Chapter 3: VS Treecko
"That sick pervert!"
"I know! Urgh I just hate him so much!"
Quartz, Sapphire and Sky had been travelling for about a day now (78 days left) and they had stopped to have lunch with their pokemon out. Somehow they had gotten into a discussion about Ruby's clothes for Sapphire, and that he MUST have taken her measurements.
"I mean, who does that!?" Sapphire yelled, seething.
"That Ruby is one twisted guy." Quartz said whilst shaking his head.
"That's another reason I can't lose to him! He's such a sicko jerk and, and, and..." Her face was turning red from anger, the pokemon slowly backing away.
Knowing he had to act fast, Quartz rummaged around in his bag until he pulled out a small, folded up piano, which he unfolded and placed on the ground. "Perhaps madame would care to listen to the 'Hoenn Symphony' piece?"
A now much calmer Sapphire playfully punched the Factory Head look-alike, she hated it when he called her 'madame'. "Okay, just don't put on the tuxedo."
Quartz nodded as he kneeled by the small piano, as he and Sky played their piece. Sapphire and her pokemon listened with smiles on their faces, they were one of the few members to actually hear the boys piece. As Quartz finished up the small audience gave a round of applause. "Hey! You finally got all the notes right!" Sapphire cheered.
Quartz smirked as he folded the piano back up. "Thanks for noticing."
"Torchic!"
"Aron!"
Toro and Rono began dancing around with Sky because of the performance, they especially liked the music.
Sapphire then perked up. "Oh yeah! Quartz! I've got something to give you!" She then shifted through her bag as Quartz raised an eyebrow. She finally came back up holding a small red device.
"What is it?" Quartz asked as he took it.
"It's called a Pokedex, it has information on almost every pokemon in the world!" Sapphire cheered. "I have one as well, but dad gave me that one as a backup, and I want you to have it."
Quartz smiled. "Really? Thanks Sapphire."
She smiled back. "Don't mention it."
The duo were about to start their vine swinging method of travel (Much to Quartz's dismay) When Sky's ears perked up. "Nyaaa!" She informed her trainer.
"What's wrong, Sky?" The young teen asked, to which Sky gestured for them to be silent. So the trainers and their pokemon turned their ears to the wind.
It was music. Calm yet almost silky, spread across the area like butter.
"Wow, it's so peaceful." Quartz sighed. "Let's see what's causing it!"
"But let's do it quickly! We're losing time!" Sapphire informed them as the two began searching.
Eventually they came to a tree where the noise was coming from. A Treecko was sitting on the lowest branch, playing a leaf whistle.
"A Treecko!?" Sapphire yelled quietly. "You don't ever see them in the wild EVER! This one must be pretty careless."
Quartz silently took out his Pokedex, which lit up with a picture of the pokemon and its information. He nodded. "Okay then! I'm gonna catch that Treecko!"
Sapphire stepped forward. "Oh no you don't! I'm gonna catch that Treecko!"
"Says who!?"
"Says me!"
As the companions butted their heads like Tauros, the Treecko looked down at them distastefully, getting ready to leap away.
"MEROW!" Sky gave both trainers a good Doubleslap to get their attention.
"OWWW! Don't DO that!" Quartz complained. "But you've made your point, stop it with Ice Beam!"
Sky opened her mouth and fired blue bolts at the Wood Gecko, freezing its tail to the tree so that it could not escape.
"Toro! Use Ember!" Sapphire called, making the little chick blow out a small fireball at the pokemon, knocking it out of the tree.
"TreeCKO!" The pokemon yelled, looking VERY pissed. It cut past both of it's opponents at the speed of sound, slicing them with its Quick Attack.
"Sky! Use Doubleslap!"
"Nya!" The kitten went to slap Treecko with its tail, who countered it with a swipe of its own tail, a Pound attack. However it wasn't expecting a second swipe as it was knocked back.
"Use Peck, Toro!" The pokemon stabbed the Treecko with its sharp beak, making it fall to the ground, too injured to move.
"Okay! This is it!" Both trainers yelled as they simultaneously pulled out a Poke-Ball and threw it forward.
There was a puff of smoke as Treecko was captured, Quartz and Sapphire holding their breaths as it cleared. When it did, the Treecko was trapped in the left Poke-Ball, which meant...
"Yes, I caught it!" Sapphire cheered.
"Oh man..." Quartz sighed as Sky walked back over in disappointment. "Thanks anyway, Sky."
Sapphire picked up the Poke-Ball and looked in. "Hey there! It's nice to meet ya! I'm Sapphire!" The Treecko snorted in its Poke-Ball and turned away, making Sapphire frown. "Well, looks like you need some time to warm up to us, I won't give you a nickname JUST yet." She pocketed her new pokemon and turned to Quartz. "Sorry Quartz, better luck next time."
Quartz smiled in a defeated manner. "Yep, you got me fair and square."
The Next Day...77 days left.
The next day the two were practically in Petalburg and going to Route 104. However Sapphire's new Treecko was still refusing to listen to her.
"C'mon, Treecko, what's the matter?" She asked Treecko, to which he just turned away. Sapphire huffed, he was one stubborn pokemon.
Meanwhile Quartz was re-teaching Sky Thunderbolt to replace Doubleslap, it was actually incredibly easy to do so. After five years of it Sky's moveset was able to stretch and change as freely as a Ditto. "Okay, Sky, that's great! How about a little practice?"
"Nya!" Sky agreed as Quartz got out his piano, the two doing a few musical warm-ups.
Only a few footsteps away, Treecko turned towards the music and started walking towards it. "Treecko?" Sapphire asked as she followed him.
When Treecko arrived Quartz turned to him. "Oh, hey Treecko! You wanna join us?"
Treecko nodded as he plucked a leaf from a nearby bush and used it to play a calming tune, to which Quartz and Sky followed along with. Sapphire just listened, impressed with how the three were working together.
"That was great! Thanks for joining us, Treecko!" Quartz smiled.
Treecko smirked. "Tree." He said, as a way of saying thanks.
Sapphire bent down to them. "Hey Quartz?"
Said boy looked up. "Yeah, Sapphire?"
"I think Treecko would be better off with you, he certainly seems happy."
"R-Really? Are you sure, Sapphire?"
The girl gave the boy a specific Poke-Ball. "Yep, I think it would be better for him."
Quartz smiled. "Thanks Sapphire, your a great friend. And it looks like your part of the team, Treecko! So can I give you a nickname?"
Treecko thought for a second, but finally nodded. "Great! So can I call you...Tro?" Once again he nodded. "Alright! Our new friend is Tro!"
"However!" Sapphire abruptly yelled, cutting their celebration short. "You've gotta battle me in a two-on-two single battle! That sounds fair, right?"
Quartz nodded with a smirk. "Very fair, let's do it!"
Soon the two trainers were standing on either side of a sandy area they called a battlefield. "Okay Tro, your up first!" Quartz told him.
"Treecko!" Tro nodded as he leapt onto the battlefield.
"Rono! Your MY first choice!" Sapphire yelled as she threw a Poke-Ball, which popped open to reveal her Aron. The two pokemon stared each other down.
"Ladies first." Quartz offered.
Sapphire gave him a mixture of a glare and a smirk. "Okay then. Rono, use Metal Claw!"
The Rock/Steel Type leapt forward with a glowing stubby arm.
"Confuse it with Quick Attack!"
Tro nodded and followed its new trainers command, zipping around the little pokemon to disorientate it. "Now use Absorb!" The gecko latched onto Rono's back and started draining its energy, though it didn't look like it was doing much.
"Throw it off and use Metal Claw!" On Sapphire's command Rono flipped Tro off and slashed it with a glowing arm, easily knocking it back.
Quartz gritted his teeth, Rono was a lot higher level then Tro, and had the advantage, he would have to end this quick. "Use Pound!"
"Iron Defense!" Rono's body glowed white on Sapphire's call, making Tro's attack bounce off of it uselessly.
"Not good..." Quartz mumbled to himself, none of Tro's attacks were having any effect! Then suddenly he had an idea. "Tro! Swing your arm at Rono, and put all your strength in your forearm!"
"Tree?" Tro looked at its trainer with a raised eyebrow.
"Just trust me!" Quartz pleaded, to which Tro nodded. The grass type leapt forward and struck the Aron with a hard chop, only for it to clutch its arm in pain afterwards.
"Metal Claw again!" Rono threw Tro back again, now the starter was breathing in short breaths, showing its fatigue.
Quartz's mind raced with what could have gone wrong. Tro obviously had used all of his strength in that chop, so why hadn't it turned into a proper attack. He then had another idea. "We need more momentum! Climb up a tree, Tro!"
Tro latched onto a nearby tree and climbed to the top, glaring down at Rono. "Now! Attack just like before!" The wood gecko leapt off and towards Rono with sharp speed.
"Dodge, Rono!" Sapphire panicked, but the little guy was not as fast as Tro, and Tro hit it with its fist, which turned into a devastating Brick Break! Rono was knocked out immediately from the double-effective attack.
"Yes! You did it, Tro! You learned Brick Break!" Quartz cheered as the pokemon looked at its own fist in slight wonder.
To say Sapphire had been impressed as she returned Rono would be an understatement. He had taught a pokemon that minutes ago wasn't even his such a powerful move, in the middle of battle no less! She knew her friend had become good at move tutoring, but this good?
She grabbed her other Poke-Ball. "Okay Toro! I know you can do it!"
"Torchic!" The pokemon cheered as it was released, the two starters analysing their opponents.
"Tro! Use Pound!"
"Toro! Use Ember!"
As Tro leapt forward with its tail, Toro engulfed it in a small fireball, instantly knocking him out. Sapphire smirked. "Looks like it's one all!"
Quartz returned Tro. "Thanks Tro, you were awesome out there." He then turned to the pokemon beside his fett. "It's up to you, Sky!"
"Nya!" Sky nodded as she ran forward, the two females then got ready for another battle.
"Use Ember, Toro!"
"Counter with Water Pulse, Sky!"
The small fireball was no match for the orb of water shot out of Sky's mouth, the Torchic was washed away in a small wave.
"Tor..." Toro said in pain.
"Don't give up, Toro! I know you can do it!" Sapphire encouraged her.
The little pokemon managed to get up with fierce determination. "ToooorCHIIIIIC!" Suddenly a powerful stream of flames were released from Toro's mouth, throwing Sky back in a wave of fire.
"Oh no! Sky! Are you okay!?" Quartz asked his friend in a panic.
"Toro! You just used Flamethrower! Well done!" Sapphire praised her starter.
"Torchic!" Toro smiled at her trainer.
Sky stood up with a pout. "Nya!" She said in an annoyed tone.
"Toro! Peck!" The Torchic leapt towards Sky and repeatedly pecked her with its sharp beak.
"Nyaaa!" Sky called in a panic as she tried to use her tail as a shield.
"S-Sky!" Quartz yelled, searching his brain for a possible solution. He then gasped when he saw Toro was still wet from the Water Pulse! "Sky! Thunderbolt!"
"NYAAAA!" Sky complied, shocking the drenched fire-type with a powerful bolt of lightning, dealing a lot more damage as Toro was knocked out.
"Yes! We win!"
"Nya!" Sky cheered as she jumped into her trainers arms and licked his face.
Sapphire cradled Toro in her arms. "Are you okay, Toro?"
"Torchic..." The starter was disappointed it lost.
"Don't be upset, you were incredible." Sapphire assured her.
Quartz walked over. "Sorry Sapphire, was that a bit much?"
Sapphire shook her head as she stood up. "Both of them will be fine once we get to the Petalburg Pokemon Center."
"Good point, Tro needs to heal as well." Quartz agreed as they walked on.
Soon
"Here you go, you two. Your pokemon are completely recovered!" The nurse handed their Poke-Balls back to them, the team members grinning at their trainers in their red capsules. Sky was also pushed out on a stroller as she re-placed herself on Quartz's head.
"Thank you so much, Nurse Joy!" The two trainers thanked her as they walked out.
"Well, Quartz, I admit you beat me. But you won't be so lucky next time." Sapphire smirked.
"Sure! Let's get a bit stronger first though." Quartz agreed as all the pokemon smiled at each other from their Poke-Balls.
"Now, Route 104 and our first Gym, here we come!" Sapphire cheered as the two trainers marched on, unfortunately, they ran into a bit of trouble.
Quartz, Number of Badges: 0
Team: Sky (Skitty), Female, Level 15, Hasty Nature, A Shiny Skitty who shares a bond with its trainer unlike any other..., Moves: Sing, Ice Beam, Water Pulse, Thunderbolt.
Tro (Treecko), Male, Level 14, Adamant nature, A level-headed Treecko who is tough and calm in any situation, Moves: Pound, Quick Attack, Absorb, Brick Break
And it's another chapter! I'm really enjoying writing this story, so I hope you enjoy reading it! Those of you who've read the manga know the trouble Sapphire gets into, and I'll be introducing OC's soon! Yay!
By the way, Quartz DOES have a nicknaming habit, first one to get it gets a virtual cookie! And with that, I bid you readers adieu.