Chapter 2

Wes looked around the inside of Outskirt Stand and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The TV with moderate quality, people sitting at some of the booths and of course, the owner, Alex, behind his counter, washing glasses with the damp towel.

Alex noticed him walk in and smiled, "Wes, good to see you again. The usual right?" he asked, to which Wes nodded. Alex immediately went to prepare the small breakfast, "Pick any place ya want Wes." he said without turning around.

"Thanks Alex." Wes replied as he went back to the table in the back corner, only to raise an eyebrow in surprise when there was already someone sitting there. The person was male and he had odd pink hair, but with the fashion sense in Orre, Wes didn't decide to question it.

As he was about to turn to sit at the bar, the man said, "Hey, wait." Wes turned around slightly.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"You're a pokèmon trainer aren't ya?"

Wes raised an eyebrow, "What of it?"

"Name's Willie, I was gonna ask to battle you, but now that I get a better look at you." Willie laughed, "I doubt I'd stand a chance."

"Oh, uh thanks." Wes said before grinning, "But, I'm always up for a challenge, so if you want to battle, I'm all for it."

Willie nodded, "Alright, I'll keep that in mind."

Wes turned back around and walked up to the bar, seeing his two pokèmon already eating and his food on the counter. Taking a seat, he began to eat and nearly choked when the news report came on.

"Sorry to interrupt your program, but this just in." the anchor woman said, "There was an explosion with Eclo Canyon. Because of this, police were dispatched to see what caused it and what a shock! It was Team Snagem's hideout that was blown up!"

At once, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to the TV, listening with rapt interest, "Unfortunately, the hideout was already abandoned by the time police got there. Along with this, the cause of the explosion is unknown, but we will inform you as soon as we have more information."

Wes looked around as everyone started to chatter about the news report and he got up, placing some pokèdollars down, "Thanks for the food Alex." he said as he walked out, his pokèmon trailing behind him.

Not even off the plank to get into the locomotive, Wes heard Willie shouting for him to wait, the pink haired fellow running out soon afterwards, "What is it?" Wes asked, his hands in the pockets of his trench coat.

"Hey, I don't know why, but I suddenly got this overwhelming urge to battle you." Willie said with a smirk, "You still up for it?"

Wes looked down at the eeveelution brothers and they nodded eagerly, probably excited to burn off some of the energy they had after escaping from Team Snagem and Wes nodded, "Sure, I don't see why not."

"Alright!" Willie cheered as he walked into the cleared out area, "I'm all revved up and ready to go! So let's go Zig and Zag!" he exclaimed as he sent the two zigzag raccoon pokèmon out.

Espeon and Umbreon jumped out in front of the two Zigzagoon and waited for their trainer's orders, "What's the bet?" Wes called.

Willie made a thinking face before nodding, "How's about 240?" he asked and at Wes's nod, he quickly called an attack, "Alright, Zig, use Tail Whip on Espeon while Zag, you use Tackle!"

The first Zigzagoon, female by the looks of it, wagged her tail repeatedly while the other Zigzagoon, male, charged at Espeon, sending the psychic pokèmon back a couple of inches.

"Alright, that one hurt a little." Espeon said as he shook the attack off.

Wes smiled, Maybe this won't be a waste of my time. he thought happily, before calling out an attack, "Espeon, Confusion! Umbreon, Bite!" he shouted.

The Sun pokèmon narrowed his eyes as he stared at the Zag, his eyes turning a bright blue, Zag looked around in shock as he was lifted off his paws into the air.

Zig, noticing her partner's dilemma, rushed to help him when Umbreon appeared in front of her, "Don't forget about me!" he exclaimed as his fangs glowed white and he bit down on Zig with his crushing bite, causing her to cry out in pain.

"Umbreon, toss her!" Espeon exclaimed as he let Zag drop to the ground and Umbreon tossed Zig into the air, causing the two to collide and land on the ground, swirls in their eyes.

Willie blinked in shock before rubbing the back of his head, "Man I was right." he said with a grin, "You are strong!" he returned the two pokèmon and handed over the 240 pokèdollars.

"Thanks." Wes replied as he knelt down to pat Espeon and Umbreon on the head.

"Hey, you should head to Phenac City." Willie said, "They have a stadium there full of tough trainers. It's not even that far from here." he continued as he pointed to the west, "Just head that way. No way you could miss it."

Wes considered it and nodded, "Sure, I've got nothing better to do." he said as he hopped onto his Motorbike (1), Umbreon and Espeon jumping into the sidecar, "See ya Willie!"

Willie waved a good-bye as Wes drove off, though he raised an eyebrow in confusion, "Now that I think about it, he looks awfully familiar." he said to himself, "Though, when I think about it, I get a feeling of fear growing in my stomach."

(1) Um, what the heck is that thing even called?! Cause I have no clue whatsoever. If anyone's got a better name for it then Motorbike, unless you all think that sounds fine, I'd be willing to take some suggestions.

Also, what should I do with pokèmon battles, cause we all know that most of the time in Pokèmon, the battles are laughably easy, but I want to make them somewhat interesting. So, should I just describe what happens for non-important battles (Dual Square since all you do is just snag the shadow pokèmon there) and actually type out the important ones (Miror B. since he's an admin)?

I don't know, I'll let you all decide. So hope you enjoyed!