Story of two love struck males fighting in a random exhibition match. Will it go well?

BTW lame title I know |D

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Atticus smiles as he does the last few warms ups. This was a random battle and he happened to get the Ninetails, Ember the one who was also in love with Lucinda. He stretches one last time before heading off to the arena. Ember had been feeling quite eager this day. It was the spring random battle exams and he had gotten quite an opponent. With three of his team members being part of the Eevee chain, having an opponent that was of the same chain felt interesting. He had also read up on the info permitted to him on Atticus, something done to create a challenge for both parties. He had noticed one thing that bothered him though. Lucinda had looked upset when she saw the match up, but he didn't ask her about it. Atticus smiled and does some warm up punches. He saw how Lucinda was before the match and told her to relax. The Umbreon always wanted to face this guy. He found him an interesting opponent. He knows that his team would be watching, which got him eager more. He smiled again as he sits down, waiting for Ember to come out of the locker room.

"Remember, he's a dark type and they are pretty tough," Swift, the Flareon member of Ember's team Pendulum said patting the Ninetails on the back as Ember readied to step into the test arena.

"I hope your advise will help enough, Swift. Now go on to the stands. I'm sure the others are waiting for you." Swift nodded and was off the opposite way while Ember stepped out. Atticus smiled up, finally seeing the Ninetails. This is the battle he hoped for sometime. He waved to Ember as he stood up.

"Hey there" he said, stretching out his arms.

"Tear that guy to shreds!!" Lynda, his Blaziken teammate, shouted from the stands. Ember saw Atticus and nodded walking to the center of the arena.

"Atticus," he offered his hand, "This might be a test, but let's give it all we got. This is our last big test before the spring break, so let's make it a test we can be proud of”.

"Light him up, Ember!" Volt Sparks, the Pikachu of Ember's team shouted grinning wide with his red cheek dots sparking slightly in excitement. Atticus smiled big and gave him a solid firm handshake.

"You bet. Don't hold back because I don't plan too". Atticus smiled and end the handshake, groaning as he hears Lynda's 'cheers' over the crowd. The kick caught Ember completely off guard hitting him full force. He went sprawling and rolled a bit before recovering and getting up. He then quickly attempted to retaliate with a barrage of Ember shots. Atticus grins as he uses his Quick Attack to dodge the barrage of fire specks. He draws in closer the more he dodged.

"That all you got" he said with a grin. “Not quite," the ninetails replied then locked eyes with the Umbreon for a close range Confuse Ray. Atticus's eyes went from shot wide open to little swirls, his whole body swaying out and away. He felt dizzy. I mean really dizzy.

"Come on Atticus! You can do better than that!!" Lynda shouted

Ember's team in the bleachers cheered as the confusion took hold of Atticus. Ember used the chance to create a bit more distance and readied his next move. His tails flared out some before he let loose with a peculiar steam of fire that hit the ground at the umbreon's feet then became a vortex of fire around Atticus. Atticus shook his head, trying to get the confusion out of his system. Then he felt a...burning...hot...feeling in his feet.

"Yeow! Ow!" he shouted out, jumping up and down to get his feet off the burning ground. Ember was quick to build his follow up. His body radiated heat as embers came from his mouth. With a deep roar from the power, he shot out a full force Fire Blast with Atticus dead center in the path of it. Atticus fanned at his feet and looked up, enough to see the Fire Blast coming at him.

"Oh snap!!!" he shouted out, "Hope I'm quick enough!" he said, raising him arms up. The Fire Blast made impact, kicking the dust in the air and keeping Atticus covered. Ember watched close getting a feeling it had only just begun. He had heard from Swift and Mist both that dark types could take a good deal of punishment from special attacks. He waited to see just how effective his attacks had been, then he heard a familiar voice shout in concern for Atticus. Ember looked over seeing Lucinda of all reacting the hardest.

"Don't get over confident! Get your head in the game! Focus!" she shouted out. As the dust cleared, Atticus can be seen. He had a light blue barrier surrounding him, incasing him with energy. The Umbreon sighed in relief.

"Thank Arceus I did Protect just in time" he said, but winces as he feels a slight burn on his left leg. Seemed like a bit of the attack got through. Lucinda's cry left Ember distracted as he looked back and forth between her and Atticus. He was confused why the Lucario would call out like she had. Atticus smiles, rubbing his burning leg.

"That attack almost got me. Not bad" he said.

"Yeah Atticus!!!" Lynda cheered. Atticus grinned more as he undoes his ponytail.

"Now lets get serious" he said, removing the strand from his hair, making it flopped down his back.


"Ember! Head in the game!" Jenna shouted. The ninetails blinked then focused back on Atticus. "Seems I found why Lucinda was concerned." He readied himself for the next move watching closely. The Umbreon smiled, readying himself.

"Prepare yourself!" he shouted, using the combination of Agility and Quick Attack you go a very quick speed toward Ember. Nell, his Spiritomb teammate, looked at the arena as Lynda shouted out. "Can you keep it down Lynda? Your screams are over everyone else’s" he said, which got the Blaziken angry. "Quiet you!!" she shouted at him. Ember was impressed by the combination but quickly launched a volley of fire with another shot of Ember doing his best to lead for even a glancing hit. The Umbreon smirked, dodging the attacks and kicking up dust, covering himself for a second before he shot out and toward Ember with a Toxic attack ready.

"Gah! Sand Attack," he growled blinded by dust. The distraction was enough to leave him open for a solid hit. Toxic took quick effect poisoning Ember badly. Atticus grins more, stepping back and fires a barrage of Shadowballs at the Ninetails.

"Impressive" Nell said at the stand, watching over the match. A pair of them hit before Ember recovered and moved in evading enough to only take glancing hits. His team watched worried about the risky tactic. When he got close enough, Ember used the last attack he had yet to employ with the benefit of having taken hits. He was ready to get Payback.


"....Atticus better avoid" Nell said. But it was to late, Atticus wasn't able to see that attack before it was to late. Ember got him square at his gut, making him fly back. Ember didn't try to follow up and stood on wobbly legs panting with haggard breath.

"Some potent.. poison. I'm at my limit. Enough for one last charge. Wanna makes it all or nothing?" He smirked as he panted, his tails dragging on the arena floor. Atticus groaned loudly as he got up, panting hotly as he's on his last foot.

"Y-yeah. This was a great battle after all. Might as well make a photo finish" he said, giving the Ninetails a thumbs up. Giving a nod, he braced his feet knowing his best shot was a Quick Attack with all the strength his body had left before he fainted. This was a battle that was down to the wire and the next move would decide who would win. Either way, he felt the grade would be excellent for the both of them. After, he hoped to have a chance to talk to Atticus and figure out his connection to Lucinda. Ember charged in full speed not holding back anything. He knew it was his last move and he didn't care the outcome. Atticus smiled as his hand glowed brightly with his Last Resort attack. Boy was this his last. He's going to give this his all. Whatever happens now is all up to faith. Grunting through his pain from the poison draining his stamina, he dashes in full speed right at Atticus. Ember doesn't worry about or attempt to avoid whatever attack his opponent has ready to counter. The ninetails just goes in for a direct attack intending to put all his power into the hit. Atticus grinned, loving the guy's determination. But will it be enough? Well, this last attack should answer. He grins more as he leapt to the Ninetails, swinging his Last Resort attack at him. The two attacks meet and Ember passes by after landing his attack after taking Atticus' hit at the same time. The audience falls silent seeing the two still standing. The two attacks meet and Ember passes by after landing his attack after taking Atticus' hit at the same time. The audience falls silent seeing the two still standing. Atticus looks back at Ember. He feels like this is going to be a photo finish. Ember held up on wobbling legs panting heavily. He kept his gaze ahead of him with his eyes glazing. Suddenly, he dropped to one knee before falling down fully fainted for his damage.

"Ember is unable to battle!" the ref shouted. "the victory goes to Atticus!" The Umbreon smiled big.

"Alright I won!!!....oh geeze" Atticus suddenly fell back, the fight and the attack took a lot out of him. He fainted before he even hit the ground.


"Ember!" Mist shouted as his whole team stood up. Perjain was quick to call in the nurse and medical team after the battle was called. Both had taken some heavy damage and were in rough shape. Lynda cheered at the audience.

"At a boy!!!!" but then her cheers stopped when her leader fell back "Ah for Arceus sake!!!" Nell was helping with getting the nurse so they can get to work on them. Ember's team was quick to rush down to check on Ember's condition. Mist was trying to get closest, but the nurse team kept her back.

"There's nothing to worry about" Nell told Mist. The other nurse was working on Atticus, with Lynda roaring in protest when they pushed her back.

"That was a furious battle," Swift said resting a hand on the vaporeon's shoulder, "but he is pretty tough. He'll pull through fine." Nell sighed as he helped with the nurses to pull Lynda back. The Blaziken growled and just left. He sighs

"Never likes to lose even if she's not the one fighting" Nell said.

"Um, didn't your guy win?

" Volt said with a weak smirk.

"I made a bet that Atticus would win. And she thought that whenever she cheered for him he would lose" Nell told them. Volt chuckled a bit with Skitter giggling as well. Jenna grinned then laughed out loud briefly shaking her head.

"That's what happens when you gamble," the jolteon said smiling.

Atticus groaned a bit as he starts to come to. His head hurt like a bitch. Ember glanced over and grinned weakly seeing Atticus come too.

"I lost, but I wake first. Odd coincidence. You doing alright?" Atticus groaned more, holding his head.

"His hurts like hell...but I've been through worst. What about you?"

"Not sure about the going through worse, but I feel like hell. That Toxic attack got me good. Hit me in the face a bit." He managed to chuckle weakly the grunt in some pain. Atticus chuckles, wincing as he felt pain in his side.

"Tasted nasty huh?" he chuckled

"Ugh! Horrid. So, how is it that you know Lucinda?" Atticus blinks to him, and smiles looking at the ceiling.

"Well, we're on the same team. In the beginning, she had some trust issues. The counselor thought it would be best if she joined a team. Lucky for us, ours was chosen."

"Oh. I met her while she was registering. She wasn't exactly friendly at first." He gave a sigh and grunted again in discomfort. "She wasn't too bad seeing how her son seemed to react to me." Atticus looks to him.

"Lets me guess...tried to grab your...tail?"

"Tails at times even. She also helped me learn to keep from losing my temper like I used to. I really appreciated it. Even helped her watch Rico when she had important stuff to handle. My team thinks it's adorable how that pup and I get along." Atticus chuckles.

"Yeah. The first thing Rico did when I held him was pull on my hair" he chuckled lightly, "good thing his fighting type strength didn't kicked in. Imagine. Tug. Tug. Rip!" Ember laughed some and shook his head.

"He's going to be a strong one. He pulls hard, but he squeezes harder."

"Anyway, yeah at first Lucinda was one tough cookie. But I still help her out whenever I can. Rico's nice to take care of. I really enjoyed kids so that's a big set for me. Plus the fact that I got 20 brothers and sisters"

"I'm an only child," he said with a sad sigh. "In ways, Rico kind of feels like a baby brother at times." Atticus smiles to him.

"Yeah. Even if I have 8 little brothers, I still see Rico as a part of my family. Not only him, but Lucinda too AND my team"

"Sounds great. My mom was lucky to have me. After me, that was it. She always got upset when I mentioned wanting a brother or sister."

Atticus looks to him. "Well...if you want, you can come over to my families farm. My parents won't mind"

"That'd be nice. Maybe you could come along to a special event my mother is going to. It's the Spring Grand Festival and she is competing on special invitation. I was going to invite Lucinda too."

Atticus smiles to him. "Alright I would love too."

"Great. I was hoping to introduce Lucinda to my parents. I'm sure they won't mind meeting another new friend of mine as well."

Atticus smiled. "I think my family will be able to come, if the event has enough spaces"

"It's a big event. It may have sold out to most others already."

Atticus chuckled. "Oh well, maybe my big sis can come along"

"I'm sure my mom can manage enough special tickets for everyone."

Atticus smiles. "Thanks man. Ya know, I'm glad that your not one of those stuck-up guys who fight for a girl. Man talk about an easy way out"

"Honestly, I didn't know you knew Lucinda till today, but I don't want to try fighting for her either. She needs to choose who she lets in. I love her, but I know she was left by that ass who fathered her pup."

Atticus growled. "Why would anyone do that? She needed someone during that time. He just left her out in the dust. No wonder she had trust issues before"

"Yeah. At least she can trust me enough to let me watch her son now and then."

Atticus smiled. "Yeah same here"

"So, who do you think she'll choose between us?" Ember said with a grin.

Atticus chuckled. "Truth be told, I don't know. But I am hoping that she'll go with the right guy"

"Yeah, same here. Not sure I'd be the best though. I'm still a hothead at times."

Atticus chuckled. "Hey I'm a goof off"

"That battle skill said otherwise," he admitted looking to the ceiling. "No goof could take that combo as well as you did."

Atticus smiled. "Well you weren't bad yourself. You were a lot tougher than I realized"

The door opened up and in came the girl they both were crushing over. Lucinda wasn’t alone though. Rico giggled as he ran to Ember first and tugged at a tail that slumped over the bed. Atticus looked over his own bed only to have his own hair get yanked. Lucinda looked them over and picked up the little Riolu to her arms. She sighed to both males at the bed.

"Boys, all power and no finesse. You guys have to work on your physical combat some and not relay on power all the time. A little defense never hurts as much as no defense. I hope you to get better fast to learn that." Both Ember and Atticus chuckled as the slumped back in bed. Something told them that the next training they would be on would be harsh.

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Tried doing some fight poses after suck a long time...need more practice. Also tried to do foregrounding...not to good ^^; I also need to practice more on how to draw on Ninetail tails.

Ember and his team ©  mikearctic
Lucina and Rico ©  ebonypikachu
Atticus, his team and artwork © me