"SHE WHAT??"

"Well, eventually, one of the two is going to win... Now. Do you want some chocolate to celebrate your victory?"

"Oh, yeah. Everytime... From your own mouth, or grandma's."

With a chuckle, he ruffled her hair softly. "Helios grows stronger everytime he battles, angel, you know that. Choosing him would mean missing the point of training the others, and would make me dependant of him. Besides, I'm doing this since you and the other kids gave me the idea."

"Grandpa would directly send out his Pokémon."

"Bah!" Amusing or not, he went silent again... Yeah, it was funny.

"Dodge, then Psychic!" Avoiding the attack with a Teleport, the Gardevoir fired back with a concentration of psychic energy. "Me neither."

Instead, he scratched his head, healing Nidoking and retrieving him back to his Pokéball. "Well, yeah. Sorry if you two expected more, but Azure still has a long way to go before reaching my first rotation. I'm still training him."

"... Well, to be fair, I'm already kinda am." Mumbling.

"We'll see, then."

"... Damnit."

As the dust began to dissapear, the figure of a standing Nidoking was the sight that welcomed them... Only for him to sigh, hands on his hips before making his way to his Pokémon. "You really are stubborn, hmn." The giant shiny was unconscious on his feet, defeated, but not fallen..." "We lost."

"... I'll climb a damn mountain, you'll see..."

And he just sighed. "Again with this... Thunderbolt!" This time, no hesiation. Ready to strike!

Not answering. Just a huff. "... ..."

It hit. Really hard. Azure gritted his teeth, holding on in the verge of fainting just for one simple thing. His order, like Sun said before attacking. "Got ya. Counter!" Stomping the ground firmly, with the last energy and strength he had, the Nidoking swipped a punch storing the same power +

"... ..." Offended, he turned around, going silent. Well, there was the Red part of him.

"Aurora?" Said Gardevoir gave a slight bow, teleporting back to the field as well. "Ready when you are."

"No it doesn't! My attitude is perfectly fine!"

Crossing his arms, frowning. "What about it? That doesn't count."

"Oh? Growing a little arrogant are we?"

"Wh- Name one example!"

"If you're sure you can get him under control, sure."

"Oh, come on!"

"Nah, you good." Safe he was!

"Uh, nothing. Ready for what?"

"W-What does that mean?"

Ideas ran on his mind seeing the play, as narrowing his eyes to see better. He could very well be entering in a trap, but... Without risks, you can't achieve victory. "Point there, Shadow Ball! Prepare for my order!" Raising a hand, a ghostly orb formed on his hand and shot towards the figure.

Raising an eyebrow, he shaked a hand in front of him. "Uh, are you alright...?"

He let out a soft chuckle, shaking his head. "I'll wait, don't worry."

Blink. "Oh god, are you getting married?"

"I'll kill them." Short, unhesiated response. "They already know what will happen if they do."

And they did, which angered Nidoking further... "Keep it together, Azure. Listen to my voice. Detect, then Fire Blast!" Managing to form a barrier to protect himself, he wiped the mud off his eyes, as his throat illuminated in flames and released a giant burst of flame towards Swampert.

"There is... That's why people choose different jobs."

"No. That's why I trust Uncle, Blue. That's all this is about. Trust."

"Rock Blast, then Taunt!" With his tail, the Nidoking broke the ground, grabbing and throwing rocks of various sizes towards the mud balls, destroying them. Afterwards, he crossed his arms, showing a confident grin to taunt the opponent.

"Sure. I'd recommend it, since both mostly cancel each other's weaknesses."

Both stopped as well, him frowning at the phenomena with suspicion and talking to Miki. "I take that's not something good."

"As far as I know, you don't have your hands clean. Neither do I. But at least I can say that since they got with him, there were no murders... Uncle would kick their asses."

An advantage! Quickly to comprehend the situation, he noticed the poison and reacted accordingly and quickly as he could. "Earthquake!" Trying to catch up, he stomped the ground as well, doing his best to keep at line the attack, managing to barely do so. "Venom Drench!" Then, he spitted a +

"... I mean, usually we use Pokémon for everything, but, yeah. Yeah, you can do that."

This time, the Flamethrower hit, making the shiny take a few steps back. "... You know what? I'm borrowing that strategy. Teleport, keep it up!" Then, the Gardevoir began to appear and dissapear around, copying Miki's Smokescreen effect.

Blink. "Why don't swap them? Or combine them?"

Slow stare...

A sigh. "He's happy, Blue."

"You wh-" Pause. "We... Don't do that here."

Feeling the punch buried on him, the Nidoking roared un both pain and anger... "Poison Jab!" Before gritting his teeth and turning around, delivering a poisoned cross on the Swampert's face twice.

"Fair enough. Megahorn!" Imitating the order, Nidoking charged foward with inmense strength, horn glowing.

"It matters because is HIS DAMN life!" Realizing he had shouted, he let out a sigh. "Apologies, I didn't meant to shout... Look, Blue. It's hard to accept. Or believe, or whatever... It's very complicated."

"One thing is work, other is the battlefield, Itsuki. Both are places where you can use them."