Happiness gives me the strength
I need
Happiness teaches us what
life means
"I want to see you battle, one on one. Let's see… Sham against Karen, Carl against Silver, and Blue against Will. Sham, Karen, battle now!"
Karen, are silver-blue haired girl, looked ready to defeat her opponent easily. Sham, a short-haired girl, saw Karen's smug face and decided she wasn't going to lose, either.
"Children! Watch this battle closely! Observe all weaknesses!"
Will (who Silver mentally called clown-boy) and Carl watched as their teammate went against another's.
Sham sent out her Meowth, while Karen sent out her Eevee.
"Begin!"
Silver had already lost interest. He was about to slip into a deep daydream when Blue gave him pointed looks, as if to say, remember what I said? You have to pay attention!
Silver softly sighed and began to watch the match. Karen already had the upper hand, with her repeated Sand Attack beginning to pay off. Almost none of Sham's moves hit. Karen was now hitting the weakened Meowth with Bite after Bite.
Silver wasn't surprised. He knew all too well what that Eevee was capable of. Before long, the battle was over and Karen had won.
"Sham! Don't you ever lose that badly again! You need serious training! You could have at least lost by only a little, but you blew that battle completely! Don't ever disappoint me like that!"
"Yes, Mask of Ice."
"Okay, Carl, Silver! Battle!"
Silver stood up. His only Pokémon, Sneasel, was at no disadvantage. Carl, his opponent of ten years, had a Swinub. Carl, Silver thought, was not very competent in techniques. He would rather go straight to attacking. If Silver could make use of that weakness, the battle could end quickly. Silver was confident he could win.
"Battle, now!"
"Sneasel, use Faint Attack."
"Swinub, use Mud Bomb!"
But Sneasel had already disappeared, reappearing behind the Swinub and hitting it, making the Swinub squeal and turn around, letting the Sneasel hit it again. Swinub again turned around, but Sneasel was already behind it, striking it once again. Silver was happy, maybe this battle could come to a quick end.
"Sneasel, end it with Slash!"
One powerful Slash, and the Swinub was about ready to fall down.
"Swinub, use Mud Bomb!"
But the pig Pokémon was much too slow. Silver ordered another Slash attack, and the Swinub was unable to battle.
The Masked Man yelled at Carl like he did at Sham, then ordered to final battle.
Blue had her Jigglypuff, while Will had his Natu. Silver was confident in Blue's battling skills, and rooted for her.
"Begin!"
"Jigglypuff, use Bounce!"
The Jigglypuff bounced up high into the air, preparing to attack the Natu from above. But since the Natu was a bird Pokémon, that tactic wouldn't work.
"Natu, use Fly!"
The Natu flew up to where the Jigglypuff was and struck it. The Jigglypuff was wounded but still had more energy.
"Jigglypuff, use sing while the Natu's still in the sky!"
The Jigglypuff began singing a lullaby, which made the Natu (not to mention Carl) fall asleep. The Natu fell out of the sky and hit the ground.
"Now, Jigglypuff, use Rollout!"
The Jigglypuff rolled itself to the sleeping Natu's body, and then struck at full power. The Natu surely couldn't do anything about it, because it was asleep. The Jigglypuff repeatedly did this, until the Natu woke up.
"Natu, use Fly!"
The Natu flew up, and then with amazing speed flew back down and hit the Jigglypuff.
"Jigglypuff, now! Use our secret move, Ice Tail!"
The Jigglypuff somehow used some sort of power to almost freeze its own tail, and then hit the Natu with it. The Natu just barely hung on, and was trying to somehow injure its opponent, but a good Pound attack finished it off.
"Now, did everyone see how to exploit the opponent's every weakness? It's the only way to win a battle quickly and easily. I want you to study, so you can exploit any Pokémon's weakness."
Silver didn't hear much of anything the man was saying, because he was too busy waiting to be able to talk to Blue, so he could see what the plan was, so maybe they could get out of this living nightmare.
