One More Step Up the Ladder Chapter 3
I picked up the pokeballs containing my Shinx and Charmander.
"Well, this journey is getting off to a good start," I said to myself before releasing the two Pokemon.
"Jesse," Trey, my Charmander, growled, "Don't you ever put me in that thing again!"
"Very well," I said before hearing the sounds of a Pokemon battle echoing nearby.
I figured Trey had heard it too when a smile crept across his face.
"Sweet! A Pokemon battle!" Trey cheered, "Can we please spectate it! Please!"
"If it'll make you shut up, YES!" Nelly, my Shinx, yelled.
Trey ran toward the noise and Nelly and I followed him. When we came to the battle I quickly took note of the trainers.
One was a female, about fourteen or fifteen, with white skin, brown eyes, and long brown hair. She had on a dark purple jacket with fake fur lining along with blue jeans and a Pikachu cap as well as some black lines on her face.
The boy she was fighting was white and look about nine and had on a blue shirt and light blue jeans.
"Alright Surskit!" The boy exclaimed, "Use bubble on that Cyndaquil!"
The Surskit nodded and shot a few bubbles at the Cyndaquil, who was the girl's Pokemon.
"Cynder dodge it!" The girl ordered, but it was too late. The bubble hit the Cyndaquil and knocked it out.
"Good battle Tess," The boy laughed, "But not good enough!"
Trey ran forward and jumped up and down, "Oh! We're next! We're next!"
The boy looked at Trey oddly before trying to throw a pokeball at him. This pokeball bounced off Trey's head.
"Ow!" Trey exclaimed, "Now you're REALLY going to get it!"
I just out of the bushes just in time.
"I'm sorry," I said, "My Charmander can be a little jumpy."
The boy eyed me up and down before sending his Surskit back into its Pokeball, "You must be Jesse."
I nodded, "Yes I am."
"My brother told me that you were the best at trainer's school. Although you didn't go on your Pokemon journey because you were such a crybaby," The boy said, not trying to tease me.
I nodded again.
"Well, do you mind if we have a little battle? To see if you really are good?" The boy asked.
I smiled, "Yes, Shall I ask for the name of my opponent?"
"Roger," The boy replied, "Roger Harrison."
"Alright Roger!" I exclaimed, "Let's battle!"
"Double or single?" The boy asked.
"Single for now," I said, "Do you care if we switch during battle?"
"Let's not," Roger said, "Those kinds of battles take too long."
"Then let's get this show on the road!"
The boy nodded and sent out his first Pokemon, "Alright Bulbsaur! You're up!"
"Trey, you go." I said, "Seeing as Bulbasaur is a grass type."
Trey nodded happily and ran onto the field of battle. Roger gritted his teeth; I figured that he knew a fire Pokemon like Chamander could easily take out that Bulbasaur.
"Bulbasaur use vine whip!" Roger, The boy, exclaimed.
"Trey, use ember!" I commanded.
Trey narrowly dodged the attack and sent a small fireball at the Bulbasaur. The ember hit Bulbasaur on the tip of the green bulb on its back.
"Alright Bulbasaur! Use Bullet seed!" Roger ordered before his Bulbasaur shot several seeds from the bulb Trey had burned.
I wonder how that boy got the TM for bullet seed, I thought, That is extremely hard to come by these days.
"Hey Jesse!" Nelly yelled, "Keep your focus on the battle!"
"Oh, right!" I exclaimed, "Trey use Flamethrower!"
Trey sent out a wave of flame from his mouth, colliding with the seeds Bulbasaur had shot. There quick became a competition to see which attack could over power the other.
"You can do it Trey!" I exclaimed.
"Come on Bulbasaur!" Roger chanted.
The two attacks fought each other for a few more seconds before Trey's Flamethrower broke up, causing him to be pelted by the Bullet seed. Trey fell to the ground.
"You alright Trey?" I asked him.
He nodded and added, "It's just a flesh wound."
"Alright Bulbasaur!" Roger exclaimed, "Now use Tackle while your opponent is down!"
Bulbasaur nodded and lunged at Trey, I waited for a few seconds before ordering Trey to use Flamethrower. The attack hit the Bulbasaur right before he tackled Trey. The Bulbasaur was thrown back.
"Come on Bulbasaur! Get up!" Roger said. Bulbasaur tried to get up collapsed.
"Good Battle," I smiled.
"It's not over yet!" Roger exclaimed, "Go Surskit!"
"Alright Trey, do you still want to fi" I said before Trey quickly interrupted me by yelling yes.
"Alright Surskit!" Roger stated, "Use bubble!"
The Surskit sent a few small bubbles at Trey, who barely dodged and tried to scratch the Surskit but was met with another bubble. Trey flew back and tried to regain his composure.
"Alright Surskit! Quick attack!" Roger exclaimed. The Surskit seemed to come out of nowhere and hit Trey square in the stomach. The blow sent Trey into a tree.
"Trey, you alright?" I asked.
"I'm fine," Trey said, trying to get up, "I've had worse," he groaned before collapsing.
"Trey, it's Nelly's turn now," I said.
"No! I can still fight!" Trey said weakly.
"Nelly, get in there,"
Nelly jumped into the free as electricity began to course through his fur.
"Alright Nelly, Do you know Spark?" I asked him.
Nelly smiled, "Of course I do!"
"Then use it on the Surskit!" I ordered.
Nelly nodded and jumped forward, knocking into the Surskit and sending several volts of electricity into its body.
The Surskit looked like it was on its last leg.
"Remember Roger," I said, "Electric types are super effective on Water types. Seeing as Electric moves have a normal effect on bug type moves, that makes my attack super effective!"
"Yeah I know that!" Roger sighed, "I don't need you to lecture me!"
"I was just saying that because someone could be looking on this battle as a huge wall of text on a computer screen and they may not know why that attack was super effective."
"You're so weird," Roger laughed before going back to his serious tone, "Surskit! Use bubble! Now!"
Surskit sent a few bubbles at Nelly, who effortlessly dodged them.
"Is that all you've got?" Nelly laughed, "My Mom could fight better than you! And she's level five!"
The Surskit sighed, "You guys don't evolve until level fifteen and then again at thirty, so there is no way your mom could be"
Nelly laughed again and used Spark, landing a direct hit. The Surskit tried to stand up but fainted.
"Now that was a good fight," Roger said, "I wonder what your Shinx and my Surskit were saying to each other."
"Something about Nelly's mom being level five," I replied.
"You can understand those guys?" Roger asked.
I nodded, "I don't know how or why, but I can."
Roger looked intrigued, "Interesting, well, let's hope we'll meet again!"
I smiled, "Yep, I hope to see you soon."
"Until we meet again!" Roger said and ran off.
I looked at the girl who was staring at me in awe.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"Roger is like, one of the best Trainers at the school! He's beaten me more times than I can count!" The girl exclaimed, "You mind teaching me a few things?"
I shrugged, "All I really knew was type advantages."
The girl looked at me, "Maybe we could travel together for a bit? You know, so you could teach me a few things?"
I laughed, "I guess so! I'm going to try to defeat the Violet City gym leader."
The girl smiled, "So am I!"
"Well, I guess we should get going then," I said and look up at the sky, quickly realizing that we wouldn't make it back to the city in time, "You have a tent?"
"I have two sleeping bags and one tent, so guess who is sleeping outside?"
"You?" I asked.
"No, you are. I'm not going to sleep in the same tent as a boy, let alone give up my tent to him."
I laughed, "Very well, I'll take the other sleeping bag and turn in for the night."
The girl nodded, "So what is your name?" she asked.
"Jesse," I replied, "Yours?"
"Tess," She smiled.
"Alright Tess, hand me the sleeping bag,"
Tess nodded and gave me a sleeping bag, which I quickly got into as night began to fall.
"Wow," I sighed with astonishment, "It hasn't even been a day yet and I've caught two Pokemon and made a friend! This is going to be the best journey ever!"
I closed my eyes knowing that I'd taken one more step up the ladder on my way to becoming a Pokemon Master!
