Chapter Four "V For Victory!"
*Lotus's Pov*
I walked out of the Viridian city Pokemon Center; I had stopped there for Tangela's sake. I hated going in that place the overly chipper nurse, ironically named Joy, makes me sick to my stomach. "I can't believe I lost to that brat" I muttered to myself, if I hadn't gotten that page I could easily have defeated her. My phone went off playing the annoying ring tone that I was made to have, a price I paid for utterly refusing to wear the hideous uniform.
Prepare for a phone call
Answer it on the double
Cringing I answered the phone as quickly as possible to save myself from hearing the rest of the damned ringtone, I swear I was going to kill whoever created it.
"What!" I snapped.
"Don't talk to me like that!" The man's voice snapped back.
"IL talk to you however I damn well please!" I barked back.
"Enough of this, did you get anything?" The man replied more calmly this time.
"Yes, I have 20 Pokemon to show you when I get back I would have had more but this brat got in my way"
"What!" He screamed, having already predicted his response I had moved the phone away from my ear to save myself from the ear itch that scream would have caused.
"Is there a problem young lady", someone wheezed from behind me.
I turned to fully face whoever addressed me; standing in front of me was an old man, whose eyes were glued to my chest with a disgusting line of snot hanging from his nose. He let out a perverted laugh as he continued to stare at me. I glared at him one of my eyes twitching; I pulled my hand into a fist and gave him a right hook right in his snot filled face, sending him straight to the ground.
"Dirty old pervert" I spat.
"What did you call me!" The man on the phone boomed.
I rolled my eyes "Not you", I snapped, kneeling down beside the old man to wipe the snot that splashed on to my knuckle on the man's jacket, I noticed the wallet in his pocket, "I'll take that" I said to myself swiping the wallet, I grinned feeling a little better about myself. If there's enough money in here I might go buy myself a new pair of shoes or another top or both.
"Take what! How did you let someone get in your way?" He asked sounding irritated.
Scratch what I said about feeling better. "I could have taken her but then you paged demanding me to come back", I replied trying to sound calm.
"EXCUSES!" He boomed.
"Don't shout at me for your own impatience" I yelled, placing my free hand on my hip.
I started walking again reaching the building covered in 'Danger' and 'No Entry' signs.
"Just get back to base now!" He yelled again trying to sound authoritative.
I hated it when he did that, he knew the only reason I agreed to join his silly little group was if I didn't have to answer to anyone, I knew I could treat him the way I did because he needed me, I was one of the best, In fact I was the best, no questions asked.
"I'm already here!" I yelled back slamming the phone shut.
I looked around before I went in, the only person around at this time of night was that perverted old man, but since he was knocked out he wouldn't see me enter.
I looked at my phone and then back to the old man.
"Men!" I scoffed, entering the building.
*Logan's POV*
"Quick attack Eevee", I commanded,
Eevee obliged sprinting towards its opponent hitting it dead on.
"Rata...taa", the purple rat wheezed before passing out.
After giving the rodent and Eeevee a berry the three of us started moving.
Squirtle and I along with Eevee were continuing our walk through the forest keeping close to the lake so that I could let Magicarp out to for a little training and fresh air. I also wanted to find more water Pokemon.
So far the only thing going on was training Magicarp, the only water Pokemon I saw were other Magicarp, which made training my Magicarp even easier, but still it would have been nice to see at least one other Pokemon.
I knelt down beside Eevee , "Good job" I beamed scratching her behind her ear.
"Eee" she chirped happily.
Getting up I spotted yet again another Magicarp swimming lazily in the lake.
"Time for Magicarp to get some training in now"
I tossed the ball into the air and Magicarp plopped into the water in a flash of white light.
"Ready for some training buddy?"
"Carp, Magicarp", it replied splashing about happily.
Training Magicarp to begin with was tough but after a day or so it learned how to use Tackle, which made training him much easier.
We defeated the wild Magicarp without much of a challenge and Magicarp looked like he could handle another battle.
"Rite Squirtle into the water"
He didn't say anything but leapt into the water eagerly, Eevee trotted over to the edge of the lake and sat there, staring intently like she always did when Squirtle and Magicarp had their battles.
"Magicarp use Tackle now!"
I paused for a split second as he charged towards Squirtle, I let out a slight cough "Squirtle", I coughed again, but before I could give my demand Magicarp charged into Squirtle, knocking him back a bit, "wow" I breathed, usually when I coughed it let Squirtle know that he should ignore what I was about to say next but Magicarp had gotten faster and looking at Squirtle he had gotten stronger to. I knew then that we wouldn't need the coughing system anymore.
"Squirtle use water gun", Squirtle took in a deep breath and blasted a jet of water out if his mouth and towards Magicarp.
I didn't say anything; Magicarp knew what to do in a situation like this we had gone over it many times. Without a word from me Magicarp dove under the water, as the jet of water coming from Squirtle did nothing but merely raise the lakes water level.
"Good job Magicarp, now use Tackle",
Squirtle looked around getting ready for the attack this time,
"Squirtle, withdraw quickly"
Squirtle withdrew into its shell just as Magicarp came in from below, sending the shell upwards into the air.
"Bubble now"
Squirtle breathing in let out a mass array of bubbles, more than the usual bubble attack would, I checked my Pokedex to see what the move was called, it was Bubblebeam and upgraded attack from Bubble, Cool I thought to myself, not only was Magicarp getting stronger, Squirtle was also benefiting from their battles. I then returned my focused back to the battle.
"Magicarp dodge to your left"
Magicarp swayed left quickly, missing the full force of the attack but due to my hesitation was still hit by some of it.
"Ok guys I think we can call it quits there, let's take a break and have some lunch"
"Squirt"
"Carp"
"Eee"
The three of them replied in unison.
I sat there preparing my meal, after I had give each of my Pokémon theirs I frowned as I noticed my lack of supplies, I only had enough food for one more day. I wasn't worried about my stock on berries as I could easily pick more however I only had one potion left, that and surely my Pokémon would need some professional treatment instead of me treating them all the time.
I had been in the forest for a week now refusing to go to Pewter until I captured at least one more Pokémon. I sighed to myself looking over at my Pokémon playing happily, Magicarp and Squirtle were swimming around after each other, and Eevee was standing on Squirtle's shell flicking her tail in and out of the water.
I smiled at how well they were getting on with each other and at how happy they seemed but surely they would need a proper check up soon, it was then that I decided if I couldn't catch another Pokémon by the time the sun set tomorrow I was just going to go to Pewter City having caught a Pokémon or not.
"Ok guys lets rest for a while then we'll start walking again",
I leaned back against the bark of a tree, Squirtle came and sat beside me and Eevee curled up on my lap, Magicarp went underwater.
Sitting there I felt so much at peace it was a beautiful sunny day, with a refreshingly cool breeze, the only sounds that could be heard was the soothing sound of the lake and a few chirping Pidgey's in the tree above I let out a sigh of relief as I slowly closed my eyes.
An hour or so later I woke up, I wasn't quite ready to move yet, I was enjoying the peace and remarkably I was very comfortable considering I was just leaning against a tree, there was just one thing that was different from before, I heard a clinking sound, It must just be Squirtle rummaging through my bag looking for more berries, I thought absentmindedly, the sounds began getting louder but I choose to ignore them until..
*THUD*
"Wake up!" a voice boomed.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" I screamed as I leapt off my feet, knocking poor Eevee to the ground and startling Squirtle,
"Ee",
"Squirt",
They complained.
"Carp", Magicarp said lazily popping to the surface.
"Sorry guys" I said rubbing the back of my head, I turned to look at whoever had yelled at me.
In front of me was a boy wearing what looked like a Samurai outfit, he was trying desperately to get his sword from the tree he had wacked whiles trying to wake me up.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I'm...Stupid piece of...Ugh..." he stopped still trying to pry his sword from the tree.
Sweat dropping, I watched as he finally managed to pull the sword out of the tree and place it back in his sheath.
"Where's Merlin when you need him" I grinned.
"Squirt?" Squirtle looked up puzzled oblivious to what I was talking about, I just laughed and patted his head.
"Very funny", the boy in the Samurai suit grunted, getting to his feet. After clearing the dirt from his suit he straightened up and introduced himself.
"My name is Samurai", he said matter-of-factly, although the way he presented himself when he said it made him look less serious than he sounded.
How coincidental, I thought to myself, His name did ring a bell though. Where had I hear that name before? Oh yeah! He was the one that Yin was talking about.
"Are you from the Town of Pallet?" The boy asked,
"No, not the town, I live on the outskirts of Pallet though" I replied
The boy seemed to think for a second before he said.
"Good enough for me lets battle!" He demanded, slamming his fist into his open hand.
Was this guy for real?
"Sure, you two ready?" I asked Squirtle and Eevee,
"Eevee",
"Squirt",
They both said nodding, with a determined look in their eyes. Seeing that kind of determination got me pumped up for the battle.
"This will be a three on three battle with no time limit" the boy said grabbing a Pokeball from his belt.
"Hold up, I only have two Pokémon that can battle on land",
"I see that, not to worry one of my Pokémon cant battle on land either, so it's a fair fight" the wannabe Samurai retorted.
"Ok fine, Magicarp your up first"
"Carp", Magicarp swam into the centre of the lake awaiting its opponent.
"So your choosing the one that can't battle on land, as I'm a man of my world I shall do the same, although this should be easy considering the only move Magicarp knows is Splash, Go!" He said confidently.
He tossed the ball into the air. Landing in the water was a small goldfish like creature, it was mostly white but had orange marking all over its body the most noticeable thing about this Pokémon was the horn on its head.
"Goldeen use your Peck attack", Samurai ordered.
Goldeen charged towards Magicarp, its fins swaying gracefully in the water.
"Magicarp dodge that now", Magicarp dove under the water. "Yes! Just like we practiced, now tackle!" I yelled.
The Goldeen looked around, surprised that its attack had missed the target, Samurai looked confused, He thought for sure that he was going to win because he assumed my Magicarp only knew tackle, how wrong he was.
"Watch out!" Samurai screamed.
It was a wasted effort Goldeen was thrown into the air by Magicarp's underwater tackle. The Goldeen landed on the ground with a thud, knocked out.
"Huh", I said sweat dropping."That sure was easy, good job Magicarp"
"Carp" he squealed, splashing around happily.
"I only caught him yesterday", Samurai said recalling his fallen Pokemon.
"This one won't be so easy, let's go!" he yelled throwing his second Pokeball into the air.
The Pokemon appeared in the sky flapping its beautiful white wings.
"Freee", It Squealed as it emerged.
"Magicarp return", I ordered as Magicarp disappeared in flash of red light. "Eevee your up"
"Eee" It chirped.
"Eevee, Tackle attack let's go", Eevee charged toward the Butterfree using its tail as a spring to reach the Butterfree.
"Use Silverwind now!" Samurai ordered,.
Butterfree flapped its wings emitting a sparkly wind from them, forcing Eevee back to the ground.
"Now let's use Energy Ball!" Samurai continued.
A glowing turquoise ball with a smaller circle of green at its core grew from Butterfree's mouth; it tossed its head back releasing the energy it had created and sending it flying toward Eevee.
"Eevee watch out!" I screamed.
"Eevee" She replied with a nod.
A shimmering lime green barrier formed around Eevee the Energy Ball crashed into it and was instantly absorbed by the shield leaving Eevee with no damage.
"Your Eevee knows Protect?" Samurai asked.
"Apparently", I replied, getting my Pokedex out.
"I just thought she knew Tackle, Quick attack and Sand Attack"
I pointed my Pokedex at Eevee and clicked the 'Moves' option, the computerised voice began to speak.
This Eevee knows the following moves; Quick attack, Sand attack, Protect and Shadow Ball
The screen went black.
"Shadow Ball? Didn't know you had that either", I pondered that for a second, "Eevee let's try out Shadow Ball!"
Eevee nodded, a ball began to form in her mouth much like Butterfree's Energy Ball, but instead of it being green it was black with a slight purple aura, Eevee preformed the same head movement as Butterfree and sent Shadow Ball fly to its target.
"Butterfree move out of the way, and use Psybeam!" Samurai screamed.
Butterfree moved to the right and avoided the attack and fired a rainbow coloured beam towards Eevee.
"Use Protect" I bellowed confidently
The protective bubble formed around Eevee once more as the Psybeam hit of it.
"Let's get that bug to our level, use Sand attack then follow it up with a Quick attack"
Eevee kicked at the ground and with a swipe of her tail flung dirt directly towards the Butterfree hitting its eyes, the Butterfree began to descend, Eevee seized the opportunity and dashed right towards it hitting it directly.
"That was awesome Eevee!", "Eevee, Ee" It replied happily.
"This isn't over yet, Butterfree Energy Ball one more time!"
"Shadow Ball Eevee!"
The two attacks formed in the user's mouths, one turquoise with a green center the other black with a purple aura. The two Pokémon unleashed their attacks at the same time causing them to collide with each other, the two balls fought against each other when finally the merged together to create a giant explosion of turquoise, black, purple and green.
"Eevee!" I yelled frantically.
"Butterfree!" Samurai yelled sounding equally worried about his Pokémon as I was.
We couldn't see what had become of our Pokémon the smoke from the explosion was still thick. As it slowly began to clear I noticed Eevee still standing, her eyes closed with the protective bubble around her.
"Phew", I sighed in relief.
Then I saw the Butterfree it was sprawled out on the floor, covering itself with its wings, I noticed Samurai sighing in relief to, although his Pokémon was clearly unable to battle he was relieved that the damage hadn't been to serious.
After recalling his Butterfree he sent out his last Pokémon.
"Go Pinsir, your my last hope", he shouted.
The Pokémon emerged from its ball right in front of him.
"Eevee, take a break, Go Squirtle"
Eevee trotted of the battlefield meeting Squirtle half way; they both slapped their tails against each others as Squirtle took over Eevee's position. Eevee curled up beside me nuzzling my leg and stared at the battle that was about to commence. I gave her a quick scratch behind the ear and gave Squirtle his command.
"Water Gun let's go!"
"Pinsir dodge it, then Vice Grip!"
The Pinsir quickly moved to the left avoiding the jet of water and in a swift movement charged towards Squirtle horns first.
"Slow it down with Bubblebeam"
Squirtle took in a deep breath releasing the stream of bubbles, they hit the Pinsir directly. Pinsir persevered through the attack but there was only so much it could take and it stopped in its tracks.
"Ahh" Samurai cried.
"Skull Bash attack!" I ordered.
Squirtle burst into a sprint, head first.
I was feeling confident I had already knocked out two of his Pokémon with both of mine still able to battle; though Magicarp wouldn't be that much use, bless him.
"Pinsir use Endure!" Samurai screamed.
Pinsir closed its eyes and wrapped its arms around itself, a slight red glow emitted from its body. Squirtle bashed right into him, though it didn't appear to do much.
"Use X-Scissor Pinsir, hurry!"
The Pinsir crossed its arms and smashed right into Squirtle sending it in the air.
"Squirtle Withdraw!"
Squirtle ducked in its shell, it landed on the ground with a thud but due to shielding its body didn't get the full impact of the fall.
"Let's finish this Pinsir, X-Scissor one more time!" Samurai cried happily.
The Pinsir dashed for Squirtle its arms crossed getting ready for the finishing strike.
I waited there, before instructing Squirtle on what to do next; I had to make sure there was no chance of the Pinsir dodging this. The Pinsir had almost reached its target only a few more strides and he would win the battle. By the looks of things Samurai was already celebrating victory jumping up and down screaming 'Yes' from the top of his lungs.
Time to put an end to it, Pinsir was close enough now.
"Squirtle Ice Beam now!" I yelled at the last minute.
"Squirtaaaaaaaaaaaaal", he screamed blasting the beam of ice from its mouth. Pinsir ran right into it, just like I had hoped it would, the Pinsir's body slowly but surely became surrounded in ice.
"Squirtle, lets finish this Skull Bash!" I said grinning.
"NO!" Samurai screamed in defeat
Squirtle's attack hit dead on, shattering the ice and sending Pinsir flying. The brown bug landed on the ground with a thud. It disappeared in a flash of red light, the battle was over I had won.
"That was a battle I won't soon forget", Samurai said bowing his head a little.
"Me to", I said, although I felt silly doing it I returned the bow.
"It was an honour meeting you...uh", he stumbled.
"Logan" I finished for him, "It was nice meeting you to", I said offering my hand.
"Until we meet again" he said taking my hand and giving it a firm shake.
I watched as Samurai disappeared into the thick mass of trees.
I looked up to the sky, happy with my first victory, well second technically. The sun was setting which reminded me of what I had said to myself before Samurai showed up. This time tomorrow I would leave the forest having caught another Pokémon or not.
I leaned back against the tree beside the lake, with Eevee curled up in my lap and Squirtle on my left side, both looking up at sun setting, I released Magicarp into the lake so that he could enjoy this magnificent scene with us.
The four of us watched as the sun disappeared and as the moon took its place.