Here it is. The final battles of my Nuzlocke. Can I do it?

Levels

Mr. Wiggles: 58 Shadow: 55 Zappem: 56

Nia Digger: 55 McClit: 54 Niagra: 54

ELITE FOUR CHALLENGE: BATTLE ONE

“Welcome to the Sinnoh League challenger!”

I enter the doors of the first member of the Elite Four. It smells like a wet meadow and the air is like a fall day. It’s nice and the young man before me is smug in confidence. I can tell he has earned his spot here. The greatest bug trainer in the entire region is before me. He is small and slim, but imposing regardless of his stature. I sense tough battles ahead of me.

“You ready?”

“HA! Such a simple response. You better take this seriously kid. If you think I’m some pushover be prepared to be surprised.”

I grab my pokéball and send Shadow out. “Let’s do this, Bug Master.”

With the Choice specs on him, the fierce vice leader of my team should feel comfortable within his type advantage. Shadow is up against his Yanmega. A speed battle is sure here if I don’t end it quick. Flames burst forward and the flying speed demon is down promptly. The air is still warm and Aaron looks at me with a glimmer.

“A real challenge!? My beautiful and perfect team won’t be beaten so easily!”

Next he sends out Heracross. I know if it survives a flamethrower, Shadow will be broken into two pieces. I outspeed my foe again and the mighty beetle succumbs to the inferno. Scizor is ready to strike me down afterwards, but Shadow uses the superior speed advantage to melt another spot into the floor. Aaron is looking angry but determined. The incredible Vespiquen is his choice. I certainly hope flamethrower can prove successful again. And it does! The room is no longer nice and pleasant, but a blazing forest fire. He sends out his ace. I switch to a suitable party member.

Nia Digger is out to meet the scorpion king. Scorpius uses it’s fangs of pure ice to strike her and to no avail. Her rockhard exterior holds steadfast and deflects the blow with ease. The fiery meadow is hit with a terrible quake, putting out the flames, and Scorpius all at once. And that ends the first Elite Four match.

“Wow kid that was something else. Mopped the floor with me. Hmph! Go on and see what real strength is to come.”

“Thanks Bug Master, they will need all the help they can get.”

ELITE FOUR CHALLENGE: BATTLE TWO

“A veteran trainer like me still gets the chill every time a new one steps through those old doors. Welcome young one. My name is Bertha.”

An older woman stands center stage. This room is without much air at all. A perfect calm. Possibly before the storm? By the room’s design I surmise a chance to fight ground type. Shouldn’t be too hard.

“It’s nice to meet you, ma’am. I hope you are ready to lose today.”

“Ohh cheeky aren’t you. I like that, reminds me of my late husband. Let let us do this then. Show me the extent of that pride you carry.”

She is quite put together. I didn’t phase her a bit. She must be used to cockiness in trainers. That isn’t what I am trying to display though. I just have faith in my team. I tip my hat to her and smirk.

“As you wish.”

Mr. Wiggles is my favorite pokémon and my ace in the whole. He has the type advantage here, so why not take the chance and see what she has to offer against him. I send him forth for battle.

“Oh, my he is quite the specimen. A true warrior.”

The grand fish Whiscash spews from it’s ball to begin the battle. A flurry of razor sharps leaves dismembers him in a flash. With Gliscor next, I go to Niagra. It outshines the slow eight-legged beast and hits it hard. A major HP drop, but the icy blast from her freezes the winged demon, and it crashes into a million pieces on the floor. She decides this is not a game any longer and goes straight to her best.

I want to match her power, so I send out Nia Digger. The whole building shakes violently when their earthquakes collide. Nia Digger is more badly injured though, so back to Mr. Wiggles I switch. He takes the quake with little more than a flinch and retorts with a greater one crumbling his foe into dust.

“This fight isn’t won yet, but count me impressed child!”

Golem flies forth and I decide to go with Mcclit for the fight. It is a slow battle due to the weak attack power of McClit, but he does what he does best. Takes blow after blow of that rock hard…..pokémon! With the variety of moves bolstered on him, surf eventually wears the rolling beast into brittle pebbles. Last, but not least, is Hippowdon. One of the members I wasn’t worried too much about. McClit strikes with it’s greatest attacks to no avail and the mighty beast will not budge. My team is bruised up, so I return once more to Mr. Wiggles. I think razor leaf is a solid option and it does alright. I get annoyed with the lack of pure damage and make him shake the foundation of the room once again to end this slugfest.

“Besting me without losing anyone? Didn’t see that coming one bit. And my room is utterly wrecked. My my my what a splendid battle! Go whoop that cocky spitfire for me would ya?”

“Telling me to win? Haha That is a new one, but you got it granny.”

“I think you can do it. Just keep believing in the heart of those pokémon.”

“Well….I’m off. Thanks for the encouragement. I could use some.”

ELITE FOUR CHALLENGE: BATTLE THREE

The next room’s doors were hot to the touch. Almost enough to burn your hands. I know this must be, Flint, the man I met earlier in my journey around the 8th Gym. He wanted me to spark the heart of Volkner with a good fight. He must want one too. It’s like a damn sauna in here, so uncomfortable. Oh well, no time to complain, it is time to fight.

“Well you are the first Elite Four member not to greet me first, despite meeting me already.”

“Yeah, couldn’t speak anything good kiddo. I see you made your way here though. I’m pretty fired up. Let’s not waste time talking, just bring the heat!”

He then sends out his Houndoom roaring to fight. I think Nia Digger is best here. He throws up a sunny day and the room gets even warmer. Not a good sign for me. Huge cracks from the steaming ground pierce the dog and end its life. Flareon is next and it looks ready to fight. Everything he has is filled with passion to burn me and my team alive. I go with Niagra and she takes a hard hit or two, but with the power of surf, after the burn inflicted on her the fire kitten is drowned alive. Rapidash speeds outward and I assume solarbeam could be waiting for me. I am sure Nia Digger can take it so I switch to her. The blast is what I expect, but the intensity is something else entirely. Nia tries to hold the line, but her entire body is slowly being stripped away and before I know it she is blown away into nothing.

I hope Zappem can do what I need. A single blitz into his chest and he is almost down for the count. He hit the horse hard but not hard enough. I have to switch again. McClit it is. Tank it you monster! And it does just that. It slowly tanks blow after blow while hitting Rapidash with surf. The sun stops shining so brightly and it is down. My team is not looking good. Infernape is ready to go and wants blood. My opponent is still silent but with fire in his eyes. A risky choice but I go with Mr. Wiggles. I think an Earthquake should take him down if he can survive a hit. Flare blitz flies into the husk of Mr. Wiggles, and his HP depletes rapidly, but he manages to hold onto about a third of it. With the chip recoil damage and the power of his heart he breaks the monkey into something hard to look at. And now his best member.

I don’t have a good option with HP outside McClit. I go for him. Unsure how well this will fare. I’m afraid to see his powerful flame attacks. Instead he wastes time with solarbeam ,and McClit tanks them slowly with periodic healing. Steady surf attacks to weaken the flamed beast was all I could manage. Right before he succumbed to all the damage, he did dish out one almost fatal blow, yet it wasn’t quite enough. The sexual tank took hits like a pro and another win was ours.

“You blew out my flame. Too bright for me. Go, win it all.”

Without another word I walked on to the final Elite Four member’s quarters.

ELITE FOUR CHALLENGE: BATTLE FOUR

“Wonderful timing.”

The young man said as he closed the book he was holding. A smile on his face emerges.

“I’ve enjoyed a number of good reads lately, and I see you have been enamored with Pokébattles in the same manner.”

He walks over to his shelf and puts the book away. He then moves the chair he was sitting in as well with my arrival.

“So you are the best of the four right? You ready to prove it?”

“Certainly, yes. I’m no slouch and can see you aren’t either. May this be a fight to remember, young worthy challenger.”

The creepy Mr. Mime peeks out first. A barrier is put up around the area and Shadow bites the not so silent creature to death. The psychic eeveelution Espeon jumps into the fray and strikes hard and fast. Both him and Shadow deal their best at each other with my loyal companion winning out the fight. The mighty kin of Splumfark rings onto the battlefield. I take this chance to let Zappem punch a hole through the bell. He succeeds, but takes critical damage as well. Lucian looks intrigued by the events and sends out the best he has.

Not a single member of my team has a move that is effective against this graceful fighter. I say when you are backed up to the wall, why not go with a battle of aces. Mr. Wiggles came out and sizes the opponent right away. An air of pure respect is clear. Tora moves in a blinding speed and hits nearly as hard as he moves. Mr. Wiggles is not unused to this sort of damage inflicted however. They trade blow after blow shaking the room and beating each other senseless. Blood is everywhere across their bodies and the floor. As they stare down further, Tora falls to his knees, and Mr. Wiggles takes a breath. And ends it right after. Alakazam is still to come, so I heal up my best pal and let my faith stay with him. He takes a massive attack and comes forth yet again to refuse death, and finishes the fourth and final member of the Elite Four.

“Excellent. Go and take on the final battle. It was a pleasure. I will read and listen attentively to the outcome.”

“Let’s go guys. This is it. You ready, Mr. Wiggles?”

Champion Battle: Sinnoh League

“Doakul, I knew you would be here someday!”

Cynthia’s voice echoed all across the giant room as I walked towards her. An imposing figure before me, this is the best trainer in the entire region. This is the final battle. Me versus her. This is no simple type matchup and win situation. This is two trainers using their wit, skill, and perseverance to out fox the other. I was hoping to make it here with my team fully intact, but 5 outta 6 is not as bad as it could have been. If I take out one of her members then we are basically tied. Well this is the time to show my loyal team’s strength. I grab the very first pokéball I ever received and whisper to it.

“Mr. Wiggles, I trust in you to start our final battle. One more battle that’s all I ask. Just one more.”

“I see you are saying your final words of encouragement before we commence. How about we do this then? Young champion, bring your best.”

“I’m no champion yet?”

“You made it this far Doakul, you are a champion in your heart and to your pokémon. Now show me how strong you really are. I know this will be a battle to remember!”

“You got it Champ, let’s battle!”

Spiritomb is first up to bat and I go with my trusted partner. We strike with a fearsome Earthquake to begin and Silver wind cuts through the air to slice us. Minimal damage received, we end the first one v. one in a flash. Togekiss is next and I know this is not a matchup I want for Wiggles. Zappem shoots out to take on his type advantage. A powerful blow knocks him down to half and he with his mighty fist severely weakens Togekiss. I go for the kill and to my utter surprise she switches to her best pokémon, Garchomp.

Suddenly bringing out her ultimate weapon makes every strategy I have fly out the window. I know a switch is needed but who can take the hit. Earthquake is likely to be the move so this is a tough choice. McClit and Mr. Wiggles are likely the only two who can survive that move. I gamble on McClit and his thick body to absorb the blow. This ends up being a smart move, but Chompy keeps going for the kill over and over; I have no time to attack and can only heal to save my friend. After many turns of the same exchange, another switch comes out of nowhere, and Lucario is on the field now. Again, this is not in my favor at all. No one in my team is in a good spot for this match up. I decide on Niagra. She is barely hanging on each turn with only about 1/3rd of her health so this is not looking good. Lucario misses though and I take a chance to use waterfall to hit it hard. A nice amount of damage, but not quite enough to make a huge impact. A few more turns and healing items extinguished and this pattern occurs once more. This time the waterfall hits with the force of the name she shares. The water pressure crushed the fighting beast into a limpless creature. Roserade is next so my obvious switch is to Shadow. She does a little damage, but the power of resistance and flames overcome that easily. One hit away from death and another switch. Her craftiness is starting to piss me off a bit.

Milotic is now out. I’ve seen her whole team and half of them are hurt. Things are looking decent, if anything. I refuse to just let Shadow die and go to Niagra for some strategic healing on the entire party. This is as good as it could get, so I go to Zappem. He gets hit hard by the swinging tail of the majestic snake. Half down and not looking good. I am sure I am faster though and gamble a straight power thunder punch could end her in a single hit. I assume wrongly. She strikes faster than I anticipate and Zappem is pierced through his chest. Blood and water fly everywhere and he is no more.

I try McClit and power whip as the killer move with little results. I don’t think this is looking good. He is hurt and I don’t like this look at all. I switch to Niagra for a water v. water match. It’s slowly going in my favor as they trade blows and whittle health move by move. Then the worst thing possible happens. A critical hit crushed the skull of Niagra and a cry flies out, but she is no more. McClit is my only good option here, so I go with him.

McClit strikes with mighty thunderous jabs and kills the serpent. Injured badly and slower than Togekiss who is next out, I switch to Shadow for hopefully a speed kill thunder fang attack. I am right that my speed is the superior one, but I am wrong about it being a fatal blow. Shadow doesn’t finish off the winged monster. He gets hit hard but survives. I have to switch or lose Shadow. Mr. Wiggles is the only one who isn’t hurt badly, but in this situation I’m unsure what to do. I decide bringing him out for a hopefully tank hit and healing McClit is the right choice. I do just this and Mr. Wiggles is now in the red too. McClit comes out for his moment to shine or die. I go for thunder punch and the damage is small for what I wanted. I go for another, but McClit gets crit and dies from an Aura Sphere to his head, completely decapitating him.

Mr. Wiggles is the only option I have here. I think I may lose this battle. It might end here. I am able to weaken Togekiss about 75% with tons of healing and near deaths. Mr. Wiggles is cut from every part of his body, bleeding profusely. During one of the turns I was able to heal Shadow and Mr. Wiggles has about 60% health. I go for the switch. Shadow’s health is decimated and brought to single digits. I assume my speed is the greater of the two though and that a full power flamethrower can destroy Togekiss. It’s an all or nothing gamble but I take it. IT WORKED!!! Fucking yes! Chompy returns and I know Mr. Wiggles and Shadow are at a disadvantage here. I’m digging my grave slowly. I count on Mr. Wiggles to take on his greatest foe yet. This is where the battle would be decided.

Mr. Wiggles takes a bevy of flamethrowers and dragon rushes to his body. Slowly and surely he would fall. The mighty prehistoric mountain was getting close to breaking. Blood covering his face, and scorch marks blackening the majority of his body. Black and red were mostly all that could be seen. His luscious green leaves burnt, his body cut, bruised, and bleeding, his spirit being ripped apart. Then all of a sudden it happened.

All of the spirits of his fallen comrades appeared one by one giving him encouragement and strength to hold on and win this fight.

Harriet: “Remember you said you would show me the freedom of this world? Hehe, I didn’t get to do that, but what I did see was beautiful, thank you and keep fighting!”

Dru: “You were always a big great brute, but a damn strong one. I aimed to overtake you. I didn’t get my chance, but I fail to see how this puny beast could do it either!”

Raiden: “Ahh Old friend we didn’t get to keep our promise of seeing this to the end. Hold your end of the deal up, you hear *winks* ”

Snellie: “Oh mister you are still strong! Keep it up!!!!!”

Li Long: “Karp”

Rosanna: “I regret not being able to support you, my love. I wanted a happy future together. You are still as fierce and amazing as the day we met. I believe in you with all my heart, and pray that you can keep living!” *Hugs tightly around the neck*

I like EGG: “EGGGGGGG, egggg, eggggy egg!”

Boogabooga: “Dying twice isn’t as funny as I thought it would be. Don’t suck.”

Whooty: “Who are you really? Who can beat you? Who?”

Floaty Man: “Heh you got this big man! Just duck and weave. Then you punch him right in the snoop!”

Chinglish: “HEYA WIGGLY MAN! NAWW YOU STILL HERE?! YAY!!!! GOSH THIS MEANIE IS TOUGH! BUT NO ONE IS MORE TOUGH THAN YOU! GIVE HIM THE OLE POW POW RAWWWWWRRR! HEHEHE YOU CUTIE WIGGLE YOU KEEP GOING!”

Ash: “Be the very best like no one ever was.”

Seizures: “01011001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01100110 01101001 01101110 01100101 00100000 01101101 01100001 01101110 00101110 00100000 01001111 01110010 00100000 01000100 01101001 01101110 01101111 00100000 01110010 01100101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00101110 00100000 01010111 01101001 01101110 00101110 00100000 01000110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01110101 01110011 00101110 ”

Kurama: ” *Rubs around legs in figure eight and paws at face cutely. Intently stares.*”

Miasma: *COUGH* “Alright, this is a tough go, but hey you ain’t no slouch. Tank him hard.”

Littlefoot: “Dinosaurs fights are such a fascinating occurrence. More data is nice, but honestly you know what to do to solve this conundrum don’t you?”

Coolacoola: “Dying is not cool.”

Negator: *Buzzes loudly a message*.

Rikku: “Steal the win away Wiggles! This is nothing, you got this!”

IceIceBaby: “I feel your discomfort with the pain inflicted. Hold tight just a while longer and I feel you can prevail. Don’t break now. *Give a small kiss on the cheek*.”

Frosty: “HOHOHO this is almost like Christmas! I LOVE IT! You exciting little big man child you! SHOW HIM YOUR HOLIDAY SPIRIT!

Scott: “Many died today. However for you, today is not that day!”

Splumfark: “*Rings 3 times.*”

Nia Digger: “If people’s faith in you is what gives you power, then I believe in you with every fiber of my being!”

Zappem: “You must break him.”

Niagra: “*Wiggles it’s tentacles in a dance*”

McClit: “This guy isn’t like you. Not old enough to party.”

LE QUACK

Mr. Wiggles fought on and with each word he felt his spirit renewed. With Le Quack’s final word of encouragement he used his final earthquake to rip Chompy’s leg out from under herself. Unable to get up, Mr. Wiggles won the match. Roserade was still to come. Shadow has the advantage here, so trust him to do this. I send him out and nail a flamethrower that does 90% damage. One more hit and we win the championship. The last sludge bomb took about exactly half out, so I feel like I should be okay to win the gamble. I guess wrong again and really feel stupid for not healing. Shadow slowly melts away under the hot sludge. He yells before his final breath.

“CAPTAIN FINISH THIS FIGHT! DO NOT GIVE IN! *HOWLS loudly*”

Mr. Wiggles returns one last time. My sole survivor and last hope. Roserade is faster and the sludge bomb keeps dealing about 45% damage. It wouldn’t be fatal, however with a critical hit or poisoning, it could be. So I have to heal for several rounds to keep the dream afloat. I use my last battle item which happens to boost Special Defense. My last ditch effort for some extra help. It works perfectly and Mr. Wiggles is much better off. The first sludge bomb takes about 30%. I bet I can take another and end this with a powerful crunch. Another hits Mr. Wiggles and knocks him down to 50 hp and poisoned. He, so damaged, lashes forward and captures the walking flower in his jaw and crushes her into shredded pieces of potpourri. The poison takes out a chunk more but he is still standing.

Me and Mr. Wiggles are the Pokémon Champions.

Tune in for part ten where I talk about my journey as a whole. The ups and the downs, the incredible feeling of almost losing, and somehow winning in the end with just my starter pokémon. It was a wild ride and I can’t wait to wrap it up. I will have a nice memorium for all the fallen members of my journey and talk in detail on how it felt to complete the nuzlocke as a whole. I will also have a nice fictional epilogue for the characters of Sinnoh and my run. Until next time!