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Chapter 8 – Cerulean Gym
The next day I woke up to hear the sound of a distant punch-up and flustered crying. I woke Blue and Green up and charged out of the Pokémon centre with Charmeleon and Machop alongside me. Pikachu lifted up her ears and pointed me to the source of the crying and Beedrill flew on ahead to do what he could. We arrived at a trashed house to see a Team Rocket member escape from the back and a police officer at the front of the house.
"I'm sorry; there has been a robbery at this house. You cannot go in," said the officer.
"But… maybe I can help to catch the fugitive!" I protested.
"Sorry. I cannot allow that," replied the officer. A man then came out of the house, crying and looking rather beaten up.
"They stole my TM!" he cried. "I was going to teach that to a Mankey or a Sandshrew… Maybe I should just get a Diglett. They learn it naturally." He walked off to the hospital, clutching his hand tentatively.
I walked back over to Blue and Green, who were still stretching at the entrance to the Pokémon centre.
"So… did you get to be a hero?" yawned Green. She stretched her hands above her head and I could hear her back clicking. I winced as it cracked and responded with a desolate shake of the head.
"Well, never mind," said Blue. "On a different topic, is everybody ready for today's battles?"
"Relatively… If the leader has 2 Pokémon then yes, if she has 3 Pokémon then I'm a bit worried," I said. I was secretly worried if she had 4 Pokémon because Charmeleon had a weakness to them all.
"Well, never mind that. Let's just go in and do the best that we can," reassured Green. It was with that message that we all walked into the gym and greeted the mascot (it was right next to the Pokémon centre. Handy, right?).
"Hello and welcome to the Cerulean Gym. The gym leaders all use water type Pokémon. There are three leaders currently available: Daisy in the door to my left, Lily in the door to my right and Misty is in the furthest right hand door," said the mascot, pointing to all the respective doors.
"Lily sounds like a lovely name. I'll go in this door," said Green, heading to Lily's door.
"I'll take on Misty. You don't mind, right?" I asked Blue. He waved a hand nonchalantly and I walked into the room. I felt my leg shaking as I nervously took my first steps into the gym. I noticed that the battlefield was made up of a pool and multiple floating pads.
"So… you want to battle me and get your next badge?" said a childlike voice from the other side of the gym. I looked up to see who I assumed was Misty and nodded. "Good. I like those with ambition. However, before you can battle me, you are going to have to beat my gym trainer."
"Misty won't have to get involved. I can take you down," she said whilst stepping out of the shadows. "Go, Seaking!"
"A Seaking… haven't met one yet. Well, go Machop," I considered. Machop jumped on to the nearest pad and struck a battle pose whilst Seaking dived into the pool and rushed through the water. "Let's go. Machop, use Seismic Toss."
"Seaking, stay underwater and use Horn Attack!" shouted the other trainer. Seaking charged through the water and barraged Machop with its horn. Machop grabbed Seaking's horn on the last hit and threw it upwards.
"Great, use Karate Chop when it falls back down!" I quickly ordered. Seaking fell back down and Machop slammed his hand against Seaking's body, sending him flying across the battlefield and back into the water, but on the other trainer's side.
"Are you OK?" asked the other trainer. Seaking popped up on the other side of the field and splashed angrily. "Great! Use Water Pulse and confuse Machop!"
"That's what I wanted. Machop, now!" I shouted. Machop surprised the other trainer by diving into the water, swimming to it and using Seismic Toss from underwater. The Water Pulse splashed against the wall behind me and Seaking once again flew into the air, this time landing on one of the pads heavily. Seaking still managed to flop itself into the water and it bared its horn at Machop as he got back on to the pad.
"Ha! She has much more vitality than you'd think. Use Poison Jab!" bragged the other trainer. Seaking started to swim towards Machop with her horn ebbing deep purple.
"Machop, I know you will get poisoned from this, but when Seaking jumps up use Karate Chop on its horn," I quickly instructed. Machop agreed, to my happiness, and braced itself. Seaking jumped out of the water, just as expected, and Machop slammed his hand against Seaking's horn and she flew back into the wall. A critical hit! Seaking cried out weakly and flopped slowly back into the water and Machop suddenly looked very ill.
"Can you still battle, Machop?" I asked, concerned.
"He'll have to be, I only have one Pokémon," said the gym trainer. I was confused by this, but continued nonetheless to thumbs up from Machop. "Use Karate Chop!"
"Fine, you use Peck, Seaking," said the other trainer. Seaking charged at Machop and Machop was… not moving! Peck landed hard on Machop's arm and as Seaking started to move away Machop smashed his fists into Seaking's stomach, throwing her into the ceiling before she landed with a heavy splash into the water. Machop recoiled as the effects from poison landed, but Seaking floated up to the surface with spiral eyes. Machop stood up proud for a moment before doubling over with poison's effects.
"You put up a good battle, and your Machop learned Revenge at the right time! I think you'll hold your own easily against Misty," congratulated the other trainer, shaking my hand simultaneously. Machop staggered back over to me and wished my other Pokémon good luck.
"Do you want to go into your Poké ball?" I asked Machop. Unsurprisingly, he agreed and I shot a red beam from the Poké ball at him and he weakly sighed as he returned, for the first time to his Poké ball. "You rest well, you've earned it."
"Now you're up against me!" said Misty as she stepped towards the other side of the battlefield. "I have 3 Pokémon, so you choose your three." Utterly confused by this, I picked the three I had left, though I worried that Charmeleon would be seriously injured.
"Fine, I pick Pikachu to go first," I decisively said. Pikachu jumped on to the nearest platform and scratched its ear with its hind leg.
"Nice choice, but nonetheless, go Staryu!" said Misty whilst throwing out her Poké ball. A strange star shaped Pokémon came out of the beam produced and landed on the nearest platform to Misty, flashing its core twice. "Let's go!"
"Use Water Pulse, Staryu!" shouted Misty. Staryu bent its top appendage and blasted a ring of water towards Pikachu.
"Quick, use Electro Ball!" I quickly suggested. Pikachu shot off the ball of electricity, and it collided with the Water Pulse, causing an explosion in the middle. "Now use Thunderbolt!"
"No! Underwater, now!" shouted Misty. Staryu quickly dived underwater and Thunderbolt missed, leaving Misty looking smug at first. Her expression changed to confusion then panic as I smugly ordered, "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on the water." Pikachu shot the electricity out of her cheek's electricity sacs into the water, causing Staryu to jump out of the water in pain, slamming back down on the pad with a soft thud. Staryu picked itself up and flashed its core 3 times quickly.
"Use Rapid Spin, Staryu," instructed Misty. Staryu jumped up and started spinning so fast it stayed airborne and flew straight to Pikachu.
"Dodge and use Electro Ball," I called out. Pikachu wasn't fast enough and got smacked in the face multiple times, leaving her with a red mark below her right electricity sac. Pikachu jumped to the next pad and jumped upwards, swinging her tail around and smashing it into Staryu's core and sending it flying into Misty. Staryu's core flashed slowly twice and stayed still.
"Nice work with my Staryu, but can you take on my next Pokémon? Go, Starmie!"
"You did well, Pikachu. Have a rest for a while," I congratulated. Pikachu jumped back over to me and turned back to watch the rest of the match whilst Misty threw out her second Poké ball, this time containing what looked to be two Staryu stuck together, and shot the beam on to the nearest platform to her again. "Let's see how you can handle this. Go for it, Beedrill!"
"A Bug type! Eww!" said Misty, obviously grossed out. "Use Water Pulse to get rid of it."
"Dodge and use Twineedle to stick it to them!" I confidently spoke. Beedrill rose upwards and avoided the Water Pulse. She then dived very quickly into Starmie, causing massive damage to it, due to its weakness.
"Argh! I forgot that Starmie is part Psychic… Wait, Beedrill is part Poison too," Misty pondered. "Aha, use Psychic!"
"Dodge it Beedrill," I said. Beedrill tried rising upwards again, but got hit by the move and fell back downwards. A critical hit… "Use Poison Sting, Beedrill," I stammered. Beedrill sent out a myriad of needles from his abdomen stinger and hit Starmie in the core. Starmie's core flashed many different colours and it cried angrily.
"Use Water Pulse to take it down!" screamed Misty. Starmie shot out a steamy jet of water instead and burnt Beedrill, causing her great pain.
"Are you OK?!" I asked, clearly panicked as none of my Pokémon had ever been burnt before. Beedrill weakly cried out, but rose back up slowly. "Alright, if you're sure... use Bug Bite."
"Ha-ha, use Scald again, Starmie," laughed Misty. Starmie shot another jet of steam and, once again, burnt Beedrill, this time causing her to fall to the ground. I looked over to see if she was OK, but her eyes were swirly so I recalled her to her Poké ball.
"OK, it looks like it's up to you Char-"
"PIKA!" interrupted Pikachu, looking like she was raring to go. Charmeleon honourably let Pikachu go out if it wanted to and watched happily, as he didn't like water.
"OK, let's see if Starmie can handle Pikachu. Use Thunderbolt!" I shouted. Pikachu let loose a large bolt of electricity and it caught Starmie right in the core. Starmie bent over with the pain and flashed its core a few times.
"OK, use Recover, Starmie," said Misty, surprisingly calm. Starmie surrounded itself with a green aura and it looked like most of its wounds had healed.
"No! Use Thunderbolt again, Pikachu!" I ordered. Pikachu let loose another huge bolt of electricity and it hit Starmie on its right "arm".
"Use Recover again, Starmie!" Misty playfully chanted. Starmie started to cover itself in the green aura again but stopped when it got covered instead by sparks of paralysis. "NO!"
"Yes! Use Slam on Starmie!" I sang. Pikachu jumped up and smashed her tail into Starmie, sending it flying across the room and into Misty, just like Staryu before it.
"You still have one other Pokémon to take down… go Psyduck!" shouted Misty. She threw out her last Poké ball and… it landed on the pad, still closed. Pikachu and I both turned our heads in confusion whilst looking at it and then it opened up, showing a yellow duck-like Pokémon, however it was sleeping. Pikachu and I both sweat dropped at this and looked at Misty to see her seething with anger.
"WAKE UP YOU STUPID POKÉMON!" Misty screeched. Psyduck opened its eyes slowly and yawned. It then got up and scratched its back and looked lazily over to Pikachu.
"Psy?" It said stupidly.
"Psyduck, use… Water Gun?" Misty desperately asked. Psyduck just yawned again, causing Misty to stamp her foot in rage.
"Wake Psyduck up with a little Thunderzap," I whispered to Pikachu. Pikachu jumped over to Psyduck and gave it a tiny jolt of electricity. Psyduck fainted, despite how powerful the Thunderzap wasn't. I looked over to Misty and she just sweat dropped.
Misty recalled Psyduck to its Poké ball and swam over to me, whilst Pikachu simultaneously skipped over to me. Misty stretched out a reluctant hand and I shook it, thanking her for a wonderful battle. She grunted, still obviously dismayed about her Psyduck acting up, and handed me my second badge: the Cascadebadge. I thanked her once again and headed back to the entrance room to wait for Blue, and to see Green, of who got her badge too.
"Yay! You got your badge too? Brilliant!" cheered Green. She ran over and hugged me and petted Pikachu and Charmeleon. "Blue is still battling in there and Wartortle has been crying out painfully for a fair while now…"
"TOOOR-tlllle!"
"See?" said Green, the concern prominent in her voice. The door then suddenly slammed open and Blue stomped out of the room.
"I will prove you wrong!" shouted Blue to the open doorway. The door simply drifted shut and Blue stomped out of the gym. Raising a brow to this, Green and I followed him out. Blue turned the corner and headed into the Pokémon centre. Misty then appeared from behind me, looking rather sheepish. Green headed into the Pokémon centre to get us a room for the night.
"I'm sorry that I didn't take my defeat so graciously. I've been trying to train that Psyduck to do… anything for longer than I'm usually ashamed to admit," explained Misty. "Anyway, I forgot to five you this, the TM for Water Pulse. I also forgot to give you this, the TM for Rock Tomb."
"I'm confused, why are you giving me TMs and why you're giving me Rock Tomb when none of your Pokémon can learn it?" I asked.
"Forrest forgot to give you the TM at Pewter, so he sent it to me via Pidgey to give to you," Misty explained further. "Right, so I'm off to the Pokémon centre to talk to your friend (why am I always stuck with this) and to heal my Pokémon. Good luck with the next gym!"
I headed towards the Pokémon centre after Blue, Green and Misty to find a videophone to call my mum, when all of a sudden…
"HI!" shouted a voice from down the street. I turned to see who it was. I was surprised to see the fossil boy from Mt. Moon.
"Hello… What are you doing here?" I asked. The boy caught up to me and leaned against the wall as he caught his breath.
"I… I want to… come with… you…" said the boy. I was confused by this and raised my brow. The boy stood up taller (he'd caught his breath back by now) and explained this. "I would like to come with you on your journey. I might be able to help you, and you'd stop the weirdo people in black suits from hurting me."
"Sounds like a fair deal. I'll have to talk to the others though," I replied. He nodded and walked back from where he came. "Meet up with us here-ish tomorrow morning!"
"OK!" he shouted back, continuing his way back to wherever it was he came from. I headed into the Pokémon centre to heal my Pokémon and get my rest for the night as the battle took a surprising long time. I walked in to see Blue complaining about his battle (saying that the Psyduck shouldn't have evolved during battle) and Green talking to the nurse.
"I could get used to this," I thought. I headed to the room Green had booked with Blue quickly following me and Green showing me the way.
On a side note, the boy will be joining me soon. Both Blue and Green agreed that new company would be nice for a change and welcomed the opportunity.
So, there will be new company for the trio, but why? I know this, you will soon! There is still an opportunity for you to send in OCs for me to use, but act quickly, because the OC will be picked and used from the next chapter. You can also send me multipe OCs by review or by PM, so don't be shy about sending them in.
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