Mewtwo flew out of the battlefield and hovered a dozen meters above the ground, looking as though none of this had anything to do with it.
Xiao Yan had a bit of a headache over this Clefairy he had caught months ago. Although they had grown much closer during its training, the most it would do was obediently follow his training regimen. As for actually battling... it had never done that once.
Xiao Yan pushed his distracting thoughts aside and focused on the battle and its stakes.
"Ahem... well, this is my second Pokémon." A beam of white light flew from the Ultra Ball in Xiao Yan's hand, and a well-developed Sceptile appeared on the field.
"Heliolisk, use Low Kick."
"Sceptile, use Pound to block Heliolisk's Low Kick."
Facing the fiercely advancing Heliolisk, Sceptile charged without hesitation at Xiao Yan's command, swinging its massive tail.
Bang!
The two lizard Pokémon clashed.
Every kick and every swing of a tail stirred up a gust of force.
More than a minute passed, and they remained locked in combat, neither giving an inch. But while Sceptile maintained its distance, Heliolisk was visibly tiring, its steps beginning to falter backward.
"Heliolisk, fall back and use Razor Wind." Hearing its Pokémon Trainer's command, Heliolisk immediately broke away from Sceptile.
Sceptile also retreated, keeping some distance from Heliolisk as it watched its opponent's next move with cold reptilian eyes.
Heliolisk certainly lived up to being a Gym Pokémon Trainer's Pokémon; its training was no joke. As it retreated to maintain its distance from Sceptile, blades of wind formed around it, spinning rapidly with a piercing whine.
Heliolisk swept a hand forward, sending the wind blades hurtling toward Sceptile like arrows loosed from a bow, whistling through the air.
Sceptile reacted swiftly to the oncoming wind blades,