Wont You Save Me? [Battle/Sage]

[Raize Phoenix]

"This time wont you save me?" Nicki's voice played in Rai's ear. He was listening to one of his favorite songs & artist. Save me was a song that blocked out everything else. It helped him focus & think clearly. He sat down, resting in fetal position. He was a bit down. He had been for a while now. He had missed his old friends from before coming to this island. His pokemon & a few of the people he had met were all that he had knew. Eros, Speedy, and Seki were all nice people but he still oddly felt down. He felt lost and alone. His black flip flops dug a bit into the sand, and his light blue shirt fluttered in the wind. His skinny jeans huggling his legs nicely.

"Aipom!" Justin jumped from the ball, onto Rai's head. "I dont know why but I feel down Justin." He informed. "Aipom." Justin jumped in front of his trainer. "Aipom-Ai!" He scolded. He didnt want Rai to be down about anything. He wanted his trainer to be as happy & positive as he usually was. "Well I guess things arent so bad. I just wanna make more friends. Thats all." He smiled lightly. "Maybe we should battle." Rai muttered. "Aipom!" Justin agreed.

[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] It was a sunny afternoon at the beach and perfect weather to go out surfing since the waves were reaching high tide, which meant bigger and larger waves. Sage was on her long red and blue surfboard wearing her black and white striped bikini with her reef shirt over her bikini over her attire. She had caught a few waves earlier and now was paddling back to shore since she was getting sort of tired from surfing for at least one to two hours and she felt quite lonely. She didn’t meet anyone yet who would join her to go out surfing and her starmie, Kai didn’t quite count no matter how much fun it was to train her Starmie and spend time just chilling with Kai. As she was padding back to the shore, she muttered to herself, “I wonder how everyone’s doing?” She had left the rest of her pokemon back on the sands of the beach besides her Starmie who was probably having a great time swimming deep within the blue ocean waters. Sage hoped that her pokemon were getting along with especially with her newly caught Ninetales, Persephone who seemed to be a total drama queen or bi-polar. Persephone seemed to be really nice and affectionate but once she found something irritating or didn’t like, she turns into a total bitch. There was the other factor that her nature was that of a fighter and would try to fight with Zeal, her Bayleef who seemed to have more experience than her other pokemon. Sage was glad Kai would try to be the mediator but if it didn’t work, Starmie would at least shoot a water gun at Persephone. The only problem seemed to be when Persephone use Energy Ball at Kai who was weak against grass type moves and the fact that the Ninetales was much more stronger than the Starmie. Sage finally reached the shore and picked up red and blue long surfboard and wiped off some of the rough sand off of her arms. She walked tiredly toward who were taking a nap near the shade of a small tree. She sighed and breathed hard as she climbed up the steep sandy hill walking up to the location of her pokemon. It was harder to climb up than climbing downward toward her pokemon than to the beach because her legs and feet were digging into the deep sandy hill. Finally, she huffed and took a deep breath as she reached the top of the sandy hilltop. Suddenly, her pokemon seemed to have sensed her coming back and rushed toward her and had her male Balyleef tackle her down to the ground and licked her face. She laughed and said, “Get off of me you big lug.” She pushed him off of her and stood up, “You’re not small anymore Zeal. You’re a bit heavier.” Zeal looked a bit sadden so she petted him and said with a smile, “I still love you though. Don’t worry about that.” The next pokemon to greet her was her Rufflet, Luca who began fluttering and chirping in front of her in a sort of greeting and she patted his head and again, he decided to fly up and settle on her head like always. The remaining pokemon greeted her in unison as they sat in front of her. Her Absol, Celestine began nuzzling her, while her onyx-colored Ninetales, Persephone just continued sitting in front of her as if just awaiting for her command her or something like that. Although Sage was tired from surfing earlier, her pokemon seemed bored based on their tired-looking faces and bored look that she didn’t see often. She stopped petting her Absol. Celestine and thought of an idea to get rid of their boredness at the moment. She announced to her pokemon and grinned, “Want to go for a run,” she paused and smirked and said to get them more motivated, “I bet I can beat you all.” That got their attention and she smiled seeing all her pokemon look straight at her after her obvious bluff but she didn’t mind if she lost or not. She didn’t want her pokemon bored and all. It wasn’t great for them to be bored and runnning would be great exercise for her and her pokemon. She sort of wished she could run with her Starmie, Kai but of course, running with Kai would be quite awkward. Sage drew a horizontal line on the sand and called out to her pokemon, “We start at this line. Alright guys,” but she paused when the Absol and the Ninetales gave her a look and Sage sighed, “And girls too.” Celestine and Persephone looked a bit contented but not by that much. Instead of beginning behind the horizontal line drawn on the sand, they started racing anyway. At least her rufflet, Luca stayed on her head and Sage said, “At least I still have you...” She then realized she didn’t even tell them where to stop yet. She asked her Rufflet Luca, “Mind if you get off and fly instead. I need to chase them back. Think you can help?” Luca nodded at her and began zooming toward the rest of the pokemon who were quite a distance away from them already. Sage ran as fast as she could to catch up to them and breathed heavily from running. She was already tired from surfing earlier especially that it was like cardio training. She could see her rufflet already in front of the rest of the pokemon who seemed to be trying to get the pokemon to stop racing. Sage was surprised Luca could fly that fast already. She finally caught up to her pokemon after a while and as her Rufflet, Luca settled onto her shoulder, she thanked him saying, “Thanks Luca for whatever you did.” She turned to face her other pokemon who had their heads down looking like they did something wrong. Sage knew they were competitive but running off to race before she could say anything, was not cool. She said condescendedly, “I thought you guys knew better than that. Please go rushing off places. I didn’t even give you guys the go. Is that clear?” They nodded fast since it wasn’t a great idea to get Sage pissed off at anyone. She glanced closer to the shore and noticed a male trainer sitting in a fetal position who looked slender and wasn’t bad looking either. He had an Aipom who looked energetic by his side. It was nice to meet new people anyway. She said to her pokemon, “Let’s meet someone new today, okay?” And she looked at her three overprotective pokemon: Zeal, her Bayleef, Celestine, her Absol, and Persephone, her onyx-colored Ninetales with a red diamond on her forehead and blood red eyes. She ordered the three pokemon, “You three, play nice alright?” They nodded but she wasn’t sure if they meant it. She finally walked closer to him and the Aipom and greeted him with a foxy smile, “Hi I’m Sage! I hope I’m not disturbing you or anything. It’s just that you look a bit down. It’s nice to have some company when you’re down.” She continued as she began introducing her pokemon, “The Rufflet on my shoulder is Luca. And these three pokemon who seem suspicious of you are my three overprotective trio. This is Zeal, my Bayleef, Celestine, my Absol, and Persephone, my Ninetales.” She gave him a soft smile, “If you don’t mind me asking, what’s your name?” Sage giggled at the Aipom’s antics. She heard Zeal whine and sighed, “Would you like to battle?” Zeal had been itching for a battle lately and a battle she would give him.	[atrb=width,140] words , too lazy tagged , raize notes , added a lot of background info didn't i? lol
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[Raize Phoenix]

The words of Save Me wee playing through his head. The ocean shores were slowly climbing back onto land. The temperature wasnt too bad. It was nice & cool. A gentle breeze here and now. The sun, beaming down on the ground, but lightly today. The sand was soft but firm enough to hold itself & people in place. Everything was balanced. The water pokemon in the distance could be seen playing around. They were dancing & laughing. The pokemon & surrounding seemed happy, but why wasnt Rai? Ever since he came to this school, things changed pretty fast. He caught three pokemon. Hes also hatched one as well. Everything was going a bit fast. Rai would have to catch up.

Suddenly he saw a beautiful girl. Sh was running in slow motion it seemed, towards the shore. The girl had on a shirt, though under it a bikini could be seen. It was pretty cute for a bikini. The girl even had nice, long, and flowing hair. She had to be a trainer, to have multiple pokemon. Rai finally decided to look up & figure out what was going on not to far from him, hearing a bit of the other girl's noise clouded his thoughts. He looked at her to admire her beauty & everything else. Her pokemon included. Though he didnt say anything about it, he didnt really plan on the girl stopping or anything so he let it slide. His mp3 player was unfortunately low on battery & fell dead shortly after the girl made her way over.

“Hi I’m Sage! I hope I’m not disturbing you or anything. It’s just that you look a bit down. It’s nice to have some company when you’re down.” She continued as she began introducing her pokemon, “The Rufflet on my shoulder is Luca. And these three pokemon who seem suspicious of you are my three overprotective trio. This is Zeal, my Bayleef, Celestine, my Absol, and Persephone, my Ninetales.” She gave him a soft smile, “If you don’t mind me asking, what’s your name?” Sage giggled at the Aipom’s antics.

Raize gave a blank stare, blinking slowly at the offer. He slowly stood up to greet her properly. "My name is Raize, but call me Rai. My friend here is Justin." Rai nudged at his aipom. "Haha." He weakly chukled. "Well, Im just kind of down & I dont know what to do with myself. Im not sure if I should battle or just go to sleep." He then looked at her Zeal, seeing the pumped up pokemon. "You wouldnt like to battle, now would you ?" He asked with a slight smile.

[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] Sage slowly calmed down and took a deep breath in and out seeing that maybe she was a bit too forward in her approach to talking and asking the guy for a battle. She could felt a breeze blowing against her exposed skin since she had taken off her reef shirt since it was hot, which only left her with her black and white striped bikini. But wasn’t that what a girl was supposed to wear to the beach? Though she knew it was a good thing she did take her reef shirt off because it was a hot day. She looked down at her slender body and she felt a bit insecure in her attire because he was a boy and she was a girl and she hoped he didn’t get the wrong idea and think she was up to something. The only person she truly would feel comfortable with wearing clothes like that was Laz before but things between her and him were over and done. She shook her head fast to forget those memories of what maybe was a mistake to do. She needed to focus on the here and now—not the past. When the trainer had stood up and greeted her with his name, Raize but rather would have people called him Rai instead, she had given him foxy smile in an attempt to make it seem she was truly just fine and not sad at all. She felt Zeal who surprisingly nudged her as if he somehow knew something was not alright with her. She sighed and petted him in return. After those brief few seconds of mental turmoil and nostalgia, she knew it wasn’t time for her to focus on herself—but on the current situation and cheer Rai up as best as she could. The other trainer, Rai introduced his pokemon Aipom as Justin and she gave the Aipom a small grin since he reminded Sage of Luca who was still sitting on top of her shoulder. She almost didn’t notice her Rufflet, Luca was still perched on her shoulder. Luca was a character indeed, he was one of the most sociable pokemon in her party and definitely the funniest. He liked meeting other and sometimes joking around with other trainers, which had annoyed some trainers and got her into some trouble. She looked at Raize with sympathetic eyes when he told her he was feeling down and could not decide what to do. From beneath his hair that fell over his eyes, she could make out his entrancing honey colored eyes. She couldn’t help but stare into those rare colored eyes of his. But before she could act like some love-struck fool as if she was into him, she began talking again. She felt that she could become lost in his eyes, they were beautiful but crush on him? It was too early for her to feel that way about anyone after a recent breakup. Seeing Raize noticing her willing Bayleef, Zeal who looked already ready to battle, she grinned and nodded in agreement with the other trainer. She said with a small smile patting Zeal as if trying to calm him down, “It looks like he’s ready to battle doesn’t he? I haven’t been feeling all sunshines and rainbows lately either. Shit happens and makes you feel like you hit rock bottom. Me thinks that a battle would do us both good. You know, forget all our troubles for a while?” Sage looked pensive as if thinking really hard but said with a genuine smile, “Maybe we could hang out sometime? It’s nice to someone there for you.” She wasn’t sure if she was referring to him or her in that statement but that was the first thing that popped into her mind in that moment. She took a step back and gave a determined smile toward Raize. She seriously did not care whether she won or lost, she just wanted to cheer someone up who was in need of cheering up. But her Bayleef, Zeal cared about winning or losing and he would rather go all out and win, never give up no matter what. She knew even if Zeal was already gassed out, he would fight until he couldn’t fight at all. She continued to walk farther into the distance so she could make space for their pokemon to battle. She could feel the sun heat against her bare skin and could not feel any breeze at all. The weather began to feel humid and to Sage, matched the day of this cheering up battle on the way. She knew that by the end of the day, she would definitely have a darker tan than before. She only hoped she wouldn’t get a bad sunburn. She called out to Raize who was now a distance away, “So what kind of battle do you want?” She wondered what type of battle he would choose and crossed her fingers that he didn’t choose a battle that would last too long. She was already exhausted from surfing for one or two hours and then speeding after her disobedient and competitive pokemon. But still, she sighed knowing that hopefully a battle could cheer up this guy who looked all down. She looked contemplative wondering what truly got him so down. She then stated with a laugh, “I’ll be using Zeal of course, he’s ready.” Zeal cocked his head in confusion as if asking Sage irritatedly saying when was he not ready. She wondered how Zeal wuld fare against a normal-type pokemon seeing the adorable Aipom, Justin being funny and all. She relaxed herself afterwards from the tension she’d been having for a while and awaited his response.	[atrb=width,140] words , 954 tagged , raize notes , lol, took me hours to type this because of my damn wrist but ^^ I responded finally! (actually it was only two hours)
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[Raize Phoenix]

“ I Can Feel Myself ”

This Time, Wont You Save? This Time, Wont You Save Me?

WORD COUNT: ### SONG PLAYING: NICKI MINAJ, SAVE ME OUTFIT: HERE

"Uh." He stopped his first word. He wondered why she was being so kind. Though he wasnt used to the meanest people or harshest of environments, it felt strange for someone to be so kind & sweet. He stared for a moment, gazing at her beauty inside & out. She gave an aura of kindness & friendliness. Usually Rai had the same aura, but now it was someone elses turn to be the over excited & friendly person.

Rai nodded at her offer. A joyous feeling overcame him, as he looked into her expression. Her smile was like a fire, that would ignite his happiness. Though he usually had an everlasting smile of joy and aura of friendliness, Raize didnt have that today. He was unable to bring himself to launch a real smile. He could barely show off a false one. He just had the overwhelming feeling that he was alone. Like no one else was there. He was in his own world. When in class, he was alone. When the bell rang & it was time to switch classes, he would wander through the halls, alone. And when in his dorm, he'd be alone.

"Stop it." Raize thought to himself, scolding. He didnt want to behave like this in front of someone he didnt know. She would think terrible things about him. She'd think he's a loser, a depressing person, or burdening friend thats never wanted around. He would be disliked just like at his old school, when he was new. He was awkward & the kids thought he was weird. Once he finally started talking, everyone started to like him. He had to continue on the same way. He had to be the optomistic person he usually was.

Standing up, he looked at the girl. She had appeared to give them space for battle. How nice of her. But seeing as how the girl had offered a choice of whether double or single, the boy would be generous & choose single. The girl should have been tired by now. She had been surfing & such for some time now, he didnt want to overwhelm her all in one day. Besides that, it was great enough that she was willing to battle & even kind enough to give him options. "Single...Would be nice." He said hesitantly.

"Justin. Lets go." His aipom rushed in front of him, taking a stance. "Aipom!" The monkey got pumped up for battle. "Maybe I should try to be happy. Justin makes it look so easy." He noted mentally, shooting the girl a half hearted & obviously fake smile. "You can go first." He said gently, looking the girl in the eyes. His honey colored eyes emitting a sad puppy face. "Ai!" Justin scolded his trainer. He wanted Raize to cheer up. They had a performance to put on. The aipom wanted Rai to put his all into it, like he usually did. he didnt like this all of a sudden sad & mopey Rai. "I-I'll try." Rai stood up firm, straightening his posture. He didnt want to let his pokemon down & would be crushed if he did.

MUSE GAUGE: 40% LYRICS: NICKI MINAJ: SAVE ME

“ Givin Up Givin Up ”

[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] Sage felt a bit taken aback when he looked hesitant in her trying to cheer him but she sort of understood why he probably acted that why but she may be wrong. It could be because he hardly knew her and was suspicious why she was talking. For all she knew, he didn’t want her there. She had asked him if he wanted to battle with her to get his mind off things, she was surprised when he had actually agreed to battle with her since she had thought the opposite. She wasn’t sure what was wrong with him and what made him look so down today but all knew was that she didn’t want anyone to be sad especially on this nice of a day. She had a feeling this guy wasn’t always like this and he would be a cool guy to hang out with sometime. She observed him standing up looking like he was getting ready to battle and she waited for his reply for either a single or double battle. Either would be fine in normal situations but she was already tired. She cocked her head in contemplation thinking if she should seriously use Zeal this time since he’s been acting more aggressive than a normal Bayleef would act since they were usually calmer. Zeal was just odd like that she guessed. She sighed in relief when he agreed to a single pokemon instead, though he still sounded a bit hesitant. She saw him get up and his Aipom looking pumped up for a battle and settled for petting Zeal, “Let’s cheer up this guy, okay?” Zeal just stared at her as if he was saying whatever and get the battle started already. It seemed like Zeal was getting cocky since he never lost a battle yet. Losing a battle would probably knock some sense into him and tone down his cockiness a bit. But she wasn’t planning to lose anytime soon. When Sage took a quick glance at him, she frowned seeing the obvious fake smile that he made. She could tell easily because she was known to make a foxy smile as if she was happy when she really wasn’t. It really was a bad habit. She gave him a warm smile and said to him, “I’ll treat you out to lunch after this okay? In the meantime, let’s give it our all in the battle!” Like always, Zeal always began with a charge to pick up some adrenaline for a battle. Sage was glad she and her Bayleef would train at the beach running and what not to build up her pokemon’s stamina. So while charging, she ordered with determined eyes, “Magical Poison Leaf!” It was a combination between Magical Leaf and Poison Powder. Magical Leaf that carried the poison powder shot out of Zeal and began to zoom toward the Aipom faster and faster. No matter how far the Aipom went, the attack would not miss but anything can happen. She just hoped the attack pulled through.	[atrb=width,140] words , Idc tagged , Raiiiraiii (: notes , Muse is playing hide n’seek…was about 95% now muse rating…20% haha
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[Raize Phoenix]

Rai's expression remained unchanged. His sorrow had overwhelmed him, though his happiness was slowly returning. The small bit of happiness forced out a slight grin, only to be beaten down by the sorrow once again. Rai was staring at the trainer, she was so kind & strong willed. She was determined to be nice & break through his sadness. She might have actually been the only one able to do so, aside from Rai's partner Justin.

The girl then offered to treat him to lunch. How sweet of her. Maybe she really did care about the lost boy. His honey colored eyes stared, as they began to reflect the sadness he felt. He remembered all the terrible emotional abuse he had gone through. He was never anything that made them happy or at least smile. Everything that he did right was over shadowed by what he often did wrong. "Thank you..." He said with a fading voice. The coordinator couldnt even speak any more. His words became restricted by the grief in his heart.

As the opponent called out to her bayleef, Rai looked at it in awe. The pokemon shot off a magical leaf, carrying poison powder on top of it. The combination was surely powerful, and would be an issue if it wasnt for Justin's great experience. He was once again in the face of a troublesome combination. He wouldnt have any extremely powerful ability to help dodge the incoming attacks or to avoid them completely, at least not easily. The purple monkey's frown grew greater than most of its smiles. "Aipom!" It scolded Rai, turning its head slightly.

The monkey jumped up & swung its tail, aiming at the bayleef. Mystical golden stars rained forward at the incoming leaves. Swift had officially been launched. The stars had countered all of the leaves, with a few left to hit the bayleef. Justin stood firm, holding down its own. "Aipom!" It scolded Rai further, telling him to be focused. Justin knew what he assumed Rai knew, and that was to focus in battle. Dont let outside emotions cloud your mind & judgement. The pokemon had been taught that by the trainer it now had to remind. The aipom returned attention to the grass pokemon, making sure no new attacks were headed its way.

[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] She saw her Bayleef’s Magical Poison Leaf attack zooming toward the Aipom but disappointedly with Aipom using swift, her attack was wasted since all the magical leaves were neutralized. The Aipom must have had some battle experience didn’t it? She murmured, “Tsk…” What should she do now? Sage didn’t want Zeal getting close to Aipom at the moment—not yet, just wait for the right moment. But still, battles were unpredictable like now. She didn’t expect her combination to be neutralized. But still, Zeal had great defense and could stand his ground too. But she hoped Zeal didn’t get cocky. Because she didn’t want Zeal to get close to Aipom or rather have Aipom come to him instead depending on the situation and move, she ordered once again to buy some time to size up the Aipom, “Magical Poison Leaf” as few leaves cut through all the remaining stars from the swift attack and the rest zoomed toward the Aipom once again. But if Zeal was hit, she knew what to do. Besides, it was such a nice sunny day wasn’t it?	[atrb=width,140] outfit , Too lazyyyy. tagged , Raiiiii! notes , Eh, sorry for the wait.
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[Raize Phoenix]

...I Feel, Better But Not Exactly Great...

A blank stare began to fade, only bit by bit. Slowly the hyper feeling from being in a battle once more would help him break loose of this sadness. Justin was his poke pal with the most experience, he'd have to do something about tthis battle before anything got out of hand. But with no drive why should he. Seeing the stars zip & zap forward, began to come back to the battle, trying to avoid all of his pain. But unfortunately he just couldnt do so.

"Aipom!" Justin turned around, scolding him even more. "..." Rai would stay in silence until he felt better. Justin was indeed a pokemon, but his emotions could always be projected to Rai with ease. It was his first pokemon ever and was a natural performer. He was the perfect pokemon for Rai. Their personalities always matched up. They were optimists at heart, despite their slight clumsiness at times their eart would be in the right place, and they both would always smile.

Justin returned to battle, seeing his new attack had failed, he turned his head slightly to Rai to see what Rai would do now. He knew his words & monkey sounds in poke talk would help out, but he also knew that what ever Rai was sad about it was something serious. He could tell by the look in Rai's honey colored eyes that Rai was in more than just pain. He was tormenting himself mentally with the troubled past he had before. Through his short & seemingly simple life, he'd been through what most have. Just like others, he had secrets of painful things as well.

"Justin, thank you..." Rai said distantly, his expression becoming less pale & moody. "A smile that pierces the darkness of someone's heart & soul. Sage...Your amazing." Rai said to himself, straightening his posture. His light gray scarf whipped around a bit in the breeze. His beanie huggling the top of his hair. "Alright, its time to stop being a prisoner of my own memories..." Rai stretched a bit, telling himself to get into it. A sudden smile rushed to his face. His eyes widened & his teeth could be shown. "Thank you Sage!" He thought to himself, going to tell her later was something he couldnt forget. This battle had saved him from his worst pain, his memories.

His eyes became more intense. They sparkled a bit, as the breeze calmed down and the scarf stopped moving. His shirt felt more loose due to his skinny figure. His bracelets slid to his wrists. He was finally back to himself. "Justin, make a repeat of this past turn! Use swift to cancel out these pesky leaves! Hopefully we can make an opening!" He said with a relaxed but intense tone. His voice, still feminine & soft, he gave calm commands. So we wasnt completely there but he would be next time around! Now, the battle was truly beginning for him!

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Outfit Here
Emotion: Better than before~
Notes: Frap~

[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] Sage was taken a back widening her eyes at his unexpected compliment and thankfulness. She wasn’t sure she actually did much but she aimed to cheer him up and she guessed she really did help somehow. Seeing his eyes of determination, she smiled noticing that this battle was finally on it’s way and recognized those eyes of determination. It was the same as her eyes and gave her a more reason to enjoy this battle. She gave him a playful grin, “Anytime Rai,” and she paused also showing eyes of determination, “That’s the Rai I was hoping to see!” Time to get it on! Chance it today. She heard him say with a more assertive tone of voice to use swift against Zeal’s Magical Poison Leaf Attack. She watched as the Aipom swung his tail as yellow stars shot out neutralizing Zeal’s Magical Poison Leaf that had been zooming toward the Aipom before. She sighed knowing that the attack would probably neutralize Zeal’s attack since Aipom’s Swift attack basically neutralized the attack and she had a feeling Zeal knew that too seeing him standing his ground but huffing in irritation. There was no avoiding it. She had to get Zeal closer to Aipom to hopefully be on the offensive this time. Swift versus Magical Leaf wouldn’t be a great strategy right now. She knew that Zeal had an overall good defense and she planned to use that to her advantage in the battle. Though she wished Zeal had more moves in his arsenal. Before she could think of another move for Zeal to use, Zeal had already made his move without notice. Zeal! He had launched another Magical Leaf attack as he pulled his head back bringing forward as glowing green leaves appeared from his leaf, while charging fast at the Aipom at the same time. While he was charging, the green leaves surrounded his body as a protective layer of defense. What that Magical Leaf Tackle? No, it can’t be. She taught him Razor Leaf Tackle. Then it must be…Sage apologized, “Sorry!” for Zeal attacking without her permission. Is he using it already? Zeal came close to Aipom and jumped up about to land on Aipom with the Magical Leaves still surrounding him for defense.. She face palmed herself, at least he got close to Aipom like she was planning him to do though not exactly the attack she wanted him to execute. She guessed Zeal was too impatient to truly be on the offensive. Magical Body Slam. She loved those pretty leaves, maybe too much?	[atrb=width,140] outfit , lazy tagged , Raiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! notes , Sorry for the short post again. Lately, I’ve been only able to post late at night. I just hoped it described it enough.
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[Raize Phoenix]

Im Ready, Bring It Sage!

Rai shot a confident smile, that would slowly grow until consuming his face. The swift had been launched & countered the leaves once more. Rai went into a short & small transe. "Having doubt will hold me back. Hesitation as well. To win, I have to think I'll win. The battle isnt over until I think Ive lost & accept it. In fact what was that doubt? Where did it come from? This overwhelming sadness. Its slowly poisoning me...But I'm fine now. Just how long can I go until I crash like this again? Well, I wont crash. As simple as that. Justin's smile & the friendships Ive made will wipe away any misery." As his thoughts came to closure he finally returned focus, seeing his swift knocked away those leaves.

"Justin." He said distantly, while Sage seemed to gather her thoughts. "I want you to keep smiling. I'll smile with you of course." Rai tilted his head, flaunting his prized smile. His honey colored eyes glowing, reflecting the sunlight, making them seem lighter. Justin nodded in agreement. "Aipom!" It told his trainer to do the same. "We'll do our best, we loose until we think we have & accept it." Justin nodded once more, ready to get on with the battle.

Suddenly the bayleef charged forward once more, surrounded by magical leaves. As he neared, closing the distance, Rai began to think about the one move he needed & could use. "Double slap." He told Justin. The aipom readied its tail, launching it precisely through the leaves to hit bayleef directly. "Keep ip up, before the body slam lands!"Justin nodded, after double hit missed or hit, the body slam knocked Justin back a bit. "Pom." It returned to his feet slowly. "Aipom!" He smirked. "Use double hit again!" Rai told the purple monkey. IT jumped forward, swinging its tail at the bayleef. After the first hit or was blocked, Justin would follow up with another swing.

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[Sage Ryland]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,10,true][atrb=style, background-color: black;,true][cs=2] & YOU'RE NOT EVEN HUMAN ` YOU'RE JUST A LOVELY IDEA OF ONE WHO I ACCIDENTALLY LOVED AND GAVE EVERYTHING TO BECOME THE GIRL ON THE PIANO BENCH SINGING ALL OF HER TEARS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - away
[atrb=width,240] Damn! She didn’t expect the Aipom to use Double Hit! Sage calmed herself as she took a deep breath and observed what just happened. Alright, at least the magical leaves proved to be a good defense against the first slap. Sage grinned seeing that Zeal had rammed his body against the Aipom using his Body Slam attack knocking the Aipom back. A bit more peeved, she heard Rai tell his Aipom to use double hit again. But still, it wasn’t like she didn’t use an attack twice though this attack could do some damage if she and Zeal wasn’t careful enough. Sage began to sweat feeling the hot sun against her skin. Perfect. Sage ordered surprisingly, “Take the hit! Poison Powder Now!” Zeal charged back at the Aipom feeling the harsh impact of the first slap of the Aipom’s tail and ramming back sent all the poison powder he could muster at the Aipom’s body. Sage yelled immediately after, “Magical Leaf!” as Zeal sent out magical leaves at the Aipom to block and neutralizing the attack as he then charged a few distances away knowing what to do, synthesis! as most of his health recovered seeing that it really was a great weather today.	[atrb=width,140] outfit , lazyyy tagged , raiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii notes , Rawrrrr!
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[Raize Phoenix]

It Was Short, But We Had A Great One!

The rush had returned, Rai was back for sure. Sage had given more grinding commands. They all would cease Justin's attempts & attacks. The poor aipom had slim to no chance, but his determination & will kept him going for as long as he could take it. He endured the hits from before. He even countered the first wave of leaves himself, without any help from Rai.

The combinations that the opposing gendered, blond trainer had thrown at Rai were amazingly putting a halt to all the tactical attempts that Justin had been pulling. Rai appeared to have been facing someone with just as much, if not more experience with battling than him. Though thats not what Rai really cared for, it still played a nice proportion of what mattered in battle. The commands, bonds, and many other things would count as well. Whether most of the other trainers were only looking at statistics & power, Rai wouldnt change his view point. No one would lose until they think they have & accept it for themselves.

"Aipoim." Justin barely held onto his remaining energy & stamina, after all the moves were finished. He stood firm, knowing that this was his loss. Any further & he'd get seriously hurt. He stared down the bayleef, making a small grin. "Aipom." He informed the bayleef of his surrender. Either he'd give up or Rai would for him. "Good job Justin." Rai walked over, returning him to the pokeball. He then looked at the bayleef. "You've got a great trainer." He gave a huge grin to the grass type. He then looked avoer at Sage, "What're you feeding this big guy?" He jokingly asked, with a playful smile. "Thanks again, for the battle. I needed that." Rai smiled at the blond trainer. Hopefully they'd be more than just friends. Maybe...best

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[Sage Ryland]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,10,true][atrb=style, background-color: black;,true][cs=2] & YOU'RE NOT EVEN HUMAN ` YOU'RE JUST A LOVELY IDEA OF ONE WHO I ACCIDENTALLY LOVED AND GAVE EVERYTHING TO BECOME THE GIRL ON THE PIANO BENCH SINGING ALL OF HER TEARS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - away
[atrb=width,240] Sage observed carefully eying every single movement Zeal made just hoping her tactics worked to block and neutralize those pesky Double Slap attack. Those attacks would really pack a punch if she didn’t have Zeal block them and finally use synthesis almost healing himself fully. She and Zeal were close friends and supported her and her him, even with their opposite personalities. He was her first pokemon, her starter pokemon and best friend. It was interesting enough that the Aipom attack even without Rai telling the Aipom what to do. It was almost like he was psychic or something like that. Or it could be that Aipom was more experienced than the trainer and was able to do so on his own. In any case, she knew the only other way to communicate telepathically was through psychic though Persephone was an exception. Sage felt it was a battle of wits when she talked to her Ninetales. It was a constant witty arguing session. Seeing that synthesis was over, She was about to order Zeal to use Razor Leaf but then the Aipom indicated itself that it was done and over, surrendering to Zeal’s win. Sage called back Zeal as she smiled seeing him walking with a trot grinning happily that he won. She looked over at Rai who interestedly complimented her but giggled seeing that Zeal just looked aloof and uninterested. Typical Zeal, only interested in battles and of course, me. Sage sighed realizing he’s like a pokemon boyfriend. She felt sorry for whoever wanted to go out with her. Sage smiled playfully as well saying, “I don’t know about you but I just feed him the usual poke food.” She paused and grinned, “Now about that lunch…” as she began to lead him away to treat him to lunch.	[atrb=width,140] outfit , lazyyy tagged , Raiiiiiiiiiii! notes , Mhmm.
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