As the Water Gun flew toward Yahoola, Billy decided that he too should switch out his tired Pokemon. Before the attack landed Billy recalled Yahool, and through out the Pokeball of his Turtwig, Kurma. Unfortunately the attack did hit Kurma as she appeared.
"That's alright Kurma, shrug it off and hit that Anorith with Absorb"
Kurma dashed at the Anorith trying to sap its vitality away from it.
"Metal claw, Anorith! Your water won't do much good, but we have to end it fast. It's got typing over us." Anorith's front claws took on a metallic sheen, and the trilobite skittered across the arena in an attempt to rake Kurma with its foreclaws.
"Water gun that Turtwig, and soak the ground around it until it's a giant mud puddle!" Anorith scurried around Kurma, spraying the water everywhere. A large puddle began to form under the Turtwig, and the ground where the two were fighting was becoming a wet, muddy mess.
While Anorith had hit Kurma with Water Gun and had made the ground a little more difficult to move through, Kurma was still with in range of the to use her sapping power on the bug/rock type.
As Kurma absorbed a bit more energy from Anorith, Ashlee called out "Dive in where it can't reach you, and claw it from below!" The trilobite dove headlong into the muck and seemed to disappear, but a quick slosh of muck from around Kurma erupted with the bulk of Anorith's claw coming through. (hp just bordering on yellow-green)
As the claw sloshed back into the muck again, two things happened; he claw itself appeared to look sharper as it glistened in the muck, and Kurma's arbosption lashed out and hit it again. "You're doing great, Anorith! One more time!" Again, a foreclaw slashed out of the mud without really revealing most of its body, and hooked around for Kurma's legs. It was trying to trip up the Turtwig and make it more vulnerable. (hp yellow)
When the claw connected with Kurma, Billy could tell that the decision to use Withdraw had been wise as the Anorith's attacks seemed to have gotten stronger. "Kurma, stick with the plan and use Withdraw to toughen up."
The Tiny Leaf Pokemon once again pulled herself into her shell for protection.
"Launch it! Metal Claw from below and knock it up into the air, Anorith!" With a loud, shlupping sound, Anorith burst from the muck underneath Kurma. Claws ripping in front of it, it tried to knock Kurma into the air with sheer force.
"No you don't. Kurma use Absorb, to sap some of Anorith's strength from the attack!"
As Anorith appeared and began to connect with Kurma, she began pulling at the Old Shrimp Pokemon energy once again. But she was still knocked up about a foot into the air. (HP Yellow)
As the absorption struck once again, Ashlee yelled out "This is it! Water gun it up as high as you can now that it's airborne!" A torrent of water came from the Anorith as it tried to use the pressure to push Kurma as high in the air as it could. Ashlee was up to something with the attack strategy, but what was it? (hp yellow-red)
"Kurma, use Withdraw and lean away from the Water Gun." Billy's hope was that the added force from the Water Gun combined with the change in the angle of impact would cause some spin to be applied to Kurma allowing her fall to the ground quickly and get out of the air.
"Swat it out of the air while It's spinning, Anorith! Now's our only chance!" Anorith scurried up on top of a rock that was closest to Kurma's trajectory, and boldly lept off the rock face at the Turtwig, claws ready for a final strike. It's two foreclaws glistened as the metal and water caught the gym arena lights a the right angle to make them appear white and pristine for a brief second. (hp yellow-red)
"Kurma, stay in your shell, twist, and use Absorb" As the Anorith flew toward Kurma, a red beam from the Absorb attack flew out from the front of the shell and quickly the Turtwig was covered in an orb of red aura-like armor. Kurma braced for impact inside her two layered defense of her strong shell and Absorb-Armor that was created from the rapid spin and change of direction, almost like an invisible gyroscope.
Anorith swiped at Kurma, it's claws glinting in the light, and knocked the turtle flying as Anorith itself was ensnared in yet another absorption attack. The two pokemon dropped from the air and landed on the gym floor, appearing to be in rough shape, but a bit more so Anorith as it wasn't recovering energy. Ashlee thought for a second, then withdrew her Anorith. "Inevitable, I guess. You would have worn us down eventually with that slight advantage. Here you go."
Congrats! You defeated Gym Leader Ashlee! You receive the Hematite Badge, 600p, and Yahoola and Kurma each gain +6 experience
After praising and recalling Kurma to her Pokeball, Billy thanked Ashlee for the battle, "That was the toughest and funnest battle I have ever had. Thank you very much Gym Leader Ashlee."
You make your purchases before heading southwest into the Slate City Mines (Center)...
Once you're there you start looking for Pokemon and after a little searching you find...
What do you do?
As Billy walked through the mines, he stopped to talk to Yahoola and Fenghuang. "Okay Fenghuang, I am going to start doing some heavily focused battle training with you. Don't worry I will make sure you don't face anything that will be too much for you, but I will make sure that you get stronger." "And Yahoola, I think that it is time for you to start preparing for your next stage in life, I won't have you evolve immediately though. You have some more very important skills that we will both need you to know for our journey ahead."
As he and his two Pokemon step into the center of the mines, they all see a Shuppet. Billy tells Fenghuang, "Sorry Fenghuang, but I can't let you take on that ghost type. With your current moves, you won't be able to put a claw on it, and it would not be fun for either of us. I will try to find you a better opponent after Yahoola and I take care of this quickly."
At those words, Yahoola got ready for the first attack as Billy told him, "Let's end this one quickly Yahoola, so we can get Fenghuang some fun battle experience. Go for a Crunch on that Shuppet."
Although the Screech makes both Yahoola and Billy cringe for a moment, neither of them lose focus on wrapping up the battle quickly. "Yahoola crush its defense with another Crunch."
At his Trainers command, Yahoola once again attempts to slam his teeth down around the Puppet Pokemon.
Yahoola's teeth crunch together like a pneumatic vice. Shuppet cries out again, this time more in pain than surprise. It tried to use night shade to escape, but it wasn't going very quickly; it must be pretty injured at this point. (hp red)
As the Shuppet used Night Shade, Yahoola let go from the strange sensation in his mouth. The Puppet Pokemon tried to get away, but Billy gave his Pokemon the command, "Finish the battle with Sand Tomb, Yahoola."
Yahoola followed the order and stomped the ground to fire off a whirl of dirt, rocks, and sand towards the slowly fleeing Shuppet.
Once you're there you start looking for Pokemon and after a little searching you find...
What do you do?
After being out of the mines for a little while, Billy spots the perfect chance to ease Fenghuang into some training. "Fenghuang, do you see that Vulpix over there? It's just a little stronger than you, and you and I are going to battle it. Don't worry about getting tired or hurt, at the first sign of any real trouble, I will have Yahoola take over for you. That way you can battle safely in our next encounter and get even stronger. Does that sound good to you girl?" "Torchic, Torch." Then let's do this. Hit that Vulpix with Scratch, Fenghuang."
"That's alright Kurma, shrug it off and hit that Anorith with Absorb"
Kurma dashed at the Anorith trying to sap its vitality away from it.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Although the Metal Claw had dealt some damage, the energy Kurma was draining began to heal her injury.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
While Anorith had hit Kurma with Water Gun and had made the ground a little more difficult to move through, Kurma was still with in range of the to use her sapping power on the bug/rock type.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
The Tiny Leaf Pokemon hid in her shell and then tried to pull more energy to herself.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
The Tiny Leaf Pokemon once again pulled herself into her shell for protection.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
As Anorith appeared and began to connect with Kurma, she began pulling at the Old Shrimp Pokemon energy once again. But she was still knocked up about a foot into the air. (HP Yellow)
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Congrats! You defeated Gym Leader Ashlee! You receive the Hematite Badge, 600p, and Yahoola and Kurma each gain +6 experience
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
As Billy walked through the mines, he stopped to talk to Yahoola and Fenghuang. "Okay Fenghuang, I am going to start doing some heavily focused battle training with you. Don't worry I will make sure you don't face anything that will be too much for you, but I will make sure that you get stronger." "And Yahoola, I think that it is time for you to start preparing for your next stage in life, I won't have you evolve immediately though. You have some more very important skills that we will both need you to know for our journey ahead."
As he and his two Pokemon step into the center of the mines, they all see a Shuppet. Billy tells Fenghuang, "Sorry Fenghuang, but I can't let you take on that ghost type. With your current moves, you won't be able to put a claw on it, and it would not be fun for either of us. I will try to find you a better opponent after Yahoola and I take care of this quickly."
At those words, Yahoola got ready for the first attack as Billy told him, "Let's end this one quickly Yahoola, so we can get Fenghuang some fun battle experience. Go for a Crunch on that Shuppet."
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Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
At his Trainers command, Yahoola once again attempts to slam his teeth down around the Puppet Pokemon.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Yahoola followed the order and stomped the ground to fire off a whirl of dirt, rocks, and sand towards the slowly fleeing Shuppet.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.
Congrats! You defeated a Shuppet! Yahoola receives +3 experience
After being out of the mines for a little while, Billy spots the perfect chance to ease Fenghuang into some training. "Fenghuang, do you see that Vulpix over there? It's just a little stronger than you, and you and I are going to battle it. Don't worry about getting tired or hurt, at the first sign of any real trouble, I will have Yahoola take over for you. That way you can battle safely in our next encounter and get even stronger. Does that sound good to you girl?" "Torchic, Torch." Then let's do this. Hit that Vulpix with Scratch, Fenghuang."
OOC: Moved from Main Thread.
Come on and check it out. You know you want to.