Although the beginning of this 'training request' had started out a bit shaky, with the help of a butler, they were on their way to finally getting to why they came here. Approaching the decent sized group of trainees, the woman couldn't help but feel a bit...shy? No, that wasn't the word...Perhaps just slightly anxious. She'd never really had to teach others outside of her own clan before. Hearing adam's own little 'introduction' caused a soft 'oh' to come from her lips as noelle stared up at the man with something akin to starry, and slightly teary, eyes. "do...do you really think that about me?" a perfect way to introduce herself to her new class, right?

thankfully, the pinkette caught herself with a clear of her throat. "please pay attention. before we start teaching you all, there's something very important you have to hear first, if you want our - or, at least my help." an odd, serious look came to her face as her tone was...much more mature than it typically was.

"what separates a dragon tamer from a regular trainer is the understanding they have of one another. all pokemon are special, yes. but there's a reason why dragons are so rare and powerful, with a potential strength that can rival that of even pokemon thought to be mere myths. any trainer can train a dragon. but only a dragon tamer has what it takes to bring out their full potential, to understand them on a level no other can." she paused for a moment, thinking to herself as she saw the intense gazes resting on her. some looked a bit confused, if not slightly intimidated - but, the woman merely continued on. 

"what it means to be a dragon tamer isn't about the strength you have nor the lust of power you desire...it's about the bond you share with them. the love and friendship two completely separate souls wield for one another. that's what makes a dragon tamer special. a bond that connects them to their partner past the limits of 'whats possible', and more than any regular trainer could ever hope to have." she finished her speech and explanation with a breath. her cheeks were slightly flushed, a rare look of slight embarrassment, and yet sheer serious passion, aflame in her eyes.

"now, let's begin!" she clasped her hands together. "adam, can i borrow kanē for a moment?" she hummed slightly with a cheeky smile.

The moment the windows were torn open at that giggling grew louder, the female jumped, wincing slightly as her eyes widened in slight alarm. This...felt like a scene out of a really bad movie...but god, did she wish it wasn't real. At the very least, she had an actual ranger by her side to help out...but even still...this wasn't her definition of 'fun'. Thankfully, her distress was well hidden as she shook her head. She was a priestess of the hundred devouring clan; an heiress to one of the main branches. She dealt with 'spirits' all the time, even if they were seldom malicious. This was nothing!

Steeling her will, she turned to the pale-haired male as he spoke, a confused look briefly coming to her face before a soft laugh spilled out afterwards. "Useless citizen? Me? Aha!" Her voice feigned offense, the smile on her lips telling that she were merely teasing. "You're looking at an authentic dragon tamer." There was the slightest tinge of arrogance in her tone...she couldn't help it. She was proud, extremely so, of her heritage and the talents of the many clans. With a tap of a pokeball that rested on her hip, a bright light flashed as a serpentine creature was revealed.

As much as Noelle wanted to release Argos, the room was too small for the larger-than-the-norm blastoise...and her deino was far too unreliable around strangers....or, honestly, in most cases. Odessa had to curl her lengthy body into herself a bit, but, she was fine. Not to mention, the beautifully blue-hued orb that rested on the dragonair's neck let out a faint glow, helping to illuminate the room.

"Hey, hey!" Noelle suddenly called out to Berkeley to gain his attention. "What's the story behind this haunting anyway?" It...probably wasn't the best time to ask for a story, but she couldn't exactly help if she didn't have a clue of what type of 'ghosts' they were dealing with.

The sudden shot of an immense energy beam made the pinkette jump, if just a bit. She couldn't help but stare in awe a bit at its power, as well as the sheer obedience of the pokemon by his side. was that...what it meant to be a trainer? sure, she had close bonds with her pokemon, but, it was more in the sense that they were friends...perhaps even family. she didn't have the authority and command a trainer did; yet, at least. and, honestly, it was a bit amazing to see close up. almost immediately, she could tell that kyle was, simply putting it, a hell of a trainer. even if his aloof nature said otherwise.

tearing her eyes away from her companion and towards her dragonair, she fretted slightly. "are you okay?!" the dragon let out a soft huff, as though offended she'd believe such a petty attack would endanger her life. smiling fondly at the elegant dragon, her gaze flickered over towards the woods where the blast had sent the creature back to, a hand resting flat atop her eyes as she squinted, trying to find it...ah, nope. it was gone."...mhm, you definitely overdid it," noelle spoke to her partner with a small giggle. still, that'd be a a nice lesson for the thieving dog; don't terrorize and eat cute fish!...er, and don't steal either!

a visible look of slight confusion did cross noelle's features at the mention of capturing it, as she quickly trailed behind Kyle. "aren't we supposed to...you know, take it back to officials?...can you do that?" she paused, eyes narrowing even further. "...are we gonna get in trouble?...neat!" of course, the pinkette was always down for getting into some rambunctious activities with her companions. "lets go!"

oh, she'd heard that surprisingly sentimental, and serious, statement from the man. and, perhaps one day, she wouldn't mind sitting down and still long enough to converse with him about it...but, today was not that day. not when there was an incredibly adorable pokemon right before her! both pokemon and trainer beamed at the notion of their 'mutual pinkness'. although, noelle couldn't help but pause for a moment, suddenly perking upwards. "i...didn't even notice that we're both pink. oh my god," she breathed out slightly, the childish excitement in her voice incredibly hard to miss. their high-five had, at some point, deteriorated into some form of 'patty cake' as she couldn't help but play with the slowbro a bit. it was such an incredibly relaxed, chill pokemon. far different than the 'high strung' and 'rough' energy most dragons gave off. to her, it was incredibly relaxing, and something she could 'vibe' with quite well.

"adam, who're you talking to-..." Nearly jumping when she noticed how...close that levitating mass of rock had drifted, she stared at it just as equally as it stared back at her. while the solrock was definitely happy that the boy recognized who was really the cutest here...what about the girl?

noelle's face seemed to visibly contort at the thought of the solrock being cuter than the slowbro before her. with her arms wrapped lazily around the lazy, pink pokemon and leaning against it as it dumbly chewed on her hair, it was quite clear who she favored out of the two of them. the solrock's eyes seemed to narrow, its body starting to shake in both anger and...possibly an explosion...uh oh.

"you're not cute," noelle began, and almost immediatedly, a bright light began to envelop the solrock. she was quick to keep on talking, "because you're just so...pretty! those red eyes and, gosh golly me-" 'alright tone it down a bit, make it believable noelle!' "you're just...so round. but...not round. it's...a perfect blend?" starting to run short on things to say as her gaze slid over to adam as if begging for help.

thankfully though, the solrock seemed content. with an almost happy hum, the odd pokemon floated off.

looking up at adam as the slowbro idly patted her head for one reason or another, noelle gave him a thumbs up and a wink. "nailed it, right?" still, the thought of it coming back for 'compliment me round 2' was more than enough to convince her to untangle herself from the slowbro and return to adam's side.

however, hearing the almost sad whine the large pokemon came made her abruptly pause. the two stared at each other for a moment before the girl smiled. "you...maybe wanna come with? it'll be fun with you around!" taking out an empty pokeball, she gently tapped it to the pink pokemon's head, watching as it was absorbed inside.

The other daycare pokemon stood far away from the two as they faced each other, a fight mere seconds from breaking out...To be fair though, most of the smaller pokemon definitely rooted for the fiery monkey. The sudden blur of a quick punch being thrown against his cheek made a low snarl of anger and pain erupt from the dragon's throat. Practically shaking in anger that this stupid fire type had actually managed to land a hit on him...or, more importantly, that it hurt utterly infuriated the deino.

Uncaring of their surroundings nor if any other drew too close, a sudden veil of bright blue energy surrounded him, the mystical aura changing shape into that of a dragon. with an unrestrained roar, he charged forward to ram his hefty body into the monferno; dragon rush. Still inexperienced despite having great raw power, his movements were a bit...clumsy. That didn't exactly stop him though, even if a desk or two got in the way of is grandiose charge.

if he shut this damned monkey up for good, that'd only prove his point, right? 

"whoa, it suddenly got really hot. must be all the solar energy...whatever that is.." the pinkette hummed slightly. seeing groups of the giant fiery moths swarm the skies. it was almost a bit pretty, seeing the embers descend from their wings like dust.

slightly enamored by the sight, she couldn't help but raise an arm and toss a single pokeball. one of those would make a perfect wedding gift, wouldn't it?

nestling into the noivern a bit as a means to 'cure that ache in her heart', her companion thankfully wasn't too offended by her lack of 'going along with it', as he tried to brighten up her dampened mood a bit. thankfully, very few things truly brought the ever smiling woman down.

it didn't take much for her to perk back up with a thoughtful hum. "truthfully," she stated, sounding surprisingly wistful, "there's something about these falls that reminds me of the dragon den. since...you're not a priestess, it's a bit hard to explain but...it gives me this feeling. a feeling that connects human to pokemon, a dragon tamer to a dragon. it's a nice feeling." she tried to explain the odd phenomena, but, fell a bit short.

stroking her hand over siren's head one last time, a sudden yawn behind them both caused the pinkette to curiously look over her shoulder...and she nearly squealed. just behind them, a slowbro lounged on the ground, looking at utter peace with itself. it noticed the two trainers, yes, but, didn't seem to care in the slightest as it rested with this dopey, at-ease smile. as for noelle? there were literal hearts in her eyes.

"its...its so...cute!" despite her occasionally 'rough and tumble' attitude and less than girly lifestyle, noelle did have her moments, and she wasn't afraid to show them either. and the sight of the scarily large, yet tranquil pokemon only fueled it. without any sense of caution in approaching the wild, reptilian like pokemon, she strolled right up to the slowbro.

"you're adorable!"
"Slowww."
"like super cute."
"sslllloooowww."

she raised a hand, and the slowbro slowly lifted its own, giving her a high-five with that same, blank, dumb smile. "adam look!" it was...such a simple thing, but, the girl was downright ecstatic. "aren't we cute together?"

she failed to notice the hunk of levitating rock nearby that looked a bit jealous. dangerously jealous, as its tiny red eyes narrowed. it wasn't happy. why wasn't she calling it cute?!

Did it suddenly get hotter in here? The air in the room seemed to grow tense as the deino turned his attention away from his latest victim. Staring over his shoulder at the monferno who'd roused awake from his nap, nero only sneered. the azuril let out a little cry as the dragon's foot only pressed harder into it. it was almost a bit disappointing that it didn't squeak like one of those squeaky toy. "all i'm doing is playing around," nero huffed, even if a snarl rumbled in his throat. he finally left the tiny water-type alone as he fully turned to glower at sun.

"fun? yeah. i'm having a blast," he challenged, taking a step closer until their foreheads were basically pressed against one another. hidden eyes stared at sun without a lick of fear. why would he? he was a dragon! powerful and strong! who did he have to fear? no one! "you wanna play too, little monkey?"

She was absolutely a total klutz with no sense of direction. Or...more like, she wasn't really listening when Adam was explaining the directions to her. Instead, she was too fixated on how adorable Nero was when he was curled up and sleeping. Had Adam not been talking her ear off on the phone, she would've taken a picture! But, now wasn't the time for that...she was running a bit late, and honestly, still had little idea where to go.

Wandering around the massive estate with a lost look on her face, she was, thankfully, helped by some old, butler looking guy. Holding onto the ends of his shirt like a lost toddler, he led her along until...finally-!

"I believe this is yours, master shepherd? She was wandering the grounds like a lost rockruff." The old man looked down towards the shorter woman, who smiled brightly. Almost immediately, in a leap that was like a blur, Noelle clung onto the pale haired man.

"Everyone kept staring at me," she complained, "it was creepy." It was likely because they were wondering just why she was here. She didn't...exactly get into the manor the 'regular person' way. Aka, hopping off the back of a dragonair in the middle of the place wasn't exactly as traditional as walking through the grand front gates. Thankfully, after explaining to security why she was here, they finally stopped harassing her. For whatever reason, it was hard for them to believe she was the heiress to the Bellemoore family. It was kinda offensive, honestly. Like, what was that supposed to mean?

Eventually letting go of Adam, she straightened herself up, trying to appear a bit more 'formal', as though she were on duty back within Johto. "Ahm," she cleared her throat. "Priestess Noelle Bellemoore _{and soon to be martinez} reporting for duty!"

Oops.

The pinkette's hand raised to her lips, likely to muffle a laugh, as he plopped right back into the water. "....Take two! Let's try again, Odessa!" Noelle clasped her hands together with a determined cheer, failing to find the faults within her 'helpful idea'. Thankfully, she was stopped by the sudden appearance of...oh, was that a fraxure? Automatically, a light seemed to come into those vibrant green eyes that the priestess possessed. That didn't stop her from playfully teasing the blonde though, who'd been 'oh so against' her 'helping' a few moments ago, right? "Huh? I think you got this one, Morgan! I believe in you!" Who knew that that bright smile of hers could seem so...petty.

Thankfully, she were merely joking. Dragons, when irritated, weren't something to be trifled with. Even her own, 'work in progress' deino could do some serious damage to her if she ever pushed him far enough past his typical 'irritated over everything' phase. The fraxure growled and glowered at the trainers as it drew closer, brandishing those incredibly sharp tusks.

Odessa watched carefully, the dragonair looking as tranquil as ever from where she stood. Argos though? The parental blastoise looked as though he were about to have a heart-attack as Noelle strayed closer, seeming to have little intention in battling the pokemon. Still, Noelle only showed the water type her palm, as if telling him to 'stop', she had this.

Approaching the fraxure, she got onto her knees, carefully resting her hands on her lap as he knelt in front of the pokemon, her head giving a careful, respectful dip. "Did we disturb your rest? We're really sorry - could you forgive us?" The fraxure seemed a bit taken aback by her sudden polite tone, pausing in its threatening display, if just to growl softly at her.

She turned upwards, if just to motion to Morgan to do the same as her. "He looks like a bonehead, I know. But, he's just like me too. Right, Morgan?"

Sticking her tongue out at her dragonair as she, 'totally got the plan right,' Noelle finally pulled herself away from the magikarp. Sending Kyle a big smile and wink, she gave a nod. "I'll do my best!" It was almost a shame she hadn't brought her prayer beads...But, they'd do fine. Maybe she could even convince Kyle to tell Mateo of how she 'single-handedly' caught a fish-stealing criminal. The thought made her feel a bit flustered and her heart beat a little faster. Realizing how quickly the thought of the dragon master made her lose focus, she softly clasped her hands on her cheeks and gave her head a shake. 'Focus!'

The distant howl from one of the other trainer's many dogs gave them just the alarm they needed. Trotting in with a low crouch, the poodle-like pokemon failed to notice the two trainers at first, its gaze focused on the unguarded pool of water. It crept forward, and that was when the pinkette sprung into action. She was no trainer, but, she did have common sense when it counted. "Odessa," she called out to her dragonair, "paralyze it!" the dragonair released a ring of electricity from the orb on her chest; a thunder wave.

it took the furfrou by surprise when a sudden ring surrounded it, giving a weak pulse of electricity that sunk into its trimmed form, causing a few sparks to occasionally appear; paralysis. The dog turned to face the girl and the dragon with a snarl, sharp teeth glowing as it readied a bite. It definitely wasn't fazed by the tall, serpentine like creature towering over it. 

that...wasn't good. dragonair looked at her, as if awaiting further instruction, but, the girl had clammed up, if just a bit. what...should she do? how...did trainers make split decisions like this, all the time? 

and so, noelle was quick to tap out with a sudden raise of her hand. 

"Uhm - kyle, your turn!"

To say Nero was 'mad' would be an under statement. Nero was pissed. She - that stupid, dumb 'priestess' had left him here. Why would he want to play with any of the dimwitted, weak stupid pokemon that frequented here? She wanted him to 'play nice'? Fine - sure. When she came back to this whole damned building on fire, he'd make her regret leaving him. I-It wasn't as though he had separation issues or anything. It wasn't even as though he was concerned for his dimwitted trainer. He just wanted to make her miserable.

Her and this stupid monkey.

He wasn't a baby, he didn't need someone to look after him. He was a dragon - proud and born in the Dragon Den or...something like that. And the fact that this dumb fire-type was talking down to him...The deino's head whipped upwards to stare at sun with a scathing look, his ivories revealing themselves in a snarl. However...Nero quickly realized that the sooner he got the dumb ape off his tail, the quicker he could begin terrorizing the locale in attempt to let out some frustration and 'play nice' with the others. And so, surprisingly, Nero sat right on down, waiting until the monferno had climbed atop his perch. He waited until Sun's eyes were closed...and the, he was off.

In a matter of minutes, he was already causing chaos. he had a foot placed upon a slightly bruised looking azuril's head, sneering as it cried and pleaded for him to stop as he squished and squeezed it. "Make me then," the dark dragon taunted before kicking the round blue pokemon away with a loud laugh. Now this? This was fun! "You're so weak, it's pathetic! Come on, let's play!"