by Martial Arts Master
The original concept of Pokemon and all related characters copyrighted by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., 4Kids, TV Tokyo, Satoshi Tajiri, and Wizards of the Coast. All characters I use as Pokewomen are copyrighted by their original creators and owners. I made up Rick, though. See the first chapter for the rules by which the Pokewomen world operates by. Now, on with the story.
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It was the day after Rick's second match, and Rick had already pseudo-randomly selected a field and an opponent for the third round of the Indigo League.
It turned out he would be fighting on the Ice field, and he'd be fighting against a black-haired green-shirted boy named Pete Pebbleman, who lived in Pewter City.
In fact, he was standing on the red platform on the Ice Field right now. Rick had been chosen to be the Red trainer again.
Pete Pebbleman was the Green trainer.
"And now, a third round Indigo League match is about to begin!" the announcer said.
"All right! I choose Birdie!" Rick said, sending out Birdie.
"All right then...go, Mihoshi!" Pete said, sending out a blonde woman in a police suit.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at her.
The Pokedex said, "Mihoshi. This is a character from an Earth TV series called Tenchi Muyo. She is not very bright, but is very cheerful. She is somewhat clumsy, but can sometimes win battles anyway by dumb luck. One should underestimate her at one's peril, because if she is well-trained, she can overcome her lack of intelligence to become a great fighter. She usually attacks with her gun."
"Now both trainers have selected their Pokewomen," the announcer said. "Now, let the battle begin!"
"Mihoshi, fire at her!" Pete commanded.
Mihoshi fired her gun repeatedly, and orange lasers came out of it.
"Birdie, turn yourself to ice!" Rick shouted.
Birdie froze herself, and all the lasers did was shatter the ice.
"Now cut her with ice shards!" Rick said.
Birdie threw ice shards at Mihoshi.
Mihoshi panicked and tried to dodge them.
However, her feet slipped on the ice, and she fell.
This got a laugh from most of the audience.
"I guess Mihoshi's one person who won't be doing any smooth moves anytime soon," the announcer said.
Mihoshi got up, only to see Birdie leaping at her.
Mihoshi fired her lasers in a blind panic, and all of them missed.
Birdie ended up knocking Mihoshi to the ground.
The gun flew out of Mihoshi's hands.
"Now, freeze her!" Rick said.
Birdie shot some ice at Mihoshi, freezing her solid.
Without her gun, Mihoshi couldn't shoot her way out of the ice.
"Mihoshi is unable to battle!" The referee said, raising the red flag.
"Well, folks, I'd guess Birdie put Mihoshi on ice!" the announcer said. Then he laughed at his own joke.
On the scoreboard, one of Pete's green lights went out.
"Hmph. I never was able to train Mihoshi well anyway," Pete said, recalling Mihoshi.
"Why not?" Rick asked, curious.
"Because she's so stupid!" Pete said.
"You idiot! Every Pokewoman is useful if well-trained!" Rick shouted at him.
"Wrong, bozo! There are some that are just plain useless!" Pete called back.
"Are not!" Rick shouted.
"Are too!" Pete shouted back.
"Are not!" Rick replied.
"Are too!" Pete retorted.
"Are not!" Rick screamed.
"Are too!" Pete screamed back.
"Both of you, stop it!" the referee said. "I can't disqualify you for this particular display of bad sportsmanship, but if you keep this up, you both will have a bad reputation for being immature."
Both trainers looked sullen, but didn't say anything more.
"Ooooooooh," the announcer said. "Sounds like these two trainers' different opinions on raising Pokewomen are causing a clash! This is getting exciting, folks!"
"Kiyone, go!" Pete said, throwing another Poke Ball.
A green-haired woman in a police outfit appeared.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at her.
The Pokedex said, "Kiyone. This is a character from an Earth TV series called Tenchi Muyo. She is earnest, smart, brave, and serious. However, she has little patience, as shown by how she is completely unable to deal with her partner Mihoshi's slight ineptitude. She is an expert with her gun."
Rick grimaced. Kiyone sounded like a much tougher customer than Mihoshi had been.
"Birdie, throw some ice shards!" Rick said.
Birdie fired some ice shards at Kiyone. Pete snapped his fingers, and Kiyone instantly fired lasers out of her gun, shattering each of the ice shards.
"Freeze her!" Rick said.
This time Birdie shot some ice at Kiyone.
Kiyone, however, was well-trained. She jumped up and leaped across glaciers standing on the icy field, dodging the ice.
Then, Kiyone got close to Birdie, and she ended up slamming Birdie into a glacier.
Then, Kiyone jumped away and started firing lasers.
"Birdie, freeze yourself!" Rick said.
Birdie froze herself, and just like the battle with Mihoshi, all the lasers did was shatter the ice.
"Not again!" Pete said, slapping his forehead in dismay.
"Trap her in a black ball!" Rick said.
Birdie concentrated, and Kiyone suddenly found herself in a black ball.
Birdie ran up and repeatedly kicked the ball into a glacier.
With the repeated slammings, Kiyone eventually lost consciousness.
"Kiyone is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the red flag.
Pete cursed, recalling Kiyone.
"And another victory for Birdie!" the announcer said. "I hope Pete has an ace up his sleeve, or this match will be over in a jiffy!"
"As a matter of fact, I do have an ace up my sleeve," Pete said.
He threw a Poke Ball and said, "Go, Ryo-Ohki!"
A cabbit came out of the Poke Ball.
Rick pointed his Pokedex at her.
The Pokedex said, "Ryo-Ohki. Ryo-Ohki is from an Earth TV series called Tenchi Muyo. She looks harmless, but she has transformation abilities."
"Ryo-Ohki is my most powerful Pokewoman," Pete said smugly. "You don't have a chance."
"Oh yeah? Birdie, freeze Ryo-Ohki solid!" Rick said.
Birdie shot some ice at Ryo-Ohki.
Ryo-Ohki, however, nimbly jumped aside.
Then she started to transform.
Rick was expecting some larger version of Ryo-Ohki. Well, no problem.
Except that's not what Ryo-Ohki transformed into.
"What the...she's a freakin' spaceship!!!" Rick exclaimed.
"Wow, unbelievable!" the announcer said. "Ryo-ohki's gone from animal to machine! A large machine, at that!"
Birdie was shocked, too.
"Now, fire!" Pete said.
Birdie froze herself again for the coming attack.
Ryo-Ohki fired lasers from the spaceship that she was now.
Birdie froze herself again.
But Ryo-Ohki truly was Pete's most powerful Pokewoman.
The lasers not only shattered the ice, they also blasted Birdie repeatedly.
"Now finish her off!" Pete said.
Ryo-Ohki flew down and crashed into Birdie.
Birdie was sent rolling along the field, and Ryo-Ohki blasted her with more lasers.
Under this onslaught, Birdie fainted.
"Birdie is unable to battle!" the referee said, raising the green flag.
"Nyah-nyah!" Pete said, sticking his tongue out at Rick. "Who has the more idiotic style of raising Pokewomen now?"
Rick promised himself he would not lose to this jerk who thought one should only raise Pokewomen that looked powerful.
But what could Rick use against a spaceship?
Saria had the powers of being a Forest Sage on her side, but Rick wasn't sure plants could reach the spaceship if it flew high, and it took time to fire the energy attack Saria had learned while battling Brock's Pokewoman.
Only an idiot would use Inque on this field. Rick was pretty sure the field was ice only because the top of the water was ice. Should the spaceship blast holes in the ice, all it would have to do is dump Inque in the water to finish her off.
Rick didn't think Cassie could measure up to the firepower of the spaceship.
Anita had telekinetic powers, but could even she telekinetically move a spaceship? Rick didn't know, and he didn't want to test it right now.
Pixie, on the other hand, might have a chance. She could fly, and she had a lot of firepower.
"Go, Pixie!" Rick said, sending out Pixie.
"And Rick has chosen Pixie to combat Ryo-Ohki's awesome firepower!" the announcer said.
"Ryo-Ohki, you know what to do!" Pete said.
"Pixie, fire wall!" Rick said.
Ryo-Ohki fired her lasers at Pixie, but Pixie created a fire wall in front of her, blocking the lasers.
"Now fire some lightning!" Rick said.
Pixie shot lightning at Ryo-Ohki, but Ryo-Ohki flew out of the way.
Pixie used a big bang attack, and the same thing happened.
"Now, crash into her!" Pete said.
Ryo-Ohki flew at Pixie, prepared to crash into her.
"Pixie, wait for it, wait for it..." Rick said.
Ryo-Ohki was getting closer to Pixie awfully fast.
When Ryo-Ohki got close, Rick said, "Now! Use a sonic blast!"
Pixie clapped her hands together and created a sonic boom, sending shockwaves at the ship.
The force of the sonic blast slammed Ryo-Ohki into the ground.
The spaceship transformed back into the cabbit, who was now unconscious.
"Ryo-Ohki is unable to battle! The winner of the match is Rick, the Red trainer!" the referee said, raising the red flag and pointing it to Rick.
"Rick has done it! Losing only one Pokewoman, he has managed to beat Pete Pebbleman to go on to the fourth round of the Indigo League!" the announcer shouted as the crowd cheered.
"Good job, Pixie," Rick said, recalling Pixie.
Pete, meanwhile, stormed off after recalling Ryo-Ohki.
That was three fields down. One more, and Rick could battle in the Indigo Stadium for the remaining rounds...
To be continued...
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You're probably thinking, "Oh no, not another new trainer fic that the author won't bother to finish!" Well, let me tell you, I hate those kinds of fics too, and let me tell you in advance that I DO plan on finishing this fic. I never start a fic that I don't intend to finish. In fact, if I'm lying about planning to finish the fic, may I get pounded by a madman. E-mail all questions and comments to bleifer@msn.com.