Secrets Without Shame (A Pokémon Fanfiction)

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

"Pip, use Hydro Pump while Jo Jo, you use Electro Ball through it!"

"Hamycus, Heat Crash against the Hydro Pump! Penelope, use Razor Shell on the Electro Ball!"

Margaret watched White and Sky Blue's double battle with interest. Sowny, Petunia, and Fletcher were watching the battle as well, though they were cheering for the pokemon on the field.

It was two days after she signed up for the Ambrette Town Showcase, and she had very little inspiration. Mira was already working on her routine with her pokemon near Glittering Cave. However, she had also taken Amos with her so he could give her advise. Fortunately, White and Sky Blue agreed to help her by showing her a Double Contest Performance, where the goal was to use more unique and entertaining move combinations than the opponent. While Sky's pokemon were stronger than White's, her Dewott and Tepig were much quicker. The battle was taking place on the beach of Route 8, where the ravines and mountainous path were now above them.

Penelope the Dewott gave a loud battle cry as she took out one of her scalchops and darted toward the center of the Empoleon's Hydro Pump, which was heading straight toward her partner. Hamycus snorted and became surrounded by flames. It curled around him like a sphere. He too charged at the Hydro Pump after the sphere was twice the size of his body. The heat from the Heat Crash was so intense that the water from the Hydro Pump kept evaporating. It was like the rain turning to mist because of the sun's rays.

Then Sky's Galvantula, which was positioned under the Empoleon's attack, released an Electro Ball that had been forming between her mandibles. The Electro Ball could be seen traveling through the water tunnel because of the bright yellow glow.

A moment later, the Hydro Pump and the Electro Ball were sliced in half. An explosion blew up on the sandy battlefield. Penelope had cut through the attacks with her scalchops. Heat Crash was made in order to defend Hamycus from the Hydro Pump.

While the opposing pokemon were blown away as electricity flew everywhere, White shouted, "Let's finish them with Water and Fire Pledge!"

Both Penelope and Hamycus gave cheerful cries of agreement as each was surrounded by their own element. While the baby Tepig was now being guarded by tall pillars of fire, the Dewott was surrounded by pillars of water.

Before Pip and Jo Jo could recover, the pillars moved away from the attacking pokemon and clashed together. The Fire Pledge was absorbed by the Water Pledge, and the water pillar grew more powerful and began spinning faster. The twister of water spun into the Empoleon and Galvantula. Pip and Jo Jo made loud cries as they were flung backwards by the inferno and slid across the sand.

As the water inferno disappeared, a rainbow twinkled behind Penelope and Hamycus. The two starters cheered, jumped into the air, and they each did their own pose. Meanwhile, Sky Blue's pokemon were still on the ground, defeated by the Fire and Water Pledge.

"That was so cool!" cheered Petunia happily, her eyes glinting with their usual excitement. "We should soooooooooooo try that rainbow thing!"

"You can, we can't," Sowny pointed out as White and Sky Blue returned their pokemon. "Those moves can only learned by starters, like you."

"What?!" yelped Fletcher. "But I wanted to try that too! That's a real drag!"

"Margaret?"

Margaret jumped and looked up. White was now in front of her. She was clipping Hamycus and Penelope's pokeballs back onto her belt. Sky Blue was still returning his pokemon. He was now trying to walk without his pokemon's help, but after struggling to walk without support, White let him use her staff to help him move around.