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Nacrene Gym Part 3

"I'll take you up on that" Momoko responded as she walked onto the field.

"I can't wait to see how you've improved" Lenora told her taking her place at the other end of the field. She threw her pokeball out letting out another Herdier "So which Pokemon are you going to use?"

"Come out Buizel and use sonic boom" Momoko said as Buizel appeared on the battlefield.

"Strait to the point, that's good. Herdier dodge and use take down" Lenora countered.

Buizel did a front flip, which released a sound wave from its tails at Herdier. Herdier barely dodged the attack in time, Herdier then charged at Buizel.

"Buizel dodge and use aqua tail" Momoko shouted.

As Herdier was about to hit Buizel, Buizel jumped into the air above Herdier twirling like a ballerina. When Buizel landed it sent a crescent of water at Herdier from behind. The attack from Buizel tripped Herdier forcing him into the ground.

"Buizel use sonic boom again!" Momoko yelled.

Buizel did another front flip sending a blast of sound at Herdier again. Herdier wasn't able to avoid the attack and was hit by the full force of it knocking Herdier unconscious.

"Wow, you've improved a lot" Lenora said clapping her hands and returning Herdier to his pokeball. "Well now let's see if you can beat Watchog."

"Buizel return and come out Tepig" Momoko said returning Buizel to her pokeball and bringing out her other Pokemon.

"Watchog use hypnosis" Lenora said.

"Tepig close your eyes and use ember" Momoko countered.

Watchog started to flash hypnotically at Tepig, but Tepig had closed his eyes. Tepig then began to shoot flaming sparks from his nose towards Watchog; Watchog was able to easily dodge the attack.

"Watchog get in close and use crunch" Lenora told her Pokemon.

Watchog moved to behind Tepig and was going to bite Tepig's tail.

"Tepig now, use flame charge heading to your back" Momoko shouted.

When Tepig heard this he charged strait backwards while engulfed in flames. Watchog couldn't dodge and was run over by Tepig.

"Tepig use flame charge again this time going forwards" Momoko continued with her attack.

As Watchog started to get up, Tepig ran over top of him again while using flame charge. When the dust settled Watchog was unconscious and covered in Tepig's footprints.

"Watchog is unable to battle. The winner is Tepig" Iris said wincing at the sight of Watchog.

Lenora returned her Pokemon to its pokeball while walking towards Momoko "That was a smart move waiting until Watchog was behind Tepig before attacking. I'm guessing Kaoru came up with that plan."

"Yes she did. She told me that I should wait until you got close to Tepig before attacking, because it was the only way to guarantee that Tepig would hit him" Momoko stated. "If it wasn't for her I wouldn't have been able to beat you. So she really deserves the praise."

"Well Kaoru may have given you the plan, but you're the one who pulled it off. So here is the Basic Badge for your victory" Lenora told her.

Momoko told her thank you and then went over to the others who congratulated her.

"Well, that just leaves you, Ash. Are you ready?" Lenora asked him.

"Yes I am and this time I'm going to win" Ash said to her.

"Good luck Ash" Peach told him.

"Have faith in your Pokemon and Kaoru's training" Cilan told him.

"I will and thanks" Ash replied.

"If you lose again I'll triple the training for your next rematch" Kaoru shouted at him with a devilish look.

This caused Ash to turn white and begin to shake a lot.

"She's just kidding Ash. Do your best" Miyako told him trying to get him to calm down.

"Wow, whatever you did to them seems to have really scared them" Lenora said to Kaoru.

Kaoru just smiled at her and shrugged.

"Well let's begin the match. Come out Herdier" she said eagerly.

This finally snapped Ash back to normal "Come out Pidove."

"So starting with Pidove this time, well the first move is yours" she told him.

"Pidove use quick attack" he told his Pokemon.

"Herdier use roar" she countered.

Pidove flew into the air and shot towards Herdier at a tremendous speed. Herdier barked at Pidove sending her back into her pokeball and forcing Pikachu to be pulled onto the field.

"Pikachu use quick attack" Ash said with ease, due to the unexpected switching of his Pokemon.

"Herdier dodge and use take down" she countered.

Pikachu charged at Herdier with blinding speed. Herdier barley dodged Pikachu's attack, and then started to charge at Pikachu.

"Pikachu use thunder bolt" Ash yelled.

Pikachu turned around to look at Herdier, and then charged up a lot of electricity around himself. Pikachu released all of its electricity at the charging Herdier shocking him into unconsciousness.

"Wow, that's one amazing Pikachu you have there" Lenora told Ash as she switched Pokemon.

"Thank you. Pikachu come back and let Pidove have her chance on the field" Ash said as he let Pidove out to fight.

"Watchog use crunch" Lenora commanded her Pokemon after she released it onto the battlefield.

"Pidove dodge and use wing attack" Ash said.

Watchog ran at Pidove ready to bite her, but Pidove dodged out of the way by flying up. When Pidove was up in the air she held out her wings, which began to glow. Pidove then flew down slamming one of her wings into Watchog's head dazing him.

"Pidove turn around and use quick attack" Ash yelled.

Pidove turned and flew at Watchog as fast as she could. She slammed into Watchog's head again knocking him to the ground unconscious.

"Watchog is unable to battle. Pidove is the winner" Iris said clapping her hands together.

"It seems that you really did train hard" Lenora said as she put her Pokemon back into his pokeball. She then walked over to Ash and handed him the Basic Badge.

Ash raised his hand into the air, when he did this Kaoru cleared her throat. He immediately put his hand down and told Lenora thank you.

"So where will you guys be going next?" she asked them.

"I think that the next gym is in Castelia City. So that should be were we head, right?" Cilan said looking at her.

"You're right. The journey to Castelia City will be a long one though. About ten days, I think" she told him.

"That settles it then. We're heading to Castelia City" Kaoru said with determination.

"I wish you luck on you journey. Be careful as you go through Pinwheel Forest. There's a rumor of strange singing coming from the woods" Lenora told them. "Peach could you hold still for a moment" she asked him as she took out a camera and took his picture.

The companions then left Lenora and her museum to go to the Pokemon Center to heal their Pokemon. After they were done there they left the center and headed west out of Nacrene City towards Pinwheel Forest.