#i keep scuttling back to this every so often aaah

[xamaxenta]

Drifts in stage left to throw out ye olde op pokemon au thouguthts and a small idea I had for Sabo’s handover exhibition match versus Dragon in order to become Baltigo city’s gym leader

Dragon opens first because he has nothing to hide, a Thundurus specifically already in its Therian form because exhibition matches are for show and if he’s being suceeded he will go out with a bang

Sabo stares at the display in a distant kind of shock like firstly thats not a dragon type, secondly what the fuck, thirdly he wouldnt have expected anything less from his mentor, wouldnt have had it any other way

Chompy is totally going stir crazy almost a frenzy inside his ball, he wants out so Sabo lets him go right ahead hes not gonna deny his partner a good chance to throw down, shrugs his jacket right off bc its gonna get hot but also who doesnt like a little fanservice with the popped collar open dress shirt look (the gym trainers playfully heckle him with taunting boos like put that shit back on nerddd!!! Sabos like my diehard fans beg to differ)