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Well here you go, a Pokemon battle. Hope it doesn't bore anyone!


Alexza stormed from the cave, glaring at anyone who stood in her way,her arms still locked behind her back in the same militaristic fashion.

Finally, as she was about to reach the exit, an old man stood in front of her, blocking the path completely.

Alexza glared harshly at the stubborn man,

"Stand aside Elder." She asked in a detached , serious voice.

The old man stared back at her and slowly shook his head. With out a word he reached into his sleeve and pulled out a pokeball.

Alexza's eyes widened for only a moment before shaking her head slightly.

"I don't have time for this! I have places to be and you are in my—"

"Come now youngling, is that anyway to treat your elders?"

Alexza, still riled up and emotional from the visit to her sisters grave, uncharacteristically snapped back at the elder.

"Yes it is! especially if the elder in question is an annoying and persistent old man!"

The old man smiled at this, the age-lines and wrinkles lifting with his mouth.

"Defeat me little one, and I'll let you go without question. In fact I'll even let you in on a secret. But if I win young one, you clean every stall and monument within this cave."

Alexza's mouth dropped a little in shock at the thought of the number of the stalls and monuments within the massive cavern. Her sister's would be included too…

Her green eyes narrowed.

"You're on."

The old man threw his pokeball and released the Pokémon at the same time Alexza threw the great ball.

"Battle dance, Guardian!"

A Marshtomp promptly appeared and began to survey the area, it glanced back worriedly at Alexza. He wouldn't last long in this dry heat.

Alexza smiled as she saw the Pokémon that the elder had sent out.

"A Kecleon"

Perfect.

"Quickly Guardian! Use mudslap on yourself and muddy water on the Kecleon!"

Now with the mud coating, Guardian won't dry out as quickly, and muddy water should only help him along'

The marshtomp began to spew thick clumps of mud into the air and onto itself, causing several spectators to make sounds of disgust.

The elder took the few moments that Guardian was distracted to order his kecleon to use fury swipes. The green chameleon-like pokemon flexed its tail and began to run towards the mud frolicking marshtomp.

Alexza placed a hand to her head in disbelief as she watched her pokemon roll obliviously in the newly formed mud puddle.

A tick mark beginning to form on her forehead as the Kecleon drew closer and closer, white claws glinting oddly in lava lit cavern.

That's it, I've just about had it…

"Guardian!" The pokemon looked up in confusion for several moments before coming to its senses.

The mud-fish jumped into the air and opened its mouth once more, this time unleashing gallons upon gallons of dirty brown water. The sudden tide slammed into the Kecleon sending the chameleon crashing into one of the stone pillars.

Alexza nodded to herself as she waited for the kecleon's ability to kick in.

She looked through the panicing crowd that had been swept off by the dirty tide.

Where is it…. There!

Alexza's eyes spotted a flash of blue as the Kecleon changed type from Normal to Water.

The trap was set.

Alexza moved to call her pokemon back the red beam already covering the marshtomps figure.

"Kecleon pursuit!"

The kecleon obeyed orders and just before Guardian was absorbed into the pokeball the Kecleon appeared out of the shadows and landed a direct hit to the Marshtomp abdomen.

Alexza scowled, it had been a good move but his kecleon was already halfway down.

"Finish it off, Marik!"

A flash appeared as a shady looking grovyle formed.

"Leaf blade now!"

The sharp green blades on the forearms of the grovyle glowed eerily and the creature blurred in front of the helpless Kecleon, the super-effective move landing a critical hit and sending the Kecleon flying through several nearby boulders.

"Nice work Marik."

The old man calmly returned the fainted Kecleon before sending out his next Pokémon.

The Pokémon that appeared was a rugged Graveler, its edges sharp and its stone body aged to a startling level of hardness.

"Leech seed Marik!"

Just one look at this Graveler gave Alexza the impression that one type superior hit wasn't going to bring it down. She'd have to plan ahead.

Marik spit out glowing seeds in a wide array to insure that there would be no escape. Several of the seeds hit their mark as vines began to grow and restrain the large boulder Pokémon.

The elder looked on un phased.

"Graveler, rollout now."

The large Pokémon tore through the thin vines with ease, even though the still glowing seeds stuck tightly to the craggy surface, burrowing into hollow indents to avoid being crushed by the now tumbling Pokémon.

"Marik quick attack jump over that Graveler then blast it with razor leaf!"

The large wood gecko Pokémon nodded and began to charge the Graveler leaving a trail of white light behind it as the Pokémon reached an incredible speed. With a massive leap that the grovyle species was famous for, the gecko turned mid jump and unleashed several groups of sharp leaves from its mouth and arms.

The large boulder Pokémon fell to its knees as the onslaught weakened it and pushed it near the edge of consciousness.

"Finish it Marik. Magical leaf!"

The glowing leafs hit their mark and the Graveler fell to the ground with a weak cry.

The grovyle hopped back to stand by Alexza's side, tilting his head in a content fashion as Alexza stroked the large leaf protruding from its head like a ponytail.

The old man appeared to be smiling even wider now as he called out his third and last Pokémon.

Alexza took a step back as the heat in the room suddenly increased with this Pokémon's presence. She recognized the Pokémon, but just in case she reached into her pocket at withdrew a pokedex.

"Camerupt, the Eruption Pokémon. Camerupt have volcanoes inside their bodies, which can erupt and spew lava from the humps on their back when angry."

Alexza's eyes darkened as she read the description.

This was the Pokémon.

Here it was, looking at her with big, stupid, brown eyes. Unknowing that one of it's brethren had killed her own kin.

"Marik. Return."

The Gecko Pokémon saluted her as it was called back.

"Battle Dance again, Guardian."

The already slightly weakened Marshtomp returned to the battle field.

Upon seeing the mud fish Pokémon the crowd scrambled to find higher ground in remembrance of the previous muddy water attack.

"Start it off strong Guardian, Water Spout followed by Water Gun"

Water spout should give us more water to work with along with the muddy water still here not to mention help cool him down some more…

"Camerupt turn those attacks to steam with flame thrower!"

A massive jet of flames roared into the on coming water gun filling the cavern up with a dense cloud of fog. Alexza smiled, she could still make this work.

"Guardian you know what to do, Dig: combination Fire Style!"

The old man now held a puzzled look on his face as he waited for the Pokémon to reappear from under the earth… he smiled

"Camerupt use earthquake and trap the little mud bug!"

It was Alexza's turn to smile now as the earth shook. A massive quake rocked the cavern gently, as to not set off the volcano they were battling in, and tore up the earth around the area.

Suddenly water began to shoot up from the ground surrounding the Camerupt leaving it helplessly standing on a small island soaked and weakened.

The old man held a look of shock on his face as he saw how quickly the tide of battle was turned. Alexza used his moment of hesitation against him.

"Finish it off with Muddy Water!"

The massive wave filled with debris crashed into the Eruption Pokémon, knocking it out cold and into the wall next to its trainer.

Guardian leapt out of the small newly formed pool into Alexza's open arms as she caught the Marshtomp and swung him around happily.

"You were wonderful out there Guardian" she laughed quietly. The moment was interrupted by the slow clapping of the Elder.

"Well done young one, come with me." With that the odd elder walked out of the cave, Alexza followed him a few moments later.

The man walked through the Jagged Pass calmly and Alexza realized that he must be a local of Lavaridge as he seemed to be taking the odd path that led very little resistance. The trainers they passed bowed or waved respectfully to the old man making Alexza wonder once again exactly who this elder was.

Alexza looked up minutes later to find that she was standing infornt of the Lavaridge pokemon gym.

The man looked at Alexza with a smile. "My granddaughter runs the gym here. She's still rather new at being a gym leader though so I thought that I would bring her a worthwhile challenger. We don't get many of them you know!"

Alexza was in shock.

"You're Mr. Moore? The old gymleader of Lavaridge?!"

The elder smiled and patted Alexza on the head before nodding and walking off. Leaving the stunned girl standing in front of the large gym.

Alexza shook herself of her stupor moments later. She looked up at the gym with a glint in her eyes as she walked back up the road towards the Pokemon center.

Her team was going to need all the rest they could get.


Well, Alexza's in Lavaridge. While, yes I know the pokemon I listed are NOT the ones used by Mr. Moore in the series I didn't know that while I was writing it. I only figured that out after I realized I didn't know Flannery's last name… So I did some digging. Well, I hope the chapter is acceptable. See you all later!

-C.N.