Where we left off, I had stormed the Galactic Hideout & ready to take on Mt. Coronet. First, I decided to box Larolla the Buneary for Rock Pile the Geodude, knowing that I'll need a HM Slave to get to Spear Pillar. I teach him Rock Climb & Rock Smash alongside the already learnt Strength & flew to Oreburgh City where I started to climb Mt. Coronet. I didn't want random combat with Wild Pokemon so I used a Super Repel, but it didn't really work & when I encountered a Bronzong with Stortamus the Hippopotas in the lead, it took me five turns to escape. >_> So I equipped a Smoke Ball on Stortamus & continued on. After about 40 minutes of random combat & battles against Galactic Grunts, I eventually arrive at Spear Pillar, beating the best of the Grunts before witnessing Cyrus summon Palkia. I try to approach him, only for Mars & Jupiter to double team me. Then Idiot arrived to make it a 2v2 battle.
Random's Team at This Point:
Larolla: Lv38 (Boxed)
Stortamus: Lv39
Chocolate: Lv39
Missy: Lv42
Lailaps: Lv45
Mr Penguin: Lv45
I lead out with Stortamus, Idiot leads out with Munchlax, while both Jupiter & Mars lead out with a Bronzor each. Stortamus starts the battle by starting up the sand & sets up Stealth Rock. The Bronzors target Munchlax with Extrasensory while Munchlax Screeches Jupiter's Bronzor, opening the way for an assault on that Bronzor. So on turn 2, Jupiter's Bronzor takes a Crunch & becomes paralysed after a Body Slam, while Munchlax remained the target of the Bronzor. Another Stortamus Crunch was all it took for Jupiter's Bronzor to go down. Next in was Skuntank, & it took down Munchlax easily. After that, Idiot sent in Staraptor following an Earthquake from Stortamus. Skuntank took a decent amount of health, enough for Jupiter to switch it out for a Golbat to render Earthquake usless, while Fuckraptor hit Mars' Bronzor with Take Down. Soon enough, Idiot switched out Fuckraptor for Torterra as Golbat & Bronzor combined to knocked out Stortamus.
So I send in Lailaps, who took out Jupiter's Golbat, but was no match for Skuntank. Torterra, on the other hand, started Leech Seeding the two & sapped their health. Next in for me was Mr Penguin, who went on a Surfing rampage, taking out Skuntank & Bronzor while Torterra continued to be defensive & find more ways to raise his HP.
Mars' Golbat came in, & did major damage to Torterra with Air Cutter, but fell to Mr Penguin's Ice Beam. Last up was Mars' Purugly, who took out Torterra, but then fell to Idiot's Heracross, with some help from Mr Penguin, winning me & Idiot the battle. After that, Idiot healed up my team, & the three floating fairies came & gave Palkia a reality check. After that, Cyrus wasn't happy, & before I could do anything, he challenged me to a battle.
I lead out with Stortamus, while Cyrus leads out with a Honchkrow. Before Stortamus could set up Stealth Rock, Honchkrow OHKOed him with Dark Pulse. X_X
I then sent in Lailaps, who got put in an Embargo, & after a couple of Sparks, got KOed by Dark Pulse...So Chocolate came in & finished Honchkrow off with Quick Attack.
Next was Weavile, & he continued to do more damage, but not enough to kill the Penguin, with the help of a couple of Hyper Potions, Mr Penguin eventually crushed Weavile after a few Surfs...And Sandstorm damage.
Third was Gyarados, & he forced me to spam Potions & Revives. My typical strategy was to get Lailaps in & kill it with Spark. Easy? Against many trainers? Yes. Against Cyrus? No. Gyarados was at a tough Lv46, he outspeeds Lailaps, & carries a moveset of Giga Impact/Earthquake/Aqua Tail/Ice Fang, all of which can OHKO Lailaps, except maybe Ice Fang...Anyways, outside of using items & Potions, the only real time I would get an attack in is with the ever so reliable Mr Penguin using Ice Beam, lucky I have Sandstorm running...I also find out that Cyrus has a Full Restore aside from his favourite Super Potions (Maybe he finally learned his lesson...) & countless turns later, Gyarados finally falls to Mr Penguin's Ice Beam.
Last was Crobat, & he acted in the same way as Gyarados did, forcing me to spam items & only getting in a Mr Penguin Ice Beam when I knew Penguin would survive. I even had to send in Rock Pile (The HM Slave) at one point because of Crobat. Ultimately, Mr Penguin finishes Crobat off by freezing him with Ice Beam, not that it really mattered, because he was in KO range for Sandstorm damage, which finished him & Cyrus off, winning me the battle.
Following that, I do not heal the badly wounded party & run up to Palkia. "HEY, PALKIA!!!' I yell. Palkia just stares at me aimlessly, preparing an attack of some sort.
"Go, Master Ball!" I chuck my only Master Ball at Palkia, hitting it on the head. It wobbles three times, & stars randomly appear. I had caught Palkia with a Master Ball at full health. I name it "Aikurap", get the Lustrous Orb, & leave Mt. Coronet. I fly on my dead Chocolate to Oreburgh City, heal up, get Larolla out of the PC, & restock on items.
I then fly to Pastoria City & ran to Route 222, beating the trainers along the way, & eventually arrived in Sunyshore City, meeting Flint the ranga & went to the lighthouse as directed after making a few jokes about red-headed people. There, I found the Eighth Gym Leader, Volkner, & encouraged him to go back to Sunyshore Gym. After a bit of grinding, I went inside the gym, beating the minor trainers along the way. Eventually, I found Volkner & challenged him to a battle for my final Gym Badge.
Random's Team at This Point:
Stortamus: Lv40
Larolla: Lv40
Chocolate: Lv40
Missy: Lv43
Lailaps: Lv47
Mr Penguin: Lv48
Well, basically, I fail twice. Not due to blacking out, but because I have to solo one of Volkner's Pokemon...With Chocolate. Basically, it all goes well, I get to Ambipom, which is Chocolate's target, until I find out that Ambipoms sole attacking move is Shock Wave, which OHKOes Chocolate & forces a SR. I then proceed to grind him against Battle Girl Helen on Route 207 until he reaches Lv45. I try again. Same result. So I raise him 2 more Levels to Lv47 & try again. Will I be third time lucky? Keep Reading.
I lead out with Stortamus while Volkner leads out with Raichu. Stortamus gets the Sandstorm going & sets up Stealth Rock while Raichu sets up Light Screen as usual. Raichu then goes for the Brick Break, doing about 30 odd HP to Stortamus while he does significant damage in return with Earthquake; enough for Raichu to get killed off by Sandstorm damage.
Larolla comes in against Octillery. Considering Light Screen, the only good attacking option is Dizzy Punch, so I do exactly that, until, Octillery Bullet Seeds Larolla to death. So Mr Penguin comes in, with Light Screen expired, he pummels Octillery with Grass Knot & Surf, forcing Volkner to use a Hyper Potion, eventually, Mr Penguin eventually manages to kill Octillery with 4HP remaining (After Sandstorm damage), aided by a Charge Beam miss.
Lailaps comes in against Luxray to reduce his attack. Lailaps keeps on Returning at Luxray, forcing Volkner to use a Full Restore, but eventually dies to Luxray...So Stortamus returns, & does hefty damage with Earthquake, only to be killed by a critical hit Crunch...Goddamn hax...I send in mr Penguin & he too gets killed by Luxray before doing anything. Left with 2 Pokemon, I send in Missy, who outspeeds & finally KOes Luxray with Shadow Ball, which was a critical hit...
So this is it. My Lv47 Chocolate up against an Ambipom. This is where I get to see if all that training had paid off. Ambipom gets the first attack & uses Agility, which was typical of him to do that first off. Chocolate halves his HP in return with Brave Bird. At this point, I would expect Ambipom to use Shock Wave. So Ambipom does what he should & uses...Nasty Plot? Surely not. Shock Wave would KO Chocolate. But Nasty Plot? Dot, dot, dot. Chocolate punishes the blunderous move & proceeds to finish Ambipom & Volkner off with Brave Bird, gaining the mandatory solo, winning me the battle, the final badge, & the TM for Charge Beam. Hooray...
So after that, I return to the Pokemon Centre & heal. I also get Larolla's requirements out of the way, overiding Iron Tail with Protect, & Protect with Shadow Ball. So, I have all 8 badges now & it's endgame. Just Victory Road & the E4 to go. How will I fare? Stay tuned. And that's where we leave off...