[X] My Assistant

[Kamaitachi]

The Preliminaries and First Round Match of Jill Laurent and Taggarty Lee.

[Kamaitachi]

There it was. Even as Poison Jab landed, Tag heard the command for "Synthesis" over the roar of the Pokemon. Vinyl had just healed himself, getting back to full in no time. Tag had not been prepared for Jill to resort to healing her team with the use of sun-boosted recovery moves. This oversight would potentially cost him the match, which meant he needed a paradigm shift immediately.

The hit landed on the sleeping Tobi, but it seemed just enough to jar him back into wakefulness. A few turns of sleeping with a gentle powder falling on him had drifted him off nicely, but now he snapped back away, looking a little disoriented, but nevertheless ready to fight.

Tag had everything he needed for the moment to make the next strike count. He needed to rid Vinyl from the field, simply because the Weepinbell was now the most major threat on the field. Tag took a split second to ponder whether or not one Sunny-Day boosted Flamethrower was enough to fell Vinyl, but he decided that he needed just another moment for that.

"Bachi, Flatter Vinyl, Tobi, Psych Up!" In danger of losing the match entirely, Tag decided to risk everything on this next move.

Bachi genially waved a claw over at Vinyl, causing a spotlight to form around the poisonous plant. The King of Poison Pin Pokemon flattered his poisonous kin, showering him in words of praise. The effect raised Vinyl's attack significantly, but also would render an instant confusion.

Tobi's eyes began to glow a brilliant orange, before flaring up in a flame like pattern. Using Psych Up, which copied all of the opponents stat changes, Tobi had copied Vinyl's Stat growths, which included the Attack and Special Attack raise from Vinyl's Growth, the Speed from Vinyl's Chlorophyll boost, and the second increase of Special Attack from Bachi's Flatter. The radiant Ninetales was ready to unleash devastating fire attacks, one of which could probably fell Vinyl in one hit.

Tag looked over at Jill's three Pokemon on the field. His strategy had evolved into two separate paths, and Jill's next round would determine exactly how he was going to play the rest of the battle.