The Difference between a Rival and an Ally

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A small fox like creature with gray fur for a coat yawned and shook herself as she wandered about the forest, foraging for food and items. She also searched for a new victim to steal from. The sun shined on two gold clip-on earrings on her right ear, both on the lower part of her ear. She had recently stolen these from a jewelry store in Grassviel, after having stared longingly at it for days from afar. The Zorua was proud of her catch, and paid no attention to how it stood out with its shining. She thought of it as more of a bait trap, luring pokemon towards the shining object upon her ear for her to steal from. She smirked as she sat down and began to groom behind her ear in the dark forest that was her home. She was comfortable here in the dark, at least so she convinced herself. The zorua was slightly uneasy in the dark, being alone and undefended..

An "oomph" sound came out as the Dark Pulse hit Ava's shell she held in front of her, pushing the scalchop into her body and knocking her back. The Oshawott stumbled a bit before regaining her balance a few steps away from the Zorua, her attitude not as calm as the one she had while hiding but now more emotional, a bit excited even.
"Nice one." She commented with a small smirk, holding her scalchop out towards Mirage and debating what to do at the moment. Without blinking an eye Ava swung forward with her shell, slashing downwards at the Zorua's snout and not using any move in particular. No, Night Slash wouldn't work very well with the dark-type, and so she figured she could save some energy and potentially deal more damage with a regular attack.

Mirage was struck once more, but quickly utilized the pain from the attack to conjure a shadow ball. The orb radiated dark energy as the Zorua attempted to blast the Oshawott away, hoping for some distance. She preferred NOT getting her own paws dirty, favoring special attacks more than physical attacks. The zorua was enjoying the fight, but how could she make it more fun? She doubted luring them in with Fake Tears would work again, but if they locked eyes with her while she was using the move then her attacks would be more effective. So, she began to bawl once more. Her eyes teared up and her pitiful face returned, attempting to throw them off guard once more.

Ava held up her scalchop, the force from the attack pushing her back as she successfully blocked it, pulling her shell back down to the sight of Mirage using yet another Fake Tears attack, trying to get the Oshawott to lower he guard most likely.
"Oh come on, now you're just being obvious that you're only trying to lure me in. It's not going to work..." As Ava muttered this she felt herself hesitate slightly, the move continuing to affect her. "...okay, maybe just a little." The Oshawott mumbled and flicked her tail around a bit, trying to put on a more cute look and get Mirage to lower her defense.

Mirage felt her own guard drop, but only slightly. Making her hesitate slightly in her next attack, Dark Pulse. She unleashed a barrage of small, but quick rings towards the oshawott. The rings that weren't aimed for the oshawott, as the move requires making a complete circle around the user as its center, created gashes in the ground, bushes, and trees around them. The place would be made obvious that a battle happened here, but Mirage couldn't care less! She finally stopped her barrage to wait a bit as the next one charged, unleashing a fully powered Dark Pulse towards the Oshawott.

The Oshawott winced and held her scalchop out, preparing to attempt to block the attack before realizing that none of the smaller pulses were aimed at her. Distraction. She immediately told herself and realized her mistake, pulling the shell down and watching as Mirage prepared one larger pulse. Taking an opportunity, Ava focused and swiped upwards with her shell, slicing at the earring on Mirage's left ear in an attempt to knock it off as the pulse hit and sent her back a fair distance, knocking her to the ground. She coughed slightly and got back up, holding her scalchop protectively in front of herself in case the Zorua tried anything.
"You're pretty good, I've got to say." She said, grinning a bit from the battle as it was going. Ava was a huge fan of the kind of thrill a battle gave, and loved the feeling of it.

The flick of the Zorua's ear saved the earring from the mischievous oshawott. She watched the Oshawott get back up. How much longer was this going to go on, She wondered. How much longer was this oshawott going to stand against her? Mirage smirked, "You're good as well, tata~" with that she disappeared into the bushes, now taking cover from any attacks the oshawott decided to dish out. She made her way around the clearing, a low red mist surrounding her as she activated her ability. She did not know it, but she took the appearance of a pikachu. She wondered just how many times she could fool this oshawott in a row. She had considered the fake tears trick a success since the oshawott exited cover because of it, and the first trick was luring the oshawott here with her earrings. Could she do it again?

Ava chuckled, watching Mirage walk off into the bushes and temporarily losing track of her, before a red mist came from some of the bushes closer to where she had been in the clearing. That doesn't remind me of any moves that I know of... She thought, turning around and facing the opposite side of the clearing.
"I know you're still here. Why, though? Enjoying tricking me?" The Oshawott questioned, still not seeing a shape. There had been no sign to her that any other pokemon was in the current area, except for the possibility of the Zorua's crying attracting any, but something told her that it wasn't the case. If there was one thing the Zorua had hinted at through their interactions, it was an appreciation of taunting and trickery. Maybe she lives around here. Who knows, she might have some sort of home with some more expensive items there? I suppose I could follow her and check out what there is.

The fox smirked, quickly wiping it off of her face to put on a concerned and innocent look, "Hello?" she called, her voice sounding different, "Is everything okay out there? I heard someone crying..." she pushed the bushes aside to reveal herself to the oshawott, except she appeared to be a pikachu. She blinked, "Were you crying? Are you okay?" she asked, "I heard it practically a mile away and thought someone was in trouble...." the Zorua had learned how to change her voice to make it sound more masculine, it sounded completely different from her's, since it was more of a male's voice. It took her ages to perfect the voice, but she had managed to succeed with practice at home.

(p.s. Say Hi to Nate's duplicate even though Mirage has never met him |D)

She blinked, showing a dull surprise at the appearance of the Pikachu. Ava listened to its questions and showed a small smirk as it finished, not responding for a moment. Well, that really brings me back with that act and that appearance. Too bad that it's probably that Zorua, since they're known for their illusions and all. Now it's time for me to have some fun.
"Well, it's about time I ran into you again. Looks like 'soon' wasn't the best phrasing before. How've you been?" Ava asked the Pikachu, smiling and walking over to him. She grabbed her scalchop and held it calmly in her paw, holding it in front of her and looking up at what she assumed was the disguised Zorua, smiling. I might as well have some fun with her. Wonder how uncomfortable I can make her before she drops the act... She thought to herself, lying about everything she said to the Pikachu.

"Huh?! I don't know you..." Mirage spoke, maybe the oshawott was with another pokemon that was similar to whatever she transformed into. That was great, she could pretend to be its friend and then attack them when they turn their back! What stopped her plot was the sound of rustling as yet another pokemon stepped out of the bushes, closer to where her red mist had appeared than to where she was.
"Hello? Who's there?" the pokemon spoke.

This dice is not existing.

"What, you mean you don't remember me? I'm almost insulted." Avaria made an expression of mock offense, seeing that the Zorua seemed to be caught off guard by it. That was great, she could pretend to be its friend and then follow her when she turned her back and walked off. The sudden rustling in the bushes made her quickly turn, holding her scalchop out towards the source of the noise as a poochyena stepped out, looking at the two. Wait a minute. Poochyena...two possible pokemon. Both of them can't be her. As a matter of fact, it's possible none of them are her. This is somewhat awkward... The Oshawott thought to herself, trying to decide who was who. A Poochyena would be easier to transform into, but it would be definitely more obvious. Tricky, but she seems to prefer doing things the easy way from what I've seen. Easy and yet smart. Could be either...

"Erm...is this your friend?" the pikachu asked the poochyena that had arrived to the scene.
The poochyena merely snarled, angry about trespassers, and seemed to not prefer to speak. Which was in favor of Mirage since it would seem like it's trying to hide its voice.
"Okay, i guess i'm just surrounded by insane pokemon..." Mirage said, placing herself in the situation mentally that she was acting like she normally would if she had not been disguised. Her ears were laid back against her head, making her pikachu face look more concerned. Lowered ears were practically a universal sign of concern, or even fear.
The poochyena snarled again and seemed to be doing something it was rather sure of doing. Dark energy surrounded it, and it seemed to be trying to let it loose in a ring, it was trying to use dark pulse, perhaps it had seen Mirage use it and was trying to mimic her!

"Apparently you're not who I thought you were. My mistake." The Oshawott commented to the Pikachu, turning her attention to the Poochyena. Alright, knock one out and see if it turns back into a Zorua, follow the other and find out if it has anything good with it. She decided and rushed into the poochyena, tackling it abruptly while it prepared a Dark Pulse. Yeah, not looking forward to catching another one of those again any time soon. Ava stepped to the side after the attack, placing the poochyena between her and the Pikachu.
"Well? How about a little help instead of just standing there?" She called over to it. The Oshawott realized that she could figure it out depending on what moves the Pikachu used. Any dark type moves would most likely be the Zorua from before, and electric type moves would make it an actual Pikachu.

The "pikachu" nodded, but instead of using electric attacks, it seemed to be preparing a shadow ball, and sending it directly towards the Oshawott. The poochyena was slightly confused as to why the apparent friend of the oshawott was attacking it, but decided not to think about it too much.
Mirage had realized her screw up, it would have been impossible to convince the oshawott she wasn't a zorua when she had no moves similar to her figure, since she had no idea what her figure even was. She was fairly confident she could take on both the poochyena and the oshawott at the same time. It was a one versus one versus one. One defending their turf. One looking to steal. One looking to have fun. This was going to be one heck of an interesting battle...

Ava sidestepped the Shadow Ball, watching it whirl by and allowing a small smirk to come to her face. Alright, that settles it. Looks like I was right. She thought to herself, glancing between her two opponents. The thought of a three way battle certainly intrigued the Oshawott, and she was even a bit excited for it.
"Well, I suppose that answers the question of a temporary truce." She muttered calmly before slicing at the closest opponent, the Poochyena. Ava brought her scalchop upwards towards its snout, in the same motion stepping to the side of the pokemon and moving out of its direct line of vision, also getting closer to Mirage in the process.