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Rise of Avalon
By:
CrystalPinkTorchic
Chapter Four- Battles and Faints
Eevee leapt to the left and the right as it closed in for an attack on Cyndaquil. The latter's Ember attack had sped on by as Eevee had leapt to the left and right at the same time, alternating leaps as it skillfully avoided the rockets of flame. They had sped on by, soon fizzling out of existence because of their small size and little power. Cyndaquil looked about in confusion as the young little Pokemon continued to leap to the left and right rapidly like a blur. Confused, Cyndaquil looked about as to where exactly this attacking Eevee was. But he could not discern the location. Wildly leaping to the left and right extremely quickly as he closed in, Eevee was never in one place for long. That meant Eevee, as it closed in for a strong and hard tackle, could not and would not be stopped by a quick jet of flame from the Fire Pokemon's mouth. Eevee finally struck Cyndaquil, slamming hard into its body with a powerful blow. The Fire Pokemon reeled, stumbling backwards as its head throbbed with an extremely painful headache. After its full-on blow, Eevee had leapt off the Fire-type and way, aiming a final small blow at the head. The blow had, though it was pure accident and not very powerful, struck a sensitive spot on the Cyndaquil's head and left it hurting.
Fayen was shocked that his Eevee had resorted to what it seemed were unfair tactics. Afterall, the young creature had aimed a blow at the Fire-type Cyndaquil's head as it had leapt away. It had even struck out at a spot that still had not healed after a Growlithe belonging to another in-town trainer that had been one of Daisuke's opponents had unleashed a powerful Take Down attack on the creature. Since Cyndaquil had been young when battling the four-legged fire creature, and since the battle had taken place in town, Cyndaquil had thus felt the effects of Take Down when the tackle had ended up smacking its young and vulnerable head against a thick beam of wood. The result had left it with a skull injury soon healed by the town's Pokemon Doctor. Then, it had been a scary moment, as young Daisuke feared that his Cyndaquil would pass on and his friend would be gone. For he considered the little Fire-type a friend. Luckily, the doctors were greatly skilled, and they soon treated Cyndaquil's injury. However, it was left with a reminder of that day. That sensitive spot near the front of its skull would forever remain. Pain would be brought on the unfortunate creature if it was ever struck there, a lasting and long throbbing pain. When Fayen had learnt of Eevee's injury, he had told her never to strike that area of the skull when they battled Cyndaquil. Fayen was like that. He was gentle with his Pokemon, but then he never really expected to battle with his Pokemon unless it was required. He was kind to his Pokemon, unlike Daisuke, who was more of a taskmaster. But then his Pokemon had a grudging respect for him, anyway.
Fayen cried out to Eevee. " Eevee, I told you not to ever hit Cyndaquil at that area! " said he in a chiding tone. Eevee cried out back to her master, trying to indicate that it has just been an accident. However, Daisuke settled the matter with one of his atypical boastful and yet foolish remarks.
" Ah, don't worry your head over it, Fay! Cyndaquil can handle a blow like that, right? " Glancing at the Fire-type Pokemon, he was relieved to see that the little kawaii creature had somehow managed to shake off its throbbing headache and was now fully ready for a battle. To prove this, the creature was already crouched for battle again. It looked as if it never had been hit. Clearly there was a bit of truth to Daisuke's boast, as the creature was still standing. It was swaying a bit unsteadily here and there, but was no longer a victim of the headache for the most part.
Daisuke smiled at this. " Good work, Cyndaquil! Now, use a Swift attack! " Cyndaquil smirked, drawing its head backwards. Its body began to glow with a greenish aura and power. The head snapped back forward as Cyndaquil came forth. The aura seperated from the Cyndaquil's being, breaking off into small parts that soon formed into tiny green stars. These stars flew towards Eevee, looking ready to cut it up.
" Dodge! " cried Fayen on instinct, hoping to avoid this seemingly-painful attack. However, as Eevee leapt to the right with a speed natural to it, the stars actually turned to follow the creature. They also began to pick up speed, moving faster and faster. Eevee tried another leap, this one to the left. Again the stars twisted in its direction, picking up speed again. Desperate, it tried a third leap back to the middle. Once more, the stars twisted towards it, yet again picking up speed once more. Eevee tried all sorts of complicated dodges and other moves, the homing stars continued their relentless pursuit. Finally, they plowed into Eevee with a very powerful force that sent Eevee reeling to the ground. It looked to be hurt by the attack, just as much as Cyndaquil had been hurt by the tap on its skull. Lying on its side like that, Eevee clearly looked like it had felt the effects of Swift.
" Eevee! " Fayen cried, thinking that the Pokemon was out cold. He was of course concerned about the injury it had sustained, and knew that he would have to visit the Pokemon Doctor in town after this battle whether he won or lost. But he had this selfish, nagging feeling at the back of his head. It was a thought that maybe, with the battle over and Daisuke soon leaving with boastful words on his lips involving his victory, he could finally think about the mysteries plaguing him. The key to his past life might be discovered today, and only if Daisuke would just go away and leave him alone.
Thusly, it was quite the surprise when Eevee struggled to its feet, wounded but still able to battle Cyndaquil. It looked a bit worn-down and tired, but Cyndaquil was too. Maybe not worn down and tired physically, but the Fire-type looked it. Fayen saw his wounded Eevee, and tried to call for a surrender.
" I surrender! Daisuke, I surrender the match to you! " cried Fayen desperately. Daisuke would clearly see that Eevee was wounded, perhaps a bit too much for the battle to continue. Eevee would require medical attention, not a continuing battle with a very powerful Cyndaquil.
" Come now, Fay! Your Eevee's back on its feet! Besides, the rules say that you can't give up when battling another trainer unless your Pokemon requires medical attention! " cried Daisuke.
" Yes, the rules say that! But Eevee really is wounded! Look! That Swift attack you used caused a lot of pain. Eevee needs medical attention. " cried Fayen. Though Eevee was trying its hardest to look like it could still stand, she was swaying unsteadily a lot more than Cyndaquil had ever done. She did look more injured than Daisuke's Cyndaquil, which had somewhat recovered from an unfortunate tap to the skull earlier.
" They're not really rules, Fay... They're more guidelines than anything... " chuckled Daisuke. " This match will continue, and there is nothing that will stop it, not even the destruction of the world! " Daisuke, like Fayen, tended to get melodramatic at certain instances. That was one of the reasons the two had become friends. While recovering in town, Fayen had met a young boy with a Cyndaquil. That boy had been Daisuke, a brash teenager who had thought to make friends with the amnesiac in town. Being a gentler person than Daisuke, Fayen's personality clashed with that of Daisuke. That soon became a grudging cross between a friendship and a rivalry. Fayen was willing to acknowledge the boy in a polite fashion and talk with him, but he really wanted to just find out the truth about his past life. Daisuke wanted to be a bit more social, and so they had differing personalities that seemed to war against each other. Daisuke was a bit more teasing than Fayen, enough to give him the nickname of Fay simply because he considered his seeming friend's name odd. Fayen was a bit more polite, actually, constantly asking people to forgive him for the smallest of slights. That got annoying on many an occasion, as most of the townspeople could testify.
" Now, use the Smokescreen attack, Cyndaquil! " ordered Daisuke. Cyndaquil complied, retracting the brush of flame that burst from its back like an everpresent geyser. A few minutes later, thick black smoke emitted from these pores and spread about the grassy utopian plain, desecrating it with seeming imperfection and horrible disgusting smoke. The geyser of flame popped back up, but the cloud of smoke still hung over the area.
The attack seemed to have worked. The weak and staggering Eevee now could not see a thing around it due to the obscuring clouds of darkness surrounding it. Confused, it weakly gazed about with every ounce of strength it had, trying to ascertain the Fire-type's location. That failed, however, as the cloud was impenetrable by eyesight.
" Heh... Cyndaquil, use the Flame Ring tactic I taught you! " Leaving Fayen and Eevee confused as to what was going on, Cyndaquil bounded through the smoke. With its sharp eyes, the creature was able to see through the smoke somehow. Eevee's eyes were sharp, but Cyndaquil had been trained to sight any Pokemon in the depths of the darkness spawned by the Smokescreen attack. Cyndaquil bounded towards Eevee's location, in the center of the cloud of smoke. It came to a stop at a distance it felt sufficient enough to perform the Flame Ring tactic. Awkwardly crouching on his side, Cyndaquil began to bound around Eevee in a circle, emitting a small jet of flame from his mouth the whole time. The flame caught on the grass and lit it up, creating a small burning flame that would not provide a threat to anyone nor would speed out of control. If it did, Cyndaquil would kick dirt on it to keep the flame out. Once it had completed a circle, the Fire-type leapt into the ring of flame, in front of Eevee.
" Now, clear the smoke so Fay can see what you've done! " cried Daisuke. Cyndaquil complied, unleashing a powerful jet of flame that divided the clouds of smoke and scattered them. When that was done, Fayen saw the most shocking sight. Cyndaquil had enclosed itself in a ring of flame with Eevee as well.
" You have locked Eevee in a ring of flame! " cried Fayen. " But why? "
" Simple, really. " chuckled Daisuke. " Eevee and Cyndaquil are now locked in a ring of flame. The battle will finish in this little ring. Should Eevee try to get out, he'll be burnt by the flames. That will allow for further attack. Thusly, this whole battle has been won as Eevee will have the disadvantage in this battle. "
Fayen glanced at the battle situation, thinking that he would lose. Like it or not, the battle was not to be his. That was for the better, as after he got Eevee treated, he could come back and think. It was still fairly early in the day, leaving hopefully enough time for him to think of his past. Suddenly, a painful and throbbing pain overtook his right hand. He grasped it, a look of pain overcoming him. The pain was enough to drive him to his kness and leave Daisuke staring in concern at his friend's pain. The pain continued, increasing and increasing until he was driven to a dead faint. Before he fell away into an abyss of darkness and unconciousness, he heard a voice go through his mind, one that was sharp and reprimanding.
Search for the Key... Now...
END Chapter Four
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Rise of Avalon
By:
CrystalPinkTorchic
Chapter Four- Battles and Faints
Eevee leapt to the left and the right as it closed in for an attack on Cyndaquil. The latter's Ember attack had sped on by as Eevee had leapt to the left and right at the same time, alternating leaps as it skillfully avoided the rockets of flame. They had sped on by, soon fizzling out of existence because of their small size and little power. Cyndaquil looked about in confusion as the young little Pokemon continued to leap to the left and right rapidly like a blur. Confused, Cyndaquil looked about as to where exactly this attacking Eevee was. But he could not discern the location. Wildly leaping to the left and right extremely quickly as he closed in, Eevee was never in one place for long. That meant Eevee, as it closed in for a strong and hard tackle, could not and would not be stopped by a quick jet of flame from the Fire Pokemon's mouth. Eevee finally struck Cyndaquil, slamming hard into its body with a powerful blow. The Fire Pokemon reeled, stumbling backwards as its head throbbed with an extremely painful headache. After its full-on blow, Eevee had leapt off the Fire-type and way, aiming a final small blow at the head. The blow had, though it was pure accident and not very powerful, struck a sensitive spot on the Cyndaquil's head and left it hurting.
Fayen was shocked that his Eevee had resorted to what it seemed were unfair tactics. Afterall, the young creature had aimed a blow at the Fire-type Cyndaquil's head as it had leapt away. It had even struck out at a spot that still had not healed after a Growlithe belonging to another in-town trainer that had been one of Daisuke's opponents had unleashed a powerful Take Down attack on the creature. Since Cyndaquil had been young when battling the four-legged fire creature, and since the battle had taken place in town, Cyndaquil had thus felt the effects of Take Down when the tackle had ended up smacking its young and vulnerable head against a thick beam of wood. The result had left it with a skull injury soon healed by the town's Pokemon Doctor. Then, it had been a scary moment, as young Daisuke feared that his Cyndaquil would pass on and his friend would be gone. For he considered the little Fire-type a friend. Luckily, the doctors were greatly skilled, and they soon treated Cyndaquil's injury. However, it was left with a reminder of that day. That sensitive spot near the front of its skull would forever remain. Pain would be brought on the unfortunate creature if it was ever struck there, a lasting and long throbbing pain. When Fayen had learnt of Eevee's injury, he had told her never to strike that area of the skull when they battled Cyndaquil. Fayen was like that. He was gentle with his Pokemon, but then he never really expected to battle with his Pokemon unless it was required. He was kind to his Pokemon, unlike Daisuke, who was more of a taskmaster. But then his Pokemon had a grudging respect for him, anyway.
Fayen cried out to Eevee. " Eevee, I told you not to ever hit Cyndaquil at that area! " said he in a chiding tone. Eevee cried out back to her master, trying to indicate that it has just been an accident. However, Daisuke settled the matter with one of his atypical boastful and yet foolish remarks.
" Ah, don't worry your head over it, Fay! Cyndaquil can handle a blow like that, right? " Glancing at the Fire-type Pokemon, he was relieved to see that the little kawaii creature had somehow managed to shake off its throbbing headache and was now fully ready for a battle. To prove this, the creature was already crouched for battle again. It looked as if it never had been hit. Clearly there was a bit of truth to Daisuke's boast, as the creature was still standing. It was swaying a bit unsteadily here and there, but was no longer a victim of the headache for the most part.
Daisuke smiled at this. " Good work, Cyndaquil! Now, use a Swift attack! " Cyndaquil smirked, drawing its head backwards. Its body began to glow with a greenish aura and power. The head snapped back forward as Cyndaquil came forth. The aura seperated from the Cyndaquil's being, breaking off into small parts that soon formed into tiny green stars. These stars flew towards Eevee, looking ready to cut it up.
" Dodge! " cried Fayen on instinct, hoping to avoid this seemingly-painful attack. However, as Eevee leapt to the right with a speed natural to it, the stars actually turned to follow the creature. They also began to pick up speed, moving faster and faster. Eevee tried another leap, this one to the left. Again the stars twisted in its direction, picking up speed again. Desperate, it tried a third leap back to the middle. Once more, the stars twisted towards it, yet again picking up speed once more. Eevee tried all sorts of complicated dodges and other moves, the homing stars continued their relentless pursuit. Finally, they plowed into Eevee with a very powerful force that sent Eevee reeling to the ground. It looked to be hurt by the attack, just as much as Cyndaquil had been hurt by the tap on its skull. Lying on its side like that, Eevee clearly looked like it had felt the effects of Swift.
" Eevee! " Fayen cried, thinking that the Pokemon was out cold. He was of course concerned about the injury it had sustained, and knew that he would have to visit the Pokemon Doctor in town after this battle whether he won or lost. But he had this selfish, nagging feeling at the back of his head. It was a thought that maybe, with the battle over and Daisuke soon leaving with boastful words on his lips involving his victory, he could finally think about the mysteries plaguing him. The key to his past life might be discovered today, and only if Daisuke would just go away and leave him alone.
Thusly, it was quite the surprise when Eevee struggled to its feet, wounded but still able to battle Cyndaquil. It looked a bit worn-down and tired, but Cyndaquil was too. Maybe not worn down and tired physically, but the Fire-type looked it. Fayen saw his wounded Eevee, and tried to call for a surrender.
" I surrender! Daisuke, I surrender the match to you! " cried Fayen desperately. Daisuke would clearly see that Eevee was wounded, perhaps a bit too much for the battle to continue. Eevee would require medical attention, not a continuing battle with a very powerful Cyndaquil.
" Come now, Fay! Your Eevee's back on its feet! Besides, the rules say that you can't give up when battling another trainer unless your Pokemon requires medical attention! " cried Daisuke.
" Yes, the rules say that! But Eevee really is wounded! Look! That Swift attack you used caused a lot of pain. Eevee needs medical attention. " cried Fayen. Though Eevee was trying its hardest to look like it could still stand, she was swaying unsteadily a lot more than Cyndaquil had ever done. She did look more injured than Daisuke's Cyndaquil, which had somewhat recovered from an unfortunate tap to the skull earlier.
" They're not really rules, Fay... They're more guidelines than anything... " chuckled Daisuke. " This match will continue, and there is nothing that will stop it, not even the destruction of the world! " Daisuke, like Fayen, tended to get melodramatic at certain instances. That was one of the reasons the two had become friends. While recovering in town, Fayen had met a young boy with a Cyndaquil. That boy had been Daisuke, a brash teenager who had thought to make friends with the amnesiac in town. Being a gentler person than Daisuke, Fayen's personality clashed with that of Daisuke. That soon became a grudging cross between a friendship and a rivalry. Fayen was willing to acknowledge the boy in a polite fashion and talk with him, but he really wanted to just find out the truth about his past life. Daisuke wanted to be a bit more social, and so they had differing personalities that seemed to war against each other. Daisuke was a bit more teasing than Fayen, enough to give him the nickname of Fay simply because he considered his seeming friend's name odd. Fayen was a bit more polite, actually, constantly asking people to forgive him for the smallest of slights. That got annoying on many an occasion, as most of the townspeople could testify.
" Now, use the Smokescreen attack, Cyndaquil! " ordered Daisuke. Cyndaquil complied, retracting the brush of flame that burst from its back like an everpresent geyser. A few minutes later, thick black smoke emitted from these pores and spread about the grassy utopian plain, desecrating it with seeming imperfection and horrible disgusting smoke. The geyser of flame popped back up, but the cloud of smoke still hung over the area.
The attack seemed to have worked. The weak and staggering Eevee now could not see a thing around it due to the obscuring clouds of darkness surrounding it. Confused, it weakly gazed about with every ounce of strength it had, trying to ascertain the Fire-type's location. That failed, however, as the cloud was impenetrable by eyesight.
" Heh... Cyndaquil, use the Flame Ring tactic I taught you! " Leaving Fayen and Eevee confused as to what was going on, Cyndaquil bounded through the smoke. With its sharp eyes, the creature was able to see through the smoke somehow. Eevee's eyes were sharp, but Cyndaquil had been trained to sight any Pokemon in the depths of the darkness spawned by the Smokescreen attack. Cyndaquil bounded towards Eevee's location, in the center of the cloud of smoke. It came to a stop at a distance it felt sufficient enough to perform the Flame Ring tactic. Awkwardly crouching on his side, Cyndaquil began to bound around Eevee in a circle, emitting a small jet of flame from his mouth the whole time. The flame caught on the grass and lit it up, creating a small burning flame that would not provide a threat to anyone nor would speed out of control. If it did, Cyndaquil would kick dirt on it to keep the flame out. Once it had completed a circle, the Fire-type leapt into the ring of flame, in front of Eevee.
" Now, clear the smoke so Fay can see what you've done! " cried Daisuke. Cyndaquil complied, unleashing a powerful jet of flame that divided the clouds of smoke and scattered them. When that was done, Fayen saw the most shocking sight. Cyndaquil had enclosed itself in a ring of flame with Eevee as well.
" You have locked Eevee in a ring of flame! " cried Fayen. " But why? "
" Simple, really. " chuckled Daisuke. " Eevee and Cyndaquil are now locked in a ring of flame. The battle will finish in this little ring. Should Eevee try to get out, he'll be burnt by the flames. That will allow for further attack. Thusly, this whole battle has been won as Eevee will have the disadvantage in this battle. "
Fayen glanced at the battle situation, thinking that he would lose. Like it or not, the battle was not to be his. That was for the better, as after he got Eevee treated, he could come back and think. It was still fairly early in the day, leaving hopefully enough time for him to think of his past. Suddenly, a painful and throbbing pain overtook his right hand. He grasped it, a look of pain overcoming him. The pain was enough to drive him to his kness and leave Daisuke staring in concern at his friend's pain. The pain continued, increasing and increasing until he was driven to a dead faint. Before he fell away into an abyss of darkness and unconciousness, he heard a voice go through his mind, one that was sharp and reprimanding.
Search for the Key... Now...
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