Max narrowed his eyes as the small flying pokemon, Pidgey, cooed slightly as it raised its wings in preparation as Squirtle face off against it. "Squirtle, Tackle!" he snarled as quickly as he could.
"Suii!" Squirtle gushed, tail flailing back as it ran on stubby legs in an attempt to bash the small flying type face down into the dirt.
"Pidy pi!" Pidget cawed, finally taking flight and flapping its wings to bring up a monstrous Sand Attack.
"Suui," Squirtle grumbled angrily as it closed its eyes and ran blindly forward, arms and tail flailing about. Then, to Max's surprise, the small turtle pokemon burst through the wall of sand and managed to bash right into a surprise Pidgey.
"Pyui!" Pidgey cawed, flapping around on the ground on its back as Squirtle lay atop the pokemon, flailing about on his own stomach.
"Squirtle, stop fooling around!" Max told his pokemon in exasperation.
"Squuir!" Squirtle wailed as it finally got away on all fours with Pidgey hovering over and Tackling its shell in retaliation.
Max sighed. "Squirtle, just Tackle back!"
Blinking, almost as if he hadn't even thought of that, Squirtle jumped and slammed its large head right into Pidgey's smaller body, sending it skidding across the ground where it tried to gain control. "Squir!" Squirtle exclaimed happily, proud of its achievment.
"It's not over yet," Max told Squirtle as Pidgey came back, face enraged as it once again dove at Squirtle. "Dodge and use Tackle!"
"Turt!" Squirtle spat, jumping to the side and bounded away on all fours, being able to move at a much faster speed than just on two. "Tuu," Squirtle said happily as Pidgey soared past. Using this chance, Squirtle lunged.
"Piui!" Pidgey cawed cockily and it flashed Squirtle a mocking smirk as it quickly rose high into the air and away from Squirtle's attack. Squirtle glared right back, wishing for the pokemon to lower itself so that he could prove he was a fighter to Max.
Max watched from the distace, impatience evident on his scowl. He was a boy of action, and this waiting around was just plain irritating. "Squirtle, taunt it so that it'll come down!"
Grin full of mischief, Squirtle called up at Pidgey. "Suirtl!"
Pidgey cocked its head at Squirtle. "Piu?"
"Squuuuirtle," Squirtle called as it stuck its tongue out and waved its butt at Pidgey cockily.
"Piiu!" Pidgey cawed angrily as it narrowed its wings and dove, beak poised.
"That's it!" Max shouted excitedly. "Tackle!"
"Turtle!" Squirtle shouted joyously, jumpiing forward as well. Eyes narrowing, Squirtle quickly tucked its head into its shell, just as the two collided so that while Pidgey was bashed away with much pain involved, Squirtle was safely hidden in the confines of its shell. "Squirt," Squirtle said happily as it landed on the ground with just a slight a grunt and a large grin as Pidgey landed right across from it, unconcious but occasionally twitching.
"First battle success," Max said rather simply.
"Squirt..." Squirtle said with a slight slump of the shoulders.
"Alright, let's go and kick some more butt!" Max said a sudden excitement.
Feeling a bit better, Squirtle said, "Squirtle!" with a happy and eager laugh as the two began to walk closer to the first town.