Chapter 42

"Bidoof, use rollout!" Rusty ordered. Bidoof charges as he curls into a ball right at Ruby's Shuppet, Puppy.

"Dodge and use will-o-wisp!" Ruby ordered. Puppy dodges Bidoof's rollout attack as will-o-wisp come out of Puppy's neck.

What happens next is Bidoof got hit and gets engulf in flames for a few seconds. Bidoof is now suffering from a burning status.

"Oh Dunsparce!" Rusty shouted as he panics. "This isn't good! Quick Bidoof, use rollout again!"

Of course, everyone knows that once you use rollout, you can't use anything else or any other moves. Bidoof keeps on rolling towards Puppy but Puppy manage to dodge.

"Use feint attack!" Puppy sneaks behind Bidoof and attack him. What happens next is Bidoof gets engulf in flames for a few seconds and faints.

"Bidoof is unable to battle! The winner is, Puppy!"

"Alright!" Ruby jumps up in the air with one arm raised. Then she starts snuggling Puppy and Puppy enjoys Ruby's snuggles.

Rusty calls back his Bidoof and prepares his next pokemon. He throws another sportsball while saying, "Go, Trumbeak!" Pops out is Rusty's Trumbeak and is ready to battle.

"Never seen that pokemon before." Ruby then pulls out her megadex.

"Trumbeak. The bugle beak pokemon and the evolve form of Pikipek. It eats berries and stores their seeds in its beak. When it encounters enemies or prey, it fires off all the seeds in a burst. By bending its beak, it can produce a variety of calls and brand itself a noisy nuisance for its neighbors."

"Oh now I see. His Pikipek has evolved." then puts her megadex away. "Let's do this!"

"START!"

"Use will-o-wips!" Puppy uses will-o-wisp once again but this time, Rusty is prepared.

"Blow those fireballs away, Trumbeak!" Trumbeak uses his wings to blow the will-o-wisp into little embers with a powerful gust until they disappear.

"Oh no!" Ruby is shocked that her strategy didn't work.

"Now use pluck!" Trumbeak charges at Puppy with his beak glowing white and hits Puppy with it. "Now use rock blast!" Trumbeak opens his beak as grey boulders glowing white comes out of his mouth. Puppy got hit by four rocks before fainting.

"Puppy is unable to battle! The winner is, Trumbeak!"

Rusty jumps as he went "Ya-hoo!" since he scored another victory. Trumbeak spreads his wings and roars for his victory.

Ruby calls back Puppy and calls out her next pokemon. "Go, Thunder Gek!" Thunder Gek pops out and ready to fight.

"Hold on, let me change." Rusty calls back his Trumbeak and readies to throw his next pokeball. "Go, Crabrawler!" Rusty's Crabrawler pops out as it punches her pincers and ready to battle.

"Okay, that's a new one." Ruby pulls out her megadex again.

"Crabrawler. The boxing pokemon. While guarding its weak points with its pincers, it looks for an opening and unleashes punches. When it loses, it foams at the mouth and faints. It punches so much, its pincers often come off from overuse, but they grow back quickly. What little meat they contain is rich and delicious."

Blake started drooling while looking at Rusty's Crabrawler. Her feline instincts are kicking in as she imagines how good it would be to taste it. Crabrawler gives Blake a deathly glare and threatens her with her pincers.

"Hey, Blake!" Yang shouts from the bench. "Stop thinking with your stomach and start the match already!"

"Huh? What? Oh right! START!"

"Crabrawler, use pursuit!" Crabrawler launches herself at Thunder Gek, spinning her body quickly and slamming into Thunder Gek horizontally.

"Grab Crabrawler and use thunder shock!" Thunder Gek grabs the charging Crabrawler as her body is engulf in yellow electricity that shock Crabrawler.

"Use rock smash!" Thanks for being close-up to her opponent, Crabrawler uses rock smash on Thunder Gek's face. Good news is that Crabrawler's ability is iron fist, which increases the damage of punching moves. Unfortunately, she is now suffering from a paralyzing status because of Thunder Gek's static ability.

"Use thundershock again!"

"Quick, dodge!" Crabrawler tries to move but is paralyzed as Thunder Gek uses thundershock once again.

"Now use spark!" Thunder Gek's body is enveloped in an electric light blue aura and charges at Crabrawler.

What happens next is that Crabrawler's mouth started foaming and faints.

"Crabrawler is unable to battle! The winner is, Thunder Gek."

Rusty calls back Crabrawler and throws his next pokemon. "Go, Kabuto!" Rusty's female Kabuto comes out and is ready to fight.

"START!"

"Wait a minute!" Ruby went. "You do realize that you are using a part water-type pokemon, right?"

Rusty feels a little embarrassed. "Oh, yeah, well. I don't exactly have any- USE MEGA DRAIN!"

Thunder Gek's body starts to glow green with large green orbs coming off and fly off to Kabuto. Which regenerates Kabuto's health, but her health is already high.

Ruby gets confused and frustrated, "What the-? Oh, you little sneak! Use spark Thunder Gek!" Thunder Gek uses spark again and hits Kabuto. It is super effective. "Now use thunder shock and follow it up with shadow sneak!"

"Quick, Kabuto! Use mega drain again!"

Thunder Gek uses thunder shock that shocks Kabuto. Kabuto tries to use mega drain, but Thunder Gek's shadow sneak was faster. Kabuto gets hit by the shadowy copy of Thunder Gek by an uppercut and knocks back to the ground. Kabuto has fainted.

"Kabuto is unable to battle! The winner is, Thunder Gek!"

Ruby and Thunder Gek do a high five and do a little dance.

Rusty calls back his Kabuto and pretends to be smug. "You think you're so tough, huh? Well say hello to Pikachu!" Pikachu comes out and is still poisoned.

"START!"

"Pikachu, use quick attack!" Pikachu speeds up as he uses quick attack.

"Thunder Gek, use spark!"

Both pokemon charge at each other at high speeds until there is a large blue flash that blinded everyone. A few seconds later, the blinding flash of light faded and shows both pokemon have fainted.

"Both pokemon are unable to battle! It is a tie!"

Both pokemon are returned to their pokeballs (in Thunder Gek's case, greatball) and they throw their next pokemon.

"Go, Trumbeak!"

"G0, Qrow!"

Qrow, Ruby's Fletchinder, comes out and is ready to battle. Same with Trumbeak.

"START!"

"Trumbeak use furry attack!"

"Use quick attack, Qrow!"

Both pokemon fly into the air with Qrow leaving a white light trail behind him and Trumbeak's beak glows white and charges at Qrow. They both try to hit and dodge yet keep on missing.

"That's it!" Ruby starts cheering as the air battle gets more exciting. "Go, go, GO!"

Rusty cups his hands close to his mouth. "You can do it Trumbeak!"

"Use agility to gain more speed!" Ruby ordered. Qrow then moves at blinding speeds to dodge Trumbeak's furry attack. When Trumbeak's attack hits, it turns out to be an after image.

"Quick, Trumbeak!" Rusty shouts in panic fashion. "Use rock blast!"

"Finish it up with quick attack!"

As Trumbeak opens his mouth and about ready to use rock blast, Qrow swoops in and hits Trumbeak that caused him to close his mouth and come down.

"Now finish it off with ember!"

Qrow opens his mouth and shots of scorching embers rain down on Trumbeak. Trumbeak comes crashing down and fainted.

"Trumbeak is unable to battle! The winner is Qrow and Ruby!"

"We did IIIIITTTT!" Ruby shouts as she jumps in the air. Qrow lands on Ruby's left shoulder and snuggles her left cheek in celebration of their victory.

Rusty calls back his Trumbeak and gives a depressing sigh. "Oh well." he perks back up. "Better luck next time." Then Rusty approaches Ruby with a hand full of money. "Here you go. You earned it."

"Thanks, Rusty." Ruby thanks Rusty. "It was a close match. You have been raising your pokemon well."

"I have. With this battle, I am more determine than ever to be the best!" He says with great confidence. "I am going to train harder than I have ever did and- Ooo! Is that a pizza joint? Awesome! I haven't had pizza in forever." Rusty then leaves to go get some pizza.

Weiss then approaches Ruby. "That was a good battle. I have to admit, he is getting good. Now let's leave before Rusty comes back."

Then all four of them leave the area to head towards the Pokemon Center. Next time, the Pokemon Showcase!

AN: Hey everyone! Here is the next chapter! It is a day early but I am kinda busy with a lot of stuff so I had to post this early.

And for the answering questions:

Mara the Wolf: No I am not. And can you please be patient? I will update the story when the next chapter is done. I am really busy IRL. You know the stuff. Work, house chores, getting food, checking new videos, and a lot of other things I need to get done. So please be patient. When the chapter is done, I will upload it. Okay? Good.

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