"Dusk versus..." Bella looks around at the backyard, the lake, the forest. "Mm, let's say Branch." She tosses a ball; a deer with antlers in summer foliage pops out. She pets him. He's considerably bigger than Dusk. "Sparring time, boys! Get warmed up, I'll cue you."
Dusk takes to this instruction more readily than Branch does; he pounces on the larger Pokémon, nips him on the ear, leaps off. Branch halfheartedly aims a kick, which Dusk dodges.
"Come on, you can do better than that, Branch. Horns, you've got horns."
Branch bows his head and manages to catch Dusk on his horns and toss him into the air. Dusk rights himself in midair and lands on Branch's back, nips his neck, jumps off.
"Dig," Bella says, "gently," and suddenly Dusk is underground with astonishing speed. Branch dances nervously around the environs of the hole, and is knocked over by an equally rapid ascent under his feet; Dusk pounces on him while he's prone, lightly nips Branch's foreleg, and jumps away again. Branch gets up.
"Horn Leech," Bella says, "again, gently, gently," and Branch aims his horns at Dusk, who yelps indignantly when they connect; Branch looks leafier and less bitten. "Solar Beam," she adds, squinting up at the cloudy sky. Branch starts glowing. "Faint Attack -" Dusk jukes left, then zigzags around to leap up and kick Branch in the head. Branch retaliates by aiming the glowing at Dusk, who is driven a few feet backwards by the blast but gets right up again and obeys Bella's "Shadow Ball" order. This does nothing whatsoever to Branch, apparently, but it looks very impressive, Dusk forming a wad of spherical darkness that passes completely through Branch's torso and dissipates before it hits the ground. "Return -" Branch obeys, but misses; Dusk takes advantage of the confusion to sneak in a scratch to Branch's flank.
"Psychic." Dusk dances away from Branch for optimal range; the scenery distorts slightly and Branch whines. "Megahorn." Branch scoops up Dusk in his horns again, more emphatically than before, and flings him; he lands on the ground, conscious but a little the worse for wear. "Good. Stop," commands Bella, and Branch begins unconcernedly eating grass. Dusk trots over to her to be picked up.
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Dusk takes to this instruction more readily than Branch does; he pounces on the larger Pokémon, nips him on the ear, leaps off. Branch halfheartedly aims a kick, which Dusk dodges.
"Come on, you can do better than that, Branch. Horns, you've got horns."
Branch bows his head and manages to catch Dusk on his horns and toss him into the air. Dusk rights himself in midair and lands on Branch's back, nips his neck, jumps off.
"Dig," Bella says, "gently," and suddenly Dusk is underground with astonishing speed. Branch dances nervously around the environs of the hole, and is knocked over by an equally rapid ascent under his feet; Dusk pounces on him while he's prone, lightly nips Branch's foreleg, and jumps away again. Branch gets up.
"Horn Leech," Bella says, "again, gently, gently," and Branch aims his horns at Dusk, who yelps indignantly when they connect; Branch looks leafier and less bitten. "Solar Beam," she adds, squinting up at the cloudy sky. Branch starts glowing. "Faint Attack -" Dusk jukes left, then zigzags around to leap up and kick Branch in the head. Branch retaliates by aiming the glowing at Dusk, who is driven a few feet backwards by the blast but gets right up again and obeys Bella's "Shadow Ball" order. This does nothing whatsoever to Branch, apparently, but it looks very impressive, Dusk forming a wad of spherical darkness that passes completely through Branch's torso and dissipates before it hits the ground. "Return -" Branch obeys, but misses; Dusk takes advantage of the confusion to sneak in a scratch to Branch's flank.
"Psychic." Dusk dances away from Branch for optimal range; the scenery distorts slightly and Branch whines. "Megahorn." Branch scoops up Dusk in his horns again, more emphatically than before, and flings him; he lands on the ground, conscious but a little the worse for wear. "Good. Stop," commands Bella, and Branch begins unconcernedly eating grass. Dusk trots over to her to be picked up.