Making Up Time

[General of Grief Lao]

Lao released his Pokemon into the arena he had been able to book for the next few days. His Pokemon had different reactions.

Ravager looked around, trying to spot the opponent he had been released to fight against. Seeing no one but his trainer, and his teammates, he looked just a mite confused. Sora, just flew around a bit, and found a perch above his head on a tree limb. Mikka...Mikka bounced up onto his head, again.

Seeing that he had their attention, he smiled softly to each of them. "Alright, guys, we have to do some serious training! All of those mishaps on Route 2 kept us from really fighting and gaining a lot of strength, so we have to fix that problem ourselves. Ravager and Sora, you two will be fighting as Mikka blasts the two of you with Ice Beams. Yes, Sora, I know you're weak versus Ice-Types, but for every hit done on you, Ravager will recieve two."

Sora sighed in relief, as Ravager gave him a mock-betrayed glance. He looked up to see Mikka tearing up, and quickly began to scratch her behind the ear.

"Now, now, Mikka, I know you don't like fighting, but it's nessisary to do so. You and Ravager have been friends for a long time so it's understandable that you wouldn't want to attack him. But we can't get stronger if you won't help us get there."

After a few moments, Mikka nodded her assent, and the pokemon moved to the center of the arena.

Ravager started things off with a quick attack, which Sora met with a tackle. The two of them began to trade blows, with the odd sand attack from Sora. after a few moments, they were both clipped by a passing Ice Beam, and fell to the ground. When they got up, they turned annoyed eyes on Mikka who was happily bouncing on the ground. They lunged at her, and she squeked, and ran away. They spent the better part of an hour playing around, with Lao joining in after giving up stopping them.

When they stopped to rest, he sighed and looked at his three Pokemon. "Alright you three, let's go get some food, and go to bed...we'll probably be here in the morning." He returned Sora and Ravager, and carried Mikka in his arms and left to find a place to sleep.

[Aura Guardian Ash Lightning]

_{Ravager gained 2 levels, and happiness lowered by 1
Sora gained 1.5 levels, and happiness stays the same.
Mikka gains 2 levels, and happiness level up by 2}

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[General of Grief Lao]

Lao stood with his Pokemon by his side a grim smile on his face. He knew that Ravager was unhappy with him for the whole, "two for one" deal with the Ice Beams, but knew that he could always try and make it up today.

"Ok you lot, we're doing the same thing as yesterday, but this time, Mikka will be practising with me on some of those targets I set up this morning." He said, and smiled a bit as he felt Ravager untense a bit.

-Ravager and Sora-

"Now, now, dearie...Don't be afraid, I'll only hurt you a little bit!" Sora taunted him.

Ravager replied, "You? Hurt me? That's funny, I could have sworn it was me who brought you down in the first place."

Sora growled at the reminder, and flew forward in a Tackle attack, which Ravager was quick to dodge. As the bird flew past, he tried, and failed, to land a Quick Attack. They circled each other, and readied themselves for more battling. With a quick grin, they leapt at each other again.

-Mikka and Lao-

Lao walked over to a few pieces of equipment and began to fiddle with it. Mikka watched, as a few of the tagets on sticks began to move side to side in different speeds and intervals. She felt a little dread, not wanting to mess up and disappoint Lao. She began to sniffle as she felt the fear that Lao would abandon her if she couldn't do it.

Lao was working on making sure his smallest fighter was challenged pretty well, when he heard a sniffling sound. Confused, he turned, and saw Mikka crying. He rushed over, and picking her up to hug her, he found out what was wrong. After assuring her that he was never going to do anything like abandoning her, she got her usual smile back.

After almost an hour, during which she had been able to hit most of the targets, she finally couldn't go on any longer. Understanding, he just picked er up and placed her on his head. He walked over to see both Sora and Ravager laying on the ground, tired. The two shared a grin, and high fived each other for the great fight.

[Aura Guardian Ash Lightning]

_{Ravager gained 1.5 levels.
Mikka gained 2 levels
Sora gained 2 levels}

[General of Grief Lao]

Lao and Mikka stared at the course built by Lao, Mikka in horrified fascination. There was a set of the older taget she had been blasting, a small obsticale course, and a small pool at the end. She turned to him, curious about the pool, and was slightly surprised to she him smiling.

"The pool is to help you cool down after the work-out. You're still young, so there is no point to the harsh workouts I put the others through. Actually, this is so that you can catch up to their level, which will allow me to do more supervising for all three of you."

She nodded, and ran into the course. She blasted the targets with Ice Beam, and made sure to bounce carefully into each tire. She jumped trough a hoop, and continued through the sliding walls section. After 20 minutes, she made it into the pool.

She beamed as Lao patted her on the head and told her she did good.

[Aura Guardian Ash Lightning]

_{You were right about being a mechanic. good work to Mikka. She gains 3 levels for hard work. happiness doubles.}

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