More violent than usual? This would be an even greater challenge! She had been working with her own Veluza and understood how they swam. When she first encountered hers, she was fearful that adapting to such a violent swimming stroke would take her a while. Now, she felt ready to put that knowledge and experience to use. "Right, that's why I brought my own with me," she referred to Acro, the psychic spearfish she had caught with Reinier Justice so long ago.

Pointing to the largest one of the shoal, Shalin had an idea how to get them to disperse. An idea that was uniquely her. "I'm gonna try to isolate their alpha and trap him. Riding on a wild Pokémon to catch it qualifies as nonlethal force, right?" she replied with a sly smile, clicking the Veluza's Poké Ball open. The water-type shot forward with great speed, proceeding to FILLET AWAY and make a scene in front of the wilds.

Razz's aquatic dark-types were quick to thin the school out. Now it was Shalin's turn to shine, Prower and Acro circling the largest of the psychic-types. The Shiny Pokémon zipped below the surface, faced the seabed, and whirled his tails about, creating a powerful but narrow WHIRLPOOL that left the largest of the wilds dizzy. Now was the younger Captain's chance. A wave from her own Veluza's AQUA CUTTER gave her a boost to approach the stunned Pokémon more quickly. Seconds before the giant fish awoke from its trance, she grabbed its fin, straddled the wild Pokémon, and held on tight.

The giant Veluza, almost the size of a Gyarados, flailed unpredictably to try to unseat her. Every time it tried to charge and PLUCK at Razz's Pokémon, the girl shoved its fin to one side, making the Pokémon's attacks sail wide. Every violent flick of its tail thrust Shalin to one side of her seat on the aquatic predator... and yet, she loved every moment of it. While she didn't plan on keeping the giant for herself, it would make a wonderful Pokémon for Dewford's Rangers to use.

All she had to do was wear it out.

The clash between Veluza and Shalin was one of strength, dexterity, and wills. Every swerve Shalin forced the wild into felt like Eduardo Hisakawa 's Tauros violently pitching to try to unseat her. In a final act of desperation, the water-type submerged at a sharp angle, forcing Shalin to close her eyes. She felt the water around her grow cooler and cooler until a sharp heave rocked her from the leader of the school shooting toward the surface in a full-power, nearly vertical AQUA JET.

The giant leap gave Shalin a great view of Sea Mauville once she opened them upon feeling wind instead of water. All her knuckles had turned white from how tightly she grabbed the Veluza's fin. Expelling water in a second AQUA JET, Shalin's foe spiraled toward the sea and landed with a big splash. Shalin wanted to hiss; that last maneuver stung.

The tired and dejected water-type surfaced without fanfare, yielding to Shalin. With the Petalburg Captain having subdued their leader, much of the rest of the school scattered. Her breathing became heavy as she gently guiding her new partner toward Razz, coming down from the adrenaline high of riding an unruly wild Pokémon. "Slateport's gonna love this big guy!" she managed, squinting from the nasty thrashing the psychic-type gave.