3 Chapter 3: Primeape

At Viridian City's Pokemon Center, Red talks to Professor Oak via video phone, "Professor, good morning!"

Oak greets Red, "Well, good morning too, Red! I heard from Primo that you finally graduated from Viridian Academy."

Red excitedly continues, "Man, it was so tough battling Trainers in there, but I managed to learn a lot of lessons." Before pulling out his Pokedex and asking, "Professor, Primo told me about the first gym in Pewter City and that I should register for the Kanto League here."

Knowing that Charmander has a type disadvantage over Brock's Pokemon, Oak asks, "Red, the first Gym Leader you will fight is named Brock and he trains Rock type Pokemon. I suggest you catch a Fighting Pokemon in Viridian Forest. I learned that there are groups of wild Primeape having competitions to decide the stronger one."

Red replies, "Yeah. You're right. OK. I've better go now. Talk to you soon, Professor." And ends the video call and heads to Nurse Joy, "I would like to register please."

Joy kindly takes Red's Pokedex, "OK, then." And inserts it on a computer that shows Red's Pokemon League photo and gives the Pokedex back, "There, you're all registered and ready to go. Chansey, give this boy a badge case if you please." She commands her Pokemon, who presents him with his own badge case.

At Viridian Forest, Red and Charmander are battling a Bug Catcher and his Beedrill.

"Use Twineedle!" The Bug Catcher commands, as Beedrill lunges at Charmander.

"Counter that with Metal Claw!" Red commands, as his Pokemon clash with Beedrill. "Unleash your Dragon Pulse!"

"Quick, use Poison Sting!" The Bug Trainer commands Beedrill, who fails to execute the move because of Charmander's speed, giving it damage.

"Let's finish this!" Red expertly exclaims and commands Charmander, "Use Flamethrower!", Who confidently defeats Beedrill with a single stream of fire, winning the match.

"You did it, Charmander!" Red praised his Pokemon, who jumps to hug him, which a wild Primeape hiding in the bushes saw.

When night falls, Red and his two Pokemon are eating dinner at their camp, with Charmander and Pikachu eating Pokemon food while Red cooks his chicken katsu on a griller and puts rice on his plate along with a glass of water.

When Red began eating his dinner, he saw four Butterfree flying out of the trees. Putting down his meal, Red said, "Pikachu, come with me. Charmander, stay here and guard the camp, OK?", As he and Pikachu runs to investigate while Charmander stays to guard the camp.

Arriving at the location, Red saw many wild Pokemon watching a fight between two Primeape.

"Are those?" Red pulls out his Pokedex, who scans them and gives him information: "Primeape. The Pig Monkey Pokemon. Primeape's anger helps it's muscles stronger, but, at the same time, decreases it's intelligence. Because of that, Primeape's battling skills are very powerful."

A Scyther raised one of it's blades, "(Battle begin!)", causing the Primeape to charge at each other using Thrash, with the first one using Brick Break at the second, who catches and throws it's opponent to the air.

Seeing Primeape at the air, Red asks the Pokedex, "What is that Primeape using?", Which it informs, "Seismic Toss. A strong Fighting-type move. The user sends an opponent flying to the air and slams it the ground with the power of gravity. If the move is successful, it mostly defeats it's opponents.",

Making him nervous, as he watches the second Primeape grab and circle his opponent before hitting the ground with him. When the dust cloud disappears, to everyone's surprise and shock, the first Primeape stood up, making Red say, "It managed to get up after a Seismic Toss. Primeape's tough."

Angered to know that his opponent stood up, the second Primeape tries to use Rock Smash but the first blocks the attack confidently, creating a shockwave, astonishing Pikachu and Red, "It blocked it."

Absorbing the attack, Primeape gets angry to strengthen his muscles before using Bulk Up, increasing it's attack and defense power. Now enhanced, Primeape uses Seismic Toss, defeating his opponent, who is unable to stand up because of it's incredible power.

Seeing it defeated, the Scyther points one of the blades to Primeape, causing the crowd to go wild, with a Wigglytuff presenting a bag of bananas and berries as a trophy to the Pokemon. Enraged of it's loss, the defeated Primeape tries to attack his opponent from behind, but Red noticed it and commands Pikachu, "Use Thunderbolt on that Primeape!".

Pikachu shocks Primeape, who challenges him on a fight, which the Electric type Pokemon accepts.

"Pikachu, wait up." Red runs to his Pokemon, making the wild Pokemon, including Primeape, realize that the Mouse Pokemon is human-trained.

The second Primeape charges at Pikachu using Rock Smash, causing Red to command, "OK, Pikachu, use Quick Attack!", As his Pokemon is surrounded with blue outline and runs at his opponent, hitting it first.

"Too slow, Primeape." Red comments, as the wild Pokemon recovers from the attack, "You still wanna fight? Come at me." He said with a smile, making Primeape enraged, increasing the power of it's muscles before using Thrash to charge at Pikachu.

"Now, Grass Knot!" Red commands Pikachu, whose eyes glow green, causing two green-glowing vines to appear from the ground and tie themselves into a knot, tripping Primeape, who falls, "Now, use

Thunderbolt!"

Pikachu electrocutes Primeape, who uses Reversal to turn the damage it received into power and charges at his opponent.

"Better stop this match or else Primeape will continue being hurt." Red said in his mind, before commanding Pikachu, "Combine Thunderbolt and Electro Ball. Go!"

Pikachu creates an orb of electricity that grows larger when it is hit by the bolt, shocking Primeape, who succumbs to it's injuries and exhaustion from both battles, winning the battle.

"I'll take that as a defeat." Red said, as his Pikachu run towards him to celebrate their victory. Impressed of their skills, the winning Primeape asks for a battle, which they

accept.

"OK, Primeape, let's do this." Red said with optimism, "Pikachu, Quick Attack!", As his Pokemon charges at Primeape, who responds with Brick Break, hitting Pikachu back.

Smiling, Red compliments Primeape, "Nice power. But I'll show you our own power. Pikachu. Grass Knot!"

Pikachu's eyes glow green, causing the vines to come out and grab Primeape from behind before slamming it.

"Let's finish this, use Quick Attack!" Red commands Pikachu, who charges at Primeape with more speed and power, only to be surprised when the Fighting type Pokemon glows red to indicate it's use of Bulk Up and hugs Pikachu with it's strong muscles. Jumping into the air and circling with his opponent, Primeape begins to fall to the ground with Pikachu, who is beginning to lose hope.

Not wanting to see Pikachu give up, Red shouts, "Don't let Primeape win, Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt with everything you've got!", Which his Pokemon uses to disrupt Seismic Toss and weaken Primeape, who is feeling pain, as they fall to the ground.

When the dust cloud disappears, Pikachu and Primeape are down, much to everyone's surprise and shock.

"Pikachu, get up." Red commands, as his Pokemon and the wild Primeape struggle to get back to their feet, "You can do it, Pikachu! One by one, come on!"

Pikachu and Primeape stood up at the same time. Viewing his opponent as an equal, Primeape succumbs to it's injuries from Thunderbolt and collapses in defeat, making Pikachu the winner, much to his and Red's joy.

"Primeape, are you ok?" Red asked and uses a Super Potion to heal it's wounds before offering him a place on his team with a Poke Ball on his hand, "Let's get stronger together." , Which Primeape accepts by touching the Poke Ball, allowing itself to be captured.

Raising his new Pokemon's Poke Ball to the air, Red proclaims, "Alright, I just got a Primeape!", With Pikachu jumping to the air.

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