Well hi there readers the second half of this chapter came from the imagination of my sister and so this chapter is for her. So I don't have anything else to say except that i love your reviews and that i really like Ethan in this chapter so enjoy. Oh and i was distracted by this Anime i was introduced to thanks to my sister and well i'm glad i was any way onto the oh so fabulous disclaimer:
I in no way own pokemon.
Chapter 8: A Badge and A Fight
"Welcome to the Cerulean City Pokemon Gym. Today's battle is a three on three pokemon battle between the gym leader Misty and the challenger Lyra. The battle will be over when all three of either trainer's pokemon are unable to battle, furthermore only the challenger is allowed substitutions." the official judge said. Misty sent out Politoed and Lyra sent out Munchlax. "Let the battle for the Cascade Badge begin!"
"Alright Politoed into the pool and use hydro pump." the green frog jumped into the water. It swam around fast confusing Munchlax then it scored a direct hit from behind. "Now use doubleslap."
"Munchy dodge it." Munchlax dodged the attack by jumping onto the round circles. Politoed used hydro pump once again. "Alright use tackle and head straight for it." Munchlax dove right into the hydro pump and hit the green frog. "Okay now use focus punch." Munchlax's fist collided with Politoed's face sending it flying and into the pool.
"Politoed use doubleslap once more."
"Munchy use focus punch on the water." the wave created by the force sent Politoed out of the pool. "Tackle then thunderbolt." Munchlax went after Politoed at a speed that no one would think it would be able to go. It looked like it was pulling off a volt tackle as it collided with Politoed.
"Politoed is unable to battle." the judge said.
"You did a great job Politoed now take a long rest." Misty said as she called her pokemon back. She looked at Munchlax and chose her next pokemon. "Your munchlax is fast and strong. Go Corsola!"
"Thanks Misty." Lyra said. She looked at the new pokemon. "Corsola is a rock water pokemon which means thunderbolt will have no effect. Munchy return. Squirtle I choose you."
"Spike cannon." the gym leader said.
"Squirtle use aqua jet to dodge." Squirtle successfully dodged the attack and landed a clean hit. "Now Squirtle use ice beam on the water." the water froze with Corsola in the middle. "Now use iron tail twice once on Corsola and the second on the ice to finish it."
Squirtle hit Corsola with it's iron tail and then skidded back and cracked the ice with the other one. Corsola hit the ceiling and fell back down into the pool. Ice shards fell with it hitting it as it fell.
"Corsola is unable to battle."
"Gyarados go!" The blue pokemon hit the water and Misty was surprised to see that Lyra took a couple of steps back looking afraid. "She looks terrified. Use hyper beam Gyarados."
"Jump into the pool and use aqua jet." Lyra said shakily as she watched with wide eyes the orange beam miss it's target. Squirtle's speed in the water amazed Misty before she had Gyarados use twister. Squirtle hit the wall behind Lyra. She called it back and sent out Munchlax. "Munchlax use shadow ball then focus punch."
Munchlax sent a shower of shadow balls at Gyarados each of which gained power due to the fact that Munchlax was using focus punch to propel them forward. Gyarados swiped them down with it's tail and used hydro pump, it was weakened by Munchlax's thunderbolt. Gyarados was hit by a thunderbolt and focus punch combination before it hit Munchlax with it's hyper beam.
"Munchlax is unable to battle."
"Good job Munchy. Now it's your turn Meganium." Lyra said. The green pokemon appeared. "Use petal dance."
The pink petals hit Gyarados. Misty smiled. "Gyarados use flamethrower."
"Use vine whip on the water." Lyra said the uncertainty evident in her shaking voice. Meganium's vines hit the water and created a wall of water. Steam rose up. "Now use vine whip once again."
Meganium's vines wrapped around Gyarados and using all of it's strength pulled it in. Lyra remembered that this exact move had been rendered useless in her battle against Lance. She remembered Meganium reeling in the pokemon and charging a solar beam but never getting the chance to use it because Gyarados countered with a quick hyper beam. She could see that happening now.
"Lyra focus on this battle!" Ethan yelled from the stands. "This isn't Lance you're facing!"
"He's right this isn't Lance." she said watching Gyarados charge it's attack. "Quick lift it up and use razor leaf combine it with petal dance." she watched as Meganium used the attacks still holding on to the pokemon. "Now send it flying!" Meganium used it's strength to throw it. It charged another hyper beam and Meganium charged solar beam.
The two attacks collided. Using it's full power Meganium managed to break through the hyper beam and hit Gyarados knocking it out.
"Gyarados is unable to battle the winner is the challenger Lyra." the official yelled.
Misty returned her gyarados to it's pokeball and walked over to Lyra. "Your quick thinking and combinations surprised me. Thank you for this battle that had me on the edge of my feet the whole time. Here you are the Cascade Badge."
"Thank you." Lyra said taking the badge from the tray.
"Good job Ly!" Ethan said.
She nodded her thanks to her friend and the two of them headed back to the pokemon center. Ethan remained silent the whole way there which was a surprise to her but she decided not to question it. He picked up the pace and soon enough he was running. Lyra followed him at a much slower pace and stopped when he crashed into some guy. She ran to him and picked him up off of the ground.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"Yes thank you for your concern." the other boy said. He looked up and his mouth fell. "You the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Did it hurt when you fell?"
"I didn't fall." she said focusing on Ethan's bloody nose.
"Oh yes you did, you fell down from heaven." he said
"First I think she was asking me and second that is really cheesy ." Ethan said sounding irritated. "Who do you think you are?"
"I am Marc Kiss." he said proudly. "Now who is this beautiful princess and this ugly ogre?"
"I'm no princess and my name is Lyra and this is my best friend Ethan." she said with a smile.
"Oh so where are you two from?" Marc asked getting up.
"We're from Johto." Ethan said proudly. "Where are you from toad?" Ethan asked with a smirk on his face as he looked at Marc's angry expression. Lyra shrugged her shoulders and started to walk inside, Aipom walked next to her wearing Ethan's hat. "Hey Ly wait up!"
"I'm from Hoenn and what do you think you are calling my future wife Johto loser." Marc said angrily.
"Well I called her Ly as in short for Lyra and I know for a fact that she isn't betrothed to you. Where do you get off calling me a loser?" Ethan snapped at the Hoenn native.
"Well judging by that pokemon of yours I don't think you have much skill as a trainer. I have won my first Kanto badge and I participated in the Hoenn League." he answered proudly.
Aipom stopped dead in it's tracks, it turned around and gave Marc a look that would have him buried ten feet underground if looks could kill. Aipom's tail started to glow blue, Lyra and Ethan knew what was coming next. Ethan got in the way of Aipom's attack and made contact with the ground again. He stood up, wiped the blood off of his face, and turned to the purple monkey.
"I'll handle this buddy." he said. The monkey jumped around it's fists ready for a fight. "No I can do this after all this guy only has one badge and I made it to the final four of the Silver Conference." Lyra slapped her hand to her face, she didn't want to tell Ethan that his participation in the Silver Conference had happened two years ago.
"I find it hard to believe that you made it to final four." Marc laughed.
"Well believe it because I did!" Ethan yelled. He turned back to face his friend. "Two years ago but it still counts right." he mumbled. He turned back to Marc. "So what do you have to say?"
"I challenge to a six on six pokemon battle. If you made it that far then this should be a cake walk for you." Marc said with an evil grin on his face.
"I would but I don't have six pokemon." Ethan sighed. "In my opinion a true test is how you work with only one pokemon. So how about it you and me in a one on one pokemon battle."
"Sure and then when we go head to head in the victory tournament of the Indigo League we'll have our full battle and I will be the victor." Marc boasted and Ethan shrank a little.
"Sad to say you won't be getting that chance because Ethan isn't entering the Indigo League." Lyra said.
"Well then my dear princess who is?" he asked her tenderly.
"Uh I am. I have already earned two badges." Lyra answered.
"Ugh there's no way you could be entering my sweet, I saw you compete in the contest yesterday." he said simply. "No one with that much style and grace could survive in a real pokemon battle. Besides you are way too pretty to be involved in such a thing."
Ethan looked at him like he had just signed his own death warrant. Quickly noticing the fire in Lyra's eyes he ran behind her and restrained her. Marc looked scared as he watched Lyra fight Ethan's iron grip.
"For your information you jerk I participated in the Silver Conference and made it all the way to the winner's circle!" Lyra shrieked at him. "I will do it again in the Indigo League and you will be the opponent I'll look forward to facing in any of the rounds! Hopefully it will be the victory tournament because then I can crush you with the style and grace of my six pokemon and show you what a contest battle is! If I don't see you in the finals then it will most definitely be because I took you down in the preliminaries!"
"Wow beautiful and passionate I think I'm in love." Marc said. He pointed to Ethan. "Take your hands off of my woman and lets battle for her heart."
"This guy is a nut." Ethan mumbled letting go of a semi-calm Lyra. "Fine I'll battle you. Aipom let's do it."
The monkey nodded and threw his hat into Lyra's arms. Lyra was confused by all of this but couldn't help but find it amusing. Marc sent out his gardevoir. Ethan gave him a small smirk and told Aipom to use double team. Gardevoir used magical leaf hoping to find the real one but it didn't happen and it was hit by a shower of shadow balls.
"Use thunderbolt!" Marc yelled not liking that Ethan had inflicted some serious damage.
"Use focus punch to jump out of the way." Ethan said calmly. Aipom did just that and got some serious air. Ethan turned to look at Lyra, he gave her his best smile before turning back to the battle. "Lets try spinning and shadow ball." Aipom did what Ethan said and trapped Gardevoir in a vortex of purple balls. "Finish it with focus punch."
When the vortex disappeared the psychic pokemon had spirals in it's eyes. Marc's face showed that he was angrier than a group of stampeding Tauros. He called back his pokemon and went up to Ethan and punched him straight in the mouth. Ethan was about to hit him back but Meganium had it's vines wrapped securely around him and was pulling him away from the boy.
"As soon as I win the Indigo League you will be mine." he said to Lyra.
A little while later…
"Well I think that went well." Ethan said wincing as Lyra sprayed the cuts above his eyes. "That stings what is it?"
"It's a spray that prevents your cuts from getting infected and it wouldn't hurt if you didn't go off and get yourself into a fight." she snapped at her ridiculous friend.
"Hey that guy was asking for it." Ethan said. His faced turned serious and he looked at Lyra in a way that he had never looked at her before. His intense stare had her turning red, he grabbed her hands, and locked eyes with her. "My fair princess I have slain the evil beast and won your heart. What do you say to giving a noble hero a token of gratitude."
"Um I-I t-think…" she started and when she saw the goofy grin on his face she recomposed herself. "…that you hit your head harder than I originally thought."
"Maybe…Lyra you have to cream that guy when it comes to the Indigo League." he said.
"Don't worry I will. After all with my knight in shining bruises standing by my side how could I not fight with all I've got." she said with a laugh. She then decided that he did deserve more than her nursing abilities and kissed his forehead. "Thank you for everything you do for me."
"Uh no problem Ly after all we're best friends even in the afterlife." he said laughing.
To be continued...
So review and tell me what you think. Oh sorry for there being a lack of Lance i didn't know how to fit him into this chapter and well Ethan deserves more action time. Again please review (: