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Pokemon: The Distorted Trinity
Season 1: Re-Education
The Evaluation Battle, Part 2
"Hey, what are you doing? Get off me!"
Ken shouted to his rival while holding up the pokeball in the air. Luckily, he had a few inches of height above Wyatt so he was able to keep the sphere out of his reach. The black haired boy however wasn't one to give up and continued to struggle for it.
"I would if you just told me what was inside. I have to be sure you're not bluffing about this secret weapon pokemon you mentioned!" Jason simply stood in the background with his arms folded and look on his face that gave away the fact he was conflicted in between helping or staying out of it.
The brown haired trainer now returned the pokeball to his belt and took a seat. "Just calm down, you'll get to see it once we have our battle. For now let's enjoy the rest of the battles." Wyatt folded his arms and pouted while taking a seat as well.
"Fine, but that secret weapon better be worth the wait, Kid!"
"I can't wait to see what you've got either." An all too familiar voice chimed in while jogging over in their direction. It was the curly haired goof of the Entei Red dorms, Charlie, oddly enough he seemed to be in a rush right now.
"Oh, hey Charlie? Where's Marty, you two are usually hanging out together."Ken raised his eyebrow in curiosity, not only for his question but as to why the usually laid back guy was in such a rush.
"Actually, he's over there in the other ring getting ready for his battle. I'd love to stay and talk, but that potty break is about to make me late for my own!" With those words he was off and stepping into the main floor.
A smile spread across Jason's lips for only an instant. "This should be pretty good. Last year these two put up a pretty fun battle and even tied."
Ken and Wyatt looked to each other then at the boy standing on the other side of the ring from Charlie. The guy had long brown hair and wore a clack shirt under his class jacket as well as denim jeans and brown boots that matched his hair. Ken recognized him quickly as one of the two he had seen in the bathroom that mentioned Zorua. "So, what's his name?" Both teens spoke in unison.
"The battle between third year student, Charlie Green from Floaroma Town and second year student Justin Little of Mahogany Town will now begin!" The referee announced, answering their question promptly.
The boy known as Justin pulled out a pokeball and released his first pokemon, an Ampharos. "Don't expect this battle to end like our last one, my little brothers and I have been improving. Besides…" his face began to turn red now, "There's someone I have to be sure see me win." He said the last part rather softly.
Charlie threw out his own pokeball and released a Bellsprout. He chuckled lightly. "What was that last part, I couldn't quite catch that?" He was obviously toying with the teen.
"N-nothing! He responded nervously. "Ampharos, get in there, Iron Tail!" The golden colored pokemon lunged forward and swung its glowing tail downwards at the grass type which slyly moved to the side in order to avoid.
"Bellsprout, Double Team followed by Energy Ball!" Soon the small pokemon had divided into many that surrounded the electric type in a ring before firing from all directions. Ampharos lunged to the side to avoid but ended up dodging nothing but a fake and was struck directly from the side.
"That's alright Ampharos. Get him with a Fire Punch attack!" The pokemon was quickly on its feet again and rushed forward with its fist engulfed in a raging flame. "Bellsprout, Double Team again."
"Agility!" The tiny grass type attempted the move as commanded, but Ampharos suddenly disappeared in an amazing burst of speed and struck it with the fire type attack and sending the Bellsprout to the other side of the ring.
It barely managed to get back on its feet. Even though the Bellsprout was standing however, it was obvious it wouldn't be taking another fire attack without going down. "Ampharos go at it again with another Agility and Fire Punch!"
A coy smile crossed Charlie's lips. "Grass Knot…" The electric type dashed off at blinding speeds again, but before reaching its target it fell straight to the ground. Charlie seized this opportunity and went on the offensive once more, nailing the electric type with another Energy Ball. "That's knot how you win a battle, Justin. Get it? Knot and not! Haha."
Jason, Ken, and Wyatt all sweat dropped from their seats at the horrible joke. It wasn't until now did Wyatt decide to change the subject, probably so engrossed in the battle until he heard one bad joke too many. "Hey, why are there so few people watching this battle?"
Jason pointed over to a spot where another battle was about to begin and where most of the students in the stands seemed to be crowded around. Standing on one side was Marty Shade, Charlie's good friend while opposing him in battle was a rather familiar face. "It's that girl!" Ken and Wyatt shouted in such an over the top fashion that Jason fell out of his seat.
Memories of the battle with Team Rocket back in Turnback Cave flashed through their minds for a moment. It was the same girl that owned the Crawdaunt and had been with them up until they had found themselves on the ship. Her dark purple hair seemed especially menacing at this particular time and complimented the scowl on her face rather nicely.
"This is a battle everyone has been waiting for. It's that third year guy, Marty Shade versus the scariest chick in the school, Katherine Evans." The group overheard the conversation of a couple of students sitting nearby them.
"Yeah, but even with her scary personality they say she's a battling genius, she's only a second year, but even some of the fourth years are afraid to tangle with her. She didn't lose a single battle her freshman year here."
"Yeah, the Marty guy likes to use dark and psychic types while she sticks with dark and ghost types. This should be a real show." Ken and Wyatt looked to each other, both of them looking pretty pale in the face. Jason noticed easily. "What's wrong with you guys?"
They said nothing but on the inside thought "We were saved in that cave by a scary monster like her? Hopefully she doesn't remember us."
"The battle between second year student, Marty Shade from Saffron City and second year student Katherine Evans of Celestic Town will now begin!"
The opposing trainers glared each other down fearlessly, waiting on the other to make a move. Katherine sighed and released her first pokemon. "Guess this weakling relies on others to move for him." The pokeball released a large canine like pokemon with a mixture of gray and black fur, Mightyena. The dark type growled threateningly in Marty's direction and upon closer inspection one would notice a large scar going across its right eye. "Mightyena, no mercy."
Marty took mental note of her choice before deciding on his own pokemon. "We'll see who the weakling is." He muttered under his breath before releasing the psychic and fighting type, Gallade.
From the stands Ken began to feel shivers run up and down his spine. "Hey, what's wrong with you, Kid?" Wyatt noticed his rival's distress, but didn't bother taking his eyes off the actual battle. "I don't know, I think I'm just getting bad vibes from that Mightyena. It has so much…malice…I just hope Marty is okay after this."
"Gallade, Brick Break!" The Psychic pokemon rushed forward ad did a downwards chop at Mightyena which quickly dodged to the right. Gallade trie another swing, but this one was avoided as well. It seemed like no matter how many swings were made none of them even came close to landing.
"Woah, that thing is awesome fast!" Wyatt yelled from the stands. Jason seemed to understand what was going on however and after looking a bit longer Ken understood as well. "That Mightyena entered the battle already poisoned, but what's up with its speed?"
Gallade attempted yet another Brick Break, but Mightyena jumped forward and ducked into the pokemon's blind spot. "Take Down!" The dark pokemon slammed head on with it's opponent's chest and sent Gallade skidding to the other side of the arena. It seemed that Marty had caught on as well by this point.
"That Mightyena, you purposely poisoned you pokemon before the battle to have access to its Quick Feet ability." He assessed in a calm manner. Katherine said nothing. "What the hell is your problem, treating you pokemon like that just to-" Before he even had a chance to finish he was cut off by Mightyena's barking and snarling.
"My Mightyena seems to disagree, so shutup, stop whining, and continue the battle." Ken and Wyatt sunk back into their seats again; she was definitely the scariest trainer either of them had met. "Fine, Gallade, we'll fight speed with power. Swords Dance!" Gallade's arms began to glow a deep purple as its arms extended in length as well.
"Mightyena, strike it down before it even has the chance to counter. Crunch!" The dark pokemon went into a full speed dash with its increased swiftness. Gallade simply stood its ground and at the last moment Marty commanded, "Now, upwards Leafe Blade!" Mightyena was struck right in the chin and sent soaring above the ring. "Before it can recover, let's end it with Close Combat!" The fighting pokemon obeyed and leaped into the air after Mightyena. "All the speed in the world won't help your pokemon if it can't run."
Katherine didn't seem distressed in the least, instead she actually smiled. "You're not as bad as I thought." Even though it was a compliment Marty didn't feel too sure of the situation. "Mightyena, Swagger!" The canine pokemon regained its bearings and glared into Gallade's eyes with its own glowing red eyes. In a moment the psychic type began to grow enraged as its eyes became a dark glowing red too. Due to its sudden confusion the fighting type attack missed and left Gallade wide open.
"No mercy, Crunch." In its confused frenzy there was nothing Gallade could do to avoid Mightyena's jaws clamping down on its leg and sending pain coursing through its body. The attack wasn't done here however. The dark type pokemon gave a mighty tug at the pokemon's body with its teeth still clinched on Gallade and sent it flying back down to the ground. Upon collision there was a large cloud of dust, but once cleared it revealed the victorious Mightyena standing atop Gallade. "Nicely done, Mightyena, show the garbage where it belongs…beneath us."
Marty clenched his fist, but calmed himself and returned his pokemon. "It's fine Gallade, you did great out there. Houndoom, take over!" Katherine simply shook her head and returned the pokemon. "I want to get this done with quickly, Crawdaunt, give him your worst!" A familiar lobster like pokemon had now appeared on the field. "Surf!"
"Sucker Punch!" The fire type pokemon quickly charged forward and before the wave could even fully form it collided into Crawdaunt's shell. Although the move didn't do much damage, it was successful in stopping the surf attack. "Stay in close, we have to be sure to avoid Surf at all costs."
"Crabhammer." The lobster like pokemon lifted up a single claw and slammed it down into Houndoom's back causing the pokemon to let out a yelp of pure pain. "Thunder Fang, now!" The dark pokemon pushed through the pain and bit down on Crawdaunt's other claw, sending electricity coursing through its body.
"Crawdaunt, brush it off and grab it with a vicegrip. The water type was still in obvious pain, but obeyed without question at this request. Seizing the moment, it grabbed Houndoom by one of its horns and lifted it into the air. "Normally, this move is pretty inaccurate, but with you pokemon sitting still like that it's way too easy. Guillotine!"
Marty's eye's shot open. "Get out of there! Flamethrower!" Houndoom released a stream of fire the soon engulfed the lobster pokemon in a rather ineffective blaze. Crawdaunts second claw now came up and clamped down on the pokemon's side, crushing the pokemon before slamming it into the ground. Upon impact there was the sound of a deafening snap as well as another holler from Houndoom. Marty wasted no time in running on the field and sitting at his pokemon's side.
Wyatt was dead silent and looked to Ken at his side only to realize he wasn't there. Without warning, the brown haired teen had rushed out of the stands was coming up fast on the field. Marty was down on his knees, tending to his pokemon. "It'll be alright boy, I just need to get you to the pokemon center." He spoke nervously. During all this Katherine simply stood with her arms folded, not worried in the slightest.
"This is bad; its rib cage was broken by that Guillotine attack." Ken had already asses from his short time on the scene. "That battle was way too much for it. You have to get to a Pokemon Center ASAP." Looking the dark type pokemon in its pained eyes just before it was returned to its pokeball, Ken could almost feel what it did.
The referee looked to Marty. "Please be aware that if you leave you will be forfeiting the battle. I'm sorry, but I have to uphold the rules."
"I don't care, I need to go!" And with that Marty took off towards the main building of the school where the Pokemon Center was located. Katherine shrugged and returned her triumphant Crawdaunt to its ball. "That piece of crap was a hundred years too young to even think of battling me. They'll let anybody into this school, won't they?" She laughed a bit and began to walk away.
"Wait!" Everyone in the vicinity had to stop and look at the boy who had dared to command her to do such a thing. It was Ken his face fuming with rage. Katherine seemed interested in this and smiled. "I know I'm too weak to do anything about it now, but I won't let you get away with harming pokemon like that and just laughing it off. That was the most brutal battle I've ever seen and you enjoyed it."
She turned around and began to walk again. "Trash like you isn't worth my precious time. I'll raise my pokemon and battle however I feel. Don't like it? Not my problem. But, you better hope you never become my problem. I have a certain way of dealing with them."
As she walked away Ken did notice one thing. A platinum like gem was chained to the belt loop of her pants. He wasn't quite sure why at that moment, but it seemed awfully familiar.
"I'll become stronger. Strong enough to put her in her place!"
"Ken Silas and Wyatt Blackwood please report to ring #2 in order to begin your evaluation battle."
As the speakers broadcasted the start of their own battle Ken and Wyatt looked at each other for a moment. Neither of them could be more excited.
-After a frightful encounter Ken now has a new resolve, but just around the corner is his long awaited battle with Rival Wyatt!-
Alright people, thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoyed. Next chapter should be here soon. Hopefully I'll be able to get some progress done with Spring Break being next week. Later~