"Espeon teleport me to Unova, Lostlorn Forest."

"Why there specifically?"

"Well, I have a plan to find the pokemon for our bet."

"Our? That's your problem."

"Well, if I lose my license I can't bring you guys with me, you wouldn't want that would you?"

"Well, when you put it that way…"

"So I need you to search for empty space in the forest."

"What do you mean?"

"Like use your psychic senses."

"Oh no, I don't like where this is going..."

"Please do this for me"

"If my oh so powerful master commands me so, I guess I must."

"…"

Espeon and Red disappear and reappear in the middle of Lostlorn forest in a seemingly dense part of the forest. Espeon quickly returns himself as a dark pulse shoots at the spot he just was.

"I'm not coming back out." Espeon stated as a matter of fact to Red.

"It's okay, I should do this myself anyways."

"Please stop attacking me!" Red yelled out to the forest.

Red looks at the tree next to him and swipes his hand through it causing it to disappear. The whole landscape in front of him fizzles out of existence and he is met with a clearing and several angry zoroarks. Red starts to move forwards but a Zoroark is holding a night slash at his neck as soon as he started to move. Red backs up with his hands raised in front of him.

"I just want to talk, can I send a pokemon out to translate for me?"

The Zoroark in front of him nods and an illusion of an Espeon appears in front of him.

"Crap, Espeon, they've stopped attacking so can you please come out?"

"I said I was not coming out, they are just going to knock me out for easy experience"

"Espeon please I need you."

"Sigh"

"Did you just say 'sigh'?"

"Yes, now send me out if you must"

Red summons Espeon and the pink cat lands on the ground in front of several very watchful zoroarks.

"What business does your trainer have with us?" The Zoroark asked to Espeon.

"Well, my trainer is an idiot and wants to train a pokemon to become a pokemon trainer."

"…"

"Yeah its stupid I know. He isn't always very smart."

"Why did he want a Zoroark for it?"

"I don't know actually let me ask the moron."

"Hey dumbass! They want to know why you want a Zoroark to train"

"Umm, well Zoroark are smart, and they can create illusions so they would be able to create illusions to help them. Like the clearing earlier, no other pokemon would be able to create illusions like that"

"Well actually, any pokemon that has strong enough control over light screen and reflect could create an active camouflage to make themselves look basically invisible…"

"Espeon not helping right now…"

"They're dark types, they can't hear me even if I tried to speak to them telepathically, their dark types cancel out my telepathy or something, just like a psychic attack."

"Your trainer is an interesting person, why does he want to train a pokemon into a pokemon trainer? I'm still struggling to understand why he would want to do this."

Espeon racked his brain to try to come up with an excuse that would get the Zoroark to stop pestering him for details without revealing that Red got drunk and made some questionable decisions.

"Well, its just a side project that he wants to work on."

"…"

"What is it?"

"We are masters of illusions and trickery, you think that we wouldn't know when we are being lied to?"

"Well, it was worth a shot… So the truth is, is that he got into a bet and the bet was that he could train a pokemon into a pokemon trainer, and during the time he was acting rash and wasn't thinking straight."

"… I know your hiding something."

"OKAY FINE HE WAS DEAD DRUNK AND HE BET HIS TRAINERS LICENSE."

"Now there is the truth we were looking for."

"So, will you help us?"

"I would like to test his strength as a trainer first by facing you in battle."

"The Zoroark wants to battle me with you as my trainer to see if you are worthy, which means you owe me big time"

"I accept your challenge Zoroark."

The other Zoroarks quickly left the clearing hiding in the bushes and trees so they would not be caught in the crossfire.

Zoroark stood on the other side of the clearing facing Espeon.

"Can I use dazzling gleam on them?"

"Nope, no dazzling gleam, that doesn't show my skill as a trainer, we need to beat them using other methods," Red replied to his Espeon. Red knew he had to impress the Zoroarks to earn their favour. "Espeon start this off with a calm mind."

Zoroark quickly dashed in with his claw glowing in a black aura.

"That's night slash, quick put up a reflect."

Espeon created a barrier in between Zoroark and himself as the claw came down. The claw broke through the barrier but the momentum was slowed enough that Espeon was able to jump backwards out of the way.

"Light screen and then calm mind," Red called out to Espeon.

Espeon obeyed and set the screen and was preparing a calm mind, Zoroark wasn't going to let Espeon do this unpunished as he readied a ball of dark energy in his hands.

"Take the dark pulse head on," Red commanded Espeon.

Espeon took the dark pulse as it went through the light screen weakening it as it hit Espeon head on. Espeon shook it off and stood tall and undeterred.

"Grass knot and then shadow ball at your feet."

The Zoroark had the grass knot seeds land on his legs and the battlefield was the covered in smoke. Zoroark was clouded in smoke making the battlefield darker. Zoroark shot out a night daze and heard Espeon yelp in pain as it hit.

"Espeon use confusion, psychic, psybeam and future sight everywhere you can!"

Zoroark stood confused at this new strategy. The whole battlefield was then covered in smoke as the attacks hit the ground.

"Toxic on the ground in front of you, and then shoot swift through it! After that use psyshock!"

Zoroark decided that this was the perfect time to use a swords dance because while swift could not miss, the opponent still would have to aim at the target. This meant that when the stars collided with Zoroark he was very surprised.

"Quick attack to your left, and then a very weak dazzling gleam!"

"I've almost used up all my moves…" Espeon thought to himself and then he realised what his trainer wanted him to do.

Zoroark used another swords dance and was preparing to strike with a night slash.

"Espeon hyper beam right in front of him now!"

Zoroark was suddenly subjected to a bright explosion right in front of him. Zoroark was blinded by the sudden change from the dark smoke cover to receiving a hyper beam explosion right in front of his face. Zoroark staggered and as he began to regain his vision he saw Espeon shake off the recharge from the hyper beam.

"Espeon psych up and then activate the grass knot!"

Espeon copied the Zoroark's gain in attack and tripped him with the grass knot.

"Now Espeon finish him with last resort!"

Espeon slammed into Zoroark sending him flying into a tree. Zoroark slumped down onto the ground unconscious. Red rushed over to Zoroark with a revive and full restore in hand and healed him up.

"Oww… that hurt… did you really need to hit me that hard? Also, how did you hit me with that swift?" The Zoroark directed to the Espeon.

"Well, I looked with my psychic powers for where there was nothing, so that lets me hit dark types even when I can't see them."

"Hmm, interesting also let your trainer know that we were going to let him have a zorua anyways. His reputation precedes him and I just wanted to battle him."

"Yeah so they aren't letting you have a Zoroark"

"Oh, I thought I did well though."

"Yeah, they thought that too, they are giving you a Zorua instead."

"You really like to torment me don't you…"

AN: Please let me know what you thought of this chapter. Was it better? Was it worse? How can I improve?