SUPER
POKéMON
Jay challenges the leader
of the Rare Gym.
Episode XXXI
The Eighth Gym
Jay Barial
Chapter One: But Before Sparse . . .
Jay continued running down the hill towards Sparse Town, holding his new baby Super Pokémon, Litatra, with Mewie hovering beside him, and Ultra running not too far away from him.
This would be Jay's eighth gym in the Pokémon League, which brought him closer to his goal.
But as Jay was running, he suddenly tripped over something, and Jay went tumbling down the hill.
"Ah!" cried Jay, as he went rolling down the hill.
"Tra!" cried Litatra, who went flying up into the air.
"Tra ra tra!" cried Ultra. The psychic mouse leaped towards Litatra, but Ultra's pre-evolved form fell passed Ultra. Luckily, Mewie had teleported in front of Ultra and Litatra landed softly on Mewie. The two began laughing and playing.
"And that's why you aren't allowed to run down hills," said Dee, as she walked down towards Jay, followed by Agua, Ultram, Pikachu, and Pichu.
"What'd ya trip on anyway?" asked Ultram, holding out his hand offering to help Jay up.
"No thanks." Jay tried getting, but only ended up stumbling backwards and falling down the hill again.
"What did Jay trip over?" Agua turned around and there was a small rock of ice.
"Ice?" wondered Ultram.
"That's right losers!" Suddenly, a trainer jumped out in front of Ultram. "Well, well, Barial, it's me!"
Ultram scratched his head in confusion.
"Oh! You're not Jay." The trainer turned around and leaped down the hill landing in front of Jay. "Well, well, Barial, it's me!"
"Blake," growled Jay. He slowly got up. "What do you want?"
Blake smirked. "My grandpa said that you were heading out to Sparse Town, so I was hoping to intercept you."
"Translation: He was following Barial," said a voice from Jay's pocket, his Pokédex. "He wants to challenge you before you reach Meager Village for the seven way battle."
"How come your Pokédex is talking?" asked Blake. He then looked at Ultra, Litatra, and Mewie. "And who are the two new babies?"
"Professor Oak gave me a test beta version of the next Pokédex," answered Jay. "And the little Mew is Mewie, the pre-evolved form of Mew. The baby Ultra is Litatra, the pre-evolved Ultra. My three eggs recently hatched." Jay smirked. "I bet you don't have any eggs."
Blake revealed an egg. "My grandpa gave the other six of us eggs, since he found out you had three eggs." He looked around. "Where's your other Pokémon?"
"Pi!" growled Pichu.
"Ultram received Pichu," replied Jay.
Ultram nodded and picked up Pichu. He happily played around with his new Pokémon.
"How about a battle!" said Jay.
"Thought you'd never ask." Blake smiled. "Three Pokémon."
Chapter Two: Another Rival Battle
Jay nodded. "Right! Ultra, I choose you!"
"Tra!" Ultra quickly leaped in front of his trainer.
Blake nodded and threw a Super Ball. "Ultimate Orb, go!"
"Orb!" screeched the psychic Orb evolution.
"Ultra, use your thunder attack," ordered Jay.
Ultra nodded and sparked up with electricity. "Tra ra!" Ultra sent bolts of electricity flying towards Blake's Ultimate Orb.
Blake nodded. "Reflect!"
"Orb!" Ultimate Orb created a reflective light screen in front of it, but Ultra's thunder attack broke through the screen. "Ult!" cried Ultimate Orb.
Blake gasped, but shook it off. "Ultimate Orb, psytoss!"
"Ult ti orb!" Ultimate Orb used its psychic powers to turn the electricity around and send it flying towards Ultra again.
"Ultra tra." Ultra used his psychic powers to teleport out of the way of the bolts of electricity.
"Ultra, slam attack!" said Jay.
Ultra darted at Ultimate Orb, and slammed into the Ultimate Orb, sending it rolling, but it didn't look badly hurt.
"Thunderwave!" ordered Jay.
Ultra launched itself upon Blake's Ultimate Orb, getting ready to paralyze it.
"Psychic blast!" ordered Blake.
"Orb!" Ultimate Orb's psychic powers sent Ultra flying backwards up into the air.
Blake smirked. "Now fight its slam with your slam! Ultimate Orb, use your slam attack!"
Ultimate Orb hovered below the falling Ultra, then shot up at full speed at Ultra sending it flying back upwards.
"Ultra, use your ultra shocker!" ordered Jay.
"Ultra tra ra . . ." The sky around Ultra shook with the rumble of thunder and a bolt of lightning shot down and charged up Ultra. "Tra!" Ultra sent a blast of electricity down towards Ultimate Orb.
"Light screen," ordered Blake. "The best screen ya got!"
"Orb!" Ultimate Orb focused hard on created a strong and solid light screen above the Orb.
Jay nodded. "Ultra, use your speed to used a powerful thunder kick!"
"ULTRA!" Ultra shot downwards towards Ultimate Orb's light screen, and broke through it.
"Huh!" cried Blake.
Ultra kicked Ultimate Orb, releasing a powerful shock, while Ultra's ultra shocker hit Ultimate Orb too.
"Ultimate Orb, return!" Blake recalled Ultimate Orb into its Super Ball, then selected another Super Ball. "Electric Orb, I choose you!"
"Elect!" growled Electric Orb, as it emerged from the Super Ball.
"Electric Orb, body slam," ordered Blake.
Jay nodded. "Ultra, agility."
"Tra!" Ultra leaped from his spot, dodging Electric Orb's attack.
"Double team," commanded Blake.
"Orb!" Electric Orb circled around Ultra. The electrical orb Pokémon was circling around so fast, it seemed like there were ten Electric Orb circling around him.
"Body slam," ordered Blake.
Electric Orb suddenly stopped moving and slammed into Ultra, sending the Pokémon. The slam had ended up paralyzing Ultra.
"Electric Orb, flash attack!" said Blake.
"Elect!" Electric Orb glowed from its electricity and created a bright and brilliant flash of light, blinding poor Ultra.
Chapter Three: The Orbital Battle
"It's okay, Ultra return," ordered Jay.
Ultra slowly walked towards Jay, still utterly blind and partly paralyzed.
Jay selected his Woolie Ball. "Woolie, I choose you!" Jay threw the Woolie Ball, revealing his five armed doll Super Pokémon.
"Wool!" growled Woolie.
Blake gave a confused look as he looked at Jay's Woolie. "What the hell's that!" Blake shrugged. "I don't need no Pokédex to figure this one out! Electric Orb, use your ultimate shocker!"
Jay smiled, while Electric Orb charged up for its attack.
"Elect ric orb . . ." Electric Orb slowly charged up with electricity. "Orb, orb!" Electric Orb sent a mighty shock straight towards Woolie, but Woolie just absorbed the electricity into it.
"Woolie, triple punch," said Jay.
Woolie went straight at Electric Orb and punched the orb three times. But with every punch came a deadly shock!
"Woolie, wrap attack," ordered Jay.
Blake was still utterly confused what happened. "Okay, Electric Orb, thunderwave!"
"Electric Orb!" Electric Orb sent a blast of electricity at Woolie, who just absorbed the attack again.
"Wool!" Woolie shot a small piece of wool at Electric Orb, which quickly wrapped it up. Once Woolie had completely wrapped up Electric Orb, the doll unleashed the thunderwave upon Electric Orb, paralyzing it.
"It absorbs electric attacks!" shouted Jay to Blake. "Woolie, seismic toss!"
Woolie nodded and began spinning Electric Orb around and around. Finally, Woolie released the string and sent Electric Orb flying towards a rock.
"Orb!" cried Electric Orb as it hit the rock.
Blake sighed. "Electric Orb, return." Blake held out a Super Ball and recalled it into the ball. Then Blake smirked. "Ya know Barial, you have your little Ultra who takes after you, and I've been thinking, maybe that's what I need. A Pokémon that takes after me, and hasn't evolved yet."
Jay shook his head. "Ultra doesn't want to evolve, unlike you forcing it not to evolve!"
"Whatever," replied Blake. "What I'm trying to say is, I may have a Pokémon that takes after me and is super strong!" Blake grabbed another Super Ball and threw it onto the field. "Orb, I choose you!"
"Orb!" screeched the Orb, as it hovered out of the ball.
"All right Woolie, tackle attack," said Jay. "This battle should be easy."
"Orb, use your agility," commanded Blake.
Orb nodded then dodged out of Woolie's tackle. Woolie turned around and tried tackling Orb again, but it seemed to quick for poor little Woolie.
Blake smiled as he said, "Orb, hyper beam!"
Orb lifted itself into the air and then shot a giant beam of energy at Woolie. The blast hit Woolie hard.
"Now, body slam," ordered Blake.
Orb hovered around the stunned Woolie's head for a moment, then dropped down at full speed at Woolie.
"Wool!" Woolie cried in pain, as Orb paralyzed it with the body slam.
"Now, finish it off, take down," ordered Blake.
Orb went straight at Woolie at full speed and slammed into Woolie's gut.
Chapter Four: Useless Orb
"Woolie, return!" Jay recalled the stunned Woolie into its Woolie Ball. Then Jay selected a Super Ball. "Let's see if Orb really is better than its evolved forms! Electric Orb, I choose you!" Jay hurled the Super Ball into the field revealing his Orb Pokémon.
"Orb!" screeched the two Orb Pokémon.
"Orb, hyper beam attack," ordered Blake.
Jay smiled. "Electric Orb, light screen attack!"
Orb collected raw energy again and sent a giant beam of it at Electric Orb. Luckily, Jay's Pokémon put up a light screen that blocked Orb's hyper beam attack.
"That should have weakened it, take down," ordered Blake.
Jay smirked. "Body slam."
"Orb!" Orb went full speed at Electric Orb's light screen, smashing right through it and headed towards Electric Orb.
"Elect!" Electric Orb slammed into Orb first, by body slamming it. When Electric Orb lifted itself up, a paralyzed Orb lay on the ground.
"Good job Electric Orb." Jay smiled.
"Yeah, you're a strong electric Pokémon," agreed Ultram.
Suddenly, Electric Orb turned to Ultram. Electric Orb glowed a strange, bright, yellow color. It seemed to be . . . extra excited to see Ultram.
But Jay shook off the weird feeling. "Electric Orb, ultimate shocker!"
Electric Orb ignored Jay and hovered over to Ultram. Electric Orb circled around the trainer with joy and delight.
"What's he doing?" asked Ultram.
"Electric Orb!" shouted Jay. "Use your ultimate shocker on Orb!"
Electric Orb stopped circling around him and stopped glowing. It then used ultimate shocker on Jay. Electric Orb was enraged and ignoring him again.
Jay frowned.
"Ha! I win!" said Blake. He glared at Orb. "Though it was only because of a stupid fluke!" He recalled Orb into its Super Ball. "All right Orb, let's go to the Pokémon Center." Blake headed towards Sparse Town's Pokémon Center.
Jay turned to Electric Orb. "Yeah! Electric Orb! I thought you were listening to me again!"
"Orb, orb! Electric tric! Orb electric orb!" growled Electric Orb.
"You don't to be trained by me!" cried Jay. Tears suddenly filled his eyes. "You want to be trained by Ultram?"
"Orb!" said Electric Orb, with the nod of the head. "Electric orb, electric orb!"
Jay frowned. "Oh. You like him better. I see."
"Electric Orb," said Electric Orb. "Orb, elect orb, orb electric."
"Nothing personal, but he needs me for better Pokémon," translated Jay. "Though you'll always be my favorite." Jay's frowned turned into a smiled. "True, Ultram does need a few more Pokémon, and Electric Orb would fit perfectly into his group." Jay handed Ultram Electric Orb's Super Ball.
"Are you serious," whispered Dee. "You giving Ultram your Electric Orb?"
"Fire orb, orb, fire," explained Fire Orb. "Orb, orb, orb."
"That's true," said Dee. "Jay is doing that right thing, just like I'll have to do with you sometime soon . . ."
Ultram excepted Jay's Super Ball. "Thank you Barial." He held out the Super Ball. "Electric Orb, return!"
"Now let's head off to Sparse Town!" suggested Agua, trying to break the tension.
Jay then looked around. "Mewie! Litatra! Where'd they go?"
Chapter Five: Gone with the Wind of Golomoth
Agua bent down towards Ultra. "Do you know where they went?"
Ultra shook his head. "Tra ra."
"Right." Dee turned to Pikachu and Pichu. "Do you guys know where they went?"
"Chu," replied Pikachu sadly.
"Pi!" Pichu leaped from Ultram's grasp and started racing down the hill.
"Pichu!" cried Ultram, and began chasing after his new baby Pokémon.
"Pi chu!" cried Pikachu, also running down the hill after Ultram and Pichu.
Jay sighed. "This should be fun."
"Maybe Pichu knows where Litatra and Mewie are," suggested Agua.
Jay nodded. "Right! Then we'll need speed to hurry us up!" He selected a Super Ball. "Winger, I choose you!"
"My Pokémon will be you, Articuno!" ordered Dee.
"We need you, Gyaronix!" said Agua.
Winger, Articuno, and Gyaronix emerged from their Super Balls, ready to aid their trainers.
Jay, Dee, Fire Orb, and Ultra hopped onto the backs of their flying Pokémon and took off after Ultram, Pikachu, and Pichu. Meanwhile, Agua climbed up onto Gyaronix's head and Gyaronix charged after Ultram, Pikachu, and Pichu.
* * * *
While Blake and Jay were battling, a Golomoth had swooped down and told Litatra and Mewie that she knew where a whole hive of food was.
Quickly agreeing to follow her to the food, the two baby Pokémon hopped on the Golomoth's back.
When the moth landed at the foot of the tree and let Mewie and Litatra off, the two were surprised to hear the sound of baby Zunat crying for food.
[The italic parts are the translations]
"La tra?" asked Litatra. Where's the food?
The Golomoth laughed evilly. "Golo moth." Eat them, my children.
Both Pokémon screamed in terror as tons of baby Zunat came flying from the nest. But then they both got ready for battle.
"Lit ta, tra!" growled Litatra. Thundershock!
"Mew we!" growled Mewie. Confusion!
The two used their attacks on the mother Golomoth, but neither attack badly hurt her.
"La tra!" growled Litatra. Static bolt!
"Mew!" growled Mewie. Disable!
Litatra shocked two of the baby Zunat, while Mewie used its psychic powers to freeze three Zunat in mid-air. The other Zunat stopped attacking those two, and slowly backed away.
"Golo moth, moth. Golomoth!" growled the mother. Do not be afraid my children. Eat and I'll protect you! "Golo moth golo!" Attack and I shall destroy you Pokémon!
"That's what you think! Pikachu, thunderbolt!" shouted a voice, not too far awhile.
"Pika chu!" growled Ultram's Pikachu as it dashed forward and shocked the Golbat/Venomoth mix.
Litatra and Mewie turned around to find that Ultram, Pikachu, and Pichu had arrived. And Jay, Dee, Agua, Ultra, and Fire Orb weren't too far behind.
"I can handle this! Ultimate, Electric Orb, I summon you!" Ultram threw two Super Ball, revealing his first Pokémon Ultimate and his new Pokémon Electric Orb. "All right guys, Pikachu use thunder! Pichu, use thundershock! Ultimate, thunder punch! Electric Orb, ultimate shocker! Aw, finally, a flawless mega shock!"
Pikachu and Pichu hopped on Ultimate's shoulders, while Electric Orb was hovering above the three. Electric Orb, Pikachu, and Pichu all sent their electric attacks to Ultimate, who was powering up for his thunder punch. Powered up by the attacks, Ultimate leaped at Golomoth with his mega shock thunder punch and sent the Golomoth flying.
"Zu!" growled an adult Zunat, who flew at Ultimate.
"Ultimate, psywave," commanded Ultram.
"Ult ti!" growled Ultimate, and psywaves shot from his eyes at hit the incoming Zunat.
"Ultimate, disable," ordered Ultram.
"Mate!" Ultimate froze the Zunat in mid-air.
"Now, put it to sleep, hypnosis," said Ultram.
"Ti mate . . . ti mate . . . ti mate." Hypnotic waves shot from Ultimate's cheeks and slowly put Zunat to sleep.
Jay smiled as Ultram grabbed a Super Ball. "Zunat, you're mine! Super Ball, go!" Ultram threw the Super Ball at the Zunat. After a moment, the Zunat had been caught.
"Good catch," said Jay. But he quickly went to Litatra and Mewie. "Are you guys ok?"
"Mew we!" replied Mewie happily.
"Well, I'm glad you defended yourselves," said Jay.
"La tra! Lit ta tra ra tra!" said Litatra.
"Who what!" growled Jay. "No foul language. The all mighty author gets mad." Jay turned to Ultra. "Please Ultra, will you watch these two when I'm busy. Like Pikachu does with Pichu."
Ultra nodded. "Tra ra, ultra!"
"I know you can do anything Pikachu does, and more." Jay smiled then looked around. "Looks like we're outside of Sparse Town."
Chapter Six: Welcome to Sparse Town
As soon as they all entered Sparse Town, they headed straight towards the Pokémon Center to heal their Pokémon. But there was something interesting happening inside.
"Excuse me, but are you sure the trainer left?" the nurse asked one of the exiting trainers.
"Yeah! I'm sure Oak left!" replied the trainer, as he left the center.
"Oak?" wondered Jay. "Blake Oak?"
The nurse sighed. "Yes. Blake Oak accidentally left one of his Super Balls here."
"Which one?" asked Agua.
"His Orb," replied the nurse.
"The one he said he wanted to be like Ultra?" wondered Ultram.
"The one that lost in the battle today," reminded Dee. "There's a chance that Blake left Orb here on purpose, thinking it was worthless. But he might have forgotten it."
After their Pokémon were healed, Agua went off to search for Blake, while Ultram, Pikachu, and the children decided to go shopping for some potions, antidotes, and Super Balls, and Jay, Dee, Fire Orb, and Ultra headed to Sparse Town's Gym, the Rare Gym.
Jay looked at the gym, giving it a strange glance, up and down. "This place looks tough. But, I know I can beat it, right Ultra?"
Ultra shrugged. "Tra ra, ra tra ult."
"What do you mean it seems a bit tough!" growled Jay.
"Tra ra ultra," explained Ultra.
Jay laughed. "Oh! Just too tough for me- Hey!"
"That's why I'm here," reminded Dee. "I capture these legendary Super Pokémon birds, remember. I may be able to help you out here."
Jay took a deep breath as he opened the door to the gym. Jay peered into a completely dark room.
Dee followed in with Fire Orb and Ultra next to her. "I think you need to fill the gym with light or something."
Jay nodded. "Ultra, flash attack!"
Ultra created a giant flash of light using his electricity. The bright light filled the room, allowing Jay to see an empty room with an elevator in front of them.
"Should we go?" asked Jay, almost scared.
Dee pushed Jay forward. "You do want the Limit Badge, right?"
"Yeah, ok . . ." Jay walked into the elevator shaft with the Pokémon and his friend. He pushed a small red button and the elevator began lowering.
When the elevator stopped and opened up, a giant battling arena appeared before Jay and Dee. A young male trainer stood on the other side of the arena, sitting on a rock. "Welcome Pokémon. I am Mace, leader of the Rare Gym. Who are you?"
"Jay Barial of Meager Village," introduced Jay. He turned to Dee. "And this is the gym leader of the Forest Gym, Dee."
Mace smiled. "Well, I see I have some what of a rival. You are the one who is said to be collecting the legendary Super Pokémon birds, correct?"
"And you're the one collecting rare Pokémon." Dee smirked. "I'm not battling you, Barial is."
Mace nodded. "If you defeat me, you will earn your Limit Badge, which I'm guessing will be you final badge, correct?"
"No," replied Jay.
Mace chuckled. "Only the brave challenge me for their last badge, and only idiots challenge me for another badge." He hopped down from his rock. "We will use one Pokémon for this battle, since you're so good. Choose your Pokémon."
Jay nodded and selected Flamed's Super Ball. "If he listened to me before, then he'll surly listen to me again! Flamed, I choose you!" Jay threw the Super Ball, and out of the ball flew his dragon Pokémon.
Chapter Seven: The Trainer-less Orb
Agua rushed out of Meager Village, into the nearby woods, in search for Jay's rival, Blake Oak.
"Blake! Blake! Blake!" Agua shouted, as she ran through the forest.
But it was utterly useless. Agua couldn't find Blake, and she knew if Blake had lost a Pokémon, he'd have an emotional breakdown since the only other trainer Blake probably knew who also lost a Pokémon was Jay. And that would mean Blake was turning into a trainer like Jay.
Or it could mean Blake left Orb at the center and Blake was a mean, mean trainer.
"I know!" said Agua. "I'll use my flying Pokémon to help me! I need you, Butterfree!" She grabbed a Poké Ball and hurled it into the air, revealing her butterfly Pokémon.
"Free-Free!" said Agua's Butterfree.
"Butterfree, go out and find Blake Oak!" ordered Agua.
"Free!" agreed Butterfree, and swiftly flew away. Within minutes, Butterfree returned. "Ere! Re-ree! Free-free!"
"Right, I'll follow you to him!" agreed Agua.
Butterfree flew off, and Agua followed after the bug.
Within minutes Agua found Jay's rival . . .
THUD!
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" growled Blake. He looked up and suddenly his eyes lightened up. "Oh, Agua, it's . . . you."
Agua nodded. "Yeah, so?"
Blake shook it off. "Huh! Oh, nothing. It's just . . . you . . ."
"Right," muttered Agua. "I was just wondering if you forgot something, or possibly someone, back in Sparse Town, maybe even at the Sparse Town Pokémon Center." She was trying her best to hint out something.
"Didn't forget any Pokémon, that's for sure." Blake held up his main team of Pokémon. "Venustoise, Electric Orb, Ultimate Orb, Rayushi, and Alakazam, oh, and I can't forget my egg. But I'm still trying to perfect my team, but oh well."
Agua held up a Poké Ball. "Where's your Orb?"
Blake flinched. "Orb? Heh, why would you mention Orb?"
"Because you left it in the Pokémon Center back in Sparse Town," replied Agua. "And I ran all the way out where to discover that you left it there, on purpose!"
Blake looked down at the ground. "It's too weak, and it didn't fit in with my other Pokémon. I figured, you guys were heading over there, and Jay would want another weak Pokémon."
Agua nodded. "True . . . But, how could you abandon it!"
"Well, it doesn't really like me anyway," said Blake. "I say, you give it to Jay as a present for losing his Electric Orb's obedience."
Agua frowned. "Alright, fine."
Blake smirked and winked at Agua as he turned away. "Hope to see you back at Meager Village!" Blake walked away.
* * * *
Teria nodded as The Master informed the thieve leader about his plan.
"So, you and your troops don't even need to try to capture Barial's Pokémon," said Teria, "just watch him."
"Yes," said The Master. "But my troops won't be able to tail them, for they are only Pokémon. Your thieves . . . Team Rocket . . . they could serve as a threat, but I have an idea for how I can prevent that."
"How?" asked Teria.
"I can give them some of my Pokémon for their team," said The Master. "With them, I will be able to watch Jay's every move and perfect our experiment. I am willing to give up one of my Vileplume, Gengar, and my Dugtrio." The Master nodded and before Teria the three Pokémon appeared. "Give them to Mike, Nick, and Kelly."
"And Fire Kat, that's right," Teria suddenly mumbled, as if he was destined to happen . . .
[A Team Rocket Memo: We weren't in this episode, so we had to have someone say it! Bye!]
"Anyway, once Barial leaves Sparse Town, we shall be able to stop them," said Teria. "Since Hydra Village is the next place with a gym, they will probably head there. Team Rocket can intercept them on the way."
The Master gave a low chuckle. "I have a plan of my own in Celadon City. You should continue with the experiment with the Rocket Scientist, while Team Rocket distracts them, and my troops slow them down."
Chapter Eight: Flamed versus Moltres
"Flamed!" cried Dee. "Don't you have any other Pokémon, Jay?"
"Hey! Idiot! Any smart trainer would realize that Flamed is a bad idea!" shouted Jay's Pokédex from his pocket. Jay pulled it out. "Flamed won't listen unless he think he's met his match."
"Trust me," said Mace, "Flamed will met something beyond his match! Go, Moltres!" Mace threw a Poké Ball, revealing the fiery bird that guarded the original Indigo Pokémon League.
Dee gasped. "Jay, that's a Moltres. Flamed can't defeat that thing."
"Flamed knows water attacks too!" reminded Jay.
"Let the match begin! You may go first." Mace smirked.
Jay smiled. "Your first mistake! Flamed, water blast!"
Flamed snorted smoke from its nostrils and yawned. "Flamed!"
"Still won't listen to me," growled Jay. "Then why did you obey when you were fighting Haunter's troops?"
"Flamed, flamed, flamed," replied Flamed.
"Because Ash's Charizard said there's a time to obey," murmured Jay. "That's good to know."
"Hate to break this moment but, Moltres use your wing attack!" ordered Mace.
Moltres gave a loud and power screech and it flew down and slashed Flamed with its wings.
Flamed gave a yell in both pain and angry then flew up, ready to attack Moltres.
"No pain, no game, or something like that," muttered Jay's Pokédex.
"Flamed, water blast!" ordered Jay.
"Moltres, use fire blast," said Mace.
Flamed inhaled and shot a giant blast of water at Moltres, but it shot a giant blast of fire at Flamed. The blast of fire from Moltres hit the water blast and evaporated it. The fire blast went straight towards Flamed and sent it straight into the wall of the gym.
"Flamed, slash," said Jay.
"Drill peck," said Mace.
Flamed flew straight at Moltres, holding out his claws, but Moltres dived at the dragon and slammed its peck into Flamed's chest.
"Flame!" growled Flamed, as he slowly flew downwards.
"Sky attack," commanded Mace.
Jay thought for a moment. "I know! Flamed, strength attack!"
Flamed flew up again, and was going to slam Moltres into the wall, except that the giant fiery bird was glowing. Moltres suddenly used all of its energy to fly straight at Flamed, and ended up slamming Flamed into the wall.
Flamed gave an angry enraged growl, and flew straight for Moltres.
"No, Flamed don't use your slash attack again! Wait for Moltres to attack!" ordered Jay. But it was useless, Flamed wasn't listening to Jay anymore.
"Moltres, talon strike," growled Mace.
Moltres flew up at the incoming Flamed and clawed Flamed in the head. This time Flamed fell slowly down towards the ground.
Jay, Dee, Fire Orb, and Ultra all gasped in horror.
"Ha, ha!" laughed Jay's Pokédex.
Jay sighed. "Fine, fine. Flamed, return!" Jay held out Flamed's Super Ball, but Flamed leaped up and dodged the incoming beam. "No, Flamed, that's an order! If you don't return now . . ."
"All right, fire beam!" ordered Mace.
Moltres inhaled and shot a beam of fiery energy at Flamed, and it slammed the dragon against the side of the gym.
Jay nodded at his injured Flamed. "Return!" Jay recalled Flamed in the Super Ball.
Mace snorted. "Come back when you're ready for you last badge. You may show yourselves out."
Jay turned around and headed for the elevator.
Chapter Nine: Reunion at the Sparse Town
Pokémon Center
"Your Flamed will be healed within time," said the nurse. "If your dragon had been hurt anymore, it would probably have been here longer."
Jay nodded and turned around to Dee. After his battle, Jay and Dee headed straight towards the Pokémon Center. "Well, I guess I'll just skip this gym, eh?"
Dee shook her head. "You just need a better battle plan. You should try using Ultra, since he's your strongest. He's fast enough to dodge Moltres' attacks and all of his shocks and psychic attacks would be enough to stop Moltres."
Suddenly, the doors to the center opened up and Agua, Ultram, Pikachu, and the baby Pokémon walked in.
"We have some bad news," said Agua. "Blake did abandon his Orb. He said he wanted you to have because it's we- 'cause it would seem to fit your style." Agua handed Jay the Super Ball, containing his new Orb. "Plus, you just lost Electric Orb, so he figured he'd want another Orb."
Jay sighed sadly as he remembered his Electric Orb, and realized Orb was almost . . . taking its place. "Am I pulling an Ash?"
"No," said Ultram, "you aren't. Ash only kept six Poké Balls, plus three Pokémon at home, and he'd never change it. He'd give away a Pokémon, then he'd receive one so he'd only have six Pokémon! You have way more than eight Pokémon."
"They just don't listen to him" replied Agua.
Jay looked down at the ground sadly. Litatra and Mewie walked over to their trainer had patted him on the back.
"What'd I say?" asked Agua.
"Jay just lost to Mace at the Rare Gym," replied Dee. "And guess who he used?"
There was a small ding. "Your Flamed is all healed."
"At least Flamed was listening to him, in that battle." Dee sighed. "He may not listen in the next one though."
"Who'd he use?" asked Ultram.
"A Moltres, probably cloned," replied Dee. "But Flamed did beat him up pretty badly. I'm telling you, you should use Ultra."
Jay nodded. "Alright."
"Oh! Right! They had these on sale!" Ultram pulled out tons of golden and silver Super Balls. "They're new type of Super Balls. After Super Balls 2, they came out with these: Mega Balls."
"Different colors?" asked Jay.
"Style," replied Ultram.
"Oh," said Dee and Agua.
Jay picked up Flamed's Super Ball. "Let's head to that gym!"
Chapter Ten: Rematch!
The elevator door opened up again, and Mace's head shot up. Out of the elevator appeared, Jay, three other trainers who Mace recognized as gym leaders, an Ultra, a Fire Orb, a Pikachu, a Litatra, a Mewie, and a Pichu.
"Well look who's back," said Mace. "And he brought friends to watch his defeat." Mace smirked.
"I don't think so!" shouted Jay. "I want a rematch!"
Mace nodded. "Of course."
Jay glanced down at Ultra. "We can do this, right Ultra?"
Ultra nodded happily as he stepped up.
Mace was almost shocked by Jay's choice of Pokémon. "We shall use three Pokémon." Mace grabbed a Poké Ball. "Zapdos, go!" Mace hurled it up into the air and revealing the electric Pokémon. "And this isn't just any Zapdos, no. This is the one and only original Zapdos that I caught. Think your Ultra can beat that."
"Ultra beat a Zapdos once, he can do it again." Jay smiled.
"Zapdos, drill peck!" ordered Mace.
Zapdos spun around and dived down at Jay's Ultra.
"All right Ultra, use your light screen attack!" ordered Jay.
Ultra held his hand and created a strong and invisible wall. Zapdos slammed its beak into the wall and not shattering the screen.
"Zapdos, thunderwave!" commanded Mace.
"Agility," said Jay.
"Ra!" agreed Ultra.
"Dos," Zapdos growled deeply. The giant bird sent a blast of electricity straight towards Ultra, to try to paralyze it but Ultra dodged out of the way.
"Hyper beam!" ordered Mace.
"Teleport," commanded Jay.
Mace's Zapdos inhaled and collecting energy in its mouth, then shot the beam of energy at Ultra.
"Ultra ult!" Ultra quickly teleported out of the way, just in time to miss the attack.
"Ultra, psyblast attack!" ordered Jay.
"TRA!" Ultra sent a blast at Zapdos, who was recharging after its hyper beam attack. The attack hit Zapdos so hard, it almost made the bird go fly . . . almost.
"Zapdos, razor wing," ordered Mace.
"Metronome," commanded Jay swiftly.
Ultra waved his fingers back and forth in perfect rhythm. Suddenly, Ultra's eyes turned a bright red and Ultra used the deadly glare attack at the incoming Zapdos. Zapdos suddenly became paralyzed and couldn't stop soaring towards Jay's Ultra.
"Again, teleport," ordered Jay.
Ultra teleported away from Zapdos and the giant bird slammed into the wall.
"Disable," said Jay.
"Zapdos, fly up!" ordered Mace.
But it was too for Mace's Zapdos. Ultra's disable attack froze Zapdos in mid-air and the giant electric bird couldn't move.
Jay smiled. "Psyblast attack!"
Ultra gave the bird another psyblast, which slammed it into the ground.
"Hypnosis," ordered Jay.
Hypnotic waves shot from Ultra's cheeks and slowly put Zapdos to sleep.
Mace smirked. "Your Ultra is strong. Zapdos, return!"
Chapter Eleven: The Legendary Houou
"But I don't think it's strong enough to face my Houou!" Mace threw a Poké Ball and out of the ball flew a giant bird Pokémon.
"Ho!" it growled angrily.
"What's that?" asked Jay, holding up his Pokédex towards the bird.
"It's Houou, the 250th original Pokémon," replied the Pokédex. "This is probably a clone since the real one disappeared awhile ago. No other info available kid, though I have my own opinion! You're gonna lose!"
"Ultra, use your ultra shocker," ordered Jay.
Mace smirked. "Houou, holy fire."
"Ho!" screeched Houou. Giant internal fires surrounded Houou and then entered the giant bird's mouth. Houou shot a triangular shaped blast of fire at Ultra.
"Tra!" Ultra created a giant shock of electricity that headed straight towards Houou. But the holy fire attack hit Ultra's ultra shocker and phased the attack. The holy fire headed straight for Ultra and slammed into the poor mouse.
"Ultra!" cried Jay.
"Fire blast," ordered Mace.
Houou inhaled and shot a blast of fire, shaped as a star, at Ultra and the fire blast slammed Ultra into the wall.
"Atom force," growled Mace.
"Ultra, thunderwave," said Jay.
"Ho oh!" growled the giant bird. It flew around Ultra, and suddenly millions of giant boulders started falling on Ultra, crushing Jay's Pokémon.
"Stop!" shouted Jay. "Ultra, return!"
Houou stopped the attack, and Ultra weakly walked over to Jay. "Tra," he moaned.
"It's all right, you did you best," said Jay. "You stopped Zapdos, and that was pretty good. But we'll need another Pokémon to stop this thing!" He looked at his belt. "But which Pokémon should I use? Flamed won't want to battle Houou, only Moltres."
"Maybe I could be of some help." Dee stepped forward. "I know you probably won't go for this, but how about a tag team match."
"I usually wouldn't do this but you are a rare Pokémon trainer, like myself." Mace smirked. "Let's see who's the better trainer, shall we?"
"It's time for a legendary showdown! My Pokémon will be you, Lugia!" Dee threw a Poké Ball into the arena, revealing the legendary Pokémon that she was given back at the Arachnid Island.
"Cool! The 249th Pokémon versus the 250th Pokémon," said Ultram.
"Gust attack!" Dee and Mace said at the same time.
The two circling around each other, creating a giant tornado that sent both Pokémon colliding into each other.
"Houou, swift attack," ordered Mace.
"Air beam!" shouted Dee.
Houou flapped its wings, releasing tons and tons of swift-stars and they all went straight towards Dee's Lugia.
Luckily, Lugia shot its air beam straight at Houou. The swift-stars were merely destroyed by the blast of air, and then the air beam hit Houou in the belly.
Chapter Twelve: The Legendary Battle –
Lugia versus Houou
"Fire blast," ordered Mace.
"Hydro pumps," said Dee.
The two birds shot the giant attacks right at each other. The fire blast and hydro pumps intercept and created a giant explosion, causing them to put each other out.
"Lugia, atom force!" said Dee.
Mace laughed. "Sky attack!"
"Lu!" growled Lugia, as it flew around Mace's Houou, dropping tons of giant boulders.
"Ho!" growled Houou. Houou dodged the atom force attack, using its speed, and crashed into Lugia and the two went through the roof and the first level, and then straight through the roof.
Jay turned to Dee. "Let's go!"
* * * *
When Jay, Dee, Mace, and other reached the top of the gym (where Houou and Lugia were battling), the found the two birds trying to match their double edge attacks.
"Razor wing," said Dee.
"Talon strike," said Mace.
Lugia went full speed at Houou, and slashed the bird with its wing. When Lugia was turning around for another attack, it found Houou right in its face and Mace's Pokémon clawed Lugia right between the eyes.
"Lug!" growled Lugia.
"Lugia, psychic attack!" ordered Dee.
"Houou, hyper beam!" ordered Mace.
Houou opened its mouth, collected energy, and shot a giant beam of energy at Lugia. But, Lugia's psychic attack broken down the hyper beam attack and also sent Houou flying backwards.
"Yes!" said Dee. "Houou's down! Lugia, water blast!"
Lugia inhaled and created a giant blast of water and sent it flying towards Houou. The water blast sent Houou flying backwards, and Lugia chased after it. They were both heading towards the woods.
"Let's go!" said Mace. He turned around and headed downwards.
Jay, Dee, Agua, Ultram, and the Pokémon followed.
* * * *
As the group entered the forest outside of Sparse Town, giant boulders began falling from the sky.
They all looked up and saw Lugia and Houou trying to use both their atom force attack on each other, but it was working.
"Lugia, you can finish it! Hyrdo pumps!" said Dee.
"You can beat it! Use fire blast attack!" said Mace.
Lugia shot three giant blasts of water at Houou, while Houou shot the star-shaped blast of fire at Lugia. The fire blast took out the hydro pump down the center and the attack hit Lugia, while the remaining hydro pumps hit Houou.
The two birds slowly fell to the ground.
"Return!" said Dee and Mace.
Chapter Thirteen: Flaming Revenge
After the amazing battle that had ended up in the forest outside of Sparse Town the group headed back into the Rare Gym for Flamed and Moltres to face off once again.
"So, you're going to use your Flamed again, huh?" Mace laughed has he grabbed a Poké Ball. "Moltres, go!"
"You can beat! Go, Flamed!" Jay threw a Super Ball, and out of the ball flew Jay's Flamed.
"I don't think Flamed's battle can even top the last one," said Ultram.
"You never know," murmured Dee. "You didn't see the battle before."
"Moltres, fire spin," said Mace.
Moltres opened its mouth and shot a blast of fire at Flamed, which surrounded the Pokémon, making it unable to move.
"Now's the time to obey!" shouted Jay. "Water wall!"
Suddenly, the tower of fire was put out by Flamed's water wall.
"What!" cried Mace.
"Flamed, slash attack!" ordered Jay.
Mace snorted. "Puh-lease! Razor wing!"
Flamed flew up and tried to slash Moltres, but it kept dodging the attack. But then, Flamed used all of its energy to try to slash Moltres, and went flying by the fiery bird. Then Moltres slashed Flamed down the back with its wing.
"Now Moltres, hyper beam attack," said Mace.
"Fire wall!" shouted Jay.
"Flamed!" growled Flamed deeply, as he created a wall of fire in front of him.
Moltres shot the hyper beam at Flamed's fire wall. When the hyper beam hit the fire wall, they exploded with fire. Moltres couldn't see a thing. Until . . .
"Huh!" cried Mace, from the other side of the gym.
Jay's Flamed flew out from the fire and gave Moltres its take down attack. The attack slammed Moltres into the wall.
"Now! Slash attack!" ordered Jay.
"Hyper beam!" ordered Mace, but Moltres didn't move.
"It's still recharging from the last attack!" explained Jay.
Flamed slashed Moltres across the face several times.
"Now, water blast!" commanded Jay.
Flamed backed up, and sent a giant blast of water at Moltres. Moltres fell to the ground, unable to move.
Mace gasped. "Moltres, return." Mace recalled his injured bird into the Poké Ball. Mace held out two Limit Badges. "Jay, Dee, you two have battled well." He handed them the badges. "You have defeated the Rare Gym."
Jay jumped up with joy as he received his eighth badge, the Limit Badge. "Yahoo! I've defeat my eighth gym!"
* * * *
After healing their Pokémon at the Sparse Town Pokémon Center, the group headed out.
"Where to next?" asked Jay.
"Didn't Professor Oak Jr. ask you to pick up something down in Celadon City?" reminded Agua.
Jay flinched. "Right, I forgot."
"La," sighed Litatra sadly. "Tra ra."
"True, it's sad how he forgets so many things," said Ultram.
Jay frowned. "How far away is it?"
"Not too far." Dee smiled. "There's a gym on the way over there."
Jay suddenly brightened up. "A gym! Where!"
"The Kingdom of Imitate," said Dee.
Jay raised an eyebrow. "There are kingdoms around here?"
"Guess so." Ultram smiled as he picked up Pichu and began playing around with the cute little Pokémon.
Jay opened up his Pokédex and asked, "Where's the Imitate Kingdom?"
"At least a five day walk," replied the Pokédex. "It'll take you a week to get to Celadon City, since you guys have to go through Dragon Pass outside of this forest."
"Any place closer?" asked Jay.
"Not on the map," replied the Pokédex.
Jay took a deep breath. "Well, look's like we're going to Imitate!"
"Imitate what?" asked Ultram.
Jay flinched. "Never mind. Let's just go."
As Jay, Dee, Agua, Ultram, Fire Orb, Pikachu, Ultra, and the babies head towards Celadon City and the Kingdom of Imitate, the group falls under the attack of some deadly trainers outside of the mysterious Hydra Village, where a deadly gym awaits. It's time for Jay's ninth badge in It's Dragon-Time.