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Dali was pushed back a bit by the Uproar, his feet skidding in the sand as he was pushed back. Mochi hopped behind him as the water Pokemon pulled the single leech seed vine off of himself.

"Osha osha!" Dali said, placing a flipper on Mochi's forehead to push him back. He meant to say, no, stay back. Mochi happily obliged with a hop and was suddenly off again, chasing leaves, as though the whole thing hadn't happened.

Dali, who took fighting more seriously, looked at Darumi with a serious gaze. He drew his shell to his side, then stepped forward to point at the fire pokemon.

"Osha oshawott!" he said, declaring he wasn't going to let someone bully his friends. The shell glowed and a blue blade projected from it, but he wasn't going to attack just yet. He was hoping his typing alone would intimidate the fire thing away.

Taking no chances with such an aggressive Pokemon - who, btw, Dali probably thinks is wild - the Oshawott launched himself forward, wincing from the loud Uproar. He pulled the blade back as he moved to step forward, then slashed the Razor Shell diagonally up. Once the blade was up in the air, he twisted and shot a Water Pulse directly at Darumi to shoot him backwards.

Alive and wild, it was how he felt. Lost in it, lost in the Uproar. It wasn't intoxicating, but it was emotional. Like a child lost in a tantrum, all reason faded away. He twisted as the blade came, moving around it and his jaw opened to release the sound again. Only, as it came, he was blasted with the Water Pulse. He felt himself fall backward, hitting the ground and rolling up to his feet.

His eyes were wide as the world bled back into view, reason slowly came back and he felt the fatigue p***k away at the corner of his consciousness.

I'm losing.. He looked at Dali. Was this my opponent? His eyes shifted to Mochi. No, that was. Why am I fighting him? The events began to replay in his mind but he couldn't make sense of them, not this tired.

He strained as his body seized again. His eyes settled on Dali. His chest puffed, the fire came and he clenched his jaws as the paralysis hit again. He felt the chaos of it,it was going to explode again. Torch him internally. He shut his eyes.

Control it! He'd trained with his fire for so long, he could do something now. Sustain it in his mouth, control it. It didn't burn here, he was fine here, he had to control it here. He felt the form manipulate, change and shift. Latch onto his fangs. His eyes opened, his jaw parted, flames flicked across his fangs, dancing wildly and chaotically.

Fire Fang, prepped and ready.

((Nah, I'm being quite genuine. He puts such an adorable image in my head! And I agree. It really is good. I like fruit fillings in it.))

A green crosshair glowed on Wukong’s body like a tattoo as soon as he grabbed onto the painter’s tail. And then the sky rumbled. Primal instinct told him that meant there was going to be thunder. He didn’t have to look up to know what was coming next.

In a last ditch effort, the monkey pulled back on D-Vee as he had intended and yanked him up into the air, whipped up over Wukong’s head. In this position, the Smeargle would take the brunt of the attack, unless he could escape the sheer speed of the wickedly fast Thunder strike.

As for Wukong, by holding onto D-Vee’s tail he too would be electrocuted if the Thuner blasted into the pokemon. If D-Vee used that Extremespeed technique, he’d continue to hold one so he could get pulled away to avoid the electric attack and keep fighting. The worst case scenario was if D-Vee took the attack. Wukong could not keep up this sparring if he took the conductive shock of the Thunder attack.

He just hoped it was enough to take out D-Vee if it hit.

In the lake, Salieri pulled her head back on wriggled it out of the way, grasping at Emi’s breather in the meantime after her attempt missed as well. The two girls were doing identical things, locked in a never ending struggle of grasping for each other’s scuba masks. Sal took a second to think how if Luka was still watching, he’d probably think it was kind of hot.

While they floated and struggled, Salieri swayed her weight upwards so she was upside down and slid her hands back to grab Eunmi’s wrists. Holding onto the Asian girl’s longer arms, the much smaller Salieri curled into a ball and spun around. When she uncurled, she was right side up.

If she wasn’t floating right now, she’d be standing on top of Emi’s shoulder’s. To make sure she had them in position, she pulled Emi’s arm’s up over her head, and then pulled herself downwards slightly.

A true warrior of the Shaolin way was able to feel the blood in their veins and control everything inside their bodies. They were rumored to attain mystical fighting prowess by extending this ability to the fullest. Salieri believed that she would one day get at that mystical level, but she wasn’t quite there yet. But since precision was necessary for her stunts, her dexterity was on point in more than just her hands.

Her toes touched to the side’s of Eunmi’s face, and with them she tried to quickly grab onto the breather and slip it right off of her opponent’s face by pulling her legs up quickly and catching the strap to the breather in her teeth.

If anything, she’s probably surprised by this. I bet my toes are really cold right now.

On the land, Chen Zhen's ears perked up when he overheard Dali. What's going on there?

The Pansage ran over to Darumi and Dali, jumping up and clapping his hands. He pointed his palms to the ground, and in a flashing circle of green arrows appeared his Air Balloon. Chen Zhen hopped onto the grey orb and floated above the two.

[Wow, opponent switch! You've gotten a lot better since we last battled!] he told the otter, genuinely impressed by his speed.

Wukong's eyes widened. Endure. He hadn't seen that one coming.

ZAAAAP!

"BLAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!"

The Monferno, crispy like overcooked potato chips and still smoking hot, let go of D-Vee's tail as he spun on his heel. After a full rotation, he fell onto his back in a daze.

[Sparring...is over....for now...urrrg,] he coughed, wisps of grey smoke popping up with each one.

And right after that, his trainer burst up through the surface, proudly holding up Eunmi's breathing device. "Winner!" she cheered before falling back into the water. The Battle Girl swam for the surface, keeping it together enough to not grin underwater.

Chen Zhen's tail popped the balloon, letting him return it to the hammerspace where he kept it (his leaf hair) and landing on the ground next to Darumi. The Pansage looked down at his hands.

[...actually...]

The training with Robby's Pignite, Bacon, was also for Chen Zhen. His Recycling technique was something he wanted to advance, because-

[I have this idea.]

He clapped his hands together, and green arrows of light spun around them in circles. Chen Zhen kneeled down next to Darumi. [I've been thinking of way to make my healing something more.]

He pressed his palms against the Darumaka's side. The whole area of the wound now had the green arrows spinning around it, giving of wisps of green light that smelled like sage plant. The loose blood began to seep back into the body, and the broken skin started to knit itself.

When he removed his hands, the wound was almost entirely closed. There were still bits of skin and drops of blood on the ground that Dali had slashed away. Without those elements, he could not fully heal the slash. He could only mend it with as much material as he was given. He could not heal more for something less with his Recycle technique.

He grinned, barely able to contain himself. [That's the best I can do,] he told Dali sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. He hoped Salieri would come over soon, he wanted her to see what he had done.

Kijin finally managed to get back on the paved path after wandering through the brush and tall grass. He sighs lightly and looks around blinking a little as he looks around at the area,"Man took me long enough to find my way out of that place." He stretches his back a little before looking around at how barren the path was,"Hmm it has been a while since I actually trained let alone used any of my new pokemon maybe it is time to give them some training."

He pulls out three pokeballs releasing his three pokemon Venipede, Blitzle, and Purrloin. Once the pokemon were out Blitzle let out a cry as sparks start to fly from its mane hitting Venipede making it jump and begins to charge at Blitzle. Purrloin manages to move out of the way from the sparks and climbs a nearby tree and watches the two pokemon start to fight. "Oh boy....maybe I should have brought out one at a time until they calm down a little bit."

He grabs two of the pokeballs and points them at their respective pokemon returning both Venipede and Purrloin leaving only Blitzel out at the moment, the pokemon looks around a little surprised by the disappearance of the other pokemon. It looks around and looks at Kijin with a heavy snort looking ready for a fight."Well then looks like your still full of energy....I know just the perfect friend for you." He grins and pulls out another pokeball and unleashes the Steelix from its pokeball. "Ok Steelix give Blitzle a work out but don't knock him out just wear him out, ok?", he says to the large pokemon giving a thumbs up the pokemon returns with a nod understanding and soon the two pokemon start to battle each other.