[Nathaniel Keam]

Electricity in the Air

Ashley had made the short road to Vermilion City quickly. She was eager to start capturing more badges. She was disappointed that the gigantic cruise liner the S.S. Anne had already departed from the harbour, though. Without the cruiser liner, there was almost nothing to do in the city.

The young trainer had experienced so much on her journey to Vermilion. During her travels she was fortunate enough to come across a Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur. The Charmander she had rescued after it had been thoughtlessly abandoned by its trainer. The Squirtle was once part of a criminal gang called the Squirtle Squad, but had chosen to go with her instead. The Bulbasaur she had caught in a fair fight.

The added type advantages would be beneficial to her. The numbers didn’t matter because the gym battles were limited to however many Pokemon the gym leader had.

Sighing to herself at the lack of fun things to do in Vermilion, she made her way to the gym where she would try to claim the Thunder badge. To her relief, Kelly was already prepping her camera for action by the door to the gym.

“Ashley, I thought you weren’t coming today? It’s getting late.”
“Oh, sorry, I’ll still be able to battle, right?”
“Yeah, you made it in time. There’s like half an hour left before everything closes up for the week.”
“Great. So what about this next one?”
“Hmm?” Kelly grunted, not paying much attention.
“The gym leader. This one.”
“Ah, yes. It’s Elesa you’ll have to face. She only has a Raichu, so it’ll be a one-on-one battle. You’ll have to pick your best Pokemon for this one or you’ll be finished in no time.”
“One Raichu? That should be easy.”
“No it won’t. You don’t have any rock Pokemon and no type advantages. It’s a strong Pokemon left behind by Lieutenant Surge when he went back to the war. Elesa came from abroad and spends most of her time as a fashion model, but that doesn’t make her a pushover.”
“What should I do then?”
“Try to keep yourself away from her. She’s a model, which means she works out all the time. You don’t look that strong. You won’t beat her like you did Misty. If you do get in that position, make sure your Pokemon can get back to defend you.”

Ashley nodded at her. Kelly gave her a final good luck before descending into a shadowy area of the gym. She walked forward into the dimly lit gym. As soon as she passed into the arena, a spotlight hit her, illuminating her fully. The rest of the lights started to get brighter, until she could see the entire gym. It was essentially a large warehouse with lightning bolts on the wall. The bare gym was almost like a boxing ring.

“Welcome, trainer,” a voice said.
“I’m Ashley.”
“Thank you. I’m Elesa, the electric Pokemon specialist. As you can see, this gym definitely isn’t in my style. The previous owner wasn’t one for style or fashion. I’ll change that soon enough.”

The slender, toned figure of Elesa emerged from the darkness and stood with her hands on her hips. A dark orange Raichu stood at her side. Its bladed tale was primed and ready for action.

“This will be a one-on-one match. I was not permitted to bring any of my own Pokemon with me, so I have trained with the gym Pokemon Raichu. Choose your Pokemon and get ready to fight. I’ll assume you already know the rules of this battle and how to win, as if that will ever happen.”

Ashley said she did.

“Good, because you will lose. Prepare to lose your clothes. Go, Raichu!”

Raichu whipped its tail off the ground and allowed small sparks of electricity to flicker around its head, showing off its power.

Elesa was dressed in the strangest outfit she’d seen so far. She had short blond hair in a bob shape with a pair of white headphones; one red and one blue side. These headphones weren’t connected to anything. Two long wires from either side drooped down to her knees. She had on a yellow sleeveless jacket that covered her ass at the back. It was open to reveal a black top of some kind that exposed her stomach in two places. Her cup breasts were completely covered. The shapes were cut out to leave her white stomach on show. The bottom button of the jacket was buttoned up to cover the rest of her. Her legs were covered by a pair of black leather trousers that shimmered in the light of the gym fixtures. She completed her look with a pair of yellow heels. Ashley thought that this was going to be her weakness.

Ashley, on the other hand, was dressed as she always had been so far. Her red and white trainer hat covered her shoulder-length black hair and a white top hid her breasts. She wore a blue jacket with gold trim and green fingerless gloves. Ashley wore a pair of dark blue jeans with a dark brown belt, which she had to have replaced after the fight with Misty’s Starmie. A pair of black and white sneakers finished off her outfit.

Ashley thought hard about the Pokemon that was best suited to this. Her flying Pokemon would be destroyed instantly by the Raichu’s electricity. Squirtle also had a type disadvantage. Bulbasaur had a slight type advantage, but she knew that it wasn’t trained properly and was too weak to take on this sort of challenge yet. She concluded that her only option was Pikachu, her best trained Pokemon and her greatest ally.

“I choose you, Pikachu.”

Pikachu entered the featureless landscape opposite its evolved foe. Ashley knew that her Pokemon was at a disadvantage from the beginning.

“Pikachu? That little mouse is supposed to beat Raichu? I’ve no idea how you’ve managed to keep your clothes so far. This will be easy.”

The tall gym leader sent Raichu into battle. Immediately, Raichu started to go on the offensive, slamming its body into an unsuspecting Pikachu. Pikachu screamed as it was tackled to the ground. The large body of the rodent crashed on top of it. Pikachu was obviously shaken up as it got back to its feet again.

“Pikachu, move out of the way. You’re faster than it.”

This time, Pikachu did as it was told and dodged out of the way of the onrushing Raichu.

“Don’t you know that Raichu can hold 10,000 volts of electricity? Let’s see how your little mouse holds on. Use thunder shock!”

Raichu charged itself and let fly with a violent crackle of electricity.

“Pikachu, hit it back.”

Pikachu fired its own thunder shock back at its foe. The two bolts of electricity collided in the air and exploded with raw power, sending both battling Pokemon backwards.

“Mega punch, Raichu!”

The Raichu’s curled paw glowed briefly, before it collided directly with the red spot on Pikachu’s cheek. That hurt it and it was backing away, trying to fight off the volleys of mega kicks and punches.

“Get out of there, Pikachu!”

Pikachu dodged out of the way of the last punch and fled to the other end of the arena, this time with its back to Elesa.

“Fool. Raichu, use tail whip on Ashley!”

Raichu was already close to Ashley and it lashed out with its sharp tail. Ashley didn’t have time to react as it snagged the neck of her white t-shirt and tore it at the top. The flap of fabric exposed the snowy skin on top of her chest. Ashley was in shock and couldn’t respond as the Raichu looked on proudly.

Pikachu had reacted, however, and successfully tackled Raichu in the back, sending it away from her trainer.

“It’s not just about Pokemon, little girl. That’s just a taste of what you’re going to get when I’m finished with you. I hope you have a cute bra.”

“I won’t make that mistake again, so don’t count on it,” Ashley shouted back, her confidence renewed. She knew that she needed to be aware of her position in future.

Pikachu had returned to her side again. It had a visible scratch across its cheek where the mega punch had hit its mark. Apart from that, it was in good condition.

“Pikachu, outrun it. Quick attack, now!”

Pikachu built up speed as it closed the distance between itself and Raichu. It seemed to disappear and reappear in another position. The human eye couldn’t see where it was as it got closer and closer. The bulky Raichu couldn’t see it either. Pikachu launched itself into its bigger counterpart and sent it skidding across the floor.

“Get it again!”

Pikachu continued to charge, this time hitting it straight in its stomach. Raichu flew off to the side, winded and struggling to catch its breath. Elesa let out a small growl at this turn in the battle. Ashley had found her Pokemon’s weakness.

“Pikachu, quick attack Elesa now.”
“Wha –?”

Elesa couldn’t finish her ejaculation as she was smashed in the midsection by the onrushing mouse. Even for a small Pokemon, Pikachu still managed to knock the air out of her and onto the ground. The electric gym leader fell forward clutching her midsection and curling into a ball.

Ashley looked at the Raichu, which was still recovering and trying to climb to its feet. She decided it was time to take a chance. The trainer dashed as fast as she could across the warehouse to where Elesa was in her ball. She grabbed the tails of her yellow coat from behind and ripped it up her back, revealing the back of a black vest top. The coat came over her head and was wrenched from her arms, leaving her with a black vest top with the front areas cut out stylishly. Two black bra straps stuck out from the top. Elesa was in shock. She hadn’t expected Ashley to strip her like that. The gym leader scurried away on her hands and knees towards Raichu and got to her feet again.

“You b*tch! How dare you touch me like that! That’s it, I’m not going to play with you anymore. I’m going to end this now. Raichu, get out there and destroy that little rat.”

Raichu came forward with renewed purpose. The sparks of electricity pouring from its cheeks seemed to be all the stronger.

“Thunderbolt!” both trainers yelled.

The two electric mice sent out their bolts of electricity again. Like before, the bolts slammed together in midair, illuminating the room. This time Raichu was stronger, Pikachu’s attack was being pushed back. Her Pokemon screamed from the effort of trying to push Raichu back. Eventually, it could no longer hold on and it was electrocuted by the Raichu. Pikachu collapsed to its knees. The Raichu looked on proudly, satisfied with its effort.

“Raichu, on guard,” Elesa ordered, advancing towards Ashley herself.

Raichu kept its eyes on Pikachu as its master took over. Elesa charged towards Ashley. The model used her superior power to takedown Ashley onto her back. She crashed to the warehouse floor, her head banging off the ground. Elesa was on top of her, attacking her jacket. She grabbed one side and used her surprisingly powerful limbs to drag it down and off one arm. The other soon followed and Ashley was down to her ripped white t-shirt.

Ashley tried to crawl away on her hands and knees. Elesa threw away the jacket and was back on her again. This time she climbed onto her back, with one leg on either side of her torso and pinned her down to the ground.

“You shouldn’t have made me mad,” she taunted her.

Ashley tried her best to buck her off, but it was no use. Pikachu was still recovering from the shock. Her attacker used her searching fingers to find the rip Raichu had made in her shirt earlier. They found it. With an almighty pull, she wrenched the rip apart, exposing the cleavage of her breasts and the rest of her chest.

“No!” Ashley protested.

Elesa effortlessly turned her onto her back again and ripped the rest of the t-shirt cleanly down the middle. A bright green bra came into view. It was a push-up bra and only made her humiliation even more apparent. She went bright red as the remains of the shirt were removed from her back and she was finally allowed to escape away from the vengeful Unova fashion icon.

“How do you like that?”

Ashley tried to get her bearings back. She wrapped her arms tightly around her body. She still had her hat and fingerless gloves on. Now she knew that if she lost her jeans it would be over and her Pokemon journey would be at an end for this year.

The embarrassed girl looked for her Pikachu. It had finally managed to climb to its feet, but it was unsteady.

“Pikachu, we need to win this. Use your agility, you can’t win with your electric attacks.”

Pikachu indicated it understood her with a cock of the head and a twitch of the ears.

“Attack it, use agility,”

Shaking its head to clear the last of the cobwebs away, it used its speed to crash into Raichu again. It was only a glancing blow and Raichu attempted to counter with a body slam, but it too missed. The two mouse Pokemon continued to circle each other, both with their own unique advantages.

Ashley knew that she had to try to get to Elesa again or this would be over. Pikachu wouldn’t have the stamina to keep up with its stronger foe.

She steadily moved further and further towards Elesa. The gym leader didn’t notice her opponent inching forward as she concentrated on the battle.

“Tail whip, Pikachu.”

Pikachu understood what she meant. In a momentary break in the action, Pikachu launched itself tail first into Elesa. The smack of the tail caught her on the jaw and made her stumble backwards. Ashley saw her chance and ran towards her again. Elesa couldn’t recover in time. The challenger grabbed onto her vest top and started to pull her around with it. Off-balance, she hit the ground and her black top came with it over her head. Now instead of showing off only part of her stomach, her entire upper body was exposed. A solid black bra encased the only area of her body that didn’t make the headlines.

Elesa screamed in anger. She couldn’t believe that she’d been stripped by this upstart again. The electric gym leader had always been embarrassed by her lack of size in the chest department. Every outfit she commissioned did everything to take attention away from them and onto her gorgeous legs. Now all eyes were upon them, her worst fears come true.

Ashley knew that her time would come again. She quickly retreated to the other side of the battle to leave her enemy survey the damage.

Pikachu was having a hard time staying in the fight now. Its energy was draining and Ashley knew that she had to end this fast or Raichu would win.

“Pikachu, move over to my side.”

Pikachu, although puzzled, obeyed and lured Raichu over to where Ashley was standing near the wall. She knew that she had to time this right if it was going to work. It was her last shot at defeating the stronger Pokemon.

Inspecting, the action, she screamed for Pikachu to move just when Raichu was aiming for a huge body slam. It worked like a charm and the Raichu hit the wall, dazed.

“Finish it off, Pikachu.”

Pikachu used a violent quick attack to ram Raichu into the wall. It slumped down the wall, fainted and defeated.

Elesa wasn’t going to accept defeat, though. She’d brought herself back into the battle again and shoved Ashley to the ground just when she was about to claim her prize.

“This isn’t over!” she screamed.

Pikachu disagreed. It grabbed hold of one of the long cords coming from the headphones on her head. It took the wire and ran around the back of her and through her legs. The wire tripped her up and she was slammed hard on her back, the headphones coming off her head. Ashley dived on top of her and immediately attacked her black leather pants. The button came undone quickly. Elesa screamed in terror as she tried to scramble away. She managed to swivel onto her back, but this only made Ashley’s job easier.

Ashley got a grip on the back of the pants and took them down her bubble butt. The white cheeks contrasted sharply with the tiny black thong she was wearing. There was practically nothing left to the imagination as her backside came into view in all its glory, followed by a pair of luscious thighs.

The pants became tangled at her ankles, but this didn’t bother Ashley who had all the time in the world. Eventually, Elesa was freed from her bonds, minus her pants and yellow high heels, and she was left to flee barefoot out the door and into the bowels of the Vermilion City Gym.

Ashley laughed as the humiliated model left the premises hastily.

“Nice one,” Kelly congratulated her, running across the warehouse to greet her. “I can’t believe you did that with Pikachu. Raichu should have wiped the floor with you. I knew you had promise. Love the bra, though, bright green is very you.”

Ashley turned red again, only now realising that she had been stripped to her bra.

Kelly saw this too and said, “Don’t feel bad about it. Even the best trainers lose something at some point. You’re one of the few who’s made it all the way to the third gym without losing anything. Be happy that you didn’t lose your pants. It’s hard to battle like that.”
“Hard to battle like that? How would you know?”

Kelly paused, perhaps thinking that she’d said something she shouldn’t have?

“Well,” she started, nervously fiddling with her camera. “I’ve done a bit of battling before I got into photography. I’ll tell you about it sometime. You’ll have to find a new shirt. That one’s sort of ruined.”
“Hey, what about my badge? Elesa and Raichu have gone,” she panicked.
Kelly looked around, as if she was expecting a servitor to deliver the badge on a silver platter.
“You’re right. I guess you can check her pants. It might be in there.”

Ashley picked up the discarded leather pants and searched the pockets. Her hand descended on something small and metallic. She pulled it out and saw that it was the Thunder badge. It was vermilion and jagged around the edges with a solid red gem in the middle.

“It’s mine!” she screamed, and Pikachu joined in too.
“And I got some great pictures too. Guess it’s time to go to Celadon now?”
“To Celadon City,” Ashley agreed with a smile.

To Be Continued...