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Chapter 34: Battles and Leaders (Cerulean Misty)
"Red and Leaf! It's been so long! How're you doing?"
The orange-haired gym leader steps down from her tower to meet her old friends.
"Good." They nod.
"We're doing a tour to check out this PokéGO thing."
Misty looks up and remembers.
"Oh yeah! I heard of it. I don't get many of those challenges because you need to get through the real gym first to get to me. It sounds fun."
Candela bursts from behind one of the Legends to greet her.
"Hi I'm Candela! I made PokéGO and I've always looked up to you since I was a kid!" She shakes her hand rapidly even though Misty didn't put it up.
"Uh...okay? Oh, you saw the TV show, right?"
Candela furiously nods.
Misty smiles nervously and looks sideways.
"That explains it. Are you here for a battle too?"
Candela seems taken aback by the question. I don't think she was thinking of it.
"That's an enticing preposition, but I'll pass. I'd much rather see one of the Legends battle you for real."
She then looks to the Legends expectantly, but none of them move.
"Wait, is that Gold I see at the back?" Misty asks with another smile.
"Uh...no?"
The Johto Legend nervously smiles, still not moving.
"What are you doing back there? I thought the group was arranged by region."
"It is." Red raises an eyebrow at Gold, who mouths the word 'Krystal' and looks back at Misty innocently.
"Get over here! It's awkward greeting you when you're behind a dozen other people."
Gold audibly sighs and walks over to Misty, revealing Krystal behind him.
"Oh." Her smile disappears.
"Hey Misty."
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Silence between the two trainers.
"I'm sorry." Krystal blurts out.
"I was a stubborn little girl that couldn't accept not getting what she wanted. I really wanted Suicune and I didn't understand the consequences until it was too late. Arceus taught me that. I guess I was just angry at Silver and Gold for getting what I didn't and angry at you for not giving me what I wanted. I'm sorry."
She says, holding out a pokéball. Presumably, it contains the mythical Suicune.
Misty looks at the pokéball, and then at Krystal.
"It's okay." She walks over and hugs Krystal, ignoring the pokéball.
"You deserve that Suicune."
Krystal hugs back, gripping Misty and burying her face in her arms. I can see the glimpse of tears running against Misty's arms.
"I just-I spent so much time in there thinking of what I would say if I ever got the chance to see you again. I'm sorry."
Krystal pulls back and wipes her face, allowing Misty to look at her and smile.
"Come on." She pulls out a pokéball.
"Let's do this one more time."
Krystal smiles as well and takes out another pokéball.
"One more time."
Misty releases a Quagsire at the same time that Krystal releases a Ditto.
"You know what to do, Ditty!"
Ditto smiles goofily and promptly transforms into a Quagsire, which retains its goofy look.
"Rain Dance!"
"Muddy Water!"
Quagsire one brings clouds under the roof and starts rain directed solely at their battleground.
Quagsire two hits the attack, but doesn't so any damage. It does lower its accuracy though.
"Must be Water Absorb." Krystal mutters.
"Now Amnesia!"
"Earthquake instead!"
Misty's Pokémon raises its Special Defense by two while Krystal's deals 23% damage.
"This looks like it's going to take a while."
"Again!"
"Again!"
Misty's Quagsire now raised its Special Defense by 4 but also lost 46% damage.
"Now use Earthquake!"
"Bring her down!"
The long game commences. Quagsire one is at 31% and Quagsire two is at 87%.
The process repeats twice until Misty's Pokémon faints and there's three turns left to the rain thanks to the Quagsire's Damp Rock.
"Now! Golduck!"
Said Pokémon looks at the transformed Quagsire and then at its Trainer with a smug look.
'Golduck is a Special Attacker. I should build my Special Defense first and attack later.' Krystal thinks to herself.
"Calm Mind!"
"Use Amnesia!"
Thanks to the original Quagsire's Rain Dance, Golduck's Swift Swim ability activates, letting him move first and raise its Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.
Quagsire also prepares, strengthening its Special Defense by two with Amnesia.
"Now it's time to attack! Earthquake!"
"Don't let it! Disable the move!"
Quagsire moves to use Earthquake, but Golduck disables it first.
"Now use Psychic!"
'Dammit. I won't be able to do much damage without Earthquake. I guess I have no choice.'
"Use Muddy Water!"
During the last turn of rain, Golduck moves first with Psychic and then gets hit by Muddy Water. Golduck's Psychic deals 31% damage and is lucky enough to lower Quagsire's Special Defense. Golduck then loses only 13% health.
"Again!"
"Try to lower its accuracy with Muddy Water!"
Even without Swift Swim, Golduck is faster than Quagsire. His Psychic now deals 41% instead while Muddy Water still only does 13% damage. However, Quagsire succeeded in getting the mud in Golduck's eyes, lowering its accuracy.
Golduck now stands at 74% while Quagsire has 15% health.
"Finish it off with one last Psychic!"
"Hang on! Only one more turn and I can use Earthquake again!"
Golduck once again moves first, but misses its target and gets hit by another shot of Muddy Water.
"Damn. Come on, Golduck! Just one more attack!"
"Now! Use Earthquake!"
Quagsire finally attempted Earthquake, but fainted upon getting hit by the faster Golduck's Psychic attack.
"Fine." Krystal retrieves her Pokémon.
"Celebi should be able to finish it off."
The shiny mythical being floats on the battlefield with a curious look.
"Use Energy Ball."
"Water Pulse now!"
This time, Krystal's Pokémon is faster and defeats Golduck with a single blow.
Misty smiles as she puts back Golduck's pokéball.
"It's your turn, Lapras!"
The two Pokémon look at each other as if they're happy to meet.
"Ice Beam!"
"Energy Ball."
The agile Celebi hits Lapras first, bringing it down to 15% health. However, Lapras then hits Celebi with a powerful ice Beam, also bringing it down to 16% health.
'Looks like we both deal about the same damage. However, I am faster.' Krystal smiles before commanding her Pokémon:
"Finish it off with one last Energy Ball!"
"Ice Beam again!"
Celebi's glowing Energy Ball hits Lapras before it can start charging its Ice Beam.
"Hmm. I need a faster Pokémon." Misty thinks out loud.
"Starmie! Hit her first using Dazzling Gleam!"
"Recover first!"
Despite Celebi's attempt at recover her health, Starmie hits first and makes Celebi faint.
"I remember Starmie." Krystal nods. "It was annoying."
Krystal then throws a pokéball that releases a confident Gliscor.
"Now use Knock Off!"
"Confuse it with Confuse Ray!"
Starmie confuses Gliscor first, but it gets hit by Knock Off regardless. Because of its Toxic Orb, Gliscor is now poisoned as well as confused. However, Gliscor boasts the ability Poison Heal, which ignores Poison damage and instead heals the user by 1/8 of its total health. Starmie instead stays at 3%. It would have recovered some health due to its Sitrus Berry, but it was knocked off by Gliscor's attack.
"Now finish it off with Facade!"
"Recover first!"
Starmie recovers its health back to 53%, but the adamant Gliscor somehow persists through its confusion and defeats Starmie.
Misty caresses her dear friend before putting it back in its pokéball.
"It's getting close. Vaporeon! Now!"
The popular Water-type appears and studies its opponent carefully.
"Aqua Tail!"
"Facade again!"
Gliscor is the faster Pokémon this time around. This lets her attack first, but it crashes and hits itself in confusion. Vaporeon takes the opportunity to then deal 60% damage thanks to WaterGround effectiveness. Poison Heal now activates, healing the same amount of damage the confusion attack dealt. Gliscor is now at 40% health.
"This is bad. Use Roost!"
"Aqua Tail again!"
Gliscor snaps out of her confusion and recovers to 90% health but then gets hit by a 60% attack, bringing it down to 30%. Poison Heal heals 12% and brings Gliscor back up to 42%.
'This isn't going anywhere if I keep recovering' Krystal thinks.
"Use Facade now!"
"Keep hitting with Aqua Tail!"
Gliscor brings Vaporeon down to 45%, but then promptly faints.
"Ugh. That'll show me, trying to play defensively. I was never good at that."
Krystal then shakes her head and takes out her last two Pokémon.
She looks to one, then to the other, then to Misty.
She sighs and uses the pokéball that Suicune resided in.
Suicune looks around with a look of indifference. It looks to Krystal and then to Misty, almost angry in its expression.
Misty seems surprised for a second, but she then she frowns and readjusts her jacket.
"Time to show me if you really worthy of holding that pokéball!"
Misty vigorously extends out her hand as she commands Vaporeon:
"Aqua Tail!"
Krystal looks at Suicune before deciding what to do.
"Calm Mind."
Suicune beats out Vaporeon in speed and raises its Special Attack and Special Defense. It then takes the Aqua Tail but doesn't budge. Instead, it looks intimidatingly at Vaporeon while its tail is still on Suicune's face. Suicune's roar makes Vaporeon run back to Misty, clearly scared. Misty runs her hand down its smooth and wet back to comfort it.
"It's alright. I'm here." She whispers.
She then stands up to use another command.
"Protect yourself!"
"One more time, Suicune."
Vaporeon uses Protect, but Suicune uses Calm Mind again instead.
Misty is clearly not happy.
"Argh. Use Quick Attack then!"
"Hydro Pump now!"
Vaporeon does move first, but barely deals 5% damage. Suicune then finally unleashes the full force of its Hydro Pump, blasting Vaporeon to the other side of the gym before it goes back into its pokéball.
Suicune is still not happy however, as it then looks to Misty. It takes a step forward, but Krystal acts first.
"That's enough, Suicune."
The Johto Legendary roars before getting put back in its pokéball.
Krystal sighs.
"I guess this is it." Krystal now smiles, taking out another pokéball and releasing the Pokémon in it.
This Pokémon happens to be Heracross, which Mega-evolves upon landing.
Misty nods in remembrance.
"I remember Heracross. It seems like it still has a strong bond with you, seeing as it can mega-evolve with you. I also have a friend of my own."
Misty promptly releases a gigantic Gyarados that stands taller than Misty's tower. Misty then looks to the pool's swimmers and snaps her fingers. The trainers promptly get out of the pool as fast as they can before Gyarados Mega-evolves and dives in the enormous pool, creating a wave taller than any Legend.
When I look back at the battlefield, I see the colossal Mega Gyarados looming over Mega Heracross, who looks up at the terrifying creature doesn't move an inch.
"Time to end this. Gyarados! Use Hyper Beam!"
"Finish it with Close Combat!"
Mega Gyarados, despite its monstrous size, moves quicker and unleashes a deadly beam of energy at point-blank range. Half the gym gets demolished, but Mega Heracross stands defiantly and bumps its fists together.
"Now!"
Mega Heracross jumps and hits Mega Gyarados with a barrage of punches so fast I can't tell how many strikes hit Gyarados.
The powerful Water/Dark Pokémon staggers back and falls flat on its back, hitting the water and creating another wave.
Misty smiles when her partner gets back in its pokéball.
"That was exciting!" She runs to hug Krystal one last time.
"Yeah, it's a huge relief knowing you're okay with me after all I did.
The Cerulean City gym leader shrugs.
"I saw how you fought today. I know that Heracross of yours can handle Suicune anytime."
Krystal nods and slowly goes back to the group next to Gold, who's smiling as well.
He puts his arm around her and waves at Misty as we leave.
"It was great seeing you again!"
"Come back anytime!"
She waves back before we exit the gym.
The sky is as blue as it was before we entered. We're doing good on time.
"Phew." Gold shakes his head.
"That was a doozy."
"Yeah," Krystal nods. "Let's hurry up so we can visit everyone else before its nighttime."
And done! I hope you liked the battle, because that writing style is a prototype for what I'm going to use next tournament! (The Alola Legends' tournament) So if you have any comments, please let me know so I can tweak it in time for S/M.
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