Name: Kendrix
Log:
The battle for my seventh badge took me to Seaform Island because, according to Professor Oak, the Cinnabar Island Volcano had erupted while I was gone. He assured me that everyone got off the island safely and that Blaine had set up the gym in one of the caves of the Seaform Islands. On my way there I passed by Cinnabar and saw Arkrus (he now calls himself Blue for some reason) just relaxing on the beach. We exchanged a few words, which consisted of how much he trained and that he was the leader of the Viridian City Gym. He then said that I should get by seventh badge first because he wanted to fight me at my best.
I eventually made it to the gym and challenged Blaine to a battle. The battle itself was rather short as Almia knocked out both his Rapidash and Magmar in one hit with Power Gem. His Marcargo was a bit more difficult to take down, but it was nothing Almia couldn't handle with her Shadow Ball. With the battle one and my new badge in had I headed to Viridian to battle Arkrus (Blue) Oak, for my last badge.
The battle against my old rival was almost like the one three years ago for the title of League Champion. Almia's moves set allowed her the flexibility of hitting almost all of his pokemon with a move that it super effective against them. His Pidgeot, Arcanine and Gyarados fell to Power Gem in a matter of minute. His next tow pokemon Executor and Rhydon fell to Almia's Shadow Ball in a couple of hits, leaving him with just one pokemon ten minutes into the match. His last pokemon was Machamp and as you probably guess it fell to Psychic, earning my last badge.
This battle however was just a warm up compared to the one I would have faced later. You see Prof. Oak wanted me to check out Mt Silver as he was told that some machine at the Poke Center near their was picking up some wired interference. I eventually arrived there and started to explore the nearby caves, as this was the only place that the interference could be coming from.
At the very top of the mountain I found this trainer. He looked exactly like me except that he was wearing the wearing the exact outfit I wore three years ago. I asked him what he was going up here and more importantly why he looked like me, but he said nothing. Without warning he sent out his Pikachu and the battle between the two of us began.
I knew that Almia needed a power boost to beat this Trainer, so I gave her a Choice Specs and hoped that I wouldn't have to switch to my other pokemon (the ones I've been using just to get around). Almia managed to knock out the Pikachu in one hit, giving me the early advantage. It was then I noticed the hail falling, and I knew this would be my toughest battle ever.
His next pokemon was a Snorlax, and boy did it give Almia a run for her money. I switched in my Snorlax (in order to Almia a chance to use another move) before he could complete his switch. He then fired off a Blizzard on my Snorlax, and I was forced to withdraw it. I switched back in Almia, but she got knocked out by his Shadow Ball (Almia only managed to damage it a bit with Psychic).
I could describe everything that happened between me and the Snorlax, but less just say that I had to revive Almia twice and that he used a Full Restore on that huge beast. Eventually I managed to KO it, but not before Almia took a substance amount of damage.
His next pokemon was Charazard, and I had to withdraw Almia to heal her and give her the opportunity to change her moves. His Charazard hit my lax with an Air Slash but didn't manage to KO it, giving me the opportunity to heal Almia. Once that was done Almia went back in and with one Power Gem attack send that dragon like pokemon back to its trainer.
His next too pokemon were an extremely powerful Venasaur and a very defense oriented Blastoise. When he switched in Venasaur, Almia had to switch out for healing. My Krabby was Ohkoed by the opponent, but did give me enough time to fully heal Almia. When she came back in it took two Psychic attacks to almost finish it off. My opponent did use a Full Restore on the Venasaur but thanks to her speed Almia managed to knock it out before it could attack. His Blastoise was next and while it did manage to Ko Almia, it eventually fell when I used another pokemon to heal her and had Almia rain down Shadow Balls from above.
Lapras was his last pokemon and due to my previous encounters with ice pokemon I knew I had to once again withdraw Almia to change the move she was forced to use. His Lapras fell thanks to Almia's Power Gem, which netted me the victory.
This win felt rather odd though, because he didn't say anything. He just kind of disappeared into thin air, almost as if he was there just to test me. With nothing else to do and no reason to stay I headed back to the Poke Center at the base of the mountain and healed my pokemon. I then headed off to Cindawood City to return the Shuckle I had been holding on to.
The guy was glad to have his Shuckle back and was sure that Roark wouldn't come back to Cindawood to take it. I then headed to Elm's lab in order to bring over the Togepi he so desperately wanted to see. When I arrived I was informed my Elm's assistance that Roark tried to return the starter that he stole but Elm decided to let him keep it (looks like his losses to me finally proved to him that my way of training is better).
This is where my story ends, or that's what I thought anyways. You see ever since Sabrina told me that I would be needed in Hoenn, I've been getting information about two 'teams' forming in the region. According to my contact these 'teams' are rivals and according to the rumors, that my contact has heard, one group wants to expand the land, the other wishes to expand the sea.
Based off of this information I've been receiving I decided to go to the Hoenn region. If anything else I can break up these teams before they get too big and start going to questionable means to achieve their goals.
Pokemon:
Well that took a while, and yes I did go through the whole process of finding 5 Shiny Leaves just to get the crown.