Same species different teachings.

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Noel let out a small sigh as she sat leaned up against a tree. Noel stared at the water which reflected the darkness that was obvious in the sky, before the pond would glow reflecting the light from the sun but now this what it showed. Noel looked around the area noticing the Pokemon that decided to stay here, some brave or foolish or even unknowing of the dark ferals that littered this area, whatever the reasons they were happy for some reason, happy be with one another, happy to spend time together despite the darkness. Noel was here to make sure that they didn't have to deal with the ferals, they didn't know it but she felt they felt a bit safer with a large strong looking Lucario here.

Noel leaned back and shut her eyes for a moment deciding to think on the things she had heard of, Noel was worried about Az and her mother but felt Az was a smart kid, she'd be safe with her teacher to guide her. "Wait kid? I really gotta stop talking like I'm older then everyone." Noel muttered out, she was older then she was but after evolving she felt older for some reason, it was really weird but it happened. "Screw the darkness, I won't let anything happen here." Noel said to herself, her face showed a smile as she sat eyes closed enjoying the small amount of peace in the area.

The golden riolu looked towards Noel as she asked what was in the bag. With this question he looked towards the bag. Remaining silent for another moment, he untied it from his wrist and took the fuzzy leather like bag and pulled a small wooden figure out of it. The figure was in the shape of a lucario that had been sitting down, seeming to be in meditation as a blue gem sat in the middle of its paws that rested on its legs.

Raul seemed to remain even more silent as he stared at it. He would only show this figure to those he trusted. He was more than willing to trust another of his species if he didn't feel any bad malevolent aura within them. Others, he would want to learn more about before doing so.

He had ignored her little comment that she had said to herself under her breath. Only catching bits and pieces of it, but he didn't want to intrude on Noel's thoughts. It wasn't his business.

Noel watched as Raul took the item from the small pouch, she stared at the item for a few moments wondering what it was supposed to really do, it might of just been more for decoration then anything else, she was going to ask him what it was for but decided to refrain from doing so once she noticed he did nothing but stare at the object. "Looks nice." Noel said figuring she should say something like a complement, she liked the jewel it had though that was mostly due to her liking stones.

Noel glanced around the area once, it wasn't anything having to do with her Aura sense she just felt slightly on edge, like someone was watching the area. Not her in particular just the whole lake, and she didn't like that.

The golden riolu kept the item out for some time now. Leaving it on the ground in front of him for the time being. At some point, Noel had stated that it looked nice. He didn't quite know how to respond. "My Theynin gave it to me... Before I was ordered to leave the mountain top... when we were attacked." he said in a low, sad tone. He closed his eyes for a moment after saying this small bit of information.

He didn't mention anything else about the incident after that comment. He remained silent with his eyes closed. Keeping his senses sharp for anything around them. Noel's aura seemed to fluctuate ever so slightly from what the golden riolu could sense. There seemed to be a slight tension about it.

((Could it possibly be Raul's aura sensing abilities that is causing noel to feel this sense of being watched? Raul is almost literally a walking radar :3))

Noel was going to ask what attacked them but something interrupted her train of thought, Noel looked towards the other end of the pond and saw a Stantler walking around the other end, this wouldn't of bothered her if it wasn't staring directly at her with blank eyes, even from here she could feel it. Noel also felt a malevolent Aura coming from it, so this is what she was sensing and it had just now decided to show itself. Noel stared at the Pokemon hoping it didn't attack anyone on that end of the pond, Noel was fast but she knew she wouldn't be able to cover that distance in a short time.

Noel slowly got up and clenched her paw as the Pokemon started running around the lake, she assumed it was because she had eye contact with it or something, who knows how those weird ferals worked.

The golden riolu froze at some point after his previous statement. Remaining still as he felt the aura from the creature suddenly appear to his senses. It was not normal for it to suddenly appear in such a way. It was as if it was hidden from him.

He quickly grabbed his trinket and tied the pouch to his wrist before Noel had gotten up. She had just noticed the figure as he had completed his task. Turning towards the pokemon, the second his eyes met with it. It bolted off in a circle around the pond. He quickly got into a defensive position. He didn't sense any others in the area besides that feral and Noel. The pokemon had continued to run around the pond. Eventually turning towards Noel and Raul.

Noel stared at the Pokemon as it rushed them, Noel saw its horns glowing with a whitish glow, Noel stared for a moment, if it was the move she was thinking of they'd be in a bit of trouble. Noel dashed forward towards the Pokemon going to meet it halfway and counter it, she had no idea how strong this Pokemon was nor how strong Raul was, she didn't want him to get hurt if this Stantler was as strong as she thought. Noel pulled her fist back and created a bone in her paw, she clenched her paw down grabbing the item and spinning it in front of her to block the incoming attack. Noel's weapon met the antlers and she held her ground despite the attack being as strong as it is.

However Noel saw a small amount of cracks in the bone, it seemed though she was strong enough to hold her place the attack wasn't strong enough to counter this one and the Stantler eventually tore through it, Noel fell to her side in slight disbelief that it managed to break through one of her attacks, this was short lived as Noel quickly recovered flipping around and landing on her feet. Noel managed to do what she set out to do and got the Stantler to focus on her rather then someone else.

Raul gritted his teeth as he sensed the dark aura within the pokemon. It was one of those infected ones... The last time he had encountered one of these, wasn't too bad. However, he had no choice but to get away from it.

This time, the circumstances are a little different. He quickly started to rush towards the pokemon. About halfway in, he had a large speed boost as he picked up his paced and slammed into the distracted pokemon.

He took it that Noel would strike back once it attempted to strike him. However, just as a precaution. He had prepared to counter whatever the pokemon had planned. Keeping careful eye on its movements.

((Raul had forgotten Endure, and has learned Counter [OOC]))

Noel's attempts to draw the Pokemon away were for naught once Raul decided to attack it, Noel had hoped it would rush her again but it turned its attention to the Riolu, Noel stood upright and pointed her Paw to the distracted Pokemon she charged a small blue ball of Aura in her paw and fired it right at the Stantler's side, since it was distracted the attack hit its mark and forced the Stantler to fall to its side, it sadly managed to scamper back up and looked at Noel.

Noel was left slightly awestruck considering that was a super effective attack against it, these feral's were something else if it could take that sort of abuse from the Lucario. Noel shook her head nad fired another Aura Sphere blasting it once more keeping the Pokemon in place.

The golden riolu sensed the energy from Noel start to be siphoned into a sphere where her paws were. Quickly the sphere formed and then shot towards the Stantler.

Raul was not shocked at all by the energy and the fact that it hit its mark. The pokemon had not been paying proper attention in battle, so it was going to get hit no matter what. However, what would be startling is the fact it got back up after a devastating hit on its side.

The only reason the riolu wasn't too shocked from it, was the fact that he had seen this happen before with other feral pokemon that had the darkness infect or possess them. The golden riolu watched as Noel fired another sphere at the stantler. However, this time it jumped back slightly as the ball hit the ground where it once was.

Managing to keep the pokemon mostly in its place from what Raul could tell. The golden riolu prepared to strike the pokemon again, aiming for its head when he goes for the strike. He was going to strike it after Noel had fired another attack, or if she continued to keep it distracted.

Noel was going to keep attacking but she saw Raul still standing watching the Pokemon, this Pokemon seemed strong so she wasn't sure if it was a great idea for him to be fighting also. Noel watched the Pokemon but suddenly its eyes glowed with a yellowish tint and it looked at Raul, Noel looked at the clouds above as some started shifting position and formed a darker cloud above the Riolu. "Raul move!" Noel shouted out at the Riolu as the dark cloud started sparking and shot a powerful thunder attack straight towards the Riolu. Noel wouldn't be able to close the distance so she hoped it move.

While it was preparing the attack Noel shot another Aura Sphere at it, the attack hit the Pokemon once again due to it being distracted.

The golden riolu waited for a moment as he was planning on striking it when it least expected it. However, something caught his attention. It hadn't been moving at all. What had it been doing?

Noel noticed something, and he saw something in her eyes. Quickly looking up as the clouds had just formed as she had shouted for him to move. He quickly jumped out of the way as the bolt of energy struck the ground where he previously was. Using his quick attack ability to increase his speed to get out of the way. He had jumped towards one of the nearby boulders and used it to pounce back towards the pokemon as he raced towards it.

Once again, he got a speed boost as he was about halfway towards the pokemon. Meeting it in a flash. What struck him off guard though, was the fact that it quickly turned its head and pointed its antlers towards him. This forced him to change directions before he ran into them.

Noel swore under her breath, why was he still fighting this Pokemon? Noel shook her head deciding to let him do what he wanted, she doubted telling Raul to leave would get her anywhere. Noel decided to end this so she formed the bone once again between her paws but she grabbed something else also. Noel had a orb in her other paw and ran towards the other Stantler at its side, since it was unguarded Noel was able to smash the Bone into it's side and deal several hits before the bone dissipated, once it did the Stantler decided to do the same horn attack as it opened up with. Noel smirked as the horns glowed with a white power. Once it swung them around Noel grabbed the orb and held it in front of her, the orb was a blowback orb and once it was broked the force made the Stantler get thrown into the air.

Noel dashed at the Stanter while it was helpless in the air and stood on its side, she used this to get higher jumping on its side and going up forcing the Pokemon down and her up. Once she was in the air she fired one Aura Sphere at the Pokemon. Noel slowly fell back down, Noel crossed her arms and built a strong Psychic wave and fired it with the Sphere .

Once that was done Noel landed on the ground and jumped away, with those attacks it seemed that the Stantler was down for now.

As the golden riolu had changed directions. Noel must of noticed an opportunity to strike the pokemon as it was unguarded. The riolu never had a chance to strike the pokemon at this point. Noel had continued to follow up after every attack until the pokemon was completely down for the count.

This made the riolu ease up a bit. This challenge being over with. The dark aura that he felt from the pokemon began to lift away. He continued to stare into the direction of this aura that had started to lift away. After about a minute. He finally looked towards Noel with a slight smile. He however, remained silent for the time being.

Noel cracked her neck and looked at the Pokemon, she sensed the normal aura she had when she looked at it but she still wondered what it was, "I should really find out what's causing this, and fast." Noel mumbled to herself, this was dangerous it was very obvious. "Looks like he's down for the count, thanks for the assist." Noel said this time loud enough for Raul to hear her, she was sure it would of just been a annoyance to deal with alone, glad to have someone on your side sometimes.

Noel walked over to Raul and looked at the Stantler. "You seem to know your way around a fight, that's good the world seems to need fighters more then ever sadly." Noel said taking her eyes off the Stantler, it wouldn't get back up she made sure of that.

The golden Riolu looked towards Noel as she complimented his ability on fighting. He couldn’t help but smile at the compliment. However part of what she said was discerning to him. The world needing more fighters… He hasn’t been all over the place yet. Only having been through a few towns and the areas from where he had come from. There wasn’t much to worry about other than survival. He didn’t make any comments about the world needing fighters. However he nodded lightly in agreement with her statement about his combat capabilities.
“Have to know… Theynin say it many times… Must know how to defend oneself in order to survive.” The golden Riolu said as he looked towards the ground near him. The dust blowing across the surface in certain spots where there was little grass.