"Now, Ira, I choose you!" Davin's Carvanha was released from its Poke ball.
Haro smirked. "Pikachu, let's go!" The ball he threw opened and a yellow mouse with red cheeks, pointy ears, and a lightning bolt shaped tail was sent out.
"Haro has a Pikachu?!" Davin said in surprise.
"It's so cute!" Maura said as she opened her pokedex.
"Pikachu, the Mouse Pokemon." Its female voice said. "It stores electricity in the electric sacs on both of its cheeks. When it releases pent-up energy in a burst, the electricity power is equal to a lightning bolt."
"I caught this Pikachu back at the Safari Zone," Haro explained. "Since Electric types are deemed as a necessity to a trainer's team, I thought I'd catch myself one. Think that pathetic Carvanha of yours can handle it?" That earned him a nasty glare from Ira.
"I never back down from a challenge!" Davin grinned. "Ira, use Aqua Jet!" The Water/Dark type came at Pikachu with its body surrounded in water.
"Thunderbolt!" Pikachu's cheeks sparked and it released a blast of electricity, which struck Ira and made it fall to the ground. "Follow with Discharge!" Another blast of electricity came out, only instead of yellow, it was light blue.
"Ira, Endure!" The Pokemon braced itself as the Discharge flowed through its outer body. Fortunately, it was still in good health.
"Alright, use Swagger!" Ira glared menacingly at Pikachu with its eyes glowing red. Pikachu was surprised one minute and confused the next.
"What are you thinking?" Haro asked. "You know that when Swagger confuses the opponent, it also raises its attack power."
Davin grinned. "That may be true, but you're forgetting that if Pikachu fails to use one of its moves, it takes damage, and since its attack power is raised, that does more damage than it usually would." He pointed his finger forward. "Ira, use Take Down!" Ira bounced its way across to get to Pikachu.
"Pikachu, use Slam!" Pikachu raised its right foot and swung its tail... to its own face! That gave Ira an advantage and it rammed its body into the loopy electric mouse.
"Now, Aqua Jet!"
"Discharge, Pikachu!" It shot out electricity in random directions, but one of the blasts hit Ira, making it fall to the ground again. "Try using Slam again!" Still confused, Pikachu intentionally jumped in the air and landed a hit on to Ira with its tail.
"You okay, Ira?" Davin asked. It struggled a bit, but it could still fight.
"Wow. That Carvanha has a lot of determination." Maura noted. "I can see why its one of Davin's Pokemon." she smiled.
Pikachu shook itself off and regained its stability. "Its confusion is gone." Haro said. "Pikachu, Thunderbolt!"
"Endure it!" Ira was unlucky as the Thunderbolt hit it before it could fully use the move.
"Finish this with Slam!" Pikachu ran towards its foe and landed a hit on to it, causing Ira to be knocked back against the ground.
"Ira!" Davin shouted. The Carvanha tried to get up, but it fell back on the ground, unconscious. Before Davin could mentally scold himself for losing, he was surprised to find that Pikachu had lost consciousness at the same time and had fallen to the ground, face-first.
"What?! But how?!" Haro shouted, angry and shocked.
Davin smugly grinned. "Looks like Ira's Rough Skin ability took its toll on your Pikachu. Every time you used Slam, it took damage because it was a physical move against its body."
Haro sneered at the realization and recalled his Pikachu. "Well, it doesn't matter. Since the battle ended in a draw, that means I win because I beat you twice."
"Whatever," Davin said as he recalled Ira. "I'm just satisfied that the last battle was a draw because that means we're equal in strength."
"That was only just one of my Pokemon, idiot! And I had just caught it, so that means you're still weaker than me." Davin scowled at this, but Haro just walked away.
"Man, what a creep." Maura said as she came to Davin's side. "You alright? You're not going to faint again, are you?"
Davin chuckled. "Of course not. That was just a one-time thing." He faced the department store. "So, ready to go in?"
"What about your Pokemon? Don't you want to heal them?"
He shook his head. "Later. Right now, I have to keep my promise to you."
"Oh..." she said, surprised. "Well... thank you, Davin."
"Anytime." he smiled.
With that, the two entered the Lilycove department store so that Maura could buy what she needed.
