Castiel looked at the two brothers that were talking about their upcoming badge battle. His Litwick sat on his right shoulder.
"So Sammy who's the next gym leader?" Dean asked as his Yamask hung over his left shoulder.
"Name's Crowley," Sam said while his Duskull floated beside him happily, "he's said to be pretty tough though."
"Good," Dean smirked, "we like a challenge don't we," he spoke to his pokemon.
"Ya," he chirped.
"Dean, you do know that Crowley uses dark types mostly right?" Castiel asked Dean.
"Not gonna be a problem for us Cass."
Castiel was about to argue when they arrived at the gym. They had gone to the Pokemon Center to heal their pokemon before heading to the gym.
"Are you sure this is a good idea Dean?" Sam asked as they head down the castle like corridor to meet Gym Leader Crowley.
"Of course Sammy," Dean said before pushing open the door to see Crowley sitting on a throne like chair.
"Ah, what do we have here?" Crowley asked, petting his Houndoom.
"We challenge you to pokemon battle Crowley," Dean told him.
Crowley stood up and dusted his pants off. "Which of you are challenging me?" he asked, looking at the three boys.
"All of us," Sam informed him.
Crowley nodded and walked down to the battle field. "Which of you would like to go first?" He asked as if he was bored.
Crowley shrugged. "I don't have time for three full matches so what do you say about a one on one pokemon battle? Does that work for you moose?"
"That's fine," Sam said ignoring the moose comment; he pulled a single pokeball from his bag. He looked at Duskull who seemed to agree with Sam's choice. "Wish me luck," he said before heading to his corner of the battle arena.
Crowley removed a pokeball from his pocket before tossing it into the air. A Zoroark appeared in a flash of light. "It's a Zoroark. It's a dark type and it's special ability is Illusion," Castiel stated in a monotone voice.
Sam tossed his own pokeball out, popped open and a Lucario appeared.
"A fighting type, smart," Crowley said. "Challenger has the first move."
Sam nodded. "Ok Lucario, quick attack!" Lucario disappeared before reappearing in several places as he ran towards Zoroark. Crowley looked unaffected as well as Zoroark. When Lucario got near Zoroark Crowley gave his pokemon a command.
"Imprison." Lucario froze after a black light engulfed him. "
Lucario?" Sam cried out in concern.
"Now, send him flying with Night Daze." A pitch black shock wave struck Lucario and he went flying back towards Sam. After a few moments, Lucario slowly got up.
"Ok, let's try to keep our distance then," Sam said to himself. "Aura Sphere," Sam yelled. A blue ball formed between Lucario's paws and he threw it at Zoroark.
"Dodge it," Crowley said. Zoroark fell onto all fours and quickly dodged the spheres.
"Hit him with Hone Claws," the gym leader said.
"Use Detect Lucario!" Lucario dodged the attack before using counter.
"Zoroark!" Crowley shouted in concern and surprise. Zoroark let out a cry before falling backwards.
"Zoroark is unable to battle, Lucario wins," the referee said. Crowley returned Zoroark to his pokeball.
Sam smiled as Lucario headed over to him, "nice work," he said patting the pokemon before it also return to his pokeball.
Crowley met Sam in the middle and handed him a badge that was the shape of a skull. "You earned this."
"Thanks," Sam before head out of the arena
"Next?" Crowley questioned. Castiel walked to the spot Sam had just vacated.
"I'm your next opponent," Cass said.
"Well, let's see what you've got." Castiel tossed his pokeball up and the light formed into a Lugia. "Well, I wasn't quite expecting that," Crowley said in surprise before tossing his pokeball. A Charizard appeared and roared. "Mega evolution Charizard," Crowley commanded. Charizard was engulfed in a blinding white light and when it faded the Charizard that was standing there was black and had blue flames emitting from it.
"Alright Lugia let's knock this out. Use Surf!" Lugia cried and water appeared out of nowhere to flood the floor. "Fly above the water," Crowley commanded. Charizard flew above the water before it could hit him.
"Arial Ace!"
"Lugia, use quick attack!" Castiel yelled. Lugia flew into the air and began dodging Charizard's attacks while trying to attack Charizard who was also dodging the attacks.
"Charizard, Dragon Claw!" Crowley commanded.
"Grab him!" Castiel yelled. Lugia took the attack and grimaced but grabbed Charizard's arms.
"Now dive into the water and use Whirlpool!" Lugia dived into the water with Charizard and trapped him in a vortex of swirling water. When the attack was completed the water disappeared, leaving a regular and knocked out Charizard.
"Charizard is unable to battle, Lugia wins," the referee called. Castiel smiled as he returned his faithful pokemon. Crowley repeated the same action he did with Sam and gave Castiel his earned badge after returning Charizard to his pokeball. Castiel joined Sam and pushed Dean towards the challenge zone.
Dean smirked as he walked to his zone, he pulled out his pokeball and Pyroar appeared on the field with a growl. Crowley gave Dean a disapproving look before snapping his fingers. The Houndoom that was at the throne ran up to Crowley before taking his place on the battle field with a snarl.
"Dean, be careful. Houndoom has the ability flash fire," Castiel called out.
"We've got this, don't we Pyroar," the pokemon roared in reply. Crowley had to say Dean did at least show he would back his pokemon despite the clearly bad odds.
"Pyroar use flamethrower!" Dean yelled. Castiel and Sam wanted to yell no but knew that this was Dean's battle to face. Crowley didn't say a word as Houndoom was hit with the burst of fire. "Yeah! Direct hit!" Dean cheered. When the flames cleared and Houndoom stood without looking like any harm had been done Dean became angry. "Ok, if that didn't work, try this on for size! Overheat!" Again a blast of fire hit Houndoom and left him unharmed. "What!" Dean yelled and Pyroar became slightly nervous.
"Houndoom, Inferno," Crowley said calmly. Houndoom released a large amount of flames that engulfed Pyroar. When they cleared Pyroar was covered in burns and on the ground withering in pain. "Pyroar is unable to battle, the winner is Houndoom."
Dean knelt beside Pyroar, "guess I'm pretty stupid huh," he said to the wounded pokemon gently petting its flame colored mane. Pyroar growled softly in reply, "I'm gonna fix you up good as new promise," Pyroar return to his pokeball, "I'll be a better trainer," he said to the shiny red and white ball.