
"Move!" Lee calls again, looking towards the other side of the arena. The intense flames of Flame Wheel set the seed alight, but before it can turn to ash, the botanical bullet clearly hits flesh with a wet 'thwack!'
Bullet the blue sky live rattle and hum crack#
The supersonic crack of Seed Sniper shakes the walls and, like a laser, the seed hurtles toward Rapidash in a streak of yellow. The stallion's legs bend to absorb the impact, then he springs off of the wall and rolls back into another Flame Wheel. Then in a move that would break all the limbs of a normal equine, Rapidash flips and twists around, landing hooves-first against the barrier.
Bullet the blue sky live rattle and hum full#
Rapidash rolls out of Flame Wheel, still flying at full speed towards the invisible wall of the barrier. In his throat, the bright, green-yellow light of Seed Sniper begins to build. He lands without so much of a skid on the ground and opens his mouth.

Then in a flash of green, he zips away off to the right side of the arena and far out of danger. Grovyle's eyes narrow, and the subtle glow of Quick Attack covers his body. 'We can't really get close to Rapidash while he's covered in fire. "Quick Attack, stay at range, and use Seed Sniper!" Lee barks. The horse pokemon crosses half the space between himself and Grovyle in a flash, leaving a trail of blackened, burnt dirt in his wake.

Rapidash rears up on his hind legs as his flaming mane and tail surge into a single mantle of bright flame, then he falls forward and rolls into a giant wheel of fire that races across the large arena. "Flame Wheel!" Moore's command is near-instant. The referee raises his hand and chops it down. "Ready!" Moore's grins, wide and almost maniacal. Give it your all, Grovyle,' he silently wishes, staring into the pokemon's back. The pink walls fade into invisibility, but their low, ongoing hum tells everyone the barriers are still up. The Kadabra raises his hand, and around the arena, two barriers with several inches of air insulation between them flare to life. The nervous Gym Aide scarcely notices, as he pulls a pokeball from his belt and pops it open releasing a young Kadabra, who first looks at Grovyle with a raised brow, then to Rapidash-leaving the psychic type to stare with open, wide-eyed alarm. The match will begin shortly." The referee sends a severe look to one of the aides to his left. Challenger Lee Henson will face Gym Leader Moore three-on-three, with no substitutions for either party. "Our challenge today has been changed by Gym Leader Moore.

"Ladies and gentlemen," his voice wavers slightly. Off to the side, the referee overcomes his shock and clears his throat into his microphone. The stallion snorts and throws his head, looking down upon the Grass-type before him. Below the short unicorn's horn on his forehead, Rapidash's red eyes regard Grovyle with clear dismissal. Billowing flames of orange and red form Rapidash's mane and tail, along with crests of fire just above his deep-blue colored hooves. The equine pokemon is covered in pale yellow hair faded with age, broken up by scars here and there, but the rolling muscle beneath is fit for a stallion in its prime. Moore's Rapidash bears a resemblance to the mundane horses Lee is familiar with in shape only. The light takes a tall shape with four legs before the white glow fades, revealing a magnificent Rapidash standing tall on the field. Moore's pokeball pops open next, dropping a large mass of light onto the ground. When he sees Moore rather than Flannery, his mouth quirks into a slight smirk. The gecko's legs are tense, his arms are raised, and his yellow eyes glow faintly in the old fluorescent lights of the Gym.

In a flash of light, Grovyle stands ready on Lee's side of the field. Grovyle's ball flies a bit faster than Moore's, and pops open first with a snap-hiss. 'Why do we always seem to run into situations like this?' Lee feels a bead of sweat roll down his neck as he watches the Pokeballs fly into the arena.
