Chapter 88 - A Long Battle (2/2)
Primeape was dodging the attacks at a very good ratio. It had some bruises but it was ok. When the battle of Golduck ended, Primeape got distracted and Nidorina got a sweet 'horn attack' on it.
Pidgeotto immediately flew down towards Primeape to hit it with 'Aerial ace' but Primeape shot Pidgeotto with 'thunder punch' down to the ground. The move was powerful and to add it with Pidgeotto's speed, it looked like Pidgeotto's head was plastered in the ground. Pidgeotto was out of the battle.
”No!! Pidgeotto!!!” shouted K trying to run towards it. But the teacher stopped him. K called back Pidgeotto and ran towards the nurse who was also watching the battle.
This was given, as Pidgeotto was not even an uncommon ranked but Primeape was a rare ranked Pokemon.
”Nidorino!! Finish it now, 'horn drill'” shouted Axel. ”Blizzard again” shouted A at the same time. 'Blizzard' was hit which made Primeape partially frozen. It was then followed but a rotating horn that stabbed Primeape in the stomach. Axel could hear a 'puchi!' sound which confirmed that the horn had pierced the Pokemon's stomach.
Dust flew out and everyone could see Primeape bȧrėly standing, with blood gushing from its stomach.
”Wow!” said Axel. He had not expected Primeape to withstand the blow. But what Axel didn't know was Primeape had used 'Endure' in the last movement to withstand it.
Nidorino was huffing and puffing as 'horn drill' was a stamina-consuming move. So, Nidorina decided to end it with another 'horn attack'.
”Primeape, use 'reversal'” said the trainer.
A wanted Nidorino to stop the run when he heard the trainer but Nidorino was already there.
Nidorino was critically hit with the move and it fainted on the spot. 'Reversal' was a powerful move if used strategically, and that was what the opponent did. Reversal deal more damage, when the HP is lower.
”Now, rest and Focus energy” said the opponent again. The opponent was a tall guy with no hair and big biceps. This baldy was now irritating Axel.
Rest and Focus energy are the moves that could not be used at the same time. But it was different for Primeape. Primeape had an ability called 'Vital Spirit' which prevents it from falling asleep even when using moves like 'rest'
So now it was recovering without any collateral damage and was increasing its critical hit ratio at the same time.
Nidorino was taking its much-needed short rest and Butterfree was far.
By the time they got closer, Primeape had already recovered a quarter of its health.
”Now for round two!!” shouted baldy with his raised fist.
”B, only try to use long range attacks, I will take care of the rest” said Axel. B nodded and instructed Butterfree to use 'Whirlwind'.
There was no way that Primeape could dodge the attack. It was heavily injured. Though it had recovered a bit, it could not move hastily due to its open wound in the stomach.
”There will be no round two” replied Axel. ”B, lets finish this”
'Whirlwind' hit Primeape and Nidorino used 'Earthquake'.
Axel look on his face literally said 'unbelievable' because Primeape was still not down.
They had thought that Primeape would be the easiest one to deal with but they had forgotten that it was a trained Primeape, not a wild one.
Butterfree then used 'Solar beam'. It was instant as 'Sunny day' was still in effect and Nidorino used 'Horn drill' once again.
This was like a chain attack. One after another. Huge dust arose from the impact. Primeape was hit with both of the attacks as it could hardly move.
Now, this was a pickle. If Primeape could still withstand it then it would be a problem for the team. Primeape knew moves like 'rest' so it could heal itself. But Nidorino and Butterfree were all out of stamina.
Fortunately, that was not the case. It had fainted but Primeape was seriously injured.
It took 1 blizzard, 1 horn attack, 2 horn drills, 1 whirlwind and 1 solar beam.
That was a total of 5 stab moves! 'Seriously, how is it still alive?' thought Axel. Axel didn't know that Primeape could be such a tank.
The battle had concluded and they had finally won.