12: The Eventual Battle
"Hmph!"
"Ohhhh..." Maribel sniffed, "What should I do?"
CGengetsu floated in front of Maribel, back turned and still angry
"I'm sorry! She made me do it!"
"Don't blame it on me!" Rikako objected
"Why not?" Maribel cried, ripping out her Dolldex, "You're the one who threatened to have the Dolldex self-destruct if I didn't."
"Oh, that was a lie."
Maribel promptly closed the Dolldex.
"Problem?"
Maribel looked up, surprised, "K-Kai!"
"Yo." Kai smiled as he came up to her, "How are things going for you genius?"
"I-I'm not a genius." Maribel said, "And quite terribly, thank you for asking."
"You seem really depressed." Kai noticed CGengetsu, "A CGengetsu?" he whistled, "Where'd you get a Doll like that?"
"A while ago." Maribel sniffed, "But Rikako took it from me."
"Why?"
"Experiments."
"What kind of experiments?"
"I'M GLAD YOU ASKED!"
Maribel disconnected Rikako again and quickly put her on her Spam List.
"Stuff."
"I-I see." Kai said, "All of you are weird."
"What do you mean?"
"Nevermind!" Kai cried, "Anyway, you know why I'm here right?"
"Not really..."
"Battle! I demand a match between us!"
"Really?" Maribel asked, surprised, "But..."
"I won't take no for an answer!"
Trainer Kai REALLY wants to battle!
"Go, CPatchouli!"
CPatchouli looked up as she appeared. She stared at Maribel before going back to her book.
"You're more stubborn than I remember." Maribel frowned, "Guess I have no choice."
Maribel glanced towards CGengetsu who frowned and turned away.
"Looks like I have no choice." Maribel sighed, "It doesn't look like he'll give in anytime soon. Do you think you can fight by yourself, CMarisa?"
"Are you kidding me?" CMarisa smiled as she appeared, "I've been itching for a fight."
CPatchouli looked up from her book again, this time sighed and snapping her book shut.
" CPatchouli, Mud Slap!"
CPatchouli touched the ground, forcing the dirt to erupt up like a wave. CMarisa cried out a she was engulfed in dirt.
"CMarisa! Are you okay?"
…
"Pwuah!" CMarisa poked her head out from under the pile of dirt, "That was disgusting!"
"Can you still fight?"
"Are you kidding me?" CMarisa smirked as she pulled herself out, "I'm fine!"
"That's good. Then let's go with Spore!"
"Gotcha!" CMarisa grinned as she held out her hands. CMarisa summoned a single sphere that burst into 4 small spores that drifted towards CPatchouli.
"Like that'll work. CPatchouli, Bubblebeam!"
CPatchouli shot a stream of bubbles at the spores, soaking them and causing them to fall to the ground.
"Let's see if ya got anything worth borrowing!" CMarisa smirked.
CPatchouli gasped as she spun around to find CMarisa. CMarisa smiled as she charged, hands reaching out.
BAM!
CMarisa cried out as she was thrown into the air. She spiraled in the air for a while before she crashed into the ground headfirst.
"CMarisa!" Maribel cried.
"Fine!" CMarisa said as she got up, "I'm fine! Geez, that was way too quick."
CPatchouli turned around, a purple barrier shining behind her.
"Reflect?" Maribel said.
"It deflected most of my attack."
CPatchouli smirked.
"Well, I still got a hold of something." CMarisa smiled as she held up a book.
CPatchouli looked shocked and rummaged her robes. She found nothing.
"Heh. This book is really thick." CMarisa said as she opened it to a bookmarked section, "Ah. So that explains it."
CMarisa took out the bookmark, showing off the small claw hanging off it, "A Quick Claw. You were using this to move quickly weren't you?"
CPatchouli frowned.
"Well, I'll be borrowing this for now." CMarisa smiled as she took off her hat and dropped the bookmark in it, much to CPatchouli's protest.
"Now then." CMarisa said as she put her hat back on, "What shall we do now?" CMarisa asked as she threw the book on the ground.
CPatchouli growled.
"Eh? What's wrong?" CMarisa asked, "What's wrong with her?"
Maribel sighed.
"What?"
"Well nothing you can do now." Kai winced.
"What? Will someone just tell me what's going on?" CMarisa cried.
"You disrespected her book." Maribel sighed.
"And now she's pissed." Kai smiled.
"Oh. Sor-"
"Don't bother apologizing." Kai said, "All I can do now is tell her what to beat you up with. By the way, CPatchouli, Confusion."
CPatchouli roared as she released her magic, her psychic waves rocking the ground.
"Whoa!" CMarisa cried as she stumbled, "Maribel! What now?"
"We don't really have a choice." Maribel said, "Thunderbolt."
CMarisa grinned and jumped, floating above CPatchouli. She gathered electricity in her hands and quickly swung it down, calling a bolt of lightning to crash down from the sky. The ground stopped shaking.
"Thunderbolt?" Kai cried, "That's a pretty high level move. How-"
"I'm level 32." CMarisa said.
"But...that weird kid's still on level 25."
"Renko's too stubborn to accept my help." Maribel pouted, "He refuses to fight me and prefers to train alone. It's kind of lonely..."
"Wow...Idiot."
"Anyway, we're done here, right?" Maribel asked.
"What makes you say that?" Kai smirked as he returned CPatchouli.
"Eh? You mean..."
"One more." Kai said as he took out another Orb, "Go, CMugetsu!"
CMugetsu bowed when she appeared. CGengetsu raised an eyebrow.
"One more?" CMarisa said, cracking her knuckles, "That's fine. More stuff to stea- I mean borrow...until I die."
"Don't think it'll be that easy." Kai smirked, "CMugetsu, Double Team."
CMugetsu ran to the side, surrounding CMarisa with her afterimages.
"Don't think you'll be able to dodge me forever!" CMarisa cried as she threw her Thunderbolt.
It crashed down on one of the Cmugetsus, frying the ground, but had little other effect. That didn't deter CMarisa from trying again. Repeatedly. To no avail.
"Stop moving!" CMarisa barked as CMugetsu ran around her.
"CMugetsu, Sweet Kiss!"
The CMugetsu stopped and blew a sphere of light.
"Whoa!" CMarisa cried as she tilted her kiss to avoid the sphere, "That was close!"
"Be careful!" Maribel called, "If you faint, I won't have any other Dolls to fight with."
"What do you mean-Oh." CMarisa blinked as an idea came to her, "Oh. Oh! Oh no, I'm confused!"
"What?" Kai blinked.
"Oh, oh no, I don't know where my enemy is! Because I'm confused!"
"No you're not." Maribel frowned as she checked the Dolldex.
"No! I'm definitely confused!" CMarisa said as she swayed, "Oh...is that my enemy?"
CMarisa called down Thunderbolt again, this time, the attack struck herself. CMarisa coughed up dust,
"Never...again..." She croaked.
"I...guess the Sweet Kiss attack was a hit." Kai blinked.
"I guess so." Maribel said, returning CMarisa to her Orb.
"...Anyway!" Kai said, "Bring out your next Doll!"
"I don't have any!" Maribel said, quickly stepping in front of CGengetsu.
"What? But-"
"No! CGengetsu...CGengetsu has been through enough. As the person who sent her there...I don't have the right to ask her to fight."
CGengetsu blinked.
"What happened to CMystia?"
"Rikako sort of...took her."
CGengetsu growled and punched Maribel in the back of the head.
"Ow! W-What? What did I do?"
CGengetsu sighed and floated past Maribel.
"Eh? Gengetsu?"
CGengetsu chirped as she spread her wings. She chirped one more time.
"Looks like she wants to fight." Kai smiled.
"CGengetsu...are you sure?"
CGengetsu growled.
"...A-Alright then."
"Looks like this battle will be interesting." Kai smirked, "Well, you haven't been with her for a while so I guess we're even."
"CGengetsu, Heart Break!"
CGengetsu dove straight down at CMugetsu, landing with a thump. Before CMugetsu could react, CGengetsu reached out and stabbed her hand through her chest. CGengetsu smirked as she drew her hand out and jumped back. In her hands was a small white sphere. A little strength and the sphere cracked and broke. CMugetsu yelped and dropped to her knees, severely weakened.
"White Wings."
CGengetsu spread open her wings as they began to glow. With a jump, she took to the air again and charged straight at CMugetsu, slashing her with her wings.
"White Wings and Heart Break..." Kai said, dazed at his sudden lost, "Those are really high level techniques..."
"We won!" Maribel cried, hugging CGengetsu, "I'm sorry for abandoning you! I really didn't want to!"
CGengetsu chirped, a bit embarrassed, and hugged her back.
"Hey." Kai spoke up.
"Yes?"
"What level is your CGengetsu?"
"40."
F-FOURTY?" Kai cried, "How'd you get it that high?"
"I trained her."
"How long?"
"Mmm...about 2 year now."
"T-Two years..." Kai muttered, "And you've got a level 40 Doll."
"A-Ah! You did great too!" Maribel cried, "You almost won."
"You're not helping."
"Sorry."
"Dammit." Kai sighed as he got up, "I guess I've got more training ahead of me."
"Thank you." Maribel bowed.
"W-What are you thanking me for?" Kai blushed, surprised.
"That battle brought me and CGengetsu back together again."
"I certainly didn't intend for that to happen." Kai muttered.
"Still. Thank-"
"L-Look I got to go." Kai said and quickly ran off.
Maribel stood there confused.
"So what did Rikako do to you?"
CGengetsu chirped depressingly.
"Ehe. Guess I should ask when you actually know how to speak." Maribel said, "Ah, I forgot. Let's register you in my Dolldex again. It's been a year since I last seen you and all."
Chibi Gengetsu
Level 40
Quirky
Immunity
Dark/Flying
Attacks:
-Heart Break
-White Wings
-Black Wind
-Fly
"Not much has changed." Maribel said, surprised, "Rikako's experiments mustn't have been that bad."
CGengetsu looked depressed.
"T-Then again..."
As Maribel walked around, she noticed the Gym in the distance.
"Oh! Hey, CGengetsu! Remember that Gym?"
CGengetsu chirped, happier.
"Yeah, you were level 20 back then weren't you? Oh wait, that was our first attempt. We got beaten pretty quickly didn't we?"
CGugetsu chirped.
Maribel noticed as a pair of workers hauled what looked like a sign out and threw it into the dumpster behind the Gym.
"Ah...that's right. The Gym Leader has been replaced. And I lost her badge..."
CGengetsu watched as Maribel became depressed.
"...Hm? Wait." Maribel looked up, "That looked like the sign they place in front of the Gym. Ah, it must've been the old sign. ...Wonder if Renko would in interested in that..."