Bug Time
Red's POV
Another cheerful day was around the corner. How did I know that ? I didn't know, I felt it. It was a perfect day for a perfect gym battle. And I was ready for it.
I felt bad, leaving the rest of my Pokemon in Professor Oak's Lab back in Kanto. I wished we could carry more than just six Pokemon in our team, wouldn't it be great.
Leaving my thoughts aside, I had my mind set to win the Cherrygrove Gym Battle and nothing could stop me. At least, not now.
I sat on the lower bunk, ready, waiting for Lyra. I hugged my old yellow bag as she took more time than I expected in her bathe. Then, I started tapping my feet on the floor in my impatience.
I couldn't wait anymore, I had a gym to win.
'Do you wanna battle, kid ?', shouted a boyish voice, the sound came through the open window.
I suddenly had a smile, at last I was battling someone. I quickly put my bag away and briskly walked to the window.
But, no luck. The boy clearly wasn't talking to me. I saw a boy, maybe a year or two younger than me. He wore emerald green shorts and a t-shirt of the same color. And held a bug catcher net.
He stood in front of a girl of the same age, who wore an oversized pink shirt with white collar, and a blue skirt. She also wore a pair of round 'Harry Potter' glasses.
'Who you calling a kid ?', asked the girl, offended but still polite in a way.
'You. So, do you wanna battle or walk away like other stupid people who are afraid of battling ?', asked the boy, rudely.
I was on the girl's side for some reason, and according to their behaviour too. And moreover, the boy's was clearly a bug catcher, the girl could easily defeat him.
'I am battling you, but you have to apologise for your bad attitude', said the girl.
'Okay, I'll apologise if you win', said the boy. 'Which isn't happening'.
'Oh, it is happening. Phanpy, show him what you've got', said the girl, sending out a light blue colored Pokemon with a trunk. The Pokemon was as small as a Sandshrew or maybe a basketball.
'Go Pinsir', said the boy, sending out a Pokemon with two horns on it's head. The Pokemon was tall enough to reach the kid's height.
I pointed my Pokedex towards the Phanpy.
'Phanpy, a Long Nose Pokemon. As a sign of affection, it bumps with its snout. However, it is so strong, it may send you flying', explained my Pokedex.
Then I pointed towards the other Pokemon.
'Pinsir, a Stagbeetle Pokemon. Its two long pincer horns are powerful. Once they grip an enemy, they won’t release until the foe is torn', explained my Pokedex.
'Ahem, you have an advantage', said the boy. 'But I will win anyhow'.
'Phanpy, use Rollout', said the girl. The Phanpy rolled and hit Pinsir at top speed.
Pinsir stood still as if nothing happened to him. But to me it looked like Phanpy did it's best job. The boy laughed.
'You can't beat me, no one can beat me', said the boy, with a smirk. 'Pinsir, end it with a Vice Grip'.
Pinsir attacked the poor Phanpy with it's two horns and Phanpy fainted.
'Phanpy !', cried the girl.
'I told ya, so I'm not apologising after all', said the boy, walking away.
'You have to !', I shouted, jumping out of the window, without realizing I was on the first floor. It hurt when my feet hit the ground.
I limped towards the boy. 'I challenge you're, I said.
'I have seen you somewhere, do I know you ?', asked the boy.
'Maybe on TV', I said, I was correct in fact, I was the winner of Kanto League, so I was famous in a way.
'I know you, you are one of the guys in the movies who try their best to win and end up losing', said the boy. 'I accept your challenge'.
'Don't act as if you've done wonders in your life', I said. 'It'll lead you nowhere except for failure'.
'I think I have, I was once the Johto League Champion and I am the...', said the boy, interrupted by me.
'If I win, you apologise to her', I said.
'It's okay, you don't have to', said the girl. 'Just forget about it'.
'You can't just let him walk away, he should know how to respect women', I said.
'I think you should learn how to respect me', said the boy. 'Go Victreebell'.
'You're so dead. Go Charizard', I said, sending out Charizard.
'Whoa, you don't look like the guy with a strong Pokemon', said the boy. 'Victreebel, use Sleep Powder'.
Charizard was fast asleep.
'Oh, no', I said, worried of losing the battle.
'Victreebel', said the boy. 'Use Solarbeam'.
Victreebel already had absorbed sunlight, it used Solarbeam' on Charizard.
'Charizard, wake up. Please', I said, begging Charizard to wake up.
Charizard woke up.
'Victreebel, use Toxic', said the boy. Victreebel threw a purplish liquid on Charizard. Charizard was poisoned.
'Charizard, use Flamethrower', I said. Victreebel fainted.
'Come back, Victreebel. Your Charizard is stronger than I expected', said the boy. 'Go Pinsir'.
'Charizard, use Dragon Rage', I said. Charizard absorbed energy and had a blue ball of fire in it's open mouth.
Charizard threw it towards Pinsir but the attack was so powerful that Charizard's aim went haywire and the attack hit a tree instead.
'You missed. Pinsir, use Vice Grip', said the boy. 'Plan B style'.
Suddenly, Lyra walked outside of the PokeCentre. And started watching the match.
'Nice, an actual Pokemon Battle', said Lyra. 'I've seen you somewhere'.
'Lyra, I'm your cousin if you forgot', I said.
'No, I was talking to the boy', said Lyra, gesturing her hand towards the boy.
Pinsir started running towards Charizard. He bent towards right and Charizard bent to his left to stop him. But the Pinsir quickly bent itself to the left and was suddenly behind Charizard.
'Now !', said the boy, with a suddenly overconfident tone.
Pinsir used Vice Grip from behind and Charizard fainted.
'Charizard, come back. You did great bud', I said. 'Go Jolteon'.
'Pinsir, use X-Scissor', said the boy. It didn't affect Jolteon.
'Jolteon, use Thunder', I said, casually, as I knew Pinsir would faint.
Pinsir fainted.
'What ? No', said the boy. 'I couldn't lose to a 'no one', this is not happening'.
'A 'no one' ? He is the Kanto League Champion', told Lyra, raising my hand upwards to declare me the winner.
'Wait, that's why your face was so familiar. You are Red, the one who gave up the Gym Leader position', said the boy. 'Dude, no one does that'.
'But I did, just because I liked being a trainer. Now, do as promised, apologise to the girl...', I said, gesturing my hand where the girl stood, only to realize she wasn't there.
The boy looked where she was standing and laughed. 'Um, okay. Sorry, I apologise for being rude or whatever', said the boy, making fun of me. 'Your battle was a waste, but I agree you are stronger than me'.
'I am', I said, agreeing.
'But meet me again and will crush you', said the boy. 'Obviously, I was talking about a battle'.
'And how do you know we'll meet again ?', I asked him.
'Because he is a Gym Leader', said Lyra, realizing the fact.
'What ?!', I exclaimed.
'Pleasure to meet you. I am the Azalea Town Gym Leader', said the boy.
'My name is Bugsy'.
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