The fight between Zubat and Ekans was pretty boring for 5 minutes. Zubat tries to dodge Rock Slide and hit Ekans with Shadow Ball. Ekans tries to dodge a shadow ball and hit Zubat with Rock Slide.

The fight would be decided sooner if Zubat didn't have such a bad Sp. Atk of 30 points. Although Zubat was very good at the move shadow ball, he couldn't do much harm to Ekans. Only after Ekans was hit 10 times was Ekans seriously injured. The problem is that Zubat was hit by a rock slide after 5 minutes. ​​

Alex knew that his Zubat was in a very bad condition. He thought about giving up. he doesn't want Zubat to suffer permanent harm. Alex wanted to decide when he saw Zubat. Although this dust is an advantage, Alex must know Zubat's conditions.

Alex shouted "Zubat use your wings to sweep the dust off the battlefield"

Maria and the other rookies were perplexed about why Alex was giving up his advantage. But for Alex, this victory was worth less than the safety of Zubat. He thinks that Zubat is his family why should he risk his family member for a stupid victory.

Zubat seems to have heard his order and started sweeping the arena with dust.

Alex looked at Zubat's condition and realized that Zubat was badly injured. although it is not yet in a critical condition, the next time Zubat is hit, Zubat will pass out. Ekans looked no better than Zubat, he was bleeding all over and badly injured.

Alex thought "Fuck, I probably overreacted. NO, that was the right decision, I don't want to bet with Zubat's body. Now I should think quickly about how I can win. although Zubat has no dangerous wounds, he probably can't take another hit. The fight has to end quickly or I'll lose. Although Ekans can probably only take one hit, Ekans can use Protect to save himself and then defeat my Zubat with Rock Slide. Fuck what do I do now? can only hope for luck. "

Alex quickly shouted "Zubat use Confuse Ray"

Maria reacted quickly and said "Ekans use Protect and then use Rock Slide"

Zubat shoots a yellow ball in the direction of Ekans. Ekans managed to create a shield in time and blocked Zubat's yellow ball. After the Yellow Ball was blocked, Ekans started using Rock Slide.

Alex reacted quickly and shouted "dodge and then use Confuse Ray"

Although Zubat tried to evade, Rock Slide hit him. Zubat fell on the ground and was bleeding all over his body. But he managed to stay awake with his willpower.

Alex who saw this knew he had lost and said with a sad voice "I'm giving up"

Although, in theory, Zubat can still fight. Alex thought the risk that Zubat gets permanent damage is not worth a win.

Maria who has just won a close fight shouted happily "Ekans we won, you are the strongest"

Alex called Zubat back to the Pokemon Ball and quickly ran into Team Rocket Pokemon Center.

On the way to the Pokemon Center Alex thought "I lost. After a week of planning and an almost perfect strategy, I still lost. Fuck. I can live with it if I lose because I was too weak, but I feel like in this fight is the Winner the person with more luck. No, it's stupid to cry about luck. If I was stronger luck doesn't matter. But I can understand why I lost it. Zubat attack strength was really bad, after 10 hits Ekans was still awake. But I can't blame Zubat for that. Zubat itself is a weak Pokemon with a Total of 245 Base stats. If Zubat evolved into Golbat he would have a Total of 455 Base stats. Even if Ekans evolves into Arbok, I believe the Golbat with the same strategy will win. Also, Zubat has another evolution, namely Crobat. Fuck even though I know all this, I'm really mad that I lost."

Alex had Zubat heal for free at Team Rocket Pokemon Center and went back to the tournament room.

Rookies can use Team Rocket Pokemon Center for free. But later you have to pay 10 TR Points per Pokemon that you want to heal.

Alex walked into the room and saw that all the rookies were waiting for him.

Lisa said "Ok, now that everyone is there and nobody wants to fight anymore, I'll finish the tournament. The winner is Maria. Maria will take part in the boss tournament in a month and will get 5000 TR Points as a reward for winning. Alex gets 2500 TR Points. Lars gets 1500 TR Points. Bruno gets 1000 TR Points. ...

The Rookie tournament was officially over.

AUTHOR THOUGHT----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What's the main character lose?

Yes in this story it is possible for Alex to lose fights.

I want my fights to be tense. That you never know if Alex will make it or fail. Although Alex can lose, he is still a very strong trainer, with his system and tactics. He would probably have won if he had bet with zubat's well-being. Alex lost that fight mostly because Zubat is a very weak Pokemon if it doesn't evolve. He is only a human and not a god, he cannot invalidate this fact.