The High Life

[Wolfy]

The Dark Pokemon just seemed to laugh as he asked for whatever more tricks she had. "Ah, I have many more Illusions. Some you might not even imagine!" She snickered as she dodged a bubble quickly, jumping out of the Capture Disk's line of circles, and standing on her hind feet. "But, for now, I think I might just confuse you."

A bright light began to travel up her paws, glittering brilliantly in what little sunlight was casting through the leaves. In place of her claws, there was black fabric, and instead of hind paws, there were bare feet. As the light seemed to continue flowing upward, Ciris began to laugh slightly, almost menacingly, until the sparking light covered her whole fox-like face, and in turn, revealed messy, unkempt black hair. "Happy now?" Her voice sounded different now; more masculine and almost similar to the way the Ranger spoke. The only thing that seemed different from the mirrored image, was bright teal eyes.

Baylee sighed to herself. "I told her to be fair..." She muttered, putting a hand to her face. She had been thoroughly enjoying this, taking glee in her Partner's ways. Though, now, she was a bit disappointed. "I told her Pokemon, not humans..."

"No, no..." Elder Hawk muttered, a small smile on her lips. "I want to see what GUEST does... this is truly becoming quite interesting..." Her forest-green eyes seemed to glitter.

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GUEST looked forward, his brown eyes very curious as he watched what was happening before him. GUEST first made the realization of the bare feet, resembling his. Then it continued, until it was a replica of him. An exact, it seemed. All the way from his clothing to his hair. Except those eyes, which were very creepy in a sense. His capture disc had been stepped out of, and his bubble dodged. GUEST could easily begin capturing it again, but it would more than likely move out of the way. GUEST had to think of a way to do this, what could he do that would allow him to win against himself. GUEST looked upon what was in front of him as sort of odd. Now he had three versions of himself. The one he was now, the insanity standing behind his back, and and now the illusionist in which stole his appearance.

GUEST heard Baylee speak to his right near the Elder Hawk. Fair? This was far from it, and he was glad he wasn't the only one who realized it. This thing copied his exact appearance and was now just confusing him. Was it even trying? Was it just joking with him knowing that it made it more and more difficult for GUEST to do this? GUEST turned to look at the Elder Hawk as she spoke. She was expecting him to do something, and he would. As soon as he thought of something to do. GUEST turned to his analytic skills to analyze the situation and identify what to do. GUEST looked to his Pokemon, who were amazed. They would keep track of whom was who, surely. GUEST thought about this. It had all of its clothing, everything. Surely it knew this, but did it know everything?

It had just transformed, it hadn't analyzed everything that happened yet more than likely. In fact, GUEST already decided it was doing this to annoy GUEST. So, it probably wasn't being too careful at all. GUEST had an idea, one that would entertain himself and hopefully scare this thing half to death. It was little known knowledge GUEST always had his blade on his right wrist. It retracted and expanded upon push, and was such a secure fit it almost was like it wasn't there. Like it wasn't there... GUEST placed his Styler in his left hand and recalled his disc. GUEST then carefully stepped off Y, in which he had stood on all this time.

GUEST spoke, "I actually am happy now, but not entirely." GUEST began walking slowly toward the clone of himself, "I am unsure if you really got my design perfect, I mean it appears you got everything decently close." GUEST kept walking, not showing any signs of stopping. "The eyes haven't changed, but that's not a problem, they look better anyway." GUEST stopped for a second and said, "I really think you can do better. I mean, turning into GUEST is easy. He is normal." GUEST chuckled lightly to himself. "Unless you got all the details, in which case you are halfway decent." GUEST's previous walk turned to a sprint as his agility allowed him to be right in Zoroark's face. Clicking the button on his wrist swiftly, he activated the little blade. GUEST used a stabbing motion upon the copy of GUEST's right wrist.

If GUEST's prediction was correct, the blade would strike the same blade in which he was stabbing Zoroark with. If not, a bloody aftermath. But, it would prove whether or not Zoroark could transform into things it didn't see. Unless it did indeed notice the blade at one point. Either way, GUEST in a way was glad he performed the move. His attempt was to show Zoroark he was serious about this, and wasn't about to be confused by some humanly transformations, although they were unfair.

[Wolfy]

Ciris was rather cheeky after her transformation, as GUEST's Partners seemed rather confused. Well, that is, until the Ranger began to speak. His words confused her a good amount. What was he talking about? Nonsense, she was sure. His walk was soon turned into a sprint, and was face to face with her.

Not a moment later, she felt something prick her, making her loose her focus. Her eyes widened as she noticed her snout in front of her eyes, and looked down to see a small blade trying to penetrate her fur. "Ow!" she exclaimed, jerking her arm forward swiftly, then back in an attempt to get rid of the tiny blade. It didn't really hurt, though, it was just an annoying pricked feeling. "What was that for?!" She asked as she jumped back again, on all fours once more. A growl rumbled in her throat. "I haven't done anything to you! That wasn't fair!"

The young Top Ranger couldn't help but massage her face with her palm thoroughly, embarrassed. Ciris wasn't exactly a Pokemon that thought things through, let alone followed rules most of the time... but she was Ciris, and Ciris does what she does.

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Dang it. He didn't think that the Pokemon would transform quick enough and he would be able to analyze if he hit the blade or not, but this was not the truth. In fact, the Pokemon switched back to its normal state way quicker than he thought. But in a way this was beneficial, for now he avoided a potential lot of bloodshed on the clone of himself. Now this thing was back into a giant wolf like thing, that was more annoyed by his blade than damaged. It exhibited a lot of strength in its ability to take the hit, but GUEST still was hoping that the move would come in contact with a similar blade or at least similar flesh of his own. GUEST then watched as the blade was forcefully removed, and he retracted it. Then, the wolf like thing began to say hoow what he did was unjust.

This thing really couldn't be serious, but maybe it just learned from the likes of Baylee how to do all these odd things. GUEST really didn't know how to reply as the thing growled at him. GUEST took a step back as his Pokemon looked at the two with a surprised expression. Even they found the wolf Pokemon's words quite odd and meaningless. "It was only a test. But I should have known not to test an illusionist, I would only get some sort of confusing answer..." GUEST chuckled lightly, this thing was hardly hurt from the attack. The blade didn't travel through its arm nor did even penetrate that deep at all. A Pokemon this stature surely wouldn't effected too deeply.

GUEST exhaled deeply, this was more of a joke than an attempt at capture. And he blamed the target for this. GUEST then spoke more, "If you can do more, then show me. I apparently can't imagine it, so you would be bringing things to my eyes I cannot possibly think." GUEST was aware that this thing could very well bring illusions forth he wouldn't like. But, he made this an experiment. He now was more concerned on learning about this thing than just simply capturing it. GUEST deployed the capture disc which then circled Ciris closely, almost touching GUEST in the rotations. GUEST then spoke again, "I may have all day, but the Elder Hawk doesn't, so I would advise transforming now." The revolutions continued, speeding up a little bit, although they were only there to annoy the enemy Pokemon at this time.

[Wolfy]

Ciris was growling deeply now. He was annoying her, she could feel it. He wanted her to transform. He wanted her to tire out! That's what it was. He was trying to get inside her head, make her do things that would drain her of her energy. Now, the Fox Pokemon smirked. "Ah-ah-ah! I don't think so!" She almost sang as she stepped a few paws forward. "I'm just gonna stay like this. Nothing to hide at all."

Her paws began to tingle as she began to raise the lower portion of her body higher. She hadn't felt like this in ages! Such a good fight. It wasn't going to end so soon. She then began to race forward quickly, panting just a bit with "Zor"'s and "Oark"'s sounding from her gaping mouth. She seemed to be heading straight towards GUEST, but rather than rushing into the Capture Line and him, she Jumped above it all, landing on a low branch above.

She then turned and gazed at the ranger mockingly. "Come and get me."

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The growling grew louder. Which was a positive sign in GUEST's mind. The Pokemon was getting angry, and this would make it hopefully grow more careless. For if it were to grow careless then perhaps capturing it and ending this battle would be easier. This thing already showed properties of being crazed, so this might be easy. Then the thing went on to say that it didn't think so. It wasn't going to transform for him? It was going to stay like this? Was this already working? Was it being careless for some separate reason? Well it was being careless. It surely had to know it was easier to catch if it was in this state, but whatever. Then it charged him.

GUEST was tempted to raise his blade and stop it, but before he could do that it jumped up above him and landed on a low branch. GUEST exhaled loudly and turned around, seeing the Pokemon the branch. "Fine then, you don't have to bring forth your terrible illusions. " GUEST's Pokemon in the background watched carefully, in case they were to be called into the capture process to PokeAssist. "However I am going to have to ask you not to lie to me. You have everything to hide, and the means to hide it. Lie to me again and this knife won't just prick you..." GUEST said threateningly. GUEST wanted this thing to transform, for he was oddly very hooked on the illusions. They intrigued him, and he wanted to know more.

Y came to GUEST's side swiftly. GUEST hopped onto it and his face was now just about level with the Pokemon. The disc began circling the Dark Pokemon drawing the capture line as it was supposed so. This had became more of a big deal than GUEST had originally thought. GUEST honestly didn't think the battle would go on this far. It was just a little capture of a Pidgeot, and he had encountered a clone of himself and now a stubborn Zaroark. Not the easiest capture for sure. "How am I doing thus far?" GUEST asked out loud. He didn't care if Baylee or Elder Hawk answered, or if no one answered. Then he looked to Floatzel and said, "Assist me." Floatzel nodded and the capture line became alive with a bubble. GUEST decided to focus on the capture again, and the Bubble was flicked at the target Pokemon to keep it from going up on the tree hopefully.

[Wolfy]

Ciris was a bit confused by his actions. He seemed to always jump right back. This angered her, she didn't like it. Frankly, it was annoying. She growled just a bit louder, almost barking at him. "Oh, come on! You can't be serious!"

She began to jump to a different branch, but the bubble caught on her paw, making her loose balance. She grabbed at the branch with her front claws, hind legs kicking furiously in the air in an attempt to somehow push herself up, though it wasn't exactly working. "What?!" She growled loudly, trying her best to at least get out of his range.

"He's doing good..." Elder Hawk remarked, smiling a bit once more. "Though, he seems to be a bit out of it, now, about the capture. It seems to go a bit farther now..." She remarked. Her Top Ranger nodded silently beside her petite figure.

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GUEST noticed how effective utilizing the Bubble to stop the retreat was, so he now was thinking about using it one or two more times in order to keep things rolling smoothly. He had to catch this thing now, and he was getting off track. This thing obviously wasn't going to transform for him, so it was useless trying. In fact, he was going to just completely focus on the capture. However, he couldn't ignore the fact that it might have been a problem to complete such a task as to capture this thing. It was powerful and could transform, which he had already assessed. GUEST turned to X and said, "Poke Assist again!" X nodded, focusing some of its power with GUEST's machine.

A bubble began to inflate, this one much bigger than the other. Soon it was pretty huge, and it was flicked toward the enemy with great speed. GUEST knew that just doing this was not going to get him a win, this was just a way to constrict the Pokemon and freeze it momentarily. GUEST then said, "Z, renew!" Sawk jumped forward swiftly and renewed its ability. GUEST then began to use his capture disc to rotate around the enemy Pokemon very quickly. GUEST was prepared to launch another bubble if necessary, but by now the hope was that the enemy was tired and would give in at this point. However, GUEST knew well that this might not be the end.

(Shortness, posted this while AFK on Xbox xD)

[Wolfy]

Ciris let out a loud, infuriated yell as the bubble hit her hard, and fell to the ground, just barely landing onto her paws. She huffed a good amount, her arms and legs almost letting out from under her. This was tiring her out, and she didn't like it. "Oh, come one!" She growled out loud. Most would probably think she was speaking to GUEST, but in reality, she was willing herself onward.

"Seems like he's pushin' 'er..." Wolfy remarked, crossing one combat boot over the other. She couldn't help but note how this was becoming more interesting by the second. "He may even be able to catch 'er..."


Yes, I know." The Elder grinned. "Much more than we'd thought. All we wanted to do was pursue her and figure out Ciris' secret, but he seems as if he really wants to capture her now."

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GUEST was quite proud of himself as the Pokemon fell to the ground and could barely even stand up. The Pokemon was obviously tiring more and more, and because of this it made GUEST's job easier. The Capture disc combined with the bubbles seemed to really do a number on this Pokemon, however Floatzel himself was being tired from Pokemon Assisting over and over again. However, it would be able to do this a number of more times hopefully. GUEST looked over to Sawk, who wasn't showing any sign of fault. However, even if it was weakening it wouldn't display it. At this time Confagrigus had done very little with Pokemon Assists simply due to the fact its assist would be at a disadvantage. However, they wouldn't be useless.

GUEST spoke out loud to X, "Take a break X, Y can do the slowing." Y tried to look up questionably at GUEST, however really couldn't due to GUEST being on top of him. GUEST strafed to the right, landing beside Y. GUEST looked at the very tired illusion Pokemon on the ground and exhaled. GUEST then said, "Y, activate your assist!" Y focused its energy and enabled the ghost type assist. Although this assist had a disadvantage it was a higher level assist and was very powerful when used correctly. GUEST now had a capture line upgraded by two assists. Fighting and Ghost, such an odd combination, however it did the job when it had to. GUEST spoke then, "This is your last chance to show me any tricks you might have left."

GUEST didn't waste time to give to Ciris, instead he went right back to doing what he was to. He allowed his disc to spin around the Pokemon. As he did this it released a few gaseous spirits in which would immobilize the Pokemon for just a little each time one hit. Floatzel, back behind GUEST, was laying down enjoying its slight break in this very exhausting battle. GUEST was still very much absorbed into the capture process, for this had been quite intense. And it was only heating up as this went, surely.

[Wolfy]

Ciris hissed loudly as Spirit-Like blobs floated onto her, somehow paralyzing her for just a bit as the Capture Disk circled her many times. "I am not showing you anything else!" She growled loudly, "Then you'll be satisfied!" She began to try and run forward, but her front paws sunk forward and she fell, fox-face first, into the grass. A fire of competition, and even slight anger, burned in her seafoam eyes for a moment, then, somehow, burned down lowly. Reluctantly, the female Zoroark sighed as he Capture Disc automatically returned to it's Ranger. The Capture was Complete.

The Elder clapped loudly, a broad smile on her face. "Very good!" She exclaimed as she walked forward, slowly but steadily. Wolfy was close behind her, hands in her jacket's pockets. "Yes, very very good! You did more than we even expected!"

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It was over. He had done this. Capturing Baylee's Pokemon seemed to take forever, but now that he had completed the task it felt amazing. However, GUEST's sense quickly caught up with him and his satisfaction was not met. GUEST had been quite happy that the Pokemon had acted as if it didn't want to give him satisfaction. Had he really made it that obvious that he wanted to be entertained? He supposed that he did, for it was quite a strong want to be entertained. GUEST had almost forgotten that he did this in order to become a Top Ranger. He wondered how the Elder Hawk would react. And then, the Elder Hawk reacted. She walked toward him and spoke very positively, Baylee following closely but not saying anything to him.

GUEST bowed his head silently as the Elder Hawk neared him and finished her analysis of his performance. He had done well, obviously. But more than she expected he did not understand that much. He had captured the Pokemon as he was requested to do, so he figured he had done satisfactory. Was he rated on style points or something? GUEST looked up from bowing his head to Elder Hawk and said, "Thank you madam." GUEST looked to Baylee and wondered if she would be angered that he defeated Ciris in this manner. He then spoke to the Elder Hawk again, "I don't mean to question your judgment at all Elder Hawk but.. What exactly do you mean by more than you expected?" GUEST knew that if he didn't have this question answered it would sit and be tinkered with in GUEST's mind, so he asked now.

Over to the side Confagrigus rested its legs as they had been exercised thoroughly in the trials of battle. Floatzel stayed laying on its back as those same trials had exhausted its power. Sawk rested against the tree that presented so many problems previously in this battle, for its arms and body in general were tired out from assisting in this battle with its super effective Fighting Type assists. GUEST looked over his shoulder at the group of Pokemon, in which he thought very well deserved the rest they were getting now. GUEST took on difficult missions, however this one put strain on both his Pokemon and himself.

[Wolfy]

The Elder chuckled slightly while Baylee went over to her Pokemon, eyes surprisingly stern. "Well, what I mean by that was, we weren't really expecting you to catch Ciris. We were only trying to see if you had the determination to follow her and find out her 'secret'. You showed much more than that, though; A flame of competitiveness, and something that made you have to Capture her." Her green eyes seemed to sparkle as she held out a large-ish looking Styler. It was rather bulky, and it fit onto the top part of the arm, it seemed. The top was red, middle black, and bottom yellow while a Capture Disc in it's most frontal part. "I am proud to say that you are now a Top Ranger. Now, whether or not you want this Styler is your choice, but it has a greater speed and defense than yours right now."

The other Top Ranger was off to the side, seeming to be arguing with Ciris a good amount. "You know I said Pokemon, not Humans!" She put her hands on her hips, shifting to her left slightly.

"I don't remember. Besides, he's the one that cheated!" She exclaimed, putting her claws in the air slightly, and pointing at GUEST. He paw was swiftly pushed down by Wolfy.

"He's not the one that cheated!"

"He's not the one who cheated!" The Pokemon was quickly a duplicate of her Ranger, making her in a high-pitched version of her voice. "Blah blah blah!"

(... For some reason, I love how I've made Ciris act...)

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GUEST listened to the elder woman carefully, very much wanting to know how exactly he did better than expected. It amazed him that all he was really expected to do was learn that the Pokemon was indeed a Zoroark and not something else. GUEST had learned that on early in the capture, and he felt that was only just about half of it. The next part was dealing with the stubborn beast in which Baylee expressed was "cheating". GUEST thought that such a monster was worthy of being a Top Ranger challenge, for its resistance to capture combined with illusions were really a challenge. GUEST himself had troubles completing the courses in which presented themselves, and he considered himself one of the best. But now, it was official. As the Elder Hawk completed out her words he knew he was an official Top Ranger.

GUEST eyed the Styler that was now presented to him. If this thing truly did have better attributes than that of the one currently in his possession that he would take it. GUEST spoke in his silent and his bored sounding voice, "I will take the improved one." GUEST didn't care to part from his previous Styler, although getting used to the newly granted one might be a challenge. Getting used to all of this might be a challenge. GUEST wondered as to what all of his responsibilities would be, for he did not know what to do completely. However, he was sure he would catch on in just a short while. GUEST turned to see Baylee, having a slight argument with Ciris. The Pokemon claimed he cheated, however Baylee seemed to stick to the ideal that Zoroark went out of line in the capture. GUEST wondered if the stopping of the transformations was truly Ciris being stubborn or if Baylee required it did so. "Elder Hawk. . . . is there anything specifically you'd like me to as Top Ranger?" He said. He knew he would catch along with the Top Ranger drift, but he was curious if anything particularly was required to be known right off the start.

[Wolfy]

"Top Rangers have Special, stronger Stylers and their Missions are quite a bit more complex than a regular Ranger's, as you probably know," The Elder started, "And with how little Top Rangers we have, it's hard to get them all done. While also having Team Shadow Heart on the loose, we've got the weight on our shoulders doubled." She sighed. "Once we begin missions again, don't be surprised if we lay it on you, alright?"

She then turned to Baylee and Ciris. "Wolfy, dear, would you mind continuing that in your room later? I would appreciate it if you allowed Auran or Charge to Accompany GUEST to his new Dorm."

Said Top Ranger and duplicated Pokemon turned to her. "O-oh! Yes, Elder Hawk!" Baylee replied, pulling out two Ranger Pokeballs, which had white tops and red and yellow striped bottoms. One was used to return Ciris, while the other called out a jackal-like Lucario.