Are we late?" A female Nidoran ask to a Sneasel looking at a paper, she looks around them. The two of them are in a park nearby of a table. At a little distance is a lake, and all around them are trees with some beginning to turn into another color for autumn. A small breeze passes by and the scent of nearby flowers fills their noses.
Meanwhile a little Oddish quickly rush to their side. "Ahhh! Guys I told you to wait!"
"Hm..." The Sneasel let out while walking toward the table and sitting down on it. She crosses her leg and let one paw on the wooden surface, letting her claws taps in a repetitive motion. "Says here we're in the right place...Just early. They should come over in a few minutes."
Oddish got to her side. "I told you we were too early! We could have went to do other things!" However the Sneasel made wave to the grass/poison type.
The Nidoran went onto one of the large wooden seat of the table and flopped herself. "I don't mind waiting, the sun's feels great!"
Oddish shivers. "But it's starting to get cold! I don't like it!" She then tuck herself into the ground.
The nidoran rolls over on herself. "Tell that to my mom! She's the one who got a problem with it!"
The sneasel leans back while rolling down the paper and tapping the grass-line of the Oddish. "Heh, don't your kind sleep through the cold? Want me to blow some for ya?"
"Hmmmpphhh...!" The oddish muttered inside the ground.
"Huh? What's that?" The ice type leans a ear toward the grass, raising one paw. She then chuckles to herself. "Sure! Sure!" She then let some icy breathe come out of her mouth, freezing the grass. A squeal came out of the grass type.
"Stop fighting you too, they're almost here!" The Nidoran whined while moving about to let the sunshine soak better on her, her ears twitching.
Sneasel looks back to the poison type."I doubt it"
The nidoran points toward an incoming trio, Flame, Destiny and Lil'Dude. The Scorbunny holding two baskets stacked, the top one holding a bunch of fruits. A backpack dandles along on his arm and on top of him is the lil' Natu dozing off. The ice type vulpix has only her backpack following him. "Who are they then?"
Sneasel looks back to the paper. "That's just a Scorbunny and...I got no idea what that is."
The nidoran lift her head toward the incoming pokemons. "Isn't that a Natu on his head? Isn't there a nice price for them?"
Meanwhile Destiny looks back at the table. "Oh! Are we late?"
"Nope!" Flame let out happily. "We got like ten minutes before anyone shows up, they must really want in!"
"They kind of look scary..." Destiny whispered. The nidoran at the table looks back to her with contempt.
"Nonsense!" Flame says, going to the table while Destiny stopped to look over at the bunny with a worried look. "Hello! Are you here to join Team God?" Flame ask while putting the basket on top of the table and the backpack just down of one of the seat.
"Depends, who's asking?" Sneasel ask while picking up an oran berry from the basket, then takes a chomp at it.
"I'm Flame!" Proudly says the scorbunny while getting on top of the table, up righting himself then gives a smack to his chest with one paws. I'm the leader of Team God!"
"Huh?" The Sneasel points at Destiny. "I thought the leader was this girl."
Destiny tilts her head in confusion, meanwhile Flame let out a laugh. "No way! That's not Phantom, that's Destiny! She's a newcomer and a human too!"
The sneasel raises an eye toward Flame, unfolding the paper before looking back at it. "What the hell's a human? It doesn't even say."
Flame points onto the paper. "It's actually-" However the ice type rises it from his paw. "-Right there!" The scorbunny tries to point at where it should be written. "...I think?"
Sneasel crumples the paper with one hand. "Nothing about humans on there. Only a weird language my team can't read."
Flame's smile turns into a frown. "Huh? Team?"
"That's right!" Nidoran gets up. "We are Team Snide!"
"That's not right...?" Flames says. "You can't use words like that!"
Sneasel grins. "We sure can, loser!" She says while leaning down to the ground to pluck out the oddish from the ground and face the grass type toward Flame. However, the oddish simply dandled.
"Um...What are you doing?" Flame ask.
The Sneasel looks back to her poison/grass type partner, who pouted back to her. "Fine. We don't need you." She then chuck the oddish behind her, who screams out before hitting the ground.
"Why did you do that?" Destiny ask, however the ice/dark type kept her eyes on Flame.
"Oh. I got a better one for you two." Sneasel let out while raising one paw toward Flame. "How did you morons become a normal ranking team in such a short amount of days?" She ask while poking at Flame.
"Ow!" Flame rubs where she poke him. "-That's because Phantom did a lot of missions these past days!"
"Why are you acting so mean?" Destiny ask.
"Shush!" The Sneasel let a hand in front of Destiny as a sign to stop while looking back at Flame. "Come on, explain yourself!"
"If you're part of a team, why are you even here?" Flame ask.
The sneasel grins back. "It's simple! I and my team has been doing missions for months now!" Her grin then takes a more serious look. "...Months. And you're saying you guys got it in a few days?"
"Maybe if you didn't have such a weird name you'd get more missions...?" Flame ask, however he backs away from the table as Sneasel tries to swipes at lil'dude while getting up. The bird takes flight to a nearby tree to look back at the show.
"HEY! YOU COME BACK DOWN HERE!" Sneasel shouts toward lil' dude.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Destiny shouts back.
"Oh please!" Meanwhile the nidoran says in a teasing voice toward Flame. "Our team's name has nothing to do with it! It's just a word!"
"Why are you even here? It doesn't make sense! You could be doing other things!" Angrily says Flame toward Sneasel.
"Pah..." Sneasel hones up her claws. "What we really are here for is to take away your members! We are clearly the one who needs more of them...! You two can go away now, we don't need you." She shoos toward Flame, but then place one paw on her hips. "...Unless you want to join our team~?"
"NO!" Flame shouts while clenching his paws angrily toward her. "...Why not just do your own team recruitment?"
"Yeah!" Destiny let out. "We don't want trouble! Why bring us some?"
Sneasel let out a haughty laugh, then kicks the bowl of fruits toward Flame, who protects himself with his arms and back up. "Because we can! Simple as that! We won't let some crummy team take over our position, we should be the one heading to the lunar festival championship! Not your team!"
"Huh?" Destiny let out in confusion. "What's the lunar festival championship? What makes you think we're part of that?"
Sneasel throws the crumpled paper at Destiny. "BECAUSE IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT THERE, YOU IDIOT!"
"Wait, WAIT! It seriously has that?" Flame ask while Destiny manages to uncrumple the paper with her paws.
"Are you seriously admitting you can't read or something? Now SHOO! SHOO!" The Sneasel says while shooing away Flame with her hands.
"Flame. It says here we are participating at the tournament." Destiny looks back to Flame. "What's that?"
"That's not possible! You need to be a team of three! Phantom had no one else...AHHHHHHHHHHHH" Flame's eyes widen, setting his paws onto his head. "PHANTOM MUST HAVE GOT US IN WITH SOMEONE ELSE WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT!"
"...Aaaaaaaaaanyway. This table is now property to Team Snide! You two have one minute to go away before we assault you." Sneasel explained while giving a grin toward Flame.
"You don't mind if I stay, right?" A Munchlax ask while happily chomping on the fruits that fell on the floor. Both team looks back to him, however they look back to each others.
"...One minute. Is that clear?" Sneasel ask with a grin, lifting one claw toward Flame.
"No way!" Flame shouts while getting onto the table, putting himself face to face with the Sneasel. "Where's not leaving!"
Sneasel glares right back to him.
"Flame!" Destiny shouts. "We don't need to do that! We can simply leave!"
However, she receives a shh from the Nidoran who looks back to the duo doing a stand off.
Meanwhile the Oddish uproot herself and walks next to Destiny and whispers. "Um...If you want you can redirect pokemons away to another table...!"
"I heard that, Oddie!" Nidoran let out to the other while keeping watch on the duo. The little oddish let out a sigh before getting back onto the ground, Destiny jumps back at the sight.
"Ten..." Sneasel says while keeping a glare to Flame, who kept his stance and glare back. "Nine..."
"...ENOUH!" Destiny shouts while getting onto the table, shoving herself between the two. "Stop! It's so childish! We don't want trouble! Nobody wants that! Please for the love of god, stop!"
However Sneasel kept counting down. "Eight..."
"If I were you two, I'd start running!" Snickered the nidoran.
"Hey, you're fighting too." Sneasel says while pointing at her.
Nidoran only gives out her tongue and flops down onto the seat. "Nah, count me out. Your fight, not mine!"
Sneasel rolls her eyes. "What a team I have, call me queen of the loonies!"
"HEY!" Nidoran shouts back to her, then let off her tongue again but this time with a fart noise before leaning back in a comfortable fashion.
"Anyway..." The Sneasel smack Destiny's ass, who let out a yelp and jumps off the table onto the Munchlax who screams out.
"AHHH-SORRY SORRY SORRY!" She excuses herself to the other.
"It's okay!-" The munchlax forward an apple with dirt to her. "Wants some?"
"ew, no!" Destiny whines in disgust.
"Fine by me!" He swallow it whole with a happy smile.
Meanwhile Sneasel press her face against Flame's, directly looking into his eyes. "Three..."
Flame kept his stance while the other kept doing her countdown. "Two..."
Nidoran looks back at the two. "Ohhh, this is going to be good!"
"One..." The Sneasel grins, however she suddenly get kicked right between her leg by Flame. She places her claws underneath her snatch.
"OH WE GOT A CHEATER!" The nidoran get up to look back at the scene with a smile taking place on her lips.
Sneasel looks back Flame."Do I look like a guy or what? What makes you think this will work?" She swipes out at him, however he evade the attack and tackles her off from the table onto the ground. He gets up and smack her face with a fire stomp. A blood curling screams escape the ice type as she struggles to get him off, swiping at his feet before he gets off her and head for a oran berry.
"Are we gonna keep on going or what?" Flame ask while taking the berry and eating it, looking back at the Sneasel rubbing out her face.
"Destiny looks back at Flame's leg. "Flame...! You're bleeding!" She quickly rush to his side.
"I'll be fine." He nonchalantly let out to the girl.
Destiny gives out some puppies eyes to him then back to Sneasel who looks back to them in a glare. "Please...Stop fighting!"
The sneasel's look soften while looking back to Destiny. She then cross her arms while looking back to them, a big rectangle dark spot on her face. "Fine. You win this round. Next time you won't be so lucky." She then turns toward the Nidoran, putting her claws as a fist. "AND YOU WILL HELP!" She then points toward a turf of grass "AND YOU TOO!"
The nidoran yawns back in response, then get down the table, walking. "How boring! I thought you had more in you, Ladia!"
Ladia rush toward the Nidoran and gives her a kick. "YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH, MIMI!"
"Owww..." Mimi whines while the dark/ice type goes to take some grass and pull it out of the ground, revealing Oddie.
"Let's go." The Sneasel leaves with the Oddish at hand while Nidoran shakes herself and joins her.
"What was that...?" Destiny ask while giving puppies eyes to Flame.
"Beats me!" He takes another bite out of the berry.
"Look, we can't stay here, we need to get you to a hospital!" Destiny explains while looking at Flame's legs, some of the grass burning underneath his feet.
Munchlax,chomping on a rawst berry, approaches Flame and start licking at his legs. "Hey! What are you doing?!" Flame tries to kick him off. "It's hurts!"
"What?" Munchlax looks back to him. " I just want to taste it!" He smiles back to him while getting up and heading over some other fallen food.
"Weirdo..." Destiny whispered while looking back in horror to the little fat pokemon. "...Anyway, we really need to go!"
"Destiny, the wound's already healed up! These claws marks will be gone next time we'll head to a healer! It will take more than a weird Sneasel to put me down!" He gives out a chuckles.
"Don't say it like that!" Whines Destiny. She takes a moment to look back at his legs. "It's so weird! You're bleeding all over-Even if it looks like it's stopped!"
Flame forward the berry he's holding toward her. "It's okay! These berries got healing properties, remember? It's why I've opted for them over the other food!"
Destiny let out a groan. "But still, it's still a pain, what If you were really hurt? ...And how about the Championship? How does that even work?"
Flame walks back toward the table and sat himself while finishing the berry, then set down his backpack. "The lunar Championship is a cool even that-"
"No! No! I meant you guys don't beat yourself to death?" Destiny ask while sitting next to Flame, keeping an eye on his healing wounds.
"Huh?" Flame looks back to her. "What's make you think we beat ourselves to the death?"
"So you don't...?"
"The Championship is all about teams facing each others, the second one team is on the ground and unable to fight is the second the other team wins!" Flame explains.
"Okay...But what if someone doesn't want to fight?" Destiny ask.
Flame gives a hearty laugh. "That's silly! Why would you participate in a tournament if you don't want to fight?"
Destiny pouts back. "Because we're participating but I don't want to!"
Flame's smile turns into a frown. "Huh? What makes you think you'll participate? We still need to do verification!- I meant I and Phantom!"
"Wait..." Destiny gives him a confused look. "...Are you saying I don't need to participate?"
"That's up to you!" Flame turns toward her, letting one leg get over the seat and press down his two paws in front of him, leaning himself toward Destiny. "What happens is we get inside the championship as three pokemons! Naturally, that would mean I and Phantom will be part of the team since we're the leaders! ...However the third one could be anyone!" He then raise a paw. "BUT! ...If Phantom already has a third member-And that is it was because he signed this paper in truth! ...And not because it was just a way to get people to come here today- Then it means we'll have to talk to him to know who it is!"
"...What if it was a lie?"
"If it is a lie, then I guess that'd be called...Um...Shilling! You shill for something in order to get someone! Or was it another word...?" Flame thinks for a moment.
"I don't know...?" Destiny says, weird out.
Destiny suddenly jumps from her seat while letting out a scream and lands onto the table as a Riolu quickly stop herself from running next to her."Hi! Is this the Team God's try out?"
"OH MY GOD!" Destiny says with her eyes widened, locked straight onto the Riolu, completely startled. Meanwhile Flame had a good laugh at her.
"Ahhh-Sorry! Sorry!" Riolu exclaims while waving her paws toward Destiny. "I didn't mean to scare you! I came as quickly as I could!"
"It's okay! You must be Riolu! Phantom told me about you! Come sit down next to me!" Flame pats the seat next to him with a big smile and eyes shining.
Meanwhile Destiny blinks toward Riolu. "Um...It's okay!" Her expression soften up before sitting on the opposite end of the table, however she let herself lean, letting her paws on top of the surface while looking back at the duo.
"Oh-Thank you!" Riolu says while sitting down next to him, dandling her legs. "You must be...Flame's brother, correct?"
Flame let out another laugh. "That's silly! I'm Flame! Why would you think I'm a brother?"
Riolu let out a giggle. "Oh, just assuming! Your family is renown for-"
The Munchlax of earlier gets between Flame and Riolu, sitting up. "Hi! Do you guys have more food?"
Flame pats up the Munchlax's back. "Sorry, buddy! We got no more food! You ate it all up! ...But you're here to join Team God, right?"
Munchlax puts one hand into his fur coat. "Uuuuuuuuuuuuummmm..." He then takes out a moldy apple slice and eat it. Destiny and Riolu looks away in disgust. "Yeah! I can join you guys!"
"Urk-" Destiny gags toward the ground, then looks back toward Munchlax. "How could you even eat that? I can smell it from here!"
Meanwhile Riolu keep looking away, pressing her nose.
"Awww, come on, guys!" Flame looks back at the others. "A strong stomach like that can be good! Right?" He looks back to the Munchlax who nods back, taking another slice off his fur coat and munching It up. Destiny shudder at the sight and gags back toward the ground.
"HI THERE!" A Yamper yells out while jumping onto the table, however his expression quickly turns to a disgusted one, then jumps down the table and run away.
"AH! WAIT! WAIT!" Flame shouts, setting his paws onto the table, however the Yamper keeps running while generating electricity all around him.
"Great..." Riolu looks back to Munchlax, crossing her arms. "We already lost a teammate thanks to you..."
"Awww-He was so adorable too! I wanted to pet him!" Destiny whined.
Riolu lift an eyebrow toward her. "Pet him? Isn't that only weirdos who pet others?"
"No...?" Destiny gives her a confused look. "I mean, petting a cute dog is normal! I could pet you too!" Destiny says while lifting a paw toward the Riolu, who leans backward in a worrisome fashion.
"Umm...That's just odd? Okay?" Riolu let out.
Destiny suddenly widens her eyes. "AH! SORRY! SORRY! ...I used to be a human so that was-STOP! STOP!" She shakes herself as her fur gets ruffled.
"Hey there, everyone! Glad to see we got newcomers!" Phantom says happily while rubbing Destiny's fur. "I saw a doggie run away, what got him off?"
Riolu smiles back to him. "Just a Yamper running away from this guy." She points toward Munchlax, then looks back at Phantom. "I'm glad to see you!"
"I'm glad to see you too!" Phantom smiles back.
"Where have you been?" Destiny ask.
"Destiny, we left him at the mansion, remember? I think we're the one meant to say where we have been!" Flame explained with a smile.
"It's fine!" Phantom says while picking up his backpack and looking inside of it. "I've had some words from the Scorbunnies back at the mansion, looks like everything is in order for my backpack!"
"Yeah, but afterward? What did you do?" Destiny ask, tilting her head.
"Ah-Just hang around with Flame's brothers and sisters!" Phantom smiles up to Flame while petting his head.
Flame gets down his seat, beckoning the little ghost. "Okay, everyone! I and Phantom will talk! We'll be back in a few minutes!"
"Can I come?" Destiny ask.
"Leaders only!" Teases Flame while lifting a paw toward her, then looks forward while walking away.
"See ya!" Phantom let out while waving back at the little group at the table, then get to the side of Flame.
"Bye!" Riolu waves back to Phantom, then looks back at Destiny who sports a confused and pouting look.
"Oh! I hope they'll bring more food! I'm hungry!" Munchlax says.
"Is your stomach bottomless? I'm fairly sure you already ate half your size already!" Destiny whines toward the lard ass.
"That wasn't even half of my size!" Munchlax then rubs his stomach.
"So what do you think they will talk about?" Riolu ask while looking back where Phantom and Flame are going through auras.
"I'm surprise they didn't ask me to join..." Destiny whine.
Riolu looks back to her. "They did say leader only! I don't think we've properly meet either?" She smiles back to her. "I'm Riolu! Daughter of Lance Lucario of team Guardian!"
Destiny tilts her head. "Really? You mean the same Lucario with that weird ghost with him?"
"Auntie's not weird!" Riolu says. "That ghost is a Gengar, she's been with my father since forever! She's the reason why I'm here today." She gives out a hearty giggle.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Destiny gives her a confused look.
"I mean Daddy doesn't want me to join this team because Phantom and Flame broke some rules- They're not bad rules mind you! Auntie got him to spend the day in a mystery dungeon!"
"Huh?" Destiny looks even more confused. "What sort of rules?"
"Yeah! Tell us!" Munchlax chimed in.
"Um...Something about invading of privacy, and the other was making false money! They also did other stuff but they were found not guilty!"
"Invading of privacy...You mean they forced themselves into someone's house?" Destiny ask.
"Oh, nothing of the sort! But there's a rule saying you can't invade someone else's body! It turns out it's only if the person is unwilling sooooooo...It was fine!" Riolu smiles up.
"I don't get it...?" Destiny let out.
"Hi, is this the team god recruitment area?" A Pichu ask behind Riolu followed by a Smoochum and a Ralts. The three of them sporting papers at hand.
Riolu looks back to them while Destiny rises herself from the table to take a closer look. "Yep! Aren't you kids too young to join a team?" Riolu ask.
Pichu gives an angry look toward Riolu. "Who are you calling young? You're young!" He says while sitting down next to Munchlax, however he quickly let out a "Ewwwwwww!" while pinching his nose, then looks back at the others while pointing at the fatty. "Don't get near him, he stinks!" Smoochum tilts her head while Ralts nods, going around the table and sitting next to Destiny. Smoochum followed the psychic and sit on the other side of the ice type vulpix.
Riolu shrugs back. "Don't get me the wrong way but you guys look like you should be hitting up school in a week...Your parents did enroll you all to school, yes?"
"Meh!" Pichu let out while getting onto the table to the other side. "I can join a team for the weekends!"
"Mommy said I should join one!" Smoochun chimes while pressing herself into the fur of Destiny.
"I'm only here because Pichu forced me..." Ralts explains. "But I do have school!"
"I want to evolve as soon as possible so if I'm inside a team, I bet I'd be a pikachu by next week!" Pichu proudly grins while explaining.
"So pokemons have school too?" Destiny ask toward Riolu. "What do they teach?"
"Math, language, training...All the things you need to learn in order to make a life for yourself!" Riolu explains. "...You said you were human, right? What do they teach at your school?"
"Same thing!" Destiny then looks away for a moment, then back to Riolu. "Um- Except for the training part? Kind of? They're gyms but nothing somber like how to beat someone up! There's a lot of subject you get too like history, science, religion and-"
"Okay, everyone! It's time for the great trial!" Flame shouts happily while rushing toward the table, and jumping onto it, startling everyone. "First and foremost, welcome to all the newcomers!" He bows down once toward one side of the table, then to the other side. "All of you are welcome to join the team! However, as you all know there is a upcoming tournament, and so one of you have the chance to participate!"
"Huh? Where's Phantom?" Destiny ask while looking around.
"Ah-Don't worry about him! He'll be fine!" Flame explains, then smiles up to everyone. "Who wants to go first?"
"OHHHH, PICK ME! PICK ME!-" Meanwhile Pichu happily says while getting up and lifting one hand up, however his face turns to a confused one. "Wait, for what?"
Flame leans down the table and picks a joy ribbon from his backpack before forwarding himself toward the lake, then spin himself toward the others while putting the ribbon around his neck. "To showcase your abilities, silly! The one with the best moves will joins me and Phantom at the tournament!"
"Oh? Are you guys gonna get a crier for the battle?" Riolu ask.
Flame shakes his head. "No way!"
"Huh? What's a crier?" Destiny ask.
Riolu looks back to Destiny. "A crier is someone who shouts orders at other pokemons! They're not necessary, but they can be useful!"
"Oooooh! I wanna do that! I wanna do that!" Destiny's eyes brighten.
"Meeeeeeh-We don't need them!" Flame whines. "My Dad does worse with them, so I don't want them!" he crosses his arms, but then smiles up and leans a hand toward his back. "So who's up first?"
"ME!" Pichu shouts up while putting his paper on the table and then rushing next to Flame's side. "So what do I do?"
Flame tugs at his ribbon. "You have to use your best moves in order to get this ribbon off my neck!"
"Flame! No! Nobody will get hurt! Okay?" Destiny let out angrily at Flame, who looks back to her.
"...Hmm..." Flame pondered for a moment, then smiles up. "Don't worry, silly! It's playfighting!"
"Yeah!" Pichu peeps up. "Nothing like having fun!"
Destiny rolls over her eyes. "Please don't hit yourselves too hard, okay...?"
Flame stand up right, tightening his ribbon while walking backward from Pichu. "Okay! LET'S DO THIS!"
However, Pichu grins and sit down, crossing his arms.
Munchlax leans back toward Riolu. "Is he gonna fight?" However no response from the other as she covers her nose and make wave toward the other.
"Um...Come on, kid! Show off what you got!" Flame happily ask while patting his legs toward the other.
"Nah...!" Pichu then leans back and face the other way.
"...I guess that's one down!" Flame claps his hands twice.
"Huh?" Pichu looks around as something grabs him, in a panic he sends off a jolt of electricity all around him. Everyone cover themselves, however the sparks barely touches Flame and no one else. As the electricity stop flooding off the rodent, Pichu is completely beaten up...By himself.
"WHAT HAPPENED?" Destiny shouts. Riolu snickers.
"I'll fix him..." Ralts says while getting down his seat and joining the Pichu side, letting his hands on the other's body and letting off a healing pulse. It didn't take long for the other to get up and rubs his head.
"Huh? What happened? Where am I...?" He then widen his eyes. "OH NO DID I LOST?"
Flame walks up to him and nods, patting his head. "Sorry! You're still part of the team but there's no way we'll let you to the tournament with this attitude!"
"Awwwww, but I was kidding!-" Pichu whines, however a grins cracks off from his lips while explaining. He then crosses his arms and head to the table, except he turns around and jump for the ribbon, Flame moves away letting the other fall onto the ground.
"Okay! Who's next?" Flame ask.
"I don't wanna participate..." Ralts whine while heading toward the table.
"Me neither!" Destiny says.
"Um..." Flame rubs the back of his head while looking back at the table. "Munchlax? Wanna go?"
"Do you have food?" The Munchlax ask.
"Nope!"
"Then count me out!" He pats up his belly. "Fighting on an empty stomach's only good if I'm in danger! Hehe!"
"Ummmm...Smoochum?" He ask to the little girl, who looks back from Destiny's fur and shakes her head. Flame then shouts up with his paws toward a tree, spotting the Natu looking over. "LIL'DUDE?" He shakes his head too. Meanwhile Riolu pouts.
"...Then of course, the better for the last! Riolu, come here!" Flame ask mouth agape and eyes shining toward the fighting type, beckoning her to come. She gladly comes by.
"Huh? You're not asking me?" Destiny tilts her head.
"Silly!" Flame respond back. "I'm not gonna ask someone who doesn't want to participate!"
"I kind of want to now..." She pouts.
"Wanna go instead of me? I can go after you!" Riolu smiles up while sitting down next to her.
"Um...Okay! It shouldn't that bad, right? Take the Ribbon and that's it?" Destiny ask while getting down her seat and goes in front of Flame.
Flame upright himself and fixes his ribbon. "That's right! I'm even gonna give this ribbon to the one giving out the best performance! ...It's a joy ribbon after all, wouldn't be nice if I kept it to myself!"
Destiny pouts. "I don't think you shouldn't even use it that way..."
"Okay! As I said before, you need to get the ribbon off my neck! You can use anything you want against me, all fair's game!" He then points to Ralts. "...Especially thanks to this little healer!"
"But Flame! I don't wanna hurt you..." Destiny sits back on the ground, pouting back at him.
"Nonsense! Come on, give it all your best! Come at me!" Flame beckons toward her.
However Destiny looks back toward the table. "Can someone give us a countdown?"
"Sure! THREE!" Riolu jumps onto the table shouting. "TWO! ...ONE! ...GO!" She rises her two paws toward the air.
Destiny rush toward Flame and tries to jump toward the ribbon, using her fangs to gripe it. Flame walks back as she keep jumping on her two legs. Flame then jumps onto her back, clinging up to her. "Come on! Do your best!" He chimes toward her ears, however she start jumping about trying to get rid of the Scorbunny.
"GET OFF! GET OFF!" A powder snow appear around her, Flame kicks her off away as she rolls toward the table. However, Destiny snout now has the ribbon wrapped as a bow as she reach the table. "HMPH?!"
Destiny looks back up at the table with a confused look while the younger pokemons had a laugh at her. Riolu unwraps the ribbon. "Seems like you won!" She grins back to her while dandling the ribbon.
"But I didn't do a thing! I..." She looks back at the powder snow settling down on the ground, forming a icy circle with Flame getting out of it, trying to warm himself through rubbing himself. "AHHHHH, SORRY! SORRY!"
"No, it's fine! You won!" Flame says with a smile, he then sit down and let his feet warms himself up.
"But why?!" Destiny whines while looking around. "What happened?!"
"Don't worry about it!" Riolu says while getting down her seat and wrapping the ribbon around Flame's neck. "You should sit back and enjoy this fight!"
Flame lift up a paw. "Technically, it's not a fight! It's play fight!" Riolu rubs his head before heading on one of the side of the icy circle.
"I'm all ready to go!" Riolu says happily, she furtively look toward the table, then back at the icy spot.
Flame gets up and head on the other side of the icy spot, smiling back to her. "Okay! Remember! The best one will have the ribbon! Good luck!"
Riolu looks back toward Destiny with a smile. "Countdown, please!"
"Um...THREE!" Destiny shouts. "TWO...! ...ONE! GO!"
As soon as she says go, Riolu runs around the circle, then jumps toward Flame, giving him several kicks which gets deflected through a invisible wall, Flame grins back while walking backward before giving off his own kick toward Riolu, who blocks it with her arms crossed before stomping other the ground.
Flame falls down onto the ground, then gets picked up by Riolu as she walks toward the lake and throws him in it, ribbon still on his neck. He let out a "AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" before hitting the water.
Riolu looks back down at the ground and points where Flame has fallen.
"What is she doing? Pichu ask toward the others.
"I don't know?" Destiny looks confused. "I should check on Flame."
"Wait." Ralts says.
Meanwhile Flame gets out of the lake flying, a little woah comes off from the table. A distorted voice comes out of him. "HAHAHAHA! YOU HAVE AWAKEN THE DEMON IN ME! PREPARE TO SUFFER!"
"Oh no! A flying opponent! What am I gonna do?!" Riolu snickers, placing her two paws on her cheek while looking back up at her foe. "If only I had a mean to fly too!" A spark came from her eyes as she start running on spot, then runs toward the flying scorbunny, jumping on what appears to be invisible platforms, then landing a hit on the scorbunny, who backs up from her.
However, Riolu screams as she falls down onto the lake. Somehow she gets pulled out as she hit the water, then flung into the sky before falling down on a sort of invisible platform. She got herself on all four, then stand up taking a fighting position toward the bunny.
"Is that all you got?" The Scorbunny maniacally ask toward the Riolu.
However, Riolu breaks her stance going into a fit of laughter. "I-I'm sorry! I...I can't take this seriously!"
Flame's seriously look breaks down into laughter, holding his sides while still flying. Riolu takes the opportunity to jump from where she is onto him, taking off the ribbon from his neck and rising it into the air. "I WON!" She happily shouts.
"Fine! Fine! You won!" Flame laughs back, flying down to the table. "Ladies and gentlemen...!" Phantom pops out of Flame's body, pointing his stubby hands at Riolu, who falls down onto the ground with Flame. "THE WINNER!" He then laughs.
"PHANTOM...! I KNEW IT! You shouldn't do that!" Destiny whines back at him.
"That was great!" Pichu clapped, the other joins his clappings.
"So you will be joining us to the tournament?" Flame happily ask Riolu, who nods back to him while giving him a hug.
"Alright, everyone! We've got our selection done for the day! All we have to do now is discuss plans for a new team base and then get you all registered at the guild!" Phantom explains toward everyone at the table.
"Oh! I don't need that, I still live with my parents!-Waaaaaaaaait a minute, aren't you the same ghost that was with Pikachu and Kirlia?" Pichu ask.
Phantom nods back. "Yep! The one and only! Kirlia wasn't exactly the best teammate so I had to make a new team with Flame."
Pichu has a good laugh. "No wonder! She stole from me!"
Ralts looks back to him. "But I gave you your stuff back!"
Pichu looks back to Ralts. "Yeah, but she still stole from me!"
Ralts pouts. "But I just don't want you to label her as a thief!"
Pichu crosses his arms. "Too late!"
Meanwhile Destiny looks back to Phantom. "So the entire time you were inside of Flame...?"
Phantom shakes his head. "Nah, I was underground for the most part until Riolu pointed me toward Flame." He then smiles up to her. "Did you like your win?"
Destiny pouts back to him. "No...! I wanted to win for real! That was just mean!"
Phantom laughs back. "If I wanted to be mean, you wouldn't have the ribbon at all!"
Meanwhile Riolu sat up while looking back to Flame."Oh? You two already got plans for a team base?"
Flame did the same. "Actually, we already have one but it's not that great! Phantom and I agreed to prepare one before the day of the tournament so teammates can have a place to be at, eat and sleep after missions! It's gonna be furbished and everything!"
Riolu smiles up. "Really? You're gonna do that under four days?"
Flame nods back. "Shouldn't take too long! We'll go to Urr base inc and-"
"Urr base inc?" Riolu takes a more serious expression. "No way, that's no good! It's one of the government controlled business! I'll show you where to go tomorrow, okay?"
"Orrrrr we do it right after we register everyone!" Flame ask mouth agape and eyes shining.
Riolu giggles back. "Okay! That's a deal!"