Hello! Today I'll be starting this story called Trump Card. I hope you enjoy it!
The sun was shining and it blanketed the pokemon habitat with a warmth that shone on its occupant's very hearts. The greenery of the grass was healthy and bright. The forest was overall placid and calm, to the dismay of Jake, one of the pokemon trainers in the habitat.
"Saith, do you want to have a pokemon battle?" Jake asked. "I've got this new pokemon I want to test out," he said trying to keep from laughing.
Saith looked at Jake, "Sure, Growlithe, come on," he said as the Growlithe beside him stepped forward; Jake wasn't the only one who wanted a change of pace. Growlithe barked in excitement.
Jake threw his pokeball and in a flash a Charizard was now towering over Growlithe. Saith was shocked and began trying to think of any way to counter their formidable opponent.
"Charizard! Dragon Rush!" Jake said as Charizard took into the sky and was enveloped in dragon-shaped energy as he charged toward Growlithe. Growlithe began running and dashing, but it couldn't outspeed Charizard, who had now slammed into Growlithe knocking it out.
"Man, If I had known you were going for such an easy win, I wouldn't have played" Saith said as he took Growlithe into his arms.
"It wouldn't have mattered anyway. I just wanted to test out my new pokemon. Besides, you shouldn't be mad at me, you should get some new pokemon to battle with. If you keep using the same old cards, then I'll know how to beat you," Jake said with a grin.
"Yes, by brute force," Saith said.
"Come on, get over it, I'm going to head out to town, I'll be back! Make sure nothing happens while I'm gone," Jake said as he began rushing off, clearly retreating from boredom.
"You're all patched up, Growlithe," Saith said. It had taken a while, but Growlithe had finally woken up.
"I hope Jake brings back some more medicine when he gets here. We're going to need a lot if we're having these many pokemon battles, we've battled at least four times yesterday" Saith said.
Growlithe just looked at Saith with his playful eyes and reassuring face. Looking at Growlithe, Saith just knew that everything would turn out well. He petted him and put out a dish for him full of pokemon food.
"Now, if I can just find something for my own dinner," he said as he began to look through cabinets to find food for him and for the rest of the trainers. Everything in the cabinets turned out to be pokemon food. Once Saith shut the cabinets he heard footsteps and considered calling out to someone to ask where the food was, but they seemed to just pass by the room too quickly.
"Man, Jake has to bring back some human food" Saith said. "A burger or a ice cream cone would be nice" Saith said to himself. "Gotta stop talking about food, I'm going to make myself hungry" Saith said. "What is in pokemon food anyway?" he asked himself as he watched Growlithe eat.
Muffled conversations could be heard from above them. From what Saith could tell, there were talks about Victory, strong winds, and psychic pokemon.
"Team Gale will have absolutely nothing to stand in its way when we get the Legendary Pokemon here." the voice said. "Now go out and interrogate everyone and every pokemon you see," Saith heard from just beyond the door.
Growlithe had stopped eating and was, too, listening near the wall to hear what was being said.
"Growlithe, I think some bad guys are here, feel like helping me?" Saith asked.
Growlithe barked. "I'll take that as a yes!" Saith exclaimed.
Saith opened the door and looked around, as did Growlithe, mimicking its leader. "I don't think we should go upstairs, if those were grunts we heard earlier, its best we not run into a lot of them all at once," Saith reasoned "Lets search on the ground floor, just to keep it safe" Saith whispered.
Saith had searched left and right but had found nothing. "Maybe some pokemon are outside that we can get to help us clear the upper floor," he said. Growlithe barked happily in return.
Saith went to the door and looked out through the peephole and he saw a black van with the words 'Gale' on it. He opened the door and ran out to the van to see someone in the driver's seat dressed in black clothing.
"Who are you?" Saith asked.
"I'm Xavier, of Team Gale," he said.
"So, what are you doing here? Doesn't Team Gale have important business or things to do?" Saith asked.
"Yes, we do" Xavier said. We're interrogating you, we're looking for the Legendary Pokemon Vic-"
Saith had stopped him midway through the name. "We're not harboring any Legendary pokemon,"
"Our psychic pokemon will make sure of that," he said. "Now, why don't you be a good boy and sit down for your mind reading" he chuckled.
Saith looked at Xavier and then glanced at the van. "Growlithe, use Flamethrower!"
Growlithe gushed out flames from its mouth onto the van. "What!?" Xavier said as he looked at the flames and darted out of the truck.
"That was a bad move on your part; messing with me knowing that we have Team Gale agents all over this place," Xavier said glaring at Saith.
"That was a bad move on your part, messing with the habitat in the first place!" Saith said.
"Rhydon, Go!" Xavier said as he threw his pokeball and a Rhydon appeared glaring at Growlithe.
"Growlithe, you can do this, stay strong!" Saith encouraged. "Now, use Flamethrower!" Growlithe spouted flames from its mouth toward Rhydon.
"Rhydon! Use Horn Attack!" Xavier yelled. Rhydon rushed through the flames and threw Growlithe upward with its horn and watched Growlithe slam into the ground.
"Growlithe!" Saith yelled. He wanted to pick him up but the Rhydon was blocking his way.
"Now Rhydon, why don't you use Horn Attack on him? Show him what Team Gale is made of" Xavier said with a chuckle.
Saith clutched his hands, turned around, and dashed.
Saith had reached a clearing in the forest, he was way past the habitat. He sat on a rock and began thinking.
"I wish Growlithe was here, I should've caught him in my pokeball," Saith said. He got out the one pokeball that he had, the one reserved for Growlithe. He didn't catch him because he instinctively knew that parting a pokemon with its habitat, friends, and family seemed harsh.
"Maybe it's true, I can't keep playing with the same old deck that I used to," Saith said.
A wind kicked in and blew the bountiful leaves up, they twisted and twirled as if in some nature-like dance. Saith had made a game out of this before, to predict where the leaves would go. He concentrated on the leaves so much that he hadn't realized a pokemon had taken a seat beside him on the rock.
"Tini tini.." The pokemon said. "Oh!" Saith was startled. He took out his pokedex and scanned the pokemon.
"Victini, The Victory Pokemon. This Pokemon brings victory. It is said that Trainers with Victini always win, regardless of the type of encounter," the pokedex spoke.
"Victini! You are what they are after! I guess then I have no choice but to..."
Saith tapped Victini lightly with the pokeball and immediately Victini was swept up into the pokeball. The pokeball moved sideways once. Twice. Three times, and it was caught.
"I can defeat them! Heck, I can defeat anything! I can win!" Saith exclaimed. Saith ran through the forest back to the Pokemon Habitat.
Saith arrived back at the Pokemon habitat to see Jake and his Charizard looking at the Team Gale grunts. They all seemed to be intimidated by the Charizard.
"We'll be back, and we'll search your mind too," Xavier said.
"Oh, and when you're back, do you prefer to be fried or roasted?" Jake scoffed as they left.
"Oh, Saith. I was wondering where you were. Everyone's fine, though, we're going to need to heal a lot of pokemon," Jake said.
Saith looked dismayed. "I had just gotten a new pokemon that I wanted to try out. I think he and I can win against anything," Saith said.
"We'll battle tomorrow, then," Jake said.
"Okay," Saith said thrilled.
Above the pokeball's middle circle, he put a Diamond sticker, for eternity.
A Heart Sticker, for friendship. And a Spade Sticker, for strength. Saith took a pokeball-seal that looked like a Club and put it on Victini's pokeball, to symbolize all three of the other stickers.
After he was done decorating the pokeball, he went to sleep.
Trump Card
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♣ Chapter 1: Elusive Victory
The sun was shining and it blanketed the pokemon habitat with a warmth that shone on its occupant's very hearts. The greenery of the grass was healthy and bright. The forest was overall placid and calm, to the dismay of Jake, one of the pokemon trainers in the habitat.
"Saith, do you want to have a pokemon battle?" Jake asked. "I've got this new pokemon I want to test out," he said trying to keep from laughing.
Saith looked at Jake, "Sure, Growlithe, come on," he said as the Growlithe beside him stepped forward; Jake wasn't the only one who wanted a change of pace. Growlithe barked in excitement.
Jake threw his pokeball and in a flash a Charizard was now towering over Growlithe. Saith was shocked and began trying to think of any way to counter their formidable opponent.
"Charizard! Dragon Rush!" Jake said as Charizard took into the sky and was enveloped in dragon-shaped energy as he charged toward Growlithe. Growlithe began running and dashing, but it couldn't outspeed Charizard, who had now slammed into Growlithe knocking it out.
"Man, If I had known you were going for such an easy win, I wouldn't have played" Saith said as he took Growlithe into his arms.
"It wouldn't have mattered anyway. I just wanted to test out my new pokemon. Besides, you shouldn't be mad at me, you should get some new pokemon to battle with. If you keep using the same old cards, then I'll know how to beat you," Jake said with a grin.
"Yes, by brute force," Saith said.
"Come on, get over it, I'm going to head out to town, I'll be back! Make sure nothing happens while I'm gone," Jake said as he began rushing off, clearly retreating from boredom.
♥
"You're all patched up, Growlithe," Saith said. It had taken a while, but Growlithe had finally woken up.
"I hope Jake brings back some more medicine when he gets here. We're going to need a lot if we're having these many pokemon battles, we've battled at least four times yesterday" Saith said.
Growlithe just looked at Saith with his playful eyes and reassuring face. Looking at Growlithe, Saith just knew that everything would turn out well. He petted him and put out a dish for him full of pokemon food.
"Now, if I can just find something for my own dinner," he said as he began to look through cabinets to find food for him and for the rest of the trainers. Everything in the cabinets turned out to be pokemon food. Once Saith shut the cabinets he heard footsteps and considered calling out to someone to ask where the food was, but they seemed to just pass by the room too quickly.
"Man, Jake has to bring back some human food" Saith said. "A burger or a ice cream cone would be nice" Saith said to himself. "Gotta stop talking about food, I'm going to make myself hungry" Saith said. "What is in pokemon food anyway?" he asked himself as he watched Growlithe eat.
Muffled conversations could be heard from above them. From what Saith could tell, there were talks about Victory, strong winds, and psychic pokemon.
"Team Gale will have absolutely nothing to stand in its way when we get the Legendary Pokemon here." the voice said. "Now go out and interrogate everyone and every pokemon you see," Saith heard from just beyond the door.
Growlithe had stopped eating and was, too, listening near the wall to hear what was being said.
"Growlithe, I think some bad guys are here, feel like helping me?" Saith asked.
Growlithe barked. "I'll take that as a yes!" Saith exclaimed.
♠
Saith opened the door and looked around, as did Growlithe, mimicking its leader. "I don't think we should go upstairs, if those were grunts we heard earlier, its best we not run into a lot of them all at once," Saith reasoned "Lets search on the ground floor, just to keep it safe" Saith whispered.
Saith had searched left and right but had found nothing. "Maybe some pokemon are outside that we can get to help us clear the upper floor," he said. Growlithe barked happily in return.
Saith went to the door and looked out through the peephole and he saw a black van with the words 'Gale' on it. He opened the door and ran out to the van to see someone in the driver's seat dressed in black clothing.
"Who are you?" Saith asked.
"I'm Xavier, of Team Gale," he said.
"So, what are you doing here? Doesn't Team Gale have important business or things to do?" Saith asked.
"Yes, we do" Xavier said. We're interrogating you, we're looking for the Legendary Pokemon Vic-"
Saith had stopped him midway through the name. "We're not harboring any Legendary pokemon,"
"Our psychic pokemon will make sure of that," he said. "Now, why don't you be a good boy and sit down for your mind reading" he chuckled.
Saith looked at Xavier and then glanced at the van. "Growlithe, use Flamethrower!"
Growlithe gushed out flames from its mouth onto the van. "What!?" Xavier said as he looked at the flames and darted out of the truck.
"That was a bad move on your part; messing with me knowing that we have Team Gale agents all over this place," Xavier said glaring at Saith.
"That was a bad move on your part, messing with the habitat in the first place!" Saith said.
"Rhydon, Go!" Xavier said as he threw his pokeball and a Rhydon appeared glaring at Growlithe.
"Growlithe, you can do this, stay strong!" Saith encouraged. "Now, use Flamethrower!" Growlithe spouted flames from its mouth toward Rhydon.
"Rhydon! Use Horn Attack!" Xavier yelled. Rhydon rushed through the flames and threw Growlithe upward with its horn and watched Growlithe slam into the ground.
"Growlithe!" Saith yelled. He wanted to pick him up but the Rhydon was blocking his way.
"Now Rhydon, why don't you use Horn Attack on him? Show him what Team Gale is made of" Xavier said with a chuckle.
Saith clutched his hands, turned around, and dashed.
♣
Saith had reached a clearing in the forest, he was way past the habitat. He sat on a rock and began thinking.
"I wish Growlithe was here, I should've caught him in my pokeball," Saith said. He got out the one pokeball that he had, the one reserved for Growlithe. He didn't catch him because he instinctively knew that parting a pokemon with its habitat, friends, and family seemed harsh.
"Maybe it's true, I can't keep playing with the same old deck that I used to," Saith said.
A wind kicked in and blew the bountiful leaves up, they twisted and twirled as if in some nature-like dance. Saith had made a game out of this before, to predict where the leaves would go. He concentrated on the leaves so much that he hadn't realized a pokemon had taken a seat beside him on the rock.
"Tini tini.." The pokemon said. "Oh!" Saith was startled. He took out his pokedex and scanned the pokemon.
"Victini, The Victory Pokemon. This Pokemon brings victory. It is said that Trainers with Victini always win, regardless of the type of encounter," the pokedex spoke.
"Victini! You are what they are after! I guess then I have no choice but to..."
Saith tapped Victini lightly with the pokeball and immediately Victini was swept up into the pokeball. The pokeball moved sideways once. Twice. Three times, and it was caught.
"I can defeat them! Heck, I can defeat anything! I can win!" Saith exclaimed. Saith ran through the forest back to the Pokemon Habitat.
♦
Saith arrived back at the Pokemon habitat to see Jake and his Charizard looking at the Team Gale grunts. They all seemed to be intimidated by the Charizard.
"We'll be back, and we'll search your mind too," Xavier said.
"Oh, and when you're back, do you prefer to be fried or roasted?" Jake scoffed as they left.
"Oh, Saith. I was wondering where you were. Everyone's fine, though, we're going to need to heal a lot of pokemon," Jake said.
Saith looked dismayed. "I had just gotten a new pokemon that I wanted to try out. I think he and I can win against anything," Saith said.
"We'll battle tomorrow, then," Jake said.
"Okay," Saith said thrilled.
♣
Above the pokeball's middle circle, he put a Diamond sticker, for eternity.
A Heart Sticker, for friendship. And a Spade Sticker, for strength. Saith took a pokeball-seal that looked like a Club and put it on Victini's pokeball, to symbolize all three of the other stickers.
After he was done decorating the pokeball, he went to sleep.
