Ch. 63: The Flower that Blooms in Darkness

 

Outside of the bakery as the sun sets Liam stands around looking at his Elgyem.

            "Okay Albert, we've been standing around here for a day now and Jaden still hasn't come back." Liam says to his Elgyem annoyed. "That idiot, might've gotten lost or might've found some other Gym."

            "Don't worry about it, he'll be here soon." Cheza says standing out of the window.

            "Oh yeah, then where is he?"

            "Just give it a minute."

As the pair stand around Jaden alongside his Combusken walks up to the bakery seriously.

            "Hey Liam, I'm back." Jaden says happily.

            "Yo, you took too long getting back." Liam says annoyed. "By the way Aire left town while you were gone."

            "Wait, I thought she wanted to see my Gym Battle."

            "Well she said that she wanted to, but she had some other important things to do so she ran off."

            "Oh well, as long as she found what she was looking for."

            "Well then kid are you ready for your Gym Battle?" Cheza asks curiously.

            "Wait, you know where the Gym is?" Jaden asks curiously.

            "This place is the Gym, the battle field is on the roof." Liam says seriously. "And this chick's the Gym Leader."

            "Damn, it was right under our noises, or would the phrase be above it." Jaden says seriously. "So then would will we battle in the morning?"

            "No we'll battle now." Cheza says seriously with a smile on her face. "A battle in the dark of night is the best for this type of Gym Battle."

 

A minute later as the moon starts rising on top of the bakery Jaden stands against Cheza with Liam and Kii watching from the sidelines.

            "So this will be a single round triple battle, so we'll use three Pokémon at once." Cheza says seriously.

            "Okay then." Jaden says seriously.

            "Okay then Kii, send the signal." Cheza says seriously.

            "Okay." Cheza says seriously before holding up a flare gun, before firing it.

As Cheza fires the flare gun the lights across the city go out one by one, until the group is left in nothing but total darkness.

            "What's this, why is it completely dark?" Liam asks curiously. "Even with all the lights out we should have the moonlight or something."

            "The mountain range behind the city blocks out the moon and star light for some odd reason." Cheza says seriously explaining things. "Now we'll battle in this darkness here."

            "Okay then let's do this." Jaden says seriously. "Now Axel, Tik, Ven."

Jaden throws out his Poke'balls with Combusken, Galvantula, and Noibat as they stand around confused about the darkness surrounding them.

            "Don't worry guys, her Pokémon have just as big a disadvantage as us." Jaden says reassuring his Pokémon.

            "Oh you think so." Cheza says seriously. "Trevenant, Lombre, Chesnaught let's do this."

Cheza throws out her Poke'balls with her Pokémon hiding in the darkness out of sight of Jaden's Pokémon.

            "Now then let the battle begin." Kii says signaling the start of battle.

Almost immediately Cheza's Pokémon charge in at Jaden's under the darkness, forcing them back and forcing them together.

            "Okay then now Trevenant, Forest's Curse." Cheza says ordering her Pokémon.

Trevenant comes up from behind them grabbing them before glowing bright green and causing them to glow green temporarily as well.

            "What was that?" Jaden asks confused.

            "Forest's Curse, is a very special kind of move." Cheza says happily. "It's a move that turns your Pokémon into grass types, for as long as the battle goes on."

            "It changed their typing." Liam says confused. "With a move like that same type power bonuses are useless and strengths and weaknesses are changed."

            "Yes, and I as grass type expert I know the strengths and weaknesses of grass types better than anyone else." Cheza says seriously. "Now Lombre, Ice Beam."

Lombre rushes under the cover of darkness, before blasting Combusken with a blast of ice forcing it back and injuring it.

            "Axel!" Jaden says concerned. "If their all grass types now then our attacks will be weaker, but that won't stop us Axel, Flame Charge."

Combusken stomps around becoming engulfed in flames before charging out, but before it can gain speed Chesnaught comes around and charging into Combusken knocking it back and extinguishing the flames.

            "Doing something like that is a dead giveaway." Cheza says boating. "Chesnaught, Poison Jab."

Chesnaught charges in at Combusken, rapidly punching it and knocking it back as Combusken is forced back.

            "I see, this darkness covers not only her Pokémon, but when someone uses fire type attacks it gives away their position quite easily." Liam says thinking about things. "In a stage like this and her abilities she has quite the advantage and can easily overpower any of her opponents."

            "That's right, that's how Cheza operates." Kii says seriously. "Whatever the situation, even when it seems she has a disadvantage she stands above her opponents."

            "Okay then, if I can't use Fire attacks then I'll get around it some other way." Jaden says seriously. "Tik, Bug Buzz."

Galvantula vibrates creating a loud noise that blast towards Lombre as it approaches it knocking it out.

            "Oh  poor Lombre." Cheza says returning it to its Poke'ball. "Oh Trevenant, Will-O-Wisp."

Trevenant creates three small fireballs creating an ominous glow, before they charge out at Jaden's Pokémon causing them to burn signaling their location.

            "She's getting serious." Kii says looking on.

            "She can use their burning to find them in this darkness, it's quite ingenious." Liam says thinking about things.

            "Now Ven, Shadow Ball." Noibat starts gathering shadow energy before launching it out at Trevenant.

            "Trevenant, Phantom Force." Cheza says ordering her Pokémon.

Before the attack can hit Trevenant fades away from the darkness, before reappearing behind Noibat attacking it and knocking it out.

            "Well then, it looks like your down to your last Pokémon." Cheza says boasting. "Do you want to call it quits and try again another day?"

            "I won't give up, not until it's over." Jaden says seriously. "Axel, Night Slash."

Combusken charges at Trevenant before slashing at it knocking it out, before it's burns cause it to fall over in pain.

            "Well then, it looks like it's one on one." Cheza says excitedly. "Chesnaught, Poison Jab."

            "Axel, Poison Jab." Jaden says seriously.

Both Pokémon charge in at each other repeatedly punching one another with quick rapid punches that increase in speed as they trade blows.

            "It's come down to this." Cheza says seriously. "Whoever can hit their opponent the fastest will win this."

Both of them continue hitting each other, before they end up falling over. Chesnaught falls unconscious, just before Combusken lets out a loud cry before falling over unconscious. Seeing this Kii let's up another flare and the city lights come on one by one.

            "Well it looks like I lost." Cheza says happily. "But all in all it was a fun battle."

            "Yeah it was." Jaden says excitedly.

 

After a minute Jaden and Liam stand outside of the Bakery with Cheza and Kii.

            "For winning against me, I present to you the Foris City Gym Badge." Cheza says handing Jaden his badge.

            "Alright, that makes five." Jaden says excitedly. "Only three more to go, before I can challenge the Pokémon League."

            "Well now I can actually see you taking on the league, maybe not the champion but the league." Liam says jokingly. "So where next?"

            "I don't know, where ever the next Gym is." Jaden says thinking about things. "But I don't know where that is."

            "Well if you're curious the best Gym to take on next is in Metis City." Cheza says seriously. "It's just a little to the east of here."

            "Okay, to Metis City for me." Jaden says rushing off.

            "Well, I think I'll head to Fryian City gotta keep up the search." Liam says walking off.

As the pair walk off Cheza and watch the pair curiously.

            "Well do you think he has a chance?" Kii asks curiously.

            "Maybe, but here's for sure, he certainly is fun." Cheza says happily.