UGUMI

Born to two trainers, Ryusuke was incredibly inquisitive, showing an inborn intelligence from an early age that was quickly noticed by both teachers and fellow students alike. While normally not particularly attention drawing on its own it quickly made him the target of ostracism when combined with his hair and eye color, along with the fact that he didn't seem to partake in any of what most children his age considered socially acceptable activities. By the time he had reached the age of 7 it had come to outright physical confrontation, and what had been something of an enthusiastic but inquisitive nature quickly turned into one of defiance and self reliance, with Ryusuke finally joining a local dojo at his mother’s insistence in the hopes of learning a means of self defense.
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Highly encouraged by his natural ability in the arts, Ryusuke excelled with his studies at the dojo, quickly becoming one of the top students due to his quick speed, the ability to improvise quickly when needed and above all, just plain being too stubborn to back down. As he became less and less of a social outcast thanks in part to both having found a group that accepted him as well as having gained the ability to fend off the few physical attacks that came his way, Ryusuke was actually happy for a short time, although this would be a relatively short lived period.
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A year later he and his father would be involved in a building collapse during the Lilycove flood, courtesy of Kyogre and the machinations of Teams Aqua and Magma. The incident both crippled his father and cost Ryusuke two of his limbs, completely severing his right arm from the shoulder down and crushing his left leg from the knee down. Bleeding heavily and unable to locate his arm for possible reattachment in the rush to pull both father and child from the building, the medics were forced to amputate the remains of his lower left leg to stop the bleeding, with Ryusuke still nearly dying despite numerous blood transfusions. Unconscious and unresponsive for nearly two days after the collapse, Ryusuke found himself without the ability to move on his own and his father in a similar situation as a result of being paralyzed from the waist down, and for months afterwards he was drawn into a deep state of depression, with only the rehabilitation process saving him from complete despair. By the time he had reached the age of ten Ryusuke had managed to pull himself loose from his depression, focusing on what good had come from it - for starters, both he and his father were alive when they had no right to be, and in large part due to several advancements in prosthetics he could hypothetically regain full functionality in day to day life despite the loss of his limbs.
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Realizing that life was simply what you made of it and that everyone's time was limited in one way or another, be it by age, chance or otherwise, Ryusuke decided he'd simply make the most he could of the time he had, viewing it as a second chance. Returning to normal classes nearly 10 months after the accident (in large part due to the physical rehabilitation and adjusting to his new prosthetics), Ryusuke delved back into life with a drive rarely seen in people his age, climbing to stand near the top of the student rankings, position he managed to maintain despite (or due to) his rather stubborn attitude in addition to having to leave the dojo he’d been training at.
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Despite Ryusuke being old enough to help around the house and not require constant overwatch from his parents, his mother would abandon her work for Devon to pick up a job at the local Safari Zone to help pay the bills. While Ryusuke was unable to physically move around much during the recovery process, however, other activities remained plenty open to him, and with much more time spent at home the experience would ironically jump start his trainer career under his mother's tutelage.
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Ryusuke, during all of this, had started to get his own ideas - having long been raised on stories of his parents' travels as trainers he'd initially considered choosing that lifestyle before his prosthetic surgery and rehabilitation had put a hold on those plans, and thanks in large part to his mother's battle tutoring the blonde would soon begin to push to leave home at the age of thirteen. Taichi, needless to say, refused, unwilling to allow his son to leave on his own so soon after the rehabilitation and recovery process had come to an end. Despite the rejection of the idea, however, Ryusuke was not so easily dissuaded, and eventually a compromise would be reached when his mother offered to act as a chaperone/travel partner until he was experienced enough to travel alone.
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The next year would largely account for Ryusuke learning the basics of being a trainer, and the mastery of those skills - remaining within Hoenn's borders but seeing all that it had to offer, the young trainer would quickly prove to be his parents' offspring in more than just name. After nearly eleven months spent traveling, training and building an initial starting team, however, his mother would deem him fit to travel on his own, at least for a time - and, for insurance, the woman would leave her son with her Metagross before parting to leave the region for a time. While effectively off the grid, the year after that would be spent much the same as the first, albeit with only the occasional phone call or letter from his mother to serve as a means of communication. Having seen all that Hoenn had to offer and having earned his father's acknowledgement as a trainer in the time since leaving home, Ryusuke would eventually board a ship bound for Johto.[break][break]

Where He Is Now

Having finished his second regional tour over the course of the previous year, Ryusuke has been left unsure whether to continue his journey elsewhere or return home - indeed, whether or not to continue a career as a trainer at all or to seek out a profession in a different field.[break][break]

pokemon

Species: Grovyle[break]
Gender: Male[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 51[break]
Ability: Overgrow[break]
Moves: Double Team, Quick Attack, Thunderpunch, Leaf Blade
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Species: Charizard[break]
Gender: Male[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 58[break]
Ability: Blaze[break]
Moves: Sunny Day, Solar Beam, Focus Blast, Flamethrower
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Species: Aerodactyl[break]
Gender: Female[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 28[break]
Ability: Overgrow[break]
Moves: Earthquake, Roost, Iron Head, Tailwind
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Species: Tentacruel[break]
Gender: Male[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 48[break]
Ability: Clear Body[break]
Moves: Mirror Coat, Magic Coat, Toxic, Giga Drain
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Species: Haunter[break]
Gender: Male[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 27[break]
Ability: Levitate[break]
Moves: Destiny Bond, Snatch, Psychic, Shadow Ball
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Species: Druddigon[break]
Gender: Female[break]
Nickname: Goober[break]
Level: 21[break]
Ability: Mold Breaker[break]
Moves: Glare, Sucker Punch, Earthquake, Snatch
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IN PC/ROTATION:
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Species: Honchkrow[break]
Gender: Female[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 43[break]
Ability: Insomnia[break]
Moves: Spite, Taunt, Thunderwave, Heat Wave
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Species: Greninja[break]
Gender: Male[break]
Nickname: Frubbles[break]
Level: 47[break]
Ability: Protean[break]
Moves: Mind Reader, Water Shuriken, Snatch, Shadow Sneak
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Species: Heracross[break]
Gender: Male[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 26[break]
Ability: Guts[break]
Moves: Endure, Counter, Earthquake, Megahorn
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Species: Swampert[break]
Gender: Female[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 37[break]
Ability: Torrent[break]
Moves: Mirror Coat, Whirlpool, Refresh, Earthquake
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Species: Fletchinder[break]
Gender: Female[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 17[break]
Ability: Flame Body[break]
Moves: Flame Charge, Steel Wing, Roost, Me First
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Species: Salamence[break]
Gender: Male[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 55[break]
Ability: Intimidate[break]
Moves: Dragon Dance, Zen Headbutt, Dragon Claw, Flamethrower
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Species: Gible[break]
Gender: Male[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 14[break]
Ability: Sand Veil[break]
Moves: Sandstorm, Slash, Sand Attack, Sand Tomb
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Species: Wimpod[break]
Gender: Male[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 6[break]
Ability: Wimp Out[break]
Moves: Aqua Jet, Struggle Bug, Sand Attack, Leech Life
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Species: Salandit[break]
Gender: Female[break]
Nickname: None[break]
Level: 15[break]
Ability: Corrosion[break]
Moves: Flamethrower, Toxic, Nasty Plot, Venoshock