Vigoroth use Faint attack
Vigoroth heads towards Zangoose for a Faint attack
Zangoose head for a Crush Claw
Zangoose hand start to shine as he hits Vigototh face and Vigoroth hits Zangoose 's face
Moving both of them away from each other
Vigoroth defense goes down
Now Zangoose use Hone Claws
Vigoroth attack goes down
"Using two attacks just to get Vigoroth attack and defense down, He might look like an idiot but he might be smart as well"
Max thinks to himself
Zangoose head for a Revenge
Zangoose head towards Vigoroth and hits him and hits him almost fainting him
Vigoroth use Facade now
Zangoose dodge it and use Crush Claw one more time
Zangoose dodges the attack and hits the Vigoroth with Crush Claw fainting Vigoroth
Norman calls back Vigoroth
"He actually defeated Vigoroth with these attacks"
Max thinks to himself
Norman then takes out another Pokeball
Come on out, Linoone
Battle Begin
Zangoose head for a Crush Claw
Linoone use Belly Drum
Zangoose hits Linoone with Crush Claw lowering its Defense
Linoone survived it and now stand there a 6+ Attack Linoone with a -1 Defense
Linoone use Facade and it knocks down Zangoose
"Now How is he going to defeat Linoone?"
Max thinks to himself
Sky calls back Zangoose
"Great Work, Zangoose now get some rest"
Sky puts the Pokeball back and then takes out another Pokeball
I choose you, Nidoking!!
Nidoking comes out
"A NIDOKING, HOW DID HE GET THAT!!"
Max thinks to himself
Linoone head for a Facade
Linoone head for an attack and almost takes out Nidoking
Sky smiles
Nidoking use Double Kick
With that Double Kick and -1 Defense
And with already being weak from the last match
Nidoking takes out Linoone but he also gets taken out with Norman's Last Pokemon, Slaking
Sky runs towards Nidoking
"You did great Nidoking now take a good rest"
Sky tells Nidoking while he puts him back in his Pokeball
He goes back to his original position and takes out another Pokeball
I choose you, Trapinch
Trapinch comes out on the field
"A Trapinch, Huh?"
Max thinks to himself
Slaking head for a faint attack
Slaking heads towards Trapinch for a Faint Attack
Trapinch dodge it and use Crunch
Trapinch hits the Crunch but it does nothing
Slaking's Truant activates for a turn
Trapinch head for a Bulldoze
Trapinch uses Bulldoze Damaging Slaking but it didn't do a lot
Slaking use Counter
Slaking hits the Counter and it damages Trapinch a lot
Trapinch then slowly standing up on his feet looking towards the Slaking angrily
"It won't work, That Trapinch doesn't stand a chance against him"
Max tells Sky
"That ain't happening, I believe in Trapinch a lot and I know that the Pokemon that stands a chance against this Slaking is Trapinch"
Sky tells Max
"How do you know that for sure?"
Max asks Sky
"Sometimes, You just gotta believe in your Pokemon"
Sky replies to Max
"Traapinch!!!!!"
A Shine comes around Trapinch
Everyone present on the field was shocked
Trapinch's body starts to change and as the shine disappears
Trapinch has now evolved into Vibrava
Vibrava starts to get a red aura around as he heads towards the Slaking and blows him away with one hit
"That is!"
Max was surprised
Slaking gets blown away from the field and faints
"Did that Vibrava use Superpower?!!"
Max asks Sky
Sky smiles as he runs towards Vibrava
"Alright Vibrava, You are the best"
Sky tells Vibrava
Vibrava heads towards Sky and gives him a hug as he smiles
Norman calls back Slaking and walks towards Sky
He raises his hand and gives Sky the Balance Badge
Sky jumps from excitement as he gets the Balance Badge
Max looks towards Sky and remembers a specific trainer from the past
Sky leaves the Gym getting ready to leave for Dewford Town for his 5th Badge
End of Chapter 17