CHAPTER 22:
Super Skarmory Stupidity!
After the orange sun rose over the horizon, Roy and co. kept on toward Fallarbor, which they'd probably get to by the end of the day. Roy was still marveling at the fact TMG Ibson had a shiny Pokemon, wishing he had one…
Later that day, while Steven Stupid (I can't help it! I detest him!) was fixing Melanie and Roy's lunch, and they were feeding their Pokemon, something caught Roy's eye… A bright silver-platinum gleam to the far left of him. When he looked behind him, he didn't see anything.
"Hmm? Roy, are you okay?" Melanie asked, finishing pouring her Marshtomp's brown food into his bowl.
"I'm okay, Melanie. But… Did you see a shine a few seconds ago?"
"Uh… No."
'I must be hallucinating!' Roy concluded in his mind, carrying on giving his Masquerain its food. But the bag was empty!
"Huh? There's no more Pokemon Food in the bag!" Roy cried, but Melanie sweat dropped, replying flatly:
"Masquerain ate the food while you were yappin' with me."
Roy sweat dropped as well, and then ran off to where he thought the shine was, Melanie following…
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They had been wandering for about a half an hour and they still hadn't found hide nor hair of the creature Roy apparently saw.
"Roy, you sure you saw something?" Melanie groaned, practically dragging behind Roy.
"Yes. And in fact… I see something shiny…!" he cried, pointing up in the sky, where they saw a bird with shiny crimson, jagged wings, a metallic tail, two-toed legs, a pointy platinum head, beak, and body, and a gray neck with rings on it.
"Wow, a Skarmory!" Melanie exclaimed, but then paused… "But… Skarmory aren't those colors! It must be a shiny Pokemon!"
"Yeah! I gotta catch it! SKARMORY!"
"Skar?" the Skarmory squawked, tilting its shiny head in curiosity.
"I CHALLENGE YOU!"
Skarmory descended down at amazing speed, and flapped its red and silver wings to land.
'Okay, Skarmory's a Steel/ Flying-Type, so I'll give Torkoal some exercise!' Roy thought, grabbing Torkoal's Great Ball, he and threw it, calling out:
"Torkoal, let's go!"
Torkoal appeared, and blew black smoke out of its nose and hole on the top of the black and red shell.
Battle statistics: This is yet another Wild Pokemon Battle. Only the human can make substitutions/ substitute AT ALL, but you knew that. No time limit.
Roy's Torkoal vs. Wild (Shiny like Wattson's head) Skarmory
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Torkoal, start off with Flamethrower!"
Deep in Torkoal's throat flickered a red and orange flame, which erupted from his mouth in the form of a red and orange beam. Skarmory saw the attack coming, and tried to dodge, but did it too late. The super effective strike took off only ¼ of it HP!
"Whoa, that's a good Skarmory!" Roy cried in awe.
Then, Skarmory opened its mouth, and a yellow star formed. It soon shot out, splitting into several stars, all hitting Torkoal, but not causing much damage.
"Torkoal! Use Flamethrower!"
Another burst of flames illuminated in yellow light came toward Skarmory, but he was ready for it, dodging swiftly.
"Oh, yeah! Well, take this one! Fire Spin!" Roy shouted.
Torkoal opened his mouth again, and a ball of orange, red, and yellow fire shot into a tornado-like beam, which really hurt Skarmory, taking the HP bar to the ¼ mark!
But Skarmory wasn't finished yet…! Its beak shone white, and began spinning, roaring like a drill. It flew up, and then swooped down on Torkoal, delivering a CRITICAL Drill Peck on the Fire Element!
"Torkoal, are you all right?" Roy cried, biting his lower lip.
"Tor-or-koal…!" Torkoal moaned from his, uh… upside-down position, which Roy thought meant: "Hey, hello! I'm on my SHELL, you IDIOT!"
"Such language! Oh!" Roy mocked, and got burned by a Flamethrower.
"Grr… Torkoal, inside the Ball, now." Roy held out his Great Ball, and Torkoal beamed back into its confinement with a red laser.
"Okay, Skarmory! You better not fly away! I choose… You, Nosepass!" Roy threw out Nosepass' Poke Ball, and the blue totem appeared, calling out:
"Nose-pass!"
Roy's Nosepass vs. Wild Skarmory
BATTLE COMMENCE!
"Nosepass, Thunder Wave!"
Nosepass' nose began glowing yellow, and a pale yellow thunderbolt shot toward Skarmory, and it was Paralyzed!
"Okay! Now, I'll try this… Great Ball, don't fail!" Roy yelled, tossing a Great Ball at the dual element.
The Great Ball sucked in the bird with blue light, and it dinged a few times, but a BZZT! sound rendered the air as Skarmory escaped!
"Nuts!" Roy cried, snapping his fingers.
Skarmory's beak opened, and he let loose a shrill cry, zooming to the sky. Its body began glowing red and orange, and a steep descent was started by Skarmory, the blazing colors streaking behind it.
"Sky Attack! Skarmory can't learn that or Drill Peck!" Melanie cried from the side.
"Unless by an egg move! But, I can beat that… Nosepass, Rock Throw!"
Nosepass' weight was used to its advantage, as he stomped, causing a few small brown rocks to fly up in Skarmory's face, stopping Sky Attack, and reddening the HP bar.
'My last shot…' Roy thought, sweat dropping from his head's side and brow.
He clutched an Ultra Ball, his only one…
"ULTRA BALL! DON'T FAIL ME!" he roared, throwing it at the airborne Steel/ Flying-Type. It sucked it up in pale yellow light, dropping about twenty feet, and twitched several times… And dinged lastly. Roy gasped, and smiled proudly, knowing he caught another rare Pokemon; this time of Route 113; and it was very rare because of its color.
"Roy! We need to get back to Steven!" Melanie called
"Melanie, before we go, I'm gonna choose a nickname for my Skarmory…" Roy said thoughtfully.
"What'll it be?"
"Hmm… I'll call it… SuperSlicer!"
They dashed back to the camp site, Roy running ahead.
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"Hey, Steven…" Roy began after they all ate, "I caught a Skarmory while Mel and I were away!"
"You did? Well done Roy! It must be like mine, then!"
"You have a Skarmory?"
"Yep! I have some of the strongest Steel Elements in all of Hoenn! I have… Lairon and Skarmory, and I also have some hard Pokemon: Claydol, Armaldo, and Cradily! And of course, there's my strongest Pokemon, of which I will not tell you…" Steven said.
"Well, why don't our Skarmories battle?" Roy asked, pulling out the Ultra Ball he used.
"You got a deal Roy!" Steven pulled out a regular Poke Ball, and they both took their places in a battlefield Melanie edged out.
"Let's do this!" they yelled.
Steven's, a powerful trainer who has won five Badges, Skarmory against Roy's, a newbie to the Pokemon scene, owner of three Badges, shiny Skarmory. Who will win this battle of titans? Steven, because of his superior strength (Although I hate to admit that…), or Roy, someone with luck, guts, and instinct? Find out NEXT TIME.
Author: Okay, yeah, sorry that Roy got one Pokemon after the other, but hey! Not my fault! I planned it that way! And, if you disapprove of the nickname, deal with it! I'm a beginner; NO FLAMES! (Although I all ready got one… Right, Tanker MDK?)