[As soon as the opponent's Pokémon fixate on his own, Hope knows he's in trouble-- he's under no delusions that he's an exceptional trainer, nor that his Pokémon are all at the peak of their power. The only one who's at level 100 is one of his Blastoise, with his Umbreon coming at only 60.
He hasn't been in actual battle for a long time. That's another thing he knows and doesn't dismiss.
He's screwed.
He's not dumb though, and definitely not a maverick or Snow. When Ryuunosuke's Pokémon attack, Hope stops advancing and backpedals as fast as his legs can do so while his Flareon and Espeon (young and powerful but only barely past 50) covers for his Umbreon with a Flamethrower and a Psybeam, respectively. Hope can feel the flames and psychic attack barely miss him and reels at how close they came, but gathers himself to be able to order the Espeon to start using Future Sight and his lone Altaria to start Singing her own song.]
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He hasn't been in actual battle for a long time. That's another thing he knows and doesn't dismiss.
He's screwed.
He's not dumb though, and definitely not a maverick or Snow. When Ryuunosuke's Pokémon attack, Hope stops advancing and backpedals as fast as his legs can do so while his Flareon and Espeon (young and powerful but only barely past 50) covers for his Umbreon with a Flamethrower and a Psybeam, respectively. Hope can feel the flames and psychic attack barely miss him and reels at how close they came, but gathers himself to be able to order the Espeon to start using Future Sight and his lone Altaria to start Singing her own song.]