[Marley Hyde]

We Vibbin' Quest

Ash City. Marley, honestly, kind of felt at home here. The industrial landscape, the volcano not far away, it reminded him of his home in Motostoke. A part of him wished that they had moved here, but he knew deep down that it wouldn't of helped anyone. His mother needed clean air afterall.

But that was unimportant. What was important was what was going on here and now. Marley had managed to find himself an empty courtyard between a couple of buildings. Before him was his Hitmonlee Leia, Ally the Zorua and Mino the Mr. Mime. The three of them should prove pretty good training.

Ever since his encounter with the Aura pokemon, Marley had been thinking of how he could go about improving his abilities. It hadn't been easy to track them down again, and he didn't really know anyone who knew how to use Aura as well. Then, after making his way through the overpass and arriving in Ash, did Marley decide to try and take matters into his own hands. After all, he knew he had the ability, and he had developed the ability to see the Aura, even if it was very feintly. Perhaps he could work from there, training himself in order to improve. That made sense. After all, Aura was a skill, wasn't it? You had to work at it to get better at it.

He had stopped at a library before coming down here, looking for any information on Aura. There seemed to be many different things about it. Sensing people, hardening your body, superhuman feats, even being able to project your aura like an attack. He had heard of the attack Aura Sphere, so maybe it was something like that. Marley could imagine himself throwing Aura balls around the place. He just needed to figure out how to do it. And really, it made sense that if he was in a tense situation, it might cause his Aura to come out. Just a thought.

"Ok guys, I know this is goin' to sound wierd, but I need you three to fight me." The three pokemon looked at their trainer, clearly surprised by this request. Sure, Marley had initially sparred with Marley, but they were getting the feeling that this wasn't just a regular sparring match. "Ok, obviously I don't want you guys to kill me or somethin'. Just fight to try and hurt me. This whole trainin' thing ain't going to work if it's easy you know." Leia was an obvious choice. She was a pokemon that could use Aura as well. Ally, well, she was Ally, and Mino was a bit of a tank. He could handle this sort of thing. "I'll let you guys know when to stop. But until then, don't hold back, ok?" The pokemon looked at eachother uneasily. All except Leia. She knew what this was all about.

Marley put himself some distance from his pokemon, taking a deep breath. "Ok you lot, come at me!"

The pokemon hesitated for a moment, and then charged at him.

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Marley tried to keep himself cool as he jumped back at the approaching pokemon, though it wasn't easy when you had three strong pokemon coming at you, ready to beat you senseless. Still, this was what he wanted, he may as well work with it. Leia came in first, swinging a kick aimed for Marley's head. Marley brought his arms up, focusing on hardening the muscles of his limbs. The foot connected hard with Marley's guard, causing him to stumble lightly to the side. Strange though, the kick didn't hurt as much as Marley thought it would. Maybe there was something to this aura hardening business. He thrust out with a palm, catching the Hitmonlee in the sternum and causing her to stumble back. Unfortunately, it gave Ally enough time to catch up and tackle into him, causing Marley to grunt and tumble to the ground.

As he quickly regained his senses, he sensed something above him. Without thinking, Marley rolled to the side, just in time to avoid a Brick Break from Mino. Damn, the Mr. Mime was not messing around! Rolling around, Marley quickly sprung back to his feet. His heart was pounding, the blood rushing through his veins. He swore he could see flickers of Aura around his pokemon. Good, he was getting into it! Perhaps now was a good time to try a ranged attack! He drew his fist back, mentally trying to channel...something...into his fist, before he thrust it out.

And nothing happened. Mino and Marley paused for a second, looking at Marley's outstretched fist.

"Damn. Should have known better," Marley muttered, before yelping and having to jump back and avoid a kick from Leia. Now that that was done, his pokemon had a better opportunity to coordinate themselves. Ally and Leia backed Marley into a corner, Mino quickly closing in as well. Now way out! Marley brought up his arms, tensing his muscles and ready for the beatdown that was coming this way. Feet, fists and full body tackles. By themselves, they hurt, but Marley could hang in there. But getting rained down on them all at once, it was proving a bit more than Marley's abilities can handle. Even the Aura he was unwittingly hardening his body with to weather the blows. Marley gritted his teeth, trying to endure. He would not go down to this. Not without anything good coming off it. He let out a roar of defience, and then, everything went black.

It was some time later that Marley slowly came around, finding himself laying in a bed. Wait, where was he? As he blinked his eyes, a figure leaned in over him. A woman in a nurse's uniform. She sighed in relief. "Oh good, you're awake," she sighed, "Just, what were you thinking, trying to fight pokemon like that?" Marley looked over, seeing that his pokemon were beside him. No prizes as to who brought him here. "Still, it's strange," the nurse mused, "For someone who got beat up by three pokemon, you're not in as bad as shape as one should."

Marley couldn't help but smile. Well, at least something came out of all this.

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