To the north we found a nice clearing in the woods devoid of people and Pokémon.

"Okay, who's what type? I'm steel and fairy." Tallia started.

"I'm Poison and ice, and Will is Psychic and Dragon, and from what Will told me, Brandon is at least part psychic type." Sam listed.

"I'm just psychic." Brandon added.

Tallia nodded before saying "well..... Spooks can help you with the poison type training, Brandon can help with Will's psychic, Poseidon can help me with steel, and all other types we have to figure out on our own."

We got in our groups and separated to different areas while Rose just sort of sat on the sidelines.

Brandon turned to me and said "first things first," he pulled out a smart phone, "we need to check your level and moves."

We're compatible with the level app?!?!!

Brandon flinched "yes..... please don't yell like that......"

As I blinked at him his phone scanned me and sure enough it beeped that it was done, he gestured over to me, and we looked at the results.

Species: Error

Type: Dragon/Psychic

Ability: Pressure

Level: 9

Height: 5 ft. 11 in.

HP: 50

Attack: 30

Defense: 15

Special Attack: 30

Special Defense: 20

Speed: 27

Moves: Scratch, Leer, and Foresight

"So I'm a mixed attacker with decent speed huh? Cool."

"Yeah, but you can't take a physical hit."

I pulled out my phone and used the app to scan him and after a few seconds I read,

Species: Error

Type: Psychic

Ability: Synchronize

Level: 4

Height: 4 ft. 0 in.

HP: 23

Attack: 3

Defense: 8

Special Attack: 13

Special Defense: 8

Speed: 9

Moves: Extressonary and Mind Reader.

"Looks like your a special attacker with speed and decent special defense." I told him

He nodded "I'm low level though...."

"For now. I bet the only reason I'm level nine is I'm an adult with a strenuous job. You'll catch up. Plus you have a move that is your type so it's extra powerful." I assured him.

He nodded slowly and looked down.

I put my hand on his shoulder reassuringly "How about you focus on teaching me how to use my moves. Then I'll spar with you and we'll get you stronger. Plus your more specialized than me so one day you'll surpass me in our type."

He gained a small smile before saying "alright! Let's start with a simple one. To do leer you just need to stare at someone with malicious intent."

I nodded.

I gave him my best death glare and he shivered.

"Y-yeah..... that's how you do it....." He shook himself before saying "using other moves is a lot like that. Just do what you need to do for the move with a strong enough intention to do it. The more you want to do the stronger the result."

I smiled and walked over to a tree.

I want to cut into this tree with scratch!

I felt my nails grow long and sharpening before I slashed into the tree......

"Ooooowwww!!!!!" I retched my hand back and held it in front of me.

I looked at the tree and saw it had deep gouges, but they stopped at an abrupt point where the attack stopped short.

I sighed and looked at my nails.

They were worn down a bit and were bleeding slightly.

"Dammit..... now I can only use my only attack move on my weaker hand......"

Brandon ran over to me and asked "Are you okay?!"

I turned to him and chuckled "I'm fine..... I just won't be able to use scratch with my left hand for a while....."

I walked over to my pack and dug around for the first aid kit. I found it and put Band-Aids on the tips of my fingers. The others crowded around me except for Poseidon of course.

I was met by all of them asking what happened.

"Guys calm down! It was just my nails getting violently worn down till they bled. No big deal." I gave a goofy smile to them.

I felt an fist slam down on my head and heard Sam yell "you jackass!"

I looked at her and tilted my head "what's wrong?"

She yelled "That isn't just nothing! That's a serious injury!"

My head tilted further and I asked "what are you talking about? Nails grow back."

"We aren't near a hospital! How are they gonna grow back?!?" She yelled.

I tilted my head to the other side "naturally. Isn't it obvious?"

"What are you talking about!?"

I felt like I'd snap my neck when if I tilted it any farther.

Oh I get it!

"You've never let something heal! You must go to the hospital for paper cuts!" I couldn't help but let out a couple of chuckles.

She smacked me and yelled "what are you talking about!? Of coarse I got healed!"

I deadpanned at her and I heard a certain penguin laughing his ass off.

"Man..... I know it's free to get anything and everything fixed but...." I couldn't help it any longer and let my laughter ring throughout the trees.

After I finished laughing I looked up to see all of the others staring at Poseidon and me in confusion.

I sighed again and said "if you don't believe me look it up. All living creatures can heal over time. My mom believed that the hospital is a place to go to when you have a deep cut, broken bone, or horrible disease. She thought it would be best to let little scrapes, bruises, and small cuts heal themselves."

After several minutes on google they stared at both the screen and me.

"Wow...... I never knew this was true....... I thought healing like this was just in comics!" Brandon smiled.

Poseidon shook his head and said "it's not like the comics at all. Actual natural healing can take months. Not to mention an actual serious wound never heals back to the way it was."

I pulled up the sleeve on my right arm and showed a scar I had.

"Like this. With healing something like a cut you can get scar tissue instead of regular skin. With a naturally healed broken bone it can fuse back together stiffer or more sensitive to pain. Then again if the break is clean and is set properly it grows back together stronger than ever. Stuff like that."

Poseidon continued "with minor scrapes and bruises they go away in a few days."

"What about your nails?" Tallia asked.

"In a couple days they'll grow back good as new." I told them.

Sam had one last question "why aren't you in pain? I've gotten plenty of injuries and they always hurt until they got fixed in the hospital!"

I chuckled "I am in pain. It's pretty minor though considering this is just like having a bad hangnail. Thankfully I have a high pain tolerance so this is nothing to me. Now if you'll excuse me I think I need to put more practice into scratch."

I walked back to where I was and focused on the same feeling I felt before my nails got messed up on my right hand.

They glowed and grew just like with the left ones. I focused and made them stay like that for a few seconds.

They quickly reverted back to normal.

"Brandon I need to practice for a bit before we spar is that OK?"

He nodded.

Attempt three!

An hour later.....

I used scratch one more time and sliced into the same tree. It left five horizontal gashes just like I wanted.

"Alright. Now I'm ready to spar. Brandon you ready?!" I asked.

I turned to see everyone taking a break and sitting down.

"Oh man..... I'm too hungry to spar....." He moaned along with his stomach.

He was met with several agreeing stomachs and people, including my own.

I grabbed my cooking stuff, dehydrated meat, canned veggies, and some water.

"I'm gonna make lunch, but I need lots of firewood. The quicker it's gathered the quicker we eat. I recommend going in groups of two in case of aggressive wild Pokémon. I hear this is a route with mostly shy low levels, but it's good to be safe."

Poseidon nodded and grabbed Brandon's hand, Tallia took a hint and grabbed Spooks.

Sam just asked "excuse me?"

"If you want me to make lunch I need fire. To keep up the flames, I need firewood. Please take Rose with you and find some fallen branches." I told her impatiently.

She growled "Why aren't you getting some!?"

"I'm cooking and cleaning the dishes. I don't need to do everything for you guys do I?" I gave her a leer, she used growl.

Rose dragged her away by the back of her shirt. I set up the stand and rehydrated the meat in the pan.

Poseidon and Brandon came back first with decently sized bundles and I got to work. I lit the fire and started browning the meat. I seasoned it before opening the cans and draining the vegetables.

Tallia and Spooks came back next with a little less wood. While the meat finished cooking and I added the vegetables to a separate pan and fried them up. Then I added them to the meat along with my secret mix of seasoning.

Finally, Sam and Rose came back with a large pile of wood.

"Nice, but lunch is practically done and we don't need any more wood. We won't need much wood for dinner though so find a good place to store it. Somewhere dry." I told them.

They angrily plopped the wood down off to the side. I started scooping bowls of stir fry to everyone.

"I'm no five star chef, but I can cook. I hope it's OK." I grabbed a bowl for myself and dug in.

"Ehh not my best work....." I sighed.

Sam said "I don't know what your talking about tastes fine to me."

"It'd be so much better with fresh meat and vegetables..... plus I used too much salt." I sighed.

Tallia interrupted "the most cooking I've ever done is with a microwave....."

"I never even got to get near a microwave....." Brandon sighed.

We all got a good laugh.

"Thanks guys...."

We all finished up our meals and I washed the dishes and put them away.

"Alright. Now I have a fun idea. How about a mini tournament?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" Brandon asked.

"Well, I happen to have a secret candy stash along with me. If you win the tournament, you can have any piece of candy from the stash." I said.

Tallia and Brandon got excited from that and nodded.

Sam just rolled her eyes.

"Not good enough huh? How about the winner also gets twenty bucks?" I smirked at her.

She smirked and said "how about I add another twenty and make it more interesting?"

"Oooooo a gambler huh? Sure! You two have any money you want to add to the pot?" I asked.

Tallia pouted "I don't have any money......"

Brandon shook his head "me neither....."

"That's OK you don't need to add money. So how are we gonna decide who fights who first?" I tilted my head.

Poseidon spoke up "Will, pick a number one through ten."

"Five."

"Tallia?"

"One!"

"Sam?"

"Eight."

"Brandon?"

"Six."

"My number was four so first is Tallia against Will and the second match is Brandon against Sam." Poseidon finished.

Dammit! I got unlucky.....

Brandon snickered.

You need to stop reading my mind before I think of something you'll regret seeing!

He stiffened up and looked away.

Rose drew a battle arena in a few seconds flat and we positioned ourselves in the areas normally reserved for Pokémon.

Spooks and Poseidon thought it'd be funny to pretend to be our trainers and started yelling random attacks.

"Will use flamethrower!"

"Tallia use protect and follow up with flash cannon!"

"Will dodge and use thunder!"

"Tallia use dazzling gleam!"

Then they both yelled "It's super effective!!!!" before rolling on the ground laughing like a couple of idiots.

I turned to Tallia and asked "I'm level nine, what about you?"

She grumbled "four....."

"Ah it's OK I only have scratch for offensive moves. You have to land fewer hits." I assured her.

She smiled "Damn strait!"

"I'll tell you my moves if you tell me yours!" I blurted out.

She chuckled "what's the fun in that? Let's get started already!"

Poseidon called out "Ready? Set? Fight!"

As we stood there and sized each other up I weighed my options.

Its possible she has either a weak fairy or steel move to attack me with. My best option is to bait her to figure out what she has and work around it. In the meantime....

I repeatedly started to use leer to try and soften her defenses. She seemed unfazed by it though and started closing the distance between us.

As she ran towards me she seemed to brace herself before lunging at me. I sidestepped to the left and scratched her on her way down to the floor.

As she slowly fell I used scratch a couple more times and jumped back.

I taunted "your so slow! Your gonna need to step up your game!"

She got up and dusted herself off before turning to me.

"Shut up! You barely even hurt me at all!"

True to her words, she looked perfectly fine.

Ugh.... this is gonna take a while......

As she ran towards me again I got another leer off and dodged another clumsy tackle.

"Man, I guess your built purely for defense. Like a Shuckle with better typing." I thought out loud.

"Shut up!!!!!" She yelled.

She tried to hit me again and it resulted in her tanking another improvised fury swipes.

She screamed "Stop dodging like a pussy!!!"

"Wow you have quite a mouth on you, then again with the internet and all I guess there's no stopping people from looking up that stuff...." I dodged yet another tackle and scratched once before jumping away.

"Stop...... doing that! You're..... pissing..... me..... off!" she started huffing.

"What's wrong getting tired? Poor princess........" I mocked.

She roared in frustration and charged me slightly faster than I thought she could and managed to.... kiss me?

Suddenly I saw a giant banana in front of me. It used its gloved hands to try and strangle me so I slashed at it's thin noodle arms until they broke and....

Shit....

I grabbed my left arm, now covered in deep scratches and oozing blood, and jumped back from Tallia trying to repeat the process.

"Damn..... confusion is weird......" I sighed.

Tallia smirked "not so fun huh?" She was looking even worse than before I got confused.

"I guess I still got a few hits on you huh? You look ready to fall over." I grunted.

She laughed "so are you!"

I chuckled "Tis' but a scratch!" Before rushing her full speed and using scratch as many times as possible before she could react. I backed off as she leaned forward and fell flat on her face.

"Will wins!" Poseidon cheered.

I raised my hands in the air and let out a satisfied "Woo!" before falling on my ass.

I got back up and walked over to Tallia and shook her awake.

"You suck......"

"I was just using your temper against you. If you had a better offensive attack when you surprised me back there, you would have taken me out. Good job."

She pointed to her bag "I have some potions in there, could you grab some?"

I stood there for a second before saying "potions work on us?"

She nodded.

"Why didn't you tell me!??! I could have gotten my nails healed!!!!!" After yelling some choice words, I slowly sulked over to her bag and got a few potions for us.

After healing up everything, I felt a bit stronger than before and I had a weird feeling in the back of my head.

I guess I leveled up and learned a psychic move.

Just before the match started I decided to scan Sam and survey said,

Species: Error

Type: Poison/Ice

Ability: Poison Point

Level: 7

Height: 5 ft. 9 in.

HP: 30

Attack: 45

Defense: 10

Special Attack: 45

Special Defense: 4

Speed: 40

Moves: Scratch, Leer, Growl.

"Damn.... This fight can only go two ways....."

Tallia nodded.

"And it all depends on...."

"Fight!"

I looked up from my phone to see Sam fall over like a sack of lead bricks with a confused Brandon staring down at her.

"Well, that was..... anticlimactic....." I mumbled to myself.

Tallia just nodded before walking over to Sam and spraying her head.

Brandon asked "what the heck just happened?"

"Four special defense against thirteen special attack with a super effective move. That's what happened...." I told him.

Before he could react, his eyes suddenly widened and he said "I feel.... stronger......"

"I don't doubt it. You fought a level seven."

"A level seven?! But you said...."

"She's a ridiculously frail type combination, but extremely fast and hard hitting. Her attacks and speed were at mid forties and high thirties respectively. If she had landed an attack you'd be in a similar position." I told him.

He whistled.

"Good job on your first win I guess...." I chuckled.

He nodded before saying "you too."

I noticed that Sam was off the field and staring at us. I got the hint and walked over to the other side of the field and faced Brandon.

"Ready for the championship round?" I asked.

He got in a stance before we faced each other.

"Born ready!"

"Fight!"

Yay cliffhangers!

Anyway what did you think? Got any questions? Did you enjoy confusion? Am I asking too many questions?

Anyway.... If you didn't notice, I set up the app as a template for your OCs sort of..... you might want to add what they look like, their partner, name, and personality too though. Just trying to make it easier......

Thanks for reading my bullshit!