Some days passed until we arrived in Violet City. We encountered a lot of trainers and even more wild Pokémon on our way. It was a kind of exhausting but also fun trip. Travis I became stronger with every battle we fought. It made me wonder how strong a Pokémon could even become. Right now we passed a small house connecting Route 31 to Violet City, when we suddenly heard someone calling from behind.
"Hey Jess, long time no see."
We turned around to see who was calling and saw a young boy at the same age as Jess standing in the corner of the house. He was slightly taller than Jess, wore a red shirt and brown shorts. His hair was rather short and blonde, mostly covered by a blue cap.
"Phil? What are you doing here?"
Who's that? I asked Travis.
That's Phil, he started his journey the same day as Jess, we had our very first battle against him just when we got out of Professor Elms lab. After that he was going ahead of us, and we haven't met since then.
Who won that battle?
We won, but it was because I did a critical hit, and Phil said that didn't count.
"What I'm doing here? The same as you do. But I wonder if you've gotten stronger since our first fight. Last time you only won because you were lucky."
"Alright let's settle this." They took position.
"2 Pokémon, no switch out" Phil said.
"Fine. Nick you go first."
"It's your turn, Krok." Phil grabbed a Pokéball and opened it, while in front of him a Totodile appeared.
'A Water-type battle huh?'
"Nick use Focus Energy!" - "Kroko use Scratch!"
I took a deep breath and focussed my energy, falling into a stage of concentration again. Krok charged towards me and hit me with his Scratch Attack. He seemed quite slow, at least slower that a Pidgey or a Rattata, but that didn't prevent his attack from doing some damage.
"Use Tackle now Nick" - "Go for another Scratch Krok!"
We charged at another I was looking for a weak point but I couldn't find one. My Tackle hit before his scratch, but he stayed on his feet and hit me with his scratch again. It hurt a lot but it wasn'tenough to take me down.
"Use Watergun now Nick" - "Scratch him again Krok!"
I was confuesd for a second. 'Water type moves hit other Water types not very effective. But there was no time to think. Just do it, maybe she has a plan. I charged my energy for my Watergun when I noticed theres some kind of hidden energy I could use. Why have I never noticed that before? When I fired my Watergun, it was stronger as usual, hitting Krok and pushing him against the wall, where he fainted.
Phil recalled Krok to his Pokéball.
"Alright now it's your turn Spark!" he grabbed another Pokéball and a Pikachu apperaed before me.
'An electric type...that's not good.'
"Nick use Watergun again." - "Thundershock Spark!"
Before I could do anything, Spark hit me with his Thundershock attack. My whole body felt like it was burning. I couldn't move and everything went black around me.