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He released a laugh, waving his hand before him as if just accepting Cian's words.

He hoped it was just acting, because it had been almost 22 years since he had last seen Cian and Doug still remembered the man; what was his excuse?

"'Fraid that's all rumour and exaggeration, Chief." He said, resting a hand on his hip as the other reached beneath his arm for a pokeball. "And in any case— I'm just a plain ol' medic now."

With that said... He chuckled.

"Couldn't resist joining in on the fun, though." He said, his gaze hovering over a watch before returning back to Cian. "Don't worry— we'll shake off m'rust along the way!"

Throwing his pokeball in the air, a ray of light was released back down on the makeshift battlefield, a bleary eyed Scyther stepping out of her pokeball.

She craned back her head and squinted at the sky before turning her gaze over to the man across from her partner, lightly cocking her head before slowly beginning to correct her posture with several audible creaks and pops.

One neck pop to one side, the next to the other, before she suddenly swung her arms sharply to either side, holding them parallel from each other as her gaze narrowed.

It had been a while since Kama had seen combat— but she remained his oldest powerhouse, for better or worse. She would shake off the rust eventually.

"Don't worry too much about winning, Kama! Just have fun with it!" He called out cheerfully to her, before turning his gaze back to Cian. "Got a whole half hour 'fore I gotta get back to the ER, so let's have fun!"

Tourneying between lunch breaks was a hell of a task, but he would manage.

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With an exaggerated floruish and a swipe of his hair, Doug winked at the other man.

"Is losing to the champion of the Hoennian Stars Tournament all that bad?" He said, tapping at his chin. "Well, I guess Melody Miro and MATIAS SILPH did stop talking to me after that."

Just playful ribbing, of course. They hadn't completely disappeared from his life since. Not at all. They still saw each other at work meetings!

Kama's gaze widened before the Scyther suddenly dropped low enough to the floor she almost appeared flat against it, the whipping wind of the high pressured water blast flying just inches above her caressing at her wings.

Immediately, her gaze snapped to one particular Froakie— the one from whom the only real blast, as best her wings could sense, had come from.

The legs beneath her were creaking and popping at the hips as she dug her scythe into the flooring beneath to pivot and launch herself forward, chitin scrapping against the floor as one foot dug deep into the soil before launching her high in the air, her body spinning wildly as it approached the real Froakie before she swung the flat of her scythe at her opponent.

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TL;DR: Kama used Acrobatics.

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Doug whistled sharply and hooted as Kama managed to land a hit, grinning wide.

"D'atta girl, you still got it!" He cheered for her, sticking two fingers into his mouth to whistle sharp enough to scare off Yampers. "Try to keep the momentu—"

Just as he was saying that, a large smokescreen burst out, leaving them blind to what was happening inside.

"Uh-oh."

Standing in the cloud of smoke, Kama narrowed her eyes, before beginning to swing her arms around her elegantly, generating cleaving whirlwinds of wind to dispel the smokescreen and fend off the Froakie.

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TL;DR: Kama used Vacuum Wave.

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Unfortunately, it was not enough to deter the Froakie, who slammed into Kama from behind, sending her hurtling forward to eat dirt, her face scrapping along the ground before she vaulted forward face the other pokemon, eyes narrowed irritably as her cracked chitin throbbed at her back.

Doug winced.

"Don't let it get too ya, Kama! Keep a cool head!" It had been a while since he had witnessed Kama's temper, and he really didn't wanna see it in a tournament setting.

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"Oi, that's rude as hell!" Doug complained while Kama's temper continued to rise, Cian's ribbing not helping one bit in the matter.

Unfortunately (for Doug), there never was a chance for Kama, who hadn't had to exercise self-restraint in quite a while, to keep her temper in check.

A surge of power exploded out of her as her scythes were swathed in a mass of excess power, causing Doug to immediately hit the duck.

"Aw shit!"

With a roar, Kama swung around in a wide circle, releasing a gargantuan moon of rippling vacuum waves around her that spread out before reaching for the sky, splitting the clouds above and clearing the weather entirely.

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TL;DR:
Kama used her Z-move: Heaven Cleaver.

HEAVEN CLEAVER - FLYING-TYPE
Scyther fires a VACUUM WAVE so strong that it removes and prevents any weather conditions for the next FIVE POSTS. (Not that it matters for these fights...)

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"Holy shit indeed." He said wryly as Kama stumbled forward, her wings full of water as her once-per-battle-only Z-move completely missed its target.

He would've laughed— it was funny. But Kama would sure as hell not appreciate the humor of the situation.

Raising her gaze to the oncoming blast of water, the Scyther suddenly found itself in a tough situation, a high pressure blast of water coming at her while her standing was slippery and her wings were soaked.

She had to threated the needle here if she was to make it—

And thread the needle she attempted, lightly swaying her body as far out of the blast as she could without slipping on the water while taking a swing of the scythes, sending blades of wind hurtling at the Froakie while it was suspended in the air.

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TL;DR:

Kama used Vacuum Wave.

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Doug was in disbelief as much as Cian was.

"Holy shit, she really still got it." Doug said in awe, scratching at his cheek.

That dodge had been borderline majestic, specially given the stupidity that had brought her to the unfortunate circumstances that made her need to do it!

But...

"Can she bring it in?"

Time to see if the rust had truly been shaken off.

As yet another blast of water came, Kama's footwork was shakey on the wet flooring as body rolled, her wet wings flapping to try and course correct her movement out of the way before she rushed forward to try and finish the Froakie, swinging the flat of her scythe at it with a sharp, narrowed gaze.

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TL;DR:

Kama used Close Combat.

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"Ya did good, Kama." Doug said as he squatted besides his exhausted Scyther, patting her on the shoulder gently. The wounds on her body seemed to dissipate entirely a moment later as he rose to his feet, nodding Cian's way.

They were certainly celebrating hard over there; well, he couldn't fault them for that. He could still remember the rush of winning a pokemon battle, once upon a time.

"I prefer John nowadays." He said with a smile. "But sure; swing by Mauville sometime; I'll take ya out for a drink... Non-alcoholic, though."

It wasn't a great start for the tourney; he was there to have fun, sure, but he doubted Kama would enjoy herself much if she didn't get a few wins herself, she was prideful like that.

Hopefully they would pick up a few wins before the end of the month.

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