56. Going For The WinStrate Part Two

Chapter 56. Going For The Win-Strate. Part Two.


Summary. Vito proved to be a tricky opponent, switching his Pokemon around and quickly gained the upper hand against Jim.


"Meeeeeeeess!"

"Mesprit, no!" Gary shouted, as the small Pokemon threw him back across the Pokemon Centre.

"Everyone out of here!" Joy shouted, as Mesprit flung a blast of Psychic energy into the wall, crumbling it.

"What's wrong?" Gary yelled.

Mesprit glared at him, before firing a Psybeam attack. He had no option but to dive out of the way, feeling the attack crash into the wall behind him.

"Then, I guess this is how it has to be." Gary said, sadly, as he took a Pokeball out. "Umbreon, I choose you!"


"Come on!" Cynthia shouted. "He's kicking your ass out there."

"He is doing a number on you." Olly pointed out. "You aren't reacting to the changing situation quickly enough. A wise man once told me that in battle, you must be like water, constantly adapting to your circumstances."

"It isn't beyond your ability to turn this around." Cynthia remarked. "If you try and catch him unaware, then you can still win."

"You've seen Flareon and Alakazam." Olly said. "He still has three unrevealed Pokemon, so... oh hell, just go for it!"

"You can inspire." Jim replied, dryly. "Is there anything you can't do?"

"Synchronised swimming."


"Why the hell are you talking to me?" He muttered.

"Mr. Davids." His visitor laughed. "You could do with being a bit more polite. My visit to you is more beneficiary to you than it is to me."

"And what do you have to offer me?"

"Do you want to get out of here?"

"I would like to." He replied. "But my lawyer told me that there was categorically no way that I would see the light of day again."

"Have you ever thought about hiring a better lawyer?"

"I already have the top lawyer in Kanto and Johto."

She snorted. "I puke on that guy. If you want to get out of here, then I can fix you up with a better one."

"But why would you do that?"

She smiled, but it seemed to have no warmth or emotion in it at all. "I'm sure we could come to an arrangement."

Every instinct in his body told him that she was trouble, but his chance of freedom was too tempting to turn down.


"Alakazam, come on out!"

"Luxio, I need your help!"

Vito sent out Alakazam. Jim sent out Luxio.

"This should be an interesting matchup."

"Luxio, Thunderbolt!"

"Evade it with Teleport!"

Alakazam vanished, a split second before the attack hit.

"And Alakazam avoids the attack!"
"Psybeam!"

Alakazam reappeared and launched the attack at Luxio. Luxio moaned in pain, and started to stagger.

"Focus Punch!"

Alakazam charged at Luxio, fist glowing with white light.

"Use Bite!"

Luxio managed to recover in time to bite down on Alakazam's fist. The startled Psi Pokemon groaned in pain, before losing the attack.

"Now, go into Thunder Fang!"

As Luxio's teeth dug into Alakazam's fist, electricity crackled from them.

"Kazam?" Alakazam said, confused as electricity coursed through its body.

"Hang in there!" Vito shouted. "Use Psychic!"

Alakazam's eyes started to glow with light, as Luxio was thrown across the arena.

"And Alakazam manages to escape for the moment."

"Alakazam, use Rain Dance." Vito said.

"And a strange choice of move from Winstrate."

A blue light erupted from Alakazam's spoons, and it started to rain.

Jim saw the opening.

"Luxio, Thunder!"
Luxio created a powerful blast of electricity and dropped it on the much larger opponent, to the anger of Vito, who realised what he had done. His Alakazam fell to its knees in pain.

"Of course, it looks like Winstrate forgot that Thunder never misses when it is raining."

"Luxio, Crunch!"

Luxio jumped into the air, and bit down on Alakazam's head. The Psi Pokemon cried out in anger, and fell to the ground.

"Alakazam is unable to battle. Luxio is the winner."

Jim punched the air, as Vito recalled his defeated Alakazam.

"Might as well take advantage of the rain." Vito remarked. "Swampert, come on out!"

Vito sent out Swampert.


"Bet you five bucks he tries it." Olly said.

"You're on." Cynthia replied.


"Luxio, Thunderbolt!"

Luxio roared at Swampert, and blasted it with electricity. Swampert looked mildly amused.

"Looks like Jacobs forgot about Swampert being part ground type."

"How did I forget that?!" Jim shouted. "Luxio, return!"

Jim recalled Luxio.

"The perfect Pokemon for this battle. Bayleef, I need you!"

Jim sent out his Bayleef.

Vito's expression didn't change. "Swampert, Body Slam!"

"Bayleef, Leaf Storm!"

Bayleef fired a powerful wave of leaves at Swampert, who jumped out of the way and landed on Bayleef. The grass Pokemon groaned in pain.

"Take Down!"

Bayleef jumped up and slammed into Swampert.

"Grab it!" Vito shouted.

Swampert recovered quickly, and grabbed Bayleef, holding it in place.

"Now, what is Swampert trying to accomplish by stopping Bayleef from moving?"

"Swampert, use Ice Punch."
"Ice Punch!" Jim shouted, as Swampert slammed one of its paws into Bayleef's neck. Bayleef screamed in agony.

"And Swampert causes major damage to a Pokemon that it is weak against in normal circumstances."

"Swampert, use another Ice Punch." Vito ordered.

Still holding Bayleef, Swampert prepared another punch.

"Bayleef, use Sweet Scent!"

The leaves on Bayleef's neck opened and a strange but alluring scent emerged from them. It entered Swampert's nostrils and caused it to drop Bayleef.

"An interesting use of Sweet Scent gets Bayleef free."

"Bayleef, use Giga Drain!"

Green tendrils of energy burst from the leaves on Bayleef's neck and wrapped around Swampert. It was Swampert's turn to roar in pain, as most of its health and stamina was drained.

"And Bayleef turns the tables!"

"Bayleef, finish with Leaf Storm." Jim said.

Bayleef fired a powerful wave of razor sharp leaves at Swampert and knocked it out. Vito looked furious, as his prized Swampert fell to the ground.

"No!" He shouted. "Swampert."

"Swampert is unable to battle. Bayleef is the winner!"

Vito recalled Swampert.

"Flareon, Come on out!"

Vito sent out Flareon. The Pokemon appeared, and instantly started complaining about being sent out into the rain.

"Flareon, Flamethrower!"

Flareon fired a powerful ball of fire at Bayleef, before Jim could think of a strategy.

The attack hit Bayleef, but didn't look to do much damage.

"Now, it is Winstrate who makes some bad judgements. He should know that fire attacks aren't anywhere near as effective in the rain, as they are any other time."

Jim had forgotten about this. He could also see that the rain wasn't going to stick around for much longer.

"Take Down!"

Bayleef charged across the arena, and smashed into the weakened Flareon. Flareon was knocked to the ground, and looked to be in some serious discomfort.

"Bayleef, use Body Slam!"

Bayleef forced itself into the air, and landed on top of Flareon, knocking it out.

"Flareon is unable to battle. Bayleef is the winner!"

And Jacobs' Bayleef knocks out a second Pokemon in quick succession. Winstrate has lost four Pokemon, while Jacobs has three left. What a quick turnaround, and the atmosphere has reached fever pitch. The good times are rolling as the crowd screams their pleasure at the titanic confrontation between two trainers intent on not giving each other an inch."


"Nooo!" Gary shouted, as the last of his Pokemon was defeated by his Mesprit.

Mesprit gave him a dirty look, suggesting that it wasn't impressed by his efforts to defeat it.

"Come on!" Gary said, pleadingly. "Snap out of it."

Mesprit shook its head, and prepared another Psybeam.

"I guess this is it then." Gary laughed.

Mesprit fired the Psybeam attack at him. He saw it arrive in slow motion.

"Dusknoir, Destiny Bond!"

The Dusknoir floated in front of the attack, and took the full force of Mesprit's attack. The Gripper Pokemon was knocked out by the sheer power of Mesprit's mental attributes. However, a few seconds later, Mesprit also collapsed in exhaustion.

Gary spun to see who his rescuer was.

He was surprised to see Phoebe of the Hoenn Elite Four, recalling her Dusknoir.

"Thanks." He muttered, not quite sure what she was doing here.

"No problem." She replied, casually. "Is that your Mesprit?"

"Yes." Gary answered.

"I'd recall it, before it wakes up."

"Right." Gary said, mentally kicking himself, as he held up the Pokeball. Gary tried to recall Mesprit, but the Pokemon woke up and evaded the beam.

Mesprit grinned in response, before floating out of the destroyed wall.

"Hey!" Gary shouted. "Where are you going?!"

Mesprit didn't respond, as it flew high into the atmosphere, beyond the view of any human.

Gary somehow knew that that would be the last he ever saw of the strange Pokemon who he had befriended, and battled with.

"Thanks." He whispered. "For everything."


"Shiftry, use Extrasensory!"

The Wicked Pokemon sent a wave of Psychic energy at Bayleef, causing its body to contort.

"Bayleef, use Body Slam!"

Bayleef tried to slam Shiftry into the ground.

"Avoid it, and use your Shadow Ball!"

Shiftry jumped out of the way, and fired a red and black lump of energy at Bayleef, hitting it in one of the rear legs.

Bayleef collapsed to the ice.

"Swords Dance."

Shiftry started to glow with light.

"Finish with Aerial Ace!"

The crowd gasped, as Shiftry jumped into the air and flew at Bayleef, landing a powerful hit.

Bayleef gasped in pain.

"Bayleef, counter with Giga Drain."

Bayleef sent several green energy tendrils at Shiftry, grabbing it and absorbing energy.

"Shake it off, and use Pound."

Shiftry broke free, and slammed a leafy fist into Bayleef.

"Bayleef, use Take Down!"

Bayleef charged into Shiftry, knocking it back across the ice.

"Shiftry, use Sunny Day."

Shiftry raised its hands to the sky and the clouds were cleared away to bathe the entire arena in sunlight.

"Bayleef, Solar Beam."

"Shiftry, use your own Solar Beam!"

The two grass type Pokemon absorbed the available sunlight, before releasing it in a powerful final act of defiance. Both Bayleef and Shiftry were hit with the opposing attack, and were both knocked down at the same time.

"Both Pokemon are down, but are they out?"

Bayleef and Shiftry struggled to get up. Shiftry managed it, causing some jeers from the crowd.

Bayleef struggled to its feet.

"And both are back up."

"Use another Aerial Ace." Vito ordered.

Shiftry charged across the ice, and slammed its beak like nose into Bayleef, knocking it out.

"And Bayleef is down again, and that's all she wrote!"

"Bayleef is unable to battle. Shiftry is the winner!"

"No!" Jim said, shocked that Shiftry had known and used Aerial Ace.

He recalled Bayleef, before reaching for another Pokeball. "Luxio, I need you."

Jim sent out Luxio.

"What are you planning?" Vito wondered.

"Luxio, use Tackle!"

Luxio charged across the ice, and smashed into the much larger Shiftry.

"Leaf Storm!"

"Thunderbolt!"

Shiftry fired a huge amount of leaves at Luxio, who shot them down with a powerful blast of electricity.

"We aren't going to solve this anytime soon."

"Luxio, use Volt Tackle!"

"Shifty, use Giga Impact!"

Luxio covered itself in electricity and charged at the oncoming Shiftry, who had turned into a pulsating orb of pink and gold energy.

"Get ready for the crash!"

Luxio and Shiftry slammed into each other, before peeling away back to their own half of the arena.

Shiftry was starting to look exhausted, and it told when it fell to the ground and stopped moving.

"Shiftry is unable to battle. Luxio is the winner."

"And Winstrate is down to his last Pokemon."

Vito recalled his fallen Shiftry.

"I guess I'm going to have to work out a way to beat you with my last Pokemon." He laughed. "Swellow, come on out."

Vito sent out a Swellow.

"Oh-kay." Jim remarked.


He had been wondering what exactly she had planned, but after hearing her proposal, he was on board. Hell, he was actually flattered that she wanted him on board. If everything went down as it should do, then it would be in his interest to be on her team. And there might be a few light perks to help persuade him.


"Luxio, Thunderbolt!"

Luxio charged up and electric attack and launched it at Swellow.

"Avoid it with Aerial Ace."

Swellow ducked underneath the blast, and crashed into Luxio, knocking it out.

"Luxio is unable to battle. Swellow is the winner."

"And both trainers are down to their final Pokemon!"

"Thanks Luxio." Jim said, as he recalled it to the Pokeball. He threw another one almost instantly. "I need you!"

Jim sent out his own Swellow, who glared at Vito's.

"Now, you have my interest." Vito laughed. "Aerial Ace."

"Use Aerial Ace as well!"

Both Swellow charged at each other, and landed their hits.

"Swellow, Wing Attack!" Vito shouted.

"Double Team!"

As Vito's Swellow's wings started to glow with energy, Jim's Swellow created several copies of itself. The attacking Swellow swiped several copies, without getting close to the real one.

"Aerial Ace."

Jim's Swellow appeared from the ranks of clones, and blind sided Vito's Swellow.

"Swellow, Swift!"

Vito's Swellow fired several sharp gold stars into the face of its opponent.

"Wing Attack!" Jim shouted.

"Steel Wing!"

The wings of both Swellow started to glow with light, as they crashed into each other.

"Swellow, use Wing Attack." Vito ordered.

"Double Team."

Jim's Swellow created several more copies of itself.

"Aerial Ace!" Vito shouted.

His Swellow charged into the clones, and nailed Jim's Swellow.

"Swellow, use Agility."

Jim's Swellow circled Vito's, increasing its speed.

"Peck."

Jim's Swellow flew at Vito's and landed a powerful hit on the back of its head. Swellow squawked in pain.

"Swellow, use Hyper Beam!" Vito ordered.

His Swellow sent a powerful blast of orange light at Jim's Swellow.

"Quick Attack."

Jim's Swellow managed to evade it, flying around the column of energy that was being fired in its general direction.

"Now, go into Aerial Ace!"

Swellow increased its already huge speed, and managed to knock Vito's Swellow out of the sky.

"Finish it off with Sky Attack!"

Jim's Swellow started to glow with white and red energy, before charging at the fallen Swellow.

"Is this the end for Winstrate?!"

Jim's Swellow crashed into Vito's fallen Pokemon, and knocked it out.

"This is the end!"

"Winstrate's Swellow is unable to battle. Jacobs' Swellow is the winner and the battle goes to Jacobs of Mahogany Town."

"Oh yeah!" Jim shouted, as Swellow landed on his shoulder. "Who is going to stop me now!"


Author's Notes. Just wanted to get this up as soon as possible as the site was acting up. I could write about how annoyed I am with it, but water under the bridge and there is little point now.

I don't think that was a bad battle. I hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks to everyone who has reviewed. I appreciate it.

Looks like Gary doesn't have Mesprit any more, shame, but I'm sure life will go on.

Next chapter might be a bit weird.

Don't forget to send any ideas in. I only know how it will end, the rest is getting made up as I go along. As a result, I'm open to having ideas thrown at me.

Don't forget to review!