>>5993493It's not long before Martha has made her way to the arena.
"Silveridge Track didn't go quite according to plan, huh?" Fie asks, indicating Martha's arm.
"It did not." Martha confirms, shaking her head. "Got caught out by a Golem's Rock Slide. Honestly lucky it's just broken." She admits.
"You'll have to tell me about it over dinner." Fie says conversationally, already selecting her first pokemon.
"Sounds like a date." Martha agrees.
The referee clears her throat before outlining the rules for the four on four and the battle begins:
Fie leads with a Salazzle, opposite Martha's Medicham and that's about where you realise that this is going to be an intense match of pick and counter-pick.
There's nothing held back here as they both use every trick they know to try and get an edge over the other or counter the other's ploys.
Martha takes an early lead, knocking out Salazzle after a frenetic back-and-forth of dodge and block, attack and counter-attack, but Medicham is looking rough afterwards and Toxic poisoned to boot.
Fie's Houndoom makes short work of Medicham and when Martha sends out her Swanna, Fie's response is to Roar Swanna out in favor of Martha's Lucario, which while he does do some serious damage to Houndoom, is taken out in short order in response, leaving Swanna to come back in as Houndoom dets up a Sunny Day.
"It's always a recipe for good matches when Martha and the others come around." Emma says conversationally.
>Sure looks like it.>You got this Fie.>C'mon Martha, you can do better than this!>Just watch quietly.>Other 