damn…you,” he said quietly before falling unconscious. Turning back to Wolf & Blank, who were barely standing, Night would squat to eye level as a thankful smile came on his face. “Thanks guys,” he said, giving them congratulatory pats on the head. Wolf barked happily, giving Night a friendly lick, while Blank simply smiled in response. She was happy that even she could be of some help in this situation. “Now we just have to find Takashi,” Night said, standing up. “Oh! I almost forgot…we have to go check on Peep and the others first! C’mon!” Turning around, Night would make a run for the Ninja’s cave home.

Arriving at the HQ, Night found another surprising sight. Standing in front of him, surrounded by all his unconscious allies, was Takashi. In front of him, was a large swarm a Beedrill. They had gotten bigger since the last attack and now were waging a war on the single Takashi. “Yo!” Night called to him. When Takashi turned, he’d find a boot being slammed into his face as Night hit him with a powerful roundhouse. The attack sent him flying into the cave & falling unconscious. “Sorry but we’ll be taking over from here on,” he said with a smile. However, he was actually bluffing. After the fight, everyone was exhausted…including Night. Looking down, Night saw that Peep & the other were unconscious so they wouldn’t be much help either. They needed a miracle to pull through this.

The Beedrill buzzed loudly as they looked at Night, realizing that he’d actually sided with Ninja. He would have argued if he understood what they were saying, but since he was silent they expected they were right. “Ember!” Night shouted, seeing the Beedrill coming with Twinneedles. Weakly standing up, Wolf could only manage a few fireballs, but that was it. The attacks barely damaged the many Beedrill, so they were in the clear to attack. Night made an x shaped block and covered his eyes as he prepared to take the Twinneedles. However, he didn’t feel the needle arms hit him. Opening his eyes, he saw the Beedrill were frozen in place by some kind of blue light. Turning around, Night saw that Blank was using confusion.

“Blank,” Night said in surprise. She smiled weakly before suddenly glowing a white light. She was evolving. Growing a little taller, the glow would vanish as Blank was revealed to be a Kirlia. “K-kirlia?” Night said in surprise. The Pokemon looked at her new appearance in surprise before turning to glare at the Beedrill. “Kirlia!” she shouted, suddenly pushing them all backwards with a Psychic. The bugs buzzed loudly at this before releasing multiple pin missiles. However they’d all be incinerated by a sudden flamethrower which burned at the paralyzed Beedrill. Wolf had used the last of his strength to help Blank, falling unconscious afterwards.

“Kirlia,” she said gratefully to the Growlithe. Turning back to the group of Beedrill, Blank would raise her hands as she began to use Psyshock. The blue & purple balls of energy shot force and took out a few of the Beedrill, injuring those still standing. Now the bugs were angry, launching at Blank with Poison Jabs. Blank countered with a Magical Leaf, raising her hands and suddenly releasing the light green leaves. The attack took out a few more Beedrill, but they were still coming. Even with her revamped power, she couldn’t beat all of them alone. She had to try a different tactic. “Kirlia,” she said, her eyes suddenly glowing red. At that moment, the Beedrill’s eyes began to glow red. One by one, they began to fall as Blank used Hypnosis.

Eventually, the ground was filled with sleeping Beedrill. “B-blank,” Night said, still shocked about the whole thing. Blank turned back to him with a smile, her eyes suddenly glowing a bluish color. At that moment, the fallen Team Ninja members would rise into the air as Blank used Pychic. “Oh yeah!” Night shouted, remembering the mission. Turning around, he ran into the cave to make sure the coccons were o.k. He saw broken knives lying everywhere, but it was all good for the most part. Or…that was how it was before the cocoons began to hatch.

“Teleport!” Night shouted as he came running out of the cave. “Get us the h outta here!” Nodding, the Kirlia would suddenly use teleport to get them all to a safe place. She reappeared in a nearby city, dropping them in the street. Just for kicks, Night also had her rip their clothes off with her confusion. What a surprise it would be to wake up naked with everyone staring at you? If that didn’t scare them straight, he didn’t know what would.

“Now we have to get back to the forest,” Night said, turning to Blank. “Those newly evolved Pokemon are probably causing a raucous looking for Ninja.” Blank, who was tired from using so much of her psychic powers, nodded before teleporting them both to Illex. Unfortunately when they arrived, they found that their hunch was correct. The bug types were running rampage, and they turned to the forest Pokemon since there were no Ninja. This was bad. If the forest Pokemon got hurt…

Night was about to turn to Blank to do something when he realized that she was on one knee, panting from all the psychic techniques. She was too exhausted to fight, so Night would have to take care of this himself. He was about to begin his search when he suddenly heard a loud voice echoing through the forest. “Bi!” it shouted as a greenish light began to envelope the forest. Night didn’t know what was going on, but he suddenly felt a calmness flowing into him.

Blank felt it too, standing up to look into the trees. Deciding to check it out, Night took out his hoverboard & flew into the air to get a vantage point. When he looked down, he saw something amazing. The bug Pokemon had actually stopped causing chaos. Even stranger, they just began to move around as if nothing had ever happened. Whoever’s voice that was had probably been responsible for this. Looking around, he tried to spot…something. His eyes stopped on a green fairy-like figure who suddenly disappeared before Night had a chance to realize what he saw. “Was that…” Night thought, flying back down to Kirlia.

Blank seemed to be looking in the direction the green figure had gone in. Could she had seen him? It was likely. “Looks like our job is done here,” Night said, scratching his head. “C’mon, we better get back to Peep & the others. You are good with directions, right?” Blank nodded, jumping onto Night’s hoverboard. With her safely on, Night took one last look at Ilex before flying away.
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After a while of hospital time, Peep & the gang were up and ready again, so Night was able to return to Snagem. Of course Larry was surprised when he saw Blank had evolved into a Kirlia. However, he would then surprise Night by saying, “you’ve grown close, so why don’t you keep her?” Night was silent for a moment, gaping at his cousin, while Blank looked up at Night happily. “I already have too many Pokemon to keep track of,” Larry continued. “Blank would be better in your care.” A wide grin came onto Night’s face as he nodded to his cousin, turning to his new Kirlia. “Guess we’ll be teammates from now on,” Night said with a smile. “That means I can give you different name…Blank just makes you sound invisible. How about Pink…Brain…no it has to be something amazing.”

Scratching his chin, he’d snap his fingers as an idea came in his brain. “How about Aphrodite,” Night said. “She’s the greek god of love & beauty. Sounds appropriate don’t you think...Aphrodite.” The Kirlia shook her head. The name sounded smart, but it would be too long to remember. “Then I’ll just call you April,” Night said scratching his head. This time, the Kirlia nodded as she was happy with the name. Now that they’d got that figured out, all that was left was to report to Sub.