Cheer for Rose it is.
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"Yeah, yeah, I'll come cheer you on. It's only fair. Just let me talk to my Pokemon about the battle first."
"Okie-dokie!"
You grab your Pokeballs and head outside. One by one, you release them and congratulate them on a hard fought fight, with a serious apology to Hogan for making him blow himself up. Once you feel everyone has been sufficiently congratulated, you head back in the direction of the Gym. Rose is waiting for you at the entrance, bouncing up and down with energy.
"Come on come on, let's go!" Rose grabs your hand and drags you into the Gym, pulling you through to where Lorelei is waiting.
"Well, that didn't take long. I thought I said you couldn't challenge me for another week."
"Hey, I'm just here as the cheering section. She's the one you're fighting now," you reply, pointing at Rose.
"Yep! It looked like so much fun that I wanted to give it a shot!"
"Very well then. Choose your first Pokemon." Lorelei steps back to her position and releases her Dewgong.
"Alrighty then, Bouncy, let's do it!" Rose whips out a Pokeball and a Hitmonlee appears in front of her, bouncing from leg to leg. "
Hi Jump Kick!"
Bouncy leaps high into the air, angling down to crash into Dewgong with a powerful kick. Dewgong takes the hit like a champ, but it clearly hurt him.
"Dewgong, retaliate with
Aurora Beam!"
That familiar rainbow beam strikes Bouncy straight on, covering him in a layer of frost. Rose shouts back, "Bouncy, hit him with another
Hi Jump Kick!" The Hitmonlee leaps high again, but this time Dewgong is able to writhe out of the way of the hit. But with the momentum, Bouncy couldn't stop the attack in time and crashed into the ground, cracking the floor and showering him in icy shards of rock. Rose gasps. "Oh no, Bouncy!"
"Dewgong, use
Brine to finish him off." Dewgong spews a gout of salty water at Bouncy, seeping into his fresh cuts and hurting him even more than the attack normally would. Bouncy wavers, and collapses to the ground, his limbs splayed out at all angles.
"Come on Rose, keep it together, it's still early!" you shout, trying to be encouraging.
Rose retracts the unconscious Hitmonlee, and throws out another Pokeball. "Flasher, let's do it!"
A blue and yellow fish Pokemon with glowing yellow lures hanging from his antenna slides across the ice.
'Not a bad choice,' you think to yourself, clapping to cheer Rose on.
"Flasher, start off with
Spark!" The Lanturn sheathes itself in electricity and rams into Dewgong, the electricity grounding out through Dewgong's body, leaving it twitching from the shock.
"Hmph. Dewgong, fill this room with
Hail." Dewgong twists back and forth in a jerky, hard dance, and heavy hail swirls through the room, pelting everyone with painful ice.
"Flasher, he's almost down, hit him with another
Spark!" Flasher tackles Dewgong again, the shock enough to knock her out this time.
Lorelei recalls her Dewgong and sends out her next Pokemon. The Jynx stands there, swaying in the Hail, staring icily at Flasher. "Jynx, start off with
Confusion." Psychic waves of energy hammer Flasher and he wavers on the icy floor. He starts teetering back and forth, clearly confused.
"Come on Flasher, keep it together! Hit that Jynx with
Bubblebeam!" The command must have made it through the psychic fog and freezing hail, because Flasher covers Jynx in a torrent of violently popping bubbles.
"Alright Rose, you've got this, come on!"
"Jynx,
Doubleslap." Jynx shuffles forward and lays a vicious slap across Flasher's nose, then comes back across with a backhand. Then another. Then another. Then another.
At the end of the barrage, Flasher sinks to one side and doesn't move again. "No, Flasher! Darnit!" You see Rose slump her shoulders.
"Keep your head in the game, Rose, there's plenty of fight left!"
Rose perks up at your cheer, and throws out her next Pokemon. "Totoro, let's do this!"
"Jynx,
Sweet Kiss." Jynx dives for the Snorlax, lips puckered and leading the charge, but Totoro dances out of the way of the kiss, the attack missing.
"Totoro,
Belly Drum!" The rotund Snorlax bounces from one leg to the other, slapping his enormous stomach gleefully, his health dropping but his attack power skyrocketing.
"An interesting tactic, but you're too slow for it to work! Jynx,
Ice Punch!" Jynx rushes in, fist drawn back and surrounded by a swirl of icy energy. The punch lands home and the freezing punch rocks Totoro back on his heels.
But it's not quite enough to put him down.
"Totoro,
Rest!" Totoro looks relieved to have the chance to sleep, and immediately rolls onto his back, out like a light.
"Jynx,
Wake Up Slap." Jynx jumps at Totoro, using the force of her fall to put more power behind the hit. You do a quick calculation in your head. Doubled power because he was asleep, doubled power because the move was super effective, and the residual damage from the weather...
Damn. And it looks like a critical hit, too.
"Not Totoro too! No! No, no, no!"
"Oh yes. Save yourself the trouble, and resign the battle. No more of your Pokemon have to get hurt."
Rose glares at Lorelei. "No way, I don't give up! Midnight, take that mean old Jynx down!"
The Umbreon explodes into action, dashing across the ice. "Midnight,
Pursuit!" Midnight slams his shoulder into the Jynx's stomach, fighting dirty, then dancing away.
"Jynx,
Fake Tears." Jynx begins sobbing wildly, shocking Midnight with the display.
"Midnight, make her cry for real! Use
Pursuit again!" Midnight hits Jynx with another low blow, knocking her off her feet and leaving her unconscious.
"Well well, two exceptional Trainers in the same day. This
is unusual. But you're still not good enough. Lapras, let's go.
Ice Beam."
Lapras rears back and a ball of blue-white energy gathers in her mouth. The icy energy fires straight at Midnight, catching her square on, blasting her backwards across the ice. Combined with the
Fake Tears lowering her Special Defense, Midnight is already looking worse for the wear.
"Midnight, slow that meanie-pants down with
Confuse Ray!" Midnight dances a twisting pattern across the floor and ends with a flip that fires a familiar blob of energy at Lapras, confusing her.
"Lapras, finish it with another
Ice Beam." The order penetrates the confusion, and Midnight goes skidding across the ice again, this time ending in an undignified sprawl, unconscious.
Rose actually growls at Lorelei. "Now you're making me angry! Rocky, let's do it!" The massive steel snake scrapes his head against the ceiling of the Gym as he's released, and even coiled up, he dominates the entire cavern with his size.
"Lapras, drown him with
Water Pulse!" Lorelei doesn't get lucky twice, however, and Lapras chokes on the attack, hurting herself.
"Quick Rocky,
Rock Throw!" The Steelix rumbles and opens his cavernous mouth, firing a handful of rocks at Lapras. They all strike home, knocking her around, but also knocking her out of her confusion.
"Lapras, use
Water Pulse again!" This time, Lapras fires the disorienting ring of water with ease, and it slams into Rocky.
"Rocky, slow it down with
Rock Tomb!" Rocky slithers in to drop rocks directly on top of Lapras, restricting her movement, but the blue Pokemon is too swift, and the attack misses.
"Lapras, finish it,
Water Pulse one last time!" Having moved in close, Rocky never has a chance to dodge the Water attack. Already damaged, it's too much for him, and he collapses with a thundering crash.
"You've got one Pokemon left, little girl. Do you really think you can finish this fight on top?" Lorelei taunts.
"I guess we're about to find out! Aroma, I choose you!" A yellow and green Bayleef appears, head lowered and leaf whipping back and forth irritably. "Aroma,
Razor Leaf!"
The Bayleef spins the leaf on her head like a helicopter, and a shower of razor sharp leaves slice across Lapras's body. Lapras shudders in pain, and you can see blood start to drip from a few of the cuts.
"Lapras, retaliate with
Ice Beam!"
You wince. Between the sheer power behind the attack and the fact that Grass Pokemon are weak to Ice, you aren't sure Aroma will even be able to take one of those attacks.
After the attack subsides, you see Aroma struggling to get back to her feet. Rose is flustered, you can tell. "Come on, just a little more!" you shout.
"Aroma, heal yourself with
Synthesis!" The Bayleef concentrates and you can see the icy patches covering her skin mostly disappear.
"Sorry kid, not enough.
Ice Beam!" This time, Aroma doesn't stand a chance. The Ice attack overwhelms her entirely and blasts her back to Rose's feet.
"Dammit!" you curse. You were really hoping Rose would be able to beat Lorelei, but apparently it wasn't in the cards. You run out from the stands to where Rose is withdrawing Aroma.
"Good job, Rose, you really fought well out there," you say, patting her on the back. Rose jumps at your touch, then grabs you in a tight hug.
"I wanted to win so much, but she's really strong..." she says into your jacket.
"Hey, I know, I lost against her too."
"Hmph. You know, if you had attacked that last turn instead of trying to heal, you might have won, you know. Lapras was low on health, and weak to your Grass attacks," Lorelei says as she walks over.
Rose breaks away from you. "Yeah, but Aroma was hurt, and I couldn't just let her be in pain like that! My Pokemon trust me to take care of them, and that's what I've got to do."
"Your Bayleef still ended up unconscious. Learn from your mistakes, don't make excuses for them. I'll give you the same conditions as your friend. You may challenge me again in one week. Let's see how much you can learn in that time."
"Well I will! I'm gonna train and train and in a week, I'm gonna come back here and beat you, just you wait!"
"I look forward to it. Now I believe your Pokemon need a visit to the Pokemon Center."
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Rose is silent and still as she waits for her Pokemon to heal. You try to get her to talk, but she won't look up from her danish. For a girl who's never stopped moving or talking since you met her, it's unsettling.
"Come on, Rose, it's not the end of the world. And in a week, we're gonna go and beat her, both of us. We know how she fights now, and we can prepare for it. What'd'ya say, huh?"
Rose doesn't respond right away, but puts her food back down. "I say... I say, if we're gonna beat her, we need to train like never before, huh? We oughta train together, out where no one's gonna interrupt us, away from town. Can we do that?"
0oOo0
Smoot -
Quilava - Naughty Nature - Male - Level 34 - Blaze
Nessie -
Lapras - Rash Nature - Female - Level 23 - Water Absorb
Dolly -
Flaaffy - Jolly Nature - Female - Level 26 - Static
Rampage -
Larvitar - Adamant Nature - Male - Level 25 - Guts
Hogan -
Golem - Naive Nature - Male - Level 26 - Rock Head
Fezzik -
Heracross - Docile Nature - Male - Level 27 - Guts
With Dad:
Deedee -
Hoppip - Rash Nature - Female - Level 5 - Chlorophyll
Mary Jane -
Oddish - Relaxed Nature - Female - Level 7 - Chlorophyll
Amaranthine -
Grimer - Relaxed Nature - Female - Level 18 - Stench
Swagster -
Poliwag - Docile Nature - Female - Level 24 - Damp
Geist -
Haunter - Careful Nature - Male - Level 27 - Levitate
Edward -
Golbat - Quirky Nature - Male - Level 22 - Inner Focus
Thea -
Ledian - Naive Nature - Female - Level 27 - Early Bird
Hippolyta -
Scyther - Adamant Nature - Female - Level 23 - Technician
Zatanna -
Kadabra - Hasty Nature - Female - Level 20 - Synchronize
Bran -
Murkrow - Quiet Nature - Male - Level 20 - Insomnia
Madoka -
Chansey - Calm Nature - Female - Level 14 - Natural Cure
Reference Maps:
Johto
Route 42
Route 43
Route 44
Mahogany Town
Move List and Inventory
Yes? No? If yes, where do you want to go? Do you want to keep this same team, or switch something up?
MrRigger