Ps: I do not own pokemon, only my OC's

Professor Birch gave me a pokedex and Torchic's poke ball along with a long set of instructions on how take care of it.

I was the first to leave the lab, Torchic riding on my shoulder and an all new trainers badge in my backpack.

Suddenly I heard a loud voice calling me.

"Drey, wait up."

As I turned around I saw Cat running towards me. What did she want?

She stopped in front of me, caught my arms and looked at me earnestly.

"Can we have a battle? I would like you to be my first opponent"

Huh, me? Why would she want me? I'm pretty sure there were better trainers out there to learn from.

Well whatever, at least she is serious about being training.

"Fine, I would like to have my first battle with you as well", I replied politely.

Torchic who had been sitting quietly on my shoulder all this time suddenly chirped in excitement and jumped onto the ground, adopting a low stance.

"Thank you so much" Cat cried out in excitement

She pulled out her poke ball, releasing Treeko. Realizing that it was in a battle it dropped into a combat ready stance as well.

While Treeko had an edge in mobility, Torchic had the type advantage. Fire is super effective against grass after all. I would have to prevent this from becoming a battle of speed. While I had no doubts that I would win, I didn't want to take needless damage after all.

Since both of them were about the same level it would take about two direct hits from ember to defeat Treeko.

Cat took a deep breath and gave an order starting the battle.

"Treeko, use vine whip."

I immediately countered

"Torchic, dodge backward"

Torchic jumped backward avoiding the attack. Treeko pulled its vines back.

"Now use ember."

Torchic took a deep breath, inflating its stomach and blew a small ball of fire straight a Treeko. Sidestepping the attack Treeko charged straight at Torchic.

"Treeko use pound."

"Torchic dodge backwards once again"

Torchic jumped backwards dodging pound after pound. Treeko was relentless, swiping its arms trying to get a hit. My heart beat in anticipation as I saw my partner narrowly escape a few strikes. Treeko losing patience lunged. The attack narrowly grazed Torchic as it retreated backward.

"Now use ember."

Got you.

Unable to dodge due to its hasty lunge, Treeko took the attack straight to the face throwing it a few feet backward.

"TREECKO" Cat screamed at seeing her partner get hit.

I did not let this chance go by.

"Torchic don't let up, use scratch."

The orange pokémon charged straight at its downed opponent. However Treecko was quick to recover, narrowly dodging the attack.

Both pokémon retreated towards their respective masters. Treecko was bending down on one knee, black soot all over its body. On the other side Torchic was panting. The high speed must have been draining its stamina.

Trying to fight at Treecko's speed must have been exhausting. Seems like I would have to finish this battle quickly.

Cat looked at her partner hesitantly.

"Treecko… can you still fight?"

Treecko just gave a nod, eyes focussed at its opponent.

Cat gave her partner a shaky grin and ordered

"Alright let's win this. Use pound."

Treecko once again charged

"Torchic counter with scratch"

Torchic jumped at Treecko intercepting it before it could reach its full speed.

"Now jump and use ember"

With a graceful backflip Torchic jumped backward using Treecko's momentum. Breathing in heavily it sent another ball of fire straight at its opponent.

Treecko dodged late, as a result of which it got hit in the foot.

Treecko cried in pain.

Cat looked on in panic as she cried for her partner.

For a second it seemed as she was about to give up. Suddenly Treecko got up with a growl of defiance, giving her some confidence.

Glaring at Torchic it signalled its trainer to continue the battle. Not to be outshone, Torchic responded with an equally strong cry.

Cat who looked somewhat emotional at the scene wiped her wet eyes and looked at me with determination.

"This fight's not over" she declared.

Was she was supposed to be some sort of protagonist type character? The whole battle had been one-sided.

"Nope it's over" I said crossing my arms together. The more I delayed it the harder it would become.

Cat looked a bit shaken at my comment. Was her resolve that weak?

"Torchic use scratch"

Torchic jumped at Treecko attacking relentlessly. While Treecko tried it was unable to dodge all of them. Jumping away to escape it used vine whip to try and grab Torchic. Unfortunately for it that was its last mistake.

"Torchic use ember"

Unable to move due to its vines, Treecko got hit once again making Cat cry in panic.

"TREEKO"

As the light smoke cleared, I could see Treecko who had finally fainted from that hit.

"TREEKO" Cat screamed as she rushed towards her pokémon. Holding it her arms, I saw her calling out to it.

"Good job Torchic" I said taking out its poke ball.

Torchic gave me a grin (at least it seemed like one) as the red light took it back to its ball.

As I walked up to my crying opponent I thought about what I should say. Should I give words of encouragement? Or should I give her advice? A bit of constructive criticism wouldn't hurt would it?

However as I approached her she glared at me.

"Uh…" I stuttered puzzled at her distasteful expression.

"Next time" she whispered "I will definitely defeat you."

She turned around and ran away before I could reply.

Well that was weird. Was this some sort of rival battle event or something? No way. Right?

I hope not. Well whatever.

Looking at the lab I let out a smile.

"Hoenn, here I come"

AN: A special thanks to all those who gave me some awesome advice. This is my first story and receiving constructive criticism helps me get better. Thank you for your support