Training for the gym

[Et Cetera]

Trapinch jumped---avoiding two or three Icicle Spears and getting hit by one. "Trap, Trapinch." It shook it's head and stepped away from the ice again. "C'mon, use Bite again!" Charles called to his Ground-type Pokémon, who obeyed and bolted towards Cloyst with confidence. "Don't fall in the sand, though. Wait---you could probably get out....if you really tried, I mean." He smiled and watched as Trapinch opened his jaws wide before trying to clamp onto the Shellder.

Cloyst: 31%

Trapinch: 28%

[Kuku-kun]

Reika had a little light bulb atop of her head. There are times like these in which I thank Watt that he invented the light bulb Reika said to herself before letting out a giggle. Through this time, Cloyst got hit, but soon after he used another Withdraw. "Cloyst, jump down into the hole, then use Icicle Spear!" Reika commanded, Cloyst nodded, jumping into the pit of sand. "*It's so pit-iful, don't you think?*" Cloyst asked, inside the dark hole, before using Icicle Spear.

[Et Cetera]

Ooc: O.o? Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. XD And it's spelt...err...watt.

Bic:

One of Charles' eyebrows perked; he was obviously interested as Cloyst dove into the sand pit. "Alright, Trapinch! Get it stuck down there with another Sand Tomb! Bury it alive!" He smirked, realizing how /evil/ he sounded. "Err...I mean, oh! You know." After only a moment of hesitation, the sand began to shift and cave in around the Shellder and the Icicle Spears hit Trapinch.

Cloyst: 23%

Trapinch: 23%

[Kuku-kun]

Ooc: Thomas Edison evented Electricity, didn't he? XD

Bic:

Reika just smirked, she had a plan.
Cloyst, stuck in the dirt and sand, had a light bulb above his head. He used his Icicle Spear attack to dig his way out of the ground, once he was out, he used another Tackle.

[Et Cetera]

Ooc: Err...No... But he did invented the light bulb. XD Also, Cloyst shoulda been able to dig out. XD He is a CLAM like thing afterall. x3

Bic:

"Trapinch! Try to dodge it!" With that, the Ground-type knelt down a bit and leapt off to his right, getting scraped along the edge, regardless. "Okay, once you recooperate, counter with another Bite attack!" Charles' Pokémon nodded and charged towards the Shellder, hoping to bite down on it's soft, fleshy tongue. "Trap, Trapinch!" It opened it's enormous jaws and came ever closer.

Cloyst: 19%

Trapinch: 18%

[Kuku-kun]

Ooc: Oh... He's a clam? I thought he was a shell! XD

Bic:

Cloyst knew what to do, he used Withdraw, even thought the Trapinch bit him. "Now, Tackle!" Reika said, Cloyst nodded, jumping toward the Trapinch, hoping for the best.

[Et Cetera]

Ooc: I meant he is a cepholapod of some sort! XD

Bic:

Trapinch ducked down as Cloyst took his last hop towards him. "Trapinch! That's the way to do it!" Charles cheered, adding a command to the end of it as Cloyst was still above him. "Faint Attack from this close range, now!" And so he attacked, just as Charles had hoped...

Cloyst: 15%

Trapinch: 18%

[Kuku-kun]

Cloyst was ready, as soon as Trapinch hit, he used an Icicle Spear attack, sending him even higher up. "Good job Cloyst!" Reika cheered for her shellfish pokemon. (Ooc: Lets call it a Shellfish, I'm to lazy to write down big words. xD) "Now, try to get a critical hit with Tackle!" Reika watched as Cloyst drove downward, hoping to hit the Trapinch.

[Et Cetera]

Ooc: XD I spelt it wrong anyway. Hmm... I have to adjust the levels of Charles' Pokémon now, seeing as it's my birthday. XD

Bic:

Trapinch couldn't avoid the falling Tackle, which pushed him a couple of inches downward and into the soft sand. "Trapinch---now, Bite 'im!" Charles winked as his Ground-type opened it's massive jaws again and tried to clamp down on Cloyst's tongue again. "If we can't knock it out, we can at least tie with Reika!" Charles tried to make the situation a bit more optimistic, but he wasn't really good with that type of ideal.

Cloyst: 7%

Trapinch: 9%

[Kuku-kun]

Reika smirked as Cloyst got his tounge bit. "I'm not going to tie with you again!" She said, winking at Cloyst, who got the idea. Cloyst, while the Trapinch's mouth was still open, used Icicle Spear, then Withdraw as he landed on the ground before fainting.

[Et Cetera]

Ooc: Having his tongue bit would knock him out, so we'd tie. XD

[Kuku-kun]

Ooc: We tied, again, fine with me, I fixeded my post up a little. XDD

[Et Cetera]

Being so close, all of the Icicle Spears hit Trapinch and quickly knocked him out with Cloyst. "Trapinch!" Charles rushed towards the seen, weaving in and out of shards of ice stuck in the ground; occassionally jumping over one or two. "Trapinch, return. You deserve a good rest." He winked and stuck the Pokéball on his belt. "That was a great battle, Reika. Really."

Cloyst: Fainted

Trapinch: Fainted

[Kuku-kun]

Reika walked over to her Shellder, weaving in and out of the Icicle Spear's way. Finally she got to Cloyst. "Good job buddy, take a rest." Reika said, crouching down to her Water pokemon and returning him to his pokeball. "Yeah, another good battle." Reika said, standing back up. "I wonder... before we leave Astra City, maybe I could catch a Misdreavus." She mumbled, putting Cloyst's pokeball in her black bag.

[Et Cetera]

-----Congratulations, Cloyst has gained two levels!-----

--No new abilities learned--

-----Congratulations, Trapinch has gained two levels!-----

--No new abilties learned--

[Kuku-kun]

Reika turned around to face Charles. "So, where to next?" She asked, a smile on her face.

[Et Cetera]

Charles watched her as she replaced the Pokéball to it's spot and nodded, "Hmm, a Ghost-type Pokémon would be pretty interesting. I had a Gastly once. They are kind of...reckless, sometimes." He joked, but continued speaking anyway. "My brother Jesse has a Mismagius, if you didn't know. He evolved it with a Dusk Stone. I would've sticked with a Misdreavus over that, though. They have the ability to learn more attacks." He shrugged his shoulders and turned to look towards the door. "Maybe we could, er, I don't know. Do you want to do something now? Before the Gym battle I mean. Like, go to the Contest Hall and sign up for one. That'd be interesting." He shrugged his shoulders again and walked towards the door. "We better get going, though." He flicked the light switch, causing darkness to fill the room. But, once he pushed open the large, old metal doors, light sunlight streamed inside and illuminated most of the debris they'd left.

[Kuku-kun]

Reika sighed. Why do people treat me like I'm so special? She thought, walking out the door. "Hmm, well, we could go to the park and let our pokemon have some fun, I know Shimmer would like that." Reika thought aloud. "And I still need to figure out something for the appeals." She mumbled, walking toward the direction of the park.

[Et Cetera]

Ooc: What's the appeals again? XD I ish stoopid with contests. jk

[Kuku-kun]

Ooc: appeals are at the beginning, when you try to make a 'pretty' perfourmance.

[Et Cetera]

Ooc: What is the order of the whole thing? Appeals...then...what? The battling?

[Kuku-kun]

Ooc: Appeals then battles, yup. ^^

[Et Cetera]

Charles let the door bang shut behind him as he jogged for a moment to catch up to Reika. "Alright, the park is not a bad idea." With a smile on his face, he tossed his Vulpix' ball and called her out, "You can walk for a bit, I guess." He shrugged his shoulders and looked back up at Reika. "The Appeals? Of course!" He stamped his foot. "I don't know if I should evolve Vulpix or not. Which would look more appealing? Vulpix, or a Ninetales?"

[Kuku-kun]

"Use Vulpix for a while, maybe if you get to go to the Grand Festival, evolve her." Reika said, releasing Sakura. "*Soooo, arn't you guys gonna bring up what happened last night?*" Sakura asked slyly, slithring beside the Vulpix. Reika glared at her dragon pokemon.

[Et Cetera]

Charles stared at Sakura for a moment, having understood her speech again. "Err...yeah." he smiled, blushing very lightly. "This feels awkward..." He chuckled, picking up Vulpix before looking down the street, spotting the park just a couple of blocks away.

[Kuku-kun]

Reika sighed. "Just ignore her, she's too full of herself." Reika looked ahead, spotting the park. "*I'm full of myself just about as much as you hate being by yourself.*" Sakura said sarcasticly. "I like to be by myself, and your lying, Sakura." Reika said, glaring at her pokemon yet again.

[Et Cetera]

Pretty much ignoring what'd just happened, Charles clenched onto Vulpix and looked to his left at Reika. "Race you to the park, then." With a wink, he was off, running towards the large, wrought-iron gate that marked the entrance of the gigantic park. "Better hurry, or I'll get there way before you!"

[Kuku-kun]

Reika shurged. "Well, fine then, be a rotten pokeegg." She mumbled, releasing Shimmer, since he was now big enough to ride on, Reika climbed up, sitting on his head. "Mush! Mush!" She said, hitting him on the head. "*Owwie.*" Shimmer mumbled before flying off and past Charles, wining with great ease. "Why do you have to be the fast Metang?" Reika asked, jumping off her starter pokemon. "*Dunno, I'm just built like that I guess.*" He said, Sakura catching up to them. "*Sure was nice of you to bring me along.*" she mumbled, panting.

[Et Cetera]

Charles caught up to Reika and Metang well before the Dragon-type Sakura, and he was panting about just as hard. "Sheesh...that's no fair!" He stamped his foot sarcastically as he stepped inside the parks gate. "That was fun, anyway. So, down to the real reason we're here!" He walked a bit further into the park and set Vulpix down on the ground. Without hesitation, he picked out four of his Pokéballs and tossed them upwards into the air. "Go, Torkoal, Combusken, Charmeleon, and you too, Trapinch!" The remander of his Pokémon all appeared simultaneously next to Vulpix. "Alright---Reika and I have decided to have a bit of a break out here. "So, we came here to have some fun! Anything goes...like, tag, for instance!" He joked, poking Trapinch. "You're i----" He was cut off as the Ground-type snapped at his finger. "OWW!" He winced, withdrawing his finger, "No tag backs." He bolted back to Reika, explaining the game that'd just started.

[Kuku-kun]

Reika smiled, releasing her other pokemon. "I'll be under a tree." She mumbled, walking over to a near-by Cherry tree that still had blossoms. (Ooc: They still have blossoms on this one, yay!) "*Oh crap, that means we gotta run.*" Hikari mumbled, flying into a tree. "*Owwie.*" She mumbled, walking around dizzily. "*I'm um.... ummmm...*" Cloyst then threw himself into a nerby fountain. "*NOT HERE!*" He finished his sentince, closing his shell.