I remember how epic my first battle with him was...I was probably like 6 years old...I had just finished Pokemon Yellow probably 2 weeks prior and I had no idea what I was up against.
I remember walking up those steps, staring at this trainer thinking, "I wonder who this is..." I walked up to him and pressed the a button and, "..." is all he said. "Hmm...This guy kinda looks like the main chara-..." I dropped my Gameboy on my bed and stared at the screen. "This couldn't be...No..." I hit the a button and before I knew it the battle was starting.
His Trainer Sprite popped up and underneath it read "PKMN Trainer Red would like to battle!" I sat there for probably the longest minute of my life unsure of how I should be reacting, what I should be feeling, or how strong this guy was gonna be. "Surely his pokemon can't be over level 75." My Typhlosion was around level 74 or so and I was confident it could handle anything. So I proceeded to battle him.
His first pokemon, level 81 Pikachu... I froze. Never in my life had I imagined encountering such a high level pokemon. Especially outside of the Elite Four...My first pokemon was my level 65 Noctowl. I went for the Psychic and it hit but did minimal damage. Pikachu used Thunder. Noctowl has fainted. Already I knew this was about to a long difficult match. Finally after fainting Half of my team the Pikachu faints...Luckily my ampharos easily took care of blastoise and charizard while typhlosion took venasaur. Umbreon was victorious against espion and last and definitely not least was Snorlax. "Uh-Oh" I already knew from previous experience how bulky snorlax was. Ampharos was the first to fall, then umbreon. Now it was 1 vs 1 Typhlosian vs Snorlax. My heart was racing...Snorlax used rest. "NOOO!!" ...all the previous fighting had meant nothing now. It was no longer paralyzed, had full health and my typhlosian was half fainted. I fought on...Typhlosian in the red now with Snorlax in low yellow...Typhlosian used Flamethrower. Snorlax is burned. Snorlax used Body Slam...It missed!!! Typhlosian use Flame Wheel!!....Snorlax fainted...
Luckily I was able to win that match. After the battle Red leaves as usual. I still remember thinking about where he may have went after that battle. Some said he died...Some said he went back to Kanto...Some said he continued his journey to become the best pokemon trainer ever...All I knew is that Pokemon have a weird way of saying goodbye...
My Pokemon Yellow Team: Pikachu, Charizard, Blastoise, Venasaur, Snorlax, Eevee
PKMN Trainer Red's team: Pikachu, Charizard, Blastoise, Venasaur, Snorlax, Espeon