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>be 12
>training for 2 years and not doing too bad
>jobbed at a couple different leagues but still feel like I’m moving forward and getting to know my Pokémon
>closest compadre is a Nidoran
>always knew she was special, everyone always trips that she’s colored like a male one
>they get disappointed when they check her vitals in the Pokédex, evidently she isn’t made for battle but there’s just something to her
>I head to the Indigo Plateau after completing the Johto gym challenge with her
>standard competitive rules, 3v3
>usual team is me, Nidoran, and a couple of my big guys like Pinsir and Sandslash
>facing against this weird guy
>standard try hard, long black hair and an equally long sleeveless coat
>he takes down Pinsir and Sandslash with a single Toxicroak
>send out Nidoran
>Nidoran takes out the weakened Toxicroak with one Horn Attack
>hope boils inside me
>I yell to her “ I love you Nidoran! We can always win!”
>she looks back at me with these eyes that say she knows
>edgelord sends out a Rhyperior
>oh boy
>the battle is relentless and lasts for the longest 26 minutes of my life
>Nidoran is fucking worn down, getting tossed around but still dishing back
>Rhyperior grabs her and smashes her hard in to the ground
>I almost fucking puke
>I yell to her
>Nidoran
>she starts to glow with this powerful light
>edgelord and even Rhyperior are shocked watching this glowing pink Nidoran try to stand up
>I yell her “Nidoran... win or lose, stay with me.”
>I see her glowing head turn back toward me and I get this sense from her
>she slowly stops glowing
>but she looks so ready to keep fighting
>she tackled Rhyperior and literally cracks his fucking chest plate with her little horn
>edgelord looks shocked and withdraws Rhyperior, saying he’s done
>edgelord surrenders and says he won’t send out his last Pokémon
>”that was the fight, and your Nidoran won.”
>14 years later and Nidoran is still with me, retired
