Hey everyone! So, when we last left Ronald, he was about to fight some bad guys. I can't wait to see what happens next. And I bet you can't either. So, let's go!
The Pokemon were edging around each other. They were looking for an opening to launch an attack. Ronald was thinking about possible strategies to fight his opponents.
'Okay, so it's a Sneasel and a Crobat that I'm fighting.' Ronald thought to himself. 'I can fend off the Sneasel pretty easily, since I'm super effective against it. The Crobat might prove troublesome, not only because I'm weak to it, but also because it has the aerial advantage. I'm outnumbered right now, but then again, I was outnumbered when I fought those Staravia. I hope I know what I'm doing.'
Suddenly, the Sneasel made the first move, launching itself at Ronald. Ronald quickly dodged it, only to find himself facing against the Crobat who launches a series of Air Slashes. Ronald gets hit and is sent flying into a tree. "Curses." He muttered under his breath. "They distracted me."
The Sneasel suddenly came upon him like a flash and started to use its Fury Swipes attack on him. Ronald was trying to hold his ground, but Sneasel was making it very difficult. He finally managed to position one of his hooves towards the Sneasel and he blasted it with his Hydro Pump. He sent the Sneasel flying, before it came back to earth and tumbled on the ground. It picked itself up, with a look of death in its eyes, and proceeded to attack Ronald again with an Ice Shard.
Ronald smoothly dodged the attack, before rushing up to it to attack again. But, he was held off by the Crobat, who was launching wave after wave of Air Slashes. Ronald grunted. 'If I'm going to be successful here, I have to take that Crobat down.'
Ronald looked around and devised a course of action. He would leap off of the surrounding trees, and try to get above the Flying type. Once he did that, he can take it down.
Ronald started to run wildly, being pursued closely by his enemies. He stopped and did a back kick with his water jets. The Crobat flew up, while the Sneasel rolled to the side. Ronald took advantage of the distraction and leaped onto the trees, as he had planned.
At the highest point of the trees, he leaped off towards Crobat. Suddenly, he was right over the Flying Pokemon. The Crobat tried to fly away, but before it could move, Ronald shot his water jets at it, causing it to plummet to the ground.
The Crobat tried to get up, but Ronald came crashing down. "Stomp!" He cried. He crushed the Crobat under him with his hooves and knocked it out cold.
Crobat's Trainer was astonished at the sudden defeat. "Darn it!" He yelled. "You'll pay for that!" Suddenly, he pulled out a gun. Wait, no, it's just a flare gun. He pointed it straight up and pulled the trigger, causing the flare to fire out and cause an explosion overhead.
Just then, out of nowhere, Ronald was attacked from behind by an unknown Pokemon. It had shot a web at him, which tangled him up, while giving him an electric shock. "Electro Web." Ronald stammered. "But how? Who?" He kept questioning himself as he fell to the ground, cringing in pain.
He was able to turn his head enough to see the perpetrator. It was a Galvantula, accompanied by a female Trainer who was in a similar uniform to the others. "Leave it to you two to make a simple task into a complicated quest." She said. Her voice was cold and unfeeling, as if any sympathy she might have had is now gone.
"Hey, don't blame me. He was the one who set the traps." Crobat's Trainer said, pointing at Sneasel's Trainer.
"Where are you going off on this?!" Sneasel's Trainer bit back. "You were the one who suggested we battle it."
"Well, if your traps had worked, we wouldn't be here having to battle it!"
"Well, if your Crobat was actually any strong, we would've had him by now."
"Well, if you had-"
"That's enough! From both of you!" The woman ordered. The two men grumbled but stopped arguing. "The point is, we have our target. Now, let's move!" She threw out a Pokeball. Inside was a Kirlia, who seemed to reflect the feelings of its Trainer. "Kirlia, use Psychic."
The Kirlia approached Ronald. Her eyes began to glow, and Ronald was lifted off the ground. Ronald was trying to escape, with little success. 'I have to get away. I need to rescue Peach! What am I supposed to do?!' Ronald was extremely torn up inside between accepting his fate and trying to escape.
Suddenly, a blast hit Kirlia in the back. It surprised everyone there as Kirlia fell to the ground injured. Ronald fell as well, grunting as he landed.
One second later, a cloaked figure appeared in the middle of the group, right next to Ronald. The Pokemon immediately ran up to attack, but the cloaked figure jumped away. It suddenly pulled out one of the biggest bones Ronald had ever seen. "Wait." Ronald mumbled. "That's Bone Rush. Is that a Pokemon?"
The Pokemon started to blast at the cloaked figure, Galvantula shot off some Electro Webs, while Sneasel fired Ice Shards. But the figure smoothly dodged all of the attacks and smacked both of the Pokemon with it's club, sending them flying.
"Grah. It's too strong! Retreat!" Crobat's Trainer exclaimed. The two men proceeded immediately out of there. The woman showed some disappointment, before she ran off as well.
"Ronald! Are you okay?" Peach cried out from the tree where she was bound.
The figure kneeled next to Ronald. Peach was worried that it was going to hurt him. But instead, it proceeded to remove the webbing. Very soon, Ronald was free. He stood up, wobbling a bit. "Th- Thank you." Ronald managed, before he fell back down on his knees.
The figure began to comfort him. "It's okay, Ronald. Don't get up. You need your rest."
Ronald looked up to him in shock. "How- How do you know my name?"
The figure then removed his hood, revealing his red eyes, as well as his blue and black fur. "Hello, master." The Lucario answered.
Wait, what? What's up with that? Who is this Lucario? How does he know Ronald? And who were those people who attacked Ronald in the first place? Only one way to find out; stay tuned!