[X] My Assistant

[The Rose Crusade...]

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Aaron's smile was beaming ear to ear as he stepped into the trainer box at the far end of the battle field. His new acquaintance Zack was stationed at the other side of the white-painted box, a dry and dirty field spread between them. The oddly-clad old man Angus took the position of referee on the side of the field. "This guy is just full of surprises" Aaron slyly thought to himself. He still could not wrap his head around how a seemingly ancient old guy was expecting to start being a pokemon trainer now. A short young girl had even tried to pester Angus about the rarity of his flying Pikachu, a question Angus had answered in depth. Something about a gift from his grandson, hatched from an egg, yadda yadda yadda. You know, a real sap story.

Aaron didn't really want to hear any of that. Any person who needs to wait until their hair is balding to become a pokemon trainer probably means they really weren't cut out for the profession in the first place. Aaron didn't think this to be an elitist or anything, it was just the truth. Aaron had spent enough time training with old, conservative adults at the Violet City Gym to know that training pokemon was an activity for young people, not old farts. They just could never keep up--it was that simple.

Angus waved his hands so as to herald in the official beginning of this oh-so unofficial match.

"Go Loki!" Aaron called as he threw his first pokeball onto the field, making contact with the ground in a bright flash of white light. Onlookers heard the pokemon before they saw it, a low buzzing hum emanating from its relentlessly flapping translucent wings. It was a moderately large orange and green bug with two black, beady eyes. Every few seconds it shifted its position very quickly, never able to seemingly stay focused or in place for more than a few moments at a time. Loki had a lot of energy--he had been cooped up in his pokeball for far too long. It was clear to Loki that Grayson was Aaron's favorite--they had been through to much together after all--but Loki was hoping that this battle would change things and Aaron would start to use him more frequently.

As Zach summoned his pokemon to the field in a similar fashion, a small brown and blue pokemon appeared. Although Aaron's knowledge of flying pokemon was quite extensive, his expertise on basically everything else was sort of shoddy. As soon as he deemed his pokemon ready, Aaron pointed his index finger straight at Zach's pokemon.

"Alright Loki, let's get this started shall we. Start with Quick Attack!" Aaron commanded. Loki, after flitting around back and forth rather impatiently, jumped at the bit to finally get started. He took off as fast as he could muster, leaving a white trail of energy with silver streaks behind him as he flew straight towards the Drilbur.

[Captain Combuske...]

Zack knew fully well that it was Grayson who was coming up, but there was little that could prepare you for that Gligar of Aaron's. He and his trainer were firm friends and they battled totally in synch. Zack therefore wasn't surprised that Kodo, who was already weak from his encounter with Loki, was left unable to battle by Aaron's attacks.

However, being left unable to battle because one physically couldn't stand up was a big surprise, albeit an embarrassing one. Zack sighed inwardly and smiled sheepishly as he withdrew his Aron. That wasn't how he wanted things to go. He couldn't help but find the sight of Kodo wriggling around humorous, though, so at least there was that.

Zack only had one option left, and he wasted no time in using it.

"Go, Olympus!" he cried, throwing his last Pokeball.

Olympus looked absolutely delighted to be out of his Pokeball. The Torchic jumped up and down animatedly. He then had something of a double-take as he realised that there was a battle going on. Once he did, his expression changed and he looked at Grayson fiercely, narrowing his eyes. He was ready to battle.

"Olympus, start off with Ember!" ordered Zack.

The Torchic puffed out his cheeks and let loose a torrent of flames that shot at Grayson. Aaron was ready, however.

"Grayson, use Sand-attack and then Harden!" shouted Aaron. The Gligar sprayed Sand upwards and followed up with an immediate Harden attack. The sand obscured the Gligar and the Harden protected the blow of the Ember to a degree. The attack was dramatically reduced in power. Zack had to admit, he was quite impressed by the move from Aaron. The sand made it very hard hard for the attacker to see where they were aiming, and even if they did hit, the increased defence was enough to soften a substantial amount of damage. Zack would have to think of a different strategy.

"Olympus, Focus Energy and then Scratch!"
"Grayson, Sand-Attack and Harden!"

Olympus focused, thinking inwardly, gathering his energy. Zack figured that concentrating on his target would at least make Olympus's attacks more likely to hit. He didn't have many other options anyway really. Olympus was fairly under-levelled and as such he was a little limited in the moves he could use. Grayson sent up another layer of sand and hardened his skin. Olympus charged at the Gligar, and jumped as he reached him, clawing at him with his feet. The move hit, but barely penetrated Grayson's hardened skin. It was more damage to the Gligar, but he was clearly not very affected by the move.

The battle continued in the same rhythm, with Olympus firing Ember or charging at Grayson with Scratch, and the Gligar throwing up sand and hardening his skin. Most of Olympus's attacks hit their mark, but he was tiring, and that combined with the increasing defence of Grayson meant that his attacks did less and less damage. Eventually, Aaron seemed to get bored of the unchanging nature of the battle and switched strategy.

"Grayson, use Sand-Attack and then Poison Sting!"

The Gligar threw up more sand, but this time it was at Olympus. As soon as the sand was in the air, he followed up with the Poison Sting, firing poisonous darts at lightning speed. The attack proved to be deadly. The Sand blocked Olympus's view, meaning that avoiding the Poison Sting was nigh on impossible. The darts shot into Olympus, who cringed noticeably at the hit. Fortunately, that seemed to be the worst of the attack, but it hit the Torchic hard. He was resilient, though, and managed to struggle back to his feet.

Unfortunately for Zack and Olympus, that act was the last thing Olympus did before he lost consciousness. Grayson came swooping in with one of the fastest Aerial Ace attacks Zack had ever seen. Zack had been so engrossed in Olympus's struggle that he hadn't even heard Aaron's command. Olympus fell over, fainted. Zack recalled his Torchic.

"You did great, buddy," he said quietly to his Pokeball.

Zack then got off his podium and walked across the battlefield. He met Aaron in the middle, and the two of them shook hands.

"Thanks, man," said Zack, with a relaxed smile. "That was fun! Even if I did get my ass handed to me a lil' bit."

Zack's words were genuine. He didn't care about the battle. He was expecting to lose, and he was totally cool with it. The experience for his Pokemon had been very useful, and finally getting to battle his newfound friend Aaron had been fun. Some of the tactics that the guy had employed had been really cool. It was all a great experience for the young trainer, and he was still learning, after all.

This post has been edited by Captain Combusken: Aug 3 2013, 06:35 PM