Even if the girl was not nearly as proficient as Xenon in terms of pure combat, the natural instincts and talent of her mount was most definitely making up some of the difference as it matches the Flash Cannons with more blasts of elemental energy, Tri-Attacks colliding with the metal beams and creating clouds of drifting smoke through the sky. "Oho, trying to recruit me now of all times huh? You've got some moxie for a baby trainer, you're funny! Alright, sell me on your side kid! Why should I abandon the freedom I've got under Rocket to join up with you stuffy League losers huh?" It might seem a taunt, a ridiculous hypothetical thrown out to make fun of such a ludicrous offer to switch teams, but perhaps she was serious in that moment. If there was anyone who would accept such a ridiculous offer without question, it would surely be the woman who had dedicated herself to evolving herself at every second.
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And the barrage of Flash Cannons only grows stronger as Rhodium analyzes the Hydreigon's flight and firing patterns, only just barely missing its last shot as the dragon narrowly pulls back and switches to faster Dragon Pulses to keep up with the machine's tempo. In response the dragon activates its Quark Drive in full as it deploys an Electric Terrain through the sky, a web of electricity pulsing out from the war machine's body. The woman can feel her skin contracting as the static electricity tingles against her, the slight hairs on her arms rising as Rhodium suddenly speeds up, throwing out even more Flash Cannons from each of its triplet heads like a machine gun!
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+Mika Nakayama

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"It doesn't matter if it's the whole ocean, a patch of the ocean, or even a puddle up to your ankles! If you want to make such a ludicrous claim like "owning some water" then you better be strong enough to back it up!" Such an old fashioned ideal, that you might "own" a patch of land or ocean or whatever just because you say you do. How could one "own" anything truly, what property of this specific bit of ocean proved that the League "owned" it? The only law that Xenon respected was the law of the jungle, the strong dominate the weak and assert their authority over everything underneath.
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A law she was more than happy to demonstrate for Shalin as she knocks the girl off her steed and KOs the vibrating toad, a victorious cry escaping her lips for the briefest of moments as she already moves to push the attack. What happens next is almost too fast to process, almost. A Greninja emerges from Shalin's belt, Xenon subconsciously recognizes that the optimal ability for any trained Greninja would be the Protean adaptability they display when using moves. The ninja frog Bounces into the air, it's scales subtly shift colors as its bones hollow out and it adapts and evolves into a flying type. The neurons of her brain fire as she orders Indium to defend himself, the squid can barely manage to bring its tentacles up in front of itself for a guard as a webbed foot slams into its body, pushing the squid back a dozen feet and sending him skidding through the water, almost losing his grip on Xenon in the process. Ouch. "Indium, grab it before it can get away!" She doesn't even have the time to process her words into her usual coded signal as her mount rushes forwards and whips its tentacles out towards the Greninja, trying to Wrap around it and squeeze it down before it could make another power move like that.
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+Shalin Nariya

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"I'm new and improved baby, I'm ultramodern, I'm evolving every second. Keep up with the times~"
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Plans crack and fall apart under the slightest amount of pressure, someone who relied on predetermined ideas and courses of action couldn't hope to keep up with the embodiment of the future. If something doesn't work than it gets tossed into the trash in favor of the next idea, that's the creed that she lives by right up until that too proves useless to her and she evolves again. The empty click of the gun accompanies a widening grin as she pushes forwards, if she was a hair faster she probably could have planted a bullet right between his stupid eyes as she fires on what is now empty space. "Smooth moves Miss Alakazam. Lets see if you can keep pulling those magic tricks out your ass." Xenon mumbles as she holsters her gun.
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The oral assault on Detective Winters is swift and brutal, but more importantly than that for him is it's efficient. The moment Terbium feels the ghost's body go limp she tosses him to the side and moves to rejoin her partner, severe burns littering the inside of her mouth but otherwise unaffected. The light shining from Xenon's metal claw begins to die down as Antimony's Mega Evolution recedes, the dark harbinger fading into unconsciousness as his duty is finally complete. The red shine of a Pokeball takes him home and Xenon clips the ball back to her belt, taking a mental stock of who she has left. Rhodium is still handling the bomb situation, from what her eyes could tell her so far up it was dealing with the snowball fairly well. Terbium probably can't use her teeth anymore for the time being, the burns littering her mouth are severe but the rest of her body is unaffected. She still has three backups to drag the fight out for as long as possible, the game of endurance continues. "Cover me." The woman mumbles as Barbara fires a ray of psionic power at her, Terbium is quick enough to circle around and take the brunt of the blast, what few sparks and psis of energy remain dissipate harmlessly against her Dark nature.
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"How's those contingencies working out for you? You really got me on the ropes! Few more sacrifices like that and you might just be able to live long enough to watch all your friends burn!" Rub salt into the wound, dedicate more of that brainpower to raw anger. You make mistakes when you're angry, even the smartest man alive can't calculate for shit when all they can see is red. Her hand flicks to her belt once more, a new Pokemon is released while Terbium stays focused on keeping her safe from any surprise attacks he might have lined up. Right now she needs long range to deal with the teleporting Psychic type, so it's only natural for her to send out her Camerupt onto the field. The volcanic camel materializes into being with a sleepy look on his face as he blinks slowly, looking from left to right until he spots both his trainer and the enemy she would set him against. No more point in codes and esoteric commands, this guy was smart enough to circumvent them so she would just call it straight.
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"Selenium, Lava Plume! Terbium, keep covering me!" The Garchomp growls in affirmation as she puts her body in between Xenon and the Camerupt, the walking disaster finally waking up as the volcanoes on its back rumble ominously. His face turns aggressive as he does his best to point his body at Nikita and Barbara, but at the end of the day this was a monster that knew no distinctions between friend or foe, fiery magma explodes everywhere around him and coats the area in fire. It's only Terbium's body and her immense resistance to fire that keeps Xenon safe as the temperature in the area rises several dozen degrees, something that Nikita does not have the luxury of.
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And up in the sky, a conflagration of energy explodes into life as the Glalie Protects himself from the raw power of Rhodium's Hyper Beam. The bomb in its grasp was growing unstable now after such an intense exchange, it needed to make some very important decisions very quickly if it wanted to achieve its objective with minimal damage to itself. As much as it wanted to finish off Ignatius, it had a job to do and ego would have to come second. After a few seconds of sustained fire on the Glalie it would dip down hard in altitude and fly straight under the snowball, relying on the Pokemon being weak enough to let it go as it zooms forwards with all the speed it can muster, getting as close as it can to the League's camp before finally releasing its payload and throwing that bomb straight into the heart of League territory. It wasn't the precise target it was assigned to hit, but it would have to be good enough as it circles around to try and get back to Xenon, assuming that the Glalie wouldn't try to continue the fight any further.
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+Nikita Sokolov

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The dirge of destiny tolls for the knight of the sky, a tale of lightning and loss mark the Corviknight's defeat as he's struck down from the grand blue and sent spiraling down into the ocean. But his last stroke of the sword pierces deep into the belly of the beast, a fatal blow as a blade of air strikes true at the engine of the Rocket's ship, a chain reaction of failures beginning as the engine erupts into flame and everyone still aboard scrambles to save themselves, lost without the guidance of their erstwhile captain battling the little girl who caused all this. The red light of a Pokeball saves him before he can sink into the briny deep, and likewise Xenon would be withdrawing Manganese and Polonium as she briefly dips her head above the water for a breath of air, but the battle isn't over yet.
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The Toxic spray is heavily diluted by the sea water, but all the same that means it only takes the slightest contact with the cloud for the effects to take hold on Indium, light poison already compounding into a deadly attack with no end in sight. Xenon curses in her mind as she withdraws the Malamar and sends out her next pick. A Garchomp wasn't quite suited for the water in the same way that it was the sky, but it could operate underwater for a period which was all she needed for now.
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A Chinchou and a Quagsire. Not a lot of weaknesses defensively, but at the same time they would struggle to hurt a Garchomp offensively with the type coverage they represented. Xenon's brain runs at a mile a minute as she throws Terbium into defensive maneuvers, unwilling to let her get poisoned as easily as Indium had. Ultimately they would have to operate on hit and run strategies at this point, at least until they tired the girl out enough that they could make a clean break out of the ocean and to the next Rocket ship in the fleet. Yeah, that would have to be the move.
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Xenon's claws tab on the Garchomp's rough hide and the intent is understood, grabbing onto her neck as a thick blue aura begins to coat the dragon they rush forwards and tackle past Bernie and Eris, a Dragon Rush with the intent of barreling straight through their enemy and immediately diving out of range for a close range attack.
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+Eris Halla

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Josh was very focused on his goal, very determined to do what he had to do and never losing sight of his objective. It was an admirable quality to most, the will to keep your intent razor sharp and aimed at the target at all times was something that many lacked.
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If we're being entirely honest here, Xenon had already forgotten why she was even here and why she was fighting this guy, all she really cared about was the battle itself and victory. It was a different kind of focus, a focal point that was always wandering, but the target it lands on is beat down on with two hundred percent dedication and efficiency for so long as it remains the target.
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"Ooh, tough break, tough break. At least I'm hoping it'll be a tough break, a real rough one too." Xenon laughs as she leaps back into the fog and withdraws Tantalum, swapping out for Hafnium as she listens out for where Josh will approach from. Ah, but the fog is already thinning as the seconds pass! A pokemon with Defog? No, it's happening too slowly for that, it must be a creative use of another kind of move. "Hafnium, what do you see?" The ultramodernist asks as the Gothitelle's eyes glow a deep blue. The strands of time and fate become apparent to her eyes as she traces forwards and back through the future, the nimble fingers of the weaver plucking at destiny as she activates her Future Sight. If she couldn't attack right now, than she would happily settle for an attack in the future, playing defense right until she could go back on the offense was just her style. "Come on now, that realignment thing is gonna be happening soon or something right? Hurry hurry hurry, over to the sound of my voice~"
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+Josh Devlin

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"Claiming the whole ocean for yourself is a bold move, I can respect that. But claims are only worth something if you have the strength to assert them!" Xenon shouts as Indium cuts at the Seismitoad's saddle, an inch closer and she could've drawn first blood.
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The flow of battle is already apparent as her bones shake in her body, waves of Muddy Water crashing into Xenon and Indium and nearly sweeping her out of his grip as he's pushed away. This was a matter of putting the opponent down hard and fast, a battle of attrition wouldn't be in her favor due to the method of attack that Shalin used and just how difficult it would be to avoid with the water acting as a constant conduit for these horrible vibrations. Xenon's left arm curls over her body and clutches at her right, the metal prosthetic still vibrating even as she clenched it tight trying to stop it. It was aggravating her shoulder, not a fatal injury but an annoying one still. "Well if it ain't broke don't fix it I suppose." Xenon mutters to herself as she lightly claps her hand against the Malamar's side thrice, prompting another rushdown as the squid strikes out at the toad with a vengeful Payback infused tentacle.
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+Shalin Nariya

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"Don't take it personal, I just don't consider you important enough to be worth remembering over the primordial sludge of most of mankind. You're really just like 99 percent of humans on the planet." She's not even trying to be particularly hurtful or meanspirited in the moment, she's honestly trying to comfort him right now. Which is probably even worse than when she's trying to be mean. "Wait why am I comforting you? Die." Alright back to killing now.
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Nobellium lets out an annoyed shriek as a razor sharp proboscis jabs into her leg and sucks at her vital fluids, ripping her leg away and raising it high as she Stomps down on Von Strangles chest a few more times before backflipping away, notably putting less weight on her injured leg now as she glares at her ancestral enemy and lets fly some curses in her strange Ultra Beast language. Wait, no, scratch that, that's just the rising shriek of a Bug Buzz crashing into the muscular mosquito, sonic waves of insectile power crashing into him and trying to push him straight over the railing and into the thrashing ocean waves.
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Meanwhile with Argon and Xenon, she couldn't help but curse as the nimble Gyrados dodges and weaves through the storm of Thunderbolts hitting the sea, flying onto the deck of the ship she was currently on and encircling the duo as if to prevent her from escaping. Did she run away or something last time? Why was she STILL pondering on what the hell happened the last time she met this random guy, his stupid obsession was making her kind of curious now too! "Listen man, I did a lot of shit at Lilycove. Burnt down a forest and polluted it with a few dozen poison type trash pokemon, committed acts of piracy on the high seas, maybe I did something at the mall? This was like more than a week ago, you just did not leave that much of an impression. Were you the guy who cried when I kicked his Wurmple over a fence? I feel like that guy was a lot smaller than you, but I've been wrong before! Probably! I won't pretend I'm perfect!" A beat passes as she reaaaaaaally thinks hard about this one.
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"Nope, that was a child I did that to. ARGON THUNDERBOLT!" With the Gyrados this up close and personal there was absolutely no way he could miss now as a blast of electricity shoots out from the Gengar's hand and straight into the length of sea dragon all around them, hopefully enough of a jolt to give them a little bit of space or maybe even just outright fry the stupid red thing. Red? "Oh shit did you paint your Gyrados red? Fucking sick dude."
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+Kazimir Wynter

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A flitter of black in the corner of her eye catches her attention as a soaring steel knight zooms off to go rescue the last League Ranger she had shot down, yet no Trainer on their back as they dive beneath the cloud cover to the world below. Simple logic then dictated that that probably meant the trainer in question was rapidly approaching her, a hypothesis quickly made into reality as some screeching little voice preached to her about she couldn't let blah blah BLAH!
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"Well at least you've got half a brain in there if you know how this is gonna go. Too bad the other half doesn't realize you're marching to your own death already." Xenon shouts with a smirk as she turns face towards Mika, and hey would you look at that! "Well shit, maybe you've only got a quarter of a brain in the end! You're challenging the 2.0 model with that archaic dinosaur!" The Iron Jugulis she rides almost seems to perk up as it analyzes the progenitor it came from so long ago, its first time seeing a Hydreigon in the flesh and sizing up the dark ancestor.
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What it found didn't seem to impress it much as it lets out a chirruping scoff, the electronic lights adorning its holographic mane intensifying as it prepares for battle. Steel energy builds in its reactor, cycling over on itself over and over to harden the pure light into steel aspected beams of death. All maws open at the same time as the Hydreigon, the elemental forces of nature crashing into the cold steel of the future. Its a perfect cancellation as the energies mix and combust in midair, a massive explosion forcing the two trainers apart slightly and resetting the field. A perfectly even first salvo.
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"Ooh, not bad, not bad~ But don't think that little wild card you threw out escaped my attention." The ultramodernist slaps a Pokeball from her hip and into the sky, releasing her Gengar out into the open blue as he dives down to find that Talonflame that flew away a moment ago. As soon as the Pokeball flies back into her hand, the machine mount is off like a lightning bolt as they start to zip in and out of clouds, firing more blasts of Flash Cannon at Mika and San
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+Mika Nakayama

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Even with the full girth of a 200 kilogram centipede shielding her body, Xenon could still feel sweat pooling along her body as the heat of the Flare Blitz crashes into Radon, she couldn't take another one of those unprotected. "Whoa whoa~, cool it why don't you huh?" The Rocket Elite laughs as she taps her metal claw against Radon's carapace, a thick veil of water pooling from the spaces in between her chitin scales and covering her tail as she slashes through the fire and coats the room in a thick cloud of steaming fog. What little of her skin is exposed burns as the boiling smoke scalds her flesh, but these were short term injuries that could be dealt with.
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"You know you can banter back a little if you want. That's typically how these big villain hero showdowns are supposed to go, you spend a minute or two debating philosophy with me, then we jump to the fight? Ah who am I kidding, I hate when things go how they're supposed to go, this is fine too!" Xenon laughs as she tosses out another Pokemon onto the battlefield, a towering Haxorus immediately charging Josh and Clyde with a furious Breaking Swipe!
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+Josh Devlin

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Everyone on board is scrambling to their battle stations as Xenon makes the call, what should have been a safe retreat has quickly morphed into an emergency as the ultramodernist steps up onto the railing of the deck and dives down into the water to search for that funny feeling at the back of her neck. It doesn't take long to find it, or them as the case was.
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"Well well, have we met somewhere before?" There's a niggling sensation of recognition pricking at the edges of her consciousness, a stronger feeling than she would get from most she had met in the past and forgotten about in that same day. A Malamar emerges from one of the Pokeballs at her side as she dwells on that sensation for a touch longer, long enough for the Seismitoad to reach the boat and inflict those violent waves of energy upon the boat as it latches on and begins shaking the metal with an Earthquake. A few of the grunts actually manage to steady themselves enough to grab their guns and fire on Shalin even, nowhere near stable enough to actually hit her though. But if they lived through this she might remember them enough to give them a commendation on their performance under duress. Maybe.
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"Gonna have to ask you to stop that though, and by ask I mean order. That's my ship you're shaking about girlie, and I don't like it when anyone but me plays rough with my property." She raises her arm above the waves and snaps her fingers, Indium wrapping a tentacle around her waist and setlling her on his back to prepare for the ride to come. And just like that they're off as the squid jets through the water, the girl smiles viciously as she taps out the command for a Psycho Cut on his back, the Malamar immediately lashing out at Bass Boost with tentacles wreathed with razor sharp psychic energy.
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+Shalin Nariya

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