Chapter 7
As we all finally got checked in and walked out the hotel doors, a man in his late 20's, squinting eyes and messy hair greeted us. "Hi My names Brock and I got excited to hear pewter city had some new challengers. I'm the gym leader of this area."
"That's rad. I'm Michael and this here is Jolteon." I said as Jolteon greeted Brock with a bark of approval.
"I'm Jason, pleased to meet you." Jason said.
"And I'm Kyle." Kyle said exhaustedly.
"You guys look like you could really use a break from the road. Are you guys interested if I show you around and we eat at my favorite sushi place? That way I can get to know you guys a little better." Brock said tenaciously. Right off the bat I was already starting to like Brock. Who in their right mind can turn down sushi? On second you guys might not be the kind of crowd that would like that kind of stuff (Maybe, maybe not; I can't really tell).
"I'm in." I quickly
"Me too!" Kyle said
"Me three?" Jason said in a confused voice. At that moment I can tell tonight was Jason's first time trying sushi.
Brock laughed and we all set out to have a good time.
Moments later after the best sushi ever, an awesome carnival and a fascinating museum we all got back to the hotel. Jolteon and I had the best time together.
"How was that carnival?" Brock asked
"Well I know I had blast." Jason said.
"Yeah me too. I really liked that museum." Kyle said
"Well, it's about 10:00 at night. You all should get some rest before you battle me. Meet me in my gym at 8:30 in the morning. I can't wait to show you my Pokemon." Brock said
We all said goodbye to him. Jason went to bed to get ready but, me and Kyle had some business to settle. We found good place to battle and got ready.
"So, you want to the best huh? You've got a long way before you think you can take my Metang on." Kyle said
"Oh yeah? I'm not going to lose this one. I can't let you stop on my dream." I said confidently.
"It's my dream too. I want to be better than you, so that way I can make it to the top. Me and Metang aren't going stopped by one little rival." Kyle said.
"Kyle, I made a promise to my Jolteon. I told him that we would become the better but I want change that. I want to be the best trainer ever to Jolteon. You're not going to win this one Kyle." I said as Jolteon got pumped.
"So that's how it's going to be? Fine! The winner of this battle, challenges Brock." Kyle said.
"Fine. Let's do it. If you think you can beat me, you have another thing coming. Go Heracross!" I yelled as I sent Heracross out of his Pokeball. Heracross looked like he just was ready to wreck some Pokemon.
"I'm done with this, Michael! I can't lose! Go Fearow." Kyle said as Fearow cawed "Finish his Heracross with a Wing attack!" Kyle yelled.
"Quick Jolteon jump in!" I yelled as called Heracross back to his Pokeball. Jolteon jumped in Heracross's place just as Fearow threw his wing out at his prey. Jolteon got clipped but it wasn't that effective.
"Alright Jolteon hit Fearow with a Thunder shock!" I yelled as Jolteon zapped Kyle's Fearow in to oblivion. It was a one hit K.O and I could see Kyle's anger rising.
"You think you can beat me with just a switch out? I'm done playing, Michael. Go Snorunt!" Kyle yelled as he sent his Fearow back in his Pokeball and sent out his Snorunt.
"Nice job Jolteon. Go Marill." I said as Jolteon got back to his sitting position while I sent out my Marill. "Let's try this strategy. Marill use rain dance!" I said as Marill danced for rain. It started to rain and I noticed Jolteon's electricity going haywire (It wasn't too dangerous). It was the perfect setting for my new rival.
"Snorunt use bite!" Kyle said as Snorunt attempted a bite on my Marill.
"Marill quick! Use a Water gun." I said. Snorunt lunged at Marill, but was cut off from a steady jet of water from Marill.
Rain powers up all water types, but it didn't quite stop Snorunt. "Alright Marill hit him with another water gun." I said.
As I did Kyle retaliated and said "Snorunt, Icy wind now!" Snorunt froze the water over. "Now use Bite!" Kyle said as Snorunt bit Marill. Marill was a little tired but she knew she just had keep going.
"Alright Marill, finish Snorunt with a rollout." I said as Marill balled up and began to round toward Snorunt.
"Snorunt, use take down!" Kyle yelled. Both Pokemon crashed into eachother in a breakneck hit. The clash didn't last long as both pokemon bounced back, Marill landed ok while Snorunt crashed into the ground.
"That's it! I told you I can't lose. Go Metang!" Kyle yelled as he swapped his fallen Snorunt for his Metang. Metang looked confused at his trainer because I knew this wasn't the way Kyle usually acted when he battled.
"Nice job Marill." I said as I switched Marill for Doduo. When I sent Doduo out he screamed out a battle cry.
"Metang use metal claw!" Kyle yelled as his Metang rushed my Doduo.
"Doduo use pursuit." I said. Doduo charged Metang fiercely. Doduo and Metang collided and pushed eachother back.
"Doduo use Drill peck." Doduo lowered both heads and began to charge at Metang.
"Knock him back with Confusion." Kyle said. Metang sent out an unseen physcic attack that knocked back Doduo back. Doduo had a little energy left and couldn't take much more.
"Doduo, I know his Metang is tough. I wouldn't have picked you if I didn't know you could do it. Let's do our best and finish this!" I said to Doduo. Doduo looked at me with a grin (or at least thats what it looked like through his beak) telling me that Kyle has had enough, ready to end it.
"Doduo lets try this again! Use drill peck." I said as I found myself running with him.
"What? What is he doing? Metang knock Doduo back confusion!" Kyle said as Metang.
"Doduo, double team!" I yelled as I rolled under Metang's psychic attack. Doduo increased his agility and made phantom copies of himself. I saw Doduo's copy get hit back and disipate into smoke. Doduo jumped up and at the moment when he spun I saw Doduo change his structure as he hit Metang. Metang was knocked out and when I saw Kyle's face, I knew he lost. Doduo wasn't Doduo anymore. He's now a Dodrio. I checked the Pokedex to make sure and put it back in my pocket. Dodrio had three heads, instead of two. Each head had a different personality. One was happy, one was sad and one was angry. I was pleased with the evolution but now wasn't the time to address it.
"What? I was beaten again? I should've won." Kyle said as he sent his fainted Metang back.
"Nice job Dodrio." I said as I called my new Pokemon to his Pokeball. "Kyle, you have never battled like that. What's going on?" I asked.
"I just want to win. My Pokemon aren't as strong as yours." Kyle said.
"Why does that matter? When has that ever mattered to you? It doesn't matter whether a Pokemon is strong or not. Did you even appreciate the battle we had?" I asked.
"Not as much as I wanted to. I just want to get stronger." Kyle said.
Dallas stepped in from behind a building and said. "If ya wanna be a stronger trainer, be a stronger person."
"Wait you saw me and Kyle battle?" I asked.
"Yes I did. And you were right Michael. Kyle let his emotions get in the way of battling. Therefore he didn't make the best decisions. All you need to be is determined to win, not ambitious and also not lazy about it. Kyle, the reason you lost is because you let your rivalry get the best of you." Dallas explained
"So, what do you think I should train more?" Kyle said.
"No, I think you should do what you want. If you want to become stronger then spend more time with your Pokemon." Dallas said.
"I told you I'd win." I said.
"As for you Michael, don't be too cocky. Yes you won the battle, but you could have easily lost too." Dallas said.
"Alright, I'll remember that." I said.
"I'll give this up for now, but eventually I will win and I won't back down." Kyle swore.
"Why are you here, I mean don't you have anything better to do than watch Kyle and I battle?" I asked Dallas.
"I see a potential in you two. I think you both could be better trainers and release your potential." Dallas answered.
"I don't want you to follow us anymore. We can take care of ourselves. We don't need an extra trainer keeping a set of eyes on us." I ranted.
"So be it…" Dallas said as he turned and walked away.
Kyle and Icouldn't tell if he was angry our frustrated. He really didn't seem to be, but who knows what he could've been thinking. I told Kyle that the rivalry between us won't affect our friendship and he agreed. We went back to the hotel to rest up. From that point on Kyle tried harder to train his Pokemon and become stronger.
