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A: Hey guys, welcome to another chapter! Yes, I know it's been a while since I updated last (according to my standards), but I have been really busy lately, but that doesn't matter, because I'm back! You know what, I have to thank all of the people who favorited and followed, and the people who just read it. Yes, that means YOU, the person who is reading this right now. Thank you for reading and taking your time out of your day to read this. Thank you!
Anyways, this chapter, we meet a complete as-…uh…person (*slaps himself* Baka!), submitted by VesuviusPM! To be completely honest dude, he IS a curveball character, but from reading his sheet, I would describe him…differently, no offense. K, that's my message, now the reviews!
A: The first one is from VesuviusPM, and he said: "Everything seems a bit... Rushed. But that doesn't mean this is a bad story by any standard. And seeing as this story has SYOC, I'm going to send you a curveball character." Yeah, definitely a curveball. Also, it may be a bit rushed, but I had a gap of 7-9 chapters between the start and the first gym, and there are 8 gyms, so if I take approximately that many chapters between gyms, and with the afterstory, that's 60+ chapters, so yeah.
A: The next one is from Luktopius. As a note, I've noticed that your image has changed something like 3 times. First it was the Pokemon 20th anniversary Pikachu, then it was ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)lenny face. Now it's Tropius. Interesting. Anyways, he said: "V is the letter" Yeah, you're right. Last one!
A: The last one is from Eon The Ninetails, and he said: "V" Well, that's very short, but yes. V is the letter. Actually, as a fun fact, V-line is the name of the train service where I live. Interesting, huh? Anyways, those was the reviews, enjoy the chapter!
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Chapter 8: Number 3 is here!
1st person: Kai
Oh hey, what's up! I'm back. Alright, let's get into it!
We left from the Pokemon Center, heading back towards the gym. We were talking about who would win rock-paper-scissors this time.
"Well, I already won, so I'll just go and join Minerva while you three do it" Ross said.
"So, it's between us three, then" I said.
"I guess so" Ace said.
We got to the gym, and when we got in, Brock was waiting for us, because we are regulars now, I guess.
"So, who's going first?" He asked us.
"Well, I'm going to go…and stand over here…where I don't have to do rock-paper-scissors" Ross said, and went over to join the Badge Club, which we had dubbed the night before. It's basically a club of people who had won the badge, if you couldn't tell.
We stuck our fists in a circle and started shaking them.
1…2…3. We looked at our hands.
"Aw yiss! The win belongs to me!" I said. Azura and Ace sighed and went to join Ross and Minerva at the stands while I followed Brock to the battlefield.
"The battle between Brock, the gym leader of Pewter City, and Kai, the challenger, is about to begin. Trainers, send out your Pokemon!"
"Geodude, go!" Brock said as he sent out Geoudude. Immediately, it took a battle stance.
"Go, Treecko!" I shouted as I sent out…Treecko.
"Battle begin!"
"Geodude, use Rock Throw!" Brock said immediately after the referee announced, clearly going for the win. Well, sorry to say, but that's not happening! Geodude started picking rocks off the ground and hurling them at Treecko.
"Dodge them all!" I said, and Treecko jumped and dodged around them all.
"Now, go for Fury Swipes!" I shouted.
"Wait, but Treecko can't learn that mo-" Brock was saying, but he was cut off by Treecko as claws extended from his hands…paws…whatever. He ran at Geodude and scratched them across its face in succession, though it didn't do much damage.
"Geodude, go for a Tackle! I have an idea!" Brock said, and Geodude hurtled at "Treecko". "Treecko" tried to dodge, but he was hit by Geodude anyways. After he got hit, a strange thing happened. It started flickering, like it wasn't actually there. Then, it completely disappeared, and in its place was Zorua.
"Having Zorua use his ability to disguise as Treecko so you could save it for Onix. Clever. Unfortunately, that's where you get defeated!" Brock said.
"And that's where you're wrong!" I shouted. "Zorua, use Faint Attack!" I roared. Over in the crowd, you could see all my friends take a deep breath in.
Zorua rushed at Geodude and disappeared before it hit it. Geodude looked around, but was struck down by Zorua from behind.
"Geodude is unable to battle! The winner is Zorua!"
"Geodude, return! You went well." Brock said as the Pokeball sucked Geodude in.
"Now Onix, go!" Brock said, and sent out Onix. This time, it didn't even bother to look threatening, it just got itself ready for battle.
Zorua looked like it could go on against Onix, but I said "Come on, we have to give the actual Treecko a go, don't we?" Zorua looked a bit miffed, but still walked off of the field. It sat down by me and began to watch the battle.
"Alright Treecko…uh…I choose you..." I said hesitantly as I struggled to come up with a… catchphrase, I think you call it, or something like that.
"The battle between Onix and Treecko is about to begin! Battle be-" The referee was saying, but as he did, I looked at the stands and saw that my friends were nowhere to be seen, and I could see Minerva was just leaving. As I was about to call out to her, he left my sight. I looked at the referee and saw he was about to start the battle.
"Actually, can I have a break in-between battles?" I quickly said. The referee looked surprised to be interrupted, but nodded. I quickly exited the battlefield, my Pokemon following me, determined to see what was going on.
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1st person: Ross
45 seconds ago…
Hey, I'm back. But I can't say much, I'm watching Kai's battle and I still want to watch it.
Brock's Geodude had just fainted when a guy came into the spectator stand. He was wearing a short-sleeved blue leather jacket with a black t-shirt underneath. He had black fingerless gloves, blue jeans and dark grey boots. He had long blond hair that sort-of covered his eyes, and from what I could see, they were blue.
He came into the stand, briefly looked at Kai's battle and started walking out again.
"Hey, where are you going?" I questioned. He didn't turn around and kept walking.
"Hey, did you hear me?!" I shouted at him. He still kept walking.
I got up and followed him down to the lobby, everyone else following me. In there, Kai met up with us.
"Hey, what's going on, guys?" He asked Azura.
"Some guy walked into your battle, took one look and walked off" Azura answered.
"Hey, what's your problem?" I shouted at him. Finally, he stopped walking, and turned his head 90° so he could see me.
"I came in to see if there was any next talent here" He said coldly. "I was wrong"
"Hey! That's not nice!" Kai shouted.
"Hmph. I don't care about being 'not nice' to people of your calibre. Now, I'm going." He said, and continued on to the entrance and walked outside. We all followed him. He turned his head once more.
"Why are you following me?" He said, his voice dripping with coldness.
"You didn't apologize! Now do it!" Minerva said, now at the front.
"…go, Gray. Fire Blast" He ordered. We didn't notice the command until a moment later because his Charizard was different. It wasn't shiny, it was blue. When we noticed the command, we jumped out of the way, but it hit Minerva square in the chest. She fell to the ground.
We ran to her, and Ace looked at him in disgust.
"You just hit an innocent person! Do you feel no shame?" Ace asked him.
He looked at us for a moment and said "It was her fault for getting in my way"
We watched as he called back his Charizard, Grey and sent out a Salamence. He roughly jumped on its back and commanded "Maelstrom, Fly" The Salamance spread its wings and flew into the sky while we watched.
When he was out of sight, we turned to Minerva and Ace asked her "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine" She said, and proceeded to get up and brush away all the charring on her clothes.
"How does that even-ah, screw it, we live in a world where lizards can shoot out fire, I'm going to go complete my battle" Kai said as he left the group. The rest of went back to the stands to see the final part of Kai's battle.
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1st person: Kai
Hey, well I'm back. Now let's go win a gym badge.
I walked out into the battlefield where Brock was waiting.
"So, we're finishing this battle?" Brock said, and I nodded. Both Pokemon took a stance on the battlefield.
"The battle between Onix and Treecko is about to begin. Battle begin!"
"Alright Treecko, use Pound!" I said, and Treecko ran at Onix and slapped it's paw on a body… rock. Onix simply looked at Treecko and snorted.
"Onix, use Bind!" Brock said, and Onix started to surround Treecko.
"Use Quick Attack and get out of there!" I commanded and Treecko darted out of Onix's circle.
"Now, use Mega Drain!" I said, and green lights came out of Treecko's body, went to Onix's body and went in. A moment later, they came out and went into Treecko's body. Instantly, Treecko looked stronger.
"Seriously?! Another Mega Drain!" Brock complained. As he said that, I thought about Ross' battle.
"Whoops, sorry" I sheepishly said. "But now! Treecko, use Pursuit!"
Treecko disappeared, and reappeared right in front of the weak Onix's head. He brought his paw hand thingy down on its head, and Onix was smashed into the ground. We didn't need a referee to know Onix was knocked out.
"Onix is unable to battle!" Welp, there it is. "The winner is Treecko! Which means the battle goes to Kai!"
Yeah! We won! Treecko and Zorua jumped into my arms as we celebrated. I put them down as Brock came up to me.
"Congratulations! As a sign of your victory at the Pewter Gym, here is the Boulder Badge!" Brock said as he handed me a badge that looked like a rock.
I walked out to the lobby where my friends came to meet me.
"Congrats man, you did it!" Ross said to me.
"Yeah! Now it's between me and Azura!" Ace said, and him and Azura looked at each other.
"Ok guys, let's head back to the Pokemon Center" Minerva said to us all, and we headed back to the Pokemon Center, with me still overjoyed about my victory.
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*walks out*
A: So, that was the chapter! How was it? I hope it was good. Anyway, I noticed that I didn't have a QOTC last chapter because I forgot, so I'm putting one in this one. Here it is!
QOTC: What happens when you lick a Nintendo Switch cartridge?
A: A different one, but nonetheless. Also, don't forget. If you are the first person to answer the QOTC, you get an OC! The OC sheet is on Chapter 2. Don't forget.
A: So that's all from me. Enjoy your day, night, whatever. Bye! *trapdoor opens and I fall into it*
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