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Part 20. Training.

After talking more, it had been discovered that Silver was, by some stroke of luck, pursuing a similar goal to Red and Fletcher, which made things a lot easier. The three of them started travelling together, and they were currently taking refuge from the rain in a secluded part of Lostlorn Forest. Fletcher had gone off somewhere to train against wild Pokémon while Red and Silver started to battle against each other.

Both redheads started with their strongest 'Mons, being Bubbles for Red, and a rather large, blue crocodilian Pokémon with a few red spikes on its head, back and tail for Silver. And, as if on que, they both called out their commands at the same time.
"Bubbles, use Psybeam!"
"Feraligatr, Aqua Tail!" Bubbles immediately shot a beam of psychic energy at Feraligatr, who took the hit head on, seemingly unaffected, before charging at Bubbles, its tail glowing a bright blue before seeming to grow in length and swing round as Feraligatr reached Bubbles, the Water type attack hitting Bubbles with little resistance, sending the small Psychic type flying.

However, as Bubbles hit a tree, it seemed to turn into a puff of lilac smoke, disappearing. It was then that Silver realised something.
"When the hell did you set up a Trick Room!?"
"How else do you think Bubbles used her move before your Feraligatr?" Red replied with a smirk, before about 5 different identical images of Bubbles appeared. "Most people think that Trick Room only makes the slowest Pokémon move first, but if you know how to use one, Trick Room can be so much more."
"Enough talk! Feraligatr, find the real one and Crunch it!" Feraligatr paused, looking at each clone before choosing one and lunging, its teeth seeming to become encased in black energy. However, it seemed that the Water type made the wrong decision, as when it made contact, more lilac smoke appeared. Red giggled to herself, as the real Bubbles came out from behind a tree and shot another Psybeam at Feraligatr before hiding once more.
"Too slow, Silver!"
"Who said we were trying to be fast!? Feraligatr, Superpower!"

At this command, Feraligatr charged at the tree Bubbles had been hiding behind, knocking it down in one fell swoop. However, the tree hit what seemed to be a wall, pausing for a bit before hitting the ground. At this, Red's eyes widened in shock.
"No way...you broke the Trick Room..."
"And now we can do this! Feraligatr, Crunch!" Feraligatr lunged at Bubbles, who was trying to set up another Trick Room, but it was too late. Dark teeth made contact, causing severe damage, and in seconds Bubbles had fallen to the ground, fainted. Red hurriedly picked her faithful companion up, pulling out a couple of revives. "You're a good battler," Silver began, walking over to Red. "You only list because of Feraligatr's advantage. And I'm five years older than you." Red sighed, before looking up, noticing that the rain had stopped.
"Let's go find Fletcher, so we can keep moving."