"How about you charge that one instead."

His light was directed to a Hoppip that floated past them. He usually doesn't see them at night, though this wouldn't be too much of an anomaly he should consider. It looked pretty harmless though, and while he'd prefer his Rhyhorn to get a bit stronger, he wouldn't torment the younger member of his small party with a disadvantageous match up. His Electrike, however, could pretty much use any exercise he can get.

His Electrike barked at the task, enthusiastic as ever at everything Kyle throws at him. As soon as his Electrike managed to lock onto the dual-type, Kyle turned his torch off to avoid detection. If it was aggressive, it would've attacked them as soon as it appeared, though it looked like it was just passing through.

"Can you start a Charge? Let's try knocking it out with one big hit without it noticing."

The Hoppip was basically harmless and was essentially ignoring them unlike their earlier encounter, though getting his Pokemon some experience wasn't so bad. His Electrike started to accumulate charges from his own, generating enough voltage in his fur to power up his next attack. Sparks, however, was more noticeable in the pitch black darkness and eventually caught the attention of the Hoppip.

Kyle saw the Hoppip trying to change its direction, going for a u-turn back to them to maybe land its own attack. They don't get to be quite threatening, which had both Kyle and his Electrike basically ignore the sequence of events. Before long though, Electrike had finally taken in all he could and released all the pent up energy by firing off a single bolt upwards, triggering the sky and landing a huge bolt of electricity at the unaware Hoppip.

The pink mass eventually fell down to the ground with a plop. Fried, unconscious and definitely not fine, Kyle was pretty sure that the Hoppip wouldn't move from its position until morning or something.

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"Oh, hey. You actually did something good. Congrats and all that."

He'd leave the Hoppip be without any remorse of his actions, turning the torchlight back on and going back to the task of searching their way back. He wasn't particularly bothered with the wilds and staying in it for a long time, though the problem was that the time. Nights were to be spent home, where he can enjoy the comfort of his bed until he gets himself to the wonderful world of sleep.

Still no signs of any familiarity with the surroundings, though it was a given since trees do looks pretty similar with one another. A Smoochum strayed to where his light shone though. Thinking it was a good target for his Rhyhorn's practice, he released his Rock-type against the smaller framed Pokemon. It was young, but it already proved itself to be easier to control than his Electrike, which wasn't really a challenge itself.

"Deal with her." He motioned to the Smoochum, which was already spotlighted by the torch he had on his hand. "Stone Edge."

The Rhyhorn ran straight up to the wild Pokemon, still frozen in fear as it stared at the racing behemoth, who wasn't even in its mature size. A distance away from the Ice-type, his Rhyhorn would take a leap and threw his momentum towards the ground, forcing rocks to jut out of it and severely injure the small Smoochum. Knocked down in one hit, Kyle was relieved to have at least one competent Pokemon with him, albeit young and a little bit inexperienced.

"I'll call you back if we need to deal with more of them. That or if we reach home."

He'd return his Rhyhorn to its Pokeball once more as it did its job. While it was nice to get his Pokemon a bit of battling experience while they were out here, he'd rather not have its heavy footsteps attract the attention of wild Pokemon to them. Sure he could just choose to ignore them, but the temptation to get his Rhyhorn to a point where it can be a powerhouse was there.

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"Hey, I recognize this place."

Finally!

Trees eventually dispersed as they walked forward until an well-used dirt path came to sight. Everything else was easily recognizable even through the darkness, to which Kyle can finally figure out his way back home. It was off the beaten path, although with the amount of times he'd spent in the area as a child, he could easily mentally map the areas safe enough to travel through even in the night.

"Don't lag behind. We're goi-"

His light flashed on a pair of golden eyes, reflecting the light that shone from the dying torchlight he had on hand. The dark fur made it harder to recognize in the dark, but Kyle instantly knew what it was. They weren't exactly rare and wanted by the world, but Kyle always had a soft spot for it regardless of its actual worth as a trainer, though to be fair, he wasn't exactly aiming to be a professional trainer anyways.

He got down to his knees, trying to level with the wild Poochyena and then whistling to get its attention. It was effective for the most part, as it stepped out of the vegetation and slowly stalked its way over to them as it tried to investigate. Its head was lowered while Kyle could recognize that it was keeping a light footing, ready to run away in a moments notice. That was to be expected though, especially with an excited Electrike beside him.

His Electrike was steady at first, minus the tail wags and tongue lolls, though as soon as the Poochyena reached a certain distance close to them, it quickly sprung on a more playful stance and barked, scaring the Poochyena away.

"We're going after him," he commanded his Pokemon before he broke into a sprint following the Poochyena. The Electrike obliged right away, sparks blazing on his fur as he ran, ready to discharge electricity for a knock out while Kyle went after it with a Pokeball on his other hand. He was honestly fine with just his Electrike and his Rhyhorn, though a Poochyena was always welcome to his team.

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