An Umbreon's wish
"Hey Amy, want to battle later" I said pumped after my last victory
"Not today Alastair, maybe another time" she said sweetly
"Aw, ok" I said disappointed, I hadn't seen her in a while and I was trying to make some sort arrangement to meet up but, unfortunately, I haven't had any success. I looked at my Umbreon as she stared upwards at me, she looked almost as disappointed as me, and I knew she missed Aundrea (her Leafeon), they always played when I went over to Amy's house.
"So, what shall we do now Umbreon?"
"Umbre!" she said angrily
"Huh?" I said confused while following her angry gaze, I now realize why she was angry, it was my rival, Connor.
"Heh" he looked over and drew one of his pokéballs and shouted
"Go Machamp!" He threw the pokeball high into the air and the large, four-armed Pokémon appeared in a beam of light
"MAAAACHAMP!" it said flexing its muscles
"I can see your Machamp's still as full of it's self as you" I laughed
"Shut up, just choose your Pokémon" He was acting very bossy, bossier than usual anyway. Then I noticed a female trainer come round the corner
"Hey Connor, who's your friend" she said happily walking over to him and kissing him on the cheek, he didn't react at all
"He isn't my friend, he's the complete opposite actually, he's my enemy"
"Aw, enemies such a harsh word, I think rival covers it better" I said trying annoy him as usual
"Just stand aside Meghan"
"Humph" she said with a slightly mistreated kind of look on her face. She walked a few paces away and turned to face Connor once again.
"I choose Umbreon" I said happily, Connor gave a few 'tut's' and then replied with
"Come on, you do realize your Umbreon will be no match against my Machamp"
"Seriously, I don't think that Machop on steroids could beat a Magicarp" I said trying to holding in my laughter
"You really need to grow up Alastair, your childishness always makes you the loser" he said boasting
"Sorry how many battles have you won against me again?" I said knowing that he actually hasn't beaten me once, the closest he's got to is a draw
"Oh shut up, you can go first"
"Ooh, thank you" I said sarcastically. "Umbreon, Quickattack!" She sped off in the Machamp's direction as soon as I said the word quick, she knew exactly what I was planning, we have trained for so long together that I think we've almost become telepathic.
"She got to Machamp and Connor, expectedly, said
"Machamp, Karate chop" Quickly Umbreon dodged behind Machamp while Machamp smashed the side of one of its hands into the ground in front of it
"Umbreon, Shadow ball" she fired a dark ball into the back of the Machamp at short range sending the Machamp flying across the field and then hitting the floor below. It slowly picked it's self up with all four arms and stood facing Umbreon
"Use Earthquake!"
"Huh, how can it know that?" I said confused
"I used a TM idiot" I didn't reply. I watched as the whole ground began to shake violently but there was Umbreon standing happily. I taught her how to avoid getting any damage from Earthquake, I taught her to go with the seismic movements
"I guess my training is paying off" I said watching Connor struggling for balance
"Right! Umbreon use Pursuit!" she suddenly disappeared out of all of ours sight, I quickly glanced at Connor's girlfriend who's eyes where wide with amazement. Connor's Machamp stopped the Earthquake as it frantically looked around for the invisible Umbreon, I smiled and then said
"Now, Umbreon!" Umbreon suddenly appeared right in the face of her opponent smashing into it with great speed. The Machamp held its face in agony
"Now, Bite!" I shouted. She then bit Machamp's right ankle causing it to collapse. It wasn't finished yet, but I was close
"Now finish it with Hyperbeam" A move I taught her using a TM
"Do the same Machamp"
"Oh no" suddenly both Pokémon were charging up Hyperbeam "This is going to be interesting" I said more interested than fearful. Machamp let its go first with a poor aim, hitting the floor just in front of Umbreon, it did a small amount of damage, but it was nothing compared to what was about to happen to Machamp
"Hold it… Now!" I shouted happily, suddenly a huge beam of light charged straight into the injured Machamp's chest flinging it straight into Connor's direction
"Ahh" he shouted before dodging out of the way of his flying Pokémon. It soon landed a few meters away from Connor with a huge 'THUMP'
"No Machamp!" he shouted trying to sound sympathetic
"Hang on a sec" Meghan said with an angry expression "was that sarcasm?"
"No… It's just, I honestly don't care, Pokémon faint all the time" I tried not to smile as a huge argument began to brew between the two lovers.
That's it, I'm braking up with you!"
"Aw, really" he said with a small amount of sadness in his voice. Her eyes widened with shock, shock because of realizing how much of a jerk he is.
"That's it!" she pulled out a Pokéball from her belt
"Oh, this is going to be good" I said as Umbreon and me continued to watch Connor and Meghan
"Go Blastoise!" she shouted "now use Hydro Pump!" she shouted with all her might
"Oh no" Connor said as a ton of water came charging towards him. The water rammed into him and Machamp sending both flying down the hill we were battling on.
While me and Umbreon tried to contain our laughter Meghan gave a small sigh
"Ah, I'm sorry Meghan" I said sympathetically
"Ugh, its fine, I'm glad you won, he was a jerk!" I could hear a huge amount of revenge in her voice so I guessed this wasn't the first argument they've had, but probably the last.
"So… Do you want to come to my place maybe?" I said just trying to be friendly
"No, no it's ok, thanks though" she said still looking at the ground with her fist clenched
"Well if you need anything, you can always call me" I knew she had my number because I gave it to her while we were at school, a few years ago now.
"Thanks…" she said starting to walk away in the opposite direction that Connor went
"See ya"
"Bye" she said softly, she had started to relax now which made me less concerned about her and then I finally took my leave.
I decided to walk down to my favorite café which was only a couple of minutes away and have a drink.
"Alastair!" Ben shouted "It's been too long, too long I say, where have you been all these weeks? What have you been doing with yourself?"
"Hi Ben, I can see you haven't changed, just here and there, you?
"Well I've been here haven't I, working my but off while you mess about playing around" I gave him a startled look as he has never complained like this before
"Of course I'm only joking, I admire what ever your generation does" He said joking, he was only twenty so I don't see to much difference between our 'generations' but that's just his sense of humor.
"Hey Phil! Get this kid a…" he said looking at me to finish his sentence
"A milkshake please, any would be fine and an Oran berry-blend for Umbreon" Umbreon looked up and smiled at me, Oran berry-blends were her absolute favorite of all blends.
Ben showed me to an elegant table which looked like it should belong in some sort of castle or something because of its engravings along the side and the expensive looking cloth upon it.
My Milkshake came within a few seconds and Umbreon's Oran berry-blend came only a few seconds after while others were still waiting to have their orders taken. I didn't feel guilty for getting special treatment, I don't see that I needed to, I just think of it as a gift from a friend.
"How's your Oran berry-blend then Umbreon?" Umbreon just purred as she lapped up the thick blue liquid which was in a small bowl on the floor.
"I'm glad you like it" I said smiling. Once me and Umbreon had finished I called over Ben, who was in the middle of taking someone's order but instead of waiting till they had finished he asked them to wait a minute and then came to me
"Oh, do you want some more, Phil…"
"NO, wait a sec, I just wanted to know how much to pay, it's getting late and…"
"Pay!" he then laughed a bit and carried on with "Come on Alastair, you're my friend you don't need to pay" he said it kind of like I should have known that but I honestly didn't feel right about not paying
"Are you sure?"
"Yes" he said very straight "Now run along, I've got customers to get to" he said winking at me with a smile. I thanked him and went off, I went in the direction of my house but finally decided that I wasn't sleepy enough to go to sleep yet, so I decided to turn south.
I finally got to my destination, my destination being Ilex forest's entrance. As I walked over I saw a few campers with their Pokémon, one, a Jolteon, which seamed to take a particular interest in me as it didn't stop watching me until I got to the guardian
"Hey kid, what you doing here?" the women said very grumpily
"Oh, I was just going to go for a mid-night stroll, is that alright" I said a bit shocked as I've come here many times without a problem, Umbreon rubbed her cheeks against my leg, purring as she did so
"Aw, Umbreon come on" I picked her up and laid her in my arms her eyes looking straight into mine
"Just be careful kid, Ilex forest is a dangerous place in the day, and even more so at night"
"I'll be fine but thank you for the warning" I said as politely as possible and I walked through the entrance, noticing the Jolteon was still watching me.