Battles of a Lifetime!
"Huh? A Pokemon tournament?" Evelyn asks. "How are we supposed to do that?"
"It's simple, actually," I responded. "We have two battles, and the winners of each battle competes for the title of Tournament winner. Are you guys up for this?"
"Yeah," responded Brian. "But how are we supposed to determine who battles against who?"
Evelyn quickly responded, "Back in Sinnoh, I got this gadget called a Poketch, and there is an app on it where it scrambles and categorizes things into tournament trees. Let me just input the Trainer and Pokemon data…. Here we go!"
As she showed everyone her screen, I prayed that Snivy and I could actually win this. There were two Water types in this tournament, and eventually we would have to go up against one of them. As I glanced at the tournament tree, I saw who my opponents were: Zach and his Oshawott, while Evelyn and Chimchar were against Brian and Tepig.
Snivy and I had the advantage in this battle, but Zach has had more experience with battling.
"All right, I'll go first against Kyle!" shouted Zach.
We soon got to the arena, where I stood on one side and Zach on the other.
"This is a one-on-one Pokemon battle! Calling back your Pokemon is a forfeit! The winner gets to go to the next round! Are you ready, guys?" said Evelyn.
We both nodded.
"All right, then. Battle… begin!"
"Oshawott, I choose you!"
"Snivy, help me out!"
"All right Oshawott, go for a Tackle!"
Snivy leaps out of the way, barely avoiding direct contact.
"Snivy, use Vine Whip and grab Oshwott!"
Snivy uses its vines to grab Oshawott in mid-air while it tries to doge the attacks.
"Now slam it down!"
Snivy slams Oshawott down to the ground and releases it.
"Oshawott, get back up now. Use Water Gun to lift yourself in the air!"
Oshawott sends out a jet of water on the ground and gets pushed into the air.
"Now, Tackle Snivy!"
Surprised, Snivy doesn't have time to dodge the attack and gets hit.
"Snivy, are you OK? Great! Use a series of Vine Whips Oshawott!"
Snivy uses its vines to whip Oshawott until it falls to the ground and faints.
"Oshawott is unable to battle! Snivy and Kyle are the winners!" exclaimed Evelyn.
Disappointed yet proudly, Zach calls back Oshawott and shakes my hand. "That was an incredible match on both our parts!" I told him.
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As the battle between Brian and Evelyn started, I felt really nervous about our next battle between either Tepig or Chimchar. Snivy did better than expected against Zach, and he was definitely quick, but I wasn't sure if he was capable against Fire moves like Ember.
Tepig and Chimchar had an awesome battle, but the battle tipped towards Evelyn because of a mistake on Brian's part. When he used Ember on Chimchar, that made the Chimp Pokemon more fueled and helped it to defeat Tepig. Now, it was Snivy vs. Chimchar.
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"Alright, Snivy, start off with a nice Tackle attack!"
With unnatural speed, Snivy charges into Chimchar and makes a direct hit. Chimchar flies back.
"Chimchar, please get up! Now use Scratch on Snivy!"
Chimchar prepares to make a move on Snivy, but Snivy quickly dodges it.
"Ok, Snivy, use Vine Whip on Chimchar in midair, then slam it down!"
"Not so fast! Chimchar, use Ember on Snivy's vines!"
Chimchar burns Snivy's vines, hurting the Pokemon and allowing Chimchar to gracefully land back onto the ground.
"Wow, that was smart thinking! Snivy, are you OK? Great, use Tackle!"
"Chimchar, good work! Meet that Tackle with a Scratch!"
The two Pokemon make contact with each other as their moves collide, deciding the winner. The Trainer who would win the tournament was….
Neither Trainer. Both of the Pokemon made direct contact and knocked each other out.
I was a little sad about this, but also very proud of Snivy. It did get knocked out, but in the end, it also defeated a Pokemon who's typing shouldn't have allowed it to win.
Evelyn and I shook hands at the center of the arena, and she looked into my eyes, smiling competitively. "Next time, this battle WON'T be a draw!"
"You're right about that!" I said to her, smiling back.