Rival Battle Commences

The battle began and when the light wasn't so bright, we could see each other's opponents. I had Breaker, my Pikachu. And Blue, had gotten the Pokemon that was rightfully mine, Eevee.

I looked at Blue and without thinking twice, I yelled, "Breaker, use Thundershock!"

Breaker bounced forward twice and let out a streak of thunder out from his body.

The Thundershock hit Eevee and Eevee stumbled a bit before Blue shouted, " Eevee, Tail whip!"

Eevee shook off the Thundershock and wagged its tail.

"Breaker, Growl!" Breaker looked at Eevee with its head tilted and let out a menacing growl. "Eevee, use Tail Whip again!"

Pikachu looked at the Eevee again and let out another Thundershock, knocking Eevee back a few inches.

"Once more, Eevee!" Blue said, confidently. I looked at Blue and just shook my head.

I kneeled down and whisper to Breaker and said "Use Thunderbolt, but not too strong. I want to see what Blue is up to."

Breaker let out a small spark of electricity that hit Eevee just enough to make him puffy. A funny sight, but clearly Blue didn't think the same. Blue looked at Eevee and shouted, "Eevee! One final Tail Whip!"

Eevee shook his tail at Pikachu. I looked down at Breaker and I couldn't help but smile at the look on its face. Breaker looked like he was laughing. I looked at Eevee, and I saw why he was about to laugh. Eevee's tail was puffier than the rest of him. Breaker looked up at me and we couldn't help but laugh!

While we were laughing, Blue yelled out, "Eevee, use Tackle!"

Eevee ran forward quickly and hit Breaker right in the side, knocking him back a few feet into the wall. I gasped, and glared at Blue. Blue was staring at me with a smirk on his face. His Eevee walked back to him and licked his fur.

Blue looked at Eevee, smiled and looked back up at me and said "Why aren't you laughing now? Can't take a stroke of luck? Maybe if you weren't laughing so much, your Pikachu wouldn't have been hit with such a Critical hit. The battle is over. I win."

I looked down, and saw Breaker getting up out of the corner out of my eye. I noticed its paw touching an electric socket. I stood between Blue and Breaker, blocking his view, smiled and said, " You're right, the battle IS over. But, you didn't win. I just won."

"How is that possible? Your Pikachu can barely stand. Face it, you lost." Blue said angrily. I stood my ground, took my hat off and rubbed my hand through my hair. I suddenly felt a rush of dislike for Blue.

I slowly looked up, and coldly said, "Breaker, end this. Thundershock." Breaker, with his paw still on the socket let out a massive Thundershock that passed by me as I stepped out of the way, revealing his target. The Thundershock struck Eevee as his eyes widened and he let out a loud scream of pain.

'Oh no! Not again! Why does he love hearing the sound of suffering?', it thought shivering at the sound of Eevee crying. 'Why can't this just end?'

Eevee fell to the ground. Blue stood there in disbelief. I had won my first battle. I looked down at Breaker and smiled. Breaker still had some electricity coming out of its cheeks, but still pulled off a little smile. He was hurt, but he was strong. Breaker then began to wag his tail back and forth. Blue looked at me and Prof. Oak angrily.

"What? Unbelievable! I picked the wrong Pokemon!" he screamed.

I put Breaker back in his Pokeball and corrected him, "No, you picked the right Pokemon. Eevee did a great job. It did what was asked. It did nothing but listen to you, like a good partner should. Maybe it was Eevee who got the wrong Trainer."

Blue gasped at my words. He handed me P$175 and said "Okay! I'll make my Pokemon fight to toughen it up! Roan! Gramps! Smell you later!"

And with that, Blue left. "What?" Oak exclaimed! Breaker popped out of the Pokeball!

"Would you look at that! Its odd, but it seems that your Pikachu dislikes Pokeballs. You should just keep it with you. That should make it happy! You can talk to it and see how it feels about you." I kneeled down low and looked at Breaker, he seemed tired. I lifted him up and told Prof. Oak that I'll be at home resting with Breaker.

I got home and went upstairs to my room. I took off my bookbag and put Breaker on my bed. I rubbed his head and make his hair stick up a bit, and walked to the doorway. I looked at Breaker and told him, "You should get some rest, you did amazing today."

Breaker let out a chirp and wagged his tail before finding a comfortable spot on my bed. I went downstairs to talk to mom, who was making dinner. We talked about my battle with Blue during dinner and how it came down to the last bit of energy our Pokemon had.

"Roan, if you drive your Pokemon too hard, they'll dislike you." she said.

"I know, mom. I forgot. It must've been the heat of the battle that made me forget what was important. I wanted to beat Blue so bad…" We finished dinner and mom handed me a bowl of brown pellets. I looked at her strangely and said, "thanks?"

"It's for Breaker, silly. For when he wakes up. You should take a rest. You look exhausted." she said happily.

I kissed her on the cheek goodnight and went upstairs. Breaker was soundly asleep on my pillow when I got upstairs, I almost didn't want to wake him. I tapped him enough to wake him up and whispered, "Hey, buddy. I have food for you for when you wake up. It'll be on the desk, okay?"

Breaker opened his eyes slightly and let out a "Pii" and went back to sleep.

A few hours passed until Breaker woke up. I was at my desk watching videos on PokeTube when he jumped up on my lap and began sniffing for food. I looked down at him and pointed him towards his food. He looked up at me with a face that looked like he wanted to say, "Really? Do I look like that kind of Pokemon?"

I reached out and grabbed his bowl of pellets and put it on my lap for Breaker to eat out of. Breaker looked at me curiously. I looked at him and said, "What, you want ketchup with that?"

Breaker stuck out his tongue and began to eat his food. I yawned and looked at the time. It was almost 2:30 a.m. and I was falling asleep at the desk.

"Hey, I gotta go to bed. It's really late," I told Breaker. Breaker jumped on the desk and watched me start laying down. I pulled the sheet out and got under them and set my alarm. I looked at Breaker and called him over. Breaker grabbed his last pellet with his teeth and ran onto my bed and went behind me. I then felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and Breaker had the food pellet in his hand, offering it to me.

"Thanks, Breaker. But I can't eat that. It's only for Pokemon." Breaker looked at me and popped the pellet into his mouth. "What if I was joking and really wanted that?" I asked.

Breaker shrugged his shoulders and laid down. "I'm kidding, buddy. Good night." I turned off the light and went to bed.