Kama's and Doug's eyes both widened as the Vacuum Wave flying at highspeed, glass and debris carried to their side before a boom finally silenced the arena.

Darkness and quiet were all that was left.

Doug was pretty sure that if a pin dropped, Kama and her lookalike would skewer it before it bounced twice.

The first one to make that mistake would-

Crack.

It comes so abruptly it almost jolts the youth. A critical erro-

Crack. Crack. Crackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrack.

A cacophony of shattering glass fills the room coming from the general direction of Doug's side of the arena, slowly advancing towards the Fernando's side.

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Kama used ? ? ?! Actually Double team.

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Crackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrackcrack.

It grows closer to the other end of the field, not taking the similar sounds approaching it as reason to stop.

And then it stops.

"Go."

WHISH! CRACK!

A shockwave blasts past the middle line of the field, something moving through the space between Doug's and Fernando's side of the fields at extremely high speeds before landing with an audible snap on the other side.

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Kama used ? ? ?!

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It's almost like a solid wall had thrown itself at the Smeargle at high speed, ramming into its guard... Before being split upon as it launched into a flurry of dancing blades, scythes cleaving through the air with whooshing zips.

Now.

She can hear the blades cutting through the air- sound out where the earlier 'Vacuum Wave' wall had stopped in its tracks.

Making good on the Pokedex claims of ninja like speed, Kama rushed bold as brass into her clone's Swords Dance, pushing off the floor directly at him, the scythes cutting through the air arching towards her-

And so she spun in place with a single flap of her wing, feeling the Scythe sweep just barely past her body as she did- before she brought the flat of her scythes crashing down upon her opponent's skull.

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Kama used acrobatics!

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Well, so much for a triumphant finisher. A furious hiss and a crack echoed across the blackness of the room as Kama was sent scrambling back, the hit smacking her chest chitin and drawing a loud snort out of the bugcatcher, the youth withholding a cackle as Kama's snarl immediately followed.

The painter could copycat all it wanted- it couldn't imitate Kama's attitude, and they were all getting plenty of it now. It was good that pokemon couldn't speak english, cause the writer didn't want to get banned.

"Got clobbered, love?" He said to the dark with a laugh, more angry grunts coming in response."Had enough fun yet? I think you did."

Another snarl came, this one closer to his side as Kama retreated back.

"Good Girl. All warmed up?" He said, rolling his shoulder. He received a snort. "My turn then."

"Kama! On the hunt!" Said Doug, waving his hand above his head for no reason, given that they couldn't see crap. "Time to find your pray! Sound that copycat out, with style!"

A booming sound thundered as a wall of vacuum was released from Kama's scythe, her wide, powerful swing throwing her entire body into a pirouette which's inertia she channeled into a spinning leap, air being soundly cut as vacuum waves showered the arena, seeking the one thing that sounded different from the rest.

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Got sense smacked back into her by Fury Cutter.
Doug code-ordered the combination attack of Swords Dance & Vacuum Wall.

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Doug listened intently.

Booms filled the arena as walls of wind met steel surfaces with reverberating clangs.

It was the booming thud that didn't thunder and echo that caught both of their attention, however.

A final boom cut through the air and hit Kama's spinning form, throwing her back and off balance with a cry.

A quick, sharp response. The Smeargle made a bloody good Scyther, they'll give him that.

As she swung across the air to crash back down on land, her trainer's voice rang once again.

"He's good, but yer better! Ya heard it, so go! Spin and Burst!"

Kama swung a foot and scythe as she spun towards the floor, her body spinning across the air as she sought to turn herself towards her attacker- before she raised both scythes over her head and swung them in broad arcs.

A boom echoed as she was propelled forward by two bursts of wind, the Scyther zooming through the darkness in a crash course towards her clone.

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Got smacked by the Vacuum Wall.
Doug code-ordered the combination attack of Acrobatics & Vacuum Wall..

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A solid crack, and then deafening silence.

A flash of light came up from the other side of the field a moment later, shining upon the opponent's slumped form, before the smeargle turned Scyther was returned its pokeball.

Doug released a long held breath as the pokemon was wrapped in a light, it sinking in that yes- it was over.

"Thanks! Not gonna be forgetting that guy anytime soon, I can promise that." Said Doug with a sigh of relief. "You okay, Kama love?"

He recieved a stubborn harrumph from somewhere on his side on the arena, though he didn't really need it- he could hear her panting and huffing just fine.

He laughed.

"Didn't quite go as ya planned, did it?" He said teasingly, drawing another huff. "Hope ya learned something outta this, cause I certainly did."

Still smiling, the youth returned the pokemon to her net ball. His steps soon began echoing along the arena as he approached the man. Formerly, richest man in Kanto, now richest man in Hoenn.

Fernando Silph.

These two men couldn't have been from more different backgrounds if they tried- and they still managed to share quite a few tragedies, somehow.

"Thanks for yer personal attention, Mr. Silph." He said, scratching his cheek as he came to stand before the man, his phone's light on him. "With all three of yer jobs and the way things are goin' in Hoenn, I was surprised to actually get to see ya in person."

Computers usually did the battling for the man, so others who had actually challenged the gym claimed. He rarely appeared; some theorized he did so only when dealing with opponents of high importance or renown.

Doug was neither, so that was one theory down.

Doug stared at possibly the most powerful Kantonian man alive, thinking.

"Yer probably too busy right now, so I won't waste yer time, but..." He said, before shaking his head. He grinned at the man. "Ya'll probably be seein' me 'round here a lot more often. Lots more challenges to take on out'ere in the battle frontier. I hope I get to talk to ya more freely one o' those days."

He wanted to know. What the most important Kantonian man alive thought about his home. What he had planned. If he had planned anything.

"Thanks for yer time once again, Mr. Silph. I'll see ya around, hopefully!"

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