Pokemon - A Mystical Journey

Seeing this he thought," I forgot he is a child now " and stared blankly at him

While this was happening Flint laughed loudly and "don"t you know about the badge distribution."

"Badge distribution??" Both Lance and Alex asked then looked at each other curiously.

" Yes badge distribution." he nodded then asked," Tell me how do one compete for the league tournament"

Lance quickly answered," one must collect 8 gym badges of a region and he becomes eligible for the tournament isn"t it"

"Your answer is both right and wrong. "

Hearing this then Alex asked," Then what is it?"

" To qualify for the league tournament one must indeed have at least eight gym badges but to be more specific a trainer must have at least three 2- star gym badges to compete for the league. Why do you think League matches don"t happen annually but once every three years. And you have about one and a quarter year more for the official league opening."

" And Alex here has to get one more 2- star badge and he can qualify. isn"t it so"

" No I still have to collect six gym badges"

" What "

" You aren"t an intermediate trainer"

" No I am just a rookie though now a beginner trainer as I have two gym badges."

" You are just a rookie . How then why did Marcus give you a 2- star challenge."

" How would I know . I met him once during a task and then he took me to gym without registration. and we had a battle"

"So he saw his skill and thought of him as such. Heck even I would have thought of that "

"So you had only 2- star match till now" Lance said blankly. " Damm wait I too want a 2- star challenge"

" If you want then you could ask for it in the next gym"

" And you are Alex right. Well I have decided you are rival and I Lance of Blackthorn City challenge you to a Pokemon battle."

" Well I only have one pokemon left so would it be ok if we only have one on one match"

As Alex too wanted to challenge him.

then Lance turned to Flint and asked if they could use a field in the gym to which he agreed.

As Flint and Brock cleared the field for their battle Flint said softly to Brock," Brock remember these two trainers. They are going to be the leaders of your generation. "

" Ok father" then he went to be their referee.

" This is a one on one Pokemon battle between Alex of Floral Town and Lance of Blackthorn City. "

" are you ready"

" Ready"*2

" Let the battle begin"

" Go Swablu"

" Go b.u.t.terfree"

As they were released, b.u.t.terfree started with quiver dance. This is to increase it"s special attack special defence and speed. It was physically weak so this will help him to dodge attacks easily.

Swablu started by singing. to counter b.u.t.terfree used whirlwind to destabilize it and stop it"s attack. Then it raised fog to hide.

As b.u.t.terfree was going to release it"s winds to dispel fog Swablu started it"s sneak attack.

then Alex first ordered," Use confusion"

as it once reached it b.u.t.terfree it was stunned by psychic attack and was then slammed to the ground. Not giving it chance it released poison powder, poisoning it.

Lance then ordered," uproar then dragon pulse"

This hurt b.u.t.terfree while Alex thought," I should have known it would know a dragon type move"

Lance " takedown" as Swablu couldn"t last long due to hurt and poison.

Alex then ordered," signal beam"

when they slammed a dust cloud rose from the ground blocking the view. When the cloud cleared, the result was revealed.

" Both the Pokemon are not able to fight . Hence the match is a tie"

Lance suddenly shouted," d.a.m.n if it was my Dratini I would have surely won." while returning the Pokémon

Alex countered by saying while returning b.u.t.terfree," so what had it been my Charmeleon I would surely won."

" What Charmeleon is evolved . let my Dratini evolve to Dragonair then we will see who will win"

" Even then I would win."

" What. I will win next time"

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They continued to argue among themselves. Seeing this Flint laughed and asked Brock,"So what do you think about the match. "

" they both are strong. They still didn"t go all out though.l they seem to be holding some moves back in the match"

" well they were probably imperfect moves that would have been countered if given time. like when Swablu was down if not for time that he got it wouldn"t be able to release dragon pulse. it wasn"t mastered completely similar to b.u.t.terfree quiver dance which could have been used later to dodge the pulse."

" they still have much to grow. Don"t forget there is a reason some Trainer are struck at certain level for life."

then Flint intervened and said ," Don"t you need to heal your Pokemon"

" What . yes I have to heal them. I will heal them first "and Alex dashed off to the Pokemon center.

then Lance roared ," I will heal them first" then followed behind him running.

Seeing them act childish Flint thought," Even though they might become a pillar of Kanto but they still are child now. I hope that they don"t change much due to the outside world."

Then said to Brock," Aren"t you coming to eat Brock" who looked at the entrance dazzed." I am very hungry. Let"s see what your mother cooked today,"

Meanwhile at the Pokemon center. They both had deposited their pokeball at the same time to the nurse joy and are currently having lunch together.

" So where are you headed to now Alex "

" Well I am going to pallet town for some work. so I will go there."

" You too then how about we travel together."

" Sure why not as long as you don"t drag me down" while thinking" It will be fun to have someone and not feel lonely. also it will be good to have another person if what news I got from the information transaction was true"

And so our hero got himself a new rival as well as companion for his trip to pallet . And what this duo will experience to know this, stay tuned.

to be continued...