| abstract | - Emily: I'm a little absent-minded at times. (smiles) Polly: Hey, Sugar, why are you dressed like that? Sugar: I'm gonna cheer for Caber! This is his final Gym Battle, and I wanna support him as best I can! Emily: I see you're really fond of my son, dear. Big Faye: I'll wait for you guys out here. Good luck with your last Gym Battle, Caber. Caber: Thanks, Big Faye. Emily: Take care now, dear. Others: See ya later! Emily: Clair, we're here! Clair: (comes in) Ah, welcome everyone. So, Caber, are you ready for our Gym Battle? Caber: As I'll ever be. Clair: Alright. This Gym Battle will be 4-on-4. The battle's over when either Pokémon from either side are unable to battle. In addition, only you are allowed to make substitutions. Caber: You got it. Cupcake: Ivysaur Saur Ivysaur! (Stop it, Rainbow!) Clair: (brings out a Poké Ball) Now for round 1. Go, Kingdra! Polly: Whoa, what's that Pokémon? Emily: It's a Kingdra, Polly. It's the evolved form of Seadra. Polly: Wow. Seadra evolves into that? Joel: Sure does. Caber: (brings out Safari Ball) Go, Seadra! Seadra: (appears) Do-do! Caber: Don't let Kingdra intimidate you, Seadra. Remember, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Sugar: Yay! Rainbow: Ursa! Cupcake: Saur! (glows a bit) Saur? Clair: Interesting idea, to merge that Dragon Rage with Hydro Pump. Caber: Well, I kinda have a habit of thinking outside the box. Clair: (brings out another Poké Ball) Well let's see if your outta the box thinking'll help ya with this one. Go, Gyarados! Polly: Whoa. That's a regular colored Gyarados, right? Amy: Sure is, Polly. Makes me wonder what Pokémon Caber's gonna use. Caber: (brings out Lure Ball) I'll just fight fire with fire. Go, Gyarados! Polly: Well, at least we can tell which Gyarados is which. Joel: That's for sure. Amy: Leaves me to wonder though. Which Gyarados is the stronger one? Polly: What's he doing? Emily: I think I know. Caber wants to make things difficult for Clair's Gyarados. Others: Huh? Emily: Caber knows that Water-type Pokémon can dive underwater to dodge attacks. So he's having his Gyarados shrink the water level of the pool so Clair's Gyarados'll have nowhere to hide. Others: (understandingly) Ohhhh. Sprinkle: Ralts! Polly: Guys, there's something wrong with Cupcake. Clair: Well, Caber, you've certainly trained that Gyarados well. Caber: Yeah, well, your Gyarados is no slouch either. Clair: (brings out another Poké Ball) Now onto the next one. Go, Aerodactyl! Aerodactyl: (appears) Aero! Polly: Whoa! Amy: An Aerodactyl?! Kinda scary. Joel: It'd be more scary if it were a wild Pokémon. Caber: (brings out another Poké Ball) We'll fight fossil to fossil. Go, Tyrantrum! Tyrantrum: (appears) Tyrantrum! Amy: Whoa. I wonder who would have the advantage here. Joel: Well, I know they're both Rock-types, but Aerodactyl is a Flying-type and Tyrantrum is a Dragon-type. Who knows? Polly: You can do it, Tyrantrum! Sugar: Yay! (waves her pompoms) Go, Caber! Sugar: Oh no. Cupcake? Amy: It looks like Cupcake's about to evolve. Joel: Yeah... But she seems to be resisting. Polly: But why? Sugar: I know why... Cupcake knows I don't want her to evolve into Venusaur. Polly: What? But why not? Sugar: Well, Venusaur are huge, and I don't really like large Pokémon. Also, they just look really scary. Emily: Hmm... I think I have just the thing. (digs up something in her pocket) Here, Sugar. Give Cupcake this; It's an Everstone. This should prevent her evolution. Cupcake: (sighs with relief) Saur... Sugar: (sighs with relief) Whew! Thanks again, Mrs. McToss! Emily: (smiles) You're welcome, dear. Clair: Well I'm glad that little problem's straightened out. And Caber, you've proven to be a worthy opponent so far. (brings out another Poké Ball) Now let's see if you can defeat my main Dragon-type. Go, Dragonair! Caber: (brings out another Poké Ball) Well, time to see what we're made of, buddy. Go, Charizard! Clair: So it's finally come down to this. A battle between my Dragonair, and your Charizard. Caber: It certainly has. Sugar: (wave her pompoms) Go, Caber, go, Caber, go, go, go! Caber: Time to power up. (touches his Key Stone) Charizard, Mega Evolve! Sugar: (wave her pompoms) Go, Caber, go, Caber, go, go, go! Clair: Now that's what I wanted to see. Sugar: Yaaaaaaaaaayyyy!!! They did it!!! They did it!!! Clair: (smiles) Well, Em, that's quite a son you raised. Emily: Thanks, Clair. Clair: You definitely exceeded my expectations today, Caber. I'm sure you'll make a great Dragon Master someday. Caber: (scratches his head) Well, I couldn't have done it alone, y'know. My Pokémon did most of the work. Clair: Nonsense. You inspired your Pokémon to be all they could be, and this battle today proved it. (brings out a Rising Badge) Here's the Rising Badge, proof that you won at the Blackthorn Gym. Caber: (accepts it) Thanks, Clair. Clair: (brings out a Dragon Scale) And here's a little something for your Seadra. Caber: A Dragon Scale? Clair: Mm-hmm. Give it to your Seadra, and she'll level up and become a Kingdra herself. Caber: (accepts the Dragon Scale) Thanks, ma'am. I'm sure it'll come in handy. Sugar: That was so great, Caber! Polly: And Charizard was better than ever! Caber: (blushes) Thanks, you guys. Caber: (pause) I see. Guys, looks like Latios wants to join my team. Sugar: Wow! You wanna join my team, Latias? Sugar: In that case... I'd love to have you, Latias! Caber: And I'd be honored to have you, Latios. Polly: Alright! We got some new friends. Emily: I think I know a good nickname for Latias, too. How bout Gala? Sugar: Gala... (smiles) I like it! Gala it is. Emily: Well, everyone, dinner's on me! Sugar: Ms. Clair, would you like to join us? Clair: (smiles) I'd like to. It's been a while since I've had Emily's cooking. Polly: C'mon you guys! Big Faye'll wanna know about all this! Big Faye: So, how'd it go? Caber: Well... I now have enough Badges to participate in the Johto League Silver Conference. Sugar and Polly: (in unison) It was AMAZING!! Big Faye: (gets excited) ALRIGHT!!! Emily, Clair, Joel, Amy, Polly: Whoa! Caber: Big Faye, please stop! Sugar: You're causing the ground to quake! Polly: Thank you. Caber: We'll leave in the morning. Right now, let's eat! Others: Yeah!
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