From: The great cybraptor <raptordx1@aol.comspamnot> Subject: [PW!]life, losses, and cerulean gym battles Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 6:03 PM "Yes!, today is the day I get my cascadebadge!", said Araya, who was very excited about getting her next badge. "Araya, first we have to beat Misty to get our badges before we get them.", said Repticus, who was still confident of her winning, but he did not want her to be too excited just incase she lost.Then, Repticus remembomething he forgot to get last night, shoes!."Araya, I will catch up to you at the gym, but first I have to do something." "Ok, I`see you at 3:00." Then, Araya headed to Cerulean gym."I would like to challenge the cerulean gym leader!", proclaimed Araya. "Hello, I`m Misty, the gym leader of Cerulean city. Would you like to challenge me?" "Sure, it`ll be a two on two battle. Nidorina, I choose you!" "Staryu, go!" "ok, Nidorina, tackle attack!" Then Nidorina launched forward, and slammed staryu into the water. "Ok, staryu, return! Starmie, go!" Then, Misty sent out Starmie, and then she said,"Ok, Starmie, Psychic attack!" Then starmie send out a psychic beam straight out at Nidorina, who then fainted. "Ok, Nidorina, return, Charmander, I choose you! Charmander, ember attack!" Then , Charmander started spinning faster and faster, until he was finished with the attack.When the fire cleared, starmie was barely hurt. "Starmie, Bubblebeam attack!" Then starmie sent out a stream of bubbles, and fainted charmander. "Better luck next time, come back later and try again. "I can`t believe I lost.", said Araya as she left the gym. "What happened?", said Repticus as he met Araya outside of the gym. "I lost.I did so great.. until Misty used her Strarmie." "Well, I`ll battle her and then I`ll se if I can help you.",said Repticus as he walked into the gym."Misty, I chalenge you to a match. One on one." "Ok, I will use Starmie!" "Blade, it is your turn to battle.Blade, swords dance attack." Then Blade spun around faster and faster until her attack power doubled. "Ok, Starmie, Bubblebeam!" starmie sent out a stream of bubbles at Blade, but she avoided them all. "Blade, slash attack!" Then , Blade came and Brought down her mighty claw on top of Starmie`s crystal, and it shattred, and Blade won the match. "Congratulations on winning, here is your Cascadebadge.", said Misty as she handed the badge to Repticus as he left the gym.When he came out, he found Araya sitting on a bench by the entrance. " I have an idea that may increase your chances of victory.", said Repticus to Araya. "What could possibly make my chances better?", said Araya, still dissapointed after her loss. one hour later.... Repticus and Araya were in the Cerulean gym, and Repticus watched as she challenged Misty."Ok Misty, this time, it`ll be a one on one match.", said Araya. "Ok, Starmie, I choose you!" "Nidorina, go!" "Ok, starmie, Bubblebeam attack! Starmie sent a spray of Bubbes at Nidorina, and Caused quite a bit of damage to Nidorina. "Ok, this time, we`ll use our strategy, Nidorina, Thunderbolt attack!" "Thunderbolt?!", said Misty. "That`s right, Thunderbolt!" Then Nidrina sent a Ligntining beam at starmie, and it was greatly damaged. Then, starmie was fully paralyzed for the next turn. "Ok, nidorina, finush it off with a poison sting attack!" Nidorina lunged at Starmie, and her horn broke the center jewel ofstarmie once more, and it fainted. "Yes! I won! Yahoo!", said Araya, who was very excited over her win. "congratulations, here is your Cascadebadge.", said Misty, who was depressed she had to go to the pokemon center again to get her starmie`s jewel healed. "Excellent job Araya, you did it!", said Repticus, whow as also happy for her. "Thanks Repticus, I could not have done it without your help, thanks for buying that Thunderbolt TM for me." "where is our next destination?", said Repticus. "Well, judging by difficulty, I`d say our next destination is Vermillion city." "Well, let`s go then, but first, I`m hungryso let`s go somewhere to eat." "Ok, but where did you get all of that money?" "Well, its a long story, but I would be glad to tell you over dinner." "Ok, then lets go.", said Araya, as she and Repticus headed to a resturaunt in Cerulean city. TBC.... ,The Great Cybraptor who wonders when G/S come out , how many people will nickname their Marril Pikablu "we are yeerks! not used car salesmen! we do not negotiate!" viser 3, from the animorphs TV show.