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Post by Axel Bastion on Jul 5, 2007 18:59:46 GMT -8
[WAAH!] Swinub yelled, then put an angry look on his face and shot a gust of Icy Wind at Taillow.
[Watch Out!] Blaze called as he jumped in front of Taillow, taking the hit. However, the heat emnating off of his body protected him more.
[You handle Natu] Blaze said to Taillow. [Not only are you both the flying type, Natu is both of my weaknesses-Flying and Psychic. That means you should be careful too. With Psychic abilities, Natu can move things with his mind, including you.]
Blaze then stood facing Swinub, ready to take it on.
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Post by malaika on Jul 6, 2007 6:21:30 GMT -8
[Right.] Taillow was a little embarassed at having made such an error in judgement, but she wasn't about to let herself get discouraged. She lunged at Natu, in an attempt to force her sharp beak into the base of one of its wings.
This thing is going down! she thought, determined.
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Post by Axel Bastion on Jul 6, 2007 11:44:42 GMT -8
[Tsk Tsk.] Natu said as he dodged the attack. [So reckless. And so naive about her type advantages and disadvantages. It's sad.] Natu chuckled.
The the feather on his head began to glow blue as Natu closed his eyes. [You shall see my full power...] Natu bellowed in his monotonous, yet high pitched voice. The blue light flashed and let loose...nothing? [in a bit!] Natu finished.
"This is not good." Blaze thought as he dodged another Icy Wind from Swinub. "A Natu just unleashed energy and nothing happened. That can only mean one thing."
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Post by malaika on Jul 6, 2007 13:03:52 GMT -8
Darn! Taillow thought to herself as her opponent evaded. Not quick enough.
Natu's comment about recklessness really hit home - it was something she'd heard time and time again from other pokémon... it was true that she sometimes didn't think before jumping into action.
When she saw the blue light that Natu had unleashed, Taillow prepared herself to dodge an attack, and was very confused when nothing further happened. Natu was looking smug, so Taillow knew that something must have happened.
She growled in frustration, though it didn't come out quite as menacing as she would have liked. Giving up was not an option! She remained on her guard.
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Post by Axel Bastion on Jul 6, 2007 16:42:54 GMT -8
[Taillow! Prepare yourself! That attack will hit in a few turns and you can't dodge it easi-] Blaze was cut off when he was hit with an Ice Beam and was frozen solid.
"Aright! Nice job Swinub!" Zeke cheered. He knew he couldn't catch Blaze while he was frozen, but he could tell Blaze was helping the Taillow. "This must be her first real battle." Zeke thought.
"I hope Taillow can handle two Pok?mon without me. Especially when one's her weakness and one just used Future Sight." Blaze thought hopefully.
[Now prepare for a double dose of hurt!] Swinub taunted to Taillow. [Natu! Lets go!] Swinub said to Natu.
[Right.] Natu said. He flapped his wings and a cloud of Night Shade wafted quickly towards Taillow and Swinub blew Icy Wind at Taillow as well.
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Post by malaika on Jul 6, 2007 20:35:39 GMT -8
No, no no! Taillow thought, feeling a bit frazzled. It was all up to her now, but she'd never faced either of these two species of pokémon before - and they had someone to guide them as well. Giving herself a mental peck, she spared the frozen Blaze a quick glance before turning back to her opponenents. Now was not the time for negative thoughts!
She managed to zip out of range of the icy wind, but just barely. The night shade grazed the edge of her wing and she winced.
[carp! Still too slow!] She muttered to herself.
[Hmph! This is far from over!] She shouted at Swinub and Natu. She lunged at Swinub with all her strength, deciding that if she was to have any chance of winning this, she needed to get rid of him - fast!
Please connect. Please, please connect! she chanted to herself.
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Post by Axel Bastion on Jul 7, 2007 4:44:36 GMT -8
[MMPHH] Swinub's cry was muffled when Taillow's attack hit hi in his nose hard. [AAGH! My dose] Swinub covered his nose, making him say dose. He fell back a few feet, recovering from the formidable blow.
[Now for my retaliation.] Natu calmly said. He jumped into a tree with incredible speed and ,with equal speed, lunged at Taillow with a glowing beak, ready to Peck it.
"It's only a matter of time now." Blaze thought. "If I can't dethaw this thing any faster, nothing can stop that Future Sight attack." Blaze was dethawing his icy prison with his firey wrists.
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Post by malaika on Jul 7, 2007 10:15:41 GMT -8
[Ouch!] Natu's attack connected with Taillow's side, and she had to flap her small wings twice as hard in order to avoid crashing forcefully to the ground. She still made contact with the ground, however. Though a little bit smaller than Taillow, Natu was certainly tough.
Picking herself up as quickly as she could, she forced herself to ignore Natu for the moment and she lunged at Swinub once more, hoping that he was still distracted enough from her previous hit that she could strike him again.
Blaze is counting on me! I can't let him down!
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Post by Axel Bastion on Jul 9, 2007 6:42:15 GMT -8
By now, Blaze had the ice pod all hollowed out. He could talk now, but remained in his position to see if Taillow could handle herself in a battle. She looked young still, so he knew she must not know all that many moves, but if she was skilled enough, she could do something about the Future sight.
[Now is the time!] Natu called. His body glowed blue again and beams of blue energy flew at Taillow from all directions.
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Post by malaika on Jul 9, 2007 10:49:40 GMT -8
[Not good!] As soon as she heard Natu speak, she turned her attention back to the tiny bird. Taillow began dodging the energy beams left, right, up, down... She managed to avoid most of them, but as she moved to the left to dodge a beam on her right, she unknowingly threw herself into the path of another beam. It was a low beam that connected with one of Taillow's legs.
[Ow!] Darn... I didn't see that one. Normally, a couple of hits from another pokémon would be nothing to worry about, but these trained pokémon seemed stronger than the ones that roamed this area normally. She knew that she couldn't afford to take many more hits.
Angrily, she put all of her weight on her other foot and pushed off with all her might. She flew directly at Natu, looking straight into its eyes in what she hoped was a menacing glare. It was a tactic one of her nest-mates had often used: if you're not sure you have the strength, try to bluff.
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Post by Axel Bastion on Jul 9, 2007 18:01:51 GMT -8
[Oh dear.] Natu said as Taillows attack hit it extra hard. Natu fell to the ground, fainted.
"WROOOOOOAAAAAARR!" Blaze roared as he burst from his frozen cage with a mighty Fire Punch. He made quick work of Swinub with a Blaze Kick.
"...I lost..." Zeke whispered. He fell to his knees, staring at the ground. Then, slapping himself in the face, he got up and extended his to hand to Blaze, who took it and they shook.
"I can tell I need to do much more training." Zeke explained. "I'm going to go find a Pok?mon trainer and then I'm off to the trainer's school. I'm gonna see if they can teach me more than the school in Jubilife." Zeke then walked off toward the city.
[I'm impressed, Taillow.] Blaze remarked. [You dodged most of that Future Sight attack. That's one of the hardest attacks to avoid. I'd like to ask something of you.]
[I've been thinking for a long while, and I've been looking for wild Pok?mon to invite to join. Taillow! Would you like to join Team Pok?mon? We will be united against Team Galactic and any other Evildoers in the regions. I think we'll go back to Sinnoh. I am the founder and the leader since I can speak human.] Blaze was hoping Taillow would accept. He knew she had some serious potential.
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Post by malaika on Jul 10, 2007 9:58:54 GMT -8
Taillow listened intently to Blaze as he explained to her about Team Pokémon, becomming more excited with every word. This was perfect! She'd been hoping to find a partner of some sort - but joining a group of pokémon would be even better than a human trainer! She was a little worried about fitting in, since she really didn't have a whole lot of experience, but if Blaze thought she could pull it off she'd give it her best shot!
[Count me in!] She hopped up and struck the air with her wings excitedly, still out of breath from the fight. It had been by far the most difficult battle sh'ed ever faced, and she was proud that she'd survived it. Lauging softly as she landed, she tried to catch her breath - which was no easy feat with all of the excitement she was feeling. Her heart was doing flips inside of her chest!
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Post by Axel Bastion on Jul 11, 2007 8:23:28 GMT -8
Blaze was just as excited as Taillow was. His first member!
Blaze said. Blaze was beaming as he said this. He could picture himself and five other wild Pok?mon standing on a stage with the first ever non-trainer led team of Pok?mon to defeat the Pok?mon champion!
Blaze shook himself out of his fantasy, for he knew he had a long way to go before he got to where he was dreaming of.
[Becoming the champions of Sinnoh would be a sign that we are ready to take out Team Galactic. That's why I made this group after all.] Blaze said. [Now here is you Team Pok?mon Bandana.]
Tha bandana was red with a Master Ball design on the front. He put it around Taillows neck. [There. It looks great!] Blaze put one around his neck as well.
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Post by malaika on Jul 11, 2007 9:15:21 GMT -8
[Wah! Really?! This is so exciting! Thank you so much!] Taillow was practically bouncing. She glanced happily down at her new accessory - red was one of her favorite colours!
[What's Sinnoh like?] She asked Blaze. [I've never been there.] She tried to imagine what it might be like. Were there mountains? Forests? What kind of pokémon lived there? She couldn't wait to see it! She hoped that if she stuck with Blaze she might one day become powerful like him - this was the first step! Travelling to a new place and learning all kinds of new things would help her tremendously in battle - she would no longer be caught off-guard by an opponenet's abilities.
But she had to stay focused and not let herself get too carried away. Blaze once again mentionned Team Galactic, that group of humans that was doing bad things to pokémon. The important thing was to get stronger and defeat them, right? Taillow didn't know much about humans, so she'd have to rely on Blaze's expertise for now. But she promised herself that she would get stronger - she wasn't going to be a tag-along forever. She was going to contribute to this team as much as she possibly could!
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Post by Axel Bastion on Jul 11, 2007 9:49:56 GMT -8
[Oh, it has every type of habitat a Pok?mon could dream of; there's lakes, oceans, meadows, knolls, and in the middle, there is a big mountain that separates the region into two halves. And there are new Pok?mon that have never been seen before in tha region. In fact, they found a bird Pok?mon that can learn human speech.]
Blaze explained the traits of a Chatot. He was glad Taillow was so interested in her new position. He told her how a Professor in Sinnoh discovered that 90% of all Pok?mon are connected to evolution, including herself. He told her there were eight gyms, like any region and that they each used at least one of the new Pok?mon that were discovered.
[We'll go recruiting along the way, but only the best of the best. We don't want anyone with evil intentions.] Blaze reminded her.
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