HGSS: Johto Saga
Season 2, Opening: Born to be a Winner
Part 7
Bugged Out!
Ethan and Lyra enter the gym in Azalea Town. They gaze around at it's hugeness inside.
"Hey look...!" Ethan points to a silky-looking string across a large hole in the ground. On the other side, they saw a boy with purple hair, his back turned to them, tending to a broken net.
Ethan takes a half step towards the string, kneels down and feels it.
"It's thick and strong...and it's all...silky!" He says, making a very content face.
Lyra bends down and feels it too. "I think we need to walk on it to the other side. See the battlefield? And that guy...must be the Gym Leader!" Ethan stands up straight.
"Okay then..." he reaches into his back and takes out a small rod. He slipped it out of a crevice and it grew longer.
"I'll use this as a balancing stick to get across..."
"Where did you get a billiard cue, exactly?" Lyra questioned. "Oh wait...you love to play pool. You took it from home, didn't you?"
Ethan had already started to walk across the silk string. Lyra sighed.
"So what am I supposed to do...?" She mumbled to herself. She snatched a branch off of a tree in the corner of the gym and started her tight-rope walk across. As soon as she got half way, she started to tip. "No...no...NO!" She tumbled over and fell into the pit. At the bottom, she found a passage way she crawled into and then climbed a ladder back up to the surface.
"Ugh...Ethan, I'll watch from here!" She called out to the boy who had crossed successfully.
The purple-haired boy turned around at her voice and saw Ethan.
"Huh? Oh, a challenger?" He said in a crisp voice.
"Yeah. My name's Ethan and I'm here for my second gym badge!" Ethan said proudly. He slightly flicked the goggles he had slipped around his neck the other day.
"Okay! I'm always up for a good battle...my name's Bugsy, so get ready for a battle!" He hopped back onto his place on the other side of the gym. Ethan took his place and drew a pokeball.
"Okay, the rules of this battle are two pokemon only!" Bugsy announced. Ethan thought about the pokeball he drew, and then set it back on his holster. He then grabbed a different pokeball.
Bugsy swung his net, which released a pokeball from it. The pokemon released from it was a large insect pokemon with scythes.
"Scyther the Mantis Pokemon. When it runs, it becomes a blur. If it hides in the grass, it can become invisible because of its color pallet," Ethan's pokedex read.
Ethan sent out Hoothoot. "Use Peck!" Hoothoot trampled forward.
"Scyther, use U-Turn!" Scyther started hopping, and turned into a white ball. It slammed into Hoothoot, throwing it back. Scyther then returned to its pokeball.
"U-Turn allows a pokemon to successfully return to a pokeball after use. Go, Spinarak!" He threw out a small spider pokemon.
"Spinirak the String Spit pokemon. It spins a web of fine--but durable--thread. It then waits for prey to be snared inside."
"Hoothoot, use Peck!" Hoothoot reared forward again.
"Spinirak, use Spider Web!" Spinirak shot a gigantic silky web towards Hoothoot. Hoothoot started spinning, and ripped through the thread.
"Whoa! Hoothoot learned Drill Peck! That's cool!" Ethan grinned. "Hoothoot, use Drill Peck directly!"
"Spinirak, use Poison Sting at the ground!" Spinirak jumped into the air and released thin barbs towards the ground, causing an explosion. "Now, swing across the ceiling with String Shot and use Poison Sting on Hoothoot!" Spinirak shot another web to the ceiling and began to swing. When it was in correct alignment with Hoothoot, it shot poison barbs at it.
"Hoothoot, use Confusion!" Hoothoot controlled the barbs by whirring around in time. It then shot them back up violently, colliding with Spinirak and fainting it.
"No! My Spinirak. That was a fine use of moves. Return. Now, go Scyther!" He sent out the mantis again.
"All right, Hoothoot, let's show 'em! Use Drill Peck!" Hoothoot jumped into the air and came spinning down.
"Scyther, take it down with Metal Claw!" Scyther's scythes glowed and it sprung into the air, bashing Hoothoot with its claws. Hoothoot fell.
"No! Hoothoot!" He recalls it and sends out Cyndaquil. "Cyndaquil, use Ember!" Cyndaquil shot its attack.
"Scyther, we've dealt with plenty of those! Use False Swipe!" Scyther started to run straight into it, but instead disappeared and reappeared in front of Cyndaquil. It smacked it hard with its claw.
"Cyndaquil, if you can move, use Dig!" Cyndaquil stood up and burrowed underground.
"Scyther, time to use Double Team!" Scyther's body split into multiple forms.
Cyndaquil came up. "Cyndaquil, there's more than one so use Ember on them all!" It landed and shot the beads every where on the field, dissipating the Scythers. Soon, it hit the real one.
"Quick, take the advantage and use Dig!" Cyndaquil burrowed, and came back up to slam into Scyther.
"Now, follow up with Ember!" Cyndaquil used its attack again.
"Scyther, deflect it with Metal Claw now!" Scyther whapped its claws around and the ember shot back at Cyndaquil.
"Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen!" The two pokemon landed and Cyndaquil spouted a huge cloud of smoke.
"Scyther, use U-Turn!"
"Cyndaquil, dodge it or else it's all over!" Scyther came bolting out in a white ball. "Use Ember!" Cyndaquil used it at the ground, which deflected it and smashed into Scyther. "Finish it all with Tackle!" Cyndaquil bolted forward and smacked into it, throwing it towards Bugsy, fainted.
"No! Scyther...return. Good job buddy!"
Outside...
Bugsy holds up a red badge. "Here you go...the Hive Badge!" Ethan takes the badge and grins.
"Yes, we won...the HIVE badge!"
Lyra grins and she looks on towards Ilex Forest.
