"And then we all caught them at the same time!" Braedon exclaimed. "It was great, Dad."

Micheal Lovette smiled warmly. "That's my boy. Clever, like your old man."

Braedon was having his weekly call with his father, two days after the battle with Pierce and Cedar (something he wisely omitted when embellishing his adventures to his father). After taking a well deserved day off, they were ready to continue their mission by taking on Route 8.

"Damn right I am." Braedon said. "And today the three of us are going to Route 8 to catch Clawitzer, Barbaracle, Inkay, and Dragalge. We're renting a water pokemon and going diving for them."

"Do the three of you not have water types?" Braedon's father asked.

"Nah." Braedon confirmed. "But it should be fine."

Michael nodded. "Then I suppose I should leave you to it. Goodbye son."

"Bye dad!"

Braedon closed his Holo and walked back to Amber and Argent, who were currently sitting in one of the Pokemon Center booths.

"Good talk?" Amber asked.

Braedon nodded. "I don't know why he's so happy all of the sudden," Braedon said, "but he's been a lot warmer the past few weeks."

Argent looked pensive, and Braedon remembered that he didn't have the best relationship with his own father. "That's good for you, isn't it?" Argent said thoughtfully. "But we have work to do. I managed to call and rent three Lapras for three hours. Just so you know, you're all paying for your own Lapras. They are very expensive."

"How expensive?" Amber asked. When Argent told her the price, she whistled. "Oh. Looks like I won't be eating for the next few weeks."

Braedon laughed. "Relax, Am. I'll pay for them. I just got my allowance from Dad."

"Then it's settled." Argent said resolutely. "We set out for Route 8 in an hour."

"Actually, let's go now." Amber said. "I wanted to have a picnic on the beach."

Argent frowned. "But we already took a day off. And we're behind schedule."

"At this point we're so behind schedule we'd need a miracle to catch up." Amber pointed out.

Argent groaned. "Don't remind me." he muttered. "I worked so hard on the schedule too. My entire plan, down the drain..."

Braedon giggled. "But if you let us do this we'll let you start a new schedule."

Argent smirked. "I already have, but fine. We'll have a picnic."


"Ayye swere to Arkus," Braedon said, his mouth full of food, "diss iz soo gud."

Argent gave him a look, something Braedon was used to. "You are such a Tepig."

Braedon swallowed. "Hey, at least I'm eating more than just sweets!"

Amber threw a chocolate covered strawberry at him. "At least I'm taking breaks to breathe!"

"What is this, attack Braedon day?" Braedon snarked. Amber laughed and went to pick up another strawberry, then gasped.

"Amber!" Braedon and Argent were on their feet, pokeball in hand (which made no sense since all of their pokemon were out of their pokeballs, but it's the thought that counts).

"The strawberries are gone!" Amber shrieked.

Argent sat back down. "Is that all. Amber? You almost gave me a heart attack!"

Amber glared at Braedon. "You stole them!"

"Nah." Braedon said. "It was a Crawdaunt that's been stealing our food for the past half hour."

"What?!" Amber cried.

Braedon smirked. "Sableye, Dig!"

Sableye began to quickly dig a hole in the ground. He sank into the sand, then it exploded behind Amber as Crawdaunt was thrown into the air.

It landed in the middle of their potato salad, knocked out.

"Why didn't you tell us another Pokemon was stealing our food?" Argent demanded.

Braedon sighed. "Because thief code says that you don't out other thieves unless you have to. Duh."

"How silly of me." Argent deadpanned. "Now what?"

"Well it's a thief," Braedon said, "So I call keeping it!" Braedon pulled out a pokeball from his waste and pressed the button. A red beam hit Crawdaunt and it was sucked inside. The ball rocked in Braedon's hand twice, then clicked.

"Wonderful." Amber moaned. "Meanwhile, I'm out of sweets." Beside her, Swirlix whimpered and Tyrunt rolled his eyes.

Argent ignored her and scanned the pokeball with his Pokedex.

"Crawdaunt, The Rogue Pokemon. Crawdaunt has an extremely violent nature that compels it to challenge other living things to battle. Other life-forms refuse to live in ponds inhabited by this Pokémon, making them desolate places. This Crawdaunt is female. Moves Known: Crabhammer, Dig, Night Slash, and Swords Dance. Ability: Adaptability."

"Violent, Dark Type, a thief..." Argent mused. "I can see why you of all people caught it, Braedon."

"And now we have a water type!" Braedon said. "This is great!"


This was not great.

In the past hour that they had been on Lapras's backs, Crawdaunt had attacked them, the Lapras, random wild pokemon, and even her own reflection. Twice.

"Will you chill out already?!" Braedon snapped as Sableye and Pancham struggled to keep Crawdaunt from leaping into the water and attacking a Finneon. "Dammit Crawdaunt-" Braedon returned her to her Pokeball. Pancham and Sableye fell onto Lapras's back in exhaustion.

"That Pokemon is almost as violent as Talonflame used to be." Argent noted. "Perhaps if it got to battle some it would calm down?"

They had already caught Inkay, Skrelp, Clauncher, Clawitzer, Binacle, and Barbaracle. All they needed was the ever elusive Malamar.

"But every time I take it out to battle it attacks me!" Braedon said angrily. "I'd be dead if it weren't for Sableye!"

"Hmm." Amber mused. "When we would have rambunctious Pokemon at the ranch, we would use pokedolls and let them attack those."

"Replace 'rambunctious' with 'bloodthirsty' and you got Crawdaunt." Braedon said. "And we don't have any pokedolls."

"Then you have to humble it." Amber said. "It loves battling a lot, right? So give it a taste of defeat."

"That could work." Argent said, then added, "If you beat it in battle a few times it'll learn to respect you as well."

Braedon looked at Crawdaunt's pokeball. "Nice idea. But how will I beat it? I have no other water types, and we're out to sea. "

Amber shrugged. "No idea. Maybe we can wait until we get to shore? Our time is almost up, and we haven't seen a Malamar. So we can catch one on another route."

Braedon nodded. They steered Lapras toward the shore. Braedon hadn't been able to take in how beautiful the scenery was before, with Crawdaunt trying to decapitate them, but now he could really appreciate the sparkling blue water and glittering scales of the schools of Finneon flying by.

They returned Lapras once they reached the shore, then Braedon grabbed Crawdaunt's pokeball. He threw it.

Crawdaunt appeared on the battle field in a flash of light, and immediately went after Pancham.

"Power-up Punch!" Braedon yelled. Pancham's body glowed with a red aura, and she rushed forward and punched Crawdaunt, who met her strike with it's claw, which was surrounded in water. Pancham went flying back, and Crawdaunt jumped in the sand.

"Wait for it, Pancham!" Braedon yelled. But then Crawdaunt erupted from the ground beneath Pancham, sending it into the air once more. Crawdaunt then swiped at Pancham again, but Pancham caught Crawdaunt's claw and threw her into the sky.

"Pancham, Sky Uppercut!" Braedon yelled. "Don't let her touch the ground!"

Pancham's fist began to glow as it punched upward, sending Crawdaunt flying. As she fell to the ground, Crawdaunt's claws began to glow with a black aura.

"Power-Up Punch!" Braedon yelled.

Pancham met the glowing claw with it's own fist, and the two were both flung back by the force of the attacks.

"You both okay?" Braedon asked.

"Pan- pan! Cham!" Pancham cried.

"Crawdaunt- Craw!" Crawdaunt screamed.

"Okay, use Comet Punch!"

Pancham rushed forward, and met Crawdaunt's claws with her own fists. They began to parry, looking for an opening on the other.

"Sky Uppercut!" Braedon yelled.

Pancham punched upward, knocking Crawdaunt into the air again.

"Now, Finish it! Power-up Punch!"

Pancham jumped into the air and knocked Crawdaunt into the ground mid-flight. She landed in a cloud of sand.

Braedon looked at Crawdaunt. She had fainted.

Braedon returned Crawdaunt. "Hopefully this works." He said. "Or we may have to suffer more beatings."

"Pan?"

Braedon turned around in time to see Pancham glowing, growing taller and more muscular. The light died and standing before Braedon was a Pangoro.

"You evolved?!" Braedon cried, hugging her tightly. In the background, he could hear a Pokedex.

"Pangoro, the Daunting Pokemon. Although it possesses a violent temperament, it won't put up with bullying. It uses the leaf in its mouth to sense the movements of its enemies. It charges ahead and bashes its opponents like a berserker, uncaring about any hits it might take. Its arms are mighty enough to snap a telephone pole. This Pangoro is female. Moves Known: Sky Uppercut, Power-up Punch, Comet Punch, and Parting Shot. Ability: Iron Fist."

Braedon hugged her tighter. "Watch out world, Because Team Braedon is coming for you!" He cheered.

"Since when were we 'Team Breadon'?" Argent wondered.

"Congratulations!" Amber told him earnestly. She stroked Pangoro's fur.

Braedon let go and looked up at Pangoro. This was becoming an excellent day.


A/N: So I kinda forgot that Braedon was supposed to catch the winner of the poll until half-way through this chapter. So I'm postponing so the winner is the last Pokemon Braedon catches. I've also decided to do the bonus chapter at 100 reviews, so look forward to that!