Chapter 8: Orovo vs. Skylark
"I'll let you take the first hit, my friend." Orovo commented.
"Bulbasaur, let's try to tackle him!" Bulbasaur didn't hesitate. She took off like a bullet, running straight toward the target. Hopping into the air, she hit Onix's second rock away from his head.
"Huyaaaaa!" Onix shouted. Obviously, it seemed that the tackle did some damage.
"Alright Onix, let's show him our powers. Use Rock Throw!" Orovo shouted in command. Immediately Onix raised his tail in the air and threw off the last few rocks on the end of the tail, and slowly another few rocks grew back. The rocks flew toward Bulbasaur, who helplessly dodged them until she was hit with a medium sized rock.
"Bulba!" She shrieked. But it didn't take her out of the battle. She stood up and shook off the hit, and took her next battle stance.
"Bulbasaur! Use your Leech Seed!" Springing into action, Bulbasaur shot off multiple seeds onto the ground around Onix. For some reason, Onix didn't move.
"Bahahahahaha!" Orovo laughed. "What move did that do? It looked like it didn't even harm my massive and powerful Onix!" He looked over to his Onix, who wasn't fazed by the attack. "Onix, let's show him the new move you learned from the TM we got yesterday. Use Iron Tail!" Skylark suddenly grew shaky, a new fear rushing over his body like water.
"Bulbasaur! You NEED to dodge that attack!" Bulbasaur followed the commands of her trainer and ran away, but soon the Onix loomed over her like a sky scraper. Raising its tail, it shouted with a great force as he smashed down onto Bulbasaur, who barely dodged. But, the way he swung his tail it still hit Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur shrieked in pain as she was thrown feet away from where she was hit. "Bulbasaur!"
"Bahahahahahahahahahaha, such a small little weakling." Orovo mocked Bulbasaur. That is, until he realized that Onix started to groan in pain. Finally, it let go a huge shriek that roared throughout the arena. "Onix! Why do you scream?"
Bulbasaur stood up from her spot, and lightly glowed green. "You see, you must not know much about types. Grass types do heavy damage on Rock types, and Leech Seed is a move that not only takes away from Onix's HP, but gives some of it back to Bulbasaur." Skylark explained. Orovo's face dropped as he realized that Onix's brute strength was not matched with the counter type of rock: grass.
"Bulbasaur, let's take care of this once and for all! Finish him with your new move…" Skylark paused. "Use Vinewhip!" From her back Bulbasaur shot out two long whips. They made their way to the heavily damaged Onix, whose HP was half gone already, and prepared for their attack. They swung back and let loose. The smack of the whips on the rock body rang throughout the arena, followed by the echoed cry of Onix. The Great and Mighty Underground Tournament Champion…is now defeated.
"Im…impossible." Orovo gasped. Onix now lay in front of him, groaning in pain as it fainted. "THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE! THERE IS NO WAY YOU COULD HAVE BEATEN ME! YOU CHEATED!" Orovo took out his Pokéball and called back Onix. "That Onix was a level 11! Your Bulbasaur couldn't have been more than a level 10! You're cheating!"
"No…I just know how to play." Skylark said. He turned to leave, Bulbasaur soon following behind.
"Oh what running away now?" Orovo taunted.
"No, I'm getting out of here. I'm going to go to bed." Skylark responded. "And also alert the police of this."
"Aren't you going to take the money?" Someone in the crowd, as shocked as the others, shouted out.
"Nope. I don't need it." Skylark was almost at the exit before Orovo finally realized what was going to happen.
"He won't accept it because it's illegal money! He's going to turn us in!" Orovo took out a second Pokéball, throwing out a Raticate. "Stop him and the prize money is yours!" The crowd gasped in awe at the huge prize money and each one pulled out a Pokéball. Skylark turned around, picked up Bulbasaur and ran to the exit.
Once at the exit, they were hit with the fact they couldn't reach up to the surface. "Bulbasaur, Vinewhip." With ease Bulbasaur shot her vines to the surface, and they climbed their way out of the hole. "Alright, we don't have time to waste. They're coming for us." Skylark picked up Bulbasaur and took off in a sprint. "I gotta get to the police soon…"
Sorry for the progressively smaller chapters. I got a lot going on, so yeah. Sorry