Well, this is the next chapter, based on the game boy; after Angelina earns the Hive Badge and is heading toward Ilex forest but without the part of rescuing the Farfetch'd for the Charcoal apprentice. Enjoy!
Chapter 9: Ilex Forest Rivalry
The dewy grass sunk under Angelina's shoes as she strolled along through Ilex Forest, covered in puffy-shaped shadows with cookie-cutter blots of glittering sunlight. A small, old trail was marked only by flattened grass, and it wove ahead through the numerous trees that towered over her.
"It's so pretty here, I guess," Angelina said to herself merrily as she strolled along. The canopy whispered fervently as wind graced the forest. She smiled as the breeze teased her short bangs. "It smells like grass and flowers..."
Togepi was awake, and was currently squeaking for food, so Angelina fished around through her backpack for some blocks of Pokemon food to feed the Pokemon in her arms.
As Angelina came to a split in the road, she stopped to glance back and forth. She had already taken a wrong turn before, which landed her in an area that was sprawling with overgrowth. She was looking forward to trying to catch some new Pokémon. She was walking along, reading her Pokédex. She was trying to figure out what Pokémon she could catch here. She found a Pineco and it Self-Destructed in her face, so she missed catching it. She also saw a Spearow, but it flew away with its short wings.
"Hmph. I'll never catch a new Pokémon…." Angelina kept walking, and eventually came across a trainer with a Farfetch'd. She stopped to ask them for directions and found out that it was just ahead, about thirty yards away. She was almost at the exit when she froze and couldn't move; she heard someone laughing and saw a purple ball with large, glowing eyes and surrounded by gas appear in front of her. It was soon accompanied by a very familiar figure; it was a boy with long raven-colored hair wearing a black jacket with red trimming and blue jeans.
"What do you want, troublemaker?" Angelina asked. "And why can't I move?"
"Troublemaker? Ha! Wrong name, sweetie. You will soon hear my name all the time; I'll be in the news for beating the Elite 4 and becoming the Champion!" Seamus grinned proudly. "You're just under my Gastly's Mean Look. Give up while you're ahead!" he sneered, approaching the young girl, who tried to back away, however, she remained rooted to the spot.
"Never! The only thing you can get into the news for is causing damage to a Pokemon Lab and stealing a Pokemon!" Angelina yelled back, as her Togepi, still in her now frozen arms, began squeaking angrily at Seamus.
Seamus glanced over, and muttered, "Tch. More weaklings..." In response, the tips of Togepi's hands sparked slightly, causing Angelina's eyes to widen. "Did it...?"
Before anything else could be said, a huge gust of wind blasted through the area, knocking the two trainers onto their backs. Angelina now found herself able to move, and jumped to her feet. she gasped, "Was that...a Whirlwind?" she took out her Pokedex.
"Metronome, a non-damaging Normal-type move that randomly selects any attack." the Pokedex informed, and then Angelina pointed the device at Seamus' Pokemon. "Gastly, the Gas Pokemon. With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind."
"Fight me, right here and now!" Seamus demanded.
Angelina nodded, taking a Pokeball off her belt and threw it in the air. "Go, Charcoal!" her Charmeleon growled as it appeared, swishing its flaming tail in confidence.
"Gastly, Confuse Ray!"
With this command, the monkey Pokemon fired several stars at Silver, who leaped to the side, causing the forest to light up slightly with the impact. At this time, Silver yelled,
The Ghost-type appeared in front of Charmeleon, and tried to use the debilitating attack on it, however, the Lizard Pokemon dodged; its flame on the end of its tail glows white and slams onto Gastly's head, sending it rocketing to the ground.
"What attack was that?!" Angelina pressed buttons on her Pokedex.
"Iron Tail, a move that inflicts damage with a steel-hard tail."
Seamus growled, recalling his Gastly and threw out another Pokeball. "Go, Zubat!" A small, blue bat with no eyes appeared.
"Then I choose, Rocky!" Angelina recalled her Charmeleon and called upon the Rock Pokemon, Geodude. It punches the ground and makes rocks fly at Zubat, almost taking it out, but retaliates by hitting Geodude with one of its wings, doing very little damage. Geodude finishes off Zubat by tackling it to the ground. Seamus recalled Zubat, and sends out a blue-colored crocodile-like Pokemon with a big yellow jaw, a yellow belly, and it had red spikes on its head and down its back.
Angelina took out her Pokedex. "Croconaw, the Big Jaw Pokémon. Once Croconaw has clamped its jaws on its foe, it will absolutely not let go. Because the tips of its fangs are forked back like barbed fishhooks, they become impossible to remove when they have sunk in."
Angelina was thinking about sending out Unown, but the Psychic Pokemon was too low leveled, and judging by the way Croconaw battled it was probably at a very high level. Her best bet was her Marill. The Aqua Mouse needed little training; she figured she could hold her own against the next gym leader, along with Charmeleon. She recalls her Geodude and sends out Marill, hoping to freeze Croconaw with a barrage of Ice attacks.
"Spritz, Powder Snow!" Angelina commanded.
"Ha! That weak attack won't be very effective against Croconaw! He has resistance against Ice attacks!" Seamus smirked. He was right, too. Marill had nothing but Ice and Water attacks, and therefore did not stand a chance against Croconaw. But then Angelina remembered how she took down Falkner's Pidgeotto: Rollout!
"Spritz, Rollout, now!"
Marill curled up into a ball and started rolling along the ground towards its opponent. Marill hits Croconaw, turned around, then headed towards him again to strike him a second time. Angelina knew as well as Marill did, the more times you use Rollout consecutively without missing, the more damage it does. Marill only needed to hit Croconaw one more time to knock it unconscious. Croconaw leapt up into the air, hoping to dodge it. Marill saw this in time, and also jumped up into the air, knocking Croconaw down towards the earth, fainted.
"Croconaw, no! Get up and fight right now!" Seamus stalked over to Croconaw and bellowed at him, but the Crocodile Pokemon was unresponsive. Seamus sighed, recalling the Pokemon. "Oh, well…. this last should get you good…. he's not gonna lose to a second-rate trainer like you! Go, Pineco!"
The bag-worm Pokemon came out of its Pokéball, and appeared to have no attacks what so ever. Marill hit it with a Water Gun, but nothing happened.
"Hey, what's going on here? Is this some kind of a joke?" Angelina asked, and pressed buttons on her Pokedex.
"Protect. It protects the user from all effects of moves that target it during the turn it is used, including damage."
"It's no joke at all!" Seamus responded.
Marill was giving it all she had, but it wasn't enough. Nothing could get through Protect. Finally, Pineco stopped using Protect and instead used a Tackle. Marill got mad and used Water Gun. Marill was too fast for the low-level Pineco, and nailed it against a tree. Just then, it started glowing.
"No, Pineco, don't Self-Destruct!" Seamus said. But it wasn't going to Self-Destruct; Angelina noticed the Pokemon was taking a different form as the white light disappeared. It was a large and round cocoon-like species of Pokemon with two steel pinkish plates positioned on the top and bottom of its body and four tube-like spikes protruding out.
"Wow, your Pokemon evolved!" Angelina said, taking out her Pokedex for identification.
"Forretress, the Bagworm Pokemon. Its entire body is shielded by a steel-hard shell that opens when catching prey. What lurks inside the armor is a total mystery."
"Bout time," Seamus muttered. "Use Tackle now!"
Forretress was much larger than Marill, and so tackling was devastating. Forretress was about to use another Tackle when Angelina thought of a way to avoid it.
"Spritz, dive under the water!" Angelina commanded. There was a small pond behind them, and when Marill spotted it, she dove under.
"Ha, that won't stop us! Forretress, Swift!" Unfortunately for Seamus, Marill had a great advantage being in water, and easily avoided Swift.
At Angelina's command, Marill jumped out of the water and hit Forretress with Water Gun. Due to its own weight, Forretress couldn't help but fall into the water. It was also sinking due to its weight. Marill released white-blue bubbles at great speed, damaging Forretress severely.
"Use Rapin Spin!" Seamus ordered.
Forretress pulls its horns into its body and closes up its shell; it began spinning and created a whirlpool. It still couldn't get out of the water.
"End this with Explosion!" Seamus yelled.
Forretress glowed white and explodes violently, sending Marill flying out of the water and landed on the ground unconscious and with bruises from the blow.
"Oh Spritz, I'm sorry hun. You were great and deserve a long rest." Angelina whispered, recalling her Marill to the Pokeball. She noticed Seamus did not recall his Forretress.
"You can have it, Angelina," Seamus said arrogantly. "I don't want a weakling."
"What? You are just going to abandon it?" Angelina gasped. "You are a horrible trainer! I feel sorry for your Pokémon!"
"Well don't." Seamus replied coldly. "The ones that aren't weaklings like him get the attention they deserve." He turned around, walking deeper into the forest and out of her sight.
Angelina looked at the injured Forretress that Seamus had abandoned. You could look into its eyes and see that it was hurt. And not just physically; it was emotionally hurt, any trainer could see that. She gave it a Super Potion to heal it.
"Go on, you need to stay here in the forest. That trainer isn't coming back for you. He is a bad trainer, don't miss him. If you stay here in the forest, you'll be much better off than if you went with him," Angelina explained.
"Forrret…." the Bagworm Pokemon wanted to go with Angelina, but she knew that he'd be better off in the forest.
"You have to stay here. I have to go to Goldenrod City. We have our separate paths. Yours is to stay here." Angelina was talking to him as if it was her own.
"Forret Forrr…." Forretress understood, which Angelina picked up the Pokemon and placed it in a tree. She knew that what she did was right and she wouldn't regret it.
§To Be Continued§
*Angelina defeats her rival, Seamus in their second battle.
*Angelina walks through Ilex Forest.
*Togepi learns Metronome, Charmeleon learns Iron Tail.
*Seamus releases a Forretress after losing in battle, and after Angelina heals the Pokemon, she says its better off living in Ilex Forest than joining her.
So Angelina defeats her rival and helped out a Forretress, now she is on her way to the next city and a new badge. Stay tuned for the next chapter, reviews are welcomed. Thanks for reading!