Chapter 9
Volkner and Alicia ran outside and saw a brown, bull-like Pokémon running through the town, destroying all the small wooden carts that people were selling fresh berries from. Two Trainers, a boy and a girl stepped forward. "Furret!" the girl yelled.
"Go, Ivysaur!" the boy yelled. They both threw their Poké Balls and a white and brown ferret Pokémon came out of one, and a blue dinosaur with a pink flower bulb on its back came out of the other. However, before the Trainers could call out attacks, the Tauros whined and slammed into the two Pokémon with a rock-hard Tackle attack. Both Pokémon flew through the air and landed on the ground, fainted. Suddenly, the Tauros was hit with a crescent blade of wind. The enraged Pokémon stopped and turned to see a Trainer and his Absol, a dog-like Pokémon.
"Great, Absol!" the Trainer yelled. "Use Razor Wind again!" The Absol growled and the horn on its head started to glow white. But, Tauros looked at Absol and a orange ball of energy formed in front of its mouth. The ball turned into a beam and Tauros fired the beam at Absol. When the smoke cleared, the Absol had fainted.
"We have to stop the Tauros!" Alicia said, taking out a Poké Ball. Volkner put his hand in front of her.
"I'll handle this, you get Nurse Joy to treat those injured Pokémon." Alicia looked at him, then nodded and ran into the Pokémon Center. Volkner took out the Poké Ball Flint gave him. "Raichu, stop that Tauros!" he said, throwing the ball. The orange and yellow mouse appeared in front of him. "Rai rai!" it cried.
"I can handle this myself, you know." a voice said, coming from Volkner's right. He looked over to see a boy about 16 with spiky brown hair. He wore a black coat over a white shirt and brown cargo pants. "I think I can handle a little Tauros, after all." the boy said, smirking and taking out a Poké Ball. "I choose Machamp!" The Poké Ball burst open and a strong, big-muscled Pokémon with four arms appeared out of the light. "Machamp!" it cried, and smacked two of its fists together. "Use Stone Edge attack!" Suddenly, stones from all around lifted into the air and spun around Machamp. The Pokémon's eyes started to glow blue and the stones fired at the Tauros. The Tauros turned around and got hit with the stones.
"Raichu, Thunder Wave!" Volkner commanded. Raichu nodded then released two streams of electricity at the Tauros from its yellow cheeks. The lightning hit the Tauros and it became surrounded in sparks, paralyzing it. The boy grunted and turned around.
"Alright, see if the Poké Ball will work." he said to someone behind him. The boy, about 17, nodded and pointed the Poké Ball at the Tauros.
"Tauros, return!" the boy said. The red laser shot at Tauros and surrounded it, but then Tauros shook off the red light and the sparks from Raichu's Thunder Wave. That Tauros isn't wild. That means if I cause damage to it, it will be healed at the Pokémon Center. Volkner thought.
"Raichu, Focus Blast!" Volkner said to it. Raichu put its hands in front of it and a light blue energy ball formed in between Raichu's paws. Raichu then threw the ball of energy at Tauros. The Wild Bull Pokémon turned around and charged at Volkner and the boy, and didn't see the Focus Blast coming at it. The blast hit Tauros square in the face and it fell to the ground, fainted. "Use the Poké Ball." Volkner said. The boy looked at Volkner and nodded nervously. This time, Tauros went into the Poké Ball quietly.
"I'm so sorry, Blue, it won't happen again!" the Tauros's Trainer said to the other Trainer.
"You're right, it won't." Blue said. "Now, you go around Viridian City and personally fix anything Tauros broke, as well as apologize to everyone for the outburst." The Tauros Trainer nodded, sighed, and walked away to the broken carts. Blue turned towards Volkner. "I apologize for my student. He told me his Stantler used Confuse Ray on Tauros and it started from there." Volkner raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Student? That mean you're the Gym Leader, right?" Volkner asked.
"Yes, I am. The toughest in the Kanto region." Blue responded. Volkner smirked.
"That's good, since I'm the toughest Gym Leader in the Sinnoh region." Blue raised his eyebrows.
"Sinnoh, that's pretty far away. What are you doing way out here?" Blue asked.
"I'm on a quest to enter the Indigo League." Volkner said. "My first Pokémon Journey. Blue, I challenge you to a Gym battle." Blue smiled.
"A Pokémon Journey, huh? That brings me back…" he said. "Alright, I accept your challenge. Meet me at the Gym in an hour." Volkner nodded and watched as Blue walked down the road, then walked into the Pokémon Center to see how the other Pokémon were doing.
So, I added something in this chapter that really gets me aggravated in the anime: I had other Trainers try to battle Tauros instead of just Volkner. Isn't it funny in the anime that Team Rocket will appear and try to steal Pokémon in like a Pokémon Contest or public place, and Ash is the only one to the rescue, even though the stadium is full of at least 100 Pokémon Trainers? I'd figure if I was there and someone was trying to steal someone else's Pokémon, I'd probably help! Anyways… thank you for reading!
