"The Nimbasa gym battle challenge is about to begin! Challenger Walcekite vs the gym leader Elesa! This will be a 3 on 3 match and the battle will be over when all three pokemon on either are unable to continue! Also, only the challenger may substitute pokemon!" announced a ginger hair colored female judge. She waited a few moments and shouted again. "The battle will begin... NOW!"
"Feel the spark and feel the tingle. Watch me mix and mingle!" Elesa put on a peculiar show right from the start of their battle. "Zebstrika - the bright light is on you!" a powerful Thunderbolt pokemon emerged from its pokeball.
"If Catlesy and Farrioust did it, I have to win as well," Walcekite thought a bit worriedly.
Zebstrika was a tough opponent, even as the first of Elesa's pokemon and it almost took out Catlesy's Flamboy, not to mention Farrioust's Serperior, named Fereo. Farrioust just didn't expect that Zebstrika would know Flame Charge and that took out his first pokemon.
"I won't be caught off guard," Walcekite whispered to herself. "Meilli, you are taking the spotlight!" another pokemon was sent out to the battlefield and glared at its opponent. Maybe she still knew Leer.
Catlesy's guesses weren't correct. The three forgot that the gym leaders have to rest their pokemon too and only Farrioust got his battle the wished day. Catlesy could go in the morning and Walcekite wanted to go somewhat later, but the dazzling designer Elesa had a fashion show to carry out and now, Walcekite found herself in the miraculous roller coaster gym only in the evening.
"Meilli, use Shadow Ball!" Walcekite didn't give the leader the first move.
"Flame Charge, Zebstrika!"
As Meilli opened her little jaws and a dark purple orb appeared just in front of her, Zebstrika was already running towards the opponent while engulfed in orange flames. Meilli threw the orb at Zebstrika and the impact made the zebra-like pokemon go a little off course, so Meilli wasn't even touched.
"Interesting," Elesa glared. "Now Zebstrika - Wild Charge!"
The move was similar to Flame Charge, except now, the Thunderbolt pokemon was engulfed in golden electricity and seemed almost to fly through the air.
Meilli glared at the opponent and then turned her face scarier, although the cute Zorua couldn't scare many creatures or people, it somehow got to Zebstrika and it slowed down noticeably.
"Was that Scary Face?" Walcekite thought tilting her head. "Well, anyways..." "Meilli, get out of Zebstrika's way and use Shadow Ball!"
The reduced speed made it easy for Meilli to dodge and, as she got behind her opponent, she released another dark orb straight to Zebstrika's legs. The thunderbolt pokemon was still running, so it lost balance from the hit and fell on the side, sliding a few meters and hurting itself even more than the attack's recoil would have done.
"Ah, my poor Zebstrika," Elesa gasped. "Get your opponent with Quick Attack!"
Zebstrika got up as quickly as it could and launched directly at Meilli.
"Dodge with Pursuit and get it from the back," Walcekite commanded.
Zebstrika's speed was still down and Meilli could quickly jump a few times, getting around her opponent, and launching at it from the back.
"That lack of speed is a real problem," Elesa said irritated. "Zebstrika - Flame Charge!"
"Meilli, we have to finish this before it can get it's speed up," Walcekite breathed deeply. "Night Daze...
The tricky fox breathed just like her trainer and went into a tough stance. She knew she had to do it fast, so she didn't have a chance to build up her power.
Eyes shining bright blue, front paws risen, a dark aura flowing around her. The spotlight was dimmed, but it was obvious who will be the last shining.
*thump* a big dark wave spread throughout the battlefield and the hit made Zebstrika fall down on its side once more and again, it slid further because of his own attack. Meilli and Zebstrika were just a few feet away from each other. Both were panting. Meilli didn't seem to be too worn out, but Zebstrika was obviously close to its finish.
It tried to get up, but the Night Daze was enough.
"Zebstrika is unable to battle! Zorua is the winner!"
"Amazing Meilli," Walcekite came up to her pokemon and petted her head and the red scruff of fur on it, gently. The tricky fox pokemon didn't get any damage and was as good as just healed. Walcekite felt relieved she can still use all three of her decided pokemon, if something goes wrong.
"Alright Emolga, the bright light is on you!" Elesa repeated her motto and a familiar pokemon appeared in the air.
"It doesn't matter that I have Palabella, I know that Emolga are weak to ice type attacks, so my choice is... Pela!" and then thought to herself "...Those names are kind of similar. I guess I just love putting the letter "L" in names," she giggled from herself while the kitten pokemon appeared on the battlefield.
"Begin!"
"Pela - Thunder Wave!"
"Dodge it with Acrobatics!"
The whole gym was lighted by an electric outburst, but as lightnings tried to catch up to Emolga, they only got her after images.
"Don't stop! She will have to slow down sometime!"
"But your pokemon will become tired from using Thunder Wave that long as well," Elesa pointed out, but Pela just glared at the blonde female and strengthened her attack even more, making it reach even further.
There were some Elesa's fan girls in the balcony, just above Walcekite and everyone could hear their shreeks as lightning went in their direction, but they managed to duck in time.
"Silly fan girls," Walcekite murmured to herself, looking at the primadonnas. She herself was closest to the attack emitter, but didn't even flinch, as lightnings went around her. True - Pela wasn't born to have electric type moves, but as long as she hits her opponents as well, Walcekite was happy.
*ZAP*
Emolga finally slowed down and was instantly hit by the paralyzing attack. Although the kitten pokemon was tired and started panting, Walcekite encouraged her.
"Now it won't be hard. Just hit her with enough Ice Beams."
"Ice Beams? This can put out my sweet Emolga's light," Elesa groaned worriedly, looking at the sparking pokemon that fell to the ground after she has been zapped.
Elesa didn't get to command her pokemon, as Ice Beams, one after another, quickly flew towards the fallen pokemon.
"Great, Pela! Keep it up!" Walcekite encouraged her pokemon and that got her even more pumped.
"Emolga, try to dodge them with Acrobatics and use Electro Ball!" Elesa was getting the feeling of defeat. At least the fan girls didn't shriek.
The flying squirrel pokemon teared off the ground with much effort and flew towards Pela, that ceased her ice attacks due to minor exhaustion.
"Sorry Pela. I just wanted for this battle to be over as soon as possible," Walcekite felt bad for Pela's state, but the kitten pokemon breathed in deeply and shot another Ice Beam towards Emolga that tried her best to beat her paralysis and conjure an Electro Ball.
The small golden ball in the flying squirrel's hands exploded in contact with Pela's Ice Beam and Emolga fell from the air again, making a little crater in the ground.
A cloud of dust and dirt rose from the fallen one and when they settled down, Emolga was found partly frozen and unconscious.
"Emolga is unable to battle, which means Skitty is the winner!"
"Ah, my dear Emolga. Your light has been dimmed, but the show you put on was electrifying." Elesa praised her little pokemon and returned her to her respective pokeball and then looked at her opponents with a dazzling smile. "You and your pokemon are shining bright. So bright I can hardly look straight at you. Like a million shooting stars," she walked a little, like she was on a catwalk and struck a pose. "Then we'll just have to shine a million times brighter!"
"Ah, Mega powerful Elesa is here!" some girls squealed.
"I can't believe she will be like that the second time today. She's so gorgeous!" others awed and gasped.
"Now it's time for my electric queen," Elesa smiled warmly at a pokeball she got, to use as her third pokemon, and gave it a peck. "The bright light is on you!" she cheered as she threw the pokeball.
The battlefield got dark and a real spotlight descended on the newly released pokemon. It was a short, white, eel-like Pokémon with dark, oval eyes and a little, red, four-point star-shaped mouth. A wavy, yellow stripe ran along its body, which had a long fin membrane, giving it a tapered shape. Finally, even though it just reminded of a peculiar looking fish, it could float in midair.
"If this were the first time I had seen it, I would seriously underestimate it," Walcekite observed the most powerful pokemon from Elesa's arsenal. "But I won't be fooled." The teen girl put on a serious face and, as she returned Pela, she released her final pokemon.
"Oh my," Elesa was clearly worried. The girls quieted down. The battle was as good as decided.
"We'll finish this quickly. Locus - Inferno," Walcekite commanded with a confident grin.
"Let's still try, Tynamo. Tackle!"
But the try was pointless. As quickly as the elefish went through the candle pokemon, it turned around and released a blue stream of fire towards Tynamo.
The only thing the electric type pokemon with only one - a normal type attack, could do, was try and dodge the attacks, but it was obviously futile. But still, the elefish pokemon dodged the first attack.
"Well, we have no choice, Tynamo. We have to use electric type attacks. Just do your best."
"So it can use those?" Walcekite pondered. "Well, it doesn't matter. It doesn't seem it can be good at those attacks, if it normally only uses Tackle."
"Thunder Wave!"
"Flame Burst!"
It was obvious what weak electric power Tynamo had. Flame Burst made Locus's blue fire make a big orb on his flame tip, which then burst, sending multiple streams of fire in many directions. The multiple lightnings from Tynamo were all countered by those streams and got even the elefish itself. Litwick remained unparalyzed.
"Use Spark, Tynamo!"
"Inferno!"
Tynamo got engulfed in yellow electricity. The best move of this pokemon - Tacke, made it train its speed as well and she flew through the air just like she would use Tackle. Spark was a direct hit and Locus didn't even get the chance to release his attack and now he was pushed quite deep into the wall by Tynamo's force.
"She uses that Spark like Tackle, just that Tynamo is engulfed in electricity. The damage and speed should be just as high of Spark, as of Tackle. That makes this a little harder," Walcekite bit her lip while she was pondering. Tynamo had already pulled back, closer to Elesa and Litwick was trying to get himself out of the wall.
"Spark again!" Elesa commanded, when Locus fell out of the hole and landed on the battlefield. His white wax skin was already covered in dirt and bruises.
"That Tynamo sure packs a punch, Hang in there, Locus. We still have some tricks up our sleeves," Walcekite waited for Tynamo and his Spark to get closer. "Now! Use Psychic! Fling Tynamo above yourself and get it to smash into the wall!"
With blue eyes and blue outlines, Locus caught Tynamo in his attack and did just what his master asked. The speed of Tynamo was a bit reduced, but still pretty powerful. Everything happened so fast, Tynamo didn't think of canceling its attack and, as it was released from Psychic just before the wall, it went right through the thickness and... got stuck.
"Nice one," Walcekite praised her final pokemon and grinned victoriously. "Inferno! Get it stuck in there even more!"
The elefish almost seemed to fry from the powerful fire type attack. The walls didn't melt from the heat, so Tynamo was just pushed in inch by inch. The elefish was obviously too stuck to move, so it didn't matter, if it fainted or not. There was no way it will get out without help, so the battle ended.
"Aaaw yeah! We are half way there!" Catlesy was jumping up and down from enthusiasm since the three of them got out of the roller coaster that delivered them to the exit from Nimbasa Gym. It seemed she would continue her act until they reach the pokemon center. "All three of us each have four badges. Just four more and we can participate in the Unova League Championship and, after I win that, I will be able to challenge the Elite Four!" she was as enthusiastic as ever.
"In your dreams, Catlesy," Walcekite giggled from her friends almost impossible dream.
"You better not even dream," Farrioust said coldly. It even seemed like a freezing breeze went through all three trainers, or at least the girls, who had to end their happy moods.
"Listen, bub, I don't know these secrets and I selflessly... kind of... gave up on getting them out, but you can't possibly tell me, THAT I CAN'T EVEN DREAM!" Catlesy burst.
Farrioust and Walcekite stopped and directed all their attention to Catlesy. Although Walcekite was just scared of what might happen, Farrioust took the blonde girl's words in a bad way.
"I have no reason to tell you the secrets, because they should mean nothing to you, but they mean the world to me and I mean what I said. If you get in my way at the tournament, I will squash you like a bug without mercy, because those victories can't possibly be as valuable to you as they will be to me," Farrioust didn't shout, but he said every word so precisely, seriously and coldly, that it made Catlesy gulp. His dark eyes were piercing hers the whole time and she was suffering just because she was scared to look at them. She didn't want to show fear and tried to not divert her eyes, but she felt how they were getting soaked with fear.
"You-you say those victories will be less valuable for me than for you? Was that your statement?!" Catlesy got in a defensive position. Her tone was more rude than Farrioust's, but he still left a stronger impression "You think that because I'm just a silly little girl, I can't have my own reasons?! AND, actually, those reasons go beyond me! I'm not in it just for the fame or glory or stuff like that! I couldn't care less about that!" Catlesy was shouting louder and louder. "You say you will squash me like a bug?! Well I got news for you! I will never, never, EVER go down that easily! I will put everything I got in every battle! I admit, maybe I'm not the strongest trainer... yet. But I will be!"
"You guys, why do we have to shout at each other almost every day?" Walcekite stopped the silence after Catlesy's speech with her calm and sad voice. "What will be, will be. We will see who wins when we get to the tournament. We don't need to fight now.
"She's right," Catlesy lowered her head and started walking towards the pokemon center again. "But you know, Farrioust," she spoke up not turning to the boy she was addressing. "I recall that Walcekite already beat you, once. I believe she could easily do it again."
"C-Catlesy... You had to divert his furry towards me?" Walcekite thought with fear. It was obvious how scary Farrioust could get and she definitely didn't want to see it.
"At least she's doing it for the same reason," Farrioust murmured, when Catlesy was far enough, but Walcekite heard it.
"What a strange reason," she sighed and went after Catlesy.
"Walcekite, how can you act like that?" Farrioust caught up to her. "You received such news. You should be insanely happy."
"Maybe... But as you can see, I'm not. I-I just think they don't exist for me anymore. I managed to live like this. Everything would change if I got them back and I don't know if I could come back to that. I just don't think I could bare it."
"When I first found out, I couldn't think of anything else, but to become the strongest, the best," Farrioust's voice was calm once again. The furry depleted. "That is what I'm doing now. I never thought that I'm better off without them. And... I don't think you should be. I know that maybe even my chances aren't that big, but I think ours are kind of equal. So, just hang in there. After some time you will get used to the idea."
"Welcome to the pokemon center. Are your pokemon in need of healing?" nurse Joy smiled at the cerulean haired girl, that was getting out her pokeballs and handing them to the nurse.
It was already quite dark outside. Autumn has taken the day and released the night. Every time the automatic door opened, a cold breeze entered the pokemon center. People that were going outside were opening out their umbrellas. It seemed the three were just in time to get out of the rain.