HEY GUYS, MASTER OF MALOR HERE, and I am quite sorry that I'm never able to keep a regular upload schedule, but I have an excuse…. its Pokémon Moon…. Which means I can include Alolan Pokémon now! I have no other major notes other than this
trigger warning, you'll be alerted as to when
LET'S GET STARTED!
After my dinner with Sorrell I headed across Nugget Bridge with as much speed as possible and headed towards Route 9 to do some extra training before tackling Lt. Surge. As I reached the Route, I came across and beat several Trainers, and was going on my way until I came across one trainer…. with a Sandslash. "It's him" I said to Kulpa (who was out training at the time) Kulpa looked at me and said "You don't w…annna fight him do you…. He took out Mr. Sorrell easily…. You barely won!" "yes Kulpa, I know that even though you launched a Hydro Pump with enough strength to send Groundon himself flying, we didn't win until Colossus carried the match!" I respond with a sarcastic smirk "hey don't be upset though, you didn't even want to fight but if you ever do, just let me know" I gave his head a quick rub. Then he looked at me "I wanna fight his Sandslash!" with as determined a look as he could give. "Alright Kulpa HEY YOU WITH THE SANDSLASH" I shouted. "Yeah what do you want" he said as he walked over to me. I got a look for his "aesthetic" featuring a red and black jacket, dark brown hair that formed bangs which contrasted with his extremely pale skin and dark jeans. He looked to be in his late 20s and his "My Poliwag wants to fight you, after all Sorrell told me you took down his whole team with just that Sandslash" I tried being friendly "Name's Oscar by the way, nice to meet you" extending my hand. He simply turned around, ignoring my hand "Ok Oscar, I could use the free experience, Sandslash let's show this kid our power, MUD SHOT" he commanded, catching me and Kulpa off guard. Kulpa unfortunately got hit with the shot, and got sent flying by the impact. "well, that's to be expected." Corbin chided and then commanding Sandslash "Rollout, end this" and Sandslash immediately curled up into a ball and spun at top speed directly at Kulpa.
"Kulpa, Bubble Beam quick" I commanded more out of desperation than a strategy. Kulpa shot a volley of bubbles at first Sandslash, and then at the ground below him, using the burst to get height and avoid the Rollout, which wasn't stopping, the Bubble beams only caused him to veer off, but he got right back on track, Kulpa barely managed to dodge but Corbin was on top of it "DIG" he commanded, each action brisk and meaningful. "Kulpa, to the trees" I called, hoping to get some form of high ground. Kulpa used that same Bubble Jump method as before, to get a chance to avoid Sandslash should he reappear. He did, directly under Kulpa "Kulpa, Pound, get rid of him" I called, and the Poliwag Pokémon used gravity to boost his power, hitting Sandslash "NOW BUBBLE JUMP" I called, giving a semi-official title to our new technique, when Kulpa launched his spray of water blasts, this time it seemed that Sandslash did take damage, if only a small amount. "He's getting cocky, BUBBLE BEAM FULL POWER." I commanded and Kulpa did as I said, launching a torrent of bubbles at Sandslash, however when Sandslash not only dodged the attacks, but launched put looked like a Metal Claw which threw Kulpa down into the ground, creating cracks, I saw something in his stance change. It was what he did before that Super Attack in Sorrell's gym. "STOP IT NOW" he screamed and was preparing to summon the geyser once more, but caught himself and was terrified of repeating that same outburst which almost killed that Drifloon. He literally imploded, the energy all around his body, creating a whirlpool like explosion which did cause Sandslash to recoil quite a bit, but Kulpa flew into the air from the shocks. His body speeding downwards as I raced to catch him. I had no choice but to risk a Pokeball toss and barely returned Kulpa. Sending him out again once the ball returned to my hand I made sure he was in ok condition "Kulpa, are you ok?" he had a look of terror, then jumped out my grasp and ran towards Sandslash, who was still reeling from the impact, not fainted but very close to it. "Are you ok?" I heard Kulpa say, and tried to help Sandslash up "I'm very sorry" he said, pleading for redemption, all Sandslash did however, was look with an expression of confusion, this emotion escalated when Corbin called out, in a single breath with no hesitation "seize the opportunity, X-scissor!" The Ground-Type looked at his trainer with a seemingly distressed face. Then I saw something snap in Corbin as he saw that Sandslash wouldn't attack Kulpa.
(trigger warning here, if you don't want to read skip)
"USELESS FUCK" he screamed, throwing a Pokeball up in the air, and before I even saw what Pokémon it was I heard him call in a voice like an angry parent "GIGA IMPACT, PUNISH!" as I saw the Pokémon revealed, a Druddigon, with claws that looked dulled and stained red. He saw the Sandslash and it ran, it tried very hard to run and fast as it could, using its speed to try and escape the Druddigon, but it was no use. I grabbed Kulpa and had him look away as the Druddigon not only slammed into the Sandslash, but scratched at it over and over, until saw blood splatter and stain the grass. I knew what I had to do. "LEAVE HIM ALONE" I shouted and ran, tackling the Druddigon. I wasn't thinking rationally, I should've sent out my team, any one of them could have been useful, but I just couldn't stand it anymore. The Druddigon was pushed into a nearby tree and groaned in pain, scratching me with its Rough Skin leaving my shirt tattered. My theory was that this Pokémon, no this beast had only been used for punishment, and it may have taken lives in its dark rampages. "YOU JACKASS" he called and ran towards me, aiming to throw a punch. I blocked him and threw him on the ground, then grabbed Druddigon's Pokeball and returned it, storing it in my belt. "Kulpa, remind me to thank Brawly for teaching me how to fight!" I called and took a good long stare at Corbin. "get out of here, you freak" I sneered and helped him up. "to think I got beat by some kid and a Poliwag, heh almost like that girl" he muttered before walking off.
(Trigger area over)
I ran over to the weakened Sandslash and picked him up, he was barely able to keep his eyes open as life faded out of him. "Stay with me Sandslash, we'll get you to a Pokémon Center" I ran as fast as I could, even making it over a 6-foot hurdle (which towers over my 5 foot 8-inch body) and as soon as I entered the Pokémon Center "NURSE JOY HELP" I cried. She quickly took Sandslash into emergency care, telling me that it will mostly be a week for it to recover, at the least. I'm sorry Sorell, your favor has been put on hold I thought grimly to myself. I knew I couldn't just wait around with the anticipation of Sandslash's recovery so after settling terms with Nurse Joy over a room for the week, I headed over to Officer Jenny's station in Cerulean. "Officer, I have a Pokémon I need you to see" I she, she came over with a confused look on her face "you need me to see… a Pokémon? Why?" I repeated to her what I witnessed and she told me she'll get right on with examining the Trainer ID of the Druddigon through its Pokeball "that's very brave what you did young man, do you have any notable trainers in your family?" here we go I thought before saying "my father's Donovan, if that's anything" she had a look of shock "DONOVAN… THE GROUND TYPE ELEMENTAL MASTER WHO STOPPED AN ENTIRE SWARM OF BEEDRILL WITH A PHANPHY DONOVAN?" "yep that's the one…" I said "he's probably one of the best ground-type trainers out there, shame he retired, to take care of you I imagine?" that familiar cut hurting once again "yeah. me and my mom when we moved from Hoenn" she kept pestering me with questions about my dad and how he feels about being a trainer, all of them hitting too close to home so I made up an excuse of needing to go to the Pokémon Center to check in for the night " well ok, come back if you want any updates on Druddigon, and a battle, I've always wanted to battle Donovan, I'm a ground type trainer myself so" and she kept on talking while I gathered my things and said my goodbyes.
I was about to go check out Route 5, which I heard had a connecting Underground Path which trainers battled on when I heard a rattle in the Incubator on my backpack The Egg is hatching! I realized, I threw up my party and had them all witness our new family member. "nooiii. BATTTT" it cried out… quite loudly in fact. "oh cool a Noibat, I've always wanted a dragon type." I said as we made our introductions "hi there Noibat, I'm Oscar, and these are my friends" she made her pleasantries with all our Pokémon "how about we call you Laura, you're about as loud as her isn't she Mikey?" he snickered when he realized I was referencing Laura, a fangirl of my father who pestered him for a battle for a solid month when we first moved here to Kanto.
The team (so far)
Tyrouge (Mikey): Steadfast. Mach punch, tackle, counter. Force Palm [male]
Machop: (Tyoge) No guard. Dynamic Punch, bulk up, pound. Dual Chop[Female]
Rhyhorn (Colossus) Lightning rod: horn attack, rock tomb. Superpower [Male]
Poliwag (Kulpa) Damp: Bubble beam, Pound. Endeavor [ male] *
Vulpix (Wisp) Flash fire: will-o-wisp, tackle. Fire Spin [female]
Noibat (Laura) Infiltrator: Screech, Wing Attack, Twister