"Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal: The Shining Adventure"
Chapter 13 – Battle of Iron:
Previous chapter: Gold got the Storm Badge. Oh, and Suicune appeared once again. Either way, he also got a Tyrogue, but, will Gold be worthy of his attention? Let's see…
Gold and Ruby decided to return to Olivine City, so they could deliver the medicine to Jasmine, so Ampharos would be cured. They hopped onto Mantine, after a quick trip to the Poké Center, that is, and began traveling through the waters. Gold decided to open the Poké Ball containing his new Pokémon and let Tyrogue out.
"Tyrogue."
"Well, Tyrogue Aniki, my name is Gold and this is Ruby." Tyrogue looked serious. He first looked at Gold and then at Ruby (since he was between them) and then looked straight forward, almost like he was indifferent. Gold and Ruby sweat dropped.
"Umm... When we arrive to Olivine City, I'll present you to my other Pokémons. For now..." Gold opened two Poké Balls, letting out Aipom and Togetic.
"Ei!" Aipom extended his tail for a handshake. Tyrogue looked at the hand and decided to do as Aipom intended. They shook hands and somehow that lead to an at wrestling match, making everyone else sweatdrop. Both had cocky grins, but Tyrogue ultimately won. Then Tyrogue began to fell for Togetic, but it was passenger, since he remembered he had to train.
Gold and Ruby arrived to Olivine City's shore, obligating Gold to withdraw Mantine. He also withdrew Togetic, much to Tyrogue's unhappiness. The went up to the top of the Glittering Lighthouse.
"Jasmine." Ruby called, as he, Gold, Tyrogue and Aipom entered the room where Jamine and Ampharos still resided.
"Ruby! You got the medicine?" Jasmine asked, worried about Amphy.
"Yup." Ruby answered, taking the jar out of the bag. "Here." Ruby tried to give the medicine to Amphy, but he refused, confusing him.
"Um, please don't be offended... Amphy will not take anything from anyone but me." Jasmine explained, taking the medicine and feeding it to Amphy. This time, he accepted it. Jasmine looked at Ruby and Gold and smiled widely in relieve. "This is just so wonderful... Thank you so very, very much. ...I will return to the Gym." Jasmine informed, as soon as she saw that Amphy was healthy again.
After a while, Jasmine, Gold and Ruby went to the Gym and entered it, both Gold and Jasmine eager for a battle. After all, it had been days since Jasmine battled someone. Ruby sat on the bench, along with Aipom, who he was assigned to watch over, along with the Pokédex.
"Very well Gold! It's a two on two single battle. The first to lose both Pokémons, loses. Magnemite, follow my commands!"
"Magnemite!" the little Pokémon beeped, hovering around the field.
"Let's do this, Quilava!" Gold sent in his first choice, his loyal Quilava.
"Qui!" Quilava barked, igniting the flames of his body.
"Let's begin then. Magnemite, Thunderbolt!"
"Magne!" Magnemite released a powerful bolt of yellow electricity from its magnet tips at Quilava, damaging him.
"Qui!" Quilava barked in pain. He noticed he wouldn't be able to dodge such a fast attack.
"Quilava, Flame Wheel!" Gold requested. Quilava jumped and curled up into a ball, spinning quickly, the flames of his head and rear extending and covering his body, soaring through the air towards Magnemite.
"Thunder Wave!" Jasmine countered. Magnemite released light blue electricity from its body at Quilava, making the flames vanish and pushed Quilava down, slamming him against the floor.
"Quilava, Ember!"
"Lava!" Quilava took a deep breath and released a stream of swirling red ember sparks, which spiraled up towards Magnemite.
"Sonic Boom!"
"Mite!" Magnemite spun rapidly around, sending a large white shockwave at the ember twister, easily destroying it. The wave then flew towards Quilava.
"Dodge!" Gold warned. Quilava jumped back, safely dodging the attack, which hit the ground and left some cracks on it. "Flamethrower!"
"La!" Quilava released a stream of red fire at Magnemite.
"Sonic Boom again!"
"Mite!" Magnemite repeated the attack and the flames were vanquished, this time hitting Quilava, damaging him.
"Qui…"
"Grrr… Because of the angle, Quilava will be countered every time…" Gold deduced, trying to come up with some sort of plan or scheme.
Ruby and Aipom watched the battle with their attention focused on Quilava. Ruby then noticed it. Quilava breathed heavily, and was glaring at Magnemite, the flame from his head getting stronger. "Is that…?"
"Eipa!" Aipom spoke, nodding, knowing what Ruby was talking about. Ruby stood up and spoke.
"Gold!"
"Uh?" The two trainers turned to Ruby.
"Look at Quilava's head-flame!"
Gold glanced at what his friend indicated and noticed it as well. "Quilava, what…?"
"QUILAVA!" Quilava dashed towards Magnemite, and then, when he was right under it, his flames became even stronger and he then fired a geyser of red-orange fire from the flame on his head at Magnemite. Due to the angle of the attack, it was impossible for Magnemite or Jasmine to counter. The geyser swallowed Magnemite and, after the flames stopped erupting, it fell to the floor, fainted, unable to continue battling.
"Quilava, was that Eruption?!" Gold asked with a smile. Quilava replied in a similar way.
Jasmine withdrew Magnemite, and decided to send in her final Pokémon, and actually her ace.
"Steelix, follow my commands!" Jasmine threw the Poké Ball and it opened, letting out the gigantic Pokémon, leaving Gold, Ruby, Quilava and Aipom flabbergasted.
"STEEEEEELIX!" the Pokémon roared. Ruby used Gold's Pokédex to obtain some info about Steelix.
"Steelix, the Iron Snake Pokémon, and the evolved form of Onix. It chews its way through boulders with its sturdy jaws. Its eyes can see in the darkness underground. Tempered underground under high pressure and heat, its body is harder than any metal. The iron it ingested with the soil it swallowed transformed its body and made it harder than diamonds. It is said that if an Onix lives for 100 years, its composition becomes diamondlike as it evolves into a Steelix. It is thought its body transformed as a result of iron accumulating internally from swallowing soil."
"Alright, Quilava, Eruption!"
"Qui!" Quilava lowered his head and fired a geyser of red-orange fire from the flame on its head at Steelix, but to no effect. "Lava?"
"What?!" Gold was surprised to see that Eruption had done nothing. "Flamethrower!"
"Quilava!" Quilava released a stream of red fire at Steelix, but the result was the same. "Qui…?"
"Steelix, Iron Tail!"
"Steelix!" The end of Steelix's body glowed white and then turned into iron. Then, she slammed the tip of it against Quilava, pushing him away against the wall on the other side of the field at high speed.
"Aniki, are you ok?!"
"Qui…!" Quilava didn't back down.
"Alright, Aniki, Flame Wheel!"
"Lava!" Quilava jumped and began spinning like a wheel, curling up, and the flames of his body enveloped him, and he soared towards Steelix, aiming to the head.
"Steelix, Screech!" Steelix released a high-pitched screech and released a beam of invisible shockwaves that distorted the air, sending Quilava against the wall again, making the flames disappear. "Stone Edge."
Steelix's body became surrounded in white. The white energy then came off her body and formed into two rings of white pointed energy orbs that orbited around her body. The white light then faded around the orbs and they turned into multiple gray rocks. Steelix then fired the rocks at Quilava, the rocks even passing right by Gold's side. Gold was wide-eyed, hearing the baffled bark of his Quilava. He then turned around and ran to his Pokémon.
"Aniki!" Gold called, as he approached his fainted Pokémon. He picked Quilava up and knew he couldn't battle anymore. He picked him up and handed Quilava to Ruby, so he could continue watching the battle. "Tyrogue Aniki, it's your turn!"
"Ty!" Tyrogue entered the field, and raised his fists up, ready to battle.
"A Tyrogue? You're making this far too easy." Jasmine admitted. "Steelix, Earthquake!"
"Fake Out!" Before Steelix could move, Tyrogue ran up to him and jumped up, amazingly high. He rose up towards Steelix's head and clapped his hands, releasing a large shockwave of air against Steelix, pushing her back against the ground. "Now, Rock Smash!"
"Tyrogue!" Tyrogue fell towards Steelix's body and his arms began to glow brownish-orange. He then punched her serpentine body, making quite some damage.
"Steelix, Iron Tail!"
"Stee!" Steelix drew her tail that flashed white, turning into iron, and then slammed it against Tyrogue, pushing him away. But he didn't back down.
"Ty!"
"Aniki, Vacuum Wave!"
"Ty!" Tyrogue waved his arms, causing light blue wind to appear and surround him. Tyrogue then jumped into the air, crossed his arms and then opened them, firing the wind from around his body in the form of a shockwave, hitting Steelix, not making that much damage through. "Ty?!"
"Steelix, Sandstorm!" The rocks with the giant spikes on Steelix's upper-body spun rapidly and sand was released from them, and she fired a sandstorm at Tyrogue from her body. The sandstorm hurled Tyrogue around, since he was in midair, and he was the thrown up into the air. "Fire Fang!"
"Steelix!" Steelix moved towards Tyrogue, opening her mouth, revealing the red fire inside her mouth.
"Tyrogue, quick, Rapid Spin!" Tyrogue nodded and began to spin his body around at high speed. "Kick the jaw!" Surprising Jasmine and ruby, Tyrogue stopped spinning and used the momentum of Rapid Spin to quick the upper jaw of Steelix, pushing her away. Tyrogue then landed on the battlefield.
"Steelix, Earthquake!"
Steelix slammed her tail against the floor, making the ground shake and send white shockwaves through the ground, damaging Tyrogue as they passed through him.
"Dragon Pulse!" Jasmine commanded in a row. Steelix opened her mouth and a turquoise ball appeared in front of it. She then fired the ball at Tyrogue, sending him flying away.
He fell onto the ground, but quickly stood up again, in a battle stance, wanting to rumble despite his injuries.
"Tyrogue-Aniki, are you ok?"
"TYROGUE!" Tyrogue shouted, as he began to glow light blue. His body began to change, his legs extending up. Gold, Ruby and Jasmine were all amazed. "Hitmonlee!"
"You evolved! Into a Hitmonlee!" Gold said, happy to see his new Pokémon evolving. "Let's win this together!"
"Hitmon!"
"Blaze Kick!"
Hitmonlee's right foot became surrounded in a red orange flame and he jumped, extending his leg as he spun around, and kicked Steelix hard, leaving a burning mark on her jaw.
"Steelix, Dragon Pulse!"
"Hi Jump Kick!"
Steelix opened her mouth, charging the attack, but Hitmonlee jumped up again, bent his knee, and struck her up, making her wide open for a final attack.
"Oh no!"
"Rolling Kick!"
Hitmonlee spun and kicked with the force of momentum, striking down Steelix. She fell to the ground and fainted.
Jasmine withdrew Steelix as Ruby, Aipom, Quilava and Gold approached Hitmonlee, congratulating him. Hitmonlee continued looking serious, just like he was a Tyrogue, but showed a hint of happiness this time. Jasmine approached Gold. "You are a better trainer than me, in both skill and kindness. In accordance with League rules, I confer upon you this Badge, the Mineral Badge." She handed him the Badge. Gold smiled and showed it to Ruby and Hitmonlee.
"Eipa!" Aipom cheered, happy as Aipom could be. Quilava had a similar reaction.
"Say, Gold, what do you think of the Iron Tail move?" Ruby asked, having an idea in mind.
"Seems awesome. But why?"
"Jasmine is good at teaching that move. I thought maybe Aipom could learn it." Everyone was surprised at Ruby's suggestion. "I mean, it might be a dumb idea, but since you know have 7 Pokémons and you can only make official battles with 6, it wouldn't make much difference."
"I don't mind teaching Aipom." Jasmine pointed out, making Gold ponder. He looked at Aipom, who had a confused look, and pat his head.
"Aniki, you mind learning Iron Tail?"
"Ei!" Aipom nodded no, saying that he actually wanted to learn the move.
"Ok. Then behave well, ok? No messing around." Gold spoke, as he handed Jasmine Aipom's Poké Ball.
"It will take a day, maximum." Jasmine assured, as Aipom jumped from Ruby's shoulder to Jasmine's head.
"Thank you, Jasmine. And take care of Aipom. Goodbye, Aniki!"
"Eipa!" Aipom waved goodbye. Quilava and Hitmonlee said goodbye as well to their teammate.
"Goodbye, Jasmine." Ruby spoke to his friend.
"Bye, Ruby. Ummm, be sure to come back." She spoke with a blush. Ruby didn't notice it, but Gold certainly did, along with Aipom and the others.
Gold withdrew his two Pokémons and left the Gym, alongside Ruby. Jasmine waved another goodbye, along with Aipom, as Gold and Ruby slowly left the City.
They entered Route 42, which, according to Ruby's map, lead to Mahogany Town, the location of the closest Gym. But while they walked, Gold and Ruby noticed it.
"Gold, is that…?!"
They saw the yellow roaring Pokémon. "RAIKOU!"
Gold's eyes glowed bright yellow instead of the normal gold, and he entered some sort of trance. Ruby noticed that it was just like when Crystal found Suicune in Cianwood City.
Pokémons of the Day:
Steelix - It is capable of chewing through boulders with its powerful jaws, and its eyes are capable of seeing in the dark. It its body is made harder than diamond by the iron it ingests when it eats soil. Its further strengthened by the pressure and heat underground.
Hitmonlee - Hitmonlee's legs freely contract and stretch similar to a coiled spring. This flexibility allows Hitmonlee to run with lengthy strides and gives it greater reach for its kicks. Its excellent sense of balance enables it to kick in succession from any position. After battling, it rubs down its legs to relax the tight muscles.
Well, here you have it. A new chapter posted. Gold seems to be connected to Raikou, but why? And How? Well, you have to continue reading to find out. ^^ Well, see you next time. Oh, and please, don't forget to write a review if you don't mind, and also…
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