"Ah, Walcekite, you are already here," Burgh greeted the soon to be battled girl. He was sitting in one of trees in the gym, enjoying the company of the bug type pokemon. He easily stood up on the branch he was sitting on and jumped to the ground. Walcekite couldn't help but think he does that often. "Well, my pokemon are in top shape and ready for our battle."
"Great," grinned Walcekite and looked around. The spot, were the battlefield was supposed to be, was covered in blue floor, just like in the corridor. The blue haired girl could have sworn that this was the right room. She looked back at her "cheerleaders", but when she saw their smiles, that almost had the words "just wait" written on them, Walcekite stopped worrying.
"The Castelia gym battle between Walcekite and Burgh is about to begin! Three pokemon per side! The gym battle will be completed when all the pokemon on one side will be unable to battle!" the judge announced.
"It's a gym leader's duty to show you my choice of pokemon first. And that choice is..." Burgh quickly got one of his pokeballs and threw it in front oh himself. "Dwebble!"
"There it is. The only pokemon I have some effectiveness against," Walcekite softly sighed and let her first pokemon out. "Let's do this quickly Pela. Use Thunder Wave!"
Before Burgh could command, the lightning struck the little hermit crab. Sparks appeared around the visible body and shell, to prove paralysis.
"I've got to admit that caught me off guard, but it won't happen again. Dwebble - Rock Wrecker!"
"Dodge it Pela!"
Dwebble started "making" a rock between its pincers. The rock, that was getting bigger by the second, was outlined in red, but with a soft mew, the kitten pokemon jumped a few feet to the side and let the rock hit the spot she was previously in.
"Now use Water Pulse! And make it a big one!" quickly commanded Walcekite.
"Water Pulse?! That's not good. Dwebble - Protect!" Burgh was a little thrown out of balance.
Paralysis prevented Dwebble's Protect and he got engulfed into a ball of water. Walcekite wondered if the shell on Dwebble's back would weaken the effect of the Water Pulse and that was correct. Once Dwebble was released from the water ball, he just shook off the remaining drops of water and smirked at Pela.
"That was quite impressive. I never would have guessed that your Skitty knows those moves, but it will still prove not very effective," Burgh was confident and smirked, but a little softer than Dwebble. "Now use X-Scissor!"
Dwebble jumped into the air and both of its pincers glowed light blue. It then crossed its claws in front of its body and fell towards Pela. As it did, a purple 'X' form energy appeared in front of Dwebble's claws.
When Dwebble was but a few seconds away, Walcekite commanded:
"Water Pulse!"
The kitten pokemon was fast enough to release the water ball, but it was nowhere near big enough to engulf Dwebble. It just managed to break Dwebble's attack and luckily, made him fall out of his shell once he hit the ground backwards.
"Alright! Water Pulse again!" Walcekite grinned seeing a big chance of a win.
"Dwebble, get back to your shell, quickly!" Burgh was worried for his pokemon. And it was understandable - Pela will definitely try her best to take Dwebble out until he returns to his shell.
Dwebble was at least three times smaller without his shell and even the smallest of Pela's Water Pulses could fit him in. One after another, Pela shot water balls at Dwebble, who was simply defenseless without his shell. The paralysis didn't help him move and he was rather slow. Burgh tried to command the little hermit crab, but as luck would have it, Dwebble couldn't do a thing because of the paralysis.
After getting trapped in the water balls at least two times, he reached his rock. He was panting hardly and shivering from exhaustion. He didn't even have the strength to shake off the water. Pela was panting as well. but the kitten pokemon was still healthy and with enough energy.
"Don't worry Dwebble, we can still make it. Use Rock Wrecker!"
"Destroy the rock with Thunder Wave and go with another Water Pulse!"
"Protect yourself Dwebble!"
Both trainer's had fierce looks in their eyes, but Burgh's was slowly fading. He knew even the shell wouldn't protect Dwebble from fainting.
The Rock Inn pokemon was able to conjure a pretty big rock, but lightning from Pela's Thunder Wave still shattered it. While the Skitty made a water ball in front of her mouth, Dwebble tried to form that blue energy field around him, to protect him from almost anything, but the sparks and his fatigue didn't help. After the big water ball released Dwebble, he wobbled a bit and finally fainted.
"Dwebble is unable to battle. Skitty wins!" announced the judge.
"Alright Pela! You did it!" Walcekite joyfully clapped for her pokemon and the Skitty turned around, to jump into her trainer's arms.
"You did a good job Dwebble," Burgh returned his pokemon and said to Walcekite. "That was really impressive, I must say. But my next pokemon won't go so easy on you! Go, Whirlipede!" he released a pokemon that looked like a grey, curled up centipede with yellow eyes from both sides in the middle. It spinned a little to show that its ready for battle.
Walcekite smirked and returned Pela to her pokeball. "I might need you later, so take a good rest, ok?" she whispered to the kitten pokemon who was already in her respective pokeball and released her second pokemon. "I'm counting on you, Chesire!"
Just then Walcekite remembered there was an audience observing their battle and she turned to smile to the two teens. They did the same and Catlesy gave a thumbs up.
"Begin!" shouted the judge, making Walcekite flinch and get back to the battle.
"Whirlipede use Poison Sting!"
The curlipede pokemon jumped into the air and spined its body quickly, to fire multiple glowing purple darts from in between its antennae at Chesire. The devious pokemon only had time to meow and got hit by the purple needles. A small cloud of smoke rose and hid Chesire.
"Let's go with Assist, Chesire!"
Everyone looked at the smoke, to get the idea of what the attack will be. Suddenly, a beam of ice stabbed through the dark cloud and right into Whirlipede. It seemed it will get frozen, but it spun immediately, to prevent any chances.
"Nice one Whirlipede. Now use Steamroller!"
The pokemon jumped into the sky again and spun just like before, but now the tips of its antennae started glowing white and it landed to the ground, rolling straight for the almost dispersed cloud.
"Chesire, use Yawn and jump away!"
A transparent bubble was left in Whirlipede's path when Chesire jumped out of it. The bubble popped immediately after Whirlipede's rolling slashed it, but that didn't stop the Steamroller and the curlipede pokemon made a long turn, to get back to Chesire.
"Assist!"
Chesire started to run towards the rolling opponent but then it quickly jumped up and did a somersault. It then started to glow and while spinning, it caught on fire.
"Oh my Arceus! Chesire!" Walcekite almost cried seeing her pokemon getting engulfed in flames. She didn't think it could be good.
When Chesire landed, he continued to spin and rolled towards Whirlipede. Collision was inevitable.
Two pokemon rolled staright into each other and the mix of flames, dirt and power raised a huge dark cloud.
"Ch-Chesire...Are you ok?" Walcekite whispered desperately trying to find her pokemon in the smoke. A few seconds passed and a meow was heard in the distance. "You're ok!" Walcekite shouted happily.
Suddenly, a bright light emitted from the smoke. Walcekite thought this was some kind of attack, but she quickly realized what was happening. When the smoke will disperse, everything will be clear.
After some time, both pokemon were visible. Both were shivering and looking at each other in hostile poses. But one of them looked different.
The cruel pokemon was bigger and looked more elegant. It was still mostly purple, but had a yellow underbelly and whiskers. Its body was speckled with golden rosettes. Half of its legs, from the middle till the end, were yellow. The pink around its eyes resembled a mask. It's purple, long and curling tail resembled a question mark.
"Wow Chesire. You look amazing," awed Walcekite and Chesire smirked, but rather happy, still looking at the opponent.
"That evolution won't stop us, right Whirlipede?" Burgh waited for agreement, but the pokemon didn't move.
Walcekite tilted he head and finally understood what was going on.
"Chesire, use Dream Eater as much as you can!"
The Liepard went up to the sleeping opponent and, assured it was really out cold, started sucking its dreams. A purple cloud started raising from Whirlipede's body and into Chesire's mouth. He didn't let his eyes off Whirlipede's eyes, ready to jump back the moment his opponent awakes. That didn't take long and after about half a minute, Whirlipede started spinning, wanting to get Liepard, but Chesire was cautious enough to jump back before his opponent had the chance to hit.
"Nice, Chesire. It should be right next to fainting. Finish it off with Slash!"
"Whirlipede, glad you're awake. Use Iron Defence!"
The curlipede pokemon glew grey and shined like metal. With a new attack, that made Chesire's claw shine, Walcekite hoped to get a big hit, but the raised defense didn't help.
"Now use Solar Beam!" Whirlipede started charging and getting sunlight through the glass roof.
"Chesire - Assist!"
The Liepard started running toward its opponent and slammed his head in between Whirlipede's antennae. It was probably Double Edge and it proved to be more painful for Liepard than Whirlipede and now Chesire didn't have time to dodge and got hit by a Solar Beam up close and was knocked away right next to its trainer.
"Oh dear," gasped Walcekite, sadly looking at her pokemon. "I shouldn't have made Chesire use Assist."
But Chesire wasn't ready to give up and quickly got up, though groaning from the pain a bit.
"Come on, let's finish this Chesire!" Walcekite was affected by Liepard's enthusiasm. "Give it all you got on this last Assist!"
Liepard jumped up to the air and got on fire again. Walcekite wasn't so scared, cause now she knew this was Flame Wheel.
"Hit him back with Steamroller!" Burgh commanded.
The same collision happened twice in one battle, but something was different and the smoke cleared up quicker. Chesire was again in a hostile pose, but it wasn't needed - the Whiripede finally fainted.
"Whirlipede is unable to battle. Liepard is the winner," the judge announced Walcekite's second win.
Chesire smirked and laid down on the ground. Walcekite ran up to him and petted her newly evolved pokemon.
"You were amazing," she warmly smiled at the pokemon and after getting a lower and deeper meow, than Purrloin could do, she returned to her place, leaving Chesire to battle further.
"I've got to admit - it's impressive to see even two pokemon still not fainted after Dwebble and Whirlipede, but the next pokemon that I will choose is the guardian of Castelia Gym! Leavanny - let's go!" a tall, yellow humanoid pokemon with big leaves for clothes appeared as Burgh's final pokemon.
"Getting some fire type moves in one battle from Assist was just luck, but maybe it won't run away from me in this battle too," pondered Walcekite. "And still, I have two pokemon left. It's a sure win," she smirked.
"Until Leavanny faints, nothing is lost, so don't put your guard down. Now Leavanny - let's wrap him up with String Shot!"
Chesire stood up and was ready to jump away, but the white string shot from the nurturing pokemon proved to be faster and Chesire's torso and tail was covered in sticky white string and rather stuck together. Walcekite knew how important is the tail for pokemon, especially if the tail is big. Now Liepard had less balance and aim.
"Chesire, let's count on luck and use Assist again!"
Chesire nodded and wobbled a bit. Then he opened his mouth and a white ball appeared in the Liepard's mouth. A moment after, a dark, purple ball flew out, but it hit the wall instead of Leavanny. The cruel pokemon growled angrily. He knew he was in trouble.
"Now Leavanny - Leaf Storm!"
"Assist and then turn your side to the Leaf Storm!" Walcekite didn't know if the attack would be released from the spot Chesire stood, or if he would run towards the opponent, but either way, the blue haired girl hoped for a good outcome.
While Leavanny raised its arms and a large number of glowing green leaves appeared above them, Liepard tried to regain its balance and made another light ball in front of his mouth. When multiple pink hearts flew towards Leavanny, the nurturing pokemon brung its arms forward and fired the leaves at Chesire.
A few hearts were destroyed by the leaves, but at least three managed to survive and got to Leavanny, to spin in a circle around it. Sadly, almost all the leaves got to Chesire, but the pokemon listened to his trainer and by standing with its side facing the opponent, the Leaf Storm damaged the string and Chesire could shake it off.
Chesire was free and everyone watched, if the remaining hearts would infatuate Leavanny. Walcekite noticed that Burgh was very confident and calm. She figured that Leavanny must have been a male.
Finally, when the hearts tried to shrink into Leavanny's body, they just broke and the tall pokemon triumphantly said its name.
*grrr* "So we couldn't make Leavanny have less chances to attack successfully. Without some fire type moves or an Ice Beam, this can get messy..." understood Walcekite.
"Well, you managed to free yourself, but we can just do the same. Right Leavanny?" Burgh asked his pokemon and when she nodded, she released another String Shot. Luckily, Chesire had good reaction and jumped up just in time.
"Use Slash!"
The cruel pokemon landed and ran towards Leavanny as fast, as a predator trying to get his victim.
"Quick, use Hyper Beam!"
"Oh Arceus. If Leavanny makes that close range Hyper Beam, Chesire is sure to perish," gasped Walcekite. She saw that her Liepard flinched after the attack's name. He understood what was waiting for him, but he was certain he would make it.
A jump, a little to the side, to reach the side of Leavanny's torso and a big slash right to his belly. Leavanny flinched a little, only to stand up straight again and turn around to face Chesire. A pink and white orb was already aiming for the cruel pokemon in between Leavanny's antennae. It grew larger every second and Chesire began to cower.
"Chesire, run! Don't let him get you!"
The Liepard had eyes full of fear, but his trainer's voice managed to break his crouching. He quickly got into a position to jump, but as he got into mid air, the powerful red beam, with white outlines, got Chesire to the side and flung him to a wall, that protected the trees and plants.
"Chesire!" screamed Walcekite waiting for the dirt cloud to settle down and show her pokemon.
"Liepard is unable to battle! Leavanny is the winner!" announced the judge, that was closer to Chesire than Walcekite and could see the pokemon clearer.
"Chesire return," Walcekite got back her fainted pokemon and whispered to him, when he was in his pokeball. "You did amazing. I wouldn't have wanted more from you. You already exceeded my expectations," she put the ball on her belt and took another pokeball. "It would be amazing if I did this with only two pokemon," she dreamed and let out her Skitty.
"So, the same Skitty? What more tricks does it have?" asked Burgh, not expecting a real answer.
"We'll show them by the end of this battle," she smiled at her pokemon, who smiled back and went into battle stance. "Now, Pela, use Attract!"
"Shatter the hearts with Leaf Storm!"
Pela released more hearts than Chesire, but as the Leaf Storm was aimed particularly at them, they all got destroyed, but the Skitty jumped out of the way of the rest of the leaves.
"Fine. Then let's use Ice Beam!" decided Walcekite and an ice blue ball appeared in front of her mouth.
Burgh and Leavanny had startled faces, but the gym leader got back his concentration and commanded:
"Leavanny- Protect!"
A blue translucent shield appeared around Leavanny's whole body and the Ice Beam didn't cause any damage.
"We need to take out that Protect," understood Walcekite. "Pela - Thunder Wave!"
"Protect!"
The lightning broke when it got to the shield. Walcekite groaned and tried to devise a strategy.
"We need to either get close enough, or attack right after Leavanny's attacks."
"Let's end this Leavanny! Hyper Beam!"
"Oh no. The same attack that took out Chesire... But this could be our chance," thought Walcekite and commanded Pela. "Be careful and get closer."
The Skitty didn't show much wish to come closer to the Hyper Beam user, but she crouched and crept towards the Leavanny, who was ready to release the Hyper Beam any minute.
"Get the Hyper Beam with Ice Beam!" Walcekite quickly commanded.
The red beam with white outlines collided with the ice blue beam, but there was no explosion. The red beam got some frost on its end and the ice continued to spread even to the orb between Leavanny's antennae. The frozen beam resembled a huge horn or spike beginning from above Leavanny and almost to the ground.
"What do you think to do with that ice spike?" Burgh asked confused.
"Oh, I won't use it. It's just a distraction. Pela - Thunder Wave!" lightning electrocuted Leavanny's whole body. "Now Attract!"
Finally the hearts shrunk into Leavanny's body and his eyes turned into hearts. As Pela jumped away from her opponent, Leavanny started wobbling and the spike fell from her head to the ground.
"Leavanny - String Shot!" Burgh shouted irritated.
But the nurturing pokemon wasn't willing to attack and left Pela a chance to use her attacks.
"Ice Beam! Freeze him Pela!"
"Protect!" Burgh shouted.
This time Leavanny wanted to follow her commands, but sparks, proving paralysis, prevented even protection.
Ice started covering Leavanny from her feet until her torso. It was obvious he won't walk.
"Use Ice Beam again!"
"Hyper Beam!"
There wasn't another collision of the two attacks and Leavanny was frozen from the torso to his neck. Leavanny started struggling and suddenly, the ice began to crack.
"Great Leavanny! Just a little more!" Burgh encouraged his pokemon.
"Should I let Pela attack or let Leavanny break free. Either way, I would need that the opponent would be more exposed than this," thought Walcekite and remained silent.
Leavanny wobbled as much as he could, with his eyes still heart shaped and sparks flying around him. It must have been hard.
A strong push to the side and Leavanny fell to the ground, shattering the ice, but the hit didn't go on without resulting damage. It was enough to finish off Leavanny.
"Leavanny is unable to battle! Skitty wins, which means that the victory goes to Walcekite!" the judge announced the end of the battle.
"Alright! We did it Pela!" both trainer and pokemon jumped to the air. Walcekite released her other pokemon that helped her win this gym battle and congratulated him as well.
"That was a great battle. Your pokemon are very strong," Burgh praised Walcekite. "I'm honored to present you with the Insect Badge," the gym leader gave Walcekite a green badge with golden outlines that resembled a bug's wing or a heart.
"Thank you very much," Walcekite bowed and put her badge in the item case."
"Congrats Walcekite. You earned it," Catlesy said when she and Farrioust approached the winner. "Too bad we couldn't see that dark cutie of yours," Catlesy smiled, but said it in a rather sad tone.
"It was too risky to send Meilli out with no effective attacks. Either way. I've managed to complete the battle with only two pokemon," she grinned, proud of herself.
"Well, you did use Lessa's moves," noticed Farrioust.
"I guess. Thank you so much for giving her to me. Without those fire type moves this would have maybe even ended in a loss on my side. But I don't think of it as using Lessa. Still only my pokemon battled," Walcekite didn't want Farrioust to say that using Lessa's moves was the same as using her in battle. The teen boy understood that and just smiled.
Finally out of the Castelia Gym, three teens went to the pokemon center, so that Walcekite's pokemon could be treated. Farrioust and Catlesy gave theirs as well, so all three were stuck to wait for the release of their pokemon.
"So Route 4 it is. The next big city will be Nimbassa City. Their gym leader is an electric type specialist," Catlesy read the information from her Town Map, that was like a mini computer. "Any one of you have ground type pokemon?" she inquired both trainers.
"Nope," replied Walcekite.
"I don't have one either," seconded Farrioust.
"Well this can be a tough battle then," Catlesy sighed. That moment all three trainers were asked to come and retrieve their pokemon from nurse Joy.
"All of your pokemon are happy and healthy," nurse Joy smiled and all the trainers took back their pokeballs and thanked nurse Joy.
"So...guys..." stuttered Walcekite when they walked out of the pokemon center. "Um...well, you are going to the same town as me, so, maybe..."
"Oh, silly me," Catlesy face palmed and grinned at Walcekite. "Of course we will travel together. Sorry I forgot to mention that."
"Oh, it's ok." Walcekite smiled back.
"Now our team will be the strongest ever. Though me and Walcekite have some catching up to do, if we want to reach Farrioust's level, but we just need to get a full team and we will be set. Let's go team! Towards Route 4!" she commanded, while smiling all the time, and went straight towards the route. Walcekite and Farrioust looked at each other and with smiles on their faces, caught up with Catlesy and ventured towards their next gym battle.
So I've put the whole battle in one chapter. Maybe it ended up too long, but honestly, I hate it when battles take two or more chapters, episodes or etc.
I guess the ending of this chapter was kind of cheesy. Mostly because anime pokemon episodes always end similar to this, but I don't recall using this before. Maybe I'll change it later :)
Review! Any review is welcome ^.^
Also, a big thanks to Airenee for the 20th review in this story ^.^
