Route 1
"Ri. Ri. Ri," Riolu sang happily as he searched through the many bushes of Route 1 for any sign of a pokemon.
Jason, who was used to this sort of behavior from his pokemon, simply rolled his eyes from where he was searching for a pokemon. With a sigh, Jason called to the others. "Any sign of anything?"
"Tot," Totodile called back, shaking his head.
Riolu, who had been tapping his chin thoughtfully as he stared at a large tree, gave a sly grin and rushed at the tree and slammed against it, receiving loud and angry caws in retaliation. Two pokemon in particular were cawing angrily at the three of them as they fell, only to catch themselves in the air. Jason quickly took out his pokedex.
Pidgey, the docile pokemon. Pidgey prefers to avoid conflicts unless, however, it is disturbed. It will then attack with much ferocity.
Jason eyed the angry Pidgey and wondered if Riolu's idea was such a good one. He turned to the other one.
Hoothoot, the owl pokemon. This pokemon will balance on only one foot, even if to take the brunt of an attack.
"Well, that was useless," Jason muttered. "Alright. Riolu, Quick Attack Hoothoot! Totodile, use Scratch on Pidgey!"
"Ri!" Riolu smirked and jumped at Hoothoot, even going far enough to add in a little flip as it slammed its tail hard into Hoothoot's side. With an angry caw, Hoothoot lowered its head. Red eyes hard, Hoothoot charged.
"Dodge, and use another Quick Attack!" Jason commanded.
"Ri! O! Lu!" Riolu laughed with each dodge, adding his own attacks. Hoothoot was growing frustrated and began to fly faster and faster, trying with all its might to land a blow. "Ri," Riolu teased once more, only to get a good Tackle in the face at last. "O," Riolu spat off to the side.
"Another Quick Attack!" Jason called, earning a nod from his pokemon.
"Ro." Riolu slammed Hoothoot back a bit.
Smiling at his pokemon, Jason turned to see how Totodile was doing before inwardly cursing. While he had been paying attention to Riolu, Totodile had missed his Scratch attack and was now being pummled with Tackle's, though he did seem to be getting a few good hits in. Double battling was hard!
"Dodge the incoming Tackle!" Jason said quickly.
"Dil," Totodile said, watching closely before jumping, only to scream as he was hit right in the stomach.
"Quick, use Scratch!"
Furiously, Totodile slashed repeatedly into Pidgey's stomach, only stopping when the small bird flew back. With a baleful cry, it rushed once more at Totodile.
"As it comes, hit it with your strongest Scratch," Jason said.
Careful eyes watched Pidgey's movements before Totodile leaped into the air, jaws wide and claws glowing in anticpation as he slammed his fists into Pidgey's face and sending it flying. Totodile landed with a small thump and panted for a second before throwing a victory grin at Jason.
"Good job," Jason told Totodile before looking at Riolu. Riolu was busy dodging Hoothoot's attacks and calling out insults each time it missed. Sighing, Jason said, "Riolu, finish it off with Aura Sphere."
"Rio!" With a smirk, Riolu focused the blue energy between its blue paws before unleasing the attack. To their shock, Hoothoot just barely dodged, though it did faint from exhaustion, and the Aura Sphere went flying through the trees.
They all stared at each other with grins, but a loud, and extremely angry, growl made them jump. A large, blue bug leapt out from behind the trees, looking ruffled and dirty. It had obviously been hit by the attack. Jason took out his pokedex.
Heracross, the Bug/Fighting type. With powerful legs and claws, this pokemon can hurl foes over great distances.
Jason shut his pokedex with a snap and eyed the new pokemon, noticing it was male. Females had heart shaped horns, but this one's was more thornish. He nodded to Totodile. "Get in there and use Scratch, Totodile!"
Heracross, who was already mad and eager for battle, was already flying toward Totodile with a powered up Horn Attack. "Tot!" Totodile screamed as he was slammed into the ground.
"Quick, use Scratch!" Jason said desperately.
"Dile, dile!" Totodile yelled, slashing furiously against Heracross's chest.
"Hera," Heracross growled, quickly Tackling Totodile away.
"Another Scratch!"
"To!" Totodile managed to get a single Scratch in before Heracross pushed the water type away, eager to get some room between the two.
"Scratch it," Jason ordered warily.
Totodile rushed at Heracross, claws glowing in anticipation. Heracross simply stood there and smirked before glowing a bright red for a moment. When Totodile finally hit, Heracross simply brushed it off and pushed the water type back, looking as if the attack had barely hurt. With a frown, Jason took out his pokedex for help.
Endure: Endure's any attack for one turn, leaving at least one health.
Jason knew Heracross was no where near its limit, but figured it didn't want to take a chance.
As he was think, Heracross Tackled Totodile away. "Quick, use Leer!"
Eyes glowing almost murderously, Heracross looked a bit unsure before attack with a final Horn Attack. "Diiiiile! Totodile screamed, bouncing a few times before finally giving out with a defeated growl.
With a sigh, Jason recalled his pokemon. He nodded to Riolu. "Get in there and avenge Totodile."
"Olu," Riolu said eagerly, jumping in front of Heracross and smirking in anticpation. "Olur<" Riolu purred, already rushing at Heracross in a Quick Attack. His tail smacked right against Heracross and made him skid back.
"Cross," Heracross growled, taking an angry slash at Riolu with his horn. Riolu dodged with a laugh, only to wince as his tail was was scratched by the sharp horn.
"Use another Quick Attack!" Jason called.
"Olll." Riolu ran at Heracross again and tried to slam against it, only to widen his eyes in shock as Heracross stopped the attack with its horn.
With a smirk, Heracross slammed Riolu into the ground. "Cer," Heracross said with triumph.
"Ri," Riolu grimaced, eyes widening in shock as Heracross picked him up.
With one last smirk, Heracross showed just how strong his hurl foe abilities were by throwing Riolu straight into the sky. "Hersosososo," Heracross laughed as he through the flailing pokemon into the air, eyes closed happily and arms holding his sides.
"Riolu!" Jason shouted as he stared at his flailing pokemon soaring through the air. Unconciously, Jason's eyes strayed from Riolu's high pitched screaming form to Heracross, taking notice of his closed eyes. "Quick, Riolu! Use Aura Sphere!"
Somehow, someway, Riolu managed to take some amount of control of his flight and throw the blue energy ball at Heracross. Heracross, who had barely heard a word of what Jason had said, only just opened his eyes in time to see the ball of energy hit him head on. An explosion of smoke surrounded Heracross's body as he was thrown backwards.
Riolu, who had previously been screaming, landed hard on the ground, even going so far as to create a small crater. "Rio," Riolu coughed, shakily getting to his feet.
"That's it," Jason encourage. "Come on, get up!"
"Hera," Heracross growled, getting up as well.
The two glared at each other for a full minute before they both powered up at the same time, giving battle cries. Heracross flew at Riolu with a Horn Attack while Riolu powered up his Aura Sphere. With one last glare, the two attacked, hitting each other at the same time. There was a small explosion and the two were blown backwards, both bouncing harshly.
Riolu landed hard in his butt and skidded backwards. "Riil," Riolu panted, red eyes glaring as he stood on shaky feet. After a moment, Riolu gave a sigh of relief and flashed Jason a victory smirk.
Not returning it, Jason quickly pulled out a pokeball and through it at the fallen Heracross, watching as it engulfed the bug type in red light. Riolu and Jason could only watch as the pokeball began to shake...