Miles reached a building that had a sign in bold leters that read, CYCLING ROAD.
Miles walked into the building, and it was almost empty. The only people there were a few people behind a counter, which Miles was sure they were only in the building because they worked there. They seemd to be suprised at his arrival, and one worker spoke up, "Why are you here, kid?"
Miles blinked, thinking it was kind of obvious, and said, "Um... I'm here to go on the Cycling Road to reach the next city... Is that a problem....?"
All of the workers exchanged glances at each other, then another spoke up, saying, "Well, I guess you aren't around these parts... You see, some kind of team, Team Aqua they call themselves, have been showing up on Cycling Road and stealing trainers pokemon... Barely any trainers come this way now, in fear of their pokemon being stolen..."
Miles stayed silent for a moment. All of the workers expected him to turn back and go the long way, but he just smiled and said ,"A team, huh...? Well, it doesn't matter!! If they try and steal any of my pokemon, I'll just beat them! Hehe!!"
The workers all looked suprised, a few began to mutter to each other. One worker said, "Well, if that's what you want to do, I guess you can go ahead... Have a bike, kid?"
Miles remembered that he didn't have a bike, so he wouldn't be bale to go through the Cycling Road. "Oh... Umm.... Not really...."
The worker said, "No problem, you can just take a bike for rent, all you have to do is give it back when you get to the other side. Simple."
Miles could hear one worker mutter, "That is, if the kid can get through all those theifs..."
Miles ignored the comment, not really afraid. He was sure he would be able to take on any of the 'Team Aqua' members if he encountered one. He trusted his team of pokemon, and was sure that nothing bad would happen. The worker called Miles over to where several bikes were placed in a row, and Miles picked out a simple red bike. The worker showed him where the entrence to the Cycling Road was and Miles pedalled off.
"Good luck, kid..." The worker muttered, but Miles was too far to hear the comment.
Miles was pedalling on the bicycle, his vest blowing in the breeze. The sun was shining, several bird pokemon flew overhead and squaked every now and then, everything was fine. And there was no Team Whatever-They're-Called.
"Maybe they left already, "Miles said to himmself. He hadn't seen anyone else on the road, the only biker was him. He gazed at the ocean for a few moments, which had a great view. Then, he felt a wriglling in his pocket. He stopped his bicycle and pulled out the pokeball that was wiggling. Zurill emerged from the pokeball, and looked around the road with intrest.
"Azuuu?"
Miles smiled and said, "Hey Zurill! We're on the Cycling Road right now. Want to ride on the hadnel bars?"
This idea seemed appealing to Zurill, even though she probably had no idea what a handelbar was, but Miles showed her what it was and she bounced on it using her tail, then, she wrapped her tail around the middle of the handelbars and sat down.
"Azu!" Zurill said in a happy voice, signalling that she was ready to go.
Miles smiled and said, "Alright, here we go!!" He started pedalling again and Zurill let out several happy "Azu's" and laughing sounds. Miles smiled, glad that she was enjoying the ride. Having her riding with him was much better than riding alone on the desserted Cycling Road.
Suddenly, Zurill stopped laughing, and she looked alert. Her round ears twitched a few times. Miles kept pedalling, but noticed Zurills' attitude change. He frowned, and said, "Zurill, what's wrong...?"
Then he heard it, a hissing sound, and it seemed to get louder as he continued to pedal. Miles stared at both sides of the Cycling Road, trying to see what was making the sound, but he couldn't find the source of the noise. Zurill couldn't either, but she still looked alert and had a serious look on her face. Then, a giant, black form emerged from some undergrowth and dashed right in the path of Miles and Zurill. Zurill let out a cry of suprise as both she and Miles flew with the bike off of the giant black form. Both Miles and Zurill crashed on the road, Miles groaned and fell off the bike. "O-Oww..."
He frowned, and looked for Zurill in worry. "Zurill, where are you...?!"
"Azuu...."
Miles looked over in releif, seeing Zurilla few feet away laying on her back. She got on her feet and stumbled around a few feet.
"Zu-Azuuu..."
"Sevvviiiiiii....."
Miles, still on the ground, looked over at the giant black form, which he could now see had several diffrent markings on its body. It looked like a giant snake, and it had two giant fangs pointing out of its mouth. It hissed at both Miles and Zurill, and Miles struggled up onto his feet.
"Well well well.... What do we have here....?"
Miles looked over at where the voice came from. A man wearing a blue bandanna around his head, a black and white striped shirt and blue pants appeared from the undergrowth.
"Finally, a trianer. Nice work, Seviper."
"Sevviiiii...." The pokemon known as Seviper hissed.
Miles, now on his feet, along with Zurill who waddled over to him and was glaring at Seviper. He remembered what the workers had told him before he got on the Cycling Road, and he said, "Wait, I know who you are...."
The man smiled, and seemed to be pleased that Miles knew who he was.
"....You're part of Team Water!!!" Miles declared, and the mans jaw dropped immmediatley.
"Wh-what...?! What's wrong with you!!?! How dare you mock our organization by saying the name wrong!!!" The member yelled in anger, a look of rage on his face.
Miles thought for a moment, then he said, "Ohhh, I know!! I know!! You must be Team Ocean!!"
"NO!!!"
"Team Lake?"
"NO WAY!!"
"Team River, Team Stream, Team Beach?"
"NO, NO, NO!!!"
Mile smiled, then he said, "Ohhh, now I remember!! You're part of Team Seashells!!!"
"THAT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!" The man roared, his face red with anger.
Miles frowned, cocked his head and said, "Oh, well, I don't know what your Team Whats-it-Called's name is..."
"IT'S TEAM AQUA!! OUR GLORIOUS ORGANIZATION IS CALLED TEAM AQUA!!!!" The man roared.
Miles frowned again, saying, "Well, I don't think your organization must be that important if I forgot its name..."
The mans' face was glowing red with anger, and he yelled, "Stupid kid!! You'll pay for this!! I'm taking all of your pokemon!!!"
Miles got serious as soon as he heard the comment. He said, "I don't thik so!! I guess I'll just have to beat you to make you go away!" He looked at Zurill, who looked ready to fight, but he pulled out her pokeball and said, "Soryy Zurill, but I don't want you to fight."
Zurill looked up at him, shocked. "Zu?!"
Miles looked at her worriedly, saying, "Well, its just that you've fought alot on thE last route. I don't know if you can fight anymore... Sorry." He clicked the button on the pokeball to return her, but she bounced out of the way. Miles blinked and tried again. Zurill bounced out of the way again, saying, "Azu, Azurill!!!"
Miles stared at Zurill for a few moments. She was gazing at him with a determined look in her eyes. She wanted to fight with him, even though she could be tired from all those other battles. Miles sighed, but couldn't help but smile at her eagerness. He said, "Zurill, if the battle gets too serious for you, then you're going back in your pokeball, alright?"
"Zu, Azuu!!" Zurill said, happy that she was able to battle. She bounced infront of Miles and glared at Seviper, who looked down at her with its sharp eyes. It hissed and its' tounge poked out of its mouth before dissapearing back inside again.
Miles could hear his pokedex beep, "Seviper, a poison type pokemon."
Well, Zurill has a ground-type move so we have an advantage, but that Seviper is huge, Miles thought staring at the giant snake who was staring down at Zurill like she was some kind of appetizer.
"Seviper, use Wrap on that Azurill!!" The man yelled.
Seviper moved its body around and launched it towards Zurill, but Miles yelled, "Zurill, use Splash to get away!!!"
Zurill just barely managed to get away from Seviper's giant body before it could catch her. She got up higher into the air, looking down at Seviper who was looking upwards, waiting for Zurill to fall back to the ground. Zurill began to fall downwards towards Seviper with great speed.
The Team Aqua member smirked, and yelled, "Seviper, when that Azurill gets close to you, use Bite!!"
Seviper smirked, showing several other sharp teeth that were smaller to the front two pointing out of its mouth, but they were still sharp looking... Just when Zurill got closer to Seviper, it opened its mouth wide, ready to bring its fangs down on Zurill. Miles waited patiently, then, he yelled, "Zurill, use Mud-Slap!!"
Zurill seemed to smirk, she understood what Miles meant, she slapped her tail towards Sevipers' mouth while she was still in mid-air. The mud went flying towards Sevipers wide-open mouth, and went straight in. The Sevipers' eyes widened, and it started hacking and shaking its head furiously. It hissed several times with in-between hacking sounds as it tried to get the mud out of its mouth.
Zurill, who was still falling from the Splash attack was still aimed towards Seviper who was currently ignoring her and busy thinking about the mud in its' mouth. She slammed down on its head with her tail and sprung off of it like a diving board.
"Seviiii!!!" Seviper hissed in annoyance. It glared at Zurill who had just landed on the ground with her feet.
The man growled in annoyance, then he yelled, "Seviper, use Poison Tail to take out that pipsqueak pokemon!!"
Seviper hissed, and then its tail (body) began to glow a dark purple color, with a few drops hitting the ground. Seviper slithered towards Zurill and brought its sharp tailpoint down to hit her, but Zurill bounced backwards away from it before it hit her. It crashed into the ground and half of the tail was buried in the middle of the concrete road. Seviper hissed in annoyance and glared at Zurill in annoyance. It yanked its still purple glowing tail out of the road and got ready to attack Zurill again. However, Zurill simply dodged the attacks, never once leaving her tail or else she would be stabbed by the poisonous tail. Soon, they started going around in circles, zig-zags, or in a straight line.
Miles didn't dare try and give an order because he was sure that if Zurill made any other move other than her simple dodging, then that Poison Tail attack would get her. He needed to wait until the Team Aqua member gave Seviper another order. Luckily, that happened.
"Seviper, use Lick!!" The Team Aqua member yelled.
"Seviii!!"
Seviper lunged towards Zurill and opened its mouth, licking Zurill with its' tounge. Nothing happened, however. The Team Aqua member gave a shocked look and Miles smiled. Zurill wasn't affected because she was a normal type, and ghost type attacks don't work on her.
"Alright Zurill, use Mud-Slap while Seviper is close to you!!" Miles yelled.
"Azuu!!"
Zurill smacked her tail with mud that materialized out of thin air and smacked the Seviper right in the face. It hissed in pain form the super-effective attack and shook its head furiously, trying to recover from the attack.
"Now, use Tail Whip!!!" Miles yelled.
Zurill smacked Seviper with her tail, causing its defense to fall. The Team Aqua grunt growled in annoyance.
"Stupid little brat...! Seviper use Poison Tail!!"
"Sevi!!"
Seviper raised its tail, ready to strike down on Zurill and she bounced the other way to avoid the attack, but that was a mistake. Seviper had never meant to move its tail the way where Zurill dodged, and as soon as she was in mid-air, Seviper brought its tail down on Zurill.
"Azuuu!!" Zurill cried in pain, the impact of the giant tail and the poison causing alot of damage.
"Zurill!!" Miles yelled, alarmed. Zurill hit the ground and she flinced. She was poisoned. Miles yelled, "Zurill, quick, use Refresh!!!"
Zurill sighed and she was enveloped in a shining green light, her poison cured. She hoped back onto her feet, but she looked tired from the hit. Miles frowned. Seviper was a strong opponet, stronger than Zurill. If she got hit like that a few more times, it would be over for her. The only chance they ahd was to evade as best they could and hope that Seviper would pause or make a mistake so they could land a hit.
"Seviper, use Wrap!!" The Team Aqua member yelled.
"Sevii!!" Seviper launched its tail towards Zurill, warpping around her and causing her to cry in pain.
"Zurill!!" Miles yelled.
The Team Aqua member smirked. "Heh! It's no use kid, that Azurill can't escape form Seviper's wrap. You're going down."
Miles grit his teeth. That Team Aqua member was right... There was no way Zurill would be able to escape the giant snake. Zurill cried in pain as the Seviper wrapped around Zurill tighter. Miles stared and noticed something. Zurills' tail was free from Sevipers' wrap attack, her body was being constricted. He smiled. Maybe Zurill can get out of Seviper's attack! Miles thought hopefullly.
"Zurill, use Tail Whip!!" Miles yelled. Zurill, despite being constricted tighter and tighter by the giant snake, smacked her tail right in Sevipers' face, causing it to hiss in annoyance. Miles yelled, "Alright, now use Mud-Slap while you're right by its face!!"
The Team Aquas' members' eyes grew wide, and he was about to yell something, but it was cut short as Seviper let out a loud hiss in pain from being hit close up by Zurills' Mud-Slap attack. Seviper hissed and immediatley loosened its grip around Zurill.
Miles yelled, "Zurill, now's your chance!! Use Splash to get out of there!!"
Zurill, looking tired and panting, did as Miles said and sprung into the air using her tail, escaping another possible chance for a Wrap attack. She landed near Miles, but she looked exhausted. The Seviper glared at Zurill with its slit eyes in annoyance.
"Seviii..." It hissed, not happy from the attack to its face.
The Team Aqua member growled, obviously not happy with how the battle was turning out.
Miles called over, "Say 'Arrrgh!!!' when you want to quit!!!"
The Team Aqua member gave a look of rage and yelled, "Stupid brat!! Seviper, use Poison Tail again!!"
"Zruill, dodge it like last time!!" Miles yelled.
Seviper started lashing its tail around trying to land a hit on Zurill, but Zurill did a great job of dodging though she was getting tired. However, Zurill accidently fell which left her open for Seviper to attack. The Team Aqua member grinned evily and yelled, "Seviper, bring your Poison Tail crashing down on that Azurill!!"
Seviper hissed, making an evil smirk as it looked down on Zurill and it raised its tail upwards, ready to bring it crashing down on Zurill.
Miles frowned, his mind racing trying to think of some way for Zurill to avoid the attack. A crazy thought entered his head, and he wasn't sure it would work, but at least he could try. As Seviper began to bring its tail downward to attack Zurill, Miles yelled, "Zurill, coat your tail with the mud form Mud-Slap to cancel out Sevipers' attack!!"
Zurill, who had recovered from her fall, brought her tail up that was masked with mud and both Seviper and Zurills' tails collided, but when the poison and mud was gone, neither Zurill or Seviper had been hurt in the process.
Miles smiled, releived that that had worked. Then, he yelled, "Zurill, use Mud-Slap again!!"
Zurill brought her tiail up, with mud materializing and got ready to slap Seviper, but the Team Aqua grunt yelled, "Seviper, use Wrap quick!!"
Seviper wrapped its body around Zurill before she was able to land a could hit, but she was able to smack her tail against Sevipers body which caused it to hiss in pain from the hit.
"Azuu!!" Zurill cried as Seviper tightened its grip around Zurill. Unfortunatley for Zurill, Seviper didn't allow her tail to stick out like last time, so now there was no possible way for Zurill to escape this time, and there weren't any attacks she could use either.
"Zurill!!" Miles yelled, alarmed. He watched as she continued to loose health from the tight grip from Seviper. The Team Aqua member smirked.
"Seviper, loosen your grip on Azurill!" He yelled. Seviper loosened its grip around Zurill, but Zurill looked too tired to move. Then, the grunt yelled, "Now use Poison Tail on it to swat it away!!!"
"Seviii!!" Seviper hissed, obviously pleased about this. Seviper raised its tail and smacked Zurill towards Miles direction.
"A-azuuu!!!" Zurill cried in pain, flying in mid-air, and when she landed she was going to hit the ground. Hard.
"Zurill!!!" Miles yelled, alarmed. He ran towards where she was flying and caught her in his arms before she hit the ground. She looked exhausted and flinched, she had been poisoned. Miles couldn't let her fight anymore, she was alreayd tired and he wouldn't have the risk of her fainting. She already did a great job in weakening Seviper, she had held her own against the stronger pokemon.
"Use Refresh..." Miles murmered softly, still holding on to Zurill. The green light enveloped Zurill, and the poison effect faded away, but she still looked tried, and her face looked pained every now and then from the hits Seviper had inflicted. He pulled out his pokeball and returned her, saying quietly, "You did a great job Zurill, you deserve a break..."
He put her pokeball back in his pocket and he heard the grunt call over in a mocking tone, "Ohhhh!! Is the little kid quitting?! Ha! That's what you get for messing with Team Aqua!! That puny little Azurill was nothing!!! Once I take your pokemon, I'll make sure that little Azurill gets the worst treatment possible..."
Miles had already pulled out a pokeball by now and threw it yelling, "Ponyta, come out and use Ember near Seviper and that Team Aqua member!!!"
"Poonyta!!"
Ponyta emerged from her pokeball, and as soon as she emerged flames shot out of her mouth, covering the ground in small, burning flames near Seviper and the Team Aqua members' feet. The Team Aqua member cursed and hurried away from the flames while Seviper hissed in annoyance at the burning heat form the flames around it.
Miles glared angirly at the Team Aqua member, growling, "You're going to get it now... If you're a member of some team that has to do with water, then I'll beat you down with fire!! You're not touching any of my pokemon, or anyone else's once I'm done with you.... Now let's get started, Ponyta!!"
Ponyta made an angry snorting sound and glared at the Team Aqua member and Seviper, pawing the road, ready for the fight to start.
(OOC: Miles is angry now...!)