Saffron Gym Challenge (Part 3)

Both trainers raised their Pokeballs into the air and the Pokemon were sucked into their respective balls, the tension in the battlefield was great as the little break between each round gave Chuck some time to run through different kinds of strategies for winning.

Sabrina only had one goal, She wanted to win- She wanted to win so fucking badly and she clenched her fist, Haunter was just her first Pokemon- she had two more to choose from and Chuck was in a similar position.

Their eyes were fixated on each other as they formulated their battle strategies within, Chuck took a step back and unclipped a Pokeball from his belt.

"Second Round Begin!" The Referee called out and Chuck threw the Pokeball into the battlefield, revealing a Machoke.

The screen in the ceiling lit up as it featured Machoke's picture and it's level.

'Level 47,' Sabrina thought, she didn't know how much time Chuck spent grinding in the Dojo but in this battle, his Pokemon were of higher level.

'Despite being at a higher level, I still have a chance to win this battle,' Sabrina thought as she summoned her next Pokemon from it's Pokeball- A dazzling Gardevoir appeared in a flash of light.

Gardevoir was in Level 45.

Premonitions of the future kicked in but Sabrina pushed them aside quickly, in the face of an opponent that could change the course of the future with a single Unexpected attack… Sabrina's psychic Premonition power was rendered useless. Chuck had made it perfectly clear with the last battle that such abilities wouldn't work on him and Sabrina took his advice, she wasn't going to rely on her powers as a Psionic in this battle.

She was going to show him just how powerful a trainer who nearly defeated the Elite 4 was…

'Gardevoir, Double Team and then Charm it,'

Before Chuck's very eyes, Gardevoir split into multiple illusionry copies that surrounded the battlefield but the experienced Martial artist was not a veteran for nothing, he relaxed his muscles and pushed his right fist forward.

"Machoke, Foresight and then hit it with Aura Sphere!" Chuck exclaimed.

He decided to kick it into a higher gear at the beginning of the battle, he could not afford dragging it out like he did with Haunter- If he had started taking Sabrina serious earlier… his eyes locked onto Sabrina's womanly figure and he clenched his teeth.

'I would have had 3 Pokemon right now,' Chuck thought as all of the Gardevoir glowed in red before dispersing, the real Gardevoir was right behind Machoke and she blew a heart shaped attack at the burly Pokemon.

"Out of the way!" Chuck cried out, "Force Palm!"

Machoke moved quickly, firing Force palm against the ground and propelling to the right, dodging the attack much to Sabrina's displeasure. She quickly weaved through her thoughts and prepared an attack once again.

'Strike with Confusion,'

Confusion was a Psychic type move that affected Pokemon in a range of 3 meter radius by a slight mental attack, it wasn't anything too damaging to a powerful Pokemon but a human could receive even more negative side-effects.

Sabrina had calculated the distance needed, Machoke could easily jump three meters away but it was offguard, at the 2.5th meter mark. Machoke suddenly staggered backward, much to Chuck's surprise.

'A psychic attack penetrated it's defenses?' Chuck was surprised but a slight grin tugged at his lips.

Gardevoir was quick to follow up, her figure covered by an ethereal energy as a dazzling light pervaded the entire Battlefield, swallowing Machoke within- Sabrina couldn't help but grin as Gardevoir had unleashed her Dazzling gleam, despite being a normal type move… it was sure to deal a lot of damage.

[A / N: Just so you know, Fairy types haven't been discovered yet]

Chuck nevertheless grinned as he watched the light rapidly diminish.

"Focus Punch now!" He called out calmly while folding his arms.

Machoke shot through the light toward Gardevoir with it's right fist clad in a crimson terrifying aura, saliva rolled down from it's mouth as it exerted it's complete focus into landing the punch.

To Machoke, the whole world was slowed down including himself and the world around him vanished- it's eyes were only focused on Gardevoir as Gardevoir was the only thing that existed in this space.

Gardevoir watched Machoke speed up and turn into a blur but Sabrina had a back-up plan.

'Protect and then Psybeam,'

Machoke was in front of Gardevoir the next moment and it threw the punch forward, shockwaves echoed through the air as the Focus Punch landed on the translucent glass-like barrier of Protect and Chuck was caught off-guard.

The barrier of Protect vanished and a multi-colored beam of psionic energy engulfed Machoke, pushing the Pokemon backward and through the air quickly, Chuck clenched his fist as the Psybeam crashed into the ground some meters away from Gardevoir and it vanished, revealing Machoke in it's battered form.

'This battle is ours,' Sabrina thought as she proceeded to finish off the battle, it was of course shorter than the battle with Primeape… suddenly an air of trepidation engulfed the battlefield, All Sabrina could hear was Chuck's distant laughter, it was like a laughter of madness- Machoke's aura whirled around the battlefield.

"Now you've done it!" Chuck exclaimed, "It's time for us to take you seriously,"

Sabrina's eyes widened as she saw Machoke slowly but surely stand up, once it stood up- it locked eyes with Gardevoir but that was not the strange occurrence, the air of dread had not left the battlefield rather it had increased and even Gardevoir found herself to have succumbed to such high levels of Bloodlust, Sabrina herself could not believe a single Pokemon could hold so much Murderous Intent.

"Start off with Bullet Punches!" Chuck called out and Machoke nodded.

The icy arena had long since melted and Machoke was easily able to get a grip on the ground, web-like cracks appeared on the ground as Machoke shot toward Gardevoir with it's fists giving off a metallic glow.

Sabrina's arms were shaking but she got a grip of herself quickly, this pressure- she had seen a level higher, The Final Gengar that Agatha owned… that pressure made this look like child's play.

'Teleport!'

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Author's Note:

The battle will soon be over; I'm just giving you guys and overview of how intense battles will be in the future.

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