Blair
It just finished raining. The sky was still cloudy, but that didn't bother Woolen. Anywhere he went was like home to him. He sat down and took a breath of the fresh humid air. He was enjoying the quiet. He sighed to himself as all was well
Kenneth
A rustling from the edge of the forest line, out came a peculiar sight.

"Careful now, steady!" A trainer dressed in an old gym uniform gripped the horns of a Sawsbuck tight , gently guiding it as it stumbled through thick roots to the edge of the lake.

"C'mon, just a bit more! I know you can do i- agh!" 

The deer pokemon tripped, and Reagan fell from its back onto the hard earth with an *Oof!*
Blair
Woolen stood there, confused. "Looks as if I'm not the only one here," He said to himself. He began to approach the trainer and the Sawsbuck
Kenneth
"Hey, it's alright Chai, you did your best! It's just something to work on!" 
Rea smiled, adjusting the white goggles over their eyes and pushing themselves upward before finally noticing the other person. 
"Howdy! Sorry if we're disturbing you. The name's Reagan!"
Blair
"Nice to meet you, Reagan," Woolen said as he held his hand out for a handshake.
Kenneth
They dusted themselves off, and shook woolen's hand. After an uncomfortable second or two, they broke away and started helping the sawsbuck onto it's hooves. 

" Y'know, that's the part where you normally introduce yourself. What brings you to the lake at this time?"
Blair
He laughed a bit. "Just wanted some fresh air. Besides I'm sure my Pokémon would love some time to stretch out as well, so I was planning on taking them out . Then you came along"
Kenneth
" Well don't let me stop ya! ... Now that you mention it, this is a good spot to wind down. What do you think, Chai?" 

The sawsbuck gave a huff in defeat, and settled steady on all fours, leaning heavily on a prosthetic leg. Rea's hand wandered down to a set of 6 mis-mismatched pokeballs at their belt.

" You don't mind if I let my team out, right?"
Blair
"Sure! Go for for it. I'm taking my team out, too"

Woolen reaches for his Pokeballs, and began to send them out one by one. He knew they were eager to make new friends.

From the first ball came out a Swellow. It seemed pretty annoyed, but eager to be here. The next one out was a Furret, stretching out before standing tall. It was followed by a Kind-Looking Dragonite, a Battle-Ready Luxray, and an Orbeetle

Finally, the last ball was thrown, and out came a Sceptile
Kenneth
" Alrighty!"
Reagan fumbled with a few of the pokeballs for a second before out came their team in a flash of light.


An audino appeared first, curtseying as it landed. Next came a gengar and lopunny, eager to fight but even more to play, then a bewear with an unreadable look, and finally a small sylveon nuzzling up to the Bewear's hind leg. 

" Nice set-up! They look pretty tough!"
Blair
"Thanks. I am an Ace Trainer, after all, so you know that my team has to be Battle Ready. Your team doesn't look that bad either,"

He smiled while interacting with their Pokémon. "I assume that with enough potential, you could go pretty far in one of the annual Pokémon Leagues"

He placed down his bag and sat down. He snapped his fingers, and his Pokémon began to do as they wished. The Dragonite and the Furret played for a bit while the Luxray and the Swellow trained. The Orbeetle began to circle around the area, looking for some berries to collect. The Sceptile then sat down next to Woolen. Woolen laughed and fed him a Cherri Berry
Kenneth
Reagan snorted quietly, laughing to themselves for a moment. "Oh, you have *No* Idea." 

The lopunny and gengar barely exchanged looks before speeding towards the bewear, the former bouncing off the arms of the latter with a powerful kick. 
The audino scampered over to the sawsbuck, checking it over, while the sylveon curled up in it's trainers lap, content with being pet.

" Ace trainer, ey? What regions 'ave ya competed in?"
Blair
"So far, I've competed in the Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Kalos league. Although I haven't won any, I placed pretty high. Besides, that's mainly why I came here. To escape from the Media"

He was then nuzzled by the Sceptile. Woolen then pulled out a Sudowoodo toy and tossed it for Sceptile to chase after.

"I haven't really introduced the gang! That's Rango. He was my first partner. We've been through a lot together. The Swellow's name is Skyquake. He usually tends to himself and doesn't like sharing. He's pretty aggressive in battle, too. The Furret is named Lucy, and she's real nice when you get to know her. The Luxray is named Overdrive and the Orbeetle is Yokai. And at last, Sarge, the Dragonite, is probably the nicest of the group. But when it comes to battling, he really Packs a Punch"
Kenneth
" I know the feeling. About escaping the media and all that attention, it can get pretty overwhelming." 

They scooted over to the sawsbuck, still being fussed over by the audino, and pulled a box of poképuffs from their bag. "Yikes, these took a beating!"

"Hah, same. This is Cotton, we've been through thick and thin. " They laugh as the sylveon perks up at it's name and immediately leaps for the sweets. "One at a time! The audino is Princess, he's very high maintenance but a real sweetie. Haze is my gengar, and a big troublemaker-" 
As if on cue, Haze slips out from Chai's shadow in an attempt to surprise it.

"And the two brawling over there are Valentine the lopunny and Gloomy the bewear. You do not want to be on the wrong end of them when they're mad."
Blair
"Oh tell me about it. It usually takes about an Hour and a half to calm Skyquake down when he's having a tantrum"

Woolen looked over. He enjoyed watching Reagan's Pokémon do their things. It made him feel happy seeing the relationship between Human and Pokémon

"You know. I've been skipping some of the leagues just to spend more quality time with my Pokémon, that I think they might not be able to show enough effort in battles.So I was thinking if we could go for a Friendly 3-on-3 battle. It love to see your team in action"
Kenneth
" Hah, you're on! I'd love to see how close you guys are! " 
Reagan raises their forefinger and thumb to their mouth and lets out a piercing whistle. Their team instantly halts and looks to them for instructions.
"Gloomy, Haze and... Chai? Reckon you can manage if I borrow Princess for a minute?" 

Chai let out a quiet huff, the three pokemon settled by their trainer, haze still partially hidden in the Bewear's shadow. 

" I'll take that as a yes! It's been ages since we've had a proper battle!"
Blair
"Alright! This seems interesting," Woolen then whistled. "Rango, Sarge, Skyquake, we're going for a Battle, so I need you to stay sharp. Overdrive, Lucy, and Yokai, you guys can cheer us one.

Woolen signaled the three to where he was standing. He gave Rango a small nod, and Rango nodded back.

"To make this fair, I will not be using items" Woolen said as he took the Mega Stone from Rango, the Sharp Beak from Skyquake, and the Sitrus Berry from Sarge
Kenneth
" Each to their own!" Reagan took off their jacket and set it over cotton like a blanket, showing the number 716 in black on their shirt, front and back. 

" Gloomy, you ready to take center stage again?" They exchanged a look, with bewear giving the briefest of nods. They smiled, and leant on their cane. Woolen's team were well organized, running like a smooth machine. It was nice to see.

"Great! Winner gets the rest of the poképuffs!"
Blair
"Very well. Nothing better than pastries after a hard fought battle! Your move"

Woolen sent out Sarge first. They both made eye contact. It seemed as they were both synchronized.

Woolen awaited the first attack. He knew that he wasn't going to just win easily. If he wanted that victory, he would earn it.
Kenneth
This would be fun. Something to put effort and patience into. Something that could *Really* Test them.
"Go for the belly! Dragon claw!" 

The bewear took a step forward, claws extended and glowing with draconic energy before sprinting at the dragonite before it, face impassive.
Blair
Sarge was hit, Super Effective! But that didn't put him down that easily.

"I see that you went for the type advantage. Pretty impressive. I'd prefer to play cautiously for now"

Woolen then tapped his foot twice. Sarge tapped twice as well. After that, Sarge went for Dragon Dance, improving its Attack and Speed.
Kenneth
"Sorry, afraid we're gonna shut that down!"
Bewear raises it's head and let's out a cry in Sarge's face, going for Roar.

"Just keeping you on your toes!"
Blair
"Smart Move, but we're not done here... Not by a long shot"

Woolen then resorts to Skyquake. Once sent out, Skyquake's sight locks onto Gloomy.

Woolen moves his hand repeatedly, gesturing Skyquake to use Double Team. In a matter of seconds, Skyquake moves too fast to the point where clones are seen, raising its Evasiveness
Kenneth
Gloomy's head swings up, identifying the new target. 

"It's in reach! Go for thunder punch!"
Gloomy's fist fizzles with electricity as it leaps into the air, trying to hit as many copies as it can.
Blair
"You're unscathed, good. Another Go at it!"

Skyquake nodded, going for another Double Team. At this rate it was going to be harder to hit Skyquake.

"Let's keep this up, you're doing great, bud!" Woolen hoped that it would be enough
Kenneth
" Just one stroke of luck. That's all we need." 
Gloomy nods at it's trainer, fist still crackling, and jumps skyward once more.
Blair
"Now'a your chance! He's wide open!" Woolen cried out.

Finally making its first attack, Skyquake goes for Air Slash, cutting shards of Wind towards Gloomy.
Kenneth
"Nice, you got me while our guard was down. Let's switch it up a bit!" 

Gloomy lands on his feet, swaying slightly, though from damage or just because you can't tell.

" Gloomy, come back. You're doing great." Reagan strokes the back of his ear as he walks past them.

"Alrighty haze! Let's use a different angle!" 
Reagan's shadow pools and solidifies, the purplish mass of gengar pulling out of it and ready to fight.
Blair
"Switching Strategies? I like that. We still got this, Skyquake. Keep your head up!"

Skyquake squawked back in understandment. Woolen then snapped his fingers. Skyquake understood his signal and went for Steel Wing.

Skyquake soared over Haze, changing the feathers on his wings into pure Steel, then swooping down at full velocity.
Kenneth
Haze takes the close proximity opportunity to spew a mouthful of sludge at Skyquake, grinning mischievously at it's chance to use a sludge bomb. Reagan holds their nose.