Sorry about the last chapter, in THIS one you will learn something interesting about Midnight.
Well, continuing the story-
"The match will be six on three-" the gym battle announcer broke off in surprise, then recovered "-no time limit. Uh, Bugsy, are you sure that this is fair to battle six on-"
"Go, Butterfree!" yelled Bugsy
"Go, Tsunami!" called Ash.
The confused announcer continued "The gym leader, Bugsy, has chosen a butterfree. The challenger, Ash, has chosen a gyarados."
[A gyarados? Ha, my poisonous powders will work even better then normal on you, water-type!] said the butterfree scornfully. (Author's note: I'm not sure if poison attacks work better on water types, but in my game they seem to)
[Don't be so cocky, you little bug!] snapped the angry gyarados.
Butterfree are normally kind. Though they battle willingly, they don't usually taunt, insult or really try to hurt the other pokemon when in battle. But this butterfree was trained by a gym leader.
"Butterfree, sleep powder now!"
"Tsunami, use watergun and wash away the powder!"
Butterfree shook it's wings, shaking off a blue powder, but Tsunami's watergun stopped it from hitting.
"Good job Tsunami, now bite!"
"Butterfree, use whirlwind!"
Tsunami charged at the bug pokemon, but scarcely nipped it before being blown away. The water pokemon was thrown into a tree, but it hurt the tree more then Tsunami. The
raging gyarados slithered up from the now-shattered tree.
Seeing Tsunami's anger, Ash called out "Use dragon rage now!"
The huge, furious pokemon's eyes glowed a deadly red. A ball of fire formed in it's open mouth.
"Butterfree, fly away!"
The butterfree's wings labored, but it could not escape the raging flames poured from Tsunami's mouth.
"Butterfree is unable to battle. Gyarados is the winner!"
"Gyara!" It Roared victoriously. The announcer got so scared he had to hide behind a tree.
" Return, Butterfree. Not bad," said Bugsy. "But my next one will beat your giant. Go, Ladian!"
The red and black winged pokemon appeared, looking tiny in comparison to the huge
gyarados.
[Well, your big. That means you're probably slow, like all big pokemon! I can run rings around you, you fat, clumsy fool!]
[You insolent bug!] roared the now-enraged gyarados
Ladian are normally soft-spoken pokemon who almost never insult other pokemon without reason. But this Ladian was trained by a gym leader.
"Ladian, use agility!"
"Gyarados, bite!"
Tsunami lunged for the ladybug pokemon, but it's agility allowed it to escaped.
"Good job, Ladian, now use comet punch!"
"Gyarados, get out of the way!"
Tsunami slid away, and the comet punch glanced off it's retreating tail.
"So, your gyarados isn't slow either. But it can't evade every attack-Use swift, Ladian!"
"La!" it agreed, sending out many tiny stars.
"Gyaaarrrradossssss" it groaned as the many stars hit it.
"No, gyarados, fight back with thrash attack!"
"Ra!!" it yelled, before starting to Thrash around, hitting the ladian hard.
"Ladi!" it yelped.
"Ladian, use takedown now!"
The tiny pokemon flew into the water serpent with surprising force. Tsunami managed to
Thrash Ladian once more before fainting.
"Return, Tsunami, go, Darkmoon!"
Bugsy laughed. "You don't know much, do you? Bug pokemon are strong against Dark types!"
"Yeah, but Ladian doesn't learn bug attacks. It learns normal and psychic attacks!" retorted Ash. "Moon, use headbutt!"
"Umbre!"
Moon rammed into the bug pokemon headfirst. It shuddered and slid back several feet.
Bugsy could see that the headbutt had done more damage then he expected. For already-weakened ladian, this could cause defeat.
"Ladian, use light screen!"
A almost invisible wall formed between Moon and Ladian.
"Light screen is a psychic attack, Moon! Use faint attack!"
Moon disappeared, then reappeared next to Ladian, hitting it hard.
"Ladian!" it screamed.
Ladian was now almost beaten.
"Ladian, use baton pass!"
Ladian vanished, to be replaced by scyther.
"What!" yelled Ash.
"Baton pass lets you exchange one pokemon for another," said Bugsy. "Now scyther is my second pokemon, and it's like Ladian was never battling"(Author' note: yes, I know that isn't true. But since in the TV show, switching pokemon never costs you a turn, I figured baton pass needed another use)
"No fair!" said Ash angrily.
"Scyther, use fury cutter!"
"Scyyy!" it screamed.
The blades on scyther's arms glowed briefly. It then slashed at umbreon.
"Moon, use faint attack so it can't hit you!"
"Eon!"
Umbreon disappeared again.
"Scyther, hit it when it hits you!"
Umbreon reappeared, hitting scyther and causing it to stumble. But it managed to hit
Moon before the umbreon could disappear again
"Umbreeeeee…" it moaned and fainted.
Inside her pokeball, Midnight writhed, as she saw a portion before one of her other dreams.
Trapped…betrayed…she couldn't run! Her legs chained together, her wings wrapped close to her by a long length of chain…tied down…bars…she couldn't get free…she had to get OUT!
"Return Moon, go Midnight!"
The dark peacemaker appeared.
Scyther was bug/flying, and Midnight was dark/flying. Technically, this overlapping type should have made her one of scyther's gods. But because scyther was a bug type, and Midnight a dark type, this did not happen. Midnight had been dead for a long time, and her name and title, as well as her original duties, had been mostly forgotten by all but the most devoted worshipers. Scyther worshiped the other legendary birds, but not even they were considered major gods to the ninja-like bug. As for Midnight, she was completely forgotten.
[Another easy dark! Your master must be quite stupid!] jeered the bug. [I've never seen one like you before, but I'm not surprised. All the rest of your kind must have been wiped out long ago, if they were weaklings like you!]
Most scyther are respectful. But this one was trained by a gym leader.
[You pathetic, insolent fool Lesser] Midnight growled angrily. She could feel her anger building in her…
[I've fought beginning trainers before, but you're the worst I've ever seen] it continued.
Midnight started to glow slightly.
[I bet a newborn magikarp could beat you! If you ever tried to fight a ditto, the battle would last weeks before it beat you using your attacks!]
Midnight's eyes glowed red.
[Heck, even if the magikarp was cursed by all the pokegods and poisoned and frozen and asleep it could still beat you knowing only splash!]
Midnight opened her mouth-
The scyther stopped. [Hey, what are you doing? Some lame attack? Hey, maybe you know splash and you're getting ready to use it on land you pathetic excuse for a weak pokem-]
Midnight used flamethrower.
"What the ____!" yelled Bugsy. His scyther, one of his strongest, lay feebly on the ground, still smoldering a bit. "Scyther, return!' He glared at Ash. 'Where the ____ did that come from? I didn't hear you tell your _____ pokemon to nearly kill my _____ scyther!"
"I didn't tell Midnight to use flamethrower. I didn't even know she could use it. Maybe your pokemon said something that upset her," said Ash calmly.
Bugsy snickered. "Yeah right, like pokemon talk to each other. Go, Beedrill!"
"Drillllllllllll"
[How'd a weakling like you get this far?] asked the beedrill.
Beedrill don't usually insult their opponents. While they are vicious battlers, they don't believe in insulting. The outcome of the battle would determine the better pokemon, they think, so why insult before it? But this beedrill was trained by a gym leader.
[Hey beedrill, see that charred crater over there? That's what happened when I flamebroiled that scyther. It had a smart mouth too.] snapped Midnight. She was in no mood for insults.
"Midnight, use wing attack!"
"Mid!"
Midnight hit the beedrill with her wings. It fainted.
"What?!? How the _____ did that happen?" Bugsy was nervous. What kind of pokemon was this? How could it be so strong?" Go, parasect!"
"Midnight, try using flamethrower again!"
"Parasect, spore!"
Midnight's flamethrower burned away the spore and roasted the parasect.
"Return, parasect, go…shuckle!"
"ckle!" it called.
"Shuckle, use withdraw!"
"Midnight, can you use any electric attacks?" asked Ash desperately. Rock was good against fire and flying.
"Only zapdos, the legendary pokemon, is part flying but able to use electric attacks, and then only because it's part electric!"
"Mid…night!" she yelled before sending a thunderbolt attack at the shuckle (yet another author's note: I'm not sure if shuckle's second type of rock protects it's first type from attacks. In the game it usually doesn't, but I didn't want Midnight to keep using the same attacks of flamethrower and wing attack. And yes, rock is weak against electric. In RBY, all rock pokemon but the prehistoric ones are part ground, so you almost never see this)
The mold pokemon fainted without protest.
"Return, shuckle!" Bugsy thought to himself for a moment. He had been sure the strange pokemon would be beaten by shuckle, but it hadn't. Still, if he could slow it down…"Go, ariados!"
"Arai!"
"Ariados, use string shot, constrict and spiderweb! Tie it up so it won't be able to move!"
Ariados covered Midnight in sticky thread. Midnight struggled but for every strand she broke, five more were added.
Terror engulfed Midnight. She HAD to get free! Screaming, she Thrashed blindly, but the ariados continued to cover her with webbing..
Horrified by her confinement, she dug deeper into her power.
"Gen…GAR!" yelled an angry ghost pokemon who appeared.
I'll stop writing the story now, leaving you to ponder what has just happened. Write your guess on your review! Sorry about the cliffhanger, but this is six pages long, so I need to stop now.
Oh, how many readers got the hints I gave about gym leaders.
How many of you actually read the last chapter?