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	While taking a look at the whole of the room, Tracy catches a glimpse of Misty
on top of the staircase at the end of the hall.
	“Hey, there’s Misty!”
	The Pichu tells the others, ”Oh, no! They finally found her.”
	Nina takes off for the staircase, but Pichu and Marill cut her off before she can
get to it.
	“Tracy, you take care of Misty!”
	“No problem,” the Pokemon watcher answers as he leaves for another way to get
to the Cerulean gym leader. Tracy slowly inches by the door that Skripter is standing
next to, and takes off running up another set of stairs. The trainer gets to the same floor
that Misty is on, but Raichu is there waiting for him.
	Tracy lets out Scyther, as the electric type charges yelling, ”You’re
Mine!”
	Right when Raichu reaches the bug Pokemon, the floor explodes beneath the
electric Pokemon sending him down into the first floor. Skripter walks up to the electric
type as Magik tells him, “You’re going to pay for what you did to us.” Raichu slowly
pulls himself out of the rubble, with Tracy going on to try and free Misty.
	One of the Tower’s walls bursts in as he mouse Pokemon is knocked through it
by Magik.
	Skripter walks in with his Pokemon stating, “You’re just a weakling. You and
the others won’t catch us by surprise again.”
	”Fool! I don’t need them to beat you!” the electric type yells out while
charging forward.
	Magik swiftly throws a paw up to catch Raichu’s oncoming Electric Punch. The
feline jumps back as the electric Pokemon tries another, just barely missing. The Katsumi
parries around the mouse Pokemon as he turns around with a flurry of Dynamic
Punches. Magik has no need to block while he dodges left and right with the punches
flying harmlessly by. Raichu’s last punch tears into one of the Tower’s columns sending
it crashing to the floor. 
	Jumping forward with another Electric Punch, Raichu’s fist is stopped by
Magik’s paw like it hit a steel wall. 
	The electric Pokemon can just give out a low, “Rai?” as Skripter’s Pokemon
pulls one of its fists back. In an instant, the Katsumi unleashes a barrage of punches
thrashing his opponent’s stomach. 
	Raichu almost stumbles to the floor with the feline Pokemon shooting forward
with a final Mega Punch as he yells, “Yeah!”
	With a loud “crack” the electric Pokemon is smacked in the face sending him
flying across the room.
	Raichu yells, ”He’s a monster!” while he breaks through one of the
Tower’s columns and is stopped by a wall. 
	Magik builds up an attack like Avery’s Lunar Crusher while he shouts, “Raging
Destroyer!” and blasts the defeated Raichu in a large explosion.
	Skripter smiles as he tells the fallen Pokemon, “You guys are so easy to beat one
on one.”

	Meanwhile, Avery is fighting with the other two Black Pokemon. The pair begin
to yell, “Pii!” and Marill!” while tapping into the Black Power-Up. Soon after, the
Pokemon bear talons they did not have beforehand. Avery gives a quick worried look as
she bears her own smaller claws. Pichu jumps forward first with an overhead Cut.
	“Avery, above you!” Nina commands.
	The Katsumi blocks the attack with its claws while Pichu continues his attack.
The electric type swoops in low with a Scratch, leaving Avery to quickly get up on one
hind leg trying to dodge. 
	“Get ready to counter with a Scratch.”
	The young Pokemon leans in with another slow Scratch as the feline counters
with its own attack. Still on the offensive, Pichu uses a deep Cut leaving Avery jumping
to one side to avoid it. The electric type swings around using an overhead Slash with
Nina’s Pokemon stopping it with one paw. After one final low Scratch, Avery jumps
away to make some distance.
	Behind the Katsumi, Marill comes rushing in to join the fight. With a quick jump
into the air, both mouse Pokemon come swooping down with individual Slash attacks. 
	“Heads up! In front and behind!”
	Avery throws both paws into the air barely stopping the oncoming attacks. Now
surrounding the feline, Pichu uses a high Scratch as the Katsumi falls to the floor to
avoid it. Nina’s Pokemon then rolls back while Marill uses a downward Cut that sinks
into the ground that the Pokemon was just on. Jumping back to its hind legs, Avery
narrowly misses Pichu’s own downward Cut that just passes by its ears. Rapidly
changing direction, the feline nearly jumps through Pichu’s and Marill’s high and low
Scratch attacks. The moment the Katsumi lands, Marill turns back around with an
arching Slash that Avery nimbly jumps over.
	Still not having shaken Marill, Avery ducks hard to the left as the Pokemon’s
next Scratch cuts off one of her whiskers. Jumping further away, Pichu’s oncoming Cut
tears away one of the Tower’s walls. 
	“Counter with a Vital Throw!”
	Pichu comes down with another Cut as Avery quickly catches the Pokemon, and
throws him back the way he came. 
	“Behind you. Get rid of him with a reverse Mega Kick!”
	Just after throwing the electric type, the feline bends backward to stop Marill’s
Slash. 
	Abruptly bending back forward, the Katsumi catches the water type with a
immense Mega Kick to the stomach while telling him, ”Take this!”
	“Here comes Pichu again!”
	The mouse Pokemon dashes forward as Marill is sent flying from the last attack.
Having his concentration broken from Avery’s throw, Pichu has lost his Black talons.
Instead, the mouse Pokemon leads in with a quick Low Kick. Nina’s Pokemon blocks
this easily and dodges left and right through her opponent’s following Dynamic Punches.
At the same time, Marill’s flight ends as he impacts on a brick wall. 
	“Mega Punch! Good! Another!”
	Pichu is knocked left and right having not being able to keep up with Avery’s
speed. 
	“Double Kick!”
	Nina’s Pokemon hops up a little hitting the electric type in the side then in the
side of the head. The mouse Pokemon desperately lets out an Electric Punch that the
feline swiftly jumps over.
	“Here’s your chance! Speed Ball Attack!”
	The feline lands on the side of a wall, quickly building up a white aura, and blasts
off diving into Pichu’s back. 
	The mouse Pokemon is sent flying towards Marill while Nina tells her Pokemon,
“Lunar Crusher!”
	With Avery building up the attack over its shoulder, the electric type shoots out a
large Thunderbolt. Once it reaches the halfway point, Nina’s Pokemon lets loose its own
beam letting the two collide. The Katsumi’s attack is only stopped for a short while
before it overwhelms the Thunderbolt and overtakes Pichu. 
	Marill finally pulls itself off the floor, as it looks up to see a huge beam traveling
at him. The Pokemon can only give out a fearful “Marill!” as the attack sends the water
type and Pichu back into the wall with a tremendous explosion.