Pokemon Story 1, The Adventure of Red: Chapter 2

Vs. Rival Blue, Battle 1

After our first successful battle against the army of Rattata, me and Blue went back to Professor Oak's lab to heal our new Pokemon. We had to stay to get our Pokedexes and our Pokeballs. "Hey you two, you need to understand that this is a great journey in Pokemon history, you two must take this seriously, now here are your Pokedexes and your Pokeballs. I'm pretty sure you two know how to catch Pokemon because of all those T.V. shows. Now go, go on to become great Pokemon Champions. Visit if you can, good-bye."

With that, we left his lab. We arranged our first Pokemon Battle to be in Route 1, where we found Professor Oak and our Pokemon. I don't know why, but Pikachu doesn't like to be in a Pokeball, I heard the same thing for Blue's Eevee, so I guess they stay out of their Pokeballs. This doesn't happen often, so I guess we're different. I laughed in my mind about that. Before my battle with Blue, I had to tell Mom that I was heading out, to be a Pokemon Master, and won't be back for a very long time. She got all emotional and told me not to get hurt, be ok, change my underwear, all that stuff. I hugged her one last time and said bye, then headed out to Route 1.

Blue was already there, waiting. He was smiling, getting ready for this awesome battle. I had to admit I was nervous, this time it was my first battle with a Trainer, and it was Blue. But I guess he felt the same way. We stood in silence for a while, but finally I said, "Hey Blue, you ready for this? I'm going to defeat you and prove once and for all that I'm better than you." He looked at me and tossed something, I caught it and looked. It was a map of the entire Kanto region. "Daisy told me to give that to you, said it might help you, I already got one. If you really think you're going to beat me, then you're seriously wrong, Red. I've made battle strategies, I've practiced, and today, you're going down." I just nodded my head, but inside I was a bit shaky, I've only practiced one thing, and he's got all these tactics. I looked at Pikachu and smiled, I'm sure that with him, I'm going to win. The experience we got from defeating those Rattata sure helped, Pikachu learned two new moves, but I'm pretty sure Blue has something up his sleeve and I need to be ready for it.

We got ready, and we called our Pokemon out. "Pikachu, go!" and Pikachu went down from my shoulder to the ground, landing softly. "Get in there, Eevee!" and Eevee landed on the ground in the same way my Pikachu did. We stared at each other and smiled, our Pokemon did the same thing. I decided to make the first move, "Pikachu, use Thundershock." The electric blast almost hit Eevee, but at the last moment, I heard, "Eevee, dodge it using Quick Attack and then use Sand-Attack." Eevee dodged it then in a quick blur, went up to Pikachu and with its feet, sprayed some sand in Pikachu's eyes. Pikachu moved back, shocked and blinded. "Pikachu, get the sand outta your eye, quickly." I could see that Pikachu was really trying, but he was still blinded. Blue decided to strike then. "Eevee, use Quick Attack," Eevee disappeared in a blur and Pikachu was struck down. "Eevee don't let up, use Bite. Then finish it with Tackle!" Damn it! Pikachu was seriously getting beaten. I had to try my strategy, since Pikachu had some sand out of his eyes. "Pikachu, use Double Team!" Pikachu nodded and made illusionary copies of itself. It was going so fast, I couldn't see it. Blue grunted, "Eevee use Quick Attack on one of the copies!" Eevee attacked, and went through a clone. I smiled, "Pikachu, now use Thunder Wave, paralyze Eevee." Pikachu stopped making copies, turned to Eevee, but before Pikachu could use Thunder Wave, "Eevee, use Quick Attack, don't let it use Thunder Wave!" Crap! "Pikachu, continue using Thunder Wave!" Eevee hit Pikachu right at the moment Thunder Wave was used.

Blinding light and smoke waved through the air, and when I could see again, I saw Pikachu barely standing, weakened almost done for, but still standing. I saw Eevee, it was in the same condition as Pikachu, except I could see that it was paralyzed, its speed slowed down, and it can barely move, this was my moment, I could win this. "Pikachu, end it with Quick Attack now!!" Pikachu attacked, Eevee fell, I won, I really won! That's what I thought when Eevee got back up, I was surprised and angry, that thing needs to stay down. I looked at Pikachu, he was tired, Eevee needed to fall in this last move or I might lose. "Pikachu! Finish it now with another Quick Attack!" Pikachu disappeared, he hit Eevee, but Blue was smiling, I realized my mistake. I shoulda used Thundershock. Eevee took the hit since it was good in the Defense stat. "Eevee, use Tackle and finish this!" Eevee charged into Pikachu, and Pikachu fell to the ground, defeated.

I fell to my knees…. I lost, Blue beat me. I felt sad, angry, depressed and in despair. I picked up Pikachu and whispered, "Good job." I picked myself up and looked at Blue, he was smiling, I could tell he was laughing at me. "I told you, Red. You couldn't beat me, yet you would never listen. I'm the better Pokemon Trainer, and I just proved it." With that, he laughed and walked back to Professor Oak's lab to heal his Eevee. I did the same, contemplating my defeat. I went back to Professor Oak, healed up Pikachu and left. I saw Blue laughing. I silently promised him, next time we battle, I will beat him. He saw the determined look in my eye, and smiled, taking up my challenge. He left first, I went next, soon he was beyond my sight. With Pikachu on my shoulder, I looked at the map, next town is Viridian City, after Route 1. There's going to be some trainers. So Pikachu and I surely need to train a lot more. I will get stronger, better as a trainer, and next time I meet Blue, I will beat him.