"Prof. Cypress, can you keep my new Vibrava in storage?" Davin asked when he was at the Pokémon Center in Kelvar City.

"But, Davin. Don't you want to keep it with you and raise it?" She asked.

"Mm-mm." He shook his head. "You see, Sander's great and all, but I only captured him so it could battle against Jett's Vibrava. But since it's strong, I want to keep in storage in case I need it again."

"I should've guessed that one." She chuckled. Davin placed Sander's Poké Ball on the transporter and in a flash of light, the Poké ball disappeared. "Sander made it safely." The Professor said, holding the ball in her hand.

"Good. Talk to you later."

Later, as Davin walked on, he checked his Pokégear to see how far he was from Proeno City. "Hmm... it's not too far away. I should be there in a few days." He concluded.

A little more later, he discovered a wide open area of grass. "Bark! Aduro! Socius! Come on out!" He said as he released them. They appeared one after the other in flashes of light. "Okay. I'm planning on using you three for our sixth gym battle. So why don't we start doing some training?" They all pumped their fists in the air in agreement.

"Cool! All right, Bark and Aduro, you guys are up first." Both of them stood apart from one another, giving intimidating glares.

"Aduro, use Flame Wheel!" It rolled straight at Bark, engulfed in fire. "Bark, dodge and use Focus Punch!" He leaped into the air and delivered a straight blow to Aduro's chest.

"Excellent as always!" Davin shouted.

"Quite impressive." A voice said. Everyone looked in front of them to see a boy with glasses, about two years older than Davin, walking towards them with a Xatu by his side.

"Uh... thanks." Davin said, feeling a bit curious about the guy.

"My name is Garon. And I must say your Grovyle is quite the battler."

"Well, thank you. My name's Davin, by the way."

"Hmm..." Garon mumbled as he eyed Bark. "Tell me, Davin. How about we have a battle? My Xatu versus your Grovyle."

Davin turned to Bark. "How about it? You want to?"

"Gro." It nodded.

"All right! You got yourself a deal."

Few seconds later, the trainers took their positions while Aduro and Socius watched from behind Davin.

"Now, let's see what I'm up against..." He thought as he turned on his Pokédex.

"Xatu, the Mystic Pokémon. They say that it stays still and quiet because it is seeing both the past and future at the same time."

"So it's a Psychic Pokémon..." He said to himself. "I'd better be careful."

"Let's get this started." Garon said. "Xatu. Use Peck." The bird Pokémon unfolded its wings and flew at Bark with its beak glowing.

"Dodge it!" Bark jumped out of the way, but Xatu quickly flew in his direction and landed a hit.

Garon chuckled a bit. "Silly boy. You thought you could dodge it that easily?"

Davin ignored him. "Bark, counter with Pound!" Just as it was swinging its leaf, Garon uttered, "Teleport.", and Xatu vanished in the blink of an eye and reappeared behind Bark.

"Silver Wind." It flapped its wings to realease a wind with silver crescents in it that struck Bark and made it skid across the grass.

"Bark, hang in there!"

"Now use Future Sight." Xatu put its wings together where a light blue ball of energy formed, which then was launched into the sky.

"We better end this quick." Davin thought. "Bark, use Leaf Storm!"

"Teleport, Xatu." Bark's attack missed and Xatu appeared behind him yet again. "Peck." Bark was knocked into the air by Xatu's beak; to Bark's surprise, lightning bolts shot from the sky and struck his body.

"What the-? I thought Future Sight wasn't supposed to take effect until a bit longer."

Garon chuckled. "Unlike most Xatu, mine can control when Future Sight hits."

"Impossible!" Davin gasped.

Bark fell to the ground and lost consciousness, resulting in Davin, Aduro, and Socius to run over to him. "Bark, are you okay?" His trainer asked.

Garon chuckled as he walked toward them. "Well, well, well. It seems your Grovyle wasn't as strong as I thought it would be."

"What?!" Davin asked, getting mad.

"It seems your Grovyle is just too weak."

"Hey!" Davin stood to his feet. "Bark is not weak! You're attacks just caught us off guard."

"Hmph. Whatever floats your boat."

"It's true!"

Garon turned his back to him. "Well, if that's what you think it was, let's have a rematch tomorrow, right here."

"You bet! Once we do a little training, we'll defeat Xatu!"

Garon just grinned and walked away with his Xatu.

"You'll see." Davin said to himself. "I won't be beaten twice by some pompous jerk!"