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Mission

Charmed

Team Rose, a lesser-known enemy group, but still a threat to us and to others around them. How? Their Pokemon are so cute to the point where it is either distracting. Unfortunately for us, they are using it to their advantage at a Pokemon contest at Slateport City. The participating contest Pokemon are being distracted and allured away from their trainers. They are ignoring orders and are willing to defend these cute Pokemon with their lives. Team Rose intends to take these charmed Pokemon to expand into a army about as great as threat as Team Shadow.

Your Mission is to go to Slateport and stop Team Rose from accomplishing their task. Be careful, getting to the people involved will not be easy. These charmed Pokemon are going to be more of a threat to you than Rose ever will be. Though with that being said, try not to do TOO much damage if at all possible to these contest Pokemon. The trainers took great care in raising these Pokemon. Even so much as a Pokemon battle could ruin years of work.

Objective
---Stop Rose from taking the contest Pokemon at Slateport City

Opposition
---3 Team Rose Peons with 3 Pokemon each
---4 Contest Pokemon (1 has to be at least a 2nd Evo)

Pokemon
---Any 1 1st/2nd Evo AT YOUR RANK (Snag from Peons ONLY)

Rewards
---7,500 Pokedollars and Varies from there (Better RP, Better Rewards)

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Taakuin sat in his room, reading through the many, many missions that there were. As he looked through them, he quickly became bored. 'I hate looking for a mission to do, it's the worst part of it. -.-' he complained to himself as he continued looking. It took him almost 20 minutes to find one he wanted, and he didn't even pick it, Ricky had. "Just do this one, I mean, with a name like Team Rose, how hard could it be?"

Taakuin sighed, and shrugged at the same time. "Well... alright, but if you get charmed by one of these 'cute' Pokemon, I'm going to blame you if we fail >8(. I do NOT want to get beaten by a bunch of sissy peons." he said, getting his things together. "...where's my hover board? We kinda need it to get there... unless of course you want to carry me. >.>" he turned to the Squirtle, grinning. Ricky sweat dropped, and put his paw in his shell, searching for the previously stored hover board.

He looked for 15 minutes, pulling things like, random machine parts, a book or two, his note pad, pencil, a pair of glasses, sunglasses, a hacky sack, an oven mitt, a small pebble, a handkerchief, and a sandwich. He finally found the hover board, and tossed it to Taakuin, hitting him in the head. Taakuin just stood there, mouth gaping. "o.o What... the.... heck...." was all he managed to get out. Ricky quickly stuffed the other items back in his shell, making Taakuin's eye twitch. ".... how does that fit in there? o.o" he asked as the Squirtle finished. "...you really don't want to know.. trust me.." Ricky said, walking out the door. Taakuin stood there for a while before slowly walking after him.

They made their way through the HQ, distracted by a few things on the way, such as pretty machines, (Ricky), food, (both), and still pondering about Ricky's shell, (Taakuin). When they finally made it outside, Taakuin tossed out the hover board, jumping on it. Ricky hopped on after, sitting on Taakuin's backpack, his usual spot. "So we just have to get rid of some peons? As long as we don't get distracted, this should be fairly easy." Taakuin said as they sped towards Slateport. Of course they would have to make a few stops on the way, but hopefully it wouldn't be that bad.

He took out his PokePalm, and handed it to Ricky. "Check out the stops on the way to Slateport, we need to make as few as possible, but we'll have to get something to eat... that and I really need to go... >.>" he said as Ricky looked at the map. “As if I’m actually going to look. -_- Just stop at whatever towns we pass, maybe two of them. We’ll want to get there as soon as possible, I don’t enjoy traveling.-_-“ Taakuin nodded, and continued flying towards Slateport. He took his goggles off his forehead, placing them over his eyes. It was times like this he was glad that he had them.

They had been flying for a while now, and they could see their first stop in the distance. “Well look at that, our first pit stop. What are we going to do here?” he asked Ricky. “Well, I don’t know about you, but I really need to go to the bathroom. >.0;” he replied, squirming around on the backpack. Taakuin laughed, speeding towards the town. When they arrived, they got off the hover board, and walked into a fast food place. They walked to the bathroom, Ricky jumped off Taakuin’s backpack and sprinting there. After they were done, they ordered some food, and sat down. Eating on the hover board was a bit of a challenge.

When they were done eating, they went outside, and sweat dropped. “You um… wouldn’t happen to remember which way we were going, would you?” Taakuin asked, turning to Ricky. “He-he… of course I do… erm… it was uh… that way? >.>” he said, pointing in a random direction. “Um… I’ll ask someone else instead..” Taakuin said, walking to a woman standing behind a fruit stand.

“Hello there! Would you care to buy some delicious fruits?” She asked as they approached. Taakuin shook his head, “Um, no thank you, we were just wondering which way is it to Slateport City?” The woman scratched her head for a bit, then snapped her fingers. “Well… I can’t say I know. I’m sure my husband will though. Just hold on a second okay?” Taakuin sighed, “Um.. alright.” They waited there for a few minutes before who they guessed was the husband came out.

“So yer lookin’ for Slateport are ye’?” he said in a hearty voice. “Slateport City is oer’ that way, quite a ways fer’ a youngin’ like yerself int’ it?” he said, looking Taakuin up and down. “Erm, I guess it’s pretty far away, considering where we came from.” Taakuin said, putting his hands in his pockets. “Where did ye’ come from then?” the man asked, leaning towards Taakuin. “We uh… came from the Kanto area, just past it actually. We’re just going to the Pokemon Contest in Slateport. But we can’t be late, so we need to get going. Thanks for all your help though!” he said as they quickly ran off. “Hmm… aight’, good luck to ye’ then!” the man said as he watched them leave.

Once they were out of sight, they got on the hover board and continued on to Slateport. This was going to be quite a journey, but in the end it would be worth it to take down Team Rose. Cheating in a Pokemon Contest is just plain rotten. When they got there, he planned on putting some hurtin’ on them. They were close to being halfway to their next destination when they encountered a Mightyena. “Ah…great…just what we needed, another distraction..” he said, sighing. “C’mon, let me fight him, I can beat him easily.” Ricky said, putting up his fists. “That’s alright, really, I’ll just let T. handle it.” Taakuin said, throwing out the Houndour’s ball. “Alright Titus, ready to beat this guy down?” Titus barked a yes, and bared his teeth at the Mightyena.

The Mightyena made the first move. It jumped at Titus, biting him in the side. Titus let out a loud yelp, and managed to kick the Mightyena off of himself. “Titus, use bite!” Taakuin said. Titus ran at the Mightyena, biting it in the ear. The Mightyena let out a loud howl of pain. It struggled to get out of his grip, and he let it. He then jumped on it, scratching at it’s face. “Good work T.!” Taakuin said, followed by, “Now, use ember!” T’s mouth shot out a bunch of small embers, hitting the Mightyena in it’s side. It yelped, but ran at him again. Before he could do anything, it lunged on him, biting him hard on his back and scratching his side. T. yelped in pain, falling to the ground. The Mightyena got off, and turned to Taakuin.

“Titus! Are you alright?” he said, not being able to run over and help him. He knew that if he moved, the Mightyena would attack, and that’s the last thing he needed. Of course Ricky could take him on, but this was T’s fight, and it would be offensive for anyone to interfere. The Mightyena came closer to Taakuin, growling. A bright light came from T’s direction, and as the Mightyena jumped at Taakuin, a Houndoom jumped in front of it, biting it hard on the neck. It yelped, and backed up. T. growled at it, some flames flowing out of his muzzle. He let out a loud howl at the Mightyena, at the same time using flamethrower to burn it. The Mightyena let out an earsplitting yelp, and ran away with singed fur, whimpering.

Taakuin ran up to T, who was barking happily. “Good job boy, you sure showed him who’s the Alpha Male. He-he.. sorry for the sappy line. >.>” he said, returning T to his ball. “Well, now that we’ve gotten past that little speed bump, lets get going.” He said, getting back on the hover board, Ricky hopping back on his backpack. “I still say I could have beaten him faster…” Ricky said, pouting a bit. “Don’t be a cry baby, T did fine.” Taakuin said, speeding off towards the next stop. After that, they needed to go to the Pokemon Center and get Titus healed. He’d done well, and Taakuin was very proud of him.

The next stop was in sight, and being anxious, Taakuin picked up the pace. They got to the outskirts of the city, and made their way to the Pokemon center. Taakuin handed over T’s ball, and set Ricky on the counter. “Might as well get you healed up too. Can’t be too careful now, can you?” Taakuin said as Ricky got carried away. While he was waiting, Taakuin went out and got some food for himself, Ricky, and T. He went back to the Pokemon center and picked the two up, walking outside with them. He set their food down, and began to eat. They were done in a few minutes, all of them happily full. He returned T to his Pokeball and Ricky hopped onto his backpack. “Ready to get going?” he asked. Ricky gave a thumbs up and they were off again, wasting as little time as possible.

It didn’t take them long to get going at a steady pace, and by the time they got there, they were going to sprint to the competition. Along the way to Slateport though, they had to stop and help a Meowth out of a tree, and get it back to it’s owner, a small girl. “Gee thanks mister! ^-^” she said as she ran off. Taakuin sighed, and they continued to Slateport. “This has taken forever, I can’t wait to get there and teach these guys a lesson..” he said as they passed a large group of people. “Hmmm.. wonder what they were up to…” he said, but ignored it. The last thing he needed was a distraction.

When Slateport was finally in sight, Taakuin felt a wave of relief flow through him. They had finally made it, and now it was time to do what they had come for. They got into the City, and it took them a while to find the Contest Hall. When they did find it, they walked inside, and up to the counter. “Excuse me, I’d like to register for the contest please.” He said to the woman at the counter, who was typing something. She looked over at him, “Sure thing, I’ll need your name, your hometown, and the two Pokemon you’ll be using for each event.” She handed him a paper to fill out, along with a pen. Once he had filled it out, he handed it to her, and walked to the contestant’s room.

“Alright, well if we’re lucky, we can find these guys, beat them, and get outta here before the contest starts.” Taakuin said, looking around for anything suspicious. It didn’t take long at all, a woman walked up to him, looking at Ricky. “My my, what a cute Squirtle you have there. These are my Pokemon, Torchic, Buneary, and Teddyursa.”She said as the Pokemon walked up. “Care to have a battle?” she asked. “If you insist, I’m guessing you’re one of the people who have been causing trouble around here, you sure don’t hide it.” He said, throwing out Titus and Aurora’s Pokeballs. Ricky jumped down to join them. “Lets go then.” He said, grinning.

“You’re a smart boy aren’t you? Yes, I’m a member of Team Rose, and we’re going to dominate this contest.” She said, followed by, “Torchic, ember! Buneary, attract, Teddyursa, swift!” Taakuin grinned, saying, “Ricky, water gun, Aurora, block the attract, and T, use flamethrower!” The ember was countered by the water gun, the attract had no effect on Aurora, and the Swift was burnt away by the flamethrower. “Is that all you’ve got?! This is going to be easy!” he said. “Ricky, Ice beam! Aurora, shadow ball, T, flame thrower!” he said, the three did their attacks, freezing the Torchic in an ice cube, blasting the Buneary away, and burning the Teddyursa to a black ball of burnt fur. “That was easy, next peon please.” Taakuin said, grinning.

“Grr, you haven’t seen the last of me, I’ll be back, count on it.” The peon said as she ran off, taking her Pokemon with her. A man walked up, dressed in an outfit almost identical to hers. “So you beat her, but I’m way tougher. Let’s go!” he said. “Eevee, Togepi, Chingling! GO!” he said, throwing out the three Pokemon. “You’re kidding me… is all you have cute Pokemon?!” Taakuin said. “Ricky, rapid spin! Aurora, bite! T, scratch!” he said. The Eevee managed to dodge the attack, but was hit when Ricky came spinning back. The Togepi managed to use metronome and hit Aurora with a water gun, but she still hit it. The Chingling wasn’t able to do anything, and was scratched many times. The three were beaten easily. “Curses! You’ll get it, just you wait!” the man said, running off. “*sigh* Can the next one be interesting please?!” he said, tapping his foot.

A young woman walked out, blushing. “Hello…” she said, throwing out three Pokeballs. “I’m the one who’s going to fight you next..” she said quietly. A Plusle, Minun, and Pichu were thrown out, all very cute and ready to fight. “I hope that after I beat you, we can get to know one another…” she said, looking at Taakuin with big blue eyes. “What?! You think you can beat me and want to go out afterwards?! HAHAHA!!” he laughed. “Sorry, but you’re not going to beat me, and there’s someone else that I’m interested in.” he said. “Lets get this battle going then shall we?” she said in a more serious tone. “Plusle, Minun, Pichu, use thunderbolt on all three of them!” she ordered. The three put their cheeks together, sending out a large thunderbolt at Ricky, Aurora, and T. “Get out of the way you guys!” he said. The three managed to get out of the way, and made a counter attack. “Ricky, Ice beam, Aurora, skull bash, T. flamethrower, all on the Plusle!” he said. The three fired their attacks, first, the ice beam hit, freezing the Plusle. Next, the flamethrower thawed and burnt it. Finally, it was hit hard by the skull bash, knocked out on the ground.

“Ah! Plusle! Return!” she said, recalling the KO’ed Pokemon. “Fine, Minun, spark, Pichu, tackle!” The Minun let out a large amount of electricity hitting Ricky, who luckily hid in his shell, Aurora, and T. “Are you alright?” Taakuin asked, making sure they were okay. “Ug… yeah.. a bit static charged though…” Ricky said, still in his shell. Taakuin forgot all about the Pichu, who hit Aurora. “Ouch! You little brat!” she said, biting it’s ear, and not letting go. “If you want to get out, you’d have to shock me, but that’d hurt you too!” she said through her mouthful of ear. “Alright, Ricky, ice beam the Minun!” Taakuin said. “Sure thing!” Ricky said, freezing the Minun in place. “Now, T, use bite!” T ran at the Minun, about to bite it, when, “Minun! Return!” The little girl said, recalling the Minun. “THAT’S NOT FAIR!! >8O” Taakuin said, pointing at her.

“It was going to get beaten anyways, and I thought I’d spare it the pain. Now, Pichu, Thunder!” she said. The Pichu let out a massive thunder attack, shocking Aurora and knocking her out. “Aurora, return!” Taakuin said. “That was good work, now..” he looked at the Pichu, who was knocked out from the attack also. He threw a Pokeball at it as the girl ran away. One…two…three…click! “Awesome, got a Pichu!” he said, picking up the Pokeball. He tucked it away, and went to turn to leave, when an Ursurang stopped him in his tracks. It was blushing, and Taakuin immediately knew it was charmed. “Ug… great…” he said, turning to it. “Listen, I don’t wanna fight you, so just let me leave and I promise not to hu-“ he said, but jumped back to avoid a slash from it’s claws. “GAH!!” he said, running away from it.

Ricky jumped on T’s back, who was facing the Ursurang. “Alright, lets show this guy our little tactic!” Ricky said as T ran at the Ursurang. When they were close enough, Ricky jumped off T’s back, and onto the Ursurangs face. It attempted to bite him, but he had his shell facing it, blocking any attacks. While it was distracted, T went behind it, using a flamethrower on it’s behind. It roared in pain, running out of the room with a smoking butt. Ricky hopped down to find three Teddyursa’s facing him, also charmed. “Oh great…” he said, looking at them. Their eyes were big, and they began to cry. “Wait- no!” he said, covering his eyes. “I didn’t do anything, I call a fake tears!! >.<” he said, firing an ice beam at them.

One of them was hit, frozen solid in an ice cube, tears frozen too. T ran up, biting one of them in the neck, and quickly stuffing it in a locker, closing it and facing the other one. The last one looked at them, then smirked. “Well… look who’s a smart doggy.” It said, looking at T and firing a swift attack. “Wait, you can talk too!?” Ricky said, firing a bubble beam to stop the swift attack. “Well sure I do! I just took a rainbow pokeblock from someone’s bag, and I have to say, it’s awesome!” it said, running at Ricky and scratching him. T ran at it, biting it’s tail and throwing it across the room. He then shot a flamethrower at it. The Teddyursa was hit by the fire, and it cursed as it was hit by Ricky with a skull bash.

“That’ll teach you…” Ricky said, walking to find Taakuin hiding in a bathroom stall. “Is it gone? >.<” he asked, walking out and returning T. “Yeah… we handled it…” Ricky said, walking to the lobby of the contest hall. “Can we go home now?” Ricky asked, waiting for Taakuin. “Eh… yeah.. I’m kinda sick of this place.. let me just drop out of the contest and we’re outta here.” He said, walking to the front counter. A few minutes later they were outside, getting on the hoverboard.
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Objective: Stop Team Rose from winning the contest (complete)
Pokemon Used: Ricky, Aurora, Titus(evolved)
Pokemon Defeated: Mightyena, Torchic, Buneary, Togepi, Chingling, Eevee, Plusle, Minun, Pichu, Ursurang, Teddyursa(x4)
Pokemon Snagged: Pichu

~Mission~

Infiltration

Okay, here’s the skinny;

I am captain of the infamous Flarestorm pirates…what?! You’ve never heard of us?! Well that’s interesting >> anyway, there are a few other pirate crews out there that don’t seem to like me getting into ‘their’ territory >3. Fact is, the ocean’s free for all. There has been a certain crew that has been terrorizing ports that I consider MY territory. Right now I don’t have time to be off galley bantering with them, so I’m sending you. I’d like you to disguise yourself as a new crewmember, and take out the cannons on a ship by the name of The Domino. Captain Seymore is planning a raid on Sootopolis, but will be docking first in Lilycove and Mossdeep.

I also heard that he’s carrying a map of some treasure. I’d like for you to procure that for me as well. But above most, you MUST, I repeat MUST Stop Seymore from raiding Sootopolis…If they succeed…well, we’ll just say, that Darts and I will hunt you down and gouge your eyes out with numerous sharp objects. Got it memorized? Good, now, off you go.

Objective:
- Stop Captain Seymore from raiding Sootopolis by sabotaging his ship.
- Retrieve the map of a hidden treasure, and hand it in to me.

Opposition:
- The crew MIGHT catch you and a battle may ensue. That’s all up to you, but if you DO decide to battle, you may SNAG ONE pokemon available AT YOUR RANK.
- Oh, and then there’s the Captain…you’ll have to battle Seymore for the map. Make the battle a clever wager, he can’t STAND backing down from a bet FYI

Rewards:
- a pokemon egg
- a cut in the treasure from the map you procure
- and we’ll have to see after that
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Taakuin read the mission, tucking away his pokepalm. “Looks like we’ve got some undercover work to do, should be fun knowing Tal. >3” Taakuin said, looking at Ricky. Ricky just shrugged, he was used to dressing up for stuff, being a pirate Squirtle was something new though. “Yeah…. Should be loads of fun.. -_-;” Taakuin grinned, tossing out his hover board and hopping on. “Lets get going then.” Ricky sighed, climbing onto the hover board and up onto Taakuin’s backpack. “You do realize we’ll need disguises don’t you?” Ricky asked, poking Taakuin in the head. “Yeah yeah, I’ve got that all figured out.” ‘Or at least I will when we get there… >.>’ he thought to himself. They sped off, on their way to Lilycove to intercept the raid on Sootopolis.

It took a while… actually a long while for them to get to Lilycove, but they were amped by the time they got there. “Alright, let’s go to the docks and see how tight security is.” Taakuin said, starting towards the docks. When they got there, the boat was there, the words, “The Domino”, were engraved into the side of the ship. There were about three guards at the ramp, making it impossible for them to sneak on. “Alright, plan B, we take out one of the crew members and casually walk onto the ship. :3” Taakuin said, walking off towards the city. “Yeah…. Piece of cake.. >.>” Ricky said, following closely. They searched the city for a while, trying to find a lone crew member. Guessing by the guards at the ship, their uniforms were red. They finally found one, a male about the size of Taakuin, the perfect guy to mug.

“Alright, now I’ll just try to distract him, but if I need help, get ready to hit him in the head with this.” Taakuin said, handing Ricky a wooden club. “Ummm…. Where’d you get this? >.>” He asked, looking at it. “Ehehe…. Don’t ask.. ._.” Taakuin said, walking off slowly. Ricky sighed, sneaking around the back to get into position. Taakuin approached the crew member, waving. “Hello there, how goes it?” The man turned to him, and Taakuin saw that he looked almost just like him. “…Oi… who are you?” He asked, looking at Taakuin, obviously noticing the resemblance also. “Oh that’s none of your concern, you see, I was just wondering if you’d be willing to lend me that uniform, I have a um… costume party to go to and that outfit is just perfect!” Taakuin said, sweatdropping slightly. “Argh… I don’t think so, the cap’n would have my head if I let sum stranger have it.” The boy said, hand going to his sword. Taakuin saw, reaching for his own sword. “There’ll be no need for that now will there? Unless of course you’d like to duel me for your uniform. >3” Taakuin said, drawing out his sword. The man grinned, obviously yearning for a fight. “Have at the then!” he said, drawing his sword and running at Taakuin.

Taakuin stepped to the side, dodging the attack easily. “You’ll have to do better than that to beat me!” he said, swinging his sword at the man. The man was able to block it, putting the two into a series of swings and blocks, just like a traditional sword fight. “You’re good, but not good enough!” Taakuin said, swinging again. The man twirled to the right, causing Taakuin’s sword to get wedged in a wood pillar. “…When did that get there? O.o” Taakuin yanked on his sword, but it was stuck. “s**t… ._.” he said, quickly ducking to avoid a swing from the man. He continued swinging at him, one almost cut Taakuin’s cheek. Taakuin quickly ducked again, crouching down and sweeping the man off his feet with his leg. He then pulled his sword out from the pillar, pointing it at the man. “Check mate. >3” The man dropped his sword, putting his hands up. “Alright, you got me… I surrender.” He said, standing up and dusting himself off. He then pulled just the sort of pirate move, he took a dagger out of his belt, pointing it at Taakuin’s throat. “Looks like I win…” he said, grinning. Taakuin sweatdropped, rather pissed now. ‘Should’ve seen that coming…’ he thought to himself.

Just then there was a loud thunk, followed by the man falling to the ground. Where he stood, standing on a few crates, stood Ricky, holding the club where the mans head was. “I figured that wasn’t fair. ^^” He said, throwing the club at the mans head and jumping down. “Now get dressed and lets go, the ship should be leaving soon.” Taakuin nodded, putting away his sword and slipping out of his clothes. A few minutes later he was dressed in a red shirt, black boots, and black pants with a red cloth belt. (Like this) His sword was securely on his waist, and he was ready to go. “You know, you look really good in that.” Ricky commented as they walked back towards the docks. “Thanks, you don’t look half bad yourself.” Taakuin said. Ricky had a bandana on and an eye patch, he was the infamous ‘Cap’n Bubbles’.

As the two approached the ship, the guards nodded at them, not saying anything as they walked up the ramp and onto The Domino. The ship was actually really nice, but Taakuin still preferred Tal’s Scarlet Lady. Someone yelled, and the sails were let out, the ship was now leaving Lilycove, and headed for the next pit stop, Mossdeep. Taakuin felt surprisingly calm on the ship, and nobody seemed to notice that he had replaced their now unconscious crew member, who by the way was still in Lilycove, and would be for quite a while. “Alright, now all we need to do is stop them from raiding Sootopolis. I’m thinking about clogging the cannons, cutting a few ropes, and loosening the wheel.” Taakuin said quietly as they walked along, trying to look productive. “Good plan, but I think we could do better. How about we sabotage the captains quarters too. While we look for the map that is.” Ricky said. He water gunned the deck, allowing Taakuin to mop to stall until they got to Mossdeep. At the speed the ship was going, they’d be there in no time at all.

When they got to Mossdeep, Taakuin and Ricky were actually mopping, the deck looked cleaner than ever. “Wow…. That looks so nice! ^^” Taakuin said as they finished, the deck now dry and clean. Ricky sighed, tugging Taakuin away. “I overheard a few crew members, and apparently we’re going to raid Sootopolis tomorrow, so that gives us all night to sabotage the ship.” Ricky said, looking around. The ship was empty except for them, it looked like the whole crew was staying at a hotel or somewhere for the night. As the Captain walked past, he pointed at Taakuin. “You, stay here for the night and guard the ship. If I find you sleeping, it’ll be your head.” He said, walking away. “Aye aye captain!” Taakuin stammered, turning to Ricky. “Alright, let’s get this started now.” Ricky nodded, running toward the lower deck where the cannons were. He and Taakuin took a cannon ball, dropping it into the cannon and then clogging it with gunpowder. Ricky then ice beamed the front of it, building up a large but unnoticeable ice barrier inside. They did this to the rest of the cannons, and they couldn’t help but snicker while doing this. “If Tal were here she’d be having so much fun.” Taakuin commented as they finished up the last cannon. “Yeah, alright, next is the ropes, we want to cut them just enough for them to snap when tugged on, but not enough to make them noticeable.” Ricky said, pointing at them.

Taakuin climbed up the ropes, cutting them a bit as he went. He accidentally trapped himself, but managed to continue by doing a surprisingly and seemingly impossible flip up to the next set of ropes. This task wasn’t so hard, but it sure was time consuming, and Ricky hadn’t thought of working on the wheel while Taakuin worked on the ropes. He was too busy worrying Taakuin would fall. “Alright, got all of them. Don’t think anyone will want to climb those anytime soon. >3” Taakuin said as the swung down on an un-cut rope, landing safely on his feet next to Ricky. “That was really impressive… o.o” Ricky said as they ran over to the wheel. “It was nothing, actually, all that training I’ve been doing is paying off.” Taakuin said, taking out a screw driver and loosening the wheel just enough to where it wouldn’t steer the ship. “There, sabotaged and ready for disaster.” Taakuin said, standing up. “Great, now lets go to the captains quarters and get the map.” Ricky said, tugging on Taakuin’s pant leg and running off.

They walked into the room, slightly stunned. The room was beautiful, just the better for sabotaging >3 . Taakuin quickly dug through all the drawers and shelves, making as much of a mess as possible in the process. Ricky went through the closet and messed up the bed, water gunning and ice beaming parts. “This is fun, but the map isn’t here!” Taakuin said, tossing the rest of what he found onto the floor. Ricky nodded in agreement, “The Captain probably has the map, but as long as we’re here lets get some things. >3” They went through a trunk at the end of the bed, finding an abundance of gold and jewelry. Taakuin took out a coin sack, stuffing it until it was full. Ricky stuffed his shell with as much as he could. They were about to leave when something caught Taakuin’s eye. He picked up a dagger encrusted with sapphires, rubies, and emeralds. “Man that’s cool. *.*” Taakuin said, tucking it away. He also grabbed a ring, golden and studded with rubies. “I’ve got just the hybrid to give that to.” He said, tucking it away also. Surely the Captain wouldn’t notice anything missing. >3

When they had successfully sabotaged the ship, the two hid in a few barrels, waiting for the captain to come back so they could take the map from him. They fell asleep, but were awakened by loud shouts and angry yells. “WHO DID THIS TO MY SHIP?!?! I WANT TO KNOW WHO DID IT SO I CAN KILL THEM!!” the voice was that of the Captains, obviously having noticed the mess and not having been able to leave the dock thanks to the cut ropes and loosened wheel. Taakuin sighed, hopping out of the barrel only when he knew it was clear. Ricky was next to him, eyeing the captain. “Taakuin, there, in his shirt.” Ricky said, tugging on Taakuin’s pant leg and pointing. Sure enough, the map was rolled up inside Seymore’s shirt. Taakuin sighed, stepping forward. “I did this, you got a problem with it?” He asked, grinning. “YOU!!!!” Seymore said, stomping over to him. “YOU DID THIS?!” Taakuin nodded. “Yup. >3” Seymore grabbed him by the shirt, yelling in his face. “I’LL HAVE YOU KILLED!! YOU WON’T LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY!!” Taakuin pushed Seymores hand off, stepping back. “Blech, dude, ever heard of soap and toothpaste? Your breath smells like Magicarp. ._.” Seymore’s face was red, now he was furious.

“THAT’S IT!! YOU’RE DONE FOR!!” Seymore yelled, throwing out a Pokeball. Taakuin smiled, getting one of his Pokeballs out. Seymore’s released a Totodile. Taakuin threw out his own, releasing Katon, his Torchic. “Let’s make a little wager, I win, I get the map and your Totodile. You win, you get my Torchic and this.” Taakuin said, holding up the dagger he stole. “YOU TOOK THAT?!” Seymore yelled, followed by, “Totodile, water gun!” The Totodile opened it’s mouth, spraying out a blast of water. “Katon! Dodge and use peck!” Katon jumped out of the way, landing next to the Totodile and pecking it in the face. “Totodile! Bite!” Seymore yelled, still angry. “Katon, flamethrower!” Just as the Totodile was about to bite Katon, he released a large stream of fire from his mouth, burning the Totodile harshly. “Totodile use water gun again!” Seymore called. The Totodile quickly shot a stream of water from it’s mouth, hitting Katon hard. “Katon!” Taakuin called. Katon began to glow, growing larger and standing up. “Combusken!” He said, quickly scratching the Totodile in the face. The Totodile jumped in the air to avoid the attack, big mistake. “Katon use sky uppercut!” Taakuin called. Katon’s claws, feet, and head feathers began to glow blue, and he quickly jumped into the air, hitting the Totodile and knocking it out. “Good work Katon! Return!” Taakuin said, returning Katon to his Pokeball. “Looks like you loose Seymore!” Taakuin grabbed out a Pokeball, throwing it at the Totodile. One….two….three….click! Taakuin walked over and picked up the Pokeball, grinning.

“Hand over the map.” He said, walking over to Seymore. Seymore looked down in shame, taking out the map and putting it in Taakuin’s hand. “Looks like I lost, as to be expected when facing someone from the Flarestorm pirates…” He said, walking away. “How’d he know that? O.o” Taakuin questioned as they quickly ran off the ship, jumping on the hover board and speeding back to HQ. Taakuin walked inside, still in his pirate outfit. He actually found it comfortable. “Well… that was fun and eventful… ._. Hope I don’t see him again.” Taakuin said, plopping down on the couch and looking at the map.
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Objective: - Stop Captain Seymore from raiding Sootopolis by sabotaging his ship. (complete)
- Retrieve the map of a hidden treasure, and hand it in to Tal. (complete)

Pokemon used: Ricky (Squirtle) Katon (Torchic-Combusken)
Pokemon defeated: Totodile
Pokemon snagged: Totodile
Evolved: Katon~ Torchic to Combusken

Mission!

The Water Festival

Around this time, the residents of Cerulean hold their annual Water Festival. This festival has been a tradition among the city, thanks to its Gym Leader. However, that alone doesn't seem to stop some people from trying to ruin it in any way possible. Rather, it seems to encourage it on occasion.

Reports are coming in from Cerulean that, lo and behold, Team Aquos is planning to sabotage the festival in a few ways. Obviously, one of those ways is likely gonna be to try and make off with as many Water-types as possible, but again, they probably won't stop there. Either way, these kind of plans are just the thing that makes me sick.

Your mission, should you choose the accept it, is to go and attend the festival, but keep Team Aquos from letting any of their plans succeed. I hope that you enjoy what part(s) of the festival you do get to partake in, and good luck.

Objectives:
- Head to Cerulean City and attend the festival. (Feel free to be creative with this; I'm looking for some creativity in this mission.)
- Fight 3-5 Aquos Peons with 3-4 PKMN each. Team Aquos typically uses Water-types, but have been known to use other types at times.
- Prevent any and all of Team Aquos' plans to sabotage the Water Festival.

Difficulty: Medium

Obtainable PKMN:
- 1 First/Second Evo PKMN allowable at your rank (snag from the Peons).

Rewards:
- $2,000 - $2,500
- The rest varies from there.
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Taakuin hadn’t actually read the mission before he left for Cerulean city. He figured that, ‘With a name like Water festival it had to be good!’ Of course, that was what he thought until he read the part about Team Aquos. “You’ve got to be kidding me…. I hate those guys. -_-;” Taakuin said, walking around the city and looking at all the festivities. Other than fighting Aquos, this would be very nice. :3

He encountered his first peon at the corn-dog stand. “One corn-dog ple- HEY!” Taakuin said as a man cut in front of him. Taakuin realized it was an Aquos member when he saw him, the uniform was all-too familiar. “You guys!!” Taakuin said, taking out three Pokeballs. The Aquos member had his face stuffed with corn-dog, and all that could be heard was a muffled, “Mmmmrrrmfff urrmmfff!” Taakuin tossed out Aurora, Sparky, and Dakota’s Pokeballs.

The Aquos peon threw out a Politoad, Poliwhirl, and Poliwrath. “That’s a lot of Poli’s, why don’t they have some lollies?” Taakuin said, quietly laughing at his little pun as Sparky took out a bag of lollipops, hurling them at the Pokemon. The Pokemon looked at the Lollipops, picking them up and stuffing, or at least trying to stuff them, in their mouths. The Poliwhirl and Poliwrath weren’t able to put them in their mouth since it was kina a one-way deal. o.o The Politoad on the other hand quickly ate all the lollipops, belching up a pile of sticks. “That’s nasty… -_-;” Taakuin said. “Dakota use bite on that Poliwhirl!” Dakota jumped on the Poliwhirl, biting onto it’s arm and not letting go. It waved it’s arm around, but Dakota was being stubborn, growling and kicking up some dirt in the Poliwhirl’s face. “Aurora use tackle on the Poliwhirl, Sparky use thundershock!” Aurora ran and tackled down the Poliwhirl, Dakota now released her bite. Sparky then let out a lightning attack, finishing off the Poliwhirl, teamwork for the win :3.

The peon returned the Poliwhirl, and the Politoad and Poliwrath stepped up. The Poliwrath punched Dakota, knocking her back quite a ways. The Politoad followed up the attack with a water gun, making Dakota yelp in pain. “Sparky, use thunderbolt on the Politoad!” The Pichu ran up next to the Politoad, then let out a bolt of lightning, zapping the Politoad and also charging himself with more electrical power, making the attack even stronger. In a few seconds the Politoad was out, and returned.

The Poliwrath took advantage of the distraction and was beating up Dakota, who was yelping and whining in pain. Sparky ran up and jumped on the Poliwrath, bashing it’s skull with his own, the expression on his face saying, “Leave her alone you jack a**! >O” Aurora tackled the Poliwrath down, about to finish it when Dakota glowed a bright light, and where she was before was now a Mightyena, growling at the Poliwrath. Aurora jumped off it’s target, grabbing Sparky by the scruff of the neck and carrying him away from Dakota. “Ummm… Dakota?” Taakuin said. Dakota ignored him, she was acting completely different.

The Poliwrath went to punch Dakota, but she slid to the side, avoiding the attack. She then bit down hard on the Poliwrath’s arm, a trickle of blood could be seen. The Poliwrath ran to it’s trainer, who recalled it. Taakuin quickly withdrew Dakota, she needed some…. Alone time.. o.o; The peon ran away, still stuffing his mouth with corn-dogs. “…Fatty…” Taakuin said, getting his corn-dog and walking off. He decided to go to the fun house next. He especially liked the mirror that made him look buff. :3

He walked inside the fun house, looking around. It was pretty dim like always, gave that sort of creepy feeling. There was a loud bash, and the sound of shattering mirrors. Taakuin quickly hid behind a small wall, and watched as another peon walked past. Taakuin quickly jumped out from behind the wall, punching the peon in the face. The peon however, just stood there. Suddenly, a mirror shatters where Taakuin punched. “Wrong one…>3” The peon said, the mirrors reflecting multiples of him. Taakuin began punching and kicking all the mirrors, using his automail arm and leg. Once all the mirrors were shattered, the peon could be seen, standing directly across from Taakuin. “Let’s just get to the battle so I can steal your Pokemon!” The peon said, throwing out a Marill, Azumarill, and Azuril.

Taakuin tossed out Aurora, Sparky, and Pogo. “Pogo soak the Azuril with a water gun!” The Totodile shot out a steady stream of water, the Azuril getting soaked. The peon hadn’t guessed what Taakuin was planning, which wasn’t very good…for him >3. “Sparky, use thunderbolt on the Azuril!” The Pichu stepped up, standing next to the Pokemon and letting out a bolt of lightning, which ran through the water on the ground, all the way to the small little Azuril. It was shocked violently, knocked out in an instant. The Marill and Azumarill both shot a strong water gun at Aurora, knocking her into a wall. “Aurora return!” Taakuin said, returning the knocked out Vaporeon to it’s Pokeball. “Alright, Pogo, soak this whole place, we’re going to finish this up.” Taakuin said.

The Totodile began firing a water gun in every direction, the whole fun house was getting wet, the pieces of mirror were rising with the water. “Alright, Pogo return!” Taakuin said, returning the Totodile and stepping back a bit. “Sparky, on the count of three okay?” The Pichu nodded, and Taakuin ran out of the building. Sparky counted, one….two….three! From Taakuin’s point of view, the entire fun house was lit up like the fourth of July, sparks flying everywhere, followed by the building catching on fire. “Oh s**t…. o.o” Taakuin said, running into the building. The air was hot, the lightning had heated it, making it rather hard to breath normal. Taakuin tossed aside large pieces of wood, searching for the poor Pichu. Taakuin then saw him, knocked out under a large piece of wood. “Ug… Pogo, Aurora, douse this fire!” The Totodile and Vaporeon quickly began dousing the flames while Taakuin worked on freeing the trapped Pichu. Once he had gotten Sparky free, he returned him, and ran outside with Aurora and Pogo.

“Stand back!” An officer said, a bunch of water Pokemon had come to help out. The flames were soon put out, and the peon and his Pokemon were found inside, burnt fairly well. “Looks like this guy was the cause of the fire, he’s going to be doing some jail-time after he gets out of the hospital.” The officer said as the ambulance sped off. Taakuin sighed, dusting himself off and returning Aurora and Pogo. “Well… I think I’m ready to just sit and watch now. -_-;” He said, walking toward the water show, a place where various water Pokemon, including a Wailord, would do various tricks for the audience.

Taakuin managed to find a seat towards the front, of course, when he chose that seat, he didn’t realize that he would get wet. The first act was a group of Seals and Dewgongs. They started with beach balls, tossing them back and forth, and even a few into the crowd. “This is pretty cool. :3” Taakuin said as he hit a ball back into the crowd. At the end of the act, the Seals and Dewgongs used Aura Beam, and since it was getting dark, it looked very amazing. The Seals and Dewgongs exited, and next up was the Milotic. Needless to say, it was very beautiful.

It did miscellaneous tricks such as jumping through hoops, freezing some things with ice beam, and some lucky kids even got pictures with it. The Milotic act was short, but very memorable. The final act, and the one where Taakuin would unknowingly get wet, was the Wailord act. The large whale Pokemon came out into the middle of the even larger water tank, spraying the crowd with mist from it’s blow-hole. The mist wasn’t that bad, it was when the Wailord did a flip that Taakuin had an, “Oh s**t” moment. There was a very large splash, and the entire crowd was soaked, Taakuin didn’t happen to have a poncho with him, so he was rather unlucky.

About halfway through the act, there was some trouble. A group of three Sharpedo’s were released into the tank, and although he couldn’t see where, Taakuin knew it was from an Aquos member. “Why won’t they just let me enjoy the festival?!” Taakuin complained, throwing out Pogo, Aurora, and Ricky, who climbed out of his backpack. “Pogo and Ricky, defend the Wailord from the Sharpedo! Aurora, Acid Armour! Pogo and Ricky swam over to the Wailord, one on each side of it, keeping the Sharpedo at bay. One of the Sharpedo bit onto Ricky, who thankfully hid in his shell at the last second. Ricky then fired an ice beam, freezing the Sharpedo in place, but also freezing it onto himself. Pogo was busy himself, he managed to keep one of the Sharpedo away, but the other was swimming right for him, about to bite the small Totodile.

Just as Pogo was about to be gulped up, a pulse of water came from nowhere, hitting the Sharpedo, making it confused, looking around and biting at random spots in the water. There were a few more pulses of water, the Sharpedo was officially going insane. One more pulse, this one larger than all the others, hit the Sharpedo, knocking it out, floating to the top of the water. “Snag ball go!” Taakuin quickly tossed a net ball at the Sharpedo before the peon could return it. One….two….three….click! Pogo tossed the ball to Taakuin, who watched as it teleported to his computer box. Aurora appeared in the water, fading back in from her Acid Armour- Water Pulse combo, it was her favorite.

Pogo and Aurora turned, facing the other Sharpedo. “Everyone jump on top of the Wailord!” Taakuin called. Aurora, Pogo, and Ricky jumped on the top of the large whale Pokemon. “Now use ice beam at the water surface!” The three charged up a light blue ball in their mouths, firing three ice beams at the surface of the water. The ice covered the entire tank of water, and it grew thicker and thicker. The Sharpedo could be seen under the ice, trying to break through it with no success. The peon had apparently left, and the Sharpedo were netted and taken to an empty tank and kept there. The Wailord act had to be cut short since the ice was now a skating rink, but after that ‘show’ the crowd didn’t seem to mind. Pogo began to glow, evolving into his second evolution, Crocnaw. “Well, very nice!” Taakuin said, returning all three of his Pokemon. He would have stayed longer at the festival, but he was thoroughly tired and ready for sleep. He headed back to HQ, and once there, konked out on the couch.
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Objective: Stop Team Aquos- complete
Pokemon battled: Politoad, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Marill, Azumarill, Azuril, Sharpedo (x3)
Pokemon snagged: Sharpedo
Pokemon used: Aurora, Ricky, Pogo, Sparky, Dakota
Pokemon evolved:
Pogo: Totodile to Crocnaw
Dakota: Poochyena to Mightyena

Hybrid Mission (for Taakuin only)

Mystery Stone

I have to admit this is unusual... never got a request for one to become a Vaporeon hybrid before, let alone find much to help. Given that they're more suited to an aquatic life compared to Eevee or any of its other forms, even getting something to help is easier said than done. But... if you really want to go through with this, I hope you'll be very prepared. And have a real knack for swimming, while you're at it.

Some time ago, there was an underwater cave near Sootopolis City. It was used by some team for their base until... events occured... and now it's deserted. Or, at least it was. Since then, I have come to understand that it has mostly flooded now. Air pockets are scarce there, and dry land even moreso. Water-types have declared this their home, but something exists there now that wasn't there before.

It looks similar to a Water Stone from its appearance, but has many differences. For one, it's much larger. Second, it supposedly has... something in it. Like some spirit or such. Whatever it is, it keeps them from venturing too far in there. I think that might just be the thing you're looking for, if not something to point you in the right direction. The only problem... is that it's deep in there. The pressure could mean your demise if you're not careful. Same goes for drowning in the place. Please, exercise extreme caution as you search the place.

Objective
- Find the unusual object

Opposition
- Given that this is home to a few Water-types now, it's very likely that they will attack whoever appears to threaten it. You'll have to fight at least 5 Water-types of any evo in this mission.

Obtainable Pokemon
- You may catch one of the Water-types, up to second evo. You may get an Egg otherwise.

Rewards
- The object and varies from there
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Taakuin stood outside of the HQ, next to the falls. “Looks like this is it. I could die doing this…” He ignored the possibility of death, and preparing for the journey. He made sure he had his diving gear, all of his Pokemon able to help him, and plenty of supplies. Once he was as ready as he’d ever be, he hopped onto his hoverboard and began his journey to Sootopolis. He would have to stop there first, and take only the things he absolutely needed. “It’s easy to die but takes effort to live…” he said to himself as he neared the docks of a city. “I need to get to Sootopolis, can you take me?” He asked many people, but apparently there was a storm going on near that area, and everyone refused to take him.

“Great…. I’m never going to get there…” He said when he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. It was….. a dingy? There was a dingy, in perfect condition, sitting at the end of the dock, with nobody around. Taakuin walked down to it, noticing that there was no motor. “Of course I have to row it myself…. -_-;” He sighed, hopping into the small boat. It rocked a bit, but was quickly balanced. Taakuin knew how to work a dingy, it was fairly easy, but with the help of his Pokemon it would be much easier. He tossed out all of his Pokemon, Squirtle, Croconaw, Sharpedo, Peliper, Vaporeon, and Golduck. He’d need as much help as he could get.

“Alright guys, we need to get to Sootopolis safely, and according to about everyone on the dock, there’s a storm down in that area.” He said as they began their long journey. He wasn’t sure if his hoverboard could work over water, and wasn’t ready to take that chance. Their trip started fine, they were going at a steady pace, and everyone seemed to be able to keep moving. Sootopolis, or the large rocky walls around it, was in view. They were approaching from the south, and Taakuin guessed they would be there in an hour or so. This is when they got into the storm area.

It began raining heavily, the dingy was slowly filling up with water. Taakuin told his Pokemon to keep moving the boat while he and Jubs, his Peliper, began to empty the dingy of water. Jubs did a much better job than Taakuin, and they luckily kept the dingy from sinking. They had to keep emptying the water, but at the pace they were going at, it’d be fine. The waves began to grow larger, and thunder and lightning began. “This is gonna be one helluva boat ride… o.o” Taakuin muttered as they went over a very large wave.

The boat was sinking now, the water from the rain and waves was making it nearly impossible to keep it empty. Taakuin had to quickly get into his diving gear, having Jubs carry all of his air tanks but one. Taakuin then jumped in the water just as a large wave crushed the dingy. He and his Pokemon stayed under the water, although Jubs had to constantly go up for air. Taakuin blinked three times, his eyes lighting up and making the dark water easier to see in. He beckoned for the rest of his Pokemon to follow him to a small cave a little bit away.

When they reached the cave Taakuin poked his head out of the water, there was a spot of dry ground, enough for all his Pokemon. He had Ricky go out and tell Jubs to dive under and then come back up. In a few seconds Jubs popped out of the water, landing next to Taakuin on the ground. Taakuin was panting slightly, “This is—not good…. We need to get to that little cave an- oh hey… o.o” He said, looking around. He was in a small cave, mostly underwater, and he couldn’t see any other patches of ground. “Woah… this is it..” He sweatdropped, “Ehehe…. That wasn’t too hard, other than the storm and all.” He then turned to Ricky. “I need you to search up ahead for air pockets, Jubs has to carry the air tanks, and he’ll need to be able to get air every once in a while.

Ricky nodded, diving into the water and swimming up ahead. He came back in a few seconds, saying, “There’s a pretty big air pocket not too far ahead, but I also saw a Gorebyss… and Huntail…” Taakuin nodded. “Alright, Jubs, stay here until we come back to get you, it won’t be good if you come right away since you can’t really fight right now.” Taakuin then beckoned for Aurora, Quackers, and Jaws to follow him. They dove under the water, swimming under the cave until he spotted a long pink shape and long blue shape. ‘Right there…’ Taakuin said to himself, and pointed down at the Gorebyss and Huntail. Aurora faded into the water, and Jaws swam right at them. Quackers was behind Jaws, giving him long-distance help. Jaws bit the Huntail, who let out a loud cry. The Gorebyss was about to help when Quackers fired a psybeam at it.

The Gorebyss dodged the attack, the red light was too noticeable. The Huntail managed to struggle free, swimming next to the Gorebyss. Quackers fired another psybeam, this one hitting the Gorebyss who was paying attention to Jaws, who was circling the two Pokemon, eyes never left them. Aurora then began her attack, firing multiple water pulses at the Gorebyss. It began looking around, not seeing anything. Aurora continued her attacks, the Gorebyss getting more confused by the second. Quackers took advantage of the distraction, finishing the Gorebyss off with a psybeam, watching it sink down to the bottom of the cave. Taakuin noticed that the bottom was still in view, but as he looked further ahead, the ground slowly vanished.

The Huntail thrashed out at Jaws, who swerved out of the way and smacked into it, his skin rubbing the Pokemon and causing some scrapes. Taakuin saw a dark fluid coming out of the Huntail. Taakuin quickly returned Jaws, who had noticed that it was blood. ‘That was close…’ Taakuin said, putting the Pokeball away. Quackers swam at the Huntail, grabbing it and slamming it into the walls of the cave repetitively. Aurora came back into sight, firing a hydro pump at the Huntail, knocking it down to the floor of the cave and knocking it out. Taakuin gave a thumbs up, swimming back to Jubs and the others. He beckoned for them to follow, and they quickly swam to the next air pocket. Jubs came to the surface, getting a good breath of air. Taakuin had Pogo go check this time. He came back with a thumbs up, and they quickly dove under. This one was a bit further away, Taakuin had to take an air tank from Jubs and swap it with his now empty one.

The air pocket was small, and only Jubs could go up. Taakuin knew there wouldn’t be any more, and had to carry the air tanks himself and return Jubs. He continued swimming, his Pokemon still with him. A sudden attack impacted with Taakuin, knocking him into a wall. A Milotic swam up, it’s eyes were angry and it batted Taakuin with it’s tail. ‘Argh make it stop make it stop!!’ he said to himself, kicking off the wall into the Milotic. He knocked it back a ways, and his Pokemon then intervined. Ricky, Pogo, and Aurora blasted it with hydro pumps, the force hitting it into a wall and keeping it there.

It lashed out in anger, hitting Pogo back. He stayed next to Taakuin, along with Quackers, who was firing a psybeam at the Milotic. It hit, the Milotic knocked Ricky and Aurora out of the way. Quackers and Pogo fired a water gun at it, but it had no effect. Taakuin kicked off the wall downwards, the Milotic then ran into the wall, a rock fell, hitting it in the head. It began drifting down, but didn’t, it swam back up at Quackers, wrapping it’s tail around him and squeezing him. Quackers let out a psybeam, on accident, hitting the ceiling of the cave. A bunch of rocks came down, hitting Quackers and the Milotic, both of them knocked out. Taakuin returned Quackers, and waited for the rocks to pass before continuing.

There were absolutely no more air pockets, and the floor of the cave had vanished. The pressure was getting stronger, the cave was forcing them to go deeper. His Pokemon seemed fine, used to this most likely, but Taakuin wasn’t sure if he could do this. He had five air tanks left, he knew he’d be needing them. Just as they were about to make a large dive down, an Octillery came out of the hole they were going into. It fired multiple sludge bombs at Taakuin’s Pokemon. Pogo and Aurora got out of the way, and Ricky managed to hide in his shell, the sludge fading away. Aurora stayed back with Taakuin, only firing water guns at times when she was sure it’d hit.

The Octillery latched onto Ricky’s shell, who was still inside. He tried to shake him off but to no success. Pogo and Aurora were firing water guns at it, but it ignored them, used to pressure by now. Ricky was sick of this, and wanted the stupid octopus off his shell. He began spinning, rapid spin, and the Octillery began to loosen it’s grip on his shell. His suckers were just about off, when Aurora and Pogo fired a hydro pump at it, knocking it off and into a wall. It let out a large amount of ink, and couldn’t be seen fleeing the scene. Taakuin waited for the ink to go away, and then looked at his air-meter. His tank had a little more than half left in it, hopefully enough to get him to the bottom of this hole they were entering.

The hole was big enough for them to fit two by two, Taakuin and Aurora in front, Ricky and Pogo in back. The pressure was getting to Taakuin, he had a headache, which was getting worse and worse, and his breathing was getting heavier. His air tank was doing fine, but he wasn’t sure if he could make this. He was too far to go back, so if he died, he died, but he wouldn’t give up. They finally emerged from the hole, into a fair-sized ‘room’ in the cave. It was dark, but Taakuin could see something, red eyes. He figured it’d be another strong Pokemon, and of course, it was. A Swampert emerged from the darkness, angrily looking at Taakuin. Taakuin sent out Quackers, putting a revive in his mouth.

Quackers and Pogo went forward, both eager to fight. The Swampert swam swiftly at them, firing a hydro pump. Quackers and Pogo moved out of the way, the hydro pump hitting Taakuin into the wall. He heard something, and turned to see that his air tank was penetrated. He quickly struggled to get another one in, getting ready to hold his breath. He removed the broken air tank, tossing it at the Swampert, which did just about nothing, and quickly replacing it with a good tank, letting out a deep breath/sigh. The Swampert fired a ball of mud at Pogo, knocking him back a ways. Pogo was stunned a bit from the attack, fatigue setting in. Quackers fired a psybeam at the Swampert, hitting it while it was distracted with Pogo. The Swampert then turned to Quackers, batting him out of the way with a large fin.

Pogo swam at the Swampert, biting onto it hard, scratching it in the process. Quackers took advantage o the distraction, swimming behind the Swampert and firing a psybeam at it, right in the back. It let out a cry, then floated and landed on the ground. Pogo let go, firing a water gun to get the disgusting taste out of his mouth. :3

They continued swimming, Taakuin’s body was getting used to the pressure, which he thought was pretty unusual. They dove for about twenty minutes, passing many Corsla, Remoraid, a couple of Mantine, and a few sleeping Buizel and Floatzel. The group tried not to get into any battles, they were all tired and ready for this to be over. Taakuin looked at his four remaining air tanks, hoping he’d have enough to get back. A sudden glow caught Taakuin’s attention, there was a blue glow to the left, and Taakuin saw that there was an opening in the cave wall. Interested, he swam in.

Inside he found a very large cave, blue coral lined the entire inside, which was circular. The coral made the cave well lit, and Taakuin noticed something in the middle of the cave. In the center of the cave, floating, was something blue, and glowing. Taakuin slowly swam over, interested. When he got closer, he realized it was a stone, larger than a water stone, with something blue glowing in the middle of it. He swam over, slowly, looking at the stone. It was certainly the stone he was looking for. Just as he got closer, go figure, a large Garyados popped up in front of him. Taakuin nearly wet himself, the Garyados’ large purple eyes looking directly at Taakuin. The next part kinda freaked Taakuin out.

‘If you want this stone….. you must first prove yourself worthy of it…’ it said, but the words were echoed. Taakuin looked back at his Pokemon, who apparently hadn’t heard the voice. Taakuin turned back to the Garyados, who spoke again. ‘To obtain this stone, you must show me that you are pure of heart, pure of mind, and pure of spirit.’ Taakuin got a bad feeling in his stomach, he hadn’t been the best person lately. ‘To see that you are pure of heart, I am going to go through your memories, and see times when you have done something good for someone else….’ The Garyados closed it’s eyes, and Taakuin got a strange feeling in his head, a sort of achy tickly feeling. Taakuin was suddenly in water with the Garyados, complete black surrounding them. ‘I have found that you are pure of heart…’ it said as a blue aura glowed in between them.

A small girl stood there, Taakuin had no idea who it was at first. Two other figures appeared by the little girl, a man and a woman. Taakuin’s eyes widened, it was the little girl that he had saved from the shipwreck. The mother and father were thanking him, the little girl looked happy, not like Taakuin had seen her. The figures faded, and Taakuin found himself back in the cave, the blue glowing was present again. ‘I will now find out if you are pure of mind, by going through your subconscious…’ Taakuin prepared for the weird feeling again, but felt nothing. This time, he was quickly in the complete black again, the Garyados with him again. ‘Your mind is clouded by pain, suffering, and hate, but your mind is also filled with happiness, warmth, and love. You have mixed feelings, but the ones that are close to you know that you are a good person, your mind is clear.’

They were back in the cave yet again, the blue glow seemed even brighter. ‘The final test, to see if you are pure of spirit..’ The Garyados closed it’s eyes, Taakuin now had a grin on his face, his spirits were fine, he knew he would pass this test. They were again in the darkness, the Garyados spoke, ‘….You are strong willed, and you don’t believe in giving up. Your spirit is pure, and you have passed all of the tests.’ The blue glow was present again, and Taakuin found himself facing the Garyados. ‘You have passed all the tests. You are pure of heart, mind, and spirit, and are worthy of taking the stone.’ Taakuin looked at the stone, then the Garyados. ‘I suspected this… you’d like me to join you?...’ It said, looking at Taakuin. ‘I went through your mind, don’t act so surprised. I will join you on your journeys.’ Taakuin smiled, taking out a net ball and pressing it against the Garyados. It went into the Pokeball with no struggle. One…two…three…click! Instead of having the Garyados sent to the PC, Taakuin swapped it with Jaw’s Pokeball.

Taakuin then swam forward, slowly placing his hand around the stone. The stone shone bright, along with all of the coral. Taakuin shielded his eyes, holding onto the stone very tight. He replaced his air tank, and then sent out the Garyados. ‘You want some help out of the cave?’ it asked, although it already knew. Taakuin nodded, holding onto the Garyados’ tight with one hand, the stone with the other. They weaved through the cave, Taakuin’s Pokemon were returned before they got left behind. After a short period of time, they came out of the tunnel, the storm had subsided. Taakuin took off his diving gear, putting it into a pack he had left outside of the cave.

“Alright, according to my Pokepalm, the rest of the Team is headed for Goldenrod, let’s get going.” Taakuin said, tucking his PokePalm away. The Garyados nodded, going swiftly to the water to their destination. Lucky for them, Goldenrod wasn’t too far from the water. Taakuin looked at the stone in his hand, smiling. He had successfully gotten the stone and lived. :3
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Mission objectives: Find the stone- complete
Pokemon battled: Gorebyss, Huntail, Octillery, Swampert, Milotic
Pokemon used: Squirtle, Croconaw, Vaporeon, Peliper, Golduck, Sparpedo(switched out at end for Garyados)
Pokemon caught: Garyados
Items used: Revive, net ball

The mission went well. I retrieved the strange stone and made it out of the cave alive.

~Medium mission~

so i herd u leik mudkips?

In the town of littleroot, the town where kids go to start their pokemon journey, there has been sightings of a trainer who dresses up as a Mudkip and challenges trainers who come out of Birch's lab with their first pokemon to a battle. If the new trainer is beat and has a Mudkip, he'll take it and wait for his next victim. From what I heard, this trainer has a team completely made up of Mudkips and their evolutions. What I need you to do is to go to Birch's lab and convince him to let you borrow a Mudkip and battle this Mudkip maniac and 'convince' him by any means necessary to give the Mudkips back to their trainers. You may have fun with this mission.

Objectives:
-Get a Mudkip from Professor Birch
-Fight the Mudkip trainer and take the Mudkips he stole
-Give the Mudkips to Professor Birch

Opposition
-Any Wild pokemon if you desire
-The Mudkip trainer

Pokemon:
-You may ask Birch if you can keep the Mudkip
-You may Snag a Marshtomp or a Mudkip from the trainer
-You may catch a wild pokemon
-If you choose none of the above, I may give you an egg

Rewards:
7,500 Pokedollars and Varies from there
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Taakuin stood up, reading the new mission. He stretched, ran to his room and grabbed his Pokemon. He then ran outside, tossed out his hover board, and sped off for Littleroot. Another day, another mission, but this one had Mudkips! Teh kips of mud! He was really excited for this mission, and yes, Taakuin leiks Mudkips. In the mean time, he was trying to think of a name for the one he was fur shur gonna get. “Teh Mudkip shall be mine! >)”

It wasn’t long before he found his way to Birch’s lab. He’d been here before when he saved Birch from the pack of Poochyena, which was also where he got Dakota. He walked inside the lab, looking behind him as he did, to see if the trainer was out there. He couldn’t see anything, but a small boy walked past him, holding a Pokeball. “Oh boy oh boy I got my Mudkip! ^^” he said cheerily as he went outside. Taakuin knew that joy wouldn’t last.

He walked up to Birch, waving. “Hey there Birch. How’ve you been doing since the Poochyena incident?” Taakuin asked, slightly grinning. “I’ve been fine. Got stuck in the tree again, but I managed to get away.” Birch replied. “Anyways, any reason you’re here?” he asked. Taakuin nodded. “Apparently someone’s been battling your trainers, and taking their Mudkips. I’m here to stop them and get the Mudkips back. Think I can borrow one of yours?” he asked.

Birch looked shocked. “They’re stealing the Mudkips?! Yes yes you can borrow one no problem!” he said, grabbing a Pokeball and handing it to Taakuin. Taakuin smiled. “Thanks. I’ll have those Pokemon back in notime.” He then walked outside, tossing the Pokeball up and down, whistling. As he made his way down the path, a girl came out of the bushes. “Hey you! I herd you haes teh kips of mud. @_=” she said, looking a bit like she was on some kind of drug.

“Eh… I have a Mudkip yeah.” Taakuin said, slightly scared of the creepy trainer. “I WUNT EET!!” she said, tossing out two Mudkips. “….so I herd you leik mudkips..” Taakuin said, tossing out two of his own Pokeballs. He sent out the Mudkip he had just borrowed, and his Raichu, Zeus. Taakuin grinned. “Mudkip use tackle! Zeus jump on top of the other one!” Mudkip ran at the other Mudkip, tackling it to the ground and pinning it down. Zeus did the same, but rode around on the Mudkip like a Ponyta.

“Mudkips’ use water gun!” the Mudkip addict said. The two Mudkips fired a blast of water at Taakuin’s Mudkip, knocking him off the other one. “Zeus use thunderbolt!” Taakuin said. The Raichu let out a bolt of lightning, leaving the Mudkip pretty much fried, no movement except for a twitching paw. “Mudkip return!” Taakuin let out his Pikachu, Sparky. He whispered something in his ear. Sparky nodded, running off into the bushes. The girl didn’t notice, and sent out a Marshtomp. “Water gun and mud-slap!” she called.

The Mudkip let out another water gun, aimed at Taakuin’s Mudkip. The Marshtomp launched a mud-slap at Zeus. Taakuin’s Mudkip was knocked down, dazed and pretty much beaten. Zeus was knocked back, now covered in mud. “Zeus return!” Taakuin said, recalling the Raichu back to his Pokeball. Just as he was about to return the Mudkip, the freaky Mudkip girl grabbed him, and ran off into the bushes. “Figured as much..” Taakuin said. He held a hand to his ear. “Sparky she’s headed your way.”

The girl ran through the bushes and trees, holding Taakuin’s Mudkip firmly while looking for an escape. Little did she know that Sparky was hot on her trail, keeping a fair distance away so he wouldn’t be spotted. “Teh mudkips are mihne!! @_=” she said to herself as she came to a dead end. It was a rocky wall, leaving no way out. “adohbf;adjfas nyuwhatthehellisthisshit!!1one!1!!!1” she turned, seeing Sparky run up. “NYUGETOUTITSMYMUDKIP!!! >8O” she yelled, backing up to the wall. Taakuin walked out of the bushes, returning Sparky. “Looks like you’ve got nowhere to go. Just hand over the stolen Mudkips and there’ll be no tr- no -more- trouble.” He said.

She looked at him, wide eyed. “YOU’D LIKE TO THINK I’M CORNERED WOULDN’T YOU?!” she said loudly. She bashed her head against a rock, rubbing it afterwards. Taakuin made a mental note not to do that. Suddenly, the rocky wall opened up partway, revealing what looked to be the entrance to a secret base. The girl ran inside, still holding Taakuin’s borrowed Mudkip. Taakuin followed, slipping through the rocks as the entrance closed. Taakuin looked around, not being able to see much. He blinked three times fast, his eyes glowing blue. He saw something out of the corner of his eye, and looked over…

“OH. MY. GOD.” He said, looking at cage upon cage of Mudkips. The girl was sitting in the middle of the room, looking at Taakuin, or his eyes, since she probably couldn’t see anything. “These are my precious!” she said, petting the recently stolen Mudkip on the head. “Not yours anymore.” Taakuin said, tossing out two Pokeballs. He had let out Sparky and Pogo, Pikachu and Croconaw. The girl sent out two Mudkips. “Pogo soak the left one with water gun! Sparky right after use a thunderbolt!” Taakuin said. Pogo shot a stream of water out of his mouth, drenching the left Mudkip with water. Sparky then let out a lightning attack, sending it through the stream of water and zapping the crap out of the poor little Mudkip. It fell over on the ground. The girl returned it, sending out a Marshtomp.

“WHEN WILL IT STOP?! D:” Taakuin whined, although he could never hate Mudkips. “Use tackle and Mud-slap!” the gril said. Taakuin then realized something, the lights were still off. He didn’t bother wondering about how his Pokemon hit their target, but noticed that her Pokemon both missed. The Mudkip flew into his shin, while the Mud-slap gooped him all up. “NASTY!! >O” He picked up the Mudkip, throwing it back at the trainer. “Oof! x-x” was heard, followed by the light of the Mudkip being returned. Taakuin had apparently threw it a bit too hard. Whoops.

The girl then sent out another Marshtomp. YES ANOTHER. Taakuin siged. The Mud-slaps kept missing, and he hadn’t even ordered his Pokemon to do anything. “Alright, how about… got it! Pogo get over here!” Taakuin said. The Croconaw ran over to Taakuin, standing next to his leg. “Alright, Sparky do volt tackle in a circle around the two Marshtomp!” The Pikachu began to run around in circles, and a sudden flash of lightning engulfed him, illuminating the entire base. “Now use thunderbolt!” The Marshtomp’ looked around, now surrounded by a ring of lightning. There was no escape. “What are you doing?!” the girl said, although it was pretty obvious. Sparky began to slowly decrease the size of the circle, and before long, the Marshtomp were surrounded with no room to move.

“Alright, Sparky you’re good!” Taakuin said, recalling him. “Pogo now soak the two Marshtomp with a water gun!” Pogo nodded, letting out a stream of water at the trapped Pokemon. The ring of lightning reacted. It closed in on them, attracted to the water and shocking them horribly. Some of the attack came back and hit Pogo, but he shook it off. “NYU MY LOVELIES!!” the girl said, returning the Marshtomp’. She looked at Taakuin, now thoroughly scaring him. She had a look on her face that could kill infants. Taakuin nearly wet himself. “YOU’RE RUINING IT!!!” she said, throwing out another Pokeball. Taakuin knew what it would be, and he was right. A large Swampert stood in front of Taakuin. The last time Taakuin saw one of these was when he was on his Hybrid Mission.

“Alright, time for plan B. Or whatever plan we’re on. ._.” Taakuin said. He looked at all the cages, filled with Mudkips. “Pogo, go tell them this….” Taakuin whispered to his Croconaw. Pogo grinned, running over to the Mudkips and saying something to them. “You really think this’ll work out for you? I mean, I can always put a tracker on you.” Taakuin said, completely bluffing. All he was really trying to do was stall. “Yeah right. Anyways, you’re dead meat!” the girl said, the Marshtomp getting closer. “Fine then!” Taakuin said as Pogo ran back over. Taakuin snapped his fingers. A sudden rush of water could be heard, and the base began to fill with water.

“WHAT?! What is this trickery?!” she said, trying to climb the cages but getting knocked down by the Mudkip’s water guns. Taakuin smiled. He had nothing to worry about since he was a hybrid, but her on the other hand… who knows. The base was about to the top with water, Taakuin was floating with Pogo, and the Swampert apparently had no idea what to do. Taakuin watched the girl, who was panicking, and ran out of air. The Swampert grabbed her, and Taakuin opened to door. The base emptied and Taakuin walked over to the control’s to the cages. The whole thing was fried, and Taakuin realized that the Mudkips were running out of the base, most likely back to Birch’s lab. Taakuin turned to see Pogo glowing. A bright flash of light, like usual, and Pogo had evolved into a Feraligatr.

“Nice job by the way Pogo.” Taakuin commented, returning the Mudkip. Pogo smiled, walking outside with Taakuin to see that the girl and her Swampert had vanished. “Great… well at least we got all the stolen ones..” Taakuin said, returning Pogo and making his way back to Birch’s lab. When he got there, he found all the Mudkips inside, waiting for their trainers to come back for them. Birch was on the phone, calling everyone to tell them that they could come get their Mudkips back. He then turned to Taakuin. “I see that you got all of them free.” Birch said, smiling. Taakuin nodded. “Yeah, but the girl got away… anyways, here’s your Mudkip back, thanks for letting me borrow him.”

Birch smiled. “You keep it. After all of that it’s bound to want to stay with you. Just make sure he’s happy.” Taakuin smiled. “Sure thing! And thanks! ^^” he said, running outside and hopping on his hover board. He was soon on his way back to HQ. Little did he know that the eyes of the crazed Mudkip girl were watching his every move.
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Mission objectives: Stop the Mudkip trainer and get all the stolen Mudkips back- complete
Pokemon fought: Mudkip(x3) Marshtomp(x2) Swampert(x1)
Pokemon used: Raichu, Pikachu, Croconaw, borrowed Mudkip
Pokemon obtained: Mudkip from Birch
Pokemon evolved: Croconaw into Feraligatr