[X] My Assistant

[Kamaitachi]

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

[Kamaitachi]

"Hey! I know you, too!" Tag responded awkwardly, given that he had just moments before stated that it was good to see her again. He hadn't been sure if she had been joking, and witty responses weren't his forte. Tag seemed rather taken aback at Jill's decision for a triple battle, but it stood to sense. With her Sun-Summoning Vulpix, she'd empower all three pokemon on the field in one go.

"That's...acceptable." he tilted his head at her, squinting his eyes. From the look on her face, she didn't seem at all happy to see him. Only at that moment did the notion sink in that they were fighting for keeps. This wasn't just a friendly match, no; there was some semblance of stakes. Jill was in it to win it, and Tag was probably the worst opponent for her. Two tacticians on the field, with equally powerful Pokemon. Superior tactics, and perhaps a bond between trainer and Pokemon would be deciding factors.

Taggarty Lee, the man now known through Furoh as "That-guy-with-face-tattoos", and, in the popular music circles "Tiki Man", steeled himself in the face of his opponent. He had seen her moves back in Gigarte, but with the temporary power boost, what sort of tactics would she approach him with. Jill's advantage was that Tag's Pokemon were quite close to the strength at which she'd already seen them; it would probably be difficult to surprise her.

Rolling through his memory, he knew that she'd seen...Suzu, Uchi, Bachi, Tobi, and Tonbo, at best. If he wanted to surprise her, he'd have to go with Kyoko, Orin, Kana or Enka. None of the latter four seemed like appropriate choices, especially if she was still running with a Ponyta, Vulpix and Weepinbell. Knowing that the sun would immediately start off as soon as her Vulpix entered the field, he'd have to be ready to counter...or not. Two permutations of his line-up flip-flopped around in his mind, until he settled on the line-up.

"Suzu! Bachi! Tobi!" Tag's pleasant and sincere face faded into one of no expression. The calm veneer of a seasoned battler fell over him, as he awaited the arrival of his three pokemon before neatly catching each of the three pokeballs on their return trips.

Appearing in the center, Bachi released his stentorian roar before fixating his eyes on Jill across the field. The Poison Pin King was ready, and with his Poison/Ground typing, he seemed the best choice defensively against Jill's team. Suzu appeared to his left, floating gently in the air, even taking a moment to wave at Jill with a smile on her face. To Bachi's right, Tobi appeared. He had changed the most since Jill had seen him, having evolved into a Ninetales in Baccate. The regal nine-tailed fox arrived on the field, seated on his haunches. He looked calmly over at Jill, his tails swishing idly on the floor.


Tag waited, crossing his arms as he leaned his weight to one side. Now that he had begun to rev up for the battle, he didn't exactly want to give Jill the first move after letting her see his team. Keeping his peripheral vision on the ref's flags, he kept himself at the ready to bark out his first set of commands.