Wow, it's been a long time since I added something to this thing, huh?

Well, here I am. I got this idea recently because of something that came up in one of my other stories.

Tri-Attack?!

"Wigglytuff! Chatot!"

A large, pink rabbit Pokemon and a bird Pokemon with what looked like a musical note for a head turned as a yellow mouse and a fox with six tails ran over.

"What's going on, you two?" Chatot gave a panicked expression. "Was another Time Gear stolen?"

The Pikachu shook his head.

"Well, then what's got you so riled up? It looks like you had a herd of Taurus on your heels!"

"We just got back from another mission and were in Marowak's Dojo working on some strategies," Pika explained. "Maria was going up against a Water-Type by herself and-"

"I used Tri-Attack," the Vulpix finished.

The statement caused Chatot to squawk in surprise. "You did what?! B-b-but how? Normally, Vulpix can't -"

"I know! Marowak said!" Maria burst out. Her fur and tails fluffed out, and she took a moment to force herself to relax. "And I don't know how I can use it - I just can, apparently." She frowned. "Is there anything wrong with knowing a move you're not supposed to know?"

Chatot spluttered at the question while Wigglytuff laughed.

"There's no problem!" Wigglytuff practically sang. "It just makes you special! Can I see you use it?"

Maria was taken aback out of surprise at the question, and she shook her head for a moment before gaining a nervous look. "N-now, Guildmaster?"

"Well, why not?" Wigglytuff bounded into the center of the third floor's main room, looking mighty pleased with himself. "Don't be afraid to give me everything you've got!"

Maria's eyes widened. "Guildmaster, are you-"

"Go on! I'll be able to take it!" Wilgglytuff continued to look cheery, causing Maria to swallow nervously.

"...If you say so." Maria shifted into a stance that almost made her look like she wanted to dash forward. The her tails fanned out into three sets of two, and her eyebrows furrowed in concentration.

As Maria concentrated on Wigglytuff's white stomach, an energy triangle started to form between her tails, turning into three different balls of energy in different colors: a deep red at the top, electric yellow to the right, and ice blue to the left.

When the balls were as large as Maria's paws, the Vulpix barked, "Here goes!"

At Maria's call, the attack shot off her tails and slammed into Wigglytuff, exploding out over his body. Oddly enough, the Guildmaster didn't look like he'd even felt it.

Wigglytuff stopped bouncing for a moment, and chocked his head to one side, blinking. "That was it?"

Maria ducked her head. "W-well, that was only the second time that I've been able to use it! It's not gonna be all that strong yet..."

"That's not what I meant." Wigglytuff had a strangely bright look in his eyes. "It felt like you could've put something...more into that."

"More?" Pika repeated in surprise. "What do you mean, 'more'?"

"I mean that it felt like she was could give more power than she was giving." Wigglytuff looked like he'd just found a secret treasure trove of Perfect Apples.

"But...isn't Tri-Attack a Normal-Type move?" Maria asked, frowning. "I'm a Fire-Type - I can't give it 'more' power like I would be able to for a Fire-Type move."

"Tri-Attack is an unusual move among Normal attacks," Chatot spoke up. "It's one Type, but it's not at the same time. Dodrio can use it because they have three heads - and I've known Magneton that can use it, as well. They've described using the move as concentrating on three Types at once, but they have to concentrate on keeping it balanced."

"...So, what does that have to do with me?" Maria asked. "And how I know it?"

"Well, I can't tell you how you managed to learn it, but I can tell you that you can learn moves from the other Types that are in Tri-Attack." Wigglytuff smiled brightly.

Maria and Pika exchanged looks of shock, then looked back at the Guildmaster with wide eyes.

"Seriously? You're not joking?" Maria stared up at the larger Pokemon, wide-eyed.

"Nope!" Wigglytuff laughed and started dancing around happily. "Tell you what - I'll find a couple Pokemon about your size who might be willing to teach you a few tricks for other-Type attacks! I'm sure that'll come as a big surprise for whenever you go against outlaws who think they know all your tricks!"

Chatot looked surprised at this, but then he gained a pleased expression. "That would certainly be useful. Is there anyone you'd recommend Maria going to for now?"

"Hmmm..." Wigglytuff paused in his bouncing for a moment, then gained a brightened expression. "I know! Go and talk to Electrivire tomorrow and show him your Tri-Attack. He should be able to teach you a number of Electric-Type attacks - like Shock Wave! Or Thunder Fang! And I'll go look for a couple old friends of mine and see if there's anything that they can do in order to give you a hand with learning any other moves."

"All right." Maria's head bobbed in agreement, and she looked at Pika and grinned. "This is great! Now I'll be able to learn moves that will keep the Water-Types off my backs and the Ground-Types off the both of us!"

"The Ground-Types?" Pika repeated. He blinked a moment before he grinned. "Oh, right! Ice-Types are super effective against Grass and Ground! That's going to be really helpful!"

Maria grinned. "Yeah! Come on - let's go and make up a list of what moves I could learn and use!" The Vulpix scrambled for their shared room, Pika quickly moving after her.

Wigglytuff and Chatot watched them go, the bird Pokemon watching them with almost fond expressions. Then the two of them looked at each other.

The fond moment was ruined a moment later by Wigglytuff giggling uncontrollably and bounding off into his office singing some nonsensical tune that Chatot was probably going to find himself whistling later.

Chatot sighed and shook his head before turning and hopping off in another direction. There was work to be done, and he was absolutely certain that Wigglytuff had left all of it to him to take care of.

Time Break

Maria and Pika were off taking another job within a week of their discovery when they found themselves face-to-face with the outlaw that they had decided to hunt down: a rhino-like Pokemon called a Rhyhorn.

Pika had armed himself with a number of Iron Thorns that they had managed to buy from the Kecleon Shop, while Maria had been forcing all of her fire attacks to run out against previous opponents.

And now, Maria felt that she was more than prepared for the upcoming fight.

The Rhyhorn looked at the two of them, then let out a bark of laughter. "You two are the ones that the moron Wigglytuff sent? Seriously?" He gave a dark grin. "I'm gonna whomp the both of you and send you straight to the hospital!"

Pika and Maria exchanged smirks before Pika took a couple steps back while Maria faced the Rock/Ground-Type.

"I wouldn't be so sure," Maria said coolly. She took in a breath, concentrating on her now-low temperature, then blew as hard as she could.

The resulting blast of icy cold that hit the Rhyhorn square in the face, causing his laughing fit to be cut short.

"It worked!" Maria crowed in delight, grinning as her tails twirled. She took in another breath and unleashed Icy Wind again while Pika started moving around, using a recently-learned Iron Tail to take down the Graveler and Geodude that were a part of Rhyhorn's gang. Ice crystals started to form on the Pokemon's legs and horn, locking him in place while Maria continued to use the move in order to whittle down his health points.

Rhyhorn pulled a couple times at his front legs before letting out a grunt and lifting and slamming his hind legs into the ground. The impact caused the ground to shake, and Maria and Pika stumbled as Rhyhron's other minion Pokemon fainted.

Maria braced herself and quickly dug into the Treasure Bag hanging from her side, pulling out a seed and biting into it. Pika managed to make his way over to her and grabbed a similar seed, eating it as well. Instantly, it became clear that the both of them had managed to gain a burst of energy.

Maria suddenly flickered out of sight before slamming into Rhyhorn from one side, while Pika slammed an Iron Tail down on the head of the Rock/Ground-Type, sending the Pokemon crashing to the ground.

Pika let out a sigh of relief. "He's down."

Maria nodded in agreement, then took in a shaky breath before grinning widely. "We did it. And I used an Ice-Type move!"

Pika grinned at his partner. "Yeah. Let's get this guy to Officer Magnezone and tell Wigglytuff that you can use those attacks like he thought. I wonder who he's going to ask to tutor for you."

"So long as they can help me, I don't really care what the Pokemon is." Maria shrugged as Pika took the Exploration Badge off his red scarf. He flashed it, and the three of them were teleported out of the dungeon and straight into the Exploration Base.

Magnezone was next to them in an instant, two Magneton hovering behind him. "Thank you for bringing in the outlaw. The fact that two Pokemon who were Type-disadvantaged against this Pokemon were able to bring him speaks volumes for your Guild, Wigglytuff."

The Normal-Type grinned broadly and laughed at the complement while the Magneton picked up Rhyhorn and started to move him out of the Guild. There really wasn't anything else that needed to be said.

When the police force left the Guild, Chatot finally managed to come over his dumbfounded shock. "S-so, you really managed to do it? You managed to use an Ice-Type move?"

"Yup!" Maria grinned proudly. "Icy Wind took him down a lot of the way. Then all we needed to do was Faint Attack, and then Pika Iron Tail'd him in the head!"

Pika nodded in agreement. "Yeah. It was pretty cool that we actually were able to take him down, despite him being stronger than us."

"Strong against us," Maria corrected, nudging her partner.

Wigglytuff clapped his paws together. "Yoom-tah! I knew that you were able to do something after feeling your Tri-Attack! So I got a couple old friends of mine to pop in and see if they can do anything to help you out! Glacey! Jolty! Come out here and meet Maria!"

At Wigglytuff's call, two four-legged Pokemon entered the room - one a bright yellow, with spiked fur, and the other more of a soft blue color. The two of them walked over as Pika backed away a little from Maria, allowing the two newcomers to circle Maria with curious expressions.

"Hi," Maria said, her tails twitching as the curious eyes bored into her. "I don't think I've seen Pokemon that look like you before." The Vulpix didn't bother to mention that something about them was familiar, but she figured that they probably weren't going to be all that interested in her amnesia.

"I'm Glace, a Glaceon," the blue Pokemon said as she came around in front of Maria. She nodded her head at the other Pokemon. "That's Jolt. He's a Jolteon."

"Jolt and Glace..." Maria cocked her head. "Your names make it sound like your Ice and Electric-Types."

"Got it in one." Jolt smirked. "You're pretty smart for a Pokemon that's so young."

Maria ducked her head, embarrassed.

"Do you think you can teach her?" Wigglytuff asked.

Glace looked over at the Guildmaster. "I think so. She is pretty similar to an Eevee, so it shouldn't be too difficult. So long as she doesn't try to use any Fire-Type attacks."

"I have to run out of energy for the other moves before I can start using Ice attacks," Maria explained quickly.

"Well, after you work with us, you should be able to use them whether or not you have any fire left in you," Jolt replied. He looked at Wigglytuff. "We're going to need to borrow this kid for a couple of months if we're going to do this right. Is that okay with you?"

"Fine by me~!" Wigglytuff bounced a bit. "But you should check with Pika! He is her Team partner, after all!"

The Jolteon and Glaceon looked over at Pika, who looked a little saddened.

"I don't want to be left behind in training," Pika admitted, looking down at the grassy floor. "Plus, I'd kind of like to work on my own techniques - I mean, if it's okay for me to come along for a while." He looked up at Jolt and cocked his head hopefully.

Jolt and Glace exchanged looks.

"I-I can probably do that with Electrivire-"

Jolt shook his head. "You don't need to be like that, kid. Tell you what, I'll teach you a couple tricks while Glace is trying to teach Maria a few things - then you can be my assistant for when I figure out Maria's strengths. That sound good to you?"

Pika's ears shot up at that, and he instantly started nodding vigorously. "Yes, sir! Thank you!"

Jolt laughed while Glace gave a slight smile. "It's no problem! I can tell when a Pokemon needs a little work, and you could definitely benefit from some of my kind of training!"

"We'll head out tomorrow morning for our base," Glace added, "so be sure to rest up tonight - you're going to need that strength."

Maria and Pika nodded in agreement. "Right!"

The next morning, they left the Guild with some fanfare (mostly from Chimecho and the small number of team members they had picked up), and went off with Jolt and Glace towards their home near Amp Plains, with promises of returning stronger than ever.

...Yeah, Maria's a little odd for a Vulpix, isn't she?