Pokemon The Mirage Of Illusions

"You did great." Amelia recalls the now fainted Doku into their Pokeball while the largely unharmed Miltank sits in a field of its own destruction, resting atop on of the many boulders that fell to the ground from her Rock Slide.

Whitney's demeanor changes back to the carefree ditzy personality she was using before the battle and she starts to speak. "So do you understand now? The difference between Elte Pokemon and your run of the mill Pokemon isn't power, though I admit power is still a big factor. The main thing is full mastery over their moves, the ability to seamlessly change moves without delay, the ability to bring out the best factors of a move, and of course the physical abilities of your Pokemon. Your actually quite close in that department!"

At her lecture Whitney puffs out her chest in pride while hanging her head high. Although before she can bask in her own excellence she tilts her head to the side and narrows her eyes skeptically. "Speaking of that how are you so strong? Your good enough if you keep progressing you could become a Gym Leader within like 5 years! Who'd you train with? I know for a fact Gold won't be able to train a Growlithe to bark if it didn't want to!"

"Well I was trained mostly by my cousin and her butler! But I also got a training session by Cynthia herself!" Amalia answers Whitney with a renewed vigor, almost as if she's talking about a childhood hero.

upon hearing the Sinnoh champion's name Whitney's jaw drops and similarly to Amelia she starts speaking like a fangirl meeting her idol for the first time. "Really?!?! She's like the god of us trainers! Is she as cool in person as she is on TV?! I've been wanting to meet her ever since I became I Gym Leader!"

As Whitney starts to hit the classic fangirl squeal another voice interjects. "Can we get on with this?! I don't know why the both of you want to spend so much time talking while in the middle of Gym Challenge! Can't you two just talk after the battles over??" Gold being the impaitent teen he is just shouts from the bleachers as soon as he see's Whitney and Amelia taking to long to reset the battle.

"Whatever Gold! I want to hear all about it when this is over ok?!" Whitney just shouts back at Gold before stepping back into her spot and at that moment Amelia releases me back onto the field.

'Welp..It's time to face the music. I feel like this took way to long to get to this point but whatever..Time for strategy A:1, hopefully I won't need to all the way to strategy Z...' Stretching out my legs I immediately start walking towards the rubble that Miltank named Cotton is currently sitting on the top of.

"Hello? If I may ask you a question?" Walking within 4 or so feet I speak directly to the cow and as I speak I the Miltank just looks at me with a disinterested before her face changes and shifts into a joyful expression.

"Oh! You were talking to me? Well you just asked me a question but go ahead!"

"Well it might me rude considering that we're going to be fighting each other soon but are you poisoned? I really want to have a beat you since my trainer really wants to win.."

"Oh!..I really shouldn't tell you but...Fine, I am poisoned the Crobat was very fast I couldn't dodge from that distance! Do tell that to him will you? Everyone likes me when they first meet me but after we have our first battle they start avoiding me for some reason..."

'...I think it's because your terrifiying..' Nodding my head at the Miltank I walk back to Amelia and sit down waiting for the countdown for the battle to comennce and it seems like Whitney and Amelia were waiting for me as afterwards the countdown begins.

"3"

"2"

"1"

"Go!"

[Battle Start! (First Person this time for Kage)]

"Kage! Snarl!" "Cotton use Brick Break!"

'Exactly what I thought.' Following Amelia's instruction I start channelling my energy towards my throat and shifting that internal energy into the Dark type, but by the time I've shifted the energy and opened my mouth Miltank has already bridged more than half of the distance between us with a intimidating glowing arm.

'Scratch off all of the plan A's, straight to plan B:1.' Putting a pause on my move I start backtracking in the opposite direction as the Miltank while still facing the cows direction.

"Switch to a Rollout!"

'Great!' Miltank upon hearing Whitney stops her glowing arm and her wait shifts as she slightly jumps into the air. 'Now!' Letting loose my halfway baked Snarl I blast Cotton with a nasty sound which immediately stops the Miltank's normally fluid motion of the Rollout and transforms it into a high speed tumble.

"Kage! Use Poison Fang!"

Amelia shouts out at me trying to capitalize on the exposed position of Cotton I dash and pounce onto the downed Pokemon with a non move bite.

"Cotton!"

Once again Whitney doesn't give Cotton actually directions but the Miltank understands anyway and she lifts one leg letting it take my bite instead of the neck where I was aiming. 'Fuck! Hurry up!' I immediately start charging and discharging poison through my fangs trying to get as much poison into the viens of the milk cow Pokemon as fast as possible.

"Steamrollout!"

'What?' Whitney shouts out a move I've never heard of and Miltank to my surprise follows along with it without any delay popping up and off the ground, proceeding to give me a bear hug before curling up like a defense Curl and then she pushes off the ground and into a Rollout within all of 1 second.

"Kage Snarl!" Amelia shouts once again but instead of her voice I hear another softer voice in my ear. "Sorry honey, I don't think you'll be conscious after this..."

'OH! SHIT!'

Cotton starts to roll in a incomplete circle and the only way I can describe whis is pure agony. As she rolls I get slammed against the dirt and rocks of the arena as most of the grass has been uprooted at this point. Combined with the vertigo of being spun at easily over 50 Miles Per Hour?

Kage---[ K/O ]

[Battle End!]