Jermaine Deon Carter
November 22, 2021
The Fighting Genius
One day, the Veilstone City Gym Leader Maylene invited me to Mt. Coronet for a friendly rematch. I accepted. Dawn tagged along.
Maylene called out a Hitmontop. I called out my Staraptor. Hitmontop's Intimidate Ability activated and lowered Staraptor's Attack.
Staraptor's own Intimidate Ability also kicked in and lowered Hitmontop's Attack. Staraptor easily outmaneuvered Hitmontop and knocked it out with only one Brave Bird attack, taking damage from the attack's recoil in the process.
She sent out a Breloom. Staraptor easily outsped Breloom and knocked it out with one Brave Bird, taking more recoil damage in the process.
She sent out a Heracross. Staraptor outsped Heracross easily and knocked it out with a single Brave Bird. Staraptor knocked itself out in the process.
She called out an Infernape, and I called out my own Infernape. They were evenly matched in power and speed. They exchanged Close Combat moves until her Infernape was knocked out.
She sent out a Medicham. I recalled Infernape and sent out my Mismagius. Mismagius outmaneuvered Medicham easily and knocked it out with only one Shadow Ball attack.
She called out a Lucario. I recalled Mismagius and called Infernape back out. Infernape outsped Lucario and knocked it out with one Flamethrower attack.
"I'm forced to admit defeat again. You're way too strong," Maylene said.
A few minutes later, a Riolu came out from behind a boulder. I caught it in a Great Ball. The following day, Dawn and Maylene helped me train with Riolu until it evolved into Lucario. Maylene was excited and happy about both of us having a Lucario now.
The next day, Dawn and I visited the Great Marsh in Pastoria City. I caught a Croagunk. With her help, I trained Croagunk until it evolved into Toxicroak.
That same day, I used a Dawn Stone on my Kirlia to evolve it into Gallade. I now had every Sinnoh region Fighting-type Pokémon registered in my Pokédex. The day after that, Maylene challenged me to a Fighting Pokémon-only rematch. Even though I only used four Pokémon, I still managed to win again.
"Thank you very much for the battle. I learned a lot from it," Maylene said.
