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Hawk awoke to find it was daytime. Had he.. fallen asleep? He pushed his way out of the bushes and noticed that several of the pokemon they were watching last night were gone. "DANGIT!" Hawk shouted, waking the Old Couple.

"Oh! Wha?! WHO'S THERE?!" The old woman shouted back, jumping to her feet and grabbing a rake. After a few blind swings, she realized what had happened.

"Ugh, I guess we missed em. We'll get em next time." Hawk said, walking over to the couple and taking the rake from the woman. Didn't need her having a weapon if she chose to attack him again. "Hang on, I'll see if Chirp's awake." He made his way back to the bush and reached on inside, expecting to find Chirp so he could just shake her awake. But... she wasn't there! It was strange... where had she gone? "I'm sure she must have... uhm... gone to town for something." He told himself. "Like a net, or a trap or something."

...And so they waited out the day. The Old couple and Hawk did chores in silence, each one listening out for Chirp. They didn't want to think of a scenario in which she was in trouble. She was fine... just.. out on errands. Besides, she had her pokemon with her, so why worry? When the time came for them to wait for the culprit, they all took their positions without saying much.

At first it looked like it would be the same as usual. They sit around, watching the pokemon, then next thing they know, it's morning and some of them are gone. Hawk had already given up when suddenly a loud BANG! rang out through the air. Hawk jumped out of the bushes in time to see the Old Couple jump out of their chairs. Not-so-High above them, a large silver sphere was circling, electricity crackling along its surface. Its bottom opened up, almost as if it was blooming. It left a small disc in the center, which was reduced to a shadowy blob due to the immense amount of light coming from the sphere. "HOW HAD NO ONE NOTICED THIS?!" Hawk screamed. It was a flippin' UFO, man.

The blob-disc began to sink slowly... then quickly slammed into the ground. Another loud bang came from the sphere, and smoke began spiraling out of the top. Fire flared out of the bottom and Clefairy began raining out of it. Along with them, several other pokemon came falling out as well. By the looks of it, they were the abducted pokemon and then some. Hawk couldn't believe it! what was this?! The sphere closed itself up, minus the spot where the disc was, and began rising into the sky. Like the disc, it's slow ascent suddenly flipped sides as it was in the stratosphere in an instant and promptly exploded in a fiery detonation.

Hawk stood still, his mouth hanging open. He looked down at the mass of swarming Clefairy. They were scrambling around! The other pokemon quickly got away from them and retreated into the house. A figure stood up amongst the clefairy, it looked human. It pointed at him and muttered something, and then all.. er.. 1, 2 3, 4, 5....7..8.9...10..11..er... all insertcorrectnumberofclefairyhere turned towards him. There had to be at least 52 of them, and that's only what he could see in the dim light that the silver disc was giving off. A few of them broke off and rushed towards him. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but in the darkness the little buggers were hard to see.

"HAWK!!" He heard right before a flashlight came sailing towards him. He snatched it out of the air and had just enough time to see the Clefairy slamming into him clearly. He stumbled backwards, but managed to stable, and brace himself against the other clefairies. It was like being stoned by little pokefists. He had to do something! And so he lashed out, taking big sweeping kicks, knocking pokemon out of his way. With his free hand he dug into his bag and dumped out as many pokeballs as he could before he was hit with another pound.

Two, Zero and Five found themselves in the pitch black. Each could tell there was a Clefairy army in the area, whether it was by their psychic presence, the fact they could see in the dark, or their acute sense of smell, they could tell. Hawk yelled, "ATTACK!" and it was all they needed.

Two Reached out with Psychic, snaking through the grass and snatching up anything in his path. Once he had a small collection of rocks and clefairies, he began raining them down into the crowds. Pelting clefairy with other clefairy seems inhumane, but they weren't human, so it didn't matter. They tried to fight back with pound, Wake up slap, and even Metronome, but they were just no match for the full powered Lunatone. He was so chock full of Cosmic power from the meteor festival, he was just blasting pokemon left and right

Five felt at home. This mosh pit of a battle was a lot more comfortable than the stuffy one on ones she had been in. Her claws were lashing out, attacking with Scratch and blocking with it too. Her main power-house was her Iron tail. It was just such a rush feeling the clefairy be slapped away by a strong, metallic tail. Ohbaby. She could just feel the battle in her heart. Her swings and kicks and tailswipes were becoming more rhythmic. She could feel Chi draining into her! Soon, a greenish Blue aura began forming around her. She could feel and see the Clefairy being hit harder. Less of them got back up after being slapped across the face! The Aura took on a form, no, several forms! long, flat objects with pointed tips! Ohsnap! It was an epic Swords Dance! With her dance giving her more strength, she felt like she could fight for weeks!

Zero wasn't like the other two. She stood proud amongst a half-crescent of the clefairy. They were wary about attacking her because of her inaction. The Luxio was simply biding her time, slowly building up a charge. They stood like this for a while. Clefairy could be seen flying about in the background as the other battles were waged. Zero closed her eyes and took a calming breath. One clefairy took a step forward and Zero lashed out, pouncing on the pokemon and hitting it with a Bite. Like a graceful cat of prey, she hurled it into the clefairy next to it, and set off running through the crowd with a Spark. The electricity she built up ran through every clefairy she passed, bumped into, pounced on or jumped over. In a matter of seconds, her epic display of awesomeness had moved her across the field and had left a zigzag of beaten Clefairy in her wake.

As for Hawk, he'd began to perform an epic feat of his own! He'd skirted along the edge of the battles, holding a KO'd Clefairy until he happened to meet up with Zero, who was turning around to have another run through with spark. As she left, he ran through the crowds himself, using the Clefairy as a shield and anti-pink-fairy-pokemon bat. He was headed for the humanoid alien amongst them. He was gonna punch them until they called off their army! Ohyeah, as he got close, he threw the clefairy, pulled his arm back, balled up a tight fist and--

He stopped.

Standing infront him, her face illuminated by the flashlight... was Chirp. Granted, she was looking at him with a deadpan expression and was completely naked- WOAH WHAT THE?! Hawk could feel the blood dripping out of his nose even before he was punched straight in the face by Chirp. He stumbled backwards, tripping over some clefairy. His fall took some out, but that didn't matter to him at the moment. Chirp was here, assaulting him.. and... and... oh boy.

Zero began to noticed a change. The Clefairy were dodging her. They'd began to shine with an eerie silver light. She could see they were fighting back with a renewed vigor. Were they healing themselves?! Her suspicion was confirmed with she was slammed by several Wake-Up slaps and sent to the ground. She hopped up to her feet just in time to dodge a bolt of lightning. Soon fire came spiraling towards her. Then seeds! One of the Clefairy suddenly flew up high and began swooping down at her! This was.. becoming hard to dodge! More hits connected. The worst part was: she was surrounded with no escape in sight.


Five's energy was fading fast. Maybe... throwing yourself into impossible odds with only three moves to your name wasn't a good idea. It had gotten to a point where all she could do was dodge and block. There wasn't any time to counter or anything like that! She found out just how unlucky she was when one of the Clefairy suddenly turned metallic and grabbed her Iron Tail. She was bombarded with Wake-up slaps and Meteor Mashes. She didn't last half a minute, and was KO'd before she could even think about being scared.

Two was the only one who could hold hisherits own. It wasn't able to heal itself, but it ran off of the same fuel source they did: the moon. It could use Cosmic Power to draw some strength from the moon. Yeah, it wouldn't be the same as their healing, but he could use it to push himself further. His psychics were getting less devastating, and only going downhill. Suddenly, he got an idea. He rose as high as he could and let loose a Hypnosis, spinning around and glaring into every eye he could catch. Several Clefairy dropped, asleep. This only caused the others to use Metronome, and began using a variety of moves. Two could only manage to use Dream Eater in time to counter the jets of water, fire, electricity, leaves, energy and air that hit him all at once. He was pushed into an inescapable loop of draining one, being hurt by the rest and doing it all over again.

The Old Couple had been washed inside of their home by the influx of pokemon, and had been busy making sure they were all there. by the looks of it, they were... but They all seemed shaken. The old man took a look out of the doorway. There was a lot of ruckus going on out there. "Gertrude! Go on outside and help fight them Clefairy!" He yelled into the kitchen.

The Magmortar stomped her way outside, ripping off her apron and shoes. In her head, dramatic classical music was playing as she washed the crowds with her Lava Plume. Yes, she was kinda blasting indiscriminately, but by the looks of it, Hawk's pokemon had been returned, save for Two, who was higher than the attack anyway, and the Two humans were playing some kind of chasing game, with the female chasing the male. So, when the Clefairies were subjected to her intense flames, she had no qualms, no worries. Just flames. So many flames.

Hawk found himself at the edge of the field. He spun around and tried his best to keep his eyes on Chirp's face. Especially since the intense flames being thrown around were casting a large amount of light onto the field. Chirp seemed upset, and was walking towards him with her fists clenched. "L-listen! If this is about the festival, I thought we settled all of that!" He chuckled. "I mean... yeah, it was a bad time... but it's no use to go all Psycho-naked-punch-contest on me!"

She took a few steps closer, her fists raised. She was all geared up to knock his lights out, when all of a sudden, a piping hot Lunatone came sailing over and collided with her. The two of them hit the fence and fell to the ground.

"HOLY CRAP!" Hawk cried, looking over at a pile of mowed down Clefairy and a surprised looking Magmortar. It slowly slinked back into the house and placed the door over the doorway. Hawk returned Two and crouched down next to Chirp. "Tia! TIA!! TIA!!" he shouted, calling her name as many times as he could. She wasn't responding! Now in a panic, he scooped her up and ran to the house....


It had been about a week when Chirp woke up. She was in... the... oh, right. The Old Couple's guest bedroom. She sat up, taking a look around. Everything was shifting between being unfamiliar and something she remembered. She got up out of bed and stumbled. "How do I walk?" she mumbled. She stared at the ground a little, then managed to push herself up onto her feet. After a few wobbles, she managed to take a few steps and get used to the feeling of being upright. She left the room, and promptly remembered the hallway. "That's right... the stairs lead to the halls and the kitchen. Hang a left, and you're outside... to the right is where the pokeballs were kept and the living room... Before she knew it, she was standing in the doorway. Had the door always been so... new? No.. it was... broken.. a few days ago. She opened the door and looked at the field. Two males were currently rolling out some new grass. One of them was Hawk. Yeah, Hawk! Childhood friend and boyfriend. They looked up and saw her, and even from a distance, she could tell they were relieved.

With Chirp awake, the field back in manageable order, and the clefairy detained in pokeballs, (Which took a considerable amount of pokeballs to capture all 102 pokemon. It had gotten to a point where the old couple had run out of empties and had the police come capture the rest.), Hawk and Chirp finally got themselves in order and were able to leave. For some reason, they couldn't find any of Chirp's belongings, so she ended up wearing some of Hawk's extra clothes. They fit her well, save for the large trench coat he wore. It drooped on her because she just didn't have the shoulders for it.

"Well, We stopped the abductions.... I guess." Hawk said as the two of them walked down the path. "I mean... The pokemon were found in the Clefairy's ship.... before it exploded... and the clefairy were all detained I think. Either that, or they got blown up... So I'd say mission complete!"

Chirp looked at him, her face blank for a bit. Unlike the other things, the memories of these things remained unclear. She couldn't remember this ship of which he spoke, or the Clefairy that he mentioned. But the mentioning of a mission made her remember. They were there to stop the disappearances... and Hawk believed them to be stopped, so... objective met, yes?

The two of them pulled off the path once they couldn't see the daycare. "Are you sure you're ok? Two hit you kinda hard.." Hawk asked, looking at the bandages wrapped around her head. Now that he took time to notice it, her hair was significantly longer. Usually the longest she kept it was to her shoulders. Now, he hair was practically dragging across the ground. With all the weird things girls do that drastically alters their appearance, he was sure it wasn't something to be alarmed about... but if he didn't comment on it, she'd probably get mad at him.

"I am fine." Chirp said. And that was all she said on the matter. She continued to stare at Hawk. Even with the weird looks he was giving her. He seemed to shrug it off as he released a Braviary and helped her on. With her on the bird, and Him on the Lunatone, the two of them set off for HQ.

[oooooh baby. This is gonna be a trip and a half.]


On a day where everything was completely normal, nothing could go wrong... actually, no, I take that back. Normal days are like... the worst thing that could happen. They were like those weird moments where the sea pulls back super far, and then suddenly the whole world gets hit with a mega wave. Which explains why Hawk was so on edge today. Him, Chirp, and Maia, the latter having stalked them to their current destination. Which was quite the achievement, seeing as they'd taken a leisurely stroll down to the base of the mountain.

It was a nice, quiet place where the waterfall inside leaked out a little, creating a beautiful stream and a pond! Hawk and Chirp had come here in their final piece of R&R before they'd be willing to hunker down for some good ol' fashioned work. Helping out, thinking about the team and what not.

Maia, on the other hand, was waiting and watching... Just hoping they'd let their guard down for even the tiniest of seconds. She'd pounce, eliminate Chirp and resume her rightful spot with Hawk. It's not that she was evil, per se'... It's just that Chirp was a bit of a jealous, insecure person. Thus, it transferred over to Maia, except with the whole "not being Chirp" part not catching on.To her, Hawk was her man, and in a way, he was... but at the same time-- GAH, SKIP THE CLONE SHENANIGANS.

Hawk and chirp were relaxing by the pond. ok, there. we're back on track....

"So uhm... Can I ask you a question?" Hawk said, digging around in his bag. He wasn't sure what he was looking for, but the motion made him seem busy, which made the following question seem more off-handed. "What's up with your hair?"

Chirp looked over at him. She'd been sitting in the shallow end of the pond for the heck of it. "Hm? My hair?" She suddenly felt a lot more self-conscious than usual. Instinctively, she removed her scrunchies and began retying her pigtails. "I've been using my old conditioner...."

"Well, that's not what I mean. I mean the... well. I dunno if they're sew ins, or a weave... or a wig or something, but the flip-flopping between ultrashort and ultralong."

"...uhm.. Hawk? Are you ok? I always keep my hair short. Like.. always." she rose an eyebrow at the boy, feeling the urge to check his temperature.

Hawk looked at her, and rose an eyebrow too. "But I-"

The sound of a Cell phone ringing cut him off. Chirp's face turned red as the two stared at each other. "Uh.. I think that's me.." she said, trying to put on a smile. She could tell Hawk was upset about the phone, simply because they could be tracked. Chirp flipped open the phone and held it to her head. "Hello? This is Tia... yeah.." Her sheepish smile faded and turned into a serious expression. "...You're kidding... Sh//t. I.. I'll see what I can do. Just try to keep everbody calm." With that, she flipped the phone closed and got up. "Hawk, Come on, we need to get to Castelia, like.. yesterday."

Hawk didn't protest. Something about the commanding way she'd said it had the right amounts of authoritative and hot. So, he repacked his bag and got up. The two of them taking off at a quick jog up the mountain.

Maia rose an eyebrow. The only people who had her number were her siblings, Flip, and Hawk's parents... Out of the... six of them... who would provoke such a response? So, she'd take off after them with all her stalky goodness. Thankfully for her, she was a sh//t ton more athletic than her original, so free running through the trees was like breathing in a room full of air. She arrived just in time to watch them go behind the waterfall. She snuck over to the doors and looked in, watching the two of them as they checked their stuff, and then teleport off on Claydol. With a clenched fist, she ran over to Claydol to get teleported to wherever they were going. It would be kinda difficult, what with the going in blindly, but it would be worth it if her plans succeed!

"C'mon, this way!" Chirp said, not even stopping while she turned to wave at Hawk. She was neck deep in people, as she was currently fighting through the crowds watching the Dancers. The man they were chasing had begun weaving his way through the crowds and thanks to his Togekiss, he was much farther ahead of them. "Come on, lady! move out of the way!" Chirp grunted, trying to push a porky woman out of the path. The stranger was putting up a hell of a fight, and was keeping Chirp at bay like some kind of Oshawott in a rolling trash can.

"I'll go ahead and stall him!" Hawk said, him and Eight soaring on ahead. Chirp had never really explained why she was so upset... She'd only been shouting instructions at him. "Stop that guy", "Burn this pokemon", "run this way". It was all a bit confusing, but it was obviously something Chirp was passionate about, and he'd be damned if he didn't take this seriously. No, really. Chirp would probably find a way to open the gates of heck and have him thrown in.

So, him and his pokemon went ahead, keeping and aerial view on their target. The big dude and his togekiss were having no issue getting through the crowds. The man could shove anyone anywhere, and when he couldn't he just had his pokemon use Psychic and move the person forcefully. This made things harder for chirp, since she had to deal with the onlookers from both the shoving and the dancers. But, for Hawk all this was irrelevant. He kept trailing the man, not wanting to have Eight attack or anything, since he wanted to avoid hitting anyone in his home town.

This man he was following hadn't really done anything to him.. but Chirp had yelled across the whole Cafe just to have Hawk battle him, so something must be wrong. Frankly, she seemed... on edge, worried, even. What had the two of them been talking about before hand? Uhp, no time to think about it now! He just got clear of the crowds! "Eight! Flamethrower!" He shouted, letting go of the pokemon so it could fire off the flames without worry. Yeah, he had to land with a wicked awesome roll, but that only made him look cooler. The Chandelure let out a jet of intense flames. They hit the ground behind the man, and Eight quickly readjusted the attack, letting the jet of flames scorch a line behind him until he suddenly darted out of the way, letting the flames hit a gas can.

Waitwait, why was a Gas can in the middle of the sidewalk? Well, it's not too important, but I guess I'll backtrack a little.

--------Earlier this morning-----

"...And that's why I believe Kirk Fibers should be mayor." Dean Thomas said from atop his stage. The very fancy cloth and metal soap-box on which Dean had placed himself bore many different logos, all of which belonged to a company which was sponsoring the young man's campaigning. "We need a mayor that isn't afraid to get his hands dirty! A mayor who isn't afraid to work with the little guy! Kirk is that man!" Dean pointed to a rather bulky man and his Togekiss. At the moment, Togekiss had a car held up with Psychic and was changing a flat tire, while the man put gas in the tank with a expensive looking silver gas can. He had on a big grin, and was talking to the driver like they were best friends.

The people around Dean looked briefly, and began muttering as they dispersed. Soon, the street was back to normal, people going along their routines and such. Dean got down from the stage and began dismantling it. All the while, grumbling about stupid people and the liberal media. Kirk, having finished with the driver, came on over and placed a plate-sized hand on Dean's back.

"Do not worry, young one." He growled in a thick russian accent.... well... it would equate to a russian accent, for one could argue that there is no Russia. However, on the same coin: Hollywood apparently exists, which means that North America is somewhere on the Pokeglobe. Anyway... "We may not have gotten their hearts into their hands, but we have put our faces in their minds."

With the stage collapsed, and put back in its box, Dean and Kirk walked off, discussing their next plan. They were so caught up in their chatter, that none of them bothered to think about the gas can! And so it was left on the sidewalk.

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KABOOOOOOOOOM! The gas can popped with a loud, but short ranged explosion, spilling fire around the area. The people reacted calmly, by which I mean the usual "ah, there's fire" stampede started. Chirp managed to punch, kick and shove her way out of the crowd before she got trampled, so she was alright. With that information confirmed, Hawk turned and noticed Kirk picking himself up. Looks like he'd been knocked down by the explosion. Rather than giving him time to keep running, Hawk hurled a pokeball in front of the man. It released Five, the Zangoose! With expert agility, Hawk snatched the empty pokeball out of the air and ran over.

Five, caught up in the moment, swung her arms around in a very harsh looking dance. Blue chi flared around her. Briefly, the image of a sword appeared next to her, but as quickly as it came, it was gone, and the blue aura it was made of was now drifting slowly off of her claws. With a grin, she got ready for a fight.

Kirk pushed himself up, looking up at the claws of a Zangoose. "..Togekiss! Psychic!" He shouted. Before Five could react, she was hoisted off of the ground and tossed into a nearby fountain by the Togekiss's telekinetic assault. Kirk got up, grinning like a madman. This kid thinks he could just waltz in here and take him down?

Yes. Hawk did think that. Which was the reason he'd been charging at the man ever since he saw his pokemon get tossed away. Stupidly, the man took a moment to straighten the tie he was wearing. This gave hawk ample time to close the distance, take a flying leap and plant a nice hard kick right in the guy's back! Yeah! It was a critical hit!... which.. did.. absolutely nothing!

Hawk fell to the ground. The problem with his plan was that Kirk was built like an armored truck. If it wasn't for the silky dress clothes he wore, everyone would see this guy was 150% muscle, 10% hair and 40% brain. What? the other organs? He's too strong to need those. So, Hawk's meek muscle would do nothing more than give the man's back a gentle pat. The ironic part was: The tables Hawk had oh-so-carefully set up were now in the air doing 720s.

"Little boy." Kirk began, his accent dripping with venom. "I do not know why you choose to assault me." With his huge, meaty hands, he reached down and pulled Hawk to his feet. "But I encourage you to stop, my friend. It would not look good for a politician to be seen destroying little boys in the street."

Hawk would have loved to push the man's hand away, but his grip was like some kind of vice made of diamonds and super glue. All He could do was glare at the man's deep purple eyes... They struck him as odd... There were few people he knew that had purple eyes... The Bartender, who was now known to be quite dead, him and his father... well, now this guy too.

What? Oh, the bartender? yeah, he died. Don't worry, I'll get to it. I got a little ahead of myself, there.

"Let go of him, you monster!!" Chirp screeched, joining the two men in the streets leading out of the park. She released her Riolu, who fell into step next to her. "Riolu, Copycat on Eight!" She said. However, her finger was directed straight at the man. Riolu, the Riolu looked at Eight, and waved his paws through the air, snatching the residual fire chi out of the air and, combined with some of his own, used them to fire off a jet of flame at the hulk of a man.

Surprised, Kirk let go of Hawk, turned to meet the flames and took the attack with his chest. He didn't seem to be too hurt by it.. or phased at all!! What is this man?! "...Little girl. I tell you again." With his shirt ablaze, he took a moment to dig a cigar out of his pants pockets. Angrily, he snapped the top off and used the flames on his chest to light it. By the time he rose it to his mouth, his shirt and tie were all gone, revealing much more hair than was on the man's face. It was so much hair that it covered his arms and stomach... This man wasn't normal.. "The last thing you want to be doing.. is to be messing with me." With that said, he'd clench his fists and pound them together. Simultaneously dispelling the flames on his chest and spawning much hotter flames around his neck. Ohboy, this man was an Emboar Hybrid. "It's time that the hybrids of Castelia rise up and be known... we're better than you. Get over it."

Chirp, on the verge of tears, screeched again. She was just so caught up in the moment, her words were intelligible. A few seconds passed where she stood in place, her shoulders heaving. She was nearly blind with rage at this point, and the fact that Hawk and this Emboar Hybrid were looking at each other, then at her, and then shrugging at each other. She took a shuddering breath, then tried again. "If you're all about hybrids.... THEN WHY DID YOU KILL HIM?!"

See? I told you I'd get to it.

Hawk went wide eyed. This was why they were chasing him?! The Bartender is dead 'cause of this guy?! Hawk spun around to face the man, an unending rage overflowing inside of him. Thankfully, Five had pulled herself away from the fountain, and was now next to Hawk in all her sopping wet goodness. "...Five... We're going to kill this man." Hawk said solemnly. His Zangoose looked up at him. He sounded pretty serious, and the grim look on his face sealed the deal. Kill? Humans? Man, the most she'd ever done was hit a pokemon! But, it was what Hawk wanted... She waved her arms around, briefly summoning two Chi swords; She had used Swords dance to strengthen herself some more in preperation.

Kirk couldn't help but laugh. "You're not serious, are you, little 'babby'? Because if you are, then Graf Kirk will be getting serious too." His laughter grew wilder as the flames around his neck began burning brighter and higher! Still laughing, he kicked up off of the ground, launching himself high into the air. As he came down, flames engulfed him, making him into a hybrid meteor, coming down from the ground.

Hawk and Five barely had enough time to get out from under him before he smashed into the ground, sending rippling waves through the cobblestone walkways of the park, along with a plume of flame spreading out in every direction. Chirp let out a horrified scream! Was Hawk alright?! In the distance, inside the now empty Fountain were Hawk and Five, amidst several chunks of stone. "Riolu! Force palm!" Her Riolu lunged forward, hoping and jumping across the now severely uneven cobblestones. It was nimble, and quick! So he had no problems getting under Kirk's nonexistant defenses! He brought his palm forward, and exploded Chi out of his hand! It would have been a damaging attack, if it had been used on anything besides Kirk.

The man continued laughing, rubbing the spot where he'd been hit. "awww is it raining? I think I felt a raindrop. Togekiss, get rid of this bug." As he had instructed, Togekiss flew on over and slapped the mess out of Riolu with a clean-cut Extreme Speed. Riolu was sent spinning through the air. Thankfully, Chirp had returned him before he came crashing through the stones he was leaping on less than a few seconds ago. This man was just too powerful. There was no way she could handle this without Hawk!

Suddenly, a hand grasped her shoulder. "Do not worry, my child." said a very calming voice behind her. Chirp spun around and found Flip! He looked... different. In the time between them encountering each other on the bridge and now, he'd grown a small beard and was now wearing a long robe along with his jeans and "Ratata are awesome" T-shirt. He wasn't wearing any shoes, but his feet seemed fine. He walked passed her, navigating the stones like they weren't even an issue. Having been snapped out of her anger momentarily, she noticed that Helicopters were circling above them, and hiding in the nooks and crannies of various buildings were reporters and cameramen. This was going to be on the news?! The good part about that was that they couldn't show any faces without written consent, but it would be bad if she got noticed. At the same time, sirens were approaching fast. Chirp took this time to run over to Hawk. She grabbed the bloody pokeball in his hand and returned Five. She pulled him out of the rubble and began trying to get him away from here. He was bleeding badly, she needed to get him help.

Flip, with his priesty self, walked straight over to Kirk. The Emboar hybrid leaned down and extended his burly hand. "Ah, yes! You must be the pastor of the Grand Church of Arceus, yes? It is a pleasure to meet you. My name is--"

"Kirk Fiber. Emboar hybrid." Flip muttered, taking the man's hand and turning it so he could see his palm. Flip gently ran his hands along the lines in Kirk's hands. "...You've worked hard... dealt with a lot... but look what you've done." He dropped Kirk's hand and gestured at the crater they were standing in, at the rocks sticking up everywhere, and the water spilling out onto the ground "Do you think your actions are justified?"

Kirk's political smile faded instantly. "...Uh... I think so. " He said, straightening himself out. "Those children were assaulting me." He took a second to look at Flip. He hadn't noticed it before, but there were three yellow dots on the man's forehead, and although his eyes were closed, he could feel him staring through him like a hot knife in melted butter.

"...You're lying." Flip said. The reporters that had gathered let out a loud gasp. He turned around and walked back to Chirp. No.. this was someone different...


While Chirp had carried Hawk off to go get some help, Maia had wandered into the park. She had ignored the qualms of the line of reporters and had made her way over to the crater. There was a large emboar lookin dude, and... some.. some guy that seemed familiar. He just... just... looked so.. ugh...


---------fllllaaaaaaaaaaashbaaaaaaaaaaack!--------

"Oh wow, Flip... You're so cool." Maia felt herself say.

"Duh, he's Flip. You can't have anything cool unless he's involved with it." said the boy next to her. He was wearing a purple "Trubbish suck" T-shirt, and had teeny dreadlocks hanging off of his head. This was Hawk!

"Heh.. Guys, really... I'm not that cool. You just have to be yourself, and do what makes you happy." The Younger Flip said. At the moment, he was wearing white suit pants, and nothing else. His body was built like a lean stack of bricks, which explained why he was so popular with the ladies. At the moment, he was hanging upside down from a fire escape ladder, looking down at the three kids watching him.

"Haha, big bro, I'm gonna be just like you." Maia heard. The voice stirred up confusing emotions. the current her felt rage, while the past her felt friendship unseen outside of equestria! "I'm gonna be strong, and popular, and smart! Yeah! Then we can hang out all the time!"

"Heh, That's really sweet, Dean. But someone has to run pop's business. I hate to leave it all up to you, but I can't help but feel like the world needs me for something else.... But that doesn't mean I'm not here to help you. You guys too." With a smile, he'd dismount from the ladder and land with perfect execution. "I'll even let you in on a secret... There are people here. In castelia-"

"Duhhhhhhhhh. There are lots of people in Castelia. And pokemon too!" Hawk said, flailing his arms to get Flip's attention. Even when he was a kid, he was full of snark.

"Hmm, that's true, Hawk! Lots of people indeed. At the same time, not all of them are full people. They're part person, part pokemon. They're called-"

"booorrrrriiiiiing. I don't care if someone is half pokemon, half person, and half truck! I'm gonna punch em! Punch ALL the people!" Hawk cheered, turning to Dean and punching him square in the cheek.

Dean countered by tackling Hawk to the ground, and the two began to pummel each other with their tiny fists. Maia couldn't help but panic. "Flip! Stop them!" She blurted out, feeling herself move away from the scuffle.

Flip walked over and grabbed Dean by the back of his undies. With a Mega wedgie, he removed him from Hawk, set him down on the ground, then gave him a new undie-hat. Hawk got up, laughing at Dean's misfortune... that is, until he found himself with the same fate. "Now, will you two behave?" Flip asked. Hawk and Dean looked at eachother, their faces filled with the pain of the fight they just had... but then they smiled. Those were the smiles of two brothers who were just bumping chests.

"We were just foolin', Flip. Geez!" Hawk laughed, removing his underwear from his head.

Dean did the same, and began laughing. Maia and Chirp had forgotten how contagious Dean's laugh was. the little snorts in between each high pitched giggle just made you want to start laughing too!

...

Maia woke up in someplace different. It was dirty... and smelled like smoke, booze and broken dreams. The lights were out, save for the lone TV nearby. Her head and legs were in pain. What was going on? The worst part about this was that she could feel all of this, and had no control over her actions. She got up, and saw the fat man illuminated by the TV. Her dad... Micheal Bell. He turned and looked at her.

"...I thought I told you to get out." He grumbled. He sat back in his chair, and took a swig from one of the many bottles on the stand next to him.

Maia turned and fell. She'd slipped on the wet hardwood floor. Apparently, this house was nice at one point. But now, it had fallen apart. Maia felt her hands sting, there was glass and some kind of alcohol all along where she had been lying. Had she been hit by some kind of bottle? It was a stupid question, of course she had. She had messed up, and failed to dodge the weekly bottle. She'd just been so tired. Inbetween school, and her three jobs, there was just so little time to rest. She was too tired to move out of the way, and been hit. This wasn't the place to deal with her injuries. So, Chirp made her way outside to the faucet attached to the house. There, she rinsed her hands and washed off her head.

Frankly, Maia was appalled. Why was she putting up with this?! Almost as if it was on queue, she remembered thinking 'It's alright... He's just upset because he didn't win at the casino today. He doesn't mean it... He's a good person. I just... I just have to work harder. Frank needs braces, and Yvon needs her medicine...' The list went on and on. Maia couldn't help but feel... angry at herself. She was making excuses for a man who hit her with a bottle! He was taking her money and gambling it away, then coming home and getting drunk! If she was herself, she'd kill him! strangle him with a belt, and stab him with a knife!

"...Are you OK?"

Chirp jumped. Her and Maia turned to find Hawk and Flip looking at her. She could see the concern in their eyes even in the moonlight. Hawk came forward and looked at her head. "....I brought you a Castelia cone. We stood in line all day." He said. He held it out to her, but pulled it away once she reached up to take it. "..I'll hold it for you." He said, looking at her in the eye.

Hawk, ChirpMaia and Flip sat atop the roof of Chirp's home. The three of them enjoying the ice cream. Hawk had only let Chirp hold hers once she let him wrap his ripped off sleeves around them to act as bandages. "...I really wish you wouldn't let him hurt you." Hawk said. Chirp didn't respond. She just kept staring into the melting ice cream in the cone.

"..I know it seems like it's not his fault, but you really should do something. You've been running yourself ragged for your brothers and sister. The three jobs..." Flip said, gingerly moving her hair away from the cuts on her head. Chirp looked at him, astonished. "You're not good at hiding things, Tia. You didn't think we'd notice the falling asleep in class? How you never have any time for anything? The scars? We'd be pretty sh/t friends if we didn't notice..."

"...I.. I know.. but It's just.. I can't just let my family starve because of him. If there was something I could do, I would.. But they need me. Without mom, I have to be responsible for these things." Maia said, feeling like a punk for doing so.

"...Tell you what. I'm gonna offer you a job." Flip said. "I'll pay you 300,000 poke a year."

Maia was startled, as Chirp nearly slid off of the roof! "What! I-I can't! I uh! n..no! I'm sorry, I can't do that..."

"Nope, not a choice. You're already hired. The job is: Quit your other jobs and go to school. Focus on getting an education so you can get out of this place." Flip said, standing up on the roof and looking down at Chirp.

"uh I uh..." Chirp stammered. "But, my little br-"

"Don't worry about them. I'll make sure they're taken care of when you're gone. Just promise me that one day you'll leave."

Maia joined Chirp in her smiling. "OK. I promise."

---------unflashbaaaaaack!------

Maia saw Flip coming towards her. The recent memories having instilled a sense of love in her. Like the beloved grandpa, or the happy uncle. He came over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "..Hey Flip..." She said, still trying to get used to having control of her mouth once more. "What's going on?" Flip stared into her eyes. She could feel a pressure on her, like his very gaze was digging into her mind, then immediately stopped. His face reflected his confusion, but he set it aside.

"...Are you ok.... Tia?" He asked, putting an upward inflection on her name. He was unsure if it was her. He'd just seen her, and she wasn't wearing Hawk's clothes, nor did she have such long hair. Either way, her mind was obviously Chirp's mind. they had the same memories sort of. Flip turned around and walked back to the Emboar.

"I'm fine.." Maia was able to say before he walked away. What was going on? He looked so serious! Was this a bad time?

Meanwhile, Chirp had taken Hawk to a nearby pharmacy. She'd been able to buy enough over the counter things to patch him up. He didn't seem to be too hurt... just a few cuts here and there. So, patching him up was easy. All during the process, she had to keep ignoring the clerk's offers to call an ambulance for her.

Hawk awoke on the floor of a pharmacy. He got to his feet and looked around. "Where did he go?!" He shouted.

Chirp stood up with him, and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Hawk, I appreciate your help... but go home. This is my fight. It's time I stood up for myself." With that, she pressed a few buttons on her Snag, and summoned Claydol. "Claydol, take Hawk home, please."

"What? wait, no! Chirp Don't do thi-" boom. Just like that, Hawk and Claydol were gone.

This was up to Chirp, and Chirp alone.

[hosnap this is getting long. I'm lovin it.]

With Clenched fists, Chirp told the shopkeeper for the final time that, no, she did not want to call the police, or an ambulance, or her parents. "Just leave me alone!" she yelled at the guy before storming outside. A quick glance around told her that she might be too late to get back to the fountain. She had to find some way to get at that man. Chirp took a second to think about what had happened earlier. Maybe something he had said...said...said..

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Time was of the essence. Chirp had gotten a call from an old friend, who told her that Brakes was in some kind of trouble. Brakes was the Zorua hybrid bartender that was mentioned earlier. The man never really told anyone his real name. To his customers, he was 'The bartender', but to his close friends, he was always Brakes. Anyway, Chirp and Hawk had rushed on over to the Cafe as soon as they got to Castelia. The weirdest part was... nothing was wrong.

Brakes was behind the bar, cleaning glasses like usual. The place had its usual amount of midday customers, ranging from hipster teens drinking virgin drinks, and old sailors getting hammered over fishing stories. It had brought back memories...

Chirp walked straight up to Brakes and tapped the bar. It was their sign of "we have to talk." Brakes, although surprised at Chirp's sudden appearance, smiled at her and asked those sitting at the bar to move. Like most of the hybrids in this part of town, everyone knew not to make him mad. So, they complied. "Brakes, I--" Chirp stopped, turning to look at Hawk. Brakes did the same.

Hawk just kinda shrugged. "Can I atleast get a lemonade or something?" His drink was quickly poured and given to him, so he walked off and took a seat at a table with some other teens.

Chirp turned back to Brakes. "I heard that you're in some kind of trouble. What's this all about?" She asked, leaning closer to avoid being overheard.

The bartender sighed. "I had hoped that this wouldn't be spread around so fast." He stepped away from Chirp for a moment to fetch a tall, blue bottle. It wasn't anything important, he just poured himself a drink and put the bottle up. "It's true, but I don't want you to get involved. Some guy came in and asked me to join up with some organization... something about rising up and taking over Castelia. Said he was running for mayor, and he wanted me on his cabinet. I... I've never been one for politics, so I said no." He took a break to sip from his glass. "The guy said he wasn't going to take no for an answer, and that he'd come back to change my mind. But don't worry, I've got pokemon, and I've got tricks up my sleeve, so I doubt he's gonna try anything. Just... promise me you won't get involved... ok?"

As if on cue, the door slammed open, and a very large man, who was known as Kirk for those of you outside the fourth wall. Tailing him was a smaller teen in a white suit. Silver sleeked back hair and a golden baseball cap. Oharceus,it was Dean. At one time, Dean aspired to be like his brother, but the influence of the business world corrupted him into becoming... well, a class A douchebag. Kirk strolled straight up to the bar, with Dean close behind.

"I have come to help you reconsider." Kirk said, motioning for Dean to come forward. Like a good little lackey, he came around and plopped a suitcase on the bar. with two simple clicks, the case flew open, and Chirp was nearly blinded as an obscene amount of gold caught the light. This wasn't poke, or even some foreign money. It was pure gold ingots. "Please, take this as a token of our new partnership."

Brakes sighed and straightened up. "Look, really, I'm flattered. But I'm not going to be a part of some revolution. All I need is here. and I'm happy."

Kirk frowned. with a sigh, he waved Dean away. The boy closed the case and sped off out of the bar, as if he knew what was going on. Chirp narrowed her eyes at him. He hadn't even say hi. she caught the smell of cigar smoke, and she turned just in time to see a fist come whizzing passed her face, missing by mere inches. It connected with a loud WHAM, and a loud crash came afterwards.

Chirp shot to her feet, and looked behind the counter. The rows of drinks had been reduced to shattered glass, spilled alcohol and blood. Brakes lay in a crumpled heap on the ground, blood covering up his face. She screamed. turning her attention to Kirk, who was fixing his clothes like nothing was wrong. Brakes was... dead.

Hawk screamed something from across the room, then a Shadowball slammed into Kirk's back. Chirp stumbled away to get clear of the smoke. She coudln't control herself! She just released her Milotic and screamed "Ice Beam!" The ensuing battle wasn't very spectacular for them. Kirk's Togekiss dominated them, knocking away their attacks and pounding their pokemon like they were rag dolls. The whole thing was a blur to chirp. Next thing she knew, they were headed outside, only Hawk's Chandelure was left standing.


OHSNAP. SNAP RIGHT OUTA THAT FLASHBACK, YALL.

"Dean!!" Chirp growled. He'd been there with that dumb manhulktank. He must have some kind of connection to all this. There were only two places that spoiled jerka// would be. Either at home, or at work. Knowing him, he'd probably skipped work to hang out with that monster, and was now cowering in his stupid little estate. Chirp took off in its direction immediately.

She was racing down streets, taking corners at speeds that would probably make racing children cry out in astonishment! She was dead set on intercepting Dean before he moved again. He was going to get the interrogation of his life. There'd be slamming against walls, pulling nails, knocking teeth out, breaking limbs! There was no end to her rage! Giratina lane, just the street she was looking for! She sped around the corner, and ran straight first into someone!

Chirp stumbled backwards, rubbing her face. The entirety of the front of her head was hurting, as if she'd run into someone with the exact facial dimensions as her. She opened her eyes and stared at herself.

Maia and Flip were walking down the street in silence. They'd stopped at Flip's old home for a quick check up on Dean before they left to go to the Church. Flip had been worried about his brother, and had come to Castelia for the sole purpose of visiting him. After letting him know they'd be back, they set off down the street. The two weren't talking, as Maia was organizing her thoughts, and Flip was invasively reading them. They were about to turn and head back towards the financial district when suddenly Maia came face to face with someone and fell backwards onto the ground.

Flip looked at the girl who Maia had run into. It was Chirp. His expression lightened up considerably, and he came forward to check up on her. "Chirp! Are you ok? Did Kirk hurt you? Where's Hawk?" He asked a barrage of questions as he checked Chirp for external injuries. "Oh man, your chi is all out of line. Here, let me...."

Chirp was looking at herself on the ground when suddenly Flip came and began questioning her. "I- wha? I'm fine I just... who--?" Chirp stammered, trying to see around her friend. She was just so concerned about the person slowly getting up... well, until she felt a gentle tap on her stomach, and the base of her spine. "Ohsnaaaaaaap" she sighed, feeling all her pent up anger just fall off of her. What was she doing here again? Obviously relaxing and falling over, because that's totally what she did.

Flip caught Chirp and stood her back up. Apparently, his Accupressure had worked too well. He took a moment to tally up his Chi usage. Well, he'd be alright if he just got some rest, but he wasn't about to show any signs of fatigue infront of Chirp and Chirp. Besides, how could he rest now, when this mystery was about to unfold!

Maia stood in disbelief. She was here, infront of her imposter. This was it, her cover is blown! Panic rose up in her stomach. Should she run? Maybe now was the time to finally get rid of her, once and for all! Finn gurgled angrily! He was right. Now was the time! "Finn, use Poison sting!" Maia yelled, pointing her silcoon at Chirp. In a flash, Flip was in her face, touching her Silcoon like it was a delicate flower. Instead of poisonous needles, a contented gurgle left the pokemon, as it relaxed completely. Even when he was knocked from Chirp's hands by Flip. With a single motion, Flip had disarmed Maia and shoved her against the wall. Beads of sweat were dribbling down his face, as if he had been running a marathon. He cleared his throat.

"A battle is one thing, assault is another." He said, bending down and picking up Finn. He handed the pokemon to Maia and glared at her. "Don't let it happen again."

Maia swallowed. She'd forgotten about how dangerous this guy had become. "I'm sorry..." she chirped. She instantly felt embarrassed. She'd performed the action that had gotten the imposter her nickname! No, it was HER nickname, but the imposter was using it! As of late, her thoughts about it had become so jumbled. The memories that kept bubbling up weren't helping. She always felt so... out of place in them. Like she was there, but she shouldn't be.

"...So, Chirp. Why does she have your face and memories?" Flip asked, wiping away some sweat with his sleeve. "I used Mind Reader on her and saw several moments that only you, me, Hawk and Dean should have any idea they happened. What's going on?"

Chirp snapped out of her euphoria. That's right! This person looked like her, except she was dressed like Hawk and had hair longer than Chirp had ever seen! What was going on?! "I.. I uh..." Chirp couldn't put a sentence together. What do you say when you bump into your clone on the street? Chirp thought back. Did she like... have an evil twin or something?! nono, that wouldn't explain how she remembered everything. "I have no idea. This is just so...sooo... amazing. It's like... looking in a weird Alternate reality. What I could have been, ya know? But even more amazing... because this means I have another little sister!!!" Chirp blushed and twiddled her thumbs. a mousy smile exploded onto her face, and she came over to give Maia a great big hug. "I can't think of what else this could be! Maybe my dad and mom had another kid like.. right after me, and something happened that they got seperated! Ohhhhh sis, I love you already."

Maia and Finn found themselves being hugged. If it was anyone else, Maia wouldn't have minded.. or... the Chirp in her wouldn't have minded. But this was the enemy! The imposter! The... The... For some reason, an uncontrolable sadness showed its ugly head in Maia's heart. Like... she'd been ignoring a hole in her heart. When Chirp finally pulled away, Maia couldn't help but cry angry tears of happiness. The Chirp in her was so jovial, yet Maia was such a bitter ball of anger, and neither side knew why!

Flip watched the event with mild confusion. To go from assault, to hugs and tears... man, this was messed up.

Maia sniffled a little, but managed to collect herself into a reasonable state. "Tia, I... I'm not your sister." She admitted. "I.. I'm your clone." As soon as she spilled the beans about that, she seemed to lose control of her mouth! more and more just came spilling out! "The clefairy from before... they... they made me. All this time I've been trying to get rid of you so I could be you. I... I kept calling you an imposter! All this time... It was me..." with a loud sob, Maia fell to her knees and wept.

Chirp listened to all that, and was seriously torn. Deal with her clone, or catch Dean? "...Listen, You're not an imposter. You're a Chirp. And all Chirps are real Chirps. Besides, an Army of me seems really useful, but useless at the same time." Chirp reached down and pulled herself up off the ground. (yeah, that just happened again. The identity puns are just going to keep coming.) She wiped away the tears and snot with her arm. Yeah, it was a little gross, but it didn't really count, as it was her own nose juice.

"Well... It's just me. I'm the only one. All the others went down with the ship." Maia confessed.

"Either way, I'm pretty sure neither of us is an imposter, Chirp." Chirp said, patting Maia on the head. "Besides, it's not like anyone could possibly confuse us as being each other, right? The only thing we share are our face, hair color, skin tone, eye color and voice!"

"I guess I shouldn't be using your nickname, then... Please.. call me Maia."

"Ok, Maia, So, if you know everything I know, then you remember Brakes, right?" She said, clenching her fists.

Maia seemed to space out for a second. Like literally. The color of her irises dulled and she stood as still as a statue. "Whaaaaaat the fuuuuuu-"

"OH! Brakes! Yes, I remember him." Maia said, nodding and snapping out of her weird trance like it hadn't happened. "I was at his cafe earlier, and it was all destroyed. What happened with that?"

"What? I thought you had my memories!"

"Well, yeah, only up until I was made, duh. It's not like I'm connected to you, nutbrain."

"Hm.. Well, I'll fill you in on the way. But long story short, Some big Emboar hybrid killed the shi/ out of him. I chased him to the fountain and he kicked Hawk's a//. Flip came so I got Hawk out of there and sent him to the HQ." Chirp squeaked, and looked at Flip. He was sorta... staring at them, bewildered. "I mean... I sent him back home..."

"..You do know that I can read minds, right?" Flip said, looking at Maia. "I know all about it from her, and I know why, and what, you do. It's methods that I wouldn't personally be a part of, but I understand. Things never leave the confessionals." He smiled at the two girls, and they smiled back.

"Well," Chirp began. "I remembered that when the big dude came and killed Brakes, He had a cronie with him. It was Dean."

Maia and Flip gasped.

"It can't be!" Flip shouted, looking up at the estate in the distance. "Dean would never be a part of something like this." With a renewed energy, Flip took off. He tore down the street like a bat out of hell. If Dean could only know the terror headed his way, he'd evacuate the woman and children before his ship came to a catastrophic end.

Maia twisted the collar of her Trench coat. "I mean, I knew Dean was a butthat, but really? helping someone get murdered? This is a new low. I.. I just feel so... So angry and this time, it feels right." She, too, took off after Flip. Speeding down the street with the same intensity as the hybrid headed in the same direction.

Chirp pumped her fist. This had just gone from 'lone warrior' to full on 'Three man army'. Well, 'An army, a girl, and her clone.' So chirp started running too. Man, she hadn't anticipated Maia being so much faster and agile than her. Up ahead, at the gates of the manor, Flip was already headed up the drive way, and the doors had swung closed. But that hadn't stopped Maia from flipping herself over them like a gymnastics champ. When Chirp finally got to the iron rods, she was kinda stuck outside. Frick! How to get in....? Unfortunately, she could only think of one way...

Chirp pressed the buzzer button and Dean's voice spilled out. "Who is it?"

Chirp, in the sweetest voice she could muster, said, "It's me, Dean! It's Chirp! I uhm... I wanted to talk to you. You know... about us." Ohman did she have to keep herself from vomiting while saying that. Either way, Dean obviously believed her, as the gates swung open faster than the windows on Bean burrito night back at the Bell household. As she made her way up the drive way, Chirp cracked her knuckles. Someone was going to pay today. They were going to pay with pain, and She's gonna be all "Do you have any smaller bills? no? Well we'll have to give you a lot of change... AND THE ONLY CURRENCY WE HAVE IS MORE PAAAAAAAIN." Ohyeah.

"Chirp! Chirp hold on!" Maia shouted, running behind Chirp. They were storming down the street at mach speed. It was usually not a problem for Maia, as her physical condition was well above her original. But for Chirp, she was running on Rage and hot water. "Chirp can we talk about this?"

"NO!" Chirp shouted back, keeping her eyes forward. She was headed for the docks, and was showing no signs of stopping. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. She knew where she was going. She knew what she wanted to do. She knew why she wanted to do it!

Maia kicked up her sprinting to catch up to Chirp. She reached out and grabbed Chirp from the back of her shirt, pulled her back and spun her around. Maia took a firm grip on both of Chirp's shoulders. "LISTEN TO ME." Maia said."I know you're angry! I'm angry too! This guy hurt Hawk. This guy killed Brakes! I know!! I just.. Think about it! Is killing him going to make anything better?"

"YES!" Chirp shouted, struggling against her copy's grip. "It'll make him dead! Like Brakes!"

Maia let go of Chirp for a second. Just so she could pull her hand back, and bring it across Chirp's face full force. The sound of the slap rang out through the street. Maia let the pain of the slap clear Chirp's head before she began talking again. "Listen. I know how you feel. Trust me. But.. Think about it. Have we ever been the kind of person to go around murdering people in revenge? No, honestly. Tell me, I don't know that part."

Chirp's face burned, a pink hand mark had imbedded itself on her face, and the only thing keeping her from screaming in pain was the unbearable urge to fall to her knees in tears. "wh... what do we do?" She asked, holding onto Maia for support.

"Well, we kick his a**!" Maia said, clutching Chirp and looking her in the eyes. "I never said we don't kick his a**. But we do it, and let justice occur."

Chirp wiped her tears away, and stabilized herself. "...y...yeah. you're right." was all she managed to say between sniffles. She turned and began jogging, Maia matching her speed.

Kirk stood in a line of other burly looking men. They were all piling boxes onto a boat that was getting ready to leave. He looked... angry, but the pursuing girls had no idea about this. They also had no idea about his plans! To go from paying bail to loading boxes, this guy had sunken pretty low.

"YOU!" Maia shouted, running up the docks towards the line. The sailors turned to look, wondering what she was shouting about. "I am going to kick your a// into next Wednesday!"

Kirk groaned, gingerly setting down the box. "Little girl." He said, his accent making him sound even more tired than he was. "I do not even know you."

"Like hell you don't! ...Wait, sh//t! You don't know me. WELL I know you, AND I know what you did to the Bartender. The Jig is up, and you're going away for a long time. Like a real long time." Maia announced dramatically. As she spoke, she gestured wildly, flailing and pointing and waving her arms to keep the attention of the onlookers, and attract the attention of those who could see them, but not hear them.

"Listen. I do not have time to play your silly little games" He said, sounding a lot more rough. It was apparent that he wasn't trying to put up any fronts anymore. "The little children of this rathole have already ruined my career, and my plans have changed." He turned away to pick up the box again.

Kirk was then blindsided by a Whirlipede slamming into the side of him at speeds that would rival the rotations of a motorcycle's wheel. The Pokemon rebounded high into the air, but the man was sent off the dock and into the waters below.

Maia jumped backwards, startled. She turned and saw Chirp, clutching a pokeball. With some careful aiming and a few drops of badassery, Chirp maaged to return her pokemon to its pokeball before it hit the ground. When Chirp made it to Maia's side, a hand shot out of the water, gripped the dock, and pulled Kirk up behind it.

Soaking wet, and angrier than before, Kirk could only bring himself to growl. If he wasn't covered in water, flames would be engulfing his entire chest, dripping down like blood. Thankfully, all that came off was searing hot steam, as the water on him was quickly heated and replaced with flames. Kirk began walking forward, cracking his knuckles. "I've killed once today. It won't matter if I do it a few more times before I enact my plans."

Maia looked at the other sailors. they were standing around doing nothing! "Uhm, hello! Just confessed to murder? Talked about doing more of it?!" It was now that Maia noticed the writing on the crates... it read: Danger, explosives contained within. Please handle car- blahblahblah. "You're loading explosives into a boat?! are you all insane?!

"Look at them, Maia." Chirp said, standing her ground as Kirk approached.

Maia did just that, and was surprised. All of them, to some degree were part pokemon. The closest to her had a vanillish ice spike sticking out of his head.

This man stepped forward. "It's time to take what should be ours! We're better than those people! We... We're better than you!" Thankfully, by the way they were all cowering behind Kirk, none of the others had any idea on how to use their powers...

"Feebas, Hydro pump! Spheal, Aurora beam!" Chirp commanded, not losing a beat as she released the two pokemon. They noticed the danger right away, and took the shots as soon as they could.

Kirk seemed unfazed. The attacks just seemed to make him angrier, and thus his flames grew hotter. He just kept coming.

It may have been Maia's imagination, but she could have sworn flames were starting to leak out of his nose and the corners of his mouth. She had to act too! "Finn! Poison sting!" She released her Silcoon, and held the pokemon up so it could fire off the needles. The chi needles seemed to stick into Kirk's meaty hide, but do nothing else! "Keep it up, Finn!" She backed up as she fired, just to keep the distance between them constant.

Chirp, on the other hand, stayed where she was. "Feebas! Use Twister! Spheal, Rollout!" Her anger had been focused. Her mind was clear! This was the pinnacle of her ability! She stood her ground as her Milotic began creating tornados, and her spheal took off to go slam into the behemoth.

Kirk grunted, flames firing out of his nostrils. He rose an arm. It quickly burned bright white, and with one large swing, He sent spheal back to Chirp with Hammer Arm.

Chirp dodged her spheal. That was all there was to it. He'd failed in his mission, and would be recovered later.

Out of all the moves, the Twister seemed to do the most damage. The winds stopped Kirk from moving, and the water it was picking up was putting out his flames! The other hybrids began trying to help. They sent fizzles and sparkles and tiny splashes of water and poison in the general direction of the battle... but of course, they proved to be quite useless.

"Gah, This... is... Child's play!" Kirk roared, blasting flames straight through the tornado, dispelling it. "Get the crates on the boat!!" he ordered, stomping closer and closer to Chirp.

"Riolu, come here!" Chirp shouted, releasing her Riolu. The pokemon yawned, then took a look at what they were dealing with.

"(You.)" Riolu said via a sharp, crisp "Lu." Without awaiting orders, he charged, coming at Kirk full speed! With a nimble leap, Riolu placed himself at chest level. Kirk tried to preempt the attack with Hammer arm, but mama ain't brutally train no fool. Riolu simply put his palms out and used a quick Force Palm to dampen the blow so he could latch on.

"What?!" Kirk grunted, swinging his arm around in an effort to remove the Riolu from him. The pokemon used this against him, jumping from one spot to the next, and generally free running all over the large man. Kirk kept swinging, tossing out Assurances and Hammer arms left and right.

Riolu placed himself on Kirk's back, right in the area the man could not reach. Here he was safe for the moment. Safe long enough to hatch another part of this plan. Riolu suddenly smashed a Force palm into Kirk's back and leaped off, knowing his attack wouldn't do much.

Kirk roared again, charging the Riolu. The thing he didn't take into account was that this Riolu had been trained to ignore being outmatched.

When the huge man brought a hammer arm down at the Riolu, the pokemon gave a quick spin, getting in close. So close that it was a simple matter to jab the side of the Hammer arm, and poke the man's belly. The Chi in Kirk's arm shot through the Riolu, and was redirected straight back into Kirk. It was counter! Well, Riolu's way of using Counter.

Kirk gagged, his stomach seemed to cave inward as soon as Riolu touched him. It didn't matter to Chirp. "Feebas, Help Riolu with Hydro pump!" Her Milotic let loose another jet of water. Which slammed into the doubled over hybrid and started rolling him back along the pier. "Riolu!" Chirp called. She hadn't noticed the Riolu was on his knees, panting. The effort of using the move had nearly taken him out of the game. "...Riolu come back and rest." Chirp returned the fighting type, and rereleased her Whirlipede.

Kirk gurgled something angrily as he flailed his way down to the edge of the docks. the other hybrids scrambled out of his way as he went head first into the water once more.

It didn't take long at all for Kirk to get back up on the dock. Once he finally got back on his feet, he looked up in time to see the main combat girl gesturing at him. He tried to see what she was motioning the feeling of ice made him stop. The girl's milotic had started using ice beam, and had only managed to hit his right foot! The thing must be tired already! The ice couldn't even stop him from dodging the Whirlipede that had come straight for him. "Ha! I-"

WHAM. SO MUCH WHAM. SO MUCH WHAM THAT I CAN'T EVEN COMPREHEND IT.

The last thing Kirk heard before passing out was the sound of his right ankle snapping out of place. The last thing he saw was a glimpse of the feet of the other hybrids, and the last thing he tasted was the metallic taste of blood in his mouth.

Maia stared in disbelief. Kirk lay face down, embedded in the pier while a whirlipede soared overhead towards the street behind them. Chirp seemed pretty satisfied, and her Milotic did too. Behind the defeated man was a sharp horizontal U. It had been used to catch the Whirlipede and use its momentum to slam it straight into the back of Kirk's head. It was connected to the dock by a thick sheet of ice and looped around so that it would dump the speeding pokemon straight onto the target. "daaaaaaaaayum. Can I do that?!"

Chirp quickly called the police and sighed. "All of you." She said, indicating the group staring at Kirk's twisted leg. " you're going to tell the truth in court. Or I'll be back, to tear you into little pieces, and use the pokemon parts of you to make modern art." She took a calming breath and began returning her pokemon. Once she and Maia were all prepared, Chirp took Maia by the front of her trench coat and summoned Claydol. They disappeared to the tune of the police sirens and some somber jazz.

Hawk sighed, staring down the opponent's pokemon. Eight was drifting around, waiting for the opportunity to attack. Hawk could tell that Takashi wouldn't be much of a problem at the moment. the guy was in a crumpled heap off in the corner. However, the guy was like a roach, and Hawk knew that he'd be up some time soon. "Best thing to do now? Get rid of these guys." Hawk muttered, digging into his belongings and grabbing a pokeball.

Hawk had added Twelve to the fray... well... nothing was going on, so let me rephrase. Hawk added the Dewott to the samurai style staredown. "I guess this means that my little speech didn't do any good, right?" Hawk shouted to the Ninurai.

Their answer? Various barks to their pokemon. The Shiftry and Masquerain took off, zigg zagging between each other like real pros.

"Let's do this, guys! Twelve, Let's attack with Razor shell! Eight, provide some cover fire with shadow ball!" Hawk commanded. He happened to glance passed the oncoming pokemon and noticed the two other trainers were gone! No, wait, not gone. They were circling around the platform, coming for him with swords drawn. Hawk dug through his stuff, grabbing two pokeballs and preparing for some close quarters combat.

Twelve grabbed his scalchop, instantly exploding a blade of water onto it. This was his first real battle ever since he was injured. Yeah, he'd had a minibattle with Dan's Bagon, but that really was in a different category. The Shiftry reached him first. Its hands were glowing green! It was Leaf Blade! The grass type swung its arms with grace, slashing at Twelve, and not letting up at all. Twelve was at a disadvantage. There wasn't much he could do against the two Leaf blades with his one Scalchop! He made do by dodging the attacks he couldn't block. Their fight was like a dance, with the bigger of the two leading.

As for the Masquerain, it flew straight for Eight. The Chandelure didn't hesitate. He fired off dozens of baseball sized Shadow balls at the other pokemon. Like a champ, the Masquerain wove in and out of the attacks, effortlessly dodging them! This caught Eight off guard, so when the Masquerain got in his face, the only thing he could do as he was blasted with an Ominous Wind was squeal angrily. Eight pulled himself out of the attack and got his bearings.

The Masquerain was coming for him again. Uhhhh yeahno. Eight flew forward, intercepting the pokemon's advance. There was a split second where The Chandelure could see the surprise on Masquerain's face. That is, before it was engulfed in an explosion. Ohbaby, pointblank Flame Burst. The Masquerain tumbled through the air, but righted itself before it hit the ground. Unfortunately that didn't do it any good. Eight zoomed up on it again, firing off another Flame Burst and blowing its opponent into the ground. "(No mercy! No Mercy!!)" Eight chimed, firing off Burst after Burst, pinning the pokemon to the ground with fiery explosions.

In the back of Twelve's mind, he knew he was fighting a losing battle. His moves were getting sloppy. He'd felt knicks and pinpricks where he hadn't moved far enough, or hadn't blocked well enough. The thoughts became a reality when he suddenly found his scalchop knocked out of his hand. Not a millisecond later, a Leaf Blade slashed him across his body, sending him tumbling. No Scalchop? Against a grass type? Things really didn't look good for him. From his position on the ground, Twelve looked over and saw Hawk backing up the stairs, two humans advancing with swords. He... He needed help! Twelve could assist him, but he needed to get rid of this Shiftry, first!

Twelve let his rage and regrets take over. He roared, forcing Chi through his arms! He got up, his arms ablaze with fighting chi. The Shiftry seemed distracted. Explosions were shaking the stone platform, and flames were spilling around like some kind of burning liquid. Fires had started on the Shiftry's back! Now was the time to attack. Twelve lunged, and slammed both fists into the grass type with a rage fueled Revenge attack. This caused the pokemon to fall backwards into the rolling flames, being engulfed in the repeating explosions.

Hawk had expected this. These Samurai ninja jerks weren't above cheap tricks. It was something that he respected, but at the same time, he wished he'd brought something he could use against them. He backed up, climbing up onto the stairs. They were advancing on him, swords poised to swing on him at any moment. One decided to be bold, and lunged!


KABLAM!!

There had been explosions ripping through the air for at least ten seconds. But for some reason, one in particular ended the stream and replaced it with a loud rumble and a powerful quake. Hawk threw himself to the wall, watching the lunging attacker go tumbling off of the stairs. The platform was collapsing, sending rocks crashing into the waves below. Along with them went three pokemon. Which means Twelve was now in the water. dang.

When the rocks stopped falling, Hawk took a moment to plant his hand firmly onto the face of the ninjurai and send him off the edge too. At the same time, he ripped the guy's sword from his hand. Great, now he was armed!

Eight, surprised at his blunder, swooped down and snagged Twelve before the Dewott hit the waves. It was the least he could do after disrupting the battle. Eight felt a bit weak. After taking that hit, and dumping all those attacks on the other pokemon.. he was feeling the effort it took. So, when he got the Dewott to the stairs, he allowed himself to drop down onto the ground and rest.

Hawk turned around and noticed his pokemon. Twelve looked singed and startled, but otherwise OK. Eight just seemed tired. So, Hawk returned the Chandelure. WAIT.

Hawk spun around and found Takashi awake and clinging to the edge of the cliff face. The explosion had tore a good 80% of the platform off, leaving a small walkway. Should he.. help him? Hawk looked at Takashi. Like the other minions... he chose his fate. So, this was it. Takashi kindasorta defeated, and the... the... well, the thing they were supposed to save was safe. Right?

Lolnope. Two Vespiqueen came soaring up from below, the gusts they kicked up threw Hawk against the wall, then sucked him up off his feet and over the edge. Now, In retrospect, Hawk would say that he faced the crashing waves with stoic abandon, but in actuality he was screaming. Yup, screaming like a little girl all the way down.

There was a bright flash, and then Hawk felt himself be yanked out of the air. "Oh thank Arceus." Hawk sighed. One had released himself just in the nick of time. Plus he had the mind to catch him! "Someone's getting extra hunting time when we get back."


"HawkHawkHawkHawk!" Maia yelped, each 'Hawk' coming with every step she took. There two men with Vespiqueen chasing her up the stairs! Thankfully she could meet up with Hawk at the platform, and then go from... there..

"awwwwwww sh/t" Maia groaned. She'd circled around to where the platform should be and found it was blown up.She'd heard the explosions, and now she knew what had happened... sorta. Regardless, her pursuers were still after her! She pressed herself against the wall and shuffled across, being careful not to step on the hands of the boy hanging onto the edge. She was tough, not ruthless... ok Ruthless, but she just didn't have the time! She crossed to the stairs and began making her way up. Hawk was nowhere to be found, and there weren't any more signs of battle going on. Where was he?

"Get on!" Hawk shouted from atop his mighty bird. He was reaching out a hand to Maia, who was running up the stairs. When she saw him, she looked confused, but hurled herself over anyway. With a hard flap, One moved out of the way, letting Maia plummet to her doom.

haha, ok. Not really. Hawk and One were laughing their butts off. The Bird's laughter was more of a jovial screech. He dove, snatching Maia out of the air and pulling up to get back on track.

"THAT'S NOT FUNNY!" Maia screamed, her pulse was quickened to a near heart attack level. She did notice that her pursuers had stopped following her. Perhaps they'd stopped to help the boy. Either way, they weren't there right now. Which means they were safe, right?

I really wish Maia and Hawk would stop asking that.

A sudden jerk to the right told Maia that something wasn't right. It was like they were taking evasive action! OHSNAP! Maia pulled herself into a ball in time to avoid a cloud of small bugs. Behind them, Four, (count em!)FOUR Vespiqueen and eight Combee were chasing after them! The pokemon had dropped off their trainers, who were now running up the stairs, and were focusing on attacking!

"Hawk?" Maia asked.

"I'm on it." Hawk replied. "One, Take Maia to the top." He said before letting go of the bird, and taking to the air.

Hawk took a moment of silence. He may not have spirit sensing powers, but he knew nothing could survive letting out that much energy without losing something precious. Hawk reached down and gripped the jacket secured around his waist. It was the key thing making him look like a Dewott. He pulled it up and stuck his arms into the sleeves. He zipped it up and put the hood up, and pulled it as tight as he could. He didn't want to be seen right now.

Takashi stared at Hawk, seeing the slow, careful movements. "Now you know." He said, pointing at Hawk. "Now you know the pain! Go, Ninjask!" Takashi released his Shedinja, and Hawk knew. He knew now why he called his shedinja 'Ninjask'. The key difference was: One wasn't about to come back as a shell. "Ninjask! Use Shadow ball!" Takashi's Shedinja gathered up a ball of darkness, and hurled it straight for Hawk.

Hawk didn't move. He just stood there with his hood up until the ball slammed into him. He stumbled backwards and fell. He lay on his back, watching the blue ball dissipate into sparkling trails of energy. "For you, my friend." Hawk got up, his jacket blown open from the attack. "For I have bathed in the light of your sacrifice, and I know." Hawk pointed across the platform at Takashi and his Shedinja. "I know. I know. I know."

Takashi stared at Hawk in silence. The only sound between them was the flapping of Takashi's dumb scarf, and the howling winds around them. "What's that supposed to be? Some kind of poem?"

"It's from a sermon I heard my friend give once." Hawk said, checking himself for injuries. He was bruised a bit, but nothing was too serious. "I can't remember it all, but I have that part memorized.... Something something, For I have bathed... I know, I know, I know.... something... Let no closed window lock the door? no... Something along the lines of: When one door closes, a window opens. So don't ignore the person opening the window." Hawk released Zero, his Luxray. She looked around and noticed there was about to be a battle! Plus there was some pretty thing in the sky fading away! She was oblivious to what had happened, but she could tell Hawk was being serious.

"See, my friend is a priest, so he's had to do funerals and stuff. He has this one thing he tells the kids so they cry.... I can never really understand it. Why would he ask them to cry?" Hawk looked up at the faint blue aura still lingering above them, and shed a tear. "So God may see that we've lost love. We loose this tear like a dove. Take this, dear, and have no fear. As we've paid the toll for you."

The two of them stood there for a while longer, Takashi allowing Hawk some peace while he performed his little sending off.

"I'm not very religious, but after all I've seen, I have no doubt that Arceus exists.... But...Heh.... The whole rhyme is pretty dumb, and it IS for Children." Hawk wiped his eyes on his sleeve and returned his attention to the red scarf wearing ninja wannabe. "So. Where were we? Ohright, I was taking you down a peg."

Maia made her way to the second landing. She was behind a small group of Ninjurai, all of which were shuffling around. They were focusing on something. Chirp stood on her tip toes to get a better look.

In front of them was a Lunatone and a Dewott. The Lunatone was using psychic to wield several swords. The Dewott was hanging back, keeping an eye on their opponents.

Maia stared at their backs. What should she do?

Well, Get violent of course!

Maia lashed out, shoving the person in front of her. He stumbled into the guy in front of him, and he did the same. The sudden motion amongst their ranks caused the Ninjurai to move forward. They were met with several blades and a series of Hyrdo Pumps.

Maia took advantage of the chaos and dove through the people. When she burst through the line, she was met with a katana flying through the air! A simple tuck and roll got her underneath the sword and back onto her feet in time to leap over the next blade.

Two must have recognized her, as the swords stopped coming for her. Maia didn't have time to stop and chat, so she rushed around the stone, and into the path of Twelve! The Dewott's eyes widened, and he took a breath! He was about to blast her with a Hydro pump! Was she going to go through the effort of getting back up here? pft, no. So, she threw herself into the air. Twelve watched her, his mouth full of water. Maia could tell from the way his face was moving that he recognized her, but was debating whether or not to blast her anyway.

Maia hit the ground with a mighty belly flop.

Ok, it wasn't the best execution of a plan she'd done in a while, but cut her some slack. Maia was growing tired! Unlike Hawk, she'd been running, jumping, swimming, and dodging all day without even eating anything. He'd had time to eat, and had ridden his pokemon around. Wait, no. Now's not the time to be thinking. Now's the time to be moving!

Maia exploded back onto her feet and up the stairs. Behind her, Two and Twelve were exchanging pokemon sounds.

"( On your left!)" Twelve shouted.

Two gave off the feeling that he knew, and swung some of the swords at the Ninjurai who were foolish enough to try and skirt around the pokemon.

Twelve pumped his fist, watching those humans scramble around to dodge the swords. "(Ok, now! Over there!)" He said, pointing to more of the people advancing. He was spotting for the Rock so it didn't have to worry about being snuck up on. At the same time, he was assisting with keeping the enemy back. If one tried to get around them on the side facing the open air, a simple hydro pump either sent them over the side, or back to where they were.

Twelve jumped a little as he suddenly got a feeling. A feeling that he should go on ahead and help protect the girl that just ran passed. That everything would be OK here.

"(Thanks, but no thanks.)" Twelve said, making little feints at the remaining Ninjurai, pretending he was going to shoot more water at them. "(Those bugs are gone, so there really shouldn't be anything between us and Hawk.)" Twelve didn't get a response, so he figured he must have won. However, when all the swords dropped to the ground, he knew something was up. Before Twelve knew it, he was rocketing up into the air, the Ninjurai and Two getting smaller and smaller until eventually, they were replaced with stone. That stupid Lunatone had put him up on the platform that had Hawk on it!

Feeling his energy supplies diminishing, Two began taking actions that would help satisfy his goals. Hesheit didn't care for Twelve's protests. Hesheit knew that Hawk would need as much help with the boss as he could get, so who better to send then the pokemon with seniority over all of them?

Hesheit had dropped the swords, and removed his only other source of assistance from the battle. So, the Ninjurai ran forward. Some went to get their swords. Others were coming after the Lunatone! If Two needed to breathe, this would be where he'd take a deep breath. Hesheit focused their energies, constructed a wall of Psychic chi and gave it a hard shove. The Ninjurai and their weapons let out a loud yell as they and their weapons were propelled off of the platform by an unseen force.

Two looked up at the clouds. The blue aura wasn't there any more. Two let out a tired feeling. A feeling of gratitude and sadness, then allowed himself to droop low to the ground. He wanted it to be known that although he would never have the bravery One showed, that the bird had been an inspiration. Well, not before, but now. Now he was an inspiration. Two touched the ground and let himself fall over. He'd used up his energy and needed a rest. So he'd allow himself to fall comatose once more, knowing he'd be back to normal once nightfall came around.

BOOM! Boom! Ba-Boom!

Zero leaped from side to side, dodging the Shadow balls that "Ninjask" were firing down at her. The fight was extremely one sided since the Shedinja was high in the air, and the only time she'd been able to hit it with one of her electric attacks, it just flew away like nothing had happened! What was going on here?! Zero took a second to look at Hawk. Instead of directing her, he was busy trying not to get cut with that sharp metal stick in the hands of the scarf guy. She needed help, dangit! Hawk must have someone else he could send out to help, if he just had some- whoops!

BLAM!

Zero jumped to the side in time to avoid a solarbeam. She was beginning to feel as if this pokemon wasn't really trying to defeat her with these attacks. It was like it was taking advantage of its position. If it pelted her with enough small attacks, it could wear her out without worrying about itself!

Ok, yeah, this wasn't fair. Zero took off towards the fighting humans, her mouth alive with electricity. She pounced between them, snapping at Takashi and pushing him back to his Shedinja, who backed her off with a well placed Solar beam. Zero fell back to Hawk and instantly began pawing his jacket. She knew he kept his pokeballs in there, and was trying to get one out!

Hawk stared at the Luxray as she pawed him. She just kinda saved him, and now wanted something else? She was specifically pawing the pokeball pouch of his jacket Maybe she was... calling for backup?! Hawk nodded, dug into his pouch and released Eight. The Chandelure seemed... tired, but still OK. "Eight, help Zero take down that Shedinja." Hawk said, waving frantically at Takashi's pokemon,

Meanwhile, Takashi noticed Hawk had sent out another pokemon! A two on one battle wouldn't be fair in the least bit. So,Takashi grabbed another pokeball and hurled it out, releasing a Samurott!

And that's when Twelve came flying up to the platform. Yup, it was miraculous timing at the hands of Two. Twelve looked up. He was alongside Hawk, Eight and Zero. At least he had that. If he was to be suddenly thrust into some kind of pokewar, the two pokemon he'd want at his sides were these two. They were two fully evolved walking powerhouses. They were striker incarnates. Across from him was a floating bug thing and a-

Twelve stared in awe. This was a Samurott? They... They were.. kinda ugly. As Takashi stammered a bit, and released a third pokemon, this one a large, floating purple gas bag, Twelve couldn't take his eyes off of that Samurott. He would be one of those one of these days. Which means that he has to kick this things butt now if he ever hoped to succeed in life. His main issue now? He had no scalchop.

Hawk and his team stared at Takashi and his three pokemon. "Looks like it's a Triple battle."

Takashi sheathed his sword, looking at Hawk dead in the eye. "Looks that way. Are you sure you don't want to do one of those stupid rotation battles?"

"Nah, I left the turntables back home."

Hawk and Takashi stared at each other, not even realizing their pokemon were doing the same. Each team had already figured out which pokemon they were going to charge at the second the fight started.

Eight knew he was sent out to combat this Shedinja, so he had his sights set on it. Zero was determined to keep that Wheezing away from the rest of the team. Twelve had his heart set on feeding the Samurott its own heart.

WAIT WOAH, MAN.

Ok, uh... Yeah. So they started fighting.... Dang, Twelve... you crazy.