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"Yo! Welcome champ- oh, it's you again. Terashi, right? I take it you're here to re-challenge Skyla?" The gym guide said immediately upon seeing Terashi enter. "The gym leader was hoping you would return for a rematch, she always hates to see a trainer gets this far and fail. Any who, get up there and go give Skyla everything you got! She's waiting for you."

Terashi would eventually make it to the upper level of the airplane hanger where the battlefield was, the massive fans rotating lazily for now but as he knew would tick up before it was over. The ceiling was also already open, everything ready for an official gym match including Skyla who was standing on the other side of the field, awaiting the challenger.

"Hey Terashi! I'm so glad you came back! Think you're ready to earn my badge this time? I hope so! I want to see you take flight and soar all the way to the Elite Four! Come! It's time for lift off!" With that said Skyla spun around and tossed out a Pokeball, releasing from inside her Swanna, her signature Pokemon. "You got so far last time I'm offering you the shot at my badge with a quick battle. One Pokemon each, our best one. But I'll warn you, there is a trick to this so be cautious with your selection." She said with a smile.

"The challenger Terashi and his Dewott face Gym Leader Skyla and her Swanna in a one on one rematch for the Jet Badge! No substitutions of Pokemon and no items other than held items are allowed! On my word let the battle...begin!" The gym's judge declared from the side lines, throwing his hand down to indicate that they should begin.

"Swanna, we must protect the reputation of the Mistralton Gym no matter how many times a challenger faces us! Go, use Feather Dance!" Skyla commanded.

With a pleasant and soft cry Swanna would fan its wings out before giving them a vigorously flap and lifting itself in the air. Once airborne the swan would begin to flap their wings with great force in Samurai's direction, sending a flurry of loose feathers flying towards the Dewott and the moment the feathers physically touched the Pokemon it would feel its physical strength leave it, the feathers then gently floated down onto the ground where they would remain.

The slashes of Flying energy would rack across Swanna's body causing the bird to let out a bit of a shrill cry in pain, taking some feathers along with the attack, however the swan largely endured the Air Slash and maintained its positioning in the air. It wasn't going to go down that easily.

"Come Terashi, I know you two have more in you than that! Show me the power of the jet stream of your bonds! The bond that will carry you both high into the sky of victory! Otherwise...I will show you how high we can soar." Skyla said with a smile before turning her attention back to her Pokemon. "Swanna, show them our Air Slash!" She commanded her bird.

With a chirp Swanna would begin to flap its wings vigorously again, sending blades of Flying energy at Samurai, carried by the gust of wind it was generating. If Terashi wanted any hope of winning this fight they were going to have to get way more creative, just raw power was not going to cut it this time.

[Rolling for flinch chance. If 1-3 Swanna flinches.]

With Samurai flinching that left Skyla and Swanna a large opening to deliver another blow to their opponent. While the Gym Leader in Skyla saw this as an opportunity to punish the challenger the fellow Pokemon Trainer in Skyla felt bad for Terashi, his second challenge not going so hot. "Luck may not be on your side again, challenger. Don't get discouraged though, while I must defend the honor of Mistralton Gym I do hope you manage to pull through in the end. Swanna, use Aqua Ring." The woman commanded her Pokemon.

Instead of using the delay in Samurai's actions to deliver another blow the Gym Leader instead decided to use the down time to safely execute the healing move Aqua Ring, the swan singing a pleasant song as rings of overlapping water began to form around itself, said rings lazily spiraling around its body. The rings would remain there for the foreseeable future, the waters of the rings slow healing Swanna over time. This now meant even when Samurai dealt damage to Swanna it would heal a little bit in return and make taking it down that much harder. Things just kept getting worse for Terashi.

(If 1 then Swanna is frozen solid.)

Dewott would charge up and fire off the Ice Beam at its feathered opponent, the beam of freezing energy slamming into the bird not only causing the bird to cry out in pain but it also managed to freeze a little bit of the Aqua Ring as pieces of ice clattered onto the ground, the rings quickly repairing themselves however as it also healed some of the damage Swanna just took. Its Water type prevented it from suffering a super effective hit and the Aqua Ring further mitigated some of the overall damage but regardless it at least was some damage which was better than none.

Shaking off the Ice Beam's damage, fluttering its feathers a bit as it shook off bits of ice, the Swanna locked its sight on the Dewott opponent as it prepared itself to continue this battle, the bird with plenty of fight left in it. "Renewed vigor from our opponents, we love to see it, right Swanna?" Skyla asked her Pokemon, the bird letting out a chirp of confirmation. "Good, glad to hear it! Let's keep this battle going then. Swanna, use Icy Wind!" Skyla ordered her Pokemon.

With a cry the bird would begin to flap its wings vigorously, kicking up a stiff gust of chilly wind which would sweep over Dewott and the surrounding gym floor. While it was an ineffective move it still did some damage but most importantly the cold would sap some of Samurai's reflexive strength, making it slower as well as causing a thin sheet of ice to form over the gym floor, Samurai now finding it slippery.

Terashi might start to put the pieces together as he realized what Skyla was doing. His Pokemon's physical strength was sapped via Feather Dance, its speed damped with Icy Wind, the field lightly frozen over, and its foe now had a healing factor with Aqua Ring. This entire battle was greatly stacked against him, making winning a herculean task, an uphill fight all the way to the end, provided he could even get there. What could he do to try and save this battle?

Swanna perked up as Samurai cheered for it, the bird almost blushing as it turned its head away from Samurai and made an 'oh stop it' gesture with its wing. The bird would then turn back around and stand up a little straighter before letting out a happy chirp followed up by another Icy Wind, the Swanna flapping its wings vigorously to conjure up another chilling gust of wind. The layer of ice on the battlefield got thicker.

"Oh! That was clever! Heck, I didn't even see that one coming. Good job!" Skyla complimented Terashi.

"Nice moves! Be careful of the ice though, cause here comes another Icy Wind." Skyla said to Terashi as she watched her Swanna executed another Icy Wind, the bird flapping its wings with vigor and creating a chilly gust of wind, not just trying to sap some of Samurai's health, albeit little, and speed but also creating more ice on the ground beneath the Samurott's feet. The same icy ground it was now dancing on top of. Would be a shame if it slipped thanks to the ice and wind.