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The
WATER SHURIKENS strike true and the Houndoom is almost down for the count! Before she can command Bubbles to finish the job the ground begins to quake. Ruby herself struggles to keep her footing, tumbling to her knees as she watched the Steelix
SCREECH once more before bursting up from the ground in a furious
RAGE.
The Steelix is wild, it's massive body sweeping over the arena with such force that Ruby can barely see what's going on. Bubbles was agile enough to dodge the rampaging beast's movements, but Darling was caught entirely unprepared. While their usage of
CALM MIND had helped them remained fearless, it did nothing to help them dodge the blow. Being smacked hard and tossed across the arena, sliding down into the gravel floor, Ruby watched in fear.
Darling scrambled up to their feet, but Ruby could already tell she wouldn't be able to fight against this beast.
"Darling!" Ruby called out, quickly drawing the Indeedee's attention.
"Give them a distraction, and then give Bubbles your all!" She nodded as she suddenly stared straight at the rampaging Steelix, immediately crying out with a
DISARMING VOICE. The heart-shaped sound waves would slam into the Steelix, dealing emotional damage rather than physical, hopefully distracting the Pokemon and causing Darling to become the target.
Just before Darling could be hit once more, her entire body suddenly began to glow bright white, almost blindingly before a burst of light spread across the field straight towards her ally. With her lasting
HEALING WISH, Bubbles would be fully healed by Darling's sacrifice. Fainting with all of her energy exhausted, Ruby would quickly return her back to her Pokeball.
"Now!" Ruby cried out to Bubbles. If they couldn't predict where the Steelix would strike with his wild movements, then why not repay the same favor?
"Vanish!" Quickly, Bubbles vanished using
SHADOW SNEAK, their shadow traveling along the ground to quickly leap up and strike the Steelix from behind.
Surprisingly, even should the Steelix retaliate and hit Bubbles with their
RAGE, they would find that Bubbles was suddenly immune to the attack! With
PROTEAN, they were now a Ghost-Type and unable to be struck with any normal-type moves!
Notes: Darling got struck with the Rage. Attempting to distract with Disarming Voice, they'd simply immediately use Healing Wish to patch Bubbles up to full health. Bubbles would vanish with Shadow Sneak, attempting to strike again. And with Protean making them Ghost Type, they would be immune to Rage.