Something tugged at her line causing Sleigh to be briefly excited. But that excitement would be short-lived when she determined that the weight pulling on the other end was "light". From this distance it was easy enough to get a good feel if there was a big one biting but their first catch didn't feel too promising. Moments later the hooked Pokemon would finally jump out revealing itself to be a Qwilfish.

"Darn, that's not what we're looking for. You're up Remoraid. Might as well get some experience. Psybeam!"

Firing a beam of psychic energy, Remoraid zapped the Qwilfish with a super effective attack, angering it. The Balloon Pokemon wasn't really a powerful swimmer. That explained why the weight on the line felt so light. But it was dangerous in its own way as tt was capable of injecting toxins that can cause fainting from its spines. The answer was simple then. Attack from afar and don't get stabbed. Qwilfish scatted toxic spikes all around itself but Remoraid wasn't planning on getting close anyway.

"Zap it again and don't hold back! Let's not waste too much time on this one! Psybeam!"

Taking advantage of its superior agility in the water, Remoraid swam circles around the Qwilfish who chose to protect itself by staying within its field of spikes. It was all too easy to find an opening and blast it again with Psybeam. After a couple more direct hits, it finally gave in to the damage and sank back underwater, no longer able to battle.

"That's the way! Keep it up!"

Sleigh was enjoying how reliable Remoraid had become. It wasn't too long ago that if they hooked something too strong, they'd be forced to abandon the line and run away. This time was different. With that confidence in mind, the silver haired fisher girl cast her line out again for another try.

The Jet Pokemon watched the line anxiously as well. She was gonna do her best to make sure Sleigh got her catch.

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The next Pokemon she hooked was strong. It wasn't the kind of weight you'd feel from a big heavy Pokemon but instead that of a powerful swimmer. Remoraid might have her work cut out for her this time. It was stubborn too, like it somehow knew Sleigh wasn't the most experienced trainer around. Her angler spirit wasn't going to lose though. It didn't matter how strong it swam. With the size of the tide pool, the number of courses it could take was pretty limited and easy enough to predict. Or so she thought.

After a couple of minutes of "fighting" the wild Pokemon jumped out, revealing itself to be a Seadra. A smile briefly showed on the silver haired fisher girl's face as this was one of the Pokemon she was after. But no sooner did it reveal itself when it suddenly spat out a purple glob of poison right at Sleigh herself. Realizing the danger, Remoraid was quick on the draw and blasted the poison glob with Water Gun to protect her trainer. Sleigh fell on her butt, surprised by the turn of events. A Pokemon just tried to attack her directly. Dangerous. Too dangerous. But seeing the glare on Seadra's face made her feel like she didn't want to back down from this at all.

"Thanks Remoraid. Isn't attacking the trainer pretty rude though? Let's teach it some manners! Bullet Seed!"

She put up a brave front but in truth Sleigh was still sorta nervous. Against an evolved Pokemon like Seadra, Remoraid was statistically weaker. They were weak against a lot of foes. But she decided to compensate by making sure the Jet Pokemon learned a variety of moves. This Seadra was weird though. She couldn't recall that it learned poison attacks. When Remoraid attacked with Bullet Seed, Seadra blocked the barrage with Protect, baffling Sleigh even more.

"What the hell... Remoraid, Bullet Seed again!"

Protect was a nifty move, but even Sleigh knew it wasn't something you could use over and over. So her way of dealing with it was persistence. Remoraid was taking advantage of the situation too. Being a long range hunter by nature, it was watching Seadra's struggle with the fishing line earlier and got a good handle of its movements. The limited space in the tide pool wasn't going to be its downfall. It took a couple of tries but they finally managed to break through Protect and nailed Seadra with the super effective Bullet Seed.

Hurt but not yet beaten, Seadra countered with Ice Beam. Wait, Ice Beam? The water all around Remoraid began to freeze, limiting the space where she could swim too. In the end the little fish was forced to hop on top of the ice where her movement was even more limited. This wasn't good. Thankfully Ice Beam wasn't very effective itself in terms of damage at least. Meanwhile Sleigh decided she was just gonna stop trying to predict what sort of moves the Seadra had. It was just defying common knowledge at this point.

"Shoot, shoot and keep shooting Remoraid! If it had any effective moves against us, it would have used it by now! We're taking this win!"

It was a weird sight. Despite being unable to utilize its swimming, Remoraid resorted to "dodging" Seadra's attacks by jumping up and down. Getting grazed by its Ice Beams barely did any damage anyway so she could keep it up. Meanwhile, the non-stop machine gun of Bullet Seeds was taking its toll. After a minute or so, the Ice Beams and Protects from Seadra finally came to a brief halt and Remoraid used that opening to land more hits. It was about time.

"You sure gave us trouble, but that ends here!"

Sleigh grabbed a Pokeball from her bag and threw it at the Dragon Pokemon with perfect accuracy. After it disappeared inside, the ball ricocheted back on land where it started to shake. Sleigh crossed her fingers hoping they were successful.

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