Chapter 2: A Rival and Teammates! Elliot vs. Trip!

"We're here! Striaton City!" "Gligar!"

Me and my partner stared in marvel at the new town we had just walked into, filled with a bustling crowd of unkown faces, yet still very empty in terms of walking space.

"It's a shame we didn't find any pokemon we wanted to catch." I sighed. "But thinking about it, this IS our first Gym Battle, are we really prepared for it?"

"Gliiii..." Gligar tilted his head with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Yeah...I'm a little worried." I admitted. "How about we do some training first?"

"Gligar!" He seemed up for that idea.

"Okay, looks like there's another entrance to the town over there!" I pointed. "Let's go out that way and train."

So we walked in one way to walk out the other way, back into a forest. We eventually found a sturdy looking tree to practice against. "Alright Gligar, use Brick Break!"

"Gliiiiiigaaaar!" Gligar's right pincer glowed white as he slammed it into the tree, leaving a considerable dent.

"Yes! Your so strong, Gligar!" I praised him as my partner smiled at the compliment.

Click!

We both stopped. "Uh...Gligar? Did you hear something?"

"Gli."

"Thought so. Sounded like a camera..."

"Who are you?"

"Ah!" I jumped and turned to be met with a guy with sandy blonde hair, an orange jacket and a metallic green camera. "Sorry, I didn't see you there. I'm Elliot, and this is my partner, Gligar."

"Gligar!" Gligar greeted him as he flew onto my shoulder.

"It's nice to meet you, I'm Trip." He nodded with a small smile. "I haven't seen a Gligar before."

"Yeah, I got him as an egg from my dad." I explained. "Were you heading to Striaton City?"

"Yes, I was planning to challenge the Gym." Trip said.

"Cool! Me too!"

"Really? In that case, we should have a battle. 3-on-3."

"3-on-3?" I echoed. "Sorry, but I only have Gligar at the minute."

"Really?" Trip shrugged. "Okay then, one-on-one."

"Sounds good." "Gligar."

We found a small space to battle, whilst Gligar floated down off of my shoulder, Trip got out a Poke-Ball. "Snivy, go!"

The Grass-type starter popped out of the ball. "Snivy."

"So THAT'S a Snivy." I thought aloud as I got out my Pokedex (a gift from mum.).

'Snivy, the Grass Snake Pokémon. Cool, calm, and collected, Snivy uses photosynthesis to collect energy with the leaf on its tail.'

"A battle against a starter! I'm so psyched! Let's do our best, Gligar!" "GliGAR!" We declared.

"Then let's start already." Trip smirked. "Snivy, use Tackle!"

"Snivy!" The pokemon charged forward at impressive speed.

"Dodge, Gligar!" Gligar took flight just before being hit, just like with Riolu. "Now, Poison Sting!"

"Dodge it!" Gligar fired its attack, but Snivy dashed out of the way.

"Use Brick Break!" Gligar dived at Snivy with a glowing pincer.

"Counter with Leaf Tornado!" Snivy spun around, creating a green leafy tornado that swallowed up Gligar, the twister being slammed into the ground in a large dustcloud, that cleared to reveal a sprawled Gligar.

"Gligar! Are you okay!?" I cried before he picked himself up with a strained look. "Phew...we're not done yet! Use Acrobatics!"

"Gliiiiiigar!" Gligar swooped down with two afterimages, ramming into Snivy several times.

"Snivy!" Trip called in shock, as his starter stuggled to its feet. "Quick! Use Leaf Tornado!"

"Sniiiiivy!" Once again the attack was whipped up.

"Gligar! Get away from it!" "Gligligli!" Gligar flew away, but the current was too strong and he was pulled in. "Damnit! Gligar!"

Gligar suddenly burst out of the side of the attack, quickly trying to regain his balance in the air. "Gligar!"

"Yes! Gligar! Use Poison Sting!"

"Gliiiiiigargargargargargar!" Gligar shot more stings at Snivy, hitting it full on and making it collapse back with swirled eyes.

"You did it, Gligar!" I celebrated.

"Gliiiii..." Gligar sighed as he sat down and smiled in relief.

Trip returned Sniy and took a picture of us. "I'll remember this loss so that I can improve."

"Okaaaay." I said as I picked up Gligar.

"I suppose I need to do some more training." Trip admitted. "Thanks for showing me that though, let's battle again sometime." And with that he walked off.

"Well, I hope we get to battle again." I exclaimed. "But that made me think...we should catch some more pokemon for our team."

"Gli." Gligar nodded in approval.

"So, uhhh, should we look around?" If you couldn't tell, I wasn't good at this at the time. Me and Gligar looked around for a bit, but we couldn't find any pokemon. "Did they all run off or something?"

Suddenly we heard some rustling. "What was that?"

We both got down and crawled over to the noise, gently parting some grass and peering in.

We both saw a familiar looking Grass-type starter walking along, examining its surroundings, presumably for food. '...I must be the luckiest trainer in the world.'

"Gligar." I whispered. "This could be our first caught pokemon! You up for it?"

"Gliiiiii." Gligar yelled really quietly.

"We've gotta ambush it." I mumbled. "Ready? 3...2...1..."

BAM!

"Yeowch!" I stumbled back and rubbed my aching head as I stared at the Snivy that had just tackled me. "Guess you could hear us..."

"Sniv?" It said with a 'Ya think?' look.

"Well then, Gligar! Acrobatics!"

"Gliiiii..." Gligar swooped at the starter, but it jumped over him! "Gar!?"

I gritted my teeth. "It's fast...use Poison Sting!"

"Gligligligli!" Snivy once again dodged.

"Snivy!" Suddenly green vines stretched out of Snivy's back and whipped Gligar into the ground!

"And strong! Brick Break!"

"Gliiiiigar!" Gligar attempted its attack again, but the Snivy dodged once more!

"SniiiiiiiVY!" The Snivy jumped into the air and pounded the ground with its tail, causing pillars of swirling leaves to erupt and surround Gligar, knocking him far back.

"Grass Pledge too? Now we have to catch it! Gligar! Stay strong!" The brave pokemon straightened itself out, but with a pained look on his face. "I know you can do it! Brick Break!"

"Gli...Gligaaaar!" Gligar struck Snivy with its glowing pincer, surprised by the quick recovery.

"Now! Go Poke-Ball!" I tossed the ball, and it bounced off the pokemons head, the grass type being sucked in as a red light with the ball dropping to the ground. It shook once, twice, three times, and Snivy burst back out.

"It's really tough." I said to myself. "But now I'm gonna catch it no matter what!"

"Snivy!" Snivy retorted. "Sniiiivy! Vy! Vy!" Snivy began using Vine Whip again, and Gligar could only shield itself with its wings.

"Come on Gligar! Use Brick Break!" I shouted.

"GLIGAR!" Gligar threw off the vines and charged at Snivy, hitting it hard with its move.

"Again! Go Poke-Ball!" Once more I threw the ball, and once more Snivy was sucked in as a red light. We held our breath as the ball shook from side to side, it felt like ages staring at that shaking sphere.

Ding!

The sound took a few seconds to register, but when it did I gained a huge grin. "YES!" I ran over and picked up the Poke-Ball, looking at it proudly.

"Our first capture! A Snivy!" "Gliiiigar!"

I let our new friend out, who looked up at us. "Snivy, I hope we can be good friends, and that we'll fight together."

Snivy crossed its arms and gave me a small smile. "Snivy."

I then seemed to notice my surroundings were looking more orange. "Can't believe how late it is already...let's head back to the pokemon center for the night."

My two pokemon nodded and so we walked back into Striaton City and into the pokemon center, renting a room for the night. The room was kinda basic, but that just made it seem cosy more then anything else.

I decided to keep Snivy out of its Poke-Ball for the night so that it wouldn't feel too cramped, so both of my pokemon lay down on the bed sheets I crawled into.

"Good night you two." I yawned before snuggling in.

Truth is though, I was so excited I had major trouble getting to sleep. 'Tomorrow's my first Gym Battle, and now that I have both Gligar and Snivy I know I can win! I suppose I should be getting to sleep...'

And so, eventually, I drifted off.

And so here's another chapter! Told you this one was going to be mostly battles. Thank you to Razzorow for reviewing, your awesome!

I was also thinking about making a Gen V story based off of the manga, is that a good idea? Give your opinion in a comment.

Now I wanna post this good and quick, so thank you for reading! Reviews are always appreciated!