Welcome to Gaia! ::

Gorm stared down Bronius. "I'll do it myself," he said and he made to push past the sage.

If he got through he'd dress himself and hit the streets. He didn't have time for silly parties - they had a mission to complete.

Bronius allowed Gorm to shove him aside, smiling as the giant left. The Sage turned to everyone else in the room cleaning up the mess left behind.

"So...would anyone like to hear a joke?"

The emergency crew all facepalmed in unison.

((Wayne Vs Henrietta, Most intense battle ever.))
((Also, This wasn't Proof-read.))

Tk opened his mouth to reply, a smart remark already wet on his tongue. Just when a series of shock Wave's blew past him, Crofton and there Pokemon. Tk, who was facing away from the plasma Building, was Hit in the back by the first shock wave, knocking him to his knee's. the young Trainer held Lancer close to his chest, shielding him from the shock wave's. Spike who was standing next to him, toppled over. Some slight debris blew past them, however they appeared un-harmed.

"Ne ne, Spike, Lancer, you guys ok?" the youth asked in Turn, both replied affirmative.

"what about you, you ok?" Tk would ask in Crofton's direction, using a Dry Tone of voice.
_____________________________________________________

at the time of the explosion at the plasma HQ, Hiba Hinomura was located underwater out near the Castelia Dock's, Swimming Along side Jaw's. Being under water, he hardly felt a thing at First. But soon, the water all around him became violent as the shock wave's altered the under water current's.
this forced him further beneath the water, his strong arms pushing against the water as he attempted to swim towards the surface.

'What the hell's Happening, every thing was Fine a Second Ago' Hiba Thought when the current suddenly stopped, then the next moment he was being pushed further out towards sea.

The muscular youth could feel his Limbs growing tired as his Oxygen rain Dry, his vision flickered. <********, who'd a thought this is how id kick it... drowing, what a lame way to go...' He thought as he lost consciousness.

Just before he blacked out from Oxygen depervation, he saw a bright light emitting from Jaw's Shillouett. a Smirk came to his lip's. He'd Traversed the entirety of the jhoto Region, He knew what this was. Evolution. 'Bout' Time Jaw's'

Jaw's, who had evolved into a Feraligator, Used its Powerful appendedges, Super Charged by Evolution, to Tear through the water like it wasn't even there. Grabbing the unconscious Hiba, Jaw's would dart to the surface, Breaking through the surface, becoming air born in the process.

The Reptilian Pokemon would land on the Dock that the unconscious Salieri was located. Laying Hiba Down about 15 Feet from the battle Girl. Blaze, carrying Hiba's Bag in his mouth would Rush over, appu on his back, Holding his X-tranceiver.

((Nupe, it's fair.

Also, that battle wasn't as intense as Henrietta and Wayne's first gym badge battle.))

((Time for the final part of Luka's Castelia City Gym Battle))

Tayla the Swadloon versus Leavanny.

This was looking bad. Leavanny was clearly stronger and more viscious. Luka tried to come up with a strategy but all he could feel in his head was empty space. He had no ideas. It must have been this Leavanny that caused the broken window that Luka had seen on his way in. This was bad. Like, really bad.

"Errr..... Errr......Tayla, Razor Leaf into String Shot."

The Swadloon chirped and rustled her leafy cloak before sending out a flurry of razor sharp leaves at the Leavanny. As this happened, she also shot the sticky string in the hopes of tying the Leavanny up after it had been hit by the Razor Leaf. This didn't work. The Leavanny simply held its arms out, countered with its own Razor Leaf and then sliced through the oncoming String Shot as if nothing had happened. It seemed to glide towards Tayla before lifting her up and tossing her towards one of the honey walls.

"Swing!"

Tayla launched a String Shot at the glass ceiling as she flew and when it stuck she was able to circle back to the Leavanny and aimed to kick it in the back of the head. The Leavanny's antennae twitched before it bent down to avoid Tayla. Then, like a flash it cartwheel kicked Tayla from behind with a force strong enough to break the String Shot. Tayla was once again flying towards the wall.

"Barrier Charge into Bug Bite!"

Tayla launched another String Shot, this time at Leavanny, and she began to zip towards it. Then she launched the Protect and although the Leavanny cut away the String Shot, Tayla was still charging towards it. The Leavanny attempted to dodge but was whacked in the face by the force of the charge. It landed on the ground and Tayla lunged in for a Bug Bite. She aimed for the Leavanny's face and she got a good few bites on the Leavanny before it ripped her from its face and flung her into the ceiling. She hit one of the metal bars holding the glass ceiling together and let out a cry before falling into a brutal storm of Razor Leaf.

Her cloak was torn to shreds. It lay about her in tatters as she crashed into the floor. She stood there, horrified. She was technically naked. Robert's dismembered lower half exploded with semen. She blushed a deep orange before glowering at the Leavanny. It simply looked at her and laughed. To it, Tayla was nothing more than a failure. She would never match the awesome power that it held. That was the last straw for Tayla. Her eyes twitched and she let forth a furious roar just as numerous shockwaves hit the building.

The glass ceiling shattered above them and Burgh and Luka had to frantically cover themselves from the glass. Tayla seemed unfazed by the falling glass. All she could see was the Leavanny. It didn't seem fazed by the glass either.

The speakers flared into life as someone had clearly plugged their PokéPod into the speakers when they shouldn't have. "Now I face out I hold out, I reach out to the truth of my life, Seeking to seize on the whole moment, yeah" Tayla began to glow a brilliant white. She felt humiliated, she felt furious, she felt as if she wanted to prove to the world that she wasn't a weak Pokémon, but most of all, she wanted to win this for Luka. She was not a failure. Luka, although probably not the strategic trainer ever, had been good to her. When he had trained with her, he had always tried to look after her needs. Now, she wanted to prove that everything he had done for her had paid off.

"Now I face out I hold out," Tayla began to grow suddenly, her tiny body lengthening out into a tall slender figure.
"I reach out to the truth of my life," From her head sprouted two antennaes which ended in love hearts.
"Seeking to seize on the whole moment to now break away," Her chest and legs grew a hard green casing around them.
"Oh God let met out, can you let me out," She held her arms out and from them came two sharp leaves that seemed to glint beneath the sunlight that seemed to be reflecting all around the room due to the glass.
"Can you set me free from this dark inner world," Her abdomen grew behind her and she moved herself as if she were about to charge at Burgh's Leavanny.
"Save me now last beat in the soul." A brilliant leafy dress appeared around her, it came up behind her now smoother head in the shape of a heart and it draped down to the ground. She looked at the Leavanny with her brilliant ruby eyes. A smile covered her face from eye to eye. [It's on now, b***h.]

Tayla charged towards the Leavanny, dancing through the falling glass. She reached it and went to slash its face with her new razor sharp arms. It blocked and the two became engaged in a furious contest of blows. It would try to duck and uppercut, Tayla would lean back and knee it as it glanced past her. She would try a roundhouse kick but it would block and hit her with a kick of its own. Then, Tayla lifted her leafy arm high into the air and brought it down upon the Leavanny. It met her arm with its own, but, Tayla was pushing and pushing and pushing with all of her strength. Gradually, the Leavanny falter and Tayla managed to land a blow, creating a scar across the Leavanny's face.

The Leavanny screamed and launched a point black Razor Leaf. Tayla glowed red as the attack hit her and then her eyes glinted. She came down upon the Leavanny with brutal force. Struggle Bug. She sliced twice at its head before roundhousekicking it and then backflipping to stamp down squarely on the Leavanny's back. Tayla did a motion with her arms that was akin to a human washing their hands and she stepped off of the Leavanny. [Oh please save me now last beat in the soul.] And with that, the song and the battle ended simultaneously.

She looked over to where Luka was standing. Well, he wasn't standing anymore. The shockwaves had knocked him off his feet, but, he was looking at Tayla with a mixture of awe and pride. She smiled to herself and walked over to him. Well, she seemed to glide because of how light her step had become, but, yeah, she walked over to him. He picked himself up and dusted himself down before grinning wildly. "You did it Tayla! You did it! You actually did it! That was amazing!"

A clapping sound could be heard coming from where Burgh had been standing. He wasn't standing at present either, but, he had decided to remain seated on the floor after he had been knocked down by the shockwaves. "Impressive. I have to say though, what is it with trainers today and evolving Pokémon and wrecking my beautiful gym?" He said this last bit with a particularly melodramatic tone, but, it was clear that he was more in shock than anything. He finally picked himself up and walked over to Luka and Tayla. "You're the second trainer today to take on a Leavanny and won thanks to an evolution. Well done, I honestly thought you didn't stand a chance. Then again, that was my strongest Leavanny's younger sister, she just likes me to give her a grand entrance. I guess she needs some more training. Ah well. Congratulations Luka, I hereby present you with the Insect Badge as proof of your victory here today."

Luka took the badge with a sort of childish glee and he held it up in the air before literally jumping with joy. Tayla joined in too and Luka hugged the newly evolved Leavanny. "We did it!"

Tayla was grinning too. [We did it!]

The two jumped around for a little while longer before remembering their manners. They turned to Burgh and said:
"Thank you so much, for everything, Burgh."
[Thank you for an excellent battle, Burgh, Gym Leader of Bug Pokémon.]

Burgh smiled and placed his hand on Luka's shoulder before pointing at the roof. "Now, what are you going to do about the damage you just caused?"

Luka was about to answer when another shockwave hit the building. "Erm... I don't think it was Tayla..."

Burgh thought for a moment and nodded. "It's fishy, but, I don't think it was your Leavanny either, nor mine." He returned his own Leavanny now, because it was pretty out of it. "I shall have to do some investigating as to what caused those shockwaves, but, that can wait. I think I need to get someone in to clean up this mess. It is so un-artistic!" With a clap he summoned Jack the Harlequin from wherever he had been, probably the soundbooth considering Burgh knew who listened to what in his gym. "Jack, clean this mess up will you, I have some new inspiration and I must paint!" With a swish of his hand he went off back to his painting.

Jack smiled at Luka with his big clownish grin. "Well done kid. That was awesome. Did you like my little extra touch there?"

"That was you?"

"Who else would do something like that? A Psychic?"

Luka laughed. "It was great, Jack."

The two shook hands and Luka left the Castelia Gym with Tayla at his side, a grin on his face and an Insect Badge in his Badge Case.

((Luka's Castelia City Gym Battle ~Fin~))
((Slightly edited to change to a different Leavanny. Works better this way.))

kenta let out a big sigh, looking out onto the ocean from the rooftops. it has been a long day, even if he didnt have to save victini in the end. this city was insaine, and he was plannong to move along soon enough. yet, for some reason, he felt he couldnt leave just yet. not knowing why, he decided to wander some more till some kind of sign came to him. he jumped off tward the streets below, and kai teleported him to the ground mid fall, something they do alot when given the chance, the free fall helps his mind work better sometimes. after the landing, kenta recalls kai and starts to walk around town again

((Ew, looking back I realized I FORGOT TO POST BACK AGAIN! Sorry TK.))

Crofton stood up, feeling pretty invigorated for someone just knocked down by shockwaves. But he pretended he wasn't, holding up an arm limply.

"Uh, actually, my arm is pretty broken. Like all bones in it. Hand included. Looks like I'm gonna have to go to the hospital. Oh well!"

The Ranger jumped into his Rangermobile, flashing Takamaru a thumbs up with his "broken hand" before clumsily switching to the other one. "Thanks for the concern, citizen! Call the Pokemon RANGERS if you ever need any help! Stay safe!"

And he floored the gas pedal, speeding away in his jeep with his Venomoth beside him.

It was time to meet Reid.

****

While Jump and Salieri talked in her hospital room, Sal’s pokemon waited with Kiedis and Hexum on the front steps of the building. Chen Zhen sat away from the others with his head in his hands, looking at the ground. Next to him was Salem, trying to comfort the Pansage.

[I said the girl would be fine,] grunted Kiedis. [So why is he still moping around?]
Wukong shrugged, his hands clasped behind his head casually. [Dunno. Those two have had problems with Sal all day.]

Liuye crossed his arms and glared at Wukong. A vein popped on the Monferno’s head. [What? You think I’m being too casual about this? Lighten up, tin man.]

The Pawniard turned his nose up and looked away. Wukong growled, stomping on the ground. [Oh no you didn’t!]

He tackled Liuye, and the two rolled down the stairs onto the sidewalk where they began to battle. [Think we should stop them?] Kiedis asked Hexum.

“No, I have a feeling this is a normal occurrence-get off,” the Lucario blurted out, swatting upwards to try and remove Haizhe. The Frillish had planted himself atop Hexum’s head like a jellyfish hat, pulling on the pokemon’s aura sensing lobes. “I can’t see when you do that.”

Kiedis tilted his head, watching his old friend struggle patiently with the cackling Haizhe. The eye behind his monocle glowed an eery red. [Your lobes are like a mullet! Disgusting! Do not resist the crown that is my greatness!]

[This girl keeps some weird company,] Kiedis grumbled. Salem trotted up beside him, and the Teddiursa turned his attention to the Espeon.

[He says…he wasn’t sure if Salieri would be okay or not. And he got scared that he wouldn’t be able to make up with her if she…you know…but now that she’s okay, he doesn’t know how to make things right.]

Kiedis waited patiently for more. When it became clear that Salem was done talking, he began to look irritated. [Well?]
[Well what?]
[Keep going.]
[That’s it.]
[That’s it? That’s what’s wrong with him?] Salem could’ve sworn she saw steam come out of an angry Kiedis’s fluffy ears while he stomped over to Chen Zhen.

[Hey. Get up.]

Chen Zhen looked up at the Teddiursa, snapping out of his trance. [Hm?]
[You’re their leader, right? You have to do better than this. Look at these guys.]

Chen Zhen leaned forward to see where Kiedis was pointing. On the sidewalk, Wukong and Liuye were locked in a pummeling duel, deflecting each other’s blows with their own. Haizhe was still glued to the top of a flustered looking Hexum, and Salem was curled up in a sad little ball.

[I just…] Chen Zhen looked back down at the ground. [I shouldn’t have been so angry at her. She wanted to make up, and I wouldn’t let it go. And then this happened…How am I supposed to be a leader if I can’t even help my trainer-OW!]

The Pansage reared back and rubbed his cheek where Kiedis slapped him. [Don’t be such a b***h. Man up!]

He gulped. The teddy bear pokemon was surprisingly intimidating. [W-what?]

Kiedis’s eyes shined with a purple glint. A razor sharp aura of light glimmered on the tips of his claws. [You gotta be tough!]
Quite intimidating. Chen Zhen nodded rapidly, causing Kiedis to roll his eyes and march away. [Kids these days, always being little bitches…]

The hospital doors swung open, and all of the pokemon looked to see an arguing Jump and Salieri walk down the stairs.

“I’m not coming with you, now tell me what’s going on!”
“Uh, you’re totally coming with me, and I won’t tell if you don’t.”
“No! You can’t make me go! What’s wrong with my body?”
“Actually, I can make you go. I’m a cop, kid. Pssh, it’s called the law. I’ll just say I’m transporting a criminal or whatever.”
“You can’t be serious. That’s super illegal!”
“Yeah? So is robbing a bank. Don’t make me tell Castelia’s finest what you’ve been up to all afternoon.”
“That’s absurd! You’re an a*****e!”
“Quit whining, it’ll be the time of your life!”
“I can’t believe such a jerk is friends with my brother!”
“I can’t believe such a brat is my friend’s sister!”

The two stared each other down, with lightning flashing between their eyes. Suddenly, they noticed all of their pokemon staring at them. Liuye, who was previously headbutting Wukong to get out of a chokehold, was the first to run up to his trainer. The loyal Pawniard took a knee and bowed before Salieri silently.

[Oi, you’re out and about again?] Wukong asked as he ran up the stairs to greet his trainer. He hid it behind a forced scowl, but the Monferno was glad.

Salieri smiled at her pokemon and patted Liuye on the head. “Don’t worry about me, guys. I’m fine, I think. Thanks for helping me-get OFF!”

Salieri flailed around after Haizhe switched from being Hexum’s hat to the Battle Girl’s. [You didn’t bring your medical chart! How am I supposed to learn meaningless flesh bag statistics now!?]

The Battle Girl eventually managed to push the Floating pokemon off. She looked down to see Salem looking up at her. The Espeon said nothing, quickly looking away after. Sal’s eyes then moved to Chen Zhen, who was standing there looking up at his trainer like she was a stranger. He gulped, trying to muster up something to say.

“Okay, no time to lose! We’ve got places to go, dances to have, wine to drink!” Jump started to direct Salieri down the stairs with a light push, and the Battle Girl spun away from him.

“Don’t touch me! You want to take me on your stupid job, fine," she spat at him. The Battle Girl pointed at Jump. "But you have to live up to your word. I want answers when this is over.” Salieri held out her hand, demanding a handshake. Jump looked at it, before responding in kind. The handshake sealed the deal.

“I always keep a promise. Now lets get this show on the road.” Jump took car keys from his pocket.

Kiedis became very alert and quickly pointed to the other side of the street. [Shot-]
“Shotgun!” Hexum yelled, interrupting the bear by barely a millisecond.
[DAMNIT!]

Jump pressed a button on the keys and a car beeped behind Salieri. Music blared from the speakers. The bass was fantastic.

She turned around, and found that she couldn’t stay fuming for long when she saw the red four seat convertible. In fact, she almost became slackjawed.

“…daaaaaamn.”

The Interpol Agent grinned and slid on a pair of sunglasses.

“Oh yeah. I know.”