Yay! I got 3 reviews! Thank you ThingBling! Thank you x! Thank you Draco
the Spirit Dragon! I'm also, with suggestions from ThingBling and
Draco(your name is too long!), going to add another few badges. There are
now 15! Though it would be helpful if I knew what a no move battle was. the
reason there aren't more is I'd already thought some up. Now, I bet you're
wondering what that challenge is, aren't you? (Giggles like the wicked
witch of the west) For certain parts you'll need to understand Pikachu.
Stuff between these () is the translation.
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"The challenge? You want to know what the challenge is?" Asks Cat, a small grin on her face.
"Of course I do!" Shouts Ash.
"Pikachu is your most trusted pokemon, right?" Asks Catalina, the grin getting bigger. While she's talking Myra picks up Ari and carries her to the back of the gym.
"Of course! We're best buds, aren't we, Pikachu?"
"Pika!"
"The challenge is a battle."
"So why do you call it unusual?" Inquires Ash, getting a bit annoyed.
"2 reasons. 1, you have to use your most trusted pokemon."
"I would've used Pikachu anyway."
"And 2, the pokemon and trainer switch places."
"WHAT?!!" Screeches Brock, Misty and Ash.
"Exactly as I said," Insists Catalina, now grinning in earnest. "Pikachu will be giving the orders this time, and you'll be fighting."
By now Ash's jaw has hit the floor. "You can't be serious," Insists Brock. "Pokemon and trainers don't switch places. Pokemon don't give orders."
"And why not?" Asks Cat, looking greatly amused. "Is it because the trainers can't understand them? Or because trainers are too wimpy to fight each other with fists?"
If there is 1 thing Ash can't stand, it's being called a wimp. "You're on!" He cries, going to the trainer area. "Pikachu, I-"
"You can't give ANY orders, remember. PIKACHU is the one who stands there." Buts in Catalina. "PIKACHU decides whether or not to accept. ASH fights. ASH obeys orders." By now Ash looks ready to kill the little 8-year-old. "And MY pokemon orders me around."
"Your pokemon?" Asks Ash. Cat smiles and leaves the room through the hallway on the gym leaders side. When she returns she has an eevee on her shoulder.
That eevee hops off her shoulder and goes up to an amazed looking pikachu. "Eevee eevee eev vee?" It asks.
"Pikah chu." Replies pikachu, walking to the trainers part. Eevee runs over to the gym leaders half.
"It looks like we're on." Comments Catalina, going to the battling area on the gym leaders side. Ash goes to the place in a gym Pikachu goes a bit more reluctantly. He has to literally fight a kid! He doesn't want to hurt a little kid, obviously. What seems even stranger is that the pokemon will be ordering them around. How should be able to understand Pikachu's orders?
"Pika chuuu pika(run up and bite)!" Calls out Pikachu. To which Ash stands there, wondering what Pikachu just said.
"Eevee eevee!" Calls out Cat's Eevee. She immediately runs over to Ash and jumps on him. To begin pulling his hair.
"OUCH!" Yelps Ash, going into a tauros impression to try and throw the small girl off his head. She just hangs on like she's riding a horse, using Ash's hair for reins.
"Pika! Chu Pika!" (Ash! Fall over!) Shouts pikachu, looking desperate.
"Eevee veeeeevee!" Shouts Cat's Eevee. Cat sticks her finger in Ash's eye. Ash, in desperation and pain, falls over backwards, getting the small girl stuck beneath him.
"OWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!" They both shout at exactly the same time, Catalina trying to get up, Ash trying to keep her hands away from his face. A thought drifts through his head. if he were watching, what would he order Pikachu to do?
"Pikachu!" (Bite her!) Ash bites her hand, much to Pikachu's delight. "Pika- chu!" (Now flip over and tackle her!) Again, Ash does so. Catalina begins to groan, hurt.
"EEVEE!!!!" Shouts eevee, running onto the field. An obvious forfeit. Ash get off of Catalina, amazed at what just happened. HE fought someone. He didn't want to hurt her, but he did to keep from getting hurt. Was this how Pikachu felt every time he had to battle? A whimpering sound made him look down again. Catalina's eevee was licking her, trying to clean the hurt child's wound.
"Eevetta, stop. I lost." Whispers Cat, slowly getting to her feet. "Congratulations, you won." She whispers, turning to face Ash, reaching in a pocket. She holds out a small stone shaped like a pokeball, with little dents along the top.
Slowly Ash reaches out to take it. Taking out the other piece, he fits them together. Together they look like a pokeball with an eevee balanced on top. Ash stares at it a minute, then gives it back. "I can't. I was stronger. I had an edge."
She smiles, and gives it back. "And you used it. Many don't pass, because they're afraid of hurting a little kid. If Pikachu had quit all the fights where he was better, how many badges would you have?"
Ash thinks about this for a minute. He finally realizes he'd have 5 instead of 20. Now 21. "I guess that's what this battle was meant to tell me, that pokemon are all unequal and I should act the same way?" Cat nods, before Myra comes over and looks at her critically.
"You're a mess, and you don't look too hot either." She tells them both honestly. She picks up her sister despite protests. "You, missy, are getting some rest. And I'd advise you to do the same." She comments to Ash. "Believe it or not, it's 4 in the afternoon. You won't make it to the nearest town before nightfall. Get cleaned up, and go to bed. You look tired." Ash has to admit he feels tired. He turns around, to see Misty and Brock staring at him, Brocks mouth open slightly. He grins at their expressions before walking to the room he had slept in last night and promptly falling asleep on the couch. Pikachu joins him a few moments later.
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"The challenge? You want to know what the challenge is?" Asks Cat, a small grin on her face.
"Of course I do!" Shouts Ash.
"Pikachu is your most trusted pokemon, right?" Asks Catalina, the grin getting bigger. While she's talking Myra picks up Ari and carries her to the back of the gym.
"Of course! We're best buds, aren't we, Pikachu?"
"Pika!"
"The challenge is a battle."
"So why do you call it unusual?" Inquires Ash, getting a bit annoyed.
"2 reasons. 1, you have to use your most trusted pokemon."
"I would've used Pikachu anyway."
"And 2, the pokemon and trainer switch places."
"WHAT?!!" Screeches Brock, Misty and Ash.
"Exactly as I said," Insists Catalina, now grinning in earnest. "Pikachu will be giving the orders this time, and you'll be fighting."
By now Ash's jaw has hit the floor. "You can't be serious," Insists Brock. "Pokemon and trainers don't switch places. Pokemon don't give orders."
"And why not?" Asks Cat, looking greatly amused. "Is it because the trainers can't understand them? Or because trainers are too wimpy to fight each other with fists?"
If there is 1 thing Ash can't stand, it's being called a wimp. "You're on!" He cries, going to the trainer area. "Pikachu, I-"
"You can't give ANY orders, remember. PIKACHU is the one who stands there." Buts in Catalina. "PIKACHU decides whether or not to accept. ASH fights. ASH obeys orders." By now Ash looks ready to kill the little 8-year-old. "And MY pokemon orders me around."
"Your pokemon?" Asks Ash. Cat smiles and leaves the room through the hallway on the gym leaders side. When she returns she has an eevee on her shoulder.
That eevee hops off her shoulder and goes up to an amazed looking pikachu. "Eevee eevee eev vee?" It asks.
"Pikah chu." Replies pikachu, walking to the trainers part. Eevee runs over to the gym leaders half.
"It looks like we're on." Comments Catalina, going to the battling area on the gym leaders side. Ash goes to the place in a gym Pikachu goes a bit more reluctantly. He has to literally fight a kid! He doesn't want to hurt a little kid, obviously. What seems even stranger is that the pokemon will be ordering them around. How should be able to understand Pikachu's orders?
"Pika chuuu pika(run up and bite)!" Calls out Pikachu. To which Ash stands there, wondering what Pikachu just said.
"Eevee eevee!" Calls out Cat's Eevee. She immediately runs over to Ash and jumps on him. To begin pulling his hair.
"OUCH!" Yelps Ash, going into a tauros impression to try and throw the small girl off his head. She just hangs on like she's riding a horse, using Ash's hair for reins.
"Pika! Chu Pika!" (Ash! Fall over!) Shouts pikachu, looking desperate.
"Eevee veeeeevee!" Shouts Cat's Eevee. Cat sticks her finger in Ash's eye. Ash, in desperation and pain, falls over backwards, getting the small girl stuck beneath him.
"OWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!" They both shout at exactly the same time, Catalina trying to get up, Ash trying to keep her hands away from his face. A thought drifts through his head. if he were watching, what would he order Pikachu to do?
"Pikachu!" (Bite her!) Ash bites her hand, much to Pikachu's delight. "Pika- chu!" (Now flip over and tackle her!) Again, Ash does so. Catalina begins to groan, hurt.
"EEVEE!!!!" Shouts eevee, running onto the field. An obvious forfeit. Ash get off of Catalina, amazed at what just happened. HE fought someone. He didn't want to hurt her, but he did to keep from getting hurt. Was this how Pikachu felt every time he had to battle? A whimpering sound made him look down again. Catalina's eevee was licking her, trying to clean the hurt child's wound.
"Eevetta, stop. I lost." Whispers Cat, slowly getting to her feet. "Congratulations, you won." She whispers, turning to face Ash, reaching in a pocket. She holds out a small stone shaped like a pokeball, with little dents along the top.
Slowly Ash reaches out to take it. Taking out the other piece, he fits them together. Together they look like a pokeball with an eevee balanced on top. Ash stares at it a minute, then gives it back. "I can't. I was stronger. I had an edge."
She smiles, and gives it back. "And you used it. Many don't pass, because they're afraid of hurting a little kid. If Pikachu had quit all the fights where he was better, how many badges would you have?"
Ash thinks about this for a minute. He finally realizes he'd have 5 instead of 20. Now 21. "I guess that's what this battle was meant to tell me, that pokemon are all unequal and I should act the same way?" Cat nods, before Myra comes over and looks at her critically.
"You're a mess, and you don't look too hot either." She tells them both honestly. She picks up her sister despite protests. "You, missy, are getting some rest. And I'd advise you to do the same." She comments to Ash. "Believe it or not, it's 4 in the afternoon. You won't make it to the nearest town before nightfall. Get cleaned up, and go to bed. You look tired." Ash has to admit he feels tired. He turns around, to see Misty and Brock staring at him, Brocks mouth open slightly. He grins at their expressions before walking to the room he had slept in last night and promptly falling asleep on the couch. Pikachu joins him a few moments later.
