chapter 6: Newfound Power
Authors note: this is going to take place after the 5th gym. don't worry this is the only part i'll time lapse (except victory road) anyways enjoy. also there will be pokemon from every generation here, even if it is kanto.
"that last battle was tough, but at least we got a soul badge out of it. you okay Emburn?" i looked up at Ryan, i was a bit tired out, but that last battle with Koga in the Fuchsia city gym was worth it.
"don't worry about me i'll be fine Ryan"
'char charmeleon mel charmel meleon'
"that's the spirit buddy, come on let's go to the pokemon center to get you healed up." we started walking towards the pokemon center, but suddenly i felt that strange sensation again, like an adrenaline rush mixed with being hyped up on sugar, then the light surrounded me, i was evolving again. the changes were very noticeable this time, first was the sudden growth, i went from being 3'7" to being exactly Ryan's height at 5'7", then my horn growing out the back of my head split into two, and moved to either side of my head, my snout grew a little longer than what it was before, my arms grew stronger and had sharper claws. finally the end of my evolution resulted in wings growing from my back, orange on the outside, and blue on the inside, i had become a Charizard. with one mighty roar, and a flamethrower to the sky, i was ready to take on anyone.
"holy Arceus Emburn, you've evolved." i simply grinned right back at him.
"with this new power on our team, we'll be sure to become even stronger than before." after my little evolution process we went to the pokemon center to heal up and rest for the night. this night i dream't of encountering Tidal again, but this time i won the battle, and flew away in triumph. we woke up the next morning, eager for the next gym battle.
"ok according to my map, we hit up saffron city next, with Sabrina being the gym leader." we started along the path to saffron, but then i had an idea. i gestured to Ryan to climb on my back so we could fly to saffron without a problem.
"nah it's ok Emburn, we don't need to be in a hurry, besides, wouldn't you rather be out here in the wild enjoying the scenery." i looked around, yeah it was peaceful and scenic around here, so i decided to agree in there being no rush. we walked for a bit until Ryan saw something rustling in the grass, we watched it closely until a larvitar popped out of the grass. Ryan and i just nodded at each other, and the plan went into action, i charged at the larvitar and landed a dragon claw before it even knew what had leaped out of the underbrush, after my weakening attack, Ryan threw a great-ball at the thing and caught it. he released the larvitar so i could find out its name.
"hey what's your name? mine's Emburn and you don't have to worry about us, you're part of our team now." he looked nervous at first, but then realized that we wouldn't harm him and opened up.
"my name's Crusher, and i would actually like to meet this team that i'm now a part of." i told Ryan Crusher's name, by taking some nearby walnuts and crushing them in my hand.
"hmm crushing? is it Crusher?" we both nodded. i then gestured if Ryan could take out the rest of the pokemon on the team, he agreed and let everyone out of their pokeballs. Nightshade the Haunter, Sharktooth the Gabite, Punchout the Lucario, and Wake the Lapras. they all greeted the new member of the team with welcoming spirit. we left the forest and entered Saffron city, we had no trouble at all locating the gym, and we went right in. inside this gym was a little creepy, it was shadowy and painted purple, also i couldn't help but notice another presence somewhere deeper into the gym. all of a sudden lights come o n in the back, and sitting on her chair is a black haired girl in a red dress.
"welcome challenger my name is Sabrina, and i have a specialty with psychic type pokemon, hopefully that charizard behind you isn't all you have." Ryan looks back at me, i nod knowing that i'm going to be his last hope in this battle. he pulls out my pokeball and i go right back inside, fortunately for me, in this past month of travel, i learned that a pokeball customizes its look to what the resident desires, so i pictured a viewing screen that could project the battle outside the pokeball.
"don't worry Sabrina, i have plenty more than my charizard. GO, WAKE!" i see him send out a pokeball and Wake comes out of it looking, and i guess feeling, really confident on this battle. Sabrina sent out her Mr. mime out first, i know i'm not the only one who thinks that those guys are creepier than a cave full of ghost pokemon. Wake made the first move in sending out an ice beam to the thing, it hit with enough force to really send it backwards. Wake tried to follow up that ice beam with a surf attack, but the Mr. mime shot out a psybeam that cancelled the surf out. it hit again this time with a psychic attack, and it hit Wake, hard, luckly for Ryan though Wake still had enough energy left to shoot an ice beam at the thing and freeze it solid, Wake then shot a surf attack, and that was the end of that Mr. mime.
"well now, this is going to be an interesting battle, you already bested my Mr. mime, but now let's see how you go up against kadabra." she sent out her kadabra, not a very tough foe, but it is trouble though, and Wake won't make it through this round. my thoughts were correct when Wake took a shadow ball to the face and was out cold. Ryan put him back in his pokeball and sent out Punchout, this Lucario was ready to fight, he first went in with a close combat attack, that really weakened the kadabra, then Punchout shot an aura sphere at it, the damage was pretty bad but the kadabra held on with a small bit of energy and hit punchout with a fire blast, that hit him hard and it left Punchout in the same situation as the kadabra. both pokemon were panting in exhaustion, but with one final shot, Punchout sent a dragon pulse, while the kadabra shot out a psybeam, both beams connected, and the shockwave of the blast sent both flying backwards into the walls of the gym leaving both unconscious. Ryan then sent out Nightshade who probably would have been a better choice in the beginning of the fight. Sabrina then sent out her venomoth, it tried to use sleep powder to make Nightshade a sitting duck, but Nightshade just phased through the powder and then sent a shadow ball towards it, after that he hit the venomoth with the attack he got his name from, the nightshade attack, it didn't do a whole lot but it did enough to make it get knocked out. i was just sitting in my pokeball watching this, thinking it was all going to be fine, until she sent out her alakazam, with it being psychic type and faster than Nightshade, there was no way he could survive this pokemon. Nightshade tried to throw a shadow ball at it, but the Alakazam hit him with a psychic attack before the ball could form, as one last act Nightshade placed a curse on the alakazam but in turn using up the rest of the energy he had left.
Ryan's point of view "come back nightshade. dang this Alakazam's tough, i know that Crusher is too weak to face it, and Sharktooth could only last so long, i guess Emburn is my last hope now. GO EMBURN" i knew this would come down to me, i landed on the gym floor facing the Alakazam.
"alright then, time to party." i said with a grin, being half flying type i was naturally faster than it and landed a shadow claw right in the center, i also knew that Nightshade's curse was doing something as well because it also reeled back in pain even after my shadow claw hit. i had a feeling that Nightshade had a plan to stop this thing if i failed, but i'm not going to. i knew just how to finish this off, i fired a flamethrower right at it, it tried to counter with a psybeam, but to this day i don't know a pokemon who can counter the heat of a charizard's fire, the beam tried to hold on, but the heat overpowered it and sent the Alakazam rolling on the ground. i roared to the sky in triumph and flew next to Ryan's side.
"congratulations, you and your pokemon have earned the marsh badge, this charizard is very well trained and it seems to have a certain bond with you, i hope you finish your adventure in victory."
"thanks, we are working hard to get there." we went on our way out of the gym, we decided that we hadn't visited home in a while, so Ryan hopped on my back and we flew back home. when we came back everyone that we knew came by to visit us and there was a party that night. the party ended at around midnight so we decided to go to sleep, i decided to sleep outside because my bed was way too small for me now. it got a little lonely so i decided to collect a few rocks and bring them inside, i layed them out in a circle and slept on the floor. in the morning Ryan was surprised to see me sleeping on a bed of stones right on the floor, he woke me up and we went downstairs to have breakfast. i decided to go out and hunt, something i hadn't done since i was a charmander. i flew around the countryside until i fount what i was looking for, a herd of tauros, i swooped down and grabbed ahold of one, it tried to squirm away but i held firm, once i found a perfect spot, i leveled myself correctly and let gravity do the rest. i flew down and cooked the meat perfectly, then i dug in. by the time i was finished the sun was almost at its highest, so i flew back to the house where Ryan was waiting for me.
"so i guess you caught your breakfast this morning huh? well i really don't wanna know the details so let's go on to the next city." we then flew off to possibly the longest flight i have ever had to take, Cinnabar island.
Sorry i took so long in updating guys, you know, new years and stuff, also i pulled off an all nighter so i didn't upload as soon as i wanted cause i was tired. but i hope you enjoyed this chapter and i will try to upload the next one sooner.