Chapter 2-

Kaine rushes out of the rain and into the building. Once inside he releases his faithful Arcanine to search for Rupert's sent. Unfortunately there was nothing that would be reliable to pick the sent up from. They didn't know of anything that was his.

"I know Arcanine. Try to pick up the sent of Umbreon."

Arcanine walks around with his nose to the floor. Soon he stops in front of a door.

"Arrc!"

"What's that Arcanine? You found the sent?"

"Cannnne"

The open the door and find a set of staires. Before going up Kaine extracts some straps hidden on his hoverboard so he can put it on his back.

"C'mon Arcanine. He must be up here!"

Kaine and Arcanine run up the set of staires. Once at the top they enter the roof of the building. The rain wasn't as bad up there but still came down hard. Arcanine didn't like it much but knew what responsibilities he had.

Followed the sent some more but couldn't find Rupert.

"Arc?" said Arcanine as he looked around.

Suddenly out of the shadows came Umbreon and Rupert holding a Cybernetic Pokéball.

"Hello, I'm Rupert Vanlez. This nifty pokéball was made for one purpose. Do you know what that is?"

"No?" Said Kaine.

"It's to steal your Arcanine!"

Rupert throws the Cybernetic ball at the unsuspecting Arcanine. The ball opens as soon as it hits the striped fur. The ball then entrapped Arcanine and rested on the ground.

"Goodbye." Said Rupert as he picks up Arcanine's Pokéball and returned Umbreon.

"NO!" Cries Kaine as he watches Rupert jump from the building.

Kaine rushes to the edge and jumps off himself. While in the air he takes his HoverBoards straps off his back and jumps on it.

Pedestrians from the ground move out of his way. But it's too late for Rupert, who has vanished once again.

"ARCANINE! NO!!!!!"

Kaine lays on his knees muttering of how he could have stopped him. He then remembers how he found him stuck up a tree as a Growlithe and raised him to be loyal and kind.

"I'll GET YOU RUPERT!!!!!"

Kaine hops on his HoverBoard and heads back in the direction of Dr. Hemlock's office.

When he arrives Dr. Hemlock is on the phone again. He then sees Kaine and gets off the phone.

"Your first partner will be Argen Boata of Jander town.

"Okay. but first I'll go home and rest."