VS Bug Catcher (Part 2) (Please Bookmark, Please Vote)

Agawa announced, "Venonat has lost its ability to battle. Weedle wins. Therefore, Eichi is the winner."

After seeing Venonat lose its ability to battle, Asen took out a Poké Ball and recalled Venonat.

The surrounding Bug Catchers all exclaimed, "Eichi's Weedle is amazing."

Then another Bug Catcher stepped forward and said, "Battle me."

Eichi agreed. "Sure."

What set Ahai apart from the others was his dark skin.

Excitement appeared on his dark face. "Come out! Paras!"

A flash of white light appeared, and the Pokémon within revealed itself.

It looked like a crab, but it had two mushrooms growing atop its head.

It was Paras.

Paras, the Mushroom Pokémon

Type: Bug, Grass

Ability: Spore, Dry Skin

Hidden Ability: Damp

Even if it ate constantly, nearly all the nutrients it obtained would be taken by the mushrooms growing on its back.

The mushrooms growing on its back, known as Cordyceps, were medicine for longevity. Once dried, they could be ground into powder for use.

Eichi was rather surprised to see Paras.

Paras was a relatively rare Pokémon and did not enjoy battling.

The mushrooms on its back were medicine for longevity and quite valuable.

However, it had to be raised until it was older for its medicinal value to become higher.

This Paras had probably been caught within the last couple of days. It was clearly very young.

Ahai enthusiastically gave the order, "Paras, use Scratch on Weedle. Show it how strong you are."

Paras charged over with high fighting spirit.

Eichi said, "Dodge."

Weedle easily dodged. Ahai danced about as he gave his second command, "Paras, use Paralysis Powder."

Powder began streaming out from the mushrooms on Paras's back. Before long, this small area was filled with Paralysis Powder.

The surrounding Bug Catchers hurriedly backed away to an area without Paralysis Powder.

Eichi also retreated, but Weedle could not retreat and had to face the Paralysis Powder head-on.

Then it was hit and could not move.

Weedle let out a series of "Shu shu" cries.

Eichi's gaze sharpened. "This is a bit troublesome."

I was too careless. I forgot Paras could use Paralysis Powder.

Seeing that Weedle could not move, Ahai said excitedly, "Now's the time! Paras, use Scratch on Weedle."

Unable to move, Weedle took Paras's Scratch head-on.

Weedle seemed to be in pain, but it had not lost its ability to battle.

Eichi asked, "Are you okay, Weedle?"

Ahai was shocked. "What? Why hasn't it lost its ability to battle?"

The surrounding Bug Catchers were also astonished. Eichi said, "Because your Paras's attack is too weak."

Unwilling to give up, Ahai continued issuing orders to Paras. "Paras, use Scratch on Weedle again."

Seeing Paras charge over, Eichi gave Weedle an order. "Move, Weedle."

When Weedle saw Paras attacking, it began exerting strength throughout its body. Then it felt its body return to its control.

With a slight sidestep, it dodged Paras's attack.

"What?"

Everyone was shocked.

Why could Weedle move? Normally, after being hit by Paralysis Powder, shouldn't it take quite a while before it could move again?

This Weedle... it had only been a few seconds, yet it could already move.

After his shock, Ahai suddenly realized something. Not good.

Then he hurriedly shouted at Paras, "Paras, dodge!"

"Weedle, use Poison Sting!"

After dodging the attack, Weedle viciously thrust the horn on its head forward at the Paras beside it.

After letting out a miserable cry, Paras collapsed to the ground and lost its ability to battle.

Eichi had won again.

"Paras!" Ahai cried.

Then he ran over to Paras and picked it up.

Eichi also ran over and took out a Potion and Antidote Spray from his backpack.

Weedle had hit quite hard this time. Paras was much more seriously injured than Caterpie had been.

Eichi carefully sprayed Potion and Antidote Spray over Paras's wounds.

After a while, he said to Ahai, "It's fine now. Let Paras rest well."

Ahai said gratefully to Eichi, "Thank you, Eichi." As he spoke, he took out a Poké Ball and recalled Paras.

The surrounding Bug Catchers all gathered around. Everyone felt that Eichi's Weedle was far too powerful.

At that moment, Agawa suddenly asked, "Eichi, can your Weedle still battle?"

Eichi said, "No problem. It can still battle."

After saying that, he sprayed Weedle with some Potion.

Then Agawa said, "Then have a Pokémon battle with me!

Battle my Butterfree."

Eichi agreed without hesitation. The previous two battles had been too easy.

Their Pokémon were too weak. There had been no challenge at all.

Now this was finally getting interesting.

Agawa was the Older Brother among all the Bug Catchers in Tokiwa Town—their leader.

Not only because he was the oldest, but also because he was the strongest.

Agawa's strongest Pokémon was his Butterfree.

When they heard that Agawa was going to battle Eichi, everyone became excited. They all wanted to know whether Eichi or Agawa was stronger.

Everyone made room for an open space. This time, Takahashi served as the referee.

Takahashi stood to one side and said, "In this battle, each side may use one Pokémon. The battle will continue until one side loses its ability to battle."

With a serious expression, Agawa threw out a Poké Ball. "Come out, Butterfree!"

A Pokémon with a deep bluish-purple body and huge white wings patterned with black veins flew into the air.

Butterfree, the Butterfly Pokémon

It is the Evolved Form of Metapod and Caterpie's final form.

Type: Bug, Flying

Ability: Compound Eyes

Hidden Ability: Tinted Lens

If you look closely at its large eyes, you will discover that they are actually formed from countless smaller eyes gathered together.

If attacked by other Pokémon, it scatters poisonous Compound Eyes powder while flapping its wings to resist.

Eichi tempted Weedle, "Win this battle, and I'll make you something delicious when we get home."

Weedle immediately perked up and stared fixedly at Butterfree.

Butterfree has those extremely annoying three powder moves. Better be careful.

Eichi and Agawa gave their orders at the same time:

"Weedle, use Poison Sting on Butterfree!"

"Butterfree, use Gust on Weedle!"

Butterfree began flapping its wings, directing a Strong Wind at the charging Weedle.

Under the Strong Wind's attack, Weedle failed to hit Butterfree.

It was also struck by the Strong Wind and suffered a slight injury. Its power was somewhat stronger than Paras's attack.

Agawa gave another order. "Butterfree, use Confusion!"

When Eichi heard Agawa say Confusion, joy rose in his heart.

On the surface, Eichi remained calm as he gave Weedle an order.

"Weedle, dodge it."

A move like Confusion also needed to be aimed.

Weedle moved rapidly across the ground, so fast that Butterfree had no way to aim at all.

When Agawa saw that Butterfree could not aim, he became anxious.

He gave Butterfree an order. "Butterfree, use Gust."

Butterfree stopped using Confusion and began flapping its wings.

A Strong Wind quickly swept up around them. Seeing this, Eichi thought, Good opportunity.