Chapter 3: Hello With A Bang!

"Buizel!"

The sea otter sends a Water Gun straight to Elekid.

"Ele…Kid!"

The electric pokemon blocks it with Brick Break. The two pokemon jumped back for some distance in between them. The two pokemon smirked at each other. Meanwhile, the other pokemon were playing with the beach ball Dawn provided.

"Chim…Char!"
"Piplup!"
"Murkrow!"

The three pokemon said as they hit the ball. When the ball flew to Buneary, the bunny jumped up to hit it but it missed and passed it. The ball landed in the middle of Buizel and Elekid's training. The two watch as the bunny picked up the ball. Buneary looks over to Buizel and motions it to play with them. Buizel just shakes its head.

"Pikachu, Iron Tail!"
"Pika!"

Everyone's heads turned to the direction of the voice to see a bolder being shattered into a million pieces. A huge part of the bolder came off a it was smashed and headed straight for the rabbit pokemon.

"Buneary!" the pokemon covered its face
"Buneary! Get out of there!" Dawn yelled
"Buizel!"

Buizel sends a Sonic Boom at the bolder before it could hit her. Elekid then sent a Thunder at the nearby bushes.

"Ah!"
"Pika!"

Ash, Pikachu, and Brock fell out of the bushes.

"Huh? What are you three doing here?"
"Well, me and Pikachu are training for a rematch with Roark."
"Pathetic!"

Ash glared at Paul, who was walking towards them.

"You already lost and you're only on the first badge? Might as well quit now"
"What'd you say, Paul!"

Dawn and Pikachu ran in between Ash and Paul.

"Ok, you two break it up!"
"Pika Pi!"
"And Ash! You better watch where you're training! That bolder almost hurt Buneary!"
"Buneary?"

Dawn points the rabbit. Ash looks at Buneary and pulls out his Pokedex.

"Buneary, the Rabbit Pokémon. By quickly extending its rolled-up ears, it can launch a powerful attack against its enemies."

"So that's a Buneary?"

Pikachu walks up to Buneary to apologize but a Water Gun stops him. They turn their heads to see a very angry Buizel. Ash points his Pokedex at Buizel.

"Buizel, the sea weasel pokemon! It has a floatation sac that is like an inflatable collar and swims by rotating its two tails like a screw."

"Pika?"
"Buizel!"
"Pikachu!"
"Bui Bui!"
"Pi Pika Pi Chu Pikachu!"
"Buizel! Bui Buizel Zel!"

Sparks start flying from Pikachu's cheeks while Buizel just keeps glaring at the electric pokemon.

"Pika-Chuuuuuuuu!"
"Bui…Zel!"

Pikachu sends a Thunderbolt while Buizel uses Water Pulse.

"Torterra!"

A million leaves hits both Thunderbolt and Water Pulse.

"Brock, what move was that?"
"I think it was Leaf Storm!"
"Leaf Storm? But where did…"

They turn to see Torterra slowly walking up to Paul. Ash then turns his Pokedex to Torterra.

"Torterra, the continent pokemon! Torterra is the final evolved form of Turtwig. Sometimes small pokemon will gather to make their nests on Torterra's back!"

"Awesome!"
"Thanks"
"Huh? That's your Torterra, Paul?"
"Of course! Unlike your pokemon, my Torterra's got real power"
"So does Pikachu!"
"Didn't you mention, you were training for a rematch?"

Ash just glared at Paul.

"You're a loser. Dawn, I'm going into town. Stay here with the pokemon. Come on Elekid"
"Ok! Come back soon you two!"
"Ele!"

Paul walks off. Once he was out of sight, Ash turned to Dawn.

"Why do you hang out with mean guy like him?"
"What do you mean? He's not mean?"
"Huh? Didn't you-"
"Ash!"
"What is it Brock?"

Brock leans in and whispers into Ash's ear.

"Ash, I don't think Paul acts cruel to Dawn, that might be why she doesn't know what he's like."
"Oh…"

"PikaPikaPika"
"Bui...Bui!"

The three trainers turned to see Pikachu using Volt Tackle and Buizel using Aqua Jet.

"Pikachu what are you doing?"
"Buizel! Cut it out!"

The two pokemon ignored their trainers' commands and charged at each other.

"Pika!"
"Bui!"

The two pokemon collided, an explosion was heard, and smoke clouded their sights.

"Pikachu! Are you alright?"
"Buizel where are you?"

Once the smoke cleared everyone saw that the two injured pokemon were having a glaring contest.

"Pika..."
"Bui..."
"Piplup! Pip!"

Piplup jumped in between Pikachu and Buizel, just in case the two went at it again.

"What's gotten into those two?" Ash asked
"Beats me" Dawn replied as she shrugged her shoulders
"Maybe..."

Brock narrowed his eyes and watched as Buneary walked up to Buizel.

"Buneary?" the rabbit pokemon asked
"Bui Bui" Buizel replied as it shook it's head
"Bun Buneary Eary!" the rabbit exclaimed
"Bui Bui Buizel" Buizel said as Buneary calmed down

"Of course!" Brock said as he snapped his fingers
"What's up Brock?"
"Maybe Buizel likes Buneary and it's mad at Pikachu for almost hurting her!"
"I guess that's reasonable." Dawn said with a smile
"What do you mean?" Ash asked
"Well, Buneary and I are the only girls traveling in this big family of ours, so the boys tend to get a little protective" Dawn explained
"I see"

Torterra's eyes narrowed as it stared at a near by bush.

"Tor" the pokemon mumbled

The bushes soon began to rustle.

"Torterra!" the continent pokemon shouted as it sent a Hyper Beam at the bushes.

A pokemon that looked a bit like a dog jumped from the bushes to avoid the Hyper Beam. The pokemon had two white bands at each of its ankles, a long skinny tail that ends in an arrow-head, it also has what looks like a collar with a small skull pendant and a pair of curled horns. The pokemon growled at the trainers and pokemon with an angry look on it's face.

"What is that pokemon? It looks really scary!" Dawn asked as she backed away behind Ash and Brock
"It's a Houndoom" Brock replied
"A Houndoom?"

Dawn took out her pokedex.

"Houndoom the dark pokemon! Houndoom is the evolved form of Houndour. Long ago, people imagined its eerie howls to be the call of the grim reaper"

"Wow, creepy!"
"Dawn look out!"

Dawn looks up to see a Shadow Ball heading her way.

"Whoa!"