[X] My Assistant

[Kamaitachi]

The main arena, a gargantuan Colosseum overlooking the vast sea, has separated into 8 fields, each with its own set of stands, while the higher seats have a lovely view of all eight battles. Each battle is televised on the giant screens located along the walls, giving spectators the nitty gritty close-up views of each battle.

The battles to come would be fierce, and with so many raging simultaneously, and to be distracted by the neighboring fights could easily spell a loss.

The Match for this field was slated for Darryn Kellor and Jill Cortoma. The field in question was...sickeningly sweet. The obstacles appeared to be stuffed pokemon toys, that upon touch, would release opaque, colourful bubbles into the air. The floor itself was so incredibly pink that...metaphors were not needed.

The referee, holding the trademark flags, floated nearby on what could only be described as a hovering disc; yet another technological marvel of Daioh Scientists. The ref tapped his fingers on his poketch, which revealed a rotating triangular pyramid on the main screen. Once it stopped rotating, it revealed a large number 1:

"This will be a three on three battle conducted in Singles Style If one of the combatants falls, the reserve must be sent in immediately. Trainers, summon your first pokemon now!"

This battle seemed ready to erupt. The stakes? Continuing participation in the tournament.

The crowd roared in anticipation.

[Aura Dynasty]

"Ho-ly shiiit..." Jill muttered with big eyes as she looked at the sea of cute, fluffy pinkness in front of her. "Are you kidding me? How am I supposed to keep myself serious on THIS field?" Even Axis, all though and cute, was stunned by the pink field decorated with pink cuddly stuffed pokémondolls. Not even an inch of their field was left unturned by the pink and dolly folly. "Seriously, someone should get that decorator fired right away." Thinking this to be a joke, because this looked more like a scenario for one of those hidden camera-shows like Jinx'd than a proper battle-stage for the Quarter-finals, she was about to turn around. Then seeing the thousands of spectators piercing their eyes on the eight stages of the arena, she knew it couldn't be.

"Gaahhh" she let out an annoyed cry and faced the other side of the field again. Her opponent, Darryn Kellor, was someone to be cautious with. Her previous battle against Elizabeth Shir was miraculously won due to the splendid, be it somewhat odd, teamwork Vex and Axis had shown upon the field. With teamwork she meant one pumped up pooch obeying and an ignorant chimp doing whatever he deemed best. But nonetheless, it worked, so she wasn't complaining. But this fight, this time she would have to work pretty hard if she ever were to give him a decent match.

After her match she'd walked into the main hall, only to be in time to hear the speakers repeat the line-up for the Quarter-Finals. Which meant she had but a few hours to rest and gain some information on her next opponent. One of those sophisticated computers near the infirmary had caught her attention, as she didn't want to be too far-off when they brought back Carracosta and the rest of her team. Axis had taken the least damage and was already returned to her care within 10 minutes, Vex took a bit longer, since he gave the nurse a rather rough time when wanting to heal his minor wounds. Perhaps she should've mentioned that her chimchar wasn't one of those easy-go-lucky pokémon. But as always, regrets came too late. Now, with her two pokémon back in her care and three Nurses refusing to treat a chimchar ever again, she scrolled down the database for results on Darryn Kellor.

"Fiiiiuuuw!" Jill whistled impressed, as she scrolled down his records and watched the replay of his previous match. At least a half dozen of pokémon in his care, all trained and grown together with him on his journeys... In a nutshell, she was toast. He would have the experience, trust and bonds that she lacked with her own team. Well, the bond she could make up for, at least with Axis she did, Vex would become a problem.

"Now we're pretty much done for, eh Axis?" she asked her poochyena, who only looked at her own reflection in the computer-screen and wasn't paying attention to whatever her trainer said.

"Hey, I'm talking to you, nitwit!" she softly poked the little poochyena, who tried to playfully bite her trainer's finger in reply.

A small bell caught the twosome's attention and both looked at a large screen, seeing that Carracosta was nearly healed. She closed all tabs on her computer and shut off the screen before rising from her chair. Being worried sick about her rental pokémon she made her way towards the large door. Soon after a nurse came walking up to her with a pokéball in her hands. The nurse gave her the pokéball and Jill gratefully thanked her, to which the nurse would only give her a smile before leaving again. The small tracker on her belt beeped, telling her to proceed towards the main arena, as she would have to be there in 20 minutes.

And now she stood there, in the giant arena, which was even more spectacular than where she'd fought her first round. This surely was an impressive stadium, it had to be said. But the fields... she'd seen better, way better. She still found them too cuddly for her being, and she was a girl! Okay, not one of those girly-girl types, but still. Slowly she could feel the tension building, as she waited for her opponent to enter the field with great anticipation. She'd had her daily portion of stress, now she was ready to face Darryn Kellor with a clear mind. He could be here any minute.

This post has been edited by Aura Dynasty: Aug 8 2013, 09:17 PM