216 chapter 5 Gym battle Part 2 (1/2)
On the sidelines, the audience were looking at the two released Pokemons.
Jim had released his Houndour to look at the battle in front while Pikachu and Swablu had joined them to sit with the audience. They didn't want to disturb Alex in his battle and cause problems do they left without his words.
Misty on her mother's arms shouted out,” Dad,dad”
Lily stated proudly,” He had already lost. My father's marill is very strong. I saw her once smash a rock five times bigger than her with a single punch.”
” Is that so? I saw poliwhirl crush rocks with his hands too. ” Jim retorted.
Lily didn't like his objecting her and shouted back,” So what, dad is ...”
” Call down Lily. Your father's opponent is strong himself.” Her mother said
Her statement made James and Gary curious and Gary asked,” Do you know my nephew from before, Mrs. Waterflower?”
” Call me Daphne. So you are Alex's uncle. Yes I know of Alex but I haven't met him before.Young Alex had quite a reputation in Kanto. ” Newly introduced daphne told him.
” Reputation? What reputation?” Jim asked
” Your brother is currently the undisputed strongest trainer under the age of fifteen. ” She said.
” Big brother is strongest trainer in Kanto?” This shocked him along with other ignorant people
Daphne also didn't bother to correct the fact that he was strongest in all region and not just Kanto but didn't.
” Yes. So he is pretty well known in some fields and so Mathew knew about him and later told me. If you want to be a powerful trainer then was this battle carefully. You will see just how powerful a pokemon can be under a skilled trainer.” Daphne declared and the kids looked at the battle more attentively.
The youngest daughter of Waterflower was looking at the battle with joy completely evident in her face.
Back to the battlefield.
Poliwhirl and marill stood on the platform and awaited the battle to begin.
” Let the match begin.”
” Check her strength.” Alex issued his order and poliwhirl jumped towards marill and started with hand to hand combat.
With poliwhirl long arm his reach was wider so marill opted to defend. Whenever she gets the opportunity she would issue a heavy punch or twirl his tail at poliwhirl.
Both of them were powerful since when poliwhirl used his hand to defend his hands shook in PA while he felt his bone might have cracked.
Since then poliwhirl dodged those blows and tried to find loopholes in the attacks.
Marill was slower than poliwhirl so he got his loopholes to attack. Their close combat impressed the adults but the children weren't so impressed.
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In the audience,
” Mom why are dad and the Challenger not using moves but only hands to fight?” Violet asked her mother.
This question was something that was running through the minds of every kids such as Daisy, Violet, Lily and Jim except Misty who was enjoyed looking the two water type Pokemons.
”There is a very important reason.Poliwhirl over there have an ability called water absorb. He can absorb any water type attacks so they aren't effective on him.
As for why poliwhirl isn't using his is because marill is obviously stronger than poliwhirl so water type attacks won't be effective.
Other type attacks had a long attack time. He doesn't want to waste time so he isn't using it.
As for your father, he is just letting Alex get a grasp of how water type fights. It would do him good in the long run.” Daphne explained her children.
” So Alex is going to lose?” Jim asked with disappointment evident in his eyes.
Daphne knew from the interaction between Jim and his pokemon Houndour as well as from Alex that he was just new trainer. Alex came here to show him what it meant to fight a gym leader, so she said something to console him, ” Alex didn't come here today to win. He came to learn how a water pokemon fight on land and in water. ”
”Learn?” Jim asked.
” Gym leaders are all powerful trainers and their job is to test new trainers and see if the trainers are qualified for the badge.
The gym leaders almost never go all out. Only when the gym leader feels that the trainer is good enough then he can earn the badge even if the trainer loses the fight.”