So, as promised, here's a summary of how everyone else did against Brock. He had his Chansey with him, and we had plenty of healing items, so we made sure Brock's team was fully restored before the next battle.
Ragnarok went after me, but he did a 3v3 too, so I'll save that for later.
I think I'll start with Sammy. Kirlia teleported her and Don in from their Universities (Sammy decided to switch to a different Uni, and Don's always gone to one a bit further off.) so they could get badges too. She decided to do a 1on1, sensibly enough, and so it was Sudowoodo vs Oddish. Clefairy cheered from the sidelines, and Oddish stumbled forwards, gazing up at Sudowoodo. Sammy started off with Poisonpowder, and Sudowoodo hit back, knocking Oddish to the floor. Sudowoodo was pulsing a faint purple, but wasn't suffering too much for now. Oddish got to it's feet, and used absorb, recovering some health. Oddish ran madly round the room, dodging Sudowoodo's hits, while making small streams of green orbs of health float between the two of them. As Sudowoodo managed a second hit, wincing from the poison now, Oddish started to glow, growing and changing until:
'Uuuuurgh, what the hell is that stink?!'
'Glooooooooom!' It had evolved! And, it turned out, learned Mega Drain.A much larger stream of bubbles shot from Sudowoodo, sending it crashing to the floor.
'Hooray! We did it!'
'Gloom!'
'Congratulations, on your victory and your new Gloom. Here's your Badge.'
Thanking Brock, Sammy picked up Gloom and turned round to see us all holding our noses. 'What? What's wrong?'
'That smell....'
'What are you talking about? I like it.'
'Then you're one in a thousand, and certainly the only person here.'
'Oh be like that then! Gloom, Use Sweet scent, then return to your ball.'
'Glooooooom'
'Thanks.'
Next up: Doom. She wanted to take on all three, but as she only had Bulbasaur, Brock insisted on a 1 on 1. Fool. If he'd used Crobat and Croagunk too, he might actually have lasted more than thirty seconds. This was without a doubt, the quickest match I have ever seen. Bulbasaur and Sudowoodo took there positions. Sudowoodo leapt into the air, and Doom yelled 'Unleash Hell!'. Leaves filled the room, obscuring everything from vision. When they died down, Sudowoodo was exactly where he had been, poised in the air, with a look of complete shock on his face. He crashed to the floor, swirly eyed, and Doom grinned at Brock. 'Now give me my damn Badge.'
Don actually lost his 1v1 first time round due to an unlucky miss and some incredible speed from Sudowoodo, but he taught Hitmonchan Brick Break and came back for another go, resulting in a win for them.
Brock actually requested Jonny's Onix as an opponent, because of his love for them, but that ended badly for him. I'm trying to think of a technical term for Onix's most effective move, but basically, It just landed on him. The building shook, and Sudowoodo had sustained damage already. He didn't get up.
All right, time for Ragnarok. Brock sent Sudowoodo out first again, and Rag sent out Snover. Snover started off with Razor leaf, landing a glancing blow. Sudowoodo struck back, hitting hard. Snover used Ingrain to recover, but this meant he couldn't move from his spot, allowing Sudowoodo to launch a fierce attack, hitting again and again. As soon as Ingrain finished, Rag withdrew him, and sent out Charmeleon. Charmeleon used Metal claw, ducking and dodging Sudowoodo's blows, but suffered a direct hit whenever he got too close. Wincing from the Hammer Arms, Charmeleon didn't see the Double Edge, and was thrown across the room. Sudowoodo was struggling. He'd taken recoil damage, and Snover and Charmeleon had scored some good hits. They both ran at each other again, slamming into each other. When the dust cleared, Sudowoodo was on the ground, swirly eyed, and Charmeleon was hunched over, looking woozy. But he was standing.
Brock sent out Crobat next, and Rag swapped Charmeleon and Snover back. Snover managed to hit first, with an Ice shard to Crobat's wing. Using Ice Shard again, Snover was hit by Wing Attack, toppling over. 2 each left.
Pichu wandered out, and when ragnarok gave him a few words of encouragement, he clenched his paws into tiny fists, put a sort of frowny squint look on his face, and strode forwards. He used Charm, Tail Whip and Sweet Kiss, and when Crobat swooped down at him, he grabbed onto a wing, and used Thundershock. Again and again, while Crobat desperately tried to shake him off, but in the end he sank to the floor, and was defeated.
Brock sent out Croagunk, and Pichu stared as he advanced. He started to tremble, but attempted a charm. He followed it with Sweet kiss, be he missed. Croagunk tapped him lightly on the head, fingertips glowing purple. Pichu wobbled, and his lip started to quiver. He had a scuff mark on his cheek, and was throbbing faintly purple. Croagunk suddenly leapt into the air, his whole arm glowing. Rag was yelling advice to Pichu, but he was rooted to the spot in terror. Croagunk was shooting down towards Pichu, his arm was an inches from him-
Claws, glowing with a metallic shine, caught Croagunk's attack an inch from Pichu's nose. A look of complete shock crossed his face. Pichu, face scrunched up, opened one eye, saw the attack, and promptly fell backwards.
Charmeleon threw Croagunk across the room, and gestured, wincing, for Pichu to get back. Pichu ran for cover, peering out from behind Rag's legs, hugging him tightly.
Croagunk got up, looked round, and saw Charmeleon, giving him a curious and angry look. Then he saw Pichu, and stepped in his direction.
In a blur of red, Charmeleon was upon him. Croagunk tried to retaliate, but he couldn't get a move in. Without a word, I handed Rag a peach, and we all, Brock included, continued to just stare at the scuffle, Rag picking up Pichu and feeding him the fruit almost without noticing he was doing it.
Croagunk shot from the cloud of dust that had risen, landing a few feet away and sliding across the floor, coming to a stop in front of Rag. Pichu, happily munching his peach and no longer poisoned, leapt from Rag's arms. He clapped hard as Charmeleon emerged from the dust, cradling his left claw. He smiled at Pichu, and then collapsed. Pichu gasped, and then pouted, looking furious, and stormed up to Croagunk, whose eyelids were flickering, half closed. As a finger twitched, Pichu blew a raspberry at him, kicking him hard, before losing his balance and falling hard. Croagunk's head slumped, his eyes going swirly.
Dragon took a moment to regain his composure. 'Croagunk and Charmeleon are unable to battle. As the only remaining member of the battle, Pichu is the winner. Ragnarok wins!'
Brock was beaming, coming over to shake Rag's hand and heal Croagunk. 'The bond between your Pichu and Charmeleon is clearly incredibly strong. It's an honour to present you with your badge.'
So there you go. That's everyone. Brock's trying to find out if any of his friends have come through aswell, but he's promised to help us if he can.
Good Friends with Brock. So many cool things have happened since this shard business started. I hope it never ends, I really do.
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