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Zero stumbled slightly as he entered the city, the fatigue from refusing to sleep finally catching up with him. Even if his sluggish movements didn't give it away, the heavy eyelids and the bags under his eyes did, but he had to keep moving forward. After all, it'd be rather disappointing if after all that he still lost his next fight. In spite of the lead weights he called his limbs, he marched on towards the gym.

He stopped just shy of the double doors, making sure to be far enough away that the blue glass panels didn't part. Reaching for one of the balls on his belt, he let out one of the pokemon he wasn't using in the fight; Ragnaros. The golem was motionless for a moment, but soon hummed to life as it's "eyes" began flashing in seeming random order, as if waking up from a deep slumber again. "Ragnaros," Zero began, "sorry to wake you up like this, but I need your help. I don't need you to fight, but I'm about to challenge someone to a fight, and I need you to just stand behind me. Look intimidating and all that."

The golem's eyes flashed sporadically again in silence, before slowly acknowledging the request. "...Regi... Regirock..."

Zero smiled, though he couldn't know what he said, it at least seemed that he understood. And with that, he turned around, and with Rags behind him, entered the gym once more. "Winona!" He called out. "I'm back for round-god-damn-two!"

Winona was already on the other side of the gym, awaiting challengers just like before. The weary Zero couldn't help but grin confidently at Winona's reaction to the Regi behind him. In their previous encounter she didn't seem too worried about him, but just one look at Ragnaros immediately put her on edge. Perfect. "Looks like you're more prepared this time. Let's go ahead and get underway." She reached behind her and retrieved a pokeball, tossing it into the air and releasing her Swellow into the air.

"Let's!" Zero's arm shot down to his side, then tossed Sei's ball into the fray. The Lucario tugged at her blue scarf, raised her arms, and assumed a boxing-like fighting stance. "Thunder Punch!"

The Lucario dashed forth, lightning dancing up her fists and balling up around her paws. "Swellow, Aerial Ace!" Winona exclaimed, and at the command the bird did a somersault in the air, and speared through the air towards it's opponent. Within seconds the two clashed, Sei's scarf giving her the upper hand in speed, allowing her to strike first. But that didn't stop the Swellow, and it took the hit, redirecting with the force of the strike to hit Sei in the chest, knocking her back. There was a brief pause as the two recovered, but within moments they were already clashing again, Sei's lightning punches hitting far harder than the Swellow's swift, shallow strikes. Eventually, all that electricity finally got to it, and the Swellow found itself paralyzed as it took another heavy hit. "You're not out yet! Put everything you've got into it, Endeavor!"

As Sei stuck the bird once more, it was sent flying into the air, and the Swellow took that opportunity to force it wings to soar once more. With a new fervor, it rushed the Lucario, trading swift precision for pure force. Sei attempted to block, but the the flurry of powerful strikes to bring her down to his level broke her guard, and continued it's assault. "Come on Sei!" Zero exclaimed. "If it's a battle of attrition, you've got 'em beat, just keep punching him!" The Lucario nodded back to her trainer, and with lightning in each hand, met her opponent with a flurry of her own.

For every thunderous punch she landed, their opponent had a slash just as powerful. Unfortunately for them, Sei was still faster, and did significantly more damage than they could. As they both neared their limits, Swellow flew back to escape the brawl, and before Sei could close the distance, he shot back, striking Sei in the chest. In the second that it seemed she was reeling from the attack, her arm suddenly came crashing down on the bird, sending it into the ground with such force that it shattered on impact. Sei stepped back for a moment, and sure enough, their opponent had fainted. "Good work, Sei. Come back." Zero returned Sei to her ball, the tired Lucario already falling back as the red beam of energy pulled her in.

Winona of course also returned her pokemon, already retrieving her new pokemon as she reassured her pokemon. "You did good, Swellow. Rest for now. Tropius, come out and get even! Sunny Day!" Tossing the pokeball into the air, a large, leafy dragon entered the field, intensifying the sunlight as it did."

Of course, she wasn't the only one that was gonna take advantage of that though. "Agi, Fire Blast!" He command, sending the newly-Mega'ed Blaziken onto the field. His wrist flames burned endlessly, even as he fired a ungodly torrent of flames, which were only further intensified by the harsh sunlight. The sea of flames washed over the Tropius, burning it immediately. It was not defeated though, and burst from them with an Aerial Ace, the massive pokemon impacting the fire-type with all it's force.

But Agi didn't take it sitting down. Digging his claws into the dragon's neck, Agidyne clung to the beast who tried shaking him off, but before it broke free of his grip the Blaziken unleashed another torrent of flames point-blank onto him. The Tropius shook him off as soon as it was struck again, and in frustration continued to attack it with Aerial Ace. Agi continued to capitalize on the sunlight as the Tropius flew around and into him, bathing him in fire over and over, the Tropius using Synthesis towards the tail end of the harsh sunlight, and even Agi needed to return to Zero momentarily to heal. But even as the sunlight faded, the Blaziken continued to shoot fire at the beast, and before long it too finally fell. Zero couldn't help but sigh in relief as he returned his pokemon, Winona doing the same. So far, so good...

The next clash was between Ashen and Skarmory. The Charizard made great use of it's new wings, chasing the Skarmory around the air as it shot Air Cutters at him. The fire-flying dragon dug his flaming fangs into the Skarmory repeatedly, making short work of him. Next up were Winona's Altaria and Zero's Nova. The two went back and forth, Nova attacking Altaria with Moonblast and the Altaria retaliating with Earthquakes that shook the gym violently. Between onslaughts of attacks they healed themselves, and Zero and Winona eventually switched their pokemon after a while.

In the Altaria's place was her Pelipper, who gave Nu more than a run for his money, but eventually he gained the upper hand by freezing him, and once he thawed out, Nu was returned for Wisp to tag in. At this point Zero was just whittling her last two pokemon down, getting them weak enough for his stronger pokemon to take out. After a number of Hypnosis and Dream Eaters, Zero sent Sei in one last time to take the Pelipper out, and brought her back for Wisp to do the same with Altaria.

Finally, he was down to her last pokemon, with all of his just fine. Just to be safe, Zero had Wisp put Altaria to sleep before sending Nova back in, and once he did, it was all over. "Nova, are you ready?"

"But of course," she replied.

"Alright then..." Zero raised his arm, ready to take the victory. "Hyper Beam!" Nova nodded in confirmation, and leaned back, slowly opening her mouth as a small, orange ball of energy formed just inches away. It took seconds to charge, but the resulting attack was utterly devastating. On it's own, Hyper Beam is powerful enough, but with the extra power that came from Nova's Mega form, it made the attack even more destructive. Couple that with the Pixilate ability that made it a fairy-type move, pretty much sealed the Altaria's fate once it hit. The beam effortlessly overpowered the dragon-type, sending it not just into the back wall; but through it. At first, it didn't seem like anything could get up from that, but surprisingly enough, the Altaria managed to inch it's way back through the hole, before completely passing out once it was back inside the room.

He'd won. Zero couldn't help but breath a sigh of relief, the previous battle had gone so poorly, yet he'd done much better on round two. And now that he won, all he needed was the badge and HP to prove it.

Party

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- Agidyne | ♂ | Level 42 | 840/840 HP | Speed Boost | Bashful Nature, A Little Jumpy | 23/50 EXP | Holding: Blazikenitel | Flare Blitz (120, 1/3 Recoil, 1/10 Chance of Burn), Rock Tomb (60, Lowers Opponent's Speed Stage), High Jump Kick (130, If It Misses, User Loses Half Their HP), Fire Blast (110, 1/10 Chance of Burn)

- Nu | Level 36 | 720/720 HP | Clear Body | Lax Nature, Somewhat Playful | 16/44 EXP | Holding: Rocky Helmet | Take Down (90 damage, 1/4 Recoil), Magnet Rise (User levitates and becomes immune to Ground-type moves for five turns, can be transferred to next switched in Pokemon if the user uses Baton Pass), Ice Punch (75 damage, 1/10 Chance of Freezing), Metal Claw (50, 1/10 Chance of Raising User's Attack by One Stage)

- Wisp | ♂ | Level 45▲ | 900/900 HP▲ | Levitate | Quirky Nature, Very Finicky | 29/29 EXP | Holding: Quick Claw | Hypnosis (Puts opponent to sleep), Ice Punch (75 damage, 1/10 Chance of Freezing Target), Dream Eater (100 damage, User Recovers Half Damage Dealt, Only Works on Sleeping Pokemon), Confuse Ray (Confuses Opponent)

- Ashen | ♂ | Level 34 | 680/680 HP | Drought | Jolly Nature, Very Active | 30/36 EXP | Holding: Charizardite Y | Scratch (40), Fire Fang (65, 1/10 Chance To Burn, 1/10 Chance to Flinch), Dynamic Punch (100, Confuses Opponent), Overheat (130, Lowers User's Sp. Attack One Stage)

- Sei | ♀ | Level 48 | 960/960 HP | | Steadfast | Bashful Nature, Likes Observing | 15/46 EXP | Holding: Choice Scarf | Protect (The User Is Protected This Round, If Used in Succession However, It Has a 1/5 chance of working the second time, and every subsequent round after, a 1/10 chance until another move is used. [Priority +4]), Feint (60, Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness), Thunder Punch (75; 1/10 chance of paralysis), Aura Sphere (80, Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness)

- Nova | ♀ | Level 35 | 700/700 HP | Pixilate | Modest Nature, Very Playful | 01/18 EXP | Holding: Gardevoirite | Confusion (50, 1/10 Chance of confusion), Heal Pulse (Restores Half the Target's Max HP), Hyper Beam (150, Strong, But The User Must Recharge Next Turn), Moonblast (95 damage, Lowers opponent’s Sp. Atk by one stage)

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- Xi-14 | ♀ | Level 10 | 200/200 HP | Water Absorb | Quiet Nature, Introverted | 03/15 EXP | Holding: N/A | Sing (Puts Targets to Sleep), Ice Shard (40, [Priority +1]), Surf (90, Hits All Adjacent Pokemon), Confuse Ray (Confuses Target)

- Theta | ♂ | Level 24 | 480/480 HP | Unburden | Rash Nature, Naive | 06/33 EXP | Holding: N/A | Pound (35), Solar Beam (120, 1-Charge 2-Attack), Quick Attack (40, [Priority +1]), Fury Cutter (40, Damage Doubles After Each Sucessful Hit, If not Used Consecutively, or Misses, Damage Resets)

- Cypher | ♂ | Level 20 | 400/400 HP | Flash Fire | Jolly Nature, Can't Sit Still | 18/20 EXP | Holding: N/A | Bite (60, 3/10 Chance of Flinch), Crunch (80, 1/5 chance to Lower's Opponent's Defense One Stage), Heat Wave (95, 1/10 Chance of Burn), Thunder Fang (65; 1/10 Chance to Flinch, 1/10 Chance of Paralysis)

- Mu-12 | ♀ | Level 21 | 420/420 HP | Snow Cloak | Careful Nature, A Little Violent | 05/21 EXP | Holding: N/A | Icy Wind (55 damage, Lowers target's speed by One Stage), Astonish (30, 3/10 Chance of Flinch), Blizzard (110 (1/10 chance of freezing)), Destiny Bond (If the User Faints Next Turn, Takes Enemy With It)

- Law | ♂ | Level 15 | 300/300 HP | Rivalry | Serious Nature, Poor Sense of Humor | 01/15 EXP | Holding: N/A | Spark (65; 3/10 chance of paralysis), Charge (Raises Sp. Def by one stage; Next Electric-type attack by the user does x2 damage), Thunder Fang (65; 1/10 chance to flinch, 1/10 chance of paralysis), Tackle (50)

- Ragnaros | Level 27 | 540/540 HP | Sturdy | Quiet Nature, Stoic | 04/16 EXP | Holding: N/A | Lock-On (Allows Next Attack to Not Miss), Stomp (65 damage, 3/10 Chance of Flinch, Power Doubled if Target has Used Minimize. ), Mega Kick (120), Explosion (250 damage, KO’s User)


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OOC:
Company: N/A.
Opponent: Winona.
Team OoB:
Current Outfit: Normal Outfit.

"Thank you," Zero replied, taking the items from Winona. He placed the items in his bag and the new, shiny badge in his case. That's six out of eight, and now he can travel anywhere with Fly. Thanking the gym leader one more time, he left the gym, and immediately headed for the Pokemon Center to heal his pokemon. Once they were up to 100% again, he stepped outside, and brought Ashen out of his ball.

"Alright Ashen," he pulled the new HM out of his TM case, "Time for you to soar." He held the pale blue disc out to the fire-type, and it glowed slightly as he placed his claws on it. When the glow faded, Ashen roared, and immediately jetted into the air, circling above. "Well, you seem to be enjoying yourself, now to call Isis.

Zero raised his arm to look at his X-Transceiver, and immediately scrolled through his contact list. I wonder if she's already gone back, he thought. He tapped on Isis' name, and started the call. "Isis, can you hear me?"

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- Agidyne | ♂ | Level 43▲ | 860/860 HP▲ | Speed Boost | Bashful Nature, A Little Jumpy | 02/50 EXP | Holding: Blazikenitel | Flare Blitz (120, 1/3 Recoil, 1/10 Chance of Burn), Rock Tomb (60, Lowers Opponent's Speed Stage), High Jump Kick (130, If It Misses, User Loses Half Their HP), Fire Blast (110, 1/10 Chance of Burn)

- Nu | Level 37▲ | 740/740 HP▲ | Clear Body | Lax Nature, Somewhat Playful | 03/45 EXP | Holding: Rocky Helmet | Take Down (90 damage, 1/4 Recoil), Magnet Rise (User levitates and becomes immune to Ground-type moves for five turns, can be transferred to next switched in Pokemon if the user uses Baton Pass), Ice Punch (75 damage, 1/10 Chance of Freezing), Metal Claw (50, 1/10 Chance of Raising User's Attack by One Stage)

- Wisp | ♂ | Level 46▲ | 920/920▲ HP | Levitate | Quirky Nature, Very Finicky | 30/30 EXP | Holding: Quick Claw | Hypnosis (Puts opponent to sleep), Ice Punch (75 damage, 1/10 Chance of Freezing Target), Dream Eater (100 damage, User Recovers Half Damage Dealt, Only Works on Sleeping Pokemon), Confuse Ray (Confuses Opponent)

- Ashen | ♂ | Level 35▲ | 700/700 HP▲ | Drought | Jolly Nature, Very Active | 024/37 EXP | Holding: Charizardite Y | Fly (90, User Flies Up On First Turn, Strikes On Second Turn)▲, Fire Fang (65, 1/10 Chance To Burn, 1/10 Chance to Flinch), Dynamic Punch (100, Confuses Opponent), Overheat (130, Lowers User's Sp. Attack One Stage)

- Sei | ♀ | Level 48 | 960/960 HP | | Steadfast | Bashful Nature, Likes Observing | 45/46 EXP | Holding: Choice Scarf | Protect (The User Is Protected This Round, If Used in Succession However, It Has a 1/5 chance of working the second time, and every subsequent round after, a 1/10 chance until another move is used. [Priority +4]), Feint (60, Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness), Thunder Punch (75; 1/10 chance of paralysis), Aura Sphere (80, Ignores Accuracy and Evasiveness)

- Nova | ♀ | Level 36▲ | 720/720 HP▲ | Pixilate | Modest Nature, Very Playful | 13/189 EXP | Holding: Gardevoirite | Confusion (50, 1/10 Chance of confusion), Heal Pulse (Restores Half the Target's Max HP), Hyper Beam (150, Strong, But The User Must Recharge Next Turn), Moonblast (95 damage, Lowers opponent’s Sp. Atk by one stage)

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- Xi-14 | ♀ | Level 10 | 200/200 HP | Water Absorb | Quiet Nature, Introverted | 03/15 EXP | Holding: N/A | Sing (Puts Targets to Sleep), Ice Shard (40, [Priority +1]), Surf (90, Hits All Adjacent Pokemon), Confuse Ray (Confuses Target)

- Theta | ♂ | Level 24 | 480/480 HP | Unburden | Rash Nature, Naive | 06/33 EXP | Holding: N/A | Pound (35), Solar Beam (120, 1-Charge 2-Attack), Quick Attack (40, [Priority +1]), Fury Cutter (40, Damage Doubles After Each Sucessful Hit, If not Used Consecutively, or Misses, Damage Resets)

- Cypher | ♂ | Level 20 | 400/400 HP | Flash Fire | Jolly Nature, Can't Sit Still | 18/20 EXP | Holding: N/A | Bite (60, 3/10 Chance of Flinch), Crunch (80, 1/5 chance to Lower's Opponent's Defense One Stage), Heat Wave (95, 1/10 Chance of Burn), Thunder Fang (65; 1/10 Chance to Flinch, 1/10 Chance of Paralysis)

- Mu-12 | ♀ | Level 21 | 420/420 HP | Snow Cloak | Careful Nature, A Little Violent | 05/21 EXP | Holding: N/A | Icy Wind (55 damage, Lowers target's speed by One Stage), Astonish (30, 3/10 Chance of Flinch), Blizzard (110 (1/10 chance of freezing)), Destiny Bond (If the User Faints Next Turn, Takes Enemy With It)

- Law | ♂ | Level 15 | 300/300 HP | Rivalry | Serious Nature, Poor Sense of Humor | 01/15 EXP | Holding: N/A | Spark (65; 3/10 chance of paralysis), Charge (Raises Sp. Def by one stage; Next Electric-type attack by the user does x2 damage), Thunder Fang (65; 1/10 chance to flinch, 1/10 chance of paralysis), Tackle (50)

- Ragnaros | Level 27 | 540/540 HP | Sturdy | Quiet Nature, Stoic | 04/16 EXP | Holding: N/A | Lock-On (Allows Next Attack to Not Miss), Stomp (65 damage, 3/10 Chance of Flinch, Power Doubled if Target has Used Minimize. ), Mega Kick (120), Explosion (250 damage, KO’s User)


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Opponent: Winona.
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Current Outfit: Normal Outfit.

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