Jacob and Stargazer stopped and sat beneath a tree. They had been walking for a few hours now and decided to take a break. Jacob nodded at Stagazer(Golurk) as he reached up to the top of the tree and pulled down a few apples, handing them to Jacob. Jacob hoped the apples were normal; he didn’t have much of a choice. Jacob was finishing his third apple when he heard something. He looked down the road and saw a figure moving towards him. He quickly recalled Stargazer and jumped into the nearby bushes.
He watched as a young man walked by with a Blaziken at his side. Jacob was nervous; he felt like he was out of breath, and started breathing heavily. He felt off balance, and Jacob stepped back, snapping a nearby twig. Jacob flinched as he listened for the trainer’s response. He heard nothing for a few seconds before a low voice: “Blaziken, use flame charge!” Jacob quickly dove out of the cover of the bushes, avoiding Blaziken’s attack, but putting him out in the open. Jacob rose to his feet and, saying nothing to the young trainer who watched him intensely, he released Tank, his Darmanitan. Blaziken returned to his trainer’s side, and the two stared each other down.
“Ready Tank?” Jacob asked.
“Dar!” The pokemon responded.
“Good; use flare blitz!”
“Blaziken, use flame charge!” the trainer retorted. Both pokemon glowed with fire energy and shot themselves at each other at a great speed. The attacks collided, kicking up a mist of smoke. Tank slid out of the smoke in front of Jacob unharmed. Jacob watched carefully. “Now, use blaze kick!”
“Hold on,” Jacob said to Tank. The two of them watched the smoke intensely, looking for any sign of their opponent. Suddenly, Blaziken leapt out of the smoke, his foot glowing, covered with flames. “Now, Tank, use fire punch!” Tank jumped into the air towards Blaziken as his fist was engulfed in fire. The attacks collided, canceling each other out. Both pokemon dropped to the ground, landing on their feet. “Tank, flare blitz!” He shouted. Again Tank’s body glowed with fire energy as he shot himself at Blaziken.
“Blaziken, use blaze kick!” Blaziken leapt into the air again, preparing for another collision.
“Now, use superpower!” Jacob shouted to his Darmanitan. The pokemon ended his flare blitz attack and turned sideways, dodging Blaziken’s blaze kick before grabbing the pokemon. Then, glowing blue with strength, Tank threw Blaziken down, smashing him into the ground. Tank landed in front of Jacob, and watched as his opponent’s Blaziken struggled to his feet.
“This guy is strong,” the trainer said. “Let’s go!” He shouted, as he led his Blaziken in fleeing from the battle. Jacob shot a look over at his Darmanitan. “Well done, Tank.”