A/N: Ah-ahem!
Happy birthday to me~

Happy birthday to me~

Happy birthday dear Deborah~

Happy birthday to me~

Yeah, I wish. Sick on my birthday. Not fun. -.-

I've been a bad llama again because it's quarter of one in the morning and I have nothing for you guys. So, despite my scratchy throat, sniffles, cough, runny nose, and laryngitis, I will now work on this for a couple of hours (or until I fall asleep). I believe ffnet is based in California or something so the date on the site doesn't roll over until 3am for me… which means if all goes according to plan I will succeed in posting this chapter on my birthday, as I intended almost a month ago.

"Me again" – While it's true that I wouldn't respond to your reviews from the review page, it's not for my benefit that I would request that you sign in before reviewing; what if another reader wants to contact you? Maybe someone would follow the link to your profile and wind up reading one of your fics or something. Did you not think of that, Mysteryfan17? And ah, yes, I do recall you telling me that you thought my Nuzlocke was a jerk… but unless I'm much mistaken I think that was mostly because of a line that I removed because it wasn't something I wanted there at all from before I had posted any of it here or even fully fleshed out his character in my mind. Don't hold that against him, because he didn't really think that! Retcon! Retcon! …Ehehe… um, where was I? Oh, right!


Nuzlocke's party Pokémon:

Nuvema Town: (gift) Smugleaf the male Snivy – Level 5; now Level 11
Lonely & Somewhat vain.
Attacks: Tackle, Leer, Vine Whip, Wrap
Ability: Overgrow

Accumula Town: (gift) Azalea the female Pidove – Level 0; now Level 11
Hardy & Somewhat vain.
Attacks: Gust, Growl, Quick Attack, Air Cutter
Ability: Super Luck

Route 2: Cupcake the male Lillipup – Level 6; now Level 11
Impish & Quick tempered.
Attacks: Leer, Tackle, Odor Sleuth, Bite
Ability: Pickup

Dreamyard: (gift) Violet the female Panpour – Level 10; now Level 10
Quiet & Capable of taking hits.
Attacks: Scratch, Leer, Lick, Water Gun
Ability: Gluttony


Fiery screams obnoxiously before saying something about playing with fire and that he's the strongest of the three of them, then he sends out a puppy. Well, since he's not starting with a Fire-type, I figure I'll go with Smugleaf and save the others for when my starter would have a not-so-favorable match-up.

I decide to lead with Wrap since that will continue to cause damage over a few turns while we attack with something stronger. It seems our opponent is also working on a strategy, as he uses Work Up to raise his attack power rather than charging right in on the offense.

Fiery takes a moment to sneer at our apparent lack of strength since Wrap doesn't do much damage to begin with – he obviously doesn't know what we do, though, as at that moment his puppy yelps in pain at the first of the recurrent squeezes of Smugleaf's thick vine. Undeterred, he tells his puppy to use Work Up again as we launch a Vine Whip attack.

At this point I'm starting to get a little bit worried. Stat boost times two equals trouble for the target, so I hope we can take the hit when he gets around to actually making a move. I call for another Vine Whip just as Fiery tells his puppy to use Bite, and Smugleaf's narrow vine swings forward just as our opponent wriggles out of the thicker, more hardy vine that had held him painfully in place during the past couple turns.


Yeah, yeah, I know that's hardly worth posting as a chapter (I believe it's my shortest yet) but I really wanted to post something on my birthday and it's getting late. Give me a break; I'm sick! I'll post more soon, I promise. No, I really promise! As in, I'll still be working on it this morning and it'll be up within a week! …Oh my God, did I seriously just set myself a concrete deadline? Well, I'm stopping now because if I don't it'll be after 3am here by the time I upload it and that will defeat the purpose of stopping midway through a battle and leaving it at about 250 words ending on a cliffhanger. Bye for now and I'll see you in under a week. *waves weakly*


Nuzlocke's fallen comrades:

Route 1: Flower the female Patrat – Level 4; now Level 7
Lonely & Likes to relax.
Attacks: Tackle, Leer, Bite
Ability: Keen Eye
Killed on Route 2 and buried outside Accumula Town's Pokémon Center.