Preliminary: Yuki vs. Sage!

[Eros Wakefield]

YUKI

vs.

SAGE!

Both competitors are to PM me with the order in which they will use their Pokemon (not a guarantee that you will advance, just precautionary).

Blue side posts first.

[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] Sage walked up the stairs to the arena and felt the breeze blowing against her silver-blond hair making her having to hold her hair in place for a while. She was very excited today since this was her very first pokemon battle tournament she was participating in. This was different from a regular trainer battle since you don’t know who you’re battling until you’re done registering. It was unpredictable who you’re going to battle too. They were things at stake too and lose just one battle and you’re eliminated just like that. There weren’t any second chances to make up for it. She didn’t know much about her opponent since they never really got to know each other very much. But all she knew was that he had mostly bird type pokemon save for some non-bird type pokemon he had. Maybe it was better this way since she wouldn’t have much hesitation in giving it her all or not. She finally walked up to her designated battle spot and was relieved she didn’t wear anything too hot because things were about to hotter than normal. She waved at Yuki smiling, “Hey Yuki! Good luck!” She took out her poke ball from her silver belt and threw it up in the air. Out came her Magmar, Huo who turned toward her giving her a friendly grin and a thumbs-up. She thought it was adorable that he would always do that and getting out of her thoughts, she told Huo, “Let’s give it our all alright?” Huo gave her a wider grin as if saying of course and turned toward the opponent’s side of the battle field awaiting her commands. She added as she reminded him, “Don’t forget to have fun Huo!” She heard Huo give a loud, “Mar!” as they both waited for the battle to be on its way.	[atrb=width,140] words , 309 music , Don’t Push- Sublime tagged , Yuki notes , Good Luck!
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[Yuki Sawada]

Yuki walked into the arena as nervous as possible. He wasn't really much of a tournament battler, but it was a good opportunity. He quickly jogged over to his spot and closed his eyes. The soft roar of the crowd filled his head and he had to stop his body from shivering in anticipation.

"Calm down, it's just like a gym battle. Except with lots more people watching... ugh..." Failing at psyching himself up, Yuki looked up to see his opponent Sage waving at him and wishing him luck. Yuki gave a nervous smile back and a lazy wave that looked more like him just raising his arm up.

Seeing Sage release her own pokemon, Yuki pulled out his pokeball and tossed it lightly into the air. The ball floated in the air and opened up at the zenith of the throw. However, instead of releasing the pokemon forward, the beam of light that carried the pokemon flashed onto Yuki's shoulder.

Elwood the Emolga had come out of his pokeball and immediately hid behind Yuki's head.

Yuki groaned at the pokemon's shyness. "Come on El, we've got a battle to win." He picked up the squirrel and placed it on the ground. He pointed at the Magmar that Sage had called out. "That's your opponent."

El looked over at the Magmar and then just looked up at Yuki in a bit of fear. The flying squirrel got a pat on the head and an encouraging smile. "Come on El, I wouldn't have chosen you if I didn't think you could win."

Those words seemed to cheer the pokemon up. A little hesitantly, the Emolga hopped into the air and glided over into the battle field.

Yuki nodded and smiled out at Sage much more confidently. "Sorry about the delay, but we're ready to go now."

[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] Sage watched as Yuki threw his poke ball out to the air and saw that out came out his Emolga who plopped onto his shoulder and hid in back of his head. She thought the Emolga looked very adorable and giggled at the Emolga’s antics. She wouldn’t mind having an Emolga herself but an Emolga wasn’t one of a type of pokemon she would battle with. Maybe for a pet pokemon? She finally found out she wanted to be a gym leader and specialize in fire type pokemon. She wondered if Emolga was hiding because of her Magmar but she brushed away that thought because she had to keep her head in the game. Hearing him apologize to her about the delay, she gave a foxy grin reassuring him, “Don’t worry ‘bout it,” and she continued smiling, “So let’s get this party started!” She put her silver-blond hair in a ponytail since she didn’t want her hair to get in her way when the adrenaline kicks in. She could hear the crowd coming in making her feel more excited for the battle. If they wanted a show, then she’ll give them a show indeed. She grinned telling her Magmar, “Let’s heat it up!” as white orbs appeared in front of his arms raising his hands, and releases two white beams on his hands at the sun intensifying the heat from the sun. She continued, “Follow up with Lava Plume!”as Huo created an explosion around himself full of smog and intense fiery flames covering and torching the area around him. Lava Plume has a 30% chance of burning the target. If it hits, then Emolga will be burned if the dice rolls the numbers though (1-3.) [dice=10]	[atrb=width,140] words , 259 music , Panic- Sublime tagged , Yuki! notes , …
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[Yuki Sawada]

"Alright, let's get this rolling." Yuki grinned at Sage and then turned his attention to the battle. He let himself get immersed into the roar of the crowd, the rhythm of the battle, the heat of the sun...

Wait, that last one was way too hot.

"Sunny day..." Yuki scowled, and the weather was already working against him. "El, get out of there!" The teen commanded.

The Emolga didn't need any encouraging to stay away from the Magmar and took to the air. El leaped high into the air and glided away from the Magmar in time to escape the Lava Plume. The intense heat did create an updraft for him to ride into the sky though.

"El, try to stay up there and Charge up!" El could only glide, but it would hopefully give the little guy enough time to charge up for an attack. Then again, he doubted that Sage would just let El charge up for his next attack.

[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] Damn. She was sure Lava Plume would hit the Emolga but she had forgotten that it could glide into the air. But for how long? She needed to time out her attacks just right if she wanted to land a decent hit on the electric-type pokemon. She watched as the Emolga leaped high up avoiding Magmar’s attack and the Lava Plum attack even had created an updraft to help it glide into the air. What to do now? She heard Yuki ordering his Emolga to use Charge that would boost it’s electric-type attacks. She didn’t want to take her chances on that happening. Since the Sunny Day move made Magmar’s fire-type attacks stronger, she decided to use Fire Blast since the flames would be larger and more intense and serve to hopefully distract the Emolga and better yet—hopefully damage it. She could feel her forehead sweat from the intensity of the heat and wiped her sweat off and immediately ordered her Magmar, “Fire Blast now! Don’t let it get out of your sight!” Her Magmar’s eyes glowed orange as his whole body became surrounded in a hot fiery aura, and spit out large and intense great flames toward the Emolga hovering in the air. Sage could feel the air heat up even hotter than before as she felt more sweat build up and because of that, she took off her flannel, dropped it on the ground, and left her with her under top of a spaghetti strap light red shirt. She wrinkled her eyebrows in thought wondering how long the Emolga can stay up high in the air since it could only glide.	[atrb=width,140] words , 274 music , Ini Kamoze Here Comes The Hotstepper tagged , Yuki! notes , Sorry for the wait, having your laptop charger stolen isn’t fun :/
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[Yuki Sawada]

Yep, Sage was not content with leaving El up in the sky to charge up it's next attack. Unfortunately, Elwood was not the most courageous pokemon and when it saw the large and powerful Fire Blast coming its way, it abandoned it's Charge and took the time to dodge out of the way of the attack.

The Emolga had to dive down a bit from his spot in the sky and was now gliding within striking distance of the Magmar. Yuki scowled and pointed directly at Sage's pokemon. "Don't let it route you like that, Acrobatics to get close and then Spark!"

The electric rodent gave the Magmar a fearful look before gathering it's courage and shooting forward in a series of flips and loops to make aiming at him harder. He rushed the Magmar's head and after contact he would cover his body in electricity in what would hopefully be a brilliant combo attack.

Yuki wiped the sweat from his head and gave the bright sun a dark look. It was both giving his opponent a tactical advantage and making it harder to think on his feet. He turned back to see if Sage was having a hard time with the heat. Yuki blinked and twitched when he saw the girl take off her jacket. He shook his head and cut off any thought processes that didn't relate to the battle. He needed to make sure El didn't get roasted.
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1-3 for para
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[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] As much as she wanted Fire Blast to hurt the Emolga, it was inevitable that the Emolga would probably avoid the intense attack since she had noticed that the tiny pokemon was fast. She glared seeing what just had happened since both of Huo’s attacks had missed the Emolga even with the attacks being powered up by Sunny Day. Her face began twist into frustration but then she remembered to take a deep breath to calm her mind down. She couldn’t lose her cool especially in a time like this and if she wanted to be a fire type gym leader too. She took a deep breath and thus, could feel a sense of calmness in her mind. The constant loud chanting of her Magmar and Yuki’s Emolga and booing from the audience didn’t bother her as much as before. She had tried her best to cover up the irritation she had from the loud audience didn’t work until now. Now her eyes were full of determination and confidence as she began to rethink her strategy. This whole time, she was trying to overwhelm her opponent with power but maybe that wasn’t the right strategy to take. She watched intently as the Emolga had decided to not use Charge since it obviously had no time to use that move especially that it had to avoid her Magmar’s Fire Blast. From the distance, she heard Yuki order his Emolga to use Acrobatics close up the distance and then to use Spark. Well, wasn’t that a gamble? But who knows, it might actually work. She couldn’t let that happen. She watched as the Emolga dived down faster and faster, while using Acrobatics and coming closer and closer. Not yet. Closer. Closer. Closer. Now the distance was so close. She yelled out, “Aim! Flamethrower!” as her Magmar immediately looked directly at the incoming Emolga and quickly released a red-orange stream of intense flames from his mouth at the Emolga.	[atrb=width,140] words , 326 music , Til You Say Stop- The Alliez tagged , Yuki :] notes , Goooooooo Huo!
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[Yuki Sawada]

El's eye's widened at the stream of fire that was suddenly in his flight path. The little guy managed to flip out of the way of the majority of the stream but still was hit by part of the Flamethrower. The added power from the Sunny Day had make even the glancing blow harsh on the small flying squirrel.

Still, El wasn't about to let his trainer down. He landed on the Magmar's head and let off his Spark attack just like he was told.

Yuki winced at the flames and resisted the urge to flinch when it looked like El went through the flames. The boy let out a sigh of relief when the pokemon came through fine and let off it's attack. Still, his mind was whirling around with possibilities. He mentally sifted through Emolga's attacks and compared the situation to some of Magmar's attacks for a counter attack. He realized quickly that he had made a mistake. "El, now that you're close let off a Discharge!"

Yuki realized that having El so close to the Magmar was probably a bad idea. Sage seemed to have abandoned brute force but it was too late to have El pull out without being cornered. So his only choice was to attack full force.

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Again, 1-3 for para
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[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] Sage was glad that even though her Magmar’s Flamethrower didn’t hit the Emolga fully, it still had injured the tiny pokemon quite a bit. Only problem was, the tiny pokemon was still diving down and not showing any signs of going away or fainting any time soon. While the Emolga’s body became surrounded by yellow sparks and attacked Huo with it’s electricity, she could see her Magmar wincing in pain. Sage yelled, “Sunny Day!” as Huo’s eyes glowed and struggled to raise his arms up and intensify the sun. Sage was worried but glad he actually accomplished it even with the pain as she felt the increased heat from the sun once again. As she saw the Emolga readying itself for a Discharge attack seeing yellow sparks began to form, Sage ordered, “Grab onto that Emolga! Now!” as she then watched while the Emolga was busy, Huo latched on to the pokemon tightly. She hoped his flame body ability would activate so she could have Huo burn that Emolga on contact. She could see Magmar wincing more so she ordered him, “Ram that Emolga on the ground! Flamethrower!” Her Magmar proceeded to throw the Emolga hard on the ground to avoid the Emolga from injuring him more. If Flame body activated then the Emolga might likely want to get away from being burnt. But escape or no escape from her Magmar, he was still right about to use Flamethrower even if it meant injuring himself. Flame Body: 30% [dice=10]	[atrb=width,140] words , 245 music , Connect For- Common Market tagged , Yuki notes , Bleh.
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[Yuki Sawada]

OOC: Sorry about the late post. I have been dead to the world for the last few days.
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El was not a happy camper at the moment. The Magmar had seared him with its Flame Body and had thrown it to the ground before he could let off his Discharge. On the plus side, maybe his own Static had shocked the Magmar good.

When he was thrown down by the Magmar, the Emolga had flipped and landed on his feet. He looked up to see the fire gathering in the other pokemon's mouth and fear took over again.

Abandoning it's Discharge, the Emolga got out of dodge and ran back to his side of the arena. Getting away from the Flamethrower. Though the Emolga did wince as the burns on his body were sapping his strength.

Yuki groaned as Magmar grabbed El and figured out one of the flaws with his impromptu plan. El was not a front line fighter. Speed was his biggest strength, not power. He would have to remember that. Even worse was the fact that the Pokemon was burned now. He was running against a ticking clock.

"El, stay back and take pot shots at him. Electro Ball!" Yuki decided on a gamble. He would see how Sage would react and then stage his final assault... hopefully.

El was happy to stay away from the fire pokemon and charged up a large ball of electricity and fired it at the Magmar.

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Static Roll 1-3 for Paralyze

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[Sage Ryland]

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[atrb=width,240] Once Sage saw the Emolga dodge another of her Magmar’s attack, she knew this was ultimately a battle of speed versus power. Changing the strategy right now wouldn’t be wise since the battle was beginning to pick up and flow. At least Huo’s Sunny Day that would power up his fire type attacks was in full effect. At least Discharge was abandoned or there was a chance that Magmar would be paralyzed. Another good thing was that the tiny pokemon was burnt. She mused on how long the Emolga could put up a fight until it fainted. Maybe she could just stall time until that happened or she could have her Magmar pick up the pace a bit more. She heard Yuki order his Emolga to use Electro Ball that would possibly paralyze her Magmar. She was worried but suddenly, realized the only attack she knew that would counter it was Fire Blast. Having Sunny Day would hopefully make it stronger to neutralize the Electro Ball or fly past it. She rather have the latter. She ordered Huo, “Fire Blast the Electro Ball now!” as her Magmar spits intense flames from his mouth that take the shape of the kanji 大. The intense flames neutralized the Electro Ball and sent some flames zooming past it. She was going to use smoke screen to hopefully lower the accuracy of the Emolga’s attacks but still, Sunny Day was still in effect and might as well take advantage of that fact. She knew that Huo might be somewhat tired from that powerful attack but she hoped he could hold up a bit longer. She needed to heat the battle up literally and metaphorically. She ordered, “Flamethrower!” as Huo let out a powered-up stream of fire at the Emolga that Sage hoped it would hit or at least partially hit the Emolga. Either one would be fine since the tiny pokemon was already burnt.	[atrb=width,140] words , 321 music , Connect For- Common Market tagged , Yuki! notes , Soooo….Hmm, I really want some pocky.
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