Chapter 17: A fierce battle

The next morning came with great excitement. Today we'd challenge the Azalea Gym. From a human perspective, it might seem weird to look forward to a battle. But ever since I'm a Pokémon, I'm just super excited about it. I don't even know why I feel like that. It must be something about being a Pokémon. Anyway, after our breakfeast in the Pokémon Center we headed towards the Gym.

When we entered the big building, we looked into a familar face.

"Going for round two in Johto, aren't we?" Clyde smiled at Jess.

"Aren't you that guy from the Violet Gym?" Jess asked confused.

"Indeed I am."

"Then why are you here? I thought you'd work in Violet City."

"Oh, I work in every gym. I just tend to stay in a regions first gym until a trainer catches my attention. Then I'll just guide this trainer all his way to the Pokémon league. And you caught my attention in Violet so you can take that as a compliment, that I'm here."

"Oh, right then...thank you...I guess?"

"Ah don't be like that, Bugsy waits inside here. He uses bug types, so Fire-, Rock- and Flying types have an advantage, but I guess you already know that. So here, take this."

He handed her another bottle of Fresh Water.

"And now show him what you've got."

"Alright thanks..."

She stepped towards the door, whispering "what a strange guy..."

The door led to a big room that looked more like a forest than a room. There were trees everywhere and the light was slightly dimmed. The ground was completely covered with grass. You wouldn't think that you're inside a building if you didn't know. A small path between the trees led to a clearing where a young boy with purple hair and green colthes was waiting. He held a dip net in his hand.

"Ah, another challenger. Welcome to the Azalea Gym. My name is Bugsy and I'm the Gym Leader."

"My name is Jess, and I want to challenge you to a battle for the Hive Badge."

"Alright then. Every trainer may use 3 Pokémon to battle with. You may retreat your Pokémon while I may not."

"Fine, I've only got three Pokémon anyway."

"OK, then let's begin." He took one of his Pokéballs from his belt. "Go Beedrill!"

"Alright, Travis that's your turn."

Travis happily jumped onto the battlefield. He seemed to be as excited as I am, maybe even more, since that's his first battle in a gym.

The battle started.

"Use Fury Swipes Beedrill!"  -  "Use Flame Wheel Travis!"

Travis charged his flames and engulfed his whole body in them, then he started rolling towards his enemy. Beedrill on the other side charged with high speed towards Travis, ready to strike him with his Stinghands. However Beedrill was completely overwhelmed by Travis' Flame Wheel and got hit by it before he could even strike once. The move being super effective against Beedrill knocked him out instantly, and Bugsy had to withdraw his Pokémon.

"Alright let's try this. Go Butterfree!"

"Use Flame Wheel again Travis!"  -  "Fly higher and use your Stun Spore Butterfree!"

Butterfree dodged the move and sprayed its stun spores over the battlefield, causing Traivis to stop his attack.

"Use Psybeam now!" - "Travis use Ember!"

Travis had difficulty moving under the effect of the stun spore and got hit by Butterfree's Psybeam.

"Oh no Travis! That's enough come back!" She grabbed Travis' Pokéball and sucked him into it.

"Alright...Butterfree is also a Flying type so it's your turn now Kathie!"

She called Kathie out of her Pokéball.

"Butterfree use Psybeam again!"  -  "Kathie use Thundershock!"

Kathie fired a Thundershock at Butterfree. It was super effective but it wasn't enough to take it down, Butterfree fired a Psybeam at Kathie.

"Use Sleep Powder Butterfree!" - "Another Thundershock Kathie!"

Butterfree released its Sleep Powder but still got hit by Kathies Thundershock and fainted. Kathie got hit by the Sleep Powder and fell asleep.

"Guess it comes down to us both having only one Pokémon left." Jess said when she retreated Kathie back to her Pokéball.

"Ha, exciting batles are the best anyway." Bugsy said when he grabbed his last Pokéball. "Go Scyther!"

"That one is yours Nick." She said looking down to me.

'That battle went a lot different than planned.' I thought. 'Travis was supposed to sweep through here, but I guess Bugsy ain't a gym leader for nothing.' I looked at my opponent. His whole body was green, he was just as tall as Jess (5'00'') which meant that he was almost double my size. His arms were formed like sharp blades. He looked down at me and grinned.

<Aint y'a little too young for this kid?>

Oh right, I almost forgot that I was technically just a few weeks old.

<Don't underestimate me.>

That battle could become really tough, I'd better not get hit by those blade-arms. I grabbed my Scalchops and took a defensive battle stance.

"Scyther use Qick Attack!" - "Nick, use Razor Shell!"

Scyther charged at me with amazing speed. I could barely react before he hit me with his Quick Attack. That guy is not just fast but also strong. But I didn't care about pain right now. All I wanted to do now is defeating this guy. I charged my blades and hit him while he was still nearby. He flinched from my hit.

<Not bad kid.>

He charged back at me trying to hit me with his blade-arms. I used my blades to parry his hits, but he continued his attacks and I had trouble keeping up with him as he sped up his attacks. He's trying to fatigue me. I need to stop this. I tried to jump to the side but in that process his blade hit my left upper arm. I was short of breath and my arm hurt a lot. I looked down at it and saw that my fur around the cut was dyed red from my blood. Scyther seemed to be short of breath as well. So this was my chance to hit him. I fired a water-gun and it hit him unprepared, so he was knocked back. I was exhausted, but I needed to end this battle now before he could come for me again. 'Time to use my new move'. I formed a ball of water in my paws. Scyther was already back on his feet and charged towards me. Just when he was about to hit me I fired my Water Pulse and hit him in a close distance. My move shot him all the way back against a tree. He was knocked out by that move, but I could barely stand on my feet anymore. The last thing I saw before I blacked out was Jess running towards me with a worried look on her face.

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Chapter 1 - Hatching'Where am I?' Everything was dark around me, when I opened my eyes. I was in a really narrow place. I could hardly move. 'What happened to me? Did I get caught? I can't remember...wait I can't remember anything! Who am I? Oh wait, I do at least remember my name. It's Martin, but that doesn't help me that much. Who am I? I think I'm a Pokémontrainer, I'm 16 Years old...and I'm from Unova...but last I remember I wasn't in Unova....I was in Johto...but what did I do there? I can't remember...What is this place here? It's so narrow, but those walls don't seem to be made of stone or steel. Well, at least it's warm in here. How long have I even been in here? Have I been sleeping all the time? Alright, I need to stay calm. Those walls don't seem to be too stable. Maybe I can somehow break them down.' I tried pushing against the walls. To my surprise, the walls actually got a small crack. I heard a voice from outside. I couldn't understand what it said, but it sounded like a young girls v

Chapter 16: Azalea TownThe room was still dark when I woke up. Travis and Jess were still sleeping. I was thinking about what I just learned. ‘Too bad Zack didn’t know how this happened, but at least I know more than before. It’s hard to believe that this is actually not my own body. But wait, if this is originally Zack’s body, does that mean that my human body is still somewhere out there? Maybe it’s in the hands of Team Rocket? That’s a terrifying thought. Well, I’m not even sure if it’s true. And it’s not like I could do something about that now. And even if I found my human body somewhere, doesn’t mean I could return to it. To be honest, I wouldn’t even want to. I actually like my new life, and Zack said he’s fine with his situation, even though I can’t tell if he just said that so I wouldn’t worry about him.’
I couldn't sleep anymore with all those thoughts on my mind, so I climbed up to the window and looked outsi

Chapter 18: Think like a PokemonI found myself back in the empty space. The floor was still about an inch underwater, just enough to cover my feet. Zack the Samurott was standing in front of me again.
<Zack!> I exitedly shouted at him.
<So we can finally talk again.> he said with his deep voice.
<Why couldn't we talk earlier? I have so many questions to ask you.>
< I'm sorry but contacting you drains a lot of my energy, and it seems that my energy only recovers very slowly.>
<Oh sorry, I didn't know.>
< I already told you told you that you shouldn't worry about me.>
< I know...but are you really happy with your...condition?>
<Would you feel any better if I told you something else? Listen, I can't change anything about it so, I'm just happy to be united with the one I love the most.>
<OK, I get it...>
<Fine, so now let's not talk about that, when we could talk about other things.>
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