Author's Note: Hmm. Nobody was able to notice the reference in the title of the last chapter. Maybe you'll recognize the reference in this one.
We walked towards the gym. Michelle was talking to us, telling a story that my dad had told me, the story about his battle in Fuchsia City. But Michelle was telling it from what Misty had experienced.
"My mom never liked Psyduck and wanted to trade it. Anyways, Team Rocket came and interfered with Ash's gym battle. Psyduck released itself from its Pokeball, like it always does."
I laughed softly as I remembered my dad telling me about how Misty's Psyduck always got out of its Pokeball.
"Psyduck tried to attack, but didn't do anything to Team Rocket's Pokemon. After a while, my mom learned that there were Psychic moves that Psyduck could use. Psyduck was also able to get the goo that Team Rocket threw on the other Pokemon off with Confusion. Psyduck was able to freeze Team Rocket with Disable and send them blasting off. She was offered two trades for Psyduck afterwards and denied both."
We continued on for a little while longer until we came to the gym. It looked like an old Asian palace.
"Be careful, this gym has booby traps everywhere." I said as I pushed the door opened. My dad had told me about all of the times he and the others had fallen into the traps in the gym.
"Wow, so this is the gym?" Michelle asked.
"Yep, but be careful. There are a lot of traps." I said.
We walked a little ways in.
"So how do we get to the gym leader?" Jason asked.
"I'm not really sure. There's a lot of hallways in here."
A yelp came and I jerked my head to my left.
"Um...where's Michelle?" I asked. She had disappeared!
"She was just here..." Jason muttered.
"The wall!" I cried suddenly.
Jason walked over to the wall and knocked on it. It was hollow.
"Yeah, it's a revolving wall." he said as he hit it.
It spun and opened to lead into another room. Michelle sat on the ground. She had apparently leaned against the wall, causing it to spin.
"That really hurt. I didn't know the walls turned like that." she muttered as she stood up.
"Yeah, we should continue on." I said.
We walked through the halls and suddenly, I was hit by electricity.
"AH!" I cried.
"It's a Voltorb!" Michelle cried.
I sat up and looked at the Voltorb.
"I say we get away from this and quickly. Voltorbs can explode if provoked, and that Voltorb looks mad." Jason said as he started backing up.
We continued on our way down a different hallway and we soon walked into an invisible wall. Well, actually Michelle was the one who walked into the invisible wall.
"Ouch!" Michelle said, hurting her face and nose.
Jason turned and walked back the way we came, but ran into another invisible wall!
"We're trapped. We can't go forwards or backwards." he said, rubbing his head.
"Well, we ran into a hidden hallway behind a wall once already. Maybe we can get out if there's a hallway behind that wall." Michelle said, pointing with one hand and holding her hurt nose with the other.
Jason walked over to the wall and looked out the small opening.
"Nope there's only-"
The wall swung down and Jason was going with it.
"Jason!"
Jason was dangling at the bottom of the fake wall. The wall had opened to reveal a long fall if you let go!
"Guys, come on. Help me up." he said.
"Bulbasaur, use Vine Whip." I said as I released Bulbasaur.
I picked up Bulbasaur so Jason could be lifted up. Michelle grabbed his hand and pulled him back into the room.
"Thanks. This has to be the craziest gym." he said.
"And the most dangerous one as well." I added.
"Where do we go? The other two ways are all blocked by invisible walls." said Michelle.
I returned Bulbasaur and looked at the fourth and final wall. "This wall must lead into the room where the Gym Leader is. There's nowhere else for us to go." I said.
Jason hit the wall and it swung open to reveal a room. We walked into the room, but it was empty. There were no other exits and there was a battlefield. This was the Gym Leader room, but why was it empty? Where was the gym leader?
"Pi!" Pikachu cried suddenly.
"AH!"
Around a dozen ninja stars were coming right at us out nowhere! Jason and Michelle ducked and covered their heads. Suddenly, I felt something rush through my body and then everything went blank. I slowly opened my eyes after a few seconds.
Michelle and Jason gasped as the looked up and I stared in shock at what was in front of me. My hands were extended and a blue Aura shield was in front of us. The ninja stars lay on the ground in front of it. The shield had deflected them.
"How did you do that?" Michelle asked in amazement.
Jason remained quiet, too shocked to speak.
"I...I don't know." I replied, looking at my hands as the shield disappeared. I was even more surprised than they were! My dad had told me stories about how he had had some run-ins with Aura in the past on his journey, but he would've never been able to do this!
I decided to explain what had happened as best as I could from what I could piece together. "As I saw the ninja stars flying towards us, my mind went blank all of a sudden. It's like my body was moving on its own and I had no control over it. I don't know how I created that shield to protect us, but I do know for certain that it was Aura that I just used. I didn't know that Aura could be used like that!"
"Maybe it's a special kind of Aura. Maybe it's only triggered when you're in danger?" Jason wondered.
"I must say, it's rare to see a person being able to block my ninja stars. And I've never seen it done with Aura before." A figure emerged from the shadows, revealing who was talking. "I am Janine, the Gym Leader of Fuchsia City and daughter of Koga, the ninja master." Janine greeted.
Janine looked to be in her early thirties, around my mom's age. She had purple hair that was pulled into a ponytail that was spiked outward behind her head. She had sharp, dark eyes. She wore a black tank top with black yoga pants, a long purple cape was tied around her neck and going down her back, a purple belt was around her waist, and purple armbands were around her lower arms.
"Sorry if I startled you with my ninja stars. It was a test to see if your guard was up and if you were ready to challenge me. If fact, all of the traps and hidden hallways in this gym are there to test challengers to see if they're worthy to challenge me for a badge. Since you all made it here to the battlefield safely, you all passed."
She then looked at me and said, "I must say, I've never seen someone use Aura like that. An impressive way to block my stars. After doing that, you've proven to be the right kind of trainer for a good battle."
"I'm here to challenge you too, Janine." Jason said.
She looked at Jason and gave a nod. "Not a problem. I have six Pokemon. I'll battle you both in back-to-back three-on-three Pokemon battles for the badges. Fair?"
"Fine by me."
I nodded my head agreeing.
"So, who's first?"
"I'll go first." I said.
"Alright. Your name?"
"Adam,"
"Well Adam, as Gym Leader, I accept your challenge."
"Venomoth, go!" Janine cried.
"Venom! Venomoth!"
"Charmeleon, let's show 'em!" I cried.
"Char!"
"You may go first, Adam." Janine said.
"Charmeleon, use Flamethrower!" I cried.
"Venomoth, use Psybeam!"
The two moves fought for dominance and created smoke as they exploded.
"Poison Fang!"
I tried to find Venomoth in the smoke, but couldn't.
"Dodge!" But it was too late. Venomoth appeared from the smoke and landed the hit on Charmeleon. I had to be careful. If my Pokemon became poisoned, I'd be done for! My dad had found that out in Unova when he battled the Poison type gym leader, Roxie.
"Now use Silver Wind, Venomoth!"
"Charmeleon, use your Counter Shield!"
Charmeleon used Flamethrower while spinning and was able to keep the Silver Wind from hitting it.
"Now use Metal Claw!" Charmeleon ran towards Venomoth and jumped up, striking with Metal Claw.
"Veno!"
"Now use Fire Fang!"
"Don't let it touch you! Use Supersonic to stop it!"
Charmeleon was stopped in its tracks, thanks to the ear-piercing sound.
"Charmeleon, use Fire Spin!" I cried. Charmeleon fought through the pain and used Fire Spin, landing a direct hit and stopping Supersonic. I knew that did some major damage, since Bug Pokemon are weak against Fire.
"Now use Fire Fang!" While Venomoth was still recovering, I could most likely get another hit in. Charmeleon ran towards Venomoth and used Fire Fang.
"Dodge, Venomoth!" Venomoth couldn't dodge in time and got hit with Fire Fang. Fire Fang also caused Venomoth to become burned.
"Veno! Venomoth!" Venomoth cried as the flames engulfed its body from the status effect.
"Use Psybeam!"
"Flamethrower!"
The two moves fought, but Flamethrower started to overpower the Psybeam and slammed into Venomoth.
"Veno...moth..." Venomoth said, fainting.
"Venomoth is unable to battle! Charmeleon wins!"
Janine removed her Pokeball. "You did well, Venomoth. Rest now. That was a great first battle, Adam. But it's just getting started." Janine said as she removed her next Pokeball.
"Weezing, go!" Janine cried.
"Weezing!"
"Still good to go, Charmeleon?" I asked.
"Char! Charmeleon!"
"Great! Charmeleon, use Fire Spin!"
"Dodge it! Use Sludge!" Weezing avoided it and shot a blast of poisonous goo towards Charmeleon.
"Dodge it, Charmeleon!" The Sludge was shot at Charmeleon before he could dodge. Charmeleon became poisoned!
"Use Double Hit!"
"Dodge!"
Charmeleon couldn't dodge in time and took the attack.
"Charmeleon..." Charmeleon fell to the ground as the poison sapped the last ounce of strength rom its body.
"Good job, Charmeleon. Rest now." I said as I returned my fainted Pokemon.
"Charmeleon is unable to battle! Weezing wins!"
I looked at Pikachu. He had plenty of experience battling Weezings in the past, since Team Rocket had one. "You ready, Pikachu?" I asked.
"Pi! Pika!" Pikachu cried, taking the field.
"Weezing, use Sludge!"
"Dodge! Then use Volt Tackle!"
The sludge missed Pikachu and Pikachu ran towards Weezing, his body covered by electricity.
"Pika!" Pikachu cried, slamming into Weezing.
"Now use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu jumped up and released a Thunderbolt before Weezing could recover from the Volt Tackle.
"Weezing, Smokescreen!" Weezing forced itself up and covered the field in smoke.
"Be ready, Pikachu." I said.
"Poison Gas! Now!" The smoke started to lift and the purple gas was drifting towards Pikachu.
"Counter Shield!" Pikachu started to spin and the Thunderbolt kept the Poison Gas away.
"Double Hit!"
"Quick Attack!"
Pikachu dodged the first Double Hit, but couldn't dodge the second one. Pikachu stood up and looked at Weezing, waiting for my next command.
"Iron Tail!"
"Use Sludge when Pikachu is close."
Pikachu started running towards Weezing and his tail became iron.
"Now, Weezing!"
"Pikachu, dodge!"
Pikachu ran under Weezing, avoiding the Sludge, and jumped up, slamming into Weezing from behind.
"Wheeze..." Weezing fell to the ground, fainted.
"Weezing is unable to battle! Pikachu wins!"
Janine returned her Weezing and removed her final Pokemon.
"I must say Adam, you've done well so far. Time to see how you do against my final Pokemon. Arbok, go!"
"Arbok!"
"Use Quick Attack, Pikachu!"
"Dodge it!"
Arbok dodged the Quick Attack.
"Wrap, quickly!"
"Dodge, Pikachu!" I cried.
Pikachu couldn't dodge in time and was trapped by Arbok's long body.
"Pi...Pika!" Pikachu struggled to get free, but couldn't.
"Use Thunderbolt!" Pikachu used Thunderbolt, but Arbok still kept its grip, fighting through the pain. She had trained Arbok to be able to keep its grip, even when attacked. This one was gonna be tough.
"Ice Fang, Arbok!"
Arbok quickly released Pikachu, but the Ice Fang attack came too quickly. Ice slowly started to cover Pikachu's body and he was soon engulfed, frozen solid.
"No! Pikachu!"
"Due to status effect, Pikachu is able to battle. Arbok is the winner."
I picked up Pikachu and brought him to my side. I then released Charmeleon, who had recovered a little. He used his fire to melt the ice. Once the ice melted ad Pikachu was freed, Pikachu looked at me.
"You did good, Pikachu. Rest now. Thanks, Charmeleon." I said as I returned my Fire Pokemon.
"I wasn't expecting that. You trained Arbok well." I said.
"Naturally. Thank you, Adam."
I removed my last Pokeball. "Pidgeotto, let's show 'em!" I cried.
"Pidgeotto!" it cried.
"Pidgeotto, use Gust!" Arbok couldn't dodge the move and took the full force of the attack.
"Use Poison Sting!" Arbok shot a flurry of poisonous needles from its mouth.
"Dodge!" Pidgeotto dodged the attack in time.
"Use Wing Attack!"
"Dodge it!"
Arbok moved at the right time and dodged the attack.
"Use Ice Fang!"
"Dodge, Pidgeotto!"
Arbok got into the air and bit one of the wings. Ice attacks were super-effective against Flying Pokemon!
"Use Wing Attack to get it off!" But Arbok let go before the move could happen. The ice was stuck on Pidgeotto's wing and it couldn't fly!
"Pidgeotto, you can still fight. I know you can! You can do it!"
"Arbok-"
Suddenly, Pidgeotto started to glow. The ice on its wing shattered as Pidgeotto's from changed. The light disappeared and standing there was Pidgeot. Pidgeotto had evolved!
"Way to go! You evolved!" I cried. "Use Wing Attack!"
"Dodge, Arbok!" Arbok didn't dodge in time and got hit.
"Wow! Pidgeot is a lot faster than it was before! Now use Gust!"
Arbok was covered in scratches and was breathing heavily.
"Use Poison Sting!"
"Flap your wings to keep it away!"
The Poison Sting was blown away to the side.
"Now use Aerial Ace!" Pidgeot zoomed towards Arbok, collided with it, and Arbok was breathing heavily afterwards.
"Ar...Arbok..." Arbok fell to the ground, defeated.
"Arbok is unable to battle! Pidgeot wins! The winner is the challenger, Adam!"
"Way to go, Pidgeot!" I yelled.
I removed my Pokedex as Janine returned Arbok. "Pidgeot, the Bird Pokemon and the evolved form of Pidgeotto. It can fly at twice the speed of sound and at an altitude of nearly one mile. By flapping its wings with all its might, Pidgeot can create a gust of wind powerful enough to bend tall trees."
"I owe my badge to you. Rest now," I said as I returned Pidgeot.
Janine walked over to me with a cushion in her hands. "Well Adam, you beat me. I present you the Soul Badge." Janine said.
I removed the badge. "Thank you, Janine."
Another badge won. Only two more to go.
Author's Note: What an eventful chapter! The kids overcome the dangerous traps of the Fuchsia Gym, Adam discovers that he has Aura power, wins his sixth badge, and his Pidgeotto evolves into Pidgeot!
Stay tuned for Jason's gym battle with Janine next time on Pokemon NG!