Summary: As the title says, a collection of one-shots between Korrina and her partner Pokemon, Lucario.
Korrina and Lucario One-Shots
Chapter Four
Lost Confidence
Korrina was feeling proud and confident, both in herself and her Pokemon. They had beaten every challenger that week, even singlehandedly one-shotting some of their opponent's Pokemon. Korrina was on a winning streak, and she was determined to keep it that way.
Standing on her side of the battlefield, she waited patiently for the next challenger to flood in. Her grandfather was probably telling the challenger that boring story of Mega Evolution again, as he did with all challengers, wasting valuable battle time for Korrina.
Eventually, Gurkinn came back into the room with a young man tagging along behind him. The boy appeared to be in his mid teens, likely the same age as Korrina, and wore a green t-shirt with a Pokeball design on it, along with a blue open jacket, blue jogging trousers, green and red shoes, and a green backpack. He had deep blue hair and dark brown eyes that appeared to be dissatisfied and scowling at something.
Korrina didn't like the look of this kid; not one bit.
As the boy stood on his side of the battlefield, Gurkinn walked towards the centre-right of the battlefield and announced, "The Shalour City Gym battle between Gym Leader Korrina and Pokemon Trainer Avan will now begin! Three Pokemon and only three may be used by both the Gym Leader and challenger! And only the challenger is allowed to substitute Pokemon, as always! So now, without further ado...begin!"
"Mienfoo, let's show em' what we've got!" Korrina throw her Pokeball out, revealing her youngest Pokemon Mienfoo.
"Mienfoo!" ("Right!") He cried.
"Talonflame, go." Avan mumbled unenthusiastically, throwing his Pokeball weakly. A Talonflame appeared mid-air.
Korrina growled; almost everyone that challenged the gym used a Flying Type on their team, but never had one used a Talonflame, strong against all of her Pokemon, including Lucario, whom would be extremely weak against.
Nevertheless, she was determined not to loose this, "OK, Mienfoo, High-Jump Kick!"
"Mienfoo!" ("Right") Mienfoo jumped in the air and lunged towards Talonflame, one foot in front of the other.
"Fly to the side." Avan commanded.
Talonflame did just that. She swiftly flew to the right, causing Mienfoo to crash into the floor, inflicting damage on himself.
"Now, Brave Bird."
Talonflame flew up further into the air and begun to quickly swoop down again. The entirety of her body was shrouded in a bright yellow light, and as she got closer to Mienfoo, she flashed a brilliant ice blue.
"Geez! Mienfoo, get out of the way!" Korrina didn't want to loose the first round of the battle this quickly.
Mienfoo gasped as he saw the incoming Talonflame and tried to dodge the attack, however he was seconds too late as Talonflame crashed into Mienfoo, knocking him flying in the air. As Mienfoo fell back down on the floor, the sheer impact of the Brave Bird and him hitting the floor was simply too much, as he had fainted.
"Ugh...Mienfoo, return." Korrina held her Pokeball put and returned Mienfoo.
"Mienfoo is unable to battle, which means the winners of this round are Avan and Talonflame." Gurkinn announced.
Korrina smiled down at Mienfoo's Pokeball, "You worked hard. Now, let's beat him this time, Machoke!" Throwing her next Pokeball out, Machoke appeared.
"Choke." ("Grr...") He grumbled, his mind set on winning.
"Seismic Toss, Machoke!" Korrina exclaimed.
Machoke ran up to Talonflame and grabbed hold of her from behind. He pulled the fire bird down with no struggle, despite Talonflame struggling to get out Machoke's grip. Just when Korrina was about to tell Machoke to throw Talonflame into the wall, Avan cleverly thought of a solution. And another super-effective one of that.
"Wing Attack." He spoke with an even more dull, disinterested voice then before.
Talonflame's wings lit up a white colour as she begun to brutally attack Machoke with her wings, dealing a high amount of damage to the fighter. Machoke attempted to get away, but Talonflame continued to attack excessively with her wings.
"C'mon, get out of there, Machoke!" Korrina pleaded, now beginning to feel extremely concerned about the future outcome of this battle.
"Choke..." ("Argh...can't...") Machoke grimaced in pain as Talonflame continued to use Wing Attack on Machoke, each hit landing perfectly accurately. He attempted to break free from Talonflame's grasp, but even for an extremely strong Pokemon like Machoke, he wasn't finding it easy.
Korrina growled as Machoke continued to get hit. She clenched her fists together in frustration, not knowing what to do. At this rate, Machoke would end up-
"Fainted again..." Korrina sighed as Machoke collapsed to the ground in tiredness and pain, completely exhausted fro the battering that he had just received.
"Machoke is unable to battle, which means the winners of this round are Avan and Talonflame." Gurkinn announced once more.
Korrina returned Machoke, "Don't worry. You did well," She mumbled to the Pokeball, before sending her last Pokemon out, "Let's go and do this, Lucario!"
Lucario appeared from the white light of the Pokeball, growling in determination, "Lucar..." ("We won't loose this...")
"Talon, Talonflame." ("We'll see about that.") Talonflame smirked.
Korrina realised that the only way she could guarantee a definite win against Talonflame was if she used Mega Evolution. Hovering her hand above her Mega Glove, she shouted so Lucario could hear, "Time to Mega Evolve!"
"Luc." ("Right.") Lucario nodded his head.
She lightly pressed down on the Key Stone, allowing bright light to transcribe and shift from her Key Stone to Lucario's Mega Stone, allowing the power to seep throughout the Pokemon. He quickly changed form, from Lucario to Mega Lucario. Korrina hadn't particularly wanted to resort to Mega Evolution, as she had wanted to prove her raw strength without it, but what other choice did she even have?
She needed to win this battle. She needed to keel her winning streak going. And she was certainly not going to back down and loose hope. Not at all. With Mega Evolution at her disposal, and could do anything.
"Lucario, run towards Talonflame and then use Aura Spehre! Don't back down!" Korrina screeched, her mind devoted to beating this damn Talonflame.
Mega Lucario did just that. Running sleekly towards Talonflame, he moved both of his paws together and concentrated his Aura into that one area. Quickly, he formed an Aura Spehre in-between his paws and threw it directly at Talonflame, who had finally taken the hit.
"Flame! ("Oh, Arceus!") Talonflame winced in pain.
"Yes!" Korrina laughed. Mega Evolving Lucario was definitely helping with this.
Avan still kept a bored expression on his face as he commanded, almost sounding lifeless and emo-like, "Use Flare Blitz."
Talonflame proceeded to form a cloak of fire around her entire body and rapidly charged towards Mega Lucario, however Mega Lucario quickly jumped out of the way. However, Talonflame swooped down, and, this time, it was a direct hit in Mega Lucario's chest.
"Lucar!" ("Ow!") Mega Lucario fell on his back, dust surrounding him. Nevertheless, he picked himself up off the ground and brushed the dust off his fur, indicating that he was ready for anything thrown at him.
Korrina grinned, "Great, Lucario. Now, use Power-Up Punch!"
Mega Lucario threw his fist back and, as a result, a light orange Aura formed around it. He charged towards Talonflame, his fist still backwards, and thrashed into Talonflame.
"Flame!" ("Not again!") Talonflame screamed as she flew backwards, more in shock then anything else at Mega Lucario's sheer power.
"Cool, use it again!" Korrina commanded.
Mega Lucario charged towards Talonflame once more, his fist once again shrouded in an orange Aura. He attempted to thrash into Talonflame, but before he could even do that, Avan had already stated his next command.
"Use another Flare Blitz." He mumbled.
Talonflame nodded her head and contaminated herself in a burst of fire, flying straight towards Mega Lucario, who had lost some of his concentration and hadn't do used on the incoming Pokemon.
"LUCARIO, MOVE AWAY FROM THERE!" Korrina screamed, begging to herself Mega Lucario would manage to dodge in time. Otherwise...He would easily be defeated from the second super-effective attack on him.
"Lucar?" ("Huh, what?") Mega Lucario questioned to himself, scanning the battlefield when he saw Talonflame lunging against him, knocking him straight into the air. He growled aloud, feeling extremely painful in his chest after the second Flare Blitz had knocked him there.
Collapsing onto the ground as a result of the attack, Mega Lucario felt numb. His chest, his joints, everything was numb and very, very painful. Feeling himself grow weaker and weaker by the second, Mega Lucario knew he couldn't battle anymore. He had completely let Korrina down...but he simply could not battle, even if his life depended on it.
Reverting back into Lucario's normal form, that had told Gurkinn enough to conclude the match, "Lucario is unable to battle, which means the winners of this gym challenge are Talonflame and Avan."
"Lucario!" Korrina panicked, skating over to where Lucario had fainted. Sitting on the floor so she could become closer to his limp body, she held his head in her arms, stroking his blue fur, "Please...please wake up..." She had felt completely and utterly shocked at that loss, but she needed to make sure that Lucario was OK first.
After a couple of seconds, Lucario slowly opened his eyes and looked sorrowfully and apologetically over at Korrina. Korrina shook her head, as a sign to tell Lucario not to worry. But...she was only reassuring him. She was feeling absolutely distraught inside. Never, since she had mastered Mega Evolution, had she had a loss this badly. She tried to keep the tears within her eyes, and the sadness off of her face, but Lucario only knew too well that her smile was completely forced.
Avan calmly returned Talonflame, not even thanking her for winning the match. He strode over to where Korrina was. Korrina sighed, remembering she had a duty to forfill. Skating over to her grandfather and taking the badge from him, she reluctantly handed it to Avan.
"Well done..." She forced another smile, "You totally deserve this badge. So...here you go...the Rumble Badge..."
Taking the badge from Korrina, Avan hadn't answered as he took his badge case put of his pocket and placed the badge into it. Glancing up at Korrina with mean, spiteful eyes, he commented, "That was pathetic...embarrassing, actually."
Korrina growled, gritting her teeth, "What do you mean?! I tried my hardest to beat you!"
Avan smirked, something he hadn't done for the whole time he was in the gym, and held a low chuckle, "You call yourself a Gym Leader? That was one of the easiest battles of my life. You're weak, stupid in fact, for even saying that you tried your hardest, when clearly that was one of the most ridiculous performances ever carried out! And, using a Mega Evolution. Supposedly one of the strongest methods to use in a battle, when Mega Lucario was blatantly defeated in two hits. You should be embarrassed to call yourself a Leader, Successor, or any other pathetic name that you call yourself. Embarrassing, that's all I have to say. Completely and utterly embarrassing." Laughing somewhat evilly to himself, he walked off out of the gym.
Korrina fell to her knees, feeling completely distraught after that. She wanted to cry, here and there, but that was weak and embarrassing, too...just like her match. As much as she didn't want to admit, Avan was right. He was right about everything. She was pathetically weak, and didn't even deserve to be a Gym Leader or a Successor. Even with Mega Evolution at her fingertips, she was still weak. She couldn't resume her current role after this embarrassing loss, nor could she even battle anymore. All her confidence had gone...just like that.
Gurkinn approached Korrina and asked, "What did that boy just say to you?" Clearly he was oblivious to what had happened.
Korrina turned her head slightly to face Gurkinn, looking completely expressionless and emotionless, "Doesn't matter."
"Well...are you ready for the next challenger, then?"
"No...tell them I want a break from batting...in fact, just give the badge to them."
Both Gurkinn and Lucario appeared to be extremely surprised at this statement, "I beg your pardon?!" Gurkinn exclaimed in anger, "I raised you better then this, Korrina! Handing out badges to those who haven't earnt it, nor saying you can't be bothered to battle, is just completely ridiculous! Is this because you lost, then? Trainers loose once in a while. Learn to take them better!"
Korrina angrily jumped up, "No, I won't! That was one of the most humiliating battles ever! I hardly landed a hit against that thing!" Walking off for a moment, she turned back to face Gurkinn once more, "Oh, and by the way, stop bossing me around like a kid! I run this gym, and if I want to hand out badges to people without battling, then I'll do that! Just...leave me alone, OK!" And, with that, she ran out of the battlefield and out of the room.
Gurkinn and Lucario were speechless; they couldn't even react to what Korrina had just said to them...
One month later...
Outside of the Tower of Mastery, there was a large wooden box that contained thousands of Rumble Badges. People were shocked that they couldn't have a battle with Korrina, but gladly took the badge as they didn't need to put their Pokemon through harsh battling to win it.
"Wow, the badges are just being handed out!" One girl stated excitedly.
"Don't complain, our Pokemon don't have to battle!" A boy replied, taking a badge put for himself.
They both ran off down the pathway in the middle of the ocean, back into Shalour City. As they, and other people, walked away with their badge, Lucario opened the doors into the Tower of Mastery, shaking his head at the sight of the badges simply being given away.
This had been happening for at least a month, now. Since Korrina's loss against that rude boy, Avan. Korrina had seriously taken his words to heart, and had completely refused to battle after that. She had completely lost her confidence, and her means for battling. Lucario saw her as somewhat depressed about the situation, as most of the time, she sat on the top floor of the Tower, aimlessly staring out at the view outside.
Lucario hated this. He just hated this. Korrina was bascially going against the League Rules, wasn't she? Gurkinn and some of Korrina's roller skating fans had attempted to convince Korrina into battling again, but the blond would either not answer, scream at them, or would run away.
"I have to get her battling again...she needs her confidence back...it's really not healthy for her to stay depressed like this..." He mumbled under his breath, walking back into the Tower.
He proceeded to run up the stairs of the Tower, moving past many different doorways on each floor which lead into different rooms. Sometimes he wished there was an elevator there...it would make things a whole lot simpler...
Finally arriving at the top of the Tower, Lucario could see Korrina looking over the balcony, keeping herself to herself. This is what she did now...She didn't even roller skate or socialize anoymore...
"Lucar!" ("Korrina!") Lucario called out.
"What do you want?" Korrina spat, still looking ahead.
"Luc Luc Lucar!" ("I want to help you!")
Korrina sighed, sharply turning her head towards Lucario. Her eyes were glazed over and tired-looking, appearing as if she hadn't slept for days. She was pale, even more-so then normal, "Look, Lucario. I'm not battling anymore...I'm an embarrassment to my family name, my title of Leader and Successor, to you and and the team...I'm just...useless...and pathetic..."
"Luc Lucar Rio Luc Luc Lucar Rio Luc Lucar Luc Luc Luc Lucar!" ("You're pathetic for saying all of that! Listen to me! You are a fantastic trainer, a talented battler, and you shouldn't be doing this! Please...please listen, Korrina...") Lucario ranted, moving closer to Korrina as he spoke.
Korrina rolled her eyes and bluntly stated, "I don't understand you..."
"Lucar Luc Luc!" ("Oh yes you do!") He grabbed Korrina's hand, who did no attempt to repell away. Pulling her in his direction as they walked, Lucario stormed down the stairs with Korrina in tow.
Once they had arrived at the bottom, Lucario opened the doors to the Tower, revealing a couple of children waiting on the outside. Korrina simply stared at them with no expression, and Lucario narrowed his eyes at the un-wanted guests
"Um...there's no more badges..." One girl said timidly.
"Lucar Luc Luc Luc!" ("Too bad, you'll have to battle!") Lucario promptly declared.
Korrina weakly held her hand out to the children, handing them each a Rumble Badge, "Here. It's yours..."
"But what about our battle?!" A boy exclaimed, pointing at Korrina.
"You got the badge. There's no need for you to battle."
"Fine..." He huffed, walking away with the others, who happily giggled as they showed off their shiny new badges to each other.
Korrina was about to walk back inside, but Lucario stopped her and shook his head. He pulled her along across the the area of the island until they reached a training ground around the back of the building. The rest of Korrina's Pokemon were there, along with training equipment next to them. Machoke carried Korrina's battling outfit, Hawlucha carried her helmet and Mienfoo carried her Mega Glove.
Korrina sighed, groaning, "Guys, I'm not battling if that's what you're hinting at."
"Yes, you are." A male voice said from behind Korrina.
"Grandfather?! What are you doing here!?"
Gurkinn slowly walked towards Korrina and her Pokemon, his Lucario following on behind, "I'm here to help you regain your confidence in battling. Lucario convinced me, telling me what that boy had said to you last month after your loss."
Korrina winced at the memory of this, "Yeah, Avan." She mumbled.
"It's understandable why you would be acting like this. Those words he had said...he had no right to say such insulting things to you, so it effected you into wishing not to battle anymore. So...to help you to gain your spirit for battling back, Lucario asked me to battle you. He's determined to win the battle for you, but you must command alongside him."
Korrina groaned, "Do I have to? We've never even won against you before, so this battle is gonna have the same result..."
"Luc Lucar Luc Luc." ("You don't know that unless you try.") Lucario smiled up at Korrina, holding her hand in his paw.
Korrina sighed, realising that everyone would keep nagging her until she battled, "Fine. I'll get changed into my battling outfit..."
After Korrina changed into her normal outfit, Gurkinn sent out his Lucario to battle Korrina's. Lucario was determined to win this, but Korrina wanted to get it over and done with so she could go back to her thoughts. She didn't even expect to win this, anyway.
"Luc Lucar." ("Let's do this, Korrina.") Lucario nodded his head at his trainer.
"Yeah, sure...OK..."
"Now, the battle has begun," Gurkinn announced on the opposite side, "I will treat this as a competitive battle, so do not expect me to go easy on you to allow yourself an easy win, OK?"
Lucario face-palmed himself; Gurkinn was supposed to be helping with this battle Korrina, not making her feel worse. Nevertheless, he was right. If he allowed Korrina to have an easy win, it wouldn't mean anything to her.
"Lucario, use Bone Rush!" Gurkinn commanded.
His Lucario sped towards Korrina's on the other side, forming a white bar in the shape of a bone in his palms. He swooped towards Lucario, knocking him down across the ground.
"Use...whatever...Aura Sphere or something..." Korrina said, plainly.
Korrina's Lucario formed a blue sphere of Aura in his palms and threw it towards Gurkinn's Lucario.
"Dodge it!" Gurkinn stated.
Gurkinn's Lucario quickly jumped out of the way, the Aura Sphere crashing into the wall behind. Korrina's Lucario groaned to himself in anger - Korrina wasn't doing anything! She wasn't even enthusiastic about this battle! At this rate, Lucario wouldn't even land a hit against his opponent, and would keep getting hit as Korrina wouldn't of told him to intercept the attack or to dodge it.
"Korrina, if you're not going to battle like you care, then you will never win!" Gurkinn boomed, shouting across the battlefield, "You need to learn to be enthusiastic again, to be confident that you can win, despite having never won against us before!"
"How?!" Korrina asked, shouting back, "How can I?! That boy seriously upset me, and you expect me to just go back into battling the way I was before?! Even when I was confident, I never won against you! You're just doing this to torment me, aren't you?! Well guess, what? I'm not doing this!" She turned her head away, skating off from the battle.
Lucario ran after Korrina and grabbed her hand, stopping her in her tracks. She sharply turned to look at him, anger in her eyes, but Lucario shook his head.
"You...you seriously think we can win this?" She questioned, raising an eyebrow, "Why? We've never won against them before. And when we loose, it's just gonna make me feel worse then I already do! It's best if I don't try at all, Lucario..."
Lucario narrowed his eyes in temper, ("No, you're wrong! Before when you lost Gym Battles, you were proud of what people had gone through to beat you. Loosing doesn't make one feel bad! It helps them to learn from their mistakes, does it not? I understand that what Avan said to you was wrong, very wrong, but you need to let go of that loss, learn from your mistakes and use it to finally win against Gurkinn! I believe in you, Korrina. And I wish you would believe in yourself once again, otherwise you'll never let this go.")
Korrina was silent for a moment, her head now turned away from Lucario. Lucario knew he hadn't got through her...all of that motivation he had said...Korrina hadn't taken it in, and still felt sorry for-
"You're right, Lucario..."
Lucario looked up at Korrina, completely shocked.
"You're right...about everything...I need to stop moping around and start battling and skating again...well, mostly battling. I took Avan's words so badly, but to drag this out for a month? In that sense, he was right. I am being pathetic...I've gotta learn from that battle, think about what I can do to improve, and start over again. After all..." She turned around, facing Lucario with a small smile on her face, "I can't stay all stupid and depressed like this forever, can I? Now...I think we have a battle that needs to be won."
Lucario smiled back; he knew Korrina wouldn't be like that forever. His trainer was just too determined and spunky to be depressed for long. But still...Lucario had got Korrina's hopes up a little too much...if they ended up loosing the battle, Korrina wouldn't want to battle again. Lucario was sure of that...he knew Korrina too well as to how she would react...he needed to win this battle, for her sake.
"Right, grandfather," Korrina skated back into the battlefield, "Lucario has convinced me to battle you. I really need to win this, to get my confidence back once and for all. If I can win against you, then-"
"Then you will be even better then you were before." Gurkinn explained, truthfully, "Now, let's proceed to start this battle once and for all. If you would like the first attack?"
"Gladly." Korrina grinned, a familiar twinkle in her eyes appearing. One that Lucario recognised as determination, something she hadn't had in a long time. That was well and good, in all, but they hadn't even won yet. Lucario only imagined this forthcoming battle to be extremely intense and challenging...
"Now, Lucario, use Power-Up Punch!"
They were battling long and hard, for at least an hour, now. The Battle was intense, for sure, as neither one wanted to loose. Gurkinn because he wanted to remain the victor over Korrina, and Korrina because she wanted to prove to herself that she was a talented battler, and that she should be confident once more, even after her depression following that loss with Avan.
Both Lucarios were breathless, scratches and dirt covering them. It was a lasting fight that neither one wanted to loose.
"Lucario, Bone Rush!" Korrina commanded, her fists clenched together tightly.
"Aura Sphere!" Gurkinn announced.
The Lucarios ran up towards each other, forming their attacks in their palms. Gurkinn's Lucario snarled at Korrina's, who ignored it. The Aura Sphere was thrown up into Korrina's Lucario's direction.
"Quick, deflect it with your Bone Rush!" Korrina thought, instantly.
Lucario used his Bone Rush as something like a golf club and whacked the Aura Spehre back to Gurkinn's Lucario, who was hit in the face and fell backwards. As he was about to get up, Korrina's Lucario hovered over him.
"Now, trap him with your Bone Rush, and make more to secure his containment!" Korrina screamed aloud at the top of her lungs, adrenaline rushing through her.
Lucario nodded, throwing the attacks at the side of his opponent to trap Lucario (like he had done before with Blaziken during that trial to get his Mega Stone). Gurkinn's Lucario struggled to break free from the 'cage-like' attack, but Gurkinn had thought of a counter-strategy.
"Use Power-Up Punch to break through the cage of those Bone Rushes!"
His Lucario tried with all his might to get free access to his arm, but the cage had completely secured him, not allowing him to move whatsoever.
Korrina knew this was her chance. With one attack, she could win this whole thing, "Awesome! Let's finish this up with Aura Sphere!"
Lucario formed the sphere of bright blue Aura in-between his palms once more, quickly launching it at the opposing Lucario, who had no chance of breaking free. Once the attack hit Lucario's body, dust clouds rushed across the battlefield, covering up the outcome for at least a minute.
But then...the clouds subsided, revealing that one Lucario had fainted...with one falling to the floor in exhaustion.
"Lucario!" Korrina exclaimed, running over to her one, who was still conscious, but completely exhausted. She held him in his arms, stroking his blue fur gently, "You did so great out there...thank you so much...for helping me..."
Lucario chuckled, "Luc Luc Luc Lucar Luc Luc Rio Lucar Luc Rio..." ("You did this on your own...without you, I would have lost in the first hit...you believed in yourself, and, now, you're victorious over Gurkinn. Especially with those old counter strategies those really helped you win...")
"Thank you...you've totally got my passion for battling back. I'm confident that we can use great strategies and attacks to declare our victories once more. Without you convincing grandfather to battle me, and me to battle him, I would still be mourning over my dumb loss against that Avan brat on top of the Tower. You've seriously helped me, Lucario...thank you...so much..." She wrapped her arms around the tired Pokemon's waist and gave him a tight hug, making sure to be careful of Lucario's chest spike.
Lucario laughed, puzzling into the crook of her neck. Then, Korrina's other Pokemon ran over to her and tackled her in a large, warm embrace. Korrina laughed heartily, hugging her Pokemon back as they congratulated her in their own language over the victory.
"Korrina," Gurkinn began, slowly walking over to his granddaughter, smiling widely, "I have to say, that was one of the most praiseworthy battles I think you have ever done. You did fantastic, dear, absolutely fantastic. I am extremely proud that my own granddaughter has finally managed to beat me, and without Mega Evolution, too. That really is something special."
"Thanks grandfather," Korrina smiled back, an arm now wrapped around Lucario's waist, "But it was all Lucario's doing. Without him, I'd still be acting like it was the end of the world cos' of that kid."
"Then thank you too, Lucario," Gurkinn turned towards Lucario, who blushed slightly, "Korrina can be extremely stubborn at times, refusing to allow anyone to talk some sense into her, like what had happened this previous month. But you...you were able to get through to her, and from this I can instantly recognise your extremely strong bond."
"Hey, I'm not stubborn!" Korrina defended, earning low chuckles from everyone else.
"Luc Lucar! ("Not admitting it, huh?") Lucario smirked.
"Hey, stop it!" Korrina pushed Lucario away as a joke, laughing. After everyone had another good laugh at the duo's antics, Korrina suddenly remembered, "Oh wait! We've got Gym challenges, haven't we!? We better start waiting for them to come back, huh? And maybe I could contact that boy from earlier who wanted that battle! I'm sure he'd love it, huh Lucario?"
Lucario nodded, smiling at Korrina. He was proud and pleased to see Korrina in such a positive mood once more, anticipating battles. It was thanks to that battle that got her confidence back intact, and of course Lucario's convincing to both Korrina and Gurkinn. He just couldn't be happier to see Korrina back to her normal self.
"Oh, Lucario," Korrina tapped Lucario on the shoulder. Lucario looked up to face her, noticing the smirk playing on her face, "If Avan ever comes back, or if we ever see him again, let's show him who's really pathetic by a having possible rematch..."
'Yep,' Lucario thought, 'She's definitely got her confidence back.'
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Thank you to Barry Bubblestein for giving me this idea to write! I hope you enjoyed it!
