Strengthening Bonds

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Maeve wandered happily along the pathway through the forest. Her life was finally starting to look up. Sure she'd just gone form the top of one career to the bottom of another. But she was now doing something She wanted, rather than what her mother had wanted.

Thoughts of her mother caused tears to blur Maeve's vision. The woman had been among the worst of pushy stage mothers, caring just as much about Maeve's career as the girl herself, But... Maeve had still loved her. But at the same time there was a sense of relief, For she no longer had to follow her mother plan, she could, and Was striking out on her own.

~Why does she cry?~ the ghost Kitten Tama walked slightly behind Maeve. she had been chatting with the espeon Daemon Astralon, Getting to know the pair who had chosen her as their starter. Astra looked at Maeve and then over at the Plyenti "She's remembering someone. They died about a year ago" ~ahhhhh~ That was all the comment that came from Tama... It stood to reason that a pokemon who was part ghost type would be understanding.

~So.... What is it that We're setting out to do?~ Red eyes looked curiously into Astralon's blue. The Espeon Daemon simply translated what had been said to Mae, Partly cause he didn't want to explain, and partly to drag her away from the rather dark thoughts she was headed towards. The Human of the trio stopped for a moment, allowing the Daemon and pokemon to catch up. "We're going to be coordinators. We'll travel the region, competing in various competitions of beauty and skill. Hopefully winning some Ribbons in the process" Tama nodded her understanding ~Sounds fun!~

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In the tall grass, a rustle could be seen. Of course, it could have been seen ever since Mae had entered the route, following the girl. Although the Pokemon that caused it couldn't be seen because the grass was so tall, it had figured that it wasn't being seen because even though it was big and ferocious, it could blend in, making it the master ninja of battle.

This was, of course, not true.

The Pokemon had been waiting... and now, when the two other Pokemon were busy talking, was the perfect time to strike! It leaped from the tall grass at an unsuspecting Mae, yelling ~Green Lightning Ninja Strike!~ "It" turned out to be an Electrike, and he seemed to be very excited that he hadn't been seen yet for once. In fact, he was nearly crackling with excitement and energy.

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~Green Lightning Ninja Strike!~

~Green Lighting.... "Ninja Strike?" Tama and Astra looked at each other, wondering what on earth was going on..... Then they saw the small body rocketing out of the grass towards them.

The espeon daemon dodged out of the way, While the Ghost type Pylenti simply became insubstantial, allowing the physical world to pass right threw her body. Maeve unfortunately had no such luck or powers. In fact she didn't even realise there was something coming after her until it had hit her.

The sudden impact on her chest knocked the breath out of the model, her arms automatically curling around the pokemon that had hit her as they fell, curling herself around it so it wasn't hurt by the fall.

Maeve groaned as she got her breath back. "Anyone get the OT of that Rhyhorn?" She joked. Astra and Tama both let out a sigh of relief, Seemed Maeve wasn't hurt, If she was making bad jokes like that.

Green eyes looked down at the elecrike in her arms. She'd managed to grab him just right, Forepaws and upper body immobilised by one arm, hindquarters held with the other, hind legs stretched out straight by the placement of her elbow in the junction between them and the rest of its body.

Mae shifted her arms slightly, Moving the one around its hindquarters so that she could grab a hold of the scruff of its neck. The woman crouched on the path, Setting the electric pokemon down so its paws were touching the ground, though she didn't let go of its scruff. Astra came up and placed a paw on Maeve's leg, while Tama stood by, fur bristling slightly as she waited for the other pokemon to try and escape. If/When it tried... Well, She'd be ready.

"Now" Maeve spoke to the Electrike "Why did you do that?"

[Halofire]

~Grrrr, let me go, let me go!~ The Electrike yelped as Mae caught him. Caught again. Darn, he had been hopeful about this one. He struggled for a second before going limp and letting Mae set him down, albeit with her own escape-free security measures. In response to Mae’s question, Electrike lowered his eyes and mumbled, ~My friends told me that in order for me to be a ninja, I need to defeat a human.~[/color]

In a bush not too far away, some sniggering could be heard. Its source was three Nincada, who had been amusing themselves for a while by watching Electrike attack people who entered the route. Most people saw him before he leaped at them and were able to get away. This was the closest he had ever gotten to actually attacking someone. The Nincada thought it was hilarious that he had been caught.

~Hehe, did you see the way the Espeon skedaddled? And the girl caught Electrike? Said one, nearly doubled up with laughter.

~Keke, yeah, and he flew right through that cat.~ Answered the second, grinning as she watched. The third had laughed at first, but was now not amused with his companions.

~Quiet, they’ll hear us! And then Father might find out, and we’d be in BIG trouble!~ The other two shut up fairly quickly.

Meanwhile, the Electrike raised its head to look at Mae and said, ~I want to battle you.~ Even if he wouldn’t be fighting the trainer herself… what did it matter if he didn’t, if he beat her Pokemon?[/size]

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Maeve looked at the electrike closely as Astralon translated his words. "Right.... a Ninja...." She sighed "Attacked by a ninja electrike.... Makes about as much sense as anything else in my life"

Her lips twitched in a grin as she heard the next bit "That's.... not exactly what makes a ninja. You've got be be able to defeat all sorts of things. You've got to have good discipline, You've got to be strong and able to take orders, You have to be graceful and flexible and able to combine your attacks in new and affective ways., and take down your opponent with a minimum of fuss, as quickly and quietly as you can" Maeve had done a fair amount of martial arts in her small amounts of spare time, and watched a fair few action movies, she'd even had a small role in one.

Astra's ears twitched as he heard the sounds coming form the grass... Soon as they were done with this little scamp, he was going to go and find those three he could hear, and teach them a lesson. One benefit of having settled as a psychic type... He didn't have to touch people to teach them a lesson.

Before then though..... The Electrike had just challenged them to a battle. Maeve looked at the little creature "You want a battle huh?" She looked over at Tama, who nodded her head "Alright then. I'll make you a deal. We'll have a battle. If we win, You come with us. If you win... Well, We'll happily confirm to your friends that you've defeated us, which would make you a ninja in their eyes, Correct?"

The young woman let the Electrike go, stepping back wards "Alright, lets start this" Tama jumped in front of her trainer, flames crackling loudly as she assessed the wild pokemon. the pair waited for the Electrike to get into position.

"Tama!" Start this off with Leer, And then Use Scratch" Maeve called out.

The ghost kitten Glared at the Electrike, Glowing red eyes seeming to comb over every inch of him, before looking into the electrike's eyes. Then, the kitten took off from a standing start, rushing up to the Electric puppy and swiping at it with unsheathed claws.

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The Electrike shuddered as the Pylenti's red eyes practically raked into his fur, before the kitten leapt forward and tried to do just that. It was lucky for him that the electricity in his fur could stimulate his muscles for increased reaction speed, or he wouldn't have been able to protect his face. Instead, he recieved a nasty swipe in the shoulder because he ducked his head and closed his eyes tightly. He yelped in pain and retaliated with a Thunder Wave attack, hoping to paralyze Tama and lower her attack rate. Those claws could hurt, not to mention that the flames on her back must be burning hot in battle, making her a well-protected target.

Meanwhile, in the bush, the Nincadas were happily watching the match.

~Hehe, did you see that? Electrike's getting beaten by a kitten!~[/color]

~Keke, well as long as he puts up a good fight, this will be interesting. Not like that mutt can even put up any kind of fight.~[/color]

~Quiet! They'll hear us if you two keep up your running commentary.~[/color] The third Nincada had seen the Espeon's ear twitch, and was sure that it had heard his companions. But maybe if he ditched them, he wouldn't be attacked later... he crept out of the bush and tried to sneak back into the trees before he was seen.[/size]

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Unfortunately for the nincada, Astralon had actually been paying quite a bit of attention to them, trying to work out just what sort of pokemon they were. When he spotted the one leaving the grass, He reacted Immediately and instinctively, His mind reaching out and grabbing the pokemon lifting it into the air. Astra and Maeve had practiced lifting multiple objects at the same time, figuring if he learned, He should then be able to teach for any psychic types they happened to gather on their journey. So even as he went after the leaving Nincada, his mind was also reaching out to where he could hear the other nincada, trying to grab them and float them as well. If he succeeded he would bring them back to Maeve to be dealt with.

Over at the battle, Tama had gotten in a good hit with her leer and scratch combo. Unfortunately she hadn’t dodged quite fast enough, and had lost the use of one back leg to the Electrike's Thunder Wave.

"Tama! Your doing fine! Growl! Then hit him again!" Maeve shouted encouragement form the sidelines, concentrating so hard on the battle, she was completely oblivious to what her Daemon was doing.

Tama nodded and let loose a feral growl. The low sound rumbled through the area, a deep noise that promised pain for any who heard it. Forcing three paws to do the work of four, She once more ran at her opponents, raking him with her claws. Once she was passed him tough She didn't stop, turning in a curve to face him again. She released a series of Small Fireballs, which circled her body several times, before slamming into the electrike. "Flame Wheel" Maeve Breathed, She had known that her Pylenti could use the move, But the thought of using the fire move, hadn’t crossed her mind yet.

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The Electrike flew backwards as the Flame Wheel hit him, landing hard on the ground. He twisted around and got back on his paws resolutely, but he was shaking, and his shoulder was really beginning to hurt. That would mess up his balance later, unfortunately for him (but not for Mae). He had also taken damage from the Scratches Tama had given him before the Flame Wheel. It would be very difficult for him to win now.

He ducked down for a moment, tensing his muscles and storing electric energy in them before running at Tama in a Tackle attack. If he wanted to win, he needed to fight hard now, and the touch of his fur would give a paralyzing static shock to anyone he touched.

Meanwhile, the levitating Nincada let out a squeal. Its companions, who weren't too bright, left the bush to find out what had happened.

~Idiots! Why didn't you stay hidden?!~[/color] The Nincada shrieked at them as he hung there. Meanwhile, the two other Nincada had begun cracking up at the sight of their friend, floating uselessly in the air.

~Stop laughing! It's not funny! Well when you two are levitating in a minute, I'll laugh at you and see how you like it!~[/color][/size]

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Astra watched as another two Nincada came out of the grass... He'd heard three voices, and this made three pokemon..... The espeon daemon once more reached out with his mind, Levitating the two new ones up next to the one he already held. Blue eyes looked over the three, and then he smiled, showing off each sharp,white tooth, the smile of a hungry predator. "Your right, Its not Funny." Was all he said, as he brought all three back to Where Maeve and Tamala were still fighting the Electrike.

Tama's paralysed leg almost proved her undoing in this part of the fight, for she didn't dodge nearly fast enough to avoid the electrike's head on tackle. Unfortunately for the Electrike, And fortunately for Tama, He had failed to take one particular thing into account.... Pylenti's were part ghost type.And Tackle was a normal type attack. The puppy like pokemon passed straight through the ghostly fire kitten.

Maeve Yelled "You've got him now Tama! Use scratch and then Flamewheel!" Tama turned, reaching out a paw and digging her claws into the Electrike's hide for the third time. Rather than let though, This time she summoned the Floating balls of fire that made up her Flame Wheel Attack immediately. As she unhooked her claws she sent them slamming into the other pokemon at close range.

Tama was breathing heavily as she waited for the flames and dust to die down... Did that final attack finish it off? Or was that energetic little bugger of a puppy still going.... She herself wasn't sure how much longer she could keep this pace up... though She'd only been hit with the one attack, She'd been using about three times as many moves as the other pokemon.....

[Halofire]

In his desperation to win, the Electrike had forgotten one thing; the Pylenti was a ghost-type. And his only offensive move was Tackle, a normal-type move. He yelped as the Pylenti's claws dug into his skin and fur, creating fresh new waves of pain. Then, suddenly, fire danced in his eyes... his vision faded...

He collapsed on the ground, defeated.

Congratulations! Tama gains 3 levels! Electrike is now catchable!

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Maeve let out a loud Cheer. "Tama! That was Awesome!" She hugged the exhausted Kitten. Then she walked over to look at the Electrike who had fallen to the ground. Crouching down she pulled a pokeball form her bag and enlarged it. Gently she tapped it against the electric puppy.

Once it signalled that the capture was complete, She Turned to Tama, who was standing next to her. "Now, lets fix that leg of yours" Maeve pulled out one of the bags of supplies that the Professor had given her and began to rummage through it. "There we go" She pulled out a small bottle of Paralyze Heal, and Gently Sprayed the Ghost/fire type with the yellow liquid. Tama shook herself and gingerly stretched, as the paralysis slowly went away. Mavea smiled and patted the Pylenti on the head.

Electrike's Pokeball still in hand, she turned and moved back to where Astra had three Nincada floating in the air. She listened as Astra quickly explained what he was doing and why. "Now... What are we going to do with you three? Astra tells me your the ones who are responsible for this" A wave of her free hand indicted the scuffed and scratched ground where Tama and the Elecrike had battled.

Tama growled at the three as she heard that they were responsible for all of this. The flames on her back heated up, till you could almost see it radiating off her. ~We should....~ Maeve just shook her head at the Pylenti, it was rather obvious what she wanted to do with the three idiots. "No Tama. We'll sort this out sensibly. I Know your annoyed but Violence isn't always the answer..."

The woman frowned as she tried to come up with an appropriate response. Then she smiled as a thought hit her "I Know what to to" She pointed to the nincada that Astra said seemed the most sensible... The one who he had caught first, when it tried to run away "For all the Trouble You've caused me and mine, Your going to come with us. If you refuse... I'll let Tama have you" The pylenti's red eyes seemed to light up at the prospect of getting a chance to hurt those who had bullied and lied in order to get another to attack people. It seemed Tamala had a rather intense dislike of bullies.

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Items Used:
1xPokeball
1xParalyze Heal

[Halofire]

For all his guts, the Nincada wasn't stupid. He wouldn't like it, but... it was either go quietly, or get beaten up and then go. Standing up to other was stupid when it caused more teouble than it was worth. ~Okay, okay, I'll go! I won't like it, but...~[/color] He could tell the Pylenti wanted to attack him. and any kind of damage done to him, wasn't worth it. He signed in resignation.

Gotcha! You have captured:

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Name:
Species: Electrike
Gender: Male
Level: 7
Attacks: Tackle, Thunder Wave
Ability: Static
Personality: He tends to think himself bigger than he is, and is somewhat gullible. Still, he's very trusting of others and follows orders well.

[img]http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/5/59/Spr_4d_309.png[/img]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Species:[/b] Electrike
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Level:[/b] 7
[b]Attacks:[/b] Tackle, Thunder Wave
[b]Ability:[/b] Static
[b]Personality:[/b] He tends to think himself bigger than he is, and is somewhat gullible.  Still, he's very trusting of others and follows orders well.[/size]

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It was unfortunate for the Nincada, that Maeve had absolutely No qualms about catching a pokemon that didn't want to be caught. All three were bullies, And Maeve Hated bullies almost as much as Tamala did. Hopefully She'd be able to teach them better in their time with her.

She stored Electrike's pokeball on her belt as she pulled another empty pokeball from her bag. She would let electrike out once all this was done. Maeve expanded to empty pokeball and took the two step required to reach the three nincada. She reached out, Bonking the lead Nincada on the head with the red and white capture device.

Astra had watched the proceedings closely and now asked "What should we do with the other two?" Maeve looked at the two nincada that were left. "Now that is a difficult question. I've still got a fair few pokeballs left, So I could catch them and bring them with us. Pretty sure the one We've got is the Ring leader, and there for the cuase of most of this, but these two would likely continue to cause trouble if we left them behind..." Green eyes looked over the two remaining pokemon, as Maeve weighted the pro's and con's of catching them and bringing them with her.

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OOC: What's Electrike's Ability? Static or Lightning Rod?

Items Used:
1x pokeball

[Halofire]

<ooc> Whoops, how did I forget the ability... I've edited the above post, so it should have ability now...

The other two Nincada, upon seeing their leader getting captured, suddenly became very desperate to escape.

~Please, please, spare us! We won't do anything more to anybody, promise!~[/color] shouted one.

~No, no, of course not! He was making us do that stuff anyways, I swear!~[/color] yelled the other. It was hard to tell if they were being sincere, but after all, since their leader had been captured, they had no one's example left to follow.


Name:
Species: Nincada
Gender: Male
Level: 5
Attacks: Scratch, Harden, Leech Life
Ability: Compoundeyes
Personality: Very manipulative, and he doesn't tend to work well with others, preferring to order them around for his own amusement or to do his dirty work. He's not stupid, and will do anything to save his own skin.

[img]http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/e/e2/Spr_4d_290.png[/img]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Species:[/b] Nincada
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Level:[/b] 5
[b]Attacks:[/b] Scratch, Harden, Leech Life
[b]Ability:[/b] Compoundeyes
[b]Personality:[/b] Very manipulative, and he doesn't tend to work well with others, preferring to order them around for his own amusement or to do his dirty work.  He's not stupid, and will do anything to save his own skin.[/size]

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Maeve looked down on the two nincada, an odd gleam in her green eyes "Let 'em go Astra". The same odd gleam entered the daemon's blue eyes, as he read what Mae wanted him to do. With a smirk He let the two bug types go.... By hurtling them into the grass.

The coordinator snorted and turned her back on the area Astra had put the Nincada. "Right. Lets get to know our new friends shall we?" She chose to release the Electrike first.

A stream of red light came from the pokeball, forming into the Electric puppy, who shook himself vigorously, before setting his rump on the road and scratching an ear with equal vigour. It took several long moments for his brain to kick in and remind him that he had been captured. He turned soft brown eyes on the trio in front of him ~Ummmmm.......~ The pokemon seemed unsure of his welcome, after all, he had attacked them.....

It was Tamala who took the initiative, walking over to the Electrike and Giving him a friendly lick on the ear. ~Welcome to the family~ Her white and red tail flicked happily, while red eyes held a friendly, if still somewhat frightening, gaze.

Maeve also smiled, kneeling down so that she was on the same level as the puppy. "Hi there. We never actually got properly introduced. I'm Maeve. My Daemon is Astralon" Astra smiled at the confused look on the puppy's face, Maeve suspected he didn't quite understand that bit. "The Pylenti is Tamala" This the puppy did understand.

~A name? Can I have one of those?~ He looked rather hopeful. Maeve struggled not to laugh when Astra translated this. "Of course you can." She looked the Electrike over carefully "What do you think of the name Kemedo? We can call you Keme for short. Just like I'm Called Mae, and Astralon is Astra, and Tamala is Tama" The electrike thought for a moment before nodding. The name appealed to him, It seemed like a good name for a ninja.

"Now... To Deal with our other new friend" She reset Kemedo's pokeball, and pulled out the one that held the nincada. She clicked the center Button, Releasing the stream of Red light that Formed into the Trainee Pokemon. The small pokemon looked about somewhat fearfully.

"Now, Nincada... Do you have a name?" Maeve looked at her newest Recruit. The bug type shook his head, Not willing to speak in case it gave her cause to do something to him. "No? Ok then... What should we call you....." A raised hand stopped Tama as she was about to suggest something.... Maeve was pretty sure she didn't want to hear Tama's contribution... It likely wouldn't be nice. "Amel.. Your name shall be Amel"

~Well at least the stupid human didn't name me something girly~ Amel said under his breath. Keme, Tama and Astra Glared at him for this, and he shivered..... Best not to insult the human again, not if he wanted to stay in one piece.

Maeve, completely oblivious to the insult, turned and looked around the area they were standing in. "Ok. I'm going to keep you guys out of the your pokeballs for now. It gives us a better chance to get to know each other, and it'll help you to build up stamina if your walking all the time." Keme yipped his approval of the idea, while Amel just sighed... walking, why did it have to be walking? Tama, Hvaing already approved of this plan, Simply took up station at Maeve's right.

"Right then! Off we go!" As Maeve lead them off, all three pokemon trailing slightly behind her, Astra began to answer the various questions Keme had about humans. Tama, having been raised by them, all ready knew the answers, and Amel had no wish to ask anything of the Daemon, as he was still fuming over being captured by him so easily.