A/N: I'm back! Anyways, school has started, so progress is now slow and steady. This chapter is one of the longer ones, but not as long as the large chapter 8. To be honest, chapter 8 can't be compared to some other fanfics, with 5000 word long chapters. I won't reach that level until a while. My LPC (Limit per Chapter) for September 1st to December 31st is 3200 words. It will be increased throughout the years.
This chapter is mostly the battle between Eric, April, and Alexander and Zelindra. I tried to put in detail, but as a novice, I stick to the basics for the most part. The great thing about being a novice is that you don't have the skills to make a fanfic confusing.
In the last chapter, a character named Natalie Optic was revealed. This chapter includes her a little bit.
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"Ok. I'm the referee. We win by default," Alexander said.
Zelindra ignored him and explained the rules.
"This battle will be 3 on 1. You three beginners each use a Pokémon. But instead of battling you at the same time, I will battle each of you with just my Beedrill," she explained.
"I have to battle?" Eric complained.
"Unless you want me to do a 1 on 1 with Barry-"Zelindra started.
"No!" Eric yelled. The sound caused a Pidgey to retreat from its nest.
"Quit trolling and battle already. I smell it, Eric. You're a troll," Alexander grumbled.
"I'm the troll?" Eric countered.
Something rolled on Eric's feet. Eric screeched. It was Barry. Barry then got up, astonished.
"What happened?" he asked drowsily.
Everybody ignored him. They were arguing about the order they were going to fight in, so Barry went back to sleep.
"I think I should go first," April said.
"NO! It's supposed to be best for last!" Eric protested.
"Who says I'm not the best?" Alexander complained.
"If I'm first, I have to fight the energetic, fast Beedrill, while you fight it while it's weakened," April tried to explain.
"WHO SAYS I'M NOT BEST?" Alexander roared.
"US!" both Eric and April exclaimed.
Eric started twitching like crazy, but recovered after about a minute.
"Why did you randomly start twitching?" April asked.
"Sometimes I twitch when I'm emotionally nervous, sometimes I twitch because I twitch," Eric replied.
"I'm second best, then," Alexander began. "Plus, Klan boy is poisoned."
"FINE, BE THAT WAY!" Eric bellowed.
Before they knew it, they were battling.
"Go, Goldeen!" April called.
"Beedrill, use Poison Jab!" Zelindra ordered.
Beedrill glowed intensely purple and furiously lunged at Goldeen.
"Use your Frost Shield!"
"Fizzle. Not an existing move," Alexander ridiculed.
But surprisingly, it worked. Goldeen started to spin its horn, and frost started to form on it, it became a large ice chunk, and then vaporized into liquid nitrogen. Beedrill was buffeted by the cold and went sprawling backwards before it hit Goldeen. Beedrill's right spike was frozen.
"Wow," Eric said. April trained a bit in the Viridian forest, but never battled up to this level.
"Ok, she's fair. I'm awesome, okay?" Alexander said, flushed.
"Now use X-Scissor attack!" Zelindra called.
Goldeen tried Icy Wind, but the mist gathered up on Beedrill and made its X-Scissor even more powerful.
"Use Aqua Jet on that tree!"
Goldeen slammed into a nearby tree, which fell down on Beedrill, however, Beedrill still manage to cut right through it, despite its frozen spike, and hit Goldeen head-on.
Goldeen was already extremely hurt, and could not battle for much longer.
"It's time for your last resort, Goldeen. Use Aqua Explosion your attack on Beedrill!" April called out.
Goldeen started to glow vividly deep blue, looking like it was about to burst. Water particles gathered up on Goldeen's body and grew in size.
Eric and Barry looked at each other. Alexander looked unimpressed.
Suddenly, an eruption of waves spurted from Goldeen's body, and Beedrill was badly hurt from massive blasts of water. The helpless Beedrill collapsed on a tree, which fell down on it. The ice that was on Beedrill's right spike shattered, and bits of ice flew everywhere. Beedrill, though was exhausted, it was well-trained and ready-to-go.
Eric looked down and gasped, devastated.
Goldeen had fainted.
It had used so much energy using Aqua Explosion that it couldn't take it anymore and collapsed.
Alexander stepped up and strutted towards the battlefield. The boundaries were carved by Zelindra using a twig. Only one tree remained in the battlefield.
"I see that you make your own moves," Eric said to April.
"Is there anything wrong with that?"
"No, no, no, just asking," Eric said, embarrassed.
Alexander was ready for battle.
"Stand by for ownage, Charmander!" Alexander shouted.
"Beedrill, Stone Edge!" Zelindra called.
A thick pile of razor-sharp rocks formed in thin air, and then lunged at Charmander.
"Hmm…" Eric was thinking.
"What is it, Eric?" April asked.
"Well, Spearow has a type advantage, but it might not be the best choice because of Stone Edge. Plus, if Beedrill had something like Leaf Blade, it would have used it against your Goldeen. Plus, Squirtle is my trusted starter. We're fighting for an antidote that will heal my poison," Eric explained.
"Good point. I would probably go for Squirtle, too," April said.
"Dodge it!" Alexander yelled.
Charmander a swift dodging move, but a couple stones still hit Charmander's tail, causing it to somersault backwards repeatedly.
"Use your Ember attack on Beedrill!"
"Counter the Ember with Shadow Ball!"
A large blast of fire that was already causing Beedrill's body to warm up and a huge ball of shadowy mist collided, making a titanic explosion. When Eric could see again, he found debris all over his hands. Both Pokémon were very hurt, but battled on.
"We need to hit it with a fire move. Try your Incinerate this time!" Alexander cried out.
A smaller and slower, but more compact flame shot out at Beedrill, who used Shadow Ball once again, and made another collision.
After the nasty collision, Beedrill was down on the ground, but was not fainted, according to its normal-looking eyes. Charmander, however, was fainted.
"WHAT! YOU MORONIC OPTIC PERSON! YOU… you… y-y-you…" Alexander broke down, causing Eric to chuckle.
"When I say 3 on 1, I mean 3 on 1, am I correct?" Zelindra said.
"Yeah," said Eric confidently. It was a totally pummeled Beedrill versus a trusted, fully energetic, Squirtle.
That's when he started to twitch.
Three minutes in the battle, Eric was sprawled on the ground, shuddering, while Beedrill was making quick work of Squirtle, who wasn't doing anything due to Eric unable to order Squirtle.
"Ok, Beedrill, that's enough. Don't attack it anymore until the Squirtle's owner feels better," Zelindra told Beedrill.
Beedrill instantly stopped attacking Squirtle, and took a moment to rest.
"Uh, oh, Beedrill is resting. If Eric doesn't snap out of it soon, he could die from poison," April said worriedly.
Eric stood up, still twitching. His eyeballs rolled upward, and back down. His twitching slowed down, and he instantly focused, still a little dizzy.
April sighed in relief.
"S-squirtle, use your Water Gun on Beedrill," he said, still dazed.
It was half past midnight. Barry was snoring, which seemed to agitate Beedrill. As a result, Beedrill was distracted and got hit head on by a Water Gun. A thin stream of water splashed on Beedrill's face, sending it skittering to the rear of the battlefield, which was only about a yard away.
Beedrill got back up, looking faint. It lunged as fast as it could at Squirtle, glowing this time, more of a dull purple. Beedrill was exhausted.
Squirtle was about to finish Beedrill with a Bubble, when it saw a large ball of Shadow looming upon it.
The Shadow Ball attack hit Squirtle directly, sending fragments of the battlefield flying. When the dust cleared, Eric saw something miraculous.
Squirtle was not down for the count. But neither was Beedrill.
Squirtle tried Bubble again, and a stream of bubbles drifted towards Beedrill, who used Stone Edge to pop the Bubbles, then charged at it, using X-Scissor.
Squirtle hid in its shell and spun as fast as it could towards Beedrill. It didn't have the energy of a Rapid Spin, but it was good as an attack. The duo of Pokémon collided into each other, spewing dust into the air.
When the dust cleared, Eric squinted. Both Pokémon was on the ground. He looked at the eyes of Beedrill. They were squiggly. So it was fainted.
Eric jumped in delight and realized Squirtle could be down too.
Squirtle popped out of its shell casually. Eric didn't realize what that meant, but then he understood.
He had won.
He leaped up in the air with raised arms and hugged Squirtle, then recalled it.
Zelindra nervously stepped out to Eric and shakily held out her hand.
"Thanks."
As soon as he grasped the antidote, he whizzed around, and opened the cap, then drank the fluid. He felt better already.
"OK, um, bye," Zelindra said and ran off.
"Wait; come back after you are done!" Eric called out to Zelindra.
Zelindra turned back briefly and nodded, and continued to sprint away.
"You guys can go. Carry Barry, and go to a shelter where you can sleep. Make it close to this area. Don't go further than 750 meters. I'll find you after I'm done," Eric explained to Alexander and April.
April didn't hesitate, but Alexander didn't help voluntarily. Eric jump-kicked him, and it was obviously a 'go away' warning, so Alexander scurried towards Barry and assisted April with Barry.
"See you soon!" April called back to Eric, who waved.
Exhausted, Eric found a soft mossy patch of ground to lie down on and wait. The moss wasn't moist, which comforted Eric further. After a while, he pulled out a water bottle from his pocket and opened the cap.
Eric held the bottle up to his mouth and sipped…
Zelindra was devastated. She sprinted between the evergreens, and finally found a bank of a stream, where Natalie Optic was sleeping.
Zelindra shook Natalie awake.
"How is your poison?" Zelindra asked.
Natalie groaned.
"It's not as bad as before. I threw up a couple minutes ago," Natalie pointed to a pile of mucus, which the soil was starting to absorb. The soil was moist.
"I-I-I-I gave away the antidote," Zelindra said, still shaky.
"That's fine," Natalie said. "It's better than a week ago. I think I'm improving."
Natalie was the most optimistic person Zelindra knew, but that didn't help.
"The poison kills you after about 3 weeks. You're already poisoned for two weeks. You do know that."
"Yes, but it won't really matter to anybody when I die. It isn't like William Shakespeare dying or maybe-"
"I care!" Zelindra exclaimed.
"Then why didn't you give me the antidote?" Natalie challenged.
Zelindra blinked away tears, out of words, and turned away, sobbing.
Natalie went back to sleep in disgust.
Zelindra got up and dashed through the forest, wiping her eyes.
By the time she got there, Eric was sitting down on a mossy patch of land.
"Sorry for the hold-up," Zelindra said, embarrassed about what happened earlier, if Eric could still see tears in her eyes, or just if Eric waited too long and would be pissed off at her.
Eric opened his mouth, when a Pokémon swiftly scampered into the room.
It was a Gengar.
Not too much of a cliffhanger, but interesting. What is a Gengar doing here? Will it hurt the two?
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