Chapter 4 of The Grand Adventure: Fabulous new friends of Floarmoa Town (OPEN)

Himeka flinched slightly when she heard a sound from upstairs and a roar, but she understood it was one of Case's Pokemon when he sighed and stood up. She couldn't help but feel slightly lonely and cold when Case left. She sat up in the bed with Paddy on her lap, waiting for him to come back, or thinking what she could do in the meantime.

Case went down stairs to calm down Cinders which took a while but Case was able to convince to bottle up her emotions and to use them as a fuel for when she was fighting in the gym battle. He then returned Cinders and Sting to their pokeball before re-entering the room and returning all of his Pokemon to there pokeballs apart from Glitch who he was letting say his goodbye to the place where he lived. Case blushed lightly when he looked at Himeka and sat down beside her "Do you want to get going?"

Himeka knitted her eyebrows and put her head on Case's shoulder "But I'm still sleeeeepy!" She whined before Paddy tapped her cheek with its snout, signaling it was the right thing to do "Alright. Daemon must be waiting for is, anyways..." She stood up, put on her shoes and grabbed her bag after returning her Pokemon to their respective pokeballs. "Ready to go~!" She chanted with a big grin on her face.

Case smiled as he saw Himeka grin as they walked out of the house after, the ground was sopping wet out side and any grass or dirt was mud now. Once they were outside Case called for Glitch who once caught up with them was returned back inside his pokeball. They were almost at the end of the forest and the exist to Eterna City could be seen up ahead "So your contest is in a few days...you ready for it?" he asked trying to make small talk.

Himeka turned to Case and nodded eagerly in his direction with a cheerful "Mhm~!" She said as she walked "Are you ready for your gym battle? Second badge, right? You're such a good trainer~!" She looked up at the sky as she waited for the male's answer. The sun was shiny and bright, unlike the day before.

Case blushed lightly again when Himeka called him a good trainer "Really? You think so?" he asked smiling and scratching the back of his head as he always did as a nervous habit that he also did when he was embarrassed "Yea, this is going to my second badge...and I believe that Cinders, Hanu, Sting, Gale and Hanako will be able to handle themselves." he smiled now looking confident as the sun beamed cut through the gaps of the leaves, they were a few steps away from the exist of the forest. Once they passé through the city could be seen just in the distance.

"I'm sure you will be just fine~!" Himeka chirped. She looked down from the sky and could see a but of Eterna City. She gasped in delight "Look, it's Eterna!" She exclaimed "Let's hurry so we get to a Pokemon center and look for Dae!" she then proceeded to start running.

Deamon had awoken from his sleep in his bed and ace in the bed next to him. Hmm still no sign of Himeka and Case. He sighed as he rubbed his head and went to take a shower to clear his mind. He had asked nurse joy and her chansey if they would have been able to tell them when Case and Hime would arrived. He had discribed the both to her and she had promised him that she would tell them when they would arrive but as he had kind of expected had happened. He had hoped that they would have come and that they would be here by now but it was obvious they werent. He washed himself as he really hoped that they were safe.

He came out of the shower and dried himself of as he got some clothes and got dressed. Then he quickly brushed his teeth and went with ace to the dining room as he got them some nice food to eat and began to nible on his piece of toast while a scrambled egg and some sauseges were still on his plate looking out of the window while Ace would have a plate of fresh berries in front of him. ''I hope they are ok'' Daemon said to himself as he kept looking outside.

Case chuckled and shook his head before catching up with Himeka jogging and tapped her on the shoulder "Tag your it." he smiled before picking up his pace turning the jog into a run.
They would be just visible from the top floor of the Pokemon centre.

Himeka smirked and followed Case, trying to catch up to his speed, he was fast. However, she finally got to get close to him and poked him back "Tag~!" She said in a song song voice then giggled before running full speed and hoping to get to the Pokemon center first.

Case grinned mischievously as he began to catch up with Himeka though it was too close to call Himeka call Himeka reached the Pokemon centre first though just before she did Case tapped her on the back "Tag back!"

Ian was at the very end of the breakfast and just stared outside. He couldn't see anything. The sun was becoming much clearer now and he noticed that it was probably getting pretty close to noon. He wanted to much rather jump in his bed and do absolutely nothing. He was deas tired. He almost hadn't slept cause he had been worrying about Case and Hime. He had bags under his eyes and he looked terrible. He hated it when he lost a friend and wondered when they would arrive cause he didn't think he would be able to survive another one of those nights in a row.

"Noooooo~" Himeka whined as she slow eres her pace and entered the Pokemon Center with a pout "Boooo, I almost won. Anyways, I'll give my Pokemon to nurse Joy and then well look for Daemon, alright?" The girl suggested before handing her Pokemon to the nurse.

"Yea good call I better do the same." Case said agreeing with Himeka "And what are you talking about? You got here first you won."

Ace's ears perked up and he then ran past Daemon and towards Case and Himeka.

Daemon looked up as he saw that Ace his ears sprang up and that he began to ran. Even though Daemon was very tired he almost threw his chair away as he jumped up and began to ran to the entrance. He saw Case and Hime and stopped in front of them. ''Where have you two been, we would have expected you back last night'' He sounded worries as he awaited an responds.

"Wha? I would have sworn you-" Himeka started saying but paused as she saw Daemon approaching them "Dae! Ace! I'm so glad to see you~!" She chanted "And, I know, but we had some... Difficulties, I guess..." She gave out a nervous chuckle and scratched the back of her head as she did so. "But we're now here, aren't we? And that's what matters! Case and I have some new pokemon we would absolutely love to show you~! Isn't that right Case~?"

Case chuckled a few seconds after Himeka did, before turning to Nurse Joy to hand over the his pokemon which then left him with nothing to show Ace and Daemon. He faceplamed "Dang it I just handed them over to nurse joy. Well you will get to see them soon enough. I am just going to get the rest of my Pokemon from the PC, I promised them they could see this gym battle since they didn't get to-...." Case was cut off from talking by Ace who had jumped onto his head, knocking him to the ground "Riolu! Rio, ri, rio, ri, roilu! Rio, ri-ri, olu, ri, ri-lu, riolu, o, lu-o-i, ri, rio, lu, rio." 'Case! You're back, great now come on let's go! There is a gym waiting, let's get moving! Come on and get up you baka, the sooner we get moving the sooner we can move onto the next one.'
Case pulled his partner off his head as he got up off the ground "Okay, calm down, we head out to the gym as soon as I get the rest of the guys out from the PC and back from Nurse Joy."
Upon hearing this Ace sighed and climbed onto Case's shoulder as he walked away to the computer and came back with the all the Pokemon he had stored in his PC following behind him. Case then turned to Himeka and Daemon "So will you guys be coming to watch too? Or are you guys going to begin practicing for your contest?

Daemon heard what Case and hime were saying. ''Hmm I can't wait to see you're new pokemon, just you wait, you will see them in the next contest'' He said giving Case a wink before he looked at Ace and laughed. It was probably because he was anxious to battle. ''Easy Ace I am sure you will be able to battle the gym leaer soon or go do things with Case'' He said smiling.

''So uh i need to think about that cause the contest of us is tommorow and Hime didn't have time to train yet'' They had one day to train but they havent been there at that time, so Hime hadn't trained yet for the contest tommorow. ''So it's you're choice hime I had time to train my new combos so do you wanne go watch or train?'' He asked as he looked at her.

OOC: Dae could you please please please please add Chime to Himeka's character sheet? Thank you so much~

Himeka giggled as she saw Ace jumping on Case (Oh my, that's a rhyme.). She then turned to Nurse Joy who was standing beside her to hand the 15 year old her Pokemon as the boys talked. She thanked the nurse politely and then turned to Daemon."Wait? Did he just wink at Case...?!" Himeka thought as she felt her cheeks heat up, typical sign of jealousy from her "Don't be silly, Himeka. Don't be silly..." she shook her head slightly and answered to what Daemon had asked her "I think I'll choose..." She pursed her lips and put her index finger gently on them as she knitted her eyebrows, as in deep thought. "... Training, of course." She finally said with a smile "You never practice enough, I guess." She flashed a smile.

Nurse Joy just returned the rest of Case's pokemon and he let them out so the could all socialise while he finished up talking to Himeka and Daemon and was joined by Glitch and the newly evolved Hanako "Okay then I guess I'll see you guys afterward then." Case stated before walking off leaving the Pokemon Centre and heading towards the gym, Ace was speechless as he saw Hanako and Glitch wondering what he had missed because of their separation back in Eterna Forest.

OOC: Case left this topic I'll start Chapter 5 tomorrow. I have counted up of all the words in this topic and turning them into xp that we earned the battle posts have not be counted.

Total words posted = 9995
9995 / 10 = 999.5 = 1000 (rounded up)
Toatal xp earned = 1000xp

1000xp - 408xp to Cinders = 592xp Cinders is now lv 32
594xp - 317xp to Ace = 277xp Ace is now 29
277xp – 187xp to Sting = 90xp Sting is now 22
90xp – 63xp to Glitch = 27xp Sting is now lv 22
27xp – 27xp to Hanako = 0xp Hanako is level 14 with 11xp left over

"Wait, I'll go with you! I'll support you and I'll head to train afterwards~!" The pigtailed girl said before heading out after Case, not sure if he had heard him. But still, she felt like she had to support Case no matter what.