that cracked me up XD
and that was just priceless!!
I'm looking forward to more of your work
keep it up!
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Rise of Team Neos
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I'm looking forward to more of your work
keep it up!XDDDD
I'm with Diamondphantom here. That. was. priceless. XD.
I can't believe I missed that XD
Nice Psycho Monkey ^^
Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
Aw stop, your words are too kind (keep 'em coming ^-^)
Not quite, White City is south of Johto as an independent. That doesn't mean I couldn't stop on the mainland some time if I get around to it though.
Not quite, White City is south of Johto as an independent
. That doesn't mean I couldn't stop on the mainland some time if I get around to it though.
Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
Even though today is my birthday, I'm giving you guys a gift. Enjoy this possibly filler chapter just because it amused me.
Chapter 7: Stupid Is As Stupid Does
"But *sob* I *sob* don't *sob* want *sob* you *sob* to *sob* le-he-he-heave!" Madison cried with twin waterfalls flowing down her face. Her brown eyes looked like melted chocolate in a bowl of water. What a pathetic creature.
"Look Madison, I was only given one ticket so you can't come with me and I have no intention of missing a tournament to babysit you. Get over it!" I said sternly.
"For serious! After getting that last ass kicking, I want to give some myself!" Axel added. We were in Sunnyshore City at the moment where the ship to White City would pick me up along with the other Sinnoh participants on June 21st, one day from now.
"But Onii-chan!" she pleaded.
"No buts! You need to learn to stand on your own two feet without me. Just keep doing as I taught you." I put my hand on her head and spun her around. "See that? That is the world. Tis most vast and is yours for the exploring and taking and all that other crazy nonsense I do." I said philosophically. I don't know what the hell I just said but it seemed to make sense.
Madison turned her head up to look me in the eye despite me still using it as an armrest. "I don't get it." she said. I removed my hand from her head as I threw both arms out to the side like I was about to hug someone.
"Neither do I, but it's an answer that you must find alone." I said emphasizing alone.
"Like dude! Check out that Infernape man! It's like, totally gold man!" came a voice belonging to what sounded like one of three people, a surfer dude, a hippie, or a stoner. Then again, the last option could fit the first two.
"Dude, you are like, totally trippin' balls. There are definitely like, two weirdo Infernapes man." said another one. Yup, definitely stoners. There were two guys walking (more like staggering really) up the boardwalk toward us, each one had a joint in his fingers. I put the back of my hand to my nose to keep from inhaling the smoke. Last thing I want to find out is what happens when a creature who's mind is already warped gets high.
"Who are those guys Onii-can?" Madison whispered to me.
"Those are what crawl out of the shallow end of the gene pool. Because human society frowns upon killing or letting natural selection eliminate those idiots, they are allowed to exist." I explained.
"Excuse me, but what the hell do you think you're doing?" Axel asked angrily as the potheads began examining him. He looked like he was about to make their already fried brains well done.
"Can I help you foolish Homo sapiens?" I inquired stepping forward between them and a soon-to-be-postal Infernape.
"Like dude, I think you got the wrong idea about us. We are totally not gay." said Stoner1.
"Seriously dude, you need to like, be careful who you call homo. It could really offend someone." Stoner2 commented. An amused grin slowly came over my face. They had no idea all I did was call them humans, nor did they deny being called fools. This could be fun.
"*snicker* You're right. Please forgive me, I had no idea." I said innocently with some sarcasm involved.
"It's cool man. Forgive and forget right?" said Stoner2.
"Totally man. It's all good." Stoner1 said. "So dude, are we like, high off our asses or are those Infernapes really blond?" he asked. I began giggling at what I was about to tell them.
"Well there is only one, and yes Axel has gold fur, he was born that way." I said. That much was truth. This next part is not. "You see my Aunt Dolores had blond hair. She was also into very kinky things. One night she had her way with a male Infernape named Goku and got pregnant. Several months later Axel was born as a Chimchar with his mother's hair color." I said.
"Da fuck!? Where the fuck did that come from!?" a bewildered Axel asked in both shock and disgust at my random comment. I'll admit that story was kind of messed up.
"You mean Axel's really your cousin because your Aunt Dolores did things she wasn't supposed to?" Madison asked in as much shock as Axel. I slowly turned my head to with a WTF look on my face. She actually fell for that?
"You're naivety knows no bounds!" I stated in disbelief. "No he's not my cousin. I was just screwing with these guys. The only truth in that sentence was that he was born with gold fur." I clarified. Hell, I don't even have an Aunt Dolores.
"So wait. You like, totally lied to us man." Stoner2 realized.
"Uncool dude. I like, thought we were friends dude." said Stoner1 sorrowfully. Give me a break, I only encountered these morons five minutes ago.
"That wasn't very nice Onii-chan. You should apologize." Madison told me. I looked down at her with a ‘like hell' look on my face.
"What's an Onii-chan?" Stoner1 asked dimwittedly. I rolled my eyes shaking my head.
"It means big brother but-"
"So wait! You're like, that girl's brother?" interrupted Soner1.
"I would have like never guessed. You two look nothing alike." Stoner2 said in amazement. *sigh* What the hell, I'll run with it. I put my finger to my lips indicating I didn't want Madison to interrupt while I went on another tangent.
"Oh yeah, we're siblings." I said sarcastically. "Mom had blue eyes," I said pointing to my eyes. "*points to Madison* and Dad had brown eyes." I started playing with one of my spikes. "Dad also had spiky black hair, *puts hand on Madison's head* and Mom had brown hair…" I broke from my sarcastic rant when I saw her bangs. "With pink in it apparently…. Ok seriously, all this time we've travelled together I've never seen you dye your hair and yet it has remained pink as it's grown! What the hell?" I questioned. "Pink is not a natural hair color!"
Madison smiled at me with a giggle. "A girl has a right to her secrets you know." she said coyly. I don't believe this! She's actually messing with me. What have I created?
"Dude I'm like, totally confused right now." Stoner2 said blankly.
"Aw man I know. That guy's sister like had some crazy ass monkey sex and like, gave birth to a pink Infernape man." Stoner1 stated not knowing what he was talking about.
"Shut up ignorant masses! Are you so high you can't keep your facts straight, even if everything I said was false?" I shouted.
"Dude, I think he just like, totally insulted us." reasoned Stoner1.
"Like, get him dude!" said Stoner2. Even if they were sober they'd be no match for me, but in this state it was like kicking a puppy. The two staggered over to me attempting to attack. I simply sidestepped them and pushed one into the other sending both potheads rolling off the boardwalk into the sandy beach next to the harbor.
"Weeee dude!" one of them cheered as they rolled. I clapped my hands together as if to wipe them off.
"Today's lesson children; don't do drugs." I told a nonexistent crowd turning around. "Now where was I in my rant with you Madison?" I questioned trying to get back on subject.
"You were saying how I should learn to take care of myself alone." she reminded with disappointment in her tone.
"Then a bunch of naked apes began checking me out." Axel added.
"Right, right." I said to myself getting back on track. "So I leave tomorrow, anything you want to know before I go?" I inquired.
"Will I ever see you again Onii-chan?" Madison asked sadly.
I shrugged my shoulders. "Dun know. Maybe. It all depends on where we go next." I said flatly.
"Then I should be ok. I'll keep going as long as there's a chance I'll see Onii-chan again." She declared cheerfully. Good enough for me.
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The next morning Axel and I left Madison in Sunnyshore City as we boarded the SS Megiddo for White City. This should be fun!
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The plot should get back on track by Chapter 8. I just wanted to have some fun in this short little repreive.
Chapter 7: Stupid Is As Stupid Does
"But *sob* I *sob* don't *sob* want *sob* you *sob* to *sob* le-he-he-heave!" Madison cried with twin waterfalls flowing down her face. Her brown eyes looked like melted chocolate in a bowl of water. What a pathetic creature.
"Look Madison, I was only given one ticket so you can't come with me and I have no intention of missing a tournament to babysit you. Get over it!" I said sternly.
"For serious! After getting that last ass kicking, I want to give some myself!" Axel added. We were in Sunnyshore City at the moment where the ship to White City would pick me up along with the other Sinnoh participants on June 21st, one day from now.
"But Onii-chan!" she pleaded.
"No buts! You need to learn to stand on your own two feet without me. Just keep doing as I taught you." I put my hand on her head and spun her around. "See that? That is the world. Tis most vast and is yours for the exploring and taking and all that other crazy nonsense I do." I said philosophically. I don't know what the hell I just said but it seemed to make sense.
Madison turned her head up to look me in the eye despite me still using it as an armrest. "I don't get it." she said. I removed my hand from her head as I threw both arms out to the side like I was about to hug someone.
"Neither do I, but it's an answer that you must find alone." I said emphasizing alone.
"Like dude! Check out that Infernape man! It's like, totally gold man!" came a voice belonging to what sounded like one of three people, a surfer dude, a hippie, or a stoner. Then again, the last option could fit the first two.
"Dude, you are like, totally trippin' balls. There are definitely like, two weirdo Infernapes man." said another one. Yup, definitely stoners. There were two guys walking (more like staggering really) up the boardwalk toward us, each one had a joint in his fingers. I put the back of my hand to my nose to keep from inhaling the smoke. Last thing I want to find out is what happens when a creature who's mind is already warped gets high.
"Who are those guys Onii-can?" Madison whispered to me.
"Those are what crawl out of the shallow end of the gene pool. Because human society frowns upon killing or letting natural selection eliminate those idiots, they are allowed to exist." I explained.
"Excuse me, but what the hell do you think you're doing?" Axel asked angrily as the potheads began examining him. He looked like he was about to make their already fried brains well done.
"Can I help you foolish Homo sapiens?" I inquired stepping forward between them and a soon-to-be-postal Infernape.
"Like dude, I think you got the wrong idea about us. We are totally not gay." said Stoner1.
"Seriously dude, you need to like, be careful who you call homo. It could really offend someone." Stoner2 commented. An amused grin slowly came over my face. They had no idea all I did was call them humans, nor did they deny being called fools. This could be fun.
"*snicker* You're right. Please forgive me, I had no idea." I said innocently with some sarcasm involved.
"It's cool man. Forgive and forget right?" said Stoner2.
"Totally man. It's all good." Stoner1 said. "So dude, are we like, high off our asses or are those Infernapes really blond?" he asked. I began giggling at what I was about to tell them.
"Well there is only one, and yes Axel has gold fur, he was born that way." I said. That much was truth. This next part is not. "You see my Aunt Dolores had blond hair. She was also into very kinky things. One night she had her way with a male Infernape named Goku and got pregnant. Several months later Axel was born as a Chimchar with his mother's hair color." I said.
"Da fuck!? Where the fuck did that come from!?" a bewildered Axel asked in both shock and disgust at my random comment. I'll admit that story was kind of messed up.
"You mean Axel's really your cousin because your Aunt Dolores did things she wasn't supposed to?" Madison asked in as much shock as Axel. I slowly turned my head to with a WTF look on my face. She actually fell for that?
"You're naivety knows no bounds!" I stated in disbelief. "No he's not my cousin. I was just screwing with these guys. The only truth in that sentence was that he was born with gold fur." I clarified. Hell, I don't even have an Aunt Dolores.
"So wait. You like, totally lied to us man." Stoner2 realized.
"Uncool dude. I like, thought we were friends dude." said Stoner1 sorrowfully. Give me a break, I only encountered these morons five minutes ago.
"That wasn't very nice Onii-chan. You should apologize." Madison told me. I looked down at her with a ‘like hell' look on my face.
"What's an Onii-chan?" Stoner1 asked dimwittedly. I rolled my eyes shaking my head.
"It means big brother but-"
"So wait! You're like, that girl's brother?" interrupted Soner1.
"I would have like never guessed. You two look nothing alike." Stoner2 said in amazement. *sigh* What the hell, I'll run with it. I put my finger to my lips indicating I didn't want Madison to interrupt while I went on another tangent.
"Oh yeah, we're siblings." I said sarcastically. "Mom had blue eyes," I said pointing to my eyes. "*points to Madison* and Dad had brown eyes." I started playing with one of my spikes. "Dad also had spiky black hair, *puts hand on Madison's head* and Mom had brown hair…" I broke from my sarcastic rant when I saw her bangs. "With pink in it apparently…. Ok seriously, all this time we've travelled together I've never seen you dye your hair and yet it has remained pink as it's grown! What the hell?" I questioned. "Pink is not a natural hair color!"
Madison smiled at me with a giggle. "A girl has a right to her secrets you know." she said coyly. I don't believe this! She's actually messing with me. What have I created?
"Dude I'm like, totally confused right now." Stoner2 said blankly.
"Aw man I know. That guy's sister like had some crazy ass monkey sex and like, gave birth to a pink Infernape man." Stoner1 stated not knowing what he was talking about.
"Shut up ignorant masses! Are you so high you can't keep your facts straight, even if everything I said was false?" I shouted.
"Dude, I think he just like, totally insulted us." reasoned Stoner1.
"Like, get him dude!" said Stoner2. Even if they were sober they'd be no match for me, but in this state it was like kicking a puppy. The two staggered over to me attempting to attack. I simply sidestepped them and pushed one into the other sending both potheads rolling off the boardwalk into the sandy beach next to the harbor.
"Weeee dude!" one of them cheered as they rolled. I clapped my hands together as if to wipe them off.
"Today's lesson children; don't do drugs." I told a nonexistent crowd turning around. "Now where was I in my rant with you Madison?" I questioned trying to get back on subject.
"You were saying how I should learn to take care of myself alone." she reminded with disappointment in her tone.
"Then a bunch of naked apes began checking me out." Axel added.
"Right, right." I said to myself getting back on track. "So I leave tomorrow, anything you want to know before I go?" I inquired.
"Will I ever see you again Onii-chan?" Madison asked sadly.
I shrugged my shoulders. "Dun know. Maybe. It all depends on where we go next." I said flatly.
"Then I should be ok. I'll keep going as long as there's a chance I'll see Onii-chan again." She declared cheerfully. Good enough for me.
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The next morning Axel and I left Madison in Sunnyshore City as we boarded the SS Megiddo for White City. This should be fun!
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The plot should get back on track by Chapter 8. I just wanted to have some fun in this short little repreive.
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*laughs ass off* Omg, Brian is so mean yet so funny!! And honestly, those guys said "dude" for so long my eye involuntarily twitched. I'm actually getting this vision of long-haired guys with bangs over their faces and huge orange glasses who're all pale and sunken with a hippie accent-*trails off*
that whole chapter was a complete rotflol-ing and face palm-ing XD
A chapter like this every once in while would kill another few of my 'mature brain cells'. (not that I'd care and not that I have many XD)And happy (very) belated birthday
A chapter like this every once in while would kill another few of my 'mature brain cells'. (not that I'd care and not that I have many XD)And happy (very) belated birthday
Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
Sorry it's taken so long, RL has been very busy lately. And yes Vice, White City will be awesome.
Chapter 8: White City
I threw the newspaper to the side in disgust. Ever since that day on the boat with Madison, Team Neos has been popping up in the news more and more frequently. The worst part is the police are just letting this go! Sure the Neos only target the major criminal organizations like Team Galactic and Team Aqua, which I guess makes life easier for the cops, but I just can't get over all the shit they pull receiving no repercussions what so ever.
"Team Neos. Remember that name." I said repeating what the guy with the Feraligatr said over six months ago when I kicked his ass. Like it's hard with how much attention they get these days.
"Attention passengers." a loud booming voice came over the speakers. "We have just arrived in White City. Please gather all your belongings and disembark the ship carefully. Enjoy your stay in White City." the captain said until the speakers clicked off with a bit of static. Didn't need to tell me that, I've seen the approaching land for the last half hour. I got up out of the chair I had been sitting in on the deck of the ship to leave with everyone else with a certain monkey behind me.
Salty air blew past as I took my first step on to the island White City was located. It was a beautifully warm day and the scenery was exquisite. The land that wasn't urbanized was a very fertile green. Not to far away I could hear the sounds of rushing water like a waterfall. If there ever was a paradise on Earth, this was it.
"The opening ceremony of the tournament is tomorrow isn't it?" asked Axel breaking me from my trance.
"Hm? Oh, yeah. Why, what do you propose?" I inquired.
"I says we go ‘splorin'!" the monkey declared.
"Splorin's always fun." I agreed. "Heads we go to the right, tails we go left." I said pulling out a coin. I flipped it in the air, caught it, and smacked it on the back of my other hand. "Tails!" I announced turning to the left beginning to walk.
"Brian, you're going the wrong way!" Axel called. I stopped and looked down at my hands. I extended the hand I write with, my right, and looked in the direction I had been heading. Curse my directional impairedness. I jumped up doing a 180° spin in the air to face the way I wanted to go, and continued walking like nothing had happened. Behind me I could hear Axel snickering. Like he's any better, I must constantly remind him of things like days of the week.
Starting from the southwest of the city going clockwise there was a residential area complete with apartments, hotels, restaurants, and shops. Near by was a small island a few yards away from the main island with a flowing waterfall. Due west across a bridge was a large hollowed out rectangular building colored a whitish silver. The entrance was up a flight of stairs with eight pillars on either side of the double staircase, four on each side, holding up the roof as the double glass doors were more toward the center of the building. On top of it was a giant Pokeball, the same color as the building. So says a random passerbyer, this is the research lab of Professor Alfonze Heimrich, the crazy eccentric German scientist. I'm gonna have to pay this guy a visit when I'm done ‘splorin'. My travels then took me to a castle in the northwest. It had a similar color scheme to the lab and apparently it's some sort of historical monument of battle. I'll have to find out more about that later. Directly north was a Contest Hall for Coordinators as well as a kind of Pokémon playground where Pokémon can play games that don't have much to do with battle such as a type of soccer game for Furrets, Linoon, and Girafarig. On a small island to the northeast was a park that required you to cross a bridge to get to. All around the park there were benches to sit back and relax, water fountains for drinking, one big aesthetically pleasing water fountain somewhere toward the center, light posts for when it got dark, and a place to battle on the boardwalk. Luckily no one challenged me. I still haven't seen all the sights yet, and I'd like to know where everything is before sunset. Continuing my travels, I passed by a school to the east. By the looks of it (and the plaque on the side of the building) this was the White City Pokémon Academy. Haha losers! You guys have to go to school to learn how to be trainers while I dropped out of school to become one. Then Axel took a piss on the wall. That made my day right there. The next thing on my stop to the southeast was the main city consisting of a ton of skyscrapers, most likely office buildings for various businesses. One of said buildings was particularly interesting; no doubt the largest one on the skyline.
"Hey Brian! Watch out!" Axel warned. I turned around just in time to walk into something and fall to the ground.
"Are you alright?" asked a man in a calm voice standing over me. He had semi-neatly combed brown hair, blue eyes, and wore a white suit with a light blue dress shirt underneath and a white tie. His dress shoes were the same color as his pimp suit.
"Yea I'm fine." I said getting up. The man gave me a strange look, staring at me as if he were in deep thought. "Something wrong?" I asked confused with a hint of annoyance. The man broke from his trance.
"No. nothing at all." he said waving his right hand as if pushing the idea aside. "Sorry. You just look very familiar. Have we met?"
"Can't say that we have." I said still confused.
"Perhaps I have seen you around. Are you a student at White City Academy?" he inquired.
"Nope." I said proudly. "I actually just arrived in White City for the first time this afternoon." I explained.
"Puzzling." the man said. He chuckled quietly to himself. "Anyway, you should be more careful where you are going young man."
"Oh yea, sorry about that." I said embarrassedly rubbing the back of my head. "That building over there was just so interesting I couldn't take my eyes off of it." I said pointing to where my attention had been.
"Ah, the White City Committee Building. It is the home of White City's government." he said turning to look at it. No wonder it's so big, it's the most important building in the city. "That would explain why you were so inadvertent earlier."
"What?" I asked in confusion. Why did he have to go and use a big word?
"Are you disconcerted by my vocabulary?" asked the man. Stop that! "Very well, I shall expurgate my sentences if it will help you understand what I am telling you." he said shrugging his shoulders. Now he's just doing it on purpose. Stupid smart people.
"So no more big words?" I asked.
"For one so ignorant as you, I will stunt my vocabulary for now." he mocked.
"Fantastic." I said sarcastically.
"I see you have an Infernape. I have never seen one of this coloration before, quite a rare breed indeed." said the man finally taking notice of Axel. Usually his gold fur attracts attention due being so unnatural and out of the ordinary, but I guess because this guy was so distracted by me he didn't notice.
"Thank you for acknowledging me." Axel said bowing.
"Well I am a trainer." I said. Then I realized something. "You said you recognized me from somewhere. I've placed 3rd in the Hoenn League, 2nd in the Sinnoh League, and participated in numerous other tournaments over the last five years, including the one that starts tomorrow. Is it possible you know me from that? The name's Brian Nosurname if you've heard it."
"I believe I have, but only because the White City Committee was informed several days ago that Paul Shinji would be unavailable to participate in the upcoming tournament leaving his spot open for the trainer who won second place in the Sinnoh Conference."
"Wait, you work for the White City Committee? So you're a political?" I inquired.
"A politician, yes." he corrected. "This tournament is the first one hosted by White City and we are hoping to make it an annual affair. If all goes well in the coming week then I can only surmise that the Committee will become very busy, maybe even flourish."
"Well from a combatant's perspective I hope it goes well too. I look forward to challenging fights, and I know Axel is ready to kick some ass." I said excitedly.
"Hell yeah I am!" the monkey said in agreement. The sound of a waterfall entered the silence of the evening. As usual it was found on a small island to the southeast. We had begun walking around the time the conversation started, and now the sky had started turning a beautiful purple-orange mix as the sun disappeared under the horizon.
"I think now would be an appropriate time to part ways. Farewell Brian, I wish you the best of luck in the tournament." the man said before taking off as I kept walking the opposite direction.
"Am I the only one that found that a bit uncomfortable?" Axel asked me.
"That was pretty strange." I admit.
"Did we even get his name?"
"No, no we didn't."
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We continued our tour of the city checking out the night life. The reason we wanted to be done before sunset before was so we could compare. Around 10 that night, we went back to the residential area and checked into the hotel that was reserved for us. It was a big room consisting of a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room/main area, and a two bed bedroom. Not bad, not bad at all. I striped down, crawled in bed, set the alarm for six, and went to sleep in anticipation for tomorrow's tournament.
Chapter 8: White City
Team Neos Foils Team Aqua
In an attempt to bring rain to the Hoenn desert with numerous Water-type Pokémon simultaneously using Rain Dance, Team Aqua was defeated by yet another intervention by Team Neos. At the conclusion of the battle casualties included a Wailmer and two Golducks. Ten other Pokémon and six Aqua trainers were injured in the attack. Police were unable to make any arrests of Neos members. There will be no investigation on the incident authorities say.
In an attempt to bring rain to the Hoenn desert with numerous Water-type Pokémon simultaneously using Rain Dance, Team Aqua was defeated by yet another intervention by Team Neos. At the conclusion of the battle casualties included a Wailmer and two Golducks. Ten other Pokémon and six Aqua trainers were injured in the attack. Police were unable to make any arrests of Neos members. There will be no investigation on the incident authorities say.
I threw the newspaper to the side in disgust. Ever since that day on the boat with Madison, Team Neos has been popping up in the news more and more frequently. The worst part is the police are just letting this go! Sure the Neos only target the major criminal organizations like Team Galactic and Team Aqua, which I guess makes life easier for the cops, but I just can't get over all the shit they pull receiving no repercussions what so ever.
"Team Neos. Remember that name." I said repeating what the guy with the Feraligatr said over six months ago when I kicked his ass. Like it's hard with how much attention they get these days.
"Attention passengers." a loud booming voice came over the speakers. "We have just arrived in White City. Please gather all your belongings and disembark the ship carefully. Enjoy your stay in White City." the captain said until the speakers clicked off with a bit of static. Didn't need to tell me that, I've seen the approaching land for the last half hour. I got up out of the chair I had been sitting in on the deck of the ship to leave with everyone else with a certain monkey behind me.
Salty air blew past as I took my first step on to the island White City was located. It was a beautifully warm day and the scenery was exquisite. The land that wasn't urbanized was a very fertile green. Not to far away I could hear the sounds of rushing water like a waterfall. If there ever was a paradise on Earth, this was it.
"The opening ceremony of the tournament is tomorrow isn't it?" asked Axel breaking me from my trance.
"Hm? Oh, yeah. Why, what do you propose?" I inquired.
"I says we go ‘splorin'!" the monkey declared.
"Splorin's always fun." I agreed. "Heads we go to the right, tails we go left." I said pulling out a coin. I flipped it in the air, caught it, and smacked it on the back of my other hand. "Tails!" I announced turning to the left beginning to walk.
"Brian, you're going the wrong way!" Axel called. I stopped and looked down at my hands. I extended the hand I write with, my right, and looked in the direction I had been heading. Curse my directional impairedness. I jumped up doing a 180° spin in the air to face the way I wanted to go, and continued walking like nothing had happened. Behind me I could hear Axel snickering. Like he's any better, I must constantly remind him of things like days of the week.
Starting from the southwest of the city going clockwise there was a residential area complete with apartments, hotels, restaurants, and shops. Near by was a small island a few yards away from the main island with a flowing waterfall. Due west across a bridge was a large hollowed out rectangular building colored a whitish silver. The entrance was up a flight of stairs with eight pillars on either side of the double staircase, four on each side, holding up the roof as the double glass doors were more toward the center of the building. On top of it was a giant Pokeball, the same color as the building. So says a random passerbyer, this is the research lab of Professor Alfonze Heimrich, the crazy eccentric German scientist. I'm gonna have to pay this guy a visit when I'm done ‘splorin'. My travels then took me to a castle in the northwest. It had a similar color scheme to the lab and apparently it's some sort of historical monument of battle. I'll have to find out more about that later. Directly north was a Contest Hall for Coordinators as well as a kind of Pokémon playground where Pokémon can play games that don't have much to do with battle such as a type of soccer game for Furrets, Linoon, and Girafarig. On a small island to the northeast was a park that required you to cross a bridge to get to. All around the park there were benches to sit back and relax, water fountains for drinking, one big aesthetically pleasing water fountain somewhere toward the center, light posts for when it got dark, and a place to battle on the boardwalk. Luckily no one challenged me. I still haven't seen all the sights yet, and I'd like to know where everything is before sunset. Continuing my travels, I passed by a school to the east. By the looks of it (and the plaque on the side of the building) this was the White City Pokémon Academy. Haha losers! You guys have to go to school to learn how to be trainers while I dropped out of school to become one. Then Axel took a piss on the wall. That made my day right there. The next thing on my stop to the southeast was the main city consisting of a ton of skyscrapers, most likely office buildings for various businesses. One of said buildings was particularly interesting; no doubt the largest one on the skyline.
"Hey Brian! Watch out!" Axel warned. I turned around just in time to walk into something and fall to the ground.
"Are you alright?" asked a man in a calm voice standing over me. He had semi-neatly combed brown hair, blue eyes, and wore a white suit with a light blue dress shirt underneath and a white tie. His dress shoes were the same color as his pimp suit.
"Yea I'm fine." I said getting up. The man gave me a strange look, staring at me as if he were in deep thought. "Something wrong?" I asked confused with a hint of annoyance. The man broke from his trance.
"No. nothing at all." he said waving his right hand as if pushing the idea aside. "Sorry. You just look very familiar. Have we met?"
"Can't say that we have." I said still confused.
"Perhaps I have seen you around. Are you a student at White City Academy?" he inquired.
"Nope." I said proudly. "I actually just arrived in White City for the first time this afternoon." I explained.
"Puzzling." the man said. He chuckled quietly to himself. "Anyway, you should be more careful where you are going young man."
"Oh yea, sorry about that." I said embarrassedly rubbing the back of my head. "That building over there was just so interesting I couldn't take my eyes off of it." I said pointing to where my attention had been.
"Ah, the White City Committee Building. It is the home of White City's government." he said turning to look at it. No wonder it's so big, it's the most important building in the city. "That would explain why you were so inadvertent earlier."
"What?" I asked in confusion. Why did he have to go and use a big word?
"Are you disconcerted by my vocabulary?" asked the man. Stop that! "Very well, I shall expurgate my sentences if it will help you understand what I am telling you." he said shrugging his shoulders. Now he's just doing it on purpose. Stupid smart people.
"So no more big words?" I asked.
"For one so ignorant as you, I will stunt my vocabulary for now." he mocked.
"Fantastic." I said sarcastically.
"I see you have an Infernape. I have never seen one of this coloration before, quite a rare breed indeed." said the man finally taking notice of Axel. Usually his gold fur attracts attention due being so unnatural and out of the ordinary, but I guess because this guy was so distracted by me he didn't notice.
"Thank you for acknowledging me." Axel said bowing.
"Well I am a trainer." I said. Then I realized something. "You said you recognized me from somewhere. I've placed 3rd in the Hoenn League, 2nd in the Sinnoh League, and participated in numerous other tournaments over the last five years, including the one that starts tomorrow. Is it possible you know me from that? The name's Brian Nosurname if you've heard it."
"I believe I have, but only because the White City Committee was informed several days ago that Paul Shinji would be unavailable to participate in the upcoming tournament leaving his spot open for the trainer who won second place in the Sinnoh Conference."
"Wait, you work for the White City Committee? So you're a political?" I inquired.
"A politician, yes." he corrected. "This tournament is the first one hosted by White City and we are hoping to make it an annual affair. If all goes well in the coming week then I can only surmise that the Committee will become very busy, maybe even flourish."
"Well from a combatant's perspective I hope it goes well too. I look forward to challenging fights, and I know Axel is ready to kick some ass." I said excitedly.
"Hell yeah I am!" the monkey said in agreement. The sound of a waterfall entered the silence of the evening. As usual it was found on a small island to the southeast. We had begun walking around the time the conversation started, and now the sky had started turning a beautiful purple-orange mix as the sun disappeared under the horizon.
"I think now would be an appropriate time to part ways. Farewell Brian, I wish you the best of luck in the tournament." the man said before taking off as I kept walking the opposite direction.
"Am I the only one that found that a bit uncomfortable?" Axel asked me.
"That was pretty strange." I admit.
"Did we even get his name?"
"No, no we didn't."
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We continued our tour of the city checking out the night life. The reason we wanted to be done before sunset before was so we could compare. Around 10 that night, we went back to the residential area and checked into the hotel that was reserved for us. It was a big room consisting of a kitchen, a bathroom, a living room/main area, and a two bed bedroom. Not bad, not bad at all. I striped down, crawled in bed, set the alarm for six, and went to sleep in anticipation for tomorrow's tournament.
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Nice one XD
That made me laugh XD
Also:
Is striped even a word? XP
That made me laugh XD
Also:
Is striped even a word? XP
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Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
So sue my, I suck at spelling! I use spell check to fix all my mistakes, so if I misspell a word as another word I won't notice. But you get the idea, I declothed myself.
You're just like my brother then. He's in AP English and uses big words on me all the time because he knows I can't understand him. I actually used his 10th grade vocab list to write That Man's character. >_> [size=5pt]Stupid smart people...[/size]. I also used right click synonyms.
Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
So this is my first double chapter. The Opening Ceremony half was shorter than I originally intended, so then I figured why not introduce the crazy professor I alluded to in the last chapter. That could have been a stand alone chapter all its own by the time I was done.
I'm gonna shut up now before I go into a tangent.
Chapter 9 pt1: Opening Ceremony
Just as the Opening Ceremony was about to start, the band began playing the Pokémon Theme. It may be predictable but it just wouldn't feel right to have a tournament start without that anthem playing at the beginning.
"Good morning ladies and gentlemen!" a big fat balding guy with a mustache shouted into a microphone. "I would like to welcome all of you to the first ever White City Tournament!" The audience of spectators and contestants cheered in response. "We the White City Committee have searched the world gathering the strongest trainers we could find so that they may compete against one another to see which of these 128 individuals is the strongest of all!" More cheering.
"By strongest he's talking about us." Axel said confidently.
"Most likely." I agreed. "Though I hope that someone in this audience who's fighting would be a challenge. It gets boring if you tear through the competition without even breaking a sweat."
"Like Pidgeot verses Magikarp." Axel said.
"Due to the number of competitors, the first round will be split into a two day period. The first 32 matches will be today after this introduction, and the last 32 will be held tomorrow at the same time." The old guy continued. Sadly I already knew I was scheduled as the third to last match tomorrow night. Before the opening ceremony, all the competitors were gathered together, given a schedule of all the matches, and had all the tournament rules explained.
The battles go as follows: First round is as the old man said. The second round held Thursday July 3rd, the day after tomorrow, will be 32 matches. Friday will be the 16 matches of round three, and the eight matches of round four. All of these battles will be 3-on-3 elimination. Then Saturday will be the finals. All of these will be 6-on-6 elimination matches. The champion will be crowned that night at the closing ceremony. In battle rules are pretty basic, no healing except by held item or recovery move like Recover, Synthesis, Leech Life, etc. Have the three Pokémon you will use selected before the battle to prevent cheating. You may change your team line up between matches if you have more than six Pokémon. Pretty much nothing I haven't seen before.
Chapter 9 pt2: Science is Fun!
"Well Axel, what do we do now?" I inquired after the ceremony. We pretty much had a good 36 hours before my match began and I'd rather spend it doing something other than watch the competition. Strange considering most people would watch their opponents to get a feel for their strategies and how they work, but not me. With the switch Pokémon between matches rule, by the time I fight a person they could have changed their tactics to something I would have been unprepared for anyway. Plus it would be kind of silly to memorize someone only to have them loose before I battle them.
"Why not visit that professor? Everyone said he was crazy." suggested Axel.
"And I like meeting fellow crazy people." I said getting out of my seat. "Science is fun!" The two of us marched out of the stadium in the center of the city to where the lab was. Soon we stood in front of the large building staring mindlessly at it. "Well you go first." I said indifferently.
"What? Me go first! You're the human!" Axel complained.
"But it was your idea." I replied. Axel threw his fist out at me. I answered with my own and we began shaking them up and down. On the third shake I threw out my palm and Axel threw out two fingers.
"Ha! Scissors beat paper!" he cheered. I grumbled taking a step forward. "After you." teased the Infernape politely, even bowing mockingly extending his arm to lead the way for me. I walked up the stair case to the double glass doors. Should I knock or just walk in? Ah what the hell. I opened the door and walked in.
The inside wasn't as fancy as the outside was. The entrance hall was pretty plain, with a door to the right and a second door in the back behind a spiral staircase. The staircase led to a balcony over head that looked to be the second floor, the only thing keeping people from jumping off that floor onto this one was a metal railing going across from the wall to the spiral staircase then serving as the staircase's railing.
"Yo! Anyone home?" I called to the seemingly empty lab.
"Who's down there?" came a female's voice. That doesn't sound like any Alfonze Heimrich to me. A beautiful female scientist with dirty blond hair and round glasses, wearing a long white lab coat walked to the edge of the second floor balcony looking down at me. Hello! Aside from being super hot, she's also wearing a mini-skirt, standing up there while I'm down here with a very welcoming view. Jackpot! Pink!
"Wow Psycho Monkey. You're a perv." Axel stated coldly catching me.
"Shoosh you!" I whispered harshly turning around with my finger to my mouth. "You'd do the same in the presence of a good looking female Infernape."
"Except my species is always naked so there's nothing wrong with it." he replied superiorly.
"Well my species wear clothes so I have to take what I can when I can. Besides, you're only a perv if you intentionally seek it out. If it's a happy accident like this then it's ok to look." I justified. "As long as you don't make a habit out of it." I added.
"What are you two talking about?" asked the scientist now standing a few feet away glaring at us. Oh how I hope she didn't hear that conversation.
"Axel here was just saying how pretty you are for a human." I said. Her glare turned into a smile at the complement.
"Why thank you Axel." she said to him. "*squee* This Infernape has gold fur! Must experiment!" she said with great enthusiasm.
"No! Experiment on him! Him! He's the one that wants to know anatomy!" cried Axel pointing at me every time he said him.
"What do you plan on doing to Axel?" I asked anxiously.
"Nothing serious. I just want his measurements, a blood test, and to observe his stats and IVs." explained the scientist.
"A blood test? Does that mean needles!?" Axel asked fearfully. He ran behind me putting his hands on my shoulders so he could hide while still talk to me. "Brian, I am sorry for anything I may have done to piss you off lately, that includes stealing your pancakes this morning and blaming Munchlax, just don't let her stick me with a needle!" he pleaded. I knew he was the one that stole my pancakes. I'll apologize to Munchlax later.
"Axel would rather you not experiment on him. He's a wuss." I said.
"So cruel…" whined the monkey.
"Damn!" said the scientist disappointedly. "Oh yea, why did you come here anyway trainer? For that matter what is your name?" she inquired.
"Humans call me Brian, and I came to visit Prof. Heimrich." I said.
"He actually goes by Prof. Himee." she corrected.
"Himee?" I questioned.
"He said Heimrich made him sound like a Nazi. He also got tired of people asking him if he invented the Heimlich Maneuver." she said flatly.
"That makes perfect sense. So is he around?" I asked.
"Prof. Himee is a very busy man. You can't just walk in and say ‘Can I see him?' and expect-" she was cut off buy a huge explosion blowing out a door on the second floor releasing a ton of black smoke. An old man walked out of the smoke coughing covered from head to toe in black ash and soot. His hair was messy sticking out in every direction. I wasn't sure if that was the result of the explosion or if he was always like that.
"*cough* Note to self. Vhen dissecting Voltorb, don't start in zhe middle." he choked in a German accent.
"Prof. Himee! Are you alright?" the female scientist asked urgently.
"Yes Asuna, I'm fine. But vhen dissecting a Voltorb, don't start in zhe middle." Himee repeated. I think I like this guy already. I'm not to sure about Axel though; his eye has been twitching ever since Himee mentioned dissecting a Votorb. "Oh! Vhy didn't you say ve had guests?" asked Prof. Himee noticing me and Axel.
"Well they just arrived. Brian said he wanted to meet you." Asuna explained.
"Vonderful!" Himee cheered running down the spiral stairs. When on the first floor he walked over to Axel. "Brian vas it? I must say, you are a magnificent specimen. Never before have I seen gold fur on an Infernape." he said examining Axel, including lifting his arm and looking around him.
"Get the hell off me you freak!" Axel yelled pulling away.
"You got it wrong. I'm Brian, this is Axel." I clarified. The professor turned his head from Axel's arm pit to me.
"Vell of course you are. How silly it vould be if zhe Infernape was actually looking for me. Can I interest you in an experiment?" he inquired.
"As long as neither me nor Axel are your guinea pigs." I said.
"Vell you two von't be me subjects, but I may ask for your involvement. I vant to show you how Pokeballs vork!" Prof. Himee said. I looked at Axel who nodded in agreement.
"We're in." I said to the professor.
"Excellent! Follow me!" he said excitedly. "Oh, and Asuna, could you get me some blue Kool-Aide? It's zhe best kind."
"Yes sir…" Asuna said sadly.
"One for me too! It really is the best kind." I called down as I was already half way up the staircase. "Make that two, one for me and Axel." I added.
"This isn't a delivery service!" argued Asuna.
"Zhen I'll have three!" Himee called. I love this guy. Asuna sighed and went to fulfill her assignment. Meanwhile the three of us went into the now doorless room that reeked of smoke and recently got a new paint job. Apparently singed black is in this year. On a lab table were various tools and bent deformed metal, half of it red, the other half white.
"Is that a Pokeball?" I inquired.
"No. Zhat is zhe remains of a Voltorb I vas dissecting. Vhen dissecting Voltorb, don't start in zhe middle." he said again. He either wants to make sure we know, or he's a bit senile and doesn't realize this is the third time he said it. "Now could I borrow vone of your Pokeballs?"
"Sure. Hang on a sec." I said pulling my green backpack from my back. I started rummaging through it until I came across the red and white sphere. "Here we are." I said handing it to him. He must need it for a demonstration. Himee inspected the orb then threw it at my head.
"Ow! What the hell's the matter with you?" I asked angrily rubbing my forehead which now had a nice bruised bump on it.
"You vere not sucked in. Vhy?" Prof. Himee questioned.
"Because I'm human! Pokeballs only work on Pokémon." I said annoyed. He's a scientist, he should know this stuff. Ow my head hurts.
"Zhat is correct. But do you know vhy Pokleballs only affect Pokémon?" Hm. He's got me there. I never really gave that a thought before. "Return Axel to his Pokeball for a moment. I vant you to pay close attention vhen you do."
"Axel's Pokeball is actually broken, so let me try with a different Pokémon." I offered. Heh. Broken was an understatement. Completely destroyed is more like it. I pulled a ball from my waist and sent out Riolu who was in battle position with his arms out ready to attack. "Relax Rio. There isn't a fight. Prof. Himee just wants to show us something." The Emanation Pokémon lowered his arms and took a more relaxed stance.
"A Riolu! Quite a rare breed indeed. Could I maybe…"
"No you may not experiment on him." I said firmly. Himee looked away in disappointment.
"Anyvay, did you notice anyzhing vhen you sent Riolu out?" the professor asked.
"Was I supposed to?"
"Zhat vas zhe whole point of zhe procedure! Return Riolu, and zhis time watch very carefully." instructed Prof. Himee. I apologized to Riolu as I held out his Pokeball to recall him. A red beam of light shot from the button on the sphere at the small Pokémon enveloping him in that same red light before condensing him and pulling him back into his capsule.
"Zhere! Tell me you saw it zhis time!" said Prof. Himee passionately.
"Yeah, but what was that?" I asked unsure of what I just saw. Sure I'd seen it daily for years, but I never paid much attention to it. Now I want to know.
"An excellent question. Zhere are 6 Kingdoms of life in zhe vorld. Animals like fish, insects, and us humans; Plants like zhe trees in forests, sea grass in zhe oceans, and grass in fields; Fungus like mushrooms and zhat stuff between my toes; Two kingdoms of bacteria; and finally zhe Pokémon vhich are zhe most unique of all. Zhe only kingdom zhat can spontaneously evolve, fight using numerous abilities, and, depending on zhe species, have traits of zhe first three kingdoms. Pokeballs are specifically designed to ze cellular structure of Pokémon and zhe energy zhey produce. Zhat is vhy you veren't sucked in zhe Pokeball, zhat is vhy trees are not sucked in vhen you miss." he explained.
"Amazing Prof. Himee!" I said in astonishment.
"Show more enthusiasm." Himee scolded.
"Enthusiasm?" I repeated.
"No no no. En-THU-siasm!" the professor repeated moving his arms in a circle around his head.
"Amazing Prof. Himee!" I repeated enthusiastically.
"Now you're just faking it." the old man said glumly. Well I tried, even though I have no idea what I did wrong.
"Here are your drinks." Asuna said walking in the room with a tray carrying three glasses of blue Kool-Aide. She set the tray on the edge of the table where there wasn't as much stuff. Prof. Himee looked at the tray in confusion.
"Vhy did you bring three?" he asked.
"For your guests." she emphasized. Yup, he's senile.
"Oh right. Thank you Asuna. You may go back to vork now." Asuna gave a sarcastic smile and left the room. "Cheers men!" Himee said lifting up a glass. Axel and I lifted our own to his. What we were toasting to, I had no idea, but this guy was fun. I could learn a lot from him.
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So how do you guys like Prof. Himee? If you're having trouble understanding him replace all the V's with W's and the Z's with T's
Battles beging next chapter ;D
I'm gonna shut up now before I go into a tangent.
Chapter 9 pt1: Opening Ceremony
Just as the Opening Ceremony was about to start, the band began playing the Pokémon Theme. It may be predictable but it just wouldn't feel right to have a tournament start without that anthem playing at the beginning.
"Good morning ladies and gentlemen!" a big fat balding guy with a mustache shouted into a microphone. "I would like to welcome all of you to the first ever White City Tournament!" The audience of spectators and contestants cheered in response. "We the White City Committee have searched the world gathering the strongest trainers we could find so that they may compete against one another to see which of these 128 individuals is the strongest of all!" More cheering.
"By strongest he's talking about us." Axel said confidently.
"Most likely." I agreed. "Though I hope that someone in this audience who's fighting would be a challenge. It gets boring if you tear through the competition without even breaking a sweat."
"Like Pidgeot verses Magikarp." Axel said.
"Due to the number of competitors, the first round will be split into a two day period. The first 32 matches will be today after this introduction, and the last 32 will be held tomorrow at the same time." The old guy continued. Sadly I already knew I was scheduled as the third to last match tomorrow night. Before the opening ceremony, all the competitors were gathered together, given a schedule of all the matches, and had all the tournament rules explained.
The battles go as follows: First round is as the old man said. The second round held Thursday July 3rd, the day after tomorrow, will be 32 matches. Friday will be the 16 matches of round three, and the eight matches of round four. All of these battles will be 3-on-3 elimination. Then Saturday will be the finals. All of these will be 6-on-6 elimination matches. The champion will be crowned that night at the closing ceremony. In battle rules are pretty basic, no healing except by held item or recovery move like Recover, Synthesis, Leech Life, etc. Have the three Pokémon you will use selected before the battle to prevent cheating. You may change your team line up between matches if you have more than six Pokémon. Pretty much nothing I haven't seen before.
Chapter 9 pt2: Science is Fun!
"Well Axel, what do we do now?" I inquired after the ceremony. We pretty much had a good 36 hours before my match began and I'd rather spend it doing something other than watch the competition. Strange considering most people would watch their opponents to get a feel for their strategies and how they work, but not me. With the switch Pokémon between matches rule, by the time I fight a person they could have changed their tactics to something I would have been unprepared for anyway. Plus it would be kind of silly to memorize someone only to have them loose before I battle them.
"Why not visit that professor? Everyone said he was crazy." suggested Axel.
"And I like meeting fellow crazy people." I said getting out of my seat. "Science is fun!" The two of us marched out of the stadium in the center of the city to where the lab was. Soon we stood in front of the large building staring mindlessly at it. "Well you go first." I said indifferently.
"What? Me go first! You're the human!" Axel complained.
"But it was your idea." I replied. Axel threw his fist out at me. I answered with my own and we began shaking them up and down. On the third shake I threw out my palm and Axel threw out two fingers.
"Ha! Scissors beat paper!" he cheered. I grumbled taking a step forward. "After you." teased the Infernape politely, even bowing mockingly extending his arm to lead the way for me. I walked up the stair case to the double glass doors. Should I knock or just walk in? Ah what the hell. I opened the door and walked in.
The inside wasn't as fancy as the outside was. The entrance hall was pretty plain, with a door to the right and a second door in the back behind a spiral staircase. The staircase led to a balcony over head that looked to be the second floor, the only thing keeping people from jumping off that floor onto this one was a metal railing going across from the wall to the spiral staircase then serving as the staircase's railing.
"Yo! Anyone home?" I called to the seemingly empty lab.
"Who's down there?" came a female's voice. That doesn't sound like any Alfonze Heimrich to me. A beautiful female scientist with dirty blond hair and round glasses, wearing a long white lab coat walked to the edge of the second floor balcony looking down at me. Hello! Aside from being super hot, she's also wearing a mini-skirt, standing up there while I'm down here with a very welcoming view. Jackpot! Pink!
"Wow Psycho Monkey. You're a perv." Axel stated coldly catching me.
"Shoosh you!" I whispered harshly turning around with my finger to my mouth. "You'd do the same in the presence of a good looking female Infernape."
"Except my species is always naked so there's nothing wrong with it." he replied superiorly.
"Well my species wear clothes so I have to take what I can when I can. Besides, you're only a perv if you intentionally seek it out. If it's a happy accident like this then it's ok to look." I justified. "As long as you don't make a habit out of it." I added.
"What are you two talking about?" asked the scientist now standing a few feet away glaring at us. Oh how I hope she didn't hear that conversation.
"Axel here was just saying how pretty you are for a human." I said. Her glare turned into a smile at the complement.
"Why thank you Axel." she said to him. "*squee* This Infernape has gold fur! Must experiment!" she said with great enthusiasm.
"No! Experiment on him! Him! He's the one that wants to know anatomy!" cried Axel pointing at me every time he said him.
"What do you plan on doing to Axel?" I asked anxiously.
"Nothing serious. I just want his measurements, a blood test, and to observe his stats and IVs." explained the scientist.
"A blood test? Does that mean needles!?" Axel asked fearfully. He ran behind me putting his hands on my shoulders so he could hide while still talk to me. "Brian, I am sorry for anything I may have done to piss you off lately, that includes stealing your pancakes this morning and blaming Munchlax, just don't let her stick me with a needle!" he pleaded. I knew he was the one that stole my pancakes. I'll apologize to Munchlax later.
"Axel would rather you not experiment on him. He's a wuss." I said.
"So cruel…" whined the monkey.
"Damn!" said the scientist disappointedly. "Oh yea, why did you come here anyway trainer? For that matter what is your name?" she inquired.
"Humans call me Brian, and I came to visit Prof. Heimrich." I said.
"He actually goes by Prof. Himee." she corrected.
"Himee?" I questioned.
"He said Heimrich made him sound like a Nazi. He also got tired of people asking him if he invented the Heimlich Maneuver." she said flatly.
"That makes perfect sense. So is he around?" I asked.
"Prof. Himee is a very busy man. You can't just walk in and say ‘Can I see him?' and expect-" she was cut off buy a huge explosion blowing out a door on the second floor releasing a ton of black smoke. An old man walked out of the smoke coughing covered from head to toe in black ash and soot. His hair was messy sticking out in every direction. I wasn't sure if that was the result of the explosion or if he was always like that.
"*cough* Note to self. Vhen dissecting Voltorb, don't start in zhe middle." he choked in a German accent.
"Prof. Himee! Are you alright?" the female scientist asked urgently.
"Yes Asuna, I'm fine. But vhen dissecting a Voltorb, don't start in zhe middle." Himee repeated. I think I like this guy already. I'm not to sure about Axel though; his eye has been twitching ever since Himee mentioned dissecting a Votorb. "Oh! Vhy didn't you say ve had guests?" asked Prof. Himee noticing me and Axel.
"Well they just arrived. Brian said he wanted to meet you." Asuna explained.
"Vonderful!" Himee cheered running down the spiral stairs. When on the first floor he walked over to Axel. "Brian vas it? I must say, you are a magnificent specimen. Never before have I seen gold fur on an Infernape." he said examining Axel, including lifting his arm and looking around him.
"Get the hell off me you freak!" Axel yelled pulling away.
"You got it wrong. I'm Brian, this is Axel." I clarified. The professor turned his head from Axel's arm pit to me.
"Vell of course you are. How silly it vould be if zhe Infernape was actually looking for me. Can I interest you in an experiment?" he inquired.
"As long as neither me nor Axel are your guinea pigs." I said.
"Vell you two von't be me subjects, but I may ask for your involvement. I vant to show you how Pokeballs vork!" Prof. Himee said. I looked at Axel who nodded in agreement.
"We're in." I said to the professor.
"Excellent! Follow me!" he said excitedly. "Oh, and Asuna, could you get me some blue Kool-Aide? It's zhe best kind."
"Yes sir…" Asuna said sadly.
"One for me too! It really is the best kind." I called down as I was already half way up the staircase. "Make that two, one for me and Axel." I added.
"This isn't a delivery service!" argued Asuna.
"Zhen I'll have three!" Himee called. I love this guy. Asuna sighed and went to fulfill her assignment. Meanwhile the three of us went into the now doorless room that reeked of smoke and recently got a new paint job. Apparently singed black is in this year. On a lab table were various tools and bent deformed metal, half of it red, the other half white.
"Is that a Pokeball?" I inquired.
"No. Zhat is zhe remains of a Voltorb I vas dissecting. Vhen dissecting Voltorb, don't start in zhe middle." he said again. He either wants to make sure we know, or he's a bit senile and doesn't realize this is the third time he said it. "Now could I borrow vone of your Pokeballs?"
"Sure. Hang on a sec." I said pulling my green backpack from my back. I started rummaging through it until I came across the red and white sphere. "Here we are." I said handing it to him. He must need it for a demonstration. Himee inspected the orb then threw it at my head.
"Ow! What the hell's the matter with you?" I asked angrily rubbing my forehead which now had a nice bruised bump on it.
"You vere not sucked in. Vhy?" Prof. Himee questioned.
"Because I'm human! Pokeballs only work on Pokémon." I said annoyed. He's a scientist, he should know this stuff. Ow my head hurts.
"Zhat is correct. But do you know vhy Pokleballs only affect Pokémon?" Hm. He's got me there. I never really gave that a thought before. "Return Axel to his Pokeball for a moment. I vant you to pay close attention vhen you do."
"Axel's Pokeball is actually broken, so let me try with a different Pokémon." I offered. Heh. Broken was an understatement. Completely destroyed is more like it. I pulled a ball from my waist and sent out Riolu who was in battle position with his arms out ready to attack. "Relax Rio. There isn't a fight. Prof. Himee just wants to show us something." The Emanation Pokémon lowered his arms and took a more relaxed stance.
"A Riolu! Quite a rare breed indeed. Could I maybe…"
"No you may not experiment on him." I said firmly. Himee looked away in disappointment.
"Anyvay, did you notice anyzhing vhen you sent Riolu out?" the professor asked.
"Was I supposed to?"
"Zhat vas zhe whole point of zhe procedure! Return Riolu, and zhis time watch very carefully." instructed Prof. Himee. I apologized to Riolu as I held out his Pokeball to recall him. A red beam of light shot from the button on the sphere at the small Pokémon enveloping him in that same red light before condensing him and pulling him back into his capsule.
"Zhere! Tell me you saw it zhis time!" said Prof. Himee passionately.
"Yeah, but what was that?" I asked unsure of what I just saw. Sure I'd seen it daily for years, but I never paid much attention to it. Now I want to know.
"An excellent question. Zhere are 6 Kingdoms of life in zhe vorld. Animals like fish, insects, and us humans; Plants like zhe trees in forests, sea grass in zhe oceans, and grass in fields; Fungus like mushrooms and zhat stuff between my toes; Two kingdoms of bacteria; and finally zhe Pokémon vhich are zhe most unique of all. Zhe only kingdom zhat can spontaneously evolve, fight using numerous abilities, and, depending on zhe species, have traits of zhe first three kingdoms. Pokeballs are specifically designed to ze cellular structure of Pokémon and zhe energy zhey produce. Zhat is vhy you veren't sucked in zhe Pokeball, zhat is vhy trees are not sucked in vhen you miss." he explained.
"Amazing Prof. Himee!" I said in astonishment.
"Show more enthusiasm." Himee scolded.
"Enthusiasm?" I repeated.
"No no no. En-THU-siasm!" the professor repeated moving his arms in a circle around his head.
"Amazing Prof. Himee!" I repeated enthusiastically.
"Now you're just faking it." the old man said glumly. Well I tried, even though I have no idea what I did wrong.
"Here are your drinks." Asuna said walking in the room with a tray carrying three glasses of blue Kool-Aide. She set the tray on the edge of the table where there wasn't as much stuff. Prof. Himee looked at the tray in confusion.
"Vhy did you bring three?" he asked.
"For your guests." she emphasized. Yup, he's senile.
"Oh right. Thank you Asuna. You may go back to vork now." Asuna gave a sarcastic smile and left the room. "Cheers men!" Himee said lifting up a glass. Axel and I lifted our own to his. What we were toasting to, I had no idea, but this guy was fun. I could learn a lot from him.
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So how do you guys like Prof. Himee? If you're having trouble understanding him replace all the V's with W's and the Z's with T's
Battles beging next chapter ;D
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Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
How dare I not post in over 20 days and let this fall to the second page! My sincerest apoligies guys, a tiny case of writters block plus a busy life is not a kind fate. But at last, here it is! Let the games begin!
Chapter 10: Let the Games Begin
I ended up spending most of the next two days with Prof. Himee getting a tour of the lab in the process. The giant Pokeball on the roof is actually the fourth and fifth floors, with the fifth being an observatory. Later that night we watched the stars over dinner and got in an interesting conversation on ketchup. Why do we put ketchup on cheese burgers and fries, but not steak or mashed potatoes which are made from the exact same substances? We concluded that that was one of the larger mysteries of life.
"It's almost time for my match. I'll see ya when I get back Professor." I said running down the spiral stair case with Axel close behind.
"Have fun storming zhe castle!" shouted the old man from the second floor balcony.
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When I got to the stadium, the 28th match of the day was already underway. I was mach 30, so I still had roughly 20minutes to half an hour before it was my turn depending on how long these people took. The current battle went by pretty quickly, a Goth chick with white-blond hair and a Banette completely destroyed her opponent. If my math is correct, she would be my fourth opponent providing she gets that far. An official came in seconds later to call in the next participants. I sat through that battle until finally my turn came.
"Next participants are Brian and Cal." said the returning official. A boy with medium length reddish brown hair coming out from under a black and red hat rose from his seat.
"Finally." Cal said stretching. He walked over to me and put his had on my shoulder. "Sorry dude, but you really don't stand a chance against me. I plan on winning this so no hard feelings right?" he said arrogantly. I stared at him and blinked a few times.
"Ok." I said uncaringly.
"Really dude? Aw you're the best! Thanks for understanding." he said smugly running out to the field. Oh I understand perfectly, you're a pansy. I turned my head to Axel with a wild look in my eyes.
"I say we rape this little bastard." I stated just as indifferently as before.
"I like a good rape fest." the Infernape affirmed. With both stated giggling crazy-evilly as we walked to join our obnoxious opponent. When we arrived on the field the crowd began cheering in anticipation of the battle to come.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! This match will be between Brian and Cal!" shouted the Referee. "Please register the three Pokémon you will use." I grabbed a Great Ball, a Pokeball, and a dysfunctional ball covered in duct tape (Axel's) and placed the orbs on a machine for registry. On a score board above the arena three question marked silhouettes appeared under my picture, as was the same for Cal.
"Begin!" declared the Referee. On cue we both threw out our first Pokémon. Well to be accurate, Axel was too heavy to throw, so I morely told him to go kick some ass. However, I don't think Axel's victim has an ass being a giant floating purple ice head with two pointy black horns, large blue eyes, and an angry expression. I almost feel bad for the Glalie.
"H-h-hey! Weren't you going easy on me?" asked my opponent nervously. I wanted to do this later, but I think now would be a good time to break this pansy.
"I said ‘ok'. That means you have to show me I'm no match for you." I said spitefully. "That just means I'm kind enough to give you the first move." I mocked. Cal glared angrily at me across the field.
"Big mistake! Ice Fang Glalie!" commanded my opponent. The Face Pokémon opened its large mouth surrounding its many teeth in ice and frost, then quickly, for a lack of a better word, floated at Axel. The monkey took a defensive stance with his left arm out and his right arm pulled in with both palms facing his adversary. When Glalie was close enough, Axel thrust his arms forward catching the Ice type, who was biting furiously at the Infernape.
"That Pokémon sure looks hungry doesn't it Axel? Why not give it some Embers to chew on?" I suggested, though we both knew I was telling him to do it. Flamethrower would have just been too cruel at such a close range on an Ice-type. Axel did as instructed spitting numerous small flames into Glalie's mouth and face. The giant head's eyes widened as it let out a deafening shriek of agony. The Face Pokémon aborted its attack and pulled away in an effort to escape Axel's relentless assault. Doing so only set it up for our next move.
"Now Close Combat!" I called. Without missing a beat the Flame Pokémon was on Glalie hitting it with a barrage of punches and kicks.
"Hey give me a beak dude!" Cal complained.
"Then show me! Back up your big talk from the other room!" I demanded. "You said you were better than me. To me that means I have to let each of my Pokémon go all out so that they don't get their asses kicked." Cal looked completely nervous as a pansy like him should in this kind of situation.
"Glalie! Push the Infernape away with Icy Wind!" he called. Not a bad response. The Face Pokémon opened its mouth and blew a bone chilling wind around the field. I pulled my arms close to my body as I could already see my breath. Axel had his arms up to block most of the attack, but was still getting pushed back by the force of the attack. With this distraction, the floating head took the needed time to get as far away from Axel as possible.
"Distance won't save you from us! Fire Spin Axel!" I commanded. The monkey shot a long stream of fire at the ground beneath Glalie which quickly grew into a spiraling tornado of flames around the Ice-type.
"Glalie! Protect!" Cal shouted desperately. A purple force field that looked like it was made of transparent ice quickly surrounded Glalie. It was all he could do to help his Pokémon in this case, but I was still smarter and knew away around it.
"Feint." was all I needed to say for Axel to run though his own Fire Spin, put his right fist in his left hand, and use the force of both arms to smash through Glalie's Protect and elbow the floating purple head between the eyes knocking it out. "Well that was a good warm-up." commented the Flame Pokémon cracking his knuckles and neck. I should have known; he was just getting started against this weakling.
"Glalie is unable to battle! Who will be the next Pokémon?" asked the Ref to build suspense for the spectators.
"You won't beat my next Pokémon so easily!" declared Cal sending out another giant floating purple head, or should I say heads, both adorned with a skull and cross bones with toxic fumes emitting from the pores on its body. I'll believe Axel not beating this Weezing when I see it.
"Let's keep our game going Axel, Torment!" I called. Axel got a mischievous smirk on his face and started rubbing his palms together in excitement. He did some fancy acrobatics until he was right in front of Weezing, then he jumped on the Poison Gas Pokémon's "back" and started banging on its heads like a pair of bongos while chanting "We are tormenting you!" The monkey got off Weezing's "back" and ran back to his spot on the field while laughing like a giddy school girl leaving behind an angry Weezing. I started cracking up despite the situation.
"You think that's funny?" accused Cal angrily. "I'll show you funny! Destiny Bond Weezing! Now even if you defeat me I still win!" he declared.
"No you don't! Taunt!" I commanded before the floating purple heads could get the attack off. Axel stuck out his tongue and held up both middle fingers. Then he started shaking his fists (with the fingers still up) at his opponent. "We are still tormenting you!" Weezing got angrier and launched a Sludge attack instead of what its trainer had ordered. Despite an attempt to avoid the attack, Axel was still struck by the poisonous purplish black goo.
"Man! I just got cleaned last night too!" whined Axel. If that's all the monkey is complaining about then I guess he hasn't been poisoned.
"Damn it! Stop limiting my moves!" protested the pansy. My my, aren't we full of complaints tonight.
"Shoosh you and fight like a man! If you can that is." I taunted.
"Tormenting!" Axel added obnoxiously.
"Fine, have it your way. At least after all you've done, I can only hurt your Infernape." Cal jeered. "Thunderbolt!" Weezing's body began crackling with electricity before its body convulsed releasing the stored lighting attack at the Flame Pokémon.
"Fuck me." Axel said in annoyance looking up at the incoming attack. At the last second he dodge rolled to the side only to get sent rolling faster by the energy release from the impact of the Thunderbolt.
"Hey Axel! Are you still with me?" I inquired to the Infernape who was lying on his belly. He pushed himself up and shook off the dust. "Great. I say we lay this guy out with Combo 8." I stated.
"Oh that's a fun one!" the monkey cheered getting in position. The flame on his head intensified as he jumped in the air and began rolling toward the Poison Gas Pokémon. This was no Flame Wheel, though, it was a Flame Wheel combined with Rollout. And not just that, there was a special treat at the end.
"Weezing! Double Hit!" called Cal. The giant siamese head floated at the rolling fireball attempting to hit the spinning monkey only to get run over. "Try again with Sludge!" my opponent commanded. Unfortunately for them, Axel's rolling speed was just too fast as he rolled right past the purple gunk for another hit. This was so pitiful it was fun! For the finally, Axel spun himself into the air, then ended his flaming Rollout with his tail covered in a coat of metal which he slammed between Weezing's two heads smashing the Poison-type to the ground fainting it. Yes, the special treat was Iron Tail.
"Ugh… this can't be happening." Cal said ashamedly while lowering the rim of his hat over his eyes.
"Oh but it is!" I said widening my eyes for emphasis. I can't believe this guy was considered one of the 128 best trainers in the world.
"It's one Pokémon against three now. The battle has become one sided." the Referee announced.
"It's all up to you Typhlosion!" Cal said unleashing a bipedal badger with tan fur on its front and dark blue fur running from the top of its head down its back to its ankles. The Pokémon had a large flame around its collar and a mouth full of vicious fangs that were most likely used for shredding meat. The Typhlosion walked up to Axel and looked down at the Infernape. The golden monkey looked up into Typhlosions eyes. I could tell that this bout between Fire-types was going to be a heated match. Pun intended.
"Quick Attack Typhlosion!" shouted Cal breaking the stalemate between the Fire-types. Typhlosion jumped back, then pushed forward again turning into a blur.
"Mach Punch Axel!" I commanded. The Flame Pokémon disappeared in a golden blur flying toward the Volcano Pokémon's blur. The two Pokémon collided in a violent clash resulting in Axel's fist in Typhlosion's stomach and the latter's head in Axel's chest. The opposing forces pulled away, each holding their respective wounds.
"Use Fire Punch Typhlosion!" ordered Cal.
"Monkey see, monkey do Axel!" I called. Both adversaries charged eachother with flaming fists, each punching the other in the jaw. "Blaze Kick Axel!" The monkey covered his leg in fire then kneed the badger Pokémon in the gut then kicked it in the face when it keeled over.
"Come on Typhlosion! Use Swift!" Cal called. The Volcano Pokémon created white stars of energy in its hands and threw them like shurikens at Axel. The Infernape put up his arms in an attempt to block the unblockable with each star bursting on his arms, causing the monkey to wince after every strike.
"Just a bit more! Furry Swipes!" I shouted. Axel threw his hands back then ran at his enemy bringing them forward as he neared Typhlosion and started slashing away.
"He won't be able to avoid you at this close range! Use Rollout!" Cal said as if he knew what he was doing. Poor misguided Cal. The badger Pokémon leaned forward rolling over the monkey like bowling ball to pins.
"Ow! Son of a bitch!" yelled Axel getting up. "Brian! Give me the order to Counter now!" What point is there to tell me what to tell him?
"Counter." I said uncaringly. Axel grinned evilly as the rolling Typhlosion came back t him. The Infernape shoved out his arms catching the Volcano Pokémon, then lifted it over his head and threw it into the nearest wall. As Typhlosion stared getting up Axel took it upon himself to charge his opponent and Mach Punch it in the face KOing it.
"And there goes the battle!" the Ref declared. The crowd went wild with applause and whistles. I held up both my arms victoriously.
"I- I can't believe I lost." said Cal in shock.
"I can." I said matter of factly. "It's because you're a smug bastard that thought he could talk someone into loosing for them. Tsk tsk."
"Hey Monkey! Can I get a banana split?" asked Axel.
"For the rape fest you just unleashed, I'm getting you two!" I said proudly which gave Axel a big smile like a kid in a candy store. I shouldn't take this victory lightly though; I doubt the rest will be this easy.
Chapter 10: Let the Games Begin
I ended up spending most of the next two days with Prof. Himee getting a tour of the lab in the process. The giant Pokeball on the roof is actually the fourth and fifth floors, with the fifth being an observatory. Later that night we watched the stars over dinner and got in an interesting conversation on ketchup. Why do we put ketchup on cheese burgers and fries, but not steak or mashed potatoes which are made from the exact same substances? We concluded that that was one of the larger mysteries of life.
"It's almost time for my match. I'll see ya when I get back Professor." I said running down the spiral stair case with Axel close behind.
"Have fun storming zhe castle!" shouted the old man from the second floor balcony.
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When I got to the stadium, the 28th match of the day was already underway. I was mach 30, so I still had roughly 20minutes to half an hour before it was my turn depending on how long these people took. The current battle went by pretty quickly, a Goth chick with white-blond hair and a Banette completely destroyed her opponent. If my math is correct, she would be my fourth opponent providing she gets that far. An official came in seconds later to call in the next participants. I sat through that battle until finally my turn came.
"Next participants are Brian and Cal." said the returning official. A boy with medium length reddish brown hair coming out from under a black and red hat rose from his seat.
"Finally." Cal said stretching. He walked over to me and put his had on my shoulder. "Sorry dude, but you really don't stand a chance against me. I plan on winning this so no hard feelings right?" he said arrogantly. I stared at him and blinked a few times.
"Ok." I said uncaringly.
"Really dude? Aw you're the best! Thanks for understanding." he said smugly running out to the field. Oh I understand perfectly, you're a pansy. I turned my head to Axel with a wild look in my eyes.
"I say we rape this little bastard." I stated just as indifferently as before.
"I like a good rape fest." the Infernape affirmed. With both stated giggling crazy-evilly as we walked to join our obnoxious opponent. When we arrived on the field the crowd began cheering in anticipation of the battle to come.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! This match will be between Brian and Cal!" shouted the Referee. "Please register the three Pokémon you will use." I grabbed a Great Ball, a Pokeball, and a dysfunctional ball covered in duct tape (Axel's) and placed the orbs on a machine for registry. On a score board above the arena three question marked silhouettes appeared under my picture, as was the same for Cal.
"Begin!" declared the Referee. On cue we both threw out our first Pokémon. Well to be accurate, Axel was too heavy to throw, so I morely told him to go kick some ass. However, I don't think Axel's victim has an ass being a giant floating purple ice head with two pointy black horns, large blue eyes, and an angry expression. I almost feel bad for the Glalie.
"H-h-hey! Weren't you going easy on me?" asked my opponent nervously. I wanted to do this later, but I think now would be a good time to break this pansy.
"I said ‘ok'. That means you have to show me I'm no match for you." I said spitefully. "That just means I'm kind enough to give you the first move." I mocked. Cal glared angrily at me across the field.
"Big mistake! Ice Fang Glalie!" commanded my opponent. The Face Pokémon opened its large mouth surrounding its many teeth in ice and frost, then quickly, for a lack of a better word, floated at Axel. The monkey took a defensive stance with his left arm out and his right arm pulled in with both palms facing his adversary. When Glalie was close enough, Axel thrust his arms forward catching the Ice type, who was biting furiously at the Infernape.
"That Pokémon sure looks hungry doesn't it Axel? Why not give it some Embers to chew on?" I suggested, though we both knew I was telling him to do it. Flamethrower would have just been too cruel at such a close range on an Ice-type. Axel did as instructed spitting numerous small flames into Glalie's mouth and face. The giant head's eyes widened as it let out a deafening shriek of agony. The Face Pokémon aborted its attack and pulled away in an effort to escape Axel's relentless assault. Doing so only set it up for our next move.
"Now Close Combat!" I called. Without missing a beat the Flame Pokémon was on Glalie hitting it with a barrage of punches and kicks.
"Hey give me a beak dude!" Cal complained.
"Then show me! Back up your big talk from the other room!" I demanded. "You said you were better than me. To me that means I have to let each of my Pokémon go all out so that they don't get their asses kicked." Cal looked completely nervous as a pansy like him should in this kind of situation.
"Glalie! Push the Infernape away with Icy Wind!" he called. Not a bad response. The Face Pokémon opened its mouth and blew a bone chilling wind around the field. I pulled my arms close to my body as I could already see my breath. Axel had his arms up to block most of the attack, but was still getting pushed back by the force of the attack. With this distraction, the floating head took the needed time to get as far away from Axel as possible.
"Distance won't save you from us! Fire Spin Axel!" I commanded. The monkey shot a long stream of fire at the ground beneath Glalie which quickly grew into a spiraling tornado of flames around the Ice-type.
"Glalie! Protect!" Cal shouted desperately. A purple force field that looked like it was made of transparent ice quickly surrounded Glalie. It was all he could do to help his Pokémon in this case, but I was still smarter and knew away around it.
"Feint." was all I needed to say for Axel to run though his own Fire Spin, put his right fist in his left hand, and use the force of both arms to smash through Glalie's Protect and elbow the floating purple head between the eyes knocking it out. "Well that was a good warm-up." commented the Flame Pokémon cracking his knuckles and neck. I should have known; he was just getting started against this weakling.
"Glalie is unable to battle! Who will be the next Pokémon?" asked the Ref to build suspense for the spectators.
"You won't beat my next Pokémon so easily!" declared Cal sending out another giant floating purple head, or should I say heads, both adorned with a skull and cross bones with toxic fumes emitting from the pores on its body. I'll believe Axel not beating this Weezing when I see it.
"Let's keep our game going Axel, Torment!" I called. Axel got a mischievous smirk on his face and started rubbing his palms together in excitement. He did some fancy acrobatics until he was right in front of Weezing, then he jumped on the Poison Gas Pokémon's "back" and started banging on its heads like a pair of bongos while chanting "We are tormenting you!" The monkey got off Weezing's "back" and ran back to his spot on the field while laughing like a giddy school girl leaving behind an angry Weezing. I started cracking up despite the situation.
"You think that's funny?" accused Cal angrily. "I'll show you funny! Destiny Bond Weezing! Now even if you defeat me I still win!" he declared.
"No you don't! Taunt!" I commanded before the floating purple heads could get the attack off. Axel stuck out his tongue and held up both middle fingers. Then he started shaking his fists (with the fingers still up) at his opponent. "We are still tormenting you!" Weezing got angrier and launched a Sludge attack instead of what its trainer had ordered. Despite an attempt to avoid the attack, Axel was still struck by the poisonous purplish black goo.
"Man! I just got cleaned last night too!" whined Axel. If that's all the monkey is complaining about then I guess he hasn't been poisoned.
"Damn it! Stop limiting my moves!" protested the pansy. My my, aren't we full of complaints tonight.
"Shoosh you and fight like a man! If you can that is." I taunted.
"Tormenting!" Axel added obnoxiously.
"Fine, have it your way. At least after all you've done, I can only hurt your Infernape." Cal jeered. "Thunderbolt!" Weezing's body began crackling with electricity before its body convulsed releasing the stored lighting attack at the Flame Pokémon.
"Fuck me." Axel said in annoyance looking up at the incoming attack. At the last second he dodge rolled to the side only to get sent rolling faster by the energy release from the impact of the Thunderbolt.
"Hey Axel! Are you still with me?" I inquired to the Infernape who was lying on his belly. He pushed himself up and shook off the dust. "Great. I say we lay this guy out with Combo 8." I stated.
"Oh that's a fun one!" the monkey cheered getting in position. The flame on his head intensified as he jumped in the air and began rolling toward the Poison Gas Pokémon. This was no Flame Wheel, though, it was a Flame Wheel combined with Rollout. And not just that, there was a special treat at the end.
"Weezing! Double Hit!" called Cal. The giant siamese head floated at the rolling fireball attempting to hit the spinning monkey only to get run over. "Try again with Sludge!" my opponent commanded. Unfortunately for them, Axel's rolling speed was just too fast as he rolled right past the purple gunk for another hit. This was so pitiful it was fun! For the finally, Axel spun himself into the air, then ended his flaming Rollout with his tail covered in a coat of metal which he slammed between Weezing's two heads smashing the Poison-type to the ground fainting it. Yes, the special treat was Iron Tail.
"Ugh… this can't be happening." Cal said ashamedly while lowering the rim of his hat over his eyes.
"Oh but it is!" I said widening my eyes for emphasis. I can't believe this guy was considered one of the 128 best trainers in the world.
"It's one Pokémon against three now. The battle has become one sided." the Referee announced.
"It's all up to you Typhlosion!" Cal said unleashing a bipedal badger with tan fur on its front and dark blue fur running from the top of its head down its back to its ankles. The Pokémon had a large flame around its collar and a mouth full of vicious fangs that were most likely used for shredding meat. The Typhlosion walked up to Axel and looked down at the Infernape. The golden monkey looked up into Typhlosions eyes. I could tell that this bout between Fire-types was going to be a heated match. Pun intended.
"Quick Attack Typhlosion!" shouted Cal breaking the stalemate between the Fire-types. Typhlosion jumped back, then pushed forward again turning into a blur.
"Mach Punch Axel!" I commanded. The Flame Pokémon disappeared in a golden blur flying toward the Volcano Pokémon's blur. The two Pokémon collided in a violent clash resulting in Axel's fist in Typhlosion's stomach and the latter's head in Axel's chest. The opposing forces pulled away, each holding their respective wounds.
"Use Fire Punch Typhlosion!" ordered Cal.
"Monkey see, monkey do Axel!" I called. Both adversaries charged eachother with flaming fists, each punching the other in the jaw. "Blaze Kick Axel!" The monkey covered his leg in fire then kneed the badger Pokémon in the gut then kicked it in the face when it keeled over.
"Come on Typhlosion! Use Swift!" Cal called. The Volcano Pokémon created white stars of energy in its hands and threw them like shurikens at Axel. The Infernape put up his arms in an attempt to block the unblockable with each star bursting on his arms, causing the monkey to wince after every strike.
"Just a bit more! Furry Swipes!" I shouted. Axel threw his hands back then ran at his enemy bringing them forward as he neared Typhlosion and started slashing away.
"He won't be able to avoid you at this close range! Use Rollout!" Cal said as if he knew what he was doing. Poor misguided Cal. The badger Pokémon leaned forward rolling over the monkey like bowling ball to pins.
"Ow! Son of a bitch!" yelled Axel getting up. "Brian! Give me the order to Counter now!" What point is there to tell me what to tell him?
"Counter." I said uncaringly. Axel grinned evilly as the rolling Typhlosion came back t him. The Infernape shoved out his arms catching the Volcano Pokémon, then lifted it over his head and threw it into the nearest wall. As Typhlosion stared getting up Axel took it upon himself to charge his opponent and Mach Punch it in the face KOing it.
"And there goes the battle!" the Ref declared. The crowd went wild with applause and whistles. I held up both my arms victoriously.
"I- I can't believe I lost." said Cal in shock.
"I can." I said matter of factly. "It's because you're a smug bastard that thought he could talk someone into loosing for them. Tsk tsk."
"Hey Monkey! Can I get a banana split?" asked Axel.
"For the rape fest you just unleashed, I'm getting you two!" I said proudly which gave Axel a big smile like a kid in a candy store. I shouldn't take this victory lightly though; I doubt the rest will be this easy.
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Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
Glad I didn't loose any of my fanbase during my unwanted break. ;D
The battles should be even more exiting once I start fighting people on my level. I have more fun writing the epic ones anyway. Sometimes it'll get to the point where even I don't know who will win.
The battles should be even more exiting once I start fighting people on my level. I have more fun writing the epic ones anyway. Sometimes it'll get to the point where even I don't know who will win.
Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
Happy Easter all! Enjoy this fucking epic battle!
Chapter 11: Round 2! Fight!
Once again my match was in the evening, so I spent the day in Prof. Himee's lab to see what I could learn. That and Himee amuses me. However, it didn't quite go as I planned. Today was Asuna's day off, so I had the "privilege" of being the errand boy today.
I ran back to Himee's lab as fast as I could. He sent me to the store to pick up any Selene Dionne CD that had I will Always Love You on it, and of course now I had half an hour left before my match. I burst through the door to the laboratory and raced up the spiral staircase.
"Here'syourCD!" I said in one breath quickly handing it off.
"Oh good! I've been looking for zhis song for a long time. Now could you pick me up some milk?" he asked.
"No time! Need to get to stadium!" I called jumping off the second floor balcony and barrel rolling so as not to hurt myself.
"Damn. Zhere has to be anozher vay." I heard him contemplating before I ran through the door again where Axel had been waiting outside.
"Took you long enough." Axel said sarcastically. I paid the monkey no mind, grabbing a Pokeball from my side and sending out my Aerodactyl.
"To the stadium!" I commanded hopping on his back with Axel. To get there from the sky was a lot faster than running to the arena. I had the prehistoric Pokémon descend as we got closer so I could jump off safely and call him back as I ran to the rest area with five minutes to spare.
"Damn." I sighed taking a seat to wait for my name to be called. At least Prof. Himee agreed to pay me for being his runner today. I'll probably stop by after my battle to pick up my $50.
"Brian. Katelyn. You two are up." said the official. My turn already?
"Ready to kick some ass tonight?" asked Axel getting battle ready.
"I am, you're not." I said straightforwardly.
"What!?" yelled the Infernape in shock.
"You thrashed our opponent last night. We gotta let the rest of your teammates have the spotlight once and awhile." I explained. Axel crossed his arms and looked away grumbling with a sulking look on his face. I think I'll just let him brood for awhile, the battle is starting.
"The second to last match tonight will be between Katelyn and Brian! Please register your Pokémon!" shouted the announcer. I placed a Pokeball and two Great Balls on the registry machine and like last night, my picture and the picture of my opponent, a female with short strait black hair and tanned skin, came on the screen with three question marked silhouettes representing the Pokémon we were using came on the big screen.
"Let's make this a fun match." Katelyn said cheerfully with a smile. Finally, an opponent who isn't a complete dick weed.
"I agree." I nodded unhinging the Pokeball containing my first Pokémon as she got hers ready. The second the Referee said ‘Go!' we unleashed our chosen Pokémon. Riolu appeared ready to once again prove himself in combat. His opponent this time was a green frog with yellow toes, small pink cheeks, and a strange curly hair sticking out of its head. The size of the Politoed's cheeks indicated it to be female.
"You're using the infant over me? Not my fault if you loose." Axel complained. I ignored him. We both knew that for only being six months old Riolu was one tough little Pokémon. Whether that had anything to do with being a Fighting-type or being able to sense and use aura or a combination of both, I don't care. He does what is needed and that's all I ask. Besides, Axel hates fighting Water-types.
"Politoed! Bounce!" called Katelyn initiating the first move. The Frog Pokémon crouched low and pushed itself high in the air with its powerful leg muscles.
"Detect Riolu." I said calmly. Riolu closed his eyes trying to sense exactly when and where Politoed would land. I looked up watching gravity take its toll on Politoed who came falling right above Riolu. On queue, the Emanation Pokémon opened his eyes and jumped out of the way leaving Politoed to land butt first on solid ground.
"Now Force Palm Rio!" I called. Riolu spun around to face his opponent then thrust his glowing blue right hand into her, pushing the Frog Pokémon back a few feet with a powerful burst of aura.
"Try a Body Slam Politoed!" Katelyn called. Politoed jumped forward landing belly first on top of Riolu. It was quite disturbing when the amphibian started wiggling around.
"Riolu! Counter!" I shouted. A WTF look appeared on Politoed's face as it began rising off the ground as Riolu pushed up lifting the Frog Pokémon over his head. Then he threw Politoed and punched her for good measure followed by shaking his arms from the exertion. Politoed got back up and faced her young adversary.
"Try and counter this attack! BubbleBeam!" commanded Katelyn. The amphibian opened her mouth unleashing a flurry of transparent bubbles at Riolu.
"Hear that Rio? She challenged us. Pop the bubbles with Bullet Punch!" I called. The Emanation Pokémon began a rapid assault against the bubbles with his fists. Several got through and hit him, but Riolu managed to pop the majority of them. "Well done!" I complemented.
"That was pretty impressive." Katelyn acknowledged. "But let's see if you can do the same with Hydro Pump!" The Frog Pokémon opened her mouth wider than before and shot a river of water comparable to a fire hose at Riolu.
"Quick Attack!" I commanded urgently. Riolu dodged out of the way of the gushing water, disappearing into a blue blur as he circled around Politoed and attacked from behind abruptly stopping the Hydro Pump.
"I'll admit you got me there, but can your Riolu stand up to my Politoed's Psychic?" my foe taunted.
"Probably not." I said humbly. "But he sure as hell can try!"
"I'll be completely outclassed if he does. Use Psychic Politoed!" she ordered. The amphibian's eyes began glowing blue and that same blue glow surrounded Riolu as he was lifted into the air.
"Riolu! Endure!" I called. Riolu nodded closing his eyes and crossing his arms to use every once of power he had in staying conscious. Politoed violently threw Riolu to the ground and released her hold on the young Pokémon. Moment of truth here. When the dust cleared, Riolu was still standing although completely worn out and covered in scrapes and bruises.
"That's it Rio. Just hang in there a little longer." I encouraged.
"So I'm completely outclassed. That is one tough Riolu. I'll just have to try harder if I'm to beat it! He can't go on much longer after that!" Katelyn mused. "Finish it with Ice Beam!" The Frog Pokémon opened her mouth again firing a blast of cold breath crystallizing all the water molecules in the air into a solid stream of ice aimed right for the Emanation Pokémon.
"Monkey declares Agility followed by Cross Chop!" I commanded. In the blink of an eye, the Ice Beam passed through an after image of Riolu as he was already half way to his target with his arms crossed in an X in front of him. The Frog Pokémon stopped her attack looking down as Riolu was now right under her thrusting his arms into her throat. The amphibian's eyes widened to there full size as she choked out her last breath and collapsed. Attacking a pressure point; how strategic.
"What did you do to Politoed!?" Katelyn panicked.
"Relax. My Pokémon know how to deliver debilitating but not fatal blows to opponents. Your Politoed will be fine. Her neck may be sore for awhile, but she'll live." I reassured. Katelyn looked relieved, but quickly got serious as she called back Politoed.
"Atleast your Riolu won't be giving me any more trouble after this. Your turn Honchkrow!" shouted Katelyn sending out a robust looking bird with dusk black feathers with red feathers lining the wings and tail, a white chest, and a witch hat shaped head. The Honchkrow spread its wings wide with an intimidating caw upon emerging.
"You're right, Riolu won't be fighting any more, but not because you defeated him. Rio, time to exit stage left. Return." I said holding out his Pokeball. The Emanation Pokémon materialized into a red light as he was sucked back into his protective capsule. I then got one of the Great Balls ready. "Come Vaporeon!" I summoned. A streamlined blue marine mammal with a fish tail and fin- like ears, head crest, and collar came on to the field stretching his paws forward before getting in a sitting position. My Vaporeon; I caught him early in my journey as an Eevee and evolved him as soon as I got a Water Stone. This Vaporeon also fathered my Espeon. It's been awhile since I used him, I hope he hasn't gotten rusty.
"Why must you have so many cute Pokémon?" asked Katelyn with that ‘OMG so kyut!' expression girls are prone to.
"Cause I do." I said blankly. "So are you going to attack or should I?"
"Oh, right. Honchkrow! Shadow Ball!" she commanded. The crow began gathering power from all the surrounding shadows in the arena to fuel an ever growing ball of darkness. It didn't help matters that it was night, and even with the blinding floodlights, there were more shadows than during the day. When the Shadow Ball had reached the desired size, Honchkrow launched it at its target.
"This may be completely mean, but meh. Tear through Shadow Ball with Ice Beam!" I called. The Bubble Jet Pokémon solidified vapor in the air into a frozen beam blasting at the ghostly attack creating an explosion of darkness and ice. That was unexpected, I thought the Ice Beam would have pierced the Shadow Ball and struck Honchkrow. That attack was stronger than I anticipated. "We must be careful with this one Vaporeon." I warned.
"Now Wing Attack!" I heard Katelyn call through the still lingering smoke from our attacks. The Big Boss Pokémon emerged from the haze smacking Vaporeon in the right flank hard with its wing. It shouldn't have gotten so close.
"Push it away with Hydro Pump!" I yelled eagerly. I didn't even see Vaporeon initiate the attack, all I saw was the crow getting carried to the other side of the field on a torrent of water leading back to my marine mammal. Honchkrow crashed into the wall behind its trainer with the force of a raging river.
"Honchkrow!" Katelyn cried as the water died down causing the bird to fall into a puddle that formed beneath it. Don't tell me it's over already. Honchkrow slowly picked itself back up and shook the water from its ruffled feathers. That's more like it! "So you like playing rough huh? I think I can match you. Sky Attack!" commanded my opponent. Honchkrow flew into the air as it started gathering energy causing to get an eerie white glow.
"This attack may be painful Vaporeon. I suggest we start up an Aqua Ring to heal some of the damage." I advised. The Bubble Jet Pokémon spun in a circle spraying a Water Gun creating a halo of water around himself. Thanks to his Water Absorb ability, simple touching the ring will heal some of his wounds.
Honchkrow had just finished charging its attack and dive bombed Vaporeon with a loud caw leaving a ghostly white stream of its energy in its wake. That was definitely freaky looking. Vaporeon braced himself as the crow came inches from his head and struck violently. The marine mammal cried out in pain from the impact, then absorbed his Aqua Ring to restore some of his energy.
"Bite ‘em Vaporeon!" I called. Vaporeon got a mouth full of feathers as he chomped down on Honchkrow's wing. The bird cawed in annoyance.
"Oh yeah? Peck its eyes out Honchkrow!" retorted Katelyn. Vaporeon closed his eyes tightly and turned his head as the Big Boss Pokémon assaulted him with its beak. Vaporeon released his hold on Honchkrow and the latter flew back to its side of the arena. This is getting pretty entertaining!
"Vaporeon! Water Pulse!" I commanded. The Bubble Jet Pokémon did as told spitting a shockwave of H2O at his foe.
"Cancel it with Dark Pulse!" Katelyn countered. The crow gathered more shadows, then scattered them with a loud caw. The water and darkness collided midfield causing the respective elements to disperse in all directions. While Honchkrow received no damage by getting splashed with a few harmless particles of water and shadow, Vaporeon was healed, if only a little by the water droplets landing on his skin. Axel yelped and jumped back as a few drops landed on him as well.
"Not… bad…" I said cracking my neck. "But now I'm afraid I'm going to have to defeat your magnificent Flying Pokémon if I plan on winning anytime soon. Aurora Beam!" I called. The marine mammal launched a semi-transparent blast of green, purple, red, and blue that weaved down the arena like the Aurora Borealis.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not done just yet! Dodge it with Fly!" called Katelyn. Honchkrow launched itself into the sky just barely avoiding Vaporeon's beautiful attack.
"I wonder, how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?" I said randomly.
"What?" asked Katelyn in confusion. Honchkrow began its decent.
"The answer, Two! Vaporeon! Sand-Attack!" I commanded. Just as the bird was near ground level, Vaporeon smacked his fish tail across the ground sending dust into Honchkrow's eyes impairing its vision. The crow cawed as it veered off course and crashed into the ground. "That's one lick, and… well forget the second, I think Honchkrow KOed itself when it crashed to the ground." I said looking at the fainted crow.
"What… What the hell was that?" Katelyn shouted in frustration.
"I'd like to know that myself. I have a very random mind, and sometimes I don't even know where stuff comes from." I said flatly. Katelyn looked completely at a loss for words by my statement. She then shook the randomness aside and put her focus back on the battle by removing her downed Honchkrow from the field and readying her last Pokémon.
"Whatever, I can still beat you." she said confidently.
"Are you sure? Riolu was never technically defeated, so in a weird sense it's three against one." I pointed out. "Anyway, I hope we can continue having a fun battle."
"Yeah me too. It's your turn Gardevoir!" An elegant white Pokémon with a body that flowed like a dress, thin green arms that were proportionally similar to humans, and green hair growing down around the face and neck graced the arena. I really hope that that Pokémon is female. I can't help but pity male Gardevoirs.
"Tell me, is Gardevoir's ability Trace or Synchronize?" I inquired.
"Wouldn't you like to know." Katelyn taunted. That doesn't really tell me anything. She's either baiting me to attack with a water move that would heal Gardevoir because it Traced Water Absorb, or she's trying to hide the fact that the ability is Synchronize so that I won't attack with water moves for fear that it's Trace. Clever.
"I would like to know, and the best way I can do that is with Aqua Tail!" I commanded. Vaporeon began excreting water from the pores on his tail creating a thin layer of the life giving liquid around the appendage. He then ran up to the Embrace Pokémon and spun around to smack his opponent. The Psychic winced from the attack meaning the move caused it pain meaning its ability is Synchronize. "Thank you, I got the information I was looking for." I thanked.
"Don't go thanking me yet! Give them a taste of ThunderBolt Gardevoir!" shouted Katelyn. EEP! And another EEP! The Embrace Pokémon's body began sparking with electricity as it called upon the attack. Gardevoir tensed its muscles releasing the powerful lightning move into the air where it curved around aimed for my aquatic creature. Vaporeon jumped back just as the ThunderBolt struck, but was sent flying by the explosion caused by the impact on the ground which sent dust and the smell of ozone into the air. The Bubble Jet Pokémon staggered weakly back to his feet.
"It's not over yet! Vaporeon! Use Hydro Pump on yourself!" I called. Vaporeon tilted his head to the sky then spewed a great surge off water into the sky that went up about halfway to the top of the stadium before raining down back onto the field. As Vaporeon bathed in his self created shower, his injuries disappeared from his body like they never existed. The rejuvenated Vaporeon stretched his paws forward and yawned as if waking up from a refreshing nap.
"Interesting strategy." Katelyn complemented.
"Combat is my specialty." I said bowing. "I live for the trill of a challenge against strong opponents like yourself Miss Katelyn. The stronger they are the more fun I have."
"Well aren't you sweet." said my adversary playfully.
"You won't be calling me sweet after this. Body Slam Vaporeon!" I called. The marine mammal charged Gardevoir preparing his physical assault.
"Defend with Psychic!" commanded Katelyn. The Embrace Pokémon's eyes took a purple glow and soon Vaporeon had that same glow around his body as he was lifted off the ground before getting thrown through the air back to his starting point. He landed on his side and slid a few feet before stopping.
"If you're going to take a beating like that, then I suggest you create another Aqua Ring." I said as Vaporeon stood. "And make this on last." I added. The Bubble Jet Pokémon created another water halo around himself to constantly feed him energy for this battle.
"Even with an Aqua Ring you won't survive this! Use Magical Leaf!" Katelyn called. The Psychic crossed its green arms around its torso, the quickly threw them out sending a barrage of rainbow colored leaves at Vaporeon. "And to plan ahead, Future Sight!"
"Icy Wind!" I commanded. I'd rather stick to the hear and now and worry about Future Sight later. Vaporeon blew cold air from his mouth creating snow particles and ice chunks in the attacks range. By the time the leaves struck the Bubble Jet Pokémon, all were frozen and had lost the majority of their velocity rendering them harmless. The Icy Wind continued until it stuck the creator of the previous attack. Katelyn looked as if she was beginning to get frustrated. So long as Vaporeon could produce water, he could continue to regenerate.
"This could take awhile." Katelyn said as if she was planning something. "Gardevoir! Use Wish!" The Psychic put its hands together and began chanting something in its own tongue. I see, with both our Pokémon healing themselves, there will be no end to our battle. Excellent! The only difference is, Vaporeon can recover instantly while it usually takes a minute for Wish to take effect.
"I'll just have to end this in the next 57 seconds then won't I? Vaporeon! Brine!" I commanded. The aquatic creature blasted a steady steam of dihydrogen oxide at Gardevoir's feet which spiraled beneath the Embrace Pokémon's feet before exploding upward in a violent splash.
"We won't loose so easily ya know! Double Team!" my opponent gloated. Soon one Gardevoir was ten, and with only 30 seconds left, I didn't have the time to go through all of them.
"I don't want to win so easily! Surf's up Vaporeon!" I retorted. An enormous tidal wave erupted from under the stadium, flowed over Vaporeon, and rushed over the Gardeviors dissolving all the copies. When the water receded, Gardevoir was lying face down in a puddle. The Psychic stirred a bit and started weakly pushing itself back up. Damn! Only 10 seconds left!
"Quick Attack now Vaporeon!" I called with increased desperation. Vaporeon dashed at his target as fast as his legs could take him. To ensure his victory, the Bubble Jet Pokémon bit Gardevoir upon collision. All of a sudden a giant purple meteor of Psychic energy fell from the sky and crashed into Vaporeon as if it was homed in on him. Of course! How could I have forgotten the Future Sight? When the dust from the impact cleared, both Pokémon lay on the ground. My heart raced in anticipation for the result of this outstanding showdown.
"Both Gardevoir and Vaporeon are unable to continue! By default the winner is Brian for having two Pokémon remaining!" declared the Ref. I sighed in relief and smiled at the narrow win.
"If only Future Sight had hit even a second sooner. Then Wish would have taken effect and I would have still had a chance of winning." Katelyn lamented.
"Don't feel bad. You were a very challenging adversary, worthy of being called one of the strongest 128 people in the world." I complemented wiping sweat from my brow. "If Vaporeon didn't have the Water Absorb ability he would never have lasted as long, even with Aqua Ring. I would have been forced to use my Donphan had he lost, and who knows how that would have gone."
"Thanks Brian." said Katelyn happily. "You are a great trainer, and I'll be sure to train hard so that next time I can kick your ass."
"I'm glad I didn't get in the middle of that. Every one of her Pokémon would have owned me." Axel said shamefully as we left the stadium.
"See. I told you you have to let your partners fight every once and awhile." I said.
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Chapter 11: Round 2! Fight!
Once again my match was in the evening, so I spent the day in Prof. Himee's lab to see what I could learn. That and Himee amuses me. However, it didn't quite go as I planned. Today was Asuna's day off, so I had the "privilege" of being the errand boy today.
I ran back to Himee's lab as fast as I could. He sent me to the store to pick up any Selene Dionne CD that had I will Always Love You on it, and of course now I had half an hour left before my match. I burst through the door to the laboratory and raced up the spiral staircase.
"Here'syourCD!" I said in one breath quickly handing it off.
"Oh good! I've been looking for zhis song for a long time. Now could you pick me up some milk?" he asked.
"No time! Need to get to stadium!" I called jumping off the second floor balcony and barrel rolling so as not to hurt myself.
"Damn. Zhere has to be anozher vay." I heard him contemplating before I ran through the door again where Axel had been waiting outside.
"Took you long enough." Axel said sarcastically. I paid the monkey no mind, grabbing a Pokeball from my side and sending out my Aerodactyl.
"To the stadium!" I commanded hopping on his back with Axel. To get there from the sky was a lot faster than running to the arena. I had the prehistoric Pokémon descend as we got closer so I could jump off safely and call him back as I ran to the rest area with five minutes to spare.
"Damn." I sighed taking a seat to wait for my name to be called. At least Prof. Himee agreed to pay me for being his runner today. I'll probably stop by after my battle to pick up my $50.
"Brian. Katelyn. You two are up." said the official. My turn already?
"Ready to kick some ass tonight?" asked Axel getting battle ready.
"I am, you're not." I said straightforwardly.
"What!?" yelled the Infernape in shock.
"You thrashed our opponent last night. We gotta let the rest of your teammates have the spotlight once and awhile." I explained. Axel crossed his arms and looked away grumbling with a sulking look on his face. I think I'll just let him brood for awhile, the battle is starting.
"The second to last match tonight will be between Katelyn and Brian! Please register your Pokémon!" shouted the announcer. I placed a Pokeball and two Great Balls on the registry machine and like last night, my picture and the picture of my opponent, a female with short strait black hair and tanned skin, came on the screen with three question marked silhouettes representing the Pokémon we were using came on the big screen.
"Let's make this a fun match." Katelyn said cheerfully with a smile. Finally, an opponent who isn't a complete dick weed.
"I agree." I nodded unhinging the Pokeball containing my first Pokémon as she got hers ready. The second the Referee said ‘Go!' we unleashed our chosen Pokémon. Riolu appeared ready to once again prove himself in combat. His opponent this time was a green frog with yellow toes, small pink cheeks, and a strange curly hair sticking out of its head. The size of the Politoed's cheeks indicated it to be female.
"You're using the infant over me? Not my fault if you loose." Axel complained. I ignored him. We both knew that for only being six months old Riolu was one tough little Pokémon. Whether that had anything to do with being a Fighting-type or being able to sense and use aura or a combination of both, I don't care. He does what is needed and that's all I ask. Besides, Axel hates fighting Water-types.
"Politoed! Bounce!" called Katelyn initiating the first move. The Frog Pokémon crouched low and pushed itself high in the air with its powerful leg muscles.
"Detect Riolu." I said calmly. Riolu closed his eyes trying to sense exactly when and where Politoed would land. I looked up watching gravity take its toll on Politoed who came falling right above Riolu. On queue, the Emanation Pokémon opened his eyes and jumped out of the way leaving Politoed to land butt first on solid ground.
"Now Force Palm Rio!" I called. Riolu spun around to face his opponent then thrust his glowing blue right hand into her, pushing the Frog Pokémon back a few feet with a powerful burst of aura.
"Try a Body Slam Politoed!" Katelyn called. Politoed jumped forward landing belly first on top of Riolu. It was quite disturbing when the amphibian started wiggling around.
"Riolu! Counter!" I shouted. A WTF look appeared on Politoed's face as it began rising off the ground as Riolu pushed up lifting the Frog Pokémon over his head. Then he threw Politoed and punched her for good measure followed by shaking his arms from the exertion. Politoed got back up and faced her young adversary.
"Try and counter this attack! BubbleBeam!" commanded Katelyn. The amphibian opened her mouth unleashing a flurry of transparent bubbles at Riolu.
"Hear that Rio? She challenged us. Pop the bubbles with Bullet Punch!" I called. The Emanation Pokémon began a rapid assault against the bubbles with his fists. Several got through and hit him, but Riolu managed to pop the majority of them. "Well done!" I complemented.
"That was pretty impressive." Katelyn acknowledged. "But let's see if you can do the same with Hydro Pump!" The Frog Pokémon opened her mouth wider than before and shot a river of water comparable to a fire hose at Riolu.
"Quick Attack!" I commanded urgently. Riolu dodged out of the way of the gushing water, disappearing into a blue blur as he circled around Politoed and attacked from behind abruptly stopping the Hydro Pump.
"I'll admit you got me there, but can your Riolu stand up to my Politoed's Psychic?" my foe taunted.
"Probably not." I said humbly. "But he sure as hell can try!"
"I'll be completely outclassed if he does. Use Psychic Politoed!" she ordered. The amphibian's eyes began glowing blue and that same blue glow surrounded Riolu as he was lifted into the air.
"Riolu! Endure!" I called. Riolu nodded closing his eyes and crossing his arms to use every once of power he had in staying conscious. Politoed violently threw Riolu to the ground and released her hold on the young Pokémon. Moment of truth here. When the dust cleared, Riolu was still standing although completely worn out and covered in scrapes and bruises.
"That's it Rio. Just hang in there a little longer." I encouraged.
"So I'm completely outclassed. That is one tough Riolu. I'll just have to try harder if I'm to beat it! He can't go on much longer after that!" Katelyn mused. "Finish it with Ice Beam!" The Frog Pokémon opened her mouth again firing a blast of cold breath crystallizing all the water molecules in the air into a solid stream of ice aimed right for the Emanation Pokémon.
"Monkey declares Agility followed by Cross Chop!" I commanded. In the blink of an eye, the Ice Beam passed through an after image of Riolu as he was already half way to his target with his arms crossed in an X in front of him. The Frog Pokémon stopped her attack looking down as Riolu was now right under her thrusting his arms into her throat. The amphibian's eyes widened to there full size as she choked out her last breath and collapsed. Attacking a pressure point; how strategic.
"What did you do to Politoed!?" Katelyn panicked.
"Relax. My Pokémon know how to deliver debilitating but not fatal blows to opponents. Your Politoed will be fine. Her neck may be sore for awhile, but she'll live." I reassured. Katelyn looked relieved, but quickly got serious as she called back Politoed.
"Atleast your Riolu won't be giving me any more trouble after this. Your turn Honchkrow!" shouted Katelyn sending out a robust looking bird with dusk black feathers with red feathers lining the wings and tail, a white chest, and a witch hat shaped head. The Honchkrow spread its wings wide with an intimidating caw upon emerging.
"You're right, Riolu won't be fighting any more, but not because you defeated him. Rio, time to exit stage left. Return." I said holding out his Pokeball. The Emanation Pokémon materialized into a red light as he was sucked back into his protective capsule. I then got one of the Great Balls ready. "Come Vaporeon!" I summoned. A streamlined blue marine mammal with a fish tail and fin- like ears, head crest, and collar came on to the field stretching his paws forward before getting in a sitting position. My Vaporeon; I caught him early in my journey as an Eevee and evolved him as soon as I got a Water Stone. This Vaporeon also fathered my Espeon. It's been awhile since I used him, I hope he hasn't gotten rusty.
"Why must you have so many cute Pokémon?" asked Katelyn with that ‘OMG so kyut!' expression girls are prone to.
"Cause I do." I said blankly. "So are you going to attack or should I?"
"Oh, right. Honchkrow! Shadow Ball!" she commanded. The crow began gathering power from all the surrounding shadows in the arena to fuel an ever growing ball of darkness. It didn't help matters that it was night, and even with the blinding floodlights, there were more shadows than during the day. When the Shadow Ball had reached the desired size, Honchkrow launched it at its target.
"This may be completely mean, but meh. Tear through Shadow Ball with Ice Beam!" I called. The Bubble Jet Pokémon solidified vapor in the air into a frozen beam blasting at the ghostly attack creating an explosion of darkness and ice. That was unexpected, I thought the Ice Beam would have pierced the Shadow Ball and struck Honchkrow. That attack was stronger than I anticipated. "We must be careful with this one Vaporeon." I warned.
"Now Wing Attack!" I heard Katelyn call through the still lingering smoke from our attacks. The Big Boss Pokémon emerged from the haze smacking Vaporeon in the right flank hard with its wing. It shouldn't have gotten so close.
"Push it away with Hydro Pump!" I yelled eagerly. I didn't even see Vaporeon initiate the attack, all I saw was the crow getting carried to the other side of the field on a torrent of water leading back to my marine mammal. Honchkrow crashed into the wall behind its trainer with the force of a raging river.
"Honchkrow!" Katelyn cried as the water died down causing the bird to fall into a puddle that formed beneath it. Don't tell me it's over already. Honchkrow slowly picked itself back up and shook the water from its ruffled feathers. That's more like it! "So you like playing rough huh? I think I can match you. Sky Attack!" commanded my opponent. Honchkrow flew into the air as it started gathering energy causing to get an eerie white glow.
"This attack may be painful Vaporeon. I suggest we start up an Aqua Ring to heal some of the damage." I advised. The Bubble Jet Pokémon spun in a circle spraying a Water Gun creating a halo of water around himself. Thanks to his Water Absorb ability, simple touching the ring will heal some of his wounds.
Honchkrow had just finished charging its attack and dive bombed Vaporeon with a loud caw leaving a ghostly white stream of its energy in its wake. That was definitely freaky looking. Vaporeon braced himself as the crow came inches from his head and struck violently. The marine mammal cried out in pain from the impact, then absorbed his Aqua Ring to restore some of his energy.
"Bite ‘em Vaporeon!" I called. Vaporeon got a mouth full of feathers as he chomped down on Honchkrow's wing. The bird cawed in annoyance.
"Oh yeah? Peck its eyes out Honchkrow!" retorted Katelyn. Vaporeon closed his eyes tightly and turned his head as the Big Boss Pokémon assaulted him with its beak. Vaporeon released his hold on Honchkrow and the latter flew back to its side of the arena. This is getting pretty entertaining!
"Vaporeon! Water Pulse!" I commanded. The Bubble Jet Pokémon did as told spitting a shockwave of H2O at his foe.
"Cancel it with Dark Pulse!" Katelyn countered. The crow gathered more shadows, then scattered them with a loud caw. The water and darkness collided midfield causing the respective elements to disperse in all directions. While Honchkrow received no damage by getting splashed with a few harmless particles of water and shadow, Vaporeon was healed, if only a little by the water droplets landing on his skin. Axel yelped and jumped back as a few drops landed on him as well.
"Not… bad…" I said cracking my neck. "But now I'm afraid I'm going to have to defeat your magnificent Flying Pokémon if I plan on winning anytime soon. Aurora Beam!" I called. The marine mammal launched a semi-transparent blast of green, purple, red, and blue that weaved down the arena like the Aurora Borealis.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not done just yet! Dodge it with Fly!" called Katelyn. Honchkrow launched itself into the sky just barely avoiding Vaporeon's beautiful attack.
"I wonder, how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?" I said randomly.
"What?" asked Katelyn in confusion. Honchkrow began its decent.
"The answer, Two! Vaporeon! Sand-Attack!" I commanded. Just as the bird was near ground level, Vaporeon smacked his fish tail across the ground sending dust into Honchkrow's eyes impairing its vision. The crow cawed as it veered off course and crashed into the ground. "That's one lick, and… well forget the second, I think Honchkrow KOed itself when it crashed to the ground." I said looking at the fainted crow.
"What… What the hell was that?" Katelyn shouted in frustration.
"I'd like to know that myself. I have a very random mind, and sometimes I don't even know where stuff comes from." I said flatly. Katelyn looked completely at a loss for words by my statement. She then shook the randomness aside and put her focus back on the battle by removing her downed Honchkrow from the field and readying her last Pokémon.
"Whatever, I can still beat you." she said confidently.
"Are you sure? Riolu was never technically defeated, so in a weird sense it's three against one." I pointed out. "Anyway, I hope we can continue having a fun battle."
"Yeah me too. It's your turn Gardevoir!" An elegant white Pokémon with a body that flowed like a dress, thin green arms that were proportionally similar to humans, and green hair growing down around the face and neck graced the arena. I really hope that that Pokémon is female. I can't help but pity male Gardevoirs.
"Tell me, is Gardevoir's ability Trace or Synchronize?" I inquired.
"Wouldn't you like to know." Katelyn taunted. That doesn't really tell me anything. She's either baiting me to attack with a water move that would heal Gardevoir because it Traced Water Absorb, or she's trying to hide the fact that the ability is Synchronize so that I won't attack with water moves for fear that it's Trace. Clever.
"I would like to know, and the best way I can do that is with Aqua Tail!" I commanded. Vaporeon began excreting water from the pores on his tail creating a thin layer of the life giving liquid around the appendage. He then ran up to the Embrace Pokémon and spun around to smack his opponent. The Psychic winced from the attack meaning the move caused it pain meaning its ability is Synchronize. "Thank you, I got the information I was looking for." I thanked.
"Don't go thanking me yet! Give them a taste of ThunderBolt Gardevoir!" shouted Katelyn. EEP! And another EEP! The Embrace Pokémon's body began sparking with electricity as it called upon the attack. Gardevoir tensed its muscles releasing the powerful lightning move into the air where it curved around aimed for my aquatic creature. Vaporeon jumped back just as the ThunderBolt struck, but was sent flying by the explosion caused by the impact on the ground which sent dust and the smell of ozone into the air. The Bubble Jet Pokémon staggered weakly back to his feet.
"It's not over yet! Vaporeon! Use Hydro Pump on yourself!" I called. Vaporeon tilted his head to the sky then spewed a great surge off water into the sky that went up about halfway to the top of the stadium before raining down back onto the field. As Vaporeon bathed in his self created shower, his injuries disappeared from his body like they never existed. The rejuvenated Vaporeon stretched his paws forward and yawned as if waking up from a refreshing nap.
"Interesting strategy." Katelyn complemented.
"Combat is my specialty." I said bowing. "I live for the trill of a challenge against strong opponents like yourself Miss Katelyn. The stronger they are the more fun I have."
"Well aren't you sweet." said my adversary playfully.
"You won't be calling me sweet after this. Body Slam Vaporeon!" I called. The marine mammal charged Gardevoir preparing his physical assault.
"Defend with Psychic!" commanded Katelyn. The Embrace Pokémon's eyes took a purple glow and soon Vaporeon had that same glow around his body as he was lifted off the ground before getting thrown through the air back to his starting point. He landed on his side and slid a few feet before stopping.
"If you're going to take a beating like that, then I suggest you create another Aqua Ring." I said as Vaporeon stood. "And make this on last." I added. The Bubble Jet Pokémon created another water halo around himself to constantly feed him energy for this battle.
"Even with an Aqua Ring you won't survive this! Use Magical Leaf!" Katelyn called. The Psychic crossed its green arms around its torso, the quickly threw them out sending a barrage of rainbow colored leaves at Vaporeon. "And to plan ahead, Future Sight!"
"Icy Wind!" I commanded. I'd rather stick to the hear and now and worry about Future Sight later. Vaporeon blew cold air from his mouth creating snow particles and ice chunks in the attacks range. By the time the leaves struck the Bubble Jet Pokémon, all were frozen and had lost the majority of their velocity rendering them harmless. The Icy Wind continued until it stuck the creator of the previous attack. Katelyn looked as if she was beginning to get frustrated. So long as Vaporeon could produce water, he could continue to regenerate.
"This could take awhile." Katelyn said as if she was planning something. "Gardevoir! Use Wish!" The Psychic put its hands together and began chanting something in its own tongue. I see, with both our Pokémon healing themselves, there will be no end to our battle. Excellent! The only difference is, Vaporeon can recover instantly while it usually takes a minute for Wish to take effect.
"I'll just have to end this in the next 57 seconds then won't I? Vaporeon! Brine!" I commanded. The aquatic creature blasted a steady steam of dihydrogen oxide at Gardevoir's feet which spiraled beneath the Embrace Pokémon's feet before exploding upward in a violent splash.
"We won't loose so easily ya know! Double Team!" my opponent gloated. Soon one Gardevoir was ten, and with only 30 seconds left, I didn't have the time to go through all of them.
"I don't want to win so easily! Surf's up Vaporeon!" I retorted. An enormous tidal wave erupted from under the stadium, flowed over Vaporeon, and rushed over the Gardeviors dissolving all the copies. When the water receded, Gardevoir was lying face down in a puddle. The Psychic stirred a bit and started weakly pushing itself back up. Damn! Only 10 seconds left!
"Quick Attack now Vaporeon!" I called with increased desperation. Vaporeon dashed at his target as fast as his legs could take him. To ensure his victory, the Bubble Jet Pokémon bit Gardevoir upon collision. All of a sudden a giant purple meteor of Psychic energy fell from the sky and crashed into Vaporeon as if it was homed in on him. Of course! How could I have forgotten the Future Sight? When the dust from the impact cleared, both Pokémon lay on the ground. My heart raced in anticipation for the result of this outstanding showdown.
"Both Gardevoir and Vaporeon are unable to continue! By default the winner is Brian for having two Pokémon remaining!" declared the Ref. I sighed in relief and smiled at the narrow win.
"If only Future Sight had hit even a second sooner. Then Wish would have taken effect and I would have still had a chance of winning." Katelyn lamented.
"Don't feel bad. You were a very challenging adversary, worthy of being called one of the strongest 128 people in the world." I complemented wiping sweat from my brow. "If Vaporeon didn't have the Water Absorb ability he would never have lasted as long, even with Aqua Ring. I would have been forced to use my Donphan had he lost, and who knows how that would have gone."
"Thanks Brian." said Katelyn happily. "You are a great trainer, and I'll be sure to train hard so that next time I can kick your ass."
"I'm glad I didn't get in the middle of that. Every one of her Pokémon would have owned me." Axel said shamefully as we left the stadium.
"See. I told you you have to let your partners fight every once and awhile." I said.
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Lol XD
Also hilarious.
That chapter was awesome, and hilarious XD
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Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
For those of you in college, you'll understand when I say that after spring break my professors had an endless supply of projects and assignments for me. For those not in college, that is what you have to look forward to.
But now the semester is over so updates should be more frequent! Yay!
Here comes the next "holy shit this is fucking awesome I think my brain just esploded" chapter. Enjoy
Chapter 12: Third Round Tough Guys
"Himee! You in there?" I asked knocking on the only wooden door in the lab found on the third floor. This was Prof. Himee's loft.
"Vhat? Vhat is it? Who's zhere? I'm busy! Go avay!" he shouted from the other side of the door.
"It's Brian. I got your milk." I called back lifting the bag. No sooner had the words left my mouth I heard movement as the old man scrambled to the door. I was completely shocked to hear a deadbolt as Himee unlocked the door and opened it to greet me.
"Ah fresh calcium!" the professor cheered grabbing the bag from my hand. "Vould you like to join me for some Fruit Loops tomorrow for breakfast?" he offered.
"I'll join you for breakfast, but I'm bring the Lucky Charms I have stashed in my hotel room." I replied. Prof. Himee's face lit up with excitement.
"I love Lucky Charms! Zhey're Magically Delicious you know!" said Himee gleefully.
"I know! I always eat the cereal first so that I have a bowl full of marshmallows at the end." I agreed.
"Apple Cinnamon Cheerios!" shouted Axel holding up his hand. I high fived the monkey with a big grin. Hell yeah for a conversation on cereal.
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After a delightful breakfast with Himee the next morning, I left for the stadium. Rounds three and four were today so if all went well I'd have two matches and be moving on to the quarter finals tomorrow. If things don't go well… well I won't bother with what ifs.
"We started with 128. In just three short days this number has dropped to 32. Which of these skilled trainers will make it to the final eight? Find out today!" cried the announcer into a microphone to pump up the audience.
"Anyone who's been following this tournament would already know that much, genius." I mocked silently. What made things worse was that I was last match of this round and the next.
"Wanna play some Poker to buy time?" asked Axel already searching my backpack for my deck.
"You are so going down Monkey boy." I answered confidently.
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I was getting strange looks from the people around me. I don't know if it was because all six of my Pokémon were out playing poker with me, or because I was loosing.
I looked up from yet another sucky hand, consisting of the 2 of clubs, 5 of clubs, 4 of diamonds, king of hearts, and 7 of spades. I looked up at the match list on the screen and grinned in sweet delight.
"Game over. We're up next." I said throwing down my cards.
"You're just a sore looser." taunted the Infernape with a cocky look.
"If you want to fight next round you'll be a good monkey." I reminded. Axel froze for a few seconds slowly turning his head to me.
"Well what are you waiting for? Put the deck away!" he demanded taking the cards from the other Pokémon and throwing them at me. I picked up the five usable Pokeballs to return their respective Pokémon before gathering the cards and putting them in the box.
"Brian. Goliath. You're up next." said the official sent to get me and my opponent just as I threw the deck in my backpack. Goliath?
"Hey there little man!" said a giant beast of a man with huge rock solid muscles staring down at me with hard black eyes. I'm a pretty tall guy standing at six feet even, however this behemoth had to be seven or eight feet given that I actually had to look up at him, and he was at least as wide as a tree. Oh how I wished my name was David right now. "Let's make it interesting." he said.
"Uhhh sure…" I said nervously. When I win I'm going to have to run like hell, Goliath could break me like a twig. As before, the official led us to the field, the spectators cheered, we registered our Pokémon, and then awaited the referee to say the word.
"Begin!" the Ref declared. On his word the two of us launched our Pokémon. From my Great Ball came the snow covered conifer shape of my Snover. On Goliath's end a short brown man with broad shoulder pads wearing a purple skirt with matching shoes and red boxing gloves appeared.
"Hold on!" I shouted calling back my Snover.
"An abrupt Pokémon change! That one must not have been the right choice." announced the referee. Of course it wasn't, I had someone better suited to fight Hitmonchan.
"Let's try this again with Hitmonlee!" I called summoning the solid brown creature with concave black eyes with white irises, long but underdeveloped arms, and huge feet that could break through anything attached to spring loaded legs that could stretch for several feet.
"So that's what you were doing. I gotta say Little Man, you sure are making this exciting." Goliath remarked. "But let's see you keep it up. Hitmonchan! Comet Punch!" The Punching Demon jumped at Hitmonlee with one arm extended and the other one bent for a quick strike.
"Defense!" I commanded. Hitmonlee put his arms up with his palms facing out to block the rapid punches Hitmonchan was about to dish out. The latter Pokémon began to fire off multiple punches in quick succession, each of which my fighter blocked with his palms no matter where they were aimed.
"Now Double Kick Hitmonlee!" I called. This time it was Hitmonchan who took a defensive pose as the Kicking Fiend launched two bone crushing kicks from each of his powerful legs, the force of the blows pushing Hitmonchan back a bit. "Meditate now." I said. The Kicking Pokémon closed his eyes and put his hands together in a cup shape.
"Get ‘em with Fire Punch!" yelled Goliath. The Puching Pokémon's right fist ignited into a bright orange flame as he charged at my seemingly vulnerable Hitmonlee.
"Hitmonlee! Blaze Kick!" I shouted. Hitmonlee quickly opened his eyes, then threw his left foot forward about three feet at such a speed that it too ignited into an orange flame. Hitmonchan thrust his fist forward to meet his rival's foot. The two fiery appendages met center field creating a spectacular inferno as the fires mixed into one.
"Close Combat!" Goliath and I shouted at the exact same time. In the middle of the arena the two Fighting-types engaged in a fierce show of strength by blocking and dodging their opponent's attacks while simultaneously countering with their own. To put it simply, Hitmonlee looked as if he were floating because of how fast his legs were going, and Hitmonchan looked like he didn't have arms. At the same time, both Pokémon's upper bodies were moving back and forth in an attempt to avoid the other's hits.
"This battle has been intense since the word go!" the Referee cried. I couldn't have put it better myself. These Fighting Pokémon were insane!
"Rolling Kick!" I commanded to break the stalemate. The Kicking Fiend planted his left foot, then pivoted on it smashing his right foot into the Punching Pokémon's side.
"Use Ice Punch Hitmonchan!" Goliath called. The Punching Demon pulled back his left arm and began forming a thin layer of ice around the red glove. He then drove his fist into Hitmonlee's abdomen. The Kicking Pokémon staggered back with his hand over his injury but was luckily not frozen.
"Hitmonlee! Jump Kick!" I called. The fighter jumped forward in the air with one of his long legs extended to hit his adversary.
"Detect his movement Hitmonchan!" shouted Goliath. Hitmonchan took a defensive stance and began bouncing on the balls of his feet ready to move aside when Hitmonlee got close so that he'd crash into a wall. Too bad it won't work.
"Feint!" I yelled. Just as the Kicking Pokémon was about to land his Jump Kick, Hitmonchan jumped out of the way as predicted. Hitmonlee then threw his leg to the ground causing him to slide and leave a gash in the surface. Then he spun on his heel using his momentum to catch the Punching Demon in the back with his opposite heel.
"Counter!" commanded Goliath. Hitmonchan quickly recovered and punched Hitmonlee in what would be his face.
"Revenge!" I called. The Kicking Fiend slammed his knee into his rival's stomach.
"Also use Revenge!" Goliath countered. The Punching Pokémon delivered a devastating right hook to the side of Hitmonlee's head sending him flying. The kicker slid down the arena back to his starting point. Hitmonlee stood up and wiped his face like nothing had happened before getting back into his fighting stance.
"That's what I'm talking about! Focus Energy Hitmonlee!" I shouted. Hitmonlee crouched putting his head between his fists and began summoning all of his inner strength.
"While he's doing that use Focus Punch Hitmonchan!" Goliath called. Hitmonchan took the same stance as his opponent enveloping his gloved fists in bright white energy.
"This is our chance! Hit him with Super Power!" I yelled. The Kicking Fiend's body turned red, heating up to the point where steam was coming off of him, then he stretched his leg to its maximum length.
"Hitmonchan! Dodge with Agility!" shouted the giant. Hitmonlee swung his leg down guillotine style, only for it to pass through an after image of the Punching Demon leaving a large crater in the ground. Hitmonchan reappeared next to Hitmonlee's leg as the Kicking Pokémon retracted it back to its normal length. The Punching Pokémon was unable to move having had his move interrupted. He's a sitting duck!
"Hitmonlee! Hi-Jump Kick!" I commanded. The Fighting-type jumped higher in the air this time then he did before and flew at his opponent, landing his hit to Hitmonchan's jaw sending the Punching Pokémon flying into a wall. Hitmonchan picked himself up and wiped some blood from his lip with the back of his glove.
"Hitmonchan! Sky Uppercut!" Goliath called. The Punching Demon ran at Hitmonlee, only to stop in front of him and duck. Hitmonchan then threw his fist into the air as he jumped bringing Hitmonlee with him. The Kicking Pokémon flew backwards and landed on his back as his attacker landed neatly on his feet. "Now finish him with Mega Punch!" shouted Goliath triumphantly.
"Hitmonlee! Counter with Mega Kick!" I shouted. Hitmonlee jumped off the ground and sent a glowing white foot at Hitmonchan while the other Fighting Pokémon lobbed a glowing white fist at his rival. The two attacks clashed in a bright light that made the crowd awe. When the light returned to normal Hitmonlee had a fist in his face and Hitmonchan had a foot in his face. Both Hitmons were struggling under the force of the other's blow but both were too proud to admit defeat and break away from their dead lock. It was up to the trainers to decide this spectacular match.
"Reversal Hitmonlee!" I called. Hitmonlee grabbed Hitmonchan's arm and flipped the Punching Demon onto his back knocking him out. Hitmonlee looked down at his fallen foe with respect. I sighed in relief as the epic battle closed. But it wasn't over yet, that was only Goliath's first Pokémon.
"Exiting first round Little Man." Goliath said jovially. "But let's see how you handle my Swampert!" Goliath through down an Ultra Ball releasing a large blue Pokémon with pointed orange cheeks, dark blue fins above each eye and one running down its back like a tail, and two massive arms. Unlike Swampert who was completely fresh, Hitmonlee could barely stand and was covered in numerous cut, scrapes, and bruises including a black eye. It would be completely irresponsible to leave him out.
"Hitmonlee return. You're back up Snover!" I said rotating my Pokémon. My Frost Tree Pokémon seemed delighted to be back out. The clear afternoon sky suddenly became heavily overcast as snow and hail began to fall from the sky. A very odd phenomenon for the beginning of July that I doubt the people in the audience were dressed appropriately for. I felt the cold air, but I didn't have it so bad standing next to a Fire-type.
"Swampert! Take Down!" Goliath called. The Mud Fish Pokémon firmly planted its powerful arms on the ground and pushed off, flying at Snover like a torpedo. The collision knocked both Pokémon to the ground. Swampert was the first to get back up followed a second later by Snover.
"While it's in close, use Wood Hammer!" I called. The Frost Tree Pokémon swung his arm wildly into Swampert's exposed torso. The amphibious Pokémon's eyes widened in pain at the highly super-effective hit. It was further abused by a falling chunk of hail.
"Swampert! Get some distance and use Muddy Water!" commanded my behemoth opponent. Swampert did as instructed by putting a good many feet between itself and my conifer, then summoned a huge sediment filled tidal wave which over swept the field pushing Snover back by its force. As the water receded, it created a thin layer of ice on the ground thanks to the freezing temperatures that surrounded the arena.
"Snover! Restore your energy with Ingrain!" I yelled. Snover firmly planted his root like feet on the ground. The duel-type's feet then burst open releasing even smaller roots strong enough to penetrate the frozen ground and gather the nutrients in the soil below at the cost of not being able to move.
"I'd like to see that strategy of yers work when there isn't any solid ground to stand on! Use Earthquake Swampert!" shouted Goliath proudly. Swampert rose up on its hind legs then slammed its powerful fists to the ground sending earth shattering tremors down the field. The stadium floor exploded as the shock waves passed under it in all directions turning a formally flat surface into a terrain of jagged rocks jutting out of the surface. The Frost Tree Pokémon looked like an evergreen planted on the side of a cliff with some of his roots on the edge with the rest hanging out to the side completely exposed. At least Swampert was repaid with another chunk of hail.
"Icy Wind Snover!" I called. The snow covered tree pushed his arms forward and began directing all the falling ice and snow at the Mud Fish Pokémon in one cold wintery wind.
"Bide through it Swampert!" Goliath commanded. The amphibious Pokémon crossed its arms and began absorbing the attack. That is not something I'm going to let them get away with.
"I would rather not do this, but hey, victory is victory. Snover! Grasswhistle!" I shouted. Snover put his hands to where I guess his mouth would be and started blowing between his fingers creating a soothing melody. To keep myself and Axel awake, I punched him and had the monkey punch me. I could see Swampert's eyes flickering as the Mud Fish Pokémon swayed from side to side before finally collapsing into slumber. "Now use Ice Shard!" I called. Snover punched an incoming chunk of hail causing it to shatter and send the remnants at his sleeping foe.
"Nice try, but it won't work! Swampert knows Sleep Talk!" boasted Goliath. In its sleeping state Swampert glowed red and unleashed his pent up energy in a single punch dealing heavy damage to Snover. The Frost Tree Pokémon was panting in quick raspy breaths.
"Just hang in there a little longer Snover. You can still win." I encouraged. "Use Razor Leaf!" Several blade like leaves fell from Snover's "hat" and flew at Swampert like heat seeking missiles, each leaf slicing at the amphibious Pokémon's cold skin. Ouch.
Without needing a command from Goliath, the Mud Fish Pokémon activated its own Sleep Talk using Aqua Tail. Swampert subconsciously charged at Snover, smacking the conifer like Pokémon with its tail covered in a thin layer of water. Another clump of hail woke Swampert from its nap.
"This is getting ridiculous now. Finish the job with Giga Drain!" I commanded. Snover threw his arms forward sending out two green vines of energy from each hand which latched on to Swampert and began transferring its strength to the Frost Tree Pokémon. Swampert lifted its arm to block the attack but it ultimately failed and collapsed. By this point Snover's breathing sounded like he was hyperventilating.
"Hey Snover. Are you ok?" I asked anxiously. As soon as I finished the sentance, Snover cried out and began glowing. The white light produced by his body shot up into the air more than double the Frost Tree Pokémon's height and began to warp into a new shape. The glowing light dispersed falling around the new Pokémon like the snow around him. The creature that stood before me now was a tall thick white monster with green feet and hands, green spike running down his back to his tail, pointed eyebrows above pink eyes, and shingles hanging over his mouth, chest, and back.
"Amazing! Brian's Snover just evolved into an Abomasnow! You saw it here folks! The first ever evolution in White City Stadium!" the Referee cheered. The spectators were going nuts with applause and whistles. I made sort of a cocky look. After all, it was my Pokémon that evolved.
"Congrats Little Man." Goliath congratulated. "But don't think you've won yet! Finish this guy off Ursaring!" From a white Premiere Ball with a red stripe on it, came a hulking brown grizzly bear with a lighter brown circle on its chest and was armed with long sharp claws. The giant bear roared upon entry showing off its powerful flesh ripping teeth while lifting its massive arms to the sky. A smaller chunk of hail struck one of Ursaring's paws casing the Hibernator Pokémon to stare daggers at the sky.
"I agree Ursaring. Get rid of this annoying weather with Sunny Day!" commanded Goliath. Ursaring created a white ball of energy in its paw then threw it to the sky where it intensified the sunlight hidden behind the hail storm. Immediately the cold precipitation ended with the scattering of the clouds allowing bright sunlight to penetrate through. After the clouds we had had the past ten minutes, the sun was kind of blinding forcing me to squint and put my arm to my eyes.
"How are you doing Abomasnow?" I inquired. I got a positive reply from my Pokémon. "Good. Let's try out your new Ice Punch!" I called after looking up possible changes to his move list in my Pokedex. The Frost Tree Pokémon gathered water vapor from his surroundings to his fist turning it into a ball of ice. Abomasnow then stampeded over the shattered ground toward Ursaring and punched it in the center of the circle on its front. The Hibernation Pokémon did not look impressed.
"Teach Abomasnow a lesson with Fire Punch!" my giant foe ordered. One of Ursaring's mighty paws ignited into an elegant red-orange flame which was then smashed into Abomasnow's face with the power of a falling tree. The abominable snowman cried in agony putting his hands to his burned face.
"Use Bullet Seed Abomasnow!" I yelled. The Frost Tree Pokémon produced numerous brown walnut shaped seeds and began throwing them at Ursaring as if they were grenades.
"Ursaring! Furry Swipes!" shouted Goliath. The Hibernator Pokémon slashed through all the seeds thrown at it with its powerful claws. "Abomasnow shouldn't have much left. Finish it with Rock Smash!" The great bear looked around the destroyed field for a second or two until deciding to pick up the largest of the loose fragments of the arena. Ursaring then smashed the boulder sized segment over the Frost Tree Pokémon's head rendering him unconscious. Or concussed, but I have to call him back anyway so I'll worry about technicalities later.
"The show is all yours Donphan!" I called summoning a grey elephant with black armor running from his rear to the tip of his trunk and ears and two long tusks coming from its mouth. Donphan lifted his trunk to the air trumpeting loudly letting all who heard him know he would win. He is a bit off a show off. "Avenge the fallen Donphan! Magnitude!" The Armor Pokémon stomped the ground with such force that it began shaking again leaving more damage in its wake. On the scale of one to ten, I'd give this one a seven, however it was strong enough to make Ursaring loose its balance and fall on its ass. I started giggling silently to myself. That made my day.
"Hit it with Metal Claw Ursaring!" commanded Goliath. The grizzly got up with a not so happy look on its face. Its pearl white claws turned a metallic silver as it roared and tore down the field.
"Defense Curl!" I shouted quickly. Donphan curled up into a ball just as Ursaring swiped its hardened claws across the elephant's thick hide not even leaving a scratch. "Now use Rollout Donphan!" While still balled up, the Armor Pokémon pulled back then barreled forward once again knocking the bear off its feet. Donphan rolled down the arena, then turned around hitting Ursaring once again before busting through a jutting boulder.
"Catch it with Seismic Toss!" Goliath yelled. As Donphan came back around for his third strike, the Hibernator Pokémon held out its palms preparing to catch him. Donphan plowed into his adversary, pushing the bear back a few feet before the two finally came to a stop. Usaring lifted the elephant off the ground and threw him down the field with the latter, still being in his Defense Curl, leaving a crater upon impact.
"Because I have a sweet tooth for destruction, you are going to use Earthquake Donphan!" I commanded. Donphan unballed by pushing himself in the air then landing with all of his weight and strength sending violent tremors down the already ruined arena. I couldn't help but laugh maniacally at the sweetness of it all.
"You are such a bipolar battler. I love you." Axel said happily.
"Thrash ‘im Ursaring!" called Goliath. The grizzly bear through itself into a berserk frenzy and began wildly clawing at Donphan.
"Donphan! Fury Attack!" I countered. Donphan rammed his tusks into Ursaring's torso repeatedly shaking his head from side to side to do the most damage. In its out of control state, the Hibernator Pokémon could do nothing more than attack madly.
"Now use Slam!" I continued. The Armor Pokémon threw his entire body into his rampaging opponent. Ursaring was now panting heavily looking as if it was beginning to ware out.
"Take a Rest now Ursaring!" said Goliath rewardingly. I watched in annoyance as my almost eminent victory took a snooze.
"Go wild Donphan! Ancientpower!" I shouted. Donphan voiced his unsatisfaction with the opposition's actions in a loud trumpet. The sound also caused all the loose stones on the scarred ground to rise then fly at the sleeping bear.
"Use Snore Ursaring!" shouted Goliath. Oh, of course. The Hibernator Pokémon began snoring so loudly that the sound waves actually shook the field.
"Woah that's loud!" I yelled holding my ears.
"What?" cried Axel also holding his ears. When the noise stopped, I stuck my pinkie in my ear to clear it out.
"Right then. Use Earth Power next!" I called. The Armor Pokémon dug his face into the loose ground, and with a powerful upward thrust, sent a tidal wave of dirt and sand at his adversary. Ursaring awoke with the same unimpressed look it's had all battle. Donphan and I agreed, this creature must go down.
"Welcome back Ursaring. Have a nice nap?" asked Goliath. If there was any hint of mockery, it was for me. "Carry on with Slash!" The Hibernator Pokémon yawn-roared, then charged at Donphan. When in range, it slashed across the elephant's vulnerable flank causing him to trumpet in pain.
"You want to get it back? Then make it feel your pain! Endeavor!" I commanded. Donphan swung his head to the side slapping the bear Pokémon with his trunk which effectively drained Ursaring off all the energy it recovered from its untimely nap.
"Get some distance Ursaring! Prepare for Giga Impact!" Goliath called. Ursaring turned and ran the opposite direction of its opponent.
"That sounds like fun! Use your Giga Impact too!" I yelled delightedly. Should the results of this next attack not go in my favor, I still have two Aces left to insure my victory.
When the two Pokémon were in position, Donphan trumpeted in triumph while Ursaring roared victoriously even though neither had won yet. At the same instant, both Pokémon ran at eachother at their full speeds, Ursaring having gotten down on all fours to attain its maximum velocity. Then came the moment everyone was holding their breath for; the collision. The impact from the two Pokémon gave off a bright light further delaying the result of the battle. My heart was pounding in anticipation. Sheesh. The way this was going, someone would think this was the finals. When the dust finally settled both Pokémon were still standing, but barely. The final blow would come when they had a chance to recover their strength.
"Come on. Come on." I chanted tensely. I was so excited. One word and it would be all over. To my dismay, Ursaring seemed to come to first.
"I guess it's my go. You were fun Little Man, but now it's over. Sorry." Goliath said unappoligetically. "Ursaring! Scratch!" As the bear raised its paw for the finishing blow, Donphan caught his second wind.
"Flail!" I cried at the top of my lungs. The Hibernator Pokémon raked its claws down, but not in time for Donphan to throw his whole body into the grizzly knocking it to the shattered floor. When it didn't get up after a few seconds I began laughing completely relieved that I some how pulled this hard earned win.
"And there goes the battle! The winner is… Brian!" shouted the Ref to the cheering crowd.
"I don't believe it! You actually beat me Little Man!" said Goliath in shock. "Guess I got a little full of my self at the end there, huh?"
"I had my moments too." I admit calling back Donphan. We walked up and met at the center of what was left of the field. "I hope I kept this exciting for you."
"You were excellent!" he complemented holding out a hand the size of my head. When I accepted the hand shake I felt like a little boy holding my dad's hand. Once I exited the arena (which probably needed some repair anyway), I looked for a stadium map so that I could find the stadium's healing station to prepare for my next match.
But now the semester is over so updates should be more frequent! Yay!
Here comes the next "holy shit this is fucking awesome I think my brain just esploded" chapter. Enjoy
Chapter 12: Third Round Tough Guys
"Himee! You in there?" I asked knocking on the only wooden door in the lab found on the third floor. This was Prof. Himee's loft.
"Vhat? Vhat is it? Who's zhere? I'm busy! Go avay!" he shouted from the other side of the door.
"It's Brian. I got your milk." I called back lifting the bag. No sooner had the words left my mouth I heard movement as the old man scrambled to the door. I was completely shocked to hear a deadbolt as Himee unlocked the door and opened it to greet me.
"Ah fresh calcium!" the professor cheered grabbing the bag from my hand. "Vould you like to join me for some Fruit Loops tomorrow for breakfast?" he offered.
"I'll join you for breakfast, but I'm bring the Lucky Charms I have stashed in my hotel room." I replied. Prof. Himee's face lit up with excitement.
"I love Lucky Charms! Zhey're Magically Delicious you know!" said Himee gleefully.
"I know! I always eat the cereal first so that I have a bowl full of marshmallows at the end." I agreed.
"Apple Cinnamon Cheerios!" shouted Axel holding up his hand. I high fived the monkey with a big grin. Hell yeah for a conversation on cereal.
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After a delightful breakfast with Himee the next morning, I left for the stadium. Rounds three and four were today so if all went well I'd have two matches and be moving on to the quarter finals tomorrow. If things don't go well… well I won't bother with what ifs.
"We started with 128. In just three short days this number has dropped to 32. Which of these skilled trainers will make it to the final eight? Find out today!" cried the announcer into a microphone to pump up the audience.
"Anyone who's been following this tournament would already know that much, genius." I mocked silently. What made things worse was that I was last match of this round and the next.
"Wanna play some Poker to buy time?" asked Axel already searching my backpack for my deck.
"You are so going down Monkey boy." I answered confidently.
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I was getting strange looks from the people around me. I don't know if it was because all six of my Pokémon were out playing poker with me, or because I was loosing.
I looked up from yet another sucky hand, consisting of the 2 of clubs, 5 of clubs, 4 of diamonds, king of hearts, and 7 of spades. I looked up at the match list on the screen and grinned in sweet delight.
"Game over. We're up next." I said throwing down my cards.
"You're just a sore looser." taunted the Infernape with a cocky look.
"If you want to fight next round you'll be a good monkey." I reminded. Axel froze for a few seconds slowly turning his head to me.
"Well what are you waiting for? Put the deck away!" he demanded taking the cards from the other Pokémon and throwing them at me. I picked up the five usable Pokeballs to return their respective Pokémon before gathering the cards and putting them in the box.
"Brian. Goliath. You're up next." said the official sent to get me and my opponent just as I threw the deck in my backpack. Goliath?
"Hey there little man!" said a giant beast of a man with huge rock solid muscles staring down at me with hard black eyes. I'm a pretty tall guy standing at six feet even, however this behemoth had to be seven or eight feet given that I actually had to look up at him, and he was at least as wide as a tree. Oh how I wished my name was David right now. "Let's make it interesting." he said.
"Uhhh sure…" I said nervously. When I win I'm going to have to run like hell, Goliath could break me like a twig. As before, the official led us to the field, the spectators cheered, we registered our Pokémon, and then awaited the referee to say the word.
"Begin!" the Ref declared. On his word the two of us launched our Pokémon. From my Great Ball came the snow covered conifer shape of my Snover. On Goliath's end a short brown man with broad shoulder pads wearing a purple skirt with matching shoes and red boxing gloves appeared.
"Hold on!" I shouted calling back my Snover.
"An abrupt Pokémon change! That one must not have been the right choice." announced the referee. Of course it wasn't, I had someone better suited to fight Hitmonchan.
"Let's try this again with Hitmonlee!" I called summoning the solid brown creature with concave black eyes with white irises, long but underdeveloped arms, and huge feet that could break through anything attached to spring loaded legs that could stretch for several feet.
"So that's what you were doing. I gotta say Little Man, you sure are making this exciting." Goliath remarked. "But let's see you keep it up. Hitmonchan! Comet Punch!" The Punching Demon jumped at Hitmonlee with one arm extended and the other one bent for a quick strike.
"Defense!" I commanded. Hitmonlee put his arms up with his palms facing out to block the rapid punches Hitmonchan was about to dish out. The latter Pokémon began to fire off multiple punches in quick succession, each of which my fighter blocked with his palms no matter where they were aimed.
"Now Double Kick Hitmonlee!" I called. This time it was Hitmonchan who took a defensive pose as the Kicking Fiend launched two bone crushing kicks from each of his powerful legs, the force of the blows pushing Hitmonchan back a bit. "Meditate now." I said. The Kicking Pokémon closed his eyes and put his hands together in a cup shape.
"Get ‘em with Fire Punch!" yelled Goliath. The Puching Pokémon's right fist ignited into a bright orange flame as he charged at my seemingly vulnerable Hitmonlee.
"Hitmonlee! Blaze Kick!" I shouted. Hitmonlee quickly opened his eyes, then threw his left foot forward about three feet at such a speed that it too ignited into an orange flame. Hitmonchan thrust his fist forward to meet his rival's foot. The two fiery appendages met center field creating a spectacular inferno as the fires mixed into one.
"Close Combat!" Goliath and I shouted at the exact same time. In the middle of the arena the two Fighting-types engaged in a fierce show of strength by blocking and dodging their opponent's attacks while simultaneously countering with their own. To put it simply, Hitmonlee looked as if he were floating because of how fast his legs were going, and Hitmonchan looked like he didn't have arms. At the same time, both Pokémon's upper bodies were moving back and forth in an attempt to avoid the other's hits.
"This battle has been intense since the word go!" the Referee cried. I couldn't have put it better myself. These Fighting Pokémon were insane!
"Rolling Kick!" I commanded to break the stalemate. The Kicking Fiend planted his left foot, then pivoted on it smashing his right foot into the Punching Pokémon's side.
"Use Ice Punch Hitmonchan!" Goliath called. The Punching Demon pulled back his left arm and began forming a thin layer of ice around the red glove. He then drove his fist into Hitmonlee's abdomen. The Kicking Pokémon staggered back with his hand over his injury but was luckily not frozen.
"Hitmonlee! Jump Kick!" I called. The fighter jumped forward in the air with one of his long legs extended to hit his adversary.
"Detect his movement Hitmonchan!" shouted Goliath. Hitmonchan took a defensive stance and began bouncing on the balls of his feet ready to move aside when Hitmonlee got close so that he'd crash into a wall. Too bad it won't work.
"Feint!" I yelled. Just as the Kicking Pokémon was about to land his Jump Kick, Hitmonchan jumped out of the way as predicted. Hitmonlee then threw his leg to the ground causing him to slide and leave a gash in the surface. Then he spun on his heel using his momentum to catch the Punching Demon in the back with his opposite heel.
"Counter!" commanded Goliath. Hitmonchan quickly recovered and punched Hitmonlee in what would be his face.
"Revenge!" I called. The Kicking Fiend slammed his knee into his rival's stomach.
"Also use Revenge!" Goliath countered. The Punching Pokémon delivered a devastating right hook to the side of Hitmonlee's head sending him flying. The kicker slid down the arena back to his starting point. Hitmonlee stood up and wiped his face like nothing had happened before getting back into his fighting stance.
"That's what I'm talking about! Focus Energy Hitmonlee!" I shouted. Hitmonlee crouched putting his head between his fists and began summoning all of his inner strength.
"While he's doing that use Focus Punch Hitmonchan!" Goliath called. Hitmonchan took the same stance as his opponent enveloping his gloved fists in bright white energy.
"This is our chance! Hit him with Super Power!" I yelled. The Kicking Fiend's body turned red, heating up to the point where steam was coming off of him, then he stretched his leg to its maximum length.
"Hitmonchan! Dodge with Agility!" shouted the giant. Hitmonlee swung his leg down guillotine style, only for it to pass through an after image of the Punching Demon leaving a large crater in the ground. Hitmonchan reappeared next to Hitmonlee's leg as the Kicking Pokémon retracted it back to its normal length. The Punching Pokémon was unable to move having had his move interrupted. He's a sitting duck!
"Hitmonlee! Hi-Jump Kick!" I commanded. The Fighting-type jumped higher in the air this time then he did before and flew at his opponent, landing his hit to Hitmonchan's jaw sending the Punching Pokémon flying into a wall. Hitmonchan picked himself up and wiped some blood from his lip with the back of his glove.
"Hitmonchan! Sky Uppercut!" Goliath called. The Punching Demon ran at Hitmonlee, only to stop in front of him and duck. Hitmonchan then threw his fist into the air as he jumped bringing Hitmonlee with him. The Kicking Pokémon flew backwards and landed on his back as his attacker landed neatly on his feet. "Now finish him with Mega Punch!" shouted Goliath triumphantly.
"Hitmonlee! Counter with Mega Kick!" I shouted. Hitmonlee jumped off the ground and sent a glowing white foot at Hitmonchan while the other Fighting Pokémon lobbed a glowing white fist at his rival. The two attacks clashed in a bright light that made the crowd awe. When the light returned to normal Hitmonlee had a fist in his face and Hitmonchan had a foot in his face. Both Hitmons were struggling under the force of the other's blow but both were too proud to admit defeat and break away from their dead lock. It was up to the trainers to decide this spectacular match.
"Reversal Hitmonlee!" I called. Hitmonlee grabbed Hitmonchan's arm and flipped the Punching Demon onto his back knocking him out. Hitmonlee looked down at his fallen foe with respect. I sighed in relief as the epic battle closed. But it wasn't over yet, that was only Goliath's first Pokémon.
"Exiting first round Little Man." Goliath said jovially. "But let's see how you handle my Swampert!" Goliath through down an Ultra Ball releasing a large blue Pokémon with pointed orange cheeks, dark blue fins above each eye and one running down its back like a tail, and two massive arms. Unlike Swampert who was completely fresh, Hitmonlee could barely stand and was covered in numerous cut, scrapes, and bruises including a black eye. It would be completely irresponsible to leave him out.
"Hitmonlee return. You're back up Snover!" I said rotating my Pokémon. My Frost Tree Pokémon seemed delighted to be back out. The clear afternoon sky suddenly became heavily overcast as snow and hail began to fall from the sky. A very odd phenomenon for the beginning of July that I doubt the people in the audience were dressed appropriately for. I felt the cold air, but I didn't have it so bad standing next to a Fire-type.
"Swampert! Take Down!" Goliath called. The Mud Fish Pokémon firmly planted its powerful arms on the ground and pushed off, flying at Snover like a torpedo. The collision knocked both Pokémon to the ground. Swampert was the first to get back up followed a second later by Snover.
"While it's in close, use Wood Hammer!" I called. The Frost Tree Pokémon swung his arm wildly into Swampert's exposed torso. The amphibious Pokémon's eyes widened in pain at the highly super-effective hit. It was further abused by a falling chunk of hail.
"Swampert! Get some distance and use Muddy Water!" commanded my behemoth opponent. Swampert did as instructed by putting a good many feet between itself and my conifer, then summoned a huge sediment filled tidal wave which over swept the field pushing Snover back by its force. As the water receded, it created a thin layer of ice on the ground thanks to the freezing temperatures that surrounded the arena.
"Snover! Restore your energy with Ingrain!" I yelled. Snover firmly planted his root like feet on the ground. The duel-type's feet then burst open releasing even smaller roots strong enough to penetrate the frozen ground and gather the nutrients in the soil below at the cost of not being able to move.
"I'd like to see that strategy of yers work when there isn't any solid ground to stand on! Use Earthquake Swampert!" shouted Goliath proudly. Swampert rose up on its hind legs then slammed its powerful fists to the ground sending earth shattering tremors down the field. The stadium floor exploded as the shock waves passed under it in all directions turning a formally flat surface into a terrain of jagged rocks jutting out of the surface. The Frost Tree Pokémon looked like an evergreen planted on the side of a cliff with some of his roots on the edge with the rest hanging out to the side completely exposed. At least Swampert was repaid with another chunk of hail.
"Icy Wind Snover!" I called. The snow covered tree pushed his arms forward and began directing all the falling ice and snow at the Mud Fish Pokémon in one cold wintery wind.
"Bide through it Swampert!" Goliath commanded. The amphibious Pokémon crossed its arms and began absorbing the attack. That is not something I'm going to let them get away with.
"I would rather not do this, but hey, victory is victory. Snover! Grasswhistle!" I shouted. Snover put his hands to where I guess his mouth would be and started blowing between his fingers creating a soothing melody. To keep myself and Axel awake, I punched him and had the monkey punch me. I could see Swampert's eyes flickering as the Mud Fish Pokémon swayed from side to side before finally collapsing into slumber. "Now use Ice Shard!" I called. Snover punched an incoming chunk of hail causing it to shatter and send the remnants at his sleeping foe.
"Nice try, but it won't work! Swampert knows Sleep Talk!" boasted Goliath. In its sleeping state Swampert glowed red and unleashed his pent up energy in a single punch dealing heavy damage to Snover. The Frost Tree Pokémon was panting in quick raspy breaths.
"Just hang in there a little longer Snover. You can still win." I encouraged. "Use Razor Leaf!" Several blade like leaves fell from Snover's "hat" and flew at Swampert like heat seeking missiles, each leaf slicing at the amphibious Pokémon's cold skin. Ouch.
Without needing a command from Goliath, the Mud Fish Pokémon activated its own Sleep Talk using Aqua Tail. Swampert subconsciously charged at Snover, smacking the conifer like Pokémon with its tail covered in a thin layer of water. Another clump of hail woke Swampert from its nap.
"This is getting ridiculous now. Finish the job with Giga Drain!" I commanded. Snover threw his arms forward sending out two green vines of energy from each hand which latched on to Swampert and began transferring its strength to the Frost Tree Pokémon. Swampert lifted its arm to block the attack but it ultimately failed and collapsed. By this point Snover's breathing sounded like he was hyperventilating.
"Hey Snover. Are you ok?" I asked anxiously. As soon as I finished the sentance, Snover cried out and began glowing. The white light produced by his body shot up into the air more than double the Frost Tree Pokémon's height and began to warp into a new shape. The glowing light dispersed falling around the new Pokémon like the snow around him. The creature that stood before me now was a tall thick white monster with green feet and hands, green spike running down his back to his tail, pointed eyebrows above pink eyes, and shingles hanging over his mouth, chest, and back.
"Amazing! Brian's Snover just evolved into an Abomasnow! You saw it here folks! The first ever evolution in White City Stadium!" the Referee cheered. The spectators were going nuts with applause and whistles. I made sort of a cocky look. After all, it was my Pokémon that evolved.
"Congrats Little Man." Goliath congratulated. "But don't think you've won yet! Finish this guy off Ursaring!" From a white Premiere Ball with a red stripe on it, came a hulking brown grizzly bear with a lighter brown circle on its chest and was armed with long sharp claws. The giant bear roared upon entry showing off its powerful flesh ripping teeth while lifting its massive arms to the sky. A smaller chunk of hail struck one of Ursaring's paws casing the Hibernator Pokémon to stare daggers at the sky.
"I agree Ursaring. Get rid of this annoying weather with Sunny Day!" commanded Goliath. Ursaring created a white ball of energy in its paw then threw it to the sky where it intensified the sunlight hidden behind the hail storm. Immediately the cold precipitation ended with the scattering of the clouds allowing bright sunlight to penetrate through. After the clouds we had had the past ten minutes, the sun was kind of blinding forcing me to squint and put my arm to my eyes.
"How are you doing Abomasnow?" I inquired. I got a positive reply from my Pokémon. "Good. Let's try out your new Ice Punch!" I called after looking up possible changes to his move list in my Pokedex. The Frost Tree Pokémon gathered water vapor from his surroundings to his fist turning it into a ball of ice. Abomasnow then stampeded over the shattered ground toward Ursaring and punched it in the center of the circle on its front. The Hibernation Pokémon did not look impressed.
"Teach Abomasnow a lesson with Fire Punch!" my giant foe ordered. One of Ursaring's mighty paws ignited into an elegant red-orange flame which was then smashed into Abomasnow's face with the power of a falling tree. The abominable snowman cried in agony putting his hands to his burned face.
"Use Bullet Seed Abomasnow!" I yelled. The Frost Tree Pokémon produced numerous brown walnut shaped seeds and began throwing them at Ursaring as if they were grenades.
"Ursaring! Furry Swipes!" shouted Goliath. The Hibernator Pokémon slashed through all the seeds thrown at it with its powerful claws. "Abomasnow shouldn't have much left. Finish it with Rock Smash!" The great bear looked around the destroyed field for a second or two until deciding to pick up the largest of the loose fragments of the arena. Ursaring then smashed the boulder sized segment over the Frost Tree Pokémon's head rendering him unconscious. Or concussed, but I have to call him back anyway so I'll worry about technicalities later.
"The show is all yours Donphan!" I called summoning a grey elephant with black armor running from his rear to the tip of his trunk and ears and two long tusks coming from its mouth. Donphan lifted his trunk to the air trumpeting loudly letting all who heard him know he would win. He is a bit off a show off. "Avenge the fallen Donphan! Magnitude!" The Armor Pokémon stomped the ground with such force that it began shaking again leaving more damage in its wake. On the scale of one to ten, I'd give this one a seven, however it was strong enough to make Ursaring loose its balance and fall on its ass. I started giggling silently to myself. That made my day.
"Hit it with Metal Claw Ursaring!" commanded Goliath. The grizzly got up with a not so happy look on its face. Its pearl white claws turned a metallic silver as it roared and tore down the field.
"Defense Curl!" I shouted quickly. Donphan curled up into a ball just as Ursaring swiped its hardened claws across the elephant's thick hide not even leaving a scratch. "Now use Rollout Donphan!" While still balled up, the Armor Pokémon pulled back then barreled forward once again knocking the bear off its feet. Donphan rolled down the arena, then turned around hitting Ursaring once again before busting through a jutting boulder.
"Catch it with Seismic Toss!" Goliath yelled. As Donphan came back around for his third strike, the Hibernator Pokémon held out its palms preparing to catch him. Donphan plowed into his adversary, pushing the bear back a few feet before the two finally came to a stop. Usaring lifted the elephant off the ground and threw him down the field with the latter, still being in his Defense Curl, leaving a crater upon impact.
"Because I have a sweet tooth for destruction, you are going to use Earthquake Donphan!" I commanded. Donphan unballed by pushing himself in the air then landing with all of his weight and strength sending violent tremors down the already ruined arena. I couldn't help but laugh maniacally at the sweetness of it all.
"You are such a bipolar battler. I love you." Axel said happily.
"Thrash ‘im Ursaring!" called Goliath. The grizzly bear through itself into a berserk frenzy and began wildly clawing at Donphan.
"Donphan! Fury Attack!" I countered. Donphan rammed his tusks into Ursaring's torso repeatedly shaking his head from side to side to do the most damage. In its out of control state, the Hibernator Pokémon could do nothing more than attack madly.
"Now use Slam!" I continued. The Armor Pokémon threw his entire body into his rampaging opponent. Ursaring was now panting heavily looking as if it was beginning to ware out.
"Take a Rest now Ursaring!" said Goliath rewardingly. I watched in annoyance as my almost eminent victory took a snooze.
"Go wild Donphan! Ancientpower!" I shouted. Donphan voiced his unsatisfaction with the opposition's actions in a loud trumpet. The sound also caused all the loose stones on the scarred ground to rise then fly at the sleeping bear.
"Use Snore Ursaring!" shouted Goliath. Oh, of course. The Hibernator Pokémon began snoring so loudly that the sound waves actually shook the field.
"Woah that's loud!" I yelled holding my ears.
"What?" cried Axel also holding his ears. When the noise stopped, I stuck my pinkie in my ear to clear it out.
"Right then. Use Earth Power next!" I called. The Armor Pokémon dug his face into the loose ground, and with a powerful upward thrust, sent a tidal wave of dirt and sand at his adversary. Ursaring awoke with the same unimpressed look it's had all battle. Donphan and I agreed, this creature must go down.
"Welcome back Ursaring. Have a nice nap?" asked Goliath. If there was any hint of mockery, it was for me. "Carry on with Slash!" The Hibernator Pokémon yawn-roared, then charged at Donphan. When in range, it slashed across the elephant's vulnerable flank causing him to trumpet in pain.
"You want to get it back? Then make it feel your pain! Endeavor!" I commanded. Donphan swung his head to the side slapping the bear Pokémon with his trunk which effectively drained Ursaring off all the energy it recovered from its untimely nap.
"Get some distance Ursaring! Prepare for Giga Impact!" Goliath called. Ursaring turned and ran the opposite direction of its opponent.
"That sounds like fun! Use your Giga Impact too!" I yelled delightedly. Should the results of this next attack not go in my favor, I still have two Aces left to insure my victory.
When the two Pokémon were in position, Donphan trumpeted in triumph while Ursaring roared victoriously even though neither had won yet. At the same instant, both Pokémon ran at eachother at their full speeds, Ursaring having gotten down on all fours to attain its maximum velocity. Then came the moment everyone was holding their breath for; the collision. The impact from the two Pokémon gave off a bright light further delaying the result of the battle. My heart was pounding in anticipation. Sheesh. The way this was going, someone would think this was the finals. When the dust finally settled both Pokémon were still standing, but barely. The final blow would come when they had a chance to recover their strength.
"Come on. Come on." I chanted tensely. I was so excited. One word and it would be all over. To my dismay, Ursaring seemed to come to first.
"I guess it's my go. You were fun Little Man, but now it's over. Sorry." Goliath said unappoligetically. "Ursaring! Scratch!" As the bear raised its paw for the finishing blow, Donphan caught his second wind.
"Flail!" I cried at the top of my lungs. The Hibernator Pokémon raked its claws down, but not in time for Donphan to throw his whole body into the grizzly knocking it to the shattered floor. When it didn't get up after a few seconds I began laughing completely relieved that I some how pulled this hard earned win.
"And there goes the battle! The winner is… Brian!" shouted the Ref to the cheering crowd.
"I don't believe it! You actually beat me Little Man!" said Goliath in shock. "Guess I got a little full of my self at the end there, huh?"
"I had my moments too." I admit calling back Donphan. We walked up and met at the center of what was left of the field. "I hope I kept this exciting for you."
"You were excellent!" he complemented holding out a hand the size of my head. When I accepted the hand shake I felt like a little boy holding my dad's hand. Once I exited the arena (which probably needed some repair anyway), I looked for a stadium map so that I could find the stadium's healing station to prepare for my next match.
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Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
*gives band-aid*
Patience Miss Chibi. If all goes well, the next chappy will be up by the end of the month.
Patience Miss Chibi. If all goes well, the next chappy will be up by the end of the month.
Psycho Monkey
Member of the Literary Elite Four
Oh they are still around Secad and they will be back very soon. Just enjoy the tournament for now. *very criptic*
@Pheonix: Thanks for reading, I'm really glad you like it.
@Aura: CLEAR! Uses those shock pads ambulances carry to revive. Stay with us Aura!
To all my readers, next chapter should be up next Monday so keep an eye out.
@Pheonix: Thanks for reading, I'm really glad you like it.
@Aura: CLEAR! Uses those shock pads ambulances carry to revive. Stay with us Aura!
To all my readers, next chapter should be up next Monday so keep an eye out.
HA!
I finally sat down to read this and it was awesome! I love the relationship between Axel and Brian, and I really adore Brian's sarcasm. Going even further back, I also liked the interaction between Brian and Madison. Ironically enough, I also have a character with a Pokemon named Mimi (so no, I didn't copy XD)
Can't wait to see what Team Neos will do next in the story. So all and all, keep it up Psycho Monkey ^^
I finally sat down to read this and it was awesome! I love the relationship between Axel and Brian, and I really adore Brian's sarcasm. Going even further back, I also liked the interaction between Brian and Madison. Ironically enough, I also have a character with a Pokemon named Mimi (so no, I didn't copy XD)
Can't wait to see what Team Neos will do next in the story. So all and all, keep it up Psycho Monkey ^^