Anxiety Trials is a Pokemon Special sandbox RP. We are a friendly, no-fuss site where you don't have to worry about posting 24/7, but when you've got the muse. We are based loosely around the Pokemon Special/Adventures manga, though set in a slightly alternate universe. If you're looking for a fun place to explore what life with Pokemon would be like, hopefully we're the place for you!
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Mistralton city, one of the most calming and relaxing place in the Unova region in this Rangers opinions but in all honesty, it’s his home town so of course he’ll think this way. A young adult Ranger walked into the city after going through the Chargestone cave. His adventures through that cave wasn’t the best adventure he had actually since he always struggled with it by either getting lost or running into wild electric type Pokemon. He is not sure why he has a problem with that just one cave. He has two Pokemon that can’t handle electric type Pokemon, which is Shou his Braviary and Kaito his Samurott which could possibly be it but at least this time it wasn’t that bad since he had his Golurk with him. The only problem was, this thing is so huge that it made it difficult for them to get through the tunnels of the cave! Whenever the Ranger looks up at his Golurk, he feels so short and would end up laughing out of nowhere.
The Ranger had stood there for a bit, glaring directly into the city with his Golurk and his Leafeon by his side. He stretched out his arms, yawning before placing both of them on his hips. The Ranger nodded his head for an approval as the three of them headed into the city. Already they were dragging attention because of his Giant Golurk walking into the city with him so everyone was staring at him. Some of the citizens he happened to know since he lived here had even greeted him to the city or had said welcome home. This was a little embarrassing for him though and he knew instantly that Shou and Sparks his Raichu would be enjoying the attention by now but Katashi and Yukari(Leafeon) don’t even bother to show off, which he is grateful for. The rest of his Pokemon, mainly his Braviary and Raichu are show offs and he doesn’t even know where they got it from.
Shrugging his shoulders as he thought about it, the Ranger had walked to the entrance of the Pokemon center. He instructed Katashi to stay put since he knows that giant thing wouldn’t even fit in the Pokemon center and besides, he at full health anywise. Electric type moves don’t work on this thing but Yukari on the other had did take a decent amount of damage besides those electric attacks so she needs some treatment. After treating his Leafeon, the Ranger had walked out of the Pokemon center with his Leafeon still by his side but instead, fully healed. He looked up at the Golurk who obeyed his orders without questioning. The Ranger gave a well done compliment before walking over to the airport that’s inside of the city however; he stood outside instead of going on the runway.
The young adult was glaring directly at the Mistralaton Gym, wondering if the gym leader Skyla come out of the gym to ride on one of her planes. As a child, the Ranger had enjoyed watching Skyla fly around on those things, which had inspired him for wanting to have a flying type for his starter Pokemon. His wish had come true during his time in the Ranger School. He had struggled in that school, learning how to become a Pokemon Ranger, learning how to use berries and learning about the different Pokemon was a pain for him. He wanted to learn about the Pokemon in person instead of during school. That was when he had met Shou as a Rufflet outside the Ranger School. He had practice battling with the Rufflet but only to get caught by the teachers. The Ranger had to wait until after he graduated in order to have it as a partner. Sighing, Kouichi had sat down on the bench that happened to be right next to the runway. He was a bit upset that Skyla didn’t show up since he would love to show her his starter Pokemon. He had his arms stretched out on the bench rest before his Leafeon had joined him.
“It looks like she’s not showing up huh? Well that sucks, I usually see her out of the gym when I’m home.” He murmured. “Alright lets take a break guys. We had a long journey to get here and we’ve been busy with Ranger duties so you two deserve a rest.” Kouichi felt himself jump slightly as the Golurk had decided to kneel down instead of standing up all the time but at least it took his advice for resting. Kouichi stretched out his arms before yawning. “I might visit mother later before we leave but for now lets watch the planes launch into the sky. Who knows she might show up, I hope." -------- On Hand: and Katashi and Yukari
Last Edit: Oct 26, 2012 15:09:31 GMT 9.5 by kouichi
[STYLE=width: 300px; border-left: 6px solid #800080; background-color: transparent; margin-left: -5px;][STYLE=padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; text-align: justify;]Shauntal was once again in the air with Beatrice, surveying the land below her. She spent most of her time on the go now, due to the rarity of challengers for the Elite Four. If a challenger were to come though, she’d be warned in advance. There was another reason why Victory Road stood between the Trainer and a chance to battle the Elite Four.
She lounged on the Drifblim as it lazily drifted left to right high above the skies of Mistralton City, she eyes scanning the world below, her mouth curled in a small frown of boredom. While she loved being, and was honored to be, a member of the Elite Four, the job did get a little boring at times. Nonetheless, the few battles she had within the Elite Four frequently inspire her to write.
Floating around with her Drifblim and trying to think about what to do for the day, Shauntal noticed a Golurk standing outside the Mistralton City Pokemon Center. She rarely saw a Golurk anywhere, let alone inside of a city. She came to the reasonable conclusion that it belonged to a trainer. After all, Skyla would never allow a rogue pokemon inside her city.
Tapping Beatrice, she gestured to the ground and following her commands, she floated down behind the Pokemon Center to prevent herself being seen by the trainer. Luckily, by the time she reached the ground, the person she assumed was the Golurk’s trainer had only just exited the Pokemon Center.
Once she briefly stoked her Drifblim and returned her to her pokeball, she watched the young man look up at the sky. She raised her right eyebrow, a curious look on her face. She briefly wondered about the possibility of the man wanting to speak to Skyla, due to her knowledge of how Skyla loved the skies and liked to visit the airport. Then again, she couldn’t help but marvel a little at the Golurk. It was rare for her to see one that didn’t belong to her.
”I must say, that is an impressive Golurk you’ve got there.” Shauntal called out to the young man as she approached him, her eyes scrutinizing the ghost pokemon. She could tell it was trained well. She squinted her eyes as she continued to appraise the pokemon, ignoring the man for a moment. After a while, she stopped studying the other trainer’s Golurk and turned to face him.
”I find it rare to see a Golurk such as yours. It must have a pretty interesting story to tell. I can tell it’s been well trained. I might as well introduce myself. My name is Shauntal, may I inquire as to what yours is?” Shauntal asked the trainer, flashing a little smile at him in a friendly manner.[/style][/style]
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The Ranger let out another sigh of disappointment, wishing that the gym leader Skyla would show up. This was really sad since she is always out or maybe she is just in a gym match or on a plane already! He knew he should have gotten here sooner. Kouichi stretched out his arms again to try to keep himself awake instead of drifting off into sleep. It had already worked on his Leafeon who happened to be sleeping peacefully on his lap. Kouichi had a huge smile one his face as he began petting his Leafeon on the head in a nice slow motion. He was grateful that his Leafeon was finally getting some rest and most likely his Golurk even if it’s knelt down right next to the bench. Maybe that’s its way of resting he guessed?
It was then he heard a woman voice from a distance complimenting on his Golurk. This had seem to catch him and his Golurk attention as he watched the female approach to him, short cut purple hair with glasses however, this female looks very familiar to him as if she seen her before. The Ranger allowed her to continue chatting and complimenting on his Golurk as he tried to figure out who she is but it looks like he didn’t have to. The female name happens to be Shauntal. This had made Kouichi gasp once he recognized the name. “Your Shauntal from the Elite 4!” Being born in the Unova region, the ranger tends to know a bit about the gym leaders and the elite members even if he is a Pokemon Ranger. Now that Kouichi knew who she was, his cheeks began to turn red due to the compliments she gave his Golurk. This like something he always wanted Skyla to do with his Braviary however, Shauntal happens to be his favorite Elite 4 members so this is huge for him.
He shook his head to get rid of his thoughts before nodding his head for an approval. “I’m Kouichi, the head Ranger of the Unova region, it’s nice to fully meet you in person.” He sent out a hand once he introduced himself. “Thanks for the compliments by the way. I had Katashi since it was a Golett. I caught him a while back. What brings you to Mistralton City may I ask?” He asked her, hoping it’s alright to ask a Elite member that question since he knows that some people don’t want others to know about their business. At least he is off in a good start with a well known Elite member. Although he is upset that he didn’t see Skyla, this is good enough for him!
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[STYLE=width: 300px; border-left: 6px solid #800080; background-color: transparent; margin-left: -5px;][STYLE=padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; text-align: justify;]Shautal chuckled at the trainer’s reaction to hearing her name. She was used to this sort of reaction when she told someone her name. After all, she was a member of the Elite Four and a well-known author within Unova. He seemed a little embarrassed as his cheeks flushed red; probably overwhelmed by the fact he got to meet her.
“I guess my reputation precedes me.” Shauntal commented dryly as she waited for the trainer to calm down. After introducing himself as Head Ranger of Unova, Shauntal smiled back at him, intrigued. So he was the Head Ranger. She didn’t expect him to be so… young. He was probably younger than even her, and she was only 22.
”Myself, I’ve just been travelling around the place, here and there in an attempt to find muse for my next book.” Shauntal told Kouichi, sighing to herself as she thought about the Elite Four. She wished there were more challengers there. Not a lot of people made it as far as the Elite Four.
”Not a lot happens at the Elite Four unfortunately, so I have to find other revenues for muse. It’s a shame really. I always do enjoy pokemon battles.” Shauntal continued to say in a dreary tone, before an idea came to her. She grinned widely as she turned to face Kouichi.
”Maybe a battle with you would help me with my muse. After all, as Head Ranger of Unova, you must have some experience under your belt. Are you ready to forge a new chapter with me?” Shauntal asked him excitedly, her glasses gleaming a little in the sunlight.[/style][/style]
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It’s still hard for him to believe he is standing right in front of his favorite Elite member in the Unova region heck even if he is afraid of Ghost type Pokemon since they spook him whenever he goes into a spooky house or something. He does have to take missions to go to those places for investigation and man it’s a pain to go through. He would have to take out his Zoroark in order to survive in there. Lets home he doesn’t have to go in there again. At first when she mentioned muse, Kouichi had clearly forgotten that she was an author until it finally hit him.
Her muse, oh yeah she is a author totally forgot about that. Kouichi thought before nodding his head. “I see I'm taken a break from my Rangers duties. We have been working hard lately to the point I don’t get the chance to take breaks anymore it kind of sucks sadly. He needs to request to the Union that he needs to take breaks here and there and hopefully they won’t go off questioning about his duties as a Ranger. It’s just been busy as heck so we need to stay on our toes. It’s probably because of those knights or whatever they are called.
That was when his eyes began to sparkle while his face brightens up when she asked her for a battle. This is a huge honor to fight an Elite four but he never fought a gym leader before so he probably going to be beaten badly however, he might be able to drag Skyla’s attention if he fights her. He might not get this honor any time soon. “This is a huge honor um I never fought a gym leader before though nor a Elite four member but I’ll try my best I guess.” He knows he going to fail badly in his home city why him? Lets not forget that he is a bit tired as well so this is gong to suck. He yawned before nodding his head. “Um ok let’s hope there’s not a huge crowd.” He said to her. “This is my home town after all I don’t want everyone to watch me fail.” He murmured the last sentence.
[atrb=width,400,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][STYLE=background-image: url(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/jimmydalad/th_Shauntal2.png); height: 100px; width: 100px; border-radius: 40px 0px 0px 40px; border: 3px solid #800080;] [/style] [STYLE=padding-top: -20px; padding-right: 10px; font-family: courier new; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify;]NOTES: This is good practice : ). WORDS: 357 TAG: Kouichi/Open CREDIT: sky of btn![/style]
[STYLE=width: 300px; border-left: 6px solid #800080; background-color: transparent; margin-left: -5px;][STYLE=padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; text-align: justify;]Shauntal grinned when Kouichi accepted her proposition for a battle. A chance to fine-tune her skills as well as see the relationship the young man had with his pokemon. That alone was an exciting proposition for her as she thought about what pokemon to use.
The head ranger expressed his concerns with a curt nod, looking around for a place where they could battle. Her eyes picked up Chargestone Cave and she nodded to herself. An audience would make it hard for Kouichi to focus, especially since it was his hometown. She wanted him to feel as comfortable as possible.
”O.k then, meet me in Chargestone Cave. I’ll be waiting for you there with my pokemon. I hope to enjoy our battle.” Shauntal informed Kouichi as she began to make her way to the nearby cave, her mind reeling with ideas about which pokemon to use.
Judging from the pokemon he had with him that Shauntal could see, the Head Ranger owned a Leafeon, a grass type pokemon, and Golurk, like herself. While the type matchup wouldn’t be very beneficial for her, she was very tempted to use her Golurk against him. It had been a while since Gigas battled and she wanted to work on his battle skills. It would also prove to be a very interesting battle if he sent out his Golurk. After all, it was practically a mirror match.
Once inside Chargestone Cave, she moved towards one of the nearby rocks and sat on it, getting out Gigas’ pokeball and releasing it. It landed with a resounding thud on the cave floor and it turned to Shauntal, conveying a look of confusion on its face.
”Gigas, prepare yourself, you’re going to get in a battle soon. I expect you to do your best.” Shauntal briefed him succinctly, giving him a stern look as the automaton pokemon nodded its head, turning its body to the entrance of the cave and moving into a battle stance. Gigas was a powerful pokemon and Shuantal wondered what pokemon Kouichi was going to choose. She was putting herself at a disadvantage, but that only made it more fun.[/style][/style]
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Kouichi couldn’t believe that he was going to have a small battle with Shauntal, an Elite 4 member of the Unova region! He could hear his heart pounding rapidly as excitement took over him. The Ranger was excited but also nervous on top of it since he feels like he might not be able to help her out with her muse during this battle since he never fought a gym leader before. Maybe it’s a bit like fighting evil teams but stronger? Kouichi nodded his head when she decided to meet up in Chargestone Cave. Although that place is one area he hated to go to since his Pokemon stand no chance against that cave, he just decided to go with it. He was too speechless to even speak at this point. As he allowed Shauntal to head off to the destination, Kouichi sat there for a bit with his Golurk and Leafeon by his side that happened to wake up from her nap.
He had to plan this since this is going to be a tough battle he just knows it. She uses Ghost type Pokemon right? Katsu should be able to handle Ghost types then however, she probably has something up her sleeve, matter a fact, she probably knows that he’ll be using a dark type Pokemon against her so lets put him aside for now. There is also his Golurk but his Golurk is also weak against ghost type attacks so that’s a no. She might use some physic attacks if he sends out his fighting type Pokemon known as Shiro or Kenshin. That leaves him with two electric types Pokemon, two water types and a grass type Pokemon not unless he decides to go with his Zoroark, which might come in handy due to it’s ability of illusion.
After coming up with a small strategy well he not 100 percent sure yet but this might come in handy, Kouichi had walked into the Pokemon center, putting both Sparks and Kenshin inside his PC to take out his other two Pokemon he had in mind before he walked out of the city with his Golurk by his side. As long as he has his Golurk with him, he should be able to manage himself going through this cave, even if it’s just the entrance of it. As the Ranger made his way to the battlefield, he had noticed that she is using her Golurk for a battle. That makes it much easier on his side however, she probably have something up her sleeve because of this and he wants to make this a good fight for her right? Kouichi took out four of his Pokeballs; debating which one he should send out. Of course there is his Leafeon but she already meat his Leafeon and had probably has a strategy for this so Yukari will have to fight another time. He also has his last three Pokemon but; she probably knows that he has two water type Pokemon so it’s best to just send him out then. She won’t notice since he is using his ability right?
“Katashi, I would like you to watch the battle. You’ll most likely learn something from this.” He suggested to his Golurk. If his Golurk watches another one fight, then he can take in some of the battling that happened and use it for later. Once his Golurk had gotten settled, Kouichi had threw his Pokeball into the air to send out his Zoroark however, his Zoroark had disguised itself as his Samurott known as Kaito. “Alright Shauntal, it looks like Katsu and I are ready. I hope I make you proud.” Gosh he is nervous as heck but he has to stay calm or else Katsu would notice and that wouldn’t look good on his side.
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[STYLE=width: 300px; border-left: 6px solid #800080; background-color: transparent; margin-left: -5px;][STYLE=padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; text-align: justify;]Hearing the footsteps of Kouichi echoing around Chargestone Cave, Shuantal raised her head in the direction of Kouichi, noticing how he had his Golurk out. She stood up and put a hand on her Golurk, giving it a silent nod as it stepped forward, preparing itself for battle. Its menacing form stood over Shauntal and she waited for Kouichi to reveal his pokemon.
”I trust this would be a good battle at the very least.” Shauntal hollered to Kouichi, her glasses gleaming off the glowing stones of Chargestone Cave. She couldn’t help but get a little excited. She always enjoyed the thrill of pokemon battles and this time would be no exception.
Shauntal raised an eyebrow, as Kouichi sent out his Samurott, curious as to how he came into possession of such a rare pokemon. It wasn’t as if there were a whole lot of Oshawotts lying around the area. She considered asking him about how he came into its possession, but then focused her minds again, reminding herself that she was about to start a battle with him.
”I’m sure you’ll do fine” Shauntal reassured Kouichi. Adjusting her glasses, she thought about what she was going to do now. She wasn’t going to blindly rush in, that’s for sure. Golurk was normally a very slow pokemon and attacking was basically leaving Gigas prime for the taking.
She carefully thought out her plans for how to proceed, her mind buzzing with ideas as she tried to come up with the most effective strategy for countering his pokemon choice. She was at a clear type disadvantage so she needed to be smart. She wasn’t going to attack. Not yet.
”Gigas! Use Rock Polish!” Shauntal commanded, taking a few steps back in order to make space for her Golurk to move around. Almost immediately, Gigas smashed his hands together, causing the body of the pokemon to glow a brilliant white, the light shining of the other rocks and causing them to glimmer as well.
Shauntal put on a satisfied smile as she waited for the other’s pokemon to take action. If her strategy worked, then it would put her pokemon in a better position than compared to now. Her pokemon was fast now and all she had to do was wait and react.[/style][/style]
[/i] Kouichi thought as the Elite 4 member had already started on her first move. Even though she raised her attack, his Zoroark should still be a bit faster right? After all, Katsu has been his fastest Pokemon on his team besides his Raichu. Ok so if she is going to rise up her status then it’s best to start raising his status as well. Kouichi had lifted up his heading, sighing to keep himself calm as he looked over to Katsu.
“Katsu use Nasty Plot.” The Samurott nodded and had started working on the move that was instructed. The Pokemon had raised its special attack power for its neck move. Kouichi nodded his head for an approval as he looked directly at Shauntal, wondering what type of plan she has up her sleeve. Does she know that he is using a Zoroark or does she still believe if he is using a Samurott? She is a ghost type expert right so she might know a bit about dark type Pokemon and their special ability like his Zoroark.
-------- On Hand: and Katashi and Katsu [/div] [/td][/tr][/table]
[STYLE=width: 300px; border-left: 6px solid #800080; background-color: transparent; margin-left: -5px;][STYLE=padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; text-align: justify;]When the “Samurott” used Nasty Plot, Shauntal knew something was up. From what she could recall, there was no way that any Samurott could learn that move. That could only mean one thing. That pokemon that belonged to Kouichi was none other than a Zoroark. She chuckled a little at the little trickery that occurred. This called for a change in strategy.
”Gigas, run around the opponent’s pokemon.” Shauntal commanded coolly. Due to its increased speed, the Golurk started to spiral rapidly around the Zoroark, possibly in an attempt to disorientate it. She wanted to wait for the right moment.
”Nice Zoroark you have there by the way Kouichi. Yet another rare pokemon. Sometimes I wonder where get all of these pokemon.” She nonchalantly remarked in an attempt to set her opponent’s mind at disease. After all, a lot of pokemon battles relied on mind games in the end.
The Golurk continued to spin around rapidly, its speed heightened by the Rock Polish. Shauntal didn’t really like being the first to attack. If the other dodged the attack, it left her pokemon open for a responding attack and that wouldn’t do at all, especially with the Nasty Plotted Zoroark. However, she decided to take a risk.
”Now Gigas, attack with Drain Punch!” Shauntal instructed, her eyes focused on the battle. The Golurk, now behind the Zoroark, suddenly stopped moving and put all of its momentum into launching towards the opponent’s pokemon. As it did so, its fist began to glow with a bright green energy and once it had reached the Zoroark, Gigas attempted to punch the pokemon, putting all of its energy and momentum into its fist.
Shauntal wanted to see how Kouichi would react. The fact that he asked his Golurk to observe the battle impressed her and yet at the same time, it made her feel uneasy. It made her worry about how he might possibly learn her strategies and techniques. Having someone know about that did not sit well with her, but she did challenge him to a battle. She should’ve been prepared for this.[/style][/style]
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So she figured it out huh? Kouichi had a smile on his face as he heard the nice compliment that was given to him by the Elite 4 member but now there was something that’s worrying him. The Golurk was running around his Zoroark with increased speed due to Rock Polish. She is probably planning to use some type of fighting move now that she knows it’s a Zoroark. Usually when he fights trainers they always seem to use a fighting type move on him for type advantage.
Having a smile on his face, Kouichi had turned his attention first to his Zoroark. “Don’t lose focus on the target, watch carefully.” Even though it used Rock Polish, he knows that his Zoroark is fast too and will be able to keep up his speed well, so he hopes. As Zoroark did what he was instructed, Kouichi had turned his attention to Shauntal. “It’s a secret but I guess I’ll tell you. My mother is a Pokemon Breeder so I got this guy from her when it was just an egg.” That was his biggest secret since his Infernape, Haxerous, and his Zoroark came from his mother; he had gotten others from the Ranger Union or just by encountering them. “And for the Samurott, the Ranger Union wanted to test my knowledge of raising an egg. I got him before I got my other three eggs from my mother.”
Now that his secret is out and Shauntal had finally called out an attack, she had already started using a fighting type move known as Drain Punch. What’s great about that move is, once the target gets hit, the user gains health during the process. “I had a feeling you might use a fighting type move once you found out about my Zoroark. Alright Katsu use Night Daze but instead of smashing it onto the ground, smash it onto it's fist!” From what he learned, he knows that fighting types have to get close in order to use their strong attacks like Close Combat and other moves so what a better way to teach his Zoroark Night Daze?
As the Samurott turned around to see the Golurk getting ready to strike, Katsu had surrounded itself with crimson aura but had allowed the Drain Punch to hit him however; this was his chance to attempt to use Night Daze. As the punch had hit the Samurott due to Shauntal using Rock Polish from before, Katsu attempted to slam both hands onto the Golurks fist that had used Drain Punch on to hopefully if this was successful, the crimson force field from it’s aura and had started to spread around the two of them. Kouichi bit his lip, hopping that Katsu is able to handle that Drain Punch but it looks like the Zoroark is alright. After all, if Shauntal had risen it’s attack then that would have been painful! It’s a good thing he did that instead now that this thing has high speed and he’ll need power attacks in order to counter it.
[atrb=width,400,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellspacing,0,true][atrb=cellpadding,0,true][STYLE=background-image: url(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee503/jimmydalad/th_Shauntal2.png); height: 100px; width: 100px; border-radius: 40px 0px 0px 40px; border: 3px solid #800080;] [/style] [STYLE=padding-top: -20px; padding-right: 10px; font-family: courier new; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify;]NOTES: Sorry for this being so late T-T WORDS: 352 TAG: Minoto CREDIT: sky of btn![/style]
[STYLE=width: 300px; border-left: 6px solid #800080; background-color: transparent; margin-left: -5px;][STYLE=padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; font-family: arial; font-size: 9px; text-align: justify;]Shauntal was intrigued to hear more about where he got such rare pokemon. Maybe she could spend some more time talking to him after their battle. Indeed, Shauntal made a mental note to ask him more about it once this battle had reached its conclusion. However, they were only just beginning with this battle.
Listening to Kouichi’s orders, Shauntal quickly began to strategize. As long as Gigas was able to take the Night Daze, Shauntal could use it to her advantage.
“Gigas! Keep your footing and grab onto the Zoroark!” Shauntal shouted sternly at her Golurk, her eyes narrowed in anticipation as she watched the battle unfold in front of her.
As the Night Daze hit the Golurk, it grabbed onto the Zoroark using its other hand and tried to keep his footing, the intensity of the attack causing it to skid backwards across Chargestone Cave, wincing in pain, but still managing to stay upright due to its bulk.
“Let’s move onto the next chapter shall we? Launch it into the air and hit it with another Drain Punch!” Shauntal commanded confidently, a smile playing across her face, as she felt proud for the fact that Gigas took that hit. Shauntal noticed that it seemed to be hurt as it sagged while standing, but Shauntal hoped to gain some of that health back from the next hit.
Gigas nodded its head and threw the Zoroark into the air. As the Zoroark fell, the Golurk started charging up its fist in a green light. Once the Zoroark fell in front of the Golurk, it tried to smash its fist hard into the dark pokemon, putting its full power behind the punch.
“Nice strategy with the Night Daze Kouichi.” Shauntal commented as the battle continued to progress. “I was right after all. You’re putting up a good match. I can feel my muse increasing. Come! Show me your relationship with your pokemon!” Shauntal declared, pointing a finger at Kouichi as she did so. In battles, Shauntal had the tendency to get a little hammy. She couldn’t help it, her blood boiled whenever she fought.[/style][/style]
[STYLE=width: 70px; height: 30px; background-color: 8eafd3; color: 000000; font-family: Apple symbols; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 4px;]Tag: Shauntal/Open[/style][STYLE=width: 70px; height: 50px; background-color: 8eafd3; color: 000000; font-family: Apple symbols; font-size: 9px; margin-bottom: 4px;]Notes: It's ok and yeah couldn't figure out how to describe Foul Play lol.[/style][/style]
Taken a deep breath, Kouichi was grateful that the plan had worked but he knows that he shouldn’t be satisfied just yet after all, the battle just stated and his Zoroark already got hit by Drain Punch once however, with Nasty Plot on his side he is sure for a fact he can keep up. His Samurott is his second slowest Pokemon on his team however, it has a good stats attack so he might have done a decent job as well but he wouldn’t be able to catch up with the Golurks speed because of that Rock Polish. His Buizel might do a better job then his Samurott. Kouichi was imaging what would have happened if he used a different Pokemon to see how the results of this match would look differently. Although he likes to imagine things like this but now isn’t the best time because his Zoroark is in trouble.
Now this is going to be difficult, his Night Daze strategy had worked however, now that his Zoroark is thrown in the air, it’s going to make it harder for him to dodge the attack of Drain Punch unless he counters the move with one of his dark type moves. After all, Zoroark had used Nasty Plot so countering that move might be easier on his side. He has a couple of moves that he can use for this but he is sure not using Night Daze again. If he uses that twice in a row then she’ll defiantly turn that against him so Night Daze is defiantly out of the question. Now he can still get his Zoroark to doge by having it push himself off the Golurks arm but it’ll still most likely get itself hurt. He has one way to do this so lets home that it work.
“Alright Katsu, use Foul Play to counter the attack!” From what he has gathered, he knows that Foul Play is one of the strongest dark type moves and if he remembers correctly, if the attack status is high enough then the attack is even stronger! There was another reason why he used Nasty Plot and this is why and using it during another Drain Punch should be great so he hopes. If Katsu gets hit by another Drain Punch then this’ll be tricky however, the problem is Golurk has a huge amount of attack status so that’s what making this painful. He knows Katsu can handle it. “Great I’m just getting warmed up too.” He said as his Zoroark had used Foul Play to hopefully counter the Drain Punch while hopping it would take damage on the Golurk. ----------- On Hand: and Katashi and Katsu
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