Chapter 2
Black Jack and Jerry stood a distance away from each other. Behind Black Jack were his respective pokemon. Standing at a distance between the two trainers was Alice, Black Jack's niece and Jerry's best friend, along with her pokemon, as she was refereeing this match. She looked at both trainers and noticed that Jerry was sweating.
"Since you're the rookie, Jerry," Black Jack said. "I'll be choosing my pokemon first, this will give you an advantage."
"Gee," Jerry replied nervously. "Thanks."
Black Jack looked at Chan the Blaziken and nodded, signalling to him to take part in battle. Chan nodded back and ran onto the battlefield. Jerry took a pokeball off his belt; he looked at it and let out a small sigh, trying to calm himself down. He then tossed it out. "Go! Jackie!" he yelled, trying to sound determined.
A pokemon classified as a kicking pokemon materialised as it came out of his pokeball. "Hitmonlee!" Jackie cried as he prepared for battle. He looked to see whom he was going to battle.
His eyes widened with happiness he saw his opponent. He let out a loud cry as he ran over to Chan with open arms. "Jackie! Wait a minute!" Jerry yelled with a shocked look on his face. "Alice didn't say begin yet!"
"Chan!" Black Jack yelled, not realising what Jackie was planning to do and neither did Chan. "Use your Fury attack and end it with Sky Uppercut!"
Chan dashed towards Jackie until his arm slammed on his gut. He then started poking on him rapidly viciously like a Dodrio poking on numerous Diglett and finished him off by giving him a heavy punch to the face, sending him flying and knocking him out as Jackie fell into the sand. "Jackie's unable to battle!" Alice announced as she raised her hand to her uncle. "Chan's the winner!"
"Wait a minute," Black Jack said, realising what had just happened. "He wasn't attacking, he was intending to hug you, Chan."
"(A hug?)" Chan replied as he looked back at his trainer. "(Why's that?)"
"I have to confess something here," Jerry said nervously as he placed his hand at the back of his head while returning his pokemon. "Jackie's a REALLY big fan of your Blaziken, Black Jack."
"(O… kay)," Chan said as anime-sweat appeared on the back of his head, as did Black Jack's.
"Just what we need," Black Jack thought. "Another fan."
Jerry took out another pokeball. "Go! Bulldozer!" he yelled as he tossed it out, revealing a boulder-like pokemon Graveller. "Bulldozer! Use Rollout!"
The rock type pokemon began to roll like a bowling ball towards the fiery fighter, attempting to knock him down like one of the pins in a ten-pin bowling game.
"Jump into the air to dodge it!" Black Jack instructed loudly.
Chan performed a leapfrog-like jump to avoid Bulldozer's attack. He quickly turned round, knowing that a Rollout attack can return to you like a homing missile. But to his and everyone else's surprise, Bulldozer didn't roll back as he rolled towards the sea.
"Turn back, Bulldozer!" Jerry yelled desperately. "Turn back!"
But the Graveller wasn't able to as he splashed into it, much to everyone's shock. "Feraligatr!" Black Jack yelled. "Save him!"
"(Got it)!" Feraligatr growled loudly as he ran and dived into the water.
A few moments later, Feraligatr walked up to the surface of the water and onto dry land, carrying the unconscious Bulldozer. "(This guy needs to lose a few pounds)!" the blue crocodile complained as he dropped him onto the sandy beach.
Awkward looks appeared on everyone's faces because of what they have just saw as they stared at Jerry. Jerry noticed this and quickly retaliated as he took out his pokeball. "Er… a minor setback," he said nervously as he zapped Bulldozer back into his pokeball. He placed the device back onto his belt and took out another. "Go! Zapster!" he yelled as he tossed it out.
A small yellow mouse with red cheeks and a jagged tail materialised and landed on the ground. It crossed its forelegs and gave a confident look at Chan, who signalled him to attack him. "Something's weird about this boy," Black Jack thought suspiciously.
"Alright!" Jerry yelled. "Zapster! Thunderbolt!"
Zapster leapt into the air and charged up his electric powers on his red cheeks and let out a huge electric attack on Chan but missed when he dodged out of the way.
"Chan!" Black Jack yelled. "Leap into the air and use your Blaze Kick!"
Chan did as he was instructed and leapt into the air. He became as high as Zapster was and gave a roundhouse flaming kick but missed as well. "Again!" Black Jack yelled.
Chan repeatedly kept on using his Blaze Kick attack but kept on missing as Zapster confidently dodged each one. "That Pikachu's real quick," Black Jack thought suspiciously. "But there's something negative about him."
Eventually, Chan did hit Zapster, sending him hard into the ground. As Zapster quickly got back up, he noticed a burnt mark on his right foreleg. He angrily looked at Jerry, who immediately had a shocked look on his face, and zapped him with its Thundershock attack, much to everyone's surprise.
After feeling the painful jolt, Jerry fell on his back. As he quickly got up, he saw Zapster angrily running closer to him. Jerry panicked and quickly took out Zapster's pokeball. "RETURN!" Jerry yelled quickly in a scared tone.
After Zapster was zapped back into his pokeball, Jerry let out a small sigh of relief and embarrassment. "What have I done to deserve this?" Jerry said as anime tears ran down his face.
"Alright, Jerry," Black Jack snarled in disappointment and suspicion. "Enough secrets. What's going on here?"
"Well… er…" Jerry said in a nervous tone. "When I said I need a little help, I meant a lot of help. You see I never won a pokemon battle or anything. I'm a loser…"
Some of the spectators became surprised of his confession, but Black Jack wasn't one of them. "And my current losing streak is, like, 1000-0," Jerry continued.
Everyone became very shocked at that confession, even Black Jack's eyes widened. "You got to be kidding me, Jerry!" Alice said in disbelief.
"Let me get this straight," Black Jack started. "You've been training for four years and you never won a pokemon battle, let alone enter a league?"
Jerry ran over to him. "That's why I need your help, big guy!" he said as he fell to his knees and putting his hands together in a begging fashion. "Please! Please say yes, Black Jack! I'll do anything!"
Black Jack went down on one knee and smiled politely as he placed his hand on Jerry's shoulder. "Of course," he replied positively.
"Really?" Jerry asked in a hopeful tone.
"No," Black Jack replied as he changed his expression into a frown while he pushed Jerry away, making him fall on his back. "I think it's best for you quit now and work at a fast food restaurant."
"Black Jack…" Jerry whimpered softly as anime tears came flowing out of his eyes. "Without help, I'll always be a loser…"
Black Jack simply ignored him as he started walking away, along with his pokemon. "(Jack)," Metagross said in protest. "(You're can't just leave him there)."
"I already have," Black Jack replied. "Now let's get out of here before he or his Hitmonlee attempts to grab us by the legs."
Alice felt sorry for Jerry as she looked back at him while he remained on his back. "Uncle," she said walking up to him. "Can I stay here with Jerry for a couple of hours?"
Black Jack let out a small sigh. "Alright," he said. "But make sure that you get back to the pokemon center by six, okay?"
Alice nodded in agreement and headed back to Jerry's location. He was still lying on his back and mumbled various things, such as, "I'll always be loser…"
"Hey, Jerry," Alice said. "I'm sorry."
"About what?" Jerry said as he immediately stopped his crying and put on a moody face.
"Sorry that my uncle won't be able to help you out."
"It's okay," Jerry said as he sat up. "I'm used to it. Everyone rejects me."
"Everyone?" Alice said as she gave a small cheeky smile.
"Okay, not everyone," Jerry said, realising who Alice was referring to.
They talked about various things for hours since. "Er, Jerry," Alice said realising that. "What time is it?"
"It's ten to six," Jerry replied.
"I have to get going," Alice said. "I promised my uncle that I'd meet him at the pokemon center."
She got up and was about to walk away. "Hey, Jerry. Do you wanna come with me?" She asked.
"Nah," Jerry replied. "I got some thinking to do. After dat, I'm walking again."
"Where will you go?"
"Wherever life takes me."
Alice kneeled down and gave him a friendly hug. "I'm gonna miss you," she said as Jerry hugged her back. "I'll miss you too," he replied.
Alice soon released Jerry and walked away, holding back the tears as Jerry held back his.
As Jerry looked at the sea while thinking deeply, a mysterious figure walked up to him. Jerry heard the footsteps and quickly turned around…
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