Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any character from the anime/manga/games that might get a cameo in the story. I do own Darrin and any other OCs I put in the story.
Also I apologize for the many nerd moments that will most likely appear through out the story X3

(thinking), ("communicating mentally"), (-"pokemon communicating mentally"-), -sound effect-

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It's the middle of the afternoon, and a beautiful spring day. A flock of Pidgeotto are flying over a large city that's full of plants and people. Kids are running around, some playing games, and others are heading off into a forest to either train or play with their pokemon. In what looks like a large garden full of flowers, trees, and grass pokemon, there's a large circular building with a greenhouse attached to it, and a cobblestone sidewalk leading to the entrance. Loud crashing and yelling can be heard from inside of the main building. Today a trainer challenged the gym leader of this city. In the middle of the building is the battlefield where the trainer and the leader are battling.

The bleachers are full of young women and their grass pokemon that are cheering for the leader, and on the left end of the battlefield is the female leader. She had brown eyes, and black hair going down to her shoulder, and a yellow kimono with a light red hakama. On the opposite end of the field was the a young male trainer with short brown hair that was neck length, and eyes that matched its color. He was wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans with a black belt around his waist, and a large yellow rucksack that rested under his right arm with the strap hanging from his left shoulder. That trainer is me, and this is my story.

"Alright Lucia, finish it with Blaze Kick!" I yelled as her leg lit up before delivering a burning drop kick to the heavily damaged Tangela.

"Gela...Tan..gelaaa..." it murmured before falling backwards.

A girl in a striped dress raised her arm with a red flag and pointed to me.

"Tangela is unable to battle! Victory goes to Lucia.". Lucia ran to me and jumped into my arms with a wide grin on her face.

"Great job Lucia." I told her while hugging her.

"Ruurr, rio riolu ru!" she yipped back before the judge said loudly "So far the leader has only one pokemon left, while the challenger still has all three of his. Leader, please send out your next pokemon!".

"Alright, let's show them what the power of nature can do. Go Vileplume!" she said as an over-sized Vileplume wobbled out to the field from the sidelines.

The ref turned to me and asked, "Challenger, will you make a substitution?".

I looked down at the little black and blue Riolu who was in bad shape from her fights with Victreebel and Tangela and nodded before calling Lucia back to her ball.

I placed her ball onto my belt before pulling off another ball before taunting the leader, "If your next pokemon is as strong as they say, then my next pokemon shouldn't be a threat at all. But then again she is my strongest pokemon and my partner, so don't expect an easy match. Go Serene!".

I threw the ball into the middle of the arena, and after the basic beam of light dissipated, a dancing Kirlia appeared from it. She was wearing two yellow ribbons, one tied to her hair on each side, which she tightened up, pretending to ignore her opponent. Finally, she turned to the Vileplume and took a long look at it, before turning her head away with a smug look on her face.

"Lia kirlia." she said to the Vileplume with a smug look, as if she was saying he wasn't worth her time. The leader finally had enough and commanded her pokemon.

"Vileplume use Stun Spore!". Its large petals twitched before it sprayed a large Stun Spore cloud at Serene.

"Serene, you know what to do.". She turned to me and looked at me with a red face before nodding, "Kir!" before Teleporting behind Vileplume and using Psychic.

She smiled wickedly before raising her hand and sending it into the ceiling. It yelled out in pain before getting thrown against the wall behind me, then the wall by the entrance, before she threw it back into the ceiling directly above the leader. She increased the pressure around it to hurt it one last time before releasing it from the attack.

As it fell to the floor the leader caught it before it could hit the ground and yelled, "Stop the match! Vileplume can't take anymore of this.".

"Vilepluuuume" it muttered trying to tell her it wanted to fight, before it fainted in her arms. The ref raised her arm and the red flag, "Vileplume is unable to battle. The battle goes to Darrin and Serene."

Serene Teleported and reappeared in front of me smiling.

"Perfect as always Serene." I said to her before kneeling down to hug her. She blushed and mewled at me before hugging back. Applause could be heard throughout the arena while the leader walked up to us clapping.

I stood up while still holding Serene in my arms as the leader said, "You and your pokemon were terrific, and I really enjoyed our battle, despite how brief it was. You and your pokemon worked perfectly together, and even overcame the power of nature itself, and for that you deserve this." She then held out her hand which held a small multicolored badge in it.

"With this, you will have proof of your victory in the Celadon City gym.". I took it and showed it to Serene before bowing.

"Thank you for the battle Miss Erika.". Then Serene and I yelled out as I held the badge up, "Alright! We got the Rainbow Badge.".

"Kirlia lia!". Erika and all the girls that worked there applauded us as we walked out of the gym.

"Hey Serene, do you wanna go pick up a victory lunch after we stop by the Pokemon Center?".

She looked up at me wide eyed knowing what this meant. "Kirlia!".

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-ding- "Hello and welcome to the Pokemon Center. How may I help you?". Serene and I walked through the large waiting room up to the counter.

"Can you check my pokemon please?" I asked her while taking the balls off my belt and setting them on the table.

I knelt down to pick Serene up but she backed away from me.

"-sighs- Serene, I know you don't like being away from me, but you do need to get a check-up once in a while.". She glared at me before she walked around the counter and stood by Nurse Joy.

I flinched when she did that, seeing that the sensors on her head began to let off a dark red glow.

("Sorry Serene. I'll make it up to you later, okay.").

(-"You'd better, especially after making me stay in that cramped ball during most of the battle earlier."-).

"I'll go take care of them right now. You can wait here or take a look around town.". she told me before setting each ball into a tray.

While Nurse Joy and Serene walked off into the examination room I walked over to the nearest sofa and sat down dropping my rucksack to the side of my seat. After a few minutes of waiting I pulled out my badge cases from my coat pocket and looked at the newest addition. 8 badges from Sinnoh and now 4 badges from Kanto. I put the cases away and laid down on the sofa and started to reminisce on our journey.

(It seems like it's been so long since we left Hoenn. I wonder how everyone is doing.). I thought to myself before I picked up my rucksack and pulled out a photo with a group of kids and adults in it. In the middle was a brown eyed boy with brown hair hanging in his face, wearing blue shorts and a white t-shirt, with a Ralts sitting on his shoulder that had a yellow ribbon tied around her neck. In his arms was a blue egg with black designs and a bow wrapped around it.

To his left was an older kid with blue eyes and hair that was almost the same shade of blue that hung down in front of his face. He wore a white long sleeved shirt and black pants, with a Feebas in his arms.
I couldn't keep myself from laughing at the face he made trying to hold it still while it struggled in his arms.

The last kid was a girl standing to the right of the boy in the middle. She was only a few inches shorter than the boy, and she was wearing a pink dress, with green eyes and long green hair with black stripes in it.
I chuckled looking at her hair, since it used to be black before she started dying it. I don't think it'll ever turn black again with the amount of dye she put in it. She had a shiny Growlith sitting next to her and a Castform sitting on her head.

I turned the picture over and looked at the date. It was the day my big brother Wallace left to start on his journey. I sighed and put the picture away before relaxing in my seat.

My vision was starting to get blurry, so I put the picture away and set my rucksack back onto the floor before I laid down on the sofa, nearly falling asleep soon after. Before I nodded off completely, something went through my mind.

(Why does Serene always give me that look when we're together?)

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I was dreaming about the last time my friends and I were together, before being forced back into reality by the sounds of yelling and footsteps.

"Nurse Joy, We need your help.". Several kids came running in, each carrying an injured pokemon in their arms calling for Nurse Joy.
She came running out of the room my pokemon were in sending a Chansey to finish the check-up for her.

"What happened to your pokemon, kids?". Some were crying to much to speak, while the rest were saying they were attacked while training. I was still half asleep so I didn't hear to much of their conversation, but when the words "Invincible" and "Trainer" came up, they had my full attention. I was about to get up to ask where this so-called 'Invincible Trainer' was at, when something tugged on my pant leg.

"Oh, hey Serene." I said to her while she climbed onto the sofa next to me. I smiled seeing that she wasn't angry with me anymore, so I figured I would try to make it up to her. I ran my hand through her hair while petting her head messing it up a bit. She blushed while I did this, humming to herself until I finished and pulled my hand away. She looked up at me and noticed my smile and the look I was giving her. She put her hands in her now bushy hair and freaked out. The whole time she spent combing it down with her hands she was staring daggers at me.

"So, How are you feeling?". After fixing her hair up, she hopped off the seat and turned to me. She raised her arm and pointed at me while winking, which I assumed was her trying to give me a thumbs-up. I smiled at her before looking back at the group of kids that were still trying to explain what happened to the nurse.

"You feel up for a fight?". She nodded while I stood up and we walked over to the nurse and the kids.

"So where is this guy that did this to your pokemon?". A few of them went on about staying away from him, but a brown haired boy wearing blue shorts and a red T-shirt with a white pokeball on it boy turned to me.

"Do you think you can beat him and pay him back for hurting my Sandshrew?".

I put my hand on the top of his head and grinned, "Kid, if me and Serene can't beat him, then we don't deserve our title. I wouldn't go around risking our reputation if I thought we couldn't win.".

"Alright then, I'll show you where he's at as long as I get to watch you kick his butt.".

My grin widened, "Deal.".

Nurse Joy walked up to me and bowed her head, "Thank you for taking care of this for me. This trainer has been keeping us busy for a few weeks now. The authorities would usually take care of this, but Officer Jenny has been out of town visiting Pewter City for awhile now."

She looked down and noticed Serene standing next to me and gave me a confused look. "When did Chansey bring your pokemon back out to you?".

"She didn't. Serene knows how to open her ball from the inside.". Serene raised her arm, smiling, "Kirlia!".

"You ready to go, kid?".

He nodded to me and handed his injured Sandshrew to Nurse Joy before the 3 of us walked out to hunt down our new opponent.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To be Continued

So how was it? I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did making it. Sorry if parts of it were confusing. I know I didn't give enough information about each character, or the main characters background, but that's because I don't want to give to much away at the start. The longer the story goes, the more information I give out. I'm going to make you all work for it. Yes I really am that evil X3 kukukuku...