HELLO EVERYONE! It's that special time for everyone's four favorite trainers to go up against their THIRD gym badge! Everyone excited to see the Third Gym leader?! Well get to reading!
The four friends were standing in front of the doors of the Gym. Henry took a deep breath.
"Okay...third Gym Badge...lets DO this!" He pushed the doors open and walked inside with his friends behind him only to find the inside to be a cupcake shop.
Alfred blinks. "Dudes? Do we have the right place...?" Alfred looked around.
Ludwig nodded. "Ja...we are in the right place for sure..."
Gilbert walked up to the counter and noticed two bells. "Huh...? What's this?"
Henry slid over. "Well...they are bells...and they have labels. One says Challenger, the other says customer..."
Totodile tilted his head. "Totodile...?"
"Well...since we're here for a Gym Badge maybe we should press the challenger one!" Alfred grins and presses the bell, making it ring.
Suddenly the floor under them opened up and they yelled as they fell through. They were now sliding down a slide.
They grunted as they landed on the bottom, groaning.
Henry rubbed his head. "What a wild ride...oh man that was kinda fun though!"
Totodile shook his head and sat up, having landed on Henry's stomach. "Totooo." He shakes his head.
"Hey Henry? Can ya get off me please?" Alfred grunted.
Henry blinks and laughs a bit as he gets off Alfred and helps him up.
Gilbert then gets up and stretched. "Gott...a little warning would have been nice though..."
Ludwig grunted as he stood up, having been the one everyone piled up on. "Why do I always have to be the one being landed on..."
They were in a fairly small room and looked at the pink door in front of them.
"Well...I guess we should go through that door huh?" Henry scratched his head.
Totodile climbed back on his shoulders and pointed forward. "Totoooo!"
They all walked towards the door and slowly they opened it. They were met with bright lights turning on and revealing a battle field, a pink battlefield. They blinked and looked around as they heard a giggling and a man stepping out from a door, grinning. He had pinkish hair, a light blue button up shirt with a pink sweater vest over it, a pink bow tie, and khaki pants.
"Heeelllooooo~! I take you four are all trainers here to challenge me to a Gym Battle, yes?" He giggled.
They nodded. Henry stepped forward and grinned. "My name is Henry and I'm going first!"
The gym leader clapped his hands and smiled. "Well alright! My name is Oliver, and I'm the Gym Leader as you can tell!" He grins and throws his hands up in the air. "I accept your challenge~!" He chuckles.
Henry grinned and fist pumps. "Sweeeeet~!"
His friends sat to the side and cheered for him. The two got in their respective spots and the ref cleared his throat.
"This shall be a three on three battle! Which ever side has all three Pokemon unable to battle is the loser! Only the challenger can make substitutions! Let the battle begin!"
"Alright Totodile! I choose you! Lets go!" Henry grins as he points forward.
"Toto!" Totodile took off his sunglasses and handed them to Henry who put them in his breast pocket.
"Awwwh~ What a cute little Pokemon." Oliver chuckled and took out a Pokeball and threw it. "Lets go Snubull!"
With a flash out came pink, bulldog-like Pokémon with blue polka dots covering its body. It has loose skin that drapes to cover the lower part of its body. There is a small, blue ruff around its neck. Its face has a pronounced underbite, two earflaps that are flat, curved, and tipped with black, and a small, shiny black nose. Its feet are beige with three toes and a circular pink paw pad, while its arms are short and stubby.
"A Snubull huh? That's pretty cool." He took out his Pokedex and aimed it at the Pokemon. Snubbull, the Fairy Pokémon. While it may appear gruff and grumpy, deep down, Snubbull is a kind and caring Pokémon.
"Hey it's the pre-evolved form of Granbull!" Alfred pointed out.
Ludwig nodded. "That is true."
"Alright Totodile! Use Water Gun!" Totodile let loose a spiraling stream of water from his mouth at the Snubull.
"Move! Then use Headbuuutt~!" He giggled and grinned.
"Snuuub!" Snubull jumped out the way and jumped at Totodile, hitting him with his head.
"Toooo!" He cried out and stumbled back. "Toto!"
"It's okay Totodile! Go and use Crunch!" Totodile lunged forward, mouth open wide, fangs glowing white.
"Use Shadow Ball! Straight at him!" Snubull opened his mouth and formed a black and purple ball of energy in front of his mouth before firing it at Totodile, hitting him in the mouth.
Totodile fell to the ground and slid a bit on his stomach. "Tooo..." He shook his head and stood up.
"Totodile! Come on! Get up! I know we can win this! Lets go! Water Gun! One more time!" Totodile stood up and inhaled deeply, releasing a spiraling stream of water at Snubull.
Snubull cried out as he was hit and shook out his fur. "Oh Snubull! Are you alright?"
"Snub! Snibull!" Snubull scratched his foot against the ground.
"Alright. Thunder Fang! Lets show them what's what!" He adjusted his bow tie and puffed out his chest.
"This guy is kinda weird..." Gilbert sweatdropped.
Alfred nodded. "Yeah totally..."
Snubull ran up to Totodile his fangs glowing yellow and yellow sparks of electricity surrounding them.
"Dodge! Get out of the way!" Totodile jumped up and tried to dodge but Snubull got a hold of his tail and he got a electrocuted.
"TOOOO!" He cried out in surprise and pain from the shock he got and fell on the ground. "Totoooo..." He shakily stood up and grit his teeth.
"Oh man...this is one tough Pokemon...alright! Totodile! Use scratch!" Totodile snapped his eyes open and lunged at Snubull and started to scratch him with his sharp claws. "Yeah! That's it! Now a close range Water Gun!"
"Totoooooo." He breathed in. "DIIIILE!" Then released a spiral of water from his mouth right in Snubull's face causing him to cry out and hit the ground and rolled right into the wall with swirly eyes.
"Snuuuuub..."
"Snubull is unable to battle! The winner is Totodile!" The ref called out.
Totodile jumped up and down kicking his feet in the air. "Toto! Totototototodiiiiile!"
Henry jumped in the air too and laughed. "That's right! One down, two to go! Lets keep this up!" He grins.
"WOO! YOU GO HENRY!" Alfred whistled and cheered.
Oliver returned Snubull. "Thank you soooo much Snubull. You deserve a nice long rest. Well I will say your Totodile is strong and you both have a lot of pep!" He smiles. "But I'm just getting started! Lets go Togekiss!" He threw his next Pokeball and with a flash out came, a white Pokémon with an ovoid body. Its feet are small and situated closely together, its wings are broad and triangular. Red and blue triangular markings over its underside, and it has a short tail consisting of three feathers. On the back of its head are three spikes: a red tipped on the right, a blue tipped one on the left, and a pure white one in the middle.
Henry rubs his chin and nodded. "Right...a Togekiss..." He pulls out his Pokedex. Togekiss, the Jubilee Pokémon and the evolved form of Togetic. It is said that Togekiss never appears where there is conflict.
"I think we can handle this! Lets go Totodile! Water Gun!" Totodile nodded and inhaled before releasing a blast of water from his mouth.
Togekiss dodged as she flew up in the air.
"Lets go Henry! You can do this!" Gilbert grins and crosses his arms.
Alfred whistles and smiles. "Careful Henry! Those Fairy-types can be real tough!"
"Use Magical Leaf!" Togekiss spread her wings and soon glowing green leaves started to form and fired at Totodile.
"Oh no! Dodge Totodile!" Totodile started to run around and the leaves chased him.
"Henry! Remember the leaves follow him around!" Alfred yelled to him.
Henry rubbed his head and gulped a bit. "Oh yeah...forgot about that..."
"Tooo!" Totodile was hit by the attack and fell on his back and groaned. "Totooo..."
"Come on Totodile! Get up! Then use Water Gun!"
Totodile shakily pushed himself up and shook his head before letting loose a blast of water from his mouth.
"Fly up quickly my dear!" He grinned and clapped his hands. Togekiss flies up, avoiding the attack.
Henry grit his teeth. "Another Water Gun Totodile!" Totodile inhaled and fired another spiraling stream of water from his mouth at Togekiss.
"Dodge again~" Oliver grins.
Togekiss swiftly moves out of the way of the attack.
"Henry looks like he's struggling...you think he can pull this off?" Alfred rubbed the back of his head.
"I dunno...he looks a bit frustrated, but I think he can do it! He's a tough guy! He can be smart at times!" Gilbert nodded and crossed his arms, though he was a bit worried himself.
"Keep your cool Henry!" Ludwig yelled to his friend.
"Alright! We have them on the ropes! Now use Aura Sphere!" Togekiss puts her wings together and creates a light blue ball of energy. Togekiss then fires it at Totodile.
"Dodge!" Henry grit his teeth, his sunglasses lowering a bit on his face.
"Toto!" Totodile jumped out of the way.
"Okay Totodile! Use Crunch to grab on to her foot and hang on tight!" Totodile ran up to Togekiss and jumped up, mouth open wide and teeth glowing. He bit down on one of her feet and she cried out.
"Oh no! Togekiss! Shake him off! Shake him off now!" Togekiss flew around and tried shaking off Totodile.
Henry grins. "Gonna have a tough time! Totodile has a really strong jaw! He won't be letting go anytime soon! Keep holding on buddy!" He gives a thumbs up.
Totodile gives a thumbs up back and kept his strong grip on his foot.
Togekiss flew up and suddenly dived down and when she got closed to the ground, she flew parallel to the ground. Totodile was still holding on tight and sort of enjoying himself.
Oliver puffed out his cheeks a bit and pouted. "Ooohhh!" He was getting a bit frustrated. "Togekiss! Spin up!"
"Tooogekiss!" She flew straight up into the air and started to spin around very fast.
Totodile got dizzy and let go of her foot and started to fall towards the ground.
"Totodile! Snap out of it!" Henry could only watch as his Pokemon was to dizzy to listen to him.
"Magical Leaf!" Oliver smiles and adjusts the bow around his neck, feeling pretty proud.
Togekiss spread her wings, glowing green leaves forming in front of her. When she flaps them they go flying at Totodile taking a direct hit
Totodile cries out and hits the ground. Henry flinches a bit and grits his teeth. "Totodile! Are you okay!?"
Totodile groaned and sat up. "T-toto!" He wasn't going to give up yet!"
"My my. Your Totodile is a very tough one. But this is far from over! Air Slash!" Her wings started to glow a light blue and she flapped her wings releasing glowing saw disc-like energy blades from her wings.
Totodile jumped out of the way of the energy blades and smirked.
Henry grins. "Alright Water Gun!"
Totodile inhaled and released a spiral of water from his mouth at Togekiss, this time hitting her dead on. She fell back and hit the ground. She quickly got up and took off back into the air.
"Now time for scratch!" Totodile ran up to Togekiss and jumped up and started to scratch her with his claws. He landed back on the ground when he was done and jumped up and down, kicking his feet in the air.
Togekiss whined as the scratches she received started to sting.
"Togekiss! Aura Sphere! Lets go!" She snapped open her eyes and put her wings together, forming a light blue ball of energy before firing it at the dancing Totodile.
"QUICK WATER GUN!" Henry called out.
"Toto!" He quickly stopped his dancing and firing a Water Gun, just passing the Aura Sphere. Both Pokemon were hit by each others attacks and fell back.
Both Pokemon cried out and hit the ground. Both trainers looked at their Pokemon, hoping they'd get up.
Totodile shakily sat up and panted a bit. Togekiss sat up and was about to get up before passing out on the ground with swirly eyes.
"Togekiss is unable to battle! The winner is Totodile!" The ref called out.
Henry laughs and jumps up, whistling and grinned as he hit his heels together. "YOU DID IT ONCE AGAIN TOTODILE! ONE MORE TO GO!"
Totodile panted and nodded. "T-Totodile!" He raised his arms in the air.
"YES! YOU GO HENRY!" Alfred laughs and cheers, whistling and waving his arms around.
Gilbert cackles and grins. "I knew he could do it! Just one more to go!"
Ludwig nodded. "Ja but...Totodile have gone through two consecutive battles. If I were Henry I would return him and use Krokorok since he knows two super effective moves that can take down his last Pokemon."
"Well yeah that would be good strategy, but look at him! You think he's gonna change the way he battles now?" Gilbert snorted and looked over at his friend.
Ludwig rubs his chin. "I know...he told me he believes in how strong his Pokemon were and didn't worry to much about strategy...but still..."
Henry rubs his chin. "Okay Totodile! Time for a break! Come back!"
"Toto?" He looked back at his trainer and nodded running back over and sitting down next to him and resting.
Henry chuckles and takes out his sunglasses from his breast pocket, setting them on top of his Pokemon's head before he gives him a thumbs up. "You were great out there! But I know you need a rest. So let Growlithe take care of this!" He took out his Pokeball and grinned as he tossed it up and caught it.
Oliver returned his Togekiss and lightly kissed her Pokeball. "You were great out there! Thanks a lot sweetie." He giggled before taking out his last Pokemon's Pokeball. "Alright! Now time to show them why I'm a Gym Leader! Cupcake! I choose you!"
He threw his Pokeball and with a flash out came a Pokémon covered primarily in pale cream-colored fur with pinkish feet, ears, and tail. There are two bows on it, one on its left ear and one around its neck, from which two feelers adorn it. The bows are pale cream with pinkish centers, while the feelers are pale cream with pinkish and blue tips. It has short, slender legs and small paws with three visible toes on each foot. Its eyes are blue with white pupils. Its furry pinkish tail is slightly curved in a crescent shape.
Alfred's jaw dropped. "Whoooaaa...that's a Sylveon! From the Kalos region! That's pretty cool! I've never seen one up close before!"
Gilbert raised a brow. "A what?"
"One of Eevee's evolutions." Ludwig stated, trying to help his brother out.
Gilbert groaned and rolled his eyes. "How many evolutions is that Pokemon going to have?!" He waved his arms around. "COME ON HENRY! BEAT THAT THING!"
Oliver huffed. "I will have you know young man! That is my precious Pokemon Cupcake! Not a thing!"
Ludwig slapped him upside the head. "Don't be rude!"
Gilbert pouted and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry sheesh...didn't have to hit me..."
Henry rubbed the back of his neck and took out his Pokedex. Sylveon, the Intertwining Pokémon and an evolved form of Eevee. Sylveon affectionately wraps its ribbon-like feelers around its trainer's arms as they walk together.
"Well...alright! Lets go Growlithe!" Henry threw his Pokeball and soon his Growlithe was released, growling and crouching down, ready to battle. "Lets start off with Flamethrower!"
"Groooowl!" Growlithe opened his mouth and let loose a stream of fire at Cupcake.
"Dodge! Then use Quick Attack!" Cupcake jumped up in the air, avoiding the flames. When he landed back on the ground he ran at Growlithe at great speed, a white streak behind him. He slammed into Growlithe making him cry out and hit the ground.
"Shake it off Growlithe! It's okay! Lets go!" Growlithe got up and shook his head. "Right! Now use Fire Fang!" Growlithe ran up to Cupcake, his mouth covered in flames and he lunged at him ready to bite down.
"Shadow Ball! Knock him out of the air!" Cupcake opened his his mouth and a black and purple ball of energy formed in his mouth and he fired it at Growlithe, hitting him straight in the face causing him to fall on the ground and groan.
Henry grit his teeth. "Come on Growlithe! It'll be okay! Lets go! Flmaethrower! One more time!"
Totodile waved his arms around. "Totooooo!"
Growlithe opened his mouth and fired a stream of fire at Cupcake."Groooowl!"
"Syl!" Cupcake opened his mouth and made another Shadow Ball and fired it at the incoming flames. The ball cut straight through the fire, making it scatter and go in all directions.
"GROWLITH! LOOK OUT!" Henry tried to warm his Pokemon about the incoming attack.
But it was to late, the attack appeared right in front of him and hit him dead on. "Grooooowl!" He cried out and was thrown back and hit the ground.
Henry gulped a bit. "Growlithe! Are you alright?"
Totodile looked concerned at Growlithe. "Toto?! TOTODILE!" He wanted him to get up and continue to battle.
Growlithe shakily stood up and looked back at Henry and Totodile, nodding. "Growlithe! Growl!"
Henry nodded. "Right! We aren't out of this just yet!"
"Growlithe sure is taking a beating...he hasn't landed a hit yet..." Alfred rubbed his head.
"I still say he should switch to Krokorok. He has a bit of an advantage..." Ludwig rubbed his chin.
"You guys need to stop worrying. He's got this!" Gilbert cackled. "I think..."
"Growlithe! I want you to run as close as you to Cupcake! Now go!" Henry had a plan. He wanted to see how close he could get so he can launch a close range attack.
Growlithe ran up to Cupcake as told, growling.
"Shadow Ball now Cupcake!" Oliver crossed his arms and chuckles. "This is going to be over in a matter of minutes. Your Growlithe doesn't stand a chance against my Cupcake!"
"Syyyyyl!" Sylveon opened his mouth and started to form a purple and black ball of energy.
"Groooowl!" Growlithe opened his mouth and released a stream of fire from his mouth.
Because Growlithe was at a close enough range, Sylveon didn't have a chance to launch his attack and was hit by the fire, crying out and flinching as the attack caused a burn.
Henry grins and laughs. "Yes! I was hoping that would happen! Good job Growlithe! We aren't out yet!"
Growlithe howled and wagged his tail.
Oliver cleared his throat and took a deep breath. "Well...you really did give us a bit of a surprise. But we aren't finished either! Now Cupcake use Moonblast!"
Sylveon spreads his feelers wide open and an image of the moon appears behind him as he forms an orb of pink energy in front of his mouth and fires it at Growlithe.
"Move! Growlithe! Get out of the way!" Henry waved his arms around.
"Totodile! Toto!" Totodile waved his arms around as he stood up.
But the attack was to fast and he was hit, the energy ball exploding when it made contact. Growlithe was lying on the ground passed out. "Grooowl..."
"Growlithe is unable to battle! The winner is Cupcake!" The ref called out.
Henry groaned. "Oh man...thought we could win that...it's okay! You did a good job Growlithe! You did your part!" He smiles and returns his Pokemon to his Pokeball.
"Oh man! Growlithe is out...wonder who he's going to use next." Alfred tilted his head, a bit curious.
"My bet is Totodile. He looks ready to jump in any minute. Kesese~" He was eying Totodile who looked determined.
Henry chuckles and took off a Pokeball from his belt. "Alright...I think it's time for him!"
Totodile looked up at him. "Toto? Totodiiiile!" He waved his arms around.
"I know you wanna go back out there buddy, but I have a plan! Okay?" He winks.
Totodile sat back down and crossed his arms. "Totoooo..." He didn't like not being able to battle up next but he just accepted it.
"Alright Krokorok! Lets go!" Henry threw his Pokeball.
With a flash out came Krokorok. "KROOOOOOK!" He let out a fierce battle cry and flexed his arms, grinning.
Ludwig smirked lightly. "Now I believe he has this in the bag."
Henry's next Pokemon is Krokorok! Will Henry's strategy be able to defeat Oliver's Sylveon, Cupcake with him? Or will his secret weapon be knocked out? Tune in next time to see if Henry wins his third Gym Badge!