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[juuchanisu]

Before he could question Rae, she had already disappeared onto her Flygon. Blue stood on the lawn for a few moments, wondering if he said something wrong because she seemed a little distant there...shrugging it off, the male opened the door into the house. "I'm baack." He called out lazily.


Ari looked up from her spot on the ground, "Hi," she answered happily. The girl was crouched on the floor, playing with Skitty and Mudip whilst they were waiting for Blue. Blue's eyebrow rose; Ariada was glowing with happiness, but he didn't question it. Walking past Red, he grabbed his bag and Ari's throwing it at her. She squeaked in protest as she quickly caught it, then sent him a glare which Blue childishly returned by sticking his tongue out.


Standing up, Ari dusted the nonexistent dust off her dress and turned to Brendon, who was repositioning his hat. "Yeah, I can walk you to Petalburg, and introduce you to Norman. You'll like him, he's strong and pretty cool." The brunette laughed as he grabbed his bag and pokeball. Swablu appeared from upstairs and landed on her trainer's head, making Ari smile fondly at how attached the blue pokemon was.


"Ready to go?" Brendon asked as he opened the door. Blue nodded as he held Rae's bag in his hand, and his own on his shoulder. Treecko was grumpily sitting on his shoulder and Eevee was prancing around Ariada. Ari had her messenger bag strapped across her body, with Mudkip inside and sticking his little head out of it, a silly smile on his face.


"Ready!"

 

[Raerae]

Thanks to Brendon's knowledge of all the best, tested short cuts, it'd taken merely half an hour, give or take, to arrive at the entry way of Petalburg. The walk there had been entirely revolved around Brendon's small talk, for Red was still trying to figure the if, when and how regarding he and Ariada's not so secret kiss, whether or not he should reveal it, or keep it to themselves. Rae had acquired her things and rode Felicity there, flying ahead and not descending till they'd reached Petalburg.


Yet another town, though twice the size of littleroot, surrounded by lush green foliage, spotted with water beds, known for its gym, now completely enveloped in sunshine.


"'Bout time, seems like we've talked about this place forever." Red said with a sigh, and Pikachu chirped in agreement. "Did we agree you were going first, Blue?" Red asked cordially, with no quarrel to who has the first battle; the capsules on his belt trembled in anticipation, strongly opposed to their trainers diplomacy.

 

[juuchanisu]

The way there, Red and Ari walked awfully closed, and Blue noticed that they were pretty...secretive. He caught the timid glances and the shy smiles each of them would exchange while Brendon talked and it was bugging Blue.


What happened when he was gone?


That questioned floated around his head until they finally set foot in Petalburg and Red asked him a question. Glancing over at him, he grinned. "If you don't mind. I would love to battle Norman, sounds great!"


Without waiting for any more comments, Blue led the way to the obviously noticeable gym, confident and excited. His first gym battle in awhile. Gym leader verus gym leader. However, before they entered the gym, a small chirpy, light voice called out to Brendon, making the brunette turn.


"Breeeeeeeeeeeeeeendon~!" A petite girl, around Brendon's' age, was jogging over to the said male. A Blaziken was behind her, and she had a big smile plastered on her face. Once she reached the group, she flashed a smile, "Brendon! Hey! It's been awhile," the girl greeted with a kind smile.

 

[Raerae]

Red shrugged, seeing Blue excited was reason enough for him to encourage the male to go first. Hands shove in his pockets, he followed him and Ariada towards the gym, but suddenly winced as a squealed sounded out through the air, and their tour guide stopped abruptly.


"Hey, May! Sure has! ...Whoa, your Combuskin evolved already, huh?" He noted, staring up at the bird pokemon. "I remember when he was just a Torchic," He laughed lightly, and high fived the pokemon in acknowledgment.


"Is your dad in, by the way? I've got some friends who want to battle him.

 

[juuchanisu]

With a smile, May gestured for the group to come in, "Of course. Daddy's always in," she giggled, walking through the automatic sliding doors. They all followed the chirpy brunette girl to a simple, wooden interior. Standing there, with his arms crossed was Norman, his eyes closed in concentration. However, his blue eyes opened when he heard the doors slide open, and a smile was on lips when he realized it was his daughter.


"Hello May, Brendon." The Petalburg gym leader greeted. He accepted the hug from his daughter, who pointed to them.


"I have no idea, actually. Brendon knows them, though," May laughed. Norman chuckled, turning to Brendon.


"Mind introducing me to your friends?" he asked, and in return Brendon reflected the expression and turned to the group.


"Yeah, yeah. Meet Ariada," he gestured to the smiling ginger, who waved. "Blue, Kanto's Viridian City's gym leader." Blue waved, with a chuckle.


"Such a title, just Blue, please."

 

[Raerae]

Brendon nodded enthusiastically, "This is Rae-"


"Ah, Elesa called me ahead of time. I do hope you're enjoying your little vacation," He inquired with a knowing smile, to which Rae returned half so. "You're welcome here anytime, you know."


Brendon continued, "And Red, the Champion of-"


"-The Kanto league, I'm well aware. Steven says great things about you," Norman told Red, who nodded with an appreciative smile in response.


"Pleasure to meet you, sir," Red added.


"Likewise to all of you. Now, I get the feeling we're not here just for small talk. Who is challenging me today?" Norman asked, his face calm and collected, though he was extremely interested in his distinct visitors and the challenge they represented.


Red stepped back and gestured to Blue proudly.

 

[juuchanisu]

Norman's eyebrow rose as he uncrossed his arms, "Gym leader versus gym leader, I reckon?" With a short chuckle and a smirk crawling onto his face, Norman gestured for Blue to step forward, in which he did. "I accept your challenge, Blue, Viridian City's gym leader." Holding out a hand, Blue gripped it and they both shook hands, both holding contact as a challenging smirk was on each faces.


With a turn, he gestured for the group deeper into the gym leader. Everyone followed behind the gym leader, and into a large battlefield. It wasn't much, just a simple, flat-ground field with the typical battlefield symbols. Norman disappeared into a room for a quick moment, telling everyone to wait, then came back with a set of three pokemon. "Three-on-three?"


Blue gave him a curt nod, "Three-on-three, though I only have of my strongest pokemon," holding up two fingers, "and my in-training Eevee, so do you have a low-level pokemon that you can use for Eves?"


Noman smiled, "Of course. I'll have a Zizagoon on hand, so don't worry."


With a grin, Blue made his way to his spot on the field, "Great!" Norman stood across from him as he called for the official gym leader's referee. He came running, holding two flags in his hands as he made his way to the middle of the field. Blue turned to Rae with a smirk, "Cheer for me, will ya?"


"-Let the battle begin!" The ref called out as he stepped out of the way. Norman was the first to throw his pokeball, a loud roar following from the pokemon that appeared. Standing there, determined to win was a Tauros, stomping a hoof onto the ground. Blue followed with his Blastoise, and the battle began.


{I'm using bulbapedia Norman's wiki, 4th battle rematch in Emerald}

 

[Raerae]

"You bet," Rae responded with a wink, and Sylveon appeared, anxious and ready to cheer on their companion.


"Damn, look at that bull," Red mused, his attention completely absorbed in the scene unfolding before him. His thoughts from before were put on hold, engulfed in the idea of battling, to which Pikachu enthusiastically sparked in anticipation for.


"Pay attention, buddy," Red told the mouse, who growled in acknowledgement. He sent a grin to Ariada, before making himself comfortable within the bleachers and eagerly leaning forward to watch.


"Tauros, double-edge!" Norman commanded, and with two hooves to the ground and a roar, the bull charged forward, crushing the foundation beneath it with sheer force.

 

[juuchanisu]

As the large, imitating bull made his way towards Blastoise, Blue's face twisted into seriousness, "Slow it down with Earthquake!" he ordered, throwing his arm out as he did so. Before Tauros came any closer to the large turtle, the blue pokemon stomped his feet onto the ground, resulting in a large shake to the field. He did once again, and the field shook violently, slowing the charging pokemon as it lost it's balanced on the quivering ground.


Ariada watched the battle in awe; she loved watching Red or Blue battle against a worthy opponent because they get absorbed into the battle so quick. Mudkip was enjoying the show too; his head poking out of the bag and his eyes dilated in interest as he watched the fully evolved Blastoise easily take on his opponent. Everyone was watching the battle eagerly as commands were thrown across the field, and the two pokemon collide with each other in a harsh combat.


"Now, use Rain Dance!" Blue ordered.

 

[Raerae]

As Tauros' charge faltered, and the bull slipped and slid in the mud, the gym leader commanded the pokemon to come to a halt, and after considering his options whilst the rain began to pour, he changed his approach, though compared to the unexpected Blastoise he knew he really had to work it.


"From underneath it, use stone edge!" He shouted, and the bull roared, levitating sharp rocks by the dozen from underneath Blastoise.


Rae gasped, and had her hands covering her face, delicate fingers spread just enough so that her brown eyes could take in the battle. Lottie mimicked her trainers reaction, her ribbons covering her eyes as she watched just as anxiously.


"Arceus!" Red breathed as the ground abruptly erupted from underneath Blue's pokemon.


'Pika piiii!'

 

[juuchanisu]

Ari cringed at the sight of Blastoise being thrown into the air harshly by the sudden attack from underneath, whilst Blue bit his bottom lip, concern and anger filling is facial expression. Blue watched as his pokemon jumped back up, the attack not injuring as much as everyone thought and the trainer couldn't help but smirk.


"You alright?" he called out. In reply, Blastoise roared. "Great, counter back with Hydro Pump!" Blue ordered. The large turtle pokemon's cannon strapped on it's back began to form a large ball of water, before firing it at the bull; the rain from the previous move powering it up.


Mudkip was amazed at how easy Blastoise gathered his strength to fire such a powerful move. The small starter pokemon had troubles doing a simple water gun, and he couldn't help but wonder how far he would have to train to pull off such a move. He turned to his trainer, analyzing her.


Kippling was certain his trainer would help him train to grow into a stronger pokemon. The cute Mudkip already knew that she wasn't the one for strength, but she would help him train to become stronger, right?

 

[Raerae]

"Yay, Blue!" Rae cheered for both him and his pokemon, as did Lottie. 'Nyaaaa!'


Norman couldn't say he was shocked when the hydro pump blasted so quickly from the pokemon, slamming his Tauros full force across the battlefield into a cement surrounding, where it dropped, fainted, to the ground.


"Impressive," He noted, and held up a pokeball to recall his companion. He clicked the center of his second pokeball and enlarged it, tossing it in the air and revealing a Slaking twice the size of the usual species.


"Oh, damn," Red commented, and pikachu sparked anxiously. "He's huge!"


"But they're disobedient," Rae commented, her gaze on Blue. "Blue can use its slack off ability to his advantage."


Red arched both brows, impressed. "That so? Hopefully our beloved gym leader knows that," he added, and shifted his attention to the battlefield again, nonchalantly wrapping an arm around Ariada's waist.


Beloved, she blushed at the word, though she didn't quite understand why.


"Slaking," Norman addressed the ape, who smirked in response. "Thunder punch."


"I was afraid of that," Red grunted.


'Chuuuu!'


Trouble escaped from its pokeball within Blues bag, growling and clutching itself to Rae's forearm to watch.

 

[juuchanisu]

Blue's smirk grew wider when he heard Rae cheer from the sidelines. Hey, at least he was getting some support, right? Turning his full attention back onto the battlefield, Blue's confident slightly faltered at the Slaking. Yes, it was imitating, but it wasn't that: it was that it had the move Thunder punch, a move that can very well knock Blastoise off his feet.


The gym leader was quick to react as he called out a move: "Quick, Ice Beam!" The turtle pokemon did the same procedure as it did with Hydro Pump, but instead of water, it was ice.


"Ice Beam won't do much, will it?" Ari commented quietly as she was suddenly flushed to Red's side. Her ears grew warm, but she didn't think much of it as most of her attention was drawn to the battle in front of her. "Sure, it'll slow down Slaking, but it won't freeze. Well, he has a chance of freeze," Ari trailed, for now she was just talking to herself as she analyzed the battle.

 

[Raerae]

Just as the punch neared Blastoise, it unleashed one hell of an ice beam, freezing up to Slaking's shoulder, which ended his attack despite the force of it.


"Slaking, break off the ice!"


'Slaaaaaa' the pokemon yawned, slamming it's fist down on the ground and shattering the ice with ease, but then he just laid down and stretched out, absolutely useless.


"Wha- What are you doing?!" Norman barked, astonished that, even after all their training, his pokemon was using now, of all moments, to be what it's species was known for: lazy.


Rae covered her mouth, stifling a giggle as the ape like creature simply yawned again, exposing over sized, square teeth in response to its trainer. "Hit'm again, Blue!" She told him, still trying not to laugh.


Red, on the other hand, was miffed; if Norman was aware that this was a likely situation to end up in, why in the world he take the chance? Not just now, but ever? He furrowed his brows and narrowed his eyes as he thought about it.


"Slaking, I said Get up and use night slash!"


'Slaaaaaaaa' the pokemon yawned loudly, sending its contagious response to Blastoise and inevitably making it sleepy, too. Rae, Red, Pikachu, Trouble and Lottie all found themselves yawning, too; even the ref had to cover his mouth to do so!


The gym leader growled, his hopes of training his pokemon to over come its flaws seemed to have failed today. Even if it did put Blastoise to sleep... He didn't know if it'd listen again.

 

[juuchanisu]

A smirk couldn't help but made it's way onto Blue's face as he watched Slaking, well, slack off in the midst of a battle. He couldn't help but chuckle at Norman's astonishment and was about to call a command to take an advantage of it's ability, however like mostly everyone in his room, he had yawned as well, Ari and Kippling following. Shaking his head to shake away the sudden sleepiness, he called out an order. "Blastoise, use Earthquake!"


Sleepy, yet determined, the large starter pokemon let out a roar as it stopped onto the ground, shaking it up at the best of his current stage. The field shook once more with a large earthquake. Fully awake thanks to the shaking ground below him, Blue grinned. However, faltered just a bit to see his pokemon still awfully sleepy.


Biting on his lower lip, a habit he did when his confident was shattered or he was a bit unsure what to do next, Blue pondered on his next move. He knew that Slaking had the chance to attack, and most likely that Yawn move would affect his Blastoise and he'd be only left with one pokemon able to go against him: Arcanine. Not that he didn't believe he couldn't win with only Arcanine; the large dog was one of his strongest! He just wanted to test the Hoenn league to see if he could sweep through. Apparently not, sadly.


Resting her head on Red's shoulder, Ari watched the battle. It was tense: Slaking always began lofting off on even turns, while Blastoise will fall asleep thanks to that yawn in the next turn. Though again, Norman is only on two pokemon, but he can't bring out his Zigazgoon for that is saved for a battle against Eevee; so really, Norman only has one pokemon, Slaking whilst Blue was standing with an extra pokemon on hand, his Arcanine if Ari remembered correctly.

 

[Raerae]

When the earthquake hit, and the ground trembled violently beneath Slaking, the pokemon was dramatically propelled into the air, and fell in a spiral, crashing into the ground with a cartoonish whack. It staggered as it stood, beating its fists against its chest and roaring with anger.


Rae watched the ape react and felt herself shiver, she officially did not like that pokemon. It was incredibly creepy to her. Lottie seemed to agree. "Come on, Blue..." She whispered, her gaze on the male as she awaited his reaction. Even Trouble was being somewhat supportive, growling loudly.


"Knock'm dead, Blue! Not literally, but, you know!" Red shouted, laughing a bit as his exclamation. He was banking on his companion, of course, knowing Blue would pull himself out of this.


"Slaking, arm thrust!" Norman commanded, and the ape powered up a powerful fighting type move, it's arm aglow as it readied a diabolical slam.

 

[juuchanisu]

Chuckling at Red's outburst, Blue readied for the next attack. His Blastoise was on full health, but maybe if he could just get a freeze and finish it up with his Arcanine, it'll be easy as pie. Which is really good, actually; Blue enjoys Red's mom homemade pie...


Okay, off topic there, Blue mused to himself as he pointed at the Slaking who was powering his move up, "Quick, counter with Ice Beam!" he ordered, and Blastoise did just that with his mouth instead of his canons. The gym leader grimaced as he watched the lazy pokemon land quite a powerful Arm Thrust onto his starter pokemon, but he was glad his pokemon was still standing, even on low health. The smart idea would to be heal Blastoise then continue on the battle, but Blue had a fully healed pokemon in his party ready to battle as well, he didn't need to waste a perfectly good potion.


A smirk made it's way onto Blue's face as he watched the pokemon fire a strong, chilly ice beam towards the Slaking .In results of the ice beam, it became chilly into the battlefield, making Ari shiver as she consciously cuddled into Red's warmth.

 

[Raerae]

It'd shot faster than Red had ever seen an ice move, especially in more humid conditions, though he assumed the adrenaline fed its velocity. It collided with the ape pokemon in a dramatic explosion of mist, once cleared, it revealed, even with low odds, the pokemon had indeed been frozen. Red was supposed to see Giovanni had hardly flinched, assuming the man either had a plan, or was giving up that not so well thought out match up.


Turns out, Giovanni was enjoying his prolonged defeat in an odd way. Everyone he'd come across had been youngsters with an ego and six pokeballs they hardly trained, screaming out moves by the dozen and being defeated with ease within the first two rounds. But Blue undoubtedly had spunk, strategy and skill, the essentials for a gym leader of his caliber, which, honestly, was higher than Norman's. Course he'd never admit it.


"Well played, Oak," Norman gave a half smile, slightly deflated at the situation, though twice as intrigued. "That Blastoise of yours is inspiring."


"Blue's first," Red commented quietly, tightening his grip around Ariada whilst the chilly temperature hung thick.


"He'll need to swap Pokemon, B's exhausted," Rae murmured like a commentator, to which Lottie agreed, both of them admiring the men on the field. She was the type to forfeit at the sign of exhaustion when it came to her Pokemon, a push was one thing, crossing boundaries was another.


The ice formation trembled, displaying incredibly strength as the seemingly frozen solid pokemon wriggled and spassmed to get free, audibly cracks filling the air already.


"Slaking, I want you to keep up the struggle!" Norman demanded, "Use close combat on that ice!"


"He's over working it," Rae frowned, watching the ape struggle violently. She let her gaze fall, finding it a bit unsettling.

 

[juuchanisu]

Watching his own pokemon freeze it's opponent was satisfying, no doubt. He had the upper hand, especially since he still had a fully healed pokemon on belt. "Good job, Blastoise! Take a rest and let Arcanine take over," he called out his pokemon. The large turtle pokemon grunted in response as it obediently retreated back to it's capsule for a well-deserved rest. Minimizing the red plain pokeball, Blue clipped his first pokemon back onto his belt, swapping out for the Great ball he had used when he captured Arcanine, or Growlithe back then.


"Arcanine!" he called out as he threw his pokeball up into the air. In a bright white flash, the large fire dog pokemon appeared onto the battlefield, growling competitively. "Aerial Ace!"


Ari was taken by surprise. Blue's Arcanine had Aerial Ace? Why didn't she realize that when they battled together? It was an odd move to slap onto the large pokemon, but it worked out well for him as she watched the Arcanine run with such speed towards the frozen Slaking, passing him with ease. It looked like Arcanine just breezed past the trapped pokemon, but a few seconds later, the sound of the ice cracking sounded throughout the room.


Blue smirked, "Good job." He watched as the Slaking's ability took place, giving him another chance to attack. "Finish it up with Overheat!"


Immediately, the room's temperature began to increase massively as the fire pokemon gathered his energy, The dog pokemon gave a menacing bark as a strong wave of fire blasted towards Slaking and smoke surrounded the room at the impact.

 

[Raerae]

Red, Pikachu, Rae and Lottie all leaned forward, narrowing their eyes in the midst of a sudden heated smoke. As it dissipated, as expected from an abrupt blast of heat like that, Slaking was sprawled out on the ground, unconscious.


"Slaking is unable to battle!" The ref declared after a moment of deliberating. Rae looked away from the pokemon, a little uncomfortable seeing it in that condition, even though she was glad Blue had won.


Norman returned his pokemon silently, brows furrowed as he studied its capsule a moment, before tucking it away in his pocket and pulling out his Zigzagoon's pokeball the Eevee he'd promised to go easier on.


Lottie was notably more interested as she realized Eevee would be appearing, her prior evolution was in dier need of strengthening, and she'd yet to see her do much more than a sand attack.


"Atta boy, Blue," Red praised, and then was hit with a wave of nostalgia as he'd heard Samuel say that upon attending his grandsons first real battle. Man, how the years had gone by...

 

[juuchanisu]

Blue gave a sigh of relief; his pokemon pulled through. He did good. With a grin, he pointed the pokeball towards Arcanine, "Great job, boy. Take a rest," he smiled as he watched as the red light engulfed him and returned to it's pokeball. He minimized and set it onto his belt, taking out Eevee's pokeball. "Eevee, it's your turn!" he called out, throwing the small fox's pokeball.


Eevee came out with a cute battle cry, making Ari smile cheekily at the sweet brown pokemon. She was abnormally tiny compared to other eevees, and was in need of training, but Ari felt as she'll pull through like her teammates did. Blue was smart. He knew what and what not to do when it came to gym battles, and he knew the strength of his pokemon.


"Go Eevee!" Ari cheered, making Blue smirk.


"Eevee, let's win this battle!" he declared, and his pokemon replied with a confident yelp. "Let's start out with Quick Attack!"

 

[Raerae]

The Zigzagoon, a seasoned first evolution, dodged the attack with ease, rounding around and headbutting the Eevee upon Norman's demand.


"Ouch," Rae flinched as their heads collided, watching the little brown Fox slide back across the dirt. "Come on, Eves."


'Nyaaaa!' Lottie cried.


Norman gave a bit of a smirk, planning to test this little one and see if it really had any capabilities; it was a little hard for him to imagine such a tiny thing under the hand of an acclaimed gym leader. "Come on, Blue, is that all you've got?"


Red grinned, hugging Ariada to one side and fist pumping Blue discreetly with his free hand. "Come on, buddy!"


"Use super fang!" He demanded, and the raccoon bared it'd fangs in an ugly hiss, preparing for its attack.

 

[juuchanisu]

It dawned upon Blue that he hasn't had the proper time to actually train Eevee...He has been wrapped in the excitement of going to Hoenn that he nor Red actually trained for a gym battle, which shouldn't be needed as they both are quite powerful. During their walk through Route 102, you could say he manage to raise Eevee's levels a bit higher; around level twelve or so, thanks to trying to capture Trouble and the sudden attacks from random pokemon encounters.


He also managed to teach Eevee a new move.


"Eves!" he called out, and the brown fox's ears perked, telling him that she was indeed listening as she braced for the harsh attack from Zigzagoon, "Blind it with Sand Attack!" Because his eevee was quick on her tiny paws, she managed to evade the Super Fang attack, but just barely. It skimmed her fur, but she landed on all four paws with her rear facing Zigzagoon. As the ferret turned around in reflex, he was met with face full of harsh dirt into his face, nonstop.


After she was satisfied with kicking dirt into her opponent's face, she jumped back and waited for Norman to counter her attack.


Ariada's lips pursed into a thin line, "Blue has something up his sleeve," she commented. "I wonder what his strategy is with an inexperienced Eevee..."

 

[Raerae]

Despite impaired vision, Zigzagoon persevered, whipping around and upon Norman's command, lunging towards the Eevee in a quick attack. The first time, it'd missed, but rounded it's path as instructed and came back for another chance to slam into the fox pokemon.


Red watched intently, if not a little incredulous, as the two, tiny brown pokemon duked it out, furry tails swishing back and forth, paws stuffing at the dirt. Pikachu sparked in anticipation, mumbling 'chuuuu' and twitching on Red's shoulder whilst it watched the battle.


Lottie was propped up on the stands, standing on her hind legs and letting her front paws hold her up for a better view. Her ribbons gently sashayed back and forth as she observed mostly Eevee and her responses, likely eager to run to her rescue should she be wounded.


"Blue..." Rae mumbled, wondering just what he was up to. This battle reminded her of the one she'd had with Lottie (Then an eevee) and Elesa's emolga.

 

[juuchanisu]

Both gym leaders were shouting out commands; not recklessly, no, no, but more like they were piling up top of one of another faster than ever before. There was no reason for them to yell commands so quickly, but it seemed like both gym leaders had a strategy of some sort to take their opponent down one way or the other. It was then when Zigzagoon tumbled on top of Eves, pinning her fluffy chest down with his claws while snarling down at her.


"Good job, Zigzagoon, now use Super Fang!" Norman ordered. The air was obviously tense as they waited for Blue's reaction to the move and what he would do to pull himself back in the lead.


However, take a look at Blue and he held an air of confidence. He had a smirk on, like he wanted this to happen and he stood as if he knew he was gonna win the battle no matter what. And he had no reason to falter as his next attack surprised, well, everyone. "Don't be fazed and use Shadow Ball!" he called out.


"What? They're really close to each other; Eves can really harm the Zigzazgoon in that distance!" Ari protested, and Blue turned to look at her.


"I know," he replied with a smirk as he watched the Eevee on the floor form a big ball of purple shadows in her mouth.


"You know?! Blue, you're so stupid, you're gonna hurt him!" Ari cried out. However, she didn't receive an answer when she heard the sound of fur skidding against the battlefield. Frighten and a bit worried, Ariada turned her attention back to battle, but instead of what she feared, she saw Eevee had managed to kick Zigzagoon off, for he was too distracted by the attack forming in her mouth, and had landed an appropriate distance away.


Blue chuckled at Ari's surprise, "I'm not that stupid, though." He commented as he watched Eevee fire the large shadow ball towards the surprised Zigzagoon.