Pokemon :Rise to the champion

chapter -5 rival battles

Kenta pov

I wanted to go to the viridian forest but I was interrupted by a wild pyro, a rare human troublemaker. That's what I would write his description in Pokedex.

"Sure, but before we could continue. Have you healed your pokemon?" I asked him.

"Not yet, I will heal my pokemon after I have defeated you." He told me with confidence.

"Come out Rattata. " He said throwing out a Pokeball and revealing a rattata

Overconfidence or Ignorance. I don't know what is the cause. But I am sure he is putting himself at a disadvantage. Let's finish this as soon as I can. He will not battle with me for a long time. Let's defeat this youngster joey wannabe.

I miss having a strong rival. It's my bad luck that I don't have red and blue as rivals. I wasn't born in their era. Red and blue are now adults and their locations are unknown according to the pokemon league manual. Blue is Gary's big brother and no one knows where they are. Do green and yellow exist here as well.

"Pidgey use wing attack," I commanded pidgey.

"Rattata use hyper fang " Pyro commanded Rattaa.

unfortunately, rattata is knocked out before it can use hyper fang, Pidgey wing attack hit rattata and it fainted without any surprise.

"No rattata, it can't be helped then," He said with despair in his tone

"Go Eevee," He said taking out Eevee from his Pokeball.

"Eevee use hyper fang," He said moving to the confused Eevee. I think he confused Eevee with rattata or it is an honest mistake.

I was seriously dumbfounded, even pidgey and Eevee were surprised by pyro's antics

" wow, I know you are stupid but this is on a whole other level" I told him.

"[No I think he might be that stupid]" Pidgey said with a disgusted expression.

"[ Goddamn idiot, don't embarrass me in front of this bird]" Eevee said cringing out by his trainer.

"stop calling me dumb, I was simply testing you," He said trying to cover up.

"I doubt that is a test," I told him

"pidgey will use gust and finish Eevee with wing attack," I said with a disinterested tone.

pidgey sent heavy wind towards Eevee and attacked the defenseless Eevee with its both wings and with that pidgey fainted

" tch, why did I lose," Pyro said annoyed by the results he got.

" You lost because you didn't treat your pokemon when they are injured and tired, you see pokemon are to be treated right after traveling but no you began battling and you commanded your pokemon ineffectively," Nurse joy told reprimanding him from his methods.

I guess he is inexperienced and a kid. I can't blame him but I seriously wanted a good rival.

" I will be sure to use them thoroughly in the future, oh by the way Gary is at route 25 . say hi to him, I will heal my pokemon now okay," He told me, hinting me to defeat Gary.

I guess pyro didn't like how arrogant and smug Gary is. Most probably Pyro is defeated badly by Gary and Gary insulted him to the point of Pyro wanting to make a comeback.

Route 25 huh

<Timeskip to Kenta heading towards route 25 in search of Gary>

Kenta pov

I hope I can find mankey here, I need it for the rock-type gym, Charmander and pidgey are ineffective against rock types. I wonder where is the mankey, Pokedex clearly signifies mankey lives here. But it might be an error or mankey's habitat changed