THE HEART OF BATTLE

~ A NEW JOURNEY BEGINS/ PG.5 ~

~ POKEMON BELONGS TO THE POKEMON COMPANY ~

Millie snarls, “Wolf pup, I’ll let you know I’m a young adult, and don’t take too kindly to being called a pup.” Galaga giggles. “Well then, Pup, if you think you deserve to be called more than a youngling, face me in battle. An announcer drone appears from the shadows & an ai voice is heard. “You’ve been officially challenged to a Pokémon battle by Galaga; in this battle, both trainers can use one Pokémon.”
Millie steps up to the open field and growls lowly, glaring at Galaga. “will both trainers please bring out your Pokémon!” Millie tosses a Pokeball. “Speranza, I choose you!” Salamence appears & roars.
Galaga smiles. “Impressive Dragon-type Pokémon, but do you know who slays dragons, a knight.” Galaga tosses a Pokeball, and a purple aura of energy appears. “Ceruledge, I choose you!” Onyx quickly scans the Ceruledge with his Rotom phone, and an ai voice responds, “Ceruledge, the fire blades Pokémon.” The announcer drone speaks, “The battle begins!”
Millie quickly outstretches her paw “Speranza, use dragon claw!” Speranza roars & dashes at Ceruledge at high speeds & the radiant energy of claws. “Ceruledge counter the attack with a psycho cut.” Ceruledge grunts & leaps in the air, launching a purple blade-like aura directly at Speranza, an explosion occurs as the moves collide & both Pokémon are thrown back by the brutal force of the attack.
Speranza stands their ground and glares at the Ceruledge, roaring as it stays on its feet. Millie smiles and then looks at Speranza. “Great job Speranza, stand your ground.” Galaga smirks. “Impressive skills you have, Millie. I wonder where you get your heated heart of battle.” Millie then points at Ceruledge. “Now, Speranza, use Crunch!” Speranza roars, then are caught off guard as Ceruledge appears behind them. “Now Ceruledge, use shadow claw!”
Millie gasps as Speranza is ambushed & becomes struck by the attack, and gets slammed to the floor “No, Speranza!” Speranza roars in pain as Ceruledge backflips to his trainer’s side and watches Speranza like a hawk, waiting for its prey. “you may have beginner’s luck, young wolf pup, but this luck won’t be of help for you in this battle, after the next attack you will be defeated, & I’ll make sure you learn a very important lesson.” Galaga pulls a secondary Pokeball from her hip & smirks. “now, Ceruledge, it’s time to paradox form; let’s go!”
Ceruledge growls then catches a galaxy-designed Pokeball and crushes it, the ball vanishing into a massive aura of energy & stars as Ceruledge’s body is now covered in a mini galaxy full of stars, & planets, his body glowing with a purple aura that trails every movement he does. “now Ceruledge use shadow claw!” Ceruledge vanishes in the blink of an eye, leaving Millie speechless. A purple aura suddenly takes down Speranza in a flash, causing Speranza to collapse & Millie’s phone to beep loudly as an Ai voice comes over the speaker. “Speranza status, critical report to the nearest Pokémon center immediately!” Millie quickly returns Speranza.
The ai bot speaks, “Salamence is unable to Battle; the victory goes to Galaga.” Onyx sees Millie look at the Pokeball and smile. “great job, Speranza, you fought well.” She quickly runs off, and Onyx steps up to galaga. “you call that a fair fight!”
Galaga looks towards Onyx. “Hmm, a fair fight, you say.” Onyx growls, “That was a coward fight, you know it; your Pokemon was boosted after it had taken a beating with that cheat of a tool you used!”
Galaga huffs, “My Pokemon was not boosted. Are you saying I cheated?” Onyx shouts over Galaga, “Millie is new to this type of battle, and why pick her? You just wanted to use her as a test dummy for whatever the hell that was in that Pokeball, taking a coward way out.”
Galaga becomes flustered. “Wow, you have quite a mouth on you!” Onyx charges at her, and suddenly his braixen appears and collides weapons with Ceruledge, the two rivals keeping each other at bay. “Cyra?” Cyra snarls as she faces the Ceruledge. “my, what a feisty Braixen you have; she seems to be quite a catch, and you two both trust each other.”
Cyra shoves Ceruledge back & looks at Onyx, then back at Ceruledge. “That is enough, you two; return your Pokemon now that the battle is over!” Onyx growls as he glares at Galaga, then looks at Cyra “Cyra, return, this isn’t our fight, not yet.” Cyra lowers her torch and vanishes as she stares at Ceruledge with a spark of energy.
Galaga scoffs, “Very well, Ceruledge; return; our work here is done, get some rest.” Ceruledge grunts and vanishes into purple energy. Professor Shade then looks at Onyx. “Onyx, go assist Millie and remember, do not forget to return here immediately after Millie’s Salamence is fully recovered; now get a move on.”
Onyx growls softly, then runs after Millie. “Millie, wait up!” he chases after her to the nearest Pokémon center and waits on a bench as Speranza is returned to a healthy condition. “your Salamence should be well rested and back to a healthy condition, Millie.”
Nurse Tundra smiles at Millie as she hands back the Pokeball to her. Millie nods, then grabs the ball and holds it tight. “Speranza, come on out!” a burst of energy appears from the Pokeball & Speranza appears and releases a loud, healthy roar. “welcome back, Speranza.” Millie giggles softly, then looks toward Onyx. “looks like I need more training, huh? I got my tail handed back to me in a pretty bowtie.”