Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon
…What?
Where am I?
…Am I dead?
Blade sat up, no longer around him was a bridge surrounded by clouds, but a fog, thick enough to choke a small pokemon to death. Blade didn't know where he is, all he saw was grey fog, he raised his green hands and clenched with it.
Is this… a dream?
"Looks like… I have stayed here too long" a voice stated, it was a smooth voice. Blade whipped his head at the source of a voice, a figure stood inches before Blade, its cloak covered its whole body, its face shadowed by the hood of the cloak.
"… I… must take my leave, the observation… is enough for now…" the figure said before its body started fading away, Blade immediately reached his hand at the figure.
"Wait! Where am I!? I need to know!!" Blade shouted out, his voice echoed in the area but no reply was given, the figure had already left the area. Blade, his face with a little disappointment, gave up. Suddenly, he felt his own soul, slipping out of his body, he felt his body was slowly being swallowed by ice, no longer having the will to see what is happening, he closed his eyes.
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Blade opened his yellow eyes, what he first saw was a Blaziken's face, a Gardevoir's face and a Lopunny's face. Immediately the faces sighed in relief before Blaze went…
"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING!? TAKING A BRAVE BIRD ATTACK LIKE THAT! YOU COULD'VE DIED! DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRYING IT IS!?" Blaze shouted. Blade scrunched his face before rubbing his ear gently.
"Don't add a headache to the injury list, I don't wanna die with a headache" Blade joked weakly with a nervous smile, Bunbun and Angel both smiled nervously as the killing intent of Blaze grew and her eyes darkened. Blade gave out an "eep" before scurrying behind Angel with scared look in his eyes despite his injuries.
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"Urgh…"
Crasher groaned, he felt warmth under his body, a bed of hay, he could also hear voices though it was not completely clear to him. His vision focussed, what he saw now was a slightly dark, white ceiling.
"A few hours rest should be fine for him, dear. Just be sure he doesn't work too hard" a kind gentle voice said, Crasher immediately recognized the voice of a Chansey, or rather, a member of the Medic Brigade established by a very old Blissey who dedicated her life to medical studies.
"Okay Doc', you can count on me Miranda!" a young voice replied with enthusiasm… Spiky the Flygon was the owner of the voice, Crasher turned his head towards the two pokemon, one of them was a Flygon, Spiky. He had jet green hair, bug-eyed red eyes, green stripes, and strong, lime wings. The other pokemon was a Chansey, the pokemon had bright pink fur and carried a brown, leather bag. The Chansey bowed and bid a farewell before marching away from the HQ, Spiky then hopped of to meet Jolly the Ludicolo who is chatting to Sparky, Kitty and Flower. Crasher tilted his head just to see Brimstone sleeping in another bed, his bulky arms were covered in bandages and his forehead had a few patches. Crasher shifted his position to a more comfortable one before letting sleep overtake him.
Recruits huh? Wonder… what made Blade recruit them.
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Blade took a stretch, a few hour's rest really have cleared his mind, being an early waker, he glanced upwards towards the sky, beneath him was the same bridge that held his party and himself, his three companions were still sleeping, none of the made a sound. Starting his morning routine, his blades glowed, bright green, having no dummies to train on, he simply swiped in the air, to get ready for the day.
What was that… a dream? No… it seemed too real to be a dream…
It… doesn't look like a pokemon…
Blade mulled his thoughts over, swiping his glowing blades around and around, however, he did not notice anyone around him waking up. He continued slashing, though the thoughts didn't trouble him a lot, it did made him curious… Who was the cloaked figure?
"Training huh?" a voice asked, Blade snapped out of his thoughts and turned to look at the speaker, Blaze.
"How about a spar, Blade? It's been a while since I had one" she offered, Blade shrugged and moved into his fighting stance as did Blaze.
Bunbun and Angel were still sleeping but far enough not to get troubled from the two fighting pokemon. Blade dashed forward, being the faster of the two, he pounced at the hen but Blaze quickly dodged and jumped back, her feathers flared up.
"Flamethrower" Blaze's mouth shot out a stream of flames at the green reptile; Blade easily dodged and attempted to move closer towards but Blaze moved her stream towards the charging pokemon causing Blade to move of. Blade kept on dodging the streaming flames until Blaze ran out of breath, giving Blade the opportunity to strike. The Sceptile charged forward with a war cry, his blades ready.
"Fire Punch" Blaze's fists burst in to flames and launched them at the incoming Sceptile, but Blade jumped over it, spinning as he go, his tail glowed white but in turn, Blaze's legs was covered in a red fiery aura.
"Iron Tail!"
"Blaze Kick!"
Blaze shot her leg up leaving a trail of flames as it met Blade's falling tail, causing Blade to bounce of back, but once the Sceptile landed, he leapt forward and spun around to give Blaze another impact from his glowing tail. Blaze stepped back before giving a side-kick at Blade who didn't recover in time, the Sceptile took the hit at the torso, flying away from Blaze with a burn mark on his torso.
"You're good" Blade grunted as he clutched his torso in pain, Blaze smirked as she relaxed and crossed her arms.
"You're not bad yourself, of course… I'm better"
"Oh really? We'll see about that" Blade declared as he charged forward despite the throbbing pain.
Blaze shifted again, but this time, she knew Blade is moving slower. Blade closed his eyes as his muscles began to tire, he gritted his teeth and continued his dash.
"Agility!" Blade's figure disappeared, Blaze's face shown a startled look but did not shift stances.
"Over here" a voice whispered at Blaze's ear, the Blaziken whipped around just to register in her mind a fist covered in electricity coming straight at her.
"Thunderpunch" Blade's fist crashed right into Blaze's face causing her to stumble backwards but not enough to fall down. Blade, not satisfied, changed attack causing his blades to glow green.
"Leaf Blade" Blade's blades slashed at Blaze striking her, her fiery feathers shortened every slash she took, making her looking different from before rather than her neat look from before. Blade's blades now glowed white with trails swirling around them.
"Aerial Ace!" Blade shot forward, crashing into Blaze who fell back down. Blade smirked as he just sees Blaze looking up at the sky, he strode over and offered a hand to his fallen team mate.
"Looks like I'm the better one" Blade declared with an air of pride in his voice, Blaze snorted and took the hand before pulling Blade down and punching the burnt torso causing the unfortunate Sceptile to crumple in pain. Blaze now smirked victorious over the fallen Sceptile.
"Nuh uh… like I said before, I'm better" Blaze declared while Blade whimpered.
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"C'mon, hurry up!" Crasher called as he was followed by a crying Flygon, Spiky and a humming Ludicolo, Jolly.
"Didn't you see that? That… that Nidorina was confessing her love to that Nidorino so passionately… it was so beautiful" sobbed the Flygon, Jolly nodded in agreement as Crasher shook his head in disappointment. Spiky was always an emotional one, at first he had a 'cool' attitude, hitting on girls and showing out his skills, the next moment, he basically cries at every romantical story because it was 'Beautiful'. Jolly on the other hand is a happy boy, usually that means happy plus sugar equals disaster, Crasher specifically made sure he didn't eat sugar inside the HQ. The three strolled towards the Asian styled building with the words written on the wooden plank (hanged on the roof) 'Hariyama's Dojo'.
In front of the building, a group Cubone's and Farfetch'd's were training with their bones and leeks respectively which acts like swords, before them is a Marowak instructing them, the group passed the training students while giving a nod to the instructing pokemon and stepped inside the dojo. Inside was a lone Hariyama with a Hitmonchan, a Hitmonlee and a Hitmontop training nearby. Crasher and his companions greeted the Hariyama with a bow; Hariyama in turn stopped his training and bowed.
"Master Hariyama, my companions and I have come here to train under your tutelage" Aggron said with the utmost respect he could muster. Hariyama nodded and led the three pokemon deep inside the dojo.
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"RUN CHESTER, RUN FOR YA LIFE!" Beaky screamed as the Chester the Chatot flew away from an angry mob of Tropius. Chatot's don't make good companions, especially when Chester said 'Tropius's are dicks' after copying it from Beaky. The two flew away as fast as they can from the Tropius, but the pursuit has a card put into play.
"Magical Leaf!" the Tropius roared in unison, a salvo of multicoloured leaves rushed at the two birds but Beaky played his counter move.
"Protect" A green, transparent shield surrounded Chester and Beaky causing the leaves to bounce of the shield, the Tropius didn't stop there, their fruits dangling at their necks glowed giving of a faint yellowish light and their mouths opened.
"Solar Beam!!" this time, a salvo of beams rushed at the two birds, Beaky knew it was the inevitable.
"…Shit"
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A/N: Man… this sucks, I have no idea when PMD2 comes out in Australia… this is one of the times when I wished I lived in USA