Hey guys, I'm back with Chapter 9!
Now I know that I felt you guys on a little cliffhanger last chapter, and I will not explain what I meant, but I'll give you a hint.
Hint: Does Ash ever travel alone?
Alright, that one was kind of obvious, oh well.
On another note, I've decided to start replying to reviews as I get them in each chapter, so I'll start with this one:
Guest: Thanks, will do~! :)
Now Read on you~!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Pokémon! If I did then Ninetales… well y'know…
Dash's Adventures Chapter 9: Enter Sarah and Snivy!
So we went back to the Battle Club and joined the Battle Queue. After waiting for about an hour, I was next and the computer showed me my opponent: a girl named Sarah.
She had two Pokémon too, but hers were a Snivy and an Emolga. It might be a challenge, but it was definitely doable. Flare seemed eager to battle; his body seemed to be a little warmer around my neck. We stepped into the Battle Arena, where a rather attractive girl was waiting on the other side. I used my Pokédex on her Pokémon, a Snivy.
"Snivy, the Grass Snake Pokémon. Snivy are very intelligent and calm. Being exposed to a lot of sunlight makes their movements swifter."
We both made our way to the center of the Arena to greet each other as I put away my Pokédex.
"Hi! I'm Sarah!" She said cheerfully.
"I'm Dash." I said politely.
"Oh wow, is that a shiny Vulpix?" She asked amazingly.
"Yeah; a gift from my brother. His name is Flare. I see you have a Snivy." I observed.
"His name is Viper." She said, hugging her Snivy.
"Well I hope we have a good battle."
"Yes, good luck!" She said as we walked back to our side of the battle field.
Don George was the referee for the battle, "This will be a battle between the Trainer Sarah and the Trainer Dash. Each Trainer will use two Pokémon and the battle will be over when both Pokémon of one side are unable to battle. Are you ready?" We both nodded. "Battle Begin!"
"You may have the first move." I said, bowing politely.
She nodded, gesturing to her Snivy. "Viper, use Vine Whip!"
Viper withdrew his vines and attacked Flare with them. The move was extremely fast – too fast for me to react, and Flare took a direct hit.
"Pix!" Flare shouted as the vines made contact. He rolled a little ways off and landed on his paws, growling at being hit by an attack.
"Flare, use Ember!" I called out.
Flare blasted embers at Viper, who dodged with an intense level of speed. This Snivy was a fast one – really fast. He might be a challenge to keep up with for Flare. Unless…
I smiled as an idea popped into my head. "Flare use Flame Charge!"
Flare powered up and charged at Viper, who dodged with its incredible speed.
"Again!" I shouted.
Flare turned around and charged again and again and again. I noticed that it was getting harder and harder for Viper to dodge. I smiled proudly when Flare finally made contact with Viper and knocked him over. Flare returned in front of me, panting with effort.
"Wha-? How did he-?" Sarah was at a loss for words, clearly not expecting Flare's contact. Despite this, she quickly recovered. "Viper, Leaf Tornado!"
"Dodge it with Quick Attack!"
Viper used its tail to create a tornado to attack Flare, who dodged it using Quick Attack. I watched as Flare attacked as well.
"Vy… vy…" Viper was clearly beginning to get tired out.
"Flare, use Ember!"
Viper barely managed to dodge it, but couldn't maintain its balance, I knew that this was my chance.
"Flare, Flame Charge!"
Flare charged at Viper cloaked in fire once again, this time at a blazing speed, turning the ground red under him, Viper could only brace himself as Flare collided with him hard, creating a wave of energy originating from the point of contact. Viper flew through the air close to the ground before finally skidding to a halt right in front of Sarah, knocked out.
"Viper is unable to battle. Flare wins!" Don George called out, making the official gesture towards me and Flare.
"Great job Flare!" I praised him as he leapt into my arms and hugged me, to the best of his ability.
"Vulpix vul!"
Sarah returned Viper, murmuring a few words to him, before pulling out another Poké Ball and calling out its holder, an Emolga.
"Emo, Emolga!" It called out as it was summoned.
I growled to myself as I knew that Flare would be a little weak from his last battle and Jet would have a tough time with the Flying and Electric – Type. I sighed and turned my attention to Flare.
"Alright buddy, I'm gonna have to ask you to get back out there. Do you think you can handle it?" I asked him.
Flare gave me a thoughtful expression before nodding firmly. I nodded back and set up back down to face the Emolga.
"Ready?" Don George asked us once again, "Battle begin!"
"Amy, Thundershock!" Sarah called out.
Amy charged itself up before releasing small bolts of thunder towards Flare, who dodged it with a speed matching Viper's. I had forgotten that Flare's speed was really high after using Flame Charge so much.
Sarah scowled, clearly forgetting this as well, before smirking to herself, "Amy, use Attract!"
"My eyes widened, knowing that if it landed a hit, Flare would be defenseless. "Flare, dodge it!"
I was too late, the hearts surrounded Flare before closing in on his head as a large heart popped out ad Flare was left with a dreamy look that was directed towards Amy. I growled, hoping that Flare would be strong enough to fight it.
"Flare, use Ember!"
I saw Flare seem to come back to his senses for a second, before his daze returned, but at my order, he snapped out of it and shot the embers at Emolga, who dodged it like it was nothing. She created more hearts and fired them at Flare, who fell under the daze again, this time I knew there was no snapping him out of it. I sighed as I enlarged his Poké Ball and returning him, knowing that he would come back to me even if I told him to. I enlarged Jet's Poké Ball and called him out; he was my only hope now.
BOOM! Yet another cliffhanger. Sorry, I just love ending the chapters like that! I'll be getting to work on the next chapter now! Remember to always keep dreaming~!
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