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there is no repose allowed. just the smallest pause for breath—and that is enough for noah to face thea head-on.[break][break]

"don't let the ape wait, fong!" noah leaps and punches the air. his shirt billows around his stomach as he lands. "don't be scared of her! match her strikes, roda!"[break][break]

the gym leader's hariyama rushes for the primeape, nimble tabi-shaped feet darting across the tatami like skipping stones. throughout its charge, its flat palms fan the air as a WHIRLWIND develops behind, propelling the pokemon for a pounce on the ape.[break][break]

meanwhile, noah's medicham is grappled. the pink seizes its body—but a BULLET PUNCH compensates for its compromised stature, fists colliding with loud crashes against the wigglytuff's relentless PLAY ROUGH.[break][break]

"so thea!" noah says. "why do you and your pokemon fight? why so eager?!"

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the buzzwole refuses retreat. that defiant stillness. that refusal to move, to be displaced. such a staunch stance ignites the battlelust within noah. like the boiling sands of the ultra desert kicked up by war winds, noah howls: "that's what i'm talkin' about!"[break][break]

a LEECH LIFE is thrust into the hitmonchan. life is siphoned and although paralysis fails to manifest upon the ultra beast's generous body, the boxer does not seem discouraged. quickly, the lithe fighter pries itself from the proboscis. quickly, it dips low. a RAPID SPIN of glove-like fists cycles across the buzzwole's legs: smaller, thinner limbs compared to the beast's massive arms.[break][break]

as the steel cage rattles, the chesnaught nears. a NEEDLE ARM swings toward the shiny kommo-o, thorny peaks eager to strike scale.

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"hah! you've loosened up, noel. this is the side of you i like to see!" [break][break]

noah's hariyama grunts, brows furrowed tight like knotting rope. the rotund juggernaut heaves its heavy palms into position as if they were anti-tank guided missiles.[break][break]

"close the gap! knock it down!"[break][break]

the hariyama charges forth. from its wide hands, a FORCE PALM is loosed. the concussive blast collides with the ENERGY BALL—and through the resulting smog of their impact, the fighting-type rushes through.[break][break]

as tendrils of smoke trail back, the hariyama attempts to HEAVY SLAM the defiant shaymin.

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though losing his lunch did not cross his mind, robin's jest of a suggestion lines his gums with the brief warmth of nausea. he swallows it down. shakes his head like a paintbrush loosing excess pigment.[break][break]

the mural stands before them. an ominous painting that resonates with hoenn's history even within this extraterrestrial space.[break][break]

"necrozma..."[break][break]

his train of thought is broken by robin's free-and-easy spirit. the border had been an intriguing site to explore; however, noah's last visit had been a violent, terrifying test of wits and survival.[break][break]

"hah! are you interested in becoming a gym leader?" noah asks. "actually, that reminds me... i was on a mission with a ranger recently. she mentioned a robin. i think gwen was her name? know her?"[break][break]

the tower stirs. his urshifu sniffs the stale air. the lights—whichever ones remain unbroken—whisper invisible signs of coming back to life.

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the gym's klieg lights gleam and dazzle across the buzzwole's muscles. as the ultra beast steals the stage, the barrage of PIN MISSILES whistle as they descend, piercing the protective panel like trumbeaks stuck on tree trunks.[break][break]

the HITMONCHAN weaves past the PROTECT. arms tight to its lithe body, it swerves close toward the buzzwole before throwing a crackling THUNDER PUNCH toward its center.[break][break]

"your buzzwole's yolked out of its mind, andrea!" noah says. "i'm kinda jealous."[break][break]

in the mean time, his CHESNAUGHT lunges for the kommo-o, arms raised. before its fists descend, the hands fuse to "shield bash" the remaining PROTECT.

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noah sways to both feet. a sluggish limb recalls his GRAPPLOCT: the ribbon of red arcing into the capsule like a falling party streamer. he rubs his face. wipes his lips, swallowing both blood and vitriol. [break][break]

the gym leader is at a loss for words. he stands in silence and allows his shaky breath to take its space.[break][break]

"how long have you felt like this?" noah says. "why kyle?"[break][break]

he sees the tear. the gem of brine that dares adorn the face of groudon incarnate.[break][break]

"just help me understand, man."

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thea's enthusiasm courses through noah like a dewford wave. he has missed this purity of emotion. not that he hasn't experienced it before, mind you; however, noah has forever feared that battling has been marred by the ongoing war. [break][break]

that battling would forever tie itself to the basin of violence and bloodshed rather than the spirit and heart of dojos like the naito's.[break][break]

noah grins, "how about a doubles? that way i see double the muscle. they look real tough. trained well." [break][break]

he bows.[break][break]

it has been awhile since he has adhered to such traditions. he remembers ecruteak. his old home.[break][break]

"don't hold back, alright?"

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they flee. oblivious to aaron's distressing conundrums, noah's manufactured mayhem is left behind. mid-race, the gym leader notices the limp. but only until they find safe quarters, does noah address it.[break][break]

"okay, okay, hold on there man. let me just." [break][break]

noah circles behind aaron and his pikachu. he drops to his knees as if in supplication. a palm presses against aaron's dough, and with one willful yank, dislodges pin from ass.[break][break]

"there we go." noah says. "i got your back. and your ass, man!"

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"brave bird boom it is."[break][break]

noah's hisuian decidueye assumes position. contrary to common belief, the wings play no role in the take-off. just the legs. the autumn-dipped trunk angles itself, controlled by the flexing of those white-wreathed engines. the body glows with BRAVE BIRD'S beginnings.[break][break]

"three, two, one..." noah's flicks his gaze toward lam's. "go."[break][break]

with the other, his owl bursts forth. the resulting collision betrays no failure: just certain, feather-crowned success.[break][break]

"i've got my gym trainers on the way to secure the area." noah says as his decidueye circles back. "great work man."[break][break]

he extends his fist. a bump for their tag team.

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upon damian's approval, gratitude is quick to warm noah's frame. like polymer clay, his muscles relax. his shoulders loosen. his breath softens like stretching toffee.[break][break]

"verdanturf gym is looking forward to our partnership." [break][break]

the gym leader sets his folder to the side of the mats. on his shorts, a trio of pokeballs are attached to cycling holsters: galarian design.[break][break]

"they're probably planning something." noah says. "always good to be prepared, right thea?" he repeats the name; remembers it. "so, just you and me? or the pokemon too?"[break][break]

from his pokeballs, a HARIYAMA and MEDICHAM manifest from scarlet light onto the tatami.

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"i used to be pro. not anymore." noah speaks, voice feathering into the forlorn. his decidueye ruffles its plumage as it SYNTHESIZES. "but i think you got potential! you got the reflexes for it."[break][break]

surveying its surroundings, his decidueye nocks its arrows: golden energies coalescing into three.[break][break]

"communication equipment is super sensitive thankfully, but i fucking love kablammo. ka-blam-mo!"[break][break]

he hears the arrows fly from his bird. like rockets, they detonate against a troupe of grunts and their pokemon away.[break][break]

"how about a double brave bird?" noah says.

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"no coochie for me, man! too busy with mine! focus on your girls. plural." noah says—and he just knows the rocket grunts surrounding them are desperate to unhear this conversation. [break][break]

the PIN MISSILE remains as nailed to noah's thoughts as it is nailed to aaron's ass.[break][break]

noah stuffs two fingers into his mouth. whistles loud. another needle cuts across his skin as his MACHAMP punches down an entire shed.[break][break]

the metal panels and bolts burst like a baby's hand plunged into a milk-full bowl of cheerios. milk poured after, of course(?). the surrounding grunts leap out of the way, buying them time.[break][break]

"that's our cue to go!" noah says. "we gotta tend to your ass, alright!?"[break][break]

with all four arms, his MACHAMP beckons for them to follow its lead.

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