Not So Normal Gym Battle by WyldClaw

Disclaimer: A Magmortar comes up to the screen and says " let me see ….Nope. WC still doesn't own anything asides from her laptop and original ideas." It then leaves.

Hi there! It's good old WC, and here is the newest chapter. This part starts with Ash's battle with Pryce but I only use the start of the battle since this fanfic is part of the WCverse- see my profile for details. . : Human speech is marked by " " while translated pokemon speech is in (). Scene change means just that and thoughts are indicated by italics. Mommy and Daddy are what Togepi calls Misty and Ash.! Here we go!\

Last edited: January 18, 2020

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It was the day of Ash's gym battle with Pryce and he was really enthusiastic about it . He kept on talking to Misty, Togepi, and Pikachu as Shelia led them inside to the battlefield. The field was basically an ice field with a large pool with two small floating in the middle. (Brrr. the temperature is freezing. My fur is already shivering) Pikachu remarked.

"Well .. it's is an Ice Type gym after all so the temperature is bound to be kept low. ." Misty commented.

The mouse's trainer looked down at him and replied, "yeah. Don't worry pal. Soon enough you'll be warmed up from the battle." .

(He's wight, its weally cold Mommy) Togepi shivered in Misty's arms.

Pryce was already on the one side of the field when they entered the room. "Here they are" Shelia told the gym leader as she took them to the other side of the room and then She went to a spot in-between the two sides. Misty put Togepi on the ground and kissed him on the cheek. , "Good luck, sweetheart".

" Thanks. This battle is so in the bag," he proudly told her as he blushed beet red. He still wasn't used to Misty kissing him in public. "I've got the perfect battle plan" she raised her eyebrows. "Trust me. "

(we'll be wooting for you, Daddy,) Togepi told him before he and Misty went to go sit on the benches a few feet behind him.

Ash plucked a pokeball off his belt and maximized it. "Wait a minute" Misty said. "There's no referee.."

"Actually there is." Shelia took off her coat to reveal a black and white referee's uniform, "I'm an official league referee" she said proudly.

Pryce looked over at the raven-haired boy. "Thank you for your help yesterday. Piloswine and I are grateful for what you did. But" he maximized a pokeball in his hands. " This is different."

"You bet it is." Ash replied. "You're going down!"

At the same time Pryce and Ash threw their pokeballs into the air. As the pokeballs opened in mid air they both called out,

"Go!"

"Cyndaquil, I choose you!" Ash watched as the red energy from inside the pokeball materialized on the floating platform into his Cyndaquil. The pokeball flew back to his hand and he minimized it.

(I'm r-ready … ) The small shrew Fire type Pokemon gulped as she gazed over at the other end of the pool where Pryce had called out a huge Dewgong. The water/ice type well towered over her. . How am i supposed to beat that thing?

" Are you crazy?" Misty looked at Ash. "That's an Ice and water type poke d. Ice Types may be weak against Fire Type Pokemon but Water Types have the advantage over First types "

(I can take that thing down, no problem) Pikachu pointed out (think about it: water is strong against fire.)

(He's wight, daddy) Togepi added. (That pokemon's gonna crush her like a Weedle.)

(There's no way I can beat that Dewgong) Cyndaquil said as She turned to faceher trainer.

Ash gave her an encouraging smile. "Yes, you can. I have faith in your abilities. just do your best and be strong. you can beat it "

She nodded in return. ( okay. i'll try .) She turned back sround to face her opponent.

Pryce looked at the group . "Is there a problem, young man? "

"N-no."

(If daddy thinks you can beat it, I do too) Togepi told the fire type.

(So do I) Pikachu added.

Cyndaquil looked up at the two humans and the two pokemon. (Okay. I'll give it my best shot)

"That's the spirit," Misty told her. The fire type turned around.

"This battle is a two on two pokemon match between the gym leader Pryce and the challenger, Ash. The first round is between Dewgong and Cyndaquil. There is no time limit. Let the battle begin!" Shelia announced.

"Go, Dewgong! Icy Wind!" Pryce commanded. The water/ Ice type opened its mouth and a cold blast of ice cold wind came out.

"Cyndaquil, Ember!" Ash countered.

(Sure thing!) she opened her mouth and a volley of fireballs came out. The attack collided with the Icy Wind, which stopped it.

"Great job!" Cyndaquil heard misty call out.

Pryce smirked. "You think you can stop Dewgong like that, boy? Think again! Dewgong, dive into the water!"

(Yes sir!) The white pokemon said as he vanished into the water.

Cyndaquil looked around nervously. She didn't know where the Dewgong would pop up. She looked at her trainer. Suddenly the foe jumped out of the water and as he did, opened his mouth and unleashed an Ice Beam attack! She ducked but the attack froze her paws onto the platform!

(She's trapped!) Togepi cried out.

"Use your ember to free yourself!" Ash cried out to her.

(Okay.) She opened her mouth and emitted two small Ember fireballs that melted the ice around her legs.

"Good job!" Misty commented.

"Good job. Watch out- Dewgong's coming in for a Headbutt- stop it with your Swift then Ember." Ash told her.

She nodded. As Dewgong jumped out of the water to attack, she opened her mouth and a volley of sharp white stars came out. The attack hit the Dewgong . She then fired an Ember attack which pushed it to the other side of the field next to its trainer. The white pokemon still stood strong, ready for more. "Aurora Beam!" Pryce yelled.

(Try to beat this!) A multicolored beam came out from Dewgong's horn. It pushed the fire type back to the edge of the platform.

"Flamethrower!"

The attack forced the white pokemon back a few feet. " You can't stop Dewgong that easily! Dive under" Pryce yelled. The dual type pokemon vanished under the surface.

Ash bit his lip, looking from the water to Cyndaquil. " Follow it into the water"

(follow-Huh?) She was confused.

Misty and Pikachu were stunned as well. " Have you gone nuts? "

(She's a fire type, ash-remember? ) pikachu told him

He turned around to give them a smile. it was one of his famous this-looks-bad-but-I-know-what -I'm-doing smiles that misty had fallen in love with. "Trust me. I know what I'm doing."

(But I'm weak against water) cyndaquil muttered.

"You can do it. I have faith in you" the black-haired boy told his Pokémon.

"Aurora beam!" A multicolored beam came out of the water and just missed Cyndaquil by a few inches.

(Daddy, you have to do something) Togepi called.

"I promise that you won't be in there for long" the teen told her. "I know you're scared but I have full reassurance you can do this. "

She looked in his eyes. (I'll do my best) She gulped as she looked at the water. It looked really cold. 'Okay. Here goes nothing' she thought as she took a huge breath and plunged right in.

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It took Cyndaquil a few seconds to get used to the water's temperature. She was right-the water was colder than it looked. Holy Entei, it's freezing' the fire type thought as she swam. 'My muscles feel so cold"

She heard her trainer's voice say something from a distance but before she could react, Dewgong Headbutted her. (You're out of your league down here fire type. Give up?) He sneered.

(Nope) she moved in for a Tackle attack, which caught the Dewgong by surprise.

(You're mine) he used Aurora Beam, which hit her square on.

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The humans and two pokemon watched the scene from the surface. (I hope she's okay) Togepi muttered

"That was risky sending your pokemon into the pool. Now the tides have turned because Dewgong is quicker in the water! " Pryce told him. "Aurora beam!"

"Dodge and use your Tackle"!

"Headbutt!"

"Ember!"

"Take Down!"

"Quick attack!" Ash looked down at the pool. From what he saw, she was putting up a good fight. But if he didn't get her out of the water soon...

"Aurora beam!"

"Swift attack!"

"This match is mine! Dewgong, finish it off with your Ice Beam!" Pryce shouted.

'Stop it with your Flame—huh?" he began but a thick chilly mist suddenly covered the room. No one could see anything, much less the battlefield.

Pikachu ran over his side and clutched at his jeans. (What's going on?)

"I don't know." the mist was so thick the teenager couldn't even make out the pool.

(Mommy, where's all this mist coming from?) Togepi asked Misty, who didn't know the answer either. Pryce and Shelia were equally confused and they were trying to figure out where the mist came from.

(Use Noctowl to blow it away) Pikachu suggested but Ash shook his head.

"I can't. This mist, or whatever it is, is making it impossible to see even for him. Also can't you feel how dense it is? It's making it hard even to move."

The little pokemon nodded his head. Thick frost had covered his back and was weighing down his fur. (What are you going to do about Cyndaquil, daddy?) Togepi whispered.

"I don't know Togepi," the teen said. " Hopefully, it goes away soon".

Indeed, the mist seemed to suspend them all for ten or so minutes and then it vanished. As they looked around Pikachu pointed at the field as he walked back to Misty. (Look at the pool!)

Everyone looked where the electric type was pointing. The pool had a thick covering of ice over it. There was a weak cry from a small area that had been untouched by the ice. The water underneath the ice was churning wildly. Ash ran over to where he heard the cry. "Cyndaquil!

The water was too wild to see where she was. He looked up at Togepi, misty and Pikachu- they looked back-they knew what he was thinking. He re-attached Cyndaquil's pokeball back on his belt, tore off his vest and plucked another one off of it, enlarging it.

"Young man, what are you doing?" Shelia looked at him.

Ash bit his tongue to keep from saying what he was thinking. 'I can't let her die, not after the incident' he thought. I promised her.

A white pokemon burst out of the pool-it was Dewgong! It jumped out of the pool badly burnt. Pryce recalled it to his pokeball "Young man, I insist that we leave to air out the room and come-" he began but the trainer cut him off.

"I'm not leaving without her. I nearly lost one of my other pokemon recently" he forced back some tears "and-and-I'm not going t-to let it happen to her. She-she can't last long in that cold water because she's a fire type. Besides ..wh-what if that was Piloswine down there? Would you leave it while you went to safety? I know I certainly wouldn't. "

Pryce knew the teenager wouldn't take no for an answer. He sighed and shook his head. . "Very well. Shelia, get a small ventilator out of the first aide kit to him and a small rope.

Shelia did just that and brought out a small black mouth mask with a strap over to Misty as well as the rope. The humans looked at the apparatus with familiarity- they had used them at the Cerulean City Gym when Jessie, James and Meowth had tried to steal the Goldeen there. "You know how to use this? " she asked and he nodded. " It should give you about ten-twelve minutes of air. That water isn't exactly warm. "

Misty gulped. Was that enough to save her? . "Be careful, please," she told her boyfriend as she attached the mask.

"Don't worry. What could go wrong?" he gave her another smile as he kicked off his shoes. She sighed- he had to say those words.

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Cyndaquil was struggling to stay conscious, which wasn't easy considering she was trapped in a strange whirlpool. Her bruises and the lack of air were starting to hurt her.

What happened was this: when the mist appeared, she and Dewgong had swum up to the surface, each trying to stop the other. The fire type using swift, tackle and flamethrower while her opponent used Aurora Beam and Headbutt. When they had nearly reached the surface, Dewgong stopped and Cyndaquil saw that his eyes had become narrow and red. The white pokemon struck the fire type with a strong Tail whip, which flung her to the bottom of the pool. She saw it use an Ice beam attack to freeze the surface

(Escape from this) he growled in a monotone as he started swimming around her in a circle. Faster and faster the pokemon went until the Whirlpool's funnel sucked the fire type into the vortex. She tried her hardest to escape but the pull was too strong. The whirlpool made her slam against the sides of the pool, the rocks on the bottom, and the floor. Meanwhile he opened its mouth and used a ferocious Bubblebeam on her as she tried to escape. She tried a flamethrower attack but the he took no notice as the attack hit. The water was wildly spinning out of control now and she found herself being violently thrown against the walls and the floor. It was way too cold for her to light up her back.

She used Flamethrower, Swift and Ember to try to stop the Dewgong. it was no use-even covered in burns, the red-eyed pokemon continued to swim around her and attack. (How long will it take?) He growled (for him to rescue you?) as he headbutted her.

(Help-) she yelled out but she was thrown to the sides before she finished.

The Dewgong's eyes changed back to their normal color. ( huh What's going on) he asked and then winced in pain from all his burns .

She looked at him as she was flung past. (Get... help) she mouthed. He swam out of sight. (Help!) she cried out as loud as she could. She faintly heard her name before the wild water threw her to the sides

..

That had to be more than ten minutes ago. She fought to keep awake as she was thrown against the over and over. She was bruised from being hit around and felt so weak. 'Must not close eyes. Must .. stay awake She faintly heard a splash as something dived into the water. (Huh?)

(Cyndaquil) she heard a voice gurgle. She saw two figures swim toward her: a human and a pokemon. As they got closer she realized that it was Totodile and Ash. The human was wearing a strange mask around his mouth that was allowing him to breath.

(Don't worry We gotcha) Totodile's voice became clearer. She noticed that her trainer was carrying one end of a rope and Totodile was carrying the other. He motioned for her to grab on.

As if it knew that her rescuers were nearby, the whirlpool threw her about even harder now , making it hard for them reach her .As the fire type was pushed to one side Totodile and ash followed in after she was slammed into a rock on the other side then a clump of long seaweed that was next to the rock came alive quickly wrapped around her body while two other seaweed clumps also came alive and tightly grabbed Totodile and Ash!

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On the surface, Misty watched with growing fear. 'What they don't make it in time?' she thought. Being a Water type Totodile could stand the pool's subzero temperatures for a bit but for a fire pokemon and a human….. Togepi noticed her looking at the place where ash had jumped in. he could tell she was worried about him. He knew she was still thinking about what had happened on the airship a few months ago. 'Daddy, please be okay' he thought.

(Do you think they're okay) pikachu whispered.(it's been a while since they went in)

"I hope so. " to be honest she wasn't so sure.

"Does he always do things like this?" Pryce asked her,.

"Um..." Pikachu and Togepi looked at her. He knew that she was trying to come up with a good answer. "Sometimes". Well, it was the truth. "he went after his Bayleef when the same people who tried to take Piloswine took her and a bunch of other grass types. "

"Really?"

Misty nodded. "they had this big robot that almost squashed him with but he didn't give up until she was safe"

"That's one remarkable kid" Shelia commented.

(You're telling me) Pikachu muttered. Five minutes passed Then ten minutes, the knot in misty's stomach growing tighter as the ventilator's time limit passed. please let him make out alive' she thought

nearly twenty minutes later ..

(Look!) Togepi pointed.

There was a ripple in the water as Totodile jumped out holding the end of a rope, the ventilator over his arm . Misty, Togepi and Pikachu ran over to him.

(Help me pull him up) he panted. They helped him pull the human , who was holding the injured fire type with one hand and the rope with the other, onto the floor into a breathing position,

Both of them started coughing out water and gasping for air for a few minutes 'they're both safe' misty thought as she let out a long sigh of relief and Totodile put the mask on the floor.

(you're okay cinders! You're okay! )Totodile danced around Cyndaquil- that was what he called her

(Uhh...) She coughed out some water.

Misty recalled Totodile and put his minimized pokeball in Pikachu's paw. she noticed ash shivering and his skin looked ice cold. "you're freezing" she observed.

"Water...c-c-colder th-than it l-l-looked" he said and sneezed a few times. "cynda- cyndaquil are you okay?"

she let out a cough (I- th-th-think s-so)

"We need to get you some place warmer, kid" Shelia told them. " you could catch pneumonia from that water" . the judge noticed that the teen's skin was turning blue .

he nodded. with shaky hands he unclipped her pokeball and pointed it at the wet shivering fire type . "Cyndaquil r-" . but something knocked her pokeball out of Ash's hands.

she was flung to the side like a rag doll. She hit the bleachers –hard on her right leg and a huge bast of pain shot through her body . Something flung Misty and pikachu to the side as well because she heard them let out cries of pain. At the same time him two thick smoke bombs erupted somewhere in the room. soon it was hard to see anything Cyndaquil heard cries of confusion from everyone as they started coughing . she painfully and slowly got out of the bleachers/

she wanted to use her Ember attack on the smoke alarms but she didn't want to cause an explosion. from what she could see there were thick clouds of blue dust in the room . she used her paws to guide her way back to her trainer, trying not to cough. All the humans were knocked out

there was a strange scent in the air. she looked and saw a claw of some sort reach for Pikachu who was surrounded in Sleep Powder . just as it was about to grab him she knocked him out of the way and bit it. The owner of the hand cursed out loud and vanished.

(need to ..find ash) she muttered, her eye fluttering thanks to a few specks of blue powder that landed on her from knocking pikachu away. 'must stay awake' the smoke was starting to thin out-slowly. She could make out his outline near the pool's edge. she saw a large purplish figure standing over him. it was holding a rag of some strong smelling stuff near her trainer's mouth. She could tell that ash was fast asleep . the creature laughed evilly.

(no you don't) she cried as she rammed into the teenager and shoved him into the pool. She heard a splash as he fell into the pool and the creature growled . She was close enough now to make out what the owner of the hand was. She gulped as she looked up at the Pokemon a few feet in front of her and felt the temperature drop.. It was a Gengar much larger than her. and it turned its attention on her, It dropped the rag into the pool. . (you stopped me? You?) It stated in a cold familiar voice.

The fire type felt rooted to the spot at the the sound of its voice. I know that voice! She had heard that Ghost type Pokemon were able to mimic other voices perfectly to lure unsuspecting prey to them. She hoped that was the case as to why this Ghost Pokemon- which creeped her out for a minute - though she didn't know why.

(The kid and Pikachu are mine.) it hissed

She shook her head . (N-no they aren't. you h-have get past me . Y-you can't take them- take me instead.)

. The ghost used a very thick Ice Beam on the pool and then reached toward Cyndaquil. (Very well then.) it hissed and its eyes glowed red. A purple outline covered Cyndaquil's body and she found she couldn't even move.

(Let me -) she tried to say bur smoke got in her throat and she coughed. Shestruggled to free herself as the Ghost Pokémon moved closer to her, one of its hands glowing purple. it placed the glowing hand on her forehead. She felt hit with a massive Hypnosis attack . Darkness engulfed her and she fell limp.

The Gengar's eyes went back to normal and the outline vanished. it grabbed the little Pokémon with its hands. Its eyes were wide with surprise when it saw the fain and faded whip marks on her back. What? it's still alive after all this time It thought. It briefly glanced to the iced over pool and where the electric type then pingponged its gaze back to the unconscious Pokémon in its grasp, an idea forming.

Its eyes gleamed . I'll use it as a hostage to get those two. from what the Boss has told me the kid will do anything for his Pokémon .. even fall into a major trap ' it thought and laughed . i can also get revenge on the Cyndaquil for all those years ago. it fired a Shadow Ball at the window with it's free hand. While the glass shattered and the smoke vanished the ghost used Teleport. Before the humans were awake it vanished taking cyndaquil with it - leaving no sign it had even been there.

To be continued.