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Matteo would take note of what Tristen was referencing and simply gave him a thumbs up before finding a stumble to sit down on and tend to the singed patches of his Buizel's fur, taking out a brush from his backpack to try and at least make its coat look a little better.

The Steenee, which was enjoying a simple frolic through the woods on this warm sunny day, was caught completely off guard by Tristen and Litten as the stream of fire emitting from the feline churned around and quickly formed a vortex of searing flames. "Ste-stee!?" The girly little Pokemon cried out in shock as it stopped itself in mid-skip, clutching its hands against its chest as it winced in pain from the flames. Scanning its surroundings it would spot the creator of the Fire Spin it now found itself trapped inside, an unfamiliar Pokemon but clearly a threatening Fire type.

The was one thing about evolved wild Pokemon, they were more experienced than unevolved ones, evolving through their experiences in the wild and surviving. As such this Steenee had a trick up its sleeve for getting out of this situation. "Stee steeee!" The Fruit Pokemon cried out as it held its arms out on the sides and then raised one leg and bent it inward before beginning to turn around and around performing a pirouette. The speed of its spin would increase rapidly and drastically until it was emitting shock waves which disrupted the Fire Spin as it began to falter. The next thing Tristen and Litten knew the Steenee was Rapid Spinning right through the vortex, dispelling what was left of it, and then crashing into Litten. After ramming Litten it would stop its spin, do a little ballerina pose, and then bow. "Steenee!" Show off.

"Steenee!?" Cried the Fruit Pokemon as it noticed the first flicker of flames from the cat's mouth, the child-like Pokemon then proceeding to leap straight up into the air to try and avoid the Flamethrower. Unfortunately for the Steenee it was not quick enough and its left leg was caught in the flames. "Nee!" It cried out in pain before it pulled its leg up and began to blow on it to relieve the pain, all while still in midair, almost like a cartoon character.

Landing with a stumble and then a limp the now heavy breathing Steenee glared at the Litten and decide it was going to bring the pain however it could, how dare it burn its dainty legs! "Nee nee!" It shouted at Litten as it pointed an accusing hand at it, calling Litten a bully or something to that effect. With its accusation lobbied Steenee would take another leap off the ground, this time with more powerful behind it and come down upon Litten with both feet empowered with Normal energy as it executed a Stomp. Looks like it was practicing for evolution one day.

Steenee was too distracted in its personal achievement in actually pulling off the Stomp to see the Litten coming, the cat pouncing and clamping down on one of the Steenee's 'hair' appendages. "STEEE!" The Pokemon cried out as the cat's fangs sunk into its pleasant smelling flesh. Immediately the Fruit Pokemon began to run, panicking as it didn't immediately know what to do in order to get the pain of the Bite to stop, almost like it had flinched in that moment...kinda. Continuing its panicked run the Steenee wouldn't see the large branch on the ground and would run right into it, tripping over it and sending them both tumbling along the ground. The Steenee would roll right into a tree with a hard 'thump' and just as it was beginning to straighten up an Applin would be shaken loose from the tree overhead and bonk the Steenee right on the noggin.

"Stee...nee..." The Fruit Pokemon whined after the Applin hit it and then rolled away, the Steenee swaying a bit as it sat on the ground as if it was confused. Eventually the middle stage Pokemon would succumb to all the chaos and fall backwards against the tree, knocked out cold. Steenee fainted.

"Uh that was...something?" Matteo commented as he walked up to Tristen from behind.

Matteo chuckled slightly at Tristen's reaction to the previous battle, then proceeding to scan the area a bit before proceeding to walk deeper into the woods. After just a few minutes of walking Matteo would spot something he thought might be a halfway decent target and while it wasn't weak to Water it was at least neutral to it and seemed like it would put up too much of a fight; a Komala. Sitting on the ground with its back against a tree hugging its log was the tiny slumbering koala Pokemon.

"Check it out, easy pickings." Matteo said with a smug grin as he pointed at the Komala, turning to his Buizel. "Give that furball a wake up call! Use Aqua Jet!"

"Bui-bui!" Buizel shouted as a surge of water surrounded it before launching itself off the ground and flew through the air until it crashed into the Komala with an burst of water, sending the sleeping Pokemon bouncing off the tree and flying a few feet away. As it landed the Pokemon just laid there on its back, still snoozing.

"...huh? It's still sleeping? After that? Okay then...Buizel, another Aqua Jet!" Matteo declared, confident of his chances in this encounter.

Like before Buizel would gather water around itself and use it to launch itself at its opponent, however this time just as Buizel was about to crash into the Komala it leaned up off the ground and used its log like a bat to smack the airborne Buizel with fierce might as it executed a Slam to send Buizel flying away and slamming into a nearby tree violently.

"What in Arceus' name!? Buizel!" Matteo shouted as he ran up to his Pokemon, helping it up off the ground. It was still in this fight but for now Buizel was seeing tiny Torchic. Looking to the Komala that was now on its back again sleeping Matteo would look to Tristen for answers. "What is wrong with that thing?"

"...it sleeps...all the time?" Matteo responded to Tristen in disbelief, looking from the boy to the slumbering Pokemon and sighed. "Sorry about that, Buizel, that's my mistake..." He apologized to his Pokemon as he stood up, Buizel waving at its trainer as if to say it was no problem. With this new information Matteo proceeded with the battle at hand. "Keep your distance and use Water Gun!" The young hybrid commanded.

Drawing in breath Buizel would concentrate water and then eject it at Komala at a violent and concentrated stream, the Water Gun slamming into the sleeping Pokemon and sending it rolling across the forest floor. The Komala would come to an uneventful stop as it now laid snoozing in a small puddle, seemingly unbothered but certainly took damage. However Komala didn't lay there for long before it sat up and then proceeded to do a handstand on its log, much to Matteo's bafflement.

"W-what?" Was all Matteo could get out, Buizel also confused.

The next thing they knew Komala was spinning around and around violently along with the log like the two were one oversized top, the bear now gliding across the ground with Rapid Spin and soon slamming into Buizel.

"Fight back, Buizel! Use Aqua Jet! You can do it!" Matteo instructed his Pokemon.

Finding the power within it thanks to its trainer Buizel would brace itself against the ground with its feet and tails and resist the spinning Pokemon just long enough to generate its shroud of water and slowly but surely push back the Komala with Aqua Jet. For a second there the forces seemed equal until Buizel gained the upper hand, pushing Komala back a bit until Komala lost all ground and Buizel swept it off the ground and sent them both flying into a tree with violent might, a flock of Fletchling flinging from said tree.

Once all was done the entire area was soak, Buizel was looking exhausted, and Komala was laying face down and was no longer holding onto its log. Komala fainted. "Is...is it fainted?" Matteo asked, unsure as he slowly approached his Buizel, hesitantly picking it up and administering a Potion. Once he was more confident he walked up to the Komala and nudged it with its foot. It didn't move. "I guess it is...that was crazy." The boy said with a sigh and turned to Tristen. "You've seen a lot more different Pokemon than I have."

The group would walk for only two more minutes before things took a turn, not an unexpected one as this was an area filled with wild Pokemon but a turn nonetheless. The group would end up crossing into some tall grass allowed to grow thanks to an opening in the canopy, something lurking in said grass, watching them quietly. Matteo had his Buizel on his shoulders again and thus the little Water type was well above the tall grass and made them look together big so instead whatever was lurking took an interest in the much smaller Litten almost completely hidden in the grass, but not to it.

"Scyther!" Shouted the mantis Pokemon as it came lunging out of the tall grass, using its wings for lift. It would come down upon Litten swinging one of its scythes as it utilized Slash.

"Watch out!" Matteo shouted, thinking the bug was going for Tristen as he himself was behind the other boy.

"Right!" Matteo shouted in response to Tristen, trusting him at this point and got right out of there quick with his Buizel still on his shoulders.

The Scyther was quick and evidently experienced as it stood firm and with a blurry shift it created three additional 'clones' of itself, the four Scyther standing in a line as the Flamethrower pierced through one of the clones causing it to disappear, the Scyther almost smirking until it realized what precisely was happening. "Scyther!?" The Pokemon cried out as the grass quickly caught fire, the mantis Pokemon now surrounded by fire on all sides, the heat of the flames searing it and cause terrible pain.

"Scythhh..." The Bug Pokemon hissed at Litten, angered by this little trick. It was going to put down this cat quick and get out of here before it succumb to the flames. With its decision to make Litten pay set the bug would let out a cry before the three of Scyther leapt at Litten, one after the other swiping at the cat with Slash. This time it was more telegraphed, no ambushing, couldn't afford to, the clock was ticking down for the bug Pokemon after all as the fire quickly sapped away its health.

The Scyther and its clones attempted to put down the Litten with a decisive slice, however it would never come as the most the original managed to do was get in a few nicks. With Litten bounding out of range the Scyther prepared to ready another attack, intending to not let up, however the Fire Spin would catch it off guard as the three Scyther hurled up together, taken aback by the twister of flame now swirling around them, from the Scyther's view it was now in proper hell with no escape. As the flames at its feet and now walled up around it the Scyther cried out in pain and with individual 'poofs' its clones disappeared, no longer able to keep up the Double Team. This was bad, it had only seconds to do something, anything, to get out of this mess otherwise it would finally succumb to the fire and it wasn't about to go down so easily.

"Scy...THER!" Shouted the Scyther as it used a fierce flap of its wings to send itself rocketing up into the air and above the Fire Spin vortex in a straight vertical line. Now momentarily free the Scyther resorted to a long range move which weren't its strong suit but it saw no other choice, the Mantis Pokemon proceeding to slash at the air in front of it, generating blades of pure Flying energy and sending them violently flying towards Litten as it used Air Slash. It would be noted the thing was heavily winded, its wings faltering every now and then, it couldn't hold itself up for long let alone do any air dodging, at least not quickly.