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Sasha knew Bulk wouldn't survive another hit, so he decided to make the best of the situation. "Bulk, throw your gurdur at the stored power and then take that and slam it on the ground." Sasha instructed Bulk.
Bulk threw his gurdur in the air to take care of the stored power, then jumped to grab the gurdur, and swung it to counter act the thunderbolt. The electrical beam faded as it hit the metal band, being absorbed into bar, Bulk then threw the gurdur into the ground releasing a wave of elctricity into the ground. Bulk then finally struck it with a thunder punch, causing the beam to become magnitised at the band [science].
 
Jolt was now a little scared. He didn't have Volt Absorb, he had Quick Feet. This was going to hurt if it hit. He thought quickly before disappearing in another hole, shooting some more Pin Missiles at him to get him distracted for a moment while he rushed to the other side of Bulk from underneath. He then stopped and waited. What if Bulk heard him? What if he could feel the vibrations in the earth and sense he was here? Jolt was getting a little scared now. Whatever happened next, Jolt got ready, yet his ears fell back in despair. He felt like he just put himself in a corner.
 
Bulk saw the missiles coming in. He decided quickly to use the holes to his advantage in stopping damage and possibly attacking. He set his gurdur on the ground next to him, and then focused on his fists as they became cold. He then reached out and grabbed the missiles, turning them to ice and then threw them down around him. He then grabbed his gurdur, slammed it into the ground, and grabbed the stones and threw them at the dig holes filling them in, trapping the jolteon inside the ground.
"Dur Gurdurr Gur" He shouted to Sasha. He wanted to shift over to someone else. Someone who would handle this better, like his friends Guard.
"Stay in Bulk," Sasha replied. "Even if you go down, we know what we can do. But you need to stay in for the possibility to beat the jolteon."
 
Jolt heard something from up above. It sounded like someone using an icy move. Freaking out and thinking that he was going to be stuck down there, he rushed out, only for the icy Pin Missiles to fall at him. He backtracked and was now in his own little tunnels as the entrances he made were sealed with rock. He looked up and noticed the ceiling above him was bending at the weight of the Gurdurr above. Hm, he had an idea. If this guy even moved one inch after Jolt was done, the earth will collapse. Perfect! He began digging deeper and deeper down the hole until he made a good six foot drop that was six feet wide. He then dug the area above him until the earth began to thin out. His Agility worked wonders in making this a fast procedure, so hopefully Bulk will fall.

Meanwhile, Eva was getting worried. What was Jolt doing? Was he okay? She wasn't able to return him now that he was underground, but then something happened. The earth below the Gurdurr was bending a little.
 
Bulk felt the earth underneath him feel...well...bendier. He saw a crack form beneith him and knew he had no time to jump out exept now. He jumped into the air, pushing the earth into the pitfall he saw below him. He must have smashed the ground too much, but this must have been a trap by that jolteon.
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As Bulk was jumping towards safety, Sasha saw that Bulk wasn't gonna make it to the other side. "Bulk come back, Flash [ninjask] come in!" Sasha instructed as he threw both balls up, bringing back Bulk and releasing Flash.
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Flash saw the hole in the middle. He didn't know his opponent, but he knew that who ever it was, his speed would allow him to dish out fast powerful attacks. All he had to do is wait for his opponent. Flash then dug under the ground, only to find a maze of tunnels underneith the ground.
 
As Robin continued his hike, he couldn't help but to smile. It really was a rather nice day today. The sun shone down brightly from a beautiful blue sky, with occasional white clouds and Pokemon soaring overhead. It was days like these that Robin was glad to be alive. The trainer took another deep breath as he continued his walk, the Plusle on his shoulder mimicking him. Not many trainers appeared to be in this area of the island, but in truth Robin was okay with that. He had felt so cramped yesterday, stuck on that boat then that opening session, then that restaurant. It felt good to have some elbow room.

Coming out from behind a tree, Robin saw the first person he had seen since starting his hike. A woman, with the longest brown hair that he had ever seen. She was tan, and her skin seemed almost... tough-looking, somehow. Robin also noticed that she wasn't wearing any shoes. Interesting. Another interesting this was the fact that she had with her a Dragonite. A very popular and strong Pokemon, at least where Robin was from. Smiling brightly, the backpacking swordsman waved towards Sheila.
"Hello! Good morning!" Robin called over to Sheila. On his shoulder, Cherry waved to the pair as well.
 
Jolt saw his pitfall was avoided and watched as the Gurdurr was returned in favor of someone else. Then he had an idea. He heard something enter, so he used Agility, becoming a blur as he shot forth a Pin Missile at... Nothing. He shot at the corner where he heard the sound of something entering the tunnel, trying to get their attention.

After a few moments, he charged forward, covering his body in electrical energy as he let loose Wild Charge, turning the corner to attack.
(@BegalBitez)

Meanwhile, Sheila turned around swiftly, only seeing a guy with a little cherry Pokemon on his shoulder. Softly letting out a little sigh of relief, she crossed her arms. "Jeez, you really need to be careful about sneaking up on someone like that. My Dragonite could have hurt you." And indeed, her Dragonite looked at Robin with a scowl before turning back to where Shade and Ajax were. "Besides, don't blow my cover. We are watching how Ajax teaches Shade so she can one day become a Tier 3 Battle Master. I'm Sheila by the way. Who are you?"
 
Shade woke up, very refreshed, despite it being five hours since she was unceremoniously put to sleep. She could see the dark blues and indigos starting to become lighter, and she woke up the rest of her team. After her quick morning routine and getting her Pokemon ready, she returned them all except for her Hydreigon, who flew over to the balcony as fast as he could. Shade hopped on and enjoyed the ride as Schwartz flew over to the rendezvous point where Ajax wanted them to meet. Shade was pretty pumped and her Pokemon in their PokeBalls could feel it, and it was fueling their adrenaline. So much so, that they were shaking, some more than others. Schwartz found the location and dove towards it, reaching breakneck speeds. Shade hugged and ducked into Schwartz's body, basically melding her body with his own. Right when it seemed Schwartz was about to smash into the ground, his wings flew out and the rush of wind hit his wings, sending him up a bit and saving his body from becoming paste. It rocketed him back up in the air, doing a loop before slowing down and coasting right along the ground, at least several feet in the air. As soon as Schwartz twirled about, Shade let go, letting her body drop elegantly to the ground before landing on her feet and rolling into the drop. Still her feet stung, but the adrenaline rush was amazing. Schwartz took a moment to slow down before hovering behind Shade.

"Alright, Ajax, I'm here." Her voice was just oozing with excitement and determination.

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Eva woke up, feeling a little bit better about things, but she still felt bad. She got up, did her morning routine, fed her Pokemon, and then returned them before heading out. She went out to the cafe to get something to eat, where she spotted Sasha. She wanted to try her hand at battling, but she didn't want to embarrass herself. She walked over to Sasha and smiled at him. "Hey, uh... Are you a Battle Master or a Participant? I want to battle this morning." (I know this isn't Shade, but Shade can't be late for her appointment with Ajax).

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Sheila woke up feeling energized, as that happened usually when she fell asleep on the floor. She got up, got dressed, fed her Pokemon, and flew out on her Dragonite. She wanted to explore the island a bit before returning back to her usual prowling around the city, but that's when she found a group of Pokemon beneath her. Diving down, she noticed it was Ajax and Shade. She smirked. Of course, he was helping her out. He had a knack for mentoring. She kept on flying until they got a little ways away before they landed, opting to keep themselves hidden as they watched the training between Shade and Ajax.

“Well that certainly took you long enough” Ajax descended from his elevated hiding spot atop zero stepping effortlessly off of the ice type Pokémon who once free from under his trainers feat lifted himself up and began to hover nervously behind Ajax.
“So shade where shall we start?” At the sound of their trainers voice the rest of Ajax’s Pokemon appeared from all around the plateau, Toph and Turbo leading the pack. Turbo was still furious about the cheap tricks used to defeat her and was ready to pluck Gar’s eyes out should the ghost type make the mistake of showing his face too soon.
 
Shade just shook her head with that big goofy grin still plastered on her face. "Well, Gar had to take care of me so he hypnotized me to sleep. He's a good Pokemon and acts like a father to me but the way he does things are a little underhanded. But yes, I am ready. I think we can start on Pokemon combos."

She looked over at all the Pokemon that appeared and saw the look on Turbo. She looked back at Ajax, a little unsure now if she can have Gar appear. "Uhh... Ajax, your Talonflame seems a bit vengeful. I know that the Destiny Bond was a pretty underhanded trick in official battles like the one we had, but it seems like if I throw out Gar, Turbo might attack him." She quickly realized how that might have sounded and quickly tried to remedy it. "I'm not saying that your Pokemon will attack out of turn, but the look he's giving right now seems plausible. While I would be mad if I were in his feathers, but all we are doing right now is training. He can have his revenge later. Like after training."
 
Jolt got hit by the dirt, halting his Wild Charge. He didn't know where the Pokemon went, but he will surely figure it out after a good dispersed attack. He quickly sent forth a Discharge. The electrical move in close quarters like this was getting everywhere, shocking the pebbles and granules of dirt around the Jolteon.
 
Flash flew up into the air and then dove towards the ground where the ditch was. Using dig he cut through the dirt, his speed increasing every second, he flew through the tunnel where he saw the jolteon letting out an electrical blast. He shot though the dirt, digging to curve around and hit the jolteon, and then possibly over and over and over again.
 
Robin approached the woman, who seemed rather short now that he was closer.
"My apologies, I thought I was a safe distance. I usually am a bit louder when I walk, I guess I was just lost in how wonderful a day it is today." Robin said. Evidently, they were trying to watch some teaching. Someone called Ajax teaching someone called Shade, to be a Tier Three Battlemaster. It didn't take long for Robin to unpack all that the statement implied. Battlemasters were training! Maybe a Spire Master as well! That was something that Robin didn't want to miss.
"My name's Robin. And this little lady here is Cherry. It's nice to meet you." Robin said, lowering his voice slightly as to not 'blow her cover'. On his shoulder, Cherry was instead awestruck by the Dragonite. She had seen Dragonites before, but still she thought they were super cool how larger and tough-looking they were.

"Spying on Battlemaster training? That's pretty intense." Robin said to
Robin looked in the direction Sheila was looking. Two people both with quite a few Pokemon, stood facing each other. The first was a man, a little taller than Robin with crimson red hair and a red leather trenchcoat. Really? A trenchcoat? Well, Robin wasn't one to judge people's style choices. With the man (who Robin assumed to be Ajax), Robin spotted quite a few Pokemon. A Cryogonal, a Mudsdale, a Talonflame, a Metagross, a Ferrothorn, a Roserade, a Greninja... there were wayyy more than six, that was for sure. The woman (who Robin assumed to be Shade) had purple hair, and her whole attire was a blend of purple and blacks. In fact, she seemed rather familiar to Robin. He stared at her a moment longer, concentrating, before it finally hit him. Route 213! That terrible snowstorm and that strange mansion...
 
Jolt was able to hear all that digging around and buzzing through the earth. What the hell was this Pokemon? He stopped for a second before letting loose another Discharge as he heard the digging sound get closer. Although, he was close, he managed to pop off a Discharge. Seems they must be at a stalemate. (@BegalBitez)

Meanwhile, Sheila nodded and her Dragonite relaxed a bit as they continued to watch the show. She began to fill in about the situation a bit more to Robin, seeing as he seemed a little less knowledgable on who Ajax was. "Ajax is a Spire Master. Higher than me, since he's almost as tough as Celeste and Ceres. I'm quite new, so I'm pretty much on the bottom portion when it comes with how good I am. That doesn't mean I'm easy to beat, though. I'm still a Spire Master." She looked over and noticed Robin was staring at Shade interestingly, almost as if he knew her. "Huh. You know Shade?" (@Captain Cardboard)
 
The dirt around him shielded him for the discharges the jolteon struck out, but it still pushed him back. He needed another angle, something that would stop him from being detected. An idea popped into his mind. He continued with his stratigy, but putting distance between him and the jolteon for safe measures. When ever he immerged into the tunnel's channel, he would release a bug buzz. He dug, getting faster and faster, releasing bug buzzes left and right, hoping to deafen the jolteon so it couldn't hear him.
 
Robin nodded along as Shelia explained what was happening. He stopped, however, when Shelia mentioned that she was a Spire Master herself. Robin glanced back to the woman, then up to her Dragonite. He was surprised. Not because she didn't look like a Spire Master (which he didn't think that). Robin had learned a while ago that trainers are a very diverse bunch, and you can't judge someone's skill just from their appearance. He was surprised by the fact that he had ran into a Spire Master just accidentally. Sure, it wasn't too big of an island. But there weren't exactly that many Spire Masters. At least, that was what the guide book he had been given the first day had said.
"Well, congratulations. That must have taken a lot of work." Robin said, flashing a polite smile to Shelia. He rubbed his chin and turned his attention back to Shade and Ajax.
"I'm not quite sure. I believe we've met once, but I could be mistaken. It was a while ago." Robin said.
 
And the stalemate was where Jolt was wrong. He heard the cacophony of buzzing noises and immediately freaked out. Where was it? He quickly used Wild Charge as he used the electricity as cover so he could leave the underground and jumped out of the pitfall trap. Now, where was it? He stopped using his electricity to get a good ear out, even though his hearing was now impaired from all that close range Bug Buzzing. (@BegalBitez)

Sheila gave a lighthearted chuckle. "A lot of work? Well, yea. Took my team straight from Galar and was practically a prodigy by the time I got my badges in Galar. However, I was living as an orphan in the wild, taken care of by Pokemon. I can understand what they say, and I can speak to them back with my own PokeSpeech, but I used to hate how humans talked. I hated their mannerisms and everything else. When I went on that journey for badges, I was so wrong. I met someone who taught me English and how to read and write. After my loss at beating the Galar's Champion at the time, I went to Sinnoh to train my Pokemon, most were weak to Ice. I went to Route 217 to train them in the snow and hail and blizzards and we stayed out there for months. I came back to Galar and managed to beat the Champion on my third try. Also, I think you mean Route 217. I remembered seeing a mansion there." (@Captain Cardboard)
 
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Flash noticed that the jolteon was out of the tunnel, so he emmerged to see it standing on the ground trying to detect him. He had to use the code: cover slash 1 repeated. He dug down, his speed reaching its maximum limit. He turned sharply, up towards the jolteon getting an aerial ace ready to strike the jolteon off balance and then make repeated measures of aerial aces out of the ground and back in. His speed increased to maximum. With an aerial ace at the ready, he shot out of the ground at lightning speed aiming to make a pass by slash at the jolteon and then dig back under as a cover to continuously barrage the jolteon at top speed.
 
Robin had not expected Shelia to go into her life's story just from his passing comment, but it was a rather interesting one. He was surprised to hear that Shelia was a feral child. Robin had actually met a few feral children before. Three, to be exact. One of them he had met had even attacked him with a spear. He had felt bad for those kids, and it was good to hear that someone who was once a feral child had managed to become reintegrated with society. His polite smile turned into a more cocky grin as Shelia brought up Route 217.
"Huh. A wild lady and mind reader? I never mentioned Route 213 out loud." Robin said. He laughed quietly, deciding to overlook the small continuity error. "Anyway, you're right. Route 217 was the place. Sinnoh was a pretty interesting region, to be sure. A lot of very cool history in that region, and a lot of very beautiful places. From how much you talked about Galar, I'm guessing you're from the region? And you've been to Sinnoh as well. Are you a big traveler?"

@Merciless Medic
 
Amelia was genuinely alone now, which caused the unfortunate girl to nervously shake. Her sister went off to do god knows what. Her menacing Hydreigon glanced at her with worry, a screeching noise heard from it. Amelia, unphased, hugged on her Hydreigon, who in turn nuzzled her back. It was the shadows. The very shadows of pain that etched across her very being. The very same ones that have scarred her and forced her to hide for so very long.

While she continued to walk, across the island in a relatively simple manner, her eyes glanced to several trainers. But, she seemingly enough wasn't sure who to respond to, or actually interact with. Her people skills were truly limited at most. It was pretty lonely, but seemingly has gotten used to it over the years.
 
(OOC: Fixed any mention of your character saying something about Route 213 @Captain Cardboard)

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Sheila nodded in agreement to Robin's comment on Sinnoh's lore and mythology. Though, on the subject of travel, Sheila shrugged. "I do like to travel, but I have only really been to Sinnoh and Galar. I went to Sinnoh, not only because of its lore and icy cold mountain, but also because there were other Pokemon I wanted there. The preevolutions of Dragonite, Garchomp, Salamence, and Metagross could be found near Mt. Coronet, so that's what I did. I got more friends and trained everyone in the snow. Now, they have a bit more resistance to the cold than most of their species. Although, I got to work on Kommo-o's and Hydreigon's weakness to Fairy. Like everyone else, Spire Masters still have things to learn." (@Captain Cardboard)

"THUNDER ARMOR!" Yelled Eva. Jolt nodded and, just when Flash left the ground, Jolt cloaked himself in electricity, hardening his body. He also used Agility as he dodged the attack, bits of electricity arcing towards Flash, regardless if they made contact with the Ninjask or not. Two could play at that game. Another Agility and Jolt had reached his peak speed. The thunder armor made him glow with electrical energy and hardened his fur and muscles, making him harder to hurt. Though, this can only last while. (@BegalBitez)
 
Flash saw the wave of electricity around the jolteon and knew he had to be more careful. Seeing the way the jolteon protected its-self made Flash want to do the samething. He dug under and started collecting dirt, and rolling it around him. He then took some more dirt and started using the holes he emmerged from to throw dirt at the Jolteon. He then took a large chunk of dirt and threw it at the jolteon thinking it might hit it. Digging down, he knew he couldn't win against this jolteon. It was to adaptive, and dodged abit to much then it seemed shoud have happened. He started digging around. Clearing dirt to made a bigger hole then even the jolteon made.
 
As Edward made his way to breakfast on his first full day at the Battle Spire, he absentmindedly scrawled a few things in his notebook about the previous night's battle -

Conclusion: In addition to the need to maintain offensive pressure (See above), it appears that I also have to make sure that my team is constantly ready to dodge or block attacks. At this level, attacks could come from anywhere at any time. Speed and agility training should make both avoidance and attacking easier.

He shut the book upon arriving, swiping in with his new ID and getting some food for himself and his Pokemon.
 
"Well of course. There isn't really a limit on the things you can learn, especially about Pokemon and battling." Robin said. Glancing back at Shade and Ajax once again, Robin decided that he would stick around and watch for a little bit longer. The blue haired swordsman made his way over to a nearby tree, taking off his backpack and sword. He leaned the backpack against the tree before leaning against the tree himself, keeping his sword in his lap. Cherry jumped off his shoulder, curling up in his lap as well. His seat gave him a comfortable view of Shade and Ajax, as well as Shelia, while keeping him hidden from the training trainers.

Getting comfortable, Robin looked up at Shelia's Dragonite as he reflected on what Shelia had just said. Talking about Garchomp, Metagross, Salamence... As well as mentioning that she had a Kommo-o and Hydregion. Robin was starting to see a bit of a theme. Pokemon that were renown for their fierce and almost legendary strength. Heck, he wouldn't be surprised if she revealed she had a Tyranitar or a Goodra on her side as well.
"Wow. Pretty... cool if I do say so myself." Robin said with a grin. Cherry simply rolled her eyes. The trainer watched Ajax and Shade for a bit longer before turning back to Shelia once again.
"So... I do have a bit of a question about the Battle Spire, if you don't mind." Robin said. "Is it considered... I dunno, rude? Against the rules? For a first-timer participant like me to challenge a Spire Master?"

@Merciless Medic
 
Shade just shook her head with that big goofy grin still plastered on her face. "Well, Gar had to take care of me so he hypnotized me to sleep. He's a good Pokemon and acts like a father to me but the way he does things are a little underhanded. But yes, I am ready. I think we can start on Pokemon combos."

She looked over at all the Pokemon that appeared and saw the look on Turbo. She looked back at Ajax, a little unsure now if she can have Gar appear. "Uhh... Ajax, your Talonflame seems a bit vengeful. I know that the Destiny Bond was a pretty underhanded trick in official battles like the one we had, but it seems like if I throw out Gar, Turbo might attack him." She quickly realized how that might have sounded and quickly tried to remedy it. "I'm not saying that your Pokemon will attack out of turn, but the look he's giving right now seems plausible. While I would be mad if I were in his feathers, but all we are doing right now is training. He can have his revenge later. Like after training."
Ajax laughed uncontrollably for a moment "That right there Shade is the attitude which is holding you back, if you treat training as just training you will never be able to improve beyond your current level. Turbo has every right to be angry, if we weren't here then I doubt Gar would have a very good time. However, she knows to control herself for now." Hitari let out a single cry from behind Shelia and Robin having snuck up upon the pair without making any noise "and as for our two not so secret observers, this is a private training exercise, and I do not appreciate you watching from the bushes. I was Global Special Police, I hunted the people so radical even Teams Galatic, Plasma and Flare kicked them out. You weren't going to sneak up on us that easily." Ajax turned to face the direction of his Greninja who lead the pair into the clearing.
 
( I apologize for the intrusion, but considering Amelia hasn't gotten anyresponded, time for some plug in play RP stratagems.)

Amelia was wandering around the Spire, paying careful attention to any details noted around the area. Hydreigon was clearly agitated and desired something different. Something challenging, radiating darkness no pokemon overhead the right to keep, but it was both Amelia'sfault and not simultaneously, but couldn't help be responsible . Something that would help it learn. Amelia didn't want her best friend to be soangry, so she looked around for anyone, anything , to interact with so both can be distracted from the ever growing tendrils of Darkness circling their minds.

Eventually, her eyes eventually met a group of trainers. While she didn't want to intrude, she sort of had nothing to lose. She calmed as she could, though trembling with every single step, towards the opposition. The quaking trainer and the wrathful Hydrrogon: Truly a strange group for any duelist. But there was one thing certain, that due to the waves of pressure emitting from this pokemon, and the powerful wrath held back by a tiny thread , this pokemon was not one best to provoke.

As she heard Ajax's response, she flinched back, ber eyes widened, the fearful look if a barely confident young lady was visible. Her response was sweet and filled with apologetic tones, accompanied by frequent bowing and even so much as casting her eyes down, shuffling her feat timidly "I-I'm sorry for intruding. I just... w-wanted some company, since I'm very lost, and Hades.. Umm... Took me here " . She said, her eyes welling up with tears , legitimately feeling bad for intruding in such a manner.

@Merciless Medic , @Frontier Master , @Anyone I somehow missed.
 
Jolt was caught trying to protect himself with electricity, but he just couldn't keep it up. It failed before the dirt was even thrown at the Jolteon, and he was getting too tired to do anything. Eva concerned and she would either have to let Jolt get knocked out trying to fight a fast bug or she returns Jolt and has another Pokemon do this easier. She decided that returning Jolt to allow him to rest for a bit would work and so she returned Jolt, replacing him with Vapor, the Vaporeon. She created a sudden whirlpool, the water being sucked from the ground and spun about in a whirlpool around the Vaporeon. She then sent the water crashing into the tunnels, keeping most Pokemon that can't swim away from them while giving herself a place to use Dive and Surf. (@BegalBitez)

Meanwhile, Sheila got herself comfortable and chuckled at the question of asking for a battle with a Spire Master. "I mean, not really. Some would want to see you grow a bit before the Spire Masters beat you down with one Pokemon. It's not really rude though. They would just rather have you build your spirit to get better rather than take part in breaking it to the point of no repair."

When Ajax's Talonflame and Greninja - and by extension Ajax - caught them looking, Sheila sighed and walked out to the clearing, waving at Ajax and Shade. Looking over, she saw Amelia. Raising an eyebrow, she listened to what she said before looking back at Robin. "Were you asking because you wanted to challenge one of us?"

Shade watched as Sheila and Amelia came out of the brush, with a Dragonite and Hydreigon in tow. She then shook her head and interjected as soon as Ajax was done with his bit. "Well, I use myself as a dummy at times and I train them to kill and maim."

Sheila didn't seem all too bothered by Shade's training, but it did catch her a bit off. Shade sighed and let out all of her Pokemon. Out came her Alolan Raichu, Chu; then Gengar, Gar; her Hydreigon, Schwartz; Malamar, Zim; Reuniclus, Mitosis; a female Jellicent, Princess; Houndoom, Doom; and a Decidueye, Robin. Chu floated about happily before realizing training was about to get underway. Schwartz roared loudly, which put everyone of Shade's team at attention as they stood up as tall as they could, waiting for any orders from their trainer. Gar had a little smile on his face, until he peered over at Turbo. His smile fell into more of a grimace - not because he held anything bad about Turbo, but because he felt bad. The rest of Shade's Pokemon all stood firm as they looked at Ajax - well, except for Robin. He was preening his feathers. (@Frontier Master, @Captain Cardboard, @The Legendary Trainer)
 
"Oof, wow. Those sound almost like fighting words." Robin said. But when he glanced back to Shelia, he found that the wild lady was being, well... completely serious. But before he had the chance to comment on it, a Pokemon's cry caught him off guard. The swordsman flinched, nearly falling over in surprise. His Plusle was startled as well, having not noticed the Greninja's stealthy approach, and leapt into her trainer's arms. Feeling a little sheepish and called out, Robin climbed back to his feet and picked up his backpack. At the same time, Cherry climbed back onto Robin's shoulders. Rubbing the back of neck with a sheepish grin, Robin followed Shelia into the clearing.
"Uh... Sorry." Robin called over to Ajax before turning back to Shelia.

"Well, yeah. I want to challenge a Spire Master. And believe me, if what that little red book that was given to me when I got to this island is right, I know I'll get a royal ass kicking. Heck, I made sure to let my Pokemon know that, coming to this place, we'd probably end up getting our asses kicked a lot." Robin said, reaching up and petting Cherry once again. The Plusle let out a happy chirp before nuzzling against Robin's face. "I've faced a lot of people before. As have pretty much everyone on this island has, I assumed. And I've been in more battles than I can count where me and my Pokemon have gotten completely curb-stomped. I've faced powerful Pokemon that have swept my entire team before. I've faced Pokemon that have knocked out mine in single blows. It'll take more than getting my team swept by a single Pokemon to break me and my Pokemon's spirits. After all, you gotta be tough to come to this island, right? Being tough is more than just physical strength."

At that moment, Robin finally noticed all the Pokemon Shade had let out. Two of them he had recognized, an Alolan Raichu and Houndoom. So this really was the same Shade from that mansion! A small world. Robin considered calling out to say hello, but she seemed busy with being about to train with Ajax. He would simply say hello later. Although, now that he was thinking about it, Robin was slightly confused as to why Ajax's Greninja was leading them into the clearing rather than making them go away.
 
Flash, was still digging his pit, his progress being about 10 by 7 feet, going 5 fett deep at the moment. He did run into a few more tunnel ways along his path, but all in all it was looking great in progress. He heard a noise, echo though the tunnels above him, that sounded like...water? That didn't seem right. Jolteons are about electric, not water. With speed coursing through his veins, Flash continued to dig all of the dirt to continue over and down. After a few seconds, and 2 feet in progress water started seeping into the tunnels. "I need to patch this up!" Flash thought hurredly. Taking some of the mud, the water created, he grabbed as much as he could and started filling in the holes around him, creating a barrier to block the water. He had to be careful now, if he ran into a tunnel, he would start being flooded. He dug, buzzed for a sonar and repeated.
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Sasha saw the action unfold infront of him. The jolteon went back and vaporeon came in. Now that the tunnels were flooded, Sasha became worried, what would happen to Flash. As an instant message, Lucario forced his way out of his pokeball to Sasha's side. Since he was benched, Lucario was careful to not touch the battlefield. Then, as a small surge, Lucario communicated to Sasha: I sence calm, but hurry. Flash, okay, building big chasm. Vaporeon closing in though. You may want to use.......... "SASHA YAMOTO, PLEASE GET YOUR POKEMON OFF OF THE FEILD OR ELSE YOU WILL HAVE TO FOREFIET!!!!" The loud speaker boomed.
Lucario, put his paw on Sasha's shoulder. "Cari" he said. Lucario then turned around and walked to the bench tapping his pokeball, and returning in a red flash of energy. Sasha looked out to the battle field, worried but confindent on how his pokemon was doing.
 
Eva held her breath as she saw Sasha's Lucario come out of his PokeBall. She wasn't aware of what he was doing, but something occurred to her that, since Lucario were creatures that read and communicate via aura, maybe they had psychic abilities, as well. In fact, she fought a Lucario once, and that one could read their trainer's mind in combat, erasing the need for issuing commands out loud. That was when she realized what was going on and almost yelled out that he was cheating, only for the speaker to yell at Sasha about the clear offense to the battle at hand. As soon as the Lucario was returned, she issued her next command. "Freeze the entire field."

It was quiet, not like what she had been doing before, which was yelling. No, she was going to trap the Ninjask underground, and she didn't feel too happy about doing it either.

Vapor, calm and yet almost unsure, jumped in the air by smacking her tail on the ground and using Hydro Pump to propel herself high enough, and then switched to Ice Beam. The cryosphere built up in front of her mouth before she released an icy beam that began to coat the entire battlefield. She turned it completely into ice. Thankfully, she knew how to skate across its surface. In fact, all of her comrades could, just that Leaf preferred not to due to his weakness to the cold, and Flare would just melt right through the ice as soon as he presented herself over the frozen water. She used Hydro Pump to slow her decent as she fell down, landing in a freezing puddle at her feet and she began skating around, using her tail as a rudder to slow her speed or turn with extreme precision.

@BegalBitez (@Frontier Master, wondering if you are going to post soon)
 
"Leave now, as I have said this is a private training session. You are not welcome here... Sheila you stay if you wish, I believe Shade could benefit from your advice as well on her training. She and I had an excellent battle last night, though her Gengar decided to use the old destiny bond gambit, surprisingly it worked. Hence why Turbo here is ready to permanently blind him." Ajax called out to the small group his pokemon all tensing up to appear intimidating, they were all fairly private and reserved not at all focussed on becoming public displays. Battles were the only time they allowed themselves to be filmed or have their photos taken
 
Flash, dug, dug and dug more, the hole was massive, and the water made the bottom wet but not flooded. He wondered why the ground wasn't collapsing under the weight of the dirt. He flew up diggiing away up, until he hit ICE?!?!?! That wasn't good. He kept digging around and still more ice. He couldn't go out of bounds, no, he couldn't surface up. So, he kept digging. Waiting to find a stone to break the ice.
 
Amelia didn't want to intrude any longer. But, she genuinely had to ask this trainer something . She walked up to Ajay, despite the pokemon he had giving every type of warning to leave or possibly get hurt. But, she didn't worry about getting hurt as she didn't care too much for herself in that aspect. "Excuse me, I'm sorry for intruding but may I please stay ? I won't bother you or our trainee , I just would really appreciate it if I just watch & observe. Observing is the best way to learn for me , and observing a Spire Master may very well give me some tips about battling I could never get from a regular person. But, I... ". She looked down, here eyes cast in shadow . " I understand if you refuse, I'll leave without batting an eye. But I would really appreciate the opportunity". Despite her eyes cast in shadow, if one looked deep enough in her eyes, there would be the eyes of a real trainer with a willingness and drive to learn, just never had the opportunity to learn on her own before this time as it was always with Frankie and no one else.

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Shade and her Pokemon watched intently at the others. Her staring being construed as creepy, as she didn't move when she stared. Sheila looked at Robin and Amelia before chuckling and had her Dragonite gather them towards her. "I think I'll help in taking them away. Miss, if you want to learn and observe, maybe you'd like it if I let you observe me training Robin, if Robin doesn't mind." She gave the man an inquisitive look before looking back at Shade. "And Shade, don't worry about Ajax's Pokemon. You need to watch out for Ajax. Although, I'm glad that you guys had a wonderful battle. You may prove to be hard to handle if I fight you, seeing as you gave one of the top 3 trouble."

She gave Shade and Ajax a teasing smile before hopping on her Dragonite and patting behind her, giving Amelia and Robin a spot to ride on if they so wished so they can leave. Shade just chuckled and looked at Ajax. @The Legendary Trainer @Frontier Master @Captain Cardboard

Meanwhile, Vapor decided to give the Ninjask a spot to appear. She smashed a bit of the ice with her tail in a somersault with her Iron Tail, causing a little hole to appear. As soon as she did that, she created a Whirlpool by controlling the water underground, making the still water spin, destroying some of the passages by collapsing them and creating new passages. Some of the water flooded up to the hole and some more water came out of the hole, causing a mini Whirlpool to appear in front of Vapor. If Flash wasn't in trouble, they would be even more in trouble now. Meanwhile, Vapor was struggling. Her fins were vibrating and her eyes shone a bright blue while her body emitted a blue aura. She seemed to be concentrating hard to control this much water at once. @BegalBitez
 
She looked awfully surprised at debatably the most generous offer any . Like a bullet train was heading in her direction and she didn't exactly know how to respond. After the shock died down, she shook her head, then quickly responded. "Um, sure mam. I... ". She then looked as a small smile appeared on her as her voice went up from being very soft to just soft as she said " Thank you so very much ! " . She said, bowing, then softly saying "S-Sorry for yelling so loud . Yes, I would love to take you up on that offer. That is, if the one you are training accepts someone like m--". Before she could go into her 'self-conscious rant about how pathetic she is as a trainer' , her Hydreigon nudged her hard in the back of the head, causing her to hold her head. "W-Why did you do that, Judge ?!". Judge, the Hydreigon almost looked like it shrugged in response.

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@Captain Cardboard
 
Amara had been training with her Pokemon to hopefully have a rematch with the person from the night prior, with Pidgeot putting the most effort in. Though any challenger would be great by then, training was a must.
“Freya, put more effort in... I’m planning to utilise Psychic Edge for the next battle I put you in!”, she tells her. The Espeon slightly disobeys but keeps going with the group.
 
Robin looked from trainer to trainer in the clear, finally noticing Amelia. She seemed rather strange to Robin, being very young with Blonde hair and a purple jacket. A Hydregion flanked her, and Robin could tell that it was quite affectionate towards her. How did a girl so young get onto this island? Was she an elite trainer? It wasn't unheard of for teenagers and kids to rise through the ranks and become powerful trainers, but Robin had only heard of a few getting to a level that would have allowed them to receive an invitation to come to this island.

Turning his attention to Shade and Ajax, Robin noticed Shade and her Pokemon staring at the group, unmoving. It was rather strange. Robin and his Plusle shared a glance before the both of them smiled. Then in unison, the Pokemon and human began making faces at Shade and her Pokemon. The goal was to make them change their expression, get them to show a hint of a smile, a twitch, anything. Was it an immature thing for a 28 year old man to do? Yes. Was Robin and Cherry doing it anyway? Yes.

However, Robin stopped making faces when Shelia mentioned his name. Surprised, Robin looked back at the wild woman. She was offering to train him? He hadn't been expecting that! The swordsman straightened up as Shelia's Dragonite began to guide him and Amelia back towards Sheila.
"Uh... Right! Training. Yeah." Robin said. The swordsman turned and looked over Amelia before shrugging and offering the teenager a grin. "Sure! I don't see why not."

Shelia jumped on her Dragonite, gesturing behind her for both or either Robin and Shelia to jump on as well. It looked like they were heading out.
"Sorry for disturbing you." Robin said to Ajax politely. Turning towards Shade, Robin grinned.
"It's been a while, so I don't blame you if you don't recognize me. We should meet up some time." Robin said to Shade. With that, Robin walked towards Shelia's Dragonite. In truth, Robin wasn't a big fan of flying. Especially on the backs of Pokemon. Sure, he could handle heights and climbing cliff faces. But flying? Not a fan. He tried to not let his nervousness show as he climbed on the back of Shelia's Dragonite, sitting behind Shelia. He recalled Cherry back to her Pokeball, making sure to secure everything he had so they wouldn't drop off mid-flight.
 
Flash, heard a smashing sound up above and then saw the water start to move at the bottom of the pit. Who ever is up there is trying to get me out. I'll suprise them by popping up from behind /under.
Using the speed and digging he had. He took every little pebble he could find and used the mud to attach it to his hands(claws? extremidies?) to have some strength against the ice. Charging up his speed. He brought forth power of an aerial ace around the stones and charged up to the surface, being guided by his bug buzzing. He broke through the ice and charged head first at the...Vaporeon?!....using his aerial ace to land several planned speedy hits.
 
Kari woke up with such excitement that Shadow nearly leapt off the bed. The rest of her team slowly woke up as well from the respective sleeping places. Kari took a quick shower again to wake herself up even more and got dressed, she smiled broadly to herself as she combed and brushed her hair back into place. Looking around she saw the rest of her team finishing up their own morning routines and was ready for the day. She noticed an unread message on the screen of her STIK. She pressed the envelope on the screen and it was a video message from Celeste:

“Wakey, wakey cousin, it’s time for food! Meet me at the Sea Side Café down by the Battle Beach in about forty-five minutes, I know how much you love the water. I’ll see you there!”

Celeste waved good bye, as Sylvia playfully butted into the corner frame and waved before the video ended. Kari looked at the timestamp of the message and it was received five minutes ago. She sighed with relief fearing that she might have been nearly late again. “Well let’s go now shall we?” Kari stood up from her bed and looked at her team, they all nodded back in response. Kari returned them back to their balls with the exception of Shadow. Walking out of the elevator into the lobby, Kari was greeted by bright natural sunlight beaming through the lobby’s many windows. The place was still busy, trainers interacting with their Pokémon, hyping them up or calming them down, the staff running around trying to get everything in order, people calling home, people eating, and even some just sitting around and taking it all in. Kari smiled with confidence as she left the lobby and went outside to the front.

Sal emerged from his Pokéball once Kari made it out, he stretched his wings and roared loudly into the sky. “Well, since we got a bit of time, let’s fly around and see some sights.” As Kari climbed onto Sal’s back, Flux emerged from its Pokéball and floated up to them. Kari grinned as she picked up Shadow and seated her behind, making sure she had a good grip on her jumper and backpack so she won’t go flying off when they took off.

With one final roar, Sal took to the skies, Kari loved flying almost as much as surfing and swimming. She pulled down a pair of goggles so she could see the dots of people below. As they flew and drew distance, Kari looked at the Spire and sighed in wonder at the beautiful structure. She them let Sal fly around for a while, letting him go where he pleased, they visited the mountain regions, rolling plains, and even the got close to the snowcapped mountains before turning back around. After a while Kari noticed the time and pointed Sal in the direction of what she assumed was the Battle Beach. There were tons of people there, battling on the beach, and over the water alike wither in the water or on levitating platforms, in addition people were enjoying the space like any regular beach, tanning, swimming, relaxing, building things in the sand etc. While getting closer she noticed a particular large mob gathered around an arena on the center of the beach. She gave Sal a few gentle on his neck to get his attention and pointed at the spot, he descended and hovered a few meters above to avoid kicking up sand at the people. When they got closer she knew why there was such a crowd, Rebecca was battling Ceres and by the looks of the holographic display, Rebecca was on her last Pokémon while Ceres still had four. It was no surprises when Rebecca sent out Bubbles as her final Pokémon against the biggest Milotic that Kari had ever seen, she had only ever seen a few, but Ceres’s was the largest so far by quite a margin.

As soon as Bubbles stepped foot into the arena he was assaulted by Toxic Spikes, Spikes, and Stealth Rocks, all at the same time leaving him far worse for wear before the battle even started, while the Milotic seemed in perfect condition. The clear sound of a bell signaled the start of the battle round. Immediately the Milotic began surging with red and electricity and a black smoke partially surrounded her as the Dragon Dance began.

Bubbles roared as he rapidly closed the distance half flying and half sprinting, his fist surging with a readied Thunder Punch. The Milotic whipped her tail at Bubbles with incredible force, intercepting his attack with her tail. The electricity surged into the Milotic, but she seemed un-phased as the dragon energy she was gathering for the Dragon Dance began to refocus onto her tail.

“Get out of there!” Rebecca shouted. Bubbles braced for impact as a huge Twister shot out from Milotic’s tail fin knocking Bubbles back, but he managed to brace for the sudden attack, a half-baked Protect absorbed most of the damage while only suffering minor injuries, he was suffering more from the severe poison of the Toxic Spikes.

Ceres was playing her ocarina, seemingly paying only partial attention to the battle. Milotic flashed light blue with ice energy before rearing back slightly and spitting out a power gust of Icy Wind at Bubbles.

“Double Screens and rush her down!” Rebecca commanded, Bubbles erected a Light Screen in no time and a Reflect right behind it as well and then proceeded to charge into it, pushing the Reflect and Light Screen forward, the Light Screen blocking the Icy Wind, but it was cracking, Bubbles slammed the screens into the Milotic, shattering them, and following up with a Thunder Punch from both fists. Both attacks connected with the Milotic causing her to cry out in pain. Bubble’s antennae on his head began to float like they were in water and surge with electricity as he gripped onto the Milotic. Bubbles was fighting hard against the poison.

Despite the situation Ceres still looked unworried as she continued playing her instrument. The tone of her music suddenly changed into a short sharp staccato-ed waltz-like rhythm. The Milotic just as quickly shoved her body forward and threw herself around Bubbles and tightened, in an inescapable Wrap. The Milotic’s body began to glow a bright white as Bubble’s Thunder erupted, the powerful electricity surged onto the Milotic with no effect before the Thunder turned blue and rebounded back onto the constricted Bubbles shocking him for even more damage. Remaining coiled, the Milotic then began to charge a Hyper Beam, and she shot it down at Bubbles who was still in the early stages of recovery from the reflected Thunder. The blast from the Hyper Beam sent Bubbles into the crater in the sand after the Milotic unwrapped herself and backed away.

The battle was over, Kari stared in disbelief as Sal landed nearby and Kari dismounted. Rebecca returned Bubbles and sighed as the hologram displayed the winner as Ceres. It was an official match. The gathered audience applauded and slowly disbanded. Cere’s Milotic glowed green and Recovered before Ceres gave her few loving pats and a hug. Rebeca approached her and smiled.

“That was a great battle.” Ceres said with a grin as she pocked her ocarina in her dress pocket, it was simpler, older, and more worn looking than the one she used in the battle the night before. “You’ve gotten better since last time we battled.”

“Did I?” Rebecca laughed, “I KO-ed the same two Pokémon while still losing most of my team doing it, then got swept by your third.”

“True, but you did get some great hits in, and your strategic thinking has gotten a lot better along with the response and reaction times of your Pokémon. Also I did notice that you started using half-bakes, that’s a huge step forward.” The two trainers shook hands and nodded at one another. “Well I best be going now, good luck.” Ceres waved Rebecca goodbye as she turned to leave the Battle Beach.

Kari just stood there and stared, completely forgetting herself until Ceres walked up to her. “Why, hello there, judging by how you look, I assume you’re a new participant!”

Kari snapped back to herself hearing Ceres’s words, “Yes! Yea, this is my first time at the island, its amazing…. YOU’RE AMAZING!” Kari exclaimed, startling Shadow and catching the attention of some of the other beach goers.

“Glad to hear it, I’m Ceres Aeons, one of the Spire Masters here, pleased to meet you.” Ceres offered her hand.

Kari eagerly took it and shook it, “I’m Kari Rebane, I watch you battle last night, it was incredible!” Kari squeed with excitement, she was starting to behave like a fan girl. “Oh my gosh! I LOVE your accent!” Kari was bouncing up and down.

Ceres smiled back slightly nervously, not sure how to handle Kari’s level of energy. “Thank you, I’m flattered. It’s a Galaren accent, if where I’m from you see.” Ceres’s Milotic was looking down at the two ladies and at Kari’s Pokémon with curiosity.

Kari looked up at the stunning serpent Pokémon instantly feeling calmer and more relaxed. “She’s beautiful… and huge!” Kari waved at the Milotic, she knew in the back of her mind that she must be coming off like an idiot, but she didn’t care.

“Oh, thanks! This is Miyo, she’s been with me near the very beginning of my journey. If I remember correctly, she was the first Pokémon I fished up as a Feebas, and the third to join the team right after Whisper when she was still a Vulpex.” At the mention of her name Whisper the Ninetales erupted from her Pokéball, emerged and sat next to Ceres.

Shadow looked at the Pokémon warily, but Whisper paid her no attention. “I would love to stay and chat but I’m meeting a friend for breakfast, so if you don’t mind I need to be going now. It was nice to meet you!” Ceres returned Miyo to her Pokéball.

“Oh, of course! I’m actually on my way to meet my cousin for breakfast at the Sea Side Café, do you happen to know where that is? I assume this is the Battle Beach.”

“Well what a coincidence, that’s where I’m going as well, we’ll go together, if that’s all right with you.” Ceres said gently patting Whisper.

Kari nodded vigorously, too excited for words.

The Sea Side Café was exactly true to its name. The building was relatively large, and constructed in the same contemporary style of the resort, with many windows and bold shapes and angles. It had a huge wooden patio that stretched around the building and also out over the water like a makeshift pier, but instead was tables, umbrellas, couches and various other lounging furniture along with a juice bar and a pseudo outdoor kitchen that seemed to be mainly focused on flame grilled goods. Large arching palm trees accented the place making it the ideal tropical theme. The place had a decent amount of customers both inside and out, the waiting staff was tenanted by a troupe of Alolan Raichus, swiftly flying around on their tails and utilizing their physic powers to keep plates and other things from toppling over, while the outdoor grill was manned by a Delphox and a pair of Braxien who cooked with perfect precision while putting on a spectacle of a fire show.

The smell of flame grilled goods wafted around in the air outside, but inside, the smells were of coffee, tea, baked goods, bacon, and various other breakfast items. The inside was large and spacious, decorated to feel comfy and homely warmly lit, at night but during the day it’s bright and colorful, there are two level to the restaurant the second level being more of an enlarged loft with an extended outdoor patio that also looked out over the water.

Upon entering the two were greeted by a well-dressed debonair woman with bright red and pinkish spiky hair and her Flareon beside her, “Oh, hello Ceres,” she greeted, upon seeing the Spire Master, “And hello to you as well.” She bowed deeply to Kari.

Not sure what to do exactly she just nodded, smiled and returned the greeting.

“Always a pleasure to see you too Kat. I’m here to meet Celeste for breakfast, is she already here?”

Before Kat was able to say anything Kari turned to Ceres, “What?! Celeste is my cousin! I’m here to meet her for breakfast too!”

Ceres laughed lightly, “Well then, let’s go!”

“Well, you’re in luck because Celeste is here and she had requested a table for three, follow me outside please.” Kat turned and led them across the dining room and towards the glass door that led outside onto the wooden patio. As they crossed the dining room, many heads were turned and a lot of people waved at Ceres. The diners there were all seemingly other participants, most of them dining together with other friends and Pokémon, most of them seemed quite powerful.

Celeste was seated at the far end of the dock having both a great view of the water, and of the café building itself along with the beach. Lucas was near the table in a slightly more open area practicing his kata, catching the admiration and gaze of one of the female Braxien at the grill causing her to stare. Sylvia was on her other side. A large shiny Volcarona that Kari recognized was Tempris was flying around overhead and occasionally out over the water.

“CELESTE!” Kari nearly screamed, it had been almost two years since they had seen each other. She ran up to her as Celeste got up to meet them. The two hugged each other tightly before letting go.

“Kari! I hope you’re finding everything on the island to your liking. And I see that you’ve already met Ceres.” Celeste said gesturing for the two to sit.

Ceres smiled as her entire team erupted out from their Pokéballs. Miyo and Xoa went into the water, Snips flew into the air and began lazily swimming around while playing with the Dreepy in his horns, Ferris, her Ferrothron along with Moegami and Whisper joined Lucas in the open area on the outcropping, Moegami was studying Lucas while Ferris and Whisper was just relaxing and enjoying the sun.

Kari and Shadow along with Ceres sat next to each other, opposite of Celeste. The Weavile waved at Sylvia and she waved back happily.

“Well, this was unexpected, so how do you two know one another? Is she a student?” Ceres asked with a smile once they settled down.

“Nah, Kari is my cousin, and fellow Pokémon trainer, she’s quite the up and coming trainer in Hoenn.”

“Oh, wow really? That’s brilliant! I hope to meet one of my younger brothers here one day that would be amazing!” Ceres turned to look at Kari. “So what kind of Pokémon do you prefer?”

A bit thrown off by the question Kari sat and thought for a moment and looked at Shadow then back at Ceres. “I honestly don’t really know, my team is kind of a mishmash of Pokémon I met throughout my journey. But they’re all very strong and get along with another like a big family so that’s a great plus.” Kari thought back to how she met everyone on her team, remembering each moment almost brought a tear to her eyes, looking back at how much they’ve grown since they became a team.

Ceres nodded and smiled, “That’s the best, so many people undervalue the relationship of Pokémon among their teams. It’s important to have a close bond with your Pokémon as a trainer but building trust and having a powerful bond between Pokémon and Pokémon on a team can have even greater results.” Ceres looked at Moegami who was now trying to imitate Lucas’s katas but failing and falling onto his butt. Lucas stopped and helped him back up and began to show him how to properly do the katas.

As Celeste was about to speak, Kat approached their table with her Flareon, “Sorry to interrupt, but do you know what you’ll be having?”

Celeste looked at Kari, “Want to just try everything?” she asked with a grin.”

Kari laughed, “Oh my gosh yes! I’m so hungry!”

“All right then, some of everything, for the Pokémon too.” Celeste added. “You can let out your team Kari, it’s all good here.”

Kat nodded, “Yes ma’am! Cynder you heard the lady! Alert the grill.” she scribbled some notes onto her notepad and walked away. Her Flareon ran up to the Braxen and Delphox and the three of them sprang into action, kicking the grill into high heat, putting on a spectacular show as they did so.

Kari let her team out of their Pokéballs. Celeste’s Pokémon were all familiar with them, greeting them warmly and introducing them to Ceres’s Pokémon. Sylvia had leaped off the couch and walked up to Sal, the two stared intensely at each other. Sylvia flourished her ribbons as Sal promptly fell over onto his side. Sylvia leaped onto his side looking triumphantly over the “defeated” dragon. The teams of Pokémon laughed at the exchange before they reengaged in their conversations. Snips had descended from their air and was partially in the ground as he interacted with the new team of Pokémon.

The three trainers watched their Pokémon for a while, simply enjoying the moment. A rare moment for the two Spire Masters to get to completely relax. Soon plate and plates of food were brought to the table and to their Pokémon, most of the food were Aloan inspired, light, flavorful, and beautifully decorated. As they ate they exchanged pleasantries as Kari and Celeste caught up on their adventures in the near two years they’ve not seen each other. Eventually the conversation returned back to the Battle Spire, and Kari remembered that she had some questions for her cousin from the battle the night before things that she saw that did not make sense to her.
 

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(Sorry for dying. Excuse me while I yeet something from my creative reserves into here...)

The Psychic-type reacted on instinct, his ears flinging open once more. A powerful burst of psychokinetic energy burst out around him, but he didn't bother steadying himself, sending him spiraling off to the side. He was, however, hurt by the recoil from using his psychic energy in such an unorthodox way, and winced. Growling in frustration, Meowstic suddenly lunged at the bombastic Alolan starter, cloaked in Fairy-type energy. (Play Rough)

Harmony visibly tensed at seeing the rather.... overkill move combination. It wasn't anything the experienced Pokemon hadn't seen before, but still...
"Harmony, Fire Blast!"
Harmony summoned a kanji-esque blaze, sending it flying forward, easily incinerating the Grass-type Energy Balls. The Shadow Balls, however, managed to get through, and the Psychic energy was about to take effect. The Flying-type decided now was not the time to be rational.
A blazing white energy cloaked the Jubilee Pokemon, as well as a faint blue aura - Double-Edge and Protect. The protective barrier was not physically manifested, therefore it allowed Harmony to move freely - but its protective capabilities were lessened. Bracing herself, Harmony flew directly through the storm of energy, taking advantage of the ensuing explosion to attack Alakazam from the side. Her entire body felt like it was on fire, but she endured it regardless.
 
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