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Ed vs Maylene

After having lunch and picking up their Pokemon from the nurse, the Eds exit the Pokemon Center. Soon after, they were standing in front of the Veilstone City Gym.

"Here we are, boys. The Veilstone City Gym." said Eddy. "Inside, there are badges with our names in them."

"Ed. Are you going to battle the gym leader first again?" asked Edd.

"Yep." replied Ed.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go." said Eddy. Ed rushes inside the gym while Edd and Eddy follow after. Inside the gym, Ed is looking at the battle arena where a girl with short pink hair, wearing a purple and black top, white pants, and blue fingerless gloves was in the center of the arena, meditating with her eyes closed. Ed walks over to her.

"Hello." said Ed. The girl opens her eyes and looks up at Ed.

"Greetings. I am Maylene, the Veilstone City gym leader." said the girl, who was now identified as Maylene. "Are you here to challenge me to a gym battle?"

"Yep." replied Ed. Maylene stands up.

"Very well. I accept you challenge." said Maylene. A minute later, Ed and Maylene were both standing on opposite ends of the battle arena while Edd and Eddy were sitting on the bleachers. Standing outside the arena was a man acting as a referee.

"This is an official gym battle between Maylene the gym leader and Ed the challenger." said the referee. "This will be a three on three Pokemon battle. The battle will end when one trainers Pokemon are unable to battle. Let the battle begin."

"Meditite, I choose you." said Maylene, throwing a pokeball and releasing a light blue and white humanoid Pokemon with an onion shaped head, sitting in a yoga position. Edd takes out his pokedex and points it at the Pokemon.

"Meditite, the Meditate Pokemon. It never misses its daily yoga workouts, and it heightens its spiritual power through meditations." said the pokedex. Ed pulls a pokeball out of his pocket.

"Come on out, Duskull." said Ed, throwing a pokeball and letting out Duskull. "Duskull, use Astonish." Duskull flies towards Meditite.

"Meditite, Detect." said Maylene. Meditite's eyes glowed green and he leaps to the side, avoiding Duskull, surprising him. "Now use Confusion." Meditite's eyes glowed purple and Duskull become surrounded by a purple glow. Duskull gets slammed down onto the arena floor.

"Duskull, use Shadow Sneak." said Ed. Duskull's shadow stretches out towards Meditite. It stretches up behind Meditite and it strikes it. Because Meditite was part psychic type, which are weak against ghost type moves, the damage was super effective, and because of Duskull's Spooky Plate, Shadow Sneak was stronger than it usually was.

"Meditite, Psybeam." said Maylene. Meditite holds out its hands and fires a multicolored beam at Duskull and it hits him.

"Duskull!" exclaimed Duskull.

"Use Astonish again." said Ed. Duskull flies at Meditite.

"Use Detect." said Maylene. Unfortunately for Meditite, Duskull reaches Meditite before it can react. Duskull becomes surrounded by shadows and makes a scary face at Meditite, scaring it and causing super effective damage due to Astonish being a ghost type attack. It flies back and lands on the floor. Astonish also caused Meditite to flinch.

"Night Shade." said Ed. Duskull fires a beam of black and red energy out of his eye at Meditite and hits it. When the smoke from the attack clears, Meditite was lying on the arena floor, its eyes now swirly.

"Meditite is unable to battle. Duskull is the winner." said the referee.

"You did it, Duskull." cheered Ed.

"Duskull." replies Duskull. Maylene returns Meditite to its pokeball.

"You did well, Meditite." said Maylene. She puts Meditite's pokeball in her pocket and she pulls out another pokeball. "I choose you, Machoke." She throws the pokeball and releases a Machoke.

"Oh my. I haven't seen one of those since the day we arrived in Sinnoh back at Professor Rowan's lab." said Edd. He points the pokedex at the Machoke.

"Machoke, the Superpower Pokemon and the evolved form of Machop. It can lift a dump truck with one hand. Using that kind of strength, it helps people with heavy jobs." said the pokedex.

"Duskull, Shadow Sneak." said Ed. Duskull's shadow stretches out to Machoke and strikes it from behind.

"Machoke!" exclaimed Machoke as it staggers forward a little.

"Duskull's got this in the bag." said Eddy, putting his hands behind his head.

"Machoke, use Knock Off." said Maylene. Machoke's hand and forearm becomes surrounded by black electricity. It leaps towards Duskull and swings its arm at him and strikes him, sending him flying back. As he flew back, his Spooky Plate fell away from him.

"It knows Knock Off?!" asked Eddy.

"Yes, and unfortunately for Duskull, Knock Off is a dark type attack, which are strong against ghost type Pokemon, and I'm sure you already know Knock Off makes the Pokemon it hits drop an item it holds, so Duskull has lost his Spooky Plate." said Edd. Duskull weakly floats back up.

"Duskull, Astonish." said Ed. Duskull flies at Machoke and makes a scary face at it while becoming surrounded by shadows, scaring Machoke and hurting it. Unfortunately, Astonish did not cause Machoke to flinch.

"Machoke, use Knock Off again." said Maylene. Machoke's forearm and hand becomes surrounded by black electricity and it swings it at Duskull, striking it and sending it flying and it lands on the floor with a swirly eye.

"Duskull is unable to battle. Machoke is the winner." said the referee. Ed returns Duskull to his pokeball.

"You did good, Duskull. You rest." said Ed. He puts Duskull's pokeball in his pocket and pulls out another pokeball.

"Staravia, come out." said Ed, throwing the pokeball and letting out Staravia. "Staravia, use Wing Attack." Staravia flies at Machoke while one of his wings is glowing. He swings the glowing wing at Machoke and strikes it, making it stagger back.

"Choke!" exclaimed Machoke. Because Wing Attack was a flying type move, it caused super effective damage due to Machoke being a fighting type, which are weak against flying type attacks, and the Sky Plate Staravia was holding made Wing Attack more powerful.

"Machoke, use Knock Off." said Maylene. Machoke's forearm and hand was surrounded by black electricity and it strikes Staravia with it, sending him flying back and making him drop his Sky Plate.

"Staravia, use Quick Attack." said Ed. Staravia flies at Machoke with incredible speed and rams into its chest, knocking it back.

"Machoke!" exclaimed Machoke.

"Use Revenge." said Maylene. Machoke becomes surrounded by orange energy and it unleashed a wave of it and it hits Staravia.

"Star!" exclaimed Staravia as he flew back.

"Use that Aerial Ace move." said Ed. Staravia flies at Machoke while being surrounded by white streaks of energy and it slams into Machoke, causing super effective damage due to Aerial Ace being a flying type attack.

"Machoke!" exclaimed Machoke as it staggers back and it drops down to its hands and knees.

"Use Vital Throw." said Maylene. Machoke gets up and leaps at Staravia.

"Double Team." said Ed. Staravia glows white and creates several copies of himself. Machoke swings his arm at a Staravia, but it was only a copy.

"Wing Attack." said Ed. The Staravia closest to Machoke raises its wing while it glows white and he swings it at Machoke, striking it across the face, causing super effective damage.

"Machoke!" exclaimed Machoke as it flies back and bounces back on the arena floor and starts skidding across it until it stops near Maylene with swirly eyes.

"Machoke is unable to battle. Staravia is the winner." said the referee.

"You did it, Staravia." said Ed.

"Star!" cheered Staravia as he spreads his wings. Maylene returns Machoke to its pokeball.

"Good work, Machoke." said Maylene. She puts Machoke's pokeball in her pocket and pulls out another pokeball. "Lets see how you do against my final Pokemon. Lucario, I choose you." She throws the pokeball and releases a bipedal, canine-like Pokemon with black and blue fur.

"Oh my. What is that?" asked Edd. He points the pokedex at the new Pokemon

"Lucario, the Aura Pokemon. By sensing the aura eminating from others, it can read their thoughts and movements." said the pokedex.

"Lucario, Metal Claw." said Maylene. The spike on Lucario's right paw glows white and transforms into three long claws. Lucario leaps at Staravia and slashes him with the claws.

"Star!" exclaimed Staravia as he flew back.

"Wing Attack!" said Ed. Staravia's right wing glowed white and he swings it at Lucario, striking it across the face.

"Lucario!" exclaimed Lucario as he staggers back but maintains his balance.

"Hey. Shouldn't that Wing Attack have hurt Lucario more than that? Isn't it a fighting type?" asked Eddy.

"Yes, but Lucario is part steel type, Eddy." explained Edd. "Because of that, flying type attacks won't do as much damage as they would pure fighting types."

"Lucario. Aura Sphere." said Maylene. Lucario puts its hands together and creates a blue ball of energy and launches it at Staravia, hitting him.

"Staravia!" exclaimed Staravia as he was sent flying back and lands on the floor. He struggles to get up.

"Use Aerial Ace." said Ed. Staravia flies up and straight at Lucario while being surrounded by streaks of white energy and slams into Lucario's chest, knocking him back.

"Power-Up Punch." said Maylene. Lucario's right paw becomes surrounded by an orange aura and it punches Staravia across his face.

"Staravia!" exclaimed Staravia as he flies straight to the floor and crashes into it. When the dust from Staravia's impact clears, Staravia laid on the floor with swirly eyes.

"Staravia is unable to battle. Lucario wins." said the referee.

"Excellent work, Lucario." said Maylene.

"Lucario!" exclaimed Lucario. Ed returns Staravia to his pokeball.

"You were great, Staravia." said Ed. He puts Staravia's pokeball into his pocket and pulls out another pokeball. "Psyduck. Come on out." said Ed as he throws the pokeball and lets out Psyduck. "Psyduck, use Screech." Psyduck opens his bill and emits an earsplitting screech at Lucario, weakening its defense.

"Good move using Screech to weaken Lucario's defense." said Edd.

"Lucario, Aura Sphere." said Maylene. Lucario creates another ball of blue energy and launches it at Psyduck, hitting him.

"Psy!" exclaimed Psyduck.

"Psyduck, use Water Pulse." said Ed. Psyduck holds out his arms and creates a blue ball of water and launches it at Lucario, hitting it. Because of the Splash Plate Psyduck was holding, his water type attacks, like Water Pulse, was stronger than it originally was.

"Lucario!" exclaimed Lucario. Lucario's eyes were suddenly swirly and he began stumbling around.

"Oh yes. Water Pulse has a chance of causing confusion to the Pokemon it hits." said Edd.

"Lucario, try using Aura Sphere." said Maylene. Unfortunately, confusion got the best of Lucario and it ended up hurting itself.

"Use Disable." said Ed. Psyduck releases blue rings of energy and into Lucario, sealing its Aura Sphere.

"Good. Now Lucario can't use Aura Sphere for a while." said Edd.

"Lucario, try Power-Up Punch." said Maylene. Lucario was able to fight through its confusion. Its right paw becomes surrounded by an orange aura and Lucario leaps over to Psyduck and punches it.

"Psyduck!" exclaimed Psyduck. Lucario becomes surrounded by an orange aura and its muscles bulge.

"Oh dear. It seems Power-Up Punch has increased Lucario's attack strength." said Edd.

"Zen Headbutt!" said Ed. The top of Psyduck's head glows blue and he leaps at Lucario and rams it in the gut with his head.

"Lucario!" exclaimed Lucario as he was sent flying back.

"Unfortunately, due to Lucario being part steel type, psychic type attacks won't cause super effective damage on Lucario as they would pure fighting types." said Edd. Unfortunately, Zen Headbutt did not cause Lucario to flinch.

"Lucario, Power-Up Punch." said Maylene. Lucario has snapped out of its confusion and leaps at Psyduck with his right paw surrounded by an orange aura and swings it at Psyduck.

"Psyduck, dodge it." said Ed. Psyduck ducked out of the way of Power-Up Punch, surprising Lucario. "Now use Aqua Tail." A stream of water spiraled around Psyduck's tail. The water forms into a bigger, longer tail and Psyduck swings it and hits Lucario in the torso with it, creating an explosion of water. Because of the Splash Plate, Psyduck's Aqua Tail was stronger than it normally was. Lucario was sent flying back and lands on the floor. It laid there, its eyes now swirly.

"Lucario is unable to battle. Psyduck wins. The winner of this gym battle is the challenger, Ed." said the referee.

"We did it!" cheered Ed, running over to Psyduck and hugging him.

"Psyduck!" cheered Psyduck. Maylene returns Lucario to its pokeball.

"You did well, Lucario. I promise you'll be back in fighting condition soon." said Maylene. She looks over to see Ed gathering Duskull's Spooky Plate and Staravia's Sky Plate with Psyduck by his side and walks over to him. "You did an excellent job training your Pokemon, Ed. It is my honor to present you with the Cobble Badge." She gives Ed the Cobble Badge, along with some pokedollars.

"Thank you." said Ed. He turns to Edd and Eddy. "I won the Cobble Badge, you guys."

"Congratulation, Ed." said Edd.

"Way to go, lumpy." said Eddy. Maylene looks at the bleacher where Edd and Eddy are.

"Are either of you here to challenge me also?" asked Maylene.

"Yes. I plan on battling you next as soon as you heal your Pokemon." replied Edd.

"Well as soon as I get my Pokemon healed, we will have our battle." said Maylene. She walks out of the gym.

"I'm going to get my Pokemon healed too, guys." said Ed. He puts the Cobble Badge into his badge case and he runs out the gym. Edd walks over to one end of the battle arena and stands there, waiting for Maylene to return so they can have their gym battle.

End of Chapter 29

Eds Team

Grotle (Male)

Attacks: Tackle, Growl, Leafage, Growth, Razor Leaf, Curse, Bite, Cut, and Mega Drain.

Ability: Overgrow.

Staravia (Male)

Attacks: Tackle, Growl, Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Double Team, Pluck, Endeavor, Whirlwind, and Aerial Ace.

Ability: Keen Eye.

Psyduck (Male)

Attacks: Scratch, Tail Whip, Water Gun, Confusion, Fury Swipes, Water Pulse, Disable, Zen Headbutt, Screech, Aqua Tail, and Soak.

Ability: Damp.

Duskull (Male)

Attacks: Astonish, Leer, Disable, Shadow Sneak, Confuse Ray, Night Shade, Payback, Will-O-Wisp, and Mean Look.

Ability: Levitate.

Elekid (Male)

Attacks: Quick Attack, Leer, Thunder Shock, Charge, Swift, Shock Wave, Thunder Wave, Screech, and Thunder Punch.

Ability: Static.

Stunky (Female)

Attacks: Poison Gas, Scratch, Feint, Smokescreen, Acid Spray, Fury Swipes, Focus Energy, Bite, Venoshock, Screech, and Toxic.

Ability: Aftermath.

Edds Team

Prinplup (Male)

Attacks: Pound, Growl, Water Gun, Charm, Peck, Metal Claw, Bubblebeam, Swagger, and Fury Attack.

Ability: Torrent.

Kricketune (Male)

Attacks: Pound, Growl, Struggle Bug, Fury Cutter, Absorb, Sing, Cut, Focus Energy, and Slash.

Ability: Swarm.

Roselia (Female)

Attacks: Absorb, Stun Spore, Growth, Worry Seed, Poison Sting, Magical Leaf, Cut, Toxic Spikes, and Sweet Scent.

Attacks: Poison Point.

Hoothoot (Female)

Attacks: Peck, Growl, Tackle, Echoed Voice, Confusion, Reflect, Pluck, Extrasensory, Take Down, and Uproar.

Ability: Insomnia.

Kirlia (Female)

Attacks: Growl, Disarming Voice, Double Team, Confusion, Hypnosis, Draining Kiss, Teleport, Psybeam, Life Dew, Charm, Calm Mind, and Psychic.

Ability: Synchronize.

Rhyhorn (Male)

Attacks: Tackle, Tail Whip, Smackdown, Bulldoze, Horn Attack, Scary Face, Stomp, and Strength.

Ability: Lightning Rod.

Eddys Team

Monferno (Male)

Attacks: Scratch, Leer, Ember, Taunt, Power-Up Punch, Mach Punch, Rock Smash, Fury Swipes, Flame Wheel, Feint, and Torment.

Ability: Blaze.

Golbat (Male)

Attacks: Absorb, Supersonic, Astonish, Mean Look, Pluck, Poison Fang, Quick Guard, and Air Cutter.

Ability: Inner Focus.

Graveler (Male)

Attacks: Tackle, Defense Curl, Sandstorm, Rock Polish, Rollout, Rock Tomb, Rock Throw, Smackdown, Bulldoze, Self-Destruct, Stealth Rock, and Strength.

Ability: Sturdy.

Buizel (Male)

Attacks: Tackle, Growl, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Water Gun, Bite, Aqua Jet, and Double Hit.

Ability: Swift Swim.

Absol (Female)

Attacks: Quick Attack, Leer, Double Team, Knock Off, Detect, Taunt, Thief, and Slash.

Ability: Super Luck.