Battles, Battles, and more Battles!
AK1028: Before I move onto the chapter, I decided to re-name the next episode to this, mainly because I eliminated Georgia from the series. This chapter will have the battle between Dent and Trip, Misty and Paul, and finally Barry and Ranee. After this chapter, the next chapter starts the second round...
After the MC and Don George discussed a bit on Dent being a top-notch gym leader and how the battle was going to be a hard one for Trip, both trainers stepped out onto the battlefield. "I remember your battle at the Striation gym," Dent stated, "Let's see if that aroma arrives here!" "My Pokémon and I have come a long way since then," Trip replied, "I'm sure our battle today will be much more exciting then when I beat your brother, gym leader Chili." Ash turned to his fiancé and friends.
He commented, "Can't wait to see what kind of battle Trip and Dent will have." Iris stated, "Trip really seems confident but I can't imagine Dent actually losing." Both Misty and Ranee noticed Iris' blush after she had said that, despite that she was so dark-skinned. They both exchanged giggles as Burgundy came over. She commented, "I can and he will. I want Dent to get the smack down of his Connoisseur life and I hope Trip delivers it! Who cares if he is an A class Connoisseur, I want revenge!"
Misty groaned, annoyed as Ranee sweat dropped along with Paul, Barry, Janette, and Bianca. The referee yelled, "Let the battle begin!" "Alright, Dwebble, let's go," Dent said as he threw his Poke ball. With a flash of light, Dwebble appeared, ready to battle. "Dweb," said the Rock Inn Pokémon. "Gurdurr, let's go," Trip said as he threw his Poke ball. With a flash of light, Gurdurr appeared, also ready to battle. "Gurd," said the Muscular Pokémon. Ash perked up at it and pulled out his Pokedex to look it up.
Dexter chirped, "Gurdurr, the Muscular Pokémon. This Pokémon is so muscular and strongly built that even a group of wrestlers could not make it budge an inch." "So his Timburr evolved," Ash mumbled. Ranee stated, "This is gonna be an interesting battle. Fighting type moves don't do that much to Bug/Rock type Pokémon like Dwebble." Janette perked up at that as she asked, "But Dent will be okay, right?" "He sure will be because he's not going to lose," Iris answered, confident in Dent and blushing.
Dent commented, "We'll make the first move. Dwebble, X-Scizzor." Dwebble came in towards Gurdurr at a fast pace. Trip commanded, "Dodge it, Gurdurr!" Gurdurr used the steel bar it was holding to bring it up higher as it avoided X-Scizzor. Gurdurr seemed to chuckle a bit when the attack missed. Dent commanded, "Dwebble, use Slash!" Dwebble came towards Gurdurr again as Trip commanded, "Gurdurr, keep your distance!" Gurdurr threw its steel bar at Dwebble.
However, Rock Inn Pokémon managed to get over the steel bar and land on the other side of Gurdurr. "Nice move," Paul stated. "Sure was that was an excellent way to dodge," Bianca added. "Defiantly," Barry commented, still blushing at Bianca. "But with that bar in the way, Dent can't get close," Ranee stated. "Dent better come up with something fast," Janette stated. Trip commanded, "Gurdurr, use Rock Smash!" Gurdurr focused its energy in its hand and charged over towards Dwebble.
Dent reacted, "Quick, Dwebble! Get away!" Dwebble hid in its rock and Gurdurr punched into the rock, hard. Dwebble's rock cracked from that. Bianca commented, "Oh no, Dwebble's rock is cracked!" Burgundy stated, "If Trip can keep this up, I'll be happy!" Barry yelled, "C'mon, Dent! Fine him big time!" Iris added, "Yeah, defeat Trip!" Janette added, "You can do it, Dwebble!" Dent commented, "Now use Rock Smash one more time!" Gurdurr charged straight towards Dwebble again.
Dent stated, "Quick Retreat!" Dwebble quickly backed up as Rock Smash missed. Trip commanded, "Use Stone Edge!" Gurdurr glowed a white color as stones flew towards Dwebble, hitting it hard. Ranee commented, "Dwebble can't take anymore of those attacks!" "Dent better think of something quick," Ash added. Trip stated, "So you are not throwing in the towel. I'm impressed." Dent replied, "You defiantly gotten stronger Trip, a much more pallet style. However, its my turn and I call it evaluating time!"
Janette groaned at this and said, "You got to be kidding me, right...?" Everyone shook their head. Dent commented, "Trip, Gurdurr has good technique and power and evening them into harmonies power. I also admire Gurdurr's well defined muscles demonstrating a refreshing bold new style. However, Dwebble and I are going to emerge victorious with offense and defense...a recipe for success, a delicious pairing of yours." Everyone groaned at this but Ash yelled, "Yeah, you tell him!"
Trip commanded, "Whatever, Gurdurr, use Dynamic Punch!" Its hand turned in a red-orange color and went towards Dwebble. Dwebble quickly avoided all of them. Trip commanded, "Get close to Dwebble and attack!" Gurdurr charged at Dwebble as fast as it could. Dent commanded, "Dwebble, Shell Smash!" Dwebble rolled out of the way as it avoided Gurdurr's attack and shed its skin. Dent commanded, "Alright, now use Rock Slide!" Rocks appeared out of nowhere as they hit Gurdurr hard.
Janette commented, "Holy cow, Dwebble is really strong!" "That's the way Dent," Iris yelled, with a big blush. Burgundy got mad and stated, "Trip if you don't defeat Dent soon, I'll never get my revenge!" Gurdurr struggled to get out of the rocks to reach its beam but it was no use. Dent ordered, "Now Dwebble, I think its Slash time!" Dwebble went towards Gurdurr and hit it with its Slash attack, knocking it out. The referee called, "Gurdurr is unable to battle! Dwebble wins! The victor goes to Dent!"
Everyone but Burgundy cheered as the next match came onto the screen: Paul versus Misty. Paul turned to her and stated, "Just because we're friends, Misty, doesn't mean that I'll go easy on you." "I don't want you to," Misty replied, smiling. Paul smiled as they went onto the battlefield. The MC stated, "And this next battle is between Paul Shinji from Veilstone City and gym leader of Cerulean City, Misty Waterflower!" The referee said, "Let the battle begin!" Paul got out his poke ball.
He threw it and said, "Aggron, stand by for battle!" With a flash of light, Aggron appeared. Misty got out her old Lure Ball and threw it. She said, "Misty calls Corsola!" With a flash of light, Corsola appeared. "Aggron," said the Iron Armor Pokémon. "Corsola," said the Coral Pokémon. Paul went first. He commanded, "Aggron, use Metal Sound!" Aggron's horns glowed a white color as a loud sound filled the stadium. "Corsola," Corsola cried out in pain. Misty knew that she had to do something fast.
She commanded, "Corsola, Spike Cannon!" Corsola's whole body as it launched the spikes towards Aggron, stopping the Metal Sound and doing a bit of damage to Aggron. Paul saw this and reacted. "Aggron, use Metal Burst," Paul commanded. Aggron opened its mouth and launched the attack. Corsola managed to dodge it but got some damage. Misty stated, "Wow, Paul's more stronger than I thought!" "Thanks Misty but you are pretty strong too," Paul replied. Misty commanded, "Use Tackle!"
Corsola built up speed and charged towards Aggron. Ranee asked, "What's Misty doing?!" Janette added, "Yeah, she knows that Normal types move don't do anything to Steel types!" Ash smiled as he replied, "Misty isn't worried about types, guys, she knows what she is doing." "What a little kid," Iris groaned. Dent commented, "I happen to agree with Ash, Misty is a gym leader like me, she knows what she is doing." Bianca stated, "Go get them, Misty!" "C'mon Paul beat her," Barry shouted.
Paul commanded, "Use Heavy Slam!" Aggron started to lean towards Corsola as Misty smiled. She commanded, "Corsola, Bubblebeam!" Corsola opened its mouth and in an instant, Aggron was hit with multiple bubbles before Paul could find out that Tackle was to lower his guard. "Not bad," Paul stated. "Thanks, I thought it was," Misty replied. She added, "Time for something new! Corsola, Earthquake!" "Earthquake," everyone else repeated in surprise. Corsola slammed down on the ground hard right then.
The ground shook fiercely as Aggron started to loose its footing and collapse right in front of Paul, down and out. The referee called, "Aggron is unable to battle! Corsola wins! The victory goes to Misty!" Misty jumped up as she cried out, "Corsola, we did it!" "Corsola," said the Coral Pokémon, just excited as Misty. Paul smiled at this and stated, "Well, you can't win them all." Paul then went over to Aggron and said, "Great job, take a good rest." With that, he recalled Aggron.
Ranee stated, "Wow, that battle was awesome!" "Totally Misty is really strong," Janette and Bianca said, at the same time. Dent commented, "Her Corsola and her have a great friendship and that recipe allowed them the victory." Barry groaned as he yelled, "Paul, I'm gonna fine you for losing!" "He's not complaining you know," Iris stated, with a sweat drop. Burgundy was still mad that Dent won earlier so she went off on her own. Ranee turned to Barry and said, "Looks like we're up next."
"You are so going down," Barry told her. "We shall see about that," Ranee replied. As they got on the battlefield; the MC stated, "And the last battle of the day is Barry Jun from Twinleaf Town versus Ranee Katina from Veilstone City!" The referee said, "Let the battle begin!" Barry got out a poke ball and threw it. He said, "Let's go Heracross!" With a flash of light, Heracross appeared. "Hera," said the Singlehorn Pokémon. Ranee looked at her poke ball in her right hand.
She whispered, "I know that you are at a disadvantage but I believe in you." She took a deep breath and said, "Let's go, Cottonee!" She threw her poke ball and with a flash of light, Cottonee appeared. "Cottonee," said the Cotton Puff Pokémon. "Cottonee is Ranee crazy?! She knows that grass types are weak against bugs," Janette blurted out. Dent placed his hand on his chin and stated, "Ranee must be cooking up an original recipe, that's for sure." Bianca yelled, blushing, "Go get her, Barry!"
Barry stated, "We'll take the first move! Heracross, use Megahorn!" "Hera," said Heracross. Its horn started to glow white as it started to charge at Cottonee with blinding speed. Ranee calmly reacted, "Dodge and use Sunny Day!" Cottonee dodge Megahorn with style and grace, almost as if it was in a contest. It then fired up a sun ball, making the day nice and sunny. "Oh man, I should've known that Ranee was going to act like this was a contest," Barry said, with a grimace.
Iris, Dent, and Bianca all perked up at this. They turned to Misty and asked, "What's a contest?" As Misty explained to them what a contest was and that Ranee was a coördinator, Janette observed that Ranee had her hand over her heart, as if she was scared. She then looked at Ash and saw that he was the same. Janette perked up at this, not knowing much about Ash's aura and Ranee's Dimensional Scream. Ranee commanded, breaking Janette out of her thoughts, "Use Energy Ball!"
Cottonee formed a green ball in front of its face and fired it at Heracross. Barry quickly reacted, "Quick use Close Combat to destroy the Energy Ball!" Heracross turned and before it had a chance to do what Barry had commanded, Energy Ball hit it hard. Ranee smiled at this and ordered, "Now use Poison Powder!" Cottonee started to shake as a purple dust started to go towards Heracross. Barry commanded, "We're not gonna lose to a grass type! Use Aerial Ace!"
Heracross built up speed to avoid Poison Powder, even blowing away the purple dust, and hit Cottonee rather hard. Ranee snarled at this as she stated, "I should've expected that from Barry. Guess he's tougher than I thought." Ranee made a fist as Cottonee struggled to get up. Ash did the same from the sidelines as Misty instantly realized that their aura and Dimensional Scream were linking them yet again, like in years past. Ranee looked at her Pokémon and started to feel bad.
She said, "Cottonee, I never push you to do anything you couldn't do but now you need to stand and defeat Heracross!" Moved by her words, Cottonee got up, with a fire in its eyes. Barry was surprised at this as he thought that Cottonee was done. "Strong Pokémon," Barry muttered. That's when everyone saw that Cottonee was gathering up sunlight. Janette perked up and said, "Am I seeing things or did Cottonee just learn Solarbeam?!" "What," everyone said in unison as they saw Janette was right.
Before Ranee could react, Solarbeam was done charging (due to the extreme sunlight) and the beam went straight towards Heracross. Barry didn't have a chance to react as Solarbeam enveloped Heracross. Once the beam was gone, Heracross was still standing there...til it went down in a heap. The referee declared, "Heracross is unable to battle! Cottonee wins! The victor of this match is Ranee!" Ranee was stunned at first but it finally registered that she won the match.
"Cottonee, we did it," she exclaimed as she hugged the grass type. "Cottonee," said the Cotton Puff Pokémon, just as happy. "You finally learned Solarbeam, that was amazing," she added, proud. Barry smiled at the sight as he went over to Heracross and said, "Hey, don't feel bad, they just surprised us. You deserve a good rest." And with that, he recalled Heracross as Ranee came over and offered her hand. Barry perked up and saw her smile. He smiled too as they shook hands.
AK1028: Well, I'm putting the end here and leaving you with that awesome cliffhanger! Who will be paired up in the second round of the Nimbasa Battle Tournament? You are just gonna have to wait and see! Please read and review! And always think outside of the box!
