A New Friend
Pikachu
Part 28

Saturday April 17, 2004

I am finally getting around to this story! Sorry to keep you guys waiting. I 
hope it’ll be good. Enjoy!

	They waked up the sidewalk to the oak door. It had weird looking symbols 
engraved on it that each contained a swirl of some sort. They walked in 
through the doors into a fairly large Gym. The surface was the usual light 
brown with the same white lines on the arena.

	“My name is Ash Ketchum and I challenge the leader of this Gym to a 
battle!” Ash yelled out. His voice echoed around the Gym.

	“Ash, no one’s here.” Misty said.

	“I accept your challenge.” A voice said. They looked over to the other side 
to see a girl standing in a fairly small box outlined by white lines.

	“Are you the Gym Leader?” Maggie asked.

	“I am. My name is Chelsea. Which one of you called me for a battle?” 
Chelsea asked.

	“I did.” Ash replied.

	“Very well. Shall we get this underway?” Chelsea asked. Ash stepped into 
the same sized box on his side and took out a Pokeball.

	“This is a three-on-three battle. You may only use one Pokemon at a time. 
The challenger may switch Pokemon at any time seen fit. The Gym Leader may 
not. There is no time limit! Begin!” The referee said.

	“Okay. Here we go. Go China!” Chelsea shouted. China turned out to be a 
Persian. Its fur was lightly tan and it had a healthy look to it.

	“Okay. Go Pikachu!” Ash shouted. Pikachu jumped out into the arena, ready 
to fight. Electricity shot from its cheeks.

	“China! Use Bite!” Chelsea shouted. China showed its long white fangs and 
lunged at Pikachu.

	“Dodge it and use Thunderbolt!” Ash shouted. It worked. Well, the dodging 
part anyway. The thunder attack completely missed, blowing a huge hole into 
the ground.

	“Try Fury Swipes China!” Chelsea shouted.

	“Dodge it again Pikachu!” Ash yelled. Pikachu went to dodge it but this 
time, the attack hit head on. Pikachu had suffered quite a bit of damage.

	“Pikachu. Can you still fight?” Ash asked, concerned. Pikachu nodded.

	“Ash, maybe you should call Pikachu back!” Brock said.

	“No. If it still wants to fight, I’ll let Pikachu fight.” Ash replied.

	“Okay. Try another Fury Swipes China!” Chelsea shouted.

	“Use Thunder wave Pikachu!” Ash yelled. Both attacks hit their target and 
both Pokemon went flying back. China struggled to its feet but Pikachu was 
not getting up.

	“Pikachu is unable to battle! China wins!” The referee shouted. Ash ran 
over and picked Pikachu up.

	“You did a good job buddy. Take a rest.” Ash said.

	“That was impressive Ash. But not impressive enough. What else do you have 
for me?” Chelsea asked.

	“You’ll see. Go Bulbasuar!” Ash shouted. Bulbasuar popped out of its 
Pokeball and faced China.

	“Begin!” The referee shouted.

	“Bulbasuar! Use Vine Whip!”

	“Use Thunderbolt China!” Chelsea shouted.

	“Use your vines to propel yourself into the air!” Ash shouted. It worked. 
Bulbasuar shot into the air just as the Thunderbolt slammed down where 
Bulbasuar had been seconds before.

	“Use Thunderbolt again!” Chelsea shouted. This time, since Bulbasuar was in 
the air, it couldn’t dodge the attack and was hit full force. It hit the 
ground and fainted.

	“Bulbasuar!” Ash screamed.

	“Bulbasuar is unable to battle. China wins again!” The Referee shouted.

	“This isn’t looking good.” Maggie said.

	“No. It’s not. I think Ash went into this battle just a bit too big-headed. 
It might cost him the battle.” Misty said.

	“Let’s hope he uses Alakazam. That would be a sure way to victory.” Brock 
said.

	“Charizard! I choose you!” Ash shouted. Maggie, Misty, and Brock did the 
anime-style fall.

	“Well, we know the outcome of the battle already.” Misty said 
sarcastically.

	“Well, Maybe Charizard can hold on!” Maggie said.

	“So you are using Charizard, are you? Okay. China, do Pay Day!” Chelsea 
shouted.

	“Use Flamethrower Charizard!” Ash shouted. Both attacks met in mid-air and 
exploded.

	“Quick! Use Fury Swipes!” Chelsea shouted.

	“Dodge it and use Seismic Toss!” Ash shouted. Charizard dodged most of the 
attack but it was still hit a bit by Fury Swipes. It grabbed China and threw 
it down to the ground.

	“Yes! Good job Charizard!” Ash shouted.

	“Thunderbolt China!” Chelsea said. Ash looked in horror to see that China 
had somehow managed to deflect the attack and avoid some of the damage. It 
shot a thunderous wave of electricity which bought Charizard crashing down.

	“Charizard! Please get up!” Ash said. Charizard had fainted. China was on 
the brink of fainting to.

	“Come on Charizard. Get up. Please!” Ash said. Charizard was still fainted.

	“Charizard is unable to battle. The victory goes to Chelsea!” The referee 
shouted.

To be continued…

Bet you weren’t expecting him to lose, were you? There will be a re-match I 
assure you. Well, review! ^_^