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The Battle at BlackThorn City
After the adventure they had with Michelle concerning Mew the three travelers finally arrived at the Gym in Blackthorn City. They stood at the entrance as they gazed at the immensely large Gym.
"I can't wait to get in there an get my next badge." Ash said to his friends as Pikachu agreed with confidence.
Brock looked in his Pokemon Guide book. "It says here that this gym has a large record of wins this year. It looks like this place isn't going to get easy." Brock looked up at Ash who was standing to his right.
Misty just stood there with her mouth open as Togepi tried to wiggle out of her arms.
"Well, here we go!" Ash said as he turned his hat around and opened the entrance door. Pikachu leaped into Ash's back as Ash walked in. One after the other, Misty and Brock followed him in.
The Gym looked even bigger from the inside. The walls were covering in Dragon Pokemon artwork in a beautiful style of blue. There were images of Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite gently swimming on the walls in an oceanic scene. There were blue bulbs in the light fixtures, which caused a sea atmosphere. The battlefield seemed to be the large pool of water that sat in the gym's center. There were about 9-10 spots in the pool which looked like flat floating discs, which ash assumed was used for the pokemon who wasn't water type to battle on. Around the battlefield the ground was covered in clean white sand to add to the beach effect. Misty absolutely fell in love with the place.
"Wow," Misty finally said. "It's beautiful in here."
"Yeah." Brock agreed; he couldn't keep his eyes off the scene.
But Ash wasn't too concerned with how the gym looked. He was searching around for the gym leader. "Hello," he called out, a little impatient.
"Ash settle down." Misty whispered. "Just enjoy the beauty in here."
"Yeah, the gym leader will be along shortly." Brock replied along with Misty,
Ash just ignored their suggestion and complained about the wait. "I'm just here to battle. Not to fuss over useless paint."
"With that kind of attitude you will never win a badge here." A voice echoed out.
They all looked up and saw a beautiful woman standing on the other side of the gym. She was wearing a long aqua dress covered in sparkling glitter with a clear blue scarf gently tired around her neck with her long blond hair lying upon it.
"In order to be one with a pokemon you must learn to love every aspect of a pokemon, including in the form of art." She continued. Even her voice was soft and enchanting.
Brock and Misty were both in awe. "Wow!"
"It's nothing but a waste of time. Besides, I'm here are a battle not for and art lecture. Now were is the gym leader?" Ash demands.
"Heh, heh, heh you are looking at her." The woman smiled. "I am Clair, the Blackthorn City gym leader."
"Okay, then I challenge you to a gym battle!" Ash announces as Pikachu nodded in agreement.
Clair sighs. "Very, well. I guess a battle would keep me from being bored."
Ash was extremely angered at her remark. "Less talk more battle!"
"Ash," Misty whispered. "Be patient."
"No, I came to battle and I want to battle now. I don't want to wait I have been waiting all this time to battle. So let's do it so I can get my badge." Ash continues his demands.
"Fine then, take you place. But I must warn you. I am not easily beaten."
"Until now!"
Ash and Clair both took their positions on the opposite sides of the water battlefield.
"This will be a three on three match. Are you ready?" Clair announced, her voice quietly echoing through the building.
"Of course I'm ready."
"Then let's begin." Clair pulls out a pokeball. "Seaking go!"
Ash pulls out a pokeball. "Bulbasaur, I chose you!"
Bulbasaur appears on one of the platforms as Seaking appeared in the water.
"Bulbasaur, use your vinewhip." Ash commands.
"Seaking, dive."
Seaking ducked under water before Bulbasaur's vinewhip could get it.
"Seaking use your horn attack," Clair ordered.
Seaking leaped out of the water aiming it's horn at Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur jumps upward into the air and dodges it as Seaking dives back in.
"Try it again." Clair shouts as Seaking leaps out of the water again.
"Vinewhip!" Ash cries out as Bulbasaur shot out its vinewhip and caught the Seaking in mid air.
"NO!"
Ash smiled. "Now use your stun spore!"
Bulbasaur released a cloud of stunspore as Seaking breathed it in. Seaking was then tossed back into the water.
"Come on." Clair prayed.
Seaking floated to the top, paralyzed and unable to move.
"Seaking return." Clair recalled her pokemon. "Nice job." She puts Seaking's pokeball away and pulls out another one. "See how you do against this one. I chose you!" Clair tosses it into battle.
Out came a Lapras.
"This will be a piece of cake." Ash grinned. "Just like the Seaking was." Ash laughed. "Bulbasaur vinewhip."
"Lapras dive underwater."
Lapras obeyed and dodged the attack.
"Now use your ice beam!" Clair commanded.
Lapras rised out of the water from behind Bulbasaur and before Bulbasaur could react the Lapras fired its ice beam straight for the bulbasaur. The beam struck the pokemon with a harsh blow almost knocking if off the platform. Bulbasaur stood still for a minute until ice began to form and its feet. The ice moved up and spread all over the packmen's body. Bulbasaur was frozen solid.
"No!" Ash cried out.
"Lapras, headbutt." Clair called out as Lapras gave the iced Bulbasaur a hard hit with its headbutt as the ice shattered freeing the grass pokemon. It was all right.
"Bulbasaur return now!" Ash called it back into its pokeball. "Thanks." Ash said, kind of quietly. "But don't think that just because you helped my Bulbasaur does not mean that I'm going to go easy on you."
"I didn't plan on it." Clair laughed.
"Grrr." Ash grabs another pokeball. "Kingler, I chose you!"
Kingler appeared onto the platform.
Misty turned to Brock. "I don't remember Ash trading his pokemon do you?"
"Yeah, I do. He traded them while you were in the pokemon center talking to Nurse Joy just before we got here." Brock explained.
"Oh, is that what he was doing."
Kingler and Lapras stared at each other, waiting for their masters to call out an order. Ash was the first to strike.
"Kingler, used your vice grip." Ash shouted as Kingler leaped into the water and headed for Lapras.
"Lapras get out of the way." Clair called out. Lapras swum over to the right, dodging the attack. "Now tackle it." Lapras charged at Kingler and tackled it. Kingler was thrown back a ways but recovered from the attack quickly.
"Okay, now use your hyperbeam attack!" Ash shouted.
"Quick tackle it again!" Clair shouted as Lapras charged at Kingler while Kingler begun a hyperbeam.
Lapras struck Kingler just as Kingler released its hyperbeam on Lapras. The two pokemon were both knocked under the water as the two trainers watched to see who would triumph. Lapras was the first to appear as it floated to the top unconscious. Kingler, even though it took longer, appeared and even though it was hurt it was still ready to battle again. Clair called back her Lapras.
"Looks like I'm going to win this battle just like I said I was." Ash boasted as his Kingler raised its claws in victory.
"Well like I always say. It's not over till its over!" Clair smiled as pulled out her last pokeball. "I chose you!" She tossed the Pokeball and out appeared Dragonair.
Ash gasped at the sight of the legendary pokemon. "It can't be!"
Misty was in love with the pokemon from first sight and Brock was really interested in it. But to Ash it was just another pokemon to defeat. And Kingler was the pokemon to do it.
"That Dragon doesn't scare us! Kingler water gun!" Ash commanded as Kingler squirted Dragonair with a powerful water gun attack.
"Dragonair, fly away!" Clair shouted as Dragonair spread its wings on its head and bolted into the air. "Now that you have the advantage we can't lose this one. Dragonair, use your water gun."
Dragonair flew over Kingler and shot out a powerful water gun attack knocking Kingler in the water.
"Now quickly, Dragonair, use your thunder shock." Clair shouted as Dragonair charged up and attack.
"No Kingler," Ash desperately called to his pokemon. "Get out of the water! Quickly!"
But it was too late. When Dragonair's attack hit the water the water conducted the electricity striking Kingler with an immense force which even caused a small water explosion. Kingler was tossed out of the water and then went crashing back in. They all waited to see the result of the attack as, finally, Kingler floated up, unconscious.
Ash called back his pokemon. "Kingler return!" The pokemon returned. "Thank you Kingler you did great." Ash put the pokeball away and then turned to Clair. "You're strong."
Clair smiled. "I told you I wouldn't be an easy win."
Ash stared at the Dragonair, who was gliding high in the air circling the battlefield.
Ash thought quietly to himself. "There has to be some way to stop that Dragonair. Maybe I could use Charizard. It could be a fair Dragon and Dragon match." It seemed like a good idea for a second, but then Ash thought, "Wait, what about it's water attacks? Charizard wouldn't be able to take it." He looked over at his Pikachu and he smiled. "Electric attacks, perfect."
"Are you ready to continue or are you prepared to forfeit?" Clair announced.
"Ash Ketchum never forfeits!" Ash shouted. "Ash Ketchum wins! Go Pikachu!"
"Pika," Pikachu leaps out onto a platform, charged and ready for battle.
"Fine, be that way." Clair answered back. "Dragonair get ready!" Dragonair stopped flying around and floated in on spot on Clair's side of the battlefield.
"Pikachu thunder shock attack!" Ash commanded.
"Dragonair fly away!"
Dragonair bolted up into the air just as Pikachu released its attack.
"Tackle it!" Clair shouted as Dragonair charged at Pikachu.
"Quick Pikachu get out of the way."
Pikachu moved to the left side of the platform to dodge the attack. The Dragonair made a U-turn and charged again and again Pikachu moved to the right to dodge.
"Let's hurry up and end this," Clair sounded a bit bored, which made Ash furious. "Finish it off Dragonair!"
Dragonair moved toward Pikachu and opened its mouth. There was a small multicolored ball of light forming inside.
"Oh no!" Brock exclaimed. "It's Dragonair's Hyperbeam!"
"Pikachu, quick thunderbolt attack!" Ash shouted out.
Pikachu charged up an attack as the hyper beam attack grew. The two attacks were both released at once striking the other Pokemon's attack. The attack held each other back for a moment and even though the thunderbolt was powerful, the mighty hyperbeam demolished it within seconds.
"Pikachu move!" Ash cried out but it was too late. Ash watched in horror as the hyper beam struck Pikachu with a tremendous blow causing an enormous water explosion around the entire battlefield with his Pikachu in the middle of it. "PIKACHU, NOOOOOOOOO!" Ash cried out for his pokemon.
The Battle at BlackThorn City
After the adventure they had with Michelle concerning Mew the three travelers finally arrived at the Gym in Blackthorn City. They stood at the entrance as they gazed at the immensely large Gym.
"I can't wait to get in there an get my next badge." Ash said to his friends as Pikachu agreed with confidence.
Brock looked in his Pokemon Guide book. "It says here that this gym has a large record of wins this year. It looks like this place isn't going to get easy." Brock looked up at Ash who was standing to his right.
Misty just stood there with her mouth open as Togepi tried to wiggle out of her arms.
"Well, here we go!" Ash said as he turned his hat around and opened the entrance door. Pikachu leaped into Ash's back as Ash walked in. One after the other, Misty and Brock followed him in.
The Gym looked even bigger from the inside. The walls were covering in Dragon Pokemon artwork in a beautiful style of blue. There were images of Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite gently swimming on the walls in an oceanic scene. There were blue bulbs in the light fixtures, which caused a sea atmosphere. The battlefield seemed to be the large pool of water that sat in the gym's center. There were about 9-10 spots in the pool which looked like flat floating discs, which ash assumed was used for the pokemon who wasn't water type to battle on. Around the battlefield the ground was covered in clean white sand to add to the beach effect. Misty absolutely fell in love with the place.
"Wow," Misty finally said. "It's beautiful in here."
"Yeah." Brock agreed; he couldn't keep his eyes off the scene.
But Ash wasn't too concerned with how the gym looked. He was searching around for the gym leader. "Hello," he called out, a little impatient.
"Ash settle down." Misty whispered. "Just enjoy the beauty in here."
"Yeah, the gym leader will be along shortly." Brock replied along with Misty,
Ash just ignored their suggestion and complained about the wait. "I'm just here to battle. Not to fuss over useless paint."
"With that kind of attitude you will never win a badge here." A voice echoed out.
They all looked up and saw a beautiful woman standing on the other side of the gym. She was wearing a long aqua dress covered in sparkling glitter with a clear blue scarf gently tired around her neck with her long blond hair lying upon it.
"In order to be one with a pokemon you must learn to love every aspect of a pokemon, including in the form of art." She continued. Even her voice was soft and enchanting.
Brock and Misty were both in awe. "Wow!"
"It's nothing but a waste of time. Besides, I'm here are a battle not for and art lecture. Now were is the gym leader?" Ash demands.
"Heh, heh, heh you are looking at her." The woman smiled. "I am Clair, the Blackthorn City gym leader."
"Okay, then I challenge you to a gym battle!" Ash announces as Pikachu nodded in agreement.
Clair sighs. "Very, well. I guess a battle would keep me from being bored."
Ash was extremely angered at her remark. "Less talk more battle!"
"Ash," Misty whispered. "Be patient."
"No, I came to battle and I want to battle now. I don't want to wait I have been waiting all this time to battle. So let's do it so I can get my badge." Ash continues his demands.
"Fine then, take you place. But I must warn you. I am not easily beaten."
"Until now!"
Ash and Clair both took their positions on the opposite sides of the water battlefield.
"This will be a three on three match. Are you ready?" Clair announced, her voice quietly echoing through the building.
"Of course I'm ready."
"Then let's begin." Clair pulls out a pokeball. "Seaking go!"
Ash pulls out a pokeball. "Bulbasaur, I chose you!"
Bulbasaur appears on one of the platforms as Seaking appeared in the water.
"Bulbasaur, use your vinewhip." Ash commands.
"Seaking, dive."
Seaking ducked under water before Bulbasaur's vinewhip could get it.
"Seaking use your horn attack," Clair ordered.
Seaking leaped out of the water aiming it's horn at Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur jumps upward into the air and dodges it as Seaking dives back in.
"Try it again." Clair shouts as Seaking leaps out of the water again.
"Vinewhip!" Ash cries out as Bulbasaur shot out its vinewhip and caught the Seaking in mid air.
"NO!"
Ash smiled. "Now use your stun spore!"
Bulbasaur released a cloud of stunspore as Seaking breathed it in. Seaking was then tossed back into the water.
"Come on." Clair prayed.
Seaking floated to the top, paralyzed and unable to move.
"Seaking return." Clair recalled her pokemon. "Nice job." She puts Seaking's pokeball away and pulls out another one. "See how you do against this one. I chose you!" Clair tosses it into battle.
Out came a Lapras.
"This will be a piece of cake." Ash grinned. "Just like the Seaking was." Ash laughed. "Bulbasaur vinewhip."
"Lapras dive underwater."
Lapras obeyed and dodged the attack.
"Now use your ice beam!" Clair commanded.
Lapras rised out of the water from behind Bulbasaur and before Bulbasaur could react the Lapras fired its ice beam straight for the bulbasaur. The beam struck the pokemon with a harsh blow almost knocking if off the platform. Bulbasaur stood still for a minute until ice began to form and its feet. The ice moved up and spread all over the packmen's body. Bulbasaur was frozen solid.
"No!" Ash cried out.
"Lapras, headbutt." Clair called out as Lapras gave the iced Bulbasaur a hard hit with its headbutt as the ice shattered freeing the grass pokemon. It was all right.
"Bulbasaur return now!" Ash called it back into its pokeball. "Thanks." Ash said, kind of quietly. "But don't think that just because you helped my Bulbasaur does not mean that I'm going to go easy on you."
"I didn't plan on it." Clair laughed.
"Grrr." Ash grabs another pokeball. "Kingler, I chose you!"
Kingler appeared onto the platform.
Misty turned to Brock. "I don't remember Ash trading his pokemon do you?"
"Yeah, I do. He traded them while you were in the pokemon center talking to Nurse Joy just before we got here." Brock explained.
"Oh, is that what he was doing."
Kingler and Lapras stared at each other, waiting for their masters to call out an order. Ash was the first to strike.
"Kingler, used your vice grip." Ash shouted as Kingler leaped into the water and headed for Lapras.
"Lapras get out of the way." Clair called out. Lapras swum over to the right, dodging the attack. "Now tackle it." Lapras charged at Kingler and tackled it. Kingler was thrown back a ways but recovered from the attack quickly.
"Okay, now use your hyperbeam attack!" Ash shouted.
"Quick tackle it again!" Clair shouted as Lapras charged at Kingler while Kingler begun a hyperbeam.
Lapras struck Kingler just as Kingler released its hyperbeam on Lapras. The two pokemon were both knocked under the water as the two trainers watched to see who would triumph. Lapras was the first to appear as it floated to the top unconscious. Kingler, even though it took longer, appeared and even though it was hurt it was still ready to battle again. Clair called back her Lapras.
"Looks like I'm going to win this battle just like I said I was." Ash boasted as his Kingler raised its claws in victory.
"Well like I always say. It's not over till its over!" Clair smiled as pulled out her last pokeball. "I chose you!" She tossed the Pokeball and out appeared Dragonair.
Ash gasped at the sight of the legendary pokemon. "It can't be!"
Misty was in love with the pokemon from first sight and Brock was really interested in it. But to Ash it was just another pokemon to defeat. And Kingler was the pokemon to do it.
"That Dragon doesn't scare us! Kingler water gun!" Ash commanded as Kingler squirted Dragonair with a powerful water gun attack.
"Dragonair, fly away!" Clair shouted as Dragonair spread its wings on its head and bolted into the air. "Now that you have the advantage we can't lose this one. Dragonair, use your water gun."
Dragonair flew over Kingler and shot out a powerful water gun attack knocking Kingler in the water.
"Now quickly, Dragonair, use your thunder shock." Clair shouted as Dragonair charged up and attack.
"No Kingler," Ash desperately called to his pokemon. "Get out of the water! Quickly!"
But it was too late. When Dragonair's attack hit the water the water conducted the electricity striking Kingler with an immense force which even caused a small water explosion. Kingler was tossed out of the water and then went crashing back in. They all waited to see the result of the attack as, finally, Kingler floated up, unconscious.
Ash called back his pokemon. "Kingler return!" The pokemon returned. "Thank you Kingler you did great." Ash put the pokeball away and then turned to Clair. "You're strong."
Clair smiled. "I told you I wouldn't be an easy win."
Ash stared at the Dragonair, who was gliding high in the air circling the battlefield.
Ash thought quietly to himself. "There has to be some way to stop that Dragonair. Maybe I could use Charizard. It could be a fair Dragon and Dragon match." It seemed like a good idea for a second, but then Ash thought, "Wait, what about it's water attacks? Charizard wouldn't be able to take it." He looked over at his Pikachu and he smiled. "Electric attacks, perfect."
"Are you ready to continue or are you prepared to forfeit?" Clair announced.
"Ash Ketchum never forfeits!" Ash shouted. "Ash Ketchum wins! Go Pikachu!"
"Pika," Pikachu leaps out onto a platform, charged and ready for battle.
"Fine, be that way." Clair answered back. "Dragonair get ready!" Dragonair stopped flying around and floated in on spot on Clair's side of the battlefield.
"Pikachu thunder shock attack!" Ash commanded.
"Dragonair fly away!"
Dragonair bolted up into the air just as Pikachu released its attack.
"Tackle it!" Clair shouted as Dragonair charged at Pikachu.
"Quick Pikachu get out of the way."
Pikachu moved to the left side of the platform to dodge the attack. The Dragonair made a U-turn and charged again and again Pikachu moved to the right to dodge.
"Let's hurry up and end this," Clair sounded a bit bored, which made Ash furious. "Finish it off Dragonair!"
Dragonair moved toward Pikachu and opened its mouth. There was a small multicolored ball of light forming inside.
"Oh no!" Brock exclaimed. "It's Dragonair's Hyperbeam!"
"Pikachu, quick thunderbolt attack!" Ash shouted out.
Pikachu charged up an attack as the hyper beam attack grew. The two attacks were both released at once striking the other Pokemon's attack. The attack held each other back for a moment and even though the thunderbolt was powerful, the mighty hyperbeam demolished it within seconds.
"Pikachu move!" Ash cried out but it was too late. Ash watched in horror as the hyper beam struck Pikachu with a tremendous blow causing an enormous water explosion around the entire battlefield with his Pikachu in the middle of it. "PIKACHU, NOOOOOOOOO!" Ash cried out for his pokemon.