I DON'T OWN POKEMON!!!
WATERFLOWER WITH A FIREY SOUL!!!
Zach, Leaf, and Ben were sitting in a small clearing on Route 24, having a picnic. Much to Zach's annoyence. "But the sooner I fight the Gym Leader, the sooner I can get to the Indigo Championship!" He argued. But Leaf and Ben weren't paying attention to him.
"Is he always like this?" Ben asked Leaf.
"Not usually, but he is very impatient." She explained. "Why did you come with us again?"
"I wanted to see if there are any more Eeveelutions out there in the world. Might as well have some human company." Ben chuckled.
"...And when do we need a picnic!? I'm perfectly-OW!" Leaf smacked Zach in the back of his head. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?"
"You were getting annoying." She said simply. "Just let your Pokemon out and have fun Zachie."
"I told you not to call me that." Zach muttered after seeing Ben snicker a few times. "Fine, Go, everyone!" All of Zach's Pokemon came out, soon after, Leaf's and Ben's did too. Leaf and Zach's Pokemon were suprised to see Abra, the six Eeveelutions and their trainer.
"Guys, this is Abra, Ben, and his Pokemon, they'll be travelling with us, okay?" Leaf explained the Pokemon nodded and started talking with eachother. "Aww, they're already friends, why can't we be like that Zachie?" Leaf asked sweetly.
"Because you're obsessed." Zach sighed.
"I HEARD THAT!!!"
"Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into?" Ben asked himself while scraching his head.
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Zach was losing his patience for the day, so to save time, he kicked open the door to the gym, which looked like a circus tent with a Dewgong on it. Inside was a simple reception area, with the counter empty. "I was expecting...a giant pool or something." Ben said while looking around the room.
"There's another door genius." Zach said sarcasticly while pointing at a door at the other end of the room.
"Oh! Heheh."
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This room looked more like a gym. A giant pool was in the center, with multi-colored foam platforms for non-Water Types. Around the room were bleachers that almost went to the very high cealing. On the other end of the pool, opposite from Zach, Was a woman in a blue two piece swimsuit, with her legs covered by an orange towel. Her shoulder length orange hair looked like it was just in the pool. She was picking a flailing Psyduck out of the poll. "Augh! After ten years you'd think you could swim." She sighed.
"Hey! Are you the Gym Leader? I'd like a battle." Zach stated as he walked into the room.
"GAH! DON'T YOU KNOW HOW TO KNOCK!?" The woman yelled at Zach,stood up suddenly, knocked the Psyduck into the pool again, and it started flailing around. "GAH!!! Come here Psyduck." She picked the frightened Psyduck out the pool again.
"Don't tell me you'll be fighting with that thing? It's a water type that can't swim!" Zach said, pointing out the obvious.
"Zach! That's not nice! And hoe do you know if she's the Gym Leader or not!?" Leaf shouted at him. Zach just tuned her out.
"You're Misty, right? The Gym Leader? I've seen pictures of you in battle. I've never seen you have a Pokemon who can't swim." Ben said, thinking of his magazine Pokemon Trainer's Monthly.
"Uhh, yeah, I don't battle with this little guy." Misty sighed patting the oblivious Pokemon on the head. "Now go run along Psyduck." Psyduck nodded and waddled out of the room. Misty waled over to her side of the pool and held out a Pokeball. "If it's a battle ya want, it's a battle ya get! A standard two on two battle!"
"About time! Go, Abra!" The Psi Pokemon came out and landed on a red platform in the pool, which wobbled a bit.
"GO, STARYU!!!" The Starfish Pokemon came out of it's ball and landed in the water. "Use Water Gun!" Staryu jumped out of the water and shot a stream of water from one of it's arms.
"ABRA, COUNTER IT WITH CONFUSION!!!" Abra shot a small blast of psi energy from his palm, which hit the Water Gun, which turned around and hit Staryu. Staryu fell back in the water with a small splash. "Now, Disable!" Abra opened his eyes slightly, only to show that his eyes were the reverse color scheme that normal. Staryu came out of the water and landed on a platform.
"HAH! Disable didn't work! WATER GUN!!!" Misty taunted/ordered. But when Staryu tried shooting the water, nothing happened. "Heheheh, I guess Disable did work." She sheepishly laughed.
"TELEPORT!" Abra started teleporting around the gym a a very fast speed. Staryu and Misty couldn't keep up.
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"Wow, I never knew Zach was this good." Ben said. Him and Leaf were sitting in the Bleachers.
"Yep, that's one of the things I like about him, He always seemed to know what the opponent is gonna use. He may not seem like it, but he's very calm cool and collected. He just overreacts sometimes." Leaf told Ben.
"Oh...Cool!"
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After a bit of Teleporting, Staryu was really confused, as it couldn't see Abra anywhere. Misty was also looking around, as she lost track of Abra. "Rgh...Where is it?" She asked herself.
"USE SLAM, ABRA!!!" Zach called to his Pokemon. Misty and Staryu looked up just in time to see Abra's tail slam down on Staryu's crystal. Abra flipped off of Staryu back to the platform it started on and sat back down. After standing there for a second, Staryu fell down, unconsious.
"ACK!!! Staryu, return!...Go, Starmie!" The Purple Starfish was released fom it's ball and went into a battle stance, which wasn't any diffrent then it's normal stance. "Use Rapid Spin!" Starmie floated into the air and started spinning very fast. It then sped right towards Abra.
"ABRA! DODGE IT!!!" It was too late, Starmie slammed into Abra and the force of the impact flung Abra into the wall beside Zach. He then fell to the floor, knocked out. "Dammit! Return!...GO, TORCHIC!!!" The Chick Pokemon came out of his ball, asleep. "WAKE UP TORCHIC!!! WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BATTLE!!!" Torchic woke up a bit and stood up slightly on the water platform.
"Hah! And you were insulting my Pokemon." Misty taunted. "WATER PULSE, STARMIE!!!" Starmie shot out an orb made of water at Torchic.
"Dodge it Torchic!" Zach ordered, but Torchic was still half asleep, so he didn't move fast enough to dodge the Pulse. The orb exploded in a burst of water with a lot of pressure. He was pushed into the water from the pressure. "TORCHIC!!!" Suddenly a bright light shone from the water where Torchic fell. "What the...No way!" Another figure jumped out of the water where Torchic fell It was taller more yellow and had arms with claws. Torchic evolved into Combusken! "AWSOME!!! TORC-I mean, COMBUSKEN, FLAMETHROWER!!!" But instead of the attack Zach commanded, Combusken's claws started to glow with electricity. "What the?...No...Way!" He jumped over the platforms to the platform Starmie was on and struck it with a Thunder Punch.
"WHAT!?" Misty cried out. Starmie flew into the wall behind Misty and stuck there. It's crystal was blinking, indicating it couldn't fight. "Woah, that was shocking. Return."
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"Here, the Cascade Badge. You deserve it." Misty handed the badge to Zach. They were all in front of the gym and the sun was setting.
"Thank you." Zach simply said.
"Good bye Misty!" Leaf called, as she and Ben were already headding to the Pokecenter. Misty smiled and went back into the gym.
"You guys go ahead, I'll be there soon." Zach yelled to them.
"Alright, see ya there!" Ben called back. Him and Leaf started headding back.
"Hey there." A voice said.
"Hm?"
"Don't worry, I won't hurt ya." The cloaked man from earlier today stepped out from behind a piller that lined the gym.
"Oh, it's you. What's up?" Zach aknowledged his existence while looking at the orange and pink sunset.
"I saw your battle and I must say, I was impressed." The man said as he walked up beside Zach. "But you must remember something."
"Hm?" Zach grunted.
"Overconfidence leads to defeat." And with that statement, The man left.
"...Whatta weirdo."
Next time on POKEMON: BLAZE OF GLORY : Zach and co. leave their Pokemon at the daycare center while they explore the city. What chaos will endue?
A/N: Whew! This chapter took me a while. Review!