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*I'm using percentile dice to determine accuracy of moves based on their in-game acc. rating*

"Looks like some good practice," Shaydas said cheerily. He clutched the Pokéball in his hand and threw it, releasing his Mudkip. "Let's take these guys down!" he called, to which his Pokémon cried, "Mud!"
A Darumaka turned its attention to the Mudkip and prepared to fight. Mudkip took up a battle stance and awaited the order to attack. "Tackle!" came the voice of Shaydas. Mudkip charged at the enemy, throwing its enire body at the Darumaka, making it stagger back. It retaliated with a Tackle of its own, which Mudkip shrugged off, thanks in part to its high defense. Responding to another Tackle from Mudkip, the wild Darumaka curled up and began rolling, picking up speed and directing itself at its foe. It smashed into Mudkip, effectively knocking it aside. Mudkip braced itself, waiting for its adversary to make another run. He countered the Rollout with a strong Tackle, knocking it out cold.

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Shaydas allowed Mudkip to rest for a second to recover its stamina. He watched as it spit some water onto a bit of sand and slapped it in a random direction. It tried the same thing a few more times until it looked like it had the move pretty well mastered. (Mudkip Leveled up to Lv. 6 and learned Mud-Slap)

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Shaydas whistled to attract attention from more of the little Pokémon. Two Pokémon turned to face him: Sandile and Darumaka. "Huh," he said, intrigued. "That's how you wanna play it? Alright. Two on two it is, then." He smirked as he tossed his other Pokéball, revealing his Pawniard, who struck a fighting pose, ready to take these two down. Mudkip was still feeling a little sore from the last battle, but was ready to fight nonetheless.
"Give 'em a taste of your Scratch, Pawniard!" Shaydas ordered confidently. Pawniard dashed up to the Sandile and raked it with razor-sharp claws, causing the foe to step back. With a cry of "Kip!" Mudkip made a ball of mud and used its tail to fling it at the wild Darumaka, hitting it square in the face. Darumaka could not see through the mud in its eyes as it went for a Tackle, barely hitting Pawniard, who shrugged off the hit like nothing happened. The Sandile hurled itself at Mudkip, who reeled from the attack. Pawniard jumped around energetically as it tagged the Sandile with another Scratch. Mudkip, now visibly hurt, repeated the Mud-Slap at the wild Darumaka, who was almost completely blinded from the attack. The Sandile, who looked to be feeling about the same as Mudkip, tackled Pawniard, who barelly felt its attack. Darumaka curled up in a last-ditch attempt at an attack, and rolled at Mudkip, who jumped out of the way and broke its momentum.
"Take it down!" Shaydas called to Pawniard, who jumped at the Darumaka, taking it out with a quick Scratch. Mudkip, jumped at the wild Sandile, sliding it back a foot or so with the force of the move. The Sandile retaliated by throwing its own weight into Pawniard, who took the hit standing.
"End it, guys!" Shaydas ordered. Both Mudkip and Pawniard descended on the Sandile, each hitting with their physical attack. The wild Pokémon was still conscious by some fluke, and it managed one more Tackle on Mudkip, rolling the mud fish Pokémon over with its strength. Mudkip squirmed and got back onto its feet.
"This guy may prove useful later," Shaydas murmured. "Go! Pokéball!" The sphere left his hand and sought its target with precision like that of a missile. The ball opened and, with a beam of red light, the Sandile disappeared into it. 1... 2... Shaydas held his breath as he counted the shakes. 3... Click! The Sandile was caught! The hybrid stepped over and picked up the ball and put it at his belt. He recalled the other two and places their capsules next to the Sandile's.

"Looks like that chilled them out," he said to the other two Aqua members. "How're you guys holding up?"

A Sandile and a Darumaka appear before me. Ready to battle. "Alright Let's go, Savage and Belle!" Arekku tossed his Pansage and his Oshawott. "Belle Aqua Jet to Darumaka! Sav, Vine Whip to Sandile!" Belle became coated in a veil of water before her small frame blasted forward at an incredible speed., taking out the Darumaka in a single hit. "Alright Belle!" Then Savage was up. He leaped high into the air, flipping forward. His tail shot out as he closed in to the Sandile. The attack smashed the little Desert Croc Pokemon in the head. The super effective damage nearly took it out, but it had a trick up it's sleeve. It opened it's jaws wide and snapped down on Savage's tail. He shrieked in pain, the Bite attack doing more damage than Arekku thought it would. "A Critical Hit?" Arekku muttered, "Belle, help him out! Razor Shell!" Belle nodded, but Savage had other plans. He retracted his tail, shooting him forward. He brought up a fist, three large shelled Seeds appearing on it. He balled hind crashed into the head of the Sandile letting out minor explosions. "A Seed Bomb...?" Sandile was out for the count.

"Oh... 'Kay, that works too." A Scraggy and another Darumaka approached. "Get ready guys! Belle X-scissor on Scraggy and Savage, Bite on Darumaka!" Savage ran forward to Bite down on the Darumaka's arm and Belle took out the Scraggy with a single attack. Luckily the Darumaka flinched out of it's own attack, "Alright stand back guys!" He called as he tossed an Attack Ball. One of Aqua's creations the raises the Attack stat of a pokemon.
''Wriggle,,
''Wriggle,,
''Wriggle,,
.......Ding!
The Pokeball chimed though the sandy air before disappearing to join the rest of his boxed pokemon.

He turned to see how the other two were doing.

Shaydas' gaze met Arekku's. "Took down three of them," he reported. "Caught one for myself." he added, holding up the Sandile's Pokéball.

"Currently holding off two." Rex gave Arekku a thumbs up. "Corphish, SURF!" Rex commanded. Both of the Darumaka fainted. "That's all of them." Rex dusted off his hands and returned his Corphish. "Why were they attacking people though?"

Shaydas followed Arekku to the telepad. Once back at HQ, he said, "That was fun." He hid his excitement by 'forgetting' to uncover his muzzle.

"Just playin' in the sand," Shaydas laughed. "Had an argument with the locals. That's about it."

"Trip to the sandbox, you say?" I ask, a coy smile crossing my lips. "Route 111, 228, or...."