Rematch [Eira]

Eira smiled when she saw Akane, fixing her thin clothing as she did so so she would be presentable when meeting the other queen. She was new to this area, but several guards had sent her this way when she asked for directions. "Good evenin, Akane. This is a lovely gym that you've set up here."

She was unsure of how to word what she wanted to say without sounding too harsh, but it was important to her to go ahead and make the challenge. "I would like to challenge you for your badge."

"I see, well it is lovely nonetheless and it is wonderful that you are trying to keep this place alive. Early does not have any historical buildings since we tend to only build things when they are needed, so it is quite something to see a place like this," Eira commented as she followed Akane towards the arena, her nerves quieting greatly as she just chatted with her long time friend. When Undine came up to her, Eira had to resist the urge to reach out to stroke the magnificent scales on the Water type.

"Water types have a wonderful amount of pride, though it comes in various forms. It is easy to train one once you figure out how to use its pride to your advantage, though, of course, I may be partial to working with them since I did grow up on an island before coming to this land," Eira chuckled thoughtfully, watching as Undine sparkled as she moved. Eira then flushed upon hearing Akane's words, having n it meant to cause an disrespect to her fellow queen. "I apologize for not bowing back to you, I honestly meant no disrespect. I was simply caught up in my own thoughts after that battle and failed to notice you bowing. I know that is no excuse, but it is the truth."

Eira couldn't help but to laugh softly at how eager Undine was to show off her beauty, though Eira had to admit that she would be awe struck to watch that beautiful Pokemon in any sort of performance, "Your rules seem fair enough, though I'm a tad sad that you won't be using Undine. I would love to see her in action some time,"

Eira brought out her Pokemon upon being prompted, looking at each of them in turn as they got used to being out of their balls in the new environment. Shimmer noticed that they were in a gym and immediately moved to jump into the field, wanting to prove himself against this human once more, especially against that Luxray that had beaten him. When she saw the eagerness of Shimmer, she decided that it would be the first to battle, but who would she have it fight against?

"I think I would like to battle Aziza first," she finally said, making the decision that the smallest of the Fire types would probably be the best match for Shimmer to get them started.

Eira did not like the look that came off of the fiery pup Pokemon that she had chosen now that it was coming onto the field. Something about it seemed just a bit off and Akane's explanation of her did not help Eira's feeling one bit as Shimmer eagerly jumped onto the field to show that it was ready to go. Without any warning for the battle to begin, the Flareon began to charge and took Eira off guard with how quickly it moved and responded to Akane's commands. Shimmer jumped high to get away from the Fire type, using its extra legs to give it an extra boost of power to send it higher into the air, resulting it to go soaring at a height that most other non-flying Pokemon were unable to reach.

"Now level the playing field! Use your Surf!" Eira called to her partner, hoping to take advantage of the typings as quickly as possible and cut this battle short. She had a feeling that if this battle lasted too long, the odds would ever turn into Akane's favor even with all of the training she and Shimmer had been doing to prepare for this rematch.

Eira frowned at the sudden shield that Akane came up with against her attack, having hoped that it would have been an easy knock out. She almost had to laugh at the thought though, since nothing with Akane was ever easy, especially when it came to her pride as a Pokemon trainer. As Shimmer began sinking back towards the ground, Eira took a deep breath to calm herself and give her some time to come up with a good strategy against Akane. The field was now coated in a generous layer of water, which would probably make things much more difficult for Akane while it would aid her in the future.

"Switch to a Psychic," Eira murmured, calming down considerably as she took in the current battle. Shimmer landed in the water with a soft splash and began to glow a deep purple, giving an indication that it was trying to move the shield away from the Flareon, or, at the very least, break it down.

Somehow Shimmer knew, the second that it saw the Flareon jump onto its shield, that it needed to move and move quickly before it could start attacking. It hoped that its human could keep up and understand where it was going, so she could come up with a plan of attack for them to do.

"Go! Thunderbolt!" Eira called out to Shimmer, having only a little idea of where it was in the field since her eyes really couldn't keep up with it except for the occasional flash of light that came off of its gemstone. Shimmer appeared to freeze in place behind the Flareon so as to be out of range of the Flamethrower, but it had not completely stopped. Its back legs were spinning at such a fast pace that it was beginning to build up an electrical charge that it shot off towards the Flareon with a simple flip of its body. Eira hoped that this quick attack would hit and at least slow the Pokemon down enough for this fight to be easier.

Eira quickly lost track of the Fire type when it began to move around, leaving her to just imagine what was going on in the fight that had quickly escalated. A part of her was worried about Shimmer after its last fight with one of Akane's Pokemon, but she knew somehow that Shimmer was not about to give in and quit before it got the chance to prove itself in the eyes of the other queen.

Shimmer used its Psychic abilities to catch the stars that were flung at it, moving them one by one into a shield that thinly coated its body to protect it from the scratches that the Flareon was trying to leave with its teeth and claws. It did not take long for Shimmer to become annoyed with the wild creature that it was facing and pushed the stars off of its body at an incredible force, taking the time to begin to build up another Surf from the water that surrounded it and was within its body. This rabid creature was going to go down one way or another if Shimmer had anything to say about it.