Dawn: Wow I wonder what Maylene's doing here.
Paul: I don't see how it matters.
Barry: Come on Paul you should be a bit more excited.
Dawn: Yes that's right Paul.
Paul:f ine.
Dawn: Either way here is the new chapter and today it's a bit earlier that usually so we hope you enjoyed it. That being said we hope you have fun reading this chapter and please let us know what you all think of Maylene being in it. Well lets start the capter.
Chapter 10 Battle of the Karate Masters and Paul's problem.
(Paul's POV)
I couldn't believe what I was looking at. Why on earth was Maylene here in Kanto? It just made no sense. That wasn't the only weird thing though. Along with Maylene, there was the frontier brain that I had to battle soon, Greta.
Greta then walked up to Maylene and they both stared at each other for a minute.
"It's good to see you once again my friend and rival. Uss." Greta said as she bowed to Maylene.
"Yes it sure has been awhile how have things been going as a frontier brain?" Maylene as Greta as she bowed to her.
Both of the girls returned back from their bows to their regular positions. "I wish I could say it was fun but sadly I've never been more bored. So far I've failed to meet a worthy opponent who is able to put up a good fight."
"Really not a single trainer has proven to be worthy opponent for you."
"So far everyone I've battled has proven to be a disappointment. I haven't faced anyone strong in a year. The last worthy opponent I went up against was a kid named Ash and he ended up defeating the whole Battle Frontier." Greta told Maylene.
"No way you couldn't possible be talking about Ash Ketchum from Pallet town?"
"Yup that's him. How do you know him?"
"He came to Sinnoh and challenged my gym. I owe him and this friend of his called Dawn a lot. They helped me decide to continue as a gym leader."
"Why on earth didn't you want to quite as a gym leader?"
"Well I got destroyed in a battle against this kid name Paul because my Pokémon and I were out of sync. But thanks to Ash and his friends I decide to keep trying. I quickly became one of Sinnoh's top gym leaders. I'm still weaker than Volkner and Byron but I'm still a lot stronger."
"Well that's good I'm glad to see you have become so powerful. I bet if you fought that kid that beat you now then you would win."
"Maybe but you never know. Either way it doesn't matter. Paul was a heartless jerk who had no love for his Pokémon and I decide not to care what he thinks because he's just a jerk. And besides I heard Ash beat him in battle during the Sinnoh league so I guess he got what he deserved." Maylene said laughing a bit.
I then walked up behind her. "So glad you talk that way about me when I'm not around." I said from behind her.
Maylene suddenly stopped laughing and turned to face me. "Paul. What on earth are you doing here?" She said in disbelief.
"Hey Maylene, how are you doing." Dawn said as she ran up to Maylene.
"Hey Dawn it's great to see you. What are you doing in Kanto." Maylene asked Dawn. She looked really happy to see Dawn.
"I'm competing in the Kanto contest and I plan to win the grand festival her. I'm also traveling with this kid Barry." Dawn said as she pointed out Barry
"Hello there nice to meet you." Maylene said to Barry.
"Hello there. Good to meet you. So you're a Sinnoh gym leader." Barry replied
"Yup that's right."
"I must've never battled you. Are you strong?" Barry asked Maylene
"She's anything but strong. Trust me Barry she's a pathetic gym leader." I told Barry.
"How many times do I have to tell you? Maylene is a great gym leader!" Dawn said yelling at me.
"It's okay Dawn I really don't care what he thinks. But one quick question. Are you and Barry traveling with Paul?" Maylene asked Dawn
"And what if we are." I said before Dawn had a chance to speak.
"Why on earth would someone as nice as Dawn be traveling with someone like you?"
"Don't worry it's really not as bad as you would think it is. He's still a pain in the ass at times though." Dawn said as she and Maylene laughed together.
"Like your one to talk." I said to Dawn
"As for why we're traveling together, Pal's older brother suggested we all try that because he wanted Paul to become less of a jerk." Dawn said
"You know I can still hear you right?" I said annoyed.
"Aw I see that does make sense. Paul really does need to learn be nicer and to show some compassion a little bit more." Maylene said as her, Dawn, Barry, and Mat all started laughing.
"All of you, Shut up." I said to everyone as they started to stop laughing.
"Okay fine. Sorry Paul." Dawn told me but I just looked at her annoyed.
"Maylene are these people friends of yours." Greta asked
"Yea. Dawn's the friend I was telling you about earlier. Paul is the trainer that I told you about. You know the one that beat me." Maylene said
"Ah I see. Well good to meet all of you. Uss." Maylene said as she bowed to all of us.
Barry and Dawn bowed back but I remained standing straight. "So are you the Frontier brain of the Battle Arena?" I asked her.
"That's right." Greta told me.
"Good then I challenge you to a battle." I said as I pulled out my frontier case and showed my symbol I got for defeating Noland.
"Oh so you defeated Noland huh. That's defiantly impressive. Perhaps you will be a worthy opponent or at least I hope so." Greta said.
"Good so I take it you will accept my challenge."
"Of course I will but not right now. I let's have a battle in a few days okay."
"Sounds good. This only gives me more time to prepare for our match."
"So why are you here in Kanto Maylene?" Dawn asked Maylene.
"Well I came here because I always wanted to see the Kanto region and Greta invited me to come visit it."
"Really wow that sure was nice of Greta to invite you."
"Well she actually invited me here for a reason." Maylene said
"Really and what exactly was that reason?" Dawn asked Maylene.
"I wanted to have a battle with Maylene since we're both Karate masters. So are you ready to have the battle?" Greta asked
"Hey wait a minute." We heard Mat say as he ran up to Maylene.
"Hello who exactly are you?" Maylene asked Mat
"I'm a friend of Dawn, Paul, and Barry and I'm also traveling the Kanto region. You're a gym leader right?"
"Yea."
"Great then I want to have a battle with you. This way I can earn my 3rd Kanto gym badge." Mat said excited.
"Mat you do know that she's a gym leader from the Sinnoh Region right? Even if you beat her the badge isn't Kanto one." I told him
"Huh, seriously. That sucks. Do you still want to battle though?"
"I'm sorry I came here on vacation and I'd rather relax here. I'm only gonna battle Greta because I promised her that I would."
"Aw man that's a bummer." Mat said disappointed.
"If you ever visit Sinnoh then I'll make sure to battle you." Maylene said
"Fine it's a deal." Mat said.
"Anyway you wanna battle right now Maylene." Greta asked Maylene
"Sure why not let's make it three on three okay." Maylene said
"All right sound good let's start." Greta said as both trainer went to enter the ring in which they would have their battle.
"Hey Maylene is it okay if we all watch your battle?" Dawn asked
"Of course it's no problem with me if it's no problem with Greta."
"Sounds fine with me the more the merrier." Greta said
"This is good. Now I can observer Greta's battling style." I said
"Well good then you better pay attention." Dawn said with a grin.
"Don't worry I intend to." I said
"Wow I've never seen a battle between two fighting type Pokémon trainers." Barry said
"I know neither have I." Mat said
"I'm really excited to see this." Barry said
"Agreed, this will be sweet." Mat said
"Will both of you stop talking I'm trying to watch this battle so I can study Greta's battling style." I said
"Aw fine." Barry said
"So this will be a three on three Pokémon battle. Now let us begin. Uss." Greta said bowing to Maylene.
"Yes let's start." Maylene said bowing back.
Both trainers got back to their original positions.
"All right Hariyama lets go." Greta said as she sent out her big fighting type Pokémon.
"Yes Machoke lets win this together." Maylene said
"Hariyama use Arm thrust. Uss."
"Machoke wait for Hariyama to get close to you and then counter with Brick Break." Maylene said
Hariyama ran toward Machoke but Machoke countered it by swinging it's arm and it using Brick Break on Hariyama's head. Maylene mirrored her Machoke's movements. Hariyama fell backwards and fell down.
"Hariyama get up and use Vital Throw." Greta said
Hariyama got back up and grabbed Machoke and threw it on the floor. It knocked Machoke on the floor with great force slamming Machoke on the ground.
Machoke then rose to its feet but it was breathing heavily.
"Machoke hit Hariyama dead on by using Cross Chop." Maylene said as she crossed her arms like Machoke was going to do.
Machoke moved forward with its arms crossed and hit Hariyama and moved it back a few feet.
"All right now use Cross chop once again." Maylene said as Machoke ran toward Hariyama to hit it.
"We won't let that happen again. Hariyama grab Machoke and use Seismic Toss to throw it in the air." Greta said.
Hariyama grabbed Machoke and jumped in the air with Machoke in its arms. It kept heading into the air until it was really high up. Hariyama then took Machoke and threw it straight toward the ground. As Machoke fell it kept on picking up speed until it slammed into the ground. Hariyama then landed on its feet a few seconds after Machoke hit the ground.
"Come on Machoke you gotta get up." Maylene said as her Machoke got back up to its feet.
"All right Hariyama les finish this by using Focus Punch." Greta told her Hariyama
"We won't let that happen. Machoke counter the attack by using Dynamic punch right now." Maylene said as she took her first and punched the air using great force.
The two Pokémon both collided their attacks. They both punched each other with great force. After they had finished their attacks, they were both breathing heavily.
"Hari." Hariyama said
"Ma…Choke." Machoke said as it fell face first into the ground.
"Aw man, Machoke return, you fought wonderfully." Maylene said as she recalled her Machoke.
"Don't worry Maylene. I know you can still win." Dawn cheered for Maylene.
"Don't worry I have no intention of giving up. Now it's time for me to use my second Pokémon. Let's win this. Go Hitmontop." Maylene said as she sent out the small fighting type Pokémon.
"Wow I didn't know Maylene caught a Hitmontop." Dawn said
"A gym leader doesn't always choose to use all of their Pokémon. Just because Maylene never used Hitmontop doesn't mean she never had one." I told Dawn
"Oh yea good point. Mow that I think about it Volkner had a Raichu but when he battled Ash, he didn't use the Raichu." Dawn said.
"Exactly."
"Oh that makes a lot of sense actually." Barry said to us.
"I guess but I think A trainer should always use all of their Pokémon." Mat told us.
"Well don't forget you may be saying that right now but when we battled you wanted to have a five on five battle.
Mat then went quite for a second. "Oh yea I guess I see your point." He said sounding a little embarrassed.
"Hey can you two please be quiet. Maylene and Greta are about to start the next round of their battle." Dawn told us.
We all turned to watch the he rest of the battle.
"Hariyama use Vital throw."
"Hitmontop use Detect to avoid the attack." Maylene told her Hitmontop.
Hariyama went to throw Hitmontop but Hitmontop used detect to see the attack coming so Hitmontop was able to dodge the attack.
"Good now use rolling kick." Maylene told Hitmontop
Hitmontop started rolling and kicked Hariyama in the face.
"Good now let's end this by using triple kick." Maylene told Hitmontop.
Hitmontop took its legs and kicked Hariyama three times with Maylene mirroring its moves. It kicked Hariyama so hard; it got knocked backwards and fainted.
"Aw man. Hariyama return good effort. You fought well." Greta said to her Hariyama.
"All right great going Maylene you only have to defeat two more Pokémon now." Dawn said happily.
"Now it's time for me to use my second Pokémon. Medicham lets battle. Uss." Greta said as she sent out her Medicham.
"Hitmontop use triple kick." Maylene said as her Hitmontop kicked Medicham three times. Medicham got knocked back but Medicham got up and was still ready to continue battling.
"Medicham use Mind reader." Greta said
"What does Mind reader do?" Dawn asked
"Mind Reader is an attack that makes the Pokémon's next attack a definite hit." I told Dawn.
"Wow an attack like that sure sounds helpful." Mat said
"It defiantly is. Now whatever attack Greta decides to use next will hit no matter what." I told everyone.
"Now Medicham use Hi Jump Kick." Greta said.
"Hitmontop try to dodge the attack." Maylene said.
Hitmontop tried to avoid the high jump kick, but Medicham's Mind Reader attack made Medicham's Hi Jump Kick follow Hitmontop around until it hit Hitmontop.
Hitmontop got back on its feet but it was struggling to get up.
"Now use Ice Punch." Greta said
"Use counter Hitmontop." Maylene said
Medicham punched Hitmontop with its frozen fist but after the attack had hit Hitmontop hit Medicham with twice as much power.
"Wow Maylene used counter just like I did with Wobbuffet when I was battling you Paul." Mat said
"That's right. Probably because it's a very useful attack, just like destiny bond." I said to Mat.
"Good point." Mat said as he continued to watch the battle.
"All right now use Rolling kick Hitmontop." Maylene said.
Hitmontop spun around and kicked Medicham in the face.
"Good job now use Triple kick." Maylene said
"Don't let them try that counter the attack by using Psychic." Greta said.
Hitmontop moved toward Medicham but Medicham countered it by using its Psychic. It stopped Hitmontop with its mind and threw Hitmontop into the wall with such great force that Hitmontop fell down and fainted.
"Oh no Hitmontop return. You did great. Come back and take a rest." Maylene said.
"Aw man this doesn't look good for Maylene. Now she's down to her final Pokémon." Barry said.
"I know what you mean. It looks like Maylene is about to lose." Mat said
"Don't either of you dare start counting Maylene out yet. Neither of you have ever fought her so you wouldn't understand." Dawn said
"What wouldn we understand." Mat said.
"You wouldn't understand that Maylenes last Pokémon is an extremely powerful one." Dawn said. Paying attention to the battle.
"It's all up to you now I'm counting on you. Lucario lets win this." Maylene said as she sent out her main partner.
"Well let's begin. Medicham use Mind Reader." Greta said.
"Looks Like she's planning to use the same strategy she used earlier." I said.
"Don't you worry about Maylene Paul. That plan won't work a second time in a row." Dawn told me.
"Believe me I wasn't worried about her." I told Dawn and I continued to watch the battle.
"Lucario use Force Palm." Maylene said
Lucario ran into Medicham and pushed it with its palm and pushed Medicham backwards.
"Get back up Medicham and use Hi Jump Kick." Greta said as Medicham jumped in the air and went to hit Lucario.
"I'm not gonna let that happen again. Lucario use Aura Sphere." Maylene said to here Lucario as she move her hands in the way Lucario does to use Aura Sphere
Medicham went to kick Lucario but Lucario hit it with its Aura Sphere. Medicham got knocked back and fell on the ground unconscious.
"Great job Lucario." Maylene said happily.
"See I told you Maylene's Lucario is awesome. Now Greta's down to her final Pokémon." Dawn said happily.
"Why exactly are you celebrating? Did you already forget that Greta still has one Pokémon left and I'm willing to bet that her final Pokémon is her best Pokémon." I said
"Paul's right Dawn." Barry said.
"It doesn't matter I know Maylene can win this battle if Lucario and her try had enough." Dawn said believing in Maylene
"Look I'm just warning you never underestimate a Frontier brain." I told Dawn as we looked to see what Greta's final Pokémon will be.
I'm having so much fun that I have to use him. Get ready to meet my ultimate Pokémon. Go Infernape. Uss." Greta said as she sent out the fire monkey Pokémon.
"No way she has an Infernape." I said not believing what I was looking at.
"Paul are you okay you look troubled?" Dawn asked me sounding concerned.
I kept remembering my final battle with Ash and how it ended. I couldn't stand the thought of having to battle an Infernape.
"Paul, are you okay?" Dawn asked me once again sounding really worried.
"Huh Yea I'm fine just remembering something. Thanks for worrying about me." I said not really paying attention to what I was saying.
"Huh did you just thank me? Now I know there's defiantly something wrong with you. Maybe we should see a doctor." Dawn suggested to me but I ignored her and went back to watching the battle.
"Infernape use Flamethrower." Greta said as Infernape shot out a Flamethrower and hit Lucario dead on.
"Lucario use Bone Rush."
Lucario created a bone weapon and started hitting Infernape with the weapon but it didn't seem to do that much damage.
"Now Infernape, use Flare Blitz."
"Counter it by using Aura Sphere."
Lucario fired Aura sphere and hit Infernape in the center but after the attack hit, Infernape used Flare Blitz and just hit Lucario with great force.
I couldn't believe my eyes; Greta's Infernape was extremely powerful, just like Ash's Infernape was. I stood there and watch as the Infernape was pounding Lucario by using attacks like Flare Blitz and Flame thrower to destroy Lucario. Lucario fired all sorts of attacks but none of them worked against Infernape. Greta's Infernape was really well trained and it was even making Lucario look like it was nothing.
Damn it. This Infernape is proven to be a powerful Pokémon. It just keeps beating the shit out of Lucario. How am I supposed to defeat that thing? Why am I frisking out like this? This isn't like me. I thought that when I saw Ash's Infernape at Oak's lab that it would make everything all okay with Infernapes. But right now I just keep remembering that one battle. It's not just Ash's Infernape that bothers me, it's every Infernape. Why though why. I've been beaten by other Pokémon so why are Infernape's the ones that are making me react this way. I just don't get it. I thought to myself
"Paul Maybe we should leave for now." Dawn said
"No I wanna stay and see this." I said.
"But you really look like your in-"
"Will you please just shut the hell up? You're a real annoying bitch you know that." I said
"Hey what's your problem Paul this isn't like you at all? You need to stop acting like such a jerk or I'm going to have to fine you."
"Shut up you retard. Do you know how annoying you people are?" I screamed.
"Paul why are you acing like this. Do Infernape's really bother you that much? Why do they bother you? Do you regret how you treated them? Or are you botherd by them? Or do they just remind you of your battle with Ash? Or are you just scared of Infernape?" Dawn asked sounding really worried about me.
"I don't fricken know. Just leave me alone for now." I said
"Look I'll leave you alone for now but when you're feeling better I want you to talk to me and Barry. We're your friends and no matter how hard you try you won't be able to change that." Dawn told me. I didn't say anything back to her so she just walked to the other side I the ring to watch the rest of the battle with Barry and Mat following her from behind.
"Lucario lets risk it all right here and now with one last Aura Sphere." Maylene said as Lucario fired its final Aura Sphere. It hit Infernape dead center. Infernape took a lot of damage but it was still standing.
"Maylene. I just want to tell you that this was defiantly a fantastic battle. Sadly though, it's time I end this. Infernape finish this match with Close Combat." Greta said
Infernape ran toward Lucario and started punching it like crazy. After about a minute of watching the high leveled Infernape attack Lucario, I saw Lucario fall to the ground and faint.
"Oh no Lucario." I heard Maylene yell as her partner dropped to the ground.
I didn't react though I just stood there staring at the Infernape I started breathing heavily. I didn't understand none of this was like me. I'm not supposed to act this way. As I stood their standing at the Infernape I found myself asking one question. "What the hell is happening to me?"
To be continued.
Barry: Hey everyone. Paul isn't doing so well so right now it will just be Dawn and I.
Dawn: I'm starting to get worried about him
Barry: I know what you mean I am too.
Dawn: Well sorry if Paul seemed a little out of character today but we want to show you guys the trouble he's going through.
Barry: hopefully he'll be able to concur this.
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