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CHAPTER 4:

Pokemon One!

"Stupid Lovrina…" Roy muttered under his breath.

He had been traveling on Route 102 for quite some time now. It was eerily desolate. Roy had gotten so frustrated about losing all his money to Lovrina, he almost knocked himself into a tree! ON PURPOSE! Earlier on, he and Machop found some Oran and Pecha Berries, a Potion, and a Poke Ball. Nevertheless, he was still as mad about the money as a Tauros with his horns stuck in a tree and his mate with a rival Tauros! (Hard to understand, I know.)

Suddenly a voice yelled out:

"I challenge you to a Pokemon Battle, Mister!"

Roy looked up to see some young boy in a blue shirt, tan shorts, white socks and sneakers, and a baseball cap on. He had a Poke Ball in his hand.

"I accept! Who the heck are you anyway?" Roy asked.

"The name is Benjamin! Who're you?" the trainer, now known as Benjamin, replied.

"Roy! You ready to lose?"

"Never!" Benjamin shouted. "Let's do it, Poochyena!"

What came out of the Ball was a dark gray fox- or dog-like creature with a bushy tail. Its snout and around that was black with a red nose (Eat your heart out, Rudolph. Pah!) and it had yellow eyes. Its paws and underside were black as well. It growled:

"Pooch!"

"Ha!" Roy laughed. "Machop, c'mon out!"

Machop somersaulted out of the Ball, and yelled:

"Ma!"

Battle statistics: This is a one-on-one battle with no substitutions or time limits.

Roy's Machop vs. Benjamin's Poochyena

BATTLE COMMENCE!

"Poochyena, start with your Sand-Attack!" Benjamin yelled.

Poochyena turned around and dug the ground, spraying sand at Machop, lowering Accuracy.

"Machop, Leer and then Karate Chop!" Roy ordered.

Machop focused its eyes into Poochyena, unnerving it, lowering Defense. Then Machop ran at Poochyena at a very quick pace, and hit it dead smack on the head, causing massive damage!

"Poochyena! Close your eyes!"

Poochyena closed its eyes, causing Roy to think:

'Oh, giving up, are we? Heh heh!'

"Machop, go!"

Machop dashed at his opponent.

"Use Rolling Kick!"

Machop jumped up and began spinning in the air, ready to land a devastating, or even KO'ing, move. Suddenly, Benjamin ordered to Poochyena:

"Shadow Ball!"

"Huh?" Roy said in wonder and amazement.

Between Poochyena's jaws, a black ball with crackling, almost electrical ghostly energy was brewing. It shot at Machop just in time! If you're on Benjamin's side, that is.

"Machop, don't give up! Use Rolling Kick again!" Roy yelled.

"Ma!" Machop roared when it opened its eyes.

It flipped back at Poochyena and kicked, resulting in a KO! Roy won!

Benjamin kneeled near Poochyena, asking:

"You okay?"

The dog nodded.

Roy, after spraying Machop with a Potion and recalling it, walked over.

"Here, Benjamin. A Potion." he said.

"Thanks, Roy."

Once Poochyena was sprayed and recalled, its owner gave Roy $550.

"Thanks, Ben." Roy chuckled.

No sooner had he said that, a Surskit appeared close to 'em!

"ACK! How are we gonna stop it!" Benjamin screamed, as he and Roy both knew Machop and Poochyena couldn't take on the Bug/Water element.

"Well, if we had a Net Ball, it'd be an easy catch, but we gotta weaken it first." Roy said.

"Well, since I come from Mossdeep City, I have a Net Ball. However, the weaken part… Hmm…" Ben pondered.

"A status condition of Sleep or Freeze would work…" Roy added.

"My Oddish knows Sleep Powder!"

"You have an Oddish?"

"Yeah, I just didn't use it, Roy, because you only have Machop. Oddish, c'mon and use Sleep Powder!"

Benjamin sent out his 2nd Pokemon, which had a blue body, legs, and feet, small eyes, and a green "weed" on its head. It sent a powder of green spores at Suskit, which lulled it to sleep.

"And, for certainty, Oddish, use Razor Leaf! (Egg move.)"

A few razor-sharp leaves zipped at Surskit, hurting it a bit.

"You catch, Roy." Benjamin said, giving Roy the Net Ball, which looked like all Poke Balls, except the top had a blue color with a blue-green net pattern.

"Sure?" Roy asked.

"Yeah! You need it. Ha ha!" Ben laughed.

This caused Roy to sweat drop.

"Riiiiiiiight… Net Ball, gooo!" he yelled.

When the Ball touched Surskit, the Pokemon turned to white energy, and was sucked inside. It twitched and dinged several times and beeped for the locking mechanism.

"I… caught it… YEAHHH! I caught… ha… a Surskit!" Roy cheered, doing the oh-so-famous pose you know and love, that I know and loathe.

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Ben had set up camp near Petalburg, along with Roy. They talked for a while, and finally crawled into their separate tents and fell asleep, with Roy dreaming of Suskit, Machop, and being the Pokemon Champion… sweet.