CHAPTER 27:

Battle Rivale 2!

After some events with Team Eon, Roy, Melanie, and What's-his-name carried onto Petalburg City from Rustboro. They had gotten out of the woods and into the limits of Petalburg when Roy's oh-so-familiar rival found them...

"Oh, great..." Roy muttered when he saw his long-haired goofball-ish adversary.

"Roy, how nice to, like, see you again!" Lovrina called as she walked up to them, a smirk plastered on her face.

"Yeah, and how, like, not nice to see you again, Haterina!"

"Yeah, buzz off!" Melanie said.

"Who's she?" Steven asked.

"My rival..." Roy replied sulkily.

"And next battle opponent!" Lovrina declared, grabbing a Great Ball.

"What! But I already almost made it to the Gym...!"

"Tough luck, Roy-boy. Hee heh heh heh heh!" Lovrina cackled.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT!" A big anger cross appeared on Roy's head.

"Oh, how frightening. Let's battle! I choose you, Luvdisc!" Lovrina tossed a Great Ball, and her Luvdisc came out.

"Luv-luv-disc!" Luvdisc chirped.

"Grrr..." Roy said, gritting his teeth. "I hate girly Pokemon. Go! Masquerain!" Roy threw his Net Ball, and his Masquerain materialized.

"Masquer-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r!" Masquerain trilled.

Battle statistics: This is a four-on-four battle with no time limit or substitutions.

Roy's Masquerain vs. Lovrina's Luvdisc

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Luvdisc, Water Gun!"

Luvdisc opened its small white mouth, and a blast of water shot out at Masquerain.

"Masquerain, Solarbeam!"

Masquerain opened its wings, where a light yellow ball of solar energy formed. It gained energy from the sun, and shot out as a beautiful beam, slicing through Water Gun, and nearly knocking Luvdisc!

"LUVDISC! YOU IDIOT!" Lovrina roared angrily.

"Lovrina... You certainly disrespect your Pokemon..." Roy said, a little shocked.

"Pokemon are just tools for battling! My little brother Naps is so right on that! He's the one who told me that!"

"What? Naps? He's a Peon on Team Eon!"

"So? Luvdisc, use Water Pulse!"

Luvdisc opened its mouth again, and let loose a shining blue ball of water. It floated rapidly at Masquerain and hit, causing a bit of damage.

"Masquerain, Giga Drain!"

A green ball of energy formed in front of Masquerain and Luvdisc. Streams came from Luvdisc's ball, absorbed by Masquerain. Masquerain was nearly fully healed, and Luvdisc fainted!

"NO! Luvdisc, in the Ball." Lovrina said madly, holding out Luvdisc's Ball. Luvdisc turned to red energy as a red beam shot from its Ball, and it retreated back into the spherical body.

"C'mon out! Roselia!" Lovrina tossed out a Poke Ball, and her Roselia appeared on the battlefield.

"Ros-el-i!" Roselia trilled.

'Huh? Roselia's a Grass-Type. I have a Bug and Flying Element... Hmm...' Roy thought.

"LET'S GO, PEOPLE! ROLL THE BATTLE LINEUP THINGY ALREADY!" Lovrina yelled, penetrating the dimension between the audience/ author/ director and characters.

"What are you talking about!" Roy asked.

"Non'ya!" Lovrina stuck her tongue out.

Roy's Masquerain vs. Lovrina's Roselia

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Masquerain, stay right there. I have a feeling Lovrina and Roselia have a trick up their sleeve..." Roy cautioned, getting a chirp as a reply.

"How correct!" Lovrina said. "Roselia, use Combo Maneuver 128: SwordsEdge!"

"Oh, great... Now not only are there funky names for moves, but numbers! What next? Locusts? Plagues? The end of the world as we know it!" Roy cried, shaking.

"Roy, calm down boy!" Melanie called.

"...Never use 'Roy' and 'boy' in the same sentence."

"OK..."

Anyway, Roselia spun its arms, and white swords appeared around it. They slashed each other, and when they disappeared, Roselia's Attack was boosted vastly! Then, Roselia charged at Masquerain, which caused severe damage, enough to make the Bug-Flying Element faint! Of course, Roselia took quite a bit of recoil...

"Swords Dance and Double Edge... An impressive combo, none the less." Roy complemented.

"Thanks." Lovrina said, smirking.

"But not enough. Masquerain, return!" Roy recalled Masquerain, and then threw out a Great Ball, calling out:

"Torkoal, go!"

Torkoal appeared in a flash of blue-white light, blowing steam out its nose.

"EEEYUUU!" Melanie cried at the aforementioned action.

"Relax, Mel..." Roy mumbled quietly, his eyes becoming Anime and a sweat drop appearing on the back of his head. "It's not like Torkoal blew out snot..."

"Tor-koal!" Torkoal called out.

"HOW MANY TIMES WILL I HAFTA SAY IT! ROLL THE BATTLE COMMENCE-Y THING, MR. AUTHOR OR WHOEVER!" Lovrina yelled.

(Author: Sheesh...)

Roy's Torkoal vs. Lovrina's Roselia

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Torkoal, Iron Defense!"

Torkoal gave a howl, and then shone in a metallic color, boosting Defense a lot.

"Roselia, Sludge Bomb!"

Roselia's roses began glowing a sickly purple color, and several blobs of sludge bombarded Torkoal. Not much damage was caused, but Torkoal cried out in pain as a gurgling noise was heard!

"What the... EEEYUUU!" Melanie screamed again.

"Not again..." Lovrina and Roy sighed, a sweat drop appearing on their heads.

"Looks like Torkoal has been Poisoned, Roy!" Steven called. "It's HP will decrease steadily."

"Yikes... Okay Torkoal! Use the SunnyHeat combo!"

"And here I thought you didn't know about combos 'cuz you whined about 'em..." Lovrina muttered.

Torkoal gave a howl, and the sunlight brightened immensely. (Sunny Day) And then, Torkoal opened its mouth to reveal a light orange ball of fire, which shot out as an orange-white beam!

"Overheat! NO!" Lovrina cried.

"Overheat! YES!" Roy taunted.

Roselia got hit by the "beefed-up" Fire Attack, causing it to obviously faint.

"Grr... Return." Lovrina recalled Roselia, and attached the Poke Ball to her belt.

"That's it. Time for the big guys. Let's go! Gorebyss!" Lovrina shouted, throwing a Net Ball.

"Go-o-re-byss!" Gorebyss, a graceful pink Water Element with a circular tail tip, two white stripes on the tail, a needle-shaped nose, black eyes, dark pink shells over the "chest" if fishes have one, and two pink "hairs" coming from the top and bottom of the head/ neck, chirped. (Ooh... Long sentence.)

Roy's Torkoal vs. Lovrina's Gorebyss

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Gorebyss, Water Pulse!"

Gorebyss opened its mouth under its nose and shot out three supersonic, watery rings at Torkoal. The powerful Water Attack brought Torkoal into the reds!

"Torkoal, no!" Roy cried. Then, a gurgling noise was heard (Causing Melanie to scream "EEEYUUU!" again...), and Torkoal fainted!

"What in the Pokemon World?" Roy pondered.

"Forget about the Poison, Roy-boy? Hee heh-heh-heh-heh!" Lovrina cackled.

"DON'T CALL ME THAT! Torkoal, you were great. Return." Roy recalled Torkoal, and then took out his Ultra Ball.

"Don't fail me, SUPERSLICER!" Roy roared as he tossed the Ultra Poke Ball, his Skarmory appearing on the field.

"Skar-mor-yyyyyyy!" SuperSlicer squawked.

"Wow! A shiny Pokemon!" Lovrina oohed and ahhed.

"Plus, it has a Poke Virus! YOU SHALL LOSE! GACK ACK ACK ACK ACK!"

(Author: That's my cackle!)

Roy's Skarmory, SuperSlicer vs. Lovrina's Gorebyss

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"SuperSlicer, Drill Peck!"

SuperSlicer's beak began glowing white, and then started spinning. SuperSlicer flew at a high speed toward Gorebyss, delivering a critical Flying-Type assault.

"Gorebyss, you can beat that sorry excuse for a pelican!"

"That would be a Pelipper you're speaking of." Roy corrected.

"...WHATEVER! GOREBYSS, HYDRO PUMP!"

A ball of water formed in front of Gorebyss, which formed two bumps. They became two separate blasts of water, heading toward SuperSlicer, spinning around each other. The attacks collided with SuperSlicer, causing a bit of damage.

"SuperSlicer, no!" Roy cried, fearing for his pocket monster's well being. "Grr... Use Aerial Ace!"

SuperSlicer got up from its hit, and flew up, slicing its way into invisibility. Soon it came and slashed Gorebyss, making the Water Elemental faint!

"NOO! GOREBYSS!" Lovrina yelled angrily. She held out Gorebyss' Net Ball, recalling it.

"Okay... Here-a we go." she growled, throwing in a strange Italian accent. (?)

"I choose you... Kirlia!"

Out of a Poke Ball came Roy's worst fear: Lovrina's Kirlia!

"Kir-li-a!" Kirlia said, spinning Ballet-style.

"Oh, boy... There it is..." Roy sighed.

"ROLL THE..." Lovrina started to yell.

(Author: Shut up! Rolling!)

Roy's SuperSlicer, Skarmory vs. Lovrina's Kirlia

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Kirlia, Fire Punch!"

Kirlia balled up its hand to make a fist, which glowed in red light. It dashed at SuperSlicer, ready to deliver a super effective hit.

"SuperSlicer, dodge it with Aerial Ace!"

SuperSlicer disappeared into the air right before Kirlia hit, and reappeared on Lovrina's side of the field.

"Now, Kirlia! Hypnosis!"

Kirlia's eyes began glowing red slightly, and they drew SuperSlicer's gaze into them, putting it to sleep!

"No, SuperSlicer!" Roy cried.

"Dream Eater!"

Kirlia did a dance by SuperSlicer, and stopped, gaining energy from SuperSlicer's dream, and causing some damage to the Steel/ Flying Element.

"And, now, finish with Fire Punch!"

Fist glowing red again, Kirlia delivered the final blow to SuperSlicer, Fire Punch.

"...SuperSlicer, return." Roy said, holding out SuperSlicer's Ultra Ball. The bird retreated into it as red light.

"I could use my Nosepass on ya', Lovrina. But what I will use has a score to settle with your pitiful Pokemon. Time to come out! MACHOKE!" Roy yelled, summoning his evolved starter.

His Machoke came out, and as soon as he saw its foe, a dark expression came over its face, matching Roy's.

"..." Lovrina stared.

"Oh, why'd he choose him! He'll lose!" Melanie cried.

Roy's Machoke vs. Lovrina's Kirlia

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Machoke, FocusUp combo!"

Machoke focused on its objective, boosting its critical hit ratio. Then it drew in a breath, upping Attack and Defense. (If you can't remember, it's Focus Energy and Bulk Up.)

"Kirlia, Ice Punch!"

Kirlia's fist began glowing, this time icy blue, and it dashed at Machoke, preparing to strike.

"Machoke, Rock Slide!"

Machoke stomped the brown dirt, forcing rocks to fly up in Kirlia's face. The attack caused a good amount of damage.

"That's it. Kirlia, Psychic!"

Kirlia waved its arms, and several rainbow-colored beams waved out at Machoke. The attack came over it, causing some major damage to the Fighting Element.

"Machoke, you can do it! Use Mega Punch!"

Machoke formed a fist, which became a white ball. He punched Kirlia, causing more damage than Psychic, regardless of effectiveness! (The Normal Element of Mega Punch was normally effective to Kirlia)

"Almost done..." Roy panted.

"You're so... right." Lovrina panted. They both were clearly worn out from the battle!

"Kirlia! Psychic!"

Kirlia unleashed another blast of Psychic.

"Machoke... Hidden Power!"

Machoke did a form of Tai Chi, glowing in white light. Several orbs of white light came from the white light, and Machoke returned to its normal colors, sending the orbs at the wave of Psychic. When the attacks collided, an explosion occurred, and only one attacker would prevail...

"...And the winner is..." Steen said dramatically, pulling out a piece of paper like on those contest shows.

"...Lovrina and her Kirlia!"

It was true. Lovrina defeated Roy again, obvious when the black smoke cleared, revealing Machoke's fainted body.

"NOOO!" Roy cried out in frustration.

"Ha!" Lovrina taunted, and recalled Kirlia. She walked away after Roy recalled his Machoke and took 1000 Pokemon Dollars as her prize. Roy and Co. went on into Petalburg City's Pokemon Center to rest themselves and their Pokemon, mainly Roy's from the strenuous battle and trip.

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'I can't believe I lost to her again...' Roy sulked before falling asleep...

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'Poor Roy...' Melanie thought in her room...

Author: GACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK! ROY LOST AGAIN! GACK ACK ACK ACK ACK Cough... cough-cough... Yeah, he lost! Ha-ha-ha! R&R before I run out of air to breathe while I cackle... GACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK... (Cackling fades out)