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 Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:05 am
"Okay, get up." A voice says to the sleeping Eddie. "It's been two days, you should be okay now." it insists.
Eddie opens his eyes and looks at Gandalfr hovering over him. "Ugh. Okay." he says in response, then lifts the blanket off of him and slides his feet off the side of the bed and stands up in front of him. "Should I keep these bandages on?" he asks.
Gandalfr looks at the bandages closely; there was no blood on them, because they were fresh, and they could help to keep the wounds closed while he is training. He nods. "Yeah, keep them on, they could only help you." he says.
Eddie smiles, then grabs the Zweihander from the side of his bed and holds it in front of him. "Cool, I think they make me look pretty badass." he says, then buts the sword over his back and walks over to Gandalfr. "What's the next portion of the basic training session?" he asks.
"Your next test in the basic course is to fight a swarm of enemies armed with Zweihanders, just like you." Gandalfr says easily. "It should be a good warm-up, since you're pretty skilled, and you seem to be a bit injured, so this might be a challenge, but also a test of your strength." He then walks towards another exit of the room and is lost in the light.
Eddie smiles. "I am so ready for this." he says, then follows Gandalfr out of the small med room.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:28 am
Out of the small, dark room, Eddie is bathed in the warm light of the sun, and he lets his body stretch in the warmth. "Okay, so, where are these 'people' that I get to fight?" he asks.
Gandalfr keeps walking, but doesn't look at Eddie when he asks. "It wouldn't be any fun if I told you where they were, now would it?" He just keeps up the pace as he walks up the path taking them to the top of Stark Mountain.
Eddie just keeps following blindly, thinking of what could be up at the top of the mountain. Will it be a bunch of people, or a bunch of killer Machamps, wielding 4 Zweihanders apiece, more than what he fought before. If it was that, he'd definitely die a horrible death. What if it was a bunch of katana wielders, who were from Tatsuya's school? It could be anything. Though he should be worrying, he's actually enjoying what could be up there.
The master and student keep walking, then finally reach the top of Stark Mountain. "Wait, what?" Eddie asks. "There's nothing up here." he says, looking at the flat piece of land above him, which was empty, except for a box.
Gandalfr smiles, then walks over to the box and picks it up. The middle of the field breaks a bit, and a large piece of land rises up about seven feet in the air. There is a rack under the land, with at least fifty Zweihanders hanging on it.
"What's that for?" Eddie asks.
Gandalfr responds by swinging the box up, then brings it down, and pokeballs come rushing out of the box, and hit the ground. All of the pokeballs opened, the red lights revealing many, many Machokes. Each one goes over to the rack and grabs a Zweihander with one hand. "You get to fight Machokes. Many Machokes." he says, then goes over to the corner of the field and sits down, then the rack goes back down, making the land level again. He is surrounded by the pokeballs, in case he needs to return the pokemon, so he can heal them later.
"Begin."
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:15 pm
Eddie readies his Zweihander, then watches as the Machoke that surrounded him all came in at once, easily swinging their swords. Eddie catches one blade with his and kicks the Machoke back into another, then swings his blade at another making it do a 180, and he uses the back of the Machoke to push himself into another Machoke, and he slices at this one, but his blade is caught and he's thrown to the ground, on his hands and knees. Before he's sliced by another incoming blade, he is able to block it with his own, then uses the force exerted by the Machoke to make it fall and take a few blades meant for him. That Machoke is then returned by Gandalfr.
"One down." Gandalfr says.
With the shield gone, Eddie jumps into the group of Machoke, all of them keeping their eyes on him, and the ones close to him start slicing wildly at him, some of the Machokes' swords hitting each other's sword. There were even red lights to show that some were being defeated by their own colleagues. Eddie is now swinging at the Machokes, instead of running, the sword bouncing off of the wall of blades that the fighting pokemon made.
Eddie is able to see daylight again when he reaches the edge of the field. He looks off the edge and sees the ground way down, then he turns around and sees the Machokes coming in, then he readies his blade. "Okay, come get some!" he says, then slices at one of the pokemon, but is blocked by a blade, and is sliced by three more, but he's able to barely dodge them. "Holy crap!" he yells, then jumps backwards, his left foot scrapes the side of the mountain. "This will have to do." he says, then holds the blade behind him, then gives a strong whirl, the blade making it through three Machokes before it's stopped by the fourth. This was three less Machokes he had to fight.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:46 pm
The number of Machokes has decreased by about fifteen now, and Eddie is starting to get a bit more control, and his body is become more adjusted to the pain now. He trips a Machoke and slashes it on the way down, then he holds his sword over his back to catch an incoming sword, then he kicks a blade out of his face and grabs a blade and stabs a Machoke in the face. Three more are recalled from battle. Eddie looks at his left hand and sees that it's bleeding from grabbing the blade. He lets out a hiss of pain, then realizes he's still in battle. He raises his blade and jumps to the side, running backwards to get away from the bunch of pokemon.
Eddie grabs a bandage from his ankle down to his foot, then wraps it around his left hand, to stop the bleeding. He looks up and sees the Machoke are approaching, then he ties the knot and grabs the Zweihander off his back. "Come on, you guys don't scare me!" he yells. There were swords littering the ground, and still Machoke were coming out of the woodwork. He holds the sword at his side, the tip touching the ground. Now the pokemon were rushing at Eddie, a wall of swinging blades they could be called. "Maybe I should have thought that through." he says.
Eddie jumps backwards to avoid a blade, then swings his sword heftily at the Machoke, it being returned to the ball. Another blade comes at him, he is knocked back by the impact to the sword, then another, and another, and another. It seems endless, he can't keep this up.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:13 pm
By this time, the clangs from the swords hitting would be able to make a church bell look on in jealousy at the amount of times it's been rung. Now the Machokes did something horrible, they made a circle around Eddie, all slashing at him, with the intent to kill. Blades were going through his back, the bandages being ripped off of his body, skin being slashed. The pain was unbearable. Eddie looks at the next incoming blade and swings his sword at it, making it fly out of the fighting pokemon's hand, then he rams his Zweihander through it, and the one behind it, and a third, all three of them being returned. Eddie got another slash in his side.
Now he was getting very pissed. He grabs his sword firmly with both hands, and as if it was weightless, he starts slicing madly at all of the pokemon, using both feet to trip some, kick some, headbutting a few. He was using his whole body to get rid of some of these Machoke. Red flashes were present all around Eddie, the number of Machokes slowly decreasing. There was about ten now, the ground was littered with swords and blood. Eddie looks down at his body and closes his eyes tight. His breathing was speeding up, his body exhausted from that burst of rage and power.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:16 pm
The Machokes that are left over walk towards Eddie, their swords held with two hands apiece. "I can do this, it shouldn't be that hard, right?" Eddie asks himself, obviously trying to keep himself from giving up. "Yeah, they're just a bunch of sissies. One hit to the skin and they're done for." The last ten draw closer. "You've picked the wrong day to be his pokemon!" he yells, then propels himself off the ground and knees a Machoke in the face, then bring his blade down on the Machoke next to it. He lands on the one he kicked and plants his sword in it. Both of them are returned. "Damn, eight more." he says.
Seeing their comrades fallen again, the Machokes rush at Eddie again. With only the eight, it seems less threatening than the forty or so that were on him before. "You can't win." he says to the Machokes, then does something unexpected and puts his sword over his back, now he's bare handed. "This is where I beat you." he continues, then grabs three blades off the ground with both hands, then starts spinning around, all three tips scraping the ground. With the help of centripetal force, the blades are lifted into the air and Eddie lets them go, all three go with tremendous speed towards the Machokes. Three are taken down by the blades. "Five left." he says.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:31 pm
Eddie starts to wave back and forth, his knees shaking. "Come on, there's only five of you, what can you expect to do against me?" he asks, his voice a little groggy. "I mean, I could easily take...a hundred more of you with both hands tied behind my back." he says. He must be close to the edge of insanity or death. Eddie rushes at the Machokes, not feeling any pain as he does so. He doesn't have anything besides his bare hands to fight them, even though his Zweihander is on his back. "Show me what ya got!" he yells, then throws his fist at one, grabbing a blade from the other and stabbing it into a third. That one was returned.
The fist connects with the off-guard Machoke, and the sword is still in Eddie's left hand. He uses some momentum to kick the sword he was holding, and it brought the Machoke to turn ninety degrees. Eddie uses his bloody hand to blind the Machoke he turned around, then he holds onto it and kicks backwards to hit another Machoke in the face and knock it on it's back. Eddie grabs his Zweihander off his back and kicks off the pokemon he was holding onto, and stabs his sword into the Machoke on the ground, that one is also returned.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:37 pm
Eddie looks, there are three Machoke left, and he is bleeding from many places. His left hand looks like he got it caught in a wood chipper, and his body looks like it went through a car wash, but the rotating things were replaced with swords. Eddie is breathing harder than he has in a while, and he spits out some blood onto the gravel. "Looks like I'm going to win." he says, then jumps and slashes through the blinded Machoke, making that one return.
Eddie puts his Zweihander back on his back then grabs one from the ground and hurls it at one of the two left, it's bounced off. He does it again with another, that one is bounced off. With every one he hurls, he gets closer to both Machoke. He then gets close enough that he throws another and it is bounced off, but he uses it as a distraction to sweep the Machoke off its feet and onto the ground, and it is quickly slashed with the Zweihander, and returned quickly.
Now there was one Machoke left. This one has a look of confidence in its eyes as it looks at Eddie. He reaches his hands around his waist and grabs the belt, then pauses for a second. The second elapses and the belt is taken off. All of the sudden, the Machoke seems to lose all sanity it had as it lets out a roar, it's skin color even gets a reddish tint as the belt falls to the ground. "Oh crap." Eddie says.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:01 pm
Eddie looks at the Machoke and laughs. "See, you shouldn't get a temper. Just chilllll." he says, blood running down the side of his mouth. "You know, it's a sad day when people get angry because their belt broke." he says. He keeps going on "I mean, you must be a pretty possessive piece of-" He's then interrupted by a punch to the gut, sending him flying high into the air, at an impressive speed.
As he's flying through the air, Eddie vomits a bit of blood into the forest below. "Damn, that hurt!" he calls. Wait, feeling pain, that's not good. The Machoke is now behind Eddie after taking off from the ground, and it kicks Eddie back into Stark Mountain, turning his body into a crumpled mess, probably breaking many bones. The Machoke is coming down the same route that Eddie did. With a humongous amount of willpower, and sheer killer intent, Eddie lifts his Zweihander, putting the sword through the Machoke, instantly making the color fade, and the rage subside. That Machoke is also returned.
Eddie closes his eyes and lets out a hiss and then a moan. He looks at Gandalfr as he gets up from the ground and walks over to Eddie. Anything after that, Eddie wouldn't remember, because he is out cold.
Gandalfr takes Eddie inside the small med room and starts to bandage the cuts in the skin, big and small. "That should hold him pretty good, as long as he doesn't exert himself too bad." he says. "At least he's done with the basic training. Though, I'd like it if he didn't bleed so much." he says. He then looks through Eddie's bag and looks at the SNAG. "This must be some sort of communication device...maybe I can find where this kid lives." he says, pressing some buttons and watching the screen change and change. He comes to a page with a bunch of information; his name, age, stuff like that. "Hmm...nothing on where he lives. Maybe I'll just ask him when he gets up."
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:28 pm
Three days passed since the last part of basic training, and Eddie is up, walking around, limping a bit, but that's what recovery is. "Lord Gandalfr, since I'm done with the basic training, can I go home for a bit? They've probably been lonely without me." he says.
Gandalfr grabs a pokeball and releases a Gallade. "Just tell him where you need to go, and he'll take you there, but make sure to imagine the place, so he knows where to go." he says. "And make sure you actually come back."
Eddie smiles, then walks over to the Gallade, then closes his eyes and imagines the HQ, on the island off of Kanto. "Thanks for training me, lord Gandalfr." he says, then looks at him, and touches the hilt of the sword on his back.
With no notice, the Gallade and Eddie are teleported to the front of HQ. Eddie looks at it and smiles. "Wow, it'll be good to be back. Thanks, Gallade." he says to it. The Gallade nods and teleports back to Gandalfr.
Eddie walks back into HQ, with a sword on his back, his bones healing nicely, and a bit of training under his belt. A job well done, in his mind.
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:30 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:14 pm
-Mission Report-
Superb job Eddie! I see you made it through Gandalfr's cruel training program in mostly one piece. And it seems you also returned with a sword from his school, that must mean you passed the basic training course! Congratulations Eddie, good going! Though this is only the beginning in mastering the way of the sword. Gandalfr still has much more to teach you, so don't think this is the last time you will train under him, you are going to get to know him well. Anywho, let me reward you for passing.
For passing you receive:
---The Zweihander on your back.
---1x Berserk Gene (Use with care)
---1x Protector
---5,000 Gaia Gold
---Class title of Swordsman
Again, congrats Eddie! The next mission in the journey to master the sword will be ready soon. Look forward to it!
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