I Don't Own Pokemon
"Swift, then into the shadows" I did not want to test if that golbat had Confuse Ray nor did I want to see the effect it would have on Mismagius. So I had her get out of there while also scoring a hit that she didn't have to aim, Koga didn't seem to like that as he called out right after.
"Pursuit, Golbat! Don't let it get away" I watched as the golbats speed seemed to multiple as it dashed straight at my ghost, even going straight threw the stars from Swift. I wasn't sure who would make it first, but I didn't know enough about Pursuit to want to test out speeding it, so.
"Mystical Fire, push it away" It was a move she learned from evolving, the only one from what I've seen though I do have a suspicion that she picked something else up. But that didn't matter as I watched as Mismagius took a deep breath and a ball of almost multi colored fire shot from her mouth, slamming into the golbat and pushing it back.
"Foresight Golbat, then use Mean Look" That wasn't good, watching as Mismagius seemed to just bounce out of the shadow she was in, I didn't know that move could work like that. Fine if shadow hopping isn't going to work then we'll just have to switch things up then.
"Confuse Ray then Double Team into constant Shadow Balls" If he wanted to keep my ghost out of the shadows then I'll just make it harder to keep track of her than before. The Confuse Ray connected, and right after that I knew she had this, as dozens of copies seemed to spiral out of her form.
"Focus Golbat, Haze" That would be annoying, at least would would have been if his Pokemon managed to get the move off before getting hit by a Shadow Ball from the side, and then another, and another, it wasn't long before about six Shadow Balls had connected and the golbat looked to be in bad shape. Of course that's when it snapped out of it's confusion as it managed to get a Haze off, getting rid of all the illusions.
"Good job Golbat, now Bite" The bat flew in a line right at my ghost who, thankfully was in between attacks so I managed to call out a move she could pull off.
"Protect! Mismagius" She barely got it up in time but she did get it up, which was all that was needed to block the attack. Counter attack time then.
"One last Shadow Ball" Needless to say the point blank attack knocked the bat out, I ignored Koga as he returned his Pokemon. Looking at Mismagius, she seemed a little tired, which made sense, she wasn't built nor had planned for that strategy. She wasn't one of full frontal attacks, that Mean Look put her in an uncomfortable position.
Thankfully she had more than one trick, though to be fair, the original plan for that strategy I made was suppose to be with her also being in the shadows while her illusions were creating chaos. I didn't actually think I would be using any of it in this battle though, as my ghost still wasn't exactly a stamina monster even post evolution, though it certainly helped.
That's when Koga sent out his next Pokemon, it was a venomoth. Sadly my weirdly all encompassing knowledge of a Pokemon's learnable moves had a few blank spots for some Pokemon I either just never used or didn't want to look into, and this is one of them. So I would have to be careful then.
"Try Shadow Hopping, once more, if it doesn't work then Mystical Fire" Sadly for the two of us, it seems that the Mean Look hadn't just worn out just yet as Mismagius couldn't move into her shadow. I noted Koga was waiting for something as she charged her attack, and then he spoke.
"Foresight, then Disable, Venomoth" Damn, her only Fire type move is gone for the time being, as I watched the fire that was beginning to form fizzle out. This was getting annoying with all the move blockage.
"Hex, Mismagius" The attack landed home, and while it didn't do as much as I would have liked, it wasn't near as draining as Shadow Ball. And I couldn't afford for her most used attack to be disabled.
"Psychic, Venomoth, trap it" Oh thank the god that I don't believe in. Actually why does a Poison type Gym Leader have a Pokemon with a Psychic move? Whatever, I don't care.
"Use Me First" While it might not be something she had used before, the type advantage mostly made up for that, as the Poison type was launched backwards, giving me time, while it was recovering to call out to my ghost.
"Now Pain Split" It wouldn't do much in terms of healing but, in terms of exhaustion, well lets say Mismagius was in much better condition, while the venomoth's stamina and heath had taken a big hit from the last two attacks.
"Venomoth, Super Sonic" A sound based move, I really hoped this works.
"Mismagius, Hyper Voice" I bit into my lip in pain as a loud screeching filled the arena, that move was easily my least favorite out of every move the team has put together. But it did work thankfully, as the much louder sounds simply put made the sonic waves close to useless.
"Finish this with Shadow Ball" The attack was luanched the second the words left my lips but sadly Koga didn't seem to want to go down in peace as he called out at the last second.
"Disable Venomoth" The attack still connected and still knocked the venomoth out, but from the annoyed face on my ghost it appears that Shadow Ball was also gone. That's three moves now, this was getting annoying. The Leader reached down and grabbed another pokeball before tossing it into the air revealing a weezing. Ok at least I know about this one.
"Sludge Bomb" I didn't forget the rule, but I also didn't expect him to start the second the ball released. Fine then.
"Payback" I didn't like that my ghost had finally taken a hit, but the doubled damage was good, as she dashed forwards and slammed into the floating balls of gas. Though I din't like how close she got, something Koga took advantage of.
"Now Weezing, Assurance" Damn, the attack connected before I could call out otherwise as the Dark type move hit hard. Launching my ghost a good couple yards away before she managed to get control of her floating again. Weezing's were annoyingly tanky, so I'll just have to get around that.
"Pain Split, then Double Team" I need to get Mismagius some health back along with getting some time to think. I wasn't giving that though as the Leader called out.
"Use Clear Smog now Weezing" My ghost out mostly out of the way of the damaging part of the attack, and even managed to get some use of Pain Split up, but not a lot, and now all the Double Teams were gone. This was really annoying, I need to think of someway to counter not being able to use shadows.
"Continual Hex Mismagius" The attacks mostly missed, but that wasn't the point, right now I needed to improvise a completely new strategy that couldn't just be disabled in someway. I didn't have much time as the constant attacks would wear down on Mismagius fast, but I didn't need long, just was time to think.
"Stop" She stopped her constant attacks and the reaction was instant as Koga threw his hand forwards to counter attack to make up for the lost damage he could have made while the weezing had to dodge.
"Now Weezing, Sludge Bomb, then attack it with Rollout!" Not what I was particularly going for but it works.
"Dodge the Sludge Bomb, let the Rollout get close then Protect to pin it and Hyper Voice" She only just dodged but dodged she did, as the Pokemon got close before being stopped as it hit the Protect, and that's when my plan came into motion, my ghost floated upwards pushing the Protect downwards, pinning the weezing to the ground before screaming, point blank, with no chance of getting away.
It was risky, as I was weaponizing a completely defensive move, and Mismagius wasn't exactly strong enough to pin a Pokemon down like weezing for long. But I didn't need long, just long enough for the timers on the Disables and Mean Looks to wear off. This was completely for stalling. While the defeat of the weezing was just a happy coincidence.
Watching as Koga returned his Pokemon, I looked over at Mismagius, who while tired seemed very proud of herself. I thought about returning her for a moment but quickly decided against it. She needed this, as the only member to actively lose in a Gym battle, this was a point of pride for her, and I wouldn't take away her chance at redemption, even if it was only in her eyes, as I would never blame her.
So as the last pokeball opened up to reveal a muk, I didn't waste anymore time as before calling out to my friend.
"Shadow Hop, with Pain Split, you'll need to energy" muks after all are even more tanky than weezings and had much better endurance, this wasn't a battle that Mismagius could win by stalling out. Thankfully that didn't mean I was planning on doing that in the first place.
Though it did drag on as Mismagius popped in and out of her shadow in completely different spots every time, making sure to stay completely random in movement, and every time she did pop her head out she stole a little bit of health from the muk. It was about after five minutes that Koga finally seemed to time out the pattern I had noticed after the first few Shadow Hops.
"Now Muk, Sludge Wave behind you" Like I said, I saw the pattern minutes ago, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to get a trap put in place, as I called out right after.
"Mismagius, Mystical Fire on it" I smirked as the sludge caught fire and lead back to the source, it wasn't prefect as some of the attack did hit Mismagius, but at this point she had more than enough health back to endure it. Speaking of the burning slduge, the second it made it's way back to muk, the Pokemon instanlty got burned, which meant.
"Now Hex" Double damage on a Pokemon if it has a status condition, this is the first time this situation has actually happened but the effect of the damage was big as it almost lifted the muk of the ground, and as it toppled over itself I grinned as Koga returned his final Pokemon, with that badge number six has been obtained. Koga seemed to accept defeat quite well as he walked over and said.
"I knew Shadow Sneak must have been an important part of your fighting style, but I had no idea that without it you were playing with less than half your full might, at least until you regained it during your fight with my Muk. You are an excellent stagiest, I must say. So I'm honored to give you this Soul badge"
I think that was the first proper speech I've gotten after a gym battle, it only took six tries but I got there I guess. Still I gave him a nod, before pulling the badge off a scroll, that he had on him for some reason, flipping open my case, I placed the badge in it's correct spot before snapping it shut and dropping it make into my bag. Looking up at the man I said.
"Thanks for the battle, it was the most improvised one I've had in a while" I got a nod in return, so with that I looked over towards Mismagius and gave a questioning look, which she just huffed at before I was dropping into my shadow, letting me leave the mansion without having to walk threw it.
Yay another badge, I gotta say, I wasn't ever really planning on most of the gyms being a single Pokemon sweep, well sweep is putting it a little high up their, if Mismagius didn't have Pain Split she would have gone down to the third Pokemon out. Anyway, See ya.
