Okay, so Arashi was out on a limb here. He knew his team was… lacking, to say the least, with certain other types and so he decided to come out all the way here on this seemingly isolated little route, astride the shoulder of his Golurk, Alfons.

“Okay, over there, set me down right there… wait, what the hell? Is that… is that a blue-colored Ira?!” he exclaimed to himself, tapping on the Golurk’s head and pointing in one particular direction.

Taking notice, the Golurk then redirected its flight pattern, eventually coming to settle down near the blue-colored dinosaur. He knew what it was—because he had one himself, albeit not colored blue but brown.

“Never thought I’d see something like this out here,” he muttered quietly, looking up at the Tyrantrum in silent awe. Sure, he had his own big-ass dinosaur, but it certainly wasn’t blue. And he knew better than to touch the damned thing…

Because who knew if someone already owned it?!

His eyes then raked the area, hoping to see a familiar face or two…

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“Oh, hello there,” he greeted with a two-fingered salute as he quickly backed away from the blue-colored dinosaur. “This beauty yours?” he asked a few moments later. Before he could get an answer, there were two Pokémon headed their way—and one of them looked positively angery.

Not angry. Angery.

The way the purple Pokémon’s eyes were pointed down in a frown made him guffaw, before the smaller blue one came charging at the big-ass Tyrantrum—big mistake, indeed.

“Alfons, Shadow Punch!” he pointed at the purple Pokémon. Before anyone else could blink, the gigantic Golurk took aim, before firing off one of its fists towards the small Pokémon.

The Indeedee never saw it coming as the rocket-propelled fist came slamming right into its face, sending it flying. Flying where, he didn’t know—or care at that moment. Once the Golurk’s fist had returned to its stubby arm, he then knocked on the Golurk’s leg.

“Thank Arceus our aiming practice is working,” he praised his silent Pokémon companion.

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They weren’t expecting their next opponent to be something that could seemingly bend reality to its whims. One little spoon wave from the Kadabra was more than enough to send the Golurk into a tizzy, seeing as the Psychic-type knew Kinesis and that was more than enough to screw up the aim of the Shadow Punch tactic.

“Aw, nuts,” he grumbled, before looking over in Remiel’s direction. “You may want to duck or get out of the way,” he advised before knocking exactly three times on the Golurk’s body.

This was the unspoken cue for the titan-like Pokémon to use Earthquake, and a singular stomp of the Golurk’s foot was more than enough to send the entire area into a trembling mess.

“Whoa!” he yowled, hanging on for dear life as the ground trembled beneath the Golurk’s feet. Geez, that attack is way too powerful! No wonder I don’t let him use it that much! He thought out of surprise, before pointing at the Kadabra again.

“Let’s try once again! Shadow Punch!” he continued, hoping that this Kadabra didn’t know Teleport. Instead, a feeble attempt at a Reflect barrier went up, before it was seemingly shattered by the Golurk’s fist slamming into the Kadabra’s face.

Taking aim, he threw a vacant Pokéball at the now-fallen Kadabra.

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He caught sight of the two Pokémon, however the blue one didn’t pique his interest. Brows furrowed, he sighed, before recalling the Golurk and wondering if it was a good idea to…

You know what? Screw it, let’s do this, I’ll risk it, he thought as he snapped down Alfons’s Pokéball and spun a second one around before popping it to full size and sending out Luxu, his Salandit. While this looked like a clearly disadvantageous match-up (Fire versus Water was never a good idea either way) he was going to be going with another idea.

“Luxu, Dragon Pulse!” he began, watching as the female lizard skittered around before chuckling and releasing a draconic wave of energy from its maw. The Jellicent, the one that looked like a snack logo (it had a beard, come on) attempted to counter with a Whirlpool, but the force of the Dragon Pulse dissipated the water vortex and smacked the Jellicent around.

“Toxic, follow-up, and then Venoshock!” he continued, watching as the smaller, faster reptilian Pokémon skittered around on the grass and spat out a poisonous misty cloud, before quickly following it up with a stream of poison aimed at the danged thing. “And finish it off with another Dragon Pulse!”

Another attempt at Whirlpool was flung at the Salandit, but the lizard was faster, having shifted to the right after the Toxic-Venoshock chain, before flinging another blast of draconic energy at the Jellicent to repel it.

“Okay, there’s that… you alright there?” he inquired of his companion a few moments later.



pass on Jellicent Pringles Man

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Thankfully Arashi wasn’t afraid of ghosts on the most part, having been partnered to one most of his life. He then eyed his Salandit, who suddenly started hissing upon sight of the Natu—and that stare was one for the ages, it really creeped him out.

“Geez, you may be from my home region, but that stare still gives me the creeps,” he muttered, before the Natu fired off a chunk of rainbow-colored energy at the Salandit. “Watch—out!” he yelped, as the Salandit took the attack full in the face and hissed some more.

Snickering softly, the Natu then conjured up another orb of rainbow-colored energy—but this time a blast of strong flames met it in mid-air, cancelling it out. “Nice save with Flamethrower there,” he praised the fire lizard, who then winked before preparing to spit out a barrage of Toxic poisons at the Natu.

This was short-lived as the Natu wised up and flashed a sudden, sinister explosion of energy—and Arashi had to blink a few times. After the light cleared from his retinas, he looked down and saw that his Salandit was now chasing its tail in a state of confusion.

“Luxu! Snap out of it!” he called out, before the Natu began raining down bombs of Psychic around and smacking the Salandit even more. As the near-endless barrage continued, another particularly potent explosion of the Psychic-type attack nearly brought the Salandit to its knees before a flash of light poured out of its body.

“What the—“ he continued, watching as the small lizard then seemingly grew, adjusting itself before finally coming to stand up on its hind legs.



“Luxu! Go! Catch it while it’s off-guard, Flamethrower!” he shouted, watching as the now-Salazzle wasted no time, breathing out a blast of strong flames that caught the surprised Natu head-on, before a second stream of Flamethrower forced it to flee.

“Well, that was something…” he ended with a lighthearted chuckle.



pass on Natu scary bird