Authors Note: Well, episode 21 is here... Can you imagine? I have no
Writers Block yet...
This is a quite long episode, so enjoy it...
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Growlithe seemed nailed to the ground like a stone statue when Weepinbell sent its vine whips against it.
But Treecko saved Jasons Pokémon. It jumped thru the air and took a steady grip of the vine whips, using them as ropes to throw Weepinbell backwards.
Growlithe was released from the paralysation ((Is that a word? Hope you know what I mean...)), and it turned its fierce look towards Scyther.
"Ember!" Jason shouted, and Growlithe exhaled, to let out a flame that sent Scyther flying backwards.
Treecko was there the moment after and tackled it, but it got tackled itself by Weepinbell.
Treecko managed to get up, but Scyther didn't. Suddenly, Weepinbell was outnumbered.
"You're two against one!" Carrie yelled. "Use your speed!"
Growlithe and Treecko used their speed to attack from different directions, and Weepinbell was to slow to defend itself.
"Finish it with a flamethrower!" Jason commanded, but Barry ran out on the battle field, holding his hands in the air just like Jason did the day before...
"It's enough!" he said, recalling Weepinbell. "As a Pokémon Trainer, its your duty to know where to stop the fighting. You know when its time to end the fight. I do too."
Jason screamed of happiness and started to do a victory dance.
"We won!" he shouted to Carrie and grabbed her, and started to dance with her.
"Yes we did, Jason. WE won..."
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"A tournament is held on the Trainers Course outside Galledon Village" Carrie said, watching a broschure. "Galledon is only 10 kilometres from here, and the tournament is held tomorrow. Should we enter it? Galledon is on the route to our next gym anyway..."
"Sure. Our Pokémon need some training."
After two hours they reached a small village with a homely feel. The sun was setting in the horizon.
Jason entered the Poké Center, and Carrie ran to the Competition Office to register for the tournament.
"Here!" she said, giving Jason a small card. "We'll find out who our opponents are in the morning."
They crawled into their sleeping bags.
Jason dreamt exactly the same dream as the day before.
He woke up, abrubtly. He let his eyes wander around in the dark Poké Center.
Suddenly, he spotted a shadow, moving past the large window. And another one.
"Carrie..." he whispered and pointed towards the window. His hand was shaking..." There's someone there"
Carrie woke up, but she only shook her head.
"Go to bed, Jason. We must go up early in the morning..."
She fell asleep again.
Jason still stared out thru the window. Someone was there. He knew it. He could feel it.
"Aw, get a grip, Jason" he said to himself. "Everyone can have a nightmare twice in a row... And the moon is probably creating those shadows anyway..."
But it didn't matter how hard he tried.
He couldn't pretend that nothing was there.
And he couldn't sleep either...
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Carrie woke him up seven o´clock. He fell asleep very late, and he was tired when he forced himself out of the sleeping bag.
He slowly got dressed and Teddyursa climbed onto his shoulder.
He decided not to tell Carrie of his nightmare. He didn't want to bother her.
Probably it was nothing more than a bad dream.
"It's ten kilometres to the Trainers Course." Carrie said. She was already done. "The contest starts at ten."
After an hour, they reached a huge battle field in the middle of the forest. A Poké Center was to be seen not far away from it, and there was also a Mart.
About a hundred people were there, mostly spectators.
The two made their way through the crowd, to watch the message board.
"You're up to... David from Ritter City...he's come a long way... My opponent is...let's see...Victor from Galledon Village...a local trainer... But it doesn't say what the winner's prize is..."
Jason carefully watched the message board.
"At least we don't have to face each other..." he said. "Good luck, Carrie... You are in the first battle.."
A man with short beard placed himself in the middle of the enormous battle field.
The whole crowd turned towards him and the murmur ended abruptly.
"Welcome to the annual tournament held on the Trainers Course. My name is Rick, and I will be the referee during your battles. The best trainers from Hushido Island is gathered here to meet each other in an elimination-style tournament, which simply means: If you lose, you're out. We hope to see exciting battles between all the experienced trainers that have come here, and whoever the winner is, I'm sure that he, or she, will be a worthy one..."
"What's the prize?" someone yelled.
"Its a secret" Rick said with a neutral look on his face.
A sigh was to be heard from the crowd.
"The first battle will be held between Victor...who will all know about..."
Rick was cut off in the middle of the sentence when the crowd started to cheer.
"And Carrie, from Crystal Town" he continued.
Jason was the only one applauding.
"Please enter your side of the battle field, and I will explain the rules."
Carrie walked to her side, and a tall, dark-haired guy placed himself opposite to her, on the other side of the giant field.
"Listen, everybody. You'll use three Pokémons each, and you throw your Pokéballs at the same time. The rules are simple. The first one with all three Pokémon knocked out, or recalled, will lose the battle. If your Pokémon leave the battle field, by their own or under other circumstances, they will be disqualified, and their respective trainer must choose a new Pokémon and count the disqualified Pokémon as used. Potions and other healing items are NOT allowed.... Are you ready? Then let the fight begin!"
Rick left the course.
"Three....Two...One...Go!"
"Come on, Carrie" Jason said, as Carrie and Victor threw their Pokéballs out on the battle area.
Carrie used Clefairy, and a Venomoth materialized in front of Victor.
"Venomoth! Stun spores!" Victor commanded, and the fight begun.
"Clefairy, watch out!"
Clefairy used its light body to avoid the powder that was released from Venomoths wings, and it counter-attacked with a tackle.
"Good job, Clefairy! Now, pound it!"
Clefairy tried to punch it, but Venomoth avoided the attack with ease.
"Keep slapping it, Clefairy! It can't avoid all of your attacks if you just use your speed!"
Clefairy tried desperately, but Venomoth dodged every attack.
"Why doesn't Venomoth attack?" Jason wondered, where he sat at the long side of the battle field. Teddyursa was eating honey from a bottle that it found in Jasons backpack.
"Clefairy! Tackle it!" Carrie yelled in one last attempt to hit Venomoth.
But Clefairy missed once again, and now Venomoth used its full power to attack Clefairy.
With a wave of psychic energy, Clefairy was sent flying backwards.
"Aw, I forgot it knows psychic attacks too..." Carrie said, biting her lips.
Venomoth released its stun spores, and Clefairy was nailed to the ground.
Venomoth started to tackle it around like a ball, and Clefairy landed in front of Carrie, unconscious.
"You did what you could, Clefairy" Carrie said and recalled the cute, pink Pokémon into a Pokéball, as she grabbed a new one. "Cubone, I choose you!"
Cubone materialized in front of Carrie. Victor choosed not to recall Venomoth, since it barely was wounded at all.
"Cubone! Hit it with your bonemerang!"
Cubone jumped into the air and tossed its bone towards Venomoth, who was to slow to avoid the attack.
It smashed into the ground, and Victor recalled it.
Now, the score was tied: 1-1. They both had two Pokémons left.
"Squirtle!" he shouted, tossing a Pokéball into the field. "Go!"
"Think, Carrie!" Jason mumbled. "Cubone is weak against Squirtles water- attacks... Cubone has to use its speed to win this fight."
As if Carrie had heard what Jason said, she shouted to Cubone: "Use your speed, and don't let it hit you with its water-attacks!"
Cubone did as it was told, and every time Squirtle launched a waterbeam, Cubone jumped aside.
"Cubone! Tackle!"
Cubone jumped aside as Squirtle launched a beam of bubbles, and then it threw itself towards Squirtle who was knocked backwards.
Squirtle got up on its feet, and it tackled Cubone on Victors orders. Cubone quickly got on its feets again, grabbing the bone harder with its small fists.
"They are exactly equal in power" Jason said, quietly to himself. "Its the skill of the trainer that will determine the outgoing of this fight."
"Cubone!" Carrie shouted. "Throw your bonemerang!"
Cubone tossed its bone towards thwe blue turtle, but Squirtle withdrew its head into its hard shell, and the bone fell to the ground.
It didn't damage Squirtle at all.
"Cubone!" Carrie yelled, pointing towards Squirtle. "Knock it out of the battle field with a tackle!"
Cubone nodded, and dashed towards Squirtle, who still was hiding inside its shell.
Cubone threw itself towards the shell, but Squirtle let its head out, to knock Cubone with full power.
"Come on, Cubone!" Carrie said to her Pokémon, who was struggling to get back on its feets again.
It managed to do it, but Squirtle was quickly there to tackle it down to the ground again.
"Cubone! Come back!" Carrie said and recalled Cubone. She grabbed Nidorans Pokéball. "Everything depends on you now, Nidoran..."
She tossed it out on the field, and Nidorans small, robust body was to bee seen when the white light had disappeared.
Victor had recalled Squirtle, and he had chosen a Machop.
"This last fight will be determinate!" Rick shouted in the large speakers. "Fast-running Nidoran versus hard-hitting Machop!"
"Give it your best, Nidoran!" Carrie said, as Victor smiled widely.
"This will be the quickest knock-out you've ever seen..." he said, laughing.
He raised his arm and pointed towards Nidoran.
"Machop! Mach punch!"
Suddenly, everything happened so fast. Machop launched its stone-hard fist towards Nidoran, who never had the chance to avoid the attack.
It was sent flying backwards and it landed on its back, nearly unconscious.
Carrie bit her lips...
"Come on, Nidoran... Get up!"
Nidoran desperately tried to regain its senses to get up on its feets again, and it did, after a long struggle.
Its legs were shaking, and it was unclear if it would be able to continue the fight.
But then Machop came running in full speed towards Carries Pokémon.
To deal the final, devastating blow...
Growlithe seemed nailed to the ground like a stone statue when Weepinbell sent its vine whips against it.
But Treecko saved Jasons Pokémon. It jumped thru the air and took a steady grip of the vine whips, using them as ropes to throw Weepinbell backwards.
Growlithe was released from the paralysation ((Is that a word? Hope you know what I mean...)), and it turned its fierce look towards Scyther.
"Ember!" Jason shouted, and Growlithe exhaled, to let out a flame that sent Scyther flying backwards.
Treecko was there the moment after and tackled it, but it got tackled itself by Weepinbell.
Treecko managed to get up, but Scyther didn't. Suddenly, Weepinbell was outnumbered.
"You're two against one!" Carrie yelled. "Use your speed!"
Growlithe and Treecko used their speed to attack from different directions, and Weepinbell was to slow to defend itself.
"Finish it with a flamethrower!" Jason commanded, but Barry ran out on the battle field, holding his hands in the air just like Jason did the day before...
"It's enough!" he said, recalling Weepinbell. "As a Pokémon Trainer, its your duty to know where to stop the fighting. You know when its time to end the fight. I do too."
Jason screamed of happiness and started to do a victory dance.
"We won!" he shouted to Carrie and grabbed her, and started to dance with her.
"Yes we did, Jason. WE won..."
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"A tournament is held on the Trainers Course outside Galledon Village" Carrie said, watching a broschure. "Galledon is only 10 kilometres from here, and the tournament is held tomorrow. Should we enter it? Galledon is on the route to our next gym anyway..."
"Sure. Our Pokémon need some training."
After two hours they reached a small village with a homely feel. The sun was setting in the horizon.
Jason entered the Poké Center, and Carrie ran to the Competition Office to register for the tournament.
"Here!" she said, giving Jason a small card. "We'll find out who our opponents are in the morning."
They crawled into their sleeping bags.
Jason dreamt exactly the same dream as the day before.
He woke up, abrubtly. He let his eyes wander around in the dark Poké Center.
Suddenly, he spotted a shadow, moving past the large window. And another one.
"Carrie..." he whispered and pointed towards the window. His hand was shaking..." There's someone there"
Carrie woke up, but she only shook her head.
"Go to bed, Jason. We must go up early in the morning..."
She fell asleep again.
Jason still stared out thru the window. Someone was there. He knew it. He could feel it.
"Aw, get a grip, Jason" he said to himself. "Everyone can have a nightmare twice in a row... And the moon is probably creating those shadows anyway..."
But it didn't matter how hard he tried.
He couldn't pretend that nothing was there.
And he couldn't sleep either...
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Carrie woke him up seven o´clock. He fell asleep very late, and he was tired when he forced himself out of the sleeping bag.
He slowly got dressed and Teddyursa climbed onto his shoulder.
He decided not to tell Carrie of his nightmare. He didn't want to bother her.
Probably it was nothing more than a bad dream.
"It's ten kilometres to the Trainers Course." Carrie said. She was already done. "The contest starts at ten."
After an hour, they reached a huge battle field in the middle of the forest. A Poké Center was to be seen not far away from it, and there was also a Mart.
About a hundred people were there, mostly spectators.
The two made their way through the crowd, to watch the message board.
"You're up to... David from Ritter City...he's come a long way... My opponent is...let's see...Victor from Galledon Village...a local trainer... But it doesn't say what the winner's prize is..."
Jason carefully watched the message board.
"At least we don't have to face each other..." he said. "Good luck, Carrie... You are in the first battle.."
A man with short beard placed himself in the middle of the enormous battle field.
The whole crowd turned towards him and the murmur ended abruptly.
"Welcome to the annual tournament held on the Trainers Course. My name is Rick, and I will be the referee during your battles. The best trainers from Hushido Island is gathered here to meet each other in an elimination-style tournament, which simply means: If you lose, you're out. We hope to see exciting battles between all the experienced trainers that have come here, and whoever the winner is, I'm sure that he, or she, will be a worthy one..."
"What's the prize?" someone yelled.
"Its a secret" Rick said with a neutral look on his face.
A sigh was to be heard from the crowd.
"The first battle will be held between Victor...who will all know about..."
Rick was cut off in the middle of the sentence when the crowd started to cheer.
"And Carrie, from Crystal Town" he continued.
Jason was the only one applauding.
"Please enter your side of the battle field, and I will explain the rules."
Carrie walked to her side, and a tall, dark-haired guy placed himself opposite to her, on the other side of the giant field.
"Listen, everybody. You'll use three Pokémons each, and you throw your Pokéballs at the same time. The rules are simple. The first one with all three Pokémon knocked out, or recalled, will lose the battle. If your Pokémon leave the battle field, by their own or under other circumstances, they will be disqualified, and their respective trainer must choose a new Pokémon and count the disqualified Pokémon as used. Potions and other healing items are NOT allowed.... Are you ready? Then let the fight begin!"
Rick left the course.
"Three....Two...One...Go!"
"Come on, Carrie" Jason said, as Carrie and Victor threw their Pokéballs out on the battle area.
Carrie used Clefairy, and a Venomoth materialized in front of Victor.
"Venomoth! Stun spores!" Victor commanded, and the fight begun.
"Clefairy, watch out!"
Clefairy used its light body to avoid the powder that was released from Venomoths wings, and it counter-attacked with a tackle.
"Good job, Clefairy! Now, pound it!"
Clefairy tried to punch it, but Venomoth avoided the attack with ease.
"Keep slapping it, Clefairy! It can't avoid all of your attacks if you just use your speed!"
Clefairy tried desperately, but Venomoth dodged every attack.
"Why doesn't Venomoth attack?" Jason wondered, where he sat at the long side of the battle field. Teddyursa was eating honey from a bottle that it found in Jasons backpack.
"Clefairy! Tackle it!" Carrie yelled in one last attempt to hit Venomoth.
But Clefairy missed once again, and now Venomoth used its full power to attack Clefairy.
With a wave of psychic energy, Clefairy was sent flying backwards.
"Aw, I forgot it knows psychic attacks too..." Carrie said, biting her lips.
Venomoth released its stun spores, and Clefairy was nailed to the ground.
Venomoth started to tackle it around like a ball, and Clefairy landed in front of Carrie, unconscious.
"You did what you could, Clefairy" Carrie said and recalled the cute, pink Pokémon into a Pokéball, as she grabbed a new one. "Cubone, I choose you!"
Cubone materialized in front of Carrie. Victor choosed not to recall Venomoth, since it barely was wounded at all.
"Cubone! Hit it with your bonemerang!"
Cubone jumped into the air and tossed its bone towards Venomoth, who was to slow to avoid the attack.
It smashed into the ground, and Victor recalled it.
Now, the score was tied: 1-1. They both had two Pokémons left.
"Squirtle!" he shouted, tossing a Pokéball into the field. "Go!"
"Think, Carrie!" Jason mumbled. "Cubone is weak against Squirtles water- attacks... Cubone has to use its speed to win this fight."
As if Carrie had heard what Jason said, she shouted to Cubone: "Use your speed, and don't let it hit you with its water-attacks!"
Cubone did as it was told, and every time Squirtle launched a waterbeam, Cubone jumped aside.
"Cubone! Tackle!"
Cubone jumped aside as Squirtle launched a beam of bubbles, and then it threw itself towards Squirtle who was knocked backwards.
Squirtle got up on its feet, and it tackled Cubone on Victors orders. Cubone quickly got on its feets again, grabbing the bone harder with its small fists.
"They are exactly equal in power" Jason said, quietly to himself. "Its the skill of the trainer that will determine the outgoing of this fight."
"Cubone!" Carrie shouted. "Throw your bonemerang!"
Cubone tossed its bone towards thwe blue turtle, but Squirtle withdrew its head into its hard shell, and the bone fell to the ground.
It didn't damage Squirtle at all.
"Cubone!" Carrie yelled, pointing towards Squirtle. "Knock it out of the battle field with a tackle!"
Cubone nodded, and dashed towards Squirtle, who still was hiding inside its shell.
Cubone threw itself towards the shell, but Squirtle let its head out, to knock Cubone with full power.
"Come on, Cubone!" Carrie said to her Pokémon, who was struggling to get back on its feets again.
It managed to do it, but Squirtle was quickly there to tackle it down to the ground again.
"Cubone! Come back!" Carrie said and recalled Cubone. She grabbed Nidorans Pokéball. "Everything depends on you now, Nidoran..."
She tossed it out on the field, and Nidorans small, robust body was to bee seen when the white light had disappeared.
Victor had recalled Squirtle, and he had chosen a Machop.
"This last fight will be determinate!" Rick shouted in the large speakers. "Fast-running Nidoran versus hard-hitting Machop!"
"Give it your best, Nidoran!" Carrie said, as Victor smiled widely.
"This will be the quickest knock-out you've ever seen..." he said, laughing.
He raised his arm and pointed towards Nidoran.
"Machop! Mach punch!"
Suddenly, everything happened so fast. Machop launched its stone-hard fist towards Nidoran, who never had the chance to avoid the attack.
It was sent flying backwards and it landed on its back, nearly unconscious.
Carrie bit her lips...
"Come on, Nidoran... Get up!"
Nidoran desperately tried to regain its senses to get up on its feets again, and it did, after a long struggle.
Its legs were shaking, and it was unclear if it would be able to continue the fight.
But then Machop came running in full speed towards Carries Pokémon.
To deal the final, devastating blow...