Training Montage!

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December 12
Goldenrod, Johto
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Mauville Gym Leader
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6'1" height
6'1" height
"With great speed comes great responsibility."
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POSTED ON Mar 19, 2024 17:34:11 GMT
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Janus was a speedy Espeon, but nowhere close to fast enough to get a psychic attack off before Raju's two Pokémon ran him over. "I was right to hire you, Raju," Josh said with a smile on his face. "If I ever am put in a position where I need to hand Mauville Gym off to someone, you'll be close to the top of the list once you put in the time. You truly understand the lessons we're trying to teach here."

Even so, the psychic-type still had some fight in him... barely. Steeling his mind in an effort to fight through the pain weakening it, he pointed his forked tail at Big Bert, looking to detonate a PSYCHIC blast beneath him and send him flying into the air. Aslan would not let that stand, either, sounding a mighty NOBLE ROAR to sow reduced morale within Raju's team's ranks.





{PC: 23}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Aslan         Pyroar**       Good
Janus         Espeon         Poor
Etali         Kilowattrel    KO
Mastema       Togekiss       KO
Illumina      Lanturn        KO
Snacker       Sharpedo       KO
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Raj, Jay, Ra
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Castelia City
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POSTED ON Mar 26, 2024 1:14:00 GMT
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Both pokemon practically ran the Espeon down. Josh knew that Raju was most worried about that one then. And the quick decision making on who to target and quickly must have impressed him. The Espeon wasn't done though. With that forked tail facing Big Bert, the psychic type sent the Tauros flying. That was a massively strong attack! Tough as Big Bert was...special attacks still gave him fits. "Iron Head!" Even with the Noble Roar cowing Rollin some, the Cyclizar got some of his courage back to use Iron Head on the Espeon. Best try to take it out fast as possible. If nothing else, maybe he'll get lucky with a flinch.

The poor Tauros landed so hard that he was knocked out. Identifying weaknesses and exploiting them quickly was part of the job...and Josh simply did that against his best boy. At the announcement, Raju returned his big boy. That was...disappointing. But hopefully the revenge knock out was going to be there...


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The enormous blows caused the Tauros and Espeon to knock each other to unconsciousness, Josh withdrawing the psychic-type, as well. It was now a duel of the speedsters: Aslan and Rollin. It was Josh's element, but also Raju's element. A master of speed versus his best student. Both could metaphorically burn rubber in their own ways: the lion's claws gave him immense agility, as did the Cyclizar's air sacs. If there were two people in Mauville that could follow such fast action, they were Josh and Raju.

Aslan waited for Rollin to charge him. Were he to get his way, the lion would BOUNCE sky-high in an attempt to land in the Cyclizar's seat. The great cat's weight, if all went according to plan, could induce a spin-out and pin him down. It was a risky move, but one that could come with great rewards!






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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Aslan         Pyroar**       Good
Janus         Espeon         KO
Etali         Kilowattrel    KO
Mastema       Togekiss       KO
Illumina      Lanturn        KO
Snacker       Sharpedo       KO
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The revenge knockout worked! The Espeon fell, but the Pyroar used Bounce. Unlike BB, Rollin had some defensive tricks up his sleeve. Though the coverage was good to know. But they had to react fast! "Shed Tail!" As the attack name suggested, Rollin literally shed his tail to avoid the pouncing lion. One little bit of good news as that the dragon-type resisted the Pyroar's fire type attacks. Still, the Shed Tail wasn't harmless. He may have avoided one devastating attack, but he was sure Josh taught the Pyroar more. Rollin stayed low to the ground, like a wrestler would. Worse still, that Noble Roar did lower his attacking power. Rollin wasn't a slouch, but still lacked when compared to BB. Raju would have to see if he could turn this around with Josh's next attack.

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Aslan instead pounced upon Rollin's SHED TAIL, tearing through it with little trouble. The battle between them would be one of speed, and while Aslan may have been faster, he knew the raw stamina Cyclizar had. If this battle went too long, the dragon would eventually bury his treads in the golden lion.

Josh couldn't have that.

"HYPER VOICE!" he ordered. The big cat inhaled deeply before bellowing an almost tangible war cry that turned the heads of almost every Pokémon on site toward the Main Sector. Josh's Pyroar pride had become another thing that defined Mauville: the reverberating cries of the boisterous Pokémon was another thing its citizens took pride in: a sign that the densely-populated city was safe.







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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Aslan         Pyroar**       Good
Janus         Espeon         KO
Etali         Kilowattrel    KO
Mastema       Togekiss       KO
Illumina      Lanturn        KO
Snacker       Sharpedo       KO
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The Shed Tail helped, but before he could launch into an attack, Josh had Pyroar use Hyper Voice. The resulting noise was loud enough to stun even Raju, but he was still able to get a command in. "Ice Spinner!" The Cyclizar spun like a Beyblade, forming ice all around him to defend against the attack, and moved towards the Pyroar at speed. It wouldn't do much damage, since Pyroar resisted it, but it was better than nothing, and he had to do something to also defend against that Hyper Voice. Raju had to balance out defense and offense in this battle, since his main bruiser got knocked out so quickly. Maybe needing some more Pokemon or if he had more time to properly train Rollin, he might stand a chance. For now, he had to see what Josh's next move will be...and hope it would be something he could handle easily. Rollin won't be lasting much longer.



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The quick command to use ICE SPINNER made Josh smile; Raju had developed amazing reaction time during his tenure with the Racing Grounds. No ordinary trainer would have been able to get that off through one of the loudest roars any Pokémon could sound. While the ice shards themselves quickly melted in the lion's presence, the sheer torque enabled their edges to cut into the fire-type's skin: a nasty CRITICAL HIT that even a type advantage would not allow it to ignore.

Though powerful, Aslan's HYPER VOICE had its own cooldown, the lion's lungs feeling like they were on fire after being abused so much. Before he could let loose another roar, he would have to flex his other muscles. Leaping and BOUNCING skyward, the golden king of the Gym Leader's pride sought to pounce Rollin from above, this time aiming to land on him and cause him to wipe out completely. Just because they had great balance at speed didn't mean they weren't immune to a spin-out!







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NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Aslan         Pyroar**       Fair
Janus         Espeon         KO
Etali         Kilowattrel    KO
Mastema       Togekiss       KO
Illumina      Lanturn        KO
Snacker       Sharpedo       KO
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That Ice Spinner did more damage than he thought. A critical hit? Still, the Pyroar wasn't done, and leapt in another Bounce. It was now or never! "Dragon Claw!" The Cyclizar held his ground, and just looked up with blue claws at the ready. When the Pyroar came close, Rollin lunged with his claws, creating a huge dust cloud. When things settled, Rollin was on the ground beneath Aslan's paws, out cold. Well, that wasn't completely unexpected. Taking down Big Bert was a huge advantage. Even with Bounce though, Raju couldn't help but feel that the fight between the two would be epic.

Returning Rollin, he knew what he needed to work on, and what to do. Nodding at himself, the blonde did look at Josh as if to say "what now?" It had been a long day already. Though he also wasn't a stranger to even longer days...



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Josh gasped upon hearing Rajus remark that he was ready for more. "...You're really strong. I don't think I can handle anything else strenuous," he complimented his star Gym trainer. "Not today, anyway." He withdrew the rest of his team, getting them ready to be dropped off for a Pokémon Center run when they passed through the office.

Once he had gathered the rest of his Pokémon that needed to recover, an idea came to him. "How about we take an extended lunch and go some place nice to eat? Then I gotta catch up on some admin stuff like PTO requests. Such as the ones you put in for later this year." While it wasn't the Checkered Flag, there was another Unovan restaurant in downtown Mauville that served wonderful food.

Plus, it was happy hour there.







{PC: 27}

NAME          SPECIES        STATUS
Aslan         Pyroar**       Fair
Janus         Espeon         KO
Etali         Kilowattrel    KO
Mastema       Togekiss       KO
Illumina      Lanturn        KO
Snacker       Sharpedo       KO
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