AN: I've often thought about a Gormiti/Pokemon crossover AU and I finally decided to write something for it! I apologize if the battle sucks- it's my first time writing one. Yes, they're traveling through Hoenn (it's my favourite region, okay). Enjoy and let me know if you want me to write more like this!
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"We're down to the wire here, folks! Both trainers are down to their last Pokémon!"
Toby held out his pokéball. "It's up to you, buddy!" he whispered before yelling as he threw the ball, "Floatzel, let's win this!"
The Sea Weasel Pokémon materialized, doing a stylish flip and landing with his arms folded, a confident smirk on his face as he awaited his opponent.
Across the stadium, Jessica had also thrown her own pokéball. "I'm counting on you, Altaria!" she cried as her beautiful evolved dragon-flying type soared up high.
Both trainers and pokémon stared each other down as the referee called out for the final time that day, "Battle begin!"
"Okay, Floatzel, start things off with Rock Tomb!" Toby called out. Even though they had a speed advantage, he knew that Jessica's Altaria knew Dragon Dance which could raise its speed.
Floatzel obliged, summoning boulders from nowhere before hurling them towards his opponent.
"Quick, Altaria, fly up and dodge it!" The Humming Pokémon did just that and Toby gritted his teeth. Even though he had two years more experience as a trainer, Jessica was a quick learner and, though she was a coordinator, he couldn't deny she had a talent for battling. He almost felt proud of how far she'd come but he couldn't think about that now. He had a battle to win.
"Now, Altaria, Dragon Dance!" He looked up to see Altaria surround itself with a purple glow as her attack and speed increased.
"Let's take back control, Floatzel! Use Aqua Tail!" Floatzel still had a speed advantage and managed to land the attack on Altaria before Jessica could call out a countermove. It didn't do a lot of damage but it had been the first successful hit.
"This competition's getting fierce, folks! Neither trainer is willing to give an inch!" the announcer stated as the crowd cheered.
"I've got to find a way to take advantage somehow..." Jessica muttered. "But how?" Suddenly she smiled and called to her pokémon, "Altaria, let's use that combination we've been practising!"
Altaria let out a cry and swooped down, flying close to the ground, gathering speed before disappearing from view.
"Aerial Ace..." Toby said to himself, watching as Floatzel looked from side to side, trying to find Altaria. "Floatzel, be careful!"
Suddenly Toby spotted a faint purple glow to the left of Floatzel. "Sonic Boom, and aim to the left!" he shouted.
The waves of energy collided with Altaria who let out a cry as she became visible. Jessica winced - clearly she and Altaria needed to work on their combination of Aerial Ace and Dragon Pulse. Their timing had been slightly off and it had cost them dearly.
"Nice try, Jess, but you're not the only one with good combinations!" Toby called out to his friend. "You ready, Floatzel?"
Jessica's eyes widened. She couldn't let Toby pull off a successful combination when her own had failed so spectacularly. "It's time, Altaria. Perish Song!"
Altaria opened her beak. "Floatzel, now!" Toby yelled fearfully, knowing that he had to move fast or his chances of winning would be over.
Once more Floatzel charged up a Sonic Boom, sending it towards Altaria. Jessica commanded Altaria to dodge, not noticing that Floatzel had also used Rock Tomb.
The boulders slammed into Altaria, causing significant damage and decreasing her speed.
"Let's finish this up, Floatzel!" Toby yelled. Floatzel spun its tail as water formed around it before firing a beam of icy energy from its mouth. The stray droplets of water were frozen into shards of ice which rained down on Altaria.
Altaria, disoriented from the Sonic Boom and her movements slowed by Rock Tomb, could do little more than let out a pained cry as the ice shards collided with her feathery body.
"Ice Beam one more time!" Floatzel generated yet another beam of ice and fired it directly at his opponent.
"Altaria!" Jessica cried out in worry as her pokémon fell to the ground, knocked out from the super-effective attack.
"Altaria is unable to battle! Floatzel wins - therefore the winner of the tournament is Toby Tripp!" the announcer said over the din of the crowd.
"Great work, Floatzel!" Toby said happily as he returned his pokémon and looked over at Jessica who was petting Altaria.
"Don't feel bad, Altaria! You battled really hard! Now get some rest, okay!" she told her pokémon as she returned her.
The announcer walked out into the stadium. "Congratulations," he said to Toby. "This is the mystery prize!"
Toby held out his hands and the announcer placed a container in his hands that had an egg inside it. "A Pokémon Egg!" he exclaimed. "Cool!"
"I wonder what kind of Pokémon it'll hatch into," Jessica wondered as she and Toby left the stadium and headed east to Route 118.
"Who knows? As long as it's healthy, I don't mind what it is," Toby said thoughtfully as he took a closer look at the egg. It was a medium-blue with the top part a creamy-yellow and two pale pink semicircles.
"As long as it's not a Spinarak!" Jessica teased and Toby shuddered.
"So not funny..." he muttered before getting excited. "Anyway now I not only have my battle at the Fortree Gym to look forward to but I get to look forward to seeing what this little one hatches into!"
"Fortree City, here we come!" Jessica cheered, equally excited. She knew the Gym Leader there specialized in Flying types and she'd always wanted to meet her in person.
"You really want to meet Winona, don't you?" Toby said, a grin on his face as he watched Jessica speed up.
"Of course!" she responded. "Now hurry up or we'll never get there!"
