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A black ball with smokey purple trails flew quickly around trees as ayoung manfollowed behind it, huffing and puffing lightly despite having covered a good distance. Unlike his companion, the human male needed to dodge the trees effectively as he'd get hurt running clear into them if he weren't paying attention. His hair being a ravenous mix of dark black, grey and white as though it were a strangely colored flying type pokemon on his head. But, the hair itself was clean paired with wild, much like the male beneath it whose skin was both incredibly pale and perfect without so much as a mole or a even a spec of dirt. He wore a black shirt paired with an over-sized black dress shirt along with baggy white capris and a brown fabric belt. Dirty sneakers stood out on his attire, muddy black shoes crushing the grass beneath his feet as he enters Littleroot Town from the west. A dangerous path through woods so thick that few ever traversed it, but despite the eye patch covering his right eye, he appeared to be having a great time.
Charging right past the house immediately to his left, the male made a curve in his path as the mysterious entity nearby vanished. He had to stop right before the door of the coveted professor Birch. Even though the round hairy Professor's studies proceed him and are spoken of around the world, this young man didn't know how to approach him as he didn't personally know anything about Hoenn's resident pokemon professor. With a more straight face, he tried to gather his breathe. His lips were parted as his almost sparkling green left eye ran over the door and his mind raced. Casual. He's gotta be casual. There was a good chance that to professor wouldn't even know he'd be coming to check in before he began his gym challenge in Hoenn.
Opening the door slowly, he sneaked his head in just until his left eye could scan the immaculate lab that lay behind it. To his delight, the Professor wasn't alone as there was a female in the room with him. Though, his stomach churned at the idea of approaching now. Starting off poorly with the professor was a terrible concept alone. Throwing in on top of that potential failure the feeling of doing the same with this girl here who was much closer to his age would only make the whole day after this point significantly worse. To his surprise, and complete despair, the Professor turned and spotted the green eyed male peeking around the door. "Ah yes. You must be Garret Yuki." Birch seemed gleeful to have caught the boy like this, not staring at the boy as Garret slanked around the door and shut it behind himself to approach the professor beside the young girl.
"I ugh... I take it my Father called in ahead. Eh?" Garret's voice was low, but soft in it's tone. He wasn't happy to see that his father interjected himself into his affairs once again.
"That's right. He said you've come to start your first round of Gym challenges here in Hoenn since you moved in over at Slateport! I think it's strange you felt the need to visit in here, but I don't suppose having another batch of young trainers visiting isn't ever a bad thing." He chimed as he picked up a ball and handed it to the female beside him. Garret's uniquely green left eye couldn't help itself from finding itself stuck on her eyes. In a way, he was staring, but he just couldn't look away from here.
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Aino Otsutsukilived quite close to Professor Birch's house, so it was no real journey to get there. Such was the joys of living in Littleroot Town. It was a windy day, her auburn hair was flying all over the place despite the fact that she had it up in a pony tail. She was a clean person right now, not so much as a drop of sweat was on her body, then again, her home was only a few hundred yards away from the laboratory, so there was no real reason to sweat. She had a pressed tan short sleeved shirt on with small decorations on the sleeves with a blue tunic with tan trimming over it with a tan colored belt at her waist. She had blue demon jeans on, she knew that the woods were unforgiving and she didn't want to be scratched by Pokmon or branches. Tan colored boots that could pass as either hiking boots or combat boots were on her feet, they were clearly designed to last. She politely knocked on the laboratory door, and was quickly let in by a very excited Professor Birch. A tall and burly man, he had truly earned his reputation as a field researcher. It was nothing short of a miracle she had caught him in his lab, he was always outside doing what he did best, researching.
The sweet Professor prattled on about how wonderful it was to finally be giving her a Pokmon, and he quickly asked her which one she wanted. She immediately knew what she wanted, and that Pokmon was a Mudkip. With a Water type, she wouldn't have too difficult of a time at the Rustboro Gym if she trained properly beforehand. When it evolved to Marshtomp, it would become a dual Water and Ground type Pokmon, which would make taking on the Mauville City Gym a piece of cake. Well, she hoped to have it be a Marshtomp before reaching the third gym, anyway. The Professor was most pleased she had done her research. She reasoned that she wanted her team to be entirely dual type by the time everyone was done evolving. While she realized that meant double the weaknesses, the potential for power was limitless with the sort of team she wanted. She was happily given a Pokedex, and while she wasn't too pleased to have to wait for the Professor to finish speaking to the strange boy that came slinking in, she was glad that when he was done talking, she finally got her Mudkip in the Pok Ball. She preferred female Pokmon whenever possible. She looked like she was ready to charge out into the world and become the Champion of the Hoenn League. When she noticed Garret was looking at her eyes, she spoke with a faint note of irritation,"It's rude to stare, ya know."
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Garret couldn't tell why he was drawn to Aino's eyes. Where he came from, he couldn't recall a single woman that looked anything like her at all. Her Auburn hair and her eyes threatened to become a phantom thief of time and rob him of his sanity as he lost track of how long he watched her with his good eye. To her comment, he couldn't tell what aspect of the scenario he was frowning about the most. He fought himself not to wear a scowl as he turned away from her. "Right." He commented lowly, his voice seeming to lend itself more directly to this sort of emotion rather than when he was just trying to be social or discuss something with the professor the moment prior. "Yeah." He nearly mumbled this one before he started walking towards the door. "I'll add you on my Nav later, Birch." He wouldn't wait for the Professor to respond before stepping out the door and not looking back.
A Gastly rushed through the room after Garret, as though he were worried for his human friend's feelings. Flying right through Garret's chest as the door closed behind him, the Gastly did the only thing he knew to do in a situation when Garret wasn't acting like himself. A big red tongue escaped Gastly's cartoonish maw before running right up the thin teen's chest and face, displacing his eye patch. "H-hey! Gastly!" He protested at first before chuckling. Garret fixed his hair and pulled the eye patch back over his closed right eye. "You hooligan..." He wrapped his arms around the ball-shaped ghost pokemon in an endearing hug before continuing to walk around the Lab and heading for the path to the route.
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All of the people descended from an Otsutsuki had eyes like hers. Otsutsuki genes were very dominant, though nobody in the family quite knew why. She let her Mudkip out of her Pok Ball, and she happily chirped about as she ran around Aino's heels. She was just such a precious little Pokmon, she couldn't help scooping her up and cuddling her. After all, Mudkip was just a little baby. She smirked when she called him out on his behavior, he seemed rather taken aback at the fact that she had done it. She was hot on Garret's heels on the way to the exit, getting ahead of him. She turned around, and it became her turn to stare. She noticed that his right eye seemed to be messed up, hence the reason for the eye patch. She quickly averted her eyes, realizing her own rudeness. Why did she turn around again? She turned around so she could make sure she wasn't going to be in his way once she stepped out the lab. She looked thin and wiry, but she was very strong and fast. She wanted to set a good example for her Pokmon, and once they got to a good spot in their journey, long training would begin. She wanted her to be strong before they caught a Pokmon, much less challenged the Rustboro City Gym.
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As she passed, Garret wasn't surprised that she wanted to move faster than he did. She was probably just as excited as he was with his first pokemon and the concept of training them was definitely something that excited him. It was hard to imagine a young soul that was entirely uninterested in the idea of beginning their journey with the colorful and bright creature they just met. And yet, as he thought he understood how she felt, she looked back to him and his eye met her own pair. Immediately he looked down and away and frowned. Feeling Garret's vibe, Gastly vanished despite remaining physically within Garret's arms as he didn't let him go and the slight indent on Garret's chest remained as well.
Garret continued walking on the direction towards Rostburo, taking no time to pause in grass or to take a break in Oldale Town and instead immediately moving towards the west for Petalburg. He didn't run, the concept of keeping up with Aino wasn't an entirely intriguing one for him. Besides, she has plenty of things to do and the Mudkip could most likely keep her safe. He could tell by the way Gastly looked up to him that he was being petty and improper. But, he wasn't going to listen to Gastly on this one. Sometimes it was best to take a loss and move on as opposed to ramming his head into the same wall like a Tauros with learning disabilities.
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She saw no reason to stop in Oldale Town, she could get other supplies later on. Not that she had needed any either way, she had plenty of things tucked away in the backpack that was secure on her back. She was always prepared for what came at her. Besides, she had every intention of catching a Ralts on Route 102, and she knew that route was just before Petalburg City. If it was a female, she'd be absolutely thrilled. She dearly wanted a Gardevoir when it was fully evolved. But if it turned out to be a Gallade, that would be just as good, they were excellent Fighting-type Pokmon. Mudkip wriggled out of her arms, and hopped down, and began to chase Garret at a decent pace for a creature that had tiny little legs. Based on observation alone, Mudkip had good speed, that would make training to evade attacks much easier. But still, she would train Mudkip for endurance, to be able to keep such a speed for a period of time. Aino would accept nothing less than excellence, and that was because she put herself to a high standard as well. She began her chase after Mudkip, she didn't want her little one to bother them. Besides, he had his own training to do with his Gastly. Much to her horror, her Mudkip fired a Water Gun at Garret. Not to harm him, but to get the Gastly's attention. She managed to scoop up her Mudkip before she caused anymore mischief, and she spoke,"I am very sorry if my Mudkip annoyed you and your Gastly."
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Walking past Oldale was hardly an action that had much thought to it. The other side of Petalburg was incredibly beautiful, based on some postcards that Garret got from some of this friends. He'd love to see the waters and the dock there, and it'd be a relaxing place to work out the knots and kinks in his battle plan. As Gengar and Venasaur, his team would have plenty of poison types for the gym in Petalburg, but they were far from evolving to that extent and thankfully Petalburg wouldn't be on the chopping block until later on in his journey. From what he knew about the first gym, it was on Bulbasaur to use his grass type moves to their team's advantage. To Garret's understanding, Gastly would do well against the second gym as well. Completely unaware to Mudkip's sudden move in his direction, blissfully zoning out and thinking about his strategy, Garret himself was going to be prepared to deal with the Water Gun that was in the air on the path for his backside.
That is, until Gastly phased through him to appear facing Mudkip and Aino with his big goofy face. He was larger than before with his floating eyes and mouth almost cartoonishly large as the watergun clashes right against him. As the water washed off his face, so did the purple smog and his eyes and mouth as though they were a sand castle hit by a little wave and collapsed. Faceless as though he were defeated, the Gastly's ball-ish form fell to the ground and started to roll almost naturally. And then, it started to roll towards the little blue spunky mon and encircled Mudkip faster and faster. Suddenly, it stopped right in front of the Mudkip before expanding as his eyes and mouth appeared out of no where. "Gastly!" He chanted loudly before running his big red tongue up the front and face of the Mudkip. This sensation, despite not being the literal attack he could have used, still leaves a deep chillling shocking feeling in the target. It did this to Garret every time Gastly licked him, but the male grew very used to it.
"Gastly..." Garret protested lightly, shaking his head to Aino's apology as if to say Gastly was just as involved with the situation as Mudkip was. He approached the pokemon and watched them without interrupting.
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Aino was very glad Gastly was not upset at the Water Gun. As it turned out, Gastly wanted to play just as much as Mudkip did. Mudkip shivered a bit when she was licked, but she began wagging her top fin a bit. Aino put her Mudkip back on the ground so she and Gastly could properly play. Important as work was, playing was just as important. There was a reason the saying 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy' existed. Aino got close to Garret, but not so close as to violate his personal space, and spoke quietly as to not disturb their little ones,"Does Gastly usually get this up close and friendly with other Pokmon?" Her pale eyes looked at him with great curiosity, waiting for his answer. Unintentionally, her gaze was very intense. This seemed to be proceeding well. She wanted their Pokmon to be very good friends. Alliances were important with fellow trainers. The friendships formed with both people and Pokmon and memories shared were a priceless treasure to hold dear for a life time. That was one of the many lessons her parents and the rest of her family instilled in her. Everyone was successful with Pokmon. Some were Pokmon Breeders. Others were Pokmon Doctors. Others were Pokmon Trainers like her. Others were Pokmon Contest Stars.
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The way Mudkip physically displayed their feelings on the scene was rather intriguing for the young male trainer. If it were a wild Mudkip, then he'd try to catch the female pokemon to get a much closer look at this display and study the Mudkip to sort this depth of interest swelling within him. With his father being a Professor, there was always talk of that curious gene getting passed down to Garret. And yet, he really didn't like this idea and it was why he exorcised his love for pokemon in the shape of being a trainer to divide himself from his father as far as he could so people would stop comparing them and he could stop hearing about it. He listened to Aino without looking her way, knowing she didn't like being watched like he did before. Though, her closeness and the question made it hard for his facial features to not relax and his lips to find a smile, he didn't fight it either. He did noticeably warm up. "Gastly's always been so quick to poke his nose into other people's business." He worded it like a nuisance, but his tone and and the way his eye followed the scene before them would spell out a different meaning to the words. Almost nostalgia, even. "He'll lick things and other pokemon all the time. Though, I tell him to be careful of psychic types..." He finally peeked to Aino's intense gaze before quickly peeling his eye away and continuing. "I'm trying to teach him to not lick people. I can avoid getting paralyzed because I'm used to it, but his lick can be dangerous for people. Even when he's careful."
Gastly remained visible but intangible as he reached his tongue out to poke Mudkip's back and then immediately flee in evasive circles around the humans, as though he were trying to escape being touched back. The Gastly was a little older than the Mudkip, having been with Garret for a little time since his father hatched the Gastly during his research. As a result, he's learned a little more about how to play less intuitive games like tag.
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Aino smiled, and spoke,"Well, I do intend on catching a Ralts later on, female if possible. So Gastly better be careful then." She watched Mudkip try and chase Gastly to try and tag him, it would be hard considering Gastly could fly and she couldn't. Not that it would stop her from trying to tag Gastly, though. She spoke,"You going to challenge the Gyms? Do Pokmon Contests? Maybe both?" Contests were super big here in Hoenn, and even bigger in the next region over, Sinnoh, she believed it was called. She continued,"Can you imagine how much more mischief he could cause once he evolves later on in training? If he even wants to evolve, that is." Some Pokmon were like that, happy to stay as is, not wanting to evolve. She didn't understand why, but if her Pokmon chose that course of action, she would happily support them. But she would equip them with an Everstone to ensure they didn't evolve. Her team would be strong. Maybe she would challenge both Contests and Gyms just for the additional battle experience. She'd definitely get a fully evolved team in the end if she chose that path.
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"Ralts is an interesting pokemon." Garret almost immediately responded as though he heard the words he spoke many times over. And he did, but he paid no mind to how much like his father he really was. He was more focused on the fact that the first pokemon they really spoke about throwing a pokeball at was a heavily gendered one. Gallade and his female counterpart are dramatically different. Was she flirting with him? He couldn't tell for a number of reasons. Firstly, he was largely socially divorced. He knew more about engaging with pokemon than he did with others his own age. So should be just toying with him and he wouldn't really be able to tell unless she spelled it out with words. And secondly, there just wasn't enough substance to the Ralts comment to hint towards it. It wasn't like she giggled and suggested that he tried to catch a male Ralts so they could breed. That'd probably be enough to tip him off.
He chuckled lightly at the idea of Gastly not behaving himself. Watching the trickster cheat to stay ahead of the faster Mudkip by phasing through things that Mudkip couldn't to gain distance without having to move as fast as he could, he knew the Gastly wasn't going to hold back. If Aino and Garret continued to socialize and there was a little Ralts to play with, Gastly was probably not going to hold back. After this exchange thus far, Garret melted into a more social position as he finally turned his head to look back to Aino more fairly. His eye on her's. "I really prefer gym battles, myself. Much like fashion, I'm quite incapable of understanding contests. The whole concept is rather confusing to me." He nodded to her last comment. "Gastly is meant to be a Gengar, and I can tell. He's always flying around and putting himself into danger as though he had the fire power of a stronger, bigger pokemon. He never counts himself out, and when he see's his reflection, it's not the eyes of a stage one looking back. I wish I were just a little more driven and confident like Gastly is."
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When he spoke initially, she smirked. He sounded like he was reading from a drilling manual, like it was an automatic response rather than one he wanted to say. She slyly spoke, just to see if he was paying attention,"Youdoknow that Gengar and Gardevoir can breed together, right?" When she was unsure if somebody was truly giving her their undivided attention, she would say something off color like what she had just said. If they said nothing or said something mechanical, she knew she wasn't getting their attention. She could see Mudkip getting frustrated as heck by not being able to catch Gastly. But still, both of their Pokmon were getting a great deal of exercise from this hard playing session. She spoke,"I'll know what Mudkip's destiny is after I spend more time with her. I'll know what the rest of my future team wants after spending time with them. But I do know there's battle rounds in Contests, which is all the more training Pokmon can get to become stronger. I'm always looking for a chance to show off my Pokmon. But only if they want to show off. I'm not into making them fight or train or whatever if they don't want to. It seems too cruel otherwise. As for you, being driven and such, that comes in time, you can't force it on yourself. Let it come naturally."
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His lips parted as his the signs of recognition in his eye drained to a mix of blankness and deep thought. Was that correct? He wondered about this for just a moment as he watched Gastly floating around and pondered the implications of a Ralts or Gastly being hatched with a move they otherwise wouldn't have with two Gengar or two Ralts evolution parents. "Was Gastly an offspring of two Gengar?" Garret mumbled absentmindedly, showing that he did at least hear her words and almost portraying his thought process that was meant to be wordless. He was young when his father showed him the egg that would one day be one of his closest friends. Gastly was... Jolly. Did that have anything to do with this? Probably not. And just as he bridged the concept and rethought her words, the realization that she could have been flirting rushed up his spine and caught him entirely off-guard. It made his eyes open wide, including the bad one which hurt like a nail being driven into anyone else's eye. He'd immediately go pale after this and hold the eye patch to his eye with his right hand. "Ow...ow...ow." He grumbled lightly, the color that she brought to his cheeks being washed away by a paper-y pale.
Gastly paused, letting Mudkip have the window to approach as he turned and looked to Garret. As a very expressive pokemon, the Gastly didn't have to use human words or even sounds to show his concern with his huge eyes and mouth.
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Her eyes lit up in delight once she realized he was paying her attention. Even though she knew the question wasn't really for her, she replied,"Well, what's your Gastly's current move set? That should give you a clear cut answer." Then again, Gastly's parents could have both been the results of mixed Pokemon breeding, which would create a very unique Gastly. She didn't know what moves a child of a Gengar and a Gardevoir would have, but the results would sure be impressive. She'd have to check what Nature her Mudkip was, but it sure as hell seemed Adamant to her. Her eyes grew wide, he was in great pain. She spoke, her voice full of quite genuine concern,"What's wrong? Am I able to help?" Mudkip, not paying attention, made a squeak of joy, and barreled into Gastly, or rather, passed through Gastly. But eventually Mudkip picked up on the fact that something was wrong given how quiet everyone had went. Mudkip slinked behind Aino's boots, wondering what was worrying her Trainer so. Aino took her backpack off, and began rifling through it, searching for her first-aid kit, which odds were would have something in it that would help Garret.
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He couldn't answer her question about Gastly's moveset as he was very sharply pulled from the scene by the spreading of his deeply scratched eye. Searing pain rushed through his skull. A hot poker driving through the soft flesh and clearing through bone to find itself burning what felt like a charring aftermath through the malleable grey matter beneath his hair. In earnest, he didn't even entirely recall where he was as this happened. The fact that he was still on his feet alone was raw muscle memory alone. Biting his lip, he knelt and gently took Aino's wrist with his fingers beneath the softness of her wrist with his thumb over the top. Not even really a hold at all, there wasn't much of a grip to be felt, almost as though he were just trying to get her attention. His right hand was still over the eye patch and he stopped biting his lip to pull on a weak smile. "It's my eye. I was surprised by what you said and I opened it by accident. My bad. There's no need for medical attention." He explained through strained attempts to sound calm as he smiled for her and looked to her pale eyes with his shining green one.
Gastly discerned the situation carefully, not having interrupted the humans as he considered the details. It seemed that his human friend was hurt somehow, Garret wasn't the sturdiest male and Gastly knew that. So it was possible he just bumped his elbow while Gastly was playing with the adorable little blue pokemon. Letting Mudkip pass right through him, Gastly just watched until Garret smiled and spoke to the human woman. Floating up Garret, Gastly closed his own eyes before pressing his ghostly forehead up against Garret's forehead and bangs like a hug despite not having arms. Gastly made Garret chuckle, doing this. Garret's right hand leaving his eye patch to hold Gastly's spooky back. "Hey... hey. I'm okay." Garret whispered softly.
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Aino could tell he was in excruciating pain. Not knowing what ailed him so bothered her to a great degree. Her biggest pet peeve was not knowing something, not knowing an answer to a problem that was presented to her. She was given a great education, both in a classroom and in the field. Knowing how to solve something always came easily to her given how hard she worked to reach where she was now. She had the physical strength to carry him if needed, especially for long distances too. When he took her wrist and explained what was wrong, she relaxed a little bit, but there was still a good deal of concern on her face. She spoke,"The worst wounds have the longest lasting consequences, take the longest to heal." She smiled, watching Gastly get close to him. She spoke,"Never the less, Garret, are you well enough to continue walking, or do you need to rest before we continue?" She didn't like it when somebody was in pain, even if it was a person she didn't know. It was just her nature to want to see everyone happy and healthy.
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If the topic of her carrying him came up, then he'd probably have to disagree with her assessment. Despite being thin, his bones were always a little deceptively dense leading him to be a little heavier than he appeared thanks to the combination of that plus his height. But, Garret wasn't even thinking about that. He was very assertive when it came to being self-reliant as a by-product of his desire to escape his parents and explore the world through his own vulnerabilities. That and she didn't vocalize the idea, so he didn't even have a chance to actually consider it. "Woudln't the worst wounds require no healing?" He spoke lowly in reference to death. His smile remaining, though. The thin professor's son was just being playful and teasing her line that came across more like a folk lesson to Garret as opposed to her own personal logic. Not that he didn't find conventional wisdom to often be more useful than the beakers and lab coats that were so familiar to him.
To her words, he started to tickle Gastly until the ball of ghostly gas came back to life and even chuckled darkly before floating backwards. "We?" He raided the eyebrow just above his eye patch as his smile grew coy. "I'm flattered, don't get me wrong." He'd then reach over to give Aino's hip a soft poke. "Having a travel buddy could be nice. Besides, we're safer in a group. If this is your first run at gym badges then maybe my personal experience could be of some use to you."
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Aino stared at him for a moment, blinked a couple of times, and laughed. He had an unusual sense of humor, she liked that. She had a thoughtful look on her face, and she spoke,"Officially, this is my first run at Gym badges. I have travelled around before with my older siblings and cousins. Most of the younger generation within a certain age range that was old enough to take on the Gyms at the various regions would take the Gyms on in groups. I'm the youngest out of the whole lot so I'm going solo without the family on this one. But now I have you with me." Then she got serious faced, and she spoke,"I hear that criminal activity is on the rise here in Hoenn. It's just as well we stick together." To be fair, she was really excited at the thought of getting into a Pokmon battle with a criminal. She kept it well hidden from other family members, but she was always looking for an excuse to get into a fight. She knew many martial arts, and could very easily protect herself and her Pokmon if it came to it. After he poked her hip, she poked his forehead with two fingers on her right hand. It was a gentle poke, a gesture found amongst her family to indicate affection.
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After getting poked in the forehead, Garret appeared to be playfully frustrated before poking her hip again a little hard. "I envy that." Was all he could summon in response to her words. It would appear that it'd only make sense in relation to her having older siblings. The male turned on his heels and began his march for Petalburg. "If we're teaming up we should get a few details straight." He smiled a little wider over his shoulder as he looked to her with his shining green eye under the sunlight. "We won't tolerate either of us being big babies. Okay?" He picked on himself a little while being humorous in his tone even if there was an underlying seriousness in his words. "A lot can go wrong. If we stub some toes and scratch our arms and cheeks, we'll just have to suck it up and walk it off!" He was trying to display authority and he felt like he was doing a better job of it as he looked forward halfway through his words. He put his right foot before his left and the left followed suit as he began what felt like the first real steps of his journey in Hoenn.
"Maybe we should get ourselves a real big Gyrados so we can surf around together." He flirted a little with this line before a Wurmple popped out of the nearby grass and roamed clean up his leg and chest. Gastly looked crossed at this before floating right up to the little bugger and using his tongue to swipe the nuisance off. "Whew... Thanks Gastly. Finish him with a Night Shade!" Garret leaped to the left, showing his ability to move his taller thin frame rather quickly as Gastly floated in towards the Wurmple. "Gastly-Gast!" The pokemon chanted as he grew scary and zapped the Wurmple with a blade of ghostly energy, fainting the pokemon almost as quickly as the encounter began.
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Aino was born years after the rest of her older siblings, she was the result of her parents wanting to have one more child before they were finished procreating. And she had many older siblings, most the result of multiple births. At the very least, having been born into such a massive family meant that she was never without siblings or cousins to play with. She smirked as he laid down the ground 'rules' as they walked along. and she spoke,"Why bother with a Gyrados? My Mudkip will evolve into a Swampert and we can do that just fine!" Truth be told, she never did like Gyrados. They were a nightmare to try and train, and one almost drowned her when she was little. Baby as her Mudkip was, hers did seem larger than other Mudkip of similar age that she saw, which made her wonder exactly how large her eventual Swampert would be. She smiled when a little Wurmple quickly popped out of the grass and began climbing all over Garret. She personally thought that it was a very adorable thing to see. She felt a little disappointed when Garret had Gastly knock it out, it only seemed to want to play. But then again, Gastly would need the combat experience if it wanted to evolve. Hopefully she would come across a female Ralts soon.
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Scratching his chin, Garret tried to imagine how big the Mudkip was going to be as a Swampert and he couldn't imagine the girl, himself being unaware of her size being on the larger side of her species, being large enough fully evolved to transport Aino and himself across the sea comfortably. They'd have to get really close if they were going to ride the Swampert... Her rear might even might wind up snugly against his groin at that rate. He looked downward and away as he proceeded past the Wurmple, not hearing her position on him and Gastly fainting the wild mon. He didn't have an opportunity to explain himself as she didn't complain vocally. And it was probably for the best, because he'd find it highly hypocritical. How was he meant to get stronger if the had to wait for a random wild pokemon to become the next greatest villain ever before defeating them for battle xp?
"I'd like to train with Gastly and Bulbasaur on the other side of this town up here. I hear the sea breeze and scent is invigorating." He spoke to her briefly over his shoulder as Gastly seemingly vanished. But, Garret continued walking as though Gastly was with them.
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She was smiling as they walked along, and she spoke,"The sea is a perfect place to train Mudkip-" She cut her own words off as the grass shook, and then a wild Ralts appeared. Mudkip stood in front of her, and she scanned the Ralts with her Pok Dex, and she got all the information she wanted. She spoke confidently as she got a Pok Ball ready,"Mudkip, use Water Gun!" Mudkip shot the Ralts with a Water Gun. The Ralts got soaked with water and forced backwards. It then used the Growl attack, if she wasn't mistaken, based on the noise it made. it would lower Mudkip's attack temporarily, not that it mattered. Aino threw the Pok Ball at the Ralts. She waited carefully. The Pok Ball shuddered a few times before it clicked. She was very visibly excited, she had just caught a Ralts! The information was added to her Pok Dex, and for good measure, she scanned Gastly as well before he disappeared. She wanted to scan everything she could with her Dex. There was always something she could learn. Thankfully, they weren't too far off from Petalburg City where a Pokmon Center was. Get everyone checked out before moving on. Her blood was pumping, and her face was full of excitement.
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"I was actually thinking about just running around in the grass near to it and-" He was going to respond despite her sudden and strangely cutting off before he realized he didn't have his eyes on her and that she could probably be in danger. Turning on his heels, Garret spotted the young teen engaged in combat with the Ralts. What a peculiar sight. The little green headed pokemon really captured Garret's imagination and he got to admire the fairly rare little sight as it was. He imagined what she saw using her pokedex confirmed the little adorable pokemon to be female before readying herself and her Mudkip for the fight.
Garret never quite pinned himself as a brutal type, but watching the dignified and cute little pokemon getting squirted right off her feet by a water gun kinda made him crack a smile. Not that he wanted for pokemon to be hurt. But, they battle each other to get stronger and they won't die from it, so it's a healthy thing. Sort of like being worried about getting sore after working out. But, working out and eating well made humans stronger and happier too. He never really saw it much different, and he didn't worry too much about it. Besides, sometimes humans need to fight wild pokemon to give them a chance to travel in peace between towns without expensive bulky and harmful vehicles that'd otherwise ruin the whole atmosphere that the world lends to the humans on it.
He was happy for her as she caught her Ralts, Gastly appearing briefly for her to snatch a dex entry from before returning the invisibility he can also enjoy. Garret thought briefly about what he'd do with invisibility. Walking across the town that housed a really tough gym for this portion of their journey, Garret considered if he'd be a creep with invisibility as he entered the Pokecenter and held the door open for Aino. "C'mon, lets get that Ralts fighting fit." He knew she'd probably go for this, but something felt nice about being the director of their adventure.
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Aino was more than pleased that she had caught the Ralts. Now she was one step closer to getting a Gardevoir. But still, it was time to head to the Pokmon Center in town to get her Pokmon checked on. Not that Mudkip needed it, but still, better be safe than sorry. She flashed him a quick smile when he held the door open for her, he was being quite the gentleman. She spoke,"Might as well get Gastly a checkup. Seems wise to do that every time we go into a town, even if on the surface it doesn't seem like our Pokmon need a checkup." She wanted to get everything taken care of all at once. Maybe even get some grub too. She didn't want to run out of energy on their journey even though she had plenty of stuff tucked away. She recalled her Mudkip to her Pok Ball. She smiled, and handed her Pok Balls containing her Mudkip and Ralts to Nurse Joy. Pokmon Centers were good places to pick up on tips from passing trainers as well. She couldn't wait to see what was coming for them.
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Gastly didn't look excited about the concept of getting into his ball, but Garret was going to follow Aino's lead and Gastly certainly could use his checkup. Despite Gastly's frown, Garret took the small red topped ball from a gadget hidden inside his wide sleeves and the ball grew larger in response to the activity. Not wanting to tuck his friend away with a frown on his face, Garret smiled and hugged Gastly close with his free arm. "It's just a short break, and we can get right back to the adventure right after. Keep an eye on Bulbasaur for me." He whispered to his friend, knowing that he wanted to give Gastly a job to keep the pokemon's mind off missing Garret the whole time. The last thing Garret needed was for Gastly to misbehave during the checkup and potentially make future stops at Pokemon Centers even more difficult. The ball opened as Gastly was drawn into it with red light before closing and shrinking again. Garret retrieved another ball from his sleeve and had it join Gastly's ball on a white tray that had four more open spots for Pokeballs. He frowned down to the tray for another moment before sliding it along towards the attending nurse and walking over to the Cafe area.
He wouldn't order the coffee he craved, knowing he'd probably wanna be able to afford potions, and status effect healing items later on. And while he certainly could use the caffeine and sugar, he didn't really feel in the mood to eat or drink anything. He didn't even ask Aino to join him, defaulting to the idea that she probably wanted to go do something else while they waited on their poke-pals. He sat near a window with a table and a bench as he rest his chin in his palm and watched the sun over the water in the distance.
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Aino's eyes followed Garret as he walked to the caf, she wondered if he was going to order something. She walked towards him, sitting across from him, and she spoke,"Want anything from the caf? I'm buying." As she waited for his answer, she was dreaming of what she wanted her future team to be. She definitely knew she wanted all Pokmon that were dual types, hopefully she could find all the ones she wanted in Hoenn. She doubted that she'd find a Litwick here for starters, since she knew it was a Unova, but if she got one from a Pokmon Breeder, she'd be a happy camper. Anyway, another Ghost-type might be good for Gastly, they could make all sorts of mischief. She wanted a diverse team, the sort of team that was ready for anything. She definitely didn't want a pure Rock type, way too many weaknesses. She would consider an Aron. Despite the fact that it had more than one very strong weakness given that it was a Rock and Steel-type, it didn't have too many weaknesses overall, and the defense when it finally evolved into Aggron made it worth it. She definitely wanted a Budew, it was very cute and became quite powerful when it became a Roserade. But what she wanted most of all was a Bagon. When it became a Salamence, she wanted to fly on its back. As she sat day dreaming, she had a dreamy, happy look in her eyes. She knew what she wanted, and that was what was important. Now she just had to plan out all their final move sets.
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The way the water was both majestic yet so visibly uncertain that it wasn't hard to be seen as such from so far away, reminded Garret of who he was on the inside. Or at least, who he saw deep down starring back. In reality, what he saw in his reflection changed depending on how quickly his eyes darted too it and how prepared he was for this sight. Just casually seeking out his reflection to fix his hair or see how his clothes looked wouldn't lend itself to an unexpected outcome. He'd just see himself, fix his hair and check his clothes in that case. But, even now, as his eye drew towards his reflection instinctively, he saw his dad looking back. Not quite the man with the same hair, more height, and a white lab coat. He hated the idea that his dad ever looked like him. Why couldn't he just be his own person? He'd wonder this just before spotting his female human companion sitting in front of him.
Just as he spread his lips and considered the answer to her question, he came to find that the face she was making now didn't quite resemble that of someone giving him their undivided attention. No... That wasn't entirely right. Earlier, when they really started talking and she seemed to have been flirting with him the look she gave him seemed to Garret to be a lot like this one. Maybe there was a buff dude behind him and Aino was into muscular dudes? Garret's eyebrows raised slowly as he lost himself in the whole idea of analyzing Aino. Just who was this young woman? What made her feel happy or sad or confused? What made them so different? He even bit his lip before glancing with a slightest look of concern just over his shoulder. Seemingly in the same direction of the board that had general prizes for the Cafe on it. But, he was actually just making sure there weren't any males she considered attractive behind him. He looked back before frowning again and just looking the window. "I wouldn't want to owe you. I'd feel too guilty."
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"Mate, not everyone has a motive when giving you something. Some times, people are just trying to be nice. While it's a wise choice to question everything, it isn't always necessary." she spoke, laying back, having more of a stance of a lounging Skitty rather than a serious Trainer. She spoke,"I'm dreaming. Dreaming of my final team. I know what I want, and I have a pretty good idea on how to get to them. Her pale eyes almost twinkled with amusement as she properly gave him her full attention, and she spoke,"Have any ideas on what you want your full team to be?" Her mind was always thinking of the future. Future battle strategies, future problems they could run into, ways to counter those future problems. It was just her. She always thought ahead. Thinking ahead almost always seemed to solve life's problems. She wanted to be the very best, like no one ever was. Before she could fight other Trainers, she needed to practice against wild Pokmon. She wished she could get a Litwick now. She had heard and been a part of horror stories of accidently disturbing Bug-type nests when in the forests, and Fire-types were good against Bug-types. God only knew how many times younger her and her older family members got chased out of forests by angry Beedrill and others.
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"Money between friends can be like shielding what would have been a beautiful tree from the rain out of spite." He didn't really take the time to consider his words or his tone. He was being stubborn with her because he was really just in that sort of mood. A sort of mode, actually. Without something sharper or outright being purchased an item, he'd probably continue to naively stick to his individuality as a trainer. Not to push her away, they were both better off working together as they'd be able to rely on each other in tough situations that could otherwise spell the end of either of their adventures should they fail alone. He looked right down at his hands as he listened to her talking about teams, nodding to it to show he was listening. He made sure to time his nods so she wouldn't detect any reason to believe he wasn't actually listening. He wanted her to know that he was paying attention without having to look up. "All I want to do is help pokemon find who they truly are. Whether that means through achieving their final stage of evolution, or working around what might make them anxious or afraid, I'll devote my knowledge and time to these friends. And making that sort of friend... Seeing what makes this world of ours so incredible firsthand, and raising to the top through expertise and study on top of that hardwork and discipline is what sways my heart the most." He closed his hands shut before lifting his singular uniquely shiny green eye to peer to her now. HIs expression should have shown his discontent, his unhappiness. He wasn't somebody who felt like he already knew who he was. It was pretty obvious that he wanted this journey to help him find his own hidden self deep down. "Gastly is just so complete already. He isn't afraid. He doesn't shy away from a challenge and he has a bigger heart than any other ghost pokemon I've ever seen. He's just so happy, and strong, and good just from his experience so far. He's out pacing me. What if I'm holding him back?"
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Aino blinked, she didn't immediately understand what he meant, though given the wording, it sounded very wise. She gently put one of her hands on top of his as she reached over the table, and she spoke,"You have a good heart, Garret, a wonderful soul. I only needed a few minutes with you to see that. But do not let doubts plague you. But know this. Normally Ralts shy away from people with ill intent or just aren't good people in general. I like to think I'm a good person, but I don't know. You were with me, and Ralts didn't shy away. So I think you'll do just fine. Just give yourself some time." She didn't like seeing people sad or unhappy. She knew constant happiness wasn't always possible, but it really made her happy to get other people to smile when they weren't feeling their best. She smiled when one of the Chansey came up to them with their Pok Balls, coming back this soon meant everything was just fine with their Pokmon. She spoke,"Gastly doesn't want you to be sad or hurt. I saw how worried he got when you were in pain earlier."
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He watched her hand over his own without moving or flinching even just a bit. Her skin was so soft and warm and welcoming compared to his own. She felt right. He wanted more than anything to break the distance between them, to break what caused him to pull away with his emotions and his mentality and just finally be honest with himself. He needed to be happy. Why couldn't he let himself be happy? "Aino..." He spoke her name softly, just for her, with his momentarily fragile emotions beginning to bud. He didn't look over to the Chansey as it approached. The ears of the exotic looking male and his solitary green eye now focused almost entirely upon the young woman who was almost certainly definitely his own age. And even if he always saw her as younger than him thanks to his arrogance leaking through almost always, he found reasons to look upon her so earnest in his lost and worried expression as she weaved her lovely voice and words all together just for him. "Aino, I-" And to this, Gastly heard her words and forced his way through his ball to quickly take Garret straight down to the lying on the bench as Gastly rubbed his face in Garrets' chest in his version of hugs. Gastly knew faintly what Aino was saying thanks to his time with humans and reading tone. He also recognized his own name. All that together was more than enough to comfort his friend the only way he knew how. Laughing with his eye shut and and a big smile, Garret hugged his spooky friend tight before sitting up. "Geeze... Little guy."
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Aino had a soft smile on her face when she finally heard Garret say her name. She was pleased, she was sure she was getting somewhere with him, trying to melt away the doubts that she could sense that he had. It was almost like she was a human form of a Chansey, sweet, kind, and always soothing. She laughed when Gastly escaped his Pok Ball to barrel into Garret, the gesture was undeniably adorable. She let her Mudkip and new Ralts out of their Pok Balls, and they began to run around close to their table, happily chasing each other. She was glad to raise them in a world were they could be care free, safe, and happy. She was glad Garret was smiling again, that was her goal all along, make him smile and be happy. She was sure he had mentioned earlier that he had a Bulbasaur, but she would ask to meet the Bulbasaur later, she was most certainly not going to ruin the moment that they were currently having right now. This was a quiet and sweet occasion. While they had just met, this sort of moment made it feel like they had been friends since childhood. She wasn't going to say anything else until he spoke again, or at least anything directly to her. She wished she had brought a camera to photograph the sweet moment that Garret and Gastly were having. Such a thing should have been preserved forever.
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For a moment after playing with Gastly who had his eyes shut and a big goofy grin on his smokey body, Garret noticed Mudkip and Ralts playing so he released Gastly to let him play with them. He'd stand real quick to pick up the opened ball and the closed ball from Chansey's tray. He'd roll up the right sleeve of his coat to reveal a small sleek contraption around his forearm that had thin almost invisible rigging to his fingers. Inside the small black mechanism was six small spots for the two pokeballs as he slipped them in and rolled down his sleeve properly again. Once the sleeve was down, the illusion that he didn't have something on his arm that connected to his fingers returned. It was a device that gave him access to his party pokemon based on certain arm movements and the way he moved his fingers during those arm movements. He didn't pause to explain himself, not wanted to talk about his father should the question of where it came from arise during the explanation. "Aino." He spoke up, this time determined as he looked to her seriously despite his small smile. "It's time to prepare for the first gym! Let's go!" He'd raise a fist in excitement, his tone reflecting more direction and impatience as oppose to any sort of demand. He'd leave the bench and table behind as he made his way for the door. Gastly would play with Mudkip and Ralts, determined to make sure everyone stayed together.
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Mudkip and Ralts were most pleased to have a third playmate. They'd definitely wear each other out, but still, socialization was just as important, if not more so, than training it. She wasn't paying attention to what he was doing with his right arm, she was just happy to supervise their playing Pokmon, corralling them when they got too far from where she and Garret were sitting. Her eyes lit up when Garret said her name with a sort of delightful vigor and told her they were going. Their Pokmon followed them out the door, all enjoying the warm sunshine on their faces. Aino was full of joy, but she noticed Ralts was paying close attention to Garret. Ralts, it seemed, had a big heart. This pleased her greatly. She was so glad that she had met Garret, Gastly, Mudkip, and Ralts. Her friends. It had only been such a short while since she had left home, but she still appreciated these sweet experiences. And she was ready to experience more of those experiences, first by starting to head to the Rustboro City Gym! But they'd have to go through Petalburg Woods first. There would be plenty of Pokmon to practice against first. Based on recollections, she knew there were some medicinal Berries along the route. She wanted to pick some later just in case anything happened. One could never be too careful.
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Waves crashed, rolling beneath a cloud now cast by a layer of white clouds that blot out the blue sky behind them. Without knowing it, they were no longer within the sight of a massive, powerful pokemon that traveled through the skies. Garret looked down to one pokeball, now full sized and in his left hand. His macho go-get-em attitude had faded mostly before his female companion, Aino and their pokemon fully caught up. This was Bulbasaur's ball. In the relatively short time he's spent as an actual trainer looking to bring Gastly and Bulbasaur to their maximum battle capabilities, he hasn't actually fought with Bulbasaur yet. From what he remembered of the cute guy, Bulbasaur had a bit of a confidence problem. And why shouldn't he? Bulbasaur wasn't picked years ago when two older males started their journey and their choices were Charmander and Squirtle. "Now is your time to shine..." He practically whispered to the ball before raising his voice as he spotted a Zigzagoon. "Bulbasaur!"
The red ball was tossed upward from his hand as it popped open and violent red light surged outward with such force that the ball was knocked right back into Garret's hand. The light crashed to the ground and shaped the four legged creature with his signature bulb on his back before color took to the shape and the adorable Kanto Starter gave off his charming roar. Once Bulbasaur realized he was in a fight he frowned and stepped backwards to Garret without turning to face him. "C'mon, little guy." Garret spoke softly, encouragingly as he knelt beside the bulbasaur and ran a hand along the pokemon's side softly. "Hit him with a tackle!" He tried to translate some energy through his words to get Bulbasaur going. After what could possibly be taken as a gulp from the grass poison pokemon, he charged forward and tackled the Zigzagoon, Rolling to his side and tanking the Tail-whip response.
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As they walked along Route 104, Aino saw the medicinal berries that she had remembered. Pecha Berries, which cured Poison, and Oran Berries, which restored Energy. Both types of Berries were good to have, and rather delicious on their own when not being used as medicine. She picked plenty of the two Berries, storing them away, but left plenty on the trees as to not be a greedy person. She picked enough for her Pokmon and Garret's Pokmon. Then Aino noticed that Garret had pulled out Bulbasaur, and was now battling a Zigzagoon. Bulbasaur most certainly did not look like it wanted to be in a battle. Almost immediately, sensing their new friend's doubt, Ralts and Mudkip began saying words of encouragement to Bulbasaur, they were really cheering, Ralts doing it the most, since she could sense Bulbasaur's doubts the most due to her innate abilities. Even Aino began to cheer and encourage after picking up on what her own Pokmon were doing. If Bulbasaur could see that he had fans, hopefully he might perform with more gusto after seeing that strangers believed in him. She wanted to see Garret either capture or defeat the Zigzagoon. No matter the result, Garret would get stronger, and that was something she wanted to see happen.
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Bulbasaur went so far as to bring out his tentacles to cover his eyes as the prospect of having to fight reared it's ugly head right before him. The bulb on legs didn't really fully understand what he could do and he feared the worst as he came up against the most mightiest of foes: The foe that was both entirely real and directly in front of him. Surely if Bulbasaur was a Charmander, he could blast this fool with wrathful flames. If he were a squirtle instead, he'd shell a few hits and then wash this glorified zigzagoon right out of the ring. He didn't know why he felt the need to compare himself to those two. Bulbasaur really didn't understand why it was so necessary for young trainers to look at him as though he had to directly measure up to the firey dinosaur and the chipmunk in a shell. But, just as the Zigzagoon was preparing another move the bulbasaur peeked out of his frightful huddle and heard the cheering of Garret's companion and her pokemon.
Initially, the grass poison starter was stunned by their confidence in him. His mind went blank as he wasn't sure quite what to do, in his prior fear of the situation he hadn't managed to hear Garret's initial instruction. Under normal fresh trainer guidance, Bulbasaur would have been left in this state and any other young man like Garret would blame the bulbasaur for ignoring his command. And yet, after nodding to Aino with a grin, Garret expertly moved to catch bulbasaur's attention. "Tackle'em Bulbasaur!" He raised his voice as he whipped his hand through the air before pointing right at the Zigzagoon. Timidly the Bulbasar would nod before shaking his head and giving the tan and brown critter a stern look. This was it. The time to act was now!
Charging forward, Bulbasaur grunted a part of his name right before slamming his skull right into the Zigzagoon and then getting swiped by a return attack. The two, now locked in true combat, squared off facing each other. Bulbasaur felt a wash of relieve run over his back and knotted gut. The hit didn't hurt even remotely as bad as he thought it would and it'd appear to him that the Zigzagoon wasn't doing as well as the Zigzagoon's dagger eyes portrayed. "Now it's my turn!" Garret spoke as though it were a performance, revealing a pokeball from his sleeve before giving it a spinning throw. For a male pokemon trainer, it was rather run of the mill to tag the pokemon with a ball like a baseball pitcher could, and Garret wasn't too different in this regard. But, the ball had a cork and a twist in it's trajectory before tagging the Zigzagoon. Almost immediately the creature coiled back and became a beam of red light that launched right into the open ball. The average looking pokeball shut just before hitting the ground and it'd begin shaking back and forth. It'd rock once. Twice. And then a delay came, whether this was just Zigzagoon accepting his fate or time cruely slowing just to tease Garret's anxiety as he could nearly feel an imaginary bead of sweat roll down his forehead, he just couldn't tell.
But then the ball shook one last time and then a familiar sound followed, the button on the front glowing red one last time. Zigzagoon was caught!
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Aino was very proud of Bulbasaur for having beaten down the Zigzagoon to the point where Garret could capture it, considering how shy it was. Encouraging him really did do wonders to boost his confidence. The good mood continued when it was shown that the Zigzagoon was good and properly caught. She spoke happily,"Congratulations Garret, you have your third Pokmon now! I can't wait to see you two become good friends!" Once she saw that they all got situated, it was time for them to head into Petalburg Forest, which they did. Aino wanted to catch herself a Budew. It was a dual Grass and Poison type, hopefully it would be good buddies with Bulbasaur when she caught it, considering that Bulbasaur was also a dual Grass and Poison type. Aino was careful as they walked through the forest, she really wanted a Budew in the worst way. While normally one could only get one from a Pokmon Breeder, she had heard that some Breeders had released Budew into the forest to see how they'd react with the local Pokmon that lived in the forest since some too many Grass types had left the forest after a particularly harsh winter and never came back.
After a good long time of searching, she finally came across a Budew. Now, who to use? Mudkip was her initial choice, considering how a Water type move wouldn't immediately knock the Budew out, it'd only do half damage. But at the same time, she wanted Ralts to get some good experience in. Despite the fact that Budew was a dual Grass and Poison type, Budew itself wouldn't know any actual Poison type moves. And one Psychic type move from Ralts would do some decent damage to the Budew but not knock it out all at the same time. She spoke,"Ralts, you're up!" Ralts presented herself before the Budew, and she quickly scanned it with her Pok Dex, and she got all the information she both needed and wanted. She spoke,"Ralts, use Confusion!" Ralts immediately obeyed, wanting to do her best to impress Aino, and blasted the Budew with purple light. The Budew was blown backwards, that was a pretty strong Confusion for a little Ralts. It was flat on its back now, tiny little legs flailing to get back on its feet. Aino quickly took her chance, and she enlarged a Pok Ball, and threw it at the Budew. It closed around the Budew, and began to rock. Once. Twice. Thrice. Then it clicked properly, Budew was hers now!
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He smiled to her and nodded to her comment before letting the Zigzagoon out of the ball. The fluffy dog- raccoon pokemon sniffled at Garret's shoes before circling him and Aino excitedly, causing him to laugh softly. "Thankfully the battle proofed helpful for my little green guy, and picking up a friendly face to keep morale up for a little while is just a bonus, I'd say." He shrugged with a grin before putting the ball away and watching keenly for the Zigzagoon's ability to trigger while the human duo and their free roaming pokemon made their way for Petalburg. He wasn't aware of the fact that Aino was looking for a Budew, but having seen her encounter one and picking Ralts for the fight was certainly a decision he could get behind. Offering advice at a time like this felt right, at first, but he kept his lips shut. There was a lingering notion in his chest that if he went out of his way to treat her like she didn't know something, it'd be bad for their friendship. And he already grew accustomed to the idea that he'd be on this journey with her. Did she feel the same way? He gave her a thumbs up and a grin , taking this moment to peel his eyes off from the Zigzagoon and mentally noting that the little critter hasn't picked up any items yet.
An older teen with red hair, wearing a red beret over his curly dirty blond hair walked into hearing range of the dup as he spoke loudly on the Pokenav he didn't seem to be all that experienced using yet. He wore a red and black tanktop and there was a number of chimes on little silver chains that hung from his stylish hat choice with little cartoon skulls depicted over them. He wore thin black leggings and large goofy red sneakers . The red and black pattern showed itself again over his wildly baggy checkered shorts that went down to reach over his shins. His right hand, that held the Pokenav was decorated with a number of different gothic wristbands and skull rings. "No, yeah, I just stole this thing from some old dude. Im on my way with the goods. You got the money? If Team Aqua peons show up, you gotta get out of there. You here me!?" He seemed almost too keen on giving himself away as a thug for team Magma with his loud voice and unwillingness to hide the facts. The way he spoke gave himself away almost as readily as his clothes. For a witless thug type, at least the way he portrayed himself, this team Magma boy was almost ridiculously well-off genetically. He seemed to be good looking in the popular sense, with his facial structure that seemed to mix a little cuteness into his handsome rebel grin. He definitely appeared to be wearing red contact lenses. His left arm tucked a brown box to his side that appeared to be the 'goods' he was talking about.
Just now entering the range to be heard was a slightly overweight older man whose posture could use some work. He waved an arm above his head as he raided his voice for Garret and Aino to hear him. "You two, do you have pokemon? Stop that young man!" He yelled for assistance with his hurried exausted and worried face. With his slightly receeding hairline and overly exaggerated bulbous features, this guy fit the stereotypical 40-50 something father type very well. He even wore business clothing minus the black dress jacket to complete the suit. His black tie was slightly undone to allow him to run and breathe. Garret listened, but in the heat of the moment, it seemed like he wasn't about to jump into action. Either he wasn't as brave as he should be or he didn't fully process what was going on yet. It'd be a little hard to imagine that he wasn't a good guy, but seeing his inaction here so far would surely raise the question.
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Aino was quite pleased with herself for catching the Budew. Three more Pokmon to go before she had her full team. She let the Budew out of her Pok Ball, and pulled out some Potions out of her backpack to heal up Budew, which she did. The Budew was clearly in a good mood as she healed her. She'd be quite an irresponsible Trainer if she did nothing, and she didn't want to walk back to the Pokmon Center. She put everyone back into their Pok Balls once this strange person came onto the scene talking rather loudly, something about this stranger rubbed her the wrong way, and she didn't like it. Her eyes got wide when she heard him say he stole something, and then they narrowed, and her nostrils flared. She didn't like this sort of person> Loud, rude, obnoxious, and obviously a thug of sorts. She was about to properly step in front of Garret, such was her nature to be a protector, a defender. Aino immediately let out Mudkip upon hearing the overweight old man's cries for help to stop the boy in front of them with the package. Aino immediately spoke,"Mudkip, use Water Gun on the young man in front of us!" While it really wasn't sporting to use a Pokmon to attack another being that didn't have their Pokmon out yet, this situation was a definite exception. Mudkip immediately complied, using a strong Water Gun to blast him in the face.
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"Gastly!" Garret stepped around Aino and raised a hand along with a look on his face to use body language to rally Gastly into action faster than merely calling his partner could. While Aino was correct in stopping the nefarious young man before them from committing this crime there was clearly something about the way she was going about it that Garret disagreed with. "Stop Mudkip's attack!" He called for his partner who was now battle-ready and complying, Gastly flew between Davis and Mudkip right as the blast of water sprung forth, taking the blast for Davis who was now properly aware of the situation as he wasn't shouting into the Pokenav anymore. Gastly was conflicted about taking the shot for this guy who was clearly a bad person considering his clothes and what he overheard so far from the chubby man coming. It also didn't help Gastly's heart in this situation to find himself defying a friend and her pokemon's attack, but he listened to Garret and had more than enough reason to always trust his friend.
"Sorry Aino." Garret spoke softly, not looking back to her as he lowered his arm. Gastly flew in a spiraling pattern towards them and stopped suddenly before Garret to check his friend's face like when he was worried about him earlier. To this, Garret raised a hand to hold the back of his trusted partner pokemon without a smile to offer to him. And the reason why stood before them still. A sinister chuckle erupted from the Team magma boy before them.
"What's wrong Garret!?" Davis sounded cheerful, yet malice laced his words as he spread his arms and legs in somewhat of a familiar battle pose. "Can't let something bad happen to an old friend?" He wore a lavish accent that didn't quite match his clothes in a thematic sense, but it was appropriately unusual just like his fashion sense. "I still won't forgive you, not even for that." Davis continued before throwing a ball and letting Trapinch pop out. Garret didn't say anything, instead he watched Davis while holding Gastly, his expression not showing a lot of anger or anything, but was certainly not happy.
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Aino's pale eyes went ridiculously wide when Gastly took the Water Gun. It wasn't a one hit knockout attack, well, not yet anyway, but it surely had to have done a lot of damage, even though the damage was neutral. She had a horrified look on her face, she was frantic, worried she had badly hurt Gastly. He didn't seem to be hurt and all, but she knew appearances were deceiving. She spoke, her voice a mixture of anger and worry,"Are you freakinginsane, Garret? Why would you order Gastly to do that? He could have gotten badly hurt!" This strange boy and Garret seemed to share a history, which probably explained why Garret reacted in such a way, but it seemed ridiculously reckless to her. She rolled her eyes, and properly stepped in front of Garret. She would face this strange one alone, it wouldn't be sporting to attack this one with a two on one formation. She had the type advantage, Mudkip was a Water type, and Trapinch was a Ground type. If Mudkip fell, she still had Budew and Ralts. She and her Pokemon would not fail, no matter what challenges laid ahead of them. Thievery aside, there was justsomethingabout the boy that was really pissing her off. Was it the rich boy accent? Maybe. Was it the ill intent in his words? Maybe. But still, given Garret's reaction to seeing him, she knew he would not be able to fight with sound judgment.
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"Yeah. Maybe I am." Garret muttered with strain quite visibly welling within his only visible eye. He'd make sure with his next action that he turned such that his face couldn't be seen before he'd start to walk away from the scene. His boots crunching the earth beneath him as he felt uncertainly and regret well in his chest. Not that he was uncertain about his moral position in the debate of whether it was wrong to block Mudkip's attack. He most certainly wasn't regretting his decision now to walk away either. Helping this man get the package back wasn't his responsibility. It wasn't Garret's fault it was stolen. Why should he have to put himself on the front line to make up for his errors? Why was it up to Garret stand between right and wrong and protect people? Couldn't he just live? After all, the dark haired teen knew Trapinch didn't stand a chance against Mudkip anyway. There was a bit of a choke in his words to Aino, almost like he didn't want to be saying them at all or he was fighting something in his heart.
Gastly popped his head around Garret's shoulder to look back to Aino and Mudkip as he frowned. Sure it didn't feel great to take a Water Gun to the face, but he didn't mind helping Garret protect what he thought was important. And of course he'd be okay. He's a Pokemon! Not an infant. "C'mon Gastly." Garret weakly reminded Gastly to stay close as he left the scene completely and headed for Rustboro.
"You won't Bagon back like that!" Davis seemed furious that Garret would just turn his back on him and this girl. Almost as though he wasn't getting what he wanted and he wasn't used to that. "Coward! Walk away, it's what you do best." He spoke sharply with his brow furrowed, betraying the more elegant look he was going for with his team outfit and his natural looks completely with his emotions. The Magma boy looked back to Aino as he pulled his right hand into a fist. "I suppose I'm not getting out of here with this package by going around you, no?" He clicked his tongue before pointing, a lot like how Garret instructed Gastly. "Bite that Mudkip, Trapinch!" Davis wore the mask of a performer once a gain as he lost the fury from before and gave his Trapinch the command.
Responding to his oddly dressed human companion, the Trapinch seemed to glow darkly as he lunged forward and a jaw of teeth was formed by this darkness to clamp around Mudkip. The attack was magnified to some extent from Trapinch's ability which made the row of teeth grow larger as the attack as delivered. In this situation it might be in Aino's inclination to defend Mudkip from harm but if she tried to instruct the mudkip to escape the attack before it landed she'd surely miss out on the window to return with an attack. And given how little space there was between the two in-battle pokemon already, Davis had a really good feeling there just wasn't good enough room for an evade.
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Aino was absolutely furious with Garret. First he stops the Water Gun, and then he just up and walks away from this altogether. Damn him! Hopefully she could finish this idiot off before Garret got too far ahead of her and she lost him entirely. Angry at Garret as she was, she really didn't take too kindly to this stranger insulting Garret like that. Though given how he spoke, it was plainly obvious now that Garret and he shared a history. But what was that god damned history? She sweetly spoke, even as her pretty voice dripped with sarcasm,"You could always say please." She rolled her eyes when he commanded his Trapinch to Bite Mudkip. Based on appearance and move, it was clear that the Trapinch had the Sheer Force ability, which was, as she understood, raising the base power of all damaging moves that have any additional effects by 30%, but their additional effects are ignored. There was no point in trying to dodge, Trapinch was a ridiculously slow Pokmon. She harshly spoke, her voice full of venom,"Mudkip, use Water Gun right at Trapinch's mouth!" Why would she target that specific area? For one, it was rather wide open. Two, type advantage. Three, why the hell not? The blast of water went at the Trapinch at full force. Based on observation alone, close quarters combat between Pokmon was never a fun thing, and with the Water Gun being so close, the couldn't be any real dodge for Trapinch. Unless it suddenly managed to evade.