[Cues the Opening Theme: Asheru – Judo Flip]
The Outsider's Insurrection
Indigo Iliad
Chapter 18: Settle it with Smash
Translated Pokémon Speech
Pokédex Entries/Computerized Voices/Flashbacks
Reference to an Accessory in the Games
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(Nugget Bridge, Route 24 | April 5th | 11:15a.m.)
"Yes, I was avenged!" Heather said smugly as Atlas hit the dirt out cold.
Crimson was awash with panic at the fact that Gary had a freaking NIDOQUEEN already. He realized that the Nidorina he had and his talk about evolving was a play to get his guard down! It's level right near Sir Jett's and Crimson tried to not look like he was caught with his pants down. Gary, on the other hand, had nothing but quips. It was shortly before this that both agreed to cut the battle down to use four Pokémon each which left Crimson down to two.
"You're not the only one who's been grinding. I figured I may as well work my Pokémon so I can have a few levels over the average trainer." Gary said confidently.
"And there's the smugness. At least it's well earned." Crimson said returning Atlas. "Now we're even, but not for long. Sir Jett, get out there!"
Sir Jett was sent out ready to take down Nidoqueen with them both locking eyes.
"You got what it takes to rumble in my jungle!" Nidoqueen boasted.
"Are you asking to fight or to mate?!" Jett said awkwardly.
"I'm asking to fight, ya daft bastard!" Nidoqueen screeched.
"Nidoqueen, use Superpower!" Gary commanded as Nidoqueen smirked glowing with power.
"Crap, I can't use Bulldoze. I'll risk damaging the bridge. So, Plan B!" Crimson thought as he said, "Jett, Sand Attack!"
A small ball of sand formed in one of Jett's hands as he threw it in Nidoqueen's eyes getting to scream out for her eyes. Gary called for Nidoqueen to use Supersonic getting the Poison Point Pokémon to emit a piercing cry sending Jett into a bout of confusion.
"Damn it! Jett, use Bulldoze!" Crimson said only for Jett to use up attacking himself. "Damn it!"
"Nidoqueen, Poison Tail!" Gary said as Nidoqueen's tail glowed and bubbled a sickly purple.
She leapt into the air coming down as a dazed Jett stumbled about. Crimson was thinking for a bit, but then he had an idea.
"Hey Jett, I threw a purple candy bar into the air! Use Crunch and get it!" Crimson said kindly.
"What?" Ella said confused as Jett screamed out, "Candy!"
CRUNCH! Jett had caught Nidoqueen's tail and bit down getting her to scream. Heather could not help but chuckle. Even Gary was stifling laugher at this before Jett spit out Nidoqueen's tail saying it tasted awful.
"I'm sorry. That Nidoqueen over there gave it to me." Crimson said deviously.
"I see now. He's taking advantage of his confused state to goad his focus on the opponent. Lessing his chances of having own against themselves. Clever bastard!" Gary thought before she had Nidoqueen use Superpower.
"That tubby bitch!" Jett screamed slurring his words. "Rarggh!"
"Who you calling tubby?!" Nidoqueen yelled as she flexed her muscles in a show of power.
Her body becomes outlined in a light blue aura, while Jett's outline flashes yellow as he slams his fist into the ground. Glowing gold cracks then travel at Nidoqueen right as she fired a powerful beam of energy. The moment those cracks got under her; a large pillar of earth comes out nailing her into the air. Jett had snapped out of the confusion but was still hit with Superpower.
"What was that?" Chrissy asked.
"It seems in his confusion, Jett learned Earth Power. Sadly, it cost him Sand Attack." Dex Bulma rattled off.
"A small price to pay." Crimson said as Jett hit the ground out cold.
[Cues: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen OST – Evolution + Fanfare: Evolution]
SMASH! Down came an unconscious Nidoqueen making their fight a draw leaving both trainers to withdraw. Gary and Crimson both looked at each other with heated eyes waiting for the each other to draw out their next Pokémon. Out of his Pokéball, Kimiko let itself out glowing white as she grew in size. Wings sprouted down as flames surrounded her. With a mighty roar, it all dispersed revealing Kimiko had hit her last evolution as a mighty Charizard.
"Finally!" Crimson said happily.
[Music Ends]
"I…I have wings!" Kimiko said flapping them.
"Well well, your starter has finally fully evolved. Welcome to the party." Gary said sending out his Blastoise. "He just evolved yesterday. Of course, a bit due to a few Rare Candies and TMs I won in a card game, but the training's all there."
Crimson made a note to find out more about these card games Gary was getting in. Now came the battle of the starters, and Gary kicked it off first.
[Cues: Dragon Ball Z Supersonic Warriors 2 OST – Boss Battle 1]
"Water Pulse." Gary said as Blastoise formed a sphere of water between its hands.
"Dragon Pulse!" Crimson said as Kimiko took a breath.
Both fired their attacks. Both Pokémon were even in terms of level, but Dragon Pulse had a higher power plus Kimiko's superior special attack give her the push. Blastoise had tank the attack which he gleefully did.
"That hurt, yes. But tell me, can you tank an attack like me?" Blastoise said seriously.
"No, I can't, but can you hit me before I hit you?" Kimiko asked flapping her wings.
"Touché, gecko." Blastoise sniped back.
"Withdraw. Up your defense!/Swords Dance, raise your attack!" Gary/Crimson said in near unison.
Blastoise retracted into his glowing shell while Crimson and Kimiko synced a dance of blades upping her attack stat. Crimson gestured for Gary to come at him almost daring them to.
"Aqua Jet!" Gary said as water surrounded Blastoise as he took off like a rocket.
"Wait for it, then give it a Thunder Punch!" Crimson said with a smirk.
"But that's an electric-" Blastoise said before being punched with an electric coated fist with forcing him into the dirt. "Guhhh!"
"Surprised?" Kimiko said only to get a Mega Punch uppercut.
"So are you." Blastoise said getting back up as Kimiko staggered back.
"I guess I'll have to resort to it if I want to win this match." Crimson said going into his bag for the Mega Stones. "Good thing, I was more of an X man."
Stone in hand, he threw it over to Kimiko who caught it. Gary had caught him off guard, and he was going to return the favor
"I think it's time you bared your Shadow Claws, Kimiko!" Crimson said activating his Mega Ring. "After you Mega Evolve!"
Crimson's Mega Band shone up alongside Kimiko Mega Stone. Brought felt a surge of power shoot through their bodies, as the usual music shifted to a more fitting tune. Being the grandson of the Pokémon Professor, he knew what Mega Evolution was, and become more thrilled to witness it up close. With a bright flash, Mega Charizard X had been her debut.
[Cues: Menu (Melee) Ver. 2 – Super Smash Bros. 4 OST]
Mega Kimiko X's body and legs are more physically fit, though her arms remain thin. Her skin turned black with a sky-blue underside and soles. Two spikes with blue tips curve upward from the front and back of each shoulder, while the tips of her horns sharpen, turn blue, and curve slightly upward. Her brow and claws are larger. Her eyes are now a glowing and menacing red. She had two small, fin-like spikes under each horn and two more down her lower neck. The lower edges are divided into large, rounded points. The third joint of each wing-arm is adorned with a claw-like spike. She now breaths blue flames out the sides of its mouth, and the flame on her tail now burns blue.
Once again, Crimson's own eyes glowed as bioelectricity sparked all over him. Gary tried his Pokédex only to get nothing out of it, but Dex Bulma stepped in.
"Mega Charizard X, the Blue Flame Pokémon, the overwhelming power that fills its entire body causes it to turn black and create intense blue flames. Breathing intense, hot flames, it can melt almost anything. Its breath inflicts terrible pain on enemies. Unlike its normal and Y counterpart, Mega Charizard X is a Fire/Dragon type."
"That's a Mega Charizard…" Heather said with her jaw hung.
"Well…Fire/Dragon would fend off the water weakness." Lindsay said as Ella fearfully looked on ahead.
The Clones cheered Gary on as a shadowy aura formed over Kimiko's claws. Gary had Blastoise use Aqua Jet hoping to use the weight of his Pokémon to aid in inflicting more damage. To Gary's credit, it almost looked as Kimiko was struggling with her Shadow Claws to stop Blastoise in his tracks.
"Kimiko, give him a face full of Dragon Pulse!" Crimson yelled as Gary shouted, "Water Pulse!"
In the end, Kimiko was faster overwhelming Blastoise and taking the victory.
[Cues: Final Fantasy VI OST – Victory Fanfare]
"Victory's can't be beat when it's too sweet." Crimson said as he and Kimiko returned to normal.
"So tired." Kimiko said panting before being returned to her ball.
"That was intense." Gary said handing over the prize money and the Nugget.
"Same here, man." Crimson said as the music faded.
[Music Ends]
"Oh, just great." Heather said sourly.
"Congrats on your victory." Lindsay said as Crimson proceeded to heal his Pokémon up.
"Hey, guess what? I went to Bill's and got him to show me his rare Pokémon. That added a lot of pages to my Pokédex! After all, Bill's world famous as a PokéManiac. You remember him?" Gary said returning his Pokémon.
"Yeah, Bill Sonezaki, the guy who invented the PC Storage System." Crimson rattled off. "I was actually planning on going to see him."
"Well, you should. By the way, tempting as it would be to have that drink with you now. We'll have to postpone. But I do have something for you." Gary said tossing Crimson a Fame Checker. "Won it off a chatty gossip… That thing's perfect for you. I don't need it because I'm not really interested. All right, this time I really am gone. Smell ya!"
"Bye Crimson!" The Clones said in unison.
"Humph, you'll fall to me next time." Heather said haughtily.
"'Til we meet again, Crimson." Ella said kindly.
"See ya Crim-Crim." Lindsay as they all got into Gary's car.
"A Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GTS. Not bad." Crimson said looking it over.
"Heh, it's brand new too." Gary said starting the engine. "What a year for cars."
"Wait, brand new?" Crimson thought before asking, "Gary, what year is it? In my bits of depression earlier, I…forgot."
"It's 2003. You seriously forgot the year? Yeesh…well take it easy." Gary said driving away.
It hit Crimson like a ton of ton of bricks. He was back in the early 2000s, and it dawned on him.
"Ok, maybe this won't be too bad." Crimson thought. "I could relive the good times…"
Then he looked at his modern smartphone and shuddered. Looking at the time, he got to heading across the bridge. He had a journey to go on. Little did he realized that the trio were flying in the same direction, just not to follow him.
Current Team Stats
Player: Crimson
Haunter Lv.34 (Female) (Nickname: Lady Morticia) |Kept in a Dusk Ball|
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Modest
Characteristic: Alert to sounds | Prefers drier foods than spicy foods
Hatched at Pallet Town
Moves Known: Hypnosis, Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, Confuse Ray, Ice Punch, Dream Eater, Sucker Punch, ?
Held Item: Black Sludge
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Krokorok Lv.33 (Male) (Nickname: Sir Jett) |Kept in a Dusk Ball|
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Quirky
Characteristic: Likes to run
Hatched at Pallet Town
Moves Known: Crunch, Earth Power, Thunder Fang, Incinerate, Bulldoze, Dark Pulse, Aerial Ace, ?
Held Item: Black Glasses
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Charizard Lv.36 (Female) (Nickname: Kimiko) |Kept in a Poké Ball|
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Timid
Characteristic: Strongly defiant
Met at Lv. 5 at Pallet Town
Moves Known: Iron Tail, Swords Dance, Flamethrower, Dragon Pulse, Thunder Punch, Shadow Claw, Rock Slide, ?
Held Item: Mega Charizardite X
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Gyarados Lv.34 (Male) (Nickname: Atlas) |Kept in a Lure Ball|
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Bold
Characteristic: Hates to Lose
Met at Lv. 15 at Route 21
Moves Known: Dark Pulse, Rain Dance, Bounce, Thunder, Scald, Flamethrower, Ice Beam, ?
Held Item: Gyaradosite
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Clefable Lv.29 (Female) (Nickname: Marquesha) |Kept in a Moon Ball |
Ability: Unaware
Nature: Naughty
Characteristic: Mischievous
Met at Lv. 13 at Mount Moon
Moves Known: Metronome, Mega Punch, Misty Terrian, Covet, Magical Leaf, Moonblast, Shock Wave, ?
Held Item:
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Parasect Lv.32 (Female) (Nickname: Chuka) |Kept in a Friend Ball |
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Docile
Characteristic: Strong Willed
Met at Lv. 10 at Mt. Moon
Moves Known: X-Scissor, Metal Claw, Cross Poison, Giga Drain, Aerial Ace, Dig, Energy Ball, ?
Held Item:
(A/N: Kimiko has finally evolved, and Crimson has defeated his rival. The year's been revealed, and this is deliberate. Anyone growing up in 2000s will get what I'm referencing yet the irony is that movie hasn't even come in that world. Regardless, this reveal is justifying the jokes you'll get soon enough. Either way, expect the level up to slow. Considering the levels, it would take most of them longer to level up.)
Ending Theme: LAKEY INSPIRED – Better Days