Chapter XXXV: Marshtomp vs. Torkoal: Clockwise Rotational!
Brendan and Flannery took their stances followed by the appearance of their next Pokémon. However, Flannery, swiftly, gave the command to her Torkoal to use Overheat. And Brendan already knew that move was a bitch. Torkoal didn't need too much charging time; it seemed to have just opened its mouth, and tossed out the grand fire attack as if it was a dragon!
"Monkeyman, get out the way!" said Brendan in slight fear. Slakoth lay down, and literally rolled from the blast of fire. However, its tiny little tail was hit by the heat.
"SLAKOTH!!" it shouted. It then began to run around the arena, a black scorch mark that took up most of its butt.
"That's a burn," said May from the sidelines.
"Come on, Monkeyman; use you're sweet insight ability on how to get them. Use Slack Off!" said Brendan. The Slacker Pokémon lay down, and then began to do what it does best. The burn didn't go away, but Slakoth stood up in better condition than a few seconds ago.
"I don't think so; use Double-Edge!" said Flannery. Torkoal began running at near full Speed to take down Slakoth.
"Faint Attack!" said Brendan. The Coal Pokémon continued to charge at will to Slakoth, however, Flannery knew that this had become more of a bad situation than needed to be.
"No Torkoal, stop!" she shouted, but it was too late. As soon as Torkoal took another step into range, Slakoth used a fast; quick boxing jab to it, and watched as Torkoal fell down, and rolled back to Flannery.
"Oh my gosh, are you okay?" she asked while bending down. She sneakily began to slip into her back pocket...
"Looks like Brendan wins, huh May?" asked Wally blissfully while looking at the current situation. May looked at Flannery a bit closer to see that she was pulling out a Super Potion. Brendan was clomping the back of his boots together and high fiving Slakoth.
"Great job," he said. Brendan pulled out his Pokéball to return it, however, as soon as it was successfully back into its ball, a large, circular flame blast hit where it was just standing. Brendan gave a large jump, as it made a loud noise from it as well. Against the thick steel surface, there was a large, black scorch mark on the ground.
"Wait a minute; you're Torkoal was biting the dust. How'd all of a sudden it became back to normal?" he asked. Flannery took the empty bottle of Super Potion from her pocket, and tossed it to the side.
"Completely legal," she said while jumping back to her stance. "Just as you can return a Pokémon during battle, I can use anything to my disposal to make sure my Pokémon don't lose. Don't worry, you can too..."
"I know that, it's just that trainers don't use that trick very often..." said Brendan.
"Hm...get used to it; you're going to be facing even better and harder gym leaders, and I swear to you that you won' get passed me to take the cake!" she said. "Now are we going to sit here and grunt, or are we going to play?" she asked while folding her arms. Brendan fell down onto one knee, took off his rucksack, and begin digging thorough it. He pulled out some extra pairs of clothes, his PokéNav, a laundry machine, a tent, that mini-shower May bitched at him to buy during Chapter 10, his wallet (May sneakily made her way to his pile), a fish (that was still wiggling around), and a large, decayed boot that smacked May in the face when she reached down for black folded leather. He finally took out a tiny, green leafy plant, and pulled out a Pokéball. "Preparing for when your Pokémon get destroyed once again, I see?" she asked with a grin on her face.
"Nope, preparing for what's already been!" shouted Brendan. He threw out the Pokéball, and out came Marshtomp. It gave a little scream of rage, and because it's leg was still burnt. "I've got you," said Brendan while placing a hand on its shoulder, and handed it the plant. Marshtomp ate it slowly, and everyone watched as the red mark on his leg bruised up, and the pain must have disappeared as well; Marshtomp jumped up, and glared daggers at its competition.
"I'm still going to have to make do in destroying your little friend!" she said. "Go Torkoal, Body Slam!" she shouted. Torkoal jumped into the air, and widened its base, as it prepared to slam onto Marshtomp.
"Whirlpool!" shouted Brendan. A jet of water that moved in a circular motion shot from Marshtomp's mouth, and near collided with Torkoal.
"Evasive maneuver F-20!" she shouted.
"WHAT?!" asked the trio? Torkoal was about to hit with the expanded jet of water, however, it did its own circular movement, and spun out of the way of the jet. It then widened its base once more, and slammed itself onto Marshtomp.
"Ooof!" shouted the Mud Fish Pokémon.
"Come on Marshtomp; we've been practicing on bottom for a bit now; how do you get the gigantic boulder off of you?" he asked him quizingly. Marshtomp got onto all fours, and began bucking around like a wild bull.
"Torkoal, Flamethrower it while in close range!" shouted Flannery. As Torkoal began charging up the flame, Marshtomp gave one last BUCK, which had Torkoal go a few feet into the air.
"Tackle!" said Brendan. Falling down, Marshtomp jumped after Torkoal, and slammed it to the ground. It then hopped back to Brendan's side, who nodded in appreciation. "Now this battle will be done; pop it off with another Whirlpool!" he said.
"MARSH...TOMP!!" it shouted while shooting another circular water attack. As it closed in on Torkoal, Flannery stood there with a grin on her face.
"Iron Defense!" she said. Torkoal stood up on all fours once more, but then, it completely receded into its shell! The Whirlpool collided, and the water too, reflected off of Torkoal's shell, and simply passed Flannery. "I won't let you defeat me that easily." She said.
"Trust me, it will be!" said Brendan. "Muddy, Mud-Slap right into that center hole right there!" he said. Marshtomp readied himself, but then looked at the ground as if it was lost. He then turned to Brendan, and lifted its shoulders.
"Brendan, Marshtomp actually needs mud, or at least dirt to do Mud-Slap!" said May from the stands.
"Looks like Brendan...did a Flannery!" said Wally comically. "Oh, lemme get some!" He offered a hand for a high-five to May, who just looked at him stupidly and shook her head. "Lemme stop," said Wally while looking down.
"Torkoal, Rapid Spin!" shouted Flannery.
"Rapid Spin; wait a minute, Torkoal can't do Rapid Spin! It says on its entire move list that it doesn't do that move!" shouted Brendan in annoyed fear.
"Hm...Don't forget. This is a fictional story, in which any of the Gym Leader's Pokémon can do whatever the hell they please, right?" asked Flannery. Torkoal began rocking back and forth (while still in the shell), and got to a point that it was spinning quickly at will. It then launched itself to Marshtomp, who was still looking for any nearby dirt.
"No Marshtomp!" said Brendan. "Forget Mud-Slap; used Iron Tail!" shouted Brendan. Marshtomp's tail began to light up brightly, and smacked it towards the spinning Torkoal. This,
however, was a mistake, due to the fact that Marshtomp was knocked onto its face, and the Coal Pokémon nearly crashed into Brendan had he not moved out of the way.
"What the..." said May.
"Let me explain," said Wally while standing up. "Okay, so what went down is that the velocity of the spinning Torkoal X the direction it was spinning plays all factors in this," he said.
"Go on..." said Flannery.
"Well, in an aerial direction, Torkoal was spinning at least 65kph (35mph), and its direction was going clockwise," he said. "Marshtomp, as strong of a Pokémon it is, spun to knock back Torkoal at slower pace, of at least 55 kilometers per hour." He said. "Not only that, but he spun counterclockwise." He said. The result of Marshtomp's 'iron tail' was caught by part of Torkoal's outer shell, thus sending Marshtomp to slam on its face, and winning the Que será, será." Explained Wally. Everybody, including Brendan and Muddy nodded their heads in agreement, as he took his seat.
"I'm sorry about that," said Flannery simply.
"Oh it's no problem; all part of the battle," said Brendan helping Marshtomp up.
"Yes," said Flannery.
"Indeed," said Brendan.
"GO!" they shouted, and the battle began once more.
"Come on Marshtomp, show Flannery what battling is really about, and knock that Torkoal out with Take Down!" shouted Brendan. Marshtomp nodded, and began to charge at Torkoal with full speed, and readied force.
"Haven't you learned by now?" asked Flannery. "Iron Defense," she yelled. Torkoal popped back into its shell as soon as it came out. Marshtomp American football tackled the Coal Pokémon, which was sent flying to the other side of the arena. It made a large "BASH!!" against the steel wall, but Torkoal came out the shell with a smile.
"Torkoal!" it said while nodding its head.
"No!" shouted Brendan. The Take Down also hurt Muddy, as it began to grip onto the shoulder it slammed Torkoal with.
"Alright, enough screwing around; use Overheat!" shouted Flannery. Torkoal came out of it's shell once again, and with a small charge, fired the neo fire attack over to Marshtomp. "We're having fish sticks tonight!" she shouted. The flame was closing in on Marshtomp, and it smacked right dab to him. Marshtomp had just become owned.
"Marshtomp; you're okay! Come on!" said Brendan worriedly. Marshtomp stood straight up without much injury. It did have a few brown marks around his body in exhaustion, but then again, so did Torkoal.
"Go, use Overheat once more to finish off our adversary!" said Flannery. The Coal Pokémon once again did a small charge, and fired the flame over to Marshtomp once more. To avoid it, the Mud fish literally fell to the ground, and quickly stood back up. If Marshtomp looked like it was about to bite the dust, it was nothing in comparison to Torkoal; it just looked plain out of it. May took quick notice to it.
"Hm...Why does Torkoal look so tired; it just...that's it!" said May while turning to Brendan. "Hey Brendan, take a look at Torkoal, and see what the episodes of Overheat have done to it!" she shouted. Brendan took a look, and saw that Torkoal was indeed looking like it was about to bite it. May then took out her PokéDex, and typed in Overheat.
"Overheat, an attack that allows the user to give a full blown attack, however when used in succession, the attack weakens greatly, sharply lowers Sp. Attack, and to inexperienced Pokémon, take away HP quicker." She said.
"That's it!" said May. "Brendan; her using Overheat is basically killing it faster! Use that to your advantage!" she shouted.
"Right!" said Brendan. "Come on Muddy, I know that you're definitely tougher than that mutated Turtle!" said Brendan. "Water Gun!" he said. Marshtomp shot a quick blast of water over to Torkoal.
"Iron Defense!" said Flannery angrily. She knew that Brendan wouldn't have known the secret to her move had May not been there to blurt it out to him. The water gun seemed to have bounced off of Torkoal once more.
"Oh yeah, there's still that thing to worry about," said Wally. "How is Brendan going to use that to his advantage?" he asked May. She sat down, and took a few seconds to ponder that.
"I honestly don't know..." she started, until Brendan jumped in on their talk while battling.
"We still have to beat her Iron Defense method!" said Brendan to Marshtomp.
"Trust me, you won't!" shouted Flannery. "Torkoal, finish this off by Rapid Spin; Body Slam invert!" she shouted. Torkoal took another leap to the air, and widened its base once more. He then placed its body in the shell and began to spin once more. It was going a bit slower than last time, noticed Brendan.
"Wait...that's it!" shouted Brendan. "Yes, this match will be finished; Muddy, launch a Whirlpool to the bottom of his shell!" said Brendan. Marshtomp obeyed as what was told to him, and launched the circular water attack to Torkoal's belly.
"What's this going to do?" asked Flannery annoyed.
"Just look and see!" said Brendan. When the attack collided with the bottom of his shell, there was a slight change in what was going on; Torkoal began spinning the other way. It was spinning the opposite direction so fast, it came out of it's shell!"
"Awesome!" said May from the side.
"What happened?" asked Wally.
"Just look," said May. She was pointing to a dizzy looking Torkoal in the air. "Torkoal was spinning clockwise, but the attacks Whirlpool and Fire Spin have a tendency to be launched counterclockwise," she said. "The Whirlpool seemed to have locked under Torkoal's shell, and momentum spun it the other way. Because Torkoal's not used to the opposite direction of spinning, it came out, and is now dizzy!" she explained.
"I wasn't thinking of that, but its close, dammit!" shouted Brendan as the Whirlpool stopped. It, however, didn't stop Torkoal from spinning; nonetheless, he didn't recede back to its shell. Brendan grinned, and pointed up to Torkoal.
"Launch yourself to Torkoal, grab its neck, and slam it down to the ground, Muddy!" he said. Marshtomp pointed its mouth to the ground, and fired a Water Gun that launched itself up to the spinning Pokémon. Muddy then grabbed its neck, having its face just barely touch his, and the two began falling to the bottom.
"Torkoal, no!" screamed Flannery. "Use Flamethrower..." she said in worry. But as Torkoal opened its mouth, and looked to Marshtomp, the back of its head and neck slammed viciously on the steel surface. Muddy stood up, and looked down at the now knocked out Torkoal. The referee stepped onto the arena, and pointed his red flag towards Brendan.
"Torkoal is unable to battle; the winner of this match is Marshtomp and Brendan Maple from Goldenrod City!" he said. Brendan once again jumped, and clomped the bottom of his shoes together in joy. Marshtomp hopped onto the back of his neck.
"We did it!" said Brendan loudly. Marshtomp laughed happily, and the sound of Flannery returning her Pokémon could be heard from the distance.
"Yes, you did," she said while walking up to him. "Sorry to randomly bring this to you, but you battle like Norman does," she said. Brendan felt a sweat drop came down the back of his head. "But, I'm pleased to present you with you're prizes of P2800, TM50 (Overheat), and..." she looked into her pockets some more and looked around. "Oh my gosh!" she said. Her tone of voice sounded like she was an idiot again. "Oh gosh, no! I forgot the badges!" she said. "Oh gosh, please wait here. I'll get them. I'm so sorry!" she said. She then ran off the arena, and jumped into the hole that leads to the main entrance.
"She's still as retarded as ever," said the voice of an old man. They looked up to see the referee shaking his head. He then reached to his neck, and pulled off a rubber mask to reveal an elder gentleman. He tossed the mask to the side, and looked down at the kids who were looking at him in shock.
"You're her grandpa, aren't you?!" asked May excitedly.
"Yup; I'm grandpa Wantanabe, and apparently, Flannery still doesn't know the art of battle. She could have at least attempted to dodge your finally Whirlpool; and she forgot the badges. Jeez, she needs help." He said.
"So...where's the real referee for this gym?" asked Wally.
"I stuffed him into my closet, and he's still there!" said Grandpa Wantanabe happily. The three kids below began to laugh, when the old man looked at them with that same smile. "I'm not kidding!" he said. The Golden Trio instantly quit their laughter.
(break)
With Flannery, she was rummaging though her panty drawer, in searching for the Heat Badge. When she found the tiny black box containing them, there was a ringing of her cell phone. When she saw the caller ID, she raised an eyebrow.
"What does he want?" asked Flannery. She picked up the phone, and a female voice was on the other line. "Yeah this is her, but this isn't your phone, ma'am," she said. The woman continued to talk into the phone. "Oh, well okay, but where is he at?" she asked. The woman continued to talk, and
Flannery gained a big look of remembering. "Oh my gosh, you're right! I better pack up to go myself!" she said. "Thank you so much for reminding me!" she said. "Okay, bye!" Flannery hung up the phone, and ran the heat badges back to the gym for Brendan.
(Break)
"You know what?" asked Brendan while holding up the heat badge as they walked out of the Pokémon Centre. It had a yellow base, and red and orange flames coming from the top. "Maybe it wasn't worth having to fight Flannery; that was a big waste of Microsoft WORD space," he said while placing it in his coat jacket. "But I guess now I'm off to play the game how it's really done!" said Brendan.
"So wait a minute, how exactly are we going to get to Petalburg from here?" asked Wally in slight worry.
"Like this," said May. She pulled out her PokéGear, and dialed a number within. There was dial tone for a second, and then somebody picked up at the other line. "Hello, Briney. Yeah, this is May. Briney's voice rose in excitement. "Yes is good to talk to you too?" continued May. "Hey, I was wondering if you could meet me, Brendan, and a friend of ours down at the beach in Route 109?" asked May. Briney could be heard saying an "oh sure", but there was also a "where' you children at?" "We're at the outskirts of Lavaridge at the moment, but..." she was paused by Briney saying something that was negative about the trip.
"What's he saying?" asked Wally. But was shushed by May.
"Yeah, we have Flying Pokémon; we should be down that way in like...2 hours." Briney sounded as if something good was happening at that point. "Okay!" said May. "Ugh...um...alright, I'm sure we wont mind." Said May. An "I'll see you then" could be heard from the line. "Okay then, goodbye!" said May. She hung up, and placed the PokéGear back in her fanny pack.
"So what'd he say?" chorused Brendan and Wally.
"He said that if we can get down there in two hours, he can give us a ride, because he's coming down that way from Route 104." He said.
"But that's impossible; it'd take us about...15 on foot!" said Wally.
"Exactly; we're not going on foot," said May. She pulled out Swellow, and jumped onto its back. Swellow gave a small "ooof," as May jumped on.
"Swellow, swell (Damn, you're fat!)" it said. Brendan dug into his belt case, and pulled out a recently refreshed Heracross.
"Alright Horny, we'll be going to the beach at Route 109; you think you can carry me all the way down there?" he asked.
"Heracrow (yes sir)!!" said Heracross enthusiastically while beginning to carry Brendan from behind.
"Wally, you're going to have to walk," said Brendan.
"Ha ha, very funny," said Wally. Both May and Brendan looked at him as if he was stupid. "Ge...you're not serious are you?" they didn't reply, but continued to stare at him.
"Sorry Wally, but Brendan's right; you don't have a flyer; you're going to have to walk," she said.
"But...but...you guys can't leave me!" shouted Wally in fear. "I...I can't walk to the beach from here all by myself..." he said. He then involuntarily scrunched his face, and wailed as tiny blue tears came out of the open. The two of them shaked their heads, and then Swellow dug its massive talons into Wally's shoulders. Then, with a sudden jerk, it began to fly into the air. "AOU!!" shouted Wally in pain. More tears fell down his face.
"Hey, this is the only way you're getting to the beach without walking, so get used to it," said Brendan from beside him. Heracross was carrying Brendan as if about to do a seismic toss (but of course, wasn't actually about to). May rode Swellow on it's back, and Wally saw a few droplets of blood come out of his shoulders. The trio began to fly over the desert, and kept going straight. "Hey, what the hell are you two doing?" asked Brendan.
"Yeah, we're supposed to turn right here; keep going where you're going, we'll be at Route 119, idiots!" said May. The two Pokémon shifted their direction, and began to head south (like they were supposed to).
"Swellow swellow, swell swell (you're the one who lead the way, genius)!" said Swellow to Heracross.
"Hera, Hera crow (don't make me jock you)!" said Heracross, as the 5 of them flew into the afternoon horizon...
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