They caught up with him, and after taking a moment to crouch down to pat both creatures upon the head with a smile, the trainer hopped back onto his feet before continuing down the path with them in tow. His stride was a brisk one, and between the breaths that escaped his lips had been the occasional, somewhat broken hum in tune to the song that played through his earbuds as he sped along.[break][break]

Before long, he noted a certain…fish? It looked like a fish. Whatever it was, it seemed to be floating along and minding its own business, but oddly enough, it didn’t quite seem to be intent on stopping despite the fact that he and two other Pokemon had been coming down the path towards it.[break][break]

No matter, honestly. Sizable as it was, he really just sped into a sprint for a few moments to gain enough momentum to jump over it without much issue.[break][break]

(tl;dr: skipping)

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Okay, now that.[break]
That was something he had to stop for.[break][break]

And that’s…exactly what he did. Honestly speaking, it was hard to miss a huge ass, hulking dragon with blaring golden scales, so the moment it entered his line of sight from the sidelines, he’d already brought himself to a stop with his Pokemon nearly slamming into his leg from the suddenness.[break][break]

”Quick change of plans,” he said, his chest still heaving slightly in light of their run. He pointed out towards the dragon type, also taking the capsule of a certain, hat clad creature and tossing it out to join them. ”Y’all see that big boy, over there? We’re taking that big boy home~.”[break][break]

He took another, deeper breath before grinning, prepping a spare Pokeball before nodding towards the beast in the distance.[break][break]

”Have at ‘em— let’s go!”[break][break]

And following that, needless to say, was just…a bullying sequence, honestly. Small as they were, and as confusing as the sight of multiple, smaller creatures sprinting (aggressively wobbling its way over, in the case of one) over was, they all blasted forth with a Power-Up Punch from the Chimchar, which was quickly followed up by a Dazzling Gleam from the Hatenna— one that was only doubled as the Riolu following in tow behind it used Copycat to give the dragon a second dose of the fairy typed move.[break][break]

Xiao tossed the Pokeball out once the last hit landed.[break][break]

(tl;dr: catch attempt)

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