Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or any of the other franchises I have or will be borrowing from. If I did I would be too busy spending my mountains of money.
Chapter 1: Lumiose city backstreet brawl.
Kurosaki Ichigo was not in a good mood. There were many reasons for this, one of which was that the blackout in Lumiose city had finally ended. Most people would think this was a good thing, but Ichigo preferred the darkness and solitude to the bright noise. He had, however, not only stayed in northern Lumiose through most of the blackout, but also promised a friend he met on his travels that he would show her around the city once the electricity came back and people were allowed back in. This was the second reason for his bad mood.
The traffic in Lumiose, however, was bad on average, smooth at best and abysmal at worst, as would certainly be the case when people started returning to the no longer deserted city. There was only one way he would be able to show a girl her size more than one shop that did not lead to her getting kidnapped by some back alley thug.
Which was, coincidentally, the third reason for his lousy mood.
"So you want me to keep the alleys clean for an entire day, at a time when traffic and tourism will be at an all-time high? You have some serious balls, kid. What makes you think you have the right to order me and my underlings around like that?"
Ichigo sighed. He had pretty much expected that reply, but he had to do this if he was going to fulfil his promise. While he would normally not have cared, this was one thing he had to do. He owed the girl that much. Not to mention, with his hobby of hanging around in the shadows, he was probably the only person in Kalos who knew how to flatter this guy.
"Because your perverted morals won't let you refuse a demand from someone who can beat you in a Pokémon battle and your perverted pride won't let you refuse a challenge. Isn't that right, you pervert?"
The man before him grinned eerily at the insults. "Flattery will get you nowhere. So you think you can take on Lumiose city's underground face, do you? You have some suuper guts, kid. However, the back alleys is a place ruled by the strong, so I'll need part of my A-team to enforce your will even if you win, so how about this: we do three sets of one-on-one battles, best two out of three wins."
You'd never expect a gangster to parade the back alleys wearing nothing but a Hawaii shirt and a men's thong, but considering there was one that was insane enough to do this on a regular basis, voluntarily, it wasn't really that big of a surprise when he had overheard him taking being called a pervert as a compliment.
"Sounds ok to me. You're too perverted to even think of cheating, of course, so I don't think there will be an issue if we do this here and now. This perverted place does look big and sturdy enough to handle you and your perverted Pokémon. Am I right, pervert?"
"Please, call me Franky. All this flattery is more than enough to earn you your battle with yours truly. However, if you lose, you work for me. I can make use of someone who can apparently sneak past my underlings unnoticed."
"Deal"
Round 1: Ichigo's Shinigami(Dusknoir) vs. Franky's Kurosai(Shiny Rhyhorn)
"Go, Shinigami."
"Let's go, Kurosai"
'He's using his racing Rhyhorn in battle? I better watch out.', Ichigo thought, his mind racing. 'Better start off by making sure I hit' "Shinigami, use shadow punch!"
"Kurosai, use thief!"
The unusually coloured Rhyhorn quickly dealt some decent damage and took the opportunity to swipe the Dusknoir's leftovers while he was at it. It hardly paid attention to the sure-to-hit attack. 'Damn, that thing if way faster than it looks. Also, Shinigami's not looking too great. Thank Arceus I prepared my moves in advance. It'll all come down to the next few hits.'
"Your Dusknoir isn't much, it seems." Franky said confidently. "Feel like throwing in the towel? Now that my Kurosai stole your leftovers this battle is pretty much over."
"Not yet. This isn't over 'till Shinigami bites the dust."
"Have it your way. Kurosai, thief again."
"Grab it and give it an ice punch!"
"What?"
As the spikes Pokémon came in for it's second attack, it was unable to end its charge and struck the Dusknoir, getting grabbed by it's horn in the process. The following icy fist to its face froze its tiny brain solid.
"Keep using ice punch while it's frozen!"
"I don't think so. Kurosai, return."
"Does that mean I win round one?"
"…Yes. Yes it does."
"Well then, return, Shinigami."
Round 2: Ichigo's Zangetsu(Doublade) vs. Franky's Thousand Sunny(Male Pyroar)
"Well, this is bad. We'd better end this fast. Zangetsu, use sacred sword"
"Sunny, overheat!"
Doublade, despite its efforts, couldn't swing in time to stop the massive fire that its own ability made sure wouldn't miss.
"Nice Pyroar. Who named it?"
"An old acquaintance of mine. He was a weird one, but he knew a thing or three about raising Pokémon. Still think you can defeat me? This week's me is suuuuper! You should try again when you've gotten your Doublade a dusk stone."
"He prefers staying the way he is, so mind your own perverted business. I still have a trick up my sleeve."
Round 3: Ichigo's Kon(Banette) vs. Franky's Honchcrow
"I figured you'd use another ghost type. No self-respecting non-specialist trainer would use a Dusknoir AND a Doublade in a fight like this. Just as no self-respecting gangster would not have a Honchcrow."
"I'm still going to win. Let me show you how scary ghost types can be. Kon, time to mega evolve!"
"Mega-what now?"
As Ichigo pulled out what seemed to be a wooden badge of some sort and pressed his fingers to it, Kon the Banette was enveloped in a pink/gray-ish shell of some sort. As it emerged, its cloth had darkened and opened around its hands and legs, which, along with its now extended head, had zippers that were not there a moment ago. Its skin was purple beneath the cloth, and for some reason the sight sent shivers down the back of Lumiose city's underground face.
Not wanting to see what it was planning, he decided to end it quickly.
"Honchcrow, use night slash!"
"Kon, will-o-wisp, now!"
The shadowy puppet conjured several eerie blue orbs of fire, which moved at blinding speeds towards the gangster bird, whose attack was not as devastating as Franky had anticipated.
"If my Honchcrow can't hurt your Banett, then I'll just have your Banette do it for him. Honchcrow, use swagger."
"Kon, counter with substitute"
In a movement to brief to see the Banette had replaced itself with a dummy, which the Honchcrow then attempted to agitate, with no result at all. By now it was having a hard time staying airborne due to its severely burnt wings.
"Let's give it a taste of its own medicine. Kon, use swagger you too!"
"Hit it back with night slash!"
The swiftly enraged Honchcrow proceeded to strike the substitute with darkened claws, instantly dispelling the dummy.
"Now that your attack is raised we are back in the game. Finish this with a night slash!"
"Not if we can do something about that. Kon, use night shade!"
The Marionette Pokémon, now moving far slower yet still marginally outracing the Big boss Pokémon, spawned a horrifying image, causing the confused bird to veer off course and crash into a nearby wall, effectively taking itself out in the process.
"Good job, Kon.
"You too, Honchcrow, return. That's a nice Banette you had there. Who named it, and what was that mega-thingy you did with it?"
"Mega evolution needs three things to occur: the Pokémon in question must hold its species' mega stone, the trainer must have a mega item to trigger it and the bond between trainer and Pokémon must be strong enough to connect the two items. As for your first question, our bond is so strong that Kon could simply tell me his name."
"You can talk to ghost types? That's suuuuper! A deal is a deal. Tomorrow, the alleys will be open for traffic. Who knows, it might lull the tourists into a false sense of security."
"Thanks for that. I'll be taking my leave now."
Thus, Ichigo and Kon left the same way they had entered. Namely, trough the wall. Now that an important part of the guide job – necessary infrastructure – had been secured, he could finally show Rukia the city.
'I guess it's the least I could do for her. She did give me the mega badge and the banettite after all. Now where should I tell her to meet me? There's probably gonna be a lot of people at all the major landmarks, but if the place is too unknown she won't be able to find me. I know, how about…"
A/N
And there it is. The first chapter of my new little hobby project. As you could probably see due to the very open ending, I have an idea or two to spare, and I will write more of these when I have the time and motivation. If you have any ideas about matchups or teams I would appreciate if you would PM me about it. If there is anything else, leave a rewiew.