"How many pokemon are we permitted to use?" Ash asked as he reached the wooden platform, walking up the steps as Hau ran up the steps on the other side, "Three" Hau said as he grabbed his first poke'ball of his waist and threw it into the air, revealing another pokemon Ash had never seen, making him look to the others with a knowing look.
Dawn took the liberty of scanning the new pokemon with her pokedex, as she was unfamiliar with Alolan pokemon like Ash.
Dartrix. The Blade Quill Pokémon
Supremely sensitive to the presence of others, it can detect opponents standing behind it, flinging its sharp feathers to take them out.
"Hm, a grass type that can detect movement..." Ash mused slightly as he looked over the grass/flying pokemon, reaching to his belt and selecting a poke'ball, "Lucha!" Hawlucha cried as he was released from his poke'ball, quickly getting into a battle position as soon as he sore Hau and his pokemon, "What a cool pokemon! What is it?" Hau gasped out as he produced his own, surprisingly large pokedex and tapping the front of it whilst pointing it at Ash's Hawlucha.
Hawlucha, the Wrestling Pokémon.
Possessing an artistic way of executing its moves, Hawlucha takes great pride in their elegance. In combat, Hawlucha leaps nimbly about, taking advantage of its opponents' blind spots. It's also skilled at using superb submission holds.
"So its a fighting AND flying type? That's awesome!" Hawlucha puffed his chest up proudly at Hau's complements, making Ash roll his eyes, "Can we just get this battle over with? Or do you want to spend the whole time ogling my pokemon?" Hau blinked at Ash's words, frowning slightly but shrugging, his frown quickly turning into a large grin, "Let's win this Dartrix! Let's start with Tackle!" Dartrix flipped its long, fringe like feather out of its face before it flew up and sped towards Hawlucha.
"Jump and use X-Scissor" Hawlucha easily jumped over the incoming Grass/Flying pokemon. Quickly twisting his body around, Hawlucha fell towards Dartrix, his arms crossed and glowing white. Slamming into the confused Dartix's back, Hawlucha pushed his hind legs against Dartrix's back, propelling him off as he spun through the air, landing on the field and standing up confidently whilst Dartrix plummeted hard into the wooden field.
"Dartrix! Are you okay?!" Hau shouted, his happy-go-lucky smile replaced by an alarmed and concerned look, his mouth hanging open in shock at Ash's Hawlucha's speed. Dartrix grunted as it pushed itself up, its eyes going wide when it realised how much dirt had transferred from the wooden field to its coat, "DARTIX!" It exclaimed as it frantically began grooming itself, making Ash gain a look of bewilderment whilst Hau just laughed, "What the hell?" Ash cursed in confusion, his confusion doubling when Hau began laughing and raised Dartix's poke'ball, recalling the frantic pokemon.
"Sorry about that," Hau said as his laughing came to an end, a smile etched across his face, "Good 'ol Dartrix hates when he gets dirt on his coat - plus if he's dirty, he can't battle until he is completely clean again" Ash just frowned - what kind of pokemon couldn't battle just because its coat was dirty? It was just plain weird.
"Shall we continue?" Hau asked, readying his next poke'ball, throwing it into the air as Ash and Hawlucha nodded, ready to face the next pokemon, whatever it was, "Vaporeon!" Hau's second pokemon cried as it appeared from its poke'ball, making Ash smile in his head- finally, a pokemon he recognised!
"Hm" Ash mumbled as he looked at the water evolution of Eevee, whilst Hau just grinned his normal wide smile, "Let's show them how strong we really are! Let's take them down with Ice Beam!" Ash raised his brow slowly, watching as Vaporeon took a deep breath and shot out the ice-blue beam towards Hawlucha.
"Jump, follow with Karate Chop" Hawlucha easily jumped over the incoming Ice Beam before he flew down towards Vaporeon, his left arm glowing bright white as he swung it once close to the water pokemon, "Dodge with Quick Attack!" Just as Hawlucha swung his arm down at Vaporeon, the water pokemon disappeared, making Hawlucha swing his arm into the wooden field, snapping through some of the boards and getting his arm stuck whilst Vaporeon appeared behind the fighting/flying pokemon.
"Whilst he's stuck! Ice Beam! Aim for his wings!" Ash grunted as he realised there was no way for Hawlucha to dodge, thanks to having his arms tuck between the wooden boards of the battlefield, watching with gritted teeth as the beam of ice hit Hawlucha's left wing, making the fighting/flying type shiver, cringing as his left wing became frozen over.
"Shit..." Ash cursed as he watched his pokemon's wing become froze over, "Return" Ash stated, holding Hawlucha's poke'ball up and recalling the frozen pokemon, "What-?" Hau spoke in confusion, looking at Ash for an explanation, who just silently placed the poke'ball on his waist, reaching for his second poke'ball and throwing it up, revealing his Bulbasaur: The raven-haired boy didn't find it necessary to explain his reason for recalling his frozen pokemon, as it was obvious. With one wing frozen, Hawlucha would have found it difficult to balance whilst standing, let alone being able to attack with the weight of the ice weighing him down. So to Ash, it didn't make sense to keep the flying/fighting pokemon out.