Chapter 18- The arrival of my rival
It hit at full speed and there was no way we could dodge it. I watched as Totodile rolled out onto the ground nearly toppling of the edge. That would of ended very bad. I watched in shame as Scyther and Bugsy stood proudly. They knew the drill. I was just a normal average trainer to them. No I don't think I was even that.
I looked at my pokemon in guilt as he grimaced in pain. He would feel even worse in the morning. It was probably the best thing to recall him. This time he allowed it.
"Togepi go." Maybe that was a stupid mistake.
Bugsy rolled his eyes. I felt like rolling into him. "Scyther U-Turn." The pokemon tackled into Togepi then returned into his pokeball. Togepi got back up into a defensive position. He was ready to defend himself.
"Metapod go." I stared in disbelief at the pokemon he sent out. Didn't he have a pokemon that was worth battling? "Harden."
"All right then use Metrnome." I watched as Togepi wiggled it's small precious fingers around. It was a random chance that it would be a good attack. Here it came flamethrower! Metapod rolled over unconscious.
Bugsy sighed and sent out his other pokemon Kakuna. I found it hard to believe that Kauna evolved into Beedrill the angriest pokemon alive. I was a little more wary of it than of Metapod. Since Bugsy's pokemon were at such a high level the Kakuna could evolve at any time. I knew a sting from Beedrill would do Togepi in.
"Poison sting" The sharp needles flooded onto the field Togepi was lucky and dodged most of the attack. But still got hit. The pokemon shivered with the thought of being poisoned. I ordered Togepi to attack anyways. "Metranome." The pokemon redid the attack this time it was a Swift. Stars flew on the battlefield and rumbled the battlefield. Kakuna was out for the count. Now I knew who we had to face; that horrid Scyther. I was right.
"Scyther come on out." Bugsy was confident his pokemon would not fail him. The two scythes came down in a ready position; this was it. Togepi would now suffer because of me. "Metranome." I replied acting as brave and hopeful as I could.
"X- Scissor." The attack built up as my anticipation did. Togepi finally used it's attack. A white ball of light formed for a minute but then disappeared. I had no idea what attack it was or even if it was an attack. Bugsy shrugged and watched his attack be put into motion. The impact was so tough that Togepi rolled over and was motionless. I recalled my pokemon in fear that Bugsy wasn't done.
Who would I send out now? I had Bellsprout, Unown, and Speedy. I thought about it for a moment then decided who it would be. "Speedy go!" My pokemon came out ready to go.
"Use a water gun." The pokemon shot a strong force of water at the opponent, which was then thrown to the ground by the attack. Bugsy just ordered his pokemon to get up.
"Wing attack." The pokemon dived into position. Speedy dodged it and Bugsy growled he never expected an attack like that. He tried it again and again until Scyther wore himself out completely. He then stopped the torture and switched his plan of attack. "Double team." The room filled up with empty copies of Scyther. We looked around to find the right one. But I had no idea which one it was.
"Double hit." I couldn't believe it, Speedy was struck from every end and the attacks may have gone from copies but they were real. Speedy was pushed into a corner and I got an idea on how to stop it. "Water gun with a spin." Water rushed out of every corner of the room as well knocking out copies of the Scyther until there was just one left.
The original Scyther stared at us menacingly ready to strike in anger. It growled and gasped in exhaustion. Bugsy just smiled. "X- Scissor." His famous attack was what I expected him to do.
"Slowpoke no!" I watched in horror as the attack actually did something. Slowpoke was fast but not fast enough. "Bite." I ordered after I realized my pokemon still stood. But Scyther dodged it. In frustration I wanted to pull those wings off so it couldn't dodge as well. But that would have been cruel.
But then a flash of white light came up from behind Scyther and Bugsy I was as equally surprised and shocked. What was that? The attack was so strong that Scyther was humbled by it. It never touched my pokemon. Scyther was out for the count and I had won my second gym battle.
Bugsy smiled and said to himself just loud enough that I could hear him. "That was a future sight wasn't it?" I knew what future sight was. I had heard cases of it destroying ships. The worst case was the one in Sinnoh with the legendary trio. They had taken out an entire ship of wanted convicts. They were all pokemon hunters. I was amazed at the power of that one attack. How did Togepi pull that one off?
"Congratulations. Here is your gym badge." Bugsy presented the badge to me. I held it up in excitement there was nothing more glorious than winning a gym badge.
I left the gym in a prideful stride with Speedy behind me. There was nothing that would shake us off of this path. Except my least favorite person ever. "Oh look if it isn't Desiree the desperate." I knew too well who that was. Gabrielle.
"If it isn't Gabby." She grinded her teeth as I knew she hated that nickname.
"What have you been doing? Losing?" She laughed.
"No." I whined. "Have you?"
"No." She whined back.
"I bet you don't have a single gym badge." I snorted.
"How many have you gotten?" She replied.
"Two." Her face went pale.
"Oh what an amateur." Gabby sighed purposely.
"You haven't told me how many you had." I said smiling.
"I have… oh nevermind it doesn't matter if I have only one or two or even three. I challenge you to a battle." She growled.
"I accept." If I fought off Bugsy I could fight my rival.
"Quilava go!" Her pokemon must of gotten stronger because her pokemon were much more advanced than mine. I couldn't use Bellsprout but I was confident that Speedy or Totodile could fight well being a water type. She also must have other pokemon so I needed to plan that one out.
I then realized something as I thought about all my pokemon. "Wait I have to go heal!"