Mist Mountains [Battle/Seta]

[Lazarus]

"Heh, you really like this place, don't you?"

Laz asked with a laugh at his Aggron who was happily fixing some of the broken trees that were lying around on the path way of the mountain side. With a more than happy roar, the massive steel plated dinosaur grunted as he brought up a hunk of rock that was blocking his path and chomping down on it. Seriously, Aggrons are just that awesome.

"It's good to know that you're willing."

Laz laughed again as he sat on a rather huge boulder, looking at his Aggron who was practically making the clearing his territory with the way he was cleaning it up and sprucing the place with its own design. It wasn't really going for beauty, rather the Aggron was going for practicality. Arranging logs where the shades are better and scattering rocks around for possible fire pits and all that. Inside all that heavy armor, Rapture was a pretty hard working guy. That or it was just in his nature to fix these things.

Looking around, the red head had barely noticed the passage of time. He was always here at night, doing training behind hours for curfew and more or less breaking rules. It was really the only time he had to himself where majority of the students wouldn't bother him and pester him about the most inconsequential things. Seeing that it was still pretty early, barely past 7 A.M. if anything, Laz took the time t enjoy the scenery.

There was a rather huge cliff to the side of him and it was a drop where even his Aggron would get hurt. Looming over it, Laz slowly raised his head to look over the horizon. The peak of the Mansion could be well seen here, obvious enough at least to be used as a marker.

"Hey Rapture, you think we'd meet anyone this early?"

Laz asked his pokemon, who just gave a grunt as he was too busy enjoying himself with the wondrous things nature had to offer and the chance to help make it better. Sometimes, Laz wondered if his Aggron could've been a florist.

[kaizou]

With his music and headphones Seta went for an early hike through the mountains with his starter."You've been doing great lately Bron. I'm proud of you." he told the steel plate. Bron was ecstatic recieving the compiment. Floating around its trainer, spinning its small,, though heavy body. Seta couldnt help but chuckle seeing his pokemon at such joy from something as simple as a compliment. "Now, now, calm down Bron." he told. Bron tackled Seta in affection. The pressure from the concentrated weight on his chest was painful to say the least. "Gah! Bron, your too heavy! Come on get off."

The struggling Seta was relieved when the heavy weght pokemon floated off of Seta. "Sorry, I didn't mean to yell Bron. You just cant catch me off guard like that." he chuckled. The Bronzor just looked at its trainer its smile still on its face. It yet again began spinning, looking at Bron, all he could think was "Rotational symmetry is something, i can't tell if hes upright or upside down."

"Well then, shall we keep moving." Seta said, walking on with his partner. Seta enjoyed the peaceful hike in the mountains. It was a nice change in pace, a little natural air does him no harm. Taking in a deep breath, he could feel that he was going to meet someone soon. Though still, he didnt mind. He would enjoy some company, in fact he wanted it. "Come on Bron, let's keep moving. I think we may have some company soon."

Just as he thought, from the sound of things there was something nearby. First a roar, and then the sounds of scraping metal. "Hmm maybe a wild pokemon, perhaps a trainer?" he asked himself. "No other way to find out than to check." he told himself. Seta began walking at a faster pace, coming upon a young man, who he presumed to be a fellow student. Along with a huge pokemon that towered Bron.

"Wow, that's a biggum you got there." he said with a chuckle approaching the young man, taking off his headphones. "He seems well trained, powerful too. You must have spent a long while with it." he said looking at the giant pokemon. "Ah sorry for being so rude, the name's Seta Kaizou, you can call me Seta." he introduced. He didn't think other people would be out this early in the morning. He should have known that in such a huge school, he wouldn't be the only one going out for an early walk.

Bron floated by the Aggron, looking up at the giant armored pokemon. When Seta watched the Bronzor's reaction, it looked as if it were at awe at the sight of such a beast.

[Lazarus]

"That's what everyone would think."

Laz laughed as he waved at the silver haired trainer who had a pretty healthy looking Bronzor with him. A small breeze again and Laz had to fix his hair again via tucking it behind his ear. Putting up a small smile, the red head just observed the surroundings again, taking note of how the student brought himself with his posture and how the other trainers pokemon would look in amazement to his Aggron. In some weird way, Laz could just picture someone, a female, shorter and her hair in braided down to her back.

Letting the image flow out of his mind, Laz stood up from the rock before leaping down. His feet lightly landing on the weeds that were growing below as his shoes crunched softly, letting them absorb the impact before Laz's body followed suit to at least sustain the least damage and make everything look presentable. Dusting his pants, Laz looked up again and faced the silverette, a wave already in the making as his left hand was in his pocket, looking for a coin for some reason.

"I'm Lazarus Ysal. You can call me Laz."

Said the red head as he walked forward, his posture proper but his gait intimidating yet provocative as well. Sensing this, his Aggron quickly dropped what he was eating and turned around to scout the surrounding area, carefully looking for anything out of place.

Not sensing a threat, the Aggron shrugged before acknowledging the Bronzor next to him. Seeing that it was also a steel type like him, Rapture broke off a piece of the huge rock he was eating from and respectfully placed it in front of the pokemon. He didn't know a lot of steel pokemon diet given he was the only one in his Trainer's team that was a Steel Type and actually had to eat. Kirk not really having a mouth didn't help things in that regard.

"You'd never believe that I caught Rapture as bandit razing a Clefairy Tribe...with how he's acting now at least."

Laz said, pulling out a small fond memory from his banks as he laughed at the moment. Well, that was something to laugh over for later, when Rapture wasn't there to give him death glares and Stone Edge threats.

"So Seta, what are you doing up this early? Sun's barely out even."

[kaizou]

Still hearing the echo from his music, Seta fished into his pocket shutting off the power of his mp3. He wouldn't want to be taken as ignorant by having music interfere with their conversation. "Laz, huh? Well it's a pleasure meeting you." he told extending his arm out to shake Laz's hand. Seta was raised to be formal, it was just how he always acted when meeting someone new. 

Bron looked at the rock given to him by the Aggron, then back at Aggron. Bron hasn't really eaten anything, it was just a steel plate with two markings that looked like like a mouth above and over it's eyes. In fact he hasn't even felt anything like hunger before because his body had no need for food. Though he could still use his eyes to show emotion.

Looking at the much larger Aggron, Bron showed gratitude to Rapture. and gently floated away towards it's trainer. "Heh, you're right about that one Laz. Hard to believe him being a bandit when he's giving some of his food to Bron." he responded. "Though, seeing how big he is, I wouldn't put it past him. He definitely has the power to be a bandit against Clefairy." he added.

"Hmm? Why I'm here early?" he asked at the question. Seta started to think for a second, he really didn't know why here was here either. Shrugging he said, "I woke up early and just felt like going for a walk. Besides, it's a lot better to be here early, the weather's a lot cooler." his honest answer. He didn't really feel like staying in his dorm, the outside offered a lot more. "So, what about you Laz? Just here to feed Rapture?" he guessed.

Looking at Rapture, Seta wondered what Bron would look like when it evolved. He also wondered if he would be like other psychic pokemon and gain telepathic communication. He would enjoy having chats with his starter. Thinking this over made him a little excited, "Hey, Laz. Care to help me and Bron train with a battle?" he said challenging Laz.

[Lazarus]

"Pleasure to meet you too, Seta."

Laz replied as he too extended his hand and gave a firm handshake as a sign of respect to his fellow trainer. Already, this Seta persona was getting a few more points in Laz's 'no need to screw over' list and the way on how little people were there, getting in it should be a pretty good achievement if anything.

After the handshake, Laz looked to see his Aggron giving some food to his fellow steel type. That was a generous offer and Rapture wasn't one to really just hand out food cause he felt like it. Then again, it could be the morning breeze since Rapture always did feel better if it was either the really early mornings or the really late nights. Most of the time, the steel plated dinosaur just snarked and focused on his training.

Listening to Seta's comment about his own little trivial piece of information, Laz gave a good hearted chuckle at the joke before heading on his way towards his lovable dinosaur. Knocking on the steel reptiles plates, Laz had to give a laugh as the pokemon just looked back and gave a huge toothy grin as it curled its tail around its trainer. Hooking one of his iron barbs on his Trainer's jacket, Rapture pretty much dumped Laz on his back as the pokemon moved towards the center of the field again, resting for a bit and just enjoying his handy work.

"Well, feeding Rapture was the first one on the list. Second one was having my Gengar get better when it comes to phasing in and phasing out through thicker objects. And true that. The beach near the dorm might be nice but not a lot of things can beat going up a mountain for that fresh morning air."

Laz chuckled as he lied down on his Aggron, feeling the cooling metal plates converging as they moved in accordance to how the Aggron switched positions every so often. "Oh, a battle? Sure." Laz stated as he took up a straighter position for when he heard those words. "Not Rapture though. He's pretty full right now and I don't want him puking out steel."

Laz joked as he procured a pokeball from his belt. With a flick of his hand, the pokeball flew towards the ground as his Crawdaunt appeared. The snapping pincers was a ready sign for the Crawdaunts willingness to battle. Probably wanting to let off some steam from the amount of training he's done the past few days.

Already knowing the procedure, Styx skittered about the place, finding his own little niche before the battle began. Specifically choosing the area where the sun was behind him, Styx got his posture ready for a battle.

"You ready?"

[kaizou]

"Wow, another tough one. Laz obviously has been at this for a while...Yeah, I'll test my luck." Seta thought, his eyes scanning the Rogue Pokemon's appearance. "Sharp pincers, looks to be marine-like, so most likely a water type. Also has a shell, it's going to be tough breaking through it's defense." he noted. "Yeah, Bron is going to have a tough time with him." he admitted. Still he was determined to at least try to win.

"Okay Bron, are you ready?" he asked his pokemon who positioned itself on the imaginary battlefield. "Good. Now, let's start the match off." he told. If he used Iron Defense, Bron's body would become sturdier and raise it's defense two stages. Though with Crawdaunt's giant pincers, it obviously had a high attack. If he didn't want Bron crushed in two he would have to raise it's defense more than that.

"I've gotta stay defensive if I'm gonna have a chance against this guy." he thought, pondering a way to keep on the defense. "Right, Bron. Start up with a Hypnosis." he commanded. If he could get this strong pokemon to sleep, Bron may be able to take advantage and do some damage.

"I should of known that Aggron wasn't your only powerful pokemon." he said with a shrug. "It doesn't matter though, I stay by my challenge. We'll at least try to take both of you on." he told smiling at his words. "Heh, I really can be an idiot sometimes. I'm gonna owe Bron for getting him into this."

"Alright Laz, show us what you've got."

(Shit post srry 'bout that)

[Lazarus]

"Styx, Tidal Crash."


Laz ordered, his voice ringing out in the battle field as Styx had quickly obeyed his Master's orders. The rough assault of the breeze signaling a silent start to both participants, sending the Crawdaunts nerves on fire as he became antsy for the attack to start. Now that he knew what to do, Styx couldn't contain an evil smirk.

With his innate power, the massive red carapace Crawdaunt slammed the earth as an entire tidal wave erupted from behind. The Surf attack reaching insane heights as the wall of blue grew and grew before reaching a peak. The amount had been enough to create obscurity behind its waves as the bubbles had covered the Crawdaunt from sight.

As the Surf attack headed straight for the Bronzor who had fired off a Hypnosis, the psychic attack rendered useless as it harmlessly crashed against the waves and not its intended target, a shadow overhead seemed to have appeared as the morning sun gave a discreet shine through out the entire battle field.

Up in the sky, just above the mighty wall of water was a pokemon. Obviously enough, not only did Styx send out an attack to quash the enemy and deal damage, he had also ridden it well enough to send him to the peaks, where Gravity would eventually pull him down back to the ground.

Along with the waves beginning to crash down in the area where the Bronzor was, the dark and water dual type pokemon raised a great pincer above its menacing head, the appendage glowing a deadly light as water energy began to fuse itself into the attack. With a menacing glare at the Bronzor, feeling no remorse for what it was about to do, the mighty Crawdaunt stretched as much as it could with the Crab Hammer as he was intent on delivering as much damage as possible.

With a heavy arm, the Crawdaunt then brought down his massive Crab Hammer, intent on knocking the enemy in one fell swoop and hopefully, this attack would do enough damage to actually hold true to his wish.

[kaizou]

Seta stood amazed at the power Laz's Crawdaunt possessed. "Amazing..." there wasn't much Seta could do against the attacks. "Iron Defense." he commanded. Only hoping to save his Bronzor from severe damage. 

Bron followed, shielding itself, getting ready for the upcoming attack. He watched as the tidal wave appeared from behind the Crawdaunt. It knew that it would have to fall at some point and that it was the target. Bracing itself, the giant wave crashed onto the steel plate. Sucking it in and swishing it around rapidly in the water, starting to chip and rust the Bronzor's sturdy defenses.

When the water subsided Bron was still up with energy, only to be smashed down by Styx's mighty power. Trying to recover from the powerful Crab Hammer, Bron slowly tried to float off of the ground. Lopsided, it gently floated in the air, only to fall back onto the ground.

Seta took out Bron's pokeball, returning his pokemon to it's chambers for a rest, "Well, looks like I still have a lot of work to do before I can ever challenge you again." even though the battle was one-sided. Seta felt no animosity towards Laz. It was a contest of strength and strategy and Laz was the victor. If Seta were to feel any emotion, it would be excitement for their next battle. When the odds were a bit more even.

"Gotta hand it to you Laz, you've clearly been at this for a while."
(-looks at word count- I really need to sit down and write these instead of thinking of them on the fly -_-) 

[Lazarus]

"Just a few months, really."

Laz replied, a small smile on his face as he saw his Crawdaunt pinching the air, demanding a better fight for all the good he was worth. With an invisible face palm, the red head had more or less released his Gengar into the fray. Giving the little ghost a few orders to try and let the Gengar reduce some steam, Kostya quickly nodded before sucker punching the Crawdaunt in the face.

It wasn't the actual attack at least, more of him just getting the things attention. Already knowing this routine, the red crustacean pokemon excitedly waved its pincers around and followed after the Gengar.

"Don't worry about them, Styx is just a handful if he doesn't get his fill for fights."

Laz joked as he gave a small good natured laugh and returned his Aggron who was already fast asleep. Stretching a bit more and looking at the sun that still barely peeking out from the horizon, Laz gave a morose punt on the small pebble near him. The little rock, which was more or less innocent of its crimes, tumbled down towards the cliff side, probably never to be seen again by the red head.

Brightening up again, the red head gave off a few more calculations in his head before turning to face the silverette. "Well, I'm always open for helping fellow trainers out. I can probably help you train Bron if anything. Maybe get a few combos out of it if possible."

Laz began, rattling off in his mind what he knew of the Bronzor family line.

"So how about it?"

[kaizou]

Seta watched Laz's pokemon. Ysal was certainly a force to be reckoned with, three fully evolved pokemon. It almost made him feel as if he needed to play catch up, "Sheesh Laz, you sure know how to make a guy feel small." he joked. "His Crawdaunt must always want to fight by the way it's chasing that Gengar. Though they could be playing." he thought. "A couple of months, eh? I'll be sure I can see eye to eye with him just as fast." he ended. He didn't see Laz in the light of a Rival, more like a goal. A goal he was certain to accomplish.

"Thanks for the hospitality Laz, but I don't think I can put Bron through much more. Though still I'd love to. Here, how about this? Give me some time to get Bron all rested up and I'll come to you for some help with combos." he offered. "Plus, I kinda need to get a new member to my team, I can't get much of anything accomplished with one pokemon, now can I?" he added.

"Well I should probably get back to the dorms. I have to get ready for your help." he said smiling at Laz. "Well Laz, I'll see you later, that's a promise." he told, walking back to the silver dorm, "Nice of him to offer some help with my training, though I cant rely on him, I have to do more before I see him." he thought, sighing as he put his headphones back on. "First loss, well even though it was drastically one-sided, it doesn't really other me that much."

Seta reflected on his encounter with Ysal, even after the battle, he realized that none of his Bronzor's moved would have made a comeback. No his Crawdaunt was just too powerful and well trained. Which meant that he would have to do the same with his pokemon. Though first he would need another pokemon on his side, though finding said pokemon would be the hard part. "Heh, I've got a lot of work ahead of me."

-Seta exits-