Chapter 6

Shell to Tail to Horn to Fist to Blade to Claw

Disclaimer: ~ZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAPPP!!~ Ow, Mareep! I'm playing hide and seek here, not seek and destroy! Its cheating if you zap everything...Oh, I need to do a disclaimer? Ok, heres the message people: 'I'... now remember this next bit... 'don't'... got it so far?... 'own'... ok, heres a multisyllabic word!... 'Pokemon'! Wow, that was hard, wasn't it?

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"Bugsy I challenge you!" cried Dax.

"You may have made short work of my apprentices, but with me it's a whole different story! Go, Kakuna!" shouted Bugsy.

"Kra Kra," growled the cocoon.

"Go, Mareep!" yelled Dax.

"Marreeeeeeeee!" bleated Mareep.

"Kakuna, Poison sting!" commanded Bugsy.

Kakuna shot out a string and propelled itself forwards, revealing a stinger hidden under its shell. Mareep dodged just in time. Its tail glowed and it swung it around, hitting Kakuna with an unforeseen Iron tail attack. Kakuna crumpled.

"Kakuna, return! Go Heracross!" said Bugsy determinedly.

Heracross appeared in a flash of red light and hurtled itself towards Mareep. Mareep thundershocked it but Heracross hit it with its horn, knocking Mareep into the air, where it flew a short distance away, landing with a dull thud.

"Mareep, return! Go Geodude!" said Dax, faltering slightly.

Geodude appeared and saw Heracross, then curled up and threw itself into a Body Slam attack. Weakened by the Thundershock still, and, apparently, paralysed, Heracross took the full brunt of the attack and collapsed.

"Darn! You'll pay for that! Go, Scyther!" cried Bugsy.

A shadow of a blur appeared and swept up behind Geodude, rushing around Geodude.

"Geodude, Mudslap, quick!" yelled Dax.

Scyther's accuracy went down, but only by a bit. It swung around Geodude, then the blades striked! Once! Twice! Three times! Four! Five six seven! Geodude was down for the count.

"Fury Cutter? Return Geodude. Go, Krabby!" said Dax.

Krabby appeared. It saw the Scyther and its natural defence instincts kicked in. It covered itself in bubbles, making itself look bigger. Scyther misjudged its strike and missed. As it flew past Krabby thrusted up a claw and caught Scyther by the leg. Then he slammed it onto the floor and the battle was over.

"Return, Scyther," said Bugsy dejectedly. "Well, you won, Fair and square. Heres the Hive Badge."

"ALRIGHT!!!!!!!!" whooped Dax.