Ash goes to Olivine City. Ash sees the Battle Tower. Ash gets interested.
Enough said.
The Battle Tower Chronicles
Part 1 - Laura's Little League
"Says here that the Battle Tower was recently constructed a few months ago," Brock quoted the brochure he had just picked up. "The Battle Tower is a place where trainers from all over the world get together and battle each other. Attractive prizes are given to the winners. Hmmm," he muttered, "sounds like the Indigo Plateau."
"Well, we're not gonna let a chance like that slip from our hands! Right Pikachu?" Ash yelled. "Pika!" His partner responded, as usual.
"Don't overdo it, Ash," Misty reminded. "You know Gary's not going to miss such an opportunity to you know, and he's -" Misty stopped halfway when she saw the expression on Ash's face, and decided not to continue her sentence.
"Erm, Ash, I think we'd better get down to the Battle Tower before it closes! Right?" Brock interrupted, trying to change the subject.
"Sure, Ash, I think we'd better leave," Misty dragged Ash in the direction of the huge, gleaming Tower, with Ash still seething angrily.
*** "So you want to sign up for the Battle Tower League Competition?" The lady at the counter asked. Ash nodded. Misty had dragged away Brock by the ear (again) before he embarrassed himself.
"Alright, please select three of your Pokemon."
"Huh?"
"You're only allowed to use three Pokemon in each battle, but you may heal them or switch them during battle." the lady informed.
Ash sank into deep thought. His team currently consisted of Bayleef, Quilava, Croconaw, Noctowl, Phanpy and Pikachu. He pondered over the problem and soon came to a decision.
"I will be using Bayleef, Noctowl and Pikachu."
"Okay, please pass over your remaining Pokemon." Ash handed over the three Pokeballs that contained Quilava, Croconaw and Phanpy. "Please step this way." The lady brought him to an elevator and both of them stepped right in. Ash's stomach lurched as the elevator began to ascend. Finally, it came to a stop. Ash and the lady walked out on to a huge arena.
TING! The elevator on the other side of the arena rang.
"Ah, that will be your opponent for this round."
Out of the elevator walked another lady, and -
"Laura!" Ash exclaimed. "It's been so long since I last saw you!"
"Hi Ash!" Laura returned his greeting and smiled back at him. "Are you ready to battle with me?"
"Sure! I'm ready for whatever you pitch at me!"
"You may begin anytime you want," said the two information ladies before they went down in their two separate elevators. Out from another door walked out a referee holding a flag in each hand, one green and one red.
"Noctowl, go!" Ash threw his Pokeball onto the floor. The white light that emerged from it soon materialised into a huge owl with brown triangles on its chest and orange wings.
"All right, Sandslash, go!" From Laura's Pokeball emerged what looked like a brown hedgehog with super-sharp spikes. "Sand!" it said.
"A Sandslash," Ash muttered. He had encountered one of these creatures before, and he knew about the Flying-against-Ground type advantage. But he still was unsure. After all, his Pidgeotto had been thrashed by A.J.'s Sandshrew once.
"Sandslash, use Tackle!" The brown Pokemon obeyed her command by curling into a huge spiky ball, lunging itself at Ash's Noctowl.
"Noctowl, dodge it!" The owl responded by quickly flying away, avoiding the attack. "Try Wing Attack!"
"Defense Curl!" The Sandslash curled up again in a round spiky ball. "Now use your Rollout!" Sandslash began to spin around and around the arena. Noctowl's Wing Attack harmlessly hit the arena floor.
"Try to focus on your aim!" Ash shouted. Noctowl tried and tried, but it just kept missing. "I know! Noctowl, use your Psychic!"
Noctowl's eyes starting glowing a mysterious, dangerous blue. So did Laura's Sandslash. Then, Sandslash stopped dead in its tracks. Under Noctowl's control, Sandslash was lifted up into the air; then it crashed down again.
"Sandslash!"
"Noctowl, finish it with Quick Attack!" Noctowl braced itself; then fired itself at Sandslash at top speed.
"Sandslash, try a Poison Sting!" Although Laura's Sandslash was greatly weakened, it still had some health left. It leaped up a few feet, spun itself like a ball, and sharp needles flew at Noctowl. "Faint Attack, now!" Ash shouted. Noctowl's body soon vanished into the atmosphere. Sandslash stopped, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, Sandslash flew a few feet away from where it stood, for Noctowl's Faint Attack had struck.
"Sandslash is unable to battle. Victory to Noctowl!" The referee held up the red flag in Ash's direction. Ash whooped for joy, while Noctowl circled the air a few times.
"Sandslash, return!" Sandslash was caught by the red light and was transferred back into the Pokeball. Laura picked off another Pokeball from her waist and threw it. "Dodrio, go!" From the white light that came out from the Pokeball materialised the familiar three-headed bird.
"A Dodrio, eh?" Ash mused. "Well, you can't get my Noctowl, not when Dodrio can't fly!"
"That's what you think!" Laura yelled.
"Noctowl! Use Wing Attack!"
"Agility, now!" Dodrio obeyed her command by running around in circles. Noctowl's attack pummelled the floor.
"Noctowl, try to use your Psychic again!" Noctowl tried, but Dodrio just ran faster. Noctowl's eyes couldn't focus on Dodrio long enough to control it. "We need to change our strategy, Noctowl! Try a Razor Wind!" Ash shouted. Noctowl slowly began to flap its wings. Pretty soon, Ash knew, Noctowl would have conjured up a powerful whirlwind that could blow Dodrio out of the arena.
"Dodrio! Stop Agility, and use Leer!" The huge bird screeched to a halt. All three heads began to focus on Noctowl. Suddenly, Noctowl stopped flapping. Its face was twisted in shock. Dodrio's Leer had worked, and Noctowl's attack had stopped completely.
"Tri Attack, now!" Dodrio opened its three beaks. In each beak formed a strange beam of light: one red, one blue, one yellow. Suddenly, the beams fired at Noctowl: one of fire, one of ice and one of lightning.
"Noctowl! Dodge the beams!" Noctowl frantically tried to fly away, but to no avail. All three beams hit Noctowl head-on, and Noctowl crashed to the ground. The referee raised the green flag.
"Noctowl is unable to battle! Victory goes to Dodrio!"
"Yippee! You won, Dodrio!" Dodrio crowed in response to Laura's happiness.
"Return, Noctowl!" Ash withdrew Noctowl and began to think. "Pikachu's strong against Dodrio, but I'd better save it up for the last." "Bayleef, go!" Out of the Pokeball came out a dinosaur-like creature with leaves around its neck and a leaf atop its head.
"A Bayleef? Ash must have trained hard to use a Grass-type against Dodrio." Laura thought. "Dodrio! Tackle it!"
"Bayleef, Tackle it back!"
The two Pokemon broke into a run. They charged at each other, eyes gleaming ferociously. SLAM! Dodrio was knocked off its feet. Bayleef proved to be much stronger than Dodrio. "Dodrio! Get up and use a Skull Bash attack!" Laura commanded.
Dodrio stood up on its feet and started charging at Bayleef. Faster, faster, faster.
"Bayleef! Just stand there and wait!"
"What? Bayleef's going to be whacked if it doesn't get out of the way. Ash must have a new strategy." Laura pondered. She was right. Just a few metres distance between Bayleef and Dodrio -
"Light Screen, now!"
BANG! Bayleef had suddenly created a mysterious barrier between itself and Dodrio, which Dodrio crashed into. "Bayleef! Body Slam!" The Grass-type Pokemon leapt up into the air, landing down on Dodrio with fatal impact. "Dodrio is unable to battle. Victory goes to Bayleef!"
Ash braced himself. He couldn't let his guard down now. Laura was sure to have reserved her best for last, and he had a feeling he knew what it was -
"Rapidash!" Laura shouted as a huge stallion with a mane and tail of fire emerged, complete with horn. "Fire Spin, now!"
"Bayleef! Try to dodge the attacks!" Bayleef valiantly responded, dashing here and there, avoiding the powerful burning twisters that Rapidash fired. However, this was wearing it out.
"Bayleef can't keep up. I'll have to switch Pokemon. It's time for desperate decisions." Ash muttered. "Bayleef! Try a Take Down!" The Pokemon charged at Rapidash.
"Rapidash, Fire Spin!" A powerful tornado of flame was leashed at Bayleef, but it just kept charging right through the fire.
"Bayleef! No!"
Suddenly, Bayleef emerged from the fire, but badly singed. It charged at Rapidash madly, knocking it over. Laura opened her eyes.
"Omigosh."
Rapidash had been tackled quite badly, but still had at least three- quarters of its health left. Bayleef, however, was not at all in good shape. It had lost a lot of its health, had a very bad burn factor and the last attack it launched at Rapidash had taken out its remaining energy.
"Bayleef can longer continue to battle. Victory to Rapidash!" proclaimed the referee.
"Bayleef, return." Ash solemnly withdrew the worn-out Pokemon. "You were great."
"Pika!" Pikachu growled at the stallion of fire. It was up and ready.
"Pikachu! Let's start off with a bout of Agility!"
"Don't be fooled, Rapidash! You use Agility too!"
The two Pokemon began to chase each other. Faster and faster. Faster and faster. Faster and faster.
"Pikachu! Thundershock!" Responding to Ash's command, Pikachu launched a lightning bolt at Rapidash, shocking it.
"Rapidash! Don't give up! Use a Fissure attack!"
Rapidash lifted its hoof. A split second later, it sent its hoof crashing forcefully onto the arena. A crevice appeared, heading for Pikachu.
"Pikachu! Jump!"
Pikachu leaped into the air, avoiding the attack. It flew directly over Rapidash.
"Rapidash! Flame Wheel!"
The horse reared its head. It shot out a burning wheel of fire from its mouth. It was about to hit Pikachu.
"Pikachu! Use a Light Screen!"
Using its powers, Pikachu made a barrier similar to the one Bayleef created earlier. POW! The barrier collided with Rapidash's Flame Wheel, cancelling the attack. Pikachu dropped onto Rapidash.
"Oh no!" gasped Laura. She knew what was to come next.
"Thunder!"
Lightning flew everywhere as the intrepid electric rodent launched its devastating attack. Rapidash was, literally, shocked to the core. It closed its eyes as it collapsed on the cold, hard floor.
"Rapidash!"
"Rapidash is unable to continue battling. Victory goes to Pikachu! The winner of this battle is Ash Ketchum!"
"Yay! Whoopee! We won, buddy!" Ash cheered. "Pika!" Pikachu nodded happily.
"That was a brilliant match, Ash." Laura congratulated him. "You really are a powerful trainer."
"Aw, shucks, Laura." "By the way," Laura's voice suddenly reduced to a whisper. "Can you keep a secret?"
"Sure, what's up?"
"Okay." Laura placed her mouth near Ash's ear.
"Dario. me. uh huh. last year. yes. *giggle*"
Ash was shocked and surprised. "You and Dario are WHAT?!"
"He's not such a bad guy once you get to know him." Laura smiled sheepishly and blushed. "How was I to get a Dodrio anyway? Oh yeah, don't forget to keep this a secret."
"Don't worry, Laura." Ash winked at her and gave her a thumbs-up. "Your secret is safe with me and Pikachu. See you around."
"Bye, Ash!" Ash and Pikachu turned and walked towards the elevator.
END
Okay, so that was my first combat fic. R&R, no flames, I have a Feraligatr. Yes, I know this sucks. I think. Enough said.
-- Umbreon
The Battle Tower Chronicles
Part 1 - Laura's Little League
"Says here that the Battle Tower was recently constructed a few months ago," Brock quoted the brochure he had just picked up. "The Battle Tower is a place where trainers from all over the world get together and battle each other. Attractive prizes are given to the winners. Hmmm," he muttered, "sounds like the Indigo Plateau."
"Well, we're not gonna let a chance like that slip from our hands! Right Pikachu?" Ash yelled. "Pika!" His partner responded, as usual.
"Don't overdo it, Ash," Misty reminded. "You know Gary's not going to miss such an opportunity to you know, and he's -" Misty stopped halfway when she saw the expression on Ash's face, and decided not to continue her sentence.
"Erm, Ash, I think we'd better get down to the Battle Tower before it closes! Right?" Brock interrupted, trying to change the subject.
"Sure, Ash, I think we'd better leave," Misty dragged Ash in the direction of the huge, gleaming Tower, with Ash still seething angrily.
*** "So you want to sign up for the Battle Tower League Competition?" The lady at the counter asked. Ash nodded. Misty had dragged away Brock by the ear (again) before he embarrassed himself.
"Alright, please select three of your Pokemon."
"Huh?"
"You're only allowed to use three Pokemon in each battle, but you may heal them or switch them during battle." the lady informed.
Ash sank into deep thought. His team currently consisted of Bayleef, Quilava, Croconaw, Noctowl, Phanpy and Pikachu. He pondered over the problem and soon came to a decision.
"I will be using Bayleef, Noctowl and Pikachu."
"Okay, please pass over your remaining Pokemon." Ash handed over the three Pokeballs that contained Quilava, Croconaw and Phanpy. "Please step this way." The lady brought him to an elevator and both of them stepped right in. Ash's stomach lurched as the elevator began to ascend. Finally, it came to a stop. Ash and the lady walked out on to a huge arena.
TING! The elevator on the other side of the arena rang.
"Ah, that will be your opponent for this round."
Out of the elevator walked another lady, and -
"Laura!" Ash exclaimed. "It's been so long since I last saw you!"
"Hi Ash!" Laura returned his greeting and smiled back at him. "Are you ready to battle with me?"
"Sure! I'm ready for whatever you pitch at me!"
"You may begin anytime you want," said the two information ladies before they went down in their two separate elevators. Out from another door walked out a referee holding a flag in each hand, one green and one red.
"Noctowl, go!" Ash threw his Pokeball onto the floor. The white light that emerged from it soon materialised into a huge owl with brown triangles on its chest and orange wings.
"All right, Sandslash, go!" From Laura's Pokeball emerged what looked like a brown hedgehog with super-sharp spikes. "Sand!" it said.
"A Sandslash," Ash muttered. He had encountered one of these creatures before, and he knew about the Flying-against-Ground type advantage. But he still was unsure. After all, his Pidgeotto had been thrashed by A.J.'s Sandshrew once.
"Sandslash, use Tackle!" The brown Pokemon obeyed her command by curling into a huge spiky ball, lunging itself at Ash's Noctowl.
"Noctowl, dodge it!" The owl responded by quickly flying away, avoiding the attack. "Try Wing Attack!"
"Defense Curl!" The Sandslash curled up again in a round spiky ball. "Now use your Rollout!" Sandslash began to spin around and around the arena. Noctowl's Wing Attack harmlessly hit the arena floor.
"Try to focus on your aim!" Ash shouted. Noctowl tried and tried, but it just kept missing. "I know! Noctowl, use your Psychic!"
Noctowl's eyes starting glowing a mysterious, dangerous blue. So did Laura's Sandslash. Then, Sandslash stopped dead in its tracks. Under Noctowl's control, Sandslash was lifted up into the air; then it crashed down again.
"Sandslash!"
"Noctowl, finish it with Quick Attack!" Noctowl braced itself; then fired itself at Sandslash at top speed.
"Sandslash, try a Poison Sting!" Although Laura's Sandslash was greatly weakened, it still had some health left. It leaped up a few feet, spun itself like a ball, and sharp needles flew at Noctowl. "Faint Attack, now!" Ash shouted. Noctowl's body soon vanished into the atmosphere. Sandslash stopped, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, Sandslash flew a few feet away from where it stood, for Noctowl's Faint Attack had struck.
"Sandslash is unable to battle. Victory to Noctowl!" The referee held up the red flag in Ash's direction. Ash whooped for joy, while Noctowl circled the air a few times.
"Sandslash, return!" Sandslash was caught by the red light and was transferred back into the Pokeball. Laura picked off another Pokeball from her waist and threw it. "Dodrio, go!" From the white light that came out from the Pokeball materialised the familiar three-headed bird.
"A Dodrio, eh?" Ash mused. "Well, you can't get my Noctowl, not when Dodrio can't fly!"
"That's what you think!" Laura yelled.
"Noctowl! Use Wing Attack!"
"Agility, now!" Dodrio obeyed her command by running around in circles. Noctowl's attack pummelled the floor.
"Noctowl, try to use your Psychic again!" Noctowl tried, but Dodrio just ran faster. Noctowl's eyes couldn't focus on Dodrio long enough to control it. "We need to change our strategy, Noctowl! Try a Razor Wind!" Ash shouted. Noctowl slowly began to flap its wings. Pretty soon, Ash knew, Noctowl would have conjured up a powerful whirlwind that could blow Dodrio out of the arena.
"Dodrio! Stop Agility, and use Leer!" The huge bird screeched to a halt. All three heads began to focus on Noctowl. Suddenly, Noctowl stopped flapping. Its face was twisted in shock. Dodrio's Leer had worked, and Noctowl's attack had stopped completely.
"Tri Attack, now!" Dodrio opened its three beaks. In each beak formed a strange beam of light: one red, one blue, one yellow. Suddenly, the beams fired at Noctowl: one of fire, one of ice and one of lightning.
"Noctowl! Dodge the beams!" Noctowl frantically tried to fly away, but to no avail. All three beams hit Noctowl head-on, and Noctowl crashed to the ground. The referee raised the green flag.
"Noctowl is unable to battle! Victory goes to Dodrio!"
"Yippee! You won, Dodrio!" Dodrio crowed in response to Laura's happiness.
"Return, Noctowl!" Ash withdrew Noctowl and began to think. "Pikachu's strong against Dodrio, but I'd better save it up for the last." "Bayleef, go!" Out of the Pokeball came out a dinosaur-like creature with leaves around its neck and a leaf atop its head.
"A Bayleef? Ash must have trained hard to use a Grass-type against Dodrio." Laura thought. "Dodrio! Tackle it!"
"Bayleef, Tackle it back!"
The two Pokemon broke into a run. They charged at each other, eyes gleaming ferociously. SLAM! Dodrio was knocked off its feet. Bayleef proved to be much stronger than Dodrio. "Dodrio! Get up and use a Skull Bash attack!" Laura commanded.
Dodrio stood up on its feet and started charging at Bayleef. Faster, faster, faster.
"Bayleef! Just stand there and wait!"
"What? Bayleef's going to be whacked if it doesn't get out of the way. Ash must have a new strategy." Laura pondered. She was right. Just a few metres distance between Bayleef and Dodrio -
"Light Screen, now!"
BANG! Bayleef had suddenly created a mysterious barrier between itself and Dodrio, which Dodrio crashed into. "Bayleef! Body Slam!" The Grass-type Pokemon leapt up into the air, landing down on Dodrio with fatal impact. "Dodrio is unable to battle. Victory goes to Bayleef!"
Ash braced himself. He couldn't let his guard down now. Laura was sure to have reserved her best for last, and he had a feeling he knew what it was -
"Rapidash!" Laura shouted as a huge stallion with a mane and tail of fire emerged, complete with horn. "Fire Spin, now!"
"Bayleef! Try to dodge the attacks!" Bayleef valiantly responded, dashing here and there, avoiding the powerful burning twisters that Rapidash fired. However, this was wearing it out.
"Bayleef can't keep up. I'll have to switch Pokemon. It's time for desperate decisions." Ash muttered. "Bayleef! Try a Take Down!" The Pokemon charged at Rapidash.
"Rapidash, Fire Spin!" A powerful tornado of flame was leashed at Bayleef, but it just kept charging right through the fire.
"Bayleef! No!"
Suddenly, Bayleef emerged from the fire, but badly singed. It charged at Rapidash madly, knocking it over. Laura opened her eyes.
"Omigosh."
Rapidash had been tackled quite badly, but still had at least three- quarters of its health left. Bayleef, however, was not at all in good shape. It had lost a lot of its health, had a very bad burn factor and the last attack it launched at Rapidash had taken out its remaining energy.
"Bayleef can longer continue to battle. Victory to Rapidash!" proclaimed the referee.
"Bayleef, return." Ash solemnly withdrew the worn-out Pokemon. "You were great."
"Pika!" Pikachu growled at the stallion of fire. It was up and ready.
"Pikachu! Let's start off with a bout of Agility!"
"Don't be fooled, Rapidash! You use Agility too!"
The two Pokemon began to chase each other. Faster and faster. Faster and faster. Faster and faster.
"Pikachu! Thundershock!" Responding to Ash's command, Pikachu launched a lightning bolt at Rapidash, shocking it.
"Rapidash! Don't give up! Use a Fissure attack!"
Rapidash lifted its hoof. A split second later, it sent its hoof crashing forcefully onto the arena. A crevice appeared, heading for Pikachu.
"Pikachu! Jump!"
Pikachu leaped into the air, avoiding the attack. It flew directly over Rapidash.
"Rapidash! Flame Wheel!"
The horse reared its head. It shot out a burning wheel of fire from its mouth. It was about to hit Pikachu.
"Pikachu! Use a Light Screen!"
Using its powers, Pikachu made a barrier similar to the one Bayleef created earlier. POW! The barrier collided with Rapidash's Flame Wheel, cancelling the attack. Pikachu dropped onto Rapidash.
"Oh no!" gasped Laura. She knew what was to come next.
"Thunder!"
Lightning flew everywhere as the intrepid electric rodent launched its devastating attack. Rapidash was, literally, shocked to the core. It closed its eyes as it collapsed on the cold, hard floor.
"Rapidash!"
"Rapidash is unable to continue battling. Victory goes to Pikachu! The winner of this battle is Ash Ketchum!"
"Yay! Whoopee! We won, buddy!" Ash cheered. "Pika!" Pikachu nodded happily.
"That was a brilliant match, Ash." Laura congratulated him. "You really are a powerful trainer."
"Aw, shucks, Laura." "By the way," Laura's voice suddenly reduced to a whisper. "Can you keep a secret?"
"Sure, what's up?"
"Okay." Laura placed her mouth near Ash's ear.
"Dario. me. uh huh. last year. yes. *giggle*"
Ash was shocked and surprised. "You and Dario are WHAT?!"
"He's not such a bad guy once you get to know him." Laura smiled sheepishly and blushed. "How was I to get a Dodrio anyway? Oh yeah, don't forget to keep this a secret."
"Don't worry, Laura." Ash winked at her and gave her a thumbs-up. "Your secret is safe with me and Pikachu. See you around."
"Bye, Ash!" Ash and Pikachu turned and walked towards the elevator.
END
Okay, so that was my first combat fic. R&R, no flames, I have a Feraligatr. Yes, I know this sucks. I think. Enough said.
-- Umbreon