Eevee, Vali, and a battle between the Charizard

Two days after Elrond evolved saw the League sponsored Pokemon Psychologist arriving. Eevee didn't like the idea of meeting the man, but tolerated it so long as Vali was there as well. The Psychologist, Brian Grace, and his Alakazam partner didn't mind her presence. She kept Eevee calm through the entire process and answered any questions Brian had for her. Thanks to the fact she had been keeping a journal about Eevee, Brian didn't have to ask too many questions. By the end of it, Brian told her, "I believe Eevee is recovering rather well all things considered. I'll be giving a report to the League, but I believe Eevee will be staying in your custody. Please contact me if you have any questions."

Brian gifted her his business number before going to talk to Professor Oak. Vali looked down at Eevee who was glaring after Brian, "That wasn't too bad, was it?" Eevee looked at her before snorting softly and shaking himself, "At least he wasn't one of those creepy guys that kept asking how things make you feel," Eevee rolled his eyes at her attempted joke before looking towards the window, "Want to go outside for a bit until he leaves?"

Eevee nodded and they left the room. Exiting the lab into the snow which was starting to pack a bit thickly onto the ground, Vali walked towards her favorite place at the lab. She dusted off wide area of the fence and pulled herself onto it. Eevee looked around the area a bit curiously, "This is my favorite area in the whole lab during winter, just wait a few seconds and you'll find out why."

Like clock-work, the entire population of fire-types in Professor Oak's care that were currently in the corral released their most powerful fire-type attacks to get rid of the snow and heat up the ground. When it was done, the area was nice and warm. Eevee looked at the fire-types that began wandering around in curiosity, "They do that every hour during winter when they're outside. They keep the area warm enough for their tastes," She pointed to a few Oddish make their way to the area, "The pokemon who don't like the cold too much, but need sunlight to survive properly tend to congregate to this area. I like coming out here because it lets me see the various pokemon in Professor Oak's care without me intruding on them."

Out of all Professor Oak's pokemon, Charizard had always been the most startling of the group even more so than Dragonite. Battle scars riddled his burnt orange scales, the dark sapphire blue wing membranes were torn in some places and heavily scarred in others. One of his horns was shorter than the other and he was missing one of his front fangs. Heat leaked off his body, the snow around him turned into mist. He landed beside Professor Oak with a soft thump sending what snow wasn't instantly turned into mist flying. Smaug covered Vali with a wing to keep her from being hit by the snow and growled at Charizard as he withdrew his wing. Charizard snorted at him before looking at Professor Oak as his trainer said, "Charizard, you may test Smaug, but do no mutilation or death. He's Vali's pokemon."

Charizard looked at Vali for a few moments before dipping his head. Smaug growled and moved to stand in front of her as if to shield his trainer from the older Charizard's gaze. Charizard let out a low growl and snapped a bit at Smaug in response. Moving forward, Vali touched Smaug's back earning a glance from him, "Do your best, Smaug."

Smaug nodded to her before moving to the battlefield as Charizard did the same. Professor Oak raised his hand before lowering it, "Begin!"

The two Charizard's shot into the air and disappeared into the cloud line. Fire lit up the sky, Vali tried to see through the thick clouds, but could only see shadows of the two pokemon that disappeared when the fire went out, "Professor, How is this going to go?"

"Smaug will lose, but you already knew that," Professor Oak glanced at her and she nodded slowly, "He'll be pushed to his limit, but I think he might impress Charizard which will be in his favor," Professor Oak looked back at the sky as Smaug burst through the cloud line in an uncontrolled fall towards the ground, "He'll probably need a few days in my care to recover properly. Despite the natural arrogance in the Charizard species as a whole, Smaug didn't immediately attempt to attack or bellow out a challenge upon arrival which shows he respects that this isn't his territory which is going to work in his favor as well as the fact that he is your pokemon,"

Smaug managed to keep himself from hitting the ground and shot back into the air. He released a powerful Flamethrower that Charizard just pushed right through to wrap his claws around Smaug's muzzle. He slammed a Thunder Punch into Smaug's stomach before hitting Smaug with an Iron Tail. Smaug was sent flying towards the ground again. He barely managed to catch himself and skimmed the ground a bit as he pulled back up . Rather than rush back again, Smaug eyed Charizard for a few moments before using Smokescreen. Pulling her scarf up over her mouth and nose, Vali put on her goggles and watched as Charizard blew away the black smoke from the Smokescreen with a Wing Attack only to find Smaug missing.

Looking around for her starter, Vali found him flying into clouds. Charizard looked up when Smaug roared and quickly shot up into the clouds. She grinned a bit, "You know, I didn't think Smaug would be able to use my favored fighting style with his evolution, but he proved me wrong."

"You still have a long way to go though," Professor Oak commented earning a small hum.

"But it'll be worth it since I'll be able to surprise my opponents by using a style that is generally only seen with bug, dark, and poison-type pokemon," Vali watched as more flames lit up the sky, "It's going to be fun figuring out how Empress and Terra will be able to use that fighting style considering how large their evolved forms will be. I might actually have to change up my style with them, but I don't exactly mind the challenge especially if I can have some of my other pokemon be able to fight two diffrent ways," The two Charizard appeared below the cloud-line grappling together, "But my whole thing is about surprising and infuriating my opponents, it'll be funny see how they react to a tank rather than a speedy little pokemon that does hit and run attacks,"

"You're progress as a trainer will definitely be interesting, Vali," Professor Oak mused with a chuckle, "I look forward to see just what you come up with,"

Charizard managed to get Smaug into position for a Seismic Toss. Vali winced when Smaug hit the ground with a loud crash creating big crater beneath him. Smaug pushed himself up with a growl and flexed his wings wincing a bit when his right one moved. He sent a Flamethrower towards Charizard before using Smokescreen while the elder of the two dodged. When the smoke cleared, Smaug had returned to the air and was moving far more slowly trying to keep from using his right wing too much. He unleashed a Dragon Pulse which impacted Charizard's stomach sending the elder of the two flying backwards a bit. Charizard growled and unleashed a Dragon Pulse of his own that Smaug barely managed to get fully hit by. The attack still managed to hit the edge of Smaug's right wing causing the younger of the two to fall to the ground. Smaug landed heavily and looked at the lower part of his bleeding wing before growling as he looked up at the elder. Tucking his wing close to his body, he sent a Dragon Breath towards the elder.

Charizard dodged the attack and came at Smaug with another Thunder Punch. Without the maneuverability being in the air provided him, Smaug had a harder time getting out of the way. When Charizard reached him, Smaug used Toxic causing the Thunder Punch to fail as Charizard gagged on the poisonous liquid that had managed to get into his mouth. Smaug used that time to use his Dual Claws and Metal Claw. Charizard pulled away from the younger of the two and eyed him with amusement. Charizard grunted and growled at Smaug before taking off into the air. Vali looked at the receding figure in surprise, "Professor, I thought he'd continue the match."

"Based on his actions, I believe he's gotten his measure of Smaug and doesn't feel the need to continue fighting at the moment," Professor Oak replied as he walked towards Smaug, "I also believe that he stopped the fight because Smaug wouldn't be able to fly and thus would not be as much fun to battle. I wouldn't be surprised if Charizard decides to use the time Smaug is here to ambush him whenever possible,"

"Why?" Vali rushed over to Smaug, "Smaug, you did a good job," Smaug grunted and gave his wing a pointed look, "We just need to work on getting better at controlled falls and evading attacks,"

Smaug spat out a few embers, but stayed still when Professor Oak began to examine his wing. Professor Oak spoke as he looked over the delicate membranes of Smaug's injured wing, "I believe that Smaug impressed Charizard enough to want to train him in someway without being obvious about it," Smaug let out a growl though Vali wasn't sure if it was from pain or he didn't like the idea of Charizard training him, "Whatever the reason, Charizard seems to like Smaug in somewhat otherwise he'd have knocked him unconscious before leaving. Now, we should get Smaug inside so I can tend to his wing."