[IC] Pokemon: Kalos

[NightmareInd]

Sam followed Liam. He was nervous, and not sure if he could handle the gym. After all, he had only two pokemon, and none of them was good against bug types, which his sister told him was the speciality of the gym. He walked closer to Liam. "I meet you guys later, I'm gonna train my pokemon some more." He said before heading for route 3.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"If poi fell that is best then alright." Liam said. At the gym, Liam noticed there were pictures of various bug types. The Gym Leader Viola greeted them. She took her place on at the stadium. The Official went though the normal jargon about official gym battles. "The gym battle between gym leader Viola, and the Challenger Liam Coleman of Blackthorn City is about to begin! Each trainer is allowed two pokemon and only the challenger can make substitutions."

"Surskit!" Viola called on her first Pokemon.

"Surskit, the Pond Skater Pokemon. From the tips of its feet, Surskit secretes an oil that enables it to walk on water as if it were skating. This Pokémon feeds on microscopic organisms in ponds and lakes. If Surskit senses danger, it secretes a thick, sugary syrup from the tip of its head. There are some Pokémon that love eating this syrup."

"A Bug/Water type huh?" Liam thought. "Jiraiya!" Liam called on his Froakie.

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"Lick!" Liam called. Protean turned the Bubble Frog into a Ghost type as it licked the bug.
"Bubble Beam!" Viola called. Jiraiya was unable to avoid the chain of bubbles due to how close he was. His speed was lowered. Liam called for another Lick. This time the paralyses occurred. Surskit was unable to move.
"Now Jiraiya, use Pond!" This was too much for Sirskit and it was KO'd. Viola sent out her next Pokemon, Vivilion.

"Vivillon, the Scale Pokemon. The patterns on this Pokémon's wings depend on the climate and topography of its habitat. It scatters colorful scales."
Liam recalled Jirayia and called Scarlet out.

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"Ember!" Liam called.
"Gust!" Viola called. the bug type flawed its wings and pushed the flame away.
"Now Sleep Powder!" Viola called.
"Ember!" Liam called. Scarlet's flames burned up the powder.
"Psybeam!" Viola called. the attack hit Scarlet, who replied with Ember, getting a Critical hit, and burning the opposing Pokemon.
"Scarlet, Return, Jiraiya you're up again!"

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Vivian used Gust and was hurt by the burn.
"Quick Attack!" Liam called. It was too much and Vivillon was KO'd, earning Liam the Bug Badge.

[Flood]

Ryan clapped politely and looked at the gym leader. "I believe I will be going next."

The official began to speak and Ryan ignored him for the most part as he spoke. He had memorized the rules for the most part, the Professor made sure that he did. He glanced at the official and noticed he had stopped talking. " Go Amber!" Ryan released his Combee and nodded to himself.

"Go Surskit!" Viola called out as her Surskit came out. It seemed fine and Ryan shrugged. It was probably a new one considering the other one had fainted.

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"Amber, use Gust!" The Combee quickly flew into the air and began blowing small Gusts at Surskit.
"Bubble Beam!" Viola ordered the Surskit to shoot Bubble Beam at Amber but this Bubble Beam seemed weak in comparison to the one used against Liam's Froakie. It was likely a weaker Surskit then. Not that it really mattered considering how Amber was flying out of the way of all the Bubbles, while Viola's Surskit was being pummeled by Gusts. Eventually it fell like it's counterpart had. Viola withdrew Surskit and sent out Vivillon.

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The Vivillon started out with a few Gusts without Viola even commanding it. Normally this would be a sign of poor training, Ryan knew better judging by the poorly hidden smile on her face and Ryan shook his head. " Amber, return." Ryan withdrew Amber and opted to send out Fuma.

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"Fuma, use Bubble!" Ryan yelled as Vivillon charged up a Psybeam. "I get it now." Fuma jumped to the side and shot a few Bubbles but they were weak. " This is your best Pokemon isn't it? Your best one you use for challengers that is." Viola shrugged sheepishly as Vivillon blasted Fuma with a Psybeam. "It's the son of my first Pokemon. It has the blood of a champion!" Ryan looked at Fuma. " Fuma, bring out the big guns." Suddenly Fuma changed color as he released a smokescreen from his mouth. He hid inside the smokescreen and Ryan nodded to himself in time with a soundless tune. " Fuma, time for a Round!" All of a sudden Vivillon would be assaulted with sound waves as Fuma kept using Round over and over again. "Now Pound him!" The smoke cleared and Fuma sat upon a fainted Vivillon with a smug grin. Viola strolled towards him and grumbled something about losing twice in one day and pinned the Bug Badge on his shirt. Fuma jumped on Ryan's shoulder and they bowed to Viola as if they were ending a concert. They then left the gym to go get healed at the Pokemon Center.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Good job Ryan." Liam commented.

[Flood]

"Thank you. You did well also." Ryan replied as he received Combee and Fuma.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Thanks." Liam replied.

[James Davy]

Shiranui had found and caught a Fletchling with the Gale Wings ability, which he named Honoh. "Fletchling, the Tiny Robin Pokémon. These friendly Pokémon send signals to one another with beautiful chirps and tail-feather movements."

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He returned to the gym and it was his turn to fight. He listened to the most important parts of the official's statement, having won 16 badges already and the fight was on with Viola sending Surskit out. "Honoh, I choose you!" Shiranui sent out his Fletchling and the battle was on.
"Surskit, Bubble!"
"Honoh, Peck!" The Fletchling put his Gale Wings ability to work and gave Surskit a swift peck. The hit was critical and Surskit was knocked out.

"Impressive, Shiranui," Viola commented, "Let's see how you go with my Vivillon. Come on out!" Shiranui kept Honoh out. "Vivillon, Sleep Powder!"
"Honoh, Peck!" Vivillon was swiftly pecked thanks to the speed boost from Honoh's ability. It released a cloud of sparkling powder that Honoh dodged.
"Vivillon, Gust!"
"Honoh, give it another Peck!" The Fletchling flitted out of sight and pecked Vivillon from behind. Vivillon flapped its colourful wings rapidly and buffeted Honoh with a strong wind.
"Vivillon, Gust again!"
"Honoh, finish it with Peck!" Honoh came in from above and gave Vivillon one final peck before the technicolor-winged bug was knocked out.

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"Shiranui, for defeating me in battle, I award you the Bug Badge," said Viola.
"Thanks Viola," replied Shiranui as he accepted the badge. He realised Honoh would be very formidable once the Fletchling reached his final form.

[bowtiesrcool86]

Liam had returned to the Pokemon Center and had his Pokemon healed.

[James Davy]

Shiranui had his healed as well.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"So, now we go back to Luminose to move on to the next gym." Liam said with a smile.

[James Davy]

"Given how big that city is, we could easily get lost," replied Shiranui, "The last time we were there, I felt like my mind was being read by a psychic Pokémon and a strong one at that."

[bowtiesrcool86]

"I wonder what Pokemon that could be." Liam thought aloud.

[Flood]

"Perhaps it's a Gardevoir or an Alakazam. They're strong Psychic Pokemon." Ryan suggested.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Well, that seems to be a sound theory." Liam acknowledged.

[James Davy]

"I don't know," Shiranui replied, "I trained both of those Pokémon and they know what to look for in a mind. What I felt was more like a tentative mind sweep like whatever did it was curious but restrained. Do any of you know what psychic Pokémon would try to hold their own power back?"

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Maybe some legendary or pseudo-legendary Pokemon?" Liam proposed.

[NightmareInd]

Sam walked through the grass when he suddenly found a Fletchling. Froakie came out of his pokeball and used his bubble on the pokemon. The Fletchling responded with a tackle. Sam used a pokeball on it, and after it shook three times, it shut. He got back to the gym, seeing his new friends already left. He challenged the gymleader, and after the rules were explained and surskit was sent out, Sam sent out his Froakie once more.

Surskit opened with quick attack, and Froakie did the same. They clashed and both got send airborn, but Froakie was the first to regain his balance. "Again, quick attack!" Sam said, and Froakie followed his order. Surskit used bubble but Froakie evaded the attack and hit Surskit again. This time, Surskit couldn't endure the attack and fainted. The next pokemon send out was Vivillon, and Sam kept Froakie in battle.

Froakie used his bubble on Vivillon, but it was too fast and evaded the attack, then countered with tackle. Froakie responded with a quick attack, trying to keep up with Vivillon's speed, but Vivillon used tackle again and used Froakie's speed against him. Froakie fainted, and Sam now used his new pokemon Fletchling.

Fletchling used quick attack to come closer to Vivillon, but when Vivillon tried tackling the bird pokemon, it instead used his speed to avoid the Vivillon and get behind it. "Now, use peck!" As the Vivillon turned around, Fletchling charged into the bug type and used its peck to pin it to the ground. "Finish it with another peck!" Sam said, and with a final peck, the bug typ was defeated.

Sam got awarded the Bug Gym Badge, thanked the gym leader for the battle and headed for the pokemon center. Once there, he saw his friends again. "There you guys are. I thought you might already have left town. So where are we going next?"

[James Davy]

"Well, the next gym is all the way in Cyllage City," answered Shiranui after reading a region guide.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"We will have to go back though Lumiose to reach it." Liam added.

[bowtiesrcool86]

"Shall we move on then gang?" Liam inquired.