Burning Down the House: Gym Battle [Akane]

Ummm… well this was going to be awkward to explain. Looking into the tent that he was standing in the doorway of, he tried to figure out how he was going to get the queen’s attention. Best option is to yell? Best option is to yell. “W-Wait! This t-tent is my Gym! And t-this is the Eastern Plains!” The yell was loud enough to echo off the closest houses to the tent. Hopefully he wouldn’t get into trouble for yelling at the queen of Celosia, but what else could he do? She was about to completely bypass the actual gym to go to some… ruins? Those were just rocks anyways! Just because his gym wasn’t fancy didn’t mean that it was worth being overlooked. Especially since he had to fight tooth and nail to get the elders to make the settlement permanent and allow him to make material for his gym, (that he had to put up himself) thank you!

From inside the gym, all of his Pokemon had frozen in whatever they had been doing to pay attention to what their trainer was doing. It was odd for them (minus Shard of course) to hear the boy raise his voice. Shard seemed to shrug off the shouting and tried to regather the attention of the other Pokemon once more so that they could remain calm before their battle to come. Both he and Shiver knew that the red woman was a fire-type user and that meant they would have to work doubly as hard to win, if they could.

Well… he hadn’t been expecting the apology, but he wasn’t going to complain. In fact he was happy that he hadn’t gotten in trouble for his yelling. Walking over to his team, Maleko gathered them around and gave them all pats on the head. From his place now off to the side Gale gave a small cheer for his friends and for his trainer hoping that it would at least give them a little bit more confidence in themselves. Looking back at the queen, Maleko took a deep breath and began his practiced speech for the rules.

“T-This gym is a single b-battle gym. T-There will be two b-battles so please choose t-two Pokemon use in t-the battles. T-There are no switch o-outs. N-No items may be u-used. Are these r-rules clear?” He asked hoping that he was clear enough, and that his stutter was not getting in the way of the explanation.

A small smile seemed to be the only way he could think to do in response to what the other had said. She didn't know that his stutter was not something he could control. Seeing as the queen had already made her choice for her first Pokemon, Maleko decided to reciprocate. "Shard, l-lets do this!" Shard gave a nod and a call as he ran over to the area next to Maleko from his place with the other Pokemon. The rest of his Pokemon either laid down, in the case of his four-legged companions, or took a seat on the ground or the head of the closest Pokemon.

"I h-hope I can at l-least make the battle f-fun. Y-You seem t-to have the advantage h-here." Was all that was said to the comment about wanting to win the badge he was giving out after traveling for so long. He didn't know how well he would do against Fire Pokemon with his team, but he was hoping to at least put up a challenge before conceding any sort of final result to his first Gym challenger.