Pokemon 101

Season 1-Kanto

Chapter 26-Mistake

Battle Re-cap
Pkmn Trainer Anne
Bellsprout (KOed by Staryu)
Jigglypuff Wigglytuff

vs.

Gym Leader Misty
Staryu (KOed by Jigglypuff)
Starmie

Wigglytuff, the Balloon Pokemon. The evolved form of Jigglypuff. The body is soft and rubbery. When angered, it will suck in air and inflate itself to an enormous size.

Misty paused for a few moments, Anne's eyes continuing to sparkle as her smile faded slightly. "wait...but Jigglypuff can only evolve with a..."

"Moon Stone," Misty finished, looking up and folding her arms. "When you dropped yours into the water earlier, its energies must've melded with the waters in the pool. So when your Jigglypuff fell in, it enabled it to evolve."

Anne's attention went back to the Normal-type as it twirled around, giving off an ecstatic smile and victorious squeak. The Trainer herself smirked as well, clenching her fists and uttering, "Perfect...now my victory is for certain!"

"Is that what you think?" Misty asked, smirking back before motioning forth. "An evolution isn't going to be enough to win this one! Starmie, Water Pulse!"

Several star-shaped energy blasts were fired from the gem in the middle of Starmie's body, Wigglytuff looking up slightly. Anne proceeded to pump a fist forward, shouting, "Let's crank up the volume, Wigglytuff!"

With this comment, the Balloon Pokemon leapt into the air, the star-shaped blasts proceeding to turn about in midair, following after their target. Wigglytuff looked down, only to abruptly open its mouth and begin taking a deep breath, its body beginning to expand outwards as air was sucked in. Misty gave off a slight blink before Wigglytuff let out a sonic scream, generating a powerful shockwave that distorted the air before it and crashed onto the pool from above, shattering the Swift attack and forcing Starmie onto its front from the force. Misty covered her ears, groaning lowly, "A Hyper Voice?"

"When I said crank up the volume, I wasn't being serious..." Anne grunted back, holding her head as the attack halted, Wigglytuff now preparing to land. Anne looked up, calling, "Keep up the assault with a Rollout!"

Misty was barely able to look up in time to see Wigglytuff curl into a ball, spinning about and shooting towards Starmie. "Nngh...Starmie, quick, Rapid Spin!"

The Water-type managed to push itself back onto its feet, leaping into the air and spinning about like a wheel. Wigglytuff landed on the ground where Starmie once was, only for its elastic body to cartoonishly squish upon hitting the ground, only to ricochet off and smack into the spinning Starmie, knocking both combatants off course and landing back on the ground. While Wigglytuff landed firmly, Starmie staggered about upon landing, the core in the middle of its body beginning to blink. Misty's eyes widened, the girl murmuring, "Oh no...Starmie, Recover!"

The gem in Starmie's body abruptly began glowing, the light extending to the rest of its body and causing Anne's eyes to widen. "No! We can't give it that opportunity! Wigglytuff, keep up the Rollout!"

With this command, the Normal-type curled up into a ball once more, shooting towards Starmie, who slowly looked up as its gem returned to its former luster, signifying that Recover had finished. "No!"

"Yes," Misty responded with a smile, pointing forward. "This match is over! Starmie, Water Pulse!"

Starmie lowered its head, quickly firing off a large orb of pulsating water towards Wigglytuff, Anne's eyes widening. "Quick, kick off the ground!"

Right before the attack landed, Wigglytuff managed to plant its feet onto the ground, abruptly kicking downwards and enabling its now unfurled body to leap over the Water Pulse, Misty and Starmie both looking up with a surprised expression. "What the..."

Anne's smirk returned, and she pointed forward rather forcefully, shouting, "NOW is when we finish it! Body Slam!"

Wigglytuff took in another deep breath, its body beginning to inflate outwards once more as its descended swiftly towards Starmie. The Mysterious Pokemon could only give off a small beep before being smashed into by the swollen Pokemon, Misty's eyes widening as Wigglytuff bounced off, spewing out the built up air and landing expertly on its feet. "Starmie!"

Despite this, the Water-type's now slightly cracked gem gave off a few more blinks before sputtering out, becoming dim and signifying its depleted energy. "YES! I won!" Anne abruptly cheered, pumping a fist into the air energetically.

Wigglytuff had span about, giving off several incoherent wails and mimicking holding out a microphone to its mouth. During this time, Misty had walked over to Anne on the other side of the pool, the little girl glancing at her as she approached. "Well, it seems you've beaten me," Misty uttered, slowly reaching into her coat with a small smile. "And for that, you've won the Cascade Badge."

With this comment, Misty pressed a small object into Anne's palm; a small, blue, teardrop-shaped pendant. Anne pocketed it, giving a nod and smirking. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it," Misty responded with a nod, looking up. "I'd suggest you head south, to Vermillion City next."

Anne proceeded to twirl around on her heel, waving a hand about and saying, "Goooooot it. But I've gotta check up on my mentor and this other guy I travel with. Probably still at the cape chatting about dorky stuff like computers and collections."

-Meanwhile-

Battle Re-cap
Pkmn Trainer Demitri
Porygon
Aerodactyl
?

vs.

Pkmn Trainer Zack
Pidgeotto (KOed by Porygon)
Rattata (KOed by Aerodactyl)
Charmeleon

Demitri and Aerodactyl both gave off a slight blink as Charmeleon stomped forcefully on the ground, giving off a slight growl; it was a large difference when compared to the docile Charmander Demitri had seen prior. "Tch, you're in over your head, kid," Ranoku called leisurely, waving a hand around. "Demitri, show that overgrown salamander what a real dino's like."

The teen gave a slight nod, looking up at Aerodactyl. The Fossil Pokemon stepped forward slightly, only to get down on all fours and give off a massive screech towards Charmeleon, forcing it to wince and turn away slightly. Not too long after it had done so, however, Charmeleon turned back towards Aerodactyl with an unimpressed stare, giving off a growl before Zack shouted, "Give it a dosage of Dragon Rage!"

Charmeleon obeyed, abruptly shooting off a large blast of energy at Aerodactyl's face and causing it to screech in anger from the attack, staggering back and covering its face. Ranoku's smile faded as the blackened Aerodactyl glanced back down at Charmeleon, who was now glaring at it with glowing eyes and a malevolent smirk. The action caused the Rock-type to quickly dive behind Demitri, quivering and peering behind its Trainer nervously. Everyone fell silent as one of Ranoku's eyes twitched, Ilohe abruptly bursting into spontaneous laughter, holding her sides and bowing slightly. "Wow Ranoku, I'm VERY impressed! I didn't think it was possible to raise such a cowardly Pokemon!"

"Demitri!" Ranoku barked in a rather annoted fashion, the teen glancing at him with a glazed expression and gently rubbing the side of the pterodactyl's head. "What the hell is it doing?"

"It's scared," Demitri responded blandly, returning Aerodactyl to its Ball. "After being returned to a world wildly different from its own, you'd expect it to be."

"But to get intimidated by a Scary Face from something not even half its size?" Ranoku shouted back, the can in his hand quivering angrily.

Demitri gave off a rather irate frown, waving a hand about. "Don't get your panties in a wad, I've still got two Pokemon left."

With this comment, the teen tossed forth his next Ball, abruptly releasing Abra to the field. It looked up ever so slightly at Charmeleon, who gave off another wide smirk as some flames leaked from its mouth. "This oughta be good," Zack remarked with a wide smirk. "Ember!"

Several blasts of flame were shot towards Abra, Demitri motioning forth and calling, "Dodge with Teleport!"

Abra abruptly vanished out of the way, Charmeleon blinking as the Psychic-type reappeared behind it. "Now hit it with a..." Demitri slowly trailed off, glancing over at Ranoku and murmuring, "...what else does Abra know again?"

"Teleport."

Demitri fell silent, staring at Ranou expectantly. "...and?"

A few more moments passed in silence, Ranoku staring at Demitri with a serious expression. Finally, Ilohe's explosive laughter returned, the girl hunched over and earning a glance from Demitri. "Ranoku didn't tell you? Teleport is all Abra can do! It doesn't have any offensive attacks!"

Demitri's eyes shot open and he cast a rather hateful glare at Ranoku, the teen frowning and shooting back, "Well I didn't know you'd be thrown into a battle with my honor at stake! I was gonna save that revelation for a time when it'd be funny and NOT at my expense!"

"Some teacher you are..." Demitri uttered in a rather irritated fashion, turning back to Abra, who continued to attempt to avoid all of Charmeleon's attacks, Zack, Hayden, and Ilohe continuing to give off several hysterical laughs before Abra alighted itself on Demitri's back, ducking under his shoulder with a nervous squeak. The teen proceeded to return Abra to its Ball, Ilohe finally wiping a tear from her eye and stopping her laughter long enough to speak.

"Well Ranoku, it's only taken one of my student's Pokemon to completely change the flow of this battle!" Ranoku cast Ilohe another glare, the teenage girl putting a finger to her chin in thought. "I'll be nice and offer you a chance to surrender now before you're made into an even bigger fool than you already are."

"Up yours, bitch!" Ranoku spat back, turning to Demitri with a rather irritated glare. "You'd better take out that Charmeleon or I'M going to take YOU out!"

This only earned another hysterical cackle from Ilohe, who remarked rather energetically, "I was wondering whether you actually flew that way!"

Ignoring the barrage of laughter from his opponents and the obscene shouting from Ranoku, Demitri tossed his final Poke Ball forth, releasing Porygon to the field. It gave a shiver before looking up, Charmeleon's smirk returning. "This battle isn't over yet. Porygon, hit it with a Psybeam!"

With this command, Porygon fired a blast of rainbow-colored energy towards Charmeleon, Zack looking up just in time to shout, "Dodge and retaliate with Dragon Rage!"

Charmeleon quickly hopped to the side as the attack smashed into the ground, charging up a ball of energy and shooting it towards Porygon. The Virtual Pokemon ducked under the attack, Demitri calling, "Now Sharpen and hit it with a Tackle!"

All of Porygon's flat edges rather abruptly popped outwards into rather pointed, triangular protrusions as it charged forward, preparing for a stab with its now blade-like nose. Zack furrowed his brow and commanded, "Block it with a Scratch!"

Charmeleon extended its claws, quickly beginning to swat Porygon's bladed protrusions away with great proficiency, both sides grunting and buzzing from the repeated swipes and stabs. Finally, Charmeleon managed to grab a hold of Porygon's bladed nose, causing the Virtual Pokemon's eyes to widen as its opponent tossed it to the ground, shattering the blade and causing the rest of its sharpened portions to abruptly dissipate. Demitri and Ranoku's eyes both widened, the former shouting, "Quick, get out of there!"

"Blast it with Dragon Rage!" Zack ordered, Charmeleon attempting to fire a blast at point-blank range. Porygon barely managed to scramble away from the explosion as it was fired, levitating back as Charmeleon continued to attempt and blast it, the Normal-type avoiding each attack with seemingly increasing difficulty. Demitri had begun gritting his teeth together as Zack gave off a hysterical laugh, pointing forth and shouting, "Just about done now! Get it with a Scary Face!"

Charmeleon's eyes abruptly widened and gave off a bright glow, Porygon glancing at it with a shocked expression and suddenly causing it to flinch. Ranoku gripped his drink tighter, causing it to crumple ever so slightly and sending some of its contents leaking out the top. "Demitri, attack it NOW!"

"Psybeam!" said teen commanded, Porygon firing off a blast of psychic energy towards its Fire-type opponent.

Ilohe, however, smirked, uttering, "Hmph...I thought it'd come to this. Zack?"

Said boy gave off a slight nod, shouting, "Overpower it with a Dragon Rage!"

Charmeleon abruptly shot forth another blast of energy, impacting Porygon's Psybeam and quickly beginning to shred through it, Demitri and Ranoku's eyes widening. "What?"

The attack landed with a powerful explosion on Porygon, resulting in the Virtual Pokemon giving off a rather loud buzz before collapsing with a dull thunk to the ground, shivering slightly. Demitri's eyes widened as it attempted to slowly get up, the teen biting his lower lip. "Porygon..."

"It's not down yet," Ilohe uttered rather flatly, glancing at Zack. "We need a decisive KO, got it?"

The boy nodded in response, pointing forward and commanding, "Ember!"

Charmeleon quickly opened its mouth, firing off a large barrage of flaming darts towards Porygon. It was completely unable to avoid and was smashed by the attack, pinned to the tree behind it and causing it to give off several frantic buzzes and distorted beeps, Demitri's eyes widening slightly as he watched several char marks appear on the Virtual Pokemon's body, some parts of it denting slightly form the excessive force and heat. The attack finally resulted in Porygon's pupils being replaced with "x"s, signifying a KO. No one else, however, seemed to notice, the attack keeping on and causing Demitri to clench both fists. "STOP!"

The teen's rather forceful command caused Zack to blink and glance at him with a curious expression, lifting a hand and signalling for Charmeleon to halt its assault. Ilohe gave a small frown, glancing at Zack and shouting irately, "Hey! Just because your opponent tells you to stop doesn't mean you do it!"

Demitri had taken the opportunity to dash to Porygon's side, scooping up the charred and burnt body of the Virtual Pokemon and causing Zack to blink before glancing at Ilohe. "It's KOed, that's why he told me to stop, genius."

Ilohe gave a slight blink, glancing at Porygon's responseless expression and causing her to shrug. "Fair enough. Next Pokemon, let's get to i-"

"I forfeit," Demitri rather abruptly responded, his response causing Ranoku to abruptly spew the contents of his beverage all in front of him.

"You WHAT?" the teen barked in an unbelievable fashion, turning to Demitri as he cast him a rather serious expression.

"I'm not going to battle for YOUR reputation and honor if this is what's going to happen." Demitri's gaze went to the battered and charred body of Porygon, which gave a rather weak beep before going limp once more. "I'm going to the Pokemon Center. You win."

Zack gave off a slight blink as Ilohe's smirk widened, the girl folding her arms with a rather victorious laugh. "Hah! Who's the better teacher now, Ranoku?"

The girl glanced at her rival as he stepped forcefully towards Demitri, shouting, "Get back here! This battle isn't over yet! I forbid you from forfeiting to any Trainer, ESPECIALLY not her!"

"First, I didn't forfeit to her, I forfeited to Zack. Second, I don't care," Demitri responded rather forcefully, turning towards Ranoku with a hateful glare. "Joining up with you was a mistake. This whole journey was a mistake. I'm going to the Pokemon Center, having my Pokemon rejuvenated, and then I'm going back home."

Without another word to be said, Demitri began walking off, Ranoku continuing to stare at him with an expression of disbelief and an enraged expression. "Wow Ranoku, I didn't think you were THAT bad a teacher!" Ilohe remarked with a light giggle, turning towards Zack and Hayden. "Come on, our next stop is Vermillion."

Hayden gave a slight nod and glanced at Zack, who continued to stare after Demitri with a blank expression before glancing back at them. "...right."

The trio proceeded to walk off at this, just in time for the image of Anne to be seen rushing along the bridge with a large, victorious grin on her face. "Hey! Hey! Guys! I won!"

"Don't care," Demitri uttered rather blankly, walking right past her and causing Anne to pause, looking after him with a large frown.

"Hey! Don't ignore me like that! I'm talking to you! HEY!" When Demitri didn't respond, Anne fell silent, glancing back at Ranoku as he approached. Upon noticing the teen's rather sour expression, Anne's smile faded slightly. "...what's wrong? What happened?"

"Nothing," Ranoku responded rather bluntly, tossing his now empty drink can to the side, Anne watching as it clattered harmlessly to the ground. "You got the Cascade Badge, right?" Anne's nod prompted Ranoku to pull forth a Poke Ball, releasing his Salamence in a pillar of light. "In that case, we're headed to Vermillion."

Anne gave off a surprised blink, glancing down the bridge as Demitri disappeared over it. "What about Demitri? We're not gonna wait for him?"

"No," Ranoku responded, clambering onto the dragon's back. "As of now you're my only student."

The little girl paused, glancing back at Ranoku before giving a wide smile. "I thought you'd NEVER say that!" Without another word to be said, she hopped onto Salamence after Ranoku, the dragon roaring once more before taking off into the air, its tail smashing Ranoku's discarded can before rocketing off into the setting sun.