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It was a sunny afternoon and a small boat lay docked by a pier, which was built on the beach just to the south of Sandgem Town. On the pier stood a young man of about eighteen years; who had short, spiky hair that was just a shade off from white and eyes of a startling green, he wore a navy t-shirt and cargo jeans, with a pair of white sneakers, the belt at his waist was worn loosely and had six pokeball slots, two of which were filled. Next to him stood his pokemon, a pair of buizel, the first, a male, was slightly larger than average and the second, a female, had icy blue eyes. He waved goodbye to the captain, who was a family friend, and turned around to start walking towards the town, his pokemon following close behind. They soon reached the small town, which consisted of only a few houses, a store and pokemon center, and a large building that looked like a laboratory of some sort. They made their way to the store first, and the two pokemon waited outside for their trainer to buy the supplies they would need for their journey. By the time he exited with a backpack full of food and other necessities it was getting late, so they headed over to the pokemon center, which offered free room and board to trainers. After he had gotten a room and put the supplies away, he let his pokemon wander freely around the large lobby/lounge area. Since it was only a small town, there were only a few trainers there, gathered around a large TV and watching some kind of news report. As he walked over, the screen showed a picture of a boy, about 16 years old; the newscaster said that this was the fifth in a string of strange disappearances and that authorities hadn't made any progress in the case so far. One of the other trainers, a boy in a red jacket and jeans, looked up when he noticed someone standing next to him.

"Pretty scary isn't it," he said. "Luckily it's in Veilstone, so we don't really have to worry. By the way I'm Troy" holding out a hand

The grey haired trainer took it and said "Nice to meet you I'm Daniel."

Troy looked up at the clock, seeing that it was getting late, he sighed and said "I was going to ask you if you wanted to battle, but it's late, so how about in the morning?"

Daniel smiled and nodded "sure."

Troy got up and started walking towards the bedrooms "Great, I'll see you then."

Once Daniel had collected his pokemon he too headed to his room.

Breakfast the next morning was a simple affair, with scrambled eggs, and pancakes but just as he was sitting down to eat, Daniel noticed that Troy was walking over to him

"It's about time you woke up," said the boy, who appeared to have been up for some time "so, you still up for that battle?"

Daniel smiled "You bet I am."

After breakfast, they headed out to the beach, which was an ideal place for a battle. Once they had arrived, Troy pulled out a pokeball and shouted "Go Turtwig!"

"Looks like you're up, Rei" Daniel said as the female Buizel stepped forward.

The pokemon stood, sizing each other up.

"Turtwig, use bite" Said Troy as his pokemon ran towards its opponent. "Quick attack, Rei" Daniel called out and the buizel rushed forward and slammed into the other pokemon, which immediately tried to bite her. She jumped back just in time as her trainer yelled "Water gun". She fired a jet of water from her mouth, which hit the turtwig directly, but did almost nothing. "Tackle" said Troy causing his pokemon to run forward and straight into Rei, who was knocked flat. The buizel stood up; shaking her head; and quickly charged the other pokemon at her trainer's command of "quick attack". She once again slammed into her opponent, but failed to avoid the resulting bite. She broke free of the other pokémon's grip but only to collapse, unable to continue.

"That's one down" said Troy with a smirk.

Daniel withdrew his Pokemon into her pokeball. "Zero, looks like it's your turn." And the larger buizel stepped forward.

The turtwig charged forward at his trainer's command of "tackle" only to have the buizel step to the side at the last moment at his own trainer's command. Zero then fired a jet of water from his mouth, hitting his opponent directly but the turtwig charged straight into Zero as Troy yelled out "bite. The plant pokemon clamped down on his foes shoulder, causing Zero to cry out. "You have to get away, use return!" and his pokemon lashed out, landing a devastating blow to the turtwig, forcing him to let go and sending him flying backward. The turtwig landed heavily, and did not rise.

"Wow, that was some hit," Troy said as he withdrew his pokemon "but I'm just getting started. Go starly!"

The bird pokemon emerged from her pokeball straight into a dive bomb as her trainer called out "wing attack" and hit her foe with great force, nearly knocking him down but the large buizel retaliated at his trainers call with another return; which sent the starly spiraling wildly. She stabilized just in time and came around for another attack, this time landing her wing attack square in her opponent's chest, knocking him flat on his back. Zero struggled to rise, but to no avail. He collapsed on the sand, unable to continue.

"Looks like you win this one" Daniel said as he put Zero back in his pokeball.

"That was a good battle." Troy said, looking at his watch "It's that late already? I'll see you around." He said as he walked away.

Daniel walked back to the pokemon center to get heal his pokemon, then spent the remainder of the day relaxing on the beach, watching his pokemon as they played in the ocean.