From: NewHaights... Man of Mystery <newhaights@aol.comanyte> Subject: [PW!] [LEAGUE] Round III: Your A** Is Grass Date: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 1:36 PM "Hello, and welcome to Round Three of the 1999 Pokémon League Games! I'm Bill Rosworth..." "...and I'm John Centern. Well, folks, this match promises to be the most exciting yet for today's combatants. Today matches Andrew O'Reilly, who seems so far to be untouchable, against up-and-coming trainer Joanne Rosenbaum." A viewscreen came down in the pressbox. Flashy graphics revealed this to be a review of Andrew's two recent battles. "In the first battle, on the ice field against Joey Cromber, things looked down for Joey from the start. Andrew then, in two moves, performed with only himself and his Pokémon what it took Ash himself, his opponent and some luck to do." "While the first battle was rather serious, the second battle ended in a . . . less than digified manner. In separate interviews with Andrew and his second opponent, Zagro, we've found out exactly what happened." Zagro: "Well, I hate to admit it, but Puffers (my Jigglypuff) is vain. I mean _vain._ I simply told Puffers that the Kadabra belonged to the boy in the Jigglypuff shirt, and she went off on her own." Andrew: "Eventually, I figured out from Zagro's pointing at me and David (my Kadabra) followed by the absolute MUNTING of David that the shirt was what caused all this. So, I figure, I'll send the Pokémon that could fare the best, have him hold on for long enough, then distract the Jigglypuff, then get her to leave the ring (D-Qing her and losing the match) and beat me up. Unfair? Sure. Foolish? Hell yeah. But it was that or someone else would be seriously hurt." Graphics appeared on the viewscreen to announce Joanne's review. "The first match was absolutely AMAZING! Something like that will NEVER be seen again in the history of the Pokémon League! It was STUPENDOUS! It was..." Someone motioned for Bill and John to go offstage. A flash appeared, and John and Bill sat back down. "Uh...due to...uh...unforseen technical difficulties, the first battle will not be reviewed today.[1]" "The second round, however..." John paused, then continued, realizing nobody called him that time. "...was interesting. She lost, unfortunately, but she did rather forcefully send her opponent's Raticate 35 feet into the air." **Suddenly, within the arena...** "1993" by LizardKing [2] played over the loudspeakers as Andrew O'Reilly entered the Grass Field, looking for all the world as cool as a cucumber. For the most part, he was, as few others had won both of their first battles, putting him ahead of his opponents. He was understandably a little nervous, of course, but he hid this well. He waved to the crowd, who responded with a cheer. "1993" faded out and "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 started playing as Andrew's opponent, Joanne Rosenbaum, entered. She was understandably a bit more nervous as she hadn't won yet and wanted a chance to claim a win. "Blue" faded out as both trainers climbed the ladders to their platforms, Andrew on the Green and Joanne on the Red. The referee waited until both trainers signaled they were ready, then raised both flags to begin the match. ******************************************* [PW!] [LEAGUE] Round III: Your A** is Grass ******************************************* "Goldeen, I choose you!" Joanne sends her first Pokémon into the field. 'You can do it, I know I can count on you...' Andrew whispers to his first Pokémon. "Go, Snicker!" "Goldeen..." "Pi...ka..." The two opponents sized each other up before Joanne gave the first attack. "Tail Whip!" Simultaneously, Andrew called out, "Snicker! Thundershock!" Snicker charged up while Goldeen, who was surprisingly good at holding its own on land, bounded toward Snicker. Snicker released the energy just as Goldeen leapt for the Whip. The Thundershock hit first, but Goldeen still managed to distract Snicker enough to concentrate and release a Supersonic. "Oh no...Snicker! Quick Attack, before that hits you!" Unfortunately, Snicker wasn't fast enough. As the Supersonic hit, Snicker saw a quick flash of light, then Goldeen seemed to be gone. <<Where is she...where is she?>> Snicker wondered. He looked all around. Then he saw it...digging a hole? <<Well, if she can dig a hole...whatever...>> He took a super-fast running start and Quick Attacked... ...the ground. <<Owwwww...wh-where'd that ground come from?>> He shook it off. <<Now where is she?>> Snicker looked around. <<Where'd she go? Where is -- OWWWWWW!>> Snicker flew 10 feet in the air, then landed hard, the victim of a vicious Peck. Fortunately, that snapped him out of it. <<Where is that sonofaGrow -- AAH! There she is!>> Snicker lined up for another Quick Attack at what looked like Goldeen... ...and tripped over the real Goldeen, falling flat on his face. (OOC: I guess the Peck _didn't_ snap him out of it. Oh well. This one did. Honest.) <<AGH! Where is that piece of -- THERE SHE IS!>> Snicker was pissed. He readied himself for one final Thundershock...and connected. <<YES! Got 'im!>> The referee raised the green flag. "Goldeen is unable to fight!" "Wow! That was quite a fight, and that was just the first!" Bill reflected. "One thing that Goldeen learned, you should never get a Pikachu too mad. Now, what will Joanne send out?" "I choose you...Ivysaur!" Joanne sent out Ivysaur with a flash. "Poisonpowder!" "Ivy!" The Ivysaur let out the small cloud of toxic power straight at Snicker...who unfortunately was still celebrating. <<Who's the man? Who's-the-MAN! Give it up for the Pika, give -- *cough* give it -- *cough**hack* what the -- *wheeze*>> Snicker turned around to see the Pokémon responsible for the attack. <<Aw no, not another one!>> Snicker took another running start and Quick Attacked Ivysaur, who went tumbling quite a bit. <<Yes! I -- ugh...I don't feel so good...>> The Poisonpowder took effect, weakening Snicker slightly. The referee raised the red flag. "Pikachu is unable to fight!" Ivysaur then righted itself with its whips, Vine Whipping Snicker into absolute submission in the process. "Damn...Blaze, go! Ember!" "Grrrr....LITHE!" Blaze sent embers towards Ivysaur, burning it and the grass around it in the process. Ivysaur responded with another Vine Whip, tumbling Blaze around before lifting it in the air and letting go in midair, whipping it as it lets go then grabbing it again and slamming it...HARD. Ivysaur lifted Blaze for another Vine Whip, when he Bit the vines. In pain, Ivysaur released Blaze, who landed on it and Bit its bloom. After a while, Ivysaur got Blaze off and released some more Poisonpowder. Blaze released another Ember toward Ivysaur, and both attacks hit. Unfortunately, Blaze's attack was too strong for Ivysaur. The referee raised the green flag. "Ivysaur is unable to fight!" "Ivysaur, Return! I choose you...Dragonair!" Dragonair appeared suddenly, and Thunderwaves as soon as it left the ball. Blaze didn't seem to be too affected as he Bit the pearls on the end of Dragonair's tail. Dragonair went into Agility, and Blaze couldn't figure out where Dragonair was. It Embered all around in desperation, and only barely hit Dragonair with anything. Dragonair approached for the wrap, and Blaze went to Bite again. Unfortunately, Thunderwave chose that time to take effect, and Blaze did nothing as Dragonair wrapped him into submission. The referee raised the red flag. "Growlithe is unable to fight!" 'You're my last hope here...' "Yűgi, go!" The Bulbasaur appeared suddenly and Vine Whipped Dragonair with some difficulty. He only got one Vine Whip off, however, before Dragonair Slammed him hard. Yűgi then let loose a Leech Seed as he Tackled Dragonair. The Leech Seed healed him a little, but Dragonair Thunderwaved him, paralyzing him. Dragonair moved in for the finishing Wrap, when Yűgi managed to eke out one last Vine Whip. After a few seconds, the referee raised the green flag. "Dragonair is unable to fight! Andrew is the winner!" "Wow, Bill, that was an amazing seesaw battle! I'm surprised that that Bulbasaur managed that last Vine Whip!" "Yes, and that Pikachu was very determined!" "This ends this battle of the Third Round of the 1999 Pokémon League Games. This is John Centern..." "...and this is Bill Rosworth. Good night." **After the fight...** A lone redheaded groundskeeper stood with a bag of seed, looking at the barely-smoldering spot where Blaze defeated Ivysaur. "Ay..." he said. "I hate it when the laddies use Fire Types..." (OOC: Sorry it fell flat toward the end, but with Christmas, I've been putting stuff off...) [1] TR Neuralyzers, gotta love 'em... [2] The song's available on AOL's Filesearch. It's a pretty cheerful song, if it's the one I'm thinking of. I dunno if it's available otherwise. -- NewHaights: Pokemaniac for hire "She can violate my rights if..." "It's a Joy-ful ... world." "Maybe it's a...cow-terpie!" "We need the motto! Our fans have come to expect it!" The Super Poke-Mart: http://members.aol.com/newhaights/index.htm