Confrontation

Early Morning:

"Sandile dodge it, use Hone Claws," I said.

Palpitoad has taken a lot of damage by now but Sandile did not go unscathed.

Our Next attack might be the final one, both Pokemon were short of breath.

"Sandile, finish this with the strongest Aqua Tail you can come up with."

"Sandileeeeeee," sandile unleashed a battle cry. Palpitoad was preparing for Mud Shot while Sandile jumped up and went straight for the head with a huge water covered tail.

Exactly at the moment of contact Palpitoad released mud shot, both collided but Aqua Tail went through the mud and hit Palpitoad. Palpitoad wobbled for two seconds and fell to the ground.

"Great job Sandile, I think we need to one-up our moveset, you have only one good move that's effective on higher level pokemon."

[Dont worry bro, I think I will master Dig by tomorrow and then we can try some long-range attacks.]

"Sure, that was my plan all along. Let's see if Palpitoad is alright and then move on."

We went and checked the fainted water Pokemon, seeing that he just fainted from exhaustion, we fed him a berry and bid our goodbyes.

Sandile levelled up a good amount after all those battles, it's always easier to level up if you battle higher-level opponents. I checked Sandile with appraisal and couldn't help but smile with his progress.

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Sandile(M)

Lvl: 14

Type: Ground/Dark

Height: 1' 7" (Basically length)

Ability: Moxie

Characteristic: Jolly

Potential: Green(High Grade)

Moves: Bite, Sand tomb, Aqua Tail, Hone Claws, Scary Face.

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It took him nearly 10 battles with higher level pokemon to gain five levels, this kind of small things remind me that reality is completely different from games. Sandile battled multiple times yesterday with the grass types and once each with water types. Overall, it was a good experience.

As for the long-range moves, I have no clue at all. Sandile doesn't learn a lot of special attacks, Dark pulse or Snarl might be a good choice but I have no clue on how they work.

A Pokemon can never learn unlimited moves. A highly talented Pokemon has a move cap at 15 moves, that means Sandile can learn around 10 moves without forgetting the old ones. It's not that they forget the other moves, it's just that their body can't handle so many moves.

A Blue potential Pokemon can learn a total

of 12 moves, as for red potential ones they learn three to four moves. So, I need to be cautious of what moves Sandile learns or forgets.

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After 2 hours:

I put Sandile inside the Pokeball after that battle and fed Joltik, Joltik did not oppose or protest after I said my idea of giving him away to some other trainer. He was happy that he won't be staying with Sandile, maybe he was afraid of him after that battle or he doesn't want to be with someone who stole all the precious berries that she saved for a month.

I am walking alone in the forest right now and the sunlight is getting harsher as the trees around me are shorter than before. Lush green terrain remained the same, this zone mostly contains bug and basic flying types. I guess even Team Rocket couldn't fill the island with all the Unovan Pokemon.

As I was going deeper into the zone, I find something abnormal. The surroundings seemed to be too silent and my senses are ringing alarm bells, I don't like this feeling at all.

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About an hour ago:

"Trevor do we need to search for him like this, I mean why do you want to go against him. He seems scary from the impression we got two days ago, I don't know man this seems like a bad idea," said a tall dark-skinned young man.

"Shut up Jack, you don't know anything about Jay. He is an arrogant bastard, he never cares about anyone in the orphanage and sees us as some insects. I know that look he gives us in the Orphanage as if we all are some extras and have no value. I hate him and wanted to beat him up every time I see that look he gives, that bitch Vanessa always had his back. Let's see who will save him now, I don't want to just beat him this time, I want to kill him." said Trevor with a creepy expression.

"But..... But that oppression we felt from him before was dreadful, can we handle him?" said Tom.

"Don't worry about that, we are four people and he is just alone, not to say we each have a pokemon now. Yesterday, I sent my Tailow for surveying the area to find him, according to him he is walking towards our side. The good news is that he only has one Pokemon as for what my Tailow saw, I don't know which one but one Pokemon can never save his life from four of us," said Trevor assuringly.

"I don't know man, I still don't feel good. It's better to lay an ambush than confront him directly. Your Tailow can directly attack him before we start the fight," said Vincent.

"I like the idea, then let's do it. We will clear the surrounding and then hide for the ambush. Tailow will deliver a blow from the top, with Tailow's speed he can't avoid it," said Trevor.

He was very confident because he has Vincent, Jack and Tom with him. They are his sidekicks from the orphanage and they are also stupidly loyal. If it comes to life and death state, he can just leave these guys and escape.

They all started preparing for the ambush, after 45 minutes they were ready. Each hid in a different direction and stayed as silent as possible. The only noise you can hear was the flow of water from the nearby stream.

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Back to Jay:

I am not able to pinpoint what the problem is but my psychic senses are never wrong. I looked around and couldn't find a single trace of Pokemon. Is it a Ghost-type?

I took out Sandile's Pokeball and released him out, Joltik was in my hair, she is too small and can just hide on my head. She did not want to stay inside the Pokeball, Joltiks normally absorb static electricity through living organisms by latching onto them as they have no sacs for electricity production.

Sandile has good eyesight so he was looking all around for some clues. Then Suddenly I heard something flapping, I surrounded the area around me with psychic pressure as I saw a blurry image coming straight at me.

Sandile had no time to react as he panicked, although the pressure around me increased in a split second, it did not do much. I realized that the Pokemon was coming straight for my eye, I could see the claws coming at me in slow motion but my reflex was not fast enough. I used half my reserves and directed all the energy I could towards the claw.

'Swish...' Tailow's claw slowed down due to the invisible pressure but it was enough to hit his head, all this happened in two seconds.

I could feel something dripping on my face, I put my hand around my eye area and could feel something hot. I couldn't see well as everything looked blurry on one side, I think the Tailow grazed my eyelids and If there is no immediate help I might lose my eyesight but what's worse is the pain.

I couldn't hear anything around me, the pain I felt made my body tremble. I couldn't even exert the psychic pressure around me, I can barely hear Sandile shouting. I never cry but tears started flowing and they were mixed with the blood flowing around my eye.

I think the force at which Tailow hit my head made me dazed, then I realized that I was in the middle of a crisis and if I don't save myself I might die. I desperately gritted my teeth to hold back the noise coming from my mouth due to the injury but

"Ahhhhhh....."

before I recover from Tailow's ambush, I got hit on my back from a different pokemon, I don't know what it was but I felt my bones crack.

'No No No, I am not going to die here....not after all the pain I went through in the last five years.'

I instantly removed my jacket and covered my forehead and eye with it to stop the blood flow. Then with the one eye, I saw Sandile,

he stood there stunned as he did not know how to react.In just five seconds two pokemom attacked them in rapid succession.

"Sandile what the fuck are you standing there in a daze, do you want us to die? Joltik you too, What the hell are you doing staying silent. Get ready for battle and I am pretty sure this is an ambush."

Hearing my call, Sandile came back to reality and stayed alert while Joltik jumped down and stood beside Sandile.

I had to put up a calm attitude as a facade to comfort and reassure both Pokemon. My head feels like it's spinning, but I need to persist here.

Ten seconds passed and I hear the leaves rustling, Trevor and his sidekicks came out from the bushes. 'I see, so it's them'

"Oh!!! how sad, my dear Jay is in a sorry state, now where's that look I see from you? Where's that arrogance? Are you afraid now? Don't worry, I will safely send you to the afterlife," said Trevor with a chilling tone, his Tailow was comfortably sitting on his shoulder. I appraised it immediately,

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Tailow(M)

Level: 11

Ability: Guts

Potential: Yellow(Mid Grade)

Moves: Peck, Quick attack, Growl, Pursuit.

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Joltik can handle him with electro web but the main issue is the other three, they all released their Pokemon. All were Orange Potential Pokemon, Sandile can handle two but the other one should be handled by me. I am not in a state to take on a Pokemon, using my psychic powers needs concentration but I am nowhere close to that calm state.

I have no options, I need to leave from here alive.

"Joltik handle that Tailow, I promise you I will give you the Sitrus berries I took away. Sandile you handle Trubbish and Glameow. I will take care of the last one."

All were around level 11, I had no other option but to handle the Bidoof.

"Now Now, can you handle a Pokemon with your sorry state, anyway it's good for us as we will be able to see you suffer more and more, hahahahahaha..," Trevor cackled aloud.

"Tailow take that bug on with the quick attack."

"Joltik keep using electro web while maintaining double team to escape Tailow."

I said.

As for sandile, he can handle it by himself. I tried to use psychic power on bidoof which was running towards me with its teeth shining. I have no option but to take the attack to get ahold of Bidoof.

Bidoof jumped straight towards my head, I used psychic force to slow the momentum and took the attack with my left hand. Bidoof's teeth bit the elbow part of my hand and it stung like a bitch.

Blood started gushing out as I heard my elbow break, I gritted my teeth and pulled Bidoof with my right hand. I inserted all the psychic energy I could muster, into its head.

Bidoof was dazed and it became confused, I lifted it over and banged it on to the ground, I raised it again and repeated the process over and over like a maniac. Bidoof looked like a beaten ragdoll, it was almost dead. I tiredly looked up and see both my Pokemon handling their battles but I panicked the moment I saw Trevor and his sidekicks moving towards me.

I can't handle them, I never learnt kung fu or any martial arts in my previous life. I had no energy to exert, I was tired both in mind and body.

Jack and Vincent instantly slid down and got ahold of my legs as I fell with a thud, Tom held my hands tightly after I fell and Trevor took a sharp tree branch, he put it around my neck and started whispering in my ear

"Jay, now you are gonna do what I say. Recall your pokemon back and put them inside your Pokeball or else you will be a goner."

"Wh....yyy would I do that? I can see my Pokemon winning and then they will come for you next. You kill me, you die. Although you got me....you will also die if you kill me. So don't act like a shit, recall your Pokemon back too. I am ready to take the risk if you want to kill me. Go ahead do it," I said with a calm voice but you can see that I was barely audible. I was confident that Trevor won't kill me because he too is afraid of death.

Trevor was gritting his teeth after he heard me say that, he did not know what to do as he dropped the branch from his hand but he did not want to take risks so we both compromised.

All of us recalled our Pokemon but there was an awkward silence on what to do next. Trevor was waiting for me to faint or bleed to death as he can see the dripping blood from my jacket around my head and hands. I was waiting for them to leave, but they weren't moving.

I did not want to threaten them, I mean I am not in any stage to threaten them but I promise I am gonna get revenge in the future.

Seeing that I was not as bad as I looked, they started leaving. I stood there without budging until I see no trace of them.

After ten long minutes of staring at the leaving silhouettes, I fell as my knees couldn't support the exhaustion. I sat by the tree and had no energy to lift even a finger, blood loss was too much for my twelve-year-old body. I was bleeding both near the eye and hand, my mind was very clouded and I slowly fainted.

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