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"And that's where you made your mistake," She cast a quick glance towards Ceramew before returning her attention to Sub, "She is still young, inexperienced. Though she is a dark type, the curse you inflicted on me would still have been far too much for her to handle."

"Ow, stay out of it, Sol!" Sub shouted in reply as Sol smacked him on the back of the head. "You know what Let's settle this once and for all." He said as he turned his attention back to Night. "You and me, downstairs in our gym, a six on six single battle, unless of course you're actually a Torchic hybrid in disguise." He said with a devious grin.

"Yes, the notion of not being a hermit angers me so much that I have to be a thorn in others' sides." Sol answered. Well, he was in rare form.

"I'm no coward," Night growled, placing a protective hand on Eris' head when the young Zorua poked her head out from the protection of the hybrid's tails, "And you are not getting Eris. Though, I do have one more thing to add. I win, you keep the pink hair. But no hats. You think I want you covering up my masterpiece with a simple bit of cloth?"

Tilting to lift her nose in the air, Night turned and stalked past Sol. Intent on preparing for the battle with Sub.

"Fine, so be it. By the way, I would take a swig of something before the battle, it will be your last." Sub cackled as he walked off, heading towards the HQ's gym. "You three going to come watch me slaughter this fox? It should be slightly entertaining, if not one sided." He told the trio of Sol, Amaranth, and Ceramew.

It wasn't long before Night made her way down towards the gym area. Eris nowhere in sight, which led one to believe she'd left the young pokemon out of this in favor of being able to hold onto a full team of six pokemon.

Silently, the Ninetales stood and awaited the start of the battle.

The Berry Stew wasn't as good this time around. It had been a while since I made it, so I may have forgotten an ingredient or two.

Anyway, training began after that. I took the liberty of using an area that looked somewhat like where a Gym battle might take place to practice not strength, but strategy. As a few of my pokemon like to try to do things on their own, I felt a little co-operation practice was in order.

It started getting late before I knew it, though. But then I didn't really notice until Sub and Night walked in.

"Alright, someone else's turn to use this area. Good work," I said before recalling my team. I didn't ask what Sub and Night had planned, that was their business. But instead of leaving, I hung by the entrance. Might be interesting to see what these two cook up together. In battle, of course, not... nevermind.

Sol and Amaranth would eventually make their way to where Sub and Night went, both taking a spot on the stands nearby. Ceramew eventually caught up with a bowl of popcorn, sitting between the two with it.