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Finally, new chapter! This one got delayed due to sickness and a new found interested in Persona 3. Bloody time waster!

Random Name Trivia of the Day: Torden means Thunder in Danish

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Chapter 6 vs. Roxie. An unforgettable Experience

„That looks, uh, inviting."

Kelly stood in front of, well, sorta just a doorway leading to a set of rough concrete stairs protruding out of the ground with numerous posters plastered on it and neon lights shining along its frame, some of which failed to work properly, flickering on and off occasionally. In front of it stood a bin and a sign also overfilled with various papers. It looked like the entrance to some back-alley disco, but it was right at the main street, the sounds of the bustling city reminding the girl of that. If it weren't for the neon gym sign directly above the doorway, she would've thought this was the entrance to a poor-mans music club.

Maybe it made sense since Roxie was an actual rock star, but, uh, you don't actually have to live up to the cliché. Burgh over in Castelia City probably wasn't going to live in an art gallery is all she was saying. That would be just bizarre and really silly!

Well, no point in lingering around. She descended down the stairs into the 'gym'. The hallway leading downwards looked no better then the doorway outside. The ground was rather dirty and the walls too were filled with an abundance of posters. Not too interested in them, Kelly only glanced over them shortly. They were mostly for Roxie's band called 'Koffing and the Toxics', with a picture of their mascot, Koffing.

An unpleasant taste formed in Kelly's mouth. Ugh, Koffing. He was the very reason the trainer didn't like the Toxics. It wasn't just because of his stupid grin, albeit that was a pretty big factor, but because they included his stupid giggling into some of their songs. It was unbearable to listen to! She just couldn't fathom how somebody could like them for that very reason. The dumb gas-ball also gave them that weird name. Why 'Koffing and the Toxics', why not just 'The Toxics'? Was a mascot really such a vital part of a band that it had to be included into the name, especially if it was a really stupid one like Koffing?

The girl traveled down further the gloomy staircase only illuminated by more neon lamps until she reached the a slightly wider hallway, thankfully not filled with more stairs. At the end of said hallway was a pretty big double-door with two pillars, crowned with more neon gym signs. Looks like this was the real entrance. This would've been exhilarating if it wasn't for the bad air down here and the awful smell from who knows what.

No point in holding back. Let's get this over with!

Kelly stepped forward, parted the two doors like an epic warrior would. Alright, she was maybe getting a little overconfident here, opening just one side of the door would've sufficed perfectly fine, but whatever. As she stepped through the passage and towards her challenge... the head of a guitar flew past her ear, just missing her by inches. She yelped and recoiled to the side, her hands quickly on her head and eyes on the lookout for any more objects coming her way.

"Damn it, this just ain't no good!"

A shrieking girl with bleached-white hair tugged into a single ponytail onto her head, seemingly wearing only a really wide teal-and-purple striped shirt and knee-high leather boots with ridicules soles, was in the middle of trashing a bass-guitar on the stage. Wait, stage?

Yeah, this whole place actually looked like a pretty run down rock club, the floor and walls losing their padding and showing the brick-wall behind. There was a bar to her right currently with nobody behind and a workstation in the corner to her left with a desperate looking mixer working the machinery. In the center of the room a couple tables were littered across, each with two stools. And at the end was of course the stage, currently abused as an opposite force for who she assumed to be the Gym Leader.

"Ah, hell, Roxie, This is the third one you trashed this week!", a bold man behind a drum set rubbed his temples, sounding pretty frustrated, "You know these things ain't cheep!"

"Shut up, Nicky!", the pretty short girl snapped at her band mate, kicking the rest of the guitar down the stage where it landed on the hard floor, emitting a cacophony of metallic sounds as a multitude of parts scattered out of the wrecked instrument, "Besides, still got my main baby backstage."

"Maybe you should use it, then.", the third person on the stage said, a black-haired girl with a sideways ponytail holding a guitar, "Should keep you from smashing it into bits."

"Hey, listen, I smash whatever I want whenever I want, ya hear?", the white haired girl snapped at the larger one. It looked rather amusing to see somebody yell at someone who was over a head taller than them. Yeesh, was this also how Kelly looked like when she got angry?

"Uhm...", Kelly slowly approached the stage, still cautious about any projectiles that might start flying through the air at any moment. She grabbed the attention of the three band members, all looking down at her from above, making herself feel even smaller than she already was.

"Oh, sorry," the man named Nicky started, shrugging with one arm while in his free hand he spun around one of his sticks, "there ain't no show today."

"A-Actually," the stuttered nervously. Talking to a Gym Leader was way more nerve-racking than she thought. A Gym Leader who also was a rock star known across all of Unova. J-Just calm down Kelly, nothing to be afraid off!, "I'm here f-for a G-Gym Challenge..."

"Oh, a challenger?", Roxie stretch her arms above her head, a little squeak emitting from her throat, smacking her lips as if she was tired, though it was more likely because out of boredom, "Sure, whatever. Got nothing better to do 'till I get a new Bass, anyways."

At the mention of a new Instrument both the other members grumbled irritated. Looks like this was something that happened on a regular basis. Kelly was in this room for less than ten minutes and she could already tell that living with Roxie had to be... lively.

"So," the band leader jumped down the stage and stepped in front of her, barely able to look down at Kelly, most likely only because of her shoes, "how many Badges ya got?"

"U-Uhm...", well, this was embarrassing, but there was no need to be lying, so..., "...none?"

"What?!", Roxie yelled, then threw her head back and groaned annoyed, slumping her body together exaggerated while doing so, "Come on, I got to fight ANOTHER Rookie?!"

"Bah, the last one who had more than two badges was that obnoxious pink one!", she let herself fall down onto one of the chairs standing around, crossing her arms and tapping her feet rapidly. Like this it was pretty obvious that she was indeed Kelly-sized. Well, at least she was no longer the only small person around, Kelly thought, "Seriously, anything below that I just pretty much have to give them the win!

"What, you afraid your gonna get kicked out of the Gym Leader business 'cause you lost three times in a row?", the girl with the Guitar taunted, although her expression stayed a frown.

"Shut up, Billy!", Roxie flashed at her angry. Looks like that Billy hit a nerve, "That rule doesn't apply to beginners anyways, or anyone who re-challenged me, for that matter."

That was a random thing to add. Is she indicating that the pink one had to re-challenge her? Wait, pink one? Did she mean...? A shudder ran over Kelly's hide. Obnoxious was one word to describe her. I feel you, Roxie...

"Fine," the Gym Leader sighed and stood back up from the chair she was sitting on, rolling one of her shoulders as if to warm up, "let's get this over with, shortie."

"Shortie?!", Kelly's mood switched around in an instant. Oh, now she hit one of her nerves! How dare she call her out on her size when she wasn't any taller?!, "Who are you calling shortie?! You're probably just as small as I am, you imp!"

"Oh, damn!", the drummer laughed gleefully at Kelly's insult, the black-haired guitarist also snickering at her Band Leaders distress.

"Hey, you insulting my size?!", Roxie puffed herself up, maybe subconsciously or not trying to appear taller. A futile attempt.

"You insulted mine first!", Kelly stood on her toes to compensate for the shoes the Gym Leader was wearing, glaring daggers at the other girl.

The two of them got each face into the others, snarling and growling like two predatory Pokémon. These predatory Pokémon being a Shinx and a Poochyena trying their best to sound threatening. Surprisingly to Kelly, Roxie was the first one to recoil, but it was not in fear but amusement, a devilish grin growing on her face.

"Heh, you might be some fun, after all."

„Alright then," the Gym Leader gripped her waist, looking at least somewhat excited, "show me what you got!"

"Wait, right here?", Kelly asked perplexed. This place did not look like it was suitable for a Pokémon Battle with all these tables and chairs around, not to mention the expensive hardware on the stage and back in the corner.

"Of course," Roxie replied a little snarky, "where else did'ya think?"

"Damn it, Roxie, we got a perfectly fine arena backstage!", Nicky intervened before Kelly could reply.

"Oh, don't get your jimmies rustled, we're only going to use low levels, no need to go back stage.", white-haired girl simply shrugged and shook her head mockingly before pointing her right finger skywards, closing her eyes as if she was trying to intercept the radio waves of an alien ship with her fingertips, "Now play me off, Nicky, Jo!"

"You don't wanna explain the rules to her first?", the guitarist Billy or Jo asked while fidgeting around with the toning of her guitar.

"Oh, yeah, right.", Roxie rolled her eyes annoyed, presumably not too happy about needing to 'babysit' Kelly. Man, she assumed a Gym Leader to be a bit more mature. This girl reminded her of a rascal more than a person of responsibility, "Okay, listen, I'm only allowed to use two Pokémon, you as many as you want since this is your first gym battle and all, understand?"

"Yeah, sure.", she shot the rude girl a sour glare. This really was not what she expected. And the worst part? Kelly would probably get her butt kicked by this little bitch- Darn it, Kelly! No hardcore curses!

"Sweet.", the rocker girl said monotone, turning to face the black-haired guitarist afterward, "Hey, Billy, you playing referee?"

Billy sighed and then shrugged shortly, "Fine."

"Good. Now, would you...?", Roxie raised her eyebrows expectantly towards her band mates.

The bold man shook his head frustrated and the black-haired guitarist groaned annoyed before both of them played a little riff. Roxie closed her eyes, concentrating on the sound the two were making, smiling pleased after they were done.

"Not bad, at least we got that one down."

"Probably 'cause the bass is missin'.", Jo threw in from the back without even looking at the short girl.

"Screw you!"

Irritated, Roxie grabbed a Pokéball from behind her back and threw it into the air. Out of it a small centipede-like Pokémon emerged onto the audience area. Its halfway opened yellow eyes looked quite freaky and the colorization of the bug already warned from its toxic nature.

"Huh, what's that?", Kelly asked herself out loud while scrambling for her Pokédex. She hold the device over the multi-legged insect, the machinery coming to life by itself as soon as it registered the Pokémon.

"Vennipede, Its bite injects a potent poison, enough to paralyze large bird Pokémon that try to prey on it."

Yikes, good thing she has no bird Pokémon! Wait, that poison probably works on more than just birds...

"Hold on!", Roxie's eyes jumped open in shock as she saw the little device in Kelly's hand do its wonders, "You got a dex? Does that mean your one of the profs new underlings?"

"Erm, yeah?", she wouldn't call herself an underling, but yes, she was an assistant of Professor Juniper, more or less. Her sole purpose in this experiment was just to go on a Pokémon Journey without evolving a single Pokémon. That actually made her more of a subject than an assistant. Was any of this somehow significant...?

"Huh," the band leader suddenly smiled deviously, positioning herself into a far more professional-looking stance, "you guys usually are real killers in battles, since ya getting send off with a pretty tough Starter. This might be not such a waste, after all!"

Uh oh.

Kelly could feel her knees tremble with fear as Roxie got herself pumped up and ready to go all out. Great, why did she just have to know what that Pokémon was called? Now she wasn't getting any mercy due to the Gym Leader being lazy!

"Whaddya waiting for?", Roxie grew restless, her newfound excitement in the need of usage.

"O-oh, yeah, hold on...", who should she choose? The opponent was a poison and bug Pokémon, so maybe she should decide depending on that. But, uh, Kelly wasn't really well versed on the types of Pokémon, however, the girl was a little bit confident in that none of her Pokémon were good nor bad against those two types. Just a teeny-tiny bit.

"Erm, okay, V-Vellon, come on out!", the inexperienced trainer tried to semi-yell as she threw one of her own Pokéballs, sending forth her little Eevee. It was painfully obvious that she was on the verge of passion out from tension.

Vellon emerged from a white flash, already in a stance and fit to go into battle. He also seemed a bit nervous, though not as panicky as Kelly did. It was almost as if he was looking forward to this.

"Finally!", the Gym Leader rolled her shoulder, like if she was getting ready for a throw. What, was she about to fling more guitars her way? Crazy Clauncher-head..., "I give you the first hit 'cause I'm feeling generous."

"Don't ya mean 'cause you wanna get a hang of her first?", the bald guy behind the drum-set muttered vociferous while idly playing around with the cymbal.

"Hey, no meddlin' into duels, capiche?!", Roxie spun her upper body around and pointed a finger menacingly at Nicky behind the drum-set.

"Whatever.", he leaned back and stretched his arms behind his head, looking kinda bored. Were they always bickering at each other that much? It was getting really distracting.

Also, this was all sorts of weird. She kinda expected that her first Gym Battle would be taken a bit more... serious. Like fighting in a proper arena with potentially some audience. Then again, she just complained that Roxie did so just as soon as she heard that Kelly is here on behalf of the Professor. Make up your mind, girl!

"Okay, let's see...", she mumbled to herself while thinking about a battle strategy. The area they fought in was rather small, but so were their Pokémon. There shouldn't be any problem for any of them to move around. So, how to best attack that Venipede? A Tackle or maybe that new move Vellon learned, what was it called, Swift? It looked really impressive, and the Pokédex said something about it not being able to be dodged. Hm, no, might wanna hold on to that for later, you know, as a surprise attack.

"Use a Tackle, Vellon!", she commanded´after making up her mind.

The fluffy Pokémon charged forward, gaining altitude to amplify his applied force. For some reason the purple centipede didn't bother to get out of the way, nor did Roxie tell it to do so. Therefore, inevitably, Vellon slammed right into the Venipede, blowing it backwards a couple feet. Wow, she really did just give her that first hit, huh?

But, wait, she was grinning? Yeah, just faintly a little smirk crept onto the white-haired girls face.

"Stepped right into that one, huh?", Nicky commented from the stage. Roxie didn't even bother to shush him this time, still just standing there, smirking. Stepping into what? What was he talking about?

"Wha-?", Kelly looked down at her Eevee and saw how he was shaking his head all muddled up, his breathing also a lot more heavy. Why was he suddenly acting so sickly? What was going on?!

"Still confused, eh?", Roxie chuckled, crossing her arms all cocksure, "Ya see, not only the bite of a Venipede is pretty toxic. I'm afraid your Eevee just got poisoned."

Poisoned!? Simply by touching it?! Oh no, this was bad, and far more violent than she would've imagined for a Pokémon Battle. Seriously, poisoned?! That sounded really intense!

"Since you're still frozen like a Bergmite there, I'm just gonna do a move; use Venoshock!"

On her command, the Venipede spat out a disgusting looking purple liquid, straight towards Vellon. Since he was still a little dazed the fluffy Pokémon was unable to dodge and the stuff covered his body like a repulsive coat, drenching his hide in it. The Eevee screamed in agony as the rancid ooze burned the skin beneath his fur.

"Vellon!", Kelly shrieked in horror at the terrifying display. Jeez, that looked even painful just by watching it!

"Well, since you're a noob and all, I'm just gonna tell ya about that move. Venoshock gets more potent if the Pokémon is poisoned. So now ya see why I let ya attack first." Roxie explained while the Eeevee collapsed into itself.

Of course, she just jumped into that trap like a complete fool! What sort of Trainer was she to let her Pokémon get hurt like that! Vellon was covering on the floor, biting down on his own teeth as the acid fried his skin like fire. Somehow he manage to pick himself up, unsteadily standing on his feet, but still finding the strength to snarl at the Venipide. Wow, how did he manage to stand after that attack? That looked grotesquely painful, yet the little Pokémon was ready to fling another attack! Man, Vellon, you are something! Even Roxie looked surprised by the Eevee's endurance.

"Not bad, I thought your Eevee would've been knocked out cold from that one!", the Gym Leader whistled impressed, "I knew ya Prof quacksalver are somethin'!"

Well, their Pokémon definitely were!

Alright, time to focus on the battle again. Touching the thing wasn't an option any more, but the two of them had just the move for that!

"Use Swift!", Kelly pointed her fist determined in direction of the Venipede. Yelling out moves was oddly enjoyable, she inferred.

Just as she said that, Vellon, as best as he could, jumped into the hair and shot forth a flurry of little stars out of his tail, all aiming for the purple Centipede. They were far to fast and plenty for the Venipede to dodge, and so it got hit face on, sending it rolling over the tiled floor.

"Swift, eh? Can't dodge it and yah ain't touching the opponent. You're learning!", Roxie padded herself on the shoulder as if she was the one who taught her that.

"Don't patronize me...", Kelly grumbled inaudibly into her neck.

"Alrigh' Venipede, another Venoshock!", as before, the opposing Pokémon spat the icky looking purple ooze towards the Eevee. This time they new what to look for, however!

"L-look out!", she screamed to her Pokémon, somehow trying to make him dodge the move. As if she had willed it, Vellon jumped out of the way, the liquid just barely missing him, sizzling on the ground instead on his skin.

Wait, this... was an opening, right? Yeah, they should counter her attack! Counterattacking was basic Battle 101, after all.

"Quick, use another Swift!"

And again, Vellon jumped up and shot more stars at the Venipede, the purple and green Pokémon having no other option but to take the flurry of sky-decoration.

"Jeez, still standing?!", Roxie complained, getting impatient with the resistant Eevee, "Tch, just get it with a Pursuit, then!"

Instead of spitting some other unspeakable substance in his direction, the Venipede jumped forth, amazingly fast considering its tiny feet, attempting to tackle the fluffy Pokémon, a sort of dark aura engulfing its head.

There were only fractions of seconds left for her to decide on what to do next. If Vellon would get hit, he'd be out, no question. The poison was also still gnawing away at his body, so they were on a timer as well, even if he dodged. What should she do, what should she... Wait!

"Jump!", Kelly blurted out. It wasn't her head saying it, but instead as if it was a reflex from her inside.

The Eevee did as she said, and hopped right into the air. Apparently the Venipede didn't consider the fluffy Pokémon to dodge by simply jumping straight up and so it slammed its head right into the floor. Since Vellon wasn't a bird, he quickly dropped down, right on top of the purple centipede. The insect squeaked as the Pokémon with proper bones pressed the air out of it, making it loose its footing even with all of its feet.

Wow, that actually worked! Even the Eevee looked a little shocked to suddenly find the Venipede right beneath his paws. To be honest, she had absolutely no clue what would've happened if Vellon just jumped straight into the air. Beginners luck, I guess?

"Uh, S-Swift, quickly!", the girl snapped out of her amazement and ordered an attack. They should end this quickly, or else they'd definitely lose!

He did as she told him, and the Venipede got struck head on by a star-shower. It coiled around a little underneath the slightly heavier Pokémon, but not long after it slumped together motionless, one last drawn out squeak escaping its... whatever.

"Welp," the girl called Billy, or Jo, or Billy Jo, or whatever, announced, "looks like Venipede can't fight anymore-"

Just when she was about to be done, Vellon coughed up, groaning sickly and shaking his head. A moment later, his eyes closed and he fell over silently, lying right next to the other Pokémon.

"V-Vellon!" Kelly yelped, afraid for her Pokémon. No, the poison got him! A very big part of her wanted to carry him off towards the Pokémon Center immediately. If he would take any lasting damage from that Venom Shock the girl didn't know how she could ever forgive herself!

"Huh, now that's somethin'," the guitarist frowned impressed, playing a melody in response of her slight amazement, "both Pokémon can't fight no more. Looks like this rounds a draw!"

"Ugh, whatever.", Roxie retrieved her Venipede into its Pokéball, mumbling something towards the ball that just absorbed the Pokémon.

Kelly also called Vellon back, whispering a rueful sorry into the ball. She messed up bad there. Why didn't she studied Roxie's Pokémon first? Just charging in here with no combat experience, what did she expect would happen?

"Didn't think I had to rely on him, but I guess the star of the show gets some spotlight today. Yo, Koffing!", the Band Leader yelled towards the stage, no apparent rhyme nor reason to really do so, "I know you're back there, get over here!"

A deep giggling emitted from backstage, resonating throughout the hallways there. Kelly glanced over to the stage, but could only see some amplifiers and covering darkness beyond that. The laugh itself didn't sound scary but rather goofy, though was still a little foreboding as it echoed through her ears. Then, from the shadows, a purple ball filled with holes and a face with a big 'ol smile floated over before stopping and hovering about three feet off the floor between the two.

Oh no, it was Koffing.

The defiler of her ears, the insulter of her eyes, the very bane of her school life when the Toxics were really big back in her high school. And now she had to fight him. Maybe this was going to be fun, releasing her build up frustration at him all at once. Sadly, she couldn't beat the noxious beach ball up herself, but instead had to do it through her Pokémon. Eh, good enough.

"Filou, come out!", Kelly yelled as she send out her next and only available Pokémon. Why was she shouting? Must be all that adrenaline left over from the previous fight. Hopefully the girl still had plenty left inside her, because she had that odd feeling this was going to be a tougher fight than against the Venipede...

The Purrloin materialized on the floor, immediately sitting there nonchalantly, licking her paw. She then stretched herself, stiff from being nothing but data for a while, and looked at the toxic ball. It didn't took her long to realize that she had to fight the floating sphere, so she stood up on her hind-legs, one front-paw on her hip while the other dangled freely off her body, a cocky smirk on her face. Man, Kelly wished she had the confidence of Filou. That Purrloin outshone her aplomb by a margin...

The floor was set for a complete new pair of challengers. Kelly better not mess up this time, because if Filou won't win this one they would lose. Torden still wasn't fully back on track, so the Purrloin already was her final card. Great...

Alright then, now what? Attacking the Koffing would be troublesome, since he's floating and all. So, what should she do? Filou didn't had any moves that hit from afar, so a direct attack is out of the question. Unless the Purrloin can jump that high...

"Uh," Kelly fidgeted around embarrassed. This was going to be weird, "can you... reach him, by, like, jumping really high?", she whispered towards her Pokémon.

The purple cat turned, the most judgmental look on her face Kelly has ever seen, sighed, shook her head disappointed and nodded annoyed. Wow, she just got told by her own Pokémon on multiples levels in mere seconds. Ain't she just the finest trainer the Unova Region has ever seen?

"G-Good, try a Scratch then!"

Filou stalked forward and leaped off the ground, reaching quite an impressive height, attempting to slash at the Koffing with her claws. The poison Pokémon dodged, however, rolling to the side midair.

"Get it with a Smog!", Roxie commanded to counter the Purrloin's failed move.

After the Koffing was floating right side up again, he opened his mouth and out shot purple smoke, directed at Filou. Due to her impressive reflexes, the Purrloin was able to jump out of the way in time.

Seeing how the enemy didn't much mind their assault the white-haired girl frowned and waved her hand to the side, ordering the Koffin another action, "Follow up with a Tackle!"

Yeesh, the Gym Leader wasn't even giving her time to breath! Once the ball was done burping out toxic gases, he charged forward, swishing some of the still lingering purple smoke around him and attempted to ram the purple cat. Since Filou dodge his first attack without trouble this one wasn't a problem either, the Purrloin easily leaping aside.

Despite the purple cats effortless dodges, Kelly felt a little bit overburdened right now, nervously drifting her eyes between everybody in the room, somehow trying to come up with a tactic of sorts. What should she do? Filou could only dodge for so long, so she should order an attack, right? But since the cat had to travel the extra distance by jumping up, the Koffing had more than enough time to see her coming and dodge accordingly.

Roxie notice her indecision and used it to her advantage, ordering another tackle from her Pokémon. Again, the goofy looking Pokémon tried to slam himself into the Purrloin. Darn it, Kelly had to think of something. He was round and had no arms, there had to be some way to defeat him! For some unspeakably reason her mind wondered off, imagining that having no arms must suck if your back itches- Wait, back? Uhm, that could... actually work!... maybe...

"Erm, u-uh, jump on him...?", the girl blurted out between stutters. Scratch that, saying it out loud made this sound even stupider when she just yelled jump in the previous fight! What was wrong with her?!

But Filou must've thought it a good idea, or maybe she just blindly followed her commands, as the cat jumped over the Koffings attack and got hold on him with her claws while he swooped beneath her. The grin on the poison Pokémon's face suddenly wasn't all that happy anymore, as there suddenly was some extra weight plastered to the top of his head, causing him to loose aerodynamic and rock around, the cat clawing into his... skin?... slowly pulling him down.

And Kelly surprised herself for a second time. Again, her random nonsense she shouted actually managed to do something! Jeez, luck was on her side today! But now what? The Purrloin was on the Koffing, and that should prove most beneficial, but she couldn't attack without loosing her grip. Her head was again at an impasse. Jeez, Pokémon Battles were really taxing to the mind. If future battles would be more complicated than this the girl might develop a migraine.

Out of the corner of her eyes she could see how Filou was shooting glares at her while the cat was desperately hanging on for dear life onto the still swinging gas ball. Yikes, her own Pokémon was getting annoyed by the lack of her decision-making ability. At least her opponent was also unable to come up with something.

Or maybe not, because Roxie just chuckled mischievously, her arms folded and a smirk on her face that reminded her frighteningly much of a movie villain when he was sure that he was about to win.

"I figured you would try that one again.", the Gym Leader pointed one of her fingers maybe a little to dramatically at Koffing, "Too bad for you, Koffing got just the move for that. Use Smokescreen!"

Ah cripes, of course she wouldn't had this much luck twice in a row! The Koffing started to inhale deeply, puffing his body up by a few inches. Oh dear, this was going to forebode her inevitable defeat! And things were going so well...

As the perforated ball closed his mouth, he pressed ounces of white smoke out of the small craters over his body and... that only directly downwards. All of it gathered on the floor, spreading rather effectively and making it look a fog machine was at work. This would be pretty rad to have on a party, but it left the Purrloin completely unharmed.

"Uhm..."

"You good-for-nothing, gas-for-brains, dim-witted twerp!", Roxie waved her arms around and shouted furiously at the Koffing, "We're not on a concert, get the stuff everywhere!"

While the three other participants of this battle were either yelling, messing up or glancing around confused, Filou sighed irritated and decided to take matters into her own hands- paws- handpaws.

She rocked her body back and forth, causing the Koffing to spin around more and more until it was doing full on circles. The floating Pokémon quickly looked dazed in the face from all this spinning, inadvertently leaking gas out of his body. After gaining enough momentum, the Purrloin then threw the dopey ball onto the ground with enough force that he bounced of the floor. But she wasn't done yet. The cat landed on top of him, slamming the Koffing onto the hard tiles another time, and now that she was on the gas-ball without the need of her claws, started to slash at him with a Furry Swipe attack. Just for show, Filou then flipped backwards off of the spheric Pokémon, landing on the floor with finesse on her back paws, returning to the position she took at the beginning of the fight, the mist on the floor adding to her badass performance.

Woah.

Needless to say, the Koffing was knocked out after that one, faint streams of smoke leaking out of his mouth and other holes.

"Welp, looks like Koffing ain't getting up no more. The winner is...", Billy stopped and leaned head towards the girl who still hadn't fully processed what just happened, "what's your name and where are you from again, kiddo?"

"Oh, uhm," she regained her conscience again, still in shock from the defeated foe," m-my name's Kelly and I'm from Aspertia City."

"Alright, the winner is Kelly from Aspertia City!", the Guitarist finished, both her and the bold man playing a little tune as if to celebrate her victory. That was a little generous considering how much of a sloppy mess this fight was.

But yeah, did she... did she just win?! Holy moley, she just won her first Gym Battle! The girl hopped up down excited, ecstatic about her victory, pumping her fist while in the air. Hell yeah, she just won, and all thanks to Filou! She walked up the cat and picked her up into a big hug, the Pokémon highly afflicted by the act.

"You're awesome!", Kelly squealed as she rubbed her cheek against that of the Purrloin. The cat tried to struggle her way out of the humans arms, but that was easier said than done with a being that was almost five times taller than you. Once Filou realized there was no getting out of this one, she just slumped her limbs and endured the wild hug with a face of pure irritation.

"Ah, actually thought I was gonna win this one.", Roxie grumbled while she pulled out a Pokéball for the Koffing. Having shown Filou enough gratitude for now, Kelly also put her back into her ball, "Don't let this get over ya head, though, you're still plenty green behind your ears."

Yeah, she was probably right about that. Her winning today had more to do with luck than actual skill. Still, can't blame her to be overjoyed from this victory!

"And that Purrloin of yours, I know she took over because ya didn't know what to do, but don't let that become the norm or she will stop taking order from ya altogether."

And with that she meant her Pokémon would lose their respect in her, and after today's performance she wouldn't be surprised as of why. Kelly nodded appreciative. It was an important yet easy to understand advice. Mess up too often and people would stop taking you credible, that also counts for Pokémon. Huh, Roxie could act like the stereotypical Gym Leader, after all.

"Got the badges backstage," the white-haired girl pointed with her thumb over her shoulder vaguely in the direction of a hallway, "I was your first Gym Leader too, right? Gotta get you a cache for your badges then. Hope I still remember where I left those. Just chill here 'til I get back, okay? Shouldn't take too long."

"Sure."

Kelly could use the time to calm down. This battle really exhausted her. Odd, just shouting out things and trying to come up with tactics was strangely straining. Once Roxie disappeared backstage, she pulled up a chair and sat down, idly kicking her feet in the air.

Welp, time to wait...

...

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Tiiiime to wait, yup...

...

Alright, this was getting ridicules!

"Erm, does she usually take this long?", Kelly asked the two other band members who also were just sitting by, waiting as well for their Leaders return.

"Nope, sure is strange.", Nicky lazily leaned his head over to the other female band member, "Yo, Billy, you mind looking for her?"

"Why me?", the guitarist retaliated, "I ain't going to bother with that nag!"

"Oh come on, you still owe me!

"I owe you jack!

Well then, looks like it was up to her...

She stood up and walked towards the hallway Roxie just disappeared in minutes ago, leaving the squabbling pair behind. There was a sign prompting 'Employees only', a demand Kelly promptly ignored. The girl figured there wasn't going to be too much of a punishment, if any.

A bunch of doors were aligned inside the hallway, some blank while others had stars with names on them, probably those of the band members, although none had Roxie's name on it yet. They were all closed, except the one at the very end which stood opened just a crack, light emitting out of it. That's probably where that stupid imp is. Yikes, how easy was it to get on her bad side if she already was flinging insults in her mind towards Roxie?

Kelly walked up to the door, ready to knock and fully opened it. For some reason it didn't really bother her that much that she was about to enter the room of a star. It probably wasn't her real room, anyways, just some place to get herself ready pre concert or rest after one. Before her knuckles made contact with the wooden door, a loud hubbub from inside caused her to stop herself. What the-? It sounded like there were multiple people inside. Who else instead of Roxie could be in there? Her Label, her Lawyer, her secret Lover? Curiously, Kelly pressed her ear to the door. This was a mystery that required immediate investigation!

"Damn it, Scolipede, give it back, you doofus!", a voice rang from inside, clearly that of Roxie.

Scolipede? Sounded like the name of a Pokémon. Was she having trouble with this Scolipede? Instead of excusing herself inside, Kelly carefully opened the door a little bit more so she was able to peek into the room. Roxie's private chambers appeared like one would imagine. It wasn't very clean, albeit it was in acceptable ranges, with random signs and pictures stuck to the wall, purely for decorative purposes. Back in the room was a mirror with a director chair in front, neither looking like they had seen much use. More striking was the massive bass-guitar leaning against the chair. The thing looked pretty awesome with its purple color and horned guitar-head. Must be that 'baby' she mentioned.

Oh, there was also a huge purple centipede in the room.

Kelly's eyes shot open upon seeing the overgrown insect. It had circles across its side in a different hued purple, a pitch black belly and half-opened, piercing yellow eyes. What the-?! That is one the biggest Pokémon she has ever seen! After the girl was done gloating at its long horns, she noticed that it was holding what looked like a case cache in its mouth. Hold on, was that the cache Roxie was talking about earlier?

Speaking of the rock star, she too was in the room, obviously, the small Band Leader constantly trying to grab for the small box, but the Pokémon playfully pulled its head away every time she tried to reach for it. It looked kinda cute how the tall Pokémon toyed with the comparable tiny girl. Man, this would be so embarrassing for the Gym Leader if Kelly had a camera right now! Too bad she didn't take her phone with her on this Journey.

"Cut it out! I need to give that to a Trainer waiting for me!", the white-haired girl yelled while trying to grasp for the cache another time.

Frustrated, Roxie finally gave up and stomped on the ground, glaring daggers up at the Scolipede,"Sheesh, what is it that you want?!"

To respond to her question, the huge Pokémon stepped forward and poked the little girl with what looked like really stubby arms on her flat chest. Kelly grimaced amused. Heh, bad touch, big guy.

"What, you wanna do it?!" Roxie blurted out, and it was clear from her tone that she was more than serious.

Wait, what the heck?! She was just joking inside her own head! The Pokémon couldn't possibly mean to have... uh... you know... b-by touching her boobs, a-and that at this moment!

Much to Kelly's shock and surprise a wolfish grin grew on the face of the equally as short girl. The rocker girl got a little closer and stroked the Scolipede's dark chest, the insect further fondling Roxie's tiny bust through her shirt.

"You naughty bastard, you know I just had a battle and there is a trainer waiting for me outside.", she pressed herself further into the Pokémon and rubbed her whole body against his, both looking longingly into each others eyes, "Well, lucky you I also could blow off some steam right now."

No, no! This wasn't happening! There is no way in hell Roxie would just go ahead and have sex with her-!

Oh, it was happening, alright. The rocker girl crawled underneath the Scolipede and almost immediately caressing the spot between its legs. The tall insectoid closed its eyes, relishing at its trainers touch. Shortly after something pointy grew from between its legs. Looks like it was a guy, and a really hung one at that. Holy Miltank, his penis was probably the size of Kelly's whole arm! It might was fitting for a Pokémon of his stature, but still...

"You were easy to arouse. Been horny for quite some time already, eh?", Roxie teased as she was stroking her hands along his smooth dick, "That means ya better cum quick 'cause I got people waitin' for me!"

The Gym Leader faked an annoyance in her voice as if she was doing this reluctantly, but the excitement on her face was undeniable. Was Roxie seriously enjoying this?! Wasn't doing this sorta thing with Pokémon, uh... Wait, actually, it wasn't illegal. Huh, so what she did with Vellon back at home and the Pokémon Center wouldn't get her punished. B-but it was still highly unethical! Just forcing oneself onto a Pokémon without knowing of its consent! Though in this case Roxie's Pokémon kinda coerced her into this and not the other way around. The hell were the ethics now? Ugh, this was so confusing, weird and just plain wrong!

What was especially weird and wrong was her watching this without walking away. Kelly felt like a paparazzi, secretly observing a star doing things that surely would make for a headliner. Too bad she didn't had a camera with her, hm? Oh for the love... What was she thinking about!? Roxie was about to give her Pokémon a blowjob and she was still thinking about taking pictures?!

Speaking of which, the Gym Leader began to lick the tip of the Scolipede's cock while still pumping at his shaft with one of her hands. Her technique looked far more professional than Kelly's when she jerked her Eevee off. Thinking back at it made the girls cheeks burn up even more. Here she was complaining about the ethics about sexual intercourse with Pokémon and yet she was not one jot better. Though, seeing a Gym Leader doing this made her think. Did that mean sex with Pokémon wasn't that unethical after all? N-No, this had to be an exception, right?

Exception or not, Roxie shoved the tip of the Pokémon's tool into her mouth, her cheeks bulging out from the plenty thick penis. The bassists tongue slid past her lips and further over the long cock, thoroughly lubing him up. There was still a lot of meat Roxie couldn't possibly fit in her mouth, so she used her hands to stimulate those parts out of reach of her flexible muscle.

The Scolipede looked like he was in heaven, eyes clenched shut and his rather small mouth biting down on the metal box, silent moans that sounded a bit more high-pitched then Kelly would've anticipated forcing themselves out of his lungs. Man, the Scolipede must think that he had the best Trainer ever, being willing to suck him off in such a pinching situation. A lot of guys would probably consider him a lucky bastard...

But the immediate threat of getting caught at any moment got the Band Leader seemingly in the mood only further, bobbing her head back and forth, lewd slurps audible loud and clearly throughout the room, all the way over to Kelly in the doorway. C-Cripes, Roxie really was working it! Both her hands and head were keeping a constant rhythm going in a way only a pro musician could keep it. Soon the poison Trainer forced even more cock down her neck, deepthroating the insects prick. At the end she somehow manage to swallow half of his dick as if she was lacking a gag reflex, her throat visibly bulging from his meat. Woah, no matter the situation, that was impressive!

The Scolipede bucked his hips forward automatically due to his pleasure, just to somehow get more of his manhood into the warm embrace of Roxie's mouth. The Gym Leader didn't seem to mind, still sucking away at his distended tool.

D-Darn, seeing a girl like Roxie, a Gym Leader, doing this churned up all sorts of emotions inside Kelly. Her stomach felt like somebody punched her in the gut, her face was so hot she feared of getting a first-degree burn and, well, the girl also was kinda aroused. Come on, who wouldn't react a bit turned on from a good looking girl playing around with a huge penis?! The only difference between a normal porno was that said penis belonged to a Pokémon!

Her self-justification got interrupted when she noted the tall insect fidgeting around. It appeared that Roxie's previous apprehension was true, as the Scolipede suddenly started to grimace. The short girl underneath the big Pokémon wasn't aware of this from down there, but Kelly sure was, since she saw that very same face on Vellon before. The Pokémon was about to blow.

And it couldn't come sooner. A huge jet of cum forced itself into the Gym Leader's oral entrance, bulging her mouth out to its absolute maximum in a single blast. Roxie had to recoiled immediately if she didn't wanted to choke on the stuff. Despite her fast reaction she wasn't quick enough and had to cough up, globs of ivory now streaming down on he rocker's shirt. But that was nothing compared to what was still firing out of the big insects shaft. Never ending jets of cum shot all over the girls body, plastering her face and soaking her clothes in jizz. What couldn't be absorbed by her shirt splashed onto the floor, growing into a decent sized puddle.

At the end Roxie wasn't just covered in thick strings but pretty much littered from top to bottom in sticky baby batter, constantly dripping into the other mess on the floor. The strong odor waved all the way over to Kelly, her nostrils getting an unwanted whiff of the salty musk. Man, looks like Vellon had some competition...

"You ass, warn me next time before you cum!" the stained girl wiped some of the white spooge out of her face, shaking the excessive semen onto the already filthy floor, "This will be a pain in the ass to clean up!"

"You better help cleanin'!," Roxie demanded with an angry frown, squeezing down hard on the Scolipede's retracting cock as punishment for his big mess, making the far taller Pokémon cringe from the pain. But her face morphed into a lecherous expression shortly after, "And I hope you still got some left, 'cause ya still have to get me off later!"

Sweet Legendary's!

The Gym Leader got up and took off her shirt, disappearing through another door in the back, a trail of alabaster following her. This was a great indication for Kelly get the hell out of here! Man, this was another one of those moment she never could forget. She was running into a lot of those lately...

Kelly escaped back to stage. After that show the girl was more than willing to wait all day for Roxie to arrive, and that not only because the Gym Leader had an actual excuse to take up that much time... Kelly was just gonna lie to the two other band members that she got lost trying to search for a bathroom. Clearly a far better explanation than 'Hey, I just watched your Band Leader suck off her Pokémon and get showered in his cum!'.

Ugh, let's just hope Roxie wouldn't give her the cache the Scolipede had in his mouth. Jeez, what the hell did she just witness?!

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"Sorry for the delay!"

The rocker girl finally arrived, rubbing the back of her head apologetic. Despite having been covered from head to toe with jizz just a couple of minutes ago she looked surprisingly decent, even more so then before her little 'distraction'. The girl must be really handy with a sponge...

"Kinda misplaced those stupid caches.", Roxie lied, something only Kelly was aware of, "Things get lost all the time!"

"T-Thanks...", the girl accepted the little box made out of aluminum, her face heating up upon recognizing the case. Of course, it had to be the one the Scolipede had in his mouth. It felt like the Gym Leader washed it off prior to giving it to her, put very faint bite marks remained inside the metal, giving away were it has been. This little thing was going to be a reminder of her first Pokémon- Gym- and won Battle as well as, ugh, her first act of voyeurism...

"Go on, open it up!"

Kelly nodded reluctantly, still blushing furiously. Hopefully Roxie would misinterpret her red cheeks as some weird tension, 'cause she sure as hell wouldn't! The trainer clicked a small button on the cache to open it up, revealing its interior. It was fitted with a small layer of felt, stamped in with various shapes, all reserved for a different Badge. Into one of them, a small, golden medallion formed like stuck together purple bubbles was firmly pressed. That had to be the Toxic Badge.

"Congrats, rookie, ya got your first Badge!", the Gym Leader congratulated, padding her on the shoulder like a proud patent. Ew, that hand was just on the penis of a giant Pokémon!

Kelly should be happy, psyched even, but the only thing on her mind right now was how a Scolipede had this in his mouth while a famous rock star was shoving his cock down her throat!

"Oh, also," Roxie handed her a small piece of paper barely large enough to be not considered a slip. The bespectacled girl took it, examining the unexpected gift, "I got you a ticket for a boat ride over to Castelia City, since I figured it'll be your next goal. Say hi to the Captain for me, guy's my Dad."

"S-Sure, thanks!."

Her Father was the owner of a ferry service? Compared to Roxie herself that was a, er, not so famous job. Whatever, this was neat nonetheless. Castelia was her next goal anyways and that meant she didn't had to pay for a ticket herself.

This was also the perfect opportunity to say her goodbyes and hightail out of here, otherwise the sweat forming on her forehead might bring up some unwanted questions from the band. Just visit the Pokémon Center and board the ferry, and that preferably as soon as possible. The sooner she was out of this city and away from Roxie, the sooner she could forget about today. Oh, what was she thinking, of course she could never forget about today...