Chapter 1
"Hikozaru, use Flame Wheel!" yelled Satoshi.
The little fire monkey Pokémon obeyed and unleashed its Flame Wheel on the Metagross. That Metagross never had a chance, thought Hikozaru as the trainer recalled his fainted Pokémon.
Satoshi, Hikari, Takeshi, Pikachu, and Pochama were traveling towards Fire Mountain, home of many fire Pokémon, and were going through a forest clearing when Takumi, a trainer heading to Kissaki City, saw Satoshi and challenged him to a battle. Of course he said yes, thought a bemused Hikari. Satoshi never has a problem with showing off, she thought as she stood on the side with Takeshi, who was refereeing the match, and Pochama.
The battle was in Satoshi's favor, with him defeating Takumi's Laplace and Bipper easily with Naetle, but Takumi's Metagross put up a tough battle and defeated Naetle, which led to Satoshi calling out Hikozaru, which led to a rather quick victory for Satoshi. However Takumi had one Pokémon up his sleeve.
"Lucario, I choose you" yelled Takumi as he threw his last Monster Ball.
In a flash of light, a tall, blue, bipedal Pokémon stood in front of Hikozaru, ready for a battle. Hikozaru wasn't intimidated.
"Lucario, use Metal Claw" yelled Takumi.
"Hikozaru, use Blaze Emission" yelled Satoshi.
The two Pokémon jumped and used their attacks, but Hikozaru dodged Lucario's attack. When Lucario went to the ground, it was a little…toasty. However, it wasn't down yet. Takumi decided to pull out all the stops.
"Lucario, use Pulse Bomb" yelled Takumi.
Satoshi was suddenly worried. He knew how powerful Pulse Bomb can be. He quickly thought of Hikozaru's most powerful move.
"Hikozaru, use Swirl of Fire" yelled Satoshi.
Hikozaru obeyed. The two attacks hit each other and soon, the battle became a shoving match, with each combatant trying to force each of their attacks pass the other's attack. It went on for several seconds until, in a burst of power, Hikozaru sent its fire and Lucario's Pulse Bomb into Lucario. If someone were to ask Hikozaru what happened, it would put it simply as:
He went down like a ton of bricks.
That was the thoughts of everyone at the battle as Takumi returned his battered Lucario to its Monster Ball. He then went to congratulate Satoshi.
"That was a good battle. Your Pokémon are really strong" said an impressed, if not more humble, Takumi.
"Hey, you weren't bad either" said Satoshi.
"Do you think I can meet your Hikozaru? I never saw one before and it seems really cool" asked Takumi.
"Sure" said a blushing Satoshi (Hikari and Takeshi stifled giggles at Satoshi's growing head) "Hikozaru, come over here".
To his surprise, Hikozaru didn't come. Assuming Hikozaru just didn't hear him, Satoshi called him over again. However, Hikozaru just looked over and looked back with his nose up in the air.
"Hikozaru, don't be rude. Come over here" said a slightly angry Satoshi.
Hikozaru jumped on the trees and proceeded to swing around. Satoshi was starting to lose his patience.
"I'm very sorry, it usually very obedient. I don't know what's wrong" an embarrassed Satoshi told Takumi. Satoshi then went after Hikozaru.
"I don't know what's wrong. Hikozaru usually doesn't act like this" said Takeshi. He, Hikari, Pikachu, and Pochama went over to Takumi. Just as they were going to talk (well, as best as Pikachu and Pochama can), they all heard:
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Everyone jumped at the noise. There was no question that it was Satoshi's scream. Pikachu ran to Satoshi while the others stood there in shock. They were about to follow Pikachu when Satoshi came out with Pikachu. Satoshi looked like he was cooked over an open fire. In his hand was a Monster Ball. He went over to Takumi and his friends.
"Wouldn't you rather see my Buoysel? My Hikozaru…um…well…wouldn't you rather see my Buoysel?" asked Satoshi.
It was obvious to the three other trainers and two Pokémon why Satoshi was roasted.
"That's okay, maybe another time" said a nervous Takumi.
They traveled together until they got to the road where they had to go different ways. Before Takumi left the group, he turned back to the group.
"Satoshi, may I talk to you alone for a second?" Takumi asked.
"Whatever you have to say, you can say it with my friends here" Satoshi said, still angry about Hikozaru and shocked that Takumi didn't seem to trust his friends.
"I know this isn't any of my business, but I think you may want to train your Hikozaru better. Do you know how dangerous and embarrassing an unruly Pokémon can be?" asked Takumi.
"Yeah, I have an idea" said an embarrassed Satoshi.
And with that, they said their goodbyes and went their separate ways.
Satoshi began pondering Takumi's words about unruly Pokémon and his previous experiences with an unruly Pokémon.
Takeshi and Pikachu had a good idea what was going through their friend's head. Hikari and Pochama had no idea what Satoshi was talking about. They never saw any of his Pokémon disobey him before today.
However, all four knew this: they knew that it would be best not to say anything to Satoshi about it. At least, not yet.