Here is the finale of Zane's introductory battle. I hope you enjoy it and when you finish please review and tell me what you think of everything so far.
March 7th Part 3 (Season 1 Episode 4)
The ending of my introductory battle is coming up. Roddy and I are down to two pokemon. Each of us hasn't seen the others last pokemon. But now is the time to showcase what I have to offer. Time to show the world what I was made of.
But my Skuntank wasn't done yet. A shimmering black energy surrounded its body and then suddenly flung out and hit Lilligant, damaging it. Aftermath, Skuntank's ability. I then return Skuntank back to its pokeball. Time for the best part of my team.
"Noivern, lets finish this!" I yelled as I release my final pokemon, my trusted teammate, and the first pokemon I ever owned. Out came the Sound Wave Pokemon, barely making a sound, instead nodding that it is ready to battle. I look at Roddy who seems quite impress with my final choice. But he knows we are down to the final stretch.
"Lilligant, Leaf Storm." Lilligant, looking a lot more tired from all the damage it took, sends out a barrage of leaves from its body. This is no time to mess around.
"Noivern, Boomburst." I command. Noivern released a burst of sound from the speaker like area on its head. The attack disrupted Lilligant's attack and kept going for a direct hit on Lilligant knocking it down, the result being obvious.
"Lilligant is unable to battle. Noivern is the winner." Some impressive claps come from stands. Not sure if it's the way the battle is going or if they are impress with Noivern. But I can't think about that. Roddy is down to his last pokemon. More than likely his best. I have to be prepared for anything.
"Swoobat, lets end this!" Roddy yells from his side of the field. He throws his last pokeball and out pops a confident looking Swoobat. I am shocked. His final pokemon is a Swoobat. So, unless I am mistaken, our main pokemon are bat like creatures. How utterly impressive. "Swoobat, Air Slash." Swoobat starts flapping a bit harder than normal and pulls itself up higher. Then in one swift motion it releases shuriken like projectiles from its wings towards Noivern.
"Noivern, Aerial Ace through the Air Slash." Noivern does the same flapping motions that Swoobat had done. But instead of using its wings for an attack its swoops down from the air into a charging attack with air visibly coming off from around it. The Aerial Ace attack made it so that the Air Slash attack just bounced off Noivern.
"Swoobat, dodge." Roddy commands. Swoobat dives down underneath Noivern effectively dodging the attack. "Charge Beam." Swoobat starts to become charged with electricity and releases it in a thin line for an attack. Before I can make another command It hit Noivern directly on its wing. It seems like it hurts with it retracting its wing a bit, crying out and faltering a bit in its flight. But nevertheless continuing on with the battle.
"Noivern, Agility, start heading towards Swoobat then hit it with Dragon Claw." Noivern was able to regroup itself and start move a bit faster and soon enough moving fast enough that it disappears one second and reappears again in another location. It's so fast it is actually confusing Swoobat since its trying to find out where its location is. Soon enough it appears right behind Swoobat and using one of its talons, swipes and hits Swoobat, knocking it down to the ground. "Boomburst." I hope that I can end this as quickly as possible. Noivern aims its head down towards Swoobat and launches the powerful sound attack.
"Psychic," Roddy says quickly and loudly. Swoobat looks up towards the attack and its eyes glow pink. Soon the Boomburst attack is glowing pink and stops in midair. "Send it back." Roddy announces. The Boomburst attack is then launched back and hits its source quite hard, doing a lot more than just faltering but almost losing flight, but it's able to recover before its hit the ground.
"Come back around with an Aerial Ace." I proclaim. So far Swoobat is doing a fantastic job of countering most of my attacks. Noivern flies close to the ground and swoops around backwards but back towards where Swoobat is. It flips itself right back up and creates the air around it in a fast attack. Swoobat hovers over the ground a bit and tries to get away but Noivern is too fast and hits it hard again, once again knocking it down to the ground.
"Swoobat, get up," Swoobat pulls itself back up off the ground and flies in the air. While it seems tired it still is going strong. "Now Air Slash. One after another," Swoobat starts firing off Air Slashs like they are nothing.
"Dodge them with Agility." I command. Noivern starts moving around quickly, disappearing in one place and reappearing in another. "Quickly move in with Dragon Claw." Noivern starts moving towards Swoobat but I realize it's more so moving so it doesn't get hit. Swoobat is doing a great job at keeping Noivern at a distance. Soon enough though it is not enough and one of the Air Slashes is able to hit its mark and Noivern loses focus and another group of the attack collides with it as well. Noivern is stunned and not look particularly good.
"Swoobat, Hyper Beam." I wasn't expecting that. Swoobat charges up a ball of energy on its face and suddenly fires it at at Noivern. Noivern is too stunned from the previous attack and takes a direct hit from the powerful attack, Noivern at this point falls down to the ground. Luckily after a second it pushes itself back up to a standing position but not without trouble and not without me knowing just how bad that last attack had been for it. I need to end this quickly. I didn't realize just how good Roddy is as a battler.
Noivern is a powerful battler and it is evidenced with its attacks. Boomburst can easily be used against a weaken enemy to take it out. While Dragon Claw and Aerial Ace are good, they are close range attacks. That's why Noivern has Agility to be able to get in close or evade attacks. But Swoobat not only is quick but it is able to counter a lot of my moves. But maybe Noivern is just a tad bit faster.
"Noivern, Dragon Claw." Noivern pulls itself up into the air and starts into a quick glide towards Swoobat. Swoobat had used its attack before to push itself in the air and away from Noivern since the Hyper Beam attack didn't allow it to attack for a bit after its use, which allows me to take advantage.
Noivern glides straight towards Swoobat and since it's not able to counter attack take the swipe at it, effectively damaging it. Swoobat doesn't look that happy at being outsmarted.
"Swoobat, Charge Beam!" Roddy shouts. It's getting to that point that we know it's getting down to the end but we don't know who will remain on top. Swoobat starts getting covered in the electricity but I have a backup plan.
"Noivern, Aerial Ace, charge at it," Noivern starts charging towards Swoobat with its attack through the air. Swoobat releases its attack and it collides head on with Noivern but doesn't slow it down. The air coming off of it seems to act as a dampening field against the electricity not greatly affecting Noivern. "Now move out of the way," I command. Noivern is basically on top of Swoobat as I command it to move away from it and basically have it miss its attack. Roddy looks shocked and Swoobat turns around in surprise as well, exactly what I am hoping. "Boomburst!" I scream. Noivern releases the sound attack from its head. It hit Swoobat at close range and knocks it to the ground quite hard. There is absolutely no sound in the arena as Noivern comes back to my side of the field and everyone is waiting to see the announcement.
"Swoobat is unable to battle, Noivern is the winner, the winner of the match is Zane Arrington." With that announcement the crowd goes wild with cheering and I am more excited than I thought I could be. I hug Noivern as it comes back beside me and return it to its pokeball giving it a good rest, which it deserves. I notice that Roddy is also returning Swoobat and thanking it for a job well done. We both turn around and exit the arena.
As I head out the door and into the underground hallway I lean against the wall there and just breathe. I did it, I not only won my introductory battle but I won with two pokemon remaining which I assume would look good for me. I want to find Roddy and congratulate him on such a great battle but I'm not sure where he is so I decide to just leave the arena.
Leaving the arena and coming down the steps with other people, I am greeted by lots of people who not only were watching my battle but were routing for me. In a span of about ten minutes six people greet me and congratulate me. Once I am at the bottom of the steps I hear someone call out my name and turn to see Roddy right behind me.
"Hey I was hoping I would see you. Congratulations on the battle, it was fantastic." I say and he smiles.
"Thanks. I had a tough time leaving. Everyone wants to congratulate me. I was hoping to say thank you," I am having a tough time understanding why he would thank me and it must show on my face. "I don't think I would have had so much fun battling if I actually battled someone who has been here before." That makes sense.
"Well you are welcome. I guess the hard part is over for now. But I'm not sure what else I should do with my day." I look at my watch and am surprised that its 11.
"I was thinking maybe we could do a bit of learning about here. Being newbies and all we should stick together." It is a good idea and honestly he is my only friend here but he also seems to understand a lot more than just the basics. I may also understand a lot that goes on here but it would be good to know what else he knows that I may not know.
"Sure I am all for that. Let's go." I say and we walk away from the arena.
Well that is the end of the introductory battle. I am sorry that it was a lot quick knockouts but to mak battle interesting it would end up being 15 chapters long. But I did want to make the final bout longer and I wanted to focus on some other pokemon's strengths. Due to that there won't be many full battles in this story. Hopefully this one was good though. Please review and tell me what you thought about it and if you have any questions feel free to ask. Also tell me
-What you thought of the battle overall.
-What you think about Zane and Roddy.
-What you think about their pokemon and the battling style each one has.
-Also tell me what you are excited about in the future.
The next chapter is going to deal a lot more with what daily life is like in the PEL, who the champions are, what each championship means and also what the next day is going to be about.