Better and Tougher, the Real Adventures
Chapter 18: A Battle of Double Determination
Hello again, everyone! Hi loving fans, it's an adventure in the world of B&T, Real Adventures. Hi Carl! Oh, wait. He can't hear me! Damn it! Oh well. Look at them, having so much fun. Carl, Kim, Elise and Yetis! All of them! Bah!
"I'm glad that we finally got out of that forest." Kim sighed with great relief.
"Definitely!" agreed Yetis, while the others merely nodded.
"This place isn't that big." Carl scanned the surroundings. "The rivers only make it look that way."
Yetis decided to go into thinking mode, "Hmm, Buckle-Vale..." he pondered, "Why does it sound so familiar?"
"Look at this!" shouted Kim, looking at a sign, "Tag Team Pokemon Event" She paused, "Sign up today. First Prize is a free cruise ship ride!" she paused, "This is interesting. but what's a tag team battle?"
"It's like a 2on2 match." Yetis explained, "It's where you use 2 pokemon at a time, and battle like that. It's challenging because you have to control 2 pokemon, but it's good for building up your senses." He paused, but didn't finish his noble speech yet, "Most importantly, it teaches your pokemon to use teamwork."
"Maybe we can give it a try," Carl smiled, "But now I think that a visit to the pokemon center is in order." Nobody found any reason to disagree.
***
At the pokemon center, Carl did like he always did, and decided to call home; there was just one problem. "Mom must not be home. Message Machines." he mumbled. "Maybe Professor Oak is in." This time, our main man was in luck.
"Hello." came the voice of the wise professor. "Oh Carl, I have some bad news," he sighed, "That Sandslash you sent here just passed away."
"What? No! My poor Sand." he stopped himself, and even saw Prof. Oak laughing. "Hey! I don't have a Sandslash!"
"I know!" Oak was busy bawling over in fits of raging laughter. "But it was April Fools Day yesterday, and I cant' resist a good joke. Anyway, how are you Carl?" he asked in a serious tone.
"I'm fine Professor, I just caught a Murkrow!" Carl smiled, proud at his newest catch, and the achievement of getting a new friend too.
"Really?" the Professor was taken aback a bit. It was about a few years, but not really. "Well, be sure to train it well Carl. It is a dark pokemon after all, and they are said to be not too tame until you get to know them."
"Ok, I will." Carl smiled, as he hung up the phone. 'Murkrow behave disobedient?' he couldn't think such blasphemy could be true. Its like heathenism and suicide bombing combined, multiplied by each other, then brought to the ninth power. only thing is, it wasn't that severe of a concern at all. "Kim, if you want to use the phone now, I'm done making my call."
"Thanks Carl."
***
A few hours had passed since, and Carl has been looking for more information about the tag team event. without too much success.until just now. We find him talking to some random person in the street. He appears to be in his 30s or so, "The Tag Team Match?" he asks, "Yea, it's this way." He shows our main man where he is going. "I'm taking part in that event too." He states, "I've been wanting to go on an S.S. Cruise for a long time." He explains to our main man. "Sign ups are in here, but I warn you," he pauses, "Most people fight hard for a chance at a Cruise Ship ride. It's not so easy though."
"Why, what's wrong?" Carl wondered as the suspense and level of drama grew dramatically, my we have redundant wordage.
"You have to pick 2 pokemon, and stick with them the entire competition. There is healing of course, but still." Said the man. "The name's Cory by the way." He (finally) gets to the formalities. "Guess I'll see you in the competition Carl."
"You will Cory, you will!"
***
"Nice job Carl!" Yetis happily cheered, with a pat to our main man's back. "You got us into the competition. I wonder which 2 pokemon I'm going to use." he thinks, 'Primeape seems eager to battle, but I bet Swinub and Kadabra are just as raring to go!' he decided to think over things carefully.
Carl was doing the same, 'I wonder who would work well in this. Murkrow might, but Professor said he wouldn't be very obedient. I bet Drowzee would like to use some combat, and so would Ekans, Magnemite, or Weepinbell. Hmmm.'
***
Meanwhile, it seems that the girls are in the stands, waiting for the competition to begin. "I can't wait!" Elise exclaims with ecstasy (don't do drugs, or think that I'm talking about them either. Our main peoples are sober and 'not' substantially abusive to their health.) "I've never seen a 2on2 match before."
Kim nodded in agreement, "Shush! It's starting!"
***
Back to our competing heroes, they are getting lined up and ready to be paired off for the competition. An official announcer begins to get right down to business. "There are 32 competitors today. The winners move on to the next round of the competition. Everybody draw a hand in the hat and grab a number when your name is called! First up is Yetis Masorga!"
"It's pronounced Yetis." He said, for the man at the counter said it wrong, and you might be too. It is pronounced the same way you say Cletus, only you leave out the 'CL' and use a 'Y', and the guy said it as if he were a plural group of abominable snowmen, which he isn't!
"My mistake, now what number is that?" he asked, and after a quick look, he said, "23!" then continued "Next up, Mick Indo!" and the rest up until, aren't important
After about five more callings, "Carl Spacro." Called up the event official. Carl drew a number, and it was "It's a 2! Next up is Cory DeTealax!"
"Hmm!" Cory smirked slightly, "Number 26!"
You know you don't want to listen to unimportant names, so lets get to the good stuff! Kay? The battle! The arena is big, but not stadium sized, this isn't a championship, just a contest! "Welcome to the pokemon tag team event! Our first match is between Luis Nepal and Carl Spacro! Remember, you may only use pokemon, and you use them the rest of the contest. Anyone caught changing pokemon is disqualified unless a pokemon receives too serious an injury to heal. In that case, whoever causes such damage to the pokemon is disqualified. Ready, begin!"
Carl's competition seemed to know just what to use, "Go Mantine, and you too Cubone!" he released both a flying (literally) stingray, and a skull helmeted bone wielder.
"Ok," Carl thought things over, 'I can only choose 2. Got to get this right!' "Go!" he exclaimed, as he released 2 pokemon.
"It seems that Luis is calling on Cubone and Mantine!" went the announcer "This combo seems to be tough an interesting team, but will it be able to go all the way? Or will Carl's Drowzee and Ekans get there instead?"
"Mantine, use Supersonic. Cubone, get ready to Bonemerang!" commanded Luis, as the large manta ray began emitting a strange sound and aiming it right at Ekans, wracking its snake body with confusing noise. The next thing it knew was a large clubbing to the head.
"Ekans, fight it!" Carl commanded, as Ekans tried to fight off the noises, "Use Acid now! Drowzee!" he commanded, "Use Meditate!" he had a plan. 'Just keep them distracted Ekans!' he watched as Drowzee began to focus herself in a prayer-like state of enlightenment. The snake shot a gooey, yucky substance towards the flying sea creature, while the Cubone was mounted on its back, supported by the long wingspan of Mantine, who got struck in a wing, but didn't get too phased.
"Looks like Carl's team is off to a bad start," the Announcer shouted into the mike, "But it's still far from over, folks!"
"Look at that. The psychic isn't even obeying its trainer! It's sitting there." Smiled Luis with great ambition, "Deal with that Ekans. Use another Bonemerang. Mantine, you handle the maneuverability, and try to avoid any more sludge, use wing attack." At this, another club tossing went Ekans way, and Mantine dived in to smack the snake around with its wings.
"Now! Glare!" Carl commanded, seeing a perfect opportunity! At pointblank range, there was no hope of avoiding the eerie snake gaze, and Mantine was sent dizzy, falling to the ground, but it wasn't over yet, for Mantine. If that wasn't enough, Cubone still managed to beam Ekans with its ground attack. "Drowzee, keep at it!" Carl commanded.
"Mantine! Use Bubble Beam!" commanded Luis. "Cubone, Skull Bash!" Mantine still suffered from the straining glare, but stood up, and shot a stream of bubbles anyway, while Cubone went rushing in with its skull capped head raging for more combat.
"Ok Drowzee! Get up, and use Pound! Ekans, poison sting at those bubbles!" he commanded. At this, Drowzee stood tall, and as Cubone approached, she used her bulk to smash the bone wielder, but it wasn't too successful, and only wound up hurt in the process. As for Ekans, those Bubbles weren't too easy to pop, but easy enough, for both Ekans and Mantine were straining themselves to stay able to fight. Instead, they both got smacked by popping bubbles and poisonous needles respectively, and both went down.
The crowd was in a fit of cheering, "Well folks, Look at this! The competition is really heating up, and both competitors are now down to only one pokemon each. Who will win? Will it be Cubone, or Drowzee? We'll find out, next time!"
"Huh?" went everyone in the audience, with a confused look.
"Oops, I shouldn't have said that into the mike."
A/N: Well, well, well! It looks like Carl is up for a big battle. Can Drowzee pull it off against Cubone? Remember, it's only round 1, and there are 32 competitors in all! We'll have to find out next time as the battle continues! Anyway, it's an ending with suspense, Cliffhanging, and all that junk. Remember to review, and go nuts. Submit ideas, give suggestions, and enjoy the results. Until next time. Review!
Chapter 18: A Battle of Double Determination
Hello again, everyone! Hi loving fans, it's an adventure in the world of B&T, Real Adventures. Hi Carl! Oh, wait. He can't hear me! Damn it! Oh well. Look at them, having so much fun. Carl, Kim, Elise and Yetis! All of them! Bah!
"I'm glad that we finally got out of that forest." Kim sighed with great relief.
"Definitely!" agreed Yetis, while the others merely nodded.
"This place isn't that big." Carl scanned the surroundings. "The rivers only make it look that way."
Yetis decided to go into thinking mode, "Hmm, Buckle-Vale..." he pondered, "Why does it sound so familiar?"
"Look at this!" shouted Kim, looking at a sign, "Tag Team Pokemon Event" She paused, "Sign up today. First Prize is a free cruise ship ride!" she paused, "This is interesting. but what's a tag team battle?"
"It's like a 2on2 match." Yetis explained, "It's where you use 2 pokemon at a time, and battle like that. It's challenging because you have to control 2 pokemon, but it's good for building up your senses." He paused, but didn't finish his noble speech yet, "Most importantly, it teaches your pokemon to use teamwork."
"Maybe we can give it a try," Carl smiled, "But now I think that a visit to the pokemon center is in order." Nobody found any reason to disagree.
***
At the pokemon center, Carl did like he always did, and decided to call home; there was just one problem. "Mom must not be home. Message Machines." he mumbled. "Maybe Professor Oak is in." This time, our main man was in luck.
"Hello." came the voice of the wise professor. "Oh Carl, I have some bad news," he sighed, "That Sandslash you sent here just passed away."
"What? No! My poor Sand." he stopped himself, and even saw Prof. Oak laughing. "Hey! I don't have a Sandslash!"
"I know!" Oak was busy bawling over in fits of raging laughter. "But it was April Fools Day yesterday, and I cant' resist a good joke. Anyway, how are you Carl?" he asked in a serious tone.
"I'm fine Professor, I just caught a Murkrow!" Carl smiled, proud at his newest catch, and the achievement of getting a new friend too.
"Really?" the Professor was taken aback a bit. It was about a few years, but not really. "Well, be sure to train it well Carl. It is a dark pokemon after all, and they are said to be not too tame until you get to know them."
"Ok, I will." Carl smiled, as he hung up the phone. 'Murkrow behave disobedient?' he couldn't think such blasphemy could be true. Its like heathenism and suicide bombing combined, multiplied by each other, then brought to the ninth power. only thing is, it wasn't that severe of a concern at all. "Kim, if you want to use the phone now, I'm done making my call."
"Thanks Carl."
***
A few hours had passed since, and Carl has been looking for more information about the tag team event. without too much success.until just now. We find him talking to some random person in the street. He appears to be in his 30s or so, "The Tag Team Match?" he asks, "Yea, it's this way." He shows our main man where he is going. "I'm taking part in that event too." He states, "I've been wanting to go on an S.S. Cruise for a long time." He explains to our main man. "Sign ups are in here, but I warn you," he pauses, "Most people fight hard for a chance at a Cruise Ship ride. It's not so easy though."
"Why, what's wrong?" Carl wondered as the suspense and level of drama grew dramatically, my we have redundant wordage.
"You have to pick 2 pokemon, and stick with them the entire competition. There is healing of course, but still." Said the man. "The name's Cory by the way." He (finally) gets to the formalities. "Guess I'll see you in the competition Carl."
"You will Cory, you will!"
***
"Nice job Carl!" Yetis happily cheered, with a pat to our main man's back. "You got us into the competition. I wonder which 2 pokemon I'm going to use." he thinks, 'Primeape seems eager to battle, but I bet Swinub and Kadabra are just as raring to go!' he decided to think over things carefully.
Carl was doing the same, 'I wonder who would work well in this. Murkrow might, but Professor said he wouldn't be very obedient. I bet Drowzee would like to use some combat, and so would Ekans, Magnemite, or Weepinbell. Hmmm.'
***
Meanwhile, it seems that the girls are in the stands, waiting for the competition to begin. "I can't wait!" Elise exclaims with ecstasy (don't do drugs, or think that I'm talking about them either. Our main peoples are sober and 'not' substantially abusive to their health.) "I've never seen a 2on2 match before."
Kim nodded in agreement, "Shush! It's starting!"
***
Back to our competing heroes, they are getting lined up and ready to be paired off for the competition. An official announcer begins to get right down to business. "There are 32 competitors today. The winners move on to the next round of the competition. Everybody draw a hand in the hat and grab a number when your name is called! First up is Yetis Masorga!"
"It's pronounced Yetis." He said, for the man at the counter said it wrong, and you might be too. It is pronounced the same way you say Cletus, only you leave out the 'CL' and use a 'Y', and the guy said it as if he were a plural group of abominable snowmen, which he isn't!
"My mistake, now what number is that?" he asked, and after a quick look, he said, "23!" then continued "Next up, Mick Indo!" and the rest up until, aren't important
After about five more callings, "Carl Spacro." Called up the event official. Carl drew a number, and it was "It's a 2! Next up is Cory DeTealax!"
"Hmm!" Cory smirked slightly, "Number 26!"
You know you don't want to listen to unimportant names, so lets get to the good stuff! Kay? The battle! The arena is big, but not stadium sized, this isn't a championship, just a contest! "Welcome to the pokemon tag team event! Our first match is between Luis Nepal and Carl Spacro! Remember, you may only use pokemon, and you use them the rest of the contest. Anyone caught changing pokemon is disqualified unless a pokemon receives too serious an injury to heal. In that case, whoever causes such damage to the pokemon is disqualified. Ready, begin!"
Carl's competition seemed to know just what to use, "Go Mantine, and you too Cubone!" he released both a flying (literally) stingray, and a skull helmeted bone wielder.
"Ok," Carl thought things over, 'I can only choose 2. Got to get this right!' "Go!" he exclaimed, as he released 2 pokemon.
"It seems that Luis is calling on Cubone and Mantine!" went the announcer "This combo seems to be tough an interesting team, but will it be able to go all the way? Or will Carl's Drowzee and Ekans get there instead?"
"Mantine, use Supersonic. Cubone, get ready to Bonemerang!" commanded Luis, as the large manta ray began emitting a strange sound and aiming it right at Ekans, wracking its snake body with confusing noise. The next thing it knew was a large clubbing to the head.
"Ekans, fight it!" Carl commanded, as Ekans tried to fight off the noises, "Use Acid now! Drowzee!" he commanded, "Use Meditate!" he had a plan. 'Just keep them distracted Ekans!' he watched as Drowzee began to focus herself in a prayer-like state of enlightenment. The snake shot a gooey, yucky substance towards the flying sea creature, while the Cubone was mounted on its back, supported by the long wingspan of Mantine, who got struck in a wing, but didn't get too phased.
"Looks like Carl's team is off to a bad start," the Announcer shouted into the mike, "But it's still far from over, folks!"
"Look at that. The psychic isn't even obeying its trainer! It's sitting there." Smiled Luis with great ambition, "Deal with that Ekans. Use another Bonemerang. Mantine, you handle the maneuverability, and try to avoid any more sludge, use wing attack." At this, another club tossing went Ekans way, and Mantine dived in to smack the snake around with its wings.
"Now! Glare!" Carl commanded, seeing a perfect opportunity! At pointblank range, there was no hope of avoiding the eerie snake gaze, and Mantine was sent dizzy, falling to the ground, but it wasn't over yet, for Mantine. If that wasn't enough, Cubone still managed to beam Ekans with its ground attack. "Drowzee, keep at it!" Carl commanded.
"Mantine! Use Bubble Beam!" commanded Luis. "Cubone, Skull Bash!" Mantine still suffered from the straining glare, but stood up, and shot a stream of bubbles anyway, while Cubone went rushing in with its skull capped head raging for more combat.
"Ok Drowzee! Get up, and use Pound! Ekans, poison sting at those bubbles!" he commanded. At this, Drowzee stood tall, and as Cubone approached, she used her bulk to smash the bone wielder, but it wasn't too successful, and only wound up hurt in the process. As for Ekans, those Bubbles weren't too easy to pop, but easy enough, for both Ekans and Mantine were straining themselves to stay able to fight. Instead, they both got smacked by popping bubbles and poisonous needles respectively, and both went down.
The crowd was in a fit of cheering, "Well folks, Look at this! The competition is really heating up, and both competitors are now down to only one pokemon each. Who will win? Will it be Cubone, or Drowzee? We'll find out, next time!"
"Huh?" went everyone in the audience, with a confused look.
"Oops, I shouldn't have said that into the mike."
A/N: Well, well, well! It looks like Carl is up for a big battle. Can Drowzee pull it off against Cubone? Remember, it's only round 1, and there are 32 competitors in all! We'll have to find out next time as the battle continues! Anyway, it's an ending with suspense, Cliffhanging, and all that junk. Remember to review, and go nuts. Submit ideas, give suggestions, and enjoy the results. Until next time. Review!