I'm really sorry. I kept you waiting for too damn long. You see, I had some problems... My grandfather died, I had exams, I had my wise tooth removed etc. But there was a thing that kept me from writing the most: I burnt out. I was thinking about this fic all the time and finally I got fed up with it. BUT. Now I think I'll be able to work again, we'll see.

I should've said it before, but I forgot. What can you expect from this fanfic: some romance, violence, adult themes (language, suggestions), may contain humor and finally, may have major plot differences from the game that it's based on. Have fun!


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Dalton

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- ''Hi! I'm Dalton and I've recently started my Pokemon journey. After I won against a cultist in Telnor Town I started making my way to the Midna Town. On my way through Route 1 my Delta Charmander evolved into Delta Charmeleon and he learned Shadow Sneak. In the middle of the night I got to the Midna Town which was really big when compared to Telnor Town. After resting in the Pokemon Center and sleeping through the rest of the night I started exploring the town. I mainly found Leftovers, a Fire Stone and a Super Potion. I met with Damian in the Trainer School and he told me that there should be a tournament starting soon, but without a certain trainer they cannot start. Without anything to do I ventured to the Midna Mine.''


Location: Midna Mine

- ''Go, Pokeball!'' – Shouted a young trainer after throwing a Pokeball at a Pokemon. It wiggled three times and golden stars shoot out from its center. – ''Yes!'' – The boy clenched his fist. He booted up his Pokedex and checked his new friend. – ''Now let's see... Oh! You seem to be a quite rare Pokemon! Your attacks aren't all that bad either. Huh? Quirky nature... Could be worse, at least your stats don't get lowered. Hmm... How about we call you Nishinoya? It seems to suit you... Well, welcome to the team Nishinoya!'' – Talked Dalton to the Pokeball.

He packed all his stuff and went deeper into the cave. The Midna Mine was quite big. There weren't a lot of trainers inside, which made walking through the cave easier than Dalton thought. He stumbled upon quite a few rocks, that appeared breakable, but none of his Pokemons were able to break them. He quickly made his way through the mine, level upping his newly caught Pokemon by quite some levels. Finally he reached, what seemed the ending. He entered the final part of the cave and he saw some kind of a huge room. At the far end of it, there glittered a golden statue of a Pokemon. At first he thought about Darkrai, because he saw similar statues in the Cult of Darkrai's base. When the boy got a little closer, he noticed, that the Pokemon wasn't Darkrai, it was Cresselia. He wasn't shocked that he knew this Pokemon. Purple-head was already used to knowing a lot, even though he lacked memories. Dalton was walking slowly, ears ready to catch any sound. He started walking up some stairs until he heard a voice.

- ''Alright Celebi!'' – It certainly was a girl. – ''We've been training for ages, I know you can do it! Use Tesseract and bring these fossils back to life!''

- ''Bii!'' – A Pokemon answered and a bright flash covered the cave in light. Dalton walked up a couple of steps intrigued by what was happening. He was shocked, because he saw four ancient Pokemon!

- ''That's it! We did it! Kabutops, Omastar, Armaldo and Bastiodon, four ancient Pokemon are alive again... I'm so proud of you Celebi! You can turn them back now...'' – Another flash turned the Pokemon back to fossils. – ''Wow! I can't believe how far we've actu-'' – She saw the purple haired boy. – ''W-who are you?!'' – She was quickly going in his direction. – ''How much did you see?''

- ''U-um hi...'' – Dalton didn't know what to say. – ''N-not much really...''

- ''Yeah right! Who sent you here?'' – She was pissed.

- ''Your teacher!'' – He put his hands in front of his face to block a punch just in case.

- ''And how exactly can I trust you? Maybe you're a cultist who wants to kidnap me!''

Dalton quickly reached to his pocked and took out the Quartz Flute, spun it around in his hand and put it to his lips. He played a short and soft melody and shortly after he finished, a pink Pokemon showed up.

- ''T-this... Is this Mew?'' – She asked with disbelief.

- ''Indeed. It's my friend. We've meet a while ago.'' – He answered as Mew snuggled to him.

- ''So it doesn't have to be me...'' – Dalton looked at her curious. Just now he noticed how pretty she was. Beautiful blue eyes, and a young girly face. Her green hair was really long, and it suited her very well. On top of her head she was wearing a pink hair band with two, white feathers attached to it. She was wearing a short green shirt and a blue skirt. Dalton could swear that his heart skipped a beat for a moment. – ''I should probably explain... You see, there is a prophecy which tells the story of a trainer who will be chosen by one of the legendary Pixie Pokemons to defeat all the cults. At first everybody thought that it was the First Augur, because he was chosen by Hoopa. But as you may know, he disappeared a while ago, probably dead by now... By that logic, the trainer from the prophecy, would be one of us...''

- ''Well, that's great... I always wanted to die young... So you're telling me, that the trainer from the prophecy may be me?''

- ''Well, the Mew did chose you, didn't it?'' – They looked at the pink Pixie, who was now playing with the Onion Fairy. They seemed to know each other pretty well.

- ''I guess? Ugh... Let's just go back to the trainer school. Everyone is waiting for you.'' – Said Dalton turning back and going down the stairs. The girl returned her Celebi to its Pokeball and ran after Dalton. The Mew flew off.

- ''So... What's your name? I'm Nora.'' – They were making their way back when the girl asked.

- ''Oh, that's right, I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself. I'm Dalton. I started my adventure just yesterday.''

- ''Yesterday? And you made your way through this cave? Boy, you must've been lucky..." – She said not believing he would go this far.

- ''Oh really? Hmph. We'll see if my luck will help me in this School Tournament.'' – He smiled.

It took them a while to get out of the Midna Mine, but they did it. Nora went straight to the school, but Dalton first headed to the Pokemon Center to heal up before the tournament. When he got to the school everyone was ready, including Damian and Nora.

- ''So you decided to show up after all?'' – Damian ran up to Dalton with a smile.

- ''Yeah, I couldn't miss something like that. I still have a lot to learn, so every chance to battle there is, I'll take it!'' – He said smiling back at his friend.

- ''That's great!'' – Said the teacher clapping her hands. – ''I was hoping you would take part in our tournament. So let's begin, shall we? Everyone! Take your places!'' – She said. The teacher walked on the battle arena and stood in the middle of it. – ''Today, another School Tournament will take place. We have two new trainers who want to beat our champion Nora! We'll see how it'll go, but for now let's look at the battle list...'' – The teacher checked who will fight first. – ''It seems, that the first battle will be Dalton vs. Kyle!''

The battle's begun. The battle arena was pretty simple. It was just a flat platform with a Pokeball mark on its center.

- ''Go! Nishinoya!'' – Dalton threw a Pokeball near the middle of the battlefield. A mole-like Pokemon landed on the platform and started to sharpen his claws.

- ''Wha?!'' – The whole room was in shock. – ''You caught this Drilbur in the Midna Mine?''

- ''Yes. It seems, that this Pokemon is quite rare...'' – Dalton answered calmly.

- ''Rare?! Even Nora didn't find one! And she's been going to the mine everyday!'' – One of the students shouted. Nora quickly silenced him with a knock on the head.

- ''Even if you have a rare Pokemon, it doesn't mean that it's strong! Get him, Riolu!'' – The kid shouted and a wolf-like Pokemon appeared on the battle arena.

- ''Use Mud-Slap!'' – Dalton ordered and the Drilbur shot a stream of mud in the foes face. Purple-head looked at the Pokedex's hologram. The attack didn't do much, but he smiled. – ''Mhm, as I thought.''

- ''Hah! What was that? Riolu, hit him with a Force Palm!'' – The wolf ran up to the mole and touched him with its palm. A strange force pushed Nishinoya back dealing a lot of damage, almost half of Drilbur's HP bar. – ''How do you like that?!''

- ''Gah! Quickly, Nishinoya get up!'' – The Pokemon slowly got back on its feet. – ''Great! C'mon, use Mud-Slap again!'' – The mole looked at Dalton shocked. Why would you use this attack again? It dealt almost nothing! But, the Pokemon had to do it. Again, mud was shot at the foe dealing little damage.

- ''Are you even trying? You should give up! Force Palm!'' – The Riolu charged at Nishinoya with crazy speed, but instead hitting its target, it missed by a couple of feet. – ''What?! Hah! You were just lucky!''

- ''Luck has nothing to do with this battle...'' – Dalton smiled almost deviously. – ''Nishinoya, Mud-Slap!'' – The Pokemon was confused. How did Riolu miss a not moving target? Drilbur again shot mud in its foe's face. Riolu's HP was almost half way down.

- ''C'mon Riolu! You can do it! Use Force Palm!'' – Kyle shouted in frustration, but this time Riolu missed as well, but by a lot more. – ''W-what's going on?''

- ''It's Mud-Slap, isn't it?'' – Nora spoke up.

- ''Heh, you got it. Riolu's accuracy was lowered three times now, its chance to successfully hit my Pokemon is about 50%, but by the time it'll hit, Nishinoya is going to struck it down. Go! Metal Claw!'' – The mole smiled, he understood everything now. Nishinoya jumped up high and covered his head with his claws forming something like a drill. The claws flashed and hardened becoming steel-like. He started spinning mid-air quickly coming down at the Riolu. The strike was a critical hit and lowered the wolf's HP almost to 0.

- ''N-no! Come on Riolu! Get up and use Revange!'' – The Pokemon stood up and started running in Drilbur's direction.

- ''No! If this hits we'll be in trouble! Nishinoya, you have to dodge it!'' – The mole stood still, studying Riolu's movements. His eyes widened for a second. Drilbur stepped to the side a little and the Riolu missed him by an inch. – ''That's it! Now, use Rapid Spin!'' – The Riolu didn't even finish its move, when Nishinoya spun around at insane speed knocking the Riolu out.

- ''Riolu is unable to battle!'' – The teacher said. – ''You have to use your next Pokemon, Kyle!''

- ''Damn it! Riolu, come back! Go, Tyrogue!'' – A small humanoid Pokemon landed on the battle arena.

- ''This will end the same way! Use Mud-Sla-''

- ''Fake Out!'' – Kyle cut off Dalton and his Pokemon quickly jumped to Nishinoya slapping him, making him flinch. – ''I won't lose so easily!''

- ''Hah! Fake Out only works on the turn your Pokemon switches in, so that's the end for your flinches! Use Mud-Slap!'' – The mole obediently shot a stream of mud at the enemy, lowering its accuracy but dealing little damage.

- ''Grr... No! Not this time! Tackle!'' – Tyrogue charged at Drilbur hitting him hard. His HP was about 25% now.

- ''We have to strike now! Metal Claw!'' – Dalton pointed at the Tyrogue as Nishinoya jumped into the air forming a drill, and shortly after fell at his foe with great speed bringing its health bar to its half. Dalton looked at the hologram surprised. – ''Interesting...''

- ''Tackle, one more time!'' – Kyle ordered quickly. His Pokemon attacked one more time bringing Nishinoya's HP to red.

- ''Damn it!'' – Dalton clenched his fists. – ''Nishinoya! I know we can do it! I believe in you, so please! Believe in me as well! Metal Claw!'' – Drilbur nodded and jumped into the air again. His claws flashed and he came down at Riolu knocking him out. – ''Yes!''

- ''What?! N-no way! How? You're a cheater, there's no way Metal Claw would do this much damage!'' – The young boy was shouting in anger.

- ''I'm sorry Kyle, but you lose.'' – The teacher spoke up. – ''Our winner is Dalton!'' – The crowd cheered. – ''Here, let me heal your Pokemon!'' – The teacher came up to Dalton and took his Pokeball. She went to her desk and put it on a strange machine which apparently had the same use as the healing machines in Pokemon Centers. She quickly gave the Pokeball back and started announcing the next battle. – ''Damian vs. Toby!'' – Dalton started walking out of the school building.

- ''Why are you leaving?'' – Nora ran up to him right before he left. – ''Don't you want to see Damian's battle?''

- ''Kind of... But I want to fight him myself and have a surprise.'' – He answered with his back turned to the girl. – ''Just call me when it'll be my turn to battle.'' – Dalton smiled gently and left.

The sun was at the zenith and the town was quite lively. He inhaled and exhaled the fresh air loudly. Dalton sat on a big rock and looked into the blue sky.

- ''Man, this is hard...'' – He said to himself. – ''When I battle I feel like a entirely different person... Maybe before my memories got deleted I was a battle freak? Heh, probably not. But this is really strange... Why would they want to delete my memories in the first place? What've I done to them? Maybe I just knew too much... Yeah, probably...'' – He jumped off of the rock and sat on the grass leaning his back on the boulder he was just sitting on. – ''And there are still my lies... If Damian will find out about them... He will be really pissed. I hope it will work out somehow...'' – He closed his eyes and sighed...


- ''Come on, wake up!'' – He felt like somebody was shaking him. – ''Are you serious? Your battle is about to begin! Wake up!'' – He opened his eyes and saw a girl.

- ''Huh?'' – He yawned. – ''What's going on?''

- ''You're fighting Damian next, so you better hurry up, because everyone is waiting for you...'' – Said Nora.

- ''W-what? Already!?'' – He shot up. – ''Q-quickly! Let's go!'' – Dalton started running back to the school. – 'So what Pokemon will I use first?' – He thought to himself. – 'I bet he won't start off with his starter. It's also safe to assume, that he doesn't have another dark type Pokemon, which means that I could bring Kageyama safely in...' – He quickly arrived at the battle arena with Nora.

- ''And now, we'll see a battle between two good friends! Dalton vs. Damian!'' – Shouted the teacher and the crowd cheered.

- ''I'm going to give you a warning!'' – Damian said. – ''You're not the only one who's grown quite strong within a day!''

- ''I got that feeling.'' – Dalton answered smiling. – ''But to see who developed more... We have to fight! Go! Kageyama!''

- ''Go! Corphish!'' – They shouted at the same time. Two Pokemons landed on the platform. One of them was a Charmeleon covered in grayish bones with a purple flame on his tail. His cry silenced the whole room. They've never seen that kind of a Pokemon. The other pocket-monster was a red lobster-like fish with two big pincers. – ''Crap! So you knew?''

- ''Don't be stupid! I knew you wouldn't use your starter at the beginning of the battle, so throwing in Kageyama was my best move. Now, use Twister!'' – The Delta Pokemon spun around making a big purple tornado and launching it at his foe. Corphish's health was already less than half of its max HP.

- ''Damn it! Right from the beginning? Use Bubble!'' – The water Pokemon opened its claws and water bubbles shot out of them, dealing little damage to Charmeleon.

- ''Finish him off! Twister!'' – Kageyama launched another tornado at his foe knocking it out, but something bothered Dalton. His starter was moving slower. – ''I see. So your Bubble attack actually paid off.''

- ''Corphish is unable to battle! Damian, use your next Pokemon!'' – The teacher spoke.

- ''What do you mean?'' – Asked Damian still looking at Dalton, as he returned Corphish to its Pokeball, and grabbed another one.

- ''You managed to slow my little friend down... But I don't think you will be able to catch up with him anyway.'' – He smiled. – ''Come on! Bring that turtle of yours in!''

- ''You little!'' – He smiled. – ''You asked for it! Go, Wartortle!'' – Another Delta Pokemon landed on the battlefield. It had a headband, a cape and dark, purple skin.

- ''What is going on?'' – One of the students spoke. – ''What kind of freaks are those Pokemon?'' – Dalton gave a death stare into the crowd.

- ''How can you call yourself a trainer if you talk like that?'' – He asked, but there was no answer. – ''Where were we?'' – He turned his head to Damian again. – ''Oh, yes. I was about to kick your ass. Twister!'' – The tornado took about a quarter of the Wartortle's life bar.

- ''Haha! Now it's our turn! Use Bite!'' – The turtle ran up to the dragon and bit him pretty hard, leaving Kageyama with about a third of his total HP.

- ''Ugh... That hurt! Don't worry Kageyama! We'll do it! Use Twister!'' – The lizard spun around yet again creating a tornado witch hit the foe.

- ''This is it! Bi-, oh no! Not again!'' – Damian cried.

- ''Yes! We've got the flinch hax on our side! Use another Twister!'' – Yet another attacked was launched at the Delta Pokemon. Both opponents were at the same HP level.

- ''This time, I'll win! Finish him off with a Bite!'' – The turtle jumped to the lizard and bit him with all the power it got. Kageyama fell on the ground.

- ''Charmeleon...? Is unable to battle!'' – The teacher spoke again, not sure her words. – ''You have to use your last Pokemon Dalton!''

- ''It's up to you. Go, Nishinoya!'' - He threw a Pokeball, and a familiar mole landed on the battlefield. – ''Ok! Use Me-''

- ''Vacuum Wave!'' – Dalton was cut off by Damian. His Wartortle punched the air, and a strange force pushed Nishinoya back dealing some damage.

- ''Gah! A priority move? Damn... Come one Nishinoya! We'll win! Metal Claw!'' – The mole jumped into the air, formed a drill and fell down at the turtle spinning rapidly. Wartortle survived with a little HP left.

- ''Vacuum Wave, again!'' – A unknown power blew Nishinoya away, leaving him with about 50% of his HP.

- ''Let's finish this! Metal Claw!'' – The mole struck his opponent one final time. The Delta Wartortle fainted.

- ''Wartortle...? Is unable to battle! You have to use your last Pokemon Damian!''

- ''So it's come to this, huh? Let's finish this battle! Go, Luxio!'' – A dog, or cat-like Pokemon landed on the battlefield. It had blue and black (no, it wasn't white and gold) fur and a gold star on the end of its tail.

- ''Let's hope for the best! Mud-Slap!'' – The mole formed a sphere of mud from nowhere, and shot it in the Luxio's face. The attack didn't do much.

- ''Okay Luxio, use Charge!'' – The electric cat started charging its power and emitting sparks from its body.

- ''Use Mud-Shot again!'' – Dalton ordered as his Pokemon shoot a stream of mud in his foe's face. This time, the damage was even littler. – ''So you boosted your Special Defense, huh? Pretty clever...''

- ''Thanks! Even thou you lowered my accuracy, I think I'll be able to hit a couple of Tackles... So, go! Use Tackle, Luxio!'' – The Pokemon started running to Nishinoya and unfortunately it hit. It hit hard. The next Tackle will definitely knock Nishinoya out.

- ''Ngh... No! I can't lose now! Come on! Use Metal Claw!'' – The mole jumped again and hit the cat with success. Not only was the attack a critical hit, but it also boosted Nishinoya's attack stat.

- ''Let's finish this!'' – Shouted Damian. – ''Hit him with a Tackle!'' – The Luxio started charging at Drilbur.

- ''Dodge it!'' – Dalton shouted in despair. Nishinoya ran to the side quickly avoiding the incoming attack.

- ''Not fair!'' – Damian was frustrated.

- ''Maybe, but I have to do everything to win! Metal Claw!'' – The attack boosted Drilbur's attack again. Both Pokemon were at the same HP level now. One hit will decide which Pokemon will win.

- ''Give this attack everything you've got! Tackle!'' – Shouted Damian. The Pokemon missed... The crowd gasped.

- ''End him! Metal Claw!'' – Nishinoya attacked, but missed as well. – ''What?! No! It can't be! Not in a time like this!'' – Dalton was shocked.

- ''T-tackle!'' – The silver haired boy ordered.

Was this the end? Dalton closed his eyes. He didn't want to see his los. The whole room was silent for a long time. He slowly opened his eyes. Both Pokemons stood on their feet.

- ''I missed again...'' – Damian clenched his fists with anger.

- ''I'm sorry, but I can't let you win. Nishinoya, use Metal Claw!'' – The mole jumped as his claws flashed with light. He came down on Luxio with extreme speed and knocked it out.

- ''The winner is Dalton!'' – The teacher shouted.

The boys shook hands, and went to take a seat after healing up. Nora was fighting next, but Dalton wasn't even looking at the battlefield.

- ''Sorry again, Damian.'' – Started Dalton.

- ''Don't mind. One of us had to lose. And this time it was me.'' – The boy answered with a smile. He wasn't angry anymore. He accepted his los. – ''So, how are you doing? Is your adventure going well?''

- ''I guess... We only started a day ago, so I can't really tell, but I think it's going quite good.'' – They talked for a while.

- ''You think you'll win?'' - Asked Damian.

- ''Huh? Well... I hope so. I mean, I was able to win the first round and I also managed to win with you so...'' - Dalton wasn't sure.

- ''Let me tell you, it won't be easy. Nora is a quite amazing trainer, she won't give up so easily.''

- ''You think?'' - Smiled Dalton. - ''That makes the battle just better.''

- ''Heh, I knew you would say something like this. What else can I say? Good luck!'' - They shook hands. - ''You'll need it.'' - He smiled deviously.

- ''Not cool, dude!'' - Dalton hit his head and laughed.

- ''The winner is Nora!'' - The teacher shouted.

- ''A-already?!'' - Dalton was stunned. - ''That was at least two times faster than my last battle.''

- 'It seems, that I will indeed need that luck...'

Dalton came up to Nora.

- ''Are you ready to get owned?'' - She asked, smiling wide.

- ''We'll see who will be getting owned!'' - The boy replied returning the smile.

They entered the battlefield and took their positions. The teacher shouted again and the battle begun.

- ''Go! Nishinoya!'' - Dalton shouted and a mole landed on the floor.

- ''Get 'em! Trapinch!'' - A turtle Pokemon landed on the floor. It had huge jaws.

- ''It seems that I am faster!'' - Said Dalton looking at the hologram from his Pokedex. ''Very well! Nishinoya, use Metal Claw!'' - The mole sprung up and started rotating. The hit was super effective! It took about 1/3 of the foe's HP bar. Drilbur's attack rose.

- ''Nice one! Now, Trapinch use Feint Attack!'' - The turtle vanished and appeared behind Nishinoya biting him hard. It took a good chunk of his health, about 1/4.

- ''Hmm, a move that never misses, huh? We have to finish this quickly! Metal Claw, again!'' - The mole stroke again. The Trapinsh was left with 1/4 of his HP.

- ''Damn it! Use Feint Attack!'' - Again, the turtle vanished and bit the mole out of nowhere. Now Drilbur had his HP bar just below half.

- ''Haha! Let's end this here! Rapid Spin!'' - The mole ran at his foe, leaped at him in the last second and started spinning. The Trapinch fainted.

- ''Trapinch is unable to battle! Nora, use your next Pokemon!'' - The teacher spoke up.

- ''Ugh... Trapinch come back! Thank you. Now, go Sewaddle!'' - A little worm entered the battle. It was covered in leaves.

- ''Hmm... It definitely is a Bug Pokemon, but there has to be more to it... It probably has a Grass type move as well. Oh, well. Metal Claw, now!'' - The hit was a success, and the HP bar was just above half.

- ''This is the end! Razor Leaf!'' - A lot of leafs went flying and shortly after were shot at the mole knocking him out.

- ''Drilbur is unable to battle! You have to use your last Pokemon, Dalton!'' - The teacher said.

- ''Well, crap. It look like you're the only one left... Go Kageyama!'' - The dragon stood proudly on the battlefield. He let out a laud roar and when he did, blue flames shot out from his mouth. Dalton smiled. - ''Let's end this! Twister!'' - The Charmeleon spun around and a tornado hit the bug leaving it with little HP.

- ''Oh no! He is stronger than I thought... But, I'll win! Razor Leaf!'' - The leafs did almost nothing.

- ''Hah! That won't do! My Kageyama is half Dragon so Grass attacks aren't very effective! Now, use Twister again!'' - This time, the purple tornado knocked out the worm.

- ''Sewaddle is unable to battle! You have to use your last Pokemon, Nora!'' - The teacher declared yet again.

- ''So it came to this, huh? One on one... The final battle! Go Quilava!'' - A mouse-like Pokemon landed on the floor. Flames bursted from its back.

- ''Flames won't hurt my dragon either! Use Twister!'' - The hit was quite strong, but Quilava was tougher than her other Pokemons so it was left with about 3/4 of its HP.

- ''Damn it! Use Ember!'' - The attack was weak, but...

- ''Oh no! Kageyama's burned!'' - The Charmeleon was on the same HP level as Quilava but the burn was cutting his physical attack power. - ''Shit. Now, we have to act fast! Let's hope for a crit. Use Twister!'' - Quilava's HP is now 1/3.

- ''One more time, Ember!'' - The mouse shot another burst of flames. After burn damage Kageyama's HP hit 1/2.

- ''Let's finish this! Twister!'' - This time the Tornado was humongous! It was a critical hit! The Quilava fainted, and the battle ended.

- ''Q-quilava is unable to battle! T-the winner is Dalton!'' - The teacher was stunned. It was the first time Nora has lost.

The crowd was silent. This was actually the first time Nora lost. The teacher came up to Dalton and Nora and gave them a prize. It was a TM. It contained Return.

- ''Thank you.'' - Said the boy.

- ''Thanks...'' - Said the girl and run off.

- ''N-nora!'' - The teacher shouted. - ''I'm sorry. She never lost before... This was a big hit for her. Don't worry about her.'' - She said.

- ''O-okay. I understand.'' - He assured. - ''I should go now.''

- ''Mhm. Make sure to come back for another tournament!'' - The teacher waved to Dalton as he left.


Outside the sun was slowly making its way behind the horizon. The boy took Kageyama's Pokeball out and released the little dragon.

- ''You know what? I forgot to give you the Leftovers...'' - He facepalmed. - ''Also, I want to teach you a new move, how about Return? You seem to like me quite a bit, so it will be stronger then Scratch.'' - Delta Charmeleon nodded in agreement and let out a joyful cry. Dalton placed the TM on Kageyeam's forehead and a flash of light blinded him for a second. After that he checked in the Pokedex if it worked, and it did. - ''Sweet! C'mon, let's start making our way to the next town... Well, yeah! We're going to get there in the middle of the night again, so what? Ohh, I get it! Little chicken is afraid of the dark?'' - The dragon growled. - ''That's right! Man up!'' - Dalton smiled as he returned Kageyama to his Pokeball.

He stated walking in the direction of Route 2. He was about to exit the town when he heard a voice.

- ''Wait up!'' - A girl was running in his direction.

- ''N-nora?''

- ''Uffff... Yeah, it's me. Sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have acted like that.''

- ''It's fine.'' - He assured smiling. - ''When I would lose I would be furious, so I'm glad that I didn't get a whack to my head.'' - He laughed. - ''Oww!'' - Nora hit him in the head.

- ''There, happy?'' - She smiled.

- ''Goddamn it Nora.'' - Dalton rubbed his head. They bursted out with laugher. - ''So... That's all? I would like to continue my adventure...''

- ''Oh, sure. Go ahead.'' - She said standing still. Dalton began to walk but he heard footsteps. He turned around. Nora was still there, but the distance didn't change. He started walking again, and again, he heard footsteps.

- ''Ugh... So you wanna tag along?'' - He asked without turning around.

- ''I thought you would never ask! I decided to start my own adventure. I mean there are a lot of strong trainers in the world, like you.'' - She quickly caught up to Dalton who was blushing a little.

They proceeded to Route 2.

- ''Sooo... Where are you from?'' - Asked Nora.

- ''Oh! Yeah, I'm from Selene City.'' - He answered. - 'Oh God, please stop.'

- ''That's pretty far away...''

- ''I know, right?'' - He laughed nervously. - ''And you? You're from Midna?''

- ''Yup! I was born in Midna and I met Celebi in Midna as well.'' - Nora looked up at the sky. Dalton was praying in his mind. He didn't want that question. - ''How did you met Mew?''

- 'Fuck!' - He cursed in his mind. - ''Umm... I was hanging around Selene City when a wild Pokemon attacked me. Then Mew came to rescue me. Since then Mew hangs around and helps me when I'm in trouble. - He lied yet again.

- ''Whoa. That's pretty cool.'' - She said.

They were making their way through Route 2 when suddenly...

- ''Get down!'' - Dalton fell on the ground and pulled Nora with him.

- ''D-dalton! What are you doing?'' - She blushed.

- ''Look there.'' - He pointed his finger at two cultists who were walking on a bridge. - ''Those are cultists Nora. To be specific, Abyssal Cultists.''

- ''What are they doing here?''

- ''I have no idea... But I'm sure that whatever it is, we shouldn't interfere... N-nora!'' - The girl stood up and started running after the cultists. Dalton shot up and ran after Nora.

Soon they arrived in front of an entrance to a temple. All around them was silence. Literally, pure silence. Even their steps didn't seemed to cause any sounds. It was truly amazing. The sky was just adding to the magical aura. Orange with shining little stars starting to show up. Dalton was looking around, admiring the view, but Nora seemed to be more focused on the cultists that entered the ruins.

- ''Are you sure this is a good idea?'' - Purple-head broke the silence.

- ''Wha-? Are you serious? Those cultists are up to no good! As the chosen ones we have to do something...'' - She answered irritated.

- 'Goddamn it Nora...'

They entered the ruins. On the opposite end of the ancient building stood two Abyssal Grunts. They were beating up a Riolu.

- ''Hey!'' - Nora immediately spoke up. - ''What do you think you're doing?!''

- 'What do you think you're doing!? Are you nuts?!' - Thought Dalton.

- ''What the-?! What are you kids doing here? Get out now!'' - The grunt threatened.

- ''As if!'' - Nora came closer, Dalton followed her. - ''Leave this Riolu alone!''

- ''Take her out.'' - Said one of the grunt to the other.

- ''Go! Corphish!'' - The second grunt send out a Pokemon.

- ''You don't want to battle...'' - Dalton stepped forward. - ''Trust me.'' - He send a death stare in the grunts direction. Even Nora was shocked.

- 'It's like... When it comes to battling, he turns into another person...' - The girl was thinking.

- ''Oh, and who's gonna stop me? A chil-'' - He was suddenly interrupted by a loud roar.

Behind him appeared a Lucario. The grunt couldn't even say a thing, because a forceful kick landed on his head knocking him out, or maybe even killing. Who knows? That power could've cracked his skull open. The Pokemon turned to the other grunt who was now shaking in fear. Colorful energy covered the Lucario and its body began to change. It Mega-evolved. Extremely fast, it run up to the grunt and sent a knee to his stomach. The grunt spit out blood and landed on his knees. He looked up at the Pokemon, tears were flowing from his eyes. The Lucario proceeded to pimp-slap the human with its spike knocking him out. Blood was leaking from his cheek. The Riolu jumped in Lucario's arms. The big wolf nodded at Nora and Dalton and escaped to a cliff. Dalton and Nora looked at each other. The girls face showed that she was terrified. This was the first time she experienced this type of violence. That was a shock. Dalton was emotionless. The accident didn't touch him at all. He just turned to the exit and walked off. Nora ran after him leaving a Corphish poking its trainer in the leg. It was worried about its master...

- ''I'll go back to Midna for a while...'' - Nora said after they exited the ruins. - ''I have to... Think about a few things...''

- ''Nora... Remember one thing. They wanted to hurt that Riolu really badly.'' - Dalton tried to help. But the girl started walking off. - ''I hope we'll see each other soon!'' - But again, there was no answer.


Dalton made his way through Route 2, fighting some trainers and wild Pokemon. Soon he found the Cyan Cavern which he swept through, defeating every trainer on his path. His Pokemon leveled up quite a bit, they were both in their mid-20. Drilbur even learned Dig and Hone Claws! Finally, he arrived at Suntouched City. It was night time so he decided to sleep through the night in a Pokemon Center. After waking up, healing his Pokemon and stocking up on some items in the store he targeted the gym. When he came out of the PC (Pokemon Center, get used to this term, I'm going to use it, a lot) he noticed that over the town was some kind of construction. It stood on pillars which were scattered around the city. This looked actually pretty cool. There was something else in this city that caught his attention. It was a huge, gold statue of the Second Augur. That was starting to get strange... Torren really started to treat him like a god... Maybe he wasn't the person he was portraying himself. For now, Dalton left the problem and proceeded to the gym. The trainers weren't a big problem, in fact he only had to heal up just before the gym leader fight.

- 'I heard that he is just a kid... And he talks with a stone.' - Dalton was thinking while heading to the leader. - 'This will be an interesting fight!'

- ''A challenger, huh? My name's Orion. I'm the leader of the Suntouched City Gym. I'm pretty good with Fire-types... And all my Pokemon work together under the light of the sun! Do you want to battle? I'm ready when you are!'' - Said the leader. He was a kid. To Dalton he was something like, 13-14 years old. But his hair, oh his hair. It looked like flames! Orange and red, spiky hair.

- ''Sure, I'm ready.'' - Replied purple-head.

- ''Very well, let's begin. Wish me luck. With you by my side, I'm sure to win!'' - The boy talked to a white rock.

- ''Uhhhh...'' - Dalton was not amused.

- ''..what? Oh... The rock, everyone wants to know about the rock. It's my friend. It gets lonely, being a Gym Leader, so I have to make friend where I can. Everyone in the city mocks me for it...'' - Orion was ranting, Dalton just assumed that it would be better to let him go. - ''But I swear, it's alive! I've talked to it, and it talked back! But whatever, that's not important right now. You want a battle, right? Let's get started!'' - He finally finished and started walking to the battle arena which Dalton walked by earlier. They took their places and the battle begun!

- ''Go! Nishinoya!'' - A small mole landed on the ground. - 'It's a fire based gym, so it's natural to use a ground type first.' - Dalton thought to himself.

- ''I choose you! Vulpix!'' - A fox Pokemon landed on the battlefield. It was orange and really cute. As soon as it hit the ground, a sun appeared in the gym and it got hot. - ''Drought will make my Pokemon stronger!''

- ''We'll see about that! Nishinoya, use Dig!'' - The mole jumped in the air, started spinning and burrowed into the ground.

- ''Damn it! We can't do anything!'' - Orion panicked.

- ''Heh.'' - Dalton smiled. - ''Attack!'' - The Drilbur suddenly jumped out and hit the Vulpix quite hard, knocking it out. - ''Yes! One down!'' - Dalton looked at the hologram from the Pokedex. - 'Only three to go, and the next one is... Larvesta?' - He didn't have anything super effective against it. - 'I guess I'm staying in...'

- ''Go! Larvesta!'' - A white bug landed on the ground.

- ''Well, damn. Use Dig!'' - Again the mole burrowed itself underground.

- ''I hate Dig...'' - Orion commented.

- ''I love it! Attack!'' - Dalton commanded and the Drilbur jumped out from the ground and hit the Larvesta for a little more than half of its max. HP.

- ''Now's our chance! Use Giga Drain!'' - The bug started absorbing Drilbur's life energy. Nishinoya was left with half of his life bar and the Larvesta regained a little HP.

- ''Shit. You're not getting away with this one! Dig!'' - The mole disappeared underground.

- ''Damn, man! I wanted to finish it quickly!'' - Orion was tired of Dig.

- ''Sorry, dude.'' - Dalton laughed. - ''I mean, what?! I won't win! Attack now!'' - Larvesta was successfully hit and left with little HP. Any attack would do now.

- ''Heh.'' - Orion smiled. - ''Did you forgot the sun?'' - He pointed upwards. - ''Flamethrower.'' - The bug took in a huge amount of air and then released flames. A lot of them. They took over the whole arena. After they burned out Dalton saw Nishinoya lying on the floor. - ''Looks like you have to use your next Pokemon.''

- ''Oh, really?'' - Dalton said sarcastically. - ''Looks like you're the only one left... Go! Kageyama!'' - The dragon roared as he entered the battle. The flame on his tail got bigger in the sun. Ghost/Dragon Pokemon, but flames are flames, eh? - ''Let's finish this quickly! Twister.'' - One Twister was more than enough. Larvesta fainted.

- ''So you beat two of my Pokemons? I'm sorry, but your battle ends here. Go! Fletchinder!'' - A bird floated above the battleground. It looked really strong. And it was faster! - ''Acrobatics!'' - The Fletchinder was amazingly fast, it moved with the speed of light. In a second it appeared behind Delta Charmeleon and hit him with its wings for heavy damage. One hit took Kageyama down to 1/3 of his max. HP.

- ''A-amazing... But I can't lose here! Use Twister!'' - The dragon spun around and lunched a tornado at the foe. The hit was successful, but the result weren't that good. The attack didn't do nearly as much as the Acrobatics. - ''N-no! This can't end like this!''

- ''The battle ends here. Nine turns. The sun stays up for eight turns. I can't believe you managed to survive this long. But this is as far as you'll be able to go. Brave Bird!'' - The Fletchinder flew up sky high (well, as high as the gym let it to) and came down with brute force on Kageyama. Dust and flames bursted into the air. Deaf silence surrounded the gym. When the flames and the dust disappeared it was clear. Kageyama was lying on the ground. His HP bar hit 0 even after Leftovers recovery. It was easily an overkill. The battle ended. It was Dalton's first loss.

- ''So this is how Nora felt huh?'' - His head was down. His purple hair was covering his eyes, but a single tear was seen flowing down his cheek.

- ''Hey, Dalton, right?'' - Orion started talking. - ''Don't sweat it man! Train up a bit and come back for a revenge! I hope we'll battle again! I had a lot of fun you know? Not many trainers survived the sun. You should be proud of yourself, ok? You gave it everything you've got! Look, everyone saw that!'' - Orion grabbed Dalton by his shoulder and turned him around. He looked up and saw all the trainers from the gym smiling and applauding him.

- ''Right.'' - He wiped the tears from his eyes. - ''I'll become stronger and I'll fight you again! But next time, victory will be mine!'' - He clenched his fist.

- ''Good luck with that!'' - Orion laughed, but it was a friendly laughter.

Dalton exited the gym. He wasn't feeling very well. All this work he did, all the battles he won. He did all that and still lost. It was devastating. But there was still hope in him. He can't just give up! Nothing is impossible! He'll do it! He's going to work hard at it! Purple-head decided to train up a little before his next gym battle so he ventured back do Cyan Cave.

Dalton knew he had to get stronger. Not only for this gym battle. Something inside was telling him, that soon he'll have to fight for his life...


=Save

Would you like to save the game?

=Yes

There is already a save file. Is it OK to overwrite it?

=Yes

Dalton saved the game!


That's it folks! I hope you liked this chapter, I worked hard on it. I'm trying to make things a little darker in this fanfic so be prepared for some dying! (I'm dead serious) Sooo... One more thing! I actually wanted to try something different with this fic. As you may have noticed, between the first and the second chapter there was quite a time jump. What I mean is, I want to do this fic a little like the Pokemon Origins anime or like Sword Art Online, where between episodes, huge time jumps are made. Of course mine won't be that big, but still. Don't be surprised when I'll skip a gym battle or two. (I fucking hate writing battle scenes). Yeah, I think that's about all for now.

I'll be starting my work on the next chapter so wait for another three months! (jk) Remember to comment and share your opinions or ideas! It really helps when I see that people are actually interested in what I do!