Sinnoh's newest trainer
Sorry about this late update. I have spent lots of time studying for midterms. I hope you understand. But now that they are all over, I'm going straight back to writing. I hope you enjoy and review.
Separation:
The group set out again after their short lunch break. Every Pokémon was safely secure inside their poke balls. The sun was still high in the sky but with a few clouds it was great traveling weather.
Soon they came to a break in the road. To the right was a grassy path with many bushes and thorns. It seemed to slope downwards and zigzags slightly. There were a few people and houses on that trail.
To the left the group could see a rocky dirt path with only a little grass on it. It went upwards. Down the path the group saw a few mountain climbers, and some fighting type trainers.
Sarah spoke up first "So I think that the right path is the way to go." She began walking that way. She was however stopped by Sorrin's next comment.
"I don't think that that way would be the best choice."
Sarah turned on the spot and crossed her arms. "And why is that?" She asked with an angry tone. She was slightly tapping her foot.
Sorrin gave her a look of exasperation. "If we go the other way and it's the wrong route then we can climb down. If we go that way and it's the wrong route then we would have to either turn back or climb upwards. Either way I also think that this way would be best to avoid avalanches."
Now it was Sarah's turn to give Sorrin a look of exasperation. "Avalanches?"
"Yes Avalanches." He thought about that he said then realized that it was the wrong word. "Actually I mean rock slides."
Sarah smiled sweetly. "There you go." She again turned back to the trail. "I don't think that they would build house if there were going to be rock slides."
Sorrin held up his nose and turned to the trail on the left. Thomas stood their flabbergasted. Who should he follow? Thomas looked both ways and then walked at a brisk pace as to catch up to the person he decided to follow.
"Hey." Sorrin protested. "Why won't you follow me?" He looked down at Thomas accusingly.
Thomas looked up. "Hey I thought that this path was well shaded. If you get lost climb down and we will accept you." He said putting a hand over his hard and making a loving face. Sorrin knew that this was mockery and would have none of it. He followed the path at a faster pace.
Sorrin watched the two from above. Most of the people on his trail were looking for battles. He only agreed to one on one battles. The first person who came up to him was an old man. He was nice and was very flexible about battling.
They had decided, after a few minutes of talking that the battle would happen right here on this trail. The old man sent out a Pokémon that Sorrin easily recognized. It was a shinx. The little electric cat.
Sorrin decided to send out the Pokémon that he hasn't battled with yet. Aipom appeared on the path excited.
The old man made the first move "Shinx use tackle." He cried. The little Pokémon ran at Aipom with intent to hurt.
Sorrin had a counter already in mind. "Aipom blow it back with fire punch." Sorrin yelled excited. The Fist on Aipom tail burst into flames. Aipom spun its body around and smashed its tail into the oncoming Shinx. The little Pokémon was blown back to its trainer.
Worry welled inside the mans eyes. "Shinx are you all right?" She Shinx lay motionless for a few moment then the old man spoke again. "All right then my Pokémon is knocked out you win. He recalled Shinx to its poke ball. I have to say that you are impressive. Even though I just got this Pokémon I am an expert."
Sorrin was astounded. "You're an expert?" He asked while also recalling Aipom.
The old man scratched his chin and tried to decide if he had enough time to tell this boy about his life. He shrugged and figured it would be a nice story to tell. "Yes I am. You see, I competed in a few leagues. The first Pokémon league I competed in was the kanto regions. I got into the top sixty four. The next league I participated in was the kalos league. I loved it and I got the runner up spot in the league. The most recent region I competed in was the johto region and I lost in the qualification round. Although I did lose to the trainer who won the competition."
Sorrin was amazed by his story. "And I assume that you're competing in the Sinnoh league. And I also assume that Shinx is your only Pokémon. And can I also assume that you have lots of Pokémon." Sorrin said with growing excitement.
The man laughed and gave a simple answer. "Yes. Yes to all of those things." He paused. "But I bet you want to know what Pokémon I have?" He waited for Sorrin's approving nod. "Well I have a Charizard, Butterfee, Primeape, Snorlax, Poliwrath, Weepingbell, Combee, Garchomp, Agron, Pyroar, Gyarados, Gogoat, Onix, Gengar, Alakasam, Seeking, Flareaon and a Roserade. Those all and Shinx here.
Sorrin was astounded. This man he just beat had all of these Pokémon. "Any one of these Pokémon could beet my whole team." Sorrin thought. Like anyone Sorrin did not recognize some of the Pokémon mentioned but a few stood out. He really fixated on Charizard, Garchomp and Gyarados.
He was so lost in his own thoughts that he did not notice that the old man had left. When he did finally notice it he looked around frantically. After seeing that he had thoroughly disappeared Sorrin shrugged and kept on walking.
It wasn't too far down the path that a second trainer challenged him. "Let's go starly!" The girl called as the little bird appeared.
Sorrin smiled. "Go Aipom!" He yelled releasing his monkey Pokémon. "Aipom get in close and use scratch!" The little monkey followed directions to the letter. It ran forward and prepared its tail hand for a simple scratch attack.
The other trainer just smirked. She looked forward with a fierce stare that made Sorrin feel nervous. "Dodge it with quick attack!" She yelled.
Just as Aipom attack was about to hit starly just disappeared. Sorrin could follow its movements like a baseball. When the attack was done starly was far away. "Now use wing attack!" The girl yelled.
Starly turned to Aipom and flew at it. The wing of the little bird Pokémon glowed a dull white. When it was about to hit Aipom Sorrin called his counter. "Dodge it Aipom and use Shadow claw."
Aipom jumped high avoiding the low sweeping attack. Then Aipom turned and swung its tail hand at the still low flying starly. This time Aipom fist was covered in a dark cloak.
The girl smirked. "Take it." Was all she yelled. The attack passed right through the bird Pokémon. Sorrin was dumbfounded. He then realized that ghost type attack don't work on normal type Pokémon. Starly was a normal type Pokémon and was immune to the attack.
The girl raised he fist and screamed her next command. "Starly hit it with wing attack!" The close range starly plowed right into Aipom. Its wing carried the little purple Pokémon several feet before throwing towards Sorrin.
Sorrin cringed. He watched as Aipom warily got to its feet. He knew he needed to come up with a plan to beet this pesky flying type. He thought for a moment. He looked at his opponent. She was still Smiling and starly was flying at eye level.
Sorrin looked at Aipom again. He knelt down to its level. "Hey Aipom?" He asked his little Pokémon.
The monkey looked at him. It had a scrape on its cheek and a few bruises on its body. The little monkey looked exhausted. "Listen if you cant go on tell me."
Aipom looked at Sorrin for a bit. Then returned its gaze to starly. The look on starly said "Come on get up. Let me beet you down a few more times." Aipom was abandoned because she wasn't strong enough for her trainer. She lost so many fights that the trainer decided that it was better off in the wild.
Aipom looked more determined. It wasn't going to be abandoned again. It would not be defeated by a little Starly. It looked back at Sorrin and smiled. Then it went into a grim face and took a battle stance.
Sorrin laughed. "Well Aipom seems determined to fight until the very end. I will get things started. Aipom run in with scratch!" Sorrin yelled. Again the little monkey followed her commanders orders.
The girl almost laughed. "All right starly dodge with quick attack." She commanded with ease.
For the second time the scratch attack missed and starly was away. The girl made her second command. "Starly now use wing attack!" She again raised he fist into the air for the added emphasis of the attack.
Sorrin was unflinching. When starly was almost within striking distance Sorrin made his move. "Aipom thunder punch starly into the ground." The girl realized that she had walked into a trap. She also realized that Sorrin had adjusted his battle style while he was doing the same thing.
The punch came as a super effective hit and starly was on the ground. It was dazed and venerable. "Starly you have to get up!" She cried with a look of terror in her eyes.
Sorrin was grinning ear to ear. "Hit it back to its trainer with another thunder punch." This was the last move of the match. The attack came and starly was launched right into its trainers arms.
The trainer looked heart broken. She returned the Pokémon to its poke ball and had her head held down low. Then she looked up with a forced smile. "That was fun." She put the poke ball into her pocket. "I look forward to another battle with you."
With that the girl took off running. Sorrin felt concerned. He also realized that that girl was a new trainer. She had an excuse to cry. Sorrin shrugged. He continued on his way.
Now he could no longer see his friends on the path below him. Little did he care. Aipom walked along with Sorrin. It occasionally jumped out of the way to pick up a berry or fruit.
The next person Sorrin came to was young man that looked about twenty. He stopped Sorrin. "Excuse me." He said politely.
Sorrin looked at him with a fake look of confusion. "Yes?"
The man began to talk. Sorrin was already pulling out a poke ball. "Well I would like to battle you. If you are a trainer."
Sorrin having a poke ball out replied. "Yes I am. We will battle one on one."
The man smirked at his accepted request. "All right let the battle begin. Go Eevee!" A little brown Pokémon appeared. It looked to be a hybrid of a dog and a cat. Sorrin pulled out his pokedex to check it out.
Eevee: Thanks to its unstable genetic makeup, this special Pokémon conceals many different possible evolutions.
Sorrin pulled his head up from his pokedex. "SO this is an Eevee." He thought. Sorrin through the poke ball that was in his hand.
"Let's go treecko!" He yelled. The little wood gecko Pokémon appeared. "Treecko lets kick things off with quick attack!"
The little green Pokémon took off at a blinding speed. The other trainer just smiled. It was a sort of hidden smile. The smile said "I have tons of tricks up my sleeve."
Right before the attack hit the other trainer called his attack. "Eevee use sand attack. Then quick attack!" It worked wonders. The Eevee sent a cloud of dust at treecko. Then when it took off for quick attack treecko missed her attack. Eevee then harshly hit its side.
Sorrin flinched. "Treecko use leer." He called out.
The other trainer started laughing. "Hey there's sand in treecko's eyes, Leer is impossible to use." He then raised his fist. "Now Eevee use bite!"
The attack came down n treecko's tail. The fangs of the little Pokémon sank into the green skin of the gecko Pokémon. Then Eevee twisted its body and launched treecko towards the rocks.
Sorrin was shocked. "Treecko!" Was the only word that Sorrin could muster.
The other trainer smiled. "Now Eevee Finish this up with shadow ball." The little Eevee started forming a ball of pure blackness in its mouth. It cackeled with black lightning. After a moment of it forming it was launched at the helpless Pokémon.
The impact was devastating. The resulting explosion caused dust and dirt to fly through the air. Sorrin stood their with one hand covering his eyes and the other clutching the poke ball that treecko calls home.
After about two minutes the dust settled enough to see that treecko had in fact been defeated. Sorrin held up the poke ball and recalled treecko to it. He took a deep breath and walked over to his opponent. His opponent did the same.
They met in the middle of the field. They shook hands and continued on their way. Eevee walking alongside the man. It walked with a sense of pride.
Sorrin continued along the path. He looked down at the other path that his friends had taken. He could hot see them. He figured that this trail would last until supper time. By the look of it he figured that it was about four o'clock.
The trail did seem to be on a downward slope now. It wasn't a big slope. The next person that Sorrin ran into was a boy about his age. This time Sorrin would ask. This will be my last battle. He thought to himself.
He stopped the boy. "Hello, I was wondering if you would like to have a Pokémon battle?"
The boy looked at Sorrin. He pulled out a poke ball. "Actually yes, How about a two on two?"
Sorrin scratched the back of his head. "Actually I only have one healthy Pokémon right now."
The boy looked disappointed for a moment then he brought himself back to a happy smile. "All right that's fine. Let the battle begin."
Both trainers stood about forty feet away from each other. They both called out their Pokémon. "Go Piplup/ Go Bedew."
Both Pokémon appeared and looked at each other fiercely. Both called their move at the same time. "Piplup peck! / bedew growth!"
The little grass Pokémon appeared to grow a little bit. It grew no more than the other bedew Sarah had faced. Piplup had lots of success with its attack. It struck the Pokémon right between the eyes.
The other trainer angrily called out his next move. "Bedew don't sit their and take it, Use absorb." He yelled pointing at Piplup.
The little beam came out of the bud on its head. The beam slightly enveloped Piplup. IT caused lots of damage. The marks were Piplup's peck hit disappeared completely.
Sorrin grunted. "Piplup lets do this. Rapid fire peck!" the tired Piplup ran at Bedew and smashed it in the face with its beak. Then before it could recover another peck hit right in the same spot.
The other boy yelled out "Bedew you have to use another absorb!" He put so much conviction into his words that bedew did listen.
The absorb his about three second before Piplup used peck. So three seconds of health draining attack hit before Piplup could land another peck.
When the little penguin did land his attack the absorb stopped. Both Pokémon jumped back. There they both stood. Tired. Week. Determined. They locked eyes for a while. No trainer dare call a move.
All of the sudden something magical happened. A white light wrapped itself around both Pokémon. Both trainers stood their confused. The light was bright. Sorrin had to put one hand over his face.
After a few seconds the shapes in the light began to change. Piplup became bigger. Larger in the stomach area. The flippers became wider. It was about half the size of Sorrin.
The changes in Bedew were also great. The bud on its head grew large and seamed to unravel and split apart. It moved off to the sides. Then its stubby legs grew longer in size. The face seamed to become less rounded. It split in the middle and two rounded shapes appeared.
Then at the same time both lights burst revealing two different Pokémon. "Piplup?" Sorrin slowly questioned. The new bigger penguin turned around.
It looked at Sorrin for a moment and then yelled. "Prinplup!"
Sorrin was shocked. His Pokémon had just evolved. His new Prinplup stood before him. He also realized that his opponents Pokémon had also evolved. Now it was no longer Piplup versus Bedew. Now it was Prinplup versus Roselia.
Roselia had flowers on its hands now. It was a very beautiful Pokémon. Sorrin didn't care, He called his next move "Now Prinplup use—"Sorrin was cut off.
Prinplup acted on its own. Its flipper glazed over a grey color. Then it violently scratched the new grass, poison type. Prinplup had just learned metal claw. Sorrin was in shock.
The other trainer looked more shocked by this revelation. He stammered his next words. "Bed… Roselia u-u-use, um… Absorb?"
Even though its trainer lacked confidence Roselia did not waver. It put its flowers in front of its body and the green beam shot out.
Sorrin turned from his shock. Now his face only held a mix of worry and determination. "Prinplup deflect it with metal claw!" Sorrin yelled.
The absorb attack struck the gray flipper of Piplup. It took only a second for it to bounce off harmlessly. Now Sorrin was ready he called his next move. "Prinplup use Peck!"
Prinplup ran forward. Its larger beak glowed a stronger white color. The attack landed its mark. Sorrin could immediately tell that this was the strongest peck that Piplup ever had.
Roselia fell back it looked like it was almost at its limit. The other trainer saw that if he didn't do something soon that the battle would be lost. "Roselia, Use stun spore."
The close range Prinplup had no chance of dodging that attack. Sorrin knew that so he called the next best thing. "Prinplup block it with your Metal claw!"
Prinplup put up its small weak shield. Most of the spores went right by it. However some of it stayed on the flipper. Both trainers saw this.
The other trainer only thought of what he now knew. "All right so now his Pokémon is paralyzed." He took a deep breath. "All I have to do know it attack with all ought of absorbs and we will be good to go."
Sorrin thought of his counter attack. "Prinplup is paralyzed. If I attack with metal claw that his Pokémon will be paralyzed as well. We will be on equal grounds."
Sorrin called an attack faster. "Prinplup metal claw!" The violent slashing of his claws caused Roserade to fall back. The little spores that were on the claw are now covering Roserade.
The other trainer gasped. He just realized that his own attack had been turned around on him. "Roserade use absorb!" The other trainer yelled.
Roserade just stood their with a pained look on its face. The paralysis was setting in. Roserade could not move.
Sorrin laughed. "All right Prinplup lets hit it while it's down, Use peck!"
Prinplup did the same thing. The paralysis was setting in on him as well. The pained look on its face almost made Sorrin cry. He could only think of all the time they spent together. Even though it was only a few weeks it felt like a lifetime.
He shook his head, "No, Prinplup is fine." The other trainer was having similar thoughts.
Sorrin yelled out. "Prinplup, being paralyzed only lasted for short times. In between them you can attack all you want. So the second that you can attack I want you to use a peck attack!"
Prinplup calmed down a little bit. The pained expression turned to delight. He knew that the second that he could move again he would hit that little grass type so hard that it will faint.
The other trainer yelled as well. "Roselia, Use absorb the first chance you get!"
So their they stood. Two Pokémon locked in a battle of wills. Who will be able to move first? Both trainers started to encourage their Pokémon.
The Pokémon were locked in a seemingly endless staring contest. This staring contest will be different however. Whoever attacks first will win.
Little sparkles of electricity occasionally come out of the Pokémon. Then Prinplup toe begins to move. Then its leg, Then it takes one step.
The other leg moves forward one step. It's a slow walking process but he builds more speed with each step. Then its beak begins to glow.
Sorrin cheers. "Let's go Prinplup!"
Prinplup is running forward. Roselia starts to move. It brings is flowers in front of its face to begin its attack.
Prinplup is five meters away. The Beam starts to build.
Prinplup is right in front of it! The Peck is connected. Roselia falls back to its trainer. It can be clearly seen that Roselia was not getting up for a while.
Sorrin cheers. "Prinplup we did it!" He runs to his Pokémon. He leans down and gives him a hug. Prinplup hugs him back. They stay their like that for almost a minute.
The other trainer recalls his fainted Pokémon and says some words of encouragement. Then he stands up straight and walks over to his opponent.
He Sais to Sorrin. "That was a great match." He pauses. Even though he lost he is still grinning. "I hope we can battle again some day."
On that note the trainer walks away with his head held high. Sorrin turns to his Pokémon. He returns it to its poke ball. Then he too is on his way.
Sorrin sees his friends on the trail ahead of him. "Hello." He calls to them.
Thomas is sitting on a rock and Sarah is standing tapping her foot. "What took you so long?" Sarah snapped. "We have been worried sick. It's too late to go on now. We will have to find a space to camp out for the night now."
Sorrin smiled. "I couldn't agree more."
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Sorrin
Prinplup (male); bubble, water sport, peck, Metal claw. Ability torrent
Treecko (Female); Pound, leer, absorb, quick attack. Ability overgrow
Aipom (Female); Scratch, Shadow claw, Thunder punch, Fire punch. Ability skill length
Thomas
Rhyhorn(male); Horn attack, Stomp, Furry attack. Ability lightning rod
Onix (Male); Tackle, mud sport, Rock throw, Rock tomb. Ability Rock head
Sarah
Tepig(male); Tackle, Tail whip, Ember. Ability blaze
Oshawott(Male); Tackle, tail whip, Water gun. Ability torrent
Snivy(male); Tackle, leer, Vine whip. Ability overgrow