Pokemon Nexus: part1

Chapter 2: First Steps

Kenji still couldn't believe it, he had his very own pokemon. His mind was racing with thoughts of all the battles they'd have and other pokemon they'd meet. But they were immediately interrupted by Ritchie.

"Hey Kenji, let's have a battle. I can't believe my first battle win is gonna be against you."

Normally Kenji would roll his eyes at Ritchie, but now he had a pokemon, and he'd finally be able to one up him.

"You know what Ritchie? you're on!" Kenji said confidently.

"I think that's a great idea," chimed in professor Sycamore, "it will give you a chance to bond with your pokemon."

"No thanks I'm ok," piped up Liza, "I'm just gonna go home and get ready to leave," she said stepping away. "Thank you for everything professor," she said smiling and waving goodbye.

The group headed out to a practice field behind the lab. The two new trainers stood at opposite ends facing each other.

"You ready to lose?" called out Ritchie.

"Not a chance," yelled Kenji. The professor stood at the sidelines in the middle of the field.

"I'll referee this match," he said. "This will be a one-on-one match, the trainer whose pokemon is unable to continue battling will lose." Froakie and Chespin stepped forward in front of their trainers.

"Ready?"

This is it... My first pokemon battle... Kenji thought as his heart began to race.

"Battle..."

I'm really doing this... I'm finally... a pokemon trainer.

"BEGIN!!"

"Alright Froakie let's go! Use quick attack!" shouted Kenji. Froakie took off with such speed it was hard to keep track of at first.

"Quick Chespin dodge it!" yelled Ritchie. Chespin just barely managed to jump out of the way in time. "Now hit em with tackle Chespin!" As soon as Chespin landed, it darted forward and hit Froakie hard, knocking it back.

"Alright Froakie, let's use pound!" yelled out Kenji.

Froakie glanced back at his trainer in hesitation but ran forward and attempted to throw a few punches at his opponent. Chespin was able to dodge them all.

"Great work Chespin, now use vine whip!" Chespin jumped back and long green vines came out of its neck area and began to swat at Froakie.

Oh no Froakie's in trouble, he thought. How can I get him out of this? But before he could come up with an idea, he heard Ritchie shout out his next command.

"Great Chespin, now slam it down!" And with that froakie was thrown down hard hitting the ground and rolling back towards Kenji.

"Froakie, get up!" he called out. Froakie managed to get up slowly. "Great Froakie, now let's finish this" Kenji yelled but stopped. Froakie looked back at him and glared at him.

"FRO KI KI FRO!!" shouted Froakie.

Kenji, stunned, didn't really know what to say. Is it mad at me? Before Kenji could say anything back, Froakie took off on its own.

It charged forward, grabbing a handful of the frubbles from its chest and threw some around Chespin's feet. Chespin was a little confused and just stood there. Froakie then launched itself into a quick attack.

Hmm, never seen this happen, professor Sycamore thought to himself.

Chespin tried to dodge it but got stuck on one of the piles of the frubbles at its feet. Turns out they are very sticky and held Chespin in place.