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NUATSIKI TENKIWARA

JOURNEY'S START

Date:

July 8th - Bronze League

Location:

Lilypad Town, Sinnoh

Inventory:

$2,500

If there was one thing Maribelle the Mystifying and her pet punk were good at, it was running a good old fashioned famoose. Their knack for fielding the weakest Pokémon possible only to completely turn the tables with some INSANE move wasn't just astounding — it took 'looks can be deceiving' and delivered the age-old adage with a red-scaled, fish-faced 'FUCK YOU' on top!

Just remembering her first battle with Ron nearly sent smoke pouring out of Nua's ears from her seat in the stands, but for how infuriating it was to be on the losing side of their one-in-a-GAZILLION freaks of nature she never thought being on the winning side would be so entertaining! She could hardly keep her feet from kicking when Ron's killer 'karp took center stage to resounding laughs and jeers, and could barely contain her gleeful cackling when the smirks were SHOT! SHOT! off of the crowd's faces with the first volley of Dragon Rage.

Nua didn't even bother to stick around for the clean up once she got her fill of slack jaws and wide eyes. With Seido curled in her coat, she simply stood up — Arc' too fast — and practically danced her way back to the locker room when the second volley rang out.

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The next couple of hours went by in a blur, in part due to how TOP-OF-THE-WORLD! Nua felt but mostly because of her POUND-POUND-POUNDING! headache and the vague feeling that at any moment she'd spill her revitalizing berry juice all over her companions' feet.

There was a period of agonizing waiting, like Dialga itself had personally slowed down the flow of time for the twenty minutes or so between their declared victory and the award ceremony. Nua, Maribelle, and — ugh — Ron were brought out to the center of the field with the LOSERS in tow, where a small medal-bearing table and the matches' announcer were waiting.

"Thank you ladies and gentlemen for joining us for Lilypad Town's Bronze League Tag Team Tournament! I present to you our champions..."

THUMP-THUMP-THUMP!
Her heart felt like a Tailwind had been set up behind it.

"...Maribelle Everleigh..." An assistant slid a gold medal around the rough-and-tumble girl's neck.

THUMP-THUMP-THUMP!

"...Ron Towers..." The punk looked like he was about two feet from Yveltal's doorstep only a few minutes before the ceremony, but he'd managed to pick himself up enough to receive his medal.

"...and Nuatsiki Tenkiwara!" She bowed her head, and her fingers slid up to inspect the medal. It was her color; winner's gold. Her eyes danced across the stands as a smattering of applause broke out, the loveliest music she'd heard all day, and a wide grin spread across her face. Her first wi—

Nua felt Seido's grip around her arm tighten a bit. Right, their first win.

There were more words said, along with the passing out of the most random assortment of TRs Nua'd ever heard of, but it was all a formality that she barely listened to. She'd already gotten what she came for — the win, the victory, the triumph, OH! the applause! She almost felt bad for the other two trios that'd been dragged onto the field. Sure, they'd get their own medals — silver and bronze medals, but they were something. Would she call getting a prize for being defeated something to be proud of? Not quite.

But then again, she wasn't the loser.

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The walk back to the locker room was short, but with Nua's jelly legs it felt like a marathon. Even so, as soon as they crossed the threshold she found the strength to JUMP! with excitement and twirl with her medal in hand. She set her silver-eyed sights on Maribelle the Mystifying — "We won! We won the whole thing! We did it, Maribelle!"

She seized her bumpkin teammate in a quick hug, and pulled away just as fast with a sparkle in her eyes. "Keeping both of them busy while Super-Karp charged up?! That was amazing!" Nua made a pair of finger guns and fired them off at the wall — "BANG! BANG! Oh Arceus watching those peoples' faces was priceless!"

Oh...yeah. She rounded onto Ron and gave him a half-hearted thumbs-up. "We couldn't have done it without you, champ."

With the obligatory thank you out of the way, Nua spun back to Maribelle. "Do you two have plans after this? Get something to eat? Training can wait, let's celebrate a little!"

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