Chapter Fourteen
Earning their Badges
Cyrus watched as multiple rocks were pulled from the ground and made their way over to float above to his Squirtle. Though as the rocks started to form a tomb over his Pokémon's head, Cyrus began to feel horror spread through his body.
"Tsunami..." Cyrus contemplated as he stared at the rocks that were now descending at the head of his Pokémon.
Cyrus knew that he had to do something before his Pokémon got crushed underneath the rocks that were crashing down towards Tsunami. Though before he could come up with a strategy his Squirtle started to jump, he landed on the rock closest to him and then continued to jump from rock to rock until Tsunami was on top of the last rock. Though the second that Tsunami landed on the last rock he was blasted back by a hit to his stomach which sent him reeling backwards to land in front of Cyrus.
Both Cyrus as well as Tsunami were stunned by the sudden attack. Though as they both looked back towards where Tsunami was just standing they saw Forrest's Machop standing on top of the rock tomb.
"Well that Pokémon moves extremely fast..." Cyrus thought to himself as he now waited for the Gym Leader Brock to make his move. Which Cyrus didn't have to wait much longer.
"Avalanche, use Rock Throw on the Eevee." Brock ordered his Pokémon, who happily obliged by pulling rocks from the ground to chuck them at Chimera.
As the rocks were sailing towards the Eevee, Fletcher must have decided to go on the defense because moments before the first rock would have hit the brown mammal Pokémon, Fletcher spoke out.
"Chimera dodge and counter with Tackle!" Fletcher called out and just as he ordered his Pokémon to do, Chimera dodged the Rock Smash by jumping high into the air and as it landed back on the ground it charged at Geodude and smashed into the creature. This sent the Geodude known as Avalanche was sent sailing into the walls of the Gym. Though unlike its last attack this time Geodude was unable to stand back up.
"It looks like Fletcher decided to put Geodude out of this battle for me." Cyrus thought to himself as he watched Brock recall his Pokémon back into its Pokeball.
Though Cyrus didn't have to wait long before Brock's next Pokémon was revealed to the challengers.
"Echo, it's your turn!" Brock called out as the red glow faded to reveal a blue as well as purple creature with no visible eyes as well as two long ears. This creature also has four fangs sticking from its jaws as well as two legs sticking out of its body.
Though even without the Pokedex Cyrus knew what species of Pokémon this is. "Zubat!" Cyrus thought to himself as he looked at the fluttering bat Pokémon. Though his thought process didn't stop there. "I thought this Gym was a rock type Gym, though I guess it won't matter one way or the other." Cyrus finished.
Now it was time for Brock to make a move which he was quick to do. "Echo, use Supersonic then follow it with a Bite attack on Squirtle." Brock ordered his Pokémon. This caused the bat Pokémon to screech a long and ear-splitting noise which affected everyone in the Gym though since the target of the attack was Tsunami it seemed to hurt his Squirtle more than the other Pokémon. Though the second the attack ended, Zubat went flying towards Squirtle and latched itself onto Tsunami's arm.
Tsunami cried out and pain and started to thrash his arm around, which caused Tsunami to smash his arm into one of the rocks that surrounded them which caused some damage to the Zubat without having Cyrus use his turn. This also got Zubat off Tsunami's arm and once it recovered Zubat made its way back over to its trainer.
Cyrus waited to make his move so that he could examine his opponents. Forrest's Machop was at full health as well as had quite a lot of speed held within its body. Moving his eyes over to Brock's Zubat, Cyrus could see that the Pokémon was having trouble keeping itself in the air; this caused Cyrus to decide that Echo would be the perfect target for Tsunami.
"Tsunami use Rapid Spin on Zubat!" Fletcher ordered his Pokémon which was quick to do as he was ordered. Tsunami sent itself into a rapid spin that went straight at the injured Zubat and smashed itself into the creature which sent it flying towards the wall. Upon hitting the wall Zubat slid down until it hit the ground where it was unable to flutter from the ground. Cyrus watched as the Gym Leader recalled his Pokémon and replaced it with another one.
The newest Pokémon that Brock had called out was a giant of a Pokémon that was made of rock. Soon the voice of his Pokedex was speaking out. "Onix. The Stone Snake Pokémon." the Pokedex informed Cyrus.
Since Cyrus just used his turn in battle it was now Fletcher's turn to go on the attack.
"Chimera, use Swift on Machop!" Fletcher ordered Eevee. Chimera was soon throwing golden yellow stars at the creature, though to ensure to make up for the great speed that the Machop had she threw out the stars in a manner that would ensure that no matter where it would try to go part of the attack would still hit.
Forrest saw this and still tried to have Khan escape, but it was too no avail since three of the seven stars smashed into the chest of Machop. This attack sent the other Pokémon flying back though it was still able to keep itself on its feet.
Even with Khan still standing Cyrus could see that it had suffered quite a lot of damage from the attack. Though neither Cyrus or Fletcher could attack again until it was their next turn, so they had to wait and see how they would fair in this round of the battle.
"Khan, attack Squirtle with Seismic Toss!" Forrest ordered his Pokémon. Even with being just attacked this Pokémon was able to continue it move with great speed and quickly made it to where it was in front of Tsunami. Tsunami tried to escape but to no avail as he was picked up into the air and slammed onto the ground.
Cyrus watched as Tsunami tried to push himself back off the ground though was unable to and came crashing down to the ground. This told Cyrus that Tsunami was unable to continue to battle.
"Tsunami return!" Cyrus yelled out while holding his Pokeball out towards the unconscious Pokémon. "You did great Tsunami. Get plenty of rest!" Cyrus mumbled into the Pokeball before clipping it onto his belt. Once he clipped the Pokeball onto his belt he unclipped another one. "Prince, it is your turn to join the fray!" Cyrus called out as he threw the Pokeball up into the air.
As the red light cleared it revealed to the Gym that the Pokémon that Cyrus chose was his Meowth. Cyrus could tell that Forrest thought his choice of Pokémon was ridiculous by the smirk on his face.
"He will regret underestimating me." Cyrus contemplated to himself as he waited for Brock to make his move.
Which thankfully wasn't long.
"Tremor, use Tackle on that Eevee!" Brock called out. This sent Onix stampeding towards Chimera. Even without having legs this creature moved faster than even his Growlithe has been able to go. Which is the reason that Chimera was sent flying across the stadium. Though thankfully after Chimera landed she was able to push herself back from the ground.
"Chimera, use Quick Attack on Machop." Fletcher called out which sent his Pokémon flashing towards the other Pokémon.
"Khan counter..." Forrest started but was cut off when Chimera speed tripled, and her attack connected with the Machop known as Khan. Khan was sent flying towards his trainer which caused the fighting type Pokémon to end up ramming itself into the chest of Forrest.
Though while Forrest was able to push himself back up, Khan was down for the count. "Khan, return..." Cyrus heard Forrest mutter out while holding his Pokeball out to the downed creature. After having his Pokémon fully returned to the Pokeball he unclipped his last Pokeball from his belt. "Duchess, your turn." Forrest called as the ball was thrown into the air.
This revealed to those of the Gym a blue rodent like creature, with large spiny ears as well as oversized front teeth. This Pokémon also had two whiskers on each of its cheeks as well as gleaming red eyes.
"Nidoran (F). The Poison Pin Pokémon." the familiar voice of Cyrus's Pokedex informed them.
The next move of this battle was Cyrus's, which as expected he decided to push his attack to the very last second as he analyzed his opponents Pokémon.
"Since both them are at full health, it wouldn't matter which Pokémon I chose to attack if I was only basing my targets on health. I feel that Forrest's Pokémon would be my best target since it would be a better target for a Pokémon of Prince's size." Cyrus considered as he looked at the blue rodent like creature.
With his target in mind, Cyrus acted. "Prince, use your Fury Swipes on Nidoran (F)." Cyrus cried out to his Pokémon. Prince was quick to jump into the action, running at great speeds towards the other Pokémon.
"Duchess, dodge." Forrest ordered his Pokémon. With the order given Nidoran (F) jumped out of the way of the incoming claws though since Prince was faster than the rodent Pokémon he was able to still connect his attack when he turned and slashed at the other creature and once his first attack hit, Prince continued to attack until the other Pokémon was laying on the ground.
Once his attack finished, Prince came running back over to Cyrus to stand in front of his trainer. Though even with the great amount of damage that Prince dealt to the other Pokémon, Forrest's Pokémon was still able to eventually stand back up.
This gave the next turn to Brock and his brother, who was quick to begin their turn.
"Duchess, use Poison Sting on the Eevee!" Forrest called out to his Pokémon. Though Nidoran (F) was hurt she still did as she was ordered. The Pokémon's horn glowed purple and soon it started to shoot needles at Chimera.
Chimera started to jump over each missile that came at her, though as each missile was dodged she grew more confident which caused her downfall. As she was coming back to the earth she didn't notice that one other missile was coming her way and as such she was struck by the poisoned missile.
The missile struck hard which sent Chimera reeling back as well as collapsing to the ground, where she was unable to stand back up.
"Chimera, return..." Fletcher called out. Though before he did anything else Fletcher spoke into the Pokeball. Though soon Fletcher was hooking the Pokeball back onto his belt where switched it out for another. "Kendo, come on out!" Fletcher cried out as he threw the Pokeball up into the air.
This revealed to the Gym that the Pokémon that Fletcher chosen was the Pokémon known as Farfetch'd.
"Tremor, use Rock Tomb on the Meowth!" Brock called out to his Pokémon. This sent multiple rocks all around the Gym to be pulled from the ground, where they were then flung at Prince one by one to build him a rocky tomb.
Prince was surrounded and as the last rock was coming down, Cyrus came up with a plan. "Prince, jump and counter with Fury Swipes!" Cyrus cried out. Prince was quick to do as he was ordered and jumped through the gap that the final rock had left just before it completely closed and once he was out of the tomb, Prince shot himself towards Onix though more specifically towards the eyes that shone through the head of the creature.
Once at his eyes, Prince started to slice his razor-sharp claws into the giant's eyes. From the roars of pain that the ginormous Pokémon gave out, Cyrus knew that the Pokémon had taken quite a lot of damage. Though even with that damage given, Cyrus knew that they would have to do more to take Onix down.
Now it was once again time for Fletcher and Cyrus to take an offensive strike against their opponents, which Fletcher was all too happy to perform.
"Kendo, use Fury Cutter on Nidoran (F)." Fletcher called out to his Farfetch'd. This caused Kendo to run towards the already hurt Nidoran (F), the leek in its hand was glowing. Once Kendo made it to the other Pokémon, it started to use its leek to slice at the other Pokémon until it had fallen to the floor.
Once down the Nidoran (F) was unable to push itself back up. This meant that Forrest was out of the battle and as such he had pulled his Pokeball off his belt and recalled his Pokémon back into its home. With his part of the battle over, Forrest made his way towards the sidelines to watch the rest of the battle.
"Now we just have to take out Brock and his Onix and then this battle will be ours." Cyrus contemplated to himself as he decided on his next attack. Knowing how well his last attack went with damaging the other Pokémon he decided that he would stick with the same attack. "Prince, use Fury Swipes!" Cyrus ordered his Pokémon.
With that Prince went stampeding his way over to Onix and initiated his attack, though Prince was only able to get in a couple of hits before Brock ordered his Stop correcting "Pokémon" to counter. "Tremor, counter with Tackle!" Brock ordered his Pokémon. This caused Prince to be thrown backwards by a massive attack that almost knocked him out of the battle but thankfully Prince was able to hold on.
Now it was Fletcher's turn to attack and hopefully he would be able to take out Brock's Onix before either of their Pokémon were taken out, though even if Prince would have been knocked out he at least has Aries left unlike Fletcher who is down to his final Pokémon.
"Kendo, use Peck on its eyes!" Fletcher called out after he saw how effective the last two attacks have been on the ginormous Pokémon.
This caused Kendo to start running across the field of battle and as the Pokémon was running its beak started to glow and upon reaching the Pokémon Kendo started ramming its beak into Onix's eyes. Which caused the Pokémon to cry out in a great amount of pain.
"Tremor counter with Tackle." Brock ordered his Pokémon, who was quick to do as it was told. Though Kendo moved a little faster than Onix and was able to flip away from the other Pokémon.
Though even as Kendo was running back to its master, Brock jumped into action. "Tremor, use Gyro Ball on the Farfetch'd!" Brock ordered his Pokémon. This caused Onix to summon a ball of brown light which it sent barreling after Kendo and before Kendo even made it to its master it was smashed back the attack.
Kendo was thrown through the air towards Fletcher and took plenty of damage in the process, and as the Pokémon came crashing into Fletcher's arms. Though thankfully the Pokémon was able to jump back onto the ground without collapsing.
"Prince use Quick Attack!" Cyrus ordered his Meowth. This sent Prince zooming through the battlefield as his body shown a striking blue color. After reaching Onix, Prince jumped into the air and smashed into Onix though the first attack was only the first. Landing onto the Gym wall, Prince used the wall as a jumping board to smash into the Pokémon once more which finally sent the ginormous rock Pokémon to the ground where it was unable to get back up.
With that Brock recalled his Pokémon into its Pokeball. As Brock was clipping the Pokeball onto his belt, Cyrus and Fletcher also recalled their Pokémon.
"Congratulations you two. Both of you have performed brilliantly in your battle and both are deserving of the Boulder Badge." Brock spoke out as he made his way towards both challengers. Brock was followed by Forrest who seemed slightly agitated that he was defeated in battle though he didn't seem to be angry with either Fletcher or Cyrus.
With that said Brock handed both boys a small badge that they both greatly appreciated. Though just as they were turning to leave the Gym they were stopped by something that Forrest said.
"Brock, I have suffered to many losses lately. I believe that it is time for me to go on my journey; you can't teach me enough as well as keep up your duties as Gym Leader. So, I will be leaving." Forrest spoke out.
To Cyrus it looked as if Brock wanted to disagree with Forrest's plan but must have thought differently. "Good luck little brother. Stop by the Professor's in Pallet Town and get yourself registered for the League." Brock replied before he pulled his brother in for a hug. The hug only lasted a moment before the two separated and both went their separate ways.
Deciding that it wasn't their place, Cyrus and Fletcher were met by Tommy at the exit of the Pewter City Gym.
"Good job you two...we should go and get your Pokémon healed at the Pokécenter before we leave Pewter." Tommy suggested to the two as they made their way out of the Gym.
The other two in the group decided that would be a good idea since their Pokémon were badly injured and as such they made their way towards the Pewter City Pokécenter.
Authors Notes: Thank you to anyone who read the chapter. I hope that you all enjoyed it as well as the second part of the Gym Battle. Until next time.
Cyrus's Pokémon- Growlithe (M)- Aries, Squirtle (M)- Tsunami, Meowth (M)-Prince
Fletcher's Pokémon- Eevee (F)- Chimera, Magikarp (M)-Fang, Farfetch'd (?)- Kendo
Cyrus's Accomplishments- Boulder Badge
Fletcher's Accomplishments- Boulder Badge
Cyrus's Experimental Pokéballs- Magmaball (Untested), Shadowball (Untested), Voltageball (Untested), Houndball (Tested), Rainball (Success)