Karuko threw Salad into the
arena, just as Victreebel came out.
"OK, Salad! Wrap it now!"
Luckily, the Weepinbell was fast enough to
grab the Victreebel before it
attacked. After a while, Salad's attack was finished.
"Victreebel! Quickly! Razor Leaf!"
"Salad! Acid!"
Both attacks hit at the same time, causing a
double KO.
"OK then, GO Tangela!"
"In you go, Flamer!"
Karuko's Growlithe jumped out and squared off
versus Erika's Tangela.
"OK, Flamer! Ember it!"
"Tangela! Bind now!"
Erika's Tangela responded quickly and bound
Flamer...
"Try to ember the cords off,
Flamer!"
It gladly replied and the Tangela's vines were
burnt off without having
done much damage.
"Now hurry Flamer! Ember before she gets
you again!"
Flamer used ember, and very soon, Tangela was
a charred tumbleweed.
"Tangela return! Now it's time for
Vileplume!"
Vileplume took the place of the blackened and
somewhat carbonized
Tangela.
"OK, Flamer! Same thing! EMBER!"
"Vileplume! Sleep Powder!"
Flamer fell asleep before he could use his
attack.
"Wake Up Flamer!"
Flamer slept soundly...
"Vileplume! Mega Drain!!!"
Flamer fainted.
"Urgh! A Poke Flute would have been
useful..."
"A Poke Flute? Could have asked
me..." said Cajava from the stands.
"What? You have one?"
"No, but I could have answered your
question correctly if I lied about
the location of one..."
"Figures she probably wouldn't have
one... Not many people do," Karuko
whispered to herself.
"OK, GO VOLCANO!" yelled Karuko.
Volcano the Vulpix leaped from near Karuko's
feet where she was napping
into the arena.
"Hah! A Vulpix? I'll defeat
this one the way I defeated the other.
SLEEP POWDER!"
"Quick Volcano! Confuse Ray!"
"Vulpix!" said Volcano as the ray of
confusion hit Vileplume before it
had attacked. Vileplume, now confused, hit itself instead of
using Sleep
Powder.
"Now finish it with a
Flame-thrower!"
Volcano complied, and all that was left of
Vileplume was a charred,
blackened, incongruous blob that slightly resembled a Vileplume
in shape.
"You have rightly defeated me. What
is your name?"
"Karuko"
"OK, then. Karuko, you have
rightfully earned this Rainbow Badge. And
as a reward for your extraordinarily good battle skills, I give
you this TM
21 machine. It teaches Mega Drain..."
"Thank you."
"You are welcome."
"Come on, Cajava. My work here is
done..."
"OK," said Cajava. "That
was a good match! You should try to become a
Pokemon master!"
"Maybe..."