Growlithe snorted and smacked his lips as he woke up, rolling onto his side with a trail of drool matting the fur next to his mouth, appraising the situation as both Charmander and Aron also awoke. Growlithe blinked, slightly confused and smirking, still feeling a pleasant dream chasing him.<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #006666">Well, thanks anyway. You're more help than that one.</span>" The officer pointed with her thumb over her shoulder where the ranger was weeping over his toppled ATV.<br/><br/>Her eyebrow twinged as she looked at the ranger, prompted by Jake's inquiry. "<span style="color: #006666">Only if you've got a better Pokemon Ranger stuffed in your pants.</span>" She walked to the toppled vehicle and grabbed the ranger by the collar and dragged him toward the food truck. "<span style="color: #006666">Come on, you!</span>"<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">Whoah!</span>" Eleyna exclaimed with wide eyes at the flurry of evolutions and new Pokemon now on the scene. She jammed her heel a little deeper into Tentacruel's forehead and pulled out her Pokedex, getting their readings. "<span style="color: #0000ff">Not bad!</span>" She aimed the camera from one to the next. Poliwhirl, Dragonair, Hitmontop, Skiploom... the Braviary was particularly impressive!<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">Wow.</span>" Eleyna remarked. Growlithe looked up at the display, reading along side her. "<span style="color: #0000ff">That Rufflet evolved really early. Huh.</span>" She stroked her chin, pondering at what may have caused it. "<span style="color: #0000ff">You're all super lucky!</span>" She concluded with a nod, clapping the Pokedex closed. She had one Pokemon that couldn't evolve, one that had already evolved, and one that needed a fire stone to evolve!<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">I'm going to have this bunch for a good long while.</span>" She looked at her disparate band. "<span style="color: #0000ff">Well, that means only one thing for me, then... Training!</span>" She shouted with a visage of fury and determination. "<span style="color: #0000ff">You bunch of sorry slackers are the best I've got, so you're going to be the best, got it!?</span>"<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #006600">Scyther!</span>" The flying Pokemon cried, striking a heroic pose, his blade arms shining gloriously in the sun!<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">That's the spirit!</span>" Eleyna declared , grinning and giving him a thumbs up.<br/><br/>Growlithe yawned. "<span style="color: #0000ff">What the hell is you two's problem?</span>" Tentacruel shrugged with two tentacles. Eleyna sighed and tapped her foot while she rubbed her forehead. "<span style="color: #0000ff">Aaagh...</span>"<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">You, squid perv!</span>" She pointed and Tentacruel looked around, then pointed to itself with a tentacle.<i>Me</i>?<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">Yeah you! You want motivation? Fine! If you can train harder than Scyther I'll give you the panties I'm wearing!</span>" Tentacruel's eyes went wide and a spurt of blood spouted from his nose.<br/><br/>With tremendous power Tentacruel flexed his gelatinous tentacles, rising to his full height and with great bravado declared, "<span style="color: #5900b3">Tentacruel!</span>". He launched into an attack against an unseen foe, striking and swiping mightily!<br/><br/>Eleyna smirked, taking on a pensive look as she pointed skyward and set her chin between her thumb and forefinger. "<span style="color: #0000ff">The secret to training is motivation...!</span>" She agreed with herself.<br/><br/>Growlithe looked at her with a sidelong blink.<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">He's an idiot.</span>" She retorted. "<span style="color: #0000ff">What's your excuse?</span>"<br/><br/>Growlithe shrugged and snorted, spitting a tiny fireball before starting back on down the road.<br/><br/>The commotion died down, the various people stopping to watch the event with the Snorlax departing. The trainers departed on their way, waving goodbye to the truck driver, officer, and hunched over pokemon ranger. Eleyna's Tentacruel and Scyther trained hard beneath the mid day sun, their competition eventually exhausting them both with no clear winner of the prize.<br/><br/>Eleyna enthused with her fellow trainers, excited by the new pokemon. The victory over the dastardly Snorlax kept them in high spirits. Indeed, with a cool wind from the mountains to the east carrying the scent of late spring, and the warmth of the sun above, theirs was a journey of good fortune!<br/><br/>But ahead was a new horizon and an unknown future, their destination Senjo. The first sign of their destination came from an unexpected place. Beneath their feet they felt tremors and vibrations coming from somewhere ahead, and soon they heard the sounds of battle. Rushing to discover it's source, the trainers crested the last hill and looked down upon Senjo,<i>the battlefield</i>.<br/><br/><a class="externalLink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSEph3TPvCs&amp;index=16&amp;list=PL2E1A2C12F3A3B7D3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Appropriate Theme</a><br/><br/>Spread out before them were a series of arenas, rock, grass, water, sky, and more - each roughly constructed to serve their purpose. Gathered around each were dozens of trainers, watching, debating and preparing for their turn. And it was no group of amateur entusiasts as it had been in Saisho. Eleyna stared in wide eye'd disbelief at the array of Pokemon she witnessed. Blastoise, Fearow, Geninja, Alakazam, and more stood by on the sidelines with their trainers!  A great shout of 'ooh' went out as a Pidgeot sent a Staraptor to the ground in the flying arena and was declared the winner. In the rock arena, a Steelix clashed with a Rhydon. From the water arena, a Gyrados roared as it battled nothing a Golbat, the small flying Pokemon putting on a show of finesse against it's larger adversary.<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">Holy... Pokemon.</span>" Eleyna muttered.<br/><br/>Beyond the  arenas was a hill, and set into it were a series of stone plateaus where trainers sat and traded. There Naomi spotted something familiar to her: the white coat of a Devon Corporation uniform messing with some kind of small machines, several trainers gathered around them. At the crest of the hill sat six trainers, reclining on seats that had clearly been brought from elsewhere. Each trainer was distinct from one another, sitting with confidence, and upon each of their seats were carved an emblem.<br/><br/>"<span style="color: #0000ff">Come on!</span>" Eleyna exclaimed gleefully, rushing down the hill into Senjo. She darted between the trainers, fawning and staring at their Pokemon, a great gallery of excellence. "<span style="color: #0000ff">Wow, it's - no way is that - hey it's a - Awesome!</span>"<br/><br/>Up on the hill the Devon Corp man set a series of Pokeballs onto an array in a machine. The contraption was peculiar, a spindly thing of supports raising a series of Pokeball sockets off the ground while suspended beneath were the inner workings of something that only Naomi would recognize. A pair of solar panels caught the sun's light, powering the machine. As the Devon engineer set the last of the Pokeballs in the machine, he struck a key on a narrow pad on the machine's face. It emitted a familiar series of chimes.<br/><br/>Down at the arenas, the rock battle had concluded and the trainers nearby called out for who was next.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><b><span style="text-decoration: underline">Training Results:</span><br/>
Tentacruel +3 XP<br/>
Scyther +3 XP</b><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>