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Who: Lyra and Silver
What: Rival fight get.
Where: The stadium
When: July 15th not long after he's reclaimed Gengar so like... 2pmish?
Warnings: It's a pokemon battle. 8D

[Despite having agreed to a battle, Silver'd first gone to reclaim his Gengar from N. And then he'd come down to the stadium, making his way up into the stands to give some of his Pokemon a brush before battle.

Currently, Bree was commandeering the attentions of it while the teen mulled things over in his head but quickly dismissed them in turn. As strange as the school was, he was hear for one purpose - to get stronger. And he would, regardless of the strangeness and the fact that Lyra was like 12. And apparently had more than that stupid Maril.

Whatever. A battle was a battle.] Heh, looking forward to the battle, girl?

[The Umbreon nodded, and Silver laughed. Of course she was - stupid question.] Good. We'll crush her.

Ummmbreee. [Silver grinned just a little then fished out his Sneasel so that he could groom the Pokemon as well, all the while keeping an eye on the entrance to the stadium.

If only so that he could deny being nice to his tools, of course.]

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Hmmm. Nope. [Silver stares at the Furret before starting to laugh a bit - though it's far from amused. Yea no, you have been solidified as stupid in his mind, and more of a moron that Ethan. At least Ethan seemed to know his types better than this wanna be trainer.] Dark Pulse. Make it hurt, Gengar.

[At the rate this was going, he'd win. Really, he was expecting more, but there's no need to get sloppy just as he was getting cocky. He just had to keep calm if the battle turned against his favor - not that he thought it'd turn against him of course. The kid hardly seemed to know her types. ~~Hahah Silver, calm when he's losing? Yea no... that's more unlikely than not.~~]

[But!

Before Silver can even finish saying his order, Lyra interrupts, calling out an order of her own in a teasing little singsong voice.]

Sucker Punch.

[Joke's on you, Silver: LYRA ACTIVATES HER TRAP CARD. This was what she'd been hoping would happen, in all actuality. She knew Silver -- the one she was used to, at least -- had plenty of smarts. If she sent out something really threatening when Gengar was this injured, there was the possibility of Silver responding defensively, by throwing out a move like Hypnosis or Curse or something. With Furret... well, nobody ever took poor Tavi that seriously, and Silver was no exception, apparently.

And as a result, before Gengar had the chance to get an attack off, Tavi was all up in its face, straight-up slugging the ghost. Attacking first was a nice advantage, as was being able to hit with a super-effective dark-type move... but this also put Tavi in real close. If Gengar had survived that surprise attack, then there was no way that Furret was going to dodge Gengar's counterattack.]

[The whole line's a joke line anyway, if you asked Silver. Like Rattata's were really.

One Sucker Punch later - and a nasty scowl at both Pokemon, Silver's 'Sore Loser side' starting to show, and he's recalling the ghost.] Hmph. Not bad for a kid.

Though let's see how you handle this. [The scowl morphed into a cold smirk before he enlarged a greatball, sending out his Alakazam - rather calmly, but inside he was already starting to fume. Though, months of having the pokeon on his team had taught him some from on emotional control, if tedious at that. Still. The surprise attack was a bitter pill to swallow (and would only add fuel to his tempter later.)] Psychic.

[So... How much does Tavi like psychic? Because Silver will end up spamming that attack ALALA Anime!Sabrina's Kadabra against Pikachu.]

Just keep talking big while you still can, Silver. Tavi, another Sucker Punch!

[Well, why mess with what works? She got off to a weak start with that Golbat pushing Rui into a corner, sure, but Silver made the mistake of sending out a psychic-type into something he knows is gonna hit with a dark-type move. Maybe she can use this to keep up her momentum.

...Or not. Tavi bounds in to deliver another punch, but he's not lucky enough to avoid being attacked this time around. Lyra's feeling pretty confident that he can handle the hit, but nope. Two words that spell out certain doom: critical hit. Tavi shrieks, clutching his head in his stubby little paws, and collapses to the ground in a twitching, defeated heap.]

Aw, no way! We were doing so good, too!

[Lyra's expression? You could probably call it a pout, but of course that would be silly because totally-grown-up-12-year-olds like her are obviously too mature to pout. Obviously. Yes. The KO'ed Furret is returned to his ball, and out comes a new Pokemon: a Scizor.]

This one's not going down that easy, Silver! Flynn, start off with a Double Team.

[The Scizor complies, three illusory copies of herself appearing around her. Truthfully, Lyra expects this to be a bit of a "free turn", so to speak; with psychics being weak to bugs, and steel-types resisting psychic moves, she's assuming Silver will switch Alakazam out for something that can do more damage to Flynn.]

[Of course they don't. Though Silver will push the buttons anyway. Because he's still a jerk.] Funny, the Lyra I knew used to make that face when I crushed her under my heel those three times. [Technically he only battled the girl twice, but what Lyra doesn't know, can't hurt her. That, and she's still as easy to rile up, or so it seems.

She's more like Ethan in terms of battling that he wants to admit, but just that little different that it's a challenge against her. He is mildly surprised and as he's git the upper hand, he can't really complain about the looses - he'll just push his pokemon to get better.

He does roll his eyes at the Double Team though. Oh well. It was a good choice - now he can get rid of it.] Disable.

[That should get rid of the double team for now, though he's still in a jam if she has another move like that up her sleeve. It might be worth teaching the pokemon another offensive attack, after all.]

[Oooh, that is so typical Silver! Here she is, totally holding her own against him, and all he can do is talk about how she's apparently so weak! She knows that's just how Silver operates, but man, does it ever grind her gears sometimes. This is no time to be losing her head over it, though. Things didn't quite go as planned, after all. That's typical Silver, too; always thinking a step ahead of her.

But that doesn't mean Lyra isn't thinking. She's got a good feeling about Flynn; even if she can't bump her evasion up anymore, she's got solid enough defense to take some abuse. And bug/steel is a typing that might just spell out trouble for Silver's team, if Lyra is remembering right -- Alakazam and Sneasel both share a bug weakness, and if she remembers right, he's got an Umbreon with that same weakness, too.

Yeah, she'll still be okay without Double Team. She just has to stay cool, and focus on launching an offensive instead of playing defensive.]

Who needs Double Team anyway? Let's lay the hurt on, Flynn! Bug Bite!

[With a Technician boost behind it, this move just might hurt, if given the chance to land. The Scizors, real and illusion, all charge in, jabbing out and trying to clamp a pincer down on that Alakazam of Silver's.]

[That Umbreon knows Giga Impact, JSYK Lyra. It was the first move he taught her himself ASAP. Though, depending on how things go, she might not even come into play.] Reflect!

[He knows it won't stop the attack, but it will make the move half as effective against his pokemon, or at least reduce the damage by half - thank Arceus for that move, but knows he needs to move fast now. Dammit though - this was one of the pokemon that he'd not battled much against while in Johto, and even when he did, he'd never paid much attention to it. A bite of his thumb, mind working overtime. He really needs to teach it a second attack. What was he thinking back in Johto..

No matter. He'll deal with that latter.] Now get in there with Psychic and keep at it! Crush the thing!

[Even if it didn't do much, hopefully he could rattle the bugs brains a bit and lower the special defence and/or disorientate it - pity it didn't have the same confusing affect though.]

[Alakazam could pack a punch, that was for sure, but Flynn had her natural resistance to psychic moves to fall back on. She withstood the attack, though one of her Double Team clones evaporated as some of her focus was lost.]

Don't give up, Flynn! Try an Aerial Ace!

[Another move chosen for the Technician boost, though the accuracy's also a nice plus. That Reflect is gonna cause problems until it fades away, but Alakazam's already taken some damage, so she's banking on it being enough. Flynn's wings kick into overtime as she darts in to slice at Alakazam, hoping to put an end to the psychic barrage before it gets to be a serious problem.]

[Silver grits his teeth at the damage done, playing out how the battle could go in his head. It doesn't look pretty and while his pokemon can still fight thanks to reflect....] Tch.

[He hates withdrawing a pokemon from a battle halfway, even if it's the better option. He's sure he can make better use of it later when the type would be more effective. Without a word, he recalls it - sending out his Feraligatr - and wastes no time in continuing the battle. Why wait when he's got the advantage.] Waterfall.

[ENJOY THE SWIMMING TIME, FLYNN.]

[Lyra's well-acquainted with just how much power a Feraligatr's got. Flynn might be built like a brick wall, but even she wouldn't be able to withstand more than a few hits like that. She could hope for a lucky miss with those Double Team copies, but she's not looking to risk it.

Just like Flynn has the potential to cause a lot of trouble for Silver's team, Feraligatr could be a problem for Lyra's; her best counters have already been knocked out, and her own Feraligatr is not only injured, but poisoned. Magcargo would go down in a single Waterfall... Dragonite might be able to do it if this Feraligatr doesn't have ice moves. It's a big risk, but she's going to need Flynn for Alakazam and those dark-types.

Lyra withdraws her Scizor, and instead sends out Dragonite. He ends up taking the Waterfall intended for Flynn, but again, resistances come in handy; Dragonite's still got plenty of stamina.]

Up into the sky, Janus! Hit 'em with Fly!

[The Dragonite spreads his wings and lifts into the air, climbing up out of reach. It's a strange reversal of the opening of the fight, really; now Silver's Feraligatr is the one with an opponent playing hard to get.]

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LJ, I would like my notifs. :|

Yeah, same here :/

So. I'm thinking that Lyra won here anyways!

I dunno, I think it'd be a close match!

I'd say so, yea. I know my very last battle with Silver took us both down to one pokemon each.

As far as rivals go, he's easily one of the toughest, yeah.

XD Yea. compared to the rest, he can be a litteral White Out if you aren't expecting him. :|

It's all thanks to him having such a good AI. He's the "smartest" rival I've seen.

s-sob. now I wanna get his game coding and look at that.

Good luck getting your hands on it, man