Meeting of strangers ( Rayne

[asher]

Asher walked out of the pokemon center. After finally beating morty he felt somewhat successful. He had gotten the job done and once again it was thanks to Shiftry. He was such a warrior never giving up. Doing what was required to keep Asher happy. He scratched his temple as he walked around. He had to think a little bit. He didn't want to have to go straight to the next city he might just stay here for a little bit.

He could maybe get a battle in to train a little bit. His team could use the practice. He had heard Chuck was quite the competitor. Gligar and, krabby weren't ready for a battle especially after they were wrecked in Morty's gym. He took a pokeball out of his satchel and let out gligar. It loved being outside of it's pokeball.

After it was out it jumped towards Asher and, grabbed him. He pushed his glasses up after the pokemon let go of him. "How are you doing little guy? Feeling better than before?" The pokemon shaked it's head and smiled. "Listen I want you to hold this now. It can help you in the future. He handed Gligar a razor claw to use. He knew it would level up when using this during the night.

It would take sometime for it to evolve but it would be worth it. The evolution of gligar into gliscor would make his team so much better. The only other pokemon that could make his team better was frolass. It was the last member he wanted on his team but, before that he needed to find somebody to battle with.

[rayne]

Evening was setting upon the horizon. The sun, now fading into the west casted blinding rays of spun gold upon the smooth facade of the Tin Tower in the distance to fragment and bathe every corner of Ecruteak City in a dazzling display that made the olden town seem like the region's biggest stage.
A stage where everyone was a player and all fought to win.

The fountain they were resting upon in the city square offered her a good view of the local gym and she couldn't help but crack a smile as a young boy whom had entered twenty minutes earlier came out looking like hell warmed over but carrying a distinct glow; The sort she often saw in the face of a person who suddenly found out that impossible was merely a four-syllable word, a wall of glass parading as brick.

Rayne let out a deep sigh and stared at the small trinket she had been fiddling with for the past hour or two. To the naked eye, it wouldn't have been much of a treasure; merely a piece of white steel tempered into the rough shape of some ghoul.
This was the Ecruteak Badge however and it was an affirmation to what she had thought the moment she had stepped foot upon the very border of the city;
The more things changed, the more they stayed the same.
It had been six months since she had first set out and now she felt as though she was coming home to something she knew; She knew these people, she knew the scent of fresh pine in the air of the outskirts, she knew the wooden bridge where she had fallen and skinned her knees when she was eight.
They served as a reminder that as much of a rolling stone she was, there was always a place to call home even though she knew she couldn't stay for very long.
The next city called. The next challenge. The next step in a steep ladder only the most dedicated could even dream to scale.

At her feet laid a massive, heavily-scarred Houndoom which despite his relaxed posture of head on front paws, watched every soul passing by the streets warily as though danger could leap out of anywhere, even from the seven year old child who ran their way to retrieve a wayward ball.

The young girl stopped for a moment, staring apprehensively at the large Hellhound with what was obviously fear.

"It's alright honey. Wolfgang won't bite."
Rayne assured her as she handed the ball over. The girl mulled things over for a moment and found herself more distracted by the Luxio which was lounging lazily next to Rayne instead, marvelling at his sleek coat before running off to her father who was calling.

Once out of earshot, Wolfgang snorted derisively as the Luxio who sneered in return and Rayne had to put her hand on both to firmly warn them that fighting outside the gym was limited to something which did not involve losing a limb.
The Teddiursa resting on her head perked up alertly as the Floatzel which was catcing a few laps in the fountain before the caretaker came over screeching decided to come over to check on how high the sparks between the two were flying now.
Lion and Doberman bared fangs at each other for the umpteenth time this week as the cat's fur crackled with electricity.
God knows, he was always itching for a fight.

"Wolfgang, Jericho, at ease boys. You two made a great team in there."
Rayne assured them as the Luxio smirked and puffed his chest out accordingly, seeming to take the glory all for himself. Wolfgang rolled his eyes and laid his head on Rayne's lap instead, letting her run her hand through the fur on his head and the scar across his eye. He wasn't going to bother being a glory hog when mistress knew the truth anyway.
Nonetheless, they did make a splendid team against Morty's spectral hoardes, owing their win to both his natural immunity to major psychic attacks as well as Jericho's tenacity.
The feline was an idiot at times, but at least he was an idiot which could be counted on.

"You achieved a lot together and I'm proud a' both of you. Put your differences aside once in a while--you'll be surprised how well it's gonna work out."
She went on as she scritched Jericho under the chin, feeling the rumble of his deep purr vibrate through her fingers. The cat let out what was equivalent of a feline sigh and nodded curtly, leaping down from the fountain side to rub himself against the Houndoom in a show of acceptance before tawdling off to stretch his legs.
He let out a loud yowl however to alert Rayne to the fact that their team powerhouse, an intimidating specimen of a Nidoking was attracting a little too much attention in attempting to play with the girl from before; Her father looked more than aghast.

"C'mon big guy. Time to say bye bye."
She murmured and gently took the meek beast by the paw away from the child who waved at him happily. The Floatzel had finally finished with her laps and was now busy shaking droplets of water out of her fur besides grooming herself meticulously.

They were going to have to find an inn to rest for the night; Spending days in the forest, she could at least offer them that little luxury for a job well done.
Walking the streets though, it wasn't long before her Teddiursa's short attention span was snagged by the appearance of a new trainer; A handsome, bespectacled young lad seemed to be dithering over his Pokemon just outside the Center and by default, was recently duking it out in Morty's gym. The bat-like creature with wide spotlight eyes was new to Rayne and she smiled at the sight of it.

Her Teddiursa let out a soft grunt and toddled towards the animal, wonderment in her eyes as she stared at those wings and tried to immitate its flapping

"Pardon, Tatianna tends to get distracted rather easily."
Rayne explained apologetically as she bowed a little. The sketchbook in her hands was itching for something new as she fished out a stick of charcoal and began to detail the likeness of the creature swiftly and expertly upon the block pages.

"I haven't seen a Gligar in my travels so far. He's a wonderful specimen. I hope you don't mind?"

[asher]

Asher took out another pokemon to accompany Gligar which was none other then the powerful leader of his team Shiftry. Asher and Shiftry got along very well and loved being around each other. Asher shook his head at the wicked pokemon. It responded with a simple bow to it's trainer.

Asher noticed a tiny bear pokemon coming towards Gligar. Unfortunately before he noticed the Shiftry had already dashed in front of Gligar and, lowered his shoulder. If asher wasn't watching closely he would have never noticed the energy ball charging inside the pokemon's hand. Asher grabbed his pokeball and forced him back inside of it.

The only reason he did that was because he saw the girl apologize and talk about how she has never seen a Gligar before. Shiftry was pretty dangerous when a stranger approached his partners or trainers. Gligar on the other hand jumped up and, down and, smiled at it's new friend. Asher on the other hand was looking at the girl. He wanted to apologize about Shiftry's actions so, he would do just that.

"I'm sorry about Shiftry he isn't the most friendly pokemon I own. You have some amazing pokemon though." He started to smile after he said that. She did have some amazing pokemon. Especially that Nidoking.It looked to be the strongest pokemon on her team. He would hope that electabuzz would look that fearsome when it some day turned into a electrive. He looked at it for quite some time. His attention was then averted to the luxio.

He walked slowly towards it having his jacket swayed from left to right. It was an amazing pokemon he had never seen before. So he had to take out his pokedex. "If you don't mind me asking where did you find such an amazing pokemon?" Maybe he might have to catch himself one.

[rayne]

The appearance of a large, wild creature reminiscent of a leafy Tengu startled the Teddiursa rather badly as she took several quick steps backwards, tripped over her own feet and fell flat on her butt. To say that it was a relief for the Shiftry to be returned back into his ball, was an understatement. Rayne let out a soft chuckle and helped the young bear up to her feet, dusting the animal's fur lightly.

"It's alright. I'm guessing he's the alpha male of your team. A little protective of his comrades, I wager."
She reasoned as she allowed Tatianna to climb up her shoulder.
Wolfgang seemed to embody the same spirit as the Shiftry as he sat down and rather stoically still, watching the newcomers with narrowed eyes.
In her team, he was the alpha male despite whatever it was Jericho thought, and woe befall anyone who laid a finger, claw or paw on any of his family, the cocky feline included.

Noticing the boy's interest in him, Jericho puffed out his chest accordingly and strode in a classy manner over to his side. All the better to pander to a loving audience. He grinned and rubbed against the boy's thigh in the affectionate manner of cats, barely raising an eyebrow at the strange metallic human contraption which listed him as a 'Luxio'.

"Jericho and I, we go quite a while back."
Rayne explained as she knelt down to closely view the Gligar so she could properly detail the grooves of the scorpion-like tail.

"I found him as a cub down in Ilex forest. He was part of a pride they smuggled from Sinnoh into this region for big game hunting. He lost to Tatianna back then"

The lion's mane crackled with a bit of static as he rumbled at her words with deep dislike. If he heard of or saw a poacher again, his fangs were going to get the workout of their life. On her last sentence, he also offered the Teddiursa who was snickering, a very disdainful look.

"We managed to track down the guys who were holding his pride with the help of a ranger. They went back to the plains, but he decided to stay. He's a pretty decent fighter; Always itching for a battle, a lot of heart, but sometimes that tends to get to his head. Anyway, I was told that they've recently started breeding the species here on a trial run down in the Safari Park. I reckon you could get one there."

The Floatzel grinned knowingly at her mistress' words concerning Jericho, crossing her arms as she stared at the Luxio and clucked her tongue. The feline's expression was the equivalent of an impetuous teenager's casual "What?"

"Oh, manner manners manners. This is Dominique, Wolfgang and Amadeus."
She introduced the rest of her tean, pointing in order to her Floatzel, Houndoom and Nidoking. The Nidoking bowed deeply, his snout almost kissing the ground as he offered the newcomers a good-natured smile which did not at all suit his behemoth-like facade.
A hand was extended to the boy as she said pleasantly,

"Rayne Hudson at your service. Just Rayne, if you like."

Circling the boy, Jericho let out a deep Mrrraaowwwrr that sounded part acceptance and challenge. The manner in which his eyes flashed was pretty obvious that while he was beginning to like this boy, he couldn't help but smell 'excellent trainer' on him, and that Shiftry was simply an affirmation of the Luxio's suspicions.
And where there was a good trainer, a good battle was to be had....

[asher]

"Alpha male is an understatement. Shiftry is a weird weird pokemon. He won't protect all of them like that. Shoot he only really likes Gligar over here and, my krabby other then that he doesn't really care for the rest of them." Asher was telling the truth. Shiftry couldn't stand Electabuzz and him and Beedrill just didn't seem to connect. While in all reality Electabuzz was starting to get a little stronger then Shiftry every day. Asher wouldn't mention that though especially not in Shiftry's face.

He touched the big cat's fur. Rubbing it as it started to brush against him. As soon as his pokedex named him it was back in his satchel for safe keeping. He listened as the girl talked about poachers and other things of the sort. He never really heard of or, saw pokemon poachers before this.

After she introduced her team. He took the four pokeballs left in his bag and released the pokemon inside. "This is krabby, Beedrill, Electabuzz, and you already met Shiftry." Before he could finish the sentence all of his pokemon scattered. Krabby to the fountain with all the water. Electabuzz walked towards the Nidoking hopefully not to start trouble. Beedrill flew into the air to float a little bit above Asher.

Shiftry on the other hand was a whole different story. He moved with such speed that he was in a tree in a matter of seconds. Watching the Luxio circle his trainer. Usually he would of attacked by now but, that got him in his pokeball last time and he didn't want the same results again. He was smart at least. Electabuzz on the other hand was pushing against the Nidoking. Electabuzz would be useless against it though. Nidoking was immune to all of his attacks except for one. So he walked away from the beast after seeing a disapproving face from Asher.

The luxio though seemed ready for battle which Asher obviously noticed. "It seems your pokemon wants to battle and I wouldn't mind one my self. So if your up for a battle how many pokemon do you want us to use? All 5, 4, 3, 2, 1?"

[rayne]

At the word 'battle', it seemed like a mad fervour had come over the Luxio who let out the familiar 'RRRARR-RRARR--RRAOOWWWRR!!!' of a wildcat as he scampered back to his mistress' side and stood proudly, fur cackling with even more electricity which manifested in several thin tendrils of lightning that zapped the ground within a three-metre radius, and illuminated the Quick Claw he wore around his neck.
Rayne was careful to keep away from his show of dominance before levelling a knowing gaze at Wolfgang who tilted his head to a side and offered her a casual smirk.

He strode forward as well, positioning himself next to Jericho. His glare was locked with that of the Shiftry hidden among the tree branches. He could sense that this strange creature, hybrid of man and plant was somehow the leader of this trainer's team, and it was customary that captains should have to go down with their ships one way or another. The Houndoom barked a challenge at the Shiftry; Not friendly yet not threatening either in the normal manner of soldiers on opposing sides. He bowed a little and nuzzled the par of Dark Glasses he had around his neck so they rested comfortably on the bridge of his snout.

Amadeus on the other hand looked rather pensieve about the idea of fighting especially when the Electabuzz seemed to be snubbing him for reasons unknown. Was it fear or intimidance, the Nidoking didn't quite know, but he didn't feel very much like fighting.
To this the Floatzel crooned assuringly, patting him on the arm as she sauntered forward in his place and stood next to Wolfgang. She primped her fur accordingly, adjusted the Mystic Water she was wearing and blew a kiss at the opposing team before taking a battle stance.

The bear cub which had earlier been playing with the Gligar decided to climb her Nidoking comrade to get a better view of the proceedings as a few kids playing in a nearby playground decided to halt their game of football for a moment and have a gander at the battle about to go under way.

"How about best two out of three?"
Rayne suggested with a smile as she stood behind her team and dug out a coin to toss and decide who would have first go.

"Heads or tails?"

[asher]

The words battle seemed to set the pokemon off. Her soldiers at arms once the words were said. He stepped backwards to make room for this battlefield they were going to use. There was a lot of space. The free grassland with some of the trees surrounding them. He would have to remember to use the environment in this battle. Especially when choosing his pokemon. Electabuzz was raring for a battle and electricity pulsed through his veins once the battle asked for.

He knew he was going to hurt somebody. He stood by Asher's side and soon was joined by his unfortunately bitter leader of Shiftry. It was a smart pokemon that knew fire would probably be a problem for it. There was no time to think about weaknesses though. It felt challenged though and would never back down from such a challenge be it from a Charizard all the way down to tiny caterpie. A fight was a fight.

Krabby and Gligar on the other hand just stood there. Both were ready to fight but neither were interested in the tense stare down that had begun between the two sides. Yet they would still do what was needed of them if called into this battle. Beedrill flew down now it was behind Asher. It would stay there until called upon. Which would be no problem for her. She loved to battle and didn't think there was a possibility of it losing to one of the opposing pokemon.

The confidence radiated off of them. Asher hoped the confidence would work because he knew the team standing before them was powerful. Even if his pokemon didn't think so which was pretty unfortunate. "That would be fine."A best two out of three would allow him to learn a little about this trainers style and pokemon. Boy oh boy. Would he have something to write about in his journal today. "Heads"

[rayne]

There was a unified gasp from the children watching as the coin flew through the air gracefully, reflecting the dying rans of sun as it landed on the dusty soil a foot away from Rayne.

A young boy scampered to the fallen bit of nickel as he studied it intently, the rest of the kids clamoring over each other on the fence.

'What is it? Tell us Renard, come on now!"
A little girl with pigtails and a British accent called out enthusiastically as she held her Buneary tight; The creature was excuted as well and wanted to hop over for a closer look, but the Pokemon looking to engage in a Smackdown looked apt tp tear up anything which stood in their way.

"Tails, I say!"
The boy yelped as he stood up quickly.

"Looks like the lady goes first!"

Rayne shrugged at the results, offering the bespectacled teenager before her a wink as she said playfully,

"Ladies first I guess. Dominique?"

At once the Floatzel lept up into the air and dashed towards the opposing side.

"Double Team!."

The female otter let out a shrill call as she nodded and as her speed picked up, after-images of her began to pepper the battleground, each one perfectly dentical to the other.
Rayne had her chin in her hand as she knelt down to study the upcoming fight;
Her floatzel was a bit of a wildcard to toss into the match; While weak to both Grass and Electric, Dominique harbored an ice move which would be the bane of the Shiftry were this young man to let the heavy-hitter in early, making this round double-edged.
She had a hunch that he would save the creature for later on however. Between the Electabuzz and Beedrill, she wasn't too sure which he would chose, but she knew that Dominique would be in for an uphill battle.

As it was, without a canid or psychic type bearing Odor Sleuth or a similiar move, it would be near impossible to tell the images apart from the real deal; Picking a needle out of a haystack would have been simpler.
If Dominique couldn't win this by pure force, a more subtle approach was needed.
She kept her eye trained on the nearby fountain which was going to play a major role in this first battle....

[asher]

He was a little excited that he won the coin flip but he was pretty disappointed by the pokemon she choose. He didn't really want to have to face a water type first but hell it was a good choice he guessed. Maybe he shouldn't have showed her his team before the battle because now he had to pick a hard choice. He placed all his pokemon back in there pokeballs. He didnt want to have to have all the pokemon watch. Especially not Shiftry he didn't know when not to intrude and Asher just couldn't take the risk. There was already enough kids watching anyway.


The only one outside of the pokeball was Beedrill. Since it would be the first pokemon to compete with the floatzel. So the ladies would be the first to fight. The plan was simple weaken it with poison and that showed slow down the water pokemon. Then hopefully it would tire out.

"Beedrill use aglitiy." It flew towards the water pokemon. It dashed from side to side. Asher was unsure of what to do right now. He was unaware of the different type of moves the floatzel had. Making him worry a little about if it had a secret move that would finish of the bug pokemon.

"Use toxic." The beedrill fired the poison at the floatzel. It was unaware of which one was the right pokemon. So the fire might miss but it might also have been a success either way it was a risk he had to be willing to take. No matter what.

[rayne]

The Beedrill. Right.
She knew that the poison would be delibitating to her Water Pokemon's health. While not as effective as an Electabuzz would have been on first go, this was a more interesting choice.
That was, provided the Beedrill could actually land a shot on the accurate figure.
The Toxic was noxious to smell, burning the air with an acrid stench as it cut through three of the Floatzel-s after-images, clipping her legs as she let out a sharp yelp of pain and tumbled into the fountain. While the poison hadn't effected her too badly, there was an ugly mark on the spot where it struck which seemed to be pulsating very slowly.
She whipped around quickly, holding her breath and clamping her jaws over her leg to suck out the noxious stuff and spit it out with bits of blood onto the tiles where it painted the alabaster white with morbid, Dali-like blots.
It hurt and she threw up in her mouth, but with the small amount she had taken, it worked partially and would take a while to fully come into effect..

Somewhere nearby, the caretaker of the fountain was shaking a fist at them both, but he didn't dare come any closer, at least not until the battle was over.

Done, Dominique bobbed her head out of her liquid cover, her home turf as she let out a bark in Rayne's direction.
The girl had cupped her hand to her mouth as she yelled out very plainly to Dominique,

"Barricade againts those stingers and use Ice Beam!"

The Floatzel nodded curtly and swung her paws around to churn the water, feezing it until it formed a solid ball of ice around her form as she lept out of the water with her self-made massive hamsterball, placed her paws to her face like a sultry beauty queen and blew hard so a bolt of pure, sheer cold headed right for the Beedrill above her....

[asher]

The poison had hit. Now Asher had to wait for it take it's toll on the Water pokemon. He was a little shocked to see the pokemon trying to suck the poison out. The water pokemon was in the fountain? Now that could be a problem especially since it would be well protected inside the fountain against the beedrill's physical attacks. "Try to dodge it."

The beedrill was fast but it wasn't that fast and the ice beam hit it straight in the chest brining it to the ground. It got up after taking the attack. Luckily it wasn't a super effective attack or anything so it wouldn't do any major damage to the poison bee pokemon. "Fury attack." It rushed towards the pokemon with it's stingers ready to swing at the pokemon.

Once it felt like it was in close enough range it started to swing in order of left, right, left, right, left. If it was a successful attack maybe it would stun the pokemon enough where she would be able to use poison jab.

Yeah, Asher was thinking ahead. It was for the best. Besides the opponent was probably be doing the same. Practice like this is how trainers got ready for battling gym leaders. So now he was in a different place. He wasn't battling just anybody he was battling someone who could possibly be someone in his way in the pokemon league or some sort.

Nothing could bother him now. Not the kids watching. Not the caretaker, the candlestick maker nothing. It was all about beedrill and the floatzel and who would come out on top in there battle for dominance.

[rayne]

The Floatzel scampered around , attempting to avoid the shots as the massive stingers chipped her ice shelter in several places; Had she not been protected by her self-made wall, she would have been done for within the past five minutes.
She let out a sharp squeal as one of the stingers stabbed with enough force to break a hole through the ice and cut across her shoulder a deep, ugly gash.

"Easy 'Monique! Hold her there and break out! Make your weak point hers!"
Rayne yelled as her Houndoom let out several booming barks which sounded like he was trying to cheer the Floatzel on.
Another sharp jab broke through the frozen shield, this one almost taking her head off as she took the moment to grab both of the Beedrill's stingers to lock them in place with the ice like a pair of cuffs, temporaily incapacicating the attack before busting out the back and struggling to make her way quickly to the fountain. Blood and water trailed behind her as the poison slowly began to take effect, making her throw up messily just as she flopped into the cool water which rejuvenated her a little.

She poked her head slightly out of the small pool to see the Beedrill which was still fighting to release her stingered grasps from the small prison of ice.

"Alright! Let's paint the town blue with full-blown Surf! I want a total wipeout, high as you can!"
She heard Rayne's strident orders and nodded swiftly in understanding. If this hit and the Beedrill was drenched, the next Ice Beam would freeze it solid or at least clip those wings so that the insect could only fight on ground. If she wasn't already out for the count.

The Floatzel narrowed her eyes and raised her paws once more; Immediately, the ground began to rumble a little as the main pipeline which fed the fountain burst due to the force she was exerting upon it. A wall of frothing water from the underground source, ten feet high and counting was racing towards the Beedrill, looming right over it as the otter, weakened but determined rode out the wave on its highest peak.....

[asher]

"Damn it Beedrill you have to get out." It tried to get out of the trap but it was to no avail. She tried her hardest but it just didn't seem to be working. He wanted her to win. Yet it just didn't seem to be working. The struggle to get out got worked as she used the bottom stinger to try and break the ice. It just wasn't happening. The water was coming close.

Before long it hit the bug pokemon the water covered the scene for a few minutes. Asher hoped the beedrill would rise from the water but after a while a little of the hope was gone. It just didn't seem to be happening and if it did maybe there would still be some type of hope. When the water cleared beedrill was shown fainted still inside of it's ice prison.

Asher shook his head while he let the pokemon back into it's ball. Before long he threw out another pokeball and his good friend Gligar was now waiting for it's turn to battle. "Are you using the same pokemon or are you switching." He was pretty impressed by this girl's fighting style and her pokemon. What she did was a pretty good move but, now it was time he showed her some of the power his pokemon had as well.

(Suckish post sorry)

[rayne]

The bear sitting astride on top of Amadeus' head let out a grunt of gladness as she clapped her paws appreciatively. Dominique rode out the wave until it had completely ended, landing her weakened and battered body at Rayne's feet. Nonetheless, she was still awake, whimpering from pain and trying to get to her feet whch had given way underneath her due to the poisoning.
The look on her face as she coughed and breathed deeply and barked at her owner was rather clear;

'How did I do?'

Rayne smiled and stroked her on the head as she bundled the otter up next to Wolfgang who was concernedly licking at her wounds. He had drapped himself over her as he glared at the teenager on the other side of the battleground who was now calling out the friendly young Gligar.
He didn'd despise them for hurting his female friend, but the protective edge was still there.

"You did great girl. I'm proud of ya."
Rayne whispered into the otter's ears to calm the animal down.
Dominique was one of her Pokemon for whom battling seemed to be a matter of life and death; Rayne got the feeling that the Floatzel sometimes feared that if she were to underpreform, she would be abandoned like how she once was.
It was hard telling such a creature that it didn't matter whether they won or lost as long as the battle was well fought.

Rayne took out an antidote from her backpack and used it gingerly on the Floatzel's now-festering wounds; She knew this meant that her opponent would get first move come the next battle, but she didn't mind; Dominique's state of being was more important.

"Good match. I'll switch, thanks."
The girl took the offer as she gestured lightly at the blue-tinted feline.

"Jericho, it's your turf now. Do your best alright?"

The young lion mrrraowed an affirmative and neatly leapt into the battleground, puffing his chest up proudly as he stared at the Gligar and went into a low crouch, ready to pounce.
Mistress had sacrificed first priority for his team mate's health; The opponent was to attack first, but he was determined not to get hit by whatever it was this strange bat had up its sleeves....

[asher]

Asher knew he had to win this battle to keep the match going. So gligar had to be relied on. As soon as the match started Gligar looked at Asher. He shook his head at it and it knew what to do immediately jumping on to the closet tree and used the trees as cover not to be seen. From here Asher could tell it when to strike and hopefully would have the perfect timing.

He didn't know what attacks the Luxio had. Shoot! He had never seen a Luxio in action before. Maybe it would be a good idea to battle it like this. "Use sludge bomb." It fired a three globs of brown sludge at the pokemon. Of course once he fired he would move to a different tree. The leaves rustling in tree after tree made it harder to guess where he was.

The whole reason Gligar was up there was in the hope of the fact that Luxio didn't have any attacks that could reach him right now. Gligar though was in the trees smiling as he made each tree rustle before gliding to the next one. This was the perfect place for it to battle. Even if it was concentrated more on the fun involved instead of the battle itself.

Looking at the Luxio trying to find him. Asher looked at Nadia. He was looking to see if her expressions where changed. He wanted to see if his strategy had made the girl start to worry or get off her game. Either would be okay if it worked. The electric pokemon had to have at least one long range attack. Yet if it did hopefully it would be electric and Gligar would be immune to it.