Chapter 18: A Blooming Battle!

The battle between Mike and Michelle began. Mike was determined to win his 2nd badge. Mike sent out Zorua and Michelle sent out Oddish. Zorua started off with a Slash attack on Oddish, Oddish used Razor leaf, they both did the same amount of damage. Zorua used Night Slash and knocked out Oddish. Michelle sent out her next Pokemon, Whimsicott. Whimsicott used Draining Kiss on Zorua which did massive damage to it, but Zorua was able to fit in 1 more attack. Zorua used Slash on Whimsicott, which only did 1/4 damage, Whimsicott finished off Zorua with another Draining Kiss. Whimiscott absorbed a bit of HP.

Mike had to send out his final Pokemon, Dartrix. Michelle studied Mike's Dartrix from the battle with Team Boom. She knew Mike was going to go for a Peck attack but told Whimsicott to dodge it at the perfect time. Whimiscott came in with a tackle attack but Dartrix was able to jump over it with ease. Dartrix went with a swift Peck attack to knock it out.

Michelle finally sent out her ace Pokemon, Bellossom. Michelle told Bellossom to focus and charge up a Solar Beam, but Dartrix swiftly tackled the Bellossom, and the solar beam canceled out. Bellossom used Petal Dance, the flowers didn't do that much damage to Dartrix, but Dartrix finished off the gym battle with a Peck attack.

Mike was relieved from that stressful battle, but all his work had paid off when Michelle handed him the Floral Badge. Mike had collected 2 Badges so far. He just needed 6 more to battle the elite 4 and champion. This gave Mike a huge boost of confidence. Now it was Carson's turn to battle Michelle...