Chapter 89 - Battle for the Badges!

After earning the last badge in Johto, Rize is now on route 45 to go back to Prof.Elm's place in New Bark Town to tell about his success in collecting the gym badges. Suddenly..
Antoine: Rize wait!!
Rize: Oh it's you Antoine! What's up? So how's your Pokemon training going?
Antoine: I caught new Pokemon by myself! I feel like I can beat any trainer now!
Rize: Oh I see.. getting confident huh? But let me tell you, the world is a huge place!
Antoine: I don't need you to tell me, I feel like I can beat you! Come on let's have a battle!
Rize: Hahaha! Sure!
Antoine: If you lose you have to surrend all your Johto badges to me! Is that okay?!
Rize: What?! You're kidding!
Antoine: Come on... I thought you're confident to beat me..
Rize: Cih! Fine then! How many Pokemon?!
Antoine: Since I only have 2 Pokemon now, let's have a 2 on 2! Murkrow go!

" Murkrow the Darkness Pokemon. It is a Dark and Flying type Pokemon. It is believed that seeing this Pokemon at night will bring about ominous occurrences. "

Rize: So this is the new Pokemon you've captured. Hoothoot go!
Antoine: Murkrow use Astonish!
Murkrow attacked Hoothoot with Astonish but Hoothoot is not affected.
Rize: Boy! Normal type Pokemon is not affected with Ghost type moves! Hoothoot Confusion!
Hoothoot attacked Murkrow with Confusion but Murkrow is not affected as well.
Antoine: Dark type Pokemon is not affected with Psychic type moves! You're not any better afterall! So this is your 2 and a half years experience of journey and trainings?! Murkrow Wing Attack!
Rize: Shut up! Hoothoot dodge and use Pluck! (Hoothoot's Peck is improved and now is replaced with Pluck)
Hoothoot dodged Murkrow's Wing Attack and attacked with Pluck attack and Murkrow is down.
Antoine: It's okay! As long as I have this Pokemon! Sneasel go!
Rize: Hoothoot thanks! Now retreat! Phanpy your turn!
Antoine: Are you purposely giving yourself a handicap?! Phanpy is weak against Ice type!
Rize: I'm going to teach you a lesson that type is not everything in battle! Phanpy use Take Down!
Antoine: Sneasel dodge and use Faint Attack!
Phanpy was hit with Faint Attack.
Rize: Phanpy's defense is high! You can't beat us with a weak attack like that! Phanpy Rollout!
Antoine: Sneasel jump and dodge it. In that case use Icy Wind!
Phanpy was hit with Icy Wind and its rollout attack stopped.
Rize: Phanpy stay strong! You can't lose here! You've defeated the Ice type Gym before!
Upon hearing Rize's motivating words Phanpy start to glow and evolved!

Antoine: What?!

" Donphan the Armor Pokemon and the evolved form of Phanpy. It is a Ground type. Donphan attacks by curling up, then rolling into its foe. It can blow apart a house in one hit. The longer and bigger its tusks, the higher its rank in its herd. The tusk take long to grow. "

Rize: Yes! Donphan use Rollout!
Instead of using Rollout Donphan used Scary Face instead and showed off its new move and made Sneasel scared and lowering its speed.
Antoine: Sneasel what's wrong?!
Rize: Great now use Rollout!
Donphan attacked Sneasel with a strong super effective Rollout attack and knocked out sneasel.
Antoine: Sneasel!!
Rize: You can't beat your opponent by dodging everything alone. I know that Sneasel's fast but so what? It can still be countered with strategies.Look! There's no shortcut in everything! You have to train hard and earn your badges yourself! Understand?! There's still 3 more months before the Pokemon League start! If you work hard I'm sure you will be able to make it in time!
Antoine understood and began on his Pokemon Journey and collecting Gym badges to enter the Pokemon League in Johto. Will he be able to enter the competition? Stay tuned.