Pokemon Crystal Mind

Not really proud of this chapter...but the next 15 chapters that I have written after it seem decently good. Sorry about the lack of quality and quantity, but I think you can understand the problem.

“Cerulean Gym. Home to the tomboyish mermaid: Misty...” Takuya stood upright again, looking at the sign. “Jupiter, Perkūnas. Come on.”

The Pikachu and Jolteon complied, following the male teenager as he stepped up toward the front door. They slid open in front of his face, and he was greeted with a burst of hot and humid air, the thick smell of Chlorine striking him hard. He automatically squinted his eyes a bit before continuing into the room, adjusting quickly to the atmosphere change.

In front of him was a large pool. Several women were in the water, trying to roll long ropes from one end to another of the massive water-holding depression. “Excuse me...”

One of the women looked up, her brown eyes picking up on the young trainer. “Let me guess, another badge challenger?”

“...Yeah...”

“Sisters, roll it back up. Lily, go get Misty. We have another trainer.”

“We just completed a duel not more then 15 minutes ago. I'm not even sure if Misty's Pokemon are fully recuperated.

“I can wait if it's necessary.” Takuya remarked in response. “It's not like I have to be somewhere today.”

One of the other girls jumped out of the pool, water dripping off of her swimsuit, and ran off toward a door closer to the back of the Gym's front room. “Let me guess. You're another Johto trainer that is flying through here just to try and earn badges you don't need.”

“Not hardly. I'm from Vermillion City. This would be only my second gym battle.”

“You fought LT Surge then came all the way over here!?”

“Not hardly. I took a shortcut to Pewter city to test my Pokemon's weaknesses. I came here next because it was next in line AND to challenge their strengths.”

“I'm here, I'm here! Do we have ANOTHER challenger?” Takuya snapped his attention as a orange haired-female walked out of one of the rooms at the rear of the building. She was adorned in a white one-piece swimsuit, and overtop of is she pulled on a light blue jacket. He could easily identify her as the gym leader of the city from the way she carried herself, confident with a hint of irritation in her voice and walk.

“Misty, this kid isn't from Johto. He's only earned a single badge thus far.”

“Oh...that's good to know.” Misty walked over to a panel on the side of the wall, pressing her hand into one section of it as a slab popped out of the wall. “Golduck and Lapras took quite a beating with that last trainer.”

Takuya shuffled his feet just a bit, then looked over his shoulder at his two electric-types. “We've already got this in the bag.” He remarked.

“You there, what's your name?”

“Takuya Serizawa. You must be the gym leader Misty, Right?”

“Yes. Let's just get this over with. I had things planned and the pool should have been open to public service by now.” She walked over to one of the pool sides, holding up the two Pokeballs she took from the wall panel. The last of the women hustled out of the pool, clearing it for a battle zone. “I'll put it to you nice and quick kid. The edges of the ring is realistically the walls. Anywhere within this room is a location prime for attack.”

“Fine by me.”

She smiled a bit, then tossed the ball in her left hand up toward the sky. “Staryu, I choose you!”

“Perkūnas, you're up!”

The pentagram-shaped pokemon dived into the water, readying for an attack. As opposed, the pikachu stood on the edge of the water, looking down to find his enemy.

“Staryu, harden yourself up against the attack!”

“Perkūnas, Thundershock the water. It'll take the opponent out!”

The result was almost instant. Despite the water-type trying to harden it's defenses, it's natural weakness to water-types coupled with the high conductivity of the water took the starfish-like pokemon out of the battle instantly.

“Electric Types. It's really effective.” One of the girls remarked to the other.

“Especially against living things!” Takuya automatically replied to the comment.

Misty sighed in frustration. “At least this is going to be quick, but I can already tell where this is going. Staryu, return! Starmie, I choose you!”

The challenger that had been knocked out was quickly replaced by it's evolution, fresh and ready for battle. Takuya clicked his tongue. “Perkūnas, take a break. Jupiter, you're up!”

The pikachu, still a bit confused by just how easily the situation fell into his favor, looked back at his trainer in confusion before running on all fours toward him. His replacement leapt forward, taking his place beside the edge of the pool.

“Starmie! Rapid Spin Attack! Take it out before it takes you out!”

“Jupiter, Thundershock him!”

The 10-pointed starfish pokemon spun out of the water like a flying boomerang, heading right toward it's electric opponent. As it rushed forward to engage in close-combat, a stream of electric energy from the Jolteon impacted Misty's second pokemon. The strike did not alter it's course, but it did take a large amount of health off. Jupiter braced for impact as the water-type smashed into him, hitting him with all ten arms, one after the other. He slid back just a bit, reaffirming his position on the ground and stubbornly holding his own.

“Follow up with another Thundershock! It will take him out!”

Just as the attack stopped and the Water/Psychic type landed on three of its 'arms', Jupiter hit it with another powerful burst of electric energy. The impact caused it to leap into the air for a brief second, before landing 'face' down on the ground, knocked out in only two attacks.

There was a moment of silence as Misty recalled her second pokemon. “Is that it...we won already?” Takuya asked, shouting across the pool.

“Yeah.” Misty remarked, starting to walk around the edge of the pool. “Does it surprise you that much?”

“Kind of. After the difficult battle we had in Pewter City.”

“You had electric types. I had water types.” She reached into a pocket on the inside of her jacket. “Go figure.” She pulled a teardrop shaped emblem from her clothes, displaying it to the trainer. “If I was able to use my normal group, I could have kicked your but. However, Gym rules require that for someone with that few badges, I can only use two pokemon. Besides, my main team is already all wiped out.”

“How so?”

“Some Johto girl passed through a few minutes ago. Don't know what was up with her. She only had two or three badges from Johto, everything else was Kanto-centric. She fights like the devil though.”

“Hard to believe you could have lost to her.” Takuya smirked. “Johto trainers are rarely dedicated enough to do anything with themselves, especially here in Kanto.”

Misty's face fell to a frown. “Not hardly. Most Johto trainers just have no reason to cross the mountains to come here. Same goes for us here in Kanto. That's what was so weird about it.”

“Either way, thanks for the badge.”

“Don't mention it. Like I said, you pretty much backed into it.” Misty walked away, starting to shout things out to the girls in the room as she did so.

Takuya turned around, his electric types walking beside him as he pinned the badge to his lapel. The doors slid open as he left his second gym. “Pika Pi?”

“I have no idea what your saying. All I know is...that did not feel like a battle. There was almost no challenge in it at all.” The trainer looked up, just in time to see a red-headed male crash into him. While neither of them fell, the recent badge winner stepped back several feet. “Whoa whoa whoa! What's the rush?”

“Out of my way scum. I've got a badge to win.”

“Good luck with that. Between me and some mystery Johto trainer, all of Misty's pokemon are out of commission. You're going to be waiting a long time!”

The person looked up at Takuya with black eyes, groaning in agony. “Danm it. I'll never catch that bitch then.”

Jupiter and Perkūnas watched in confusion as the other teenager stormed into the gym. “Jolt?”

“That guy is intense...” He reached around his belt, tossing his other pokeball onto the ground. “Eon, come join us for a little walk. It's a long way toward the Power-Plant, and I intend to take advantage of the journey. Especially considering that the southbound route to Saffron is closed.”

“Vee?”

Yes, I know. It's short. What the hell did you expect me to do? Electric-types FRY Water types with the type advantage alone. I couldn't write anything else, the next chapter was supposed to bring in an important new character, and I didn't want to split that up.