Author's Note: My Pokémon League version is different. Going by the T.V. episodes would require alot of close attention on my behalf, and while I would be willing to do it, it is much easier to make up my own little version.
Chapter 13 Violet Field
After a few more days of training, during which the eggs (which had been safely deposited in a backpack and carefully watched and shielded from others by Lugia and I,) had not yet hatched, Ash was finally able to enter the Pokémon League. After registering, he was instructed by the receptionist that he was going to fight on the Purple field at noon.
Excited? I asked him.
He grinned, "You bet!"
"Ash, I hope you're not going to rely solely on Lugia and Mew," Misty said disapprovingly.
"For your information Misty, I'm not."
She stuck out her tongue, and he copied her. They then started doing a mirror image of the other, and it was impossible to tell who moved first.
"Cut it out, you two." Brock demanded. "Let's go get an early lunch from the concession stand before you battle, Ash." He grinned, "You wouldn't want to fight on an empty stomach."
This was quite an interesting bunch I'd gotten myselves into.
After a meal that consisted mostly of fatty foods and carbonated beverages, the humans were ready to head over to the Violet Field.
How they were still kicking after all this time of eating unhealthy foods as such was beyond my comprehension.
And the field was indeed violet.
It was a bright, cheerful, purple color that belied the heated and merciless battling that would take place on it.
I did a mental scan of the eggs' auras. They seemed to be doing fine, so I relaxed slightly.
Ash and the girl he was battling, a yellow-haired trainer named Rachel, were announced over the loudspeaker, and the audience was informed that the two opponents were only able to use three Pokémon on the Colored Fields.
After a brief history of both humans was given to the audience, the battle was finally able to begin.
'It's about time,' I thought with an inward sigh.
*I* was feeling apprehensive, and I wasn't even going to battle!
Ash and Rachel let out their Pokémon silently, not wishing to give the other the advantage of knowing the other trainer's Pokémon's type so they could easily play against weaknesses.
Rachel had a lithe Espeon against Ash's Wartortle.
"Torr," snarled Wartortle menacingly.
"Eon..." purred the Psychic Evee Evolution.
"It looks like a Wartortle and an Espeon have been sent out. A Psychic Pokémon versus a Water...How do you think this fight will turn out, ladies and gentlemen?"
"Espeon, Psychic!" the girl called out.
"Wartortle, Seismic Toss!"
The slender pinkish Pokémon hit Wartortle with a purple clouded Psychic, as its opponent managed to trudge forward through the attack to pick up the opposing sleek Pokémon.
Wartortle lifted Espeon high above its head, let out a war-cry, then threw it harshly to the ground.
"Esp..." it whimpered, but, shaking its head, slowly got to its feet.
The announcer kept the audience up to date with what moves Ash and Rachel's Pokémon were performing.
"Shell Smack!" Ash ordered.
Misty looked towards Ash like he was crazy, "There's no such attack as Shell Smack!"
"Ash always did like making up his own tactics..." Brock replied, eyes on the fight. "Let's see if Wartortle understands this one..."
Lugia laughed, Let's hope his good luck continues to hold out.
You said it! I glanced at Wartortle, who had turned around, and began to continuously ram into Espeon with its shell.
"War!" Smack. "Tort!" Smack. Moan. "Ul!" Smack. Groan.
After a long repetition of this process, a confused moaning Espeon managed to carry out its trainer's order to attempt a Sand-Attack.
From what seemed like nowhere, a dust cloud came up and blinded the Water-type temporarily, letting Espeon perform Double-Edge.
It gave Wartortle quite a hit, but also cause Espeon to be a little dazed. Due to its confusion, it threw itself on the ground and began clawing at its eyes.
"Oh! It looks like Espeon is confused! Is this the end of Rachel's first Pokémon's fight?"
Reluctantly, Rachel held out a Pokéball and recalled Espeon.
"Looks like Trainer Rachel has just had her Pokémon return. Who's next?"
"Jolt!" hissed the spiky yellow Pokémon that was released from the red and white ball.
"Oh, it looks like she has chosen the electric Pokémon Jolteon, another Evee evolution. This time it is one that the Water-type, Wartortle, has a weakness against," the announcer's voice echoed throughout the stands.
"Wartortle, Withdraw!" Ash called out, so he could protect his Water Pokémon from being electrified.
"Jolteon, Thundershock!" Rachel yelled.
The crowd roared at the sure possibility that Wartortle would be easily demolished.
Wartortle withdrew its surly-looking head and limbs, its shell turning a gray steel-looking color as it increased its defense.
Jolteon's electric attack surprisingly bounced off the shell and tumbled harmlessly aside to the ground.
"Tort!" Wartortle exclaimed triumphantly as it popped out of its protective covering.
"Jo-olt!" whined the yellow pin-cushion.
The announcer continued to comment as the audience hoorayed and Ash shouted, "Mega Punch!"
The water turtle brought back its fist and then ran at Jolteon and socked it in the face, causing it to fly backwards and land on its rear.
It stayed on its haunches, and started baying in pain and humiliation, "Eon! Jooolt!"
"Jolteon! Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get your butt back in gear!" the electric Pokémon's stressed trainer ordered.
"Sounds like something you might say to Ash," Brock whispered to Misty.
"Ooohh, it looks like Rachel's Pokémon is refusing to obey, due to a bruised ego," the announcer sympathized.
With an aggravated sigh, Rachel called back her Pokémon.
"This is a sure bet!" she sneered at Ash as she let out a new Pokémon.
Out came a black Evee Evolution with several strange, glowing yellow areas. "Umbree. Ah-on," it purred.
"Umbreon, Bite!" Rachel instructed.
"Wartortle, watch out!" Ash cried out.
Umbreon came at Wartortle with its fangs bared, and hit the Water Pokémon with the Dark move.
Wartortle cried out in pain, and fell back onto its shell. It flailed its limbs trying to get up, but its efforts were in vain.
On order from its trainer, Umbreon pounced on Wartortle, and whacked it hard with its tail.
"Tort!" Wartortle managed weakly.
"Umbreon, back up and use Psychic!"
Umbreon complied, hopping off of the turtle and backing away a few steps. Its eyes glowed eerily as it let loose a powerful Psychic, causing Wartortle to spin around on its shell, and leaving it staring blankly up at the sky, extremely dazed.
"Wartortle, return!" Ash reluctantly ordered.
He let out Bulbasaur, who challenged, "Bulb!"
"Bree!" trilled the opposing Pokémon.
"That is one strong Umbreon," Brock admired it.
"Chu!" Pikachu agreed.
"Bulbasaur, prepare your Solar Beam!" Ash instructed.
The bulb on Bulbasaur's back started to glow a green-yellow color at the tip, as Bulbasaur prepared for its next attack.
"Umbreon, Double Team!"
Umbreon complied, and it made the illusion that there were two of itself.
"Quick Attack!" Rachel tried to get in one more move before Bulbasaur attacked.
Umbreon got in a light hit, but then Bulbsaur shouted, "Saur!" and hit it with a strong Solar Beam.
"Umb!" the black Pokémon oomphed, as it was knocked back from the blast.
"Umbreon, Bite!" Rachel yelled.
"Guess that's her Pokémon's strongest attack," Brock commented.
"Well, it is a Dark move and that *is* a Dark Pokémon..." Misty replied, annoyed.
Umbreon chomped at Bulbasaur, knocking the Grass-type off-balance, and letting Umbreon get in another Quick Attack.
Bulbasaur got to its feet, staggering and moaning. "Saur. Bul. Ba. Saaaaur," it fell over.
Ash called it back, hesitating, but then sent out Charizard.
"Zaard!" the Fire dragon roared.
"On!" returned Umbreon.
"Charizard, Slash!"
"Umbreon, Counter!"
Charizard swung its claws at Umbreon and struck it across the face.
It growled, and let loose a Counter attack.
Charizard snarled in pain, and on order from Ash let loose Fire Spin.
Umbreon was trapped in the circle of fire, trying to find a way out, but unable.
Charizard continued the flaming circle, then was ordered to use Dig.
He burrowed underground, leaving Umbreon looking confused, and searching across the ground to where he might spring up.
Charizard hit his mark though, coming straight up where Umbreon was standing.
Umbreon became terribly weak due to the intensity of the attack, and when it carried out its order of Double-Edge the attack didn't do very much damage.
Charizard's next attack, Ember, penetrated the last of Umbreon's defenses, and caused it to faint.
"And Ash Ketchum of Pallet is the winner!" declared the announcer's booming voice.
"Zard!" Charizard cried out triumphantly.
"Way to go, Ash!" Brock congratulated him.
"Pri!" cried Togepi.
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed.
"Not bad," Misty admitted.
That was an excellent show of your skills, Lugia told Ash.
I spun around Ash's head in joy, "Mew!" Not bad for a trainer with the limited experience you've had, I teased.
Ash picked up Pikachu and spun around grinning from ear to ear. "We did it!"
"Pi-pikachu!" the little electric Pokémon laughed.
Yes.
They did it.
And I knew, that in choosing Ash to help me with my problem not too long ago, I'd, for once, made a very good decision.
Chapter 13 Violet Field
After a few more days of training, during which the eggs (which had been safely deposited in a backpack and carefully watched and shielded from others by Lugia and I,) had not yet hatched, Ash was finally able to enter the Pokémon League. After registering, he was instructed by the receptionist that he was going to fight on the Purple field at noon.
Excited? I asked him.
He grinned, "You bet!"
"Ash, I hope you're not going to rely solely on Lugia and Mew," Misty said disapprovingly.
"For your information Misty, I'm not."
She stuck out her tongue, and he copied her. They then started doing a mirror image of the other, and it was impossible to tell who moved first.
"Cut it out, you two." Brock demanded. "Let's go get an early lunch from the concession stand before you battle, Ash." He grinned, "You wouldn't want to fight on an empty stomach."
This was quite an interesting bunch I'd gotten myselves into.
After a meal that consisted mostly of fatty foods and carbonated beverages, the humans were ready to head over to the Violet Field.
How they were still kicking after all this time of eating unhealthy foods as such was beyond my comprehension.
And the field was indeed violet.
It was a bright, cheerful, purple color that belied the heated and merciless battling that would take place on it.
I did a mental scan of the eggs' auras. They seemed to be doing fine, so I relaxed slightly.
Ash and the girl he was battling, a yellow-haired trainer named Rachel, were announced over the loudspeaker, and the audience was informed that the two opponents were only able to use three Pokémon on the Colored Fields.
After a brief history of both humans was given to the audience, the battle was finally able to begin.
'It's about time,' I thought with an inward sigh.
*I* was feeling apprehensive, and I wasn't even going to battle!
Ash and Rachel let out their Pokémon silently, not wishing to give the other the advantage of knowing the other trainer's Pokémon's type so they could easily play against weaknesses.
Rachel had a lithe Espeon against Ash's Wartortle.
"Torr," snarled Wartortle menacingly.
"Eon..." purred the Psychic Evee Evolution.
"It looks like a Wartortle and an Espeon have been sent out. A Psychic Pokémon versus a Water...How do you think this fight will turn out, ladies and gentlemen?"
"Espeon, Psychic!" the girl called out.
"Wartortle, Seismic Toss!"
The slender pinkish Pokémon hit Wartortle with a purple clouded Psychic, as its opponent managed to trudge forward through the attack to pick up the opposing sleek Pokémon.
Wartortle lifted Espeon high above its head, let out a war-cry, then threw it harshly to the ground.
"Esp..." it whimpered, but, shaking its head, slowly got to its feet.
The announcer kept the audience up to date with what moves Ash and Rachel's Pokémon were performing.
"Shell Smack!" Ash ordered.
Misty looked towards Ash like he was crazy, "There's no such attack as Shell Smack!"
"Ash always did like making up his own tactics..." Brock replied, eyes on the fight. "Let's see if Wartortle understands this one..."
Lugia laughed, Let's hope his good luck continues to hold out.
You said it! I glanced at Wartortle, who had turned around, and began to continuously ram into Espeon with its shell.
"War!" Smack. "Tort!" Smack. Moan. "Ul!" Smack. Groan.
After a long repetition of this process, a confused moaning Espeon managed to carry out its trainer's order to attempt a Sand-Attack.
From what seemed like nowhere, a dust cloud came up and blinded the Water-type temporarily, letting Espeon perform Double-Edge.
It gave Wartortle quite a hit, but also cause Espeon to be a little dazed. Due to its confusion, it threw itself on the ground and began clawing at its eyes.
"Oh! It looks like Espeon is confused! Is this the end of Rachel's first Pokémon's fight?"
Reluctantly, Rachel held out a Pokéball and recalled Espeon.
"Looks like Trainer Rachel has just had her Pokémon return. Who's next?"
"Jolt!" hissed the spiky yellow Pokémon that was released from the red and white ball.
"Oh, it looks like she has chosen the electric Pokémon Jolteon, another Evee evolution. This time it is one that the Water-type, Wartortle, has a weakness against," the announcer's voice echoed throughout the stands.
"Wartortle, Withdraw!" Ash called out, so he could protect his Water Pokémon from being electrified.
"Jolteon, Thundershock!" Rachel yelled.
The crowd roared at the sure possibility that Wartortle would be easily demolished.
Wartortle withdrew its surly-looking head and limbs, its shell turning a gray steel-looking color as it increased its defense.
Jolteon's electric attack surprisingly bounced off the shell and tumbled harmlessly aside to the ground.
"Tort!" Wartortle exclaimed triumphantly as it popped out of its protective covering.
"Jo-olt!" whined the yellow pin-cushion.
The announcer continued to comment as the audience hoorayed and Ash shouted, "Mega Punch!"
The water turtle brought back its fist and then ran at Jolteon and socked it in the face, causing it to fly backwards and land on its rear.
It stayed on its haunches, and started baying in pain and humiliation, "Eon! Jooolt!"
"Jolteon! Stop feeling sorry for yourself and get your butt back in gear!" the electric Pokémon's stressed trainer ordered.
"Sounds like something you might say to Ash," Brock whispered to Misty.
"Ooohh, it looks like Rachel's Pokémon is refusing to obey, due to a bruised ego," the announcer sympathized.
With an aggravated sigh, Rachel called back her Pokémon.
"This is a sure bet!" she sneered at Ash as she let out a new Pokémon.
Out came a black Evee Evolution with several strange, glowing yellow areas. "Umbree. Ah-on," it purred.
"Umbreon, Bite!" Rachel instructed.
"Wartortle, watch out!" Ash cried out.
Umbreon came at Wartortle with its fangs bared, and hit the Water Pokémon with the Dark move.
Wartortle cried out in pain, and fell back onto its shell. It flailed its limbs trying to get up, but its efforts were in vain.
On order from its trainer, Umbreon pounced on Wartortle, and whacked it hard with its tail.
"Tort!" Wartortle managed weakly.
"Umbreon, back up and use Psychic!"
Umbreon complied, hopping off of the turtle and backing away a few steps. Its eyes glowed eerily as it let loose a powerful Psychic, causing Wartortle to spin around on its shell, and leaving it staring blankly up at the sky, extremely dazed.
"Wartortle, return!" Ash reluctantly ordered.
He let out Bulbasaur, who challenged, "Bulb!"
"Bree!" trilled the opposing Pokémon.
"That is one strong Umbreon," Brock admired it.
"Chu!" Pikachu agreed.
"Bulbasaur, prepare your Solar Beam!" Ash instructed.
The bulb on Bulbasaur's back started to glow a green-yellow color at the tip, as Bulbasaur prepared for its next attack.
"Umbreon, Double Team!"
Umbreon complied, and it made the illusion that there were two of itself.
"Quick Attack!" Rachel tried to get in one more move before Bulbasaur attacked.
Umbreon got in a light hit, but then Bulbsaur shouted, "Saur!" and hit it with a strong Solar Beam.
"Umb!" the black Pokémon oomphed, as it was knocked back from the blast.
"Umbreon, Bite!" Rachel yelled.
"Guess that's her Pokémon's strongest attack," Brock commented.
"Well, it is a Dark move and that *is* a Dark Pokémon..." Misty replied, annoyed.
Umbreon chomped at Bulbasaur, knocking the Grass-type off-balance, and letting Umbreon get in another Quick Attack.
Bulbasaur got to its feet, staggering and moaning. "Saur. Bul. Ba. Saaaaur," it fell over.
Ash called it back, hesitating, but then sent out Charizard.
"Zaard!" the Fire dragon roared.
"On!" returned Umbreon.
"Charizard, Slash!"
"Umbreon, Counter!"
Charizard swung its claws at Umbreon and struck it across the face.
It growled, and let loose a Counter attack.
Charizard snarled in pain, and on order from Ash let loose Fire Spin.
Umbreon was trapped in the circle of fire, trying to find a way out, but unable.
Charizard continued the flaming circle, then was ordered to use Dig.
He burrowed underground, leaving Umbreon looking confused, and searching across the ground to where he might spring up.
Charizard hit his mark though, coming straight up where Umbreon was standing.
Umbreon became terribly weak due to the intensity of the attack, and when it carried out its order of Double-Edge the attack didn't do very much damage.
Charizard's next attack, Ember, penetrated the last of Umbreon's defenses, and caused it to faint.
"And Ash Ketchum of Pallet is the winner!" declared the announcer's booming voice.
"Zard!" Charizard cried out triumphantly.
"Way to go, Ash!" Brock congratulated him.
"Pri!" cried Togepi.
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed.
"Not bad," Misty admitted.
That was an excellent show of your skills, Lugia told Ash.
I spun around Ash's head in joy, "Mew!" Not bad for a trainer with the limited experience you've had, I teased.
Ash picked up Pikachu and spun around grinning from ear to ear. "We did it!"
"Pi-pikachu!" the little electric Pokémon laughed.
Yes.
They did it.
And I knew, that in choosing Ash to help me with my problem not too long ago, I'd, for once, made a very good decision.