Dropping down and returning her Aerodactyl, Dasha stretched before slowly heading towards the ruins again. Stepping inside and looking around slowly, she’d catch sight of— was that the same Mienshao from before or a different one. Oh, no this one was a different one. He was much bigger than the last.— a Mienshao and what appeared to be a Dusclops assembling rocks in a corner. The latter would look up very briefly to stare at this strange human before raising a Ghostly hand in beckoning. Come, human, fight. The Mienshao shrugged back. He wouldn’t mind a fight either, honestly.

Dasha nodded slowly, grabbing three Pokeballs. The first two released a Ralts and a Gothita. The third took the form of a Steenee who twirled about and succeeded in confusing both the Dusclops and the Mienshao right off the bat. Hah, perfect. “Ralts, Gothita, work together, Draining Kiss and Psyshock. Steenee, keep out of the way of the Dusclops.”

At a distance, the Gothita was the quickest to react, forming some psychic waves and sending them shockingly at the Mienshao. The latter took the attack but was successful enough to beat the confusion and use a Fake-out on the Ralts, keeping him from kissing. The Steenee, meanwhile, threw out some leaves that went spiraling at the Dusclops and hitting rather hard. The poor Pokemon hurt himself in confusion in that moment instead.

“Good work, keep it up, Psyshock, Ralts use Psychic this time. Keep at a distance from the Mienshao. Steenee Acupressure and then Bounce.” With quick together-work, the two Psychic Pokmeon easily felled the Fighting, the first Psychic wave amplified by a second one right after. The Steenee, meanwhile, would strengthen herself with her own move, relieving some pressure in her body before bouncing upwards hard and fast. The poor Dusclops would again hurt himself in confusion right before she came down in a fury upon him. The extra points hurt hard, and he fainted right after as well. Ah, they were all doing very well.

In a burst of light thereafter, the Ralts, once small, grew larger and more refined. Spinning forth, a Kirlia took his place with a wide smile. Dasha’s eyes grew, and her smile grew wider. “Very nice, good work,” she congratulated, bending down to pat the now-Kirlia. “Thank you for putting in so much effort.” The Kirlia smiled brightly and gave a small nod, proud of himself and everyone else. After a moment more, Dasha returned him and the Gothita as well. They both could use some rest. She tried, in vain, to return the Steenee, but the latter was much to interested in moving and dancing to want to be returned. Dasha sighed, rolled her eyes, and made a hand gesture for her to follow. If nothing else, she could use some more training anyways.

They went up a couple of flights of stairs, looking for strong opponents as before. It would be there that a large Dusknoir and Hariyama would show themselves both mostly keeping to themselves despite being in the same area. Dasha smirked a little. Good good, she could get in a lot of training here if she worked it well. Grasping another Pokeball, she’d release a Piplup that would be given a single order “Distract the Hariyama and don’t get hit.” The Piplup gave a small salute and wandered over to the Hariyama— only to then ram him with an unnecessarily hard Drill Peck. The latter yelped and got to his feet immediately. A Brine was used to send the Piplup tripping back in pain. Ugh, of course.

“Apple, Acupressure then Seed Bomb that Dusknoir!” She called. The Steenee rather quickly used an Acupressure on herself increasing her speed and Special Attack. Whipping around the Dusknoir, she shot a multitude of seeds at him. The Dusknoir formed a frustrated Fire Punch and slugged it at the Steenee causing her to yelp and trip backwards in pain. Oh gosh, oh ow that hurt. “Apple?” Dasha called. The Steenee thankfully was not out yet but was a little more warry now as she shot off more Seed Bombs. Good, now if only her Piplup would—

Had he managed to do in the Hariyama all on his own. If she wasn’t worried about her little bit of makeup, Dasha would have slapped a hand over her face. This would do no good for his ego but… ugh whatever. Apple, meanwhile, was hit several times more, but Dasha’s encouragement kept her going until finally she returned a blow and managed to finish that as well.