Pokemon: Shadow from the Past Chapter 4: A righteous battle, a pokémon fanfic

Note: I haven't been updating the story lately; I got busy with school and that sort of stuff. And now, on to the story and Derek's first gym badge.

Chapter 4: A righteous battle

"Hello? Anybody there?"

As Marie, Zack and I head into Bright town's gym (which looks more like a greenhouse than a gym), we looked and discovered nobody there. We decided to see if there was any Pokemon there, though. As we looked around, I was startled by a voice that appeared out of nowhere.

"Calm your mind…feel the sublime flow of the air, the trees, and the sounds of temptation…your eyes only see in front of you, so free your mind to see all around you…calm your mind and you can become powerful…"

"O-okay, whoever is there, show yourselves!" I said, frightened and armed with a nearby fallen branch.

I decided to find out where the voice came from, and through some nearby bushes, I saw a person who looked like a flower hippie, a Roselia, a Bayleef, a Tangela, and a Meditite all meditating.

"Okay, whoever you are, don't come any closer," I said, ready to swing my branch. "I'm armed."

"Dude, like, lighten up," The guy said, getting up. "I'm not gonna harm you."

"Okay, anyway, by any chance, have you seen the gym leader?" I said, dropping the branch.

The guy started chuckling and said, "Dude, I am the gym leader!"

…I couldn't believe it. Honestly, I even fell at the very doubt of it.

"Why you, of all people, want to be a gym leader? Are you even a licensed gym leader?" I asked.

"In this order: Because I think I can show trainers how I can truly battle with my techniques, and yes, I'm a licensed gym leader," He says. "I have a question, too: Why do YOU want to be a trainer?"

"Well, I want to be a trainer because it's so I could be the best, and so I could follow in my brother, Garu's footsteps," I answered. "I look up to him."

Zack and Marie went to where I was, just in time for the gym leader to introduce himself.

"The name is Roger," He said.

"My name is Derek."

"And I'm Marie."

"Zack's the name."

"Hey, I wanna know one more thing," I added. "What IS your technique?"

"Well, since you were wondering," Roger started. "My technique in battling is meditating."

The next minute, we all wound up meditating next to Roger and his Pokemon, saying the same chant that scared me earlier.

"Come on," I complained. "Can we have our battle NOW?"

"Ssh," Marie said. "If you irritate the gym leader, we'll probably get kicked out."

"It's okay, dudes," Roger replied. "I've been meditating a long time, so, like, nothing bothers me.

"The little dude is right, though," Roger added. "I shouldn't waste your dudes' time. We should battle."

"Um, does anybody but me notices that he says 'dude' a lot?" Zack commented.

A moment later, we found us a very decent battlefield, along with a referee.

"This match will be a 3-on-3 Pokemon battle," the referee said. "The gym leader cannot switch Pokemon, but the challenger is allowed as many times as he wants. Both trainers are allowed to use their battle associates. Let the match begin!"

"Ready, dude? Go Tangela!" Roger said. Roger threw a Pokeball and out came Tangela, which kinda looked like a bunch of purple spaghetti. At school, I learned those were its vines (but why that many?).

"Torchic, I choose you!" I said. I threw a Pokeball and Torchic popped out. When it saw Tangela, it was scared silly, and it was kinda embarrassing.

"Don't worry! Just use an ember!" Torchic spat out a barrage of flames.

"Use protect on Tangela, Meditite!" Meditite made a magical force that protected Tangela from the fire attack.

"Now use tickle!"

Tangela went up to Torchic, which worried the little bird a bit, then using those vines, Tangela tickled Torchic and made it unable to stop laughing. Then it hit Torchic with one of its vines harshly.

"What just happened?" I was a bit confused that a simple attack like that could hurt Torchic that badly.

"Tangela's tickle well…like, tickles your Pokemon and makes it easier to damage it with a move, like, Tangela's slam attack for instance." Roger pointed out.

Great, I thought. "Torchic, use another ember!"

Just as Torchic blew another ember attack, Roger ordered another protect from Meditite, thus making Torchic's ember again useless.

"Return, Torchic!" I held up Torchic's Pokeball, and in a red light, it absorbed the Pokemon in it.

Boy, is this tough, I thought. Mudkip is a water type, so it would get creamed, while Torchic is too inexperienced. My best bet is to use Treecko as much as I can. Its speed can knock them off balance.

"Go! Treecko!" I threw a different Pokeball and out of that came my Treecko.

"Pound attack, Treecko!" Treecko charged towards Tangela and hit it with its tail.

"It's okay, Tangela, we'll do this like we always do," Roger reassured Tangela.

"Meditite, try a calm mind." Hearing that, Meditite goes into meditation.

Wait, I thought to myself. Dad told me that Eevee knows confusion. If I can just think of some way to use it…bingo! I thought as I went up to Eevee.

"Eevee, I need you to…" I whispered in Eevee's ear. "Got it?"

"Vee," Eevee said in acceptation andconfusement.

Meanwhile, Treecko looked at us, both worried and puzzled.

"Don't worry, Treecko," I said, "I have a plan."

"Tangela! Use a vine whip attack!" ordered Roger.

"Eevee, now's your chance! Confusion!" I said.

Eevee used its confusion to pick up Treecko, and like a controller, Eevee tries to avoid the vines.

"Now, Treecko! Pound attack!"

Treecko then whacks Tangela hard with its tail just before they made direct contact.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Marie said.

"Eevee can learn confusion?" Zack said in a puzzled voice.

"It's possible," Marie replied. "That was a good strategy, though; using confusion to control Treecko and attack head-on," Marie explained.

"But he timed Roger's attack to leave Tangela vulnerable to a DIRECT attack," Zack added. "And at that velocity, Tangela is as good as spent."

Tangela tumbles down, completely knocked-out.

"Tangela is unable to battle," The referee said. "Treecko wins the round."

"All right! You okay, Treecko?"

"Treecko!" said the gecko, giving the thumbs ups and seeming excited.

"That was excellent," Roger said. "I never knew that little dude of yours knows confusion. Go Roselia!"

Roger throws a different Pokeball, revealing what looks like a small…thing with flowers for hands.

"How can that…thing grab anyways?" I asked. "Nevermind. Treecko! Quick attack!"

As Treecko charged towards Roselia, it seemed as if it didn't move. Soon enough, Roselia got struck hard, but it seemed Treecko took some damage, also.

"What the heck just happened?" I asked.

"That, little dude is what we call an ability," Roger said. "Poison types, like Roselia, have an ability called Poison point, which can poison anyone who comes in contact."

"Great," I complained. "Return, Treecko."

Great, now I have a Mudkip, a poisoned Treecko, and an inexperienced Torchic I thought to myself. Guess I'll just have to hope Torchic can win for me.

"Go Torchic!" I threw out a Pokeball, releasing the little chicken.

All of a sudden, I dropped to my knees and put my hands together.

"PLEASE, Torchic!" I begged. (What can you expect? I was just a rookie, and it's my only chance.) "Please help me win this battle!"

"Tor?" Torchic said. I knew the expression on its face; it meant to say, "What the heck are you doing?"

"C'mon, Torchic! Just help me beat this guy!"

"Torchic!" It said, looking at Roselia with determination.

"Hey Derek!" Zack shouted out as I looked in his direction. "Torchic knows another attack. It's called fire spin, and it'll help great in tough battles."

"Fire spin, eh?" I said. "Let's try it, Torchic. Fire spin attack!"

Torchic reared up, sucked in breath, and exhaled a big spiral of fire, hitting Roselia on the mark and causing it to faint.

"Roselia is unable to battle," The referee said. "Torchic wins the round."

"Wow, that's powerful!" I commented.

"You did good, little dude," Roger said. "But get ready for an even tougher Pokemon. Go Bayleef!"

Out of Roger's final Pokeball, I saw a Pokemon I have never seen: it was twice the size of any of my Pokemon, and it had a leaf on it's head, it was on all fours, and it looked kinda like a dinosaur. What's weirder is that there was a strange scent that weirdly caused us to get pumped up even more.

"Hope you're ready, dude," Roger said. "'Cause I'm not backing down. Bayleef, sweet scent!"

Bayleef raised its leaf up in the air and all of a sudden, an aroma filled the air that was quite…pleasurable.

"Wow, what's that smell?" I asked, while at the same time Torchic was in the moment, too.

"Now, Bayleef, body slam!" Bayleef charged towards Torchic, which caused Torchic to faint.

"Torchic is unable to battle," The referee said. "Bayleef wins the round."

"That sweet scent must've caught Torchic and Derek off-guard," Zack said. "Now with hard options, what can he do?"

"I don't know," Marie said. "But with something as tough as Bayleef, how can he win?"

"I'll think of something," I replied. I had no choice but to bring out Treecko.

Maybe the strategy can work, I thought to myself.

"Go Treecko!" I brought out the Pokemon again. I knew because it's poisoned, I only have one shot.

"Alright, Eevee, let's do it again!" I said. "Confusion!"

Eevee once again lifted up Treecko and threw it towards Bayleef.

"That won't work a second time," Roger said. "Protect!"

Meditite used protect for the third time in a row, which caused for the technique to work miserably.

"Now, Bayleef, razor leaf!" Roger said. From the leaf on its head, Bayleef swung it and many various leaves come targeting towards Treecko, all getting every shot, and causing Treecko to faint.

"Treecko is unable to battle," The referee said. "Bayleef wins the round."

"Derek can't win," Marie said. "That Bayleef is just too tough."

"Don't worry, sis," Zack said. "Derek has Mudkip, and that little fella has more strength and ferocity than the other two combined. He has a chance."

He's right, I thought. Mudkip's tough, maybe even tougher than Bayleef. He had shown it was strong, seeing it in action during the fire at Pokepalooza. It's my only chance.

"Go, Mudkip!" I said as I threw my Pokeball, bringing out my only Pokemon.

"Mudkip, I know it's your first battle, but you need to stay strong," I said. "Do the best you can, and we won't lose!"

"Mudkip-mud!" Mudkip said in determination.

"A Mudkip, huh?" Roger said. "It may be a water type, but it looks tough. Get ready with a calm mind, Meditite."

"That's right, don't underestimate Mudkip!" I said. "Now Mudkip, tackle!"

Mudkip, giving all it's got, charged toward Bayleef and caused it to slide a few feet back.

"Wow, it is tough," Roger said. "But not when Bayleef uses it's psych up!" Bayleef then goes to meditation and a white glow forms around it and Meditite.

"Careful, Derek!" Zack said. "Psych up copies the exact same strength and defence of a Pokemon, and since Meditite was using calm mind a lot, Bayleef's razor leaf will be a lot stronger!"

"That'll be tough," I said. "But wait; if it copies the exact same strength from a Pokemon, that means Bayleef's defensive strength is a lot weaker because Meditite isn't very defensive. In fact, that should even things up. Now, Mudkip, tackle!"

As Mudkip charges toward Bayleef again, it tries to throw another razor leaf attack, this time with greater force, but Mudkip dodged each one and hit Bayleef hard.

"Wow, that was awesome, Mudkip!" I said.

"Mudkip!" Mudkip cried in glory. All of a sudden, Mudkip started to glow.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Derek, it's…evolving," Zack said.

As the glowing stopped, I saw a different-looking Pokemon; it stood on it's hind legs now, and it looks almost the same like Mudkip, but a lighter color and two tail fins.

"What is that?" Marie asked?

"That's a Marshtomp," Zack said.

"Wow, Mudkip evolved," I said in awe. "Alright, Roger, you're looking at a new and improved Pokemon! If you think Mudkip's tough, think again!"

"Is it me, or has Derek gotten more cocky?" Marie said, which I heard from there.

"Yep, he has," Zack replied.

"I heard that!" I said. "Anyway, tackle, Marshtomp!"

It seemed as if Marshtomp was faster on its hind legs, as it moved fast and charged at Bayleef.

"Fight back, Bayleef!" Roger said. "Razor leaf!" Bayleef unleashed another razor leaf again. Marshtomp dodged each one, but a few managed hit Marshtomp, and they hit hard.

With a few scratches and bruises, Marshtomp and Bayleef were still standing.

"Derek!" Zack said, giving one more piece of advice. "Marshtomp also knows a move of its own. It's called mud shot, it can help by slowing the opponent down."

"That'll work good," I said. "Now, Marshtomp, mud shot!"

"That isn't gonna work, dude," Roger said. "Meditite, protect!"

"Not so fast!" I said. "Eevee, sand-attack Meditite!" Eevee threw a big amount of sand at Meditite, which caused Meditite to lose momentum, and as the protect failed, the mud shot hit Bayleef. It worked, too, as the Pokemon tried to get the mud out its eyes.

"Now finish it! Tackle attack!" I said.

As Marshtomp reared up one more time, it charged full strength at Bayleef, which caused it to finally faint.

"Bayleef is unable to battle," The referee said. "The winner of this round and the gym match-Derek and Marshtomp!"

"All right!" I said with enthusiasm. "We did it, buddy!" I said as Marshtomp and I hugged each other in mid-air, each of us with a big smile on our faces.

We all ended up at the entrance of the gym, as it was only an hour since we arrived to the gym.

"That was a very righteous battle, dude," Roger said. "You deserve this: a mystic badge." He said as he held out a gym badge.

"All right!" I said as I took the badge. "I got the mystic badge!"

"That's cool, Derek," Marie said. "You have a gym badge."

"Well, before we get even more mushy," Zack protested. "We better get to the ferry and fast."

"Why the ferry?" I asked.

"We need to get to Orita Island, and we need to cross Topina cave there to get to the mainland. Besides, there's a gym in Starr bay; once we get there, we relax and then get ready for your gym battle." Zack explained.

"What are we waiting for?" Marie said. "Let's get to Starr bay; I heard they have the best seafood there!"

"Marsh?" Marshtomp said in concern.

"Don't worry," I said to comfort it. "She doesn't mean to eat you." Marshtomp only sighed in relief.

"Anyway, on to Starr bay and my second badge!" I added.

We said goodbye to Roger and headed to the ferry, where we head to Orita Islands to get my next gym badge.

Note: It seems a bit longer than the other chapters, but it was a bit worth it. Well, at least Mudkip actually evolved. And it was kinda dumb to make thegym leader a hippie; it did help with the Meditite and the whole meditation thing. Anyway, I will get to finish next chapter in about a week. Also, give some reviews for this, as it is my first fanfic.