Chapter Four: Level 20 Part 1 of 3

I was shown into an identical room, where I brought out my new team; Pidgeotto, Nuzleaf and Sudowoodo. I patted my Pokémon on the head and cuddled them with a hug, until I was interrupted.

"Ahem."

I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard that polite cough, and reflex does things to you, so when I turned to meet my challenge for this level, it went like this.

Face of rage, one hand on Pokéball, mind thinking of seven possible ways to take the opponent and his Pokémon down. Mouth prepared to issue out any of said orders.

Then;

Flushed face, hands dropped to side, mind thinking of how I look, how embarrassed I'm meant to be, how gorgeous she looked like- um let's stop right there. Mouth limp as a noodle as I uttered one syllable.

"Uhhhhhhh..."

The caucasian girl was dressed in a yellow sundress and white sandals, and her brown, silky, back length hair fell straight down. She had bangs that neatly framed her face and her amethyst coloured eyes shimmered like the gem they were coloured after.

"Um. Are you okay?" She asked snapping me out of my trance.

"Fine! Let's battle!" I said a bit too abruptly, trying hard to get that blush off my face.

She sent out a Quilava as I called Pidgeotto over and returned the others to their balls.

I then realized that she was a Psionic.

How, you ask?

Her Quilava nearly bowled over Pidgeotto with a Flame Wheel for no reason at all, and here eyes are slightly glowing.

"Get out!" I yelled, hoping Pidgeotto could get out in time.

Pidgeotto used Quick Attack to dodge, before Flying high. The Quilava responded by shooting a Flamethrower at my Pokémon!

"Dodge!"

Pidgeotto swerved around the room, but the pillar of fire followed it. Before Pidgeotto could be hit, the Quilava stopped, giving me time to order a Swift...

...which was decimated by a Flamethrower.

"Gah! Fly!"

The quick ascent of my Pidgeotto saved her from a roasting as the shields took a bit of strain as the attack nearly hit me.

"Now Peck!"

The lunge was dodged as the Quilava jumped to the side and rammed Pidgeotto with a Flame Wheel before she could even react.

"Swift!"

The stars slammed into the Quilava, leaving gashes hee and there, which made it write in pain. I also noticed that the girl was flinching a bit as she closed her eyes. Tears flowed a bit from them before she bit her lip and opened them.

Realizing that she was feeling some of her Pokémon's pain did not do that much to my strategy. Some might call me heartless, but it wasn't my fault.

"Swift! Full Power!"

The barrage of star shaped energy bolts hit hard on the Quilava, which had used Flame Wheel to protect itself. Suddenly, the flames became smoke that billowed out of the now concealed Quilava in bulk, even getting to Pidgeotto, who was hacking to get the choking smoke out of her.

"Swirl around! Quick Attack!"

The steady acceleration of my Pokémon around the smoke cloud localised and kept it at bay. I didn't see the orange glow of a Flamethrower until it was too late.

The smoke exploded, blasting the shields roughly and knocking out both Pidgeotto and the Quilava. The girl gritted her teeth as she returned her fallen companion, after which she heaved a sigh of relief.

Recovering quickly, she threw out another ball as I did so too, making it Sudowoodo versus Beedrill.

Piece of Poffin.

"Rock Throw!"

The Beedrill deftly dodged the rocks and rushed at my Pokémon.

"Again!"

Dumb idea, sister.

The Beedrill tensed up its stingers and-

-Smashed. Through. The rocks.

The Brick Break slammed into Petra hard, cracking a lot of places in her petrified wood body.

"Damnit! 'Slam!"

The full body blow from my Sudowoodo hit the Beedrill hard, but it was flying backwards and that mitigated some of the damage. I did hear several tiny snaps as a few cracks in its exoskeleton formed.

"Again! Pin!"

The Body Slam connected with a Brick Break and nullified the damage as both of the Pokémon slid back from the impact.

"'Throw!"

Smashed with Brick Break.

"Earthquake!"

Dodged by flying higher and out of range of the seismic waves.

Aha!

"Copycat!"

With what I term magic, my Sudowoodo just jumped and hovered in the air.

"Chase it! 'Slam!"

My flying Pokémon of petrified wood zoomed after the fleeing Beedrill and smacked it down, where there was a cloud of dust that blocked us from the final result. I checked the board and saw that...

"They both fainted?! How?!"

With a pained smile,the girl pointed at where our Pokémon were Beedrill's exoskeleton had been fractured in numerous places, leaking bug blood and exposed bug insides, but there was a stinger that went through my Pokémon's side.

I was now down to my last Pokémon...

"Leaf!"

"Shadow!"

This was the first time the girl had spoken throughout the battle, and I saw why, the flying, ghastly skull with a few vertebrae and a mouth full of yellowed canines with bony claws floating beside it and ruby red eyes easily dwarfed my little Nuzleaf.

"Faint Attack!"

"Sludge Bomb!"

Shit!

Also, I noticed that she couldn't use telepathy, or the ghost might make her run mad. Psionics had weak minds to ghosts.

Nuzleaf became nothing but an outline, a shadow that dodged the explosive globs of poisonous sludge that the Haunter coughed up. The Nuzleaf outline flipped and hit the ghost with the leaf on his head, depositing dark energy throughout the ghost's being, making it screech inhumanly.

"Shadow Sneak!"

"Faint Attack!"

While the outline dodged away from the ghost-become-shadow, I had a game plan going.

"Shadow Claw!"

"Leaf Blade!"

"Shadow Sneak!"

"Faint Attack!"

"Sludge Bomb!"

"Dodge!"

"Hypnosis!"

"Faint Attack!"

"Shadow two!"

I was stumped! What did two mean?! No time!

"Dodge!"

The ghost became shadow and lunged at Nuzleaf's, holding him in place.

"Hypnosis!"

"F-faint attack!"

Try as much as he could, Nuzleaf couldn't fade away and got hit by the Hypnosis, slowly falling asleep.

"Now! Foresight!"

Suddenly perking up, the Grass/Dark type saw deep into the ghost's essence, mapping it out and nailing its corporeal presence. That solidified it which left my Pokémon free to slam a Headbutt in, hurting the ghost and releasing him from the ghost's hold.

"S-Shadow Claw!"

Now it was her turn to stutter.

"Headbutt." I called calmly.

My Pokémon's head met with a solid ghost claw which was now more of a Slash, and they rebounded with a hard smack.

"Faint Attack!"

"Shadow Claw!"

The outline appeared behind the Haunter, but it swiveled around and met fist with claw with another smack.

"Headbutt!"

"Sludge Bomb!"

The ghost's speed allowed it to point-blank blast my Grass type with poison, but he still hit with his head.

We both looked at the Status monitors and they each showed a sliver of health.

"Come on..."

It was just a waiting game right now; the poison was seeping into my Pokémon, but her ghost was struggling to keep a physical form.

The game was won by me when the ghost exploded with a poof and became nothing but a wispy smoke cloud.

"Yes!" I yelled, fist pumping as well as returning my Nuzleaf.

"Oh well... I've had a good run..."

I stopped and saw the Psionic trudging towards the door. I had an idea.

Hey, you! I called out.

She flinched at how loud my 'voice' was, but did not turn.

Um, hi?

That was a good battle. It was the closest I've had so far. You're a strong young woman to bear your Pokémon's pain like that.

Oh. Thank you...

To the guys watching the hidden footage, they night think we were cray cray, because she turned around and flashed me a(Get your minds out of the gutter, not THAT kind of flash) beautiful smile.

"Goodbye, Zach. I hope to see you later..." She said, walking away.

"Bye!" I said, beaming as I waved and she walked out.

Arceus, she was hot.

I can still hear you.

"Gah!"