A light tug on Sleigh's line would inform her that she did actually get a bite. It felt weak though and she wondered if it was some little fish. From how quickly she reeled it in, it wasn't even putting much resistance. Pulling the Pokemon to the surface of the water, the hooked fish would reveal itself to be a Finneon. It was a cute little thing, but not exactly the kind of Pokemon she was looking for. She reached for one of her Poke Balls and called out Remoraid to the scene who immediately locked on to the Wing Fish Pokemon, eager to battle it.

"This shouldn't be too hard. Let's show Finneon what kind of team we are. Bullet Seed now!"

The barrage of seeds were super effective. Finneon weren't aggressive Pokemon by nature and so it wasn't able to properly anticipate Remoraid's attack. Realizing it was in danger however, the Wing Fish Pokemon with a Gust but Remoraid dived underwater to avoid it. The Jet Pokemon's instincts were in top form today. Having seen Finneon's Gust attack, she determined that battling on the surface would be bad and so chose to attack from below with yet another barrage of Bullet Seeds. Try as Finneon might to avoid them, Remoraid's shooting was top class. The Jet Pokemon was quick to predict where it would try to swim and nail it with solid hits from Bullet Seed. Before long the Wing Fish Pokemon was defeated and knocked out.

Sleigh retrieved her line and decided to cast it elsewhere. With Pokemon as gentle as Finneon hanging around near the rocky area, the type of Pokemon she was after was probably not in that location. This time she cast the line out as far as she could in the open sea. The line would sink deeper there. Maybe she would fish up something more interesting at that depth. In the meantime Remoraid remained in the water ready to support Sleigh anytime. She was getting sort of antsy. This was actually a sign that she was possibly nearing evolution soon, though the silver haired fisher girl didn't notice just yet.

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The first thought Sleigh had when a new catch began tugging at her line was that her hook probably sunk too deep. The movements didn't feel like something swimming on the other end. It was slow and more clumsy, like it was walking. In that case she had a few guesses what it might be. As if to support her guess, when the Pokemon was finally getting dragged back to the surface, it was nearly motionless and wasn't swimming around very much. It was definitely a sea bottom dweller that walked on the ocean floor rather than swam around.

Remoraid jumped up a few times, eager to begin the battle but Sleigh motioned for it to wait until the last moment. With one big pull, the Pokemon finally popped out of the sea and landed on the beach. It was a Krabby. She was right. The River Crab Pokemon wasn't looking to happy with being dragged out like that though and suddenly attacked with a shot of mud. Sleigh tried to avoid it but fell on her butt in surprise.

"Gah! Remoraid, a little help here?!"

The Jet Pokemon jumped up and shot at Krabby with Bullet Seed, getting its attention. She managed to land a couple of good hits but the rest were blocked by Krabby's pincers. The River Crab Pokemon was pretty dexterous. Unfortunately for it though, Remoraid was even more skilled. She hadn't spent hours training with Sleigh in shooting targets only to be bested by a Krabby. The Jet Pokemon aimed for the joints in its legs, knocking it off balance and causing it to fall on its back. Its undefended belly was now exposed and Remoraid blasted it with Bullet Seed as much as she could until the poor Pokemon was finally knocked out.

Sleigh got back up from her fall and dusted the sand off her skirt. While she did, she noticed form the corner of her eye that Remoraid was suddenly glowing.

"W-wait, are you serious?"

Remoraid screeched out one more time before being completely engulfed by the light, its silhouette changing form. When the light finally disappeared, in the fish's place was a bright red octopus, staring up at Sleigh with a slightly spaced out expression. The fisher girl smirked. She wasn't expecting to see her partner evolve so soon with this timing.

"So now you're an Oct... Octi... Octillelery... Ah screw it, your new name is Octi got it?"

The newly named Octi nodded in acknowledgement.

Sleigh looked at her watch and it seemed they still had a bit of time before heading back to the pharmacy. She cast her line once more, hoping for a catch that would put Octi's new form to the test.

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It wouldn't take long for Octi to get the chance to prove herself. Just a few minutes later something strange and peculiar would tug at Sleigh's line. The first time she felt something, she gave it a light flick to try and hook the critter, but found that the line hand no resistance like there was nothing there. It was unusual but she paid it no mind. She figured she might have just mistaken it. But it happened again soon after and the silver haired girl began to suspect something fishy was going on.

Whatever was there underwater, it was playing games with Sleigh and she wouldn't stand for it. Thus she hatched a ploy to catch it off guard by gradually reeling her line closer to shore every time she was "tricked" by the line tugger. Pretending to be frustrated, she would lure the target in until it was very close to the beach. Once she had succeeded, it was time for her newly evolved partner to get to work.

"Octi, give it a warm welcome."

The Jet Pokemon saluted with one of her tentacles and then dived in discreetly into the sea. There she spotted the troublemaker giving Sleigh grief. It was a Lombre and it was grabbing and pulling on Sleigh's line to make her think she caught something without actually getting caught itself. It snickered every time the girl flicked the line up "tricked" by its prank.

Octi snuck up behind Lombre without it noticing. And just as it attempted to pull on Sleigh's line again, the Jet Pokemon shot it square in the back with a super effective Signal Beam. The Jolly Pokemon yelped in pain and quickly swam back up to the surface to try and get away. Back on the shore Sleigh did a fist pump as she saw the scared looking Lombre climb out of the sea with Octi hot on its trail.

"Ha! Serves it right! Zap it Octi! Signal Beam!"

The Octillery's red head would emerge from the sea and take aim at the bumbling Lombre who thought it would be safe on land. However the Jet Pokemon's aim was true and nailed the sucker at the back of the head knocking it out cold. The troublemaker slumped on the sand unconscious as Sleigh cheered her partner on.

"Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about! Nice shot Octi!"

Octillery blushed as she made her way back to Sleigh's side, though it wasn't obvious since she was red in the first place. After giving the Jet Pokemon a victory head pat, Sleigh recalled her to her ball and packed up her rod. It was time to head back to the pharmacy and pick up her package.

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