Chapter 7- The Rival Silver

I sat with Brock and Dawn as Ash won his round two battle. Silver and I were last this round (I feel like Cynthia was pulling some strings, she knows about our rivalry) so I got to sit through and watch everybody else. Tallon won his with flying colors and I noticed Paul did well in his battle too.

Then it was the moment of truth. I'd never battled Silver in a three on three so I wondered what the out outcome was going to be.

"Begin!"

"Alright, go Crobat!" called Silver and his purple bat appeared on the field

"Alright, let's take 'em down Drifblim!" my purple balloon pokemon appeared.

"Silver gets the first move!" called the ref.

"Alright, Crobat use poison fang!" the pokemon flew at Drifblim at an alarming speed.

"Counter with Poison jab!" They clashed and Drifblim came out victorious. Crobat didn't take too much damage though.

"Alright, Drifblim use Thunder wave!"

"What?!" Silver watched in surprise as my ghost pokemon used an electric attack to take down his Crobat. "How did you…?"

"It's always good to know different move types; you never know when it's going to get you out of a tight spot." I shrug.

He glares at me before pulling out his next pokemon, "Go Gengar!"

Not good. Gengar is a ghost type, so is Drifblim. Drifblim is weak to ghost type attacks but so is Gengar. That means this would end in a draw if you put them up against each other…

"Gengar use shadow ball!" the ball of black energy starts to form.

"Alright Drifblim, Baton pass!" I call back my ghost pokemon just in time; the attack goes flying past him.

I see Silver glare at me from the other end of the field. "Go Medicham!" Medicham may be weak to ghost type attacks but I've trained her in defense and speed so she should be fine.

"Gengar shadow punch!" Gengar charged

"Medicham counter with psychic!" The pokemon met (it always seems like that's happening with us…) and they both pushed hard but Medicham came out on top again.

Gengar took some serious damage but wasn't out yet.

"Alright, finish him off with psyshock!" the attack hit the slow Gengar and took him down.

Silver continued to glare at me from across the field.

"Alright, we can do this Feraligator!" the big blue pokemon appeared and I remembered all the times it had come down to him before.

"Those other pokemon were weak, show me you're better Croconaw!"

"Don't fail me like the rest Croconaw!"

"Feraligator show her who's stronger here!"

"Feraligator, don't you dare let me down now!"

"We won't let her win again, right Feraligator?"

"Ha! We won't lose to these two now will we Feraligator?"

It struck a chord with me, seeing how he'd changed in his travels. He had become a good trainer and it was a shame that it would end so early in this battle.

"Switch out Medicham!" I called him back. "Let's go Meganium!"

"So, it's these two again?" questions Silver.

"Just like the first time." I smile wistfully, thinking about the first time we battled.

"Feraligator won't stand to lose again."

"Meganiums not one to not put up a fight, but you already know that don't you?" I smirk at the end. "Alright, let's take cut 'em down to size! Use Leaf Storm!"

"Feraligator dodge it!" Feraligator quickly got out of the way but the swirling leaves that Meganium had created followed him. He was able to avoid it for a bit but it did eventually catch up to him. He didn't take as much damage as he would have if it would have hit him sooner but it still was a serious hit.

"Feraligator use Ice fang!" Silver commanded. Well, he did learn something about type advantages…

"Meagnium use earthquake!"

"What the!?" Silver watched as the final hit knocked down Feraligator.

"Feraligator is unable to battle! Carina wins!"

Silver returned Feraligator and came up to me solemnly. "Guess you won again."

We shook hands ceremoniously. "Yah, guess I did."

"I'm still nothing compared to you." He sighs as we walk off the field.

"No, not really." That got his attention "You're the most unpredictable rival I have. You actually challenge me the most. You would have taken my Drifblim out if I hadn't used Baton pass and I barely got that one in in-time."

"Whatever. I guess I'll see you around." He says before stalking off somewhere and I just roll my eyes.

Sorry it's so short… the battle went kind fast I guess. I'll try and make the next one longer (it is more interesting so I won't have a problem with that!) So anyways, please leave a review (love those :) and I hope to have the next chapter out by the end of the week. ~Crystal