Growing Stronger Each Day (open or Mod)

[Lady Leaf]

The wind of the day was bitter, nipping at flesh of any skin uncovered. The sun was shining brightly in the sky but it seemed to do no good against the chill of the day. There were very few skiers out today. It seemed most would rather be sitting by a warm fire. Yet there was still one young man out. However, he was far from a skier. Today was a his day for training.

Kero had picked this place for many good reasons. Firstly because Charizard and Swablu would have a hard time with the weather. Kero knew some Swablu lived in these regions but his was not use to the bitter cold. Not to mention that all Swablu had a natural weakness to ice attacks. Charizard just didn’t like the cold at all. Secondly because he knew Gastly would have the advantage over the other two here. He wasn’t really affected by the weather at all. In fact Kero was pretty sure the pokemon didn’t even feel the cold air. Then last but not least, Kero really wanted to explore the Wayward Forest. He had heard many interesting stories about the place. He just couldn’t resist the urge for adventure. After the training and some food, he was going to go exploring.

“Ok you ready Charizard? Don’t go easy on Swablu today. She has to learn what it’s like to be in a real battle” Charizard nodded to his partner. With that, Kero threw his pokeball and Swablu appeared. She seemed ready for the battle.

“Charizards giving it his all this time Swablu. Let’s show him what you can do!” Swablu nodded in reply as Kero called out her first move, “Let’s start off with mist!” Swablu’s wings began to flap wildly and within moments a thick mist covered the chosen battle field. The move hadn’t injured Charizard at all but it would keep his growl attack from effecting Swablu until the mist faded. It was as Swablu just finished her mist attack that Charizard aimed an ember attack towards her. Kero knew she wouldn’t have enough time to dodge it so instead he called out to her to use Cotton Guard. Luckily the skill protected Swablu from most of the damage from the ember attack. Following the cotton guard, Swablu used fury attack. But before she could hit Charizard with the attack he countered with a power wing attack causing her to go flying back.

“Are you ok Swablu?” Kero asked as the tiny pokemon lifted herself up. She nodded quickly and Kero called out another move. This time it was sing. Charizard knew this attack well and decided this was a good time to take flight before the song was able to reach his ears. Hopefully with the strong wind it would drown out the sound of the song. Luckily for Charizard he was right. With that he let out a powerful Flamethrower attack. Swablu attempted to use cotton guard again but was too late. She was hit by the attack and forced down once again. Yet once again she got back up, this time using a take down attack. It had caught Charizard off guard as he hadn’t been expecting her to get up again so fast. The attack was enough to push him back some. Sadly the recoil on the attack took a rather hefty hit to Swablu and she was forced to land. She was just too tired now to continue.

“Good job Swablu. You’re getting much stronger.” Kero reinsured the pokemon, making her chirp happily. Charizard landed beside them and agreed with Kero. When they first started training together Swablu just wasn’t strong enough to take on Charizard. She still often lost any battles they had but at least now she stood a chance.

“Now here is what we need to work on,” Kero started to explain battle ideas with Swablu, charizard listening carefully as well. They were so into there conversation that none of them had even heard the sound behind them.

[Snow Soul]

The day was so cold that most pokemon were in their homes sleeping the day away. Of course only humans would be brave enough to venture outside in the Northern weather. Red hair was a splash of color against all the whiteness and could probably been seen if one was looking. Green eyes scanned around as she continued to the Glacial village. Why had she wanted to come here again? No clue. Pictures. Oh yes. The wild ice pokemon had traveled back here during the icy weather. Up ahead she heard a battle waging and looked about for her own pokemon. The Wingulls were in her coat warming their feathers while her Shiny Umbreon had gone a head to scout out the area.

Her shiny Eevee was still in his ball while Haunter was floating around exploring trying to find a wild pokemon for Rikka to draw. Growlithe was being brave and pretending to be big and bad...until he slid along some ice and went face first into the snow. Getting up he gave her a big puppy grin and raced back to her and used a little fire to warm her up. Apparently the snow wasn't getting to him as much as it should have. Such a weird Growlithe. Letting out a puff of hair she stopped to watch the steam rise up into the air and laughed. Smiling she started forward again.

Moon stood out against the snow big time. Her blue bands didn't help either. Racing forward she tried to halt at the site of the people a head and crashed into snow. Popping up she noticed they hadn't heard her. Perking her ears forward she wondered what they were talking about. Shaking the snow off she went to go back to Rikka only to end up sliding on the ice and right into the Charizard. It was really slippery when you couldn't heat up your paws like Growlithe could. Getting up she shook the snow off and looked at the Charizard apologetically. <Sorry. Its very Slippery.> The Shiny Umbreon headed off as she went back in search of Rikka. She was afraid the green-eyed girl would get lost with out her. Which was very possible at the moment.

[Lady Leaf]

Charizard let out a surprised grow when he felt something bump into him. He certainly had not expected that at all. The growl made both Kero and Swablu look up to see what was wrong. Surely enough there was a shiny umbreon running off.

“Do you think it’s a wild Umbreon?” Kero asked his two pokemon. Both of them just shrugged, “Let’s follow it and find out. It be pretty cool to have an Umbreon on the team.” Kero stood up and began walking in the same direction the Umbreon had gone. Swablu had perched herself on his shoulder while charizard just followed beside him. It didn’t take long for them to spot the Umbreon in the snow again. Her fur was such a dark colour that she stood out like a sore thumb.

Before long Kero noticed another colour against the snow. This was of a bright red. It appeared to be a head of hair which meant one thing. “She has a trainer.” Kero told the other two with a hint of disappointment. It wasn’t too big a deal. After all, it was rather odd to see an Umbreon out here all alone. Perhaps it wasn’t a waste of time following the pokemon however. Swablu and Gastly needed training and what better way to get practice then to challenge another trainer?

“Hey!” Kero yelled out, waving his arms in the air, “Are you a trainer?” He figured he should at least make sure they were. After all, he knew many breeders and such who just didn’t like battling.

[Snow Soul]

Moon didn't even think much of the fact the three were following her. She needed to get back to Rikka. That girl was always wondering off with out her. Plus they probably thought she was wild. It was a common mistake when one Pokemon traveled too far from their trainer. Bounding over to the red splotch she noticed the two Wingulls had taken cover in Rikka's white coat. Sighing she rubbed against the girls legs and nudged her in the right direction even as the boy started calling out to Rikka.

Her green eyes drifted over to the boy of sorts and his two pokemon. She gazed at the Charizard the longest and wondered if the trainer would let her sketch the pokemon with all the snow around him. Blinking she realized the boy was talking to her. Oh. Grinning sheepishly she waved. "Hello! Yeah I guess since I haven't achieved my goal yet." Thinking about it odd question she wondered if he would want to battle. That would be interesting. Well she would learn something new!

Caerus looked at the new pokemon and got so excited that when he went to run forward he forgot to melt the ice and fell face first into the snow. Moon glanced at him and snorted. He was so weird. Well at least he was with Rikka and not someone who would chastise him for being goofy. The Wingulls popped their heads out of Rikka's coat to see who she was talking to then ducked back inside. It was nice and cozy in the coat and they didn't have to worry about anything.

[Lady Leaf]

A grin grew upon Kero's lips when she confirmed she was a trainer. If she would battle with him then this would be perfect practice for Swablu. The tiny bird pokemon had been training lots with Gastly and Charizard but had been in very few really battles. Win or lose it would be good for her.

"Then how about we have a battle." Kero suggested as drew a bit closer to her before stopping, "It be my Swablu vs one of yours. What do you say? Up to the challenge?" Swablu let out a chirp, sounding a little nervous about the battle. She would give it her best shot though. She knew as long as tried hard, she would be fine. Besides, she also knew Kero would take care of her if something ever happened.

Charizard on the other hand didn't seem to be paying attention to the new comer, Kero or the challenge. He had his eye on the young Growlithe. The expression he had on his face as he watched the pokemon fall face first into the snow was priceless. It half looked as if Charizard was trying his very hardest not to burst out laughing. It was better than his normal attitude towards other fire pokemon. Most often he saw them as either inferior or chance to prove he was better then them.

[Snow Soul]

At her reply she saw the grin appear across his lips. So he had been hoping she would answer correctly to his question. Her eyes roamed across his pokemon. It seemed he only had three. Her gaze rested on the Swablu as he stated his challenge. Battles were challenges just a means to pass time when you had it to spare. It didn't matter if your pokemon won or lost so long as they did there best. Her pokemon knew that but some tried to win anyways like Moon. "Hmm. Sounds good." Her emerald eyes rested on him then glanced around at her pokemon.

Hana definitely wouldn't battle. She hadd an odd fear of water and got hystercal. And Snow was water in Hana's point of veiw. Haunter could be a good option. His ghost abilities would come in handy when dodging. It would give her more experience in battling with him. Moon probably would mind the exercise. But by the looks of his Swablu she should battle with Haunter. Caerus she hadn't battled with before so that was out of the question and Shiro was a bit too dramatic at the moment. He thought his wings were going to fall off in the cold.

Haunter looked over at Rikka once her gaze rested on him. Grinning he raced over and looked over at the prospective opponent. The Swablu. Rikka chuckled at Haunter's eagerness. He didn't care what Rikka did with him so long as she spent time with him. "I will use Haunter then." Rikka backed up a bit to give Haunter room while signalling for her other two to back up and clear the battle field. Moon walked over and sat near the Growlithe to get warm. All this snow was cold. Caerus jumped in joy of watching a battle though he longed to go off exploring. Moon had already warned him though. If he disappeared he wouldn't get to explore in the snow anymore. For now he would be content to watch the battle.

[Lady Leaf]

The battle was agreed to. Kero gave a slight, his grin widening as he took a few steps back to give them room. Swablu gave her tiny wings a few flaps and landed onto the soft snow below. It caused a small shiver to run up her body when the frozen water touched her feet.

So Swablu would be up against a Haunter? He had never battled one before but he did have a Gastly. What Kero found odd was her choice of a ghost type vs his flying/ normal type. Ghost effects had no effect on Swablu and in return, her normal attacks wouldn’t affect Haunter. It meant Swablu would have a limited amount of skills she could use on the ghost. Kero had no doubt that Rikka had something up her sleeve with her choice.

“Let’s start this!” Kero had one idea he hoped would help backfire any movies Huanter used against Swablu but it was a bit risky. He needed the other pokemon to use a move first. So for now Kero needed Swablu to cocx the Haunter into using an attack. “Astonish” Kero called out causing Swablu to take flight. Her voice rang out with a rather loud, annoying pitch in hopes of startling the Haunter. She made this sound she flew towards the Haunter hoping the ghost type move would hit.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka watched his grin widen then remembered that Haunter's ghost moves would have no effect on the Swablu. Well the Swablu's normal attacks would also have no effect. Good thing Haunter knew more then the ghost moves. Hana poked her head out of the top of her coat to watch. Even though it was snow she wasn't in it. She was nice and warm in the Rikka's coat. Rikka would protect her.

Rubbing her head she decided to let him have the first move. Of course the Swablu would know a ghost move. "Haunter dodge!" Haunter disappeared under the snow and avoided the attack. Staying there he waited for Rikka's next order. "Use Rain Dance." Haunter popped out of the snow not even displacing one snowflake as he used Rain dance to make the Rain fall. It would fall for a few turns. Looking over at Rikka he grinned and was tempted to lick her. Of course that would get him pecked by the Wingulls.

As the rain started to fall Hana freaked out.Ducking into the coat she cried out in fear and seemed to make the whole coat shake. "Damn. Haunter get ready to Dodge." Keeping the battle in the corner of her eye she pulled her arms into he coat and tried to soothe the wingull who was officially freaked out by the water falling from the sky. The poor bird Pokemon was afraid of water even though she was a water type. Haunter from his position chuckled over Rikka's forgetfulness.

[Lady Leaf]

Swablu was a bit confused when Haunter disappeared. Her tiny body was looking around frantically trying to find where the pokemon had gone but to no luck. It had vanished into thin air. A few seconds later it was back and had been able to use Rain Dance. Small drops of water began to tap her feathers but she paid no attention to that. After all, she had been rain many times before.

“Cotton Guard,” Kero called out causing Swablu to give her wings a few tiny flaps. Bits and pieces of the cotton on her wings came together to give her a tiny shield of sorts. Kero had no idea what this trainer was up to but he figured it was a good idea to raise Swablu’s defences just in case. For a moment he thought about using swift but then remembered the attack wasn’t a flying type. He would just have to wait and hope the next move from Haunter wasn’t a fatal one.

Charizard had finally taken his eyes off the Growlith and now turned his attention to the battle. He was sort of happy he wasn’t in the battle. Sure rain dance wouldn’t hurt him, but he really did hate water of any kind. If he had the choice he would never have a bath ever. Sadly Kero disliked it when Charizard started to smell and thus baths were required. Charizard suddenly shivered just thinking about it.

[Snow Soul]

Haunter had liked the confusion on the swablu's face so he quickly disappeared beneath the snow again waiting for Rikka's orders. At the boy trainer's words he sort of got a bit down then cheered up. He had a feeling he knew which move Rikka was gonna make next. Popping the top half of his head above the snow he looked at Rikka who seemed to be having a hard time consoling the Wingull. Slightly worried he fully showed himself and floated over to her and used Hypnosis on the freaked out pokemon. Thankfully she fell asleep with in moments.

Rikka sighed and smiled at Haunter gratefully. "Alrighty Haunter use Thunderbolt." Haunter grinned and formed a Thunder bolt and sent it zooming toward the Swablu. If it didn't hit this time he would just get behind her and hit her the second time. Floating in place he watched the Swablu wondering if she would be able to dodge it in time. Combined with water the Electricity would definitely hurt.

Growlithe yipped and looked up at Rikka with his goofy Grin. The Wingull had been put to sleep for her own sake and the brother was starting to calm down now that his sister was all good. Wrapping his bushy tail around Moon he tried to keep her nice and warm as he tilted his head and watched Haunter.

[Lady Leaf]

Both Swablu and Kero were a bit confused by Haunters sudden halt in the battle. Kero had no idea why the Haunter was using his hypnosis attack near his trainer. Swablu on the other hand noticed the wiggling in Rikka’s coat and got a small idea what he was trying to do. Either way Kero held off all of his attacks in respect until the Haunter re-entered the field.

Just as he thought, she had an electric attack up her sleeve. “Dodge!” Was all Kero yelled out hopefully fast enough for Swablu to dodge the attack? She had tried her best to do so but had been a bit too slow. The electric attack had skimmed her giving her a shock. Luckily her cotton ball had soaked up some of the damage but the rain didn’t help. The attack still gave her a pretty good shock and Kero knew if she was hit by another she would be out of the battle.

“Mirror Move,” Kero called out the moment the tiny bird shock off the pain from the last attack. Sure enough the tiny bird copied the thunderbolt attack sending it right back at Haunter. If the pokemon was fast enough to dodge this too then Kero could only think of one thing left to do. He wasn’t sure how well it work. He had been hoping the Haunter didn’t have an electric attack and would have instead used a psychic one but sadly it was never that easy. Luckily Kero had one other ghost move up his sleeve if Swablu could outlast the next attack from Haunter.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka pulled out Hana's Poke-ball while she waited for Swablu to attack. Returning the poor wingull she looked up just in time to see him use Mirror move. "Haunter dodge!" Haunter moved to the side just missing the bolt. Grinning at the bird pokemon he slipped beneath the snow again and made his way toward the bird pokemon. Rikka repositioned Shiro as she called out the next attack. "Thunderbolt again."

Haunter popped up behind the pokemon and formed a bolt before tossing it at her. Slipping back beneath the snow he made his way back over to Rikka. He didn't even look back to see if the attack it. It had been at close range and with the water it probably would do more damage then the last. Slipping out of the snow he floated a yard or two in front of Rikka while he waited for the next attack.

Shiro popped his head out of the coat to see how everything was going. So far all he knew was it had started raining for no reason. Moon watched Haunter and thought he was having too much fun with this. Pressing closer the Growlithe she soaked up most of his heat. Caerus tilted his head slightly wondering how the Haunter and other ghost pokemon could do that.

[Lady Leaf]

A miss again. Damn this Haunter was annoying. It had a might nice advantage being able to sink under the snow. Swablue could fly but it wouldn`t save her from the thunderbolt attacks.

“Swablu, get ready to dodge.” Kero knew the ghost pokemon was going to appear again with another thunderbolt but the question was, where? It could pop up just about anywhere. Kero really hoped his small bird pokemon would be fast enough to dodge the attack in time but he wasn’t so sure. Swablu still needed a lot of training. After all that was why Kero had wanted to battle with Swablu. She needed to learn and grow stronger.

When the haunter arose from the ground Swablu hadn’t seen it. “Behind you Swablu!” Kero had yelled out but it was too late. By the time the small bird pokemon had turned around Haunter had aimed the thunderbolt at her. She took it full on before falling to the ground feeling rather dizzy. “Swablu are...” Before Kero could finish his question she fell over. This battle was over and he had lost. Oh well, he knew the tiny bird had given it a good try. Haunter was no easy opponent either.

Taking out his pokeball, Kero returned Swablu. Before he put it back on his belt he whispered to it “Good job today.” Then his pale brown eyes looked up at the trainer who had just beaten him. “You’re not so bad.” He commented with a slight grin, “For a commoner.” For the most part he had no choice but to be somewhat nice to this girl. It was just a rule he had made for himself upon losing a battle. “My names Kero Blackthorn and this is my partner Charizard.” He introduced himself giving a small bow of the head in respect.

[Snow Soul]

Haunter watched the bird pokemon fall over and blinked. Done already? Shrugging it off he floated around Rikka then floated off to explore who was quickly followed by Growlithe. Shiro moved up onto Rikka's shoulder staying in the coat making her look slightly hunched while he settled. Moon looked up as she heard teh Wingull move and was immediately picked up by Rikka.

Rikka looked over at him as he started to talk. A grin jumped to her lips and she didn't even twitch at the commoner comment. Taking everything in stride she stepped forward so she wasn't so far away. "Your a good Trainer your self. I'm Rikka Soul. Moon is my partner." Moon nodded her head from Rikka's arms and watched the Charizard. Rikka got the feeling he wasn't usually nice to those who weren't noble born but she pushed it to the side. He was nice enough.

Growlithe and Haunter had disappeared behind a couple of snow banks and came racing back. Caerus ended up tripping and rolling to a stop near Rikka's feet. Grinning he looked at the Haunter victoriously. He had made it back to Rikka first. Haunter chuckled and floated around the Growlithe challenging him to another race.

[Lady Leaf]

Charizard began watching the other pokemon almost shocked by how much they were playing. How could any human or beast enjoy this white, cold and disgustingly wet stuff? Sure maybe if you were one of those wired ice pokemon or something... Charizard just hated the snow but he knew it was a good place to learn how to deal with it. After all, there was snow all year round in this area.

“So miss Soul, what would possibly cause you to come out of the cozy warm cabins today? I thought Charizard and I were the only ones crazy enough to risk...” His sentence was cut a bit short when a loud rumble from the mountains could be heard. It had been rather loud almost like thunder and caused some of the wild bird pokemon in the area to fly off. Had it been the snow shifting?

“What was that?” Kero aloud as his eyes looked up scanning the mountains and snow ahead of him. Hopefully they wouldn’t be running into any avalanches today but one could never be too careful. It was common for people and pokemon to go missing in regon due to the bad weather and amount of avalanches. Luckily Kero wasn’t too concerned for himself as he had charizard to fly him out of it. But what about this girl? Would she be ok? Sure she wasn’t a noble but it was a nobles job to protect those lower than them from anything but well... other nobles of course. “Not going up there are you? He asked.

[Snow Soul]

Moon watched the Charizard and chuckled. <Playing is a way to tire everyone out before bed time. Plus moving keeps you warm.> Which now that she thought about it was up for a little racing herself. Stretching she rubbed her head around Rikka's and jumped down into the snow. Shaking the loose snow off she took off after the two pokemon at one of her slower paces. Moon had to keep Haunter and Caerus in check. If she didn't Haunter would probably put the growlithe in a tree.

Rikka listened and watched Moon disappear over the snow bank. Upon hearing the loud rumbling she glanced around noticing the wild bird pokemon taking flight in the air. Interesting. Stroking Shiro's head she shrugged her shoulders since she didn't know what it was. Deciding to go in order from his first question she spoke up her voice holding amusement. "Well I'm out here to Draw cause I got bored just sitting around. I don't know what it was. No. yes. Maybe. It would all depend on where I feel like I want to draw. Oh and just call me Rikka." Smiling she pulled her bag off and dug through it till she found her sketch book.

Her bag didn't look all that big but it held a lot of stuff in it. She mainly just had to keep it organized in order to keep everything in it. Setting the bag down on the snow she held out the sketch book for him to look at. Drawing was just a side hobby but she did love it. Rikka loved pokemon more and really wanted to become a breeder who raise all sorts of pokemon.

[Lady Leaf]

Charizard gave Moon an odd look when she stated that playing kept you warm. He did like being warm and it was pretty cold out... but then to play... normally he found most of the games the other pokemon played to be rather boring. There was much better things he could think of doing with his time. However the idea of warming up just a bit sounded so very good. Charizard finally let out a loud huff as he gave his wings a flap. Soon enough he was off the ground and following Moon towards the others. It had shocked Kero to see Charizard actually go off to play. Though he wasn’t so great at playing. His idea of fun was spitting small flames towards ground, slightly melting the snow around the other pokemon. The fire was nothing too harmful but it still didn’t look like the safest thing out there.

Kero turned his attention back to Rikka as she pulled out her sketches. “You are all the way out here just to draw? Don’t you realize how dangerous it can be out here?” He would have continued to lecture her if the sketch book hadn’t drawn in his attention. Without asking, he slipped it away from her and opened it up to take a look. As he studied the pictures a small comment murmured from lips “Not bad...” Though anything was better than his drawings. He was lucky if he could draw stick figures. After a moment he held the book out for her to take back and continued his lecture.

“The fact of the matter is, if the snow shifts too much it could cause an avalanche which would crush you. Unless the little creature you have hidden under that coat of yours is powerful enough to fly you out of harm’s way. He explained as he crossed his arms stubbornly, “But as my duty as a man and a noble I shall escort you until you are finished your drawing, Miss Soul.” Sadly for her he had decided to keep his ties with her purely formal. That meant, no matter how much she insisted, he was going to use her last name.

[Snow Soul]

Moon chuckled as he decided to follow after. Probably the promise of getting warm. Catching up with Growlithe and Haunter she jumped up and leaped through Haunter. Haunter looked at Moon and waggled a finger at her before he skittered to the side as Charizard started spitting fire down at them. Growlithe liking the game ran around avoiding the fire and leaping over Moon. Haunter floated around then floated above the Charizard to stay out of the range of Fire. Moon moved around using protect to keep the flames from hitting her. This was the best way to get warm.

Rikka listened to him start his lecture before he took her sketch book. Smiling she nodded her head at his comment. "Thank you." Taking it back she waited for him to continue his lecture. Tucking the sketch book back in her bag she stroked Shiro's head as he took offense at his comment. The wingull settled down as it seemed Rikka wasn't taking his words seriously. Or at least she didn't seemed to be taking them seriously. Pulling her bag back on she was careful not to squish Shiro.

Hearing her last name she chuckled. Apparently he wanted to keep things formal. Oh well. "Alrighty Blackthorn. If you feel like following me around while I draw, then my first drawing shall be of your Charizard." Smiling kindly she headed after the four Pokemon. Finding a spot where the snow had been melted away by the four she sat and pulled off her bag. Pulling out her Sketch book and a pencil she watched the four and started a rough sketch of them playing. Either she hadn't noticed the unsafe playing from Charizard or just trusted her pokemon way too much.

[Lady Leaf]

“Of Charizard?” Kero replied a bit shocked at her decision, “Well I guess he is pretty cool. Just don’t tell him that.” Kero fallowed her and stopped as she began to set up her things to draw. As she set up his pale brown eyes looked out at the four pokemon as they played. It was kind of nice seeing Charizard playing rather than sun bathing. Though he hoped this wouldn’t be a game he would try playing in the summer. Back home, in the desert the game would most likely be a bit too hot for Moon or gastly to play. Though the young Growlithe might like it. Kero at least knew that Charizard would never actually hurt any of them.

After watching the pokemon for a bit, Kero finally brought his attention back to Rikka who had already started drawing. It was already looking rather amazing. It sort of reminded him of Alvaro’s drawing, though the style was much different. He kind of wished he had a talent of his own. So far he life hadn’t really given him one. At least not a talent as obvious as being able to draw dance or sing. He wasn’t even very good at playing games. He was good at studying ... if that counted for anything.

“So do you often risk your life to draw a few pictures or is it just something you do as a hobby?” Kero asked suddenly. He was more or less asking if her art work was for a job of some sort or not. That and he was making small talk. He had a feeling the answer was just a hobby. After all, she already stated that she had been bored. “You’re probably about the second best artist I’ve seen in Era.” Even if she was better than Alvaro or not, Kero would probably never see it.

[Snow Soul]

Rikka looked at him and smiled over his shocked face. Chuckling she looked back at her Drawing and roughly sketched haunter above Charizard who was making faces until he spotted Rikka drawing them. Once she had Haunter and Charizard roughly sketched she worked on Moon and Caerus. Moon looked over at Rikka then went back to running around. She was much warmer now. "Charizard is pretty Amazing. Oh and I won't." Looking over at Kero she smiled again since she had finally answered to his statement.

At his next question she finished the Rough sketch and started to clean it up by adding the details. "Its a hobby. My real passion is getting to raise lots of pokemon. I want to be a Breeder but I have lots of things I still need to learn." Looking up at her pokemon she smiled affectionately. At his comment she nodded her head. "There are probably lots of Artists more talented then me. I know a boy who has his pokemon help in most of his art." Caerus jumped up barked happily before he hit a patch of ice and went sliding. Hitting a Snow bank he popped his head up as if he had meant to do that.

Rikka chuckled and finished off the sketch of the four playing. Moon walked over to Caerus and batted more snow at him before she took off running again. Happily her growlithe chased after Moon and tried to tackle her only to end up jumping into another bank of snow. Looking around he ran up to Rikka and shook the snow off. Laughing Rikka put her pencil down and tossed a snowball at Caerus which smacked into his rump.