"Welcome challenger! I'm surprised you're battling me this late in the night!" Viola called out as I crawled onto the platform.
I was now beginning to regret my decision to not rest at the pokemon center until the next day. The trainers that had kept me from reaching the gym leader immediately may have been helpful for having levelled up my pokemon…but it was exhausting!
Viola starred down at me as I tried to regain my breath. Suddenly she swept a camera out of her backpack and with a flash took a picture of me.
"DON'T DO THAT!" I yelled as I jumped onto my feet. Hopefully she wouldn't hang her pictures up for other challengers to see…the look on my face would be embarrassing…and I wouldn't want Marina to see it.
"That's too bad!" Viola laughed "Would you mind if I took pictures during out battle? You seem to be an interesting opponent."
Shaking my head I grabbed Geneva's pokeball. "Yes I would mind actually! Your flashes would distract my pokemon and if anything happened I would blame you for being a cheater!"
The gym leader gave me a pouty face before grinning right afterwards. "Really…that's disappointing…but don't worry. I'm not a cheater."
Viola reached into her bag to thankfully put her camera away, except when she pulled her hand out she was holding two pokeballs. Understanding the message I unleashed Geneva for battle.
"Alright! Took you that long! This is Viola? Right? Well what are you two waiting for? Let's get started!" My fennekin barked as she scrutinized the gym leader, a large smile on her face, waiting for Viola to send out her first pokemon.
"Geneva! Use ember!" I ordered as soon as the unknown pokemon took appearance. My partner surged forward and let out a powerful burst of flames. I watched as Viola's pokemon, a surskit was engulfed by the attack, only to emerge unharmed.
"Poor soul!" Viola laughed "This pokemon is half water type! Your fennekin is no match for it!"
I let out an exasperated sigh as the gym leader ordered her surskit to unleash a series of bubble attacks on Geneva, reducing her health to really low. Aware of what I was doing, and the fact Geneva would never forgive me for this. Without warning I called my pokemon back before she could act any further and sent Loiret out instead.
The pikachu starred at me in surprise. She'd been sleeping most of the challenge and now she was sent into her first battle, against a gym leader.
"That pokemon is half water type!" I informed her "Use thunder shock!"
Loiret grinned and turned to face her opponent, unleashing a strong burst of lightning. She took care of Viola's surskit in a matter of seconds, as if it were no big deal. The gym leader grimaced as she called her surskit back, sending out a Vivillon instead.
Deciding that Geneva didn't have enough health to challenge this pokemon yet I sent Colombes out instead to stall Viola's pokemon while I healed my fennekin…that was my first big mistake…and it was nearly a fatal one…
Colombes waited patiently as I took care of healing Geneva. The only problem was that Vivillon seemed to have other things in store for us and intended on not challenging a fennekin.
My pidgey let out a startled cry as the vivillon summoned a horde of what seemed thousands of little insects rose from the ground and began crawling towards her, climbing up to latch onto her feathers, sapping her strength. Gulping in horror I called out to my pokemon "Colombe! Retreat!" extending my hand as I held out the pokeball to summon her back.
Suddenly a jet of insects came flying through the air, landing on my hand. I let out a yell of horror as I felt a pain as the insects bit down on my fingers, keeping me from bringing my pidgey back.
I gasped as I dropped the pokeball, pain immediately disappearing. Under Colombes' questioning look I put the capsule back.
"Change of plans!" I announced "Use gust instead!"
What took place afterwards was a race against death…literally!
As Colombes constantly kept tried to support the pain of the insects sapping her force and Vivillon's attack she counterattack by repeatedly using the same attack…I know, not a really good strategy, but hey! I was desperate!
In the end I was confronted by a choice. Risking Colombes' life and praying she was fast enough to attack first and hopefully finishing the Vivillon off, or healing her and risking that Viola decided that the next turn she'd do the same.
In the end I choose to bid on speed and risk it. My pidgey only had 1 hp left, but I still ordered her to attack instead of healing…I sincerely hope that once Vivillon is killed those insects would stop attacking…or I don't think I will ever forgive myself…