Chapter 4: The First Tournament!
"Alright guys, here's the deal. For the tournament, it will be three groups of two people, and then there will be three winners. Two winners will go at it, and the winner of that will go against the third winner. When you're done, the winner of that will be the tournament winner. Understand?" The instructor explained.
Skylark and Bulbasaur were the first up to battle. Bulbasaur had been training rigorously, and had strengthened her tackle and growl. She was in the process of learning a new move, called Leech Seed, but so far it had been a difficult task and she hadn't mastered it. No matter, Skylark felt confident in his Pokémon.
"Skylark, choose your Pokémon!" The instructor shouted.
"Bulbasaur!"
"As expected. John, choose your Pokémon!" The instructor yelled out the other opponent.
"I choose Geodude!" John shouted back. He raised his Pokéball and out from the ball sprung forward Geodude. It flexed its muscles and attempted to taunt Bulbasaur, who obviously wasn't paying any attention to it. Finally, it stopped and prepared for battle.
"Ready…set…go! Skylark's move first!"
"Bulbasaur, hit it with a Tackle!" Bulbasaur nodded happily and ran forward to the Geodude.
"Geo, block it with a Defense Curl!" Suddenly, Geodude raised its arms and a weird green color flowed through its body, making it harder. Bulbasaur tackled with her entire body, yet it barely damaged the Geodude. Its HP dropped only 3 points, and it didn't even move from where it floated. Skylark stood there, confused as to what to do.
"Hit it with another Tackle!" Again, Bulbasaur tackled, but it only dropped 2 HP. It remained still strong at 40 HP.
"Geo, let's use a Rock Polish!" Suddenly, almost like five different cleaning squeegees came over Geodude, and he became very light and shiny. Skylark stared wonderingly at this Pokémon's move, but soon realized its horror. "Now Tackle!"
Almost like it weighed a feather, the giant rock flew straight into Bulbasaur's side with a quick speed. "Bulb-" Bulbasaur began to shout as she was thrown backwards. She lost, from that attack alone, 12 HP.
"What a great speed and tackle this Geodude has…" Skylark thought to himself. Then, it hit him. In his class he had been studying about the strength and weaknesses of Pokémon. Rock, Water, and Ground type Pokémon are especially weak to Grass type powers. But, Bulbasaur barely knows any grass type attacks. "Ugh…" Skylark grunted. The onlookers in the crowd stared at him, confused at his thinking. "Let's hit it with another Tackle!"
Bulbasaur rammed into Geodude's side, and it delivered a rather powerful hit, probably a critical hit. It dropped Geodude 14 HP points, down to 26 HP. Now, Bulbasaur and Geodude were equal in HP. "Geo, hit him with another one of your speed Tackles!" Geodude roared and began to ram into Bulbasaur, but Skylark intruded.
"Bulbasaur, let's try Leech Seed!" Bulbasaur gasped loudly, almost questioning her master's command. She shrugged it off and stared at the Geodude, intimidatingly. Quickly, she attempted to shoot out seeds from her bulb. They flew into the air, and it flew everywhere, but she was quickly tackled by Geodude. She lost another 8 HP that time, but managed to stand up quickly after the hit.
"Geodude, he already went, let's try another tackle!" Geodude roared in agreement as he went to slam into its enemy. Unexpectedly, though, Geodude stopped and stood still. "Geodude, what are you doing? Tackle!" Geodude suddenly fell to the ground, and its eyes were wide with pain. Leech Seed had kicked in, and Geodude was hit hard with the powerful grass attack. Geodude lost nearly 18 HP, a drastic drain. And Bulbasaur gained back all of that.
Bulbasaur now stood tall and healthy, ready to attack. "Bulbasaur!" Skylark shouted. "Finish him off with a tackle!" Bulbasaur rammed into the Geodude, but it didn't finish him off completely. It only knocked down about five more HP.
"GEO!" Geodude shouted in rebellion. He rammed into the Bulbasaur, causing a critical hit. She lost 18 HP, leaving her with 10 HP. Geodude shouted, but in a flash fell down fainted. Leech Seed took its toll on Geodude, and he collapsed.
"Geodude!" John ran out onto the court and picked up his Pokémon, and then ran off the court ashamed.
"Skylark is the winner of the battle!" The instructor announced. The audience roared in praise of how Skylark won against John. "Now, the other two winners of the match must duel it out; Skylark will be sitting out for this round." Skylark nodded, told Bulbasaur to follow him and went back to a resting area, and Bulbasaur was healed by a healing machine.
After the other two battle, a winner emerges…
"Skylark, come face your opponent!" Skylark walked out from his waiting area, Bulbasaur by his side, and met a teenage girl with a Zigzagoon.
"Ah, so you're Skylark! I've been waiting to fight against you!" She said. "My friends always joked about how weak you were," Skylark flinched at the comment. "But I was shocked to hear that such a weak boy now was so strong with a new Pokémon." Skylark's rage was high and he wanted to say something, but he was smart enough to realize that the girl was trying to lure him in and get his emotions high, only to make his decision making poor.
"It's true. Bulbasaur made me stronger." Skylark said. "And he's stronger than that Zigzagoon of yours."
"Psh, no one is better than Zigzy!" She lifted Zigzagoon and hugged it tightly. "And I'll show you. Zigzagoon, let's go and beat this wimp!"
Sorry for the delayed chapter. Been extremely sick and tired.