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((I always forget the a flock of crows is called a murder, =p))
SST It was getting irritated now, but had one last trick up it's sleeves. The point was to get as many Murkrow away from the nest as possible; Thus, Stalker knew that any possible method would work. It smiled as well as it could with it's twisted face, and then used CUT on a nearby giant magical tree.

KRRRRRACCCCK! The tree began to tip forward. Stalker had been careful to cut on the side of the tree facing the Murkrow; The tree was large and heavy; and being magical, nothing but Stalker's cut would be capable to effect it's trajectory. It then used Screech, to set all of the pokemon off guard. Thankfully, the woods made it hard to tell where the sound was coming from and the tree was a big distraction as it was, as it came crashing down. Finally, in the confusion, it readied its Vine Whip in preparation to snag the Soothe Bell when the opportunity arose.

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Meanwhile, the Pursuit of Mukrow finally caught up with Ledior. The pokemon then turned to face them, and to each pursuit it used a mach punch. Although it wasn't very effective against the flying types, it did cancel out the Pursuit attack. Then it teased them and soared upward, ending with a Supersonic attack!

However, Stalker, a ghost pokemon well adept with night-time creeping, had all the time it needed to get close. The tree that now lay within the clearing had given it excellent cover as well, as it now stood right behind Murraven. It grinned and lashed out with a Vine Whip! One to snare or drive off Murraven, and one to snag the bell. Meanwhile, Ledior headed back, having disposed of the Murkrow cronies, and headed towards the nests.

Stalker hissed in protest but immediately launched it's Razor Leaf attack in close-range. Ledior and Aipom both began dashing back, although Aipom stopped to dispose of it's pursuers.

Night Shade struck hard, but the pokemon stayed firm. Still latched on, it used it's Cut attack to it's full potential.

"... STALKER..." Stalker called to Aipom and Ledior who had finally arrived. The three nodded, obviously avoiding a battle was best in this situation. Stalker wrapped a vine around the Soothe Bell and released Murraven, and used CUT to chop away the tree. The smaller pieces, although still magical, could be easily hauled off by the other pokemon. Soon the tree was a pile of logs, ready to be taken away.

Xer0: "Lu!" Lupup cried, coming back from its scavenging mission. In its mouth it held a sharp stick, and between its paws it kicked along a small Berry.

Sighing, Romulus took the items. "Lupup, Anthony can do this without these (and he has a much better plan than me), but thanks anyway," he said, returning not only Lupup but also Ditto, Bellsprout, and Caterpie. He knew his plan most likely would have gotten him killed, but he was still slightly resentful at not being able to play the hero.
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Flarsable: Cain quickly killed the Razor Leaf with his sword then started thinking. "They're trying to protect Myrath so it can finish Alakazam once it is hit with Overheat and it's Torrent goes into effect... at the expense of the others..." Cain smirked as he mumbled to himself. "I better hide it..." He thought for a moment. "Missoto guard Alakazam and use Protect if necessary." Cain whispered to the Pokemon. He had completely forgot of Alakazam's Recover move. Oops. "Now Missoto, use Mega Drain on Myrath." Missoto shot the green beam at Myrath to suck its HP. "And Dusclops, use Destiny Bond on Tyrantorch." Dusclops used a mysterious shadow power and spiritually connected itself to Tyrantorch.
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DeckuZora: Suddenly Myrath burst from the trees, and blasted a gigantic torrent of water right beneath Alakazam. Anthony watched, satisfied, as Alakazam sunk deep into the mud, it even dropped one of it's spoons!
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Xer0: Romulus looked at Alakazam, and realized the berry could come in handy now. Grabbing his Journal and his sharp stick, he dashed towards the pokemon.

"Lupup! Come on out!" he cried as Lupup appeared in a flash of red light. "Grab the spoon! Without it, Alakazam should be weaker using its attack!" Secretly, however, he was using Lupup as a decoy. My original plan was turning out to work anyways, he thought.

Although originally he was going to use all his pokemon from all different directions (and Alakazam would still be able to move), the basic principle was the same - get a weapon, a decoy, and an Iapapa. He had created a large "cage" of vines and string around the pokemon to limit its ability to flee, but the mud was working so much better than that, and without a spoon its psychic abilities were weakened. All he had to do now was get up close to the pokemon and force it to eat the Berry, which hopefully would confuse it enough to render it less than the threat it was now. Holding his stick as a weapon, he ran toward the pokemon.
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Flarsable: "Missoto, free Alakazam and Saggitorso, get that spoon back!" Saggitorso went in pursuit of Lupup, getting ready to Crunch it, while Missoto took Alakazam's now free hand and slowly pulled it out of the mud. "And Lanterror, use Magic Spell on Myrath!" Lanterror shot a ball of magic at Myrath, knowing Myrath probably couldn't counter it because it just landed and couldn't react that fast.
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DeckuZora: Anthony smirked, Myrath knew better than that, "Myrath, use Double Team!" And like that, the Myrath multiplied by the dozens. Lanterror became confused and messed up it's aim, hitting a few of the copies... Then Myrath emerged from underground unleashing it's Vicious Suck!

Meanwhile, Tyrantorch spotted Missoto and launched it's Eruption a third time, effectively making a wall between Missoto, Saggitorso, and Alakazam. It became evident that Cain would have to remove Anthony's pokemon completely from the picture to stand any kind of chance so he turned to the boy.

"Boy, I believe that you are looking for something, yes?" With that, he pulled out a beautifully sculpted necklace. It had several metal beads, two sharpedo teeth, and a metal symbol. The Chinese symbol for the Rooster. Anthony shook violently and glared vehemently. A few deep breathes and then:

"Give that... Back..."

Cain only smirked.

"I'll give you this back if you join me and help me further my cause."

Anthony only shook more and started to grind his teeth. His knuckles cracked and veins popped from his hands. He was genuinely distressed. The reason: That necklace had been a memory. A memory of both his girlfriend back home, who indeed, was chinese, and his four closest friends, for whom also wore similar necklaces to represent the bond between them. He was... almost poisonous to look at.

"CAIN! I SWEAR I WILL NOT HEAR OR SEE ANY IDEAL AS FOUL AS YOURS MAY BE!" He breathed in, "BUT, I will also... get that... back... on my... own..." As he said this, he shook one last time, then jerked forward and rushed, headlong, towards the thief. It was the dash of someone who had been driven to madness, not even a little sanity or sense showed. He dodged rocks as Eruption burst upward, and leapt over water and trees. There was no regard for safety... No regard at all for himself and then:

*BLAMMM!* Cain, shocked in all senses of the word, fell backward as the boy hit him. It was a solid punch, and it caused a rather ugly bruise to appear on his face, however, the man stood up, and glared. He flicked the hilt of his katana with his thumb, rocketing it forward, and the hilt knocked into Anthony's stomach, causing him to keel over and vomit blood. Then Cain picked him up by the shirt, and glared coldly into the boy's face. He then said:

"It would have been so wise to have just listened!" He thrust Anthony up, and kicked him once, sending the boy sprawling back by Romulus. Then the man pocketed the necklace. Smiling, he said:

"Let's end this already!"
(excerpt from All Roads lead to Bombur p. 9-10) - edited for clarity

Flarsable: Lanterror was hit by the slices from the top, and was thrown down for a quick bounce up off the ground to the side right towards Alakazam. It made contact and both were fainted on the ground. "What?! Fine, then. Return." His pokemon were sent back into their balls. "That means I have Saggitorso, Howlunar, and Missoto. Saggitorso, use Ice Beam! Missoto, Brick Break! And Howlunar, use Close Combat! It's time for payback." Saggitorso shot the beam of ice at Skarmory, Missoto's hand glowed white and it thrust it towards Skarmory, and howlunar jumped at, of course, Skarmory, fists ready for some serious beating.
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Xer0: Romulus looked at Cain seriously. "I know it was a small chance, but with as weak pokemon as mine, they didn't stand a chance fighting you the normal way. Vine Whip the Berry again and give it to me, Bellsprout. Before it hits the ground." Taking the Berry once more, he shoved it into his small rucksack and thoguht what he could do now.

Nothing, really.

Great.
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Flarsable: "I'll try to take all three of the strong ones. Sagittorso, use Ice Beam on Mosstrous! Missoto, Mega Drain on Myrath! Howlunar, use Close Combat on Skarmory!" Sagittorso launched a light blue beam at Mosstrous from its mouth, Missoto shot a red beam at Myrath which would become green upon draining health, and Howlunar jumped at Skarmory for some serious beating.
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DeckuZora: "MYRATH, VISCIOUS SUCK!" The pokemon charged down Missoto, and the two former starter-pokemon began to leach off each others health with super effective moves, both attempting to gain the upper hand by damaging the other relentlessly, Missoto with it's arms, and Myrath with it's hard head. Anthony glanced around to his comrades, with a look of anxiety. We won't be able to hold out for long. Let's hurry!
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Flarsable: "Come on Missoto, you're the one with the type advantage!" The pep talk by Cain didn't help Missoto. It kept on draining Myrath's HP while Myrath sucked its. It seemed to be a tie. Both Pokemon collapsed to the ground, fainted.
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Xer0: It was too late to dodge, and Romulus knew that. It was too late to help Anthony, and Romulus knew that. And it was too late to help Aar- Or is it?

"Caterpie and Bellsprout! Restrain Howluner with String Shot 'n Vine Whip! Before it hits Scarmory!" Romulus cried. His pokemon obeyed, getting to their places quickly. He knew they wouldn't be able to hold Howlunar for long (or even grab him fast enough) but it was his only hope.

Dimly, he realized Mosstrous was hit hard, probably KOing him - he knew it would happen.
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DeckuZora: Anthony leapt forth, and took Mosstrous pokeball from Romulus and quickly assessed its damage. It was nearly out.

"Going out with a bang. Aaron, we leave the end to you, now Mosstrous, use BRANCH BLOW on Howlunar!"
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Flarsable: Howlunar turned around and dodged the String Shot, then the Vine Whip. The Branch Blow was coming in, and Howlunar ran towards it and jumped to the branch . It caught the branch. With the branch in hand, it ran towards Mosstrous to finish it with its own attack, forgetting Skarmory.
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Miravistel: Skarmory was smacked hard by the Close Combat and thrown backwards. It took a lot of frantic flapping, but Skarmory managed to regain control of its flight before it could crash into a tree.

Aaron noticed that Howlunar had turned it's attention from Skarmory and decided to take advantade of that. "We're winding down now, Skarmory," called Aaron. "Now, use Hurricane on Howlunar!" He ought to be out of range of the attack, but grabbed on to a nearby tree, just in case.

Skarmory began to beat its wings hard, whipping up strong winds which gathered around the wolf-like pokemon. The winds incerased in speed and power until they were gale force, and could probably buffet around any pokemon who did not have a way to brace themselves.
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DeckuZora: The pokemon gripped for their lives as the Hurricane swept through the clearing. Howlunar was caught in the gale and was sent sprawling into a tree where it promptly fainted. Cain hissed in anger but glared solemnly, like a man ready to die. He, using his katana to steady himself, returned the wolf pokemon. A tree crashed upon where he had stood but the thief was gone!

"CRAP!" Anthony angrily spat. The group had won the battle, but Cain had once again evaded all hope of capture...
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Xer0: Romulus, so confused at Howlunar's quick dodging, barely noticed the battle was over - or that the hurricane had nearly made him fall.

"Wow. Its over." he said lamely, about a half a minute later.

He looked over at his pokemon, half expecting one to evolve, but no such luck - they all only helped in the battle a bit each. A couple looked a bit stronger, but none were inveloped in white light like he'd imagined.

However, Caterpie looked like it was straining itself, willing itself to evolve, obviously thinking it was going to be incased in the coccon that was Metapod, but nothing was happening. Romulus laughed in spite of himself.

Looking over at Aaron, he said in a sheepish tone, "Say. . . . Do ya think you could ride me over to Bastian? I know you're busy, but I've been . . . lost . . . for a while now. Hehe."

Looking over at Anthony next, he said in a slightly stronger tone, "Thanks, dude. Caterpie over their was gonna be ripped to shreds if you hadn't shown up. I wish I could have helped more, but my pokemon are pretty low in level."
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DeckuZora: Anthony smiled and grinned at his new friend, "Hey, you know? I'm heading for Askorun Wastes in due time. I should be there for a time. I'm searching for an ice-pokemon to add to my team. If our paths cross on the road, I'll be sure to hang out... In possibly a more friendly situation." He laughed at that and reached into his backpack.
"I'm gonna give you my phone number so you can call me at anytime, and I'll be updating daily the Trainer Post so you'll know where I am. It's been great. Now if only I could remember what I was... OH RIGHT! D*****! That Murraven! Gotta go! See you!" And with that, the boy was off!
((Excerpt from All Roads lead to Bombur, p.11-13))

The pokemon nodded and headed off - somewhat wary in case of attack. Then they heard the nearby bushes move and Anthony calling them. They ran off to their trainer. Ready for a new adventure.

((OOC: Been forever, and I never heard what happened - I'll be continuing soon as I get some time))