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Chapter 35: Sibling Rivalry

"Human Speech"

"Pokemon speech"

The battle between Trip and Matt is about to begin as everyone is waiting and watching in eagerness, especially Team Rocket's Buizel, who can tell that Matt's Servine has decided where his loyalties lie, and it isn't with Matt.

"It is determined that Matt will have the first move between the two trainers when he's ready," the Referee said as Matt nodded and looked at Trip.

"Let's get started, Servine, use leaf blade," Matts said as his Serivne, his grass starter, powered up his tail and charged straight at Trip's Servine.

"Counter with your Leaf Blade servine," Trip commanded as his Servine dodged at the last minute and slammed his tail at his brother in the chin sending him back. Trip's Servine wasn't messing around. He wanted to end this battle quickly to get to the truth. Matt's Servine hissed at this.

"That was a low blow, little brother, but you're just delaying my victory," Matt's Servine growled.

"Man, Matt's Servine sounds like he has a grudge against you and his brother. What happened?" Ash asked Dewott, who just shook his head.

"No clue, but whatever it is, Trip's Servine is determined to beat him and find out about it," Ash's Dewott said as his older sister looked at his voice's tone and how much he hated Matt's Servine. She noticed something about Trip's Servine that caught her attention.

"Not sure if you care, but I just noticed that Trip's Servine is showing signs that he might evolve at any point," Cameron's Dewott points out to her brother. Which made Dewott's ear twitch upon hearing this.

"Well, I guess you have a keen eye for things, sis," Ash's Dewott said as the tone of what he said just sounded like that was the one thing that he didn't want to hear or something of that sort which Ash also caught. "Though this battle will help me determine if he is willing to keep one of his promises," Ash's Dewott thought.

"Man, Dewott isn't happy with Trip's Servine. I knew that the two have history, but it seems. Like there's more to him evolving than he's letting on," Ash thought as he watched the battle. The two grass starters are even in strength.

"Use aerial ace," Trip commanded his Servine to do, catching both Matt and his Servine off guard, as Trip's Servine did as he charged in.

"Use leaf storm quickly," Matt commands as it does its job preventing Trips servine from getting closer. Ash noticed that there was malice in that move.

"Trip. His Servine is out for blood. Better do something before it's too late," Ash yelled, catching him and Matt off guard.

"Servine, stop it now. Please, this is a battle, not a personal grudge match. It'll cost me my trainer's license," Matt tries to say to his Pokemon, which his Servine couldn't stop the attack even if he could tried to.

"Use Leaf blade, and Aerial Ace stops it now, Servine," Trip said, which it did as commanded, destroying the Leaf storm Matt's Servine landed on his back hard as he struggled to get up as he had anger in his eyes not just towards his brother but his trainer. Buizel was right. His trainer is slowing him down.

"End this Aerial ace, "Trip commanded his Pokemon as Trip's Servine charged in.

"Dodge it quickly," Matt said, and Trip smirked at this.

"Aerial Ace is a non-miss move. Dodging isn't an option," Trip said as the move landed, hard-knocking Matt's Servine out, much to Matt's dismay.

"Matt's Servine cannot battle, and the trainer moving on to the next round is Trip." The Referee said that as Matt was surprised by this, he wasn't hoping that this battle wouldn't end like this as he ran over to his starter.

Just as Trip's Servine started to glow, but nothing after that, as if he was preventing his evolution from happening, Ash's Dewott noticed this and narrowed his eyes at Trip's Servine.

"Either he is refusing to evolve, or he is still holding onto that item," Dewott thought, now not sure what Trip's Servine was planning. as Trip and Servine left. As Buizel saw this and smirked at this, he went in the direction that Matt went.

"Nicely done, Servine. Surprised that you didn't want to evolve during that battle or end it." Trip said, which made Servine nod.

"I have reasons why I don't want to which I'll explain later. But first I need answers," Trip's servine said. As he ran in the direction that Matt's Servine went. He arrived just in time to see Matt questioning his starter. He refused not to answer as he walked off. "You may not want to answer him, but you'll answer to me, brother," Trip's servine questioned.

"Ugh, fine, but you'll get nothing much out of me," Matt's Servine said. Ash and Trip arrived, as did Buizel.

"What's your problem with Dewott? It's not just now; I know it's not just because he's friends with Snivy. There's more to this than that, isn't it, or should I say my relationship with him and me to you," Trip's Servine said.

"You seriously don't get it to do, you brother. I'm referring to your relationship with Dewott," Matt's Servine retorted, and this took Trip's Servine aback. "Everyone at the lab was talking about only you two, saying he's more of a brother than I was, and you always hung out with him, never once thought that I was the only family you had at the time?" Matt's Servine said as he clenched his leafy-like hand.

"That doesn't excuse this attitude toward him or me. What did you do?" Trip's Servine said, hurt. But what his brother said next puts the nail in the coffin of his relationship with his brother.

"Let me say this to you, little brother. Did you ever consider how every Pokemon at the lab discovered Dewott's little secret, or should I say his phobia?" This caught Trip's Servine off guard, and Ash and Trip.

"You didn't, brother. The only one who knew about that is me, and how did you find out?" Trip's Servine said as a vine slightly gashed Trip's Servine's eye. Trip's Servine held his face with a vine as Trip ran towards his Servine as Matt's Servine hissed at him.

"You got your answer, brother. Now, if you excuse me, I should be going," He turned around to notice that Matt was watching this. Still, he didn't care as he headed to Buizel, which Ash saw.

"You have something to do with this Buizel turning brothers against each other," Ash said, to which Buizel shook his head and laughed at this situation that happened.

"No, but I was the driving force behind his anger towards his brother; we've been looking into him ever since you were at the resort a few months back, Ash," Buizel retorted. As this took Ash aback, Buizel turned to Matt's Servine. "It seems like you did the one thing that no good Pokemon should do, wounding a Pokemon beyond fixing. Well played. But I came here for him not to argue or fight but know this the next time you see this Servine. He won't be the identical brother you know anymore," Buizel said as Matt tried to return him; Buizel sent a sonic boom at the Pokeball, destroying it. Matt was surprised by this.

"There, you are no longer bound by him anymore. Let's go. Your real trainers are waiting for you," Buizel said as he and Servine disappeared before Ash and the others could say anything. Matt cried as Trip's Servine held his left eye in pain.

"Why? Why did this happen?" Matt asked in tears as Trip turned to Ash, knowing that Ash knew something about this.

"Don't know, but Buizel means business," Trip questioned Ash, who nodded and sighed.

"You don't know the half of it that Buizel belongs to Team Rocket," Ash said, catching the two trainers off guard.

"You mean the Pokemon thieves." Trip asked, and Ash nodded.

"Yeah, according to what I heard, he's the top Pokemon of the team for the" Ash said as Matt Interrupted.

"I need to get him back, as this is personal. I will ask Professor Juniper to get me another ball when I get him back. Thankfully, I do have more Pokemon to help me with everything else," Matt said to Ash Ash nodded.

"I understand, but he's probably with them by now, turning him against you more. Right now, we need to figure out where?"Ash said as Trip interjected.

"I hate to say it, but until we find out, we can't do anything but continue the battle club, and standing around isn't going to do anything either," Trip told Ash and Matt. "Trust me, I want to get back at them as well, but we don't know where they went to help each other out," Trip said to Ash.

The two trainers nodded at this statement; as much as they wanted to get back at them, there was nothing they could do. Ash knew he would have to ask Emolga about this before the tournament ended.

This is a slight twist to the competition, as Team Rocket has taken another Pokemon to their collection. What else planned does Team Rocket have for the group, and are they after more Pokemon at the competition or just this one, as the battle club continues?

Stay tuned

And done, yeah, that happened, but don't worry, this is the only appearance for team rocket for the rest of the competition. As for Dewott, as I said, this is just the beginning for the two starters, and I will have more coming up. The next chapter is about Misty and Brock's battles in one chapter. See you guys next time.