Chapter 7 - Elemental Cores and First Trainer Battle (2/2)

2. Sucker punch (Egg move)

3. Venom drench (Egg move)

5. Poison sting (Lvl 2)*

6. Peck (Lvl 3)*

7. Focus energy (96%)*

8. Horn Attack*

9. Rest (60%)*

Cores :- 1. Poison (5%)*

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Nidoran never liked to stay inside Pokeball. Axel tried it many times but to no avail. He ultimately thought that Nidoran would be like Ash's Pikachu, so he let it be. ”Let's run from here. After we reach, we will take a long rest in the bed” He said. ”Nido!..”

As they were running, to reach their destination, they came across a boy not much older than Alex walking towards the city. ”Hey mate, are you going to the city too?” the boy asked. ”Yes, I am Axel and this is my partner Nidoran. How long have you been in this forest? Do you want to travel together to the city?” replied Axel. ”Alright, I don't mind. I m Bruno. Are you a trainer too? If yes, how about a quick battle?” Bruno asked.

Axel looked into his partner's eyes and seeing the determination, he agreed. They created a distance for the fight and Bruno threw his Pokeball. A red light came from the ball and a bird type Pokemon came into view. ”Piii… ”. It was a Pidgey. The Pidgey didn't look as healthy and energetic as Nidoran. Looking at the opponent's Pokemon, Axel realized that Bruno was also a Rookie trainer. Nidoran immediately came to the battle stage and took a deep breath.

”Pidgey, fly above and use gust” ”Piiid…” ”Nidoran concentrate and dodge it when it comes” Axel commanded. ”Nido!!” . Pidgey flew at a height and flapped its wings and used gust. Nidoran dodged it, but not successfully. Nidoran was hit by it and it flew away 2 meters but it stabilized itself. ”Nidoran, use venom drench on the ground.” Venom drench was a move in which a Pokemon sprays the poison to its target. ”Pidgey, use gust again” Bruno said. ”Nidoran concentrate and dodge again.” As Pidgey was flying above and using gust, Nidoran could only dodge. This gust was dodged perfectly. Nidoran's training was showing its result. After a couple of unsuccessful gust, Pidgey was starting to get tired. Nidoran was also breathing heavily but it was not as tired as Pidgey. ”Pidgey use peck” Bruno said. ”Nidoran dodge and use tackle”. Pidgey used peck, Nidoran tried to dodge it but it still got connected. Nidoran also used tackle at the same time, so both the parties were hit. Tackle was level 7 now so it affected Pidgey a lot. Pidgey crashed to the ground and was poisoned because of 'venom drench' on the ground. ”Nidoran, now use horn attack at full power” ”Nido…. ran!!” Nidoran horn attack connected. Out of reflex, Pidgey used peck and tackle but it was poisoned again cause of Nidoran's ability 'poison point'.

Bruno was so surprised that it could not give any instruction. Nidoran used poison sting and horn attack to conclude the match.

”You could use my antidote if you don't have one. Your Pokemon looks very hurt” Axel said. ”No need, I have one. Your Nidoran also looks very tired. But I have another Pokemon too… Go Shedinja” ”Shedinja”

”Remember Shedinja, this is your final chance. If I have to take you to the Pokemon center again, I will throw you out of the team” ”Shed..” Shedinja looked in very bad shape. It had bruises on its body. It looked like it was about to cry. ”Is he abusing his Pokemon?” Axel thought. ”Hey, why are you berating your Pokemon. And it looks very tired and hurt, I don't think it can battle properly” ”Shut up, you care about your pokemon, I know how to handle mine”

Shedinja is by far the weakest Pokemon in Pokemon history. Its total base stat is 236 and it has 1 HP. Yes only 1 HP. So if in game, your attack connects then it is down. It is not however exactly the same in reality. But it does have very low HP. If its defense is breached then, a normal attack could faint it. A powerful attack like hyper beam could kill the Pokemon. It is illegal to kill a Pokemon in a Pokemon battle. But there is a clause in all the Pokemon battle contest that, if Shedinja is killed in battle than, there would be no repercussions. Yes, this is made for only 1 Pokemon cause it is so weak. Nincada, its pre-evolved form also doesn't normally evolve to Shedinja cause of its low HP. Thus, Shedinja is an endangered species.

”Shedinja use gust” Nidoran did an easy dodge without any command from its trainer cause of all the battle experience it got. Shedinja used gust multiple times but it didn't connect. Losing his mind Bruno shouted, ”Shedinja win at all cost.. Now!!” Being afraid of losing its trainer, it used tackle. ”Nidoran, use peck” Both of them collided and Shedinja couldn't stand after that.

”If you hate Shedinja, then why did you catch it in the first place?” Axel asked. ”I didn't catch it. Nincada was my starter Pokemon but it evolved after some time. When it was evolving, I told it not to evolve, but it evolved anyway and Ninjask and Shedinja came to be. But the evolution didn't go as planned and Ninjask died. Now I have this Pokemon that is useless” Bruno glared at Shedinja who was in the process of fainting and shouted ”You haven't won any battle after you evolved. Your recovery cost is so high that it is making me mad. Go where ever you want. From now on you are not my Pokemon.” ”Shed.. Shed .. .. Shhedd… Shedinja” it said crawling to its trainer cause apparently of the battle it could not even fly well. Shedinja was crying heavily and begging its trainer to take it back. But it angered Bruno even more. So he threw Shedinja Pokeball in the grass and ran from there. ”Shed…..Shedinjaaaaaa!!” it was crying very loudly. Its incompetence had finally made it alone. Nidoran looked at Shedinja and his trainer, and felt very glad that Axel cared about it very deeply. Nidoran came near Shedinja and started patting its head to calm Shedinja. Shedinja was still trying to crawl toward Bruno but he was long gone.

Axel was horror-struck by seeing this scene. He really hated trainers that don't take care of their Pokemon properly. He started looking at the sky and remembered how he had to give up his Dog 'Marcus' in the previous world. In his previous world, when Axel was in school, his parents were always busy because of their work. They had a puppy called Marcus. Marcus was very excited and a bit violent dog. It used to bite the guest sometimes. His parents didn't have time to take care of and train the puppy properly. One day, he came home from school and found that his parents had given Marcus to a dog club. Axel cried for 3 days and didn't talk to his parents for a very long time.

Seeing Shedinja like this, tears came from his eyes. Axel crouched down towards Shedinja and asked, ”Hey, Shedinja, do you want to be my Pokemon?”