#elite four itsuki

[thejudgemimi]

side note: I fucking love wildcardshipping

[meistoshi]

much  of  the  past  week  has  been  spent  doubling  down  on  training  &  trying  to  scope  out  information  about  the  current  elite  four  roster.     he  only  recognizes  that  siba  has  remained  in  the  line - up,  &  a  part  of  satoshi  is  pleasantly  surprised  &  absolutely  restless  to  battle  him  again.     but  first  there's  itsuki  to  deal  with.

a  psychic - type  specialist ...     one  of  the  trickier  types  to  land  hits  on,  much  like  ghost - types  &  fairy - types  infuriatingly  good  at  keeping  opponents  beyond  arm's  reach & making them utterly useless in battle.     but  satoshi  has  some  tricks  of  his  own  in  mind.     this  is  the  sekiei  league.     home  turf.     &  he  remembers  very  well  that  pure  stubbornness  won't  necessarily  win  out  here  as  it  would  in  other  regions.     he  needs  to  think,  here.     luckily,  he's  gotten  much  better  at  that.

early  in  the  week,  he  had  ookido  transfer  gängar  over,  as  well  as  lizardon,  as  it's  only  right  that  guy  gets  to  tussle  in  the  sekiei  stadium  ( he  didn't  bring  him  for  his  second  attempt  at  the  conference,  too  set  on  starting  from  zero,  so  he's  tried  to  bring  him  for  at  least  one  battle  in  all  his  champion  league  attempts,  an  apology  for  not  giving  lizardon  a  proper  chance  at  redeeming  himself ) .     he's  also  requested  heracros.     it's  a  hell  of  a  gamble,  he  knows,  but  satoshi  has  faith  that  it'll  pay  off, if what he's learned holds true for today.

he's  still  yet  to  have  run  into  itsuki,  though  he's  aware  the  elite  is  most  likely  doing  training  of  his  own  at  this  very  second  somewhere  in  the  trainer village. ( he thinks he heard the man had gone to pasio at some point, but satoshi sure never saw him there. maybe it's better this way, meeting in the sekiei plateau ... ) .

just  a  few  more  hours.     just  a  few  more ...

he  feels  a  shiver  like  electricity  run  up  his  spine,  the  kind  that's  hard  to  differentiate  whether  it's  from  pikachu  or  his  own  excitement,  but  the  unbidden  grin  on  his  face  tells  him  it  doesn't  matter.     just  one  more  drill - run  &  he's  sending  his  team  off  to  cool  off  before  the  battle's  on.     they'll  win  this  for  sure.     then  he  just  needs  to  get  through  the  rest  of  the  elites.     &  then ...     then ...

❛  okay,  everyone,  swap  partners  for  cool - down  spars,  then  let's  head  back  to  the  pokémon  center  &  make  sure  you're  all  at  a  hundred  percent !!  ❜  a  chorus  of  answering  assent rings  &  satoshi  watches  as  his  team  shuffles  to  pair  up  for  the  last  time  today,  moves  reduced  to  motion  execution,  strikes  stopping  just  short  in  the  air.     they've  all  put  in  the  work  &  effort.     soon  it'll  be  time  to  show  the  fruits  of  all  that.

[girlvinland]

When you get some ouchies and your partner in crime finds it funny but still dresses your wounds 🤕.

Feel like this needs a follow up.

[maiden-artstraea]

Lay down upside down on Ditto beanbag

[cyberarchfiend]

I love he 🥺

[psychic-master-will-archive]

- Will’s Gym (Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver)

[jadedrosenakia]

[actuallu]

college is still killing me but. had some time to draw some wills

[stovoden]

Will 💟 Itsuki

[corbin-draws]

I wanted to play around with gradients, and I would like to keep experimenting with them! This piece was fun to make.

[rosedevoir]

I can only keep getting better! Losing is not an option! ☆

[pokemon-ventures]

https://open.spotify.com/track/1eoBjst5AVu1y4Wn4dkD9A?si=O6DIzV_-SH-7CeZ_668gZQ

Headcanon that this is Will’s singing voice and he loves to do karaoke. 10/10 will not tell you he’s actually a great singer and will put on a show at the bar.

[captainmvf]

Small Will doodle.

[girlvinland]

kees

[maiden-artstraea]

What if Will but xatu wings...

Little doodle while on route to beach.

[cockyroaches]

I've seen art of lucian (sinnoh elite four) x Itsuki (johto elite four) and while that's fantastic and cute let me just say these two are the complete opposite of "well dressed, purple haired psychic expert"

Lucian: always makes sure his food is cut up properly before he eats it, calls you sir/ma'am/mx. if you're comfortable with it, cites books sometimes, prefers executing his attacks with strategy and hard thinking before acting

Itsuki: haunts your house just to call you a bitch, doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about half the time, canonically joined the local mafia because he was bored, the viceral feeling you get from this image