Route 9 : Road to Amalgam University

[hider=Nado vs Girafarig]Wild Girafarig Vs Nado

“Nado! What have I told you about…” Leo looked around him, noticing the odd amount of pokemon surrounding his Gible. He raised an eyebrow, then looked up at the Girafarig with an unusually long neck. Nado seemed to be playing with its tail, though it had a face for seem inexplicable reason. Eager to try out his new pokedex, Leo pulled it out for more information.

“Girafarig, the Long Neck pokémon. Its tail also has a small brain. It bites to repel any foe trying to sneak up on it from behind. It can instinctively fight even while facing backward.” A digital voice described the creature aloud. 

“Nado! Use Sand Attack on that thing!” Leo commanded hastily. The Gible immediately dug its claws into the ground and threw dirt right into the tail’s face. Leo hoped that doing so would dull its senses just a tad bit. The tail looked just about ready to have Nado for lunch.

The Pokemon around began backing away as the human showed, obviously fearful of the intruder to their home. Meanwhile the Girafarig was not happy with Nado. After he threw dirt into the back head's eyes the front head immediately swiveled towards Nado, its eyes glowing blue and a blue outline appearing around Nado.

Nado would feel a sudden force propelling him backwards as the Girafarig used Confusion on him to make some space.

“Gi-ble!” Nado cried out in pain as his tiny body was launched backwards with Girafarig’s psychic powers. Leo felt tempted to use Dragon Rage right then and there, but was reminded of how badly Nado’s slow speed had crippled them during their last match. The Girafarig was almost certainly faster than Nado, so attacking blindly would be no good. Especially for the Girafarig. 

“Sandstorm!” Nado bounced right up to its feet, fueled with the desire to battle. Soon, a sandstorm engulfed the area. The already tiny and difficult to see Gible was hidden even more by the obfuscating sand.

The Girafarig could no longer see Gible through all the sand, so it narrowed it's eyes and began sniffing to try and find the evasive little bugger. As soon as it identified the Gible's scent it turned towards him and prepared another Confusion.

Meanwhile the other Pokemon were starting to get very aggravated by the sand and looked as if they were on the verge of stampeding.

Leo was admittedly nervous as all the pokemon grew more aggravated. He had to end this battle fast and book it. The tiny head was a problem, but maybe...

"Nado, roll around in the dirt to hide your smell!" Nado looked at the spot it dug up when using Sand Attack. He leapt face first into it and completely dirtied himself. His regular smell would be hidden by the smell of the dirt.

The Girafarig was confused by the sudden turn of events as Nado's smell completely disappeared. It had no idea what to do at this point, so it just Growled in an attempt to scare the Gible off. Meanwhile it was steadily taking damage from the Sandstorm and looked like it was getting quite tired already.

“Alright! Nado, Take Down!” The Gible charged at the Girafarig with all of its weight being put into its attack. 

Leo already had a pokéball in his hands to seal the deal with a capture. It was already worn down from the sandstorm, one hit would surely be enough to tire it out. And so it was. The Girafarig fainted and was about to fall on its side until Leo quickly contained it in the ball.

"Good work, Nado." Leo held the pokeball up in awe. His first new pokemon...amazing. In his excitement, he had even forgotten to chew out the Gible for not only running off without him, but getting lost while he did it. 

"C'mon. We've already gotten split up from everyone thanks to you. We'll take about this later!" Well...he had ALMOST forgotten to chew him out. The Gible let out a dejected cry at the lecture it would have to endure, letting the storm subside as it followed after its trainer.[/hider]