The two trainers stood before one another each clutching a pokeball. The crowd in the stands gripped their breath in anticipation. The first trainer twitched his finger nervously and glanced up to the match referee. The second gulped attempting to conceal how tense he really was.
"3, 2, 1 lets get this battle started!" The two pokeballs soared through the air amidst waves of applause from the stands.
As the first ball hit the ground it unleashed a stream of blinding white light, which formed into a small pink balloon like pokemon. "Oh it's Jigglypuff!"
The second ball hit the ground shortly after, however the pokemon that emerged from this, was far larger then the previous. "And the challenger uses Snorlax!" Both trainers took a moment to size up the other pokemon (and there was a big size difference) before launching into their battle plans.
"Jigglypuff, sing!"
"Snorlax hit it with take down"
As the pink puffball inflated itself preparing to launch into song, the huge roaring giant smashed into it. Jigglypuff flew across the stadium to land some distance away looking seriously dizzy.
"Jigglypuff, are you okay?"
"Snorlax, before it catches it's breath, strike with mega kick"
The trainer watched as Snorlax thundered towards Jigglypuff. He bit his lip in determination, his mind calculating the various defence techniques. As Snorlax reached the ball shaped pokemon it pulled it's leg back preparing for a kick, David Beckham style, into the far right corner of the stadium. "Jigglypuff, minimize!"
The Jigglypuff shrunk down to a tiny size and hopped nimbly out of reach. Snorlax, who had the vision of an old age pensioner, failed to notice that Jigglypuff was gone and Mega kicked thin air. Snorlax fell with a crash to the floor. "Now Jigglypuff climb up Snorlax's back and into his ear and then sing!"
Snorlax lay dazed on the floor and the enemy trainer had seen his opportunity. Jigglypuff blew itself back to the correct size and climbed up to Snorlax's ear, and then began to sing. Quietly and then growing louder it wove together lyrics and music from different cultures and styles mingling sweetly with the crowd's excitement. And Snorlax slowly drifted off into silent slumber.
"Now Jigglypuff! Pound!" Jigglypuff raised its hand and struck Snorlax across the face. Snorlax barely flinched. Jigglypuff's trainer looked to his challenger. He didn't look as worried as he should. And this of course caused much anxiety to the somewhat inexperienced trainer.
The crowd cheered and booed anyway hardly noticing the delay in battling as it was realised that Jigglypuff couldn't really pound a 300-pound Snorlax out. "Jigglypuff, Double slap"
A technique known as try, try and try again comes into play sometimes in pokemon battles and it is something that to be honest rarely works. Because well it if didn't work the first time why should it work this time? Jigglypuff slapped Snorlax across the face once, twice, three times but to no avail. Jigglypuff's trainer looked to his opponent to see if he would retaliate.
"Playtime's over. Snorlax, snore!" Snorlax, though still asleep, shook slightly and then a huge ring of energy exploded from his body. Jigglypuff was taken unaware and thrown far across the battle stadium. When it landed it half bounced, half rolled to a stop. And finally lay completely still.
"Jigglypuff is unable to battle! Snorlax is the victor!" The crowd burst into a cacophony of cheers and chants for the winner. The loser returned his Jigglypuff and grudgingly slipped off mumbling to himself.
Nate sat in the third row staring at the winner. He could feel the applause echoing all around him. And he could see the victor's toothy grin as he raised his trophy. He mentally rubbed out this "winners" face and replaced it with his own. He could hear them chanting his name, as he became the new pokemon master. As he watched a glint of excitement burned brightly in his eye.