A green stream of light was immediately emitted from the body of Zubat and targeted Miltank, which, despite doing its best in dodging, was still hit, causing all of its energy to be slowly syphoned towards Zubat and consequently, making the minor injuries of the Pokemon to heal and its general energized state to be restored to its full.
_That can happen?_
Miltank, or to be precise, the battle-ready Miltank, being restrained its whole life from what it inherently loves the most, has never seen a move that can just heal and revitalize a Pokémon, making it agitated and more energized instead of even showing a small hint of fatigue.
He wanted to know more.
He wanted to fight more.
More.
More.
More!
"MIIIIIIIII!"
An excited roar (or moo) of a cow reverberated into the vicinity as Miltank jumped up and suddenly curled itself up into a ball, spinning in heightening frequency towards Zubat using its Rollout attack. Anthony, seeing how such an attack is strong against his Flying-type Pokémon, immediately shouted.
"Dodge it and tail the sides of it!"
Anthony's mouth, consciously or unconsciously, curled up as he was about to command something unconventional. Every move that requires a Pokemon to curl up will always have the side as its weak spot for all the joints required to fold the back side (which is the focus of the defense) of the structure, of course this only applies to animals because if humans really made a vehicle that can curl up and back, they would structure it like the cannonball alien from Ben 10.
_That, or Miltank will not be able to sustain the heightening momentum of Rollout..._
Just like that, a deadlock was created, with Zubat staying on the side of Miltank while Miltank tried to get in front of Zubat. Trees were bent, bushes were destroyed and land were strewn as the rollout manifested its unique momentum increasing trait, making it difficult for Zubat to tail its side, thankfully, it seems like the amateur side of Miltank prevailed as its arms and legs that are in the side of its Rollout move poked out of the structure before disintegrating into a confused in the verge of vomiting Miltank.
Anthony's mouth curled up more.
"WING ATTACK!"
Without even realizing it, the voice of Anthony became more pronounced, making Zubat more excited too, causing the duo to be unable to recognize that Miltank had already recovered and thus rendering Zubat unable to dodge the haphazard Stomp attack to the back of Zubat.
"Zuaakgh!"
Zubat grunted in pain, only for a moment, however, as it heard the 'Supersonic' command of its trainer, and upon abiding by it, the feet stomping on it immediately staggered.
Zubat didn't even use Absorb; it just stared towards the enemy as if wanting to know its next move.
More...
More...
More!
It was like Anthony and Zubat's vision turned black, all the humans did was to give commands, and all the Pokémon did was to heed them, all of their worries about the lump of Pokemons beside them went out of the window, and all of their desire seemed to coagulate in competing and defeating their most unyielding enemy as of yet! Of course, that is not to say that Anthony's mother and father are not strong enough to excite the two; however, Hana and Ben are almost expected to hold back against them. In essence, this is the first time the two have found someone who would pour all their power into defeating them!
Supersonic, Wing Attack, Bite, Absorb... Stomp, Rollout, Attract, and Milk Drink...
Seemingly mundane, yet full of force and meticulously executed attacks chained up together and banged against each other, confusion littered the face of Miltank while Zubat grew frustrated as they were hit with Supersonic and drank Moo Moo Milk, respectively. Miltank's battle style is being quickly refined while Zubat's finesse is being tested as time goes on. Several times did Zubat was almost caught by speeding Rollouts that are only dispelled because of Miltank's inability to control its center of gravity as of yet, causing it to always be on the verge of vomiting.
Yet, the two... 3 individuals present in the battle seemingly already forgot what they were here for; all they did was to attack, retreat, defend, and repeat, again and again, without any sign of exhaustion from the 2 Pokemons. Anthony felt elated, for he could finally shout with all his might the strategies he had thought with Zubat and refined using his father's Spearow again and again.
What joy it would be if someone commanded the Miltank!
What elation it would be to watch my Pokémon battle with all its might every day!
What... honor it would be if I became its trainer...
Anthony's breathing turned ragged, and he continued to command Zubat on top of his lungs, making him unable to notice the fast-approaching sound of wings vibrating and buzzing at his back.
... Tony...
Anth....
"Anthony! What are you doing!? Pokemons in my area are acting weird and are chasing me! Stop battling that Pokémon and use your Zubat to shoot an SOS!"
As if waking up from a pleasurable dream, Anthony's head suddenly jerked, and all his commands, alongside the battle between Zubat and Miltank, that, after who knows how long, were able to finally regain their instincts.
"Zuuuuu!"
Zubat shrieked and immediately went in between Anthony and Mary, who was being shrouded by a dimming Protect move from Skitty whilst being chased and attacked by Beedrills, Ivysaurs, and several other second or final evolutions of the Pokemons that were sprawled in front of Anthony.
However, despite this show of battle readiness, Anthony realized that his previous recklessness had caused Zubat to be exhausted; its mouth is barely opened to see what's in front of it, while its wings are also barely able to flap. Anthony gritted his teeth.
_Damn it, what came into me? Why did I suddenly become too excited in battling a runaway Miltank?_
Anthony, of course, knew the answer. All his life, one of his escape in reality is Pokemon battles and he always wanted to know what an intense battle against someone, or even just a wild Pokemon truly feels like, thus, even now, being someone who's already adult in age, he still got swept by the adrenaline that one wrong move and it would be defeat and one defeat means the next target is him.
Growing up in a peaceful world devoid of any latent dangers, like Pokemons, Anthony wasn't able to regulate this feeling often.
_This is the danger of enjoyment... I have to treat Pokémon training as a job rather than a hobby, or else I would one day find myself in situations worse than this..._
Anthony sighed. It was a good thing that a Pokémon that generally has a close relationship with the Viridian Forest, Melissa's Pidgeot, is the one being the eye in the sky; this will make it easier for it to find them in the 1/4ths of the forest, the part that's marked safe for the students.
"I'm sorry, Zubat, we have to sit this one out...!?"
Just as Anthony was about to give an order for Zubat to shoot out an SOS and go back to its Poké Ball, Mary and Anthony, alongside Zubat, the Pokemons that were chasing Mary and Miltank froze in place. No, not because of a bigger threat where they have to look past their differences to eliminate it, it was because of the behavior of the Pokemons chasing Mary.
You see, the moment the bunch of Beedrills, Butterfree, Dustox, Beautifly, some Pickachu, and some Bulbasaur and Ivysaurs saw the pink cow besides Anthony, it was as if Mary disappeared in their anger-stricken eyes and shifted towards Miltank. Being both intelligent children, with one eye contact, Mary and Anthony were able to immediately understand the situation, thus, without hesitation, Anthony ran towards Zubat and expanded its Poké Ball before recalling it inside while rolling down like a ball.
Mary also did the same, recalled Skitty, and dropped down as an earthquake had just happened. If one were to see them, they would feel like the two children were playing, yet the moment they saw the surging wave of Pokemons towards the battle-ready Miltank, they would be able to realize how calm and collected the two children were.
At this moment, Mary glanced a little to the surging wave towards the Miltank, which was currently still jumping around in excitement as it had been able to battle a lot of Pokémon; this made her able to guess what had happened.
"It seems like an ill-equipped farm hid that their herd of Miltank bears fruit of a battle-ready one..."
One of the reasons why this matter is so hard to contain is that it's so rare for a domesticated Miltank to be actively seeking fights, yes, as all Pokemons, all Miltanks can use moves and defend themselves, but no Miltank will actively want to escape enclosure and find battles themselves. In the past 5 years, the official data shows that only 50 recorded cases of battle-ready Miltanks have been confirmed in the whole world of Pokémon.
In Anthony's previous life, such occurrences is analogous to how the world economy dipped because of a global pandemic that only happened once in a century, which makes him able to understand why most farmers aren't able to handle the situation as it is rare (in a sense that not every farm in every region will have it) and not every farmer have the time to train on a situation that might not happen to them for a long time.
"Yes, it seems like it blasted out all of its pent-up 'battle readiness', as people call its instinct to find fights..."
Mary and Anthony chuckled a little and were just able to use Zubat to shoot a SOS when suddenly, a large Growl was heard on the east, the direction where Anthony went in, causing the trees to bend for a moment and loss some leaves while the Pokemons who were about to have a 1 vs. many to suddenly freeze, even the two humans in the predicaments stopped.
"What is it this time?"
The two tense children who had just stood up and were ready to turn tails at any time asked in unison, and soon, 'it' or 'they' showed themselves to Anthony and Mary. It's a wolf-like Pokémon, the fur on its back alongside its tail is black, while all of the fur under it, except that of its feet, is grey, its sclera is yellow in color, and its daunting eyes are blood red, redder than the anger-filled eyes of the Pokemons that got their kin injured by Miltank.
The Pokemons that suddenly appeared, Mightyenas to be exact are taller than average, on their backs are 5 people in total riding, the one on the left that is glaring in the Miltank that is already contained because of slowly seeping out fear, has Prof. Oak, and old man and a middle age man in its back while the other has Field Researcher Melissa and Jeremy in it.
"Right on time, huh?"
Prof. Oak chuckled before gesturing all the humans in the back of the Pokemons to get out and commanded the two Mightyenas as well as Melissa and Jeremy to calm down and heal the Pokemons. The two researchers immediately took out Poké Balls with Chanseys and Blissleys and immediately abided while Prof. Oak and the two men, most probably the owners of the battle-ready Miltank, went towards the kids.
"A-are you two alright? We're very sorry, our fences are not just made for direct assaults and can only catch strays. If you want, we can pay for damages."
This made Mary, who was still gasping out because of her marathon against Pokemons to wave her hand.
"No, don't worry about it, Misters. Anyway, we are semi-trained, and we handled it professionally."
At these words, Prof. Oak chuckled again and slowly went towards Anthony and Mary.
"So professional that you have to fight the threat and not report the swarm to our Flying type?"
Anthony immediately flinched at this while Mary slowly inched away.
"Breathing is fun, so I'll do it over there."
She said before leaving Anthony, Prof. Oak, and the two owners of the Miltank alone. Anthony's veins were bulging all this while as he gulped; obviously, this was the first time he saw the Professor's temples bulging with veins like it was now.
"Well, it seems like you did something amazing on your first day of internship, huh? Let's go back to the lab and talk with the owners of the Miltank, okay?"
Anthony's back became filled with cold sweat as he nodded silently before walking out of the Viridian forest. While they were doing so, Anthony couldn't help but think to himself.
_Man, first day here and I already messed up?_