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Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 4, 2015 11:42:12 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi had to admit, Vulcan was certainly a surprise wild card. Not only was his bond with Josh strong enough to even get mega evolution in the first place, but her skills continued to match tequills to the point Yumi was unsure if she could even get a hit in. Still, she needed to do something to test Josh' bond. She knew from experience a shock to the system of either the trainer or the pokemon could be enough to break the link, so at this point, all she had to do was test Josh' resolve...
"Tequill! Bombardment!"
This was Yumi's last try at this. The blaziken's were so well matched Yumi was sure that neither could certainly top the other with any amount of ease, so if this didn't work, nothing would. Bulking up her legs, the blaziken used the amazing jumping skills her species was known for, leaping into the air as her double tem skill produced a mass amount of clones surrounding the other blaziken in the sky, before baring down like flaming missiled with launched blaze kicks.
In actuality, tequill would miss the attack on purpose, but Yumi hoped it would be enough to make Josh feel a tightening of that link before he kept it together.
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 6, 2015 20:05:58 GMT -5
Stalemate after stalemate. They seemed to be equally matched in this fight. But Josh refused to give up. Vulcan refused to give up. They had to keep the Mega Evolution going, and they needed to show just what they could do. If they allowed themselves to have faith in themselves and their bond... They could be unstoppable. Of course, Josh couldn't help but tense as Yumi would call for something called.... Bombardment?
They watched as her Blaziken would bulk up and leap into the air. Vulcan would bulk up as well to match it, and watch as the other Blaziken would head into the air, waiting for whatever sort of attack Yumi's Blaziken might go for. He started to see the idea now when it would use Double Team. The question was... How was he going to handle this?
Josh took a deep breath. His focus almost wavered for a moment.. But he relaxed. Knowledge helped him here. They were copies... Just copies. As the Trainer relaxed, the Pokemon relaxed. "Brace yourself!" Josh would call as Vulcan would prepare itself to attack the moment they came close enough.
That moment never came, as all of the attacks would miss. Yumi had been testing him. He smirked a bit, breathing in relief. Nice try, Yumi, but...
"Stone Edge!" Josh would call to Vulcan as Vulcan would summon rocks from the ground... But much different from the usual Stone Edge. This time, large jagged rocks emerged from the ground and floated around the Blaziken, before they would be let fly, one at a time, at incredible speeds toward Yumi's Blaziken.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 7, 2015 12:50:28 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
With her landing coming down hard, Tequill stood behind the shiny counterpart of her species, turning with a slight smile to find that the other blaziken's mega evolution had held strong. Her arms crossed over her chest, Yumi had to say, she was somewhat proud. Through her teachings, Josh had managed to not only activate, but sustain mega evolution.
"Okay Josh I think we can-" Yumi's sentance was brought to an abrupt halt by the rising of the stone chunks, leaving Yumi a little awestruck. She'd not thought that moves like that would get more powerful, but at the same, it wasn't really too far a stretch. "Okay Tequill just put an end to this, before Vulcan hurts himself."
With a nod, Tequill was gone. The stone edge may have been fast, but she was faster, leaving the glass fluttering in the wind where she once stood she was now behind Vulcan, raising up a foot and simply pushing down on the other birds back. No blaze kick, no special move, she just bulked up, and pushed, pinning the blaziken beneath her with her maximized strength, thankful she was the first to turn into her mega form, as it made her far faster than her counterpart.
"Sorry about that, just to best way to hit the cool down button on all this." Letting out a releaved sigh, Yumi severed the bond between her keystone and Blaziken in her head. The reversal of the transformation was far less flashy. Her "form" broke away like some second layer of skin, energy shattering around her into small rainbow crystals to reveal the true blaziken beneath, her megastone, and this her hairband reforming, leaving the ponytail toatin blaziken standing once more, now to the side of Vulcan rather than pushing him into the dirt, Yumi giving a soft chuckle as she looked past them to Josh. "So, how'd ya find that?"
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 7, 2015 14:46:43 GMT -5
Yumi's words had fallen on deaf ears as Vulcan had fired his attack, but the speed difference from her activating her mega first seemed to help her Blaziken in pushing Vulcan down. Josh growled as he would prepare to call a new attack to counter, but Yumi would wave the battle off. Josh would nod over to her, and relax a bit, allowing himself to call off the mega evolution through just relaxing and not focusing on their bond anymore. Like Yumi's Blaziken, Vulcan's "layers" would disappear, as he would revert in a burst of energy into the normal Blaziken that Josh knew Vulcan was. When you looked at them side by side, they didn't look much different now. But when they were in their Mega Forms... Well, Josh was easily able to see the color differences. He wondered why that was...
He would put up a hand for a high five, and Vulcan would accept, giving his Trainer a high five as Josh patted him on the back. "You did great, Vulcan" He said. "We'll have to get you something to keep that stone on you though" He said as he would pick up the Blazikenite that had dropped from Vulcan when he had reverted before looking back at Yumi to answer her question.
"I... I don't know" He admitted, scratching his head. "It... It was amazing. I've never felt a sensation like that, the feeling in the bond between you and your Pokemon when they mega evolve... Its... Its surreal. Its unreal"
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 7, 2015 15:46:30 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi gave a slight chuckle as she watched the blazikenite appear out of nowhere before dropping to the ground, finding it rather amusing as she recalled her own experience with her first mega evolution, and how she had to chase that little marbel all the way down the road once it had fallen off of Tequill. "Trust me, a simple band will do. Your mom do any metal work? Odds are you could get some nice cool plating like Enzo has, though I've been thinking about toning it down a bit, seems a bit too heavy for him."
Brought from her own thoughts by Josh's on the experience he just had, Yumi was once again brought to her own experiences, smiling brightly and petting Tequill on the back, the blaziken giving a bright smile in response. "Yeah that about sums it up..." With a light chuckle she crossed her arms. "Fair warning? It's different for every pokemon. At least, that's how it feels when I do it. Like, I bet from my experience with tequill, you felt like you had a burning pit in your stomache, in the best way possible. Like you could jump any height and break any wall right? Well if I had formed a link with Enzo for instance, it's similar but...different. The fire's still there but it feels more ferocious...like a bit of his new dragon power seeps back through to me..." Realizing she may have been getting off topic, Yumi ruffled her own hair with a soft sigh, returning to her usual goofy grin.
"Hey who knows, maybe these guys feel different depending on the trainer!~"
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 7, 2015 16:09:16 GMT -5
Ah, if only Yumi would tell Josh that little story about her marble and having to chase it down the road. Maybe he would just so happen to ask her about how her first mega evolution went, just so that he could just so happen to hear about how she chased the marble down the road and possibly almost gotten hit by cars and Pokemon and all sorts of other shenanigans. Maybe one day. "She does, actually. She's quite the genius" He had to admit with a chuckle. "She designed my motorcycle, built it custom from all she could find. Even managed to get herself pieces of tech from Orre hovercycles, took them apart and used them to upgrade mine so it has a mode for that kind of thing" He revealed. "Maybe sometime I'll take you for a ride. I can't take Izumi because she screams. A lot. I'm serious" He admitted, laughing. "No joke. I think Angel, this little girl who trained with us a few times, did much better then Izumi. She didn't scream at all. Izumi holds on tight and screams like a banshee for hours" He cracked.
"I'll see what she can do for the Pokemon I own that can handle Mega Evolution, and who I have the stones for. Gonna need some ideas so not all of them have armbands or something though. Gotta be creative" He said with a chuckle.
He listened carefully as she detailed how the feeling was different for every Trainer. "Interesting..." He mused aloud. "Yeah, that was kind of how I felt with Vulcan. I wonder how it would be with Fawkes... Well, I guess we'll just have to find out. If I can get him to like me enough to actually mega evolve" He'd crack with a smirk. "Again, thank you so much for all of this. You have no idea how much this means to me, Yumi" He said.
Should this be met with a hug, a playful cheek kiss or some other shenanigans? He wasn't sure.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 8, 2015 8:17:16 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi just gave a light chuckle as Josh talked about getting creative with his stone placements. Truth be told, Yumi had been running out of fancy knew ways to do it herself, but with some creative thinking she managed to add some spice to every last mega stone she attatched to her pokemon. Her heart warmed just a little with the thanks from Josh, giving a soft, chuckle as she walked over and hooked an arm over his shoulder, standing by his side in the broest of bro hugs, a toothy grin on her face.
"Hey don't be getting sappy on me now bud. What are friends for? Besides." She gave her belly a light pat as she released Josh, starting to head towards his house in the distance. "You're gonna pay me back. I've been starving since I got here, and Yumi needs her food.~"
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 8, 2015 21:25:02 GMT -5
Josh gave a light chuckle when she mentioned that he owed her dinner, or at least lunch, after all of this. "Oh, I'm sure after all the commotion she's heard, moms already preparing something for the both of us" He remarked with a laugh. "Actually, that's her right there" He would add, raising an eyebrow as they came to Serena herself standing at the door, arms folded, and her eyes wide. Oh shit. She'd been watching the battle from afar.
She just stared at them. This had been her first time watching her son battle, and seeing that little Torchic turned big chicken turned bigger chicken cause that much destruction and fight so fast against Yumi had her in awe. It was nothing like she had seen before. When they approached, she snapped out of it.
"I... I... I'll go and make something to eat. You two must be exhausted!" She let out, reverting back to her normal behavior, somewhat. Josh looked at Yumi and raised an eyebrow. Had they gone a little overboard?
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 9, 2015 9:14:48 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi could only chuckle as she spotted the face on Josh's mom. This must been the first time she's seen him do something like this she imagined, a bright smile on her face at the mere thoughts that must be running through Serena's head. "Thanks for the offer Serena. I'm famished." Yumi then recalled an intimate detail of mega evolution she's left out, facepalming as she followed Serena inside, her arm no long around the back of Josh's neck.
"Right, speaking of being exhausted, i need to tell you something before i forget." She pointed a finger right in Josh's face, letting him know he should pay attention. "Don't ever try and do two mega evolutions at once. It does not end well for you. Lets just say the last time I even attempted it, Ko-ken had to carry me home 'cause i was unconcious."
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 9, 2015 12:50:05 GMT -5
Josh let out a sigh and scratched his head a bit in embarrassment. "Y-yeah... I forgot that this is the first time she's actually seen me battle. And for it to be with Vulcan, and when he first mega evolves too... That's uh... Probably quite the shock to her" He would admit nervously. "Heh... We probably should have scanned the area for bystanders or spectators before we began, eh?" He would add. He would listen to Yumi as she detailed the risks that came with trying mega evolution twice and he would nod a bit in response.
"I hadn't thought of mega evolution being used by two pokemon at once, but I suppose I probably would have eventually" Josh would respond with a nod. "Thanks for that. Do you have any idea why that happens though?" He would ask curiously. "I mean, it could be a serious boon if we could figure out how to use it with multiple Pokemon... Or a serious problem if it gets into the wrong hands, I suppose"
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 9, 2015 13:48:57 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
When Josh brought up the issue of why people couldn't use two mega's at once, Yumi was seemingly quick to answer, only to immediately close her mouth and press the tip of her finger to her lower lip, thinking on it for a moment. She'd always had a personal explanation, but as she thought on it, she realized it wasn't an any way an "official" explanation. "I'm honestly not sure what to tell you..."
Following Serena inside still, Yumi took a seat wherever she could, resting her rear most likely on the arm of the closest couch as she thought on it. "Personally, I've always imagined the gems are like...a catalyst? Is that the right word? Like they dont cause mega evolution but... they allow it. Like it relies on the energy transferring between trainer and pokemon. The reason why we cant use two at once is because we don't have the capacity to share that energy between two of our pokemon...but..." She let out a soft sigh, rolling her eyes at her own stupidity. "Thats just the reason i give myself so I dont think on it too much."
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 9, 2015 14:59:39 GMT -5
Yumi seemed to have an answer at first, real quickly, but she would quickly stop and think before trying again. It couldn't be THAT complicated, could it? Still, he walked inside with her behind his mother, Serena, as Yumi tried to find herself an explanation. When she did, he would listen carefully, and would nod along once she finished. "I see..." He began, trying to put it into perspective. "I had a feeling it had something to do with the bond, the energy between Trainer and Pokemon. I suppose it would be difficult for us to support it with two of them at once" He would admit, scratching his head as he would peek into the kitchen, smelling something... Delicious coming up before looking over at Yumi.
"I suppose it makes sense then. Still, what if humans were one day capable of that sort of energy output? Would we be able to handle two Pokemon mega evolving at once?" He would ask. "Is it possible to artifically mega evolve them with less energy output?" He would suggest. It was far fetched, sure. But who knows with todays technology?
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 9, 2015 16:15:23 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi gave a soft sigh, falling onto her back and resting her arms behind her head, still laying on only the arm of the couch as her legs kicked back and forth as she thought on the issue at hand. She'd tried mega evolution with two pokemon a few times in the past herself, even tried some intense training with Ko-ken to see if she could somehow handle it, but it never seemed to work. "I dunno Josh. That's just my personal reason for it. For all i know there may be some weird sciency stuff behind it that you and I will never be able to wrap our heads around."
Yumi blushed a little as her thoughts were silenced by the slight rumbling of her stomache, chuckling a little and sitting up, rubbing her stomache softly as she glanced towards where Josh's mom had went, thinking on something for a moment before simply saying...
"Does she...worry about you? What with all the strong pokemon and stuff? I mean...I don't exactly know how parents react to this kinda stuff...ya know?"
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 11, 2015 0:33:35 GMT -5
Josh would let out a yawn and crash on the couch, not realizing how exhausted that battle had made him. Vulcan had decided to head back to the ranch to rest, while Lightning rested on Josh's head, as the blonde lied on the opposing couch arm from Yumi. "That's fine" He would respond to her explanation. "I suppose just because you know how to use it doesn't mean you'd know all the answers to everything about mega evolution" He would admit with a chuckle. "Still, you know more then I do. That's something you have to your credit" He would tease with a playful smile as he reached over and ruffled her hair a bit. "But you're right. There could be some weird sciency stuff... Maybe it'll be shown to us one day. Maybe not. Maybe it's better that neither of us, or anyone else get ahold of this sort of power. Like I said... It could be dangerous in the wrong hands" The blonde would add.
Josh chuckled a bit when Yumi's stomach rumbled... Then he realized so had his. "Oh, uh... Hehe..." He let out nervously as he scratched his head. "Guess we both worked up an appetite" He admitted. Though he would tilt his head when Yumi asked her question.
"Yeah... I'm sure she does. Maybe a bit too much" He'd admit, with a sigh. "But not for the... Traditional parent/child worrying in a sense. Well, in some ways. But not in the ways you've heard of" He'd add. "Like I told you before... My mother wasn't there for me much when I was a kid, and neither was my dad" He said, trying not to let Serena hear them as not to upset her. "She... Really regretted that when she almost lost me a few years ago" He said, trying not to get into the whole mutant thing until he was ready to talk about it with Yumi. "And of course.. Losing my dad was hard too" He whispered, closing his eyes. "Its sort of a mix of the parent/child thing... Her wanting to make up for the years she neglected to really be a part of my development and my childhood, which explains why she works so hard for me despite me telling her to please relax and put more time to herself, and... Because she lost my father, and almost lost me. She doesn't want to lose me like she lost him. Like she almost lost me" He said quietly, taking a deep breath. "I worry about her too. She tried to run the ranch singlehandedly before Kouji came along, when dad went. I don't know how she managed for so long. It makes me feel selfish for going on my journey, but... She knew there wasn't stopping me. I've been home more lately mainly because I worry about her and I want to help out as much as I possibly can. Its the least I can do to repay her for all she's done for me since we came to Hoenn, and then to Nue" He spoke, taking a breath.
"Even if I wish she'd take a damn break..." He muttered under his breath. The poor woman was going to drive herself into the ground, despite his begging her to please try and relax for once.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 11, 2015 13:20:45 GMT -5
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As Yumi listened, she had to wonder, what had happened betwen Josh and his parents so long ago? From the sound of things they just abandoned him or something but...the way he acted around his mom, it didn't seem like they had ill will. Almost as if Josh was taken away from them, or lost somehow? She had trouble piecing it together in her mind, and had half a mind to ask. The only issue was, how on earth could she? She knew what it was like having a past you didn't really wana talk about. You'd make comments about it when people asked, sure, but you never went into detail. She felt like that was what Josh was doing, and while it was entirely possible she was just over thinking things, she'd never put Josh through her own "rocket fiasco".
"I see..." She remained silent to the point where it was almost awkward, a small sigh breaking the silence as she fell back onto the arm of the couch, using her two hands as a pillow behind her head as her legs swung back and forth off the edge. "Well least you got a mom who cares 'bout ya.~" The slight smile she gave let it show it was more a joke to try and lighten the mood, not wanting to eat while she was depressed. "She looks after the pokemon while you're gone right? Wish I had something like that. I know some people who have like, people they leave their pokemon with? I used to let all mine loose in my apartment but...with how much gavin likes digging...and how Bruce always tears up the curtain anymore...not really an option. Heh."