Route 29 - Yougirasu (the 'don't I need a better title' saga)

A new adventure, Yougi thought to himself as he was leaving the lab and proceeding down the nearest path out of town towards Cherrygrove city.

He'd stopped just that extra second longer to ask Professor Elm if he could just look up some of the info on the Togepi he'd just received. The computer he'd looked up the data on hadn't exactly been specific for the Togepi he had, looking down at the cute thing as it dozed in his arms and he gazed back towards the screen. Togepi's had two very different abilities and at its current level it couldn't actually use an attacking move. At least it should be able to hurl itself at the opponents, using it's shell as a buffer for a rustic tackle. He again though, but deeply hoped that he wouldn't get into to many battles and wouldn't find himself in over his head until Togepi could actually do something. It just wouldn't be right to let something so innocent get to badly hurt.

"It just wouldn't be right to let something so innocent get to badly hurt." Yougi mumbled as he strode off through the grassy area, Togepi safely away in her PokéBall to avoid any excess battling. He'd left the outskirts of the town a few minutes ago and was now looking at a very grassy future. The grass seemed to roll on as far as he could see, with most of the horizon formed by hills impeding his view of the nearby city, with trees sparsely placed to offer places of shade. He took a second to take it all in and make a note of where he'd head.

"It'd probably be better to save some energy and avoid going over any hills I don't have to." He said to himself as he confidently strode off.

As Yougi strides through the open area, not really paying that much attention to what's around him, he feels calm in a way. But he soon finds his calm interrupted as a slender male appears infront of him, seemingly out of nowhere.

"Frick on a stick-" Yougi starts, noting the age of the boy before cutting his sentence short. He'd almost tripped over his own feet, which would have sent them both flying into the grass. Why on earth do people have to appear out of nowhere? Yougi thought to himself as he took a step back, to get some distance between them and to observe the teen.

The teen stands tall in his deep red jacket and odd yellow cap, he suddenly starts waving at Yougi, even though they're only a few feet away and says.,
"Hi there!" Yougi looks on at the boy with silent disapproval, noting the goggles atop of his jet black hair. Was this guy trying to look like someone from an obscure anime?

As the boy pushed some of the bangs away from his eyes so he could get a better look at Yougirasu, he continued;
"You're a new trainer right? My name is Ethan and I'm just starting out too! What do you say? Wanna battle it out and see who's better? I bet we can become rivals even!"

Great, not only is the kid hyper, but he's competetive to a point where it's an obsession. Not only that but he's wierd, and not in the good way. Yougi continued his train of thought, growing slightly impatient with the guy.
"I suppose tha-" before Yougi had managed to finish his sentence, Ethan had whipped out his only PokéBall from his belt and was proceeding to call out his Pokémon. The young Phanpy emerged with a trumpet, from the light that the PokéBall gave, it pawed at the ground and seemed to appear as cute as possible.

"Frick on a st-" Yougi cut himself short again as he muttered "That's going to be one hell of a fight for my newbie. But we'll give it what we can, might even find an edge or two."
"Okay, you're on then." Yougi said confidently, proceeding to grab the PokéBall he'd put safely in his jacket and brought out the young Togepi. Togepi blinked in the sunlight, seeming as if it'd just been rudely awoken from a nap, but calmly looked at the energetic Phanpy and then back to Yougi as if to ask, 'is this really going to happen?'

Yougi looked on as Togepi lifted herself to her feet and he was quite unsure now. He wasn't even aware as to who would make the first move. He just didn't want to let his little partner down.

With Ethan proceeding to confidently give out orders to his Phanpy, who responded positively to being told to sniff out Togepi and Growl at it, Yougi knew he had to make his move now before Phanpy executed its orders.

"Togepi," Yougirasu started with an air of uncertainty in his voice, "Charge on in there and Tackle the Phanpy as it's busy sniffing." Gaining some confidence within himself Yougi went on with further instructions.

"After that, make full use of your feminine effects and Charm that Phanpy." Yougi wished he could do more, but a Growl might intimidate a baby Pokémon to much to try for another tackle. He had to put his faith in the move, with no way of knowing the opposing Pokémon gender.

Togepi sat in front of Yougi, oblivious as to the fact that it may be out matched and calmly listening to its orders. As the battle got underway, she lifted herself off her shell with her feet and prepared to give it her all.

As Yougi watched the scene unfolding in-front of him, he placed his trust in Togepi's actions and allowed his mind to wander as to what sort of moves to use next. With it being expected of him to announce his orders before Ethan, a common used courtesy if nothing else, but Yougi was most unsure about the actions to take.

His focus turned to the battle as Togepi rammed into Phanpy, which ended up rolling backwards from the force. He could barely contain a smile, a sliver of it appearing for a split second, as he watched Togepi begin to turn on her waterworks to charm her foe as it tried to growl at her.

She's done well and it looks like Phanpy has dropped its guard, we might be able to use that as a good advantage Yougi thought to himself before turning to Togepi and saying,
"You've done a good job so far and this may feel a little draining, but the best defence is a good offence. So continue by using Tackle twice, that might be able to give us a wide edge over Phanpy.

As Yougirasu watched the battle move on, he really began to wish that Togepi had some better moves, or something that wouldn't get her sent flying if the two were to meet in a two-way tackle. He didn't like having to think this, but seeing his young Togepi sent flying as the two met with the same attack he cringed slightly.

As Ethan shouted his orders to his Phanpy, getting quite caught up in the battle, Yougi observed that Phanpy seemed much more wary of Togepi. It looked as if another charm would be out of the question, and a Togepi's growl wouldn't be all that intimidating. That leaves me with Tackle, Yougi summed up in his head, and going head on into a Tackling match won't do Togepi any good. I hope she's got some good running feet.

With his thinking over with and his mind set, Yougi set about giving his orders to Togepi,
"Listen up, you've not much at your disposal and you'll not beat it in a head on attack so let's mix things up. Make a real effort to Dodge his tackle and as soon as he curls up, Tackle it like a ball. Hopefully, if you get some good spin or a nice bounce or two it'll be quite disorientated."

With the battle getting more difficult for Togepi and Yougi, he just hoped that they could endure things until Phanpy could take no more.

As the opposing Phanpy broke out of its ball like shape, Yougi felt a little aggravated. He'd hoped that it would have been fairly disorientated after being knocked around like a ball. But losing his cool wouldn't help Togepi's situation much, and he wasn't planning on losing anything. He had no real way of knowing what sort of moves Ethan would come up with after his orders were issued and really struggled to think of a way to keep Togepi as safe as possible, while inflicting damage and possibly tiring out his foe.

Yougi kept racking his brain as time trickled away, he needed some orders to give out now. He really couldn't take it any longer and issued the first thing that would make some sort of sense.
"Togepi, I'm sorry about how this sounds but we're low on options and it's very tough to come up with anything. Just Dodge if it goes straight in for a tackle and use your own Tackle if you see the chance.

Yougi was quite pleased with the way the battle had gone so far, Togepi's nimble dodges and impressive tackles meant she was everything he'd hoped for in a starter.

However, the battle was getting more intense. He sensed the Ethan knew that his Phanpy was growing weary from all of the hits and was beginning to give it everything in a full offensive. With such a barrage of Tackles, Phanpy was bound to be feeling low on energy. But all the dodging was beginning to show on Togepi as she'd started panting somewhat. Yougi knew he had to try and wrap this battle up fast, but the same old problem stood in his way. He needed a strategy, but didn't know what.

The only way Yougi saw for a decent opening to gain some more ground towards Phanpy's KO was for Togepi to endure this round, in terms of both health and energy. And with that, and a sense of guilt, he gave his orders to Togepi.
"Togepi, we're going to have to play a long game in this round. As he comes in for the first tackle, attempt a Growl, it's the only move we haven't tried yet. Do your best to Dodge the second and finally follow up with a Tackle. I'm sorry, but this may take a bit out of you."