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The meadow outside of Isido Town hung heavy with the scent of wildflowers. The lovely scent permeated the air like perfume. It was a beautiful afternoon, and Emeline found herself enjoying the scenery of the grassy meadow. It looked like an excellent place to find more pokemon. That's why she had come here in the first place.

Her eyes moved to the small handbag she was carrying that held the pokeballs of the three pokemon she already had. First there was Topaz. She was an excitable little Ponyta that was able to use ember despite not being at a high enough level. She was energetic, even overly so at times, but there was a lot of potential. Next was Jade. That Bulbasaur was stoic and needed a bit of an attitude adjustment. Still, she was a fierce fighter and a handy addition to Emeline's team. Finally, there was Haku. The male Kecleon was a bit slow to react sometimes and tended to eat a lot. He hadn't gotten much chance to show his capabilities in battle, so Emeline would have to figure out a decent strategy for him as they went along.

The young woman had a fairly impressive team for a beginner. That's not what she wanted though. She wanted a team who could stand up to the best of the best. It was a goal that would take quite some time to achieve, and Emeline knew that the first step was to capture more pokemon. She would be able to go much further if she had more than half of a team. Hopefully there would be some good candidates wandering around the meadow on this fine afternoon.

Never one to charge blindly into a situation, pulling out her pokedex was the very first thing Emeline did. She didn’t like the fact that Smeargle was two levels higher than her two strongest pokemon. There wasn’t anything she could to about that though. It didn’t matter much anyway; Emeline was determined to win her first official match. It would just take a little more effort on her part.

”Normally I am opposed to gambling. However, this is an official battle and I suppose it would only be proper,“ Emeline stated, agreeing to the bet. The young woman opened up her silk handbag and pulled out one of her three pokeballs. She examined it carefully before making up her mind. Hopefully this first pokemon that she was sending out would be the correct choice. ”Present yourself Haku!“ Emeline called as she released the Kecleon from his pokeball.



Haku stared down the Smeargle. He could tell his opponent had a bit more experience than him, but her wasn't easily deterred. ”Kecleon!“ he called out in anticipation, psyching himself up for his first trainer battle. Emeline wasn't sure what moves the enemy Smeargle had learned with Sketch, so she would have to be careful about this fight. ”If we are both ready to begin... Haku, start things off with Fury Swipes,“ Emeline commanded. The green chameleon pokemon nodded and ran at the Smeargle, flailing his arms wildly.

Emeline narrowed her eyes as she watched the display. So the Smeargle had picked up a fire type move with his Sketch attack? It was a good thing that Kecleon had a high special defense compared to a Smeargle's special attack, but it certainly didn't help that he had gotten off the attack as such a close range. The young lady had done plenty of research before setting out on her journey. If she was going to raise and train pokemon, she had wanted to be educated about it.

The fire attack looked like it hurt, but it was nowhere near as bad as it could have been. Still, it would be best not to allow Smeargle to keep doing it. "Haku, show them that you are not to be trifled with. Put that special ability of yours to good use, and then hit him with another Fury Swipes. Be more cautious and try not to let him grab you this time," Emeline instructed. Color Change would help immensely if Smeargle decided to let out another stream of flames. Since Haku was now temporarily a fire type, it wouldn't do nearly as much damage to him. "Indeed, meadow fires are dangerous. You wouldn't want to hurt the poor little pokemon that live here," Emeline added in a serious tone. She knew it was just playful banter, but she had to keep up her overbearing big sister act.

Haku rubbed his singed face and looked at Smeargle with intense determination. He knew that his trainer was all about perfection, and he wanted to show her that he had the right stuff to be number one! "Kecleon! he cried. Haku felt his body change slightly as his Color change ability took place. The Kecleon regained his bearings and began swinging his arms for another Fury Swipes. Hopefully this time he could avoid being grabbed since he didn't have any damaging long ranged attacks.

((Out of curiosity, was that flamethrower, ember, or a completely different move?))