The Buneary & the Beartic (A Pokémon short story)

Part five ❄️ Forgivness

Minny watched as Ice glanced over her, his dark eyes full over anger and regret as he gave a small, reassuring nod to the trembling figure. Both her tiny paws stuck to a tree by Scuttle's sticky thread, the Aridos stood not far away, his eyes darting between that of the small Buneary and his commander. Minny's eyes drooped, staring at the small blades of grass poking up beneath the snow, to ashamed to meet the gaze of her closest friend. Why must I be the cause of all problems? She thought to herself, small tears of crystal rolling across her cheeks. Her thoughts drifted to the day Ice had spared her, allowing her to live on the condition she be his friend which she did. But why did Drapion have to come and ruin everything. For once she had been happy. Now that's gone, probably for good.

A Chatot from the crowd fluttered forward, he was the usual choice when it came to battle referees, no one was fairer than he, due his always honest and unbiased calls. "This will be a single battle, one on one battle where the last one standing will be the victor. Begin."

As soon as the words were out if his beak Ice reared up on her back legs, standing to his full, towering hight. He fell forward, sending out a piercing Icicle Crash as he landed forward. Drapion had no chance to dodge as the serrated spears of ice crashed into his armour like shell which took most the attack, absorbing most of which to a point Drapion could brush it off the the exemption of several places where the spears broke though the cracks, allowing his almost black blood to trickle out of the wound. Ice smirked in triumph.

Drapion let out a roar crossed with a screech, charging in on Ice with his claws coating in a sickly purple Poison Jab at the ready. Ice jumped back onto his hide legs allowing the attack to miss by mere inches. Unfazed by his opponents attack, Ice fell forward, throwing down his large paw covered in a powerful Ice Punch, using the momentum from falling to his advantage to gain a greater attack boost. A critical hit.

The attack hit Drapion in the back receiving a pained cry from the poison type, but he saw his opening for an attack as his scorpion tail whipped up and injected Ice with a Toxic attack which badly poisoned the Freezing Pokémon.

Ice roared in pain making many of the viewing Pokémon flinch, including Minny whom turned her head as fear seemed to wrap icy tendrils around her heart and squeeze. Minny wanted so desperately to cover her eyes to shield herself from the battle but as her small paws were stuck to the tree she couldn't move or make any effort to help her friend. Scuttle remain on guard, his sharp eyes following any movement that came from the Buneary or threatening anyone from the crowed who dared approach. Deep inside her, Minny knew the only way she would make it out of this alive was for Ice to win the battle.

Having managed to weasel out of Ice's grip Drapion shot out a gail of Posion Stings, trying to overwhelm the Beartic with the sharp needles of damage, Ice however brushed these off and shot out an Ice Beam. A small explosion was set off by the clash of the two attacks, sending up a cloud of smokey dust. For a few agonising minutes of tension for the small Buneary, nothing could be seen by Minny. She squealed Ice's name, desperately trying to see if her friend was alright. When the dust did settle, it revealed Ice and Drapion locked in paw to claw combat. The much larger Beartic was holding both of Drapion's claws in a crushing grip whilst trying to dodge his bladed tail which was dripping with acidic poison, but with his own poison condition rapidly taking down his health he needed to figure out a way to end the battle soon.

"You're finished Beartic. Admit defeat and your death will be quick." Drapion leered, an antagonistic smirk wiring it's way onto the duel typed Pokémon face.

"Never." Ice hissed, his massive paws gripping the poison type harder, crushing his claws.

"Why are you even doing this? No one cares for that Buneary, why should you? A cold heartless brute like yourself could never take care of a baby Pokémon."