--- Emily's Forth Gym Battle: Saffron City (by Michael Keens/ Exodus) --- Its terrible, everything�s gone wrong, after everything I did for Tetsubo, it turns out that he�s been lying all this time, his bully Bryan did and said such horrid things to me when I was his captive, yet, I felt more anger towards Tetsubo than I did for Bryan, and to think, I gave up a passionate kiss to him and shared everything with him. He knew how much I despised lies after the incident with Bianca and he went and lied to me anyway. I walked into Saffron City lonely and upset. People went by their business, men in suits casually walked to work, while couples sat around kissing passionately, I couldn�t watch, why couldn�t I have that, with someone trustworthy? Well, there was one couple with its problems, I could barely see the guy but the woman was shouting a lot and the male cleared off behind the wall. I sighed, I should just get on with things, I had a lot of able Pok�mon now and I knew my way around, I�d just continue the journey alone and get my eight badges, I still had a mission to beat Bianca in a Pok�mon Battle. I checked my Pok�mon into the Centre and switched Lucky for Buzzer. Professor Beech didn�t suspect a thing, I covered up my sadness because I wasn�t ready to talk about it. I rushed to the Saffron Gym, realising that Tetsubo might come to Saffron City, and I wasn�t willing to talk with him until I could clear things up in my own mind. In the Gym, I walked up the hallways, there were strangely shaped support poles and no obvious clues as to what type of Pok�mon the Gym Leader used. At the end of the corridor was a large set of double doors. I hesitated, and then pushed them open. A woman sat on a strange monstrous-shaped throne, she had long straight dark green hair, and a red uniform and skirt, with large black boots. She smiled confidently, �So, you want a Gym Battle.� �Of course I do, you�re the Gym Leader, so you should know.� �I do, but I knew that the moment you entered my Gym. It will be a two-on-two Pok�mon Battle.� Then something amazing happened, she floated off the throne and slowly descended to the floor. �Go!� �I choose you.� �Beeee!!!� �Ku-dabra!� Uh oh, the first thing that I realised was Buzzer�s Poison-type weakness, but then remembered that Bug-types had an advantage over Psychic-types, an even set-up. �Kadabra, use your Psybeam.� �Agility, Buzzer! Then use Twineedle!� He slipped around the blast and jabbed the Kadabra hard. �Confusion.� Buzzer was surrounded in a glowing blue light, and then thrown up into the ceiling. �Bee-eee!� �Buzzer, use your Toxic attack!� He shot down the poison straight after the Kadabra was done with its attack and so it couldn�t counter-attack it in time. It might be strong against Poison-types and strong against damaging Poison-type moves, but the effects of poison worked just as well as on any other Pok�mon, given time it would destroy him. �Use Fury Attack and keep him busy!� I shouted. �Bee!!!� �Kadabra. Reflect attack.� Buzzer was stopped by a solid golden shield and couldn�t break through it. �Alright, Focus Energy!� I said after some thought. He backed down and grew in strength. �Try your Poison Sting!� He shot down some poisonous needles but they bounced off the shield, it was invincible as long as it could hold it up. I had a brainstorm. �String Shot!� �An attack like that won�t bother my Kadabra.� said the Gym Leader confidently. �Not in the way you think...� I said confidently. He kept at it, Buzzer had locked on to my plan, the sticky string had covered up the shield totally, the Kadabra couldn�t lock onto Buzzer because it couldn�t see. �Disable.� �Ku-dabra!� The gold shield shattered and Buzzer was frozen. �Confusion.� said the Gym Leader confidently. Buzzer was slammed to the floor. �Quickly, Fury Attack!� I shouted. He jammed his claws into the Kadabra constantly. �Psybeam.� said the Gym Leader calmly. �Beeeee!!!� he squealed as the blast shot him away from the Kadabra. �Hold on Buzzer, I think you can win this.� I said a little nervously. �Think again. Recover.� retorted the Gym Leader. I gasped as the Kadabra glowed blue and emerged looking totally undamaged. �Return Buzzer!� I said recalling him. I didn�t know Kadabras could recover their energy, this was going to be harder than I thought. �Psychic-types are known for their special skills.� I thought out loud, �So we have to use physical attacks over special ones. Graveyard, do your best.� �Cubone, bone.� This was risky, though he had the power, he didn�t have much special defense, I just hoped that his speed could rectify that. �Bone Club!� �Kadabra, use your Psychic attack.� �Ku- Dab!� Poison struck it and distracted it for long enough. �Do it Graveyard!� The Kadabra was struck on the head hard by Graveyard�s bone. �Head Butt!� I shouted. �Cu-Bone!� It struck the Kadabra hard, but now it had recovered. �Confusion.� �Tail Whip!� I�m not sure why I chose this, but not many attacks could counter this force. Graveyard spun round and the blast didn�t quite lock on, Graveyard simply fell rather than being shunted into walls. �Bonemerang!� As he fell, he threw his bone, it clubbed the Kadabra hard on the head and returned to Graveyard. �Recover.� �Ku-dabra!� �No...� I groaned. �Ku!!!� screamed the Kadabra suddenly, then it fainted. �How could this be?� asked the Gym Leader darkly. �The Toxic was growing more and more powerful inside of Kadabra, no matter how many times it recovered, it didn�t affect the ongoing Poison attack, until it grew too powerful to withstand.� I explained confidently, I had forgotten totally about that strategy because the battle with Kadabra took all of my concentration. �Smart little girl.� said the Gym Leader, and I recognised her personality to be virtually just like Abby. I had beaten that dark withdrawn girl in battle and I would outsmart even this psychic. �I choose you Hypno.� �Hypno...� �Graveyard, use your Leer attack.� �Counter it with Hypnosis.� It tried to put him to sleep but Graveyard looked totally evil and threatened the Hypno. �Hypno, don�t let him intimidate you, you�re stronger than him in a different sense.� �Graveyard, use your Bonemerang.� �Dive and Hypnosis.� It rolled to the side and shot a wave of hypnotic waves towards Graveyard. �Cu... Bone...� He lost his concentration and fell asleep. �Dream Eater- No wait! Duck!� shouted the Gym Leader with a surprising amount of emotion, I guess Abby was one of a kind. Hypno stopped its attempt to drain Graveyard and dropped to the floor as the bone fell over his head and slammed into Graveyard. �Cubone!!!� �Head Butt.� said the Gym Leader calmly. �Cu!!!� �Finish it off with Psychic attack.� she added. �Cu!!!� That did the trick and Graveyard lost the last of his health and collapsed. �Graveyard... Buzzer�s still got a little health left, please, win this for me.� �Beeee!� �Use your Rage attack!� �Beeee!� shouted Buzzer flying forwards. �Confusion.� Buzzer ploughed through, the force of the psychic blasts collided hard but he was flying too fast to be held in the air by the after-effect. Worse for the Gym Leader, each hit only pumped up his attack power. �Pin Missile!� He shot out two shards which the Hypno blocked with its Confusion attack. �Twineedle!� He got in close and stabbed away at an extreme speed. �Hyp!... Hyp!... Hyp- No...� It collapsed to the floor and dropped its pendulum which rolled forward and spun to a stop. �I should have saw this coming.� said the Gym Leader, �Here is your Marsh Badge, Emily.� With that she gave me a badge that looked more like a rare coin. �How�d you know my name?...� I spluttered, �That�s not fair, you�re using psychic powers!� �Then to be fair, my name is Sabrina, it was a great match and you should be proud of your Pok�mon.� I took the badge and held it into the air, �Alright!...� I returned to the Pok�mon Centre and handed my Pok�balls to Nurse Joy and sat down, though proud of my victory, I couldn�t think straight. �Why Tetsubo?... Why did you think I wouldn�t understand... Why did you lie?...� �Hey.� said a total stranger, he wore a leather jacket and had a large quiff of red hair. �Do I... know you?� I asked wiping away my tears. �No but you looked so sad, I just had to see what�s eating ya.� �I broke up with someone... That�s all.� I said vaguely. �Well a pretty girl like you shouldn�t be crying, I bet you have a beautiful smile.� I blushed a little and put on a small smile. �Come on now, I�ll buy you a coffee.� I picked myself up and took his hand, he seemed genuine and he tried to sweep me off my feet. I sure needed a friend and perhaps a little more than that. --- Abby's Fifth Gym Battle Chad's Sixth Gym Battle Back to the Side Stories Back to the Pok�zone
