It has begun.

Mankey blocked with it's hand and retaliated with it's own Scratch.

Volcanik took the hit and growled a bit. James looked at the manky with a smirk. "Shadow Claw! Do it again Volcanik!" Volcanik slashed again.

Mankey was slashed and it keeled over with pain. It looked up angrily before dashing forward with another Low Kick.

Volcanik tried to dodge but got hit on the side, he went spinning to the ground and slowly got back up. "Come on Volcanik! This it it! Ancient Power!"

Mankey used the same tactic, shooting rocks back with Low Kick, albeit getting hurt itself by the rocks.

Volcanik took the hit and fell down, James stepped forward to try and help it, but he got back up, Volcanik was running on pure guts and stubbornness right now. He looked at James, who nodded. "One more time. SHADOW CLAW!" Volcanik focused and charged at the Manky, he slashed at it as hard and as fast as he could. It was clear that he was pushing his limit, and James was worried.

Mankey reeled back at the force put into Volcanik's effort, and after sustaining much injury itself, it finally hunckered over in fatigue and did not fight back. Now would be the time to capture or finish it, whatever James wished to do.

James smiled and selected a pokeball from his belt, he hit the button and it grew to full size, he threw it and the manky was drawn inside of it. He watched and waited, hoping that the manky would not resist. "Come on...don't make this a wasted effort..."

The ball shook once... twice... a third time... then halted and with an echoing 'ding', signified a catch. The feisty primate was too weak to fight back any more than it had, to James's luck.

Mankey was caught! Would you like to give him a nickname?

Striker

James picked up the pokeball, he smiled and threw it into the air, watching as his new friend emerged. "Here is that rice ball i owe you." He handed Striker the rice ball, the pig monkey took it and sighed before eating. James laughed as he walked along with the tired pokemon, hoping to find some one to travle with eventually.