Chapter 2: Part 3
"Oh well, that's too bad" remarked the blue haired girl at the failed capture, face filled with disappointment. "Don't worry I'm sure you'll have better luck next time. You should get better pokeball when you get the chance. The help at increasing your chances at catching higher level pokemon as well as specific types."
"Really?" asked Sakai a rather quizzical expression on his face. "That would explain why you had no problem catching that Cacnea at all then.
The female trainer smiled "Yup, but I'll tell you what. If you beat 4 of my pokemon with your Venonat I'll give you some of my extras. I'll admit the chances of you winning are pretty slim since I only carry around a few low level pokemon but it is worth a shot."
"You're on!" exclaimed Sakai, face glowing with excitement. His skipped merrily in front of him taking position for the challenge."Vee I'm going to need you to do your best, we only have one potion left so we have to make it count." Venonat let out a small cry and lowered its antennas with anticipation.
Trainer Sally was rummaging around in a bag that was strapped to her Arcanine. The strap was hanging off a light brown, makeshift saddle. She pulled out two pokeballs both white and light blue in color and placed them on a nearby rock. She then pulled out the yellow striped ball she used to capture Cacnea and threw it into the air releasing the pokemon in front of her. Again reaching into her bag the girl pulled out another purple spray and applied it to the cactus pokemon.
"Alright I'm all set on this end." She said, her Cacnea took position several paces in front of her. Her Gible and Arcanine sat patiently behind her as if they were statues. Sakai gave an affirming nod and the battle was underway.
"Cacnea use poison sting!" barked the girl. Her Cacnea took a few paces forward and began spinning its arms in a circular motion. The barbs on the end of its arm began to glow white, before they began firing dozens of small needles toward Venonat.
"Venonat try and evade." Said Sakai trying to keep a level head. The bug pokemon somersaulted to the left avoiding many of the needles, but was still hit with from what it looked like seven poisonous darts. To Sakai's surprise his pokemon didn't even look fazed by the attack. In fact it looked as though the needles had done no damage at all.
"It seems that you don't know about the various types of pokemon Sakai. That's a shame." Said the girl her face buried in her hand. "Well let me teach you something that Venonat is a bug and poison type. It's weak against fire, flying, psychic and rock type attacks. Fortunately for you I only have two of those types of pokemon on my person. One of which you have met." Sally said gesturing to the Arcanine sitting quietly behind her. "Now the types of pokemon type moves that yours is resistant to are grass, fighting and of course bug and poison."
Sakai looked at the girl again with a rater puzzled look. He had never given pokemon that much thought before. Obviously there was more to battling and the pokedex than he had thought. Taking out his high scanning device he quickly looked up all the current information on his pokemon. "Thank you for the advice but I'm afraid telling me that was a big mistake. Let's finish this first round shall we, Vee tackle times four!" The Venonat took off in the direction of the small cactus. Jumping into the air the bug slammed its body into the foe, its barbs simply brushing against Venonat's fur. Pressed against the ground Venonat rolled off of Cacnea's body continuing the assault landing four total blows against its opponent. The final blow caused the Cacnea to roll violently into Gible causing it to flinch in pain from the Cacnea's prickly body.
"Well looks like you knocked out one pokemon, good job" Sally said cheerfully recalling her pokemon back to its ball. "Now let's see how you deal with this pokemon" The girl tossed a plain red and white pokeball into the air unveiling her next pokemon. The creature stood at roughly two feet. It had a thin purple body with a head that looked a bit big for its body. It wore what a type of brown shorts and shoes to match. Sakai still having his pokedex out scanned the mysterious creature.
Tyrogue
It is famous for its eagerness to fight and always nurses injuries from challenging larger foes.
"A fighting type?" Sakai asked himself puzzled as to what the blue haired marvel had planned. "Alright well Venonat use tackle, full force." Venonat hopped into action running across the charred dirt and rammed into the fighting type.
"I'm afraid you're not going to win with force in this battle. Your type advantage doesn't matter here." Sally said coolly, brushing her hair behind her shoulder with her hand. "Tyrogue, use counter attack now!" Tyrogue who had braced itself against Venonat's tackle with its hands launched the bug type in the air with tremendous force. "Now, high jump kick." Commanded the girl, finger outstretched toward her target. The fighting type leapt into the air after its opponent landing what looked like a crushing blow. Venonat spiraled toward the ground taking a significant amount of damage from the impact.
"No, Venonat!" screamed Sakai forcefully preventing himself to run up to the bug. His pokemon slowly stood on its feet and focused on its opponent. "Hang in there if you finish this round I'll give you a potion." The Venonat let out a happy cry and lowered its antennas yet again.
"Tyrogue end it, use high jump kick again." Obediently the Tyrogue sprinted several feet and jumped left foot extended at Venonat. Venonat stared its opponent down not budging an in.
"Venonat counter with supersonic attack." The bug's antennas rose several inches at the command before emmiting a high frequency sound wave. Tyrogue face completely changed after the sound. Its serious expression was replaced with one of complete and utter confusion. Missing its target completely, the Tyrogue crashed into a nearby rock, leaving a small imprint of itself in it. The dazed pokemon stood waddling like a drunken sailor. "Finish this, tackle attack." The Venonat took off ramming the dazed Tyrogue back into the rock crushing it into three pieces. The knocked out Tyrogue laid lifeless by Venonat's feet covered in debris.
"That makes two pokemon. You seem to be learning to battle with your head." declared the Sally, again recalling her pokemon to its respected ball. "Gible, take the stage." The small shark trotted gallantly in front of its trainer, letting out an intimidating screech once it was in battle position. "I see your using your second potion" said the girl slyly, watching the maroon haired boy spray his pokemon in several places. Both trainers now stood staring each other down seeing how would quote draw first.
"Vee use tackle." The bug pokemon headed off with its familiar attack. "Now use foresight so he doesn't get away." The Venonat's eyes began to glow a bright yellow as it ran towards it foe.
"Gible use sand attack!" ordered the girl, her hair and jacket blowing wildly from the small breeze that had past. Her blue shark pokemon kicked up a small patch of dirt which flew into Venonat's eyes causing it to veer of course and trip over a root. "Now, Gible use dragon rage!" The dragon pokemon took a deep breath and exhaled a wave a blue fire at the bug pokemon who was struggling to free its foot from the root. When the attack landed it sent Venonat careening into a tree next to Sakai.
"Venonat are you okay?" Sakai asked his pokemon who was getting on its feet after the ferocious attack. The expression on the bug pokemon's face had changed after that last attack. The normally happy pokemon seemed to be glowing with anger. "Vee try evading a few of its next attack and wait for an opening." The bug bowed as a sign of understanding and began to survey its opponent.
"You know Sakai I feel that your Venonat is pretty smart. We'll see how it fairs when it has to make decisions for itself. "Gible fight freeform, use Sandstorm." The small blue pokemon began to dance, waving its arms in a very strange manner. Shortly after the completion of the dance the dirt around the two pokemon began to spiral. The blades of grass themselves began to uproot and join what was now a tornado of sand, dirt and debris. "Do you know the best thing about this vortex is Sakai? Sally asked coyly "It's that your pokemon can't hear your call, all you can do it wait." As soon as the girl's voice faded large crashing noises could be heard from inside the sandy typhoon. "Looks like the battle started."
Inside the vortex the two pokemon stood, Gible shooting off dragon waves wildly without caution. The shark pokemon's eyes were aloof as if it in some other world. Venonat had confused it. When the spiral was generating it had fired a supersonic at its opponent. Venonat now was busy evading onslaught of blue fire that was headed toward it. After about a minute of dodging the landscape in the vortex was decimated. The tree which by now four pokemon had crashed into lay in pieces each with scorched from the blue flames. The grass which was on the ground was nonexistent leaving it barren and dry. Gible still shooting out waves of fire had just fire one directly below it. The shark looking pokemon lifted several feet from the ground after taking a decent amount of damage. At this opportunity Vee jump up and slammed its opponent with a tackle attack. The Gible flew into the wall of sand before hitting the ground. The two trainers watched from the outside of the tornado patiently for the result of the battle. In a few moments the sand storm began to subside, revealing Venonat as the victor. The ecstatic Sakai ran up to his pokemon and gave it a big hug. Having no words for his emotion he just squeezed the purple fur ball tighter.
"You've come a long way in one battle Sakai. Even your Venonat has gotten better." said the girl, still showing no emotion from the third round loss in a row. "Unfortunately the next low level pokemon I have is Arcanine and she is a little out of your league."
"We can handle it" said Sakai confidently, lifting himself off of the ground. "You said we've grown a lot, so why not see how much."
"Well if you're not going to listen to me then I'll have to end this quickly. Cindy use flame wheel!" The Arcanine still standing behind Sally began to generate a spiral flame around its body. After forming a triangular cone around the dog the flame headed toward the Venonat, who at this time was in fighting position. On impact the flame hit Venonat with a force it had never felt. The bug pokemon was pushed back several feet and laid on the ground, tiny embers still lit on its fur and the path that the flame had taken.
"Your last lesson Sakai, learn when to quit, you have what it takes to be a great trainer, but you need to learn not to push your limits too much" Said sally climbing onto the saddle of her Arcanine. The girl held out a pokeball and recalled her Gible, which was still laying on the barren patch of land. "I'm going to head for the next town. You should head to the pokemon center that's on the way there. It's a large log cabin you can't miss it, and by the look of your Venonat you should get there quickly." The female trainer then took off, her hair fluttering behind her from the speed of the dog.
Knowing he would see the trainer again Sakai didn't think twice about saying goodbye. He instead took off his running shoes and put on with roller blades. Securing all of his belongings Sakai held out Venonat's pokeball and recalled it, the red beam absorbing the bug type. With a kick in his step Sakai sped down the path and came up to the log cabin that Sally he mentioned. Without taking off his skates he opened the door and headed inside.
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