Perspective- Iceberg the Hedgehog

"I think we should stay away from Manaphy. His Heart Swap move is really dangerous," I explained to Darkness.

"Ah, I had fun being Iceberg…" she giggled, remembering the event that happened between us and Manaphy yesterday.

I sighed and glanced into the distance. In front of us stood where the elite four and champion of Sinnoh battled challengers who have collected all eight Sinnoh gym badges. The sea behind the building and the sunset lit the atmosphere between me and Darkness. I blushed a bit, along with Darkness, who lately has either gotten over her feelings for me, or keeps them a secret. I think she keeps them a secret.

"Have you met Sinnoh's elite four and champion yet?"

I shook my head.

"Oh…I'll show you them…they're inside," Darkness continued forward. I glanced at Darkness.

"Iceberg, this is Ghinse, the first elite four. She uses physic type Pokemon," Darkness pointed toward a female black and red hedgehog who stared up, after hearing her name, and brushed her Espeon. "And over there is Cyclone, the second elite four, he uses dark type Pokemon," Darkness pointed to a red and black young male fox, who stood with his Absol listening to Darkness and my conversation. "The third is Rocky, who uses rock type Pokemon," Darkness pointed to a red and black echidna, who stood alongside a Tyronitar. "You should remember the fourth elite four. She beat your butt real hard two years ago, Emerald…Emerald the Hawk, user of flying Pokemon…" Darkness pointed to a female hawk that almost resembled Jet the Hawk, though she wore a gold and black medallion, and white tank top with long rugged black pants.

"Iceberg…ready for your butt to be kicked again, shorty?"

I sighed. I remembered Emerald clearly. She beat my butt hard two years ago in a tournament (not a pokemon tournament, but a fighting tournament)! The wounds she inflicted on left me in the hospital for a week! Her hatred for me almost matches Fang's!

"I'm not short!" I hissed.

"You're right, you're not short, you're VERY SHORT!" Emerald giggled.

"Can you leave me alone?" I glanced at Darkness, who gave no defense for me in my verbal war with Emerald, which I was losing big time!

"Darkness won't save you here, wimp!" Emerald spat and turned away from me. As soon as Emerald had gone out of sight, I glared at Darkness, who sighed.

"Why didn't you help me?" I growled.

"She's not to be messed with. She can really put the beating on both of us with out trying in almost anything! Even though my status in the Sinnoh League is above her's, I still fear her."

"How tough could one girl be?"

"erm…very…" Darkness stuttered.

"Uh…never mind that…but…what would happen to you if she challenged you to a pokemon battle and you lost?"

Darkness froze.

"Darkness?"

Darkness ignored me and paced outside of the League.

I followed her.

"Iceberg…go…" she sobbed, "I need to be alone…"

"Fine…see you later, Darkness!"

I had left Darkness alone for an hour. I presume she'd be okay by now.

I glanced in the direction she ran away in and noticed she had been with another person. I stepped closer and noticed that I knew the figure.

"Fang," I muttered.

"Iceberg was just being a jerk when he said that to you earlier," Fang explained to Darkness, "Why did you take him out of exile anyway?"

"He's been alone up there for a year. I thought I should give him a chance to clean his slate," Darkness replied.

"He's no good!" Fang hissed, "Make sure he doesn't get out of the Sinnoh region. He's not allowed in Hoenn, Johto, and Kanto!"

"If you say so, Fang," Darkness sighed.

"Ah…let's forget about Iceberg, I need to tell you something…"

"What?"

"I caught a Pokemon," Fang took out a Pokeball.

"…" Darkness glanced at Fang puzzled.

"erm…you want to know WHAT I caught, right?"

Darkness nodded.

Fang pressed the button to release the Pokemon from a Pokeball. A small green hedgehog Pokemon appeared.

"A SHAYMIN!" Darkness excitedly dashed to the Shaymin and hugged the hedgehog.

"I caught him for you on my way over here."

"Thank you SO much!" Darkness grinned, "when I was fetching Iceberg from Spear Pillar, I caught one for you too!" Darkness reached in her pocket to find a Pokeball which she handed over to Fang.

"I already know who you caught."

"Yeah…I knew you really wanted one….anyway, how's Hoenn been?"

"Fine…more legendaries have appeared for some reason, though."

"Cool."

Noticing Darkness was fine, I turned back, mostly because I wasn't ready to tackle a fight with Fang, and knowing him, he'd get a lot of revenge on me…revenge for what I did to Darkness.

"Shorty, outta the way, I need to ask the champion about a switch!" Emerald appeared from nowhere and shoved me out of the way.

Darkness and Fang heard Emerald's loud voice and spun around.

"Iceberg…are you spying on me? That's so un-cool!" Darkness spat.

"Who's the feather bag?" Fang ignored me and glared at Emerald.

"The NEW SINNOH CHAMPION!" Emerald growled.

"What?"

"Darkness…you need to step down and let someone more than you step up," Emerald laughed.

"Emerald? What do you mean?"

"I'm sick of being an 'Elite Four'! I'm ready to take your place!"

"Emerald, I don't want to step down! I'm the wrong girl to pick a fight with, anyway!"

"Then why did Mr. Smarty-Mouth-Iceberg say something about that?"

"ICEBERG?"

I grabbed Emerald's arm, "I just asked what would happen if she lost a battle to you!"

"Well…let's find out!" Emerald smirked, "One on One Pokemon battle!"

"WHAT?" I gasped.

"Iceberg…you're an idiot!" Darkness pushed me out of the way.

Emerald called a Pokemon from behind her, "Go, Pidgeyotto!"

Darkness quickly gave me and Fang a thumbs up, showing she could handle this, "Shaymin!" Darkness summoned Shaymin, who quickly darted in front of Darkness.

"Okay…Pidgeyotto, use…erm…something!"

Confused, I stared at Darkness. Darkness told me Emerald was tough, but here she is unable to give a command to Pidgeotto.

"Don't let her tricks fool you," Darkness murmured, "Her Pidgeyotto is over powered and can easily find a way to take out their foe…but not this time!" Darkness glanced at Shaymin, "Please end this with Leaf Storm, Shaymin."

Shaymin followed orders and summoned a leaf storm that easily knocked Pidgeyotto out of the sky. Pidgeyotto collapsed onto the ground. Emerald heaved Pidgeyotto off of the ground and carried him away without saying a word.

"She picked one of the wrong people to mess with," Fang hissed.

"Yeah…Darkness ain't half bad!" I announced.

"Not half bad? I can kick your butt without trying, idiot!" Darkness giggled.

"Whatever…I could go for ice cream right around now…" Fang sighed, "haven't had any in months."

"Ice cream with bacon sound good? I have some stashed somewhere…I guess then we could hang out and Fang can finally battle Iceberg…does that sound good?"

Fang and I nodded.

" I battle winner with my new Shaymin then!" Darkness added.