CHAPTER 10 – GYM BATTLES (FIRST PART) (Fixed)

In the previous chapter we see how our heroes arrive in Cerulean City only to find the Gym closed, after looking for Misty in Cerulean Cape not before the girls had care with Misty because she would try to flirt with them, our heroes bring her back to the gym, and after promising that Nancy would give her a kiss on the cheek accepts the 2vs2 instead of 3vs3 as it was originally.

With Ash.

Misty brought out her Staryu, just like in the anime and video games.

"Use Rapid Spin to get started!" – he ordered.

Staryu charge towards Pikachu turning on himself.

"Double Team to dodge!"

Pikachu nodded and dodged using his Double Team, which made Staryu hit nothing, and puzzled, he looked around.

"Quick attack!"

A powerful Quick Attack hit Staryu head-on, pushing him back.

"That won't stop us, Confuse Ray!"

Staryu threw the Confuse Ray at Pikachu.

"¡Dodge it!"

But he couldn't do it in time and hit him, immediately Pikachu began to throw Impactrueno everywhere, even used a Quick Attack in the opposite direction, which caused him to fall into the water.

"¡Pikachu!"

"Hahaha! See, why be with someone so weak when they could be with someone like me?" – Misty said with a confident smile.

But this didn't please the girls or me.

"Well, it's over, I don't care that you try to flirt with them mainly because you don't have a chance, I endured your attempts to kiss them because I trust both of them, but never, ever call me weak!"

My anger exploded and as if Pikachu felt it, the Confuse Ray lost its effect and came out of the water landing again on the platform.

"Pika pi!" said Pikachu angrily.

Apparently he felt my anger and that made him come to his senses, it seems incredible that we have known each other for so recently but he already cares about me in that way.

"Let's prove who the weak one is here, Quick Attack!"

Pikachu shot towards Staryu with even greater speed than before.

"Dodge it and Water Gun!"

Misty ordered Staryu, however, Pikachu's speed improved more than before and he could not react in time despite being a fairly fast Pokémon as well.

After impacting him, the Staryu began to float upside down in the water.

"Staryu can't continue, the victory is for Pikachu!" – the referee ruled.

"Uff... it seems that I overdid it a bit, I apologize for it, but I'm not weak either and I'll prove it to you, Starmie, it's your turn!" – Misty said as her Starmie came out of her Pokéball.

"It looks strong" – I said almost subconsciously.

"And it is, Starmie is one of my faithful companions and definitely my most powerful Starmie for beginners like you, let's see how you manage" – smiled Misty.

"I said it's strong, but not strong enough, Quick Attack!"

"Heh, Rapid Spin"

Misty just smiled and ordered calmly.

Starmie quickly dodged the Quick Attack as Pikachu's speed was nothing.

"¡Water Pulse!"

"¡Dodge it!"

But Pikachu's speed was surpassed once again and he fully received the attack by sending him into the water.

"That's just what I wanted, Rapid Spin and get this done!"

This Starmie is strong, but me and Pikachu are on another level.

"Receive it!"

"What?" – Misty said bewildered.

Before long Starmie hit Pikachu, but instead of being shot, Pikachu grabbed Starmie.

"Fuck!" - exclaimed Misty.

"It's your end, Thunder Shock!"

"PIKA PIIII!" – said Pikachu.

But unlike the Impactrueno, this one was much bigger, it was not an Thunder Shock, but...

"¡Thunderbolt!" – exclaimed.

"PIKACHUUUU!" - said Pikachu increasing the power of his Lightning.

"Starmie!" – exclaimed Misty in surprise.

But the one who came out of the water unharmed from the water and stood on the platform was Pikachu while Starmie floated in the water as if he was dead, but he was obviously weakened.

"Starmie can't go on, the winner is the challenged Ash!" – the referee ruled.

"We got it Pikachu!" – I said hugging Pikachu.

"Pika pi!"

Pikachu responded to my hug cheerfully.

"Haa... I think I underestimated you, my Starmie was strong, but I let myself go, I'm sorry Starmie was my fault, but you did it perfectly" – sighed Misty as she returned her Starmie to her Pokéball.

Then he came to me and extended his hand.

"This... I'm sorry for before, I let myself go and that's why I trusted and lost, I'm sorry I tried to flirt with your girlfriends, I hope you can forgive me" – Misty apologized.

She has already apologized and seems sincere, so there is no need to hold a grudge.

"I forgive you, but be careful next time, I may forgive you, but there will be other people who will not be as kind as I am doing" – this I said somewhat seriously.

She has to learn is not bad, but her methods are not too good and she is lucky to have bumped into someone like me, otherwise someone else might have assaulted her for trying to make advances with her girlfriend, I just warn her so that next time she is careful and does not make the same mistake.

"I understand, I'll be careful next time, thanks for your advice," - Misty nodded.

Then he put his hand in his pocket and took out the Waterfall medal.

"Congratulations on winning your second medal, The Cascade Medal" – smiled.

"Thank you" - I said.

"Well, which of you is the next to fight?" - asked Misty, looking at the girls.

"It will be me if you don't care!" - said Nancy almost immediately.

"Sure, sure, the main wife first, hahaha," - Verity laughed.

Nancy blushed, but did not deny it.

"Okay, it will be you, but first, let me go get 5 Pokémon, why do I guess at least you will have 3 Pokémon, right?" – said Misty looking at Verity.

"Just 3, as Brock recommended," - Verity nodded.

"Oh, so Brock, that was the first medal for everyone?" - asked Misty.

"Yes" – Nancy and I said.

"Well, now I'm back, give me 5 minutes," - Nancy said as she left the battlefield.

It didn't take long for her to return and with her, she brought a belt with 5 Pokéball, 2 for Nancy, 3 for Verity.

"Ready, let's go," - Misty said.

Then it was placed in the same place as when we both fought.

"As I explained before, the rules are simple, 2 vs 2, the first one who runs out of Pokémon, loses, they can start!" – exclaimed the referee.

"Seel, it's your turn!" – said Misty throwing a Pokéball.

And, a Seel came out of his Pokéball.

"Hey, weren't you going to use the same Pokémon?" – Nancy asked surprised.

"Hehe, I never said that" – smiled Misty.

Nancy frowned, sighed, and changed to a serious countenance.

"It doesn't matter what Pokémon it is, we'll take it down, go ahead Nidoran!" - said Nancy, pulling Nidoran out.

"Hey, why didn't you take your Snivy out?" - asked Verity curiously.

"Simple, why can Seel learn ice-type attacks soon, then better take out Nidoran and reserve Snivy for his strongest Pokémon," I replied.

"Right, right, let me write it down, it will be very useful to me" – Verity nodded.

Then he rummaged through his backpack, took out a pen and a notebook and wrote it down, as I could see there were many notes, I could look sideways at notes about Shinx.

With Nancy.

"Let's start first, Nidoran, Double Kick!"

Nidoran ran and tried to kick the Seel standing on the platform.

"Go to the water Seel!"

The enemy Seel threw himself into the water dodging the attack.

"Ice Shard!"

Seel came out of the water and small shards of ice shot out towards Nidoran.

"Use Double Kick and Dodge it!"

Nidoran kicked the platform twice escaping Seel's attack, however, the attack followed him and hit him fully, luckily he did not push Nidoran back much and was able to fall back on the platform, but it was noticeable that he had suffered damage.

"Ice Shard is a move that doesn't fail, even if you try to dodge it, it will follow you, let's see how you get rid of it," Misty smiled.

"Easy, use Poisong Sting"

Nidoran launched his attack towards Seel, but the latter submerged so the attack had no effect.

"Hehe, you don't even need to use another attack, Ice Shard again" – Misty ordered.

I quickly thought, there has to be a way around it, there has to be, that's when Ash's strategy against Starmie came to mind and I came up with an idea.

Seel fired his attack towards Nidoran.

"Double Kick!"

"That didn't work before, kill her, Seel!" - said Misty.

But what I didn't expect was what happened next, the Double Kick was not for the same as before after all.

Nidoran jumped straight into the ice chunks and with his Double Kick broke them while using them as a springboard to get to where Seel was.

"What the hell?" – Misty snapped.

"Double Kick!"

Nidoran took advantage of the closeness with Seel and kicked him twice, using the second to send him flying and at the same time to propel himself towards the platform.

"It seems that I ran into a few monsters today, I am unlucky, but we will not be easily defeated, diving has been said Seel!"

Seel obeyed and plunged back into the water, however, this time Seel's shadow could no longer be seen in the water, he couldn't even see it from here, where did he go?

"Water Gun!"

Seel quickly climbed out of the water and attacked my Nidoran with a powerful Water Gun that sent her into the water directly.

"Nidoran, try to get out of the water"

Nidoran did what he could, however, it was harder said than done, and, although he slowly swam out of the water, Seel and Misty had other plans.

"Finish it now, Ice Shard!" – Misty ordered.

Nidoran could not dodge it and received a powerful Ice Shard that sent him flying right to the platform.

I could tell it, Nidoran was injured and I don't think I could fight for much longer, so I took out my Pokéball and tried to send it to her, but bravely, she stood up and looked at me with a look of confidence.

"I trust you!"

"Ni!" – Nidoran shouted and suddenly enveloped himself in a beam of light.

It was a beautiful blue light and you could see Nidoran's shape changing.

"It's evolving!" said Verity in surprise.

"Hahaha, amazing, he responded to Nancy's will and evolved as a result!" – Ash said with a tone that denoted emotion.

The light was no longer seeing Nidorina, the evolved form of Nidoran Female.

"NIDORINA DATA HAS BEEN RECORDED IN THE POKÉDEX" – said the Rotom Dex immediately.

"Nidorina, thank you" – I said sincerely.

"Rina!" - said Nidorina with a smile.

"I admit it's exciting but an evolution won't save you from defeat, Ice Shard!" – exclaimed Misty.

Nidoran looked at Seel and before he could say anything, his tail lit up a purple color that broke Seel's attack of one.

"Poison Tail!" – I said in surprise.

"Really, how can this be possible?" – said Misty surprised.

"Hahaha, this is our power, Nidorina, Poison Tail!" – I ordered.

"¡Dodge itl!"

But Nidorina's speed had increased significantly with evolution and Seel couldn't cope with that increase in speed, so the Poison Tail hit the mark and Seel fell weakened while floating face up in the water.

"Seel can't continue, Nidorina is the winner!" – said the referee.

"We did it!" – I said happily.

"You've done well Seel, rest," - Misty said as she put Seel away in her Pokéball.

Then he looked at me seriously.

"You've won this round, but you're far from victory, Starmie, it's your turn!" – said Misty throwing another Pokéball.

And as with Ash, a Starmie came out of it.