Pokemon Legacy
While the previous events had happened, Jack's battle with the police officer, a woman with long blue hair and a slender build named Jennifer, had started. Currently, the woman's Watchog was going up against Jack's Krokorok, the crocodile having just trapped the gopher in a Sand Tomb by forming a trench under Watchog's feet, sending his claws up and pelting the gopher's legs.
Jennifer frowned at the sight of this and spat, "Come on, Watchog, we spent months preparing for this sort of thing! Are you gonna let this defeat you?" the gopher gulping and putting on a look of anger, now ignoring the pain being inflicted to him as he lowered his body a bit, leaping up out of the Sand Tomb.
As Krokorok rose up out from under the ground, he noticed Watchog charging toward him, the crocodile ready to counter only for the groundhog to run to the right, biting hard into Krokorok's arm with Hyper Fang. Krokorok cried out in pain, flailing his arms around and trying to throw Watchog off of him only for the gopher to use this momentum to flip his body upwards, delivering a kick to the crocodile's skull.
As he leaped back, a look of pride on his face, he placed his hands against his hips while Jennifer grinned and gave her partner thumbs up saying, "Excellent job," Jack frowning and stating, "Hey, this battle's far from over!"
This became very clear as Krokorok's scales suddenly turned red. Everyone stared in anticipation as the crocodile also grew in size, his claws becoming sharper and the black around his eyes becoming more like sunglasses. He had just become Krookodile.
Nathan had to admit, he was even more nervous about his potential battle with Jack now. Now all but one of Jack's Pokemon were fully evolved, and Jack realized this too as he grinned and shot his fist into the air shouting, "YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!"
Watchog saw the reptile's huge size, gulping while trembling all the while. However, Jennifer had a serious look on her face as she folded her arms and glared at her Watchog. The gopher gulped and took a deep breath. As technically a member of the police force, it was not his place to give up, especially when facing a creature whose face markings resembled a bandit mask to some degree.
With that in mind, Watchog sprinted toward Krookodile, going in for another attack only for Krookodile to open up his jaws, crunching down on the gopher's upper body, causing blood to trickle down as Sabrina trembled at the sight of this. She couldn't help it. Seeing a Krookodile do such a thing reminded her too much of the very creature that ate her best friend when she was younger.
"Hey, hold on!" Yae spat, Jack and the crocodile staring up at her as the professor stated, "It's against the rules for a Pokemon to die during battle," Jack rolling his eyes and remarking, "Yeah, yeah, I know that! Did you seriously think my awesome new Krookodile was actually going to kill this Watchog?" pointing at his Krookodile who nodded before lifting his head up, slamming Watchog's lower body hard against the ground before opening his mouth, allowing the gopher to pass out.
Jason gulped at the sight of this, his eyes wide open as he said, "I'm not gonna lie, I was kinda scared for that Watchog's life back there," Sabrina nodded and glancing at the boy, replying, "You and me both," Roxanne saying, "That poor little Watchog, being beaten so badly by that scary Krookodile."
With that, Jack gave his new and improved crocodile a hand shake and saying, "You are way past cool," Jennifer letting out a sigh and saying, "Alright, this is but a minor setback," returning her Watchog before sending in a big terrier with brown fur on its head, white fur below its snout that represented a huge moustache. With blue fur covering the rest of his body, this was Stoutland.
However, Jack was unimpressed as he let out a yawn saying, "Man, I was hoping for something threatening, then pointed forward and said, "Come on, Krookodile, you can take care of this easily."
The reptile nodded before leaping toward the dog, his jaws wide open. But just as he was about to use Crunch, Stoutland quickly ran to the side, easily avoiding the attack as Krookodile ran face-first into the ground. However, while Stoutland was running, a wall rose up from under the ground as he ran face-first into it, whimpering a bit as Jennifer groaned.
"Right, I'd forgotten about the traps," then came up with a plan while saying, "Hey, Stoutland, why don't you try running through more of this area?"
Hearing this, Jack was trying to figure out what the officer was up to but saw this as a moment of weakness before shouting, "Alright, Krookodile, pursue the target!" the crocodile recovering from his crash-landing with the ground before charging at Stoutland, the dog fleeing from his life. But how was this a good thing for the terrier?
Stoutland's nose was twitching during his run as he ran sideways at a certain spot then went back to going straight as a wall rose up behind him, Krookodile unable to react in time before ramming hard into the wall, groaning in pain.
Jack stared in shock but figured something like this wouldn't happen again as he had his crocodile give chase once more, Krookodile sprinting towards the dog who leaped over another particular section, another wall coming up, this time made of metal and dealing even more pain to the reptile's face. This happened three more times until Jack caught on and commanded Krookodile to stop, the reptile doing so.
"I'm confused," Izy said, blinking, "How exactly did Stoutland pull that off?" Jacob stating, "I know the reason, but I get the feeling I won't need to say it."
"What the hell was that?" Jack asked, irritation in his eyes while pointing at Jennifer, "You must have cheated somehow! How did you know those walls would be there?" Jennifer grinning and folding her arms before explaining, "It's quite simple, actually. See, Stoutland has an incredible sense of smell, making him one of my most trusted cops. As such, he can sniff out anything within a mile-wide radius."
The crowd cheered, one member shouting, "YOU'RE SO SMART, JENNIFER!" Jack blinking and feeling rather stupid for not figuring that out himself. It only made sense that a dog-like Pokemon would have a good sense of smell and yet somehow, that thought never occurred to him.
The boy was not going to let this go, though, as he had his Krookodile dig under the ground, Stoutland once again putting his sense of smell on high alert as he not only smelled the crocodile coming, but he could also hear the sound of things breaking open underground. However, much to his surprise, Krookodile did not rise up attempting to strike the terrier.
"Excellent work, Krookodile," Jack said with a thumbs up, Jennifer asking, "Why are you praising him? He didn't even attack my Stoutland," everyone else confused as Jack folded his arms with a grin and explained, "Oh, he wasn't trying to attack your dog. I figured Stoutland would have sniffed out his position anyway. No, I sent him down there to demolish all those walls and stop them from messing both Pokemon, or rather just my Krookodile."
Jennifer's eyes went wide with shock, Stoutland whimpering with fear in his eyes as Krookodile grinned wickedly, lunging at the dog and biting his forehead. However, Stoutland wasn't going to let this go as he countered by chomping hard into Krookodile's mouth, ice forming around that spot as Krookodile forced the dog away, roaring in agony. He had just taken in Ice Fang and that was no pleasant feeling, especially since he was weak against ice type attacks.
As if that wasn't enough, the dog then proceeded to emit fire from his jaws, unleashing Fire Fang. Since Krookodile's mouth was already ice cold, the heat felt five times hotter as he forced the terrier off, roaring in agonizing pain. With that, Stoutland rammed his body hard into the crocodile, using Giga Impact to finish the reptile off for good.
All went silent as Jennifer folder her arms and said, "That's a good boy," Stoutland wagging his stubby tail and panting, a big smile on his face.
Jack simply frowned and returned the Krookodile, Dana gulping and saying, "Wow, that Jennifer's really smart," Nathan nodding and saying, "But Jack's no dummy either. With all the traps destroyed, that disadvantage that hindered Krookodile's performance is gone now."
Jack thought hard about who to use for this battle, soon coming to a decision as he grinned and hurled a Pokeball forward, sending in Mienfoo, remembering that all normal type Pokemon were weak against fighting types. With that, Jack had the weasel start things up with Fake Out, Mienfoo slapping the sides of Stoutland's face and causing him to flinch, the rodent then ramming his palm hard into the dog's face, using Force Palm.
As the dog backed up, whimpering a bit, Jennifer let out a sigh and said, "Come on, Stoutland, are you really gonna let that get to you?" the dog then putting on a serious look and shaking his head. He couldn't let his master down, after all.
With that, Mienfoo took advantage of Stoutland being distracted by striking him again only for the dog to ignore the pain, grinning a bit as he slammed his paw hard into Mienfoo, using Retaliate. This caused incredible pain as not only was it generally powerful, but its power doubled if the user took in damage prior to its use.
"Good boy, Stoutland!" Jennifer exclaimed with a grin before adding, "Now use Reversal!" the dog sending his paws forward at a rapid pace, striking the weasel multiple times. Since Stoutland had taken in quite a lot of damage, this move's power only got higher as it was meant to be more powerful the more damage the user had taken in all together.
Jack gritted his teeth as Mienfoo started to feel weak, the boy slapping his forehead. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Mienfoo had only taken in two hits and yet he already looked like he was ready to pass out.
But just as Stoutland was about to finish him, Mienfoo's eyes glowed, the weasel not willing to lose. With that, he quickly recovered from his pain, sending a hard punch to Stoutland's face called Drain Punch, sapping a bit of Stoutland's energy and using it to patch up some of his wounds.
But it didn't end there as everyone stared in shock, the weasel's body turning white. Suddenly, Mienfoo started to grow taller and more slender, his tail also becoming longer. He also had two big whiskers coming from the side of his snout as his arms became more like long sleeves. Mienfoo had become Mienshao.
"Now my team is truly unstoppable," Jack said with a big grin, Nathan blinking, refusing to let himself be intimidated by this while Mienshao held his arms back, forming a big ball of energy and hurling it hard into Stoutland's face, the spellbound terrier soon knocked out, lying on his belly with his legs spread out, his eyes swirling.
With that, the crowd cheered for Jack as Jennifer let out a disappointed sigh, returning her Stoutland and saying, "Geez, that's twice in a row now. You must have really good luck," Jack replying, "Oh no, I'm just really badass," Jennifer rolling her eyes and deciding to ignore the boy's ego.
With that, she pulled out one last Pokeball before asking, "Say, are you, by chance, a litter bug?" Jack blinking before saying, "If you're asking if I throw garbage on the ground, no," Nathan pointing and retorting, "You liar! You did that constantly with candy wrappers and beer bottles during our missions!" Jack glaring and shaking his fist shouting, "YOU SUCK!"
"Well, I'm gonna teach you a lesson with the very thing you love to abuse so much," Jennifer replied with a grin, Jack groaning, "Please tell me you're not trying to be ironic, because you fail at wit," the officer ignoring his words as she sent in quite possibly the most hideous and disgusting Pokemon anyone in the crowd had ever seen, Roxanne wanting to vomit just from looking at it.
It was a creature, a monster made entirely out of garbage. Dirt and grime made up most of his body, but on his arms were also metal parts. Making up his head was a ripped garbage bag thrown over the trash. The only parts of this thing's body that were remotely attractive were the coloured rocks cakes into his flesh.
"My god, what is that thing?" Jack asked, his eye twitching all the while, Dana covering her eyes and screaming, "Get it away!" Jason digging around asking, "Where's my barf bag?" everyone else also freaking out, all except for Nathan.
If anything, Nathan felt really sorry for the creature, especially when he saw a tear forming in his left eye. He also looked it up discovering this creature was called Garbodor. This was certainly a good choice of Pokemon as he was strong against fighting type attacks.
"Ignore them, Garbodor," Jennifer said, the trash heap wiping his tear, the officer adding, "Once you win this battle, they're respect you for sure."
With that, the walking garbage nodded before grinning. Jennifer always knew how to cheer him up when he was feeling down. In fact, back when he was just a living garbage bag known as Trubbish, he had been Jennifer's first Pokemon. See, he used to be a big vandal until Jennifer taught him how to be more clean and not pollute the town with his garbage.
With that, the battle began with Garbodor opening up with Gunk Shot, firing a stream of garbage from his hands at Mienshao. Mienshao dodged to the side, absolute terror in his eyes as Jack gritted his teeth and spat, "Come on, show that piece of junk a thing or two with Pound!"
But just as the weasel was about to do so, he saw that he was just about to touch the walking pile of trash and hesitated, Garbodor spitting a bit of acid from his mouth and hitting Mienshao hard in the face with it. Jack grimaced and had the fighter attempt another attack only for Mienshao to once again hesitate, Garbodor retaliating with Sludge Bomb, shooting a stream of sludge from his mouth and hitting Mienshao hard in the face.
With that, the garbage bag then leaped into the air, planting his belly hard into Mienshao, crushing him with Body Slam as the weasel was unable to get up, the rancid smell coming from Garbodor proving too much thus knocking him out cold. With that, Jack gritted his teeth and returned the weasel before taking a deep breath. Now he had to really think about this.
He then noticed Samurott tapping him on the shoulder, the seal smiling as Jack grinned and nodded saying, "Alright, make me proud," the seal entering the battle area. Seeing Samurott's confidence was more than enough for Jack to trust him for this battle.
With that, Garbodor charged toward Samurott, confident that he'd have the same luck only for Samurott to unleashing slash, sending his horn hard into the creature's face, opening up the bag a bit as oil started to spill out. The seal didn't even care that he'd just gotten his horn dirty as he proceeded to open his mouth, unleashing Hydro Pump and sending the garbage flying hard into the wall.
Despite having taken in no damage prior to Samurott's entrance, this proved to be enough to knock Garbodor out for good as the crowd went wild, Jennifer letting out a sigh and returning the bag. Jack took a deep breath as Jennifer then gave the boy an army salute, a smile on her face as she said, "Excellent battle, Jack. Good luck in the semi-finals," Jack rolling his eyes and saying, "I don't need luck."
Rather than returning her Garbodor, though, Jennifer instead helped him up by the arms, not even caring that his dirty exterior was touching her as she helped walk him out of the arena, the crowd rather touched by this. Nathan smiled lightly at the woman before looking seriously at Jack. Jack was giving him the same look right now, and Nathan knew why. Jack wanted Nathan to win his quarter-finals battle at all cost, and Nathan intended on doing just that. After all, he'd been anticipating this battle almost as much as Jack had.
Roxanne noticed Jennifer leave and sighed, "Thank god... I couldn't stand to look at that disgusting monstrosity any longer," Jacob glaring at the girl, refusing to even bring up how judgemental she was being right now. He knew it would have fallen on deaf ears with Roxanne anyway.
And so for the next hour, Nathan prepared for his battle with the businessman. He had come this far and wasn't ready to lose his chance at facing Jack. He was determined to at least make it that far in the tournament.