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New Beginnings Ch 16(Tides of Battle)

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(Will Vael be able to win Linden's gym core? Read on to see. Includes some oral between Pokémon.)

Sharing a room with Alyssa, the morning arrives with Eevee waking up before everybody else. Generally, Vael is the one that wakes up before her, but she put him through the ringer last night. Fond memories of the ways he paid her back for not being able to help her during training day yesterday crossed her mind and excited her once again, but she let it slide. For now, she just nuzzled his face and licked his cheeks fondly to start the process of waking him. He was naked and on his back of course, as was Alyssa on the other bed across the room, but resting comfortably at her sides were Blitzle and Mightyena, making her pleasantly sandwiched between the two warm Pokémon. The night had lasted far too long for Alyssa to worry about putting the zebra back in his pokeball.

Vael finally started to move as Eevee continued to bathe his face with her small but sandpapery tongue, until he rolled over to his side and reached up to pull her against him in a tender hug, making her sigh and snuggle contentedly as he slowly opened his eyes. "Hey there beautiful." Her cute little voice echoed a good morning and Vael grinned, stroking under chin. "So did you have fun last night?" With her head tilted up and murring into his chin strokes, Eevee's only reaction was a simple repeat of her name which Vael assumed meant yes, since her tail was flicking back and forth in happiness. He finally stopped stroking her chin and gave a grand stretch before rolling from his side to out of bed. "I'm going to shower, why don't you make sure you clean up too and we'll ask Nurse Joy to get some breakfast ready after I'm done. No need to use our stash when we're in town."

Eevee nodded and watched Vael's fit and handsome body head to the bathroom before he closed the door. Blitzle was apparently a light sleeper, a trait his trainer and fellow Pokémon most definitely lacked as he had begun stirring the moment they started chatting. Eevee cooed out a good morning to him, which he neighed in return, yet still neither Alyssa nor Mightyena stirred. Eevee rolled her eyes and jumped down into Vael's bag and reached for Purrloin's pokeball. She and Mothim hadn't joined in the fun yesterday evening and had stayed in their pokeballs, so when she called out the dark cat and gestured to Mightyena, Purrloin grinned wickedly and playfully stalked towards Mightyena. Blitzle had an idea of what was going to happen and immediately slipped out of bed. Just from their bit of time together he knew the cat was quite fond of the pooch, so he wanted to stay out of any lover's quarrel they might get in to.

Without Blitzle there to keep her sandwiched, Alyssa rolled over, but remained asleep. So now Mightyena was completely exposed to whatever Purrloin had in mind. The hound was actually sleeping on his side, with his hind legs stretched out at an angle behind him and his forelegs were facing out in front of him. His back had been against Alyssa so the rest of his body was pointing towards the edge of the bed.

Since the bed wasn't very high, Purrloin was quietly able to jump up without stirring the bed much. And because Mightyena was on his side, she managed to gracefully slip in between his legs and exposed belly. Right now his cock was in its sheath since he wasn't having any sort of erotic dream, so she slowly slid her muzzle closer to his sheath, but since last night had been full of fun, she still smelled traces of his arousing scent and tenderly stretched out her tongue to lap at his balls, beginning to get a little excited while trying to be as still as possible to hopefully arouse the dog without waking him.

Because arousal was so common to Pokémon like Eevee and Mightyena, she was actually having some success. Very slowly, because of Purrloin taking her time, his red hot shaft slowly started to emerge from its hidden sheath. A small whimper escaped his muzzle as his heated cock was exposed to the cooler air. Purrloin removed her tongue from his balls and immediately wrapped her mouth gently around his exposed cock. Mightyena stopped whimpering when his shaft was once more settled comfortably in something nice and warm, but remained hard as it rested against the lips that were containing it.

Eevee was standing on all fours, casually cleaning herself as Vael had asked, but her sight never left the kitty playing with the pooch. She smiled to herself as her excitement from last night was starting to expose her scent into the air. This caught Blitzle's attention and he strolled over to Eevee. Other than the time with whatever Alyssa had used on their food, Blitzle had never really been aware of Eevee's scent. Even last night, he had filled his nostrils with Alyssa's honey, so he hadn't really had time to focus on her. But it was a gentle smell and he casually slipped his nose up against Eevee's exposed rump, taking a deep whiff as his cool nostrils pressed against the folds of her small pussy. She gave a small squeak at the sudden intrusion, pulling her attention from Purrloin to see that Blitzle had taken to breathing in more of her arousing scent, his eyes closed.

Purrloin made no movement as Mightyena's prick nestled against her tongue. There was a small bit of pre starting to leak as the friction made his shaft remain as hard as ever. Once she was sure the hound was still sleeping, she finally started to lick around the tool with her tongue. She hadn't actually tasted him since that first time that got her attracted to him. Even that night where he was overly excited because of something Alyssa had done, she had really only taken Blitzle's shaft in her mouth while Mightyena had taken her from behind. His flavor was even richer than normal since his evolution and now she craved it once more, beginning to put a little more work onto his morning wood. Her own pussy juiced up as she filled her senses with Mightyena's erotic scent.

When Purrloin started to focus on tasting more of his cock, her attempt at subtlety took a back seat and so the continuing rise in pleasure eventually started to wake Mightyena, who had begun to pant from the attention. He looked down at whatever was causing it and was surprised to see Purrloin eagerly working his rod in a fierce blow job as her tongue twirled around and played with his cock in her mouth, seeking more of that delicious liquid. He whimpered in pleasure but wasn't even upset. He was actually glad the feline was getting some action since she had been left out last night and so he remained still. With her positioning she had carefully chosen, it left her own glistening pussy exposed as her tail flicked back and forth behind her in both pleasure and concentration. Her eyes were closed and she began to suck harder as more pre started to lick from him.

Eevee had managed to lean her front end down to arch her hindquarters up against Blitzle's nostrils, whimpering in her own pleasure as the zebra finally flicked out his tongue to taste that sweet honey starting to drip from her. With last night's escapades fresh on her mind, she had no problems feeding the young stallion her nectar. She made sure to keep her tail lifted and expose the equine to more of her lovely scent.

Mightyena was starting to twitch and arched his hind end towards Purrloin in an attempt to fill her with more of his shaft. Purrloin was now lost in the action and eagerly took it, unaware of his awakened state. She started to purr, a light rumbling that only served to heighten Mightyena's pleasure and he could feel himself already close with her expert tongue-work. She took the utmost care to ensure she gave his entire shaft the attention it craved. He was now dribbling into her muzzle and she was eagerly taking it all in, somehow able to increase her own pleasure without even getting the favor returned. Her pussy was now starting its own dribbling as she felt like she was going in to heat, mewling like a kitten desperately wanting its milk. When she began thoroughly suckling, it was enough to finally grant the kitty's wish. He gave a small howl of pleasure as he finally climaxed and filled her mouth with jet after jet of his arousing seed, loud enough to wake Alyssa up.

Purrloin was ready for it though since she had felt the pulsing in his shaft to signal how close he had been to orgasm. She deep throated him at the right moment, letting it fall right into her belly, filling her up and making her moan in pleasure.

Mightyena looked back at the cat as he came hard from his climax and watched in amazement as the feline spread her hind legs and bucked backwards, managing to achieve orgasm without any external help from him as his seed finished filling up her belly. He had no idea how it could happen so was left staring when Alyssa had jerked awake to see what was wrong, only to be distracted when she heard another cry out, relaxing a bit when she noticed it was just Eevee reaching orgasm as Blitzle lapped succulently against her pussy.

Vael dashed out of the bathroom at least somewhat dry. "What's wrong? I heard a howl and then Eevee." He blinked as he saw Purrloin between Mightyena's legs, the bed covered in her juices, but not Mightyena's as she had drank every drop. He blinked again when he saw Blitzle pull his muzzle back apologetically from Eevee's hindquarters. Now that the source of both cries had been resolved he relaxed and finished drying off. "Well I didn't expect that, but at least everything is okay." He chuckled. "You know today is our gym battle, but you had to relax first eh? Crazy Pokémon. And how did you get out of your pokeball Purrloin?"

The purring cat was nuzzling peacefully against Mightyena's fur as she pointed a paw at Eevee. Mightyena shook his head to stop thinking of the images flying through his head and reached down with a foreleg to pet the cat, an ironic sight with one Pokémon petting the other, even though the feline didn't seem to mind the petting in the least. Eevee gave him an innocent smile and began the process of cleaning herself all over again, the immediate need she had felt satisfied for now.

Alyssa and Vael looked to each other and both shrugged. "Perhaps this is something we'll just have to keep in mind. They seem much more willing to engage in sex. I wonder if it has something to do with...whatever it is endangering this world."

She shrugged. "I don't know...but if it is...how is sex able to fix whatever the problem is?"

Vael opened his mouth but said nothing for a moment. "Yeah...I guess you're right. That doesn't make sense." He looked to Purrloin, both humans having missed what Mightyena had seen. "Purrloin. I know you like Mightyena and all, but you need to clean up now after that mess you just made. You shouldn't encourage her Mightyena."

The hound opened his muzzle and barked in surprise, trying to figure out why they were pinning this on him, but he just rolled his eyes and gave up, nudging Purrloin gently away from his side, to which the feline grudgingly nodded and made the short hop down from the bed, beginning to clean herself up right there on the floor, but not before she gave Mightyena a wink.

Vael smiled and sat down on the bed he and Eevee used, away from the damp side that had seated Eevee's rump and towel wrapped around his waist. "Of course I don't mind, but I'm just a little nervous for the battle today. There's another gym core I can get here and I always get nervous before a big battle. Alyssa you should go clean up too. We were up late last night, so you probably still smell like sex."

Alyssa rolled her eyes just like Mightyena had. "Yes Mom." When Vael opened his mouth appalled, she just giggled. "I'm just kidding. You're right of course, but I still had a lot of fun hehe."

He chuckled and smiled to her. "Sorry about that." Eevee, having finished cleaning herself up took the liberty of strolling over to sit on his toweled lap. He looked down to her and petted her. "You ready for the fight today?" When Eevee called out her name and nuzzled him, it gave him all the affirmation he needed. Then he looked to Purrloin. "How about you Purrloin? Your first real battle and you don't seem too bothered." The cat gestured to her slightly bulging belly and pointed to Mightyena giving a mewl of contentment. He laughed. "Oh so you're saying now that you've had your fun with Mightyena everything's just fine."

Purrloin nodded and Mightyena hopped down from the bed, giving Purrloin a playful brush of his body against hers, making the kitty purr. Blitzle rolled his eyes too, obviously starting to take on his trainer's traits. Vael hoped this wouldn't mean Blitzle would eventually become just as difficult to wake, but he laughed anyway. "Well belly full of seed or not, you need some real food so I'm going to get dressed and then have Nurse Joy get us some breakfast."

All the released Pokémon, even Purrloin, perked up a bit at the mention of food, so Vael took it as his cue to get ready. He lifted Eevee up and touched their noses before giving her a kiss that made her blush before he set her down and stood up, digging through his bag to get the day's clothing ready. By the time he finished dressing, the shower stopped. "Looks like Alyssa's almost ready. Eevee, since you have no problems calling other Pokémon out of their pokeballs, do you mind getting Mothim out? I'm off to put in the order for food." Eevee nodded and then he left the room, making his way through the Pokémon center.

Nurse Joy greeted him with a smile and wave. "Good morning! I hope you slept well."

He nodded. "Oh yes...very much so. It was a late night because I was...trying to plot strategy for today, so I'm a little later than bright and early."

She giggled. "Of course! It's probably better anyway. Brahm is a late bloomer. He stays out surfing and playing with his water Pokémon till super late anyway." She glanced to the phone, becoming lost in thought for a few moments.

Vael blinked and looked at the phone she was staring at. "Is...something wrong?"

Nurse Joy snapped out of her train of thought and waved it off. "Oh nothing. I normally get a call from Joy in Rend to let me know the latest shipment of medicine is on its way, but she's been late before so it's probably nothing." She giggled. "So I take it you want some breakfast for you and your Pokémon?"

Vael nodded. "Oh yes please."

She called out to the Chansey in the back and heard the Pokémon's reply. "Okay it shouldn't take too long to be ready. Why don't you go get some morning air while you wait?"

"Nah...not right now. I gotta check on my friend and make sure her Pokémon are ready anyway. We'll be out soon." He smiled and waved as he left Joy to her thoughts. When he got to the room, Alyssa was wearing the new dress the beautician had given her, knowing full well she still wore no panties because she had made the choice to get rid of them ever since that first night with Lizana. "Morning sleepyhead. Feeling better?"

Alyssa giggled. "Yes of course." She called out Ekans, the only Pokémon remaining in his pokeball, giving the creature some gentle strokes across the scales of his head. "Good morning Ekans, we'll be getting some breakfast and then going to watch Vael do his next gym battle."

Ekans closed his eyes, giving some gentle hisses to her strokes before wrapping around one of her legs and gripping for a free ride.

Vael laughed and grabbed his stuff. "Well then...would you and your living ankle bracelet like to go and get some breakfast? Nurse Joy said it should be ready here soon. With Chansey making it, I'm sure it'll be just great."

Alyssa nodded and eagerly took the lead, all Pokémon following her out the door as Vael held it open and took a final look to make sure nothing was left behind in the room, closing it behind them. "Mmm...smells good!" She licked her lips as she could smell the freshly made breakfast and followed her nose to a table out front, where Nurse Joy was just finishing laying out the last piece of breakfast. Nurse Joy apparently had an amazing memory because she had the exact number of Pokémon bowls as they had Pokémon full of food.

Vael gasped. "You remembered how many Pokémon we had? I'm impressed!"

Nurse Joy giggled. "Well I only saw all of them just last night for dinner."

He shrugged. "Still...with how many Pokémon you see in a day, I wouldn't think our numbers would remain fresh on your memory." Nurse joy waved off the compliments with a smile. "Anyways...thanks so much!"

The pink headed female retained her smile as she walked off, heading back to help Chansey take a crying trainer's Pokémon. "Oh what's the matter?"

The younger girl sniffled as she handed Joy three pokeballs. "He was nice and friendly at first but he became so mean when he fought me. His Pokémon are so tough and he wanted to do a triple battle. We didn't stand a chance." Vael couldn't help but eavesdrop as he continued eating his breakfast. "They've got this powerful team attack they combine and attack with."

Nurse Joy nodded. "I know Hun. But you can't expect gym leaders to go easy on you. They really do have your best interests in mind. If you can't beat them, you aren't ready for the league championships. They're just trying to toughen you up."

The girl sniffled again, but seemed reassured by Joy's gentle words as Chansey carted off her Pokémon. "Thank you for helping me Nurse Joy." The child wiped her nose with a sleeve and nodded. "Right...I guess I'll just have to get tougher then!"

Joy smiled. "That's the spirit! We'll have your Pokémon up and healthy again in no time!"

Vael had stopped eating as he had engrossed himself in the conversation, and Alyssa had listened as well, but once the girl trotted off to another corner of the center, he went back to his food and started eating again, giving a look to all three of his Pokémon. "We've trained together and done naughty things together, but even though we haven't officially fought together against the same opponent, I know we can fight as a team. I believe in you guys. It appears we won't need to substitute over and over if all three of you are on the field at the same time. This could be both good and bad."

Mothim, Purrloin, and Eevee all looked at each other and nodded, each noticing the seriousness of Vael's attitude and his faith in their abilities. They hurriedly finished eating as Vael seemed to be doing the same thing, just as eager as he was to get this battle moving.

Vael finished and waited till Alyssa and her Pokémon finished eating, then immediately stood up, facing the direction of the gym. "It's time."

Even though Vael seemed determined, it only served to make Alyssa all the more anxious for him, carrying enough nerves for the two of them. When Vael got into battle mode, playtime was over and his normally cheerful and friendly Pokémon now looked like a force to be reckoned with as they followed his gaze to the gym. Nevertheless, she nodded and kept the nerves to herself, though Mightyena sensed it and nuzzled her leg comfortingly. Ekans also slithered up and around her neck like a scarf, trying to relax her a bit with his soft scales. "Let's get your second gym core." She told herself the voice she used wasn't shaky...not in the least, wasn't it?

Vael walked out of the Pokémon center with his Pokémon, Alyssa and her team close on their heels. Once outside, he looked to Mothim and Purrloin. "Okay you guys I want you in your pokeballs. I don't want him starting to formulate a strategy before we even fight. We need as much of an advantage as possible."

They nodded in understanding and waited as he pulled out their pokeballs and pointed them, patiently waiting for the red light as they returned without a struggle.

Alyssa pointed to Eevee, trying to keep her voice calm. "But...what about Eevee?"

Vael held out his arms and Eevee jumped into them, climbing onto his shoulders and keeping herself visible, then he turned around and spoke simply. "I don't care if he knows she's my ace." Then he proceeded to walk towards the gym.

His attitude showed cool confidence, but Alyssa knew he was just trying to show as few emotions as possible because he was probably quite worried going into his first team battle without a gym leader as a partner, including Purrloin's first real gym battle too. She shivered a bit at how cold he was being, but she knew the real him, so she also knew he wasn't being distant on purpose. And even Eevee seemed less talkative than normal, sharing her master's worries. She admired them both quite fondly as she trailed behind them, keeping one hand on Blitzle's hide and the other stroking Ekans to relax as Mightyena maintained a silent vigil.

Into the cave by the village they went. Carved into the cliff face itself was the infamous Pokémon gym symbol that had to be on all gyms. Though dimmer in lighting, it was still lit enough that they had no fear of losing their way. Angling downward at a steady rate, it almost felt like they were going under the ocean floor until the small path finally opened into a well-lit open battlefield. The battlefield itself was sandy in nature, but it was also surrounded by a moat of deep water as the smell of the ocean permeated the air and revealed a view that opened at the back of the chamber which led into an open expanse of nothing but ocean. Admiring that view was a tall and stout man in his mid-20s. Vael would have called him overweight, if that stocky body was anything other than pure muscle. This man worked out and his hair was dyed as blue as the ocean water behind him.

The gym leader known as Brahm turned around from his admiring view of the ocean and held out a thumb up towards Vael and Alyssa. Swimming back and forth through the moat of water surrounding the battlefield was a Pokémon that finally jumped up out of the water and landed by Brahm's side of the battlefield.

Eevee gasped and pointed at the revelation of a Buizel and it made Vael look up at her. "Is it really the same one?" She nodded and jumped down from her perch, landing gracefully upon the field. Being a Pokémon herself, Vael knew they had ways of recognizing each other, even if they looked the same to him, so he nodded. "Well we know at least one of his Pokémon. Good thing I didn't try capturing him. It wouldn't have done any good anyway."

Brahm gave a loud laugh. "So you've met Buizel have you? He didn't keep you from your training did he?"

His voice was off. Even though he shared some laughter, it felt off, like he didn't find it as funny as he conveyed. Vael didn't like it one bit. He only knew the buizel was fast at taking another female, so speed was definitely there. "Yeah...my Eevee and I were doing some training by the water yesterday and he came over and visited, but we were done anyway so there was no interference."

Brahm laughed again, in that same empty way. "I knew he was out later than normal yesterday but I wasn't quite sure why. Regardless, you know one of my Pokémon and now I know one of yours. What say we get what you came for over with? I have water waiting on me. Three on three in a triple battle. You up to the challenge?"

Vael didn't understand it. The guy seemed like he wanted a conversation one minute, and the next he did a 180 and went straight to the point. It must be that Bi-polar tendency Nurse Joy had mentioned. "Fine with me."

The gym leader pointed to Alyssa and her posse. "You can wait over the missy. There is a path outside of the moat you can take to some seats. We sometimes host festival shows and battles here like the one in Sunnyside."

Alyssa and her Pokémon nodded, carefully making their way along the outside of the moat until they saw some seats that put them viewing the middle of the battlefield. Mightyena was particularly interested as he arched up on his hind legs and used the face of the moat to lean on with his fore legs preparing to watch the action.

Brahm looked back to Vael when Alyssa was seated giving another laugh. "I'll even show you my Pokémon. Prepare to be impressed before I show you whose boss." He tossed out two pokeballs hanging at his belt. "Come on out Vaporeon and Azumarill!" Both called Pokémon appeared, one on either side of Buizel.

Vael growled at his overconfidence, but if he could walk the walk, then he could talk the talk. "Fine then! Here's my Pokémon. Purrloin and Mothim, let's give him something to cry about!" They both appeared on either side of Eevee.

The blue-haired leader pointed at his Pokémon and laughed so hard, he teared up. "Do you really think you can take me with unevolved Pokémon, kid? Only Mothim is evolved...and he's a bug type. They evolve too early anyway."

"You're Buizel isn't evolved. So what does that have to do with it?"

Brahm's laughter died down and turned to aggression. "He and I chose not to evolve him. So don't you underestimate him and think he's not powerful enough...or you'll regret it!" Buizel smacked his paw-like fists together then pointed to Eevee and taunted her, saying something that Vael didn't understand because of the language barrier, but he definitely knew it wasn't a compliment when her hackles rose and even Purrloin hissed as Mothim shook his head. Even Mightyena barked menacingly enough to make Buizel look his way, but oddly enough the Vaporeon and Azumarill next to him said nothing. If anything, they both seemed a bit more intrigued at what Buizel had said.

Vael felt offended just by seeing reaction of his Pokémon. "I'm not gonna stand here and let your Pokémon be a dick to Eevee. Enough talk! Let's do this!"

That was all Brahm needed. He clapped his hands and then a small piece of floor in the middle of the battlefield suddenly started moving like an elevator as a judge appeared. "This is a three on three triple battle where the victor will be determined when all three of either side's Pokémon are unable to battle. There will be no substitution on either side. Battle Begin!"

Vael's plan to somehow get Brahm agitated to making bad moves had somehow backfired with the banter they had been having back and forth and now he was the one making rash decisions. "Eevee Tackle Buizel and Mothim go in to help out and Bug Bite Buizel. Purrloin...use Sand attack on the other two."

His Pokémon seemed just as upset as he was and they all did exactly as told. Purrloin stood up on her hind legs and lobbed two magical balls of sand, one at Vaporeon and the other at Azumarill while both Mothim and Eevee charged in at the same time towards Buizel.

"A predictable move kid! Buizel use Whirlpool on that Eevee. Azumarill use Water Gun on that sand and Vaporeon give Azumarill a helping hand."

Vaporeon glowed with a shining light and touched Azumarill, who started to glow with that same bright light and then fired two separate attacks at each wad of sand heading their way, knocking both down out of the air. Buizel raised his arm and some water from the moat lifted and surrounded her in a tornado of water, but the tornado stayed around her, successfully halting her advance, but Mothim managed to get a solid grip on that arm and bit down with his attack, making the Buizel wince and jump back away from Mothim.

"Urgh! Eevee pull back and use Captivate on Azumarill. Go ahead and risk using assist on Azumarill as well. If we can get that damage lowered, we'll go from there. Mothim keep attacking Buizel with another Bug Bite."

"Buizel, dodge it and counter attack with Water Gun, Vaporeon use Helping Hand on Azumarill again and Azumarill aim for Purrloin with Bubble Beam."

Once again, Vaporeon and Azumarill stayed put as their teamwork didn't require any movement from them, while Eevee tried to look as seductive as possible trapped in that water, pretending to use it like some sort of sexy shower before winking at Azumarill and throwing those flashy hearts at her. While Azumarill took a moment to watch the scene and lick her lips, she merely snubbed her nose up at Eevee and focused on the Bubble Beam, but even though it didn't work that moment of hesitation was enough for Purrloin to dodge it and close in for a kiss on the aqua bunny's lips, using Eevee's charm attack which had quite a bit more success at gaining the attention of Azumarill, reducing attack power.

Brahm laughed and shook his head. "Oh tsk tsk...you lowered my Azumarill's attack power but not special attack power. Your Eevee must be female. Why don't we show this trainer who the girls are on this team if you please ladies."

Vaporeon turned around and lifted her tail up to present her assets tantalizingly while Azumarill spread her little legs and thrust her balled tail into herself with ease and it was definitely not her ass she thrust into.

Mothim and Buizel were both momentarily distracted by the sexy act, but Purrloin and Eevee just growled in frustration that two out of his three Pokémon wouldn't be swayed by their sexy moves.

"A good gym leader makes sure he has a defense against moves such as attract or captivate. So I spread my team out so there are two females and two males, which includes me. So while your Eevee may try to look sexy, my evolved form of Eevee, Vaporeon is far prettier in my eyes. Allow me to attack first this time. Buizel counter Mothim with Aqua Tail and Vaporeon it's time for you to get some action by using water pulse on that all too close to you Purrloin. Azumarill, go ahead and use Bubble Beam on her as well. We'll knock that fancy cat out of the battle right now."

"Not so fast. Mothim, dodge Buizel's attack and fly over to Purrloin and use Protect. Eevee...try to dash as fast as you can in a tackle attack to break out of that water and aim for Azumarill. Purrloin prepare to dodge and use Fury Swipes on Vaporeon."

Buizel did a speedy 360, firing a sharp blade of water from his tail towards Mothim, who managed to avoid it because of his speedy flying and able to reach Purrloin at just the right time bringing up that shinier and thicker barrier of his in front of Purrloin. The barrier managed to deflect both of the water attacks with ease, so Purrloin went from dodging and straight towards Vaporeon landing a barrage of particularly deadly slashing attacks on Vaporeon's pristine and watery coat, weakening her some with just that one attack after some lucky strikes. Eevee managed to finally break through the water that had been continuously hurting her and nailed Azumarill head on with the Tackle attack, knocking the aqua rabbit back a bit.

"You too weak to fight head on boy!? Buizel Aqua Tail again, this time at Eevee. Azumarill, Vaporeon, get up and both of you use Water Gun at the bug this time."

"No...it's called strategy! Eevee dodge it and Mothim you dodge as well and Tackle Azumarill. Purrloin use Pursuit on Buizel."

So focused on close combat with the two females, Eevee wasn't able to get out of the way fast enough as Buizel's sharp blade of water launched and nailed her right in her side, causing her to fly backwards with the force of the ranged attack but Purrloin was quick and managed to ram into the weasel while covered in the dark light of her Pursuit."

The Pokémon were all starting to look weaker now and Brahm roared angrily. "Now is the time to finish this. Can you withstand my Triple Tide of Terror!? Vaporeon use Muddy Water, Azumarill use Surf, and Buizel go in there with Aqua Jet!"

Vael gasped. He knew two of those attacks were able to cover the entire field. With Purrloin the closest to the center of the field he thought quickly. "Mothim, Eevee, converge on Purrloin. Mothim use your best Protect and Purrloin use your biggest Sand Attack to stop one of those attacks. Eevee get ready to intercept Buizel's Aqua Jet with Tackle!"

Vaporeon jumped up high into the air, the water of the moat that surrounded the battlefield mimicking her and rising into the air, darkening to the muddy color that gave the move its name and she gave a loud roar of her own name that sent the attack hurtling through the battlefield. At the same, Azumarill had raised both her arms and thrust them forward in a chopping motion, the ocean water from the back opening flooding in to move towards the three enemies. Buizel waited for the Surf to pass, using some of its water to surround himself with as he finally dashed in behind the other two attacks, a triple attack heading straight for Vael's side of the field.

Alyssa was nearly crying with how intense the battle had become with all that water that suddenly appeared. She watched as Mothim and Eevee moved in to Purrloin as the dark cat slammed both of her forelegs on the sandy battlefield, launching a huge tidal wave of magical sand from the field at the same time that both Mothim and Eevee stopped in front of her, one floating above the two females to use Protect in a dome around them and the other to use Tackle on the incoming Buizel.

The Sand Attack slowed the Muddy Water down sure enough, but it just wasn't enough to stop it altogether and ended up combining with the Surf attack right behind it. Though not stopped it moved slower with all the debris and Buizel would literally end up attacking first, right before the empowered Surf. Eevee had no choice. She dove forward from behind the dome of protection and headed straight for the oncoming weasel, ramming into him as he burst through the center of the Surf attack, tackling him head on to stop his Aqua Jet from hitting Mothim's Protect. She cried out in pain and flew backwards, but Buizel used the hit as a spring board to launch himself into the air and over the oncoming tidal wave. Though Eevee had intercepted his attack and done some damage to him in the process, she was down for the count and unmoving.

Purrloin cried out at Eevee's collapse, but dared not move as Mothim maintained concentration to protect them. The Surf was tremendous in size and she even started to fear a little, her ears wilting as the attack surrounded them in huge expanse of water.

Alyssa and Vael both cried out as all three of his Pokémon momentarily disappeared from sight when suddenly a shattering sound was heard, indicating that Mothim's Protect had likely been unable to withstand the force of the oncoming blow, but from the falling water a soaked Purrloin emerged, having used her powerful jumping skills to launch herself away from the worst of the attack, avoiding the initial impact damage with Mothim's shield. Though weakened and soaked with water, she still landed on her feet as the water faded away from the battlefield. The feline was coughing as Vael hurriedly gauged the field. Mothim and Eevee were both down and just as soaked Purrloin was, but neither of them was moving.

Brahm smiled. "And then there was one. I still have all three of my Pokémon, yet you are down to one. Feel free to give up."

Alyssa covered her mouth, now openly crying as Eevee and Mothim looked a horrible sight. If she didn't know any better, she would swear they looked dead, but it was only the water making them look mangled and torn up as she still saw their chests rising and falling.

Vael was teary-eyed with his fist clenched. "It's not over until it's over. Purrloin...we won't make Mothim's and Eevee's efforts go to waste. I know you can do this. Think about how mean those Lillipups were to you and how much stronger you've become since then. Focus that energy into your next attacks."

Purrloin looked back and forth between Mothim and Eevee who both seemed as unmoving as the dead and gave a mournful call of her name, then turned an angry gaze on the three gym leader's Pokémon as she started to glow with a bright and powerful light.

Vael gasped as Purrloin's shadow grew taller and larger with the light until it finally died down at its brightest point to reveal she had evolved into Liepard. Vael scanned her newly evolved form and noticed her new move list and smiled. "Now let's show him a move that covers the battlefield. Use Snarl and show them you won't be messed with."

Brahm was momentarily speechless, but shook it off and grinned. "Suit yourself. Vaporeon use Water Pulse, Buizel use Aqua Tail, and Azumarill use Bubble Beam."

Alyssa watched as Purrloin started speaking to them menacingly, her voice rising in pitch and power as a dark wave emanated from her form. Mightyena seemed entranced by her tone and his cock was out of its sheath, starting to fill her senses with his aroma. Apparently, he was quite impressed with Purrloin's new form as Liepard. The other Pokémon weren't moving as they listened to her haunting speech, the wave emerging from her spreading farther and faster.

"What are you doing? Attack her already." Brahm gestured at Liepard and finally Azumarill, being part fairy managed to break out of her trance, firing her Bubble Beam out at the dark cat.

Liepard jumped and dodged the attack as the dark light exploded throughout the battlefield, doing some sort of mental damage to Vaporeon and Buizel as they both fainted from the power of the attack. Even though Mightyena wasn't part of the battle, and therefore wasn't damaged, he still felt the intensity of the attack and covered his ears from the awkward sound it made. But Azumarill didn't appear too hurt.

"Fury Swipes go!" Before Azumarill could take another attack, Liepard responded to Vael's command and moved quickly to launch the blows, her sharp claws delivering swipe after successful swipe with enough force to finally faint Azumarill as well.

The judge raised his hand. "Azumarill, Vaporeon, and Buizel are unable to battle so the victor is Vael, the challenger, and his Pokémon."

Brahm immediately changed his attitude, from completely arrogant and egotistical to calm and relaxed. "Well I guess it can't be helped. Well done."

Vael barely heard him, dashing straight to Eevee while Liepard moved just as quickly to Mothim and started to lick the still wet bug and flying type, eventually bringing him back to consciousness. He picked up Eevee and held her close despite her wet fur, warming her up as he stroked her and helped her start to stir awake. "Come on Liepard, help Mothim get over here."

Alyssa and her Pokémon finally managed to make their way around the moat since they couldn't just jump over the seats to the battlefield.

Vael hugged Liepard with one free arm, leaning in to press his forehead against hers. "I knew you could do it Liepard. I am so proud of you." The feline purred, a much heavier sound now that she was evolved and it made Vael smile as Eevee opened her eyes, saying something that made the cat meow and nod. Vael took it as asking if they won since he couldn't figure out anything else that Eevee might have asked at that exact moment in time.

Mightyena brushed up against Liepard and gave her some intensive licking along her face, which made her purr even louder, now of comparable size to Mightyena and maybe even a bit longer because of the length of her scythe-like tail.

Brahm, with a jewel case, and his Pokémon approached. Mightyena growled menacingly and even Vael showed some hostility, but he held out a hand as his Pokémon hid behind him in fear at the intense Pokémon. Even Buizel seemed to huddle behind Brahm's legs. "Please wait. The show is over. That insulting nature from both me and my Pokémon is over now."

Vael jerked his head back in surprise at the man's sincerity, rather confused now. "What do you mean?"

"As a gym leader, it is my responsibility to test and try your patience and trust with your Pokémon. Buizel didn't truly mean what he said, even if it appeared the truth at the time. Please trust me. Apologize buizel."

Buizel got down on the floor and bowed down at Eevee's feet, still sitting in Vael's lap as he started apologizing profusely; much to her surprise, even the females seemed to nod their own apologies.

Alyssa frowned. "I don't get it. Why all the fakeness if you don't mean it?"

Brahm watched as Buizel stood back up and went behind his legs next to the females before he spoke. "As I said, I must test a trainer. I am indeed susceptible to sudden mood swings so it was most fitting for me to test a trainer's patience. In battle, you must never let your emotions get the better of you, but in truth, I am never clearer in the head than when I battle. My Pokémon know I am actually this way, so it was easy to train and work with them to be insulting and offensive. If a trainer can remain calm no matter how much pressure they are under, then they are one step closer to being a Pokémon master. Please...take this Water Core as your reward for winning at the Linden Gym."

Vael set down Eevee who was able to hold herself up on her own now and stood to look at the core. It was a gorgeously blue sapphire stone, exactly the opposite of the pure obsidian Lizana had given him, but no less valuable and smooth. He placed the stone next to its counterpart in his case and re-stashed it in his bag, now understanding just why he didn't get Brahm's attitude at first. It had been a ruse. "All's well that ends well I suppose. You helped my wonderful Purrloin evolve into Liepard and I have you to thank." He knelt down to give the victorious cat another hug.

Brahm chuckled, a genuine sound this time. "Yes indeed. I almost wanted to drop the act to congratulate you but I had to remain true to the end and you won after all. Once again good job. Where do you plan to go from here?"

Vael smiled and looked to Alyssa. "I think I'll follow Alyssa's advice and head straight to Glendale for my next badge."

"Well you'd better get your Pokémon fixed up and then get on the road. It's more than two days traveling by foot. The day is a wasting and there's no need for you to stick around town here for half a day. If you're lucky, you should only need to spend one evening outside since there's a Pokémon center halfway through the trip. The Nurse Joy there takes care of all sorts of wild Pokémon that get hurt."

Vael nodded and turned around, but Buizel spoke up, stopping him in his tracks as he raised a paw and waved goodbye to Eevee, obviously still thinking about the fun they had the night before. Eevee let a small smile slip as she raised a paw to wave in return. It was going to be an interesting trip to Glendale and he had to get more supplies for the road anyway.