*Many Years ago*
Landon really hated his parents.
They couldn't stop. They picked his first two girlfriends, then his first boyfriend when he came out. (And it took them forever to accept that). The one guy Landon had met and fallen in love with himself, they hated.
Granted, Landon had expected them to hate him. Joshua was caring and creative and all around perfect, if a little grumpy. But he was twenty years older and, gasp, middle class, so they hated him before they got together. Who cares. Landon was twenty six. He could date who he pleased.
Landon laid his head on the train window. He was returning from Snowbelle City after a visit to his parents. Landon had been trying to get them to pay for some of the wedding. It hurt his pride to ask, and it hurt more to hear them refuse.
"Come back!" someone yelled outside Landon's compartment.
Landon opened the door. Outside, a Bulbasaur was running away with a croissant in it's vine. Two men were battling it- or, trying to. There was no room to launch an attack without destroying something, so both of the men were grappling with it.
Landon gripped a Pokeball. "Machop!"
A small gray Pokemon on two legs materialized. "Grab those vines!"
Machop grabbed both vines and ripped them away from the guards. Bulbasaur tried to pull away, but Machop pulled Bulbasaur towards him and tied the Pokemon up with it's own vines.
Landon smiled and pressed the button on a Pokeball. Bulbasaur went inside.
It rocked once. Twice. Then it clicked.
*Today*
Dino wasn't prepared for what happened next.
"Psyshock!" Allison commanded. That Dino was prepared for that- Venusaur was huge, which meant she was slow. So it made sense for Allison to capitalize on Loli's speed and precision.
"Flank her, Bergmite!"
"You too, Mello!"
Mello and Bergmite ran after Loli.
"Power Whip." Joshua smirked.
Several thick vines emerged from the center of Venusaur's flower and sped towards Loli and the others.
"Loli, Dodge!"
"Icy Wind!"
"Flame Burst!"
Mello burned the vines speeding towards them, while Bergmite blew them away.
Loli elegantly pirouetted to dodge the first vine and flipped to dodge the second. But when she tried to sidestep the third, it caught her by the leg and lifted her up.
That Dino should of expected. Loli wasn't used to her new form yet, so her speed was off.
"Dance away from this !" Joshua yelled. "Petal Blizzard!"
"Counter it with Icy Wind!" Topher yelled.
"Burn the vine, Mello!" Dino commanded.
Mello shot an orb of fire at the vine, which broke. Loli landed next to Mello as Icy Wind met Petal Blizzard. The two wind based attacks collided, but Venusaur's attack easily over powered that of the smaller Pokemon.
Petals hit the three of them, reducing their life.
That Dino also could of predicted.
"Ice Ball!"
"Flame Burst!"
"Psyshock !"
All at once, Bergmite created a ball of ice, Mello a ball of fire, and Loliaan orb of silver energy and hurled it all at Venusaur.
"Frenzy Plant!"
Tendrils the size of tree trunks erupted from the ground and blocked the attacks.
"They barely did anything!" Topher said.
Dino nodded. "Allison, help me! Earth Power!"
"Psychic!"
Venusaur tried to move, but Loli held him in place woth Psychic. The ground under Venusaur shook and colums of lava shot under Venusaur.
"You used Earth Power, a move that goes underground, to get past my Frenzy Plant." Joshua sounded impressed. "I guess it's time."
Landon crossed his arms. "It is so not time. You just want to to see their faces."
Joshua smirked again, something Dino was beggining to consider his trademark expression. "That's sweet. You know me."
"Unfortunately." Landon bit his lip. "Don't be too hard on them, old man."
"Whatever."
"What are you talking about?" Allison demanded. "Nevermind. Just stop talking and fight!"
Joshua raised his arm and pulled down his sleeve.
"So far your efforts commendable. But here's my trump card."
He touched his wrist. Or rather, what was on it. "Venusaur, I ask you feel the power of our bond, and let it flow through you. Use my love to grow!"
"Was that necessary ?" Landon muttered but no one heard him.
Because just then Venusaur began to change. The flower on its back grew larger and two new pink flowers bloomed, one on its forehead and one on its rear. The main flower became even more tree like, with leaves and wines growing out of it. To support these new appendages, Venusaur grew bigger and more intimidating.
Dino definitely hadn't seen that comming.
***
"Grassy Terrain!" Joshua yelled. Dino barely heard him.
The ground under them trembled. Trees and bushes emerged from the ground until it appeared that they were in the middle of a lush forest.
The three of them stared in awe. They had just saw both their opponent and battlefield change in the span of minutes.
"Incredible." Allison breathed.
"This..." Dino swallowed. "Is amazing."
"Amazing ?" Topher said. His eyes were wide. "The power it takes to master these moves... On top of mega evolution."
Landon sat on a stump that had appeared out of nowhere. "Impressive, right? Last chance to back out."
Dino blinked. "I, what? No way!" Dino grinned wildly. "We can't give up! I love this battke already."
Joshua mirrored Dino's grin. "I like this one, Landon. Venusaur, what do you think?"
"Venu!" Venusaur's main flower shook as if blown by a powerful wind. Petals fell from it and rode the wind towards their Pokemon.
"Protect!" Topher yelled. Bergmite threw of a barrier of light that the petals ricocheted off of.
Dino gritted his teeth. "Allison, switch to Gastly and use Clear Smog to hide us." Dino said in a low voice.
Allison looked confused, but she nodded anyway. "Loli, come back. Whisper, let's go."
Loli jumped to Allison's side, and Whisper appeared. He created a cloud of white smoke in front of them.
"Do you have a plan?" Allison asked.
Dino smirked. He could see why Joshua loved doing it- it felt great. "Hell yeah I do. Team Laverre isn't going down just because our opponent got bigger."