Chapter 1: Battle!
Dawn broke over Cinnabar Island. The squawks of the Fearow overhead served as the early morning wake up call. Zack groggily opened his eyes as his Electrode alarm clock rang.
"Good Morning!" Zack's mother said as she opened the door.
"Muphuggla… Go away!" Zack replied.
"That's no way to talk to your mother! If you are mean to me one more time, I won't take you to the match!"
Zack jumped out of bed. How could he have forgotten? He had been waiting months for the leader of the Cinnabar gym, Blaine, and some challenger from Pallet town.
"Well, what are we sitting around for? Let's go!" Zack yelled as he jumped out of bed. "I heard that the challenger is some old friend of Blaine!"
"Not so fast, you still have to feed meowmeow!" Meowmeow was the family Meowth. It was one of Zack's favorites, but he would miss the battle!
"Can we just take Meowmeow with us?" Zack whined.
"Well, I suppose just this once…"
Zack was already out the door. He had Meowmeow in his arms, and he started running down to the gym until a door swung open and hit him in the face.
"Hey, loser! Watch where you're going!" Yelled a voice. It was Mark, the local bully. He was the same age as Zack, but he was a lot bigger and meaner.
"You still have that mongrel of a cat?" Questioned Mark.
"Meowmeow is not a mongrel!"
"Oh, Mark, leave him alone." Said another voice. It was Rebecca, Mark's sister and the only person who stopped him from being cruel to others. "That Meowth is so cute!" She said as she came up and nuzzled meowmeow.
"Meow! Meowth!" Meowmeow said in an excited voice.
"Let's just get to the match…" Mark said, annoyed at his sister.
Cinnabar gym:
The atmosphere of the gym was tense. Hundreds of fans lined the seats of the gym. Blaine was on one side of the rocky battlefield, and the trainer was on the other.
"All right, the match is decided. It will be 3 on 3 with no switching unless your Pokemon faints. Is that clear?" The referee said into the microphone.
"Fine with me." Blaine said.
"Same here!" said the other trainer cheerfully.
"All right. Begin!" the ref said.
"Go, Ninetails!" Blaine said as he threw a poke ball. Suddenly, a white fox with nine tails popped out.
"Go! Pikachu!" The other trainer said as a yellow mouse with a lightning bolt shaped tail came from his side. This was odd, because most Pokemon stayed inside their pokeballs. But Zack didn't care. He just wanted to see the battle.
"Ninetails! Flamethrower attack!" Blaine yelled as the fox let loose a blast of fire. The electric mouse, as though he knew what was coming, dodged with ease.
"My turn! Pikachu! Quick Attack!" The trainer said as Pikachu rammed itself into the fox. Ninetails fell to the ground, wounded by the attack. The fox got up, and then attempted to hit Pikachu again with another flamethrower.
"Pikachu! Dodge!" The trainer yelled as the mouse instinctively dodged the blast of fire. Pikachu then countered with a Thundershock, and it hit Ninetails like a lightning rod. But that fox just kept coming. It got up and attacked again, this time with a double-team. Thousands of copies of the fox filled the room. They all preformed a dazzling fire spin attack, but the electric Pokemon dodged and hit them all with a thunderbolt.
"Wow, this battle is really heating up. No pun intended." Mark said.
"Shhhh!" Rebecca said as she slapped her brother.
"Ow….what was that for?"
Meanwhile, back on the battlefield, things were not looking good for Blaine. His Ninetails was injured badly, and it would faint soon. The fox got up again after dodging another of the mouse's attacks. But Pikachu just wouldn't give up. It delievered another bolt of thunder. Ninetails fell to the ground. It was over.
Blaine threw out his second pokeball. Out popped a Rhydon, an armored Pokemon who likes the heat. Rhydon started attacking, and Pikachu was starting to wear out from the battle against Ninetails. Pikachu managed to dodge a few more of Rhydon's attacks.
"All right! Rhydon, Finish it! Horn Drill!" Blaine shouted as Rhydon preformed a one-hit ko move on Pikachu.
Pikachu fell to the ground. His little body was all scratched up. "Pikachu!"
The trainer yelled as he picked up the limp body. "You'll pay for hurting Pikachu…"
"Oh, yeah! Like you have a Pokemon that can beat my Rhydon!" Blaine taunted.
"As a matter of fact, I do! Come on out, Charizard!" The trainer said as he popped out another Pokeball. This one contained a Dragon-like Pokemon with Fire spurting out of its tail. "Charizard, attack! Use Fire spin!"
"HA! That attack will do squat against a Pokemon who likes fire! Rhydon, counterattack! Earthquake!" Blaine said as the Pokemon jumped on the ground, causing a quake.
"HA! to you! My Charizard's a flying type as well as a fire type! Earthquake will do nothing to him either!" And it was true. The blast missed the fire Pokemon entirely. Charizard tried to hit Rhydon with another flamethrower, but the big chunk of rock was completely unharmed. Charizard kept dodging the relentless pokemon's attacks, but the Rhydon preformed a second horn drill, and Charizard fainted.
"You're down to your last Pokemon! Do your worst!" Blaine taunted.
"All right. This Pokemon was given to me by a friend. I know he won't let me down! Go…. Caterpie!" The trainer said as a small worm popped out of the ball."
"HA! That Pokemon's the second most worthless next to Magikarp! You might as well surrender now!" Blaine said, doubled over in laughter. Caterpie puffed out it's chest, trying to make itself look bigger. But it still looked like a weaking.
"Rhydon, finish it now!" Blaine yelled as the drill Pokemon attempted another horn drill. It connected in one clean hit. But the worm was still standing. Except it wasn't a worm anymore. It had evolved into Metapod! The cocoon Pokemon had used Harden at the last second, and the heightened defense protected it from the attack.
"What! My attack didn't make it faint! I must be a mistake! Rhydon, hit it with another horn drill!" But Rhydon was tireing out. It tripped on one of the rocks and hit its head on another. The Drill Pokemon fainted.
"NO! This can't be right! My Rhydon lost to that cocoon?" Blaine yelled in frustration.
"If you believe in a Pokemon, It will grow strong, no matter how weak it seems." The trainer said.
"Very metaphoric. But are you sure your insect can stand up to my last Pokemon…. Magmar!" Blaine said as he threw another Pokeball. The Pokemon inside this ball was different than all the rest. He looked like a miniature volcano, complete with fire all around his belly.
"Let's see your Pokemon's so called 'Hidden Power'" Blaine mocked.
"I'll take you head on….."