Pokémon: Tears of the Fallen

Chapter 25: Storm Clouds

Ursula: "I haven't seen you in quite a bit, Dawn."

Ash: *smiling big* "Dawn! This is a friend of yours?! It's awesome that you two know each other!"

Dawn: *nervously* "Uhh... umm... y-- yeah..."

Ash: "Where do you two know each other from?"

Ursula: "Sinnoh Academy. We were great friends."

Zoey: "Hi, Ursula! Yeah, it just seems like yesterday we were at the academy! Barry's here, too!"

Barry: "Hey, Ursula!"

Kenny: "I'm Kenny. I go to Kalos Academy, so I haven't met you yet."

Alain: "So most of you guys know her? Then, she's not bad news. Good, then I don't have to kill you."

Ursula: "Uhh, thanks."

Alain: "So, you wanna join the Mokusetsu?"

Ursula: "Yes. I'm originally from Pastoria City, Sinnoh, but I'm here in Snowpoint City visiting family. We were watching the news and saw the segment you two did earlier. I've been wanting a way to help stop the Tekiyoku. I recognized Zoey right away and I knew I had to join, so I searched around town. I wanna help with this mission and be a Manipulator in the future."

Zoey: "And plus, she can fight! She's already had some martial-arts experience."

Alain: "Prove it. Spar with me."

Alain and Ursula spar a little bit, with Ursula holding her own pretty well against him.

Alain: "Not bad. I don't usually say this so soon, but you're a keeper. You can travel with us."

Kenny: "Wanna join our Plate-searching team, Ursula?"

Alain: "No. She fights with Ash, Zoey, Barry, and me. Welcome to the Mokusetsu."

Ursula: "Great! This'll give me a chance to reconnect with my good friend, Dawn!"

Dawn: *stammering* "Uhh... s-- sure..."

1:10pm back in the forest. Alain's training Zoey more, with Ash and Ursula watching. Kenny, Dawn, and Pikachu are somewhere else and Barry's training on his own.

Pikachu: *happily* "Pika pika piiikaaa!"

Kenny: "Pikachu says we have to rip these trees from the ground and carry them to Kanto to help us learn the language of the Plates! Let's get started!"

Dawn: "Uhh... I-- I'll just take a look at Zoey's training." *quickly leaves*

Alain: "Zoey, the 80% move is called Little Treehouse. You focus on an opponent and hold your hands on the ground for 5 seconds. 4 wooden columns come up and surround them in a square shape. Then, a wooden building is built around that opponent, trapping them. That construction is pretty quick, but keep in mind that there IS a small bit of time to escape after the columns form. After the building is formed, you put a hand back on the ground. A very large tree will come up from the ground, close by. When you're ready, you swing a hand down and the tree falls on the building, killing the opponent. If other trees are already close to the building, they'll fall too immediately. The building is pretty tough to break through, but not impossible. Keep in mind that Rock and Steel Manipulators can escape with enough strength. When you sprout that tree, you can make it fall when you're ready, but the building automatically deconstructs after 2 minutes."

Zoey: "How am I supposed to practice this?"

Alain: "You'll just spring up the four columns and that's it. The move is pretty automatic from there on out if you do the hand motions correctly. If no one's between the four columns or if the opponent escapes, the move fails, but you'll only lose 40% of energy. You only lose 80% once the building is completed. So try to release the 80% energy point."