"Great! It's decided. The Pokémon that will battle this time are Charizard, Riolu, and Umbreon. I've heard before that this gym adopts the 3V3 format. This will also be Riolu's first battle. Let's all do our best together!" Ho - Oh and Arceus were training Xiaoyan's Pokémon. Xiaoyan never trained his Pokémon by himself.
At this time, Xiaolan had already cooked lunch. Xiaoyan led the just - trained Pokémon over to get ready to eat. At this moment, Xiaoyan noticed that Xiaolan seemed a bit off. She hadn't said a word for a long time and seemed to have something on her mind.
"The food you made is so delicious! Do you want to consider applying to be the head chef at Michelin?" Xiaoyan tried to strike up a conversation with Xiaolan. But Xiaolan just silently ate her own food and ignored Xiaoyan.
After lunch, the two continued their journey, not saying a word along the way.
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"Finally, we're here. Celadon Gym." Suddenly, darts were shot towards Xiaoyan. Xiaoyan's Pikachu quickly used Iron Tail to knock the darts down.
"Who's there?" Xiaoyan looked around warily.
"It seems this challenger is quite good. I'm the eldest disciple of the gym leader, the female ninja, Ayako." A ninja in a pink outfit jumped out with a Venonat.
"No one just throws darts out of the blue like this. It's dangerous!" Xiaoyan complained.
"If you can beat me, I might consider apologizing. Go, Venonat!"
At this time, a smoke bomb was thrown in from above. The smoke filled the air, obscuring everyone's vision.
"Ayako, you're still so immature." When the smoke cleared, a middle - aged man stood in the middle of the field.
"Master." The female ninja immediately became as docile as a cat when she saw her master.
"Sorry, challenger. I'm the well - known Celadon Gym Leader, Agatha."
"Now, let's have a battle!" Xiaoyan challenged the gym leader first.
"If you can beat me, the Pink Badge will be yours."
"Great. Let's have a duel."
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"This battle will be a 3V3 format. The gym leader cannot switch Pokémon during the battle, while only the challenger can. Now, the battle officially begins." The referees here were the gym leader's disciples, which saved the cost of hiring a referee.
"Go, Mothim!"
"Go, Charizard!" Fire - type Pokémon have an advantage over Bug - type Pokémon. This battle should end as quickly as possible.
"Charizard, one - shot it!" Charizard spat out Flamethrower from its mouth. The Flamethrower hit Mothim just right. Burn, Mothim!
"Mothim has lost the ability to battle. Please send out another Pokémon, gym leader."
Agatha recalled Mothim, but the corner of his mouth suddenly twitched slightly.
"Go, Voltorb." To be honest, Voltorb just looks like an ordinary Poké Ball with two eyes drawn on it and is bigger than a Poké Ball.
Xiaoyan recalled Charizard at this time, took out a new Poké Ball, and sent out another Pokémon.
"Voltorb, use Charge Beam."
"Riolu, use Earthquake directly." Riolu's eyes glowed yellow - brown. The next second, the ground shook continuously and dust flew everywhere. Earthquake was a move that Arceus taught Riolu. The Charge Beam was knocked down by the dust. Since Ground - type Pokémon have a double - damage advantage over Electric - type Pokémon, Voltorb was quickly accumulating injuries.
"Quick Attack." Before Voltorb could react, Riolu used another move.
"Voltorb has lost the ability to battle. Please send out your last Pokémon, gym leader."
At this time, Agatha's expression became a bit distorted.
"Scyther, break the record again."
Just like before, Xiaoyan recalled Riolu and sent out Umbreon.
"Let's see whose Pokémon is faster. For a ninja, speed is king. Scyther, use Double Team." At this time, Xiaoyan seemed to see the Pokémon version of the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
"Umbreon, close your eyes." Umbreon closed its eyes and relied on hearing and touch to sense the flow of air. Immediately, the black energy of the Ghost - type began to gather in Umbreon's mouth. Then the black energy ball grew larger and larger. Finally, when it was about the size of a basketball, the Shadow Ball was launched and hit Scyther, who was about to attack Umbreon from the front.
"Both you and Scyther are too confident in your speed, which makes you ignore the feelings in your heart." Xiaoyan said coldly as he looked at the fallen Scyther.
"Ah... I've lost..."
"Scyther has lost the ability to battle. The winner is Xiaoyan from Pallet Town." Then the referee announced the result of the battle.
"Sir, you've shown me a wonderful battle. This Pink Badge is the proof of winning against Celadon Gym. Please take it!"
"Thank you!"
Xiaoyan took the Pink Badge and walked out of the gym with Xiaolan.
"Feelings in the heart... It seems I've really been taught by a kid this time." Agatha looked at Xiaoyan's departing back and said.
"Brother Xiaoyan..."
"What's up?" Xiaoyan asked.
"My tenth birthday is coming up in a few days. I want to go to Professor Oak's in Pallet Town to get a Pokédex and a starter Pokémon. So we have to say goodbye. Thank you for taking care of me this year." Xiaolan's eyes were filled with tears. In the blink of an eye, the tears flowed down from her eyes, slid across her cheeks, and finally dropped to the ground.
At this time, Xiaoyan suddenly turned his back to Xiaolan and looked up at the sky.
"Xiaolan, every tear is a precious pearl. Don't let the glittering pearls fall to the ground and get dirty. They'll lose their value. So look up."
"Okay..." A choking sound came from behind Xiaoyan.
"Really... You're so grown - up but still causing so much trouble..."
To be continued...