Bonus chapter: Green vs Crystal battle scene

This is a battle scene omitted from Chapter 6 of the story. If you would like the context of the battle, refer to Chapter 6 or read the entire story. More author's notes at the end of the story.

"Alright, let's have a six-on-six battle. You can switch in any of your pokemon at any time, but you cannot switch out a pokemon that has already appeared on the field. The first pokemon to faint loses the match for its trainer," Green explains. "I'll use these six, so to be clear," he continues, pointing to six of his pokemon: Arcanine, Alakazam, Exeggutor, Pidgeot, Scizor and Ninetales. "Ready?"

With a determined nod, Crystal proceeded to stand opposite Green on the battlefield.

"Alright, let's go Alakazam!" Green shouted, tossing out Alakazam's pokeball.

"Alright go Mega!" Crystal shouted, tossing out Mega's pokeball as well. "Razor Leaf followed by Light Screen!"

"Deflect the leaves with Telekinesis! While they are distracted, go forth with Psycho Cut!" Green ordered.

While Telekinesis did manage to deflect a significant portions of the leaves, Mega's Razor Leaf was so dense that some did manage to hit Alakazam as he charged forth through the flurry of Razor Leaf and attacked Mega. While Mega let out a low growl from the attack, the bulky Herb Pokemon stayed its ground and countered the attack with a Body Slam, causing Green to grit his teeth at the damage.

"Good job, Mega. Follow up with Toxic!" Crystal commanded, while Alakazam is still pinned under Mega's Body Slam.

"Kyaaa!" moaned Alakazam from the poison.

"Taunt, Alakazam!" Green ordered quickly, before bringing out Alakazam's Pokeball again. "Return!" and Alakazam vanished in a stream of red light. "Go Ninetales! Fire Blast!"

"Light Screen once more!" Crystal shouted, as Ninetales lept into the air and prepared to shower Fire Blast onto Mega, forgetting that Mega was just hit by a Taunt attack. Next thing she knew, there was a blast of light and she was forced to lift her hands and cover her eyes. When she lowered her hands a few moments later, she found the battlefield littered with small flames here and there, while Mega and Ninetales stood facing each other panting, worn out for the earlier attacks. Mega had sustained a burn from the attack as well, and it doesn't look like it could withstand another fire attack like this.

"You've done well, Mega. Return! It's your turn now, Bonee!" Crystal called, as she make her first switch. "Cover the field with Sandstorm!"

A strong sandstorm brew, dousing the flames on the battlefield, and obscuring the view on the field.

"Ninetales!" Green shouted, trying to sense his Pokemon's position on the battlefield. On the battlefield, Ninetales was having the same luck with finding the foe Cubone within the heavy sandstorm. Caught by surprise, two bone clubs appeared out of nowhere and struck the Fox Pokemon, causing it to let out an involuntary cry.

"This isn't working," Green muttered to himself. "Ninetales, return! Pidgeot you're up! Blow that Sandstorm away with Whirlwind!"

As the battlefield cleared, both Pidgeot and Green attempted to locate the foe Bonee, which had disappeared from the field. He looked opposite at Crystal, who was smirking at him.

"False Swipe, Bonee! Restrict the Pidgeot's movement!"

"What? Where?!" Green watched confused, as the bone clubs appeared out of nowhere on both sides of Pidgeot. "Pidgeot, use Agility!" Green commanded, as he tried to identify the Cubone's position to come up with a plan. To his surprise, Bonee's bone clubs continued to follow Pidgeot even as the Bird Pokemon continue to gain speed and flew faster. It also soon became apparent that Pidgeot was flying lower and lower, as the False Swipe continue to restrict Pidgeot's movement, directing it on a crash course towards the ground. "Fly upwards, Pidgeot!" Green commanded quickly.

The Pidgeot however, was unable to execute the command, as False Swipe continued to hinder its movement. Any moment now, Pidgeot will crash into the ground and the momentum and speed it has gained from agility would only add to the crash impact. "Return, Pidgeot!" Green called, moments before it was due to land on the ground.

As Pidgeot disappeared in a flash of red light, the small brown Lonely Pokemon hopped off the large Bird Pokemon and landed gracefully on the battlefield. Green had to restrain a facepalm as he finally realised where the Cubone was hiding all along, which explained the effectiveness it has in restricting Pidgeot's movement.

Crystal smiled up at him smugly. "No one beats a Capturer at stealth."

"We'll see about that. Exeggutor, you're up!"

"Bonee, Sandstorm once again!"

"Not on my watch! Leaf Storm!"

Being faster than the Cubone, Leaf Storm struck faster than Sandstorm did and Bonee was knock off his feet from the strong impact.

"Bone!" cried the Cubone.

"Grr, return Bonee! Go Parasee! Boost yourself, use Growth!"

"Disrupt it, use Stomp!"

The Exeggutor was too slow however, and did not manage to disrupt Parasee's Growth. The Mushroom Pokemon also scurried away before Exeggutor landed a Stomp. The two Pokemon engaged in a cat and mouse chase, as the faster Parasect scurries away from the attack of the slower Exeggutor.

Exeggutor's too slow, thought Green as he tried to come up with a counter plan. Hmm, is it me or is the Parasect's movement rather restricted? He's going round in circles, and avoiding the edges of the battlefield... Sunlight? Avoiding the sunlight.. don't tell me? Well worth a try anyway. "Exeggutor, use Sunny Day!"

Exeggutor stopped in his tracks and used Sunny Day, lighting up the gym with strong sunlight. Having the ability Chlorophyll, Exeggutor's speed got boosted as well, allowing it to out chase the Parasect too. Parasee on the other hand seemed to have lost energy and couldn't scurry away from the Stomp attack, allowing Exeggutor to finally land the Stomp attack.

"... Parasee, return!" Crystal called, placing the Pokeball back on her belt. She turned to Green. "How did you know?"

"Your Parasect was avoiding the sunlight as it scurries around. So I guessed."

Crystal pursed her lips, a little annoyed that Green found out her Parasect's ability, but also secretly impressed that he found out through the course of the battle. "Xatee, you're up!"

The Mystic Pokemon emerged from her Pokeball, eyes glinting as she watches the Exeggutor and its three heads. Green who was expecting the next Pokemon to launch into an attack was a little unnerved by the way the Pokemon stood so still on the battlefield, with no intention to attack.

"Not attacking?"

"... You're aren't attacking too."

Crystal grinned. "Who says I'm not?"

Huh?

Without any command from Green, the Exeggutor charged forward and attacked.. the wall.

"Ttch confused. Exeggutor, re-"

At that point, a blast of energy threw Exeggutor off balance, leaving Green dumfounded for a moment. "-turn," and the Exeggutor returned to its Pokeball before any more damage could be done. He turned to Crystal, noting the glint in the Xatu's eyes. "Future Sight?" he asked.

"Xatee's specialty. Helped us in a few tight spots." Crystal replied.

Green nodded. "Scizor, you're next. Swords Dance and then X-Scissors!"

Once again, the Xatu's eyes glinted. But before the attack could land, Crystal withdrew Xatee and switched Hitmonee out instead. Hitmonee took the brunt of the attack, but being not very effective, the damage was minimal.

"Attack!" Crystal commanded, and Hitmonee proceeded with a flurry of punches.

"Block him with your pincers!"

It became a pseudo fist fight, as pincers meet punches, each evenly matched.

"Lift him into the air!" Green commanded, seeing that not much damaged is being done.

Scizor grabbed Hitmonee by his wrist and flew upwards, intending to toss the Hitmonchan to the ground from a high altitude.

"Burn him!" Crystal ordered, and Hitmonee powered up his fists just like he would for a Fire Punch. Being made of steel, Scizor conducted the heat very well, causing his temperature to rise. Unable to bear the heat, Scizor flapped his wings quickly, and with the weight of Hitmonee pulling him down. It was then that Future Sight struck, causing Scizor to lose complete control of flight and both Pokemon started a falling descend.

"Scizor!"

"Hitmonee, reduce the impact by using Mach Punch on the ground"

Coincidentally (or intentionally, whichever way you want to see it), Scizor landed on the ground a split second after Mach Punch split the ground open, causing some damage. Hitmonee did not escape unscathed too, even if Mach Punch reduced some of the impacts. Both Pokemon struggled to stand up, worn out from the crash landing and prior attacks.

"Hitmonee, you've done well, return! Archee, you're our last chance!"

"Arrrr!" Archee made a battle cry as he landed on the battlefield.

Green smirked. "Arcanine huh. Scizor return! Go Arcanine! Douse the battlefield with flames!"

"Arrr!" Green's Arcanine made a similar battle cry, before dousing the field with flamethrower as instructed.

"Grr," Crystal gritted her teeth at the state of the fiery battlefield. "Archee, use Agility and attack your opponent with Extremespeed!"

"Dodge it!" Green commanded. Unfortunately, his Arcanine is outspeeded by Archee, and failed to dodge the incoming Extremespeed. "Tch. Use Agility and ram your opponent into the fire with Headbutt!"

Unable to see the match clearly while the two Pokemon tussle within the fire, Crystal was momentarily lost. "Archee! Defend yourself with Bite! Try to stay above the flames by pinning down your opponent in the fire!"

"Counter with Bite as well!" Green commanded.

The two Arcanine thus began a fight of strength with their paws, as they both tried to attack the other with Bite while rolling round the fiery battlefield. Eventually, Archee won the fight of strength and managed pin down the foe Arcanine within the flames and landing a bite on its neck.

"Nineeee!" roared Green's Arcanine from the pain.

"Hang in there, Arcanine! Catch them off guard with Overheat!"

Once again, a burst of fire and light engulfed the battlefield, this time much stronger than before.

"This power... ?" Crystal gasped. "Archee, get out of there! Use Endure!"

The spreading flames caused the sprinklers in the gym to activate, a safety measure to prevent the gym from burning. As the fire got put out, it became easier to see the battlefield. Archee has sustained a burn from the strong Fire Blast. Coupled with the damage from rolling around the fiery battlefield, it came as no surprise to Crystal that Archee has fainted, though it still is a bit of a shock.

Green's Arcanine on the other hand, seemed unharmed by the fire, though it is a little uncomfortable at the water raining down from the sprinklers, having ran to Green as a refuge. Crystal returned Archee to his Pokeball, whispering a "You've done well," eyebrows furrowed together as she tried to make sense of what has happened.

"My Arcanine's ability is Flash Fire," Green explained, reaching out his hands for Crystal's Pokeball to be placed in the healing machine.

"I see.. well looks like I lost this battle then," she sighed, bowing in defeat.

"That was a good battle," Green said encouragingly.

Crystal nodded. "Well let's clean this place up!"

Notes:

Information about the Pokemon are obtained from Bulbapedia, which indicate the abilities and nature (if available) and known moves. I also used Pokemon Database as a reference for the the moves the pokemon can learn in game, but stuck to the manga's treatment of Pokemon moves, which does not have the four move limit. Parasee's ability is Dry Skin, if you are still confused. This is canon in the Manga. Green's Arcanine having the Flash Fire ability however, is not canon, and I improvised that.

I was also a little creative based on move executions, taking inspiration from the way battles are carried out in the Mangaverse. Most of these ideas are my own, though there are several that came from the Manga: Bonee using False Swipe to restrict opponent's movement (use against Suicune), Scizor lifting Pokemon in the air (used in the battle against Red at Cape Brink), Xatee and Future Sight (against the Masked Man), Hitmonee using Mach Punch on the ground (when Cyndaquil wanted to join Crystal's team, and against Suicune).

A/N:

There you go, my very first battle scene! I was trying to not make this as mechanic as possible, hope that pulled off well with the creative move executions. I'm sorry if the battle scene makes it seems as though Crystal and Green are almost on par. I could write something that basically just have Crystal been thrashed by Green, but that really defeats the purpose of writing this battle bonus. And I also wanted to have some more air time to the Pokemon, which weren't too frequent in the Manga.

I played by Crystal's strengths as a Capturer, knowing her Pokemon very well, and plausibly stealth tactics. I gave Green an edge with the knowledge of Pokemon abilities, which isn't too far-fetch since he does hold the title of a Trainer.

Hope you enjoyed this battle bonus! If you enjoyed the story, please favourite it so that others can find it too, and also leave a review to let me know what you think (:

This bonus chapter is dedicated to joycewu333, who requested for the battle scene.