A/N: I would like to take this moment to thank Pure Gamer, for being my mentor and friend; you're the best. Oh, and the super awesome original thing? I was hoping to wait till later to use it, but I'll do it next chapter.
Current Date in Story: January 15, 2009
Chapter 15: Perfume
"Aw, come on Sparky it isn't that bad" I tried comforting my Pokémon, who was currently using his front paws to cover his nose. We were on our way to the Celadon City Gym when we passed a perfume shop and THIS happened. I shook my head, and looked around. I saw a girl exiting from the perfume shop. She had shoulder length hair; it was a deep shade of ocean blue tied into a small ponytail. She appeared to be wearing a shirt as green as the grass tucked into her white dress pants, she also had a pair shoes as brown as the bark on the trees. She had a concerned look on her face as she approached us. "I'm so sorry, we didn't think about Pokémon with sensitive noses when we built the perfume shop" she said in one go. "It's alright, I should've put him in his pokeball" I said recalling Sparky.
"I apologize on behalf of our perfume shop" she said bowing. "No, no I'll take the blame" I replied. "…do you hate perfume?" she asked staring down. "Well, I wouldn't use it, since I'm a guy" I explained "But, I think it's…ok?" She looked at me and smiled "That's good to hear, well I have to get back to work, see ya" she said running off. Well she was nice, kinda; I continued walking over to the gym. I noticed the person from yesterday wasn't standing guard anymore, I guess that means I can go in.
I slowly opened the door and walked in, I expected to feel a floor, instead, I felt the green grass underfoot. I could tell just by looking, it wasn't that fake stuff, it was real; it flowed in the wind that I let in from opening the door. There were a few trees here and there, with more off to the side of the battle field and everywhere else. I looked up, the roof was made of glass, probably too help keep the plants alive. It was painstakingly (whatever that means) obvious that the gym leader used grass types…and grass were weak to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and bug…I had none of those, except for Charles. But he was weak, this wouldn't be easy, but we would pull through…wait, was he weak? I thought about it, I had never used him or seen him battle. "Ah, I'm sorry did you wait long?" said a voice emanating in front of me. I looked up; it was the girl from earlier except she was wearing a light yellow kimono with an orange pattern. Instead of what she was wearing earlier, "You're the perfume girl!" I exclaimed. She giggled "Yeah, that's me, Erika of Celadon City, I take it you're a challenger" she said. "Yup" I said taking a pokeball off my belt. She pulled a pokeball out of her sleeve, "Go Gloom" she said. "Go Charles" I said a little disappointedly, a small violet creature appeared from Erika's pokeball. It had a huge red flower on its head; the flower seemed half open, like it was getting ready to bloom. It also had several light orange leaves (or at least I think they're leaves) sticking out from under the flower. Another interesting feature is; the flower had white circles on the bulbs.
I pulled out my pokedex "Charles knows: Scratch, Leer, Smokescreen, and Fire Fang" Dexter explained. "Charles use Scratch" I said. "Gloom dodge then use Stun Spore" Erika commanded. Charles ran with his claw extended, and then Gloom sidestepped and released a yellow dust. Charles froze in place "Sorry to do this, Gloom, Mega Drain" Erika apologized; Gloom lowered its head and started sucking energy from the flower. "Charles use Fire Fang" I ordered. Charles turned and bite the flower with his flaming fangs. Gloom stopped sucking and started running around in circles "Gloom!" Erika exclaimed. Eventually Gloom stopped running and fell to the ground, Charles let go before it touched the ground. Erika recalled Gloom and sent out another Pokémon. This Pokémon was similar to Gloom, except it was bigger, and its flower was in full bloom. Probably it's evolution, I thought. "Charles go in with another Fire Fang" I commanded. "Vileplume use Solarbeam" Erika ordered. Charles ran towards Vileplume, he was faster than before, he readied his fangs and…he was engulfed in the Solarbeam. He was sent flying backwards and landed on the ground.
He got up almost immediately though, He got enveloped in a white light and he lunged towards Vileplume with his fist full of fire. The attack caught Vileplume off guard and it stumbled backwards. The light around Charles disappeared; he was taller and had a lump on the back of his head, also where he had orange scales, he now had red scales. I pulled out my pokedex again "Charmeleon, the Flame Pokémon, It is very hotheaded by nature, so it constantly seeks opponents. It calms down only when it wins (Credit to for this and future pokedex entries)" Dexter explained "Moves include: Metal Claw, Flamethrower, Fire Punch, and Fire Fang". "Charles use Flamethrower" I ordered. "Vileplume Solarbeam" Erika commanded. The two Pokémon shot out their beams, they were equally matched. I could tell Charles was still weak from earlier, he wouldn't be able to keep this up much longer.
Wait…maybe getting hurt wouldn't be a bad idea "Charles stop firing" I ordered, Charles looked shocked but did it anyways. He let the beam hit him head on, and when it subsided he was still standing in the same spot. He stood there and then his tail fire suddenly burst into a full on inferno, His ability Blaze had activated. "Now, Fire Punch!" I yelled. Charles ran as fast as he could, his eyes full of determination and rage. He punched Vileplume, engulfing it in flames for a second before it was sent flying. "Return Vileplume" Erika said as Vileplume hit the ground.
"Time to end this, Go Lombre" Erika said throwing the pokeball. Crud, Lombre is part water type. It was a light shade of green with red claws on its toes and a red bill; it also had a giant lily pad on its head. "Use Hydro Pump" Erika ordered. The water blasted from Lombre's mouth and enveloped Charles, when Lombre stopped spraying Charles dropped to the floor, thankfully his tail was still going. "Return Charles" I said "Finish this Sparky". "Hydro Pump again" Erika commanded. "Sparky, Volt Tackle, head on" I ordered. Sparky ran straight into the gushing water, pushing through it without much effort. Sparky hit Lombre right in the mouth, making him stumble backwards. "Now, Thunderbolt" I order. Sparky was basically right next to Lombre, so it really didn't matter what move was used, the bolt electrified Lombre and he fell to his knees then the ground.
"Return Lombre" Erika said "Go Leafy" a Leafeon appeared, it was mostly a light cream color with chocolate colored eyes, it had leaves sticking out in several places, and the most notable was the one on its head. Also, its ears became leaf-ish at the tips. Another feature is; its tail was one big leaf, waving side to side. "Leaf le" Leafy said slowly, the voice sounded female. "Jolt Jo" Sparky responded. "Sparky, Shadow Ball" I ordered. "Leafy, Energy Ball" Erika commanded. The two balls of energy collided and cancelled each other out. "Leafy, Razor Leaf" Erika ordered. "Sparky, Thunderbolt" I commanded. The two attacks cancelled each other out again. "Magical Leaf" Erika commanded. "Thunder" I ordered. The two strong attacks lasted a while longer, and then Leafy controlled her attack to go around the Thunder. The attack struck Sparky on his right side. "Volt Tackle" I ordered. Sparky ran through his Thunder absorbing the electricity along the way.
He tackled Leafy with full force, Leafy stumbled backwards and readied herself to attack "Leafy, Solarbeam" Erika said with a smirk. My eyes widened, Leafy was already able to match Sparky's power, an attack as strong as Solarbeam would… "Sparky use Volt Tackle to run!" I screamed. Sparky understood completely, he turned tail and ran! But it was too late, the beam attacked Sparky from behind as he was running. When the beam dissipated, Sparky was on the ground, but he got up slowly. This couldn't go on, I had to switch "Sparky Re…" I started. He turned and looked at me "Jolt Jo JOLT Jolteon Jolt! (I can do this!)" He barked, readying himself to attack. "Fine, Volt Tackle" I said. As Sparky started running, I formulated a plan. I waited till he was halfway there until I said it "Sparky fire a Thunder and stop running"
Shocked expressions filled the room, but Sparky did as he was told and shot off the Thunder and stopped running. The electricity from the volt tackle traveled to the Thunder and allowed it to become bigger. "Leafy, Magical Leaf" Erika said, making a last ditch effort to win. The attack swerved around the Thunder and hit Sparky. The two attacks hit at the same time, when they stopped both eeveelutions fell to the ground.
We both returned our Pokémon and shook hands. "This was a great match" she said. "I thought so too" I replied as she handed me the badge. "I'll see you again soon" I said walking out the door. I decided to head back to the pokecenter, that gym battle toke a lot out of me and my team. I dropped my team off with Nurse Joy and headed to my room for a nap. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
A/N: Who knows what tomorrow will bring? I do! Hehehe, anyways…I'm sorry, I had a 4 day weekend, and I only worked on this for 2 of them, so, to make it up, I did two chapters in those 2 days. Well that's all see ya next time.
