From: Rob (robfrompw@yahoo.com) Subject: [PW!] When Dodrio Fly! Newsgroups: alt.games.nintendo.pokemon Date: 2003-11-23 21:10:24 PST William Rendfeld wrote: > "Yeah, thanks," Alex replied, taking the badge and pinning it within > her jacket. "Sorry about the yelling." > > "It's okay, no harm done," Robert replied, brushing it aside. > > With a relieved smile, Alex then said, "Glad to hear it." With a quick > glance back to the waiting Falkner, Alex then said, "Well Robert, > you're up. Break a leg." "Hey, I want to win as much as the next Trainer, but not if it costs me a leg... or an arm, for that matter!" Robert winks then takes his place at the roof-top Arena across from Falkner. He pulls a Pokeball off his belt, "I already know which Pokemon I'm going to send out." Falkner calls out, "We'll also be having a 2-on-2 battle, but it won't be just like the one I had with Alex! Hoothoot, get out there and fight!" The Flying Pokemon perched upon Falkner's shoulder hops off his Trainer and into the Arena, switching the leg he stands on. "Swinub, go!" Robert pushes the button on his Pokeball, releasing the small brown Swinub that pigged out on leftovers this morning. Falkner shouts, "Hoothoot, use Peck!" Robert says, "Swinub, Powder Snow!" Swinub opens her mouth wide and a flurry of ice and snow hit Falkner's Hoothoot as the Owl Pokemon dives towards her. By the time the cold blast of snow has subsided, Falkner's Hoothoot's beak is about to Peck Robert's Swinub, but it doesn't since he's encased in a block of ice. "Finish him off with Tackle!" Robert points at the frozen Hoothoot and within seconds, his Swinub Tackles the opponent Pokemon, sending him flying out of the Arena! The block of ice lands at Falkner's feet. "Hoothoot is unable to battle," Larry the referee proclaims as he raises a green flag towards Robert, "Swinub wins the match!" "My poor Hoothoot!" Falkner crouches down to run a finger across the ice block that his Hoothoot is currently trapped in, "Ohhh, your Swinub will pay for... What's this?" Robert's Swinub has started glowing. Her tiny form expands considerably and two tusks grow out of her mouth. Once the evolution is complete, a Piloswine stands where a Swinub once stood. Robert throws his hands up into the air in celebration, "Oh yeah! All that training paid off! Swinub evolved into a Piloswine! If my Piloswine's anything like Pryce's Piloswine, your next Pokemon will find it hard to defeat her, Falkner!" Falkner pulls a Pokeball out of his pocket, "Oh no they won't!" Robert raises an eyebrow, "Did you just say 'they'?" "I sure did. Go, Dodrio!" Falkner chucks his Pokeball into the Arena. In a flash of white light, a three-headed Bird Pokemon who seemingly doesn't have any wings appears. Falkner commands, "Fly, Dodrio, Fly!" "FLY?!" Robert raises an index finger in protest, "Now wait one second, Falkner. I've been trying to get my Farfetch'd to learn Fly for years now and he actually *HAS* wings. What makes you think you can get your wingless Dodrio to Fly?" Robert watches as Falkner's Dodrio runs and leaps into the air then soars high above the Arena. "Oh, I guess that's what makes you think that. Okay then. Swi- uh, Piloswine, Powder Snow!" After Falkner's Dodrio crashes onto Robert's Piloswine, the large Pig Pokemon blows large chunks of snow and ice at the Pokemon. "Dooo!" "Driiii!" "Oooo!" All three of the Dodrio's heads screech out in pain, reminding Robert of the alarm clock that woke him up this morning. Robert shouts, "Piloswine, Take Down Dodrio before he can 'Fly' again!" Falkner orders, "Dodrio, use Drill Peck before she can use Take Down!" Due to the Dodrio's higher speed, each of the Pokemon's heads lunge at Robert's Piloswine before she can attack. Weakened by the pecking, but not about to faint, the Pig Pokemon throws herself onto Dodrio's body, Taking the Bird Down to the Arena's floor and hurting herself a little in the process. She remains on top of Dodrio after the attack. Robert smiles when he sees his chance to finish the battle, "Shoot Powder Snow at point blank range, Piloswine!" Falkner frowns, "Dodrio, knock Piloswine off you with Fury Attack!" Falkner's Pokemon once again strikes first and all three heads use Fury Attack once in unison to successfully force Piloswine to back away from their shared body. Hurt by the three pecks delivered at the same time, but still not unconscious, Piloswine once again spews Powder Snow at Dodrio. The Pokemon shivers during the cold attack but remains standing. Falkner grunts, "Let's finish this - Dodrio, one more Fly should do it!" "Piloswine, Tackle Dodrio before..." But Robert's command is issued too late. Falkner's Pokemon leaps high into the air, missing Piloswine's Tackle. "That's okay, Piloswine, we can still win..." Looking up at the Dodrio Flying over the Arena, Robert gets an idea, "Piloswine, Endure!" Piloswine curls her large body up into a ball, preparing to Endure the upcoming Fly attack. Falkner mocks his opponent's strategy, "Endure will spare your Piloswine for one round, but Dodrio's next Drill Peck will finish her off." When Piloswine is hit by Dodrio's Fly, she Endures the attack but when she uncoils her body, she starts breathing heavily, seriously hurt and about to faint, "Pilo... swine..." "Piloswine, return!" Robert recalls his weak Pokemon into her Pokeball. He then removes his black Heavy Ball from his belt with his free hand. Robert raises the Heavy Ball to his mouth, kisses it, and hurls it into the Arena as if it were a grenade, aiming it at Falkner's Dodrio. When the Heavy Ball pops open on Dodrio's back, Robert shouts, "Pineco, Self-Destruct!" The very fat blue Pineco that's now sitting on Dodrio's back instantly Self-Destructs, releasing a cloud of smoke! When the smoke clears, it's clear to all the Trainers gathered on the roof that Robert's Pineco and Falkner's Dodrio have both fainted. "Dodrio and Pineco are both unable to battle," Larry the referee raises his red flag towards Falkner and his green flag towards Robert at the same time, "However, since Robert's Piloswine is still able to battle and the two Pokemon Falkner chose have fainted, Robert wins the battle!" That said, Larry lowers his red flag while keeping his green flag up. "I was wrong to mock your strategy, Robert," admits Falkner as he walks across the Arena, pulling a Zephyr Badge out of his pocket. He hands the Zephyr Badge to Robert and tells him, "Congratulations, Robert, you've just won your seventh Johto League Badge! What are you going to do now?" After pinning the Zephyr Badge to his black shirt, Robert exclaims with a big smile on his face, "I'm going to the Silver Conference!" -Robert