After some debating between myself and Diego's creator, I've decided to cut Jack and Julia's battle into just one chapter to speed things up a little bit more! And I did want to get the story moving again, so here's part 3 of 3 of the Celadon Gym battles!
"So that's two battles over and two to go." Renée noted.
"Yeah, and it's already 4! By the time we finish all 4 battles it'll already be pretty late." Diego added.
"Perhaps there is a way to speed up your battles?" Ronan proposed.
"I have an idea, we'll have a double battle! If Julia and Jack can defeat me, they will both receive a badge!" Erika announced, everyone seemed pleased with the idea, Jack blushed a little bit, he would get to battle with his crush!
The three of them got into their positions on the arena. Each of them had their pokeballs ready.
"Here's how things will work, you will only use 2 of your pokemon, which would equal 4. Since its a 2 on 1 battle, I will have to use 4 pokemon as well. Take a moment to decide which pokemon you will use!" Erika announced. Julia and Jack turned to each other.
"So who should we use?" Julia asked.
"Well a good number of Grass type pokemon are also part Poison type, so Ralts would be a good choice, Grass types are also weak to Flying, Fire, and Ice. We have two of those types, although your Spheal is also part Water so it could be a problem. Double battles are won with teamwork, so I'll cover Spheal weaknesses!" Jack explained.
"Great planning Jack! You're so smart!" Julia replied, causing Jack to blush again.
"Are you ready?" Erika asked
"Yeah!" The two trainers said in unison. They all sent out their pokemon, Erika sent out her Weepinbell and a Roselia. Jack and Julia both sent out their Ralts.
"Psychic types! You all seem to have a good understanding of type advantages! But in battles having the type advantage doesn't prove anything!" Erika remarked. "Anyway, you two may make the first move!"
"Ok Ralts, use Calm Mind!" Jack called out.
"Use Confusion on Weepinbell!" Julia ordered. Jack's Ralts took a deep breath and began to have a blue aura around it. Julia's Ralts began to glow blue, it reached its arm out in an attempt to use its psychic power to damage Weepinbell.
"Roselia, use Sunny Day and Weepinbell, you use Razor Leaf!" Erika commanded. Roselia shot a red - orange orb into the sky, it made the clouds in the sky clear up and the sun shone brightly on the arena. Before Julia's Ralts could attack, Weepinbell shot out its Razor Leaf attack at a quick speed., it was much faster than it was earlier.
"Wait how is Weepinbell so fast?" Diego asked.
"Yeah, it didn't move like that earlier!" Renée added.
"That must be Weepinbell's ability, Chlorophyll! It doubles a pokemon's speed in the sun!" Jack explained. Julia's Ralts managed to get its attack off on Weepinbell, though it didn't seem to do much damage.
"Ralts, use Calm Mind, one more time!" Jack stated
"Ralts, use Double Team!" Julia ordered "Jack, why aren't you attacking?"
"If I can raise Ralts' stats high enough, it can beat our opponents easily!" Jack answered.
"Oh, I get it!" Julia responded. Jack's Ralts continued used raising it's stats, Julia's began making duplicates of itself.
"Roselia, use Leech Seed, Weepinbell use Leaf Tornado!" Erika called out. Roselia sent out its Leech Seed towards Julia's Ralts while Weepinbell's Leaf Tornado targeted the both of them. Surprisingly though, Jack's pokemon took both attacks for Julia's!
"Why did it do that?" Ronan asked in confusion.
"Well Jack's Ralts and Julia's Ralts are brother and sister! I guess Jack's was trying to protect its sister!" Renée explained.
"That was so sweet!" Julia commented. "Ok Ralts, use Confusion!"
"You do the same Ralts!" Jack commanded. (A/N: Sorry if this looks confusing)
"Weepinbell, use Razor Leaf and Roselia, you use Giga Drain!" Erika announced. Weepinbell shot out more Razor Leaves, causing considerable damage to Julia's Ralts. Both Ralts managed to attack their opponents before Roselia, Jack's attack managed to take out Weepinbell while Roselia had taken heavy damage, Jack's Ralts took the Giga Drain for its sister, Roselia barely drained any health from the attack due to Jack's Ralts having its Special Defense boosted.
"Not bad you two, come on out Carnivine!" Erika sent out her next pokemon, it towered over all of the others.
"Carnivine?" Diego scanned the strange pokemon with his pokedex.
'Carnivine: the Bug Catcher pokemon; It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet smelling prey and gulps them down.'
"That's creepy... I like it!" Diego responded, Ronan and Renée gave him a strange look.
"Carnivine, use Razor Leaf, Roselia, use Poison Sting on Julia's Ralts!"
"Ralts, use Fairy Wind!" Julia ordered.
"Ralts, use Confusion!" Julia's Ralts brought up a harsh gust of wind from nowhere, the wind had a pink texture to it, it damaged Carnivine a bit, but it barely harmed Roselua, due to its Poison typing. Carnivore's Razor Leaf attack caused some staggering damage to both pokemon, Julia's Ralts had trouble standing, Roselia shot out a toxic purple barb towards Julia's pokemon. Jack's Ralts tried to take the hit for its sister, but it was too slow. The Poison Sting hit it's target and knocked out Julia's Ralts. (Hopefully that should make things easier for you e_e)
"Oh man, that sucks!" Julia whined, recalling her Ralts back into its pokeball, Jack's Ralts finished off Roselia with Confusion. It was clear that Ralts was no longer playing around!
"Looks like things are serious now! It's time to bring out my ace! Gloom, come join us!" Erika announced bringing out her Gloom, her strongest pokemon!
"Ok, Spheal you come on out too!" Julia sent out her Spheal, the sunlight was still bright from the effects of Sunny Day, Spheal's water attacks would do much less damage, though it made no sense to use them against Grass type pokemon.
"Spheal, use Aurora Beam on Carnivine!
"Ralts, use Co-" Before Jack could finished, Ralts charged towards Carnivine, it's fist was glowing blue and white, small snow crystals trailed its hand. Ralts punched Carnivine in the jaw with its new move, Ice Punch! The attack knocked Carnivine out!
"That's just cold!" Erika noted, Ronan couldn't help but laugh at the pun. "Gloom, use Solarbeam!" Gloom absorbs energy from the sun, and since Sunny Day was still in effect, it didn't have to spend too much time charging. Gloom fired the Solarbeam, both Ralts and Spheal were in its path, the attack knocked both of them out.
Everyone gasped at this.
"Wait, Spheal was my last pokemon! D - Does that mean I lost?" Julia asked, she looked upset.
"Not necessarily, if Jack can defeat Gloom then both of you get a gym badge!" Erika answered.
"Ok, good luck Jack, you can do it!" Julia cheered, she hugged Jack before heading off to join the others. Jack blushed but regained himself, he sent out his last pokemon.
"Ok Spearow, let's finish this! Use Aerial Ace!" Jack ordered, Spearow flew up high into the air and charged for Gloom at a high speed, but Gloom was still faster due to the Sun still in being in effect.
"Gloom use Acid!" Erika said, Gloom sprayed a stream of green acid towards Spearow, it disoriented it for a moment, but Spearow quickly regained itself and hit Gloom for some heavy damage! The sunlight turned back to normal, the effect of Sunny Day had ended.
"Alright Spearow finish it with Fury Attack!" Jack commanded.
"Gloom use Petal Dance quickly!" Erika ordered, she looked uneasy. Gloom was now slower than Spearow, since the sun was no longer out to aid its Chlorophyll ability. Spearow hit Gloom head-on and sent it several feet in the air, it then charged into Gloom 4 more times, it hit Gloom on the back to send it to the ground with the final blow. This 5 hit combo was enough to take Gloom down!
"EEEEEK! You did it Jack!" Julia squealed, she ran to Jack and embraced him, making him blush again.
"Well a loss is a loss! That was the most fun I've had since I battled Red all those years ago! Take your badges you two, you've earned them!" Erika handed the two trainers their badges, the battles were over!
"It was an absolute pleasure to battle against you all! I wish you the best of luck on your journey, here why don't you take these with you!" Erika handed the group some TM's. "Those TM's contain the move Giga Drain, it's a powerful Grass move that absorbs half of the damage inflicted!"
"Thanks Erika, this could really help!" Renée said. They all noticed the old man looking into the gym again, once he noticed them looking back at him, he ran off, everyone glared at him as he ran. Erika yawned.
"Well, it's been a very busy day, I'm off to rest, take care!" She said, everyone left the gym.
"So Ronan, are you gonna come with us?" Jack asked
"Thank you for the offer, but I still have some things I want to take care of here first! I'm sure I'll see you all again sometime!" Ronan answered, he left the group.
"Well, I guess we're headed back to Cerulean!" Julia said with a grin on her face.
"Yeah, and I'm gonna get my third badge!" Diego announced. The group went to the Pokemon Center to rest for the night, they would head back to Cerulean City tomorrow.
And that does it for the gym battles! Now I'm not going to immediately have the group be at Cerulean and battle Misty right away, it wouldn't be right to have one gym right after the other. But whatever happened to some of the other graduates? Where are they now? Find out in the next chapter!
