RW: Sorry about the long delay, it's just been havoc over school, home, and the holidays. (Bows in forgiveness).
Vs. Tate and Lisa
Beka's mind was softly fading away from the world of unconsciousness and was returning into her own form. She felt her own thoughts now flowing within her mind, as well as her senses. With closed eyes, she could hear the sound of ocean waves crashing from below and the sound a soft breeze. The breeze smelled like the fresh saltiness of the ocean and the light, serenity scent of hibiscus flowers.
Beka softly opened her hazel eyes, to see her surroundings. She saw she was on her back, staring at a ceiling, which was painted in a sky-blue color. She was upon a giant bed, with white sheets covering the mattress and a white comforter was draped over her. Beka turned her head and faced the direction to where the breeze was coming from. She saw that a sliding glass door, which lead out toward a balcony, was slightly open and that a white, see-through curtain was dancing in the ocean breeze. She also saw the deep blue ocean along the horizon. Beka then scanned her gaze across the room, seeing that a nightstand was beside the head of the bed on her right; with a blue lamp glowing a sensitive light and a small hibiscus plant with a lovely yellow flower in bloom. Beka also saw her Pokeballs and her gloves were also on the stand, and her shoes were also on the ground near the stand.
Beka then heard the faint sound of someone sleeping by her right side. She looked down toward her legs to see Steven, on the floor and on his knees, with his arms on the bed, cradling his head, deep in sleep. Beka was slightly startled to see Steven was by her side, but yet, she smiled to see that he was with her. She quietly sat up in the bed and leaned close toward Steven, but not too close so she won't wake the Champion up. Suddenly, a question, corny at the thought of it, popped into her mind:
'I wonder,' thought Beka, 'what does his hair feel like? I always wondered if his hair always sticks like that or if he puts some kind of mousse or hairspray in it…'
Beka gently pulled out her right arm from under the comforter and cautiously reached out toward Steven's head. With her fingers spread out slightly, Beka gently touched one of Steven's strands of silvery-bluish hair. To her amazement, it was incredibly soft. She then reached out and let her fingertips touch the pieces of hair that had poked from the left side of his head. Although they looked spiky, they were actually very plushable and they didn't seem to have a hardened feel to them or a feeling of some hair product being put into the beautiful hair.
'Wow,' thought Beka, 'this really is his natural hair style.'
She blushed softly and kind of muffled a soft giggle. Suddenly, she saw Steven slightly stir from his sleep. Quickly, she pulled her arm back under the blanket, to show nothing had happened. Steven, whose eyes squinted when he first stirred and let out a soft groan, slowly opened his sky blue eyes. Beka saw that they gleamed like two passionate diamonds on a sea of beauty and she blushed softly at the serenity thought. Steven then turned toward Beka and when he saw that she was awake and sitting up, he let out a bright smile and said:
"Good morning Beka."
"Morning Steven," said Beka softly.
"How are you feeling?" he asked, now getting up to his feet and then sitting on the bed next to Beka.
"Okay," said Beka, "I guess…"
"What about what happened earlier?" asked Steven, "What in all of Hoenn happened to you?"
"Well…" began Beka and she told him the whole story of Team Sky's purpose at the Space Center, meeting Samantha, their leader, and being infused with the Green Orb.
"I see," said Steven softly, staring at Beka with a soft gaze.
"Yeah," said Beka, with a slight trembling in her voice and gently laying a hand on her chest, "and now, I don't know how to get this Orb out of inside of me."
Beka could then feel Steven's hand gently press against her cheek. His soft smile continued to fill her face.
"Don't worry," Steven reassured her, "I'm sure we'll find a way to get the Green Orb from inside of you out, but until then, I'll be sure to be close to you."
Beka softly blushed and said:
"Thank you Steven."
Steven nodded again and then said:
"Well, I think I'll go and make us a late breakfast. How's that sound?"
"That sounds great," said Beka, "but, where are we exactly and how long have I been out? It looks like its morning now!"
"Well," said Steven, "you've been out all afternoon and through the night yesterday. As for your current stay, you're in my home!"
"WHA!" exclaimed Beka, with a big surprising tone in her voice, "I'm in your home!"
Steven couldn't help letting out a cheerful laugh and said:
"Of course you are, and so are your other friends as well."
"Really!" asked Beka, "Can I see them…oh wait…their probably still asleep though…"
"Well," said Steven standing up, "I'll let you get ready and I'll be down stairs making some breakfast."
Steven then bent down and gave Beka a sweet kiss on her cheek.
Steven then walked out of the room, opening the door, exiting it, and closing it behind him. He left a blushing Beka on the bed, her face as red as the time when he first gave her a kiss on her cheek.
"Oh my gosh!" said Beka softly, "Does…does he really…"
Beka thoughts of mix feelings swirled in her mind.
"If I ask him…" she said, "what will the answer be?"
With a soft sigh, Beka pulled the comforter off of her and quietly slipped out of bed. She saw that the room she was I had its own bathroom and decided to take a quick shower…
0o0o0o0o0o0
Fully dressed back into her trainer clothes and brushing out her wet hair, which turned a deep brownish color, Beka made her way down the stair case of Steven's house, seeing it was just outside of her door. She reached the bottom of the steps and a strong, yet delicate aroma filled into her lungs. It smelled like maple syrup mingled into scents of fresh fruit and pancakes. Beka followed the trail of scents to the center point of it all. She entered into an archway opening and ended up right into the kitchen. Beka saw Steven was over by a counter, cooking pancakes on a skillet, periodically, flipping over the series of pancakes so they would fully cook. Steven then turned his head, hearing the sound of footsteps entering the kitchen, and, seeing it was only Beka, smiled brightly once again and said:
"Breakfast is almost ready!"
"Okay," replied Beka, pulling out a chair from a polished, cherry wood table and sitting herself down.
As soon as she did, Beka saw that Steven had filled up a plate with at least five pancakes on top of it and then turned to Beka and asked:
"What would like on your pancakes Beka?"
Beka asked for a little butter with syrup and strawberries on her pancakes. Steven prepared them the way she wanted them nearby, humming a soft tune while doing so. Steven then came around, with Beka's prepared pancakes, and set it in front of her on a silver placement. Beka's eyes widened at the sight of a home cooked breakfast before her, with the wonderful, sweet, warm scents filling into her nostrils, and her mouth began to water inside.
"Anything to drink?" Steven's voice came through.
Beka, snapped out of breakfast fantasies, turned to Steven and asked:
"I guess a glass of milk, if it's all right."
"But of course!" exclaimed Steven, and then made his way to the refrigerator, which was nearby toward the archway into the kitchen behind Beka.
Steven opened the door and pulled out a glass jar, containing Moo Moo Milk, and closed the door. He also pulled down a glass from a nearby cupboard and then poured the milk into the glass. He then set the glass beside Beka's plate and then returned to replace the milk back into the fridge.
"Thank you very much Steven," thanked Beka.
"Well," the Champion beamed, now sitting down beside her in another chair, "you're very welcome."
Beka gave off a small smirk and began cutting up the pancakes with her fork and knife. Once apiece was cut to a bitable portion, Beka placed it into her mouth and chew. It was, by chance, the most fluffiest, and tastiest, pancake she had ever tasted in her whole life! Even the one's that Beka made were no comparison to Steven's.
"Steven," said Beka softly, "this is delicious!"
"Well," laughed Steven, "I'm glad you like it. I guess it pays to take a cooking class back in high school!"
Beka and Steven both laughed at the comment and Beka continued on eating her breakfast. Just then, a soft yawn was heard and the two turned and saw May, in her trainer clothes as well, walking into the kitchen. She turned her sleepy blue eyes toward Beka and once she saw her, May was wide-awake.
"Beka!" exclaimed May, running up and hugging her friend, "How are you?"
"I'm doing all right," said Beka, hugging May back.
The two let go and the Steven said:
"May, I made pancakes for you and the others for breakfast. Go ahead and help yourself!"
"Thank you Steven!" said May, bowing politely and the said: "You know, Brendan is up as well. I think he went to go wake up Ed and…"
Just then, a giant banging noise was heard upstairs, followed by someone yelling:
"HEY ED, YOU HOME MAN?"
"Sounds like Brendan," said May.
"BRENDAN!" came Edgar's voice, "I'M TRYING TO SLEEP. IT'S NOT EVEN ELEVEN YET!"
Soon, muffling came from upstairs, as if Brendan was explaining Ed to something. A door slamming open, a scream, and the Edgar's voice followed to this:
"BEKA'S AWAKE!"
Soon, heavy thudding was coming down stairs and then Edgar's entrance into the kitchen unveiled. Still in his night outfit, which consisted of a pair of blue and white lighting design lounge pants and a white short sleeved shirt with a blue eyed, white dragon on it, Edgar saw Beka and a glittering look appeared in his deep blue eyes.
"BEKA!" exclaimed Edgar, running and hugging Beka from behind, "You're better!"
"Yup," said Beka with a smile, hugging back her friend.
"Owe," came Brendan, in his night outfit as well consisting of a pair of red, blue spark design lounge pants, and a blue shirt with a red Pokeball design on the chest, rubbing his shoulder, "watch out next time when you come blaring out your room like that!"
"Oh, sorry about that," said Edgar, with a sweat drop dripping down the back of his head.
"Beka!" said Brendan, being the final of the friends to hug Beka, "How you doing?"
"Just fine," smiled Beka, hugging back.
With food for everyone at hand, the group had a reuniting breakfast, yet, despite their reunion, a lot more serious things had to be talked about.
"So," said May, finishing off a piece of their current conversation and the last of her sliced kiwi, "where could Team Aqua be hiding at?"
"Well," said Steven, with a serious look in his sky blue eyes, "Team Aqua must be hiding somewhere in the oceans around Hoenn. I seriously doubt they left the region."
"Well," said Edgar, "if Team Aqua is still in the region, they maybe south of Mossdeep…" Just then, Edgar turned to Beka and asked: "Hey Beka, I almost forgot, you have yet to win your seventh badge, don't you?"
"Yeah," said Beka, nodding.
Beka had almost forgotten about her seventh gym battle here on Mossdeep, but being kidnapped by Team Sky and the struggle to escape, one would tend to forget.
"Speaking of battle," said May, rummaging through her waist pack, "this is from the Lilycove Coordination Competition Beka, I got it before we left the city, after you were kidnapped that is..."
May pulled out the green ribbon that Beka had won from the grips of the Team Aqua Grunt Angel. May handed the perfectly tied ribbon to Beka. Beka stared at the ribbon, showing that she and Feebas well, now Milotic, had both beaten the odds of issues of beauty, both out and within.
"Well," suggested Brendan, "until we can find out about Team Aqua's where abouts, I guess it won't be any harm done into going for your seventh badge."
"Yeah," nodded Beka.
'Unless of course,' Beka's thoughts now flooded in, 'the Green Orb has other plans…'
Steven could sense Beka's worridness in her hazel eyes, and knew what she was thinking about…
0o0o0o0o0o0
After breakfast and Edgar and Brendan, getting into their trainer clothes, Beka and the others made their way to the Mossdeep Gym, which was not far from Steven's house. They soon reached a giant dome-like building with a giant, pink, hallow heart on the top of the building to show that this was the Mossdeep Gym.
"Well," said Edgar, "let us walk in!"
Brendan opened the door to the Gym, letting Beka and May walk in first and followed by Steven, Edgar, and himself. Brendan closed the door behind them. The group saw that they were in a golden-colored titled-floored entranceway with deep purple walls. Ahead of the group was three, giant white tiles that were softly glowing in a pale blue aura.
"So, what's up with those tiles?" asked Brendan, walking over toward them.
"WAIT!" exclaimed Edgar, grabbing Brendan's green headband from the back, telling him to stop in his tracks.
"Hey! LET GO!" yelled out Brendan.
"Okay," said Edgar, and let go of the headband, snapping it hard against Brendan's head.
"Owe!" said Brendan, rubbing the back of his head.
"What's wrong?" asked Beka.
"These tiles are transport tiles," said Edgar, pointing out toward the white tiles, "you have to be careful, they can take you anywhere in the Gym."
"Really?" asked Beka, shifting her stance, and being unaware that she shifted her balance wrong, Beka suddenly tripped herself and let out a yell that she was going down.
"Beka!" shouted Steven and dove underneath her, catching her in his arms.
The two hit one of the tiles and suddenly disappeared into thin air.
"Beka! Steven!" exclaimed May, with a look of shock on her face.
"Come on," said Brendan, "we have to follow them!"
"Brendan, wait!" exclaimed Edgar, but it was too late as Edgar watched Brendan and May hit the same tile and disappeared into thin air.
"I forgot to tell them…," said Edgar, "if you hit the same tile, you may not go to the same place where someone else before you has gone. Nether the less, I have to find Beka!"
Edgar then ran up and hit the same tile as the others did and vanished into thin air.
0o0o0o0o0o0
"Beka," came Steven's voice, "Beka, wake up!"
Beka was softly stirring from her moment blackout and she felt something incredibly warm under her. She opened her hazel eyes to see that she…was on top of Steven's chest and was staring into the Champion's sky-blue eyes.
"OHMIGOSH!" said Beka, in a loud and shocking tone, rolling off of Steven and sitting up to her knees, "I'M…SO…SORRY!"
Beka had now had her back toward the Champion and her face was now turning completely red and was breathing in shock. She had gotten so close to Steven, too close even, but he felt so warm.
"It-it's all right Beka," reassured Steven, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Um, right," replied Beka, even laughing a little bit and still blushing softly.
Steven got up, and then offered his hand to Beka. Beka took his hand and he helped pulled her up. She wiped off her clothes, as to make sure dirt and dust hadn't gotten over her white and green outfit.
"I wonder where we are?" asked Beka, looking around to see that they were in a dim hallway.
"Well," said Steven, "Edgar did say that the tiles in the gym go about everywhere in this building."
"So," said Beka, "if we just find another panel, we may just find a way to get to the gym leader's floor and hopefully find the others."
"Well, let's go then," said Steven, leading the way down toward the hall.
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"Owe," came May, who was sitting up on her knees and rubbing her arm, "that landing hurt!"
"Yeah, it did," said Brendan, rubbing his left leg, the third hit to him today.
Suddenly, from the same panel they had just been on, it glowed in a bright light and Edgar came falling out of thin air and fell on top of Brendan's back, making it a fourth hit for Hoenn trainer.
"Brendan! Ed!" exclaimed May, "Are you both all right?"
"Yeah," said Edgar, "and luckily, something broke my fall."
"Yeah, that would be me," muffled Brendan in a sarcastic way.
"Heh, sorry about that man," said Edgar, climbing off of Brendan's back.
The three trainers scanned the semi-lighted room where they were now at, seeing another panel at the end of the room.
"Hey," said Edgar, getting up and running over toward the panel, stopping before it, "this is it!"
Brendan and May got up as well and ran over to Edgar's side. They saw that this panel had a picture of a faint pink heart on it.
"That's the badge symbol," said Edgar, "this leads to the Gym Leaders' room!"
"Then what are we waiting for?" asked Brendan, "Let's go to the Gym Leader's room!"
"Wait," asked May, "what about Beka and Steven?"
"Relax," said Brendan, "I'm sure they both found the room all ready!"
And so, with all three of them jumping onto the tile, the trainers disappeared once again into thin air.
0o0o0o0o0o0
"Hey," said Beka, pointing to something glowing palely up ahead, "is that another panel?"
"Could be," said Steven, "let's check it out…"
The two walked up to the light and sure enough, it was another panel, but this time, it had a pale, pink heart on it that looked oddly familiar to Beka.
'Hey,' thought Beka, 'that looks like the badge of the Mossdeep Gym. Maybe this will lead us to the Gym Leaders' room.'
"I think that panel leads to the Gym Leaders' room Steven," said Beka.
"Are you sure?" asked Steven, and then said: "Well, I guess there's one way to find out…"
With a smile on his face, Steven grabbed Beka's hand and the two stepped onto the panel, both disappearing again into thin air.
0o0o0o0o0o0
"Well, we made it," said Edgar, as he, Brendan, and May had got back up to their feet.
They were all now standing in front of two large doors with the Gym's symbol again on top of the doors. Just then, the panel began to glow in a bright light again and Steven and Beka reappeared, only for Beka to fall out and crash on top of Edgar. Seeing Beka on top of him, Edgar's face blushed a very bright red and was shaking with shock.
"Be-Be…" stuttered Edgar, as he did before at the bridge near Meteor Falls, "Be-Beka! Uh…uh…uh…um…"
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" said Beka in shock again, pulling off of Edgar, getting up, and then bowing, "I'm so sorry Ed!"
"Um…" said Edgar, getting up, surprised, still blushing, and now rubbing the back of his head with his black gloved hand, "you don't…have to…a-apologies. It-it's might fault really, I should have moved and…"
Suddenly, the doors to the Gym Leaders' room opened. The group turned and saw that the room was awaiting their arrival. The group entered into the room, which was dark, and then the doors closed. Then, planets and stars filled the room, showing the trainers outer space.
"There just holograms," whispered Edgar to the group.
"Welcome challengers…" came the voice of a young teenage boy.
"…to the Mossdeep City Gym." finished off the voice of a young teenage girl.
The holograms disappeared and the room slowly lighted up to a seeable level. Standing before Beka, in the pink, blue, and purple paneled room, on a battlefield, were two young teenagers, about three years younger than Beka. They appeared to be twins, with both dark hair and eyes. They had on blue and red outlined outfits, looking oddly familiar to martial arts clothing, with a red Pokeball design on their chests, red and black slip on shoes, and they both had their hair pulled back into buns and had little white flower-like objects in it. They both had deep smiles on their faces and they stared at Beka.
'So,' thought Beka, 'Tate and Lisa of the Mossdeep Gym…'
"Yes…" said Tate.
"…we are." said Lisa.
Beka just realized that they had read her mind and she had a surprised look on her face.
'I forgot,' Beka thought, directing the words toward them , 'you're both psychic twins.'
"Yes we are…" said Tate.
"…and you have come for a battle, have you not?" asked Lisa.
"Yes I have," Beka said.
"Then we will be more than happy…" said Tate.
"…to make your challenge acceptable." said Lisa.
"Then what are the rules?" asked Beka.
"We will do battle…" began off Tate.
"…through a double battle mode." ended Lisa.
"We will battle with four Pokemon, two at a time…"
"…and whoever can knock out all four first will be winner of the Mind Badge."
"You, Beka, may switch whenever you like…"
"…but we, on the other hand, can not."
The two twins pulled out their Pokeballs, one each, and threw them out and said:
Tate: "Claydol…"
Lisa: "Xatu…"
Together: "Go!"
The two Pokeballs opened, showing both of the Gym Leaders' first Pokemon. The first was Claydol, a Ground/ Psychic Element that looked like an ancient doll with pink eyes around its head and white and yellow dot marks on its body and around its eyes. The second was Xatu, a Psychic/ Flying Element that looked like an ancient bird from a Native American artwork. It had green, black, and yellow feathers, a yellow beck, two, long, red feathers that flowed from the back of its head and onto its back. It also had a pair of white folded wings with red, black, and yellow marks on it, red claws with white talons, and a pair of red eyes on its chest as well as its real pair of black eyes on its face.
"Clay-dol," said Claydol.
"Xa-tu!" cried out Xatu in a deep, hypnotic voice.
Beka scanned over the two Pokemon with her now hardened emerald eyes.
'Okay,' thought Beka, 'Claydol and Xatu are both Psychic Elements, with Claydol also being Ground and Xatu also being Flying. So, Blaziken is out due to it being a Fighting Element. Absol would be a great candidate for both of them and Milotic would do well with battling Claydol, leaving me with my three dragons to pick in the switching…'
Beka grabbed her first two Pokeballs and threw them into the air, calling out:
"Milotic, Absol, I choose both of you!"
The two Pokeballs opened and Milotic and Absol appeared.
"Mi-lo-tic!" Milotic called out in its heavenly voice.
"Ab-sol! " Absol growled out softly.
"Well, with everything prepared…" said Tate.
"…let the battle begin!" ended Lisa.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Milotic and Absol vs. Mossdeep Gym Leaders Tate's and Lisa's Claydol and Xatu
This will be a two-on-two battle, with no time limits.
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Claydol," said Tate, "use Ancientpower on Absol!"
"Xatu," said Lisa, "use Thunder Wave on Milotic!"
Claydol's body began to glow in a rainbow aura and then rocks began to shoot from under the ground from where it levitated, making a trail toward Absol, while Xatu's body glowed in a light blue aura and then lighting bolts of static electricity shot out toward Milotic.
"Milotic, use Safeguard! Absol, use Water Pulse!"
Milotic surrounded itself in an invisible down of light, causing the Thunder Wave to be deflective and useless. Absol's sickle on its head began to glow a pale blue and then swung it down to the ground, releasing rings of water energy and blasting away the Ancientpower attack, using the Water attack as a counter reaction.
"Claydol, use Ancientpower again on Absol!"
"Xatu, use Solarbeam on Milotic!"
Claydol's body, again, glowed in the rainbow aura and caused rocks to rise from the ground toward Absol, while Xatu collected sunlight into its now opened beak and then shot out a blast of white light toward Milotic.
"Milotic, use Blizzard! Absol, use Aerial Ace to dodge!"
Absol, quicker that the eye, disappeared from the field, causing the Ancientpower attack to miss its target, while Milotic lifted its fan-like tail and sent out a wintry blast of Blizzard toward the Solarbeam. The two attacks hit, causing them to both be defective. Since it was also a double battle, Claydol got hit by half of the attack and its HP was stuck in half. Absol also returned back once the effect from Aerial Ace wore off.
Tate growled softly and said:
"Claydol, use Rapid Spin on Absol!"
Followed by Lisa:
"Xatu, use Double Team!"
Claydol's body began to spin rapidly and began to head toward Absol while Xatu's body glowed a faint white and soon, illusions of itself appeared on the field.
"Milotic, use Swift! Absol, use Shadow Ball!"
Milotic again waved up its tail and from the split fins came out hundreds of yellow stars of light, hitting both Xatu, and Claydol, but Claydol still continued on with the attack. Absol opened its mouth and released a ghostly blast of Ghost energy at the spinning Claydol.
"Now Claydol, Teleport!"
Claydol, still spinning, disappeared into thin air, causing the Shadow Ball to miss its target and slam into a wall of the Gym. Absol scanned the room with its red eyes, looking for Claydol, as well as Beka with her emerald eyes. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Claydol reappeared and landed a massive critical hit on Absol with its Rapid Spin.
"Now, Milotic and Absol, both of you use Blizzard!" called out Beka, wanting to finish the battle.
Milotic and Absol both released powerful blasts of Blizzard, Milotic from its tail and Absol from its mouth, and both created a massive snowstorm that was literally causing everything in the gym to disappear in the storm. Beka waited with patience as the Blizzard attack was slowly dying down. She saw the field and practically the whole entire gym was now covering in a lovely blanket of fresh snow and that both Xatu and Claydol were frozen in ice.
"No! Claydol!" called out Tate.
"Dearest Xatu!" Lisa said in shock.
"Now," came out Beka's next attack words, "Milotic, use Hydro Pump on Claydol! Absol, use Shadow Ball on Xatu!"
Milotic opened its mouth and released a powerful blast of water at Claydol, breaking through the ice and slamming it into the Ground/ Psychic Element, while Absol opened its mouth again and released another ghostly blast of Ghost energy at Xatu, breaking the ice and hitting the Psychic/ Flying Element. Both Pokemon fainted.
"Claydol and Xatu are unable to battle," called out a referee, "Milotic and Absol are the winners!"
"Great job guys!" called out Beka to her Pokemon.
"Tic!" cried out Milotic, happily waving its tail at Beka.
"Ab!" cried out also Absol, giving out a friendly bark.
Both Tate and Lisa recalled their Pokemon and stared up at Beka.
"Such power…" said Lisa.
"…exists within you." Tate finished.
"But we as Gym Leaders…"
"…shall not bow before you yet…"
"…for we still have two more allies…"
"…that will still test you yet."
They both threw out there last Pokeballs and called out:
Tate: "Solrock,"
Lisa: "Lunatone,"
Both: "Go!"
The two Pokeballs opened and Solrock and Lunatone both appeared, the Rock/ Psychic Elements levitating over the white snow.
"Sol-rock," said Solrock in a churning voice.
"Lu-na-tone," said Lunatone coolly.
Battle Situation:
Beka's Milotic and Absol vs. Tate's and Lisa's Solrock and Lunatone
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Solrock, use Solarbeam on Milotic!" said Tate.
"Lunatone, use Harden!" said Lisa.
Solrock, taking the offensive, released a white beam of light at Milotic, while Lunatone, taking the defense, Hardened itself until a bright luster shown over its tan, rocky, moon-shaped body.
"Milotic, use Protect! Absol, use Leer on Lunatone!"
Milotic, surrounded in a golden aura, deflected off the Solarbeam attack, while Absol's red eyes glowed even redder, cutting deep into Lunatone's red eyes and causing red light to drop from Lunatone's body, showing its Harden was now no more.
Again, Tate and Lisa ordered their Pokemon to use the same moves, and Beka again counteracted with the same moves as before. This went on for two more turns until:
"Solrock, use Sandstorm!"
Solrock's body began to glow in a pale brown color and suddenly, a powerful Sandstorm whipped up and caused Beka to be unable to see the battle. Beka then heard:
"Lunatone, use Flash!"
Suddenly, from the Sandstorm came out an illuminating flash of bright, white, light, causing Beka to shield her eyes as the light hit them. She tried to call out to Milotic and Absol, but with Sandstorm's fury and Flash's affect, Beka could get an attack called out on time and then she heard:
"Solrock, Solarbeam on Milotic!"
"Lunatone, Hyper Beam on Absol!"
Beka called out for her Pokemon to dodge the attacks, but it was too late when she heard the hits of the attacks and the cries of her Pokemon. The Sandstorm soon subsided and Beka saw her two Pokemon, lying in the snow, both fainted.
"Milotic and Absol are both unable to battle," called out the referee, "Solrock and Lunatone are the winners of this battle!"
Beka recalled both Absol and Milotic and thanked them a job well done. She then turned to the battlefield and pondered into her thoughts:
'Okay, both Solrock and Lunatone are Psychic/ Rock Elements, so Flygon will be a good choice in defense. As for my second Pokemon, well, it's a risk, but I'm going to use Salamance, even though it's a Flying Element, but what choice do I have?'
Beka grabbed her two last Pokeballs and threw them out onto the field, calling out:
"Flygon, Salamance, I choose both of you!"
The two Pokeballs opened and both Flygon and Salamance appeared.
"Fly-gon!" cried out Flygon.
"Sa-la-mance!" bellowed out Salamance, and then, Beka noticed that faint auras fell around Solrock and Lunatone.
'Oh right,' thought Beka, 'Salamance gained the ability Intimidate, cutting opponent's attack strengths.'
Battle Situation:
Beka's Flygon and Salamance vs. Tate's and Lisa's Solrock and Lunatone
BATTLE BEGIN!
"Solrock, use Harden!"
"Lunatone, use Harden as well!"
The two Leaders' Pokemon used Harden to boost up their Defenses.
"Flygon, use Screech! Salamance, use Leer!"
Flygon opened its mouth and released a powerful noise pitch that caused both opponents to lose one-thirds of their Defense points. This followed with Salamance's red glowing Leer attack, causing another reduction in Defense points.
"Now Solrock, use Frustration on Flygon!"
"Lunatone, use Shadow Ball on Salamance!"
Solrock came at Flygon with a raging charge, showing it had a red pressure mark on its head, while Lunatone formed a Shadow Ball from between the tips of its crescent points and shot it out toward Salamance.
"Flygon, use Iron Tail! Salamance, Dragonbreath!"
Flygon, with its long green tail glowing in a metallic light, swung its tail and hit Solrock, causing Solrock to get sent back to the other side of the field, like a just hit baseball. Meanwhile, Salamance opened its mouth and released a powerful blast of green dragon flames, destroying the Shadow Ball.
"Now Solrock…" called out Tate.
"…Lunatone…" said Lisa.
"Psychic!"
The two celestial shaped Pokemon focused on the two dragons before them and soon, their bodies and eyes were illuminated in blue auras. Both Flygon and Salamance were suddenly surrounded in the blue auras as well and were hit by the Psychic's energy, causing massive critical hit damages to the them both.
"Flygon! Salamance!" exclaimed Beka, seeing in shock her Dragon Elements suffering.
"Choose your next moves wisely…" came Lisa's voice.
"…or else it will cost you your badge." Tate finished.
'Okay Beka,' Beka's thoughts began, 'you've gotten out of worser situations than this one. All you need to do is just get through their Psychic holds and attack with attacks with super efficiency…'
Beka saw that the Psychic attacks were letting up and she asked:
"Salamance, Flygon, can you still go on?"
"Fly," growled out Flygon, nodding.
"Mance," Salamance glowed out and nodded as well.
"Okay, Salamance, use Steel Wing on Solrock! Flygon, use Steel Wing as well!"
The two Dragon Elements took up into the air and made their dive onto the Leaders' Pokemon.
"Once again you two…" said Tate.
"…use Psychic!" Lisa finished.
The Rock/ Psychic Elements began to again glow in blue auras, but then:
"Salamance, get in front of Flygon and switch to Protect! Flygon, switch to Quick Attack!"
Salamance flew in front of Flygon and shielded itself before its partner, while Flygon disappeared with Quick Attack. The Psychic attacks were useless now that Protect was up.
"Now Flygon, Sand Tomb!"
Flygon, who now appeared behind Lunatone and Solrock, since Quick Attack was a diversion to escape, beated its wings very fast and caused a twister of sand to engulf the two Meteorite Type Pokemon.
"No!" exclaimed both Tate and Lisa.
The Sand Tomb continued on for minutes, until its began to silently die down. Thanks to the dragons, who cut the opponent's defenses down with Leer, Intimidate, and Screech with a Sand Tomb combination, both Solrock and Lunatone fainted.
"Both Lunatone and Solrock are unable to battle," called out the referee, "Flygon and Salamance are the winners! The winner for the Mossdeep Badge is Beka!"
Beka leaped in the air and gave out a cheer of victory and then ran over and wrapped her arms around her dragons' neck, in which they both gave her friendly licks on her cheek. Steven, Edgar, May, and Brendan also ran up to Beka and congratulated her and her Pokemon.
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"Congratulations…" came Tate's voice, he and his sister now standing before Beka in front of the Gym.
"…here is your prize." said Lisa.
The twins, in both of their hands, handed out the Mossdeep Badge to Beka. Beka picked up the hallowed out, pink heart with her green gloved-tipped fingers and smiled to see the pink hued badge was now her seventh that she won.
'And now,' Beka thought, 'all I need is my eighth badge…'
"Before you go…" came Lisa's voice.
"…we have something important we must share with you." said Tate.
Beka now turned her focus toward the two.
"We know you are being chased…"
"…and that three teams want you."
"And that you have the missing Orb of Blue…"
"…and are looking for the Orb of Red."
"What?" asked Beka, "Do you know where the Red Orb is?"
The twins closed their eyes and said:
"It's deep in the ocean below…"
"…deep in a hideaway in a cavern, near a trench."
"Wait," said Steven, "there is a series of trenches deep below the ocean just south of Mossdeep City. Is Team Aqua there?"
"Yes, they are…"
"…and are almost recovering the Legendary of the Sea."
'Kyogre,' Beka thought.
"Yes, it is…" Lisa continued on.
"…and they are the leader is waiting for you…" said Tate.
A long pause stood on their lips, and together they said with their eyes now open:
"Emerald."
Beka nodded and then turned to her friends.
"Guys, it's time we get going."
They all nodded, thanked Tate and Lisa for their help, and then made their way toward the Pokemon Center…
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RW: Next chapter will be the journey into the Seafloor Cavern and the resurrection of Kyogre…