Chapter 5: Into the Viridian Forest: Battle Vs. Shiny Hunter Dan

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We entered the forest, and stopped  when we saw a sign. I read it's contents: "TRAINER TIPS: The Viridian Forest is full of Bug type Pokémon, one of these is Weedle. Trainers should carry antidotes because Weedle can Poison your Pokémon." I looked at Eevee, kind of worried. "Poison. Hmmm, we should head back to Viridian and get some of those, huh?" I said to Eevee. Eevee looked scared and nodded. We turned to exit through the door, but somehow it wasn't there. I turned back around to see the sign missing too. "Huh? Have we gotten lost?" I said, confused. Eevee seemed cautious. I could hear rustling in the trees that towered over us. The jungle was eerily quiet except for the rustling. "Eevee, get ready in case we need to battle." I whispered.  The rustling grew louder and faster. Then, there was a voice. "OK, Go for it Caterpie!" a flash of a PokéBall appeared and when it settled there emerged a Caterpie, a golden Caterpie. "Wait, that's a Shiny!" I said to Eevee. A figure jumped out of the bushes. "Ok a Shiny Eevee huh? In Viridian Forest, that's-" the person stopped talking and looked at me. "Wait a minute. Is this your Eevee?" he asked. I picked up Eevee. "Yes, she is. What do you want?" I said. "OMG, I'm so so so so sorry about this. See, I thought that Eevee was a wild Eevee, and seeing it was a Shiny, I was going to catch it." he said, and he seemed honest about it. "Oh, well that's ok. Cool Caterpie" I said in response. "Oh yeah, this Caterpie is one of my many Shiny Pokémon. See I'm currently on a quest to catch every Shiny Pokémon." he told me. "Wow, every Shiny?" I said, amazed. "Yes, currently I have 20 shiny Pokémon." He told me. "20?" "As an apology, allow me to give you these." he handed me 5 antidotes. "Wow, thanks for that!" I said, accepting the gift. "My name's Dan by the way. You can call me aDrive." he told me. "Oh, hi aDrive, I'm Cody." "Umm, do you know where we are?" I asked him. "Yes, I do." he replied. "But before we leave, how about a battle?" he suggested. "Eevee?" I looked down at her. Eevee nodded. "Ok, we accept." I told him. "All righty then, how many Pokémon do you have?" he asked me. "Umm, just Eevee." I said. "All right, a One-on-one battle sound good to you?" he asked. "Sure, let's do it." I replied.

"Ok, let's do this, Eevee." I say. "All riiiiiight. LET'S GOOOOO! Mothim!" aDrive tossed a PokéBall up into the air, caught it in his bug net and flung it towards the battlefield. Out of it appeared a yellow and blue Moth like Pokémon. I tried seeing what the PokéDex said, but apparently the Pokémon wasn't from Kanto. "This is Mothim. It's a Flying Bug type. And this is it's Shiny Variation." aDrive told me. "Now, Mothim use Quiver Dance!" The Mothim fluttered it's wings violently and started glowing. The Pokémon appeared to be moving faster. "Hmm. Eevee use Tackle." Eevee charged at Mothim, but because of it's speed, Mothim easily evaded the move. "Again Eevee! Tackle" The same thing happens. "Your battle strategy needs improving Cody!" aDrive told me. "Don't make it easy for me." I sighed. "Mothim, Quiver Dance again!" The Pokémon once again started glowing and moving faster. I tried to think up a new strategy, but I really didn't have many options. Before I could say anything, aDrive called another attack. "Mothim, Psybeam" A odd-looking purple wave flew at Eevee. "Quickly Eevee, dodge and use Tackle!" Eevee ducked under the Psybeam and charged at Mothim. And this time hit. Mothim fell to the ground. "Get up Mothim, we're not done here yet!" aDrive said to Mothim. The moth Pokémon got up and fluttered it's wings. "Ok, Mothim Psybeam again!" The odd-looking wave appeared again, but this time it didn't target Eevee, it flew around in an unpredictable path. Eevee dodge the entire attack. "Now Mothim, Tackle!" In a surprise attack, Tackle hit Eevee. "Eevee, you ok?" I called out. Eevee struggled, but it couldn't get up. "Well Mothim, that's another win for us." aDrive announced. He called back his Pokémon. "GG Cody, this battle wasn't to see who wins, it was to have fun. That Eevee needs to improve it's skills and you as a Trainer, must grow as well." he said. I picked up Eevee, and congratulated him for winning. "Now, here." aDrive sprayed a Hyper Potion on Eevee, fully recovering it. "veee" Eevee was back to it's normal happy self. "Ok, follow me" he led me and Eevee out of Viridian Forest and into Pewter City.

"Ok Cody, this is where we part ways. It was awesome battling with you. Hope we can meet again some time!" aDrive said once we were in Pewter City. "Bye Danm Thanks for helping me, good luck with your journey!" Dan headed back into Viridian Forest. "Well Eevee, we're here in Pewter City. The home of the Boulder Badge." I said to my Pokémon. Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath in and exhaled. "All right, Boulder Badge, watch out! We're coming for you!" I said holding my fist to the air.  


Author's Note: What a weird turn of events am I right? Now then why aDrive? Well, aDrive inspired me to start my shiny hunting "career" and has been a big part of that. So yeah, I really wanted to add him in somehow. Anyway as always, thanks for reading. A ★ Vote would be greatly appreciated, but only if I deserve it. ^^ Love you guys. See ya in Chapter 6.

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