The weirdest thing you'll ever see...

[Drake]

Awkward in the new body, Venture was hit straight on. Good thing fire attacks didn't hurt all that much for a charmander... still, there was no avoiding it, she would faint soon. Drake also knew this. ~Venture, slash!~ I'm running out of effective 'mon. I've still got Kipper left, right...? And if we come up against a water type I have Dex, and others... The situation seemed under control, but he still felt nervous. What if this route was longer than he thought...?

[Inu]

The Charmander skidded backwards, it was getting tired. It jumped up, and dived, using another Slash. The Charmander's claw turned silver as it dove in for a hit.

[Drake]

Venture was trying desperately not to faint... she was swerving back and forth with probably one or two hitpoints. Drake decided not to bother trying to attack with such a dazed pokemon, and returned her. ~Kipper, go!~ He said, sending out his meowkip. This would make things much easier. ~Try a Hydro Pump, Kipper!~

[Kitsu]

You know those slowmotion stops right before the opponent gets hit by the attack?
The water blast sped towards Charmander before it sighed waving to the river. It was nice living here but hey, adventures were freaking awesome! The water hit head on, fainting the Charmander. Vulpix gave a small noise of amusement, movie stunts never did fit into pokemon battles as well as speed chases.

[Drake]

All right, this was great. A fire pokemon to use for the grass gym later. He had to admit that fire types had their advantages, occasionally. He grabbed a pokeball from his pack, and threw it at the pokemon triumphantly.

[Kitsu]

The pokeball hit, absorbing the Charmander in familiar red light.

*Beep* *Beep* *Tone*

Gotcha! Drake caught Charmander!

Vulpix jumped off the rock looking smug, all the others had left now that the battle was over and the only thing to do now was to cross this section of river.

[Drake]

Drake really thought he had enough pokemon at this point. He could handle the gym with his electric 'mon, once everything was healed. No need for a fire or water type. He picked up all his belongings and ran off, hoping he would make it to the next village without interruptions.

[Kitsu]

Vulpix followed him sighing. ~So is this basically what you do the whole time?~ It asked as they continued down the route.

[Drake]

~Yeah, it's what I've always dreamed of doing. It gets tiring once in a while, but I don't really have anything else to do. And the good outweighs the bad.~ He stopped running for a bit, and looked through the trees. Could he see the next town?

[Kitsu]

The town was barely in sight, and the two were close enough to make the sprint if they wanted. Vulpix shrugged. ~Does it? You don't feel guilty at all?~ It asked. This was going in a circle. It was like this Vulpix was Drake's concious in living flesh.

[Drake]

"..." Drake stopped running completely. "I try not to... guilt is weakness" He was quoting his father. If you cared about what the pokemon thought of being captured, you'd be too busy worrying about if you would hurt their feelings to get the capture. Drake always thought this was a little harsh, but he had caused his father so much grief... he thought Drake was dead. The least he could do is try to live the way he was taught.

[Kitsu]

~Guilt is weakness? What kinda of thinking is that? You're quite a pessimist.~ Vulpix said dully.

[Drake]

"Given the circumstances you're lucky I haven't gone insane yet..." He muttered, starting to walk towards the city again.

[Kitsu]

//I'm gonna dub this thread done.//

[Drake]

(( Sounds good to me. I'll continue to Aqua Village in a little while ))