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The Very Best: The Very Best Season 1 Episode 4: That Sinking Feeling

by Generation Sect

Generation Sect Isaac challenges the Cerulean City gym.
Isaac had finally made it to Cerulean City, and he stopped by the Pokemon center to heal up Bulbasaur. "Ok Bulbasaur, we still have type advantage but Starmie may have some surprise moves for us. All you need to do is win as quickly as possible." Bulbasaur nodded in agreement. They entered the gym, which was like a large swimming pool. Isaac instantly gulped. Bulbasaur looked up at it's Trainer in confusion. "I can't swim well okay?" They walked around the side, moving across a bridge onto a floating platform where Misty was waiting. "It's battle time! Go, Starmie!" "You got this Bulbasaur!" The two Pokemon hopped out of their pokeballs, Starmie significantly larger than Bulbasaur. "Bulbasaur, use Leech Seed!" Bulbasaur hunched down, launching seeds from it's bulb across the platform around Starmie. "Starmie, Rapid Spin!" Starmie floated upwards, and span around sideways, blowing the seeds away, then launching itself towards Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur ducked under the spinning Pokemon, and ran to the other side of the platform. Instead of losing it's momentum, Starmie turned around, and upwards like a wheel, rolling along the platform towards Bulbasaur with all the speed it had gathered. Bulbasaur, too tired to run, charged towards the wheel with Tackle, only to be hit side-on and launched to Isaac's edge of the platform. Starmie landed in the opposite corner, and prepared an attack. "Bubblebeam!" A barrage of small bubbles was fired towards Bulbasaur. "Vine Whip!" Bulbasaur spun it's vines around like windscreen wipers, popping the bubbles, but they soon become too fast to stop. As they broke through his vines, the whole stream hit him head on, nearly pushing him into the water. As Bulbasaur struggled to get up, the onslaught stopped. "Now, finish this with Psychic!" A pink glow started to emanate from Starmie's jewel, pushing out towards Bulbasaur. "I believe in you Bulbasaur!" As he struggled under the pressure of the psychic attack, he was engulfed in a shimmering white glow for a second, bursting out of it bigger and stronger.


"You evolved!" Isaac shouted in surprise. Starmie seemed confused as to what to do. "Ivysaur, Vine Whip!" Ivysaur propelled itself into the air with it's vines, using them to spin around in the air. "Thunderbolt Starmie!" Bolts of lighting started to fall down around Ivysaur, who used it's vine limbs to push itself around them. It then flipped out of the air, firing a storm of sharp leaves directly at Starmie. "Woah, you learnt Razor Leaf?" All of them hit Starmie right in the jewel, where the electric energy was starting to gather, and as it fell from the corner into the water, an explosion blasted from where it landed! As the smoke cleared, a fainted Starmie floated back up to the surface, and was returned to it's pokeball. "That was really clever using the electrical energy against Starmie like that." Misty complimented, handing Isaac his badge. "Uh, yeah! I meant for that to happen!" He said sheepishly, attempting to cover his tracks. He left the gym, ready to go to Vermillion City.