Riolu's Debut

Red stared at Arnold who stepped away from the ring, He turned to Gastly and saw his Pokemon had expended a great deal of it's reserves on using such an attack.

"Gastly, Return!" Red gave the order, holding up Gastly's Pokeball and a red light sucked Gastly in. He was especially annoyed at the fact that his Pokemon were not at their full power in this fight.

After hooking Gastly's Pokeball onto his waistband, Red produced another Pokeball and threw it into the air, A bright flash of light erupting around the room as the figure of Riolu appeared on the battlefield.

The slim man walked in after Arnold left, adjusting his collar as he locked eyes with Red.

"Boy, You have some peculiar Pokemon," Elliot said, "But you're facing against me now, Your luck's run out,"

And to justify his point, He threw a Pokeball into the air. It spun and then opened up revealing the Pokemon inside, A Kadabra.

Red winced at the matchup, Kadabra's Psychic type moves were super effective on both Riolu and Gastly. But nevertheless, Type matchups don't decide the battle outcome but rather the efforts of both Trainer and Pokemon.

"Riolu, Vacuum wave!" Red ordered, pumping his fist into the air.

Riolu's eyes flashed in concentrated aura as she drew upon her reserves, A bright blue aura engulfed her figure. Upon the sparring with Nidorino and during the time she spent on learning how to control her Revenge aura, She had tapped into the deepest parts of her reserves. 

A wave of wind shot forward, threatening to slam into Kadabra but Elliot was quick to defend.

"Protect!" Elliot ordered.

The translucent green barrier of Protect erected around the Psychic Pokemon, redirecting the wave of wind into the air.

"Now teleport to get close!" Elliot ordered, "Then unleash Psyshock!"

Red clicked his tongue in annoyance.

"Use Vacuum wave on the ground!" Red ordered with a sense of urgency.

Both Pokemon executed their moves flawlessly, Kadabra moved forward laced in the bright pink aura of a Psionic Pokemon as rifts were seemingly formed in space and it appeared behind Riolu but the Fighting Pokemon was already up in the air via Vacuum wave. 

Several orbs of Psionic energy flickered to life around Kadabra as they shot through the air, clearly aiming to get the best of Riolu but Red was quick on his feet.

"Substitute!" He called out.

Smoke covered Riolu's figure as she suddenly switched places with a doll that took the attacks of Psionic energy. Elliot widened his eyes as the doll made contact with the ground…

"Thunder Punch!" Red ordered.

A puff of smoke engulfed the doll as Riolu switched places with the doll, running to Kadabra with her right hand covered in bright blue lightning. 

Red's eyes seemed to sparkle as he smiled.

'Now that's Chidori!' He thought.

Before Riolu's Thunder punch could make contact, Kadabra had teleported again, getting behind Riolu to settle this with a single attack.

"Use Psybeam!" Elliot ordered.

"Endure!" Red countered.

A brilliant beam of Psionic energy shot through the air from Kadabra, making contact with Riolu and sending her flying to the ground, shockwaves echoing as a result of the collision… to reveal Riolu standing on her feet, a white aura covering her entire body.

Riolu had been exhausted from earlier battles in Route 4 and combined with a Point-blank Psybeam… Endure had been Red's only option.

"Riolu. Take your Revenge!" Red ordered.

A crimson aura burst to life around Riolu as the fighting Pokemon narrowed her gaze at Kadabra, She became a flurry of movement shooting forward with a Quick attack.

Riolu closed the distance between both Pokemon in seconds and her eyes flashed with murderous rage, She reeled her right arm back and red sparks of aura surrounded her fist. Kadabra tried to Teleport but it couldn't, the Aura from Riolu was domineering… It couldn't move.

Red's eyes let off a deep crimson glow as Riolu's attack seemed to gain even more power, Riolu finally threw her punch forward packed with the aura from Revenge and Red and the results were devastating…

A small explosion shook the arena as a small crater was formed with Kadabra laying in the center, blood streaming out of it's mouth. 

Elliot looked at Kadabra's fallen form with surprise imprinted on his face… He had fallen even faster than Arnold had. Riolu's knees buckled and she fell over, landing face-first into the ground.

Elliot turned to Red and saw him smiling.

'Since he came from Route 4,' Elliot thought, 'We thought that his Pokemon would be incredibly tired from the wild Pokemon battles but he managed to surprise even us, Even with his Pokemon in their fatigued states, He's dominating the battle,'

"Two down," Red said, unhooking Scyther's Pokeball. Battling these people had shown him how much his new regimen had helped his Pokemon out a lot.

Elliot returned Kadabra and left the arena, being replaced with the middle aged woman with long black hair.

"You seem to be a really good trainer," Sarah said, her brown eyes locking onto her Opponent, "And you beat Arnold as well as Elliot, But I'll make sure that you don't win this,"

With a flick of the wrist, She sent out her own Pokemon, A Gloom. The stench of the Pokemon filled the battlefield causing Red to get disoriented.

Gloom was a deadly weapon in battles, It's stench was unbearable and all Pokemon seemed to be affected by it. Of course, It was when Gloom was faced by strangers or people that seemed to threaten the safety of it's trainer.

Sarah didn't seem to be affected by Gloom's smell which meant either she was used to it or it was only being directed to Red but Red didn't care as he pressed his own Pokeball open, revealing Scyther who appeared on the battlefield.

Scyther took a whiff of the smell before nearly falling backward, The stench was something else.

"Alright Scyther, Aerial Ace!" Red ordered.

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Author's Note:

More PS, Gives me motivation to write this book.