Rico's POV
This was harder than I thought…I remembered the time when Juan-kun and I had a Pokémon battle with Kolen back at our hometown, and it was as hard as this one with Bastian-kun.
So…I quickly come up with a strategic move and said to Prinplup, "Quickly, use Peck, then Hydro Pump!"
Prinplup then managed to strike back at Smeargle and used Peck to distract it.
Then, it then used Hydro Pump, blasting water at Smeargle at a high volume.
Smeargle was blasted back to its spot; this time, it was defeated, much to Bastian's shock.
"What the what?!" Bastian commented in shock, but he has to accept his defeat.
Jonathan and the others were stunned at my move on Smeargle that led to our victory in the first round.
"Smeargle was unable to battle," the battle referee responded, "Prinplup wins the battle."
I was stunned that my move worked well with immediate effects, and I was happy for this, feeling rewarding by it. "Way to go, Prinplup!"
Prinplup then responded with humble pride and positivity.
Calling back his defeated Pokémon, Bastian said to it, "You did well, Smeargle, you deserved to take rest."
He then put its Poké Ball back in his Pokébelt and said to me, "That was quite smart, Rico, but you only reached a third of the way to victory in this battle."
He then grabbed another Poké Ball that contains second of his Pokémon, Whismur, and threw it forward. "Whimsur, let's do this!"
Whismur came out, and it was cute and determined at the same time.
Seeing that, I was quite amazed and then pulled out his Pokédex and pointed it at Whimsur.
The Pokédex then responded, "Whimsur, the Whisper Pokémon. A Normal-type. Whimsur is very timid. If it starts to cry loudly, it becomes startled by its own crying and cries even harder. When it finally stops crying, the Pokémon goes to sleep, all tired out."
"Woah, cool…" I commented in rising amazement and stunning, before putting it in my pants pocket and focusing back on the battle with Bastian.
The second round began now.
"Whimsur, use Hyper Voice!" Bastian commanded Whimsur seriously.
"Wait, what?" I was surprised as flip.
Whimsur then used Hyper Voice on Prinplup, letting loose a horribly echoing shout with the power to inflict damage.
Prinplup tried its best to withstand the echoing waves that would knock it out.
But then, Prinplup couldn't stand it for long and got blown away. It got defeated. Whimsur ended its attack, and Bastian grinned at me with a non-smug look on his face. "Heh, I'm smart…"
"Prinplup was unable to battle," the battle referee responded, "Whimsur wins the battle."
And then, I heard a chat between big brother and Marshall that contains these:
"Man, Whimsur is strong with a move like that…" Jonathan said.
"Yeah, cute but strong," Marshall replied.
To the latter, I thought, "Yeah, it was…"
So, I called back my Prinplup and said to it, "Well, you did your best, Prinplup. Get some rest, buddy." I then put its Poké Ball into my Pokébelt and grabbed another that was Absol's. I thought while staring at that Poké Ball. "Absol is basically stronger for this, so I'll give it a try."
And so, with that, I threw it, "Come on, Absol, let's do this!"
It opened, and Absol came out with serious determination.
Bastian was stunned to see that because he thought that only salamangkeros and those who had salamangkeros in their families can have that. "What…?"
"Yup," I responded back with confidence, "this is my Absol."
"W-Wait! Are you a son or a nephew of a salamangkero or something? Or you're a salamangkero yourself?"
"Neither."
Bastian couldn't believe his ears.
It made my mind laugh at his reaction.
But Bastian regained his confidence and said, "But I won't be bothered by this!" Then to his Whimsur. "Whimsur, again, use Hyper Voice!" Whimsur used Hyper Voice for the second time, letting loose a horribly echoing shout with the power to inflict damage.
"Absol, dodge it and use Dark Pulse!" I commanded Absol immediately and seriously.
Absol did so and then used Dark Pulse on Whimsur, releasing a horrible aura ray imbued with dark aura energy.
Whimsur got struck hard as if Absol had been training up for this.
Whimsur got blasted a few meters away, much to Bastian's shock and surprise.
"That Dark Pulse was strong!" Bastian commented.
"Yup, Absol and I had been training up every day for this," I said to him with positive confidence.