Truth to be told, as much as he enjoyed peace and quiet, Matt always yearned for more excitement. It was one of the reasons he was glad he and Nico were going to be doing the gym challenges, escape from the mundane college life they lived. Even if it was a little scary to be homeless. But it was a challenge and he liked those.

Soon his thoughts were interrupted by someone being obnoxious on a bike. It made him roll his eyes. "Seriously? Twatwaffle." Grumbling, he turned to try and find where the source of the noise was coming from. A low growl-grumble came from his throat, crossing his arms. "Stupid." Came the mutter, now discarding the noise as some teenager trying to show off to his girlfriend to score some head.

However...

Kazzy sniffed the air. Ears went alert, that tail up. Those large eyes sparkled with naïve wonderment. Before Matt could even react, the dog was taking off full speed towards the dark alleyways that snuck into the city. Matt spun on his heel, going to dive for the dog and try to catch him. Failing as he bashed his chin into the ground. A snarl of pain emitted, as he shoved himself up.

"I'm going to skin you!" Scrambling after the canine. "Get back here! Kazzy!" The two were running blind, Kazzy for the smell of dog treats, and Matt for that fluffy tail to snatch him up like a ragdoll.

This was not what Matt planned to do today. Not chase this hoodlum of a rockruff and most definitely not come across a Rocket Grunt. The louder the revving got, caused Matt to pause and look up. Seeing a... pokemon driving a motorcycle. That made him double take, turning to see the grunt disappearing off around a corner. Brows furrowed, a deep-seeded resentment of the Rockets came bubbling up under the surface. A hand slipped into his pocket, gripping the pokeball that held his Arcanine- remembering how he saved her from rocket poachers. Teeth grit, glancing down towards Kazzy, who was busy stuffing his face with the treats laying around.

Pinching the bridge of his nose, he snapped his fingers to get the dogs attention. Luckily, it worked for once. Kazzy's ears shot up, going to look up at him with wide eyes. Thinking he was in trouble for eating food off the ground- Nico would yell at him for that- but Matt shook his head. "You better hope that's not poisoned." He hissed to the dog, before looking to where the grunt ran off too. "Come on, we got a rat to catch."

Kazzy saw how serious his trainer looked, nodding his head in a sagely matter. Ears pinned back, quickly stalking with his master towards the alleyway Isaac had hidden himself behind. But Matt was never one to be sneaky. "Hey! The hell are you doing skulking around here?!"

The more the man talked, the angrier Matt became. To say those red eyes of his saw red, was an understatement. The level of anger that came from the man was felt also by his dog. Who looked up in confusion at his trainer, reading his expression and soon snarling towards the rocket member. Baring those little fangs, buckling down, ready to battle! Matt would send him to attack, right? Not put himself in danger... right?

Right?

Wrong.

Instead, Matt watched the man. His expression had fallen almost into a weird stoic-yet-filled-with-rage expression. Those red eyes narrowed dangerously onto the man. His leg adjusted, as he suddenly broke into a sprint towards him. Fist raised like it was muscle memory, going to attempt to connect his fist to the others jaw. Matt was already pissed off before from falling on his face due to Kazzy chasing this mans damned treats, so why not take that anger plus the fact he is acting scummy all out on his face?

Perfectly reasonable.

No talk, only punch.

Matt really should have thought this through. Somewhere in the back of his head, he heard Nico's nagging. To stop and think when he got mad. Matt never was good at that, though. Charging blindly forward; fist swinging as it missed. Trying to catch himself on his heel, with his back now to the wall as he was shoved forward. Teeth gritted, though eyes looked like burning embers. If Matt could have actually seen this guy, he may have relaxed. Hell maybe even made friends, as Matt had some weird thing about being drawn towards blondes.


The yipping and barking that was coming from Kazzy stopped. Soon turning into a snarl as his hackles raised, eyes glued right onto the man in front of them. He was hurting his dad! His trainer! That would make his other dad sad. Nico would be very upset! That wasn't good at all! It made him angry. With a snort through his nose, those Keen Eyes focused right for his ankle- charging forward to try and chomp right down on it!

Perhaps if he managed, it could let Matt wiggle himself free from being cornered to the wall and slide away!

Matt thanked the Legends above for Kazzy- the dog saved him from being pinned. However, seeing his pup ganged up out brought out even more anger. Fists clenched, eyeing Kazzy, then the brute. Honestly, those eyes read like they were going to charge him this instant. Snatching the two pokeballs out of his pockets, throwing them forward. Out of the red light erupted a hulking canine figure; the Arcanine coming to view as she shook out her fur. Peering what was going on before her, eyes landing on the rockruff. The pup she adopted. A snarl emitted instantly from her muzzle, threatening to burn everything in front of her.

Matt snapped his finger to get her attention, she flicked a ear towards him, but her face was still forward. Next to her appeared a Riolu, whose red eyes stared stoically at the scene. Observing if this fight, was, well worth it. It was a challenge... but the mission was most likely the rockruff, yes? So they needed to focus on that.

Kazzy was not expecting to be taken for a ride on Isaac's leg. But he kept his teeth latched, going to protect his master! But then everything was on it, making the canine flinch and step back. Realizing he was surrounded, eyes wide as panic started to flood the canines senses. Looking towards Matt for some direction, seeing Nana read to set things ablaze.

"Release my dog." Matt commanded, he looked like he would even fight the pokemon themselves if it meant he would get Kazzy back over here.

The whimpers Kazzy gave were soft, he wanted Nico- and Nana- and Matt- but he snapped his head up to the man. Staring at him in confusion. Head slowly tilting to the side, blinking other innocently. Ears shot up, tongue came out the side of his muzzle, trotting happily to to Isaac to nudge against his leg. Then looking at his ankle, lowering his ears. Aww, it looked like he felt bad about hurting him. It was kind of cute.

Except Matt had his hand to his face, almost looking embarrassed his dog was about as smart as a sack of slowpokes. Nana however did not stop, her eyes were locked on Isaac. Barking at Kazzy to get back here, and the puppy fled to her side. Hiding behind her paws, looking up at her with a whine- speaking something between the two of them before she snarled and snapped at his face in a warning.

Glancing down to Kazzy, he knelt down to make sure he was okay and not actually hurt. Petting his head, he then shook a finger at him. "Be more careful." He muttered. With his pokemon out of harms way, he looked far calmer... but a inch. Turning his head back to Isaac, his eyes narrowed at him.

"Yeah, we're done."

What?

Besides the fact Matt knew he was outnumbered. Kazzy or Dagger might be able to take the Cubone, but that Totodile would be the biggest pain in the ass. Nana could torch the fungus but.. that left the ghost. Which again, he had the type advantage over; but he knew they'd probably gang up on Nana first. Nico's yelling at him to not just blindly attack things ringing loud in his ears. Damn his battler boyfriend for being right.

But also... Kazzy might not be the smartest, but for him to acknowledge the man made him second guess.