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Pokémon BW: Yin-Yang Quest

"Zebstrika…" Mia muttered. She turned to Emolga. "I need you back on the field, Emolga,"

"E-mon!" Emolga agreed as he ran back onto the battlefield.

Watching this was the same, tea green haired man from Striaton City from behind a corner. He looked down, upset at the battle when everyone else was cheering for Mia, happy for her. He clenched a fist. 'This barbaric act must end,' he thought.

He turned and walked away, Taylor getting a glimpse of the man as he walked off. 'Dad?' Taylor asked. "Can you hold him for me?" Taylor asked Bianca as he offered Mia's Axew to her.

"Sure," Bianca agreed in confusion as she took Axew. Taylor ran off in pursuit of the man, his father.

"Begin!" Lani declared.

Finally catching up to him outside the amusement park, Taylor grabbed him and forced him up against the wall. "My son!" The man said in surprise. "I have been looking all over for you!"

"Wish I could say the same," Taylor said with venom dripping from his voice. "Why are you doing this? Things are not as they seem to be, Dad. If you knew, you'd stop this."

"I don't know what you're talking about," the man denied.

"Don't deny me, Dad!" Taylor snapped. "Or should I say N, leader of Team Plasma!"

N took off his cap. "There you go, rejecting me again," he said.

"I in no way rejected you, I rejected Gramps's crazy plan!" Taylor countered as he took out a Poke Ball. N put his cap back on.

"Your Grandfather shares the same ideals as me!" N snapped back as he took out a Poké Ball. "Open your eyes, Taylor! This world is too cruel, too grey for you and me."

"I don't care about this world," Taylor replied. "I care about your safety."

"Enough talk! I am taking you back from this polluted world!" N declared as he threw the Poké Ball up. "Scraggy, I need your help!"

Out came a Scraggy, who pulled its skin up and let it drop down. "Scraggy…" Taylor noted as he looked it up in his Pokédex.

"Scraggy, the Shedding Pokémon," the Dex explained. "Its skin has a rubbery elasticity, so it can reduce damage by defensively pulling its skin up to its neck."

'Mia considers all the options when she battles,' Taylor said as he swapped Poké Balls. 'This one's for him.' "Need some help, Dwebble!"

He threw the Poké Ball up and out came his Dwebble. 'Rock Blast!' Taylor commanded mentally.

Raising his claws, a rock formed in between Dwebble's pincers. He promptly hurled the rock at Scraggy, followed by another that formed in his claws and another.

"Dodge! Quick!" N instructed. Scraggy ran out of the way of two rocks, but was hit by two of them.

"Emolga, Aerial Ace!" Mia commanded.

Emolga rushed for Zebstrika and hit it once. "Now use Thunderbolt as you come around!" Mia instructed.

"Take that blow!" Elesa instructed.

Emolga rushed in and zapped Zebstrika, but the Thunderbolt Pokémon remained unfazed. Mia growled at this.

"E-mon? E-ga?" Emolga asked as Zebstrika galloped at a fast speed.

"Motor Drive," Elesa explained. "All of Emolga's electric attacks can't do anything except raise its speed. Zebstrika, Wild Charge!"

"Emolga, use your own Wild Charge!" Mia commanded.

Both Pokémon rushed in for a while charge and collided into each other. When they collided, Zebstrika remained mostly unharmed, while Emolga had collided into the cart of a roller coaster, knocked out.

"Mia's Emolga is unable to battle," Lani judged. "Zebstrika wins!"

"Protect!" Taylor commanded. Dwebble withdrew into his shell and a blue barrier was cast around it. Scraggy's head hit the barrier instead and it jumped back.

"Shell Smash!" Taylor commanded. Dwebble jumped out of his shell, a white aura covering it. "X-Scissor!"

With one cross slash, Scraggy was knocked out. "Return!" N said. "My friends getting hurt…that's what a Pokémon Battle is."

Taylor clenched his fist. Ever since he met Mia, he was expanding his powers more, up to the point where he could speak with other Pokémon mentally. But it didn't help that whenever they got badly hurt, he could feel their pain as well. But when his father said that, he didn't know what to say back.

"I need your help, Sigylph," N pleaded as he threw his second Poké Ball into the air. Out came a Siglyph, to which Taylor looked up in the Pokédex.

"Sigilyph, the Avianoid Pokémon," the Dex explained. "They never vary the route they fly, because their memories of guarding an ancient city remain steadfast."

"This isn't your fight, Dwebble," he simply said as he recalled Dwebble and switched Poké Balls. "Swoobat, need some help!" Out came his Swoobat, which took off into the air.

After giving Emolga to Dawn, she went back onto the arena grounds. "Not over until it's over," Mia said as she took out the last Poké Ball she was going to use. She threw it up.

Out came her Snivy, ready for a fight as he uncrossed his arms. "Begin!" Lani declared.

"Snivy, use Vine Whip!" Mia commanded. Snivy sent the vines to Zebstrika, who kept dodging due to its newfound speed.

Swoobat promptly dived in and hit Sigilyph with his glowing nose, the force enough to knock him out. "Return!" N said in anger as he recalled Sigilyph. "I will be back, Taylor. And you will be greatly punished for going against my teachings."

He walked away. Taylor nodded and then rushed back to the Nimbasa City Gym.

He got back just in time to see the final blow. Zebstrika was knocked away by a Leaf Tornado-Leaf Blade combination that was fired to it and knocked out. Snivy smiled at his victory. "Zebstrika is unable to battle!" Lani judged. "Snivy is…huh?"

Snivy suddenly glowed light blue and began to change form. He became much taller as his back crest grew larger. The arms became shorter as the legs grew taller. When the light faded, Snivy had evolved to Servine! A stunned Mia looked up Servine on the Pokédex.

"Servine, the Grass Snake Pokémon, and the evolved form of Snivy," the Dex explained. "They avoid attacks by sinking into the shadows of thick foliage. They retaliate with masterful whipping techniques."

"Er, correction, Servine is the winner! And the winner of the Nimbasa City Gym Battle is Mia from Nuvema Town!"

"Yes! That was amazing, Servine!" Mia cheered as she hugged the Grass Snake Pokémon.

"Ser…" Servine replied as it gave a prideful smile.

"Zebstrika, you were wonderful. More so than anything I've ever seen before," Elesa congratulated as she pet Zebstrika.

Zebstrika neighed back happily in response.

"Yes! She won! Way to go, Mia!" Bianca cheered.

"She did it!" Dawn cheered. Taylor gave off a proud nod.

Elesa presented the Bolt Badge to Mia. "For all of your hard work, and for all you've done for me," she began. "Take this Bolt Badge."

Mia accepted the badge. "Thank you, Elesa. And best of luck in your career," Mia thanked.

"And you with your Gym Battles. The next Gym is in Driftveil City," Elesa directed.

She nodded. "Halfway there!" Mia began. "I got a Bolt Badge…"

Mia put the badge in her Badge Case.

"Exactly as planned!"

Emolga and Leavanny cheered wile Servine gave a proud nod.

In the airport located in Nimbasa City, Mia, Taylor, Bianca, and Dawn stopped at the gate. "You're leaving?" Bianca questioned in an upset tone as Dawn picked up her bag.

"Yep," Dawn said. Piplup jumped onto her shoulder. "The next contest will begin soon."

"Good luck, Dawn," Taylor bade.

"Please let me know when you get to the Grand Festival," Mia reminded her. "I'll be watching you on TV and let my Mom and Dad know about this!"

"Mo-ga," Emolga echoed back with the same eagerness.

"I will," Dawn agreed. "And good luck with your Gym Battle."

"Piplup," Piplup agreed.

"Attention, passengers," a voice announced on the loudspeaker. "The flight to Verdanturf Town will be departing soon. Please secure your belongings and have your tickets ready."

She got on line with the other passengers. Before she left the gate, the group bade farewell to Dawn. Dawn waved back before leaving.

'Next stop, the battles that await me!' Mia vowed.