Well, the story seems to be coming along quite well, some speculation going on. Now for the battle!
MagiMagikarp!
Chapter SevenAria moved quickly, striking at the Weepinbell before it could react. Kelvin was pleased as Aria scored the hit, and was even more pleased when he remembered that Flying-type attacks were supereffective against Grass-types.
The Weepinbell shook itself, looking a little battered, but still fit to battle. Aria rose high into the air, ready to strike again. Ravi chuckled.
"Alright, Weepinbell, use Sweet Scent to lure Fea – I mean Aria – in."
Weepinbell began to emit a pink fragrance, which rose into the air. Kelvin bit his lip. What was Sweet Scent again?
Aria, who surely had a mind of her own, used her Gust Attack to blow the Sweet Scent away, and back onto the ground, where it redirected all over the ground, so that Kelvin and Ravi were both covered in pink fragrance. Taking a sniff, Kelvin suddenly felt a little light-headed...
"Hey, Kelvin! If you're going to battle, ignore that stuff!"
Snapping back to the world, Kelvin saw Ravi grinning at him, and laughed. "Sorry! I'm not used to this battling stuff!"
"I know that! You told me that you've never battled! You're lucky Aria decided to use her Gust, or this battle would have been quick!"
Weepinbell, who obviously realized any powdery substances would be of no use against Aria's continued Gust attack, decided on a different course of action. Ravi wasn't ordering his Pokemon either, but Weepinbell used its Vine Whip attack, reaching through the Gust, and towards Aria.
The Fearow, ever opportunistic, used her Aerial Ice attack to battle the Vines, before winging around them, and attempting a Drill Peck on Weepinbell. The Grass-type spat Acid at her; luckily, the potent substance simply rebounded off her whirling beak, nearly missing Kelvin as it splattered all over the place.
Then it was close combat, with Weepinbell's vines around Aria, and Aria's beak trying to reach Weepinbell, while her talons closed around the vines so the Weepinbell couldn't throw her. It was a stalemate, or so Kelvin thought.
"Sleep powder!" Ravi commanded, and Weepinbell obliged. Aria flapped her majestic wings again, redirecting the attack, though it had no effect upon Weepinbell, as the Grass-type had been the one to emit it.
"Use Aerial Ice again!" Kelvin shouted, and Aria again flapped her wings, sending the attack towards her close opponent, loosening the Weepinbell's grip, and allowing her to score a Drill Peck, seriously damaging it.
"Synthesis, Weepinbell."
Kelvin watched as Weepinbell regained health, though it still looked a little beaten up. Then Ravi told it to use Razor Leaf, which Aria again battled with her Aerial Ice.
"Use Magical Leaf!"
What was Magical Leaf? Kelvin saw the leaves coming from Weepinbell. They looked just like a Razor Leaf, so he had Aria use Aerial Ice again.
The leaves weren't detained the least, slamming into Aria. However, they were extremely ineffective. Aria flew higher up into the air, becoming nearly a speck in the sky.
"What the?" Kelvin asked. Ravi shrugged.
"I think I know," he replied. "Did you catch her as a Fearow?"
"Erm, yeah."
"Hm. Still could be." Ravi watched the speck that was Aria. "We'll have to wait."
Then Aria was streaking down, a brown blur, towards the Weepinbell, slamming into it directly. Weepinbell flailed helplessly in the air, then landed, before fainting. Ravi recalled it, then laughed.
"I was right! That was Sky Attack! Your Fearow must have had some good parents!"
"Huh?" Kelvin, who was still surprised that he'd won, was experiencing a brain-freeze of sorts.
"Sky Attack can only be learned as an Egg Move. Normal Spearow and Fearow can't learn that move," Ravi explained. "So your Aria must have had a parent that knew Sky Attack."
"Cool," Kelvin muttered.
"Let's get on with it," Ravi went on, releasing another Pokemon, a Magnemite. The Steel/Electric-type hovered in the air. Kelvin scowled, and recalled Aria. She would be no good against an Electric attack.
"C'mon out, Dustin!"
The Graveler, bursting out in a flash of light, roared his challenge. The genderless Magnemite sent out a Thunder Wave, likely out of reflex, which obviously did nothing to Dustin, who launched high into the air, and slammed solidly back down – a Magnitude attack.
Admittedly, the Magnitude attack was weak, but super-supereffective against Magnemite. The tiny Pokemon struggled against the attack, crashing heavily to the floor, and Dustin gleefully launched into a Rollout attack.
It occurred to Kelvin then how little he actually did about these battles, and how little he knew about his Pokemon's attacks.
Magnemite rose into the air, but couldn't avoid being hit by the Rollout attack, causing it to fly high in the air, and then land just in time for Dustin to collide again. Ravi quickly recalled the beaten up Pokemon, a wincing look upon his face.
"Awww… I was hoping the little guy would be better. Ah, well. Lets see. I guess I'll send in my starter. Go, Squirtle!"
The turtle Pokemon popped out of its shell, and happily announced its name. Ravi laughed.
"Yeah, Squirtle, maybe a Water Gun?"
Kelvin recalled Dustin before the attack hit, despite Dustin's obvious want for the battle, and got a face full of water as a result. "GAHHHHH!"
Ravi laughed again. "Nice! Keep it up!"
"RRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Kelvin gurgled.
"Alright... you can stop, Squirt."
Kelvin spat out a load of water, then release Arielle, the Butterfree fluttering high into the air. Ravi gazed admiringly, and Squirtle, or Squirt, released a jet of water.
Arielle dodged the intended attack, then released Sleep Powder, easily putting her opponent to sleep, then attacking with Confusion. Ravi growled, watching Squirt awake only to be put back to sleep, and recalled the poor, cute, sleeping Squirtle.
"Not bad for a first timer," he congratulated.
Kelvin sighed. "No… it's not really me. I'm not really doing anything besides stand here, and let my Pokemon do the work. I don't even tell them what to do!"
"Well… sometimes they know better."
"They always know better!" Kelvin replied. "I don't know any of this battle stuff, and I'll look like a fool just standing there, while my Pokemon knows way better what to do."
Ravi shrugged. "Don't worry. You'll get the hang of it soon. Just spend more time with your Pokemon. After all, that Magikarp of yours was rather good."
"I suppose." Kelvin recalled Arielle, who was flitting happily over his head. "Could you help me?"
The two of them walked towards the Pokemon Center, so they could heal Ravi's Pokemon. All the time, Ravi was chatting.
"You need to let them out at mealtimes, and play games with them, like volleyball maybe, or games that require them to use their attacks. You could buy those power-ups like Carbos and things like that, but those are expensive. Battle Wild Pokemon and gain the experience. Use your PokeDex if you need to. Um. Find Berries or items your Pokemon can hold to increase their attack stats or whatever. Erm… battle other trainers?" Ravi sighed. "That's only if you think you can find an easy person."
They entered the doors of the Pokemon Center and handed their Pokeballs to Nurse Joy, who promptly took them into her care. Kelvin retained Kari, releasing the Magikarp so that Ravi could see him.
"He's cool. He shines really nicely, and he's a strong Magikarp," Ravi told him, holding Kari. "He's a little on the heavy side for a Magikarp. That might be a good. Nice fins, good eyes–"
"How do you know these things?" Kelvin asked.
"Oh. My parents own a Breeding Facility. There are loads of Pokemon running around, and Squirt's a bred Squirtle. That does give me a slight advantage, since he happens to know Mirror Coat. It's a lovely attack, and a lovely surprise." Ravi smiled. "Though it would have done no good in our battle. I should have given Squirt a Chesto Berry."
Chesto Berries woke up Pokemon that were asleep. At least Kelvin still remembered his berries.
"Unfortunately, I still need to train my Pokemon a load too. Care to join me in my cause?"
Kelvin did a double take. "What?"
"Hm? Travel together? I could use the company."
And so could I, thought Kelvin. "Sure."
Ravi chuckled. "You have no idea what you just signed yourself up for."
"It can't be that bad," Kelvin shot back. "After all, you have no idea what you've offered."
Azaria was a middle-aged woman, with brown curls running all over the place. She had blue eyes, telling of experience, and wore simple clothing. Three Pokeballs hung at each side of her belt. Ravi and Kelvin looked at each other.
"You first," Ravi said.
"No, you first," was Kelvin's reply. "You have more experience, and I want to watch."
Ravi laughed. "Alright then. But know that you're a chicken-" He skittered out of Kelvin's reach, into the challenger's spot. The judge raised one of his flags.
"This is a three-on-three battle. The Gym Leader, Azaria, is not allowed to substitute Pokemon while the Challenger, Ravi Zenkova, is allowed to. The match is over when all of a trainer's Pokemon are unable to battle. Begin!"
Azaria sent out a Dodou, a two-headed bird. Ravi smiled, and sent out his Magnemite.
Kelvin watched on.
DarkFlameWarrior: Heh, let's leave off at that! Now… Kelvin's so inexperienced, huh? I just made that awfully clear. That's nice. So I'll have to spend a few chapters showing his progress as a trainer… just great, things like that are just what I suck at doing.
Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Kelvin won the battle, though he barely did anything. I'm thinking to enunciate Ravi's strength as a subtle thing, not all sheer strength, but cunning tricks and stuff. And the battle wasn't that fair, since Kelvin had type advantages… do you like my new character? Red hair, green eyes… not that great of a combo.
