Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon. If I did Paul would be punished for ripping off Silver's personality.
Damion "captured" Luxio in the last chapter so we move on to their journey to Jublife. This chapter will have some Trainer Battles (I'll try my best) Like the title states, Lucas will be the main star in this one!
Lucas Unleashed
Dawn's POV
And so we continue on our journey. Heh, I sound like one of those narrators on TV. Anyway, Damion is still trying to figure out how he "caught" Luxio, Lucas is doing his best navigating by memory, and I'm just trying my best to keep up with them and keep my mouth from complaining.
I never really thought going on an adventure would mean all this meaningless walking. Sure I watched TV about people going on journeys, but they made it look so easy…
"Hey Dawn!" Damion said glancing back at me. "We won't get to Jublife if you go at a Slugma's pace! Hurry up!" I guess I am going a little too slow.
"Argh…" I groaned almost silently.
Later Lucas glanced at me. "Dawn," He started in a worried tone, "Is that you who's groaning?" Crap, what kind of hearing does this guy have!? Lucas turned to Damion. "Hey, maybe we should stop."
Damion look back to me and sighed, "Yeah you're right, we should take a break."
"No!" I thought, "They don't have to think of me so much!" But before I could actually say anything Damion and Lucas walked to a patch of safe grass and put their stuff down. "I'm delaying the mission!" I wanted to insist to keep walking, but seeing those two sitting made my legs give out and I sat next to them. "I'm so weak!"
Damion and Lucas took out sandwiches and started quietly eating them. This made me realized I forgot my lunch at home and I didn't buy one even though I was at the Poke Mart. My stomach growled in protest.
Suddenly a sandwich appears before my face. Damion, still eating his sandwich held a sandwich right in front of me. "Really," He started after swallowing his previous bite. "You're lucky I saw this coming." I stared at the food and Damion's eyes narrowed in annoyance. "Take it already!"
"Wow" I thought again, "He really did prepare for the journey… Even though I forced him to come with me…" At first my pride prevented me from taking the sandwich, but eventually my stomach got its way and I started eating it. "I'm so weak!"
Damion and Lucas continued to discuss some random things, but I was too busy self-loathing myself to listen. I later snapped back to reality when the boys started packing things up.
"Come on Dawn," Damion said looking down at me. "We should get going." I got up and followed him, staring at them with envy.
Being Prof. Rowan's assistant, Lucas must be used to this kind of thing, but Damion hasn't been travel since he first met me, but he acts like he's been doing it his whole life. I can't believe how much stamina these two have. Compared to me that is…
"How much long 'til we get there?" Damion asked Lucas.
"Oh we don't have much more to go." Lucas answered, "But we might run into some trouble…"
That sure caught my attention. "W-what do you mean by trouble?" I asked nervously.
"Well, near Jublife City trainers tend to-"Before Lucas can finish and shadow burst from the tall grass and right in front of us. It turned out to be a boy, who looked the same age as us with a blue cap,
"My name is Tristan!" The strange boy yelled out. He then pointed at Lucas. "I challenge you!"
Lucas chuckled awkwardly, "I was afraid of this…" He muttered to himself.
I didn't know what was going on, so I just stood between Lucas and the seemingly insane boy. "What do you mean by challenge!?"
The boy gave me a funny look. "A Pokemon battle, of course!" He went past me and stood in front of Lucas again. "Our eyes met, so now we must battle!"
I stood speechless at what the boy just said when Lucas leaned to my ear. "It's the rules of a trainer battle." Lucas whispered in my ears. "If two trainers' eyes meet, that's an immediate challenge to a battle. Once a trainer gets a good look at you, there's no escape."
"You gotta be kidding me!?" I yelled hearing the outrageous rule. "You mean they can challenge you when ever they want!?"
"I'm afraid so." Lucas chuckled as a sweatdrop came down his face.
"That's enough talk!" yelled Tristan, "Time to battle!"
Lucas walked up to Tristan showing a smirk full of confidence. "Alright" He said as he took out a PokeBall. "Let's get started, shall we?"
I stared uneasy. This is the first trainer battle I'll ever see…
Normal POV
Tristan and Lucas faced each other. Tristan had an intense glare at Lucas, while Lucas just smiled coolly.
Damion (playing referee) stood to the far right. Damion sighed in his position, but then puts up his hand. "Pokemon battle start!" He yelled as he brought his hand back down.
Tristan released his Pokemon first. It revealed to be a Starly.
"Aw great…" Dawn thought to herself, "It's one of those stupid birds…"
Lucas looked at the small bird Pokemon and grinned widely. "Wow, it looks like that Pokemon has been trained well." Lucas said still grinning.
Tristan smirk at Lucas' compliment, "Of course, you can't be a good trainer if you don't train your Pokemon properly!"
Lucas nodded in agreement and looked towards his PokeBall in his hand, "This is one I just got really recently… So why don't I test it out!" Lucas threw the PokeBall into the air and the Pokemon released was Staravia.
"Aw great!" Dawn yelled in her head, "Two for two!"
Tristan sweatdropped seeing the much bigger bird Pokemon before him, but slowly started grinning again. "Even if it is the evolved form of my Starly." He began, "If you didn't have time to train it then it's useless! Starly, use peck!"
The Starly tackled the Staravia with its beak. This causes Dawn to flinch slightly. "That must have hurt!" Dawn screamed out unconsciously covering her ears.
Lucas, still grinning looked up to the scene of the two Pokemon fighting. "The Starly seems faster than normal. You got us in a realbind" Lucas said.
Tristan smiled at Lucas comment, "Of course!" He yelled again, "That's what we've been practicing the most. That why we can hit you, but you can't hit us!"
After hearing what Tristan said, it made Dawn remember what Lucas said while he was capturing Staravia.
"No matter how strong your opponent is it doesn't count unless they hit you! "Lucas' past word came into Dawn's mind.
"Lucas already knows this" Dawn thought to herself in a worried tone. "What is he planning to do?"
The small Starly continued its attacks, hitting Staravia at full force. "Are you sure you're up to this?" Tristan said in a slightly mocking tone. "You're getting creamed here!"
Lucas just smiled on as he watched the Pokemon battle. "Oh you don't have to worry about me," Was all Lucas said.
Damion watched the battle as the small bird Pokemon continued to hit the large bird Pokemon and glance at Lucas with an all-knowing smirk. "Congratulations Lucas." Damion said softly under his breath. "You got your opponent right where you want him…"
Tristan stood with the feeling of victory over him as he pointed to his Pokemon. "Okay Starly, Let's put this big pigeon out of its misery!" Tristan yelled as if laughing, "Use your strongest peck!"
The small Starly started to ram its beck into Staravia when Lucas finally reacted. "Staravia, fly up higher!" The Staravia flew up into the air and barely dodged the attack.
"Don't you think it's kind of too late to fight back now?" Tristan chuckled looking at Staravia, "After all those attacks, I bet your Staravia is on its last breath."
"I guess you're right." Lucas sighed out with a smile on his face. "All the attacks you've done now were all direct hits and with your speed it must have increased the damage…" Lucas lifted his head to show the same confident smirk he had right before the battle started. "Just what I was hoping for!"
Tristan flinched at Lucas' confidence. "What do you mean, there's no way you can win!" Tristan looks up to see Lucas's Staravia glowing a light blue color. He then realizes what Lucas has been planning this whole time. "No way! Starly quick-"But before he can finish Staravia dived onto his Starly bringing it into the ground causing dust to fill the air.
Al were silent as they watch the dust clear until they see a winged Pokemon still barely off the ground. When it completely cleared Damion raised up his hand. "Starly is unable to battle!" Damion yelled out seeing the Starly flat on the ground. "Victory goes to Staravia!"
Lucas went over to his Staravia, spraying it with potion. The Staravia flew up into the air spreading its wings in glory. Dawn watched the chain of events with a slightly confused expression. "What on earth was that?" She whispered to herself.
"That was bide." Dawn turned to see Damion now next to her. 'It's a special attack that has the ability to throw back whatever damage the Pokemon has experience. The down side though is that the Pokemon can attack until the bide is completely charged, so it's a rare to see someone actually using it, let alone correctly."
"Oh," Dawn sighed, "That's why Lucas kept letting himself be hit…"
Back to Lucas and Tristan, the two faced each other, exchanging money. "I gotta admit, I didn't see that coming." Tristan sighed, "Who would have thought you would let yourself be hit on purpose."
"You seemed quite confident in yourself." Lucas explained, "When faced with a tough opponent, one shouldn't be straightforward in their attacks. Seeing how you were so eager to attack, I thought I would us it against you"
Tristan laugh at Lucas' explanation and extended his hand, "Well you sure got me." Tristan laughed as Lucas took his hand in a handshake. "You're Lucas right? I hope we meet again soon!"
Soon Tristan disappeared almost as immediately as he appeared in the first place. Dawn and Damion walked to Lucas. "Why did that trainer give you money?" Dawn asked looking at the PokeBucks in Lucas' hand.
"It's also a trainer battle condition," Lucas explained. "When a trainer loses, then they must give a reasonable amount of money to reward the other trainer."
Dawn looked up at Lucas nodding. "Oh so that's it!" Dawn said with her eyes wide. "I was wondering where trainers get money for hotels, food, and supplies!"
Right then Damion cuts in, "But how is that any different from beating a kid out of his lunch money?" (Neoko: Pfffffph! XD) Both Lucas and Dawn sweatdropped at Damion's blunt and sudden question. It was later left unanswered.
Neoko: Lucas sure has some serious fighting skills! Either that or has a great aspect of his opponents thoughts and actions. (Or maybe a little of both?) Anyway, this chapter had the first Trainer battle! I hope you enjoyed it. Just so you know, Tristan is technically not an OC. He's actually the first person you ever face in the Diamond and Pearl games! That's also way his has a name in the first place! (Remember how I was so lazy that I didn't think of a name for the other guy in the last chapter? Next Chapter's feature character will be Damion! Please review! ^_^
