PALE SPRING MORNING [BATTLE/CATCH?]

[Sunny Fallon]

The sun had barely risen and the birds had only just began to sing when Sunny Fallon approached the Sakura Forest. The young girl had chosen instead of setting off straight away, to stay in a quaint B&B overnight. The girl was young and inexperienced in the world of pokemon and setting off in the middle of the night in a strange new region was stupid and dangerous. The old woman of the inn was very friendly; the pair studied the new breeder's map all night, chatting about the best routes, short cuts and of course - where to find the best pokemon!

The morning dew was still fresh on the grass when Sunny left, the moisture cold yet refreshing on her bare legs. She bade the old woman thank you, heading in the direction of the Sakura Forest. Sticking to the path, she began to weave in between the rows of trees, the town slowly disappearing until she was completely enveloped by a curtain of pink. Falling victim to the heat of the midday sun, she slumped down beneath an overhanging tree. "Now is as good a time as any.." she squeeled, a wide smile plastered across her face as she rummaged in her white canvas bag. With a tug, Sunny pulled the two pokeballs free from the clutter in her handbag. Squeezing them gently, they began to open, streams of red light seeping out from each. The first twisted and transformed into her Smoochum. The little pink pokemon immediately leapt to her feet, shuffling around, sniffing, sticking her nose in everything she could. From the second ball of light slowly emerged her new Spinda. Much more reserved than the nosey Smoochum, the dizzy bear wobbled his way over to his new trainer, little orange body sitting itself down contently between her legs while the baby Jynx continued to route around noisily in the bushes around them, no doubt disturbing every creature in the vicinity.

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Status: I'm kinda looking for a battle first ^^ But if anyone wants to join and make friends with Sunny then by all means go for it.
Pokemon team: □ □
Word count: incredibly lazy and sleepy at 326 ;o;
Experience gained: None

[kisara]

Kisara slipped into the woods, her eyes scanning around. Next to her, Drain padded along silently, sending her glares silently. It wasn't that he didn't like her, Drain just didn't like younger trainers all that well.

"Hey, Drain, did you hear something?"

In the next few seconds, the pin haired girl had stumbled backwards from a pink and yellow Pokemon. She dug into her bag, pulling out her pink Pokedex and flipping it open quickly, her eyes wide as she held it up to scan the weird little Pokemon that had seeminly popped out of no where.

'Smoochum, the baby Kiss Pokemon.Smoochum tests everything by touching with her lips, which remember what she likes and dislikes. Smoochum is an ice and physic type Pokemon, who evolves into Jynx at level thirty.'

Drain took a few steps backwards, and then leaned his head forwards, poking it into the bush before letting out a yip. Kisara pushed herself up, having fallen down, and crept after her Pokemon, her eyes wide as she saw the other trainer and her Spinda.

'So Smoochum must be her's....'

It was then that Drain bounded through the bushes, waving his tail back and forth rapidly. She yipped in shock when the puppy moved, almost falling backwards again. She kept her balance this time, following Drain into the clearing.

"I..I'm sorry...Drain, here."

The puppy glanced back, flicked his ears, and then directed his attention back to the breeder, yipping excitedly.

Word Count: 250
EXP Gained: 0

[Sunny Fallon]

By the time she had looked up from playing with her Spinda, Smoochum had gone. The little pokemon was too nosey for her own good. Gently placing Spinda on the ground, SUnny got to her feet, twirling around, searching for the baby pokemon. "Smoochum!" she called, "Where are you?". Her pulse raced,heart beating heavily. How could she have lost her pokemon already? She was furious with herself, mentally kicking every part of her brain. The professor had been so kind and trusting when he gave her the pair and now, barely a day out of town, she had lost it.

"Oh thank god!" she said with relief as the pokemon waddled back into view as if nothing had happened, bring with it a growlithe? Sunny was a little startled as the hound leapt through the bushes, tail wagging and back forth happily. "Hey there little guy, where did you come from?" she cooed, dropping down to one knee to be level with the pokemon. "Are you lost?". More rustling prompted her to look up, amber eyes catching sight of Kisara. The flaxen haired girl smiled, waving her over. "Hey, hey! Is this your growlithe?"

Spinda had crept behind Sunny's legs, wearily eying up the happy puppy. Smoochum was much less reserved and pottered up to growlithe, leaning forward with large pouting lips, planting a long wet kiss on Drain.

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Status: Finished, sorry for the wait I was interrupted.
Pokemon team: □ □
Word count: 226
Experience gained: None

[kisara]

Kisara nodded her head, her eyes on the ground, pink hair falling forwards slightly to hide her now blushing face.

"Y...Yeah...He's mine."

Drain froze as the Smoochum's lips touched it, but he allowed his tail to start swinging again when her remembered it was just her way of deciding if she liked him or not.

The male sat down, panting his smokey puppy breath as he looked back at Kisara. Drain looked at the Smoochum and Spinda, his eyes wide and bright.

"My name's Drain, do you two go by anything special? And would either of you want to battle? I've never battled before, but I think that I should so I can get stronger to protect Kisara. She's to little to be on her own."
The sounds of the growlithe came from his muzzle as he blinked at the other Pokemon, wagging his tail back and forth rapidly.

The younger girl was biting her lip, as if debating on weather she wanted to ask that question that was on her mind.

"Did you just become a trainer too?"

Though the girl was at least five years or so older than Kisara, judging by her height, her Pokemon seemed to tell a different story. Kisara found herself studying the girls dress, and realized that her own outfit, still not changed, would do good for her, for the time being. She could change her clothes if she felt the need to, but she probably wouldn't.

Still, Kisara's mind raced. She wasn't even sure if she could get Drain to use Bite or Roar in a battle, let alone go against someone who was probably four years into training Pokemon.

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Status: Finished
Pokemon team: Drain-male lvl 5 Growlithe
Word count: 288
Experience gained: None

[Sunny Fallon]

<He's alright! DO NOT PANIC PEOPLE!> Smoochum explained proudly as she twirled back round to face her trainer and partner, removing her lips from the Growlithe's face. Smoochum liked to think she was in charge of the party and was happy to let the Growlithe and the girl join the gathering, deeming them not to be a threat. Though, if they were the baby pokemon could hardly do anything about it. <I like you Drain, you taste good so we can be friends> she explained, circling him < I'm just Smoochum. I don't know if I have another name? I'll have to ask Sunny sometime. That over there is Spinda, but he's boring.> At this the bear pokemon peeped out from behind Sunny's legs.

"Smoochum, you are a trouble maker. Leave him alone" Sunny lightly scolded the ice pokemon, who seemed less than concerned about what Sunny had to say and was continuing to pace around Drain. "I'm so sorry if she caused you any trouble. To be honest I'm really new to this.." she explained with a nervous giggle. Extending her hand to shake, she introduced herself. "My name is Sunny, nice to meet you". Her lips curled into a warm smile. "I've actually just started....I'm a breeder". Sunny was a little late in starting her career - starting at 17 (despite her childish appearance) compared to the conventional 11 or 12. She really had no idea what she was doing; hence why it seemed Smoochum was running the show. But it was apparent that both girls were quite new to this. "These are my first breeding pair - Smoochum and Spinda. Though Smoochum will need to evolve first so I guess I'm going to have to battle sometime. I'm not the biggest fan of battling, hence why I've decided to become a breeder"

Smoochum peered up, tapping her little feet impatiently. <You're slow Sunny. I'll teach you all you need to know. Drain wants to battle. I think we should do it. Don't worry, I'll teach you both everything you need to know>

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Status: Finished. I need to go so I'll get back to you tomorrow
Pokemon team: □ □
Word count: 354
Experience gained: None

[kisara]

Drain smiled, wagging his bushy tail a few more times after rising to his paws.

Kisara blinked a few times, her mind processing the information quickly as she thought of the whole 'breeder' idea. She had heard of it, but she had thought that being a trainer would be better for her.

"It's nice to meet Sunny."

She extended her own hand to be shaken, her eyes following Drain ever so slightly.

"I'm Kisara. We could battle now if you wanted. Drain, would you like to battle one of Sunny's Pokemon?"

The growlithe turned his head from Smoochum and his eyes said it all, even before he spoke up.

"Growl! Growlithe growl!"

In Pokespeak: "Of course! Kisara, I'd battle a Squirtle at this point!"

Since Kisara didn't know this, she simply took it as the growlithe's enthusiasim, and turned her attention back to Sunny. She smoothed down her skirt and shirt, out of habit, ducking her head just a little. It wasn't that she didn't like the prospect of finally getting to battle, but the pink haired eleven year old was just that shy and timid. She really didn't want to do battle, since it would probably hurt Drain, but the male seemed to want to fight.

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Status: Finished, I said I woudn't post until tomorrow, but I couldn't help it.
Pokemon team: Drain-level 5 male Growlithe
Word count: 216-kind of short and failish.
Experiance gained: None[/size][/color][/font]

[Sunny Fallon]

"It's a pleasure, Kisara" the girl greeted with a smile, shaking her hand enthusiastically. "A battle would be great. But I must warn you, I've never battled before so please excuse me..." Sunny explained in her little disclaimer. Equally, she had chosen her pokemon for their breeding prospects. Smoochum was a baby pokemon and Spinda was a normal type, so neither of them had much advantage when it came to battle. Making up for Sunny's lack of confidence in her ability to battle was Smoochum's attitude and determination. The pokemon tapped her feet impatiently, waiting for the word go and had no qualms going up against the larger and more formidable looking Growlithe.

"I guess I'll be battling with Smoochum" she decided, not as if she had a choice as Smoochum had already began sizing up Drain. Picking up Spinda, cradling the little bear in her arms, she treated a few metres, out of the battle zone as Smoochum began her assault.

Battle Start

The pink pokemon had moved back a few steps from Drain as the battle commenced, eyes locked onto the Growlithe, studying every fibre of his being, trying to sense any attacks could come up with. She moved round slowly and evenly, doing her best not to give away any signs for her attack. <Are you ready for this?> she taunted. <You better be ready for this!> With a small screech of a battle cry, the little Smoochum leapt forward into a run (as much of a run as she could muster anyways with her tiny legs; nothing compared to the speed that Drain could achieve) towards the Growlithe. Her lips had pushed out into a large pout, as if she was going to kiss him again but this time her long tongue poked free and she moved in closer, arms outstretched to grab a hold of his fur to pull him in close for a lick attack.

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Status: Finished but lame. Not feeling well ;o;
Pokemon team: □ □
Word count: PRE BATTLE: 162 / POST BATTLE START: 157

Experience gained: 157
Experience needed for next level: (50x5) = 250 - 157 = 93
Total EXP: 157
Levels Gained: None

[kisara]

Kisara smiled as the other girl accepted to battle with her.

"I haven't ever battled either, but this can be a learning experience for both of us."

She backed up as well, her eyes on Drain.

Battle Start

The fire pup lowered the front end of his body, his eyes glinting slightly as he sized up Smoochum.

"Am I ready for this? You'd better be more worried about being ready for this."

He watched as she came running towards him, arms out, lips pursed, and tongue out. He jumped backwards, but not at the command of Kisara, out of his own idea to move. He moved to the left and right, trying to evade her as his trainer desperatly thought of a move for him.

'Roar will make Smoochum flee...so...uh..'

"Drain! Rush forwards and try to use Bite!"

Drain flicked his ears in aknowledgement, stopping in his fleeing and then charging forwards, fangs bared in as much of a vicious looking growl as he could muster.

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Status: Finished, and shorter than normal
Pokemon team: Drain, Growlithe, lvl 5 male
Word Count: 37 pre, 131 battle
Experience gained: 131
EXP needed for level up: 50x5 = 250 - 131 = 119
Total EXP: 131
Levels Gained: None

[Sunny Fallon]

Smoochum had been rather cocky and overconfident until now. She hadn't expected the Growlithe to launch his own assault. She was startled by his growl, falling backwards onto her bum on the ground. Her lick attack had failed her, pink tongue had disappeared back into her mouth.

Sunny flustered from the side lines, trying to think of some way they could overcome the Growlithe's bite attack. "Try and use Pound!" the trainer shouted at the baby jynx. Unfortunately Smoochum had been a bit slow in recovering. Stumbling as she tried to get up from the aftermath of the growl, she couldn't find the time to avoid the bite. Drain's fangs had managed to lock onto her arm. <Eeeeeeeeee! Get off me!> With a high pitched squeel, she shook violently, trying to get him off. She quickly brought round her free arm, moving to punch Drain with her pound attack. Despite mustering all the strength she physically could, the attack, if it did hit, wouldn't cause enough damage to seriously hurt him on account of her tiny stubby arms.

"Do your best, Smoochum!" Sunny encouraged, trying to support the little pokemon who seemed to be faring worse than the fire type in this battle so far.

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Status: Finished. I couldn't think of much to do, sorry!
Pokemon team: □ □
Word count: 205
Experience gained: 205
Experience needed for next level: 250/250 = Level up!
112/300 = 188 remaining.
Total EXP: 362
Levels Gained: 1 Level - increase to level 6. No moves learned.

[kisara]

Kisara bit her lip, watching intently as the battle went on. Drain's teeth had caught the Smoochum, but she had come around to hit the growlithe in the face, and it had landed, square on his nose.

"He-ow!"

Drain let go, jumping away from the Smoochum, and drawing his nose back, his tongue sliding out of his mouth to lick the injured part of his body. He crouched back down, his tongue going back inside his mouth, and he watched the pink baby Pokemon, his ears twitching back and forth.

The Smoochum was doing pretty good, but Drain was starting to feel like he had the upper hand...er, paw. He allowed his tail to start to swish as he watched the little Pokemon, feeling a little more confident in his own battle tactics.

"Alright...Drain, try to come in from behind Smoochum with another bite if you can."

Drain only knew two moves, and Bite was the only one that, if used successfully, wouldn't make Smoochum flee from battle.

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Status: Finished, and kind of blah.
Pokemon team: Drain
Word Count: 173
Experience gained: 173
Experience needed for next level: 250/250 = Level up!
54/300
Total Exp: 304
Levels gained: 1 Level - now level 6. Learned Ember.

[Sunny Fallon]

Smoochum's punch landed square on this nose, sending the growlithe fleeing back. Thank goodness for that. The pain traveled like a slow burn up her arm from where his teeth latched on. She continued to wave her arm wildly, hoping the air would cool the sensation. Anger flared in her eyes, glaring daggers at the dog. <You're going to pay for that!> she screeched.

"Calm down Smoochum, just do your best. Go for another lick attack! called Sunny from the sidelines. Her Smoochum was too fired up for the battle and had lost all sense of tact after the Growlithe had bit her. If she didn't calm down, she was going to attack him in a blind fury and rage and lose; possibly seriously hurt herself in the process. It was clear that the Smoochum was losing the battle here, Drain confidently gaining the upper hand with his more powerful move set. The only chance she honestly have of winning this if she successfully licked him and managed to paralyze him but even then that was a long shot; paralysis was only a thirty percent chance with lick. After this battle, she was definitely going to have to invest in some TMs as there would be little chance of Smoochum being able to win anything without some better attacks.

<Aaaiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!!>. Smoochum screeched a battle cry and ran at Drain, arms outstretched and tongue hanging from her mouth, ready to meet his attack head on.

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Status: Complete. I'm pretty happy to lose this, so you can go on and win in the next turn or two ^^
Pokemon team: □ □
Word count: 244
Experience gained: 244
Experience needed for next level: 300/300 = Level Up!
56/350. 294 remaining.
Total EXP: 606
Levels Gained: 1 Level - increase to level 7. No moves learned.

[kisara]

Kisara watched as the Smoochum went racing towards Drain. The canine didn't dodge the attack this time, rolling backwards with it, and baring his teeth as he tried to scramble to his paws. Once up, he felt a surge of heat rush up his throat, and he opened his mouth, spouting weak embers at Smoochum.

"Alright Drain! Use Ember on Smoochum!"

His first weak flames hadn't so much as touched the Pokemon opposite him, since he had jumped up away from her, trying to keep his paws beneath him. It had been a wet, tickling sensation when the Pokemon's tongue had touched his shoulder, licking up it. He shuddered slightly as he lowered himself, ears back against his head.

"Alright, let's heat this battle up!"

Drain, body in a half crouch, lunged forwards, baring his teeth as he let the fire build up inside of him, and then spouted it at the other Pokemon, hoping to hit her with all of his might, but, this being a new move, he wasn't sure if he had hit her.

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Status: Finished. Fire vs. Ice and Physic....I forget what that amounts to. And I'll let you decide when the battle ends. ^^
Team: Drain, level 6 male Growltihe
Word count: 182
Experience gained: 182
EXP to level up: 236/300, 64 remaining
Total EXP: 486
Levels Gained: None

[Sunny Fallon]

Sunny had been surprised that the growlithe hadn't made an attempt to dodge the attack. It had shocked Smoochum too, who hadn't been prepared for the full impact of the significantly larger hound. Her tongue had impacted successfully and she continued to slurp, pulling it up to his shoulder before letting go and tumbling back with the Growlithe. Saliva flew everywhere as she spat, trying to get the growlithe fur out of her mouth. Gross!

It was then she caught sight of the bursts of flame. Small at first but they slowly grew in size and power as Drain came to grips with his new attack and how to use it. "Smoochum, come back, there's no point in hurting yourself anymore! Sunny shouted, trying to coax the little pink creature back. She was an ice type, a fire type move would more than likely wipe her out, especially considering the fragile state she was already in.

Smoochum on the other hand, had refused to give up. Wobbling to her feet, she peered at the Growlithe. As he charged, she charged, running at him as fast as her little legs could carry her, throwing herself through the flames, hoping to land one last punch, however weak and feeble it was, on Drain.

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Status: Complete. I'll make her faint in the next one. She ain't gonna last much longer, poor thing.
Pokemon team: □ □
Word count: 211
Experience gained: 211
Experience needed for next level: 267/350 - 83 remaining.
Total EXP: 817
Levels Gained: None

[kisara]

A flash of sparks and a little pinch on his face. Drain drew his nose back and spat a few last sparks from his attack onto the ground, panting slightly as he looked back at the Smoochum. Those punches hurt!

Though the attacks of the other Pokemon hadn't done much significant damage, his last attack on her had. He remained in his battle stance, teeth bared, ready to use bite if Kisara called it. It seemed like she wouldn't though, because she was on her toes, looking at the other Pokemon with concern in her eyes.

Drain pulled his body up from the crouch, and then took a few steps forwards, tail swinging back and forth slowly as he approached Smoochum, tongue panting from his mouth.

"So that's what a battle's like..."

He looked up at Kisara, waiting on her to give any other commands, but her attention was totally off of him at that moment.

"I'm so sorry! I forgot how effective fire was against an ice type!"

Kisara had her hands over her mouth, her eyes wide to the point of looking almost comical. Drain snorted softly and sat down, watching the other Pokemon, no longer concerned about her landing an attack on him. The match was as good as over, the other Pokemon more than likely down for the count now.

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Status: Finished. Poor Smoochum! I didn't know what to do with Growlithe, I didn't want him to keep attacking the poor thing.
Pokemon team: Drain
Word count: 229
EXP gained: 229
EXP till level up: 300/300-level up! 165/300
Total EXP: 775
Levels Gained: 1 level-increase to level 7. No moves learned.

[Sunny Fallon]

Despite her attack landing dead on, there was nothing left for the Smoochum to do. There was no way she could win and the flames engulfed her body. As the embers cleared, Smoochum was out for the count. Her little body remained still on the ground where she had landed from the attack, crossed eye and completely unconscious.

Sunny rushed over from where she stood, scooping up the Smoochum in her arms, hugging her tight. "Don't worry Smoochum, we'll get you back to normal soon!" she reassured her, stroking her yellow hair gently before turning back to Kisara. "Wow, you are really strong!". The power of the growlithe was immense, even at such a young age. The pair of them were definitely going to go far. "Don't worry about it, you did really good, you deserved to win. Smoochum'll fine after a little rest"

Rumaging around in her bag with her free hand, she pulled out a card and a pen, sprawling the number of her mobile phone on the bag before handing it to Kisara. "Here's my number. Keep in touch, we should definately meet up and have a rematch when they are stronger!. For the next time they met, she would make sure her Smoochum and Spinda were stronger, maybe even have some more pokemon. Since Kisara would soon be on her way, she'd take the opportunity to get some training in for Spinda too.

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Status: Finished. Kinda lame, sorry. Great battle ^^
Pokemon team: □ □
Word count: 237
Experience gained: 237
Experience needed for next level: 350/350 - Level up!
154/400 - 246 remaining.
Total EXP: 1054
Levels Gained: 1 level gained. Increase to level 8. Smoochum learned Sweet Kiss!