And another one done, and another one done, another chapter bites the dust. In this chapter, we will now meet Clemont's new challenger! OOOOOOO! Hope you all enjoy!
(plays Lumiose City from Pokemon (Anime))
Arriving at Lumiose City, Serena saw Clemont in front of the Prism Tower, so she signaled Charla to land towards him by pointing down.
Hearing a roar from above, Clemont looked up to see Charla, with Serena and Bonnie on her back, descending to the ground in front of him. Upon landing, the two girls got off Charla and Serena recalled her back to her Pokeball, thanking her for the ride, and she turned and smiled at Clemont.
"Hi Clemont!"
"Hey Serena! Heh, surprised to see you not wearing the usual disguise."
Hearing this, Serena let out a short shriek and hid behind Bonnie, looking around cautiously for crazy fans. Luckily, no one was around.
Serena sighed out of relief and said, "Sorry about that guys. I guess I'm not that used to going out in public as Serylah. Especially when I'm around my friends because I just want to be myself."
Clemont chuckled and said, "It's alright Serena. We understand."
"Just please tell me ahead of time when you're going to use me as cover." added Bonnie, who was rolling her shoulders after Serena had grabbed them forcefully when she was hiding.
"Heheh, sorry Bonnie. So Clemont, I heard you got a new challenger that's really tough, is that true?"
"Well I guess. All I was told is that he's done some really amazing things before he arrived here at Kalos. I've also heard he's from the Johto region."
"Is he here, bro?"
"No, he isn't. But last night, Nurse Joy told me he was going to challenge me today at this exact time. Hmm, I wonder where he could be."
Dedenne, who was on Bonnie's head this whole time, suddenly heard something in the distance, so he turned around to see where it was coming from, spotting a teenage boy running towards their direction in the distance. The small electric/fairy Pokemon pointed to the boy and cried out, gaining everyone's attention.
"Dedenne, what is it?" asked Bonnie before she, Clemont, and Serena saw what he was pointing to.
In the distance was a trainer who looked about to be 18 years old. He had violet hair sticking out of his backwards yellow and black cap, and he wore a red and white jacket with a black T-shirt underneath, black shorts, and red and white sneakers. On his shoulder was a Pichu and running beside him was a Typhlosion.
"Sorry if I'm late!" he yelled out to them.
As he got closer and closer, he soon skidded to a stop, stopping right in front of Clemont.
"Hm, I assume you're the strong new challenger I heard about."
"Yes I am," the trainer said as he stuck his hand out for a greeting handshake. "My name's Jimmy, and I'm from New Bark Town all the way back at the Johto region. And these guys with me are my two best buddies, Typhlosion and Pichu!"
The two Pokemon cried out to say hi and Clemont happily returned the handshake and greeted himself.
"Nice to meet you Jimmy. I'm Clemont, and I'm the Gym Leader of the Lumiose City Gym, also known as Prism Tower."
The Johto trainer looked up at the tower in amazement, impressed of its size and structure. Bonnie then went up to him to introduce herself.
"Hello Jimmy! I'm Bonnie and this is my partner, Dedenne! I'm Clemont's little sister, and I'm also a Pokemon Trainer like you! I've challenged my brother many times and he's pretty tough, so watch out!"
"Really now? That just makes me all the more excited then! The tougher the challenge, the better!"
As they were talking, Dedenne and Pichu jumped off their trainers to have an introduction of themselves. After sharing some sparks, the two Pokemon joyfully started chasing each other. Bonnie then walked up to Typhlosion and started petting him.
"Man, your Pichu is so cute, and so is your Typhlosion."
This caused the fire-type to blush and look away, embarrassed and surprised of being called something like "cute."
"Thanks, and Typhlosion really is a cutie!" Jimmy playfully teased his starter, much to his chagrin.
Serena went up to Jimmy to introduce herself. "Hello Jimmy, my name's Serena and I'm from Vaniville Town. And in case you didn't know, I'm-"
"The Kalos Queen!" Jimmy finished for her.
"Y-You already knew?"
"Yeah! I heard a lot about you when I first came to this region, and I must say, it's a huge honor to meet you!"
"Aw, thanks! I usually don't get out in public like this though. Because the fame can get pretty crowded, I usually wear a disguise, but I kinda forgot for today." Serena nervously stated with a sweatdropped.
Jimmy chuckled and said, "I understand. I kinda go through the same thing whenever I'm at my hometown. Fans can be the craziest thing ever."
"Really." agreed Serena.
"Alright Jimmy, are you ready for a gym battle?" said Clemont.
"You bet," eagerly replied Jimmy, "and can it be a 6-on-6 battle?"
"6-on-6? I usually do 3-on-3. Why would you want a full battle?"
"Like I said, the tougher the challenge, the better! If that's okay with you, of course."
"Well, I don't see why not, so a full 6-on-6 it is! Let's go!" Clemont then ran inside the Prism Tower as everyone else except Serena followed.
Serena stared thoughtfully at the trainer from Johto. He reminded her in several ways of Ash; the adventurous-style of clothing, along with a hat, a small electric-type on his shoulder, a fully-evolved starter Pokemon at his side, his love of battling, and that eager and confident attitude. With him around, it was like Ash never left. She quickly got over these thoughts and followed her friends into the gym. There was a battle to watch and there's no way she's gonna miss it.
(music stops playing)
Moments later, everyone was in the battle room of the Prism Tower, with Clemont and Jimmy facing each other on opposite sides of the battlefield, Clembot acting as referee, and Serena, Bonnie, and Dedenne watching from the stands.
"Show them what you got, bro!" Bonnie cheered for her brother.
"The Lumiose Gym Battle between Jimmy and Clemont will now begin," announced the Clembot. "This will a full battle, and the battle will be over when all six of either trainer's Pokemon are unable to continue. Only the challenger will be allowed to make substitutions during the match, and now, bring out your first Pokemon."
Clemont took out his first Pokeball and threw it to the battlefield. "Go Heliolisk!" And out came the generator Pokemon who struck a battle-ready pose.
"Sudowoodo, let's go!" Jimmy shouted as he threw his first Pokeball, releasing the tree-imitating Pokemon.
(plays Mega Man 2 Medley from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U)
"And now, battle begin!" announced the Clembot.
"We'll have the first move! Heliolisk, use Thunderbolt!"
On command, Heliolisk fired a large bolt of lightning towards Sudowoodo.
"Sudowoodo, counter that with Mimic!"
The forked branch on Sudowoodo's head glew white before it unleashed a Thunderbolt attack. The two attacks met in the center, causing an explosion that cancelled out both of them.
"Sudowoodo, hit him with Hammer Arm!"
Sudowoodo's right foreleg glew white and the Pokemon ran towards his opponent, preparing to strike.
"Dodge and use Flash!"
Heliolisk jumped over the attack in time, and used Flash above the imitation Pokemon, blinding him and lowering his Accuracy. As Sudowoodo rubbed his eyes, Heliolisk landed about 6 feet behind him.
"Alright, now use Parabolic Charge!"
"Hit him with Feint Attack!"
Heliolisk opened his frills and launched a sphere of electricity above him to shoot multiple electric bolts towards Sudowoodo. Sudowoodo though, was able to avoid the attack by backflipping above the bolts and under the sphere, landing behind Heliolisk where he kicked the generator Pokemon to the ground.
"Retaliate that with Dragon Tail!"
Heliolisk activated the attack and used his tail to bounce high off the ground and land it on Sudowoodo's head.
"Use Hammer Arm!"
"Keep up Dragon Tail!"
Sudowoodo tried to hit Heliolisk, but he failed due to his lowered Accuracy and Heliolisk's higher Speed, so he ended getting hit with even more Dragon Tail attacks. That's when Jimmy gained an idea.
"Sudowoodo, on the next attack, sidestep and grab the tail!"
Sudowoodo nodded and did just that, sidestepping to avoid another Dragon Tail and then quickly grabbing the tail before it was swung back.
"Now do a double Hammer Arm!"
With Heliolisk in his grasp, Sudowoodo pulled the electric-type towards him leading up to a Hammer Arm with both of his forelegs, sending Heliolisk back to his trainer's side, knocked out.
"Heliolisk is unable to battle. The victory goes to Jimmy and Sudowoodo!"
"That was impressive." remarked Serena.
"Come on bro, you can still do it!" Bonnie continued to cheer for her brother.
Clemont stood speechless for a little bit before he returned Heliolisk to his Pokeball. That round went over sooner than he expected honestly, but quickly regained his focus on the match, taking out another Pokeball after thanking Heliolisk for his effort.
"I must admit Jimmy, you're not half-bad, but the battle's just begun! Emolga, let's go!"
From Clemont's second Pokemon came the flying electric squirrel, Emolga, who hovered to the air with its wings upon release. Jimmy stared at Emolga for a couple of seconds, pondering if he should switch and stay with Sudowoodo. After thinking it over, Jimmy made his decision.
"Alright Sudowoodo, I'm sticking with you! Use Thunderbolt!"
Using the copied attack from Clemont's last Pokemon, Sudowoodo fired a bolt of lightning towards Emolga from his forked branch.
"Dodge it!"
Emolga swiftly flew away from the attack.
"Keep up the Thunderbolt!"
Sudowoodo continued to fire Thunderbolts towards Emolga, but the flying squirrel easily kept dodging it due to his superior aerial mobility and Sudowoodo's lowered Accuracy.
"Emolga, use Acrobatics!"
"Block it!"
Up in the air, Emolga glew blue and dived down towards Sudowoodo in a zigzag motion. Sudowoodo quickly crossed his arms in front of him to block the attack. Upon colliding into Sudowoodo, both of the Pokemon were seen trying to push back the other.
"Alright Emolga, now use Iron Tail!"
With a grin, Clemont's Emolga cancelled his Acrobatics attack and flew above Sudowoodo's arms with his tail shining a bright white, following it up by whacking the imitation Pokemon's face with his metal-hard tail, sending Sudowoodo to the ground, but not out yet.
"We're not done yet! Sudowoodo, hit em' back with Feint Attack!"
Sudowoodo leaped from the ground and to the air with both his arms and legs, somersaulting behind Emolga and kicking it to the ground.
"Alright! Direct hit!"
Jimmy's glee was quickly cut short when Sudowoodo suddenly became Paralyzed, causing him to fall to the ground without a proper landing.
"Oh-no! Sudowoodo!"
"Looks like you didn't see Emolga's Static ability coming," said Clemont. "Now Emolga, use Electro Ball!"
Emolga swiftly flew back to the air and hit the now much slower Sudowoodo with an overhead Electro Ball, sending him back to his trainer's side of the battlefield. Despite all this damage, Sudowoodo still wasn't done as he tried to get back up his feet, but struggled doing so due to being Paralyzed. Jimmy then figured it was a good time to switch Pokemon, so he took out Sudowoodo's Pokeball to recall him.
"Sudowoodo, that'll be enough. Take a good rest."
After putting away Sudowoodo's Pokeball, Jimmy turned to his Pichu with a confident look in his eyes that was reflected onto Pichu's.
"Hey Pichu, you think you're up for it?"
Pichu confidently nodded and jumped off his trainer's shoulder to the battlefield in Sudowoodo's place. Pichu faced his aerial opponent with a determined face as sparks flew from his tiny cheeks.
"Looks like this will be a match between small electric Pokemon." commented Serena who was very entertained from the battle so far.
"This is gonna be a cute fight for sure!" added Bonnie.
"Alright Emolga, use Iron Tail!"
"Pichu, you use Iron Tail too!"
Pichu leapt to the air to Emolga's level and Emolga charged towards him, with their shining tails meeting in the center. With their attacks equal in power, the two bounced off each other and back to their original positions.
"Emolga, use Charge Beam!"
Emolga fired a beam of electricity down towards Pichu. Strangely, both Pichu and his trainer grinned seeing the attack, like as if this was something they wanted.
"Pichu, absorb that electricity!" Jimmy confidently ordered.
With his arms wide out, Pichu leaped straight to the Charge Beam attack. While the attack made contact, Pichu looked unharmed. Instead, he impressively separated the electricity of the Charge Beam around him and absorbed it all into his cheeks, increasing his power.
"Whoa! Didn't expect that!" Clemont honestly admitted as Emolga stared surprised at his opponent below.
"Pichu absorbed that electricity like a sponge in water!" said Serena.
"I wonder what he's gonna do now." said Bonnie.
"Hey, thanks for the boost! Now Pichu, use Thunder Shock!"
Pichu jumped to the air and fired a Thunder Shock attack towards Emolga. Now normally, Thunder Shock would look thin and weak, but due to Pichu's recent power increase, the attack surprisingly looked more like a Thunder attack, and probably had the exact same power.
"Dodge it, quick!"
Emolga managed to fly away from the attack in the nick of time, though when the Thunder Shock hit the ground, it left an impressive-looking crater on the battlefield, being a fine example of Pichu's power after absorbing electricity from other attacks.
Clemont gritted his teeth. Electric attacks would just work against their favor and Emolga's Iron Tail is in equal terms with Pichu's. This left him with only one attack option.
"Emolga, use Acrobatics!"
Emolga once again glew blue and dived towards Pichu in a zigzag motion, though neither Jimmy or Pichu looked concerned.
"Dodge it Pichu!"
With his incredible speed, Pichu effortlessly avoided Emolga's attack. Emolga didn't give up and continued to use Acrobatics, but Pichu kept dodging it nonetheless. As Pichu dodged all around, Jimmy looked around the entire battlefield, coming up with a battle plan.
"Pichu, use Iron Tail to launch yourself into the air!"
Doing what his trainer said, Pichu activated his Iron Tail and struck the ground, sending him to the air above Emolga.
"Now get on Emolga!"
Pichu then dived down on top of Emolga's back. The flying squirrel flew around rapidly, trying to shake Pichu off, but the little mouse held on tightly, awaiting his trainer's next command.
"Finish Emolga with Volt Tackle!"
On Emolga's back, Pichu covered himself in a coat of golden electricity and rammed down the flying squirrel's back, head first, bringing down Emolga like a comet. The attack caused a huge dust cloud upon hitting the ground. When the dust cleared, Emolga was knocked out and Pichu was still standing, albeit suffering from the recoil damage of the attack.
"Emolga is unable to battle. The victory goes to Jimmy and Pichu!"
"Way to go buddy!" Jimmy cheered for his Pichu.
"Pichu pichu!" Pichu gleefully responded.
"That sure is a powerful and unique Pichu." said Bonnie, amazed of Jimmy's Pichu, especially that normally, Pichu are fragile due to their size and they're too young to absorb electricity like how Pikachu and Raichu can, but Jimmy's Pichu was something else.
Serena nodded in agreement as she stared at Jimmy and Pichu. They really reminded her of how Ash and his Pikachu battled, and she should know as she always studied Ash closely when he was in a battle. Jimmy and Pichu had the same trust for each other as Ash and Pikachu had, along with their confidence and knack for clever and unorthodox strategies, with the Pichu used Iron Tail to get on top of Emolga being similar of how Pikachu used Iron Tail to force opponents using Dig out of the ground. It truly made her miss Ash even more as she remembered all those battles Ash and Pikachu won together.
Back on the battlefield, Clemont recalled Emolga, thanked him for his effort, and he sent out his third Pokeball, releasing Diggersby.
Seeing this, Serena snapped out of her thoughts and took out a Pokeball of her own and opened it on the stands beside her, releasing Diggersby's girlfriend, Sylveon.
"Sylveon, Diggersby is battling a strong trainer, so I want you to cheer for him to give him more power."
Sylveon gleefully complied and cheered out for Diggersby, who happily waved back.
Jimmy recalled Pichu back on his shoulder and in his place, Jimmy released out his Politoed for battle.
"Politoed, start this off with Hydro Pump!"
From his mouth, Politoed fired a powerful torrent of water towards Diggersby.
"Dodge that with Dig!"
Before the Hydro Pump could reach him, Diggersby quickly dug underground with his ears like a drill. With Diggersby nowhere to be seen, Politoed cautiously looked around the area, awaiting for Diggersby's attack. Before Politoed and or his trainer could react, Diggersby emerged right behind him.
"Now use Wild Charge!"
Covering himself in electricity (much like Volt Tackle, except much less golden), Diggersby forcefully tackled Politoed, launching away the frog with the super-effective as Diggersby returned to his trainer's side, suffering a bit from the recoil damage. In the stands, Sylveon joyfully cheered her boyfriend for dealing a good amount of damage to his opponent. Politoed then started falling back down to the battlefield, head first.
"Hit Politoed with Mud Shot!"
Diggersby swung his ears to fire off strong balls of mud towards the falling frog.
"Leap on the Mud Shot to get above Diggersby!"
Hearing his trainer's commands, Politoed opened his eyes, flipped back up, and skillfully landed on the speeding Mud Shot attack and leaping high off of it in the very next millisecond. Both Clemont and Diggersby were extremely shocked seeing this impressive maneuver as Politoed shadowed high over Diggersby.
"Now use Hypnosis!"
In the air above Diggersby, Politoed released hypnotic waves from the swirl on his belly. Due to Diggersby being directly below Politoed, the attack easily landed on the overgrown rabbit, putting him to sleep.
"Diggersby! Wake up!"
Sylveon also cried out in worry for Diggersby in the stands. Politoed then landed right in front of Diggersby, waiting for the next command.
"Now give Diggersby a good Dynamic Punch!"
Politoed raised his red-glowing right fist and after charging it up with a spin, delivered the powerful fighting attack straight to Diggersby's gut. The attack was so strong, it sent Diggersby straight past Clemont and into the wall, knocking him out in the process. Sylveon sadly called out for her boyfriend in worry.
"Diggersby is unable to battle. The victory goes to Jimmy and Politoed!"
Instead of recalling Diggersby back to his Pokeball, Clemont picked up his longtime friend and brought him to the stands where Sylveon was at, saying, "I believe Diggersby will return back to full health faster with you instead of in his Pokeball. Please promise you'll take good care of him."
Sylveon nodded and Clemont places Diggersby next to her. Sylveon then started rubbing his forehead to help soothe out his pain. Diggersby slightly woke up from his unconscious state and thanked Sylveon for her help and support.
"Those two are so cute together!" said Bonnie, admiring the site of the two Pokemon.
"They really are." agreed Serena.
Returning to the battlefield, Clemont released his fourth Pokemon: Magnezone. Jimmy decided to stay with Politoed, hoping to score another one-hit knock out with the powerful Dynamic Punch. Starting off the round, Politoed hopped towards the hovering Magnezone with a Dynamic Punch in tow. Unfortunately, Politoed ended up missing, allowing Magnezone to strike back with Metal Sound, severely lowering Politoed's Special Defense. As Politoed recovered from the horrible sound, Magnezone snuck behind and attacked with a point blank Zap Cannon. The attack caused a huge blast that launched Politoed back to Jimmy's feet, knocked out.
"Politoed is unable to battle. The victory goes to Clemont and Magnezone!"
After thanking the frog for his hard work, Jimmy recalled Politoed back to his Pokeball. Knowing the perfect Pokemon against Magnezone, Jimmy turned to his starter Pokemon beside him.
"Alright buddy, now it's your time!"
Typhlosion cried out a battle roar as flames erupted from his back. He then ran to the battlefield, ready for battle.
"Magnezone, use Zap Cannon!"
Magnezone fired down the powerful orb of electricity towards Typhlosion.
"Typhlosion, use Eruption!"
Typhlosion launched multiple fiery rocks from his back that passed right through the Zap Cannon, destroying the attack. The rocks then started to rain down on Magnezone, knocking it out due to the power of Typhlosion being at full health for the attack.
"Magnezone is unable to battle. The victory goes to Jimmy and Typhlosion!"
Clemont recalled Magnezone and took out a more familiar face: Chesnaught. As the Pokemon materialized from his capsule, the giant grass Pokemon flexed the muscles he was proud before pounding his chest, ready for battle.
"You can do it Chesnaught!" cheered one of Chesnaught's closest friends, Bonnie.
"Show them what you got!" cheered Serena.
Hearing his friends, Chesnaught turned to the stands and happily roared to them, saying he'll do a great job for them. He then spotted his comrade, Diggersby, defeated, causing him to turn back toward his opponent and growl, wanting to avenge his fallen teammate.
"Typhlosion, use Eruption again!"
Typhlosion once again launched fiery rocks above Chesnaught.
"Defend yourself with Spiky Shield!"
Before the rocks could rain down on him, Chesnaught slams his fists together, forming a round shield of spikes around him, completely protecting him from the attack.
"Chesnaught, use Thunder Punch!"
Chesnaught deactivated the shield and ran towards Chesnaught as he charged up his right fist with electricity.
"Counter that with Flame Wheel!"
Typhlosion rolled up in a ball of flames and charged towards Chesnaught. Chesnaught's electrical fist collided with Typhlosion's flaming body and the two tried to push each other back. Typhlosion eventually came out on top and rolled over Chesnaught's body.
"Don't let up Chesnaught! Use Seed Bomb!"
Chesnaught quickly got up for his trainer and fired explosive seeds from his shell towards Typhlosion.
"Run around Chesnaught!"
As he avoided the attack, Typhlosion started run circles around Chesnaught as the spiny armor Pokemon continued to fire Seeb Bomb at it, eventually creating a large cloud of smoke from the multiple explosions. Chesnaught looked around the smoke he was in cautiously, unsure of Typhlosion's current location, until he was suddenly struck by a Flamethrower out of nowhere, launching him out of the smoke and back to his trainer's side, knocked out.
"Chesnaught is unable to battle. The victory goes to Jimmy and Typhlosion!"
Chesnaught weakly got back to his feet and walked to his trainer's side, disappointed of his lose.
"You still did great Chesnaught!" cheered Serena at the stands.
"And you're just gonna get stronger and stronger!" added Bonnie.
"They're right Chesnaught. You did a wonderful job and you gave it everything you got, and that's all that matters." Clemont assured his Pokemon.
Chesnaught quickly cheered up from the kind praise he received from his trainer and friends, provoking him to strike a pose with muscles pridefully, before stumbling down to his knee due to the damage from the battle. Chuckling a bit, Clemont recalled Chesnaught back to his Pokeball and he sent out his last Pokemon: Luxray. Jimmy once again decided to stick with Typhlosion.
Starting off the final round, Typhlosion used Eruption again to hopefully finish Luxray in one hit. However, Luxray managed to dodge the attack in time.
"Luxray, use Electric Terrain!"
Firing off multiple lightning bolts on the battlefield, the area became coated in a yellow glow, powering up Luxray's electric attacks. With the new power increase, Luxray charged towards Typhlosion with Wild Charge. Typhlosion attempted to counter back with Flame Wheel, but upon collision, Typhlosion ended up being launched back due to Luxray's greater strength.
"Come on Typhlosion! Use Shadow Claw!"
The volcano Pokemon quickly got back up and ran towards Luxray with his right paw covered in a black aura in the shape of a claw.
"Use Thunder Fang to counter that!"
The two Pokemon once again met in a collision as the two physical attacks tried to push back the other. Just before Luxray was about to force Typhlosion away with the stronger Thunder Fang...
"Now hit him with Flamethrower!"
Luxray was then struck with the point blank Flamethrower, launching him back while also seriously damaging him.
"Fight back with Swift!"
Luxray swung his tail to fire the unavoidable stars to Typhlosion.
"Use Flame Wheel to avoid the attack!"
Curling up in his fiery body, Typhlosion rolled around the battlefield as the stars continued to follow him. Typhlosion soon rolled towards Luxray, who jumped out of the way to avoid taking damage.
"Now jump!"
Right on command, Typhlosion, still using Flame Wheel, jumped from where he was to the air, ending behind Luxray. That was when Luxray saw his own Swift attack coming towards him, hitting him and sending him back to the ground, though not out yet. Typhlosion landed safely, still rolling around with Flame Wheel.
"That battle is not over yet," yelled Clemont. "Luxray, Thunder Fang combined with Wild Charge!"
Getting back to his feet, Luxray engulfed both his fangs and entire body with sparkling electricity and like a hungry lion chasing its prey, took off for Typhlosion.
"Well we're gonna end this with a bang!" Jimmy shouted back as he pumped his face as the fires of battle shined in his eyes. "Typhlosion, combine Shadow Claw with your Flame Wheel!"
Within the flaming rolling canine, two dark claws were added to the mix on both sides. Luxray was right on Typhlosion's tail, leaping left and right behind him over the trail of fire to catch up. Typhlosion soon turned around, forcing Luxray to stop to keep his eyes on Typhlosion, but before Luxray could continue to chase after him, Typhlosion turned around once again back towards his opponent. Typhlosion then leapt out of the Flame Wheel attack, rushing towards Luxray with a double Shadow Claw and the trail of fire from Flame Wheel still covered his body. Luxray also leapt with the powered-up combo of Wild Charge and Thunder Fang. Upon collision in mid-air, Luxray bit down Typhlosion's right claw and he tried to ram him over with Wild Charge. Typhlosion though, took out his left claw, which was engulfed in both Shadow Claw and the fires of Flame Wheel, and struck down Luxray's cheek before going back to Flame Wheel to bring the electric Pokemon down with him. When the two hit the ground, their impact created a large smoke cloud from the dust of the battlefield.
Clemont called out to his Pokemon in worry, Serena, Bonnie, Dedenne, Sylveon, and Diggersby watched the dirt cloud anxiously as they waited for it to clear to see the results, and Jimmy was seen gritting his teeth, hoping his strategy had worked.
When the dust all cleared, it revealed Typhlosion standing tall and proud on his hind legs over the fainted Luxray. Out of victory, Typhlosion roared as the flame on his back erupted once more.
(plays Gym from Pokemon (Anime))
"Luxray is unable to battle. Typhlosion is the winner, which means the match goes to Jimmy of New Bark Town!"
Ecstatic of his victory, Jimmy jumped to the air and raised his fist shouting, "Alright! We did it guys!"
Typhlosion happily ran up to his trainer and jumped to the air with him, leading the trainer and Pokemon to high five. Pichu was joyfully hopping around as they did this.
"Aww, Clemont lost." Bonnie sadly mumbled to herself as Serena comfortably patted her back.
"Still, they fought the battle to their very best." Serena then brought her attention to the celebrating Johto-hailed trainer.
"The guy really is an impressive trainer," Serena thought to herself. "He battles like him, strategizes like him, even communicates with his Pokemon like him. This is really bringing back memories."
Clemont walked over to his Luxray to kneel down and pet him.
"Luxray, did an amazing job. Thank you."
Luxray weakly brought his head to lick his trainer's hand, thanking him for the praise. Clemont then brought out his Pokemon to recall him.
"Here, take a good long rest."
Clemont recalled Luxray back to his Pokeball and he and Jimmy met each other at the center of the battlefield.
"I must admit Jimmy, you are one strong trainer with some very strong Pokemon!" complimented Clemont.
"Thanks Clemont. That was a really fun battle that you put up there, right guys?"
Both Typhlosion and Pichu raised their arms and cried out, agreeing with their trainer on how fun the battle was.
Clemont chuckled and reached into his pocket. "And as proof of your victory in the Lumiose City Gym, I present the Voltage Badge!" Clemont then handed the gym badge over to Jimmy, who gladly accepted it.
"Alright! We won the Voltage Badge!" Jimmy victoriously shouted as he and his Pokemon jumped to the air in celebration.
Serena, along with Bonnie, Sylveon, and Diggersby, made their way to the battlefield when Clemont gave Jimmy his badge, with Serena gazing thoughtfully at Jimmy as he and his Pokemon celebrated, once again reminding her of Ash where he and his Pokemon would do the same upon winning a badge.
After his badge celebration, Jimmy took out his badge case and inserted the Voltage Badge in the fifth slot.
(plays Route 4 from Pokemon (Anime))
Moments later, everyone was back outside the front of the Prism Island, where the sun was now setting as evident by the mid-low sun and the clear orange sky.
"So Jimmy, now that you have your fifth Kalos gym badge, where do you plan to head off to now?" asked Clemont.
"Well, I planning on challenging the gym leader of Laverre City for my 6th gym badge, but I think right now I'll just take a break with my Pokemon for now. We got a lot of time til' the Kalos League starts and there's a lot cool stuff here at this city that I haven't seen yet, so why not?" said Jimmy.
"Oh, you'll love it here," exclaimed Bonnie. "There's so many great restaurants, five-stars even! And there's also a place to ride Gogoat, a stand to buy these delicious snacks called Lumiose Galette, so many cool clothing shops, a place where you can make juice with berries, and there's also-"
Before Bonnie could continue on, Clemont used his Aipom Arm to cover her mouth and drag her to his side with an embarrassed look on his face as Serena laughed with a sweatdrop.
"Bonnie, I'm sure Jimmy is very interested in visiting all those places, but I think he and Clemont want to go to the Pokemon Center and heal up their Pokemon first." explained Serena.
Jimmy amusingly chuckled and said, "Yeah, she's right. But those do sound like really cool places, and I think I'll start touring around tomorrow. Besides, the day's almost over and I'm pretty tired myself."
"OOO, I could be your tour guide tomorrow! I know this whole city like the back of my head!" Bonnie shouted from behind the palm of the Aipom Arm.
"Save yourself, or else you'll be stuck here forever." mumbled an overly embarrassed Clemont.
Jimmy chuckled again and said, "It's okay. I'm sure she'll be a great tour guide!"
Hearing this caused Bonnie to free herself from the Aipom Arm's grasp and blow a raspberry at her brother.
"Alright everyone," said Serena as she put on a dark hoodie to hide herself from the public, "let's all just head to the Pokemon Center now."
Agreeing with Serena, everyone went their way to the closest Pokemon Center to heal their Pokemon.
As they walked through Lumiose City, Bonnie went up to Jimmy and asked, "Hey Jimmy, just curious, but what makes you so popular to so many people? Don't take it the wrong way, you're an amazing trainer and all, I'm just wondering how you got so well known."
"Heh heh, no problem, I understand what you're asking," said Jimmy, "though, I think I'll tell you guys tomorrow morning. My first is kinda hurting right now from that battle."
"Oh, okay! That's fine!" said Bonnie.
"I'm honestly interested myself," said Clemont. "When you came to the city to challenge me, so many people told me to prepare myself for a tough challenge, and they weren't wrong."
"I'd like to hear too!" said Serena.
All this attention caused Jimmy to blush embarrassingly and rub the back of his head. Being a humble trainer, while he finds it cool to be popular with all he's done, he really finds it embarrassing when people give him too much praise. Like, other trainers have done some pretty cool stuff too, so why should he receive so much attention? That's one of the many reasons why Jimmy went to Kalos; not to just challenge the regional league, but to get away from the obsessive people of Johto.
(music stops playing)
With just a moment later, the four trainers got to a Pokemon Center, healed their Pokemon, ate a good meal, and since the setting sun was now gone when they got there, they decided to hit the hay for the night and get some sleep. As they slept, Jimmy wondered what Bonnie, his tour guide, will show him tomorrow, Bonnie was excited to both show Jimmy around Lumiose City and hear what he has done before Kalos, Clemont was probably thinking of an invention to make the tour easier to go through considering it'll be led by his hyperactive sister, and Serena was pleasantly dreaming of many of her past memories with Ash due to how Jimmy reminded her of him. Tomorrow is gonna be a long day for all of them.
And there we have it! The new challenger was Jimmy of the Johto region! In cade you didn't know, Jimmy appeared in The Legend of Thunder specials of the Pokemon Anime Chronicles. They're pretty good, go see them if you haven't! Also for Jimmy, I'm gonna be basing his team off of Gold from Pokemon Adventures, with a few twists here and there.
Once again, thank you all for reading and please leave a review for criticism, questions, ideas, etc. and etc. I'm open to all!
Plus, mega hype for both Pokemon Sun and Moon AND Ash facing off against Alain in the Kalos Finals! Can't wait for all that!
Have a nice day!
