Chapter 4: The Rivalry Between Pikachu and Snivy (part 3)
As Pikachu got back onto the battlefield, he saw Treecko targeting his soldiers to the east. While he and Elekid gave chase to Treecko, Snivy hurried back to the grass-type main camp to help Bayleef against Emolga and her troops. When he got back, he saw Bayleef about to surrender to the attackers. He quickly used Vine Whip to grab Emolga by her tail as she was getting ready to use Aerial Ace. When Emolga felt this, she turned to see Snivy. "Snivy? How did you hear about the attack?" she asked him.
"I have my ways." Snivy responded as he then yanked Emolga towards him and used Leaf Blade on her. The attack sent Emolga flying a few feet before she crashed into the ground. "Lord Snivy, I´m sorry I wasn´t able to hold out on my own." Bayleef quickly said afterwards.
"The important thing is that you managed to delay our defeat." Snivy said as he approached the discouraged grass-type. He then turned to Emolga, who was struggling to get up. "That strategy of Pikachu´s was incredible. Too bad it didn´t work for very long though." he said.
"All´s not lost in this strategy. As we speak, Pikachu has already sent a second wave of troops to take this camp." Emolga warned Snivy before starting to head back to Pikachu.
"Oh, I think Treecko will stop this wave." Snivy reassured Emolga, stopping her in her tracks.
"You know about this as well?" Emolga then asked as she turned to Snivy.
"Of course. We have fought in the past, after all." Snivy responded as he then sent a Vine Whip attack after Emolga. He was planning on using her as bait for the troops had Treecko failed to take them out. Emolga saw the attack coming and used Quick Attack to try to outlast the vines. Bayleef did the same, and combined with Snivy´s two vines, the six vines of the two grass-types pursued Emolga. Meanwhile, Pikachu and Elekid were locked in combat with Treecko, who was at the mercy of the two. The two electric-types used Thunderbolt to stop Treecko´s attack. "Ughh... live to fight another day, my lord." Treecko said as he breathed his last breath. Pikachu stopped for a minute and felt sorry for Treecko. "Poor fool. He fought with the tenacity of Snivy, and yet he died trying to carry out Snivy´s orders." he thought to himself. Elekid walked up to Pikachu and comforted him. "Treecko gave his all until the bitter end. We must not let his death discourage us, or we will eventually be killed as well." he said to Pikachu.
"You´re right, Elekid. If we let all the Pokemon that have been killed cause us to falter from our goal of unification, then we will surely die too." Pikachu said as he found renewed courage. He then went with Elekid to the rest of his troops and gave the order to rush the enemy main camp. While the troops were charging towards the camp, Emolga was still trying to outrun the vines. As she was getting closer to exit of the camp, the vines latched onto her feet and tail, holding her in place even when she would try to break free. As the rest of the electric-types entered the camp, they saw Snivy and Bayleef holding Emolga in place. "Glad you could show up, Pikachu." Snivy said as he greeted Pikachu. "I have to applaud you for your efforts. That sneak attack plan with Emolga leading the helm was ingenious, something that I couldn´t have thought of." he then said as he and Bayleef let go of Emolga. Emolga, seeing Pikachu, ran up to him and gave him a hug. "Thanks for coming, Pikachu. Any minute longer, and I might have been killed by these two." she said as she then kissed Pikachu.
"Aww. No problem, Emolga. Now, what say you we take care of Snivy and Bayleef?" Pikachu responded as he then turned to face the two grass-types.
"Well, this should be interesting." Bayleef said as Snivy prepared to attack Pikachu.
"You handle Elekid and Emolga. I´ll deal with Pikachu." Snivy said to Bayleef, who, shortly afterwards, went to combat the two. As that battle was going on, Pikachu and Snivy got into their battle stances and got ready to fight. "Bulbasaur´s not going to save you this time, Snivy. And neither is Treecko." Pikachu said.
"Oh, nothing´s going to change in this fight. The last time we fought, you withdrew after I dealt a whole lot of damage on you with my Solar Beam attack." Snivy responded.
"Oh, I´m prepared for that as well." Pikachu said as he then rammed into Snivy with Quick Attack. Snivy quickly retaliated with Vine Whip. Pikachu sat calmy as the vines latched onto his body. "Perfect." he said as he then used Thunderbolt. The electric pulses went directly into the vines and dealt quite a bit of damage to Snivy. "Ugh... how could he do that?" Snivy wondered as he stared at Pikachu, a bit of fear creeping into him. "No matter. I´m not gonna let northern Johto fall to him." he then said to himself as he prepared to use Solar Beam. Pikachu saw this as an opportunity to rush towards Snivy and use his Iron Tail technique. As soon as Snivy fired his Solar Beam at Pikachu, Pikachu countered with Iron Tail, powered through Snivy´s attack, and knocked him out. He then turned to Emolga and Elekid, who had taken out Bayleef at the same time. As both grass-type generals fell to the ground and the rest of the grass-types remaining retreated, the electic-types cheered, victorious in this battle.