Chapter no.297 Austin's Tournament part 2

[ Celdon City - Park ]
A crowd of trainers gathered in the famous Celdon City Park with the goal of wining the fossil Pokemon.
" Hey, are you for real ?"
" Yeah, I saw the guy take out an Omanyte in the pokemon center."
" Hey, there he is." Someone in the crowd shouted out causing everyone to turn towards Austin and Yellow who were wearing gothic cyber masks to hide their identity with Lucario and Pikachu just wearing a pair of sunglasses .
" Looks like quite the crowd has gathered here for my humble tournament. The rules are simple, defeat me and get the Fossil Pokemon but you have to give up 100 pokedollars per pokemon you use in battle." Austin's voice echoed throughout the crowd causing whispers to break out.
" Hey, how do we know this isn't a scam ?"
Hearing the question, Austin immediately revealed Steve the Omanyte who was sleeping soundly.
" Is this enough proof ? Then let's the battle begin." Austin said while Yellow stood as the referee.
" Defence Stance." Austin called as Kingler appeared on the battlefield.
A brown haired trainer around Yellow's age stepped up as he called," Golem, use roll out."
( ~ Roar ~ )
A bipedal tortoise-like boulder Pokémon with a spherical body covered by a shell of plated, grey rocks with head protrudes from the center of the shell. The head had a flat snout with two pointed teeth in the lower jaw and red eyes. It has short arms that have three claws and two legs with feet that have four claws in front and one in back.
Turning into Rollout, Golem speed towards Kingler.
( ~ Boom ~ )
The brown haired trainer's eyes widened as he saw Golem's roll out crash into protect.
Kingler took a step back before launching Golem out of the battlefield with Crab Hammer.
" Oh no, Golem !" The Trainer shouted while running towards Golem.
" Next." Austin said causing the confidence of many trainers in the crowd to drop as they saw how effortlessly Austin had just beaten his opponent.
In the midst of the crowd, Green effortlessly pickpocketed all these trainer as she moved while intentionally bumping into everyone in her way.
( ~ Thud ~ )
" I am sorry." Green said while trying to portray a innocent look before she found herself face to face with Lucario who gave her a card.
A little confused, Green looked at the words written before her eyes widened as she looked at the daft punk wearing Austin before releasing a sigh of relief she didn't even know she was holding.
" He knows this is going to cost him right." Green whispered causing Lucario to nod before he handed her a suitcase.
" Is this what I think it is ?"
" You're pay." Lucario answered back causing Green to smile before it disappeared as she looked up.
" Did you just talk ?"
Now it was Lucario's turn to smirk.
.....
A few hours later and the crowd of people and reporters couldn't believe it.
This masked trainer was so strong that he had been continuously fighting for hours on end.
Trainer after trainer came and each couldn't even make him fall.
Even after almost 100 battles, Austin hadn't lost a single pokemon.
( ~ Boom ~ )
" And Venonat is unable to battle, Kingler is the winner."
The trainer returned his pokemon before leaving towards the crowd who were joining in on Green's betting.
" Where did you get that cool mask ?" Ritchie curiously asked while Austin stayed quiet as he returned Kingler before switching with Abra.
Pikachu and Yellow meanwhile were taken aback by the auburn haired ash lookalike.
Appearing on the battlefield with a book in his hands, Abra sighed before throwing the book back to Austin.
Ritchie smiled and said," Let's show them our power, Nuzzy."
In a flash of red a bipedal Pokémon with a single green leaf atop its head with a brown and beige mask marking on its face. Its bulky thighs were also beige and had thin striations, and there are what appear to be two nipples on its chest. It had thin arms with mitten-like hands.
Noting the presence of the dark type, Abra telepathically asked Austin," Do I still have to battle ?"
" Yes,"
" And how do you propose I win ? Fake being a cancer patient and let me supporters beat him up." Abra asked causing Austin to cough on his spit.
" Use Wack-a-mole." Austin exclaimed causing Abra to raise his hands up as he shouted.
" Wooooo ! Yeah, baby."
Suddenly teleporting behind Nuzleaf, Abra tried to launch a fire punch that Nuzleaf was quick enough to dodge.
" Nuzzy, use nightslash!" Ritchie ordered with Sparky chiming in.
While the crowd cheered but those cheers immediately quieted as Nuzleaf upon landing sank into the ground that Abra had soften with his psychic.
Abra's hands glowed with an esoteric aura as the soften ground seemed to come into life before engulfing Nuzleaf.
Ritchie's sweated as he tried to think of a way to help Nuzzy escape from the trap but Abra was much quicker as he teleported and teleported while launching Fire punches at Nuzleaf.
Looking at the real life game of Wack-a-mole, Ritchie was horrified before he called off the battle.
" Can we get pizza after this ?" Abra telepathically asked causing Austin to nod.
" Yeah ! Baaby !" Abra said while raising both his hands up.
Ritchie gritted his teeth before sending out a Charmeleon.
" Go Zippo use metal claw !"
Looking at Zippo, Austin narrowed his eyes.
Shouldn't it be a Charmander?
Austin's thoughts were broken as Zippo charged at Abra with lightning speeds.
Leaning a little back, Abra missed Zippo's metal claw before a light screen was erected between the two.
" Ally Switch" Austin said as Abra showed Zippo the middle finger before his body glowed with a white light.
With Ally Switch, Abra disappeared replaced by the rocky rhinoceros who stood grunting, glaring at the fire type in front of him, as it waited for his trainer's instructions. Over the last two weeks, rhyhorn had grown in size, and gained a lot of body mass as it trained with Charmeleon who was using it as a punching back. Its rock plates had gotten a lot sturdier, and it had learnt several new moves, and now Rhyhorn planned to unleash all his anger on the poor fire type.
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[ Omake Paragraph ]
To many trainers, and indeed many Electabuzz themselves, Electabuzz are seen as a pale imitation of the god Raikou, a fatter, less thundercharged pokemon which wishes it was amazing. It is only in darkness, with its whitish-blue glow, that it seems to channel the spirit of the pokemon thought of so often as its ancestor.
This perception of Electabuzz is completely wrong. Although not the equals of Raikou in battle, Electabuzz power civilization. Although it is a widespread myth that they crowd power plants to siphon off energy, in reality the relationship between power plants and Electabuzz is properly described as a symbiosis. Electabuzz feed off the plant's energy, but they also convert it into a more usable form, and the plant likewise reabsorbs electric energy from them before passing it on to the public.
Raikou runs across the plains of Johto, but Electabuzz power Goldenrod, and they are not worthless in battle either; their quick thunderpunches allow them to stand toe-to-toe with Hitmonchan in the ring. It was not solely because the pokemon TCG's creator had a beloved Electabuzz that he made them such a power in the early game, for they attack with a speed which dominates tournaments such as the Little Cup in the lower levels of play.
Perhaps they are not Raikou, but Electabuzz would be right to take pride in what they are, for in many ways they are greater.