Chapter no.179 Against a Goliath part 2

Cynthia calmly gazed upon her friend who took out a PokeBall. In a flash of red , Squirtle appeared on the battlefield.
" You know what to do ." Cynthia calmly exclaimed as Garchomp nodded as she remembered the startegy that her trainer had devised to counter Water types.
Squirtle meanwhile adjusted his glasses as Austin said ," Bubble Mania !"
Squirtle smirked before going back to his shell and began to spin at high speed while releasing a bubble beam.
Cynthia frowned at the confusing turn of events before she calmly said ," Rest ."
Garchomp bobbed her head as she went to sleep while Austin frowned , not expecting Cynthia to have Garchomp use rest but it made sense with all the super effective Garchomp has been tanking.
" Rain Dance !"
Austin chose to not attack Garchomp while it was resting , rather he decided to change the terrain to his favour.
A cumulonimbus of clouds covered the battlefield as drops of rain fell to the ground causing the previously erupted sandstorm to be stopped.
Cynthia wasn't deterred by the stymied sandstorm but she wondered what her opponent was thinking.
He didn't even try to power up rather he manipulated the terrain to his own advantage.
Then it hit Cynthia , Austin chose to go with a strategy that will help the pokemon he will send out.
He knows that he can't defeat Garchomp so he is staking the efforts of all his pokemon to defeat her.
Cynthia smiled as she realized her friend's play.He and his pokemon truly did improve a lot during this week.
" Dragon Rush !"
" Mine Strategy !"
Garchomp flew towards Squirtle who pulls its head, arms and legs into its shell and spins like a disc as Garchomp's two appendages on its head glowed light blue. Then, her body was enveloped in a light blue dragon shaped aura.
While Garchomp charged forward Squirtle used rapid spin to launch the mud that had been formed all around it towards Garchomp but it resulted in the mud being sprayed everywhere.
" Austin, I just got this swim suit !"
" Sorry , I'll buy you another one."
" Austin , you're really a perverted child , telling a lady that you will buy her a pair of underwear."
Cynthia said as she enjoyed Austin's face shifting from calm to flustered.
" I n...never said that ."
Cynthia giggled before her face went to calm and calculated mask when she saw Garchomp miss Dragon Rush along Squirtle seemingly disappearing.
Squirtle was using the mud as camouflauge.
Cynthia snorted,' A good play but it doesn't accomplish anything.'
" Dragon breath ."
Garchomp maw glowed with dragonic energy but right below her feet , the ground glowed.
" Fly !"
Under Cynthia's command , Garchomp jumped into the sky as the ground exploded with Squirtle's shell smash.
Squirtle looked up and fired an ice beam.
Garchomp's dragon breath and Squirtle's ice beam meet in the middle as Draconic energy and Ice energy clash it out.
Despite the fact that Squirtle's ice beam had been powered by two shell smashes , the level difference between Garchomp and Squirtle was too much.
Austin's eyes widened as he saw Squirtle's ice beam being overpowered.
' Just how powerful is that monster ? '
Squirtle struggled to keep up the momentum as he took one step back.
' No , I can't..... ' Squirtle thought as a memory flashed in his mind.
...
" How can you lose to a fire type ? " A trainer outside of the pokemon center screamed at an injured trainer.
The young Squirtle had tears in his eyes as he was being screamed at by his trainer.
The trainer took out a pair of sunglasses and threw them at the young Squirtle who flinched.
A few tears escaped the eyes of the young Squirtle as he gazed upon the sunglasses which was the prize of the first battle he had won for his trainer.
The trainer clicked the button of the PokeBall which flashed blue before returning the young Squirtle.
At night , nurse joy released an extremely hungry Squirtle out of his abandoned pokeball.
" Sq...Squirtle !"
Squirtle looked around for his trainer as nurse joy had a melancholic look in her eyes.
" Sq...Sq...Squirtle !"
Chansey looked at nurse joy as if asking her partner if she should disclose Squirtle about his abandonment.
Nurse joy knew that she shouldn't gatekeep the information and cause more pain for the Young Squirtle so she nodded.
As Chansey told Squirtle about its abandonment , tears began to flow down Squirtle's eyes as his mind flashed to the battle earlier today.
He had lost so badly against that Growlithe.
Squirtle wiped out those tears as he knew that shedding tears over the past wouldn't accomplish anything.
" Chansey Chans !"
Squirtle's eyes widened as he heard Chansey's words on him being put up for adoption.
Was that all he was worth ?
To be discarded and given away.
Squirtle released a bubble beam before using it as a distraction to escape.
Nurse Joy and Chansey ran outside to look for the young Squirtle who had hidden himself inside the trash can.
Inside the trash can , Squirtle tried to keep his tears in as he gazed upon the black sunglasses he had won for his trainer.
Putting on the sunglasses, Squirtle vowed to himself.
That he will never let a human capture him.
....
In the beach of the birth island as Garchomp's dragon breath seemed to be overpowering Squirtle's ice beam , Squirtle glanced back at his trainer who had a look of worry in his eyes.
Squirtle remembered why he choose this human as his trainer who was nothing like Derek.
He is kind hearted , smart and most of all he treated all of us like family.
Squirtle will be damned if he let himself lose after all the effort his human , his partner put up.
Suddenly Squirtle's body was engulfed by a blue light.
" No , way !" Austin's eyes widened as he saw Squirtle evolving into a bipedal, indigo reptilian Pokémon similar to a turtle. It had brown eyes, a dark blue streak on each cheek, and two sharp teeth protruding from its upper jaw. It has three clawed fingers and pointed toes. On each side of its head are feather-like ears covered in pale blue fur. A brown shell with a pale yellow underside encases its body. A thick, white rim separates the upper and lower halves of the shell.
" Wortortle !"
Squirtle's evolved form wortortle gazed upon Garchomp as his ice beam began to turn more chaotic.
Cynthia's eyes widened as she recognized wortortle's attack which overpowered through Garchomp's dragon breath, Blizzard.
" Blazzing Hurricane!"
Cynthia's shout caused Garchomp to patiently wait as Blizzard came near it.
" Now !"
Garchomp immediately spun around as guts of wind empowered by Draconic energy circled around her.
Opening her maw , Garchomp released a flamethrower into cyclonic winds all around her.
Austin's jaw dropped as he saw the flaming vortex in the sky that melted Wortortle's Blizzard.
" Waterfall !"
Austin called out but Wortortle had other plans as its ears glowed with white light before the ground broke apart as a tidal wave covered the sky.
The flaming vortex and tidal wave of Surf met in the middle before wet steam covered in the entire beach is a veil of grey and white.
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𝐈𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 (𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐑 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐛'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐲, 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨'𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐥𝐥-𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐊𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧