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Aar watched the battle between the two trainers commence with his Meowth above looking through a window. "Defiant, it's ability gave him the edge." Aar grabbed his Pokeball and threw it. "Go Ducklett." Ducklett spread its wings to stretch while yawning. "Use FeatherDance!" Ducklett flew through the window and began to fly in a figure eight. As the feather's distracted the people in the lab, Aar and his Meowth sneaked into the lab and looked around. "See anything good Twist'd?" His Meowth pointed at the table where there was one Pokeball. "Must be important... let's grab it." Meowth slashed the legs of the table causing it to fall, and the Pokeball then rolled to Aar. "Come on Twist'd! Let's go Flip'z!" Aar and his Pokemon made a get way by heading towards the entrance to Route 1. Aar ran outside into the light. 'POW!' "Ooww!" Aar ran into one of the trainers.

"Well Tepig, we've got a whole country ahead of ourselves. What do you want to do first?" Tepig snorted and ran into a bush, tackling a pokemon out of it. "Alrighty then, a battle sounds good with me! But first, let me get some info."

Jake pulled out his pokedex and held it up to the angry pokemon. "Patrat, the Scout Pokemon. Using food stored in cheek pouches, they can keep watch for days. They use their tails to communicate with others. Extremely cautious, they take shifts to maintain a constant watch of their nest. They feel insecure without a lookout," the pokedex said.

Jake looked up and noticed that Patrat was waving its tail high in the air. "Not sure what means, but are you ready Tepig?" Tepig nodded.


"Tepig, use Flame Charge!" Tepig burst into flames as he charged towards the Patrat. Patrat tried to counter with a Tackle of it's own, but was overpowered by Tepig's strength. Patrat rolled a few feet backwards and Tepig's speed increased.

Patrat then jumped at Tepig with an open mouth, exposing fangs which were ready for a Bite attack. "Tepig, dodge and use Ember!" Tepig tried to dodge, but Patrat bit onto his tail, refusing to let go.

"Tepig, try and shake it off!" Tepig swung his tail around, but Patrat's grip was too firm. "Alright then, Tepig, slam Patrat into the ground!" Tepig did a front flip and slammed Patrat to the ground, freeing himself from its fangs.

"Now use Ember!" Tepig released a stream of flames from his snout. Patrat jumped backwards, dodging the attack. He then held his tail even higher into the sky, smirking at Tepig.

"Huh?" Jake said. A stampede could be heard in the distance. Jake's jaw dropped as he saw a herd of Patrat charging towards them, ready to come to Patrat's aid. "Uh-oh. That must be what his tail movements were, he was alerting his friends of an intruder," Jake said. "Come on, Tepig, let's run!"

Tepig refused to leave, and held his ground, glaring at the oncoming stampede. "If you say so, Tepig, we can try and fight off the crowd," Jake said. "Now, use Ember!"

The wild Patrat was joined by almost 15 other Patrat, and they all ran simultaneously at Tepig with a Tackle attack. Tepig let loose a stream of flames from his mouth, slowing the Patrats down, but it wasn't enough. The Patrat jumped and piled on Tepig, beating him up. Tepig squealed, but was defenseless against their attacks.

Jake was unsure of what to do. "Help! Somebody, help, please!" he shouted into the distance."

Above the chaos a loud clicking of hooves could be heard. Jake turned and saw a zebra pokemon charging speedily to his aid. "Blitzle!" It shouted as it stopped just in front of the herd. The herd of Patrat, scared, got off Tepig and began to run away. The Blitzle raised her front legs into the air and then stomped on the ground, releasing a Shock Wave Attack which struck the escaping Patrat, leaving some fainted, some paralyzed, and the rest with enough health to escaped.

Jake picked Tepig up into his arms. "Tepig, are you alright?" Tepig nodded and gave a faint cry. Jake then fed him some berries to bring him back to health. Once Tepig was fine, he hopped out of Jake's arms and ran over to Blitzle, nudging its leg in appreciation.

"Thank you so much, Blitzle," Jake said, hugging the wild pokemon. "Is there any way I can repay you?" Blitzle rested her head on Jake's shoulder as he hugged her. She then raised one of her front legs and poked at Jake's backpack.

"You want to come along on the journey? Alright then!" Jake removed a pokeball and threw it at Blitzle. The pokeball rocked gently back and forth and then made a clicking noise, signaling a successful capture.

"Welcome to the team, Blitzle!"

"So if you're only lost when you're trying to be found, what is it that you're hiding from?" Guy smirked at the other trainer's quick wit. "Of course, I've always got time for a battle, that is, only if you've got time for a battle. You seemed to be in quite the hurry a second ago. And your name is?..."

Guy looked to his Pawniard. "One on one seems fair to me, seeing as I've only got one pokemon on hand. All my others are back at home."

Guy and Pawniard then took their positions on the battle field. "You have the first move, sir."

((Not trying to be mean, but I'm slightly confused as to what Meowth did. Was it a move combo?))

"Pawniard, quickly counter with Fury Cutter!" Pawniard sliced at the Meowth as it fell to him with the Flash Slash. However, being Pawniard's first time using Fury Cutter, its power was weak, and did little to reduce the damage from Meowth's attack.

"Now Pawniard, follow up with another Fury Cutter!" Pawniard swiped at Meowth again with another Fury Cutter, this time with twice the strength.

((Oh no, its fine. don't be sorry.))

Pawniard flinched from the Hidden Power/Fake Out, and was unable to counter the Slash with Fury Cutter. Once the attack had finished, Guy gave his next command.

"Pawniard, use Faint Attack, then follow up with scratch!"
Pawniard faded to slight transparency as he raced towards Meowth with a tackle. When the attack hits, Pawniard would then swipe at Meowth with a Scratch.

Pawniard was pummeled to the ground from Meowth's assurance attack. "So you were creeping on my battle with Jake? That was my first battle against Pawniard. We haven't done any training yet, but that's no excuse, we'll still win this battle." Guy looked the other trainer in the eye and put his hands in his pockets. "Your Assurance may be strong, but due to typing, my Pawniard is double-resistant. It's going to take a bit more than that to take us down."

"Now Pawniard, use Torment followed by another Faint Attack!" Pawniard glared Meowth menacingly directly in the eye, if successful, the attack would prevent Meowth from using the same move twice in a row. Pawniard then charged at Meowth with yet another Faint Attack.