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Ch.10. An unexpected teacher

There he was. Standing at the exit of the building. I briskly walked over to him and taped him on the shoulder. He turned around and gave me a hard stare.

"what do you want?" he asked in a deep voice.

Trying to keep up my nerves I said "what did you do to Lyric in the waiting room?"

He stopped and gave me a glare that would make most small children cry. "why should I tell you? You couldn't figure it out even if I told you anyways." he said now starting to walk away.

Before he could take another step I dashed ahead of him and blocked his path "I asked what did you do! Tell me now or…or I'll-"

"you'll what? Sick your pokemon on me? Just try it" he said taking hold of a pokeball that was in his cloak.

"You want a battle? You got it!" I said knowing my game plan this time.

I'll beat his pokemon like I did Lance. I'll tell Shroomish to use that green powder thing again and we can put what ever it is asleep.

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Jet: "alright this one is for Lyric. Go Shroomish!" Once again the blazing white light formed Shroomish.

Man In Black: "alright lets go!" The pokeball that was in his hand was thrown out. A pink glow emerged and formed a small pink blob like creature. "Alright lets go Ditto!"

Jet: "ok Shroomish do that green powder thing again!" Shroomish looked up with a look of confusion at Jet as it continued to stand there.

Man In Black: "that's just sad…Ditto Transform!" Suddenly Ditto started to glow. Its body became a exact copy of Shroomish…except one thing…it was black

Jet: "all right Shroomish you got to know some type of attacks. Do something!" Shroomish thought for a second and then rushed Ditto. He hit him quite hard and made it obvious that he had also taken some damage.

Man In Black: "how pathetic. Your pokemon doesn't even know its own attacks. Ok Ditto use Leach Seed." Almost instantly seeds where shot out of the base of Ditto and flew straight for Shroomish.

Jet: "Shroomish watch out!" A few of the seeds hit Shroomish and on contact Shroomish looked like he was in pain. After a few seconds he was able to get the majority off of him. "Ok if he can do it to us you do it too! Leach Seed!" Almost identically, Shroomish shot out the same attack that was seen just a few seconds before by his opponent.

Man In Black: "Ditto dodge to the left, use Absorb!" As quickly as it was commanded it happened. Not one Seed hit. A small red vine stretched out and latched on to the top of Shroomish. Ditto's minor wounds where actually healing within seconds.

Jet: "Shroomish shake that thing off of you! don't let him win!"/…. "Jet"…. "Jet concentrate"… "its Melody"… "you need to listen…listen to your sister"… "Jet?"… "don't allow your anger to build…use Mega Drain once you can get his Absorb off of you"…/

Man In Black: "what cant take it anymore?…Oh look. Your friends are here to see you lose! Ok Ditto lets finish this off."

Jet: "Shroomish take that vine off you and counter with Mega Drain!" Shroomish understood and did a rolling flip that knocked off the red vine that was sapping his energy. The vine was now pinned to the floor from Shroomish's weight and he use that to his advantage as he ran forward stepping on it the entire time till he was face to face with his doppelganger. "Mega Drain now!" A flurry of red vines erupted from under Shroomish as the vines almost covered Ditto.

Man In Black:"What? Ditto!"

Jet: "keep it up Shroomish!" Shroomish was completely in control now. It was Hard for Ditto to continue its form as a Shroomish.

Man In Black:"Ditto…Damn it! Ugh! Return!…don't think this is over…"

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After returning the man was now clutching the pokeball very hard. He was even shaking.

"you got lucky…don't think this will be forgotten" he said now pointing at me. With that he turned and started walking the other way.

"I asked you once before what did you do to Lyric?" now seeing them behind me I pointed at her. "that girl right there. What did you tell her" I yelled at him.

Surprisingly he stopped.

"…I told her that we wanted her…and don't think we wont get what we want."

that's all he said as he took his leave.

I stood still taking it all in. I looked on the ground and saw that a paper was left on the floor. I picked it up. The number "89" was written on it.

The sun was now set and the chill of the night sky had set in. knowing that or time at Sprout Village was over Lyric and I went to bid farewell to Tank and Melody.

"well it was nice to meet you two. I hope I can see you again on my journey!" said Lyric to the two.

"oh I hope so too." said Melody giving her a hug.

"well I wanted to battle you today Jet but after that I know Shroomish isn't up for it. Maybe some other time yeah?" Tank said extending his hand to me.

I firmly took it and said "no problem. I want to see how you battle with your Teddiursa some time. Take care Melody."

She let go of Lyric and threw her arms around me tightly. "oh I'm going to miss you too! Oh I hope I see you again too!" she said tighten her grip around me.

Once again feeling a bit guilty and slightly…good, I quickly stood back near Lyric.

"see you guys later." I said as me and Lyric headed back to her mom's car…wow I wonder if she expected to wait this long!