Chapter XXXVII- Tais' Battle
The next morning when I woke up, it was about 7:00. Just enough time to get
dressed, get everyone up, get something to eat, before it's gone, and make it to the
stadium. I quietly got out of bed, and opened my closet. Jarod was still sleeping, hugging
the a pillow he had stolen off my bed in the middle of the night because he was cold. (I
told him the air conditioning was on, but did he listen? NO! He put on his boxers and a T-
shirt then went to sleep!) I took out my red t-shirt, my jean shorts, the charcol necklace
Noki had given me, and my belt. I turned around, and there was Jarod, he moved closer
and kissed me on the lips.
"Morning." I said and fixed his hair which was compleatly messed up. "Looks like you
had a rough night."
"It was a little cold, but I had a good nights sleep..."
"Yeah! With my pillow!!" I said and he got his stuff out of the closet too.
"Ok. I'll go change in the bathroom. Do you want me to wake the princesses up?" He
asked as he walked out the door.
"Go for it." I said and closed the door behind him. After I got dressed, I walked
downstairs into the kitchen and looked in the refrigerator. There were some cans of
pokemon food, and a few bottles of water. I pushed them aside and found some fruit on a
plate. I took out an apple and sat down at the table that was there. Noki ran down the
stairs and looked around in the fridge too. She took out a pear and devoured it, then sat
down at the table with me.
"So, are we gonna get going?" She was obviusly excited.
"Just as soon as Erika and Jarod come down and eat something." I said finishing my
apple. "Are you gonna feed your pokemon?" She asked.
"Yup." I was still half asleep. I pulled the pokeballs off my belt and dropped them onto
the floor. () "$^%#! Gyrados return!!" I forgot that he wouldn't fit, and I'd have to feed
him when we got outside. "hhhhhh.....geez. Some master I'll be."
"But you will be one mom. You are in my time line, and you always will be to me." She
said sympatheticly.
"Thanks. But I told you not to call me mom around Jarod. I don't want him to find out just
yet. I have to break it to him gently and slowly."
"Break what to him?" Jarod said walking down the stairs. Apparently he heard the third
and fourth sentance of my conversation with Noki.
"Oh....I was going to tell Ash that we're going to get married." I said quickly.
"Oh! Is that all? Well, actually, I wanted to ask him to be my best man." He said as he
reached into the refrigorator and pulled out a bannana.
"Really? Because in my....." Hinokoai started, but I covered her mouth. Jarod was
confused, but didn't ask.
"ERIKA!!?? Hurry up!" I yelled upstairs to interupt.
"I'm coming! I just have to....get...my.....owww! pokeballs, there!" She ran downstairs and
we all walked to the stadium after I closed and locked the front door. We were about half-
way there when Noki stopped me, and told Jarod and Erika to go on ahead.
"I want you to borrow this pokemon." She said and took out a rather odd looking
pokeball.
"What is it?" I asked and grabbed White Blazes' pokeball off my belt.
"It a pokemon that was just discovered in the future. It's a fire type that can even beat
water type. That's all you need to know. Good luck!" She ran off, putting White Blazes'
pokeball on her belt, and giving me the mystery pokemons'.
"Great. So who am I going to use?" I asked myself, looking at my pokeballs in my hand
as I walked down the path. "Raichu....I'll need him for Misty...This one...the mystery
one...I'll need it for grass or ice type trainers...Rock is protectable against because Raichu
can use both water and ice attacks....Psychic?...how about Leafeon? There! All set!" I said
and put them on the right side of my belt in that order. I ran into the stadium and sat down
in the dug out, after I signed in, where Tai had been waiting.
"Morning Marcy! It's getting close to my turn!" She said excited.
"What number are you?" I asked as I made myself comfortable.
"I'm number G40!"
"Really? Then you might get a chance to battle me after all."
"How about you?"
"I'm number G49. I hope I get to go up against Misty my daug.....my friend lent me her
secret weapon."
"What is it?" She asked in awe as I took the pokeball out and showed it to her.
"I don't know yet. But she said it was a fire pokemon that could even beat up the water
types."
".........." Tai was stunned. She never knew there was any fire pokemon that could do that.
"May we have your attention Please!" The voice over the loud speaker said. "Welcome
again to the continuation of the Pokemon Leauge challanges! (clapping of hands, shouts
of joy) We will begin today, on the Grass field, Number G15, the mermaid of Cerulean
City, MISTY KETCUHM!!" The crowd cheered as Misty got out of the opposite dug out
and stepped on to the field. "On the Ice field, Number I39, the passionetly pink,
MIRAHA HANSEN of Fuschia!" Cheers rang out in the field adjacent to us, so loud, we
could hear them even though we were behind the glass of the dug out. "On the Rock field,
the former leader of Pewter City Gym, Number R40, BROCK TAKESHI!" There were
some cheers and I could even barely distiguish Ash yelling for him. "Finally on the Fire
field, the super charged, Number F20, RAIUKO ARASHI!!" There was a loud cheer that
quickly faded, "Will the numbers G36, I34, R42, and F44, please step up and take your
places!! Good Luck, and Judges....BEGIN!" There were loud cheers from our field as
G36 stepped up. It was a young girl from the dug out across from us. She was dressed in a
red Kimono and had orange hair and green eyes. Misty finished her off easy. The girls
team was all fire anyway. There was no way she could have won....and I think she knew
that. Misty was on fire! She kept going and beating trainers; but her stratigy was the same
every time, poison or paralyz them, then finish them off. I'm surprised no one picked up
on it by then. Finally, it was Tai's turn.
"The winner is Misty Ketchum! Will the next opponent, number G40, step up?!"
"That's me!" Tai said excited as she got up.
"Good luck Tai, just remember, stay calm."
"Thanks Marc!" She got out of the dug out and took her place on the right side of the
field.
"Trainers....BEGIN!" The judge yelled.
"Go Meganium!" She yelled and threw out a pokeball that was green on top with a red
stripe and three yellow lines over it.
"Go Vaporeon!" Misty yelled and threw out a pokeball that was a grey color on top with
two blue gems in it.
"Meganium, use your safeguard!" Tai yelled, and Meganium lowered it's head, then a vail
fell over it, protecting it from any status changes.
"Vaporeon, Ice Beam!" Misty yelled, and Vaporeon let out a burst of ice from it's mouth.
It hit Meganium, freezing it, but the safeguard broke the ice. "What!?"
"Good! Now Meganium, Solar Beam!!" Tai yelled and Meganium moved back it's huge
neck, soaking up the sun.
"Vaporeon! Quick attack!" Vaporeon dissapeared and hit Meganium, reappearing beside
Misty.
"Now! Fire!" Tai yelled, and Meganium fired the Solar Beam which hit Vaporeon,
knocking it down, but not out yet.
"Vaporeon, Ice Beam again!" Misty yelled, and it hit Meganium again with the same
effect as before, the ice cracked.
"Finish it Meganium, Body Slam!" Meganium charged forward plummeting Vaporeon
into the wall behind Misty. "Great job Meganium! Return!" She said and called her back.
"Vaporeon return," Misty said calling Vaporeon back from behind her, "Go Mantine!"
She said and threw another Lure ball out.
"Go Ampharos!" Tai yelled, and threw out an Ultra Ball.
"Mantine, Agility!"
"Ampharos, use Cotten Spore, slow that Mantine down!" Ampharos moved around a bit
and Mantine was suddenly covered in cotten and was stuck.
"Mantine!"
"Ampharos, Thundershock!" Tai yelled, and the gem on his tail began to glow,
"Mantine, Confuse ray!" Misty yelled, and Mantine stared at Ampharos, confusing it. He
twirled around in circles for a while and Tai yelled,
"Ampharos, Thunder!!" But in it's confusion, it used the attack on itself, nearly ko'ing it.
"Mantine, bubblebeam!" Misty yelled, and he surrounded Ampharos with bubbles that
popped as they hit, finishing him off.
"Ampharos, return...My last hope...." She said as she pulled out a Yujin ball and dropped
it on the ground. "Houndoom." She said, admiting defeat.
"Mantine, bubblebeam!" Misty yelled.
"TAI! Don't give up! Go out with a bang!" I yelled and winked. She knew what I meant.
"Houndoom, Fire Blast!" She yelled and Houndoom opened it's mouth letting out a
massive Fire Blast, but it wasn't enough. Mantine flew over and the bubbles from it's
beam popped around Houndoom, cooling it's hot skin. "Houndoom, bite!" Houndoom
turned and bit Mantines' wing.
"Mantine, Take down!" Mantine broke itself free and slammed into Houndoom. He stood
up slowly and turned to Tai, then howled.
"Uh! Hey! You can't give up!" I yelled to Houndoom.
"What did you say?!" Tai responded.
"Not you Tai, Houndoom said he was sorry for disapointing you."
".....you understood that?" She asked in wonder. Houndoom howled again,
"He asked you what to do Tai! Hurry!!"
"Mantine, Wing attack!" Misty yelled and it flew over to Houndoom,
"Houndoom......ah....Roar!" Tai yelled and he roared, but it didn't stop Mantine like it
should've and Mantine pummeled it with it's wings.
"(Sigh)...Houndoom, return." Tai said, starring down at the ground.
"The winner, Misty of Cerulean!" The judge announced. Tai slowly walked off the field,
waving goodbye to me. She didn't look to upset now, so I was glad. Besides, she should
be happy she made it all this way!^_^
Misty kept beating trainer after trainer, and both Jarod and Noki were in the stands
waiting for my turn so they can cheer me on. Finally, it was my turn. Misty was
compleatly undefeated. She had beaten every trainer so far up to G47. It had to end here.
The next morning when I woke up, it was about 7:00. Just enough time to get
dressed, get everyone up, get something to eat, before it's gone, and make it to the
stadium. I quietly got out of bed, and opened my closet. Jarod was still sleeping, hugging
the a pillow he had stolen off my bed in the middle of the night because he was cold. (I
told him the air conditioning was on, but did he listen? NO! He put on his boxers and a T-
shirt then went to sleep!) I took out my red t-shirt, my jean shorts, the charcol necklace
Noki had given me, and my belt. I turned around, and there was Jarod, he moved closer
and kissed me on the lips.
"Morning." I said and fixed his hair which was compleatly messed up. "Looks like you
had a rough night."
"It was a little cold, but I had a good nights sleep..."
"Yeah! With my pillow!!" I said and he got his stuff out of the closet too.
"Ok. I'll go change in the bathroom. Do you want me to wake the princesses up?" He
asked as he walked out the door.
"Go for it." I said and closed the door behind him. After I got dressed, I walked
downstairs into the kitchen and looked in the refrigerator. There were some cans of
pokemon food, and a few bottles of water. I pushed them aside and found some fruit on a
plate. I took out an apple and sat down at the table that was there. Noki ran down the
stairs and looked around in the fridge too. She took out a pear and devoured it, then sat
down at the table with me.
"So, are we gonna get going?" She was obviusly excited.
"Just as soon as Erika and Jarod come down and eat something." I said finishing my
apple. "Are you gonna feed your pokemon?" She asked.
"Yup." I was still half asleep. I pulled the pokeballs off my belt and dropped them onto
the floor. () "$^%#! Gyrados return!!" I forgot that he wouldn't fit, and I'd have to feed
him when we got outside. "hhhhhh.....geez. Some master I'll be."
"But you will be one mom. You are in my time line, and you always will be to me." She
said sympatheticly.
"Thanks. But I told you not to call me mom around Jarod. I don't want him to find out just
yet. I have to break it to him gently and slowly."
"Break what to him?" Jarod said walking down the stairs. Apparently he heard the third
and fourth sentance of my conversation with Noki.
"Oh....I was going to tell Ash that we're going to get married." I said quickly.
"Oh! Is that all? Well, actually, I wanted to ask him to be my best man." He said as he
reached into the refrigorator and pulled out a bannana.
"Really? Because in my....." Hinokoai started, but I covered her mouth. Jarod was
confused, but didn't ask.
"ERIKA!!?? Hurry up!" I yelled upstairs to interupt.
"I'm coming! I just have to....get...my.....owww! pokeballs, there!" She ran downstairs and
we all walked to the stadium after I closed and locked the front door. We were about half-
way there when Noki stopped me, and told Jarod and Erika to go on ahead.
"I want you to borrow this pokemon." She said and took out a rather odd looking
pokeball.
"What is it?" I asked and grabbed White Blazes' pokeball off my belt.
"It a pokemon that was just discovered in the future. It's a fire type that can even beat
water type. That's all you need to know. Good luck!" She ran off, putting White Blazes'
pokeball on her belt, and giving me the mystery pokemons'.
"Great. So who am I going to use?" I asked myself, looking at my pokeballs in my hand
as I walked down the path. "Raichu....I'll need him for Misty...This one...the mystery
one...I'll need it for grass or ice type trainers...Rock is protectable against because Raichu
can use both water and ice attacks....Psychic?...how about Leafeon? There! All set!" I said
and put them on the right side of my belt in that order. I ran into the stadium and sat down
in the dug out, after I signed in, where Tai had been waiting.
"Morning Marcy! It's getting close to my turn!" She said excited.
"What number are you?" I asked as I made myself comfortable.
"I'm number G40!"
"Really? Then you might get a chance to battle me after all."
"How about you?"
"I'm number G49. I hope I get to go up against Misty my daug.....my friend lent me her
secret weapon."
"What is it?" She asked in awe as I took the pokeball out and showed it to her.
"I don't know yet. But she said it was a fire pokemon that could even beat up the water
types."
".........." Tai was stunned. She never knew there was any fire pokemon that could do that.
"May we have your attention Please!" The voice over the loud speaker said. "Welcome
again to the continuation of the Pokemon Leauge challanges! (clapping of hands, shouts
of joy) We will begin today, on the Grass field, Number G15, the mermaid of Cerulean
City, MISTY KETCUHM!!" The crowd cheered as Misty got out of the opposite dug out
and stepped on to the field. "On the Ice field, Number I39, the passionetly pink,
MIRAHA HANSEN of Fuschia!" Cheers rang out in the field adjacent to us, so loud, we
could hear them even though we were behind the glass of the dug out. "On the Rock field,
the former leader of Pewter City Gym, Number R40, BROCK TAKESHI!" There were
some cheers and I could even barely distiguish Ash yelling for him. "Finally on the Fire
field, the super charged, Number F20, RAIUKO ARASHI!!" There was a loud cheer that
quickly faded, "Will the numbers G36, I34, R42, and F44, please step up and take your
places!! Good Luck, and Judges....BEGIN!" There were loud cheers from our field as
G36 stepped up. It was a young girl from the dug out across from us. She was dressed in a
red Kimono and had orange hair and green eyes. Misty finished her off easy. The girls
team was all fire anyway. There was no way she could have won....and I think she knew
that. Misty was on fire! She kept going and beating trainers; but her stratigy was the same
every time, poison or paralyz them, then finish them off. I'm surprised no one picked up
on it by then. Finally, it was Tai's turn.
"The winner is Misty Ketchum! Will the next opponent, number G40, step up?!"
"That's me!" Tai said excited as she got up.
"Good luck Tai, just remember, stay calm."
"Thanks Marc!" She got out of the dug out and took her place on the right side of the
field.
"Trainers....BEGIN!" The judge yelled.
"Go Meganium!" She yelled and threw out a pokeball that was green on top with a red
stripe and three yellow lines over it.
"Go Vaporeon!" Misty yelled and threw out a pokeball that was a grey color on top with
two blue gems in it.
"Meganium, use your safeguard!" Tai yelled, and Meganium lowered it's head, then a vail
fell over it, protecting it from any status changes.
"Vaporeon, Ice Beam!" Misty yelled, and Vaporeon let out a burst of ice from it's mouth.
It hit Meganium, freezing it, but the safeguard broke the ice. "What!?"
"Good! Now Meganium, Solar Beam!!" Tai yelled and Meganium moved back it's huge
neck, soaking up the sun.
"Vaporeon! Quick attack!" Vaporeon dissapeared and hit Meganium, reappearing beside
Misty.
"Now! Fire!" Tai yelled, and Meganium fired the Solar Beam which hit Vaporeon,
knocking it down, but not out yet.
"Vaporeon, Ice Beam again!" Misty yelled, and it hit Meganium again with the same
effect as before, the ice cracked.
"Finish it Meganium, Body Slam!" Meganium charged forward plummeting Vaporeon
into the wall behind Misty. "Great job Meganium! Return!" She said and called her back.
"Vaporeon return," Misty said calling Vaporeon back from behind her, "Go Mantine!"
She said and threw another Lure ball out.
"Go Ampharos!" Tai yelled, and threw out an Ultra Ball.
"Mantine, Agility!"
"Ampharos, use Cotten Spore, slow that Mantine down!" Ampharos moved around a bit
and Mantine was suddenly covered in cotten and was stuck.
"Mantine!"
"Ampharos, Thundershock!" Tai yelled, and the gem on his tail began to glow,
"Mantine, Confuse ray!" Misty yelled, and Mantine stared at Ampharos, confusing it. He
twirled around in circles for a while and Tai yelled,
"Ampharos, Thunder!!" But in it's confusion, it used the attack on itself, nearly ko'ing it.
"Mantine, bubblebeam!" Misty yelled, and he surrounded Ampharos with bubbles that
popped as they hit, finishing him off.
"Ampharos, return...My last hope...." She said as she pulled out a Yujin ball and dropped
it on the ground. "Houndoom." She said, admiting defeat.
"Mantine, bubblebeam!" Misty yelled.
"TAI! Don't give up! Go out with a bang!" I yelled and winked. She knew what I meant.
"Houndoom, Fire Blast!" She yelled and Houndoom opened it's mouth letting out a
massive Fire Blast, but it wasn't enough. Mantine flew over and the bubbles from it's
beam popped around Houndoom, cooling it's hot skin. "Houndoom, bite!" Houndoom
turned and bit Mantines' wing.
"Mantine, Take down!" Mantine broke itself free and slammed into Houndoom. He stood
up slowly and turned to Tai, then howled.
"Uh! Hey! You can't give up!" I yelled to Houndoom.
"What did you say?!" Tai responded.
"Not you Tai, Houndoom said he was sorry for disapointing you."
".....you understood that?" She asked in wonder. Houndoom howled again,
"He asked you what to do Tai! Hurry!!"
"Mantine, Wing attack!" Misty yelled and it flew over to Houndoom,
"Houndoom......ah....Roar!" Tai yelled and he roared, but it didn't stop Mantine like it
should've and Mantine pummeled it with it's wings.
"(Sigh)...Houndoom, return." Tai said, starring down at the ground.
"The winner, Misty of Cerulean!" The judge announced. Tai slowly walked off the field,
waving goodbye to me. She didn't look to upset now, so I was glad. Besides, she should
be happy she made it all this way!^_^
Misty kept beating trainer after trainer, and both Jarod and Noki were in the stands
waiting for my turn so they can cheer me on. Finally, it was my turn. Misty was
compleatly undefeated. She had beaten every trainer so far up to G47. It had to end here.