Jin Leix
Route 113
ARPers: N/A

Magneton
Thunder
Double Edge
Double Team
Lock On

<"Oh! Oh oh! I found something!"> Percival went. Jin turned his head, and saw...Three metal orbs, floating in midair, connected, with two magnets for each one. He recognized it from where his dad used to work with: A Magneton. He had heard from the locals that the local Pokemon were primarily Spinda, with a few Slugma and the rare Skarmory to round out the food chain. Jin didn't properly expect the Magnet Pokemon, but it was a reliable-and powerful-addition to his team of one, and considering that it WAS a team of one, really, Jin would have taken a Sunkern. Magneton was pretty awesome, all things considered.

"Take a good look, Percival, because I think we've found a new teammate! Use Drain Punch!" Jin thought. Percival was a mind reader and didn't need Jin speaking for his orders. Percival's fist glowed a nice, deep green, as Percival came in for a hard strike on the Magneton. The Magneton tried floating up higher than Percival, but Percival jumped up to hit Magneton in midair, sending the latter down to the ground, with a nice 'thud.' Jin smirked. He was off to a good start.

The Magnet Pokemon was not amused by that. Picking itself off the ground, the Magnet decided that it disliked it's previous bout with the Gallade's fist, and started to use his most infuriating move to deal with. He started speeding up, flying back and forth in a dizzying manner, leaving illusionary clones behind as he picked up speed, until finally, he stopped as two more of it joined the fray.

<"What the-how did it-what's going on?!"> Percival said.

"Clearly you haven't seen a Double Team." Jin thought back, as he started to scoop up some of the ash in his hands. "I'm not good at describing it, but basically, there's still only one Magneton-the other two aren't even there. We have to find out which one...And I think I know how. Lure the Magneton in closer to me, if you can." Jin added, continuing to add ash to his palms. He had a plan.

<"A bit risky, sir, but Roger!"> Percival said. He disliked the idea of the dangerous, animate, floating magnets getting anywhere near his new master, but he'd rather not flail blindly at it. Still not entirely sure what a Double Team was, other than that there was still only one of those pesky magnets, he Teleported back, behind Jin and a good distance from the Magneton. Jin had scooped up all the requisite ash for his simple plan, and was ready to dogde whatever the Magneton threw at him or Percival.

As predicted, the 'three' Magneton closed in on the Gallade, towards its effective range and passing the human, ignoring it as a threat. It was a human, what would it do that could actually harm a Steel-Type again? No, the Gallade was the main issue, with that nasty Drain Punch of his. It had missed him once with its powerful electricity-it wouldn't let it happen twice. Its eyes turned red-all three of them-as a red ring was launched at the Gallade. Its target tried swerving to the left, but that endeavor failed. It didn't harm him, but what it would do next WOULD harm him.

Jin took the opportunity of the Magneton's proximity to throw the Ash he obtained at all three Magneton at once. The ash singed the real Magneton's eyes, like a Sand Attack, as the other two clones dissipated. Jin wasn't aware of what Magneton EXACTLY did, but now wasn't the time for pondering on that. "Drain Punch!" Jin ordered.

<"On it!"> Percival responded. Percival wasn't exactly aware of what the Magneton did either, but it didn't stop him from using Drain Punch again. He approached fast, and slammed his fist into the magnet Pokemon hard, sending him back some. So far, so good. It looked pretty hurt at this point. <"It looks like it might be ready for capture, sir!"> Percival added.

The Magneton was not happy about his opponent's little trick-the Human WAS a threat, though not offensively. Ignoring the pain, it chose to back off farther than the Drain Punch pushed him-Thunder's Typical effective range was a non-issue this time. He charged himself thoroughly with electric energy, the currents going beyond the measely Thunderbolt, and launched a massive stream of electricity towards his target-still the Gallade, of course, as he was doing all the damage. The Gallade, seeing what he was doing, had ran behind a tree during the charge-up, but that was made totally irrelevant with the use of Lock-On. The Magneton was fit to laugh as the Thunder, initially going straight for the tree, instead decided to defy physics and logic, take a sharp arc around the tree, and slam into the Gallade with immense force. It was not a hit to be taken lightly.

Jin's jaw went agape at the sight of the arcing thunderbolt. From his view, he could see the red target illuminate as the shot was fired-whatever it was, it made the attack home in on the target. Gallade was not in the best of shapes after that-it wasn't critical, nor did it paralyze him from the looks, but it was a very powerful attack nevertheless...Percival stood up fairly quickly, but Jin firmly decided that this would be it for today. Not with those kinds of injuries would he go any further, lest he risk his life. He'd just go back to the Pokemon Center and heal up Percival, and presumably his new Magneton. Unless, of course...

No, no no, don't think about what happened to Lester. Jin just chucked the PokeBall at the Magneton without any further thought on the subject. His aim was true, and the Magneton didn't notice-still focusing on the one that could actually injure it. The Magnet Pokemon was sucked up in red light into the orb, which fell to the ground and started to roll, back and forth...Back and forth...Back and-

Nope. The Magneton came back out of the sphere, breaking it, and it didn't look particularly pleased at Jin. It may have not been aware of what had hit it, but it was definitely aware that Jin posed a credible (if vague) threat at this point. The Magneton, frustrated, charged forward at Jin with alarming speed and a golden trail of energy behind it. Jin ducked at just the right time, having the three hovering magnets sail over his head. The Magneton itself narrowly avoided ramming into a tree.

Percival did not need orders to know what Jin wanted, nor would he have been inactive enough to wait for them, though Jin turning his head and nodding at Percival when he saw what he was doing was a plus. The Gallade's arms, including his elbows, were now a very bright blue, and wasting no further time on the charge-up, launched several blades of Psychic energy at the Magneton. It turned around JUST in time to see the attack, but definitely not in time to get out of the way. It was weak in comparison to the Drain Punches, but the Magneton was really starting to show it's exhaustion: The three magnets were having a hard time keeping off the ground.

Jin readied another PokeBall, but the Magneton was now furious beyond belief. Thinking that winning this fight was now out of the question, it decided that-why not-he ought to go out swinging as hard as he could. It charged at Jin, full speed ahead, with a golden trail behind it, just as Jin released the PokeBall from his hand.

The PokeBall was a foot away from Jin before the Magneton-a half-second ago, three yards away-was sucked into it. That was close.

...Back and forth...Back and forth...Back and forth...Back and forth...Back and forth...Jin was sweating a little, backing up from the PokeBall. If he was thickheaded enough to stay that close to the PokeBall, and if the Magneton broke out, the retaliation the thing would bring would be almost impossible to avoid, and probably lethal. Even then, Jin was worrying how quickly it could attack...Back and forth...Back and forth...

...Back and forth...Ping!

Jin breathed a sigh of relief. That Magneton put up a good fight, though that meant that it was a good Pokemon. Jin smirked as he picked up the new home of the three magnetic orbs.

<"I almost had a heart attack when it charged you again."> Percival said, simply. <"Shall we press on?"> he added. Percival was clutching the spot where the Thunder had landed, and definitely looked in pain, but was standing and moving.

"Negative. We're going back to Fallarbor town, I'm not going to risk any more run-ins." Jin replied. He started walking west, back to town. He'd rather have to walk back here than lose Percival. Not to mention, either way, he'd have to make a run back to Fallarbor Town, with his new and severely weakened Magneton the only reason he lives-IF he lives, anyways.

Percival agreed with his logic completely, moving behind his master, still keeping at the ready, in case anything else happened. He kept his eyes-the ones on his face and the one in his head-out for any more signs of life.

(OOC: I know I bounced back between perspectives a lot. I've read too many ASBL rounds, I guess.)