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Pokemon Emerald
Chapter Six:
Battles in Slateport
Alex was glad to finally be getting off the ferry. The trip from Dewford to Slateport had been the longest two days of his life. Alex took a look around the city of Slateport from the harbour entrance. It was a fairly big city with a fair amount of places to check out. Alex didn't intend to stay in Slateport very long, though, since he had to get to Mauville for his next badge.
"I should probably stock up on supplies at the market." Alex said to himself. "Then I'll head north towards Mauville and try to catch an electric pokemon along the way." Alex set off towards the Slateport market. Along the way, though, he noticed a line up at the museum. When he saw what was going on, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Team Aqua, one of the two largest criminal organizations in Hoenn, is paying to get into the museum..." Alex looked around.
"Wonder where the reporters are? Heh something like this could easily make the headlines..." Alex shook his head and continued on towards the market to pick up supplies.
Meanwhile, May was just arriving in Slateport as well after several battles on a beach south of Slateport, during one of which her Ralts evolved into Kirlia.
"Finally! I've made it to Slateport! Now I can finally get rid of this package..." May took a quick glance around the city.
"Now where would Captain Stern be anyway...probably at the shipyard I guess. I should stop at the pokecenter first though." With that, May set off towards the pokecenter. Along the way, however, she noticed the same thing Alex did. Team Aqua lined up outside the museum and paying to get in.
"They're not seriously paying to get in...are they?" May thought to herself. May shrugged and continued towards the pokecenter. If they were paying to get in then they weren't her problem. Of course, they really weren't her problem anyway but after beating that one grunt easily she felt she could take them on.
She soon arrived in the pokecenter and handed her four pokemon to the nurse. After about a minute they were fully healed by the pokecenter's machine and ready for battle. May thanked the nurse and left to look for Captain Stern. She first checked the shipyard, but she couldn't find him there. A man by the name of Dock, however, told her she should check the museum.
May got to the museum and had to pay the small entrance fee. Inside, the museum was crawling with Team Aqua grunts. One of which she recognized as the guy she beat in Rusturf Tunnel and Petalburg Woods. He recognized her as well.
"You! Your that brat from before!" The grunt exclaimed.
"Yep...and if you try anything I'd be more than happy to beat you again."
"No way! I'm through! Here!" The grunt handed her a TM disc.
"This suits you better than it does me! I hope I never see you again!" With that the grunt ran out of the museum. May looked at the TM, which had the number 45 on it. She scanned it with her pokenav, which revealed it to be Thief.
"...Thief?" May clenched her fist. "Just what was he implying! ...Oh forget it. I'm here to deliver this package to Stern, not deal with Team Aqua." She thought to herself.
She asked the receptionist if Stern was there, and she told May he was on the second floor. May went up the stairs and noticed a man wearing a white lab coat sitting next to a model submarine.
"Excuse me? Captain Stern?" The man looked up at her from where he was sitting.
"Huh? Yes? Who are you?"
May got out the package from her pouch, "I have a package from Devon for you sir." She handed the box of parts over to Captain Stern, who looked it over.
"Ah, these must be the parts I ordered for my submarine! Thank you!"
Suddenly May heard footsteps behind her, and turned around to find two Team Aqua grunts approaching them.
"We'll be taking those parts, Captain Stern!" One of them stated. May reached for Beautifly's and Lombre's pokeballs.
"You'll have to get through me first! Beautifly! Lombre! Go!" May tossed the pokeballs out and her two pokemon appeared before the grunts.
"Fine, have it your way kid! Poochyena, go!" One of the grunts called out his own pokemon, and a Poochyena appeared facing Lombre and Beautifly.
"Carvanah, go!" The other grunt yelled, tossing out his pokeball next to Poochyena, and a mean looking red and blue fish appeared.
"Time to make this a two on one..." May thought to herself. "Beautifly! Lombre! Both of you use Absorb on Carvanah!"
"Damn it! Carvanah, look out!" Carvanah tried to move out of the way, but being a fish on dry land made it hard for it to move quickly and it was struck hard by both the Absorb attacks, its energy completely drained by the combined efforts of Lombre and Beautifly.
"Your going to pay for messing with Team Aqua, kid! Poochyena, get that Beautifly! Use Bite!" Poochyena ran towards Beautifly and jumped at it in an attempt to bite it.
"Beautifly, use Gust to knock it back!" Beautifly flapped its wings rapidly as the Poochyena approached, and it fell short of its target.
"Now, Lombre, use Nature Power!" Lombre glowed green as it tapped into its surroundings, and its Nature Power attack became a Swift attack as it shot stars towards Poochyena. Poochyena was knocked back slightly by the attack, but recovered quickly, looking at Lombre angrily.
"Poochyena, try to use Bite on her Lombre!" The man's Poochyena was more than happy to comply, charging towards Lombre and clamping down on one of its arms. Lombre was waving its arm around, trying to shake the Poochyena off.
"Lombre, use Astonish to try to get it off!" Lombre brought its arm around so Poochyena was facing it then used Astonish, scaring the Poochyena enough for it to let go and back off slightly.
"Now, Lombre use Nature Power again and Beautifly use Gust!" Beautifly flapped its wings rapidly as Lombre tapped into its surroundings again. Lombre unleashed a barrage of stars towards the Poochyena, which struck it at the same time as a blast of wind from Beautifly. knocking it back against the far wall. the heavy hit had Poochyena down for the count. The two grunts recalled their pokemon.
"Damn it! I wasn't counting on getting meddled with by some kid!" The two grunts backed off, and another man with a beard wearing a black outfit and blue bandana walked up behind them.
"I come to see whats taking so long...and you two are held up by a child!" The man yelled at the two grunts angrily, then turned to May.
"Just who are you and why do you insist on interfering with our plans? You don't appear to be a member of Team Magma..." The man paused for a minute.
"I'm Archie, the leader of Team Aqua. We love the sea. All life begins from the sea. Our goal is to expand the sea and make more habitats for aquatic pokemon."
"And your telling me this why? I really don't care about the goals of a bunch of criminals..." May replied, folding her arms over her chest. Lombre and Beautifly were still between her and Team Aqua. Archie laughed at her comment.
"Criminals, are we? I don't expect a child like you to understand use, but someday you will see the beauty of our dream!" He looked to the two grunts, "Lets go, we've wasted enough time here already." Team Aqua left the museum and May recalled her two pokemon.
"Thank you for your help, miss." May turned her attention back to Captain Stern, who she almost forgot about with everything that just happened.
"Oh defeating those two was nothing...and you can call me May."
"You seem to be very talented as a trainer May...anyway I need to get back to the shipyard. Bye, and thank you again for your help."
Captain Stern left the museum, and May followed shortly after.
Alex, meanwhile, had finished stocking up on supplies and was heading north out of Slateport. Near the northern exit of the city, however, he noticed a red, dome-shaped building he didn't recognize and decided to check it out. The sign outside it read, "Slateport Battle Tent - Trainers put your skills to the ultimate test!"
"Hmm...Battle Tent huh? Sounds like it could be fun...I think I'll go train my pokemon for a bit...catch one of the electric pokemon that lives around here...and then see what this 'Battle Tent' is like!"
Alex left the city, but stuck around the route just outside of Slateport giving his pokemon some serious training. In the process he also managed to catch a Minun, which he gave just as much training to. He was expecting quite a fight from this Battle Tent, and wanted to be ready for whatever came at him.
While Alex was busy training, May had healed her pokemon at the pokecenter and decided to go check out the Slateport Market. It was the closest thing to a mall or a large department store she had seen yet, and she figured that the next gym leader wasn't in any hurry to lose to her anyway.
May immediately fell in love with the place. There was a large variety of shops at the market, and some shops sold things she rarely saw in any malls or department stores. There were various exotic foods, dolls, vitamins and such that could make pokemon stronger, various styles of clothing, and much more. She spent a great deal of time browsing, and of course bought some things she figured she'd need for her journey. She had also bought some dolls, which she had stored in her computer.
When she had finished shopping, she left Slateport and started on her way toward Mauville. She trained her pokemon a bit on the route just outside Slateport. While she was training, she happened to spot a Plusle that didn't seem much like it wanted to fight. In fact, it seemed fairly shy. May walked over to the pokemon and kneeled down in front of it.
"Aww! How cute!" May smiled, reaching out to pet the Plusle. As she did, though, the Plusle got scared and used its Thunder Wave attack on her. May was struck by waves of electricity and felt her body going numb as she fell over.
"Ok...your not so cute anymore..." She muttered. Her Combusken, who was training nearby, quickly ran over to where May was and kicked the Plusle hard, sending it flying back and slamming into the ground.
"Thanks Combusken...umm...can you get a Paralyze Heal from my pouch...?" May muttered as she tried to get up. Her body didn't seem like it wanted to cooperate much. Combusken nodded and pulled out a spray bottle of Paralyze Heal and handed it to May, who used it on herself.
"Thanks again...now..." May turned her attention to the Plusle, which was injured quite a bit from Combusken's attack, but now it looked like it was ready to defend itself.
"Combusken, use Ember!" Combusken fired a ball of fire at the Plusle, which dodged using its Quick Attack and slammed into Combusken. Combusken turned towards Plusle and used Ember again, and this time it hit it. Plusle looked like it could hardly move now, but it still looked ready to defend itself. May reached in her pouch for one of the great balls the Devon employee gave her.
"Lets see how 'great' these things really are!" May threw the great ball at Plusle, which was sucked inside it. The ball dropped to the ground and started shaking as Plusle tried to break free. After a few tense moments, it locked shut.
"Alright, Combusken! We caught a Plusle!" Combusken raised a fist into the air and squawked. May released the Plusle from the great ball, which didn't look overly pleased with its situation and glared at May.
"Don't you give me that look! You went and used Thunder Wave on me! I wasn't going to hurt you!" Plusle turned away from May. May rolled her eyes and took a piece of pokemon food out of her pouch and held it towards her Plusle. Plusle looked towards her then looked at the food curiously. It was a small, brown pellet that was designed to suit the diet of any pokemon. Plusle sniffed at it, then took it from May and ate it happily.
May then took out a super potion from her pouch and applied it to Plusle's wounds. Plusle cried out and got ready to shock May again, but calmed down when it noticed its injuries were healing. It finally decided that May wasn't bad afterall and hopped into her arms.
"Sure, you like me after I feed you." May giggled, and recalled her Combusken. She decided it had enough training for today. She set Plusle down on the ground.
"Well lets let you fight a bit to get you stronger, ok?" Plusle looked a bit hesitant but nodded, and May got back to training her pokemon.
Back in Slateport, Alex was in the Battle Tent after training his pokemon. His Tailow had evolved into Swellow, which looked similar only larger and more built, and his Geodude had evolved into Graveler. It now stood on two legs and had a second, smaller pair of arms. He felt he was more than ready to face the Battle Tent Now. Or at least, thats what he thought until he read over the rules.
"Each participant will choose 3 pokemon to battle with out of a choice of 6 randomly selected pokemon. Well now...thats...interesting..." Alex said to himself. "Well, guess I didn't need to train my pokemon any for this at all. Oh well. They're stronger now anyway."
Alex went up to the front desk to register and had to hand over his current pokemon, which he did reluctantly. He'd get them back after the battles, though. He had to win three straight battles, with each trainer using three pokemon each, which were all randomly selected. He now understood how this would be a challenge. He had to battle with pokemon that weren't his, and possibly never seen before.
After he registered, he was approached by a man wearing a blue t-shirt, shorts, and a pair of sunglasses.
"Thinking about taking the Battle Tent challenge, huh?" The man asked him.
"Well I saw this place so I figured I'd try it out...wasn't exactly what I was expecting but couldn't hurt to try I guess." The man laughed.
"I like your attitude, but you know, this isn't the only Battle Tent. There's two others, each with a different style of battling. The other two are in Verdanturf and Fallabar. When you win, you get a badge much like when you win a gym battle. These battles can be much tougher than a gym battle, however, as you'll find out. I'll be watching every match."
"They let people just watch these battles?" The man grinned.
"Well, lets just say there's a reason I watch them, but thats all I'll say for now."
A bell sounded, signalling that the event was starting now.
"Well I'll be seeing you around kid, good luck." The mysterious man walked off towards the battlefield.
"That guy...is odd..." Alex said to himself as he went to the battlers entrance. One of the attendants stopped him in front of a machine.
"This machine will assign you 6 random pokemon. You may choose three of them." Alex nodded, and the man pressed a button on the machine. After a few seconds, 6 pokeballs appeared and a screen showed the pokemon in the first pokeball to be a Spinda. It showed only the attacks it knew and that it was holding a Chesto Berry. The Spinda immediately interested Alex.
"Knows Rest, Psybeam, Dizzy Punch, and Hypnosis and is holding a Chesto Berry...that would be a very good pokemon to lead off with." Alex checked the rest of the pokemon. There was a Marill, Batloy, Shroomish, Graveler, and Kadabra. Alex decided to take the Batloy and Marill, as well as Spinda. He was then brought to the battlefield, and sure enough Scott was watching. Alex took his spot on his side of the battlefield, and soon his opponent, a girl wearing a white shirt, plaid skirt, with black hair, entered the room and took her place on the other side of the battlefield.
"Battlers, release your starting pokemon!" Alex sent out his Spinda to start off, and his opponent sent out a Kecleon.
"Begin battle!"
"Spinda, use Psybeam!" "Kecleon, dodge it with Faint Attack!" Spinda fired a beam of psychic energy at Kecleon, but Kecleon suddenly seemed to fade out of existance. It soon appeared on the other side of Spinda, who suddenly looked like it had taken a hit, albeit a fairly weak one.
"Spinda, turn around and use Hypnosis!" "Kecleon, use Faint Attack again!" Spinda turned to face the Kecleon and fired out hypnotic waves from its eyes. Kecleon suddenly fell asleep on the spot, before it had a chance to carry out its attack.
"No, Kecleon! Wake up!" Kecleon didn't hear the trainer as it lay on the ground sound asleep.
"Now, Spinda, hit it with Dizzy Punch!" Spinda moved in front of Kecleon then spun around a few times before punching Kecleon hard. Despite the force of the punch, Kecleon didn't seem like it had any intentions of waking up.
"Distance yourself from it and hit it with a Psybeam!" Spinda quickly hopped towards the other side of the battle field and then turned towards the Kecleon again and fired a beam of psychic energy. The beam struck Kecelon, who woke up shortly after. Its skin turned from its normal green color to a pink color.
"Kecelon, hit it with Slash!" Kecleon bared its claws and leapt towards Spinda.
"Spinda, move to the side and hit it with Dizzy Punch!" Spinda moved just beside where Kecleon was aiming, then spun around bringing its fist into Kecleon's face. Kecleon had missed Spinda entirely, while Spinda's attack was hitting it with extra force since Kecleon was moving into the punch. Kecleon hit the ground and was out cold.
"Your going to pay for that! Kecleon, return!" The trainer returned Kecelon and threw out another pokeball, "Voltorb! Go! Lets teach this guy a lesson!" A pokemon that looked similar to the pokeball it was stored in appeared. Alex wasn't worried in the least.
"Spinda, hit it with a Psybeam!" "Voltorb, use Spark!" Voltorb charged with electricity and rolled into Spinda before it could fire off its Psybeam, and upon impact the electricity was channeled into Spinda. Spinda was paralyzed by the attack, but managed to get up and finally use its Psybeam attack, striking Voltorb with a beam of psychic energy.
"Hit it with another Spark attack, Voltorb!" "Spinda, wait until its close and hit it with Dizzy Punch!" Voltorb rolled towards Spinda once again, charged with electricity, and Spinda prepared to hit it with a Dizzy Punch despite being paralyzed. Voltorb made contact with Spinda's fist and both pokemon were knocked back. Voltorb was down for the count, and Spinda was barely hanging on.
"Damn you and your Spinda! Voltorb, return!" The trainer returned the pokemon and called out her last one. "Lets bring that thing down! Go, Electrike!" A small green alligator-like pokemon appeared on her side of the battlefield.
"Spinda, use Rest!" Spinda sat down and took a nap on the battlefield.
"Sleeping on the job won't win you this! Electrike, use Charge!" Electrike started charging electricity to itself while Spinda slept. However, while still asleep Spinda ate the Chesto Berry it had been holding, and immediately woke up, fully healed and ready to fight.
"What! No way! Thats not fair!" The trainer screamed at Alex. Alex simply shrugged.
"Rest is one of the attacks Spinda knows. Goes to sleep, and fully recovers. Not my fault you weren't prepared for it. Now, Spinda, use Hypnosis!"
"Electrike try to hit it with Spark before it attacks!" Electrike charged up electricity and ran towards Spinda. Spinda sent out hypnotic waves towards Electrike. Electrike dropped to the ground and fell asleep only about a foot in front of Spinda.
"Now hit it with Dizzy Punch while its asleep!" Spinda started spinning around, then slammed its fist into Electrike, knocking it back to the other side of the field.
"Now jump towards it and use Psybeam!" Spinda jumped into the air, heading towards Electrike, and fired a beam of psychic energy while in the air. The beam struck Electrike, who seemed to be waking up shortly after. Spinda landed next to it as it was waking up.
"Now hit it with another Dizzy Punch before it can attack!" Spinda spun around then slammed its fist into Electrike one last time, and it collapsed back onto the ground from the assault, unable to continue fighting.
"I can't believe I lost so easily..." The trainer recalled Electrike and ran from the battlefield.
"Great job, Spinda! You were awesome out there! Return!" Alex recalled Spinda to its pokeball, then handed over his pokemon to an attendant to be restored. The man from before was watching the match.
"Amazing!", he thought to himself, "He won that battle only using one pokemon! He might just be cut out for...naw, its too early yet to say that."
Alex had to wait while several other matches took place, until finally it was his turn again. The Battle Tent consisted of three rounds. Alex had made it past round 1, and was now ready for round 2. This time his opponent was a boy with green hair, wearing a red jacket and matching pants. Alex sent out his Spinda and the other trainer sent out a Cacnea. The beginning of the battle was announced.
"Spinda, start off with Dizzy Punch!" Spinda started spinning like a top as it moved across the field towards Cacnea.
"Cacnea, use Ingrain!" Vines extended from Cacnea's hands and implanted themselves into the ground. Cacnea seemed to be getting a dazed look as Spinda approached it though, confusion starting to set in from the spinning, then Spinda slammed its fist hard into Cacnea. Cacnea was knocked into the air but was held in place by the vines.
"Cacnea, fire off a Leech Seed at it!"
"Spinda, use Dizzy Punch again!" Cacnea reared back, looking like it was going to attack, but then slammed itself into the ground using its vines. Spinda, meanwhile, was spinning around and once again brought its fist to connect with Cacnea, knocking it back. Its roots retracted as it fell to the ground unconcious.
"Hmm. Pretty good. Cacnea, return!" The trainer recalled Cacnea then sent out his next pokemon. "Go, Sandshrew!" A yellow shrew-like pokemon appeared on the field.
"Sandshrew, start off with Poison Sting attack!"
"Spinda, try to dodge it and strike back with Psybeam!" Spinda moved out of the way as Sandshrew slashed it with its claws. Spinda received a glancing blow, however, and poison seeped into it. Spinda fired a Psybeam while Sandshrew was right beside it, hitting it at point blank range and dealing heavy damage as Sandshrew was flung across the battlefield. Spinda was slowly weakening from the poison, but seemed more than capable of going on.
"Spinda, finish it off with another Psybeam attack!" "Sandshrew, use Dig to dodge it!" Spinda fired off another beam of psychic energy towards Sandshrew, but it quickly dug into the battlefield to avoid the attack.
"Damn...Spinda, get ready with a Dizzy Punch!" Spinda started spinning on spot in preparation for its attack, while Alex scanned around for any sign of Sandshrew. Wasn't long before Sandshrew broke out of the ground next to Spinda, getting ready to attack it.
"Spinda, now, hit it with Dizzy Punch!" Spinda slammed its fist into Sandshrew hard as it appeared from underground, sending it flying to the other side of the battlefield. When Sandshrew landed, it was out cold and didn't show any sign of getting up anytime soon.
"Sandshrew may be down, but since it poisoned Spinda its only a matter of time before it falls..." The trainer recalled Sandshrew. "Now, your turn, Baltoy!" The trainer sent out his next pokemon, which seemed to be some sort of spin top that floated.
"Baltoy, use Reflect!" Baltoy's eyes glowed briefly, and an invisible barrier was set up to block physical attacks.
"Spinda, use Hypnosis!" Spinda sent out hypnotic waves towards Baltoy, but it didn't seem to work.
"Baltoy, show it your Ancient Power attack!" Baltoy gathered energy from within then slammed into the ground. Rocks started to shoot up from the ground in a line heading toward Spinda. The attack hit Spinda, but didn't seem to cause much damage. However, the attack seemed to make Baltoy stronger in all aspects.
"Damn...that Baltoy is going to be hard to deal with now...Spinda, lets try Hypnosis again!" Spinda complied, sending out hypnotic waves toward Baltoy again. This time it worked, and Baltoy fell asleep on the spot. Alex could tell Spinda was weakening from the poison though.
"Good job Spinda, now use Rest!" Spinda went to sleep on the spot, and was fully recovered. It then ate another chesto berry that it had been given while it was being healed and woke up instantly.
"Damn...Spinda is fully healed now and Baltoy is still asleep...at least Reflect is still there." The trainer commented.
"Spinda, use Dizzy Punch!" Spinda started to spin around as it approached Baltoy and slammed its fist hard into it. Baltoy hardly seemed affected, though, from a combination of its ancient powers and the Reflect it set up before. Baltoy had woken up as well.
"Great, your awake! Now use Psybeam Baltoy!"
"Spinda, try to counter it with your Psybeam!" The two pokemon fired out beams of psychic energy, which collided between them. Spinda was quickly overpowered by the Baltoy's Psybeam, however.
"Damn, should have seen that one coming. Spinda, get up and use Dizzy Punch!"
"Baltoy, use Psybeam again!" Spinda got up and started to spin and make its way towards Baltoy. Baltoy shot out another Psybeam attack towards Spinda and this one hit it full force. Spinda was barely holding on after the attack, but managed to hit Baltoy with another Dizzy Punch.
"Spinda, try to hit it with Hypnosis!"
"Baltoy, use Psybeam again!" Spinda started to send out hypnotic energy waves towards Baltoy, but Baltoy got off its Psybeam attack. The beam of psychic energy slammed into Spinda and knocked it out, but Baltoy was taking another snooze. There was also a faint shimmer in the air as Baltoy's reflect wore off.
"You did great, Spinda. Return!" Alex recalled Spinda and prepared to send out his next pokemon, "Alright, next up is my Baltoy! Go!" Alex tossed out the pokeball, and another Baltoy appeared on the field facing the other trainer's Baltoy. Alex had a big advantage, though, as the other had taken a bit of damage and was asleep.
"Baltoy, get close to it!" Alex's Baltoy hovered towards the other one.
"What do you hope to accomplish by that?" Alex smirked.
"This...Baltoy, use Self-Destruct!" Baltoy started to glow orange as it prepared for its attack.
"What! No! Baltoy, wake up and get out of there!" The trainer's yelling did no good. His Baltoy stayed asleep, and a sudden explosion rocked the battlefield as Alex's Baltoy used its Self-Destruct attack. When the smoke cleared, both pokemon were down for the count. The trainers recalled their pokemon.
"I suppose I should have realized when it was down to your three against my one that I couldn't win...oh well. Better luck next time I suppose." The trainer walked away from the battlefield and returned his rented pokemon. Alex had his rentals healed up for the next match. He only had to wait for one battle to pass by this time.
It was only a few minutes before Alex was called in for the third and final round. This time his opponent was a muscular looking sailor. At this point Alex was hoping for a good match. So far the only pokemon he used besides Spinda he only sent out to have use Self-Destruct. Alex once again started off with Spinda, and his opponent was starting with Wingull. The match soon began.
"Spinda, start with Hypnosis!"
"Wingull, use Supersonic!" Spinda sent out hypnotic energy waves toward Wingull, while Wingull sent off sound waves towards Spinda. The Hypnosis attack put Wingull to sleep, but Spinda was completely unaffected by the Supersonic attack because of its 'Own Tempo' ability which prevented it from becoming confused.
"Great! Now hit it with a Dizzy Punch attack, Spinda!"
"Damn! Wingull, get up!" Wingull gave no response as it snoozed away on the battlefield. Spinda hopped over to it, spun around, and slammed its fist into the seagull pokemon. Wingull was badly injured from the attack due to its small size and knocked back towards the other end of the battlefield.
"Now, hit it with Psybeam!" Spinda shot a beam of psychic energy towards Wingull. The beam struck it, and it went from being asleep to being completely knocked out. That last attack was all it took, and Spinda was completely unharmed from the battle.
"Grr...Wingull, return!" The sailor returned his Wingull and reached for his next pokeball, tossing it onto his side of the battlefield. "Go, Kadabra!" The pokeball opened, and Kadabra appeared on the sailor's side of the field.
"Kadabra huh...I'm going to have to be careful around this one. Spinda, use Psybeam!"
"Idiot, psychic pokemon can resist psychic attacks. Kadabra, use Confusion!" Kadabra sent a blast of psychic energy towards Spinda, but the stronger Psybeam attack broke through the blast and struck Kadabra, dealing minor damage.
"I'm an idiot, am I? This is coming from someone who used Supersonic on a Spinda. Didn't you know Spinda can't become confused?"
"Damn know-it-all...Kadabra, use Disable!"
"Spinda, quick, use Hypnosis before the Disable hits you!" Kadabra sent a wave of blue energy towards Spinda, but just before it hit Spinda managed to get off its Hypnosis attack. As a result, Spinda couldn't use Hypnosis now, but that was Alex's main goal anyway. Kadabra had also fallen asleep from the attack, and from the use of its Synchronize ability Spinda fell asleep as well. Spinda soon woke up though by using its chesto berry.
"Good job, Spinda! Now hit it with a Dizzy Punch attack!" Spinda started spinning around on one foot as it made its way to Kadabra, then delivered a punch to it, causing heavy damage and knocking it to the ground.
"Damn it, Kadabra, wake up already!"
"Yelling at it won't wake it up...Spinda, hit it with another Dizzy Punch!" Spinda spun around and slammed its fist into the sleeping Kadabra again, and it never got a chance to wake up. The sailor recalled Kadabra, and sent out his next pokemon, Graveler. Alex wasn't the least bit concerned about this one.
"Spinda, put it to sleep with Hypnosis!"
"Graveler, use Rock Tomb!" The rock pokemon slammed its fist into the ground, and rock spikes shot up out of the ground around Spinda, injuring it a fair bit. Spinda used its Hypnosis attack on Graveler, and soon the rock pokemon as sound asleep.
"#$ you and putting my pokemon asleep!"
"Geez...someone gets upset easily. Maybe you should go lie down for a while. Spinda, return!" Alex recalled his Spinda, despite it being more than capable of continuing.
"Giving up?" ,the sailor taunted him.
"Not a chance...Marill, your turn! Go!" Alex tossed out another pokeball, and a familiar blue pokemon appeared, ready for battle.
"Marill, Rain Dance!" Marill did a short dance on the field, glowing blue as it did. Afterwards, a small rain cloud started to spread. Indoors. Meanwhile, Graveller was still sleeping.
"You think a little rain will scare me? I've seen worse storms than this!"
"Completely clueless, huh? Marill, show him what effect this rain has! Use Water Gun!" Marill shot a stream of water towards Graveller, which gained strength as it made its way towards it. The blast of water struck Graveller and instantly KO'd it.
"What the! You little #$!"
Alex snorted and recalled his Marill, "Watch your mouth..." The sailor recalled the Graveller and stormed out of the Battle Tent. One of the attendants approached Alex.
"Spectacular performance, sir! As a token of your victory here, I present you with the Slateport Battle Badge." Alex received the badge from the man and placed it on his vest. He was then handed his pokemon back and left the battle tent. The man who had been watching the battles left as well, satisfied with what he had witnessed.
"That trainer was simply amazing. He just might be cut out for it afterall. I'll just have to see how he does at the other battle tents." The man thought to himself.
Alex was finally leaving Slateport on the road to Mauville. As he was leaving town, however, he saw May just ahead of him.
"What the...? Wasn't I ahead of her? How did she catch up to me? ...Oh well, doesn't matter I guess." Alex decided to hurry and catch up with her. May could hear someone approaching behind her, and was surprised when she turned around and saw Alex.
"Alex? Weren't you ahead of me?", she asked him.
"Thats what I thought...how DID you manage to catch up with me anyway?" May shrugged.
"Guess I had faster transportation here. Since we've met up yet again, though...you owe me a battle!"
"...Huh? I do?"
"Yes! You wouldn't battle me back at Birch's laboratory, so I want you to battle me now!"
Alex smirked, "Alright then. I'll be expecting a good fight from you then. Don't disappoint me."
"Likewise!" The two of them took up positions far apart from each other to give them space to battle.
They both reached for their first pokemon...
Alex and May are about to face off! Who will win?