Miles watched as Brawley grabbed another pokeball. "Well kid, this is one of my best pokemon! Come on out, Makuhita!!"
Miles watched as a small tubby form emerged from the pokeball onto the battlefield.
"Maku!!!" It cried.
Miles heard his pokedex beep, "Makuhita, the fighting type pokemon. It toughens its body by slamming into thick trees."
Miles reached and grabbed one of his pokeballs from his pocket. If this was Brawley's strongest pokemon, then this battle was going to be tough...
"Alright! Let's get him, Ponyta!!" Miles yelled. The horse pokemon emerged from her pokeball and whinied.
"Poonyta!!"
"Ponyta, use Tackle!!" Miles yelled.
Ponyta ran towards Makuhita and ran into it. The attack didn't seem to do much, however...
The Makuhita snorted, and Brawley smirked and yelled, "Alright Makuhita, use Tackle!!"
Makuhita launched itself at Ponyta and tackled right into her. Ponyta whinied in pain, the weight of the tubby pokemon helped with the tackle attack...
"Makuhita, use Arm Thrust!!" Brawley yelled, and the tubby sumo-like pokemon charged towards Ponyta and smacked its palms at her legs. Ponyta whinied in panic, her knees buckling.
"Ponyta!!" Miles yelled, alarmed. But there wasn't much she could do, she was paniced and Makuhita continued to hit her legs with its palms. Then, she fell to the ground due to the pain from the hits to her legs, and whinied in panic. Brawley smiled, and yelled, "Great, Makuhita!! Now, use Tackle!!"
But before the tubby, yellow pokemon could hurl itself at Ponyta, Miles yelled, "Ponyta, quick, use Ember!!"
Flames erupted from her mouth and soon covered the tubby pokemon in flames, stopping his attack.
"Maku!!"
Brawley yelled, "Makuhita, use Bulk Up!! Then, use Fake Out!!"
Makuhita shook its head, recovering from the ember attack, then tightened its muscles, making it stronger. Then, it got ready to hit Ponyta with fake out. "Ponyta, try and get up!!" Miles yelled. Ponyta, trying to recover from the arm thrust attacks to her legs, tried to get up, but it was too late. Makuhita had hit Ponyta on both sides of her head, causing her to whinnie in pain. "Ponyta, use Ember again and follow up with Growl!!" Miles yelled. But all Ponyta did was flinch, an after-effect from Fake Out, and she looked somewhat dazed from the attack as well.
Brawley smirked, saying, "Well, I guess you really aren't that good without your Taillow, huh?" Miles grit his teeth, and ignored Brawleys' comment.
The attacks to Ponyta's legs wasn't good. If she tried to get up, Brawley would just order Makuhita to use some other attack to stop her. Miles didn't like it, but the only thing that would prevent Ponyta from getting too much damage was to just have her stay on the ground, unless...
"Ponyta, use Ember on Makuhita!!" Miles yelled.
"Pooonyta!!"
Ponyta opened her mouth and small flames emerged and flew towards Makuhita, engulfing it in flames. Makuhita began to stamp furiously around the battleground, waiting for the flames to die out. "Now, Ember, again!!" Miles yelled. Ponyta once again opened her mouth and the flames shot out, hitting Makuhita once again.
"Now, quick, try and get up!!" Miles yelled.
If Makuhita is busy trying to get the flames to die out, then it might give Ponyta enough time to get up, Miles thought hopefully.
Brawley growled and yelled, "Oh no you don't!! Makuhita, use Vital Throw!!"
Makuhita growled, and didn't seem happy, but then it seemed to wince in pain for a moment, then began to run towards Ponyta. Miles smiled.
Yes! It must be burned from all those ember attacks!!
Miles wasn't the only one who noticed though, Brawley seemed to notice as well, but instead of being angry, he smiled. "Hey, thanks kid!!" Brawley called to Miles. This made Miles confused.
"What...?"
Brawley smirked, and said, "You see, Makuhita has the Guts ability!! That means whenever Makuhita gets hit by an after-effect of an attack like poison, paralysis, or in this case, a burn, his power is doubled!!!"
This made Miles' eyes go wide, and he yelled in alarm, "Ponyta!!"
She was still struggling to get on her feet, and was doing a pretty good job, but this only helped Makuhita. It ran under Ponyta, and grabbed her from under her stomach, and began to try and pick her up. Ponyta whinnied in panic, but she still couldn't move her legs that well yet, so she wasn't able to get away, and she couldn't attack Makuhita because it was underneath her.
Miles yelled, "Ponyta, use Growl!!"
Ponyta, still panicing a bit, let out a growl, which caused Makuhitas' attack power to fall. Miles heard Bralwey growl, obviously annoyed about Makuhitas' attack power being lowered because it was so high before from Bulk Up and the Guts ability. Makuhita grunted, it seemed to be struggling with Ponytas' weight a bit more now because its attack power had lowered.
"Maku..."
Wait, Miles thought, an idea forming in his head. "Ponyta, use Growl again!!" Miles yelled.
Ponyta obeyed Miles's order and growled once again, making Makuhitas' attack power fall once again. Makuhita grunted, and seemed to have even more trouble trying to throw Ponyta.
Makuhita can't pick and throw Ponyta that easily, she's bigger than most pokemon... So it needs to be strong to pick her up and throw her, Miles thought.
Miles, now with a plan, yelled, "Ponyta, keep using Growl!!"
Ponyta began to growl at Makuhita again, and Miles heard Brawley laugh. "You really think that Makuhita can't pick up Ponyta with his own strength? Those growl attacks didn't change anything!! Nice try, though! Now Makuhita, go and throw Ponyta into the air!!"
At first, Miles didn't want to beleive it, but to his horror, Brawley had been right. Makuhita had been strong enough after all. It hadn't been weakened from the growl attacks, it was only from the burn. Makuhita had thrown Ponyta into the air, causing Ponyta to whinnie in alarm.
"Ponyta!!!" Miles yelled, paniced.
Ponyta whinied helplessly, and she began to fall towards the ground. Miles' mind was racing. If Ponyta hit the ground, she would take alot of damage, and he doubted that she'd be able to stand again, or last that long in the battle either. There had to be some way to stop Ponyta from hitting the ground too hard, or at least slow down her fall...
Wait... Maybe...!
"Ponyta, use Ember towards the ground, and don't stop!!" Miles yelled.
Ponyta, though still paniced a bit, opened her mouth and flames shot out of her mouth, hitting the ground. Miles heard Brawley laugh. "What will that do? Those flames aren't hitting Makuhita!! And once your Ponyta comes down to the ground, he'll finish her off!!" Makuhita smirked at this, but still winced. He was still being affected by the burn Ponyta gave him, which Miles had hoped for. Meanwhile, Ponyta seemed to slow her fall towards the ground from the ember attacks from the ground.
Ponyta continued to use ember on the ground, and got closer and closer to hitting the ground. Meanwhile, Makuhita was still wincing now and then from the burn. Then, when Ponyta was only a few feet away from the ground, Miles yelled, "Ponyta, start moving your hooves!!"
Ponyta whinied, and began to move her hooves like she was running, then, she hit the ground. Ponyta hit the ground hard, but she didn't fall. By beggining to run in the air, she had been able to land onto the ground with her hooves, then she nearly stumbled and fell, but Miles yelled, "Quick, use Ember on the ground to balance yourself!!"
Ponyta opened her mouth and small flames shot out, hitting the ground, and she nearly regained her balance, but then, she stumbled once again and fell to the ground, and she whinied in pain.
"Ponyta!!" Miles yelled, paniced. He hoped she would be able to get up, or she'd be defeated. Ponyta shook her head, then, attempted to get on her hooves. Unlike the other times, she had been able to get on her hooves. Miles sighed in relif, glad she had been able to stand. She looked pretty tired though, and Miles could understand from all the hits she had taken so far.
Brawley frowned and looked annoyed. "You...! Makuhita, use Bulk Up!!"
Makuhita grunted and winced, once again affected by the burn, then tightened its muscles once again, its attack power increasing.
"Now, use Sand Attack!!" Brawley yelled.
Makuhita winced again from the burn, then rushed over to Ponyta who was still busy trying to stay balanced on her hooves. Before Ponyta could react, Makhita kicked up some sand that sprayed her in the face, which made her accuracy fall. Ponyta whinied, shaking her head around after being hit by the sand attack.
"Now, use Arm Thrust!!" Brawley yelled. Makuhita winced again, then went over to Ponyta, ready to use Arm Thrust on her legs again.
Ponyta, however, had seen this coming and whinied before galloping, with a few stumbles now and then, away from Makuhita, avoiding the attack. She was much faster than the tubby pokemon, so there was no way it would be able to catch up to her.
"Now, Ponyta, use Ember!!" Miles yelled.
Ponyta whinied and opened her mouth and released the small flames. The flames, however, veered off course from Makuhita and hit the ground, missing Makuhita completley. Miles frowned. The side-affects from the Sand-Attack before had affected the embers' accuracy.
"Ponyta, use Tail Whip!!" Miles yelled.
Ponyta turned and ran towards Makuhita, then, smacked Makuhita with her fiery tail.
Then, Brawley yelled, "Makuhita, use Tackle!!" Makuhita grunted, then launched itself towards Ponyta and smacked right into her, causing her to whinnie in pain, its' weight helping the force of the blow.
"P-Ponytaaa!!"
Miles frowned, worried. Ponyta probably wouldn't be able to fight much longer, she looked exahausted.
"Ponyta, use Tackle!!" Miles yelled, hoping that if she used an attack that would make her closer to Makuhita, then she wouldn't miss. This plan however, backfired as Ponyta ended up veering away from Makuhita before she even got near it.
Brawley smirked at this, then yelled, "Makuhita, finish Ponyta off with Arm Thrust!!"
"Makuu!!"
Makuhita waited until Ponyta got closer to it, then, it launched its palm out near her legs, which caused her to whinnie in pain and trip and fall to the ground. She laid there, motionlessly, not getting up.
Brawley smirked, and said, "That wasn't bad, Miles. But you'll lose."
Miles pulled out Ponytas' pokeball and returned her. He looked down at her pokeball and said, "Thanks Ponyta, you did a great job. Taillow can do the rest..."
He put Ponyta's pokeball into his pocket and grabbed Taillows' pokeball again, yelling, "Come on Taillow, let's finish this!!"
Taillow emerged from his pokeball and was flapping his wings in the air. "Tai!!" The bird pokemon still seemed to be ready to fight, even after his battle before.
"Alright Taillow, use Focus Energy, then Quick Attack!!" Miles yelled.
"Taai!"
Taillow had the orange energy gather around his body, making him able to land critical hits more often. Then, the bird pokemon dived down, and hit Makuhita. The attack didn't do much however, as the tubby pokemon barely moved an inch. Then, Makuhita grabbed Taillow, causing Taillow to squak in panic.
Brawly smirked, then yelled, "Alright Makuhita! Now, hold it down and Tackle it!!"
Makuhita smirked, then pushed Taillow to the ground causing Taillow to squak in pain. Then, Makuhita jumped and threw its weight down on Taillow, crushing the bird pokemon.
"Taaai!!"
"Taillow, use Peck on Makuhita's hand to get out of its grip!!" Miles yelled.
Taillow, still struggling a bit under Makuhita's weight, pulled his head back and jabbed at Makuhita's hand that was holding him down with his beak.
Makuhita cried in pain and stuggled back onto its feet, letting go of Taillow, and grabbing the hand that had been hit. Taillow, having been freed from Makuhita's grip and weight, had flown back up into the air.
Brawley growled, then yelled, "Use Focus Energy Makuhita!!"
Makuhita gave an angry look at Taillow before having an orange energy surround its body, allowing it to land critical hits more often.
Makuhita is still being affected by burn, but its power has increased greatly because of its Guts ability, and it had been weakened by Ponyta for awhile... Now, it has a better chance of landing critical hits, which could end up knocking Taillow out witrh its increased power... I need to use some quick attacks and make sure to try and have Taillow avoid the full force of the blows, since he already fought Machop... Miles thought.
"Taillow, use Peck attack!" Miles yelled.
Taillow squaked, then dived down to hit Makuhita with his beak. Brawley smirked, then yelled, "Makuhita, use Sand Attack when Taillow gets close, then use Fake Out!!"
Makuhita immediatley kicked some sand right at Taillow, whioch was sprayed right into Taillows eyes. Taillow squaked, and began to glide left and right, the sand causing him to lose accuracy. As Taillow neared Makuhita, it smirked and brought its hands up, ready to bash them both into Taillow. Miles thought for a moment, then yelled, "Taillow, use Quick Attack towards the sky!!"
Taillow squaked, then just barely managed to fly past Makuhita's head, along with its hands which had tried to smack into Taillows body. Taillow was now flapping his wings in the air, squaking a few times. Miles sighed in releif. That was close...
Brawley frowned and growled, obviously annoyed that the attack hadn't hit Taillow. He couldn't do much else to attack Taillow, since Makuhita had no moves that he could use right now to reach Taillow from the height he was currently at. Now that Taillows accuracy was down, this was another disadvantage that Miles had, since if Taillow missed, he would be wide open for an attack from Makuhita unless Taillow got away fast enough.
"Taillow, use Quick Attack!" Miles yelled.
Taillow swooped down with great speed towards Makuhita, but for a few moments, he swerved a little in the air before heading straight towards Makuhita. Brawley yelled, "Makuhita, use Arm Thrust when Taillow gets close!!" Makuhita grunted, then got into the position for Arm thrust, waiting for Taillow. Miles watched expectantly as Taillow neared Makuhita, then, he yelled, "Taillow, turn right!!"
This seemed o suprise both Brawley and Makuhita, and Taillow turned to the right and was on the side of Makuhita's body. Brawley growled, then yelled, "Makuhita, turn around and use Arm Thrust!!"
Makuhita began to turn around, but was too slow, and then, Miles yelled, "Taillow, use Peck and then Quick Attack to get away!!"
Taillow flew towards Makuhita to land the peck, but then Makuhita raised his arm to sheild the blow. That didn't mean that the blow didn't affect Makuhita though, Makuhita cried in pain as Taillow brought down his beak down onto Makuhita's arm. Taillow flew upwards once again.
Makuhita must be close to being knocked out by now... But if Taillow gets hit, he could be knocked out too, Miles thought, looking at Makuhita.
Then, he yelled, "Taillow, use Quick Attack and then use Peck!!"
Taillow squaked, then dived down with great speed straight towards Makuhita, this time, he didn't seem to be affected by the sand-attack. Taillow got closer and closer towards Makuhita, and then, Makuhita's hands slammed towards Taillows' body, stopping him in his attack.
"Taaai!!!"
Taillow squaked in pain, struggling in Makuhita's grip. Brawley smirked, and said, "Nice job Makuhita!!" He looked over towards Miles and said, still smirking, "Looks like I win, Miles Rail. It was close... But oh well."
Miles stayed silent, staring at Makuhita and Taillow, who was being held by Makuhita in a tight grip. Makuhita was smirking too, and brought Taillow a bit closer.
Taillows' body might be in Makuhita's grip... But not his head...! Miles thought. Brawley called, "Well, Miles Rail, any last words before Taillow gets knocked out?"
"Yeah... Taillow... USE A CLOSE-UP PECK ATTACK!!!" Miles yelled. This caused Brawley to give an alarmed look, along with Makuhita. Taillow squaked, then, brought his head back, and lunged with his beak forward, pecking Makuhita right on the forehead, a direct hit.
"M-Maaaakuuuu!!"
Makuhita cried in pain, and staggered a few feet in pain, still having his grip on Taillow. "Makuhita!!" Brawley yelled, alarmed. Makuhita swayed for a few moments, then stood straight before falling backwards, knocked out, its grip loosening and allowing Taillow to wriggle his way out of Makuhitas' hands. Taillow stood on Makuhita for a few moments, looking exahausted but proud too, then flapped his wings and flew a few feet into the air.
Brawley stared dumbly for a few moments at his knocked out Makuhita, while Miles was smiling and telling Taillow what a good job he had done fighting in his fight against Makuhita. Then, Brawley started laughing and said, "Hey, Miles, nice match, kid!! That was really close. Anyway... Here's your badge!" Brawley pulled out a badge and threw it over towards Miles, which he caught.
Miles smiled, and said, "Thanks!" He returned Taillow, then he turned and left the gym, now with two badges in his possesion.