Pokémon: King of Kings

Chapter 11: On The Way To Pewter City, Part 2 - Diglett Cave

(Diglett Cave Entrance, Viridian Forest Outskirts, Viridian City, Kanto Region, Pokémon World)

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(Cobalt POV)

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Cobalt had taken a photo of the Shiny Pikachu and sent it to Professor Oak. But he had reviewed its stats as well beforehand.

Now no doubt Professor Oak has reviewed his current Mon's, but he would be in for a pretty big shock when Cobalt chose to head to Cinnabar Island.

Cobalt planned to capture a lot of Squirtle and Wartortle.

Now looking at this Pikachu, he was quite impressed by its stats.

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Pikachu (Male)

Abilities: Static, Lightning Rod (Hidden)

HP: 40

Attack: 55

Defense: 40

Special Attack: 65

Special Defense: 55

Speed: 95

Known Moves: Body Slam, Dig, Focus Punch, Quick Attack, Thunder Shock, Thunder Bolt, Swift, Light Screen, Signal Beam, and Rain Dance.

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Compared to Snorlax it didn't know many moves, but the ones it did know were quite good. However, Cobalt wasn't sure if he wanted Pikachu. To be fair the addition of an Alolan Raichu was much more appealing after what happened in the forest.

Now by comparison, the Kantonian Raichu had fewer weaknesses and more moves than the Alolan one, but the addition of that Psychic typing for the Alolan Raichu was very appealing.

Strictly because it would give him an extra advantage against Sabrina and of course Mewtwo when it came time to fight Giovanni. As it stood, with Ace on his team he had a Mon that was naturally immune to Mewtwo's Psychic Power.

However, Mewtwo - like Snorlax - Could learn more than just Normal or Psychic-Type moves. Mewtwo in particular, could learn a move from essentially every possible typing but one.

Cobalt looked at the Pikachu and placed one of his Pokèball's in front of it.

''Pika?'' It looked up at him curiously.

''I want you to join me Pikachu. Join me and I promise to evolve you into a special Raichu that makes the others look like nothing by comparison. And I promise to feed you more stuff like this.'' Says Cobalt.

''Chu..Pikachu..'' Pikachu puts on a thinking face before pointing to Cobalt, then Bulbasaur, then itself, and then the Pokéball.

''You want to battle huh? Alright, Bulbasaur you up to battling Pikachu?'' Cobalt asks his first Pokémon and Partner.

''Bulbasaur.''

''Alright, hey Shadow? You and Weedle keep a close watch on Bulbasaur. I will be counting on all of you for my battle with Brock, but you two, Bulbasaur and Snorlax especially.'' Cobalt says, and truthfully, he was.

But he had an ulterior motive for agreeing with Pikachu's request to face his Bulbasaur. He was trying to stimulate and increase Bulbasaur's chances of evolution. Battling Brock and Misty's sisters would go a long way toward that, but Pikachu wasn't like Pidgey or Shadow, his stats didn't dip, they were raised.

So, battling Pikachu did two things for Bulbasaur, it gave him a tougher opponent and it also gave him a chance to face an opponent whose speed was higher and could easily overwhelm him. Even in defeat, Bulbasaur - like its bulb - would grow and reach new heights. The toughest battles were best saved for later, but the tougher battles could be left to be fought more immediately. Cobalt didn't expect his Bulbasaur to beat Pikachu, but he expected her to defy his expectations.