Miel smiled and nodded in agreement with Alex. He was starting to warm up to the kid a little bit, which he quickly thought was pretty unprecedented. Why? Why did he like him so much? Even Alex's giggle he liked a lot. He quickly got his mind to focus on what Alex had said and nodded in return. "Well, my sister and I have signed up for that, as well. Pyros and Stror, our brothers, had recommended it since we wanted to do everything else and not train on defending ourselves. Which, we had wanted to do that, we just had different priorities. Do you want to be my sparring partner? And what kind of music do you do?" he asked, a light blush creeping up on his face.(
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Meanwhile, Jacquel scratched the back of his head and nervously chuckled a little.
<Oh, right. Sorry. But I have fought this Charizard before, so I know what I am getting myself into. I have won against her and she has won against me. And I don't utilize Bone Rush. I use different moves. Plus, there is always a way to force an opponent to land.> He felt a little insulted that she was explaining how types worked to him. He knew he was weak to her Fire-Type attacks, he wasn't that stupid.
<Anyway, thank you for watching me battle.> He simply said as he walked back to Stror, who was just about to call him.
"Ready to battle, Pyros?" Stror asked. Pyros nodded and walked to his side of the field, while Stror patted his Lucario on the shoulder and went to his side of the field. Jacquel followed suit but stopped short of Stror's destination and turned around, facing off against Zarda. Stror looked up at Kitty and smiled cockily at her.
Jacquel and Zarda both stared off at each other. They knew what to do against each other, so it was a matter of figuring out what not to do and to change things up. Stror and Pyros don't need to tell them what to do. They both closed their eyes, took a deep breath, and got rid of any distractions in their minds.
Without a word, they both dashed towards each other. Jacquel was faster and reached Zarda before she could make it towards the middle of the field, even with her wings propelling her across the battlefield. Zarda's fists and teeth became cloaked in flames as she rushed in to use Fire Fang or Fire Punch at Jacquel, but he slid underneath her as she passed by. His fists were coated in lightning as he punched her underbelly, sending her upwards. She roared in pain and swooped back down to use Flare Blitz, her body cloaked in intense flames. Jacquel's next move was going to hurt him a little bit. He was going to use Circle Throw. He grabbed her still flaming body, burning him in the process, and flipped her over his head, sending her crashing to the ground.
Wincing in pain, Jacquel smashed the ground with his fist, sending an Earthquake towards Zarda. She couldn't get up fast enough and ended up roaring in pain as she laid there and the chunks of ground began to damage her. Jacquel rushed in towards her and was about to use Thunder Punch, but she rolled out of the way. His fist smacked the earth underneath her and the lightning dissipated. He looked up to see a grey, glowing tail headed straight towards his face. He was unable to dodge the Iron Tail and was sent back. He landed semi smoothly from the launch, half kneeling into the ground to stop himself from going so far.
Zarda was about to use Flamethrower, but Jacquel was faster. He used Extreme Speed and zoomed right past her. She noticed he was gone and looked back to see him rushing at her again, smashing right into her and having her fall down. She used her wings to get herself back up again. Zarda was taking quite the beating, but she didn't seem to be breaking a sweat. Neither was Jacquel.
To get up close, Jacquel used Bullet Punch. His fists glowed with a metallic grey as he sped up towards her, launching his fists at her with super speed. She growled in pain and began to fight back with her entire body. Her elements shifting in and out, but this taxed her body quite a bit. She attacked with Wing Attack, Steel Wing, Fire Punch, Metal Claw, Headbutt, Slash, Fire Fang, Mega Kick, Mega Punch, Dragon Tail, Brutal Swing, and Iron Tail. During this time, Jacquel was doing the same. He was locked in combat with her, using a variety of moves that also taxed his body. He was using Metal Claw, Force Palm, Poison Jab, Meteor Mash, Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Brick Break, Drain Punch, Shadow Claw, Iron Tail, Crunch, Blaze Kick, Zen Headbutt, and Close Combat. They weaved in and out of each other, in and around, up and under, trying to dodge the attacks and hit their opponent. This went on for a minute before they finished it with synchronized Iron Tails, sending each other backwards.
They glared at one another, sweat dripping down their bodies, scratches and bruises covering their bodies, and a more tired posture plagued them both. They weren't done, yet.
During this time, Stror and Pyros were coaching them from the sidelines, telling them they got this and hit them where it hurt. Zarda used Sunny Day, a hot breath escaping her mouth as it flew up to the sky and strengthened the sun's rays. Zarda was then instructed to use Flare Blitz, while Jacquel was instructed to use Life Dew and Steel Beam. Jacquel created a mysterious blob of sparkling water and scattered about the field, healing himself in the process and leaving the ground covered in healing dew. While Zarda had enveloped herself in white hot flames, now boosted by her Ability Blaze, and flew straight towards Jacquel, the Lucario collected all the metallic energy from his body into a metallic ball he formed in between his paws. He then expelled the ball into a beam towards the oncoming Charizard smashing her with Steel Beam. With Zarda having hit the solid metallic beam of energy with a recoil move, she took damage from the move and herself smashing into it. But having used a move with recoil himself, Jacquel had also received recoil.
The two Pokemon fainted. They slowly fell to the ground, tired and unconscious.
Stror and Pyros smiled and walked up to their Pokemon and soothed them as they slept a little. They woke up a short while later and smiled up at their trainers. Jacquel had just enough energy to roll over in the leftover Life Dew and had healed himself after rolling around in it. Zarda crawled over to where Jacquel was rolling around in and had regained her strength, as well after watching him do it and doing it herself. They both stood up and hugged each other.
<Great battle, sis,> Jacquel smiled.
<You did wonderful, brother. You have learned quite a bit, haven't you? I don't think I recognized those last two moves.> Zarda responded, grinning.
<I was put into training by Stror. So yeah, I had learned a bit,> he grinned a little. Zarda just nodded and stood by Pyros.
"Great job, you two. Man, you don't even need us to tell you what to do anymore. Now, we just gotta train our new additions to be like that then, right?" Stror said as he looked to Pyros. Pyros nodded before feeling like he needed to check on how Miel and Shade were doing.
"Yeah. I'll be right back, I need to see what our siblings are up to. See ya later," he said as he and Zarda walk out of the stadium.
Jacquel walked over to Belle and smiled, his aura feeling much more relaxed.
<So pretty sure you saw that. How did I do in your eyes? All that 18 years of training really was put to something, did it?> he asked rhetorically. Hopefully this showed her how good he was at battling.(
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