Hello friends! I am finally back with the next chapter of So Glad We Met. I'm sorry that it took so long it's just that writing a battle scene is very exhausting. If you don't think that's a valid excuse then there's a note on my profile page explaining in further detail. Anyway for those of you who didn't read the note on my profile page, this is not actually the whole of what I planned. In fact this is only half of what I had in mind for this chapter. It's just that I didn't want to leave you waiting for another month or two so I thought I'd post what I've got so far. Anyway without any further ado we will start the next chapter. I worked very hard on this so I hope you enjoy it...
NOTE: Like in previous chapters I have made up some of the moves used in this chapter i.e. given pokemon moves they don't have in the anime.
"Alright," Georgia began about to throw her pokeball out. "It's time to see what you've learned since I last battled you. "Vanillish, come on out!"
"What!" Iris yelled out loud in dismay as Axew looked concerned. "Vanillite evolved?"
"Well duh? Do you still think you can beat me now?" Georgia teased.
Iris now looked rather concerned. She looked at Axew who also looked worried. "Oh no, I can't back out now," she thought. "But if I battle Vanillish will completely destroy Axew. And bearing in mind me and Ash still can't find a pokemon centre, we could be in trouble."
As Iris was stuck deep in thought, Axew too didn't particularly want to battle either. "Is Iris seriously going to battle me against Vanillish?" he thought nervously. "I won't stand a chance! But then again what choice do I have?"
Ash saw that both Axew and Iris were looking desperately worried about the situation. Even though he had only known Iris for two days, seeing her looking upset or worried was something he very much hated. He went over to comfort the two. "Hey Iris why do you look so worried?"
Iris sighed. "I can't battle her," she whispered in a rather panicky state.
"Why not?" Ash replied.
"Well when I last battled her I completely freaked out, and back then she had a Vanillite! Bearing in mind it's evolved I'm not going to stand a chance. The only pokemon I have is Axew and a strong ice type pokemon like Vanillish could absolutely destroy him. I don't want Axew to be badly hurt."
"And? It doesn't matter if you lose, the whole point of going into a battle is to be confident doing so. There's got to be someone who loses in a battle. You shouldn't be ashamed if you do lose. Axew won't have the advantage and besides, I'm sure Georgia would take defeat as personally as you." However as Ash continued to try and consult Iris both Georgia and Trip were starting to get impatient.
"Will you just battle already? I've waited long enough," Georgia moaned.
"Yeah Iris just get on with it. I need to have a battle too," Trip complained.
"Okay, I'll do it," Iris finally agreed as Axew now felt more concerned. "Thanks a lot for the advice Ash."
"You're welcome, just go out there and enjoy it."
"I will," Iris replied before turning to Georgia. "Okay let's do this! Axew are you ready?"
"Er I guess," Axew nervously replied.
Iris sighed. "Look Axew there's no reason to panic. I know you may not feel confident but I'm not asking for you to win, I'm just asking for you to try your best. And I'm one hundred percent sure you can do that for me."
Axew clenched his fist in determination. "Then I will."
"Thanks Axew," Iris replied. She looked back up to Georgia. "Okay Georgia, you're going down!"
Meanwhile, on the sidelines Trip couldn't help but snigger at Iris. "Wow she thinks she can actually inflict damage on Vanillish with Axew, let alone defeat it. How can she honestly defeat an ice type with a dragon type?"
"I'm guessing you're going to want to have the first move then," Georgia began.
"Nah, you can have it actually," Iris replied. This surprised everyone, especially Axew.
"Okay then I will. Vanillish use Icicle Spear!" Vanillish launched an icicle spear that came straight towards Axew. However Iris looked the least bit unconfident.
"Axew dodge," Iris commanded. Without any fuss Axew managed to dodge the move. "Good job Axew! Now counter with scratch!" Compared to the previous battle, Axew's scratch seemed to do a lot more damage and despite any effort, Vanillish was unable to dodge the move. The impact even sent it to the floor. "Great hit Axew!" Iris cheered in delight.
"Oh so you're going to play the hard way then," Georgia replied, clearly unhappy with how strong Axew was. "Well try and handle this! Vanillish use Ice Beam!"
"Oh no! She's using that move again!" Iris panicked. She now flashed back to yesterday when she was doing such a great job against Georgia until the dragon buster used that exact move in which Iris completely chickened out, humiliating herself right in front of Georgia. However as Iris was completely lost in thought, Vanillish's Ice Beam attack hit Axew head on. "Axew no!" Iris panicked as Axew fell to the floor relatively hard. "Please stay strong Axew!" Despite the damage though, Axew managed to struggle back up. "Well done Axew!"
On the touchline however, Ash didn't look as confident as Iris. "Oh no Axew looks like he took a lot of damage in that last move," he thought. Unfortunately Ash was right. Though Iris was unaware, Axew did look badly hurt from that past attack, bearing in mind it was super effective. "I hope that doesn't affect his offence in any way."
Axew now got up and after brushing his bruises off, gave a rather angry look. However before Iris could command Axew's next move, Axew completely took her by surprise. He launched a massive Assurance attack which hit Vanillish straight on. "Wow how did Axew do that?" An astonished Iris thought. "I haven't even taught him that move! Where did he learn that from?" Vanillish was completely taken by surprise and therefore knocked to the floor.
"Vanillish!" Georgia feared. Fortunately for her Vanillish was able to continue though Iris didn't care as she was too astounded by what she had just seen.
"Wow that was amazing!" Iris cheered. "Keep it up Axew!"
"Axew must have learned that move himself," Georgia thought. "Well it's better than trying to get Iris to teach the move to him at least." She looked at Iris, whom still looked pleasantly surprised at what she had just seen, and gave an angry look. "So you want to play hard? Then that's what we'll do! Vanillish use Ice Beam again!" Georgia commanded.
"Ice Beam again," Iris panicked. "Oh well I'm not letting Axew get hit this time. Axew dodge!" Axew managed to dodge the move but as she dodged the Ice Beam attack once again came towards Iris. She now began to remember what had happened the last time Axew dodged this move. How the Ice Beam came straight towards her causing her to completely freak out. "I can't wimp out this time," she thought. This time she managed to dodge the attack without fuss. "Well that was rather easy," Iris thought rather surprised. "Why didn't I just do that last time?"
"Wow you learned to dodge a move," Georgia teased.
"You can laugh all you want but the joke's going to be on you in a minute!" Iris hit back. Unfortunately for Georgia she was right.
"Looks like Axew knows how to dodge Ice Beam; my strongest move. Looks like we're going to have to go to Plan B if we want to win this," she thought, slightly starting to feel worried.
Meanwhile on the sideline, Ash was thoroughly impressed with how Iris was battling. "Wow I never knew Iris could be this strong in battle. I'd never seen her competitive side before."
"Let's get on with this Axew! Use scratch!" Iris commanded. Once again Axew managed to hit Vanillish with the attack, much to the annoyance of Georgia.
"How can Axew be winning? And why is Scratch inflicting THAT much damage?" Georgia thought furiously.
"Alright go Iris!" Ash cheered.
"Oh come on," Trip replied. "Georgia obviously doesn't have much of a clue either. Normally a Vanillish would wipe the floor against an Axew like Iris'."
"Well isn't he big headed," Ash and Pikachu both thought as Trip continued to slag off both Georgia and Iris.
Back on the battlefield, Georgia was now visibly starting to get frustrated. "Okay Vanillish, we've got to up our game this time around. Now Vanillish, use Icicle Spear several times!"
Iris started to worry as the Icicle Spear's came straight towards Axew. "Axew try and dodge," she commanded without any kind of enthusiasm. Unfortunately Axew was unable to dodge all of them, therefore most of them hit him straight on. "Axew no!" Iris panicked.
"Oh no, a critical hit!" Ash feared on the sidelines.
"Please hang in there Axew, I know you can do this," Iris begged to her partner pokemon with a glint in her eye. At this point Axew started to look rather tired and on his last legs. Even Axew knew that if Vanillish hit him once more, he'd faint. Despite struggle, Axew managed to get onto his feet. "Wow Axew you're alright! That's amazing! Now let's not let Georgia defeat us at this stage, use Scratch!" At this point, even though Axew was able to carry on he clearly wasn't completely fit. As he ran over to Vanillish, who also looked rather fatigued, he couldn't help but slow down. By the time Axew finally ran over to hit Vanillish, the move was so weak that even despite the fact that Vanillish managed to avoid the move, it wouldn't have made any kind of damage at all. In fact he was so drained that the failed move managed to make himself fall over.
"Uh oh looks like Axew and Iris are in deep trouble," Ash moaned. "Looks like it's Georgia's battle to lose, if Axew carries on he'll be knocked out completely."
However no one was more concerned than Iris herself. "What should I do?" She thought in fear. "Axew's all but knocked out. If I continue then Axew will go down completely."
Meanwhile Georgia saw how worried Iris looked and gave a rather smug look. "She knows that Axew can't handle any more. She surely can't carry on, looks like another forfeit."
Iris looked over to Georgia who gave an arrogant look as if to say that she had already won. "But I can't give up. After all I gave up last time all because of nothing. At least if Axew and I carry on we can have some dignity." She looked down at Axew who despite looking shattered to pieces, still had a determined look in his eye. "He still wants to battle. I can't let him down just like that. I can't believe I ever even considered pulling out of this battle."
"Well are you going to carry on then?" Georgia teased.
"Of course I will!" Iris replied, more energetic than ever.
"Wow she's carrying on?" Pikachu and Ash both thought rather dumbfounded.
"What the hell, Iris is actually carrying on? Is that girl mad or something?" said Trip who also seemed rather flabbergasted.
"Well if you're prepared to go for it then I'll teach you a rather valuable lesson," Georgia began. "Vanillish, use Ice Beam!"
"If this hits Axew then he's going to faint for sure," Iris thought. "Well what do I have to lose?" "Axew use Assurance!" As he watched Vanillish charge towards him with a powerful Ice Beam, Axew too knew he had nothing to lose. Despite being completely worn out, Axew was able to store up a whole lot more energy than usual and suddenly lashed out a massive Assurance attack. As both pokemon launched their moves at each other furiously, a massive explosion appeared. Iris, as well as Ash and Pikachu, could only look on nervously. Unfortunately, as all of the dust cleared up following the impact, all that Iris could see was her tusk partner pokemon lying on the floor unable to move; it had fainted. "Axew no!" She panicked. She could feel her heart sink completely as she ran over to Axew. "Are you okay?"
Meanwhile Georgia gave a massive grin on her face. "Well well, it looks like I've won again, right Vanillish?" However as she was waiting for a response from her ice type pokemon, it could only spin round dizzily before falling to the ground. "WHAT!" Georgia moaned. In a sudden and bizarre change of events, Vanillish had also fainted. Georgia gave an almost sympathetic look as she looked on at the knocked out Vanillish.
On the sidelines, both Ash and Trip could not believe what they had just seen. "Woah, it's a tie!" Ash said out loud.
"An ice type pokemon couldn't even beat a dragon type pokemon? Seriously?" Trip mocked.
"Wow you managed to defeat Vanillish!" an ecstatic Iris said to her Axew . "Even if you were defeated too that's way more than I could ask for! Well done Axew!" However Iris suddenly stopped celebrating when she saw Georgia. Though she would hate to admit it she was absolutely crushed inside by the fact that she couldn't defeat a dragon type pokemon.
"How did I lose to a lame old dragon pokemon?" Georgia bemoaned. "I mean a dragon type pokemon for goodness sake!"
Iris tried to console Georgia, she went over to try and give her a handshake. "You played well," she began.
However it was little consolation as Georgia refused to shake her hand furiously. "What do you mean I battled well?! I lost! To you! That's the worst a dragon buster like me can do!" she then ran off heatedly.
"Well you don't have to be such a jerk about it!" Iris hit back in anger.
"Wow what a loser!" Trip laughed. "She couldn't even stay behind to watch a real pokemon match."
"What do you mean a real pokemon match?" Iris asked.
"Don't you remember? It's my turn now to destroy Ash, right Ash?" he teased.
Ash however, in the midst of all the excitement during the battle, completely forgot he was battling Trip. "You think you're going to destroy me? Well we'll see about that!" However even he could only feel slightly worried by the prospect of battling Trip...
After Iris is held to a tie with Georgia, it is now Ash's turn to take to the battlefield but does he have what it takes to defeat Trip? Can Ash and Pikachu win their first battle in the Unova region? Does Trip have as much power as he claims? Only time will tell but for now stay tuned...
So that was part one of this chapter. Part two will probably be available sometime next month so please stay tuned. If it's not up by then, then there'll probably be a note on my profile page explaining why. I'm sorry this chapter kind of sucked. Writing battle scenes is something I sort of struggle at so don't expect part two to be a whole lot better (please don't hate!) Also if you have any advice then please say so. Even if this was a bad chapter I hope you enjoyed reading this and PLEASE review (I beg you.) I really could do with some reviews right now as reading reviews always cheers me up. Once again if you think I can improve anything please specify. I will most definitely observe them so don't be afraid to do so (I don't bite!) Anyway thanks once again for reading, I hope you enjoy the rest of the summer and please stay tuned...