Juan Day in Hoenn - Lykas' Badge Run

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Lykas had never met a "Bro"-er man before before in his life and hoped to high heaven he never would again after today. These surfer types in Brawly's gym were more meathead than true surfer and that always bugged him. Real surfers cared more about enjoying the waves than what they or anyone else looked like. This lot, though? They were bodybuilders in beach bunny's clothes. And the acrid stench of body odor was proof enough of that. "This place needs a hit of Sweet Scent before I suffocate in the smell of man. Which normally wouldn't be a bad thing for me but even I have limits." He quipped to the people in the gym as he sauntered through. Passing through what appeared to be a locker room on the way to the gym, however, he'd take plenty of time to oogle while blocking his "innocent" younger sibling's eyes with one of his tentacles until they were through. "Maybe they aren't all bad..." He said to himself as they reached the battlefield, one person in particular coming to mind as before he stopped. "I'm here to challenge Brawly!" He called out, not seeing the Gym Leader at first.

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Lykas smirked at Brawly as the man appeared and began his introduction. This was a spiel he'd heard countless times over the years. Every Hoenn trainer that came through here who wasn't smart enough to catch a Ralts, a Meditite or a Flying-type before facing him seemed to know it by heart by the time they were done with their rematches against him. By the time Brawly was done, Lykas was mimicking his movements in almost perfect sync, mouthing his words and mirroring his exact movements, it seemed. "You really need to add some variety to your introduction, you know." He told the man as he dug a Vivid Scent from his bag. "I hope you've prepared for this." He told the Gym Leader as he tossed a Pokeball into the air and jammed the Vivid Scent into his Snag Machine's Immunizer slot before Chinami popped out and let out a vicious snarl of a sound.

"Meet Chinami. She's a Shadow Pokemon and she's just a short jump away from being cured of this awful virus. Your Pokemon will be the stepping stone she needs to make it." He introduced the Pokemon as the protective aura of his Immunizer spread out around them, just in case. He wasn't certain that Brawly's gym was properly equipped to stop the virus from spreading so he was going to ensure he wasn't going to cause it, himself.

Chinami snarled again as she glared at Brawly, ready to attack at any moment. "Hold, girl. You'll get your battle in just a moment." He told her as he looked to Brawly. Just as his music began to blare through the loudspeakers overhead, he called out. "Better send in your Pokemon before she decides you're her opponent."  

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"That's right, I am!" Lykas replied, pumping his non-Snag Machine-clad fist in the air. "And I'm on a personal quest so you better not hold back and make it worth my time!" He told Brawly. "We've got fifteen minutes before this aura wears off so let's make every second count!"

"Chinami! Let's start this off with Razor Shell!" The hybrid commanded his Pokemon, pointing to Machop as he did. The Dewott drew her scalchops from her obi and glared at the Fighting-type as the blue energy of the attack began to swell forth from them and, for a moment, the energy appeared to be fanning out into their signature form. But before they fully reached the point of "maturation and maintained their form, the energy snapped back into a sword form and Chinami darted forward, sliding across the floor as she attempted the swipe at the Machop's ankles.

~She's listening, at least.~ Lykas thought to himself as his partner acted. He was more right about her being close to being purified than he had thought.  

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The Razor Shell hit and slashed across Machop's ankles causing it to buckle down to one knee, however in that same moment Brawly called out to his Pokemon. "Counter and throw!" The Gym Leader ordered.

While kneeling, and just as Chinami began moving past its side the Machop reached back and grabbed the Shadow Pokemon's leg, firmly planting its self against the ground and with all its newfound might spun around on the ball of its foot and turned the Pokemon's momentum against it and threw Chinami at a nearby wall with Counter.

Lykas wouldn't get the chance to give Chinami an order to react before Machop had sent her hurtling toward the nearest wall at high speed. The Dewott's body would become cloaked in water as she used Aqua Jet to counter the momentum. It wouldn't work, sadly. No surface beneath her to apply pressure to made the attempt useless, though she did managed to flip herself so that her feet and legs took the brunt of the attack. Her knees buckled slightly as she impacted the wall, leaving a small indention as her weight was thrust against it before her Aqua Jet was able to finally reverse her momentum.

Racing through the air toward Machop once again, Lykas was finally able to call out to her. "Reversal!" She'd just taken damage from that Counter so if she could hit quick enough, maybe she could turn it against Machop in the same way it had done to her? Unfortunately for him, Chinami's rage was building rapidly after her first attack had been quite literally countered and she aimed to unleash a Shadow Break, her watery aura replaced by one of pure Shadow energy, preparing to unleash it upon the Fighting-type in spite of Lykas' insistence that she use something else.  

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Thanks to the built upon momentum and the power of Shadow Break Chinami would come down upon Machop with such fierce speed and power that the boyish fighting type didn't even have time to consider the next course of action, let alone register any command from his trainer. With an explosive impact of Shadow energy Machop was knocked clean off its feet by Chinami and sent tumbling along the ground numerous times, its roll along stopped by a treadmill which would no longer see any use after Machop's impact would render it useless.

Brawly would look to his Machop laying in the mangled remains of the treadmill and then at the Shadow Pokemon, taken back by what he saw. "Such strength..." He said, recalling his Pokemon. "Such frightening strength, as terrible and destruction as the ocean angered. I hope this isn't a state you wish to keep your Pokemon in." He said, stashing Machop's Pokeball away to replace with another.

"Medi." Meditate Pokemon declared as it appeared from the second ball Brawly had thrown out after Chinami made quick and terrifying work of Machop. "Be careful, little dude. This one here is like a big wave gnarly wave you're just dying to ride only to find out there is a terrible storm looming behind it." The surfer at heart warned his Meditite.

"Let's keep our distance while we figure this out. Use Mind Reader." The gym leader ordered.

From its cross legged sitting position the Meditite would close its eyes and reach out towards Chinami telepathically, attempting to breach through the shadows clouding its mind and read the thoughts and emotions behind them to better understand this savage creature and perhaps gain insight into defeating it. Brawly wasn't a complete dope.

Chinami landed with a growl, a paw pressed against the ground as if she were taking a momentary victory pose. "I want this virus gone more than you could ever know. Chinami is a dear friend and I hate to see her suffer it's ravages." Lykas replied to Brawly. "But the only way to cure it is to let her fight. Over and over and over, I have to watch as the virus takes a deeper hold on her heart and her mind until her body manages to fight it into a stalemate before the vaccine will work." He glanced away from the battlefield for only a moment as he fought back the tears he could feel at the corners of his eyes.

"She's almost there. I can feel it. " He finally stated as he looked back, just in time for Meditite to appear in Machop's place. The Mind Reader would find a vast sea of darkness and rage within Chinami's mind with little true thought beyond the occasional uttering of thoughts of violence. "Fight. Battle. Kill. Destroy. Annihilate!" Every word punctuated by a mental scream of mixed madness and intense sadness. Should the Meditite manage to wade through the darkness far enough, it would find the core of the Dewott's true self hidden within. She was crying, unable to do anything more than fight against the bonds of these dark thoughts and wicked emotions. It looked like she had the upper hand at the moment but only just barely. The only thoughts not consumed by the virus were of two people. Her trainer, Lykas and another Dewott she often thought of over the years named Samurai along with the words "Help me!" shouted in desperation.

"Chinami!" Lykas voice cut through the darkness clouding her mind for the moment, setting her free long enough to rush to his aid. "Use Assurance." The attack wasn't going to be causing any extra damage than normal but the Dark-type move would be effective. They still had about 10 minutes of the Immunizer's effect to take advantage of and he wanted to get the maximum effect he could with jeopardizing Chinami's well being.

(Immunizer time remaining: 9 minutes and thirty seconds)
{Hyper Meter: 4/10}