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Post by Josh Dragomir on Apr 12, 2015 14:28:07 GMT -5
Josh had to admit, Yumi was quite the sparring partner. The last one had been quite intense, between her Machop, now a Machoke, and his Gible, now a Gabite. They had gotten rather competitive and somewhere along the way, both Pokemon had managed to evolve during the battle. Whatever was going on, Josh and Yumi seemed to do well at bringing out the best in each other, as well as their Pokemon. So he had to admit, he was looking forward to the next round. After a break for snacks, Josh would walk with Yumi back to the open green area in the Wilds, near his Ranch. The blonde would shoot the redhead a cheeky grin and a playful nudge. "You ready to go then?" He would ask her, chuckling.
Of course, Josh knew that Yumi was always ready for a battle. It seemed to be something she did quite well. No wonder he praised her so much when during that one, well, okay, maybe a few times, that he spoke of Yumi when recounting his journeys to his mother whenever she would ask questions. She seemed to enjoy pressing him for more information whenever he brought Yumi up though... He was curious as to why.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Apr 15, 2015 10:51:22 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Walking back from their trip to some survival goods store, the small shops dotted around the wilds just to make sure travelling trainers had some way to get the goods they need. In Yumi's case, it was a large chicken and mayo sandwhich with some bacon she took from ANOTHER sandwhich she went through the hastle of buying. Really looking at this monstrosity, good metabolism or not, it was alarming that Yumi managed to keep her figure.
"Oh you bet!~"
Plopping the last slither of her sandwhich between her lips, Yumi put some distance between herself and Josh. "Ya know, I was thinking, if we're doing this for training..." She drew two pokeballs from her belt, careful to avoid Bryson, seeing as how his evolution was so recent, giving quick glimpses at the balls she'd chosen with a little smirk before sending out the two dragons, a fraxure and a shelgon, each ready to take that final step into becoming full blown dragons. "How about we make it just a tad more efficient huh?"
Post by Josh Dragomir on Apr 21, 2015 11:51:59 GMT -5
Josh had to ponder for a moment, with all that Yumi was eating, how in the world was she still in proper shape to be showing off the rif, aye? She must have some kind of amazing metabolism. He had a decent one too, of course, but not THAT good. Of course, Izumi would say otherwise, considering how much he and Lightning ate when they were home. Granted, they worked up quite the appetite beforehand. Josh himself had helped himself to a cheese and bacon sandwich, although the blonde had decided to remove the bacon from the sandwich, just eating it as a cheese sandwich, and eat the bacon separately. Of course, he'd shared the bacon with Lightning, why wouldn't he? The Pikachu clinged to his shoulder, gingerly nomming the piece of bacon as the blonde would snark down the rest of the sandwich, along with the remains of the bacon as they would make their way back. He'd also brought along some potato chips in case they wanted a snack after this next round.
Josh smirked at Yumi's reaction. Of course she was ready, why wouldn't she be? "Heh, maybe after this, you can come over and relax at my place for awhile, meet some of the Pokemon" He would offer. "I'm sure mom would love to have you. She's taken a liking to you for some reason" He would half-joke with a chuckle. It was true, for some reason Serena had taken a liking to Yumi. Her reasonings? No clue.
"Alright, if you're ready, let's get started!" He exclaimed as they made some distance between one another. He would listen to her proposition, and tilt his head, thinking for a moment... Before he smirked and nodded. "Sounds like a plan!" Josh said as he would take out two Pokeballs, tossing them into the air. "Go, Lamorak! Lancelott!" Josh would call as it would bring out a Prinplup and a Dewott respectively... Who instead of landing gracefully would clumsily land on top of one another after colliding in the air.
"... Ohhh boy..." Josh muttered, facepalming as the two would get up and begin arguing. "PRIMP-PRIMPLUUUP!" Lamorak would scream at the Dewott. "DEWOTT! DEW! DEWOTT!" Lancelott would yell back at the Primplup. It seemed for some reason, these two were rivals. But Josh had been pairing them up lately to try and get them to work together. It was an oddball, dysfunctional pairing. But it'd done well in the past when they could get on the same page.
"Hey!" Josh called to the two water starters. "We're in a battle here, you two! Set your petty squabbling aside until AFTER the battle, would you?" He would call, crossing his arms. The two would stop arguing, look at Josh... Then look toward the two dragons. Then looked at one another. The both of them then got into a battling stance and Josh chuckled.
"Much better. Your move, Yumi!" Josh would call, allowing Yumi to start the battle.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Apr 22, 2015 5:11:54 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
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With a big smile as the dysfunctional pair began to bicker, Yumi kinda hoped that she'd have some chance to actually do well in a double battle for once by comparison. With Tabetha rushing forward on command, dragon dancing all the way towards the oshawott, she leaped up at he last moment to lash out with a dragon claw, trying to land a strong first strike against the shell user.
Meanwhile, Vinyl, the Shelgon, in its odd cocoon like shell, spewed flames from the dark hole in it's body, consuming his face in the blue flames as they burst forth, aimed for the prinplup in order to make sure it did not interrupt the assault of the fraxure.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Apr 22, 2015 10:25:39 GMT -5
Now that the bickering was over, temporarily, it was time to get down to business. Yumi had made the first move, with her Fraxure attacking using Dragon Dance, then going for Dragon Claw against Lancelott. "Swords Dance, Lancelott!" Josh would call toward the Dewott, who would increase his own strength using the move before Josh would quickly call out "Aqua Tail!" To it. "Dew!" Lancelott would call as his tail would glow a bright cyan, rearing back and then using it as a sort of sword to block the Dragon Claw, putting the two back at a stalemate.
Meanwhile, her Shelgon had attacked with an array of flames to ensure that Lamorak did not interrupt. Josh knew Lancelott could handle himself, so he quickly made the order to Lamorak. "Lamorak, use Hydro Pump!" Josh would call toward Lamorak who would fire a torrent of water toward the Shelgon to block the flames and douse them. "Now, counterattack with Drill Peck!" Josh would add. "PRRIIIIIINNNPLUUUUUUUUP!" The Prinplup would let out as he would charge the Shelgon, its beak suddenly functioning as a drill as it aimed to put a hole in that shell.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Apr 23, 2015 3:07:25 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi was perhaps not off to the best start, but it was nice to see that she wasn't the only one focusing on singular targeting moves. It had been a worry to her that the two water types may utilize surf, but this current display of tactics showed her that her own pokemon had equal chance of getting a shot in. Still she had to act quickly in her orders, as a drill peck was heading right for Shelgon, and her fraxure had reached a stalemate with it's foe.
"Tabetha! Get back in there, you're still faster!"
The Dragon only gave a quick nod, charging forward with another dragon dance, both of her claws burning with a bright blue colour as he strength increased, as did the speed of her proceeding strikes, a quick slash from the left followed by a claw from above, trying her best to meet any attempts the Dewott had to knock her back once more.
"Vinyl! He's using that big beak? You use your fangs!"
The Shelgon gave a simple nod, turning to his side and shouldering the drill peck, pushed back slightly by the force of the strike, but not yet done. As the drill slowed against his body, he would rear around and attempt to land a heavy crunch on the wing of the Prinplup, hoping to keep the bird tight in his grasp.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Apr 27, 2015 13:36:54 GMT -5
While Dragon Dance gave her Fraxure a good advantage in speed, Josh had spent quite a bit of time having trained his Pokemon in honing their reflexes. While they wouldn't be able to move at the same speed as Yumi's steadily increasing speed Fraxure, Lancelott was still capable of matching it blow for blow if necessary. Josh would call for another Swords Dance from Lancelott in order to even the odds in attack power. "Dodge and use Aqua Tail!" Josh would call to Lancelott as he would try to dodge the first strike from the Fraxure, but its speed increase caught him off guard, landing the first hit. Luckily, Lancelott wouldn't be fooled a second time, and would dodge to the left when it attacked from above before going after it with a teal-colored tail trying to slam it like a sword slashing through the air.
Meanwhile, Lamorak's attack had hit, but Yumi wasn't going to take that lying down. As her Shelgon attacked, Josh knew what to do. "Use Hydro Pump to keep it at bay and make it stop its attack, Lamorak!" Josh would rhyme accidentally. "PRRIIINNNPLUUUUP!" Lamorak would call as he would unleash a large mawful torrent of water toward the Shelgon.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Apr 28, 2015 7:31:01 GMT -5
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"Heh, you're certainly getting better Josh, I'll give ya that. But let's see if you're good enough to keep up shall we?"
Yumi had to admit, she was impressed by the reflexes on the oshawott, the water type leaping out of the way of her sped up dragon claw, even if it did have to take the first hit, was an impressive feat. Nevertheless, she still had some advantage thanks to her dragon dance, so she'd be sure to put that to use right up until the end of this little showdown.
"Tabetha? Dragon pulse to get away! Then fire another on the offensive!"
With another quick acknowledgement of the order, the dragon lowered her head, firing a dragon pulse the moment the Oshawott dodged her attack, sending herself back a good few feet and out of the path of the aqua tail, leaving her smiling wide before another dragon pulse was pulled out soon after to follow, the blue, swirling draconic energy firing across the field towards the limber and nimble oshawott.
"Oh, and as far as that prinplup goes? Dragon's don't just breathe fire.~"
With only that little hint, Vinyl got the idea. he had a bred move and he was ready to use it at a moment's notice. Just as the hydro pump would be fired to stop his crunch attack, he would turn those gnashing fangs to another purpose, firing a hydro pump of his own to match the Prinplup, pushing forward with his feet as the two water attacks clashes, and ultimately trying to close the distance between himself and the other pokemon, before leaping forward a step and going in for another crunch attack.
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 7, 2015 1:10:42 GMT -5
"You obviously haven't lost a beat, my dear. But I'm just getting warned up!"
Josh had trained his Pokemon well, but it was going to take more then just their training to get the upper hand on Yumi of all people. She had likely trained harder, and had more experience on her side. He couldn't dare go easy on her. Sure, he didn't have all the experience of gym battles, and league battles, and winning in the Tower, whatever training she had from Rocket... And all of that time spent with her Pokemon far longer then he had. But he wasn't going to go down easily, spar or not. Even if this was just to train their Pokemon, he wanted to prove, deep down, that he could keep up with someone like Yumi. And he was determined to succeed... Somehow.
Josh was concerned about Lancelott, but knew he'd be fine. He'd been trained well. And despite his constant arguing with Lamorak, he was tough. He knew that. He just needed to bring it out. Still, the Fraxure managed to dodge his attacks almost easily. But he wasn't going to let that discourage him and Lancelott share that sentiment. Meanwhile, Lamorak's Hydro Pump had collided with Shelgon's, and it was going for a Crunch again...
"Oh, Yummy-Yums.. I have every dragon line in the book. I know how they work~.... Drill Peck to counter, Lamorak! Then go for Hydro Pump on the offensive!" He would call to the Prinplup. "Lancelott, don't sweat it! Use Swords Dance!" He would call to the Dewott as well. Lamorak would leap up, its beak spinning as it would meet her Shelgon head on, the duel impact sending them back. Lamorak instantly capitalized by firing a Hydro Pump in mid-air. Lancelott meanwhile, would use Swords Dance, the small swords spinning around him to increase his power... Though they would explode into smoke when they were hit, used as a shield of sorts to repel the Dragon Pulse. "Now, attack with Aqua Jet!" Josh would quickly add. "DEW-WOOOOOTTT!" Lancelott let out as he was engulfed in a capsule of water as he launched himself full speed toward the Fraxure.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 7, 2015 13:44:29 GMT -5
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Yumi had to admit, Josh just continued to pull surprise after surprise out of the bag, leaving the red head to chuckle as she solidified her own stance, almost as if she was preparing herself for an attack. Her pokemon needed to pick up the pace, and she knew just how to do it. It was time to break out the moves they'd been practicing for the past few months. With a grin, Yumi flicked out her arm for dramatic flair as she gave her next set of orders.
"Vinyl! On your guard!" With a toothy grin on both the Shelgon and the red headed Yumi, the Shelgon backed away from it's crunch and seemed to prepare for the incoming drill peck, a green barrier flashing into life around him, absorbing the impact of both the drill peck, and the following hydro pump, leaving the dragon chuckling confidently as he prepared for his own attack, deciding it was time to bring out the big guns as he rose up one of his fore legs, attempting to strike the wiley litle prinplup with a dragon claw of his own, finally following the steps of his fraxure ally!
"Tabetha! He's buffing, you follow!" The Fraxure followed the order swiftly, dragon dancing to the side as the aqua jet came in, thankful for her earlier uses of the move that allowed her the sped to perform her dance with the speed to dodge. A grin on her maw much like the Shelgon and Yumi, he claws brned a bright blue, though not the same shade as her more draconic energy. In an instant she leaped for the Dewott, striking with an intense speed one could only relate to an aerial ace!
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 7, 2015 16:42:13 GMT -5
The pace was picking up, as the both of them, and their Pokemon just got more and more pumped up. Yumi was good. Experienced, yes, but Josh was innovative and continued to be able to defend himself and continue to attack despite what seemed to be insurmountable odds. But they'd have to continue to pick up the pace if they were going to be any sort of match for Yumi. Josh himself flicked his arm, dramatic flair and all, as he didn't even bother shooting something witty the way of the redhead. Not even a subtle flirt or a witty comment. This was getting serious now. And getting fun.
"Lamorak, you know what to do! Whirlpool to stop it in its tracks!" Josh would call as the Prinplup would let out a "PRINNNNPLUUUUUUUUUP" As a whirlpool would form from its beak and be fired at the charging Shelgon. "Lancelott, dodge it!" Josh would call as the Dewott would manage to roll out of the way in mid-air of the Aerial Ace. "Now, use Aqua Jet again!" He would call as the Dewott would take its cloak of water again and go for the kill charging toward it. "And while you're at it... Aqua Tail!" He would add.
Lancelott's tail would glow a deep cyan, and he would suddenly start spinning, spinning faster and faster, its tail now in front propelling the cyclone of water like a torpedo heading straight for her Fraxure. If the Aqua Tail didn't hit, he thought, then at least the Aqua Jet itself would.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 8, 2015 6:11:48 GMT -5
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Yumi had to admit this battle was getting a bit intense. So far both trainers had only been matching one another's attacks, she was pretty sure her shelgon and Josh's Dewott had only sustained one attack each, and with a heavy focus on the offence of that shell wielding samurai, Yumi recognized that he was likely trying to even the field there.
"Vinyl! Cancel the attack and back away." The Shelgon, spotting the forming whirpool, was in no rush to ignore that order, backing away with small hops until he was out of the range of the swirling waters, growling at the prinplup that now stood across the formation of water, ready to get some revenge, but for now, Yumi had to focus on Tabetha, just to make sure she was out of harms way.
"Dodge the aqua jet with dragon dance, then retaliate with dragon claw again!" With a swift motion of her body, dancing with the elegance of a dragonair, Tabetha side stepped the incoming torrent of water that was the Dewott with her increased, and still rising speed, catching it the moment it came out of it's swirling water shield and striking it's aqua tail with her own dragon claw, growling as neither attack showed any true sign of winning out, despite her nearly maximized attack.
"Now Vinyl, back on the two of them! Rock slide!" Not wanting to be forced onto the defensive, Yumi decided it was time to break out the big guns, the earth churning around her shelgon before chunks of it were launched at both of the water types. Sure it wasn't the most effective attack, but it would certainly divide their attention.
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 10, 2015 23:16:59 GMT -5
Intense, indeed. This had turned into a hell of a firefight. But Josh had a feeling that it was beginning to reach his end. Their fight had gotten quite intense, and he knew it couldn't last too much longer. The Pokemons stamina just couldn't handle it. Still, Lancelott had only taken one attack, and her Shelgon had taken one as well. Josh's attempts to go on offense with Lancelott in order to try and swing this into his favor hadn't worked, though he had managed to cancel Yumi's Shelgon's attack using Whirlpool. The Whirlpool would disappear as Lamorak would stop the summoning.
But it seemed Yumi had gone on the offense elsewhere. The Rock Slide needed to be avoided, ASAP.
"Alright, you two! I need you both to leap onto the rocks, then use Hydro Pump!" Josh would call and the two would nod before breaking off their attacks and dodging the pieces of earth. Well, more like leaping on top of them and then flying high into the air. "Double Hydro Pump! Come on!" Josh would call as they would each launch a Hydro Pump attack at BOTH of Yumi's Pokemon, one Hydro Pump per Pokemon.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 11, 2015 12:39:29 GMT -5
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"Heh, steelin tricks outta my buck are we Josh?" Yumi couldn't help but smile as Josh used an old trick her pokemon would always try when the earth began to fly during a battle. It was perhaps not perfect, but it was certainly flashy, and that was exactly why she used it. Why just have a plain old battle when you can show off what your pokemon can do to your opponent!
"Fire all guns guys! Get Josh on the defensive!"
Spotting the hyrdro pumps coming towards them, the dragons had only one move each that was cleared for use. Tabetha and Vinyl reared their heads back, then fired forth their special attacks, Dragon pulse and hydro pump respectively smashing up against the water type's attacks, the water spraying everywhere and creating a temporary drizzle over the pokemon, both dragons rushing forward and going for a dragon claw during the chaos!
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 17, 2015 23:42:57 GMT -5
"This is my first time hearing you've used it, all fair game!" Josh would tease playfully toward Yumi in response to her jests. The attacks would collide, creating a smokescreen mixed with a drizzle. Josh would call for the two to take advantage and attack, but they were too late, they would both be struck with Dragon Claws, and sent sailing through the air. Not just through the air, but toward a large boulder that was residing a little ways away from them. And what happens when a Dewott and a Prinplup are sent full speed toward a boulder? Well, the boulders destroyed. And that it was, the thing was smashed from the impact of the two crashing into it, left as nothing but rubble. Josh winced and raised his eyebrows high. "Shit! Lancelott, Lamorak!" Josh would call as he would start to walk toward the fresh heap of rubble. It was there that the two would get up... And guess what they started doing right then and there? Start bickering again. Joy.
"PrinpLUUUUUP!" Lamorak screamed as he would pimp slap the Dewott. "Dew-Dew-WOOOOOTTT!" He responded as he would headbutt the Prinplup. Before they could hit each other again, Josh would finally get between them. "HEY!" He let out, glaring daggers at the both of them. "What the hell is wrong with you two? You both just got put through the damn wringer, and all you can do is argue with each other?" He would ask them, with a glare. "When you're sparring against one another like you always do, a little rivalry is okay because it spurs you guys to do better. But right now, you are a TEAM, damnit!" He would scold. "You have things in common. You are both water types. You're both water starters. You were born not far from one another, from the same batch of eggs shipped to the ranch. You're almost brothers, and you bicker like brothers. But you're also both my Pokemon. You work with me. You work with each other. All of us are a team. You two are a team. And together, you could accomplish so much. But you need to stop acting like children and FIGHT!" He scolded.
They stared at him for a moment. It was rare that Josh got angry with his Pokemon. But when he did, it was for a good reason. He needed to kick them both in the ass and get them set straight for them to succeed. They looked from him, to the other, to him, to the other... And then they stopped at one another... And they nodded in unison. "Prinp!" Lamorak responded in affirmative. "Dew!" Lancelott responded as well. "Alright! Let's get em!" Josh encouraged with a clap of his hands. "Dew! Prinp!" They responded in unison before high fiving... And then at that moment they both started glowing.
".... Huh?" Josh let out in surprise. The both of them, still frozen in their high-five, were engulfed in a bright light and started growing... And growing. AND GROWING. More then Josh was used to Pokemon growing for evolution. When the glow faded, there was no longer Dew and Prinp. Now, they were Empoleon and Samurott! "Alright!" Josh exclaimed with a grin on his face. "Now... Lets do this!" Josh added as he would point toward their opponents.
"Lamorak, use Agility and Hydro Pump, go for the Shelgon!" Josh would call as the larger Empoleon would speed up, charging toward the Shelgon. "And for the Fraxure... Lancelott, Aqua Jet, and Hydro Pump!" Josh would add as the Samurott would engulf itself into a veil of water and shoot off after its new friend, and together they would fire their respective Hydro Pumps at the two.