PM: FOOLED YA! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! Well... Not exactly. I've been so sucked into this story, I CAN'T QUIT EVEN IF I WANNA! That just proves I'm evil; I can't get Shadow Pokemon and Cipher (And of course me.) out of my head. Take that, people who think I'm just a kooky guy with no real hopes! HA-HA-HA! Wait, this calls for my true evil laugh... GAAAAAAAAAAACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK-ACK!
Chapter 7:
Meet the Mega Disco Man!
After our battle vs. Dakim, May, Brendan, and I went back to Gateon Port and rested up in the Pokemon Center for our next trip. Well... Two did. Guess who didn't.
I stayed up all night looking at the five hundred fifty five million e-mails I got on my newly purchased PDA from a certain un-secret admirer... Ugh... (Don't ask me how she got my PDA number! She must have spies in high or low places...)
Here's a one I had just gotten...
Dearest Pat:
I so miss you! Why are you wasting your time saving the Shadow Pokemon I closed the hearts of, huh? You oughta be back here with me, helping! Your extreme genius would be a totally big help, y'know!
-Lovy
My reply:
Un-dearest Lovrina:
I'll never refer to you as "Lovy"! Get over it. Thanks to when I was at the Cipher Lab, you absent-minded adolescent, every time I've seen the word love, or any comb of l, o, and v, I'VE GONE CRAZY!
Dear Pat,
You are so funny! You've called me Lovy before! And you're already crazy (Since you won't admit your love for me); how can you go crazy? And I'm an adult, not an adolescent. Don't tell me I like someone who uses words he doesn't know the meaning of!
My reply:
I KNOW WHAT AN ADOLESCENT IS, YOU IDIOT! I WAS CRITICIZING YOUR EXTREMELY EXAGGERATED I.Q.! THEY GAVE YOU SUCH I HIGH NUMBER BECAUSE YOU'RE SO CUTE! GRR! AND I'M NOT CRAZY!
I shut my PDA off as soon as that one sent. I knew she'd catch that accidental complement, so I wouldn't open any new email for a while unless it was from Michael or someone else.
I looked at the clock on the Center's wall, and it read 5:16. Since I clearly wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, I decided to go around town and see what the early morning had to offer. Going out the Center door, I saw the sun was just rising. It was then in the far distance, I noticed a misty shape, just what I asked Brendan and May about when they came back to Agate earlier after a date... And then I noticed a mechanical thing with an orca-like shape... I knew what it was.
Anyway, I went around Gateon and found a clothes shop that was open. Since I had desired a new look for a long time, I went in...
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I had chosen a very Pat-ish selection on clothing, and only spent... Uh... 2500 Pokemon Dollars? Hee-hee?
I had finished changing and walked into the mirror room. I had replaced my casual attire with a black long-sleeved shirt, black pants, a personalized emerald belt with a green P-shaped buckle, a black headband, black shoes with green bottoms, and lastly a large black cloak with a red inside wrapped around my collar. It was long enough to drag the ground on both sides, and was also draped over my back on the right and on the left frontward. The gloves Lovrina gave me remained because I had begun to enjoy the scent of her perfume...
"Nice clothes..." came a deep, dark voice. I looked behind me and then stepped back. Wouldn't you if you just turned around to see a person with glowing red eyes and wavy, gray Medusa-style hair!
This strange man wore purple clothing with a lot of cloth poking out from the waist in the same style as his hair, and dark brown boots. I didn't recognize him, yet...
"I'm intrigued by your wardrobe, kid. Just who are you, by any chance?" this strange man asked, coming closer. He noticed my gloves and a smirk spread across his face.
"Um... My first name is Pat, and that's all you get." I calmly walked out, paying for my buy. After I left, a chuckle came from the person I met.
'So... That's the Pat Lovrina keeps whining, mumbling, and talking dreamily about... Ha-ha-ha...' he thought.
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Four hours later
After my partners had woken up, they had met me in a shadowy alleyway. When they saw my attire and my shadowed face, they thought I was a ghost or something, but then my face un-shadowed. I got two positive critiques about my clothing.
"And now we all have alike clothing because we all have black and/or red!" May added.
"Yep. Now, Pat, should we go to the HQ Lab for our assignment or what?" Brendan asked.
"Well... Actually, I have a request from Michael. I emailed him with my new Pokemon Digital Assistant, or PDA. He said that he'd meet us at a Poke Spot... The Cave Poke Spot."
"What's a PDA? And what's a Poke Spot?" the two questioned.
"A PDA is a device like a computer, keeping records of things, as well as the ability to send out emails. But it's more of a Wi-fi machine. And a Poke Spot is... Well... You can't catch wild Pokemon in Orre except at the three Poke Spots: Oasis, Cave, and Rock. Appropriate Pokemon appear there if Poke Snacks are placed on a little plate. But enough chat chit."
"Chit-chat." Brendan corrected.
"Whatever. Chat, chut, chet, chit, chot. Gimme a break. Anyway, let's go. The Cave Spot is on the mountainside of Mt. Battle."
We climbed on our motor scooters and rumbled away.
We made a pit stop in Agate Village. It appeared quite a few of our Pokemon were ready to be Purified!
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After the long Purification processes, we walked to the outskirts of Agate to discuss which Pokemon had been Purified.
"My Omanyte, Anorith, and Aron have been de-Shadowed." Brendan said.
"So were my Kabuto, Lileep, and Sentret!" May giggled. "Sentret even Evolved into a Furret!"
"Hmm... The Purified Pokemon I now own is Gastly. Only he was Purified. However, Pikachu and Elekid are close. How is your, uh..." I gulped. "...Seviper doing, Brendan?"
"Oh, he's barely begun open his heart. But I'll be using him a lot!"
We then hopped on our scooters and continued toward the Cave Spot.
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After another half-hour long trip, we had made it to our destination. Before going in, I had to get used to the altitude... I'M ACROPHOBIC, ALL RIGHT?
"AAAHHH!" I screamed, seeing how high up we were. "WE'RE DOOMED! NOOOOOOO!"
"Pat... Get over your fear of heights. Both Brendan and I have been in higher spots like the top of a mountain, THE TOP OF A VOLCANO..." May said, shouting the last bit.
"Yeah, besides; You've been at the top of Mt. Battle!" Brendan added.
"Yes, but I was distracted because of the battling!"
"Oh..." May grabbed my cloak and pulled me into the Cave Spot. "There. That better? Ya can't fall from here."
"Thanks May..." I sighed. I took in the surroundings and saw plenty of dark stalactites and stalagmites hanging, as well as water dripping down from them. A gray, empty plate was in the middle, where Poke Snacks went. Only one was there, which looked like one tenth of a slice of yellow circle cheese.
"Hello, laddies and lassie!" came a shout. It was Michael, obviously.
"Hey, Michael!" Brendan greeted. May did the same, and the two walked up to him.
...I suddenly began hearing a noise as I leaned against a cave wall. And then voices...
"Well, boys, my hidden cameras have detected four unwelcome guests!" The person had a slight whiny voice.
"Um... Michael? May? Brendan?"
They looked at me.
"I hear a voice behind this wall. And music."
"Oh, yes. That's why I called you here. A per-r-r-rson none of you would know, maybe, has made a base in this Poke Spot! We must get him out of her-r-re! The lad's name is Mir-r-r-ror B."
"WOWZA! You mean Miror B., the past Cipher Admin and present disco star? AWESOME!" I yelled, going slightly crazy. Wait, what? Who typed that? WHO?
"Uh... Yeah, him." Michael sweat dropped.
"What, a guy can't love disco?"
Suddenly, a piece of 3-D cloth that matched the part of the cave it was on dropped down to reveal three people. All were males in a jumpsuit and veiled helmets with the letters "M B." on them. One had green-died hair and a green jumpsuit, another had brown hair and a brown jumpsuit, and the last had red hair and a red jumpsuit.
"HA! Meet three of the six Hexagon Brothers, top-ranking Grunts in Team Miror B.!" shouted the red one. "I'm Resix!"
"I'm Greesix!" said the green one.
"And I'm Browsix!" the brown-clad one cried out.
"And you're all very weird!" I yelled, annoyed at the introductions. I KNEW WHO THEY WERE! SHEESH!
"Hey, hey, hey... We're brothers! We should all be treated by, in this case, three-fold kindness!" Browsix growled.
"We have three-fold power!" snarled Resix.
"And three-fold underwear!" shouted Greesix.
A sweat drop appeared on my brow at the "underwear" thing. "AND YOU'RE ALL THREE-FOLD STUPID!"
All three glared at me, and my comrades laughed their heads off...
"It's not a joke. Anyway, Resix, I thought you, you're idiotic brothers here, as well as Yellosix, Purpsix, and Blusix were Cipher Peons."
"WE WERE!" came a booming group of voices. A group of people in the same clothing as the other Hexagon Brothers ran up to us from a tunnel. One was in yellow, another blue, and last a purple one.
"I am..." started the blue-wearer.
"I KNOW! The purple is Purpsix, yellow is Yellosix, and blue is Blusix!" I shouted.
"Hmph... Big bully."
"GRR! WHADDYA WANT FROM US, HEXAGON BROS.?"
Michael spoke up. "They annoyed me this much as well, lad."
"Clearly... Guys, I know we gotta beat 'em, but if their battling skills are as good as their taunting skills... We're doomed." Brendan whispered after pulling us into a tight group.
"Yes, but bigger isn't always better..." I said as an evil look popped up on my face.
"Oh, boy. I can already see those gears in your head working, Pat. What are you up to?" May asked.
"Well, if we take 'em on two at a time in double battles with a partner, our two-fold power may beat their three-fold or whatever!"
"Br-r-r-r-rilliant!" Michael complemented.
"Just in case, Michael, you battle with Brendan and May, I'm afraid you'll be stuck with me." I said.
"In case what, Pat?" May asked. I gave no reply...
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"Let's do this, Greesix and Yellosix!" Brendan shouted as he pulled out a Great Ball. Michael pulled out a Poke Ball as Yellosix and Greesix both pulled Poke Balls from their belts.
"Browsix and Purpsix, you shall lose!" I growled, pulling a Great Ball from my belt. May did as well, and the two Hexagon Bros. we were fighting pulled out two Poke Balls.
"Let's do this!" I called out. Brendan, May, me, and Michael threw out our Balls in that order, saying (Also in that order.):
"Seviper!"
"Magby!"
"Pikachu!"
"And Jolteon!"
Upon the respective battlefields materialized Brendan's Seviper, my Pikachu, May's Magby, and Michael's Jolteon, and Electric Element with a lion-like appearance. It had large, yellow-lined, diamond-shaped ears, a white jagged mane, a short but wide, jagged yellow tail, black eyes, a small black nose, and a yellow body. All gave howls from being released to battle.
'Alright... Michael's using his evolved starter...' I thought.
In the following order, the Hexagon Bros. threw their Balls and shouted: Greesix, Browsix, Yellosix, and lastly Purpsix.
"Let's go! Seedot!"
"Baltoy!"
"Mareep!"
"And Gulpin!"
With four flashes of light, on Michael and Brendan's battlefield, appeared a Seedot, a Grass Element with an acorn body, a brownish-gray cap with circular designs and a stem, large yellow eyes underneath the cap with a black iris and yellow pupil, and yellow, oval-shaped feet with a line around the middle. Beside it appeared a Mareep, an Electric Element with a sheep-like body. It had yellow, puffy wool over its main body, a blue head with a yellow curl of wool and two black and yellow-striped, cone-shaped, horizontal ears, four barely visible blue feet, and a black-yellow striped tail ending with a yellow sphere.
"See-dot!" chirped Seedot in a high-pitched voice.
"Mar-e-e-e-e-e-e-ep!" trilled Mareep.
On the battlefield where May and I were at appeared a Baltoy, a Ground/Psychic Element with a clay-colored body, a point on its oval-shaped head, red marks over its closed eyes, a red mark on its small, circular belly, a point on the bottom of its abdomen that is stood and spun on, and two flat arms with no fingers or anything that weren't much less than balancers. Next to it was a Gulpin, a Poison-Type that had the form of a green bag-like creature with a yellow feather on its head, two fat fingers on each side of its body with no arms, a black diamond on its back, two lines for eyes, and lastly, a large mouth with a purple interior color.
"Bal-toy!" cried Baltoy.
"Guuuuuuuuul-pin..." droned Gulpin in a low voice.
BATTLE COMMENCE!
Right away I noticed that the Hexagon Bros.' Pokemon were the same species as their Shadow Pokemon from Cipher's second time in Orre. But did they have real Shadows was the question...
(Please note that I shall only type a battle at a time to save you from confusion.)
Brendan and Michael's battle
Battle statistics: This is a three-on-three (Intriguing, eh?) double battle with no time limit or substitutions.
Michael's Jolteon and Brendan's Seviper vs. Team Miror B. Grunts Greesix's Seedot and Yellosix's Mareep
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Seviper, use Shadow Rush!" ordered Brendan, pointing toward Mareep.
Seviper began glowing purple and a sinister smirk formed up on its face as it began to slither quickly toward the Electric sheep. The strike hit, despite Mareep's trying to dodge, and brought it down to the low yellows!
"Hmph...!" Yellosix grunted. "Mareep, use Thundershock!"
Mareep's body began to glow a yellow hue as a small lightning bolt blasted from its body onto Seviper. Only a minute amount of damage was caused.
"Thundershock? HA-HA!" Brendan laughed mockingly. But then, electricity crackled from Seviper briefly.
"Huh?"
"THE JOKE'S ON YOU, BRENDAN! Your Seviper's been Paralyzed!"
"And now it's my turn to attack!" Greesix growled. "Seedot, use Bullet Seed!"
Seedot began to shoot yellow seed-shaped objects from where its mouth would be, in multiples of two, three, and four... They hit Jolteon several times, but because of the Electric Element's high level, barely did a thing.
"You may do this one, laddie." Michael said to Brendan.
"Okay... Seviper, use Shadow Rush again!"
Seviper's body glowed a dark purple. He tackled Mareep again with a wide evil smirk, depleting the rest of its HP.
"MAREEP!" Yellosix growled, seeing his sheep flop down. "Grr... Return!" With a flash of red, Mareep was withdrawn back into its Poke Ball, in Yellosix's hand.
"I'll let you replace it, brother."
"Excellent... It's time Grovyle!" Greesix snarled. He threw a Great Ball into the air, and out popped out a Grovyle, a Grass Element with a red underside, except for a small green stripe across the belly. The rest of his lizard-like body was a light green shade, save the three dark green scythe-shaped leaves coming out of each wrist, a long streamer-like leaf flowing from the tip of its head, and the two sharp leaves that served as "a" tail.
Suddenly, from a gray mechanical contraption on Michael's right ear slid out (With a poof of dust) a green object, not unlike like my Snag Machine's visor... His Aura Reader!
It centered on Grovyle, and revealed a sinister purple aura around it... SHADOW POKEMON ALERT!
"Good thing I still have an Ultr-r-ra Ball or two left..." Michael sighed. He told Brendan that Grovyle was a Shadow.
"Wow... Well, we can take it..." Brendan said assuredly.
Michael's Jolteon and Brendan's Seviper vs. TMB Grunt Greesix's Grovyle and Seedot
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Seedot, use Giga Drain!"
Brendan's eyes widened at the thought of such a weak Pokemon using a strong attack. Seedot lifted its small feet up and spun on the small point on the bottom of its body as a green ball of energy appeared in front of it. Suddenly green bursts of sparkling energy streamed from Jolteon, flying into the ball of energy ahead of Seedot, who was healed somewhat.
"Humph... You'll never-r-r-r-r win this, Gr-r-r-ressix... I'll end your pitiful Seedot's battling days now!" Michael said loudly with a smirk. "Now, Jolteon! THUNDER-R-R-R-R-R!"
Jolteon's black eyes glinted yellow for a second, followed by the forming of strange dark clouds inside the cave, over Seedot. With a burst of light and crackle of thunder, a large, yellow blast of lightning rained down on the Grass Element. While not very effective, Jolteon's strike knocked Seedot out!
"Whoa..." Brendan gasped. He now realized how strong his redheaded partner was. "Michael... Your Jolteon is so strong..."
"Thank you, lad. We appr-r-reciate the complements."
"Well, you need 'em if ya wanna try and be as strong as me..."
"Grr... Contain it..."
"HEY! Messing up popular slang and such is Pat's job! Anyway..." A sweat drop appeared on Michael's head...
By now, Seedot had been safely secured in his Poke Ball by Greesix.
Michael's Jolteon and Brendan's Seviper vs. TMB Grunt Greesix's Grovyle
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Seviper, use your Shadow Rush!"
Seviper's body gleamed a dark violet color as its regular grin turned into a smirk. It then snaked (LITERALLY!) toward Grovyle and tackled it. The inevitable outcome was obvious; it wasn't very effective.
"HA!" Greesix taunted.
"I'm afraid I can't help you, Brendan. My Jolteon may knock that Grovyle out!" Michael whispered.
"Well… I guess I'll have to handle this battle then…"
Greesix broke their conversation with:
"Grovyle, use Dragonbreath!"
Grovyle's mouth opened, and a flash of green light emitted from it. Then a burst of green flames and fire beamed out onto Seviper, causing a powerful hit to the Poison Element.
"Seviper!" Brendan cried out. "Use your Shadow Rush!"
Seviper began to move, but suddenly yellow electricity crackled from him, ceasing his movement.
"No!"
'Okay, maybe I should help the poor lad…' Michael thought.
"Grovyle, use Shadow Wave!"
Grovyle closed its eyes, and then opened its mouth to form a shadowy ball. As soon as its eyes opened, the ball split into two and hit both Jolteon and Seviper.
"And now use Dragonbreath!"
A green flame appeared in Grovyle's mouth and blasted out towards Seviper. However…
"Jolteon, take the hit!"
Before Dragonbreath hit Seviper, Jolteon sprinted into the path of the draconic attack and took it.
"MICHAEL! What the heck are you doing?" Brendan yelled.
"Laddie, I have a few weaker Pokemon that I could bring out to help. But to do that, I need Jolteon or Seviper to faint, since I can't swap out Pokemon!"
"Oh... Wait, I have a quicker way to do that..."
"Ya do?"
"Uh-huh. Seviper, use Shadow Rush on JOLTEON!"
Seviper gave a look to Brendan that said "ARE YOU NUTS?" but did anyway. He tackled Jolteon with a purple aura and evil smile. Jolteon flinched dramatically, and gave a glare at Brendan and Seviper.
"Jolteon, don't attack 'im!" Michael cried out, seeing electricity spark from his Pokemon's back.
"Seviper, use Shadow Rush some more!"
And so, Seviper went about thrashing his own partner with Shadow Rush. Greesix looked in amazement and thought, 'WHAT KINDA PEOPLE ARE THESE IDIOTS!'
Then, after several hits, Jolteon fell down onto its belly, exhausted.
"That's good, Jolteon. I'm sor-r-r-r-r-ry about that... Return." Michael recalled his faithful Electric Element, and then held out another Poke Ball.
"Well, Brendan, here's my other-r-r-r-r-r Pokemon... I never battled with it much. It was a Shadow Pokemon, but it's now Pur-r-r-rified. And now... In choose you, Spinarak!"
With a burst of light appeared a Spinarak, a Bug/Poison Element with a green spider-like body, two large, black eyes with white pupils, a white horn on its head, two small, red pincers for a mouth, and six, yellow, spider-like legs with black middle bands. On the back of the abdomen was a black pattern identical to a face; a pair of black dots for two eyes and a flat line for a mouth.
Suddenly, there came a cry from across the cave: "AHH! I HATE SPIDERS! I'M ARACHNAPHOBIC!" It was me.
A sweat drop appeared on Michael's and Brendan's heads, but they quickly resumed the battle.
Michael's Spinarak and Brendan's Seviper vs. TMB Grunt Greesix's Grovyle
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Spinarak, use your-r-r Poison Sting!"
From between Spinarak's pincers shot several purple needles. They hit Grovyle and delivered a super effective hit. Of course, being a weak attack meant that Grovyle was only weakened a bit.
"Seviper, use your Fury Cutter!"
Seviper's tail began glowing a greenish color. He slithered over to Grovyle and slashed him, delivering another super effective yet still weak hit.
"I think it's ready..." Michael said. He grabbed an Ultra Ball with his Snag Machine hand, and it became surrounded with red energy. It then was tossed onto Grovyle with a cry of, "Go, Snag Ball!" from Michael. The Grass Element was vacuumed up with the same red-hued energy. The Snag Ball fell to the ground and shook several times, and ceased. Michael had successfully Snagged a Shadow Pokemon! After two years, he still had it!
Meanwhile...
Mine and May's Battle
"Prepare to be beaten down, you two!" I yelled.
Battle statistics: This is a four-on-four (This'll be different.) double battle with no substitutions or time limits.
My Pikachu and May's Magby vs. TMB Grunts Browsix's Baltoy and Purpsix's Gulpin
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Magby, use your Ember!"
From Magby's cone-shaped mouth came small, orange fireballs. They beamed out onto Baltoy, bringing the Ground/Psychic Pokemon's HP down a bit.
"Ha! Baltoy, retaliate with Mud-Slap!"
Baltoy spun around a few times, twirling brown mud in Pikachu's direction.
"Go, Pikachu! Deflect it with Shadow Rush!"
With a purple glow surrounding him, and an evil smirk on his face, my Electric Pokemon rammed its little body into the oncoming mud, deflecting it onto the ground. The glow disappeared as Pikachu returned to its spot.
"GRR!" Browsix growled.
"And now, Pikachu, use Thundershock!"
Pikachu's red cheek pouches sparked with electricity, and a small bolt of lightning came hurtling toward Gulpin.
"Baltoy, take it!" shouted Browsix. His Baltoy bounced into the electricity's path, absorbing it. Nothing was done to it, being a Ground Element.
"Now, May!" I shouted.
"Right! Magby, Shadow Rush!"
Magby began glowing a sinister purple as a smirk formed on its face. With a jump, it rammed Baltoy, causing major damage.
"And now, Pikachu! Shadow Rush that Gulpin!"
Pikachu's body became illuminated as well, and with a slap of the tail, Gulpin received a Shadow Rush as well, since Baltoy had been knocked away.
The two fainted at that time, falling over onto their faces.
"NO!" cried Browsix and Purpsix.
The two recalled their Pokemon, and both brought out two more Poke Balls, only Browsix's was a Great Ball.
"Let's go, Grimer!" shouted the purple-clad one of the twosome.
With a flash of white light, a Grimer appeared on the cave floor field.
"Grim-er!" it grunted as several purple globs of poison dropped onto the floor.
"EW!" cried May.
"And now, time for you! Diglett!" yelled Browsix.
He tossed his Great Ball, and it released a burst of blue-white light. From the light appeared a Diglett, a Ground-Type with a small, brown body in the shape of an elongated oval. It donned a red, oval-shaped nose and two black eyes. The body was only partially seen, as the rest was buried in a small mound of dirt around the body.
"Dig-lett!" it shrieked.
Suddenly, my Snag Machine's visor appeared and went across my eyes.
"Diglett. Level 18. Ground Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Rush and Shadow Sky. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"Well, well, well... Looks like the ex-Cipher Peons wanted some revenge..." I said.
"They stole Shadow Pokemon from Cipher? But that's your job, Pat!"
A chuckled came from my throat as I looked at May briefly. "My, my... I guess Brendan loves a sit-down comedian."
"Uh, stand-up."
"That too!"
My Pikachu and May's Magby vs. TMB Grunts Browsix's Diglett and Purpsix's Grimer
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"We deserve the first strike! Grimer, Sludge 'em!" shouted Purpsix.
From Grimer's mouth, a large toxic purple glob of poison hurtled towards Pikachu. It blasted into the poor Pokemon, with excess the excess sludge splashing everywhere.
"Pikachu!" I cried.
"And now, Diglett, Shadow Sky!" ordered Browsix.
With an eerie purple glow from its body, a large gleam emitted from the cave ceiling.
"Um... Nothing happened." May said blankly.
"Shadow Sky is like a Hail attack, May. It spits out little purple energy balls from clouds. They hurt all Pokemon that aren't Shadows." I explained as I watched dark purple clouds fog up the ceiling.
"Well, then..." smirked May. "I didn't know Browsix was suicidal."
"Huh?" said Browsix.
"BOTH OF OUR POKEMON ARE SHADOWS, YOU IDIOT! DON'T YOU REMEMBER THEM USING SHADOW RUSH!"
"OH NO!"
I looked over at Michael and Brendan's battle to see Michael summon a Spinarak... And since I hated spiders...
"AHH! I HATE SPIDERS! I'M ARACHNAPHOBIC!" I screamed. A clobber to the head from May put my mind back to the battle.
"Ahem... Uh, May, you can attack. Ladies first."
"Funny, you never said that before. Anyway... Magby, use your Shadow Rush!"
Magby's mouth became as much as a smirk it could become as a shadowy cloud of energy surrounded it. The Fire Element then leapt up and tackled Grimer, and returned to its side of the field.
"Well, there's one..." I taunted, returning to what May said to Browsix moments ago. "And now Pikachu, use Shadow Rush as well!"
With a smirk on his face and a purple aura surrounding him, Pikachu dashed into Grimer, ultimately causing the noxious Pokemon to faint.
"And there's two..." May said.
"Grr..." snarled Purpsix, seeing his last Pokemon KO'd. With a red beam of light, he recalled Grimer to its Ball.
My Pikachu and May's Magby vs. TMB Grunt Browsix's Diglett
BATTLE COMMENCE!
Before anyone could utter a word, several balls of black-colored energy rained down from the purple haze above us. They bounced right off of the Shadow Pokemon, but not us.
"Ow!" cried May as it all pelted her head.
Browsix had pulled out an umbrella to shield him, and I held up my new cloak. After about a minute, it stopped showering the strange things.
"May, next time that stuff comes, you should get over here. I'll shield us with my cloak." I said, throwing the foresaid piece of clothing back, so that it fluttered briefly.
"Okay."
"Get on with the... Oh, never mind. Diglett, use Shadow Rush!" yelled our ex-Cipher enemy.
Diglett slid down its hole, and reappeared from a new mound in front of Magby, now surrounded by a purple aura, also having an evil smile. The Ground Element slammed into Magby, causing only slight damage.
"Magby, counterattack with Ember!"
Magby blew out several fiery balls at Diglett, and they hit. Because of the closeness, the Fire attack was critical.
"And Pikachu, use Shadow Rush again!"
Pikachu charged into Diglett with a smirk and a purple haze trailing behind him. While not very effective, Diglett's HP was in the yellows.
And then the dark balls of energy from Shadow Sky began to rain down.
"MAY!" I shouted.
My female friend ran over to my location, clung on to me, and with my cloak spread out, we were shielded by the large piece of clothing.
It had stopped, so May let go of my body.
"Uh... Thanks, Pat. For, you know, saving me from certain pain. Heh-heh." A red blush appeared on her cheeks.
"N-no problem, May. So... Where were we...? Ah, yes. ANNHILATING YOU, BROWSIX!"
He growled at us, and then yelled:
"Well, YOU CAN'T SNAG MY POKEMON! ONLY THAT DWEEB CAN SNAG SHADOW POKEMON!"
"Oh, really?" With a harsh laugh, I slipped a Great Ball into the Snag Machine. It began to glow red as it came out on my hand, and with a throw, it began sucking up Diglett. When the Snag Ball dropped down from its aerial perch, it swayed several times, with a maraca-like sound. When it stopped, May, I, and Browsix knew it had been caught.
"HA! TAKE THAT, BROWN-BOY!" May taunted. He and all the other Hexagon Brothers that had been defeated ran into the inner depths of the cave. With that over, Brendan and Michael came toward us.
"Geez, Pat. When I first met you, I thought you were a fearless evil wannabe."
"WANNABE!"
"And now you're acrophobic, spider-phobic..."
"ARACHNAPHOBIC! AND I AM NOT!"
"But you said you were outside, and you freaked out when Michael got his Spinarak out!"
A dark expression came over my face. "That's it, Snow Top. Sugar Head. Bleach hair."
"OH, YEAH! WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER HERE AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE!"
I then pulled off Brendan's headband, and began to stretch it. With his elastic garment off, his matted, yet spiky-ish hair flipped and flopped into a more girly style.
"Well, Mr. Girly Hair, ha-ha-ha..."
"GRR! GIMME HEADBAND OR YOU DIE!"
I picked up a small rock that was really made of crushed up dirt stuck together. Putting it in Brendan's headband, I pulled it back.
"Wait, you wouldn't..."
WHAP! I let the slingshot-like thing go, and the dirt rock slammed into Brendan's face.
"Ooh..." He fell down.
"NO! PAT...!" May grabbed my shirt collars. "HOW CAN YOU COMA-IFY MY BRENDAN!"
"Relax, May. It was a pebble composed of dirt. Soft clay, kinda."
"Oh." She let go.
I shook my head at the sight of all the nonsense, and then turned towards Resix and Blusix.
"I'll let May and Brendan take those two on, once Brendan wakes up. Though, they are the strongest of 'em all."
"They can do it, laddie!" Michael said. May nodded in agreement.
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After Brendan woke up, and clobbered me in the head a few times, he and May walked over to Blusix and Resix.
"It's time, Hexagon Brothers!" Brendan shouted, drawing out a Great Ball. May got out a Poke Ball, as did the remaining two Hexagon Brothers.
"Let's go, Seviper!"
"I choose you, Furret!"
With a burst of bluish-white light and white light appeared Brendan's Seviper. Beside it appeared a Furret, a Normal Element with a long body, colored tan on the underside, except for brown rings along the tail, and brown fur along the back. Its ears were pointed a bit, and it arms and hands were small, colored brown at the tips, tan at the arms, and there were two brown marks below its black eyes.
"Se-VIPER!" cried out Seviper.
"Fu-u-urret!" shouted Furret.
"Ready, Blue?" said Resix.
"I couldn't be more! I choose you, Spheal!"
"And you, Houndour!"
Upon the field appeared a Spheal, a Water/Ice Element with blue coloring its round back and face, with white spots on the sides of it, a white-yellow belly and small arms, two white fangs, short, round ears, and a seal-like tail.
Beside it materialized a Houndour, a Fire/Dark Element with a black body and reddish-orange snout and underside, two silver half-rings across its back, a silver object on its forehead, silver rings right above its paws, and a dog-like tail.
"Spheal!"
"Houn-dour!"
Battle statistics: This is a three-on-three double battle with no substitutions or time limits.
May's Furret and Brendan's Seviper vs. TMB Grunts Resix's Houndour and Blusix's Spheal
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Seviper, use Bite attack!"
Seviper's mouth opened as its large fangs began to glow a dark color. He slithered toward Spheal, ready to bite down.
"Furret, use Take Down!"
Furret reared up onto its legs and then rushed forward towards Houndour. When the attack hit, Furret took a little bit of damage.
"Spheal, Icy Wind!"
"Houndour, Ember!"
Both Spheal and Houndour opened their mouths and breathed out several balls, Spheal's icy blue and Houndour's red. The attacks stopped Furret and Seviper.
"Grr..." Brendan growled.
"Furret, go! Use Take Down again!"
Furret dashed toward Houndour again.
"Ha! Houndour, use Flamethrower!"
Houndour blew out a large burst of fire, colored orange, red, and white.
"Furret, use Quick Attack to dodge!" May shouted.
With white light now trailing behind it, Furret sprinted into the... well, line of fire, but then dodged it all, running under Flamethrower. He struck Houndour from underneath, knocking the Dark/Fire Pokemon up a bit.
"And now finish with Thunderbolt!"
Furret's body began to glow a yellow light, and from the light shot out several lightning bolts. With the target coming down quickly, the Electric attack was critical, knocking out Houndour.
"AWESOME! Nice job, Furret!" May cheered.
"Fu-u-u-urret!" replied Furret, wagging its ears.
"Hmph..." muttered Resix, recalling his Pokemon. "You may have beaten my Houndour, but can you beat this? Let's go! GROWLITHE!"
Resix threw a Great Ball out onto the field, and from it popped out a Growlithe, a Fire Element with another canine body. Its fur was an orange color, and the under side and fluffy tail was yellow-brown in color. Several black streaks were across the Pokemon's orange fur, the claws on each foot were white, a tuft of yellow-brown hair was at the top of its head, and the nose was black.
"Grr... OWLITHE!" snarled Growlithe.
Suddenly, the green visor from my Snag Machine responded, and came up. It centered on Growlithe.
"Growlithe. Level 18. Fire Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Rush and Shadow Mist. SHADOW POKEMON!"
Michael's Aura Reader responded as well, and after that, we both shouted:
"MAY! BRENDAN! GROWLITHE IS A SHADOW!"
The two looked at us and nodded.
May's Furret and Brendan's Seviper vs. TMB Grunts Resix's Growlithe and Blusix's Spheal
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Spheal, use Ice Beam!"
Spheal shot a thunderbolt-style blast of blue ice towards Seviper.
"Furret, guard Seviper with Protect!"
Furret dashed in front of Seviper and formed a golden shield in front of the two. Ice Beam deflected right off.
"Thanks, May." Brendan said.
"No problem! Furret, now use Take Down!"
Furret deformed the shield, and sprinted into Growlithe with large force, bringing Growlithe's HP down to a low green section. Of course... Furret was also hurt slightly, but what's Take Down without recoil?
"And Seviper, use Bite attack!" Brendan yelled.
Seviper's massive fangs began to glow a dark color as the Poison Element slithered towards Spheal, and then bit down. Once the attack was completed, Seviper returned to his position in front of Mr. Snow Top. (MWA-HA-HA-HA!)
"Spheal! Use Blizzard now!"
Spheal began to move, but was stopped suddenly as a look of fear came on its face.
"Huh?" Blusix said.
"HA! Bite must've made Spheal flinch!" Brendan gloated.
"Grr..." Spheal returned to its previous position.
"Humph... Growlithe, use Shadow Rush!"
Growlithe, glowing in a dark aura and having an evil smirk, slammed its canine body into Furret, delivering a heavy blow.
"Ah, Furret!" May cried. "Are you okay?"
"Furr..." Furret groaned, and then nodded. "Furret!"
"Okay... Good."
Back on the sidelines (The cave walls), I leaned against one of the stalagmites rising from the cave floor, closed my eyes, and thought:
'Why do those two care so much for their Pokemon? I know they're living animals, but come on! I think Pokemon are mostly just tools for battling and household chores! Wait a second, that's too Cipher-ish..."
"Something on your mind, laddie?" Michael asked, breaking my train of thought.
"Uh, no, Michael. Nothing. Just thinking to myself and speaking to my highly sophisticated brain."
A sweat drop slid down Michael's head, and he turned back to the battle.
'Now, let's see... I was about to figure out a way to defeat any of my comrades... I don't know why, but...' I thought...
Back to the battle.
"Furret, use Flamethrower!"
A flash of red, white, and orange light appeared from Furret's mouth, and once it opened, the Normal Element unleashed a blazing beam of fire towards Spheal. The attack hit, knocking the small Pokemon out.
"NO!" shrieked Blusix.
"Wow, May... What doesn't that thing know?" Brendan asked.
"Well... It's good for it to know other moves, in case we see a multi-Type trainer. My Delcatty knows a lot of strange moves, too!"
"Oh, yeah!"
"Return, Spheal..." muttered Blusix. He took out Spheal's Ball and recalled the dual Pokemon with a red laser.
"It's up to you, Resix. Otherwise, Master Miror B. is going to be furious!"
"Oh, thanks for the extra pressure, Blue."
May's Furret and Brendan's Seviper vs. TMB Grunt Resix's Growlithe
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Furret, we're in the home stretch! Use Tackle!"
Furret rushed into Growlithe, bringing it into the yellows.
"Michael..." I said.
"What is it, lad?"
"Snagging Growlithe is possible now. Use this." I tossed him an Ultra Ball. I had picked it up before at Delma Pillar while no one was looking.
"Okay. Go..."
He held the yellow, black, and white sphere in the palm of his Snag Machine hand, and as it became surrounded by red energy, he tossed it and hit Growlithe. The Fire Pokemon was vacuumed into the now open Ultra Ball with a red beam. Once it was in, the Ball wiggled on the ground slightly, but soon stopped. Growlithe had been captured!
"Nice one, Michael." I said. As I went to pick up the Poke Ball, May grabbed it instead.
"I call it! And Grovyle!"
"No way May! I get 'em!" Brendan said.
"I believe I deserve them."
"NO WAY!"
"MINE!"
"THEY'RE BOTH MINE!"
"FORGET IT!"
Finally, I lost my temper. "Shut up!" I roared. The two stopped arguing and began to cling to each other at my outburst.
"We'll decide who gets them later, okay?" I placed the two Poke Balls into May's Poke Ball pouches on her hips. At this movement, May blushed.
"Pat... Never do that again." She said as the color of her face turned from pink to crimson.
"Ugh... Fine, May."
Suddenly, a growl erupted from where the two strongest Hexagon Bros. had been. In front of Resix (Blusix had run deeper into the cavern) was a Charmeleon. In the lizard-like Pokemon's mouth was a red, white, and orange ball of flames.
"I would suggest returning those Shadow Pokemon... Otherwise, someone will get burnt to a crisp with Flamethrower! And I mean... The girl."
A squeal of fright came from May as Charmeleon pointed its head towards her.
"YOU WOULDN'T DARE!" Brendan growled.
"Oh, I would."
"Grr...! IT'S GO TIME!"
"Brendan...!" I shouted. He stopped, and looked back at me.
"Let me handle this. Resix, I'll start by saying that you disgust me." My eyes began to flash a green color...
"Uh-oh..." May said worriedly.
"Try to get your pitiful attack across. Just try!"
Resix signaled for Charmeleon to release Flamethrower. It did, and a blast of fire came my way.
"NO! PAT!" cried May.
"NO!" exclaimed Brendan.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY, LADDIE!" yelled Michael. But I stayed put...
Before the attack hit, I kneeled, and whipped my cloak so I was shielded. But instead of it being burnt to a crisp, the Fire attack was reflected back, and away from the scene.
"WHAT THE HECK!" screamed Resix.
"HUH!" cried my three comrades.
"Ha-ha-ha... I put a layer of reflective, element-resistant rubber on my cloak." I stood up from my kneeling position.
"And now, Resix... For trying to harm one of us... YOU MUST PAY THE PRICE!" My voice echoed throughout the cave as a large, super strong gust of wind entered from the opening. It whipped around Resix and formed a small tornado, and tossed him into the deeper parts of the cave.
"UGH! Ooh... I'm okay...!" he called out weakly. "AAH! WILD ZUBAT! HELP!"
A sweat drop dripped down my forehead, and my eyes turned to normal.
"Ugh..." I moaned, dropping to my knees.
"PAT!" May, Michael, and Brendan cried. They came towards me, and lifted up my weakened body.
"Are you okay? Every time you're in danger or get to... 'evil'..." May began.
"Your eyes flash an emerald color, and now..." Brendan added.
"You have some str-r-r-range wind power! Like now, when you summoned a whole WINDSTORM!" Michael exclaimed. (Hmm... That one word sounds familiar...)
"Yeah, I know... And I seriously don't know how I do it... Anyway..."
I stood up after my friends let go. And then we began to hear music...
"Oh, nuts..." groaned Michael.
"Oh yeah, baby!" I cheered.
A tall and thin person walked from the inner reaches of the cavern. This person wore purple pants, dark blue high-heeled (And he's a guy!) shoes with yellow-gold bottoms, a black belt with a large golden star in the middle, a black glove on his right hand, a yellow scarf around his neck, blue glasses, a purple shirt which was open to reveal his chest, and two small ear rings dangling from his ears (I don't really think that the whole boys-having-ear-rings thing is all that good or cool, but that's just me.) Oh, and did I mention the extreme, about three-feet-in-diameter afro on his head? It had a zigzag down the middle, separating the red right side from the white left side.
"And here is The King of Disco, the Balled-Hair Man, the one and only... MIROR B.!" he shouted. "Oh, and what have we here? Three new pests and... WAH! MICHAEL!"
"Yes, I'm back, Miror B.! HA-HA!"
"And I thought I had strange hair..." Brendan sweat dropped.
"Well, Mister Miror B... A pleasure to meet someone who loves disco." I said.
"Ooh! We have two disrespectful people, and one person who like my hobbies! Anyway... We've lost track here. I've come to challenge one of you to a battle... Besides Michael." Miror B. said. His voice had a whiny tone... The voice behind the wall I heard.
"I'll take the challenge!" I shouted. May objected.
"Pat, you need to take it easy..."
"FORGET IT! Let's do this Miror B..."
"LET THE MUSIC PLAY!" we both shouted.
With that, several horns popped out from the cave walls, and they began to blare music... A disco beat.
"Let's go, Miror B.!" I shouted.
He began to jump backwards and do a midair split, as I spun furiously to my trainers' box, or where it would be.
"I choose you, Voltorb!" shouted Miror B.
From within a Poke Ball appeared a Voltorb.
"Volt-orb!" it droned.
"Hmm! Go, Diglett!"
I tossed a Great Ball out, and my newest Pokemon, Diglett, materialized.
"Dig!" it squeaked.
Battle statistics: This is a six-on-six battle with no time limit or substitutions.
My Diglett vs. Team Miror B. Leader Miror B.
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Diglett, begin with Shadow Sky!"
Diglett released a dark beam of energy towards the ceiling, and a dark aura filled the "sky".
"Voltorb, use Sonicboom!"
Voltorb rolled back a bit, and then jumped up, landing with a loud roar. It released several vibrating strands of sound waves, toward Diglett, who was hit.
And then, the black energy balls from Shadow Sky rained down upon our Pokemon. Diglett felt nothing, but Voltorb's HP took a small blow. And of course, I shielded me with my cloak, and Miror B.'s afro took care of the problem.
"Now, Diglett! Use Magnitude!"
Diglett's face got a look of anger on it, and he began pushing up and down in his hole several times. A beam of brown energy was released in a circular form, with a golden number four rising above it.
"ONLY MAGNITUDE FOUR!" I yelled.
The Ground attack still did a large amount of damage to Voltorb, being super effective.
"GRR! Voltorb!" Miror B. whined.
"And now, Diglett, finish it off with Shadow Rush!"
Diglett became surrounded with a purple energy, and disappeared into his burrow. He reappeared in front of Voltorb, now having an evil smile. But before he hit...
"Voltorb! Selfdestruct!"
Voltorb began glowing in a white light, and then an explosion occurred, knocking out both Pokemon.
"Aw, man! Return, Diglett!"
"You too, Voltorb!"
We both held out our Pokemon's respective Balls, and they were recalled with a red beam of energy.
"Next up, Pikachu!" I shouted, and then did a disco spin to throw the Great Ball. From it burst bluish-white light, and Pikachu.
"Pi-ka-chu!" it said.
"Ha! Lombre!" yelled Miror B.
From a Poke Ball appeared a Lombre, a Water/Grass Element with a green, leaf-like dish on its head, a sea-green, slimy body with some parts colored green, sea green arms and hands with the same colored thumbs and red claws, green legs with red claws, and a red mark for a mouth.
"Lom-bre!" came its call.
My Pikachu vs. TMB Leader Miror B.'s Lombre
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Oh, Lombre! Use Rain Dance!"
Lombre nodded, and brought its arms above its head (Somehow without touching the leaf), where a blue sphere formed. It disappeared, and several gray clouds appeared above us, demolishing the Shadow Sky mist.
"Grr..." I growled. 'His Lombre must have the Rain Dish ability! No matter... I'll still defeat him!'
"Pikachu, use Light Screen!"
Pikachu waved its arms to create a shield of transparent light. It disappeared, but a green wave rose up around Pikachu, showing his increase in Special Defense, as well as my Poke Balls.
And then, the rain came down. But nothing happened, of course, except for the fact that it didn't stop.
'I thought the rain stopped for a while...' I thought.
"Pikachu, use Thundershock!"
Pikachu's red cheeks began flashing with yellow electricity. With a sudden yell, Pikachu released a small lightning bolt towards Lombre, who was hit.
"Lombre, use Water Gun!"
Lombre opened its red mouth, and released a small blast of water toward Pikachu.
"Evade!" I yelled.
Pikachu simply dashed out of the way.
The rain made Lombre begin to glow blue for a moment, and his HP was healed slightly.
"Wait a second... Water conducts electricity, so... PIKACHU, USE THUNDER NOW!"
"YOW!" screamed Miror B.
Pikachu's cheeks flashed again, only this time he released a huge wave of electrical power in the form of a thunderbolt with several others branching off. The attack hit Lombre, causing him to faint with the one powerful attack.
"NO!"
"Nice, Pikachu." I said.
Miror B. pulled out his Pokemon's Ball, and then threw out another one; a Great Ball.
"Let's go, Sudowoodo!"
With a burst of light appeared a Sudowoodo, a Rock-Type Pokemon with a tree-like, brown body, an appendage coming from its head shaped like a brown "Y", and arms with three fingers, each having a green circle attached to them.
"Sudo-woodo!" it grunted.
My Pikachu vs. TMB Leader Miror B.'s Sudowoodo
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Sudowoodo, use Rock Slide!"
Sudowoodo began stomping his feet on the ground, and several rocks began to fall from a strange rock peak (There I go again, italicizing words I didn't mean to. Like you really buy that.) near the field.
"Pikachu, break them up with Shadow Rush!"
Pikachu jumped up towards the falling rocks, with purple light trailing behind him, and an evil smirk plastered on his face. He spun in a vertical way, cracking all the stones and rocks apart, since they were softened by the falling rain.
"And now, use THUNDER!"
Now sparking with yellow electricity, Pikachu unleashed an enormous blast of Thunder onto Sudowoodo. The strong Electric attack hit critically, and was amazingly powerful enough to... KO Sudowoodo.
"WHAT!" cried Miror B.
"WHOA!" cried out May, Brendan, and Michael.
"I guess the bits of stone from the rocks Pikachu broke must've, uh, hit Sudowoodo, causing slight damage. Plus... THE RAIN IS WATER, AND SUDOWOODO IS A ROCK ELEMENT YOU IDIOT!"
Miror B. uttered a growl, and recalled his fallen Pokemon.
"Go, Ludicolo!"
From a Poke Ball thrown by my opponent appeared a Ludicolo, a Water/Grass Element with green arms and legs, a yellow duckbill-like mouth, a green diamond over the mouth where the eyes were, yellow hair or fur over the body, and a green sombrero-like object on its head. Placed in the center was a pineapple.
"Ludicolo!" shouted Ludicolo as he danced to the beat of the disco music.
"Try beating that, Pat!" Miror B. gloated.
My Pikachu vs. TMBL Miror B.'s Ludicolo
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Okay, Pikachu! Shadow Rush!"
Pikachu ran towards Ludicolo, with purple light trailing behind him, and an evil smirk on his face. The Electric Mouse slammed its tail into Ludicolo, causing a major amount of damage.
"And now, THUNDER AGAIN!"
Pikachu fell to its feet, and sent out another blast of electricity. Being within close range, Ludicolo was hit critically, and so he flopped over, fainted.
"Oh, yeah!" I cheered.
"Grr..." Miror B. growled.
"Well, Miror B., don't get your hair in a ball. Oh, wait. IT IS A BALL! HA-HA-HA-HA!" I mocked.
Miror B. recalled his Ludicolo, and brought out his next Pokemon.
"Another Ludicolo!" he yelled.
With a flash of light appeared a Ludicolo.
"Ludi!" it grunted.
"Another?" May sweat-dropped.
"He had five when I fought him in Gateon Port... But his Shadow Pokemon... I couldn't Snag." Michael said quietly.
"YOU? Well... What was the Pokemon?" Brendan asked.
Michael simply turned away.
My Pikachu vs. TMBL Miror B.'s Ludicolo (Gee, that sounds familiar.)
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Ludicolo, use Mega Drain!"
Ludicolo opened its mouth to form a small green ball of energy. Then, several streams of the same stuff beamed out of Pikachu into the ball. The attack brought Pikachu's HP into the yellows.
"Grr... Thunderbolt, Pikachu!"
My Electric Element stood up from the Mega Drain, and his cheeks flashed with electricity again. A smaller blast of lightning came out, lowering Ludicolo's HP.
"Hmph..." Miror B. huffed. The rain came down, but Ludicolo didn't flash green...
"If only this one had Rain Dish..." he muttered.
"HA! Pikachu, now use Quick Attack!"
With white light trailing behind him, Pikachu dashed towards Ludicolo. But, the Grass/Water Element sprinted out of the way!
"It has Swift Swim, which doubles its Speed in rain!" I realized.
"That's right. AND NOW, LUDICOLO! Hydro Pump!"
Ludicolo opened its mouth more, and shot out two blasts of water, twisting around each other. They hit Pikachu, and the strong Water move KO'd it... finally.
"Finally, Miror B.!" I shouted, then brought out Pikachu's Ball and recalled it.
"Here's my third Pokemon... Aerodactyl!"
With the toss of a Poke Ball and a flash of light, Aerodactyl materialized on the field.
"ROOOOOOOO!" he roared.
My Aerodactyl vs. TMBL Miror B.'s Ludicolo
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Ludicolo, use Fury Swipes!"
Sharp claws appeared on Ludicolo's hands as he neared Aerodactyl, preparing to slash. Miror B. didn't notice... the rain had stopped.
"Aerodactyl, use Wing Attack!"
Aerodactyl's wings became illuminated in white light, and he swooped down towards the oncoming Ludicolo.
"Dodge!" Miror B. yelled. His Pokemon tried to evade, but wasn't fast enough. The super effective Flying attack knocked out the Water/Grass dual.
"NO!"
"Ha-ha!" I laughed joyfully.
Recalling his fallen Ludicolo, Miror B. uttered a snarl. "Listen, Patty, you may have beaten my other five, but this one... YOU WON'T! I CHOOSE LOMBRE!"
Miror B. threw another Poke Ball out, and a Lombre appeared.
"Lom-bre!"
And then... My visor responded.
"Lombre. Level 21. Water/Grass Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Rush and Shadow Panic. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"A Shadow Pokemon!" I shouted.
My Aerodactyl vs. TMBL Miror B.'s Lombre
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Let's go, Lombre! Water Gun!"
Lombre opened its red mouth and unleashed a small beam of water towards Aerodactyl. The Water attack caused super effective damage.
"Aerodactyl, use the Return attack!"
Aerodactyl began glowing a faint white color, and flapped over to Lombre. He slashed furiously with his wings, and several hearts appeared within the slashing.
"Huh. Lombre, use Shadow Rush!"
Lombre, once recovered from the Return attack, began to smirk evilly, as well as having a dark purple haze behind him, tackled into Aerodactyl, causing another super effective blow to the Rock/Flying mix.
"Grr..." I growled.
"And now, finish it off with Water Pulse!" Miror B. yelled.
A shining ball of blue water gathered in Lombre's mouth, and it shot out in the form of three watery rings. They hit Aerodactyl, and laid down the finishing blow, KO'ing the Pokemon.
"Grr... I went easy. I'm still getting heated up!" I shouted.
"WARMED UP!" corrected May and Brendan.
"Uh... Heated up seems better, because Pat's... Getting mad." Michael mumbled, seeing the angry look on my face.
"Next up, is you: Gastly!"
I threw out a Poke Ball, and Gastly appeared on the field.
"Gastly..." it moaned.
My Gastly vs. TMBL Miror B.'s Lombre
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Gastly, use Lick!"
Gastly began to float towards Lombre with its tongue outstretched.
"Lombre, hit it with Shadow Rush!"
Lombre rammed into Gastly with a purple aura and an evil smile. Since Gastly was rather weak, he fainted immediately.
"WHAT?" I cried.
"Ho-ha!" laughed Miror B.
"Uh-oh..." Brendan said quietly.
"He doesn't have a good chance..." Michael said.
"Oh, come on, you two! Go, Pat!" May cheered.
My gaze didn't come off of the battle. Recalling Gastly, I muttered with gritted teeth:
"This time... My Pokemon will be triumphant..."
With the toss of an Ultra Ball, I summoned Elekid to the field.
"Elekid!" it grunted.
My Elekid vs. TMBL Miror B.'s Lombre
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Go, Elekid! Shadow Rush!"
Beginning to run towards Lombre, a purple haze enveloped Elekid, and a smirk appeared on his face. As he sped up, his arms circled around.
"Lombre, use Water Gun!"
Lombre shot out another blast of blue water, which caused damage and stopped Elekid's attack!
"Elekid! Use Thundershock now!"
Waving its arms, Elekid generated sparks of electricity, which shot out as one thin bolt. The weak attack hit Lombre, bringing its HP down a little more.
"Lombre, retaliate with Giga Drain!"
Between its palms, Lombre formed a green energy ball. Another formed in front of Elekid, and several streams of energy floated from Elekid's to Lombre's. Half the HP taken off of Elekid healed Lombre, meaning... It was fully healed. Know why? ELEKID WAS KNOCKED OUT!
"Aw, man! I thought my Pokemon could last longer..." I said in a half mutter as I recalled Elekid.
"Here comes my last Pokemon... CROCONAW!" I spun this time to throw out the Poke Ball containing my Pokemon.
"Croc-o-naw!"
'Please don't whine... please don't cry... please DO battle...' I thought.
And you won't believe it! Croconaw began to cry furiously, Anime style.
"ARGH!" I groaned.
"Ho-ho-ho! Looks like your Croconaw doesn't want to battle!" laughed Miror B.
"CROCONAW! EVERY TIME I USE YOU YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT! I DO NOT APPROVE! STOP YOUR CRYING AND FIGHT!" I roared, each word dripping with venom and exasperation.
This only made Croconaw cry harder...
"Grr...! If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a Pokemon who WON'T FIGHT!" As my anger and stress began to reach its maximum levels, my eyes... began to flash again.
"Oh no." Brendan said.
"No!" Michael cried out.
"SNAP OUT OF IT, PAT!" May shouted.
For the first time, my eyes became an emerald color twice in one day. One HOUR! And of course, so did Croconaw's.
"Miror B., you shall now taste the wrath... of my SKY HIGH power!" (Okay, anyone with a 5th Generation Pokemon game should know what the "master" Legendary is gonna be!)
'Wait a second... Sky High?' pondered Brendan.
"Croconaw... LETS FINISH HIM OFF!" I roared. Several nearly invisible green waves of energy pulsed from my body...
My Croconaw vs. TMBL Miror B.'s Lombre
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Uh... Lombre, use Shadow Rush?" said Miror B. in a frightened tone.
With purple energy flowing behind it and a smirk on its face, Lombre came toward Croconaw in a ramming position.
"Croconaw, use Scratch to stop it!"
Croconaw ran towards Lombre, and once the two met, the pure Water Element held out his claws and slashed Lombre, stopping his Shadow Rush.
"And then use Crunch!"
With dark-glowing teeth, Croconaw jumped towards Lombre and bit down on it, lowering its HP more.
"Grr! Lombre, use Razor Leaf!"
After it recovered from Crunch, Lombre brought its arms out, and swung them out, throwing several crescent-shaped leaves towards the still close-range Croconaw. They hit the crocodile-like Pokemon, causing major damage.
"Hmph... Croconaw, use Water Gun." I said calmly.
Opening its mouth for the five-millionth time, Croconaw shot a blast of water into Lombre's green face. Its HP dipped into the yellows, so it was time...
"SNAG BALL, GO!" I yelled, throwing an Ultra Ball with a red aura. It tapped Lombre, and sucked him inside with red light. The Ultra Ball fell to the floor of the cave and wiggled around furiously. After about a minute, it stopped. Lombre had been Snagged.
"Ha. I defeated you, Miror B. So that means... STOP THE MUSIC! HA-HA-HA!" I laughed. I walked into the field and picked up Lombre's Ball, and recalled Croconaw.
"I... Ugh... I-I'll take it... Ooh..." My eyes returned to normal again, and the strange, pulsing, green energy disappeared.
"NO! You messed up my rhythm! Grr... Next time we meet I'll mop the floor with you, using my elegance! Come, Hexagon Brothers! We must escape!" Miror B. ran out of the cave, and the Hexagon Brothers followed after cutting off the music.
I stuffed the used Ultra Ball into my pocket as May, Michael, and Brendan came up.
"Pat, what happened this time, lad? You nearly lost it!" Michael said.
"Eh, I don't know. I still won."
"Tr-r-rue... Anyway, I got to admit, your attitude was a bit like a Cipher member. I didn't like that!"
My eyes, which had been closed, opened at what Michael had said.
"About Lombre, Pat, I guess you can keep it. You need at least some good Pokemon to be as strong as me!" Brendan gloated.
"Yeah. Whatever." I muttered, then walked out of the cave.
"Was it something I said?"
"Actually, Brendan... He became slightly tense when I said something about a Cipher-ish attitude..." said Michael quietly.
"Huh... Probably hates Cipher a lot."
"Don't we all, lad?"
"Uh, Pat! What about your acrophobi..." May started to shout, seeing me near the cave's entrance.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" came my scream, which finished off what May was saying. ("Acrophobi..." "AAAAAAAAAH!")
"Oh, boy..." the three groaned.
They looked down the mountain to see me down on a flat plateau.
"I'm okay..." I groaned. "Except for the broken leg, neck, arms, head, mouth... I'm alright."
"At the mouth, we can rejoice..." Brendan muttered.
"I HEARD THAT!"
PM: Well, here's the unexpected Chapter! MWA-HA-HA! Maybe all the email stuff was wierd, I know. By the way, I think I made a small mistake; in Chapter Four I think, I made a new Mode (Like Hyper/Reverse), Mega Mode. But in Chapter 5/6, I called it Reverse. To save my brain confusion, I shall refer to it as Reverse Mode. I am sorry for this. And let's see... Do I have to say this is the longest Chapter in Patinator history? NOPE! The record is 189, and this is about 187! Kinda neck-and-neck, huh?