Fi's beedrill, Jacket faces Adrioch's sylveon. "Sylveon, use Swift!" he commands her.
"Syl!" she shoots rays of shining stars hurling forward at Jacket.
"Jacket, counter her with Twin needle!" Fi commands Jacket. Jacket obeys Fi by firing two missiles at a time at each of the stars until the attack resolves.
"Sylveon, fire another round!"
"Syl!" she hurls another wave of stars at Jacket.
"Run, Jacket!" Fi commands. With a buzzing response, Jacket flies as quickly as he can with the stars hot on his tail. "Now Jacket, use focus energy!" Jacket closes his eyes to concentrate as he flees the flying projectiles.
"He can't run forever. Keep the pressure on, Sylveon."
"Syl!" with zeal, she keeps the stars coming.
"Now, Jacket! Take them out with Twin needle!" Jacket turns to face the stars, firing five rounds of twin needle at each of them.
"Sylveon, follow up that last swift with a quick attack!"
"Syl!" she charges in behind her previous attack to overpower Jacket.
"Twin needle!" Jacket fires on the stars. With a final precise attack, he fires at Sylveon.
"Dodge with quick attack!" Slyveon rushes out of the way of Jacket's attack, leaving her wide open.
"Jacket, use Toxic!" Jacket fires sludge from his stinger, shooting Sylveon in the eyes. She can feel her movements begin to slow down as the poison begins to take over.
"Damn, she's been poisoned! I can't reach her with an antidote from here. Sylveon, use tackle!"
"Syl!" she arches her back and slams into Jacket.
"Jacket, use Venoshock!" Jacket releases a brighter liquid from his stinger, drenching Sylveon in it. Sylveon cries out in pain as the life is sapped out of her.
"Sylveon, no!"
"Venoshock deals double the damage when a pokemon is already blighted by poison and fairy types are affected by poison," Fi explains.
"Sylveon, return!" Adrioch summons her back to her pokeball. "A good strategy as always."
"It's good to have a few supportive moves in your move set. Swift never misses, but it's weak. An attack like Twin needle can easily break it. If Sylveon had a move like Safeguard you wouldn't have lost that match."
"I hear ya," Adrioch rubs the back of his neck.
"Fi, get in here. We need to clean so we can close," a woman calls out to her from the back door of the fast food restaurant they battled behind.
"Thanks for visiting me on break. I'll see you when I get off," Fi fastens her blue apron around her waist before heading back inside.
"See ya later, babe," he waves his girlfriend goodbye.
Adrioch arrives in a park. He sits down on a park bench. He takes out Sylveon's pokeball and points it down at his feet. "Here girl," he calls her out.
"Syl," she slacks to the ground in a weakened state.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to let you die," he smiles at her as he takes out an antidote. He injects it in her shoulder. The poor thing shakes as she looks up at him with large blue eyes. He pulls a super potion out of his bag and injects that into her.
"Hmm!" she makes a purring sound, shaking her fur out as she stands to her feet. "Sylveon!" she shows her appreciation by rubbing against Adrioch's knees. She nuzzles him, proclaiming once more; "Sylveon!"
"All better now?" he pats her head.
"Syl," she closes her eyes as he scratches under her chin.
"You were amazing," he praises her. She purrs back at him. "I'm the one who screwed up. I didn't know Fairy types were weak against poison. It's a good thing we have Fi around. She actually paid attention in Trainer school," he scratches behind her ears.
"Syl!" she hugs his leg with her vectors.
"If you're trying to tell me I shouldn't blame myself, forget about it. I'm your Trainer. If you fall in battle it's because I made a bad call. I should have called you back when you got poisoned," he watches as a group of cyclists pass by. "Fi will be off work in a couple of hours. Think I'll surprise her with a present. Let's go get her favorite sandwich."
"Syl!" Sylveon bounds down the park path towards the exit.
"I guess since you know where you're going, I'll let you lead," he walks after her.
"Syl! Sylveon!" she runs in circles on the sidewalk.
"Stay out of the road!" Adrioch yells after her. She immediately comes to a halt. She now waits patiently for him to catch up with her. "Good girl! Here, have some pokeblock. It's pink. Fi and I spun it. She said it'll make you cuter. I don't think that's possible," he gives her the sweet treat.
"Syl! Syl!"she exclaims happily and begins harassing him for more.
"Chill out, that's all you're getting," he dismissively pats her on the head as he leads her down the sidewalk. He passes a couple of buildings when he reaches the toy store on the corner. New stock has arrived and it catches Adrioch's eye. He notices a display of various pokemon charms. Upon close inspection he finds an extremely rare houndoom charm and there's only one of them. Fi's favorite pokemon in the whole world, houndoom. He has to grab it up for her. He picks it up by the thick chord string it's suspended by and inspects the price tag. Sixty dollars isn't that bad. He's won a lot of pokemon battles lately. He takes it up to the counter to pay for it. He hands over the money and the store clerk hands him the charm in a little jewelry box.
"Thank you, come again," the store clerk says politely.
"Thank you," Adrioch replies before leaving. On the other side of town is the coffee shop that carries Fi's favorite sandwich. Wrapped with care, he tucks it into his coat pocket. "She should be off work by the time we get back."
"Sylveon!" She trots ahead of him once again.
"Let's pick up some more medicine while we're in town." Adrioch pops in a Pokemart and buys ten of everything. He isn't taking any chances with his babies.
After closing time, it is now night. Fi just took the trash out. She's grabbing her things when Adrioch makes it back. She greets him with a kiss. "Hey, baby. I see Sylveon is doing fine."
"I healed her first chance I got."
"Who's a good girl?" Fi scratches Sylveon's chin. She chimes back at her.
"I got you something," he pulls out the sandwich.
"Is that a spicy turkey sandwich?" she gasps in surprise.
"It sure is."
"You must have walked to the other side of town and back to get this. Have you gotten your bike fixed yet?"
"I'm almost there."
"You walked. That's so sweet of you," she bites a chunk out of her sandwich.
"That's not all I got you."
"It's not?" she says with a mouthful.
"Eat your sandwich and I'll give it to you when we get to your house," Adrioch laughs.
"Ooh! I can't wait! Sylveon, tell me what it is?"
"She better not." Around the park, in the opposite direction from town is Route One. It goes into the country where Fi lives. It was a lot easier for Adrioch to visit her when his bike was working. Now he makes due with visiting her on break and walking her home from work when he can. She's an hour walk from town, but he doesn't mind it. He kisses her passionately when they get to the gate of her fenced in yard. "Here," he opens the tiny jewelry box and dangles the houndoom charm in front of her.
"Oh, Adrioch! If that isn't the most darling thing!" Fi exclaims happily.
He lays it on her chest and ties it behind her neck like a necklace. She holds her hair up for him. "When I get my bike fixed I want you to quit your job and travel the world with me," he says to her.
"Have you lost your mind?"
"We can hit the road and become real pokemon trainers. You have a talent for it. I know you'll be an excellent trainer someday."
"You really think so?" she blushes.
"I want to be your partner. Can you imagine, us working together in duel battles?"
"Together we'd make the best team," Fi agrees.
"What do you say? Are you up for it?"
"I'd like that very much," she answers. He kisses her once more. "Will I get to see you tomorrow?" she asks him.
"I will if I get out on time," he kisses her once more. "Good night Sweetheart."
"Good night." Fi retreats into her home and Adrioch heads back to his. What adventure waits for them next?