A Remoraid seemed to be flopping alongside the route, gasping for breath. Derek and his Scyther honed in on it immediately, though netiehr of them took notice that the wild fish pokemon had been doing it's utmost to Lock On to the Scyther. Yet as Valeria drew closer, her trainer ordered as if it was going to be a battle either way. "Valeria, focus up." Using her Focus Energy to gather her strength, both trainer and pokemon were caught off-guard to acknowledge a Water Gun headed the Scyther's way.

"Use Vacuum Wave!" Being very much irritated, the Scyther soared left, Valeria ridding herself of the violent stream of water effortlessly before she had been struck. The Remoraid, which sustained critical injury, began to flop around more wildly. Another use of it's Water Gun sent the Scyther back into a tree, Valeria grunting in discomfort before letting out an irritated roar-like sound.

Ready to retaliate, Valeria's trainer relayed another brief command "Vacuum Wave, again!" before being privileged to observe her taking down the pokemon with another convincing strike from her Vacuum Wave. It was such a swift, decisive attack for something that was a projectile.

In a last ditch effort to attain glory, the Remoraid tried to dish out a Psybeam. Derek, taking notice of the collapsed pokemon's head raising in Valeria's direction, mouthed out another command in hopes the Scyther was still responsive. "Quick attack!"

Before the Remoraid could even accomplish it's goal, the Scyther came crashing at it from a completley different angle than she had been standing at just a moment ago. Knowing that the movement had been too quick for the ground-ridden Remoraid to account for, he was glad to see his Scyther put it out of it's misery with one more critical hit. "Great job!"

Moving to Valeria's side, Derek applauded her efforts by clapping softly as he approached. "How about another round? Whaddya say?" Nodding her head in agreement, the two of them began pacing in the direction of the Lake of Rage once more in search of any wild pokemon that might want to battle.

Another pokemon came along the route towards the trainer and is pokemon, and yet again it was a fish. Being a Magikarp this time, easily depicted by it's bright orange and bony scales, Derek felt slightly surprised that so many of these water types were flopping up and out of the water. Perhaps the lake had been tainted, or maybe one of the larger pokemon had been bullying the little ones? He wouldn't put it past a Magikarp to come running for dry shores. It certainly beat being eaten.

"Alright Valeria, Focus your energy." Doing just that, Valeria utilized her Focus Energy in a brief moment while the Magikarp simply sought to Splash in mild protest.

"Hit it with everything you've got." Unbeknownst to Derek, his Scyther had been working up the courage to try something new. Raising her bladed arm to strike with it once more, instead of a Vacuum Wave, her appendage unleashed a much larger Air Slash directly towards the Magikarp as it continued to Splash. "Huh?!" Derek questioned, certain that this was a new attack that Valeria had been working on. "What was that? When did you-"

His pokemon looked to Derek and responded with a 'Scy!' while the Magikarp came back for more and continued to flop around. "Incredible! I didn't know you could do that. Show me again, will you?!" Both trainer and pokemon proving ecstatic about the discovery of sorts, Valeria the Scyther wound back with her dominant arm once more and whirled it forward, producing another Air Slash.

the damage it produced this time seemed as though it were a critical hit, causing the Magikarp to go flying back into a tree with visible scarring on it's body. However, this time it hit the ground and did not continue to flop around. The pokemon was motionless, seemingly exhausted by the battle and and the pain of the injuries it'd sustained. "Great work, Valeria. Let's go find another one for ya!"

Nodding to her trainer with content, Derek and his Scyther resumed their way along the route in search of the next wild pokemon to give them a challenge.

Coming across a Staryu that seemed intent on doing battle after a brief walk in said direction, Derek smirked a little as his Scyther raised it's guard by poising both bladed arms in front of it's torso. "Focus Energy." He stated, the Scyther doing just that as the Staryu utilized Harden to bolster it's defenses. For the time being it'd seemed like they were going to simply stare on another down, however the trainer was quick to take initiative in the form of an attack.

"Air Slash." He stated more calmly than before, no longer surprised by the power Valeria had been honing for some time now. The Staryu was struck directly, and even seemed to flinch. Derek was quick to spout "Again!" upon noticing this, as he wasn't going to give the Staryu any breathing room.

Another crescent of compressed air came crashing into the Staryu, pushing it back further from the trainer and his pokemon. This time, however, it hadn't been fazed by the attack; it had gauged it's opponent. From it's current distance, all the thing could manage was a Water Gun. Valeria, though somewhat hurt, was not backing down. She shook herself off before making a telltale slash with her bladed arm. It was another Air Slash.

The Staryu, thinking it had a chance after landing it's attack, was taken aback when it flinched from the third consecutive Air Slash. Having been quietly judging the fight as it ensued, Derek suggested one more final blow to end this match. "Give the next one everything you have. The Staryu is getting tired." The way it's appendages drooped and the gem on it's center waned slightly suggested it was not feeling so confident in this fight anymore. With one final Air Slash, Derek's Scyther had flattened the wild Staryu down against the ground for good. The light from it's ruby began to fade, and it made one last sound before going completely silent.

"You sure are something, Valeria." The pokemon, coming to Derek's side, responded with a simple "Scy!" before making what appeared to be a smile. Finally beginning to understand her keenness for battle, Derek motioned a hand over his shoulder as he turned back the way they had came. "Let's go back to town. You can stay out awhile. You've definitely earned it." Pacing confidently back towards Choji town, Valeria took to the air in order to keep an eye out for anymore wild pokemon. She'd been becoming quite protective of her trainer...