chapter 8 Gym battle ( ends)

Appearance of Slowking changed the joyous expression of Mathew and there was a hint of seriousness in his eyes.

" I finally know why you are what you are. So he is one of your strongest pokemons?" Mathew enquired.

" Yes, he is currently my third strongest Pokemon. " Alex replied back.

" I really want to have a full six on six match now so I can see their powers ." Mathew said with desire but unfortunately.

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In the Audience,

Mathew new excitement confused some people and so Violet asked," Mommy, why is father taking him so seriously? He isn't as terrifying as Gyarados from before " she mentioned Gyarados with a shudder.

The gruesome battle was too much for the kids. Because of the kids presence the battle happened underwater so they won't be scarred but the battle was still too terrifying.

" The scary appearance doesn't mean one is strong or mean. Every strong pokemon had an aura around them which can intimate lesser Pokemons and make them lose fighting spirit without any battle.

That Slowking is just like that. Alex's Slowking is strong, very strong." She said very seriously

" How strong? Can Alex defeat the Gyarados?" Jim jumped in and asked.

" Slowking is stronger than the previous three pokemons of Alex combined.

As for defeating gyarados, I can't be certain but this battle will be a close on. " Daphne revealed. Although she wasn't a master trainer she was an advanced trainer, so she can guess the strength of Slowking.

" Alright then, Alex defeat that overgrown serpent." Jim shouted to cheer his cousin.

Daisy who had created a little rivalry with Jim stood against him and cheered loudly for her father. Her sisters joined the fray too.

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The two opponent just smiled at their cheers but the battle hasn't started just yet.

Alex said something to Mathew," They are too close, I think you might want to send some Pokemon to protect them. "

On hearing this,Mathew looked at his opponent and his calm Slowking then at the audience and then at the referee who nodded in agreement. .

Referee was a pokemon cultivator and had been in presence of Mathew's pokemons for a long time. He understood that the next battle would be too dangerous for the audience and agreed for the two to send their pokemons to protect them.

" Very well, both of you can send two Pokemons each to safeguard the audience from the stray attack. " the referee issued his statement.

Mathew threw two pokeballs in the air and out came, starmie and Lapras.

He ordered them to deal with stray attacks so they could fight without much restrains.

Alex sent out his current strongest electabuzz and Snorlax. The appearance of the two affirmed the position of alex in the mind of Daphne. He really deserve his position as the leader of the current generation.

Mathew just muttered," Another psuedo king. Damm, the kid's a monster."

" You two go to Jim and make sure they aren't injured from our attacks. " Alex commanded. Both of them nodded and made their way to the audience.

After they reached their goal, the referee gave the signal to start again.

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In the audience,

" Mom, why did they send their pokemons here?" Lily asked

" Because dear, their fight will be a fierce one and hence they are here to protect us. " Daphne said and then continued to tell them, " The true battle between powerful trainers will be starting soon. Don't blink because these types of battle are rare for new trainers and civilians."

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As soon as the battle begin, Gyarados started to use the water force and sent a wave if water at the target.

Slowking simply floated in the air with psychic and sent multiple psychic blasts at gyarados. He evaded by swimming sideways like a snake or diving underwater to dodge the fast psychic shots.

Of course he sent dragon pulse at Slowking fir time to time but Slowking simply deflected them back to changed the path.

Slowking sent multiple water needles at the belly of Gyarados which made him bleed even harder than before. Slowking made sure to remember the placement of wounds so he could target the weak spots of the opponent.

Slowking was sy ease with the attacks of Gyarados and used he opportunity he gets to nail the opponent. This increased the anger of Gyarados and he was just one step away from rage.

Matter knew this problem and ordered," surround Slowking with the twister to prevent him from evading and then fire a hyper beam."

Gyarados first sent multiple dragon pulse at Slowking who either floated out of the path or defected it back and then a few twister rose around him trapping him in the sky.

And a lightning fast hyper beam was sent him way. This attack may have put other pokemons of Alex in grave danger but not Slowking as he teleported behind and then used Zen headbutt.

It sent the huge body of Gyarados a few steps back with a bruise which bled at his crown.

Gyarados rocked back and forth in pain from the previous attack and then toxic hit the sea serpent pokemons and he was poisoned.

Now Gyarados was in time limit so Mathew stopped playing around and ordered his Pokemon to fight all out and he used water force.

As soon as it happened, a blue aura surrounded Gyarados and water around him danced back forth awaiting the orders of his holiness, the Gyarados.

Slowking saw this change and also entered his powered up state. A pink aura surrounded Slowking for a moment and then subsided but it doesn't mean their power was reduced.

No , now they were ready to fight. Both sent a high pressure water gun and while Slowking sent a psycho cut. When the two attacks collides, a ripple was transversed throughout.

The bulbs and light equipment were destroyed in the clash and the shockwave almost reached the occupants.

Snorlax stepped in front of the shockwave with the potential to injure the kids. Snorlax simply stood and until the shockwave was just at reach a brick break hit it and the audience was safe from the sudden attack.

Snorlax then laid on his back and slept. While the adults were amazed by the strength and sweatdropped at his later action,Pikachu, Swablu and Jim started to climb his stomach and sat there.

The other kids joined him on his actions.

James seeing this shouted anxiously at the prospect of his grandson angering a monstrously strong Pokemon. The shockwave had brought cracks on the enforced walls of the gym,yet he stopped it easily ," Jim get down. You will anger the Snorlax."

Daphne calmed the older man by saying," Don't worry. Snorlax are some of the most docile pokemons and they almost never harm kids. They are only angry when disturbed in their sleep and the kids playing on his stomach isn't something that can wake him up.

Though I have to say that your grandson is pretty rich, to raise a Snorlax especially someone at Elite level is not most Trainer can afford. Even my husband will feel pain in raising one." She would have continued had it not been for her youngest daughter wanting to join her sisters on the sleeping Pokemon.

Daphne gave her to Daisy to take care . And continued to look at the battle up front.

They continued sending blasts at each other. The shockwave generated was decimated by the three Pokemons starmie, Lapras and electabuzz, while Snorlax saved tge kids.

The battle escalated and water rose to submerge Slowking but he willed the water to part way in front of him. but the water surrounded him from all sides.

Since Slowking noticed he couldn't control the water his forehead glowed bright pink and then a sudden shock wave was generated from Slowking throwing everything away from him.

The water in the pool was completely thrown out due to the shockwave, Gyarados was smashed at the walls of the pool and even the two trainers fell on the ground.

The psychic had grabbed hold of the Gyarados and continued to smash him on the ground. The broken metal rods which fell on the battlefield floated around in Slowking's control and slashed at the fallen Gyarados.

Because of Slowking was controlling the metal he cannot move which was taken advantage by Gyarados.

Gyarados sent a hyper beam which hit Slowking dead center and made him fall on the ground from the air but it also made Slowking lose control and some shards penetrated the body making the Gyarados ooze out blood and fainted.

Slowking on the other hand was wounded but could still stand although shaky.

Knowing that Gyarados was badly wounded, he returned his Gyarados and sent him away to heal through the caretakers of the gym.

Mathew's voluntary withdrawal surprised the kids but they didn't say anything.

" That attack was quite deadly. To think you could end Gyarados life any moment back then. " Mathew said.

" If you went all out, Slowking won't stand a chance. We both hadn't used any destructive moves yet. " Alex retorted

This made Alex's uncle Gray shout," then what does these damage means."

Alex and Mathew turned to look at his outburst and they simply said in unison with deadpanned expression," Gym is still standing."

Daphne just giggles and said," If my husband wants then his starter Lapras over here could flood half of the Cerulean city without much problem."

This brought stupors to the duo father and son.

Then Mathew said," Come on starmie, let's end this battle"

And starmie jumped into the now waterless pool of the gym.

Slowking limped and came forth in front of his opponent.

Even after the referee commence the battle the two stood standstill. Except for Slowking's eyes and starmie's central gems glowing there was no action.

The only other thing worth noting was that no dust cloud or water was present in the space between the two water psychic pokemon.

Their motionless stance made Daisy and Jim speak out together," why aren't they moving now?" And then glared at each other.

Daphne just smiled and then threw a small concrete stone nearby and threw it in the middle. The stone transversed through the air and then suddenly the stone vanished completely.

" What happened?" They shouted in surprise

"The entire place is filled with psychic energy of the two pokemons and anything entering that field will be destroyed. The true horror of psychic is the destructive invisible attacks. " Daphne stated.

The psychic contest continued for some time until starmie's gem glowed frequently.

Mathew knew what that meant and ordered," Ice beam"

Starmie flew away and hit Slowking with rapid spin and then with ice beam, he was frozen in ice. Then he was smashed with a hydro pump.

It did the trick. Slowking who was injured from the hyper beam couldn't stand the ice beam and hydro pump and finally fainted.

The referee declared,"Slowking isn't able to battle. The Challenger had lost all of his four pokemons and so the winner is Gym leader Mathew Waterflower."