Me, Cheren, and Bianca are trying to win our first try in a Triple Battle against three Gym Leaders to obtain our first Gym Badge. But, so far, we are in a tight corner. Our Pokemon are being inflicted with burn effect periodically from the Scald attack, the only three Pecha berries I tried giving to our Pokemon are like charcoal due to the Incinerate move, and now we got nowhere else to go from here.
"Well, Crymson?" Cheren glared at me with his arms crossed. "Got any more bright ideas?"
"Just let me think for a second..." I can feel a drop of sweat pouring down the right side of my face.
"Well, you better think quickly!" Cheren yelled, then pointed at our Pokemon. "Look at our Pokemon! They barely got any strength left within theirselves!"
I snapped my head to Cheren, growling under through my teeth. "If you would please give me some time to come u-"
"Time is not what we have!" Cheren's voice rose a few knotches, turned directly to me. "Our Pokemon are burned, your only three Pecha Berries are blackened up and useless, and now we are in the verge of losing our first Gym battle!"
"If you can just listen to me just for one second, Cheren!" I yelled back, my face closer to Cheren's.
"Umm, can you guys calm down? I got an idea..." Bianca said calmly.
"How can I not calm down, Bianca!" Cheren swiftly turned to Bianca, making her scared. "This was your fault to begin with! If it hadn't been for you making such a weak and inconsiderate move, we could've gotten this battle done quickly! If you weren't around, maybe th-"
"Enough!" Bianca shoved Cheren hard, making loose his balance and fell on his bottom. He looked up at the angry Bianca in awe. "S-sorry, Cheren. I had to do that..." Bianca looked down, but look back at Cheren.
"Bianca..." My eyes grown wide. I never knew Bianca had that much in her.
"If you would please listen carefully instead of wanting to win this battle your way, maybe we can win this battle together!" Bianca suggest. "I was thinking, since the Gym Leaders came up with some combos, how about we do our own?"
Cheren got up, adjusting his clothing neatly. "How can possibly work, Bianca? We don't know how to make a combined move."
"Actually," I slammed my fist onto the palm of my hand. "I know a way." I looked at Bianca. "Bianca, lend me your ear for a second."
"Umm..." Bianca became a bit hesitant, then nodded. "Okay, Crymson." She walked up to me and I placed my hand over my mouth, whispering my idea to Bianca alone? "Ooooh, I'll try that!" Bianca jumped, smiling.
"What's the plan you two!?" Cheren asked.
"You'll see! Just watch me and Crymson, and you will find out soon enough." Bianca winked and smiled at Cheren. "Alright, let's get to it, Tepig!"
"Te...pig..." Bianca's Tepig slowly started to stand on all fours, ready for Bianca's command.
"Tepig, create a line of fire using your Ember!" Bianca shout. Her Tepig nodded and shot its attack though the middle of the arena, creating a long line of fire, width wise.
"What are you doing? Why aren't you attacking our opponents!?" I can tell by the tone of Cheren's voice he doesn't seem too impressed.
"Give it time." I raised my hand up, telling him to be patient. "Me and Bianca know what we are doing." I showed my determined smile.
"Alright," Cilan clapped his hands before looking at his allies. "I say it is about time we end this battle. How about we give our guests their 'just desserts'." He wait for both Cress and Chili to signal with a nod. He smiled.
"Tackle!" The three Gym Leaders commanded. We witness the monkey trio Pokemon nodded, charging towards our nearly weakened. I waited.
"C-Crymson..." I can hear Cheren's voice shaken a bit. "I hope you know what you are doing!" Now he sounds hesitant. Once the monkey trio Pokemon was just about to leap over the line of fire, I make my move.
"Muji, extinguish the fire with your Water Gun!" I yelled out quickly.
"Osha Osha!" Muji's head popped up once I commanded him. He leaped up into the air and spout out a jet stream of water out of his mouth, creating a huge, thick cloud of smoke from the line of extinguished fire in the middle of the arena. I can actually tell the monkey trio didn't came out of the smoke, but I can hear them coughing from the smoke.
"What the-" Cress's voice sounds like he is astonished. "What just happened here!?"
"Wow you two. I am really impressed!" Cheren is astonished. "You manage to create a combination technique and stopped the Pokemon from proceeding." He smiled. Wow, me and Bianca actually got him to smile.
"See!?" Bianca smiled wide. "I told you you'll find out soon enough!"
"Whoa, what an amazing way to stop our Pokemon from their tracks. Bravo!" Cilan's voice echoed through the smoke, and it also sound like he is clapping his hands. "Ow! What was that for!?" Cilan's voice rose. Seems like someone hurt him.
"What in the hell are you trying to do, encourage them!?" Chili's voice boomed. "We are trying to prevent them from winning this Gym Battle, that's our job from the start!"
"That's enough, I am going to end this!" Cress said. "Panpour, use Scald!"
"Pan Pan!" Cress's Pokémon called. Just as soon as the smoke started to clear out, we see a silhouette of one of the Pokemon readied its attack, presumably Panpour. Seconds later, the smoke cleared out. Now we see the Pokemon clearly, except Panpour released its attack towards the Gym Leaders. Our opponents ducked, making the attack miss them. Once the attack is done the three Gym Leaders stood up.
"You idiot!" Chili yelled at Cress. "Why did your Pokemon attacked us with a piping hot move!?"
"Why are you blaming that on me!?" Cress yelled back at Chili.
"Now, now, Chili." Cilan said. "Panpour didn't mean to do that. It was the smoke that impaired his sight for a bit. You need to apologize to Cress."
"I'll apologize once this battle is over!" Chili looked at us and raised his hand up. "Pansear, Incinerate!"
"Pan!" Chili's Pansear used its attack, directly scorching our Pokemon. Once the flames died down, our Pokemon lay panting on the ground. Then flames erupted on them, having the burn effect inflict them.
"We better make this quick, or otherwise our Pokemon will be out of strength." Cheren turned to me. "How about we make a combo of our own, Crymson?"
"Lead the way, Cheren." I nodded.
"Likewise!" Cheren smiled, adjusting his glasses. "Snivy, throw your Razor Leaf into the air!"
"Snivy, Sni!" Cheren's Snivy stood up, releasing a bunch of spinning leaves into the air. Ah! Now I know what Cheren wants me to do.
"On no you don't!" Cilan yelled. "Pansage, use your Vine Whip and stop those leaves!." His Pansage ran and jumped into the air, using his move to cut the Razor Leaf in half.
"No, that can't be!" Cheren yelled after seeing his Pokemon's attack failed. "Now we can't provide a combination for that!"
"Hmm," I began pondering, and looked to where the Razor Leaf is and Pansage descending down. Then a lightbulb popped out of my head. "Ah ha!" Now I got it! "Muji, shoot your Water Gun to the roof!"
"What!?" Cheren jumped. "Are you crazy!?"
"Osha!" Muji shot his attack up into the air. Just as soon as the speeding water made onto the roof, it bounced off and onto the Razor Leaf. With the Water Gun's speed capturing the Razor Leaf, they flew and cut on and around Pansage directly. It even hit Pansear and Panpour.
"Pansage!" Cilan watched his Pokemon dropped down to the ground, struggling to get up.
"I get it now!" Cheren said. "With the speed of your Oshawott's attack ricocheted on the roof and directly towards my failed attack, you made the leaves gain more speed, just like the leaves flowing down a waterfall."
"Exactly!" I laughed, gleefully. "When there is a will, there is a way!" I saw on the corner of my eye that our Pokemon are inflicted by the burn effect. "Now's not the time to be praising, we got to hurry!"
"Precisely. Bianca," Cheren turned to Bianca on his left. "How about we combine two of our attacks?"
"Yes, please!" Bianca cheered. "Tepig, Ember!"
"Pansage, attack Tepig with your Vine Whip!" Cilan commanded. His Pokemon stood up, though staggered a bit, and whipped its attack to Bianca's Pokemon, making Tepig's attack shoot up into the air.
"Perfect!" Cheren shout. I would've figure he would be disappointed, but I turned my head to see him smirking. "Just what I need! Snivy, directly veer your Razor Leaf through Tepig's Ember!"
"Snivy!" Cheren's Snivy swung its tail swiftly, flinging about 10 Razor Leaves. Veering to the left through the Ember like a frisbee, the leaves caught on fire.
"Awesome!" I yelled, smiling. The blazing Razor Leaf sped towards Pansage and carried all the way to its allies, hitting and knocking them down.
"Gah, this can not be!" Chili placed his hands on the top of his head. "How can those three come up with an amazing strategy!?"
"I don't know." Cress said. "Come on you three, get up!" He ordered. The monkey trio slowly began to stand up, panting due to their nearly weakened state. And at that moment, flames erupted on them.
"What!? Their burned!?" The Gym leader's faces looked surprised.
"How can they be burned?" Bianca asked. "I don't get it."
"Its from your Ember." I answered.
"But my Tepig didn't attack them. That Pansage made him miss." I can tell Bianca is really confused.
"On the contrary, Bianca." Cheren spoke. "Your Pokemon's attack might've missed, but with a little help of my Snivy's Razor Leaf, it captured the Ember and carried on to our opponents as it was engulfed in flames."
"Ooooh, now I get it." Bianca nodded.
"Great, now our Pokemon are burned!" Chili said. "Hey, Cilan. Give me one of your Pecha Berries!" Chili held out a hand to Cilan.
"Umm..." Cilan closed his eyes, smiling weakly with a sweat drop on his head. "I'm afraid I don't have any..." He laughed weakly.
"What!? I told you to plant those seeds out back a few days ago!" Chili yelled. "What hapoened to them!?"
"I think the Bird Pokemon snatched it out of my hands..." Cilan shrugged.
"How can you be so freaking careless, you idiot!" Chili started shaking him hard.
"You guys..." Cress face palmed.
"How about we all wrapped this battle up with one more move, guys?" I said, seeing both Bianca and Cheren nod. I turned to our opponents. "Muji, Water Gun!"
"Tepig, Ember!" Bianca followed.
"Snivy, Razor Leaf!" Cheren said.
"COMBINED!" We all said together. In unison, our Pokemon jumped into the air, and one by one launched their attacks in a spiraling vortex formation. With their opponent frantically trying to dodge, but to no avail in doinf so they were hit. The attack launched them off the ground and towards the wall right behind the Gym Leaders, making them duck down.
"Look!" Bianca pointed up to see a full rainbow, shining bright in the middle off the arena. For a short second, the rainbow disappeared, and we looked down to see the monkey trio slid down from the wall and onto the floor with swirls in their eyes.
"Not good..." Cilan said, frowning.
"No!" Chili yelled with his hands on his head.
"It can't be..." Cress said, placing his fingers on his forehead.
"Pansear, Panpour, and Pansage are unable to continue." Clyde announced. "Which means the victors go to Snivy, Tepig, and Muji. And the winners of the Triple Battle goes to Crymson, Cheren, and Bianca!"
"Whoo hoo!" Bianca cheered. "We did it, we finally did it!"
"Exactly," Cheren bowed his head with eyes closed, smirking. "We finally manage to beat them."
"It's about time!" I sighed, relieving myself away from the tension. "That was some teamwork we got there, guys."
"Indeed it is, you three." We hear Cilan walking up to us, clapping his hands. "You three have shown one of the many ways of battling, and shown what it takes to really become a full fledged Trainer. I applaud on your tenacity and hard work, young Trainers." We also see both Chili and Cress walked up to Cilan, applauding with him.
"Thank you!" Me, Bianca, and Cheren said. Actually, to be honest, being applauded after a good battle feels good. But its even better when I have my friends with me.
All six are standing outside of the gym, with the evening sky glowing a bright red and orange over the clouds. Cheren, Bianca, and I are waiting to receive our badge. "That was some Triple Battle we have in there. I felt so much excitement throughout that time!" Bianca was the first to speak.
"And what an excitement it is." Cilan spoke. "Oh, all the wondrous flavors combining with such tasteful moves. It just a warms my heart for a full course meal becoming so-"
"Shut up with your food poems!" Chili smacked Cilan's head hard. "Shouldn't we be giving them their badges!?" He crossed his arms.
"I believe so." Cress brought out a silver dish with a cloth over the top. "Cilan?"
"Gladly!" Cilan grabbed the corner of the cloth. "In honor of defeating us, the Striaton City Gym Leaders, I present you three" He removed the cloth. "Your very first Gym badge: the Trio Badge!" Showing in the middle of the silver dish are three shiney rectangular badges with red, blue, and green on the front.
"You three deserve it." Cress smiled. "Though you three had a rough start, to begin with. But you manage to pull yourselves together andmmasnageto beat us."
"And with those combined moves you showed," Chili grinned. "You've learned a very valuable lesson in teamwork. And that is what matters most!"
"Thank you very much!" We all said as we took our own badge from the dish.
"And you guys shouldn't forget about your badge cases." Cress held up three badge cases, one for each of us. Me, Cheren, and Bianca gladly accepted the cases, placing our first badge on the left furthermost slot. We closed it shut and put our cases away in our bags.
"So, where to now from here?" I asked, looking at the Gym Leaders.
"I believe there is a Gym right in Nacrene City just northwest of here." Chili said. "We wish you three good luck on your journey!" The Gym Leaders walked back into the Gym, leaving us three standing.
"Nacrene City?" Cheren spoke. "Glad they told us where we should go to next. I bet their might be some useful Pokemon along the way." He looked left.
"Oh, there you are!" A feminine voice made the three of us jumped. We turned to see a long purple haired female, wearing a lab coat, glasses and a pink flower on her hair, walking towards us. "I have been waiting for you young Trainers to come!" She giggled.
"I'm sorry if I may sound rude," Cheren said, pushing his glasses up. "But who might you be, exactly?"
"Oh, pardon me for intruding. Seems like I forgot to introduce myself." She giggled. "I am Fennel."
"FENNEL!?" Me and Bianca yelled, making Cheren jumped.
((Whoa, such a long chapter I suppose. I think my arm, or maybe my fingers probably might go limp because of typing all of this in my tablet. Eh, no matter, this chapter is done. Thank you for supporting, and tell me what you think. ^_^ ~CS))