One More Step Up the Ladder 8
After eating a scrumptious lunch and having a great battle, Tess and I were about to leave the restaurant when I heard someone's voice call to me.
"Hey bro!" it said.
I turned around and saw a boy, about ten years old, with a yellow shirt, and black pants. He had a skin color similar to mine, dark green hair, and brown eyes.
"Jarod?" I asked the boy.
"That's right Jesse!" The boy smiled, "Mom is worried sick about you! You should get home as soon as you can!"
"Jarod, I can't I'm on a Pokemon journey,"
Jarod laughed, "Come on Jesse, stop pulling my leg!" I showed the Zephyr badge to Jarod, the look on his face was priceless, "Whoa dude! I thought you'd never leave the house! Much less the city! Hold on! Let me give you a few things!" Jarod said and handed me an orange backpack, a Pokewatch, and a blue badge case, "These used to be mine, but since I'm done with my Pokemon Journey, I don't think that I'll need them."
"You already finished your Pokemon journey?" I asked my brother.
"Uh, yeah! You didn't see it on the news? Boy wonder defeats the eight gym leaders in record time!" My brother said, "I literally have to come out here sometimes to avoid getting trampled on by my fans!"
"I see," I said.
"But, then again, I would be fun to see you mess up."
"What are you proposing?"
"Well, I was just wondering if I could tag along."
I sighed, "Fine, but tell Mom where you and I are going!"
"Already done," Jarod replied, "Now to get my camera and take pictures of when you miserably fail!"
"Thanks Jarod," I said, glaring at him.
"No problem Jesse!" My brother smiled.
"Okay Jesse, if you're done having a family reunion, let's go!" Tess said with a slight hint of anger.
The three of us stepped outside the restaurant and resumed our journey. After several hours of walking, we reached a cave with some hiker standing outside it.
"Don't go in there!" The hiker exclaimed.
"Why not?" I asked him.
"There is a Pokemon in there that doesn't hesitate to fight! It even attacks humans!" The hiker exclaimed.
"Are you sure?" Jarod asked, "Because last I checked Pokemon couldn't attack humans…well if you don't count the shadow Pokemon in the more obscure regions. Then again they never really attack trainers, they just attack other Pokemon like every other Pokemon."
"It was one of those shadow pokemon!" The man exclaimed, "It had a red aura around it and everything!"
"Right," Jarod laughed, "Come on Jesse! Let's go face certain death!"
Tess and I looked at each other before shrugging and following Jarod in. As we followed the twists and turns of the cave, we came into what looked like a small room. A trainer, who looked about fourteen, with brown curly hair, white skin, and glasses was busy battling a Riolu. This trainer also had on a black shirt and white cargo pants and battled along with an Oshawatt.
"Oshawatt, hit Riolu with an Ice beam!" The trainer exclaimed, Oshawatt shot a blast of pure ice at Riolu, who easily jumped out of the way and landed a Force Palm on the trainer's Pokemon, knocking it out. The trainer recalled his Pokemon and looked at me, "All yours."
I nodded and stepped forward, "Charolette, let's go."
Charolette floated out onto the battlefield.
The Riolu smiled, "Finally, a fight where I do not have the upper hand, this will be a fine test."
"Charolette, hit Riolu with a Psybeam!" I exclaimed. Charolette nodded and shot a strange colored beam at the Riolu, the attack hit and sent the Riolu back. The Riolu jumped into the air and sent a dark pulse from its body, the attack hit Charolette.
"Charolette, hit Riolu with a confusion!" I ordered. Charolette tried to focus on Riolu but was hit by a flaming kick from her opponent, "Blaze Kick!" I exclaimed, "Now I NEED to catch him."
Riolu jumped into the air again and tried to land another blaze kick. At the last second I ordered Charolette to use hypnosis. The Riolu began to close its eyes and drifted off into sleep.
"Charolette, use dream eater!" I exclaimed, My pokemon hovered over to the Riolu and began to munch on the air around it. The Riolu awoke soon after and looked pretty beat.
"Impressive," it smiled, "Very well Trainer, you have earned my respect," The Riolu stood still, "Take me on your journeys."
I smiled and tossed a Pokeball at Riolu, the ball shook for a few seconds before dinging.
"Alright!" I exclaimed, holding up the Pokeball, "I caught Riolu!"
Jarod smiled, "Jesse, you got so lucky!"
"I know," I grinned, "And you thought I was going to screw up!"
"You never know," Jarod said.
I looked at Tess and then at Jarod before smiling, because I had climbed one more step up the ladder.
