So, the third chapter of the Legend of Blaze. In this chapter, we get some more additions to the team, but things don't go quite as smoothly as Blaze and Co. would like.
I do not own Pokémon.
The Legend Of Blaze – Chapter Three - Old 'Friends'
As me and Bulb burst into the Pokémon centre, we looked around at our temporary shelter. It seemed homely enough; there were a few sofas on the left side of the room, and some sort of machines in the right. I think humans called them coffee machines. The tiled floor made it imposable for me and Bulb to stop, so we were sent skidding into the side of the counter.
"Ouch..." we both mumbled in unison as we picked our tired bodies up from the Judas floor.
Just then John came in, and went straight to the coffee machines. Me and Bulb made our way to the area with the sofas and plonked down onto the soft, warm fabric. The centre was not very busy, just a few trainers stood about the place, ether talking to each other or on those devices that let you call people. Mobile phones, I think.
"So, what you fancy doing?" asked Bulb.
I had no idea. No Pokémon had ever treated me with kindness before.
"Errrrm.." I mumbled.
"How about that fruit bowl on the table there? Looks nice. I think we may have to 'borrow' a few." Laughed the Bulbasaur.
He shot out two vines, grabbed the bowl, and hauled it back over. It was demolished in mere seconds.
Just as we hid the evidence, John came over and told us the plan of action.
"it's too late to travel now," he started, "but we should set out for Pewter tomorrow. For now, get some rest, and enjoy yourselves. I'm expecting a guest in a few minutes."
I wondered what he meant, and just then a girl came in. She has a black leather coat, white shirt, jeans and boots on. John looked over and the two greeted on another. John came over and introduced her.
"This is Hannah," he announced "she is a friend of mine. She's going to be travelling with us for a while."
Hannah then took out two pokeballs. She tossed them into the air and out came two Pokémon. A Torchic and a Slowpoke. I looked over the Pokémon. The Torchic was female, and looked quite strong. I couldn't tell with the Slowpoke. It just looked so dim-witted. Just then I overheard our trainers talking about a battle. Great.
A few minutes later, and we were outside, the sunset casting long shadows of our bodies across the landscape. I took a few minutes to survey the battlefield. The Pokémon centre was to our left, and the path leading out of town to our right. A pond was just behind the opposing team, whereas we had the path leading deeper into the city. We had gathered a small crowd of trainers, waiting for the battle to start.
"Great," I muttered, "it's a great day and I'm wasting it out here."
John quickly went over the rules. "Two Pokémon each, first person to lose both Pokémon loses. Substitutions are allowed."
Bulb was up first, against that Slowpoke thing. Bulb kicked things off, charging and knocking the Slowpoke down. He then fired a leech seed, and it hit home. I grinned. Bulb was playing well, getting a leech seed in early. Slowpoke rose to its feet, and then the vines blasted out of the seed and wrapped around the Slowpoke. The slowpoke battled on, firing a water gun at Bulb. He sidestepped and used vine whip of the Slowpoke's head, before it could change aim. Bulb then ran in to finish it. He used another vine to smash the downed slowpoke, before charging a solarbeam.
"Slowpoke, use confusion!" yelled Hannah.
Bulb was lifted into the air, still charging solarbeam. Slowpoke then smashed him into the ground below, and the solarbeam diminished. Confusion was super effective. Bulb pulled himself up, only to be knocked down by a water gun.
"Bulb, Return!" called John. Bulb disappeared into his pokeball, and I stepped onto the battleground.
I had to be quick. I could lose to this water type easily, but it was so weakened, and still being drained by leach seed, so I could finish it quick. I ran forward with quick attack, and the slowpoke hit the ground. I then jumped up and smashed my paw into him. I took a step back, and my claws took on a strange glow. Crush Claw. A move passed down in my family for generations, and I finally pulled it off. I bought the two claws down, and took that dimwit out for good.
"Go, Torchic!"
My blood turned to ice. Both I and Bulb are males, and we have to beat up this little female Torchic? I turned to face her, but there was nothing there. Then it hit me. I jumped just in time to avoid a peck to the torso. I turned to her and used quick attack to knock her down. But the knock never came. She had dodged it and countered with her own quick attack, sending me skidding along the ground, and kicking up dust. Just then, the dust gave me an idea. I grinned, and turned to face the fire bird. She came in for another go, and I burst a smokescreen in her face. I jumped out of the cloud and watched her stumble out the other end, and right into the pond. She splashed around for a few seconds, and then clambered out to the side, catching her breath. I walked up and offered her and hand, but Judas had other ideas. She attacked with peck, knocking me down, and then jumped onto me, attacking with those talons. It hurt like hell, and was cutting my stomach open. She finally let up, and quick attacked me. I was send flying into the air, over the pond. I smashed into a wooden bridge going over the pond, before slipping slowly into it. I looked up as the surface of the pond grew fainter and fainter, and then I blacked out.