As Venna splashed around in the water, something let out some really pretty rings from within the water. CONFUSED, Venna tried to lash out at whatever it was and ended up VINE WHIPing herself. Once she hit herself, however, it snapped her out of her confusion and she glared at the water.

Leon couldn't help but make a face at his little Seed Pokemon. "Venna, what're you-" Suddenly, for Leon anyway, a Goldeen came out of the deeper water and used WATER SPORT on the Bulbasaur. It only then clicked to the Breeder that perhaps the Bulbasaur had been lured into the water by a SUPERSONIC that the Goldeen had used to confuse the poor hatchling. A bit of worry settled in his chest, but he decided to trust her. "Be careful, please."

As she was soaked by the water sport, Venna let out a small giggle. The Goldeen whated to play! Next the Bulbasaur gave a grin and quickly used another VINE WHIP. But this time, she actually hit the Goldeen. Wrapped around her body and threw her back into the water! Oh, and the Goldeen was swimming back. What joy! Venna watched as the Goldeen made his move, a TAIL WHIP to try and detour or distract the little Bulbasaur. But that had little effect on detouring the Bulbasaur. Did lower her guard though. But it also prompted her to use her next move.

Though there was only a small tense in Venna's stance, a vortex of leaves began swarming around the Goldeen. Venna had summoned a LEAF STORM on the poor Goldeen. As his body was riddled with a vortex of leaves and water, the Goldeen retreat into the water and ran away, deciding it wasn't worth the hassle.

As she watched the Goldeen swim away, Venna gave a few happy coos before laying into the water a bit more, near the lillypads, like she was blending into her surroundings.

Leon couldn't help but smile. He didn't have to give her many pointers. To her, this was a sort of game. Honestly, he couldn't help but be happy she could handle herself pretty well. Though perhaps next time he'd see how well she could follow instruction?

like the devil's in your hands.

It was incredibly interesting to Leon that Venna just decided she was a Bulbasaur of a lily pad. The strangest thing was that Venna seemed very in her element with the battling. Leon'd thought maybe she'd have a rough time at it. What daddy wouldn't? But she seemed to have a real handle on it. Maybe she was bred from two Champions or something, but she seemed very keen in the sense of battle.

As they continued to sit and wait, something thought the Bulbasaur's camouflage strange enough to approach. A Wooper moved in, looking at the curiously shaped lily pad that looked very much like a seed pod. As he got closer, out came Venna's whips as she surprised the Wooper with a VINE WHIP. The attack surprised the Wooper so much that he hit the Bulbasaur with a MUD SHOT, falling backward in the process and barely hitting the seed of the Bulbasaur in the process.

Leon sat up from his relaxed position on the shore, narrowing his eyes. "You've got this, Venna. Use Vine Whip again, throw him away from the shore and keep close."

As if it were in her blood, and maybe it was, Venna gripped the Wooper by the head with her vines and threw it onto the grass. As she got closer, he spat a WATER GUN at her. She quickly ran through it, shaking the water off to hit him with her VINE WHIP again.

"Toss him into the water, he should leave you alone now." Leon called, watching the small battle.

Venna did just that, tossing the Wooper into the pond of a shore and watching as he retreated into the depths. With a grin, she bounced toward Leon in victory, letting out a proud cry as she got close. He was sure to get out a towel to start drying her off, shaking his head at her as she curled and rubbed against him.

"You're soaked, Venna." He told her, but she didn't seem to care. In fact, she went to sniffing the ground and chomping on the grass as per usual.

like the devil's in your hands.

As Venna walked and chewed on the grass Leon kept an eye out for her. The cute little bulbasaur seemed to be completely obsessed with seeing if any of the blades of grass felt different against her tongue than the others. When she got to a particularly long piece, she nearly had to stand on her fear feet to pull it all the way out of her mouth. But the verdict was that none of them felt different.

"Venna, sweetie, you've got company." Leon told her, pointing toward the Surskit that was approaching from the grass, heading back to shore. "If you don't bother it, it should just make it's way-"

Too late. Venna immediately saw that as a pal to play with and quickly used a VINE WHIP against the poor thing.

"Or, just, attack it like a barbarian..." Leon mumbled as he rubbed his forehead with a sigh. "Being a mom is harder than they say." He clearly didn't give his mothers enough credit, and felt a bit guilty he still couldn't give it to the properly. May they rest in peace.

The Surskit took the attack as a challenge, turning toward the Bulbasaur and spit out a STICKY WEB. Venna blinked a few times beneath the web but quickly spit out a SEED BOMB from her seed.

"Whoa!" Leon let out a laugh. "New move already, huh?"

Venna paid him no mind, watching as the bomb hit and explode. Oh, wasn't that satisfying? The Surskit came back with a WATER GUN, hitting the Bulbasaur with a spray of water from it's small mouth. Venna just wiggled out of the web, finally, and her vines came out for yet another VINE WHIP. Once hit, the Surskit took that opportunity to flee into the water. Venna would have been a bit depressed if she wasn't focused on evolving. It felt so strange, but by the end of the process, she also felt so much... stronger.

Leon couldn't believe his damned eyes. Just then, right before him, was an Ivysaur from his little Bulbasaur. "Ah-ha!" Leon let out a squeal of a rejoice before moving over and giving her a great big dorky hug. "Look at you! Oh, you're gorgeous!" And she wasn't even a Venosaur yet. Huh. She didn't hesitate to lick him.

"Same old Venna." Leon groaned, moving to give her head a small pat. "You're ridiculous, you know that? Ridiculously cute! C'mon! We've gotta show Lars!"

like the devil's in your hands.