Chapter 3: Red VS Green
"Well folks, due to an abnormality in the number of contestants, Contestant Green will have to fight again immediately for her chance in the semi-finals. And it doesn't look good for her, because her opponent is the odds-on favourite for this tournament. Winner of the ninth annual Pokémon league, everyone welcome the legendary trainer: RED!"
The crowd went wild with excitement. "How come I didn't get a greeting like that!?" Green shouted furiously.
"Because they knew that you'd be dropping out in your second battle." Red said impertinently.
"After all, I AM 'the fighter.'" There was a short pause.
"On the other hand…" he began, "if you really DID beat Crystal because of seniority, no one here can beat you."
"They wouldn't be able to beat me even if I was younger them" Green said condescendingly.
"Hah" Red snickered. Before he could respond the begin-battle tone went off. They each sent out their first Pokémon. "Beginning Pokémon: Saur, Red's Venusaur VS Nido, Green's Nidoqueen.
"I knew it, you couldn't bring Blasty in to THIS battle either." Red murmured. "Out of my 3 Pokémon that are allowed to participate, I brought both Venusaur AND Pikachu, Blasty wouldn't stand a chance. And since you just sent out Nidoqueen, your second must be Granbull."
"Nidoqueen, use double kick"
"Saur, Grab her legs with Vine Whip, then bring 'er in close for a sweet scent!"
Nidoqueen dodged the first few of Saur's vines, but there were just too many. Eventually Saur was able to trip her up and hold her off the ground.
"Good work Saur!" Red encouraged, "now bring her in close for that Sweet Scent.
Nido looked dizzy from receiving a sweet scent from so close.
"Now, toss it across the room!" Nido went flying, and slammed in to the far wall. "Whoa! Red, don't you think that's a little too intense?!"
"It's my policy to never hold back, no matter the opponent! Saur, aim your poison powder at Nido and release!"
The spores flew across the room and made their way to the target.
A few seconds passed and… nothing.
"Why isn't it working?" red questioned. Nido got back up and started charging across the room.
"I made my Nido hold a lum berry that cures all status ailments. What are you going to do now?" Green asked in a cocky tone.
"Well," he said "that only works once right? SAUR, USE SLEEP POWDER."
Nido ran right in to it. It was down and out. "It's so exhausted, it shouldn't wake up for at least a few hours, this battle's mine."
Saur picked her up with vine whip, and lightly placed her out of bounds.
"Nido is disqualified, Green must now send out her next Pokémon."
"GO, GRANBULL" Granbull appeared in the arena.
"I thought so…" red said with a smirk.
"You didn't leave me with much of a choice" she replied.
"Granbull, use charm."
"It doesn't matter" red began "Saur, switch." "Go, Lax."
"I see" she said you switched Saur out because it wouldn't have been able to do much damage."
"Nope" Red stated bluntly, "I was going to anyway."
"Granbull, start off with a Take Down."
"Lax, don't let him get close, use earthquake to put his footing off."
Red's plan worked, Granbull tripped over in the middle of his charge.
"Okay," red began "use Belly Drum to raise your attack strength, then Mega Punch the ground at Granbull's feet" Granbull went flying in to the air.
"LAX, while it's still in the air, HEADBUTT, NOW!"
Lax prepared the shot and… miss. Lax toppled forwards and completely missed Granbull.
"Don't worry Lax; we can still turn this around."
"I won't give you that opportunity" Green said hurriedly "Granbull, use Take Down again."
"Lax, quick, USE HARDEN!" What seemed like hours passed in only a few seconds, but eventually, Granbull fell to the floor, unconscious.
"Granbull is unable to battle, RED WINS!" The crowd roared with joy.
"What exactly happened?" Green inquired.
"Well, knowing that Granbull would also take damage from Take Down, I had Lax use harden, not only increasing its already high defence, but also making it's body physically harder, which increased the recoil damage to your Granbull." (NOTE: Does not work in actual game)
