Amy47101: Yes! Here's chapter 6!
Malory79080: I wrote this chapter so I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: We both don't own Pokemon.
Chapter 6: First Gym Battle
Dawn's POV
Bianca, Cheren, Paul and I all watched N go. N is very strange. I just can't shake a feeling that there is more to N than we think. He's very strange and mysterious. I wonder how he learned to talk that fast! Maybe I'll ask him next time we see him. And I know we'll see him again. He's that kind of person.
"Let's go to the Pokemon Centre to heal your Pokemon and get some lunch." Cheren suggested.
"Good idea! I'm starving." Bianca added.
We all made our way to the Centre and Bianca gaped. It only just occurred to me that she's never been in one before. I also gaped because I FINALLY FOUND THE POKEMART! IT'S INSIDE THE POKEMON CENTRE! I sigh with relief and notice Cheren leading us to a Nurse Joy at the main counter. Bianca and I follow with Paul putting his hands in his pockets, mooching behind us.
"Hello. May I heal your Pokemon?" Nurse Joy asked after Cheren adjusted his glasses and pushed Bianca forward in front of the lady.
Bianca nodded slightly and held out her Poke balls. After the healing procedure had finished, Paul held out Tepig's poke ball and I held out Snivy's poke ball. Nurse Joy happily healed our Pokemon. We thanked her and found our way to the café section of the Pokemon Centre. We found a big enough lunch table and sat down. The table had a silence looming over it so I decided to strike up a conversation.
"So where are you two heading next?" I asked Bianca and Cheren.
"I'm going to challenge the Striaton's gym leaders." Cheren replied.
"Gym leaders?" Paul asked when he heard the plural.
"Yes. Chili, Cilan and Cress are their names. They're the first gym leaders. Chili is a fire type specialist. Cilan is a grass type specialist and Cress is a water type specialist. They're a good team." Cheren informed him.
Paul grunted in response and I sighed. Grumpy Paul is back again!
"I'm not going to challenge the gym leaders yet." Bianca said, "I want to train my Pokemon more. It's important to level them up and I'd like it if my Pokemon had more experience in battles."
Cheren and I nodded in approval.
"Well the minute we get to Striaton City, I'm going to challenge the gym leaders." I decide.
"Me too!" Cheren exclaims.
Paul grunts and I take that he's going to do the same thing. I get an idea.
"Well since we all want to battle them so badly, why don't we have a triple battle? Surely we would be allowed to do that?" I suggested.
"That's a good idea! That would be good for my Pokemon to interact as a team with one another." Cheren said.
I beamed and looked at Paul. He nodded (which I took as a yes). I clapped my hands with glee.
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After the four of us had eaten our lunch, we set off for Striaton City. Route 2 wasn't very big so we had cleared it (including battling wild Pokemon) in a very short time.
We encountered Purrloins and Patrats which freaked out Bianca a little a first because she hadn't seen so many Pokemon at once. We'd all battled at one point, me with my Snivy, Paul with his Tepig, Cheren with his Blitzle and Bianca with her Minccino. We also battled with a few trainers so our Pokemon were very ready for this gym battle.
When we entered Striaton City, we all gaped (even Paul!). Striaton looked so cool! The first thing I did was smell the air (thinking I'd smell the aromatic air of a city) but it turns out I smelled cooking fumes. Really good cooking fumes by the smell of it. I saw the others happy faces and knew they'd smelt it too.
We went to the Pokemon Centre to heal our Pokemon first. Then we decided to buy some things at the Poke mart. We all went outside and Bianca started talking.
"It's time for us to part ways. I'm going to go to the Trainer School to study the best way to defeat the gym leaders." She said.
I was quite surprised. I know I haven't known Bianca long but she doesn't seem like the girl to study good ways to battle. Or to study at all.
"Bianca? Is that really you?" Cheren started, waving his hand in front of Bianca's face, "I've never heard of you studying for something." Cheren added cracking a joke and noticing the same point I noticed.
Bianca punched Cheren's arm lightly with a smile on her face. He smiled back, looking at her like he was her older brother. It seems that they have a very good relationship.
"Goodbye Dawn and Paul. It was lovely to meet you in person! You won't see me but I'm sure we'll meet in another place." Bianca exclaimed.
We all said our goodbyes and she was off. We decided that we'd go to the gym since we'd already trained on Route 2.
The Gym looked like a restaurant; not a Gym. At first, Paul and I thought we'd arrived at the wrong place but Cheren pointed us in the right direction. We followed him and arrived in a restaurant. It was very big and had about twenty tables with fine dining chairs placed neatly next to them. There were already quite a few people in there so we knew it was a popular place. There was a commotion at the back of the large room so we went to investigate.
There were a bunch of teen girls crowded around these three boys in waiter's outfits. The boy with a defiant expression had bright red spiky hair. The boy with the quiet expression had blue hair (like the sea!) that hanged down on his face. The boy with the polite smile had spiky grassy green hair. I wondered why these girls clearly loved them. They weren't anything special. Were they?
"Look out! Coming through!" Cheren shouted and lead us through the crowd.
We then arrived at the front of the crowd and saw the boys up close. I decided to ask them where the gym leaders were. I asked the guy with red hair.
"Where do you think they are? You're looking right at them!" He replied after I'd asked them.
I realised then that he was right.
"Chili! Don't be so rude." The blue haired boy warned Chili.
"Oh lay off, Cress." Chili retorted.
"I won't." Cress argued back, his quiet aura fading a little.
"Please don't fight guys!" The green haired boy said.
They nodded but still frowned at each other.
"Sorry about that," Greenie apologised, "Come with me into a quieter room." Greenie motioned us into a room with a big battlefield. This is probably the place where they have gym battles.
I immediately felt excited! I'd never had a gym battle before!
"My name is Cilan. These are my brothers, Chili and Cress." Cilan introduced.
We nodded.
"We'd like to challenge you to a gym battle!" Paul stated. I was quite surprised. He barely ever spoke.
"I'd suspected that." Cilan said, nodding.
"We'd like to have a triple battle." Cheren added, his eyes sparkling with excitement.
"Sure! Just don't expect it to be easy!" Chili exclaimed. He had a determined face. This sure won't be an easy battle.
We all nodded and got into position of a triple battle.
"Pansear, c'mon out!" Chili commanded. Out came a monkey with red hair and a long tail. It looks so cute!
"Sear!" Pansear exclaimed jumping up and down.
"Panpour, please come out." Cress commanded, his voice staying cool. Another monkey came out. It had blue hair and big ears and another long tail. Also very cute!
"Pour, pour!" Panpour exclaimed.
"Pansage, its evaluation time!" Cilan shouted. Another monkey (wow, a lot of monkeys!) came out. It had a green slight bush on its head and another long tail. Cute, too!
"Sage, sage!" Pansage exclaimed.
"Evaluation time?" I asked Cilan.
"You'll see." Cress grumbled.
After Cheren, Paul and I took out our Pokemon, the battle began! We three took the first move.
"Snivy, use Vine Whip on Panpour!" I commanded.
"Tepig, Ember on Pansage!" Paul commanded.
"Blitzle, use Thunder Shock on Pansear!" Cheren added.
Snivy ran forward, vines sprouting out of her neck and whipped Panpour on the stomach. Panpour fell back and cried out in pain. It was super effective! Tepig snorted out fire from its snout and it landed on Pansage's bush on its head. Pansage started jumping up and down frantically. Blitzle suddenly formed an electric glow and shocked Pansear on its butt. Maybe this battle is easier than expected.
"Panpour, use Water Gun on Pansage's bush!" Cress commanded.
Panpour targeted Pansage's bush and spurted water from its mouth. The fire immediately doused and I gaped. They were really working as a team. Fortunately, Pansage fainted as his head still felt like he was burning. Yes! One down, two to go!
"Return, Pansage. You did well today." Cilan mumbled.
Paul and Cheren high-fived each other.
"Good job, Paul!" I congratulated him. He smirked in response.
"Don't get so cocky," Chili smirks, "Pansear, use Ember on Snivy!"
Pansear came running at us with his eyes fiery with passion. He conjured a fireball and threw it at Snivy.
"Snivy, dodge and constrict Panpour with Vine Whip!" I command.
Snivy thankfully dodged and using her vines around Panpour's body.
"Pour, pour!" Panpour cried out in pain.
I clapped my hands in glee.
"Tighter!" I commanded.
"Stop that, girl! Pansear, use Ember on Snivy's vines!" I heard Chili command.
To my horror, there was a fire ball hurtling straight for Snivy's vines and I knew that she might faint if she got in contact of it.
"Tepig, fire doesn't affect you so jump in front of Snivy!" Paul shouted.
I saw Tepig sprint on his stubby little legs to Snivy. Tepig is surprisingly fast! I was over the moon when Tepig got there in time and protected Snivy. I hugged Paul which made me blush a little.
"Let me get some action in! Blitzle, use Spark!" Cheren commanded after feeling a bit left out.
Blitzle ran forward and had an electric force around him. He rammed into Pansear and knocked Pansear flying. Pansear had fainted! This was my chance to shine!
"Snivy, squeeze him tighter!" I shouted.
Snivy squeezed as hard as she could and there was a result. Panpour fainted! I jumped up and down and enforced a group hug. Cheren wriggled out of it leaving Paul and I hugging (we didn't know so we were still smiling)! It was kinda embarrassing. When we saw each other, we sprang apart. My face was bright red but I didn't mind BECAUSE WE WON!
"Stop smiling," Cress commanded to me which surprised me," Hell is about to start."
"It's evaluation time, my friends!" Cilan shouted. Uh oh, it's what Cress was talking about.
"Your battle was an exquisite taste in my mouth. Your team was like a cake; you needed all the ingredients to become successful." Cilan informed us.
We were all silent.
"He does this all the time." Chili groaned.
We all laughed.
Amy47101: Guess what people's? This girl posted her first story! Read it please! ^.^
Malory79080: Hope you like it! And please read Amy's new story! It's really good!