[center][color=#d3381c][h3]~Claire Blackwood~[/h3][/color][/center]

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Ralia, Ralts
Level: 7
Status: Yeah, needs healing.

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Ritz, Ledyba
Level 5
Status: Should probably get healed.

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Lure, Combee
Level 6
Status: Minor damage.
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[hider=Inventory]
2500$
Antidote x1
pokeball x2[/hider]

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As the pokeball soared through the air, Claire held her breath as it collided with the bee pokemon. Ralia stood at the ready with a growl, in case it freed itself. Not that it'd do much to weaken a gust attack.

It shook once.

It shook twice..

It shook thrice...

The pokemon broke free! Well, okay, so she wasn't having beginners luck nor did she have a high luck stat, but who needed luck anyways? Not her, nope! Not when she was just [i]this[/i] good! She didn't waste any time. As soon as it got off another gust in the direction of Ralia, Claire tossed another pokeball at it. Ralia managed to take the blow like a pro, and while knocked off her feet looked otherwise fine, though she'd probably need to heal her after this. After battling Ritz and this Combee, she was probably feeling it. But that was besides the point.

The pokeball shook once.

Twice!

...three times...and...Combee was caught!

[color=#d3381c]"Awww yeah, that is what I am talking about!~"[/color] Claire did a little victory pose by pumping her fist into the air with Ralia joining in the celebrations as well. The Ralts along with its clones, did a quick little dance routine before disappearing, with Ralia giving a small giggle as she walked over to the pokeball.

[color=#d3381c]"Hey Foxy!~"[/color] Claire said in reply to Delphox finally. [color=#d3381c]"I caught a combee! Haha, take that ya silly bugs!~"[/color] Before the Delphox could really say anything, Claire gave the fox type a quick hug. [color=#d3381c]"Hehe, thanks for the help there! Couldn't have done it without ya, but now I gotta say hi to my new teammate."[/color] Releasing the fox without realizing she was a bit...tipsy, Claire practically leaped over to where the pokeball had fallen and picked it up. Now, what to name the little bee? She had a few names already thought of, but she'd want to meet the pokemon a bit before finally deciding on a suitable name...

[color=#d3381c]"Alright, Combee!"[/color] Claire said, releasing the bee pokemon from its pokeball. The bug type wobbled a bit as it regained its...erm, footing? Flighting? Aerial balance? It looked a bit confused about what happened, six little eyes darting around as it twirled on the spot, trying to figure out what happened.

[color=#d3381c]"Hey there little guy!"[/color] Claire said, giving her a bright smile. [color=#d3381c]"Sooo, I know you said you didn't wanna come with me and all, buuuut, heh."[/color] She thumbed the pokeball in her hands. The Combee's confused expression turned from confusion, to one of expressionless disappointment, its six little eyes staring up at Claire as a small frown formed in each of its three faces. [color=#d3381c]"Soo, how about we start over? The name's Claire and-H-hey! At least let me finish talking before you buzz off somewhere!"[/color] The combee had decided to continue on with its life, and promptly flitted away from Claire. The trainer ran after it, catching up with her rather easily and coming to a halt in front of her.

[color=#d3381c]"H-hey! Okay, I know, you're...probably a little angry."[/color]

[color=gold]"Bee bee combee."[/color] That...sounded oddly sarcastic. And antagonistic. Like the bee was calling her a pest herself. At least she would a cute pest. Ralia was off to the side, placing a hand over her mouth. She looked like she was trying not to laugh. Whatever the bee had said, it [i]probably[/i] was an insult then. Sounded like one at least. Claire narrowed her eyes at the bee. Okay, cheeky little bugger was she? Well, if that was how she wanted to play it, Claire could play ball.

[color=#d3381c]"Oho, so that's how you're gonna be, eh? Well that's cool. Totally cool, yep. Yep yep. Cool."[/color] Claire huffed, shaking her head with shrug. [color=#d3381c]"I suppose I [i]could[/i] let ya go if ya don't like me that much, buuuut...I dunno, after that battle you're looking pretty roughed up. Would be a shame if ya happened upon a beedrill or something. I [i]was[/i] even gonna give ya a potion but if you don't want it..."[/color] For a few seconds, the six eyes narrowed at Claire, seeming to challenge that claim.

Ralia seemed to have found a berry somewhere and was nibbling on it while watching, like this was first rate entertainment. She offered one to Delphox if she wanted one.

[color=gold]"Combee. Bee."[/color] That sounded accusatory, mixed with a little disbelief.

[color=#d3381c]"Oho, I would most certainly dare, little bee."[/color] By now a few of Ralia's clones had joined in the audience. To emphasize this point, Claire took out the potion from her bag and held it in front of the bee. [color=#d3381c]"Ralia got roughed up pretty bad, and I think she needs it so if you wanna buzz off, feel free too."[/color]

[color=gold]"Com...bee."[/color] The six little eyes narrowed at Claire, quickly zipping up to her eye level. [color=gold]"Bee."[/color]

[color=#d3381c]"Sooo...does that mean you'll come with me, then?~"[/color]

[color=gold]"...bee."[/color]

[color=#d3381c]"Heh, alright then!"[/color] Claire quickly applied the potion to the Combee, giving her a bright smile. [color=#d3381c]"Hehe, we got off on the wrong foot, didn't we? Lets see..."[/color] The trainer turned back to Ralts and her audience of her clones. [color=#d3381c]"Lets see...I think 'Lure' would be a good name for her. What do you think Ralia?"[/color] As she asked the Question, one of the Ralts' in the audience started pointing in the direction of the combee. Claire turned her head, only to find the bug pokemon already flying away at a fairly high speed.

[color=#d3381c]"Oi! Get back here you stupid bug!"[/color] Claire took off after the bee, but thankfully she hadn't managed to get very far before Ralia pointed out that both her potion and the Combee were getting away. Claire jumped, tackling the bug mid flight before it could get much further. Both pokemon and trainer landed on the ground with 'Lure' ending up under Claire. "Heh, you're not gonna make this easy for me, are ya?"

[color=gold]"Combee." [i]"I'm sorry you're too much of a bad trainer to catch a simple little bee."[/i][/color] That sounded extremely mocking and antagonistic.

[i][color=39b54a]"Rrrraaal."[/color][/i] Ralia and her little audience of herself held both hands over their mouths, turning their collective heads to Claire for a comeback.

[color=#d3381c]"Heh. I'm not the one who lost to this bad trainer, am I? Doesn't that make you even worse?"[/color] The Ralts' heads turned towards Lure.

In response, Combee flapped its powerful wings right at Claire's face, the gust slamming right into the trainer. It wasn't enough to hurt her, but it was enough to make her hair a complete mess. The three faces looked up at Claire with a smug smirk. Claire's hair, was now thoroughly messed up. Not that she really minded it getting a bit messy in some otherwise fin activities, but this? 

This.

Stupid.

Bug.

She had offered it friendship and fun times, and what does she get? [b][i]Sadness![/i][/b] Sadness and her fabulous hair messed up! Well fine then. The bug wanted to give her sadness, she'd give sadness in return! Claire picked up the bug type...and threw it at a tree, causing the Combee to smack into it at high speed.

[color=gold]"Bee-!"[/color] Upon hitting it, the Combee turned back around, and tackled Claire right in the face. The redhead pulled it off of her, and repeated the process of throwing it. This entire thing went on for about five minutes, with Ralia simply munching on a berry and watching, quite amused with the turn of events. After several minutes of this, both Claire and Lure wondered back over looking a bit roughed up. Claire's hair was a mess, and she was fairly sure she had honey smeared on parts of her body, especially her hair. Lure made a special point of messing up her hair. The combee, despite having a potion used on it prior to this little fight looked like it might have taken a bit of damage. A few dirt marks covered her body, and she looked a bit unsteady on her feet.

[color=#d3381c]"Don't. Say. Anything."[/color] Claire looked over at Ralia, whose little audience of Ralts was doing their best not to laugh. Lure wore an expression that seemed to say 'I am so over this bullshit' and pressed the button on its pokeball, decided to be done with this. Claire looked back over at Delphox. There was still one more pokemon she wanted to get here, but she wasn't sure whether she should pursue it or not. With Ralia injured as she was, and with Ritz still being roughed up from his fight and with Lure being...well. No way in hell was she gonna use that thing unless she had too.

[color=#d3381c]"So uh, you wouldn't have happened to KO all the Weedles, would ya?"[/color] She asked the Delphox, taking a look around the place. It seemed like most of the high level pokemon had been completely taken care of or had fled.