Chapter 26 - Scizor the Prideful, Bruno the Ruthless (2/2)
It was Scyther.
When Bruno came near him, Scyther immediately noticed him and became ready for fight. Scythers are proud warrior Pokemons. They talk with their fist and they have their warrior honor. This is what Burno always liked about Pokemon like Scyther.
Bruno immediately said, ”I need a strong Pokemon like you to dominate the world. If you lose this battle, you will have to follow me. Will you accept?” ”Scy..” Scyther nodded.
”Since you look so powerful, you don't mind me using 2 Pokemons right?… let's do it, Pidgey, Zubat” Bruno said smiling… Scyther didn't care about that. It had its warrior's pride. Even if hundreds of Pokemons came, it will fight.
”Pidgey, use whirlwind, Zubat you use wing attack” said Bruno. Pidgey started to flap its wings rapidly and a huge wind came to be. The wind was moving at a rapid pace and Scyther who was in the air was having difficulty flying. Taking that advantage, Zubat came sneaking, with its wings shining with white light. It was 'Wing attack'. But Scyther countered the move with 'Protect'. Scyther whole body glowed and the move didn't have any effect.
At the mean time, Scyther use 'Furry cutter'.
Its scythes slashed at Zubat and Zubat was hit. ”Pidgey, quickly use gust on Scyther” Bruno said immediately. 'Gust' came flying toward Scyther and the Pokemon dogged it. At that time, 'Furry cutter' had hit 2 times already.
'Furry cutter' was an attack that increases its power, the more successive hit it lands. Though it only connected 2 times, Zubat was hurt cause this Scyther seemed to be on much higher level.
Bruno seeing Zubat changed his strategy. ”Zubat use confuse ray till it hits and Pidgey continue with Whirlwind”
”Pii” ”Zu.. Zubat!”
This was a deadly combination. 'Whirlwind' made Scyther difficult to fly and if 'Confuse ray' hits, the battle will be difficult. Scyther could have flew away and hidden behind tall trees but its pride didn't let it do so. It started dogging 'confuse ray' and rapidly advance towards Zubat.
After some time it was hit with 'confuse ray'. This move of Zubat was very well trained by Bruno and it affected Scyther badly.
Pidgey then used 'Wing attack' and Zubat used 'Swift' on Scyther. Both of them connected perfectly. Scyther was hit and fell to the ground. But it stood right back up. It was still confused. These 2 duo were frustrating Scyther.
It then did the most amazing thing. It closed its eyes and then started 'sword dance'. Pidgey and Zubat continued to attack, but this time Scyther dozed it while using 'sword dance'. 'Sword dance' raises the attack of the user by 2 stages. If used effectively it could be very dangerous. When Pidgey came with another 'wing attack', Scyther used 'frustration'. It used all of its frustration on Pidgey. Seeing that the attack would connect, Bruno said ”Pidgey use bide”. 'Frustration' hit Pidgey when it was using 'Bide' with 'Sword dance'. This move critically injured Pidgey.
Though Scyther had closed its eyes, it was still confused. So it used 'gust', a long range attack. It also hit Pidgey. But before that, Pidgey had already used Roost to recover some of its HP. After that, Pidgey finally used 'Bide'. The double reversal of 2 attacks of Scyther with 'sword dance' on was a game-changing move.
And it fell to the ground with a thud. Dust flew out and nobody knew what was its condition. Pidgey immediately fainted after it used Bide. Taking 2 attacks was too much for it. After the dust cleared, you could see a green silhouette still standing with heavy breathes. Yes, Scyther was still not down. At the final movement, it had learned 'Endure'. Pidgey had already fainted, so Zubat finished it with 'Wing attack' and Bruno caught it with Pokeball.
After catching this Pokemon, Bruno had a smile on his face.
Who would have known that the story of this partnership will echo as 'Scizor the prideful, and Bruno the ruthless' one day.