Tribal Feud (Pokemon Gijinka) [REBOOT]

[KiKi Kitsune]

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The world of Pokemon is a vast one. All of the pokemon have been discovered by now. Thanks to humans being able to learn so much from and about all the different pokemon, life has been improved for all. Science and technology have been advanced immensely. Agriculture is more efficient. Cuisine is more nutritious. Art is more vibrant. However, there is an island which humans remain oblivious to. It is not on any maps. Its inhabitants are believed to be a myth by the few humans who have ever heard of them. The island of Henshu contains your average variety of pokemon along with a species that isn't human and isn't pokemon, but a strange hybrid of the two. A mutant of sorts. Gijinkas are usually more human creatures with pokemon traits. Some have so few physical pokemon attributes that they can pass for humans. The main difference comes in where gijinkas are able to breath fire, ice, water, etc. Street-side magicians don't hold a candle to a gijinka. These gijinka have been living on Henshu for several generations. As of now, their are two tribes: Kiba and Azoth. The tribes have been warring for many years. Only with the newest generation have the two settled enough that they only have small scuffles from time to time. All this is thanks to a difference in philosophy. Azoth believes that they should give humans a second chance and try to integrate into their society. Kiba still remembers their history and wishes to prevent it from happening again.


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[KiKi Kitsune]

Jayus + KiKi Collab

Drystan tapped his foot impatiently waiting for the ship to arrive. Gazing over the shore he squinted, trying to get a better idea of the blinding view and what was supposed to lay on it. He rolled his eyes over to his partner for today, who was looking far more patient under the circumstances than he was.


“Are you sure they’re arriving soon, May? It’s been half an hour and I have better things to do with my time.”


May sat at the sea’s edge, skipping stones over the surprisingly calm water while she waited. She smirked, knowing how impatient the general got.


“Half an hour isn’t long. They will be here. The seas around here make travel by boat difficult.” She leaned back, tilting her head to look at him. “But I’m sure you already know that.”


Drystan scoffed at this and kicked the sand underneath his feet. The wind was quite mild today, barely a breeze, but strong enough that the need to smooth down his crimson hair was becoming slowly an annoyance.


“You should probably stand up, May. Last thing we want is to look unprofessional. I hope they don’t take much longer. As much as I do trust Icarus I myself would rather be looking out for Kiba. They wouldn’t take the news too kindly.”


“Don’t worry. We’ll see them before they see us.” While she said that, she complied with Drystan’s request. The meinshao squinted when she saw a ripple in the water several meters away. Bubbles started erupting and soon a wave of water was created as a trail for whatever was heading right towards the duo.


“I wonder who that is.” Clearly not at all worried, May looked to Drystan to see if he had a guess.


Drystan looked up from the sand to see the bubbles slowly rising from the water. It started off small, but soon began erupting into a frothing cloud of shimmering silvers. He tried to make out the head of hair amongst the waves and vaguely caught the tail of a white plait.


“I’ve seen her around. She’s that fisherman I think? Can’t remember her name. You should know May, you know everyone.”


As the body got closer and gained speed, May could make out small flashes of details. “Fisherman? Oh! That must be Mala th-”


“MAAAAAYYYY~!” A person burst out of the water, propelled towards the two from momentum. It was indeed the swampert. “May! I just saw a boat with humans on it! Are they our humans?” The girl asked between gasps as she scampered towards the older woman.


Drystan just managed to dodge the Water Gijinka, a surge of water following her as she hastily ran out the sea and towards May. Seeing her face he finally managed to peg a name to the girl. Mala, he believed. Her words reached him not soon after.


“Humans?” He looked across the sea, gingerly holding a hand over the hilt of his sword attached to his back in case they weren’t their humans.


“Are those ours, May?” He asked and bowed his head in a quick, curt nod to greet Mala.


May also got into a defensive stance. Her eyes were pinned on the horizon where a shape had begun to form. “Mala, did you catch the name of the ship?”


The swampert nodded and told the alpha’s aid. May relaxed and gave both the others a smile. “They’re our humans.”


Drystan released the grip on his sword and stretched his arms in front of him before folding them behind his head, visibly more relaxed than he has been in the past hour or so. He breathed out a tired sigh and turned to the two girls.


“Mala, we were tasked with escorting the humans. You may stay if you want, but if you want to go inform Anaika and Suvinay you can do that too. May trusts you so I don’t see any reason not to.”


Mala snapped to attention. “I will go tell the alphas!” She gave a quick bow before dashing off in the direction of the village. May shook her head with a slight smile. “She’s quite a sweet girl.” She noted before turning back to the approaching boat. “But we have guests to welcome!”


Drystan looked back, watching her run off further into the distance, a leap to her stride that seemed oddly energetic.


“She seems like a character.”


Drystan looked ahead at the oncoming ship and let out a small groan. He had no idea what he was doing here.


“Was a female and male escort really required? I make children cry just by staring.”


“Your stare is a glare, which is why.”


He scoffed.


“Even more of a reason why I am the least qualified person for this task. Icarus should’ve taken this job.”


“How about you try to smile? People are less scary when they smile… for the most part, at least.” May smoothed out her clothes as the boat docked and some humans stepped off.


Drystan shook his head and tapped the scar that grazed down the right half of his face. It was faded and more of a darkened scab after all this time.


“They’re more scared of the scar, but I don’t blame them about the smile thing either.”


May could see by how the humans walked what they thought of Henshu. She stepped towards them with a friendly smile on her face. “This is Henshu. We extend our warmest welcomes to you.”


Drystan looked down at the humans, a little struck by how ordinary they seemed to look. He decided to leave the talking to the most part for May. If she needed him to speak up she would simply have to gesture for him. He toyed with the idea of smiling, but decided against it. Instead he lowered his folded hands to rest on either side of his hips hoping the more casual look would make them less nervous.


“It is a pleasure to meet you. We are very grateful that you took the trip here. If you’ll follow me, I’ll show you to the village.” Once she made sure everyone was indeed following, she headed towards the forest that housed their home. She shot Drystan a look that told him she needed to say something. When he got close enough, her voice dropped to barely a whisper. “Make sure none of them stray.”


“So I have to play Shepherd now is what you’re saying?” He joked. Looking over the group of heads he noticed a girl lagging behind. She was taking in everything with an awestruck expression, curiousity seemingly taking the best of her. Seeing her falling further away he decided to take action. Walking through the crowd of people easily enough he found his way to the teenager’s side.


“Oi.” He began trying to grab her attention.”You can explore this area later. Keep up with May.”


The girl looked up at him and stared at his face for a while. Her eyes flicked back and forth, clearly trying to take in the details. After a few more moments, she gave a mumbled apology before jogging to catch up with the small crowd.


May raised a brow at how Drystan handled the matter, but said nothing. She had to concentrate on taking the easiest path for the humans. The tribe members were trained to go the more complex routes in case they were being tailed by Kiba members.


Noticing the look she shot him he opened his palms and shrugged his shoulders in an effort to say he tried to be friendly. Following behind the pack he had to occasionally shoo them closer onto the path May had chosen, but eventually they seemed to have the idea. He looked up to May to see if he was being kind enough, but she never seemed to completely approve of his actions.


After a few minutes of travel, they arrived at the village gates. “This is the boundary line of the village. The alphas will explain where you are allowed to go freely. I believe that outside the gates you will need an escort for safety reasons.” May led the group further, waving to Isaac with a warm smile as she passed. Almost immediately, the outer-most buildings began popping up.


Drystan too waved at the small child with a gingerly salute. The wild vegetation they had just stepped through immediately vanished into a more tamed landscape with occasional large trees scattering across the land, the wildlife replaced with huts in every corner. A few gijinkas who were busy with their daily tasks greeted the humans with wide eyes and warm smiles. Drystan still tailed at the back of the group, quite comfortable with his pace and May’s directions. He signalled to May if she wanted him to walk with her or if she was okay by herself.


May gave a small smile in response. She was content enough. Drystan sent her a thumb’s up and too decided to look around at what the humans could possibly find entertaining enough. They seemed to be too awestruck to ask questions yet. The group headed towards the central part of the village where the alphas’ hut was. Gijinkas began crowding at the entrance of roads. All who were on the main road hastily moved out of the way. The entire village seemed to murmur as the humans walked through.


Eventually he decided it was best for him to lead now. Walking around the humans he tapped May on the shoulder.


“I can handle it from here.” He whispered and continued on the road to where his brother and Anaika were waiting. The trip wasn’t much longer and soon enough the hut came insight. He looked to May over his shoulder.


“If you have anything more to say to them I think it’s best you should do it now. Otherwise Anaika will cover the rest.”


May nodded and fell back slightly. She told those near the front to just follow Drystan while pointing to him. Humans were quite flock like. She supposed that gijinka were most likely the same. Once all the humans were happily following after the general, May went to go work on her preparations for the evening. Banquets weren’t easy to put together.


Drystan turned around every now and then to make sure they didn’t stray too far. Soon enough he stopped moving and turned to face them. Hands firmly on his sides.


“Okay then.” He pointed to the entrance of a significantly larger hut. Fauna of varying colours sprouting up and clinging around the sides of the large home.


“In case you all aren’t aware this is the Alpha’s hut. I should hope that you will all show enough respect that you have shown May and I thus far, if not more so. If any of you have any questions they should be answered in a moment. All good? Good. Follow me.”


Opening the door to the hut they were met by a bright golden glow. Candles of varying shapes and sizes lines the walls at different heights. In the far end of the room two gijinkas were seemingly in a rather pleasant conversation with Mala. Whistling to grab their attention Drystan gestured to the crowd, currently standing a bit too close for his liking, behind him.


Mala turned when she heard the sound of the opening door. Seeing Drystan with a group of humans behind him, she made a hasty, somewhat clumsy bow to the alphas before rushing out of the hut.


Once more dodging Mala, Drystan escorted the crowd to the middle of the room before taking to his brother’s side.


The female alpha rose up from her cushioned seat and bowed good-heartedly to the new humans, her golden locks falling effortlessly down her shoulders.


“Welcome brave humans. My name is Anaika, I am of Persian descent and I am the Alpha of Azoth. I trust you all had a pleasant escort? In any case, as you can see next to me is my fellow alpha and beloved mate, Suvinay.”


The quieter of the two simply nodded his head to the crowd. His green eyes looking over them in good nature, a small smile playing on his face.


“And of course you met our General, Drystan.”


Drystan looked up for a moment, glaring a little too much and saluted them with a rather off-handed gesture, and once more fixated his gaze on something off in the distance.


“Now I suppose you all are wondering why I have brought you here. It’s quite simple. For years now we as gijinka have been in the myths and fables of your lands just as much as you have been in ours. We wish to join our two seperate cultures together and hopefully live amongst you in good faith and trust, as much as you trust your own companions and Pokemon. I’ll try to keep this as brief as possible so to end off we have one very strong rule you must not break; do not venture away from the borders of our territory. It is strictly forbidden and can result in immense danger and more than likely death. Rather stick to inside the walls or wherever I or Suvinay deem safe. Now don’t let this scare you from exploring. You may search around Azoth to your heart’s content and if you wish to ask any gijinka’s questions, Azoth has been informed to answer them to the best of your ability? Any questions?”


Her lips arose into a loving smile, full of warmth and excitement at her guests. It wasn’t everyday she had the honour of hosting new people and the sheer thought of it left her feeling giddy. It was becoming harder to maintain her professional aura.


The humans mumbled between themselves for a moment before coming to a general consensus that there were no questions for that moment in time.


“None at all? Great!” She clasped her hands together and her smile grew even brighter, beaming from ear to ear.


“Then you may now explore for as long as you wish til this evening where we’ll be hosting a banquet in your honour. Until then please enjoy your time.”


The humans shuffled easily enough through the door. A single human stood, still looking around the room and finally her gaze landed on the three gijinkas. Anaika gave a small wave and the girl, with a grin, left the room. Anaika let out a loud sigh and whipped her head around to Suvinay like an excited child. Picking up her dress and holding it to her roughly her knees she ran over to him and threw her arms around his neck, gripping him in a tight embrace.


“Did you see that? The humans are adorable! Did I do okay? They didn’t seem too frightened did they?”


“You did amazing.” Suvinay said, trying his best to match her enthusiastic grin although it was quite a feat. Anaika’s gaze shot to Drystan and with a playful bat, she hit his shoulder.


“You didn’t do so bad yourself, Drys. I didn’t see one person with tear-stained cheeks.”


Drystan rubbed his arm, unsure if it was mere instinct or because she really could pack a punch. He mumbled a retort, but it fell on deaf ears. Anaika now occupied on another less-welcomed idea.


“Kiba…”


Drystan and Suvinay could sense her concern and where her train of thought was heading with the start of her sentence.


“Don’t worry. As long as the humans listen and Kiba doesn’t show any surprise visits everything will go according to plan.” Suvinay reasoned. Drystan agreed. Seeing the two brothers so confident the spark she had momentarily lost returned in a bright glimmer.


“Yeah… Of course! Everything is going to be just fine.”


@Jayus @Kiroshiven @minismurf @The J @TerraBooma

 

[Sugary_Paragraphs]

"Dude, this is so cool!" Nate gushed as they ventured the village, eyes going wide at the various Gijinka. "These guys are people and pokemon at the same time! I heard the stories from grandpa, but I didn't think they were true!"


"Yeah!" Tanner agreed. "These Gijinos sure are awesome!"


"Uh, tanner?" Nate said, turning to his companion. "It's Gijinkas."


"That's what I said." Tanner replied. "Gijingolos."


"No." Nate facepalmed. "Gi. Jin. Kas." He watched as tanner tilted his head. Sensing this would just continue forever, he just changed the subject with excitement. "Wait till everyone at home hears about this! I have so many questions to ask!"


Tanner grinned and patted his stomach. "Like when the food is ready?" Nate rolled his eyes with a smile.


"That." Nate said before his smile dissolved into a frown and stared out the gate. "And maybe why they don't want us out there."


Tanner felt his friend's discomfort, which caused him to don a teasing grin before slowly tiptoeing up to Nate and shaking his shoulders, causing the boy to jump and look at his friend with a questioning glare.


"Maybe there's some kind of crazy tribe next door that kidnaps little kids... just. like. us."


The boys stared blankly at each other before laughing and continuing their exploration, proud that their journey had brought them this far.

 

[Kiroshiven]

• Tidus
• Akane

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  Tidus was running around the perimeter of the village, wrapping up his left arm as he needed to tend to it every morning. He was nearly finishing up his run when he caught sight of Mala running into the village and a few minutes later, a large group of humans. "Well, ain't this just a sight to behold." He chuckled as he followed along side them. He caught sight of a few young humans that were rather excitable and some older ones that seemed to be taking down notes. It was an interesting spectacle. He finished up the bandages and even made some small talk with a human or two. The primary question being what kind of gijinka he was and how his moves worked. It was a shallow conversation that one would have with any stranger in the situation. He waved as the humans clambered into the alpha's hut before he started making his way to the training grounds to spar with some of the other soldiers.
  
  
  However, her bumped into a certain energetic gijinka. "Oi, Mala, you seem really wound up today." He chuckled as he looked down at the swampert girl. Mala was excitable and a good influence on people. She put her best into things and that's what really mattered. "You that excited about the humans being here? I mean, it's humans, sure, but no need to lose yourself in the thrill of it all." He chuckled as he looked at the girl. "Have you seen Sona today? I'm trying to avoid her. She always ties the bandages too tight." He said with a rarely seen glum expression. However it left and quickly turned into a smile. "I'm heading over to the training grounds to spar. You want to tag along or are you going to try and chill with the humans when the alpha's let em go?" Tidus liked fighting Mala. She was strong and could really help someone get better. "The humans seemed interested in how I fought, so we COULD always gather a few around to watch the match. What are we at 86-85?" He smirked as he always counted the one fight that he surprised her with extreme speed. Since then they'd always gone back and forth.
  
  
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  "It's oddly quiet on the Azoth side today." Akane mumbled to herself as she moved among the trees of the Azoth side of the island. This was part of her morning duties. With Excuarve being hostile and violent Akane was left as the recon member of the scouts. Her last few days of observing the tribe had given her very bad vibes and since then she'd started before dawn observations. However, today she had decided to be extremely thorough in her investigation and the village had been electric this morning. It was as if something was going to happen and the whole village was prepared for it. "Something is definitely not right." Akane mumbled as she saw a streak of blue running through the woods.
  
  
  As she followed she realized it was an Azoth gijinka heading back to the village from the beach. It wouldn't have been abnormal if the gijinka hadn't still been dripping. There were plenty of waterways on the Azoth side of the island, why on Henshu would she have gone in the ocean? Akane turned and started running back in the general direction of the ocean and found herself standing in a tree above a hoard of humans. Humans were on Henshu and it was all the filthy Azoth's idea. Akane had to bite her tongue as she caught sight of the general from her place within the shadows. She knew she wouldn't have a chance to get back if he realized she was there, and thus she hid. Finally after waiting for several minutes from when she lost sight of the scizor gijinka Akane spoke. "Dirty Azoth. They snuck them in under our nose. I'll have to report this to Emerik." She mumbled before she turned and began the quick run across the forest floor toward her home and her soon to be furious leader.
  
  
  

 

[Sugary_Paragraphs]

Tanner waved to the man before returning his attention to his still talking friend, already forgetting to tell his fangirling pal that there was an actual ginamabobit that seemed to have the time to talk to them. He frowned as Nate stopped and shivered. "Dude? What's wrong?"


Nate shrugged. "...I just had a feeling."


Tanner sighed. "Is this one of those 'I'm gonna screw up' feelings you get when you're actually just really nervous?" Tanner asked, tilting his head with both fists on his hips. Nate wanted to retort, but sighed as he realized that what nate said was completley true.


"I just feel like things are going to go wrong." Nate replied. "What if I accidentally make them angry or weird them out? What if I mess up one of their customs and get us kicked out?! What if I DO wander out the gates and ruin it for all of us! What if-" Nate stopped as tanner casually slapped him, causing the boy cough and give his friend an apolegetic smile. "Thanks."


"No problem!" Tanner replied happily before puttting his arm around nate's shoulder. "Look, it's obvious all this chance of death junk is making you all stiff, so it looks like we're gonna have to loosen you up a little!"


"...Yeah. Th-That could help." Nate smiled. "But we don't exactly know the village inside and out yet. What's there to do around here besides wander around?"


"Hm..." Tanner scratched his head before his eyes widened. "Dude. Think about it. What else would people like us do when we have nothing else to do?"


Nate blinked at tanner. Tanner Blinked at nate. With a growing smirk, tanner slowly held up his pokeball, causing nate to do the exact same with his own smirk.


"Where to?"


"Follow me." Tanner replied, eyes wandering to where the man with the water tail had came from.

 

[TerraBooma]

HARRY LINDSON

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Harry was, needless to say, quite impressed with the whole thing, he wasn't sure why he had been invited in the first place, but Harry was amazed at what had unfurled in front of him. The Azoth tribe and buildings were amazing to look at, and all the people, for lack of a better word, were amazing. He hadn't known people like this could exist, cross breeds of pokemon and people, he breifly wondered what Gunther or Shelly would think of it, but now wouldn't be the time for that was later. The fact that their exploration of the island was...concerning, did worry him somewhat, whatever lied there to be so dangerous must be terrifying if the able bodies tribe of Gijinka couldn't handle it.


But...where to go? Harry didn't feel much like leaving the camp, especially after the warning, he didn't have the courage to leave mere minutes after getting here anyway, there was enough to explore just in the tribe's main camp. Picking a hut at random, Harry unwittingly stepped into the healer's hut, the smell of herbs and disinfectant reaching him and the bittersweet tang of herbs was heavy in the air.


"Hello? May I come in? Is anyone here?"


@Jayus @Kiroshiven

SPECKS

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Specks had been out for a few days on one of his many flights, lazily gliding across the ocean using currents, and was heading back to camp. The Fearow Gijinka lazily flew around, letting the currents push him around before gliding back down only to rise yet again. From his perch in the sky, Specks was one of the few Gijinka who had the chance to spy a certain Kiba member flittering through the forest, darting from Azoth towards Kiba territory. Specks frowned. "That's odd..." Turning into a dive, Specks moved to intercept, the sound of rushing wind as he landed a few meters in front of Akane, dirt kicked up with a thump as he landed on the ground. "Hey! What're you doing? You know your way out of your borders right? What are you even doing here?"


@Kiroshiven

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[Kiroshiven]

• Sona
• Akane
• Nadia

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  The aroma of plants, medicine and cooking. Sona wiped some of the sweat from her brow as she continued working on her latest concoction. She was trying to create a solution that would help both Tidus and Drystan with the physical damage to their bodies. For Tidus, she had an easy time testing her remedies. Any time he needed a new set of bandages she'd wash the wound with her new compound and hope that it would work. It never did, but she still hoped. "Mallory, be a dear and bring me that new fern we found the other day. I'm going to try and produce more of it here, but I need a few leaves as samples for testing." Sona sighed as she thought about all the problems. She had countless medicines ready should Kiba try something, but was praying to Arceus that it wouldn't.
  
  
  Then someone seemed to stumble into her hut. As she turned, Sona caught sight of a human. She nearly freaked, but kept herself calm. She walked around from behind a shelf of plants to meet the male. "Oh, you must be one of our visitors. I'm Sona, the healer of the Azoth tribe." She straightened up her disheveled and unkempt. As she tilted her head, the sound of a bell rung out in the hut. Sona had grown immune to most annoying sounds due that bell and she was thankful for it. As Mallory finally approached, Sona cleared her throat. "And this here is my aide, Mallory. Welcome to our tribe. Are you feeling unwell?" Sona immediately walked over and pressed her hand against the male's forehead and started examining him. "Nope. No fever and you look well enough. Did you happen to just wander in? Would you like some tea?" Sona wasn't used to visitors, just patients and thus tended to act motherly towards anyone that came in. It was just her nature.
  
  
  @TerraBooma @Jayus
  
  
  
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  A mere two hundred meters and she'd be in the clear. She'd be in Kiba territory and be safe from harm. Akane felt herself pushing herself harder as she ran through the woods. There was no time to be sneaky she needed to get to Emerik and fast. However, luck wouldn't have that. A fearow gijinka swooped down in front of her. She realized it was the Azoth scout that hadn't been around for a couple of weeks. She cursed her luck as he asked her questions. "I am currently trying to get back to my side of the island. I was chasing my mole down because she'd been feeding me false info. However, she got inside the gates and I had no way of chasing her further. That annoying child of yours blocks the way for us Kiba, remember?" Akane's voice was flat. She hid all emotion behind the scarf that clung to her face at the moment. She didn't care if he thought she was lying. The main focus was that he not realize that she knew about the humans. It would put the Azoth on edge even further and would be a failure on her part.
  
  
  "Anyways, I would love to stay and chat." Akane unclasped one of her creations and slammed it onto the ground. A large cloud of black smoke arose and before another word could be shared, she ran off towards Kiba, leaving the bird behind her. "Gotta get to Emerik." She huffed as she ran through the deeper parts of the jungle until she found the cave network. She sighed in relief. A couple of hours she'd been gone and Emerik would be wondering about her report any minute. She hustled down into the caves until she finally made her way to the alpha's home. As she knocked on the door she awaited her Lord's permission to enter.
  
  
  @TerraBooma @KiKi Kitsune
  
  
  
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  Nadia sat on top of her home looking out across all the other Kiba members. She analyzed how each of them was moving and acting without much of a second thought. She was curious about their smiles and how they talked, but alas she didn't understand it. What were emotions? How did these people choose to do things that made no logical sense? It was an odd thought and she could never process it. Growing bored she eventually leapt down and started the hunt for her....companion? That would be the closest word she could use to describe him. "Adeliht? Where are you?" She called out into the alleyways as she looked for the ever isolating Sylveon. Albeit she pushed people away, she at least talked to him. He made her feel.....safe.
  
  
  "Adeliht?!" She whined a bit. She felt some kind of irritation in her mind. It was like a pulsing feeling that made her clench her fists. What was this thing? Was she coming down with a fever? Was it nerve damage? She'd have to see Flora if Adeliht couldn't tell her. "Adeliht come out!!" She called out into the alleys again as she hunted down the cold boy.
  
  
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[Sugary_Paragraphs]

"Ok, Nate! This time, things are gonna be different!"


"Yes. It's finally time to end our never-ending tie streak once and for all!"


The boys stared at each other with determined looks, silence overtaking the training grounds.


"Piplup, do your thing!"


"Turtwig, now's your chance!"


Each of the boys' starters popped out of their pokeballs with both its respective cries.


"Turtwig, use tackle!" Nate exclaimed, causing his turtle-like companion to charge at the piplup.


"Piplup, counter it with pound!" The piplup yipped her confirmation and cocked her flipper back before managing to impact the tackle head on with a hard swing, causing an explosion of dust to envelop them both.


"...They didn't do the thing, did they?" Nate asked, causing tanner to smirk.


"No way!" Tanner replied, although a bit nervous. "We've been practicing a lot! There's no way it could have happened!"


As the dust cleared, it revealed that both of their pokemon fainted. Turtwig due to his immense headache that came from pound and piplup from the immense pain in her flipper from tackle. The boys sweatdropped.


"Is our pokemon too weak or too strong?" Nate muttered more to himself than tanner, who appeared to be monumentally creeped out by the battle.


"Th-This is impossible!" Tanner exclaimed. "How can we possible end 20 ties in a row?! How?!"


The boys returned their pokemon in their pokeballs and met each other in the middle before shaking each other's hand.


"Good fight." They half-heartedly muttered before falling on their backs and observing the sky, contemplating on life.

 

[KiKi Kitsune]

• Mala
• Lexi

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  Mala was having a fairly relaxed conversation with the alphas before the humans came in. She had no clue how she was meant to interact with them, so she decided it was best to leave. Quickly. She tripped on her way out, causing her face to flush bright red. Oh dear, the humiliation. She held her face in her hands as she walked, not allowing her to see when Tidus came up to greet her, thus literally bumping into him. "Oh, sorry Tidus." she apologised when she noticed who it was. "I'm not the only one. I've only seen humans a handful of times and that was always from a distance. Having them up close and in our village?" A huge smile spread across her face. "It's amazing!"
  
  
  She smirked at his comment. "Don't be such a downer, you just need to warm up to them a little." She chuckled at her own joke a little.
  
  
  The swampert cracked her knuckles. "87-86 with me in the lead. I'm ready to get my two point lead." She looked over to the two human youngsters. "Are you sure you want to avoid Sona? You might need her help." Mala said somewhat menacingly, but the large grin on her face negated any chance of it being considered a threat. She enjoyed sparring with Tidus. Despite having a type advantage over him, he was skilled enough to keep her on her toes. She waved to the human boys who were holding strange red and white orbs, a pair of pokemon sleeping nearby. "Hey guys, we're going to have a spar. Wanna come watch?" That sounded alright, right? Maybe that was rude to humans.
  
  
  An older looking human girl waved to them. "Can I come too?" Mala noticed that more of the strange orb things hung by the girl's hip. She would have to ask about those later.
  
  
  @SpicyLickiTounge
  
  
  
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  Her eyes did their best to take in all her surroundings. She was scolded a few times for falling behind because of it. Everything was fascinating. She tried to guess what each gijinka she saw was. They had been told some basic facts on the journey over, but nothing had prepared her for this. A hybrid species between pokemon and human. It held so many questions that needed to be answered. Lexi could feel her curiosity growing with each step she took.
  
  
  She found it rather interesting that some clearly showed signs of which pokemon they were, while others looked almost completely human. She walked slowly, all the others rushing onwards. She wanted the time to take in what she could. By the time she saw another human, it looked like they had already finished a pokemon battle. She put her hand to her belt where her own pokeballs sat. Two older people offered the young boys to watch their sparring match. Lexi quickly spoke up. "Can I come too?" How did gijinkas use their powers? Was it the same as pokemon? Was it just buffs? Maybe they used weapons instead. The teen was dying to find out.
  
  
  @SpicyLickiTounge
  
  
  

 

[minismurf]

• Isaac
• Darren

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  Isaac was sitting on top of the wall, staring up into the sky, when May arrived with the humans to the gate. Sometimes he enjoyed using Magic Room on himself to seclude himself even further from everyone. However today the sky was very pretty, nearly not a single cloud and he could easily see up through the jungle shrubbery into the blue slate that covered their world.
  
  
  When he noticed May and her small caravan of humans, and Drystan, he swiftly jumped down the back side of the wall and hid himself on the wooden platform with a staircase leading down to the ground. Isaac didn't have any problem with May and he'd loved to respond to her wave, however the humans made him feel uneasy, everyday he kept track on who entered and exited the gate and he'd learnt to know most of the faces, so now that there came an entire group of new people, who weren't even gijinkas, he was very flustered. He also found Drystan to be quite intimidating, he knew how aggresive he could become and his short temper, Isaac remembered one time where he'd been called to restrain Drystan because of a specifically aggresive outbreak of his. It wasn't completely clear what had caused Drystan to break, but there was speculations of that he was interogating a Kiban mole and they'd gotten cocky and provoked Drystan and talked bad about Azoth. The Alphas had been away to make negotiations about the humans arriving at the time it had happened and May had gone with them. Drystan didn't seem to want to hurt Isaac, however the chaos he'd caused was enough to leave a scar in Isaac's mind.
  
  
  
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  Darren licked his lips, he was truly excited. "Yes, come here little one" He'd stalked the group of humans that were lead by that annoyingly fancy Mienshao and that Scizor. He'd waited for this so very long, when he first heard of humans arriving to Henshu he couldn't believe his ears. He was giggly the entire day and was so excited that he almost missed a pichu gijinka that had found the exit to his "Funland" Once he did notice though he got even more excited, the ones who escaped and tried to run were the most fun, the desperation in their eyes as they look over their shoulder and see him lunging on top of them was beautiful. The tears and screams they let out as he dragged them back were delicious, and the soft sniffles when they find themselves back in the dark, damp caverns were truly amazing. And now he would soon be able to hear such wonderful screams from a human, the young girl had fallen behind the others of the pack and Darren saw his chance, however he couldn't just Snatch her, no that would be too loud and that Scizor guy looked mighty fast. He'd baited her towards him as he lured in the shadows, she was right there, now he would soon be able to grab her, a little closer, little more, YES! "Oi" SHIT! He swiftly and silently ran away using Shadow Sneak. "That damn Scizor, god damnit, damn him damn him damn him!... Okay, calm down now Darren, there will be other times, other chances, you'll have your time, you'll have your fun"
  
  
  

 

[The J]

• Luvien
• Exacuere

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  Luvien was having a reasonably good day. He'd slept well, it was a pleasantly cool morning, and the sun shone brightly into the cave, reflecting off of the many-faceted crystals that coated the cavern walls.
  
  
  He walked along, his expression as blank as ever. His cannons were left in his quarters nearby. He didn't have any particular duties to see to, so he was walking his way around the caverns, and was passing by the alpha's living area when he suddenly saw Akane, the scout, dash past him before stopping and knocking at the door.
  
  
  "Scout? What's happened?" He said to her from behind, moving to stand next to her by the door. He would wait either for her to respond, or for the alphas to let them in, as he would go straight in to let Akane tell them all what had come to pass.
  
  
  
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  Exacuere crouched in a tree, nearby to the walls of Azoth. From here, he could almost see the entire tribe beneath him, it offered a perfect viewpoint for surveillance of the comings and goings of the gijinkas living there.
  
  
  What he didn't expect, however, was humans. From the beach, suddenly, several gijinkas were taking a group of them and they all entered the alpha's hut together.
  
  
  A primal rage built with Exacuere. Those bastards brought humans... to their side of the island... THEY HAD NO RIGHT! he growled in the tree, but soon managed to control his anger, to prevent his discovery. He had to tell the alphas... or so he thought, until he saw Akane rushing off back to Kiba. Perfect, she'd be the one to tell them, while he continued surveying their actions.
  
  
  From what he could tell, a few of them were watching gijinka spar. Nothing interesting was happening yet, but he was sure it would soon enough. One of them would fuck up, he knew they would. Humans were bastards, and they'd get something wrong soon enough.
  
  
  

@Kiroshiven

 

[KiKi Kitsune]

• May
• Emrik and Fia

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  During her time on the mainland, May had picked up on a few human phrases. One in particular came to mind now as she tried to organise something that should have been sorted out a week prior. She really was running around like a blue-arsed fly. There were far too many things to do in the time allocated. She also wanted to keep an eye on the humans for multiple reasons. She needed to make sure that they weren't getting into mischief while they were still comfortable and enjoying themselves. Not to mention she needed to try find Specks. The scout was meant to be back a full day ago.
  
  
  May had to force herself to skid to a stop. She stood with her arms full of various decorations in her arms, taking a few deep breaths. The stress from the past few weeks was really taking its toll on her. She didn't want to pester Anaika or the brothers about it either. They had enough on their plates without her troubles to add on top of it. With a huff, she carried on. There wasn't anyone to complain to, so what good would complaining do? She felt a pang of anger but shook her head, trying her best to focus on the task at hand instead.
  
  
  "If anyone sees Specks, tell him to come find me!" She yelled out to a group of gijinkas that she passed as she jogged towards her destination. "Daniel, get of your damned arse and get the vases!" She snapped some other orders to those she saw, addressing each by name. They saw the state she was in and hurried to do as told. While she was a pacifist for the most part, her strength was well known.
  
  
  @TerraBooma
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  The day had been fairly quiet so far. In fact, it had been a pretty quiet week. Azoth had been staying within their borders with a few slight crossings every now and then. A warning and they were out surprisingly quickly. Alik was suspicious, but Emrik was happy to enjoy the peace while it lasted. He trusted that his brother had a valid point, but there had been no sightings of growth in Azoth troops. Even Alik couldn't figure out what Azoth was planning. It had put the younger brother on edge, so Emrik had sent him to go do some odd jobs. It always seemed to help calm him down.
  
  
  Fia was somewhere between the brothers in her opinion. She saw it as an opportunity to let their people rest, but to remain cautious. Emrik took it quite literally and was snoring at some volume on his bed. Fia looked over some documents in the meantime. People requesting to build more housing outside the cave system... She didn't like the idea, but understood the need. While she debated what course of action to take, quill in hand, someone knocked on the door. Before Fia had even made it to the door, Emrik was awake and standing at full alert.
  
  
  "Who is it? What do they want?" The male asked, his voice still gruff from sleep. Fia finished her path and opened the door. "Akane," she nodded in greeting to the other girl. "And Luiven." She offered the general the same courtesy. Emrik reached the entrance in a few, quick strides. "Akane, you are back from your patrol. What is your report? That expression means it must be something important." Emrik looked to his mate who nodded. Fia stepped aside and gestured for the two to come in.
  
  
  @Kiroshiven @The J

 

[Jayus]

• Mallory
• Anaika, Suvinay and Drystan
• Adeliht

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  Bowing her head, she dismissed herself from the room and disappeared into the back of the hut. Large pots of various plants adorned the walls and hung from the ceiling, an overpowering perfume of nature that was pleasant enough for the grass type. Finding the fern Sona had asked for she opened the door only to find Sona interacting with a teenager. Perhaps he was hurt?
  
  
  Quietly approaching the two, not wishing to get in their way, Sona readily introduced Mallory to what appeared to be a human. Aware that the gijinkas were asked to leave a good impression she forced a small smile on her facing, hoping it passed off well enough to be the genuine deal.
  
  
  "It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Traveller. If tea is not what you would like we may answer any questions you wish to ask." she said in a soft-spoken tone, gently handing the fern over to Sona. She waited patiently for the human to introduce himself. Hearing that Sona had wished to brew tea, Mallory waited until she was excused from the room or if the human had no more questions before leaving to make a cup for them.
  
  
  @Kiroshiven @TerraBooma
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Anaika was enjoying herself. It had been quite some time with all the preparation that she was finally able to relax and joke with the two brothers. They had been planning this little exhibition for weeks now and so far everything seemed to be going just according to plan.
  
  
  The door swung open and Anaika turned around expecting to see a curious human or concerned May only to be met with Icarus. Anaika could feel a vein twang in the corner of her eye as irritation consumed her initial thoughts. Hearing his excuse her breathing grew more sporadic. Suvinay walked up behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder, calming the rather temperamental gijinka.
  
  
  "As much as I do... appreciate the concern you have on my safety." Anaika spoke slowly and clearly, hoping to find the right words for not only Icarus, but Suvinay as well. After all he was the one who hired Icarus.
  
  
  "I do have Drystan with me. Who in case you have forgotten is General. And he's not General because of the fact we're friends-" Drystan raised a single eyebrow unsure of where she was going.
  
  
  "-but because of the fact he is indeed strong and skilled at his job. Who is monitoring what's happening with the scouts? Or the other soldiers? Or, or I don't know! Checking the perimeter for wandering humans?"
  
  
  
  
  
  Suvinay squeezed her soldier to calm her nerves. Anaika was prone to getting over-excited which in some cases was a good thing, but in many cases it was a pretty bad thing.
  
  
  
  
  
  "Calm down, Anaika. He's doing his job. Would you feel better if Drystan went to check on everything?" Anaika looked to Drystan. A pleading almost desperate look in her eyes. He shooed her concerns off as if he was already planning on doing just that in the first place.
  
  
  "I'll go speak to Specks. If everything's okay there I'll go monitor the perimeter. The rumour of the tribeless gijinka is also a concern we shouldn't forget about."
  
  
  
  
  
  Thanking him over and over again he dismissed himself from the room and made his way out, giving a quick friendly-enough nod to Icarus as he passed him.
  
  
  
  
  
  "I'll be off now. Good luck." he whispered in sympathy. He had an extremely tough job given the fact Anaika hates feeling smothered. It was quite admirable that Icarus was still positive. Drystan respected that in him.
  
  
  Leaving the room he started with his first concern which was to find Specks, but being the flying Gijinka that he was he was quite difficult to locate. May or the healers would know where he was. He decided to head off in the direction of the healing hut and whoever he ran into first would be his best bet. Hopefully it was Specks himself.
  
  
  @KiKi Kitsune @TerraBooma @Kiroshiven
  
  
  
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  The day had started off well enough. It was rather peaceful and the drama from Azoth had quietened down immensely in the past week or so. He hated when the tribes fought. Not because he didn't want people to get hurt oh no, that was never the case. Rather when drama started Kiba gijinkas would huddle together for comfort and reassurance. And sadly due to his rather Sylveon exterior everyone always seeked answers and hope from him first. The thought made him gag just thinking about it.
  
  
  Still the day was definitely worth taking advantage of. He could only imagine how bright the sun was beating down onto the wide plains. Yes, today was the perfect day for a walk. A nice, long, lonesome walk. A voice he sadly knew only too well echoed through the caves. He stopped and turned around. Hoping it was a fluke of his imagination. A moment passed, maybe two, before the whine echoed again.
  
  
  "Oh no." He whispered under his breath and began walking faster, eventually the walk turned into a full out sprint. The only thought re-occurring in his mind being a single 'no' over and over and over. He turned a corner, skidding and almost falling on his face in the process. He hated running almost as much as he hated company. Almost.
  
  
  He bumped into a few people, but instead of screaming at him or telling him off they spoke sympathetically between each other about how rough a day he must be having. Because it was just that hard to believe he was a bad person.
  
  
  
  
  
  Rounding what felt like the hundredth corner, Adeliht paused and gasped for air. He just wanted one alone day, for once in his life. Hoping that he had indeed lost her he slowly made his way to the opening of the cave. Hoping beyond hope he would go unnoticed.
  
  
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[Sugary_Paragraphs]

Nate quickly perked up, eyes widening as he heard the offer. "Of course we'll watch!" Nate crouched down and shook tanner. "Tanner, stop naping! This our chance to observe!"


"I don't like jam on bread, Mr.toaster."


Nate blushed and chuckled nervously before dragging his friend to the side. "We'll just get out of your way."


@KiKi Kitsune

 

[Kiroshiven]

• Xander
• Akane
• Icarus
• Nadia
• Flora

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  Xander sat on one of the highest branches of a tree just on the edge of the Azoth village. This tree was nearly impossible to get to, but thanks to his time exploring with May he and she were the only ones who could. It gave you perfect sight of the village and a bit of vision beyond that. He even could make out Excuarve snooping despite being well hidden. He's pretty good, but he needs to get better. So does Akane. I could see her running away no doubt specks did too. Xander sighed as he returned to watching his former home. He'd made it a habit of his to wander out of Kiba territory to just admire his home. He didn't want to leave, but he refused to back down when it came to his stand on humans. They were terrible. The two kids had just made their pokemon hit each other until they were unconscious. It was no better than his former "master." Xander wanted to just throw the kids into the wall, but merely sighed.
  
  
  His eyes eventually drifted to the reason he kept coming over and risking being caught. It was May. The girl who he'd spent his childhood since the age of ten with. She was his best friend and the one that gave him his most prized possession. Xander clung to the locket dangling in front of his chest. He held back the tear as he remembered how he must have hurt her all those months ago. He slipped away in the dead of night without saying a word to anyone, even Specks. Of course, the damn bird couldn't keep a secret so there was no reason to tell him. Xander watched as she struggled to get things done and couldn't help but chuckle. She had always worked herself to death and without him there to make her relax she probably was doing it again. He looked around to make sure nobody would notice and as she motioned for some gijinka to move vases he reached out with his mind. Psychic was a really easy ability for him to use even at the distance and thus the vases managed to move themselves to where they needed to be. He chuckled quietly as he saw Daniel and the others look panicked and confused before shrugging it off. They didn't like work much like Specks. "What would you do without me May?" Xander mumbled to himself before continuing his mindless observation of Azoth.
  
  
  @KiKi Kitsune
  
  
  
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  Akane was greeted by the general as she waited for the response from behind the door. "Luvien, I will give my full report to the alpha's as well as you. However, you know my belief is that Lord Emerik be the first to know of anything." Akane was loyal not to Kiba, but Emerik. That was what she had countless times explained to people and despite that they still tried to change her feeling on the matter, with little success. She continued to stand silently when the door finally opened and Lady Fia appeared before them. "Thank you for welcoming me." She quickly moved into the room and knelt before Emerik.
  
  
  "Lord Emerik, I understand why the Azoth have been so quiet this past week. They wanted to keep us in the dark to their major plans." Akane looked up at her lord with a grim expression that she rarely ever showed. "Humans have arrived on Henshu." She said calmly but knew just how severe her words were. "I also need to inform you that in my retreat I ran into the Azoth scout. The fearow must've been returning from some flight, but he saw me in my hurried attempts to return with the intel. I'm sorry for my failure. It's likely that by now, the Azoth alpha's are aware that we know about the humans being here. They may bolster their defenses in order to protect the creatures." Akane was always thorough in her reports. She would tell what happened and attempt to predict the Azoth's next move so as to help give Emerik enough data to formulate a strategy. Though, ultimately Fia or Alik would be the one to think of it. "Where is Alik?" Akane asked curiously. The younger brother normally would've been furious or boastful about being right at this point. It felt odd not reporting to the four of them, Luvien included.
  
  
  @The J @KiKi Kitsune
  
  
  
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  Icarus took the berating of Anaika with quiet understanding. He was overbearing most of the time. And she had a point that Drystan was there, but something still felt wrong. He just felt that being near the alphas was the right place to be at the time. "Thank you for understanding my lord." Icarus bowed when Suvinay covered for his actions. Suvinay was the one that gave him the position. And although Icarus knew that the brothers were formidable, even the two of them couldn't protect her from ALL the Kiba. If need be, he would lay down his life for Anaika, Suvinay or Drystan. That was his place and that was his duty. And most of all, it was his honor to do it. He quickly stood and took his place off to the side of the hut before speaking to the two. "The humans are entertaining. I caught two young children on their way to the training grounds. They were chattering like no tomorrow and seemed excited." Icarus paused as he thought about what it would've been like growing up with that same kind of opportunity. However, that didn't matter at that moment.
  
  
  "I also believe I heard Tidus and Mala mention sparring soon. Should we gather the humans to let them watch? It might be a moment to really let them see how we fight and battle. However, the ultimate decision is up to you two." He bowed to the two before falling silent and thinking about what kind of damage the two might cause. They were both easily riled and wouldn't likely hold back. But if the fighting became too intense.....no, that wouldn't happen. They wouldn't let their egos get the better of them would they?
  
  
  @Jayus
  
  
  
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  Nadia felt hot, and like she wanted to hit something. And from the way people looked at her, she seemed it. They avoided her normally, but now they cowered and started pointing in a direction. She figured they were telling her which way Adeliht had gone. She was thankful for them, but at the same time she still wanted to just let out a discharge. Adeliht did this often. He'd run from her despite knowing that she'd catch him at some point. Why did he do something so illogical? She made a mental note to ask him when she finally caught up. She sighed as she walked though the countless alleys following the points of those that feared her until she finally saw the pink color of Adeliht. She felt some of the frustration leave as well as some of that cold sinking feeling too. What had he called it? Fear? Yeah fear.
  
  
  "Adeliht!!" She called out as she approached him. "Why do you always run?" She asked in her usual monotone of pure curiosity. "You know I'll eventually find you. Eveyone's too afraid of me not to tell me where you go." She stood beside the male as the sun hit against eyes and she had to squint. The breeze was okay, and as she placed her hands on the two companion packs she always wore, she sighed. "Another ordinary day isn't it?" She didn't think she'd get an answer, but so long as she could stand beside him, she felt safe. And that's all she wanted.
  
  
  @Jayus
  
  
  
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  Flora gathered up her herbs and wraps as she went looking for that lumbering pain in her arse. "Luvien, you do this to me every week. I have to check those scars and...." Suddenly tripping Flora managed to catch all her supplies, but was sitting on the dirt. "Why me?" She mumbled before rearranging her stuff and continuing her walking. She figured he'd be near the alpha's so she was headed there first. As she finally made it there she saw the door was shut and nobody was there. "Ugh. Where could that idiot be?" She grumbled before thinking that maybe he was already inside. As she went and leaned against the door she heard Akane speaking about humans being on Henshu. As if cursed by Arceus' Dark type, misfortune fell upon her. She fell in through the door straight into Luvien. "Ouch." She whined as she felt around on the ground for her glasses. "Arceus, why does this always happen?" She sighed as she finally managed to get a grip on them and return them to their proper place on her head. "Ah. Now what's all this commotion about humans?" She asked a bit curiously.
  
  
  However, seeing Luvien she lost interest quickly. "Luvien! How many times must I tell you to come to my hut at least every two weeks! If I don't treat your scars you'll run the risk of hurting yourself worse next time." She growled as she looked up at the blastoise. Despite their size difference and the difference in combat experience, Flora wasn't going to back down. Luvien needed to understand the importance of properly taking care of his injuries no matter how many years had gone by. Plus, he was the only Kiba member that did trust her. The rest considered her a lot like Xander. Some kind of spy, despite how many times she'd saved their lives from illness or injury. The ungrateful little twats. It was also at this moment that Flora remembered she was in Emerik and Fia's home. "Sorry for the intrusion Emerik and Fia." She curtsied very awkwardly with one arm full of medical supplies.
  
  
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[TerraBooma]

Specks

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Specks coughed and darted back as the smoke bomb blinded him, forcing the Fearow into the sky again as he flapped his wings to clear the air of smoke. He managed to spy Akane darting off towards Kiba terrotory, and although he could give chase...it probably wasn't worth the effort. Whatever the hell she was running from...Specks doubted that the rival scout was telling the truth...still, he'd keep his guard up around camp, just in case. A defected mole was still a mole...although Akane seemed to have made it clear whoever it was had been feeding her false information. Specks was skeptical, but he knew the right people needed to be informed. He made way to the Azoth camp, flying high in the sky as he did so to see what was going on. Normally he'd take the time to go through the gate out of respect for Isaac, but he was in a hurry today, gliding down into the center of camp, eyes scanning for a certain friend of his. He knew the Alphas needed to know...but May would fill him in on whatever the heck he missed while he was gone.


Eventually, he tracked her down.


"Hey May." He said, yawning somewhat. "We got a bit of a problem." Specks sighed. "There was a Scout from Kiba high tailing it out of here, you know what would have them in such a hurry like that?" Specks paused, then let out a long sigh.


"I missed something big again didn't I?"


@KiKi Kitsune

Harry

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"O-Oh! Tea is fine." Harry smiled to both Sona and Mallory. "I was just coming in to chat is all, I'm fine, honestly." Harry smiled and looked between the two. "I'm just trying to meet some people, figure that's what I'm here for after all. So uh...I guess I should ask some questions huh?" Harry paused, trying to think of what to do next. "So uh...you two are the tribe healers? What's a day like for you guys?"


It might be cliched, but it wasn't exactly a terrible conversational starter? Harry had always been kinda hopeless at this sorta thing, but he did mean well. "Oh! And what kind of tea do you have? If you don't mind me asking."


@Jayus @Kiroshiven

 

[minismurf]

• Isaac
• Darren

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  Once May and Drystan had walked through the gate and Isaac had closed it behind them, he decided to wait until they were a bit further away before he sealed it with the many locks and chains he summoned with Fairy Lock. Once the gate was completely locked Isaac returned to staring into the sky. Before long though, Isaac spotted Specks diving down into the village, usually the scouts would use the gate, just like everyone else, to enter the village, it must be something urgent for him to go straight to the alphas without telling Isaac. Since he was the Gatekeeper it was very important for him to know if there was an oncoming attack, and even though he certainly trusted that he would be informed, he'd prefer sooner rather than later. He ran through the village, the clangs sounding from his keys hitting the metal ring that was part of his body. Sometimes he felt like the keys and ring made him more bulky than he was, like it slowed him down. However both Sona and May had told him multiple times that it wasn't possible to remove it in any way, it was part of his body and he'd be forced to live with it, it was just simply what made him what he was, a Klefki.
  
  
  Before he knew it he'd arrived at where he'd seen Specks land, he was talking to May and Isaac stopped next to them, he was sure that they'd heard him coming, it was pretty hard not to with the keys. "Wh-what's happened?" He was still a bit out of breath, since he sort of lived on top of the wall, next to the gate, he didn't run very often and the keychain didn't really help, even though they were part of his body it was still difficult to adapt to the weight. "I-Is someone coming to hurt us?"
  
  
  @TerraBooma @KiKi Kitsune
  
  
  
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  Darren might've lost that little human girl when she'd entered through the gates of Azoth, and he cursed himself for that, however it seemed like lady luck had smiled down on him when he saw another girl, a bit more around his age, however he bet that she'd scream just as well as the younger ones. It was an Umbreon, he'd followed her for quite a while to try and make sure that she wasn't accompanied by anyone and in a short moment she'd been encountered by a Fearow and Darren had almost revealed himself by not stopping in time. However it seemed like the two were too busy chatting to notice him. Once their argument was done the girl kept running, he hadn't cared about it until now, but as she headed down into some caverns it was obvious that she was headed to the Kibas, she was most likely a scout and was going to give some tasty news to their alphas. Once again Darren'd lost another prey, and he got just as frustrated. He used Phantom Force to knock down some trees as he let out his anger. "Sigh, I guess I could maybe lay in wait and see if anyone interesting comes out, or I could return to Azoth and try to see if I could Snatch someone from there, bah, that annoying kid is constantly keeping guard though. No way I'd get in there" He ended up deciding to wait outside the cavern, hiding in the shadows to see if someone would come out.
  
  
  @Kiroshiven @TerraBooma
  
  
  

 

[KiKi Kitsune]

• May
• Emrik and Fia
• Alik

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  As she hurried into the area where the main feast would take place, May carried a tower of items that tilted precariously as she ran. Others rushed to take some of the burden off her arms. Each received a grateful nod as the mienshao continued. Her eyes widened as she looked around. "The table decorations are finished already?" Her eyes scanned each of the long tables. "That's a great job guys, well done. It looks amazing." She praised them with a large smile. Daniel opened his mouth to say something, but someone elbowed him in the ribs and shook their head. If they mentioned a weird occurrence like what had happened, May would just get more stressed.
  
  
  The woman froze as a shadow fell over her. She looked up in time to catch the tail end of Specks' decent. "Specks! Where in the sweet name of Arceus have-" The fearow broke her off before she could go off at him any more. Her expression became serious. She knew that - despite being lazy - Specks took pride in his job. At the news of a Kiba sighting, her crimson eyes widened.
  
  
  In moments, she was pacing back and forth while chewing on the nail of her thumb. It was her sign of major stress before she broke down. She cursed under her breath but was able to catch herself when she heard Isaac approaching. May gave the young child a smile. She debated between telling the youngster the truth or allowing him to remain blissfully ignorant. Due to his job, May knew she couldn't afford to keep information from Isaac, even if she felt bad about possibly worrying the child. She really was just a mother at heart.
  
  
  "It seems there has been a Kiba member spotted who was running back to their territory. Specks, I need a full account of what happened. The alphas must be informed too. Make sure the humans don't hear of this; we don't need them panicking and spreading a bad word about us. Isaac, it's extra important that none of the humans leave the village now." She said to the duo she stood by. When she looked around, she had to take a deep breath. "Why aren't the bead trails finished!" She yelled to the dozen or so gijinka who were milling around. "And the covers were meant to be up an hour ago!" Her body quivered with a mixture of irritation and stress.
  
  
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  Emrik furrowed his brows at the news. Alik had told him several reasons for which might be the cause of Azoth's silence, but he mentioned nothing about them bringing humans. A low growl emanated from the mightyena. He could feel his rage building up. Simmering under his skin and ready to boil over. They dared bring humans to the island?! Azoth wasn't the only tribe living here. Those foul creatures didn't deserve to even gaze at Henshu. Emrik hated the thought of any humans being this close to him while remaining alive. Humans had done so much evil, yet Azoth... They brought the beasts into their home and offered them their necks. It was ridiculous! He wouldn't stand for it. Emrik began to move, but a soft hand on his shoulder stopped him in his tracks. "Fia?" The whimsicott just shook her head. Emrik sighed, but he calmed down enough to listen to the others.
  
  
  The alpha male was about to speak again when someone broke their door. Wonderful. Fia had to place both of her hands on her mate to stop him from attacking the intruder without seeing who it was first. "Flora, this is not information to be disclosed to the public as of yet. We will send Luvien to you shortly." The aura that the female gave off left no room for argument from anyone, including the general. Once the healer had left, the alphas looked at each other in silence for a few moments. Emrik nodded, understanding what Fia wanted despite her not saying anything. "Akane, go find Alik. He was running odd jobs. You must hurry, tell him of the urgency of this matter. Luvien, can you give me a summery of how our troops are looking? We might need to be the ones to start the fight for once."
  
  
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  Alik had been watching over some of the younger kids while their parents visited the holy grounds. What was sacred to most, was dull for children. However, the parents were back and Alik's job was done so he decided to walk around the village. He couldn't shake the uneasy feeling he had. Ever since they had noticed Azoth's strange quietness, he had been constantly thinking of possible reasons. Each became more ridiculous than the last. The previous day, he considered if all the Azoth members had been brainwashed by some strange creature to be its slaves, and thus did not have enough time to pester Kiba. He decided that he wasn't getting enough sleep after he thought of that one.
  
  
  The young adult found himself by the entrance to the cave system, the sun hitting his face. With such nice weather, why wouldn't the constant worry leave him? A slight breeze blew through the area, bringing with it a foreign scent. The hairs on his neck rose. "Who goes there!" His hand was on the hilt of his sword within a split second. Glowing red eyes scanned the area, his muscled tensed and ready to spring into action at a moment's notice.
  
  
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[Jayus]

• Drystan

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  Passing over the training grounds Drystan noticed some excitement coming from a particular area. Catching the white plait out of the corner of his eye he figured it out to be the swampert he had officially met earlier; Mala. She was with another gijinka, who he recognized from occasionally coming early to sparring practice with Suvinay, and believed his name was Tidus if he wasn't mistaken. Realizing Mala might have ran into May he decided it wouldn't hurt to ask. Finding May was a good alternative if he couldn't find Specks. Walking over, he excused himself for the intrusion and looked to the two of them hoping one would know and information.
  
  
  "You wouldn't by any chance have seen May have you or Specks if you know him?"
  
  
  
  
  
  As if on cue, Specks flew overhead, at a pace a bit too fast for the usually relaxed guy. Once more excusing himself, he mumbled a quick sorry for the interruption and was about to head off when he noticed two human children. They were a bit too close to the arena and the risk of them getting hurt was a far too probable for his liking.
  
  
  Trying not to look as intimidating as he usually did, he strode over to them and drew a line in the dirt with his foot a few metres behind the two boys.
  
  
  
  
  
  "You two shouldn't sit passed this line. While Gijinka spars are entertaining to watch they need a lot of space to move. And you two!" he yelled over to Mala and Tidus.
  
  
  
  
  
  "Take the action down a notch, okay? We don't want to scar the humans." With that being said he said a curt goodbye to the children and followed the direction he saw Specks head to. After a while he finally recognized the part of the vilage that May and Anaika had selected for the banquet. Taking a calculated risk he headed off to where May would be. Not only was the Mienshao Gijinka there, but Specks and Isaac as well. He winced. He had tried his best to make it up to his brother and Anaika's student or adopted son, he could never quite tell, but he feared he had already gained an impression with the boy. Rapping his knuckles on a nearby wall he got their attention.
  
  
  
  
  
  "Yo." He greeted and walked the short distance over to them. He did his best to manage a smile for Isaac's sake, but eventually felt he was scaring himself as well and immediately stopped. He looked around the room and was surprised with how much May had managed to accomplish in such a short amount of time.
  
  
  "Why so stressed, May? I thought the furniture would still have to be moved in."
  
  
  On the beach she had made it seem that it was not nearly this completed. The compliment never passed his thoughts however, noticing the serious expressions of his friends. Understanding the banter could wait until later, Drystan's tone became more tense.
  
  
  
  
  
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"O-Ok, sir!" Nate replied, momentarily letting go of tanner to give him a wave of goodbye. Two gijinkas actually talked to him today! This was the best day ever! With a sigh, he glared down at his still napping friend and dragged him behind the dirt line. Quickly sitting next to the still snoring boy, nate hugged his knees to his chest and stared eagerly, ready to see them spar.


"*Yawn* Dude, what happened?" Tanner asked, eyes opening as he stared at nate. He then looked down at his clothes, his shirt having a few dirt stains. "And why is my shirt all dirty?" He then looked to see two of those gijinguys. "Wait, are they gonna fight?" He looked down at the dirt line. "And why are we behind this line?" Scared, he gave nate a look. "What Did You Do To Me?!"

 

[Kiroshiven]

Kiki and Kiroshiven Collab

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Tidus nodded to the humans as they seemed worked up over the excitement of getting to see gijinka doing the thing that their pokemon did best, battling. He cracked his knuckles and readied himself for a fight when Drystan showed up and reminded the humans to stay behind the safetly line. Tidus had nearly forgotten that. "Thanks Drystan. And yeah, we'll try not to do too much damage."


Mala rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. Drystan had scolded her the last time as well when she caused a little too much damage to the surrounding area. She gave the general a nod before turning to her sparring partner. "Alright then, let's get this show on the road."


"Alright Mala, because we have a real audience today, I'm not going to hold back." He smirked as he took a deep breath. The sound of his first move was like that of a cannon shot. Extreme Speed was a move that required a lot of physical strength to pull off but that's why he ran several laps around the village in the morning. In a blink he'd closed the distance between him and her. However, rather than his usual punch to the her chest, he placed his hand onto the ground and threw one leg towards her shoulder and had already started up the motion to follow up with a leg sweep.


Mala knew what was coming, but didn't have ebough time to do much to counter. The best she could do was prepare for the impact. Her legs were swept out from under her, but she was back on them in an instant. Her arm began to glow dimly. "Neither will I." She stated before aiming a Hammer Arm at Tidus.


"As expected." Tidus chuckled as the hammer arm came barreling at him. He took the hit but grabbed hold her shoulders as his teeth began to shimmer bright yellow. Electricity coursed through them as he went in with thunder fang, However, it turned into a grazing blow as the force of the hammer arm knocked him away. He felt a bit sore, but after over 150 matches with Mala, he'd gotten used to taking the hits from her. The first time though, Sona ripped both of them a new one. "Remember the first time you hit me with that Mala? That actually surprised me a little back then how much strength you had."


Mala cursed as she saw the Thunder Fang coming towards her. She didn't have enough time to use Protect like she usually did. Even with it barely hitting her, it caused a fair bit of damage. She shook out her hand and rolled her shoulder in the breif respite during their verbal exchange. "You thought I was a weak little water baby and I had to prove you wrong, just like I always do." She grinned. "You just never see it." Her stance widenened and her heels dug into the earth. In one swift movement, she slammed her hands into the ground in front of her, creating what looked like a wave of liquified earth. She hoped that Muddy Waters would lower his accruarcy somewhat to stop him from trying Extreme Speed again


"Shit." The cannon shot signalling his use of extreme speed went again. He managed to zip over to the two kids and smiled at them. "Enjoying the show?" He chuckled, but could already tell that the move was starting to hurt him badly. He was incredibly sore and his muscles screamed. The move tapped into the unused muscles to push the body to its limits. Every time he used it they tore a bit. He ran towards Mala without using the move this time. He'd need the last two uses later. That or he'd have to REALLY not hold back. His fangs shimmered with electric energy as he ran towards Mala. He may not have used the move, but he was still a fast gijinka.


Still trying to catch her breath from her move, Mala barely registered Tidus coming from her side. She raised her arms to protect her more vital areas. She clenched her teeth to stop from letting out any noise of pain. She really hated electricity. She used his tactic from before and grabbed onto his shoulders. While keeping him in place, she headbutted him. Not a move, just a good ol' noggin to noggin bash.


A headbutt. That was a good ol' fashioned tactic, it hurt too. However, holding him in place left her open. He turned his thoughts to his left arm. What the Kiba tribe had done to him and how he wanted vengeance. His rage boiled over and he let loose. Outrage wasn't exactly a move he was proud to know or use, but it was powerful and right now he needed powerful. He threw his weight and strength around. Punches and kicks flew in an endless assault. As his temper finally calmed down, Tidus looked around and the world was spinning. The downside to this move was its after effect. It left him vulnerable for a bit, but he should have done quite a bit of damage.


Mala's eyes widened. She had seen Tidus use Outrage a handful of times. Each ended pretty badly for whoever was on the receiving end. The first hit landed, but she forced herself to ignore the pain and use Protect. Her shield dropped more after every hit. All she could do was defend herself from the worst of the Outrage. Even so, she took a large amount of damage from it. She was forced backwards, but Tidus had finally calmed. Mala could feel the bruises already starting to form. Sona would not be pleased. The swampert dug her feet into the ground once again. This time, it was as an anchor. With a lot of effort on her part, she raised her arms together and aimed them at Tidus. After a few moments of concentration, she fired Hydro Pump.


Tidus was still collecting his thoughts when he heard a sound of roaring water. Oh fuck. Hydro pump. He knew what was coming but with his bearings all messed up, there was no way to avoid it. He felt the powerful blast of water and flew back several feet. He felt himself rolling across the ground but the good news was that the water had washed away his confusion. AS he stood up, he felt pain....a lot of pain. Water and earth moves sucked and no matter how much training he did, or how many times he sparred with Mala, it wouldn't hurt any less. He sighed as he refused ot accept defeat. He closed his eyes. "Sorry Mala, but like I said at the start. I'm not going to hold back." Tidus felt the warmth of the sun. It was amazing. He guessed that everyone was seeing him glow at this point. This was the first time he'd used this move since joining Azoth. He'd known it since birth, but hadn't ever felt the need to use it in the tribe. His aching muscles and bruised limbs started to heal and when he finished he was nearly as good as when they started. However, he knew he was going to have to eat a lot to restore the energy used. "Ready for round two babe?" He said with a smirk as he took up his stance.


Her breathing had become ragged from the move after move that she had pulled off. At least this one had hit. Hydro Pump was probably her most effective move against Tidus, but the bastard almost always dodged it. Not this time. This time, it should be enough so a few more hits would have him out cold. Mala prepared to rush the arcanine and punch him square in the face... Okay, maybe not the face. A punch to the gut would suffice. She was interrupted by Tidus speaking. She stepped back in surprise, her eyes wider than a stunfisk. Why was he glowing!? Mala had never seen it before from him. Her arm glowed when she used Hammer Arm. Similar moves did the same thing. But Tidus' entire body was glowing. It wasn't the usual white of powering up an attack. It was a warm ember, as if he was being caressed by a gentle flame. She couldn't let her guard down, no matter what it was he was doing.


His next words made her decision fly out the window. Her brain was scrambled completely. What the... why did he... Did he just flirt with me? I thought he had a thing for Mallory......WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY BABE?! She stood, mouth opening and closing but no noise coming out. Her red face helped her look even more like a magikarp who had been thrown out the water.


Tidus tilted his head in confusion. Suddenly, Mala had dropped her guard. She was just standing there with her mouth open and a red face. He shook himself as he focused. This was still a match and he was going to win it. The sound that signaled extreme speed brought him in close in a flash. His whole left arm became engulfed in fire. "I win Mala." He threw all of his strength into the flare blitz straight to the stomach. It would end this match.


Mala was too distracted to even begin to defend herself. She flew backwards as the attack connected with her stomach. She tumbled over a few times, kicking up a cloud of dust in the process. Her body finally came to a stop. She quivered from the pain and instinfctavely curled into a ball.


"Mala?!" Tidus realized that he'd gone overboard and rushed over to her. He had gotten to caught up in the fight. He ran over and cradled her in his arms. "Show's over guys." He said to the boys with a playful smile as well as the girl. He didn't want them to know that he'd hurt her so bad in just a sparring match. He walked with her in his arms until he got out of sight. He rushed over to Sona's hut. He cringed as his left arm screamed at the agony of the burn damage.


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"That." Tanner began, blinking as the two had exited the arena. "Was. AWESOME!" Jumping up, he punched the air with vigor and spun around to nate. "That was WAY better than our pokemon battle!"


"Yeah!" Nate replied, sharing tanner's enthusiasm. "I couldn't even see half of that fight thanks to how fast that guy was going. And that finishing move was epic!"


"Don't forget the hammer arm that lady used!" Tanner exclaimed. "I wonder if piplup can do the same thing."


Nate shrugged. "I don't know, but I do know that what we just saw was the coolest thing ever!" Nate then frowned. "I just hope they're ok. All those moves looked like it hurt."


"Pfft." Tanner dismissed. "It was a show, nate. They're gijingagagas, remember?" Tanner didn't notice nate's eye twitch. "They probably do this all the time!"


Nate nodded. "Yeah, you're probably right..." He looked around. "So...what do we do now?"


Tanner opened his mouth, about to suggest something, but was surprised when nothing came out. After awhile of silence, they flopped back down and looked up in the sky, their tiny minds trying to find something to do once more.

 

[Jayus]

• Anaika and Suvinay
• Adeliht
• Mallory

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  A spar?
  
  
  There was a lot of thing's that grabbed Anaika's attention. One of those being a spar. Having never been able allowed to engage in anything remotely dangerous as a teenager, Anaika enjoyed activities that could get her adrenalin pumping and if she couldn't do that then watching a good old practice fight was just as fascinating.
  
  
  Suvinay knew that, Drystan knew that and even Icarus knew that. The bother of having a guard was forgotten as Anaika beamed from ear to ear, her fanged smile hiding none of her thoughts.
  
  
  "Suvinay, we must go watch! I haven't seen a good spar in ages let alone been in one!"
  
  
  
  
  
  Though Suvinay did agree with her statement he ultimately had to shake his head.
  
  
  "Usually I would say yes, Annie, but we have a lot of work to finish. There's some paperwork I need to read through and proposals you need to work on."
  
  
  Her smile dropped in stages. She had completely forgotten the written duties of an Alpha as soon as the humans arrived and the reminder of it all was nowhere near as welcomed. Anaika let out a low growl and Suvinay offered her his sympathies. Sensing her extreme lack of enthusiansm, Suvinay made a small joke or two until she cracked a smile. Happy that she was happy and after she assured him she was more than capable of starting the work, the two returned to the large table off to the side of the room. Sitting on opposite ends they began working. Suvinay read through the projects that had already been started and what the gijinkas had to report on them. Anaika herself, with a rather serious look on her face, read the new proposals and jotted down a few points she would have to make with the meetings that were to follow.
  
  
  Anaika let out a prolonged sigh and looked to Icarus.
  
  
  "Icarus, sweetheart, if this is draining for me I can only imagine how bored you are. Why don't you go guard outside the hut or something? We won't take longer than an hour..." She looked to Suvinay to see if her assumptions were correct. Glad to see she was right she tilted her head up and down sharply, sending a few of the looser curls falling down the side of her face.
  
  
  "An hour. Then Suvinay and I can go for a walk and you can do whatever you like."
  
  
  
  
  
  Suvinay let out a snort. Anaika could be subtle about most things, but getting rid of guards like Icarus? Not her strongest point.
  
  
  
  
  
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  The long cold shiver that run up and down his spine was enough for him to come to terms with what just happened. She found him.
  
  
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  He didn't want to turn around. If he kept walking like he heard nothing eventually she'll get tired and leave. Her insistent screaming got louder and louder over a short gap of time. He closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose and grinding his teeth down into sand to keep himself from losing his composure. He did not want to attract any more attention from any of the locals. Slowly accepting his fate he opened his eyes, one and then the other. Just seeing her face provoked the worst out of him.
  
  
  The first time he met her he tried to simply ignore her. 'Keep quiet, she'll leave eventually' he told himself. After far too many weeks for his liking of her constant questions he decided to answer a few. Maybe she was just curious and would get bored. It didn't help, in fact it was the opposite. She tailed him, every day since. He started a new approach by answering her questions with something rude or off-putting. When that didn't work he finally had to go to his last plan; running away like a coward. When that didn't work he gave up and grew silent slowly accepting this as Arceus punishing him, but the anger mounting behind his silence was growing too large for him to contain anymore. And today? Today he was done with trying to be even somewhat elusive.
  
  
  "Why do I run, Nadia? Why do gijinka run? They run from a lot of things. From their problems, from their stress. And I am a firm believer in getting away from my problems."
  
  
  Oh how he wished to have the fear she struck in people, it was almost not fair. A usual glare from him would send them away for a while, but eventually they would return hoping he changed. Some bad place to leave hope in.
  
  
  And as if right on cue came the small talk. This mindless drivel every time. He didn't particularly care how she found the day, he didn't particularly care what she thought at all. The irritation that had been mounting this entirety of the time he had been stuck with her had just about reached his limit. Unable to keep the words to himself anymore he turned to face her, face as composed as ever.
  
  
  
  
  
  "Nadia, you clearly aren't getting the hint so allow me to spell it out for you. When I say 'I like to be alone' you are NOT the exception to the rule and I am NOT making it a challenge for you to complete. So for once in these passed few painful months you have been pathetically tailing me let me be alone. Give me one day where I don't have to answer your idiotic questions, which you should really be asking Flora about because I probably have a worse grasp on emotions than you do. Speaking of feelings let's talk about the little I have for once. I feel that you need to grow a backbone and let me be. So in short; go away, fair well, goodbye, have a nice life and go play with a jolteon in a lake."
  
  
  
  
  
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  Mallory stood alongside Sona quietly as she answered what they did on a daily basis. From how he was standing she could tell the boy must've been slightly nervous so she offered the best smile she could. Once Sona had finished explaining she piped in.
  
  
  "We have chamomile, green, orange blossom and a particular one we have created ourselves for guests. What would you like?" Her voice level and silvery. Hearing the boy's request she bowed and left the room to a much smaller area that they considered the Waiting room. Heating up the stove she placed the kettle on it and poured the required herbs into the container. While the water had to boil she stepped out of the room at the precise time the familiar Arcanine came rolling in. He was carrying Mala and she seemed to be in a worse condition than her usual scrapes and bruises. Guiding the human she gently maneuvered him through the crowd to the room she just left from. Quickly Mallory went into nurse mode.
  
  
  "Sorry for the trouble, Traveller, but I have to see to our patients at the moment. The tea is boiling on the stove. Once it chimes feel free to help yourself to as much as you want. The cups and sugars are already on the counter. Make yourself comfortable and I'll be with you shortly." Turning to leave the room, she paused. Facing her back to the exit once more she looked to him with a passive expression.
  
  
  "Forgive me, but what is your name, Traveller?" Upon hearing it she once again apologised for the problem and promised to be back shortly.
  
  
  Sona was already in the other room with Mala and Tidus was now hanging around. He more than likely must've heard an earful from Sona, but Mallory was at this point immune to it so if there had been an argument she wouldn't have known.
  
  
  "Good afternoon, Tidus. Busy as ever I see." She said with the same old greeting. The two from their state must've been sparring again, but the difference was far more noticeable. Be that as it may, Tidus was still covered in his fair share of injuries. She knew it was her job, but seeing them coming in with injuries like this was never pleasant. Especially considering the pain they must be going through.
  
  
  Noticing the state of his bandages she was aware he needed to get it replaced, but Sona was busy. Mallory could bandage it up nicely enough, but she didn't wish to press him. Looking up at the tall Gijinka she let out a small breath of air, about to repeat the same thing she always said even though she knew the answer. The question still being mandatory for her position as a nurse.
  
  
  "Would you like me to take care of your wound, Tidus?"
  
  
  
  
  
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[TerraBooma]

• Specks
• Harry Lindson

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  Specks sighed at the drawing crowd, he should have seen this coming from a mile away, flying into the village like he did. Still, for now it was only Isaac and Drystan...both of which played important roles in the protection of the village. Repeating his story was still going to be a pain however, and Specks figured sooner was better than later. Giving a brief nod to Isaac, he spoke up. "What May said, keep everything locked down for a bit, did't' let the humans out...tell them to talk to the Alpha's if they complain or something." Specks shrugged helplessly, as if he didn't have much better advice to give. "To fill you in sunshine." He said, turning to Drystan. "Long story short..." Specks glanced around and checked to see if anyone was listening in. "Kiba knows."
  
  
  Specks himself still didn't understand the gravity of the situation...or how the humans had gotten here in the first place, but May was freaking out even more than usual, which was probably a big deal. "C'mon May, giving yourself a heart attack out of stress isn't helping anyone. Let's go talk to the Alphas, get this over with." Hands held over the back of his head, Specks started walking towards the Alpha hut, just as Icarus was leaving it. He smirked. "Icarus, I do believe you'll want to hear this."
  
  
  Pushing through, Specks entered the Alpha's hut.
  
  
  "Hey, bosses. We got a bit of a situation, you might want to hear this..." After waiting for May and Drystan to enter the hut too, he began to recount his tale, with on exception. He left out the "Mole feeding me false information" bit, that was something he'd pursue of his own initiative...as much as a pain it would be to do so.
  
  
  "That said...how in Arceus' name did Humans get on the island anyway?"
  
  
  
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  Harry wasn't quite sure how to react when Tidus brought Mala into the healers hut, everyone seemed fairly calm, but the injuries on both parties seemed pretty severe to the uninformed trainer, if Gunther or Shelly had an injury like that...Harry wasn't sure what he'd do without a pokemon center nearby. Still, if Mallory was acting calm...things had to be okay right? Harry stood by the kettle, waiting for it to boil, and was surprised when his name was finally asked.
  
  
  "Oh! I'm uh...I'm Henry, thanks. You don't need to apologize!" There was a pause, until Harry realized he had given her the wrong name, and sighed, defeated. The latter part of his statement was cut off as she moved away, and Harry was left alone again. Unsure of what to do, he stood in an uncomfortable silence until the kettle started boiling, an idea forming in his mind.
  
  
  Whoever left the room with Mala in it first would see Harry nervously twiddling his thumbs, and he'd interrupt them before they could speak. "I uh..hello! I figured everyone could use some tea so I poured it..I uh...wasn't sure how anyone took it, so it's mostly just black, is that fine? I can add some more if you like!"
  
  
  

 

[Kiroshiven]

• Annie
• Sona
• Icarus
• Nadia
• Akane
• Xander

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  Annie sat up on one of the houses as the two sparred. They never could hold back when people were watching. This time it seems they'd gone a bit too far. She watched as Tidus scooped up Mala and whisked her away with a fake smile on his face. He'd get an earful from Sona later and that would usually be entertaining, but what caught Annie's attention were two humans that had just had there own little battle. They looked to be around her age, which was a blessing. She decided that she'd at least introduce herself.
  
  
  She followed them from the rooftops when one of them asked what they were going to do. Annie took that as her cue to go in. She leapt down in front of the two boys and put on a warm smile that hinted at mischief. "Hey boys. Enjoying the island?" Annie stood looking at the boys wondering if they were going to be excited or just indifferent. After all, they'd already seen quite a few gijinka. "Do y'all feel like trying to get outside?" She smirked as she said the words that might trigger an intense amount of interest.
  
  
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  Sona was shocked when the two came in. They'd definitely gone overboard on the sparring. "Tidus, you aren't leaving for a while. I think I need to remind you what holding back means." Sona gave him a terrible glare as she turned to Mala. Heal pulse would at least stop her wounds from worsening but at this point, she'd need some of the other medicines in the back. "Mallory, I need that salve that we used on the spearow a few weeks ago. It should be on the top shelf in the back. Also, keep the human company. I'll tend to these two. I don't want him getting worked up over the damage done here." Her voice was flat and quiet as she steadily worked on using heal pulse to keep Mala from getting worse. In the mean time she rebandaged up Tidus. His arm was a nightmare to deal with whenever he used Flare Blitz.
  
  
  Finishing up the treatment of Mala, Sona finally took a closer look at Tidus' arm. "You went overboard again." She grumbled as she unwrapped the slap job she did to prevent infection and other problems. "What were you thinking? Just because Mala is a hardy water type, doesn't mean you can use Flare Blitz against her. You train yourself to be at your pique performance every day. You should've known that you'd hurt her with that." Sona glared at him before pointing to a chair in the room. "Finish up your bandages and watch over her til she's well again. If I come back here and you're NOT in that chair...." Sona's words held a great deal of power and she left Tidus to his doings.
  
  
  As she walked back to the waiting area, she gave Mallory a motion with her head to look after the two patients. Sona was tired after using heal pulse so many times and heal bell to treat any other injuries. The fact that the human was offering her tea in her own home made her laugh. "I'm glad to have such a friendly guest." She said before taking a cup and sitting down. It was a rather exhausting day so far and the sweat was starting to drip from within her locks. "Ugh, I guess I have no choice then." Sona took off the cloth that kept her hair tied back and let it fall over her shoulders into her lap. She hadn't once cut it as she liked having long hair. It made her still feel young. She pulled a brush out of her drawer and started to straighten out the mess that had become of her locks. "Sorry for the inconvenience." She said as she focused on relaxing.
  
  
  @Jayus @KiKi Kitsune @TerraBooma
  
  
  
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  "My lady, as much as it may bore you. I'm quite content staying guard here." The dragonair smiled at his lord and lady. "However, if you two wish to have some alone time, I'll stand guard outside." Icarus wasn't as dense as Tidus was. There were somethings that he could pick up on. However, if Anaika wanted space she'd merely need say so....just when he wasn't getting this vibe that things were going to go wrong soon. It was this sinking terrible feeling in the pit of his stomach. "Specks needs to report in soon. Maybe he'll be able to calm my nerves." Icarus said as he walked outside and began marching a perimeter around the alpha's hut. Only occasionally did he stop at the front to deal with humans that wished to see the alphas. He'd apologize and turn them away saying that they were busy.
  
  
  Time passed and Icarus continued to feel uneasy. Something was wrong and he needed to know what. He opened the door to the alpha's hut and called out to them. "I'm finding Specks. He should be back by now and have a report for you both. I'm unsettled by his tardiness." With that, Icarus began the hunt for the fearow. If he found out he hadn't reported IMMEDIATELY to the alphas, there would be a long lecture about protocol for the scout.
  
  
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  Nadia felt off. She listened to Adeliht quietly as he continued to berate her with words. However, as much as he told her to leave, he never once forced her to. So despite all his preaching of wanting to be alone and whatnot, it couldn't be 100% true. So she just nodded. "Uh huh. If you really want to be alone, why not just make me leave then?" She tilted her head out of curiosity. The logical conclusion to make people leave you alone as a gijinka was to attack them. They'd run and then you'd be fine. Of course, is he were to attack her she'd probably retaliate in a way that might end up causing him more harm than being left alone was worth. "Nevermind. I figured out why." She mumbled as she grabbed onto Adeliht's sleeve. It was an unconscious motion but it made her feel calm.
  
  
  "Also, if you want the others to stop bothering you. Aren't I the perfect use then?" Nadia started speaking in theories. "I mean, they won't leave you alone because you're a Sylveon. I don't leave you alone because I like being around you. That's a big difference in the people, so why not let me be the exception? Secondly, everyone is terrified of me and will likely stay far away from you when I'm near." Nadia's train of thought rolled on as she held onto Adeliht's sleeve a little tighter. If he left, she'd have to be afraid. The people might trigger the visions and hurt her. She couldn't risk that. "So, if ultimately I'm the only person you have to deal with, isn't that better than having to deal with the rest of the tribe?" Nadia's words were choked up. It was another weird sense. Like something was being taken from her. It was painful and she still didn't get it. She felt a single drip of water roll down her cheek. "What the?" She took the drop and held it in font of her. "Water? But why? Ade..." She cut herself short. He'd just said he didn't want to answer her questions....She sighed and flicked the drop away.
  
  
  "I guess I have no choice." Nadia started to let go of Adeliht's sleeve. She felt the safety that surrounded her starting to crumble. That feeling started sinking in. Fear. Nadia was afraid to go back to the village. She knew that much. Without Adeliht she was vulnerable. She was exposed and she had nobody to hide behind. It was terrifying and she couldn't even force herself to move.
  
  
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  Akane nodded at her lord's orders. Fina Alik and report the arrival of humans. In the blink of an eye, she was already out tracking down the pooch. She found herself perched on top of the alpha's hut when she caught just the last glimpse of the male heading towards the main entrance tunnel. "Idiot. What is he doing when something important is happening under his nose." Akane rolled her eyes as she leaped along the rooftops and chased after the male. It wasn't long til she saw him standing with his swords at the ready near the entrance. Someone had to be there for Alik to react that way.
  
  
  Akane drew her twin daggers. They were her bread and butter weapons for fighting. Combine them with a small arsenal of shuriken and she was a deadly opponent. Fading into the shadows Akane began to circkle the perimeter. The only attack move she learned from her umbreon genetics was faint attack. She could vanish into the shadows at will....so long as she was trying to hurt someone else. She scoured for a bit when she caught sight of a ghost pokemon hovering around the entrances.....tribeless. Akane sighed as she quietly snuck up and gently bopped the kid on the back of his head. "What's a tribeless ghost doing all the way out here?" She asked with slight irritation as she waved over Alik. "Alik, two things to report. Found a tribeless hiding over here. The other information is far more important, but not for mixed company." Akane glared down at the ghost as she waited for a response.
  
  
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  "Oh boy." Xander sighed. If Kiba was aware of what was going on, they'd likely look for him at some point. He'd have to cut his visit a bit short today. "One more thing before I go though." Xander let his psychic powers loose and started moving the covers and creating the bead trails she mentioned. Doing it such a short time was exhausting, and Xander knew the trek back to Kiba territory would be rough, but he'd at least helped May a little. "Until I can see you again...." He mumbled before slipping down from the tree on the outside of Azoth village. He started walking quietly and stealthily through the woods. After a bit of time, he managed to recognize Kiba territory. He was sort of glad to be back on the safer side of the island. No humans, no remarks about being a traitor, just the accusations of being a spy, but those had never bore fruit as he really wasn't a spy. Well, not for Azoth anyway. He did spy on the Azoth village quite often. He just felt a bit empty without May and he had to find a way to prevent himself from spiraling into depression from separation. He sighed as he walked down one of the side tunnels that led to the village.
  
  
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