Chapter Ten
Battles, Battles, and more Battles.

Previously:
As Tony took Lloyd's place on the makeshift battlefield, Tiffany doing the same to Kat's, he smirked at Tiffany, "I hope you don't think I'm gonna go easy just 'cause your cute. I'm going all out!"

"I wouldn't have it any other way!" Tiffany replied, smirking as well.

"Go! Poliwag!" Tiffany called, and a burst of light introduced a small round tadpole, that jumped up happily.

"Alright! Time to go!" Tony called out, as his Pidgey was released. In the small hallway of the boat, Pidgey didn't have a lot of room to maneuver, but it fluttered into the air anyways.

The Poliwag jumped up and a spiral of light shot out of its belly, but Pidgey swerved to avoid it, tackling into the Poliwag, who rolled away.

"Crap, don't get hit by that hypnosis, Pidgey, stay in the air!" Lloyd called, and Tony nodded.

Another Hypnosis blasted out, barely missing the small bird. The Pidgey stopped in midair and with one powerful flap, sent a flurry of winds at the Poliwag, who was knocked aside. Righting itself, the tadpole launched a blast of water that struck dead on, and the Pidgey fluttered soaked to the ground. Seeing an opportunity, the Poliwag launched another hypnosis, which hit the bird.

The Pidgey's eyes got droopy, but it shook off the hypnosis and took to the air again. It sent another gust at the Poliwag, and this time the tadpole didn't get up.

Scowling, Tiffany withdrew her Poliwag and sent out her next pokemon, and small crab.

The Pidgey flew downwards, but the Krabby scuttled sideways and pinched the Pidgey's wing in its claw, sending it spinning into the wall, and into unconsciousness. Tony threw out his next pokemon, his Meowth, who mewed quietly, eyeing the crab like a seafood dinner.

The Krabby rushed forwards in a zigzag pattern, and smashed it's pincher down where the Meowth just was. Spinning, the Krabby eyed its surroundings in search of the small cat. A sudden hiss announced the location of the Meowth, clinging to the wall of the hallway. Its coin glowed bright and the Meowth rushed at the Krabby, hitting it.

Upon contact, the sound of something hitting the ground could be heard, but a burst of smoke exploded outwards, quickly dispersing, The Krabby stood in the same spot, dazed, and with coins littering around it. The scratch cat was clinging the opposite wall this time. The Krabby turned towards the cat, and foam started emerging from its mouth. The Meowth leapt again, its coin shining bright, while the Krabby unleashed a flurry of bubbles, hitting the Meowth as it sped through the air. Another burst of smoke declared the attack had hit, and when it cleared, both the Meowth and the Krabby lay knocked out.

As Tony and Tiffany recalled their pokemon, a sailor suddenly ran up to them, "Hey! Hey! Knock it off, this is a luxury cruise, not a coliseum, get back to your rooms!"

Grumbling, both groups departed, after saying their goodbyes. "To be continued!" Tony yelled as they returned to their room to heal their pokemon. The found Johnny awake, and all three of them decided to go see the captain of this ship. On the way there they fought in a few battles and collected a few items.

"Sparky! What are you doing here?" A voice asked, and none other then Gary Oak himself emerged from the captains room. Sighing, Lloyd and Johnny both told Tony they were going to meet him back in the room, and that they didn't want to deal with the always-cocky Gary.

"So? What are you doing here?" Gary asked.

"I…I don't need to explain to you." Tony growled.

"Hmph, there's been a lot of weird people on the ship today…" Gary said.

"What's that mean?" Tony asked.

"There was a guy here earlier, he was a weirdo, had orange hair." Gary explained.

"What! Where?" Tony yelled, looking around.

"Out on the deck. Why?" Gary asked, and Tony started to turn, "Hey! You can't run from me! You know we've got to battle!"

"Fine, then let's hurry this up." Tony growled, releasing his Wartortle.

"Glad to, Go Kadabra!" Gary called.

The yellowish pokemon appeared on the ground, holding its spoon like a weapon, while the Wartortle stood balanced. Wartortle unleashed a blast of water, but the Kadabra suddenly disappeared in a flash of light and appeared behind Wartortle, sending a blast of psychic energy into Wartortle. Going into it's shell and popping out of the opposite sides; Wartortle unleashed another blast of water, nailing the Kadabra, who reeled back.

Before the Kadabra could recover, Wartortle was there, with a fist in its belly. The mega punch was too much for the physically weak Kadabra, and it was quickly recalled.

Gary's Pidgeotto was next, flapping its wings threateningly, and diving and the Wartortle, who spun out of the way on her shell. The Wartortle shot a blast of water into the Pidgeotto, but it took the hit and crashed into the Wartortle. The Wartortle was unconscious, and the Pidgeotto flapped lazily into the air, weakened.

Tony sent out his own Pidgey to attack, and in a flurry of wind, it struck the Pidgeotto off guard. With another rush of wind, the Pidgeotto was knocked senseless. A sudden shining light enveloped around Pidgey, and it became a sleeker, larger bird, a little smaller then Gary's Pidgeotto.

"Alright! Good job Pidgey! Or should I say Pidgeotto!" Tony congratulated, and the Pidgeotto cawed in agreement.

"Pssh, who cares? I caught my Pidgeotto at a higher level then most anyway. Go Raticate!" Gary yelled, releasing the large brown rat, which growled fiercely.

" At least I treat mine well! Go Meowth! Time for a game of Cat and mouse!" Tony called, releasing his own cat.

The Meowth hissed at the Raticate and leapt for it, landing on it's back. It bit down on the fur of the large rat, which shrieked and shook furiously. A sudden rip was heard, and Meowth was flung off the rat, landing away with a clump of brown fur in its mouth. The Raticate growled loudly and ran at the cat, and a flash of light split the air as it clamped down on the cats shoulder.

Both animals went tumbling down, and Meowth countered with a pulse of water that washed the rat off of it. The Raticate stood up, and teetered slightly, confused. With one last blast of water, the wounded Meowth ended the Raticate's time on the battlefield.

"Go, Eevee!" Gary called, releasing his last pokemon.

The Eevee strutted out on to the field. Tony recalled his Meowth and released his Butterfree. The butterfly fluttered above the small brown cat, and sprinkled a powder all around it. The Eevee tried to dodge it, but the powder struck. The Eevee's eyes drooped and it fell to the ground. It only took three consecutive confusions after that to knock the sleeping Eevee into a deeper sleep.

"Hmm, is it just me or do you keep getting easier to beat?" Tony asked, as he ran towards the deck, leaving the dumbfounded Gary standing beaten.

"Wha? Impossible…"

Tony burst out on the deck of the boat, looking around for any sign of the orange haired boy. He sighed when he realized the boy wasn't here and leaned on the railing of the deck. The breeze rustled what hair was out of his cap, and he looked around thoughtfully. He looked out over vermillion, and suddenly spotted a flash of orange hair entering the vermillion gym. Gasping Tony ran back to his room. He burst into the room, and Johnny was sitting in a chair, looking through his backpack, his Ratatta was sleeping in a ball behind him. Lloyd was sleeping on the bed.

"Guys, quick, we gotta go to the gym!" Tony shouted, pointing franticly at the door. Johnny jumped up in his seat, the chair falling backwards, almost smashing his Ratatta. The Ratatta squealed and leapt up on the bed, landing on Lloyd, who awoke with a shout, flinging the Ratatta into Tony's face. The small purple rat struggled furiously as Tony tried to wrench it off, finally flinging it at Johnny, who had his pokeball out, recalling it.

"Anyway, this is just the attitude we have to have. Beat all the gyms, GO TEAM!" Johnny yelled, running out the door, Tony following after. Lloyd remained on his bed, looking around sleepily, "Huh? What just happened?"

Lloyd met back up with Johnny at the strange tree, which Johnny smirked at.

"Check this out." Johnny said, as he released his Bulbasaur.

"Bulbasaur, Cut!" Johnny yelled.

The Bulbasaur reacted fast, a lightning quick vine shooting out and cutting directly through the tree, which fell off in two halves, opening the way.

"Haha!" Johnny cried, hugging his Bulbasaur "lets go!"

They entered the gym, and Tony felt his hair stand on end from static electricity. The room was futuristic, with many garbage cans and a series of electric fences kept the gym leader secure from challengers. Tony could make out the orange haired boy taking to a burly blond man. They were disappointed and frustrated to find the gym to be a puzzle. The puzzle consisted of a bunch of garbage cans and button at the bottom of them. After a painstaking search, and shuffling through many crumpled pieces of Lt. Surge memorabilia, they managed to shut down the electric fields.

The three approached the gym leader, and the orange haired boy's eyes widened at seeing Tony, who glared back. Johnny took a step forward, brandishing a pokeball, "I wish to challenge the third gym leader, Lt. Surge." He addressed.

The Lt. smirked, "If you think you can beat me, go ahead, but your friends can't watch." He said, in a gruff demanding voice. Tony quickly stepped forwards, " Um, I'm Professor Oak's…uh…Protégée, and he has me in charge of collecting and recording every living pokemon. I was thinking it would be good if I could observe some electric pokemon in action?" Tony explained, holding out the Pokedex.

Lt. Surge inspected the Pokedex, before nodding to Tony, "Professor Oak gave me my first pokemon, if you're working for him, then you're welcome to observe." He smiled, "You!" he yelled, turning towards Lloyd, "Out, before I make you get out!" Lloyd gave one last reproachful look, before exiting out of the gym.

Lt. Surge grabbed a pokeball off his belt and rolled it off his hand. It landed on the ground, and large eyes opened up. The Voltorb rolled forwards.

"Go! Rattata!" Johnny yelled, and the jittery purple rat appeared in a flash of light. It immediately disappeared and the voltorb looked around.

"Voltorb, don't fall for it, watch the dust on the ground!" Lt. Surge laughed, arms folded across his chest.

Sure enough, one could see the line of dust from where the Ratatta had just run. Just as the turned to ram, the Voltorb spun itself quickly, and the Ratatta couldn't find a smooth surface to hit, sliding off of the voltorb. The voltorb glowed bright, sparks surrounding it as it charged up. The Ratatta once again tried to quick attack, and this time it looked as though the Ratatta was going to hit. Right as he was going to connect, sparks erupted all round the voltorb hitting the rat and sending it flying into the wall. A perfect ring of charred floor was around the Voltorb, smoking slightly, while the Voltorb sat in the dead center of it.

The Ratatta let out a hiss, and disappeared again. The voltorb already began charging again, when the Rattata suddenly burst out from under the Voltorb, pummeling it with tiny claws and bites. The dirt and rocks also ripped into the voltorb, sending it rolling unconscious into Lt. Surge's feet.

"Looks like it my turn to laugh." Johnny smirked, as Lt. Surge scowled, "Your just lucky you got your hand on a Dig TM."

Suddenly the Ratatta glowed bright, getting bigger and when the light stopped, a larger rat stood, differently colored and growling.

"Yeah! Go Raticate!" Johnny whooped leaping into the air as the large rat jumped into Johnny's arms.

"Hmph…" Lt. Surge grumbled as he released a Pikachu, who stood ready.

"Return! Go, Bulbasaur!" Johnny called, and the green dinosaur came out.

The Pikachu rushed forwards, skidding right next to the Bulbasaur and lashing out with a thunder shock. The Bulbasaur roared and leapt back. Its vines shot out and whipped into the Pikachu, picking it up and tossing it across the field. It landed nimbly on it's feet and fired a pillar of electricity, which drove across the field, and Bulbasaur leapt sideways to avoid it. Te Pikachu ran forwards again, but as it neared the Bulbasaur, it suddenly fell sideways, snoozing. The sleep powder Bulbasaur had laid earlier paid off.

Lloyd was peering inside the small window, with his own Pikachu on his head. Suddenly the Pikachu jumped off of Lloyd and on the ground.

"What's wrong Pikachu?" Lloyd asked, and the Pikachu glumly pinched its fat.

"What? No your not fat Pikachu, that Pikachu is just stronger." Lloyd tried to comfort, as his Pikachu spun around, its back facing him.

"Woops…no, I didn't mean you were weak Pikachu!" Lloyd pleaded.

A shadow suddenly moved over Lloyd, and he turned to see one of Lt. Surges Subordinates.

"Well, the rat and his mousy friend caught spying…" the man said, punching his hand into his palm, "This'll be fun…won't it." The man said, and the rather large Electabuzz behind him growled in sadistic agreement.

Lt. Surge was forced to recall his defeated Pikachu because Johnny's Bulbasaur had it in a chokehold, and was now trying to contemplate what he should do next, when the Bulbasaur started glowing. Lt. Surge wasn't even able to get out a "You've got to be kidding me!" before a larger, stronger Ivysaur stood proudly.

"Actually, I could've had him be an Ivysaur way earlier, just wanted to pull out this trump card." Johnny explained, as an enraged Lt. Surge sent out his final pokemon, a large orange mouse.

"Raichu, Destroy!"

The Raichu suddenly disappeared, as it rushed at the Ivysaur, it seemed as though two of them appeared, and the Ivysaurs vines struck nothingness, and the Raichu rammed into the Ivysaur. The Raichu disappeared again, and this time three of them appeared, coming at Ivysaur at all angles. The Ivysaur spun, and leaves flung away from him, spinning at high speeds, zooming through two of the fakes, and striking the third in its chest. The razor sharp leaf, fluttered gently to the ground as the Raichu staggered back.

The Ivysaur didn't waste anytime, vines wrapping round the Raichu as it rushed into the mouse, hitting it back. The Raichu started to move, but suddenly dropped to the ground. The Ivysaur smiled, and it shook itself, sleep powder falling gently off. With Raichu asleep, the battle was quickly over.

Lt. Surge was dumbfounded. He silently handed the badge over while the orange haired boy watched on.

"Listen, I want you to have this. Your techniques were remarkable. You could make it to the top." Lt. Surge complimented, handing Johnny a yellow disc, "That's shockwave. It'll hunt down its opponent and never miss. Very useful."

"Thanks…lets go Tony." Johnny said.

Before Tony could move, the orange haired boy stepped forwards, " Uncle, I'd like to fight that boy!" He said, pointing at Tony. Lt. Surge looked thoughtful, "Chad M'boy, ya know what? If he can beat you, I'll give him my badge as well."

(Here it is. Be happy. Don't Complain. Also, on different note My name is now ImLucky, not Sparky Johnson until i deem otherwise.
If it really is a big problem, i'll chang it back, so don't cry. Geeze.)