Chapter 21- A Relaxing Gym battle
Location: Sonata City
Time: 12:00
Pokémon Recap:(A/N the moves stated will be the moves set for battle)
Joseph's team
Rouge: Delta Charizard, Female, Mild, Delta Charizardite, Level 56 (Lunar Cannon, Shadow Ball, Dragon Dance, Dragon Pulse)
Sasuke: Delta Gallade, Male, Lonely, Delta Galladite [broken], Level 54 (Swords Dance, Ice Blade, Lightning Blade, Ice Shard)
Ichigo: Rotom, Rash, Magnet, Level 54 (Thunder Wave, Discharge, Hex, Double Team)
JoJo: Lucario, Male, Adamant, Expert Belt, Level 55 (Star Fall, Close Combat, Aura Sphere, Bone Rush)
Rin: Charizard, Male, Timid, Charcoal, Level 54 (Flamethrower, Wing attack, Fly, Slash)
Alexis' team
Saiki: Delta Venusaur, Male, Modest, Delta Venusaurite, Level 58, (Psycho Boost, Leech Seed, Psychic, Moon blast)
Grey: Delta Scizor, Male, Calm, Delta Scizorite, Level 56 (Icicle Crash, hone claws, Night Slash, Cross Chop)
Toga: Ditto, Relaxed, Choice Specs, Level 57 (….)
Katsura: Zoroark, Male, Timid, Scope Lens, Level 58 (Punishment, Night Slash, Hone Claws, U-turn)
Kisame: Delta Haxorus, Male, Jolly, (none), Level 56 (Crunch, Ice Fang, Poison Fang, Aqua Jet)
The past few days Joseph had been practicing meditation and resting. While Alexis helped out Nora and Damian. The meditation was surprisingly helpful, it lightened the pain from his other self immensely. What Nora and Damian were helping out at Sonata Hills Hospital, until the trees that fell from a storm were moved. Joseph felt like doing something now and Decided to challenge Sonata City's Gym.
"So, you're really going to challenger her?" Alexis asked.
"I've been resting for about four days now. If I don't do something other than sleep and meditation. I'll go crazy, then he'll take over." Joseph responded.
"(if you go crazy it would make things easier.)" Dark Joseph said. "(But this battle is pointless. I won't make it difficult.)"
"Though, he has decided not to do anything now." Joseph sighed, "He'll definitely attack again after the battle."
"…" Alexis rolled her eyes, "you really must be bored or stupid. If you are just accepting him right now."
"I don't accept him," Joseph defended,
"*sigh*" Alexis didn't know where this conversation was going. She looked at Joseph's hair "seems like the dye is fading, you might want to re-dye it."
"Same can be said about you." Joseph also noticed, "Black. Looks good on you."
"Shut up." Alexis said flustered. "Are you going to dye it again?"
"*heh* I think I'll the dye fade, majority of the cults know about me any way." Joseph smiled.
"What was that laugh about?" Alexis exclaimed embarrassed
"Seeing you flustered was unexpected." Joseph shrugged.
"Shut up or I'll leave." Alexis stated.
"I don't even know why you're coming with me." Joseph responded
"If I don't go with you, you'll do something stupid." Alexis yelled.
"It's a gym battle what stupid thing would I do!" Joseph exclaimed.
"This is coming from the guy. Who battled encountered Cultists after a Gym battle twice, and Battled a Cultist Gym Leader!" Alexis… was not wrong.
"Those were just coincidences, I had no ability to stop what was coming." Joseph defended.
"Okay how about Rezzai Cavern, and Miara town." Alexis continued, "lets face it when ever your alone you get into trouble."
"Oh!" Joseph remembered, "Back near Midna town I encountered cultists at ruins with Nora."
"And you nearly died." Alexis coldly said.
"I was defending JoJo." Joseph protested, and walked into the gym.
"I'm Still coming with you," Alexis said, following along
"What's good?" the Gym Guide said. "Oh. There's two today."
"No, I'm just here to watch." Alexis said.
"Okay? But you're not allowed to give any advice to the challenger while you're here." Alexis nodded. The Guide turned to Joseph, "Alright for the puzzle of the gym-"
"I thought you said no advice." Alexis smiled
"I-its not advice just an explanation of the puzzle" the guide said. "You couldn't ask a person to answer you, if you don't give them a question."
"It makes sense, so what's this explanation?" Alexis questioned. Joseph could be heard sighing in the background.
"you're not challenging the gym!?" The guide said surprised, "You skip the puzzle and just wait for your friend at the end with the gym leader."
"alright but why can't I hear the explanation" Alexis continued.
"Because-" Joseph just interrupts the Guide.
"Ignore her." Joseph says with impatient sigh, "Just tell me the about the damn puzzle, the flowers are making me want to sneeze. *Achoo! *"
"Right the Puzzle is just a simple maze, with trainers along the way." The guide said, "If you manage to find the right path. You only need to fight one trainer. And for the young lass, follow me."
"Wait? Where are you leading me?" Alexis asked.
"I'm leading you to the other side through the Gym leader's path." The guide said.
"Why does the gym leader have a separate path to the rest?" Alexis once again questioned.
"Alexis please stops with the questions." Joseph groaned, "Just do what he says. I'll be on the other side with in an hour at most."
"… fine" Alexis was upset. Joseph had ruined her fun.
"thank you." Said the Guide.
Joseph watched them walk off to the left, "Okay time to go right." Joseph got through the maze with relative ease, with a new record of forty minutes. On the other side he found Alexis talking with someone he hadn't met since Suntouched City.
"So, you've challenged a gym before?" The Gym leader Harmony said.
"Not officially, but I did receive a badge in the end." Alexis smiled
"You fought a Gym Leader?" Joseph said in surprise. "When?"
"Before I came to Torren. In my home town" That was all Alexis needed to say to shut up Joseph.
"Which Gym Leader did you face?" Asked Harmony.
"Snowbelle City" Alexis said. "Wulfric and I are friends."
"Wow he's the eighth gym Leader of that Region you really must be strong if you were able to defeat him." Harmony said.
"Nice going." Joseph smiled, "You're really strong."
"as if you need to say that for me to know." Alexis Laughed, "Now aren't you going to show her your skill in battle." Alexis remined Joseph of his coming here.
"Right I Challenge you to a battle." Joseph said, "It's been a while."
"Oh, you were the kid who battled Orion." Harmony remembered, "It has been some time, though I don't remember her."
"I met her in Vipik." Joseph said.
"Okay," Harmony said, "Now on to business. You came to challenge me. I specialize in Normal-Fairy Pokémon. I see from the amount of time you took your Pokémon don't need healing. So, switch style or set?"
"Set battle." Joseph responded.
"Okay Come out Cinccino," Harmony smiled, as they threw out her Pokémon. /Cinccino: Their white fur feels amazing to touch. Their fur repels dust and prevents static electricity from building up. /
"JoJo, your up." Joseph called out. His Lucario landed ready to fight. "Let it in close, and use Close Combat."
"Use Tail Slap on it." Harmony commanded. The Cinccino was faster, and got five hits in on JoJo leaving at seventy percent. Though as it got close for the tail slap JoJo took it down with several hits in a quick succession "Nice try. Come on out Azumarill." A blue bunny appeared on the ground /Azumarill: Azumarill's long ears are indispensable sensors. By focusing its hearing, this Pokémon can identify what kinds of prey are around, even in rough and fast-running rivers. /
"…" Joseph gave a worried look, "JoJo come back! Go Ichigo." Lucario retuned to its ball while Ichigo came out.
"While he's doing that Azumarill use Belly Drum" Harmony smiled. The Azumarill maxed out it's attack and restored some health with a sitrus berry. It sat at seventy five percent health.
"Bad choice." Joseph smiled, "Ichigo is much faster, Discharge." The charge of lighting had shocked away the rest of Azumarill's health.
"wouldn't have thought it would have Discharge. Its more common to have uproar on Rotoms." Harmony said
"He had that." Joseph looked at Alexis, "My friends made me get rid of it."
"Sylveon get ready to fight." Harmony threw out a Sylveon with some glasses on. /Sylveon: Once a fight breaks out, it will unflinchingly charge at dragon Pokémon that are many times larger than itself. / "Shadow Ball!"
"Ichigo Discharge." Joseph called. The next wave of lighting had taken away thirty percent of the Slyveon's health and Paralyzed it. While the Shadow Ball had knocked out Ichigo. "You did good bud. Come now Sasuke," Sasuke came out ready to fight. He had the Delta Galladite ready, but since the fight with Audrey it hadn't worked. Joseph still reached for the keystone in hopes of it finally working to no avail. "Alright then use Lighting Blade" Sasuke ran up to the Sylveon and slashed at it. The Sylveon was unable to move due to paralysis, and was hit with a critical knocked out.
"interesting," Harmony said as she returned her Pokémon to her pokeball. "Never thought this gal would fight a Gallade. Come now Gardevoir!" her next Pokémon landed tracing Sasuke's stance. "now Focus Blast!" as unexpected as it was to see this, Sasuke successfully dodged the attack though Joseph barely dodged it.
"…!" Joseph was in utter surprise of what he just saw.
"Are you Trying to kill him?!" Alexis yelled in the background
"Sorry." Harmony smiled,
"Sasuke…" Joseph still a bit shaky "Ice Blade." Sasuke also in shock followed the order leaving the Gardevoir at half health,
"(I did not think we'd almost be killed by someone who isn't an enemy)" DJ said.
"Ice blade again." Joseph quickly stated.
"Gardevoir you know what to do." Harmony smiled. Sasuke had ran up and slashed at The Gardevoir taking it down. But soon after Sasuke also fell.
"Destiny bond." Joseph said upset by those two turns. "Rin, help me out here." Joseph threw out his Charizard with a flame blue tail
"Let's take to the sky Togekiss!" Harmony called as her Pokémon flew from the pokeball. It flew with a Serene Grace to it.
"Rin Flamethrower." Joseph said.
"Togekiss Thunder wave!" Harmony commanded. As the Togekiss was hit with flames leaving it at Sixty percent, it got Rin paralyzed. Though Togekiss got burned losing another six percent. "Follow along with Air Slash!"
"Rin!" Joseph called as Rin lost forty percent, "Take the turn to focus and Flame thrower again."
"Togekiss again with the Air Slash!" Harmony said. After Rin got hit with the Slash of air he gone to twenty percent and almost lost focus but did not. After that Rin's flame turn white, and shot a Huge bust of flame taking down the Togekiss.
"Nice going Rin!" Joseph cheered.
"Charizards a powerful foe." Harmony said. "Orion always been a fan of them. Now get ready for the Miltank Special."
Just as the Miltank touched the Ground a voice called. "Stop the Battle!" it was a girl with green hair
"Nora?" Harmony said in surprise, "what's wrong?"
"*huff* The Hospital… Power… been cut…" Nora huffed out. "Damian is trying to find out why."
"The Power… Cut?" Harmony said perplexed. "That's impossible. The system is protected, it shouldn't Fail like that?" worry came across Harmony's face. "Unless… it was sabotaged! Oh, no, no, no, no, no!"
"Come on lets hurry!" Alexis called, "there are people over there that need help. Some probably in critical condition."
"She's right we need to get that power back on." Harmony said, "Are you willing to help?"
"Do you need to ask?" Joseph said, "If someone sabotaged it, then Damian will be better off with some help. Now lead the way!"
