[center] [h3][color=ec008c]~Cerise Fontaine [/color]& [color=662d91]Abigail Blanchett~[/color][/h3] [color=ec008c]"V-very well, then. Let us begin, then."[/color] Cerise replied, as she stood a few yards across from Abigail. Well, Abigail had to give her friend credit for being enthusiastic. [color=662d91]"Woah, wait a minute, Cerise."[/color] Abigail said to her. [color=662d91]"Do you even know what moves Natu knows?"[/color] She asked, giving Cerise a slight smirk. The redhead fidgeted slightly - the answer was probably obvious. Cerise had never spent any time with pokemon at all, let alone any amount of time studying them. Abigail gave Cerise a smug, confident smirk. She on the other hand, had studied all of them ever since she had gotten into trainer school. [color=662d91]"At the level its at, the moves it knows are simply Leer and Peck."[/color] She said, sitting Tyrian down in front of her. [color=662d91]"And that's not accounting for Egg moves and other things, such as TMs and things like that. However, I doubt we are going to have to worry about TMs. If he does know an Egg move, then that will be up for you to know that."[/color] This was...a lot of information to take in, here. Did...Abigail memorize all the pokemon moves in trainer school? Cerise couldn't believe how anyone could keep up with such a number of information. She herself was having trouble understanding what these 'Egg moves' Were even, or what TMs were. She gathered they were extra moves or something pokemon could learn, but how would she even know how to use them, or make a pokemon learn them. [color=662d91]"Now, Tyrian here is at the same level as Natu. Similarly, he knows Leer and Peck as well."[/color] She smiled, placing her hands on her hips with her usual confidence. [color=662d91]"That means we're fairly evenly matched here. However,"[/color] she said, giving Cerise a small smile. [color=662d91]"That doesn't mean this battle will be a difficult one. During a battle, you also have to take your opponents experience and also their pokemon into account."[/color] This was becoming a lot more than Cerise had bargained for. [color=662d91]"Between you and me, just from our experiences alone, you have no chance in this battle." [/color] Well, she'd like to say she would never stand a chance against Abigail. [color=662d91]"However, that said - You do have a few advantages here."[/color] Abigail continued. Just how much information did she need to know for a simple fight? Really, it wasn't like she was ever going to...become a star trainer or something. [color=662d91]"For one...Natu is a Psychic type, and Tyrian is a Poison type. Psychic type moves have a great advantage over poison types. Secondly, Natu is a surprisingly fairly decent pokemon. It out classes Nidoran in quite a few areas. Especially in regards to speed - Natu can fly circles around Nidoran before he even is able to do anything."[/color] Okay...did that mean she was going to have to rely on that runt of a Natu's speed to win? [color=662d91]"Keep in mind though, Nidorans are tough little guys. Tyrian's a strong little guy - a few hits from him and that Natu is going down." [/color] [color=ec008c]"O-okay..."[/color] Cerise said, still a bit unsure. That was a lot of information to take in at once. [color=ec008c]"Ah...is that it?"[/color] [color=662d91]"I think its enough to get you started."[/color] She replied with a confident, smug, grin. [color=662d91]"Its not really going to help you a whole lot, but who knows. You might actually surprise me. You ready to lose, then?"[/color] [color=ec008c]"I...suppose I am ready, yes."[/color] Cerise said. [h2][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukWJHsu8q1I][color=662d91]~Pokemon Trainer Abigail V[/color][color=ec008c]s Pokemon Trainer Cerise!~[/color][/url][/h2] (yes, that's a link. Clicky Click) [h3]~Nidoran Vs Natu!~[/h3] [color=662d91]"Heh, don't think I'm gonna go easy on ya just because we're friends."[/color] Abigail said, before pointing at Natu. [color=662d91]"Alright! Hit 'em with a Leer, Tyrian!"[/color] With a gleeful cry, Tyrian obeyed. His eyes lit up with a red glow as he gave Natu a harsh, definitely unsettling glare. However...it didn't seem to have the intended effect that Abigail had thought it would. Instead of lowering Natu's effect like she thought it would...Natu seemed entirely unaffected. Instead, Tyrian gave a little startled growl...instead of having Natu's defenses lowered, it seemed like his instead, had been lowered. [color=662d91]"M-magic bounce? Seriously?"[/color] She muttered to herself. It seems Cerise's little 'Runt' as she called him, was in fact probably not a runt at all. In fact, the chances of a Natu having Magic Bounce as an ability were extremely low. If she had to hazard a guess, it was an extremely well bred pokemon. Chances were it actually knew an Egg move. That wasn't important at the moment, though...since she couldn't lower Natu's defense, this battle just became a bit more up-hill than she thought it was going to be. It seemed like Cerise was clueless about this, though, which worked somewhat in her favor. [color=ec008c]"Ah...my turn, then? Uhm...Natu, Peck!"[/color] Natu happily obeyed, knowing exactly what had just happened. Flapping his wings, he took off, speeding towards Tyrian, his beak aimed to hit the Nidoran right where it hurt. [color=662d91]"Alright, Tyrian! Dodge to the left, and hit it with a peck!"[/color] Tyrian obeyed, dodging swiftly to the left right before Natu hit. The bird may be faster than they were, and had the advantage when it came to evasion, but its trainer was unskilled in the worst way possible. As long as she had Tyrian time things right, she could hit him even if he was faster. Obeying Abigails command, Tyrian followed the dodge up with a swift peck right to the little birds round body. With a squawk, Natu was sent crashing to the ground, rolling to a stop close to Abigails feet. Tyrian pawed the ground impatiently, giving the Natu a rather challenging smirk of his own. It seemed that despite his somewhat...curious, nature, he liked battling just as much as any other pokemon. [color=ec008c]"Ooh...uhm, hit him with a...what was that move? Leer?"[/color] Cerise looked like she was having trouble recalling the information Abigail had given her before the battle started. Abigail sighed. Really, she was terrible at this, but if she was gonna tag along whether she wanted her too or not, she had to learn quite fast, this wasn't going to go as well as she wanted. She wasn't going to let up, not a single second. [color=662d91]"Hit him with another peck, Tyrian!"[/color] She instructed, Tyrian charged right at Natu, his sharp horn aimed right for another hit on the small bird. However, it seemed the bird knew what it was doing better than Cerise did. Without waiting for instruction from Cerise, it jumped in the air, giving up on the Leer. Getting quite a bit of distance between him and Tyrian, Tyrian slowed to a halt, just as his Peck attack missed, and Natu countered with its own. Tsk, this uppity bird knew how to battle somewhat. Well, so did she and she saw that attack coming from a mile away. [color=662d91]"Roll out of the way, Tyrian, and hit it with your own!"[/color] She confidently commanded. Tyrian barely was able to avoid the assault from the Natu, but it did. Rolling to the right, Natu slammed into the ground. Not wasting his momentum, Nidoran immediately grabbed the ground, stopping his roll and using his momentum, sending his horn slamming back into the bird. The little guy was sent rolling towards Cerise's feet, this time. With a small chirp of annoyance, it stood up, shaking the dirt out of its feathers. Hah, that little guy was though. She had to give Cerise credit...that Natu definitely was a well-bred. Whatever the case, though, Natu could only take a few more hits at this rate, and Tyrian hadn't even been hit once. Cerise, was in kind of a tight spot here, and she knew it. She knew she probably wouldn't win, but she figured she'd at least get a single hit in. She was getting kind of jealous of Tyrians and Abigails teamwork, to be honest. She hoped she'd be able to work that well with her soon. [color=662d91]"What's the matter, Cerise?"[/color] Abigail smirked, as the battle came to a momentary stand still. [color=662d91]"Thinking about giving up? That's probably the smartest move, you know."[/color] No, she wouldn't give up! Giving up would be...well, it would definitely not make Abigail like her more. She narrowed her eyes, trying to think up a strategy to win this, but she couldn't. Unlike Abigail, she had no idea how to even start thinking about winning. But well, she had to do something right? Leer...didn't that lower a pokemons defense? She vaguely remembered Abigail saying something about that. If she could lower Tyrians defense, and just give him a good hit once, then she could...possibly win, right? Not that she was actually going to do that. The winning thing. She just wanted Abigail to know she at least was somewhat good... [color=ec008c]"Very...well, then."[/color] She sighed. [color=ec008c]"Natu, focus on lowering Tyrians defense!"[/color] With a chirp, Natu obeyed, eyes lighting up red as he gave Tyrian a well-deserved glare. [color=662d91]"Trying to lower his defense more?..."[/color] Abigail grumbled. Well, the easiest solution here was to go on an all-out offensive before she got the chance too. [color=662d91]"Alright Tyrian, hit him with another Peck, you got this!"[/color] Tyrian charged forward, speeding towards the Natu as fast as he could. [color=ec008c]"D-dodge it, Natu!"[/color] Too late. In the middle of his glare, Tyrian slammed into Natu again, hitting the bird right between his eyes. Natu stumbled backwards, attempting to right itself with its wings, flapping them somewhat frantically to try and right itself and get some air between it and the Nidoran. [color=662d91]"Don't give it time to recover, Tyrian! End it already!"[/color] With an eager growl, the Nidoran ran right after the Natu. [color=ec008c]"Ah, uhm...uh, hit him with another Peck!"[/color] Well, She knew this was probably going to end badly. Natu looked to be in pretty rough shape, but he was still as eager as ever. Finally righting itself, Natu bounced off the ground, flying into the air. It seemed like he was gonna try and dive-bomb Tyrian again, but Abigail wasn't having any of it. [color=662d91]"Alright, Tyrian! You got this! Clip that little birdies wings!"[/color] With an aggressive growl, Tyrian kept his eyes on Natu...just as the bird was about to hit him, he jumped, launching himself a few feet into the air. Natu flapped his wings, trying to halt his descent, going to fast to suddenly change his trajectory. Tyrian spun, aiming his horn for one last attack on Natu. It hit, sending the little Natu to the ground, with Tyrian sitting on top of the round little pokemon. Natu simply laid on the ground, completely out of it. Tyrian bounced off of Natu, giving the unconscious bird a little poke. Cerise simply sighed, completely defeated. She hadn't even managed to land a hit on Tyrian. Honestly, that was a terrible performance on her part. To be expected, she supposed. After all, her opponent was Abigail - only the best trainer in Johto, of course. [color=ec008c]"Well...I suppose there is a lot I must learn if I am ever to be a good trainer..."[/color] Cerise sighed, though more out of minor disappointment. She didn't think she'd do that badly. Whatever the case, The battle had been over in a matter of minutes, with Abigail emerging as the victor in the little battle. ~[h2][color=662d91]~Pokemon Trainer Abigail V[/color][color=ec008c]s Pokemon Trainer Cerise!~[/color][/h2] [h3]~Nidoran Vs Natu!~[/h3] Winner: Abigail and Nidoran! [s](Flawless Victory!)[/s] Abigail gave a small sigh. She figured Cerise would be pretty bad - but honestly, she didn't do too horribly in her opinion. For someone with zero experience, she did fairly...decent. Though, it was more on that Natu's part then anything. That little guy...well, that guy was certainly a good pokemon. If Cerise learned how to fully use that Natu, she'd probably be a pretty good trainer. She placed a hand on her chin, thinking a bit about what she should do. She didn't really want to tutor Cerise - she had better things to do, but she supposed she could give her a few more tips later. It'd be up to her to do her own homework, though. She wasn't going to hold her hand. [i]"Niiiiido!~"[/i] A small cry and something rubbing her leg brought her out of her thoughts. Tyrian was at her feet, looking up at her with a bright, pleased smile. She chuckled at bit at that, but started walking over to Natu with Tyrian following right in her footsteps. Cerise was standing next to Natu who was still recovering. The redhead looked a bit unsure as to what exactly she should be doing, earning a small sigh and annoyed look from Abigail. Really? Did she really not know what to do once she lost? ...wasn't that hard to believe, really. Cerise wasn't exactly used to losing things. [color=ec008c]"Ah...uhm...Abigail."[/color] She said, looking a bit upset. [color=ec008c]"How...uh, how did I uhm, perform?"[/color] It was rare to see her hesitating like this, especially if it was just the two of them. ...it was kind of cute, really. [color=662d91]"Honestly? You're terrible."[/color] She replied, earning a small sigh and a frown from Cerise. [color=662d91]"But...well, you're not entirely hopeless. That Natu of yours is pretty good. Someone went through a lot of trouble breeding that guy. If it was against someone else other than me, you could have very well won."[/color] At this Cerise seemed to perk up a bit. Did...did Abigail just praise her? She said she wasn't entirely hopeless, at least! A small, happy smile formed on her face at the praise. [color=ec008c]"Well, I can't possibly be as good as you will ever be!"[/color] Cerise replied. [color=ec008c]"I mean-"[/color] Abigail didn't let her finish. Instead, she gave her a small whack on the head, making Cerise give an almost too adorable sounding noise. [color=662d91]"Don't get ahead of yourself, Cerise. I said you're terrible and I meant it."[/color] She replied again. Natu seemed to have recovered somewhat, and had picked itself up off of the ground. [color=662d91]"You've got a lot to learn if you want to be good. I can teach you the basics, but the rest is gonna be up to you."[/color] Abigail was going to teach her personally, then? Ehe~ She liked the thought of that a bit too much. "[color=662d91]Lets go back for now though...I'm hungry, and Natu there needs to recover."[/color] Abigail said, scooping up Tyrian. [color=ec008c]"Ah, of course. I'm getting a bit hungry as well. Dining sounds wonderful right now. But uhm, Abby dear, how exactly does someone...dine out here in the wilderness?"[/color] This earned a look of disbelief from Abigail. Cerise was really, really, out of her element here... [h3][color=ec008c]~Cerise Fontaine~[/color][/h3] Despite the joy she got out of the fact that Abigail was going to be teaching her, Cerise was rather miffed right now. Really. Really! [i]cook[/i] her [i]own[/i] food over some sort of campfire or something like some sort of barbarian!? Bah! She had people do that for her! She supposed she could have convinced Abigail to do it for her, but Abigails cooking left a lot to be desired. For the amount of food her friend consumed daily, you'd think she'd be able to cook somewhat decently, but that wasn't true in the least. She had no illusions that she was completely out of her element here, and she supposed getting five star service out in the middle of nowhere was a bit of a far-fetched idea to begin with...but really. It still kind of annoyed her. Not to mention she'd probably be eating commoner food, of all things! The very thought caused her to shiver slightly out of both fear and disgust. She supposed they couldn't be that bad if Abigail was eating them, but Abby wasn't...well, she'd probably eat anything. She could have put more thought into this whole thing, but well, she couldn't do anything now... She sighed, Natu was perched on her shoulder. Her true feelings didn't show on her face, though. She was wearing a mask more suited towards someone who was a bit melancholic. Natu though, looked a bit miffed that it had just royally lost that battle earlier. Its feathers were quite ruffled, and it was busy cleaning the dirt out of them. They must have been quite a sight, it was rather obvious she had just lost a battle. It probably already wanted a rematch. Well, there would be time for that later. She spotted Yuu next to some girl with a cyndaquil. It also seemed like Yuu had been busy while her and Abigail had a battle. He had caught some impossibly ugly looking pebble. Hm...backwater looking pokemon for a back-water region, she supposed. Well...now would be a good time to get acquainted with this girl, at least. [color=8493ca]"Before anything else happens, my name is Yuu Nozomu... mind if I have the pleasure of knowing yours?"[/color] It seemed like they were introducing themselves. Hmm...now would be a good time to introduce herself, as well. [color=ec008c]"I am Cerise Fontaine,"[/color] She interjected, walking up to the both of them. "[color=ec008c]Though I do believe we've already been introduced due to...ah, my friends recent rather...uncouth display in the lab."[/color] Natu was too busy cleaning the dirt out of his feathers to do anything. [color=ec008c]"And this is Natu - ignore him if he seems a bit grumpy - I do believe he is just a sore loser."[/color] She gave a small smile towards Sophie. [color=ec008c]"Ah...is the seat next to you taken? Abby seemed to want to get the fire started, and I could some company at the moment after that thorough trouncing she gave us."[/color] [h3][color=662d91]~Abigail Blanchett~[/color][/h3] After the battle, Abigail made her way back to her tent. Cerise had seemed to wander off somewhere afterwards - most likely to try and be friendly with the others. It seemed Yuu was going about making a fire for everyone. That was good, then. Apparently he also caught a Geodude somewhere during her and Cerise's little battle. Well, she may have mixed opinions about the guy, but a Geodude wasn't too terrible of a pokemon, unlike that squishy looking Eevee. Well, whatever, she didn't want one...she wanted an Onix. She'd have to make her way to Dark Cave before she was able to find one, though. For now though, she was busy watching Tyrian play. He seemed to like cashing things - and was currently acting the same way one might expect a cat to. Pouncing on little tufts of grass, chasing falling leaves. Really, it was kind of adorable in her opinion. Hmm...right food. She needed food. She stood up, stretching a bit as she went through her things, pulling out various kinds of food one might expect to find on a camping trip. She hadn't really brought enough to share with the others - she expected the other trainers to be smart enough to bring their own. If not, tough for them. She wasn't sharing with anyone...except maybe Cerise if she asked nicely. Well, whatever. For now she needed to start a fire. So while Yuu was talking to...Cerise and some other girl, she'd do that. Really, that guy always did everything just halfway. The heck was he doing instead of actually starting a fire or something? Did he not have anything to start it with? Well, whatever, she wasn't going to wait around for that guy. While the two of them talked, she opted to gather a few twigs and things herself and make the fire. It didn't take her long to find some good sized twigs to give the fire a start, and a few good-sized branches to throw in later to keep the fire going. They'd likely be spending the night here, so having some decent amount of fire wood was mandatory. Going off and getting some in the middle of the night was not a good idea. After that, she took out a few matches she had taken with her. If Yuu didn't have something as simple as a set of these on him, then he was a goddamn moron. Well, that was actually a given, but still. Soon, the fire was going strong. Now...how to go about cooking something? She wasn't exactly a cook. The best she could do was canned stuff and instant noodles and other junk foods. So...what should she start with? [/center]