Chapter 11

Kokoa smiled as she stared over at his Pawniard. "I'll make this a quick match!"

Takuya laughed, a look of superiority on his face. "You took the words right out of my mouth!"

Kokoa growled at him and looked over at Ruru. "Hit them hard with an aura sphere!"

Takuya was prepared to counter. "Use metal claw!"

Pawniard's metal claw cut right through the aura sphere. Pawniard then hit Riolu hard, not showing any mercy.

Kokoa clenched her fists in anger and Takuya remained cool and level headed. Takuya seemed like he knew what he was doing. The calm look on his face seemed to piss off Kokoa even more.

"Ruru, use forceplam now!"

The Riolu charged at Pawniard and hit it with force palm. It didn't look like it did too much to Pawniard.

Takuya smirked. "Finish it off with iron head!"

Pawniard's head glowed with a metallic color as it charged into Riolu, doing a vast amount of damage. Riolu had fainted.

"Riolu is unable to battle!" I called out. "Pawniard is the winner!"

Kokoa sighed angrily and called Ruru back into her pokeball. Ginger, who was standing beside Kokoa, whined. Kokoa nodded.

"Let's see if you can beat Ginger! She's the best I've got!"

Ginger growled at both Takuya and Pawniard as it pranced onto the battle field. Takuya's smirk widened.

"If that's the best one you've got, I'd love to see the look on your face when you see it's no match against me."

Kokoa snarled. "Ginger, use fire spin now!"

Ginger shot a large amount of spiralling flames at Pawniard. The Pokémon tried to dodge, but wasn't quick enough. The flames smacked it into the ground.

Takuya frowned. "Pawniard, get up and use night slash!"

Kokoa laughed. "Oh no you don't! Ginger, wrap this up with flamethrower!"

Before Pawniard could move, Ginger shot a line of flames at Pawniard. By the time it was done with, Pawniard had fainted.

"Pawniard is unable to battle! The winner is Ginger!"

Takuya smiled. "Not bad, but just wait until you see my next Pokémon. Go Axew! Use dragon rage!"

"Ginger, counter with flamethrower!"

The two moves hit each other with full force, blowing each other up and injuring the Pokémon on each side. Takuya and Kokoa growled at each other.

Takuya made a move. "Axew, use outrage!"

Axew looked furious as it blasted out its attack at Ginger. Ginger tried to dodge, but was grazed with the attack. The fox Pokémon growled in anger.

"Ginger, fire blast now!"

Takuya smiled. "Counter! Use outrage once more!"

As the attacks collided, a huge ball of smoke formed, covering the field. When the smoke cleared, one Pokémon was down.

"Axew is unable to battle! The winner is Ginger!"

Takuya smiled arrogantly. How could he still seem so confident with only one Pokémon left?

"Now introducing my partner and strongest Pokémon, Luxray!"

A strong looking lion like Pokémon debuted on the battle field. It growled at Ginger and Ginger growled back.

Takuya smiled. "That Ninetales is weak, use thunder fang!"

Luxray's fangs lit up with electricity as it bit down on Ginger's throat, holding her down and draining her HP.

Kokoa growled in frustration. "Come on, Ginger! Break free of its grip!"

Ginger struggled and fought the best it could, but Luxray's grip was too tight. Ginger stopped struggling as it fainted.

"Ginger is unable to battle! Luxray is the winner."

I could tell that Kokoa was losing confidence. Her last Pokemon was Ducklett, a water type which was weak against electric types like Luxray.

Kokoa growled. "Pilot, use scald!"

Takuya smiled. "Luxray, use thunder bolt!"

Luxray easily avoided the scald and started to glow with electricity. It then shot it at poor Ducklett. Pilot called out, taking a huge amount of damage from the thunder bolt. It refused to give up though.

It got up, smiling over at Kokoa. It was a new Pokemon, but it didn't want to let its master down. Kokoa smiled at it.

"Ok Pilot, use steel wing!"

Pilot's wings lit up with a steel color as it charged at Luxray head on. Takuya had a plan though.

"Luxray, use thunder fang on more time!"

Luxray jumped up and dug its fangs into Pilot's wings the poor bird Pokemon cried as the electricity shocked it. Pilot fell from the sky, fainted.

I gasped. "...Pilot is unable to battle. Luxray wins, meaning Takuya is the victor."

Takuya smiled victoriously and called Luxray back over to him. It appears that Luxray's an out of pokeball Pokémon.

Kokoa picked up a dejected Ducklett and hugged it. "You did your best. Thank you."

She then called it back into its pokeball. She sighed and glared over at Takuya.

"You got lucky this time!"

Takuya shrugged. 'I have to admit, you gave me a run for my money."

Kokoa crossed her arms. "Whatever. Come on, Ichigo. Let's go to the gym."

Takuya ran over to us. "Wait. Do you guys mind if I travel with you?"

Kokoa glowered at Takuya. "You defeat me in a Pokémon battle then ask to travel with us?"

Takuya shrugged. "You're like a fangirl repellant. If I stick with you, they won't crowd me as much."

Kokoa sighed but I smiled. "I guess it wouldn't hurt for you to travel with us!"

Takuya nodded. "So you guys are heading to the gym?"

Kokoa perked up a bit. "Yup! And you can bet that I'll win it!"

Takuya nodded. "Of course you will. It's the easiest gym in Petilla."

Kokoa snarled at him. "Shut up and get moving! I'd like to battle the gym TODAY!"

I couldn't help but smile as they bickered. It looked like they hated each other, but I could tell they respected each other as trainers. I smiled even more as we arrived at the gym. After we were done here, I knew I could enter more contests. And now, we had a new travelling buddy. This was turning out to be a great journey...