Blue mentally steeled himself and glared at Red. "Three years…You little bastard, THREE YEARS!" Red sweatdropped and looked at his Pikachu who shrugged. Blue suddenly began laughing "How was it up there Fire Red? That 'rugged' mountain finally get to you after only three years up there? Was that all it took to get you to come back?"
Green giggled into her hands and shook her head "He totally missed him."
"Little Red couldn't handle the big mean mountain? Came crying back home after only three years! Honestly! You call yourself a trainer?" Blue's smirking mouth curved into a frown when Red suddenly began laughing… it was a laugh that was all too familiar to Blue. He heard it only one other time, and it engraved itself in his mind after losing to Red in the indigo plateau. Red suddenly stopped laughing, snatched up a pokeball from his belt and grinned at Blue, recalling the words he had said when he fought Blue in the Pokemon league.
"Shut up and battle. I'm not the weak little trainer I was, when we began our journey."
Blue snarled and whipped out a small pokeball, this one instead of the regular red and white color was white pale silver on the bottom and blue on the top. "I'll prove to you that I'm better than you! In every way! Crush him Tyranitar!" He yelled throwing the pokeball into the air. The ball opened and in flash of white light came a large not-dragon camouflaged in the colors of the desert. "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" The not-dragon roared kicking up a cloud of dirt that quickly turned into a sandstorm "Tyranitar's evasion increases when he's in the middle of a sandstorm!" Blue shouted over the roar of the storm around him "Not only that, his ground and rock type move's get a big boost in strength! What do you have to say now Fire Red?"
"Argh, Blue! Now we can't see the battle!" Green growled as she tried to peer through the wall of sand surrounding Blue and Red. Many of the spectators were busy trying to shield their eyes from the sand. Mrs. Fire simply smiled and began laughing "I haven't seen Blue have this much fun since those to were children." Yes, he may not look like it, but Blue secretly was waiting for this battle for a long time. All his taunts, and jabs at Red were nothing more the rival banter.
Red, meanwhile, was lightly tapping the pokeball in his hand with a grin. "You never change Blue, always trying to win through strength alone. This time at least you thought up a clever strategy." He then threw the ball high into the air and smiled "Pity it's not enough. Let's prove it to him Espeon." Suddenly, in a flash of white light, just like Tyranitar, a small pink cat-like Pokemon with a split in the end of its tail and a ruby-like gem on its forehead appeared on his shoulder and yawned cutely. "Eeeeee…." It muttered before realizing that it was in the middle of a sand storm and quickly used its psychic powers to keep the sand out of its eyes. "Let's start out with a greeting Espeon, what do you say?" Espeon hissed and glared in Blue's direction. Red laughed and nodded "Agreed. Give Tyranitar a good pounding with psychic." Espeon's eye's suddenly glowed a pale blue signifying that it wasn't using one hundred percent power and lifted it's chin.
"What the hell is taking him so long to respond?" Blue growled tapping his foot impatiently. "Ty?" Tyranitar suddenly roared as it was incased in a blue bubble. Blue was too slow to react as Tyranitar was lifted into the air and slammed into the ground HARD. "Next, let's give him a friendly pat on the shoulder!" Red's voice echoed through the sand storm leaving many of the spectators wondering what he was talking about. Tyranitar was suddenly sent flying into the wall just under Green and Mrs. Fire's seats. "Is it surrounded by….a bubble?" Green observed/asked rhetorically as Blue came running out of the now dying sand storm to check his Tyranitar's condition. It was clearly knocked out, seeing as it was buried in a small bubble shaped crater in the wall. "Tyranitar's evasion is raised in a sand storm yes, however it also blinded you to where and how I was attacking. A costly mistake Blue." Red stepped out of the remaining airborne dust with Espeon on his shoulder looking rather proud of itself.
Blue just growled and returned Tyranitar to it's pokeball.
Red: 1
Blue: 0
"I'll show you a costly mistake! Go! Arcanine!" The fiery canine that had followed Blue out into the arena suddenly bounced over his head and landed gracefully before it's master. Red turned to the pink cat on his shoulder and frowned "You want to take Arcanine?" Much to Blue's displeasure, Espeon suddenly yawned, hopped of his shoulder and trotted over to where Pikachu was sitting and fell asleep resting it's head on Pikachu's back. Oh yeah, Pikachu was asleep too. So…Cute...must…resist urge…to hug… Green thought with a faint blush, many of the people sitting above Pikachu and Espeon 'awwwwed' at the sight. Red quickly began shifting through the pokeballs on his belt before stopping on one that had a yellow top "Well, I guess if Espeon doesn't want to…" He said with a shrug before tossing the ball into the air. With a bang, the ball opened and from the usual white light came a mighty blue turtle. "You're up Blastoise." Blastoise turned to it's master quizzically before noticing that it was NOT in the middle of the 24/7 snow storm that it had grown accustom to, but in a nice warm stadium with many people watching.
"Type matching Fire Red? You all out of tricks and resorting to the basics?" Blue snapped with a glare. "Huh? Oh no, it's just my other Pokemon don't want to battle Arcanine." Blue's eye twitched but remained slightly calm "Your Pokemon don't want to battle? Ridiculous, in battle it's the trainer that calls the shots. THEY pick what Pokemon to battle with!" Red simply shrugged and pointed at Arcanine "Hydro pump." Blastoise nodded and opened the twin cannon's on it's shoulder's and fired two massive jet's of water at the not-yet-ready Arcanine. The jet's hit home and sent Arcanine into the wall behind Blue. "Arcanine! That was a cheap trick Red!" Red scoffed and pointed at Blue "YOU were the one who wasn't paying attention!" Blue growled and turned to his fallen Pokemon "Get him with thunder fang and quick attack!"
As Arcanine came screaming in towards Blastoise, electricity surrounding it's fangs, Blastoise suddenly revealed speed no one though possible, and sidestepped the fiery dog like it was nothing. "What? How can a Blastoise have the speed to dodge my Arcanine's top speed?" Blue snarled. Arcanine had been running so fast that it couldn't tell that it had missed and ended up head first into the wall behind Red. Luckily, Pikachu and Espeon had seen it coming and quickly scampered away before Arcanine could crash into them. "Blastiose, let's finish Arcanine off before it has a chance to recover. Use Hydro cannon." Another huge blast of water and Arcanine was out of commission. A heavy mist from the water blast quickly surrounded the battling rivals, once again, obscuring the battle from view.
Red: 2
Blue: 0
"Darn it Red!" Green snarled trying to see through the heavy mist. Mrs. Fire smiled "Oh, let them have their fun. They haven't seen each other in three years." Green sighed and slumped down into her seat in frustration "I just hope they don't start fist fighting again…."
Red looked around the mist with a satisfied smile. This mist was just the right thickness. "Alright! No more games! Take him down, Alakazam!" Red heard Blue shout. The sound of a pokeball opening followed by a cry of "Kazam!" echoed in the mist. "Use Telekinesis to find Blastoise!" "Too late." Red's voice echoed in the heavy mist. "Kaza?" Blue jumped a bit at Alakazam's tone and quickly looked at his Pokemon. Alakazam was looking down at it's feet, Blue quickly flowered his gaze and watched wide eyed as the psychic Pokemon's legs became encased in ice. "Wha? Impossible! To be able to freeze Alakazam's legs without firing an ice beam or-"
"But I did use an ice beam Blue. Blastoise just channeled some ice through the water and directed it to Alakazam's feet." Blue shot Red's voice a confused look. "There's no wa-" The mist! Blue thought. He mentally kicked himself for not noticing such an obvious tactic. "Well played Red, but Alakazam doesn't need his leg's to be able to attack. Use-" "Silly Blue. You noticed one obvious tactic, but missed another! I had Blastoise freeze Alakazam's legs so he couldn't teleport away! Take him out in one shot! Hydro Cannon!" The mist clouding Blue's view gave way as an intense jet of water suddenly came out of no where and blasted Alakazam right in the face. Unfortunately for Alakazam, his feet were frozen to the ground firmly, thus he was not blow away from the blast and had to take the whole thing without moving an inch.
Red sighed and with a flick of his wrist, Blastoise stopped the attack. "Defog." Red muttered. Blastoise nodded and began sucking the mist into the two large shoulder cannons until the entire arena was visible again. The referee quickly checked Alakazam's condition and nodded "ALAKAZAM IS UNABLE TO CONTINUE!"
Red: 3
Blue: 0
Blue, along with many of the spectators, were shocked beyond words. Red had knocked out 3 of the current champions Pokemon in a row! This had also happened one other time between Red and Blue, and that was during their journey through Kanto. Blue quickly shook the memories from his head and returned Alakazam to it's ball. "Fair enough Fire Red, I'm done messing around for old time's sake." Red nodded. Blue never said anyone's full name unless he was dead serious. It was time to stop messing around for him too. "No more greetings, no more horseplay. We are champions. And we will give these people a battle worthy of the title!" Red said in response. Blue nodded in agreement as the crowd roared at Red's declaration, and pulled out a differently colored pokeball. This one resembled an ultra ball in almost every way, however this one had five stars across the top of it.
"Show him how a champion battles, Kingdra!" Blue's pokeball opened and a large, crystal blue, regal looking seahorse emerged and glared at Red, awaiting his decision. Red nodded, recalled Blastoise, and pulled out another pokeball. "Show him the meaning of the title 'master'!" Red quickly flung the pokeball forward and as it opened, a HUGE hulking mass appeared standing upright and glaring back. "Snorlax… Come Red! Our battle is not over yet. All of those battles before, across our journey… were warm-ups!" Kingdra blasted forward and tackled the huge mass that was Snorlax, causing it to stagger slightly "While it's staggering use whirlpool!" Blue commanded. Kingdra nodded and created a swirling watery vortex that quickly grew until it surrounded Snorlax, anchoring it's movement.
Green sighed as she watched the two boys get serious "As long as they don't block the view again…. What are those two acting all dramatic for anyway?" Mrs. Fire smiled "It's just how they settle things. With dramatics and style." Green laughed "Blue has no style, but I will admit he is an incredible trainer. But Red is just as incredible. Using the water in the mist to create enough ice to freeze Alakazam in place." Mrs. Fire nodded as her smile grew slightly wider "Dramatics and style."
"Now use dragon breath while Snorlax can't move!" Kingdra quickly blasted a thin but concentrated beam of yellow flames that somehow melded with the whirlpool without dousing the flames. Red quickly analyzed the situation and decided upon the best action "Snorlax, use rest." Snorlax, even with the whirlpool and dragon breath raging against it, managed to close it's eyes and fall asleep, rapidly restoring it's health. "Not gonna happen! Finish it off with take down!" The vortex of water and fire quickly dispersed as Kingdra charged at the snoozing Snorlax. Red smirked "Now! Ice punch!" Snorlax shot onto it's feet and threw a right-hook at the charging dragon. Since it was already charging forward, Kingdra didn't have enough time to stop and was set flying into the wall, like the Pokemon before Kingdra.
"Must have been a Chesto berry… Kingdra! Outrage at full power!" Emerald flames erupted from the wall and engulfed Snorlax completely. "It still had energy?" Red asked himself in surprise. Snorlax was beginning to falter as it tried to block the emerald flames. "This time's for real! Finish it with dragon breath!" The flames subsided only to be replaced by the thin yellow beam which hit Snorlax dead in the face. A critical hit. Snorlax slumped onto it's back in defeat with a groan. "I see you picked up a bit of strategy Blue. Was it a Sitrus berry?" Blue grinned and nodded as he recalled his Pokemon. Red nodded in acceptance "Fair enough. Well played. Return Snorlax."
Red: 3
Blue 1
Espeon (0) vs Tyranitar (X)
Blastoise (0) vs Arcanine (X)
Blastoise (0) vs Alakazam (X)
Snorlax (X) vs Kingdra (0)
Red wasn't dumb enough to think that a simple two point lead was gonna carry him through the match. This was just the beginning!
You asked, I responded….. eventually ^^;. I know it took forever but here is the second chapter. I've spread myself out on too many fics lol. Need a break. I'll keep working at it! R&R!
