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Post by Josh Dragomir on Aug 24, 2014 16:09:01 GMT -5
Doug's Pichu had suffered a speed loss from Scary Face, but had managed to avoid the first Fire Fang. "Fawkes, look out!" he called, but the underestimation on Fawkes's end had caused him to get nailed by the Thundershock. Josh gritted his teeth and pointed out to Oron. "Quick, use Fire Fang again, and if you miss, fire off Flamethrower! Let's show these guys our new weapon!" he commanded.
Fawkes nodded and the Charmeleon would quickly allow his fangs to flare red again, before attempting to slam them into the Pichu again. Whether he hit or not though, would be cause for what he did next. If it hit and sent the Pichu flying, Fawkes would aim the Flamethrower upward to go for an upward mid-air Flamethrower, if it missed, Fawkes would instantly turn and fire the Flamethrower at Oron at close range, hoping for a quick and direct hit from up close that was very likely to hit.
Doug smirked at the nimble and quick instincts of Oron. "Nice one, Oron." Doug said in approval of the quick dodge and direct landing of the Thunder Shock. "He's going to be coming at you again. Try to get out of the way or brace yourself for any of those attacks!" Doug commanded at Oron.
Oron was still feeling heavy from the Scary Face lowering his speed so as the Charmeleon began to charge at him with another Fire Fang, the nimble guy tried to dash away again, though the setback on speed was rearing its ugly end on the poor guy. The fangs managed to actually slam into him this time, which sent Oron flying back into the air and wincing from the slight pain it caused. "Pii!" He squeaked out while he was sent up from the impact. "Ayee..." Doug muttered a little under his breath, running a hand over his forehead. "Brace yourself, Oron! It's about to use Flamethrower! Get out of the way!" Doug ordered quickly. Oron's ear twitched and he managed to slow the flying back and prepare himself to dodge the incoming attack as he slowly began to descend.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Aug 24, 2014 18:57:38 GMT -5
The first hit had been direct and sent the Pichu into the air. "Good job, Fawkes!" he called. Fawkes would execute part 2 of the plan and shoot Flamethrower up at the Pichu. Luckily for Oron, he would manage to slow down and keep from getting hit by the Flamethrower. As the Pichu descended, Josh had to think on his feet...
"Dragon Rage, Fawkes!" he called. "And if that misses, shoot a Flamethrower at him and re-direct your fire if he dodges, make sure you hit him this time!" he directed. "Char!" Fawkes let out as he let the energy focus, before a large burning X would shoot from his mouth, who would then grow to quite a size as it charged toward the Pichu. Not wasting time, Fawkes would quickly shoot another Flamethrower in case the Dragon Rage missed.
Doug grinned. "Nice one, Oron. Way to maneuver properly." Doug called out in compliment. Doug scratched his chin a little as he began thinking of what to do next.
Doug listened as Josh called out his next set of ordered moves toward his Charmeleon, who proceeded to fire them off as ordered. This was another another sticky situation that Oron would have to try and bypass once more. Doug's eyes squinted slightly as he thought of how he would counter the oncoming and intense onslaught. "Nnh... Oron! Jump into the air, use Nasty Plot, and try to fire another Thunder Shock at him before he can get the fire towards you!" Oron's ear twitched again as he then jumped into the air over the flaming X that was approaching him. He looked down at Charmeleon and his expression grew a little more devious and nasty as he activated Nasty Plot, which would increase the power of the incoming Thunder Shock he prepared. "Chuuuu!" Oron shouted out as his red cheeks began to emit an intense spread of sparks as he was then surrounded by an electrical aura, another bolting trail of lightning shooting out directly towards Fawkes.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Aug 26, 2014 1:25:30 GMT -5
"Fawkes, use Dragon Rage again!" Josh called out. Fawkes would nod and quickly fire off another burning X, which would hit the Thundershock dead on, causing an explosion. Smoke would cover the field, blinding the four of them (Five if you included Lightning) temporarily. Josh gritted his teeth as he tried to see through the smoke, but couldn't see a damned thing...
"Fawkes, relax!" Josh called out to the Charmeleon, who was trying to see his way through the smoke. "Relax, close your eyes... Try and sense Oron, and once you get a good lock on where he is, use Flamethrower!" he called through the smoke. "Char!" he let out in affirmative, shutting his eyes as he tried to use his honed battle senses to try and get a sense for where the Pichu was in the smoke. Finally, he shot a Flamethrower through it, aimed dead on at a guess to where his instincts told him it was.
Doug shielded his face a little as the smoke covered the field, groaning quietly, though he moved his face away as he tried to see through the smoke to not much avail.
"Oron! Get a look around! Utilize your maneuvering and instincts to find him!" Doug called out toward Oron around when Josh said his own command. "If you sense a Flamethrower! Try to get out of the way!" He called out again. "Chuuu!" Oron shouted out as he tried to get a feeling of his environment, moving around and trying to sense where Fawkes was. Oron then closed his eyes and his nose and ears began twitching. "Once you're ready, shoot out another Thunder Shock!" Doug called out. Oron then began to hear the fiery sounds of the Flamethrower heading towards him, his cheeks then sparked and he was surrounded by another electrical aura, shooting out a bolt through the cloud of smoke, the bolt going directly towards the Flamethrower with strangely good, almost lucky accuracy. "Chuuu!" Oron cried out as the bolt trailed on.
"Atta boy, Oron!" Doug said in approval to his quick thinking and use of senses.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Aug 26, 2014 20:53:27 GMT -5
Josh heard the Thundershock coming, and raised an eyebrow despite the smokescreen covering his vision. "Dodge now, Fawkes!" he called out into the smoke. While Fawkes couldn't see the electricity, Josh knew that it was very likely that it would be going for the Charmeleon, and he didn't want to take any risks. "Char!" he let out as he slid to the right, but another explosion occurred as the Flamethrower from before hit the jolt instead. More smoke came, and Josh gritted his teeth.
"Fawkes, back up! Toward me!" Josh called as he backed up, trying to separate himself from the smoke. Doug was giving him a very impressive battle, the blonde thought to himself. Even with such a tiny Pichu, Doug was giving him the fight of his life and Josh was quite well enjoying himself. And he could sense Fawkes was enjoying the fight as well. It was here that he felt truly in sync with Fawkes. The Charmeleon wasn't letting himself go overboard, he was keeping relaxed, calm... Just as his Trainer was. After all the battles they had shared together, Josh and Fawkes had become a very well oiled machine, a very well organized unit. They still had issues to work out, but they had come a long way since Fawkes was a Charmander that didn't obey orders well and had a serious temper issue that only made the order disobeying even worse. Fawkes was still violent, of course, and tended to lash out, but Josh was more in sync with his Charmeleon and had learned to harness this energy, this anger, this violence, for battle.
But for now, Josh had to think of a way out of this. They would keep firing attacks through the smoke and just keep on making more of it at this rate. Josh had to get Fawkes out of the smoke, and had to find a way to get in close and get on the attack.
Then Josh looked behind him.
"That's it!" Josh thought to himself as he noticed the small cliff behind him. It wasn't very far and Fawkes could easily jump down and climb up onto the other side... Right onto Doug's side of the battlefield. "Fawkes!" he called as the Charmeleon would back up and return to his Trainer's side. Josh would motion toward the cliff once Fawkes came back, not commanding it out loud so that Doug couldn't hear him. If Doug did, he'd recognize his strategy. But there was too much smog on Doug's end for him to see the cliff on his end... It was perfect!
Fawkes looked over at what Josh was motioning to, then nodded in understanding. He knelled down quickly and whispered to Fawkes. "Fire Fang, then Flamethrower" he whispered quietly as he got up. Fawkes nodded and quickly jumped down, only really falling a few feet before immediately running up the hill that was below the cliff, making his way back up as the smog began to clear. As the smoke started to get fainter, Josh would call out "NOW!"
Fawkes would leap into the air, over Doug's head, and then as his fangs burned with flames he would attempt to slam them into Oron from behind with the fangs, hoping to send him flying into the air. If it hit, he'd shoot a Flamethrower upward, as Josh had had him do before, and if he missed, would immediately quick-turn and shoot a Flamethrower at Oron to capitalize on the moment.
Doug kept his senses keen as more smoke was created, which caused him to start going into a brief coughing fit due to the air growing even more dusty and hard to breathe in. He tried to see through the smoke, but it was very difficult for him. "Ngh... A valiant attempt." Doug muttered to himself as he then spat a little onto the ground. This battle almost seemed neverending... He had to find some way to finish it off... But how?
"Fall back towards me, Oron!" Doug called out around the same time Josh called out toward Fawkes, slowly stepping back himself as Oron followed along momentarily. This was one intense battle, especially considering it is the first one he has ever done with another trainer of sorts. It was almost exhilarating and enjoyable, he and Oron clearly agreeing on that through the process of this battle. They were close partners after all and that was to be expected. They traveled and have yet to even be separated, forming a sort of close bond and even a sort of friendship as Oron was Doug's primary company. Doug took a few deep breaths and wiped his hand across his forehead again.
What could he do to try and end this battle? These exchanges were going to go on for awhile unless something different could come up.
As Josh shouted out a roaring "NOW", Doug looked behind himself and over his head as his eyes widened when he saw Fawkes flying up into the air over his head with his fangs ablaze. "Damn it... Oron! Above you! Get out of the way!" Doug shouted out a command in a valiant attempt to keep Oron from being incinerated. Oron turned around and looked up at Fawkes. "Chuuu!" Oron squeaked with wide eyes as the fangs suddenly jammed into him, sending him flying back into the air. "Damn it... Quick! He's shooting a Flamethrower! Air dodge, Oron!" Doug commaned. Oron looked down and saw the flaming blast shooting off towards him and he managed to dive downward to avoid the heat. "Okay! If we're gonna try to finish this, use Thunder Wave and then top it off with Thunder Shock!" Doug commanded towards Oron. Oron looked down at Fawkes as he continued falling and his cheeks began to emit electrical sparks. Rather than shooting out a bolt of lightning towards Fawkes, they instead began to emit an electrical wave towards him. Whether these were to land or not, Oron would then proceed to fire off a Thunder Shock to try and strike down Fawkes in an electrical burst of glory.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Aug 27, 2014 22:58:36 GMT -5
Good, good. The strategy had scored Josh a hit through the smokescreen for Fawkes. But Oron would avoid the second attack. Alright, good. This kid had spunk, and good timing. Alright, good. This was getting interesting. Josh heard Doug call Thunder Wave, and understood instantly what was going down. As the smoke cleared, Josh saw the waves heading for Fawkes... "Wait for it... Wait for it..." Josh whispered. Waiting for the last possible moment. "Jump!" Josh called, and the Charmeleon obliged, leaping over the Thunder Wave and avoiding paralysis for now.
But Josh had failed to hear and calculate for the Thundershock, and Fawkes would be zapped by the direct hit. Josh gritted his teeth as his Charmeleon fell to the ground as he was zapped. "Gah... I need to watch out for that..." he whispered, taking a breath. He needed to get powerful now. This kid wasn't holding back and he shouldn't either. It was time to bring in the big guns.
"Fawkes, use Flamethrower!" Josh instantly called as Fawkes got back up. "If it dodges, use Flamethrower again!" he suddenly called as Fawkes would fire off a jawful of fire at high velocity toward the Pichu, waiting for the right moment to oblige and go for a second Flamethrower, which he would shoot, whether the Pichu dodged the first attack or not.
Doug was waiting through diligently, again noting to himself how exhilarating this battle was so far. Doug muttered a little as the Thunder Wave missed, but alas this is exactly what he was expecting to occur, nodding as Oron then proceeded to shoot out his Thunder Shock, which has scored a direct hit. "Great! Another nice hit, Oron." Doug said in approval toward the Pichu, who squeaked out a "Pichu" in agreement.
Doug stretched a little as he awaited to see what Josh would attempt next to counter. He figured to himself that Josh would attempt to try something different once more. What he would try though was the question.
Doug then listened as Josh called out for a more intense assault by using two Flamethrowers in a row, which Doug had to try and find a means to counter... "Ngh... Oron! You have to try and maneuver around the fire! Go!" Doug commanded towards the Pichu as Fawkes fired off the first blast. Oron full well knew this, but as he managed to run out of the way of one Flamethrower, out came the other one directly towards him. Oron's face became terrified as he was then engulfed by the secondary fiery blast and shrieked a little from the burning. Oron flew back a little to the ground as some smoke rose up from his body. Despite that painful setback, Oron slowly managed to get back to his feet and shake off some of the soot that had surrounded him, looking a little more angry. Doug realized he would have to fight fire with... Well, thunder technically. "Oron, use Tail Whip." Doug commanded. Pichu ran up to Fawkes, hopped up, and attempted to gently hit Fawkes's face with his bolt-shaped tail, then proceeding to hop back a little. "Now... Use Thunder Shock!" Doug called out, regardless of the results of the attempted Tail Whip. He held out his hand as Pichu's cheeks emitted sparks before unleashing a shocking electrical bolt towards Fawkes.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Sept 3, 2014 10:51:49 GMT -5
"Damn, this kid doesn't give up..." Josh muttered as the Pichu would shake off Fawkes's attack and go for Tail Whip, which Fawkes would respond to by grabbing him by the tail and tossing him across the field. The Pichu would respond with a fierce and profound Thundershock which would hit Fawkes dead on.
"Gah..." Josh muttered, his fists clenched. "Come on, Fawkes! We can do this! I won't give up on you! I promise!" he called as his Charmeleon kept taking the zaps head on. "You can fight this, Fawkes! Fight! I know you can do this! I believe in you!" he encouraged, hating to see any of his Pokemon like this, especially one of the Pokemon closer to his heart like Fawkes. "CHARRRR!" Fawkes would let out as he would throw a jab, the sparks dissipating from his body. Josh's eyes lightened, impressed and thrilled at Fawkes's skill. "Yes!" he said, with a big grin on his face. Before he could call a counter for the command though, Fawkes would suddenly be enveloped in a bright white light...
"Huh...?" Josh whispered, blinking. What was going on? He watched as his Charmeleon would grow in front of his very eyes within the light... And surprisingly, he grew even farther then what he was supposed to! He just kept on growing! Finally, when he hit about 8 feet tall, the light would fade and Fawkes would re-appear, 8 feet tall... Fawkes had evolved into Charizard! And a big one too! Much bigger then average, Fawkes was now 8 feet tall, a massive Charizard, and obviously a strong and healthy one too.
"Alright Fawkes! You evolved!" Josh chirped, a big grin across his face. "Flamethrower, and if it misses, Flamethrower again!" he called in the heat of the moment, remembering he was in a battle. "GRRROOOOO!" Fawkes would growl as he would take flight with his massive new wings, flying through the air for a moment before shooting a white hot jet of flames toward the Pichu, before u-turning in the air and shooting a new jet of fire at him.
Josh realized at that moment that this might be a bit much considering Doug's Pokemon was a Pichu... He decided to make a decision. "Stop" Josh said to Fawkes, who would look down at him and stop the Flamethrower. He would motion for Fawkes to return and the Charizard would land beside him. He smiled and patted Fawkes on the head. "This battle's a little too much for Doug and his Pichu with you as powerful as you are now" he said with a chuckle. "Don't worry, you'll get your chance to show off your new strength against a much bigger opponent soon enough" he promised.
He looked over at Doug and nodded. "If you don't mind, I'd like to call this round a draw and we move onto the next one. There's no use having Fawkes just fry Oron in this state, it wouldn't be fair to Oron" he said. "Let's do one more round, with new Pokemon"
Doug was worried when Fawkes grabbed and tossed Oron away, failing at landing the Tail Whip, but his worry quickly turned to joy and being impressed as Oron still fired off the Thunder Shock towards Fawkes and landing a direct hit. He smiled. "Nailed it!" He said excitedly to himself.
Doug watched as Josh was encouraging Fawkes, who was continuously being zapped by Oron. This was a little heartwarming to say the least and it was impressing Doug further to see how close this bond between those two really was. Oron looked in a slight shock as his electrical bolt was broken off by Fawkes's intense struggles. Oron then looked confused as Fawkes was enveloped in a white light. Doug looked over curiously. "What the..." Doug muttered.
Doug and Oron looked on as Fawkes suddenly grew to an almost enormous size compared to them. Oron's eyes widened as a look of fear stretched across his adorable little face. "Oh... Oh no." Doug said in a similarly fearful manner. "It... Evolved." Doug said in surprise as the light dissipated and revealed the gigantic and freshly evolved Charizard.
"Chuuuu!" Oron screeched in fear as he quickly ran to dodge the path of the first intense Flamethrower and then looked up as Fawkes flew up and fired off another blast. His big eyes widened to an even larger size, knowing he wouldn't be able to dodge quickly enough.
Doug looked worriedly at Oron, not wanting him to feel an even more intense pain than the Flamethrower from Fawkes's former state as a Charmeleon. Doug and Oron's faces then went from fear to a more relieved, blank expression as Josh called out for Fawkes to stop the assault before the Flamethrower would hit little Oron. Oron ran over to Doug's side and panted, both of them looking over at the fellow trainer and his massive Charizard having their little moment. Doug got down on one knee and pat Oron's head. "It'll be okay, Oron..." Doug said reassuringly towards him. "You did great." Doug said in approval. Oron looked up at Doug and his worried expression softened. "Chuu..." He squeaked softly.
Doug got up and looked over at Josh. "Yeah... You don't say." Doug said with a slight sweat dropping down his head. "One more round with different Pokemon sounds good too." Doug then said in agreement, scratching the back of his head a little.
Post by Josh Dragomir on Sept 3, 2014 20:52:02 GMT -5
He smirked a bit and nodded. "Alright" he said, taking a breath. "Sorry about that" he said, with an apologetic expression on his face. "Fawkes loves a good fight, and I've learned to get into the zone just like he does, so when he evolved, I guess we both got a little carried away" he said with a sheepish laugh. "I do wonder why he's so... Big, though..." he admitted, looking up at his giant Charizard. He really did. Could Charizards really get his big? Apparently so, but he never thought it'd be Fawkes. "Well, he's certainly a big guy" he said with a laugh.
"Alright, let's do this" he said with a smirk as he pulled out a Pokeball. "Think I'll let Fawkes watch. Some moral support could do my guy some good" he said with a chuckle. "Alright, kiddo. Get ready. We're not going easy on you!" he promised as he tossed his Pokeball. "Go, Vulcan!" he said as the Pokeball opened to reveal a Combusken, shimmering and sparkling, and having taken on weird coloring. It was Shiny, that was for sure. "You ready for a fight, Vulcan?" he asked his Combusken with a smirk. "Com-busken!" Vulcan replied eagerly.
Doug chuckled nervously. "It's okay." Doug said with a sheepish expression on his face. "I can understand the whole getting into the zone thing." Doug continued on. "I was wondering that too. I think that might have been why Oron got so creeped out... I suppose you got lucky with the size factor." Doug wondered along with Josh, looking up at Fawkes and chuckling a little. Oron looked around, his ears twitching a little.
Doug pulled out a Pokeball himself. "Aye. Same for Oron." Doug agreed, Oron looking up at Doug and then over at the newly tossed out Combusken. Doug looked at the Combusken. "... Hm. Interesting coloration..." Doug wondered aloud. Doug then smirked. "Bring it on." He then said legitimately. He then tossed his Pokeball out. "Come on out, Sol!" He exclaimed. The Pokeball opened up and from a bright opening light revealed Doug's Solrock, shortly nicknamed Sol. Sol would float down to more even ground and stared almost aimlessly towards Josh and the Combusken with the signature blank expression of its species. "You ready for your first battle with me, my friend?" Doug said towards Sol in an excited sounding voice. "Soooool." Sol replied in agreement in a calm sounding noise, noting Doug's excitement and feeling prepared.
