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Oscar was right. Fuck these NPCs.

Chu-e, in the face of Oscar's thread, simply flipped his hair and winked at the other.

"Oh really?" A love ball was tossed out, revealing... Chu-e's shiny Lopunny. He felt the same as the other, this wasn't the kind of let-loose brawl he would want from the other, but it would be good enough.

Oscar was one of his Beasts, so he could handle it.

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- Chu-e's Outfit
- Lopunny time
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Oscar cackled as he pulled a pokeball off his belt. His eyes glimmered as Chu-e sent out his fighter of choice, excited to test his skills against the underboss. He had the perfect pokemon in mind to match him, and would reveal it with a cocky flick of his wrist.

A flash of light preceded the arrival of Oscar's champion. A hulking being stood on his appointed spot in the arena, covered head to toe in black hair. Darkside the Grimmsnarl turned to face the Lopunny, laughing manically as he flexed his 'muscles'. Oscar opened his mouth for another taunt, only to be cut off by a boisterous yell.

"Y'all better give up now! Me a Pop-pop here are gonna wipe ya out!" Oscar turned toward one of their nameless opponents, a cowboy looking fucker with a Drampa. Lame, how dare he intrude on his banter with Chu-e? He was only there because the format demanded it, he had no obligation to speak. Oscar returned his attention to Chu-e, once again opening his mouth--and once again being interrupted.

"You boys don't stand a chance. Me and Missy here may be older but we're can kick just as much ass as you youngsters!" Apparently their other waste of space was a older biker woman with a Clefable, and she too felt inclined to speak. Bunch of ingrates, stepping all over Oscar's taunts. He opened his mouth again, only for the bell that started the match to firmly close it for good.

The battle had begun.

Darkside charged toward Lopunny, intending to smash into her with enough force to Break her Spirit.

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Internally, Chu-e really wanted to tell these people to shut the fuck up.

Sadly, he had to be kind of nice when he was 'Ji-Hoon Ki'. Had to make the public think he just some nice, sickly twink.

At least Oscar would know better.

Creams grinned, using her Copycat. While she didn't have the same magnificent, flowing hair as the Grimmanarl, she could still Break some Spirits in return.

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Darkside didn't see that coming.

The Lopunny was quick, copying Darkside's attack flawlessly. She managed to use it quicker than the troll as well, knocking him right on his ass. Darkside huffed, tears welling up in his eyes as he looked to his opponent. He clenched his eyes shut, looking away in an attempt to hide his shame. One might almost feel bad for him, after all there was nothing worse than a grown pokemon crying.

Ah but this was a ruse. These Fake Tears were meant to lower the Lopunny's guard, or at least make him see pathetic enough to not seem like a threat.

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The Fake Tears gambit worked. Maybe just better than expected.

Creams leaned in, paws raised up, frowning and ears pulled back. But, she quickly cheered up, starting to Flatter Darkside about how strong his attack was, how handsome his fur was, and how nice he smelled! Creams was a nice Lopunny and liked to give compliments. A battle couldn't be fun if her opponent was sad!

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Darkside tearfully looked to the Lopunny, internally sneering as his nasty trick worked. However it acted--unexpectedly. Was it being legitimately nice? The comfort she tried to give was above and beyond, it seemed like she was legitimately concerned with his well being. This wasn't how it was supposed to go, and Darkside found himself--confused. Conflicted?

Regardless, this was a battle. He would have to reveal his trickery at some point------but she was just so nice! Before Darkside could properly decide though, something would catch his eye. A large dazzling beam was heading straight for them, and fast! Darkside rolled to the side, taking Lopunny with him to keep her out of harm's way.

He looked up to the beam's source, immediately catching the smug smile of the enemy Clefable. Clefable's trainer yelled out from her podium, "Thata girl! Show those weaklings who's the boss!" 

Weaklings?

WEAKLINGS?

Darkside got up, snarling at the insult. He looked to Lopunny, briefly hesitating before offering his hairy claw. He wished for a truce, at least until these two nobodies were taken care of. 

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Creams looks at Darkside with shimmers in her eyes. It could be a love story. I could even go into more detail about it if I wasn't rushing this post for HST. It could be beautiful.

The moment is ruined by the Clefable, though.

Creams took his claw in her delicate paw to be helped up.

Then she let out a war cry and charged at the Clefable, aiming to beat the shit out of it with a Dizzy Punch.

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The two came to an agreement, and they would charge into battle as a team rather than rivals. Lopunny went straight for the clefable, and Darkside intended to do the same. However, Darkside was blindsided by their other opponent, the wily Drampa. The old dragon Body Slammed Darkside, stopping his charge short. 

Darkside stumbled into a recovery, turning to face the Drampa. The drampa's master let out a 'Yeehaw', clearly unaware of the shitstorm his pokemon had just incurred. Darkside roared, rushing the Drampa like a freight train. The Drampa clearly was ready to meet him with an attack, but a mysterious darkness would send Darkside straight to it before it could even try.

Darkside Sucker Punched the dragon in its enlarged gut, knocking the air out of it so hard that its forced exhale sounded like a balloon popping. Darkside would leave the clefable to Lopunny, this bastard was his.

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While Darkside was fighting, Creams had gotten in close to the Clefable. She bounced from foot to foot, fists lifted in a boxing position. The Clefable lifted his paws up too, much rougher in style. It hauled off a Mega Punch, who Creams jerked to dodge, slamming her own fist back in a Fire Punch.

The Clefable burned, snarling, but wiped his mouth and got ready for another round.

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Darkside had Drampa in a headlock, wrestling the dragon with its mighty hair-muscles. The dragon snarled and roared incessantly, which sounded a lot like Goofy stumbling down stairs. Eventually Darkside managed to pin Drampa to the ground, rolling over and over again like a puppy fighting his brother.

This Rough Play did not sit well with the Drampa, who hollered and wined as Darkside's playful Fairy aura spread agony throughout its body.

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The Clefable tried to also Play Rough, grabbing onto Creams to lift her up and slam her down, like they were wrestling.

She winced, but...

Joke on the Clefable!

A Mirror Move started up, powering up Creams so she grabbed onto the Clefable with her own Play Rough.

She flung it at the Drampa that Darkside had, trying to get them both out of her.

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Darkside saw Lopunny's set up and immediately played into it. Grabbing Drampa by the neck, he would swing it around in time to slam the poor old timber into the clefable. The two rolled away, reeling from the beat down they had just recieved. 

The clefable tried to rise, but she just didn't have any stamina left. She collapsed, out cold. He trainer yelled out, withdrawing her quickly and fussing over he ball as if it were a baby. Darkside gave Lopunny a thumbs up, and was ready to approach her when an ear splitting howl caught his attention.

The drampa rose, his eyes a deep red and his body shaking with fury. He had gone totally Berserk, charging at Darkside with incredible speed. His body turned as red as his eyes, and he would smash Darkside with such force that the goblin would sail to the other side of the arena and smash into a wall (Outrage). It then turned to Lopunny, intending to do the same to her.

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Creams squawked as her new anime-love-interest was sent sailing.

She had wanted to do that!

Instead of backing down, she met the Outrage head on.

In an epic clash of dragon and fist, a Sky Uppercut slammed into the Drampa's jaw.

The Outrage still wounded her.

But she had downed the Drampa.

The trainer called it back when it laid in a lump.

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