Chapter 13 – VS Shadeless

Garnet walks into Fuet Cave, and he feels the egg in his hand shaking more furiously. "Oh, it's going to hatch now." Garnet puts the egg down, and it splits open revealing a Pokémon with black fur covering its head and neck, and only its mouth being visible. Garnet checks the Pokémon with his Pokédex. "Ahh… a Deino. Hmm… what should I call you." The Deino walks further into the cave without Garnet. Garnet throws a Poké Ball at the Deino to catch it after it hatched. The Poké Ball shakes furiously back and forth, and breaks open. "Huh? What's going on?" Surprised that a Pokémon that he hatched is being strongly defiant against him, he watches as the Deino turns back to Garnet mad, its mouth gives off the obvious impression of aggression. "Ok. I'll have to fight it then…"

The Deino jumps at Garnet and tackles him to the ground. Garnet sends out Pyrophyte to face Deino. Pyrophyte smirks and twirls her tail around causing a vortex of fire to come out and engulf the weak Deino. Garnet nods and then throws the Poké Ball at the Deino, much to the dismay of Pyrophyte. Pyrophyte walks up to Garnet and burns his leg a little before being quickly returned by Garnet.

"I know how you act." Garnet says watching as the shaking Poké Ball slows down and stops shaking. "Alright, caught it. This one was stubborn."

On the other side of Fuet Cave, Lapis enters and finds a trainer who challenges him. Lapis sighs and agrees sending out his Togepi. "Alright, go." Lapis watches as the Togepi stares at Lapis menacingly and then turns to the opponent who sends out a pitch-black pony Pokémon with light blue-coloured hooves, red eyes and a dark blue flame as its tail.

"Heheh. Shadeless, use Stomp on the Togepi." The trainer commands his Pokémon to attack the Togepi.

"Togepi, use-" Lapis is interrupted by Togepi kicking a rock into his face, and then grinning looking at the Chevasombre. Togepi moves its fingers back and forth, and then uses its small hands to hit the opponent's back knocking it down and out. "What was that?"

"Brick Break?! YOU CHEATED! Togepi can't use Brick Break!" The trainer says distressed at the sudden attack. "You can't just use Brick Break."

"Metronome…" Lapis looks at the Pokédex in his hand analysing Togepi's moves. "It used it again, without my permission. I can tell that it likes to battle… but it doesn't seem to like me. Might be because I'm not that great of a trainer." Lapis thinks about another trainer that would appreciate it, he first thinks about Amber due to her prowess at battling but shakes his head. "Alright… Garnet it is." Lapis returns Togepi to its Poké Ball and walks through the cave wondering if he'll meet Garnet.

Lapis looks at the fork in the cave. "There are two paths… which way do I go?" Lapis takes out the town map, and accidentally walks forward and bumps into someone there having them both fall down.

"Oh, sorry about that." The person in front of Lapis gets up and looks. "Oh, Lapis. So are you heading to Exeholt City or Shadepond City?" The person who bumped into Lapis turns out to be Garnet.

"I was going to give this Togepi to you actually…" Lapis says talking about Togepi's lack of faith in his ability to battle. "So, how about it could you take it?"

"Um… how many Pokémon have you caught?" Garnet asks, knowing that Lapis doesn't seem to like to catch them.

"Only this Togepi really…" Lapis shows Bien to Garnet. "I got him after his trainer lost with him in a gym battle. He was being abused furiously by that trainer…"

"So… even with that you'd be left with 3 Pokémon." Garnet looks at Dieno's Poké Ball in his hand knowing that it'd probably prefer a trainer that has a closer relation to Pokémon. "You can tell what this Deino is feeling right? How about we trade? Amia for your Togepi?"

"Amia?" Lapis knowing that Garnet prefers to relate the names to the type of Pokémon they are.

"I thought of it just then." Garnet laughs, "I didn't think of handing him over to you until now. So you know." Garnet smiles looking at Lapis. "I just hatched it from an egg my parents gave me. It seems to be strongly defiant."

"Ummm… ok?" Lapis looks at the Togepi in his hand. Lapis and Garnet exchange Poké Balls. "You can name it what you want. Feel free to find a name for it." Lapis looks at the Deino. "Amia… huh." Lapis looks at Garnet.

"Hey, Garnet. You should go head over to Shadepond City. Coy will have an advantage in that gym. I suggest you go there before Exeholt's gym. That way you can cover the rest of the gyms in the other direction." Garnet heads off to the other fork in the cave system that Lapis didn't come out of. "I'm heading to Exeholt's Gym. Good luck at Shadepond."

"Alright then…" Lapis takes out and looks at Coy's Poké Ball. "Well then. Seems like we'll be fighting one of the gym leaders. You have an advantage at the gym… I wonder what gym it'll be." Lapis then takes out the Poké Ball he received from Garnet. "I wonder what you like…" Lapis then continues walking down the path Garnet came out of.

Amber arrives at Exeholt City's gym. "Alright… I've trained up Litwick… now to face the gym leader." Amber looks around and finds a bunch of conveyor belts scattered around the area. "Alright… so I have to get through all of this. To find the Gym Leader." Amber looks around to find a bunch of smiling trainers staring at her. "More training then."

"Welcome, challenger." A voice from the speakers at the entrance is alerted to Amber's appearance in the gym. "I heard you were coming from my boss. You must be the boss' daughter am I wrong?" Amber gets onto one of the conveyor belts and bumps into another trainer. "In any case, in this gym. You are to navigate around the conveyor belts, and if you hit a trainer. You must battle them."

The trainer boy that bumped into Amber smiles, and sends out a Ferroseed against Amber. "Go!"

Amber sighs, sending out her Litwick. She looks at the opponent with an annoyed face. "Ember on the Ferroseed." The Litwick looks at Amber's face afraid, and fires a blast of fire towards the Ferroseed burning it and defeating it. "You've lost." Amber gets onto another Conveyor Belt after returning Litwick to its Poké Ball. She puts her hands into her pockets. The boy falls to his knees crying. "You weren't even worth the effort." Amber starts spinning on the conveyor belt to bump into another trainer.

Amber finally arrives at the other side of the gym where the gym leader is waiting for her. The gym leader is wearing a grey shirt with a white undershirt along with black pants. He wears square-shaped glasses with black frames. He has spiked black hair and blue eyes. "Hello. My name is Kenton. I'm a researcher at your mother's corporation. You must be her daughter, Amber Lavett, am I wrong?" Kenton smirks. "I'm interested, how skilled are you in battle."

Amber holds up her Litwick's Poké Ball and throws it at the field. "Then fight me." Amber says waiting for the battle to commence. "What are the rules?"

"3 on 3 Single Battle." Kenton sends out his Pokémon in return. "Honedge. Let's begin."

Featured Character:
Name: Amber Lavett
Age: 11
Pokédex Caught: 8
Pokédex Seen: 27
Badges: 2
Party:

Quitten (f) – Level 18
Normal Type
Serious – Nods off a lot

Seake (f) – Level 15
Water Type
Timid – Often lost in thought

Magnemite (n) – Level 14
Electric/Steel Type
Docile – Often lost in thought

Litwick (f) – Level 15
Ghost/Fire Type
Timid – Strongly defiant

Featured Pokédex Entry:
Species: Litwick
Type: Ghost/Fire
Pokédex Information: Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns.
Habitat: Fuet Cave, Fable Castle