As we arrived at Eternia City Gym we were amazed to find the Gym was actually a mile away from the actual city due to the grass type Pokemon Germinating the city causing an overgrowth of vegetative life.
Under normal circumstances I would use Kusunagi but instead I wanted to use Jet,Etsuko,Naikido,Austin, Momiji and kasumi, to battle in this besides I wouldn't get any real Battle experiance unless i had all my pokemon battle.
Little did I know I would have a hard time getting that gym badge without interference.
Dawn and I were surprised to see that Gardenia was holding a small festival at her gym.
Apparently it was arbor Day.
We decided to enjoy the festival Dawn and I managed to enjoy a salad made from the finest ingredients unfortunately those ingredients were oddish leaves, and Pecha berries with a magnum petal dressing.
When I heard that I felt a little disturbed I mean sure it was plants but they were plants from a living being and well I had to harden my gut.
After finishing the salad which was great but still a little disturbing I decided to challenge Gardenia to a gym battle I promised not to use Kusunagi since I didn't want to Burn the Entire Friggin Gym Down.
As we began preparation I noticed that Dawn was feeling a little tipsy.
" Hey gardenia were those Pecha berries fresh?" I asked.
" Ah they might've been a week old but we kept them at room temperature," said gardenia.
Berries+Room temperature+age equals fermentation.
" Oh you idiot you fed people fermented barriers thats practically feeding them wine," i shouted.
Gardenia's eyes widened.
My system went off.
{ Purging toxins from body complete,}
I get a tick mark on my forehead.
' And when exactly were you going to tell me about this,' i snarled internally
{ I thought you knew :p}
' she did not just give me a raspberry?' I thought to myself.
" While Dawn was taken to rest at a nearby Pokemon center which for soon reason wasn't just a clinic but also a hotel for weary travelers I managed to get Dawn to deposit her Pokemon into the safe of the center which had been created after team rockets repetitive exploits; smart.
" You ready Leroy?" Asked Gardenia.
I turned my hat sideways and smirked
" Let's boogey," I said.
" I choose you Roseraid," said Gardenia.
" Okay your up etsuko," i said with a smirk.
The Kubfu came out of its ball and stood in a forward horse stance with her arms drawn into a son Goku stance.
She chirped.
{ Let me at 'er master,} said Etsuko.
{ And now we shall have the most graceful dance,} said Roseraid in an elegant voice.
' damn if she weren't a Pokemon she'd totally be one of my types,' I thought to myself.
" Let The match between Gardenia of the Eternia City gym, and Leroy Jackson of parts unknown; begin," said The official waving her signal flag.
Unlike at Roark's gym the Eternia City Gym didn't follow the tournament rules that and due to the P-1 fighting tournament we didnt have the luxury of having that many prospects.
However roark was also a pretty tough gym leader of you didn't have a level 16 plus team plus a first stage evolution starter you wouldn't get that far.
I'm other news my female Nidoran evolved into a nidorina and my starly evolved into a staravia during the time I had spent training my pokemon while also training Riolu for the tournament come to think of it I hadn't given Riolu a name I wanted to name him after my Favourite character from Hebdomadem Saiyuki and call him Chou-hakkai but that would be too much to say but then I thought about the fact he had those metal plates on his arms and was more or less a fighting type despite being a metal/darkness type and being a ninja based monster I decided on calling him I decided to call him Seikai after Seikai kamiki since she to his red color scheme being a shiney he did sort of resembled the build burning Gundam; excluding the fact that riolu was using Jeet-Kune-Do and even though Seikai kamiki's style is called Kenpo he's pretty much Gundam's shoto-clone.
But riolu was resting right now since he had fought for two whole days and had tanked a close combat from his brother.
Now Roseraid use razor leaf.
" Etsuko use endure plus Hone claws and then iron claw attack," I said.
The two made for their attacks.
Etsuko tanked the razor leaf thanks to endure and was able to cut through most of them since she used Hone claws and iron claw she managed to do some considerable damage but surprise Roseraid used her Pecha berry and healed up.
However etsuko was already able to tell what she was going to do and used a spinning crescent kick to knock Roseraid into a wall.
The grass type Pokemon was dazed with swirls in her eyes.
" This round goes to Leroy and his Kubfu etsuko," said the official.
" Okay, guess I'll choose you turtwig," said gardenia.
However at that moment officer Jennie came busting in.
" We've got a problem gardenia," said the ever appearing police officer.
" What is it?" Asked The Gym leader.
" Team Galactic broke into the Pokemon center searching for a certain Pokemon and kidnapped a girl and her Lucario," said.
I suddenly got a slasher grin.
" So your saying a girl was taken by team galactic did she have one a white toboggan and a pink coat which when taken off had a blue sleeveless shirt and pink skirt with a white scarf.
" Um that's an accurate description," said officer Jennie.
I turned to gardenia.
" Consider our match postponed; because I'm about to light up team galactic like a super nova," i said with look so cold it coukd freeze a white star.
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Dawn woke up in a abandoned factory tied up.
She was weak and clearly dizzy.
Her Pokemon were safe at the Center but Lucario was currently battling against the enemy Pokemon trying to protect Dawn the Pokemon she was dealing with was a lycanrock ( the black version) which had been giving him a tough fight.
" You shall not lay a finger on my master even if it kills me," said Lucario.
" Foolish Lucario the fate of the world rest on our shoulders," said the leader of team plasma
"The world doesn't understand the true goals and ambition of team galactic to create a world of peace." Said The man.
" As I Cyrus leader of team Galactic I plan to overcome this adversity and lead the world into a new age," said Cyrus.
Suddenly the door to the factory flew off it's henges as I alongside Jet, Etsuko,naikido and Austin.
Fortunately we weren't alone as we were joined by Gardenia and her turtwig.
" Hah you are too late once I defeat this girls Lucario I shall use it's energy plus her link to mespirit to unlock the first gate to the chaos realm." Said Cyrus " and soon the world shall be mine, but you I sense an even higher power in you," said Cyrus.
" So you interrupt my gym battle, kidnapped my girlfriend, and plan to conquer the world, well I've got only two words to say to that," I said.
" Oh and what might they be," asked Cyrus.
"LEROOOOOY JACKSON!" I shouted as I dashed towards Cyrus and drove my elbow into his midsection which caused him to vomit a mix of blood and saliva before I punched him in the gut then delivered a Backspin kick to his balls before using the momentum gained to grab him in a clench knee him repeatedly in the skull before driving him face first into the ground with a DD-T.
Lycanrock looked towards her master in concern but then found herself Outnumbered by Austin, Jet, Naikido, and Etsuko.
" Stay out of this, the lycanrock Harlot is mine," said Lucario.
The two squared off and Lucario exchanged a swift set of punches and blocks with the enemy Pokemon before Lucario would gain ground by landing a step back thrust kick before wailing on her with a barrage of punches aimed to her ribs as he shifted his weight between his position his footwork like a boxers before he would use a dark energy powered palm spike generating a dark ball from his hands and blasting her into a wall.
" Dark...wolf gang," said Lucario as he clutched his arm.
I cut Dawn down with my pocket knife I used for cooking and camping.
The Lycanrock wasn't down for long though as she seemed to come back although she was badly damaged she threw a left hook which Lucario blocked with his left forearm before Lucario threw out a right straight, lycanrock blocked it before throwing a left straight which Lucario shifted right dodging with a slip and countering with a triple snap kick to lycanrocks kneecap hip and rib area before ending with an axe kick to the skull before ending with a rolling hell drop.
" Wow and that's what I call a fight," I said
Riolu and kusunagi were shadow boxing as they cheered Lucario.
At one point Lycanrock tried to play dirty by throwing sand in Lucario's eyes. but Lucario didn't need to see with his eyes he ducked underneath her wide sweeping hook punch, and countered with a spinning uppercut Ala Shoryuken the punch knocked Lycanrock out and Lucario won the fight.
I scanned Lycanrock with my system and soon I was able to produce an egg.
But before I would congratulate Lucario I realized that Cyrus had escaped.
" Damn bastard, abandoned his Pokemon.
I looked at the poor Lycanrock and used a super potion to heal her.
I then used a free great ball to capture it and take it to the Pokemon center to heal it.
After an hour the Lycanrock looked up at me years in its eyes.
{ Master abandoned me and now I'm useless,} said Lycanrock.
I knelt down and pat it's head.
" Hey you don't have to worry about that you'll be of plenty of use to everybody," I said.
{ Master you would pat a monster like me on the head,} asked Lycanrock.
' poor thing must've been abused; alright I've got another sunuvabitch to add to my kill list,' I said.
Then I turned to gardenia.
" I suppose you and I should continue where we left off," I said with a quirk of the eyebrow.
To be continued.