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Second chapter, hooray.

For all you Wes fans, he finally comes out in this chapter, hooray! -Throws confetti-

Cipher's Revenge

Chapter 2: Vacation to Orre

Back at home in Twinleaf Town…

10'o clock, A.M

Lucas, exhausted from his battle was fast asleep; a shadowy figure entered the room

'Lucas, hey Lucas!' the voice of the shadowy figure called.

"Five more minutes, Mom," Lucas muttered, hiding his head with his pillow.

"WAKE UP, LAZY BUM!!!!!!" The voice said harshly, kicking Lucas

"Huh, wha…" Lucas woke up, still tired from his battle with Cynthia.

"Bout time…" muttered Barry, Lucas's friend and rival grunted, crossing his arms, "Its 10'o clock and you have a bunch of battle requests!"

Lucas sighed, ever since his victory against Cynthia, all he received, day and night, were requests, requests, and even more requests.

"Now hurry up and get dressed," Barry ordered, "I'm fining you one million Poke if you're late!!!"

"Barry, I'm sick of battling, all I receive are request day and night," Lucas replied, "Can you tell them that the champ needs a break?

Barry smiled, "Why didn't you say so in the first place?" Barry asked, "I can't force you to go into battle you know! No need to worry, I'll call the crowd off."

Lucas smiled, "Thanks, you're a great pal."

Barry laughed while placing his hands on his head. "No prob," Barry smiled, "Isn't that what friends are for?"

"By the way, if you could've gone on a vacation any day, why did you choose today?" Barry asked.

Lucas smiled, "Dawn called yesterday, and she said that she is coming back, and since I haven't seen her in so long, I wanted to take her with me."

Barry smiled, "Ah, so like a date…"

Lucas flushed bright red, "Hey, Dawn is just a childhood friend, not my crush or anything!!!!"

"What ever you say," replied Barry in a sarcastic voice, "Deny it all you want, but you'll have to face the truth sooner of later!" Before Lucas could counter, Barry already left to call the crowd off.

"Ok, all you wimps who wanted to fight my friend, unfortunately, the champ's going on a vacation, because he wants a break from fighting all you weaklings," Barry started harshly, "So get your nooby butts outta here and git!"

"Sorry about my friend guys, but yeah, I'm going on a break." Lucas said as he came out of his house. "I promise to accept more challenges when I get back!"

When the crowd left, they went back to the house.

"Geez, no need to be so harsh!" Lucas admonished as he smacked him on the shoulder.

"Meh," Barry started as he placed his hands behind his head, "They deserved it!"

O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O

Halfway during the trip, Dawn fell asleep on Paul's shoulder. Paul stroked her navy blue hair.

'What a troublesome girl,' Paul thought, 'I don't know why I loved her once.'

After a few more hours, they finally reached Twinleaf Town. Paul shook Dawn softly.

"Hey, wake up!" Paul said softly, "We're here!"

"Mmmmmmm…"Dawn mumbled sleepily, "How long was I asleep?"

Dawn smacked herself awake, "Thanks for the ride Paul!" she smiled, "You're a great friend!"

Paul flushed red, "No problem, c'ya." And Paul left to the port of the boat to Orre.

Dawn sighed, she was finally home again, as she reached for the door to her house, and she was greeted by her mom.

"Hi Dawn," Her mom smiled, "Welcome home!"

"Hi, Mom!" Dawn smiled.

"Lucas called me, he wants you over at his house!" she smiled.

"Really!" Dawn suddenly cheered up, she hasn't seen Lucas in forever, "Ok I'll go right away, I'll come back soon, ok?"

Dawn took her pack and headed to Lucas's house. Lucas opened the door.

"Hi Dawn!" Lucas smiled, "It's been forever, I can see you still care for your hair!"

Dawn smiled, but a small vein popped on her head, "I can see you're skinny as usual!"

"Well, what are you waiting for, come in!" Lucas welcomed her warmly.

Dawn went inside Lucas's house. The two instantly began engaging in conversation.

"I watched your battle from the Pokemon Center," Dawn smiled, "Sinnoh Champ in two days, that's impressive!"

"Meh," Lucas muttered, "Sinnoh champ may look fun, but eventually all you get are more and more battle requests."

Lucas quickly changed the subject. "So I heard you have a boyfriend," He started, "How is the relation going?"

Dawn smiled sadly, "It didn't work out between us, my friend Ash argues with him too much, and he's not used to the peaceful nature of my friends. I didn't really like how he trained his Pokemon any ways, so the two of us broke up and just consider ourselves as friends…"

She smiled again, "He's a bit of a jerk, but he has a kind heart in the inside. And no need to worry, I've gotten over it."

Lucas smiled, "Well, that's good. I don't like seeing you depressed!"

Lucas heard a small part of him say, 'Alright she's single!"

Lucas turned around, flushing red, 'What am I thinking?' he thought, 'Dawn is my friend, not my crush!!!'

Dawn frowned, "Is anything wrong?"

"Ah, nothing!" Lucas said quickly, still red in the face.

As soon as he calmed down, he asked Dawn, "So, I was planning to go on a vacation, but Barry says he's too busy, and I don't want to go alone. So I was wondering…"

"Go on…" said Dawn.

"Canneyucumwidme!!!!!!!" Lucas said quickly, growing red again.

Dawn frowned again, "What did you say? Can you speak a little slower?"

"Oh sorry," he replied, embarrassed. 'Calm down Lucas, pull your self together you're not asking her out for a date, and besides, Dawn's a friend, not a lifelong crush.'

Lucas cleared his throat and asked in a calmer and clear voice, "What I wanted to ask is if you wanted to go to Orre with me for my vacation. I heard that it's a really nice place!"

"Sure," Dawn smiled excitedly, "I have nothing to do any ways!"

"Great!" Lucas smiled, "Let me go ask my Mom first, just wait a few minutes."

Lucas went down stairs, and Dawn waited patiently for Lucas to return. When he came back, he had a grin on his face.

"Both of our parents are okay with it, as long as we stay safe." Lucas said, grinning with excitement.

"Great!" Dawn smiled "When do we leave?"

"I'll meet you at the front of the port tomorrow," Lucas smiled, "Pack up your stuff and I'll meet you tomorrow!"

"I'll see you tomorrow then," Dawn smiled, she looked excited. She went downstairs to get back to her house.

'This is awesome!' thought the voice again, 'I get to go on a cruise, with Dawn, all by myself. This is a dream come true! I can't wait!'

Lucas shook off the thought, packed his stuff, and tried to get some sleep.

The next day, Lucas almost slept in, if it wasn't for the help of Barry.

"OY, LOVER BOY, WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Shouted Barry, kicking him awake.

Lucas threw his sheets, and replied, "For Pete's sake, it's not a freaking date. I just don't have anyone else to go with! How many freaking times do I have to emphasize that?"

"Whatever just get ready quickly," Barry said, ignoring Lucas's argument, "Dawn's already waiting for you, good luck…" Barry smiled as he walked away.

"Aw, crap!!!" Lucas muttered, "I'm late, again!!!!"

Lucas tore out of his pajamas, quickly brushed his teeth, grabbed his pack, and ran as quickly as he could.

Minutes later, he saw Dawn leaning against a pole, her arms crossed.

"You're late," Dawn started sternly, "As usual…"

"Sorry," Lucas muttered, panting, "Almost slept in…"

Dawn suddenly laughed, "I see you still have a habit of being late!"

Lucas smiled in relief; he was glad Dawn wasn't too mad at him.

They had to wait 30 minutes for the next ship, but that was okay because they had more time to engage in conversation. Thirty minutes later, they entered the ship, Staraptor found a sail it could perch on and Infernape greeted Dawn happily.

"Hi, Infernape!" Dawn smiled, "It's been a long time, and you grew a lot!"

Infernape happily gave Dawn a big hug, Even though it was fully evolved, it was still a child at heart. Lucas smiled, glad that Infernape was happy.

"It's great to see you again too, Staraptor!" Dawn shouted at Staraptor, the Hawk Pokemon cooed softly and went back to sleep.

"I just realized I haven't seen your Pokemon yet!" Lucas smiled, "Is it okay if I can see them?"

Dawn nodded, she unexpectedly grew red in the face, "Um, sure!" she replied, "but I don't have much though… Ok, spotlight!!!!!"

Piplup, Ambipom, Buneary, and Pachirisu emerged out of their respective balls.

Lucas looked impressed, "Wow, that's a nice team," Lucas smiled, "I can tell they are all very well trained."

"Um, thanks…" Dawn said quietly as she blushed, her fingers flustering.

"Well, if you choose all of your team, I might as well give my Pokemon some fun!" Lucas grinned, "Everyone come out and have some fun!!!"

Luxray, Floatzel, and Staraptor sat in the corner, watching as they played.

The group was playing tag, Infernape was it. She caught almost everyone, except for Lucas and Dawn, who worked together to trick Infernape.

"Infer…" it muttered angrily, it was tired of running, and decided to use Mach Punch.

However, the floor was too slippery, and it fell hard on the floor.

Everyone laughed, including Infernape. Staraptor, Luxray and Foatzel just smiled, amused.

After a few hours of playing, eating, and living in the lap of luxury, the two finally reached Gateon Port.

"Wow, so this is Orre," Dawn looked impressed, "It's so pretty, I'm glad you decided to go on a vacation here!"

Lucas smiled happily. 'I'm just glad that you're glad!' he thought.

After the ship departed, a couple of thugs greeted them in an unfriendly way.

"Pretteh cute gal ya got there," the thug grinned, "Tuh bad sheh wont beh yurs fur long… Minions, attack!!"

Dawn stared sternly at them, ready to defend herself, but Lucas went in front of her.

"I've got this…" Lucas smiled, "Floatzel, Water Gun!!!"

"Zelllllllll!!!!!!" it cried as it shot a blast of water.

The goons were washed by a forceful blast of water.

The thug frowned, "Not bad, fur an amateur…"

"Yeah, well, amateur this, fatso," Lucas taunted, "I'm Sinnoh Champ!!!!"

The thug frowned, "Neva heard of Sinnoh, and I dun like bein called fat, so prepare fur battle. Goh, Granbull!!!!"

The tough-looking Bulldog Pokemon emerged from its ball.

"Strength Attack!!!" the thug ordered.

Before Lucas could issue a command, Dawn ordered an attack from her Pokemon.

"Ambipom, Focus Punch!!!!!" Dawn ordered.

Ambipom's two tails glowed with energy, the bulldog Pokemon fainted from the attack.

"So teh girl's got some tough Pokehmon, eh," the thug frowned, "Now I want her even more!"

Dawn looked digusted, but Lucas reassured her.

"Don't worry Dawn," Lucas smiled, "I won't let this idiot get you!"

Dawn smiled back, "I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself!"

Meanwhile, in the distance, two young figures watched the battle.

"Yay, newcomers!!!!" the first one said childishly. He appeared to be around ten years old. He was a short kid with messy red-orange hair, goggles rested on his head. But what was most peculiar about him was a strange machine attached to his right arm.

"I wonder who's gonna win!!!" The boy said. "What do you think?"

"…" The other figure just sat there, cool and calculating. The second person looked at the battle, as if he was bored. He had glowing yellow eyes, a blue coat, grey, messy hair, and a white line streaked across his face. "Dunno. We'll see."

Lucas was impressed. The two of them were a good team. The thug only had one Pokemon left.

"Just give up…" Lucas began, "It's hopeless!!!! It's two on one and you only have one Pokemon left!"

The thug grinned, "But it's a vereh special Pokehmon. Goh, Garchomp!!!"

Lucas laughed, "Garchomp, you have got to be kidding me, I've had enough experience with Garchomp!"

He smiled at Dawn, "Your Buneary knows Ice Beam right? Use it for a double super effective Ice attack!"

Dawn nodded, "Ok!! Buneary Ice Beam!!!!!"

Bun… eary!!!!!" Buneary shouted as it unleashed an icy blue beam at the Garchomp.

"Floatzel, Ice Fang!!!" Lucas ordered.

Floatzel charged at Garchomp, its icy fangs bared

The thug grinned, "Garchomp, Shadoh Guard!!!!!!!!"

'Shadow Guard? I never heard of that move before!!! I've got a bad feeling about this…' Lucas thought.

A strange shadowy aura surrounded Garchomp, the two attacks just bounced off.

"Now, Shadoh Dive!!!" the thug ordered.

A shadowy aura surrounded Garchomp as it ran through Buneary and Floatzel, the two fainted instantly.

But the strange thing was that it didn't stop its attack, it kept charging, Dawn being its target.

'This is bad,' Lucas thought, 'It's almost like it wants us to get hurt!!'

Ambipom managed to stop the attack from hitting Dawn, but fainted from the force.

Dawn ran to Ambipoms's side, "Are you okay?"

"…Pom…" It replied weakly.

"Teh Sinnoh an' his gal ain't so hot now ain't they? The thug grinned as Dawn and Lucas gritted their teeth.

"Hey, the shadow monitor is reacting!" the red-orange haired kid exclaimed as a strange scouter-like object activated. "That Garchomp is a shadow Pokemon!"

He turned to the silver haired teenager, "What do we do, Wes?" he asked, "I wanna beat the thug up!!!"

Wes sighed and finally spoke. "Be patient, Michael," he replied in a calm and cool voice, "You'll get your chance very soon."

Michael fumed silently. He sat down and pouted as if he was a little brother.

Lucas and Dawn were in disbelief, Dawn only had her Piplup left and Lucas already lost three members of his whole team. And that freaking Garchomp still seemed perfectly fine!

"Jus' surrenda teh gal!!!" The thug grinned, "I'm tuh good fur yous!!!!"

"You? Better then me?" Lucas laughed, "In your dreams!!!! And Dawn wouldn't go with you even if it was the end of the world!!!!"

"I'm sorry I wasn't much help…" Dawn replied, "His Garchomp is too strong!"

"Don't be ridiculous!!! You were plenty of help!!!" Lucas smiled, "Every Pokemon has a weakness. We just have to figure out this one's!!!"

Dawn cheered up, "Ok, I'll do my best!!!"

"Roserade, you're up!!!!" Lucas cried.

"Piplup, spotlight!!!" Dawn shouted.

"Rade!!!" Roserade cried.

"Lup!!!" cried Piplup.

"Leaf Storm attack, now!!!" Lucas ordered.

"Piplup, use Bubblebeam!!!" Dawn commanded.

The two attacks struck Garchomp hard, it flinched in pain.

"Piplup, Whirlpool!!!" Dawn ordered.

"Piiiip…luuuuup!!!!!" It cried as it threw a large whirling whirlpool at Garchomp.

"Roserade, use Ingrain and Giga Drain!!!" Lucas commanded.

Roserade planted its roots deep in the earth, then its vines wrapped around Garchomp.

Garchomp was immobilized by the two attacks, the vines keeping it still and the Whirlpool dealing continuous damage.

The thug frowned, "Nice comboh!!!" the thug said as he gritted his teeth, "But noh match fur Garchomp!!!"

"Pull Roserade in!!!" the thug commanded.

Garchomp had incredible power. It derooted Roserade and pulled it straight to the Whirlpool.

"Roserade, let go!!" Lucas ordered.

Roserade released its wrap on Garchomp, leaving only the Whirlpool attacking Garchomp.

"Now, Shadoh Dive!!!!" The thug ordered, grinning.

Garchomp broke free from the Whirlpool, and charged at Piplup and Roserade.

"Bubblebeam/Solarbeam!!!!!" The two commanded at the same time to their respective Pokemon.

The two attacks charged at Garchomp, but it didn't even flinch, it continued charging and slammed Piplup and Roserade.

"Lup…" the tiny Penguin Pokemon replied weakly as it fainted.

"Rade…" Roserade grunted as it was defeated.

Dawn ran to Piplup's side, "Piplup!!! Are you ok??"

"Dawn, look out!!!" Lucas went in front of Garchomp again, protecting Dawn.

'Just like last time…' Lucas thought, 'Only this time Infernape won't defend me…'

At the same time Roserade and Piplup fainted, Wes made his choice.

"Now's the time," Wes replied, "Do you want to do it?"

"No, I did it last time," Michael smiled, "You can do it!!!"

Wes pulled out an Ultra Ball from his pack. His right arm, the one holding the machine, held the ball.

As the ball made contact with the machine, it flashed with a strange light.

"Go, Snag Ball!!!!" Wes shouted as he threw the Ultra Ball.

Lucas braced himself for impact. 'This is it,' Lucas thought, 'Right when I got here…"

But just before impact, the Ultra Ball incased Garchomp in a brilliant flash of light. It shook a few times, and then closed tightly.

"Whot wos dat!!!!" The thug screamed in disbelief, "Wos dat a snag?!?!?

Lucas couldn't believe what he saw, for a moment there he thought something caught the Garchomp. He rubbed his eyes to make sure he was dreaming, but he wasn't.

"Dawn, what did you do?" Lucas asked.

But Dawn was also paralyzed in disbelief. She couldn't believe what she saw.

"But, if Dawn didn't do it, and I didn't do it," Lucas wondered, "Who did?"

"I did…" Wes said, picking up the Ultra ball holding Garchomp. He spun the ball on his finger and grinned, "Thanks for the Garchomp," he replied, facing the thug, "I'll take better care of it then you did…"

The thug scowled, "Yah snagged it!!!!!" he roared angrily, "I'll keel yah!!!" He charged in, ready to throw a punch at Wes.

"Look out!!!" Lucas shouted.

But Wes remained calm. In front of him, Michael rode in Claydol.

Michael smiled childishly, "Bye-bye, Fatso!!!!" as he waved at him as Claydol prepared a Hyper Beam attack.

"What the," The thug said as he stopped in his tracks, "Where'd ya come from!?!?!"

But before he could say another word, Claydol unleashed the huge yellowish beam.

"GAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" The thug cried as he was sent flying.

"You know I had it all under control…" Wes muttered.

"I won't just let you have all the glory!" Michael said smiling.

"Whatever…" Wes placed his hands on his head.

Lucas stared in disbelief. What just happened? Who were those two? And what happened to Garchomp? These questions raced in Lucas's head.

"Come on, Michael," Wes called, "Our job is done here…"

"Ok!!!!" Michael said, skipping toward Wes happily.

"Hold on a minute!" Lucas shouted, "Who are you guys?"

Wes smirked, "Just a few passing-by snaggers…" And he and Michael were off, again, "If you wanna heal your Pokemon, follow us to the Pokemon Center."

O.o.O.o.O.o.O.o.O

Dawn walked up to Wes and bowed, "Um, thanks for saving us!" she said quietly, "That thug wanted to kidnap me and possibly rape me!"

"No problem," Wes smirked again, "His ugly face was getting annoying anyways…"

"Um, I'm Dawn," She bowed again as she introduced herself.

"No need to be so formal…" Wes said, "I'm not a friend or anything…"

Dawn ignored Wes's comment and introduced Lucas. "This is my friend Lucas, we're from Sinnoh."

"Yo…" Lucas said as he greeted them.

Wes turned and introduce himself and Michael, "I'm Wes and this is my snag partner, Michael."

"HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" he said greeted them enthusiastically, waving both of his arms while doing so.

"How old are you, 7?" Lucas snickered.

Michael pouted. "Hey, that's mean," he replied, "For your information I'm ten years old, smarty!!!!"

Lucas hollered with laughter from this, a small vein popped from his head and he stuck his tongue at him when he wasn't looking.

"So, what's a couple like you doing here?" Wes asked.

Lucas's face flushed bright red, "HEY, FOR YOUR INFORMATION SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND, SHE'S A GIRL AND SHE'S A FRIEND, BUT SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He shouted so loud that Wes's hair was being blown away.

"Um…" Dawn started blushed as the both of her fingers fidgeted, "I used to have an ex-boyfriend."

"I see," Wes said, rubbing his ears, "So what are the two of you doing here in Orre? There are a lot of thugs around here and next time you might not be so lucky."

"Well," Dawn said as she began explaining, "Lucas is Sinnoh Champ, but to him, all Sinnoh champ meant was battle requests. He grew tired, so he decided to take me to Orre for a vacation."

"I see," Wes muttered, "Oh and by the way…"

He turned to Lucas, "For a champ, you really suck…"

"What!!!" Lucas said in disbelief, "For your information, I defeated the Elite four and the previous champ!!!!"

"Meh," Wes muttered, cleaning his ears with his pinky, "I probably could've defeated them all with just one Pokemon."

Lucas quivered with anger, his face as red as a tomato. He didn't like this guy's cockiness.

"Um, Lucas," Dawn started.

But Lucas ignored Dawn, he was so mad he couldn't focus. He angrily muttered the words, "That is it… Battle… Now…"

Wes merely shrugged, "Sure…"

Michael muttered to Dawn, "Sorry, but your friend is screwed."

"Six round fights, no time limit." Lucas said as he explained the rules.

Wes shrugged, "Fine by me…"

"Floatzel, you're up!!!!" Lucas threw the ball of the orange weasel Pokemon.

"Zelll!!!!" It cried, with its fangs bared.

"Go, Tyranitar!!!" Wes replied as he threw the dinosaur-like Pokemon.

"Tarrrr!!!" It roared savagely, with its tough muscles, it was a formidable opponent.

Lucas grinned, 'Tyranitar may be strong, but they're extremely slow! Floatzel's Rain Dance will make things even better for me!!!!"

"Start out with Rain Dance!!!!" Lucas ordered.

"Zellllll!!!!!!!!!!!!" It cried as it threw a blue orb of energy at the sky. Rain poured at them.

Dawn watched the battle, trying to cover herself from the rain.

Michael shielded Dawn with an umbrella, "Here you go!!!"

Dawn smiled gratefully. "Thank you!!!" she replied as she patted Michael on the head.

"Water Gun!!!!" Lucas ordered.

"Earthquake!!!!" Wes ordered.

The forceful blast of water was countered by a huge tremor.

"Dodge with Aqua Jet!!!!" Lucas ordered.

Floatzel dodged the tremor by changing into a watery tackle.

"Use your Sand stream ability to shield yourself!" Wes ordered.

Floatzel charged at Tyranitar, but the dinosaur Pokemon shielded with a powerful sand shield.

Wes grinned, "Battle over, Thunder!!!!"

Floatzel still had to recover from the Sand Stream. it couldn't dodge the Thunder attack.

"ZELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It cried in pain as the Thunder attack seared through its body. The attack was so powerful, the Weazel Pokemon fainted immediately.

'Incredible power…' Lucas thought, 'One hit knocked out Floatzel!!!!!"

"Still want to continue?" Wes asked, "You know you're outclassed!!!!"

Lucas gritted his teeth. Wes was right; he was just too good. But he always loved situations like this.

"What do you take me for???" He laughed, "A noob???" He threw Luxray's ball. The Black Cat emerged from its ball.

Wes sighed, "Fine, have it your way." He returned Tyranitar and threw Flygon's ball.

"Rrrrrrrrrrrrr…" Luxray growled low.

Flygon glared at Luxray from its gem-like eyes.

"I'll start this time," Wes said, "Dragon breath!!!!!!!!"

A yellow draught emerged from Flygon's mouth.

"Dodge it!!!" Lucas ordered as Luxray obeyed and dodged it.

"Now crunch!!!!" Lucas ordered.

"You too, Flygon!!!!" Wes ordered.

The two Pokemon circled each other, searching for a blind spot.

Luxray finally found a blind spot, near its waist. It immediately charged at Flygon with great speed. However, Flygon was ready.

The dragon Pokemon blocked the attack with its tail, so Luxray attack the tail, and not the blind spot.

"Slam Luxray to the ground repeatedly!!!!" Wes grinned.

With a powerful slam of its tail, Luxray released its grip.

"Now Hyper Beam…" Wes ordered.

'Hyper Beam at this range???" Lucas thought, "This is bad!!!"

"Luxray get out of there!!!!!" Lucas ordered

Luxray struggled to get up, but couldn't recover from its slam attack, and couldn't defend itself from the yellow beam.

The huge beam devastated Luxray, the Cat Pokemon fainted.

"Tch…"Lucas muttered. This was madness!!!!! Two of his Pokemon were knocked out with ridiculous ease!!!!!

"Now do you give up?" Wes asked.

"Hell no!!!!!!" Lucas shouted as he threw Toxicroak's ball.

"Suit yourself…" Wes sighed as he threw Mistreavus's Ball.

Toxicroak flinched as Misdreavus came out.

'Not anticipation again…' Lucas groaned internally, 'I gotta finish this fast!!'

"Faint Attack!!!!" Lucas ordered.

"Counter with Shadow Ball!" Wes ordered.

Toxicroak attempted to vanish, but Misdreavus hit it before it could attack.

"Croak!!!!!" It muttered in pain as the orb damaged Toxicroak.

"Now end this battle with Psybeam!!!!" Wes ordered.

Lucas cringed. The Psybeam would be four times effective. Toxicroak could get seriously hurt from that attack, and he didn't want any more of his Pokemon to get hurt.

"Toxicroak return!!!!" Lucas shouted as he returned the frog Pokemon to its ball, right before it could get hit.

He stared at Wes, and for the first time in his life, he was defeated.

"You're too good," Lucas muttered in defeat, "You win…"

"Come on, Dawn, let's go…" he replied glumly.

"Um… Ok!!!" Dawn hurried to Lucas's side, but quickly turned to bow to Michael and Wes, "Um, Bye!!!"

Wes sighed; Lucas actually put a good fight, considering his Pokemon were a lot stronger than his.

"Good game!!!" Wes smiled, offering to shake hands.

"Yeah," Lucas replied as he shook Wes's hand, "Good game…"

"Phenac City is the safest place in Orre," Wes advised, "You can spend your vacation there."

Lucas tried to crack a smile, "Ok… thanks…"

The two groups went their separate ways with Lucas thinking about his devastating defeat and Dawn trying to cheer him up.

Well, there you go, second chapter.

I hope you liked the thug talk, I had fun writing it… XD

Until next chapter, peace out!!

Honou