Sorry for the late chapter,it was time already for to update,enjoy the many surprises we will read this chapter.
Chapter 14
He watched with slight amusement how Officer Jenny chased down the fugitive man, with a sigh he narrowed his eyes and looked around; Hearthome City was much different from Sunyshore ,while his hometown was calm and peaceful, here was more of a festive city he could tell that by the lots of people around and pokemon he supposed that the fact of having a contest hall here was the answer to the big crowd but once again he wasn't either interested in contest neither to participate in one.
After all he could never see himself as a coordinator but more of a lonely person; he scratched the back of his head a small laugh escaped from his lips, the electric Rodent pokemon watched him with a bit of surprise while it watched it's Trainer slightly Laugh, even after all this time his Raichu seemed to miss the old Volkner the one that always had a smile on his face.
But as always soon that laugh faded away and the same serious expression returned to his face it seemed that just some things might never change, Justas Volkner turned back and started walking away hands folded in his dark jeans pockets forgetting why he came here in the first place
"Miss Rosalie, Miss Rosalie!" he stopped walking as soon as he heard that name, he gave a side look behind his back to see a small kid with brown hair rushing directly to a blonde Haired girl that seemed to be in her late teens or maybe less that was sitting in the floor from where he was standing he couldn't see clearly her face. But somehow she seemed a bit familiar
"Miss are you all right?" asked the boy with a concerned voice, as he stand next to Rosalie ,she turned to see the owner of the voice it was the same boy from a while back he still was carrying the fainted vulpix in his hands
"I'm Fine no need to worry "she replied with her usual calm voice as she turned to see the small kid that was standing at her side. She smiled slightly and moved her scarf down to cover the scar on her arm but still the boy was able to notice the slightly red tint that was starting to appear on her scarf
"Miss your arm!" cried the boy as he pointed at her arm Rosalie quickly covered the scar with her left hand, at the same time she shakes her head
"It's just a little scar, I'll be fine "she replied still smiling ignoring the pulsing paint that came from her arm, the boy just gave her a worried look and nodded by the looks of it he could tell it hurt but still he was surprised Rosalie was strong enough to ignore the paint and now show it, but he was more curious about Venn
"Miss Rosalie did you knew who that man was?" asked the boy with curiosity as she looked the blonde haired girl, she looked at him for a moment and put her index finger on her lips with a thoughtful expression as she looked where he had gone
"Actually all I knew was his name but... I never got to know what he really wanted…"thought as she turned to see her Spiritomb that seemed to be looking at something else she then shakes her head and turned to see the boy
"I don't sorry " she replies calmly as she tries to stand up, the boy remained thoughtful before he could try to help Rosalie an orange rodent pokemon walked towards them specifically at spiritomb
"Is that Raichu yours Miss?" asked the boy in confusion but with a smile he seemed to like the pokemon that just appeared, the girl just looked at him with a questioning in her eyes but before she had any chance to answer she was cut by a male voice
" It's mine " answered a male voice that was walking towards them instantly both persons turned to see the owner of the voice ,which made Rosalie gasp in surprise as she recognized the tall blond haired man that stopped just a few centimeters away from them'
"Volkner ..." mumbled Ro silently as she watched him with wide eyes, in seemed he enjoyed haunting her as from all the places he could be now he had to choose Hearthome city
"Oh dear Destiny you must really enjoy playing against me..."
The boy didn't recognized him as he never traveled far from his hometown but by the look Rosalie had in her face he guessed she did
"Good Morning Sir" greeted the boy politely as the man approached them looking him with curious eyes
"Morning "he replied coldly but politely as he just gazed him for an instant before returning his gaze to the blonde haired girl that was sitting in the floor in front of him, he looked at her for and instant as he remembered why she seemed familiar she was none but the girl he crashed with early yesterday she still had that scarred look in her eyes which was impossible not to notice this made him chuckle he finally offered his hand to help her stand
"It seems we meet again" he spoke softly as he offered her his help, Rosalie simply nodded slowly, she couldn't help but try to evade his eyes as he tried to look into her eyes but every time she looked into them she remembered the first time she saw him in the meeting for her he was a Mysterious man just like well he's another story. She thought asshe finally placed her hand on his, at which Volkner easily helped her stand up ,she then quickly separated her hand from his and looked away slightly embarrassed ,he folded his hands once again while rolling his eyes
The boy watched this awkwardly as he then decided he better leave ,he started running away before crying " I have to leave see you later miss !" as he waved good bye to the young gray eyed girl which simply waved back and turned to see the man in front of her
" He must think I'm dumb acting like this " thought Rosaliewith an embarrassed look in her face but she soon got cut off from further thinking by Volker's voice
"Are you all right? "Asked Volkner while looking at her, even if he was known for his cold personality he still knew how to be a gentleman even if it sometimes proved opposite after what he heard earlier
His question surprised Rosalie who looked at him still embarrassed and nodded, a part of her wanted to believe he was worried about her but she soon remembered Flint words
"Volk usually has no idea what happens with the other 7 Gym Leaders so I bet he forgot there was a new Gym Leader" "Don't worry it's nothing personal"
"It's just the way he is a simple question means nothing..." she kept repeating herself after all she was sure he didn't remember who she was
Volkner looked at her with one raised eyebrow at the thoughtful yet sad expression on the girl's face; he decided not to ask what was happening to her since he thought he would be invading her space since he wasn't like Flint
"Correct me if I'm wrong but yours name Rosalie right?" he asked with a bit of interest as he noticed the spiritomb floating besides her, she quickly turned to see him eyes growing wide
"He remembers my name!" was allRosalie thought as her expression changed dramatically and she resisted the urge to jump of happiness, it didn't matter anything else if the fact of him remembering at least her name she was happy
"That's me "replied Rosalie as she turned to see him a relieved expression on her face,
"By any chance do you live here?" he asked once again in his usual cold manner, at which Rosalie quickly nodded but she wasn't ready to hear what was next
"Do you happen to know where I might find the Gym Leader..?"He asked carefully after all that's why he came here, an awkward silence followed it took a matter of time to Rosalie to register what volkner just said and when she did she looked at him speechless with a very disappointed look in her face
"So it was true what flint said after all ... that or he has really bad memory" thought the girl with a sigh before he turned to see her own pokemon that seemed to be laughing at her while it floated around but the less she needed was to deal with it.
Volkner looked for a moment at the Laughing Pokemon as it started to float around Rosalie, he wondered why that behavior seemed really familiar to him, and she then took a Dusk ball from her belt and returned the pokemon angrily
"None wants to hear you laughing" she whispered as she put back the Dusk ball to where it was,
"Actually I am the Gym Leader "she replied silently once again disappointed on him rather than herself
But now it was Volker's time to be disappointed, he looked at her closely ,he thought this was probably a really bad joke ,he expected someone different he imagined someone probably like Cynthia strong looking he had no problem with the fact it was a girl but she seemed Delicate .. Yeah that was the perfect word He sighed in frustration; she looked delicate rather than strong
Rosalie watched this silently by the look on his face she could tell he was expecting someone else instead of her; she crossed her arms against her chest uncomfortably, she honestly believed she couldn't blame him after all he wasn't the only one that thought that but many more did as well but that's not what she really disliked at the moment
"He should know that he can judge people by the appearance "she thought as she her eyebrow and looked at him, Volkner faced her once more an annoyed look in his eyes he sighed before looking at her straight in the eye
"Don't take it personal, but after all I heard about the Gym Leader I expected someone...Different" he said while he scratched the back of his head as he turned back ready to walk away
"You're saying that just because I'm weak looking, I can't give a decent battle?" replied Rosalie harshly she wasn't going to let him call her weak, when she could volk tackle him is she wanted
Volkner stopped walking and just gave her a side look before replying back "you guessed right" he said simply as he faced to his front once again
"Too bad you think that way " Ro replied as she turned back and started walking away slowly, the orange rodent pokemon just watched both trainer in confusion it didn't seemed to understand what was going on
Volkner kept walking for a moment before stopping and turning to see Rosalie with a little laugh, he thought how the personality and confidence of the girl was actually hilarious enough for him to slightly laugh
"That sure you are of your abilities?" asked Volkner with a tone of surprise in his voice as he looked at her still with that apathetic look in his eyes, he watched slowly how Rosalie turned back at him hands in her hips raised eyebrow as she slowly nodded
"This could actually be fun..." he thought as he started walking towards her after all not all days you meet someone brave enough to accept a challenge from him the infamous Sunyshore Gym Leader
Despite the difference of Sizes between both ,Rosalie wasn't intimidated at all she didn't mind battling him ,after all everyone Including him had a weaknesses ,Volkner stopped just a few centimeters away from her his arms at his sides
"Then it's a challenge "he said with a smirk on his lips he was actually looking forward for this battle, Rosalie simply nodded a brave look in her eyes just as volkner she was excited but to prove him wrong after all it couldn't be that hard to defeat him, she gave a quick glance to her poketch as she remembered she had to go back to the Gym and it was 10:30 already
"Does 11 o'clock sound nice to you?" she asked as she continued looking at her poketch she could make sometime and probably the gym arena would be ready by now
"I don't mind at all at which time "he replied waving the question off he didn't had anything else to do besides he could use it for something worthy or simply look around whichever could entertain him
"Then I'll see you in half an hour…" was all she could said before she noticed Volkner was already walking away while mumbling 'sure' and waving followed by the orange rodent pokemon ,she just looked at him for a moment before walking back to the gym but she was cut off by Volkner last comment
"By the way you might want to see Nurse Joy for that Scar in your arm "he finally said while just giving her a quick glance and continue walking, she looked at him silently and speechless after all he noticed
"I need a Bandage ...now" she thought angrily
Unfortunately it took a while for her to realize what had just happened, more exactly what she had just done, she bit her lower lip slightly as she slowly regretted doing it,
"What Have I done..?" she mumbled as she sat down in one of the benches of the park, in any moment she separated her eyes from the floor, if she had only at least took about it for a moment but not she had to do it without thinking, that's what she disliked the more about herself ,after all there was zero possibility she could do something against him ,she took the three pokeballs from her belt and looked at them imagining how Volkner would probably beat them easily .
She hugged the pokeballs close to her heart; there was no chance she would let that happen even to spiritomb for much it deserved being kicked, she sighed once again remembering, she had no idea which pokemon he had aside for that Raichu ,she placed the pokeballs on her lap trying to think of an idea that could save her for being kicked and make fun of herself in the process but who could help her ?.. Who?
"Wait!" she exclaimed suddenly remembering the answer to her question she only knew one person that knew Volkner better than anyone in Sinnoh...Flint
-Somewhere in the Elite four HQ—
A tall male with a Red afro hair stood in his battle room; he had just finished a battle and had beaten the challenger it took him a while but at the end his Infernape did all the job, he swept some sweat drops from his forehead he was exhausted and the heat from his battle room didn't helped either as he walked out of the room all he was were thirsty, he felt as he could probably drink all the water enough to fill a pool
As he entered the kitchen he sighed relieved as the cold wind from the open window hit his face, he quickly grabbed a glass and fill it with cold water now he could extinguish his thirsty throat as he was about to drink the first drop of it, his phone started to ring, he quickly took the ringing device from his pocket he smiled at the name "Rosalie" started glowing in the screen it was always nice to talk to her
"Yo Ro, what's up?" he answered cheerfully the call as he stood in front of the window enjoying the cold wind that entered
"How you doing?" she replied tying to sound cheerfully and hide the fact she was nervous, he laughed slightly as he noticed this
"Not much just finished a battle and Arceus it was hard! "He said laughing as he took a drink from his cold water
"What about you, how's the Gym doing?" he asked with interest
"It's doing well, doing my best as always" Flint laughed once again slightly he could tell she was nervous
"Hmm Flint may I ask you something?" she asked nervously, he was caught off guard by the question
"Sure what is it?" he replied as he set his glass aside
"Do you happen to know Volkner's Pokémon?" she sounded curious but interested, the man rubbed his chin for a moment why she could be asking such a question, maybe she was interested?
"Yeah I do why the question?" he asked drinking the last drops of water as he walked to get more water he wasn't joking when he said he could drink enough water to fill a pool
"I read an article about his Pokemon and got curious that's why "she answered simply but honest that was enough reason for Flint
"All of his Pokemon are Electric type obviously a Raichu and Luxray, "he said taking another drink of water
"Because I'm going to battle Volkner"
"That's- What!" cried Flint as he almost split all the water that was on his mouth on the floor as he started choking before taking some air
"Flint... Are you all right?" asked the female voice from the line at the sound of choking's
The red Haired man took some deep air to fully register what he just heard ,he knew Volkner would sometimes do crazy stuff, but going to challenge another gym leader specially a newbie one wasn't something he would normally do, but the last thing he heard was that he was going to Valley Windworks unless he had lied to him..
"How is that you're going to battle him?" he asked regaining control of himself not trying to go nuts
" I found him, he said something about hearing thinks about Hearthome Gym Leader, then said I was weak looking I got mad and.. you know the rest.." Rosalie replied bit embarrassed
"You guys ended in an arrangement for a battle " he said simply he found hilarious how he had tried to set them both for a date, and somehow it turned into a battle, but he was worried about something else
"Exactly and know I regret doing that, and I need your help so I don't make fun of myself in the process"
"Hmm... I don't usually tell his challengers which pokemon he has but this is an emergency...Which Pokemon you have?" he asked hopping she might have something that could save her
"Weavile,Skuntank and Spiritomb but aside from those a Togekiss and Dewgong"
Flint rubbed his chin and sighed any of those could actually be of help since Volkner will beat easily the last two, from the other three he wasn't sure, he turned his eyes to the calendar on the wall it was a picture of a sableye with some gems in that instant it hit him
" Wait Spiritomb is half dark and ghost type right?" he could hear Rosalie's agreement Voice, from the other line, that could be her Trump Card since it has no weaknesses but it still wasn't enough she needed something that could help her with his last pokemon
"Does any of your pokemon know a ground type move?"
"Skuntank knows how to use Dig, but it's the only ground type move that it knows "
" Hmm you will have to depend on that move for success ,if you try to keep Skuntank for the longer you can you'll be fine, but since Spiritomb has no weaknesses try to use that to your favor but just in case try to figure out any move that could be of help, .. That's all I can advice you "he said worried he didn't doubted Rosalie abilities and skills but Volkner wasn't the last gym leader for nothing
"Thanks Flint you have been of great help,"
"You're welcome and if you need any more help call me asap '
"I will I have to go now, bye"
"Talk to you later and good luck"
" Thanks " was all he could hear left as the call ended he closed his phone and looked at for a moment ,he couldn't help but be worried he had about feeling about this somehow ,he looked at his phone again and then at the sky ,somehow something inside him told him something was not right.
-Back in Hearthome City-
A good 15 minutes she took to arrive back at the gym, she took a deep breath before opening the door, she peeked inside none was there, she sighed relieved and walked to the counter to her surprise just two challengers seemed to be signed, next to the first one it was marked with red tint Tomorrow at 10, she looked at the other Later this afternoon.
"I guess I'll just have to worry about one challenger "she said as she put back the sheet to where it was and walking directly to the big door which separated the lobby and the arena but what she found surprised her a bit, the stadium wasn't ready yet, there was two Machokes and two men's working on it some holes were covered already but there was still some cracks around
"Miss you arrived" she turned to see referee he fixed his glasses and had an apologizing expression on his face
"I'm sorry Miss but the Arena not ready yet, the workers had some trouble fixing the damage in the arena "he said apologizing
"There's nothing to be sorry, I guess we'll just have to wait a little more "she said with a smile looking around the arena
"Yes "the referee replied before a ringing started sounding coming from the main entrance
"Excuse me miss I got a call to attend" he said while walking away, Rosalie looked at him before walking to one of the workers
"Excuse me "she said politely to one of the workers that quickly turned around
"Yes Might I help you?" he said standing up and looking at the girl not recognizing her
'Can you tell me how bad the damage in the arena is?"
"Are you the Gym Leader?" he asked
"Yes, I'm Rosalie I got recently promoted to Gym Leader "she said extending him her hand
"Nice to meet you Miss Rosalie Then" he said returning the handshake
" About the dame well as you might have noticed we covered most of the holes but there are many cracks around and I'm afraid we'll have to cover the entire arena since if we don't more cracks will appear " he said pointing at some bigger cracks
"So we can say it will probably take a day right?" Rosalie asked, she was worried take probably she couldn't take any challenger for the day and might have to reject them all
"I'm afraid so "replied the worker once more
"All right is that is the only way, I guess we can't do anything else" she said in a sorry voice
'Don't worry miss It'll be back in shape by tomorrow morning "said the worker as he returned to work
"I guess Volkner will have to wait as well…" she thought for a moment absentminded as she walked to one of the door in the back of the Gym and started rushing in the stairs leading to the office
She opened the door of the office it was a big light lilac painted room with a big window that showed the view of the city main street, she entered the room and sat in the chair in front of the computer desk, she scanned the area, and saw the mail and package that was there, she extended one hand and grabbed the package with surprise it seemed a little heavy she tried to open it but gave up before grabbing a pair of scissors and stat opening it carefully
After opening it she started taking what was inside, she smiled as she spotted a thin metal box with a pokeball symbol in the front, she opened the box carefully and looked at the newly arrived badges, she put them aside and grabbed another small black box together with a white folded paper, she gave the box weird look and moved the box close to her ear, she wondered what it could be, she looked at the black box in the desk for a moment before deciding to open it
When she opened the box she was speechless it was a beautiful gold shaped relic badge she grabbed the delicate object in her hand before looking at it once more
"It's…. beautiful" she whispered looking at the object and turning it around it had the words Certified Gym Leader written in the back, she was mesmerized she had never seen one of these she wondered what it could be she then noticed the folded paper and decided to read it
"Dear Rosalie
Congratulations on your two month anniversary as a Gym Leader, we hope this experiences being useful for you, the following box contains an Authentic Gold Shaped Relic badge wich certifies you are a Gym Leader
Wear it with proud only those who achieve higher get one.
Wishing the best
Pokemon League Principals"
"I guess it's like a medal "she said folding the paper again and looking at the badge before putting it back in the black box, she looked into the shelves and grabbed a small first aid bandage ,she looked at her arms and then at the bandage
"It's not big enough but it might help" she said while taking his scarf from around her neck and placing it on the chair, she took the small white tape from the bandage and placed it carefully on the scar before pressing it against her skin gently, she looked at her reflection in the mirror that was placed on the wall ,she turned around before placing the scarf around her neck once again, she had many good reasons for wearing it ,but only one of them was personal to her
To hide her shoulders,
For more dumb it sounded she didn't liked showing them, she would always hide them, that's why there was always scarf in her closet, but why she disliked them was probably harden to explain, she believed her shoulders made her look like an anorexic person since well they were a bit too bony, at least that's what she thought
"Not everyone's perfect" she said as she grabbed the chair and walked directly to the window and sat down, she looked at the many that passed by some were carrying a pokemon others were travelers; she smiled lightly as she remembered those days when she was a traveler trainer as well. The only difference was that she couldn't complete it, by the time she had won her fourth badge; she had decided to travel to Sinnoh,.an the same story was repeated here
Rosalie laughed as she took the badge case and opened revealing fourth badges from Hoenn and four from Sinnoh, the last one was the relic badge, it was the last badge she obtained before becoming an apprentice, and it was the one that meant the more to her since it marked the beginning of a new life for her, she sometimes wondered how her life would be if she had stayed in Hoenn, she was sure it would be a lot different and not a Gym Leader.
"Maybe I would never know "she said while reclining and accidently hitting one of the pokeballs in her belt with the am making the object to fell in the floor revealing her Skuntank
The red and white object fell in the floor instantly revealing in a red beam of the light a purple pokemon who looked around confused as to why it was called Rosalie quickly turned back at the sound of the pokeball falling ,a smile formed on her lips as she petted her faithful skuntank
"One thing is for sure I would have never been able to catch you "she said smiling petting the skunk like pokemon who let out a content purring in response ,skuntank turned back and carried its pokeball on top of its tail and gave it to her trainer. Which simply putted it back and petted the pokemon some more
There was something different in Rosalie while other trainers found a stunky or Skuntank disgusting and ugly, she found them adorable, that was one of the main reason she had caught one, aside from the fact it made a perfect pillow she laughed lightly as she remembered that statement, but then the battle with Volkner returned to her mind and the smile slowly started to fade
She turned to see her poketch just ten more minutes to 11:00, she sighed and stood up from her chair and started walking around nervously, even with Flint's advice she wasn't sure she couldn't do it she wanted to prove Volkner's wrong but what if she failed?, she would be proving him she's as weak looking as he thought, this time she wished she would be a little more confident in herself,
At least For once
- Somewhere in Hearthome-
"You're saying that just because I'm weak looking, I can't give a decent battle?"
Volkner laughed lightly as he remembered the words the girl had said, he stretched a little on the bench he was sitting, a few people passed by and looked at him curiously, he rolled his eyes wishing not to be recognized and bothered, and he looked to the sky for a moment, it was the first time in such a long time that someone showed such bravery as far as he knew of course
But he had to admit he was impressed, not only was she brave enough to challenge him but to actually prove him wrong, he lifted the guide that was on his hand where it showed a picture of the local Gym Leader, he watched the picture for a moment before ripping the page and closing the book again
"So the so called sweet dark maiden was actually the gym leader" he said while looking at the orange rodent that was at his feet looking at him curiously, he closed his eyes and laughed slightly as he stood up from the bench and leaving the guide book there and starting walking again the orange rodent looked at him for a moment before following
"Well she wasn't that sweet actually "he said with a smirk folding his hands in his pockets again and continuing walking away, he gave a quick look to his poketch,and smiling lightly
"Just 5 more minutes and will see how strong you are…" he thought while folding the ripped piece of paper in his pocket, he no longer wanted to battle to see the Spiritomb ,but to see the skills of the young female Gym Leader , somehow she managed to impress him and that doesn't happen often
"Look it's Volkner from Sunyshore" cried a female voice that quickly stood up as she spotted the Gym Leader next to her there was another girl that looked at him nervously
"He's a lot more handsome in person!" he rolled his eyes at the last comment the second girl had said
"You think he would want to sign my shirt?" asked the other girl pointing at the plain white shirt she was wearing
"We better get out of here Raichu" volkner said as he started walking faster,the least he needed was a crowd screaming his name
But when she was about to ask him, the Electric type Gym Leader was now far from them, this is what he disliked the crazy fan girls they do anything to get an autograph he was tired of them, he sighed and looked back in the road, just a little more and he would away from them. He looked ahead and saw the Gym and walked directly to it
"It's time "he thought while opening the front door and entering the place ,he would finally have the battle he longer for
- Hearthome City Gym-
Rosalie walked down the stairs back to the main door followed by her Skuntank, the purple pokemon obediently followed her as her trainer walked nervously with her first closed, it looked around as they passed by the arena one of the workers looked at her curiously as the gym Leader walked by but after a couple of second it returned to work, as they reached the man door, she stopped walking at which the pokemon simply looked at her
" I hope you are ready for a long battle Skuntank ,and even if you loss or win …I'm still proud of you "' she whispered slowly as she pushed the door open with her shaky hand, the purple pokemon stood there for a moment confused as what its trainer had said
"Something going to happen I feel It." she thought as she pushed the door and looked back at her Skuntank, she didn't had to worry them about premonitions after all she wasn't a physic
"are you coming?" she asked to her skuntank smiling as it stood there confused, it quickly looked at her and rushed to her as both walked to the entrance,
" I'm here looking for the Gym Leader." Volkner said unaware the girl was standing at the door
"He got here already..." thought Rosalie for a moment as she wondered if she could run away without being noticed
"Miss you are here in time "the referee said as he turned to see the grey eyed girl standing in the door Volkner quickly turned to see her, she stood there for a moment before replying with a embarrassed smile
"Better Luck next time Ro" she said to herself as she walked to them
"Miss, Volkner from Sunyshore City, came looking for you "said the referee as he turned to see the tall blond man standing at his side
Rosalie nodded as she looked at him "I'll be having a battle against volkner "she said calmly
"The referee looked at her surprised "a Gym battle / but the arena's Not ready miss" he said worried, at which Rosalie shaked her head in response
"It's not a Gym battle, just a casual battle we won't be using the Gym arena "
The referee sighed in relieve and looked at her "you want me to suspend until tomorrow all the challengers Miss?"
"Yes please, "she replied as she looked back at Volkner
"Volkner, in the moment the arena of this Gym is in reparation but if you follow me I know where we will have our battle "she said as she returned her Skuntank
Volkner nodded in agreement before facing her "all right I'll follow you "he said while walking out of the Gym as for Rosalie she followed him
"Good luck Miss" said the referee as he watched both trainers walk out of the Gym
Both trainers walked out of the gym as Rosalie lead the way and Volkner walked behind, during the walk any of them mentioned a single word, until Rosalie finally break the silence
"So why did you came here to Hearthome in the first place.. if you don't mind the question " she asked while still walking just giving him a side look, Volkner looked at her for a moment before giving a slight laugh
"I came here to battle your Spiritomb" he said while walking now besides her, Rosalie looked at him surprised
"My Spiritomb?" she said surprised as she looked at the dusk ball in her belt, Volkner simply nodded while looking at her
"I was at the Sunyshore Gym, when a Television report about a Spiritomb started airing "he said while looking back to the horizon, Rosalie keep looking at him curiously
"But then I heard some Kids talk about the Hearthome Gym Leader beating some trainers easily with the same pokemon, that's when I decided to come here"
Rosalie kept looking at him surprised; she was expecting him to be the cocky arrogant, cold leader every one talked about, but now slightly talking to him her opinion about him had changed ,and somehow she wasn't longer scared of him
Volkner noticed her grey eyes were still looking at him, not longer with the same expression as before but with one completely different, but he was more curious as to why she looked at him like that
" It's something the matter?" he asked, taking Rosalie by surprise as she quickly looked somewhere else and shakes her head as a small blush spread on her cheeks
"Nothing "she replies as she tries to hide a little laugh of embarrassment, she was caught looking at him, he simply rolls his eyes and continues looking to his front, unfortunately the only that seemed to understand was Raichu
"So where's the arena you talked about?" he ask as he looks around
"Near the Pokémon center" she said while noticing they were close to it now
"It's a public arena everyone can use it including us "
"Sounds good" he simply replies
"How many pokemon do you have with you now?" Rosalie ask remembering the quantity of pokemon she currently have
"Four"
"Hmm.. There's a slight problem"
"Which one?" he replies surprised
"I only have three pokemon with me right now ..." replies a little embarrassed Ro
" I don't mind the battle being 3 vs 3" He replied while at a surprised Rosalie who simple nodded in response ,just then she noticed they had already arrived
When they arrived to the arena, it was almost empty except by a boy that was there with a bidoof next to him, since the arena was a little retired from the pokemon center not much people would notice there was a battle .Rosalie then walked directly to the boy followed by Volkner and Raichu ,when the boy noticed her he quickly stood up and politely greeted her
"Hi Miss Rosalie!" said the boy happily as he recognized her
"Hello, I'm about to have a battle with him and we need a referee would you like to be ours?" she asked nicely and polite to the boy, volkner looked at the surprised
"Not only she's nice with everyone but they respect her as well.. Good" he thought in amusement as she watched her, a faint smile on his lips
"The boy looked at her ecstatic before giving her a big smile "It would be an honor to me Miss!"
"Volkner you mind" she asked the blond haired man at her side, he simply waved the question off
"'I don't mind at all", she nodded in agreement and walked to the other side of the battlefield, as with volkner did the same, before they started the battle Rosalie explained the boy the rules and how many pokemon they would be using, he then asked Volkner his name and where he was from, as which the blond haired man replied his name and Sunyshore city.,before returning his Raichu they were ready to begin
"The Battle between Rosalie from Hearthome city, and Volkner from Sunyshore will begin now, both trainers will use a limit of three pokemon without limit of time, the first to beat the other trainer pokemon will win" cried the boy excitedly as both Gym Leaders stood at the opposite sides of the battlefield, a faint smile on Volkner's face, and a slight smile on Rosalie's one,,the boy gave a quick look to each other before shouting the words
"Let the battle begin! "at the sound of the words both Gym Leader tossed their pokeballs into the battlefield
"Spiritomb from the shadows!" cried Rosalie tossing a dusk ball in to the battle field revealing the purple vortex pokemon, which let out a happy" tomb" in response
"Go Jolteon !" cried Volkner tossing a pokeball revealing a fox like pokemon with a very short tail, surrounded by a fringe of spikes on its rear, and yellow fur that seemed to have the sharpness of needles with a white, spiky collar, which let out a " jolt" in response
"Her Spiritomb this will be interesting 'thought Volkner at the choose of pokemon of Rosalie
"I'll start this up! Use Will-O-Wisp!" instantly tiny blue flames appeared around spiritomb orbs as it fired them at jolteon which quickly became surrounded by them
"Nice but that won't help you much, Thunderbolt!" at the command of Volkner, Jolteon released a bold of yellow electricity at Spiritomb which got surrounded by it but managed to escape the attack after a moment.
"Impressive…" mumbled Volkner as he watched he floating pokemon survive the attack
"Rosalie laughed slightly as she commanded the next attack "Dark Pulse now!" she cried as spiritomb started releasing purple circles from its mouth to Jolteon
"Counter with Shadow ball!" instantly formed a black ball out of energy in its mouth and shouted it crashing with the dark Pulse attack just then the tiny blue flames surrounded jolteon causing minimal damage letting out a painful cry
"That's why I like Will-O Wisp" it makes my job easier" said Rosalie with a smile as Spiritomb started laughing madly ,at which Volkner simply chuckled
"Like Trainer, Like Pokemon" he said with a slight smile
"Thanks for the compliment but I'm not done yet, Spiritomb Giga Impact !" shouted Rosalie her first in the air ,instantly spiritomb started floating into the air as purple sparkles start to gather around it as it start gathering energy. Then, an orange streaks starts surround its body and it becomes surrounded by a purple orb. As it starts slamming against Jolteon while its immobile. As its attacking jolteon it starts spinning its body around, before Volkner could command a next move , Spiritomb slams against Jolteon with great force making the pokemon to be slammed against the wall
"Jolteon!" cried Volkner as the yellow pokemon fell unconscious in the floor
" Too much for it to handle "says Rosalie as she crosses her arms against her chest and gives a side look to the exhausted looking Spiritomb
" Jolteon is uable to battle the winner is Spiritomb" cries the boy as it look to the unconscious jolteon
"Jolteon return "said Volkner as it returns the unconscious pokemon to its pokeballs and put its back in his belt as it turn to see Rosalie
"It seems what they said was truth after all" he says as he takes another pokeball
"Too bad it might not last longer, Luxray go!" he says with a smile as he tosses a pokeball revealing a lion like pokemon with three rings on the backs of its legs, red eyes. With black fur and a long mane
"Lux" cried the lion like pokemon as it stand in the middle of the battlefield; Rosalie looked at it carefully before deciding if it was a wise choice to use another pokemon,as she held the dusk ball closely in her hand ,remembering what Flint had said .
" you will have to depend on that move for success ,if you try to keep Skuntank for the longer you can you'll be fine, but since Spiritomb has no weaknesses try to use that to your favor"
"Spritomb rest "said the blonde haired girl as it returned the floating vortex pokemon to its pokeball,Volkner looked at her Surprised he wondered why she could have substituted her main pokemon
"Skuntank you are on!" she cried tossing another pokeball in the battle field revealing the purple skunk like pokemon which let out a " Skun" in response as it stood in front Luxray ,what surprised her was that even if Skuntank was slightly shorter of Luxray it wasn't intimidated
"I'll let you start this out "Volkner called as he looked at Rosalie
"All right Ladies First, Skuntank use Flamethrower!" the Purple pokemon opened its mouth and released a bunch of orange flames at luxray
"Jump out of the way "called Volkner as soon as the flames were close and the Lion like pokemon jumped out of the way missing the attack
"Shock Wave!" Luxray instantly started creating yellow sparks and fired it into the air creating a beam of blue electricity which was later fired at Skuntank that ended receiving the electric attack and let out a pain loud cry
"Skuntank no!" cried Rosalie as she watched with wide eyes what was happening ,Volkner simply watched with a smile
"This might end sooner than I thought"
Unfortunately Rosalie couldn't think in a way to make Skuntank scape from the electric attack, she couldn't do well under pressure she closed her eyes for a moment before looking into the ground
"That's it" she thought as an idea hit her suddenly
"Dig your way underground now !"cried Rosalie loud enough for the pokemon to listen which as fast as it could released its claws and started digging until scapping from the attack, to Volkner's surprise
"Using the ground as a way of surviving an electrical attack is a nice strategy, but unfortunately I know ways to get to hidden pokemon "he said with a grin it what the first time in a while he was actually having fun in a battle
"You're not the only one with a trump card behind the sleeve "she replied with a smile
" Luxray ,Iron tail to the ground now !" he cried as Luxray tail started glowing bright and started hitting the ground with force
" Just a little more hang in there Skuntank " thought Rosalie as bite her lower lip gently " the battle had just started as she was running out of ideas ,
"Giving out already?" said Volkner with a slight laugh as he looked at Rosalie face,she instantly looked at him a gave a serious look
"In your dreams!" as soon as she said that Skuntank got from underground surprising Luxray and hitting it hardly on its head ,making the pokemon to walk backwards as it started shaking its whole body
"Poison Job quick!"Cried Rosalie as she looked that Luxray couldn't defend itself, instantly both of Skuntank paws started glowing Purple as it ran after luxray and started jabbing Luxray consecutively leaving it badly poisoned
"Volkner watched in shock what had just happened she had taken advantage of Luxray condition to double attack it ,he smiled softly for a moment before chuckling " guess I misjudged her after all"
"Iron tail once again!" he cried as Luxray opened its eyes and its tail started glowing bright
"Dodge it!" cried Rosalie as Luxray was about to slam its tail as Skuntank that managed to escape it just in time, both Pokemon stood at opposites sides of the battle field both seemed exhausted,but any of Volkner or Rosalie seemed exhausted at all, just then Luxray let out a painfull cry as in one of its paws a purple mark had appeared it was poisoned
Rosalie smiled as she watched this, she could beat luxray in any moment laving Volkner one more pokemon left ,and for that she would have to use explosion, as much she detested that attack she knew it was the only choice since Skuntank wouldn't take longer damage and she still had two more pokemon left., she closed her eyes for a moment before opening them again
"Explosion!" she cried loudly as Skuntank shake its whole body as it ran to Luxray its whole body glowing in the process but when she think everything was over
"Discharge!" cried Volkner as Luxray did the same it started running to Skuntank as lots of sparks appeared around its body
"No..." Thought Rosalie in horror as soon as both pokemon hit each other making both attack to combine releasing a beam of bright harsh light, making both trainers including and the referee to cover its eyes before a loud electrical explosion was released sending all the people and pokemon in the battle field flying and knowing them out instantly.
10 minutes passed from the electrical explosion and the smoke started clearing out, Rosalie was lying unconscious in the ground far from where she was standing, ,both pokemon had fainted in the process of the attack, leaving and ankward silence
A few moments had passed as Rosalie started to wake up she was dizzy from the hit as she tried to stand up ,she blinked a few times as she put both hands in hear head as a faint pain on one side started to appear on her head ,she sat down and closed her eyes for a moment as she waited for a moment for the dizziness and pain to go away, once it had faded for complete she opened her eyes slowly still with both hands on her head, there was still a little of smoke around ,she looked around carefully
"What.. Hap-.." but she was cut off as both her hands fell to the ground her eyes started growing wide as she watched with horror what her eyes were seeing…
"This can't be happening… no"
Cliff hanger
What happened ,you will have to wait for chapter 14 to discover that
funny thing a few days after I posted that Author's note ,I got inspired by istening to the song Hanging by a Moment by Lifehouse,which helped me write it,now I know that there's a different ending in chapter 13,but I decided to give it an extra ending in this chapter starting by how Volkner felt. The battle agaisnt Volkner aired yesterday in japan and he had a Jolteon,that's why I used one in this chapter,I hope you guys like this chapter,and once again thanks for the reviews seeing a newone makes me happy
in the next chapter one of the Oc's submitted will make an appearance so stay tune for that
Also the first chapter for " The Crystal Story " had been submitted so if you want to give it a read feel free to do so and let me know your oppinion about it
until next time
bye bye :)