Chapter 29: Choked by a Machoke, Charred by a Charmeleon
LAST TIME: Sandshrew found out that Marill has evolved and the two of them broke up. Meanwhile, we found out that Justin was using us for his plan… Though what we can't figure out is which is the plan…
THIS TIME: The Ferry Tournament's second round begins and I have to battle Ralph.
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, evening…
Fabio: "On my destro e Thomas, who beat Farell decisivamente! On my sinistro e Ralph, un Coordinatore who counts forza more than beauty!"
Ref: "The first battle of this Ferry Tournament's second round is about to begin! Both Trainers will use three Pokemon, and Pokemon can only be replaced at the starts and ends of battles. The winner is the Trainer who manages to defeat all of his opponent's Pokemon. Let the battle begin!"
From the sidelines…
Gloria: "Thomas, do your best!"
Angela: "Rooting for ya' !"
Justin: "Crash them all, my friend!"
I just ignored Justin's last comment: "Wartortle, crash test!"
Ralph: "Machoke, join the party!"
Fabio: "I due Trainers usa their strongest Pokemon from the beginning!"
Me: "Warotrle, let's use Water Pulse!"
Ralph: "Block it with your arm, Machoke!"
Fabio: "Machoke's forza can completely block a special attack from working!"
Ralph: "Don't hide from me while using ranged attacks, Thomas! Close Combat!"
Me: "Wartortle! Dodge it with Aqua Jet!"
Ralph: "WHAAAT? Stop ignoring me and attack head-on!"
Fabio: "Thomas non permetta Ralph to usare close-range attacks! Can this be good for Machoke?"
Me: "No, it won't! Stop at the air and use Withdraw while falling down!"
Ralph: "He just messed up a strategy to increase his defense? He will pay for this! Machoke, go grab it when it falls and Seismic Toss!"
Me: "Except that we will use Aqua Jet to leave before falling!"
Wartortle tricked Machoke and went up once again.
Fabio: "Thomas ha trovato a method to increase Wartortle's Defense without it being hit!"
Gloria and the others starting clapping making a HUUUGE applause! Like I just pulled off the best plan ever or something.
Ralph: "How can he? Machoke! Jump and try to reach it!"
Me: "We are too fast to reach us with a simple jump! Leave and do the Withdraw trick again and again!"
Ralph: "I can't believe it! We have no way to touch that damned thing! Machoke, do something!"
Fabio: "Ralph has lost all hope. Wartortle is invunerabile!"
Me: "And now, go and hit it straight with an Aqua Jet!"
Ralph: "You give them a Close Combat!"
Me: "You have to endure this, Wartortle!"
Wartortle hit Machoke with Aqua Jet, but then was endlessly hit by Close Combat.
Fabio: "Looks like Thomas' patienza is no longer! And Wartortle receives damage because of it!"
Me: "I told you, after so many Withdraws, you can do it! Do it!"
Just then, Wartortle pushed Machoke back with a huge Water Pulse, staying alone in the middle of the field and becoming all blue.
Fabio: "Questa e Wartortle's Abilita, Torrento! It's Aqua moves' forza is immesuarbile!"
Me: "It sure is! Finish Machoke with your best Aqua Jet!"
Ref: "Machoke is unable to battle! Wartortle is the winner!"
Fabio: "As expected, Thomas beat uno dei Ralph's Pokemon!"
Gloria: "You are doing great, Thomas! Keep up the good work!"
Me: "I will. For sure!"
"Wartortle!"
Ralph: "Damn you… Machoke, return! Raticate, join the party!"
Fabio: "Raticate e Ralph's secondo Pokemon!"
Me: "From the previous match, it got Swords Dance, Hyper Fang and Zen Headbutt… I am sticking with Wartortle!"
"WARTORTLE!"
Fabio: "It's logicale for Thomas to stick con Wartortle, since it's still under the effeti of Torrento!"
Me: "That's right! And we use Water Gun!"
Ralph: "Double Team!"
Fabio: "Raticate ha creato copies of itself to confuse Wartortle!"
Me: "Where can it be? Wartortle, don't get off-guard!"
Ralph: "Swords Dance!"
Fabio: "Ralph us ail commozione to boost up Raticate's Attack!"
Me: "Just wait, Wartortle…"
Ralph: "No more waiting! Hyper Fang!"
Me: "Dodge it with Aqua Jet!"
Of course, Wartortle was more than able to dodge the Hyper Fang.
Ralph: "How can it surpass Raticate's Speed?!"
Me: "It's under the effects of Torrent, that's why!"
Ralph: "Damn you! Double Team! Again!"
Fabio: "Raticate e Wartortle continue hiding from one another. It's up to who of the due gets tired sooner!"
Me: "We can't get tired when under Torrent! Use your strongest Water Pulse and hit every single one of the copies!"
Ralph: "Use Swords Dance to make the Swords block the Water Pulse!"
Me: "Huh! Such a thing can't work… Wait?! It worked!"
Ralph: "I am a Coordinator after all!"
Fabio: "Ralph's strategy against Water Pulse shows off its talent as a Coordinatore!"
By the time, it looked like both Wartortle and Raticate were tired out…
Me: "Wartortle? How can you be tired out? You are under the effects of Torrent!"
Ralph: "That doesn't mean it's not still frail! Let's finish it in one attack, Thomas! Hyper Fang!"
Me: "When it comes to sheer power, we win! Aqua Jet!"
Ref: "Both Pokemon are unable to battle!"
Gloria and co.: "No sweat, Thomas! Just crush his Rhyhorn now!"
Ralph: "Ha! It looks like that, when it comes to sheer power, you tie…"
Me: "Still, I knocked out two of yours with only one of mine!"
Ralph: "So what? My Rhyhorn can beat anyone, now that his worst possible opponent, a Water type, is off!"
Me: "We will see so! Wartortle, return! Arcanine, crash test!"
Ralph: "Raticate, return! Rhyhorn, join the party!"
Fabio: "It's now Arcanine vs Rhyhorn! Thomas ha due Pokemon, ma Ralph's Rhyhorn is the ultimo! Can he beat due Pokemon con uno?"
Me: "He can't! To help things out, though, I will let you make the first move."
Ralph: "Of course I will! Use Dig!"
Me: "That's all?! Just stay ready to dodge it!"
Arcanine effectively dodged Dig after Dig, though the process tired both Pokemon out...
Fabio: "Things are looking bleak for tutti I due Pokemon!"
Ralph: "No longer! Use Take Down!"
Me: "Outrage!"
Ref: "Rhyhorn is unable to battle! Arcanine is the winner! The winner is Thomas!"
Fabio: "Thomas passa to I semi-finali! All hail per Thomas!"
Applause…
Ralph: "Oh, well… Rhyhorn, return!"
Me: "Arcanine, you were great! Return! It was a great battle, Ralph! Just make sure you do something about Machoke's range attack problems."
Ralph: "I will. Thank you for the advice, and good luck at the semi-final!"
Me: "Thank you a lot. Time for us to leave…"
While leaving, we bumped upon Casey and Gloria…
Casey: "Hey, Tommy! Even though that freak was quite a toast, you battled out with some nice strategies! Too bad you will stand helpless watching me performing even better ones to toast your girlfriend!"
Me: "Gloria's not my girlfriend! And my name's not Tommy!"
Ralph: "And I am not a freak! Understood?"
Casey: "I don't care!". He left in order to enter the battlefield. We found Gloria soon thereafter
Gloria: "You were great out there, Thomas! As for me…"
Ralph: "Hey, Gloria! I was there too! Am I that indifferent?"
Gloria: "You battled nice as well, Ralph! Surely better than me…"
Me: "Don't be that way! You can beat him, you just have to be cool and relaxed."
Gloria: "Easy to say… And even easier to do! I can beat him, and I will, no matter what!"
Me: "That's the spirit! Go get them!"
HIGH FIVE
By the time I returned to the sideline, the introductions were finished…
Ref: "The second battle of this Ferry Tournament's second round is about to begin! Both Trainers will use three Pokemon, and Pokemon can only be replaced at the starts and ends of battles. The winner is the Trainer who manages to defeat all of his opponent's Pokemon. Let the battle begin!"
Gloria: "Casey's known Pokemon are Pupitar and Poliwrath… Both of them are weak against Ivysaur! Ivysaur, the stage is yours!"
Fabio: "Gloria starts out usando her starter, Ivysaur!"
Casey: "You couldn't have made a worse mistake! Charmeleon, fight with might!"
Fabio: "Casey usa his own starter, Charmeleon!"
Gloria: "Casey's starter's that thing?" She scanned Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon, the Flame Pokemon. It lashes about with its tail to knock down its foe. It then tears up the fallen opponent with sharp claws."
Gloria: "It may be a Fire-type, but we can do it! Leech Seed!"
Casey: "Burn it with your Flamethrower!"
Fabio: "Charmeleon burns without problema the Leech Seed usando Flamethrower!"
Gloria: "Then, let's start with the combinations right away! Use Energy Ball and swallow it!"
Casey: "What's that? I don't care. Charmeleon, use Dig!"
Charmeleon dug his way into the ground
Gloria: "Get ready to use Solarbeam!"
Casey: "It's late, bratgirl! Dig up and burn it with Flamethrower!"
Flamethrower hit Ivysaur straight on, causing it a lot of damage
Fabio: "Casey's strategy works out! Ivysaur looks molto damaged!"
Ivysaur was barely able to stand up. Gloria was shouting all over the place: "You can do it! Activate your Overgrow!"
Ivysaur quickly turned green, activating its Ability
Fabio: "Once again, Ivysaur's Abilita kicks in!"
Casey: "I don't care! A Flamethrower is a Flamethrower!"
Gloria: "Except that this time, we cover it with Solarbeam!"
Solarbeam and Flamethrower collided, and Solarbeam took the upper hand, damaging Charmeleon badly.
Casey: "You did the job right, Charmeleon! Activate it now!"
Charmeleon immediately turned all red, activating Blaze
Fabio: "Looks like questo was Casey's strategy all along! Now, Charmeleon activated his Abilita, Blaze!"
Gloria: "Oh no! Use Synthesis to heal yourself!"
Casey: "Then you use Smokescreen to hide yourself!"
Fabio: "Looks like both Trainers are ready for something grande!"
Casey: "If you call a simple Flamethrower "grande", then let it be it! Flamethrower from the back!"
Ref: "Ivysaur is unable to battle! Charmeleon is the winner!"
Me :"Don't let that let you down! It was just a type disadvantage!"
Angela: "Whatever we tell her, she surely didn't expect to face a Charmeleon…"
Justin: "Thomas… Angela is right…"
Me: "Please don't talk to me, Justin!"
Fabio : "Casey set up the things with un win by his side! Let's see how will the battle continua!"
Gloria: "This way! Ivysaur, return! Too bad I can't use Marill… Ninetales, the stage is yours!"
Fabio: "That's it! Gloria usa Ninetales!"
Casey: "Charmeleon, return! Poliwrath, fight with might!"
Fabio: "E Casey smartly changes per Poliwrath!"
Gloria: "We still can do it, Ninetales!"
Casey: "I would normally not do it, but since I am battling such a pushover, let's go with Hypnosis!"
Gloria: "I am not a pushover. And we don't fall for Hypnosis! Close your eyes!"
Casey: "You are at least that smart… Water Pulse!"
Gloria: "Block it with Dark Pulse!"
Fabio: "Ninetales usa Dark Pulse to block the Water Pulse! It's a battle to the pulse!"
Gloria: "Time for us to attack! Extrasensory!"
Casey: "You dodge that thing!"
Fabio: "Casey keeps dodging the attacks di Gloria!"
Casey: "Here comes the time! You jump atop Ninetales and use Water Pulse on its head!"
In a split second, Ninetales took a Water Pulse to the face
Gloria: "I can't believe it has a way to break up our defense! Guess we have no choice! Overheat!"
Casey: "I know this can be painful , so cover yourself in a Water Pulse!"
Gloria: "What?!"
Fabio: "Amazing! Poliwrath usa Water Pulse to encase himself, like Farell and Thomas did before him!"
Casey: "Finish with a final Water Pulse!"
Ref: "Ninetales is unable to battle! Poliwrath is the winner!"
Me: "I can't believe he took off three! He has to beat everything with Pidgeotto!"
Angela: "This match is lost, Thomas!"
Gloria: "I can't believe it! Ninetales, return! Pidgeotto, the stage is Pupitar's!"
Fabio: "Gloria's humour is remarkabile, like Mr. Sukizo has said!"
Casey: "Just to piss you off, I won't use Pupitar! Instead… Poliwrath, return! Charmeleon, fight with might!"
Fabio: "It looks like Gloria's humour has paid off, and Casey usa Charmeleon instead!"
Gloria: "This makes things easier… Pidgeotto, use Brave Bird!"
Casey: "Right away?! Dig and dodge it!"
Gloria: "Uh?! Where is it?"
Casey: "Time to use Smokescreen from inside that hole!"
Fabio :"Casey's hiding strategy is impressionante!"
Gloria: "Use Gust to blow the smoke away…"
Casey: "It's late… Give Pidgeotto your best Blaze-boosted Flamethrower!"
Fabio: "Gloria gets a clear hit a Pidgeotto con Flamethrower!"
Gloria: "It has to be weak after all this battling! Finish it with your fastest Quick Attack!"
Casey: "Let's finish the match with a Slash!"
Ref: "Pidgeotto is unable to battle! Charmeleon is the winner! The winner is Casey!"
Fabio: "That's it! Casey e il secondo to make it ai semi-finali! Time for our third match!"
NEXT TIME: Justin vs Gregory, Angela vs Victoria!
