Uriel's Raichu

**Uriel's Raichu** (Japanese: **ユリエルのライチュウ** *Yurieru's Raichu*) is the Uriel's partner Pokémon, as well as the first one she ever owned.

## **New Era**

### **Background**

According to Uriel, she and Raichu met on the day of Uriel's thirteenth birthday, where the two quickly bonded despite Raichu still being a wild Pokémon at the time. After begging her parents, Uriel was allowed to capture Raichu, and their friendship grew stronger ever since.

### **Sinnoh**

During the Pokémon Summer Academy, when the Charmeleon that Uriel was partnered with refused to obey her, and started fighting with another student's Croconaw, Raichu was summoned by Uriel in order to restrain it by using Spark, which it successfully does.

When Uriel and Dwayne mistakenly believed that a Dusknoir was attempting to abduct them into the spirit world, and that it was attempting to attack a girl, Raichu, along with Dwayne's Gardevoir, was summoned to attack it. Latias and Raichu attack with Psyshock and Volt Tackle, respectively, while Dusknoir's back is turned on them. Dusknoir is momentarily stunned, and the girl tries to suck them into the spirit world through the cave. Uriel is pulled into the air, but caught by Dwayne who holds onto her, and Ryder manages to grab ahold of a boulder to prevent them from getting sucked into the portal, while Raichu and Gardevoir are quickly recalled to prevent them from being abducted.

After the Summer Academy came to an end, Raichu and Uriel battled together against Dwayne and his Eevee in a one-on-one battle. Uriel starts off by ordering Raichu to use Reversal, but Eevee dodges and uses Swift, and Raichu is unable to dodge, and gets sent flying. Uriel tells Raichu to use Volt Tackle, and Eevee retaliates with Double-Edge, and both attacks clash, but Eevee's attack proves stronger, and Raichu gets overpowered. While Raichu is mid-air, Uriel commands him to use Thunder, and Eevee manages to swiftly dodge before using Double-Edge. However, Raichu quickly uses Reversal while falling, and both Pokémon's attacks connect with each other, but Raichu suffers more damage due to their gap in strength. Raichu struggles to get back up, as Eevee easily kicks up and dusts herself off, showcasing her durability. Uriel praises Eevee's power, and says that Dwayne was truly amazing, and orders Raichu to use Volt Tackle, and Dwayne tells Eevee to use Swift, and Raichu gets thrown back by the sheer force of the attack, which knocks Raichu out.

## **Personality and Characteristics**

Raichu is a very mischievous, seen when he was laughing when Uriel was being scolded by Professor Rowan for using her own Pokémon to battle during the Pokémon Summer Academy. Because of their strict household, both Raichu and Uriel grew disgruntled with their domestic life, and yearned for opportunies to expand their horizons, and when summoned to battle, Raichu displayed tremendous excitement and fierce spirit, most likely due to him not being allowed to battle by Uriel's parents.

Despite their unability to battle and train, Raichu never resented Uriel for this, knowing full well that Uriel shared his dream of embarking on a journey, and never once considered abandoning her Trainer, having grown extremely fond of Uriel during their years spent together.

Despite being a fully-evolved Pokémon, Raichu's skills are average at best, due to Raichu rarely ever having the chance to perform in actual battle, proven during his battle against Dwayne's Eevee, where despite Raichu's best efforts, none of his attacks caused any sort of considerable damage on Eevee, and the only attack that Raichu actually managed to land, Eevee easily brushed it off. Uriel and Raichu agreed that they required serious training, and Dwayne himself noted that with the proper training, Raichu could easily become a very powerful Pokémon, proven through his knowledge of powerful and variety of attacks.

## **Moves used**

 A **†** shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.