Pokemon - A real story

Chapter 723: Against Romero

Axel had not seriously trained his newest Pokemons like Squirtle and Magnemites. Agnes and Dina were the ones who had trained Squirtle. It was fairly good but Axel knew that he could have done better. So, he was still not satisfied with the progress of Squirtle.

Of course, he didn't have the right to say it as he was the one who had not given them much time.

Axel woke up at 5 a.m. and got ready to have his breakfast. He showed up and was planning to call out all of his Pokemons by the time he was in the breakfast zone.

The breakfast event was happening inside a big hall of the hotel. Axel had never seen such a big hall as he could not see the end of it. The interior of the hall was fabulous.

There were cravings in the walls and the ceiling with ancient language that he could not understand.

The line of the food stalls was lesser compared to yesterday but it was still very long. Axel didn't even know that so many types of breakfast dishes existed.

There was a separate zone for the Pokemons. He could see a lot of Pokemons with different varieties and species.

As he was going to call out his Pokemons, the Kanto team and the mercenary team finally met with him.

"Axel, why are you so late? After the breakfast, the competition is going to start. Do you know which kind of Pokemon that you would be using?", asked Ryker.

"Yes, I have something in mind.", said Axel.

"Ok, let's get something to eat.", said Hector as all of them first called out all of their Pokemons. The Pokemons had been cramped inside the ball for a long time and most of them just wanted to get outside.

ROOARR

ROARR!!!

All of them shouted to announce their presence.

The trainers became busy giving the food to their Pokemons. Axel called Wartortle near him.

"Listen, I have already told you about this competition and I am choosing you to participate."

Wartortle was over the moon when it heard that it would be participating in the battle yesterday.

"I know that I have not trained you well, so even if you lose a battle, then I will not be angry. I just want you to try your best. Follow my commands and try to execute them as fast as possible.

Also, if you manage to win this competition, then I will give you a reward."

Hearing about the reward, the eyes of Squirtle lit up. It didn't know what the reward was going to be but it wanted to win it.

Axel sighed looking at its excited face. Squirtle was really gullible. It was good in some way but he was worried that some stranger might take it away by showing a candy.

Ting.. Ting.. Ting...

Joseph got the attention of all of the young trainers when he did it again.

"Alright, all of you. For those who have registered, I will call out their name for attendance.

Ryker

Axel

Lyra

Lance

Lorelai

Steven

Wallace

Susan

Romero

Garemond

Cynthia

Daisy

Crasher

Flint

Dolly

Hector

Mia

Krishna

Hymer

These are the 19 trainers that had registered for the competition. The winner of this competition will win exciting prizes and money.

This will be a knockout round cause we elders don't have all the time in the world. The trainers are only allowed to use 1 common-rank Pokemon throughout the competition. So, please choose carefully.

Now, we will be drawing lots, and if there are an odd number of trainers then one of the trainers will automatically go to the next round.", said Joseph and told his staff to bring out the machine to draw lots.

"I would like to welcome Mr. Flint, the gym leader of the Kanto region to do the honors.", said Joseph as Flint arrived on the stage.

"Wow, I didn't think that Flint was also here.", said Axel with a smile.

"It looks like you are very friendly with him.", commented Hymer.

"Yes, of course, I learned a lot while fighting Flint. It was the first time that I ever lost a gym battle. Flint is very strong.", said Axel.

"Of course, he is strong. He is the strongest gym leader in the Kanto region.", said Lyra with a smile.

Flint belonged to the Toise family. He was not a blood member but an outsider but since he was the gym leader, he had a very high position in the family.

It was Dina who got to pass the next stage without any problem. The process took around 10 minutes but Axel knew who he would be fighting against.

It was Romero.

Romero was from the Chic family (Torchic) and he was not very strong per Axel's opinion. But since he also had not properly trained Wartortle by himself, he was not sure if he could win the battle.

Axel's turn was actually at last. But he was not going anywhere. He wanted to see what sort of Pokemon would use, especially Cynthia.

Interestingly, Cynthia had chosen Eevee for this battle. All Eevee were cute but this Eevee looked menacing. Axel didn't know what it was as it was very similar to other Eevees but it was a bit different. Unfortunately, Cynthia was paired against Hymer. Hymer had used a Poliwhirl and the battle was fierce. Cynthia won in the end even though she was at a disadvantage. Looking at the battle, Axel could tell that Poliwhirl was more powerful than Eevee but Cynthia's battle strategy was stronger.

Finally, the battle between Romero and Axel came at last. Both of them went to the stage. The referee was ready with a coin. He looked at Romero and Romero said, "Heads."

The referee flipped the coin and said, "It is Tails. Axel wins. Trainer Romero is requested to send out his first Pokemon.", said the referee.

Axel was interested in what type of Pokemon he would really use.

Romero gave a smirk and threw a ball in the air.

"Come out, Ponyta.", shouted Romero as a fiery horse came out of the ball.

Looking at Ponyta, Axel could not control his laughter and laughed out loud. What were the chances that Romero would use a pure fire-type Pokemon against his water-type Pokemon.

Tying really mastered in initial rank battles. During the higher ranks, the Pokemon might develop some form of resistance to other typings but right now, the Pokemon could not do it.

Romero was instantly angry hearing Axel's laughter. Was Axel making fun of him? Ponyta might be weaker right now but Rapidash was an outstanding Pokemon. So, why was he laughing?

Axel looked at the stats of Ponyta, just to be sure.

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Pokemon's name: Ponyta (Age: 10 months)

Pokemon Nickname: N/A

Pokemon Rank: Common rank

Pokemon Tying: Fire

Ability: Flash Fire (35%)

Hidden Ability: Flame body (40%)

Potential: Black (Monstrous)

Health: 1000 /1000 Attack: C

Agility: C Defense: D

Sp. Atk: D Sp. Def: D+

Moves: Flame charge, Sunny day, Stomp, Double kick, Sloarbeam, Iron tail, Endure

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The only thing that Axel and Wartortle should be careful of was its 'Flame body' which had a very low chance of activating. Even if it was 100% fully mastered, the 'flame body' might not work. The other thing was 'Solarbeam'. Yet, he was not too worried about it.

Axel now had a lot of experience and he could already tell this this move was just learned for better coverage. Since it also had 'Sunny day', the move might be useful but the move would not be as powerful as one might expect.

"Mr. Axel is requested to send out his Pokemon.", said the referee.

Axel took a ball and called out Wartortle.

There was no commentary facility like in the league games but the people were surprised by Axel's choice.

"Is Axel very lucky?", asked one of the trainers.

"Maybe he is. Who knows."

Such kinds of operations were happening and this was making Romero even more mad.

'Do you guys all think that Axel won this battle cause of type advantage? Hmph!! I will show these people what I am made of. Type advantage is not everything.', thought Romero.

Romero was right. Type advantage was not the end of all but it was still an advantage and in the hands of trainers like Axel, this was already supposed to be game over. Yet, Romero thought to change all of their minds.

Axel looked at the stats of Wartortle.

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Pokemon's name: Wartortle (Age: 4 months)

Pokemon Nickname: N/A

Pokemon Rank: Common rank

Pokemon Tying: Water

Ability: Torrent (65%)

Hidden Ability: Rain dish (50%)

Potential: Black (Monstrous)

Health: 2000 /2000 Attack: F

Agility: F Defense: F

Sp. Atk: F Sp. Def: F

Moves: Mirror coat (G) (Lvl 32), Water gun (G) (Lvl 35), Life dew (G) (Lvl 37), Aqua ring (G) (Lvl 34), Withdraw (C) (Lvl 29), Bite (C) (Lvl 29), Tackle (C) (Lvl 28), Skull bash (E) (Lvl 43), Wave crash (G) (Lvl 35), Water pulse (C) (Lvl 27), Chilling water (C) (Lvl 29), Ice spinner (C) (Lvl 24), Rain dance (G) (Lvl 31)

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What was good about Wartortle was its ability and hidden ability mastery. They were very great for a common-rank Pokemon. The levels of the moves had increased and it had also leveled up 'Skull bash' to level 40 and above.

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Skull Bash (Wartortle) (Level 40): The defense would increase and it can hold a lot of power to attack.

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Axel had not seen Wartortle fight with other Pokemons after he was kidnapped but seeing the level of moves, he was satisfied. He just hoped that it would win this battle.

"Are you both ready?", asked the referee.

Both of them nodded their heads and the referee said, "Let the battle Begin!"

"Ponyta, use 'Sunny day' and then use 'Flame charge'"

"Wartortle, you use 'Rain dance' and then use 'Withdraw' followed up by 'Skull bash'", said Axel.

Ponyta opened its mouth to release a small ball of fire which went to the sky and started to increase in size. This was 'Sunny day'. While Wartortle started to dance on a weird day and the clouds started to form.

For a common rank Pokemon, moves like 'Rain dance' were very hard to comprehend. Yet, Wartortle had not only learned the move but also mastered it to a good level.

It looked like Ponyta's mastery over 'Sunny day' was not as high as Wartortle's 'Rain dance'.

The winds and rain started to take over the sunny day. Ponyta rushed towards Wartortle to use 'Flame charge' but Wartortle was already inside its shell increasing its defense to a new height.

The early actions of 'Skull bash' and 'Withdraw' were the same as in the first turn, the user would increase its defense in 'Skull bash'. Then the user would store the power and release it.

The speed of Ponyta had decreased due to the rain and its chance of burning Wartortle had also massively decreased. But Ponyta didn't stop. It charged towards Wartortle and struck it on the shell but nothing much happened.

The shell including the Wartortle was sprung off to a distance but Wartortle came out with no visible injuries.

" 'Water pulse'", shouted Axel as Wartortle opened its mouth to send a torrent of water towards Ponyta. Ponyta was hit by the attack as it flew to a distance and crashed.

"Wohh, the power of that water pulse is very high. I wonder how Axel trained Wartortle in it.", said Dolly looking from her seat.

"Yes, Axel is always very interesting to watch.", said Cynthia with a smile.

Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Wartortle was not going to stop, it used the move 'Water gun' and 'Chilling water' on Ponyta. Both of those moves hit and due to the effect of 'Rain dance', the power of water-type moves was obviously on the higher side.

Could Ponyta not do anything now?