Hey everyone! I'm back with a new chapter. This one is Matt's first gym battle so it's full of excitement. Long too. Hope everyone likes it!
Question: I was looking through my previous chapters and I'm not sure I did a satisfactory job of explaining what my human characters look like. Does everyone have a general idea? Or do you want me to try explaining again? If you have your own personal images of what Robin, Matt, Raven and Michele look like, feel free to say so and I'll leave as is okay?
Disclaimer: Nope, so no sue.
Chapter 10
"The gym leader here only uses bird pokemon" Michelle told Matt as they walked to the gym.
"That means Geodude and Gastly are my best bet." Matt said, thinking aloud. "But since Eevee is my strongest Pokemon, he should do well too." He smiled at Eevee who had decided he liked the height when he was on Matt's shoulder and had decided to travel that way.
"I've heard that Falcor, the gym leader, is very self-confident, and arrogant." Michelle said casually as they walked into the gym.
It was an open-air gym with a giant grassy area and a pond in one corner of the gym. There was a man guarding the entrance to the field.
He looked at them and asked, "What is your purpose for being here?"
"What do you think our purpose is? To plant daisies?" Michelle asked sarcastically.
She was still slightly off the edge with the Gastly incident. Matt hastily stepped in front of her before she got them thrown out.
"I'm here to challenge the gym leader." Matt said.
"Ve" Eevee agreed.
The man nodded, ignoring Michelle. "You may enter."
They stepped onto the field and Eevee jumped off Matt's back.
"Where's the gym leader?" Michelle asked looking around.
Larvitar pointed to another door as it opened to reveal a boy about Matt's age.
"I take it you're here to challenge me?" Falcor said in a bored tone.
"That is the usual reason to come here." Matt pointed out.
"Fine, this will be a four on four battle, no time limit." He said.
Matt nodded and Michelle said to Matt, "Beat him quickly so we can go have a nice victory dinner." She winked at him and stepped back so the two men could battle. Matt smiled at her and Falcor rolled his eyes.
"Noctowl, GO!"
"Magikarp, GO!" Falcor and Matt said as they threw out their pokeballs.
Magikarp came out in the pond and started to splash.
"Karp, karp, karp!" he said happily.
"A magikarp?" Falcor said laughing. "This will be easy. HYPNOSIS!"
Noctowl hovered above Magikarp and started to send out hypnotic waves.
"Karp?" Magikarp said with his head tilted to the side.
Matt grinned, "Magikarp is already to dazed for Hypnosis to work! Tackle attack Magikarp!"
Magikarp jumped out of the water and hit Noctowl, then splashed back in.
"Grrr Noctowl, Peck!"
"Magikarp, go underwater!" As Noctowl swooped down to hit Magikarp, Magikarp dived under.
"WHOO!" Noctowl exclaimed and hastily pulled up.
"Another tackle attack!" Matt yelled, and Magikarp jumped out of the water and hit Noctowl again.
"Now splash!" Matt exclaimed, and Magikarp stared to jump in and out of the water, smacking Noctowl repeatedly. Michelle was laughing so hard she was doubled over.
"Falcor is getting beaten by a MAGIKARP!" she yelled happily.
Larvitar was grinning and Eevee shouted encouragement.
"NOCTOWL GRAB THAT FREAKEN FISH!" he yelled in frustration.
When Magikarp jumped Noctowl swooped down and caught him in its talons.
"Magikarp! Wiggle!" Matt yelled as Noctowl flapped as hard as it could.
It wasn't meant too carry fish and Magikarp was heavy!
"Noctowl, bring him to land! Then he will be useless!" Falcor shouted.
"Magikarp, try to get out of that grip!" Matt said.
Noctowl strained to get Magikarp to land. They were only about two feet above ground. Its talons dug into Magikarp tighter as the fish struggled to get away. Finally, Noctowl dropped Magikarp on land then collapsed onto the grass, panting.
Magikarp jumped up and down on the grass yelling "KARP! KARP!"
"Magikarp is unable to battle" Falcor smirked, "I win this one."
Matt went over to Magikarp and patted his head. "You did great!" he told him, Matt's smile was full of pride, "come back into your pokeball now." Matt returned Magikarp and picked out another pokeball.
"You can do it Matt" Michelle called form the side. Eevee looked up at his trainer and grinned.
"ve!" Matt smiled and threw a pokeball, "Geodude go!"
"You can beat this wimpy rock!" Falcor said to Noctowl. Noctowl took a deep breath and took to the air.
"Geodude, rock throw!" Matt said.
"Noctowl dodge the rocks!" Falcor replied.
"dude, dude, dude" Geodude panted as he threw the rocks at Noctowl.
Noctowl tried to dodge the rocks, but they were coming so fast and it was so tired. He was hit by more rocks then he dodged.
"Noctowl, hypnosis!" Falcor yelled, desperate. He knew that the bird couldn't keep going much longer.
"Defense curl!" Matt said.
Geodude curled up with his arms in front of his eyes. The hypnotic waves uselessly hit Geodude's arms. When Noctowl finished Geodude came out fine.
"Try peck!" Falcor said.
"Tackle!" Matt exclaimed.
Noctowl dived for Geodude and Geodude charged at Noctowl. They hit each other full force. Noctowl fell back and crashed to the floor, fainted.
"Noctowl return." Falcor said.
Matt high fived Geodude, "Great job, I'm gonna keep you in." Matt told the rock pokemon.
"Geodude" Geodude said and nodded. Eevee did a little dance with Larvitar, and Michelle was grinning.
"Fearow, I choose you!" Falcor growled with a scowl at Matt and Geodude.
"Rrrroooowww!" Fearow crowed.
"dude!" Geodude said, unimpressed.
"Fury-attack!"
"Defense curl!" yelled the two trainers.
Geodude curled just as Fearow came at him. Fearow pecked and scratched furiously at Geodude who stayed curled up.
"Fearow, stop that and try Fly!"
Fearow flew back, away from Geodude and then flew up.
"Geodude, when Fearow dives, grab his beak!" Matt told Geodude.
Geodude nodded and watched Fearow in the sky. Fearow dived and Geodude got ready.
"NOW!" Matt and Michelle both shouted.
Geodude brought his hands together onto Fearow's beak that was two inches away from him. The force drove the rock back into the ground.
"Toss him!" Matt yelled.
Geodude, straining a bit, clutched Fearow's beak tighter and spun, tossing him to the ground.
"Fearow get back up and use Fury-attack again!" Falcor said angrily.
"Rock throw to finish him!" Matt yelled to Geodude.
Fearow came at Geodude, but couldn't get to him. Geodude was hurling rocks with deadly accuracy. Fearow was hit once, twice, three times! By the third hit, Fearow had fainted.
"AAAA! FEAROW RETURN!" Falcor yelled in frustration.
Geodude was breathing hard. "Do you want to stop Geodude?" Matt asked him. Geodude shook his head. "Alright, I'll keep you in!" Matt said, smiling excitedly.
"Two down two to go!" Michelle yelled happily.
Falcor looked up and said "Your Geodude won't be able to defeat this bird." and he took out another pokeball.
"Dotrio! Go!"
A three-headed ostrich like pokemon came out.
"Caaa, Raaa, Yaaa!" Each head said.
"The three heads represent three emotions." Michelle told Matt. "Sadness, Anger, and Happiness."
Matt nodded then shrugged, "it's still a bird so Geodude, rock throw!"
"Dotrio! Tri-attack."
Geodude picked up a rock to hurl, but the first head, on the right, crowed and suddenly Geodude was engulfed in fire. Then the middle head crowed, and Geodude was struck by lightning, then the last head crowed and he was encased in ice.
"DU-" Geodude started to yell, but then he cut off as he fell to the floor, barely moving.
"HE'S FROZEN!" Michelle cried out, running into the field. The guard stepped in her way. Larvitar growled.
"Once the boy admits defeat, you may treat the pokemon." The guard told them. Falcor smirked and Matt glared at him
"Geodude lost this battle." Matt said through clenched teeth "Now let her treat him before my Pokemon is seriously hurt."
The guard stepped aside, and Michelle rushed to Geodude, Larvitar carrying her bag.
"Chansy, go!" Michelle said.
"Chansy!" the egg pokemon exclaimed happily, and the girl and pokemon got to work.
"Will he be alright?" Matt asked anxiously as he peered over her shoulder.
"Eevee?" Eevee added.
Michelle smiled and nodded. "He will be fine in a couple of minutes."
"Hurry it UP!" Falcor said, tapping his foot impatiently, and earned a glare from every one but the guard.
"geo…dude…" Geodude sighed tiredly, as he came out of his frozen state.
"Geodude, I am VERY proud of you" Matt told his pokemon, patting it. "You fought bravely and well, now go with Michelle to the side and get fully healed."
Chansy and Larvitar picked up Geodude and carried him to the side.
Michelle winked at Matt and said to him "don't worry about Geodude, you have the best Healer working on him."
"Thanks Michelle, I don't know what I could do to repay you…..?" Matt said hesitantly, but smiling.
Michelle grinned and said "Just beat this arrogant slob, and then treat me to dinner!" Matt laughed and nodded, "of course!"
"can we finish this battle TODAY?" Falcor interrupted.
Matt turned and fingered a pokeball. Eevee gave the Dotrio a smug grin, he knew that Matt's next pokemon could beat this one, untrained or not. Matt threw out a pokeball and said "GASTLY! GO!"
"A Gastly?" Falcor in disbelief, "Aww heck." He was tired of Matt sending out pokemon that were strong against his.
Eevee laughed and Matt said "Hypnosis!"
"Agility!" Dotrio started run all around Gastly.
Gastly ignored Dotrio and sent out hypnotic waves all around him. Dotrio ran slower and slower until he stopped. Two of the heads were asleep. The middle head was awake and glaring at Gastly.
"RAAAAA!" it screeched and ran toward Gastly in a tackle attack.
"Dotrio, wait!" Falcor yelled. Dotrio ignored him and charged.
"Lick!" Matt shouted. Gastly waited until Dotrio was close enough then stuck out his tongue. Dotrio ran straight into it.
"ra wa wa wa" the head said dizzily, then charged at Gastly again. Falcor sighed as Dotrio went straight through Gastly and ran into a tree, which caused the middle head to faint.
"Dotrio, return" Falcor said.
"One more to go!" Matt said happily. He looked over at Geodude who had now completely recovered and was cheering at the defeat of Dotrio. Chansy had been recalled and Larvitar was trying to get Geodude to stop fidgeting. Michelle grinned at Matt and he smiled back. Then Matt turned around as Falcor yelled "Pigeot! I choose YOU!"
"Hypnosis!" Matt yelled to Gastly,
"Fly!" Falcor responded.
Pigeot flew higher than the hypnotic waves.
"Gastly, wait until it dives, then use Curse." Matt told his ghost.
"gastly" Gastly replied watching Pigeot.
"Dive!" Falcor said, grinning.
Pigeot dived and Gastly used Curse. This took out most of Gastly's life but now Pigeot would constantly be losing energy.
"Now MIRROR MOVE!" Falcor shouted.
"PIGAAAAA" Pigeot screeched and used Cursed on Gastly!
"GAAAAAS!" Gastly shouted in pain! He didn't faint, but he was seriously hurt.
"Gastly, try a lick attack!" Matt said in desperation, hoping to paralyze. Gastly quickly snaked out his tongue and caught Pigeot full in the face. Pigeot shook all over and Michelle yelled, "it's paralyzed! It won't be able to attack sometimes!"
"MIRROR MOVE AGAIN!" Falcor shouted in anger. Pigeot licked Gastly hard and that was the last of him. Gastly just couldn't take anymore, and fainted.
"You did very well, Gastly" Matt told his pokemon, "Return"
Falcor was slightly worried. They both had only one Pokemon left, and his would have paralyzing, spasms and its energy would be decreasing. Matt looked down at Eevee.
"Ve" Eevee said nodding. Matt nodded in return and said "Eevee! GO!"
Michelle, Larvitar, and Geodude cheered encouragement as Eevee ran up to face Pigeot.
"Wing-attack!"
"Agility!" both trainers shouted.
Pigeot swooped down to slash Eevee with its wing but Eevee jumped aside. Then Eevee started to run around in circles, moving to fast for Pigeot to hit him.
"now use Quick Attack!" Matt shouted. Eevee, still moving in a blur, leaped at Pigeot.
"Fly!" Falcor yelled. Pigeot tried to take off before Eevee attacked but was a hair to slow. Eevee ran into Pigeot, then leaped aside as the bird flew up.
"Focus Energy while we wait" Matt told Eevee,
"Ve" Eevee said and got pumped.
"DIVE!" Falcor shouted.
"Sand-attack!" Matt yelled. Eevee kicked up a cloud of sand that Pigeot dived into.
"Eeee" Eevee cried as Pigeot hit him
"Pigaaa" Pigeot said in confusion as sand got in its eyes.
"GET OUT OF THE SAND" both trainers shouted to their pokemon.
Eevee rolled to the side and Pigeot flew above it.
"Quick attack!" Falcor told Pigeot.
"Agility again!" Matt said to Eevee.
Pigeot disappeared and reappeared in front of Eevee, who jumped up and onto Pigeot's back!
"Bite!" Matt exclaimed and Eevee sank his little fangs into Pigeot's back.
"PIGAA GAA GAA" Pigeot screeched in pain.
"Get that thing off of you!" Falcor shouted.
Pigeot flew up and started to spin a loop in an attempt to get Eevee off its back.
"Hold on Eevee!" Matt shouted to the little pokemon who was clutching Pigeot with all his strength, biting and scratching repeatedly. Pigeot dived down to the ground and Eevee jumped off and rolled, then shakily started to get up. He was dizzy.
"You got him now!" Falcor yelled, "Fly up, dive down, and hit him hard!"
Pigeot flew up high then dived. Then Pigeot started to shake and it cried out in pain spinning out of control.
"Pigeot is fully paralyzed!" Michelle shouted jumping up and down in excitement.
"NO!" Falcor yelled in disbelief.
Pigeot crashed to the ground. Matt knew this was his chance to end it.
"TAKE DOWN!" he yelled and Eevee ran into Pigeot as fast and as hard as he could, hitting it in the neck and chest.
"Pigaaaaaaaaa" Pigeot shouted and then was silent as it fainted.
Falcor stared as his fainted pokemon, his jaw hanging open. He barely heard the cheers of Michelle, Larvitar, and Geodude. Hardly saw Matt picking up Eevee and spinning around while they both laughed. All he could think of was he lost, with the pokemon his father had given him. He remembered a battle he had sometime ago, that was much like this one. When he lost to a boy and a pikachu….. Falcor shook his head to clear his mind of those thoughts. He beckoned for his guard and walked over to Matt.
Matt stopped his happy dance with Eevee and faced Falcor.
"You have beaten my pokemon." Falcor said "You have earned the Zephyr badge."
The guard held out his hand. In his palm were the badge and an envelope with 300 dollars. Matt took them and nodded. Falcor nodded in reply, turned, and excited the way he had come. Matt turned and Michelle ran up and threw her arms around his neck, hugging him.
Then she leaped back blushing. "That was a really great battle" she said not looking at him.
Matt grinned as Eevee jumped onto his shoulder.
"Do I owe you dinner now?" he asked amused.
Michelle smirked and said "for me AND the pokemon!" Then she turned and started to walk out, with Larvitar beside her.
"wait a minute!" Matt yelled as he recalled Geodude and started to catch up with her.
"do you know how much that will cost?!" he said with fake horror.
She turned and planting her hands on her hips asked "are you saying you're cheap?" her tone was amused but her look said that he better not be too cheap.
"I'm not cheap!" Matt said defensively, "I'm…..spending cautious"
Michelle rolled her eyes and said "you just got 300 dollars, you can afford dinner for us and the pokemon."
Eevee jumped onto Michelle's shoulder and said "eve ve ev" Larvitar nodded, also agreeing with Michelle.
Matt sighed. "I guess I'm
out voted" he said, pretending to be sad. "Where do you want to go?"
Phew! This chapter took some time. I might have a shorter chapter out tomorrow or Monday so keep an eye out okay? Don't forget to tell me about the character descriptions! *waves* see ya soon!
