After a good night's rest, Z's team headed to the battle arena to compete for their next gym battle. Sparky was rested and ready to fight. She was eager to test her strength against the gym leader's pokemon, not only to win the badge, but to also face down against a strong opponent. The last really strong person she fought was Eira. Now that was a tough fight, what with the type mismatch and all. Still, she was ready for this battle and looked forward to showing her strength.
Prasha walked into the beautiful Dojo. a wooden\bamboo flooring surrounded by a zen garden and a large pool encircling the stage. Prasha looked toward Z and Sparky who had taken their place on the floor. Prasha calmly light a cigarette ans blew a smoke ring in the air. The thin white smoke of lum tobacco and the sweet scent calmed him down. Rocky stood beside him staring at his opponent, the Sawk was ready to go his opponent zeroed in his mind he knew all her strengths and weaknesses. Rocky cracked his knuckles and got into a fighting stance. He zeroed in on Sparky and cleared his mind waiting for Prasha's order to engage.
"Remember this is a one Pokemon battle. Win or Loose you have my respect. No items may be used during this battle. There are no rounds or breaks. Each Pokemon will be pushed to their limits. I do not hold back. Let us begin when you are ready." Prasha took a step back and nodded at Rocky. "Do not hold back Rocky, he must earn this badge."
"does no items mean no mega stones?" asked Z, "I just want to clarify things for our battle so we know how hard we can push ourselves here." Sparky nodded and cracked her knuckles (or whatever she has that resembles knuckles) in anticipation of this fight. She was all pumped up from the previous day's training and she was ready to show them just how strong she really was. Z's pokemon watched from the side as Sparky and Z stood in the challenger's section of the arena. They all were looking forward to this battle and were going to cheer. Haxorus even had a bag of popcorn in one of his claws.
"No Mega stones may be used. A Pokemon can push to its potential without one." Prasha looked extremely serious. He had always hated mega stones, they were cheap artificial ways of unlocking a Pokemon's mind. Rocky could take on anyone he chooses and he did not need a mega stone. Rocky was locating his inner chi and focused on his opponent. "If there are no further questions, let us begin."
Z nodded, "understandable. Sparky, let's do this." Sparky nodded and flared flames from her wrists before jumping into the arena and getting into a muay-thai stance, similar to the one she uses in her mega form. "Flamethrower!" yelled Z, causing Sparky to shoot a large torrent flames from her mouth at Rocky. she wanted to gauge his speed and reflexes before getting in close and personal. Z watched, a calm and serious look on his face as he tried to pick up any info on his opponent.
Prasha caught wind about what Z was doing. He knew that Sparky could have a bit of range with that Flamethrower. "Rocky use that smoke!!!!!" Rocky nodded sprinted and rolled past it using the the smoke from Sparky's Flamethrower to mask his attack. "Close Combat!" Prasha shouted. Rocky rose from the smoke and sent a stunning punch into Sparky's jaw line.
Sparky flipped back and rubbed her beak, shaking off the stars that she had seen, "Sparky, counter with Brick Break!" Sparky's fists glowed and she shot at Rocky, aiming several powerful punches at the other pokemon. Z continued to watch, he knew close combat lowered the users defense to most attacks when it was used, so unless Rocky had a stat boosting move up his sleeve, then he was now at a disadvantage somewhat. Z also had a trick or two he was saving for a rainy day as well.
"Rocky watch that Brick Break!!!" Prasha shouted. Rocky knew his defense would go down so he through up a Quick Guard hoping to break the moment as Sparky hit him with Brick Break. Rocky scooted back as the attack hit him and. "That was too close. Ok Rocky you know what to do!!!" A glow from Rocky's hand started to store a Power up punch that he would save for the perfect timing. Rocky aimed at Sparky and shot forward.
"Sparky, counter!" yelled Z. When Rocky got close with the punch, sparky deflected it with an outward-block and then grabbed his arm. using Rocky's momentum, she threw him across the room using a judo throw that she learned through her training. she then shot a blast of fire from her mouth at the fighting type, hoping to catch him before he could get up and recover. Z smiled. He was glad Sparky watched all those martial arts video lessons. She knew some techniques from various styles to use in her fighting style now.
"Now Rocky!!!" Prasha shouted. Rocky had taken a hit but he sprang back up dodging the fire and sent the power up punch into the gut of Sparky. Prasha had to know why Z thought he would go down so easily when he had constantly trained rocky for a battle like this. Rocky was a fighter and would not go down that easily.
Sparky took the punch, but when it hit, she grabbed Rocky's arm, holding him in place and blasted him with a point blank flamethrower attack right to his face. She then kneed him in the gut and threw him aside before flipping away to try and get some recovery time. Z was impressed at Rocky's durability, but strength and speed weren't the only weapons that Sparky had in her arsenal and he was waiting for the right moment to pull one of them out. The way the battle was going, he hight need to use one of them sooner rather than later if he wanted to prevent Rocky from powering himself up too much.
Rocky was starting to grow weaker, his Close combat dropped defense almost too low. Rocky stood up and his fist started to glow again....... Rocky set eyes on Sparky and lunged forward watching for both Brick Break and Flame thrower. Rocky slid into range and sent a Power-Punch in for of an uppercut to Sparky's jaw line then came down and punched Sparky's gut again. Each punch did get a tad bit weaker.
Z saw sparky stagger back from the punches and decided to play one of the aces up his sleeve, "Sparky, Attract!" Sparky nodded and blew a kiss at Rocky, sending hearts at him that would infatuate the male pokemon with her and lessen the chances of him being able to take her down. She was feeling the punches, but she wasn't particularly winded. she trained on a daily basis to keep her endurance and stamina up and it paid off. She watched her opponent to see if he would fall to her charms or counter in some way.
Rocky stood there after his attack and blinked at Sparky...... His look was "Really." Sparky's attract was a move of desperation that Prasha raised an eyebrow at. Rocky turned kicking Sparky in the Stomach using Close combat then took a step back and threw up a quick guard waiting for retaliation. Prasha was generally confused. What? In all that is holy why use attract? Prasha shook his head, but it seemed to have confused Rocky a little bit.