A/N: Yeah, as you might (or might not know), I edited the chapter. (Believe me, you were lucky you didn't read the original chapter 5). So, here's the 5th chapter! And like I promised, there's a Gym battle here. :D As well as a run-in with someone.
Thanks to all the reviews:
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George Lennon: Thanks.
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Previously:
He smiled slightly, knowing what was coming up.
"I, Alexis Summers of Twinleaf Town, challenge you, Gym Leader Roark of the Oreburgh City Gym to a battle for the Coal Badge!"
Chapter 5: Rock that Gym!
Roark flicked his purple hair sideways. "Look, I'd love to battle you, but…" A long pause filled the mine. "I have a battle appointment with someone else. If you don't mind, we could have the battle tomorrow."
Another pause filled the mine. Suddenly, Alexis glanced up to see the Gym leader stare at her. Maybe he's waiting for a reply from me… "Uh, sure. Can I watch the battle though?"
"Sure. We have to hurry and get out of here," Roark said as he looked at the Poketch on his wrist. "I only have 20 minutes to get ready."
20 minutes later…
"This is a battle between Luna Summers of Vielstone City and Roark, the gym leader of Oreburgh City!" the referee announced, pointing a red flag in Luna's direction and a green flag in Roark's direction.
"I still can't believe it was Luna who challenged Roark before you did, Alexis," June said, looking down from the bleachers where they were sitting to watch the match.
"At least I can get a few tips from her," the brunette stated, sighing. "You know what? I'd rather spend the rest of the day training."
"But..."
"Don't worry, I won't take long.'
"Let the match begin!"
Alexis sighed as she walked around the Gym. She took off a Pokeball from her belt and released the Pokemon in it.
"Piplup piplup pip pip!" The little water penguin Pokemon chirped. It jumped into its trainer's arms.
"Piplup, I'm depending on you to win the badge!"
The shadow of a boy with spiky hair loomed over Alexis. "AHH!!" Alexis jumped up, thinking it was a stalker. She closed her eyes tightly. "I—I have Pokemon with me, you know!"
"Hey." A voice said, and put their hand on the girl's shoulder.
It must be a stalker!! Alexis thought, ready to punch whoever it was in the jaw.
"It's me, Josh." Huh? Halfway to the punch, Alexis almost hit her childhood crush in the face, but stopped just in time. She withdrew her fist, and blushed. "Sorry…" she muttered.
"It doesn't matter. I just wanted to challenge you to a 3-0n-3 battle, anyways… Unless you still think I'm a stalker." The raven-haired boy replied casually, unclipping a Pokeball on his belt.
"You're on!" the brunette said with a smile. She gripped a Pokeball on her belt. "Battle on, Shinx!"
"Shinx!" the blue Pokemon called, as it was released from its Pokeball. It looked at Josh sweetly. It reminds me of something, the boy thought. What could it be? Oh well, I could figure that out after the battle.
"Turtwig, come on out!" The tiny leaf Pokemon, which resembled a turtle, came out of it's Pokeball in a beam of red light.
"Shinx, Spark!" The blue Electric type shot an electric ball at Turtwig, who dodged.
"Turtwig, Tackle, followed by Razor Leaf!" Turtwig hit Shinx full force, then, while it dodged Shinx's tackle by jumping to the side, it launched a Razor Leaf attack at it.
"Shinx!" Alexis called out to her newly caught Pokemon. "Are you okay?"
"Shinx…" it replied, standing on it's paws again.
"Use Bite, Shinx!"
"Turtwig, dodge and use Razor Leaf again!" The Tiny Leaf Pokemon barley managed to dodge Shinx's attack, so of course, it got bit. But as Shinx bit the Grass type, Turtwig used Razor Leaf on it. This time, it was a direct hit. Shinx flew across the grassy field, then it's eyes went into swirls of fatigue.
"Turtwig, return! Starly, come on out!" He threw a Pokeball onto the ground, and out popped a bird-like Pokemon. "Star!" It called out.
"Hmm…Piplup! You're in charge!"
"Starly, use Peck on Piplup!"
"Piplup," Alexis called to the Penguin Pokemon while Starly ran forward to strike it's Peck attack on the Water type. "Wait 'til Starly comes close, then use Bubble, followed by Pound. 'Kay?"
"Piplup pip!" The little blue Pokemon nodded it's head. Just then, Starly ran toward it. "Piplup!" Piplup cried, flinging bubbles at the unsuspecting Pokemon. Then, Starly flew into the air when Piplup hit it with a packed pound. It landed on the grass nearby, unable to move.
Yes! Alexis thought. At least now it's a tie. "Good job, Piplup!"
"This isn't over yet!" Josh said. Now we're going to have a real battle. "Budew! Rock the field!"
"Dew!" The floral Pokemon squeaked, jumping out of it's Pokeball in a mass swirl of petals.
"It's a Grass type…" Alexis said to herself. So… "I choose you, Chimchar!"
"Char!" The Fire Monkey screeched, coming out of it's Pokeball. "Ember!" it's trainer called.
"Budew! Use Absorb when he comes near!" Josh called.
Chimchar struck the Grass type with a super-effective Ember attack, but it sucked up some of Chimchar's energy when it used Absorb.
"Now, Budew! Stun Spore!"
"Budew dew!" The green Pokemon said, sprinkling orange-yellow dust onto Chimchar.
"Chimchar!" The Monkey cried out in terror. It couldn't move!
"Oh no!" the brunette cried when she saw that Chimchar was paralyzed. "Grr…"
"Budew! Mega Drain, as many times as possible!" Budew mercilessly drained all of Chimchar's energy, while it couldn't due anything due to paralysis.
"No!" Alexis cried as her Pokemon finally could endure the hits no longer. Chimchar fell onto the ground, bruised. The girl immediately ran to it's side. "Chimchar! Are you okay buddy?" The Fire Monkey managed a nod before it nodded off. "You did good. Return!"
"So, I guess I win?" Josh said, walking to where Alexis was.
The brunette gave her rival a tiny smile. "Just like always." She said.
Josh laughed, then put his hand in front of Alexis. "Like always." Alexis smiled once more-this time, an actual smile, and shook her childhood crush's hand. "Ditto," she said softly.
"And the winner is Luna Summers of Vielstone City!" the referee cried out, pointing a green flag toward Luna "Stunky" Summers' direction.
"Hey, congrats, Stunky!" Alexis said to her cousin, just as she entered the gym again. She had healed her Pokemon at the nearest Pokemon Center after the battle, so when she got back, Roark and Luna's battle had already finished.
"Thanks," Luna replied, then realized that her cousin, yet AGAIN, had called her "Stunky." Alexis saw an evil glint in the purple-haired girl's eyes and began to run around the gym, trying to avoid her. "COME BACK HERE YOU! YOU'LL GET WHAT YOU DESERVE FOR CALLING ME STUNKY, 'YA KNOW!"
(Stunk- I mean, Luna- chases Alexis around the gym, while Roark, June, and Josh, who just entered the gym, all sweat dropped.)
A moment later…
Alexis (with a huge band-aid on her head), "T-twinkle...twinkle...l-little star…" She falls down, with stars circling her head.
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Luna: Wait, you mean I beat her up?
Authoress: That's what it says, no?
Luna: I'm not that evil!!! (Remembers a distant memory when someone ended in the hospital in critical condition because she beat him up)…Never mind my last comment: I'm evil! (Of course, he did break a few bones...)
-----------------Character Argument Break-------------------
The next day…
"This is a 3-on-3 battle between Alexis Summers of Twinleaf Town and Gym Leader Roark of Oreburgh City!" The referee called out. He held two flags in his hands, and when he said, "Let the battle begin!" he crossed them in the air.
"Geodude, go!" Roark called to the Ground type Pokemon, who resembled…a rock: with 2 hands.
"Piplup! Battle on!" Alexis' Piplup came out of it's Pokeball, ready for a battle. "Use Bubble on the ground!" Piplup launched a beam of bubbles at the ground, then fired a Bubble attack staright at Geodude, who hadn't expected it. It was the move Alexis had used against Luna when she battled with her Stunky.
"Water's super effective on Rock." June said from her seat in the bleachers.
"You're right. This might be an easy match for her if she trained her Piplup well." A voice said from behind the blond.
June turned her head around to see Alexis' childhood crush, Josh. Why did you have to tag along? She asked herself.
"Yeah, she might win!"
"But don't forget," the raven-haired boy reminded her. "Roark's stronger than you think. He wouldn't be gym leader for nothin', ya know."
"That was…unexpected." Roark said, half to himself. "Very well. Geodude, Rock Smash!" Geodude floated on the rocky field, then burst open a boulder, sending pieces of it flying at Piplup.
"Piplup, jump on the pieces of rock, and head straight for Geodude!" The Water Penguin jumped on the flying pieces of the boulder, and when it almost got to where the Pokemon was, Alexis told it to use Bubble. Roark arched his eyebrows at the Water Pokemon's grace.
"Full force Bubble attack Piplup!" The penguin Pokemon launched a barrage of bubbles at Geodude, and it was a critical hit as it flew across the gym and smashed its body against a wall.
"Geodude is unable to battle! Piplup is the winner!" The referee shouted, pointing a green colored flag at the little Pokemon.
Next, Roark sent out Onix, a snake-like Ground type, while Alexis sent out her Shinx. Sparks of energy flew from its cheeks while it looked at Onix.
A Shinx? Roark thought. She must be crazy! Doesn't she know Electric attacks don't affect Ground types? (A/N: Of course, Alexis didn't know. After all, she's only a rookie trainer!) Oh well: I'll make this an easy one.
"Onix, Slam!" Roark ordered the Ground type, who struck Shinx across the face with a powerful slap of it's hard tail.
"Shinx!" Alexis said worriedly. "Grr… Use Spark!"
"Onix! Slam again!"
Before the blue Electric Pokemon could even deal the Spark attack, Onix flung it's tail toward it again and this time, Shinx was flung to the far end of the field. Dizzy circles showed in it's eyes as the referee announced it "unable to battle."
So far, it's a tie, Alexis thought to herself, gritting her teeth. But ties don't last forever! She clutched a ball on her belt, then sent it out.
"You're in charge, Chimchar! Flame Wheel!"
"Onix! Rock Smash!" Roark told it.
This time, Alexis was smart enough to tell Chimchar to dodge. The Fire Monkey was suddenly surrounded in flames as it charged toward it's enemy. Onix fell down at last, and the brunette took it as her chance.
"Chimchar, Focus energy, then use Fury Swipes!" Chimchar charged itself up for the next attack, while Onix began to steady itself and sit (Authoress: Can Onix' sit? Anyways…). Chimchar held up it's sharpened claws, then raked them over Onix's rock-hard body. The Pokemon hardly flinched.
This isn't going to work… "Keep on using Ember!" Alexis called out to the Fire Monkey. She had thought of a plan: If Chimchar was close enough, and kept on using Ember on Onix, it might just get a burn.
"Interesting plan…" Josh said, looking at the battle.
"What plan?" June asked him curiously.
"Alexis wants to inflict a burn on Geodude, so she keeps on telling Chimchar to use Ember. It's gonna work soon, you'll see." He said, flicking a stray black tuft of hair back.
Nice plan, Alexis, but it might not work, Roark thought, but then, he saw a flicker of orange light up on Onix's body. Chimchar had finally inflicted a burn on him!
"Good job, Chimchar! Now, use Flame Wheel once more!" The brunette told Chimchar, who struck the Onix with a powerful Flame Wheel. The heavy gray Pokemon fainted, as Roark closed his eyes. "Return, Onix!" he said. He looked at his last Pokeball. "You've gotta win this one, buddy."
"Cranidos, come on out!" A dinosaur-like Pokemon erupted out of it's Pokeball, roaring.
"Chimchar, return! Piplup, let's go!" Piplup jumped out of it's Pokeball, still a little out of breath from it's last battle with Geodude.
"Cranidos, Rock Smash, now!" Cranidos did just as its trainer ordered, smashing the rocks in front of it, hurling them at Piplup, burying it in a pile of rocks.
"Piplup!" a worried Alexis cried out.
Suddenly, just as Alexis thought she lost, the rocks around Piplup started to glow a bright red color.
"What's happening?" she whispered, half to herself.
"Congrats, your Piplup is evolving!" Roark said, as Piplup lost it's little penguin shape and became bigger, with larger arms, and a golden-yellow crown on it's head. But you're not going to win so easily! He thought."Now, Cranidos, finish it off! Take down!"
The dinosaur Pokemon began to charge towards the newly evolved Prinplup. Just as it was about to smack into the penguin Pokemon in the face, Alexis called out: "Metal claw, Prinplup, followed by Bubble!"
"Prinplup!" the Pokemon dodged the Take Down, then scorched it's claws over Cranidos' face, then launched a barrage of bubbles at the dinosaur Pokemon at lightning speed.
Cranidos' eyes spun like dizzy circles. Yes! My plan worked! The brunette thought.
"And the battle goes to Ale---" the referee began, but was cut off by a flick of the hand from the Oreburgh City Gym Leader.
"Not so fast," Roark said, gesturing to his Cranidos, who was beginning to stand up. "We still have a plan."
A/N: Sorry about the cliffy, but I felt like my hand was about to fall off. (Yawn) So sleepy…Maybe it's not a good idea to write chapters at midnight, huh?
Well, read and REVIEW!!! Remember, the 1st, 4th, and 5th reviewers to this chapter get a preview of a one-shot I finished that deals with... let's just say it's Alexis x Someone. And yes, it's kinda like a short from the story. I'll post the one-shot after I get about 5 reviews.
Well, toodles! I got to get some…s-sleep… (Dozes off)
Oh yeah, before I really sleep, here's the link to the pic of Alexis and Luna. I'll post the link of Alexis in that dress in the next chapter: too lazy to do it now. And no, it's not the one reviewers got. It's a revised one that looks a lot better.
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