Fight(3)

Fight(3)

In this case I wasn't relying on the damage from the attack since normal type was weak to fighting and thus did pretty much nothing to the Hariyama. No what I was after this time was the disorientation and confusion that the move brought. The reason for this was that I wanted to heavily limit the sort of moves the Hariyama could use as it happened to have two moves that were problematic for Vulcan , brine and surf. Brawly frowned at the inflicted confusion but didn't seem to notice my awareness of his pokemons moveset.-

It wasn't all that surprising really as inflicting confusion is usually an advantageous tactic whether or not a moveset was understood or not. "Magma coat , keep it hot!" I commanded and Vulcan glowed red as it slammed into the ground creating a glowing molten floor but unlike normally when it cooled quickly this time it stayed hot. Brawly was clearly taken off guard by this unexpected custom move but immediately noticed a huge problem for his pokemon. See while thick fat may halve the damage taken from a fire type move and resist burn status affliction it by no means cancels them.-

It can easily be imagined then what sort of pain and damage one might be subjected to by having to play a game of the floor is lava with the floor actually being lava. The Hariyama screamed as it hopped around to try and stop the cruel heat from destroying it's feet while Vulcan wasted no time at all charging over to deal as much damage as possible. "Surf!" Brawly yelled in clear panic as he understood how dire the situation was. So long as the lava remained on the floor the Hariyama was on a timer before it was crippled by the damage isolated to it's feet.-

It was a cruel tactic but probably fit my ruthlessness perfectly in his mind as I forced him to expose his cards if he wanted any chance of victory. Just like trainers prepare for challenging gym leader so too did the leaders prepare for the challengers. My teams layout was public knowledge to the league so the fact that each of his pokemon for this challenge had inbuilt counters to my own came as no surprise. Still despite the confusion and pain the Hariyama grit it's teeth and glowed blue as water rapidly formed around it in large amounts.-

"Crunch!" I commanded and Vulcan blurred forward as dark type energy condensed at its mouth and it shot through the forming water and closed it's jaws around the ribs of the Hariyama. Surf as a move actually had two methods of being used. The first was to use a water source nearby to create a wave that slammed into the opponent. This method used the least amount of a pokemons energy and was nearly unavoidable. The second method was to create the water using far more energy and exploding the water outwards. This method however had a critical flaw in that majority of the damage could be avoided if the opponent charged through the water before it was released.-

There was no shame in understanding how helpless one was and gracefully bowing out without suffering unnecessarily. Perhaps if this were life or death he might struggle till the end but this was not that serious so forfeiting as a good move. "Release your Hariyama again and I'll heal it's injuries a bit." I said calmly and Brawly was taken back but did as I said. I walked over to the creature and knelt down next to it while using a burn heal and a super potion on it followed by my healing ability.-

"You are an odd one Alexander Drake." Brawly said as he watched me heal the gruesome injuries on his pokemon. I didn't reply to that as I knew what he was referring to and didn't feel like explaining myself. It was a sort of public secret in the league by now that I was a ruthless personality after my slaughter of the traffickers in Slateport so what could be more counter to that then the reveal that I also had the healing ability as well? Abilities tended to shape ones personality so it was difficult to reconcile the differences between my personality and the role of healing that I was "naturally" able to accomplish.

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It is with heavy heart that I must make an announcement that may not sit well with many of you. As the cost of living has recently gone up for me due to a string of unfortunate incidents I can no longer give away so many chapters for free. From now on my free posts will be limited to twice a week while my patrons will be continuing to receive a chapter roughly everyday. Once again I am sorry that this has been made necessary.

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