Chapter 31
Meeting Cross
a few days later,
having parted ways with joy and jenny in cerulean cape as they were meeting their aunts, Lincoln and friends backtracked all the way back through cerulean city, and were heading south to vermillion city through route 5. along the way, Lincoln was plagued with boredom, as they walked through the route, trees, trees, and more trees. there's hardly anything on this route," he observed.
"that's something you're going to have to get used to, Lincoln. excitement isn't going to EVERYWHERE we go," misty replied, giving the young trainer a glance," besides, there's nothing wrong with quiet moments like this."
"Misty's right, you know. there's no telling when we'll run into something like team rocket again, so it's best to take in as much quiet time as we can," brock advised.
"Well, when you put it that way, I guess some peace and quiet is a good thing," Lincoln replied, still looking quite bored. while he did enjoy the peace and quiet, he was still eager to see what kind of new Pokémon he and his friends would meet between now and vermillion city,' how ironic. I would've killed to have moments like this back home. can't believe I'm actually bored with quiet,' he thought to himself, looking around for anything that could stave off his boredom. his prayers were soon answered upon seeing some kind of billboard sign off to the side of the road.
"what's this?" misty wondered, as they went to investigate the sign.
Think you have what it takes to break the streak?
Come to A.J's gym on route 5 to find out!
Note: this gym isn't sanctioned by the Pokémon league association.
"Looks like some sort of battle challenge advertisement. and by the looks of that streak, this AJ guy must be good," brock commented, nothing that the "win" counter at 98, while the lose counter was a 0.
"But it says that it's not an official Pokémon gym. does that mean it's even legit?" Lincoln asked.
"Oh sure. there are gym like this all over kanto, especially in towns that don't have battles clubs. trainers often come to these gyms to train up against the owners of those gyms," brock replied.
"Battle club?" Lincoln questioned.
"Battle clubs are well known in the unova region, it's a club for trainers to train their Pokémon and have battle club tournaments," brock replied.
"That sounds great, maybe when we find one, we can train before our gym battles," Lincoln said.
"They're usually run by trainers who weren't able to pass the official Pokémon league gym leader qualification exams," misty added.
"Wait, there's an actual exam for that?" Lincoln asked.
"Yup. all trainers wanting to be gym leaders have to use rental Pokémon of our specialized type in battles against one of the elite 4 to show that we're capable of running a gym of our own. I had to face Bruno when I took the exam," brock explained.
"For me, I had to face Lorelei. she's kind of the main reason I wanted to be a Pokémon trainer in the first place," misty added as Lincoln imagined himself as a gym leader.
"As I recall, you were fangirling everywhere when you first met her," brock commented, causing misty to scowl at him.
"Shut up, brock."
"Ok, so that answers how someone becomes a gym leader, but what about becoming a member of the elite 4?" Lincoln asked curiously.
"We... don't really know. that kind on info is kind of kept hush-hush. but if i had to take a guess, it would probably take something like skill beyond of a gym leader," brock replied, as they continued to walk along the path, intent on checking out AJ's gym," still, i never heard of an unofficial Pokémon gym being out in the middle of nowhere. they're usually in small towns."
"Maybe the owner wasn't able to build his gym in any nearby towns. though, his record is impressive, what with 98 wins and no losses," misty guessed.
'Huh, this AJ reminds me of Lynn, let's just hope not too much like acting like a sore loser if AJ ever losses' he thought', "Well, if it's on the way, we might as well check it out, right?" Lincoln asked.
"I see no harm in that," misty replied.
"Yeah, I've kind of been curious on how an unofficial gym operates," brock added.
"Count me in too. I've been wanting to see how my training at cerulean cape had paid off," Pikachu replied.
"Well, looks like we're all in agreement," Lincoln said, as the continued walking along the path, until...
"HI-YAH!" someone leapt from the bushes. Pikachu reacted quickly to the oncoming threat, and unleashed iron tail, smacking the assailant away with a loud, metallic 'CLANG' sound. a few seconds passed before the assailant landed on his feet, but dropped his weapon, reeling from the pain of the iron tail," ok, note to self: never try to take on a Pokémon's iron tail attack," Lincoln and misty then recognized the person in question.
"Samurai? is that you?" Lincoln asked. the armor-clad boy looked at the two familiar faces.
"Oh, it's you two! my sincerest apologies for that surprise attack. it's been quite some time I last crossed paths with you. though, you got another companion," samurai observed, noticing the only third member of the group was brock.
"This is brock, he's from pewter city and he's also the gym leader," Lincoln said, introducing brock.
"Please to meet you," brock said.
"Likewise," samurai greeted back," so, how have you been?"
"Eh, a few bumps here and there, but otherwise going pretty smoothly. just the other day, I was able to earn my second badge from cerulean city," Lincoln replied.
"Impressive. after leaving the viridian forest, I was able to earn my first badge at the pewter gym," samurai said, showing them his boulder badge.
"Nice. but why are you skipping the cerulean gym?" misty asked.
"I had attempted to challenge the cerulean gym, but the leaders there said that they weren't accepting challengers due to some kind of 'retraining'?" samurai replied.
"Well, at least mom's whipping those three back into shape," misty commented.
"So, how've you been doing Pokémon wise?" Lincoln asked.
"Quite well, as a matter of fact. i had heard of a process called 'wonder trading', and I exchanged some extra bug type Pokémon I caught in exchange for those other regions," samurai replied.
"Hey, how about that? we're doing wonder trading too! we managed to get some foreign Pokémon as well," Lincoln said.
"Hmm, how excellent. if I may ask, how many times have you each of you wonder traded?" samurai asked.
"I've traded six times, so far," Lincoln replied.
"I traded three times," misty added.
"I did it twice," brock added.
"What about you?" Lincoln asked.
"I've managed to acquire three new bug Pokémon from wonder trading," samurai replied.
"Nice. by the way, do you know anything about the unofficial Pokémon gym that sign over there is advertising?" Lincoln asked, pointing to the sign.
"I might know something about that AJ character you're referring to, and I'm willing to divulge some info regarding him, in exchange for something on your part."
"Like what?" Lincoln asked.
"Simple, we finish what we started back in viridian forest," samurai replied.
"Ah, I get where you're going with this. we couldn't finish our battle last time since the beedrill swarm," Lincoln said.
"Indeed. and I see no sign of them, so now would be the opportune time to battle," samurai replied.
"Sounds like a plan," Lincoln replied.
"And to sweeten the deal, I'll tell you what you want to know about AJ," samurai added.
"If we agree to use the same rules as we did back in the forest, then I'd say that's a deal!" Lincoln accepted.
"I'll act as referee. what were the rules in your battle?" brock asked.
"We each use two Pokémon. no substitutions until we score a knockout. two wins are required for victory," samurai explained.
"Very well. if both trainers understand the rules, then we shall begin the battle," brock said.
"Here's my first Pokémon!" samurai said, tossing his pokeball, which released what appeared to be a purple scorpion like Pokémon with pincers on its tail," meet skorupi, one of the Pokémon I received from a wonder trade."
"Skorupi, huh?" Lincoln then pulled out his pokedex, and pointed it at the new Pokémon.
"Skorupi, the scorpion Pokémon, a poison and bug type. it grips opponents with its claws and injects poison. it then tenaciously hangs on until poison seeps in," dexter explained.
"A poison type... in that case, Kirila, you're up!" Lincoln said, sending out Kirila, who happily twirled around.
"Lincoln! boy am I happy to see you again!" Kirila said, as he was excited to see his trainer.
"Good to see you too. anyhow, you feel up to battle?" Lincoln asked.
"Been itching for a battle!" Kirila replied confidently, facing skorupi.
"Given that your Pokémon sparkled upon materializing, am I to assume that it's a shiny Pokémon?" samurai asked.
"That's right. in fact, Kirila here is one of the first Pokémon I got from a wonder trade," Lincoln replied.
"I see. glad to know that our first bout shall be between two wonder traded Pokémon," samurai commented.
"Alright, the first battle will be skorupi versus Kirila; BEGIN! brock announced.
"Skorupi, use hone claws!" samurai instructed. skorupi began to slash its claws around in an odd manner. it then glowed red.
"A red glow means Skorupi must've powered up. since fairy type Pokémon are weak against poison type attacks, we need to make sure none of Skorupi's poison type moves make contact. Kirila, use double team!" Lincoln instructed. after images of Kirila then began appearing all over the battlefield.
"A clever strategy, but one that may prove fruitless. Skorupi, use poison sting!" samurai instructed. Skorpui then began firing purple needles at the copies, until they finally struck Kirila.
"Kirila, you ok?" Lincoln asked.
"Y-Yeah. thankfully, that attack didn't poison me, even if I get poisoned it won't stop me," Kirila replied.
"Alright. but it's weird how skorupi was able to pick out the real one from the copies," Lincoln commented.
"Info: hone claws: a dark type status move that increases the user's attack power and accuracy," dexter explained.
"Ah, I see. so now we have to be careful to avoid any close quarters battling. fortunately, Kirila's great a long range. Use Psybeam!" Lincoln instructed. Kirila then fired off Psybeam, which was careening towards skorupi.
"Dodge it by using Dig!" samurai quickly instructed. Skorupi then burrowed its way underground, just as Psybeem made contact where it once was.
"Be careful Lincoln! dig is an attack move! there's no telling where Skorupi is going to pop up!" misty warned.
"Kirila, try to sense where Skorupi is, then evade!" Lincoln instructed.
"I'll try! Kirila replied, as he began trying to sense Skorupi, when...
"Now, poison fang!" Skorupi's tail erupted from the ground just below Kirila. the claws were glowing purple, as they exploded, sending Kirila back a few feet. purple bubbles then rose up from Kirila.
"Ack, not good!" Lincoln exclaimed.
"For you, anyhow. Skorupi, now use venoshock!" samurai instructed, as Skorupi emerged from the ground. it then fired an odd, purple liquid at Kirila.
"Quick use Psybeam!" Lincoln instructed. Kirila once again fired psybeam, which passed by the venoshock. both attacks made contact, and both Pokémon were down for the count.
"Both Kirila and Skorupi are unable to battle!" brock declared. samurai recalled skorupi, as Lincoln went to Kirila's aid.
""I-I'm sorry, Lincoln," Kirila sorrowfully said.
"Hey, don't worry about it. we'll just train some more and you can get them next time." now get some rest," Lincoln said, recalling Kirila," so, what's the deal with that last attack, samurai?"
"You refer to venoshock, yes? it's quite the handy poison type move. if the opponent is poisoned, then the attack does more damage," samurai explained.
"Huh, never knew attacks like those existed. well, anyway, onto our next battle! and this one just got back from a little vacation!" lincoln said. as he threw a pokeball, which sent out pidgeotto.
"Aww, yeah! back in the spotlight!" pigeotto cheered.
"That's right. she was with professor oak for a while, now she's ready for battle.
"I see. in that case, here a familiar face of my own!" samurai said, tossing his second pokeball, releasing pinsir.
"Pinsir! haven't seen that one in a while," Lincoln commented.
"Alright, the second battle pinsir versus pidgeotto! BEGIN!" brock declared.
"Alright pidgeotto, lets start off with steel wing!" Lincoln instructed.
"Got it!" pidgeotto replied, as her wings took on the metallic sheen of steel wing, and she swooped down at pinsir.
"Just let her get a little closer, pinsir!" samurai said, as he and pinsir were anticipating the right opportunity. it was when pidgeotto was right on top of pinsir when..." alright, now use vicegrip!" pinsir then used its horns to grab pidgeotto, trapping her in place.
"Oh no, I forgot about the horns! hang in there, pidgeotto! I'll try to figure something out!" Lincoln called out.
"Whatever you do, do it fast! pinsir might..."
"Now, use seismic toss!" with pidgeotto still trapped in its horns, pinsir leapt high into the air, and spun around, throwing pidgeotto to the ground with a loud slamming noise.
"Pidgeotto, are you alright?" lincoln asked.
"Yeah, takes a lot more than that to take me down," pidgeotto replied.
"Looks like your pinsir's gotten stronger since the last time we battled," Lincoln commented.
"Indeed. though your pigeotto seems a bit sluggish," samurai observed.
"What, I was relaxing for a little bit," pidgeotto said a little embarrassed.
"Now, now, we can get in some training between now and vermillion city," Lincoln said. this seemed to cheer her up a little.
"Train all you wish, but we're in the middle of a battle right now, so pinsir, use tackle!" samurai instructed. pinsir then charged it horns at pidgeotto.
"Pidgeotto, put some distance between you and pinsir then use gust!" Lincoln instructed.
"Alright then!" pidgeotto replied, flying up and out of reach from pinsir, and began to flap her wings. however, instead of gust she launched a barrage of blade like projectiles at pinsir, which seemed to damage the stag beetle Pokémon quite a bit. everyone there was very surprised, pidgeotto included," that wasn't gust.
"No, it wasn't. what move could that have been?" Lincoln wondered.
"Info: air cutter: a special flying type move in which the user fires blade like projectiles at the opponent. critical hits land more easily. this move also happens to be one of pidgeotto's egg moves," dexter explained.
"That would explain how pinsir took more damage than normal," samurai commented, as pinsir got back up.
"That move can come in handy in future battles," Lincoln commented.
"Hell yeah it will!" pidgeotto proclaimed.
"But don't think we don't have a few tricks of our own. pinsir, use rock tomb!" samurai instructed. pinsir then summoned rock tomb, and hurled the large rocks at pidgeotto, who attempted to evade the attack, but was hit by one of the rocks," we've got them now, pinsir! use vicegrip!" pinsir once again charged at pidgeotto.
"Quick pidgeotto, pull up and use air cutter!" Lincoln called out. pidgeotto snapped out of her daze, and flew back up out of reach pinsir. she then fired off air cutter once more. this time, pinsir wasn't able to withstand the attack, and fell to defeat.
"Pinsir is unable to battle, the winner is pidgeotto, therefore, the battle goes to Lincoln!" brock declared. samurai recalled pinsir as pidgeotto swooped back down to Lincoln.
"Nicely done, pidgeotto," Lincoln praised.
"Naturally! though, I'm gonna be real here, I wasn't expecting to pick up one of my egg moves like that," pidgeotto replied.
"I don't think any of us were," Lincoln replied, as he was approached by samurai.
"A battle well fought, Lincoln," samurai said, extending his hand to the white-haired boy.
"I can say the same for you, samurai. you've been working hard since the last time we saw you," Lincoln replied, exchanging the gesture.
"So, now that Lincoln won, what can you tell us about AJ?" misty asked.
"Ah, yes I did agree to tell you what I know. well, I challenged his gym here a few days ago while searching for more bug type Pokémon, but i was defeated handily, and by just one Pokémon too," samurai explained.
"Just one Pokémon?" Lincoln asked in surprise.
"Indeed. and if I can be honest, I doubt that even you could defeat him at your current skill level," samurai replied.
"Well, you never know until you try," Lincoln replied.
"I suppose, but remember, he's a very strong trainer," samurai warned.
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall," Lincoln replied.
"Very well. I shall lead you three to his gym, but don't say I didn't warn you," samurai replied, as he led three friends down the path they were walking on.
meanwhile, in Ronnie Anne's room nighttime,
"And that's pretty much what we want to do. Clyde and I want to experience what Lincoln is doing over in Japan ourselves. you can trust us to make decisions for ourselves, as well as to take care of ourselves out there.' how'd that sound?" Ronnie Anne asked, as she was engaged in a conference call with the Lincoln's friend group, which are Liam, Zach, rusty, girl Jordan, and stella, also including Margo, tabby, haiku, giggles, Paula, Chloe, and Polly pain.
"We could still stand to rework it, but I think we have somewhat of a chance of convincing our parents to let us follow in Lincoln's footsteps," Clyde replied.
"you two still have to prove how responsible you are," rusty said.
"I think you should try to schmooze your argument to them without directly stating what it is you want to do right up front," girl Jordan added.
"You mean like saying' our friend is traveling in a foreign land, and we want to give it a try ourselves'?" Polly pain asked.
"Sounds a bit crude a way of putting it. maybe you two should practice it with a little more tact," tabby replied.
"We should meet up sometime tomorrow and go over how Clyde and I will break the news to our families," Ronnie Anne suggested.
"How about at Gus' games and grub? we should be able to have some degree of privacy there," Zach suggested.
"Sounds like a plan. I'll see you guys over there," Ronnie Anne said, as she hung up, and went to crawl into bed," never expected them to agree to help me and Clyde," she quietly mused, as she thought back to the other day, when she and Clyde told the others about Lincoln.
flashback, a few days ago,
"Just outside of flip's food and fuel, Lincoln's friends along with the Sadie Hawkins girls, Clyde's girlfriend Chloe, Paula and Margo, who were just passing by, were bearing witness to the proprietor of the gas station getting arrested by police," I'm telling you; you got the wrong guy!" flip protested, as he struggled to break free.
"Tell it to the judge. we've got enough evidence to lock you up and get this place shut down," one of the officers said, as they threw flip into a squad car." also we got your buddies from our station who help cover your tracks as well, no one is protecting you."
flip saw Clyde and got mad," YOU, AFTER ALL DID FOR YOU AND YOUR FRIEND, THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY ME?!" flip yelled.
"ITS KARMA FLIP," Clyde yelled back.
"what's that about," tabby asked.
"Oh that, Lincoln and I were his interns for a while, until flip tricked us into competing with each other, so we blackmailed him with the footage of the stuff he did," Clyde explained.
"Humph, serves that guy right for all the disgusting thing he does in that store," girl Jordan said, lacking any sympathy for flip.
"You mean the re-dated expired milk, the sock in the nacho cheese dispenser, or the fact the hoards winning lottery tickets for himself, and those side businesses with a different name?" tabby asked.
"All of the above," girl Jordan replied.
"at least we can still enjoy these flippees," giggles said.
"I mean seriously, how did he NOT get arrested before now?" Liam questioned rhetorically.
'Maybe we should change the subject? I'm feeling a bit queasy just thinking about it," stella pleaded.
"Hey, you guys are Lincoln's friends, right?" Paula asked.
"Yeah, that's right, hey babe," rusty replied, as he winks at Polly making her blush.
"In that case do you know where he is? I want to ask him about what Lynn's got against him," Margo asked.
"Yeah, me too, I was wondering why you two called us here, and not just to watch flip get arrested," Liam asked. Clyde froze up. he and Ronnie Anne weren't sure how to explain the situation to them WITHOUT them going straight to the police.
"But why not go to Lynn directly?" giggles asked.
"Tried that already. I got turned away by fer folks. guess she got into some serious trouble," Margo guessed.
"Hmmph, serves her right for what she did," Ronnie Anne grumbled, only to realize she slipped up having spoken her thoughts out loud.
"Wait, so do you guys know what she's in trouble for?" Polly asked. Clyde sighed in defeat, then looked at Ronnie Anne she nodded knowing what they had to do.
"If we tell the ten of you, we want you guys to promise to keep it between us, ok?" Clyde asked. the group were now concerned.
"Depends; what's the deal with Lynn's family?" Margo asked, crossing her arms.
"Well, here's the thing," Ronnie Anne said, as she explained everything.
"Please tell me you're joking," giggles asked, her tone deadly serious, as she and the others were horrified upon learning about what the louds did to the lone son.
"I wish I was, but it's all true. Lynn blamed her loss against the lions on Lincoln, claiming he was bad luck. then, after he lied about it to his family, they kicked him out of the house in an attempt to save themselves from the supposed 'bad luck'," Ronnie Anne replied.
"And after another game that Lincoln never attended, she still blamed him for the loss, which prompted their grandfather to suggest sending him to an isolated country just off the coast of Japan to do some kind of zoological field work, involving amazing animals called 'Pokémon'," Clyde added.
"So, am I right in assuming that she did something really stupid after the game against the beavers?" Margo asked.
"Yeah. when we visited the loud house the other day to talk to Lincoln about his adventures, Lynn thought it was a good idea to brag about how they sold his furniture and were planning a beach day without him, all because she wanted him miserable as punishment for being accused of ruining her game. i managed to sock her good," Ronnie Anne replied. Margo was in complete shock, as she slumped down on a bench.
"I never thought that lynnsanity, er, I mean, Lynn, would take a loss that far," she commented, trying to wrap her head around what she had just heard.
"But what about the rest of the family?" Tabby asked.
"Since the last time we visited, Lincoln's managed to only forgive his mom, dad, Leni, lucy, Lana, and Lisa for what they did. as for Lori, Luna, Luan, Lynn, and Lola, I doubt any of them have even made an attempt to apologize," Clyde replied.
"Well, it's good to hear that SOME in his family have managed to apologize. but what about Lincoln himself? what are these 'Pokémon' things you mentioned?" haiku asked.
"Well, they look similar to animals, but they have incredible powers. Lincoln's managed to catch a decent amount of them in only a few weeks he's been in kanto," Clyde explained, pulling out a pokeball," in fact, I even have one of this Pokémon that he sent over on me right now. I was asked by Lana to bring this one to the pond because she's helping his other Pokémon in training," he said, as the ball opened up, releasing poliwhirl.
"A tadpole with gloves?" giggles asked looking at poliwhirl.
"According to the data Lincoln sent over, this one's name is 'poliwhirl', and it's classified as the 'tadpole Pokémon' and it's an evolved form of a poliwag," Clyde replied.
"it's kind of cute," Polly commented, getting her squeezed by poliwhirl's hand," and has a great grip too," she added, until poliwhirl shot a little water on her face.
"From what we understand, Pokémon use their different powers to do battle with one another. in poliwhirl's case, it's a water type," Clyde said, patting poliwhirl's head.
"Wait, does that mean Lincoln battles with these creatures too?" Tabby asked.
"Yeah, apparently in places like kanto, Pokémon battles are a popular sport. a bit controversial, sure, but it sounded like it was legal," Clyde replied. from that point onward, the group continued their question-and-answer session on the way to the pond while Ronnie Anne showed Lincoln's Pokémon drawings.
end of flashback,
"I'll have to let Lisa know about this development," Ronnie Anne commented, as she fell asleep.
back with Lincoln and company,
"It's not much further now," samurai said, as he led the three trainers through a somewhat dense forest. eventually, they arrived at what appeared to be a large circus tent surrounded by a fence made out of logs. above the gateway, there hung a sign that said, " AJ's gym - undefeated", with the same 98 wins - 0 loses counter as the sign they saw before. it even had the notice about this being an unofficial gym at the bottom," well, here we are. this is AJ's gym," samurai declared.
"Pretty impressive for an unofficial gym," misty commented, before turning to Lincoln, a sly grin on her face," you may have your hands full with this battle, Lincoln. especially with a record like that."
"Misty has a point. any trainer with this kind of record isn't going to be easy to beat," brock added.
"Well, we'll just see how things pan out in battle. after all, I haven't lost a battle yet, and I'm not planning to lose now," Lincoln replied.
as they enter the gym, the trainers saw it in shambles with really injured Pokémon and a burly teenager injured as well with a boy with red hair and the top shaped as an X, a white shirt with a black jacket, red pants, and black boots. standing next to him was a big red cat looking like a wrestler holding a sandshrew in its hand, and the same red wolf like Pokémon at trapped Damian revealing to be lyconroc dusk form.
"Hey what are doing?" Lincoln yelled.
the red hair boy turned around seeing the group and grinning.
"AJ, what a happened?" samurai asked helping him up.
"He beat me," Aj groaned in pain.
"I beat him because he was weak, so weak my Pokémon barley broke a sweat," Cross said, he snapped his fingers making his big red cat Pokémon toss Aj's sandshrew to him and sends them to a wall.
"Who do you think you are?" misty asked upset.
"I'm Cross, you pathetic bimbo," Cross replied smirking, until he noticed Lincoln's rainbow wing in a container around his neck.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME," misty yelled, as Lincoln remembered Crosses name.
"Wait, Damian told me a trainer named Cross left him for dead for three days," Lincoln said.
"So, he's still alive huh?" Cross asked.
"Damn right he's alive, and heard that you're looking for me," Lincoln replied.
"You guessed it, because it's weird that a white-haired freak outsider was given the rainbow wing by ho-oh," Cross said.
"who're you calling a freak," Lincoln said upset.
"let's have a battle then jerk," he added.
"Count me in too," samurai said as he stands next to Lincoln.
"Two against one this'll be too easy," cross said.
Cross stood on one side of the battlefield while Lincoln and samurai stood on the other side, misty was treating AJ and his sandshrew's injuries as brock stands in the middle looking at Cross with disgust.
"I'll be the referee, so that there won't be any cheats," brock said.
"Who cares, you two go," Cross said, as lyconroc and the wrestler cat Pokémon took the stage, as Lincoln pulls out his pokedex.
"Incineroar, the heel Pokémon, a fire and dark type Pokémon, it finds beating weak opponents boring, it's flame belt increases the more it battles it gets stronger," dexter explained.
"It doesn't look so tough, firestorm lets go," Lincoln said tossing out and releasing firestorm on the field.
"Link who's that?" firestorm asked.
"he's the guy, who nearly killed Damian," Lincoln replied, shocking firestorm.
"WHAT?!" firestorm yelled.
"Firestorm, let's get payback," Lincoln said.
"Yeah, payback time," firestorm.
"Scyther lets go," samurai said, as he tossed his pokeball releasing a mantis like Pokémon with sword like hands.
"Scyther, the mantis Pokémon, a bug type, it slashes through grass with sharp scythes, it moves too fast for humans to keep track," dexter explained.
"New Pokémon?" Lincoln asked.
"Yup, from a wonder trade," samurai replied.
"Ok, then let's do this," Lincoln said.
"Alright, let the two on one battle begin," brock said.
"scyther, use fury cutter on lyconroc," samurai instructed, as scyther flew towards lyconroc.
"Use stone edge," Cross instructed, making lyconroc punch the ground making rocks rise up, hitting scyther on the side.
"Now use rapid punch!" Cross instructed, as lyconroc punched scyther multicable times, all the way hitting samurai as the final punch sends them flying to a wall knocking them out.
"Samurai!" Lincoln yelled," firestorm use fire fang," he instructed, as firestorm bites down on incineroar's arm but it didn't hurt much.
"Use cross chop," Cross instructed, as incineroar nocked firestorm off its arm then use a cross chop on him.
"Now, use throat chop," Cross instructed, as incineroar crosses it arms and lands on firestorm hurting him and knocking him out.
"This battle is over, Cross is the winner," brock said.
"You lose, and ho-ho, gave trash like you a rainbow wing," cross mocked, as Lincoln was holding firestorm who was coming too.
"Are talking about yourself?" Lincoln asked, angering Cross.
Cross snaps his fingers making incineroar lung at fire storm with a Firey fist, Lincoln saw it coming and he jump Infront of the fist, getting hit in the stomach surprising firestorm, feeling the burn on his stomach.
"What kind of trainer attacks a knocked Pokémon still injured?" Lincoln asked while groaning from the pain from incineroar's fire punch.
"A trainer that gets rid of trash," cross replied.
"That's enough, I could have your license revolt for this behavior," brock said.
"Yeah, we should," misty added.
"No, I recommend you don't," Lincoln said, surprising brock and misty.
"let's make a deal," Lincoln said.
"What kind of deal?" Cross asked.
"we'll settle our rematch at the Pokémon league, if I win you take back everything you said about trainers and apologize to Damian and AJ, but if you win, I'll give you my rainbow wing!" Lincoln replied, surprising brock and misty.
Cross started grinning hearing Lincoln's deal," Sounds like a good deal, alright I accept the deal, just to let you know I already have 8 badges," Cross said as he showed his badge case revealing all 8 badges, surprising the trainers.
"So, until then I'll see you at the league," Cross said, as he recalls his two Pokémon and leaves.
"Lincoln are nuts, making a deal with that guy," misty asked with concern.
"No I'm not, I just gotta get stronger and I'll be ready for him," Lincoln replied, as he clutched on his stomach still hurting from incineroar's attack, not noticing firestorm feeling weak and guilt for letting his trainer protect him.
"Well for starters, we should first get that injury healed up," brock said.
"WHAT?" misty asked shocked.
"Misty, Lincoln knows what he's doing, I mean who else could put Cross in his place," brock replied.
"Thanks brock, I'll take this experience as a lesson," Lincoln said.
That's chapter 31, next chapter, what will Luan do to regain Lincoln's trust after her Pokémon nightmare, wait and see.
To let you all know the Sadie Hawkins girls are dating Lincoln's friends, Rusty is dating Polly, Zach is dating Giggles, Liam is dating Tabby, and yes Clyde and Chloe are dating in this story.
Stella moved to royal woods early and is friends with Ronnie Anne and girl Jordan, who are part of the friend group.
Lincoln experience his first lost with Cross and firestorm is feeling gulity for lincoln protecting him from incineroar's attack will he recover?
if no one thought of it what other Pokémon Cross should have at the Pokémon league since we already saw two of them.
As you all know Lincoln with change his Pokémon from time to time off-screen.
Lincoln's team
Pikachu (male)
moves: thunderbolt, iron tail, quick attack, electroball.
Fearow (female)
moves: drill peck, wing attack, gust, brave bird.
poliwhirl (male) at loud house
moves: hypnosis, water sport, and water gun.
pidgeotto (female)
Moves: gust, whirlwind, sand attack, tackle, brave bird, steel wing, and quick attack.
butterfree (male) at loud house
moves: sleep powder, stun spore, confusion, quick attack, and psybeam.
beedrill (shiny) (male) at loud house
poison sting, string shot, bug bite, harden, pin missile, poison jab, and whirlwind.
riolu (male)
moves: quick attack, endure, counter, metal claw, and egg move vacuum wave
Kirila (male)
moves: confusion, double team, thunder punch, disarming voice, teleport, and egg move misty terrain.
Flapple (male)
moves: dragon rage, grassnot, razor leaf, and whirlwind.
Appletun (female)
moves: dragon rage, grassnot, razor leaf, and energyball.
zubat (male) at the louds
moves: absorb, supersonic, bite, wing attack, astonish, and giga drain.
paras (male) at the louds
moves: scratch, stun spore, poison powder, absorb, and fell stinger.
sandshrew (female) (Andrea)
moves: poison sting, defence curl, rapid spin, fury cutter, magnitude, and metal claw
clefable (male)
moves: metronome, minimize, double slap, disarming voice, sing, and wake up slap.
steenee (female)
moves: sweet scent, razor leaf, rapid spin, splash, play nice, and grass whistle.
rockruff (male) at the louds
moves: rock throw, crunch, sand attack, roar, dig, stone edge, and counter.
goomy (female)
moves: tackle, bubble, bubble beam, absorb, bide, protect, dragon breath, and poison tail.
Bulbasaur (male) (bruteroot)
moves: vine whip, tackle, sleep powder leech seed, and razor leaf.
Charmander (male) (firestorm)
moves: flamethrower, cratch, sand attack metal claw, and ember.
Squirtle (male) (shell shocker)
moves: tackle, bite, withdraw, water gun, rapid spin and aqua jet.
krabby (male)
moves: water gun, harden, leer, metal claw, mud shot, protect, and the egg move ancient power.