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WELCOME TO GALAR
Six months have passed since the events of Sword and Shield, and Galar has once again opened its gates for all to participate in the new season of the Pokémon League.
With only a select few receiving an endorsement, these Trainers must travel the region and win all 8 Gym Badges in order to participate in the final tournament as the whole of Galar watches.
Post by duckoverlord on Mar 24, 2019 23:02:04 GMT -5
Vander ducked out of instinct when he saw the Rotom zig zag around. "Yeah, very! And very annoying to deal with!" Soma jumped to the side, almost getting zapped by the Rotom.
"Soma! Battle routine set!" The otter suddenly focused and readied a battle stance. "Execute! Let's go with a Water Pulse, Tactic 2!"
The Dewott ran across and sliced the air with his scalchops to follow Ketak's leaves. He created many mini seals of the kanji meaning water and shot them in an arc.
The Rotom suddenly got hit by a stray Razor Leaf, getting stopped in his tracks, then one of the mini Water Pulses reached him, making him angry. He teleported in front of Ketak and shot a Shadow Ball right to his face before teleporting again and doing the same to Soma.
Post by uniqueneko on Mar 24, 2019 23:18:15 GMT -5
Loretta gasped as she watched Ketak get hit with the Shadow Ball and fly backwards, letting out an exclaim of surprise and pain. She felt panic grip her heart once again, fearing the worst. But Ketak soon got back onto his feet, shaking his head to snap out of the daze and gave Loretta a reassuring expression. She felt herself calm down slightly, but she couldn’t help but remember back to the White Path and how dangerous it was. She couldn’t seem to help but constantly do that anytime there was a battle…
She pushed that thought aside for now and yelled, “H-Hang in there, Ketak! Regain some energy back with Giga Drain! And then Razor Leaf!”
Ketak nodded and quickly jumped up towards Rotom, clinging onto it with his vines and sapping energy from its body to heal himself. Afterwards, he sent a flurry of leaves right at its face and sent it backwards. Revenge!
Post by duckoverlord on Mar 25, 2019 11:06:04 GMT -5
Vander gasped as he saw Soma fly in the air as well, but remained calm as he grit his teeth. "Pull yourself together, spin in the air so you land on your feet!" Soma shook his head and quick recovered from his flinch and fulfilled his order, easily landing on his feet.
The Rotom was too busy laughing in mockery against his opponents that he did not notice Ketak's attempt to grab him. He jolted in shock and froze as his energy was being slowly drained before getting hit by a barrage of leaves that sent him towards the nearby wall.
After regaining back its senses, the Rotom's electric limbs turned red from anger for a split second and it started to spin in his center as he charged up energy, sending a devastating Electro Ball at Ketak, it was massive and powerful, most likely a knock out move. If Ketak did not move to dodge, he would be done for.
"Buckle up! Tactic 1!" Soma suddenly rushed to Ketak's front and readied up his trusty scalchops as he glared at the attack. Soma and his trainer punched the air, complete synchronized. " Parry! Detect!"
Soma's eyes gleamed as the attack activated and moved his weapons to the side, he leaned to the right to dodge the attack, but immediately hit the Electro Ball with all his might with a sudden swing and pushed the attack back towards the Rotom. The ghost flinched in surprise and got hit with his own attack, darting at supersonic speeds from the impact.
"Don't worry!" Vander yelled at Loretta. "With me and Soma here, we will make sure that Ketak stays fine! Besides." He turned back to see her with a thumbs up. "He is doing great! A silly Rotom is not enough to knock him out, you are a good trainer!"
The Rotom appeared again from a wall and started to fly around at lightning dashes again in an unpredictable manner, he looked considerably weaker, one more attack should do the trick.
Post by uniqueneko on Mar 25, 2019 19:05:51 GMT -5
Loretta stared at Vander in surprise, which seemed to be the main emotion for her today, and took a few moments to comprehend his words. She felt her eyes water and quickly rubbed the potential tears away. She couldn’t break down again, not now or in a place like this. She merely nodded and quickly shouted at Ketak, who was in danger of being knocked out.
“Quick, jump!” Ketak let out an affirmative cry and leapt up into the air. “Now Petal Dance!”
The Ivysaur exclaimed as he sent a flurry of petals towards Rotom, which all picked up speed until it was a massive tornado of pink. It trapped the ghost inside and attacked with harsh cuts from the floral move, causing large gusts of wind with its power as well.
Post by duckoverlord on Mar 25, 2019 19:57:19 GMT -5
The Rotom was caught in the middle of the grassy vortex, letting out a scream in pain as he spun arkind. Finally, it hit the floor with a loud thud, one could notice him flickering, exhausted.
Vander let out a victory cry, followed by his Dewott. "That's he the stuff!! You did it Loretta!" He gave her a happy look, proud of her performance, then checked his pockets for a Poke Ball, realizing that he had ran out.
Post by uniqueneko on Mar 25, 2019 23:06:51 GMT -5
Loretta let out a sigh of relief as the Rotom fell, though she couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty. Perhaps she had gone a little overboard? Especially with something as strong as Petal Dance.
“T-Thanks Vander…! You did great too!” Loretta smiled at him before looking back at the Rotom. “Though, um… what… exactly should we do about this Pokemon…?”
Ketak stumbled slightly, in confusion as a result from the Petal Dance before flopping down in dizziness. He needed a few moments to gather his senses.
Post by duckoverlord on Mar 26, 2019 19:18:11 GMT -5
Vander chuckled a bit as he scratched the back of his head. "I was going to catch it to deliver it to a teacher so to hey could get rid of it but... I'm out of Poke Balls!" He gave her a guilty grin, a bit embarrassed.
Soma rushed to his friend's side and doused some water on his face. "Dew dew!!" He pat Ketak's head and smiled, he did good!
Post by uniqueneko on Mar 26, 2019 20:32:52 GMT -5
“Oh…” Loretta replied and looked at the Rotom, reaching into her bag. “I, um… I think I might have some in my- agh!”
Before she could finish, the Rotom suddenly zoomed up and, with its last bit of energy, stuck its tongue out at Vander and escaping down the halls. Loretta stared after it as it ran away before rubbing the back of her neck.
“Well… uh… n-never mind, I guess…” She laughed awkwardly. Loretta then took out her Ivysaur’s pokeball and summoned him back into it, letting him rest. Ketak gave Soma an appreciative wave with his vines before he disappeared in a flash of red.
“Anyways… Thanks, Vander. For helping me just now… and, well… From your words before.” She smiled at him and fiddled with her ribbon. Thank Arceus the battle was over. “They… helped. A lot. And... I just... thank you. Really.”
Post by duckoverlord on Mar 26, 2019 20:42:39 GMT -5
"Whoa!" The boy screamed in surprise as he jolted back when the Rotom scared them. He gave him an upset look as it disappeared, sighing in the end. "Ah well..." Then giggled, at least he was gone.
"Dew!" Soma waved at Ketak as he was also being pulled inside his Poke Ball and disappeared in a flash for red light. Vander put the ball inside his pocket and stared at Loretta as she spoke. He gave her a warm smile and a thumbs up.
"Hey, it was nothing. You did great back there! There is nothing to be scared about!" He winked at her and finished with a nodds, keeping the smile. "We shold go- I don't want a teacher nagging us for... this mess." He giggled again and lend his hand to her.
Post by uniqueneko on Mar 26, 2019 20:51:14 GMT -5
Loretta wasn’t sure about his words. Nothing to be scared about? There was so much to be scared about, of course there was… But she brushed it aside, not wanting to make the mood sullen, and only smiled back. She looked at his hand, blinking at first, before giggling quietly.
She took his hand gratefully and nodded in agreement, they really should be leaving before a teacher comes to scold them. Though she felt guilty just running…
“You’re right… Thanks again, Vander. I’m really glad that… you’re my friend.” She smiled warmly at him, though it didn’t quite reach her eyes. There was something lacking; something that was lost within the White Path, making her smile seem lesser than it used to be. But she still gently squeezed his hand, silently showing her appreciation in that way.
"Let's get going... I don't want to disturb Alouette when I come back." She started walking down the halls once more, in the opposite direction of the Rotom. As nice as this was, she wanted to go back to her room and be in her bed.
Post by duckoverlord on Mar 27, 2019 14:17:35 GMT -5
Vander blushed when she held his hand so gently and just fixed his throat, forcing a small victory cry as he led the way, her words were like music to his ears after all. "Don't worry, I'll always have your back!"
He returned the smile and got them out of there, it was getting late anyways.