#skfjghsfk the first part of this has been sitting in my drafts since uh. april. oops.
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the jitters are lesser today, but it's still difficult to differentiate the buzzing beneath his skin as coming from pikachu or being his own flurry of excitement & anxiety. breathe in. breathe out.
satoshi's name is called.
let's go again.
this time, he simply stops at the trainer's box. as does kyo. satoshi & pikachu give twin bows, hands & paws put together accordingly, & they both grin as the elite mirrors them in answer. satoshi knows the other has returned the grin as well even before the mask covering his lower face is tugged down.
❛ last we battled you were but a league - hopeful, yet you defeated me well. verily, this is a rematch many years in the making. ❜
❛ yeah. here's hoping there's no interruptions this time around. ❜
a nod, & satoshi knows kyo was thinking the exact same thing. he doesn't know if the rocket gang quartet have followed him to this league, but even if they're simply watching from somewhere, he likes to think they catch the inside joke.
the call is made for the trainers to release their pokémon.
they maintain eye - contact of acknowledgement as they release pigeot & morphon.
gods, he loves rematches.
there is no face - off rematch between crobat & lizardon, though the latter gets his chance at the battle, something that only shows that satoshi's not the only one that's learned since back then. that's just fine. it's the end of the match that truly matters.
fukamaru's hanging in there, the last battle whether it's win or lose, standing off against the equally hurt crobat. the nasty thing there is that crobat has the flying advantage. satoshi's been attempting to cover that base utilizing fukamaru's jaw strength & similar size, but he's running out of ideas on how to ground the flying type. still, they're hanging in there.
the crobat swoops in yet again, a taunt right past fukamaru's teeth, second pair of wings inflicting cross poison as it passes.
❛ fukamaru !! shake it off !! just a little more ... !! ❜
the poison attacks have started piling up. semi - potent or not, they've been chipping away at fukamaru. damn.
the crobat's swooping in for another attack, & fukamaru just barely reacts to satoshi's call for it to get out of dodge, & it does so with a tumble forwards. it'd be cute if they weren't in the middle of one of the most important battles of satoshi's life.
& then ... there's a glow. the trainer almost thinks fukamaru's decided on a move without him, but no, no, that's ... oh. oh !!
❛ competitor satoshi's fukamaru has evolved into gabite !! ❜
& just like that, the concern on his face is replaced with astonished glee, & he sees it mirrored as fu — as gabite shakes out its now - much - broader wingspan, & its head, before turning to its trainer with its still - toothy - as - ever maw.
their opponent gives little time to celebrate, however, crobat diving in with fly. the word " dodge " barely escapes satoshi when gabite, with its newfound extra speed, not only jumps, landing atop the zipping crobat & sending it smacking into the ground below with a spring off its back ... but also glides away, no, flies away.
oh ...
the champion's grin turns sharp.
alright. time to end this.
❛ gabite !! sandstorm !! ❜ is the call given, & specks of sand begin rising in gradually growing whirls as gabite beats its sorta - wings & gathers a storm in the field. ❛ let's test out how fast you've gotten ; time to get lost !! ❜
it's hard to pick up movement from the edges of the storm, & he has to squint & put up an arm along the cover of his cap to not get sand & dust in his eyes, but that means the same is true for kyo, & it's even harder for the pokémon within. more so for crobat. satoshi's always prided himself on shifting turf advantages.
what he does next, he's done hundreds of times without even realizing, except, well, on purpose this time around. he reaches out some of that aura - sense, grazes that resonance that's always been present in his battles but took lucario coming into his life to realize. he can approximately pinpoint where gabite is zig - zagging, but the crobat ... where is it ... where is it ...
gotcha.
❛ now !! ❜
& he more feels than sees as gabite swoops in from above & behind crobat, move charging in a closed maw until the last moment before —
a dragon pulse, point blank, fires in the side of the sandstorm, sending crobat zipping & crashing into the wall behind kyo. as the storm settles down, gabite landing slightly off - balance but determined ...
the referee looks over the crobat. a flag is raised. ❛ crobat is unable to battle !! thus, the winner of this match is competitor satoshi !! ❜
there's a split second before the crowd erupts into cheering. there's a few more split seconds before the noise catches up with satoshi, or rather his brain with the noise, & like clockwork he & pikachu & gabite start racing to meet in the middle with excited shouting ( or pikachu - ing or roaring, depending on the runner ) . the larger of the three nearly knock each other over with the impact, pikachu easily taking up a spot on gabite's head in celebratory pikas.
❛ you did it, gabite !! & you evolved !! that's amazing !! you're amazing !! you're — biting my head again, cut that out !! ❜ even as satoshi pushes at the gabite's jaw, his voice is full of laughter & light. well, some things have to stay the same, don't they ??
two more to go.
he can't wait to see what surprises the next battle brings.
#meistoshi tv would like to apologize for the delayed episode--#skfjghsfk the first part of this has been sitting in my drafts since uh. april. oops.#eh the whole weekends thing was more of a suggestion to myself than a hard guide so. anyway yipee things happened!!!#including smth ive wanted to have happen for quite a bit :)#ic.#the story so far.#event. onto indigo horizons.
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