Super Saiyan 3 Raichu
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It has been a few months since our heroes, and "villain" last saw each other, and news of the Magma/Aqua joint take over has finally reached Johto, and it is clear Chris will not be sailing to Hoenn anytime soon. Dissappointed at this news he has continued to train, todays chapter mostly headlines his dealings with Clair, the Johto League Champion living in Blackthorn.
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"What sort of Pokémon is that?" Chris wondered, staring agape at Dragonair. He recalled Vaporeon and took a deep breath. "No Pokémon can take that sort of punishment."
"Maybe it's been trained not to care about pain," he speculated. "I can't imagine what techniques a person would use to train their Pokémon that way though."
"Didn't I tell you dragons are virtually indestructable?"Clair asked coyly."They are not only hard to catch, and raise, but are extremely hard to beat didn't my grandfather teach you anything?"
Chris grittd his teeth. so far Clair had lost 1 pokemon, but he'd lost 2 to this Dragonair. He thought about what his next Pokémon should be. He decided in about three seconds.
"Go, Gyarados"
"Dragonair, Ice Beam!" Clair's strategy wasn't at first apparent to Chris, but seeing the beam hit the ground around Gyarados and freeze it, making the twenty-foot long monstrosity unable to keep friction on the ground, explained everything. The leviathan tumbled to the ground with an earth-shaking crash.
"Dragonair, keep up the assault,!" She ordered."Keep up an Ice Beam on Gyarados!" Gyarados had been temporarily frozen, but it was all Dragonair could do to keep it that way.
Chris bit his thumb nail in frustration. If Gyarados fell, then he'd virtually be out of the battle and he wouldn't get the opportunity to join the dragon clan. He hoped Gyarados could somehow break free, he had trained his pokemon to also be self-reliant, and follow thier instincts if he ever came up blank in battle. Somehow Dragonair faltered with the Ice Beam, which allowed Gyarados just enough to free itself.
"Dragonair try another Ice Beam!" Clair ordered. This time Chris was ready.
"MOve out of the way!" He commanded. Gyarados responded instead with a Hidden Power attack, which launched rocks at Dragonair pelting it, which caused it to further let up with the attack.
"I don't understand this attack." Chris thought. "Now its Rock, but a few days ago it was flying I don't understand this attack.
Gyarados now completely defrosted was in a rage, and without orders fired a Hydro Pump at Dragonair.
"Dragonair, use your crystals to change the weather from calm into windy." Clair said calmly.
Obeying the command, the serpentine dragon's crystals on its neck, and tail glowed a whitish-blue color, and suddenly the wind picked up, dispersing the attack.
"Grr." He was now beginning to lose patience, he starred as Clairs' cape began to billow in the wind. It was clear she knew how to use her pokemon in mysterious ways.
"Dragonair, use Thunderbolt!" was her next command.
Chris was awestruck.
"What?! Thunderbolt?"
He watched as Dragonair began charging itself with electricty, and fired it at Gyarados. What sort of trainer she must be if she got her dragons to harness the power of electricity. All he could do was watch as Gyarados was struck by the huge bolt of electricity, it wasn't overly powerful, but still it left a mark.
Gyarados' once bright red scales were now charred, and somewhat blackened. If he somehow won this then Gyarados would need some time to recuperate. The wind was picking up even more, so he opted for a different approach. He recalled Gyarados.
"Go, Umbreon!"
"Umbreon, Toxic!" Chris ordered. Dragonair gracefully glided over the spew of sludge, and lunged at Umbreon, only slightly slowed by the ever increasing wind.
"Dragonair, Iron Tail!" Clair tipped her hand. Chris stood, stunned, as Dragonair's tail was enveloped in light and it slashed Umbreon across the gold circle on its flank.
"Umbreon, try your Moonlight attack!" Chris ordered. It become dark, and everything was enveloped in shadow, lit only by the moon. This would make it almost impossible for anything but Umbreon to fight well, but Clair was still on his second Pokémon, and heneeded all the advantage they could get. Wasn't it Karen, Chris reflected, the youngest Darkflower sister from his own hometown, that had said Dark Pokémon always have the advantage in the shadows?
"Dragonair, use your crystal to make the sun shine!" Clair ordered, using a new strategy, or she would have, but Chris immediatly countered with another Toxic, this time the powerful poison attack hit.
It was clear Dragonair didn't have much time left, so it began fighting as savagely as it could.
"Dragonair, another Iron Tail attack!" Clair ordered. Dragonair tried to strike Umbreon using the light from its tail, but its deliruim from the poison, coupled with the shadows cast by the moonlight prevented it from doing anything.
"Umbreon, Shadow Ball!" Chris ordered.
The Shadow Ball knocked Dragonair back towards Clair, it slumped down, and went limp.
Clair sourly recalled Dragonair, and sent out a Milotic.
"Milotic, put an sleepy aura about Umbreon!" Clair ordered with a smirk. Chris bit his tongue to avoid swearing. This wouldn't go over well, as Clair seemed more than capable of handling her Milotic in odd ways.
"Umbreon Quick Attack!" Chris yelled. Umbreon reared its head and slammed into Milotic, sending the serpent to the ground, Milotic trilled a panicked aura, and stopped outputing the sleep aura.
"Milotic get up, and use your Dragonbreath attack!" Clair ordered.
The serpent hummed a calming song before firing greenish flames from its mouth at Umbreon, who deftly dodged the attack, and hid back in the shadows cast by the moon.
"Umbreon, another Shadow Ball!" Chris ordered.
Umbreon's rings glowed faintly in the dark, before it jumped out, and attacked. The dark ball hit Milotic, and sent it reeling.
"Hurry finish it with Quick Attack! Before it uses Recover!"
Almost without Chris having to finish the order, Umbreon sprung into action once again, and speed at Milotic, knocking it to the ground twitching.
"Not bad, now Im beginning to see what my grandfather sees in you." She said as she recalled Milotic. "But now I have to win further prove myself as a worthy successor to Lance!"
Clair then sent out a Kingdra, who appeared in the small pond.
"Tch, Umbreon, Toxic!"
Umbreon spewed another blast of sludge at Kingdra, who responded with a Hidden Power-which was Psychic by nature-
Umbreon looked confused as the sludge came right back at it, poisoning it.
"Yes!" Chris said as he smirked to himsellf. Umbreon began glowing with a purple aura, as the poison took effect, and transferred the same aura to Kingdra inducing the same poisoned stated Umbreon was in.
"Whats going on?" Clair asked puzzled.
"I'll explain, Umbreon's special ability is called Synchronize, which has the same effect as Magic Coat, so since it was poisoned, so is you Kingdra!"
Staring, Clair gasped disbelievingly. "No, it can't be Im gonna lose to you?"
Chris held up 3 fingers,"This is how much time you have left, better make em all count."
"Kingdra, Hyper Beam!" Clair ordered knowing Kingdra only had minutes left.
Umbreon took the hit straight on, since the poison had sapped most of its strength, but thanks to the moonlight, its health was restored to it.
"You see Clair? The bond Dark pokemon share with the night is powerful, not only does it provide them with protection, but heals them as well."
Clair was beginning to completely lose her cool as Chris stood before her jeeringly.
"Kingdra, Rain Dance!" She ordered.
The dance served three purposes. First, it gave both It a slight advantage. Second, it wettened the mostly dirt ground and would, hopefully, provide for some quick erosion once the water started full force. Third, since Kingdra had to move about to dance anyhow, it was an evasive manoeuvre that deterred Umbreon only slightly.
Chris seeing this as an oppurtunity, recalled Umbreon, and opted for Sparky.
"Sparky, use 100% power for your Thunder!"
The mouse nodded, and with the rain, it only strengthened the attack.
The hit was spectacular, first Kingdra's body glowed yellow, then white as the voltage increased then a huge explosion occured. When the dust settled Kingdra lay unconscious in the pond, charred, and black,
Clair recalled it.
"Well, it seems you have bested me, well I would giive you a badge, but this wasn't an official gym match, so I'm sorry." She said coldly.
"Clair!" They both whirled around to see an old man, the Dragon Clan Grandmaster Sasuke! He seemed somewhat angry.
"Clair, why must you be so difficult, give this young man a badge for his victory."
"But.." Clair started.
"No, buts just do it!" Sasuke ordered firmly.
"Fine." Clair turned back to him."Chris here's the Rising Badge, hold on to it..for now."
With that Clair turned away, and walked off in the midst of the still falling rain.
"Well Ryu, its been a while hasn't it?"
Chris nodded, remembering Sasuke didn't know his real name.
"Master I have been utilizing your teachings, and following your practices, and I even hatched, and trained that egg you gave me 3 years ago."
Sasuke nodded. "Well keep on your path, and fight for your beliefs, Ryu remember that."
Chris bowed. With that the Grandmaster turned, and left.
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"What sort of Pokémon is that?" Chris wondered, staring agape at Dragonair. He recalled Vaporeon and took a deep breath. "No Pokémon can take that sort of punishment."
"Maybe it's been trained not to care about pain," he speculated. "I can't imagine what techniques a person would use to train their Pokémon that way though."
"Didn't I tell you dragons are virtually indestructable?"Clair asked coyly."They are not only hard to catch, and raise, but are extremely hard to beat didn't my grandfather teach you anything?"
Chris grittd his teeth. so far Clair had lost 1 pokemon, but he'd lost 2 to this Dragonair. He thought about what his next Pokémon should be. He decided in about three seconds.
"Go, Gyarados"
"Dragonair, Ice Beam!" Clair's strategy wasn't at first apparent to Chris, but seeing the beam hit the ground around Gyarados and freeze it, making the twenty-foot long monstrosity unable to keep friction on the ground, explained everything. The leviathan tumbled to the ground with an earth-shaking crash.
"Dragonair, keep up the assault,!" She ordered."Keep up an Ice Beam on Gyarados!" Gyarados had been temporarily frozen, but it was all Dragonair could do to keep it that way.
Chris bit his thumb nail in frustration. If Gyarados fell, then he'd virtually be out of the battle and he wouldn't get the opportunity to join the dragon clan. He hoped Gyarados could somehow break free, he had trained his pokemon to also be self-reliant, and follow thier instincts if he ever came up blank in battle. Somehow Dragonair faltered with the Ice Beam, which allowed Gyarados just enough to free itself.
"Dragonair try another Ice Beam!" Clair ordered. This time Chris was ready.
"MOve out of the way!" He commanded. Gyarados responded instead with a Hidden Power attack, which launched rocks at Dragonair pelting it, which caused it to further let up with the attack.
"I don't understand this attack." Chris thought. "Now its Rock, but a few days ago it was flying I don't understand this attack.
Gyarados now completely defrosted was in a rage, and without orders fired a Hydro Pump at Dragonair.
"Dragonair, use your crystals to change the weather from calm into windy." Clair said calmly.
Obeying the command, the serpentine dragon's crystals on its neck, and tail glowed a whitish-blue color, and suddenly the wind picked up, dispersing the attack.
"Grr." He was now beginning to lose patience, he starred as Clairs' cape began to billow in the wind. It was clear she knew how to use her pokemon in mysterious ways.
"Dragonair, use Thunderbolt!" was her next command.
Chris was awestruck.
"What?! Thunderbolt?"
He watched as Dragonair began charging itself with electricty, and fired it at Gyarados. What sort of trainer she must be if she got her dragons to harness the power of electricity. All he could do was watch as Gyarados was struck by the huge bolt of electricity, it wasn't overly powerful, but still it left a mark.
Gyarados' once bright red scales were now charred, and somewhat blackened. If he somehow won this then Gyarados would need some time to recuperate. The wind was picking up even more, so he opted for a different approach. He recalled Gyarados.
"Go, Umbreon!"
"Umbreon, Toxic!" Chris ordered. Dragonair gracefully glided over the spew of sludge, and lunged at Umbreon, only slightly slowed by the ever increasing wind.
"Dragonair, Iron Tail!" Clair tipped her hand. Chris stood, stunned, as Dragonair's tail was enveloped in light and it slashed Umbreon across the gold circle on its flank.
"Umbreon, try your Moonlight attack!" Chris ordered. It become dark, and everything was enveloped in shadow, lit only by the moon. This would make it almost impossible for anything but Umbreon to fight well, but Clair was still on his second Pokémon, and heneeded all the advantage they could get. Wasn't it Karen, Chris reflected, the youngest Darkflower sister from his own hometown, that had said Dark Pokémon always have the advantage in the shadows?
"Dragonair, use your crystal to make the sun shine!" Clair ordered, using a new strategy, or she would have, but Chris immediatly countered with another Toxic, this time the powerful poison attack hit.
It was clear Dragonair didn't have much time left, so it began fighting as savagely as it could.
"Dragonair, another Iron Tail attack!" Clair ordered. Dragonair tried to strike Umbreon using the light from its tail, but its deliruim from the poison, coupled with the shadows cast by the moonlight prevented it from doing anything.
"Umbreon, Shadow Ball!" Chris ordered.
The Shadow Ball knocked Dragonair back towards Clair, it slumped down, and went limp.
Clair sourly recalled Dragonair, and sent out a Milotic.
"Milotic, put an sleepy aura about Umbreon!" Clair ordered with a smirk. Chris bit his tongue to avoid swearing. This wouldn't go over well, as Clair seemed more than capable of handling her Milotic in odd ways.
"Umbreon Quick Attack!" Chris yelled. Umbreon reared its head and slammed into Milotic, sending the serpent to the ground, Milotic trilled a panicked aura, and stopped outputing the sleep aura.
"Milotic get up, and use your Dragonbreath attack!" Clair ordered.
The serpent hummed a calming song before firing greenish flames from its mouth at Umbreon, who deftly dodged the attack, and hid back in the shadows cast by the moon.
"Umbreon, another Shadow Ball!" Chris ordered.
Umbreon's rings glowed faintly in the dark, before it jumped out, and attacked. The dark ball hit Milotic, and sent it reeling.
"Hurry finish it with Quick Attack! Before it uses Recover!"
Almost without Chris having to finish the order, Umbreon sprung into action once again, and speed at Milotic, knocking it to the ground twitching.
"Not bad, now Im beginning to see what my grandfather sees in you." She said as she recalled Milotic. "But now I have to win further prove myself as a worthy successor to Lance!"
Clair then sent out a Kingdra, who appeared in the small pond.
"Tch, Umbreon, Toxic!"
Umbreon spewed another blast of sludge at Kingdra, who responded with a Hidden Power-which was Psychic by nature-
Umbreon looked confused as the sludge came right back at it, poisoning it.
"Yes!" Chris said as he smirked to himsellf. Umbreon began glowing with a purple aura, as the poison took effect, and transferred the same aura to Kingdra inducing the same poisoned stated Umbreon was in.
"Whats going on?" Clair asked puzzled.
"I'll explain, Umbreon's special ability is called Synchronize, which has the same effect as Magic Coat, so since it was poisoned, so is you Kingdra!"
Staring, Clair gasped disbelievingly. "No, it can't be Im gonna lose to you?"
Chris held up 3 fingers,"This is how much time you have left, better make em all count."
"Kingdra, Hyper Beam!" Clair ordered knowing Kingdra only had minutes left.
Umbreon took the hit straight on, since the poison had sapped most of its strength, but thanks to the moonlight, its health was restored to it.
"You see Clair? The bond Dark pokemon share with the night is powerful, not only does it provide them with protection, but heals them as well."
Clair was beginning to completely lose her cool as Chris stood before her jeeringly.
"Kingdra, Rain Dance!" She ordered.
The dance served three purposes. First, it gave both It a slight advantage. Second, it wettened the mostly dirt ground and would, hopefully, provide for some quick erosion once the water started full force. Third, since Kingdra had to move about to dance anyhow, it was an evasive manoeuvre that deterred Umbreon only slightly.
Chris seeing this as an oppurtunity, recalled Umbreon, and opted for Sparky.
"Sparky, use 100% power for your Thunder!"
The mouse nodded, and with the rain, it only strengthened the attack.
The hit was spectacular, first Kingdra's body glowed yellow, then white as the voltage increased then a huge explosion occured. When the dust settled Kingdra lay unconscious in the pond, charred, and black,
Clair recalled it.
"Well, it seems you have bested me, well I would giive you a badge, but this wasn't an official gym match, so I'm sorry." She said coldly.
"Clair!" They both whirled around to see an old man, the Dragon Clan Grandmaster Sasuke! He seemed somewhat angry.
"Clair, why must you be so difficult, give this young man a badge for his victory."
"But.." Clair started.
"No, buts just do it!" Sasuke ordered firmly.
"Fine." Clair turned back to him."Chris here's the Rising Badge, hold on to it..for now."
With that Clair turned away, and walked off in the midst of the still falling rain.
"Well Ryu, its been a while hasn't it?"
Chris nodded, remembering Sasuke didn't know his real name.
"Master I have been utilizing your teachings, and following your practices, and I even hatched, and trained that egg you gave me 3 years ago."
Sasuke nodded. "Well keep on your path, and fight for your beliefs, Ryu remember that."
Chris bowed. With that the Grandmaster turned, and left.
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