I'm back again, and I brought the next chapter with me! Originally the whole battle was going to take place in this chapter but I decided to separate it into two chapters instead. But until I get the next chapter finished I hope you all enjoy this one and let me know how I did with the battle so far.
(Marshalanime does not own Naruto or Pokemon)
The battle arena that the airport had was held in a large room. Walking into the room one would first be met by the stadium seats that went down to towards the arena and the stairs that lead directly from the doors to the field. The field itself was flat ground with white lines marking out the arena. Looking up you'd see the arching roof that could be opened or closed at any point.
"Looks like it's just us" Desmond commented as the group entered the empty room. He kinda wanted an audience cheering them on but at least the faint sound of their footsteps reverberating was pleasant.
"Good, then we wont have to wait out turn" Erin said as she brushed past the guy and made her way down the steps. Desmond gave her an odd look as she pasted by him but it quickly turned into a confident smirk. She was just as excited as he was to start the match and he knew it. She's probably disappointed that they didn't get to face off against each other during the Lily of the Valley Conference.
Only a few steps into the room and Naruto was wide eyed as he took in the sight, turning to take in a new angle with every step. Out of his three companions Petilil seemed to be the most excited though whether for the same reason as the blond or simply because Naruto himself was excited wasn't entirely clear. Zorua didn't seem all too impressed and chose to simply walk beside the boy with an impassive expression. Murkrow had taken the opportunity to perch itself on top the boy's head while he was entranced by the stadium and so far it was working out in it's favor. Baltoy, rather than following it's trainer, chose to stay close to the blond. If it was needed then it was within earshot of her.
"This is nothing" Naruto heard Desmond say and turned to look over his shoulder in response. The man seemed almost lost in thought as he continued talking. "To see a stadium big enough to seat thousands and know you stood right at the center as the world watches" Desmond said before pausing to take in the memory, his eyes sliding shut behind his sunglasses. "Well, it's the best feeling in the world if you ask me" he finished, his eyes opening once more as he lowered his head and looked down at the blond staring back up at him.
Their moment didn't last long as Erin's voice coming from the arena was yelling for Desmond to hurry up. Shocked back into the present Desmond blurted out a quick apology before jogging down the steps. With a grin and Petilil in his arms Naruto too jogged down the steps so that he could pick out a front row seat.
The moment Desmond entered the designated trainer area on his side of the field the large screen on the opposite side of the room from the stands lit up. Off the side of the battle arena below the screen a segment of the floor slid open and what looked like a silver trash bin with lights for eyes and flags for arms rose up. "Greetings trainers. I will be the match referee, what manner of battle will you be partaking in?" the machine said as it's eyes flashed on.
"Ooooooooooo, fancy" Desmond commented, his hand coming up to rub his chin as he stared at the robot. "Well," he began as he turned his attention back to Erin "what kind of battle do you want to have this time?".
"A three on three match sounds good to me" Erin responded as she pulled out a pokeball and expanded it.
"I've got no objections to that" Desmond said with a big grin as he brought out his own pokeball. "Come one out Ambipom!" he called out as he threw the ball and released his pokemon as Erin similarly called out hers' with a "Let's go Sceptile!". With a flash of light the two creatures stood on either end of the field.
On Desmond's side a monkey like pokemon stood roughly around Naruto's height. It had purple fur over most of it's body with the second most predominant color being the tan color of it's belly, face, and hand like appendages on the end of it's two tails. The purple fur that framed it's face looks very similar to bangs and two long strands of purple hair came up from the top of it's head. It had big oval eyes with black irises, a big grin on it's face, and a marking over it's nose that looked like a purple arrow pointing up. It had comparatively large oval ears jutting out from either side of it's head. At the bass of it's long thin tails were tufts of fur and at the other end were large circular hands with three digits on each one that were far more dexterous then it's actual hands. Each of it's six digits were tipped red that matched the shade on the interior of it's ears. Lastly, it's legs seemed a bit short in comparison to it's other limbs with oval two toed feet.
On Erin's side stood a large green reptile that was just taller than Erin herself. The main color Sceptile showed was a light green that covered it's whole body save for it's tail, a few pinkish red markings, and the six yellow orbs that lined it's back in two rows. It's thin arms ended at it's three fingered hands and it had two leaf like spikes protruding from the back of both it's wrists. It's reptilian legs were more muscular than it's arms and clearly showed that it was bipedal the majority of the time. It's tail was a darker green than it's body and seemed to resemble in a way an evergreen tree. It's lizard like head sat atop it's long neck and had two ridges on either side that gradually rose from the tip of it's nose till they extended up at the back. It's eyes were yellow and much like the rest of it's body were reptilian. Finally moving onto it's markings it had a red strip that stretched between the it's inner thighs and matched the color of it's lower jaw.
Grinning Erin and Desmond took a brief pause, Desmond's bubbly Ambipom bouncing on the heels of it's feet as Erin's Sceptile stared it down with it's arms crossed over it's chest. On the screen six bokeball symbols popped up and two of them turned into images of the two pokemon on the field.
"Ambipom let's get things started with a fake out!" Desmond animatedly called out as he took a wide stance with his right hand stretched out. Erin called for Sceptile to dodge but the attempt failed as Ambipom bounced right over to the larger creature and with it's big grin still in place it's two tails swished around so that the hands on them came together in a clap. The clap was strong enough to create a small shock wave that traveled far enough to hit Sceptile and caused it to flinch.
"Nice! Now follow up with a double slap" Desmond called out to his dear pokemon who heard him loud and clear and proceeded to slap Sceptile back and forth with it's tails.
"Sceptile take hold of Ambipom and get it away from you!" Erin called out. Following her command Sceptile took hold of Ambipom's tails as it went to hit it again. Seeing Ambipom's surprised reaction Sceptile smirked before it began to spin around with Ambipom still in it's hold.
"Ambipom get out of there!" Ambipom's trained cried out. Ambipom relied on it's tails for all of it's attacks, it couldn't do anything but struggle in Sceptile's hold like this.
"You heard them Sceptile" Erin commented with a smile. "Let's give them what they want" she happily said with a small wave as her other arm came to rest under her bust. Complying with the suggestion Sceptile let go and Ambipom immediately went flying back. Ambipom rolled a few times once it came in contact with the ground and skid to a halt by grabbing hold of the ground with it's tails and actual hands. Desmond ordered it to retaliate with an ice punch and the purple monkey let out a confident cry as it's left tail became shrouded in freezing wind.
"Sceptile, keep it from getting close and regain some HP with gigga drain" Erin told her pokemon as Ambipom rushed towards it. When Ambipom got close enough to launch it's attack Sceptile began to spin and doge out of the way before finally jumping back as the purple monkey was getting frustrated. With a bit of distance between them and Ambipom still in the middle of it's last punch the bulbs on the back of Sceptile's back glowed green before bursting forth as vine like energy and heading for Ambipom. Wrapping around Ambipom Sceptile's gigga drain started replenishing it's HP by taking it away from Ambipom.
Feeling the pressure Desmond looked for a way out as Sceptile's gigga drain came to an end and Ambipom fell to it's knee with a determined gleam in it's eyes. "If they want to play like that then lets give them a harder target to hit. Use power-up punch on the ground and don't stop until you're out of sight!" Desmond called out and the two of them grinned as they implemented the plan.
"Don't lose sight of them Sceptile, use energy ball and finish this!" Erin call out. Just as the growing cloud of dust finished obscuring Ambipom's form Sceptile's brought it's hands up in front of it and quickly formed a green sphere of energy between them. Bringing it's arms out to it's side it then shot them back forward, sending the ball into the center of the dust cloud.
"Ambipom" Desmond said with a confident grin. "Let's power up with a barrage of punches shall we?" the man said and his grin only grew as his Ambipom came flying out of the top of the cloud spinning like crazy. Seeing this Sceptile brought it's arms up to deflect some of the damage it was about to take and was pushed back slightly with each consecutive blow Ambipom's spinning tails were landing.
"Sceptile! Quickly while it's close finish it off with a focus blast!" Erin called out, desperate to take Ambipom down before her Sceptile took any more damage. Bringing it's right hand down while keeping it's left arm up for protection a new ball of energy formed though instead of a green hue this one was blue. Ambipom attempted to jump back before Sceptile unleashed the attack but failed to move quick enough and took a direct hit.
Left standing Sceptile watched as Ambipom fell to the ground out cold. With a grin the green pokemon brushed some dust from it's shoulder and played off the damage it'd taken like it was less than it was.
After calling Ambipom back into it's ball Desmond stared down at it before saying "Thanks buddy. You go ahead and rest up". Putting the ball away he then grabbed hold of another and brought it up. "Don't go getting a big head, you haven't won yet" he told Erin as she stared back at him with a confident grin on her face.
"Quite stalling and send out your next pokemon so I can put another win under my belt" the woman responded, her Sceptile still ready to fight.