A Flight Towards the Top [Sprout Tower] [F]

[Tarlar]

Chronos was as fast as before and Hoot was clearly bothered with the psychic attack and it had to fight staying airborne and it failed. It landed with a thump on the floor beside the Chronos and it seemed only to have made it angrier. It gave him a hard Peck going for the wing to limit his flying and then jumped a bit away and preened a few of its feathers while it glanced worried around to see what the audience had thought of its ungraceful landing.

If some had noticed they did not show it. The monk at the door had a blank face, doing his best to look like he didn't care of what was going on in front of him, while the students where occupied watching Bellsprout.
Elder Li was talking about the legend of the giant bellsprout and how some said it was a myth and couldn't be true, and that he didn't saw it as important as it was the ideas and what could be learned from it and from the pokemon themselves that was the important.
The students were a bit distracted as they whispered among each other.
"Against Elder Bellsprout it doesn't stand a chance," one whispered to the student sitting next to her.
"Yeah, it is too clever, when it has beaten a fire type in the last 5 years, why should it be any different now?" The second whispered back.
"It should just give up and go home, if I was it I'd be too ashamed to show my face ever again!" A third chimed in and they chuckled quietly.
Elder Li frowned displeased and sent them a stern gaze which they didn't notice. They were not living after the teaching of Bellsprouts at the moment.

Cyndaquil clearly heard it and became uncertain of itself. It was true it had attempted many times and had failed, how should it succeed this time?
It took a step back and its eyes darted back and forth between the students and Bellsprout.
"Bellsprout!" Elder Bellsprout said and the cyndaquil froze, and then filled the air with smoke covering Bellsprout.
Vines with leaves shot out from the smoke cloud and cut the cyndaquil before they disappeared into the smoke again, a cough could be heard from within as well.

Elder Li got Amaryllis attention and looked expectantly at her, and if she didn't get his idea at first, he looked between her and the cyndaquil. It was now she should show that she was actually here to help the cyndaquil, confidence or lack thereof could make a huge difference.

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Weather: Inside, doesn't matter

Elder Bellsprout | Level 12 | Chorophyl |
HP: 56% (21/37)
Status: Ingrained, (-1 acc)
Used Cut!

Elder Li's Hoot | Level 10 | Insomnia |
HP: 45% (16/35)
Status: Normal
Used Peck!

VS

Cyndaquil | Level 10 | Blaze |
HP: 66% (20/30)
Status: Normal
Used Smokescreen!


Chronos | Level 15 | Insomnia |
HP: 72% (34/47)
Status: Normal
Used Confusion!

[Sky]

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[attr="class","woo2"]一期一会

[attr="class","woo3"] At that moment, the students of the class were whispering that Cyndaquil would stand no chance against the most powerful Bellsprout that Elder Li trained himself. While her attention was on the battle itself, Chronos had gotten an angered Peck attack from Hoot himself which led the much smaller Hoothoot to shut his eyes as the pain washed over his head. When his eyes opened, his partner had covered the room with smoke which was aiming to lower the Bellsprout's accuracy. While it was still ingrained and trying to nurse it back to health, lowering its accuracy meant that the old Bellsprout wouldn't be able to aim well. [break][break] Instead of sticking with Confusion, Amaryllis would try another strategy. "Let us try using Echoed Voice at Hoot, Chronos!" The owl's large red eyes narrowed as the sound waves came from the Hoothoot's battle cry towards the bigger brown owl. As the black smoke cleared, she noticed that the Cyndaquil wasn't sure of itself. Perhaps it had lost a bit of confidence when the students were taunting it, so it needed the confidence to go on. "Cyndaquil, please don't lose faith in yourself. If you lose every bit of confidence in your ability, how can you defeat your rival this way? Don't listen to them, trust in yourself and I believe in you too." [break][break] Even if the monks had tried to put Cyndaquil down for the last 5 years, she admired how much its fire of determination was still burning bright no matter what. While the elder had been telling the story of the giant Bellsprout to the rest of the students, she was trying to instill a bit of confidence into the little fire type Pokemon.

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[Tarlar]

Hoot attempted to slap its stubby wings over its invisible ears as the waves of sound washed over it and echoed back and forth, it could even feel it in the gut!
"Hoot, it can only make sounds if it has the air to do it," Elder Li told his hoothoot, who with a grimace of pain darted at Chronos and aimed a tackle at his stomach. 
His "song" was cut short at he got the air knocked out of him temporarily although it wouldn't last long.
Hoot landed exhausted on the floor and looked bitterly at Chronos, it knew it wouldn't win this battle and it didn't like it. It looked back towards Elder Bellsprout in the hope of getting some help or reasurance, but it was clear there wouldn't come anything from that direction.

When Amaryllis spoke to Cyndaquil it sent her a hopeful glance and after a bit of hesitation it sent another bunch of Embers at its rival. Elder Bellsprout staggered and Cyndaquil took an excited step forwards, holding its breath.
Elder Bellsprout managed to stay on its feet and pulled some more strength from the tower and as it looked confidently at Cyndaquil the fire type covered. Would it ever be able to beat this grass type?!
It frantically jumped out of the way when the sharp vines came flying towards it again, and they slammed into the wooden floor without hitting Cyndaquil.
The fire type turned to look pleadingly at Amaryllis, she was the only one who believed in it and even though it didn't know what kind of help it needed, it hoped she would provide it.

Elder Li watched Cyndaquil closely and he looked pleased when it turned to Amaryllis for help, perhaps it had learn the value of teamwork now?

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Weather: Inside, doesn't matter

Elder Bellsprout | Level 12 | Chorophyl |
HP: 5% (3/37)
Status: Ingrained, (-1 acc)
Used Cut, missed!

Elder Li's Hoot | Level 10 | Insomnia |
HP: 17% (6/35)
Status: Normal
Used Tackle!

VS

Cyndaquil | Level 10 | Blaze |
HP: 66% (20/30)
Status: Normal
Used Ember!


Chronos | Level 15 | Insomnia |
HP: 57% (27/47)
Status: Normal
Used Echoed Voice!

[Sky]

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[attr="class","woo2"]一期一会

[attr="class","woo3"] The battle was just about to be finished when both Pokemon owned by Elder Li were on their last legs. It also seemed like the Cyndaquil had felt hopeful about receiving the help it needed as it blasted the Bellsprout with another batch of small flames. Chronos' "song" was interrupted by Hoot tackling him near the stomach, knocking the wind out of the smaller bird. It caused Chronos to narrow his eyes in annoyance as he would quickly get up. Seeing how Cyndaquil was looking at Amaryllis with pleading eyes, he would wait for his trainer to confirm her assistance for the Cyndaquil's help. [break][break] "Chronos, help out Cyndaquil and use Echoed Voice at Bellsprout!" The little Hoothoot puffed up his chest as he would proceed to open his mouth for another one of his songs. The sounds of Chronos' singing filled the room as the waves of song tried to reach the Elder's Bellsprout. From the looks of it, Chronos really wanted to prove he was the better bird out of jealousy for the other bird's large size. What she had said to the Cyndaquil must've worked as its confidence in itself seemed to be present.[break][break] She did notice that Elder Li was looking at her, almost as if he noticed Cyndaquil had been learning its lesson for the first time in five years. The female trainer didn't have an idea of what was it like to work solo for a long time, but working in a solitary manner didn't have any other benefit than to turn away the assistance of others. Working together with Pokemon was the main goal of every aspiring Pokemon Trainer, but sometimes, people would hurt or even abuse them.

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[Tarlar]

It was hard to say who was most surprised when Amaryllis asked Chronos to switch target, but it was clearly unexpected.
Elder Bellsprout raised its head to look at Chronos through the smoke before accepting its defeat. Cyndaquil had stared mouth gaping at Amaryllis but laid down and tried to cover its ears as Chronos let his attack roll over the bellsprout.
Hoot stared devastated when Elder Bellsprout collapsed on the ground, accompanied with horrified gasps from the students and a growl from the monk at the door. 
Hoot closed its eyes, it had failed keeping the other bird from its master and they had lost because of it. It felt so ashamed that it just wanted to burn up and disappear, actually it felt rather hot. Hoot opened its eyes and shrieked when it realized it was covered in flames from Cyndaquil's ember. It flapped frantically and managed to lift itself a bit into the air, but with a lot of the feathers burned off it couldn't fly far and it plumbed down at Elder Li's feet, too exhausted to move any further.
Elder Li quietly recalled his two pokemon and for a few minutes everyone hold their breath. Then several of the students rushed to their feet and began stomping out the few remaining embers on the wooden floor, to be sure the fires didn't spread even further.

Elder Li sent the students with the other monk out of the room, it was time for some other activity and he wanted to be alone with Amaryllis.
"Well done," Elder Li praised as he walked over to her.
"I hope this hasn't been too much of a hassle to you, and that Cyndaquil has learned the value of teamwork. In any way thank you for you assistance, here's a little for your trouble," he said and handed her a Tm disc and some pokedollars.
"You are welcome to go back out the way you come but it has probably become rather busy by now, if you want the fastest route and isn't afraid of heights, there is a rope at the window which you are more than welcome to make use of," he told her and gestured towards the rope, that was even tied and ready to use.

Cyndaquil hesitated and then took a few steps towards Amaryllis, while sending her a hopeful glance.

Amaryllis won the battle!
Elder Li gives her £1000 and the TM70 Flash!


Chronos gets 2 levels for winning and grows to level 17.
He can learn Zen Headbutt if he forgets another move.


Cyndaquil has hopefully learned its lesson, it wants to join Amaryllis anyway.
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[b]Cyndaquil[/b]
Name: [choose]
Gender: [choose]
Level: 10
Attacks: Tackle, Leer, Smokescreen, Ember
Ability: Blaze
Nature/Personality: [choose]

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[attr="class","woo2"]一期一会

[attr="class","woo3"] The battle was over as Amaryllis and her Hoothoot were victorious over the elder monk and his Pokemon. Elder Li would walk up to her as he would think it wasn't too much of a hassle to deal with Cyndaquil's inability to work together with a partner. "It's not too much of a hassle as long as Cyndaquil is willing to work with others. Oh thank you for the items." She was handed the items by the good elder which was prize money and the TM. If she so wished, she could leave the tower through going back down though it would be busy by the time she would descend. [break][break] Elder Li presented another option: going down the tower using the Escape Rope. Before she would leave, the Cyndaquil wished to join her, so she produced an empty Pokeball and tap it on its forehead with the button. The fire type Pokemon was sucked up immediately inside as the Cyndaquil did not resist this time as the Pokeball disappeared in a white light, indicating that the Cyndaquil was sent to the pc. Since she was less afraid of heights, the girl proceeded to use the Escape Rope to descend down to the ground below, but not before giving the elder monk a wave good-bye. [break][break] Her Hoothoot followed her all the way down to the earth with a flap of his stubby wings. Once, she would go back to the Pokemon Center, she would praise him with a job well done and as a reward, bird seed will be given to him.

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