John was walking threw Steeka Forest on his way to the City of Shadows when he spotted a Pineco. He sent out Pidgey. Pidgey used gust and then wing attack. Pineco countered with tackle. It hit pidgey. Then suddenly Pidgey evolved into Pidgeotto. Pidgeotto used aerial ace. John threw a pokeball. He caught Pineco. It could use tackle, rock slide and rapid spin. He then met a trainer who said 'I am Kevin and I challenge you'. John accepted. It was a one on one battle. John sent out Bayleef. Kevin sent out Durant. Durant used energy ball. Bayleef blocked it with protect and then used energy ball. It hit but didn't do much damage. Durant used iron head. It hit Bayleef and dealt lots of damage. Bayleef used body slam. Iat did more damge than energy ball but still not much damage. Durant used stone edge and Bayleef was knocked out. 'Lets battle again sometime' said Kevin and they both put there pokemon back in their left. After a bit of walking he came to Cabin Town. There was a pokemon centre so John spent the night there. The next morning he started training his pokemon at the battle field behind the pokemon centre. He sent out Pineco and Riolu. Pineco used rapid spin. Riolu dodged it and used quick attack. It hit Pineco. Then Pineco used rapid spin again and this time it hit. Next Pineco used rock slide. It didn't do much damage. Riolu used another quick attack and hit again. Riolu then used focus blast. It didn't do much damage. John put them back into their pokeballs. He left for the City of Shadows. He walked along a road. He spotted the City of Shadows. He went straight to the gym. The gym leader was Shikamaru Nara. It was going to be a one on one battle. Shikamaru sent out Umbreon. John sent out Riolu. Umbreon used shadow ball. It hit Riolu. Riolu used focus blast. Umbreon used protect and blocked it. Umbreon used hyper beam. It hit Riolu. Riolu couldn't stand up. Riolu used focus blast while sitting down. It dealt a lot of damage. Riolu used it again. Umbreon fainted. John put Riolu back in its pokeball. John got a shadow manipulation badge. Shikamaru said 'go to Lightning City'. John left for Lightning
