A new begining [D]

[Blazey]

Sarara walked out of her home and turned round to say goodbye to her parents. "Bye guys i'll do ya proud." She said as she hugged them both in turn. She took one final look at her parents before turning round and putting her hood up quickly. She looked over to where the lab was and began to walk over there. "*sigh* So the day is finally here........" She said to herself as she got to the lab door. She didn't want to be rude to the professor so she decided to knock on the door incase they had gone out. "Hello? Professor? It's me Sarara!" Sarara said as she knocked on the door but raised her voice a bit to make sure they heard her if they were there. Please be here...... Sarara though as she waited for a reply or the door to open.

[Rane]

((Hey Blaze, just fyi you aren't required to roleplay getting your pokemon from elm since you've already claimed a pokemon but i'll just spin something in along it -something familiar heehee))

"ARRGGGGHHHHH"came a loud scream inside the lab. Suddenly, one of the double glass doors exploded, a lab chair that had been suddenly kicked out bursting through. Thank Arceus it wasn't the door Sarara had been waiting behind, but it sure was a close call. Inside, the lab was a huge mess, a table overturned, equipment shattered on the floor, papers flying about.

The famous Professor of the Johto Region was certainly present in this mess of a lab, but he was in a sticky situation.

"Get awaaaayyyyy"he cried, glasses askewed on his face as he knocked aside another lab chair out of his way, causing the stack of papers atop to tumble to the floor. A snarl and something purple was right behind him, darting at him and snapping at his heel. It seemed this chase was getting to the end as Elm found himself trapped in the corner, no where else to run as the Rattata drew nearer, baring its fangs and growling angrily. Elm looked like he was near tears, when he looked up and Sarara standing at the doorway.

"HELP MEEE!"he cried out in desperation.

At the foot of the doorway, and single Pokeball that had been knocked off a table had rolled to Sarara, resting at her foot. Will Sarara pick it up and help Professor Elm? One can only hope there was a Pokemon inside.

A Rattata (Lvl 3) is attacking Professor Elm! Choose your Pokemon to save him!

[Blazey]

Sarara was surprised at the door by her exploding and she soon showed it as she put her left hand by where her heart would be and sighed. She watched as what looked like a ratata ran about the lab which cased a single pokeball to roll towards her. She heard Professor Elm asking for help and looked at the pokeball. She then picked it up and nodded to herself. "OK lets go!" Sarara shouted as she threw the pokeball at the ratata. A pokemon appread and Sarara's face changed to a smile as she sure what pokemon it was. "Nice a fire type.." She said trying to keep her excitedness down. She remebred to say an attack and decided to go for the move she knew it would have. "OK charmander! Use Scratch!" SHe said to the Charmander to hopfully attack the pokemon and help Elm.

(OOC: oh ok sorry. i remembered reading something about rping you getting your starter so.....but i'm fine with this XD )

[Tyger]

The sound of the Pokeball opening, and the bright flash as Charmander stepped forward, seemed to grab the Wild Rattata's attention, pulling the purple rat from the professor and instead fixating it's attention on the orange lizard. Elm remained on the table he ended up on, ready to kick feebly at the Rattata until it turned to the battle. "Yes! Yes, a Charmander, thank goodness!" Any Pokemon would have made him feel better about the situation, but knowing something with a little bit of bark to their bite was enough to make the professor relax. "Thank you for your quick thinking! We'll talk after you take care of, uh, this..." He murmured, glaring over at the wild Rattata.

Gnashing it's teeth, Rattata pawed at the ground in front of it angrily. It was in the middle of something important! How dare this person and lizard interrupt it? Hissing angrily, Rattata prepared it's Tackle on the Charmander. However, having been released by this strange person didn't seem to phase the lizard. It merely glanced back at Sarara before brandishing it's powerful claws and glowering over at the Rattata. Perhaps the lab Pokemon were bred to be given away, and it wasn't phased? Or maybe it just understood the importance of the battle? Either way, Charmander was ready for Rattata. As the purple brute charged forward, Charmander sidestepped, raking it's reptilian claws across the belly of the rat. It let out a painful squeak, and crumpled to the floor in an unceremonious heap.

"Perfect! Offensive moves like Scratch will deal damage, whereas something like Growl or Leer will startle Pokemon and lower their abilities! Going for the offense with such an angry, offensive opponent is probably the best move. Like an angry Tauros, it only has one thing on it's mind at this point, and won't be very tactical." Elm analysed from the table. Rattata pulled itself back up off the ground and chittered it's teeth angrily before jumping forward again, this time ramming into the lizard. Both fell to the tile floor in a messy heap, but this time Charmander was injured. Rattata skirted off to the side to avoid retaliation, and Charmander stood to look at Sarara for instruction.

Wild Rattata - Level |3|

Health: 9/15

Current Status: *gnashes teeth*
Successful Attack!

Elm's Charmander - Level |5|

Health: 16/20

Current Status: Interesting day so far, indeed...
Successful Scratch!

[Blazey]

  

Note: the poke at top will be whatever poke that I am currenty using.

Flare used Scratch!

@tags

Sarara watched as the charmander attacked the ratata and sadly got attacked back. She listerned to what Elm had said and simply nodded before speeking to Elm. "Well it looks ike this ratata is one of those Pokemon that isn't here to mess about in this battle." She said befroe she looked at the charmander that was now looking at her. "Ok then charmander use Scratch again!" She said pointing to the ratata again and wanting to beat this ratata that some how and for some reason was in the lab. Charmander then went to hit the ratata once again hoping to get a hit.

trust the flames

GRAYE'S MARINADES

[Tyger]

Elm studied Sarara with curious eyes behind wide spectacles. She handled herself well, with a basic understanding of how the battles worked. Had the Rattata not surprised him by sneaking into his lab, perhaps he wouldn't have been able to see her in action? He gave away Pokemon daily, and yet... He never saw how they handled themselves when the going got tough. It was interesting. The way she held herself, and the way she watched Charmander... it was almost as though she were feeling empathy for the Pokemon. Both Pokemon in battle, even. That type of empathy and understanding was usually found in experienced trainers. Granted, this was merely speculation, and his heart was still racing, so it could just be adrenaline...

Charmander wiped some of the dust from the floor off of it's body and rubbed a tender spot. Sliding on tile floor with scales wasn't fun. Charmander's skin was rubbed raw, but Rattata didn't have to worry about that with it's short fur. "That's a very smart conclusion. Yes, I don't think this Rattata is playing games. Something has made it very angry and i'm not entirely sure what provoked it. My door was open, but that was it. Maybe..." He trailed off. His idea was silly, and would be a mere distraction for the girl and Charmander. What if the Rattata was angry that Elm was giving away Pokemon? It would make sense, these Pokemon on the route got trounced by new trainers... it made sense. But, it was probably adrenaline.

Charmander brandished it's claws and rushed forward, slicing upward at the Rattata. Catching it on the chin, Charmander effectively flipped the Pokemon with the force of it's attack, knocking it on it's back. However, it didn't spend much time there. Almost in a frenzy, Rattata's claws scrabbled on the tile for a few moments before it finally gained hold and tackled into the fiery lizard. "Raaa!" It hissed, ruffling it's tail angrily, in an attempt to make it look larger than it was. "Oh, that made it mad. I think this might be the last round though. How is Charmander holding up, what do you think?" He wanted to pick her brain and see how she felt the situation was playing out.

Wild Rattata - Level |3|

Health: 3/15

Current Status: *gnashing teeth intensifies*
Successful Tackle!

Elm's Charmander - Level |5|

Health: 12/20

Current Status: You done yet?
Successful Scratch!

[Blazey]

  

Flare used Scratch!

@tags

Sarara watched as the ratata attacked chrmander again but charmander managed to hit it again. The ratata seemed to be getting weaker as it breathing more quickly. Sarara then heard but elm said and looked at  both Charmander and ratata again. She then began to speak as her thought ran though the mind. "Well..... i agree with teh last round professor cause ratata seems to be damaged a good amount. Charmander on the other hand has taken some damage but i can tell that he is still ready to go and able to out his all into the battle." She said looking at elm before looking back at charmander to annonce the last attack. She nodded at the charmander and then said "Ok charmander lets finish this! Use Scratch one more time!" Charmander then looked at the ratata and went for the final blow.

trust the flames

GRAYE'S MARINADES

[Tyger]

Rattata knew there wouldn't be much of a fight after this. It's sides were in pain and it's chest was heaving with the quick and heavy breaths it was taking. One more hit and it'd probably be finished. Charmander was too fast, and too strong. These lab-fresh Pokemon were a notch above anything this route had to offer, and it was rather unfortunate. However, Rattata wouldn't back down without one more fight. Chattering it's teeth and ruffling it's fur as best it could, it began to charge at Charmander. The lizard anticipated the attack and scratched with sharp claws, beating out the last bit of energy that Rattata had to battle. With a screech, Rattata stumbled over it's own paws and crashed to the ground, sliding a few feet. It was knocked out before it hit the ground.

Wild Rattata - Level |3|

Health: 0/15

Current Status: *no gnashes of teeth*
No Attack!

Elm's Charmander - Level |5|

Health: 12/20

Current Status: Victory!
Successful Scratch!

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Elm's Charmander got a good bit of exercise, and gained +2 levels!
Charmander is now Level 7!
Charmander learned Ember!


Rattata is knocked out, but can be captured! 
If you wish to take Rattata, please fill out the form below.


[img]http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b3/Spr_4h_019_m.png[/img]
[b]Rattata[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 3
Attacks: Tackle, Tail Whip
Ability: Run Away or Guts
Nature/Personality: [choose]


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Professor Elm fixed his glasses back onto the bridge of his nose and climbed down from the table, hands up in a gesture of celebration. "That was fantastic! Congratulations, you won the battle!" Elm smiled, stepping forward to pat Charmander on the head. The lizard smiled and it's tail glew brightly. Elm tried to remember what the girl had said when she stepped up towards the door, and eventually he remembered. "Sarara, right? Yes, I believe that was it. I do believe you came here for a Pokemon, did you not?" Elm turned around to face the mess of a lab he'd have to clean up now, snapped, and turned to face her once more.

"Say! Why don't you take this Charmander? You've already battled with it, and it does seem to like you. I think it'd be a good partner for you, and I know these things." Elm winked, glancing at the pair together. However, there was one more Pokemon left in the room. "This Rattata... I believe it might've been angry with me. I give away these Pokemon to new trainers, and the Pokemon of this route suffer for it in these battles. I can set it free and make sure it's comfortable until then, but since you did win the battle, you're more than welcome to catch the little critter if you want to take it along with you." Elm offered, pointing to a travel bag packed at the corner of the room. "There are pokeballs in there, should you choose. It's yours, by the way. Your parents even packed it." Elm chuckled.

"Should you decide to take the Charmander, would you like to give it a nickname?"

[Blazey]

  

Largest post ever for me yay XD

No battle in motion.

@tags

Sarara smiled as she won the battle with the professor's pokemon. She was then shocked when he said about her having the Charmander. She smiled even more then but looked at the ratata thinking as Elm said about catching it. She wasn't too sure but she finally made up her made on both the ratata and about haivng charmander. "I think i will have charmander." Sarara said befre kneling down to the charmander before speaking again. "How about the name Flare? You like that?" Sarara asked the charmander not wanting to give it a name it didn't like. The charmander punched he air as the flame on it's tail grew larger for a second before returning to normal.

Sarara then giggled before sating back up and looking at the Ratata. "And about the ratata.......  i think i have it too. After all it did put up quite a fight." Sarara finished off before grabbing the travel bag and getting a pokeball out. "OK go Pokeball!" She said as she threw a pokeball at the ratata. it hit the ratata and make it go inside before it closed and started to rock from side to side. After a while it stopped and signaled that ratata was caught. Sarara smiled and picked up the pokeball  before looking at Elm. "I think ill call this one Marchal for it's fighting spirit. Oh and thanks for everything Elm" She said beofr enooding at Elm and turning for the door. "Well..... i guess i will see you if you need any help with pokemon like that again you know who to call" Sarara said giggling a bit before reaching the door.

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Rattata
Name: Marchal
Gender: Male
Level: 3
Attacks: Tackle, Tail Whip
Ability: Guts
Nature/Personality: Determined pokemon that is quite stubbon in battles.

trust the flames

GRAYE'S MARINADES

[Morrigan]

Smiling, Professor Elm nodded his head a few times at Sarara's words. She was certainly an energetic trainer, just the type he liked to see. Knowing that Charmander would be safe under her care, he followed her to the entrance of the Lab, "Yes, yes. I will keep that in mind. I wouldn't want to become a victim of another Rattata attack!" Laughing to himself, looking back the situation was rather embarrassing. Still, he would get over it. As they reached the exit, Elm nodded his head once more and was about to give Sarara his farewells, when something caught his attention from the corner of his eye. Hearing loud, rowdy chatter, it seemed that a group of young school boys were approaching the lab. "Yeah! But then I DESTROYED that new trainer! Like, they don't even know what hit 'em, my Rattata was so fast!" "Sure, sure, Joey. I'm sure you sent 'em packing back to their home region. Like that last new trainer you faced. No one saw it though." "Heh heh!"

Soon enough, they reached the entrance, all of them turning their heads at the sight of Elm and greeting him in their own way. "Good day, boys! Are you off to explore Route 29 again? Be sure to let me know of your discoveries!" A hit with the children of New Bark, they each grinned. "Heya, Prof!" "G-Good morni--" "Hey! HEY! ELM! Getta load of this! They don't believe that I managed to beat a trainer! Can you BELIEVE them?! Everyone knows my Rattata is in the top percentage!" "Top percentage in losing maybe." "H-Haha! Y-yeah! You always lose battles!!" "Ooh, shut it Don!" "A-ahh!" Laughing to try and break off any tension, Elm knew that this was just a part of boys being boys and Joey was particularly hard to keep under control. But deep down, the trio had always been close friends.

"Now now boys, you are all experienced in your own way. Right here we have another new trainer, try not to be too overbearing for her." Realising that poor Sarara had been caught in the middle of this, what Elm failed to realise that his wording just got the poor girl into a bit of a pickle. "Wha-wha-WHHHHAAAT! THIS GIRL IS A TRAINER?!" Immediately turning to Sarara, the three boys were now focused on her completely. As Joey stood with his mouth wide open in shock, the boy in the blue cap took the lead, "Yo! Name's Mikey and this is Don!" Giving the boy in the straw hat a nudge, he rather shyly lifted a hand but chose not to say anything. "Just starting out, huh? Johto is a pretty cool place, I guess. I'd rather go to somewhere like Kalos. We've been learning about it in school lately!" Nodding his head adamantly as if trying to join in, the bug catcher was clearly very shy. But one of them very much was the opposite.

"Hold on a sec! Has everyone got their head screwed on? A new trainer? In New Bark? Without facing me? ME? Joey! The best trainer with the BEST Pokemon!" "Urgh, here we go." Rolling his eyes, Mikey seemed to step back. To him, this was a fairly frequent routine and one he couldn't stop. Grinning and completely full of himself, the boy in the orange shirt rubbed his nose and turned to Sarara, "If you wanna move out onto Route 29, you'll need to get past me! I test all new trainers to see if they are worthy of travelling or not. C'mon, let's see what you got!" Grabbing a Pokeball, he tossed it into the air dramatically, revealing a rather sub par looking rodent, very similar to the one she had just faced. "Well! Good luck, Sarara! Joey, make sure to go easy on her!" Clearly somewhat playfully sarcastic in his tone, he pulled a look to Mikey before going back inside the lab, one which the youngster understood far too well. For when Joey lost, it would be Mikey calming the hot headed trainer down.

Youngster Joey would like to show off in front of his friends battle!
Joey sends forth a Rattata (Level 5)!
Please select a Pokemon.

[Blazey]

  

....

Flare used Ember!

@tags

Sarara wasn't sure what to do when the boys showed up which also made her forget what she was going to say to Elm. One of the boys called Joey challenged her to a batte  and Elm went back into his lad after this. Sarara couldn't help but smile by the fact that her Caharmander had just beaten a ratata and could easily do it again. She grabbed a pokeball herslef and threw it at the ratata like she did before. "Alright I accept! Lets do this Flare!" she shouted as she threw the pokeball which reveled a charmander. Flare looked at the ratata then looked at sarara and nodded before looking back towards the ratata. "Ok then..... if you wish" Sarara said seeming to know what flare had meant when he nodded at her. "Flare use Ember!" Sarara shouted pointing at the ratata and calling for an attack that she knew would be the only fire type move charmander would know yet. Chamander then went to do his thing knowing that he could beat this ratata like he did with his new partner Marchal.This ratata seemed stronger then what Marchal was but flare had become stronger too so he wouldn't care or worry if he was weaker or not and that was shown through his eyes.

trust the flames

GRAYE'S MARINADES

[Morrigan]

vs Youngster Joey
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Pumping his clenched fist into the air excitedly as Sarara accepted his challenge, Joey stood with a ginormous grin spread across his face. "Of course! I wouldn't let a new trainer outta my sight before I got to fight 'em, anyhow!" Rolling his eyes playfully, Mikey motioned for Don to follow him, the remaining two boys moving a few paces back to give the trainers more room to battle. Watching as Sarara chose a Pokeball, he was incredibly excited to find out what starter she had chosen. As the flash of light faded to reveal a fiery tailed Charmander, a loud series of claps echoed from Joey's direction. "Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm talking about! Charmander is THE best starter! So fiery and fierce and of course, evolves into Charizard! I'd love to have one myself one day!"

Continuing to spout on and on about how amazing Charmander was, Mikey scoffed with his arms folded and muttered to Don just loud enough for both trainers to hear. "Squirtle is pretty cool too." "I-I like Bul-bulb-s-saur...!" "HAHA! WHO CARES! CHARMANDER RULES!!" Giving the air one last punch, he finally set a hand in his pocket and brought out a Pokeball of his own. "Now the one thing you've all been waiting for! The star of the show! RaaaaaaaaAATTATA!" With a confident throw, a purple rodent emerged, flipping acrobatically in the air before landing on the ground on all fours. Snorting at Flare, who had casually looked back to his trainer, the Charmander wasn't too fussed with facing another Rattata. After all, he knew he would win. Sensing a sort of smug attitude from the fire type, the Rattata scratched it's claws against the ground, eager to begin.

"Let's get this party started! Hit 'em with a Quick Attack! With how fast you are, they wont even see ya coming!" With a point of his finger, Joey's Rattata acted on his command and immediately moved into an attack. Almost disappearing on the spot, the Rattata moved at a blindly fast speed, making it next to impossible to dodge, let alone see where it was coming from. Bracing himself, Flare instead stood his ground, eventually spotting the purple blur reappear right before his eyes. "YEAH! DIRECT HIT!!" Crashing into the chest of the fiery lizard, the Charmander was pushed backward on impact but it was hardly enough to topple him over.

Staring down at the rodent, Flare simply opened his jaws, shooting out a flurry of embers which scorched the fur of the Rattata. A small amount of smoke rising from it's body, the Rattata flinched in pain and hurriedly moved away, patting the burnt area of fur down with it's own tail desperately.

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Rattata: | Level 5 |
Health: 53% (10/19 HP)
Status: Normal
Rattata used Quick Attack!

VS

Flare: | Level 7 |
Health: 75% (18/24 HP)
Status: Normal
Flare used Ember!

[Blazey]

  

....

Flare used Ember!

@tags

Sarara watched as her opponent was saying about how charmaner was the best starter ever and even though she liked fire types had to disagree. "As much as i like Fire types and my starter Flare i have to disagree with you there. Because no matter on the starter they are just as good as each other, it's just some find the gyms more easier overall then others." Sarara said using the knowlegde of her home region Hoenn and her new knowlegde of Johto. She knew about the types that pokeon are and how some pokeon types were weak against others. she then focused on the battle as the opponent's Rattata attacked Flare with a quick attack. She wince as he got hit but kept it together and nooded when flare hit the rattata with an Ember. "You ok Flare?" SHe asked her charmander wanting to check before she continued. Flare simpily nodded still looking at the rattata and got into a fight stance.Sarara then smiled before declaring another attack. "In that case.....Flare use another Ember!" She said as flare got another load of fire ready to shoot and kept an eye on the rattata so he could aim right even if it moved.

trust the flames

GRAYE'S MARINADES

[Deleted]

Still trying to prove his friends wrong Joey was trying to think of something his Rattata could do to try and win this battle before Flare's Ember could cause too much damage. While trying to think of a plan that might tip the balance of power in his favor he could not resist the urge to respond to Sarara not liking Charmander the most. " What you have to be kidding me, How can you not like Charmander the most. Sure the other starters may have their ups and downs but none of them hold a candle to Charizard. I cannot believe you do not like Charmander the most." As he finished speaking his friends were at least relieved to hear Sarara had an open mind about the starters.

Joey was still struggling to come up with a plan as his Rattata was still low leveled and he had very few options to work with. Ember was far too strong for him to waste a turn trying to lower Flare's defenses with Tail Whip and Tackle and Quick Attack had the same power but Quick Attack would at least give him the first strike again which may prove to be his only hope with how bleak things were. Seeing no other option he knew he would have to rely on Quick Attack again and hope for a critical hit. " Rattata use Quick Attack again and try your best to land a critical hit." Rattata took off running towards Flare again at a very high speed as it tried to obey it's orders the best it could.

As Rattata used all of it's strength to run straight into Flare the fire lizard shook off the attack showing only minor discomfort. Right after the collision Flare launched another series of Embers towards the rat Pokemon in retaliation for the rat running into him again. Unlike Rattata's attack his Ember caused more than just minor discomfort as Rattata cried out loud as one of the Embers raced across it's fur. The pain was awful however the small purple Pokemon was still not willing to give in and using all of it's might Rattata somehow remained standing for at least one more round.

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Joey's Rattata: | Level 5 |
Health: 10% 2/19 HP)
Status: Normal
Rattata used Quick Attack!

VS

Sarara's Flare: | Level 7 |
Health: 50% 12/24 HP)
Status: Normal
Flare used Ember!

[Blazey]

  

....

Flare used Scratch!

@tags

Sarara just shock her head at the boy who still didn't get that Fire types are always the best. "You don't get it do you? I LOVE ALL fire types the most. Here fire types like my charmander Flare may do well in Johto but back home in Hoenn Charmander would have a lot of trouble against the gym leaders on his own. That is why I say he isn't the best because every singe type has a weakness meaning even pokemon like charmander can be defeated easily." Sarara stated watching as Flare got hit by the Ratata once again but managed to land another Ember. "But with that said  think it's tme to wrap this up..." Sarara said noddeing at Flare who nooded back at teh same time. "Ok Flare use Scratch!" Sarara commanded pointing at the Rattata that had trouble standing now. Charmander then ran at the pokemon to try and land the finl blow.

trust the flames

GRAYE'S MARINADES