Chapter 4.

Raquaelle vs Maylene

Meanwhile Raquaelle's rival Maylene Evans had made friends with three ten year old girls called Elena, Teresa, and Yuki and just like Raquaelle and Maylene, they too were Pokémon Trainers.

Elena was a plump girl with blonde hair in pigtails and wearing a sleeveless light pink shirt, blue shorts and sandals, Teresa was a sender girl with long dark brown hair in a purple headband and wearing a lavender shirt, purple shorts and sandals and Yuki was a slender girl with short dark brown hair and wearing a light green shirt, olive green shorts and sandals.

"So who is this loser Raquaelle?" Elena asked Maylene.

"I don't know, this crazy girl who thinks she's better than me," Maylene replied.

"Does she now, eh?" asked Yuki.

"Yeah, probably," Maylene replied. "Not that I think she is..."

"So what are you going to do when you do see that Raquaelle again?" asked Teresa.

"I'm gonna have a battle with her and use my cool Pokemon to take her out," said Maylene.

"You'll show her who's the better Pokémon Trainer," said Yuki with a smirk.

"I sure will," Maylene replied as she smirked as well.

Raquaelle walked on until she came to a sign that said "Welcome to Viridian City".

"Welcome to Viridian City," said Raquaelle.

"You made it here quicker than we thought you would," said a familiar female voice.

Raquaelle looked to the side, only to see that Maylene had already arrived as well and she saw that Elena, Teresa and Yuki were with Maylene too.

"What do you want Maylene?" Raquaelle asked in annoyance.

"I want," Maylene replied as she held one of her Poke Balls for Raquaelle to see, "to challenge you to a Pokemon battle."

"Very well then," said Raquaelle as she put Charmander down on the ground and got Rattata's Pokeball and Caterpie's Pokeball out of her backpack.

Maylene took a few steps back, pressed the button on her Squirtle's Poke Ball so that it grew to normal size, and then threw it onto the ground.

"Go, Squirtle!"

The Poke Ball opened up, and with a flash of light, Squirtle emerged.

"Squirtle!"

Raquaelle put one of her Poke Balls in her pocket and kept the other one out. On this one, she pressed the button so that it grew to its normal size as well, and then she threw it onto the ground.

"Here we go!"

The Poke Ball opened up, and with a flash of light, Rattata emerged.

"Ratta!"

"Squirtle, use your Water Gun attack!" Maylene commanded.

"Rattata, use Tackle!" Raquaelle commanded.

Rattata ran up to Squirtle, just as the latter took a deep breath in preparation for its Water Gun attack. When Rattata got close enough, Squirtle fired a jet of water from its mouth, blowing Rattata away from the turtle Pokemon.

"Rattata!" Raquaelle shouted in horror.

When Rattata landed back on the ground, however, it appeared to be more wet than soaked. It shook its body to get the drops of water off itself.

"Rattata, use Tail Whip!" Raquaelle commanded.

Rattata nodded and wagged its tail this way and that, in just the right position for Squirtle to see.

"Now hit Squirtle with Tail Whip!" Raquaelle commanded.

Rattata then ran over to Squirtle and hit it with the end of its tail.

"Squirtle, finish that stupid Rattata off with Shell Smash!" Maylene commanded.

Squirtle jumped into the air, retreated into its shell and tried to hit Rattata with it, but it moved out of the way before the impact could be made.

"Rattata, use Quick Attack!" Raquaelle commanded.

The Rattata gathered up all of its strength before it ran into Squirtle as fast as it could.

"Squirtle, use Bite!" Maylene commanded.

The Squirtle ran up to the Rattata and took a powerful bite of its ear, causing the Rattata to wince in pain.

"Oh no," said Raquaelle and she quickly pointed Rattata's Pokeball at Rattata, "Rattata, return!"

And with a flash, Rattata was returned to its Poke Ball.

Maylene returned Squirtle to his Pokeball as well.

"So, it was too much for your little rat thing, huh?" Maylene asked.

"Just bring out your second Pokemon," said Raquaelle.

"Fine!" Maylene took out another Poke Ball, pushed the button so that it became its normal size, and then threw it onto the ground.

"Go Pidgey!"

The Poke Ball opened, and from it emerged a Pidgey that chirped in determination. Not seeing a Pokemon like that before, Raquaelle pulled out her Pokedex, which displayed a picture of the Pidgey.

"Pidgey is a Flying Pokémon," said the Pokedex, "Among all the Flying Pokémon, it is the gentlest and easiest to capture. A perfect target for the beginning Pokémon Trainer to test his Pokémon's skills."

Raquaelle nodded in understanding, put away her Pokedex and looked down at Charmander.

"Alright, Charmander, you ready to fight this Pokemon?" she asked.

"Char," said Charmander with a nod.

"Use Scratch!" Raquaelle commanded.

"Pidgey, use Sand Attack!" Maylene commanded.

Pidgey started to flap its wings rapidly, blowing up sand that got into Charmander's eyes and made it hard for it to see. Charmander winced and shut his eyes, trying to keep any of the dirt from getting into his eyes. Eventually, however, the Pidgey stopped using Sand Attack and the dust died down.

"Maylene, this Pokemon battle is over," said Raquaelle angrily as she returned Charmander to his Pokeball.

"And why's that, do you surrender?" Maylene asked smugly.

"No I do not," said Raquaelle.

"Then why the heck are you ending the battle?!" Maylene wanted to know.

"So that I can go into Viridian City, take my Pokemon to the Pokemon Center and then take a look around the city," Raquaelle said with a glare.

"You know what? Fine," Maylene said. She pulled out her Poke Ball and recalled her Pidgey.

"Now if you will excuse me..," said Raquaelle and she started to walk away.

Maylene scoffed to herself and rolled her eyes as she watched her rival leave.

"Come on let's go," Maylene said to Elena, Teresa, and Yuki and she and her friends walked away as well.

In the brushes, the mysterious Pokemon had been watching Raquaelle fight Maylene and it now wanted to be with Raquaelle more than ever and from just watching the battle, it knew for sure that Raquaelle was a more responsible and capable trainer than her rival, so once Maylene and her friends were gone, it jumped out of the brushes and ran off in the direction Raquaelle went.