II. Just as ancient as mama kage herself! [ video/action for blackthorn]

[godaime]

[ The scenery in the feed looks like an ancient war field. Of course, it was in a less populated area of Blackthorn but that still doesn't change the scene from looking apocalyptic.

A small patch of Kabuto's are currently closing in on a collapsed shack. A Staravia's wing sometimes invades the corners of the feed before quickly fluttering away.

The roof of the shack is lifted up and out crawls an bloodied and worn out Tsunade. Attached to her, once again, is a Tentacool who looks equally worse for wear. Her battleworn pokémon, a Tepig, a Sandshrew and a Gligar join her as the Kabuto start to lunge. The leader flies towards Tsunade's face, only to be met with her first and sent skidding into the ground. ]

Kaze, burrow underground. Tsuchi, use quick attack while holding Tonton! Tonton, smog!

[ A purple mist collects around the Kabuto squad. It obscures the camera of everything else as a Gligar quickly flies out. ]

Temari! Use whirlwind to contain it! [ The purple fog swirls into a tight, concentrated force before dispersing in the air. The Kabuto are all badly poisoned, most of them are knocked out. Tsunade tosses a pokéball towards it with a sense of great triumph. ]

Heh, looks like I get to own you after all Kabu-[ Out of the ground, Sandshrew comes flying up with a jet of water. The poor pokémon is knocked out as Tsunade looks around in confusion. ] What the-[ Before she can even complete that thought, a jet of water hits Gligar, sending him right into the earth, drugging up piles of dirt with Tepig. ]

Staravia! Fly up and evade watery attacks to see what's go-[ A Kabutops hops out of the ground and Tsunade immediately takes off towards it. Displaying a skillful moves of travel, she flips her way past a couple of water guns before flying a kick into its head. A small cracking noise can be heard and some gravel flies off, but to no avail. Tsunade tries to kick off but she's not quick enough as Staravia starts flying closer to help her trainer. The Kabutops raises his arm and cuts the lower part of ankle. Tsunade drops right to the ground as the Kabutops raises his scythe and quickly runs a cut towards Tsunade. She leaps back as the scythe comes towards her, slashing her chest. She drops again and looks up in nothing short of pure fear. ]

Can't believe it. I survive against legendary ninjas but fall to a rock with knives attached to i-[ Out of nowhere, a bright intense light washes over the entire feed. A Pignite, brand new and recently evolved, arm thrusts right into Kabutops, knocking it out and down.

Normally, a person would be concerned with bleeding from cuts on the chest and foot but instead she just looks up at PIgnite before noticing Staravia's approach. She turns to the feed. ]

All right. Anyone want to tell me what the hell just happened to Tonton? Last time I checked, she wasn't bipedal.

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[usedswift]

Tsunade-sama!

[Of course Tenten would be nearly on the other side of the entire fucking field. No matter how fast her Skarmory is, he's not nearly fast enough to get her there before the timely intervention of one (1) Pignite. Think how scarring that would be to see her hero killed by a Kabutops?]

Ying, with me! The rest of you, surround me and Tsunade-sama. Obliterate anything that comes close.

[Her Lucario barks in confirmation as Tenten doesn't wait for her Skarmory to land, instead just leaping off and rolling to the ground to get there faster. The rest of her team fall in to guard them in a semi-circle -- Mienshao, Gyarados, Ferrothorn, and Samurott joined by Skarmory.]

Heal Pulse, now! Then join the others and Detect if Neji's not doing it already.

[Again the Lucario barks as he starts up Heal Pulse on Tsunade, even as the Mienshao glances back with somewhat of a haughty sniff. Of course he's already using Detect, thank.]

Tsunade-sama, are you okay?

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[itsjustdust]

[Tenten had gotten to the Hokage first, and he'd let her handle things while the battle was hot, but after things had settled some he made his way over to address the question he wasn't sure if anyone had actually answered, his heels practically being stepped on by his closely trialing Sunflora.]

Tsunade-hime! You had your first evolution during that mess?

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[godaime]

Evolution! [ She looks at Pignite who nods before turning back to OBito in shock. ]

You mean this thing evolves?

WOO tsunade is impressed

[godaime]

[ Tsuande gets to her feet. Thank god that Kabutops couldn't kill her. She wonders just how effective the heal pulse will be but she continues looking at Tenten. She can already feel her cells regenerating. ]

I'm fine, I'm fine. I've taken a lot worse within the last month or so. I didn't even feel a thing. [ Which is sad. ] At least I'm still in one piece. [ Tiny specs of blood fly out of her mouth in a half-cough how stifled snort. ] Just staunch the bleeding, I'll be sure to take care of my body with the scars and all. [ She needs something to make her look ~official~. ]

You really control... such a magnificent team! [ she's impressed. really! ]

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[itsjustdust]

Most of them do. I have a couple who don't, but they're not the norm. Some require special stuff to do it too.

[usedswift]

[That Heal Pulse had better work because do you want to see a Lucario so utterly saddened by the fact that his trainer is going to be so annoyed? So sad that he'll sit right down and refuse to engage with anyone or anything because what shame is his existance?

Tenten just exhales a sigh of relief.]

I'm glad we were able to get to you in time. [She tosses a glance toward the newly-evolved Pignite, lips curving into a bit of an embarrassed smile at the praise.] Even if we turned out to be kind of unnecessary.

[Oh but is this a chance to brag about her team to Tsunade-sama???]

This is only one of my teams. I'd rather have all of them out at once, 'cause I bet we could sweep all these guys back to... wherever they crawled out of... but I'd rather make sure that I can always field a fresh team.

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[godaime]

Interesting. So they have benchmarks to surpass and then they get instantaneously stronger.... That's not like a variety of people back home. [ Except for Sage Mode, Bijuu Mode and other modes! ]

[godaime]

[ The heal pulse certainly stops the bleeding. Tsuande turns and nods her head, hoping that her authoritah isn't degraded by the fact that she's old and was five seconds away from being Kage De Pieces. ]

Any help is good help, Tenten! It's like how I defended Konoha multiple times before. [ YEP YOU JUST GOT COMPARED TO HER. ]

Heh. That's quite intelligent and clever. Are you saying, in some ways, you're like these guys' jonin?

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[impulsives]

That'd be an evolution, basically whenever they get strong enough to promote a change in physiology and some sort.

[He's just quoting one of the radio programs, but truthfully he only got half of it without dozing off. Still, he's answering anyways.

And if anything he looks as if he doesn't care at the violence happening background.]

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[itsjustdust]

Ah... actually they can choose not to. Kiyo refused to evolve for months after she should have, then skipped up two types at once. [So it was like enough people she personally knew, unlike Obito whose list was much, much shorter.]

[usedswift]

[Oh wow oh wow oh wow.]

W-well, I wouldn't say it's quite the same thing, since my knives aren't much good against these things, but--! I guess you could say that, ehe...

[You'd better bet she's going to tell everyone Tsunade-sama just compared her to herself.]

Right now I have forty-nine Pokémon who're high enough level to be able to hold their own out here, so I split them into eight teams of six. [Basic math!] I had to cover their type weaknesses and strengths, but... right now, these guys are my main team, since they're all really effective against Rock, which is what these guys are.

[Her Lucario barks during the exposition, satisfied with the job his Heal Pulse did and moving to join the others. Did Neji see? Did Mienshao-senpai see? No, he was busy watching for dinosaurs.]

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[godaime]

[ She notices but that works for her. She doesn't really care about the fighting either. ]

Are most pokémon qualified for these? I thought evolutions were few and far in between. None of my others have evolved, except for Staravia.

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[godaime]

Hmm... so are you saying my team is intentionally handicapping themselves? [ That's.... actually kinda badass. ] I mean, which ones can evolve and can't evolve...? [ c'mon Obito now is your chance to impress a future hokage! ]

[godaime]

Yes, but, think about it, my strength isn't going to be very good against steel types, or pokémon like Corsola with all of that sharp coral. We have different strengths and weaknesses, after all.

[ That would hurt. ]

But you have one remainder. [ she's curious about this. ] That's a mighty effective team skill though. I'm glad you didn't specialize it in types, that's always a bad idea. [ KAGE APPROVAL. ] And I'm glad these are all effective against the current threat.

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[itsjustdust]

Ah! It varies from creature to creature so... I know that I have a few that don't evolve at all, like my Emolga, and some that need stones, like my Sunflora. If you show me everyone you have I could tell you if and about what power levels they should evolve at? I've put a lot of research into it because some you want to encourage not to evolve because they stop learning after they do.

Get stronger, yes, learn new abilities, no.

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[impulsives]

Not all of them, but some of them also doesn't evolve just by experience.

[There's a sigh as he put his index and middle finger to his temple.]

Happiness, exposure to certain items and other factors cause Evolutions. That's some the scientists had found out for now at least.

[godaime]

If it varies from creature to creature, do you mind using your expertise and telling me which creatures still have some growing to do? [ She'll take him around to her current team: Staravia, Gligar, Sandshrew, Pignite, and Tentacool. ]

I have a bunch more in my box you should really look at if you get the chance.

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[godaime]

Hmm.... seems like there's a lot to go into to promote spontaneous growth. I guess happiness and items can drastically change a fighting style. [ You fight better when you aren't an emotional wreck, after all! Kinda! Well, not really in Tsunade's canon. ]

[itsjustdust]

[He has to mentally grope around for pretty much everything she shows him, and at one point whip out his gear to look at some directory he picked up a few months before, but he manages to at least verify who could and could not still evolve. Answer? Most.]

Not like we don't have the time, right?

[usedswift]

Mm...

[Definitely not going to say anything bad against Tsunade-sama's strength, that's for sure, so she just skips ahead.]

I do, since that's just how the numbers work out. Once I get more, I'll be able to even it out. For now, this is the best I can do. [But her strategies, Tsunade-sama, let her tell you them!!]

I thought about specializing in Steel types, but then I thought, isn't that kind of like only specializing in kunai? And what if you come up against someone who's really good at defending against those? So it's just like home. The more types I have, the better I can counter anything.

[godaime]

Right! I eagerly await your professional opinion. Maybe I'll be able to solve why my pokémon haven't been evolving. [ It might have something to do with that everstone necklace she purchased but you know how she doesn't listen! ]

[godaime]

Who's the one reminder? Are they just a floater or substitute?

[ And now Tsunade will start cracking the hell up at Tenten's explanation. That's classic. ]

I can't even argue with that! I'm glad you realized the value of versatility. Now you have kunais, shurikens, swords, shields, pikes, bows and arrows, staffs, nunchucks, sickles, scythes, and everything else!

[usedswift]

Joonhee, my Growlithe. I'll send him out sometimes to try to get him some experience, but since Fire is weak to Rock, I'm just switching him in when it looks pretty safe for the rest to cover him.

[Thank for making me go back and actually build those teams :T. But wait, why is she laughing?!]

Exactly! Obito-kun keeps trying to tell me that I don't spend enough time with them by having so many, but what does he know?

[itsjustdust]

Ehhh? No no not expert... just.... practiced. Studied. Yeah. Those.

[Trying to figure out the reasoning for the non-evolved states though is fun. No.]

[godaime]

Maybe he can be used to carry the weakened back to the pokémon center. [ Tsunade has the #best ideas. ]

I know you polished, sharpened and maintained your hundreds of weapons every day. It's a little more effort to care for sentient things, but it's possible.

[godaime]

Tch. You're a fast learner, Obito. Even without the Sharingan. I'm sure you'll be able to help me out a lot more than a lot of people here.

[itsjustdust]

Well, that's good because I've barely ever gotten to use the thing. I'll do my best for you though! Promise.

[godaime]

I don't expect failure to come out of you. If one of my pokémon evolves after you say they never would, I am going to have a lotta [ and a very loud complaint! ] questions for you.

[itsjustdust]

Okay! I can't promise I know everything though so I'll have to look stuff up in some cases, and I can't promise it's all accurate.

[usedswift]

...That's a good idea! I didn't even think of that!

[Wow Tsunade-sama you're so good at this it's almost like you've had to command people during wartime!!11!!]

With the two of us out here, I bet we could protect Blackthorn all on our own, huh?

[godaime]

That's quite all right! Discovery and first-hand surprises lead to more understanding than just raw synthesis!

[godaime]

Of course you didn't. I am a tactical genius, after all. [ She's done this before and let me tell you, she is thankful she could carry 10+ bodies at once! It made relocation SO much easier. ]

You know it! Hell, I'd say the east side of Johto is covered under us. [ Exaggerations are always good tbh. ]

[itsjustdust]

[He paused, staring for a beat before flashing her a little grin.]

I'll do it then!

[godaime]

[ Obito you are the best tbh. This is why Tsuande loves you the best out of Uchihas. ]

My personal Kage certified hero!

[itsjustdust]

[Okay he's going to blush a little because he didn't expect that, but grinning, all the grinning.]

Well in that case! I'd better get on that yeah? [Just say the word and he'll run off to do that Tsunade!]

[godaime]

Yeah! We'll get on that, as soon as we take care of these pokémon first. [ ooc: let's just wrap up one of our threads and then i'll make a new one on your contact post! ]

[itsjustdust]

[He gave a nod, then pulled out his dex, pretty sure he'd need it. He could not fail!]

(OOC: Works for me!)