Chapter 10: Old Enemies Becoming New Friends!
"We need to put that fire out ASAP!" shouted Zorel, they both ran to the north gate of the town and onto route 6, "This fire is out of control!" shouted Kyoni worriedly. "Dewott I choose you!" shouted Kyoni, "Starly, Servine come on out!" shouted Zorel, "Servine?! What are you doing?" asked Kyoni impatiently, "I have an idea! Trust me! Get Dewott to use water pulse into the air!" shouted Zorel confidently and without hesitation, "Dewott, use water pulse into the air!" and quickly Dewott launched a powerful water pulse high into the sky, "Now Servine use leaf blade on the water pulse!" and swiftly Servine sliced the water pulse which caused to explode and cause a massive downpour on the forest, extinguishing most of the flames, "That was pure genius!" shouted out Kyoni happily, "Hahaha, now we can just extinguish these small flames easily" said Zorel, "Starly use whirlwind!" commanded Zorel, "Dewott use hydro pump!" said Kyoni and both Pokémon extinguished the remaining flames.
"You guys did an awesome job! Well done" said Kyoni and Zorel congratulating their Pokémon and out of nowhere came an intense flamethrower which just missed Servine, "What the?!" and before Zorel said anymore several more came towards Servine, "Dodge them Servine!" cried out Zorel and quickly Servine did everything she could to avoid the oncoming attacks, "Where are these attacks coming from?!" shouted Zorel confused, and suddenly a silhouette came running towards them, "What's that Pokémon?" asked Kyoni and it swiftly jumped into the air, still unknown, and launched itself down using a powerful slash attack, "Dodge it now!" and just in time Servine managed to move out of the way, slowly the dust cleared…"It's a Combusken!" shouted Kyoni, "Combusken why are you attacking Servine?!" Asked Zorel; Combusken growled…
*Looking into Combusken's history…*
"It's a wild Snivy!" shouted a trainer, "Torchic I choose you! Use ember!" and quickly the Torchic used ember, the Snivy attacked back with a vicious leaf tornado over powering ember, "Attack back with peck!" commanded the trainer, the Snivy dodged it easily and slammed it down with a harsh leaf blade, "Torchic get up! Now use flamethrower!" and it landed a critical hit on the Snivy, "Now use ember again!" and Torchic quickly launched an ember attack, which Snivy swiftly managed to avoid and attacked back with leaf blade. "Torchic get up! Use flamethrower!" he shouted angrily and Torchic in a hurry used flamethrower but Snivy narrowly avoided the attack and fire a powerful leaf storm, knocking Torchic out. Snivy then fled. The trainer took Torchic to the Pokémon centre to be healed and the walked outside, "Torchic come out" and Torchic came out of his Pokéball, "I'm releasing you, you can't even beat a Snivy despite the type disadvantage he had. You're weak and I won't deal with you any longer" he said as he walked away, Torchic cried out, tears running down his face, his trainer didn't return…
Torchic spent his days and nights, training ferociously using his anger against Snivy as his passion and drive, he challenged passing trainers and battled until he won, and once he had evolved he sought out stronger trainers and pursued Snivy. While training alongside Combusken noticed a silhouette of Snivy in the distance, and so through his curiosity he closed in on the silhouette discovering that it was indeed Snivy, and so with great anger and no thought, he launched several flamethrower attacks which Snivy noticed and swiftly avoided the attacks, and at one glance at Combusken, Snivy knew it was Torchic, only that he had evolved so Snivy fled. Combusken pursued Snivy through the forest continuously launching flamethrowers which Snivy managed to avoid, as Snivy got farther ahead he managed to lose Combusken, once Combusken had lost sight he ran in the opposite direction. What neither Pokémon realised was that all the flamethrowers Combusken launched had set the forest alight, once Snivy had noticed the forest was on fire, she panicked and ran, but no matter the direction she ran she was surrounded by fire so she jumped through the flames and ran towards the foot of and as she neared the exit of the forest a large tree fell and pinned her down, Snivy laid unconscious on the ground. From a distance Combusken saw Snivy but instead of helping, he disappeared through the flames…
*Back to the present day…*
Eevee came out of his Pokéball; "Combusken wants revenge against Servine, a while back, when they were only Snivy and Torchic, Servine beat Combusken in a battle and for that, Combusken's trainer abandoned him, and because of that Combusken wants to defeat Servine, to prove he is stronger than he ever was" said Eevee, everyone sighed, "WAIT WHAAAAAAAT?!" shouted Zorel and Kyoni, "How is it possible you can speak?! You're a Pokémon!" shouted Zorel profoundly confused, "Yes I am a Pokémon…but because of my genetic makeup, I've adapted and been able to speak human, I think that's the reason anyway" replied Eevee, the stared with shock, "O…k…well, we're all gonna have to get used to this" said Zorel slowly, there was silence, "Okay Combusken! You want to battle Servine and prove that you are stronger then you once was right?" asked Kyoni, Combusken nodded his head, "Alright then, Combusken- battle with me" said Kyoni everyone was shocked, then Combusken smiled, "Kyoni, you and Combusken vs me and Servine right?" asked Zorel, "Yep, exactly that" replied Kyoni.
They both took a side on the forest clearing, "Combusken, we can do this" said Kyoni, Combusken nodded, "Servine you ready?" asked Zorel, Servine stood firm. Everyone stood quietly then, "Combusken use slash!" shouted Kyoni and without any hesitation Combusken rapidly launched himself towards Servine, "Now Servine dodge it and use leaf blade!" and just as Combusken got close Servine swung around him and slammed him down with a powerful leaf blade, "Now use leaf tornado!" and before Combusken could get to his feet Servine kept him pinned by the powerful leaf tornado, "Combusken turn around and use flamethrower!" and as Servine was still in mid-air Combusken unleashed a blast of fire landing a super effective hit on Servine, "Now use slash!" and as Servine fell Combusken charged at her, "Counter it with leaf blade!" and quickly Servine countered the slash attack, "Servine jump off of Combusken now!" and in a split second Servine rebounded off of the attack, "Now use grass pledge!" commanded Zorel and as Servine landed it imminently shouted out and roots and vines circled Combusken and then squeezed it causing Combusken to shout out in pain. Slowly the roots and vines disappeared leaving Combusken on the floor exhausted, "Combusken I know you can do this!" shouted Kyoni, and sharply Combusken looked up, "Now Combusken use double kick!" shouted Kyoni and in the blink of an eye Combusken pounded Servine back with an immense double kick, "Servine use leaf storm!" and quickly Servine launched a powerful leaf storm at Combusken, "Tear through it using flamethrower!" shouted Kyoni and as the leaf storm headed towards Combusken the flamethrower tore straight through the leaf storm and scorched Servine. After the flames disappeared, Servine wobbled as she stood up, "Now finish it off with slash Combusken!" and rapidly Combusken slashed right through Servine and she fell to the floor, unable to battle.
"Hahaha ahw right!" shouted Kyoni, "See Combusken I told you that you could do it" he added happily, Combusken stood there looking satisfied with the victory, "That was a great battle Servine, times change so don't worry about a thing" said Zorel comfortingly, Servine smiled without a worry. Combusken and Servine looked at each other from a distance and walked towards each other in the middle of the field, Servine put her hand out and Combusken stared at it intensely, then Combusken shook her hand as old enemies became new friends! Kyoni and Zorel both cheered for the two Pokémon, "Hey Combusken, seeing the potential in you when you was battling was amazing, so I was thinking, how would you like to join my team?" asked Kyoni, Combusken looked back and forth and then looked at Kyoni and nodded, Kyoni smiled happily, "Awesome, Pokéball go!" and Kyoni threw a Pokéball at Combusken, -WOBBLE…WOBBLE…WOBBLE…PING!- "Hahaa, I got a Combusken!" shouted Kyoni happily, "Servine return" said Zorel, "Umm…Zorel, there's something wrong with the Pokéball" said Kyoni strangely, he tapped the button continuously however the ball wouldn't open, "Kyoni, you have 7 Pokémon on your team, each trainer is only permitted to have 6 on their team at any one time" said Zorel, Kyoni stared blankly at Zorel… "NOOOO!" he shouted, "Ah man! This means that I have to change up my team….what Pokémon don't I use?" he said to himself, "I know! I'll send my Magikarp to , he can stay there for a while" said Kyoni, "Yeah, we'll need to head back to vermillion and make that call to " added Zorel, Kyoni nodded his head, "Oh I know, I'll call him on the xtransceiver to give him a heads up" Zorel added, as they walked back down to Vermillion city Zorel rang , "Hey there Zorel how are things?" asked Oak, "Yeah they're going great Professor, we're on our way back to Vermillion city, Kyoni wants to send his Magikarp to stay with you for a while" Zorel replied, "Okay sure thing, I'll get the system ready, thanks for letting me know, see you in a bit" said Oak, and the chat ended. They passed through the city gate and headed towards the Pokémon centre, they entered and made their way to the trading station, Kyoni stood in front of the monitor and turned it on, and he waited for a connection to be established. "Hi there Kyoni!" said Professor Oak enthusiastically, "Hey prof! I've got Magikarp here ready to trade" Kyoni said, "And I've got Combusken right here for you, place the Pokéball in the empty pod there and the trade will start" said Oak to Kyoni, he nodded his head and then placed the Pokéball in the pod, Oak did the same and very quickly the two balls charged and were swapped unnoticeably, Kyoni grabbed the Pokéball and touched the button and out came Combusken, "Awesome! Thanks Professor!" said Kyoni happily, "More than welcome you are, I'll do some work with Magikarp foe you" Oak replied, "Thanks a bunch, I'll speak to you another time!" said Kyoni and the connection was ended.
"Awesome, we got Combusken; our teams are all set, let's get going towards Celadon city!" said Zorel happily, Kyoni nodded his head and they exited the Pokémon centre. Zorel pulled out his town map, "According to the town map…to get to Celadon city we need to go back up to Saffron city and then west and we'll end up in Celadon city" said Zorel, "Ok I see, well I suggest we get moving now" replied Kyoni, Zorel nodded his head and the headed to the north city gate exit, they passed through the gate on to route 6 and Zorel looked at his watch, "It's 5.30 now, so I reckon we should make it to Celadon before night fall" he said, "So let's get there asap" Kyoni added, they walked quickly along route 6, "Woah, look at all these Pokémon…" said Kyoni and as they looked around they saw varieties of Pokémon in the trees and bushes, "There are Pokémon from lots of regions here!" he then added, the Pokémon smiled at them as they walked on, "we're gonna be amazing trainers, I just know it" said Zorel passionately, Kyoni nodded his head in agreement, "Look, I can see the glow from Saffron city already!" shouted out Kyoni happily, "Yeah me too!" added Zorel and then they started running towards the glow until they saw the city gate, and then they ran as fast as they could up to the gate and passed through it, "Wait, I wanna check something, excuse me" Zorel said, "What time does the west city gate close?" he asked the gate officer, "It closes in 2 minutes sir, if you want to make it you have to run" he replied, "Ah man! Okay thank you!" Zorel said and they both ran as quickly as they could, they tried not to bump into anyone as they approached the west wing, "Quickly Kyoni!" shouted Zorel as they ran into the west gate just before the gate door locked they pushed through onto route 8, "WHEW! We made it!" said Kyoni exhaustingly, "I know right, just about! And lucky Celadon is only a few minutes down this route so it's not too far" said Zorel. They started walking, a bit slower than before as they were trying to catch their breathes, "Once we reach Celadon city we'll head over to the Pokémon centre to stay for the night" said Kyoni, "Yeah, it will be too late to do anything" said Zorel, they continued walking on and just up ahead they saw Celadon city, "Finally we're here" said Zorel in a tired manner, they sluggishly walked through Celadon city's gates and immediately they saw a commotion.
They looked stunned, "Urmm…excuse me" Zorel said to a stranger, "What's going?" he asked eagerly, "There is a gym battle taking place, things just got really intense and people are going to watch!" he said excitedly and then he ran off, "Woah, a gym battle now? Let's check it out Kyoni!" Zorel said enthusiastically, he nodded and they both ran to where the crowd was and pushed their way to the front, "What?! An outdoor stadium!" shouted Zorel and there they saw an oval shaped area of grass and a challenger engaged in a battle with the gym leader, Kyoni and Zorel watched… "Swellow use aerial ace!" shouted the trainer, "Tangrowth use bind on Swellow and stop it in its tracks!" shouted the gym leader and just as Swellow got close Tangrowth wrapped him up in his vines, "Now throw it back into the air and use ancient power!" shouted the leader and Tangrowth followed the exact instructions, "Finish it off with power whip" she said calmly and Tangrowth relentlessly whipped Swellow, leaving it unable to battle, "Swellow return…Ambipom go!" the trainer shouted, "Ambipom use brick break!" he shouted, "Tangrowth use sleep powder" the leader said in the calmest fashion, and before Snivy got the chance to attack it was put straight to sleep, the trainer was absolutely stunned, "Wake up!" he cried out, "Now Tangrowth use energy ball" and quickly Tangrowth launched a powerful energy ball dealing a good amount of damage on Ambipom, "Use solar beam" she then said, and patiently Tangrowth charged the attack and the quickly launched it, suddenly, just as solar beam was a few yards from Ambipom, it woke up and jumped into the air, "Yes Ambipom! Now use double hit!" and quickly Ambipom managed to land a successful strong hit on Tangrowth, "Now use brick break" he commanded and before Tangrowth could react it was slammed down with a brick break, the leader whispered, "Tangrowth, charge solar beam…" the trainer started to get his confidence back, "Ambipom finish it with shadow claw!" he shouted, Tangrowth stayed down, appearing to be defeated…"Now!" the leader shouted, Tangrowth jumped up quickly and fired an immensely powerful solar beam completely blowing Ambipom back and knocking it out. "Ambipom is unable to battle; the challenger is out of useable Pokémon, the winner is the gym leader Erika!" the referee announced and then the crowd cheered for Erika and then the trainer departed from the stadium."Woaah…that gym leader is really powerful" said Kyoni, "Yeah she really is…I can't wait to battle her!" said Zorel with and anticipating manner, "That's all for today folks! I'll see you tomorrow with new challengers, good night!" said Erika as she disappeared, "Kyoni, tomorrow we'll challenge her to a battle" said Zorel.
*The next day…*
*DING DONG!* "It is now 8am in Celadon city." Kyoni and Zorel woke up with a massive yawn, "Man that sleep was just what I needed" said Kyoni, "I know exactly what you mean!" said Zorel in agreement, "Well, todays the day we get our 4th gym badges" said Zorel excitedly, they both jumped out of bed, got dressed and grabbed their gear, heading to get breakfast in the lobby. "So Kyoni, what set of Pokémon are you gonna use?" asked Zorel, "Well she's a grass type gym leader right? So I'm going to use Combusken, Murkrow, Deino and Munchlax if I need to" replied Kyoni, "Mmm, sounds solid, you should have that badge easily" added Zorel, "Hahaha I hope so! But what about you, what's your team?" asked Kyoni, "Easy; Pignite, Starly and Gible, Servine and Eevee wouldn't have much of an advantage" said Zorel, "Sounds like you know what you're doing, as per usual" replied Kyoni, they both laughed.
Key:
Zorel Ketchum - Main character, starting his journey as a pokemon trainer
May Ketchum - Zorel's mother, once a world famous pokemon contenst master, also the wife of a pokemon champion
Ash Ketchum - A world famous Pokemon champion and the husband of May, and the father of Zorel, he gave Zorel his first pokemon - Eevee
Eevee - Zorel's first pokemon hes had for a while, they are as close as Ash is with his Pikachu
Professor Oak - The head of the global pokemon information industry and a professor in Pallet town
Azazel - Zorel's childhood friend and rival; he starts his journey when Zorel does and is very head strong and strives after power.
Kyoni - Zorel and Azazel's childhood friend, he is very kind and enthusiastic about pokemon.
Stefan Ketchum - Ash's oldest son and the champion of the Sinnoh region, very powerful but still not as strong as his father, although he is just like him.
Brock - Gym Leader of the Pewter City Gym and one of Ash's Ketchum's Oldest friends.
Misty - Gym leader of the Cerulean City Gym and is too one of Ah Ketchum's oldest travelling companions.
- Gym Leader of the Vermillion city gym an ex-army Lieutenant.
Zorel's Team:
Eevee; Iron tail, shadow ball, dig, bite.
Pignite; Flamethrower, fire pledge, arm thrust, wild charge.
Servine; Leaf storm, leaf blade, grass pledge, leaf tornado.
Gible; Dragon claw, dig, dragon rage.
Starly; Wing attack, aerial ace, u-turn.
Kyoni's Team:
Luxio; Thunderbolt, iron tail, thunder fang, fire fang.
Dewott; Razor Shell, water pulse, aqua jet, x-scissor.
Murkrow; Sky attack, brave bird, drill peck, fly.
Munchlax; Solar beam, ice punch, super power, body slam.
Magikarp; Splash. (AT OAKS LAB.)
Deino; Dragon rage, bite, dragon breathe.
Combusken; Slash, flamethrower, double kick, peck.