Chapter 1;
Everyday. Everyday that same thing haunts me. I dream about it every night. There I was, crowned champion of the Kanto region. I had just defeated Lance and his team of dragons. The world was at my feet. When suddenly my old rival came walking through the doors. He had just defeated the Elite Four. I was ready for this, I was Champion. We greeted each other without any warmth, despite being best friends this was both of our childhood dream. The T.V. cameras were brought into the room, and we were set to go live in Kanto, as well as elsewhere in the globe. I took a deep breath as our battle begun.
The battle was long. It tired us both mentally and our decision making was deteriorating. We were both down to one Pokémon each. On my side was a Blastoise, and on his side it was an Infernape. Both of these Pokémon were the first we had ever obtained. And now, all this time later we were battling each other, like the first time. Squirtle and Chimchar had now grown up, as had we. We locked eyes, both glaring into each other's souls.
I was confident in our chances. We had the type advantage, and also we had been in this situation before whereas Dylan and his Infernape were inexperienced. Dylan smiled slightly and his expression was wiped of all stress. He seemed like he was reminiscing about the past.
'So here we are again Daniel, huh?,' the red head said calmly. The male was taller than my 6'1" and his hair was styled into casual disarray. He wore a white polo shirt and a pair of black, skinny jeans. The smile on his face reminded me of our first battle. I had won on that faithful day and since then we had both improved so much.
'Seems that way,' I responded in my English accent. I loved my accent; it made me who I was. One of us was minutes away from either retaining the Championship or earning it for the first time. I pondered on what move to use from the wide arsenal that Blastoise possessed. Just as I selected what to use Infernape was already charging towards Blastoise. Dylan had silently communicated to it which move to use.
'Blastoise let's go buddy, use Protect!' I called out quickly to counter Dylan's attack. The Infernape's punch pierced the barrier of Blastoise's Protect and landed in a harsh blow hitting the Shellfish Pokémon square in the jaw. I was bewildered to how this had happened, but I didn't have to wait long to get an answer.
'I knew you'd use Protect when you seen Infernape dashing towards Blastoise, so I told it to you feint. Protect doesn't seem so useful now huh?' he probed. I gritted my teeth, he had me there.
'Infernape Mach Punch!' my rival commanded. I took a deep breath. The Flame Pokémon darted towards Blastoise at an incredible speed but I wasn't worried. Just as the Infernape was within physical attacking distance from Blastoise I knew what to do.
'Aqua Tail, now!' I called out calmly. At exactly the right moment the Blastoise rotated 180º and ploughed its tail into the fire type Pokémon and launched it into the wall with a large crash. Dylan's face was enclosed in a mask of shock. I smirked and knew just how to finish this battle.'End it now Blastoise, Hydro Cannon!' the Shellfish Pokémon swiftly charged up energy for the attack and released a large amount of high pressure water from its cannons on its back at the Infernape. The blow looked to have finished the Infernape, and I grinned widely. However, we were wrong. The Infernape returned to its feet. It dashed over to Blastoise. The water Pokémon was unable to move due to releasing all its energy on that last move.
'Close Combat!' called my opponent. The Infernape began punching and kicking wildly at Blastoise damaging it to great effect. I couldn't watch as Blastoise was subject to this damage. However I forced myself as I heard Blastoise began to regain his mobility. The water Pokémon began to move again and the Infernape retreated. I knew this was our chance.
'Hydro Pump let's go!' the water Pokémon repeated the process of its last attack but with subtly less power. The attack charged straight at the Infernape and hit directly smashing it into the wall knocking it out.
Or so it seemed. The Infernape used to dig to evade the attack and burrowed out behind Blastoise. Before I could call in warning to my Pokémon the Flame Pokémon attacked Blastoise with a Blast Burn. The hit was critical and Blastoise collapsed to the floor. I begged for it to return to its feet but it had fainted. Less than an hour after becoming Champion I had relinquished my title. I stormed out of the arena and went into hiding immediately after.
I then relocated to Pacifidilog town, not many people recognized me here due to the lack of televisions. Occasionally when I first moved here I heard people talk about the runaway ex Champion of Kanto in a disapproving tone but I tried not let them get to me. I continued to train my Pokémon and captured several new members for the team. I have battled all the locals and they've given me the nicknamed of 'Pacifidilog Gym Leader'. Aha, that sounds good. I might consider the position if they ever do end up building a gym here.
However, one thing has intrigued me over all else. Some nights I see a huge green dragon fly past through the window. Whenever I mention it to the locals I'm told not to talk about it. This dragon is huge! Yet I only see it for a fraction of a second due to the extreme speeds it travels at. I have assured myself that this Pokémon's home is Sky Pillar which is not that far from the town. I have promised myself that I would visit the Pillar before I leave Pacifidilog.
