Eterna City vs. Tregad: Part ONE

[*Blitz Storm*]

Pikachu tasted a bite of his cheese omelette and exclaimed, "Chu!" in a happy high-pitched tone.

"I guess it tastes good, huh, Pikachu?" She poured the all-natural maple syrup direct from Route 214 onto her French toast and then took a fork and stabbed/ripped off a corner. The fluffy deliciousness simply melted in her mouth. "Mmm!"

When Blitz was only a third of the way done with her meal, she noticed that Tregad and his Pokémon were finished. Her eyes widened in amazement. Geeze! They practically inhaled it! No, they must have inhaled it. A tiny smirk curled on her lips. Men. She didn't want to hold Tregad back from his Gym Battle any longer than necessary. Looking back down at her plate, she finished the rest of her breakfast in another five minutes. "That hit the spot."

"Pikachuuu," her Mouse Pokémon agreed with a smile.

At seeing the damage that Carvanha had done, Blitz wondered if maybe they should leave a little extra money. Well, perhaps after Tregad won his match they could spare some extra change. She still felt kind of bad about it, but for now the restaurant probably wouldn't go out of business.

[Tregad]

Indeed the bill would get paid in full right now, since had the money for it on him. The only dilemna it came down to was over the fact that he would HAVE to win this Gym Battle now. If for no other reason than to replenish his current funds to a financially secure amount. Anyone with a type of pension or other benefits pay understood that. However Tregad recieved no such checks while other Sailors might have due to their different tasks in life. Different choices than those made by this Ocean-haired man during the course of his lifetime.

Paying up for past deeds footed up the same ways some days.

Two men had picked a wrong to do this as they walked down the steet.

"I'll have the bill now! . . . Someone?"

Finally a waitress brought one of those tiny black plastic things with the paper hard-copy of the bill resting inside. Laying out the proper amount, the tip went way over what any young woman expected to make off one customer in their entire patronage let alone one visit. She looked right at those red eyes wth a confused emotion in her eyes as to why she had recieved such a huge reward for behaving like any good waitress would to a new customer.

"Keep all the extra for a tip. You'll probably need it."

Giving a random wink to the girl, he smiled before turning back to face Blitz. Of course to him the wink felt like a funny reference what would happen once someone noticed the dire state of the fishtank. However that didn't get in th way of the young, cute waitress from getting a slight case of the hentai blushies. Not out of attraction for him possibly. . . since it reflected what she might think what he might have thought. Generally an arrangement like that fell outside of the law. But likely this girl was not the type for such a scandalous second job.

A few moments passed before he realized something:

Carvahna was still in the tank!

"Aw shrimp. Hold on a minute Blitz. Keep enjoying yer breakfast. Frenchie."

Making his way over to the crime scene, carnage had been lain the seafood inside to wastes. No longer would these cretures of the deep suffer the indignity of being chosen for the kill. Instead they were spared to a quicker fate which involved the same amount of pain really. Just compressed into the short devouring time put into effect. This left the Ex-Sailor with quite a bill to foot despite the fact it still resided within his price range. Quickly the Savage Pokemon found itself back inside the Pokeball once more to prevent too much more destruction of the delicacies.

Now the Mystery Men mentioned earlier would have their identities revealed as members of Team Galactic. Right now their goal involved collecting money for protection from this restuarant. Just like all the other buisnesses in Eterna City. Team Rocket did not really have a hold in the Sinnoh region. . . so even activities which fell under their racket did not remain as such. Entering through the front, those who grew up in Eterna or had lived here long enough understood what was going on right now. Still the two grunts should have known better than to walk in today.

"We're here for the money. Everyone just settle down."

A day when Ex-Sailor's walked the streets.

Well, just one really.

Noticing the two men enter while turning around to start heading back to Blitz, he noticed the two before anyone else. But that might get debated by any Pokemon whose senses overeacted at their cruel aura. One that showed a type of demeanor that a guy named Archon knew well enough. Tregad however, just saw it as two thugs holding up a joint looking for some quick cash. Sure he knew the team they belonged to along with what their mission in that team amounted up to in the end. . . but that was just a bunch of carp.

"I think you'd be better off if you left before getting FUBAR'D chum eaters. That is of course: Filleted up beyond all recognition."

These guys were just land pirates.

Tregad didn't like pirates very much.

Especially not ones holding up a restaurant that he had just paid a lot of his money out to in the last five minutes. He wanted to protect that investment with all the effort possible of mustering. A drive to protect innocent patrons sort of fit in somewhere too. To protect Blitz from any type of pirates definately sat high up on the list though. Some punks dumb enough to threaten her in any way were definately in trouble since she was his first mate.

"Who the heck do you think you are stranger?"

"Who the halibut am I? I'm THE COD DAMNED LEGENDARY TREGAD!!!!"

They made another mistake:

Both laughed.

"Yer gonna laugh at my manliness? Well then lets step outside for a Pokemon battle. Winner can stay, the loser has to leave port."

"Then you'll battle us both at once! We'll see how legendary you are weirdo."

Looking over at Captain & Commander, a confident yet aggitated nod was given to the Pokemon. Rushing toward their opponents with a graceful inhuman pace led to a double-tackle since both happened at once. Each of the two Team Galactic members found themselves getting knocked right back out the front doors into the street. Unbeknownst to him this would help the situation end much differently than a restaurant in Oreburgh.

Heading out the door quickly, he found the two men getting up while Captain & Commander came back to his side. Too bad he didn't have a Fire Stone on him. Oh well. . . it was probably too early for an evolution anyway. But it didn't help when one sent out a Metagross & the other a Toxicroak!

"Now I won't go EASY on ya . . .Commander use Flame Wheel on the Metagross & Captain use Spark on the Toxicroak!"

His Pokemon obeyed the battle commands.

[*Blitz Storm*]

It seemed that Tregad had thought the same thing she did about compensating the restaurant. And apparently he already had the cash to back it up. Lucky him. Though most likely that was nearly the end of it. At least if his funds were mostly the result of his battle with Roark.

Since she was in on it, Blitz knew what Tregad meant when he winked at the waitress. But it irked her that the girl obviously was thinking something else was implied. Her friend's words made her smile at him, though perhaps she did so a bit more lovingly than she would have if the waitress wasn't still around. After Tregad went to retrieve his Carvanha, the Lightning Lass shot her a "back off" glance which sent the girl back into the kitchen rather quickly.

Once the waitress was gone, Blitz sank back into the booth and took another sip of her Milk Drink. As if Trey would ever act like that, she thought as she rolled her eyes. She doesn't even know him. Pikachu tilted its head to the side and regarded Blitz with a curious expression. After a moment, the Trainer noticed this and sat up straight again as if nothing had happened.

That's when Team Galactic entered the scene.

Blitz had never been involved in a robbery before and to be perfectly honest, she was terrified. Tregad, however, was totally undaunted by the grunts. No doubt because of his unparalleled manryness and history as a brave sailor. His declaration of who he was gave her strength and she remembered how talented a Trainer he was. If anyone in this restaurant could handle this situation, it was Tregad Okeanos.

But the intruders only laughed at him. Her eyebrow twitched in annoyance. Why those little... She had to hold herself back from saying or doing something in response. By the way her ex-sailor had handled the situation, he had made this his fight. On the rare chance that he needed her, she would respond. Until then she would let him protect her like she was sure was part of his goal.

She joined her friend as they went outside to begin the battle. "Go get 'em, tiger shark," she told him with a wink.

"Pika pi Pikachu!" ("You can do it!") the Mouse Pokémon chimed in.

With those words of encouragement, the Lightning Lass gave Tregad some room and stood over by the entrance to the restaurant.

[~*Meg Rose*~]

Team Galactic Grunt (M) and Team Galactic Grunt (M) would like to battle!

"You're gonna regret picking a fight with us!" the first grunt warned. "Go Metagross!" He tossed a Poké Ball onto the ground, releasing a giant Steel- and Psychic-type who said its name in a deep, almost computer-like voice.

-Lv. 48! SA: Clear Body-

"Yeah. You're no match for our specially trained Pokémon. Show him what we mean, Toxicroak!" The second Trainer also tossed a Poké Ball which released a (fugly) Poison- and Fighting-type. It stared blankly at its opponent and croaked with a hoarse voice.

-Lv. 44! SA: Dry Skin-

"Use Rain Dance!" the second grunt ordered as the opposing team attacked.

The Poison Mouth Pokémon raised its arms and called to the skies. A gray cloud formed immediately and began to rain down on them. Toxicroak was struck by the Spark attack, but not paralyzed. It then regained 1/8 of its HP via the rain's effect on its SA.

With the power of Fire-type moves reduced by 50%, the first grunt didn't have to be as worried about the incoming Flame Wheel. "Metagross, intercept with Hammer Arm!" he shouted.

"Gross!" Its metal legs glowed white as it punched to deal damage when the Fire-type landed its move.

[Tregad]

"Specially trained to look UGLY? Yeah yer right!"

Tregad relied with what almost seemed no hesitation, a mix of arrogance & wit coming from the mouth of an Ex-Sailor. Commander taking a hit made him wonder if the faster Shinx would make a better opponent for the Metagross. However he decided to hold off on that just yet, seeing a possible advantage. Both enemy moves used in reply to his Pokemon were decently thought out to the point that he decided to change tact a bit. Poker face counted for something in battles though since the enemy would likely never see it coming too quickly.

"Captain use Ice Fang on the wet Toxicroak! Commander give that Metagross a blazing Fire Fang!"

First to move was Captain since he had not actually gotten hit by an attack. Right now he rushed with a decent speed which matched his stats well before all of his fangs started to glow a bright blue. Perhaps it would hold a greater chance at freezing his foe now that they were all wet. Meanwhile Commander leaped up into the air at a faster speed than the now-slower Metagross might possibly move to land on the metal body. During the dash his mouth went ablaze with ferocious flames before finally biting down on his opponent once HOPEFULLY landing on their back.

[~*Meg Rose*~]

Battle Results:

Tregad wins by default for lack of posting.

Commander defeated Metagross!
Commander gained 3 levels!
Commander grew to level 32!
Commander can learn Take Down!


Captain defeated Toxicroak!
Captain gained 3 levels!
Captain grew to level 17!

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. . . . What? . . . . Captain is evolving!

[~*Meg Rose*~]

~Fin.~