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Chapter 37: Water Showdown
Rachel jumped for the Marshstomp, water spewing from her mouth. It was a direct hit and caused Marshstomp to stumble over backwards. Rachel took advantage of this and smacked her tail against the sides of his face. She jumped backwards then, ready in a defensive stance.
She seemed like a whole different person to me. This wasn't the Rachel I knew, this Rachel was violent, ready for anything. His stance showed as much. She was half-crouched, her narrowed eyes focused on her opponent, waiting for the strike. She seemed to be running on instinct, not thinking, just doing.
Finally, the attack came. Marshstomp flew at her, his tail glowing, but Rachel was ready. She jumped into the air just as the Iron Tail was about to hit and began spinning. She pulled herself inside her shell and started to spin faster and faster. Soon, all I could see was a brown and yellow blur.
Marshstomp stared at her as she spinned, confused as to what she was doing, and then, in the blink of an eye, he was on the ground. Rachel had run into him and she was comin back around for another hit. She wasn't spinning quite as fast now, but it was still effective. The Marshstomp didn't even have time to get up before he was knocked over again. And again. And again. And again. Finally, Rachel stopped and stood in her defensive stance again.
"Get up, Marshstomp!" The man in black yelled angrily to his Pokemon that was struggling on the ground.
"Yes, m-master," He said loosely pulling himself up. He tottered a little and then fell to the ground, fainted.
"You idiot!! That was a Squirtle for goodness sake!!" The man yelled and ran into the field. He kicked the Marshstomp in his side causing him to go flying off to the side of the field. I ran over to where he was falling without thinking. I ran faster than I ever had before, it was like time had slowed around me, and then, not even a second later, I stopped under him and he landed on my back.
I lowered myself to the ground, carefully, making sure he didn't fall off. I then rolled to my side slightly, letting him slide off my back. He gently landed in the sand and I examined him quickly. He seemed to be okay, beside the large bruise blossoming out from his chest. I flinched at that, but turned away from him, he needed to rest.
All of this happened in under five seconds, so the shock of the man in black kicking his Pokemon was still on every one's faces. Timothy hadn't even said anything to him yet, he was so surprised. Rachel had turned back into the Pokemon I knew and was staring at him closely. The man, on the other hand, was walking back to his place like nothing'd happened. I growled lowly at him, but he couldn't hear it.
"Well," he said once he was back on his side, "are we going to get his battle going or what?"
"You've been disqualified," Timothy said, almost back to normal.
"What!? How? The rules clearly state that the battle must continue until one person defeats the other person's Pokemon." H e said matter-of-factly, he even pulled out a trainer's guide from his bag and opened it to the page that said that. Timothy sighed, realizing that persuading him wasn't worth the effort.
"Fine," he said, "but I don't want to see behavior like that again." The man rolled his eyes, but didn't say anything. "Choose your Pokemon." Rachel looked back to Marius, who nodded. She turned back around, turning into the extreme fighter I saw earlier.
"Even though you're water type, my Vibrava should have no problem defeating you!" He said and threw the pokeball. A green, dragonfly-like Pokemon popped out. It had a yellow body and green, insectlike wings on its back. Rachel wouldn't have a problem with this, it was ground-dragon after all. She must've known this because a smile flashed on her face when the Pokemon came out.
"Go!" Timothy said and Rachel stood up straight. Her eyes were closed, like she was concentrating. Vibrava didn't waste time thinking of what she was doing, she dove straight for her…and missed. She hit the ground instead, causing the sand to pick up into the air. She started rolling in the ground, kicking up sand all the while.
Suddenly, I figured out that she hadn't missed, she was right on target. She'd kicked up a huge dust cloud. I couldn't see what was going on now, and I was sure Rachel didn't have much of an idea either. That is, until I saw what she did.
The dust started moving in a circle, almost like a horizontal tornado. And then, as quickly as it started moving, it totally evaporated to reveal a gigantic blue beam shooting through it, destroying it. The beam seemed almost solid, and when the sun hit it, it was like a gigantic diamond with all the facets glimmering. I stared at it, wide-eyed, amazed by it.
Vibrava had been hit by the now disappearing Ice Beam, and was frozen in a chunk of ice, obviously fainted. I stared at the icy dragon-ground Pokemon, but then I was suddenly blinded by white light coming from Rachel's direction.
She was covered in white light and she was growing, fast. Soon, she was a little over two feet tall. Two small feathery appendages appeared on her ears and her tail grew longer, more pronounced. The light began to fade to reveal Rachel, but different. She was a Wartortle now. I marveled.
"Congrats, Rachel!" I yelled to her and she looked at me in confusion. I returned the look. "You're a Wartortle now." She looked at me with wide eyes and then examined herself.
"Wow…" She said as she looked at her curled tail. A smile covered her face. Then she realized the new power she held. She took a new stance, leaning in slightly with her palms open and out, as if ready to fire an attack or dodge a blow.
"Return, Vibrava," the man said, holding out his pokeball. The icicle of Pokemon disappeared inside of it. Suddenly the man snickered. "Piece of cake." He said, pulling out his last pokeball. "Go! Nidoking!"
In a blast from the pokeball, a gigantic Pokemon appeared in front of Rachel. It towered over her, making her seem like a bug in comparison. Rachel had just evolved, and now she was face to face with what would be the greatest challenge of her life so far.
"Rachel!" Marius called to her, "Get back!"
"No! I won't back down!" She answered him, disobeying his order.
"But, Rachel…" Marius started and she grunted.
"No." She said smoothly and then addressed Nidoking, "Give it your best shot," she growled, eyes narrowed.
"Go!" Timothy yelled and we waited for the battle to begin.
A/N: How was it? Now Rachel's going to face off with a Nidoking. Will she win and accomplish her hopes? Or will she lose, causing devastation to her own self. And what do you think of the man in black? And what about his Marshstomp? Review please! Find out next time!! The next chapter is going to be what no one expects.
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