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[The feed starts out pretty tame. Two Garchomps duke it out using a variety of moves ranging from Outrage to Earthquake. The smaller of the two lets out a series of roars and continuously throws himself at Bahamut, but while he does land some decent hits, his hot-headed behavior leads to his downfall. As the fight wears on, Quake ends up getting knocked around by Bahamut, and his attempts to counter do little against his opponent's higher speed.

Eventually, he topples over with a pitiful growl. For the next few moments, he's motionless.

Meanwhile, Bahmut lets out a triumphant roar over his victory. Bigger dragon wins! In his excitement at besting another dragon, Bahamut turns over to his trainer and nearly barrels over Xion, who laughs and tries to pat his head. Good going, Bahamut!

While Riku smirks and heads over to Xion to congratulate her, Quake doesn't seem to share their enthusiasm. He lets out another growl, pushes himself to his feet and trudges ever so slowly over to the two of them. While they're busy basking in their victory, he raises his claws, and once he gets close enough, launches himself onto Bahamut's back with the intent of knocking him over.]

--wah?!

[ Bahamut is alarmed by the sudden weight on him and tries to jerk free, unintentonally shoving Xion to the ground with a roar. His jaws are snapping loudly, tail swishing around wildly while trying to claw at the other dragon to get off. ]

B-Bahamut! [ Panic and worry jumpstarts Xion into a standing position. She watches her dragon struggle and every instinct within her is just screaming to help her Pokemon, and not before long, she takes several steps forward-- ]

Hold up!

[Riku hurries behind her, reaching out for her arm. Quake, however, shoots her a vicious glare, driving his claws into Bahamut's back and clamping down on his neck. Go ahead, Xion. Just try and come closer.]

He's... He's hurting him!

[ Xion is trying to jerk Riku off, but to no avail. Bahamut is roaring even louder, but before long, he's managing to maneuver his neck to take a hard bite on Quake's bicep, accompanied with gnashing sounds. If that isn't enough, Bahamut sends them both to the ground in an attempt to roll the other dragon off of him. ]

And if you get too close, he'll hurt you.

[Quake takes this opportunity to nail Bahamut with a little toxic, spewing acid onto his skin. Bahamut's powerful bite prompts a shrill roar out of Quake, and after delivering a slash along his spines, he releases his grip on Bahamut and springs into the air, landing a few yards away. For the moment, he takes his eyes off of Bahamut and spreads out his arms with a bellowing roar. Then he launches himself forward, unleashing a powerful Outrage. Riku, in the mean time, cringes, watching the two dragons carefully. If only he'd brought Slash with him, then this wouldn't be a problem!

Xion actually doesn't seem to register what Riku just said. She's watching and hoping Bahamut recovers and pulls away or... or something! Bahamut is trying to fight off the debilitating effects of the poison in his system. With a defiant roar, however, Bahamut manages to bring up his own Outrage and charge Quake head on. I'm the faster dragon, buster!]

Riku! We have to stop them! [ Xion's momentarily stopped trying to get Riku to let go of her in favor of pleading now. ]

I'll stop them. You stay back.

[Perhaps foolishly, he lets go of Xion's arm and rushes into the fray, eyes narrow and fists clenched. He keeps his eyes locked on Quake and prepares to fling himself onto his shoulders...

Before he can even reach him, Quake burrows into the ground and vanishes from sight. Seconds later, he emerges right behind Xion and prepares to strike.]

--?!

[ She turns, seeing one of Quake's talons home in on her, and try as Xion might to dodge to the side, he manages to give her a solid hit on the side of her head, followed by the sounds of skin being sliced, Xion hitting the ground with a grunt, and it's then Bahamut cries out one of the angriest roars a Garchomp could emit before going for Quake's neck.

Xion herself is actually still moving, despite the searing pain in her head and the heavy, warm liquid she can feel running down her cheek. She manages into a sitting position, trying to look around and see how the fight's going amidst the dust and raging purple dragons. ]

Xion!

[Bahamut's not the only one seething with rage. The moment she goes down, Riku bolts forward, hurrying to her side. Bahamut's bite stops Quake momentarily, and he lets out a pained screech as the teeth sink into his neck. While Quake thrashes and flails, Riku crouches down by her side, placing a hand on her shoulder.]

Xion, you're bleeding.

[He places a gloved hand over her wound.]

C'mon, forget the fight. We need to get you to a PokéCenter!

[He reaches for his belt with his other hand, feeling around. If he could just get Quake in his Pokéball...]

But we need to stop them!

[ Apparently getting nicked in the head doesn't stop Xion's priorities from being scrambled. Or maybe it made worse? Things have just gotten out of hand so badly, and she wants both Pokemon to stop. Bahamut doesn't let up, applying even more pressure and using his bigger size to grind Quake's body into the earth. The poison is a long forgotten prospect in his head as he's seeing red right now. Better think fast, Riku, Xion's already scrambling to get back up. ]

[Riku looks around frantically, gnashing his teeth. He can't let Xion get hurt again! Her injuries from Terror were bad enough. But he doesn't have Flare. Draco knows ice moves, but why would he help? Phantom's not the sort to get in the way of 'entertainment,' and Flare's back at the room now.

Without warning, Riku rushes out in front of Xion, pulls her off to the side, and then he leaps onto Quake's back with his arms wrapped tightly around his neck. This... probably isn't a good idea in retrospect, as Bahamut's rage may put him in danger even with Quake preoccupied at the moment.

Suddenly, an Aura Sphere whirls through the air, and the feed cuts out.]

[Shortly after the feed, a text appears, courtesy of Phantom:]

so. Riku was gonna brag about how he got all the Kanto badges and how the Elite Four can't send you home but I think he's a little busy right now. heh heh heh.

but do you see what I see? ♥ somebody tell them to pucker up...

when they're not being torn apart by dragons.

[ooc: Video responses will come from Riku and Xion once they've hit the Center. If you wanna do stuff with Phantom before they get patched up, that's cool too. :|b]

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Look, not every Pokémon's going to be friendly. Usually I keep Quake under control, but that doesn't mean I can predict his every move. Sometimes people's pets attack, even when they're tame. Quake just happens to be a powerful dragon who can do a lot more damage.

[Nope, not stopping the logic any time soon. He's not the one who went out of his way to nail Bahamut.]

And you didn't have any Pokemon with you that could use one of those when the fight started?

[Because she's thinking he'd have used one if he could have, but there are a lot of factors in this. A lot more than she first expected.]

What kind of trouble? Does she not respond or does she just ignore them?

[It certainly says something. What, exactly, is hard to say with so little information.]

[Well, those expectations may become true later on, but she keeps her tone in that same conversational range for the moment. No sense in having Xion slam down her walls of "not listening!" just yet.]

You're right about that. But do you really think you could have done anything to stop the fight by yourself? They're a lot stronger than we are, you know. I don't think punching them in the stomach would have done any good.

[At least she's trying. That counts for something!]

[ It's only when they start walking does Xion fall in a companionable silence with Riku. Her gaze follows the ground a bit, though, as she thinks on what happened before. ]

[ Xion actually blinks in surprise at that. ] What? I wouldn't do something like that!

Hmm... Quake was... well, he always seemed to be a bit mean to Bahamut, but Bahamut didn't really seem to mind it. I should've paid better attention.

Then... what else should I have done? [ Other than the obvious that she could have recalled Bahamut or something else, but. ] I couldn't just stand there and do nothing, and...

[ ... she can't really say it. If the result turns out okay to her standards, what does it matter if she's hurt in the process? ]

You're right on that, at least. But people do worry...

Oh, now I know what you mean. They did sound like nice stories. Then... Riku really is a hero, then!

Yeah. I did my best to take care of him as a Magikarp, and I think he remembers?

I doubt you could have expected it would end as badly. There are certain battle conventions that Pokémon seem to always respect, after all.

[...Hm, this kid, at least is totally honest about this, not to mention she's attached to the one called as Quake, which is always a good thing as far as he knows, right?]

Perhaps recalling it into the sphere you carry along before the situation gets worse would be something to think about for next time.

...Ah, they don't?

[Welp, that sure is some news. While he could substitute a sword with anything else that looks like a stick, he's not completely sure this youth before him has that kind of mastery.]

Still, it'd do you well to prepare for next time.

[He knows that the kid probably have an idea of what will happen should he be taken off guard again by the burrowing behind him and hurting his friend, and thus, didn't say another word.]

[Iconface. Really now? Huh....] Then why did you step towards them? It looked like you were about to throw yourself at them to stop the fight.

[Or is she talking about the punching bit? Either seems possible.]

that just means they care about you. :)

hehe, yup! he sure is!
though, let's be honest here: absolutely nobody is surprised to learn this.

More like it just happened, and now I've got a mess on my hands.

That's only if there's a next time.

[After this mess, he'd rather avoid any more surprise attacks. After all, Xion's safety matters more than a few battles.]

I guess I could look into a muzzle.

I mostly just brute force it. It's completely exhausting, though.

And thanks, but it's just the badges. The bit about the Elite Four's based on word of mouth; I asked a few leaders about sending us home, and they said it's impossible. Nobody here can pull it off.

Usually he doesn't go after trainers, but he's got a bad habit of throwing fits when things don't go his way.

But he almost never loses, which is... well, another problem.

Yeah. The nurses have been fussing over me since I checked in.

[Much to his dismay; he'd much rather do something productive than lie around.]

They took off after their rounds were over, except Phantom. And he's about as helpful as a rock.

[In other words: not helpful at all.]

As for Terror, I don't think she's on the same wavelength as them. If anything, she acts more like a wild animal than the rest of them.

[Not that he's suggesting regular animals don't think, just that they don't think in the same way.]

Oh, thank goodness... That was one of the worst things I've ever seen...

I can see why it would be. I doubt he's had many chances to learn how to deal with blows to his pride.

I... I meant about the punching bit.

Conventions?

I know they do, but... And I try to stay away from trouble, but things just... happen, you know?

[ Keyword here: try. ]

They aren't?

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