10 Three Mankeys.

(A/N: Listen to this for the full experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdpQnQ9gx0 Kudos to the one and only legend GlitchXcity! )

Green looked at me seriously for a while but then took a deep breath.

"As expected from you... Squirtle, use bubble! Aim for its tail!"

I see. So he knows about Charmander's weakness...

"Too bad for you. Charmander! Let the bubbles hit your flames... Use Dragon Dance once more!"

Green smirked in contempt, while Red was in disbelief.

"You're asking for trouble! My Squirtle's attacks are not to be underestimated!"

As the Bubbles were approaching Charmander's tail, The purple aura got even stronger.

Charmander's eyes started shining... His fire growing stronger than ever.

Then, something unbelievable happened. Before coming into contact with the flames, Squirtle's bubbles started to evaporate.

Nullifying the attack.

"No way!" Green was in utter disbelief, while Red and Bulbasaur just sat there, trying to understand what was going on.

Heh, don't underestimate a Charmander with max IVs and Dragon Dance. This will be quick and easy.

"Charmander! Use Ember at full power!"

With a loud shout, Charmander threw a sea of flames towards Squirtle using its tail.

"Squirtle, You're a water type! Get in your shell and cover yourself with water!"

With a nod, Squirtle followed orders and disappeared into its shell. The flames quickly reaching it.

"Heh. I was waiting for you to do that... It's my win!"

As I had planned, the flames entered Squirtle's shell through the holes. The former becoming an oven.

Boiling water started scorching the turtle, and water vapor started to come out of the shell.

After a while, the flames died out. What used to be beautiful green grass only became burnt ashes.

Right in the middle of the burnt area, lied a small shell.

It was completely burnt on the outside.

"Squirtle!" Green panicked.

Before he could run there though, Squirtle came out of its shell.

It was full of burns and was struggling to stay up. It's Hp bar fell to half.

When I saw that, I kind of felt bad. But oh well, it's a battle.

"Squirtle, Use Bite!" With a last effort, Squirtle lunged at Charmander with its mouth wide open.

Charmander had just used up a lot of energy with those flames, so it wasn't able to dodge.

"Char!"

With a small cry, I watched as its Hp fell by a quarter.

"Don't worry Charmander. Use scratch."

Nodding, Charmander scratched Squirtle repeatedly until it let go and almost fainted.

"Retrieve your Squirtle now, I do not wish to injure it any further. This is not an official match."

"Tch... Come back, Squirtle. You did well." Gnashing his teeth, Green retrieved Squirtle from the battlefield.

"It's not over yet! Mankey, You're up!" With a shout, Green threw out his second Pokemon.

A small, vigorous monkey landed on the field. One thing I noticed though, was that it wasn't fully invested in the battle... Why was that?

For now, I just checked its stats.

Level nine huh?

"Mankey! use Taunt!" While still absentminded, Mankey successfully taunted Charmander.

Ohh. Good move... now I can't use Dragon Dance anymore.

And Mankey is good at jumping, making it hard to hit...

Ah, I know what to do.

"Charmander, Use ember! Lower the power and increase the range!"

Understanding my orders, Charmander lowered the heat and increased the area affected.

With that, Mankey could not evade the attack even if it wanted to.

Surely enough, it got roasted and lost half of it's HP in one move.

At that moment, I started to get really annoyed by the fact it kept looking back in a certain direction...

So I asked the system about it.

[Answering Host.

After scanning, System detected unnatural behavior from Mankey.

Mankey seems to be worrying about something.]

Hmm... I wonder what it's worried about.

I'll make sure to find that out later. It might be interesting.

"Che... Mankey, use focus energy... followed by scratch!"

I see he's going for a critical hit. We can't have that happen, can we?

"Charmander! While Mankey is focusing its energy, attack it with scratch!"

Before Green could do anything, Charmander's legs sprang it forward with massive strength. The gap between them was covered in an instant.

A double boost in speed and attack was no joke.

Charmander arrived in front of Mankey, interrupting its move.

It then used scratch and sent Mankey flying with one hit.

Mankey landed in Green's arms. Almost unconscious.

"No! I can't believe this happened!" Green looked shattered.

(A/N: End the music here if you were listening.)

"Take out Squirtle and let me see your Mankey. Quick... time is ticking."

Before he could fall down and cry, I pressed him a little. I wanted to apply first-aid treatment to those two.

After all, the Pokemon center was a little far away.

Green looked at me weirdly but obliged. Seeing the state that Squirtle was in, I looked back at Charmander in horror.

This one was a little too overpowered. To push a water type this far?

After some treatment, their injuries were calmed. They wouldn't suffer on the way to the center anymore.

Now, for the important part.

"Green, where did you catch this Mankey?"

"Why do you care... I caught it here, on this route. Near a big tree in that direction."

He then pointed towards that area, to which Mankey started getting impatient.

I then asked if it wanted to go there, and it started jumping in happiness. Maybe it had some kind of treasure?

"Let's follow it guys, there might be something interesting."

Although he was angry and depressed because of the loss, Green still followed. Red was excited, to say the least.

After a while of following it, we arrived at the tree. Mankey climbed it swiftly, and a couple of minutes later, it brought down three little baby Mankeys.

They looked like they were ill.

"System, display the three Mankey's statuses... quick!"

My honed instincts started flaring up immediately.

Sadly, my worst fear was realized.

They were all badly poisoned. Mankey had probably been feeding them Pecha berries to calm the symptoms.

But this... This was way worse than what a berry could cure.

"Red! Green! I am going to perform emergency treatment! Quickly... Call the Viridian Pokemon Center and ask for an ambulance to be sent here immediately!"

Not wasting any time, I got to work. Seeing me this serious, they both gulped down nervously and started calling.

After a while, I managed to extract some of the poison thanks to both of my Nidorans.

The Mankeys were not in fatal danger anymore, thankfully.

Having all of my Pokemon available at all times through storage is the best thing ever.

Just in time, an ambulance arrived, and nurse joy came out of it with a bunch of Chanseys. Thanking me for my efforts, she took the three Mankeys and dragged them away at top speed.

The three of us entered the ambulance and accompanied them. I was nervous the whole time.

When I looked at Green, he seemed devastated. I thus tried to comfort him.

"Don't worry Green, there's no way you could have known. Just be more careful and listen to your Pokemon every now and then, okay?"

He completely ignored me...

Do whatever you want. I'm just trying to help here.

"Shawn-San... Do you think that they will make it?" Red was obviously as nervous and worried as me.

Taking a deep breath, I nodded. With my treatment and some help from the nurse, they should be fine.