Chapter XXXIV: "Just a Filler Battle"
It has been a couple of days since the hot springs visit. Although they have visited it twice more since then, May remembered her time with the other girls she was with a few days before. She could not compare to the fact of exactly how tired she was when she woke up this morning, but she didn't want to roll out of bed even if her Pokémon were getting poisoned to death, and the antidote was in her hands.
"Okay, so maybe I'd leave if that's the scenario," she thought as she rolled over in her bed to look over. She saw that Brendan's stuff was out of the room, and that the sun's rays were engulfing her. With all her strength, she rolled out of bed, and presumed her stance after she almost fell and hit her face. After fighting her light-headedness, She looked out the window to see the rest of the Lavaridge skyline, along with surrounding mountains. She rubbed her eyes intensively, and looked over to see that Brendan didn't just have his stuff out the room; he had long gone as well. Wally was on bottom hammock drooling all over the pillow, so May decided to have a little fun with this.
"Maybe I should put something in his mouth," she whispered to herself while gradually waking up. She noticed that Wally had one, long curly underarm hair, so she went to the bathroom to find some tweezers. Looking in the mirror, she saw that her hair had a severe case of nappy.
"I guess I'll need to use the good conditioner today," she thought as she dug into a drawer to find them. When she moved in to pluck his hair, which was awkward because his arms were up in an inverted angle, she put the tweezers at the base of it, and gently plucked. He moaned a few times, and turned his body so that it along with his head faced her.
"Perfect," she whispered, as she placed it in his open mouth. As Wally dreamed of eating spicy burritos, he felt the odd trickling feeling on his tongue.
"Hey, this isn't spicy!" he shouted (in the dream) to the Mexican ninja's who challenged him to a spicy burrito eating contest. "But it does have a sweaty aftertaste!" he said with uncertainty. As May stood up, Brendan burst into the room, making May jump so much, she threw the tweezers into the sink, and how Wally moved his head got drool on May's arm.
"EWW!!" she shouted. Brendan, looking at them while panting very hard and in sweats pointed to his watch in tired happiness.
"I…got…twelve….minutes…..and…..twen…ty…two…..seconds…." he panted, pausing in second-long intervals. "That's…three….seconds….less….than…last…time!"
"What time is it?" asked Wally groggily while sitting up and rubbing his eyes.
"Time for you to get the hell up to support me at my gym match today," said Brendan while falling dramatically on the ground below.
"Did you run with your Pokémon?" asked May.
"Yeah, they should be right…behind me," said Brendan while looking to see absolutely no one behind him like 5 minutes ago.
(Main entrance)
"MARSHTOMP MARSHTOMP, MARSH MARSH!!" shouted Muddy while pulling on a plate of another Pokémon's food.
"MACARGO!!" shouted a Macargo threatening to blast Muddy.
"NUZLEAF NUZ NUZ!" shouted Nuzleaf in Muddy's defense.
"AIPOM AI AY!!" shouted an Aipom. The shouts of Pokémon fighting over who got what food made Nurse Joy have to come and split the two factions of them.
"Hey!" she shouted. "Stop acting like Pokémon, and find a way to settle this!" she shouted when they silenced. The 11 Pokémon turned to look at Nurse Joy dully, as she realized that what she said was quite "dee dee dee-ish."
(Room)
"I think I better take a quick shower before I go chasing after them," said Brendan. The three preteens took quick showers, and got ready for the day. When they went down for breakfast, Brendan's Pokémon seemed to have stolen food from another trainer's Pokémon, in which it was found out that the particular trainer was taking a "morning dump" to why the food was underhandedly taken. The three trainers ate their food in silence, particularly Brendan, who seemed to have lost all social aspects of him, and focusing in on what was to come today.
"Brendan, are you alright?" asked May with concern.
"Yeah, usually you'd be done with your breakfast by now, but you're just…I don't know, zoned out," said Wally while taking a bite of sweet eggs. Brendan just nodded, and took another bite a food himself. He continued to eat, while silently reminiscing the fact of his "boss" yesterday at Mount Chimney. And there was still the white envelope that was in his bag; what was it. He hadn't had a chance to open it yet; was it an important message, or memo, or even a bomb! He didn't know, but he had to focus in on his match today. Despite the fact he now has four badges, he still could use one more match to prepare for his father…
"BRENDAN!" May near shouted.
"What?" he simply answered.
"You didn't answer my question; are you ready for your match today against the Gym Leader?"
"Huh; yeah. But the gym doesn't open up for trainers until like; 2 ½ hours from now," said Brendan. He completed his breakfast, and made sure that all 6 of his Pokémon were down in his belt. "Besides, she's just a filler battle until I get to my dad, and even he's a filler until I get to the Pokémon League," he said while walking out of the rotational doors of the Pokémon Centre.
"I hope he's alright," said May.
"That lug will be fine," said Wally while eating some toast. "He just needs a little walk around town, and he'll be back here all fired up and annoying as anything again," he said. Outside, Brendan took out his bike, and slowly rode upon the sidewalk of the city…
"An alpha team 45 Gage spy? Well the, I guess I should give you this," said Maxie. He slipped a small white envelope into Brendan's bag, and continued to grin heavily…
Brendan continued to ride down the street, and watched the clock, as it slowly winded down to become 12 at noon to face the gym leader…
"This is what will go down; we will go by my home field advantage by having my shock field of my Electorena!" shouted Watson. "Randomly, these conductor volts will hit certain places around the arena, possibly you and me," he said. "Depending on how powerful my knob is, there will be a specific number of volts in it; for example, I currently have it at 1, which could only be about 100 volts of electricity per one shock. But, if I put it up to 7," he said while rolling up the knob on the remote to the 7. The buzzing noise in the arena increased greatly, and the VOE in the rods were more visible. "Then about 100,000 VOE will be in per shock. These act as pumpers for my own Pokemon, as a shock can't kill an electric Pokemon," he said. "Hm...still willing to play by my rules…?
"I'll have to get this next badge, and then I'm going to defeat my father," thought Brendan as he did a bunny hop off of a small rail…
The time it took for the Gym to open came and went, and the three trainers met up once again at the front of the two large double doors of outdoor fortress-like gym.
"So who's gonna push it open?" asked May.
"You do it," said Wally to Brendan. Brendan did not answer, but simply stood in the mists of the other two silently. May rolled her eyes.
"I'll do it," she said while pushing the double doors open. Inside was a large dirt Pokémon arena, along with a small, shrine-like building on the side. Brendan walked completely inside, and looked around. Though there was nobody in sight, Brendan believed to add in some extra PT time, and began to run around the squared circle.
"Um…Brendan," said Wally. "I think you're Pokémon out to run around like that to prepare, not you…"
"Leader can see them when we battle," said Brendan firmly as he continued to run. The sound of sand going against Brendan's shoes ("Cruck, Burk, Cruck!") continued throughout the arena, as he jogged. However, all of a sudden, a loud "BASH!" came through the door of the shrine-like building.
"OH MY GOSH, I'LL SAVE YOU!!" shouted a loud female's voice. There stood a girl about 17, who was tall, slim, and with wild, fiery hair. She was holding a crimson fire extinguisher, and began firing it at will towards Brendan.
"Blauggghh!!" shouted Brendan, as the cold, white pressured water solution overwhelmed Brendan to the ground, and the girl continued to spray to save her life, more than his.
"Lady, stop it!" shouted May.
"You're friend is fine, little girl!" shouted the woman. "I'm a trained professional at this situation. She continued to spray, until May, came over, placed on the safety pin, and twisted it out of her hands.
"He was fine before your dumb-ass began spraying him with this!" shouted May while tossing the device to the side. "He wasn't on fire; he was just….jogging and running around to warm-up for the match!"
"Was he really?" asked the elder girl in disbelief. She looked to him, and noticed that he didn't have any smoke coming from him in any way while on the ground.
"Oh, I am so sorry!" she shouted while offering a hand to help him up. "Oh gosh, I am such an idiot, are you okay!" she asked. Brendan slapped her hand away, and shot himself up from the ground.
"Lady, are you insane?!" asked Brendan while slamming his arms to the side. "Jeez, I'm not even on fire in the slightest, and you attack me with some Rayquaza-forsaken…" but he stopped when he noticed that she was giggling. "WHAT'S SO FUNNY?!" he asked as she tried to stop.
"When you asked if I was insane, I just thought of that old saying my grandpa told me; he said that he was old and insane…in the MEMBRANE!" she said while bursting out laughing once more. Wally and May shook their heads at the side.
"Idiot…" thought the three kids at the same time.
"Brendan, wipe the floor with this chick, so that we can go," said Wally quietly in his ear, as she continued to roll on the ground, laughing.
"Sounds like a plan," said Brendan louder. As she finished laughing, she stood up, and offered her hand once more.
"I'm Flannery," she said blissfully.
"I'm a pissed off trainer," replied Brendan. He pulled out a Pokéball, and began tossing it in the air, and catching it while walking over to one of the sides of the arena.
"Wait a second; how many badges to you currently have?" asked Flannery.
"Four," he replied while taking out his silver badge case, and reveled 4 badges.
"Why'd you go for Watson's and the Winstrate's badge for?" she asked.
"Long story short, watch the news sometime," said Brendan while pulling out his Pokéball. "I have other trainers and gym leader that I must defeat, so how about we hurry this along, huh?" he asked.
"Hm…funny," said Flannery as she moved to one of the buildings. She opened it up, and directed Brendan inside.
"We'll fight in here," she said. May raised an eyebrow, but Brendan advanced without a second thought.
"I hear that you fight with Fire Pokémon, right," said Brendan as he stepped in. As soon as he did, the door behind him slammed violently, and he heard a small "click" on the outside. Flannery had locked him within. He then began to knock on, and kick the door brutally. "Hey, get me out of HERE!" he shouted while starting to kick the door.
"I don't think so," said Flannery.
"What's going on?" asked Wally to the gym leader.
"Trainers who have 3 or more badges have to battle the "Trainer Rotational," she said. "All gym leaders have it, yet not all use it," she said while knocking on the door to make sure she had Brendan's attention. "Brendan, you will be going through a series of geysers into different rooms," she said. You'll follow these geysers, and will eventually get to me," she said. Her tone of voice wasn't as…airheadish as it was the first few minutes of meeting her. She now seemed to be all business, which meant that Brendan had to be to be too. "There should be a man in there to help you if you need any questions." She said. Then she turned to Wally and May. "You two come with me," she said while patting their shoulders, and continuing on to the building on the right.
"What man; get me out of here!" shouted Brendan while continuing to knock on the door. But it was useless; she had already walked off to the location in which she needed to be. He gave a small sigh, and then looked at the semi-dark hallway ahead of him. "I guess I'll have to move on to battle her…" he said realistically. He walked down the fire-lit path, and then reached a small, wooden room with two stone Pokéball plaques containing a list of Pokémon Trainers who defeated Flannery. The list had only one name on it; Seth Anderson.
"That BASTARD!" shouted Brendan as he looked around the room. There were two large holes in the room that could easily fit a person, and at his words, out came a man from a hole at the right side of the room.
"Oh yes," said the man. He had brunette hair pointed up, and a gray suit. "Do not worry though; this list isn't to how much kids have beat her since yesterday." He said. "She's only just recently become the Gym Leader, so you don't have to strain yourself to hard," he said.
"How did Seth beat her?" he asked intensively.
"I don't know; I had a foot fungus to deal with yesterday, so I didn't see it," he said. "However, I know that you can succeed with flying colors; just watch out for all the other trainers," he said. "To advance, simply jump into one of those nifty holes over here, or over by you," he said while pointing out the holes once more. Brendan nodded, and walked over to the hole on the left.
"Well, here we go!" he shouted while jumping in. It was only a few seconds before Brendan hit solid ground once more. He looked up and saw the man looking from above.
"I forgot to mention, that you should have jumped in from the right!" he shouted. You could have gotten to Flannery faster. I'm sorry!" he shouted.
"So then how to I get to her now?!" asked Brendan annoyed.
"From there, I don't know. Just follow the holes and geysers until you get to her!" he shouted. "You'll pop out to her right!" he shouted.
"Gee thanks," said Brendan as he turned to see the room he was in. This time, there were four holes, and had Brendan rolled where he landed, he'd have been launched to another one. "I guess I'll jump in to this one," said Brendan as he walked over to the top left of the room, and hopped in. He felt a gush of hot water go to his legs, and was propelled up to a second room above. There was a 17 year old guy with blue hair to his shoulders, and wore tight blue pants and had a long, white blazer.
"Finally another challenge," said the trainer while opening his blazer to reveal his Pokéball. "I guess you believe that you can just, waltz in here, and receive your badge to the dumbass leader, right," he asked.
"Let's just get this over with," said Brendan while pulling forth a Pokémon. "I choose you, Slakoth!" he said. Slakoth hopped out of the Pokéball, and began sheepishly dancing around.
"Slakoth, Slack (I'm back!)" it said happily.
"Go Kecleon!" said the trainer. A chameleon-like Pokémon busted out the Pokéball, and slowly pushed its tongue out, followed by receding it back within its mouth. "Call me Zane, and call me the trainer who'll wipe you out this game!" he said.
"Alright Zane," said Brendan. Slakoth; let's cream this guy…
(break)
"This is where we'll stay while we wait for Brendan to get here," said Flannery as she, Wally and May came out of a small geyser that propelled them to a stadium. This particular room had metallic walls, and floor, containing the official Hoenn League Arena pattern. There were florescent lights that shone high above the three.
"This is a pretty nice pad you've got here," said Wally while walking onto the arena.
"Yeah, but this is grandpa's," she said while sitting down at one of the small spectator benches at the side. She placed her hands upon her shin, and rested her elbows on her thighs, and seemed to have developed a sad look on her face. Wally and May continued to examine the arena, until May caught the fact that Flannery seemed down.
"What's the matter," she asked.
"I don't know," said Flannery. She looked up, and eyed the rest of the stadium. "I just became leader of this gym like…yesterday." She said while moving her hands to rest upon her thighs. "I'm honestly in fear of failure to him," she said.
"I'm sure you'll be fine," said May sympathetically.
"Pss…but look at my grandpa; former Elite 4 Member for Johto, well renowned Gym Leader, but now he's off to explore the country, and writing poetry to make up for his old age," she said. "And now I'm expected to live up to his name to keep this gym's reputation." She said. "Shoot, you might as well grab a new-born to conquer all of the lands of the Roman Empire," she said sadly.
"Well, listen," said May taking a seat besides her. "Nobody can become the best by just picking up a Pokéball, and tossing it into the arena," she said calmly. "I mean, look at Brendan. Despite the fact that he has four badges, instead of running off to his father to get another badge, he's trying so hard to take the time to sharpen and perfect his Pokémon battling to be sure that he's ready to face Norman, and the harder challenges ahead," she said. "And I'm absolutely positive that you're grandpops had to go though hell to become an Elite 4 member, nonetheless make this town famous for his great battle abilities." She said. "So don't knock yourself down just because you're not as strong as you're grandfather; I know for sure that you'll be able to surpass him someday," she said. Flannery began to swell up in tears, and then began hugging her tightly.
"Thank you, so much!!" she shouted while tightening her grip on May.
"Too tight…too tight…" choked May. Letting go, Flannery went back to her base.
"Just to let you know, I don't roll like how Roxanne does…"
"Yeah, yeah…" agreed May.
(break)
"Ke….Kecleon…" said Zane's Pokémon as it fell to the ground in defeat.
"My Pokémon!" he shouted while running towards it.
"I guess you couldn't take me for the challenge," said Brendan while returning Monkeyman back into its Pokéball.
"You're good, but you'll have to maneuver your way though more tough trainers before you can just roll up to Flannery," answered Zane. "And if you want the quickest route to her, just use the hole over at there," he said while pointing to the hole at the bottom left of the room.
"Thanks…" said Brendan making his way to it. "Wait a second," he said. He then turned to Zane with a look of suspicion on his face. "Why should I have to listen to you; when if you're just lying to me, and feinting me to take a longer route to get to her?" he asked.
"You don't have to go that way, if you don't want to; there's always a room that goes down, instead of up," he said while shrugging his shoulders. Brendan pondered this for 30 seconds, and then decided to go to the hole at the top right of the room instead.
"See ya," said Brendan. He was propelled up to the next room, and Zane took on a nice grin.
"Hook, line, and sinker…" he said to himself while nodding. Brendan was launched to a wooden room that held a blonde girl with blue eyes, and an eerie look on her face.
"Steh auf!!" she shouted. Brendan turned himself, and stood up.
"What?" he asked.
"Du schwachsinnig; Ich zersöre dich mit meinem stark Feuer Pokémon!" she shouted once more.
"Look lady," said Brendan while standing up straight to face her. "I have no clue what you're saying, but I'm sure you're challenging me to a Pokémon Battle, if I'm not mistaken…" said Brendan with slight uncertainty. He pulled out his Pokéball, and aimed it to her.
"Verstehen, dass Wantanabe der gröβte Gymnastik-Führer überhaupt war! Ich vereidige seine Ehre, wenn ich dich zerstöre!!" she shouted while tossing out a Numel. "Ich heiβe Axel, und ich bin dein Ende!!" she shouted.
"If we have to play that game," said Brendan while switching Pokéballs. He tossed out Marshtomp, who gave a nice little roar.
"Numel, Tackle!" she shouted with a heavy European accent.
"That's the first bit of Japanese you've said all day!" shouted Brendan. "Muddy, combat back with an Iron Tail!" he shouted. Numel, faced the full blown attack of Marshtomp's Iron Tail head on, and doing so gave it a severe headache. Brendan nodded his head in agreement as he continued to command. "Now use Muddy Water!" he said. Marshtomp blew a whirlpool of brown water towards Numel.
"Duck and use Flamethrower!" she shouted. Numel rolled out the way of the Mud water attack, and shot a Flamethrower towards Marshtomp, which connected successfully. The room began to smell like burnt fish, however, Marshtomp wasn't hurt in the slightest.
"That was dumb; Marshtomp, use your own tackle!" he shouted. As Marshtomp began charging over to Numel, Axel called for her Pokémon to dodge out of the way once more. However, the Numel unfortunately was football tackled to the ground by Marshtomp.
"Fire Blast it off of you!" she shouted. Numel then pointed its neck to Marshtomp's face, and shot a large, kanji-shaped blast of fire to him. Marshtomp was blown off of Numel, and crashed to a nearby corner.
"Now use Overheat!" she shouted. Numel charged up a different attack; it was heating up the room just as the beam formed in its mouth.
"Muddy, get out of the way!" shouted Brendan. Numel finished charging the attack, and shot it full blast over to Marshtomp. The mud fish Pokémon barely got up, and hopped out of the way. But even then, it gave an ear splitting scream; the attack was inches past it's foot, and there was a small red spot that must have hurt like anything. Brendan went over to his Pokémon, and bent low to see the tiny spot. He dug into his bag to see if he could find his Burn Heal, and as he found it, another blast of fire was coming his way! He quickly grabbed his Pokémon, and jumped to the other side of the room matrix-like.
"What the hell was that cheap shot for?!" asked Brendan as he sat up, and rubbed the Burn Heal onto Muddy.
"Marshtomp, marsh (yeah, what's you're problem?!") shouted Marshtomp in anger.
"The opportunity for strike was perfect, that's why," answered Axel. She seemed to be ready to send another strike down Marshtomp's way; however she realized that the section of the room behind Brendan was burning.
"Look out; behind you!" she shouted. Brendan shot around, and saw that the fire at the back began to engulf the back corner of the room.
"Oh crap!" said Brendan. "Is there a fire ex…wait a minute; Marshtomp, are you well enough to stop this fire?" asked Brendan. Marshtomp shook its head furiously, as it continued to wince at the burn from the Overheat. "Fine, rest up a second; go Bagon!" shouted Brendan while taking the tiny dragon out of his Pokéball. "You're teammate is in pain for the second," he said. "I need you to Hydro Pump the…"
"BAGON!!" cried the tiny baby as it ran behind Brendan eyeing the flames.
"Was machen wir?!" shouted Axel in fear.
"Bagon, just Hydro Pump the fire 'til you're hearts content!" shouted Brendan over the roaring flames in front of him. The Rock Head Pokémon began shooting a Hydro Pump to the fire in front of them, and as it quickly dispersed, a look of relief spread over Axel's face.
"I'm so relieved." She said in Japanese. Brendan then turned to her, placing her hand on her forehead in relief and shock, and Brendan nodded.
"Muddy, Iron Tail," he asked in question form. Marshtomp picked up the hint, and its tail began to glow while it charged over to Hump Pokémon. As its back was turned, Marshtomp poked its shoulders, and when it turned, whacked it with full force of the Iron Tail, knocking it out.
"Looks like I win," said Brendan, as Axel glared angrily at the situation.
"What the heck is this!?" she asked.
"The opportunity for strike was perfect, duh!" said Brendan simply while returning Marshtomp. He then watched as the holes opened up, and then jumped into one that'd take him down a level. He appeared in a room that had three holes. "Time to continue on," he said while looking around to see where else he'd go for the day.
(break)
"Mystical Knight of Jackal places that stupid monster back on the top of your deck," said Flannery as a monster was sent to the top of a deck of Yu-Gi-OH cards brought by Wally.
"What; that's impossible!" he said.
"Now my Insect Knight can finally take the rest of your life points," she said as Wally lost the game. "Wow Wally, you started out with 8000, peaked to 32,000, and then lost with 0 life points. Pathetic…"
"Maybe you should play Solitare," said May. "Then you could only lose to yourself." She said. The two girls laughed, and high-fived each other, as Wally began picking up his Duel Monsters cards sadly.
"Beginners luck," he said.
"Trust me, Wally," said Flannery while setting up the playing field to help May out. "I've been playing this game before you were even thought up of," she said. She pulled out a small deck, and handed some to May. "Alright loser, move; I have to show May how to beat you when you guys are on the road like this," she said. "And now I think about it, I better show Brendan how to play for when he's stuck at your Contest intermissions," she said while looking at May, who nodded in agreement.
"I've already taught Brendan how to play," said Wally.
"Yeah, by handing him a deck of monsters, and using your deck to defeat him," retorted May. The two girls laughed, and Wally was left to shake his head to himself once more.
"I'd show you to the deck of cards for your Solitaire, but it's at the Main House; sorry." She said. The two girls began giggling once more.
(break)
"…and my father almost raped me once again," said a crying trainer. She had a knocked out Meditite at her side, and Brendan had a near knocked out Heracross at his. She sniffled, and looked up to him once more. "Do you now understand the crap that I have to go through all the time," she asked while wiping her eyes.
"Yeah…sure," said Brendan half impatiently. "Hey listen, I've been sticking myself in holes for nearly 20 minutes now; do you know the holes I have to do to get to Flannery?" he asked.
"Sure," she sniffled. "Just take that hole over there, and in the next room you get to, the hole straight across from that one," she said.
"Thanks," said Brendan as he jumped into the hole that she told him to get into. However, when he did, he landed into the room with the same blue haired, white blazer guy from before.
"You're back I see," he asked.
"Wait a minute," said Brendan. He placed himself into perspective of where he was at when he battled him, and where the hole that Sadie told him to go to. He then remembered that Zane offered him the same hole after defeating him the first match.
"So wait, you were telling me the truth that time!" said Brendan astonished.
"Well duh," said Zane while shaking his head. Brendan hopped into the hole, and he felt himself plunging deeper, and deeper. This was the deepest hole that he's jumped in all day. When he landed, he stood up to find himself in a steel room, which also had a steel plated Pokémon arena. He saw May and Flannery playing Yu-Gi-Oh!, while Wally was at the corner playing Solitaire with a small deck of cards.
"Hey!" shouted Brendan. The three of them looked up, and seeing his face noted that time will finally move on with them.
"Brendan, hi…" said May.
"Hello," said Wally.
"Finally," said Flannery while kicking the duel field out the way, and taking a few steps in a corner of the arena. "I had assumed that all of you're Pokémon faded or something!" she said.
"Not a chance, Flannery," said Brendan as he shot onto the Battle Field, and took out a Pokéball. "I know you're strategy by now, and I know that I'm going to start us out with…
"Wait a minute, what about the referee?" asked May. Brendan turned his head to see a Referee in his office, lying on his desk in front of the computer. Brendan smoothly tossed his Pokéball to the man, smacking him on the back of his head, followed by it soaring back into Brendan's hands.
"How'd you do that?" asked Wally.
"Magic," said Brendan sarcastically. The referee shot up, and ran to the middle of the arena, seeing Flannery at the arena with a challenger. He grabbed his red and green flag, and pointed them straight in the air.
"This match is scheduled for one, fall, and is for the WWE Championship!" he said groggily. The competitors and spectators alike looked at him dully, as Wally shook his head. "Oh, wrong one, sorry. "Uh…if Tyrone win dis fight, den he goin be the leader of Souf Side Street unit of da Bloodz!" he said. Wally once again shook his head. "I'm so sorry," he said once more. "Alright, this Battle is scheduled for 3 falls, and is for the Heat Badge," he said. "No trade outs of Pokémon during the battle except for the challenger!" he said. "I want a nice clean fight; no biting, scratching, destroying the Empire State Building…lets get it on!"
"I chose you, Magcargo!" shouted Flannery while pulling out a magma snail.
"For the first time in a while, I pull you out, Iron Heart!" shouted Brendan. Out came Brendan's long forsaken Larion, who gave a loud, mighty roar at the upcoming of its arrival.
"Magcargo, that Steel Attribute in him makes him a weak candidate; use Rock Throw!" she shouted.
"Counter back with Rollout!" shouted Brendan. Larion rolled itself up into a tiny ball, and then fired itself straight to Magcargo. The rocks thrown from rock throw weren't effective in the slightest, but one large boulder from the Rock Throw did manage to block off Larion in time for Magcargo to move out of the way.
"Flamethrower!" shouted Flannery. The Lava Pokémon charged up its breath, and fired a hot, fiery burst of energy to Iron Heart.
"Body Slam" shouted Brendan. Larion leaped away from the Flamethrower, and pounced onto Magcargo's hard shell. It then spun around, and waited for further instructions. "Headbutt it!" shouted Brendan. Larion gave one, quick charge of its head towards Magcargo, and watched as the Lava Pokémon spun over to the corner.
"I don't think so!" shouted Flannery. "Magcargo, use Harden," she said. The Lava Pokémon had the stadium lights reflect off of its entire body. "Now go for a tackle," she said. Magcargo began to go to Lairon again, and Brendan had a hard time thinking of a counter strike.
"Wait, Iron Heart, use Harden too, and stand your ground!" he shouted. Lairon began to shine brightly in the light too, and tightened its hard muscles when Magcargo got into striking range. The two were basically trying to knock each other over, as Magcargo rammed into Lairon with rigged force.
"Magcargo, I know you can do it; knock Lairon off of its feet!" she shouted.
"Don't take this Iron Heart; you've had WAY more training than Magcargo!" shouted Brendan in reassurance. The two continued to shove and see who could get the better of the two. In the end, it was Magcargo who sent Lairon rolling over to Brendan's side.
"You're okay, Iron Heart!" shouted Brendan in confident fear. He bent down to his Pokémon to see it growling with rage. Brendan looked over to its right leg to see that it had a red scorch mark on it. "He's burned." Said Brendan.
"Yeah," said May from the sidelines. "Magcargo has that one special ability that if a Pokémon makes physical contact with it, they have a 30 chance to be burned," she said. "I'd like to see Drew try to rape THAT thing," thought May while forming pictures in her head about Drew getting burned at his junk. She had a funny look on her face as she thought.
"May; what are you thinking about?" asked Wally while scooting away from her slowly.
"Lairon, are you alright?" asked Brendan as he dug in his bag for a burn heal.
"Lairon, lay…" said Lairon while beginning to stand up on its. "Lairon lay (it's just that)," he said while taking a deep breath. "Lay….ron….Lairon (I…will….hurt him)!!" he said while jumping up, and biting Magcargo's neck. It then began to spin it around in multiple circles, and tossed it into the air. "LAY RON!!" he shouted while re-grabbing it with its teeth as the Lava Pokémon fell back down, and tossed it violently passed Flannery. It was instantly knocked out.
"Magcargo got knocked the (vroom vroom!) out; the winner of this round is Lairon!" shouted the referee.
"Great victory Iron Heart; you showed him how it's done!" said Brendan.
"Lairon (damn right)!" said Lairon while huffing madly. Brendan pulled out its Pokéball, and returned it.
"You deserve a little break for now; rest up for our next stop," said Brendan. "And I believe you know who that is."
"I won't stand for this," said Flannery while tossing out her last Pokémon. "I choose you, Torkoal!" she shouted while throwing out an orange turtle that had a black shell with orange squares on it.
"Pss…I'll finish that thing off quicker than you can say, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, 30 times," said Brendan while pulling out a Pokéball. "Lets go, Monkeyman!" said Brendan while pulling out his Slakoth.
"Not until I take you out first," said Flannery while turning to her Torkoal. "Let's show him how it's really done here in Lavaridge; open up with Overheat…"
(chapter end)
Another chapter folks. I know I haven't updated since before (for some, during) the school year, but it's due to the factors of school, work, wrestling, and entertaining girlfriend. I swear I live at and near school than my own home. But, the magical force of Spring Break has reminded me that I have this thing to work on. For my readers and fans of this story, I still love y'all (no homo dudes), and I'm not going to forget you guys, so don't piss yourself when I don't update in more than 3 months. Just kidding. At any event, if you like this chapter, please let me know, because I sure as hell didn't.