Chapter 30 - A Buggy Contest!? - Part 2

Intro-Kun: Zane has finally arrived at the first obstacle of the competition! Will he be able to overcome it!? Will he break a few bones in the process!? Find out now in System in Pokemon World!

POV – Zane

I stared at the rings as if things slowed down. The metal poles began moving surprising me and Butterfree. It took less than 2 seconds for it to spin madly with different sections spinning in opposite directions. The rings I tossed were smacked away while the ones Butterfree threw were struck aside. I shouted annoyed, "This is cheating! How the hell can anyone land a ring on that!?"

James still acting as a staff member stood up and said, "Too bad twerp. You and your pokemon must land the rings and if you don't then you don't move on." I growled and said, "Oh yeah!? Butterfree! Use Psychic to spin the rings around and match the machine spin! Slowly try to insert the ring on a pole then!"

Butterfree eyes shone as all its rings rose and began spinning before landing successfully onto a metal pole each. James shouted shock, "Ah!? That's no fair! You're cheating!" I stuck out my tongue and said, "No rule book did not say anything about using moves to win."

I threw my rings but found out a horrible truth. Butterfree might be able to 'cheat' its way through but I can't! James laughed and said, "Ha! You won't be getting past this! And just about no one else too!" Other trainers began to slowly arrive, but their fate was worse than mine and Butterfree's. Neither them nor their pokemon could get land a single ring obstacle.

Only a certain kid that arrived last managed to get through miraculously as if his rings were some holy artifact that had 100% accuracy! Meowth laughed under its breath and said, "Brilliant! Those rings had landing guidance devices on them, and the machine identifies them and changes its speed to get them in no matter what with no one being the wiser!"

I looked at the kid and said, "Damn it, the kid rigged it!" I glared at the machine while Butterfree who was growing anxious used Psychic on my rings. I shouted, "No Butterfree! We can't cheat! Those are my rings!" Butterfree became limped as it tried to explain itself, "Free free Butterfree." I nodded and said, "I know you want to help me, but this can get us disqualified. Those cheaters…"

I glared at the machine while the trio laughed at themselves. I heard a shout, "Come on Zane! You can do this!" I looked over to see Misty. I grinned and said, "Of course I can!" I grabbed my rings with a determined heart and bright smile. Everyone stopped trying at this point seeing that it was clearly impossible. Everyone stared at me wondering what I will do.

A few gave bitter remarks of it being impossible while others state their confusedness and interest. I walked towards the machine. Meowth shouted worriedly, "What are you doing!?" Arriving in front of the machine I turned towards them and said, "I'm winning this. Butterfree use String Shot on it!" Butterfree shot out string shot causing it to slow down.

Everyone's eyes brightened. Trainer 1, "Brilliant! Weedle use String Shot! Let's stop this machine! There is no rule against this!" Everyone followed suit. Sadly, it did not stop it. I said, "Butterfree us Psychic and try to stop it or slow it down."

Butterfree eyes shone as the machine shone too. It began slowing down but it was still moving dangerously fast, but it was no longer a blur anymore. I said calmly, "This should be safe enough." I raised my arm and swiftly moved it grabbing onto a metal pole causing it to stop. I grinned as I quickly placed my ring before moving to another one.

Everyone stared wide-eyed thinking of how smart and dangerous that was. Surge smiled and said, "That kid sure has guts! No normal person would risk their hand or arm just for a competition." Misty shouted angrily, "Idiot! What the hell you think you are doing!? You can get seriously hurt!"

Placing the final ring with a bright red hand from all the impacts it took I shouted, "I'm winning no matter what! Let's go!" Butterfree nodded and we moved to the next obstacle with a few minutes later a few other trainers following us.

Arriving at the next stage, we saw that it was another impossible challenge aka Whack-A-Diglett! The kid had almost finished. It just needed its Paras to finish too. I frowned as I saw the Diglett moving and disappearing in less than half a second and it takes nearly that much time for a human to react meaning that it was impossible, but I had hope.

I placed my stick in front of a certain hole. After all, it can't avoid a hole right? 10 seconds with no Diglett coming out of it I knew it was possible! I called bs again! I looked at the kid who stuck out his tongue and moved on to the next obstacle.

I g.r.o.a.n.e.d and said, "Butterfree… I got an idea!" Everyone looked shocked as I ran to the machine that the kid used and began to easily whack Digglets and we finished in less than 5 seconds. That was until someone shouted, "That cheating! You need to stick to your own obstacles!" I stuck out my tongue and said, "There is nothing mentioning that in our rule book!"

Everyone's jaws dropped as a single thought crossed them all. Shameless! Absolutely shameless! Jessie choked Meowth shouting, "What do you think you are doing!? Why didn't you make it impossible on that one too!?"

Meowth eyes turned into whirls as he said dizzily, "I couldn't! The kid needed to win remember!" Jessie threw Meowth and shouted, "We can't let him win!" Meowth who recovered said confidently, "Don't worry Jessie! No matter what! The final obstacle is impossible for anyone other than the kid!"

Jessie smiled as she said, "Good! That twerp will pay for not handing over my Dratini!"

It took little time for me to arrive at the final obstacle at the exact time as the kid. I was confused and said, "What the hell is this? I heard that it was a challenge of moving an object to the finish line together with your pokemon for the final obstacle, but this is a joke right?"

I stared at the kid picked up a tiny weight with his Paras and said, "You don't stand a chance! We will win this Paras!" Paras nodded as it tried its best to keep up with the kid. I looked dumbly at the trucks in front of me and said, "You can't be serious… I can't move this even with Butterfree's Psychic."

Misty protested too, "Hey! Isn't this cheating!? The competition is clearly rigged! The kid only got a tiny weight while everyone else got to move a truck!" Surge shouted angrily too, "Yeah! This is not fair!" James shrugged and said mocking, "There is no rule against there being different objects. It was just an unfortunate event that all the other competitors got trucks."

I gritted my teeth and said, "Damn it… This is quest is worth so many points! This is impossible!" I ran and tried tackling the truck only to feel pain on my shoulder as it did not budge. I shouted angrily, "I must win!" I had a semi craze look as I felt that instead of a truck that I had to move it was a mountain.

Misty covered her mouth shocked as I repeatedly rammed the truck while Butterfree tried to calm me down. Misty shouted, "Stop it, Zane! Just give up. The competition was rigged from the start."

I fell to the ground holding my aching shoulder. Damn this rigged competition! They're the worst! Rigged… I got it! I recovered and said, "I am not losing without risking it all!" I ran towards the front of the truck and got into the driver spot. Everyone stared in horror as they looked at me who was still a kid get into the driver seat.

I looked around and flipping the flap at the top a pair of keys dropped down to my l.a.p. I shouted, "Butterfree! Get on top of the truck! We still have a chance!"

Butterfree who noticed my urgent voice decided to listen. Surge jumped the fence and said, "Kid stop!" I shoved the keys into the ignition and turning it the truck started and I slammed the pedal to the metal. The truck roared as we sped up.

The onlookers screamed as they saw my clumsy driving which in my defense I could only say was that my body is not suited for driving large trucks that gave me almost no visibility. Fortunately, I found a brick and placed that on the pedal.

It took seconds for me to see the kid. I shouted, "You are not beating me!" The kid noticing me driving shouted fearfully, "Is he crazy!? Come Paras! It's only a few feet away! We can do this!?" I looked at the finish line and the thought of losing crossed my mind. I shouted, "Butterfree! Use Psychic and speed up the wheels more!" Butterfree nodded and did as told. The truck picked up more speed, but this caused it to become unstable.

The truck began rocking side to side at this kind of speed. In the end, we crossed the line, and removing the brick I kicked the breaks causing an ugly crunching noise from the wheels sliding on the sand. Butterfree who was on the top had its grip destroyed as inertia took effect.

It shouted in fear, "Free!" Hearing its call, I grabbed the brick and let inertia also take effect on me instead of resisting it. I threw it onto the front window causing it to shatter while jumping outside through the front window.

I twisted my body to see Butterfree flying over me. Grabbing it, I took it onto a hug before falling onto the ground with a thud. I g.r.o.a.n.e.d as my back ached, but overall we came to a stop and we were safe. I sighed in relief and said, "Are you okay buddy?" Butterfree opened its eyes and nodded with tears in its eyes, "Free~." I smiled and said, "I'm happy you are after all. You are more important than a dumb competition."

Butterfree hugged me while I rubbed its head and said, "Finally… it ended…" A familiar voice sounded, "Kid, you're under arrest." A woman with blue hair appeared staring at me. I sighed and glared at her saying, "Excuse me, I'm having a moment, and if you disturb me again the next time you say you will arrest me you will have a valid reason."

I send her a nasty glare causing her to frown before another voice intervened, "Zane! Are you okay!?" I smiled and said, "Misty! I won! I told you I would win no matter what!"

Misty he appeared in front of me helped me up while I continued to hug Butterfree. She looked me up and down before sighing in relief and said, "I'm glad your safe." I laughed and said, "When am I not?" Misty then threw a right hook knocking me off my feet as I failed to dodge it. Well, I could have but considering the stunt I pulled. I'm going to give her this one hit. I owed her that much for scaring her senseless.

She shouted furiously, "What the hell were you thinking!? Driving a truck!? If you wanna die that bad then die once we aren't together!" I looked at the stars above me and said, "Ah! Where is the moon! I don't see any moon! Guys! The moon is missing!" Surge laughed and said, "Girl, don't knock out the last shreds of common sense he has haha!"

Misty scowled and said, "I won't knock it out! I will punch some into him!" Officer Jenny said confused, "What exactly is going on?" Surge said, "Oh, Officer Jenny, I will take full responsibility for what the kid did. He got ahead of himself and I failed to stop him. I hope you can forgive him this time." Officer Jenny sighed and said, "Fine Surge, but next time he does such a reckless thing I will be arresting him no matter who tries to take responsibility."

Cliff-Kun: The competition is finally over but what is this looming feeling that has yet to pass? What will happen!? How much common sense is left in Zane!? Find out next time in System in Pokemon World!