thinking of how crazy rakugo must be in the pokemon world
"a young trainer once wished to be the very best and for their pokemon to end up cherished and strong above all else.
After spending some time with the greatest Name Rater of the region, the young trainer felt equipped to take on the leauge challenge with their partner pokemon, Venipede. The young trainer found a Bird Catcher to battle and sent out their cherished 'mon
"Go, Blue Lance Red Steven-Wallace Cynthia Alder Iris Diantha Mustard Peony Leon Geeta de Giovanni Archie-Maxie Cyrus Ghethsis-Colress Lysandre Guzma-Lusamine Piers Penny!"
The bird catcher was confused.
"You can only send out one pokemon at a time, no!?"
"That seems like many more pokemon than just one tiny Venipede!"
The trainer then explained that in order to have the winningness of the champions along with the strength of the ruffians who brought chaos to regions in the past, their darling Venipede must have a name that honors both of these strong sets of individuals
The Bird Keeper, albeit a bit confused, stopped questioning the strange name and sent out his Starly adorned with a Sharp Beak
"Alright, Blue Lance Red Steven-Wallace Cynthia Alder Iris Diantha Mustard Peony Leon Geeta de Giovanni Archie-Maxie Cyrus Ghethsis-Colress Lysandre Guzma-Lusamine Piers Penny, lets start this battle off with a Rollout!"
Channeling all of the strength of the villians and champions that its name honored, little Blue Lance Red Steven-Wallace Cynthia Alder Iris Diantha Mustard Peony Leon Geeta de Giovanni Archie-Maxie Cyrus Ghethsis-Colress Lysandre Guzma-Lusamine Piers Penny curled up and charged at the Starly
Due to a misfortunately placed pebble on the field, the little Venipede that could took a bad bounce and completely missed the flying foe by a solid 3 feet.
Starly then retaliated with a sharp Peck, instantly fainting our dear Blue Lance Red Steven-Wallace Cynthia Alder Iris Diantha Mustard Peony Leon Geeta de Giovanni Archie-Maxie Cyrus Ghethsis-Colress Lysandre Guzma-Lusamine Piers Penny.
"Go figure;" the trainer thought. "I forgot Trace" as they hustled back to the pokemon center to prepare for another journey to the Name Rater.
