Poké-venture

Chapter 4 – Brand New Rival! – Violet vs Chris!

Dewey couldn't stop smiling as they left the Gym. Well, until he saw the rocks Geodude had used to trap Yakov were gone and Yakov himself was gone. Josh seemed to have noticed this as well.

"Hmm. Something tells me we'll encounter him again," frowned Josh.

"Eh. We've beaten him once, we can beat him again1" smiled Violet cheerfully.

Josh rolled his eyes as they entered the Pokémon Centre to heal Dewey's pokémon. While Dewey dealt with his pokémon, Josh and Violet sat at a nearby table.

"You ready for Eterna City, Josh?" asked Violet.

"Oh that'll be fun. Dewey's hometown. Ponyta will be the angel in that battle. Perhaps his parents can watch. You still have to battle the Gym Leader, right?" replied Josh.

"Yeh. I'm ready. Her ass will be kicked," laughed Violet.

Dewey walked over to the pair and sat down, looking quite concerned.

"Something wrong?" asked Josh, raising his eyebrow.

"I think I need a fourth pokémon. I can't rely on Ponyta and Shedinja was just used to weaken Onix. Metapod was just...a lucky plan," answered Dewey.

"How about we go to Route 208? We can try and catch some Pokémon there. I need a fifth member on my team, actually!" beamed Violet.

"Stop being happy," moaned Josh.

Violet frowned before getting to her feet.

"Let's go then," she said, leading the way.

"Where even is Route 208?" asked Dewey

"On the other side of Mt. Coronet. You just go through a small tunnel...thing," said Violet.

"If we're going through , why don't we use that opportunity to catch any pokémon that may not be found elsewhere and even if we don't want them, we can train?" questioned Dewey.

Josh, for once, agreed and took Violet's hand, leading her towards . Dewey followed after them quickly.

"What type of Pokémon?" asked Josh

"I dunno. Maybe...Water? Fighting? Ghost maybe," answered Dewey.

"Apparently, there's a group of Misdreavus making their way through Route 208. I'm going to take a wild guess and say they head to the dark ," contributed Violet.

"What we waiting for?" asked Josh, beginning to sprint.

Dewey followed after, with Violet now being the one who struggled to keep up.

After 20 minutes of running, they were stood on Route 207 and were facing the entrance to .

"Be careful. Many trainers train here so you might be jumped," smirked Josh.

"WHY IS THAT FUNNY?" asked Violet, freaking out.

Dewey shook his head before entering the mountain. Oddly, nobody was around. Or perhaps they were but it was too dark to see. This thought scared Dewey. Suddenly, there was a bang and Dewey saw a figure running up to him.

"Hey you! I challenge you to a pokémon battle!" screamed the figure.

"He sounds 10," observed Violet.

He might as well have been. The boy was like a smaller version of Josh but instead of wearing black and grey, he wore bright clothes that helped in dark places, aka .

"I'm Chris The Great Trainer!" exclaimed the boy.

"You're confident," smirked Violet.

"NO! I'm just telling the truth! I challenge you to a pokémon battle!" shouted Chris, pointing at Violet.

"You're on," grinned Violet, grabbing her first pokéball.

Chris threw his first pokéball and they watched as the figure materialised. There was an Electabuzz.

"Come on out, Ekans!" roared Violet

The snake pokémon appeared and immediately turned to the Electabuzz.

"Electabuzz, use Low Kick!" said Chris, waving his hands around madly.

"Dodge it before using Poison Sting, Ekans," responded Violet, calmly.

Electabuzz rushed forward and tried to kick Ekans, however the attack was dodged and Ekans quickly spun around and poisoned Electabuzz.

"Now, Wrap!" smiled Violet.

Ekans moved at incredible speed, wrapping itself around the Electabuzz and almost immediately squeezed it to death.

"That was my plan all along! Shock Wave!" boomed Chris.

Electabuzz smiled before releasing huge amounts of electricity from it's body, shocking the Ekans wrapped around it. Due to the complex wrapping, Ekans was unable to free itself and continued to be shocked before it finally got free. However, it had already been knocked out.

Josh smiled as Dewey's jaw dropped.

"Ugh. Fine! Come back Ekans and go Noctowl!" said Violet, swapping pokémon.

Noctowl appeared and hovered in the air at shoulder height for Violet.

"Electric beats Flying!" laughed Chris.

"Only if you're quick enough. Sky Attack!" smiled Violet.

Noctowl flew into the air but then immediately shot forward, into the Electabuzz's chest. The move was so powerful and surprising, Electabuzz dropped immediately.

"Hmm. 1-1. Ok, go Aron!" ordered Chris.

Aron arrived in front of them and to Dewey, who had never seen one before, thought it looked like a shiny rock with eyes.

"This is where it gets interesting," smiled Josh.

"AKA, Violet has a chance of losing?" frowned Dewey, raising his eyebrows.

"Damn right!" laughed Josh.

Dewey shook his head as he turned back to the battle.

"I have one more pokémon if you beat my Aron, which I highly doubt!" boasted Chris.

"Oh shut up, Hypnosis!" demanded Violet.

"Dodge it and counter with Iron Tail!" countered Chris.

Noctowl flew forward, causing Aron to jump and attempt to perform Iron Tail. Noctowl flew up and feigned an attack again, meaning Aron attacked thin air again. Before it could recover, it fell to the floor and was sleeping.

"Damn," muttered Chris.

"Ok, let's finish this with Air Slash!" said Violet.

Noctowl slammed into the sleeping Aron and slashed at it with it's wings and used it's body and momentum to deal even more damage. Aron flew into the wall and lay unconscious.

"This is where I hit my stride! Return Aron and come out, Flareon!" shouted Chris, determined.

"Sure," smirked Violet, as the fire evolution of Eevee appeared.

"AWWWWWW! That's so cute!" giggled Dewey.

Josh slapped Dewey over the head and raised his eyebrows.

"Sorry, girl," smirked Josh.

"Ow!" exclaimed Dewey.

Flareon hopped onto a nearby rock and glared at the Noctowl. Unfortunately, if Flareon tried to run away, the bright flames surrounded the body would illuminate the entire cave as it was doing then. When the cave was fully illuminated, it was possible to see the many rocks inside the cave and the odd little patch of water. Apart from Flareon's fire and the Oreburgh entrance, no light entered the mountain.

"Let's get this ov-" started Violet.

"Overheat!" interrupted Chris.

Noctowl tried to dodge but the flames shot too quickly and slammed into it's body. It managed to get back onto it's feet but was quickly knocked down by a Fire Fang.

"Hmm," frowned Violet, bringing back Noctowl.

"Bet you regret fighting me!" laughed Chris.

"Not anymore. You're alright. But I can't let you leave this mountain with a victory. Go Slowpoke!" replied Violet, throwing her next Pokémon.

Slowpoke slammed into the floor and looked very derpy.

"Ew," said Josh and Dewey.

"HEY! ...SHUT UP!" shouted Violet.

Slowpoke let out a weird moan before setting it's strange eyes on the Flareon.

"Fine. I can defeat your freaky drug Pokémon! Lava Plu-" started Chris.

"Dodge the flames and counter with Water Pulse!" interrupted Violet.

Slowpoke managed to avoid the scarlet flames that shot towards it and jumped into the air ( it jumped to chest height ) before releasing powerful water into Flareon. However, Flareon leapt out the way and delivered a powerful Shadow Ball. Luckily, Slowpoke managed to recover and dodged the second Shadow Ball. To counter the ghost move, it countered with a powerful Zen Headbutt that was dodged again.

"Flareon is too quick for that...thing," said Josh.

"Violet still has a Poliwrath," reminded Dewey.

"Which will still be slower than Flareon. Plus, Flareon can crush Poliwrath with it's elemental fang moves. Poliwrath has to rely on water," frowned Josh.

Slowpoke continued to fire water-type moves at Flareon but it couldn't fire quick enough.

"Ok, let's kill this pink...thing! Thunder Fang!" smirked Chris.

"No you don't! Dodge and use Wat-, no! Use Yawn!"

Flareon lept forward with small sparks firing from it's teeth. As it tried to bite Slowpoke, Slowpoke moved to the left and released a yawn and hit Flareon. Chris noticed it did no damage and shrugged.

"Ok. Tackle and then Thunder Fang!" boomed Chris.

Flareon slammed into Slowpoke at incredible speed and opened it's mouth to sink it's electric teeth into Slowpoke.

"Now!" smiled Violet.

Flareon stopped suddenly and it's mouth closed. It fell off Slowpoke and slammed into the floor, asleep.

"No! Get up, get up! I won't let you use sleep-moves to your advantage!" roared Chris.

"Ha!" laughed Violet.

Chris then smiled and took out a yellow spray bottle. It sprayed over Flareon, who suddenly leapt up.

"What?!" exclaimed Violet.

"Full Restore! Ok Flareon, use Flame Charge!" smirked Chris.

Flareon turned to Slowpoke and charged at Slowpoke, engulfed in flames.

"Oh no," sighed Josh.

"What?" asked Dewey.

"That move also raises your Speed and we know how fast Flareon is anyway," explained Josh.

"Crap, she'll have to rely on Poliwrath," sighed Dewey.

Flareon picked up it's speed and leapt towards Slowpoke, flames bouncing off it's charging body.

"I said I wouldn't let you leave with a victory. I also won't leave humiliated. ZEN HEADBUTT!" boomed Violet.

Slowpoke cringed at rushing into danger before charging at Flareon, head first. The two collided and smoke immediately filled the cave. Rocks crumbled from the power of the two moves. Smoke cleared and everyone could see Flareon struggling to stand up while Slowpoke was against a wall, unable to regain it's energy.

"HOW IS THT THING ALIVE?!" shouted Chris.

"Slowpoke, I know you have next to no energy but we need to go out with a bang. Use the move we practiced!" exclaimed Violet.

Slowpoke slowly got to it's feet and used the wall to balance itself. It scrunched up it's eyes before letting go of the wall and walking forward a few steps. There was a sudden shaking below the ground and everyone was waiting for what was about to happen.

"Run Flareon!" ordered Chris.

Flareon, however, was only just regaining the ability to walk. It hobbled away but Violet knew it wouldn't escape.

"SURF!" shouted Violet.

From the ground, water erupted and from Slowpoke, water erupted. Water shot from under Slowpoke and behind it. All the water came together and formed a wave. The wave moved slowly, even slower than Flareon but Violet was still smiling.

She smiled before clicking her fingers. Slowpoke used the last of it's energy to summon more water. The wave suddenly sped up and rocketed towards Flareon. Flareon could only close it's eyes as the wave slammed into it, knocking it into the wall. However, the sudden force of water caused more shaking, this time from the breaking of rocks.

"You...you beat me," muttered Chris, as rocks fell down.

"Yeh. I did what I said I would," smiled Violet.

"If you're a true trainer, you'll accept my next request," said Chris.

"And that is?" asked Violet.

Josh grabbed his and Violet's stuff and rushed towards the part of the cave that wasn't collapsing, Dewey rushing after him.

"Will you be my new rival?" asked Chris.

Violet looked at him before giving him a bright smile.

"Yes. Train and perhaps one day, you'll beat me. But be warned, I'll have trained and I'll have a Pokémon quicker than your Flareon," replied Violet.

"I understand that. I'll be taking said Flareon and I'll train it at Pastoria City. It will beat your water-types. Until next time, Violet," beamed Chris.

Violet nodded before running after Dewey and Josh. Chris, meanwhile, grabbed Josh and all his stuff and rushed to Oreburgh City. Neither Violet or Chris knew ; they'd be meeting again, sooner than they thought.