HGSS: Johto Saga
Season 6, Opening: Battle Cry! (Stand Up)
Chapter 30
Skirmishing Hazards
Ethan walked into a building, a large one that had the similar look of a dojo. His companions followed just behind him.
Inside, it was more like a dojo than the exterior. There were two floors, the top with wooden bars holding it up, a large mat in the center of the room and a man sitting on the far end of it.
Lyra noticed movement from the top floor. She saw someone sneaking around on the top ledge. He had on a red hat covering wild brown hair, blue jacket with black undershirt, black undershirt, black jeans and red shoes, along with a backpack slung over his right shoulder. He was peeking over the side of the railing.
"Hello?" Ethan called out to the man. His eye peeked open.
"What is the meaning of you interrupting my session?" He asked calmly, shutting his eyes and beginning to stand up. He was of bulky build with large muscles and beard.
"My name's Ethan. Well, I wanted to battle you, since I heard you were a gym-" He was cut off abruptly.
"Okay, we'll do this two on two!" He bellowed across the field. "My name's Chuck by the way!"
May and Lyra took a seat on the outside of the mat. The boy on the top ledge eyes them curiously.
"Great! Let's go, Slowpoke, Noctowl!" The two pokemon were sent to the field.
"All right, let's bash 'em up! Machoke, Primeape!" Two pokemon, one puffy and brown, the other bulky and gray, hopped off from the second balcony and dropped to the battle ground below. "You're up first!"
"Noctowl, let's go! Use Aerial Ace!" Noctowl zipped towards Machoke.
"Machoke, Arm Thrust!" Machoke's arm glowed and it stepped forward. Sliding its arm, it knocked Noctowl off course and towards Primeape. "Primeape, use Thunder Punch!" Primape threw an electrified punch to Noctowl throwing it back on the field. "Now what do you think, Ethan?" Chuck bellowed.
Ethan grimaced. "Slowpoke, use Hypnosis!" Slowpoke wagged its tail and a ring flew towards Primeape.
"Primeape, use Double Team!' Primeape formed itself all over the field.
"Cool! Noctowl, use Confuse Ray!" Noctowl let loose a purple ray of energy.
"Machoke, use Foresight!" Machoke closed its eyes, then opened them quickly. The Confuse Ray drifted away.
"How was that possible?"
"We've trained for many psychic attacks! Primeape, use Rock Slide!" For the first time, they noticed the rocky ceilings and walls. Primeape's energy threw the rocks from the wall at its opponents.
"Noctowl, Slowpoke, use Confusion!" The two pokemon used their psychic energy to stop the boulders, crumble them, and throw the pieces at the enemies. "We've never really fought fighting types, but apparently they're tough..." He thought to himself.
"Primeape, use Double Team! Mahcoke, use Double Team!" The two pokemon each used the same move, splitting themselves into many carbon copies.
"Let's go! Slowpoke, use Wat-" As Ethan started to say this, Slowpoke glowed and got bigger. It transformed into a larger pokemon with a shell on its tail. "Awesome! Slowpoke, you evolved into Slowbro! Okay, that's cool. Slowbro, use Water Pulse!"
The pokemon charged a ball of water at its mouth and fired it at the opponents.
"Slowbro is naturally slow, so we'll take advantage! Primeape, go after Noctowl with Thunder Punch! Machoke, Arm Thrust!" Primeape electrified its fist and rushed forward, punching the water out of the way. It threw its fist at Noctowl.
"Noctowl, use Hypnosis!" Noctowl quickly fired a ray at Primeape and threw it asleep.
As Machoke got closer to Slowbro, Slowbro jumped out of the way, quickly.
"What?" Chuck bellowed in disbelief. "Slowbro's are supposed to be incredibly slow!"
"Slowbro! Use Water Pulse!" Slowbro formed another ball of energy and fired it at Machoke. Machoke slammed into it with its arm.
"Not getting past our defenses! Machoke, Focus Punch!" Machoke charged its fist and jumped. When it threw its fist, Slowbro had slammed its tail into Machoke's face.
"Yeah! Use Water Pulse!" Once more, it charged another ball of water and fired it on Machoke, dousing it at the ground. "Noctowl, use Aerial Ace on Primeape!"
"Primeape, wake up!" Primeape stirred and stood, only in time to get a face full of beak from Noctowl.
Primeape slid across the ground. Chuck recalled his fainted Machoke.
"You think you've won, but Primeape still has plenty left in him! Primeape, Rock Slide!" Primeape lobbed hunks of rocks at Noctowl. They collided and sent it toppling over itself, fainted.
"Return, Noctowl! Thanks for a good job, pal! Slowbro, let's finish this! Use Hypnosis!" Slowbro released another ring of energy.
"Primeape, use Focus Energy and then Rock Slide!" Primeape charged its energy and lobbed more rocks at Slowbro.
"Slowbro, use Psychic and throw them back!" Slowbro, quickly, used powerful energy to send them back in a spiraling tornado, colliding with Primeape, sending against a wall, fainted.
"No! My fighting beasts! Return, Primeape, you put up one heck of a duel! Well, you've won me over..."
Outside the gym, later...
"Here you go!" Chuck presented Ethan with a fist-like badge, which he placed in his case.
In a few minutes, Ethan and his friends were sitting in the Pokemon Center.
"I saw that weird boy in the gym...I don't who he was but..." Lyra started, just as she saw someone come in the center, "there he is again!"
The boy with the wild hair spotted them and crept up to the table.
"Hey, man, I guess you aren't as wimpish as I thought you were, even though I beat you!" He said.
"Huh? Wait, you aren't...Oliver? You don't look anything like him!" Ethan choked.
"Well, it's me. I changed my look a bit. But yeah, it's me, Oliver Isshu. And I'm not really from the Sinnoh Region. That's where I'm staying, but that's not where I'm from. I'm waiting for my sister to pick me up..." As he said this, the doors to the center opened up and a girl walked in. She had on a white and pink baseball cap, incredibly short shorts with white accessories sticking off of them, a white shirt and a black vest over it, and her hair was in a big bunch at the back.
"Yo, Oliver. I got the helicopter here! Let's go, pokey!" She called out.
"Okay, Brianna, I'm coming! See ya, Ethan!" He stepped back and then turned to rush out. They peeked out the window of the center and saw the duo climb into a red helicopter and fly off into the horizon.
"Whoa...I seriously want to know exactly who they are..." Ethan mumbled.
"Interesting," Lyra said plainly.
"Hey, we need to head to the place the Wallace Cup is being held on tomorrow. It's the day after, so we need to hurry!" May insisted.
Ah, did anyone notice Oliver's last name? Did anyone notice how their attire is seemingly similar to the new protagonists of the Isshu Region? Did anyone notice how they seem much more mature than the characters in this? Anyone? Ah...
