Chapter 13:
A Colossal Event, Pt 4: Justin's Jousts!
Lieno Coliseum:
Round One
It was time for Justin, now adorning his left arm with my Snag Machine, to step up to the plate... And so he did. Only, replace the plate with a trainer's box.
His opponent was a girl, perhaps in her late teens, with dyed purple hair going down in two strips over her shoulders and down to her chest, and black eyes, wearing a black tank top, pants, and flip-flops.
"It's gonna get hot!" she, who was named Gigi, said. "Go, Cacturne!"
From a Great Ball Gigi threw came a burst of light, and then a Cacturne, a Grass/Dark Element with a human-shaped body composed of long, green, fingerless arms with dark green spikes along the sides, legs of the same design, a pyramid-shaped dark green "hat" upon its head, and menacing black eyes with yellow irises, and black pupils.
"A Cacturne? I got the perfect match! Go, Firecerberus!"
"What does that mean...?" asked May.
I pulled out a dictionary, and read from it: "Let's see... Fire, you guys know what that is. Cerberus... It's a mythical dog! Pretty fitting name."
From an Ultra Ball appeared Firecerberus, which was a Growlithe.
"Growlithe!" grunted the canine Fire Element.
Battle statistics: This is a one-on-one battle with no substitutions or time limit.
Justin's Growlithe, Firecerberus vs. Gigi's Cacturne
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Cacturne, use Sunny Day!" shouted Gigi.
Cacturne crossed its arms, and the sunlight got many times stronger and brighter.
"And now use Solarbeam!"
Opening its dark mouth, a green-white ball of energy formed in Cacturne's mouth. In a split second, due to the intense sunlight, the ball grew into a large beam of white and green, which blasted into Firecerberus.
"Ah! Hmm... That sun is gonna be her weakness." Justin said with a smirk. "Firecerberus, use Flamethrower!"
A spark of red and orange fire appeared in Firecerberus' mouth, and soon it became a beam of red, orange, and yellow fire. The attack was super effective when it beamed into Cacturne's face, delivering the knockout blow.
"Yeah! There goes one!" Justin cheered.
"Well, that was rather quick..." I said.
"Well, the Sunny Day boosted Flamethrower's power, you know!" Brendan stated.
"I know that, Bleach-Hair!"
"Grr!"
The two trainers down on the field recalled their Pokemon, and went back to the place they needed to be.
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Lieno Coliseum:
Round Two
The next trainer Justin faced off against was Neil, of course.
"Well, I guess we'd better get it on!" said the neatly-combed-haired trainer.
"You got it! I choose you, Snorunt and Darkshark!" shouted Justin, tossing out a Poke Ball and Great Ball. From them appeared Snorunt and Darkshark, which was a Sharpedo.
"Sno!" grunted Snorunt.
"Sharpedo!" growled Sharpedo.
"Well, then... I choose these two: Forretress and Mawile!"
From two Poke Balls Neil held in his hands materialized a Forretress, a Bug/Steel Type with a metallic outer shell, a red inner body with two black and white eyes, and from four holes in the armor-like shell, red thorn-shaped objects protruding out, and a Mawile, a Steel Type with a light cream colored, almost humanoid body with what appeared to be black sleeves that went from Mawile's claws to its elbows, black feet, black hair on the top of its head, and two huge black jaws with a cream colored spot on the top jaw, with very sharp teeth.
"Maw!"
"Forretress...!"
Battle statistics: This is a two-on-two battle with no substitutions or time limit.
Justin's Snorunt and Sharpedo, Darkshark vs. Neil's Forretress and Mawile
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Darkshark, use Shadow Down now!"
In Darkshark's mouth appeared a shiny black sphere of energy, which became a wave of energy that hit Forretress and Mawile, lowering their Defense.
"Mawile, use Attract towards Darkshark!"
Mawile looked into Darkshark's eyes and fluttered her eyelashes, which in turn made Darkshark blush, attracted towards the Steel Element.
"Aw, great! Snorunt, use Ice Beam!"
In front of Snorunt's mouth appeared a frosty blue sphere, which grew slightly, and then shot out as a thunderbolt-shaped blast, hitting Forretress. It wasn't very effective, though,
"Darkshark, use Shadow Rush!"
Darkshark began to charge up and become illuminated with purple energy, but stopped when he saw Mawile flutter her eyelashes again.
"Darn..." Justin growled.
"Mawile, use Crunch!"
Mawile ran towards Snorunt and turned around, then chomped down on the poor Ice Type with her large jaws, which were glowing a dark color.
"Perfect... Snorunt, use Ice Beam!"
Another ball of blue energy formed in front of Snorunt's mouth, who was trapped between Mawile's jaws. However, the thunderbolt-shaped beam forced Snorunt out of the toothy grasps. It also froze in-between the jaws, making it impossible for Mawile to use Crunch or Bite.
"And now, you use Crunch!"
Snorunt opened its mouth, jumped up, and then clamped its teeth on Mawile's head. A green energy wave spiraled down her, meaning her Special Defense dropped.
"Okay, then... Darkshark, snap out of your Attraction and use Shadow Rush on Forretress!"
Darkshark became illuminated fully this time, and because Mawile was busy being hurt by Crunch, the Water/Dark dual Type was able to ram into Forretress' hard body, delivering a super-effective blow, amazingly knocking out Forretress.
"No, Forretress!" Neil cried. "Return!" He recalled his Pokemon to its Ball.
"There goes one..." Justin sighed.
Justin's Snorunt and Sharpedo, Darkshark vs. Neil's Mawile
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Snorunt, stop Crunch and use Double-Edge!"
Snorunt let go of Mawile's head and dropped down behind it, and then rammed into the Steel Element with tremendous force and power, with red streams of energy flowing behind it. While the attack did a lot of damage to Snorunt as well, it was able to nearly take out Mawile, who had fallen onto her side from the impact.
"Finish with Icy Wind!"
Snorunt blew out a bitterly cold wind with snow and ice particles onto Mawile, who was blown into the Coliseum wall by the wind velocity, knocking it out finally.
"YEAH!" cheered Justin.
"Oh, well. Win some, lose some. Return Mawile." Neil said, as he whipped out his Mawile's Poke Ball and returned it with a flash of red light. Justin did the same with Darkshark and Snorunt.
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Lieno Coliseum:
Semifinals
Justin's next-to-last opponent would be... A Cipher Grunt!
"What the...?" mumbled the blonde.
"Ah-ha! So, My next opponent is you!" laughed the Grunt, whose name was Carl.
"Yes, I am. Prepare to lose!" Justin tossed out a Timer Ball, calling out:
"Hyperhydro, go!"
From the Balls appeared Marshtomp, Hyperhydro.
"Marsh!" cried out Hyperhydro.
"Eat Bug power! Go, Heracross!"
Carl threw a Poke Ball out, and from it appeared a Heracross, a Bug/Fighting Type with a dark green beetle-shaped body, with arms that started thin at the shoulder, but grew large at the wrist, with sharp thorn-shaped protrusions on the bottom, and two white claws, one-clawed feet, yellow and black eyes, two antennae with balls at the tip, and a very large horn on the top of its head.
"Hera!"
Battle statistics: This is a three-on-three battle with no time limit or substitutions.
Justin's Marshtomp, Hyperhydro vs. CG Carl's Heracross
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Heracross, use Swords Dance!"
Heracross crossed its arms, and then performed a series of slow tai-chi moves, while swords appeared around it, slashing one another. Heracross' Attack stat was boosted sharply.
"Hyperhydro, use Water Gun!"
Hyperhydro shot, from its mouth, a beam of water at Heracross.
"Heracross, dodge and use Horn Attack!"
Heracross' transparent wings propelled the Bug/Fighting Type out of Water Gun's path, and then it flew down, with its horn glowing a faint white, at Hyperhydro.
"Now, Hyperhydro! Use Shadow Rush!"
With a dark purple aura, Hyperhydro rammed its body into Heracross, which was super effective. The Shadow attack knocked Heracross out of the skies and onto its back.
"Finish it off with Mud Shot!"
Hyperhydro opened its mouth further, and from it shot an elliptical mud ball, at a high speed, that exploded when it hit Heracross, who fainted.
"Aw, man! Grr... Return, Heracross!" grumbled Carl, recalling his Pokemon.
"Okay. Meet Beedrill!"
From a Net Ball and a whitish-green flash of light materialized a Beedrill, a Bug/Poison Pokemon with a bee or wasp-like body with black stripes on the lower portion of its body, large red eyes, two gray legs, two gray arms with white drill-shaped horns on the ends, two gray antennae, a sharp stinger, and four transparent wings with black designs.
"Drill!" grunted the wasp-like Pokemon.
"MOMMY!" I cried, seeing Beedrill.
"You're scared of a Beedrill?" Brendan sweat-dropped.
"I've had three bad experiences with bees and wasps! And all three involved stingers!"
Justin's Marshtomp, Hyperhydro vs. CG Carl's Beedrill
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Hyperhydro, use Muddy Water!"
Behind Hyperhydro appeared a large collection of brown mud-water, which became a wave hurtling towards Beedrill, carrying Hyperhydro on top. The brown water crashed down on Beedrill, knocking the Bug/Poison Type onto the ground.
"Beedrill! Use Pink Missile!" called out Carl.
Beedrill's hands/drills began to spin around swiftly, as well as glow white. From them shot several rounds of white thorn-shaped objects, each pounding into Hyperhydro.
"Blast through that with Water Gun!" Justin shouted.
Ignoring the slight pain of the still coming Pin Missiles, Hyperhydro blasted from its mouth a beam of blue liquid, that knocked away the sharp missiles and into Beedrill, blasting the frightening (At least to me, anyway) Pokemon into the nearest wall, knocking it out.
"No, Beedrill!" cried Carl. The Cipher Grunt uttered a growl, and then recalled his Pokemon.
"Okay... Time for this baby! Go, Shedinja!"
From another Poke Ball Carl held out materialized Shedinja, a Bug/Ghost Element with a golden/mustard yellow cicada-shaped body, floating above the ground, with small claws, a brownish belly, two large, spherical, golden eyes with black lines going around them, with a circle on the lines as the pupils, jagged yellow "wings" coming out from the back, two horns above the eyes, and finally a white crescent shape hovering above its head.
"Shed-inja!" grunted the Pokemon.
Justin's Marshtomp, Hyperhydro vs. CG Carl's Shedinja
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Hyperhydro..." Justin said. "Use Mud Shot!"
Hyperhydro spat a swirling ball of brown mud out at Shedinja, which hit the Ghost/Bug Pokemon... But simply exploded upon impact, not even scratching Shedinja.
"What the...?! Oh wait..." muttered Justin, in annoyance. "Shedinja's Wonder Guard... I gotta use a super-effective move, and nothing else... Like Fire, Ghost, or Dark."
"Shedinja, use Shadow Ball!" shouted Carl.
Between Shedinja's two claws formed a crackling sphere of black-colored energy, which grew slightly, and continued to grow for a few seconds. Once it was done charging, Shedinja let loose the ball, which zoomed through the air towards Hyperhydro.
"Destroy that Shadow Ball with Water Pulse!"
Hyperhydro prepared a shiny ball of water in its mouth, and shot it forth at the Shadow Ball, destroying both attacks in a small explosion of water and energy.
"And now, Hyperhydro! Use Shadow Rush!"
With purple energy all around it, the Water/Ground Elemental rammed its body into Shedinja's, knocking it out with one super effective attack.
"There's one move type we all have..." I smirked. "And that's Shadow."
Marshtomp and Shedinja were recalled to their Poke Balls, and Justin returned to his waiting room. Carl ran out of the Coliseum.
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Lieno Coliseum:
Finals
Justin had made it to the final match! He knew his opponent would be strong, but when he saw his opponent... Justin knew, or at least thought, he had gotten an automatic victory...
Before him, yards away, stood Cipher Admin Snattle, a man of maybe late thirties or early forties, wearing a white one-piece suit with purple designs on the hips and down the legs, as well as two large purple collars, silver high-heeled shoes, and over that, a large cloak-bottomed robe with a purple outside and white inside, having darker purple lines on the arms of the robe, and white collars. On the Administrator's neck was a strange, thick object which wrapped around his neck, with a very large pearl-shaped shiny object in the center. Snattle also wore on his face a pair of small glasses with seemingly gray, opaque lenses, and also has purplish lips. His only other feature was his weird hair, which was flopped back behind his head kind of like a ponytail, and would be a tall column if it were upright, with a gray half on the left, which was mostly on the top part, and a purple part of the right, which was mostly on the bottom-side of the horizontal hair.
"Well, here's my Coliseum debut!" laughed Snattle.
"You really shouldn't have shown up. I'd expect you to die of embarrassment, with your WEIRD HAIR!" Justin said.
A red anger cross appeared on Snattle's head briefly.
"No one insults my hair! Prepare to eat my fury! Go, Wailmer and Gyarados!"
Snattle threw out two Great Balls, and from them appeared a Wailmer, a Water Type with a ball shaped body having a blue topside, and a cream colored underside, with some vague lines, as well as wing-like appendages on the top portion of its body, as well as a big mouth, and a Gyarados, a Water/Flying Element with a large, sea serpent-shaped body, with a blue top and a light tan colored underside, four white fins on its back, light tan colored spots on its sides, two blue "whiskers" dangling from its yellow and large mouth, and white fins on the sides of its head.
"Wail!" cried out Wailmer.
Gyarados let out a roar.
"Hmm... Let's win this, Sharpleaf and Terramarine!"
Justin held out two Ultra Balls, and from them appeared Sharpleaf, Justin's Grovyle, and Terramarine, Relicanth.
"Gro!" growled Sharpleaf.
"Relicanth..." moaned out Terramarine.
Battle statistics: This is a three-on-three double battle with no substitutions or time limit.
Justin's Relicanth, Terramarine, and Grovyle, Sharpleaf vs. Cipher Admin Snattle's Wailmer and Gyarados
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Gyarados, begin with Dragon Dance!" shouted Snattle. His neckpiece began to glow different colors as the fight began.
Gyarados began waving its body up and down as six blue circles formed a circular pattern in the air, which also wavered about. The "dancing" and stuff stopped after a few moments, increasing Gyarados' Speed and Attack.
"Sharpleaf, use Leaf Blade on Wailmer! Terramarine, use Rock Slide!"
The leaves on Sharpleaf's left arm began to glow a green color, and soon they formed a long, glowing blade of energy. Sharpleaf jumped towards Wailmer, preparing to slash at it with the scythe. Terramarine let out a roar, causing large rocks to form up and fly at Wailmer and Gyarados. Sharpleaf struck Wailmer, delivering a powerful super-effective blow to the Water Type, and Rock Slide did a bit of damage to Wailmer, and a lot to Gyarados, being super effective.
"Wailmer! Use Ice Beam now!" yelled Snattle.
In Wailmer's large mouth formed an icy blue ball, which soon shot out at Sharpleaf as a thunderbolt-shaped blast. However, the Grass Element jumped out of the Ice attack's path in the nick of time.
"Terramarine, use Double-Edge on Gyarados!"
Terramarine lurched forward and zoomed towards Gyarados with some orange energy flowing behind it, and rammed into the large Water/Flying Element, delivering another powerful hit to the serpentine Pokemon. No recoil damage was taken back, due to Terramarine's Rock Head ability.
"Almost through with that one..." sighed Justin.
"Eat this, Blonde!" jeered Snattle. "Wailmer, use Body Slam!"
Wailmer jumped up from the floor slightly, and then bounced higher, and rolled in the air towards Sharpleaf.
"Sharpleaf, quick! Dodge Body Slam with Quick Attack!"
Sharpleaf jumped out of Wailmer's path swiftly and with white energy behind it, which caused Wailmer to crash into the ground. And then, Sharpleaf rammed into the large Water Element, knocking it back a little.
"Okay, time to finish!" Justin smirked. "Sharpleaf, use Shadow Wave! Terramarine, use Shadow Blitz, and on Gyarados!"
Sharpleaf's mouth opened, revealing a small, glowing, dark energy ball, as Terramarine began to glow with the same colored energy. Sharpleaf let loose two wavy beams of a black and purple color, which hit Wailmer and Gyarados, both hits super effective. Terramarine, now fully charged with Shadow power, rammed into Gyarados, delivering another super effective hit. Both Pokemon of Snattle's fainted.
"Argh! Return!" cried the strangely-haired Admin as he recalled his KO'd Pokemon.
"Hmph... Well, here's my final Pokemon... Let's go Banette!"
Snattle held out a Poke Ball, and from it came forth a burst of white light. Materializing from that light was a Banette, a Ghost Pokemon with a marionette-like, dark gray body, with a dark yellow opened-zipper mouth, three claws, a golden-colored tail ending with a five-pointed, large tip, red eyes with black pupils, three dark gray points on its head, forming a kind of crown, and a stream of what seemed to be a dark gray "tail", only coming from the back of Banette's head, and ending in a zigzag way.
"Ba-a-a-a-anette!" growled the Ghost Type spookily.
Slowly, the Shadow Detector rose out of its socket on the Snag Machine's shoulder piece, and the green visor slid in front of Justin's eyes.
"Bingo! A Shadow Pokemon!" said the blonde.
"Banette..." read the computer voice, incredibly slow and low-pitched now. "Level 35... Ghost Element... Shadow moves: Shadow Blitz, Shadow Shed, and Shadow Down... SHADOW POKE..." Its voice never finished.
"Oh, crud! If this thing doesn't have any power left, I can't Snag Banette!"
Justin's Grovyle, Sharpleaf, and Relicanth, Terramarine vs. CA Snattle's Banette
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Banette! Use Shadow Down!"
Banette unleashed a small wave of dark purple and black energy which hit Sharpleaf and Terramarine, decreasing their Defense stat a lot.
"Follow up with Shadow Blitz!"
The Ghost Pokemon began to charge towards Sharpleaf, with Shadow energy forming behind it. Banette slammed its gray body into Sharpleaf, delivering a very powerful, yet not very effective hit, placing Sharpleaf's HP... In the low yellows.
"Sharpleaf, use Dragonbreath!"
Sharpleaf spewed from its mouth a stream of green and yellow flames, which knocked Banette onto its back, as well as making electricity crackle from its Ghostly body, meaning Banette was paralyzed.
"Yes! Terramarine, use Shadow Blitz!"
With purple light trailing its brown body, Relicanth dashed towards Banette, and slammed its body into the Ghost Type's, lowering its HP even more.
"Banette!" Snattle growled. "Use Shadow Ball!"
Banette stood back up on its feet, and formed in its hands a black ball of ghost energy, which soon grew and shot out at Terramarine.
"Dodge it!" Justin shouted. Terramarine swiftly got out of Shadow Ball's path.
"Heh-heh..." Snattle saw that Justin's two Pokemon were almost perfectly aligned.
"Now, Banette! Another Shadow Ball!"
Banette shot off another dark energy sphere, which this time successfully smashed into Terramarine, causing him to slam into Sharpleaf, causing damage to both Pokemon, and knocking out Sharpleaf!
"No!" cried out Justin. He let out a low growl, and returned his fainted Grass Element to its Ball.
"Time for you to make an appearance, Barboach!"
From a Poke Ball Justin thrust out from his Poke Belt appeared his Barboach.
"Bo..." moaned the Ground/Water dual Type.
Justin's Barboach and Relicanth, Terramarine vs. CA Snattle's Banette
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Barboach, use Water Gun!"
Barboach opened its small mouth, and let loose a beam of aquatic fury unto Banette, lowering the Ghost's HP more and more...
"Use Faint Attack, Banette!"
Banette, shaking off Water Gun, disappeared in a swirl of purple, and stayed invisible for a few minutes. But then, it reappeared quickly, and collided into Barboach.
"Follow with Shadow Blitz!"
Banette also did another Shadowy tackle, crashing its body into Barboach's again, this time knocking it out.
"Oh no!" cried Justin in shock. He was down to Terramarine, once he recalled Barboach...
Justin's Relicanth, Terramarine vs. CA Snattle's Banette
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Terramarine, go! Use Harden!"
Terramarine shone in a shiny metallic color briefly, enhancing its Defense.
"Ha! You think that will help you? I beg to differ!" sneered Snattle.
"Grr... Now, Terramarine... Use... Your... ICY WIND!" yelled Justin angrily.
Terramarine opened its brown mouth and shot forth from it a powerful, frosty blue gale with ice particles inside at Banette, which slammed into the Ghost Element, and also slowed it down. Both Pokemon began to pant with fatigue.
"Banette... End this now! Use Thunderbolt!"
"NO!" Justin cried out again.
Banette began to glow a yellow color, and soon became surrounded by crackling electricity. A somewhat large bolt shot out from the collection of lightning, headed straight for Terramarine.
"Dodge it!"
The Rock/Water Elemental Pokemon managed to move out of the bolt's path, and the Thunderbolt attack headed straight for Justin!
"AAH!" screamed the blonde as the blast of lightning reached him. He held out his arms to protect him, and somehow... It worked?
...The metal Snag Machine was keeping the Electric attack hitting it, like a lightning rod!
"Oh, Pat's gonna kill me..." groaned Justin. However, he was wrong...
The electricity actually charged up the Snag Machine! But clearly, only a little amount of time was left, and only one usage was left as well.
"I gotta make this count..." Justin began to charge up a Timer Ball, which had gotten seriously powerful due to the amount of time the battle took. Once its red glow reached the max, Justin threw it at Banette, who was hit by the sphere and sucked inside with red light. The Timer Ball dropped to the ground, and, as Justin walked closer to it, it twitched and rolled around a bit. And then... It stopped. Justin had Snagged a Pokemon. Not only that, but he had beaten a Cipher Admin!
"YEAH! WHOO-HOO! NICE!" roared Justin in victory. He picked up the Timer Ball, recalled his Pokemon, and left the field.
"I lost...?! To ANOTHER KID?!" screamed Snattle in anger.
Before anyone could get the authorities, a black helicopter with a dark gray door and a black C flew over the Coliseum battlefield, hovered, and dropped down a rope ladder. Snattle clambered up into the vehicle, even though he almost lost his balance with those dumb-looking shoes, and the chopper flew off...
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"Well, gang..." I sighed. "We're done here."
"Yeah. It's been great, but I miss the adventurousness of our previous Cipher-busting." Brendan replied. He, May, and I were seated at a table in the Pokemon Center. Justin was at the nearest table, since each one had a three-person limit.
"Tomorrow..." Justin said, drawing attention to him. "We're gonna get a new battery for the Snag Machine." He had claimed Banette and named it a somewhat appropriate but obvious nickname: Banshee.
We all departed for our rooms for the night, and prepared for the next day of Cipher busting...
PM: Well, the Lieno Coliseum saga is now... Complete. (Fingers Sizzle From the Extreme Speed of His Typing) Ow... Pain. Anyway, Review people!