Chapter 4: My Can has Been Kicked
"Good morning," Cylin greeted as Cheren and I entered the restaurant gym. "I assume your Pokémon are finally ready for a battle?"
Silver's burn took a few days to heal, but he was ready to fight despite that. Nurse Joy and I didn't want to risk it though. Burns had a nasty habit of hurting Pokémon more then they should in battles. Now, he was all ready and itching for a fight.
"Yeah," I said realizing that I was actually pretty nervous. "He's ready."
"Are you," Cheren asked incredulously.
"Nervous are we," Chili chimed in with a stupidly huge grin on his face. Seriously, how could someone have a giant grin that I could see from a distance and not have their jaw fall off?
"Now now," Cress scoffed at his red haired brother. "You know very well how nerve-wracking a trainer's first gym battle can be. Still… I would be a lier if I didn't say that a trainer should be one with their Pokémon in order to acquire victory over a gym."
Cress's statement made sense to me. If someone was under the command of someone who was hesitant, then disaster was bound to occur. If the commander was confident and sure of themselves, as well as clear-headed, the chances of success were greatly increased. The same can be said about whoever is under the commander's command. If they are not confident, or are unsure of themselves, it becomes difficult for the commander to issue orders efficiently. In my case, I was the commander and Silver was my confident little fighter. He would have no problem following orders in battle, but would I be able to give out the right ones?
"Perhaps," Cylin thought out loud, cutting into my thoughts. "A nice continental breakfast will lighten the mood!"
At that statement, my thoughts shifted to the fact I had slept in that morning and Cheren didn't let me have any breakfast before zooming to the gym, ya know, Sonic style. My stomach growled at the thought of a continental breakfast. I loved scrambled eggs, bacon, and all that good stuff.
"You've got to be kidding me," Cheren chimed in in his usual annoyed tone. "I came here for a battle, not to hang around a restaurant all day!"
"You're friend's stomach says otherwise," Chili laughed. "Did you, by any chance eat before you came?"
"He did," I said. "I ended up sleeping in and dragged out the door when I woke up." I gave Cheren a death glare as I finished my sentence.
I dove into the mountain of eggs that Cylin had placed in front of me. They were delicious, to say the least! The eggs were scrambled, but they were nice and creamy but far from completely raw. Cylin was truly a master chef who put his heart into his cooking.
Chili placed some bacon on the table, witch I decided to sample. It smelled great and it was fried to crunchy perfection. It took some effort to keep my mouth from watering while eating it.
Cress brought in the rest of the breakfast: toast, sausage, and an entire buffet of food that was able to feed everyone, including people who just happened to stroll in for a bite to eat.
"This is fantastic," I exclaimed as I swallowed a mini mountain of eggs. "Reminds me of Mom's cooking!"
"We're supposed to be having gym battles," Cheren said with his usual annoyed tone. "You had your chance for food this morning and you missed it."
"Shut up and eat," I ordered in Portuguese, witch meant he didn't understand me.
I smirked as Cheren questioned my order. What did you expect me to do? He dragged me out of the dam Pokemon Center WITHOUT letting me have any food. Now, I was eating, and he was being an ass AND not indulging in the awesomeness that was Breakfast. So, I thought I'd introduce a bit of Portuguese to piss him off, witch worked by the way.
"I said, shut up and eat," I clarified in English. "God, Cheren, quit being such a spaz."
"Hehe, spaz," Chili laughed as he came out of the kitchen with moist lemon cloths. "That's a good one! Come on, kid, quit being such a spaz!"
"Watch it hot shot," Cheren snarled.
"Lucas, let's go!"
"Burn 'em up, Scorch!"
The battle between Cheren and Chili had begone as the two threw their pokeballs onto the battlefield that could be seen by looking down from the restaurant tables.
"Lucas, Vine Whip!"
"Scorch," Chili commanded confidently. "Inferno!"
The Panseir, obviously named Scorch, spewed a stream of flame that went blazing toward Lucas. The fire started to spread, or at least, it looked like it was spreading, and it caught hold of the vines that the grass snake was sending towards it's target.
Lucas visibly winced in pain as the flame quickly created up the vines, but he didn't lose focus despite that.
"Bale out," Cheren shouted. "Cut the line and jump out of the way!"
I didn't see exactly what happened, but the vines fell of Lucas and he catapulted himself into the air just as the fire hit where he was just standing.
"Absorb his energy," Cheren shouted.
"Scorch, Scratch him down!"
The fire monkey leapt into the air without hesitation as he delivered a well aimed Scratch to Lucas's face. As a result, Lucas lost his already slipping momentum and fell to the ground.
"Nice try," Cheren said. "But Lucas and I aren't done! We'll take you down, Chili!"
"Says the one with the grass type," Chili responded in his usual cocky tone. "You're done! Scorch, use Inferno while he's down!"
"Lucas, Leif Tornado! Try to redirect the flames!"
Scorch and Lucas unleashed their attacks simultaneously. The flames shot out and a swirl of leaves filled up half the arena. The flames crashed into the tornado and began swirling with the wind. It was frightening to see, and it actually hurt my eyes.
I couldn't see what happened next because I had to look away, but I herd the fire and a squeal of pain that signaled that someone had broken free of the fire tornado.
I turned back to the arena to see that Lucas and Scorch were both weakened by the events of the battle. I couldn't tell how badly either of them were hurt, but something told me that the fight would be over soon.
"Lucas," Cheren cried, slightly panicked. "Stay strong and use absorb!"
As if on cue, the Snivy began to glow a faint green before launching something at Scorch. Honestly, I have no idea what Lucas fired, but it was obviously essential for the attack. Speaking of witch, the attack connected before the Panseir could react. Apparently it was a fast flying object…
"Scorch," Chili called, a slight fear in his voice. "Finnish him off with Inferno before he recovers!"
Obviously sensing the urgency of the situation, Scorch didn't hesitate to launch his attack. Lucas attempted to dodge without Cheren's say so, but it connected without a hitch. I could almost feel the pain as Lucas was consumed by the fire.
Needless to say, Lucas was down and out when the flames cleared up and Cheren returned him to his pokeball and sent out Hawlkly, all without saying a single word.
"Wing attack," Cheren said finally. "Finnish him off."
The Pidove flew forward as Chili had Scorch initiate another Inferno attack. Fortunately, the bird was too fast for the monkey's attack, so he wasn't hit. Unfortunately for Scorch, he was hit head on by Hawlkly's wing, witch knocked him down. For a tiny bird, he had some strong ass wings!
In obvious pain, Scorch retaliated by scratching madly at the bird. Unfortunately, Hawlkly flew away from the fire monkey and came around for another attack.
"Hawlkly, finnish him with Arial Ace!"
The attack came strong and fast. In fact, it was too fast! I couldn't see squat, you know, other then and unconscious monkey lying on the ground.
"Well, well," Chili said as he and Cheren met up with the rest of us. "Looks like I'm pushing up daisies."
"Metaphorically, that is," Cress added. "And quite frankly, that phrase doesn't apply, unless you've become a slave to a Cofagrigous."
"Whatever," Chilli replied. "The point is, my can has been kicked, so I've got a badge to give up."
I stood in the arena, across from Cylin, as Cheren had done with Chili. I was still nervous, especially after seeing how Chili had used typing to his advantage to take out Lucas. Then again, Silver was a competent fighter. He could hold his own against Lucas, after all. Maybe I would be ok. Yeah, I was going to be fine! There was more to a battle then typing anyway. I just had to do a bit of thinking, that's all.
"Are you perhaps still a bit nervous," Cylin asked from the other side of the arena. "Please, don't be. I am simply a trainer who will give you a badge if you win. It's just a regular battle other than that."
"Silver and I put this battle off long enough," I said, trying to sound confident. "Now, we're gonna win."
I threw Silver's pokeball and Cylin threw his. Our Pokémon both came out in a flash, revealing the blue and white otter, and the green monkey, otherwise known as Pansage.
"All right," Cylin said, starting off the fight. "Leaf, my wonderful Pansage, please start off with Razor Leaf."
AN:
TV Announcer Dude: So, Chili's can was kicked, Karina had a nice breakfast, and her gym battle has officially started. Will Karina pull through despite having only a water type? Will Cylin end up kicking her ass? Tune in to the next exciting episode…
Me: Yo! This is a FANFIC, not a TV show!
TV Announcer Dude: Oh, Uh, hi CBP… I was just…
Me: Steeling the spotlight?
TV Announcer Dude: Well, no… I just thought I'd provide an epic ending to this chapter.
Me: By making it sound like the anime with the word 'ass' in it?
TV Announcer Dude: Well… Yeah… *walks away, ashamed of himself*
Me: M'k… That was… quite something. Anyway, I've got some stuff to clear up. First, although no one has said anything about it, Pokemon speech is English when N is around. This doesn't affect Karina in any way, it's just a way to show that N really can talk to Pokémon. So, N will react to the things Pokemon say, but no one ells will.
Also, I'm aware that my fight scenes are horrible. Also, the fact that I put a fight in every chapter was purely coincidental. Obviously, You'll be reading another one in the next chapter, seeing as it's a gym battle and it will move the plot along a little. Let's face it… Cheren and Karina won't leave Striation without the badge…
So, anyway, go ahead and leave a review. As long as you don't complain about my infrequent updates! I've got Co-op, and tuns of school stuff to take care of. Plus, I'm THE editor of the school year book this year. I don't even get a co-editor!
So, yeah. I'm pretty busy. That's basically why I haven't posted this chapter until now. But now, exams are over for now, and I've literally just started my second co-op placement in music therapy. That means I won't have a prep period to write anymore. I'm going to work around it though!
Also, I have a few chapters written already. If things go well, you'll get two more by the end of this week, if not, next weekend. I'm doing this because I'm celebrating my acceptance into College. I'm so freaking excited!
Anyway, like I said, review. Oh, and if one of you can give me pointers on how to improve fight scenes, that'd be beyond awesome, and you'll get props for like, ever!