Chapter 20: Greeny Gym Battle
Now that the group finally arrived at the rightmost garden, Geo takes out a remote control and Ramos asks, "What is this remote about? Young man?"
"You'll see." Geo says as he presses a button, just then, they feel the ground is shaking and then the walls pops up from the floor as it goes up until it covers the whole battlefield.
"Wow...it looks amazing!" Max says. "This is just like the Silkan City Gym, the mechanism is so cool..."
"But why do you need to cover the battlefield?" Dawn asks. "I mean, it sure looks cool, but this is some purpose, right?"
"See those beautiful flowers in the garden? I don't want the flowers to be hurt due to the battle." Flora says as they realize the truth.
Erika says, "That might be true, I wouldn't want my garden get destroyed as well."
"Same here." Gardenia says.
Then Bonnie is going to fight Flora, as she sends out Meadceus to help. Professor Oak also scans the Pokemon.
Meadceus, the Grass Alpha Pokemon. Grass Type. It is born from the Meadow Plate, Meadceus can use the Grass type power given by Arcues.
"So Ash, you made 18 of those Arceus and change their names?" Gladion asks.
"Yeah, they are made by my plates, so they are also one of their own species." Ash says.
Meadceus says, "Now the battle between Gym Leader Flora and challenger Bonnie is about to begin, each trainer can use up to 6 Pokemon, when one side lost all the Pokemon, the other side wins. In this gym battle, Mega Evolution, Z Moves, Dynamax, Star Badges and Warrior Weapons can be used once in a battle."
Flora says, "Now let me show you my first Pokemon, Scaregrow, you're up."
As the Scarecrow Pokemon appears, Bonnie says, "Spispy, you, too!"
As the Pokemon appears, Professor Oak says, "Good, Grass type is weak to Bug Type, Bonnie is making a good choice."
"But it takes more than a good choice to defeat Flora." Ash says.
"Now let the battle begin!" Meadceus says.
Scaregrow starts with Leech Seed, causing Spispy to be bound by the seed and vines. Bonnie says, "Use Shadow Sneak!"
The move is about to hit the scarecrow Pokemon, but it dodges by using Phantom Force, and then it comes out and hurts the Spispy.
"Now time for the Mega Evolution!" Flora says as he presses his Key Stone in the pocket. Scaregrow glows and then it has a pumpkin head with some vines.
"Wow...This is getting tougher..." Max says.
"But Mega Evolution in the first turn? That is quite unexpected." Ramos says.
Spispy uses Bug Buzz, it manages to hurt Scaregrow, Scaregrow uses Bullet Seed, Spispy dodges all of it and then uses Poison Fang, causing the Pokemon to be poisoned.
"I want to end this off with this." Bonnie says as she uses the Gigantamax. Milo says, "And Gigantamax in the first turn as well...sounds like they are getting serious."
"Of course they are serious." Geo says.
In the end, with the G-Max Spider Scene, it knocks out the Mega Scaregrow and it gets defeated.
"Well done, Bonnie. But this is just the beginning. I choose you, Exeggutor."
As the Pokemon appears, Bonnie says, "That is not going to scare me."
"Maybe it will." Flora says as she activates the Trick Room, and with the Hypnosis and Dream Eater, they see that Spispy explodes and it faints.
"So that is what happened when you defeat a Dynamax Pokemon in its form..." Mallow says.
Bonnie sends out Joggant, wanting to use the Bug Type Pokemon again, and it manages to use the Take Down to knock back the Exeggutor. After exchanging attacks for a while, the Trick Room ends and Bonnie smiles, "Time to finish it off! Use Blaze Kick!"
The legs with fire hits the Pokemon as Exeggutor yells in pain, after that it faints instantly.
"Well done, Bonnie. You prove yourself a good battler. Now go! Flousic!" Flora sends out third Pokemon.
As the Pokemon appears, it only uses Sing to make Joggant fall asleep, and with the Leech Seed, Joggant fainted.
"Oh man...I guess Joggant needs a rest." Bonnie says.
In the stands, Ash says, "I remember that I have faced the same problem in your gym, right? Gardenia?"
"Indeed." Gardenia says, "Leech Seed sure is a good strategy to use."
Max says, "Go! Bonnie! You can do it!"
Bonnie sends out her next Pokemon, which is a Talonflame. Flora says, "I see you have a Fire and Flying Type Pokemon."
"Of course, it is going to stop you." Bonnie says as she commands a Steel Wing, but Flousic uses Round to give Talonflame some damage.
"Flame Charge." Bonnie yells as the attack hits the Pokemon, also raising the speed of the Talonflame.
After a series of attacks, Talonflame finally finish off Flousic with the Brave Bird.
"Now Flora has lost three Pokemon..." Lillie says. "Maybe Bonnie is going to win this?"
"Maybe, but I know for sure that Flora has other plans." Aurora says.
Flora says, "Looks like I am not going to hold back after all." Then she steps into the field, much to the Grass leaders' surprise. Flora takes out the Whip and then it whips at the bird, causing it to get Leech Seeded.
"Stop Leech seeding my Pokemon!" Bonnie yells, but in vain as Flora says, "I am sorry that you don't like it, but it is my strategy."
Then it switches into the Sword and then it uses Slash, finally knocking out the Pokemon.
"Grr..." Bonnie is furious as she also jumps into the field, she also prepares the horn as they clash together with their attacks.
"How about I show you something much more serious?" Flora asks as she dances around with the Whip, causing Bonnie's bag to be sealed. "Hey, what's going on here?"
"I used the Forest Curse, with this, you can only use your Whip." Flora says as she switches into the horn.
"No way...I never knew that Forest Curse does that..." Cilan says.
Even though Bonnie is furious that she can't use her other weapons, she still manages to Leech Seed on Flora, causing her to get trapped. "How do you like to taste your own medicine?" Bonnie asks.
"It seems you are smarter than I thought." Flora says as she tries to use String Shot on Bonnie, but the attack dodges, and in the end, Flora tries to attack Bonnie with the Sword, but she spins so much that an explosion happens, causing both weapons to drop onto the ground.
"What was that?" Serena asks in surprise.
"Explosion." Ash sighs, "When she spins the sword for a lot of times, it will happen."
Flora sighs and says, "Well, I guess I really spin too much, but now we have two Pokemon left."
"You bet." Bonnie says as they head back to their sides.
Flora says, "Lurantis, I need your help!" Then she sends out the normal Lurantis again.
Bonnie says, "I need your help as well, Vivillon!"
As the Bug Type and the Grass Type Pokemon appear, the match also begins. Lurantis uses X-Scissor, it manages to damage the Vivillon, but not that much. Vivillon uses Hurricane, but Lurantis manages to dodge the attack. So Bonnie lands a Stun Spore, causing the Lurantis to get paralyzed.
After a few more turns, Flora says, "Your Spispy is strong, but it ends now."
She starts to do the Z pose and then yells, "Lurantis, Solar Sword Slash!"
Lurantis starts to perform a giant solar blade that shapes like a sword, it stabs into Vivillon as it explodes.
"No! Vivillon!" Bonnie yells as she sees Vivillon having swirling eyes.
Professor Oak says, "Another new Z Crystal?"
Lillie says, "Yes, and a strong one indeed. Though I was surprised that a Grass Move can defeat the Bug and Flying Type Pokemon just like that..."
"Well, Flora has a strong bond with her Pokemon after all." Geo says.
Bonnie sends out Perfumouse next. "I need to win this!" Bonnie says as she activates the Grass Star Badge. Causing Perfumouse to boost its Grass Type moves.
Perfumouse uses Hyper Fang, which causes Lurantis to faint. So Flora sends out her final Pokemon, much to everyone's surprise that the Pokemon she sends out is a Celebi.
"She has a Legendary Pokemon?" Erika says in shock.
"In the Sevestar Region, Gym leaders have one or more Legendary Pokemon to give others a challenge." Ash says, which causes them to get shocked.
Celebi uses Giga Drain to absorb its energy and then use Psychic, but Perfumouse dodges all of them. Flora also activates the Grass Star Badge as they both use Leaf Storm at the same time, which deals a lot of damage. And with the Life Dew, Celebi manages to restore some health.
"Perfumouse, I trust you can win this! Dazzling Gleam!" The attack manages to hit the Celebi, and then with the Crunch, it defeats the Pokemon.
"Celebi is unable to battle, Perfumouse is the winner, which means the victory goes to Bonnie!" Meadceus says, causing everyone to clap for her.
"I did it." Bonnie cheers with Dedenne and Perfumouse hug her together.
"Well done, Bonnie, you deserve this Forest Badge." Bonnie gets the badge and thanks Flora.
The next one is Max, as he also faces Geo with the Six on six. In the end, Max also wins the battle and gets the badge.
"Now that it is over, the next Gym will be at Oceablu City, it will be across the ocean. We will need to get a boat ride." Ash says.
Flora says, "Indeed. But I will recommend going to the FS Resort to get the Fighting Star Badge."
"Then let's go there." Bonnie says.
Serena says, "What is a FS Resort?"
Lillie says, "It is one of the resorts owned by RPA. FS stands for Five Star, which means we like to give the travelers a good quality to relax."
Cilan says, "Sounds like a relaxing taste for us."
"You don't think you will go there without us?" They turn around and see Mark and Konomi standing at the entrance. As they see Mark, Serena and the others are looking at him and then Ash.
Ash notices it and then says, "Guys, meet my twin brother Mark and Geo's sister Konomi. They all serve as the Fighting Type Elite members."
Professor Oak says, "Ah, I remember you. You are also chased away to protect Insey, right?"
Mark says, "Yeah, but here we don't need to worry about that."
Konomi says, "Brother, can I have some Leppa Pies of yours? I am kinda hungry after sparing with Mark."
Geo says, "Sure. I'll also prepare some for you guys." Then he walks away.
Dawn says, "Mark, you really look much like Ash. It is just like Ash uses Double Team."
Mark laughs and says, "Of course. We are twins after all."
After Geo comes back with the pie, everyone has a slice and eat them.
"Wow, this is delicious." Bonnie says.
"Indeed. It really tastes like Seibold's Leppa Pie." Cilan says.
"He is our father after all." Konomi says.
After they finish it, the gang are ready to leave, they also bid the Grass leaders farewell.
"Well, good luck on the gym battles." Flora says.
"See you later. Flora, Geo." Ash says as he and Lillie give them a royal farewell like he did to other cousins.
"Now let's go to the FS Resort." Mark says as they set their destination there.
Here is the next chapter, and the next chapter will be the start of the Fighting Type. I hope you like it.
New Pokemon:
Cilan: Greedent, Bottly, Unihorn, Studybee (Gigantamax), Withewer, Fruskit
Max: Sevestar Form Slaking, Icargle, Sucmos, Spihorse, Plancat, Flapple (Gigantamax)
Professor Oak: Farmouse, Offigirl (Gigantamax), Carriant, Boxterfly, Wirgrass
Serena: Duplicat, Possedoll, Coldant, Butterfree (Gigantamax), Sevestar Comfey, Quetzawer
Dawn: Sevestar Form Ambipom, Evoleon, Lunbug, Sevestar Sunflora, Sprepollen
Gladion: Speecar, Silvally (Gigantamax), Sevestar Form Ariados, Popworm, Scaregrow, Flowelf
Bonnie: Joggant, Gardebed, Snorlax (Gigantamax), Spispy (Gigantamax), Flousic, Perfumouse
