I do not own pokemon or any reference I may make, they belong to their respective owners.
Characters are based of me and my friends with a few twists.
Author's Note: To those who ask, no the pokemon do not talk and the humans do not understand them, I, the author, am only translating what they are saying.
"I really don't wanna be here" I was standing in front of Cinnabar gym, I was nervous and for a good reason. No it wasn't the gym battle; it was where the gym was located. First I had to walk through the forest to get to where it was located.
"Why the hell is the gym inside the volcano?"
What was Blaine thinking when he built this place. I grabbed the door knob and pushed, but it wouldn't open. There was a sign.
'To enter you must find the key. Try the town's historical spot's'
"I have to walk back and find a key, screw that"
I called out Rena. "Slice open this door" she nodded and slashed the door. A clean cut, straight through the middle, one half fell off while the other hung on by its hinges. I entered and walked forward until I reached a wall; a trainer was standing there
"Another trainer already, well whatever" he pointed to a machine on the other side.
"Alright" I walked to it.
"Pokémon Quiz! Get it right and the door opens to the next room! Get it wrong and face a trainer! If you want to conserve your Pokémon for the Gym Leader... Then get it right! Here we go! Caterpie evolves into Butterfree?"
"Of course" I pressed yes.
WRONG!
"How's that wrong? Carterpie does evolve into Butterfree"
"It's wrong because Caterpie doesn't evolve directly into Butterfree" the trainer explained.
"That's not fair, it was a trick question" I whined.
"Doesn't matter, you were wrong, so now you face me" he pulled out a pokeball and released a small puppy with orange fur with black strips. Its belly, tail, and fluff on top of its head were cream color.
"It's adorable, but I gotta take it out" I released Rena. "Aqua Jet and then Slash"
She dashed forward, smashing into the puppy and then slashed it, not giving it a chance to react. It didn't get back up.
"Oh wow, nice combination. A super effective attack and then a strong attack when the pokemon's is off guard"
"Thank you, I'm going now" I proceeded through the gym, only to be met with more questions.
"There are 9 certified Pokémon League Badges?"
"I always thought there were eight, maybe there's more?" Yes
WRONG!
"Poliwag evolves 3 times?"
"Don't really know anything about Poliwag, maybe it can?" Yes
WRONG!
"Are thunder moves effective against ground element-type Pokémon?"
"Lighting strikes the ground a lot" By my logic. Yes
WRONG!
"Pokémon of the same kind and level are not identical?"
"All pokemon are different" No
WRONG!
"TM28 contains Tombstone?"
"I don't even know what those things are for" Yes
WRONG!
"This is really getting annoying" I thought as another trainer prepared to fight me.
"Finally, I'm *pant* done with *pant* those quizzes and battles" I walked down the stairs, to the gym leaders cambers. Exiting the stair case, I walk onto a battlefield, above lava!
"This doesn't look safe at all"
"Hohohoho, Eddy what brings you here?" Blaine's voice from across the field called.
"I'm here for your gym's badge"
"Are you alright? You seem rather tired"
"I just fought all your trainers, of course I'm tired"
"Why didn't you answer the quizzes, most people just pass through the gym quite easily that way"
"I did"
"And you got all of them wrong?" he asked in surprise. "Oh wait, I just remembered your school marks. Oh well, at least you passed, hohohohoho"
"Thanks" I moaned. "Oh, what happened to your eye?" One of his eyes was swollen.
"I think you know"
"That girl is way too dangerous" "Alright then, let's get this started"
"Sounds good, but I have a bit of a problem here. My team is resting up after a battle I just had not too long ago. So I only have one pokemon, therefore it will be a one on one"
"Oh good, I used everybody on those trainers except him. So he's in top shape"
"Go Firaga" I released my starter. He growled.
"I was hoping that I would face your Charmeleon. Go Magmar" he released something weird. It had a red body with a yellow flame design on it. A flame on its tail, rigid scale arms, black metal shackles on its neck and legs. It had a row of red spikes running down its back and finally two lumps on its forehead with a flame on top of each one, and a yellow beak.
"I hope your ready Eddy, Magmar's are powerful pokemon" he gloated. "Magmar use Thunder Punch"
Its fist sparked and it dashed forward, swiftly punching Firaga in the side of his face, sending him back.
"It's fast! It's coming in again, use Slash" Firaga snarled, preparing to slash at Magmar.
"Faint Attack" Magmar vanished, Firaga's claw slashing the air. The flame pokemon reappeared behind Firaga, striking from behind. Its fist sparked again.
"Dodge and counter it"
Firaga moved to side of Magmar's attack and bit down on its shoulder, shocking the opponent.
"Nice Thunder Fang" Magmar pulled back from Firaga.
"Flamethrower" Blaine and I ordered. The attacks collided, sending flames in every direction. It was a stalemate.
"Get in there with Slash"
Firaga charged, running under Magmar's flamethrower.
"Faint Attack"
"Spin around"
Firaga spun, with his claw extended. Magmar appeared, both hitting each other, Magmar punching Firaga in the face, while Firaga's claw scraping along Magmar.
"Hohohohoho, nicely done" Blaine laughed. "Looks like whoever has the stronger fire will decide the match"
"Flamethrower"
"Fire Blast"
Magmar let loose a huge flame; it shaped itself like a stick figure or a symbol of some sort. It absorbed Firaga's attack with no struggle.
"Oh crap"
Firaga rolled, barely moving under the attacks narrow opening. The attack hit the wall and left a scorch mark on the rock wall.
"It left a mark inside a volcano; need to dodge at all cost" I noted. "Use Flamethrower and then get in close, don't give him space to use it again"
Firaga spewed his attack while charging forward. Magmar stood still, taking the attack head on, until Firaga was within reach.
"Use Thunder Punch"
"Catch it" Firaga reacted too slowly and was hit, but grabbed Magmar's arm, holding the pokemon near. "Now Thunder Fang" Firaga bit the arm he held, shocking Magmar. In a panic, Magmar began pounding on Firaga's head, trying to get free.
"Calm down" Blaine called. "Calm yourself and use Fire Blast"
My eyes widen, he couldn't use such a powerful attack at that range. I was wrong. Magmar faced Firaga, who refused to let go of it's arm, and let loose its attack. The attack wasn't even able to fully form before it exploded in the spot, sending a huge heat wave all around. When the flames and smoke cleared, Magmar was standing, panting. In front of the flame pokemon was a scorched ground and a small charred body. "What do I do?" I was sweating, this was too intense. Firaga slowly stood, its usual golden skin now blackened by the attack.
"Eddy" Blaine called. "Call your pokemon back before any more damage is done"
"Maybe he's right, I can always come back"
'Give up kid' Magmar said.
Firaga snarled, shaking off the soot from his body. He charged, hacking at Magmar, who jumped back.
"I can't believe it" I thought. "Pfft, hahahaha, of course were not done yet"
'Still have one trick up my sleeve'
'You don't have sleeves'
'Shut up' Firaga yelled as his body began to glow. He grew taller, bigger, and something grew from his back. The light faded and there were quite a few changes to my pokemon. The tail was longer, his neck was longer and had two horns protruded from the back of its head. He also became a bit wider in the mid-section of its body. The most distinctive new feature's was that he now had wings and his normal gold skin was now a dark grey color, its belly a cream color. His body gave off a red glow, his ability activating.
'Nice trick' Magmar commented.
"Oh ho, so he really does have some fight left in him, but not much. Sadly neither does Magmar"
"Firaga!" I called. He turned, looking at me. "Finally man, took you this long to evolve" He roared in response.
"Eddy the fights still on. Magmar Fire Blast"
"Hit'em with your strongest Flamethrower"
Magmar let loose its strongest attack, while Firaga charged and then fired "A small fire ball, what the hell is that going to do?" The fire ball collided with the Fire Blast, struggling a bit and then pushing through, dispersing the attack and hitting Magmar, exploding and creating a pillar of fire. When the flames dispersed, Magmar was seen lying on the ground, unconscious.
I was shocked. "So that's what it did … cool"
"Bwahahahaha, an excellent fight indeed, maybe I shouldn't tell others when to quit" Blaine laughed, recalling his pokemon. "To think you would use Blast Burn" He walked up to me, handing me the gym badge.
"Thanks" I looked happily at the badge. "But what's a Blast Burn?"
"Blast Burn is a powerful fire type attack; it rivals the power of Hyper Beam"
"Since when could you use that?" I asked my pokemon.
He shrugged.
"How do you not know?"
He shrugged again.
"Your attitude's gotten worse. Also how come you were the first to evolve and the last to evolve, you know we could've used that power about a week or two ago"
He responded by biting me hand. "OW, your gonna break my hand you giant flaming idiot!"
'I'll show you who the idiot is! Blast Burn' he charged the attack and fired, but only soot came out.
"Hahahahaha" I pointed and laughed at him. "Flaming idiot"
He bit my hand again. "OW" I retaliated by punching him in the face. "Dammit, I don't want to go back to the nurse's office"
We continued to beat each other for a while.
"Quite a pair, I can't believe I lost to them" Blaine commented.
Double Update. 40-41
Haha! Finally Firaga fully evolves and another badge is obtained.
Once again sorry bout not updating for a while, been busy and extremely lazy about writing, please don't leave me.
Next time we return home.
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