[b]Kamina[/b] Well this was an unexpected but very much welcome surprise; Kamina had never been challenged to a dual before. He was about to respond, when M beat him to the punch by saying something rather strange "silly M! Why wouldn't we test our strength against one another? You'll have to excuse him; M is a grumpy little Magnamite. As for your challenge; I' afraid now's not a really good time. You see, we're about to embark on a quest that may or may not have the fate of the world riding on the outcome, and I don't want to keep the others waiting on me. I should be free when we get back though, so I'd be happy to engage in violent combat with you then" he answered, making extra effort to be polite to offset M's rudeness. He decided to let the other talk with the Chikarita and Ekans that has also just arrived, since he was already in a conversation --- [b]Tini[/b] "Okay! That sounds like a plan" he responded to Bonnie, his brain not processing that her scream on the other side might be a bad thing. Quickly checking behind him, he saw that Bonnie's dad was still frothing mad, and didn't seem to hear a word he had said to Bonnie. Coming across some stairs, he jumped all the way down them. While in mid air though...something amazing happened; his entire body was engulfed in a white glow as it began to get bigger and longer. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as his mid air change was occurring. As he landed at the bottom of the stairs, the glow faded from his body, reveling his new body, his Dragonair body. Upon realizing what had just occurred to him, Tini's response was simply "neat!" Getting his badge out again, he used it's map function to find Bonnie and Eralion's location and ran there