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Moana swore as he dove to the ground, a hot ball of fire soaring right over his head.

Holy shit. This was like the fifth time in a minute that he'd had to dodge a Pyro Ball. This was ridiculous. Sheru, beside him, fended off another aggressive Cinderace, striking with her scythe-arms and Ancient Power attacks, but the huge swarm of angry fire rabbits and their fighting-type moves didn't fare well for Sheru, either.

Even so, he figured that he might as well try to catch one of these feisty fighters. He brought out a Pokeball to throw--

"Shit!" He dropped the ball and dashed to the side to dodge another Pyro Ball. Arceus.

He decided to take a page from the Cinderace's book, kicking the fallen Pokeball like a soccer ball at the one that had just attacked him. To his surprise, it actually hit, falling to the ground and shaking violently...

Soccer....a sport Skids never really played growing up despite his high energy and always running around. Nope, as a kid and a teen. Skids prefered to be rushing off from location to location, looking for something new. Soccer at one time, did look appealing to him. All the rules and terminology though went over his head at that time. Plus he finally decided that at thirteen, he was going to head off on his own pokemon journey. Course, he did know that people could enjoy the sport.

The man ducked as a pyro ball was launched into the air and he could feel the heat of it pass over him. Letting a sigh go, he gave the cinderace that had kicked that ball a thumbs up of encouragement. Maybe the pokemon was expecting him to act as a goalie and deflect that ball of fire somewho? Skids knew that would be stupid  although...if someone did headbutt one of those fiery balls away from figurative goals, it probably would make the cinderace and scorbunny very happy and even amazed in that human. Skids sadly knew he couldn't do that...not even with how thick his own skull seemed to be.

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Word of a new swarm tickled Lex's interest as she made her way past the Fiery Path. Several people seemed to have heard the news too. The heat radiating off the ground on this particular route had caused beads of sweat to uncomfortably swell and fall from her temples and forehead, stinging her amber eyes, "Arceus it's frikken hot," she grumbled in distaste, wiping her brow with a free hand. An empty pokeball was clenched in the other. Unfortunately, she failed to leave with a Slugma or Macargo last time, perhaps her luck would change today.

Lex gasped, stopping dead in the center of the route when she turned the corner. A mess of Scorbunny and Cinderace were playing . . . what was that, soccer? But with flaming pyro balls that hissed and spat sparks as the bounced along the dry ground. In the midst of them was a man in some sort of protective suit seeming to keep up with all the pokemon. Impressive. Lex admired the agility and speed of the pokemon. The Rocket Grunt had always had a knack for sports, picking them up quickly. Soccer wasn't her favorite of them all but she could appreciate a casual game of pick up every once in a while. She certainly wouldn't be joining this game, though.

"WHAT THE-" she called out in surprise as a flaming pyro ball hissed by her on the right. A Cinderace was quick on its tail, jumping agility to get in front of it and kick it back towards the group. Lex jumped the opposite way as it sizzled by her left this time. The Cinderace raced back towards the others, paying her no attention once so ever. Perhaps being in the middle of the path wasn't the best idea. Lex took her things to the outskirts of the makeshift soccer fields, settling in to watch the games unfold.

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It wasn’t very often that Hideo got to play soccer. For fairly obvious reasons, it was harder for him than for most kids. There were some soccer balls that emitted sound, so he’d know where they were, but it was hard to play and keep track where everyone else was and where he had to go. And there weren’t a lot of other blind kids to play with.

But today, he got to play with some Pokemon. He hadn’t even planned it, but someone had mentioned a bunch of soccer-ball-kicking Pokemon around here. So why not pay them a visit?

As he found out, because they were using flaming soccer balls. He had a few narrow dodges as some of the Cinderaces decided to play with the kid. None were actually trying to hit him, but they did get a good scare out of him.

The “assaults” only stopped when he tripped, helped back up by one of the many Cinderaces. He heard it drop something in front of him, then patted him on the back. Did it want him to try kicking it?

He took it up on it offer, driving his foot right to the ball in front of him.

Only to find out an important part about Pyro Ball; it wasn’t exactly a ball. It was a rock.

He didn’t scream in pain, but he was definitely hopping back, struggling to hold back tears. He did not appreciate that prank. At least nothing was broken - but it hurt like heck.

And that Cinderace was snickering at him. It knew exactly what it did.

Hideo took out a Pokeball, grimacing as he tried not to cry. He was gonna throw it right at this smug rabbit. He was better at throwing anyways.

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Thais was fucking amazing at soccer. Or so she was convinced. Growing up in a place like Pacifidlog meant you didn't get many chances to play on open fields - or any long, level stretch of terrain, really - so her skills might have been a little, well, lacking. You wouldn't hear that from her, though. The sailor ran alongside the Cinderace and other Fire-types, a wicked grin stretched across her face. Her Totodile clung onto her shoulders for dear life, seeming to instantly regret the decision of tagging along to this Fiery Path.

"Pass it to me, pass it to me!" Thais skid to a stop, her boots kicking up a wave of gravel. One of the Cinderace looked at her with disdain, and then dribbled her as easily as Neymar. "Oi!" she cried out, shooting after the Cinderace. These rabbits... they were hella fast. Thankfully, she had pretty long legs. The rabbit which had duped her continued forward, advancing towards the goal. Thais poured her last bit of stamina and overcame it, twisting around. She decided then and there to pull off a slide, feet first, aiming to snipe the ball from the Cinderace's feet. But she undershot - the sailor slid and crashed right into the Cinderace, limbs flying everywhere, her poor Totodile flung to the other side of the room. A chatter erupted amongst the spectating rabbits: foul! Foul! Red card!

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Chu-e did not know jack or shit about soccer. But he did know about rabbits, which Cinderance were, and he was looking to maybe be lucky enough to snag one like everyone else. The fiery path was already crowded with other people and the pokemon but he paid them no mind. Well, he knew if he tried to actually kick around one of the balls he would probably dies (over-dramatic bitch) so instead he just nudged one around a little with his foot for a while. But, he was sharp eyed, so when one of the fire types he lobbed his own pokeball. Time to see if he was successful!

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It was not a usual sight — to find Flynn stray from his usual spot in Lilycove or the Team Rocket ship. That being said, there he was, climbing up the Fiery Path when he spotted the collection of Cinderace that had gathered there. Playing soccer.

He couldn't have helped it - not even if he wanted to.

He glanced at Thais Flores who had seemed to crash into a mess on the floor, tangled limbs at all, and walked over to her. He grinned at her, a shark-teeth worth of a smile, and his eyes were bright with ambition as he pushed his sleeves up to his elbows. "Let me show you how you're actually supposed to do it." He and Blue jumped onto the field, the Mightyena quickly capturing a spiraling ball with Thunder Fang and tossing it over to Flynn. The former Soccer captain dribbled it expertly between his legs, darting around the Cinderace and Scorbunny who chased him, and gave it a deft kick into the nearby goal.

As the goalkeeper Cinderace caught the crackling ball of heat in it's hands, Flynn followed up with a pokeball, spun just as fast through the air. Might as well give it a shot, while he was here.

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