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[Gigantor]

^{Yeah, Yeah}

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[/i] It was always rather difficult for him to conjure up peaceful thoughts. Because his mind was always buzzing with things to do, besides just sit there.

"Jigglypuff!" Invading his mind was a series of rolling pink balls of fluff that moved against a black background. The more that rolled, the more annoyed he became. Especially with their constant song of repeating the syllables in Jigglypuff at different pitches. He opened his eyes to see his Jigglypuff stuffing its face with all of his food. "Hey, you!" he barked, getting to his feet and attempting to tackle the weightless creature. He hit the dirt, only seeing his Jigglypuff bouncing in the air above him. "I bet you think this is funny..." he growled, whipping a slice of ham from his eye. "Well, while you're playing around, I'm working hard!"

He returned to his seat, attempting to get the concentration he had lost back. Something fell on his head. Lightly like a plush toy. "Jiggly." He pouted.[/ul][/size]

[Snigger]

A green shape moved by the bank on another side of the pond. dabbed a hand into the water and watched as ripples ran across the surface of the liquid. It poked at the water again and again so more ripples appeared. Farther and farther they went and anything on the surface rode them like a surfer. Including the red and white fishing bobber that imitated a Pokeball. The Tsutarja looked around with a mischievous glint in her eyes. She took three steps back, crouched, then ran forward and made a leap for the water. A few inches above the surface something shot underneath her and held her above the water. She squirmed in the hand and cried, “Tsuuu!” Nicole sighed, “Iyre, I leave you alone for five minutes to get my Pokedex and you’re already getting yourself into trouble!” The Grass Snake Pokemon crossed her arms and gave a pouty face. But quick as lightning when she had Nicole's guard down she launched herself out of her trainer’s hand and into the water. “Iyre!” she shouted as her Pokemon swam out into the pond. She was quite the swimmer for Grass-type. About three feet away from the bobber the green Pokemon dove beneath the surface. Three seconds later the bobber dunked under the surface with astonishing might.

[Gigantor]

Liar!

[/b][/color] Shimo paused mid-sentence, sprinting to where he saw his fishing rod buzzing as its line was pulled. He skidded to halt, almost slipping on the wet ground but steadying himself as he caught hold of the fishing rod. Now to roll you in... He growled, hefting the fishing rod, which was much lighter than he thought it would be. A Magikarp? A Goldeen? What about a Azumarill? Thought Shimo with excitement, stamping his foot down and frowning deeply as he drew the fishing rod in, turning the line as fast as he possibly could. It didn't seem difficult to reel the creature in, it disappointingly didn't seem to weight that much, but Shimo would take what he could get, especially since the only pokemon he had was a Jigglypuff who fainted when it encountered battle. In fact, he had been thinking about returning him to his mother, at least long enough for it to mature a little more.

Shimo whipped the fishing rod into the air, drawing out whatever creature had been inside of it. With a yell of fury, he called to the beast in a primal and unrecognizable roar. Jigglypuff, at his feet, watched in amazement as the creature danced in the air, water glistening off its thin frame. Shimo gasped as he saw it. It was rare. Something he'd only seen in a guidebook and by trainers who claimed to have gotten it as a starter pokemon. He didn't need a pokedex to know that it was a Tsutarja. A pokemon from the Isshu region... So what was it doing in a place like this? And what was it doing in the water acting like a Water pokemon and clinging to his bobber?[/ul] [/size]

[Snigger]

The Tsutarja soared through the air with shocking grace. The whipping affect of the wire and forward motion made the Grass Snake Pokemon be catapulted away. "Tsu!" she cried in shock as the ground came closer and closer in an appeared slow motion. She sumersaulted mid-air and landed on her two feet. She tilted her head up in self pride but she flinched as a feminie voice called out to her. "Iyre! Get back here!" the trainer shouted frantically as she ran for her trouble-making Pokemon. her medium length, darker-tinted bistre color flowed behind her and the twin ovals of red dotted with an vibrant orange seed that were her eyes were trained on the Pokemon. She scooped Iyre up with a slightly irritated look on her face. "You're more trouble than your mother ever was," she mumbled under her breath. The Grass Pokemon squirmed in response, managing to get out of her trainer's grasp. But instead of running off she climbed onto her shoulder and perched there, partically blending in with the green themed clothing.

Nicole turned to the boy her Tsutarja had bothered with her antics. "Sorry about Iyre. She's quite the handful," she apologized. Her eyes wandered to the round, pink ball at the trainer's feet. "That's an adorable Jigglypuff!" she complimented, her eyes lighting up. Instantly Iyre stiffened up with jealously as her trainer praised the Pokemon that was not her.

[Gigantor]

^{Pokemon Pair On A Journey}

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[/i] it called in its whiny tone. "Now go, Jigglypuff! Use-."[/b] he paused suddenly, as a girl, called out from far away. He stopped, his hand in mid-point. His former joyous looks deflated like a balloon out of helium. This pokemon was someone elses... God, he hated when that had happened. Even though it had only happened this time. But he guessed it wasn't so bad. At least he knew that his bait worked, it had lured a pokemon, just not a water pokemon. He reeled in his fishing line completely, looking at the girl with a peculiar glare. He could imagine himself saying something along the lines of 'You should really take care of your pokemon better', or 'Is that little newt yours?' But almost instantly, Jigglypuff charged thew creature.

Plucking the puffball out of the air, he bounced it in his hand, the upturned creature releasing air on every bounce. "It sure is, wanna trade?" he said, his mouth flat lining, obviously, Ditz didn't take this comment very well, by the way it puffed up, floating in mid-air and landing with its stubby limbs attempting to be folded across its chest. "I'm kidding,"[/b] he growled looking at the Pokemon.[/size][/ul]

[Snigger]

The perched Pokmeon widened her eyes, appaled. Her head tossed back in forth as she whined, "Tsu tsu!" Nicole laughed and petted Iyre's head to comfort her. "Don't worry about it, I don't want to burden anyone," she chuckled. Iyre sniffled before burrowing up in the crook of her trainer's neck. "Even if I wanted to trade I couldn't. Not with Iyre, I breeded her myself. Not to mention both our Pokemon seem to like to stick to us like glue." She looked at Iyre and added, "Well most of the time." The Grass Snake Pokemon looked up at her with a guilty but apologetic look. She stuck her hand out towards the other trainer and greeted, "By the way, I'm Nicole. Nice to meet you."

[Gigantor]

^{It's getting OLD~}

[/color][/b] he questioned. He had never encountered much pokemon breeders, they seemed be a rare breed. He chuckled softly at his own joke, but took in a gasp of air, it would seem sort of insulting to laugh at someone elses career like that. "That's cool." he replied, covering for his social faux pas. So her name is Nicole... Kind of an average and common name, but he thought nothing of it. "My name is Shimo Okuru Hinote. I'm from Hoenn, and I'm a pokemon trainer... Mostly. Other times I'm a coordinator." He blathered on, with that omnipresent smile on his face, that never seemed to pass. It seemed the only one who was not smiling right now, was Ditz. The Jigglypuff, bounced away from Shimo, speeding through the air with the agility of a round ball, and the speed of a cotton ball being thrown through the air.

Shimo squeezed the girls palm between both of his hands, shaking it her arm energetically. "It's so nice to meet you, Nicole! I don't think I've met a nice person since I landed here." It was true, no one seemed to want to be friends with a foreigner, and he could only guess the girl was native. "Jiggly~! PUFF!" cried the Pokemon as it recoiled its fist, and brought it back with the sheer strength of a Level 10 Pound! Shimo was busy connecting his hand to the girls to worry about his pokemon flying through the air towards the Tsutarja.[/size][/ul]

[thisguy]

Stacey took a last glance at her pokeball before putting it back into her fannypack with the other. later one she'd get one of those fancy pokeball waistband things. Until then, she just had that. She'd only seen her pokemon once, and that was to show her parents. At that time the pokemon was quite alright. It... er... he didn't seem like a handful at all. And, her pokedex told her a little bit about him. He was ground and knew Bite and Mudslap, that was okay. It concerned he, though. If Lapras had a misfire the poor thing would be a goner. She would just have to wait a while before she even attempted to do a double battle or anything risky like that. She hardly had a potion to her name.

Right now, she focused on thinking of a name for the trapinch. Her parents told her "You better have a name before you get back here!" and she would. Her parents were so odd some times that she was sure she'd get punished just because she didn't have a name. Whatever. She was just hoping she was going the wrong way.

As she walked she eventually came to a river, one she wasn't sure would point her into the right direction. She'd been so excited and seen so many different landmarks that she didn't know which was the right way where. With a long while a hopeless walking she eventually came upon two people, though, she wasn't right with them, they were a while away. Maybe she can ask them if she were headed in the right direction.

Stacey sprinted ahead, hoping and wishing that she was, in fact, going the right way. She could see they were talking to each other and felt bad that she actually had to say something. "Excuse me?" Geez. "Um, sorry, but... is this the right way to Lavender Town?"

[Snigger]

Nicole tilted her head slightly. What was he talking about? "Oh!" she called out, realizing what he meant, "Actually no, it was a one time thing. Really I'm a bit like you, trainer part-time coordinator." She gave a little laugh, "Sorry if I confused you there. It's great to meet someone else from another region, though. I arrived here from Isshu not too long ago." It was a tad true about the people not being the nicest to foreigners here. She had learned to not mention it that much. Her attention was dragged from Shimo, still shaking her hand, to a newcomer. "Lavender Town? Sorry I'm not familiar wi-" She got cut off as Iyre cried, "Tsutar!" The Pokemon leaped off her shoulder towards the Jigglypuff. Her tail glowed as she used Iron Tail and she turned herself mid-air to slam it into her assualter.

[Gigantor]

[/color] Shimo was distracted long enough not to notice his Jigglypuff, Ditz, be batted away by a leafy tail with a sheen of silver. The pokemon bounced on the ground, and rolled to a halt, its eyes swirling. Ditz, was not a very offensive type pokemon, normally it stuck around just to have fun, except when snobby Grass pokemon decided to pick a fight. He retracted his hand momentarily, pinching his forehead in intense concentration, a frail smile that seemed to be wavering on his lips. "Ditz... What am I going to do with you..." he groaned.

As if finally finding the answer, he snapped his fingers, cupping his chin in his hand. "Oh right..." he dug, into his pocket plucking out a red and white orb that he aimed at Ditz. "Return." the moment he said it, the pokemon was engulfed in a red light, disappearing back inside the orb that shrunk to microsize. "Sorry, about that. Just a little glitch there. Ditz isn't the most cooperative pokemon around..." Searing in his pocket one last time, he drew out a map, handing the rolled up scroll to Stacy. "Lavender Town is pretty far away, right... There!" he said, pointing at a dot fairly in the center of the map.[/size][/ul]

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ooc: I'm joining this no matter what 'cause I need to roleplay one of my characters! :'D And, Iron-senpai, why do you use the list code? Why not just use blockquote? It works much better. =w=

Oh, how cute. Three young teens playing with their Pokemon and talking about travel... How pathetic.

[/i][/color] Teal-colored eyes glinted as they were locked on the group. The eyes belonged to a man hidden behind one of the nearby houses of Pallet. OK, he wasn't yet a man. In fact, he still looked a bit like a girl. Er... Anyways. The boy formed a Cheshire-like grin on his face. Oh, this was going to be so much fun. His eyes locked on one of the two girls. That was his target, Stacey, the little Rookie Scientist working for Team Rocket. The man--er--boy slipped out from behind the house, making his way towards the group. Behind him, a Pokemon from the Isshu region followed. The fox-like Pokemon was walking on its hind legs, just like its human master. The tips of the Zoroark's red-rimmed mouth was curled into smirk equally as Cheshire-like as its master.

Anyways, back to the teal-haired boy. He reached the group in no time at all, circling around them like a lion does while observing its prey. "Well, well, well. Who do we have here? Two trainers and one Rookie Scientist? Oh, how cute. Trying to make some friends now, are we, Stacey?[/color]" The sixteen-year-old started to circle around the girl, now, his Cheshire-like grin still plastered on his face. "Now, why are you here, Stacey? Something about a little order from your parents, I presume? Boss didn't like you leaving Celadon without his permission." Chinatsu kept his teal gaze locked on the Rookie Team Rocket member, only glancing at the others to see what they were doing. The Zoroark circled around the whole group instead of just sitting there. Its gray-with-red ponytail-like mane swayed back and forth as it did so.[/size][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

[thisguy]

Oh thank the legendaries! He was on his way to Lavender Town! And he had a map! "It's alright," Stacey said to the girl who didn't introduce herself like the boy as her pokemon, one she didn't know the name of or had even seen before, attack the jigglypuff with them. After a short even the jigglypuff, named Ditz, was taken back into its ball. Stacey giggled, finding it adorable. "It's fine, I think it's cute," she managed to say between each giggle. What a wonderful pokemon to have. She hoped her trapinch would be just as entertaining.

Disappointment drained on Stacey's face when Shimo, as the boy introduced, pointed out Lavender Town on the map. "Wrong way again," she groaned. She couldn't keep this up. She needed help. "You said you were going to Lavender Town, right?" Now the uncomfortable part. "Do you mind if I go with you? I'm horrible with directions and I got lost nearly every time I took a turn to get here!" She was so hopeless it couldn't even be consider sad. It was ridiculous and absurd. She couldn't even believe herself sometimes.

Relief hit her. She may just have a smooth ride home. Or maybe not. Like a snake an older boy came over in a manner that reminded her of a sex offender on the prowl that decided to take a more direct approach. She didn't know him, but it was clear that he knew her. He only had him placed vaguely in her mind's map, but she didn't even trust she knew how to use it. Maybe he was doing something with Jeremy at the time. Her friend and his bubbly clefairy seemed to be the dynamic duo of dirty jobs. The DDDJ? Eh, no.

This boy too traveled with a pokemon she had no name for and had never seen. It looked odd, its newness. It also looked like the kind that would steal a thing or two. Their prescience gave her a sense of foreboding. Automatically she wanted to slink away until she couldn't see them or feel the stare that was on her so fiercely. What was with them, and why did they know so much about her? They sounded more like nosy coworkers than anything. But they were intimidating to.

Anyways, what was wrong with making a friend or two? Friends are fun! "Oh, what would you know?!" Stacey addressed defiantly (though could she know she was? Not having a single clue what his rank would be). "I'm allowed to go around to here or there until my parents let me loose. I've never even been to Celadon!" Stupid kid. She was having a nice conversation too. He'd probably scare off Shimo and the girl because of his freaky attitude. They might even hide themselves from her because they thought she hung out with people like that! She looked to the both of them, apologies portrayed in her eyes and then to the older kid with a stern stare. If she had the strength, she'd tell him to buzz off, but she was afraid of what he might do. Afraid more that he even brought up the possibility of her breaking a rule and messing something up!

[Snigger]

Nicole's red-orange eyes followed this teenager. Was he some kind of stalker or something? He had a Zoroark, a strong Pokemon from the Isshu region. Both the trainer and the Pokemon alike had weird grins that would send shivers down most peoples' backs. She stepped forward and stared the trainer down. "Back off creep!" she snapped at the teal-haired boy. Her Tsutarja climbed back onto Nicole's should and watched the evil-looking Pokemon carefully for any signs of an attack. She was always ready to protect her trainer. Nicole, on the other hand, was going to protect Stacey from the creeper-stalker dude. Her eyes flickered to the girl. "I'm Nicole, by the way," she introduced with a soft smile. But her face lost the softness as soon as she looked back at the guy.

[Gigantor]

"Travel with you? Sure, why not." he had never exactly considered the concept of travelling with other people. Especially with absolute strangers he didn't even know the least about. But the pokemon world was all about adventure, for the good and the bad. And whether this was a good thing or a bad thing was all up to a coin toss. That was when things took a turn for the worst. Out of nowhere, a strange boy arrived, him and his weird pokemon that he could only reason was from the Isshu region, if he had a pokedex he was sure he could of learned more about it, it looked rather interesting. His gaze settled on the boy now, who looked equally strange and new.

These people were popping out of the woodwork, first this Stacy person appears, and all of sudden this whacky haired girl/guy pops out of nowhere. He or she, looked more like a little girl than a boy, and talked in a fairly annoying yet deep voice. He was either the most ugly girl ever, or the most girly boy in the world. The he/she was speaking to Stacy, calling her a 'rookie scientist' and speaking of some type of 'boss'. Was it a person named Boss or an actual boss of a company? Which company? Was Stacy some kind of pokemon scientist in training? Ugh... This spontaneous entrance was riddled with questions. Especially about that peculiar pokemon with the red and black fur, that seemed to strut around, following its owner.

"Listen lady..." began Shimo, obviously annoyed. "I don't know who you are, but are intruding on a private conversation here. So, Miss. If you should vacate yourself from the vicinity, and we can move on with our lives without complaint." he growled, looking at the strange person who he now considered a female. He knew it wasn't wise to pick a fight when the only pokemon he had had been knocked unconscious in a surprise attack. That... Black and red haired pokemon looked surprisingly creepy. Like it was about to pounce and wouldn't even bat an eyelash if it had to rip him apart. A fierce creature indeed.

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The teal-haired boy stopped his circling, resting his hands on his hips. He sighed, letting out a tsk. "Really, now? Hm... Then, how did you become one of us? I'll have to get information out of Boss later. Anyways..." Chinatsu allowed his gaze to sweep across the two trainers. He locked them on the girl with the grass-type on her shoulder. He smirked. "Creep? Oh, I highly doubt I'm anywhere near that." His eyes then flicked over to the red-haired boy. Pure amusement glinted in the boy's teal-colored eyes. "Miss? I think you are mistaken, Mr. Gender-confused Boy. Genetically speaking, I am a guy; however, I am not willing to prove it to you at the moment."

Chinatsu paused, thinking for a moment. What else was there to say? He needed to get the Rookie Scientist away from the trainers. Making friends outside of Team Rocket was frowned upon, seeing how it makes you look weak. Ah, why not just come out with the truth? But, how would he say it? Using that little rhyme? Maybe, just for the laughs. It did say who they were and yada yada yada. Might as well. The teal-haired boy took in a breath before saying the little rhyme half-heartedly. "Prepare for trouble, make it double. To protect the world from devistation, to unite all people within our nation. To denounce the evils of truth and love, To extend our reach to the stars above. Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light, surrender now or prepare to fight. Blah blah blah. We're Team Rocket, and we fight for what's wrong, for mayhem, and madness, and rare pokemon. Get it?" The boy snapped his fingers, and the Zoroark appeared right beside him. "So, what'll you do now?

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