Hobbling from the brush at a comically lazy pace was a small, green Pokemon with frog-like features and large, red eyes. Despite the brightness and unnatural shade, the Bulbasaur regarded both trainer and Pokemon with a softness that was unexpected for a wild Pokemon. It let out a long, tiring yawn that flashed a row of sharp teeth expected of a carnivore and then shook its head.

"Norn! Leah gasped excitedly. She could help but bounce around a few times as she pointed a finger to the Pokemon. "It's a Bulbasaur! My gran'papa used to have one himself and even raised it all the way to a proper Venusaur."

The Eevee hardly shared her excitement. He looked back at her with unamused eyes and then flicked his attention back to the wild Pokemon.

"Right, I know, this is a battle," she said as she tried to temper her excitement. "But we're catching this one, okay? Don't beat it up too hard." Leah grinned and took a proper, confident stance. "Go for a Covet attack!"

The Bulbasaur seemed to pick up on the fact that this was a fight rather than some tourist gawking at the sight of a rare Pokemon, but other than slightly widening his stance, he hardly seemed interested in the oncoming attacks.

Naturally, this worked in Norn's favor. With a relaxed posture and his ears wilting to the side, he simply strolled up to the Bulbasaur and smiled with big, beady eyes. A few chattering noises came from his mouth that sounded an awful a lot like a casual conversation as he closed the distance. Only when he was practically up against the Bulbasaur did the facade break. With no remorse to the betrayed look on the Bulbasaur's face, Norn pivoted on his front legs and kicked the Grass type square in the face. The force was enough to send the 'Saur toppling over itself and even right into a nearby tree.

"Nice shot!" Leah grinned as she began to fish out a pokeball. "Keep pressure on it with a Trump Card!"

But the Bulbasaur wasn't down for the count just yet! It rolled back onto all fours and let out a disgruntled croaking noise. Two thin, vine-like appendages sprouted from the base of the bulb on its back and shot forward with impressive length. Before Norn could even prepare his attack, the vines unleashed their assault. One wrapped around his front paw while the other viciously beat against his belly.

The Bulbasaur lashed and swung the Eevee around without a care before tossing him into a tree. The glorified fern let out a low huff and an irritated glare to his attacker before turning his eyes to the trainer. He stomped a foot, as if to tell her to back off, but also took a step back. He didn't want to fight, that much was clear. But there was no way Leah would be able to coax a Pokemon like him into joining her team -- she didn't have the good fortune of stumbling upon yet another lost Pokemon looking for a home.

"Norn, are you okay?" Leah called, voice wavering a bit in the face of a fierce foe.

Her cry was enough to earn a distant bark from her companion followed by him leaping from the brush.

"Try and finish your attack!" She called with far less confidence. Though, her grip on the pokeball in hand tightened.

Norn shook some dust and leaves from his coat before he broke out into a full on sprint. Dashing from left to right, he dodged the defensive whips of the Bulbasaur all while summoning a deck of cards. Each "card" materialized from seemingly his own raw energy, taking a material form only as long as he was able to focus on them. In a sense, they were just extensions of his own body. Extensions that, once he was close enough, would hone in on their target and explode on impact.

Right as the first few cards hit their mark and the Bulbasaur let out a startled yelp, Leah acted. Her attempt at throwing a pokeball was a joke to a proper trainer. She stumbled when she lunged forward and the shaky arc of the throw was enough to make most people cringe. But it didn't matter. With the Bulbasaur sufficiently distracted, the ball banged against his head and quickly sucked him inside.

Now all she could do was hold her breath and hope Norn had weakened the Pokemon enough for the ball to work its magic.