Poké-venture

Chapter 3 – Cranidos' Strong Charge – Visit again!

"What am I going to do then?" asked Dewey

"Do well," smiled Josh.

"Just try your best, Dew," replied Violet.

Dewey nodded and felt confident but still jumped when the Gym door banged open and Roark smiled at Dewey.

"You ready?" asked Roark.

"Always," frowned Dewey.

Roark led the way to the Battle Zone of the Gym and Dewey was trying to prepare himself...mentally. Dewey considered which Pokémon he would use first. Caterpie would be useless and Dewey wasn't even sure Shedinja could fight. Ponyta it was.

"Let's get this done quickly, Ponyta!" cried Dewey, throwing the pokéball.

Ponyta appeared and after looking around, it must have mentally facepalmed because a fire type was going against a Rock type. Roark smirked and took 1 of the three pokéballs he had.

"Quick, Geodude!" smiled Roark, getting confident.

"Fudge!" thought Dewey.

The referee looked between the two and began to count down.

3

Ponyta steadied it's legs ; it would probably be running a lot in this battle.

2

Geodude twirled in a circle before preparing itself to attack

1

BOOM!

"Ok, try get this over with Geodude. Rock Throw!" demanded Roark.

Geodude rushed forward and began to fire rocks towards Ponyta, but Ponyta easily dodged all the rocks coming it's way.

"To the left and then Quick Attack!" ordered Dewey.

Ponyta dodged the last rock before sprinting to the left in a straight line. Geodude launched itself at Ponyta but it stopped going in a linear path and dodged the attack before spinning around and quickly firing itself into Geodude. Geodude flew backwards but remained conscious. It jumped forward and continued throwing more rocks, 2 of which caught Ponyta, bringing Ponyta to the floor.

"Ponyta! Get up!" begged Dewey.

Ponyta leaped up and ran at Geodude in a straight line.

Suddenly, Dewey remembered how easily Yakov had defeated Geodude by kicking it's head.

"GO FOR IT'S HEAD, PONYTA!" cried Dewey.

Ponyta used the last rock fired to elevate itself and flew high into the air.

"Aim for the head and use Stomp!"

Ponyta spinned to the left before aiming itself down to Geodude's head and sped down towards it. Ponyta raised it's hooves and as it passed over Geodude's head, it slammed it's hooves down on Geodude's head multiple times before landing behind it. From the incredible force and speed, it was no surprise when Geodude was discovered to be KO.

"Damn it! Come back, Geodude!" shouted Roark, retracting Geodude to it's pokéball.

"You too, Ponyta. Good job. Get some rest," smiled Dewey, who had a plan.

"Let's try again, ONIX!" boomed Roark, deploying Onix.

Dewey smiled even more before selecting his next pokéball.

"Have a try, SHEDINJA!" roared Dewey.

Shedinja appeared before the two trainers and seemed quite disappointed it's sleep had been disrupted. It let out a small barely audible whistle before moving forward.

"Ok Onix. Let's deal with this weak thing by using Rock Tomb!" ordered Roark, pointing at Shedinja.

Dewey was about to tell the absent-minded pokémon to dodge but it appeared Shedinja wasn't as stupid as it looked. It slowly but surely dodged the rocks that nearly crushed it to unconsciousness.

"Tackle that Onix, Shedinja!" cried Dewey.

Shedinja moved slowly towards Onix and Roark just began laughing. Suddenly, Shedinja shot through the air and slammed into Onix, knocking it backwards into the pillar behind it. Unfortunately, Onix recovered quickly and slammed it's tail into Shedinja, sending it into the wall on the opposite side of the room and knocking out.

"Shedinja has been knocked out. Roark wins that round! 1-1!" shouted the referee.

"Don't be so smug, PONYTA!" shouted Dewey.

Ponyta, fully rested, appeared from it's pokéball and looked very confident.

"Flame Wheel!" ordered Dewey.

"That won't work!" laughed Roark.

Josh and Violet watched from the side and they each had different opinions on who would win.

Ponyta charged at Onix and dodged it trying to headbutt it and then used the opportunity to fire a wheel of flames at Onix's head. Onix wasn't damaged that much but was distracted long enough for Ponyta to jump onto it's head.

"QUICK, TACKLE!" cried Onix.

Ponyta leaped to the main body of Onix as it's head shot up and Ponyta managed to cling on as Onix flailed, trying to hit Ponyta somehow.

"Tail, then Stomp!" shouted Dewey, knowing Ponyta would understand.

Ponyta rocketed towards Onix's tail. Onix suddenly flailed it, trying to wave Ponyta away. Being faster, Ponyta used the distraction to run to the head of Onix, while Onix recovered from flailing it's tail. Ponyta repeated the process of what it did to Geodude, slamming all hooves into the head of Onix multiple times. Onix's head fell and slammed into the rock floor, knocking it out.

"Ugh. You're in for it now. Cranidos!" shouted Roark as he retracted Onix and released Cranidos.

Cranidos grinned at the Ponyta and immediately began to charge towards it. Ponyta dodged and following Dewey's order, slammed it's hooves into it's passing body. Cranidos slammed into the floor but managed to get up fairly quickly.

"Headbutt is useless...USE TAKE DOWN!" roared Roark.

Cranidos charged at Ponyta with lightning speed and slamming into it, sending Ponyta into the floor, unconscious. However, Cranidos suffered some recoil and flinched twice before recovering.

"You were brilliant, Ponyta. You've done your job," smiled Dewey, bringing back said Ponyta.

Caterpie was the last pokémon Dewey had. Now or never.

"GO, COLIN THE CATERPIE!" boomed Dewey, scaring Roark.

Caterpie appeared but after seeing Cranidos, hid in a corner.

"Don't worry Caterpie, you're not gonna get hurt. I have a plan," smirked Dewey.

"You wish," laughed Roark.

Dewey smiled even more. He had a plan that couldn't go wrong.

"You can do it, Dewey!" cried Violet.

Josh said the same but added a t to 'can'.

Cranidos charged but Caterpie managed to dodge. However, as Caterpie leapt out the way, it began to glow a bright white colour, slowly changing form. Caterpie changed from a caterpillar to a hard green moving shell...thing. Metapod.

"Ha ha! Metapod can't attack. You can't win now!" laughed Roark.

"Actually, if Metapod learnt moves back when it was a Caterpie, it can still use them as a Metapod!" corrected Dewey.

Roark's grin quickly faded.

"Well..." started Roark.

"BUG BITE!" roared Dewey.

Metapod hardened it's shell before leaping onto Cranidos and taking a bite as if it was food. Cranidos let out a small groan before shaking Metapod off it's body. Metapod safely landed and seemed shaken from actually attacking a Pokémon.

"Hea-no! Take Down!" ordered Roark.

Cranidos charged at lightning speed and just as it was about to hit Metapod...

"Harden!" smiled Dewey.

Metapod raised it's defence against and while it suffered damage from being hit by Cranidos, it was nothing compared to what happened to Ponyta. Cranidos, meanwhile, still suffered from the same recoil and damage. Dewey spotted Cranidos' left leg give way slightly before Cranidos recovered.

"Charge by using Headbutt before turning and Take Down!" growled Roark.

"Left, leg and Tackle!" smirked Dewey.

Cranidos charged and then turned and moved it's body towards Metapod, hoping to hit it. Metapod dodged to the left before tackling Cranidos' left leg, bringing Cranidos down. Cranidos was now unable to stand and still recoiled from the Take Down attack.

"Cranidos, can you move?" asked Roark.

"Not for long! Bug Bite!" shouted Dewey.

Metapod rose and dodged Cranidos' weak attempt at attacking it before biting down on Cranidos' body, causing the Cranidos to become unconscious.

"Wow. That was...unexpected," said Josh.

"Shut up! I knew he would win!" smiled Violet.

"Pfft," snorted Josh.

Roark walked over to Metapod and Cranidos and brought back his pokémon.

"Determined pokémon you have. I wouldn't be surprised if you went far. I give you the Coal Badge for your powerful determination. Don't forget to come back and rematch me, Dewey," smiled Roark, handing over a badge.

It looked like a brown treasure chest...or Roark's helmet. Dewey smiled and shook Roark's hand.

"I'll come back, don't worry. I want to challenge that Cranidos with a Butterfree," nodded Dewey.

In that moment, Dewey realised that he had just kind of complimented Caterpie...or Metapod. Perhaps getting a Caterpie as his birthday present wasn't so bad.

"Still can't believe you beat a Cranidos with a Caterpie," frowned Josh.

"Metapod," corrected Dewey.