BA041

==Synopsis==
Yazmyne faces has to navigate invisible walls to challenge the Leader of the Fuchsia City Gym.
==Summary==
Yazmyne is ready for her fourth gym battle and arrives at the gym with Dante. As soon as they step in, they are greeted by an assistant who explains that they need to navigate a gym puzzle to face the gym leader. Yazmyne is confused as she thought gym puzzles were outdated though Dante expresses that some gym leaders in Kanto prefer to test their challengers before battling them as a means to vet their opponents. 
Yazmyne reaches the first "wall" and thinks there should be an easy way to navigate around the gym's walls and possible traps. Yazmyne calls on Butterfree who uses is Compound Eyes abilitiy to see through the invisible walls and the traps. Yazmyne and Dante rather quickly arrive outside of the building to a large battlefield. A young girl jumps down and complains that Yazmyne should not have completed the maze so quickly. She demands to know how before tripping and falling on her oversized scarf. Yazmyne explains she used her Butterfree and his Ability. The girl insists that she cheated, and Yazmyne iterates that the rules did not indicate that she could not have her Pokemon help her. The girl becomes flustered and bitterly agrees that Yazmyne is right, but she will change the rules after their gym battle. 
Dante is surprised that the seemingly naive girl is the gym leader. The girl introduces herself as Janine, and she has inherited her father's gym. Dante asks if Janine is the daughter of Elite Four Koga, which Janine confirms. Janine declares she has trained under her father to master Poison-Type Pokemon. She asks how many badges Yazmyne has, and Yazmyne confirms she has three. Janine declares that they will therefore have a four-on-four gym battle. Yazmyne agrees to the conditions. 
Yazmyne and Janine take to opposite ends of the battlefield and begin their battle. Janine opens the battle with Golbat, and Yazmyne decides to lead with the Pokemon who helped her win the Insight Badge, Staryu. As the challenger, Yazmyne is granted the first attack and she orders Rapid Spin. Staryu takes off against Golbat, who cleanly dodges. Golbat attacks with its own stars of Swift. Yazmyne tells Staryu to keep spinning. It does and the stars of Swift back onto Golbat for a clean hit. Staryu then stops spinning to attack with Bubble Beam. Golbat recovers and meets Bubble Beam with Air Cutter. Hoping to build some defense, Yazmyne orders Cosmic Power. Staryu glows a sparkling purple gaining a defensive boost. Janine has a proper counter and has Golbat spray Staryu with Toxic. Janine warns Yazmyne that being poisoned by Toxic is different from being poisoned by moves such as Poison Sting or Poison Powder because the damage doubles over times. As Staryu is shocked from poison, Yazmyne says that all it means is that Staryu needs to defeat Golbat that much faster. Staryu attacks with Water Gun, but Golbat cuts through the attack with Air Cutter that continues to slam Staryu. Golbat follows with Swift. Staryu takes off again with Rapid spin to evade the stars but they keep following it because it is an attack that cannot miss. However, Yazmyne knows this. Staryu swerves around Golbat and the following stars crash on it. Golbat begins to descend and Staryu feels some shock from poison. Staryu endures and hammers Golbat with a Bubble Beam, knocking it out.
Janine is impressed with Staryu's endurance against poison as she recalls Golbat. The leader's second Pokemon is a Koffing, which Yazmyne scans into her dex. When the battle begins, Yazmyne orders Staryu to boost its defenses with Cosmic Power. Staryu then attacks with Bubble Beam. Koffing rotates rapidly with Gyro Ball to destroy the bubbles in sparkles. Koffing then speeds toward Staryu still using Gyro Ball. Staryu spins itself with Rapid Spin and the two collide. However, Koffing possesses superior strength and knocks Staryu to the ground. Staryu gets up and fire a Bubble Beam. Staryu lands a powerful attack, but stammers when poison causes it more pain. Taking the opportunity, Janine orders Clear Smog which hits Staryu. Staryu glows white though it didn't use Cosmic Power. Janine explains that Clear Smog eliminates all stat changes in battle, meaning that Stayu's defenses are returned to normal. Yazmyne panics and orders Water Gun, but Koffing quickly moves around the attack and drenches Staryu with Sludge, knocking it out.
Yazmyne recalls Staryu on a job well done and she considers her next choice. She has Ivysaur run into battle. Koffing attacks first with Sludge, but Ivysaur negates it with Vine Whip and proceeds to wrap Koffing and smashed him around the battlefield. Janine orders her struggling Pokemon to use Clear Smog. Clear Smog hits Ivysaur to shock and weaken him, but Ivysaur retains a strong hold of Koffing. Koffing struggles to break free of Ivysaur's tight grasp and the Grass-Type strikes with Leech Seed, causing vines to wap around Koffing and shock him with red energy, which returns to Ivysaur as health. Koffing retaliates with Sludge which strikes Ivysaur then spins into Gyro Ball to shake off the vines of Leech Seed. Koffing continues to attack Ivysaur, but Ivysaur captures Koffing in Vine Whip. Janine orders Koffing to blind Ivysaur with Sludge. Ivysaur panics but Yazmyne tells Ivysaur to relax and maintain his hold, reminding him that he and Koffing are still connected even if he is blinded. Ivysaur calms and Janine is impressed with Yazmyne's connection with her Pokemon. Yazmyne promises to show more and Ivysaur fires an Energy Ball onto Koffing. As a result of the attack, Koffing is shocked by green sparks with Yazmyne understanding that Koffing's special defenses are falling. Ivysaur fires another Energy Ball. Janine remains confident and orders Destiny Bond, causing Koffing's eyes to glow purple. The Energy Ball explodes onto Koffing and the attack deals more damage due to its decreased defenses. Koffing crashes onto ground, unable to battle. Ivysaur cheers in his victory but Destiny Bond takes effect and he glows an ominous violet. Ivysaur then falls over unable to battle and Yazmyne is confused, ending the episode.
==Major Events==
*Yazmyne begins her gym battle against Janine
For a list of all major events in this anime, please see Major Events/Battles Ablaze. 
==Characters==
===Humans===
*Yazmyne
*Dante
*Janine
*Referee
*Trainers
===Pokemon===
*Ivysaur (Yazmyne's)
*Butterfree (Yazmyne's)
*Staryu (Yazmyne's)
*Golbat (Janine's)
*Koffing (Janine's)
Category:Episodes
Category:Episodes with Gym Battles
Category:Battles Ablaze