Chapter 22

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After completing the gym challenge, and falling many, many, times, Uila stood across from Melony, slightly shivering from the cold that was in the previous room. "Looks like you held up on your promise after all, can't say I'm surprised though. I can tell this battle is going to be more ferocious than a blizzard, so let's get this under-way." Uila grins. "I couldn't agree more."

"Stronger than Ice, let's show her power Frosmoth!" "If you think a little Ice can snuff our flame, we'll take it to a roaring blaze. Let's go Torracat!" The fiery feline growled loudly. "Begin!" The referee calls, and Melony wastes no time. "Use blizzard!" "Counter with Sacred Fire! Then attack with Blast Burn!" Melony goes pale, wondering how an unevolved pokemon could be this powerful. "Dodge it Frosmoth!" "Not on our watch! Torracat crunch to latch on, then throw it!" Torracat follows the instructions, getting the rosmoth thrown into the slightly-frozen ground. "Finish it with Blast Burn!" The ice-type stood no chance, and fainted on impact. Melony stood in shock for a moment before the referee called for her to send out her next pokemon. "Let's go Darmanitan!" Uila takes a moment to study the pokemon before calling out her next attack.

"Use Fire Pledge and the follow up with Crunch!" Torracat growled and a tornado of fire surrounded Darmanitan, leaving it severely weakened. "Now Torracat! Finish it!" Darmanitan landed a good swing on Torracat, before Torracat sprang back and bit down hard, fainting the pokemon. Torracat shook itself out, but Uila could see how injured it was. "Good job Torracat, rest your side, we'll finish this. Come on Cinderace! Let's show them the true meaning of flare!" Cinderace landed on the ground, kicking a stone around boredly. Melony sighs before sending out her next pokemon. "Come on Eiscue! Let's end this here and now!" Eiscue growled at Cinderace, to which he shrugged it off. "Cinderace, Pyro Ball!" Melony wasn't having any of it. "Eiscue, Sheer Cold!" "Dodge it!" Uila's cry didn't reach in time and Cinderace was struck, fainting instantly.

Uila returned him, pressing his pokeball against her head in a silent thanks before staring back determinedly. "I'm done with fooling around. Give it everything you've got Lucario!" Lucario lands and growls, his intimidate immediately into play. "Let's get stronger together eh? Our bond is so strong it breaks the ties of evolution! It's time to Mega Evolve and finish this!" Uila's and Lucario's hands went up in sync, Lucario glowing a bright white before it dimmed, revealing a more-powerful looking pokemon. "Use Aura Sphere followed by close combat!" "Icy Wind!" Lucario took little to no damage and struck the Eiscue head on with both attacks. "Finish this off with Iron Tail." One strike ended the fight with Eiscue, as it needed to recover from sheer cold.

Melony sighs. "I guess there is only one way to win this battle. Lapras! It's Gigantimax time!" Uila and Lucario nod. "Start off with Meteor Mash and get in close, then hit with Aura Sphere." Lucario nodded and followed the instructions, doing a good deal of damage. "Lapras, use blizzard!" "Lucario Aura Sphere to protect yourself!" Lucario sustained a little damage. "Alright, let's finish this off with Aura Sphere followed by a Close-Range Meteor Mash!" Those attacks didn't faint it, and Lucario was growing weaker due to the blizzard getting part of his leg. "Iron Tail!" "Lucar!" The attack landed with Lapras getting a mouthful of metal and getting knocked to the ground, where it shrunk and was returned.

Uila picked up a devolved Lucario and headed over to shake Melony's hand. "Congratulations on your win, and to prove it, your Ice Badge. Piers is the next opponent you'll face in Spikemuth." "Thanks." She exited the gym, grabbing an Ice-Heal out of her bag along with a Revive and applying them to the needed pokemon. Cinderace looked down sadly. "Hey, don't get yourself down because you fainted. It was a one-hit K.O. move if it hit, and you were unfortunate enough to get hit. It's alright." SHe reached into her bag and pulled out a Tomato-Berry PokePuff, holding it out to Cinderace, who cheered up and ate it quickly, growing happier. She returned him once he finished, wanting him to continue to rest. She let out her two newly hatched pokemon. "Did you guys learn some stuff from our battle?" "Zero!" "Row Row!" "That's great! We'll start training later today on our way to Spikemuth alright?"

She makes her way out of the changing room, pulling Zeroara and Rowlet back into their pokeballs and making her way to the door. "Uhm, challenger number 06?" She turns around to see a guy, slightly red in the face. "Miss Melony wanted me to give these to you. It's the Ice-Type uniform and the TM Icy Wind." She smiles. "Thanks." He turns an even darker shade of red as she puts her stuff into her bag. "I was, uh, wondering if you would like to get lunch with me sometime?" She pauses and looks up at him. "Sorry, but I need to get to Spikemuth and get my next badge." "W-what about after the season." She shakes her head. "I am going to be pretty busy as I have family coming over." Not a complete lie. "Then maybe after your finished in Spikemuth?" She was about to respond when a voice cut him off.

"Listen, can't you see she is clearly uncomfortable with this, and you? She doesn't want to go out with you, so leave her be." The dude freezes in his spot. "S-sorry Mister Gordie." He then rushes off. Gordie turns to Uila, who was standing up with her bag on her bag. "Sorry about that. Some guys know no manners these days." She laughs. "Thank you for that. I was beginning to run out of excuses." "It's no problem. Good luck in Spikemuth, even though he can't Gigantimax, Piers is really tough." She nods. "Thanks."

She and Lucario head into the chilly town where she runs into Sonia, who drags her and Lucario into a restaurant to check out the tapestry and eat. She sighed and knew she wouldn't be getting to Spikemuth for a while.

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