Pokémon trainer hero
Chapter 3: Katsuki vs. Gar.
Later in Gym Beta
After a few minutes of sneaking around the school and doing their best to avoid being seen by other classes or teachers, the entirety of class 1-A class finally made it to the gym Beta.
"This is a horrible idea! We should just get back to class before Aizawa Sensei knows we're gone! Can't we just do this after school hours?" Iida stressed to the group as they entered the gym.
The class ignored the up-tight teen as they all meandered around finding seats at the bleachers, while Gar admired the whole gym, walking around aimlessly, head turned upwards, never looking at the same spot for more than a second, like a kid in a candy store. "Man, this place is perfect for a Pokemon battle! Especially for our types.", he proudly stated while admiring the tall ceilings and wide open floor plan.
"You're not even listening to me!" Iida shouted at them with his robotic arm movements!
"Shut it, four-eyes!", Bakugou yelled at him while taking one side of the gym.
"Yeah, what Katskui said, in the context rather than the form. Just remember, if things go south, then throw me under the bus. Besides, this'll be quick!" Gar stated with hidden smugness in his voice while taking the other side.
"Yeah, quick for you, Purple Fucker.", Bakugou shot back boastfully!
Gar sweat dripped and replied in a monotone, "I'm gonna drill some respect into that thick head of yours, even if I have to use a Beheeyem."
Gar then turned to Rotom, motioned to him, and said, "Rotom here will be our referee and HP counter of the Pokemon."
Rotom flew in excitedly, exclaiming, "Buzzt. I'll do my utmost best, Garfield. Buzzt. Trainers, send out your pokemon!"
Bakugou was quicker than Gar and threw his Pokeball onto the field first! The golf ball-sized device flew from his fingertips and promptly fell on the ground, not releasing the pokemon inside.
Bakugou stared at the ball in confusion as he exclaimed, "It didn't come out? Oi Purple Fucker, are you trying to cheat me! There's no murderous magic animal in here!"
Gar pinched the bridge of his nose and stated back, "That's because you threw it wrong. You have to push the button in the center, and then you throw it!"
Bakugou went onto the field to retrieve the ball, pressed the button in the center, and nearly dropped it as it expanded to nearly twice its size! Now the Pokeball was the size of a large apple. Bakugou looked at the ball and then threw it out onto the field. The ball popped open, and out came a bright blue light that manifested into a very unusual-looking creature!
To give the short version: it looked like if you took a Diplocaulus, a stealth bomber, and fused the two together, then gave it a creepy ghostly aura that made your skin rise. For the long version: it was very reptilian looking, and as stated before looks like a giant Diplocaulus; it was much larger than a human, its body, although short, was colored dark navy blue that fades into a much light cyan blue on its lower body, its stomach was pale yellow with three red triangles pointing up towards its head with red-colored fingers, it's tail is what gave it its length and was the same color as its lower body while the very tip seemed to fade out to near transparency. Its head, shaped like a stealth bomber, was triangular, colored dark navy blue that looked black with four triangular horns on each side of its head with the ones closest to its yellow eyes being slightly bigger, red eyelids and pale yellow jaw, the front part of the triangles and tip of its triangular head. Inside of the openings closer to its head were two mini baby versions of itself. It also seemed to defy gravity as it sat in the air, floating like it had its own sense of gravity.
"Who's that Pokemon?" someone asked.
Rotom clicked and beeped while pulling up a pic of the pokemon and read the data aloud, "Dragapult, the Stealth Pokemon. Dex # 887. A Dragon and Ghost-type. And the evolved form of Drakloak. When it isn't battling, it keeps Dreepy in the holes on its horns. Once a fight starts, it launches the Dreepy like supersonic missiles. Buzzt."
"So cool!" one person exclaimed!
"So metal!" another shouted!
"A DRAGON!? So lucky!" another groaned in jealousy!
"It shoots its babies? That's sick.", one person commented with a nauseous tone.
Rotom heard the last one and added upon it, saying, "Apparently, the Dreepy inside Dragapult's horns eagerly look forward to being launched out at Mach speeds. Buzzt."
"Oh, then it's fine. I guess?" the same person said in confusion.
Meanwhile, Bakugou had a shit-eating grin on his face seeing that his gut wasn't just right, but he chose one powerful-looking monster! He did not doubt in his mind that he would win so hard that the purple fucker would be crying on the ground in defeat!
Gar smiled and said, "My turn, Go Togekiss!"
Gar threw the standard ball from his hands and out popped a new creature that floated around in the air like Dragapult. It was larger than Gar, large enough for him to ride even, shaped like an egg. In fact, it looked like an egg, with two wings that had simple swirls in them, black beady eyes with a kind smile, three horns protruding from its head with the one on the right colored red, and the one on the left colored blue, and the center one was white along with the rest of the body. It had a three-parted tail, each getting smaller, stubby legs with two toes, and its belly had several blue and red triangle markings.
"Now, who's that pokemon?" the same person asked.
Rotom, again, pulled up a pic of the pokemon and read its entry aloud, "Togekiss, the Jubilee Pokemon. Dex # 468. A Fairy and Flying-type. And the evolved form of Togetic. It is said that Togekiss never appears where there is conflict, so in recent times it is rarely seen by humans. It's also been known to spread gifts and blessings to those who were away from strife, and as such, has been seen as a symbol of peace, prosperity, and good luck since ancient times. Buzzt."
"It's so pretty!" a girl cooed.
"So cute!" another girl squealed!
"Its entry is so sad.", one person observed with a sad tone.
Seeing everyone's excitement hit its peak, Gar turned to Rotom and said, "Rotom, start us off!"
Rotom switched to battle mode and pulled up two side-by-side pics of Gar and Bakugou with one Pokeball under their faces, with pics of their pokemon and their health bars, as he stated like an announcer, "With Pleasure! Buzzt. Challenger Katsuki Bakugou vs. The Reigning Champ Garfield! The Battle will end once either pokemon on either side has been defeated. Buzzt. Ready? BEGIN!"
Gar pointed to Bakugou with a flamboyant pose, similar to Aoyama, and offered, "Katsuki, since you are the challenger, I'll allow you to attack first."
Bakugou smiled wickedly and shouted back, "That was your first mistake. Alright, Dragon, attack!", But instead of going after Togekiss, Dragapult just stood there and looked back at Bakugou with a confused expression. Bakugou saw Dragapult's lack of movement and yelled, "The hell are you doing? I said attack!", still Dragapult did nothing and sweatdropped at him; even the Dreepy looked confused and scared, even hiding further in its parents' horns. "Do it, you stupid lizard! Kill that flying egg thing!" he yelled while stomping the ground with his foot!
"You have to give him commands," Gar shouted to him across the area.
Bakugou growled in anger and shouted back, pissed off, "I am giving him commands! But the shitty lizard won't do anything!"
Gar pulled at his hair with one hand and shouted back, "You have to tell him a move. You say 'Dragapult use' and then the moves name."
Bakugou looks at him strangely and asks back, "Then what the hell does it know?"
"That's what I was trying to-oh, never mind! Rotom, if you'd please.", Gar asks Rotom while facepalming in aggravation and exacerbation.
Rotom went off battle mode and flew over to Bakugou, where he pulled up Dragapult's current move list.
Bakugou stares at the list with an angry, dumbfounded expression as he states, "The fuck is-use, uh, Dragon Dance?", Dragapult then starts to shake its body around like it was dancing. While doing so, a red aura pooled around the Pokémon's body. Bakugou looked at this with an unsatisfied expression and yelled, "Nothing happened?! What gives!?"
"Actually, something did happen. Buzzt. Dragapult's Attack and Speed stats rose dramatically.", Rotom answered.
Bakugou looked back at Rotom, where it had its stats with its moves, and saw that its attack and speed did rise. Bakugou smiled and exclaimed, "Keep using Dragon Dance, you fucking lizard!"
Yet again, Dragapult shook its body, and the same red aura surrounded it, causing its stats to rise even higher. Bakugou smiled even wider at this and continued commanding the pokemon to use the same move over and over again!
Gar was getting thoroughly impatient at seeing Bakugou not even attempting to attack like he thought he would. He didn't like it even more that everyone watching had lost their excitement, not having to watch Bakugou tell a dragon to dance ballet. He pushed his hair back and stated impatiently, "Any time Katsuki."
Bakugou snapped at him and commanded Dragapult, "Keep your shit inside your ass, Purple Fucker! Dragon Dance again!", this time when Dragapult danced, no red aura filled its body. Bakugou saw this and shouted, "Hey, nothing happened?"
"That's because Dragapult's Attack and Speed stats are maxed out. Buzzt.", Rotom explained.
"Sometime this century would be nice?" Gar vexed him implicitly.
Bakugou clicked his tongue and exclaimed, "Alright, now use…..um.", he looked one last time at the move list before shouting, "Use Flamethrower!"
Dragapult then opened its mouth and shot out a huge column of flames like a fire-breathing dragon, directly at Togekiss!
Gar gave a side smile and commanded Togekiss, "Dodge!"
Togekiss obeyed, and with quick precision, the egg-shaped pokemon dodged the attack before it could reach by taking off into the air.
Bakugou growled in frustration at this and yelled at Dragapult, "You're supposed to hit that thing, dammit! Go after it and burn it to a crisp with Flamethrower!" Dragapult flew closer to Togekiss while trying to blast a flamethrower closer to its body!
But Gar reacted quickly and shouted, "Togekiss, keep dodging!" Togekiss dodged the fiery breath with ease in one swift movement, almost as if it were nothing but a fun challenge.
Bakugou growled angrily and shouted, "Why aren't you roasting it! Come on, stupid lizard, you're supposed to be a fucking dragon! Live up to it!"
The two pokemon then took off into their air with Bakugou commanding Dragapult to keep using Flamethrower, while Gar kept telling Togekiss to dodge every attack, which it did with extreme grace. It didn't even look like it was trying to outpace the attack, more like it was doing an aerial dance or just playing. Spinning around, making sharp turns, or just looking like it was having a grand time! This game of Cat and Mouse continued on for some time, as Dragapult still failed to hit Togekiss even once, and Gar was getting rather impatient from this circus show. So he cupped his hands and stated loudly, "You know. Dragapult has other moves; you should try them instead of being a one move Ponyta."
Bakugou only glared at Gar but then got an idea as he commanded Dragapult, "Get above that thing and use Flamethrower!" Dragapult obeyed and flew right above Togekiss, who did not notice his disappearance at first. Dragapult opened his mouth as hot embers pooled out. The smell and sound of Dragapult's incoming attack alerted Togekiss, and the pokemon looked up just in time to see the dragon.
Gar then quickly shouted to Togekiss, "Togekiss, use Air Slash to get away!"
Togekiss turned around, belly up, and flapped its wings quickly! Cutting streams of air were produced from its wings just as Dragapult breathed fire! The two attacks collide and cancel each other out. However, Togekisses attack sends the bird egg flying towards the ground and out of reach from the explosion! Togekiss flaps its wings and hovers just inches off the ground after just nosediving at top speed.
Bakugou smiles a toothy grin and shouts, "Use Shadow Sneak!" Dragapult then dives down to the ground at Mach Speed and disappears into the shadows like a ghost! Togekiss sees this and becomes visibly anxious as it looks around to spot Dragapult.
Gar sees Togekisses distress and calms it down, saying, "It's okay, Togekiss! Just keep vigilant! Dragapult could pop out of anywhere, then be ready to counter."
Togekiss chirps and watches the whole field around it like a hawk! Though it doesn't do much for the pokemon, as Dragapult's sulks through the darkness like a shark and then pops out and ramps into Togekiss with a sneak attack of ghostly power! Togekiss cries out and is sent flying across the field!
"Togekiss!" Gar yells in distressed worry!
Bakugou sees Togekiss cry out in pain and smiles at finally nailing the creature! He takes the opportunity to attack while Gar is distracted and shouts, "Now use Dragon Darts!"
Dragapult sucks in air through its mouth, and suddenly the two Dreepy are launched from its horns like twin missiles!
Gar sees this, just as Togekiss gets up, and says "Togekiss!", Togekiss looks at its master waiting for the command. Sees Gar's reassuring smile and says, "Stand firm and let the attack hit."
Togekiss chirps in reply and levitates into the air while standing perfectly still. The twin Dreepy closes the distance in seconds, and both hit directly into Togekiss, causing a small cloud of dust to form.
Bakugou smiles proudly, and in an ego-feeding tone, he shouts, "Ha! Finally got that stupid egg thing! Ready to throw in the towel, Purple Fucker?!"
Gar gave a small smile as a shadow covered his eyes. That made Bakugou backtrack a bit and made him lose all his self-assuredness and smugness.
Gar then looked up, with his now visible face; he said, "Oh please, I haven't even begun to fight! I let you have your fun...but now it's my turn."
Gar turned his attention back to the small dust cloud starting to settle, making Bakugou look in that direction, and his face immediately dropped upon seeing what he did! Togekiss was simply floating in the same spot, without even a scratch on its white body. Bakugou looked at Rotom, who was still keeping HP count, and saw that Togekiss had not taken any damage from the previous attack!
"Nothing happened?", Bakugou mouthed quietly.
Gar then pointed his arm at Dragapult and commanded, "Togekiss, get in close and use Thunder Wave!"
Togekiss chirped in reply and flew towards Dragapult with blinding speed! Dragapult freaked out as Togekiss approached and tried to slap the bird away with its tail! Togekiss dodged it with a spin, getting it closer and then emitting a wave of electricity at the Dragon pokemon. Dragapult's cried out in distress and fell to the ground as electricity surged through its body! Bakugou stared entranced in shock for a moment as the dragon crumpled to the ground without taking any damage!
He shook himself out of his mist and shouted, "What the crap!? Oi Dragon, get up! You're supposed to be invincible, so get off the ground!"
Dragapult tried to raise itself up on its stubby limbs but only fell on the ground as electricity arched around it!
"Buzzt. Dragapult has been Paralyzed and is unable to move. Buzzt.", Rotom announced as a yellow symbol went over Dragapult's HP bar.
"Paralyzed? What does that mean?", Uraraka asked.
"I think it means what Rotom said, Dragapult's movement is limited.", Todoroki answered.
Seeing his chance, Gar smiled and commanded his pokemon, "Send Dragapult into the air with Air Slash!"
Togekiss flew under Dragapult's body and flapped its wings hard, creating the same blade cutting air currents as before. Only this time, they sent Dragapult soaring into the air! Togekiss wasn't too far behind as it closed the distance between the airborne dragon and appeared right above it!
"Now, Togekiss, finish it off with Dazzling Gleam!" Gar shouted with excitement!
Togekiss pushed its chest out as its red and blue triangle markings began to glow a bright pink! The sparkling became so intense that the sparkles shot from its marks and pelted the dragon in literal sparkles! Dragapult cried out from the bombardment and fell from the sky, due to the attack pushing him down, and fell to the earth with swirls in its eyes! The HP counter on Rotom immediately dropped down to Zero.
"Dragapult is unable to battle! The Champion Garfield is the victor!", Rotom announced!
"He won.", one person said in a neutral tone.
"He won!" several others cheered!
"Bakugou lost.", another said in a neutral observation.
"Lost badly. Lol.", another made fun of the ash blond.
Gar ran up to Togekiss and hugged the giant egg bird; he shouted gleefully, "Alright, Togekiss!", Togekiss chirped with joyfulness and nuzzled into the older teen absorbing the cuddles and affection. Gar then pulled away from Togekiss and took out its Pokeball; he said, "Good job, now heal up with Roost and return."
Togekiss chirped in compliance, landed on the ground, and a ring of feathers spun around it, cleaning up its wounds. Once Togekiss was healed, a beam of light shot out from the Pokeball, and Togekisses' matter was converted and stored into energy.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the field, Bakugou was on his hands and knees looking at the ground with an expression crossed between shock, panic, disbelief, and fear! He looked only moments from having a breakdown as he stuttered to himself in a low tone.
"I-I-I w-w-what? B-B-But I-?" he dribbled on as Gar walked up to him.
"And I'll be taking that back, thank you very much.", Gar said to Bakugou while taking the ultra ball from his hands and pointing it at the fainted pokemon; he said, "Alright, Dragapult, return."
Dragapult then returned to the ball and disappeared.
Just as Gar shrunk the Pokeball, Bakugou was coming out of his funk and asked, "H-How? It's a dragon. It's supposed to be invincible, right?"
Gar looked at him strangely and answered, "Dragon-types, invincible? Psh, don't make me laugh. Not even Arceus is invincible, and I caught it. (I think)", he said the last part softly. "No, what you failed to realize are type advantages.", he explained.
Bakugou looked at him like a lost child and asked, "Type, what?"
"Basically, every pokemon has a specific type, and each type is strong or weak to something. A little tidbit of info I was trying to explain to you before. Until you said you were totally fine with the Pokemon you chose and said, and I quote, 'I don't care, let's fight bitch.' You also said you'd 'beat any of my pokemon with your one' end quote." he explained.
"Then how did Togekiss win? Aren't Dragons supposed to be super strong?", Izuku asked while walking up to the two teens.
"They are, but with every great strength comes an equal great weakness. For instance, Dragon types are normally weak to other Dragons, Ice, and Fairy. A type that Togekiss just so happens to be.", Gar explained with a smug smile.
Hearing this made Bakugou lose his current meek attitude and regain his constantly angry one, as he started off in a low tone, "You-You cheated! You played me, you bastard!" he shouted the last part while jumping up and pointing a convincing finger!
Gar pushed his finger away with an annoyed expression and shot back, "I didn't cheat! You just rushed into this battle like some beginner noob trainer fighting a Geodude with a Charmander! I tried to tell you about all my Pokemon, what they are, their types, even their moves. I would have even told you about type matchups and let you choose a pokemon for me. So when you didn't, naturally, I did the smart thing and used the type advantage." Bakugou's face immediately dropped after hearing this. He knew he was smart, but he really messed up with this! He thought it would be easy, just two animals fighting, and the one hitting harder would win. But he forgot that to hit hard; you have to think hard. "I was smart, and you were dumb. Battles are just like fighting. You take the best course of action in order to prevail, even by a slim margin.", he finished up while walking away.
Bakugou clicked his tongue and mumbled under his breath, "You just got lucky, Purple Fucker."
Gar snapped his head so fast back to Bakugou that an audible crack could be heard from his neck, as he glared daggers at the ash blonde and stormed in front of him, exclaiming in a yell, "Lucky? LUCKY! It was not luck that let me beat you!", Bakugou was taken aback by this! He never saw someone willing get into his face and yell back! Normally, anyone would flee or stay passively silent.
Gar continued with his rant exclaiming, "I've traveled around every continent and faced off against every gym leader, collected every badge, challenged every Elite Four member, and faced off against every Champion of every Region and won. And I've become Champion of every Region, caught all pokemon, including Legendries and Mythical, and completed every Pokedex. I've EV, IV trained, and Shiny Bred tons of pokemon! I've mastered every kind of Pokemon food paraphernalia and even completed the 151 recipes in the Currydex. I even still take top spots in all Pokemon Coordinator Events across several regions. At the mere age of 10, I dismantled an evil team, faced off against the Elite Four, and defeated the Champion on my first try! I don't have luck. I. have. Skill!" he exclaimed the last part while inching closer to Bakugou's face.
Just before any of them could proceed with another action, a very similar and dead-sounding voice asked, "What is going on here?"
"AH! Aizawa-sensei!" one person shouted in surprise!
"Care to explain what you're all doing here instead of in class, where you should be.", Aizawa asked rhetorically.
"We- um- we were just-uh!" one person tried to speak but only came out with a gargle.
Kaminari, who was already sweating bullets and panicking, blubbered out, "Uh, um um, uh, Garfield's Beheeyem manners drilled into a Malamar mind raped!"
Silence filled the whole gym as everyone just stared at the electric teen with weird expressions or sweatdropped at his explanation. Even Mimikyu, who was sitting on Gar's shoulder, his little painted face looked confused and done.
"Really?", Aizawa asked blandly.
Gar then took a breath and walked up to Aizawa; he explained, "It's my fault Eraser Head. I convinced everyone to skip class to watch a Pokemon Battle between Katskui and me. He was still sore from yesterday, so I instigated this battle. We just finished. So if you wanna punish anyone, punish me." Gar then gave the teacher his biggest, saddest, most soulful Yamper eyes he ever made.
Aizawa sighed at this and said back, "Since you are new, and with the added point of your predicament, I'll let it slide, but only this once." Gar smiled at his response, which almost faded at Aizawa's follow-up. "However, you all will be subjected to the same exact kind of punishment for leaving class. Understood?"
"Yes, sir.", the whole class said in unison.
Aizawa then rubbed the back of his head in exasperation, and looking around, he stated, "Now, since we're already in Gym Beta, go and change into your Gym uniforms and be back out here to do 50 laps. And we'll keep doing laps until you all truly learn your lesson about skipping and responsibility."
"Yes, sir.", the class replied in unison.
"Also, what is that?" Aizawa motioned to Rotom, floating next to Gar's head.
"Oh, that's Rotom.", Gar answered.
"Hello. Buzzt.", Rotom greeted the tired man.
Aizawa was silent for a few moments as he looked over the floating machine. Whether to make sure what he was seeing was real or trying to figure something out with it. The latter was confirmed, as Aizawa asked, "Can he keep count of things?"
"Uhhhhh, I think so," Gar replied while shrugging, and Rotom nodded. Or whatever you call it.
"Good. Then he'll be the one to keep track of every lap you all take.", Aizawa immediately followed up with an unsettling smile.
Rotom made a bunch of displeased electronic noises and replied loudly, "Arceus Dammit! Buzzt."