Lagi

**Lagi** (Japanese: **再び** *Lagi*) is a Pokémon Trainer hailed from Cremini Town in the Kanto region.

## **New Era**

### **Indigo Challenge**

Lagi first appeared at the Indigo Plateau Conference, asking for Edge to hold the elevator doors open, which he does so, allowing Lagi to enter in time. Lagi introduces himself to the group, and congratulates Dwayne on making it through the preliminaries, and Dwayne asks whether Lagi was competing as well, and Lagi confirms, and says that he, too, advanced to the fifth round. The elevator then reaches the first floor, and Lagi says that he hopes to meet Dwayne in battle, and Dwayne shares the sentiment as Lagi leaves the elevator and heads off. Soon afterwards at the Indigo Plateau's registration center, the attendant instructs Lagi to fish for a Magikarp to find out his next opponent, and he finds it is Dwayne, and Dwayne sarcastically remarks that it was convenient that they were each other's next opponents.

Later, Lagi enters the stadium for his match against Dwayne, only to be confronted by Jade, who accuses him of doing something to Dwayne, who was not present, informing him of a supposed phone call he'd made to Dwayne earlier that day, although Lagi denies this, making Jade realize something had most likely happened to Dwayne. A few minutes later, as everyone waits impatiently for Dwayne's arrival, the referee approaches Lagi to inform him that Dwayne will be disqualified for not turning up and Lagi will win the match by default. Lagi tells the referee that he and Dwayne promised each other a great battle, and that Dwayne must have a good reason for not being there, and that he is certain he will turn up. The referee agrees to give Dwayne ten more minutes. Eventually, Dwayne appears overhead in the sky. Unfortunately, his Butterfree has been left exhausted from flying him to the stadium, and Dwayne thanks him for his effort.

The battle between Dwayne and Lagi begins, with Dwayne sending out his exhausted Wartortle, and Lagi using his Fearow. After Fearow quickly defeats the exhausted Wartortle easily with Drill Peck, Dwayne chooses Clefairy next. Clefairy dodges Fearow's Fury Attacks before knocking it out with a combination of Sing and Moonblast. Lagi sends out his Charmander, who uses multiple Embers that Clefairy dodges. Then, Charmander uses Slash, finally defeating Clefairy. Left with no other choice, Dwayne sends out his tired Kirlia. Despite being tired from fending off Adrian and Adriana, Kirlia manages to knock out Charmander with a Psybeam and Shadow Ball.

Lagi recalls Charmander and sends out his Pikachu. Kirlia starts panting, out of breath and stamina, and Pikachu attacks with Quick Attack, sending Kirlia flying back. Dwayne tells Kirlia to use Psybeam again, but Pikachu uses Agility to evade, and finishes off Kirlia with a devastating Thunder. The referee eliminates Kirlia, giving Lagi the victory.

The next day, Lagi's next battle commences; both Trainers are equally matched and are eventually down to their last Pokémon. Lagi's opponent sends out Ivysaur and Lagi calls on Pikachu. As soon as he pops out, Pikachu is beaten by Ivysaur, and none of his Thunder Shocks are effective. Ivysaur eventually jumps into the air and unleashes a Solar Beam, hurling Pikachu to the ground. Just as he gets up, he is hit and defeated by Ivysaur's Take Down, eliminating Lagi from the tournament. Later, Dwayne joins Lagi near a lake. As their Pokémon play, they talk about their losses. Lagi says that he would have trained harder if he had known how tough the competition would be, and Dwayne wonders why Lagi wasn't upset by his loss. Lagi then comments on how losing is good for Trainers, and Dwayne realizes how immature he was. Lagi says that while disappointed, he wasn't actually sad, and feels proud for making it this far in his very first tournament.

### **Johto Journey**

Sometime after the League, Lagi became fascinated with a mysterious Pokémon that can be found in the Whirl Islands, which turned out to be a Lugia, and traveled to Johto to solve the mystery. Lagi met up with Dwayne again on Ogi Isle, and after spotting a baby Lugia with Oliver, Fabius and Harlynn attacked with their Pokémon, and Lagi and Dwayne defended the baby Lugia with their Pokémon. Their actions caused Fabius and Harlynn to retreat until later when a submarine was dispatched to capture the child Lugia.

Shortly thereafter, Lagi told the parent Lugia about what happened to the child Lugia which caused it to briefly attack them. Lagi and Dwayne later found the child in a cage on a base. Lagi and Dwayne battled Fabius and Harlynn in an attempt to stall them. They were badly beaten and the parent Lugia was captured.

After being captured, Lagi and Dwayne were freed from a cage by Oliver. Lagi and Dwayne took on Fabius, Harlynn, and their guards with their Pokémon and easily swept through them. They went to the room where the child Lugia was held, but were stopped by the base's head scientist. Lagi and Dwayne battled him with their Charmeleon and Houndour, respectively. Lagi was also able to destroy the controller of the rage machine that was powering the head scientist's Electabuzz and defeat it. With both Lugia reunited, Lagi remained on the island with Oliver, to continue exploring the Whirl Islands, while Dwayne departed to Olivine City.

## **Character**

Lagi is a very mature and level-headed individual, taking any and all defeats with tremendous strike and sportsmanship, and admits that while somewhat disappointed by his losses, Lagi understands that his losses are meant to make him learn from his mistakes and grow better and stronger.

Lagi also dislikes winning battles unfairly, seen as when Dwayne was late for their match, Lagi convinced the referee to give Dwayne more time, both due to their previous promise for a good battle, as well as having learned that something was keeping Dwayne occupied, as Jade had accused him of a phone call that Lagi had never made.

## **Pokémon**

### **On Hand**

Fearow's known moves are Drill Peck and Fury Attack.

Charmander is the second Pokémon that Lagi was known to have, being used during his match against Dwayne at the Indigo Plateau Conference. Charmander went up against Dwayne's Clefairy, whom Charmander was capable of beating with little effort, mostly due to the fact that Clefairy was already exhausted from fending off Adrian and Adriana hours earlier. It was subsequently defeated by Dwayne's Kirlia.
During their trip to the Whirl Islands, he was revealed to have evolved into Charmeleon.

Pikachu's known moves are Quick Attack, Agility, and Thunder.

## **Achievements**

### **Badges Obtained**

#### **Kanto Badges**

This listing is of the Badges Lagi has obtained in the Kanto region:

* Boulder Badge
* Cascade Badge
* Thunder Badge
* Marsh Badge
* Rainbow Badge
* Soul Badge
* Volcano Badge
* Earth Badge

## **Pokémon League**

Lagi has competed in the following Pokémon League Conferences:

* Indigo Plateau Conference – Top 8