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The flames acted as a sort of radar for attacks. Kali had been hit by his flames and had left the effective zone but that didn't make her safe. Taking the Smog before that she jumped out of, the psuedo-flamethrower and then a Fire Spin, one could argue that this battle wasn't going in her favor.

Add in the fall and the only thing Melty could take from it was that she was too tired or too damage to consistently phase, or to remember to. In short, he had the upper hand.

The ominous wind hit the flames and they seemed to almost battle. This told Melty the direction of the attack. So, the brat hadn't moved? Melty smirked. An ember attack straight down the middle, tearing a hole in the ominous wind and leaving it as about as effective as a breeze against a torrent of long lasting(due to their nature) flames.

Straight through, the ember aimed to explode against Yamask's little girl face.

((Well that made this whole scene seem more like an awesome climax than it already did. Also, stop trying to internally damage my monkey))

The flames erupted from his mouth just as Chen Zhen vaulted over him. With the grass type exerting his weight, Pansear wasn't able to simply tilt his head and blast his opponent with the fire. Instead, Pansear used it to propel himself into a backflip and land on his feet.

He heard Salieri shouting and looked at the girl. Glancing over his shoulder, the monkey saw his trainer, Chili. He saw his reaction and knew what to do. Chili was closing his eyes with a smile. He looked serene in comparison to his usual energetic self. He resembled Cilan in a way; a look that meant only one thing.

"Salieri," Chili said as the girl counted down, opening his eyes at the last second, "You pass."

Pansear took the blow. Twisting his body at the last second stopped him from suffering any lasting damage; it struck closer to his shoulder blade than his spine; nothing the pokémon center couldn't solve. Pansear rolled and bounced on the ground, striking it with one limb and then the next before coming to a stop on the ground.

The flames had consumed the grass and the trees, leaving nothing but dirt and ash. The ceiling and air vents were caked with soot while the computerised voice in the wall crackled, "Battle Over. Challenger Wins."

"Whoa ho! You're on fire!" Chili grinned, walking across the arena until he reached the center. He expected Salieri to do the same. Chili opened his waistcoat and reached into his inside pocket, "Looks like you have what it takes after all! Well, it's the Pokémon League's rule. Take this Gym Badge!"

He held out a gold badge shaped like three kites attached end on end. Within the kites were three colours; green, red and blue.

"It's the Trio Badge! With this you have proof you defeated a Striaton City Gym Leader!"

((Well that's one gym match down. No more for today; everyone should be making their characters go sleep for tomorrow. For tomorrow we dine... IN STRIATON GYM!))

It would appear that the Absol was on Kali's side and not Melty's. Evidence of this existed in the form of his attack being stopped, but not the Hex attack. Melty merely moved out of the way of the attack, moving backward as it crashed downward into the street.

At the same time Melty attacked in the gap between attacks. An Ember attack. If a Hex was fired to stop it, he merely had to fire another one. In fact, it this turned into a rapid fire match then he was fine with it. His powers of fire had been boosted with Flash Fire, it was Kali who was more at risk of tiring herself out should she turn this into a battle of stamina, especially with the superior amount of damage she'd taken.

And if any Ember hit the ball it'd destroy the eye, with ease.

***

"I need... to get to Melty..." Henrietta was tired and light headed and she struggled to get down the alleyway.

"You need to go to a hospital," Cress said as he put a hand on her shoulder. She turned her head to look at him. She wore a tired expression and blood covered that part of her head.

"He's... They're going to kill each other... Melty, I don't want him to die.. So please don't stop me," she said and she started down the alleyway again.

"You can't possibly hope to make it all the way. You'll collapse long be-

Spoke too soon. Henrietta hit the dirt, barely catching herself with her forearms before her face hit the ground. She grit her teeth and strained herself to stand.

"You look like you've taken more damage then your Pokemon, there's no way he'd get up from wounds like those, you shouldn't be trying to," Cress said as he stepped over.

"Come on, let me take you to a hospital, you'll die."

"Once I'm sure Melty is safe," Henrietta said as he slowly, but surely, managed her way to her feet.

and Cress watched. During the match, her will was broken with a few words. Her will to fight.

All of this comes from her concern for her Pokemon? A Pokemon she probably hasn't even had for a while.

"What is.. Melty.. to you?" Cress asked.

"My friend and I put his pride on the line like an idiot. Melty doesn't deserve this just because I got attacked by that Yamask," Henrietta said as she started down the alley again.

Cress was impressed. This was not the same trainer he'd battled in the gym. She could push herself far beyond her physical limits for a thing called compassion. He smiled softly and stepped around in front of her before kneeling down, his arms moving behind himself.

He was offering to carry her piggy back.

"Come, miss Henrietta, I shall play the role of your noble steed," Cress said and Henrietta practically fell onto his back. His arms caught her legs and her arms barely locked around his collar.

I'll have to explain the blood to my wife, but oh well.

"Th-thank you.." Henrietta mumbled into his ear as her head rested and Cress merely smiled and moved forward.

The two were off down the alleyway, eventually reaching the end where Avan and the Absol stood. Absol, having stopped Melty's ember attack. Henrietta saw this and instantly struggled, weakly one might add, to climb off of Cress' back. He obliged and she stumbled her way in front of Absol.

"Don't... Don't put them at any more risk," she said.

From the looks of things, one could see that they were at a standoff. Henrietta, in her daze of blood loss and head trauma, could observe that much instantly. Now was the only time they had to recall their Pokemon. She looked at Crown and hoped he'd understand this as well.

Simipour was awaiting orders. If either Pokemon chose not to return to their pokeball, he'd move faster than they could match(being a much higher 'level') and they'd eat Hydro Pump.

So, as the Ember attack went off, Henrietta turned and took Melty's ball, clicking the button to recall him.

And so he was recalled, putting an end to this long and terrible 'match'.

Avan nodded at Henrietta's look. He knew this had to end as well. As she returned Melty, Avan crossed the field and picked up Kali. "You've been fighting all this time...I'm sorry I'm such bad trai-, heh. Sorry..." The Yamask shook her head to disagree. "Well, I'm still sorry." He smiled and returned the ghost Pokemon back to her ball.

Coming back to the girl and the blue-haired trainer, he saw that she really was banged up. "Uh..." He started, "Please let me come." He rubbed the back of his head. It was a bit awkward since it was Kali, and by extension him, who had caused those wounds. He wondered if the blue-haired trainer knew that. Still, Avan wanted to help, or at least stay with her. "I want to make sure she'll be ok."

First an short introduction, "I'm Crown..." Avan said to the one who held Henrietta. What made this even more awkward, was that Avan still did not know the girl's name. He'd ask when she was in more fit of a condition.

Avan sighed with relief when he saw he in the arm of the man.

Gym leader? Avan was surprised. He hadn't expected that. The manner of dress threw him off. But even so, he hadn't expected the gym leader to be so attractive.

"A-Avan Briendal." He stated as him name. "Crown is my nickname...but, but you call me whatever you like."

As for the other guy, he didn't know. But he'd have to thank him and his Pokemon properly when he got the chance.

For the cash, he'd try to give as much as he could, but he didn't have much to start. Traveling wasn't the cheapest way to live life. As for avoiding battle, that he could do; or rather what he had intended to do.

An invitation to come to the gym by the gym leader himself? Accepted. Apparently the reason for it had yet to sink in for the boy.

The he mentioned the police. ((Like the police ever did anything~ Lol jk)) "Don't worry, I'll be there. The terms are fine."

"Right, of course." Avan accepted the phone number and watched the Gym Leader run off. He waited till was out of sight, and then a large smile crossed his face. Ahhh...I got his phone number!

Composing himself, he approached Kijin, thanking him and asked his name, saying that gym leader wanted him to get it.

Later, he'd have to check on Henrietta in the hospital. Or sometime after his meeting with Cress. He'd bring flowers. Girls like flowers right? And a card. Yeah, that'd work.

((We aren't skipping to the next day yet, we still have people that we're waiting on.))