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Post by freeziepop on Sept 29, 2006 1:12:08 GMT -5
Yawning, red-haired trainer wandered into desolate gym. "Where in the world is the wimpy gym leader?" He demanded, taking a seat on a chilly bench to wait.
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Post by freeziepop on Oct 4, 2006 20:38:05 GMT -5
Young ice-trainer covered her mouth, stifling a giggle. "Oh my, how scary," She said, waving her other hand mockingly. Silver eyes narrowed. "Challenger may have first pick,"
"That's a mistake," Syl stiffened, tossing out a pair of pokeballs. From the first came Zero, the Scizor. Gleaming purple armor caught the reflection of the lights, glittering under the intense glow. From the second, a bit of a surprise - a timid shadow Togetic named Amatsu. Her premiere battle was not anticipated to be in a gym, but with the much-higher leveled Zero by her side, there wasn't much that could go wrong.
Gym leader tossed out her own duo - Walter the Walrein and Nubby the Swinub. Both pokemon stared down their opponents, eagerly awaiting an order from their trainer.
"Zero, slash! Amatsu, Metronome!" Red-head was first to issue orders. Words were spoken with a dull enthusiasm - trainer dearly wanted to get this over with.
Steel-type was first out of the gate. Lunging foward with a dark gleam in his eye, he swiped at Walter with the razor-sharp tips of his claws, causing the Walrein to blast him with icy crystals in an attempt to stop the tearing of flesh.
Amatsu, being a lower level, was slower to react. Wiggling her fingers from side to side in a rhythmic motion, a large, translucient sheild surrounded both her and Zero - light screen!
Finally, the gym leader shouted, "Walter, Nubby! Powder snow!"
Tiny shards of ice flew from their mouthes, encasing Amatsu and Zero in a statue of snow.
"Metal claw," Irritable trainer snapped, "dig your way out before I come over there and do it for you. And trust me, you do NOT want the latter,"
Growling to himself something about spilling the ruby-haired trainer's blood, Scizor hacked away at the ice with his club-claws. Once free, he dashed foward with eye-straining agility, purple shadows trailing behind him, and bashed Swinub over the head with his still-hardened claws. Over and over he clubbed the piglet pokemon, bloodlust in his cruel eyes. Terrified and squealing, it reacted with more ice, but with little effect. Each shard drove past the steel-type's violet armor and tore into tender flesh below, causing Scizor to wince in pain and make the blows harder.
"Nubby, endure!" Gym leader cried, afraid for her Swinub's life. Nodding, it tightened it's body, curling into a tiny ball rendering Scizor's claws useless for now. "Now, Walter! Use take down!"
With a snort, Walrein slide forward on the crystal-clear ice floor of the arena - the only effective way to move a tub of blubber such as a walrein. It tackled Zero hard, driving home still lingering shards of ice below the half bug-type's thick metal armor. Surprised by the attack, Zero cracked Walter on the head with one of his claws without an order. This caught ice-type completely off guard.
"Metronome," Syl said gruffly, addressing the only inactive member of the battle. The long-forgotten Amatsu had finally dug her way out of her ice-statue, and was now waving her fingers to and fro wildly. Just as Nubby had deemed it safe and was uncurling from his earlier incident, light-purple Togetic flew at the much-slower Swinub at top speed. With a glare rivaling that of Zero's, she slapped Nubby several times across the face, KO'ing the poor pokemon.
"Darn," Rina sniffed, recalling Nubby to his pokeball. "But you're going to have to do better than that to beat Walter! Water gun right now Walter!" Fiesty girl ordered, pointing a finger at Scizor.
Opening his large mouth, Walrein shot a steady stream of ice-cold water at Zero, drenching him completely. Droplets of water seeped under his armor, chilling him to the core and lagging his movements.
"Zero, Swords dance," commanded Syl, but his golden eyes never left Amatsu. Sensing his trainer's ignorance, shadow-scizor darted forward and swiped at Walrein furiously, completely ignoring given order. "Metronome again."
Another finger-wag. Another chance attack. Steady stream of white-hot flames melted surrounding ice on the floor, exposing the water below. With a slight grin, Walter dove under.
"You've really done it now," Rina giggled, watching her pokemon leap out of the water near Zero and drag him under.
Steel-type was furious. He wildly flailed in Walter's grasp, bashing the pokemon in the face several times in the process. Water tinted crimson, both trainers held their breath to see which pokemon would surface. Several moments passed. When nothing appeared to be happening, Rina pulled out Walter's pokeball. Little girl was close to tears as she re-called her friend.
Syl did the same, although blood-thirsty Scizor wasn't exactly what he'd consider a friend. Puzzled by their actions, Amatsu cocked her head to one side, staring at Sylver with wide violet eyes.
"You have one pokemon left on the battlefield," Choking back a sob, Rina managed to smile at Syl. "You earned your badge. Take it and move onto the next route," She said, tossing the tiny object to him.
Without a word, Syl recalled Amatsu and left.
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