He would have continued walking on had the barking of his dogs did not stop. There was an eerie silence that followed him turning his back from the Poochyena. It was unnatural -- enough that Kyle found the silence uncomfortable. The first impulse was to turn around and look for his Pokemon, fearing the worst for both of them. What he saw before him brought him in a state between relief and irritation, however.

"Oi, stop that."

The voice had alerted the Marowak, who had not noticed two salivating Dark-types sneaking up on it. Both of the Poochyena stopped abruptly at their stalking, with one of them turning to Kyle with a disappointed look on its face. The other kept its eyes on the wild Pokemon, stance still wary at any sudden movements done by the Ground-type. It warranted a bark from the said Poochyena when the Marowak started to throw its bone at them.

Alpha, the more carefree of the two, leaped after it and attempted to catch the bone with a well-timed bite. While it did manage to successfully do it, a low grumble from Kyle got him to spit the bone out and trot back to him. The other did so too, but not before hurling a pawful of sand at the Marowak before their 'escape'.

The Marowak decided to call off its attack on Kyle's Pokemon, going away as soon as it retrieved its weapon on the sand. Not that Kyle was there to observe it since he opted to move away from it as soon as he called the attack. It wasn't long before they reached a well sheltered spot, where a chunk of rock shielded them from the strong gusts of winds that brought sand in their faces. Along with it came the opportunity he was here for.

"There. That's the target you should be looking for."

His thumb jerked to the direction of the Rockruff a distance away from them, seemingly distracted to its own happenings to take notice of the trainer and his Pokemon. It wasn't the evolved form like what he was initially looking for, but it wasn't like getting a Rockruff was bounds worse than what he wanted. Investment would be required from him to get the pup to evolve, which was a chore but not necessarily impossible. He can work with what he got, he supposed.

He whistled, getting the attention of the Rockruff who was mindlessly digging at the sand on its own. Dropping its activity, the rock dog would turn to stare at Kyle, taking a moment to read the atmosphere, before turning tail and attempting to get away from the trainer and his Pokemon. Alerted, Kyle began barking orders.

"Alpha, Rock Smash! Echo, Assurance!"

The first Dark-type sprinted, before launching himself and pouncing towards the escaping Rockruff. A yelp of pain came as the Poochyena landed on the Rock-type with its super effective hit, only worsened when the second one came in with a follow up attack. Kyle completed the combo by nabbing an empty Pokeball out of his stash, enlarging the minimized capsule and throwing it at the wild Rockruff.