<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Mere seconds into Xena's new form and her embrace of her trainer, Xena heard the trainer that they'd met when they battled to free Darkrai call out to Davey about finding more pokémon.  In her mind, maybe they didn't need anyone else and she clung to Davey in an attempt to keep his attention for herself.<br/>
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Sensing that maybe he didn't quite understand what was going on with Xena, Davey took a guess that it had something to do with her and him, so he explained, "Xena, we're going to be traveling to many different places and we're going to need the help of other team mates, like Kraken, with different abilities.  I'm going to need Gym Badges to help activate our team's powers and the first Gym is the Fire Gym.  Bug type pokémon have a weakness to fire and I don't want you to be burned if I can avoid it.  That's why I need to catch more pokémon for our team."<br/>
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Xena nodded her head and began to hover near Davey as he appoached the other trainer and their potential new team mates.  The other Trainer and his Machop began to battle a purple pokémon, which identified itself with "Nidoran".  That left a slightly different but similar light blue pokémon, which also identified itself by saying "Nidoran," but in a higher pitched voice.<br/>
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Xena responded with "Beedrill.  Beedrill (I am Xena.  We will test you and see if you are worthy)."<br/>
The Nidoran♀ replied, "Nidoran (Do you think you're strong enough to test me?)."<br/>
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<div class="bbCodeBlock-content">Davey already had Xena on the battlefield and, with her evolutions and greater level, he was confident that they could win.  Both pokémon were Poison Type, which meant it was very unlikely that either on of them would be poisoned.  Davey remembered that Xena, having evolved should have a new attack move.  He called to her, "Xena!  Use Fury Attack!"<br/>
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Xena flew forward and, with great speed, jabbed multiple times at the Nidoran♀, successfully striking it four times with her arm stingers.  <br/>
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The Nidoran♀ winced, but smiled as if it knew something.  "Nidoran♀ (Still feeling okay?)" it asked, waving it's butt in a Tail Whip move at the Beedrill in an attempt to make it overconfident and lower it's guard.<br/>
Xena replied, "Beedrill (Yes, I feel okay).  Then Davey commanded her to use Fury Attack again and she said to her opponent, "Beedrill (Here I come again!)!"<br/>
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Once more, Xena was a blur of motion and she again struck the Nidoran♀ four times with her arm stingers and once with the stinger of her abdomen!<br/>
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The Nidoran♀ looked at Xena and cried, "Nidoran♀! (Why aren't you poisoned?!)"<br/>
Xena answered, "Beedrill (You've never fought another Poison Type pokémon, have you?)"<br/>
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"Nidoran♀! (No!)" the Nidoran♀ screamed in defiance as it successfully struck at Xena with a Scratch Move attack.<br/>
"Beedrill.  Beedrill (I think maybe you <u><i>are</i></u> worthy.  Trainer - Davey will decide)."<br/>
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"Xena!" Davey called out, "Use Fury Attack, again!"  Again Xena swiftly struck at her foe.  Again she landed four solid hits with her arm stingers.  Maybe there wasn't much variety to her attacks, this time, but they were clearly working and Xena believed that Davey knew what he was doing.</div>
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</div></span></span><br/><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Xena was impressed when the Nidoran♀ again struck her with the Scratch Move attack, because to her mind the other poison type looked as if it were about to faint.  Davey was impressed, too and understood that it was time to capture the the Nidoran♀.  Davey tossed the pokéball and it flew truly to hit on the faltering Nidoran♀.<br/>
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"Nidoran♀! (What's this!?!?)" asked the Nidoran♀ in surprise as she began to become converted into a quantum state.<br/>
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"Beedrill (Don't worry, new friend, it gets better.)." said Xena, and then, "Beedrill (Welcome to the team!)".<br/>
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Davey picked up the pokéball containing his new Nidoran♀.  What would be a good name for her.  His mind recalled that if he could find a Moon Stone, then after she evolved into Nidorina that she could then evolve into a NidoQueen.  At night, a full moon could look like a giant pearl....  Davey then spoke his new pokémon in the pokeball, telling her, "I'm going to call you, 'Pearl', because you're going to shine more than any other Nidoran♀."<br/>
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Then Davey smiled at Xena and said to her, "Xena, you're an awesome fighter!  You're going to get even stronger!"<br/>
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Xena flew two circles around Davey and then happily perched on the backpack upon his back.  It was a little heavy, but the balance wasn't bad and he reached over his shoulder to gently pat her upon the head.<br/>
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Davey turned to see that Toorop had captured the other Nidoran and smiled at his traveling companion.  He'd have liked to have seen that battle, but he had been busy.  He held his hand up to the other young man and said, "High five!"  </span></span>