Chapter 2.

Lillipup vs Noivern

The Pokemon Battle Room was a large, rectangular-shaped area and it had a sketch of a Pokeball right in the middle. Lumpy stood on one end of the area, with Lilly on the other.

"Are you ready, Lilly?" asked Lumpy.

Lilly nodded. "Ready when you are, Uncle Lumpy."

"I hope this battle will not be violent," Vulcan thought to himself as he was floating next to a video camera that had been set up by Lilly to film the Pokemon Battle.

Lumpy pulled out Lillipup's button, pushed it so that the ball grew to its normal size, and then threw it onto the area.

"Go! Lillipup!"

Once the ball landed on the ground, a flash appeared. It then subsided to reveal Lumpy's Lillipup.

"Arf!" He barked excitedly.

Lilly pulled out another Pokeball, pushed it so that the ball grew to its normal size, and then threw it onto the area.

"Noivern! Come on out!"

Once the Pokeball had landed, it opened and revealed a flash of light. When it subsided, Noivern stood.

"Ark!" sqwaked Noivern.

"Lillipup, use Tackle!" Lumpy said to Lillipup.

Lillipup ran towards Noivern and threw himself at him.

"Noivern! Dodge it and use SuperSonic!" Lilly shouted to Noivern.

Noivern held out his arms as sonic waves were emitted from him. The waves reached Lillipup, who winced.

"Lillipup, use Leer!" Lumpy said to Lillipup.

Lillipup then glared threateningly at Noivern.

"Noivern! Use Boomburst!" Lilly shouted to Noivern.

Then Noivern took a deep breath and released the most earsplitting noise you could hear from a Pokemon of its kind. Lumpy and Lilly covered their ears from hearing the Boomburst.

"Maybe using that move was not a good idea," Lilly thought to herself.

Lillipup wobbled around a little in a daze, then shook his head repeatedly.

"Lillipup, use Crunch!" Lumpy said to Lillipup.

Lillipup ran towards Noivern, jumped onto him and crunched him right on the arm with his suddenly sharp jaws, this caused Noivern to sqwak in pain and he shook Lillipup off him.

"Noivern! Use Moonlight!" Lilly shouted to Noivern.

Noivern held out his arms and looked up towards the ceiling, and Lumpy didn't realize this, but the moon moved directly over Noivern.

"What the?" asked Lumpy.

With the power of the moon, Noivern felt like he had regained his strength and energy.

"Now use Dragon Pulse!" shouted Lilly.

The Noivern prepared himself for a moment, and then from its gaping mouth, a shock wave emerged and hit Lillipup, it felt painful for Lillipup when the shock wave hit him and Lillipup started to feel weak.

And before long, he fell back on the ground to Lumpy's concern.

"Lillipup, are you okay?" Lumpy asked Lillipup.

Lillipup simply whined in response.

"Lillipup is unable to battle," Vulcan declared, "and the winner is Noivern!"

Lumpy gasped in sadness and put his hand over his mouth.

"W... What?"

Vulcan floated over to Lumpy and said:

"Yes. Noivern is the winner."

"Oh..." Lumpy picked up his poor Lillipup, tears forming in his eyes.

"Thanks Noivern, return," said Lilly pointing Noivern's Pokeball at Noivern.

Lumpy, on the other hand, couldn't bear to return his Lillipup. Not when he was like this.

Once Noivern was returned to his Pokeball, Lilly put Noivern's Pokeball away in her backpack, pressed the "Stop Recording" button on her camera, put her camera away in her backpack and went over to her Uncle.

"Uncle Lumpy, I'm so sorry," Lilly said to Lumpy.

Lumpy heard her, but didn't reply.

"If it will make you feel better, maybe we could get Nurse Joy to heal Lillipup," suggested Vulcan.

"It... needs to happen..." Lumpy whimpered.

"So does that mean yes?" asked Lilly.

Lumpy nodded and returned Lillipup to his Pokeball.

Lilly, Lumpy and Vulcan went out of the Pokemon Battle Room and back to the counter where Nurse Joy was waiting.

"Excuse me, Nurse?" Lumpy called. "Nurse Joy?"

"Yes?" asked Nurse Joy.

"Would you please heal my Lillipup?" Lumpy asked as he handed her the Pokeball that had Lillipup inside.

Nurse Joy nodded

"Of course, I'll be happy to help."

She took Lillipup's Pokéball.

"I'll tell you as soon as Lillipup is better."

"Okay." Lumpy sniffled and wiped one of his eyes with his hand.

"Uncle Lumpy do you forgive me for Noivern defeating Lillipup with Dragon Pulse?" asked Lilly.

"I... I'm not sure I can..." Lumpy replied, quietly.

"So you don't forgive me?" asked Lilly sounding a bit upset.

"But I'll get over it... maybe," Lumpy then said.

Lilly smiled at Lumpy in response and then took Drifloon's Pokeball out of her bag and looked at it.

"Uncle Lumpy," said Lilly, "When I introduce Drifloon to some of our friends for example: Cuddles, Toothy and Giggles. How will they react?"

"I don't know..." Lumpy answered.

"Okay," said Lilly, "How will Mom and Dad react they meet my Drifloon?"

"I don't know, either," Lumpy relied. "But if you ask me, what really matters is that you..." He started to tear up again. "...defeated me..."

Lilly put Drifloon's Pokeball back into her backpack and went to Lumpy and gave him a big hug.

"I'm so, so sorry about that," said Lilly, "And to make it up to you, how about I catch a Pokemon for you?"

"I... I guess..." Lumpy replied.

"Since you've got Lillipup and Bunnelby, what Pokemon could be your third Pokemon?" asked Lilly.

Lumpy sniffled again as he calmed down.

"I'm not really sure yet," he admitted. "But I suppose I'd like to be surprised, if you don't mind..."

"No I don't mind at all," said Lilly, "Can I borrow your Pokedex and a Pokeball please?"

"Oh, sure." Lumpy pulled out his Pokedex and an empty Pokeball, then handed them to Lilly.

"Thank you," said Lilly she then reached into her bag and pulled out Spritzee's Pokeball.

"Uncle Lumpy, keep hold of my backpack will you?" Lilly asked Lumpy.

"Oh, sure," said Lumpy with a nod of his head.

"Thanks," said Lilly and then she ran out of the Pokemon Centre with the empty Pokeball, Lumpy's Pokedex and Spritzee's Pokeball in her hands and Vulcan sitting on her shoulder and Lumpy just sat there, watching her go.