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    "Ha, you see that? That's master class strategy at work! No longer will I be just a Rising Star, soon I'll be the ace of all Ace Trainers! With the sand and leech seed and my Cacnea's evasion there's nothing you can do." "Okay, cool. Nice," Belle deadpanned, yawning openly. The boy snickered. "Especially not with a well-known weak Pokemon like Rattata. Alright. Now for the second part! Use Poison Sting until you get a Poison off, Cacnea! Sand, Leech Seed, AND Poison! A triple combo attack that can't be beat!" "A wombo combo?" the girl mused, head tilted down. "No...probably not." She looked up. "Anyway, you do...you, I guess," she said. "And uhh, Rattata, you do you too." The Rattata sniffed, and if it could speak, it would probably say something like "of course, that's what I was going to do anyway." Or at least that's what Belle assumed it'd say. Immediately afterward it charged forward, heedless of the needles coming its way to smack right into the Cacnea. The cactus Pokémon rolled backward before rolling back into an upright position, arms outspread to fire off another round of Poison Sting. Not bothering to yell out for her Rattata to dodge--of course it was going to try to do that. It didn't need her telling it that--Belle instead put her brain to work. She needed to figure out how to handle the whole "not wanting to listen to her" thing. Because, honestly, just charging in all the time wasn't a good strategy, and especially not a good one in this sand. But with her Pokémon not listening, it was going to be pretty hard to use a different one. So what do I do then? she wondered. Try doing the whole opposite thing again? It worked last time, so maybe... She turned to the Rattata. "Rat thing, I want you to go all in! Charge right at it! I think that's the best strategy!" The Rattata glared back at her with a hiss, tail waving slightly, before turning back toward the fight. And ran forward with high speed in a Quick Attack, dodging the Poison Sting in the process. Unfortunately, it also missed. This isn't working. Belle groaned. At this rate, I'm going to lose. Should I just replace him with Moo? But no, grass against grass isn't a good matchup either. "More Poison Sting, Cacnea!" Yet again, the Rattata used Quick Attack, this time hitting, but the Cacnea was still going strong. Another round and it missed this time. And then missed again. At this rate, they would get nowhere. And even worse, after that last exchange, Belle caught the site of a purple ooze in one of the Rattata's many cuts. It was hard to see because the Pokémon was also purple, but once she saw it, she knew right away what it meant. It was poisoned. It looked like the Rising Star saw that too. "Oh yeah! Go Cacnea! I knew you could do it! Now use uhh...oh yeah! I should use that move! Growth!" Growth?! That's not good. If I don't finish this thing off soon, it'll be my loss. "Listen to me, Rattata. You won't get anywhere with this strategy. Use Focus Energy." The Rattata hissed and shook its head at her. And then...charged straight forward. Again. "Use Growth again, Cacnea!" In that second, it was almost as if Belle could see the future. She knew what was going to happen as sure as anything. Except it wasn't actually seeing the future. It was just common sense. With her opponent setting itself up and her own Pokémon refusing to listen to her, she just would not be able to win this battle. Not unless a miracle occurred. Maybe I should just hope for one? Believe in the heart of the Poké Balls, or something? Would that work? It worked in the shows, after all, so maybe it would here too. The Rattata hissed as it kept diving for the Cacnea, its movements slowing somewhat from the poison and leech seed combo taking root. With that, it was even easier for the grass type to avoid its attacks. Its earlier surprise had changed to boredom. This is just bad. I can't even watch this. Belle shook her head. "Give it up," she told the normal type. "You're not going to win." The rat hissed at her before lunging at the Cacnea again. Of course it refuses to listen. Of course. Belle fumbled for the ball that she had put back into her bag, taking it out and hoping it was the right one. She really needed a better way to label these things. "Return!" The Rattata dove to the side to avoid the beam of red light, charging at the Cacnea. But unlike before, where its tail had waved upright like a flag, now it was drooping. The vines from the Leech Seed were still wrapped around its body and sending energy back to its opponent. So even when it hit the grass type, it was just keeping it at the same amount of health. "Finish it off now Cacnea! Use Absorb!" The cactus spread its arms wide as a large wave of green light separated from the Rattata's body to head toward the Cacnea's. Immediately afterward, the rat dropped to the ground with a whoof, sand whirling up in a small cloud from its fall. "Return," Belle muttered as she clicked the button on the Poké Ball. This time, her Pokémon went in, not even giving as much as a twitch of protest. It had been knocked out cold. It looks like it'll be some time yet before this one's ready to be in any trainer battles. Shaking her head, the girl reached into her bag, grasping at a random Poké Ball and hoping it was the right one. "Go...Moo?" Thankfully, this time she had chosen correctly. With a soft low, the Pokémon was released, shaking its body slightly like a dog as it turned its head toward its trainer. "This one wants to fight," Belle said, pointing at the Rising Star. She didn't remember his name. Names weren't important, anyway, for random NPC-mob types like him. "Your opponent is this one," she pointed at the Cacnea. "Time to show them what you're made of." A loss. She had lost. Not the whole battle yet, but that didn't matter. A loss was a loss. Now, she would just have to recover from it. That's what all good competitive gamers learned to do. To roll with the punches. When you lost, you either let it snowball into a complete defeat, or come back twice as hard. I don't really care about battling, but I really, really hate losing, she thought. So if I'm being forced to fight, I want to make sure I take home the gold. Literally, in this case, since I'll probably get paid for winning. And...I'd have to pay money if I lose. She sweated. There's more than just my pride on the line. I'm sticking with this stupid journey so I can get enough money to laze around. If I lose all my funds along the way, then that just defeats the point, doesn't it? In other words, she had to win this fight. But she was already at a disadvantage...unless that Cacnea was the only Pokémon her opponent had. I hope that's the case, anyway.
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