Writing The Clash of Land and Sea (Update: Chapter 33)
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RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 6 is now up)
Yeah I guess I could take more time writing rather than just running through it. Many of the chapters are already pre-typed, I just haven't posted them all yet. I did edit it really fast though. I added about 250 words in about 2ish minutes, closed my laptop, and went for bed
Everyone that's already read chapters in the mid-20s are really hooked on it, so I guess that's something for everyone to look forward to here. Since this is technically only my second story (kind of my first since the other wasn't very serious), I'm not sure how fast/slow I should be in updating. I guess I don't want to lose the readers over time.
Yeah I guess I could take more time writing rather than just running through it. Many of the chapters are already pre-typed, I just haven't posted them all yet. I did edit it really fast though. I added about 250 words in about 2ish minutes, closed my laptop, and went for bed
Everyone that's already read chapters in the mid-20s are really hooked on it, so I guess that's something for everyone to look forward to here. Since this is technically only my second story (kind of my first since the other wasn't very serious), I'm not sure how fast/slow I should be in updating. I guess I don't want to lose the readers over time.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 6 is now up)
I'm going on vacation (family reunion) from today until Sunday, so this is the last chapter I can post until then.
After traveling the ocean currents with Corphish, I finally manage to drift ashore onto the main city of Dewford Island, Dewford Town. I just stay there with Treecko and Corphish at first, trying to regain my thoughts and realize what I just did.
I decide to go and eat at a restaurant, but all they serve is seafood (which makes me sick to my stomach), and I just go buy a sandwich at a local diner. Treecko, Corphish, and Makuhita get some Pokémon food and chow down.
"Excuse me, are you Anthony of Team Aqua?" a voice comes up from behind me.
"Who wants to know?" I ask while eating at my booth. Treecko and Corphish greet the man.
"Your boss, of course!" Archie reveals himself by coming around to my table. He asks to sit, and I allow him.
"So I understand through Matt and Sean that you managed to snag some information Team Magma acquired, eh? Very nice work. I'm promoting you to a second-rank grunt. That means there is only one ranking of the 'grunt' stage ahead of you, and then admin and Boss. I must admit that your skill and timing was impeccable!" Archie says enthusiastically.
He still looks the same; the same facial hair encircling his mouth, the same blue eyes, and the same intimidating, yet friendly pose. Yet for me, I'm completely different. I've grown confidence in myself. I've counted on other people, and now I can put my trust in them and my Pokémon. Without my stepfather around me, ruining my life, I think I'm enjoying what time I have. Team Aqua may just be the place for me.
"Do you, by any chance, have that picture of what they documented?" he asks me, and I give him the picture.
"Yes, yes. This talks of the legendary orbs of the Weather Trio. However, there is another Pokémon with another orb—that's why it's a trio. It's believed that there is a Pokémon that stops the feuds between Groudon and Kyogre. As for me, I'm wanting to help Kyogre reclaim the ocean and prevent the land from taking over. Who knows, we may find the leader of the Weather Trio one day. As for now, I will schedule a take-over of the Granite Cave. I've assigned you your own squad of Aqua Grunts! Your friend Sean will be in there, so make Team Aqua proud! You have a few hours to rest or train, and once we take over, I will reward you and help decipher this photograph and its meaning. Thank you for your help!" Archie continues, talking nonstop.
I'm never going to get away! Treecko falls asleep, Corphish begins fighting with other customers, and Makuhita is breaking tables and ruining the diner. Then I remember the capsules.
"Oh, Boss! I have the capsules from the Devon Corporation securely in my bag. I'll hand them off right now," I tell him, and begin digging in my bag for the test tubes.
"Please, call me Archie. And that is not necessary, for I will need you to actually hand them off to another Aqua Admin over in Slateport City. That's the next town," he explains.
"What's his name?"
"No!"
"No?"
"He's a her. You'll see her when you see her. Does that make sense, Anthony?"
"Not really, sir. But when I see an Admin from Team Aqua, I will be sure to give them to her," I offer.
"Fantastic. I'll see you in a few hours for the take-over!"
And that is how my day is going.
Outside of what just happened, I decide to go train for the upcoming war between land and sea.
"Houndour, you use Bite by gnashing your teeth on the foe," I explain to my Pokémon.
"Hound?" it slightly tilts its head.
Houndour learns how to bite by…gnawing on my leg.
"V-very good," I wince, grabbing a towel and wiping the wound clean of blood. Houndour apologizes.
"Now you know Ember, Roar, Bite, and Smog…hmm…what next?"
I think of Tony, and how he joined Team Aqua. Oh, the irony. The 'love at first sight' junk is affecting me big time. I don't even believe in that stuff. But…Tony, the helpless boy in the woods…is now besmirching my good name! Oh, boys are so…ugh!
"Okay Houndour, good enough! Wurmple, come on out!" I call.
Oshawott hops from my shoulder to the ground as it compliments the power of its friend. My Wurmple comes out cheerful and slithers to me in happiness.
"Now let's work on that String Shot of yours!" I begin, and Wurmple shoots strings of silk up into the air, dazzling me.
"Hey, don't train without me!" Terra yells, running towards me.
"What happened with Maxie, Terra?"
"He's upset that you ran off, but apparently everything is fine; only one picture was stolen. So you know that boy?" Terra asks.
"N-no, I have no idea who that was," I lie. A small fib every now and then isn't too bad, right?
"Go, Wurmple! String Shot with Wurmple!" Terra laughs, her long brownish hair flowing in the slight wind. She's pretty cool once she's washed up.
Both Wurmple String Shot beautiful silk threads, and then both of them begin to glow white.
"What's happening?!" I ask, scared for my worm.
"They're…evolving!" Terra answers, eyes twinkling.
My Wurmple begins to grow into an oval with spiky points on the ends. Terra's is as well! They grow bigger and begin to lose their wormy appearance.
Mine evolved into this silky white Pokémon, and it has tender eyes and silk spikes. Terra's evolved into a slightly more purple Pokémon, with aggressive-like eyes.
"Mine is a Cascoon! How exciting! I can't wait to get a Dustox!" Terra laughs excitedly.
"I love my Cascoon, too!"
"Oh, Alex: your Pokémon is a Silcoon, mine is a Cascoon. See the differences? That's how you can tell," Terra tries to explain.
"But how can Wurmple evolve into two different things?"
"It's completely random—I believe it is based on their personality values. Never mind that, let's just keep training! My Sandshrew wants to learn Rapid Spin!" Terra laughs, and I laugh too. I don't know why. Maybe I'm laughing because I have no clue what's going on.
"Hello, ladies. Are you two joining the Pokémon Contest here?" a kid asks us.
"Contests?! Here?! But usually they're just in the regular cities!" I whine, and Terra seems surprised that I know about contests.
"Well they have travelling contests now, where they move from town to town, letting people have a chance at earning five ribbons for the Grand Festival. Here, have a pamphlet!" the boy continues, his Torchic looking at my Oshawott.
I take a pamphlet and shove it in my back pocket. "Well thank you, but I'm busy training right now. I'll join it later, I can't right now," I frown.
"It's tomorrow! Oh, and my name is Willis by the way. I hope to battle against you!"
"Well, Willis, good luck!" I cheer falsely.
"Oh, and—excuse me for asking this—but why would a cute girl like you join Team Magma? I mean, I know you're red hot, but evil? That's a turn-off," the kid smirks, and then runs off with his Torchic.
"Hot? You look like you're ten! Forget about it, kid. I'll knock you right out of the competition! And Team Magma isn't bad, you know! Team Aqua is!"
"That's what all Magma grunts say. And I'm almost twelve, thank you. Bye, hot stuff! I'll see you and your Sea Otter later!" and he runs off.
"That kid really ticks me off," I stammer.
"Osha!" Oshawott cheers as I glance to see it master Aqua Jet.
"Good! Return, Houndour and Silcoon! Okay Terra, let's go to the Pokémon Center and rest up for this contest tomorrow! Hop on Oshawott!"
"How do you know about contests? What about the Pokémon Gym League?"
"Forget about dumb gyms, I just want to be in contests!"
"Oh, I am so telling Tabitha!" Terra laughs.
"Oh no you don't!" I scream, and the two of us run in the dark on our way to the Pokémon Center. I still think it's weird that they house Magma Grunts there. Oh well.
I have only a few hours to train before we take over Granite Cave. Therefore, I'm willing to train my Pokémon for the Dewford Gym. On my way to the woods to train, I found a small disc labeled 'TM Acrobatics.' I look it up and find out it's a flying type move…and Treecko can learn it.
"Treecko, I want you to learn Acrobatics in time for Brawly, the second gym leader. We'll get the upper hand then," I smile.
Treecko begins dancing between trees, learning how to flip over and attack the opponent while doing a summersault. While Treecko does that, I toss two Pokéballs in the air.
"Go! Corphish, Makuhita!"
The Ruffian Pokémon comes out in anger, jealous of my time spent with Treecko, and begins to practice on logs fiercely. Makuhita, however, just stands there confused.
"I know! Corphish, Makuhita, you two have a nice battle together while Treecko learns Acrobatics!" I cheer, and the two agree.
"Corphish Cor!" my water-type snarls at Makuhita, who begins to flinch from the cacophonous words.
Corphish starts off with a Bubble to hit Makuhita, but my fighting-type uses Arm Thrust to knock the bubbles away. Corphish gets upset and begins to use Metal Claw, but Makuhita deflects it with Vital Throw.
"These two are tough as well. Let me see…Acrobatics' power is doubled if an item is not held, and since Treecko's twig isn't an official item…it should be a strong attack!"
Treecko finally knocks down a tree with its new technique, and I congratulate it. Corphish and Makuhita continue on fighting, always deflecting and rendering the other one's attacks useless.
"Corphish Phish Phish!" Corphish screams, sending out a stream of bubbles one after another.
"What attack was that?" I ask, and then go to a guide book for reference.
"So this is BubbleBeam. Okay, seems good enough!"
I notice Makuhita is forced to take repeated hits, not dodging them, but rather absorbing them. I have think of how I can help it with this.
"Makuhita, we need to teach you how to dodge. Treecko, get over here!" I shout.
"Tree…cko," Treecko replies with a twig in its mouth.
It successfully uses Acrobatics to hop from the trees to the field, and Corphish pleads with me to battle. The Pokémon is determined, yet jealous.
"Phish!"
I decide to let Makuhita watch out Treecko dodges Corphish's attacks.
Corphish uses Metal Claw, but Treecko counters with Quick Attack to dodge, making him diagonal of Corphish. Treecko then bounces on its tail to dodge a BubbleBeam, and uses Bullet Seed to destroy the bubbles. Treecko lands on its feet and looks back at me, and then leans against a tree and sleeps.
"That was…not very good for Makuhita," I admit.
I look at its moves on the PokéNav. It knows Fake Out, Arm Thrust, Vital Throw, and Sand Attack. I think of how we can use his fists to protect him.
"Try whirling your fists around, Makuhita!" I suggest.
Makuhita begins to make a circular pattern in the air with its fists, and soon a Whirlwind erupts from his arm. Eventually, I'm knocked backwards and fall on my butt. I get up to see Makuhita proud of itself.
"Now that we know that, you can forget Fake Out. While it's a decent move, we won't be able to take full advantage of it!"
Makuhita proudly tests out its attacks on Corphish and Treecko, and they aren't able to land a physical hit on him. My yellow-bellied sumo wrestling Pokémon is finally learning its potential.
"Okay Corphish, let's work on your move set. You know BubbleBeam, Metal Claw, ViceGrip, and Harden…let's see, you don't need Metal Claw since there isn't much but STAB to use it with," I conclude.
Corphish decides that it's time to learn Crabhammer, even though that is a strong attack that most take a while to learn. Instead of turnings its pincer into a steel, metallic claw, Corphish's pincer turns white and it slams on a rock, breaking it in thirds.
"Nice job, Corphish! How'd you learn that so early?"
"Phish!" Corphish jumps into the bushes and starts to Crabhammer something.
"Ow, call your mutt off of me!" Willis says from the bushes.
"What were you doing spying on me in the first place?" I furiously demand to know, my newly found confidence from Archie flaring in.
"I wanted to battle the big bad grunt," Willis teases.
"I'm older than you, so I don't know why you're so cocky," I snort.
"Go, Torchic! Use Ember!"
"Corphish, use BubbleBeam!" I retort.
Corphish's bubbles defeat the Ember, and then Corphish dives in and uses Crabhammer to knock Torchic out.
"Fine! Go, Seedot! Bullet Seed!"
Seedot spits a stream of bullets at Corphish, and my Ruffian Pokémon goes down, mostly from training so hard without rest.
"Fine! Makuhita, come on!" I call out, and my Makuhita runs to the field.
"Makuhita, use Sand-Attack!"
Makuhita kicks a bunch of sand in Seedot's eyes, and the acorn can't see where it's going.
"Now Makuhita, use Arm Thrust!"
"Seedot, use Tackle in front of you!"
Seedot, despite the drop in accuracy, is able to throw its weight onto Makuhita. However, my Pokémon uses one of its five Arm Thrusts to knock Seedot's attack away, and then the other four slam into the Pokémon and defeat it easily. I then realize—I don't need Whirlwind. I just use offense as my defense as well!
"Thanks for the great battle," I tell Willis, and then Makuhita uses Whirlwind to send Willis flying in the sky.
"Looks like I've been blown away!" he screams through the air, his Torchic and Seedot unconscious. Once he is out of sight, a small white glint in the sky appears.
"Where have I seen that before?" I ask out loud, and my Pokémon seem confused.
"Come on guys, let's go get a nice long rest!"
I walk in the Pokémon Center with Treecko and Nurse Joy commends me for stopping Team Magma, but scolds me for still being in Team Aqua.
"You're too good a person," she smiles.
"I have nowhere else to go," I answer rashly.
She hands me a big package with my name on it. I open it to see more discs like the one I used on Treecko. I look back at Treecko, and it gives me a thumbs-up.
"Thanks for the package, Archie," I whisper, and I run upstairs with my Wood Gecko Pokémon. Then I climb into bed for a few hours. Tomorrow morning, we're taking over the Magma Hideout.
"I'm joining the contest tomorrow, Terra. I'm so much better at them then gym battles!"
"How do you even know? I mean, you haven't even competed yet. There is some stiff competition in Contests, you know. It won't be easy," she replies harshly.
"Don't worry, I'm teaching Oshawott an Aqua Jet / Water Gun technique that is sure to wow the crowd.
"What about Houndour? Or Silcoon?"
"I don't think that Houndour or Silcoon are ready. We'll wait until the next competition for them," I suggest, and Terra nods.
"Should I join the competition, too, then?"
"Sure! We'll both help each other out tomorrow morning, and then compete for the ribbon tomorrow!"
The two of us (and Oshawott) walk to the Pokémon Center and look for a room.
"Sorry, we're booked. Go to your base! "Nurse Joy tells us.
So Terra and I redirect our course to Granite Cave to find Team Magma grunts swarming in and out of the cave.
"What's going on?" I ask Tabitha, who is supervising the grunts.
"We need to get out of here by tomorrow evening. Team Aqua may be wanting to take this place over, and we can't afford for him to get more information!"
"Him?"
"Your little boyfriend, you know—the infamous thief? Anthony?"
"He isn't my boyfriend. Oh, and please—Tony is not getting more information than what he already has!" I scream, but my face goes red.
"Nickname's Tony, huh? Cute. See ya later, girls!" Tabitha smirks, and then walks off into the cave.
"What a punk," I mumble, and Terra laughs at me.
A few minutes later
I eventually decide to camp out with Terra outside the Pokémon Center's back door. We sleep tightly, with Silcoon, Oshawott, and Houndour resting comfortably as well.
So I guess that means I won't see Tony again. Whether that's a good thing, I don't know, but whatever the outcome—I am Alex Stone, and I will help Team Magma rule Hoenn. I don't care what Tony may try. I'm not falling for him again—uh, him as in his tricks. Not him. I'm not falling for his tricks.
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Okay since I'm nearly out the door now I can't edit anything to add details from my original copy, so if you point anything out I can try and fix it through my phone (Sunday I won't have any internet access). I hope you all enjoy and stay tuned for some competition on Dewford Island
I'm going on vacation (family reunion) from today until Sunday, so this is the last chapter I can post until then.
Girl's Best Friend
Tony: Treecko, Corphish, Makuhita
After traveling the ocean currents with Corphish, I finally manage to drift ashore onto the main city of Dewford Island, Dewford Town. I just stay there with Treecko and Corphish at first, trying to regain my thoughts and realize what I just did.
I decide to go and eat at a restaurant, but all they serve is seafood (which makes me sick to my stomach), and I just go buy a sandwich at a local diner. Treecko, Corphish, and Makuhita get some Pokémon food and chow down.
"Excuse me, are you Anthony of Team Aqua?" a voice comes up from behind me.
"Who wants to know?" I ask while eating at my booth. Treecko and Corphish greet the man.
"Your boss, of course!" Archie reveals himself by coming around to my table. He asks to sit, and I allow him.
"So I understand through Matt and Sean that you managed to snag some information Team Magma acquired, eh? Very nice work. I'm promoting you to a second-rank grunt. That means there is only one ranking of the 'grunt' stage ahead of you, and then admin and Boss. I must admit that your skill and timing was impeccable!" Archie says enthusiastically.
He still looks the same; the same facial hair encircling his mouth, the same blue eyes, and the same intimidating, yet friendly pose. Yet for me, I'm completely different. I've grown confidence in myself. I've counted on other people, and now I can put my trust in them and my Pokémon. Without my stepfather around me, ruining my life, I think I'm enjoying what time I have. Team Aqua may just be the place for me.
"Do you, by any chance, have that picture of what they documented?" he asks me, and I give him the picture.
"Yes, yes. This talks of the legendary orbs of the Weather Trio. However, there is another Pokémon with another orb—that's why it's a trio. It's believed that there is a Pokémon that stops the feuds between Groudon and Kyogre. As for me, I'm wanting to help Kyogre reclaim the ocean and prevent the land from taking over. Who knows, we may find the leader of the Weather Trio one day. As for now, I will schedule a take-over of the Granite Cave. I've assigned you your own squad of Aqua Grunts! Your friend Sean will be in there, so make Team Aqua proud! You have a few hours to rest or train, and once we take over, I will reward you and help decipher this photograph and its meaning. Thank you for your help!" Archie continues, talking nonstop.
I'm never going to get away! Treecko falls asleep, Corphish begins fighting with other customers, and Makuhita is breaking tables and ruining the diner. Then I remember the capsules.
"Oh, Boss! I have the capsules from the Devon Corporation securely in my bag. I'll hand them off right now," I tell him, and begin digging in my bag for the test tubes.
"Please, call me Archie. And that is not necessary, for I will need you to actually hand them off to another Aqua Admin over in Slateport City. That's the next town," he explains.
"What's his name?"
"No!"
"No?"
"He's a her. You'll see her when you see her. Does that make sense, Anthony?"
"Not really, sir. But when I see an Admin from Team Aqua, I will be sure to give them to her," I offer.
"Fantastic. I'll see you in a few hours for the take-over!"
And that is how my day is going.
. . .
Alex: Oshawott, Houndour, Wurmple
Outside of what just happened, I decide to go train for the upcoming war between land and sea.
"Houndour, you use Bite by gnashing your teeth on the foe," I explain to my Pokémon.
"Hound?" it slightly tilts its head.
Houndour learns how to bite by…gnawing on my leg.
"V-very good," I wince, grabbing a towel and wiping the wound clean of blood. Houndour apologizes.
"Now you know Ember, Roar, Bite, and Smog…hmm…what next?"
I think of Tony, and how he joined Team Aqua. Oh, the irony. The 'love at first sight' junk is affecting me big time. I don't even believe in that stuff. But…Tony, the helpless boy in the woods…is now besmirching my good name! Oh, boys are so…ugh!
"Okay Houndour, good enough! Wurmple, come on out!" I call.
Oshawott hops from my shoulder to the ground as it compliments the power of its friend. My Wurmple comes out cheerful and slithers to me in happiness.
"Now let's work on that String Shot of yours!" I begin, and Wurmple shoots strings of silk up into the air, dazzling me.
"Hey, don't train without me!" Terra yells, running towards me.
"What happened with Maxie, Terra?"
"He's upset that you ran off, but apparently everything is fine; only one picture was stolen. So you know that boy?" Terra asks.
"N-no, I have no idea who that was," I lie. A small fib every now and then isn't too bad, right?
"Go, Wurmple! String Shot with Wurmple!" Terra laughs, her long brownish hair flowing in the slight wind. She's pretty cool once she's washed up.
Both Wurmple String Shot beautiful silk threads, and then both of them begin to glow white.
"What's happening?!" I ask, scared for my worm.
"They're…evolving!" Terra answers, eyes twinkling.
My Wurmple begins to grow into an oval with spiky points on the ends. Terra's is as well! They grow bigger and begin to lose their wormy appearance.
Mine evolved into this silky white Pokémon, and it has tender eyes and silk spikes. Terra's evolved into a slightly more purple Pokémon, with aggressive-like eyes.
"Mine is a Cascoon! How exciting! I can't wait to get a Dustox!" Terra laughs excitedly.
"I love my Cascoon, too!"
"Oh, Alex: your Pokémon is a Silcoon, mine is a Cascoon. See the differences? That's how you can tell," Terra tries to explain.
"But how can Wurmple evolve into two different things?"
"It's completely random—I believe it is based on their personality values. Never mind that, let's just keep training! My Sandshrew wants to learn Rapid Spin!" Terra laughs, and I laugh too. I don't know why. Maybe I'm laughing because I have no clue what's going on.
"Hello, ladies. Are you two joining the Pokémon Contest here?" a kid asks us.
"Contests?! Here?! But usually they're just in the regular cities!" I whine, and Terra seems surprised that I know about contests.
"Well they have travelling contests now, where they move from town to town, letting people have a chance at earning five ribbons for the Grand Festival. Here, have a pamphlet!" the boy continues, his Torchic looking at my Oshawott.
I take a pamphlet and shove it in my back pocket. "Well thank you, but I'm busy training right now. I'll join it later, I can't right now," I frown.
"It's tomorrow! Oh, and my name is Willis by the way. I hope to battle against you!"
"Well, Willis, good luck!" I cheer falsely.
"Oh, and—excuse me for asking this—but why would a cute girl like you join Team Magma? I mean, I know you're red hot, but evil? That's a turn-off," the kid smirks, and then runs off with his Torchic.
"Hot? You look like you're ten! Forget about it, kid. I'll knock you right out of the competition! And Team Magma isn't bad, you know! Team Aqua is!"
"That's what all Magma grunts say. And I'm almost twelve, thank you. Bye, hot stuff! I'll see you and your Sea Otter later!" and he runs off.
"That kid really ticks me off," I stammer.
"Osha!" Oshawott cheers as I glance to see it master Aqua Jet.
"Good! Return, Houndour and Silcoon! Okay Terra, let's go to the Pokémon Center and rest up for this contest tomorrow! Hop on Oshawott!"
"How do you know about contests? What about the Pokémon Gym League?"
"Forget about dumb gyms, I just want to be in contests!"
"Oh, I am so telling Tabitha!" Terra laughs.
"Oh no you don't!" I scream, and the two of us run in the dark on our way to the Pokémon Center. I still think it's weird that they house Magma Grunts there. Oh well.
. . .
Tony: Treecko, Corphish, Makuhita
I have only a few hours to train before we take over Granite Cave. Therefore, I'm willing to train my Pokémon for the Dewford Gym. On my way to the woods to train, I found a small disc labeled 'TM Acrobatics.' I look it up and find out it's a flying type move…and Treecko can learn it.
"Treecko, I want you to learn Acrobatics in time for Brawly, the second gym leader. We'll get the upper hand then," I smile.
Treecko begins dancing between trees, learning how to flip over and attack the opponent while doing a summersault. While Treecko does that, I toss two Pokéballs in the air.
"Go! Corphish, Makuhita!"
The Ruffian Pokémon comes out in anger, jealous of my time spent with Treecko, and begins to practice on logs fiercely. Makuhita, however, just stands there confused.
"I know! Corphish, Makuhita, you two have a nice battle together while Treecko learns Acrobatics!" I cheer, and the two agree.
"Corphish Cor!" my water-type snarls at Makuhita, who begins to flinch from the cacophonous words.
Corphish starts off with a Bubble to hit Makuhita, but my fighting-type uses Arm Thrust to knock the bubbles away. Corphish gets upset and begins to use Metal Claw, but Makuhita deflects it with Vital Throw.
"These two are tough as well. Let me see…Acrobatics' power is doubled if an item is not held, and since Treecko's twig isn't an official item…it should be a strong attack!"
Treecko finally knocks down a tree with its new technique, and I congratulate it. Corphish and Makuhita continue on fighting, always deflecting and rendering the other one's attacks useless.
"Corphish Phish Phish!" Corphish screams, sending out a stream of bubbles one after another.
"What attack was that?" I ask, and then go to a guide book for reference.
"So this is BubbleBeam. Okay, seems good enough!"
I notice Makuhita is forced to take repeated hits, not dodging them, but rather absorbing them. I have think of how I can help it with this.
"Makuhita, we need to teach you how to dodge. Treecko, get over here!" I shout.
"Tree…cko," Treecko replies with a twig in its mouth.
It successfully uses Acrobatics to hop from the trees to the field, and Corphish pleads with me to battle. The Pokémon is determined, yet jealous.
"Phish!"
I decide to let Makuhita watch out Treecko dodges Corphish's attacks.
Corphish uses Metal Claw, but Treecko counters with Quick Attack to dodge, making him diagonal of Corphish. Treecko then bounces on its tail to dodge a BubbleBeam, and uses Bullet Seed to destroy the bubbles. Treecko lands on its feet and looks back at me, and then leans against a tree and sleeps.
"That was…not very good for Makuhita," I admit.
I look at its moves on the PokéNav. It knows Fake Out, Arm Thrust, Vital Throw, and Sand Attack. I think of how we can use his fists to protect him.
"Try whirling your fists around, Makuhita!" I suggest.
Makuhita begins to make a circular pattern in the air with its fists, and soon a Whirlwind erupts from his arm. Eventually, I'm knocked backwards and fall on my butt. I get up to see Makuhita proud of itself.
"Now that we know that, you can forget Fake Out. While it's a decent move, we won't be able to take full advantage of it!"
Makuhita proudly tests out its attacks on Corphish and Treecko, and they aren't able to land a physical hit on him. My yellow-bellied sumo wrestling Pokémon is finally learning its potential.
"Okay Corphish, let's work on your move set. You know BubbleBeam, Metal Claw, ViceGrip, and Harden…let's see, you don't need Metal Claw since there isn't much but STAB to use it with," I conclude.
Corphish decides that it's time to learn Crabhammer, even though that is a strong attack that most take a while to learn. Instead of turnings its pincer into a steel, metallic claw, Corphish's pincer turns white and it slams on a rock, breaking it in thirds.
"Nice job, Corphish! How'd you learn that so early?"
"Phish!" Corphish jumps into the bushes and starts to Crabhammer something.
"Ow, call your mutt off of me!" Willis says from the bushes.
"What were you doing spying on me in the first place?" I furiously demand to know, my newly found confidence from Archie flaring in.
"I wanted to battle the big bad grunt," Willis teases.
"I'm older than you, so I don't know why you're so cocky," I snort.
"Go, Torchic! Use Ember!"
"Corphish, use BubbleBeam!" I retort.
Corphish's bubbles defeat the Ember, and then Corphish dives in and uses Crabhammer to knock Torchic out.
"Fine! Go, Seedot! Bullet Seed!"
Seedot spits a stream of bullets at Corphish, and my Ruffian Pokémon goes down, mostly from training so hard without rest.
"Fine! Makuhita, come on!" I call out, and my Makuhita runs to the field.
"Makuhita, use Sand-Attack!"
Makuhita kicks a bunch of sand in Seedot's eyes, and the acorn can't see where it's going.
"Now Makuhita, use Arm Thrust!"
"Seedot, use Tackle in front of you!"
Seedot, despite the drop in accuracy, is able to throw its weight onto Makuhita. However, my Pokémon uses one of its five Arm Thrusts to knock Seedot's attack away, and then the other four slam into the Pokémon and defeat it easily. I then realize—I don't need Whirlwind. I just use offense as my defense as well!
"Thanks for the great battle," I tell Willis, and then Makuhita uses Whirlwind to send Willis flying in the sky.
"Looks like I've been blown away!" he screams through the air, his Torchic and Seedot unconscious. Once he is out of sight, a small white glint in the sky appears.
"Where have I seen that before?" I ask out loud, and my Pokémon seem confused.
"Come on guys, let's go get a nice long rest!"
I walk in the Pokémon Center with Treecko and Nurse Joy commends me for stopping Team Magma, but scolds me for still being in Team Aqua.
"You're too good a person," she smiles.
"I have nowhere else to go," I answer rashly.
She hands me a big package with my name on it. I open it to see more discs like the one I used on Treecko. I look back at Treecko, and it gives me a thumbs-up.
"Thanks for the package, Archie," I whisper, and I run upstairs with my Wood Gecko Pokémon. Then I climb into bed for a few hours. Tomorrow morning, we're taking over the Magma Hideout.
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Alex: Oshawott, Houndour, Silcoon
"I'm joining the contest tomorrow, Terra. I'm so much better at them then gym battles!"
"How do you even know? I mean, you haven't even competed yet. There is some stiff competition in Contests, you know. It won't be easy," she replies harshly.
"Don't worry, I'm teaching Oshawott an Aqua Jet / Water Gun technique that is sure to wow the crowd.
"What about Houndour? Or Silcoon?"
"I don't think that Houndour or Silcoon are ready. We'll wait until the next competition for them," I suggest, and Terra nods.
"Should I join the competition, too, then?"
"Sure! We'll both help each other out tomorrow morning, and then compete for the ribbon tomorrow!"
The two of us (and Oshawott) walk to the Pokémon Center and look for a room.
"Sorry, we're booked. Go to your base! "Nurse Joy tells us.
So Terra and I redirect our course to Granite Cave to find Team Magma grunts swarming in and out of the cave.
"What's going on?" I ask Tabitha, who is supervising the grunts.
"We need to get out of here by tomorrow evening. Team Aqua may be wanting to take this place over, and we can't afford for him to get more information!"
"Him?"
"Your little boyfriend, you know—the infamous thief? Anthony?"
"He isn't my boyfriend. Oh, and please—Tony is not getting more information than what he already has!" I scream, but my face goes red.
"Nickname's Tony, huh? Cute. See ya later, girls!" Tabitha smirks, and then walks off into the cave.
"What a punk," I mumble, and Terra laughs at me.
A few minutes later
I eventually decide to camp out with Terra outside the Pokémon Center's back door. We sleep tightly, with Silcoon, Oshawott, and Houndour resting comfortably as well.
So I guess that means I won't see Tony again. Whether that's a good thing, I don't know, but whatever the outcome—I am Alex Stone, and I will help Team Magma rule Hoenn. I don't care what Tony may try. I'm not falling for him again—uh, him as in his tricks. Not him. I'm not falling for his tricks.
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Okay since I'm nearly out the door now I can't edit anything to add details from my original copy, so if you point anything out I can try and fix it through my phone (Sunday I won't have any internet access). I hope you all enjoy and stay tuned for some competition on Dewford Island
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 7 is now up)
I just finished reading the final chapter and I'm really interested to see where it's going! I like that Alex will now go for contests and Tony for the gyms! They're both getting a nice team of Pokémon too. I also like that we got to see more of the personalities of the Pokémon and got to know them better.
I just finished reading the final chapter and I'm really interested to see where it's going! I like that Alex will now go for contests and Tony for the gyms! They're both getting a nice team of Pokémon too.
I also like that we got to see more of the personalities of the Pokémon and got to know them better.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 7 is now up)
After everyone's suggestions, I've been writing the chapters (outlined on paper) with much more emphasis on descriptions. Actually, one chapter focuses mainly on one Pokemon. I just want to thank all of you for making me a better writer
After everyone's suggestions, I've been writing the chapters (outlined on paper) with much more emphasis on descriptions. Actually, one chapter focuses mainly on one Pokemon. I just want to thank all of you for making me a better writer
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 7 is now up)
Back from my vacation! I just finished up typing chapter 27 as well, but while I was gone I got to outline up to chapter 31! Anyway, here's Chapter 8 for you guys. This has mainly battle scenes, which are usually my favorite scenes to type Enjoy!
Terra and I get up to go practice for the Pokémon Contests. She informs me that we should probably wear casual clothing and not our uniforms.
"Didn't Maxie ask us to help guard the Magma Base at Granite Cave?" Terra asks me, her brown hair suffering from bed head.
"I'm not sure, but I think two grunts won't make much of a difference. What's more important, a contest or a silly base?"
Terra brushes her hair as I brush my teeth. Oshawott and Houndour are still asleep, but Silcoon is wide awake. After brushing my teeth, I pick it up and decide to groom it.
"Well, we are part of Team Magma…so the more important of the two would be—" she attempts.
"Yep! Contests!" I cut her off.
"Fine," she replies, and I return my Pokémon and grab Oshawott.
We run out of the Pokémon Center and practice really quick.
"Okay, Oshawott! Aqua Jet!"
My Oshawott begins spinning into a powerful force of water.
"Now use Water Gun, and make it spin around!"
Oshawott creates another stream of water that wraps around the Aqua Jet.
"Now finish it off with an Air Slash!"
Oshawott slices the water into small droplets with the wind from the swipe of its Scalchop. The droplets fall in midair, creating a glimmering rainbow inside each molecule as the sun shines bright.
"Beautiful, Alex!" Terra's eyes glimmer.
"Thank you, thank you. Oshawott and I have perfected it just in time for the contest!" I brag.
"Well, here we go! Sandshrew, come on out!" she calls.
"Sandshrew!" the Pokémon squeals.
"Sandshrew, use a combination of Dig and Rollout!"
Sandshrew begins to roll around in a circle until it eventually digs a donut-shaped circle in the ground. Then, it springs up into the air, spins in a ball, and lands on its feet. It was pretty cool.
"That was awesome!" I admit.
"It's almost time to start—we have three minutes to get there and we aren't sure where it is!" Terra screams.
"Sandshrew, return!"
"Oshawott, get in the bag!"
We run as fast as we can and luckily stumble upon the contest hall set up along the shoreline. It's a rounded building that is full of pink and red colors everywhere; it's so vivid! The hall itself takes my breath away.
Inside, the carpet is a fine, velvety red that's perfect for fancy parties. There are trainers everywhere that are pampering their Pokemon and hoping for good luck. The walls are pink and yellow, however there are large banners the same color as the floor along the walls. There is a front desk in the middle of the circular building, and beyond that lies two hallways. One is for coordinators while the other is for the audience. Terra and I run up to the desk to sign up for our first contest.
"Are you ladies here to get your Contest passes?" the receptionist woman asks nicely.
"Yes we are," I reply nicely.
At first, I wonder why she's not screaming that there are Magma Grunts in the room, but then remember that Terra and I are concealing our identities. The only evidence is the symbol of my bag of Team Magma, which I hide casually.
"Well, go to the left and get your pictures taken!"
We are steered left of the desk when a camera comes up and snaps a picture of me, but my face was goofy from the surprise photographer.
"Well look who crawled out of the bed today!" a voice says from behind.
Some man is staring at me—no. He's staring at my Team Magma symbol on my bag.
"Team Magma, huh? We're rivals, then," the man says, showing me his Team Aqua badge inside his jacket.
His jet black hair and dark eyes make him look mysterious, but I look past that and ignore him. Terra stays close behind me.
"Coordinators, right this way!" the receptionist says, pointing to the arced doorway ahead. Terra and I enter through to find a Coordinator Waiting Room.
"Hey gorgeous, nice of you to come here," a familiar person whispers in my ear.
"Willis is behind you," Terra tells me.
"I KNOW!" I scream, and a lot of coordinators stare at me blankly.
I wake up to a knocking on my door. First thing I do is put on some pants, and then I open it.
"Hello?" I blurt, zipping them up.
"Um…yeah…anyways, Archie told me to inform you that Team Magma fled from their base and Team Aqua took it over gleefully!" Sean smiles in his pajamas. There are Vanillite all over them with a baby-blue main color.
"That's great!" I yawn, stretching my arms to the ceiling.
"Treecko?" the Wood Gecko Pokémon wakes up. It slips a twig in its mouth and nudges Corphish.
"Phish! Corphish Corphish!" Corphish yelps.
It sends bubbles everywhere with its BubbleBeam attack. Makuhita wakes up and begins Arm Thrusting to pop them. Then Makuhita and Corphish face off.
"I…might want to get some breakfast for them," I sigh.
"Well you're in luck! Nurse Joy just got a fresh shipment in this morning! Of food, that is!"
What else would it be?
"Great! Then let's eat!"
"And there you have it, folks! The mysterious character dressed in blue and black has made an amazing combination of the moves Water Gun and Electro Ball with his Chinchou! Judges, what score do the two deserve?" the contest announcer, Vivian Meridian, asks the three people standing in front of a large desk big enough to support the three of them.
"Nurse Joy, you're up first!"
"Well, I must admit that the conduction of electricity by the water created an awe-inspiring array of water droplets! The two are a good pair!" Nurse Joy smiles, complimenting the Team Aqua member I so drastically despise now.
"Mr. Sukizo?"
"Simply remarkable!" the squint-eyed, near-balding man says loudly.
"And Mr. Contesta?"
"I will say this: you two will make it far!"
"Well there you have it folks," Vivian says, "the judges will now tally up the points. Each judge ranks the coordinator out of ten points, and they combine their scores out of thirty. Oh! looks like they have drawn to a conclusion!"
The big screen in the background shows 28.6 points out of 30. His individual scores were 9.5, 9.5, and 9.6.
"There you have it, folks! This man and his Chinchou have come up with a very high score!"
The crowd goes wild as I watch from the Coordinator Waiting Room.
"There's no time to be nervous now!" Terra pleads with me, trying to shake the nervousness away.
"I know, I know," I wipe my mind of the worry and focus with my Oshawott, who fiddles with its scalchop on the seat beside me.
"Next up," Vivian begins, "is Willis, from Littleroot Town!"
"Go, Nuzleaf!" Willis commands.
"A Nuzleaf?" I whisper. Oshawott watches Willis carefully.
"Nuzleaf, Razor Leaf!"
Nuzleaf spins its leaf in the air and a dozen razor-sharp leaves are emitted from it.
"Now use Faint Attack!"
Nuzleaf bears an evil grin and then disappears for a split second, then slamming into the leaves—causing them to spin into little circles.
"Now Razor Leaf again!"
Nuzleaf does the same original technique, but this time the new leaves shred the old leaves to create a series of tiny leaf shreds spinning around the room.
"Aaaand the judges?"
The judges say their praises, and then come up with a 29.3! I can't believe my eyes—Willis is actually good at something.
"That's the highest yet! Our next Coordinator is Terra!"
I'm excited to see Terra run on stage, but then I realize why I didn't register her leaving—someone is sitting in her seat.
"So you finally found me, eh? Heh, I've been sitting here a while. You're up last then?" the Team Aqua grunt smirks.
"Yes, as a matter of fact I am!"
"Cool. My name's Marsh. We really appreciate the information you let us snatch from you, it's coming in handy. Good luck in the contest—I hope you make it past the Appeal Round! That's just the qualifiers. Maybe if you beat it you can face me and I can beat the pants off of you," he smiles.
"Shut up!"
"Terra's and Sandshrew's performance has earned them a respectable 27.2! Can the last coordinator of the night beat this score? Let's find out: Alex, it is your time to shine!"
"Oshawott, come on!" I yell, grabbing my bag and snatching Oshawott up.
"Oh, and one more thing!"
I freeze.
"Break a leg," he smiles.
"Leave. Me. Alone."
"This official Gym Battle between Brawly of Dewford Gym and the challenger, Anthony from Littleroot Town, is about to take place! This match is a two-on-two battle with only the challenger allowed to force substitutions. Ready? Battle!"
How did I get here so fast? I think back.
"Sean! You stay here with Makuhita and help it practice blocking hits. I have to take the Gym Battle today!"
"But what about scoping out the new base?" Sean asks.
"I have to get this over with!"
I run with Treecko and Corphish to the shoreline, where Brawly is surfing with a bunch of girls. None of them are my type. However, once he sees me [in casual clothing for once] he offers a Gym Match before I even ask. I accept, and we decide to battle in the water itself! The Battle Referee/Judge revs a motor of a boat and meets us at a cluster of stones.
"You take that large one, I'll take this one. The tides come in here daily, and the rocks are good for strategies. Since most people know of my Hariyama, I won't use it today. You got lucky!"
This morning has gone by so fast.
"Corphish, come on out!"
My Ruffian Pokémon leaps out of the Pokéball and lands on a stone protruding from the water.
"Croagunk, I choose you!" Brawly laughs, throwing a Pokéball in the air lazily and watching his poison-type frog come from it.
"Corphish, let's start this off with a Bubble Beam!"
"Croagunk, use Bulk Up!"
Corphish emits a ton of bubbles from its pincers, but they don't even seem to do any damage to Croagunk…at all. Using this to its advantage, Croagunk beefs its muscles up and causes its physical side of attack and defense to get a major boost.
"Croagunk, now Drain Punch!"
Croagunk's Drain Punch drains Corphish of its power, and I can tell Corphish is losing health fast.
"Quick! Use Harden!" I command.
Corphish hardens its exoskeleton and then fires away a ViceGrip at Croagunk, hurting its arm badly.
"Hit it hard with Poison Jab!"
"Jump in the water and dodge it!"
Corphish hops into the water just as Croagunk leaps in with a toxic fist. Croagunk looks in the water, but all it sees is its reflection among the slightly rippling water.
"That Corphish is fast!" Brawly commends me.
"You'll think fast in a minute!" I mumble, but none of Corphish's water attacks are going to work.
"ViceGrip again!"
Corphish pinches Croagunk with its pincers, but Croagunk smirks.
"Now use Poison Jab!"
Croagunk slams its arm into Corphish as it's up close, and then Corphish suffers from the poison status ailment Poison Jab provides. However it's able to get up and fight some more.
"Corphish! Hang in there--ViceGrip once more!"
"You just don't give up, do ya?" Brawly somewhat frowns as he sees my damaged Pokemon attack and attack while still suffering immensely.
Nevertheless, Corphish rides a wave slowly, and then blasts off into Croagunk, using its pincers to finally knock the Toxic Mouth Pokémon out.
"What?! Fine then, go, my friend! Timburr, this battle is yours!" Brawly grits his teeth, returning his Croagunk and sending out another Pokémon.
Timburr lands on a rock with a wooden log carved into a long, rectangular block. You can see its veins since the Pokemon is so physically fit.
"I wish I could look like that," I joke.
"Ready to battle for real now?"
"I've been waiting on you, Brawly," I smirk. This may be a fun battle after all. Only one problem—Corphish is weak from the poison. I don't have much time.
"Our last Coordinator of the day is Alex from Rustboro City! Show them what you're made of, Alex!" Vivian smiles, her mole being the one thing I'm staring at. I shake my head from its dozing and look down on my Sea Otter Pokémon.
"Well Oshawott, let's give this a shot!"
"Oshawott!"
"Oshawott, Aqua Jet!"
Oshawott speeds into the air with a jet of water, impressing the crowd already.
"Alex starts off wonderfully with Aqua Jet!" Vivian narrates.
"Now add onto it with Water Gun while spinning in your last attack!"
Oshawott begins to gyrate inside the Aqua Jet, and soon enough it turns into a Water Spout (which is a tornado on water). The spinning Aqua Jet then gets surrounded by a Water Gun, providing a layer of water coiling around the priority move in an aquatic force of beauty.
"I can't believe my eyes! Oshawott has began spinning in the Aqua Jet, and now it's surrounding itself with Water Gun!" Vivian squeals.
"Now slice it with an Air Slash attack!"
Oshawott jumps out of the raging force of water, and uses its Scalchop to break the air into a streak of wind, which slashes down onto the Aqua Jet / Water Gun combo. The mass of liquid slashes into millions of water droplets, sprinkling over the crowd in a shower of mist.
"What a wonderful…and wet appeal! Judges…?" Vivian smiles.
"That was an amazing three-move combo attack! Very impressed…and wet," Nurse Joy smiles, laughing.
"Simply remarkable…and damp!" Mr. Sukizo laughs.
"And Mr. Contesta?" Vivian gasps in suspense at Mr. Contesta's lack of charm.
"It was…okay, I guess. Yes, you used many attacks to impress the crowd; but now we're all soaked two layers deep and I'll have to shower. It was decent, though," he shrugs. I didn't see Vivian complaining…
"And the judges are tallying up the total! Drum roll please!" Vivian recounts, and then presses a button on the remote, creating a drum roll. The crowd laughs.
I look up to see a two-digit number with a decimal following behind it. To say the least, I'm disappointed...
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That's the Eighth chapter! I've added in some descriptions, but if you find some vague spots I can always add on more. This is still early on in the story, and it really picks up once we get to Slateport City. Brawly's battle with Tony is one of my favorites to be honest, probably second only to [insert spoiler I will not say here]. Haha, jokes aside, I will return to my updating once a day and plan on catching you guys up!
[And yes, to that user that messaged me, I will be posting the full story both on here and the other place.]
Back from my vacation! I just finished up typing chapter 27 as well, but while I was gone I got to outline up to chapter 31! Anyway, here's Chapter 8 for you guys. This has mainly battle scenes, which are usually my favorite scenes to type
Enjoy!Competition in Dewford Town
Alex: Oshawott, Houndour, Silcoon
Terra and I get up to go practice for the Pokémon Contests. She informs me that we should probably wear casual clothing and not our uniforms.
"Didn't Maxie ask us to help guard the Magma Base at Granite Cave?" Terra asks me, her brown hair suffering from bed head.
"I'm not sure, but I think two grunts won't make much of a difference. What's more important, a contest or a silly base?"
Terra brushes her hair as I brush my teeth. Oshawott and Houndour are still asleep, but Silcoon is wide awake. After brushing my teeth, I pick it up and decide to groom it.
"Well, we are part of Team Magma…so the more important of the two would be—" she attempts.
"Yep! Contests!" I cut her off.
"Fine," she replies, and I return my Pokémon and grab Oshawott.
We run out of the Pokémon Center and practice really quick.
"Okay, Oshawott! Aqua Jet!"
My Oshawott begins spinning into a powerful force of water.
"Now use Water Gun, and make it spin around!"
Oshawott creates another stream of water that wraps around the Aqua Jet.
"Now finish it off with an Air Slash!"
Oshawott slices the water into small droplets with the wind from the swipe of its Scalchop. The droplets fall in midair, creating a glimmering rainbow inside each molecule as the sun shines bright.
"Beautiful, Alex!" Terra's eyes glimmer.
"Thank you, thank you. Oshawott and I have perfected it just in time for the contest!" I brag.
"Well, here we go! Sandshrew, come on out!" she calls.
"Sandshrew!" the Pokémon squeals.
"Sandshrew, use a combination of Dig and Rollout!"
Sandshrew begins to roll around in a circle until it eventually digs a donut-shaped circle in the ground. Then, it springs up into the air, spins in a ball, and lands on its feet. It was pretty cool.
"That was awesome!" I admit.
"It's almost time to start—we have three minutes to get there and we aren't sure where it is!" Terra screams.
"Sandshrew, return!"
"Oshawott, get in the bag!"
We run as fast as we can and luckily stumble upon the contest hall set up along the shoreline. It's a rounded building that is full of pink and red colors everywhere; it's so vivid! The hall itself takes my breath away.
Inside, the carpet is a fine, velvety red that's perfect for fancy parties. There are trainers everywhere that are pampering their Pokemon and hoping for good luck. The walls are pink and yellow, however there are large banners the same color as the floor along the walls. There is a front desk in the middle of the circular building, and beyond that lies two hallways. One is for coordinators while the other is for the audience. Terra and I run up to the desk to sign up for our first contest.
"Are you ladies here to get your Contest passes?" the receptionist woman asks nicely.
"Yes we are," I reply nicely.
At first, I wonder why she's not screaming that there are Magma Grunts in the room, but then remember that Terra and I are concealing our identities. The only evidence is the symbol of my bag of Team Magma, which I hide casually.
"Well, go to the left and get your pictures taken!"
We are steered left of the desk when a camera comes up and snaps a picture of me, but my face was goofy from the surprise photographer.
"Well look who crawled out of the bed today!" a voice says from behind.
Some man is staring at me—no. He's staring at my Team Magma symbol on my bag.
"Team Magma, huh? We're rivals, then," the man says, showing me his Team Aqua badge inside his jacket.
His jet black hair and dark eyes make him look mysterious, but I look past that and ignore him. Terra stays close behind me.
"Coordinators, right this way!" the receptionist says, pointing to the arced doorway ahead. Terra and I enter through to find a Coordinator Waiting Room.
"Hey gorgeous, nice of you to come here," a familiar person whispers in my ear.
"Willis is behind you," Terra tells me.
"I KNOW!" I scream, and a lot of coordinators stare at me blankly.
. . .
Tony: Treecko, Corphish, Makuhita
I wake up to a knocking on my door. First thing I do is put on some pants, and then I open it.
"Hello?" I blurt, zipping them up.
"Um…yeah…anyways, Archie told me to inform you that Team Magma fled from their base and Team Aqua took it over gleefully!" Sean smiles in his pajamas. There are Vanillite all over them with a baby-blue main color.
"That's great!" I yawn, stretching my arms to the ceiling.
"Treecko?" the Wood Gecko Pokémon wakes up. It slips a twig in its mouth and nudges Corphish.
"Phish! Corphish Corphish!" Corphish yelps.
It sends bubbles everywhere with its BubbleBeam attack. Makuhita wakes up and begins Arm Thrusting to pop them. Then Makuhita and Corphish face off.
"I…might want to get some breakfast for them," I sigh.
"Well you're in luck! Nurse Joy just got a fresh shipment in this morning! Of food, that is!"
What else would it be?
"Great! Then let's eat!"
. . .
Alex: Oshawott, Houndour, Silcoon
"And there you have it, folks! The mysterious character dressed in blue and black has made an amazing combination of the moves Water Gun and Electro Ball with his Chinchou! Judges, what score do the two deserve?" the contest announcer, Vivian Meridian, asks the three people standing in front of a large desk big enough to support the three of them.
"Nurse Joy, you're up first!"
"Well, I must admit that the conduction of electricity by the water created an awe-inspiring array of water droplets! The two are a good pair!" Nurse Joy smiles, complimenting the Team Aqua member I so drastically despise now.
"Mr. Sukizo?"
"Simply remarkable!" the squint-eyed, near-balding man says loudly.
"And Mr. Contesta?"
"I will say this: you two will make it far!"
"Well there you have it folks," Vivian says, "the judges will now tally up the points. Each judge ranks the coordinator out of ten points, and they combine their scores out of thirty. Oh! looks like they have drawn to a conclusion!"
The big screen in the background shows 28.6 points out of 30. His individual scores were 9.5, 9.5, and 9.6.
"There you have it, folks! This man and his Chinchou have come up with a very high score!"
The crowd goes wild as I watch from the Coordinator Waiting Room.
"There's no time to be nervous now!" Terra pleads with me, trying to shake the nervousness away.
"I know, I know," I wipe my mind of the worry and focus with my Oshawott, who fiddles with its scalchop on the seat beside me.
"Next up," Vivian begins, "is Willis, from Littleroot Town!"
"Go, Nuzleaf!" Willis commands.
"A Nuzleaf?" I whisper. Oshawott watches Willis carefully.
"Nuzleaf, Razor Leaf!"
Nuzleaf spins its leaf in the air and a dozen razor-sharp leaves are emitted from it.
"Now use Faint Attack!"
Nuzleaf bears an evil grin and then disappears for a split second, then slamming into the leaves—causing them to spin into little circles.
"Now Razor Leaf again!"
Nuzleaf does the same original technique, but this time the new leaves shred the old leaves to create a series of tiny leaf shreds spinning around the room.
"Aaaand the judges?"
The judges say their praises, and then come up with a 29.3! I can't believe my eyes—Willis is actually good at something.
"That's the highest yet! Our next Coordinator is Terra!"
I'm excited to see Terra run on stage, but then I realize why I didn't register her leaving—someone is sitting in her seat.
"So you finally found me, eh? Heh, I've been sitting here a while. You're up last then?" the Team Aqua grunt smirks.
"Yes, as a matter of fact I am!"
"Cool. My name's Marsh. We really appreciate the information you let us snatch from you, it's coming in handy. Good luck in the contest—I hope you make it past the Appeal Round! That's just the qualifiers. Maybe if you beat it you can face me and I can beat the pants off of you," he smiles.
"Shut up!"
"Terra's and Sandshrew's performance has earned them a respectable 27.2! Can the last coordinator of the night beat this score? Let's find out: Alex, it is your time to shine!"
"Oshawott, come on!" I yell, grabbing my bag and snatching Oshawott up.
"Oh, and one more thing!"
I freeze.
"Break a leg," he smiles.
"Leave. Me. Alone."
. . .
Tony: Treecko, Corphish, Makuhita
"This official Gym Battle between Brawly of Dewford Gym and the challenger, Anthony from Littleroot Town, is about to take place! This match is a two-on-two battle with only the challenger allowed to force substitutions. Ready? Battle!"
How did I get here so fast? I think back.
"Sean! You stay here with Makuhita and help it practice blocking hits. I have to take the Gym Battle today!"
"But what about scoping out the new base?" Sean asks.
"I have to get this over with!"
I run with Treecko and Corphish to the shoreline, where Brawly is surfing with a bunch of girls. None of them are my type. However, once he sees me [in casual clothing for once] he offers a Gym Match before I even ask. I accept, and we decide to battle in the water itself! The Battle Referee/Judge revs a motor of a boat and meets us at a cluster of stones.
"You take that large one, I'll take this one. The tides come in here daily, and the rocks are good for strategies. Since most people know of my Hariyama, I won't use it today. You got lucky!"
This morning has gone by so fast.
"Corphish, come on out!"
My Ruffian Pokémon leaps out of the Pokéball and lands on a stone protruding from the water.
"Croagunk, I choose you!" Brawly laughs, throwing a Pokéball in the air lazily and watching his poison-type frog come from it.
"Corphish, let's start this off with a Bubble Beam!"
"Croagunk, use Bulk Up!"
Corphish emits a ton of bubbles from its pincers, but they don't even seem to do any damage to Croagunk…at all. Using this to its advantage, Croagunk beefs its muscles up and causes its physical side of attack and defense to get a major boost.
"Croagunk, now Drain Punch!"
Croagunk's Drain Punch drains Corphish of its power, and I can tell Corphish is losing health fast.
"Quick! Use Harden!" I command.
Corphish hardens its exoskeleton and then fires away a ViceGrip at Croagunk, hurting its arm badly.
"Hit it hard with Poison Jab!"
"Jump in the water and dodge it!"
Corphish hops into the water just as Croagunk leaps in with a toxic fist. Croagunk looks in the water, but all it sees is its reflection among the slightly rippling water.
"That Corphish is fast!" Brawly commends me.
"You'll think fast in a minute!" I mumble, but none of Corphish's water attacks are going to work.
"ViceGrip again!"
Corphish pinches Croagunk with its pincers, but Croagunk smirks.
"Now use Poison Jab!"
Croagunk slams its arm into Corphish as it's up close, and then Corphish suffers from the poison status ailment Poison Jab provides. However it's able to get up and fight some more.
"Corphish! Hang in there--ViceGrip once more!"
"You just don't give up, do ya?" Brawly somewhat frowns as he sees my damaged Pokemon attack and attack while still suffering immensely.
Nevertheless, Corphish rides a wave slowly, and then blasts off into Croagunk, using its pincers to finally knock the Toxic Mouth Pokémon out.
"What?! Fine then, go, my friend! Timburr, this battle is yours!" Brawly grits his teeth, returning his Croagunk and sending out another Pokémon.
Timburr lands on a rock with a wooden log carved into a long, rectangular block. You can see its veins since the Pokemon is so physically fit.
"I wish I could look like that," I joke.
"Ready to battle for real now?"
"I've been waiting on you, Brawly," I smirk. This may be a fun battle after all. Only one problem—Corphish is weak from the poison. I don't have much time.
. . .
Alex: Oshawott, Houndour, Silcoon
"Our last Coordinator of the day is Alex from Rustboro City! Show them what you're made of, Alex!" Vivian smiles, her mole being the one thing I'm staring at. I shake my head from its dozing and look down on my Sea Otter Pokémon.
"Well Oshawott, let's give this a shot!"
"Oshawott!"
"Oshawott, Aqua Jet!"
Oshawott speeds into the air with a jet of water, impressing the crowd already.
"Alex starts off wonderfully with Aqua Jet!" Vivian narrates.
"Now add onto it with Water Gun while spinning in your last attack!"
Oshawott begins to gyrate inside the Aqua Jet, and soon enough it turns into a Water Spout (which is a tornado on water). The spinning Aqua Jet then gets surrounded by a Water Gun, providing a layer of water coiling around the priority move in an aquatic force of beauty.
"I can't believe my eyes! Oshawott has began spinning in the Aqua Jet, and now it's surrounding itself with Water Gun!" Vivian squeals.
"Now slice it with an Air Slash attack!"
Oshawott jumps out of the raging force of water, and uses its Scalchop to break the air into a streak of wind, which slashes down onto the Aqua Jet / Water Gun combo. The mass of liquid slashes into millions of water droplets, sprinkling over the crowd in a shower of mist.
"What a wonderful…and wet appeal! Judges…?" Vivian smiles.
"That was an amazing three-move combo attack! Very impressed…and wet," Nurse Joy smiles, laughing.
"Simply remarkable…and damp!" Mr. Sukizo laughs.
"And Mr. Contesta?" Vivian gasps in suspense at Mr. Contesta's lack of charm.
"It was…okay, I guess. Yes, you used many attacks to impress the crowd; but now we're all soaked two layers deep and I'll have to shower. It was decent, though," he shrugs. I didn't see Vivian complaining…
"And the judges are tallying up the total! Drum roll please!" Vivian recounts, and then presses a button on the remote, creating a drum roll. The crowd laughs.
I look up to see a two-digit number with a decimal following behind it. To say the least, I'm disappointed...
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That's the Eighth chapter! I've added in some descriptions, but if you find some vague spots I can always add on more. This is still early on in the story, and it really picks up once we get to Slateport City. Brawly's battle with Tony is one of my favorites to be honest, probably second only to [insert spoiler I will not say here]. Haha, jokes aside, I will return to my updating once a day and plan on catching you guys up!
[And yes, to that user that messaged me, I will be posting the full story both on here and the other place.]
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 8 is now up)
"A 27.8?!" I yell in the Coordinator Waiting Room.
"Still better than my score," Terra tries to cheer me up.
"Well you didn't do too bad, gorgeous," Willis comes up from behind with his Combusken.
"I don't want your support. Get away from me," I growl.
"That's no way to talk to your boyfriend," he slyly determines.
"I wouldn't date you if I was paid to. Just wait—I will beat you in the Grand Festival!"
"I don't think they allow Team Magma Grunts into the Grand Festival," another voice emanates from behind me. I turn around to see Marsh.
"You need to do better if you even want to make it past this round!"
I sneer at them as I turn to see the next-rounders.
"The following eight people will make it to the next round, based on scores!" Vivian smiles.
Eight cards shuffle on the screen, and then disperse to different locations in a bracket. First two people I see are Willis and Terra. I'm battling a man named George. Marsh is battling a guy named Fisher. Two random people are facing each other. First up, Willis and Terra get ready to battle it out.
"I can't win!" Terra cries.
"Just do your best!" I encourage her.
Terra walks outside the waiting room and into the arena. On the other side comes Willis.
"Nuzleaf, I choose you!" he calls out.
"Leaf," Nuzleaf says with a pounce on the ground.
"Sandshrew, let's go!"
"Shrew!" Sandshrew barks back.
From the waiting room, I look at the TV to see a screen above the judges. It shows the faces of Terra and Willis, with an orange bar below them and a time of five minutes.
"What's that?" I ask Marsh.
"This is the battling round. Here, trainers battle until one loses the most points or one Pokémon faints. If the Pokémon faints, no matter how many points the user has, the opponent wins," Marsh explains.
"Oh okay, so it's sort of like a regular battle—but with style!"
We watch Terra and Sandshrew dodge all of Nuzleaf's Razor Leaf attacks with a Rollout.
"Now slam into Nuzleaf with Rollout!"
Sandshrew flies into the air, targeting Nuzleaf, and begins rolling towards it.
"Nuzleaf, use Razor Leaf to finish this!"
Nuzleaf swings its head and knocks Sandshrew out with a couple of sharp leaves.
"There you have it, folks! Willis has won the game!"
"No!" I scream, but I realize that it's already too late.
"Return, Sandshrew. You were awesome!" Terra smiles, and then runs off stage to the waiting room to sit with me.
"You'll do fine. I knew I'd lose against Willis," she sighs.
Ding ding! a sound from the PokéNav rings in the air.
"That's Maxie! He needs us!"
"I can't leave yet!" I whisper.
"I'll go. I'll tell him you couldn't make it," she suggests.
"Thanks Terra, I appreciate it."
"Yeah. Now go get that ribbon!"
"Timburr, ride the waves!" Brawly commands.
"Timburr is able to use its wood to float on as a surf board, so it can practically use Surf without the in-battle attack," he smirks.
Timburr is a sneering Pokémon—it's always making fun of its opponents.
"Corphish, dive into the water!" I retort.
Corphish jumps into the ocean and looks above at the board Timburr rides on.
"One problem—this oceanfront here is shallow! Timburr, use ThunderPunch in the water!"
Timburr thrusts an electrically-charged fist into the water, and is thus conducted a far range beyond the field. Many water-types surface unconscious, such as wild Remoraid or Mantyke.
Worst of all, though—Corphish rises up with swirly eyes, knocked out.
"My Timburr is about to evolve, so this match should be over shortly. May as well give up," Brawly smirks.
"Are you kidding? I've got one Pokémon still! Treecko," I glance at Treecko, "You're up!"
Treecko jumps onto a rock and puts its twig in its mouth.
"Ah, a Treecko. However most starters I face have already evolved. You must be kidding me?!"
"Treecko, start things off with Quick Attack!"
Treecko slams into Timburr, knocking it off of its wood—but it hops right back on.
"After vigorous battles, Timburr's learned how to work with the waves. It's so close to evolving, I can't wait for the immense power!"
Treecko uses Bullet Seed and Quick Attack over and over again, and Timburr uses Drain Punch and Bulk Up repeatedly as well. I keep thinking of how to use Timburr itself to win.
(The following is a Flashback)
"After vigorous battles, Timburr's learned how to work with the waves."
"Ready to battle for real now?"
"My Timburr is about to evolve, so this match should be over shortly."
"Timburr is able to use its wood to float on as a surf board, so it can practically use Surf without the in-battle attack."
(Flashback ended)
"THAT'S IT!" I scream.
"…!" Brawly stares at me awkwardly.
"Treecko, don't dodge any of his attacks! Just let them hit you!"
Treecko nods and lets Timburr keep punching.
"Good, that just means Timburr will win sooner!"
"Treecko, use Quick Attack!"
"Timburr, dodge it with your board!"
Timburr rides the ocean to dodge Treecko's attack, and the Wood Gecko Pokémon dives into the water.
"Come to the surface, but stay in the water and against a rock!"
Treecko leans against a boulder sticking out of the water as Timburr continues swiftly through the water.
"Wait for it, wait for it!" I think.
Timburr begins to glow white from all of its hard work. It begins to grow larger muscles, grow a larger head, and build up massive power. Its wood turns into a girder.
"Haha! I warned you, now you're in for it!"
"I wouldn't be too sure, if I were you!" I screamed.
Looking back, Brawly sees what he's done.
Gurdurr is drowning in the water—its wood isn't wood anymore, so it can't ride the waves at all. Completely vulnerable, I finish this battle easy.
"No!" Brawly shouts.
"Treecko, kick off the rock with a Quick Attack, and finish off Gurdurr with an Acrobatics!"
Treecko blasts from the rock, flying into the air, and then bounces between boulders and hits Gurdurr right in the head with an Acrobatics. Treecko begins to fall, and lands on a rock—then pulls out its twig again and smirks.
"Gur…durr," Gurdurr moans, unconscious and unable to get up.
"Gah! Gurdurr, return!" Brawly smiles at his Pokémon.
"You did a great job out there, we'll perfect a new strategy now!"
Brawly stares back at me and says, "You definitely are something. I can tell by the way your Pokémon and yourself think—you're going to go far. Here is the Knuckle Badge!"
Brawly throws me a fist-shaped orange badge, and I put it in my case. Now I have two of eight.
"Oh, and Tony—quit Team Aqua. It's not worth it," he smirks.
"How did you—?"
"You're not one of them. I know it. You were completely legit in our battle. Be careful who you work for!"
With that, Brawly hops on a surfboard and goes off alone. I sit there in the sand with my Treecko and Corphish.
I get a call from Sean to go to some party or something.
"There you have it, folks! The Mysterious Marsh has defeated Fisher handily with his Chinchou! He will advance with Willis and the next two winners to the semifinals of the Dewford Ribbon!" Vivian says into her microphone.
I sit in the waiting room while watching Marsh and Chinchou bow.
"Oshawott, it's up to us now. Terra didn't make it," I tell it.
"Osha! Oshawott!"
"The first coordinator to come out is Alex from Rustboro City!"
We step out onto the field again—and then I see someone I don't want to see—Tony is in the stands watching the battles.
"Oshawott, the stage is yours!" I call out, thrusting Oshawott onto the field.
I keep my stare at Tony, and he just stares blankly back at me.
"Alex's opponent is George, from Oldale Town!"
"Go, Nincada!" the stout boy yells. His eyes are slanted, and he has a pale complexion.
"Nincada, use Leech Life!"
"Dodge it and use Aqua Jet to get up close!"
Oshawott jumps away from the HP-draining attack, causing George to lose a few points on the board. My Sea Otter Pokémon next forms into a charging power of water—which slams into Nincada and knocks it out in one hit.
"Well…there you have it folks. This short battle was easily ended by Alex and her Oshawott! The two of them will go on to the semifinals!"
"No! My Tangela!" one of the other coordinators cries.
"There we go, Vincent and his Vibrava will be advancing as well! This means that Willis, Marsh, Alex, and Vincent will be competing in the semifinals. While the coordinators rest, the cards will be shuffled to see who will be battling who!" Vivian concludes.
Oshawott and I sit on a bench, breathless.
"That was quite the battle you had out there," a voice comes from behind.
"Willis, leave me alone!"
"That kid bothers you, too?" the voice asks.
Don't tell me it's Tony. Please don't tell me it's Tony! I look back to see—just as I feared—the boy from the Petalburg Woods staring at my face.
"What do you want, thief," I bitterly snarl.
"Hey, hey, hey. I'm doing the same thing you are—working for my team. Just because you just so happen to be on the wrong side doesn't mean I'm the bad guy. Anyways, I'll be cheering you on," he smiles. His same old Treecko is climbing on his arms and back.
"T-Tony, you should leave. I don't have anything to say to you," I stutter. Hearing Vivian speak, I walk over to the TV to see the matchups.
After the wonderful conversation with Ms. Stone, I decide to waltz back to my seat in the stands with Sean.
"That's the girl you stole from, yet you still have a thing for her?" he laughs.
"Shut up before I make you shut up," I snap.
"Okay, okay. Geez. You people and your privacy. Anyways, I taught your Makuhita Ice Punch. I think it forgot Whirlwind. Sorry if you didn't want that," he tells me.
"No! That's fine. It will be great to use against typing issues!" I reassure him.
"I also taught it to block perfectly with Arm Thrust, where he basically slaps an attack away," he continues.
"Cool!"
The lights dim so the TV can be seen clearer. The matchups are posted—it's that Aqua Grunt "Marsh" vs. Vincent first, then Willis vs. …Alex. As much as I hate her, I can't stop thinking about her. Whatever.
I watch as Marsh defeats Vincent with his Chinchou. I want to face that Pokémon.
"Next up is the comeback kid Willis versus the fiery girl Alex! Who will win? Looks like it is Nuzleaf against Oshawott! Can Alex pull this off?"
"Of course I can! Oshawott, the stage is yours!" I yell again, letting Oshawott onto the stage.
"Don't you think I'll let you win just because you're a hottie!" Willis stammers.
"Go, Nuzleaf! Start it off with a Razor Leaf!"
"Nuz! Nuzleaf!"
Nuzleaf shoots several razor-sharp leaves at Oshawott, and I'm unsure of what to do.
"Block them with a Water Gun!"
Oshawott's Water Gun ruins the force of the leaves, and as they become wet, they fall to the ground.
"That will cost Willis some points. Comeback?"
Why do they keep calling him the comeback kid?!
"Nuzleaf, use Razor Leaf at Oshawott's Scalchop!"
Oshawott desperately runs from the leaves as they target it like heat-seeking missiles.
"Oshawott, uh, use Aqua Jet to dodge them!"
Oshawott fires into the air with the usual priority attack, but uses it to dodge and them slams into Nuzleaf directly. It seems wiped out already.
"Let's kick this up a notch!" Willis says, and grabs a stone from his bag. Then, he throws it to Nuzleaf and lets the Pokémon catch it.
"That's a Leaf Stone!" Tony yells from above.
Nuzleaf begins to glow white, and then its leaves turn into fan-like shapes. It gets a shaggy white exterior on its head and begins whirling its fan-hands around.
"Shif-try!"
"There's the comeback, folks! Willis has used a Leaf Stone to evolve his Nuzleaf into a Shiftry. What can this kid not do?"
"No matter! Oshawott, use Air Slash!"
Oshawott emits a pressurized wind current from the breaking of the air with its scalchop. From there, Shiftry stands motionless.
"Use Whirlwind!"
Shiftry's fans blow the Air Slash back onto Oshawott and it falls over in pain.
"Alex, you may want to forfeit the match while you still can! Your Pokémon is severely hurt!" Vivian says.
The crowd agrees.
"No! We still have fight left in us. Right, Oshawott?!"
"Osh…Osha…" it stammers.
"Shiftry, finish it off with Faint Attack!"
Shiftry darts into the air and vanishes, but then a dark blob slams Oshawott and knocks it out.
"Osha…wott," it manages to say, but its swirly eyes make it impossible to move on.
"There we have it, folks! It appears that Willis will be advancing into the finals! Judges, what do you think of the battle? Mr. Contesta?"
"Alex, I'm very disappointed in your performance. Not only did you battle way too hard with your Pokémon, but you didn't even let it rest when it was hurt. No coordinator could be cruel to a Pokémon!"
"Mr. Sukizo?"
"That was not very Remarkable, Alex!"
"Nurse Joy?"
"I will make sure to heal your Oshawott at the Pokémon Center, but you should feel guilty for letting it be in such a shape!"
"Too bad, Alex. You almost won—but you didn't. You may be light on your feet, but you're hard on your Pokémon!" Willis laughs, and then the whole crowd begins laughing too—but one person isn't. That person rises out of the stands and comes onto the field. Not wanting to hear a word from his mouth, I flee the stage with Oshawott in my arms—crying.
"What's the matter with you?! That is not how coordinators and trainers alike should act towards their opponent! You bring shame to anyone who refers to you as a trainer! You can't insult your opponent—and you judges should lay off of her! She has done nothing to you at all!" I cry, my face getting so red I begin to spit as I talk, barking out at everyone. They all look scared as I yell at them. But I just don't care! Then someone speaks up and tries to scare me.
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Hi, sorry for not posting yesterday. I wasn't able to edit this so much because I have some English work due the 19th. Anyway, we're finally getting past in a chapter or two. Hope you enjoyed, I'll edit this later.
Tying Loose Ends
Alex: Oshawott, Houndour, Silcoon
"A 27.8?!" I yell in the Coordinator Waiting Room.
"Still better than my score," Terra tries to cheer me up.
"Well you didn't do too bad, gorgeous," Willis comes up from behind with his Combusken.
"I don't want your support. Get away from me," I growl.
"That's no way to talk to your boyfriend," he slyly determines.
"I wouldn't date you if I was paid to. Just wait—I will beat you in the Grand Festival!"
"I don't think they allow Team Magma Grunts into the Grand Festival," another voice emanates from behind me. I turn around to see Marsh.
"You need to do better if you even want to make it past this round!"
I sneer at them as I turn to see the next-rounders.
"The following eight people will make it to the next round, based on scores!" Vivian smiles.
Eight cards shuffle on the screen, and then disperse to different locations in a bracket. First two people I see are Willis and Terra. I'm battling a man named George. Marsh is battling a guy named Fisher. Two random people are facing each other. First up, Willis and Terra get ready to battle it out.
"I can't win!" Terra cries.
"Just do your best!" I encourage her.
Terra walks outside the waiting room and into the arena. On the other side comes Willis.
"Nuzleaf, I choose you!" he calls out.
"Leaf," Nuzleaf says with a pounce on the ground.
"Sandshrew, let's go!"
"Shrew!" Sandshrew barks back.
From the waiting room, I look at the TV to see a screen above the judges. It shows the faces of Terra and Willis, with an orange bar below them and a time of five minutes.
"What's that?" I ask Marsh.
"This is the battling round. Here, trainers battle until one loses the most points or one Pokémon faints. If the Pokémon faints, no matter how many points the user has, the opponent wins," Marsh explains.
"Oh okay, so it's sort of like a regular battle—but with style!"
We watch Terra and Sandshrew dodge all of Nuzleaf's Razor Leaf attacks with a Rollout.
"Now slam into Nuzleaf with Rollout!"
Sandshrew flies into the air, targeting Nuzleaf, and begins rolling towards it.
"Nuzleaf, use Razor Leaf to finish this!"
Nuzleaf swings its head and knocks Sandshrew out with a couple of sharp leaves.
"There you have it, folks! Willis has won the game!"
"No!" I scream, but I realize that it's already too late.
"Return, Sandshrew. You were awesome!" Terra smiles, and then runs off stage to the waiting room to sit with me.
"You'll do fine. I knew I'd lose against Willis," she sighs.
Ding ding! a sound from the PokéNav rings in the air.
"That's Maxie! He needs us!"
"I can't leave yet!" I whisper.
"I'll go. I'll tell him you couldn't make it," she suggests.
"Thanks Terra, I appreciate it."
"Yeah. Now go get that ribbon!"
. . .
Tony: Treecko, Corphish, Makuhita
"Timburr, ride the waves!" Brawly commands.
"Timburr is able to use its wood to float on as a surf board, so it can practically use Surf without the in-battle attack," he smirks.
Timburr is a sneering Pokémon—it's always making fun of its opponents.
"Corphish, dive into the water!" I retort.
Corphish jumps into the ocean and looks above at the board Timburr rides on.
"One problem—this oceanfront here is shallow! Timburr, use ThunderPunch in the water!"
Timburr thrusts an electrically-charged fist into the water, and is thus conducted a far range beyond the field. Many water-types surface unconscious, such as wild Remoraid or Mantyke.
Worst of all, though—Corphish rises up with swirly eyes, knocked out.
"My Timburr is about to evolve, so this match should be over shortly. May as well give up," Brawly smirks.
"Are you kidding? I've got one Pokémon still! Treecko," I glance at Treecko, "You're up!"
Treecko jumps onto a rock and puts its twig in its mouth.
"Ah, a Treecko. However most starters I face have already evolved. You must be kidding me?!"
"Treecko, start things off with Quick Attack!"
Treecko slams into Timburr, knocking it off of its wood—but it hops right back on.
"After vigorous battles, Timburr's learned how to work with the waves. It's so close to evolving, I can't wait for the immense power!"
Treecko uses Bullet Seed and Quick Attack over and over again, and Timburr uses Drain Punch and Bulk Up repeatedly as well. I keep thinking of how to use Timburr itself to win.
(The following is a Flashback)
"After vigorous battles, Timburr's learned how to work with the waves."
"Ready to battle for real now?"
"My Timburr is about to evolve, so this match should be over shortly."
"Timburr is able to use its wood to float on as a surf board, so it can practically use Surf without the in-battle attack."
(Flashback ended)
"THAT'S IT!" I scream.
"…!" Brawly stares at me awkwardly.
"Treecko, don't dodge any of his attacks! Just let them hit you!"
Treecko nods and lets Timburr keep punching.
"Good, that just means Timburr will win sooner!"
"Treecko, use Quick Attack!"
"Timburr, dodge it with your board!"
Timburr rides the ocean to dodge Treecko's attack, and the Wood Gecko Pokémon dives into the water.
"Come to the surface, but stay in the water and against a rock!"
Treecko leans against a boulder sticking out of the water as Timburr continues swiftly through the water.
"Wait for it, wait for it!" I think.
Timburr begins to glow white from all of its hard work. It begins to grow larger muscles, grow a larger head, and build up massive power. Its wood turns into a girder.
"Haha! I warned you, now you're in for it!"
"I wouldn't be too sure, if I were you!" I screamed.
Looking back, Brawly sees what he's done.
Gurdurr is drowning in the water—its wood isn't wood anymore, so it can't ride the waves at all. Completely vulnerable, I finish this battle easy.
"No!" Brawly shouts.
"Treecko, kick off the rock with a Quick Attack, and finish off Gurdurr with an Acrobatics!"
Treecko blasts from the rock, flying into the air, and then bounces between boulders and hits Gurdurr right in the head with an Acrobatics. Treecko begins to fall, and lands on a rock—then pulls out its twig again and smirks.
"Gur…durr," Gurdurr moans, unconscious and unable to get up.
"Gah! Gurdurr, return!" Brawly smiles at his Pokémon.
"You did a great job out there, we'll perfect a new strategy now!"
Brawly stares back at me and says, "You definitely are something. I can tell by the way your Pokémon and yourself think—you're going to go far. Here is the Knuckle Badge!"
Brawly throws me a fist-shaped orange badge, and I put it in my case. Now I have two of eight.
"Oh, and Tony—quit Team Aqua. It's not worth it," he smirks.
"How did you—?"
"You're not one of them. I know it. You were completely legit in our battle. Be careful who you work for!"
With that, Brawly hops on a surfboard and goes off alone. I sit there in the sand with my Treecko and Corphish.
I get a call from Sean to go to some party or something.
. . .
Alex: Oshawott, Houdnour, Silcoon
"There you have it, folks! The Mysterious Marsh has defeated Fisher handily with his Chinchou! He will advance with Willis and the next two winners to the semifinals of the Dewford Ribbon!" Vivian says into her microphone.
I sit in the waiting room while watching Marsh and Chinchou bow.
"Oshawott, it's up to us now. Terra didn't make it," I tell it.
"Osha! Oshawott!"
"The first coordinator to come out is Alex from Rustboro City!"
We step out onto the field again—and then I see someone I don't want to see—Tony is in the stands watching the battles.
"Oshawott, the stage is yours!" I call out, thrusting Oshawott onto the field.
I keep my stare at Tony, and he just stares blankly back at me.
"Alex's opponent is George, from Oldale Town!"
"Go, Nincada!" the stout boy yells. His eyes are slanted, and he has a pale complexion.
"Nincada, use Leech Life!"
"Dodge it and use Aqua Jet to get up close!"
Oshawott jumps away from the HP-draining attack, causing George to lose a few points on the board. My Sea Otter Pokémon next forms into a charging power of water—which slams into Nincada and knocks it out in one hit.
"Well…there you have it folks. This short battle was easily ended by Alex and her Oshawott! The two of them will go on to the semifinals!"
"No! My Tangela!" one of the other coordinators cries.
"There we go, Vincent and his Vibrava will be advancing as well! This means that Willis, Marsh, Alex, and Vincent will be competing in the semifinals. While the coordinators rest, the cards will be shuffled to see who will be battling who!" Vivian concludes.
Oshawott and I sit on a bench, breathless.
"That was quite the battle you had out there," a voice comes from behind.
"Willis, leave me alone!"
"That kid bothers you, too?" the voice asks.
Don't tell me it's Tony. Please don't tell me it's Tony! I look back to see—just as I feared—the boy from the Petalburg Woods staring at my face.
"What do you want, thief," I bitterly snarl.
"Hey, hey, hey. I'm doing the same thing you are—working for my team. Just because you just so happen to be on the wrong side doesn't mean I'm the bad guy. Anyways, I'll be cheering you on," he smiles. His same old Treecko is climbing on his arms and back.
"T-Tony, you should leave. I don't have anything to say to you," I stutter. Hearing Vivian speak, I walk over to the TV to see the matchups.
. . .
Tony: Treecko, Corphish, Makuhita
After the wonderful conversation with Ms. Stone, I decide to waltz back to my seat in the stands with Sean.
"That's the girl you stole from, yet you still have a thing for her?" he laughs.
"Shut up before I make you shut up," I snap.
"Okay, okay. Geez. You people and your privacy. Anyways, I taught your Makuhita Ice Punch. I think it forgot Whirlwind. Sorry if you didn't want that," he tells me.
"No! That's fine. It will be great to use against typing issues!" I reassure him.
"I also taught it to block perfectly with Arm Thrust, where he basically slaps an attack away," he continues.
"Cool!"
The lights dim so the TV can be seen clearer. The matchups are posted—it's that Aqua Grunt "Marsh" vs. Vincent first, then Willis vs. …Alex. As much as I hate her, I can't stop thinking about her. Whatever.
. . .
Alex: Oshawott, Houndour, Silcoon
I watch as Marsh defeats Vincent with his Chinchou. I want to face that Pokémon.
"Next up is the comeback kid Willis versus the fiery girl Alex! Who will win? Looks like it is Nuzleaf against Oshawott! Can Alex pull this off?"
"Of course I can! Oshawott, the stage is yours!" I yell again, letting Oshawott onto the stage.
"Don't you think I'll let you win just because you're a hottie!" Willis stammers.
"Go, Nuzleaf! Start it off with a Razor Leaf!"
"Nuz! Nuzleaf!"
Nuzleaf shoots several razor-sharp leaves at Oshawott, and I'm unsure of what to do.
"Block them with a Water Gun!"
Oshawott's Water Gun ruins the force of the leaves, and as they become wet, they fall to the ground.
"That will cost Willis some points. Comeback?"
Why do they keep calling him the comeback kid?!
"Nuzleaf, use Razor Leaf at Oshawott's Scalchop!"
Oshawott desperately runs from the leaves as they target it like heat-seeking missiles.
"Oshawott, uh, use Aqua Jet to dodge them!"
Oshawott fires into the air with the usual priority attack, but uses it to dodge and them slams into Nuzleaf directly. It seems wiped out already.
"Let's kick this up a notch!" Willis says, and grabs a stone from his bag. Then, he throws it to Nuzleaf and lets the Pokémon catch it.
"That's a Leaf Stone!" Tony yells from above.
Nuzleaf begins to glow white, and then its leaves turn into fan-like shapes. It gets a shaggy white exterior on its head and begins whirling its fan-hands around.
"Shif-try!"
"There's the comeback, folks! Willis has used a Leaf Stone to evolve his Nuzleaf into a Shiftry. What can this kid not do?"
"No matter! Oshawott, use Air Slash!"
Oshawott emits a pressurized wind current from the breaking of the air with its scalchop. From there, Shiftry stands motionless.
"Use Whirlwind!"
Shiftry's fans blow the Air Slash back onto Oshawott and it falls over in pain.
"Alex, you may want to forfeit the match while you still can! Your Pokémon is severely hurt!" Vivian says.
The crowd agrees.
"No! We still have fight left in us. Right, Oshawott?!"
"Osh…Osha…" it stammers.
"Shiftry, finish it off with Faint Attack!"
Shiftry darts into the air and vanishes, but then a dark blob slams Oshawott and knocks it out.
"Osha…wott," it manages to say, but its swirly eyes make it impossible to move on.
"There we have it, folks! It appears that Willis will be advancing into the finals! Judges, what do you think of the battle? Mr. Contesta?"
"Alex, I'm very disappointed in your performance. Not only did you battle way too hard with your Pokémon, but you didn't even let it rest when it was hurt. No coordinator could be cruel to a Pokémon!"
"Mr. Sukizo?"
"That was not very Remarkable, Alex!"
"Nurse Joy?"
"I will make sure to heal your Oshawott at the Pokémon Center, but you should feel guilty for letting it be in such a shape!"
"Too bad, Alex. You almost won—but you didn't. You may be light on your feet, but you're hard on your Pokémon!" Willis laughs, and then the whole crowd begins laughing too—but one person isn't. That person rises out of the stands and comes onto the field. Not wanting to hear a word from his mouth, I flee the stage with Oshawott in my arms—crying.
. . .
Tony: Treecko, Corphish, Makuhita
"What's the matter with you?! That is not how coordinators and trainers alike should act towards their opponent! You bring shame to anyone who refers to you as a trainer! You can't insult your opponent—and you judges should lay off of her! She has done nothing to you at all!" I cry, my face getting so red I begin to spit as I talk, barking out at everyone. They all look scared as I yell at them. But I just don't care! Then someone speaks up and tries to scare me.
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Hi, sorry for not posting yesterday. I wasn't able to edit this so much because I have some English work due the 19th. Anyway, we're finally getting past in a chapter or two. Hope you enjoyed, I'll edit this later.
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 9 is now up)
Hi, thanks for reading!
That's exactly what I'm doing. Although I just got back from a vacation and I also have a paper due in my AP English class, so I'm kind of limited on time. I've already written up to chapter 31 in advance, I just have to type it up. Don't worry, there will be several chapters to come!
Hi, thanks for reading!
That's exactly what I'm doing. Although I just got back from a vacation and I also have a paper due in my AP English class, so I'm kind of limited on time. I've already written up to chapter 31 in advance, I just have to type it up. Don't worry, there will be several chapters to come!
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea (Chapter 9 is now up)
"Go cry me a river and get on with the contests already! Is it hot in here to you guys?" Willis sneers.
"Oh it'll be plenty hot where you'll be going," I snarl back.
"Is that a threat?" he scoffs.
"No. It's a promise," I grin.
We stare off. Combusken vs. Treecko. Willis vs. Anthony.
"Fine, we'll have a battle. If I win, you have to give me both of your badges and your Aqua outfit!"
Glancing around, I see no one knows what he's talking about. My cover hasn't been blown quite yet.
"Fine, but if I win, then you have to not only go apologize to Alex, but you will also forfeit the contest and let my buddy Marsh get it," I retort, looking for my other Aqua Adversary.
"Fine by me!"
"Folks, it looks like we have a battle in the contest hall! Judges, is this allowed?"
"I don't see why not," Nurse Joy says, "I've always liked watching fistfights on TV! Let's rough 'em up, boys!"
Did she really just say that? Nurse Joy just earned some cool points.
"This should be Remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo laughs.
"I honestly don't care at this point," Mr. Contest sighs.
"Then this will be a 3-on-3 battle between Anthony and Willis with substitutions available, no healing items, and unlimited time! Let the match begin!" Vivian confirms.
One of the computer geeks in the background turns the screen into two halves, one with Willis' picture on it and three black circles for what Pokémon he's allowed to use, and the same goes for me.
"Go!" she starts.
"Combusken, I choose you!" Willis says, throwing his Combusken's Pokéball into the air and letting his Pokémon out.
"Treecko, let's give it our best shot!" I say. Treecko hops onto the field and puts a twig in its mouth.
"There we have it, folks! Tony is using his Treecko versus Willis' Combusken. Did he do this on purpose?" Vivian narrates.
"Ha! You're so dumb!" Willis smirks.
I grit my teeth so hard I was sure that I'd chip one of them. This kid is so annoying that I'm ready to beat him. I do so in my head.
"Treecko, use Dig!" I yell.
Treecko digs into the field and waits for Combusken to make a move. There is one little hole in the field from where Treecko entered the ground. I just have to find the perfect time to get out of it.
"Combusken, uh, use Rock Tomb in the hole to trap Treecko!"
Combusken grabs a bunch of random rocks and tosses them at the hole, but Treecko didn't even flinch from the dust that blew into the crevice.
"Now Treecko! Come up using Quick Attack!"
"Tree…cko!"
Treecko reveals himself on the other side of the field, creating a second small hole, and kicks off the ground to slam into Combusken for super effective damage (plus priority), and then starts to Bullet Seed at its feet.
"Combusken, use Bulk Up!"
Combusken beefs its physical attack and defense up—but it's too late.
"Treecko, use Acrobatics!"
Treecko jumps in the air, lands on his hands, and them completes the jump. He knocks into Combusken so hard that the Young Fowl Pokémon faints upon contact.
"My Combusken?!"
"Treecko's impressive speed and power defeated Combusken without breaking a sweat!" Vivian continues. Willis, steaming, begins to raise his voice at her for making him look bad.
"Just my job," she smiles.
"Go, Shiftry! Use Whirlwind!"
Shiftry comes out and blow Treecko off the field and into my arms. This thing is so creepy. It kind of looks like a brown forest creature with long, gray hair and fan-hands.
"Okay then, we'll try someone else! Makuhita, I choose you!"
My menacing yellow sumo wrestler comes onto the field with a thud. It stomps both feet on the ground to have a steady grip.
"Makuhita!" it growls.
"Ha! A Makuhita? Please, Shiftry, just Razor Leaf it to death!"
"Shif-try!"
A group of sharp leaves comes right at Makuhita. Thanks to Sean, I know exactly what to do. I glance over to Sean, who is smiling, and nod.
"Use Arm Thrust to block the leaves!"
"Ma-ku-hita!"
My Guts Pokémon slams its hands into the leaves, making them harmless. Now Makuhita comes running to Shiftry with an icy fist of mercilessness.
"Shiftry! Whirlwind!"
Shiftry uses Whirlwind again, sending Makuhita right back into my Pokémon.
"How is that even possible?!" I ask out loud.
"Whirlwind sends the opponent's Pokémon back and brings out another," he tells me.
"Go, Corphish! Use Bubble Beam!"
My Ruffian Pokémon comes out in a fit of rage. Its orange exoskeleton and sharp pincers makes it look terrifying on the field. Corphish begins firing bubbles from its pincers and then rockets them with Crabhammer to increase their speed and power.
"Calm down! You'll overdo it!" I try to inform it.
"Phish Phish!"
Corphish comes in for a ViceGrip, but Shiftry knocks it out with a single Razor Leaf.
"Now it is even—two-to-two! Who will win? Shiftry seems to be controlling the match!"
Hmm…Corphish is unable to battle. Treecko and Makuhita are both tired. The only way I can beat a Shiftry would be with tons of luck…or accuracy drops! I think to myself.
"Go, Makuhita! Use Sand Attack!"
My Pokemon returns back onto the field and readies itself for battle once agian. Makuhita kicks a cloud of sand around Shiftry, and the Pokémon's eyes are painfully closed with dirt inside them.
"Now, Makuhita! Arm Thrust!"
"Ma-ku-hita!"
Makuhita slams its arms into Shiftry's sides a few times, knocking it out cold.
"Shiftry, return!" Willis clenches his teeth.
"Now that Willis' powerhouse is gone, can he recuperate fast enough to win?"
"Go, Eevee! Use Quick Attack!"
A little brown fox with a vanilla-dipped tail hops out cheerfully. The crowd goes "awe," but I'm not even dazed by this fake Pokemon. There's nothing special about Willis.
Eevee speeds out of its Pokéball and knocks Makuhita straight out.
"Makuhita…return…" my shoulders fall and I'm upset.
"Looks like Makuhita was exhausted from all of the work with Shiftry! It is now tied up, folks! And Treecko has already battled Combusken, so is it too tired to continue?!"
"Treecko!" My Wood Gecko Pokémon snaps, jumping into the field and unleashing a Bullet Seed attack. Each seed goes ping! right between Eevee's eyes, but it muscles through and uses Tackle, which slams Treecko to the ground.
"I just got this Pokémon and it's already strong! I'm saving my best move, Return, for later!"
Return is based on the happiness a Pokémon has with you, so it probably won't be that strong at all. For one, Willis just got the Pokemon. Two, no Pokemon can like Willis enough to do damage, right? So Quick Attack is the scariest move it has! Ha, I figured it out!
"Treecko, run in close on Eevee and use Quick Attack!"
Treecko slams into Eevee, and then it uses Quick Attack on Treecko as well. Soon enough, the two attacks begin to collide into a stalemate.
"Now, Eevee—use Return!"
Eevee hits Treecko, but it doesn't do much. I notice how little health Treecko has and then think of the perfect idea.
"Just stand there Treecko!"
"Use Return again!"
Treecko begins to have bruises and dirt all over. Not much long now!
"Just keep standing!"
"And again!"
Now Treecko begins to glow green—and my idea worked. I'm finally going to use Treecko's ability.
"Now—use Bullet Seed!"
Treecko's Bullet Seeds are twice the size, and nearly twice the power. They slam into Eevee's face and each one makes a big purple bruise on it. Once the camera shows Eevee's mashed up face, the crowd goes "Eew!" and I'm finally satisfied.
"What the heck is that?" Willis shrieks.
"Overgrow," I sarcastically say, raising my eyebrows.
What, you didn't know that? I thought. I guess not all trainers are fit to have the skill.
Eevee falls flat on its face unconscious, and Treecko comes over to me and begins to eat some Pokémon food.
"Well folks, that's all the entertainment for tonight! It seems to me that Marsh will win the ribbon and Willis owes an apology. What else will happen in the Travelling Contest Hall?! Find out when we run in through Fortree City in a while!"
"Houndour, use Roar!"
"Houndoouur!"
"Now try using Bite!"
Houndour comes over and bites me on the leg. My eyes grow huge and tears begin to sputter out of my eyes.
"Very good, Houndour! Now let go!"
Houndour cocks its head at me, and then tackles me and licks me in the face.
"Haha, okay, only two more moves to practice! Use Ember!"
Houndour breathes a small ember of fire on a flower.The flower ignites and burns it to shreds. Houndour rolls on its back laughing.
"Now use Smo—" I begin.
"Houndour!" it sinks its fiery teeth into a tree trunk, and when it lets go, the tree has black scorch marks from the teeth.
"Was that…Fire Fang?"
"Hound!"
I let Houndour eat while I work with the other two.
"Now Oshawott, try your Aqua Jet / Water Gun combo again!"
Oshawott begins to rocket into the air via jet stream, and then surrounds itself with a long torrent of water.
"Now use Air Slash to break the whole thing!"
Oshawott gets its Scalchop and slashes into the air, causing a slashing wind to break the water surrounding my Sea Otter Pokémon open and it explodes into the sky. Little glimmer drops of water come down, and I have to find a way to control it. Wait, Oshawott is able to learn Water Pulse, right?
"Now use Water Pulse to collect all the water!"
Oshawott gathers water vapor in the air with its scalchop, and then sends a small blue orb of water into the air, which explodes and sends the previous droplets of water flying farther into the sky. Because of their altitude, the sun is able to dry the droplets up before they hit the "crowd," which is just a bunch of logs I set up in the woods to pretend. I'm here to practice for the next contest—I will beat Willis.
"Okay Oshawott, you've earned your Pokémon Food!" I award my Pokémon.
"Now Silcoon, you're up!"
"Silcoon?"
"Okay, so you know Tackle, String Shot, and Harden. Let's practice your String Shot attack! So Silcoon, use String Shot!"
"Silcoon…"
Silcoon begins to spit silk into the air, but as it comes back down, the Cocoon Pokémon begins to glow white.
"You don't mean!" I gasp.
Silcoon opens out of its shell and soon a beautiful pair of wings appear. Then a long, black proboscis comes out (the curled up black thing), and finally two sea-blue eyes open up. The wings have red, yellow, and blue in them, and there are black antennae at the top of its head.
"Beautifly!" it sings softly.
"M-my Silcoon evolved! Into a Beautifly!"
I get my PokéNav out to see what moves it has now. Beautifly knows Tackle, String Shot, Gust, and Stun Spore. This beautifly Pokemon...I'll never lose another contest again!
"You're so beautiful!" my eyes glisten from the looks of my Pokémon.
"Beautifly, use your Stun Spore attack!"
"Beautifly!" my Pokémon whispers.
Beautifly sends a sporadic orange powder into the air.
"Now use Gust to control it!"
Beautifly flaps its wings, and the Stun Spore begins to move in the pattern of Gust. Beautifly's able to make the powder move around from side to side,up and down, or all around just by the angle its wings make the Gust to be.
"Now master it and make the Stun Spore surround you, and then make it disappear!"
Beautifly artistically is able to control the orange powder, and it begins to encircle her. Then she flaps her wings so hard that it dissipates into nothingness. Finally,she String Shots into the air. The silk rockets up, and then spirals down around Beautifly for a dazzling aerial finish.
"That was amazing—here's your food!"
The trio of Pokémon gulp down their food, and then I hear footsteps coming up from behind me.
"I was wondering where you were. Are you okay from the theft the other day?" Maxie asks. He may be old, but he's kind.
"I'm…fine," I tell him.
"Are you training for something? If it's for a gym, that's fine. But contests…they don't like Team Magma in contests.
"I'm trying to get stronger!" I quickly lie.
"Wonderful. You and Terra are to leave Dewford at once. We have a new establishment in the sea next to Slateport City, but you will have to get there by boat. The Admin members are already at the base and we are waiting for grunts to join us. Farewell," he says, and walks away.
Why can't I just go with him? Oh well. I guess us grunts have to figure things out on our own.
"Hey, Alex, I'm sorry," Willis tells me. What does he want now?
"Okay Sean! We have everything we need and we can move onto Slateport City. From there we just go to Mauville and then we'll get to the Dynamo Badge!" I tell my buddy.
"That's right! I already rented a nice motor boat we can use to get there easily. I found and caught a Machop by the way," he brags.
"That's cool! Maybe mine can teach yours something now," I laugh.
I pay the man a little money (of what I had from when I ran from home) and we start the boat and are about to leave—but then I hear something.
"Sorry girls, those two kind gentleman just took the last boat. You'll have to wait for about three days," the old man says.
"Can't you give us something—a kayak? A raft? A life jacket to float on!?" a girl begins to freak out.
"I am not swimming to Slateport, Terra," a familiar voice says.
"Excuse me, but you girls can join us. We're heading to Slateport City in this boat," I kindly tell them. I can't see who the girls are since they are behind a wall, but they sound sincere.
"That's not a good idea, Tony! We don't know who they are!" Sean tells me.
"Pff. Please, have some common decency," I tell him.
"Oh thank you," the familiar voice says. Two Magma Grunts come around the corner—one of them Alex.
Alex stops, breathless, and looks at me.
"Thank you so much! I know you're from Team Aqua, but we need a ride and, I mean, we can't be rivals all the time!" Alex's friend smiles, hopping into the boat with her bags.
"Aren't you coming, Alex?" she asks her friend.
"Oh, no! No, no, no!" Sean protests. "I am not riding in the same boat as Alex. Forget about it, I'd rather take my chances with the Sharpedo than risk having my throat cut by Archie if he catches me with them."
"Come on, where's your hospitality?"
"Back home--where my dignity is."
"..."
Alex stands there with a bright red face, and I sit in the boat exactly the same.
"Wh-why not?" I ask, already stuck with my nice qualities. Alex quietly steps in the boat with Oshawott and her bags, and she sits on the other side.
"This is going to be one very long boat ride," Sean says, watching Alex and I gawk at each other quietly. Treecko and Oshawott just kind of awkwardly look away.
He starts the boat and we tread the water—and just seconds of the journey feels like millenniums. Will this ever end?
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There's the next chapter! Tony and Willis sparked an intense rivalry together, although Willis mainly just wants Alex to himself. I added a bit more descriptions since the original was severely lacking. Tony's angered side is revealed here, as he begins to make snide comments himself. This chapter helps introduce my two-part section called "Out of the Swablu," which are chapters 11 and 12. Enjoy!
Awkward Situations
Tony: Treecko, Corphish, Makuhita
"Go cry me a river and get on with the contests already! Is it hot in here to you guys?" Willis sneers.
"Oh it'll be plenty hot where you'll be going," I snarl back.
"Is that a threat?" he scoffs.
"No. It's a promise," I grin.
We stare off. Combusken vs. Treecko. Willis vs. Anthony.
"Fine, we'll have a battle. If I win, you have to give me both of your badges and your Aqua outfit!"
Glancing around, I see no one knows what he's talking about. My cover hasn't been blown quite yet.
"Fine, but if I win, then you have to not only go apologize to Alex, but you will also forfeit the contest and let my buddy Marsh get it," I retort, looking for my other Aqua Adversary.
"Fine by me!"
"Folks, it looks like we have a battle in the contest hall! Judges, is this allowed?"
"I don't see why not," Nurse Joy says, "I've always liked watching fistfights on TV! Let's rough 'em up, boys!"
Did she really just say that? Nurse Joy just earned some cool points.
"This should be Remarkable!" Mr. Sukizo laughs.
"I honestly don't care at this point," Mr. Contest sighs.
"Then this will be a 3-on-3 battle between Anthony and Willis with substitutions available, no healing items, and unlimited time! Let the match begin!" Vivian confirms.
One of the computer geeks in the background turns the screen into two halves, one with Willis' picture on it and three black circles for what Pokémon he's allowed to use, and the same goes for me.
"Go!" she starts.
"Combusken, I choose you!" Willis says, throwing his Combusken's Pokéball into the air and letting his Pokémon out.
"Treecko, let's give it our best shot!" I say. Treecko hops onto the field and puts a twig in its mouth.
"There we have it, folks! Tony is using his Treecko versus Willis' Combusken. Did he do this on purpose?" Vivian narrates.
"Ha! You're so dumb!" Willis smirks.
I grit my teeth so hard I was sure that I'd chip one of them. This kid is so annoying that I'm ready to beat him. I do so in my head.
"Treecko, use Dig!" I yell.
Treecko digs into the field and waits for Combusken to make a move. There is one little hole in the field from where Treecko entered the ground. I just have to find the perfect time to get out of it.
"Combusken, uh, use Rock Tomb in the hole to trap Treecko!"
Combusken grabs a bunch of random rocks and tosses them at the hole, but Treecko didn't even flinch from the dust that blew into the crevice.
"Now Treecko! Come up using Quick Attack!"
"Tree…cko!"
Treecko reveals himself on the other side of the field, creating a second small hole, and kicks off the ground to slam into Combusken for super effective damage (plus priority), and then starts to Bullet Seed at its feet.
"Combusken, use Bulk Up!"
Combusken beefs its physical attack and defense up—but it's too late.
"Treecko, use Acrobatics!"
Treecko jumps in the air, lands on his hands, and them completes the jump. He knocks into Combusken so hard that the Young Fowl Pokémon faints upon contact.
"My Combusken?!"
"Treecko's impressive speed and power defeated Combusken without breaking a sweat!" Vivian continues. Willis, steaming, begins to raise his voice at her for making him look bad.
"Just my job," she smiles.
"Go, Shiftry! Use Whirlwind!"
Shiftry comes out and blow Treecko off the field and into my arms. This thing is so creepy. It kind of looks like a brown forest creature with long, gray hair and fan-hands.
"Okay then, we'll try someone else! Makuhita, I choose you!"
My menacing yellow sumo wrestler comes onto the field with a thud. It stomps both feet on the ground to have a steady grip.
"Makuhita!" it growls.
"Ha! A Makuhita? Please, Shiftry, just Razor Leaf it to death!"
"Shif-try!"
A group of sharp leaves comes right at Makuhita. Thanks to Sean, I know exactly what to do. I glance over to Sean, who is smiling, and nod.
"Use Arm Thrust to block the leaves!"
"Ma-ku-hita!"
My Guts Pokémon slams its hands into the leaves, making them harmless. Now Makuhita comes running to Shiftry with an icy fist of mercilessness.
"Shiftry! Whirlwind!"
Shiftry uses Whirlwind again, sending Makuhita right back into my Pokémon.
"How is that even possible?!" I ask out loud.
"Whirlwind sends the opponent's Pokémon back and brings out another," he tells me.
"Go, Corphish! Use Bubble Beam!"
My Ruffian Pokémon comes out in a fit of rage. Its orange exoskeleton and sharp pincers makes it look terrifying on the field. Corphish begins firing bubbles from its pincers and then rockets them with Crabhammer to increase their speed and power.
"Calm down! You'll overdo it!" I try to inform it.
"Phish Phish!"
Corphish comes in for a ViceGrip, but Shiftry knocks it out with a single Razor Leaf.
"Now it is even—two-to-two! Who will win? Shiftry seems to be controlling the match!"
Hmm…Corphish is unable to battle. Treecko and Makuhita are both tired. The only way I can beat a Shiftry would be with tons of luck…or accuracy drops! I think to myself.
"Go, Makuhita! Use Sand Attack!"
My Pokemon returns back onto the field and readies itself for battle once agian. Makuhita kicks a cloud of sand around Shiftry, and the Pokémon's eyes are painfully closed with dirt inside them.
"Now, Makuhita! Arm Thrust!"
"Ma-ku-hita!"
Makuhita slams its arms into Shiftry's sides a few times, knocking it out cold.
"Shiftry, return!" Willis clenches his teeth.
"Now that Willis' powerhouse is gone, can he recuperate fast enough to win?"
"Go, Eevee! Use Quick Attack!"
A little brown fox with a vanilla-dipped tail hops out cheerfully. The crowd goes "awe," but I'm not even dazed by this fake Pokemon. There's nothing special about Willis.
Eevee speeds out of its Pokéball and knocks Makuhita straight out.
"Makuhita…return…" my shoulders fall and I'm upset.
"Looks like Makuhita was exhausted from all of the work with Shiftry! It is now tied up, folks! And Treecko has already battled Combusken, so is it too tired to continue?!"
"Treecko!" My Wood Gecko Pokémon snaps, jumping into the field and unleashing a Bullet Seed attack. Each seed goes ping! right between Eevee's eyes, but it muscles through and uses Tackle, which slams Treecko to the ground.
"I just got this Pokémon and it's already strong! I'm saving my best move, Return, for later!"
Return is based on the happiness a Pokémon has with you, so it probably won't be that strong at all. For one, Willis just got the Pokemon. Two, no Pokemon can like Willis enough to do damage, right? So Quick Attack is the scariest move it has! Ha, I figured it out!
"Treecko, run in close on Eevee and use Quick Attack!"
Treecko slams into Eevee, and then it uses Quick Attack on Treecko as well. Soon enough, the two attacks begin to collide into a stalemate.
"Now, Eevee—use Return!"
Eevee hits Treecko, but it doesn't do much. I notice how little health Treecko has and then think of the perfect idea.
"Just stand there Treecko!"
"Use Return again!"
Treecko begins to have bruises and dirt all over. Not much long now!
"Just keep standing!"
"And again!"
Now Treecko begins to glow green—and my idea worked. I'm finally going to use Treecko's ability.
"Now—use Bullet Seed!"
Treecko's Bullet Seeds are twice the size, and nearly twice the power. They slam into Eevee's face and each one makes a big purple bruise on it. Once the camera shows Eevee's mashed up face, the crowd goes "Eew!" and I'm finally satisfied.
"What the heck is that?" Willis shrieks.
"Overgrow," I sarcastically say, raising my eyebrows.
What, you didn't know that? I thought. I guess not all trainers are fit to have the skill.
Eevee falls flat on its face unconscious, and Treecko comes over to me and begins to eat some Pokémon food.
"Well folks, that's all the entertainment for tonight! It seems to me that Marsh will win the ribbon and Willis owes an apology. What else will happen in the Travelling Contest Hall?! Find out when we run in through Fortree City in a while!"
. . .
Alex: Oshawott, Houndour, Silcoon
"Houndour, use Roar!"
"Houndoouur!"
"Now try using Bite!"
Houndour comes over and bites me on the leg. My eyes grow huge and tears begin to sputter out of my eyes.
"Very good, Houndour! Now let go!"
Houndour cocks its head at me, and then tackles me and licks me in the face.
"Haha, okay, only two more moves to practice! Use Ember!"
Houndour breathes a small ember of fire on a flower.The flower ignites and burns it to shreds. Houndour rolls on its back laughing.
"Now use Smo—" I begin.
"Houndour!" it sinks its fiery teeth into a tree trunk, and when it lets go, the tree has black scorch marks from the teeth.
"Was that…Fire Fang?"
"Hound!"
I let Houndour eat while I work with the other two.
"Now Oshawott, try your Aqua Jet / Water Gun combo again!"
Oshawott begins to rocket into the air via jet stream, and then surrounds itself with a long torrent of water.
"Now use Air Slash to break the whole thing!"
Oshawott gets its Scalchop and slashes into the air, causing a slashing wind to break the water surrounding my Sea Otter Pokémon open and it explodes into the sky. Little glimmer drops of water come down, and I have to find a way to control it. Wait, Oshawott is able to learn Water Pulse, right?
"Now use Water Pulse to collect all the water!"
Oshawott gathers water vapor in the air with its scalchop, and then sends a small blue orb of water into the air, which explodes and sends the previous droplets of water flying farther into the sky. Because of their altitude, the sun is able to dry the droplets up before they hit the "crowd," which is just a bunch of logs I set up in the woods to pretend. I'm here to practice for the next contest—I will beat Willis.
"Okay Oshawott, you've earned your Pokémon Food!" I award my Pokémon.
"Now Silcoon, you're up!"
"Silcoon?"
"Okay, so you know Tackle, String Shot, and Harden. Let's practice your String Shot attack! So Silcoon, use String Shot!"
"Silcoon…"
Silcoon begins to spit silk into the air, but as it comes back down, the Cocoon Pokémon begins to glow white.
"You don't mean!" I gasp.
Silcoon opens out of its shell and soon a beautiful pair of wings appear. Then a long, black proboscis comes out (the curled up black thing), and finally two sea-blue eyes open up. The wings have red, yellow, and blue in them, and there are black antennae at the top of its head.
"Beautifly!" it sings softly.
"M-my Silcoon evolved! Into a Beautifly!"
I get my PokéNav out to see what moves it has now. Beautifly knows Tackle, String Shot, Gust, and Stun Spore. This beautifly Pokemon...I'll never lose another contest again!
"You're so beautiful!" my eyes glisten from the looks of my Pokémon.
"Beautifly, use your Stun Spore attack!"
"Beautifly!" my Pokémon whispers.
Beautifly sends a sporadic orange powder into the air.
"Now use Gust to control it!"
Beautifly flaps its wings, and the Stun Spore begins to move in the pattern of Gust. Beautifly's able to make the powder move around from side to side,up and down, or all around just by the angle its wings make the Gust to be.
"Now master it and make the Stun Spore surround you, and then make it disappear!"
Beautifly artistically is able to control the orange powder, and it begins to encircle her. Then she flaps her wings so hard that it dissipates into nothingness. Finally,she String Shots into the air. The silk rockets up, and then spirals down around Beautifly for a dazzling aerial finish.
"That was amazing—here's your food!"
The trio of Pokémon gulp down their food, and then I hear footsteps coming up from behind me.
"I was wondering where you were. Are you okay from the theft the other day?" Maxie asks. He may be old, but he's kind.
"I'm…fine," I tell him.
"Are you training for something? If it's for a gym, that's fine. But contests…they don't like Team Magma in contests.
"I'm trying to get stronger!" I quickly lie.
"Wonderful. You and Terra are to leave Dewford at once. We have a new establishment in the sea next to Slateport City, but you will have to get there by boat. The Admin members are already at the base and we are waiting for grunts to join us. Farewell," he says, and walks away.
Why can't I just go with him? Oh well. I guess us grunts have to figure things out on our own.
"Hey, Alex, I'm sorry," Willis tells me. What does he want now?
. . .
Tony: Treecko, Corphish, Makuhita
Sean and I have our bags packed and drag them with us. Treecko pulls a small bag filled with toothbrushes and other necessities. He and I just decide to keep our Team Aqua outfits on to scare people from asking us anything. Archie sent a message this morning to go to Slateport and give a female admin the capsules. Sean and I are ready to go.
"Okay Sean! We have everything we need and we can move onto Slateport City. From there we just go to Mauville and then we'll get to the Dynamo Badge!" I tell my buddy.
"That's right! I already rented a nice motor boat we can use to get there easily. I found and caught a Machop by the way," he brags.
"That's cool! Maybe mine can teach yours something now," I laugh.
I pay the man a little money (of what I had from when I ran from home) and we start the boat and are about to leave—but then I hear something.
"Sorry girls, those two kind gentleman just took the last boat. You'll have to wait for about three days," the old man says.
"Can't you give us something—a kayak? A raft? A life jacket to float on!?" a girl begins to freak out.
"I am not swimming to Slateport, Terra," a familiar voice says.
"Excuse me, but you girls can join us. We're heading to Slateport City in this boat," I kindly tell them. I can't see who the girls are since they are behind a wall, but they sound sincere.
"That's not a good idea, Tony! We don't know who they are!" Sean tells me.
"Pff. Please, have some common decency," I tell him.
"Oh thank you," the familiar voice says. Two Magma Grunts come around the corner—one of them Alex.
Alex stops, breathless, and looks at me.
"Thank you so much! I know you're from Team Aqua, but we need a ride and, I mean, we can't be rivals all the time!" Alex's friend smiles, hopping into the boat with her bags.
"Aren't you coming, Alex?" she asks her friend.
"Oh, no! No, no, no!" Sean protests. "I am not riding in the same boat as Alex. Forget about it, I'd rather take my chances with the Sharpedo than risk having my throat cut by Archie if he catches me with them."
"Come on, where's your hospitality?"
"Back home--where my dignity is."
"..."
Alex stands there with a bright red face, and I sit in the boat exactly the same.
"Wh-why not?" I ask, already stuck with my nice qualities. Alex quietly steps in the boat with Oshawott and her bags, and she sits on the other side.
"This is going to be one very long boat ride," Sean says, watching Alex and I gawk at each other quietly. Treecko and Oshawott just kind of awkwardly look away.
He starts the boat and we tread the water—and just seconds of the journey feels like millenniums. Will this ever end?
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There's the next chapter! Tony and Willis sparked an intense rivalry together, although Willis mainly just wants Alex to himself. I added a bit more descriptions since the original was severely lacking. Tony's angered side is revealed here, as he begins to make snide comments himself. This chapter helps introduce my two-part section called "Out of the Swablu," which are chapters 11 and 12. Enjoy!
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 10]
After a long drive, I finally arrived in Spain yesterday. I'm now catching up and just finished chapter 9! I love the story so far, and will read the next chapter this evening! Looking forward to the other chapters as well!
I copied a few sentences, in which I thought that it wasn't eally clear whether he was thinking back to something said or if he repeated himself.
For the first and last sentence from the quote it was clear that he remembered something said, but maybe clarify just in case? For the other sentences (2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the quote) I was not sure whether it was repetition or thinking back.
All in all, great story!! I'm really curious to see what will happen! If I didn't have to leave now I'd keep reading! >_>
Edit: Just finished 10! Awesome job! I really like it. Will Alex find out it was Tony who sent Willis to apologise? I wonder how their friendship/crush will develop while they're in rival teams! I like Terra's and Sean's characters a lot too!
After a long drive, I finally arrived in Spain yesterday. I'm now catching up and just finished chapter 9! I love the story so far, and will read the next chapter this evening! Looking forward to the other chapters as well!
I copied a few sentences, in which I thought that it wasn't eally clear whether he was thinking back to something said or if he repeated himself.
For the first and last sentence from the quote it was clear that he remembered something said, but maybe clarify just in case? For the other sentences (2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the quote) I was not sure whether it was repetition or thinking back.
All in all, great story!! I'm really curious to see what will happen! If I didn't have to leave now I'd keep reading! >_>
Edit: Just finished 10! Awesome job! I really like it. Will Alex find out it was Tony who sent Willis to apologise? I wonder how their friendship/crush will develop while they're in rival teams! I like Terra's and Sean's characters a lot too!
RE: The Clash of Land and Sea [Chapter 10]
I think there were copying problems, I'm sorry. The actual copy doesn't have that, it just messed up. I'll fix that now.
Edit: Oh I see the problem, when it copied, it didn't copy the italics. It was him thinking back to figure out a strategy.
I think there were copying problems, I'm sorry. The actual copy doesn't have that, it just messed up. I'll fix that now.
Edit: Oh I see the problem, when it copied, it didn't copy the italics. It was him thinking back to figure out a strategy.