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"Dodge with Quick Attack and then hit it with one!" Mag shouted to Sunfire. The Flareon half nodded as he whipped out of the way just in time moving onto a different platform. Then he shot off at the spot where Goldeen had turned in order to attack again with Horn Attack. This time both forces collided with each other resulting in Sunfire getting knocked back onto a platform that was luckily nearby and the Goldeen returning silently to the depths of the gym pool.

Misty frowned as Sunfire's display of speed. It was quite obvious that the Flareon was of a higher experience level that the Eevee she'd just battled. Regardless, she still had the type advantage in her favor, and she was going to use it. Sunfire was fast, yes, but the goldfish was fast as well. Her side ached a bit from where the Flareon had hit her, but she wasn't about to give up just yet. If we can get it into the water, the Tomboyish Mermaid thought deviously, then we'll really have the upper hand!

The gym leader tucked a lock of loose red hair behind her ear, an idea having come to mind. "Goldeen! Attack the platform!" she called. The elegant water Pokemon arched down, swimming up underneath the platform where Sunfire was. Using a quick burst of speed, the goldfish slammed her body into the underside of the floating platform. Waves of water rippled out from the disturbance.

"What?" Raimundo asked, staring at the girl. "Nina, what are you even talking about? You kicked my butt when we battled! Have you forgotten?" Nina sighed a little, almost getting irritated.

"That instance was luck," she retorted. "Aside from that, and not counting my other Gym battles, the last time that I actually won a match against another person... was when I battled you that other time! I couldn't even win a match in my own damned Gym, under my own rules!" The girl let out an infuriated groan, holding her head in her hands, tightly grabbing her own hair.

Raimundo took a few steps back from her, putting his hands up in front of himself to signal he meant no harm. "Nina, everybody loses sometimes. It's not worth getting upset over, though!" She turned her head to look at him, an incredulous look on her face. Her mouth was gaping open a little bit.

"Rai, you don't understand, though!" she said. "It's just so completely frustrating to accept a battle and hope to win, and be given false hopes when things seem to be going your way, and..." --she sighed exasperatedly-- "and just get destroyed! Oh, and not to mention that you question your abilities as a trainer, especially when your opponent's Steelix nearly murders one of your Pokemon! I was terrified that Mihoshi was killed because she was crushed under the Steelix's body weight!"

Not sure how to react to anything she said, Raimundo remained quiet, and allowed Nina to continue her ranting.

After what seemed like eternity (( sweatdrop )) Lisa sent out her next Pokemon. Bagon, still suffering the effects of being badly poisoned opened her eyes wide. This Pokemon was more than double her height, and pinkish in colour. It had long, pointed ears that ended in black tips much like that of a Pikachu, and a tuft of fur gracing the top of its head. It also had a large, fluffy tail, and its expression was one of calmness.

Jaeshan found himself staring in awe as well, for he'd never seen anything like it. The body type reminded him of a Jigglypuff, although he knew that wasn't quite right.

"Like my Clefable?" Lisa giggled. "She's a rare catch, and pretty tough too, so watch out! Start out with Doubleslap, Clefable!"

"Cle!" the pink Fairy Pokemon cried out, stepping forward and puffing out her chest. Bagon cowered in fear as the Clefable gave her two solid slaps before the dragon regained her composure, and fought back by throwing herself forward in a Headbutt. This caused the Fairy to stagger a bit, but at Lisa's command, she stepped forward, bringing her powerful tail around for a Pound attack. Bagon let out a surprised cry and hopped back, panting as more of her stamina was drained away from her. She couldn't keep this up much longer.

"Try an Ember, Bagon!" Jaeshan called. Her chest heaving with exhaustion, Bagon stepped forward, a pitiful burst of flames shooting from her mouth. The effort of generating the attack brought the young dragon to her knees, and she could only looku p and cringe as the Clefable's paw came slamming down on her, sending her into the dirt.

"Not the platform!" Mag said as it was rammed once more as small cracks started appearing in the top. "Well that is totally uncool for me... Think you can survive taking a dip for a while." Sunfire looked back at him as if to say "why the hell would I ever go into the water?" but then his expression turned into a sort of "if I must I'll do it" expression. "Okay.. We'll keep that in mind. For now try to get to another platform safely!" Mag shouted to him as Sunfire barely managed to keep himself from toppling over the edge. Using a Quick Attack to tread the water he shot forth landing on another platform. Man this is really going to throw a major wrench into my plans if those platforms break apart. Mag thought to himself attempting to come up with a way to stop the destruction of his only safety for Sunfire.

Mike knew it was over, Elekid had won.

Napalm attempted to block the incoming attack, but put his defense up too late. Even though Elekid was weakened an nearly down for the count, the Magby's strength failed him as he was hit by the final Quick Attack.

Nitro had taken to watching the battle from atop the Gym roof, quite impressed at both the children's strength.

"Good work buddy." The boy recalled his Pokemon without shame, sometimes losses proved more useful than wins in terms of learning. "Good job Kilik," Mike said with a smile, as if the defeat didn't phase him in the slightest. "your Elekid is a fine Pokemon, and I'll be sure to put him to the test after Napalm has had some extensive training." Holding the Pokeball, he felt that hardcore battling after a loss was just too much for the little one. "I'll be right back guys." He said as he jogged towards his house once again.

Thankful once again at every things proximity, the boy had reached his house in less than a minutes time. "Mom, I'm swapping out again!" He called out as he opened the door.

"Think fast!" Karen said, hurling Titanium's Pokeball at her son. He yelped, underhand tossing his now wounded Magby and catching his other with a slight fumble. He rubbed his hand as he clipped the ball in place, leaving his house once again.

In a matter of mere minutes, Mike had returned. "So, you said a three on three?"