Rhaenyra kept herself low in the tall grass, moving carefully to be sure she didn’t scare away any pokemon. If this was anything like LOA, some of the pokemon could be easily startled by humans. While at the same time, the woman kept on her guard. After all, in most pokemon games the wild ones were aggressive and attacked without warning.

A suddenly movement in her peripheral caught her attention, fingers clasped the sphere and pulled it out. A loud angry hissed filled her ears, pale golden orbs fell upon the purple feline as it arched its back at her. Finger firmly pressed the button, releasing her starter pokemon as she stumble back a few paces to allow room to battle it out. The fire fox spotted the feline, baring her tiny teeth as the foe as her tail whipped back and forth. She took a defensive stance, eyes on the feline as it hissed back at the fox.

Game mode on, the woman didn’t hesitate to call out the first move as she pointed to the wild pokemon as if the fox didn’t know who to hit. “Izumi. Hit it hard with an ember!” The fennekin emitted a growl that rattled in her chest. She didn’t hesitate. Izumi’s muzzle parted, the thick taste of sulfur licked her throat as several balls of embers erupted from her mouth and aimed for the purllion. Rhaenyra felt confident, plucking an empty sphere from her pockets and ready to capture the feline as soon as the embers hit. After all, her fennekin had same type attack bonus. Surely, it will be knocked out. Right?

Izumi got up and personal with feline as swiftly as sh could, paw extended out and slashed at the purlloin with all her might. Claws scrapped across the felines face, it let out another loud screech and stumbling back a few paces at the suddenly return fire. Izumi took the opportunity to retreat back in front of her human, whipping herself around to face her foe expecting the cat to be still stunned by her attack.

However, that wasn’t the case.

Rhaenyra felt a pulse of adrenaline, satisfied that her fox managed to land yet another solid blow on the wild pokemon. But just as her little fire fox turned to retreat back to her feet, the feline manages to recover quickly and on the attack once more. It rushed towards her fox again, quicker than the woman anticipated. It rose a paw once it was close, ready to slash at her pokemon again.

“Look out Izumi! Dodge it!”

The fennekin faced it foe, only to meet an another scratch. This time however, Izumi turned her face just enough for the feline to clip her check instead of her muzzle. Again, the fox whined in pain. She stumbled back a few steps, shaking off the sting before casting a snarl at the feline foe. Rhaenyra mumbled to herself, impressed on how fast this cat was. It also seemed tough, still standing after two attack. Truly, impressive.

Now wasn’t the time to adore though, it was time for action. “Great recovery Izumi,” the woman called out, taking to the fox like it could comprehend everything she was saying, “Keep the heat on. Set it on fire. Ember!” “Okay!” The fennekin replied in a higher pitched feminine tone. She took in a deep breath, letting the fire burn in her gut. And once ready, her muzzle parted. Several balls of fire erupted from her mouth, aiming to hit the purllion that refused to go down.

The small bits of fire balls soared through the air, hitting their target without an issue. The feline screamed in agony, the burns making their mark on the poor wild feline. In fact, the embers seemed to have been a critical hit. The wild purrloin toppled over in, the burning too much for it to handle. It rolling in the tall grass, desperate to put of the flames. And lucky for it, the whole ‘stop, drop, and roll’ worked again. However, something was different.

Rhaenyra held her breath, a brow rose when the feline didn’t get to its feet right away like it has previously. It emitted hisses of displeasure and whines of pain, but did not get to its feet. She watched, plucking a sphere from her pockets. Izumi growl, muzzle parted to pant as exhaustion from a long battle has finally kicked in. “Easy girl,” the woman mumbled softly, hand extended out to ginger pat the fox on the head, “I think it’s done.” The fennekin didn’t let her guard down, following her human as it got closer to their target.

Pale golden orbs eyed the feline as it laid in the tall grass, chest cavity rose and fell rapidly in exhaustion as well. The silver grey haired woman winced, seeing the burn scars that have began to form on its body. A pinch of guilt tugged her chest. The feline lifted its head to hiss at them, only for its head to ball unable to keep it up. Izumi emitted a snarl, though Rhaenyra knelt down by its side. “Sorry little kitty,” she mumbled, hand extended out with sphere in her grip, “But you are mind now.” Rhaenyra tapped the ball onto the creatures side, letting the magic of poke balls do the work of drawling it in and sealing once the critter was in.

Standing, the woman held the ball in her hands. She watched it wiggle. It was at this moment of waiting for the confirm capture of the purrloin, did what happened before finally click and register in her brain. Her gaze darted to the fennekin who stood by her side, Izumi’s head tilted to one side when their eyes meet. A look of shock was over the once placid expression of Rhaenyra as if she saw a ghost or something. “Did… Did you just talk?”