A/N: If this was an episode, it would be known as a filler =] Mostly just used this to have Turtwig use Withdraw for the first time.
Ch. 5 The King of Route 202
Bryce was troubled and Turtwig could tell. It started when he let her out at six in the morning, the sun was barely up and she was tired. When she looked up with a worried expression at her trainer, his eyes seemed distant as though he wasn't actually there. She'd tried everything she could to cheer him up or to at least make him look at her, but each time she'd been brushed off or ignored. Just when she was about to give up, there was a rustle in the bushes. From the rustle, fierce golden eyes stared at the Grass Type. Turtwig stopped in her tracks and stood on guard as Bryce walked on, unaware of what was going on. 'Tur, Turtwig Tur!' She cried towards him, but he kept going, still in a world of his own.
As she looked on, the eyes flashed and she began to feel a little unnerved. She ran towards her trainer and hastily bit his leg. His eyes widened as he shouted out and clutched at the injury. He hastily rolled up a pants leg and examined it, not enough to draw blood but it still hurt. He glared at Turtwig, "What was that for?" The turtle pokemon barely paid attention to the shouts and was still pulling on his leg while motioning towards the eyes. Bryce looked in the direction she was looking at and noticed the eyes that was watching them so thoroughly.
"What's that?" He asked with more curiosity than fear. "Maybe my pokedex can figure it out," But before he had even so much as touched it, a voice rang out. "May all visitors to Route 202 bow down to their mighty king!" As these words were said, two forms leaped out of the bushes. One was a small kid dawning a cardboard crown that read "Taco King" with a thick black line drawn through it. He wore a red T-shirt with a pokeball on it and dark blue shorts. The boy had a sort of arrogant aura emitting from him which Bryce noticed immediately. Next to him, there was a small black and blue pokemon with a cowlick on the top of its head. Bryce recognized its golden stare immediately pulled out his pokedex. He hadn't had a use for it in the field so far because Bidoofs and Starlys presided all over Twinleaf Town and he saw them all the time. He didn't need it for the three starters either, all three of the boys spent time studying the trio before the fated day Brandon was taken. But this one was new.
Shinx, the Flash Pokemon. All its fur dazzles if danger is sensed and it flees while the foe is blinded. This pokemon's forelegs have a muscle-based system for generating electricity.
"So this is a Shinx? Brandon always talked about catching one. They're supposed to be rare around here." Bryce murmured. At these words, the boy seemed to puff up with pride and Bryce wondered to himself if he hadn't made a mistake making the statement. "They are," the boy cried. "and I caught him all by myself! So that makes me the king of this area, and if you want to pass, you have to beat me in a battle!" The Shinx murred in agreement, smiling up at his trainer. Bryce sighed in response, this bratty little kid who looked like he hadn't even received his first pokemon, went out and broke the rules so he could call himself the king.
"I don't think the troops of Team Galactic would like hearing this kid." He said out loud, walking away with his hands behind his back. Turtwig followed at his side with a sort of coy look on her face. "Hey! I'm not a kid, my name is Logan! King Logan!" Bryce could sense the anger in his voice and smiled to himself. But no sooner had he done this, then Turtwig went flying through the air, surprise clearly noted on her face. Bryce ran to her side to see if she was alright, seeing that there were no serious injuries, he turned around and shouted angrily at the boy. "That's a cheap shot y'know!" The boy grinned widely before running a finger under his nose in a sort of victory pose. "What you call a cheap shot, I call strategy!" The Shinx grinned along with him, waving his tail at the pair as a sort of taunt. Bryce jumped up along with Turtwig, they both glared at their opponents. "Fine, you want a battle, I'll give you a battle! Turtwig, Tackle!"
The turtle nodded as she charged at Shinx. She sprinted forward as fast as she could, so fast the tailwind blew the sprout on her head backwards. Logan grinned and shouted, "Shinx, dodge and use Leer!" Shinx gracefully leaped backwards. Turtwig, expecting to come in contact with the electric type at a specific spot, tripped when she hit anything. Falling on her face, she jumped up to find the cub staring at her in a way similar as before. His eyes flashed and the same unnerved feeling she felt before overwhelmed her. So much that she barely registered when a voice shouted, "Now Tackle!" The flashing eyes dimmed and the Shinx charged at the Turtwig and sent her flying back. She landed flat on her stomach, legs sprawled out. "Now Tackle again!" Logan cried with a laugh. The Shinx started running in Turtwig's direction once again. Bryce had to think on his feet, he needed to find an opening but Logan was going too fast, then it came to him.
"Turtwig, Turn and Withdraw!" Turtwig nodded and with a, 'Tur!' She swiveled so Shinx charged directly into her side, then quickly folded her legs under her body. Logan's eyes widened as he cried out, "Shinx stop!" But he was going too fast, and though he started to slow down, he slammed into the turtle's hard brown shell, and with the effect of slamming into a rock, he went flying back, hit his head on the ground, and lay still. Logan fell to his knees in shock crying out, "No! I've never lost before, it's not fair! You can't do that!" He lay over the Shinx who had a small bit of blood on the fur under its chest. Logan returned it.
Bryce cocked an eyebrow, "You've never lost before? Who have you battled?" Logan looked up with watery eyes. "My sister Natalie's Bidoof." Bryce could've laughed out loud, but he managed to keep a straight face as he pet Turtwig on the head. "Good job Turtwig, thanks to you, the king has been dethroned." Turtwig replied with a happy, 'Tur!'
"I won't forget this!" cried Logan waving his fist at the two. Bryce grinned. "I'm sure you won't your highness." He said with a flourished wave and a bow. Turtwig smiled and bowed down as well, leaning on the knees of her front legs before standing back up, and with that they continued on to Jubilife City.