Trucking On - [F]

[Tyger]

Night Slash on whatever comes up x2 :)

Kuuma's fur had ruffled upon the arrival of the canine combatant, but not because of nervousness or anxiety. Kuuma was ready, and his transforming into the cheeky pup showed it. Although he was a bit cocky, it seemed as though he had every reason to be. One night slash was down, and although the pink pup had found a way to get past Kuuma's defenses, the second night slash was all that was needed to take the Pokemon down. With a whoop of victory, Kuuma pumped a furred fist into the air and let out a small howl. "Yeah! That's right, take that! Hah!" The Zoroark barked, crossing his arms before turning his back on the fainted Pokemon.

"What'd ya think? Pretty slick, eh?" The question was aimed at Justin, who had been busy aiming his camera at the endeavor. 

"I got to admit, ya did a great job. You look pretty comfortable out there. How do you feel about gym battles?" Justin raised an eyebrow, planting the seed. With Kuuma's powerful Dark moves, he'd be certainly useful in the Gym battle in Ecruteak. However, he wasn't about to make the Pokemon fight if he didn't want to. That was an insanely outlandish premise, but Justin was going to be respectful either way. His Pokemon deserved that.

Kuuma thought about it for a moment, claws scratching at his chin thoughtfully. When he finally decided that this ruse had gone on long enough, he snickered and shot a fingergun towards Justin. "I think i'd have a blast. Ghost Pokemon are always mischievous and tricky, but I've got a few tricks up my sleeve for sure. I can't wait to show off, not gonna lie." Kuuma then stretched and stepped a few paces forward, obviously signalling to Justin he was ready for another battle. All the more reason to keep training!

"I didn't think you'd mind, but I wanted to ask first. I'll put you on roster then, how's that sound?" All Justin got was a gruff, concentrated nod from the Zoroark. His large ears were pricked forward, waiting for the slightest sound to pounce upon. Kuuma sincerely seemed to be enjoying himself, so Justin couldn't complain in the slightest. His team was coming together well. Now, if only he could do something about that bug on his team... Guzma was a bit too shy for anything, and Justin didn't want to bring out the little anxious bug if he wasn't feeling up for battle. Much like raising Jormun before he evolved, this was proving to be a challenge. "You know what to do, bud." Justin called out nonchalantly.

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[Marchbaby]

A lone Ponyta had been out enjoying the scenery without any real plans on its mind. As it heard a commotion in the distance it decided to go and see out of curiosity as few Pokemon would jump a defenseless Ponyta unprovoked. As Ponyta reached the area of the disturbance it saw a canine that it had never encountered before and its trainer having a conversation. Ponyta kept its distance fearing the canine might view it as easy prey but the equine Pokemon was too curious to run off when it had the chance. As the flaming steed looked on Kuuma had disappeared. It could not help but to think sticking around was a bad idea.

Ponyta frantically looked all around trying to keep up its guard the best it could as it began backing up to try and gain some distance. Ponyta felt its hind leg bump into something soft as when the equine turned to see what it had bumped into Kuuma was standing there with a grin on its face. He extended his claws as Ponyta was frozen in absolute terror fearing the worst was about to happen. Ponyta had every reason to fear as Kuuma made his move, he slashed his claws alongside Ponyta's left hand side leaving a nasty cut. Ponyta fell over as soon as Kuuma's claws stopped slicing its skin barely alive after the encounter. As Kuuma celebrated Ponyta played dead for a while just hoping for an escape window.

It got one as Kuuma howled to celebrate his victory and Ponyta made a break for it. By the time he realized Ponyta had escaped the chase to finish it off was not worth the time or effort. Guzma even learned a few things thanks to his experience share as the battle came to an end.

A level 23 Ponyta appeared and was swiftly defeated by Kuuma.


Kuuma gains 1725 experience thanks to his Lucky Egg. He is now level 31 with 509/2977 exp needed to level up. He also gains +1 happiness and has +8 happiness overall.


Guzma gained 575 exp from EXP Share. He now has 575/1951 experience needed to level up.

[Tyger]

Gonna put on hold for gym battle - ON HOLD

Kuuma's victory howl seemed to echo for a few moments and was only interrupted by the clattering hooves of the scared and beaten Ponyta. It's hasty retreat left a bad taste in Kuuma's mouth, but it didn't matter. Victory had been achieved, and now Kuuma was open for another battle which he seemed to crave. Many dark Pokemon were seen as evil or malicious, but Kuuma was nothing of the sort. He just enjoyed stretching his legs. And uh, claws. 

"Great hit, Kuuma! Sorry it got away, but you beat it fair and square. I'm actually uh, rather surprised at the rate yer growing. Not gonna lie." Justin chuckled, reaching forward to give the beast a ruffle on his shoulders. Kuuma was startled, not used to the human's touch yet (despite being carried around a few times when Kuuma INSISTED on battling and had to be held in order to NOT run off) but eventually relaxed. Justin allowed himself to relax too, glad he hadn't come out of the mini-experience looking like the side of that Ponyta.

"I think we're ready, then. Between you, the rest of the team, and Freyja, I think we're all set." 

Kuuma's ears pricked up and his tail swished as he turned to face his trainer. "Oh yeah? Ready for what, then?" Excitement rippled through the muscles of the bipedal fox as he waited for the answer. He knew the answer, but he wanted to hear it. The ultimate test of ability.

"There's a gym in Ecruteak we're gonna take dow-"
"Woo hooooooooowlll!"

Kuuma's whoop of excitement turned into a drawn out howl of eagerness as Justin covered his ears. Being up close to the powerhouse that was the Zoroark was bad news for his hearing apparently. Kuuma needed a warning label: Prone to howling. Constantly.

"Yeah, calm down, calm down." Justin chuckled, giving Kuuma another pat on the shoulder. "We've got to pick up Freyja and shuffle the team around. I've got so many of you guys i'm afraid I won't get to use all of you. I'll try to make it fair." It was true though, if Morty didn't have 6 Pokemon then all his Pokemon wouldn't get a turn. That is, if he was able to knock them out in one go. Kuuma caught on to the cockiness of his trainer and gave a snicker. 

"Look at you! Brazen balled Justin. Perhaps my confidence is rubbing off on you!"

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