As everyone knew, one Poké Ball was linked to one Pokémon.
So what interesting thing would happen when a Poké Ball tried to recall a different Pokémon?
Simple. Nothing would happen.
So when the red light struck Pupitar, Kiawe's follow-up plan to "switch in Turtonator and beat Pupitar senseless" fell apart.
And because that idea had occupied his entire mind, he had given Arcanine no instructions for what to do next!
Pupitar easily circled behind Arcanine, light blooming across its blue-gray shell as though it were about to attack.
Kiawe jolted in alarm. "Protect!"
Arcanine's expression sharpened, and a pale green, translucent energy barrier instantly formed.
Yet the anticipated [Rock Slide] or [Stone Edge] never came. Instead, Pupitar's briefly airborne body began spinning like a top.
Watching the brilliant golden glow swirling around it, Kiawe's dark face grew darker still.
Dragon Dance!
Goddammit, if you want to use Dragon Dance, just use it!
Why use Flying Thunder God to get behind Arcanine, block me from recalling it, and bait out my Protect?!
Kiawe had managed to stay rational until now, but Xia Chi's string of dirty tricks made him feel ready to pass out from anger.
His awareness grew hazier, while his target grew clearer.
He gritted his teeth. "Solar Beam!"
If he could, he would have liked Xia Chi to be that Solar Beam's target. Unfortunately, this was not a battle out in the wild.
But Kiawe ought to have been grateful for that, too. Otherwise, he would have been facing that enormous thorn-vine club.
As a Rock- and Ground-type, Pupitar had a quadruple weakness to Grass.
That made Solar Beam, a tremendously powerful Grass-type special move, an enormous threat to it.
But the move also had a fatal flaw-
Without sunny weather, Solar Beam needed longer to gather