Disclaimer: I do not own pokémon. Nor do I own Gundam Seed Destiny.
What's the big deal with BrendanxMay or WallyxMay? Stop complaining, this is MY fanfic. What about BrendanxWally?
Dark Murderer said something like "I thought you were that kind of guy". I never told I was a guy (my nickname might hint at it, but…)
Well, everyone, here's another chapter. Be happy.
CHAPTER 26: LAVARIDGE BATTLES
The next morning, it was past eleven before May, Wally and Brendan woke up inside Lavaridge's Pokécentre.
After a nurse looked at and tended to Brendan's arm, they all had breakfast ("Damn, Muddy! You're eating even more then before!").
They went to Lavaridge's Gym.
They were all wearing their original outfits again, since their new ones had gotten torn apart the day before.
"What kind of mess is this?" May asked, walking into the gym.
Inside, there was fog everywhere. And, it was beep ing hot, too.
"Now what?" Brendan asked, leaning against a wall. "Latios! This wall is hot!".
"Let's see…" Wally said, walking into the fog.
Brendan and May heard a yelp, and when they reached Wally's position, Wally was gone.
"Where did he go…ooaaaaahhh!" Brendan yelled.
"Brendan? Wally?". May looked around. Nothing but fog. Oh well…
She closed her eyes, and stepped forward.
May fell down, and landed on top of something soft. Sand? No, it was…
"May, please go off me, could you?".
The soft something she was sitting on, seemed to be Brendan, lying belly-flat on the ground.
May quickly stood up, head glowing like a beet.
"Where are we?" Brendan asked, rubbing his back.
"This place is a maze!" Wally, standing next to them, said.
May: "What do you mean with that?".
"Well, do you see those holes?". Wally pointed his finger at a hole in the sand. "I recon, if we jump in them, we'll get launched up again.
"Really? How did you find out?".
Wally bent down, grabbed a rock, and threw it inside the hole.
After a few seconds, a geyser lifted the rock and shot it upwards.
"You're not saying we're supposed to go in there?" May asked, frightened.
"Guess so…" Brendan said, jumping into a hole. Nothing happened.
"Brendan?" May yelled, looking down the hole.
She jumped back just in time, as a geyser shot Brendan back up.
May jumped into another hole and got launched, too.
Now, Wally was all alone.
"Kirlia, use Teleport!" he yelled, throwing a pokéball.
"Kirl' (translation:) What?".
"Just use Teleport!".
Kirlia shrugged his shoulders, and Teleported.
Brendan wondered why he didn't got soaked from the geyser. Surely, it was water… but it seemed to evaporate on touch…
When the geyser stopped, he was in another room. "Hello? Anyone?" he yelled.
No response. Did something move there? Brendan ran forwards, and tripped. He fell into another hole.
May looked around. It seemed that there wasn't anyone in this room…
She jumped into another random hole.
"Kirlia, why did you Teleport us to this place?" Wally yelled, hanging onto the gutter.
He was now (almost) on top of the Gym. "Teleport, again!".
A purple flash, and they were gone.
May fell head-down into the sand. She got up, grabbed her fallen-off bandana, and whipped some sand from it.
Then, hoping that this one would take her to the Gym Leader, she jumped into another hole.
Seconds later, she got launched upwards again.
Brendan landed, and rolled. When he looked around, he saw two legs.
Assuming that the two legs belonged to someone, he looked up.
Into the face of a red-haired girl wearing a black top and jeans.
"Hi. I'm Flannery, this town's Gym Leader. And you are?".
Wally now landed inside a hole. "Kirlia! Teleport! Quickly!".
And before the geyser could shoot them upwards, they were gone.
"We'll do a two-on two battle, okay?" Flannery asked, holding up a pokéball.
"Okay! Go, Axl!". Axl: "Aye!".
"Hmm, a Bagon… Go, Magcargo!".
"Hydro Pump!". "Rock Throw!".
Axl fired a long blast of water, but missed. Then, he got hit by Rock Throw.
"Magcargo, Flamethrower!". "Counter with your own Flamethrower, Axl!".
The two fire streams hit each other, and caused an explosion.
"Headbutt, Axl!". Axl leaped through the smoke caused by the explosion, and closed in on Magcargo, head bent down.
Magcargo didn't attack. Instead, he defended himself by retreating inside his shell.
Axl rammed the shell seconds after, and got thrown back.
"Magcargo, sweep the ground with a Flamethrower!". "Axl, jump forward!".
Axl jumped, evading the Flamethrower, and landed on top of Magcargo's shell.
"Headbutt!". "Withdraw!".
Again, Magcargo retreated inside his shell. Axl rammed his head against the shell, but it made no difference.
"Continually Headbutt his shell!". "Ach, do I rea'ly have ta do that?". "Headbutt!". "AYE!".
May landed on her feet, and brushed some sand off her clothes. She saw that there were three holes.
"Eeny meeny miny mo…".
"Kirlia, can you Teleport to specific places, or only at random appear and disappear?".
"Kirl! ( translation:) Only at random.".
Axl again rammed his head against Magcargo's shell. And again. And another time.
After five more times, Axl stopped. Swaying with his head.
"Do ya see all those wee Bagon fly 'round me head?".
Axl felled forward, and rolled off Magcargo's back. He then lied still.
Flannery: "Your Bagon has knocked himself out! That's one point for me!".
Magcargo reappeared outside his shell, laughing.
Brendan: "Axl… … … Use Hydro Pump!".
Axl: "KICK ASS!".
Due to Axl's close range, the Hydro Pump hit Magcargo in the face. He fainted.
Flannery returned her pokémon.
Brendan, seeing that Axl was trying to give the invisible Bagon around his head a Glaswegian Kiss, returned Axl.
May got launched again. After the 'going upwards' part, she landed on her bottom.
"Ow…" she said, rubbing her back. "That's the… I-don't-know'st time!".
Standing up, she saw two persons face each other through the fog. They stood a few metres away from each other.
"B-boy? Is that you?". "May?". "Wait, I'm coming towards you!". "No, don't! There's…ah, cr beep .".
May fell into yet another hole.
Flannery: "Shall we continue?". "Sure. Go, Muddy!". Brendan's Marshtomp appeared.
"I choose you, Flareon!" Flannery yelled, throwing a pokéball. Out came a white furred fox, with red paws and head.
"Muddy Water!". "Use Agility!".
Flareon easily evaded the attack by running, and stopped right behind Muddy.
Wally, now getting angry, returned Kirlia and jumped headfirst into a hole.
He didn't know that this wasn't a geyser, but a hole leading to the basement.
He landed on his head.
"Flareon, Tackle!".
Muddy got Tackled from behind, making him eat dirt.
"Now, Body Slam!". Flareon jumped.
"Muddy, Dig!". Muddy buried himself underground, evading the attack. A few metres away, he 'surfaced' again.
"Quick attack Flareon!". "Muddy, use Water Gun!".
Flareon sped forward, barely evading the Water Gun, and…
"Mud-Shot!".
Flareon, only half a metre away from Muddy, couldn't evade this one.
She got hit, heavily damaged, and crashed into Muddy.
May stood up, and quickly dove into another hole.
In a few seconds, she got send skywards. Having landed on the floor above, she looked around.
Seems like Brendan's bushy…
Well, I won't bother him, then.
She sat down and watched the battle continue.
Muddy rolled over. "Flareon, jump back! Now, Flamethrower!".
The white-red fox-like pokémon jumped back, and unleashed a stream of fire.
"Muddy, Water sport!".
Muddy, lying on his back, opened his mouth and fired a scattershot water blast, drenching the battlefield.
Due to the high temperature of the environment, huge steamclouds appeared, hiding Muddy.
So, the Flamethrower missed. "Now, Muddy Water!".
Suddenly, Flareon got hit in the back by a blast of blast of water.
Now, Flareon was the one eating dirt.
"Take Down, Muddy!". Muddy charged forward. "Flareon, Overheat!".
Flareon began to glow red, and then bursted into flames, sending a fiery shockwave towards Muddy.
Muddy got hit, flew backwards, and landed on his side.
Flareon tried to stand up, but the last attack seemed to have exhausted her.
"Muddy, stand up and try Water Gun!".
Muddy crawled up, and opened his mouth.
"Overheat!".
Flareon screamed, and then again fired a shockwaves of flames towards Muddy.
"Water Gun!".
The blast of water easily stopped the Overheat attack.
Flareon, now at the end of her power, collapsed.
"This is our chance! Muddy Water!".
It was a direct hit. Flareon got hurled backwards, landed on her back and didn't move.
"Flareon, return!". The unconscious Fire-type disappeared.
"Great job, Muddy!" Brendan yelled, high-fiving him.
Muddy: "Yeah yeah, I know. I'm great. Can we eat now?".
"Damn!" Wally yelled. He landed hard on his knees, and then fell forward.
Whiping the sand from his face, he stood up.
Then, he carefully stepped into another hole.
After Brendan obtained his Heat Badge, and May managed to reach Brendan and Flannery without falling into a pit, May challenged Lavaridge Town's Gym Leader.
"Two on two?" May asked. "Why, of course." Flannery replied, throwing a pokéball.
"Go, Ninetales!". "I choose you, Flame!".
The newly evolved Combusken faced the white, nine-tailed Ninetales. Whose eyes were glowing red.
"Flame, Double Kick!".
Flame charged at Ninetales, who didn't move. Yet. "Ninetales, Will-o-Wisp.".
Suddenly, Ninetales opened her mouth and hurled a stream of small flames at Flame.
Who, in her turn, jumped.
"Now, High Jump Kick!". Flame over the flames, and kicked Ninetales in the face.
"Ninetales, Quick Attack!".
Ninetales moved at a blinding speed, striking Flame and creating some distance between them as well.
Flame jumped back up.
"Flamethrower!" both trainers yelled.
The two Fire-types fired fire streams at each other. "Ninetales, stop!".
Ninetales closed her mouth again. She continued to stare at Flame, who was now inhaling for a second attack.
Flame used Flamethrower again. Ninetales got engulfed by flames.
Wally had enough. "Go, Kirlia!". Kirlia: "Now what?". "Teleport me out of this place!".
"Eh?". "You heard me!".
"Flame, hold your fire!". Flame stopped.
When the flames had disappeared, Ninetales still stood there.
"What the-". "FIRE BLAST!".
Powered up by Flash Fire, Ninetales unleashed her most powerful attack.
A wall of flames was sent in Flame's direction.
"Flame, use High Jump Kick to avoid the Fire Blast!". Flame bent through her knees, and launched herself upwards.
"Ninetales, Confuse Ray!".
Ninetales fired a flashing, purple ball of light towards Flame.
Flame got hit, but continued her aerial attack without flinching.
"Ninetales, step aside.".
Flame, now coming down, didn't see her target move (hey, she's confused!).
She crashed into the ground, and lied still.
"Flame, stand up!" May yelled. Nothing happened.
"Flame, return!" May said, as she returned her pokémon.
"Here goes nothing…Go, Petria!".
"Trap? (translation:) What?" Petria asked, as soon as she appeared.
"Petria, Sandstorm!". "Okay…".
Petria began to hurl sand in every direction. Soon, a sandstorm brewed.
"Dig!" May ordered, just loud enough to be heard by Petria, but not loud enough to be heard by Flannery or Ninetales.
Who couldn't see a thing through the sandstorm.
"Bite!" May yelled suddenly.
Petria leaped out of the ground beneath Ninetales, and bit her in the leg.
"Ninetales, Bite back!".
But Petria bad already gone underground again. "Sand Tomb!".
A sand-twister appeared. Ninetales got lifted up, and got thrown away.
Ninetales fell down, and couldn't get up again.
"Ninetales, return!" Flannery yelled.
The sandstorm began to subside.
"My strongest! Torkoal! Go!".
"Kirlia!". "Kirl? (translation:) WHAT!".
"Well, maybe pokémon don't mind, but I do mind that I'm stuck here, up in a tree, fifteen metres above the ground, hanging onto a breaking branch! Teleport!".
Now, the room began to fill up with smoke.
"Torkoal, Smokescreen again!".
Torkoal had now done Smokescreen four times, and Petria couldn't even see her own nose anymore (assuming that Trapinch have got noses).
"Now, Flamethrower!".
A searing fire stream swept through the room. Petria (and Brendan) got hit.
"Petria, follow the Flamethrower back to it's owner!".
Petria charged towards the point from which the Flamethrower seemed to originate.
"Torkoal, Smog!".
Torkoal enveloped himself with poisonous fog. Petria backed away.
"Dig and Bite, again!".
Petria went underground, and surfaced next to Torkoal. Her huge jaws slammed shut around Torkoal's leg.
Torkoal let out a cry, and tried to stomp Petria.
"Torkoal, Overheat!".
Torkoal let out shockwaves of flames, throwing Petria away.
She landed on her back, unable to move.
"Now…" Flannery said, "Smog!". Torkoal fired a stream of poisonous gas towards Petria.
The gas piled up around Petria, suffocating her.
"Torkoal, don't stop! Keep using Smog!". "Petria, try to stand up and Dig!".
Petria: "Air…".
For Petria, everything went black.
"Torkoal, stop! It looks like we've won!".
"Petria…" May whispered, walking towards the smog surrounding her Trapinch.
"Hey! Why doesn't the smog disappear? Petria might suffocate and die!" May yelled towards Flannery.
"Petria, no!".
Petria opened her eyes.
Everything was white…
It seemed that they were inside a Pokémon Centre…
"Kirlia?". "Rlia? (translation:) Don't say anything…you want me to Teleport again…well, here we go…".
Wally was just about to congratulate Kirlia with successfully Teleporting to the Gym's entrance, when they disappeared.
Petria blinked. Energy surged through her tiny body as if a whole sugar bowl had been injected directly into her body…
Petria blinked with her eyes again.
Then, she moved her wings.
Well, those wings seem to work…
Now, it's time to kick some turtle ass…
May stepped back from the Smog.
Light emitted from the Smog's centre. May could clearly hear the high-speed flapping of wings…
"Vibrava!" a pokémon voice yelled.
Then, the Smog got blown away. No, it got blown in a specific direction…
Suddenly, a loud buzzing could be heard. Huge gusts of wind blew the Smog in the direction of Torkoal, who now couldn't breathe.
"Petria, Sand Tomb!".
Petria flapped her newly grown wings at high velocity and whipped up another twister which teared through the already weakened Torkoal.
Torkoal rolled onto his side.
"Come on! Overheat!". "Tork!".
Torkoal flashed, and released one last fiery shockwave. Then, he fainted.
Pillars of fire shot up from the ground. Petria could only barely avoid them.
"Petria, Sand Tomb on yourself!" May yelled.
Petria whipped up yet another sand-twister, this time with herself in the middle of it.
The shockwaves couldn't get through. Petria had protected herself.
"Hell, Kirlia, what did you do that for! Now we're inside again!" Wally yelled.
Looking around, he saw Brendan and May, both receiving something from a red-haired woman.
When they were outside again (Flannery had shown them a secret exit: a window), they discussed what to do next.
Wally: "Can we hike down Route 112 and then continue our way to Mauville? We can get there before five 'o clock if we leave now.".
Brendan: "I doubt we'll make it to Mauville…".
May, cuddling Petria: "I exercise my Veto against! Can't we just take the rest of the day off?".
Brendan: "That doesn't sound too bad…".
Wally: "Well then, shall we go to the Hot Springs?".
Brendan and May: "Hot Springs?".
"Yeah, Hot Springs! Didn't you know? Lavaridge is famous for them!".
Brendan: "That really doesn't sound too bad!".
May: "Well then, shall we get going?".
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The ending of this chapter was supposed to be the beginning of the next chapter…oh well.
You can guess what's gonna happen in the next chapter!
And to make me post it, the only thing you've got to do is…
You can guess it by now, right?
Expect a few days delay, since I've got a lot (a LOT) of things to do for school.
Until next time!
AND GIVE ME R…you know.