Blooming Ambitions: A pokemon Story

Chapter 20

I rushed out of the pokemon center as soon as I could, excited for my gym battle, more so than the others. Lotus, on the other hand, was a little slower than me, laughing a little and telling me to calm down, as the gym wasn't going anywhere, and we still had so much time.

When we entered the gym, the first thing we admired was the décor. It was decorated to look like a garden, with bridges connecting the battlefield to the entrance and side lines, with jade green and auburn trees littering the sidelines as well.

The gym leader was talking to someone, and me and Lotus couldn't help but admire her fashion sense.

"I need a dress like that..." Lotus mumbled, and I couldn't help but agree with her; it was gorgeous.

Once the Gym leader noticed us, she turned towards us and greeted us, introducing herself as she did so. We both complimented her fashion style, and she laughed a little before thanking us, saying she was also a fashion designer, even going as far to offer to make us one if we wanted. I politely declined, since I already had my performance dress, but Lotus accepted. Valerie once again laughed a little and said after the gym battle, she would make Lotus one, and it would be ready tomorrow.

Lotus thanked her, and went to watch from the sidelines, while me and Valerie walked to our respect sides of the battlefield.

"Let's go Sylveon!"

"Let's go Luvdisc!"

Me and Valerie both called out our pokemon at the same time, both of them coming out of their pokeballs at the same time too.

"Challenger has the first move!" The referee calls, giving me a subtle nod afterwards.

"Use water gun Luvdisc!" I call, and Luvdisc obeys immediately.

However, Valerie's Sylveon dodges gracefully, landing perfectly back on its feet as well.

"Fairy wind Sylveon." Valerie says calmly, her Sylveon obeying the command immediately, barely giving us any time to react, meaning Luvdisc barely managed to dodge the attack without me even saying anything.

"Your pokemon appear to trust you." Valerie compliments, making me smile a little.

"Spin and use winter gun Luvdisc!" I command, and Luvdisc obeys immediately, not giving Valerie's Sylveon much room to dodge, making the attack hit the pokemon dead on.

"Use water pulse Luvdisc, don't let them attack!"

"Swift Sylveon!"

Both attacks hit dead on, making a small cloud of smoke, both pokemon recoiling back slightly.

I, on the other hand, smirked and said, "Use Water pulse again Luvdisc!"

Luvdisc, although confused for a moment, uses the attack regardless, and Sylveon has no time to react as the attack appeared from the cloud of smoke, hitting the pokemon right away.

"Use swift again Sylveon!" Valerie counters, Luvdisc having no time to react as the attack also appears from the cloud of smoke, hitting Luvdisc head on as well.

"Dazzling gleam Sylveon!"

"Hydro pump Luvdisc!"

Unfortunately, Luvdisc doesn't manage to hit Sylveon before it uses dazzling gleam, resulting in Luvdisc taking a lot of damage from the powerful fairy type move. However, Luvdisc had not yet fainted, and was still able to battle, but I could still see she had taken a lot of damage.
"Return Luvdisc!" I say, calling my pokemon back, telling her she did a good job.

"I'm curious to see what pokemon you call out next." Valerie says calmly.

"Alright Eevee, show time!" I call, and Eevee, once out of its pokeball, yips happily, wagging its tail, ready for battle.