Chapter 2 Rival Battles!

Author's Note: Heheheh. To all of the folks who have played the games, you know what's going to happen ;). I felt as if I typed up the previous chapter's plot too fast (it is based off of the comics though, and they are pretty short). I think I will do a little of the same here.
Music: FR/LG Professor Oak's Lab

"I think my job here is done." Professor Ivy stated.

"Well, I'm outta here." Sandra declared.

She was halfway through the room when Zeta came up with an idea.

"Hey!" he called out to her.

Music: FR/LG Male Trainer Encounter

She stopped, and he proceeded to walk up to her.

"We should battle, right here, right now."

"Alright. I accept your challenge!"

Music: FR/LG Vs. Trainer

The two trainers walked away from each and stopped, creating a good distance from each other. Each trainer then turned and faced the other. They took their pokéballs (Sandra from her bag; Zeta from his front pocket in his jacket) and raised them in the air. Both people took a sort of battle stance.

"Go, Charmander!" Zeta threw his pokéball, and a golden lizard came out in a flash of sparkles.

"Woah," Professor ivy commented, "Talk about lucky! I never knew that one of them was shiny."

"Pfft." Sandra rolled her eyes.

Zeta stuck his tongue out and blew a raspberry.

"Go, Totodile!" she shouted out angrily as she tossed her ball.

A bipedal blue crocodile with red spikes on its back flashed out. It made some weird noise which sounded as if its mouth was filled with water. It was really eager for a command. However, Zeta made the first one.

"Charmander, use Scratch!" he pointed at the totodile.

Charmander charged at Totodile with its claws ready.

"Totodile, dodge! Then use Leer!"

Totodile dodged the attempted swipe. It looked Charmander right in the eye with a piercing stare. The charmander's pupils shrank in fear.

Zeta made a face palm. "Charmander…"

"Use Scratch!"

Totodile quickly clawed Charmander on the stomach. The lizard held its hand to its stomach to try and comfort the pain. Blood was slowly trickling from the wound.

"Finish him! Use Scratch again!" Sandra commanded.

Zeta frowned and made a fist.

"Dodge, Charmander, and use Tail Whip!"

What the lizard did next was trip the crocodile with its tail then cutely wagged it.

"Uurgh." Sandra growled.

"Scratch, Charmander."

The lizard turned around and got Totodile on the neck. The crocodile collapsed, its eyes became swirls.

"Charmander, return!"

The shiny charmander disappeared in a flash of red light into its owner's pokéball.

Zeta grinned, "Hehe, I won!"

Sandra growled and called back her totodile.

Music: FR/LG Professor Oak's Lab

Professor Ivy gave her a worried look. "If you lose, you have to pay up money. In this case, I'll do it for you since it's your first battle."

She reached into her coat pocket and pulled out some dollars. She handed them to Zeta.

"Heheh, I won $500."

He then turned around and proceeded to walk out of the lab.

"See you guys around." He said with his back to them.

Sandra took a moment to glare at him. She was later nudged by Eli.

"What?"

"Professor Ivy wants to tell you something."

The two young trainers looked at her.

"I actually have a machine here that can heal pokémon. Do you mind if I borrow your totodile for a few minutes?"

"No, not at all. I really appreciate it." Sandra handed her pokéball to the professor.

The professor took it and left the room.

"I'm really mad that I lost to him. I mean my pokémon had a type advantage against him!"

"True, but it didn't know any water-type moves."

Eli didn't say that. It was the professor's assistant.

"Oh, hello there! I'm sorry, I didn't notice you here the whole time when Professor Ivy came in."

"It's fine really. Lots of people end up forgetting that I'm here when she walks in. I'm used to my sister having all the attention, besides she's the main authority on pokémon here." The assistant explained.

Sandra's eyes rapidly blinked for a few seconds.

"You're the Professor's sister?!" she asked, surprised.

"Why yes I am. She is Danette Ivy, and I am Cordelia Ivy."

"Those are some pretty names." Eli said.

Sandra agreed, "I feel the same way."

"Well, while she's out. I'll hand you two these." Cordelia reached into her pockets and pulled out two potions and two Gameboy looking gadgets.

"What are these?" Eli curiously questioned.

"These devices can be used to view the stats on your pokémon. They can also detect battles and read the stats of the fighters. It's like playing a pokémon game."

"Wow!" The two teens exclaimed.

Sandra watched Eli use the device on his Treecko. A level five grass-type that knows two normal type moves, Pound and Leer. It was at full health.

At that moment Professor Ivy walked in with Sandra's totodile.

"There, there, your totodile should be so much better now." she handed Sandra the blue pokéball.

"Thank you, Professor!"

"No problem!" Danette smiled.

Eli shot Sandra a determined look.

"Since your totodile's fine, we should battle."

"Alright." She grinned. "Challenge accepted!"

Music: R/S/E Vs. Rival

The two trainers preformed the same ritual from before. Eli sent out his Treecko while Sandra sent out her Totodile. Since Treecko was the faster pokémon, it went first.

"Treecko, Pound!"

The wood gecko smacked Totodile in the face.

"Leer, Totodile!"

Even though its face stung, it didn't get any black eyes. It shot Treecko an intimidating stare.

"Treecko, Tail Whip!"

Treecko cutely wagged its tail.

"Aww," Sandra cooed. "Even I fell for that."

"Use Pound!"

Sandra snapped out of it. "Totodile, dodge Treecko and use Leer once more!"

Totodile side-stepped the attack and glared at Treecko once more.

"Scratch!"

It quickly took the opportunity to claw the wood gecko.

Swirls appeared on Treecko's scratched face.

Both trainers returned their pokémon.

Music: FR/LG Professor Oak's Lab

Eli slouched a little and frowned. "I lost my first battle."

"Don't feel bad, I did, too. Now pay up." She was rubbing her thumb against her middle and index fingers.

Danette came over and handed Sandra the same amount that she handed Zeta.

"Since it's his battle, I'm paying for Eli. From here on out, you two will have to pay for yourselves if you lose any battles."

"Alright." they both replied.

"Now please get out of my laboratory. You've made a little bit of a mess here."

The two have never noticed it before, but the lab floor was stained with a little bit of blood and dirt. One of the potted plants was knocked over.

"I guess we got carried away here." Eli nervously scratched the back of his head.

Sandra nodded.

"I've got to get going." she said. "Thank you for everything!"

With that, she started running.

Eli thanked the sisters and started running after Sandra.

"Wait for me!" he called out to her.

Music stops

A few miles away, a boy was relaxing against a tree. He made sure that he was far enough from the Professor's laboratory before pulling a phone out of his pocket and dialing a number on it.

"Mission accomplished, I received my starter." the boy stated to it.

"Good work." a smooth voice called out from the phone. "Your next assignment is…" the voice lowered to a whisper.

Zeta listened while rolling his eyes. After the voice stopped talking, he shut his phone, stood up, and walked away.

To be continued…

Author's Note: Well putting "To be continued…" is inappropriate since it is going to be continued, I just wanted to add it in there because I thought it looked cool. It does look like he's up to something though. If you've read "Back to the Past," and figured it out, please don't tell other people.

I got really bored doing the fight scenes. Excuse me if I made droned on about that, but feel free to give me a few critiques. Feel free to PM me ideas about what Sandra should encounter later in Chapter 3 Trainers.

Oh, and this is the last you'll see of Zeta. I want to focus it more on Sandra and her cousin/best friend Eli.

I also apologize for updating approximately two days late.

UPDATE: JULY 21, 2013

I'm no longer going to work on this since I feel it needs improvements; I'm sorry if some people actually found this an interesting read, but I feel that I need to work on the characters and locations more. Might possibly be back in a year or two.