Sorry for the wait but the 6 vs. 6 battle between Cheren and Nick is HERE! Get excited because you'll want to be for this battle. Last episode our heroes finally calmed Landorus (who will not be mentioned in this episode except for a simile or some shit like that) and Cheren and Nick began their battle (well, they revealed their first Pokemon). So now, read, for the epic battle of rivals!
Episode 50 – Full Out Rival Battle!
"This 6 vs. 6 battle between Nick and Cheren will now begin! Each trainer may substitute their Pokemon freely. Now, five minutes are on the clo- Sorry, so let the battle begin!" Rosion exclaimed as she rubbed the back of her neck embarrassed that she mucked up her lines. I looked up at the large screen and my face was on one side, and Cheren's was on the other. There were six pokeballs next to our faces that were in the shape of a crescent and a large pokeball with wings and a golden outline was in the middle. I looked down at my No.1 go-to guy and nodded.
"Riolu, rock and roll!"
"Heatmor, stand—by!"
"Olu!" Riolu roared into the air (because of the open roof) as he waited for Heatmor to enter. Cheren's pokeball swirled onto the battlefield and in a flash of blue and white, it revealed his Pokemon.
"Mor…" Heatmor muttered as blew out fire from his mouth/nose.
"Go Riolu!" May cheered. I smiled back up at her and looked down at the battlefield. I didn't see this battle as a training opportunity; I was trying to win with raw power. So that means I'm putting my strongest Pokemon up today!
"Now Riolu, start off by using Aura Sphere!" I commanded. Riolu sent aura power into his hands, where he turned it into a ball. He rammed the Aura Sphere out of his hands and sent it rocketing for Heatmor.
"Fire Punch!" Heatmor's fist turned into fire and he slammed it against the Aura Sphere, creating a wind explosion which extinguished the fire on Heatmor's hand. The two were even, and it looked like this battle hadn't even started…
"We'll show them how to battle, use Dynamic Punch!" I instructed Riolu after an awkward silence.
"Rio!" he screamed before super-speeding forward with a hot red fist. Before Heatmor could dodge or retaliate Riolu was furiously punching him over and over dealing damage by the second.
"Ice Punch!" Riolu slammed his fist against Heatmor's head and he was immediately frozen from the attack. "Now use Sky Uppercut!"
"That ice won't keep us in! Use Flamethrower!" Cheren ordered as he shot his hand to the right.
"MORR!" Heatmor roared as fire swirled around in the inside of the ice coat, before it exploded and sent Riolu flying, unable to perform his move.
"And now, go in for a Fire Punch!" Cheren countered as Riolu was falling from the sky. Heatmor's fist was engulfed in a blazing glory of fire, before he clobbered the falling Pokemon with a Fire Punch.
"Riolu, no!" I cried as Riolu rolled back to me, but quickly jumped back up. "Alright, then let's use Extreme Speed!"
"Focus Blast!" he retaliated. Heatmor unleashed energy into a ball and then sent the sky blue sphere rocketing at my speedy Riolu.
"Olu!" Riolu screamed as he slammed through the Focus Blast, before he went onto hit Heatmor and pummel him into the ground.
"Too easy…" Cheren snickered as Riolu stood over the Pokemon. "Use Flame Burst!"
"Heat-MORR!" Heatmor roared as suddenly his whole body was coated in a red power, before all of the fire power exploded off of him like shards, smashing into my poor Riolu. Riolu crashed back to the ground, and slowly got back up. Riolu hadn't taken many hits but with the amount of power Heatmor had, it's not surprising that he's this weak. I studied Heatmor as well and he was looking worn down, after all, he'd been hit with several attacks from Riolu and all the attacks that he's used have taken up quite a lot of energy.
"We're ending this! Alright Riolu, use Aura Sphere and then spin while using Extreme Speed!" I exclaimed.
"You're not winning! Use Fire Punch and Flamethrower!" Cheren retaliated.
"Morrr/Rio-lu!" both of our Pokemon shouted as they performed their attacks. Riolu threw his Aura Sphere forward like a rocket, and then started to spin while using Extreme Speed, coating him in a veil of white. Then, the two attacks collided to create what I called an Extreme Aura, because Riolu was now a sky blue bullet, with white streaks swirling around it. Heatmor on the other hand had poured out a stream of flames, and then gathered more fire power in his fist. He threw it into the fire and it majorly powered up, creating a fist as big as Landorus' head! The two collided and everything went, BOOOM! The smoke started to rise, and we all looked on in anticipation. Only one Pokemon was going to come out alive, but then, I was in shock from the result…
"Riolu and Heatmor are knocked out, which means that this round is a draw!" Rosion cheered, but no crowd roared. "Wow, where's the energy of the crowd?" I looked over at Rosion and sighed, there were four people out there, and a Pokemon that's almost dying. Does she expect much energy? I walked over to Riolu anyway and picked him up.
"You were truly great," I told him as I took Riolu up to the stands and placed him next to May.
"I can't believe you lost to him," I heard Cheren growl at his Pokemon as he was being returned. "Ok Archeops, standby!"
"Lampent, rock and roll!" I shouted as Lampent's pokeball flew out of my hands and landed above the battlefield.
"PENT!" Lampent roared as she started to spin rapidly in the air, showing off her agile skills.
"Cheops," the other Pokemon, Archeops, joined her in saying a war cry.
"Archeops, we'll begin! Use Sandstorm!" Cheren commanded. Archeops started to flap his long wings and out came a stream of sandy air, which rampaged over to Lampent. Sometimes, Sandstorm attacks become tornadoes, and unfortunately, this was one of those times…
"I know; Lampent, use Flamethrower!" Lampent threw herself forward and a pipe of fire exited her. It flew into the sandstorm and made it red hot and it was now a swirling tornado of fire, sand and wind! "Now use Inferno on it!"
"Lam-penttt!" Lampent screeched as she shot out a massive fire ball at the Sandstorm, which quickly crashed into it. Once it hit though it didn't add to the power but made it explode, creating a galling wind of all that power shoot over to Archeops, and it sent him surging to the ground. Cheren started to growl angrily until a large smile spread across his face.
"Alright Archeops, use another Sandstorm!" Cheren instructed the beast. Archeops started to whip his wings forward, creating a hurricane of sand and wind, but unfortunately, once again, it turned into a massive tornado. "Stone Edge!"
"Arrr!" Archeops called as stones started to orbit him, rapidly moving around his ancient body. He then made them lurch forward, before all of them went into the Sandstorm, powering up the already over whelming attack.
"Now use Ancient Power!" Archeops quickly flashed silver before all of that energy was transported into a white and silver sphere. Archeops threw his head forward and a massive ball of energy rocketed towards the winds, and then crashed into the Sandstorm, making silver streams get mixed in with all of the sand. But then, the Sandstorm rapidly moved forward until it had surrounded Lampent, and she was taking major damage from the three attacks.
"Use Flame Burst!" I retaliated. The glass-material that surrounded Lampent's flames started to turn red, until it cracked and exploded out hundreds of small shards, which also looked like cracked up glass. They were still red and looked as if they were made of fire, but then it slammed up against all of the walls of the Sandstorm and in a furious explosion, all of the attacks subsided.
"Return!" I told my Pokemon as Lampent was returned to her pokeball. "Cubchoo, it's time for you to rock and roll!"
"Choo!" Cubchoo cheered as she jumped down onto the battlefield, but she immediately looked up at Servine. The first time Servine had moved since this morning was now, she raised her head and gave a slight smile to her best friend, and then fell back down. It just shows how close those two are; Servine will use up all her remaining energy for Cubchoo…
"Alright, let's make Servine proud! Cubchoo, use Slash to begin with!" I ordered Cubchoo. Cubchoo nodded and then got out her claw of white fury, before she desperately dashed over to the flying Pokemon. She jumped high into the air, at Archeops level and slashed him without trouble, determined to take down Archeops for her friend. "Yes, now a close range Icy Wind!" Cubchoo did as I said and just as she was falling back down she blew out a freezing cold gust which trapped Archeops in a vortex, Cheren too stunned by Cubchoo to react.
"That's, quite a good Pokemon…" Cheren muttered to himself (which I luckily overheard), stunned by Cubchoo's speed, power and the amount of determination she held. "But that doesn't mean that I'm giving up! Alright Archeops, time for an Aerial Ace!"
"Cheops!" Archeops screeched as he dove down from the sky at a fast pace. He quickly caught up to my falling Cubchoo and clobbered her, sending Cubchoo surging back to my side of the field.
"Cubchoo, get back up and use Ice Beam!" I instructed Cubchoo. She got back up and lurched herself forward, before shooting out a chilly blue beam which was making its way over to the soaring Archeops.
"Dodge it and then go in for another Aerial Ace!" Cheren countered. Archeops curved around the Ice Beam and then rocketed towards Cubchoo with white streaks of wind flying around him.
"Cubchoo, counter with Superpower!"
"Cub!" Cubchoo screamed as she jumped forward in a coat of waving blue energy, where she collided head on with Archeops, although there was a clear winner…
"Cubchoo, now use Ice Beam!" I commanded while Archeops went rolling along the floor from Cubchoo's Superpower. Cubchoo then jumped up high into the sky, before she started to spin and use Ice Beam, making the now swirling beam crash into Archeops. The super-effective attacks just kept going and going, shredding any hope of winning this match for Cheren...
"Archeops is unable to battle; which means that Cubchoo wins this round!" Rosion declared as the Ice Beam attack stopped and Cubchoo jumped back down to me.
"Return!" Cheren spat as he returned his Archeops. "Alright Krookodile, show them that type-disadvantage doesn't matter!"
"Krook…" Krookodile roared quietly as he came out onto the battlefield, staring Cubchoo and I down.
"I see that your Krokorok evolved," I analysed. "But, that doesn't mean you'll beat us. Cubchoo, start off with an Icy Wind!"
"Choooo!" Cubchoo squealed as she blew out a freezing cold gust of wind, which almost froze the drooping bit of snot which came down from her nose. The Icy Wind was unavoidable for Krookodile so he just had to take the attack, but was getting snowed in quickly.
"Now use Slash!" Cubchoo's claws sharpened and grew to a frightening rate, before she then ran forward and slashed the nearly frozen Krookodile, making him shake in fury, also making all the snow fly off.
"Alright use Dragon Claw!" Cheren yelled with vengeance. Krookodile's claw turned blue before he jabbed it into Cubchoo, sending her flying through the air, before hitting the ground, scraping some of her fur off, leaving her shattered… "Now use Stone Edge!"
"You may be powerful, but as you may have noticed, Cubchoo's still dominating this battle. Use Icy Wind to freeze the stones!" I commanded.
"DILE!" Krookodile roared as sharp stones surrounded his body, before he threw his hands forward, making all of the rocks speed forward too. Cubchoo jumped up and shot out an Icy Wind attack out, and with his amazing freezing power, it immediately encapsulated the rocks in a layer of ice.
"Now, kick and punch them all away with Superpower!" Cubchoo ran up to all of the floating stones and before you knew it; all you could see was a barrage of punches and kicks from a tiny pokemon in a sparkling coat of blue. All of the stones rapidly surged back into Krookodile and he was pelted with all of the powered up rocks.
Cheren's thoughts: Dammit, Nick's right! Cubchoo is dominating this battle! How can that thing be SO strong!? I guess the old saying's true: big things come in small packages. I have no choice...
"Return!" Cheren called as Krookodile had been hit with the last rock. "I'm sick of that Cubchoo. Time to bring out the beast. Claydol, stand—by!" Cheren threw a pokeball into the middle of the battlefield where it revealed a Pokemon I'd never seen before...
"Clay-dol…" Claydol murmured as he came out onto the battlefield.
"Claydol, the Clay Doll Pokemon. Claydol is a mysterious Pokémon that started life as an ancient clay figurine made over 20,000 years ago," Dexter explained.
"Wow, what an original name like Claydol," I sighed as my sweat dropped.
"Nick, I wouldn't judge it so quickly. It took down Skarmory, Unfezant and Swanna in my Gym," Skyla warned me.
"Claydol, finish that pipsqueak with Hyper Beam!" Cheren ordered. Claydol started to generate a red ball at the end of one of its stubby hands, and I knew that it was generating a Hyper Beam attack.
"Alright Cubchoo, start running around him while using Ice Beam!" I instructed the little bear. Cubchoo nodded and started to sprint around in a circle, while firing off an Ice Beam. Claydol kept following Cubchoo around the field, moving slowly while preparing Hyper Beam but soon, he was half frozen. "Your Claydol can't hit us!" I snickered.
"Oh yeah? Claydol, shoot now!" Cheren roared. Claydol abruptly swung around and then fired off a massive red laser to the source of the Ice Beam, which was Cubchoo, and sent her flying into the air before slamming into the ground, struggling to get up.
"Quickly Cubchoo, return!" I called as a red laser zapped up Cubchoo. Cheren started to snicker at us and I knew that the only way to defeat that power was to bring out my power. "Alright Pignite, go and ignite this fight!"
"Pig!" Pignite snorted as he came out of his pokeball.
"Using your powerhouse so early aye? Claydol will defeat him anyway!" Cheren told me with a laugh. "Now, use Psybeam Claydol!"
"DOLL!" Claydol roared as two sudden beams of rainbow colours were shot out from Claydol's two hands, being so quick Pignite couldn't dodge. He just took the attack, and once the Psychic-Type attack subdued Pignite collapsed to one knee.
"Shit Claydol's strong!" I groaned as Pignite got back up. "Alright, time to surround him in Flamethrower!" Pignite jumped up above Claydol, out of his 360 degree eyesight, and then poured over him with flames, soon creating a vortex of fire around Claydol, little fire bullets shooting out to him every now and then. "Heat Crash!"
"Nite!" Pignite grunted as a sphere of red and black fire surrounding my Fire Pig Pokemon. He then stampeded towards Claydol and smashed through the shield, before slamming Claydol, creating a massive fire explosion. BOOM! Pignite and Claydol were sent out of the fiery mess but both got up.
"Alright Claydol, Rapid Spin!" Cheren shouted, trying to get back into this battle.
"Defend! Use Arm Thrust back to back!" I ordered.
"Clay-dolll!" Claydol sang as he started to spin rapidly, spinning speedily over to Pignite. My Pig Pokemon's palms turned brown and then he slapped them against Claydol's body every time he came in for a hit. He did it over and over until Claydol and Pignite both became tired and gave up.
"We're ending this now! Use Focus Blast!" Pignite unleashed energy quickly into his palms, which made a blue sphere, and then threw it as hard as he could.
"Psybeam!" Cheren told Claydol. Claydol put his two arms up and then shot out the powerful beams which clashed with the Focus Blast, but it just kept going on through, but it was also slowing down too… Just when the power packed attack was about to smash into Claydol he juiced up the Psybeam, and it fully STOPPED the Focus Blast!
"DOLL!" Claydol roared as he put everything he could into the Psybeam, and it sent the Focus Blast surging back, but now with renewed power! BOOM! It crashed into Pignite and sent him flying up against the wall that separated the stands and the battlefield. I looked over desperately at him only to see Pignite flopping down to the ground unconscious.
"Pignite is out of this fight! Which means Claydol wins this round!" Rosion declared. I sadly returned my strongest Pokemon and then looked down at my next pokeball. I had a quick glance up at the big screen to see that Cheren and I were tied; both of us had two Pokemon eliminated.
"Unfezant, it's time to rock and roll; we're getting back in this match!" I exclaimed as I threw my fifth Pokemon out.
"Fezant!" he squawked as he entered into the sky of the massive stadium.
"We're gonna finish this early! Unfezant, use Air Slash and then Sky Attack!" I exclaimed. Unfezant nodded before his wings turned blue. He then whipped them forward as hard as he could and out came speedy serrated discs which were cutting through the air, and spinning like a razor blade.
"Use Psybeam to defend yourself!" Cheren retaliated immediately. Claydol started to gather rainbow coloured balls at the tip of his hands until they both turned into massive beams which were fired off from them, eliminating the Air Slash attack easily.
"Un-fez!" Unfezant replied to Claydol angrily, as he engulfed himself in a white coating, before shooting down like a meteor from the sky, ready to pummel the Clay Doll Pokemon. Unfezant started to swoop in and then surged around close to the floor, before just approaching Claydol, when…
"Dodge with Rapid Spin, and then spin around and slam into Unfezant!" Cheren countered. Unfezant was just about to hit Claydol but he started to topspin rapidly, and then dashed out of the way. He then zoomed along to Unfezant's side afterwards and crashed into my Pokemon, making both of them roll into a heap on the battlefield. "It's time to end this; use Hyper Beam!"
"Clay—DOLL!" Claydol shrieked as he immediately fired of an erupting red laser beam at a close Unfezant, sending my poor Flying-type rocketing into the air via Hyper Beam airlines. Unfezant came crashing back down to the ground but slowly got up, and shook off the deathly attack.
"You're Unfezant's quite strong willed, no doubt. But, it is quite weak, not even being able to land a single attack against Claydol," Cheren shrugged as he looked over at my Unfezant, SLIGHTLY impressed with him.
"I'm sorry Unfezant but this really isn't your battle," I sighed and returned Unfezant back to his pokeball. Cheren seemed shocked and then did the same.
"Claydol return!" Claydol was zapped up by the same red laser as Unfezant and now, we both were releasing our Pokemon at the same time.
"Rock and roll/Standby!" we both yelled in unison as we threw our pokeballs into the air.
"Wott!" my Dewott screamed happily as he jumped around, eager to battle, but when the blue and white light from Cheren's pokeball revealed his 5th Pokemon, Dewott's heart sunk.
"SAMUROTT!" Samurott – the evolved form of Dewott – roared as he came out onto the battlefield. Dewott immediately froze before he scuttled behind my leg and started to shake in fear.
"Dewott, this is your battle and nobody else's. You need to fight," I told him as I picked Dewott up and placed him on the battlefield. "Alright Dewott, start off by using Razor Shell!"
"Wott!" Dewott agreed confidently as he started to sprint forward with his two scalchops in his hand, but as soon as he got within a three metre range of Samurott he stopped and then started to freak and run back.
"Quickly, catch up to him and use Razor Shell!" Cheren commanded. Samurott pounced into the air, and the front two long bladed shells on his legs sharpened and grew, making a blue powered point of the end. He then sliced and diced my running Dewott and made him fall over in pain.
"Now defend yourself, use Aqua Jet!" I retaliated.
"No you don't! Fury Cutter!" Cheren countered. Dewott froze and wouldn't move, wouldn't perform any sort of attack while Samurott was preying over him and that was all to Cheren's advantage. The two front shells on Samurott changed from blue blades to red blades, and then he furiously started to slash Dewott, giving him more scratches and scars by the second.
"Dewott, Water Gun!" I was surprised because suddenly Dewott shot out a massive stream of water, which sent Samurott soaring back to Cheren. "What? You did it Dewott! Now use Aqua Jet!"
"Ah, no. Use Megahorn Samurott!" Cheren ordered furiously
"Rott!" Samurott roared as he started to gallop forward with a dull glowing red horn, which he was about to stab into Dewott's tiny body. I ordered for an Aqua Jet but Dewott was just standing there, until finally, he made a coat of water surround him!
"Go Dewott!" I cheered him on, but, that's all he did. I mean, he just stayed in that place with a coat of water. Wait, maybe a shield of water? Dammit Dewott, why won't he use attacks?! Samurott crashed through the water (being a Water-Type) and jabbed his massive horn into Dewott, sending him surging out of his own water stream. "Dewott, a water shield won't keep out a Water-Type." Dewott rubbed the back of his neck embarrassed but then looked back worriedly at his opponent. "Ok, Water Pledge!"
"Dew-wott!" Dewott called as he slammed his paw against the surface of the battlefield and several geysers of aqua came shooting up from the ground, until the last and biggest one shot up on Samurott, sending him into the sky. Wait a minute, he only used Water Pledge and Water Gun, yet he wouldn't use Razor Shell or Aqua Jet. I know! Dewott only wants to use long range moves so that he doesn't have to touch Samurott.
"Alright then Dewott, use Water Gun!" I shouted. Dewott looked happy with my call and then shot out a stream of clear, fresh water and the flying Samurott.
"Charge right through it with Megahorn!" Cheren retaliated.
"Samurott!" Samurott cried as his horn become a dull red, before he rocketed towards the ground, smashing through Dewott's Water Gun. Dewott had no defense and he started to freak out at the sight of the massive Pokemon trying to tackle him over, so Dewott quickly put his hands over his head and turned himself into a ball, although it was no use when the hit came. SMASH! Dewott was hit over to the wall behind me and made a massive indent, but still managed to get up and hobble around. I sighed.
"Dewott, this really isn't your battle. Return," I told my Pokemon as he came back to his safe and sound pokeball. "Now Cubchoo, it's time to rock and roll again!"
"Choo!" Cubchoo squealed excitedly as she came out to battle again. I saw Cheren grit his teeth at the site of my Cubchoo but he somehow smiled, obviously thinking up a plan.
"Cubchoo, jump up and use Ice Beam!" I instructed her. Cubchoo happily obliged and jumped high into the air, before shooting down a crackling beam of ice with lots of different strands in it. It surrounded Samurott and kept dealing damage, up until the point where Cubchoo stopped the attack upon another command. "Use Superpower!"
"Samurott, deflect it with Razor Shell!" Samurott sharpened his two front 'blades' with blue power, before crossing his two front 'legs' over and raising them into the air, stopping Cubchoo and her waving Superpower to get any further. He then pushed my Cubchoo high into the air, and she lost all of her nice blue power. She seemed, somehow, to be injured by the attack and looked unconscious in the air…
"Cubchoo, I know you can do it! I know you can!" I cheered my Pokemon on. I saw her eyes flicker open and she shook her head, shaking the damage of Razor Shell off. "Now, use Superpower for real this time!"
"Choo!" Cubchoo roared as she came crashing down from the air in a coat of sky blue energy. She crashed into Samurott side-on and tackled him over, pushing him along the ground of the Pokemon Contest Stadium's battlefield.
"No! Samurott, Megahorn!" Cheren retaliated. Samurott's horn turned red and he then stabbed it in - with all his might - into Cubchoo's body, trying to stop her from using the attack.
"Rott!" Samurott cried as he unleashed his full fury, and whacked Cubchoo off of him. She went rolling along the ground and when her little body stopped moving, we saw that she had become unconscious…
"Cubchoo is unable to battle; therefore Samurott is the winner of this round!" Rosion announced.
"Cubchoo return. You were amazing," I complimented Cubchoo as she was returned inside her pokeball. "Ok Unfezant, it's back to the skies for you!"
"Fezant!" Unfezant chirped as she took to the Pokemon skies once more.
"Ok Unfezant, use-" I stopped myself because I heard Cheren saying,
"Return." I looked strangely over at him until he threw out his final Pokemon. "Alright Conkeldurr, standby!"
"DURR!" Conkeldurr roared as he slammed his two concrete pillars against the ground, making it shake a little.
"Why would you purposely put yourself at a type disadvantage?" I questioned him.
"Unfezant's already pretty weak and also, I want to show you and your pathetic Pokemon how a true powerhouse battles. After all, Conkeldurr's one of my strongest Pokemon," he bragged while having a devious smirk on his disgusting, despicable little face! "Alright Conkeldurr, start off with Stone Edge!" Conkeldurr had rocks surround his large, clown-like body and then threw his hands forward, ordering the stones to attack. They quickly flew up to Unfezant but I wasn't just going to let him win that easily!
"Alright Unfezant, dodge him and then use Air Cutter!" I commanded Unfezant.
"Fez!" Unfezant squawked as she flew away from the stones, and then crossed her wings over. But before she could unleash the powerful attack suddenly a barrage of stones started to pelt her back.
"We can still control the Stone Edge," Cheren explained. "Alright then Conkeldurr, jump and use Hammer Arm!"
"Oh no you don't, blow them back with Gust!" I countered. Unfezant started to flap his large wings heavily, creating a massive Gust attack but Conkeldurr jumped, and went straight through the winds without trouble. His two pillars of concrete started to turn orange-red before he closed them in on Unfezant and slammed them into him, one coming in from the left and one from the right. After he'd clobbered my Flying-Type Unfezant went into a nose dive for the ground, and this looked like it could be the end for Unfezant. "Aerial Ace!"
"Un-fezant!" he screeched as he pulled himself out of the nosedive, and then rapidly sped along, close to the floor. White wind currents formed around my Unfezant until he was fully rocketing for Conkeldurr, and with a quite SLAM! Conkeldurr was thrown back to Cheren.
"It's Sky Attack time!" I told my Pokemon.
"Get up now Conkeldurr – or else – and use Dynamic Punch!" Cheren warned his Pokemon as Conkeldurr quickly jumped up and threw his pillars to the side. One of his fist turned fire red and he started to stampede along the battlefield. Completely opposite from what Conkeldurr was doing, Unfezant encapsulated himself in a coat of white which waved around his body, before quickly surging down for Conkeldurr. The two met in the middle of the arena before a massive explosion occurred that went something like… BOOOM! An explosion of power and smoke came from the two and when it cleared, by heart dropped.
"Unfezant is unable to battle, Conkeldurr wins this round!" Rosion announced to us all.
"Unfezant, return. You truly put up a great fight," I said to Unfezant as she was safely placed in my back pocket. "Now Lampent, rock and roll! It's time to make a comeback!"
"Lam—PENT!" Lampent roared as she came back out onto the battlefield.
"Conkeldurr will be no good against Lampent..." Cheren sighed as he returned Conkeldurr back to his pokeball. "Go Samurott!"
"Rott!"
"We're starting right off with a combination move! Use Shadow Ball and Flamethrower!" I ordered Lampent. She created a shadowy sphere in her hands, which was purple and black, before shooting it forward and over to Samurott, although that was by no way the end. Lampent unleashed the burning rage inside of her into one single stream of fire, which quickly caught up to the Shadow Ball. They connected and the two attacks merged to create a purple, shadowy fire stream!
"Dodge that!" Cheren instructed Samurott who quickly jumped high into the air, avoiding the attack. That perfect combo just went to waste… "Now, use Razor Shell!"
"Sam!" Samurott barked as two long swords appeared on his arms, before he quickly slashed Lampent back to back with the vicious attack.
"And now Hydro Pump!" Cheren added.
"No, use-" I stopped myself because Samurott had alright fired off the extreme pump of water. Little ripples travelled down the cylinder but I only saw a quick glance of it all, because it pummeled Lampent and sent her surging back into the wall behind me. "You can do it Lampent!" Lampent started to float around again but she was very wobbly, and was finding it hard to keep her balance. "Alright, it's time to use Inferno!"
"Pent!" Lampent screamed as she gathered a fire ball in her long, black hands before throwing it like an Aura Sphere at Samurott, who was immediately hit by the sphere and engulfed in a roaring flame.
"Samurott, strike back with a Megahorn!" Cheren retaliated. Samurott charged along the battlefield still engulfed in fire, his horn also now shining brightly through the flames. He charged into Lampent, and she was majorly damaged by the attack. This seemed like the end but Lampent was engulfed in the flames she had dished out (upon contact with Samurott she gained the fire), and the purple flame inside of her burned brighter.
"Lampent's special ability Flash Fire!" I shrieked. But, Lampent quickly fell to the ground even after Flash Fire was activated. "Lampent, please don't give up now!" Lampent started to twitch before the fire inside her burned brighter as she rose from the dead. "Alright, Flame Burst!" Lampent's whole glass outlining started to overheat, and it created a red coating around it. Lampent started to give steam off just before the attack, and I knew that with the added power of Flash Fire, the heat of Flame Burst was just too much for Lampent. "Oh no…" Suddenly she exploded and a fury of fiery shards went flying out, hundreds of them hitting Samurott too. But with the force of the explosion, Lampent was sent rocketing back into the wall behind me, knocked out.
"Lampent is unable to battle; therefore Samurott wins!" Rosion announced.
"Lampent, return, you were great," I complimented Lampent as she returned to her pokeball.
"Face it Nick, you have no chance of winning," Cheren spat.
"Oh yeah? Not if Dewott can help it!" I exclaimed as Dewott's pokeball was thrown from my hand.
''Wott!" one of my starting Pokemon shouted energetically as he came out, but lost that energy as soon as he saw that his opponent was once again Samurott. "Wott…" Dewott started to groan.
"Dewott start off with your Water Gun attack!" I commanded. Dewott leaned back and then shot out a current of water from his small mouth, attacking Samurott who easily took the hit, although, he was looking pretty worn down from other battles, as was Dewott.
"Hit back with your Hydro Pump!" Cheren finally countered. Samurott opened his large jaw and then fired off a massive pump of water which must've at least contained 5 gallons of water. After a late reaction Samurott had only taken some damage from the Water Gun but Hydro Pump smashed through it easily and before you knew it, it had crashed into Dewott.
"Dewott, quickly make a comeback with Tackle!" I quickly retaliated, but Dewott didn't move a muscle, knowing that that was a Physical attack.
"Then we'll take them down with a Water Pulse!" Cheren yelled.
"No you don't, use Water Pledge!"
"Dew!" Dewott screeched as he smashed his blue-glowing paw against the ground, making geysers of water appear. While Samurott was creating aqua at his large mouth he was abruptly hit with the Water Pledge, yet he kept his attack in form.
"Rott!" Samurott cried in pain just before the Water Pledge attack finally stopped. As he dropped to the ground though you could see the Water Pulse still in good shape so he fired it at Dewott, and it rapidly sped through the air towards him.
"Dewott, use Razor Shell!" I instructed. Dewott got out his two shells and then slashed the ball of water, yet it exploded and made a wave of aqua splash onto Dewott, pummeling him and sending him flying back.
"Now's our chance, use Fury Cutter!" Cheren added to the assault. Dewott weakly got up but was then slashed in a crisscross pattern from Samurott and his sharp red blades, which were formed from the abnormal shells on his legs. Dewott fell once again while Samurott stood over him prominently, ready to finish the job.
"Wott," Dewott whined as he collapsed to the floor. He wasn't getting up, and showed no signs of movement.
"Dewott is unable to- what?" Rosion stopped when there was some major screeching from the 'crowd'.
"Ser! Ser, Ser, SERVINE!" Servine roared as she hopped up and cheered for her fellow Pokemon mate and she gave it everything she had. "SERRR—VINE!"
"Wott!" Suddenly everyone turned their attention to Dewott, who was engulfed in a blue energy that waved around his body. He stood up and his power looked as though it was boosting.
"Torrent!" Max shrieked. Torrent was Dewott's special ability and when his health got low, sometimes it was activated. It boosted the power of Water-Type moves!
"Ser," Servine said, happy with what she did. How did Servine find the energy to do all of that? But suddenly she immediately collapsed to the floor and hit the ground hard. I knew I needed to be seeing how she was but I needed to get back to the battle at the moment!
"Alright Dewott, use Water Gun!" Dewott sucked in an incredible amount of air before he fired a deathly pump of water, which looked nothing like a Water Gun but instead like a Hydro Pump (Thanks to the works of Torrent)! It surged into Samurott, and sent him washing back to Cheren. Samurott looked very weak, and was getting to the end of his battling reign. "Alright. You have to go physical! Use Razor Shell and Aqua Jet!"
"Samurott, counter with Megahorn!" Cheren countered.
"Rott/Wott!" our Pokemon roared in unison. Dewott started to top spin while having his two scalchops at his head (which were in their blade glory) and then flew into the air in a coat of swirling water, before the attack turned into a spinning, razor blade bullet of aqua! Samurott on the other hand was powering up his horn, giving it red energy to give him strength. He then started to stampede like a bull for Dewott, and then, the two collided. BOOOOMM! An explosion of watery fury happened, and dust filled the sky and battlefield. We all looked on to see who would come out alive, and who wouldn't.
"Dewott and Samurott are both unable to battle, that means that this round is a tie! But since Cheren still has 3 fighting-fit Pokemon left, he is crowned the victor!" Rosion declared.
"I knew that this would be a waste of my time," Cheren spat as he walked out of the stadium.
"We need to get back to the Pokemon Centre!" Nurse Joy abruptly shrieked. We all looked up at her confused. "It's Servine!"
We were all (except for Rosion and Cheren) in the Pokemon Centre Operating Room, where we all looked down at Servine in worry.
"Servine shouldn't have even been moving or talking today, taking her to that battle was a mistake," Nurse Joy explained to me.
"I know, but, Servine only cheered because she wanted me to win. She just, loves battling so much. I'd hate to take her out of it…" I muttered as I looked down at Servine. You could hear her heartbeat on one of those machines, and she was unconscious on the bed. She had an oxygen mask over her little mouth, and all of us were thinking the same thing.
"Will she make it?" May asked sadly.
"Most likely not…" Nurse Joy sighed as she looked down at the Grass Snake Pokemon. Cubchoo was looking down at her in worry, she didn't want her best friend to pass on.
"Come on Servine, remember all the good times we had, all the great wins. All of our triumphs…" I muttered as I looked down at her. "Please." Suddenly her heart rate was rising, until it was at a rapid speed. But then all of a sudden a small hospital in-room alarm was sounding.
"No, no, we can't lose her now!" Nurse Joy cried as she started to click some buttons on a computer.
"What do we do?!" I shrieked in panic. The alarm kept sounding and her heart rate was rising until…
The only thing I heard was (hospital style) BEEEEEEEEEEPPP
TO BE CONTINUED…
NEXT EPISODE – Lilly's Formidable Rage
Hey guys – So LONGGG episode, right? Probz one of my longest ever. Wow. Emotions running with Servine, right? And it's a shame about the turn out of that battle, losing 6-3. Ouch. Well, that battle between Cheren and Nick is probably either the last or second to last battle between them before the League, so you still have that/those battle(s) to longer forward to! Now, I have a new project that I have just posted. I was going to hide the identities of the two Pokemon it's revolved around but seriously, who wouldn't be able to tell which two Pokemon they are by the nicknames: Ches and Fen? Well, it's about a friendly and strong Chespin plus a (sort of) weak Fennekin, who is also strong-willed. Now it's probably going to just be a small arc that I'm doing to satisfy my need to write a REAL journey about that new region, but if you like it I might carry it on. Anyway, next episode will be the Pokemon Contest, which will probably take me a while to write so don't expect it up early (even though you probably never do, seeing the rate that this story is going). Well, it's time for the Pokemon Listings.
Nick:
(ON TEAM)
Riolu – Lv. 37 Sky Uppercut, Extreme Speed, Endure, Aura Sphere, Ice Punch, Dynamic Punch
Pignite – Lv.43 Flamethrower, Flame Charge, Tackle, Arm Thrust, Heat Crash, Focus Blast
Unfezant – Lv.40 Quick Attack, Gust, Air Cutter, Aerial Ace, Air Slash, Sky Attack
Dewott – Lv.39 Water Gun, Razor Shell, Aqua Jet, Tackle, Water Pledge
Lampent – Lv.40 Flamethrower, Inferno, Shadow Ball, Flame Burst
Cubchoo – Lv.41 Slash, Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Superpower
(AT JUNIPER'S LAB)
Duosion – Lv.37 Psychic, Psyshock, Shadow Ball, Energy Ball
Tirtouga – Lv.36 Hydro Pump, Stone Edge, Aqua Jet, Ancient Power, Sandstorm
Eelektrik – Lv.36 Tackle, Thunder Wave, Spark, Crunch, Thunderbolt
(UNDER THE CARE OF NURSE JOY)
Servine – Lv.39 Leaf Tornado, Vine Whip, Tackle, Leaf Blade, Giga Drain, Leaf Storm
May:
(ON TEAM)
Blaziken – Lv.73 Fire Spin, Blaze Kick, Sky Uppercut, Overheat, Brave Bird
Munchlax – Lv.55 Solarbeam, Thunderbolt, Metronome, Focus Punch
Beautifly – Lv.46 Silver Wind, Morning Sun, Psychic, Aerial Ace, Quiver Dance
Chikorita – Lv.38 Razor Leaf, Vine Whip, Petal Dance, Tackle
Minccino – Lv.36 Slam, Quick Attack, Tail Slap, Swift, Shadow Ball
Gothorita – Lv.36 Telekinesis, Psybeam, Shadow Ball, Ice Beam
(AT PETALBURG GYM - POKEMON IN THE UNOVA JOURNEY)
Glaceon – Lv.45 Ice Beam, Mirror Coat, Icy Wind, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball
Emolga – Lv.38 Thunder Fang, Sky Attack, Electro Ball, Air Slash
Max:
Grovyle – Lv.36 Bullet Seed, Quick Attack, Pound, Mega Drain, Leaf Blade
Gallade – Lv.37 Psychic, Teleport, Safeguard, Magical Leaf, Psycho Cut, Close Combat
Poochyena – Lv.29 Bite, Quick Attack, Roar, Shadow Ball
Joltik – Lv.29 Thunderbolt, Electroweb, String Shot, Bug Bite
Growlithe – Lv.37 Flamethrower, Heat Wave, Dig, Flame Charge, Fire Fang
Rufflet – Lv.9 Fury Attack, Leer, Wing Attack
Until next time – MonfernoFreak
A Question:
1. Are any of you going to read my new story, A Journey of Friendship: Ches and Fen?
PS: I'm glad about hearing the first evos of the Gen 6 starters are all pure and I hope Fennekin and Chespin stay that way. Hbu?
