"Dodge it!" I cried out desperately for Wartortle to dodge.
I was facing off against a guy named Kyle on the Rock battlefield. He looked to be only one or two years older than myself and had black hair cut short and dark blue eyes. He was wearing a zip-up blue jacket that was halfway zipped up over a white shirt, jeans, and red, blue, and white sneakers.
"Wartortle is unable to battle! Magmar wins!"
I looked at my fallen Pokemon and removed my Pokeball. "Great job, Wartortle. Take a rest now." I said.
I clipped the Pokeball back to my belt and looked at Magmar. I had been able to take care of Kyle's first two Pokemon with no problem, but his Magmar was proving to be a challenge. It had taken out two of my Pokemon in a row and now we were both left with only one. Not even Wartortle's water attacks were strong enough to beat this Fire type!
This isn't going to be easy. I had a good streak going, but now it's tougher. I thought. How can I beat a Fire type Pokemon that's able to defeat a Water type Pokemon?!
Taking a calming breath, I thought about what to do. I knew that this wasn't going to be easy. Everyone here is going for the same thing. All I have to do is think of everything that I've learned throughout my journey and from watching dad. I can do this.
Pushing my nerves aside, I lowered my hand to my belt. I could hear my family from their seats in the stadium, shouting encouragement to me. Nodding to myself, I removed the Pokeball. It was time for another one of my Pokemon to make his debut.
"Golem, let's show 'em!" I cried, tossing the Pokeball. Being on the Rock Battlefield, Golem would do well. And Rock types are resistant to fire.
"Magmar, use Smokescreen!"
"Golem, use Stone Edge!" I cried as the smoke covered the field. Magmar had taken some damage, thanks to Wartortle, so only a few hits and it should faint.
"No, Magmar!"
Looking, I saw Magmar standing up with more scratches covering its body.
"Now use Rock Throw!"
"Dodge and use Fire Spin!"
Magmar managed to avoid Golem's attack and rocks slammed into the field. Flames surrounded Golem as Fire Spin was used.
"Use Earthquake!" I cried. I stumbled and regained my balance as the Earthquake started. Magmar got hit and fell to the ground.
"Now use Rock Throw once more!" I cried. Up to this point, I had trained Golem in practicing techniques only, never battling. I had managed to train Golem to the point where he was able to jump high while using Rock Throw, making him more maneuverable, something that Jason hadn't taught Golem when he was his Pokemon.
"Magmar, Flamethrower!" The flames shot towards Golem and did little damage as Golem hit Magmar with his rocks. The two fell onto the field and Golem stood up. Magmar remained down on the ground.
"Magmar is unable to battle! Golem wins! The winner is Adam Ketchum!" the ref cried.
"Great job, Golem. Take a rest." I said, praising my Pokemon as I returned it.
Kyle looked over to me and gave a nod and walked away. When I walked outside of the stadium, I found my friends and family.
"Great job, Adam." my mom said, hugging me.
"Good job," my dad said, also hugging me.
"You're two and zero! Keep it up!" Michelle cried.
Jason nodded his head. "Golem did great in his first battle with you."
"You're doing great, Adam." Leaf said and Gary nodded his head in agreement.
Brittany smiled at me and said, "Great job," and gave me a quick hug.
"I'm going to head back to our room and rest for a little while. I'll be back in time to watch your battle though, Jason." I said.
Jason's POV
My second battle would be starting soon. Adam had battled earlier that day and now it was my turn. Today I was on the Ice battlefield.
"Good luck, Jason." Adam said.
"Good luck, you'll do great." Michelle said.
"Give it your all, Jason. And good luck." my mom said, hugging me briefly.
"Good luck and do your best." my dad said.
As I headed towards the battlefield, they went to their seats in the stands. I looked across to the other side at my opponent. Her name was Hayley, who looked to be my age. She had straight, light brown hair that fell to her waist and dark blue eyes. She was wearing a pair of jean cutoff shorts with black leggings underneath, a pink tank top, and pink and black hightops. I also saw a bracelet on her wrist with her Pokeballs attached to it, just like Michelle's.
As I waited for the battle to start, I looked at the field. This would be difficult. Pokemon can slip and slide around on the ice. So the best way of attacking would be from the air.
"The battle between Jason Oak and Hayley will now begin! Each trainer will use three Pokemon and the battle will be over when all of one trainer's Pokemon are unable to battle!"
"Fearow, go!" I cried, tossing my Pokeball.
"Jynx, let's go!" Hayley cried, tossing her Pokeball.
Jynx was an Ice type. Hayley had an advantage over a Flying Pokemon, but Fearow was faster than Jynx and had a lot more space in the air to maneuver than Jynx had on the ground.
"Fearow, use Agility!" I cried. If I used that first, Fearow's speed would be unbeatable. "Now use Aerial Ace!"
"Dodge it! Use Powder Snow!" Hayley cried out.
Using Agility had paid off. Fearow circled around and Jynx's attack was easily avoided. Jynx wasn't able to dodge Aerial Ace, since Fearow was a lot faster.
"Now use Peck!" I cried, since Fearow was still close to Jynx.
Hayley smirked. "Ice Punch, now!"
"Dodge it, Fearow!" I cried, knowing that it would be bad if that Ice Punch made contact.
Fearow managed to dodge...barely. He then swooped back it and used Peck. Looking at Jynx, I saw that it couldn't take much more.
"Use Ice Punch again!"
"Dodge it!"
Fearow couldn't dodge it this time and was hit.
"Aerial Ace, Fearow!" I cried and Fearow shot towards Jynx.
"Lovely Kiss!" Hayley screamed.
"Up and around!" I yelled to Fearow at the last minute. Fearow moved just in the nick of time, avoiding the Lovely Kiss. He zoomed up and over Jynx, striking from behind. I had never seen Fearow move that fast before! Jynx fell to the ground and fainted.
"Jynx is unable to battle. Fearow wins!"
Hayley returned her Pokemon and removed her next Pokeball.
"I have to say, using an Ice Pokemon on an icy battlefield and against a Flying Pokemon is a good strategy, but Fearow is a lot faster than Jynx. You can't hit what you can't catch." I said smugly to Hayley. I had to admit, I had a bit of my dad's smug, cocky attitude.
Hayley frowned at me in frustration. Her Jynx had been completely outmatched. "Butterfree, go!" she cried, tossing her Pokeball.
As Butterfree appeared, I couldn't help but wonder where my Butterfree was now and how it was doing since I released it. Was it happy being with Blair's Butterfree?
I had an advantage over Butterfree. Butterfree was a Bug Pokemon and Fearow was a Flying Pokemon.
"Fearow, use Peck!"
"Use Supersonic!" Hayley cried.
"Stop, Fearow!" I cried out desperately.
Fearow was unable to stop and the Supersonic hit.
"Snap out of it, Fearow!" I cried as Fearow flew around in a dazed state.
"Butterfree, use Poison Powder!"
"Dodge!"
Fearow couldn't dodge and the purple powder landed on him. Fearow cried out in pain as the poison took effect. He then lost some altitude and was flying lower towards the ground.
I had to end this before the poison sapped away all of Fearow's energy. "Fearow, use Aerial Ace!" Fearow had now snapped out of his confusion and flew towards Butterfree.
"Dodge it!" Hayley cried, but Fearow's superior speed over Butterfree was too great and the attack hit its mark.
"Use Stun Spore!" she yelled.
"Dodge!" I yelled.
Fearow flew to dodge, but the Agility had begun to wear off. Butterfree was above Fearow and the powder fell onto him, causing Fearow to lose altitude.
"Now finish this with Psybeam!" Fearow was unable to move because of Stun Spore and couldn't dodge. The attack was a direct hit and Fearow fainted.
"Fearow is unable to battle! Butterfree wins!"
As I removed my Pokeball to return Fearow, I realized that I had gotten overconfident. My dad had warned me not to do that, like he did at times when he had battled in the past. I had gotten overconfident in my advantage and it had backfired on me.
"Good job, Fearow. Take a well-deserved rest." I said.
I looked over at Hayley. She had a smug smirk on her face, just like I had had when I defeated Jynx. "So, I can't hit what I can't catch, huh?" she said to me in a proud voice. "Well, all I had to do was slow your Pokemon down with status ailments like confusion, poison, and paralysis, and then it's helpless to defend itself."
Oh, it was on now! Both of us had lost one Pokemon and from the looks of it, neither of us was willing to accept defeat!
All fired up, I removed my next Pokeball. The Pokeball that contained my most powerful Pokemon; Charizard, my first Pokemon.
"Charizard, go!" I cried, tossing the Pokeball.
"Use Fire Spin!" I cried, not wasting any time.
"Dodge it, Butterfree!" Hayley cried.
Butterfree wasn't able to dodge and was trapped in the fire vortex.
"Butterfree, break free using Psybeam!" Butterfree managed to make a small opening by attacking the flames and escaped. Nice trick, but not the best idea.
"Flamethrower, Charizard!" I cried.
"No!" Hayley cried and was unable to command Butterfree to dodge.
The attack hit Butterfree, whose burnt body fell from the sky.
"Butterfree is unable to battle! Charizard wins!"
Hayley returned her Pokemon and removed her final Pokeball. "Sneasel, let's do this!" Hayley cried, tossing her Pokeball.
"Another Ice Pokemon...against my Charizard? This will be over quickly." I said in surprise. "You have no idea how powerful my Charizard is."
"Don't be so sure." she replied.
She has a plan or some trick up her sleeve. She doesn't seem at all worried about her Ice Pokemon facing a Fire Pokemon. I thought to myself.
"Sneasel, use Agility!" Hayley cried.
"Use Fire Spin, Charizard!"
I watched as Sneasel easily dodged the attack without being commanded. Sneasel was skating along the ice and the Fire Spin missed...but with Agility added to its speed...Sneasel was incredibly fast!
"What was it that you said earlier? 'You can't hit what you can't catch?' Well, just try to hit Sneasel now! Sneasel can move very fast on ice and with Agility, it's even faster!" Hayley said, almost mocking me.
I growled in frustration. My competitive side was starting to flare. Though I did have to admit that our personalities were very similar, trying to show each other up in battle.
"Flamethrower!"
"Dodge it."
Hayley was calm and seemed unaffected. I was frustrated and angry. As the battle continued with me calling out attacks, none of them touched Sneasel.
Think, Jason. Think! How can you get a hit in with a Pokemon this fast?!
As I stood, looking at the field of ice and Sneasel skating around and Charizard flying above, I remembered something from one of the videos that I had seen. A trick that Adam's dad had used with his Charizard against my dad in the Johto Pokemon League.
If I can't hit Sneasel, then I'll just hit everything else!
"Charizard, use Flamethrower on the field!" I cried.
Hayley's eyes widened as the ice started melting from Charizard's fire. Soon, all of the ice was gone and the field was just all water. Sneasel was left standing in the middle on the last piece of ice, trapped with nowhere to go. Sneasel wasn't a Water Pokemon, so it couldn't swim.
"I couldn't hit Sneasel, so I just destroyed everywhere that it could run instead." I said matter-of-factly to Hayley. She just stared at me with shock and disbelief. She hadn't seen anything like that before!
"Charizard, use Flamethrower and end this battle!"
Hayley, unable to do anything, knowing that Sneasel's attacks couldn't do anything against a Flamethrower that powerful, watched as her Pokemon was blasted with fire and knocked off of the ice, falling into the water and sinking. Hayley quickly removed her Pokeball and returned Sneasel.
"Sneasel is unable to battle! Charizard wins! The winner is Jason Oak!"
"Great job, Charizard." I said as I returned my partner.
I walked to the other side of the field and stopped next to Hayley.
"Good battle. Your Sneasel is very fast." I said.
"Sneasel's my main partner so we work together better than my other Pokemon. You and your Pokemon did great. Nice trick you pulled there at the end to beat Sneasel. Good luck in the rest of the tournament." she said, holding her hand out.
I shook her hand and left the stadium. It was nice to see that despite our similar cocky attitudes when battling, we still respected each other.
I walked out of the stadium and met up with my friends and family. I was congratulated by everyone.
"You and Adam are still undefeated!" Michelle cried happily.
Nikki and Trevor then walked up and greeted us.
"Trevor has won both of his battles, too. You three are all undefeated so far!" she cried.
This was far from over. I knew that if it came down to me having to battle Adam or Trevor, it wasn't going to be easy. They were tough rivals and we were all going for the same goal. This was far from over.
Author's Note: The Pokemon League continues as both Adam and Jason win their second battles, which were quite a bit tougher than their first ones. Adam wins with the help of his newest Pokemon; Golem, and Jason wins with the help of his oldest Pokemon, Charizard.
The Pokemon League continues with more battling in the next chapter of Pokemon NG!