Like knights guarding the gate to a castle the two that stood before Kazimir in front of the tunnel entrance sure did seem intimidating with their size and stature. That glistening armor that shielded their bodies from the elements was a sight to behold even if he could see a few chinks and knicks along it. That just meant that some of these creatures were battle hardened and could put up a good fight. Which was good. A knight should always be prepared for a duel if it meant protecting something like their honor or the life of another. Just thinking about it was getting Kaz's blood riling as he withdrew both a loaded and empty pokeball to use against them. "Time to see if these guys can handle my order of knights, right?" With that he charged forward with his Ceruledge released and joining him to lay siege to their territory.

As tails intertwined with one another Kaiju locked eyes once more with the Cyclizar and just got lost in her gaze. Slowly the large blue gator leaned in and gave her a quick lick on her muzzle. The redness of his face exploded as he realized what he just did and buried his snout into his small hands.

"Eh Kinda? These are probably the more quieter beaches around I'll give 'em that. But hey if your coming around a lot then maybe i'll visit more. Everyone needs a workout buddy y'know." Taking out his own number to pass along to Navy Kaz couldn't help but wonder just what he meant by seeing more of this town. Mentioning the league probably meant he was maybe part of the Rangers perhaps? Or someone work related to the League?

"By the way what do ya mean you'll be here more often man? You setting up shop here or something?" The curiosity was building up inside of him if he was being honest. Having more buddies that worked with the League was always something nice to have in the back pocket, and good for business relations or that sort of thing. Having more friends was always something good in more ways than one.

As the mysterious stranger came down from their perch Kaz took a moment to silently reel back as they revealed that they were just a kid. A strangely familiar kid. A kid that confirmed the suspicion that they had indeed met before during Littleroot. "Well that's true but don't you think spying on them is even more awkward. Hell I feel violated."

The last words of his were teasing as he hugged himself and made his body "shiver" at the thought of being watched. Then he just broke his stance with a laugh. "Still I don't mind an audience. Next time just say something. We don't bite." As he mentioned "we" both the Honedge that floated down from the tree and the Ceruledge took an interest in the girl and began to circle her and her Duoblade. Curiosity was spread on both of their faces as they did with the Ceruledge nearly poking at the twin blades.

"Looks like those two are getting friendly, you train that Duoblade of yours hard? They can be kind of a handful at that stage y'know."

As both man and pokemon clash their blades together there's a sense of losing themselves in the moment. There was only the two of them; three if counting the honedge in kaz's hand, as they swiped at one another. it was only the sound of rustling above them that managed to snap Kazimir back into reality and swing around to face the source of it and threw the honedge into the trees.

Acting on instinct as it was thrown the honedge started to spin as it flew while a black aura started to flare around its body. Cutting through the branches with a night slash it managed to catch a glimpse of a person as well as the presence of another ghostly being just like itself as it got itself stuck on the trunk of a tree giving it a clearer glance at what it saw. a young girl.

"Who ever's up there! Sorry 'bout that! But we ain't a friend to stalkers!"

"Uh well... Not a Pokemon perse." As he tries to find the words to describe what he fought he reached down to pick up the Audino and hold it close to his chest feeling its soft fur warm up his chest, "It was more like a person. In some kind of suit...made of skin. And they're stomach had teeth in it. Like opened up into a mouth kinda thing."

As he said it out loud and tried to recall the image of the thing that he fought he wondered if that even sounded believable. With all that they've seen around the region it probably wasn't that crazy of a concept but at the same time it just seemed so alien that it sounded like a fever dream. Still he knew that it was real and had the bite marks to prove it if he looked at his knee.

"Managed to get it off of me and separate it from me but I'd say that was the most 'fun' I had recently. I just...feel like I'm not doing enough. Or that I can't?" As he walks up onto the porch he joins Thomas against the wall stroking the head of the Audino to try and keep his spirits at the very least in check, "I feel like i'm caught in between the average trainer and everyone in AQUA. Or maybe i'm just falling behind while everyone is moving forward way faster than me. Starting to think i've lived out my usefulness. Like...does anyone need Pokkenger around anymore?"

"My dude you have no idea how much shit goes down here." The previous battle was something that he had experience in. Although he would say that that was more unfortunate since he participated. "If Rocket isn't stirring up trouble we got ourselves stuff like a meteor trying to hit us or even powerful Pokemon wrecking shit up. Never a dull moment huh?"

The courting of the two lizards continued without their Trainers' notice. As the Cyclizar leaned in closer so did the Feraligatr as the two of them locked eyes with one another. To Kaiju the whole world seemed to just disappear into a haze as his focus was only on his new "friend". Something about her visage just captured the croc Pokemon and he wasn't even thinking straight leading to his nose bumping up against hers and knocking him back into reality as he felt the softness of her nose against his rough one. Red blush spread all across his face as he held his nose and turned it downward breaking their eye contact and letting out a small almost inaudible whine. Did he really just do that? There was no way!

Reaching over to the two men back again Kaz sat himself back up stretching his arms to get the blood flowing. "By the way don't think intros were done. Name's Kaz. Knocking around Rocket's my game." His pearly smile gave off confidence that it wasn't just a hobby but a career that he was working on in the long run. "Y'know bud if ya ever need help cracking skulls we can get some kind of workout plan for ya. Ya don't look half bad yourself but ya could always be a bit bigger y'know. Heck ya could even scare off some of those goons. Worked once for me."

As the Audino approaches Kazimir squats down to meet it at eye level and place his hand on its head to stroke its fur. Sure enough that coat wasn't just for sure and just the feeling of its softness was almost mesmerizing. Its soft touch just sort of made all of Kaz's troubles fade away, at least he thought he didn't have as many as Thomas did from the sound of it. The man makes it sound like he went through hell almost.

"I'm holding up. Somehow I survived one hell of a fight with...something. It almost took a bite outta me." Recalling that fight with Killian Decker made the hairs on his arms stand up for a second before he rested his hand on the Audino, calming them down. The bite marks left on his knee were starting to burn ever so slightly but not enough to stop Kaz from standing back up straight and still petting the Audino.

"Heard Rocket made off with something special. Man maybe its just me but lately I feel like day by day Rocket keeps kicking us every other time. Sorta wondering if what I'm doing is even enough." He joins with Thomas and leans against the wall next to him as he just stares into the space in front of them letting his head wander with all kinds of thoughts. "Kinda makes me feel like I'm not pulling my weight around. You feel me?"

Despite the distance between them the Feraligatr couldn't help but feel his heart jump as he watched the Cyclizar hide her face. A bullet shot through his heart at the sight of it. Was he falling? Falling for her for real? These feeling swarmed him and almost drowned the gator. Luckily he was a great swimmer and managed to keep himself both sane and afloat as he regained his composure and waved at the white-scaled Cyclizar, his large clawed hands waving furiously as he did.

"What? Dude I don't do that. This is all natural." Kaz couldn't help but raise up one of his arms again to flex it making his bicep bulge in girth. While the guy's words didn't seem to carry anything against him just the lone association of him and supplements to get his body to where it is was taken a bit too personally. Still the guy's mention of Rocket did give Kaz a bit of a chuckle.

"Oh dude you have no idea. I've actually knocked a few Rocket heads around and they go down like a sack of potatoes. Ya just gotta dedicate yourself to the grind my man." Kaz's eyes wander up and down the other man's body to try and gauge him a little bit. "I think you might be able to get there with some work. You hate Rocket's guts that much?"

The sound of a roaring engine would echo through the streets as a motorbike came barreling down the road. As it passed by the farm of the Ex-Elite Four the driver took one look at the farm before doing a double take and slamming his foot against the brake of the bike. As it came to a screeching halt the driver did his best to park it next to the fence of the place and remove his helmet revealing a familiar face as he did his best to crane his head to try and get a good look at Thomas surrounded by his Pokemon.

Kaz couldn't help but let out a grin as his eyes just went wide with surprised as pieces of a puzzle he never really intended to finish. He had heard rumors about a farm with audino owned by someone who almost contrasted with owning several according to some joking rumors he heard. When he recognized his fellow vigilante and elite four predecessor something seemed to click in his head. They're last outing as a group really cemented Thomas as a hard man in Kaz's mind.

"Didn't take ya for a guy who enjoyed fluffy things. Looks kinda cute." He called out to him as he approached with a friendly yet teasing smile on his face, "Ya holding up alright? Got a bit worried 'bout ya when we split after that supply run almost went south."

Kaz looked up from his resting position as he heard someone talking to him and saw a man staring down on him with a Cyclizar beside him. The praise didn't escape his attention either. Smiling the large man let out a chuckle as he gave off a small flex of his bicep, "Sit ups, push ups, and plenty of juice my man. That and a crazy active life style."

If only the guy knew "how" crazy said active life style could be.

Hearing his trainer's conversation the Feraligatr made his way to shore and rose out of the water with his scales dripping sea water along the sand. The gator stood just as tall as Kaz and was a quarter of his musculature as it looked at the Cyclizar. His curiosity couldn't' stop him from getting right up into its face with a big toothy smile as it sniffed the fellow lizard. A light tap on its snout with a backhanded slap of a fist from Kaz got it to take a few steps back however, "Easy boy, sorry he's too friendly sometimes. Honestly wrestling him away from people makes for a good work out if your looking for tips."

This time it was Kaz flashing his own toothy smile.

A relaxing day in the sun was something that was always welcome and sometimes needed after a hard day. What Kaz just went through was probably something that was more than just a "hard day" however. Still it was nice to just take a day off and put all the worries away as the sun's ray helped burn them off his skin as he laid down under their shine. Ahead of him was a Feraligatr cooling its scales off in the cold water as it floated in the water with its snout poking out from under the water. Both of them seemed to have almost fallen asleep due to how relaxed they were, save for the slow rise of their bodies as they took in some deep breaths. Both of them had achieved the prime state of proper relaxation and hardly anything could ruin it for them. Well that was probably asking for trouble anyway.