The FLOAROMA Team

Hoshinko watch as the Hitmontop, once he realize that she was talking to him, was walking towards her but for some reason he was avoiding eye contact with her as he said, "H-H-Hi there... I-I'm Matt..." She didn't want to push him, since it seems he is nervous around her, so she smiled softly and said, "It's nice to meet you Matt." She looked around until she spotted a nearby building that she recognized as the Pokemon Center and knew that will be good for shelter for them for the night. There might be food in there for them all to eat that was still edible. "That building there looks like it will provide us shelter for the night so lets all head there," she lifted one of her sleeve like arms up so she could point with her paw at the Pokemon Center she was talking about and she said the 'we' so that it will include the Buizel that has yet to say anything to her. She hope that the Buizel isn't nervous about her because the Mienshao means no harm to anyone.

"It's nice to meet you Matt." Hoshinko said to him. Matt was just a nervous wreck at the moment. His mouth felt too dry for him to speak. "That building there looks like it will provide us shelter for the night so lets all head there," She pointed over to the Pokemon Center. Matt looked over at the Buizel that had yet to say anything. He motioned his arm in a way that was to invite the Buizel to come with them.

The Hitmontop walked towards the Pokemon Center, scouting the area in case of any undead. It seemed to be clear, so he Hoshinko and the Buizel that the area was all clear.

Hoshinko watched as Matt moved ahead to scout the area, she guess, so she did the same while the three of them headed to the Pokemon Center. The Mienshao was glad that there weren't any undead right now so they all could rest peacefully for the night, at least she hopes they can. She noticed that Matt still seem nervous around her but she hopes that as they get to know each other more he won't be as nervous anymore.

(Skip. Can't really think of anything to have Matt do.)

Hoshinko sighed softly and lead the rest of the way to the Pokemon Center and walked inside, after she opened the door, and waited for the others to join her inside before she shut the door and then began to look around. The Pokemon Center was a mess which showed how fast the humans had retreated from this place when this horrible epidemic started. The Mienshao was also looking around for some food that the three of them could eat before they all rest for the night.

Matt walked into the Pokemon Center as Hoshinko opened the door for everyone. Matt avoided eye contact with her as he said, "Thanks." As soon as he was inside, he sat down against a wall and let out a sigh. The Hitmontop was tired. He's been on his feet pretty much all day and was happy to have some rest and relaxation time. He looked over at the Mienshao. Something intrigued him about her, but he wasn't sure what it was...

Hoshinko sighed softly as Matt said thanks but still kept avoiding eye contact with her. The Mienshao just let it go for now and began searching for food for the three of them to eat before they rest for the night. She wish she knew what to do to help Matt relax around her. She looked over at the Hitmontop catching him looking at her which surprise Hoshinko but she wasn't sure on what to make about it. "I'll see if I can find anything for us all to eat in here," she said softly before she glance away from Matt and began searching around the center for food.

(Skip me, please. I'm feeling brain dead for some characters I need to post for, and Matt is one of them.)

(( Please skip while I try and catch up. Pretty sure Levi is just passed out from the poison though ): And sorry for the late post. I didn't know it was my turn. ))

Hoshinko sighed once again as she looked around the Pokemon Center until she reached a room she recognized as a kitchen. The Mienshao began to look around in all of the cabinets untils she found what she was looking for, Pokemon food in cans that she could easily open with using her front paws. She also found some berries that they could eat. Blue ones that she recognized as Oran Berries and pink ones she recognized as Pecha Berries. She place the berries on top of the canister of Pokemon food before she carefully began walking back towards the others. She looked at the two of them and noticed that the Buizel has pass out which caused the Mienshao to grow concern. She gently set the food down and went to check the Buizel over until she found a wound that look like it was infected or poisoned. Seeing this the Mienshao knew exactly what to do. She moved quickly to get the pink berries and brought them over to the Buizel. She gently shook the little one saying, "Wake up little one and eat these Pecha berries quickly." She really hopes that she will be able to wake up and eat the berries before the poison gets worst then it already was.

Matt watched silently as the Mienshao came back from the kitchen to get some food. She went over to the Buizel, who wasn't looking too good from Matt's perspective, and coaxed her into eating a Pecha Berry. The Hitmontop slowly went over towards the two, looking at the Buizel. Matt wasn't really much of a talker, especially if it was with people of the opposite gender. The fact he was the only male in the group of three made him paranoid about what he says.

(Sorry for the short post, but what do you expect from someone who can't really speak to women?)

Levi felt weak, and she was in a lot of pain from the poison that continued to spread throughout her system. She felt as though she was going to burst she felt so horrible. She would have most likely vomited if she had eaten anything. How could she have let herself get poisoned, right in the middle of a fight. Levi hated that Zoroark, she would get even, somehow.

The Buizel could feel her body shake, at first she thought it was because she was cold, but her body felt like it was a furnace. She heard someone speak to her, but she couldn't make out the voice. She just wanted to sleep. Maybe she should open them, just to see who was there.

Slowly, Levi began to open her eyes. Her vision was blurred at first, but slowly came into focus and the first thing she was was Petcha berries. At first she thought she was hallucinating, until she reached out and picked one of them up. It was solid. She slowly began to eat it, her mother always told her not to force food, even if your starving, it would just get caught in your throat and you could choke.

"Thank you." She said once she finished the berry. She already started to feel a little better thanks to its poison zapping effects. The pokemon before here where none she could recognize, probably from other regions. "Who are you?" She said. They couldn't be bad, they just saved her, so they had to be friendly, right? "I'm Levi." She added, sure they would want to know her name just as much as she wanted to know theres.

Hoshinko gave a soft sigh of relief when the Buizel opened her eyes and took the Pecha berry she was offering to her and ate it. She saw the effects of the berry take affect right away on the water type. She smiled softly as the Buizel said, "Thank you. Who are you? I'm Levi." "It's nice to meet you Levi. My name is Hoshinko." She then turned to look at Matt letting him introduce himself if he wanted to. If he didn't she would introduce him to Levi. She wish she knew why the Hitmontop seems to be so nervous around her though.

Matt let out a sigh of relief as the Buizel woke up and eat the berry Hoshinko gave her. The Buizel introduced herself as Levi and asked who the others were. Hoshinko introduced herself and she turned to Matt so he could introduce himself. "Um... Hi...." He said shyly. For some reason, he felt more comfortable talking to the Buizel than the Mienshao. The Hitmontop didn't know what it was that made him unable to speak to Hoshinko. But he didn't let it bother him too much, so he smiled at Levi. "My name is Matt. It's nice to meet you Levi." He scratched the back of his head nervously. He still struggled with speaking to girls, but he felt comfortable around these two now.

"It's nice to meet you Levi. My name is Hoshinko." The strange pokemon, that looked almost like Floatzel, though far from being one cause of its figure. Levi wondered what kind of pokemon she was. Moving to a sitting possition she looked at the other pokemon, who had introduced itself at Matt. He looked even stranger to the water type.

Levi looked around the room, as though looking for something, though there was nothing really there. "Where are the other pokemon I was with? And where are we?" She asked, forgetting her shyness as she sought answeres.

Hoshinko noticed that Matt seemed more comfortable around Levi then her which sadden her. She didn't know what was causing him to feel uncomfortable around her but she knew she couldn't really do anything about it right now. "Where are the other pokemon I was with? And where are we?" Hoshinko heard Levi asked and turned to look at her once more before she said, "I'm not sure who all was with you but a few of them I noticed just left without a word." Her voice was soft and gentle as she gave this news while she settled down near the Buizel. She had noticed that Levi was confuse about what Pokemon she was by looking into the Buizel's eyes.

Matt simply listened as Hoshinko explained to Levi where the others were. He let out a sigh. He couldn't explain the reason why he couldn't talk to Hoshinko, because he thought that killing someone because they broke your heart several times at once was just plain stupid. "We need to rest." The Hitmontop said sternly. He soon got up and found a place to sleep, and leaned against the wall to sleep. He closed his eyes, and called it a night.

(OoC: Sorry for the short post again...)

The Mienshao glance away, for only a moment, to look around the area and see where everything was. She wish that she knew how to make things more comfortable around Matt because he seems to be upset about something. She noticed again that he was able to speak to Levi but he still seemed nervous around. Her ears twitch when she heard sound from Levi and looked over to see that the the end of her tail was slipping outside the door. She went to call Levi back but when she got to the door the Buizel seemed to have disappeared. She turned to look at Matt while she stood on her hind legs. Her ears and tail lowered in sadness before she sighed and moved to curl up in a way to rest. It seems that everyone has been leaving since she showed up. She looked at Matt with worry and fear in her eyes thinking that he will leave her next making it where she will be alone.

It was another great night of fighting. Matt had won the prize money, once again, and was returning home with his trainer, Floyd. They got home and turned on the lights. The two of them were stunned to see a Mienshao. Matt knew who it was. "Sasha? What are you doing?" He said to her. "Oh... hi Matt..." The Hitmontop noticed that there was money in Sasha's paws. "Wait... what are you doing with my prize money?"

"I'm doing what every girl has been doing to you." Matt didn't know what it meant until Sasha blurted it out. "I'm taking your money, Matt." Matt was really confused now. "Why Sasha? I thought you loved me?" Sasha let out a great laugh. "What?" she said in her laugh, "Me? Love you? Please, I'm no different than any other girl you've hooked up with." "What are you saying?""I'm saying that the only reason girls 'loved' you was because they wanted your money. When they got the chance to steal it, they left you. No girl truly loved you."

The thought of every girl lying to him all this time made Matt's heart break. His sadness slowly turned into rage as the words echoed through his head. 'No girl will truly love you.' In a blind fit of rage, he attacked Sasha. Little did he know, whenever he gets angry, Matt's power is lethal. And he didn't realize it until it was too late. His rage was over, and he saw what he had done to Sasha. Not knowing what he had done, he ran away.

Matt woke up screaming and in a cold sweat. He looked around the pokemon center. Levi was gone. It was only him and Hoshinko. He looked at her and soon realized something. He realized that the Mienshao was true in her kindness. It was something that was rare, and Matt saw that in her. The Hitmontop went over to her and sat down beside her. He took a moment to think about what he wanted to say. He sighed and simply said, "I haven't been one hundred percent honest with you, Hoshinko..."

Hoshinko was trying to relax and wondering if she will be alone soon until she heard Matt say, "I haven't been one hundred percent honest with you, Hoshinko..." Which caused the Mienshao to look up at him curiously before she asked softly, "What do you mean Matt? She was curious about what he meant and it even showed in her eyes as she gave the Hitmontop her full attention so he could explain what he meant by his words. She also noticed that he had seemed to calm down and is less nervous around her, if only slightly, which made her happy but for now she was willing to listen to what he was wanting to tell her.

"What do you mean Matt?" Hoshinko asked him. Matt turned away, keeping his back to her as he sighed. "Before the infection, I was a champion fighter in an underground fight club. I won a lot of money thanks to my trainer, and my victories got me to go out with a lot of women. One night, however, I learned their true reasons of getting with me. Floyd and I came home from a fight one night, and I found a Mienshao I knew, Sasha, trying to steal my prize money. She revealed to me that every girl I had ever been with didn't like me because of me, they liked me because of my money. In a blind fit of rage, I somehow ended up killing Sasha."

"That is why I have been unable to talk to you Hoshinko. I feared that you would be just like the others..." It was a good thing that the Hitmontop had his back to her, because there were tears running down his face. Just the thought of being lied to by every girl he knew was enough to make a fighting type like Matt cry.

"Before the infection, I was a champion fighter in an underground fight club. I won a lot of money thanks to my trainer, and my victories got me to go out with a lot of women. One night, however, I learned their true reasons of getting with me. Floyd and I came home from a fight one night, and I found a Mienshao I knew, Sasha, trying to steal my prize money. She revealed to me that every girl I had ever been with didn't like me because of me, they liked me because of my money. In a blind fit of rage, I somehow ended up killing Sasha. That is why I have been unable to talk to you Hoshinko. I feared that you would be just like the others..." Hoshinko look at Matt's back with understanding and moved to gently touch his shoulder as she said, "Those girls were stupid and idiotic if they couldn't see that they had someone wonderful in their lives. Money isn't everything in life. You can't buy love with it and you can't buy friendship with it or respect. I don't know what those girls were thinking when they did that to you but they were idiotic to not to see how great you are. I may not have known you long Matt but I know that much already." She sighed softly because she wasn't sure how Matt will react to her words but she kept her hand where it was and let him decide if he wanted her paw to stay on his shoulder.

Matt stayed quiet until he felt something on his shoulder. He looked over to see Hoshinko had put her hand there. "Those girls were stupid and idiotic if they couldn't see that they had someone wonderful in their lives. Money isn't everything in life. You can't buy love with it and you can't buy friendship with it or respect. I don't know what those girls were thinking when they did that to you but they were idiotic to not to see how great you are. I may not have known you long Matt but I know that much already." Matt paused. He didn't know what to say, he was even surprised that her hand was still there. "R-Really?" He said, turning his head to look at her.

"R-Really?" Hoshinko heard Matt say before he turned to look at her. She smiled softly and let the full honesty of her words shine from her eyes as she said, "Yes, really Matt." She gave a final smile to him before she began to move her paw off his shoulder just in case he didn't want it there anymore before she laid down next to him curled up like a Glameow would.

(sorry for the really short post)

"Yes, really Matt." Matt smiled back at the Mienshao as she moved her paw off of his shoulder. She curled up next to him as he began to lean back so he was looking at the ceiling, or what was left of it. "Thank you Hoshinko." He said to her.

(I counter your short post with one of my own)