//------------------------------// // Cynthia // Story: Luna's Pokémon Journey // by Norwegian boy //------------------------------// After some training on Giban island, Luna and James had arrived in Pacifidlog town which held the legendary Grand festival is held but are recently closed but Luna didn’t care about that. They had come to the town to relax on the beach and Luna had bought a new swimsuit, which James had trouble with. Both of them was lying sunbed by the beach and James was blushing like crazy. “Would you grow up? It’s just a swimsuit.” “Just a swimsuit? Why did you buy one that revealing? I regret that lend you the money to buy one.” He told her while trying not to look at her. Luna couldn’t help but rolled her eyes behind her sunglass. “The saleswoman said that this swimsuit was the most popular at the moment, so I listen to her.” James decided to lay on his side, so she was looking at his back. “I think that she was wrong.” Luna just giggle at his behaviour. She then just lay back in sunbed letting out a happy sighed, after almost three months on the road it was just good and relax for once. After what all that had happened to her, Luna was happy to just relax and it felt good. Luna happened to look towards the ocean just as her Azumarill pop her head up from the surface with a smile on her face, then the aquarabbit just dived right back in which made Luna smile. Luna then look to her right and saw Sceptile. Jolteon, Mightyena, Zangoose and Pyroar lying the sand enjoying the sun without a care in the world, she couldn’t be happier right now. “Hey, did you hear?” Said somebody not far from Luna and James, they look in the direction and saw that it was two guys that was talking. “A girl with red and yellow hair has challenges Cynthia, the champion from Sinnoh.” Said one of them. “You’re kidding right? Who in their right mind wants to challenged Cynthia?” Said the other one. The first one just shrugged his shoulders. “Beats me, but I don’t know about you, I am going to watch the battle.” He said while walking towards the town. “Wait for me.” Said the other one as he walk after his friend. Luna just watch them wondering who this Cynthia was, if she is the champion of Sinnoh then she had to be strong and Luna wanted to see the battle. She got up and started to get dressed. “Where are you going?” James asked her. Luna placed her sunglasses on her head “Where do you think I am going, I’m going to watch battle between this Cynthia and her opponent.” She told her while putting on her t-shirt. James laid back on his back. “Your just wasting your time, Cynthia is going to win no matter who her opponent is.” He told her while placing his arms back of his head. Luna couldn’t help question what he said. “You don’t know that, her opponent can win.” She said while placing her sunglasses back on her nose. “No, she can’t.” Luna didn’t understand why he said ‘she.’ “Well, I’m going to watch.” Then her Azumarill came up from the water and the rest of her Pokémon was just curious. James just waved a hand. “Go ahead, I’m not going to stop you.” Luna just rolled her eyes of his behaviour. “Come guys, let’s go and watch.” She then ran towards the town while her Pokémon followed her. Once they got there, they only could see people gathering around where the battle was going to take place and there was no way they could see it. “Holly moon, how are we going to watch when we can’t get close?” Luna decided to look around and saw there was a restaurant not far from her and it had a balcony which gave her an idea. “Come on, I know where we can watch the battle.” She told her Pokémon as started to walk towards the restaurant, they just followed her. Once they got on the balcony, Luna and her Pokémon could see the battle and who was battling. Standing with her back to Luna was a woman with long blond hair and that was all she could see, it was a little difficult to see what she was wearing thanks to the hair, it had to be Cynthia. Luna decided to see who her opponent was, and boy was she surprised, it was Sunset. Standing on the opposite was none other than Sunset and she had a smug look on her, it was like she knew she was going to win. ‘Now I know why James said she.’ Luna thought to herself. When it came to the battle, both trainers was ready. “I hope you are ready to lose Cynthia.” Sunset said with confident in her voice. The champion didn’t respond, she just took out a Pokéball and threw it up in the air. “Come out Garchomp.” Out came a Pokémon that look like a bigger version of Luna’s Gabite and it was kind of scary, Luna took out her dex to see the data. Garchomp the mach Pokémon and the evolved form of Gabite. When it folds up its body and extends its wings, it looks like a jet plane. It flies at sonic speed. Then only thing Luna didn’t understand what was a jet plane, she had no idea what that was, but it had to be fast, maybe faster than a pegasus? Sunset couldn’t help but laugh when she saw Cynthia choice. “I knew you would chose Garchomp, here’s my choice.” Sunset took out her own Pokéball and out came a Pokémon that was a floating head and had horns on it, Luna look at the data. Glalie the face Pokémon and the evolved form of Snorunt. Glalie has a body made of rock, which it hardens with an armor of ice. this Pokémon has the ability to freeze moisture in the atmosphere into any shape it desires. She knew right away that Sunset’s Glalie was a male, she remember that only a male cold evolved into a Glalie while a female evolved into Froslass. She put away her dex to watch the battle. “You have the first move.” Said Cynthia in a calm voice. Sunset couldn’t help but snarl that Cynthia was so calm. “Fine by me, use ice beam.” Glalie fired an ice beam from its mouth. Cynthia wasn’t worried at all. “Block it.” Garchomp put up its arm and took the attack which create a small explosion which covert the Pokémon in smoke. Sunset couldn’t help but laugh. “That was to easy.” Then the smoke cleared, and boy she got a shock when she saw that Garchomp was just fine, it didn’t look like it got any damage at all. Then it was Cynthia turn. “Use giga impact.” Garchomp jump into the air and then it flew towards Glalie. “Move it Glalie.” The face Pokémon couldn’t move at all, he was frozen in fear as the attack came closer and then he was hit and out. Sunset couldn’t believe what she saw. “What the hell?” She called back Glalie. “That was a waste of time trying to train that weakling.” Cynthia shot her a look that she didn’t like the way she talk about her Pokémon, Sunset just ignored it and took out her next Pokémon. “You’re up Gengar.” Out came a Pokémon that made Luna shiver, she remember her meeting with that Pokémon in the forest a while back. “Use shadow punch.” Ganger’s fist was covert in black fog as he flew towards its opponent. “Use Dragon claw.” Garchomp’s claw started to glow green and flew towards Gengar, the two Pokémon clashed and first it look like they were equally strong but that wasn’t the case, Garchomp just power through and knock out Gengar. Sunset just watch as Gengar flew backwards and landed on the ground in front of her unconscious. “Useless.” She said while calling the shadow Pokémon back, Luna couldn’t believe she said that. “You’re up Shiftry.” Out came a Pokémon Luna hadn’t seen before, it’s body was brown, it had white hair which somehow covert it face, and it has leaves for hands. Luna look at the data. Shiftry the wickid Pokémon and the evolved form of Nuzleaf. Shiftry is a mysterious Pokémon that is said to live atop towering trees dating over a thousand years. It creates terrific windstorms with the fans it holds. Luna noticed the name Nuzleaf which James fought against on the ‘abandoned’ ship. Now that she thinks about, why did he call it abandoned? People lived there, you can a Pokémon battle there. She eventually shrugged it off, it was a long time ago. “Alright Shiftry, use aerial ace.” Luna was a little surprised when she heard that, she knew that aerial ace was a flying move so hearing that a grass Pokémon could learn it, that’s new. Shiftry spread its arms and flew towards Garchomp. “Grab Shiftry.” As soon as the wickid was right in front of him, Garchomp managed to grab Shiftry stopping it dead in its track. “Use dragon pulse.” Garchomp open its mouth and shout out a blue beam which Shiftry didn’t have any chance to doge. Shiftry was hit and flew backwards landing right in front of Sunset, unconscious. Sunset just clench her fist in anger, nothing was working, none of her Pokémon was strong enough to beat Cynthia’s Garchomp and that was pissing her off. “You should give up.” That Cynthia spoke took her by surprised. “You are not going to win, not the way you have trained your Pokémon.” “And what’s that supposed to mean?” Sunset asked with a snarl. “When a trainer trains her or he’s Pokémon, it should do it with compassion and love but not in your case. You only care about making your Pokémon stronger and that’s why you’re going to lose.” Sunset couldn’t help but laugh of hat she heard. “Compassion? Love? What a lot of crap, the only thing that matters is power and strength.” Sunset called back Shiftry and got ready her next Pokémon. “You’re up Throh.” Out came a red Pokémon that a had T on its face and was wearing some sort of trainer gear, Luna took out her dex again. Throh the judo Pokémon. When it tightens its belt, it becomes stronger. Wild a Throh use vines to weave their own belts. Luna thought that the data was a little funny, how can a Pokémon get stronger by tightens its belt? She couldn’t help but smirk a little before watching the battle. “Use seismic toss.” Throh ran over to Garchomp and grabbed him by the waist, then he jump up in the air a few feet. Everyone around was impressed by Throh’s strength, the judo Pokémon threw Garchomp into the ground and landing on the ground. “That’s should do it.” Sunset said with a smile while looking at the dust the attack created, her smiled disappeared when she saw that Garchomp just got up ad it didn’t look like it was hurt at all. “What the…?” “Use giga impact.” Garchomp jump into the air and flew towards Throh who was to terrified to run, the judo Pokémon was hit hard and was out, just like the others. Sunset just called back Throh and got ready her next Pokémon. “You’re up Crawdaunt.” Out came a Pokémon Luna knew all to well, rouge Pokémon. Luna knew how thought it was, she lost to Sunset thanks to that. “Use crabhammer.” Crawdaunt’s claw started to glow as it ran towards Garchomp. “Doge it.” As Crawdaunt swung it’s claw, Garchomp managed to avoid the attack. “Keep on using crabhammer.” Crawdaunt kept on swinging and Garchomp kept on avoiding the attack. “What wrong with you? Why won’t you hit Garchomp?” Sunset shouted at her Pokémon. Luna couldn’t believe what she was hearing, yelling at her Pokémon wouldn’t work, Crawdaunt wouldn’t managed to hit its opponent by yelling. She couldn’t see Cynthia’s face, but she was probably disappointed in how Sunset treated her Crawdaunt. “Time to end this, use dragon clew.” Garchomp back to avoid another attack, then it’s claw started to glow and then the mach Pokémon struck Crawdaunt so hard that the rogue Pokémon flew backwards so far that he landed in front of Sunset unconscious. Sunset was now furious, now of her Pokémon managed to defeat Cynthia’s Garchomp and it was pissing her off. “You should give up.” Sunset look at Cynthia with anger. “You are not going to beat me so just give up.” “Hell no, I will not give up.” That made Cynthia to shook her head. “Do you really think that your last Pokémon is going to beat my Garchomp and the other five Pokémon I have left?” Sunset called back Crawdaunt. “I don’t care that I have one Pokémon left, I will beat you.” “Then I forfeit.” That shock Sunset and everyone who was watching. “I am not going to continue battling a trainer who has so little respect for her Pokémon, so I forfeit.” She then turned around. “Let’s go Garchomp.” She started o walk and the people step aside to clear a path for her. Garchomp took one last look at Sunset before following his trainer. Luna was in utter shock, she never thought that a champion would just forfeit a math like that. One the other hand, she could understand why, she would also have forfeit the match they way Sunset treated her Pokémon. she decided to head back to James. Once she got back to the beach she could see her boyfriend was still lying on his sunbed. “How was the match?” He asked her. Luna didn’t answer him, she just sat down on the bed with her back to him. “Luna?” She look over her shoulder and saw that James had a worried face. “What happened?” Luna look away. “Cynthia, she just forfeit the match.” She said in a sad voice. “Really?” Luna nodded. “But that’s not the reason why you are sad, is it?” Luna shook her head. “No, it was the way Sunset treated her Pokémon, she called her Gengar useless.” “That’s not very nice of her.” Luna agreed with that. “Just remember, you are not Sunset. Just treated your Pokémon with love and passion, do that and they will respect you.” There was no way Luna was going to treated her Pokémon they way Sunset does, she would never sink to her level.