Phase 2
Winter break had just begun, and naturally Coal and Niter gather when there is a day at the school referred to as "open gym day". The bleachers in the gym were not filled, though were densely packed with fellow students, everyone wanted to see this. Even some teachers were gathered to witness what the students could put together in this brief bout.
The only reason Coal and Niter could even do what they were about to was because they had special permission from the principal, who naturally charged for entry to the gymnasium. Across the 4 years worth of students, they all wanted to watch what the fuss was about Coal and Niter, whom have grown a reputation for being one of, if not the best students in the school at the time, at sophomores no less too.
In the tunnel between the locker room, Coal and Niter exchanged some "good luck"s and other words of encouragement for both of them. The two of them nodded to each other, and walked out the tunnel side-by-side, smiling wildly as the small crowd greeted them with polite applause. Both sets of parents of the two students also happened to be in attendance as well.
All this for a full sparring match? How crazy will these people go when one of us wins the pokemon league? Coal thought, joking with himself at the audience before him.
"It's time to get this battle started!" A voice boomed as Coal and Niter took opposite positions on the battlefield.
"This battle has been agreed to be a 3-on-3 match, which will end when either side runs out of usable Pokemon! Substitutions can be made at anytime. Alright everyone, battle begin!"
Without hesitation both trainers called on their first partner. Coal began with Pikachu, which got some awws from the audience as well as laughter. Pikachu looked at Coal, determination in his eyes, electricity pulsing from his red cheeks.
"Let's get 'em buddy. We got this in the bag." Coal told his Pikachu.
Niter called a light blue turtle pokemon, with a tail similar to a squirrel's. Squirtle was also seen as cute by the crowd, causing Squirtle to blush slightly out of embarrassment.
"It's ok Squirtle, they'll see that you're strong. Don't worry about the other people, let's focus." That seemed to snap Squirtle, as he squinted his eyes across to Pikachu and Coal.
Squirtle vs. Pikachu, the beginning of the first true bout between the two prodigies. The referee signalled for the battle to begin after the crowd had finished the applause.
"Water gun Squirtle!" Squirtle focused his aim on Pikachu as the spunky water type launched a jet of water at Pikachu.
"Jump Pikachu!" Coal called, swinging his arm up into the air. Pikachu leaped 10 feet up in the air, thus dodging the Water Gun attack with relative ease.
"Alright, use Rapid Spin!" Squirtle recalled his head, tail and limbs into his brown shell, and began to spin and shot towards like a bowling ball, Pikachu being the elusive 10 pin for the spare.
"Pikachu, Thundershock!" Coal panicked when calling out the command. He pinned himself and Pikachu in a rough spot out of the gate. Pikachu shot a burst of electricity at the spinning Squirtle, striking the water type, Coal gave a small fist pump. Squirtle, though damaged somewhat, kept spinning, connecting the attack against Pikachu, launching the mouse Pokemon into the side wall of the battlefield. Luckily, both attacks weakened the other out so Pikachu caught himself with his rear legs bouncing off the wall before it could have really hurt.
"Rapid Spin once more!" Niter called. Pressure's on now Coal, what can you do about Squirtle, he's too quick! Niter smiled as Squirtle began to spin once again towards a grounded Pikachu.
Still wanting to spin, eh? "Use Double Team Pikachu!" Good luck finding the right one.
Pikachu created 15 copies of himself, Squirtle shot into the first and it disappeared into smoke.
"Keep it going Squirtle! Smash 'em all!" He frustratingly shouted. Coal had already got on Niter's nerves with the irritating illusions. Squirtle kept smashing through copy after copy, though the more he smashed, the slower Squirtle became as a result. He's tired after only that? What's the deal, he has way more stamina that just that. Coal smiled, his plan had gone perfectly.
Squirtle popped out of his shell with a few copies, that dissipated after Squirtle stopped the attack. Squirtle stumbled forward, then back and in seemingly random directions, Squirtle lost control of his balance.
"Now Pikachu! Use Nuzzle!" Coal shouted as he punched the air. Pikachu ran up the jumped into Squirtle after rubbing his cheeks generating electricity. The attack connected perfectly, some smoke rose from Squirtle as he shook his head, then refocused. His focus was quickly dropped as he winced from the effects of Nuzzle. Squirtle was now paralyzed.
"Keep up the pressure! Quick Attack let's go!" Coal called out. Pikachu…. Stick through it, I know you're getting tired buddy, you can do this.
Pikachu smirked as he took off towards Squirtle once more, this time he was a lot quicker than before, and a white trail formed behind him.
"Pi-pi-pi-pi-pika!" Pikachu grunted until he collided with Squirtle, the speed helped his strength a lot too, as Squirtle, unable to respond, was launched onto his back. Squirtle attempted to struggle to his feet for a moment, but then grew limp, causing the small crowd to gasp.
"Squirtle is unable to battle! Pikachu is the winner!" The referee yelled. The audience began to both yell and show concern for Squirtle, as Niter recalled his spunky water type back into its pokeball.
"You did fantastic out there pal. Thanks a lot, we'll win this for ya." Niter softly spoke to the pokeball containing Squirtle.
"Pikachu, return for now." Coal waved over Pikachu rather than returning him to his pokeball. "You were awesome, rest up for now, I'll need your help later too, ok?"
Pikachu sat and thrust an arm into the air, then sat back, breathing heavily after the running he had just done.
"Alright, Chimchar, you're on!" A flash of light came from the pokeball, taking the shape of a small monkey with brown fur, and a small stump where a tail would be rested a little ball of fire.
"Chimchar!" The fire type yelled as he beat his chest to show his strength.
So he's going Chimchar this time, eh? "Flaaffy, its you're turn!"
The familiar sheep Pokemon charged its bulb in an effort to show off, impressing some members of the crowd as the bulb grew bright.
"Chimchar vs. Flaaffy. Battle begin!" The referee called.
We have to start out fast this time. Flaaffy should pull this off easily.
"Use Thunder-shock!" Flaaffy launched a bolt of electricity towards Chimchar, who was eager to dodge.
"Wait for it..." Chimchar contained himself for a moment as Coal called this out to him. "Use Dig!" Chimchar flew underground just soon enough to dodge the Thunder-shock.
"Use Iron Tail on the ground Flaaffy!" Responding quickly, Flaaffy jumped into the air. Its tail glowing a bright white as it landed on the ground tail-first. The shock of the attack caused a shout of pain from Chimchar to be heard as Chimchar flew out the ground and landed on its stomach.
"You ok Chimchar?" Coal asked in concern. Well, he's got a defense for that... great.
"Ok, Chimchar, use Flame Wheel!" Chimchar curled himself into a ball as the flame from its tail enveloped its entire body. Chimchar revved towards Flaaffy.
"Cotton Spore!" The wool on Flaaffy expanded rapidly and stopped Chimchar in its tracks, trapping the young fire type with the soft wool from all sides. Flaaffy jumped back and stood proud, awaiting its next order.
"Chimchar, use Scratch, cut it all up!" Chimchar struggled to find a balance and held out a hand, which had claws the grew and were glowing white as he slashed at the wool. Piece by piece the wool fell apart, though Niter had a different plan to combat this.
"Signal Beam Flaaffy!" Flaaffy put its hands behind it to its right, and a pink beam with a slight green tint was forming at the edge of it. Flaaffy placed its hands towards Chimchar and released the pent-up energy in a burst of pink light. The beam raced towards a now panicking Chimchar, eyes widened and flailing wildly in the wool trap. Signal beam struck, and the energy was enough to knock Chimchar out of the Cotton Spore, but did significant damage. The fire type was now covered with various scratches and burns from head to toe.
"C'mon Chimchar, you're ok buddy, you can do this!" Coal encouraged. The words were enough for a struggling Chimchar to find a new reserve of stamina, but when Chimchar opened its eyes, they were bloodshot. The flame on Chimchar also bloomed even larger than it was when he began the battle. Blaze had been activated.
"Use Thundershock! Hit 'em again!" Niter called, pulling his fists to his sides.
"Counter that with Ember!" Chimchar pulled its head back as did Flaaffy, Chimchar launched first, and the powerful blast of embers, now boosted thanks to Blaze tied with Thundershock. The collision of power created a small explosion closer to Flaaffy's side of the battlefield. Blaze clearly powered up Chimchar significantly, but Flaaffy outmatched it for this battle.
"Don't give them an inch! Use Iron Tail!" Flaaffy's tail began to glow as it launched upwards towards Chimchar with intent of striking the final blow.
"We can match that, use Scratch!" Chimchar's hands grew claws and slashed towards Flaaffy, who was airborne by the time Coal called for the attack. With both gravity and stamina on their side, Flaaffy and Niter powered through the attempt to be outmuscled, launching Chimchar back into the ground. The dust cleared, and Chimchar's flame was now much dimmer as it lie still and unconscious. Pikachu, still standing next to Coal tensed up with anger, generating electricity at the defeat of its comrade.
"Chimchar is unable to battle! Flaaffy is the winner!" Coal sighed, but quickly shifted a sad frown to a concerned smile as Chimchar attempted to stand on its own again, Coal rushed out to catch Chimchar as it fell back over onto Coal's arm.
"Don't worry about a thing pal, just get a good rest, we'll get better together, ok?" Coal spoke tenderly.
"Chimchar." Chimchar did its best to sound enthusiastic, being as exhausted as he was. Coal recalled Chimchar into his pokeball, and clipped it back to his belt. He felt a tugging on his pant-leg and looked down at an angry Pikachu.
"Not yet pal, I know you want a shot at Flaaffy, but you already won your battle, I'm going to see what I can do in the meantime while you rest up some more. If all goes well, you should be in top form by the time I put you back in. Relax for now pal." Coal explained, bending down to talk face-to-face with the electric mouse.
"Besides, I have a plan for this anyway." He shot up and stared down Niter, a smile forming on his face. "All this time fighting only against each other has our strategies exploited almost every time, doesn't it?"
"Why bother asking that now? We can talk once this is over, remember?" Niter sassily replied.
"I guess so." Coal calmly replied, grabbing his pokeball to send out the next one, Pikachu looking up intensely. Coal gave the command and released a flash of light that formed into a small, caterpillar esque creature that had a leaf around it to its head much like clothes on a person.
Phase 2 End
Author's Note: The battle's starting to get pretty heated, eh? Hopefully all of the people reading this has enjoyed the work so far. I have high hopes for this world I'm still building as I go. No worries, continuity shouldn't be a problem. Just more details are expanded upon as we go.
Let me know what I'd need to do in order to improve, I'd appreciate it. Thanks a lot.