Battle Class: DJ vs. Rixie

[Rixie Pakuna]

As soon as they stepped out into the courtyard, Slate appeared from the pokeball in Rixie's pocket in a brilliant flash of light. Sensing her pain and anxiety, he pressed himself against her leg.

"Now, Petal, you be careful, okay?" Rixie felt stabs of pain as she prepared to relinquish the young Oddish into her opponent's care. "Just this one battle, you'll have to listen to what he says. Then once it's all over we can go back to the dorms and relax. If you feel scared or too hurt to go on, you just let me know, okay?" The young Oddish nodded in understanding.

Rixie took a deep breath, attempting to calm her nerves. She'd only been in one trainer battle before, and she had been able to trust her starter, Slate. But little Petal, Rixie could still see her as hardly much more than a baby, even though she was getting bigger and a bit stronger now.

[DJ Mcloud]

DJ walked out in a haze to the courtyard, for some reason he had been a bit spaced out the past few minutes though he still had an idea of everything that was going on. His Shroomish Puffball was on his shoulder as they entered where they would battle. "Alright Puffball, you be nice and do whatever the nice lady says okay? It's good exercise for you." He smiled warmly as he set the young grass-type down.

As Puffball hopped down and went over to the other trainer, he nodded softly, he was very loyal like a family member ever since DJ found him. He had been a crybaby back then and still didn't like taking hits but he was at least a bit tougher now. The trainer couldn't help but wonder if the Shroomish would hold that edge while outside of DJ's care. He leant down and patted the Oddish gently. "Alright, are you ready ma'am?" He smiled warmly.

[Rixie Pakuna]

Rixie nodded, her heart in her threat, to show that she was ready. Shroomish... She was pretty sure that it had the same typing as Petal. Perhaps they shared some moves. "Okay then," she said, nodding to the little Shroomish, "Let's start out with Sleep Powder!" There was a painful hesitation in which Rixie realized that the poor thing didn't know Sleep Powder. "Uh... kay then, Acid?" Again, the Shroomish merely stayed put. Rixie swallowed hard. This was harder than she thought. "Stun Spore...?" Relieved to hear an order that he actually understood, Puffball released a burst of golden powder towards Petal. Rixie groaned inwardly. Not only was this much more difficult than she anticipated, she was now feeling a painful reluctance to attack. She didn't want to hurt Petal...