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Erros had never seen tactics like this before. The Poliwag had created a barrier with Bubble. With the distance that the Poliwag had created though, Heracross could easily dodge it's Water Gun attack.

"Alright good job Heracross, now use Aerial Ace!" Heracross yet again made a pass at Poliwag. The air field that was around it blasted through the bubble barrier and he continued towards Poliwag.

Asieth watched as Heracross charged through the bubble barrier and slammed into Poliwag. There was no avoiding the attack. Poliwag was once more sent flying by the foe's attack. It was clear to see that Poliwag was wearing down quick. 'Hmm. Poliwag's going to lose at this rate. We have to try something else. But first thing's first...' Asieth looked over at his injured friend.

"Reset button!" he shouted happily. Poliwag smiled at his trainer's command. Waves of yellow were emitted form Poliwag's stomach. It wasn't long before Heracross began reeling and fell over, fast asleep from Poliwag's Hypnosis. Seeing his foe's condition, Poliwag immediately curled up and fell fast asleep, slowly regaining health through the power of Rest.

'It just has to stay asleep long enough for Poliwag to gain back some energy. Then we can show it our special secret weapon.'

Poliwag skidded along the ground before landing at its trainer's feet. Asieth stared at it for a few seconds before saying, "Oh yeah. I forgot you could do that. Well, damn." Asieth took off his backpack, and propped Poliwag up against it, allowing him to use it as a pillow. "You did good pal. If you'd used your secret weapon you would've won for sure. My stupid mistake's the only reason you lost. Heh. But hey, live and learn, right?"

He grabbed the second Pokeball off of his belt. "Now, let's see my mystery Pokemon, shall we?" He hurled the Pokeball onto the battlefield, and out burst a small creature with a round, brown body. On its head sat what looked like a little gray cap. After looking at it for a few seconds he realized it greatly resembled an acorn. He took out his Pokedex and discovered its name to be Seedot. A cursory glance over its attack list was all he needed.

"This one sounds fun. Seedot! Use Nature Power!" The small Pokemon seemed to gather energy from energy from the surrounding building. Finally the energy converged into a trio of triangles, one blue, one red, and one yellow. They then sailed towards the opposing Pokemon, spiraling as they went.

Asieth had been surprised by the power of the attack. Wasn't Tri Attack was a really high level move? How had this little guy pulled it off? And didn't he tell it to use that Nature Power attack? Did it ignore his commands? He shook his head. Too many questions. Too annoying to try and figure out the answering. What mattered was what was in front of him. His opponent had conceded. He had won his first match. He happily ran over and scooped up his Seedot giving it a big hug before returning it to its resting place. "Good job little guy. A great first battle!"

"That was a lot of fun! Thanks for an awesome fight Erros! Your Pokemon are really strong." His mind was moving a mile a minute, thinking of all the things that awaited him. New friends, new and powerful opponents. He couldn't wait. He wanted to rush out the door and run all the way to the next town right now. 'First thing's first though. Poliwag and Seedot need another round in that healing machine.'

Erros was in a daze. Thoughts of his Diglett and the notion that his Squirtle almost suffered a similar fate ate away at him. He almost didn't realize that a girl was standing in front of him talking.

"Oh, yeah, I suppose it was kind of reckless, but I saw the electric attack coming at him" He stared down at Squirtle, rubbing its head."We've been through a lot and I can't risk losing being around him all the time like my...Diglett" His voice croaked saying its name. "He got hurt real bad a few years back by a gym leader where I'm from...and he has trouble..moving around now" Erros let out a tear now.

He looked up at the girl."Your Pokemon are living, breathing beings. Don't let a horrific event make you realize that your Pokemon need love like I had to. Plain and simple. What is that Pokemon you have there? Erros looked at the Penguin like Pokemon near her. Squirtle walked over and started talking to it.

Asieth smiled back at Maki. "Heh, he probably would've if I hadn't screwed up. Still not used to battling that much and it never occurred to me that he might switch out. But hey, every defeat is just one more lesson learned, right? He'll win out next time, I'm sure." Asieth glanced back over at Poliwag.

"Little guy went through a lot today for sure. But I can tell he had fun from that contented little smile on his face. And that's what its all about, right?"

"Erros. Nice to meet you."He shook the girl's hand.

" My Diglett. Well, he...can't move through the hard ground. Diglett plays around a lot now in the mud, but he tires quickly. I have a friend of mine looking after him while I compete in the Sinnoh League.

Squirtle had ran back to Erros and they shared a brief silent moment. Erros looked at the Piplup, studying it.

"For your Piplup, I suggest having a few of what I like to call 'confidence battles' to boost its confidence in you. Fight some Geodudes or other Pokemon that it's strong against. I would also capture the Pokemon, since leaving the injured Pokemon in the wild is very inhumane, and it will also benefit Rowan's research as well I'm sure" He smiled at Maki.

"I'm from Vermillion City, Kanto"