[color=8882be][i]Battle? Seriously?[/i] "You want a battle?"[/color] At Indigo uttering the word 'battle,' Torchic's soft and downy features turned postively hawk-like. With a war-like shriek, she landed a few feet in front of Indigo, her fiery feathers fanned out, her crest standing high on edge, and her feet splayed. It seemed as if she were saying, [i][color=f26522]'yes, I challenge you!'[/color][/i]

He had once heard somewhere, maybe in a movie or something, that trainers were tested by their pokemon. Sometimes pokemon wanted a good challenge, and they gauged trainer competency that way. To get Torchic to respect him at all, he would have to battle her. He wasn't ready to battle yet though! But as he looked around, he realized he had no choice. It didn't matter whether he used Turtwig or another pokemon, he was cornered and he was going to have to do this.

[color=8882be]"You just can't make things easy, can you,"[/color] Indigo muttered, eliciting another scowl from the Torchic. [color=8882be]"Fine, lend me a pokemon please, Prof."[/color] Indigo placed a hand on his hip. [color=8882be]"You're going down, bird."[/color]

*edited to be a little more specific