Chapter 12:
A Colossal Event, Pt. 3: My Masterful Might!
Lieno Coliseum:
Round One
The correct Snag Machine owner, I, walked to the trainer's box, ready for my challenge. However, before my foe came up from his/her elevator, everyone in the crowd had a scheme... They had kept the goopy stuff from a few days before, that Spit-Up attack, and began throwing it at me!
"AGH!" I cried out as one blob smacked my head, covering it in a grayish goop. I let out a growl and wiped it off, but it all kept coming!
"Would everyone PLEASE...?!" I snarled, angrily looking at the crowd.
Everyone continued pelting me with the grayish blobs of a material no one would like to speculate what it is.
Finally, I had had enough. Even my shiny, attack-resistant cloak couldn't help out that, well, now for it was covered up with... Whatever it is. My eyes flashed a green color and became that color briefly, and I yelled:
"ENOUGH!" A swirl of strange, green energy swept around the people in the large audience, sweeping up the rest of the goopy substance, and splashing it back onto them. A greenish barrier kept my comrades out of the line of fire. Well, I let a little bit hit Brendan. I couldn't help it!
The audience screamed at the strange powers of mine, and scampered out the doors they came from, meaning the only spectators were May, Justin, and Brendan, who was only hit on the shoulder by goop. He scraped it off.
"Heh-heh-heh! You had it coming, you jerks!" I yelled at the already gone audience with a smirk on my face. I removed my goop-covered cloak so I wouldn't get splashed, fully revealing my black long-sleeved shirt.
My opponent rose from the elevator shaft. he was an old boy, possible young man, with black eyes and brown hair, wearing a red shirt with purple pants and black shoes. On his nose were a pair of small glasses with square lenses, with arch-shaped connections. His name was Kerry.
"Didn't know Kerry was a guy's name..." I sneered. "Ha-ha-ha!"
"Hey, watch it! I may have a girl's name, but I have a boyish Pokemon!" Kerry growled. "Go, Absol!"
"Ah! An Absol?"
From a Great Ball Kerry held out in his hand appeared a burst of white-blue light, and from it appeared an Absol, a Dark Element with white fur covering most of its body, a very dark blue, almost black face with piercing and ferocious red eyes, a jagged dark blue tail, dark blue claws on its white feet with a claw on the back of each paw as well, and a dark blue, scythe-shaped appendage coming from its head.
"Ab... SOL!" roared the Absol.
"Hmm... If it's an Absol, a Dark type, then I'll use Combusken!"
I threw a Great Ball into the air, and my Combusken shot out in a blaze of white and blue energy.
"Combusken!" grunted the Fighting/Fire Element.
Battle statistics: This is a one-on-one battle with no time limit or substitutions.
My Combusken vs. Kerry's Absol
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Combusken, start with Bulk-Up!"
Combusken took a deep breath and relaxed, and then tensed up its muscles, increasing its Attack and Defense.
"Oh, yeah?" Kerry said. "That won't scare me! Absol, use Razor Wind!"
With its blade glowing a white color and winds whipping around it, Absol unleashed a scythe-shaped white energy form that made its way towards Combusken.
"Combusken, dodge that Razor Wind!"
Combusken jumped out of Razor Wind's path, which hit the ground and created a small explosion of dirt and concrete.
"And now, use Sky Uppercut!"
Combusken's claws, which formed a fist, began to shine in a bluish hue, and with a powerful run-and-jump, Combusken bolted the Fighting attack into the lower jaw of Absol, delivering a super-effective blow to it. Absol also fainted.
"Ah! No, Absol!" cried Kerry.
"That was fast. Return to your Ball, Combusken." I recalled Combusken with the red laser beam from its Ball.
"Whoa! In one hit!" Justin cried out.
"See ya later... Girl. Heh-heh-heh!" I walked back to the waiting room, and Kerry recalled his Absol and growled at my insults.
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Lieno Coliseum:
Round Two
My next opponent was... Neil! And the audience, albeit a different one, crowded the stadium seats, and I wore a cleaned-up cloak now.
"You ready for me to kick your butt again, Neil?" I asked evilly.
"What, did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? I'm a friend, dude." replied Neil, with a slightly shocked look.
"Whatever. Just call out your Pokemon."
"Fine, then! I choose you, Jumpluff and Dugtrio!"
From two Poke Balls appeared a Jumpluff, a Grass/Flying Element with a blue circular body, two small green bumps on the top of its head, two reddish eyes, two blue arms that barely showed due to the massive cotton balls on the tips, and an identical-looking stalk on top, and a Dugtrio, a Ground Element that looked like a trio of brown lumps in a hole with dirt around the sides, each with a red nose, and different looks; angry, sad, and happy.
"Humph! I will triumph over you yet again, Neil! I choose Milotic and Croconaw!"
I threw out two different Balls, and Croconaw and my majestic Milotic appeared from them.
"Mi..." Milotic hummed.
"Croc! Croc?" Croconaw noticed he was battling, and began to cry again...
"Ooh..." I growled. "Croconaw, please battle! For me!"
I got a head-shake in response.
"Okay, then... How about Milotic?"
Croconaw looked towards his partner in battle, and his eyes became pulsing hearts for a second. Milotic looked at this and its face became rather flushed.
"Uh oh... Looks like I started a romantic spark..." I groaned.
"Heh-heh... Looks like romance is in the air!" May giggled.
Justin sweat dropped, and it became larger with Brendan's comment of:
"Ya better believe it baby..." He began to smooch at her affectionately. Luckily, no one was near them; for the stadium wasn't completely packed, not after the certain incident in the first round...
"Brendan!" May cried out, slapping his face, leaving a red mark on it.
"Get a room, you idiots..." Justin muttered under his breath.
Back to the battle...
"Guys... Er, guys and gal, can we battle without this ridiculous display of affection?"
Croconaw and Milotic looked at me and nodded, both with confident smiles on their faces.
"Good."
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two double battle with no substitutions or time limit.
My Milotic and Croconaw vs. Neil's Dugtrio and Jumpluff
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Milotic, use Water Pulse on Dugtrio, and Croconaw, use Ice Beam on Jumpluff!"
With a shiny ball of water in front of its mouth, Milotic shot off the spherical Water attack towards Dugtrio, while an icy blue ball of energy appeared in Croconaw's mouth, which also shot out, as a lightning-bolt beam, towards Jumpluff. Both attacks hit before Neil could react, with Ice Beam being phenomenally effective, and Water Pulse super effective, the outcome was obvious: a double-knockout!
"...I'm shocked." Justin said. "Pat has suddenly become a lot more powerful."
"Yeah." Brendan and May agreed.
Neil and I recalled our Pokemon and departed from the scene.
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Lieno Coliseum:
Semifinals
My next opponent was Wilma, a teenage female with yellow hair in a ponytail and brown eyes, wearing an attire of a black miniskirt, blue crop top, and blue shoes.
"Strange choice of clothing, I must say..." I muttered.
"Shut up, cutie." Wilma winked at me, earning her a growl.
"You shut up, and summon your Pokemon!"
"Fine, Mr. Bossy Pants. Go, Skitty!"
From a Great Ball appeared a Skitty, a Normal Element with a feline body; a pink fur coat above with a whitish underbelly, a thin black tail topped with a ball of pink fur with three yellow dots coming from three black stems, and crescent-shaped eyes.
"Meow!" mewed Skitty.
"Heh... I choose Combusken!"
I threw into the air a Great Ball, and from it came Combusken.
"Combusken!" Combusken yelled out.
Battle statistics: This is a three-on-three battle with no substitutions or time limit.
My Combusken vs. Wilma's Skitty
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Combusken, start us off with Ember!"
Combusken blew out several burning fireballs at Skitty, who jumped out of their path.
"Skitty, use Iron Tail!"
With a metallic-glowing tail, Skitty did a somersault, preparing to strike Combusken.
"...Perfect! Combusken, use Double Kick!"
With one powerful leap, Combusken jumped into the air, making Skitty plummet to the ground and have its attack miss, and with orange-red glowing feet, struck the Normal Type in the back twice, delivering two super-effective blows. Skitty fainted, and collapsed onto the ground.
"No! Skitty!" cried Wilma. She recalled her fallen Pokemon. "How dare you not ease up on a lady! Go, Luvdisc!"
From another Great Ball, a Luvdisc appeared in a burst of bluish light.
"Luv!" it wailed.
"Hmm..." I began to think about using Shadow moves...
My Combusken vs. Wilma's Luvdisc
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Luvdisc, use Water Gun!"
From Ludsic's small mouth, a blast of water shot out a Combusken.
"Dodge, and then use..." I was still indesicive.
Combusken jumped out of the water beam's path.
"Uh... Well, why not?" I muttered to myself. "Use Shadow Rush!"
My three comrades in the audience gasped at the commandment.
"What? But then... Wouldn't everyone here think he's a Cipher member?" May thought aloud.
"Probably not. I mean, we've thrashed them, and he will too, soon, so..." Brendan replied.
"I'm really not that surprised. Pat never cared about what other people thought!" Justin said.
Meanwhile, Combusken had become illuminated with Shadow energy, and rammed its body, and mainly its claws, into Luvdisc.
"Follow with Ember!"
Another storm of fireballs from Combusken's mouth hit Luvdisc. Though not very effective, it was critical at that range, taking out the Water Type.
"Good job." I congratulated Combusken.
"Combusk!" he grunted in reply.
Wilma growled as she returned her second Pokemon to its Ball.
"Okay, time for my main contender: Beautifly!"
From an Ultra Ball and a mesh of yellowish light appeared a Beautifly.
"Beau!" cried the Bug/Flying Type, in its fluctuating voice.
"Loser!" I shouted tauntingly, forming an "L" with my thumb and index finger, and placing it on my forehead briefly.
'Ack! I sound just like Lovrina!'
My Combusken vs. Wilma's Beautifly
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Combusken, use Flamethrower." I stated calmly.
With a flash of fire from its beak-shaped mouth, Combusken shot a blast of red, orange, and yellow fire towards Beautifly.
"Dodge!" reacted Wilma.
"Follow it with the beam!" I shouted.
Beautifly fluttered quickly out of the Flamethrower's path, but Combusken directed it right on Beautifly's tail, and soon tricked the Bug Pokemon; it lurched the beam directly ahead, therefore slamming the Fire attack into Beautifly, dealing out a serious blow, knocking out the Pokemon.
"What?!" May and Brendan cried out.
"Wow!" Justin stood up, agape. "How..."
Both Combusken and Beautifly were recalled, and with a few taunting remarks from me, both Wilma and I dispersed from the field.
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The Waiting Room
It was nearly time for my next challenge. The person would, of course be a Cipher Peon, but trainers were allowed a break from the action. Justin and the others had come to see me.
"Pat, what did you do?!" May asked, slamming me into the wall and pinning me there.
"Huh? Wh-what are you doing?" I asked nervously.
"How are your Pokemon so strong?!" asked Brendan harshly. Clearly, the two lovers were jealous.
"Well... I kinda have a lot of money..."
'Because all of my money was converted into Pokemon Dollars when I came to the Pokemon World...' I thought.
"And well..." I continued on, "I bought a whole bunch of stat-increasers! You know; Calcium, HP Up, Zinc, stuff like that."
"Where are they?" May queried.
"Let me out of this... Awkward... Position and I'll spill the beans."
May rolled her sapphire eyes and let me away from the metal wall.
"Okay, I put them in my belt! Duh!"
The three had question marks over their heads, so I further explained.
"My belt has some packs for important stuff. You haven't seen it because of my cloak or distance between us."
They had a look saying "show us", so I unhooked my personalized belt.
"Good thing my pants don't need it to stay up..." I opened a locked compartment on the back, and brought out several glass containers, each labeled different things. I set them up on a table. There were three each of Calcium, Iron, Zinc, Protein, and, astoundingly, four Carbos.
"WHOA!" gasped May, Brendan, and even Justin at the sight. Each Item cost 9800 Pokemon Dollars, therefore I paid a total of 156,800!
"How did you get the money for all this?! I know you have 'secret funds', but jeez!" burst out Justin.
"Well, actually, Michael sent me the ones I used, plus some of the Carbos, Calcium, and Protein. I bought the others for a 98000! Actually, I got a discount by helping the merchandise seller out with some stuff, so I only paid 94000."
Everyone blinked, as it all ran through their minds. "Okay, then. But still, that's a lot of money!" Brendan said.
"Well, actually... Now I barely have any left."
The three's eyes became Anime-style eyes: white circles with black outlines, and they regained their senses, and took whatever stat-boosters they needed.
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An Hour Later
Lieno Coliseum:
Finals
"Well, where is he or she?" I mumbled impatiently. My opponent had yet to show up. It had been five minutes already!
A few moments later, she showed her face; she was a Cipher Peon with red hair and hazel-colored eyes, named Keller.
"Prepare to be killed by... The Keller!" she yelled.
"Oh really, Keller? Well, I'm afraid I won't be the one! YOU WILL BE DESTROYED BY THE PATINATOR!"
Keller grabbed two Great Balls at her waist and threw them up into the air, crying out:
"Golbat and Grovyle, show yourselves!"
From the Great Balls materialized a Golbat and Grovyle.
"Gro!" Grovyle growled.
"Golbat!" cried out Golbat.
"Heh-heh... My turn. Meet your doom, Keller, for I call out... Milotic and Aerodactyl!"
From two Balls I tossed out came two flashes of bright light, and from them appeared Aerodactyl and Milotic.
"ROOOO!" shrieked Aerodactyl.
"Mi..." hummed Milotic.
Battle statistics: This is a three-on-three double battle with no substitutions or time limit.
My Milotic and Aerodactyl vs. CP Keller's Golbat and Grovyle
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Aerodactyl, use Rock Slide!"
With a quick flap of its wings, Aerodactyl formed very big, black rocks and flung them at Grovyle and Golbat. While normally effective on Grovyle, it was super effective towards Golbat.
"Milotic, use Ice Beam!"
Forming an icy blue sphere of energy in front of her mouth, Milotic shot towards Grovyle a thunderbolt-shaped beam.
"Grovyle, dodge with Quick Attack, and then use Leaf Blade!"
The Grass Element jumped out of Ice Beam's path with white light trailing it, which caused that part of the floor to become icy. While still airborne, the scythe-shaped leaves on Grovyle's left arm began to glow green, and they formed together to make one large scythe. With a midair dash, Grovyle slashed Milotic with the sharp, glowing blade, delivering a super-effective blow to the Water Type's HP.
"No! Milotic!" I cried out. "Grr... Retaliate with Shadow Storm!"
Milotic's eyes glowed an eerie dark color, and a second later, a small, dark purple/black, electrical, crackling tornado appeared. It swept Grovyle in, spinning it around harshly, and then increased its pain by slamming Grovyle into Golbat. Both took super-effective hits.
"And now! Aerodactyl, attack Grovyle with Dragon Claw! Milotic, attack Golbat with Water Gun! Now!"
Aerodactyl's gray claws began to shine in a reddish hue, and the Rock/Flying Type flew towards its Grass target. Meanwhile, Milotic opened her mouth and shot from it a blast of blue water at Golbat. Both attacks hit, knocking out Keller's two Pokemon.
"Grr..." she growled. "Return!" Keller recalled her two fainted and flopped-over Pokemon to their Balls.
"Well, down to this baby... I choose you, Kadabra!"
My opponent tossed up a Great Ball, and from its large burst of white-blue light materialized a Kadabra, a Psychic Element with a fox-designed body, with a dark brown top, red marks on its lower, gold abdomen, three white claws on each finger, a golden mustache, pointy ears, two claws on its golden feet, and a bushy golden-colored tail with one dark brown stripe. In one hand was a silver spoon.
"Ka-dab-ra!" roared the Pokemon in its deep voice.
While slower than usual, which I didn't notice, my Shadow Detector visor rose up from my shoulder, and said in a slower, deeper voice:
"Kadabra. Level 30. Psychic Element. Shadow moves: Shadow Storm, Shadow Blitz, and Shadow Down. SHADOW POKEMON!"
"Heh-heh-heh! A Shadow Pokemon!" I smirked, but then grew more serious in my look.
'Hmm... Well, it's a good thing it has Shadow Down. It won't do much with its low Attack strength, even with Shadow Storm or Blitz!' I thought, knowing of Kadabra's low Attack.
My Aerodactyl and Milotic vs. CP Keller's Kadabra
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Alright, Kadabra. Use Calm Mind!"
Kadabra closed its eyes and got into a midair meditation position, enhancing its Special Attack and Special Defense.
"A lot of good that will do you! Aerodactyl, use Bite!"
With its sharp teeth glowing a dark shade of purple and its large jaws open, Aerodactyl flew towards the still-meditating Kadabra, preparing to bite it.
"Kadabra, now! Psychic!"
The Psychic Element opened its eyes, and they began to glow a blue color. The same shade of blue illuminated Aerodactyl. Flailing its arms about, Kadabra made Aerodactyl fly about the field, slamming into the ground or walls several times. When the attack stopped, the Fossil Pokemon... had fainted.
"Argh! You'll pay for that, Keller!" I growled, and recalled the fallen and knocked-out Aerodactyl.
"Okay, then... It's time! I choose Gastly!"
I threw into the air a Poke Ball, and from it came Gastly.
"Gastly!" The Ghost/Poison-Type followed his cry with a rather maniacal laugh.
"...He's teaching his Pokemon to be like him." Brendan sweat-dropped.
"Hmm... If I'm not mistaken, what Gastly said was probably 'I will take over the world!'" May said.
"...Yep. Just like Pat." mumbled Justin.
My Gastly and Milotic vs. CP Keller's Kadabra
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Gastly, quick! Use Sludge Bomb! And Milotic, use Water Gun!"
Forming a purple poison ball in its mouth, Gastly spat out from it several hurling blobs of poison at Kadabra, which slammed into the fox-like Pokemon. Milotic also had its mouth open, shooting a beam of water at the Psychic Type as well.
"Quick, Kadabra! Use Psychic to redirect the water!" Keller shouted.
Kadabra's eyes turned blue again, and the watery beam of liquid, which had almost reached him, was sent back at Milotic with tremendous force.
"Heh-heh... Mirror Coat Milotic!" I yelled.
Lowering her head slightly, Milotic formed a violet-pink shield in front of her, deflecting Water Gun back at Kadabra, with double the power!
'Ah! Aw, crud! If that hits, Kadabra might be a goner!' I thought.
"Kadabra, use Psychic again!" said Keller.
Again, the spoon-wielding Pokemon's eyes became completely blue, and so did the Water Gun attack. It twisted back, and was sent towards Milotic once more, Mirror Coat power and all.
"Milotic, take the hit." I said.
"Mi?!" Milotic cried out. She did as she was told, though, and stayed in the line of... Water. Water Gun hit the Water Element, causing serious but still not very effective damage.
"Okay... Milotic use Dive and come up all around Kadabra! Distract him!"
Milotic dove into a newly formed pool of water, and waited to strike for a few seconds. Then, a circle of water appeared around Kadabra, and Milotic jumped out on all sides.
"Kadabra, Psybeam!"
From its silver spoon, Kadabra shot a beam of rainbow colored energy at Milotic, but she was too quick to be hit, always diving into the water at the last second.
"And now that he's distracted, Gastly... Use Lick!"
Gastly disappeared, and then reappeared in Kadabra's face, with its dark tongue glowing a black color, and slapped Kadabra's face with it harshly, lowering its HP to the lowest portion of yellow with a super effective attack.
"Come back to me, guys!" I said. Milotic emerged from the pool of water in front of me, and Aerodactyl flew back to his previous location.
"Well, then..." I charged up an Ultra Ball in my Snag Machine hand. It took a few seconds longer than usual, but it soon became illuminated with red light. I threw the spherical object towards Kadabra and hit the Pokemon. The Ultra Ball opened up, letting out a burst of red light, which sucked Kadabra inside, and fell to the ground. After a lot of twitching, Kadabra... Had been Snagged.
"Got it!" I cheered. "Return, Milotic and Aerodactyl!" Holding out their respective Poke Balls, Milotic and Aerodactyl retreated back to them in flashes of red.
Keller ran away from the field angrily, and I picked up Kadabra's new Poke Ball.
"BINGO! I finished my first Coliseum challenge!"
The crowd cheered because I had done so well.
"Those Pokemon of Keller's must have been strong. Either that, or she used a whole bunch of Stat Enhancers herself." Justin said.
"I'd say choice B." Brendan replied.
"Wow, Brendan. You probably got your first test right." mumbled the blonde sarcastically, and with a sweat drop.
"Knock it off, you two!" May scolded.
"Yes, May." both boys said, hanging their heads.
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The Pokemon Center
I had claimed Kadabra, giving me yet another addition to my team.
"Well, gang... The next challenge is all Justin's!" I said. "So, good luck to you, J!"
"Thanks, Pat..." sighed Justin.
"Uh... What is it, J?"
"Well, it's just that... I know you trained me and all, but still... If I have to fight a Cipher Admin, then I might just be toast."
"Uh, there's no toaster in the Pokemon Center." I blinked, and the others fell down Anime-style.
"He means that he might not win!" May explained, sweat-dropping. "But anyway... I wouldn't count yourself out yet Justin. You'll do fine!"
Justin's facial expression became a look of pure dumbness, with a blush on his cheeks. "Thanks, May..." He also laughed in an oafish manner, like I had done two days earlier.
Brendan, however, smacked the blond-haired trainer in the head, making him come to his senses.
"Yeah! I'll do fine! I just gotta not worry about the fact they don't offer bathroom breaks during battles!"
"AGH! Now that's the Justin I know! Ugh..." I groaned.
"Grr...! Oh, sure!"
PM: Sorry about how the battles were so short, but I was in a bit of a rush. ...Oh, how I love me! R&R!