Hello everyone on fanfiction and welcome back to another episode of Mesoa League: The Ultimate Challenge
I've managed to scrape some free time, since the final copy of the research paper isn't due until after Spring Break, so I figured why not? I can multitask between writing this and my research paper. Really all it needs is a few tweaks.
Anyway, last chapter saw nothing but action (and a piece from inFAMOUS 2) and Team 2 got their first badge.
Now, something I want to point out if I haven't already, there will be time skips between the chapters. How much of a time skip though, I won't specify. I will tell you this; by the time the chapter with Team 16 is posted, a few month will have gone by. At least 3-4. After that, teams in any random order will be presented
So, with that said, let's focus on the next two teams. Hopefully this will be quite the chapter for all of you.
When you spend a good piece of your life catching and training cat-esque Pokémon, you can get a sense of how they work. What they basically like, what their habits are, and even their strengths and weaknesses are, right? That should also include their basic instinct to locate shelter, food, and other necessities, right? Then it should also include a keen sense of direction, correct?
Normally, that would be the case here, but just one key detail here: Axis Leto, no matter how much he acted like a cat, he was still a human. Humans, they don't have anything that was stated above, especially when it's in a foreign land. His teammates realized this rather quickly, and became rather irked. Kirie's Emboar was more than ready to fry the poor cat-boy.
"I swear, if we get stuck in here for months, the first thing I'm doing is killing you." Cielia growled to Axis. She might have a bit of a problem with strangers, but getting lost due to a new associate would make anyone pissed off
"How many times to I have to say I'm sorry?" he asked/begged
"Until we find a town where we can rest and think."
Meanwhile, just a few feet up ahead were Kirrie and Ryan, looking at the map to see if they could find their way around the mountain they landed in. (Un)fortunately for Ryan, Kirrie was a little too focused on other things to pay attention.
"So…if we came around this jagged area…then we should be near the closest town…which is just over this canyon here…"
The reason for his stuttering was that his girlfriend was showing her brand of affection for her boyfriend right now,
"They're right there, you know." He whispered
"So? It's a little exciting, right? Besides, it's not like this is the first time we've done this." She whispered back
"Still!" he quickly replied back, trying to focus on the map, and not on Kirrie's "affection" and Emboar's glare
"So, have any ideas on where to go?" Cielia asked
"Yeah, it looks like all we have to do is go across this canyon here and we should arrive at a town a mile from the entrance." Ryan replied
"Then let's get going!" Axis said, battered and bruised
"Uhhh…."
"Don't ask!" both of them stated
All four of them found themselves walking within the canyon after walking down into it for 10 minutes. Turns out they had wound up near a town, while it had neither a gym nor a contest hall, provided a map through Elco Canyon, which Axis had managed to screw up on their way in direction wise. Why? He had the damn map upside down.
"Come on! I said sorry!" Axis shouted
"Who the hell are you yelling at? Cielia asked
"Uhh…no one. No one at all!" he replied, frantically
"Whatever." She replied, followed by mumbling "weirdo" at the end.
After another ten minutes of walking and complaining from the others, which was really pissing off both Emboar and Ryan, the former decided to announce their current location in the canyon.
"Look! We're in the heart of the canyon right now and should be out within the next five minutes if you all shut up and pick up the pace!" Ryan nearly shouted
Unfortunately for their group, nearly was all it took for the earth to start shaking.
"What is that?!" Kirrie asked, nervously. This prompted Emboar to stand near his trainer, prepared to fight.
From the rocky terrain emerged rock types of all shapes and sizes.
The first type to appear were simply boulders with arms and eyes, Geodudes.
The second group to appear were large, jagged boulders with a set of feet and two sets of arms, Gravelers.
The third thing that popped out was a large stone boulder with what appeared to be armor that was a shade darker than its head, arms, and legs. Its eyes were a deep red. A single Golem.
To make the scenario even worse, even more pokemon decided to appear. Very large snakes composed of both rock and steel; Onix and Steelix.
The last thing to emerge from the canyon was a large dragon that seemed to be comprised of nothing but rock. Two large wings adorned its back, and it also had a horn on its head.
"What is that thing?!" Axis yelled nervously, feeling a sudden urge to yewl and hiss at the dragon.
Ryan pulled out his Pokedex and scanned the beast
Rocktor, the Rock Dragon Pokemon. It is said that Rocktor's came to be when draconic energy mixed with their pre-evolved form, Rockta. Males are more aggressive than females.
In addition to the large dragon, there was 1 Golem, 5 Onix and 2 Steelix, 17 Graveler, and 30 Geodude. Yeah…those were really bad odds.
"Well, we can't just do nothing. They'll kill us, otherwise. Go, Serperior!"
Ryan's pokeball revealed a long, green snake-like pokemon with short, stubby arms in the form of leaves. Its eyes were red in color, and it had yellow and white on its body.
"Don't think you can leave me out of this. Please help me, Gilgamesh!"
Cielia's pokeball had revealed a cat like pokemon with long whiskers and long "sleeves." Its body was mostly purple and white, though small traces of yellow could also be seen on its body. Gilgamesh was really a Mienshao.
"Well I'm not just gonna stand by and do nothing. Come out and play, Sir Fluffington!"
Axis had released what appeared to be a mixture of a mongoose and a cat. Its fur was mostly white in color, but it also had red patterns along its body in the form of tattoos, one of which went past its left eye. It bore razor sharp claws on its hands and feet, which still bore some dried blood from its battle against its first Seviper. It was the dried blood alone that kept most of everyone there from saying anything about the Zangoose's ridiculous nickname, though Emboar did snort a little at the name.
The Geodude wasted no time at all, and 14 of them decided to charge in with Rollout, Mega Punch, Gyro Ball, and Brick Break
"Serperior, use Leaf Tornado!" Ryan commanded
Serperior's tail whirled and was surrounded by leaves, which slammed into the Geodude that were attacking, swatting them like flies.
The Graveler took their chance and decided to use a Rock Polish, before launching a Rock Slide to the trespassers.
"Gilgamesh, Acrobatics into Brick Break, then use Toxic!"
Gilgamesh performed a series of maneuvers, which required a lot of flexibility, and jumped from boulder to boulder; using Brick Break to break the rocks up and send them flying back towards their attackers. Along with the boulders, a poisonous substance was launched at them, poisoning all, minus the Steelix, Rocktor, and Golem.
"Emboar, use Hammer Arm!"
Emboar charged its arms up with energy and decided to charge at the leader, the large dragon. Said Rocktor retaliated with a Dragon Tail, which met the Hammer Arm head on.
"Sir Fluffington, double kick!"
Deciding to get over the ridiculous nickname for now, the Zangoose charged and kicked away the charging, poisoned Geodudes and managed to land a hit on a Graveler, before two Iron Tails forced it away. Redirecting its focus to the poisoned Onix that were present, it charged at them, before it was slammed to the ground by the Golem with a Heavy Slam.
Back with Serperior, it had finished sweeping away the Geodudes, exerting a lot of energy to keep them down on the process, Ryan was forced to recall it, so it wouldn't get hurt any further. Turns out quite the number of them had Elemental Punches, and wouldn't stay down, despite being poisoned.
"Dewott, Zoroark, help me out here!"
One pokemon was a blue sea otter that was even darker on its lower sides. At its side were two scalchops. The other was a black, bipedal fox with dark fur that was red at the tips.
"Dewott, use Razor Shell! Zoroark, use Psychic!"
Dewott charged at the Golem and drew its two scalchops, charging them with aquatic energy to a fine point. Meanwhile, Zoroark decided to bind Golem into place while its partner finished the job. The Razor Shell hit and made contact, causing a lot of damage to the Golem.
Unfortunately, they were caught off guard by two of the Onix launching a Dragonbreath/Stone Edge combo at the two. Forced to dodge, they jumped, which lead them to being slammed into the ground by a third Onix and hit by a Steelix that was using Dig. Both Dewott and Zoroark were down for the count.
Kirrie, seeing the situation, decided to add more force into the picture.
"Jellicent, Hydro Pump on the Onix! Sceptile, use Leaf Storm!"
No sooner had a large pink jellyfish with frills and a large, wood gecko with draconic features appeared had they launched their attacks on their respective targets. Three Onix and 4 Graveler, in addition to the 3 that were already down, had finally fainted.
Back with Gilgamesh, it was reaching its limits with the Golem that was fighting the Zangoose suddenly appeared to protect its kin. Gilgamesh exerted a large amount of energy using Brick Break, Toxic, and Acrobatics in rapid succession.
Cielia decided to call back Gilgamesh before something really bad happened to it, and sent out a spiky metal pod with three sub pods sticking out of it. Zulu, the Ferrothorn.
"Zulu, use Curse!"
Its body was surrounded with a purple energy, cutting its Speed to raise its Attack and Defense.
The Golem went on the offensive and used Brick Break on the Ferrothorn.
"Ferro!" Zulu cried in pain
"Zulu, hang on there!" Cielia cried
Fortunately for them, the Iron Barbs ability did its job as the Golem winced in pain.
"Zulu, use Curse once more!"
Zulu's body was once more encased on the purple energy, raising Attack and Defense for Speed.
Golem, having learned its lesson, had launched a Flamethrower towards Zulu. Since Curse didn't raise Special Defense, it really hurt.
"Ferooo!" it cried in pain
"Zulu, no!"
It seemed to be okay, until it burst into flames for a brief moment. It had been burned.
"Oh, no."
The Golem decided to wrap things up by charging and launching a Focus Blast.
Zulu, despite the pain it was in, had managed to jump and landed on the Golem, slamming into it with a Gyro Ball.
Zulu, on a bit of a streak, used a new move, Power Whip, and repeatedly slammed them on the Golem.
Golem, in vain, had tried to shake off its attacker, but was seeing some success, as with each time the burn status showed, the attacks weakened.
Golem decided to not wait any longer, and launched itself into the center of all the battles, and used Explosion.
The result was instantaneous; The Golem, Ferrothorn, Zangoose, Jellicent, Dewott, Zoroark, and Sceptile were all defeated. Along with them were the remaining Graveler and Onix, and even a Steelix.
With Emboar, things weren't fairing so well. The Rocktor kept its distance in the air and launched many attacks, most of them hitting Emboar, while the attacks that Emboar launced were mostly dodged. The ones that did hit were fire attacks. Finally, with one last Dragon Tail, Emboar went down.
"Oh, no. What are we gonna do now?" Kirrie nervously asked.
"What about Druddigon?" Ryan asked
"It's still exhausted from that battle before we came here."
"Don't you have any other Pokemon that are effective?" Cielia asked
"Either they aren't effective, or they're too exhausted." They both replied."
"Sir Fluffington was really my only Pokemon with moves that could do any type of damage." Axis replied
"My other Pokemon aren't suited for this." Cielia stated
The Rocktor and Steelix were closing in on the intruders, ready to deal the killing blow, when suddenly…
"Fractiron, use Iron Head on Rocktor! Metagross, use Hammer Arm on Steelix!"
A silver streak of energy slammed into the Rocktor, while a large arm slammed into the Steelix."
The silver streak of energy turned out to be what, at first glance, was an Aggron, though there were obvious structural differences. Its head was longer than an Aggron's, and its body was more narrow and muscular. The forelegs were skinnier, but somehow that made them look deadlier. The legs were much longer and had more muscle mass on them, and it had a longer tail, not to mention blade-like spines on its back.
The second one was a quadrupedal metallic spider with red eyes, and a large silver X across its face. Its entire body was blue in color.
What stunned the group the most was the person standing on a nearby cliff over the valley. It was an old man who looked to be in his late 50's-early 60's and had white hair and a large, white beard. He was wearing what a miner would; everything from the miner's helmet to the vests and cargo pants. He was even carrying a pick axe.
The Rocktor and Steelix had recovered and saw who their attackers were. Glaring at the two Pokemon did nothing, as they only glared back.
"Rocktor, Steelix! That's enough! These travelers meant no harm, nor did they have any intentions of stealing your home. Take your fallen comrades, and leave!" the stranger demanded
The look in his old eyes left no room for argument, and since they knew he wouldn't lie to them, they decided to take his advice, gathered their comrades, and left.
He jumped down from the cliff, and was caught in his Metagross' Psychic, easing him down a little.
When he was finally down, he decided to approach the group and introduce himself.
"The name's Buster. I'm a miner."
"Hi, the name's Ryan."
"I'm Kirrie." She said, giving a small bow of graditude
"I-I'm Cielia." She said with a small smile
"And I'm Axis!" the neko boy said with surprising pep, given they were almost Pokefood.
"Nice to meet all of ya. So, how's about we get out Elco Canyon and talk back at my place."
"Sure" they all agreed
After being lifted to Elco Town by Buster's Metagross, the group decided to explain what had happened
"Well, no wonder the Pokemon got so antsy. Lately, all the Pokemon have been competing for food and homes. 'Course it's definitely much tamer here than at Dragon Valley, but still, things are pretty bad, especially at the heart of the canyon. No one wants to go there anymore since they're all afraid. Hell, even all my workers quit out of fear for their families safety, which I don't blame them for. But, without additional help, this town's in real trouble.
"Why's that?" Ryan asked
"This town's environment is rather dry and rough. There are a few fertile areas, but where that's where the farms produce grains. I found out that canyon has a lot of coal and evolutionary stones, so I gathered some old friends, and we got digging in the areas where no Pokemon were. Hell, a lot of them lend a helping hand. Soon, our town was able by some land a few miles to the west of here where other crops were being produced. Yep, it was glorious time. But now, we're in danger of losing all that farmland.
"If that's all true, then why did they start going rouge and began competing for everything.
"Unfortunately, we don't know. We do know that it happened around a month after Dragon Valley went berserk. Me, I'm thinkin it has got somethin to do with the Senate. They've been actin funny for a long time, now."
"So, why not say something?" Axis asked
"Heh, you're funny, kid. Treason and accusations aren't taken lightly here. The Senate don't lock you up like the King would. Naw, the Senate makes you disappear, forever. I've seen it happen to a buddy of mine from Tenichi City. He was dragged away into some cart with some sort of mystic eye on the side. Never saw him again."
The group all gulped at what the man said, especially Cielia
"Look, don't focus on it, and don't repeat what I said, to anyone. They'll see it as a perfect opportunity to eliminate outsiders."
They all nodded
"Anyway, other than being a miner, I also have a Pokemon Gym. I'm a Steel type user, as you saw earlier, with my Metagross and Fractiron
"Fractiron?" they all asked
Ryan pulled out his Pokedex and found some info on said Pokemon
Fractiron, the Armor Dino Pokemon. They attack everything, minus comrades, to test their strength against anything, seeing them as enemies. Their leg muscles are powerful enough to crush a tank by stomping on them.
They couldn't help but whistle at its impressive stats, though its Special Attack was rather crappy.
"So, how's about we all get some rest, and tomorrow, I'll battle one of you. Sound like a plan?"
"Yeah, I can agree to that." Kirrie said, stretching her body out in a teasing manner that wasn't lost on her boyfriend and Cielia
The next morning, they all arrived at the gym, prepared to battle for their first badge. Last night they decided that Kirrie would battle it out with the Gym Leader
"How's about we do a quick one-on-one. I do have to get to work in 20 minutes. Those stones don't mine themselves."
"Sure." Kirrie replied
"Fractiron, time to battle!" Buster yelled, tossing a pokeball
"Fraaccctiron!" it bellowed, ready to battle
Kirrie thought on it for a second, before deciding
"Emboar, I choose you!"
The Mega Fire Pig appeared in a flash, spitting out fire and glared at its opponent.
"This battle between Buster the Gym Leader and Kirrie the challenger will now commence. This is a one-on-one battle with no substitutions. When one side's Pokemon can no longer continue, the battle is over. Now, battle begin!" the announcer declared
The two Pokemon, not even a second later, charged at each other…
"Eelektross, use Dragon Claw!"
"Ninetales, counter with Zen Headbutt!"
The Elefish and fox Pokemon met head on with dedicated force behind their attacks
"Bad move there Katie. Eelektross, use thunderbolt!"
"Eelektross!" it cried out as it released a stream of electricity to it opponent, who was still in direct contact
"Niine!" it cried out in pain
"Ninetales, no! Are you okay?" Other than being a little paralyzed, it yepped in confirmation. It seemed like the two opponents were at it for a while
"Alright. Ninetales, use Psychic!"
The foxes' eyes glowed a bluish color before the large eel was lifted into the air
"Eelektross, try to break out of there!" its trainer called out. It tried, but it had no success.
"Nice try Crystal, but my Ninetales' kinetic abilities have improved since last time. Now, use Flamethrower!"
The fox fired a stream of fire towards its midair opponent, which easily struck.
"Eeeel!" it cried
"Eelektross, no!"
"Slam it into the ground!"
Using its psychic powers, it slammed the opponent into the ground. When the dust cleared, it revealed Eelektross had gotten up with a bit of a struggle.
"Ready to go, Eelektross?" Crystal asked, to which her partner nodded
"Okay then, use Rock Slide!"
Suddenly, a bunch of the rocks just started to fall out of the sky
"Ninetales, dodge all of the rocks while running towards Eelektross!"
The fox started running and dodging the rocks, and even jumped on a few, all while getting closer to the eel
'Just a little closer.' They both thought
When the two were mere inches away from each other, their trainers gave the final commands.
"Use Inferno/Zap Cannon!"
Both Pokemon launched their respective elemental attacks to their opponent. Rather than collide, the attacks bypassed each other, and struck the opponents. When the smoke cleared, both Pokemon were knocked out
"Alright, that's enough." A third voiced announced
At the side, leaning on a tree was the infamous "Shadow Dragon" of Mesoa, Ryan. To his left side was one of his friends, Ginji.
On Ryan's right side was a small, bipedal rodent with an orange body with a white stomach. It had two, horizontal brown stripes across its back. Its ears were bifurcated, and the tail was rather long, with the end in the shape of a thunderbolt. Half of its paws were brown, at the end. The top half of the feet was also brown. On its face were two electrical sacs, yellow in color. It was a Raichu.
A week after winding up in the Industrial Section and winning against the Poison Type Gym Leader, they decided to go to New Madrain to battle Katherine, and her water types.
Right now, the four were currently training in a forest to prepare for the next Gym. Katie and Crystal already had their little two-on-two spar, with Katie's Simipour easily beating Crystal's Chandelure, but lost to the Eelektross, hence the Ninetales vs. Eelektross
"I have to say, all four of them have improved dramatically." Ryan said as they recalled their Pokemon
"Yeah, you really should have them battle a few of the higher ups with your team." Ginji encouraged
The two women had blushed from the compliments they had received
"I'll consider it." Replied Crystal
"M-me too." Katie added
"Anyway, there's a hot spring nearby. I found it with Emboar while collecting the firewood." Ginji said
"Feel like going for a soak, Katie?"
"Sure! I could use it."
As the two women gathered a couple of towels and their bathing suits, they went towards the direction Ginji had pointed to, leaving the two men alone. Raichu followed suit
"So…after we battle Katherine, where should we go from there?" Ginji asked
"It looks like Yangzin Town would be the closest." Ryan replied
"Isn't that place near Dragon Valley?"
"Yes, but it also has a cold enough climate to where most Dragon-types don't go near it."
"Yeah, I guess so…hey, wait."
"What?"
"You said Yangzin Town. Don't you mean Yangzin City?" Ginji asked, confused
"Actually, the city itself lies even further to the north. It's all ice and snow, which is good, since a good chunk of the citizens are either Hydrokinetic or Cryokinetic."
"You mean the tribal leaders?"
"Yes."
"Huh…you know, it's still a little weird how some people are born with kinetic abilities."
"I can see where you're coming from, but remember; when the ancient war ended, and our guardians went to sleep, they spread their energies over the land so that Mesoans could defend themselves. And before you say anything, what Daisuke had mentioned before about our hatred with the outside world being 50 years old, that's wrong."
"Didn't need to tell me that part. Even I knew that. In fact, 50 years ago was when we decided to contact the other regions since ancient times. The rest though, that was true."
"Let's not focus on all of that right now. How's about we do an exhibition match of our own." Ryan suggested
"Sure, it'll only make my team much more prepared for Mike's team."
"One-on-one?"
"Fine with me."
The two friends stood at opposite ends of the makeshift battlefield, prepared to send out their Pokemon
"I'll start out first." Ryan stated "Out from the shadows, Infernape!"
Ryan threw a black and purple pokeball in the air, which revealed a brownish-red monkey with gold plates on its chest, shoulder, knees, and on its hands. Parts of the fur were a white color, and its fingers and toes were blue in color. On its head was a large flame, and a decent sized tail was also sticking out.
"Infernape, huh? Well then I'll use this. Empoleon, let's heat things up!"
From Ginji's volcano patterned ball came a black and navy blue penguin with blue metal at the tips of the wings and had three, golden claws sticking out from the bottom. It had a short, blue, metal tail sticking out of its back and fin that's on the front of its body, which extends to where its chin would be, but seemed split to form a sort of collar. If one looked at Empoleon, it had a tie like fin in the middle of its belly, and the collar coming off of it, relating to the tuxedo of a real world penguin. There was a lace-like pattern of white coloration on its front, and it had two gold-colored spots on its upper-back. Its most prominent feature was the three-horned trident-like crest that extended from its beak. Just from the size of it, this Empoleon could've easily led a colony.
"Since I was the one to challenge you, you have the first move." Ryan said
"Bad choice there. Alright Empoleon, let's go!"
"Ahhh…" both of the women sighed as they sunk their bodies into the hot spring. It was surrounded by many "sub" hot springs, where their Pokemon could unwind
"These springs really hit the spot." Crystal said, stretching out
"I can agree with you there." Katie replied
The two friends just sat there, enjoying the hot water and the quietness (since their Pokemon weren't really playing around ) when they striked up a conversation
"So, how do you think Sierra's doing?" Katie asked
"She's fine. She can take care of herself. Besides, Mike's on her team too." Crystal replied mischievously. Both women giggled at the thought
"Yeah, I guess so. But, didn't you notice that she gave her teammates the evil eye?"
"Really, why?"
"Well, I heard that one of her teammates, Cilan, is a Gym Leader from Striation City in Unova."
"You mean that guy in the bartender's suit?" Crystal asked, to which Katie nodded yes. "Why, though?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's because of what happened back then."
"She still hasn't gotten over it, huh?"
"No, she hasn't, and I don't understand it." Katie replied, getting a little annoyed
"Huh?"
"After all, why should she be the one to get pissed off about it."
"Katie." Crystal called to her friend, to no avail
"When she wasn't the one that was even attacked." Katie seemed to have become lost in her own world, and memories, ignoring everything around her, and was becoming more enraged
"Katie!"
"So why the hell should she be the one to get pissed off…"
"Katie, stop it now!" her friend cried to her desperately
"When I'm the one who had the close call!" she practically yelled, splashing the water in anger.
Crystal decided to grip her friend's shoulders and pulled her close, trying to soothe her
"It still hurts, doesn't it?"
"I can't help it (sob). I still think about (sob) what would've happened (sob) if Ryan didn't show up." She practically cried out.
Hearing the commotion, the Pokemon turned to see what was going on with their masters, only for Crystal to send them away with a look that demanded they be left alone. Many of them did, minus Crystal's Samurott and Dragonite, and Katie's Nidoqueen and Typhlosion (who merely lied on the hot rocks. Typhlosion stubbornly refused to leave, forcing his two higher ranks to do so.
Katie's Pokemon weren't lost on the situation. They were aware of what happened, and hated it when their trainer thought back on that night.
"Shh, shh. It's okay Katie. I'm still here, your Pokemon are, and you know Ryan is there for you. He never would let anything happen to his little princess." Crystal said in a soothing voice, to which Katie nodded her head. Crystal simply didn't have the heart to tease her right now.
"How's about we stay here for a few more minutes, and then we get going. Huh?" Crystal asked, which Katie agreed to.
After those few minutes had passes, they decided to get out of the springs and changed into their regular clothes, when they heard an explosion coming from Ryan and Ginji's vicinity.
"What was that?" Katie asked
"I don't know. Let's go check it out."
As both girls recalled their Pokemon and ran back to the campsite, where they came across a startling sight.
Infernape and Empoleon both had a lot of scrapes and bruises from their battle. They were panting and exhausted from using so much energy. Both Blaze and Torrent were activated. Yet, in spite of all that, they were both smiling. They were enjoying themselves, greatly.
If the four took notice of the new arrivals, they didn't say anything. Instead, they continued on with their battle.
"Infernape, use Thunderpunch!"
Infernape charged at its opponent with a fist, cackling witnh electricity
"Counter with Drill Peck!"
Empoleon began spinning its body at high speeds, and matched the electrified fist, which caused an explosion. Both Pokemon skidded back, looking even more damaged, but still happy
"Use Hone Claws!" both trainers commanded
"Their claws became enveloped in a dark energy, sharpening them
"Empoleon, now use Swords Dance into Steel Wing!"
Empoleom seemed to be doing a sort of tribal dance, which sharpened the blades even further. Then, it charged towards the monkey with silver glowing wings.
"Use Dig to dodge!"
Infernape dug underground, completely dodging Empoleon's attack.
"Empoleon, use Hydro Cannon into the hole!"
Empoleon fired a pressurized a jet of water into the hole its opponent escaped into
"Get out of there, now!"
Infernape emerged out a few feet away, but it was hit by the Hydro Cannon. It fell to the ground
"Infernape! Are you okay!" Ryan shouted. He seemed to stuggle to gain breath for a second. That second wasn't lost on everyone in the group, including the Pokemon
Infernape managed to get up after a bit of struggling
"Okay. Now use Brick Break!"
Infernape charged at the penguin, its hands in a chopping form, and struck the penguin
"Empoll!"
"Empoleon, no!"
"Wrap it up with Blast Burn, max power!"
Gathering all its energy from the Blaze, Infernape shot a blast of exploding white fire, point blank, at Empoleon. The following explosion was very massive. When the smoke cleared, Infernape was on the floor, panting greatly from exhaustion. Empoleon, he was knocked out.
"Great job, Empoleon. Rest now." Ginji said recalling his downed Pokemon
"You did well, Infernape. Rest now." Ryan said, recalling the final evolved form of the Sinnoh fire starter.
The girls at that point were clapping in applause for that battle, which caused the two battlers to look there way.
"How long were you two watching?" Ginji asked
"We actually came around when we heard that large explosion." Crystal replied
"What was that anyway?" Katie asked.
"It was Blast Burn and Hydro Cannon colliding." Ryan replied
"Wow, that's impressive." Crystal replied
"Yeah it was. So, we already to head out, now?" Ginji asked
"Sure. I think we can travel another few miles before we have to settle for the night." Katie said
As the group started walking, Katie unconsciously went closer to Ryan, which he didn't fail to notice.
"Everything alright?"
"Yeah. I-I'm okay."
"Look. I understand what's going on here." He whispered, which caused Katie to stiffen up
"I know the memories of that night are still there. I know you feel scared when you recall what had happened. If you need my help, then just ask."
Katie looked into his eyes (covered by the glasses) for a second, then smiled. Then, he wrapped an arm around her.
Out of earshot, Ginji and Crystal were talking to eachother
"Think she's gotten over it, yet?" he asked
"No, no I don't. But, I think dealing with it will be a lot easier now." She replied
He just looked at the two, and said "They really should just get together already."
"I agree, but for now, let's just leave things as is. That moment is the kind you don't want to break up."
"True. So, what about Sierra and Mike?"
"Believe me, I think their teammates will do the job for us."
At that, both Cilan and Iris sneezed
And cut, print. That's a wrap there folks
Well, there were certainly a lot of surprises in this chapter I would think. I believe all of you can guess what had (nearly) occurred with Katie.
Anyway, enough with depressing thoughts on that manner. At this point in time, I would like to thank Aeron Solo and Axel Nightblazer for the submission of Fractiron, as well as Titanic X for the Rocktor
Next chapter I will try to focus on three teams. Concerning all teams, they'll exchange stories of their adventures, which will show what they've been up to, when I write ch 16's chapter. That one will have a tournament where people will catch up on things
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Also, before I go, I would like to market my new story called Ghost of Allstars, which features Kratos from the God of War franchise as the main protagonist. Concerning Bleach: Mystery of the Past, Secret of the Shinso, that will be on an indefinite hiatus, for now.
I'm A.M.P 1008, signing out!