Rara

Rara (Japanese: ), known as Ruru in Chuang Yi's translations, is a that  owns in Pokémon Adventures and one of his starter Pokémon. Rara was given to Ruby by his father, Norman. She is level 70, her Characteristic is "hates to lose", and is used in s.

Prior to the start of the series Rara was given to as a Ralts as a  from his father, Norman. One day when Ruby was playing with a  attacked them and Ruby sent out Rara, Nana, and Kiki to fend it off. The three managed to scare it away, but Ruby got injured in the process, which scared Sapphire. Because of this incident Ruby decided to never battle in front of people again. Rara first appeared as a Ralts in Creeping Past Cacnea, where she was seen with Ruby on his trip to Hoenn. She is seen helping the moving van get out of the mud by using.

In Tongue-Tied Kecleon, Rara is loaned to to help him capture his first Pokémon. Rara was sent out against a and attacked with Confusion. Due to her relentless attacks Kecleon tired himself out and was captured by Wally. Immediately after the capture an earthquake strikes and tears the ground apart, throwing Ruby into the sea. With no way to get out Ruby tells Rara to stay with Wally and watch over him. After a long absence Rara returns in Talk About Timing, Treecko, still under Wally's care. It is revealed that the two traveled to Pacifidlog Town so Wally could have a better place to recover from his illness. While there they are swept up by the storm caused by and Rara soon senses a Treecko floating in the water. After saving him Norman shows up and shares a happy reunion with Rara. The three of them then head to the Sky Pillar for Wally's training. Rara is used alongside Wally's other Pokémon to help him advance through the fifty floors.

In Rayquaza Redemption I, Rara is revealed to have evolved into a during the training at Sky Pillar. With the training complete Norman sends Wally to the top of Sky Pillar to awaken. Once awakened Rara used to keep it in place while  attacked with.

In It All Ends Now VIII, Rara is returned to Ruby.

In Cunning Kirlia, Rara is used in Ruby's fight at the Battle Dome against and his. The battle starts with Rara using to put Dusclops to sleep. He breaks free of the attack and attacks with a barrage of s. Surprised that Rara is still standing, Emerald has Dusclops use, which gives Rara a burn. Although Emerald thought that would help him win, Rara's Ability activates, giving Dusclops the burn as well. On top of Rara using Imprison to keep Dusclops from using Shadow Ball, both Pokémon faint from the burn, resulting in a tie.

In The Final Battle VII, Rara was seen battling Guile Hideout's stolen Pokémon.

In Omega Alpha Adventure 0, Sapphire borrowed Rara to train her alongside her own Kirlia, Kirly, with the intent on evolving them into a battle duo. When the two began evolving, Sapphire accidentally unearthed a Dawn Stone and kicked it towards Kirly. The stone caused Kirly to evolve into a while Rara evolved into Gardevoir. In Omega Alpha Adventure 9, Rara was reunited with Ruby, who was impressed by her new form. In Omega Alpha Adventure 19, Rara was used alongside Kirly on top of Rayquaza to try and battle Zinnia. Though Rara used to halve the damage from Zinnia's 's attack, Rara and Kirly are attacked by a  that was assisting Zinnia. Noivern's hits Rara and Kirly, knocking them out in the process.

In Omega Alpha Adventure 20, Ruby received a Gardevoirite from the of the Meteor Village. When Ruby was attacked by Sapphire due to a misunderstanding, he used Rara to defend himself from Kirly's attacks. When Sapphire had Kirly Mega Evolve into Mega Gallade, Ruby retaliated by having Rara Mega Evolve into Mega Gardevoir.

Personality and characteristics
Rara is shown as intelligent and calm. Much like she is flashy, loves to show off her looks, and hates getting dirty. Rara is very close to Ruby, shown by her ability to sense his emotions even when he is far away. Despite Ruby's distaste towards battling Rara is a very powerful battler.

Trivia

 * Ruby was not present for either of Rara's evolutions.
 * Rara is Ruby's only starter that is dual typed and not weak to the.
 * Rara is Ruby's only Pokémon that he uses in Contests whose Contest call is unknown.

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