Scientific Oddities (Jump In!)

[Brandon Skyblade]

"Okay...sis, I hope you're thankful for the way YOU were cloned from me." Brandon said, feeling a bit sorry for Azure.
"Don't worry, I am. That must have been...quite awkward to be told how he was born. Poor guy." Brianna commented. "Well, let's go to that store now."
"Right, see you guys in a little while." Brandon said to Brianna's group. "Twili, you coming?"
"Sure am! I'm right behind you." Twili replied before the trio left the bar, almost immediately finding the store they searched for.

They each walked inside to see that, while the store looked quite nice, it was an utter hellhole with all of the parents rushing around like crazy. They all gulped for a moment before deciding to brave the crowds and charge through, unfazed by the constant jostling.
Even though the three split apart at one point, their Codecs would keep them in touch if they needed to use them.
Brandon and Brianna separately went right for the video game section, picking out a few games that each member of the trio would definitely want to play.
Twili, on the other hand...did something different. While she would eventually sneak into the game section, she looked for something else first.

She eventually came across a vintage toy section (which still had 90's toys, since it's possible that they could count), sparking her mind on what would brighten up their day. A certain set of action figures and...we'll say "special belt bucklers" instantly became the perfect gift on the spot. She put all of it in a bag and headed for the cards, picking out one she would use normally. Knowing that the twins would probably forget to make cards for each other, she took a certain "special" pair of cards. With that, she made her way to the long-winded line for the registers.
I know that dream affected their desire to have memories like that...I'll help give them those memories. Twili thought, also holding up a certain VHS tape before putting it in her bag as well.

Meanwhile, the twins had already left the store, having bought their presents.
"Sis, we're not spoiling what we got until tomorrow. Got it?" Brandon said.
"Come on...we used to get gifts on the Eve as well. And you know that I couldn't possibly wait. Pleeeeeeeeease? Just one gift, at least?" Brianna pleaded.
Brandon laughed in response. "Fine, fine. One gift. WHEN WE GET THERE." He then asserted.
Brianna happily nodded. "Right! Now, where the hell is Twili? Still stuck?"
"Probably. Wanna call her?" Brandon asked.
"No, wait! There she is!" Brianna said, pointing at Twili barely emerging from the store as she was jostled on the way out.

"I'm here, I'm here! Let's head to that cave, alright?" Twili said, smiling at the twins.
The two nodded before Brandon quickly lead the trio back inside the bar. "Alright, we're done here! Lead us to the cave, Brianna!"

[Brianna Ravenquist]

"I wonder where my mommy is now", Azure said, his eyes filled with tears.

"I don't know, darling, but you have us now", Brianna reassured him before the trio left. When they came back and wanted her to lead them to the cave, she looked to Azure.

"Master?"

"You lead the way, sweetie".

"Okay Master, I won't let you down, Master!" He almost seemed like a puppy. He wandered ahead of the others shivering a little in the cold as he had only buckskins to keep him warm. Brianna was close behind, and gave her coat to him.

"I don't need it. I can withstand the cold on my own".

Soon, they were out of the city, the cave was in sight, but the entrance was packed with snow. Slowly melting snow.

[Brandon Skyblade]

((Warning: Utter wall ahead, since I still love them tangents. XD))

"Crap...it'll take forever to plow through that entrance." Brandon commented, wanting to get out of the freezing cold ASAP.
"Did somebody say plow?" Brianna replied, bringing out a Silver Axe.
"Oh yeah, forgot you had that." Brandon said back.
Brianna took the axe and began ripping and tearing through the melting snow, fully clearing out the entrance of any and all blockades.
"Sis, you work fast." Brandon said.
"Thanks...though this...thing is...pretty heavy." Brianna said, panting while putting the axe away and entering the cave. Brandon and Twili soon followed.

Inside the cave, the twins already chose the first presents they would reveal to each other. On the other hand...Twili only needed one to cover the two of them.
They picked a spot near the back of the cave, so they wouldn't get cold.

"I call first!" Brianna shouted, getting her presents for Brandon and Twili. She pulled out a couple of game boxes, as did Brandon, but hid them so his sister could go first.
"Hey bro, did you see that there were sections for old and import games?" Brianna asked.
"No...why?" Brandon replied.
"DA DA DA DAAAA!" Brianna shoved a Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ box in Brandon's face.
"DUDE! YOU'RE AMAZING!" Brandon exclaimed.
"And for Twili...for our Zelda freak, I got an oldie for ya!" Brianna said, tossing A Link to the Past's SNES cartridge at Twili, who promptly caught it.
"Wow, I could never find the original version! Thanks, Bri!" Twili said with a smile.

"Me next!" Brandon said, revealing his two games. "For my sister, I found quite the rarity. SMT: Nocturne!"
"Whoa, seriously!? Not even Earth GameStops have those any more! Thanks, bro!" Brianna replied, graciously accepting the gift.
"And, for the lovely lady here...the new GoldenEye with the golden controller!" Brandon added, tossing the slightly larger box to Twili.
"Good thing Bond is still awesome. Thanks, Brandon! For the game...and that compliment." Twili replied.

"Your turn, Twili. Let's see whatcha got!" Brianna said, excited like crazy.
"Yeah, you probably thought things out a bit more since you took longer." Brandon added.
"You...could say that." Twili said before revealing the huge combined box.
"THAT...th-th-that's..." Brandon said, eyes widened.
"Power...Ranger...movie figures!? Holy shit, she even added separate morphers! WITH THE COINS! ...It's a beat cheating with the 'one gift' thing, but I DON'T CARE!!" Brianna shouted, with her and Brandon running up to Twili.
"God damn...this is amazing. Plainly and simply amazing. As are you for finding this, Twili." Brandon said.
"Like that song said, Twili...'you're amazing just the way you are'." Brianna quoted.
"You can say that dream of yours inspired me to get this. Now, you guys can morph like that whenever you want." Twili said.
"Twili...just...thank you." Brandon said before hugging Twili after she put the box down.
"I'll actually let you have that moment. OH CRAP! We forgot to get cards!!" Brianna shouted.

"What are you guys talking about? They're right here. See?" Twili said, pulling out four cards at once. "You probably just forgot to get me one, but that's alright. Just open up those."
The two took the cards and sat down, reading the ones from Twili first. Of course, each of her cards said how she's enjoyed her time with them so far and would always remember the times they shared, no matter what happens.

The moment they read their apparent cards to each other, on the other hand...
Brianna's letter to Brandon said how she's gotten used to being separate from him, and how she promises to be the best twin sister Brandon he could ever have hoped for, as long as he strives to be a good twin brother as well.
On the other hand, Brandon's letter concerned how happy he is to finally have a sister like Brianna around, even with the unorthodox method of her creation. He also said how proud he was of how independent of himself she has become.
Though the letters were really written by Twili, the twins seemed to convince their minds that they really did write them themselves.

"Sis..." "Bro..." The twins said consecutively before giving each other a lunged hug.
"Th-thank you...for being my sister, Brianna..." Brandon told her.
"A-anytime...Brandon..." Brianna told him.

[Brianna Ravenquist]

Azure snuggled next to Brianna, who was looking at the multitude of gifts under the tree. "We're opening ours tomorrow. Secret Santa thing".

A shadow covered the entrance of the cave, as did several voices not unlike Azure's.

"Is this the right place?"

"Mommy said it was".

"Mommy is sometimes not right".

Then, an authoritative female voice interrupted the banter. "Be quiet, boys and girls". Stepping into the cave was Dr. Victoria Ayano. Curly ginger hair, yellow eyes like Azure and Flann, and attire attributed to labwork. Four boys just like Azure and Flann followed her, along with six girls that were the twins of the boys of the respective colors.

Cam was the same age as Azure, but he had orange hair. He was just as tall, too. Kadir, the green haired boy, was the same height and age as Flann. The two remaining boys, yellow haired Flavius and purple haired Ianthe, were 17, and 5'2".

The girls, unlike the boys, had animal ears and tails. Viorica, Azure's twin, was part fox. Akane, Flann's twin, was part squirrel. Xanthe, Flavius's twin, part wolf. Kadir's twin Chloe lacked ears, but had a snake's tail. Ianthe's twin Iola was part raccoon. Cam's twin, Alani, was part tiger.

"Mommy?" Azure blinked and looked up in a stupor.

"It's Mommy!" Flann ran up to Dr. Ayano and hugged her.

"Come, Azure, Flann, spend Christmas with us. You don't need them. Come here".

"But Mommy, these are our friends! We love our friends!" Flann retorted. He was nervous, as the urine in his breechcloth suggested.

"Why don't you and the others spend Christmas here instead, Mommy?" Azure asked.

"In this cave? Oh no. I'm not having my boys and girls in here!"

"But Mommy-" Chloe tried to speak, but she was cut off.

"BUT NOTHING! COME WITH ME THIS INSTANT!"

"Do I have to kick your ass again?" Brianna snapped. "Or will you just hand over the others peacefully? You told me they were dead, and I knew it wasn't true. You were dumb enough to reveal yourself". She charged up a dark energy ball and aimed it at Ayano's head, but Azure pushed her hand down.

"Don't hurt Mommy! Maybe she can be good!"

[Brandon Skyblade]

The twins stopped hugging when the apparent brigade of Dr. Ayano and her children appeared. They seem to be flabbergasted at the sheer number and variety of children.
"Goddamn, it IS like Fire Emblem! We got a RAINBOW of hair colors and a variety of multi-breed kids here!" Brianna shouted.
"Yeah...like Fire Emblem character overload, more like." Brandon said.

"Mommy? She's your mother?" Twili said, thinking about it for a moment. "What kind of mother would rather tear their own kids away from their friends instead of just joining them and being happy enough with their presence?"

Meanwhile, the twins wanted to push Azure away from Brianna, feeling that there was proof enough that any possible "goodness" just got thrown out the window right away.
Brianna, though, stopped herself for a second and had to ask, "Hold on a moment, your creator is suddenly a dark mage?"

[Brianna Ravenquist]

"Master always had these powers, but rarely uses them. She would only use them if there was grave danger", Azure said. Flann stepped away from Dr. Ayano, who frowned.

"I just don't want my kids being crowded in here, that's all. Friends or no. I just want to be a good mother".

"Then shut up and join us, all of us". Brianna was starting to get a little mad, "You aren't taking them from us, we know what you'll do with them...". She shuddered at the thought.

[Brandon Skyblade]

"I don't think I wanna ask what that includes..." Brandon muttered.

"Whoa, cool down, Brianna...MAN, it's still awkward saying my own name for someone else! Anyway, none of us are going anywhere. And, to make sure of that..." Brianna said.
"Sis, those powers don't count for the normal RP's..." Brandon reminded.
"Aww, damn! Well, normal serious ones, anyway." Brianna said, shaking her head to get the fourth-wall-breaking habit out for a while.

"Well, what should we do about it being cold?" Twili asked.
"Make torches and lots of 'em? Not to mention block most of the entrance, but leave a bit of room for air." Brandon answered.
"Hey, that makes sense. Let's get to that!" Brianna shouted.

[Brianna Ravenquist]

(I know, it's a bit late, but..)

Flann and Azure lead Dr. Ayano into the back of the cave where it was warmest, and retrieved their gifts from under the tree. It seemed all of Brianna's characters were exchanging gifts. Dr. Ayano opened up a large sack and passed out gifts to each of her children.

"I was your Secret Santa, Daniel", Brianna said flirtatiously, keeping one eye on Ayano. He opened the gift, and lifted up some sexy lingerie. Black in color, and quite lacy. He opened up a gift from Stan, a framed picture of both boys.

Stan opened his gift from "Santa", and received a copy of SoulSilver and a red DS. He also got his Secret Santa gift, which was a copy of HeartGold. One more gift to him was one from DJ, which contained a tube of a certain kind of jelly.

Frank received a new black cloak. It would come in handy if he had to move during the day. Mark received new equipment to add to his laboratory. Azure, Flann, and their brothers got Snuggies of their respective colors. Their sisters got stuffed animals. The cat twins, Sammy and Sandy, got new catnip toys. Their bigger brother Larry and Sandy's girlfriend Lorena also got cat toys.

Brianna had a huge smile on her face, she'd been teleported back to her home planet by Mark temporarily to open gifts at both her homes there, then she teleported back. Her family knew of the place she was going to and quietly accepted it. She brought back with her a blue DS and a copy of three games; SoulSilver, PetzCatz 2, and Mario Kart. The PetzCatz one came with the rainbow pack of styluses she received. She opened the gift that she'd received from her Secret Santa, it was a set of spray paints. On Alphanimalia, graffiti is a legitimate art, as the citizens do not do the usual tagging with spray paints, but actually put forth effort to make an area look better with them. "Graffiti is legit art here, so I can't wait to spraypaint something nice". However, she seemed sad. She gripped at the air near her waist.

[Brandon Skyblade]

((No problem. XD))

Since things had calmed down, the trio joined the rest of the group in the warm, back area of the cave. They noticed the gift exchanged, also noting how..."unique" Daniel's present was.
Okay...need a bit of bleach to get THAT out of my head. Brandon thought, looking weirded out.
Brianna simply laughed at her brother's reaction, while Twili quickly shrugged and moved on.

Brianna also noticed her counterpart grabbing at thin air, thinking for a second why she would seem sad. Once it hit her, she immediately turned to Twili. "Hey, can I borrow your DS for a second?" She asked.
"Uh...sure, why? Planning on playing the ZX Advent cart Brandon got you already?" Twili asked back.
"Nope! Just watch." Brianna said, being given the handheld. "'Scuse me for a second, everyone..." She said before putting the system on the ground. "Jack In, Skyblade! Execute!!" She shouted before jumping right into the DS.
"Guess the catchphrase is needed now." Brandon said to himself.

A moment later, Brianna came out with a sack full of items, from the looks of it. "Hey, Bri! Since we didn't get you guys a present yet, how about this? A whole maxed-out sack full of Pokeballs!" She said before tossing her counterpart the sack. "Hell, there's enough in there for everyone in this room to catch a full party! So, consider that our Christmas present to everyone here!"
Brandon and Twili made quick glances at each other, stunned by Brianna's sudden move.

[Brianna Ravenquist]

Brianna's eyes glowed when she saw the sack of Pokeballs. Not literally, of course. She grabbed six Pokeballs, as did her other characters.

"One problem, though, where am I able to get Pokemon to fill these balls? If I knew, I know just what my team would consist of. Wait! There's a Pokemon Park in Alphanimalia. I know that they aren't my creation unlike this planet, but Alphanimalia has EVERYTHING. Even the rarest Pokemon in the Pokemon park. We can get starters there too! I know just which one I'd want too".

DJ facepalmed. "Brianna...I know you don't do that in your games...but don't hinder Cyndaquil's evolution. I'm not even sure if it's healthy to do so. I know, you'd want him or her to stay a Quilava, but...yeah. Don't do it."

".... ...... Anyway, thank you Brianna", Brianna said.

[Brandon Skyblade]

"I WAS gonna suggest leaving this portal open for you all to jump in...but, if this planet has its own Pokepark...which I don't think I wanna question why the actual Pokemon exist on another planet when they don't normally exist on the planet they were thought up fro-" Brianna said before getting cut off.
"SIS! Enough! Geez, you're making my head hurt, you nut. Let's just go." Brandon said while the trio stored away their presents in their respective hyperspaces.
"ONWARD!!!" Brianna shouted.

[Brianna Ravenquist]

"There is intergalactic travel on this planet so they brought Pokemon from the Pokemon universe onto this planet, and they seemed to survive in captivity", Brianna explained. She lead the others out of the cave. The snowstorm passed, and there was a foot of white snow on the ground.

"Are you sure it'll be open?" DJ asked.

"It's open all year, ya dope!"

"In this snow storm"

"Of course, it's all simulated stuff indoors using genuine plant materials and other natural things, and it has a skylight. Besides the snowstorm PASSED already".

"Why don't we all just pile into my RV?" Dr. Ayano asked, "It's warm".

"Is there enough room for all of us?"

"It's gonna be a bit crowded but I'm pretty sure. Where is this park anyway?"

"I don't know...I always seem to get there by walking for a while in mist. Then, after I finish, I get put to sleep by an Oddish using sleep powder, and I assume one of the rangers takes me home and lays me in my bed or something. But by that time, all my Pokemon are gone. Pokeballs and all. Even my shiny Umbreon...all gone." She cried at the thought.

(It's all in my head in other words)

[Brandon Skyblade]

"Okay...to the Ayano-mobile!" Brianna said, a bit weirded out at her counterpart's tangent, but quickly recovering from it.

The trio also took six Pokeballs each, knowing what they would search for.
"Sis...Pokemon battle?" Brandon asked, gaining a grin.
"How about you duel Twili this time? I'll duel my name-sharer!" Brianna said.
"Very well, if you wanna, Twili." Brandon replied.
"I'd be glad to. Let's do our best!" Twili answered.

[Brianna Ravenquist]

"Wait a minute", Dr. Ayano said, "I don't think the place even exists. She dreamed it all up. I should know, my love for something made me dream it repeatedly until I thought it was real. Poor thing..."

Brianna scowled, "It's real!"

DJ looked over, "I'm gonna have to agree with Ayano. Sorry, but I've never seen the place".

[Brandon Skyblade]

Brianna folded her arms, knowing there was a way around the place not existing. "If there isn't such a place, I have a solution. DO WHAT I JUST DID." She said, pointing to the still-open portal hovering over the DS.

[Brianna Ravenquist]

"Right-o", Brianna said. She hopped into the portal, but not without saaying "thanks for opening it". The others soon followed.

After a long warp sequence, they were in one of the regions. Brianna couldn't tell which just yet until she saw the Pokemon available. DJ smiled, "Looks a bit like Kanto or Johto".

[Brandon Skyblade]

"No prob, Bri. Now then, Jack In, Skyblade! Exe-WAH!" Brianna got out before Brandon shoved her in the portal.
"Second thought, we don't need the phrase if we're NOT LAN!" Brandon shouted into the portal before jumping in, followed by Twili.

Brandon and Twili landed perfectly while Brianna had already arrived, totally dizzy after landing face first.
"Kanto or Johto, huh? Well, it must be Johto. I mean, look around here." Brandon said, noting the ton of lights and buildings. "I think we landed in Goldenrod City."

[Brianna Ravenquist]

"We can get starters in New Bark town in this region, I think I heard that Prof. Elm has a set of all the starters, even from the other regions. He should have enough of them for all of us. It's too bad that he doesn't have them all in the HG/SS games. Then again in games, you only get Johto Pokemon for starters." Brianna made a mad dash towards the exit of Goldenrod so she'd get to New Bark.

"Wait! He's here in Goldenrod!" Daniel said, "He's doing some shopping".

"How do you know this?"

"I see him in Goldenrod Mall through a window!"

[Brandon Skyblade]

Brianna turned to Brandon first. "Can't we just skip this part and go directly to having our teams?"
"We'll timeskip after getting our starters, alright?" Brandon said back.
"Fiiiiiiiine. Let's ambush the Prof..." Brianna replied, disappointed.

Meanwhile, Twili had somehow already been in and out of the building. "He said there's several sets of starters at his lab. He put them on reserve for all of us and even mentioned that he has more than just the Johto ones today! Seems with all the cross-game...I mean, cross-region travel, there's multiple starter sets in every region now. Now, let's go to New Bark!"

[Brianna Ravenquist]

Brianna smiled, "This will be fun!" She ran in the direction of New Bark. Her posse followed her.

[Travelskip]

Elm was at his lab, as was Brianna and her characters. She seemed blushingly happy, since Falkner, the Violet City gym leader waved to her on the way.

Brianna looked over the starters. There were ones from even the Fifth Gen, which wasn't even in America yet. Well, not to Brianna's knowledge. Oddly enough, the starters weren't in Pokeballs as normal, but were rather in glass enclosures with open tops. Perhaps this was a special case since there were so many people. The one that caught her eye as she tapped the airholed glass was the Cyndaquil curled up in the corner. It turned its head to her right away, and trotted over. It placed its forepaws upon the glass as if highfiving the future trainer. She stood up and leaned over the top of the enclosure. She lifted the Cyndaquil out, it nuzzled her.

Mark looked over the starters of each generation. He picked out possible choices. The Tepig in the Unova enclosure jumped out of it using some objects that it piled up. It nuzzled Mark's leg. Tepig was not one that Mark would've chosen. He was instead maybe going for a Totodile or a Turtwig. However, this Tepig was very smart for its species. He decided that yes, this is the one he wanted.

Lorena and Sandy walked along the enclosures, looking. A Piplup hopped upon a rock within the enclosure and started to show itself off to the two girls. As if trying to charm them into picking it. Lorena fell for it, and squealed.
"That's the one I want!"
"Ugh, it's a showoff..."
"It just wants to be picked, that's all! I'm totally taking it! *Takes it from the enclosure*"
"You can have it, I've got my eye on this little guy!"
'This little guy' referring to Charmander. She smiled as she picked up the shy creature from the glass cage. First Kanto starter chosen.

Sammy saw his twin's choice and chose Mudkip. Mudkip had a huge type advantage to Sandy's starter, seeing as hers was Fire and his was Water. Larry looked to him, "Don't choose one based on your sister's decision, choose from your...hey!" He picked up a Chickorita, but Frank has his eye on that one too.
"Larry, let go! It's mine! I saw it first!"
"Nuh uh! I did. Ow!" He let go when something nibbled at his leg. A Turtwig. He picked it up, "That hurt! but you're so cute...." Meanwhile, Frank got his Chikorita.

Stan frowned. None of the starters seemed to pay any mind to him. He felt rejected and lonely. He approached the last cage, expecting the same thing. It was occupied by "Special starters", ones that weren't normally handed out. The "special" ones consisted of Eevee and Pikachu. One of the Pikachu had a notch in her tail, yes, her. Only females had the notches in the top of their tails. She seemed to be separated from the rest of her kind, and she looked to the friendly face within the window. "Hello", Stan uttered.
"Pika?"
"I see everyone else left you too".
"Pika..."
"Wanna be my friend?"
"Pikapi!"
He plucked the Pikachu from the enclosure.

Azure and his siblings took the Eevees in the Special enclosure. Twelve Eevees in total. Dr. Ayano took one of the Pikachus, and assigned it the job of herding the Eevees if they ever got into trouble.

Daniel was having trouble choosing between Snivy and Oshawott. He liked them both, but the Snivy seemed to not want to go with him. He chose Oshawott.

[Brandon Skyblade]

Twili knew who she wanted right away, heading straight for a female Chikorita. It seemed quite playful, and the moment she tried to pick the Pokemon up, it jumped right on her face and hugged her, as if it were Ash's Chikorita.
"Well, aren't you happy today? Hmm...how about I name you after my actual first name? Does "Jordan" sound okay to you?" She asked the little Grass-type, seeing it reply with a giant smile. "Jordan it is, then!"

Meanwhile, the twins looked through the five Water starters, unsure of which to pick. They weren't too partial to Squirtle or Oshawott, so their decision was in between the first and last Gens.
"I think I'll go for Piplup. I tend to get pummeled by more electricity in the games than fire, so the Steel addition will help immensely. Plus, it's evolutions are awesome." Brandon said, claiming the male Piplup for his own and nicknaming it after his surname, "Skyblade."

Brianna decided to choose between the remaining two, Totodile and Mudkip. Though Mudkip seemed like a slightly better strategic choice, she saw that the Totodile was as hyper as she was the moment it saw her. Her memories of blazing through Gold and annihilating everything with the only Lv.100 Pokemon she ever had made her go for the male Totodile instead of Mudkip.
"You're just as active as I am, little buddy! And this might sound stupid, but...do you mind being called..." She trailed off, whispering the name in its ear. The Pokemon jumped for joy the moment she said it, fully accepting the name. It's reply filled Brianna's face with quite a lot of joy, making her have to exclaim it.
"YES! You and I are gonna be the very best! And it'll fit your name, Best Water!!" She shouted.

"No way, you're using that old name?" Brandon said, walking up with his Piplup.
"Hell yeah, I am! We're gonna be the very best, like-"
"-No one ever was. Got it. Oh, I see you chose a Chikorita, Twili." Brandon cut Brianna off as Twili approached with her Chikorita.
"Yep. Now that we're ready, let's rebuild our ultimate parties!" Twili said.

((Wanna timeskip to having full/evolved parties for the battles? XD))

[Brianna Ravenquist]

(Sure thing! Ohshit, forgot Orestes. Oh well, he's not into Pokemon anyway.)

[Timeskip, no legendaries except pseudo-legendaries. All Legendaries aren't equal..]

Brianna looked over her party. A winning team of Daniel the Quilava (she gave it an Everstone to keep it a Quilava), a shiny Umbreon named Joshua, Thomas the Weavile, Jack the Absol, Stanley the Pikachu, and Locke the Mebukijika (I'm not sure if it's a legendary or not, hoping not). She had all her Pokemon walking with her, and she lavished equal attention on them all.

DJ's team consisted of his Daikenki named Frank, Dakota the Furret, Orestes the Marowack, Zeke the Salamence, Patches the Pachirisu, and Idina the Electivire. Idina was his only female Pokemon, and was actually his strongest. She also served as a motherly figure to the rest of the Pokemon that he and his friends had.

Azure had a Vaporeon named Lis (pronounced Lee, or like Fleur de Lis), Flann had an Espeon named Levee, Cam had a Flareon named Integral, Flavius's Jolteon was called Solemn, Kadir's Leafeon was called Oni, and Ianthe's shiny Glaceon was called Isis.

Azure's sisters had the same as their male counterparts, but with different names. Viorica's Vaporeon was named Fleur despite it being male, Akane's Espeon was called Madame, Alani's Flareon was called Derive, Xanthe's Jolteon was Livy, Chloe's Leafeon was Kitsune, and Iola's shiny Glaceon was called Osiris.

Dr. Ayano evolved her Pikachu into a Raichu, and named it Mikayla.

Stan's Pikachu was called Brienne, he also had a Pidgeotto named Rayne, an Espeon named Nevaeh (as much as Brianna despised that name), a Mightyena named Stairway, a Magmortar named Westley, and a Shandera named Lara.

Frank's Chikorita had grown up to be a Meganium. He named it Dusk. He also had a Nidoqueen called Francine, a Nidoking named Francis, a Butterfree named Iridium, a Delcatty called Temperance and a an Azumarill called Bubbles. He often sent his Pokemon on daytime errands since he'd die in the sunlight.

The cat people, like Azure, Flann and co. found no use trying to raise more than one Pokemon, so they raised only their starters. They might capture more when they wanted new companions, but that would be it. Larry called his Torterra "Tara", Sammy called his Swampert "Albert", Lorena called her Empoleon "Isaiah", and Sandy called her Charizard "Coaley".

Brianna was playing catch with Joshua the Umbreon when he stumbled and fell upon the floor. Idina, hearing Joshua's cries, helped him up and cleaned the wound. Then she got a berry for the injured Pokemon. Joshua ate it, and felt a lot better.

(I just gotta say, aww...I love the thought of such a tough looking Pokemon being nice to other ones, even being motherly to them. It's nice)

[Brandon Skyblade]

After a perilous (and totally non-existent) journey, the trio have their teams fully built up beyond any possible increases in power.

Twili's team consisted of her Meganium named Jordan, Sky the Staravia, Ken the Houndoom, Ray the Aggron, Rock the Hitmontop, and Sonia the Gardevoir.

Brandon's team was comprised of Skyblade the Empoleon, Sora the Swellow, Riku the Absol, Terra the Camerupt, Aqua the Milotic and Ventus the Cacturne.

Brianna's team was made up of Best Water the Feraligatr, Twili the Pidgeot, Brianna the Ampharos, Junpei the Nidoking, Hermes the Magmortar and Minato the Togekiss.

"Alright, this is the plan! Brandon and Twili will have a full six 'Mon battle! However, Brianna and I will only have a single-chance, no swapping Double Battle! First team of two to go down loses! That's...mainly because it would take a goddamn eternity having a six 'Mon battle between two authors, so we'll make that one quicker! Our battles will take place in the town square, yet at separate locations so that both may go on at the same time! ARE WE CLEAR!?" Brianna exclaimed, turning back towards her team who were giving her a confirming salute.

"...How did she teach them to do that?" Brandon asked.
"Don't want to know. Now then, ready, Brandon?" Twili asked back.
"Ready when you are, Twili!" Brandon answered.
"ALRIGHT! Now that my friends are ready to go, follow me, Brianna! The pure outdoors shall be our battleground!" Brianna said, leading Brandon and Twili to...whichever town's square they were currently in.

[Brianna Ravenquist]

Brianna made sure her Pokemon were okay, and had them all follow her. She followed the other Brianna, she would choose her best Pokemon for the battle but would have her others cheer her on. Her best Pokemon were Daniel and Locke. She looked back at both of the ones she'd choose for battle and smiled. Both of them were raised to stupidly high levels. It also helped that she treated them as her equal, not her subordinates. Locke was in Winter Form, he shook his bare antlers of any dead leaves.

"I can't wait to kick yer butt", Brianna said.

[Brandon Skyblade]

Brandon and Twili stood opposite each other while Brianna stood opposite her counterpart, obviously with everyone being quite some distance away from their respective opponents.

Brandon and Twili took a bit of time to plan out their strategy while Brianna opted to have her match started.

"Quilava and...a 5th Gen, eh? Interesting...well, you'll know exactly what types mine are, so it's only fair to know yours." Brianna said before quickly snatching a passerby's Dex. "One second with this, 'k thanks." She said before looking up the 5th Gen Pokemon. "Hmm...like Stantler, but with an added Grass element. Got ya." She said to herself before handing back the Dex.
"Too easy...Best Water! You first!" She said, sending out the Feraligatr. "Hmm...nah, I'll make it a bit different. PERSONA! Hermes!" She shouted before sending out the Magmortar, imitating Junpei Iori's way of summoning his Persona in Persona 3.
"Your move, Bri!"

[Brianna Ravenquist]

Brianna thought for a minute. "Against Magmortar, I bring forth Daniel-Josh". The Quilava stepped forward, he was curled up in a flaming ball. "Fight Fire with Fire I say. Daniel-Josh, use Swift!" The Quilava obeyed, and the flying stars went to Magmortar, "Good!"

[Brandon Skyblade]

"Swift? Oh come on, you'll have to do MUCH better than that!" Brianna said as Magmortar took the attack at full force, shrugging it off as the stars stopped. "Say, Hermes? You don't mind a little water, do you?" She asked the Pokemon, making it glare back at her, despite its ability to take an attack like that. "Fine...none of that, yet. Hermes, Flamethrower on...er, the newbie whose name I forgot! The Winter Stantler kinda thing! Best Water...just defend yourself in case something goes wrong!" She said as her Magmortar charged its fiery breath.

[Brianna Ravenquist]

"Hyper Beam at the Magmortar, Daniel-Josh! Locke, dodge the fire when it comes and use Frenzy Plant on the Feraligatr". The deer was ready to dodge the fire, and it sent out gnarled, very thick living branches which grew really fast. They were like a runaway train heading to the Feraligatr, eventually reaching.

Daniel-Josh charged the hyper beam, and then at the last minute, fire shot out with the beam. The Quilava had his own tricks which he often kept from his loving master. The beam was aimed square at the Magmortar, ready to adjust.

[Brandon Skyblade]

"Okay, you did better than that, I gotcha." Brianna said, thinking of a quick plan. No time to dodge, so... "Both of you, defend, NOW!!"
Feraligatr kept itself form being knocked down by its weakness, but still took quite a hit, while Magmortar oddly enough took more damage since it had less time to defend against the beam.
"Alright, good job! You both took quite the hit there! Now, rush 'em, Hermes! And keep him covered, Best Water! Be prepared to cut-in for another attack like that!" She said, waiting for Magmortar to be near her opponent's duo. "And...Flamethrower, max power! AT QUILAVA!" She said, hopefully surprising the partially-evolved starter.

"Alright, we've delayed each other long enough. Let's go!" Twili said, prepping her first Pokeball.
"Alright, one-on-one for each, right?" Brandon replied.
"No switching until they go down! So, be careful about their strength!" Twili added to the rules.
"Right...Battle routine, set!" Brandon answered, about to throw his Pokeball.
"EXECUTE!!" Twili said, finishing his Battle Network battle cry.

The two sent out their first Pokemon, Jordan and Sora.
"Well well, you didn't use the starter first. I'm impressed." Twili said.
"And now you're up a creek without a paddle, type-wise. I'm not about to be THAT predictable!" Brandon replied.
"Oh, really? Well, we'll see about that." Twili said back.
"Sora, Wing Attack!" Brandon called out, sending the bird flying like a missile (BIRD MISSILES!!) towards Meganium.
"And...Leech Seed, now!" Twili said, making her Grass starter launch stamina-sapping seeds at Swellow the moment it got close for a direct hit. "Now, stand your ground!"
"Come on, fight through it and score that weakness!" Brandon shouted, getting Swellow to speed up enough to not let Meganium not be fully defended enough to prevent being knocked down. "Now, 'One More!!'" He called out, making Sora perform the attack again, somehow knocking Jordan right back up again, but not without it taking a lot of damage.
"Let's see how long it lasts..." Twili uttered, seeing a tiny bit of Sora's strength taken from it and being sent into Jordan's body, healing it by a tiny bit.
Shit, now what? I got a few damn good hits in, but now it's vulnerable and afflicted with something even worse than poison! Brandon thought.

[Brianna Ravenquist]

Daniel-Josh was knocked back by the Flamethrower attack. It hit him with enough force to knock away the Everstone that was attached by fireproof satchel. Daniel-Josh started glowing, and he suddenly grew amidst the flames. He roared a great roar. The now-Typhlosion rose from the fire.

Locke seemed to smirk, he charged up a Giga Drain so he could get energy from Best Water. It would take a bit of time since he'd performed Frenzy Plant just a few minutes earlier. Brianna was surprised that Locke was doing this, but soon understood why. He probably had a plan of his own. Not only did Brianna train them well, but she taught them. She allowed them to be creative in teamwork on their own, and often did puzzles with them. She often got DJ to get Idina to provide some elbow grease for some tasks such as setting up a 'course'. Courses consisted of a puzzle with some physical elements as well as mental elements. Somehow, Locke and Daniel-Josh always lead the group, and were the most respected of Brianna's team.

Meanwhile, DJ lead his Pokemon to the Twili vs. Brandon fight. Idina looked away, since she was a delicate soul who never fought. She always wanted to help, not hurt. Frank and Zeke seemed to be like hockey fans, cheering on their favorite Pokemon, but then started to get violent towards each other. Dakota chattered at the two to stop, resorting to flinging mud at the larger Pokemon, which made them both set upon him though he was quicker.