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"Wow. That Nidoran is a bit of a toughie, after all." Whitney said. "Alright, nice try, Ditto." She said, recalling the Pokemon back into its ball. In all honesty she was hoping to have Ditto go further than that; as far as even causing a bit of considerable damage to that Flaffy with Nidoran's various Poison-type abilities and attacks. Water under the bridge, now.

She took out another Pokeball. "Here comes trouble..." I said.

"Alright then! Let's go! Miltank!" she shouted. She tossed out the Pokeball and upon the gym floor came the Pokemon that many has dreaed whom has made it this far in this in the gym challenge. "Millllaaaa!" The cow Pokemon spoke out.

"Let the games begin..." I said.

"BEGIN!" The Ref called out.

"Miltank! Use Return attack!"

"And thus the brutality begins." I said to myself.

"MILLLAAA!" The Miltank gave a hard full on charge towards the Flaffy. Return attacks was a power centered around the bond between Pokemon and Trainer, as I very well knew. Heck, I have such a move taught to my own Zangoose. Problem is...with this thing, it spelled bad news for Flaffy and Aden.

"Miltank! Use Defense Curl!" she shouted. Instantly, the Miltank curled up tight. She knew that such a maneuver wouldn't be much use against an attack like that, but it didn't matter. It was all more set up as far as she was concerned. Damage was done, but it wasn't too extensive to not be handled.

As soon as Aden gave that call. "Miltank! Rollout!"

"Aw hell." The Miltank then started to peel out on the gym floor then rushed right for Flaffy. Sure, that also meant right into the Thunder Wave, but there was no stopping this bovine either.

I winced hard. Brutal. Just absolutely brutal. Aden was about to bite this hard.

"Flaffy is unable to battle! The winner of this bout goes to Miltank!"

"Looks like all thats left now is that Nidoran."

"Milllaaa..." Miltank spoke. It was feeling the effects of paralysis, but it was worth it as far as it was concerned.

The Miltank not all that springy in the step at the moment from the paralysis, takes the Double Kick for all its worth, making the cow flinch a bit and back up. "Oh dear, we might want to do something about that before it costs us."

"Oh crap." I said. This was just wrong on so many levels. Aden wasn't ready for this.

"Heal bell!" She called out. Miltank's tail started to glow a bit and she gave it a wave. Gong went a loud bell and a sigh of relief came upon the cow.

Perhaps they should have. As the Nidoran came back around for another Double Kick assault, the Miltank weaved out of the way of it. "Stomp!"

"MILLAAA!" As the Nidoran came to rest, the Miltank went to drive one hoof down on top of it.

The ref looked on the battlefield as the Miltank stepped away from the fallen Nidoran. "Nidoran is no longer able to battle! The Challenger is out of usable Pokemon. The winner of this battle goes to the Gym Leader, Whitney!"

The scoreboard dims Nidoran's picture out and makes the stand off all the more official. Whitney won this fight.

"Oooooh! Good job, Miltank! You did great!"

"Mila milaaa!" The cow said, making its way over towards Whitney.

I got up from the spectator stands and started my way off towards the battlefield, hands in my pockets. Honestly, as much as I wanted Aden to win this fight, I kind of expected him to be taken out by her, especially with his initial underestimation of what she could pull off. Probably the lack of Pokemon knowledge either, as I think may have happened with Aden's reaction towards her Ditto. Regardless of all of that, why do I feel a bit upset over this? I don't know, probably something to contemplate later...right at the moment, Aden might need a bit of support right now. Upset or not, I was still a friend of his.