"Piplup use bubble!" Eddy commanded as he battled a Starly who shortly fainted after.
The Eds and Wolf were already halfway through Route 202. Eddy and Wolf were battling Starlys and Shinxs to gain some experience. Double D preferred not battling, but observing new Pokemon he saw and writing it down in a small green notebook he had, even though the Pokedex digitally wrote the information down automatically, he still enjoyed it. Meanwhile, Ed ran running in circles but stopped when a certain Pokemon caught his eye. It was small and beaver-like. It was different shades of brown and had buck teeth, Ed just had to have it.
"Go Turtwig!" he sloppily threw Turtwig's ball into the air as it came out.
"Use tackle Turtwig!" he shouted, pointing to the beaver-like Pokemon.
Turtwig did what it was told and tackled into the creature. The creature was knocked but soon got up to return with another tackle. Turtwig dodged and knocked the creature back with its shell.
"Yeah!" Ed shouted as he took an empty Pokeball out.
The Pokemon waddled back and forth. Ed took his chance and threw the ball. It hit the Pokemon square on the back. The creature went into the Pokeball. One shake, two shakes. Ed waited anxiously...three shakes. The Pokemon was caught! Ed happily jumped into the air and cheered. The other Eds and Wolf went to see what the commotion was. They asked him what happened?
"I just caught a Pokemon!" Ed cheered.
"Oh my, how exciting! What kind of Pokemon?" Double D asked excited for him.
"It was a beaver!"
"A beaver?" Edd ponder, "Perhaps it was a Bidoof?"
"Yeah! Yeah!" Ed cheered, still happy about his catch.
"Hey guys," Wolf spoke up, "I think I see Jubilife City up ahead!" She was right. A large city could be stopped just up ahead.
…
The Eds and Wolf took their first steps into Jubilife City. It was quite the sight, nothing they've ever seen before. It was semi-busy, people dressed up and selling things on the street. The place had a nice glow from streetlights and buildings even though it was almost noon.
"Let's look for a Pokecenter," Double D suggested, "and possibly a place to stay for the night, for later."
The others agreed.
They walked on the main road admiring the sights. They had to let down a couple people trying to sell them a device called, "Poketchs."
Eventually, they found the red roof, but something else caught Double D's eye. It was a man wearing a brown trench coat. He was trying and failing, to hide behind a lamppost. He looked around and made a dash for the other lamppost across the street. He noticed Double D looking at him. He walked up to Edd.
"You boy," he started, "have you seen any suspicious characters?"
The others noticed him at this point.
"Only you," Eddy sarcastically said, causing Wolf and Ed to snicker.
"How did you know I'm part of the International Police?" the man asked Edd.
"Excuse me?" Double D wasn't sure where this came from.
"You looked at me like you knew something, you're very observant," he said.
"I-I didn't know," Double D stuttered.
"Well I'm…" he paused, "Looker. At least that's my code name."
"I'm Edd," he said wearily, "and these are my friends, Eddy, Ed, and Wolf."
"Well, Edd, let me know if you see any suspicious activity," and with that Looker left.
There was silence.
"That was weird," Eddy broke it.
"Yes, it was," Double D agreed, "Let's just hope we won't run into him again."
"Let's just get to the Pokecenter," Wolf started walking back towards the center, the rest followed.
…
The Eds and Wolf stepped out of the Pokecenter only to see none other than Kevin. Double D's first reaction was to ignore him and hope he didn't notice them but Eddy had other plans.
"Yo Kevin!" he shouted out.
Kevin turned around and saw them.
"Hey dorks!" he walked over to them, "What are ya dorks up to?"
"We're heading to Oreburgh City," Double answered, "Where are Nazz and Rolf?"
"Heh, we already made it to Oreburgh, I just came back to train," he stated.
"Training huh? Don't bother, you know you're already gonna lose," Eddy teased him.
"Yeah?" Kevin paused for a bit, "What about a battle then?"
"You're on." Eddy smiled.
…
Kevin and Eddy stood across each other. Eddy brought his Pokemon out first.
"Come on Piplup!" Piplup appeared out of its Pokeball. Kevin followed.
"Go Starly!" Starly came out.
Kevin was first to move.
"Starly, quick attack!" Starly turned into a blur. It flew into Piplup knocking it far back.
Eddy frowned.
"Piplup, use bubble!" he commanded.
Piplup let out a strong stream of bubbles that hit Starly.
"Wing attack!" Kevin shouted.
"Pound!" Eddy said.
Starly flew high and dived towards Piplup aiming with its wing. Piplup prepared its pound. Starly and Piplup collided. Dust rose from the concrete Kevin and Eddy waited anxiously for the results. The dust started to settle. Piplup could be seen, covered in a large bruise on its stomach but still fighting. Meanwhile Starly had fainted.
"Woohoo!" Eddy cheered.
Ed, Double D, and Wolf cheered for him, excited for victory. But they celebrated too soon. Kevin returned Starly to its Pokeball. Kevin grinned as he took out another Pokeball. Eddy's grin faded the moment he saw this.
"Go Onix!" Kevin threw the Pokeball into the air and revealed a large stone creature. Double D noticed his weakness immediately.
"Eddy!" he shouted, "Rock is weak to water!"
Eddy heard him and gave Piplup a command.
"Piplup, bubble!"
Piplup fatigue got the better of it. It let out a stream of bubbles, but not as strong as before. Nonetheless, it hit Onix causing a decent amount of damage.
"Onix! Use bind!"
Onix wrapped itself around Piplup, squeezing it tight.
"Piplup! Get out of there!" Eddy panicked.
Piplup struggled against the bind but its lack of energy was great. Piplup fainted.
Eddy was stunned but returned Piplup to its ball. Kevin followed with Onix. He walked over to Eddy.
"Surprised you only have one Pokemon," he said.
"Shut up," said Eddy.
The others' smile faded with Eddy's victory.
"Can't wait to get that Pokemon egg," Kevin laughed. He walked away towards Route 203.
…
Eddy and the others were waiting in the Pokecenter for his Pokemon to heal.
"I can't believe he's gonna get my egg," Eddy help his egg close. He said that with such dread and misery, the others noticed.
"Come, Eddy!" Wolf started, the others looked at her, "You can't give up yet! He still doesn't have that gym badge, you can still beat him!"
"She's right Eddy," Double D chimed in, "The bet is still in place."
Eddy's confidence came back, "You're right! I can still beat that loser!"
Eddy grabbed his Pokeball from the nurse.
"I can still do this!"
Ed sensed everyone else's excitement.
"Yay Eddy!" he pulled everyone into a group hug, "You can do it!"
"Right, let's go," Eddy lead the others towards Route 203 and towards the gym.