Noting that the approaching pokemon was a Psychic type, Derek felt it would be appropriate to unleash the Scyther he'd managed to capture some time ago. Hurling the pokeball, it allowed the Scyther to manifest in an ominous glow before the Wynaut, who seemed to be oblivious to their intent. That was until the Scyther made it's move. "Scyther, use Bug Bite!" Only it didn't seem to know that move...

Instead it headed things off with a Quick Attack, causing Derek to grimace some. "..or that, that works too." Meanwhile their opponent started their end of the battle off by casting a quick use of their Charm, effectively lowering the Scyther's power.

The Scyther looked back to Derek, who had taken out his pokedex to better gauge his pokemon's moveset. After a moment of this, he looked up at it in order to try a more reasonable request. "Use Focus Energy and power yourself up!" The Scyther seemed much more confident in it's trainer now, giving a subtle nod before doing just as she was asked. That's right, the pokedex said they were a female Scyther...

The Wynaut took this time to attack, using it's body to Splash towards the Scyther. It didn't seem very effective, though Scyther backed off some regardless. She seemed cautious, and reluctant to just let the opponent hit her anymore. "Alright, now's the perfect chance; Quick Attack!"

Before the enemy could react, Derek's pokemon landed a critical hit, causing the Wynaut to shudder and fall over. They didn't seem keen on getting back up, either. The trainer looked to his Scyther, the Wynaut and then back to the Scyther. "Nice job..."

He hadn't expected it to make such short work of the Wynaut, though it was a pleasant surprise. Regardless, he needed to think of a name to better familiarize himself with his pokemon. "Hey Scyther, can I call you by a name? Like Valeria, maybe?"

They seemed to take immediate interest, nodding their head once more. Derek couldn't help but smile. "Great, well...now that I know you aren't going to attack me on sight, care to wander around with me until we find the next wild pokemon?"

Instead of answering him with a similar gesture, the Scyther, Valeria, began to slowly pace out in the direction they'd encountered the Wynaut, which also happened to be the direction Derek was initially headed towards; The Lake of Rage, of all places...

A Psyduck waltzed up on the Scyther, who stared at the pokemon half as blankly as the Psyduck itself. Derek, upon noticing this, gave Valeria what advice he could. "Focus Energy!" She immediately began to hone her demeanor and stance in preparation for an attack, meanwhile the wild pokemon whipped it's tail in her face. It was actually rather demeaning...

Mostly because the Psyduck appeared to be a complete idiot. But Valeria appeared very serious, taking the challenger head on as she assumed Derek's next decision would be to opt for a full on offensive. "Use Vacuum W- Errghh, c'mon!"

It wasn't that she did a bad job. In fact, the swift strike caught the Psyduck off-guard and knocked him back on his butt. The problem was that she hadn't waited on Derek's command. Inconsistencies like that could very easily decide a battle against either of Johto's gym leaders. It just would not do...

"You gotta do your best to wait for my directions, alright Valeria? That's the whole point of being your trainer. It's not that I don't trust your judgment, but we need to operate more like a team if this is going to work out well for either of us." The wild Psyduck approached as the two communicated, Scyther making a slightly disappointed expression before feeling a nasty scratch at it's lower leg. It appeared to be the Psyduck's doing...the poor guy had done it now. 'Scytheerrrrrghhh'! She exclaimed, making a move for the Psyduck. This time it was the Vacuum Wave Derek had initially called for, and it delivered more than desirable results. Psyduck was pushed back, unable to stop itself from rolling a couple times before ultimately slumping to the ground, rendered unconscious from the blow. Now that's what I'm talking about! Nice job, Valeria. Care to look for one more?" Noticing that the pokemon was eager to nod, Derek began pacing in the same direction they were headed, his Scyther fanning out some to cover more ground as they neared the road's end...

Before they could make it much further, Derek and his Scyther came across a Lotad that was trying to cross the road. After thoroughly eyeing them up, the wild pokemon realized the Scyther was indeed accompanied by a trainer. Doing it's best to scurry away upon noticing their stark interest, Derek sent his pokemon after it in order to attack.

"Vacuum Wave, pronto."

As the Lotad tried to crawl into a small confined space in a dead tree lying across the side of the path, Scyther's bladed arm pressed forward, causing the Lotad and tree to be struck dead on. Breaking the tree open and rendering it's escape hole of sorts useless, the Lotad finally turned, acknowledging it had no real choice but to battle.

Having taken some damage, the Lotad seemed to Absorb some of Scyther's vitality. It didn't appear to be very effective, like at all. Knowing his pokemon had just gone through several battles, however, he wasn't going to be taking any chances. "Focus Energy, quickly now." As the Scyther pumped itself up, the Lotad resorted to a different method. It began to Growl at them. Derek couldn't help but snicker some because of this. "Let's see if it can handle your Quick Attack."

The Scythr let loose, pursuing the Lotad with great haste before colliding with exceptional speed and force. It appeared to be a critical hit, as the Lotad rolled over onto it's back, struggling to get back up. All it did was continue to Growl at them, now that it wasn't able to move in any given direction towards the opponent. "Another one."

This time the Lotad did not do so well. Even with the Scyther's power seemingly reduced by what appeared to be a mix of mercy and subtle intimidation, it did not relent so much as to spare the Lotad further. With one more collision, the Lotad rolled over onto it's belly, legs sprawled out in all directions. His eyes struggled to stay open, closing shut just as the feet of the approaching pokemon and his trainer reached them.

"Very good, Valeria." He praised her just before pressing open the pokeball now clutched in his hand in order to capture the Lotad. Hopefully, anyway...

Other than that, he was ready to go back into the city nearby and grab a nice cold soda pop before settling in for the night. He'd have to think up a way to reward his Scyther for all of her cooperation.