Edric had finished his lunch and stacked the empty Plate on top of the other one. Ethan was across the clearing practicing his speed factor with Treecko He seemed to be getting faster by the second. 'I shouldn't interrupt him, he seems to be making a lot of progress' Edric thought, picking up the dirty dishes from the end of the picnic table. Chimchar, noticing what Edric was doing, hopped up on Edric's shoulder. Edric sat the dishes down on the floor, and bent to reach in his bag. He picked out two shrunken Pokeballs, and slipped them in his pocket. He picked up the dishes and walked through a layer of bushes in front of him, Chimchar trailing behind.
About three minutes into the forest, Edric came to a large stream. The area around it was grassy, and it seemed to lead into a giant rock. He sat the dishes down next to the stream, and sat in the grass. Chimchar climbed in his lap and sat there. Edric took a washcloth from his back pocket and dipped it in the water, he proceeded to wash the dishes with it, until they were all clean. He got up, and Chimchar climbed up to his shoulder. He picked up the dishes in the stack again, and started to walk off. Suddenly, he heard a splash of water and snapped his head back around to the stream. He couldn't see anything, so he assumed it was a fish Pokemon or something. Surprisingly, he wasn't interested in the Pokemon, until he heard a splash again. This time, he set the dishes down on the ground once more and turned towards the stream again. Chimchar was alert as well, as Edric crept towards the stream looking further up the body of water. There, by the water, was a small cat shaped figure. It was blue, and had a black rear-end. Its tail was about the same shade as it's front fur, and it had a yellow star at the tip. Being as quiet as he could, Edric pointed the PokeTech on his forearm towards the Unknown Pokemon. Luckily enough, the voice that came from the PokeTech wasn't loud enough for the Pokemon to notice.
"Shinx, the Flash Pokemon. Shinx stores its electrical powers in his forelegs and flashes brightly when it's in trouble."
Edric finished listening to the PokeTech and was now watching Shinx closely. 'I'm gonna catch that thing right now' Edric thought. He reached into his back pocket and pulled a shrunken Pokeball. He signaled Chimchar and it hopped off of Edric's shoulder and positioned itself. Edric slowly got to his feet, and stepped on a twig on the way up. Shinx heard the sound this time, and leered at Edric. Edric was certainly take aback by Shinx's actions, but had been ready for this occasion for a while now.
"Chimchar, Scratch." Edric commanded. Chimchar lunged at Shinx, claws glowing. Chimchar's claws raked against Shinx's blue fur. Shinx was thrown back, but quickly flipped on its back paws onto it's fours. Shinx then burst into a cloud of electricity and rushed at Chimchar. It threw itself, full body, into Chimchar. Chimchar let out a deafening "Char!" and pounded into the grass.
"Chimchar, get up and use Ember." Edric said to Chimchar. Chimchar struggled from off the floor and blew chunks of fiery rocks at Shinx. Shinx on it's back legs, jumped up in the sky, dodging the Ember attack. He twisted through the air, and stretched it's tail. all at once, it turned to a silvery substance and hardened immediately. Shinx flipped around and arced its tail. It made a hammer motion with it's tail, and came crashing down on top of Chimchar. Chimchar let out another wild scream and flew back into Edric's body. Edric caught the flying Chimchar.
"Chimchar. Are you okay?" Edric said, looking down into the Pokemon's eyes. Chimchar shoved Edric's arms away, and stomped onto the ground. Chimchar's eyes had grown a deep red, and the flame on it's tail had engorged tenfold. 'This must be the blaze ability.' Edric thought. He seemed to know what to do almost instantly. He didn't think before saying it.
"Chimchar! Hit it with Flame Wheel!"
Chimchar's mouth filled with flames, and he pulled his body into a spherical wheel of searing flames. The wheel shot towards Shinx, and hit it square in the chest. Shinx shot backwards and flew into a tree. It fell to the floor, with stars in it's eyes. This was Edric's chance. He enlarged the Pokeball in his hand and lunged it towards Shinx. It hit the Shinx on it's head and opened up. With a jet of red light, it pulled the Shinx inside and sealed itself up again. Edric walked towards the Pokeball. It was glowing and shaking back and forth. The ball soon came to a stop, and made a sound like a bottle hitting the floor. Edric bent down and picked it up. He held it in his hand and shook it. It didn't make a sound. So he assumed he had caught it. He then filled with excitement, and his cheeks grew a bright red.
"Oh my god." He said softly to himself.
"DID I JUST CATCH A FUCKING POKEMON!"