Here's the next update! Kinda dark but not really.
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Sighing, you stand up and look Micheal in the eyes. It's kinda funny, but despite how short you are for your age you still tower over this kid. "I accept your challenge. Does a four on four battle with no subs sound good to you?"
Micheal smiles. "That's fine with me. Hope your ready to lose girl."
"Excuse me?!"
"You're a girl. Everyone knows girls are bad at pokemon battles." he puffs up his chest and smirks.
'Oh it's on now.' Returning your pokemon and moving to the center of the clearing you and Micheal stand 100 feet from each other. Grabbing your first pokeball you survey the battlefield. It's just a field with some rocks and trees, nothing too special.With that done you get ready to begin, when a large man in a black trench coat and young girl in a yellow and pink sweater with a pink miniskirt burst into the clearing. The man in the trench coat runs up to you and Micheal. "What's going on here?"
"Hey dad! You and sis are just in time to see me trounce this girl in a pokemon battle."
The man looks confused for a moment before looking exasperated. "A pokemon battle? Micheal you haven't even had your trainer's license for a month, what makes you think that it's a good idea to pick a fight with a complete stranger?"
"Oh please, she's a girl. Everyone knows girls aren't good at pokemon battles." The girl in the miniskirt looks miffed. The man just looks over at you. You can feel his gaze analyzing you. After a minute he walks over to you. " I'm Roderick, Micheal's father. I apologize for any trouble he's caused you." He turns back to Micheal. "I'll let you two battle, but I'll be officiating the battle to make sure nothing gets out of hand." Roderick turns to back to you. "So who challenged who?."
"Micheal challenged me. We decided on a four on four single battle with no subs."
"Very well." Roderick walks off to the side of the clearing halfway between you and Micheal. You are on Roderick's left and Micheal on Roderick's right. "This will be a four on four single battle with no time limit between Micheal Vascotez of Accumula Town and... I'm sorry what's your name?"
"I'm Lizzie of Agate Village."
"And Lizzie of Agate Village! Both contestants are not allowed substitutions. That means that you can't switch pokemon until your current pokemon has fainted. Trainers, choose your first pokemon!"
'I'm taking a big risk, he's the youngest member of my team after all. But he needs the battle experience.'
"Louis, It's time to battle!"
"Go, Venom!"
Louis appears in front of you happily walking over to you and hugging your leg. "Yes, yes mommy loves you, but we have a battle to win." Louis looks surprised before nodding, turning around, and marching back to his place on the battlefield and taking a battle stance reminiscent of a Galade's. Knees bent and arms and head forward.
Meanwhile on the other side of the battlefield Micheal released a red and green centipede like pokemon with black markings and yellow eyes that you didn't recognize. Reaching into your pocket you pull out your pokedex and press the red button marked scan. After a few seconds a mechanical female voice is heard.
"Venipede, the Centipede Pokemon. Venipede explores its surroundings by sensing vibrations in the air with feelers on its head and tail. Its bite injects a potent poison, enough to paralyze large bird Pokémon that try to prey on it. " 'A poison/bug type gotta be careful."
Roderick raises his hands and brings them down. "Begin!"
"Time to lose girl. Venom use Poison Sting!" Venom reared up and unleashed a quick barrage of purple needles at Louis.
"Louis, dodge with Shadow Sneak!" Crying in confirmation, Louis jumps back and falls into his shadow.
"What the heck? Where'd it go?" Suddenly Louis comes up from Venom's shadow and rams into Venom with all his might. Venom tries to dodge but fails and is sent flying. "What? Venom no!" Venom lands a few feet away. Micheal seems worried about his Venipede. "Venom, are you okay?" Venom begins to struggle to it's feet but you can tell it took a hard hit from Louis' Shadow Sneak. 'Let's finish this!'
"Quick Louis, while it's down use Confusion!" Louis' hair lifts up slightly as his horn and eyes glow and crackle with blue power. Then Venom is surrounded by a blue aura and lifted into the air, it's many legs flailing about in confusion and fear, and is then slammed into the ground.
"Venom!" There is no answer. Venom is knocked out cold. Roderick raises his left hand. "Venom is unable to battle. Louis wins." Micheal looks angry as he returns Venom. "Darn it. let's see how you like a taste of Rhythm." Sending out a pokeball he releases a blue, black, and tan pokemon shaped vaguly like a face with a tail. Taking out your pokedex again you scan the newcomer.
"Tympole, the Tadpole pokemon. By vibrating its cheeks, it emits sound waves imperceptible to humans. It uses the rhythm of these sounds to talk. " 'Ok, so it's a water type.'
"Alright Louis you've got this. Use your confusion attack." Louis' eyes and horn glow blue again and Rythym is thrown up into the air. "Ok you've got this Rhythm. Use Bubble!" Rhythm gurgles a bit before shooting out a spray of bubbles at Louis that miss by a country mile. As the last bubble hits the ground so does Rhythm who after few brief moments of shock, rolls onto her belly once more. "Alright, Rhythm use bubble again!"
"Oh no you don't! Louis use Shadow Sneak!" Falling back into his shadow Louis disappears from sight once more as the bubbles pass over where he was a moment ago. "Look out it's behind you!" But Micheal's warning comes too late and Rhythm turns around to eat a Ralts' elbow to the face and get sent rolling. After a few seconds Rhythm comes to a stop and faints.
The entire clearing is silent except for the girl in the yellow sweater who is laughing hysterically. Micheal is in shock at what just happened and Roderick's face is the picture of stern neutrality. Without any fanfare Roderick lifts his left hand again. "Rhythm is unable to battle, Louis wins again!" Louis jumps up and down clapping his hands happily. You fist pump. "Alright Louis, two more!"
"Grrrr. Go Patters!" Micheal releases a brown rodent pokemon with red and yellow eyes. Pulling out your pokedex you scan it.
"Patrat, the Scout Pokemon. Extremely cautious, they take shifts to maintain a constant watch of their nest. They feel insecure without a lookout. Using food stored in cheek pouches, they can keep watch for days. They use their tails to communicate with others. " 'A normal type huh? That means Shadow Sneak won't work.'
"Alright Louis let's open up with a confusion!" Before Patters can even make a move he is picked up by Louis' psychic powers and slammed into the ground. However it doesn't look too hurt. "Alright enough playing around! Patters use Bite!" Patters charges at Lewis with glowing fangs but Louis jumps onto and off Patters' head causing Patters to stumble and slam headfirst into a rock. Picking itself up Patters turns around and charges Louis with another Bite attack. However Louis dodges to the side with no real trouble. Turning around again Patters charges Louis again.
"Louis finish it with Confusion!" Louis begins to glow with blue power once again but before he can fully charge his attack Patters latches on to Louis' and begins to shake Louis around a bit before throwing him against a tree. You hear a sharp crack as Louis hits the tree. 'Oh no!'
Running over to Louis you see that he is still breathing and still has feelling in all of his limbs. He however appears to be bleeding from under his "dress", not enough to be life threatening but still enough to be worrying. You need to get him to a pokemon center. You also know he can't fight. You turn to Roderick. "He's hurt pretty bad. He's bleeding and I don't know what that crack was. I still have time to finish the fight, but it would be best to get him to a doctor."
Roderick nods and looks thoughtful. "Can you finish this quickly?" You nod. Roderick then raises his right hand. "Louis is unable to battle. Lizzie choose your next pokemon." Returning Louis you begin to plan your next move.
'Louis did a great job. But I can't take anymore time than I have to. The kid gloves are coming off.' Taking hold of the pokeball you send your next pokemon out. "Sunny, it's time to battle!" Sunny materializes before you and gets into his stance. Lowering his head to better aim against the smaller target of Patters, hooves firmly planted on the ground in he needs to charge. His firey mane burning brightly. It's very impressive ,and apparently intimidating too because Patters is now looking like a frightened Skitty.
With a flourish Roderick begins the next round. "Begin!"
"Sunny, use Ember!"
"Patters, use Bite! Neighing Sunny opens his mouth and fires a fast moving barrage of fire bolts at Patters, who is charging at Sunny with his glowing teeth. Patters has no time to dodge and is blasted by the full force of the fire attack. Patters hits the ground and it isn't a surprise that the poor thing is knocked out.
Again silence fills the clearing. Roderick lifts his left hand up a third time. "Patters is unable to battle! Sunny wins. Micheal, send out your last pokemon." Micheal stares at Patters in shock for a moment before returning Patters.
Micheal looks aprehensive but releses his last pokemon anyway. "Puddin, GO!" Puddin turns out to be a small brown dog like pokemon with a furry face and a blue patch on it's back. Pulling out the pokedex once again you scan Puddin.
"Lillipup, the Puppy Pokemon. It is extremely loyal to it's trainer. It faces strong opponents with great courage. But, when at a disadvantage in a fight, this intelligent Pokémon flees. The long hair around its face provides an amazing radar that lets it sense subtle changes in its surroundings."
'Ok this thing is cute, even for a normal type. I feel kinda bad for kicking it's furry butt.'
"Begin!"
"Sunny, let's end this quickly! Flame Wheel!"
"Puddin, use Tackle!" Puddin charges at Sunny with speed that betrays it's small size. Sunny quickly jumps into the air just as Puddin trys to connect with Tackle. As Puddin stops Sunny surrounds himself in flames and spins around as fast as he possibly can.
"Puddin, look out it's above you." Puddin has less than a second to react to it's master's cry before Sunny slams down onto the poor puppy. You wince. Anyone with any experience with pokemon battles could tell you what happened. Sunny just landed a critical hit.
As the flames die down even Micheal doesn't need to see the results to know that Puddin just got the extra crispy treatment. Running over to Sunny and Puddin you check them over. Sunny is fine, but for once you're not worried about him. You're worried about Puddin. Sunny is a big pokemon,he's almost 64 inches tall at the shoulder, and weighs 100 pounds. That's huge for a Ponyta. So a critical flame wheel on a small pokemon like Puddin could have done some lasting damage. Looking over Puddin you see a few minor burns here, and there but there don't seem to be any broken bones and it...no, his breathing isn't labored so there doesn't seem to be anything broken there. But then again you've never treated a Lillipup before. It would be best to take him to the pokemon center. "Great, that makes two scares in a battle today."
Roderick and Micheal look over your shoulder to look at Puddin. Seeing what you see they both sigh a sigh of relief. Roderick raises his left hand. "Puddin is unable to battle. Sunny is the winner. This battle goes to Lizzie of Agate Village! Let's get back to Accumula Town to get Micheal's pokemon healed." Roderick turns to you. "Hey, do you want a ride to Accumula Town? You said yourself that Louis took a beating. It's only an hour by car to Accumula Town if we take the highway. And I know for a fact that Accumula Town has a doctor specilizing in foreign pokemon."
What will you do? Will you accept Roderick's offer?
Name: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wolfe-Sterling
Age: 16
Items: Pokemon Grooming supplies, 10 potions, 5 super potions, 2 revives, 4 antidotes, 4 Paralyze Heals, 4 Burn Heals, 4 Ice Heals, 1 Full Heal, Poffin Case (3 spicy, 3 dry, 3 sweet, 3 bitter, 3 sour, 1 mild) Pokedex, 6 pokeballs, X-Transeiver, Town Map, breeder's outfit, fancy outfit, street clothes, badge case.
Goal: Get to Floccesy Town!
Pokemon on Hand:
Sunny - Male Ponyta - Jolly - Ember, Tackle, Flame Wheel, Tail Whip - Flash Fire - Level 16
Sparkles - Female Chinchou - Naughty - Water Gun, Supersonic, Flail, Thunder Wave - Volt Absorb - Level 10
Louis - Male Ralts - Naive - Growl, Confusion, Shadow Sneak - Synchronize - Level 9 (Fainted, bleeding)
Lashandra - Female Snivy (Shiny) - Sassy - Tackle, Growl, Vine Whip - Overgrow - Level 5
Egg
Congrats! Louis and Sunny both leveled up twice. Also Louis won't die, he's too badass for that. The only reason these accidents happened in the first place was due to Louis and Puddin rolling natural 1's for their defense rolls.