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Who: Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat
Where: Union Cave
When: Monday, Jan. 24th
Summary: On their way to the next town, Azalea Town. But first, the cave.
Rating: PG right now.
Log:

Weather forecast today, too much snow. Snow was never an issue until the day she was grounded. Even though the whole idea of being human annoyed her, she doesn't plan on giving up that easily. Being a bat would have been easier, but this she'll have to do, and not to mention some more trivia, but that she can worry later. Whether you are non-human or dead, somehow this place can fix it up. Rouge has also learned of new information during her stay here.

After another battle with a trainer, Rouge continued her travel with Shadow down the route. It's almost been a week since they left Violet city. The snow continued to fall while they traveled through light patches of snow. At least the snow wasn't that hard. When they head closer towards the cave, a Skarmory flew down. It dropped an egg to Rouge and headed out again. Rouge stared at the egg for a long minute, then tucked it in her bag.

"They make it sound so simple."

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Shadow was still incredibly curious about that egg, but he chose not to speak about it. He didn't want to initiate conversation with her that easily, or to look like the curious sort towards her, despite being immensely curious about certain people.

He looked at the cave, then began to walk towards the entrance, speaking to Rouge without turning his head.

"What do you mean?"

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Rouge followed as she spoke, "each route gets a little bit more complicated compared to the last one. Don't you think so?"

She walked up to the cave entrance and peeked around. It was already illuminated.

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"I expect they would. The path to each Gym requires a certain amount of skill." Shadow replied, placing his hand to the cave wall. If the place was already illuminated, he didn't have to concern himself with Houndoom lighting the place for them.

His expression turned to one of interest, thinking about what Pokemon might be inside this cavern. Catching some would be second on his list, and he looked to Rouge.

"Let's go." The Ultimate Life form didn't waste much time in beginning to walk through the cave.

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But what was this all for, Rouge wondered. Oh well, long as she can train her team for her purpose, she'll follow along with the game. Whatever is on the other side it had to be something big, perhaps treasure or, a free ticket out of here.

Rouge followed along into the cave. Inside, Rouge felt calm. Being a bat, she preferred dark places, and being human didn't change that. Even though it was illuminated already, her sight didn't feel the same as it used to. She could see better than this. Great, she can be blind as a human. She looked around as they walked in.

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Being a hedgehog usually, Shadow also enjoyed dark places, but he was used to both day and night now. Neither mattered, as long as he could continue towards his goals. Though that seemed to be halted for now as long as he was in this world. At least he could experience new things for the time being.

Some nearby rocks looked climbable, and he wasted no time in climbing over each of them, before turning to wait for Rouge.

"You must be frustrated not being able to utilize your abilities here, Rouge the Bat."

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He did not, Rouge stares up at him after he climbed up the rocks. She grinned as she climbed up. "My Shadow, that's awfully nice to worry about my concern."

After a small jump, she landed on the other side.

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With a soft "hmph", Shadow turned and continued walking, hopping over some rocks as he went, "I assure you that's not the case." Though, there was a sound that startled him a bit... It seemed when he stepped on one of the rocks, it growled at him.

"Hm?"

Said rock suddenly stood up on two arms, and had quite the nasty look about it, "Geo dude!!"

Rouge 1 | Shadow 0

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"Does it hurt to smile?" Rouge mused. "It's always serious business with--" Rouge cuts her sentence short when she heard a growl.

"Found something?"

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Shadow took a step back, taking out a Pokeball. "It looks like a Pokemon." From reading the trainer manual, Shadow knew that water was strong against Rock Types, but he also knew that he didn't have any water types... Houndoom was a fire type, Fearow flying, Ariados and Beedrill were both bugs and Mawile just wasn't a high enough level yet. He frowned... Houndoom would be his best bet. At least he was a high level.

"Houndoom!" Shadow called, tossing the Pokeball and summoning forth the Hellhound.

Geodude stared angrily at the Houndoom, and seemed to start ranting at it, waving its arms around in frustration. Houndoom waited for orders, unmoving.

Don't be hating cause u lost the first round :p

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As for Rouge, she leaned against a rock with one arm as the other elbow rests on that arm. She rests her chin on her palm and just watched the pokémon flail his hands. "Hmm, seems like he's angry about something." Which she has an idea why, but that didn't matter.

When Shadow summoned Houndoom, Rouge's eyes widen a little. According to the manual, fire doesn't do well with rock types. Rouge pulled out her Pokédex and pointed to it. "Let's see what this has to say about it." It spoke out loud:

'Geodude, the Rock type Pokémon. It uses its arms to steadily climb steep mountain paths. It swings its fists around if angered.'

Rouge tilts her head, "hmm, so he is mad."

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Shadow knew that Fire types didn't do so well against Rock types, but they did slightly better than Flying types at least. He frowned, then pointed at the Geodude.

"Houndoom, use Fire Blast!"

The Hellhound obeyed, leaping forward and taking in a deep breath before blasting a wall of fire at the rock Pokemon. The blast engulfed Geodude, and once the Pokemon was revealed, it was slightly blackened... and even more angry.

"GEO! DUDE! DUDE DUDE!!" It cried, before lunging forward and punching Houndoom quite strongly, sending the Pokemon skidding backwards somewhat.

"Tch." Shadow gritted his teeth, "Houndoom, use Growl!" His Pokemon did just that, snarling at the Geodude, intimidating the armed-rock somewhat... Enough to cause it to back down a little at least.

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Shadow was smarter than that. If he had something else that was effective, he would use it, right? When she saw Houndoom blasted the rock type, probably almost turned it black but that was it.

"Uh oh..."

From where she was, she began to walk up behind Shadow. She drew a pokéball out just in case.

"Is he giving you a hard time already?"

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Shadow didn't even bother looking at her, throwing an arm out to block her from drawing nearer. "If you want to live, you won't move another step. This is my battle."

The Geodude mustered up the strength to fight again, and rushed to attack the Houndoom, though its attack had been severely weakened. Houndoom let out short grunts of pain, but nothing too serious. Shadow grinned, "Hmph. Houndoom, weaken it with Fire Spin!"

Houndoom howled in response before suddenly blasting out a tornado of fire, encircling Geodude within, successfully BURNing the Pokemon, despite the attack not being very effective.

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Shadow may not see it but Rouge leered at him. She shrugged and stood where she is to watch. Normally if it was a greater threat, she would say something. Since Geodude looked pretty simple, Rouge went ahead and stepped down.

At least the pokémon is weakening. Her eyes widen a bit when she saw the Fire Spin attack. That's one puppy not to mess with.

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The Geodude looked even more angry, despite suffering from BURN, and leaped forward in a Tackle Attack, ramming itself against Houndoom. Shadow smirked, before tossing forward a PokeBall at the rock Pokemon.

There was some shaking going on... but eventually, it was still. He'd caught a blackened Geodude.

"Ultimate victory." Shadow mused to himself, appreciative of his own skill.

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Good, another battle finally ended. Rouge sighs quietly to herself as she tucks her pokéball back into her belt. "They weren't kidding about finding talking rocks here. We'll probably be seeing more than just pebbles."

She walked passed him with a grin., "shall we continue?" Rouge hopped over one rock but what she didn't expect was a steep hill on the other side. A couple rocks slipped where her foot was. Next thing she knew it, she began to loose balance ready to slide on down. Rouge let out yelp.

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As soon as Shadow heard the yelp, he watched Rouge as she lost her balance. He had a choice here: Save her, or let her fall. Personally, he didn't care anything for her. But he still might need her in crossing this way...

His mind was made up, however, when a flash of Maria's face in his mind got him moving. He growled and hurried over, throwing his arm out to catch her hand.

"Troublemaker!"

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That caught her by surprise. Rouge looked up and saw Shadow holding her hand. She worked on her footing to get her balance back and climbed back up again.

"That was thoughtful of you."

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"Hmph." Shadow responded, looking somewhat exasperated, "You have extremely poor reflexes for a bat turned human." Better not let slip the Maria fact in this, he shoves past her, watching out for any sudden cliffs.

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Rouge watches Shadow go ahead for a moment brushing that bump on the shoulder. A sigh as she talks to herself, "I think it's more than that." Oh well, she follows onward.

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He has a sense of deja vu, but decides not to dwell on it. Instead, he turns to her.

"More than that? That's an impossibility. Besides, it would have been inconvenient to have you die here. Your Pokemon would be lost, as well."

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So now he's concerned about her and her pokémon. Rough giggled leaving it at that, "whatever you say."

Just when things were about to get interesting, the area around began to shake a little. A low growl echoed near by. Rouge's movement quickly came to a halt. "An earthquake?"

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Shadow stopped, feeling the rumbling all around. That growl didn't go unnoticed to him and he found himself tensing up.

"I don't think so..."

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The growl increases with the rumble. Rouge stands her ground maintaining her balance. "A little rough, aren't they." Pokémon she meant, she looks around trying to figure out which one is it this time. This one isn't like a Geodude.

After a moment of shaking, a large-snake like rock rises from the rubble looking down at the two, an Onix. This is probably the first time Rouge ever seen something this large. By the looks of it, he seemed pretty angry about something. Onix let out another growl.

"You've got to be joking."

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Shadow stared up at the rock snake, eyes wide with interest. He'd also never seen something so big, though he remembered briefly seeing preliminary reports on the prototype of Project Shadow... Apparently that creature was extremely large. But he'd never seen it up close, so he couldn't compare.

Considering how much trouble he had with Geodude, he couldn't imagine beating this thing. The Ultimate Life form stood close to Rouge, prepared to knock her out of the way if it tried anything... Not that he cared about her. As he said before, it'd be inconvenient if she died.

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Shadow wasn't the only one eyes widen but more shocked. Okay either Shadow is staling or he really doesn't have something to go against it. Before she could make up her mind, Onix is already throwing down it's long tail between the two.

Rouge quickly jumped out of the way and away from Shadow. She hoped he did the same at least. Rouge glared up at the snake-like rock, "You're really pissing my off!" The gloves are coming off, well not literally. Rouge pulls out her Pokéball and tosses it to the air.

"Go, Staryu!" Within a flash of light, Staryu is summon in the air. Rouge didn't waste time and shouts her first command. "Water Gun!" Just as said, Staryu sprays the Onix. The Onix, well, he's starting to back up.

It's from the Pokemon anime. :D at least, the first season ever.

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When that tail came down, Shadow leaped out of the way, grunting as he landed in a roll. His right hand was already on a Pokeball, but still he wasn't sure what good it would do right now-- He had Mawhile, a steel type... But she was a severely low level.

When Rouge voiced her anger, Shadow looked to her, then stared in surprise (and perhaps some jealousy) at the Water type she sent out. Fitting, that she'd have a jewel Pokemon with her. The water attack was super effective against the Onix, who was now backing up and growling in pain. Looks like it hadn't expected these two travelers to actually have anything strong against its type.

Oh! I know, I am just amused and squealing like a fangirl. *w*

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They weren't lying when they said a jewel can be a girl's best friend. Rouge maintains where she is while her Pokémon battles. She quickly takes a glimpse where Shadow is. Good, he's still in one piece. After a little splash of water, Onix lashes it's tail towards Staryu and wraps it to a Bind move. Even though it looks like Onix has the upper hand here, Rouge is smirking.

"Now, Rapid Spin!"

Staryu begins to spin rapidly breaking Onix's Bind move. The Pokémon had no choice but to release the star-shape pokémon. Staryu continues to rapid spin towards Onix only knocking his head barely. Onix shakes his head looking after that small collision. He then lets out a Screech. Not this again, Rouge clamps her ears. Her and loud sounds don't go well. Staryu lands on the ground shaking. The gem on her blinks, possibly affected by it.

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The screech is extremely annoying. Shadow grunts, covering his ears. Despite being in human bodies, Rouge and Shadow both still had pretty good hearing, at least for humans. He grit his teeth, before he took out a Pokeball once more, quite tempted to aid the two in battle.

Instead, he just yells at Rouge. Because that was easier.

"What are you doing?! Finish it off!"

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Like she needs him to tell her at all. After the screech dies down, Staryu remain still waiting for Rouge's next command. "Shake it off for one more time, Water Gun!" Staryu jumps and does, spraying down the over size Pokémon. The Onix finally drops down from the water attack. Rouge uses this opportunity to throw a Pokéball at it. Rouge waits while the Pokéball shakes a couple times. Eventually it stops shaking and Rouges walks over to collect it after summoning Staryu back. Rouge smirks putting her new Pokémon away.

"They like to go the hard way."

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It would be lying to say that Shadow wasn't jealous of Rouge for catching an Onix. He wanted it, to say the least, but he also didn't have the appropriate Pokemon to deal with it. So he'd concede that she could have it for now.

"That Pokemon might make traversing the landscape somewhat easier for us."

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What Shadow said was correct. There will probably be more mountains ahead of them later, and of course heading on paths to the next city. "After what he almost us through, I'm sure he wouldn't mind."

Rouge pulls out her Pokédex. "Now... let's get some real info on him."

The Pokédex said, "Onix, the Snake Rock Pokémon. It rapidly bores through the ground at 50 mph by squirming and twisting its massive, rugged body."

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"If he'll let himself be ordered around by you." Shadow shrugged, waiting for the info to load. The information gets a light laugh out of the Ultimate Life form.

"I see... Well, we should be able to get it to move above ground easily enough. We can't exactly bore in these bodies."

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"Am I sensing jealousy here?" Rouge smirks as she flips her Pokédex off. She pulls out the Pokéball with Onix, "anyway, it's more as a favor."

She tosses the Pokéball out releasing the caught Onix. When the Pokémon was released, it let out a roar. "Easy big boy," Rouge called out to him as she scavenge her bag for potion. First thing first, get this pokémon up to health. The Onix stared down at the two.

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Shadow frowned, folding his arms and waiting for the large Pokemon to appear. Once it does, the Ultimate Life form doesn't move from his spot, instead staring up at the rocky beast.

Taking a few steps forward, he placed a hand to one of Onix's boulders, before wasting no time in climbing onto it. It hadn't tried to crush them at this moment, Shadow had little worry that it would attempt at all.

Pokemon were better off knowing their place.

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Long as Onix could help with the trip, that was fine. Onix stared down at Shadow as he let's out a low growl.

"Onix, over here," Rouge called for his attention successfully. "We got a little dilemma here, and I hope you could help us out," Rouge began. "You'll meet better opponents out there anyway than this cave," Rouge added with a wink.

There was silent at first. Slowly, the Onix descends his head to the ground for Rouge to hop on. Either this rock head knew how to treat a lady or he accepted her as his master. It didn't matter either way. Rouge does so and the Onix rose his head. At least the cave was big enough or she would had to ride in the back with Shadow. She looked back at Shadow to see how he's hanging. When he was ready, Rouge gave the word.

"Let's go."