Gym battle #3! Part 1!
The four trainers returned to Cerulean Gym where the four sisters were waiting for them.
"Welcome back guys! Thanks again for helping us!" Daisy greeted.
"No problem!" Renée replied. "Just glad to help."
"Well since you're here, why don't we get right down to it!" Misty exclaimed.
"We'll be battling first!" Violet announced, Lily stood with her. "But, there's a catch, our styles of battling are rather unique!"
"What do you mean by 'unique'?" Jack asked.
"Each of us battle differently." Violet stated. "Misty is good at Single Battles, Daisy good at Double Battles, Lily likes Triple Battles, and I'm at Rotation Battles!"
"So who's going to battle who?" Diego questioned.
"If it's ok with you guys, I'd like to battle Violet. It'd be cool to try a Rotation Battle!" Jack proposed.
"That's fine with me, as long as I get to battle Lily." Julia added.
"I wanted to battle Misty from the start, so I guess that leaves you Renée and Daisy. Sorry Renée..." Diego apologized.
"It's no big deal, though you guys could have given me a choice." Renée replied.
"So it's settled then!" Lily announced. "Let's get this party started!"
Jack and Violet had taken their place on the battlefield, which also doubled as an Olympic pool.
"Alright Jack here's how a Rotation Battle works. Both trainers send out 3 pokemon, the battlefield itself will rotate clockwise or counterclockwise depending on the move you make. The battles themselves however are essentially one on one." Violet explained.
"Alright, seems simple enough." Jack responded, a confident smile on his face.
The two of them send out their pokemon. Jack sent out his Ivysaur, Ralts, and Mightyena. Violet sent out a Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Wooper. Ivysaur and Wooper were in the attacking positions.
"Misty told me that the challenger makes the first move, so feel free to make your move!"
"Alright, Ivysaur use Leech Seed!"
Ivysaur shot out its Leech Seed, though Violet didn't seem to bothered by it.
"Poliwag, use Ice Ball!"
"Poliwag can use Ice Ball?!" Diego said in shock, just like Spheal, Poliwag charged up an Ice Ball and shot it towards Ivysaur, causing considerable damage.
Jack took a moment to think about his next move, suddenly he got an Idea. "Mightyena, use Thunder Fang!"
Jack's side of the arena rotated counterclockwise, putting Mightyena in the attacking position. Mightyena then leaped towards Poliwag, it's fangs glowing yellow and surging with electricity. The Thunder Fang connected, taking Poliwag out.
"Oh my!" Violet said in surprise, she quickly composed herself. Her side of the arena rotated to Wooper. "Wooper, use Sludge!" Wooper spit out a ball of purple goo towards Ivysaur, this surprised the others.
"Wait isn't Sludge a Poison type move?" Julia questioned.
"It is, but how can Wooper learn it?!" Renée replied.
"Ivysaur, use Razor Leaf!"
The two attacks passed through each other and hit the other pokemon. Ivysaur took minor damage, since it was part poison, Wooper took much more damage as it had a 4x weakness to grass.
"Wooper, use Ice Punch!" Violet commanded, this surprised everyone. This surprise went further when Wooper leaped into the air, a light blue orb formed by its side. It hit Ivysaur causing big damage.
"How on Earth can Wooper use Ice Punch?!" Jack said in disbelief. "It doesn't even have arms!"
"I was pretty surprised too when Wooper learned Ice Punch, but it's actually a really good move for Wooper to have!" Violet exclaimed. The others were still thoroughly shocked.
"Alright then, Ralts use Confusion!" A light purple / gold orb of energy was shot at Wooper, who kept an adorably blank smile on its face throughout the entire battle.
"Wooper, use Sludge!" Wooper spit out another glob of purple goop, just as before, the attacks seemed to pass right through each other. Ralts took heavy damage from the attack, since it was part Fairy-type, it was weak to poison. Wooper was beginning to weaken as well.
"Ralts..."
"Wooper..."
"Use Ice Punch!" The two pokemon charged towards each other, both raised their fists (or in Wooper's case, nonexistent fist). Both pokemon punched each other right in the face, knocking each other out! Violet's side of the arena rotated to Poliwhirl, Jack's went over to Mightyena.
"Use Howl!"
"Poliwhirl, dazzle them with a Power-up Punch!" Mightyena let out a howl, raising it's Attack power. Poliwhirl charged towards Mightyena, it's fist glowing a bright red. The punch hit hard for some super-effective damage.
"Thunder Fang!"
"Use Scald!"
Mightyena charged at Poliwhirl with its fangs bared again. Poliwhirl began to emit steam, when Mightyena bit it, Poliwhirl blasted Mightyena with a surge of steaming water, burning it.
"Wait, how did Mightyena get burned?" Diego asked.
"Scald is a water type move that has a chance to burn your opponent. I guess Jack just got unlucky." Renée explained. While Renée was explaining Scald to Diego, Jack rotated over to Ivysaur.
"Ivysaur, Razor Leaf!" The leaves were too quick for Violet and Poliwhirl to react, but Poliwhirl was still standing.
"Use Ice Beam!" Poliwhirl blasted Ivysaur with an icy cold beam of blue energy, Ivysaur had trouble standing up afterwards. It began to glow with a green aura.
"Hmph, I was hoping Overgrow would kick in soon!" Jack said confidently. "Ivysaur, use Sludge!"
Ivysaur shot out a blob of purple gunk out of its bulb towards Poliwhirl, the Sludge had a bit of green aura surrounding it, just like Ivysaur. The attack hit it's mark dead on, taking Poliwhirl out!
"Oh, well I guess that's too be expected. I haven't battled in years." Violet stated.
"You did still give me a run for my money, that just might have been my toughest battle yet!" Jack replied with a smile.
"Yeah, I guess it was fun!" Violet chuckled.
Julia and Lily were next to battle, they took their places on the arena which looked different from Jack's battle. Where as the last battle had circular stands inside the arena that rotated, this time it was a long rectangular stand.
"Ok Julia, Triple Battles are simple. It's just like a Double battle only with 3 pokemon instead of 2. Also, attacks won't be able to reach an enemy as easily so you also have to pay attention to how far an attack can reach!"
"So it's just 3 times the fun!" Julia replied cheerfully.
"Exactly!"
The two girls sent out their pokemon. Lily sent out a Goldeen, a Seaking, and a Finneon. Julia sent out her Spheal, Jigglypuff and Ralts. Goldeen and Spheal were on the right side, Finneon and Jigglypuff were on the left, leaving Ralts and Seaking in the center of the arena.
"You can make the first move Julia!" Lily said smiling.
"Ok, Spheal use Body Slam on Goldeen. Jigglypuff, you use Double Slap on Seaking, and Ralts, use Shock Wave on Finneon!"
"Goldeen, use Horn Attack, Finneon use Water Gun, and Seaking, you use Water Pulse!"
The six pokemon attacked each other, it looked like an all out brawl! Julia's pokemon managed to get some good hits but Lily's pokemon had the upperhand.
Julia tried to think of a good strategy but nothing came to her. She remembered something Jack told her and the others when they were still in the academy during a presentation he was doing.
'Attacking the enemy won't always work, you have to be smart about how you battle. Raising your stats or lowering the opponent's can be a big help in battle!'
Suddenly, it came to her.
"Spheal, use Icy Wind, Ralts, use Calm Mind, and Jigglypuff, use Sing on Seaking!" Julia commanded. Spheal's attack hit both Goldeen and Seaking since Icy Wind is an attack that hits multiple targets. Jigglypuff's singing voice was more potent due to her singing with Bella everyday for months, giving this Sing attack nearly perfect accuracy and the ability to hit multiple targets, in this case, Seaking and Finneon. Ralts gave a deep breath and began charging energy. From the stands, Jack was impressed to see Julia using this strategy. He always knew she was smart!
Lily was surprised at how the tables seemed to turn. Goldeen was beginning to be worn down by the attacks and it's speed was lowered from the Icy Wind. Seaking and Finneon were fast asleep and Seaking had taken some bad damage as well.
"Goldeen, use Water Pulse on Jigglypuff! Seaking and Finneon PLEASE wake up!" Lily ordered. Goldeen shot an blue orb towards Jigglypuff, this orb left a streak of water behind it and it moved too fast for Jigglypuff to see. After Jigglypuff recovered with the attack, it's eyes had swirls in them. Jigglypuff was suffering from confusion!
"Spheal, use Body Slam on Goldeen. J-Jigglypuff, use Wake-up-Slap on Seaking. Ralts, use Magical Leaf on Finneon."
Spheal leaped into the air and crashed into Goldeen, knocking it out! Seaking and Finneon finally woke up, Lily saw the chance to counterattack and she took it.
"Seaking, use Horn Drill on Spheal and Finneon, you use Water Pulse on Jigglypuff!"
Spheal rushed towards Spheal, it was spinning in a corkscrew motion, the attack managed to hit and Spheal was taken out instantly. Finneon shot out the Water Pulse at Jigglypuff, who was hitting herself in confusion. The attack also connected, knocking Jigglypuff. The battle was now 2 against 1, the sides were stacking up against Julia.
"Woah!" Jack said in awe.
"This doesn't look too good..." Renée said, worried for her sister. Diego was watching the battle in awe.
Ralts' Magical Leaf hit it's target easily, since the attack never misses. Finneon went down very easily once the attack hit.
"This is it! I'll finish this!" Lily said with a confident smirk. "Seaking, use Waterfall!" Seaking charged towards Ralts, it left a stream of water that literally looked like a waterfall behind it.
"Ralts, use Shock Wave!" Julia commanded, Ralts sent out the wave of electricity towards Seaking, just like Magical leaf, Shock Wave never misses. Being near water made the attack worse for Seaking when it hit causing more damage. This was enough to bring Seaking down! Lily gasped in shock, she looked upset,l but she quickly shrugged it off.
"Well, I guess I lost... But that was so much fun! You're a really good battler Julia!" Lily complimented, Julia squealed a bit, she was just complemented from one of her idols!
"So that's two battles done! Which of you wants to go next?" Daisy asked. Diego and Renée were unsure, but Misty and Daisy both had a confident look in their eyes. But they all knew that whoever was battling next, the battle itself was sure to be good!
Alright, that's 2/4 gym battles done! As for some of the moves that seemed a bit strange in this chapter, as I said earlier, some pokemon will have moves that they don't normally have and some of the effects will change. Also Julia's Jigglypuff used Sing and it put 2 pokemon to sleep rather than 1. I wanted specific pokemon to be special and have traits and qualities that other pokemon of the same species don't have. In Chapter 22, the Poochyena that Typhoon caught had a much more potent Howl than normal Poochyena. (Also this Poochyena will be an important character soon) But either way, I hope you enjoyed the first half of the Cerulean Gym battles.
