Pokémon Ultra: Sparkling silver
Meet Ara Ellis, a young 11 year old boy from New Bark Town, who’s finally ready to set out on the ultimate journey across the Johto region! Join Ara on his adventure, as he deals with many challenges. From challenging the gyms and the Johto league, to finding the whereabouts of his missing brother, to learning to control the fiery powers of his starter Pokémon… Will Ara be able to overcome all these obstacles? There’s only one way to find out.
One tough battle: Vs. Whitney! || Chapter 6
After leaving the Pokémon center this morning, I started walking around Goldenrod city a bit, admiring the scenery. This city was really cool looking, actually… I can’t wait to look around at all the different buildings and such! There’s the department store, the radio station… Ooh, where do I go first…?
As I started walking, I suddenly then bumped into someone familiar.
“Hey, what where you’re- Oh, it’s you Ara!” Kris looked down at me with a smirk. “I’m glad I ran into you, actually… I wanna talk to you about something.”
“Alright then… What is it?” I asked.
“I was thinking. About our battle yesterday. You still never actually beat me…” Kris says, crossing her arms.
“Ok. And…?”
“And… That means our bet isn’t complete yet! We agreed to a bet that if you win, I’d find somewhere else to train. And to stop annoying the baby Pokémon in the daycare, or whatever… So I’ve come up with a new bet! I want you… To defeat the Goldenrod city gym!” Kris says excitedly.
“Wait… There’s a gym in this town?! I had no idea…” I respond.
“Um… DUH! And not only is Whitney a gym leader, but she’s also one of the toughest gym leaders in all of Johto! Her Miltank in particular is a certified butt kicker!”
“Alright then… Um, but why do you want me to fight gym leader? Are you gonna fight her too?” I asked.
“I’ve challenged her a couple times already, but I lost both battles…” Kris huffed on annoyance. “Don’t tell anyone I said that, or I’ll kick your butt! Anyways, if you can beat her, then we’ll know who’s really the strongest between the two of us! And I’ll also put my pride aside and admit your strength! And either way, I get to watch one of you get your butt kicked, so I’ll be happy regardless of the battle’s outcome!”
“Alright then… I’ll accept your bet!” I say, smiling and nodding at her. “I’ll go and fight Whitney as soon as-“
“Hey hey, hold it!” I was about to walk away, but Kris suddenly grabbed the hood of my hoodie, yanking me back towards her.
“Hey! What are you doing?” I huffed.
“You aren’t going anywhere, unless it’s to do some training!” Kris says. “Come on, I know another good spot!”
“Aw, but I don’t feel like it right now… I wanna go check out the radio station!”
“You can’t today! You and your team gotta spend the whole day training if you wanna get ready for the gym battle tomorrow!” Kris responds sternly.
“Tomorrow?! Who said I was… Ah, never mind. Let’s go train then…” I sighed in defeat, finally giving in. Hopefully I can visit the radio station another day…
The next day…
Man… Kris has a REALLY intense training routine! We spent the whole day yesterday having her train my whole team like crazy, and despite having a good night’s rest last night, I still feel like I need to take a year long nap… But that shall wait for another day! Today is the day where I’m finally gonna challenge Whitney… To be honest, I’m both excited, and scared for this fight at the same time. Kris keeps telling me how strong Whitney is, so I’m guessing that this fight is gonna be more difficult that the others. I just hope I can win this. I don’t want Kris laughing at me if I lose…
While we were walking on the way to the gym, Kris was also talking to me about something else…
“Are there a lot of trainers that do that?” I asked.
“Oh, heck yeah! Saying a cool, unique phrase when you send out your Pokémon… It strikes fear into your enemies! And shows off how cool and confident you are in your skills!” Kris says excitedly. “It makes you even cooler when you have unique phrases for each of your Pokémon! For example, if you have a water type Pokémon, you could say something like… Let’s drown them, Croconaw! Or a ground type would be something… Like… Uhh… Let’s bury them under a tombstone, Diglett! Ok, that one might be a little extreme, but you get what I mean, right?”
“Yeah, I do… Ah, I just don’t think I’m cool enough to think of a good catch phrase, though…” I respond.
“Oh, come on! It doesn’t hurt to try it out atleast once…” Kris says. “Come on! Try and think of atleast one during the gym battle… Alright?”
“Alright, I’ll try…”
We finally arrived at the gym, walking in and signing up. While I was signing up, I found out that Whitney only had two Pokémon. It’s a little surprising though, I thought she’d have more than that, but hey, that means less Pokémon to deal with, right? That also means less Pokémon for me to use as well, so I gotta use the right ones. I think at this point, Cyndaquil and Mareep are my strongest Pokémon, so I’ll use those two…
After signing up, I was quickly escorted into the battlefield. The battlefield also had a small set of bleachers on one side of it, were Kris sat down, while I could see Whitney waving to me on the other side of the room.
“Hiii, your names Ara, correct? It’s nice to meet you!” Whitney happily greeted me. “You ready to battle? Be warned, my Pokémon may be super cute, but they’re also super strong as well!”
“Of course I’m ready…” I say, taking a deep breath. “Let’s do this!”
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BATTLE… BEGIN!!
Whitney: “Let’s do this, Clefairy!”
Ara: “Alright, uh… We’ve got this, Mareep! Use Thundershock!”
Whitney: “Use Doubleslap, Clefairy!”
Both attacks did a decent amount of damage to one another.
Ara: “Now use Tackle!”
Whitney: “Again, use Doubleslap!”
Ara: “Use Thundershock!”
Whitney: “Use Metronome, Clefairy!”
Clefairy wiggled it’s fingers around, until it activated an attack… Clefairy ended up using a move called Gunk Shot, which did a lot of damage to Mareep, also poisoning him as well.
Ara: “Hang in there, Mareep… Use Thundershock!”
Mareep’s attack luckily landed a critical hit this time… Knocking out Clefairy. Alright, that wasn’t so bad. But it’s her next Pokémon I have to worry about…
Whitney: “Alright Miltank… Let’s do this!”
Ara: “Quick Mareep… Use Thunder Wave!”
Whitney: “Use Stomp!!”
Luckily Mareep managed to land the paralysis just in time, right as Miltank knocked out Mareep. Alright… It’s up to you now, Cyndaquil…
Ara: “Alright… Let’s light em up, Cyndaquil!!”
…Light em up?! Argh, that sounds so lame… Why did I say that?
Whitney: “Use Rollout, Miltank!”
Ara: “Dodge it with Quick Attack!”
Cyndaquil quick dodged the attack, Miltank rolling and slamming into the wall.
Whitney: “Use Stomp!”
Ara: “Use Ember!”
Both attacks did a decent amount of damage to one another.
Whitney: “Use Rollout!”
Ara: “Dodge it again, quick! Then use Ember!”
Cyndaquil barely dodged the attack, using Ember in Miltank. However this time, Miltank bounced off the wall, and hit Cyndaquil, doing a lot of damage. And now, I could see Cyndaquil struggling to stand up, seeing the flames on his back getting stronger. Ok, I need to stay calm… I think as long as I channel Cyndaquil’s blaze into this battle, I think we’ll be fine…
Ara: “Stay calm, Cyndaquil… Use Ember!”
Whitney: “Use Stomp, Miltank!”
The embers singed Miltank a bit, Miltank’s attack doing a ton of damage. Cyndaquil was now struggling to stand back up, the flames on his back only getting brighter and brighter, however…
Ara: “Come on Cyndaquil, get up! You can do this!!”
Whitney: “Finish em off, Miltank! Use Stomp!”
Miltank was about to attack, but the flames on Cyndaquil’s back shot out like crazy, knocking Miltank back instead. I could see Cyndaquil’s body starting to shake, as he stood up. Cyndaquil let out a loud cry, as his body started to glow and shift…
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…And… Cyndaquil was now a different Pokémon. Wh-whoa… Did Cyndaquil just evolve?! Oh my gosh… He did!
He evolved into a Quilava! Oh my Arceus, this is amazing!!
Quilava let out a even louder roar, the flames on his back spewing out even stronger than ever before. The flames were scorching the floor, and I saw Kris duck down, as the flames were starting to spew onto the bleachers as well.
Ara: “YES!! Great job, Cy-Er, I mean Quilava! Alright, keep calm buddy… And use Ember!!”
Quilava’s attack did a ton of damage, knocking Miltank down… As it fainted.
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“YES!! YOU DID IT QUILAVA!!” The flames on Quilava’s back quickly managed to dissipate, as I ran over to Quilava, giving him a hug. “I’m so happy you finally evolved…”
“Dude… That was SO AWESOME!!” I could hear Kris’ voice, as she hopped over the bleachers, running up to me and Quilava. “You and Quilava totally kicked butt in there! I’m so glad I got that whole battle on camera!!” Kris had an excited smile on her face, holding up a small camcorder.
“Wait, you were recording that whole fight?! Um…Actually, I don’t mind. I’m just glad I…”
Sniff… Sniff…
I could suddenly hear what sounded like sniffling and crying. I looked over at Whitney, seeing that she was now crying.
“Urgh… WAAAAAAGH!! I can’t believe… You beat me…” Whitney sobbed. “You… Meanie…”
“What the…” Kris raised an eyebrow at Whitney in confusion, rolling her eyes as she crossed her arms. “Geez, sore loser much?”
“Oh no, I… I’m so sorry!” I quickly apologized. “I didn’t mean to…”
“Hey, Whitney!” I could see the girl from the front counter suddenly run into the room, running up to Whitney and comforting her.
“This is so weird…” Kris says. Soon the girl ran back out of the room, Whitney wiping off her tears as she approached me.
“Ah, sorry about that… Heres your badge. And a TM…”
Whitney then handed me the badge and the TM, which had the move Attract on it.
“Awesome! Thanks so much, Whitney.”
And after that, we left the gym. On the way out, the girl at the front counter told me that Whitney always cries after losing a battle, which made me feel a bit less bad about it, at least.
“Man, that fight was so awesome! Guess you’re more than just a dork then after all… You’re a strong dork!” Kris says, as I couldn’t help but chuckle and roll my eyes in response.
“Yeah yeah, thanks Kris…”
“Hey, I have something fun we can do next! Come on, I’ll show you!”
“Wait!” I quickly stopped Kris before she was about to grab my arm. “I really need to rest after that fight… Whatever it is, can we do it tomorrow?” I asked.
“Agh, fine! But we’re doing it first thing tomorrow morning…” Kris says, walking off as she waved goodbye. “Meet me in the Pokémon center lobby then!”
“Alright, I will! Later!” I waved goodbye as Kris ran off. Alright then. Next stop for me…
…The radio station!