[FIN] HAPPY BIRTHDAY

[Tori Honoo]

Jace looked to Chester with a grin, and the charmander responded with a slightly confused look, quickly followed by a chuckle and a nod.

"Wanna battle now? We haven't battled in a loooong time!"  

[Gwennythe]

"Yeah! Totally! How should we do it? One on one? Triple format? I got ta try out a free-for-all kind of rumble once or twice! Ooh, or double?"  

[Tori Honoo]

"Triple format?! I've never done that!" he laughed, shaking his head. "We could do double, if you want!"  

[Gwennythe]

"Yeah! Double's awesome! I've been learning how to get my team to really work together, so this'll be totally cool!"  

[Tori Honoo]

"Sweet!"

With a ball in his hand, the boy picked up his things and moved across the field a little to give ample room for their battle. Chester followed his boy, as did Komashi, and took their places just behind him as they waited for his selection for their pair. Zap and Dawn were not far behind, and came close to their trainer as well, both attentive and ready for his command.

"Hmm... Okay, who's first?" he asked his little team, turning to them in a sort of little huddle. Rona and zap peered up at him from the center of the little circle.  

[Gwennythe]

"Gummy, Bistra? You two wanna go first, yeah?" Henrietta asked the two of her pokémon who were already out.

Bistra sang her assent, she definitely wanted to go first, while Gummy sat staring straight ahead, perhaps frozen with excitement. Or not.  

[Tori Honoo]

Zap darted out from the little group, taking up the challenge before Jace could take his pick. The boy laughed, pleased with the pichu's enthusiasm, then looked at the rest of his team.

"You wanna try it, Komashi?" the boy asked, watching with gentle curiosity as the growlithe considered it. She hadn't battled another team in a long, long time... and she probably should get used to battling other people for her new boy...

With an affirmative bark, the fire type stepped forward to follow Zap, her ears forward.  

[Gwennythe]

"Awesome! You got a type advantage, I gotta type advantage, but," Hen' grinned and stepped back to make room for a proper battle area, leaving Gummy and Bistra stood next to each other "we're still totally gonna win!"  

[Tori Honoo]

Jace quirked a smile, taking up his 'battle stance' as his pokemon readied themselves. "Yeah, right! We'll see!"

They would do their best to win! His team was awesome! But even if they didn't win, they'd still be awesome! And Hen's team was cool too, so if they won, it would all still be okay.  

[Gwennythe]

"Bistra, Feather Dance on Zap! Gummy, Water Gun Komashi!" Hen' called, pointing a little over dramatically; like Jace, she didn't really mind who won, but she wasn't going to slack off just because of that.