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Chapter 10: The Pinwheel Battle Games, Part 2

"The first battle for the first round is...Alex Mayes of Nuvema Town VS Kenta Long of Castellia City!" Burgh announces.

I look at Conley as he smiles and mouths the words 'Good' and 'Luck'. I smile back and thank him before making my way to the middle of the crowd, who have surrounded what seems to be a temporary battle arena. I take my place at one end of the arena as I stare at my opponent.

Kenta has brown hair spiked up at the tips and dark brown eyes. He wears white shorts with black sneakers and a red singlet with a blue hood jacket over it.

"This battle is all mine! Go Woobat and Roggenrola!"

I waste no time in pulling out Taylor's pokeball.

"Taylor, Samuel! Battle Positions."

Sam steps forward as I fling Taylor's pokeball in the air.

"Kenta versus Alex! BEGIN!" Burgh calls...

"Sam, you have a type advantage against Roggenrola! Use it by using Water Gun!"

"With pleasure..." Sam blasts out a Water Gun heading towards Roggenrola.

"Take the attack head on by using Harden, Roggenrola."

"Stiff shit!"

What the hell was that? Sam's Water Gun hits the bullseye but it only sends Roggenrola staggering backwards

"Sam, what'd you say?" I mutter, trying to not seem weird.

"Nothing?" Sam mutters back.

"Tay?"

"Not a single word."

"Woobat, Confuse that Sewaddle with Confusion!"

Woobat's eyes start swirling around as barely visible rays blare out of its eyes and storm down towards Taylor.

"Taylor, Jump out of the way then use Razor Leaf! Sam, Tackle attack!" I ordered out.

Taylor leaped out of Confusion's path before slicing Woobat with fast, spinning leaves. Woobat drops from flight and smashes into the ground.

"Roggenrola, ROCK BLAST!" Kenta screams as he returns his Woobat.

White, glowing plates surround Roggenrola's body until finally they blast off and slice through the air before they shoot Sam and Taylor on target.

"Yes!" Kenta cheers, "Well Done Roggenrola!"

Damn it, I have to find a way to get closer to Roggenrola.

"Alright, Sam...Taylor...Razor Leaf and Razor Shell! Go! Go! Go!" I bellowed.

Taylor sprung up again this time twirling in the air to make it look neat as she released rapid spin leaves the could cut through metal. Roggenrola quickly took my bait and started to dodge those Razor Leaf. Roggenrola was distracted. Sam looked at me waiting for the sign...I nod my head...He shifts into action going as fast as lighting, he quickly sifts through the Razor Leaves as he finally reaches Roggenrola. I look up at Kenta who looks in with fear in his eyes.

"Arggh. Roggenrola look out for that Dewott coming your way!" He raged.

By the time Roggenrola turned around it was too late, it was struck with two of Sam's blades. It staggered back but the onslaught wasn't over...It was then struck with several leaves sending it staggering the other way.

"Roggenrola!"

"End it, Sam!" I order.

Sam takes a step back before he opens his mouth and releases a eruption of water as it takes Roggenrola flying into the audience soaking the people in the front.

"Roggenrola and Woobat have fainted therefore the winner of this battle is Alex Mayes of Nuvema Town!" Burgh announces.

I leap into the air as the audience roars in an applause and cheer. Sam and Taylor make their way back to me. I kneel down so that Sam is a bit taller and that can get closer to Taylor.

"Great job, you guys! I am so proud of the way you battled! That Razor Leaf and Razor Shell move was awesome...So awesome we should probably name it. Any ideas?"

"Uhhh... How about the "We'll make you shit bricks so step back" move?" Sam suggested ever so seriously. Taylor giggled as I rolled my eyes at the dick move name.

"I got one...What about Razor Onslaught!" Taylor suggested with a fierce tone.

"I like it...Razor Onslaught it is..."

I got back to my feet as I was greeted by Burgh, Lenora, Conley and Lana

"Great stuff, Alex." Lenora complimented.

"Yeah the ending was fantastic! I'm sure it was a lot easier since you're now able to understand your partners, Sam and Taylor." Burgh added

"It was..."I trailed off thinking back to when I heard that voice during the battle, "Although during the battle I hear a voice that spoke and when I asked Sam and Taylor they both declined. Do you have any idea what that voice was?" I asked.

"Ahhh... That must have been the opposition's Pokémon speaking." Lenora answered, "You see, Virizion granted you to speak to not just your own Pokémon but also other Pokémon whether they are wild or free." She added with a little smirk at the end.

"That is truly amazing!" Someone muttered.

I looked behind me to see the one and only, Natural Harmonia Gropius!

"Purrvect! Not only can vee deemolesh dose puny brats but vee can also burn down Pinveel Vorest until vee find dee legendairy Pokémon, Virizion." Bernadette plans. I have to say that this woman has an eye for destruction.

"Yeah and I can finally crush blue boy's head!" Mason adds in.

"Now that you mention it...Those three kids have gotten in our way too many times to count." Claudia mentions.

Bernie looks at me...

"Eneeting to say, Tweeg?" She asks.

"Umm...They are so dead!" I mutter. Everyone stares at me before Bernie does one of her maniacal laughs.

"Vee shall take acshun at the finale." Bernie finalizes.

Mason and Claudia nod as I nod as well. These kids are done for.

"N!" Lenora shouts, "Burgh, Call all the officers in Unova! A criminal is in the perimeter!" She adds.

She pulls out a pokeball and tosses it in the air.

"Watchog, Hypnosis!" Lenora called.

Watchog bursts out of its ball and unleashes a confusing and hypnotising ray from its eyes. N wastes no time in moving out of the way ever so gracefully.

"Halt your Watchog!" N orders, "I come in peace not in war." He finishes.

Lenora's Watchog steps back but doesn't return to its pokeball. You can cut the intensity between to two (Watchog and N) with a knife.

"I am not here to speak to you about how you're Pokemon are being treated like slaves. That was what Ghetsis made me believe, I have my own thoughts now. I am here to simply warn you of my evil relatives plan to takeover Unova. He has found out about three spies sent by Professor Juniper to foil his plans, I assume that would be you three. I'm here to warn you that you could be in very big danger tomorrow if you don't act quickly. That and of course I will be participating in the Pinwheel Battle Games" He assured us.

"We already know about most of this-"Lana is interrupted

"How can we believe that you are not deceiving us with your very sly and cunning, style, Mr Gropius?" Conley questioned him.

"My stepfather abandoned me after my battles and feuds with Hilbert Black and Hilda White. He was using me as an ambassador for his plans of taking over Unova. Of course due to a great line of friends and family such as Lenora and Burgh, his plans were foiled and burned to a crisp by Hilda and Hilbert. But now my father teams with another villain of our world, Giovanni, Leader of the revived Team Rocket. Their plans are to use the advanced technology that Unova possesses to control other leagues that don't have such technology. To answer your question, you can choose to believe me or you can let the takeover continue." He answers in such a slick manner.

"Hmm, we will be following your every move Mr Gropius until then we wish you your very best in your participation in the Pinwheel Battle Games." Burgh mutters still feeling suspicious about N.

Burgh turns around and picks up his megaphone.

"Alright let's continue with the next battle for this round. This is battle is between Eric Stone who comes all the way from Sunnyshore City in the distant Sinnoh region and Conley Roberts of Nuvema Town. Let's give them both a warm welcome!" Burgh announces right in front of us. I ring my ears again as I begin the get annoyed about that stupid megaphone.

Conley shifts his glasses back into position as he smiles. We all clear the arena as I take a good look at his opponent. Eric is wearing a pair of light blue faded denim jeans with a grey t-shirt and a green long sleeve workman's shirt although the sleeves are rolled up. He has left his workman's shirt unbuttoned so you can still see his grey shirt. He has a black baseball cap turned the other way with the brim on the back of his head. He's pretty damn tall as he looks around 5 feet tall, He has messy brown hair underneath his cap with pale skin to boot. He looks like he hasn't shaven in days since he has stubble under his chin. He looks prepared and ready as he has two pokeballs in his hand.

"Eric versus Conley...BEGIN!" Burgh orders.

"Spike and Axel, let's kick some ass!" Eric orders as he throws the pokeballs in the air releasing a Sawk and a Herdier. I pull out my Pokedex as Conley sends out his Pokemon.

Sawk, the Karate Pokemon; tying their belts gets them pumped and makes their punches more destructive. Disturbing their training angers them. This Sawk is male.

Lana pulled out her Pokedex to scan Herdier.

Herdier, the Loyal Dog Pokemon; It has black, cape-like fur that is very hard and decreases the amount of damage it receives. This Herdier is male.

"Newton, Rochelle! I need your assistance!" He calls as he sends out his Venipede and his Pidove.

"Spike, leap in the air then use Double Kick on Pidove!" Eric orders, "Axel, Squash that bug with Tackle!" he finishes

"Rochelle, use your speed to dodge before using your speed to attack! Quick Attack, go, go, go!" Conley orders, "Newton, Protect!"

Newton immediately places a green dome bubble over itself as Axel flies back from an unsuccessful tackle. Meanwhile Spike hits the mark on Rochelle who quickly found out that Spike was quicker than it.

"This is bad..." Conley mutters under his breath as he grits he teeth.

"Spike, burst Venipede's bubble with Rock Smash! Follow that up with a Bite, Axel!"

Spike smashes his fist into the ground which results in fairly decent sized boulders popping up. Sawk then sends them flying straight toward Newton.

"Rochelle, Air Cutter and try and hit the boulders!" Conley orders, he sounds frantic.

Rochelle bursts into lightning speed and slashes its wins sending out powerful repeated winds crushing each boulder that comes close. Suddenly, Axel springs into action leaping in the air. Conley forgot about Axel's Bite. Rochelle without any order uses Gust to send Axel back.

"Spike, Double Kick!" Eric calls.

"Newton, Poison Sting on the incoming Sawk!" Conley calls out.

From inside the protect dome, Newton shoots out purple pints of poison (try saying that really fast) that hits Spike on the mark. Protect finally wears off as the dome disappears.

"Axel and Spike have taken a great deal of damage but so has Rochelle." Lana mutters.

"Spike, Low Sweep on Venipede!"

"Newton, jump then use Rollout!"

The action continues as Spike crouches low and sends his leg in a sweeping motion almost sending Newton flying but Newton jumps up before catching Spike off guard with a Rollout to the face. Sawk rolls back on momentum as Newton unrolls itself.

"Rochelle, Air Cutter on Axel then follow it up with a Quick Attack!" Conley says dramatically.

"Axel, dodge them all then use Take Down!" Eric orders, "Spike, Double Kick!"

"Newton, Rollout!"

Newton curls up in a ball and rushes forward.

Axel dodges most of the Air Cutters before charging out.

Rochelle moves back before zipping off with Quick Attack looming.

Spike then runs as fast a clearly possible before leaping and forms a Double Kick position.

All the Pokemon meet in the centre of the battlefield as smoke forms making it hard to see who's fainted. The intensity on both Conley and Eric shows that they both have thrown each other everything they have got up their sleeves.

"Come on..." Conley mutters under his breath as he grits his teeth.

"Please be okay!" Eric whispers.

The smoke finally clears revealing only two Pokemon standing...Newton and Spike.

"Axel the Herdier from Eric's team and Rochelle the Pidove from Conley's team are both unable to battle!" Burgh announces, "The two Pokemon that remain are Spike the Sawk and Newton the Venipede" He finishes.

Spike and Venipede are exhausted...I can tell both of them are going to drop...It's just the question of who is gonna drop first...

"Newton, can you pull out one last Poison Sting?"

"Spike, you think enough fuel for a Rock smash?"

Both trainers want to make a quick move to end it...Spike stands there as it starts to slowly tilt back and forth but before it can fall Newton collapses, fainted. The crowd approves a great battle by handing them a very much deserved roar of applauses and cheers!

"Newton the Venipede is unable to battle, Spike the Sawk is the victor therefore the winner and moving on to the next round is Eric Stone from Sunnyshore City!" Burgh announces.

Conley looks devastated; he quickly shakes off the defeat as he walks up to Newton.

"That was the best I've ever seen you! You were brilliant. Thanks!" He says as Newton opens its eyes before disappearing into its pokeball.

Meanwhile, Eric is ecstatic about his win over Conley.

"Thanks a bunch Spike! You and Axel did me proud!"

Spike smiles before it too returns to its pokeball. Eric and Conley meets up in the middle to exchange words.

"You are an awesome trainer, man! Keep up the excellent work!" Eric encourages.

"Thanks but it was you who was the victor today. I look forward to your battle against my friend, Alex; he's much more difficult than me."

Eric smirks as he knows who Conley is on about.

"Yeah, I'm going to look forward to it as well." Eric said trying not to reveal much.

After the battle everyone disappeared as it started to get dark. Burgh announced that the rest of round one would continue tomorrow. Lana used some of her money to rent us a room in the Pokemon Centre for the night. Nurse Joy informed us that we had two other trainers in our room as well since most of the rooms were taken thanks to all the tourists that came to the Festival.

I had changed into my night wear which was a white long sleeve shirt with an Oshawott on it and white trousers with the same Oshawott printed all over it. Sam had enjoyed trying to communicate with the Oshawott on my shirt. Lana had changed into pretty much the same attire except it was pink with a Musharna on it. Conley just put on singlet and whacked on some track pants. After a little while our two other roommates arrived. It turned out to be that Eric Stone guy and Chad Nolan. I grunted at the entrance of Chad who was gloating about his Pokemon as usual.

"Well, if it isn't Alex...Nice win today, chump. Although I can't say the same about your sidekick, four eyes over there." He insulted as he pointed at Conley who thinking up some more battle strategies. Conley smirked at the comment made by Chad and simply continued to read.

Suddenly, Eric stepped forward becoming very defensive.

"Now wait a minute... That is no way to treat a fellow trainer that by the damn well looks of it could kick your ass in a Pokemon battle any day!"

Conley's head sprung up with glee as Chad bursts out with laughter.

"That's a good one, pal..." Conley's expression changes dramatically, "I'm gonna get something to eat from the cafeteria." He drops his bag and walks out the door as Conley smirks.

"Thanks Eric but there was no need for that." Conley thanked as he sighed heavily.

"Don't mention it..."

After a while we got to know Eric and found out what Sinnoh was like...

"Volkner was the gym leader in my hometown, Sunnyshore City. He specialised in electric types and is very hard to beat; some say he's the toughest gym leader around Sinnoh..."

"Neat...That's sort of like what people say about Drayden here." Conley exclaimed, "You see, Drayden was my idol since I was a little boy. I loved the fact that his dragon Pokemon were fearless and ruthless against opponents but so graceful and nice when around him."

Eric chuckled.

"Then I guess you would be interested in taking a look at one of my Pokemon from Sinnoh?"

"That would be brilliant" I agreed.

"Dusty, meet my new friends!" He called as he released what I think might be a legendary Pokemon since I've never seen it before.

"Chomp!" "Howdy!" It spoke.

"What in the blue hell is that?" Conley muttered as he took out his Pokedex.

Garchomp, the Mach Pokemon; Information not found.

Conley smacked the Pokedex on his palm.

"Hmm, The Pokedex isn't working..."

Eric smiles "No, I'm sure it's just fine but you see Dusty is a Sinnoh Pokemon. Sinnoh Pokemon aren't registered on your Pokedex yet. Only a Professor can do that. But here you can use my one which is equipped with Sinnoh and Unova Pokemon.

He pulled out his Pokedex and scanned his Garchomp.

Garchomp, the Mach Pokemon; When it folds up its body and extends its wings, it looks like a jet plane. It flies at sonic speed. This Garchomp is male.

Conley laughs at the information.

"I see...So do you have anymore Sinnoh Pokemon?" Conley asks.

Eric smirks.

"Yes but they are at Professor Cedric Juniper's Lab. By the way he said for me to tell you that he would like to see you at the lab in the morning." Eric says with a slight giggle.

"WHAT!" Conley, Lana and I all choked up on Eric's words.

"How do you know about that?" Conley questioned.

Eric laughed before explaining everything to us. It turns out that Eric is in Unova under request from Professor Juniper to fill in for Conley to help us stop Team Plasma Rockets. Alder mentioned Eric to her when he saw him battle in the Sinnoh League and thought he'd be a good edition to the mission's completion. Although he's going through with the request of Juniper, he still wants to keep his original goal of becoming the Unova Champion in sight. So Eric is going to be travelling with us for the rest of our journey. Chad arrived back later before we all hit the sack and waited for an adventure sure to greet us in the morning.

Pretty epic right? N is back informing our heroes about the takeover which obviously they already know about but is he to be trusted? Eric Stone has joined the gang after an impressive win against probably the strongest trainer of the gang, Conley. Remember to rate, review, subscribe, alert and favourite. Also I have decided to allow anonymous reviews for my story but please make sure that you add a username to the title and that you don't flame me.

Owen out!