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Shalour City Gym Battles (Part 1)

Jonny stood on one end of the battle arena in the Shalour City Gym waiting for Korrina to return so he can battle her and earn the Rumble Badge.

'Gee, I hope I can find it in myself to battle Korrina.' Jonny thinks to himself. 'I mean, I really like her. She's so pretty and cool, but remember what Kevin said; business before pleasure. I have to beat Korrina so I can win another badge, I just hope there's no hard feelings between us.'

"Hey, I'm back." Jonny turns to see Korrina walking across the arena, blushing. Korrina reaches the other end of the battle arena. "I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long, Jonny."

"It's okay, Korrina." said Jonny. Korrina's grandfather is on the side of the arena while Kevin, Rolf, and Nazz who was holding onto Plank were on the balcony, watching.

"This is an official gym battle between Korrina, the gym leader and Jonny, the challenger." said Korrina's grandfather. "Each trainer will use three Pokemon. The battle will end when one trainer's Pokemon are unable to battle. The trainer with Pokemon remaining will be the winner. Let the battle begin!" Korrina and Jonny each pull out a pokeball.

"Mienfoo, go!" said Korrina, throwing Mienfoo's pokeball and releasing it.

"Let's go, Ninjask!" said Jonny, throwing Ninjask's pokeball and releasing him.

"Mienfoo, Fake Out!" said Korrina. Mienfoo claps its hands together and releases a shockwave that hits Ninjask, hitting him, and making him flinch. "Now use Double Slap!" Mienfoo runs at Ninjask with a hand raised.

"Double Team!" said Jonny. Ninjask glows white and creates several copies of himself. Mienfoo runs at a Ninjask and slaps it, but it was only a copy. "Screech!" One of the Ninjask's turned towards Mienfoo and yells out loud at it, releasing soundwaves onto it and weakening its defense. Ninjask begins surging with energy. "Looks like Ninjask's Speed Boost ability acitivated."

"We won't let a speed increase stop us, right, Mienfoo?" said Korrina. Mienfoo nods in response. "Okay, use Meditate!" Mienfoo closes its eyes and begins to glow, increasing its attack strength.

"Use Fury Swipes!" said Jonny. Ninjask flies at Mienfoo and slashes it repeatedly with his arm claws, dealing a lot of damage to Mienfoo due to its defense being weakened by Ninjask's Screech. Ninjask recieved another speed increase from his Speed Boost ability.

"Use Pound!" said Korrina. Mienfoo leaps at Ninjask with an arm raised.

"Dodge it!" said Jonny. Ninjask flies out of the path of Mienfoo's attack, and it misses. "Now use Swords Dance!" Ninjask crosses his arms and they glow blue, increasing his attack strength. Ninjask gains another speed increase from Speed Boost.

"Force Palm!" said Korrina. Mienfoo leaps at Ninjask and strikes him with its palm, doing moderate damage to him due to Meditate increasing Mienfoo's attack strength. Ninjask becomes surrounded by electricity, and he shudders. "Looks like Force Palm paralyzed Ninjask."

"He won't let that slow us down, right, Ninjask?" asked Jonny. Ninjask nods in response. "Use Fury Swipes again!" Ninjask fights through his paralysis and slashes Mienfoo repeatedly with his claws, doing a lot of damage due to Swords Dance increasing Ninjask's attack strength, knocking Mienfoo back. Ninjask's speed increases from his Speed Boost ability.

"Swift!" said Korrina. Mienfoo releases stars from its body towards Ninjask.

"Dodge and use Scratch!" said Jonny. Ninjask flies through the barrage of stars towards Mienfoo and scratches it across the chest, knocking it to the ground. Mienfoo struggles to get up.

"Pound!" said Korrina. Mienfoo leaps up towards Ninjask and pounds him in the head.

"Leech Life!" said Jonny. Ninjask drives his claws into Mienfoo's sides and drains its remaining stamina and healing some of his wounds. Ninjask releases Mienfoo and it drops onto the floor with swirly eyes.

"Mienfoo is unable to battle. Ninjask wins." said Korrina's grandfather.

"Way to go, Ninjask!" said Jonny. Ninjask raises his arms in victory. Korrina returns Mienfoo to its pokeball.

"You fought well, Mienfoo." said Korrina. She puts Mienfoo's pokeball away and pulls out another one. "Your Ninjask is strong, Jonny, but let's see how he does against Hawlucha." She throws Hawlucha's pokeball and releases it.

"Ninjask, Fury Swipes!" said Jonny. Unfortunately, paralysis kicks in and stops Ninjask from attacking. Ninjask gains another speed increase from Speed Boost.

"Hawlucha, Hone Claws!" said Korrina. Hawlucha's claws glow red, and his body is surrounded by a red glow, increasing its attack.

"Harden!" said Jonny. Ninjask fights through his paralysis and glows white. His body shines and his defense increases.

"Hawlucha, Aerial Ace!" said Korrina. Hawlucha flies towards Ninjask while streaks of white light surrounds it and rams into him, dealing super effective, knocking him to the ground.

"Ninjask, Screech!" said Jonny. Ninjask lets out a loud cry and releases soundwaves onto Hawlucha, weakening its defense.

"Wing Attack!" said Korrina. Hawlucha flies at Ninjask and strikes him with one of its wings, dealing super effective damage to him.

"Fury Swipes!" said Jonny. Ninjask flies at Hawlucha and slashes it repeatedly with his claws.

"Wing Attack!" said Korrina. Hawlucha swings its wing and strikes Ninjask, knocking him to the ground, unconscious.

"Ninjask is unable to battle. Hawlucha wins the match." said Korrina's grandfather.

"Great job, Hawlucha." said Korrina. Hawlucha flexes its wings. Jonny returns Ninjask to his pokeball.

"You were great, Ninjask." said Jonny. He puts Ninjask's pokeball away and pulls another pokeball out of his pocket. "Charmeleon, let's go!" He throws Charmeleon's pokeball and releases him. "Charmeleon, Dragon Rage!" Charmeleon opens his mouth and launches a purple ball of energy out of it and it hits Hawlucha, damaging it.

"Hawlucha, Flying Press!" said Korrina. Hawlucha flies up while surrounded by an orange light and flying down onto Charmeleon, crashing into him.

"Quick, use Fire Fang!" said Jonny. Charmeleon opens his mouth while it was covered in fire and he bites onto Hawlucha's wing, dealing more damage than it normally would be due to its defense being weakened by Ninjask's Screech. Hawlucha becomes covered in flames. "Looks like Hawlucha's burned, so now its attack strength is weakened, and it will recieve damage."

"That won't stop us. Hawlucha, Aerial Ace!" said Korrina. Hawlucha flies at Charmeleon and rams him, knocking him back. Hawlucha recieves damage from its burn.

"Use Scratch!" said Jonny. Charmeleon charges at Hawlucha and scratches its chest, damaging it.

"Flying Press again!" said Korrina. Hawlucha flies up and back down onto Charmeleon, crashing into him. Hawlucha recieves damage from its burn. As Charmeleon struggles to get up, his body becomes surrounded by an orange arua.

"Whoa. I remember this from Eddy's battle in the Lily of the Valley conference." said Jonny. "I think this is Blaze, so now Charmeleon's fire attacks are now stronger." A surprised look appears on Korrina's face. "Charmeleon, Fire Fang!" Charmeleon charges at Hawlucha and bites its abdomen, dealing massive damage to it and knocking it out.

"Hawlucha is unable to battle. Charmeleon wins the match." said Korrina's grandfather.

"Way to go, Charmeleon." said Jonny. Charmeleon flexes his arms. Korrina returns Hawlucha to its pokeball.

"You fought well, Hawlucha." said Korrina. She puts Hawlucha's pokeball away. "You've proven yourself a strong trainer, Jonny. But you have to beat my final Pokemon to prove yourself worthy of the Rumble Badge."

"Bring it on!" said Jonny, making Korrina smile.

'He's so cute when he's determined.' Korrina thinks to herself. She pulls another pokeball out of her pocket. "Machoke, go!" She throws Machoke's pokeball and releases it.

"Charmeleon, Dragon Rage!" said Jonny. Charmeleon launches a purple ball of energy from his mouth, and it hits Machoke. "I remember your Machoke's Guts ability, so I won't use moves that will burn it."

"Clever plan, but that won't save Charmeleon." said Korrina. "Machoke, Rock Tomb!" Machoke becomes surronded by white light and glowing rocks form around it. It launches the rocks at Charmeleon and they hit him, dealing super effective damage and knocking him out.

"Charmeleon is unable to battle. Machoke wins the match." said Korrina's grandfather.

"Great work, Machoke." said Korrina. Machoke raises his arms. Jonny returns Charmeleon to his pokeball.

"I'm proud of you, Charmeleon." said Jonny. He puts Charmeleon's pokeball away and pulls out another pokeball. "Quilladin, go!" He throws Quilladin's pokeball and releases him. "Quilladin, Rock Smash!" Quilladin runs at Machoke while his right arm is glowing white and it hits Machoke in the chest with it, knocking it back. Machoke slumps and its defense weakens due to Rock Smash.

"Machoke, Leer!" said Korrina. Machoke's eyes glow blue and Quilladin's defense weakens.

"Leech Seed!" said Jonny. Quilladin shoots a seed out of his mouth and onto Machoke's chest. Small leafy vines come out of the seed and they wrap around Machoke's torso.

"Machoke, Power-up Punch!" said Korrina. Machoke runs at Quilladin while his hand was balled into a fist and being surrounded by an orange aura and it punches Quilladin, knocking him back. Mahcoke begins surging with energy and its attack increases. Leech Seed drains some stamina from Machoke and onto Quilladin, healing some of his wounds.

"Quilladin, Vine Whip!" said Jonny. Two vines come out of Quilladin's back and they strike Machoke.

"Machoke, Revenge!" said Korrina. Machoke becomes surrounded by an orange aura, and it launches a beam of it at Quilladin, dealing major damage to it. Leech Seed drains more of Machoke's energy and onto Qulladin, healing some of his wounds. Quilladin begins panting and he suddenly becomes surrounded by a green aura.

"Right on! Quilladin's Overgrow ability activated, so now his grass attacks are stronger now!" said Jonny. "Okay, Quilladin, Needle Arm!" Quilladin's arms both becomes surrounded by green orbs of light with four spikes on them. He leaps at Machoke and hits it in the middle of its torso with them. Quilladin lands on the floor on his feet and faces Machoke. Machoke stood there for a few seconds before it fell backwards onto the arena floor with swirly eyes.

"Machoke is unable to battle. Quilladin wins the match. The winner of this gym battle is the challenger, Jonny." said Korrina's grandfather.

"We did it, Quilladin!" said Jonny, jumping up and raising a fist. Quilladin raises his arms and cheers.

"Way to go, Jonny!" said Kevin.

"Jonny did quite well." said Rolf. Korrina returns Machoke to its pokeball.

"You put up a great battle, Machoke." said Korrina. She puts Machoke's pokeball away and walks over to Jonny. "That was quite a match, Jonny."

"Thanks, Korrina." said Jonny. Korrina reaches into her pocket and pulls out a Rumble Badge.

"As proof of your victory here, I reward you with the Rumble Badge." said Korrina. She gives Jonny the Rumble Badge, along with pokedollars. Rolf enters the arena.

"Rolf will battle you next." said Rolf.

"As soon as my Pokemon are healed, we will have our battle." said Korrina.

"Very well." said Rolf. Korrina walks towards the gym entrance.

"I'm going to get my Pokemon healed too, Rolf." said Jonny. He runs off towards the gym entrance while Rolf walked to where Jonny was standing during his gym battle to wait for Korrina to return so they can battle. Half an hour later, Korrina and Jonny return from the Pokemon Center, with Jonny joining Kevin and Nazz in the balcony where Nazz gives Plank back to Jonny, while Korrina gets into the same spot she was in during her previous gym battles.

"Are you ready to battle, Rolf?" asked Korrina.

"As they say, 'bring it on'." said Rolf. Korrina's grandfather steps out onto the field.

"This is an official gym battle between Korrina, the gym leader and Rolf, the challenger." said Korrina's grandfather. "Each trainer will use three Pokemon. The battle will end when one trainer's Pokemon are unable to battle. The trainer with Pokemon remaining will be the winner. Let the battle begin!" Korrina and Rolf each pull out a pokeball.

"Come on out, Mienfoo!" said Korrina as she releases her Mienfoo from its pokeball.

"Pidgeotto, Rolf chooses you!" said Rolf as he releases his Pidgeotto from her pokeball. "Pidgeotto, Quick Attack!"

"Hurry, Mienfoo; use Fake Out!" said Korrina. Mienfoo quicky moves in front of Pidgeotto before she could attack and claps its hands in front of her face, startling her, and making her fall to the ground.

"Pidgeotto! Use Sand Attack!" said Rolf. Pidgeotto uses her wings to fling sand into Mienfoo's eyes, lowering its accuracy.

"Mienfoo, use Force Palm!" said Korrina. Mienfoo runs at Pidgeotto and thrusts its palm forward, but thanks to its lowered accuracy from Sand Attack, it barely misses her.

"Pidgeotto, use Twister!" said Rolf. Pidgeotto flaps her wings, releasing a tornado which moves towards Mienfoo and hits it, doing damage, and making it flinch. "Now Pidgeotto, use Gust!" Pidgeotto flaps her wings again, releasing a strong gust of wind which hits Mienfoo, doing super effective damage, and knocks it to the ground.

"Mienfoo, get up!" said Korrina. Mienfoo struggles to get to its feet, but Rolf wasn't going to give it the chance to.

"Pidgeotto, use Quick Attack!" said Rolf. Pidgeotto flies at Mienfoo at incredible speed and slams into it, knocking it to the ground, unconscious.

"Mienfoo is unable to battle. Pidgeotto is the winner." said Korrina's grandfather.

"Give it up for Rolf, everybody!" said Rolf.

"Way to go, man!" said Kevin.

"Keep it up, Rolf!" said Nazz. Korrina returns her Mienfoo to its pokeball.

"You take a good rest, Mienfoo." said Korrina. She puts Mienfoo's pokeball away and pulls out another one. She throws it, releasing her Hawlucha. "Hawlucha, use Wing Attack!" Hawlucha leaps towards Pidgeotto and strikes her with its wing.

"Pidgeotto, use Gust!" said Rolf. Pidgeotto flaps her wings, releasing another Gust attack which hits Hawlucha, doing super effective damage.

"Hawlucha, use Flying Press!" said Korrina. Hawlucha flies up, and comes plummeting down, belly first onto Pidegotto, damaging her.

"Pidgeotto, use Feather Dance!" said Rolf. Pidgeotto struggles to get up and manages to release a lot of feathers from her body, which covers Hawlucha's body, weakening its attack power.

"Hawlucha, use Karate Chop!" said Korrina. Hawlucha runs at Pidgeotto and swings its open hand onto Pidegotto's head, and even with its weakened attack power, it was enough to knock Pidgeotto out.

"Pidgeotto is unable to battle. Hawlucha is the winner." said Korrina's grandfather.

"Awesome work, Hawlucha!" said Korrina. Hawlucha looks at Korrina and nods. Rolf returns Pidgeotto to her pokeball.

"You did well, Pidgeotto." said Rolf. He puts Pidgeotto's pokeball away and pulls out another one. He throws it, releasing his Beedrill. "Beedrill, use Poison Sting!" Beedrill jabs her poison-coated stinger into Hawlucha's wing, doing damage to it. Hawlucha's eyes started to look a little purple.

"That Hawlucha is poisoned, man!" said Kevin.

"Hawlucha, use Roost!" said Korrina. Hawlucha sits down to rest and restore some of its stamina. It suddenly takes damage from the poison in its body right now.

"Beedrill, use Focus Energy!" said Rolf. Beedrill starts gathering her energy.

"Hawlucha, use Aerial Ace!" said Korrina. Hawlucha flies up and does a loop which makes it fly into Beedrill, doing super effective damage. Fortunately, it wasn't a lot thanks to the earlier Feather Dance from Pidgeotto. It also takes more damage from the poison.

"Beedrill, use Fury Attack!" said Rolf. Beedrill flies at Hawlucha and hits Hawlucha with a barrage of strikes from her arm stingers, some doing more damage than the others thanks to Focus Energy. Hawlucha was struggling to stay standing.

"Use Wing Attack!" said Korrina. Hawlucha manages to fly at Beedrill and hits her with its wing, doing super effective damage. Unfortunately, it didn't have enough stamina to withstand the poison any longer and it passes out.

"Hawlucha is unable to battle. Beedrill is the winner." said Korrina's grandfather.

"Very good, Beedrill. Rolf is pleased." said Rolf. Beedrill nods in response.

"One more to go, Rolfie Boy!" said Kevin. Korrina returns her Hawlucha to its pokeball.

"You fought bravely, Hawlucha. Take a good rest." said Korrina. She puts Hawlucha's pokeball away and pulls out her last one. She throws it, releasing her Machoke.

"Rolf knows of your Machoke's Guts ability, so Rolf won't try to poison it." said Rolf.

"Good call, Rolf!" said Nazz.

"Machoke, use Focus Energy!" said Korrina. Machoke starts to gather energy.

"Beedrill, use String Shot!" said Rolf. Beedrill releases a spray of string which wraps around Machoke's body, reducing its speed.

"Since stat reductions aren't considered status conditions, Machoke's Guts ability won't activate." said Jonny as he was feeling conflicted who to cheer for.

"Machoke, use Seismic Toss!" said Korrina. Machoke breaks free from the string, grabs Beedrill, jumps up into the air with her, and throws her down onto the stadium floor hard. Beedrill struggles to get up.

"Beedrill, use Fury Attack again!" said Rolf. Beedrill moves at Machoke and strikes its body repeatedly.

"Machoke, use Revenge!" said Korrina. Machoke's body becomes coated with an orange aura which hits Beedrill, not really doing a lot of damage, due to her being a combination of poison and bug types.

"Beedrill, use Pin Missile!" said Rolf. Beedrill releases a barrage of large glowing needles from her arm stingers which hit Machoke, not doing a lot of damage.

"Machoke, finish this with one more Karate Chop!" said Korrina. Machoke runs at Beedrill and strikes her head with its open hand, and even though it didn't do a lot of damage; it was enough to knock her out.

"Beedrill is unable to battle. Machoke is the winner." said Korrina's grandfather.

"Awesome job, Machoke!" said Korrina. Rolf returns Beedrill to her pokeball.

"You did good, Beedrill." said Rolf. He puts Beedrill away and pulls out his last pokeball. He throws it, releasing his Braixen. "Braixen, use Flame Charge!" Braixen's body becomes engulfed in fire as she charges at Machoke and slams into it, doing a good amount of damage to it, and increasing her speed.

"Hurry, Machoke! Use Revenge!" said Korrina. Machoke releases another Revenge attack which hits Braixen, not doing a lot of damage to her, due to her being part psychic type.

"Braixen! Use Psybeam!" said Rolf. Braixen takes out her stick and releases a strong beam of psychic energy from it, hitting Machoke, doing enough damage to knock it out.

"Machoke is unable to battle. Braixen is the winner. That means the winner of the match is Rolf." said Korrina's grandfather.

"Rolf is victorious!" Rolf cheers out.

"Way to go, Rolf!" said Kevin.

"Nice one, Rolf!" said Nazz. Korrina returns her Machoke to its pokeball.

"You rest a while, Machoke." said Korrina. She puts Machoke's pokeball away and walks over to Rolf. "You were a strong opponent, Rolf."

"Rolf thinks you were strong as well." said Rolf. Korrina pulls out a Rumble Badge, along with some pokedollars.

"In recognition of your victory, I present you with the Rumble Badge." said Korrina as she hands the Rumble Badge and pokedollars to Rolf.

"Rolf has won the Rumble Badge!" said Rolf as he holds it up into the air. Korrina looks up at the balcony where Rolf's friends were.

"Who am I battling next?" asked Korrina.

"I'm up." said Kevin. Jonny smiles and waves at Korrina, making her smile back, making him blush.

"Once I get my Pokemon healed, we shall have our battle." said Korrina.

"I'll be waiting." said Kevin. Korrina and Rolf exit the gym to go to the Pokemon Center while Kevin makes his way to the battlefield.

"You got this, Rolf." said Nazz. Kevin looks back and nods. Can Kevin defeat Korrina and earn his third badge? Wait and find out.

End of Chapter 27

Pokemon Kevin has with him: Frogadier (M), Fletchinder (M), Vivillon (F), Pansear (M), Ivysaur (M), and Doduo (F).

Pokemon Kevin has in his collection: Frogadier (M), Fletchinder (M), Vivillon (F), Pansear (M), Ivysaur (M), Doduo (F), Snorlax (M), Volbeat (M), Zangoose (F), Tyrunt (M), and Electrike (M).

Pokemon Rolf has with him: Braixen (F), Diggersby (M), Pidgeotto (F), Beedrill (F), Wartortle (M), and Skiddo (M).

Pokemon Rolf has in his collection: Braixen (F), Diggersby (M), Pidgeotto (F), Beedrill (F), Pansage (M), Wartortle (M), Skiddo (M), Honedge (M), Bagon (M), Omanyte (M), and Throh (M)

Pokemon Jonny has with him: Quilladin (M), Linoone (M), Butterfree (F), Charmeleon (M), Ninjask (M), and Krokorok (F).

Pokemon Jonny has in his collection: Quilladin (M), Linoone (M), Butterfree (F), Panpour (M), Charmeleon (M), Gulpin (M), Ninjask (M), Axew (M), Spoink (F), Krokorok (F), Kabutos (M), and Ferroseed (M).

Pokemon Nazz has with her: Floette (F), Farfetch'd (M), Litleo (F), Kirlia (shiny) (F), Skitty (F), and Dedenne (F).

Pokemon Nazz has in her collection: Floette (F), Farfetch'd (M), Bidoof (M), Litleo (F), Kirlia (Shiny) (F), Skitty (F), Pancham (F), Furfrou (F), Amaura (F), Luvdisc (F), Yanma (F), and Dedenne (F).