I Don't Own Pokemon


I had finally found the gym after a sad amount of searching for it, the thing was right nearby the burned down tower, I have honestly no idea how I managed to not notice it the first time I has here, but now that I was, I had told the first person I saw, a woman that was behind a desk, and she said that she'd go get Morty for me. Apparently he teaches classes here about Ghost types.

On a side note, I had sent Mew out and she was now floating around me at the moment looking at everything with some interest. On another related note to said side note, never bring her anywhere with sensitive items or devices, I have a feeling a building would blow up some how. Anyway, she was out and about at the moment because I figured why not let her see what Gym battles were like.

I did the same with Zekrom as well, though to be fair, I showed them a recording not brought them with me, but to be fair to me, they're seven feet tall and I have a feeling would be quite the distraction to my opponent during a battle with them standing next to me. Then again, I have a strong feeling that Mew isn't going to stay put and not draw attention either, but at least I have Mismagius to keep her in check, though that doesn't really seem likely now that I'm thinking about it.

I wonder if I should be worried about that. As I contemplated that question to myself, I noted that the woman was back and she waved me to follow her to the back, so that's what I did, though I noted, with some amusement, that she was looking at Mew with clear confusion. It's a bit more funny when I know I'm not going to be swarmed by fans and/or scientists by having her next to me. Still, even with that I continued on after her.

Walking into a large square room, I noted that a lot of kids were sitting on the back wall, some looking at me with confusion, probably because the rest of the kids were looking at me with awe, it was horrifying. Thankfully Mew is a social butterfly, even if she's actually a cat, and immediately floated over towards them to introduce herself, well as best she could anyway, as she can't really speak any human languages.

Looking away with the kids and childish Pokemon, I noted that Morty had appeared and was looking at my Legendary with a look akin to awe, that facial expression keeps coming up and it's a bit annoying to be honest. Confusion is a lot more funny, while awe is just kind of creepy when it comes from strangers. So with that I snapped him out of whatever was going on in his mind as I spoke.

"I'd recommend ignoring the Legendary, it's what I try to do. Hasn't worked out well for me so far though now that I'm thinking about it" His eyes snapped back to me and I saw that the awe had changed into surprise, good that's a better emotion to have when directed at me. After a long moment he just shook his head and then said something to himself before calling out to me.

"Well, I can say that this has certainly made my day more interesting. I'm assuming that you're the challenger that I'll be battling?" I just nodded as I walked over towards a small chalked outline box on the floor. He followed suit by moving over so he was standing straight across from me in his own box, though I kept noting that he was trying really hard to keep his eyes off of the cat in the room. So as the referee was walking to call the match to a start I called out to him.

"I'd also recommend paying attention to the battle, I would hate if this turned out to be to easy for me just because you were distracted" Anger and pride, two of the most easily manipulable emotions out there, and my comment sparked both as his gaze snapped straight on me as he pulled out a pokeball as the referee called out the normal rules, the only thing I really payed attention to was that this was a three on three battle. After a short moment the flags were swung down as their voice entered the area sharply

"Now begin!" Reaching down, I picked off the correct ball and had it tossed out in the same time Morty had sent his own Pokemon of choice out. Looking at the haunter as Servine appeared in front of myself, I noted that the Ghost typed Pokemon was a bit smaller than the average of their species, which means that more than likely this one doesn't have as much endurance as others would have, and considering that's they're already a glass cannon, well a few good hits should be enough I would think.

"Shadow Ball!" A ball of shadow formed, a bit slow to be honest, but then again that's just my own Ghost clouding my judging. Still, as I watched at the attack shoot off at my Snake, I called out to him.

"Magical Leaf" The multi colored leafs formed around his form for a very short moment before they launched off, slamming into the Shadow Ball, causing it to explode as smoke covered the air for a short moment before even more leafs cut through it and slammed into the Ghost type. Auto tracking moves are really handy like that in these situations I find.

"Dark Pulse!" The ghost just shot up higher in the air and from their floating hands came a beam of purple colored rings that shot at my Snake, this time a lot faster than the last attack had been, I wonder why that would be. I didn't bother thinking about it after a second of deliberation though as I just called out in countenance.

"Leaf Tornado" Servine jumped up a little and flipped so his tail was pointing up at the Dark type attack as a massive torrent of leafs formed and shot at the attack, pushing against it before breaking through like I figured it would, the quick attack speed must have meant that the power behind the attack wasn't as strong as it would have been normally. So with that, the powerful Grass type move smashed into the haunter and sent them crashing into the ground, unconscious.

Watching as the Pokemon was returned for only a second, I then gave Servine a glance over and noted that he seemed fine enough, the haunter hadn't really done anything that would be considered worrying, he hadn't even used up any power really. Maybe I was underestimating my Grass type, he seems to be doing pretty well all things considered. Then again, this is only the first of three, so I'll just have to see if this keeps up.

And that's when the next Pokemon was sent out from Morty's side, this time it was a gengar, which is neat I guess, I mean it's not like their are all that maybe Ghost type Pokemon in Johto or Kanto which are the only ones that he could get without a several hour flight. Still, I was some how expecting a Pokemon of a different evolutionary line, but a battles a battle, so with that I called out.

"Growth, Vine Whip" He's form seemed to glow some before two vines shot out at very nearly slammed into the Ghost type but right before the attack connected the Pokemon dropped into the ground as a shadow seemed to drift away just in time. Well then, this almost just turned into wack a mole.

"Shadow Ball!" He seems to revolve around just attacking and hoping that I can't react fast enough but I'm a lot better than him at one simple fact. I know how shadow travel works better than anyone, and as such, looking at the ground, I noted quickly that from the slight darkening of a patch, I knew exactly where the ghost was going to come up from, so with that.

"To your right about twenty feet, Magical Leaf" I didn't really need to give directions as Magical Leaf is auto tracking, but it does save the leafs some time as compared to if he just shot them into the air, and as such, right as the gengar popped out of the floor with a ball of shadow in hand, they were smashed into from the leafs which destabilized the attack which quickly blew up sending the ghost flying out of their shadow, so with that.

"Vine Whip" Servine's vines shot out once more and quickly wrapped around the Pokemon and slammed them into the ground hard, with the vines wrapped around the Ghost type they couldn't just go into the floor to avoid being lifted back up and slammed into the ground a few more times before Morty and been able to call out his next attack for his Pokemon.

"Shadow Punch!" The hands on the Pokemon glowed a dark color before they grabbed at the vines and ripped it off themself. I waited for a moment for the ghost to rush forwards with a first pulled back before calling out to Servine.

"Leaf Tornado" And with that a barrage of leafs shot out of my Snake and I watched as the attack slammed into the gengar who didn't have enough time to react, getting hit with the full effects of the attack head on. I waited for a moment for some of the dust to clear to reveal the unconscious Pokemon. Good, two down and one more to go, I wonder what else is going to come out.

If it's another gengar I wonder if it would be more on the side of unexpected or expected, I truly wasn't sure, as both could be expected. Still, I had yet to come to an conclusion before the fainted Pokemon had been returned and the next one had been sent out. This time it was a sableye, neat, a Pokemon from Hoenn, I seem to run into a lot of those in this region. I even caught one thinking about it, I wonder why that's a thing.

"Confuse Ray!" The Pokemon's eyes glowed before a wave of energy shot out and headed for Servine. I really don't like that move to be honest, Mismagius knew it as well but I've never had her use it. It was a long while back a bit after I caught her actually, she used it on me and it was not a pleasant experience at all, it was like my body's controls and been inverted on myself and with everything flipped on it's head. Of course I had more reasons than just it being trippy as all hell, but before I could think of them I should really deal with this, so with that.

"Protect" The move went off and my Snake was protected from the attack. Now then, while Morty was thinking of something else to do, back to my mental rant. I've come to the conclusion that when someone doesn't know where to attack they usually attack in every direction. And that can make a battle unpredictable and that is not something I like to add into my battles. I like it a lot more when everything is one at more controllable, just a preference that I add into the battle that has yet seemed to be applied to my life of chaos.

"Magical Leaf" I got bored of waiting, on a side note it says something about how use I am so battling that I can do it without focusing on the battle itself. That's kind of really weird to be honest, well I'll just blame it on the fact that I'm very good at noticing stuff even when I'm focusing on other things, that should reasonable. Anyway, back to the battle, because even if I can doesn't mean I shouldn't pay attention. With that I watched as the Pokemon was hit with the leafs before Morty called out.

"Shadow Claw!" The sableye rushed forwards with more speed than I thought one would be able to gain but then again, I seem to keep thinking that when it comes to these battles so maybe I should just pretend that most of the Pokemon don't have the stat builds for this. It's probably just a bit of my foreknowledge messing with me but then again that is how I based my teams training around so there is some truth to it. Wait, I just thought about focusing on the battle, so I should probably actually do that.

"Leaf Blade" Servine flipped his body into the air and brought his glowing tail down onto the sableye who was blocking it with their glowing claws, after a brief power struggle, Servine pushed away and then shot forwards and swiped his tail upwards and smashed it into the salbeye's chest, sending them up into the air. A great spot for me to take advantage of.

"Leaf Tornado" I watched as the move shot off but half way through to the attack's target, something happened. The move seemed to increase massively in power and suddenly as the attack connected, causing a large amount of smoke to fill the arena, the smoke was pushed back by a bright bluish-white glowing light that was coming from Servine's form. I looked at the sight for a moment before a grin spread it's way onto my face before I had to look away from the almost blinding light.

I had been wondering when he would evolve, and from the sight of the move that had triggered this, is would seem that he's also finally managed Leaf Storm as well. I couldn't help but let my small grin turn into a smile, small as well, but that's just how I do. As the glowing had receded, I called out to the newly evolved Serperior and said.

"Leaf Storm" He seemed to wait for a moment, like he wasn't sure I knew what I was saying before he seemed to come to the conclusion that he's form was suddenly a lot bigger and longer than he remembered it being. I knew the feeling, sort of, I was already use to being two legged before I evolved but I feel like that's a bit different to losing one's legs in general. Still after a moment he seemed to understand what I was going for as he uncoiled his now long body and with that a torrent of leafs seemed to form before circulating around each other and was launched at the sableye who was still recovering from the first one.

"Shadow Sneak!" Morty had yelled out the order the second the move was closing in on the Ghost type but it was to late, as the attack slammed into the Pokemon as a wave of wind pressure buffered against me as smoke once more filled the arena. I just smiled and waited, out of decency, for the smoke to clear to reveal the unconscious Pokemon before I walked out onto the field and up to my Pokemon. Ignoring the chatter that the kids were making I just looked up at now, technically, tallest Pokemon on the team and asked.

"So, how are you feeling Serperior" It was the same thing I said to him when he first evolved into a servine, he seemed to understand that as a smile pushed on his face as he answered more openly than I think he ever has.

"I'm doing really good Chief" He's always been a bit closed off, even when he had come to trust everyone on the team and myself, I never minded, I understood being as secretive person more than I think most would think but now, well, he didn't seem to hold any of that at the moment. While I knew evolution had a bit of a happy emotion to it that lingered after the fact, this seemed a bit different, and I got to say, I really don't mind.


Hey look at that, first evolution in a long bloody while, a bit over twenty chapters I believe, though I haven't gone to actually count so I might be a bit off. Anyway, the battle was written in two different sittings because half way through I got bored and went to work on another story so sorry if the cut in pace was a bit too obvious. Still, badge number four is down and with that half way through this league, that's neat. Anyway, I can't think of anything else to add so. See ya.