Intro:
Hey, what's up sorry for the late upload but things got in the way. My goal right now is one chapter a month but I will try my best to honor it. Like I said I will never give up this story until it's finished. I may not upload often because of life but this story will not end until it's finished. With that being said let's get into it!
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Guide:
Regular Italics: Thoughts
Bolded Italics: Speaking to the Audience or Out of Time
COF: Character(s) or Focus
Chapter 32: Lucas vs Crasher Wake
COF: Gabite & Lucas Diamond
"This sucks, it's too early for this," Lux moaned.
"Will you shut up with your whining, god with your energy levels I'm surprised you aren't a morning person," Star said.
"SAY THAT MY FACE YOU TWO-WINGED COWARD!" Lux shouted at Star.
"WILL YOU SHUT IT, IT'S TOO EARLY FOR YOUR MINDLESS SHOUTING!" Star yelled back.
The two went back and forth as Mon and Bibi watched, they took a break from their training session. It was tradition for the group to work out a couple of hours before a big gym fight. Normally they would do it as a group but as the team got older, they tried to do more solo sessions to work on individuality. Lucas at this point in their lives was more of a mentor and guide for them rather than a trainer that constantly tells them what to do. While he was still the boss of the group he trusted them to be able to handle themselves in a fight.
"I know it's entertaining but come on everyone stay focused we need to be at the top of our game for the gym battle, back to work, I'll handle those two," Lucas commanded the group, rushing in between Lux and Star.
"Damn I wanted to get some licks in," Mon laughed.
"Oh please, you really think you can take both of them?" Bibi laughed.
"Of course I can...how's that ice work coming?" Mon asked.
Bibi recently had discovered he was capable of learning ice moves, as someone who is classified as a normal type he tried to learn every new skill he could even Lucas was shocked to see Bibi was capable of producing ice. However it was very hard for him, he only did it once and he doesn't even really know how to make water into ice let alone produce ice itself. He could never do it again after that one time
"It's going...slowly, I can make water very cold but no luck yet, I don't know how I did it last time," Bibi said.
1 Month Ago
Eterna Forest
"Alright come on Bibi, let's go!" Mon shouted.
"You're on!" Bibi shouted back.
Mon smirked and rushed at Bibi with fire in his hands, sparing for them was common due to their difference in moves, Mon had fighting which was very effective on Bibi and Bibi could produce water moves, it was good for them to strengthen themselves. Mon punched Bibi back but Bibi shook it off easily, his defense was his strongest asset so much so often the group called him a tank. Bibi in retaliation controlled water and rushed it towards Mon, his mastery of water was getting better every day, Mon quickly dodged the water trying not to touch it.
"Son of a bitch," Mon smirked, dodging the water.
"I'll cover you in water, no fire means no problem from you," Bibi smirked.
"Dumbass I can still fight and I'm faster than you," Mon said, still dodging the water and landing right behind Bibi and hitting his back with a Mach Punch.
Bibi winced in pain, those always hurt when they land but over time learned to fight while taking pain and in retaliation shot some more water on Mon.
"Crap," Mon whispered as he got doused in water, the pressure of Bibi's water moves made it both effective and physically strong.
"Don't seriously hurt each other you two, this is just a sparring match," Lucas said, watching from the sidelines.
"Come on Lucas, we got this and I got you!" Mon said as he rushed at Bibi, he had learned to use his fire to dry himself off quickly after being doused.
Mon's weakness for water was more than just typing disadvantage, if his body gets doused he can't produce fire which is the source of his strength. So he taught himself how to turn up his body temperature to dry off the water.
"Crap he's fast," Bibi said, having his back to a tree.
"35 percent fire, eat this Bibi!" Mon smirked, rushing at him with a Burning Mach Punch.
Bibi quickly moved out of the way only for Mon to smash the tree.
"Quit moving!" Mon shouted, hearing a rustle he turned around to see he overdid it a bit and knocked the tree down.
The two both watched as the tree was quickly falling towards Lucas.
"FUCK LUCAS!" Mon shouted.
"CRAP, WATCH OUT!" Bibi yelled.
Lucas looked up to see a tree hurtling toward him.
"OH SHIT!" Lucas shouted, trying to move out of the way but tripped on a rock and fell to the ground.
"LUCAS!" Mon shouted, rushing to his trainer.
Bibi watched in horror, he never wanted to see Lucas hurt and here a tree was falling on him because he didn't watch his surroundings before dodging Mon's attack.
"FUCK FUCK FUCK!" Lucas shouted, crawling back.
Mon tried to go as fast as he could but he wasn't gonna make it so instead he loaded up a flame wheel, hoping the fire would hit the tree first and burn it away. As Lucas closed his eyes waiting for him to be smashed by a tree. Just as he thought he could potentially die, he felt cold...oddly very cold.
Mon stood wide-eyed, he couldn't believe what he was seeing. Lucas opened his eyes to see an ice barrier of some kind, catching the falling tree. The ice was bitingly cold and made almost a hissing noise. Water vapor came off of it as the cool blue ice caught the tree just as it was about to hit him.
"What the...fuck?" Lucas whispered, looking over at Bibi.
Bibi stood there in awe, he didn't even know what happened he just smashed his hands down on the ground, and suddenly ice came out, fast too even faster than Lux. How did he do that? He can learn ice? Is that even possible?
"Bibi...you can do ice?" Mon asked.
"Um...apparently," Bibi said, still shocked.
Lucas quickly moved out of the way, as he did the ice shattered and the tree fell. He looked over at Bibi in shock. Not only could Bibi learn water somehow and someday he could learn ice.
From that day on, he tried so hard to replicate what he did but had no luck. Bibi couldn't even make an icicle. But he knew he could do it, he did it in the past so he would keep trying.
Meanwhile, in his own area, Gabite was training, he liked to be alone while training so he could focus. As a Gabite he still couldn't really do Dragon moves very well. Dragon's breath was a no, the only ones he could do effectively and seemingly limitlessly was Dragon Claw and bite infused with a dragon-type attack he named Dragon Bite.
"I know most Gabites aren't masters in dragon typing but come on, I train every day trying so hard, what's the secret?" Gabite shouted at himself.
"Having trouble?" Lucas said, walking over to him.
"No I got this, just leave me alone Lucas," Gabite said.
"I don't know what you're saying but I assume you want me to leave," Lucas said.
Gabite sighed, he forgot humans can't understand pokemon. But he could understand him, it was a weird dynamic in their world.
"Look this is your chance, Lux is my strongest pokemon for this gym but you're going in first, show me what you can do," Lucas walked off but not before showing a smirk to Gabite.
"Prove to me you are the strongest," Lucas smirked while walking away.
Gabite waited for Lucas to leave before smirking back, oh he will see.
Pastoria City Gym
2 pm
Lucas stepped foot into the gym, it smelled of chlorine and sunscreen. The walls were blue and the place was covered in water, his shoes started to squeak as he walked around the entrance much to his annoyance. It was big, the biggest gym he had seen so far with a deep pool swarming the place like a moat. Crasher Wake stood at the end of it, noticing Lucas and eyed him. Lucas slipped a couple of times just trying to get into the main entrance, didn't anyone clean this place? Lucas rolled his eyes at the inconvenience and looked over to see the gym navigator in the entrance.
"Hey, you're that Lucas guy, welcome to the Pastoria City gym home of the water gym leader Crasher Wake," The navigator said, shaking Lucas' hand.
"Thanks, man, so what do you got for me?" Lucas smiled.
"Well, this gym is based on water as you can see, see those switches placed around the gym?" The navigator asked.
"Yeah, I assume that I have to hit those switches to get to Crasher Wake," Lucas guessed.
"Right, it is difficult to find the right ones, you'll likely have to try them all and find the right combo, each trainer you beat will give you a clue on what the right order is," The navigator said.
"Great another puzzle, so this first one gets it started huh," Lucas said, going over to the first one.
"You're a genius aren't you," The navigator sarcastically said.
"Any hints?" Lucas asked.
"Sorry Lucas, no can do, good luck," The navigator said.
"So be it," Lucas looked over to see Crasher Wake at the far end of the gym smiling at him.
"So you think this is funny?" Lucas asked.
"It's amusing to see how long it takes trainers to figure out my puzzle brother, I'm waiting for you brother," Crasher smirked.
"I do respect you Crasher and we may have worked together during the assault and maybe even after this we can be friends, but today right now...I'm gonna kick your ass," Lucas said sternly, staring him down.
"I'd love to see that Lucas Diamond, I'm right here, what are you waiting for brother," Crasher grinned.
Lucas took a view of the whole gym studying the positions of the switches, in his mind, there is no way the order is randomized every time it would be impossible so there was obviously a right way to do this. He broke it down into three areas: left, right, and center. There were 12 switches 4 in each lane, he had a 25 percent chance of guessing right in each lane. But which one was right?
"Obviously he isn't that smart so his code can be simple or he is just putting up that act to throw me off, it's confusing at first but I can crack it," Lucas said pacing back and forth.
"Should I do right, middle, or left first? Left has the most trainers so it's the hardest and I need to save my pokemon's energy," Lucas went on and on.
"Kid...just pick one," The navigator groaned.
"It's a difficult option you know," Lucas said, continuing to pace.
Lucas kept pacing, forgetting about the slippery floor, as he was lost in thought he slipped into the deep pool, much to the laughter of the navigator, Crasher Wake, and the trainers. As Lucas was in the water cursing at himself he saw something, something that gave it all away. He quickly swam up and climbed up.
"Screw you," Lucas hissed at Crasher Wake, chuckling a bit himself.
"It was funny brother," Crasher Wake said, laughing more.
Lucas was laughing for a different reason, he had a plan that he knew wouldn't fail. Quickly he moved to the right lane and carefully picked which switch to go for. Easily wiping out the guard with Lux he hit the switch. He heard a click and the water drained, the first one down.
"Lucky guess maybe?" Crasher Wake said to himself.
Lucas methodically made his way to the middle lane, easily wiped out the other guard, and picked correct again.
"How is he? So quickly? It's almost like he knows exactly which one to hit...that's a first," Crasher said.
Lucas looked over at Crasher and had a smug grin as he easily hit the last switch and cleared a path to him. Lucas completed a puzzle that normally took trainers a half hour to complete in 5 minutes.
"Holy crap how did you figure that out?" Crasher Wake asked.
"While I was in the water I noticed the three drains, each other was connected to a pipe, I followed each pipe to the corresponding switch, maybe hide it better for the future," Lucas smirked.
"It took your friend 45 minutes to complete it," Crasher said, recalling Barry frustratingly hitting every switch until he got it right.
"Of course it did, he's an idiot sometimes," Lucas laughed.
"Well you're here brother, you have a reputation too so I won't hold back on you brother," Crasher grinned.
"I don't want you to, I wanna beat you at your best, come at me Crasher Wake!" Lucas shouted.
GYM BATTLE: Lucas Diamond vs Crasher Wake (5 on 5)
"Ludicolo, show them pain, brother!" Crasher shouted, sending out Ludicolo.
"Gabite, take this guy down," Lucas shouted, sending out Gabite.
Gabite came out, battle stance ready, finally some action.
"Ohhh a dragon type, never seen one in person before," Ludicolo smirked.
"Yeah this one's gonna kick your ass, water what a joke, what are you gonna do shoot some rain at me," Gabite hissed.
"Nope I got just the thing for you," Ludicolo said, shooting out an Ice Beam at Gabite.
SHIT ICE!
"Gabite dodge it, watch out!" Lucas shouted.
Gabite dodged quickly, he didn't expect a grass and water type to have ice, this was gonna be more interesting.
"Gabite, Ludicolo uses a lot of physical attacks, try to keep your distance before attacking!" Lucas yelled.
"Shut up, I don't need your advice," Gabite shouted back.
"You dare talk to your trainer like that," Ludicolo said, rushing at Gabite with some punches covered in ice.
"Don't tell me how to talk to him," Gabite said, dodging most of the punches but missing one and taking a punch to the gut.
Shit, that hurt.
"Ow, that hurt!" Gabite shouted, slamming his fist into Ludicolo's face.
As soon as Ludicolo hit the ground, Gabite quickly used an Earthquake.
"Walk it off Ludicolo!" Crasher encouraged.
"You think an Earthquake is gonna help you?" Ludicolo smirked.
Normally that always works?!
"He's a grass type! The ground moves won't help try more physically hard-hitting attacks since you don't have range moves, as long as he doesn't hit you, you'll be fine listen to me!" Lucas shouted.
Maybe he does know what he's talking about...fine.
Gabite took his advice and dodged, he noticed that Ludicolo had a small window where he didn't attack, that was his opening. Gabite slowly ate away at him.
"Damn you really are great," Ludicolo smirked.
"That's because I can read you, my kind is smart," Gabite grinned.
"No it's because your trainer told you how to approach this fight, I can sense you don't trust him as much, maybe you should work on that," Ludicolo said to Gabite.
"I don't need your advice, now stay down!" Gabite said, slamming Ludicolo with a Take-Down.
"Ha, you got me a good job but you won't get far, trust me, you'll need his help, good luck," Ludicolo grinned as he returned to his ball.
"Excellent, however, he seems to not listen much at first," Crasher commented.
"Heis very...strong-minded, we still have to work on that," Lucas glared.
Gabite glared back. Ludicolo was right, the only reason Gabite got the upper hand was by following Lucas's advice. Right now his pride was clashing with his common sense. He hated that Lucas tried to tell him what do to do, he would have figured it out eventually.
"Let's go, Sharpedo, slay this dragon," Crasher shouted. sending out Sharpedo.
Sharpedo launched himself at Gabite, locking his jaws on his side and dragging him into the water.
"CRAP GABITE!" Lucas shouted.
Gabite slammed his fist on Sharpedo's jaws trying to get him to let go.
"GET OFF ME!" Gabite grunted, trying to hold his breath.
"I won't let you drown but I ain't losing," Sharpedo said.
Gabite grunted more and more, getting angrier.
"ERRRRRRRR LET GO!" Gabite yelled, biting down on Sharpedo as well using Dragon Bite!
Move: Dragon Bite
Creator: Gabite/Lucas
Description:
The user bites down on target with the strength of a dragon's mouth inflicting a good amount of pain!
Sharpedo winced in pain and let go, Gabite used this opportunity to swim out, getting further out of the water. He looked down to see his side bleeding from the bite, the stinging pain kept eating at him.
"Ow, my mouth," Gabite said, holding his jaw, normally the Dragon Bite hurts the opponent more than him.
"Sorry for that, my rough skin inflicts pain on those who use moves like that, I will say that's a new one I'm impressed with," Sharpedo grinned.
"Shut up!" Gabite yelled frustrated at the pain, using Dig and punching Sharpedo from behind.
Sharpedo retaliated with a Night Slash, slicing open his chest.
"GABITE MAYBE IT'S TIME TO SWITCH!" Lucas shouted, concerned for the dragon type. His side was bleeding and how his chest was sliced, he knew even Gabite couldn't handle that much pain for very long even with his stubbornness.
"Shut...up...I don't need your help," Gabite said, staring at Lucas.
"It's not your call, come back," Lucas commanded.
"Screw...you," Gabite, disobeyed and rushed back to Sharpedo.
"What are you doing? He said to get out of here?!" Sharpedo confusingly dodged.
"He doesn't tell me what to do, you hurt my jaw and sliced me open, you're gonna pay!" Gabite glared, slamming Sharpedo to the ground and staring at Crasher Wake.
"What the hell is with your 'mon Lucas?" Crasher asked.
"I'm sorry for this, Gabite, come back here NOW!" Lucas ordered.
WILL YOU SHUT UP! I GOT THIS I DON'T NEED TO BE SENT BACK!
This wasn't good. What Gabite was doing wasn't a gym battle, he was seriously gonna hurt someone. Lucas needed to get this under control or else. Lucas could only put his pokemon back in his ball if the Pokemon consents to it as well.
"GABITE, I'M SERIOUS GET BACK HERE NOW!" Lucas shouted.
Gabite didn't listen again and stared a hole through Crasher Wake.
"I'LL WIPE YOUR WHOLE SQUAD!" Gabite yelled, despite knowing neither Lucas nor Crasher could understand him.
"AQUA JET!" Sharpedo shouted, rushing at Gabite, knocking him down.
"This is just a test but if you wanna threaten my trainer, you can forget about the mercy I normally show, watch your step pal!" Sharpedo yelled.
That was it, the snap. Gabite at that moment had so much rage and so much anger that he didn't care about the battle anymore, he turned around and stared at Sharpedo with a look of pure rage.
"Screw you!" Gabite said rushing at Sharpedo, the pain seemingly making him angrier thus increasing his speed.
Gabite slammed Sharpedo to the ground with the most force he had ever used out of anger. Lucas and Crasher were shocked, that wasn't a battle move that was a move to kill.
"GABITE STOP!" Lucas screamed.
Gabite didn't listen he kept slamming Sharpedo over and over again, roaring with fury.
"GABITE CALM DOWN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Lucas screamed.
Gabite finally let Sharpedo go and immediately came back to his senses. He had no idea what happened, he never lost his cool like that before. Shocked he looked down to see Sharpedo badly hurt and physically in the ground from the power slamming. All that, just because he was losing and someone gave him a few orders. What was wrong with him?
"...I'm...I'm sorry," Gabite said, coming to his senses.
"SHARPEDO!" Crasher yelled, running over to his friend.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU!" Lucas screamed.
Gabite was too shocked to react, he just watched the aftermath of what he had done.
"GABITE, GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE NOW," Lucas ordered with anger in his voice.
Gabite looked down at Sharpedo, he had never gone overboard like that before. He knew his kind had immense strength and he knew that he could seriously hurt someone if he went too far and he did. All for what? Because he was frustrated at Lucas for trying to help? Because he was losing to Sharepedo?
Gabite walked over to Lucas with regret on his face.
"You are done, you hear me!" Lucas said to him.
Gabite nodded and went back into his ball with shame.
"Sharpedo, talk to me buddy," Crasher said.
Although pokemon can be healed at a pokemon center it is possible for them to be too hurt thus leaving permanent damage and multiple slams that break the floor could be one of them.
Sharpedo coughed up blood but was responsive he obviously was done. He was more shocked by Gabite's power and this was only his second form.
"How is he?" Lucas said, running over to Sharpedo.
"I don't know, what the hell was that?" Crasher asked.
"I don't know, I'll talk to him. I'm so sorry he's never done that," Lucas said, helping Sharpedo up.
"Are your other pokemon like that?" Crasher asked.
"Absolutely not sir!" Lucas said.
"Lucas...you lost control of your pokemon under gym leader rules that is an immediate disqualification...," Crasher said.
"No no no Crasher please don't I swear that was an accident," Lucas pleaded.
"I'm sorry brother I can't overlook that, Lucas Diamond you are disqualified from this battle and thus have lost," Crasher regretfully said.
Lucas's heart dropped now he had to wait 2 weeks before trying again. This was all his fault he lost the battle, a chance at the badge, and more importantly, Sharpedo could be permanently damaged all because of his recklessness as Gabite's trainer. The people in the gym looked on in fear, what had they just seen?
"...I understand...I'm sorry," Lucas said somberly and walked out of the gym.
Lucas had this new feeling, something he never felt before. It wasn't good, it was...shame.
Battle Outcome: Lucas Diamond is disqualified due to Lost Control of Pokemon
Later that night
Lucas healed his pokemon and went to the hotel he was staying at, he had texted Crasher Wake so many times but never heard anything back. He released all of his team but not Gabite.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH HIM!" Lux said seething.
"So reckless because he was losing, what's with this guy?" Star said.
"Let me get some licks in him I swear to god, now we have to wait 2 weeks to get another chance at that guy," Mon cursed.
Bibi didn't say anything, he went to Lucas' side to comfort him. He knew what Gabite did but right now his priority was Lucas.
"Don't worry about me Bibi," Lucas said, petting him.
Lucas took Gabite's ball and went outside to somewhere private and released him.
Gabite stood up and faced Lucas, shame still haunting his face.
"...do you realize what you did...," Lucas said.
"...yeah," Gabite nodded.
"You could have killed him, why cause you were getting your ass handed to you because you refuse to listen?!" Lucas scolded.
Gabite started to get mad, he knew what he did was wrong but he didn't need to be released to be lectured.
"I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE AN EGO BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT, I DIDN'T THINK I NEEDED TO TEACH YOU THAT!" Lucas shouted.
Gabite roared in anger and punched the tree next to Lucas out of anger. Lucas stared a hole through Gabite, not scared.
"Is that supposed to scare me?!" Lucas said, getting in Gabite's face.
Gabite had a look of rage on him, he couldn't lose control again though.
Lucas backed off, he sighed. He didn't think he would ever do this but it's come to this.
"Gabite, I thought we could work together but...I can't control you, and I don't want to but in my career, I need to trust you...and I don't," Lucas said, disappointed.
Gabite sighed as well.
"...I know," Gabite said to himself.
"I can't risk another pokemon getting hurt because of you, that's not me I care too much about other pokemon," Lucas sighed.
Lucas grabbed his Pokeball, and pressed the eject button, releasing Gabite.
"I'm sorry but I can't be constantly worrying if you are gonna do that, you got what you wanted, you're free," Lucas said, tossing his old ball.
Gabite watched as the Pokeball was thrown into the woods. He was free again.
"Goodbye," Lucas said, walking off with some tears in his eyes.
Outside on the balcony, the others watched as their team was down one.
"...shit," Lux said.
"I mean he deserves it but I never thought Lucas would...," Mon said in shock.
"Guess we are back to four," Star said.
Bibi looked on in silence, he didn't like losing a friend but it was Lucas' wish so he had to honor it.
Twinleaf Town, Sinnoh
3 am
Michael Rollins
"We are here...," Cyrus said.
"Is this really necessary?" Mike asked.
"It is, stop questioning me...where is it," Cyrus asked.
Mike sighed, he didn't want to resort to this but it wasn't his choice, Cyrus has lost it when it comes to Lucas. And as a punishment, Lucas was going to suffer at the hands of Team Galactic.
"That one," Mike said, pointing to a house in the distance.
"...excellent," Cyrus said, walking towards it.
This was the moment it happened, the consequences of Lucas' actions were catching up to him. First the gym battle now something even worse, Cyrus wanted to ensure Lucas knew the wrath of Team Galactic. A dark storm cloud appeared over Twinleaf Town and Mike and Cyrus walked towards Lucas' home in Twinleaf Town.
Outro:
Pretty intense chapter, to be honest, The story is gonna get more intense as we go into Lucas' darker arc as I call it. Lucas to be a better hero and trainer will go through hardship but it will all make sense in the end for why I did it. Again I'm sorry for missing February but I really had to focus on school and work but I am still here and won't ever abandon this story I promise yall that. We may finish it in 2040 but it will get done lol I'm jk. As always I hope you all enjoyed it and it does feel good to be back. Leave a review telling me what you liked, disliked, or felt I should choke on a frozen hot dog. PM with any questions and as always,
Don't forget to smile!
-Shocker
Question of the Chapter: What's the most frustrating moment of your pokemon career? What was your favorite part of the chapter?
For me,
The most frustrating moment was when I lost to Cynthia 8 times in Black and White (I wish I was kidding) my favorite part was the drama between Lucas and Gabite, so fun to write and will get more significance!
Important Moments:
-Bibi can learn ice moves
-Gabite gets Lucas disqualified from the gym battle
-Lucas releases Gabite
-Mike and Cyrus make their way into Twinleaf Town
Lucas' Team (4/6):
Mon (Infernape):
Moves: Flamethrower (45%), Mach Punch, Flame Wheel(45%), Cut, Leer, Burning Mach Punch (45%)
Lux (Luxray):
Moves: Electric Bite (45%), Charge, Tackle, Bite, Flash, Thunder (45%)
Bibi (Bibarel):
Moves: Water Gun, Headbutt, Rock Smash, Yawn, Geyser
Star (Staraptor):
Moves: Fly, Aerial Ace, Quick Attack, Tackle, Brave Bird, Defog
Next Chapter: The Life You Chose
The consequences of Lucas' life choices are catching up to him!