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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Having landed in her usual spot in the wilds Yumi sat atop one of the nearby boulders as she waited for her best buddy and sparring partner, Josh. The blonde and her had been battling it out every week at this rate, and with each battle she seemed to bring at least one of her pokemon up the ladder of evolution, so why put a stop to a good thing? Heck, she should only encourage it, and thus, here she was, waiting for her sparring partner to show up at their typical meeting spot not too far from his home and ranch.
"What ya think Kamina? Up for a little battle?" Yumi spoke to her ralts as she idly stroke a hand over the green helmet like hair it had, smiling as it gave a confident chirp in response. This little boy was definately Sam's brother. Just as confident as the gardevoir was when she was a ralts. "Goodie, let's see what ya got huh?"
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 22, 2015 15:40:23 GMT -5
He wasn't sure if he could be considered "Dumb" or Yumi "Soulless" for matter, but regardless, they had been sparring quite a bit lately. His Pokemon didn't have too many moments without excitement between his sparring with Yumi, his sparring with Izumi, and hell, even when he decided to spar them both at the same time, as they had just recently. It was nice, really. They seemed to evolve quite often during these battles with Yumi, and it seemed to be the same thing with hers. Yumi was right, why spoil a good thing, right? Josh knew that Yumi was waiting for him already. Normally, he got there first, but Yumi had arrived earlier in the day and he knew she was aiming to beat him there. It was kind of funny how excited she seemed to be for these sparring sessions now.
They had arranged for something a little bit... Different, this time around. Just trying out new concepts and trying to maximize their training. A Triple Battle was decided on, similar to one he'd just done with Izumi not too long ago. Josh would casually walk through the field, with Lightning walking behind him, and a few Pokeballs on his belt, likely holding the Pokemon he had chosen to use for this battle. He smirked over at Yumi as he spotted her and waved casually.
"You ready for this then?" Josh would ask her with a chuckle. Oh, what was he saying? Of course she was! She always seemed to be.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 24, 2015 15:46:04 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi smiled as she spotted Josh coming up in the distance, pulling up off her rock and the confident Kamina hopping off to the side, recognizing the blonde from Yumi's own discription, and pumping his tiny fists like a boxer in his direction, clearly up for the battle and bringing a giggle form Yumi as she watchethe little ralts pump his fists, unleashing her other two choices for the day, turtwig and Piplup, both pokemon displaying their own little quirks for the battle, the turtwig just seeming to yawn as he fell onto his hid quarters in a slumpy sit, and the piplup looking up at Yumi a little worried, clearly not that experienced in battling himself.
"Ah don't worry lil' guy, Josh won't go too rough with us." Lifting the piplup up in her arms, Yumi rested her free hand on her hip and gave a nod to the approaching blonde. "I got them all ready to go, so I'm good to go when you are!~"
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 24, 2015 21:34:49 GMT -5
Josh smirked a bit when he saw Yumi's choices. So... A Ralts, a Piplup and a Turtwig? Interesting. The blonde had already picked what Pokemon he was bringing here for this triple battle before he had even got here, and he sure as hell wasn't going to change his mind now. He stuck his tongue out at her when she would tell her Pokemon that he wasn't going to go rough on them. "I probably noogie you rougher then I battle your Pokemon" He would tease playfully, before grabbing the three Pokeballs on his belt.
"Alright Yumi, I'm all ready. Let's do this!" Josh would call as he would toss all three Pokeballs into the air.
"Go! Petri! Franklin! Goomba!" Josh would call as the balls would release three Pokemon. First? An Archen, Petri was his name. "Archen!" Petri let out as he would fly around the area to get a good view before flying down below. Up next? The "fossil buddy" for Archens, a Tirtouga. Franklin, Josh had called him. "Tir!" He would let out as he was sent into battle. And finally, a Pokemon that Yumi had seen a few times, but had yet to see him battle. "Sligooooooo!" Goomba would coo as the newly evolved Sliggoo was sent out of his ball.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 25, 2015 11:58:49 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi chuckle a little as Josh's own pokemon appeared, more so at the memory of the Goomy that tended to be stuck on the blondes head. He was certainly a little cutie, and Yumi almost felt bad that she'd have to be attacking it for the sake of their sparring session. Still, it was al for a good end. Who knows, maybe she may end up eventually breaking her evolution record with Josh? Though thinking about it, that would probably be a really long time coming!
"Heh, alright then, you asked for it. What ya say Mizu, ready for a little battle?" Looking at the opponents they'd be up against, the small piplup gave a still timid nod, hopping out of his trainers arms and trying to seem at least somewhat confident, puffing out it's little piplup chest and trying to display itself as some powerful little tyke that was ready for a rumble. The lax turtwig and the truly confident ralts coming up at it's sides, ready for whatever was coming their way.
"Alright gang. Let's start off with giving them something to deal with. Tank?" The yawning turtwig raised it's head, watching Yumi as the red head backed away, all three of her pokemon taking that as a signal to follow and spread out as the trainer gave some room for them to battle, a little more than she normally would considering just how many pokemon were going to be fighting today. "Start us off with a volley of your favorite move!~"
Nodding enthusiastically, the small turtwig leaped up to a strong stance, flinging it's head left and right as it sprayed out a voley of leech seed at the opposing pokemon, aiming mainly for the goomy and tirouga, expecting the archen to dodge it with ease anyway. Meanwhile the two other pokemon took on their own roles. Being more offensive, Kamina the ralts fired off his shadow sneak, not one, but two shadows seming to streak from his form, aiming to strike the two fossil pokemon, while the piplup, still quite timid, simply coated itself in a spiralling ring of water, the fluid spinning around him and ready to give him a slight boon if he were to take any damage.
Post by Josh Dragomir on May 29, 2015 14:51:30 GMT -5
If Josh recalled, this was the first time that his former Goomy had been involved in a Trainer battle. Or a spar of any sort. He'd evolved rather quickly in terms of battle experience, being a part of the Avengers-like team that stood down a horde of Gyarados and won. He was kind of like the Hawkeye, except more useful. Although after that battle, it still took quite some time before the Goomy would actually evolve into Sliggoo. A lot of time on his head, while he had to wear the dreaded "Goomy Hat" to keep the goop from getting into his hair. Josh... Wasn't really a hat wearing person, so it wasn't the best idea. By the time the Goomy had evolved, Josh had decided to put the Goomy Hat away and have him ride on his shoulder, kind of like a certain Pikachu that Yumi was very familiar with. Still, as a Sliggoo, Josh was sure that Goomba would do just fine. A Triple Battle might help break the evolution record in time. Or perhaps, it might not. Who knows, right?
Josh chuckled, and waited for Yumi to make the first move. All three of his Pokeball got into battling stances, bracing themselves for whatever attacks that the redhead might throw. Josh couldn't help but chuckle at the little Piplup's attempts to seem confident. "He's just like Lamorak, when he was a Piplup" Josh would comment with an amused smile as the Empoleon would happen to be strolling by and stop to watch the battle. As would his new best buddy of ever, Lancelott, the Samurott who alongside the Empoleon, Yumi had sparred last time. Nice of them to make a cameo appearance, eh?
As Yumi's Pokemon would spread out, Josh would signal for his to do the same. They couldn't be caught off-guard, after all. Luckily, the Sliggoo was much faster now then when he was a Goomy, despite him looking quite like a snail. Yumi would start with a Leech Seed toward the Sliggoo, using her Turtwig. Josh smirked a bit. It was certainly a decent strategy to put things in her favor to start, but Josh had a counter. "I hope you're not afraid to get wet, Yumi!" He remarked as he would point toward the Sliggoo in the center of them, who hadn't spread out unlike the other two, just stayed in the center. "Muddy Water, Goomba!" He would call. "Gooo!" He would exclaim as the Archen would fly upwards and the Tirtouga would curl into his shell, before a tidal wave of dirty water would flow just behind the Goomy and try to splash down on Yumi's party. The Leech Seed would be swallowed up in the wave, but the impact would curb it a bit, saving her Piplup from the wave, and aiming it more toward her Turtwig and Ralts. But of course, Josh hadn't seen the second leech seed coming thanks to it, and it had bypassed the wave, going for the Tirtouga who would notice it on his own the moment he peeked out of his shell and quickly start spinning his shell to roll out of the way. Of course, there was still more to deal with! Whether they had been hit or not didn't matter, two Shadow Sneaks were being fired his way from her Ralts, and the Piplup seemed to be preparing some kind of shield. Franklin would be struck by the first one and go flying before he managed to stop himself as he curled his legs out of his shell, while the Archen would fly higher to avoid it. "Petri, use Dragon Claw on Piplup! Franklin, use Hydro Pump on Ralts!" Josh would quickly call.
The Archen would dive-bomb toward the Piplup, the claws on his wings turning green before he would slash at it. Meanwhile, the Tirtouga would fire a high-velocity jet of water toward the Ralts after its Shadow Sneak attacks, hoping to catch it by surprise.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on May 29, 2015 16:23:56 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
At the mention of getting wet, Yum had to raise an eyebrow. She was no stranger to water, afterall back before she had to give away the sharpedo she was training for her job, she would ride that thing like a jet ski practically all the way around Nue. She just wondered what Josh meant, thought the moment he called out the attack, she had a clear idea, thankful for the room she gave between her pokemon, the muddy water likely spilling out and only being able to wet the bottom of her boots. The real issue was how her pokemon were going to face it.
"Mizu! Surf to meet that muddy water!" The piplup seemed confused for a moment, surf was far more "wide" than muddy water, meaning it would likely hit the ralts beside him, but a strong look from Yumi told him he should keep going with it. Taking a deep breath, the piplup unleashed it's surf to battle against the muddy water. It blocked the darker water easily, all of it getting sucked into the eart. Meanwhile, Kamina seemed to move perfectly to go unharmed, his telepathy ability allowing him to dodge the move made by his partner with relative ease." Ra-ra!~" Kamina was as confident as ever, and going unharmed semed to only make him even stronger!
Of course, Tank tanked the muddy water with no issue, yawning as the water washed over him and he shook it off like a refreshing shower, eyes locked on the sliggoo and beating at the ground as he prepared himself for a charge. He went in for a nice solid crunch on the sliggoo, hoping to take it's attention. Meanwhile Kamina and Mizu knew what was coming their way. Despite his cockiness Kamina knew what he had to keep attention to. Using a powerful wave of psychic, he combatted the hydro pump and tried to push through it, sending off a second psychic to hopefully penetrate the hydro pump entirely and attack the tirtouga. Mizu meanwhile was just trying to stay alive. Using his agility to dodge the dragon claw.
NOTES Use surf to stop the muddy water on ralts. Ralts was unharmed by surf thanks to telepathy Tank tanked the muddy water thanks to typing, crunch on sliggoo Psychic on hydro pump, second psychic to strike through it Agility to dodge dragon claw
Post by Josh Dragomir on Jun 1, 2015 23:18:16 GMT -5
Well, Josh had indeed warned her. Granted, he was teasing her for the most part. He knew that Yumi was far back enough that the Muddy Water wouldn't cause Yumi herself any real issue. Now, her Pokemon meanwhile... Needless to say, he knew full well that this was going to cause some problems for Team Yumi. Josh watched as the Muddy Water raged on, heading toward at least two of the three Pokemon due to one of them being saved by one of the Leech Seeds. Yumi's Piplup appeared to use Surf to save itself from the Muddy Water, and the Turtwig just... Tanked it, probably didn't feel anything worth shit from it. Damn grass types, he thought. They had to be so smug with their grassyness. And absorbing and tanking water. Gah!
But it seemed that the party wasn't over! The tank of a damn Turtwig would leap and go for a Crunch on Goomba. And things still weren't going their way as the Hydro Pump and Dragon Claw would be either countered or dodged, and then more attacks were shot. So what could Josh do? Simple. Wing it.
For Crunch? "Dodge it, Goomba!" Josh would call as the Sliggoo would leap into the air, dodging Crunch by a hair. But now he needed to find a way to deal with the Psychic. He couldn't, of course, he hadn't seen the attack coming and it struck Franklin dead on, sending the turtle flying. Josh growled, but knew it was time to counterattack. "Franklin, use Rain Dance, then use Rock Slide on Kamina!" Josh would call as the Tirtouga would leap into the air itself, and let out a cry. The rain had begun again. And it was just becoming a sunny day too! But that also lended them a bit of an advantage. Just like that, though, the shock of the rain was over as large rocks would be summoned from the sky that would crash down toward Kamina, trying to take it down as soon as possible.
"Petri, use Dragon Claw again! Go for the Turtwig!" He called as the Archen's claws would glow green again and he would slash down during a divebomb toward her Turtwig. Meanwhile, Josh would call "Body Slam!" To Goomba, who would try to use how high in the air he was to his advantage to try and slam down on Mizu.
OOC: Goomba dodged Crunch, Franklin was hit by Psychic. Franklin used Rain Dance, then used Rock Slide on Kamina. Petri used Dragon Claw on Tank, Goomba used Body Slam on Mizu.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Jun 3, 2015 14:28:26 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
Yumi had to admit Josh was certainly pulling out the stops on this one. Yumi's team wasn't as prepared with water type moves, par mizu himself of course. Still, one thing did leave the red head confused. Josh summoned a rain dance, and then seemed to just leave it be. The point of rain dancing was typically to power up water type moves, or enhance a pokemon through it's ability, but Josh didn't use a single water type move after the rain. "Huh...well let's handle what we got! Kamina, you okay with headin this still?" The ralts gave a confident nod, pounding his fists together once more even as the rocks came his way.
The rocks seemed to land with no issue however, smoke kicked up by their impact, Mizu jolting back in surprise as his friend seemed trampled, shaking with fear. The thing was, Kamina was never to be beaten so easily. In a flash of green and white he suddenly stood behind the Tirtouga who had tried to attack him, grinning wide beneath that green little "hat" as he stretched out his hand, blasting the turtle point blank with another bout of psychic, and now behind Josh's other pokemon. With the two other pokemon each having their own problems to deal with, Tank faced down the dragon claw of the achen, withdrawing into his shell to "tank" the claw, shooting back out the moment attack had been delivered, Opening his maw and hoping to catch the archen in a giga drain to weaken it and regain his own health from the two attacks he'd recieved. Meanwhile, the still shocked Mizu had no way to dodge the body slam he was hardly paying attention to, taking it head on and skidding along the muddied grass, the aqua ring around him healing him slightly, but hardly anything of note. Knocked onto his rear, he blushed and flailed in his own stupidity for taking the hit, blasting a hydropump in a toddler like tantrum at goomba.
Used teleport to dodge rock slide, psychic point blank on turtle Withdraw vs dragon claw, giga drain counter Took body slam, hydro pump counter
Post by Josh Dragomir on Jun 8, 2015 18:15:35 GMT -5
Once again, Yumi had made the mistake of underestimating Josh. But she wouldn't know what was going on until it was too late. Far too late. Her Ralts would teleport behind Franklin after teleporting to dodge the Rock Slide, yes, but Josh would notice it from the corner of his eye. "Behind you, into the air Franklin!" Josh would call to the Tirtouga as he would leap into the air, just in time to get some distance to catch sight of the Psychic attack. "Use Hydro Pump to stop that Psychic, then use Hydro Pump again!" Josh would quickly call toward him, as he would unleash one Hydro Pump to either stop the Psychic, or stop her Ralts from completing the attack by making it have to dodge the move, before unleashing another torrent of water toward it in order to counterattack.
Two Hydro Pumps in a row... An odd strategy, until you thought of the one thing that Josh had done a turn ago. Rain Dance! Rain Dance increased the power of both Hydro Pump attacks! "Alright, Petri, fly up! Out of range of Giga Drain!" Josh called as he saw what the Turtwig was trying to do. "Ar!" Petri would respond as he flew up, managing to narrowly avoid the attack. Meanwhile, the Hydro Pump hit Goomba dead on. "GOOOOOOO!" He cried out as the attack sent him back, soaking wet. "Goomba, counterattack with a Hydro Pump of your own!" Josh would call out to Goomba, who nodded and fired a Hydro Pump toward the Piplup to try and get it back. "Now, stop the attack! Muddy Water, once again!" Josh called as the Sliggoo would finish his onslaught of Hydro Pump, before letting out a "SligOOOOOOO!" As Muddy Water would once again erupt and go for the three. This time, it wasn't being used to counter any attacks. It was pure offense.
Not to mention, Josh's strategy had become clear. He had waited. Waited for Yumi to take her mind off the rain dance, and waited until he had an opportunity to unleash watery hell on Yumi's team, only furthered powered up by Rain Dance.
Hydro Pump to stop Psychic, second Hydro Pump as a counterattack. Dodged Giga Drain Took Hydro Pump, used Hydro Pump and Muddy Water.
Post by Yumi Tasukai on Jun 17, 2015 16:35:28 GMT -5
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"YES OUR TEETH AND AMBITIONS ARE BARED! BE PREPARED!"
While she may have made the mistake of forgetting the rain dance, Yumi would never underestimate Josh. She was one of the few trainers she knew who could also master mega evolution, at least that she'd seen use it, the others being Amber and Izumi, another trainer she herself had taught the skill, not that it even took anything away from the overall level of skill it must have took, and thus how impressive it was that Josh and Izumi could even begin to learn the technique to begin with.
"Geeze Josh, mind not trying to drown us?" Yumi gave a quick giggle to show she was clearly playing around, rolling her eyes and looking to the way the battle was flowing, grinning a little as she thought of a quick solution to all her problems. "Kamina! Get out of their and collect your pals!" The ralts gave a single nod, executing his psychic to give him some time against the hydro pump before teleporting away. Two further uses of the move had him collect, and teleport with, his battle companions, pulling them together behind him as he fought off the muddy water with a psychic blast once more, piercing the strengthened water with a psychic barrier that had the dark and murky liquid simply pool around the three pokemon rather than damage them. In the meantime Tank was resting lazily behind the two others, and the piplup was healed once more by the ring of water flowing around him.
With only one move left, Yumi decided to be the one to take the offensive. With her ralts using it's telepathy to avoid it, Yumi commanded her piplup to once again use surf, using the weather to his advantage too, as the grass type simply tanked the low strength water move, the much clearer, stronger waves blasting towards their foes across the field.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Jun 23, 2015 21:57:25 GMT -5
"Now Yumi, and here I thought you didn't mind getting a little wet" The blonde teased right back with a playful wink. Josh was getting just a little more serious about this battle now. They'd gotten a chance to feel one another out and see the strengths and weaknesses of their Pokemon, and begin to develop strategies. But now, it was time for the fun to begin.
Her Ralts would first use Psychic against the Hydro Pump, before using Psychic several times to collect her pals and then using the psychic to stop what was left of the attacks. Josh couldn't help but laugh a bit as he clapped playfully. "Bravo, Yumi. Bravo" The blonde teased. His smile didn't even fade when Yumi would decide to counter with Surf. It seemed that the dynamic of the battle was about to change dramatically. "Looks like our battle of dodging Surf and Muddy Water is just about over" Josh observed aloud. "Goomba, use Muddy Water to stop Surf!" Josh would command toward the Sliggoo, who would nod in affirmative. "Goooooo!" He let out as he would send out another Muddy Water, this time toward the Surf. The two attacks would collide, and cancel one another out, though of course they got them all wet in the process.
But it was when the "smoke" cleared that Josh put his plan into action. They were into stage two of this battle now. It was obvious now that if either of them used Surf or Muddy Water, it would simply be countered with the other. The AOE attack had been neutralized for both sides. But Josh wasn't going to hesitate to attack here and now while he had the chance. "Goomba, use Dragon Breath on Piplup! Petri, Dragon Claw on Turtwig! And an Aqua Tail for Ralts, Franklin!" Josh would call as the plan would be put into effect as the Sliggoo would fire its Dragon Breath at Yumi's Piplup, Petri would soar toward Turtwig with its claw-wings glowing, and deliver not one, but TWO Dragon Claws toward Turtwig, and Franklin would curl into its shell and start spinning, the shell dashing toward the Ralts with an aqua tail hanging out trying to slam right into it.