Chapter 4: A Call and The First Gym
"See you guys later!" Bianca shouted, waving her hand as she disappeared into the tall grasses of Route 2.
Cheren left right after I had crashed onto the Pokémon Center's sofa and Allison had left a while before Bianca did.
(What now?) Leafy asked from the comfort of my head.
"Now we continue-"
RING RING RING
"Ah."
CLICK
"Hello, mom."
"Hi! So, mind telling your father and me your starter pokémon?" My mom said, waving with my dad in the background.
"Um... I picked-" Before I could answer, Sam hand leaped up onto my shoulder and started shouting, (Oooh! Who is it? Who is it?)
"Aw~! A lillipup! He's so cute!" My mom cooed, "Oh, what did it say?"
"He said, 'who is it?'," I said, translating for her.
"Hi Lillipup, I'm Kenny's mother!"
(Oh! Hi mum! Do you mind if I call you that?) Sam yapped.
"He asked if he could call you mum."
"Of course you can! Oh, if you ever decide to visit, make sure to bring him!"
"Mom, by the time I visit, he'll probably be a Herdier or even a Stoutland..."
"Aw, that's too bad... oh! In that case, we'll visit you tomorrow, just tell us where you're headed towards!" My mom said.
"We can't do that, both you and I have work tomorrow," The gruff voice of my dad said, he was never a socializing person.
"Oh come on! What's taking a day off or two gonna do?" My mom argued, turning away from the screen.
"A lot."
"You're such a kill-joy!"
"Hn."
"Sorry! Mommy can't visit you tomorrow, I have work," She said, turning back to us.
'Thank Arceus!' I cried happily in my head.
(Aw...) Sam pouted.
"Don't worry little buddy, we'll try to visit as soon as possible!" At this Sam lit up again, looking happily at the screen.
"Oh yeah! Panpour! Tranquil! Sawk! Come over, Kenny called!"
"You were the one who called, mom..."
(Oh my god~! It's Kenny! You've grown so much!) Panpour squelled, still holding a ladle in on hand.
"I haven't even been gone for a week yet..."
(So! Did you catch a pidove yet?) Tranquil asked.
"Ah, no, I haven't encountered any pidove."
(Hm, that's too bad... I never liked your cousin's pidove, she's a bit too... eccentric I guess...)
"That I can attest to..."
(You been training?) This time Sawk asked.
"Yes, I have..."
(I'm stronger than I'd be by myself!) Sam yipped happily jumping up and down, accidentally hitting Leafy's tail.
(Why you! I was putting up with your constant, annoying yapping and now you had to hit my tail!?)
(Shut up girly!)
(I am not girly!) And with that, the two began brawling again.
"Kenny... you picked... a snivy?" My mom asked in disbelief.
"Urm... yeah..."
"How could you!" My mom cried.
(What do you mean, 'how could you?'!?) Leafy yelled, grabbing my X-Transceiver and shaking it.
"Oshawott is much cuter!" My mom finished, acting like Leafy hadn't just yelled at her.
(That's cause he's a coward!) Leafy yelled again.
"Even tepig would be okay!"
(Damn you, you bastard!) Leafy swore.
"That Snivy of yours if very foul-mouthed," The gruff voice of my father said.
"Ah, yes he is..."
"Wait, you mean he was swearing at me the whole time?" My mom asked, shocked.
"Pretty much," My dad and I said at the exact same time.
"What? You're a very naughty pokémon!" My mom scolded Leafy, who just clicked his tongue and said, (I don't give a shit!)
"What did he say?"
"He... said 'I don't give a shit'," I heard gasping from my mom, then, "Kenny, you should discipline your pokémon more!"
"Okay, mom... I... kinda have to get to Striaton City by nightfall or else Cheren and Allison are gonna be at my throat."
"M'kay! See you later!" My mom said, waving goodbye, "Oh, and make sure to call whenever we're not at work and-"
"Okay mom, okay!"
"Okay then, bye!"
CLICK
(That woman! I'm going to kill her!) Leafy yelled, punching a tree, which caused several sewaddle to fall down and attack him. He was saved by none other than Sam.
"Let's go, before Cheren and Allison have my throat..."
(You seem tired,) Sam said, using Tackle on a purrloin that got a little too close.
"That damn N, next time I see him I'm gonna rob him of his money..."
(Someone's angry~) Leafy taunted.
"Weren't you also angry?"
(That's different!)
"Oh yeah? How so?"
(Because-)
"Seriously, I go away for one hour and this is what happens?"
"Oh hey, Alli!" I greeted, going up to Allison who just appeared from behind a tree, "Why're you here?"
"To check up on you three-"
"Aw, so you do care~!"
"-to make sure you don't kill yourselves prematurely."
"Oh."
(Lol.)
"That includes you, Leafy!"
(Oi! Don't call me that!) Then, Leafy and Allison got into a heated staring contest, that scared away all the potential money machines-I mean trainers.
"Can we please get going!" I shouted, snapping the two out of their staring contest, "I want to get to Striaton before sundown!"
-Pokémon Black-
We certainly got to Striaton before sundown, although not necessarily nicely.
"I'm going to go shower," Allison said, dragging her feet to the PokéCenter.
"... let's go, guys, I wanna buy some items at the Mart!" I said, beginning my short trek to the PokéMart.
It turns out that the Mart was out of stocks.
"Nothing is ever in my favor, is it?"
"Hey, Keeen!"
"Bianca?"
"Yup!" She said, panting, "You're fast! Anyways, I want to see how much I've improved! Let's have a battle!"
"Sure, Sam, you're up again!"
(Time for battle!)
"Go, Lillipup!" Bianca said, pulling a pokéball out of her purse/bag and throwing it.
(Who is it this time?) The lillipup yawned, (Ugh, another weakling~! Hmph!)
"Oh, I've always wondered what Lillipup was saying! Ken, can you tell me?" Bianca asked, giving me a puppy-face.
(What are you trying to suggest, my dear trainer? That a human can understand pokémon? Preposterous!) The Lillipup said, head raised.
(Hey! My trainer definitely can and he's also a great trainer!) Sam defended.
(Eeehhh...) Leafy said, making a face and turning the other way.
"Thanks a lot, Leafy..." I said, rolling my eyes, "Your lillipup first said, 'who is it this time?' and then, 'ugh, another weakling.' after that, she said, 'what are you suggesting? A human understanding pokémon? Preposterous.'."
"Oooh! Thanks a lot! And Lillipup, Kenny really can understand pokémon! I don't know how though..."
"Neither do I, you'd have to ask my dad."
(What!? Begone you fiend!) The Lillipup barked at me.
"Bianca, can we just battle?"
"No problem, Lillipup! Tackle!"
"Sam, dodge, then Bite!" Lillipup sighed, then ran at Sam, who jumped over her and tackled her from behind, sending her rolling.
"Sam, I said Bite..."
(I can't bite someone's behind, that's gross!)
"Ah! Lillipup! Tackle again!" Getting up, Lillipup growled before pouncing onto Sam, who rolled onto his back and the two started scratching at each other.
"This has got to be the most embarrassing battle ever..."
"I... um, Lillipup! Leer!" At this, the Lillipup scoffed and tackled Sam, causing him to do a backward head roll.
"Sam! Bite! And listen to me this time!" Barring his fangs, Sam bit the Lillipup's back and shook her violently.
"S-Sam! Down! Down! Put her down!"
(Oosw, orri,) Sam said, dropping the Lillipup, who slumped to the ground, foam coming from her mouth.
"Ah... Lillipup! R-return!" A second later, Lillipup was back inside her Pokéball.
"Ah... sorry about your Lillipup Bianca..."
"I- it's fine, she'll be alright once we get to the PokéCenter," Bianca said, pulling out another pokéball, "Go, Oshawott!"
(Let's go! I shall avenge my fallen teammate, even if she was really annoying! And mean! And unintelligent! And weird!)
"Alrighty then... Leafy."
(I'm ready for some ass-whooping!)
(Bring it on, snakey!)
"Oshawott, Tackle!"
"Leafy, block with your Vine Whip, then strike back!"
Oshawott readied himself, then sprinted forward, only to be knocked back by Leafy's Vine Whip, which continued it's assault, leaving Oshawott covered in bruises and looked ready to faint.
"O- Oshawott! Water Gun! Then Tackle!" Oshawott nodded, then blasted a torrent of water at Leafy, who was unprepared for such a strong attack and was swept back a meter or two, then got hit by Oshawott's Tackle attack.
"Crap, Oshawott's Torrent ability was activated," I mumbled to myself, "Leafy! Avoid Oshawott's water attacks!"
Oshawott breathed in, then let out another Water Gun, which Leafy fortunately dodged.
"Leafy! Vine Whip!"
"Keep up the Water Gun!" Leafy sent his vines towards Oshawott, only for them to get knocked back by two strong Water Guns.
"Leafy! Get closer!"
"Don't let him!" Running at Oshawott, Leafy dodged the Water Gun that was headed towards him, only to get hit by another Water Gun, sending him flying into a bush.
"Leafy!"
(I'm fine!) Leafy shouted, swatting away a stick that was on his head.
"Oshawott! Water Gun!"
"Leafy! Block it!"
Oshawott sent yet another Water Gun at Leafy, who was able to block it this time, and Leafy then slammed his vines down onto Oshawott, ending the battle.
"W- wow! You're Pokémon are really strong!" Bianca said once she had returned her oshawott.
"Well, your oshawott did almost knock out Leafy, so you're pretty strong too!"
(What!? I was not almost defeated by a sea otter of all things!)
"He said that I'm right, it was his Overgrow ability that saved him in the end."
"Oh, I see! Well, I'm going to the PokéCenter, I'll see you!" Bianca said, running towards the Pokémon Center, waving back.
(You lied.)
"She needs encouragement, and besides, you really would've fainted had it not been for your ability!"
(Oh shut up!)
"Now, I believe that we should head towards the Pokémon Center to get you two healed up!" I said, ignoring Leafy's latest 'comeback'.
-Pokémon Black-
Once I arrived at the PokéCenter, Bianca's pokémon were already healed and Bianca herself was talking to Allison. After I gave my pokémon to Nurse Joy, I made my way over to them.
"Where's Cheren?"
"Are you asking where he is just so you can go bother him?" Allison deadpanned.
"Yes-I mean no."
"I heard that."
"Heard what?"
"Ugh, you're unbelievable, Cheren's in the Trainer School."
"Kay, thanks," I said, heading to the counter to pick up my Pokémon and then I headed towards the Trainer School.
"Um... this is the Trainer School right?" I asked, quietly opening the door.
"Yes, it is! Are you a new student?" A teacher said.
"Um, no, I'm a trainer, I'm looking-"
"A trainer!? Please come this way!" The teacher said, dragging me toward one of the classrooms, "Class! This young man will be joining us today!"
"Yaaay!" The class cheered.
"Mister, are you a trainer?" One student asked.
"Can you show us your pokémon?" Another asked.
"Calm down class, um..."
"Ken."
"Oh, class, Mister Ken here is a trainer." The teacher introduced me, she then turned to me, "Would you mind showing my class your pokémon?"
"Oh, um, sure," I said, letting Leafy and Sam out.
(Augh! I shall not lower myself to entertaining children!) Leafy spat out, quickly climbing onto my head.
Sam, however, fitted right in.
"Wow, he's so fluffy!"
"Cutie!"
(B-but I'm a guy...)
"Hey mister, what's his name?"
"His name is Sam," I told the girl.
"Hi, Sam!"
"I was wondering what all this noise was." I turned to the doorway and leaning on it was none other than Cheren himself.
"Why hello, Mr. I-like-to-disppear," I greeted.
"Why are you here?"
"Looking for you."
"Perfect."
"Eh?"
"I challenge you to a battle," Cheren said, "If I can defeat you, then I am ready for the Striaton Gym!"
"A battle!" A girl perked up.
"Can we watch?" Another asked, practically begging her teacher.
"I wanna, I wanna!" More of them started chanting.
(And this is why I utterly hate children...) Leafy groaned, covering his ears.
The teacher turned to both of us, "Would you two mind if the students watched your battle? It would be a good learning experience for them!"
"I don't mind," Cheren replied.
"Why not?" I said.
The teacher thanked us, then led all of us to an empty field, Cheren and I walked to opposite ends of the field while the class sat on the bleachers in anticipation.
"Tepig, you're up!" Cheren shouted, releasing Tepig.
(You're gonna pay for last time!) Tepig snorted, stomping his feet.
"We'll see about that, Sam!"
(This is my first time battling with an audience!) Sam yapped.
"Sam! Leer, then Tackle!"
Sam looked at Tepig intimidatingly, then sprinted towards him, hitting Tepig dead on.
"Tepig! Ember attack!" Tepig got up, then shot a flaming fireball at Sam, who wasn't prepared and got sent flying with his face burnt.
"Sam! Are you alright!?" I asked, turning around.
(I- I'm fine!) Sam barked back, standing back up and looking at Tepig.
"Tepig! Finish him off with another Ember attack!"
"Sam, dodge, then Bite!"
Tepig growled, then shot another fireball at Sam, who was able to dodge this time. Running towards Tepig, Sam was able to bite Tepig's nose, causing Tepig to squeal in pain.
"Tepig! Shake him off!" Swinging his head from side to side, Tepig was finally able to break free of Sam's grip after the third swing.
"Sam, Tackle!" Landing upright, Sam rammed into Tepig, sending him to Cheren's feet, fainted.
"Merry early Christmas!" I said.
"You're annoying," Cheren said, returning Tepig as I returned Sam. He then sent out a purrloin while Leafy jumped down from my head.
"That was a bad idea Cheren, purrloin are my sworn enemy!" I shouted, pointing at the purrloin at Cheren's feet, who gave me a cute look.
"Why? Oh, that. Whatever, Purrloin, Assist!" Clapping his hands, Purrloin sent a fireball at Leafy, who dodged.
"Ember!? But purrloin can't learn Ember!" I shouted.
"Assist allows for the user to use any moves that its allies can use!" The teacher explained.
"This is going to be a pain..." I grumbled, "Leafy! Tackle!"
Glaring at Purrloin, Leafy sprinted towards it, landing a direct hit on Purrloin.
"Now Vine Whip!"
"Assist!"
Vines shot out of Leafy and headed towards Purrloin, who used Tepig's Tackle attack this time and got caught in the vines.
"Purrloin! Break out with Scratch!"
"Slam him on the ground!"
Claws enlarging, Purrloin slashed away the vines holding him, only to get slammed to the ground by another vine.
"Return, Purrloin," Cheren said, returning his purrloin, "Looks like I still have to train some more."
"Right, I'm thinking of challenging the Gym tomorrow, what about you?" I asked, Leafy on my head once again.
"I'll spend the day training, then challenge the Gym the next day."
After we said goodbye to the class, we headed back towards the Pokémon Center to get our pokémon healed and to rent out a room for the night.
-Pokémon Black-
"Ah~!" I yawned, stretching. I was on Route 2, training for the Gym battle with one of the Striaton brothers this evening.
"Leafy! Faster, you need to be able to dodge the attacks!" I shouted, cupping my hands in front of my mouth, "And Sam! Harder, you need to be able to effectively damage your opponents!"
(You do some training too, you ungrateful bastard!) Leafy shouted back, causing him to be hit by Sam's Bite attack, (Ow! Really!?)
(You're supposed to look at your opponent while battling!) Sam barked, tackling Leafy.
(You asshole!) Leafy screamed, unleashing his full fury upon poor, poor Sam.
"Ah... we still have a long ways to go..." I sighed.
"Then why not train with me?" I whipped my head around, just in time to see a random trainer let out his pidove, "Care for a battle?"
I smirked, battling trainers always gave more experience than battling each other, or with wild pokemon, "Leafy! Let's go!"
(Alright, alright!) Leafy shouted back, leaping in front of me.
"Pidove! Gust attack, full power!" The pidove nodded as she flew up high into the sky, then dived down and sent an enormous gust at Leafy, sending him flying into a tree.
"Leafy! Tch! Tackle, then Wrap!" Jumping out from the tree, Leafy used his vines to propel himself toward the pidove, knocking her down.
Once Leafy landed, he then sprinted toward the still recovering pidove and wrapped his body around her, constricting.
"Pidove! Try and break free!" The trainer shouted desperately, but to no avail as Leafy uncoiled himself and left a fainted pidove on the ground.
Returning his Pokémon, the trainer went up to me, "Haha! That was a nice battle! Oh, the time! My battle with the Striaton Gym is in 10 minutes!"
"Well, good luck then!" I said, waving to the trainer as he retreated back to the city.
"Kenny! Kenny!"
"Huh? B- Bianca!? What are you doing here!?" I asked.
"T-the Gym!" Bianca panted out, shoving a paper in my face.
Taking it, I read aloud the contents of the paper, my face growing paler every second.
Welcome, trainers who wish to challenge the Striaton Trio! Please read the bottom before barging in~!
We would sincerely appreciate it if you scheduled your gym battle with us beforehand! Just talk to the lady in the front of the gym and she'll schedule your gym battle. Just notify her before 24 hours of your intended time of battle! We do not accept battle requests in-person or last-minute requests!
Thank you~!
"Th-this..." I stammered out, "NOOO!"
(Well...) Leafy sighed, (This is... unfortunate...)
(Aw...) Sam pouted.
"I have to challenge them tomorrow... don't I?"
"Well... you can go check if they have any open spots..." Bianca suggested.
"Alright! I'll go right away!" I shouted, immediately running toward the Striaton Gym.
Once I reached the door, I slammed it open and shouted, "I request a gym battle please!"
All I got was the attention of many, many pissed off customers.
"Um... s- sorry..." I apologized.
"You do know that we don't accept last minute requests, right?" A gym leader, I recognized as Chili sighed, looking at me as if I was crazy.
"I-I'm sorry but I completely forgot!" I apologized again, "D-do you guys have any free spots open?"
"Look, kid, I like your enthusiasm but we can't just let you challenge us unannounced!" Chili lectured.
"I-I know but..."
"Look, as much as I'd love to let you challenge us, what do you think the other trainers we turned away would feel if we suddenly allowed some random trainer to just challenge us last minute?"
"Now, now Chili," Another member of the gym said, coming up behind Chili, "I think this kid has a lot of potential!"
"And why exactly do you say that?" Chili grumbled, turning around to face his brother, Cilan.
"Hahaha! I think you'll understand if you battle him!" Cilan answered, "After all, I saw him battling at the trainer school last night and the battle was one of the best I've seen in ages!"
"Hm... alright, fine! Just this once, okay!?" Chili sighed, turning to me, "Seeing as Cilan said that I, specifically, should battle you, you chose snivy, did you not?"
"Um... yes" I answered, raising an eyebrow.
"Alright then, let's get started, follow me," Chili said, avoiding the question and walking toward the back of the restaurant.
Following him, I soon found myself in front of an enormous battlefield with overlooking balconies, each with a fancy spectating seat, some of them were filled.
"Ahem, challenger, your name?" The referee asked.
"M-me? M-my name is Kenny, Ken for short," I answered, walking to my part of the field.
"Very well," The referee nodded, after saying the rules and guidelines of a gym battle, he then raised both flags and shouted, "May both trainers release their first Pokémon!"
"Alright, let's go, Lillipup!" Chili shouted, throwing a pokéball into the air, an eager-looking lillipup jumping out.
"Hm, Leafy, you're up!" I said, throwing Leafy's ball.
(Alright! This'll be a piece of cake!) Leafy grinned.
(Hmph! How naïve of you!) The lillipup grunted, pawing the ground.
"Battle... START!" The referee shouted, lowering both flags down.
"Leafy! Growth!" I shouted, calling Leafy to use his newly learned move.
Spreading his body out, Leafy began absorbing the sunlight that poured in through the windows at the ceiling.
Lillipup, however, was not idle either, while Leafy managed to pull off 1 Growth, the opposing lillipup managed to pull off 2 Work Ups.
"Lillipup! Tackle!" Chili ordered, causing the Lillipup to speed off, luckily, Work Up didn't seem to increase the user's speed as Leafy was able to easily dodge the incoming attack.
"Tch, Leafy! We're going to have to make due with only 1 Growth, now hit it with a Vine Whip!"
Nodding, Leafy extended both whips as he brought then down upon Lillipup, causing a large amount of dust to be lifted, covering the arena.
"Leafy!?" I cried, shielding my eyes and coughing, however, suddenly something flew past me, slamming into the wall behind.
Looking back I saw that it was Leafy, luckily he was still able to stand up.
(Tch! That was just a lucky hit...) Leafy panted, having taken a considerate amount of damage.
"Hmph, hey Cilan, you sure that this kid's that good?" Chili snorted, looking up at his 2 brothers, Cilan and Cress.
"Of course, you just need to be patient!" Cilan smiled.
"Brother, you know Chili is not the type to be patient," Cress sighed, shaking his head.
"Hm?" Turning away from the trio, I noticed something emitting from Leafy, it was a faint, green light.
'Aha! My savior has come!' I thought as I turned back to the battlefield to see Chili's lillipup barking at his trainer.
(Come on! We have a battle to finish!) Lillipup barked.
"Ah, like trainer, like pokémon..." I sighed, motioning Leafy, "Vine Whip!"
Suddenly, Leafy sprang forward, much faster than before and managed to whip Lillipup 4 times before sending him flying into the wall.
"Lillipup! Tch! Dirty player!" Chili raged, stomping his feet.
"It was your fault for looking away from the battle," Cilan sighed.
"Lillipup!" Chili shouted into the still settling dust that was picked up from the Lillipup's impact.
There was no answer, once the dust settled, a fainted lillipup could clearly be seen inside the wall, heavily bruised.
"A-ah... whoops, I-I'm sorry for-" I started.
"No apologies! This is a battle, is it not!?" Chili shouted again, returning Lillipup.
"Chili's lillipup is unable to continue battling! The victor is Ken's snivy!" The referee announced, causing a deafening applause to start up as everyone watching stood up.
After the applause had calmed down somewhat, he turned to me, "Challenger, would you like to switch your pokémon?"
'Hm... if I keep Leafy in then that would mean that I'd be able to manage 1 more hit, then I'd have to switch to Sam, and hopefully, Sam can handle it... But if I switched then Sam could probably handle the pansear, if not then Leafy can just finish him off...'
"Your answer?" The referee's voice snapped me out of my thoughts, "U-uh, y-yeah! Come back Leafy!"
With a huff, Leafy slowly made his way back to me, considerate enough to not jump onto my head this time, instead, plopping himself down at the corner of the arena.
"Alright, you're up Sam!" I shouted, releasing Sam from his ball.
"Pansear! Incinerate them!" Chili roared, throwing the Pokéball with so much force it almost collided with the glass ceiling, almost.
(WHOOO!) The pansear let out a battle cry, pumping himself up.
"Battle... START!" The referee announced, immediately causing the pansear to begin his Work Up.
"Don't let him Sam! Bite!"
However, it was too late as the Pansear finished right before Sam could land his blow, and let out a pillar of fire, sending Sam flying to the ceiling, scorched, as was the Oran Berry I gave to Sam earlier.
"Damn... alright Sam! Lower his defense with Leer!" I shouted as Sam slowly stood up again, this time looking serious as he glared at the opposing pansear.
"Pansear, Incinerate once more!" Chili called out, his pansear beginning to summon the pillars of fire.
"Sam! Move in close to him, but run in a zig-zag pattern!" I commanded, Sam taking off as the Incinerate blasted from the ground mear seconds after he left.
Running toward the pansear at full speed and in a zig-zagging pattern, Sam was able to throw off pansear's aiming, causing it to miss every one of the Incinerates.
"ARRRGHHH!" Chili screamed with frustration, scratching his hair like crazy, "Pansear! Incinerate, Incinerate, Incinerate!"
(H-hold up Chili!) Pansear sweated, eyes darting from left to right as he tried to follow Sam's movement, but that only made him dizzy, throwing off his coordination skills even more.
"Now Sam, Tackle attack!" I called out as Sam stopped running, charged, then bolted at Pansear, who was too dizzy to move and struck a hit dead-on, sending the Pansear backward a few feet.
"Pansear! Incinerate!" Chili called out again, and this time Pansear responded by shaking his head, then locking onto Sam and sending him flying to the ceiling with another Incinerate attack.
"Sam!" I shouted, worried, as Sam came flying down, landing on the ground with a THUD, he was knocked out.
"Ngh... Sam, you did great," I said, returning Sam back to his pokéball, "Alright, Leafy, you're next! Let's do this!"
(Hmph!) Leafy huffed, stepping onto the battlefield, studying his opponent.
Suddenly, whispers started erupting from the crowd upstairs, prompting Leafy to say some pretty... messed up stuff.
(Yeesh, you've got some colorful words...) The Pansear sighed, staring at Leafy's outbursts.
"Er... L- Leafy! Growth!" I called out, almost in a whisper.
(WHAT!?) Leafy screamed back, (You're going to need to say it louder than that!)
"GROWTH!" I screamed, only to cover my mouth the next second, 'Crap.'
(You didn't need to yell!) Leafy sneered, turning back toward the Pansear and... sat still.
(Uh... you gonna do something?) The Pansear asked, his eye movement indicating that he was trying to raise a nonexistent eyebrow.
(Tch, hold on, would you!?) Leafy snapped back closing his eyes as he laid there.
"Um... look, if your Pokémon's not going to listen to you, then... I'm going to have to disqualify you..." Chili announced, looking weirded out by the recent... activities.
"A-ah, no! Leafy's... he's, he's using a move! Growth! I-I told him to do it! He's still listening! I-I could try-"
"Okay, okay, I get it!" Chili cut me up, holding his left hand out while his right hand was covering his face, "Pansear, Incinerate, let's get this over with..."
(Alright then.) Pansear shrugged, letting loose an Incinerate attack, which... Leafy dodged with ease.
(Hmph, you're gonna have to do better than that!) Leafy mocked, jumping around from left to right, continuously dodging the Incinerate attacks.
(ARRRGHHH! WILL YOU STAND STILL!?) Pansear screamed, summoning even more pillars of fire at Leafy, who simply lept from side to side, faster this time.
(NOT AGAIIINNN!) Pansear cried, his hands in fists as he desperately tried to hit Leafy, but to no avail.
"Leafy, use... Tackle!"
Following my order, Leafy stopping mocking the Pansear and ran right at him, not expecting the sudden change in plans, Pansear was not prepared when Leafy slammed into him at full force and velocity, knocking the air out of him and sending him crashing into the ground several meters away.
"... ... ... pansear is unable to battle! The victor is Ken's snivy! And with this, Ken is the winner of this Gym Match!" The referee shouted, raising the flag on my side.
"... ... ... phew!" I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and looked at Leafy making his way back over to me.
(Hmph, you could've done much, much, much, better, what the hell happened?) Leafy asked, eyes narrowed.
"Uh... I-I... er, oh! Would you look at that, Chili's coming over!" I laughed, scratching the back of my head as I made my way over to Chili, dodging Leafy's question, although I could practically feel his eyes burning into my skull.
-Note to self: Don't let Leafy learn any moves that will allow him to kill... shit, it's too late...-
Shaking my head, I put an uneasy smile on my face as Chili stopped in front of me.
"Um... so... good job I guess? So, here's the Trio Badge," Chili congratulated me - I think - as he picked up the badge and handed it to me, "As you probably already know, the next city is Nacrene City, where you'll find Lenora. Good luck with your journey."
"Ah, thanks!" I thanked, putting the badge away in my badge case, then I waved the three brothers goodbye and headed out the door.
(So... you never did answer my-) Leafy started, but I swiftly cut him off.
"Ah, I almost forgot, I need to get Sam rested up! Come on, Leafy!"
(Goddamnit...)
Team
-Snivy (Leafy)
Lv: 13 [Overgrow]
Brave Nature / Sturdy body
Tackle / Growth / Vine Whip / Wrap
-Lillipup (Sam)
Lv: 12 [Pickup]
Gentle Nature / Alert to sounds
Leer / Tackle / Odor Sleuth / Bite
A/N: Phew! I think this is the longest chapter I've ever written so far! So, next is the most boring part of BW in my opinion, the munna/musharna side-quest thing... ngh... oh well.
Well, actually, I've already played through this part and I'm already on Skyarrow Bridge, it just takes a while for my writing to catch up to my playing... if it will ever...
Anyways, you may have already realized that the battles in this fanfic aren't very "traditional" in the sense that Pokémon can't perform 2 moves in succession (unless it's a multi-hit move like Double Slap or Tail Slap) and that Pokémon don't dodge on command. It's on purpose, so the battles won't get dull and boring! For me personally, I'd rather read a Pokémon fanfic where the battles are engaging and suspenseful, not really like what the games offer (well, turn-based combat can only do so much~).
Anyways, thanks for reading and the next part (probably the most boring part but hey, what can you do?) will be out shortly (that's a lie, it'll be a few months at best with the finals coming up)! Cya!
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