Ch. 2 Starr Villa

"Wow, this place is so pretty." Misty grinned as she looked around the quaint little town.

"Yea, I wonder if there's any good trainers out here." Ash wondered.

"Trainer, oh no!" A boy gasped.

"What do you mean oh no?" Brock turned to the younger boy.

"This trainer came to town and beat every Pokemon and trainer. He showed no mercy and was so vicious and violent, it was horrible." The boy sobbed.

"Hey, it's ok." Misty put a hand on him. "Tell me what happened to you?"

"Well," The boy started. "I got challenged by him just like everyone else. The day he came to town, everyone seemed to freeze from what they were doing and look down the main road. There stood a dark figure in dark cloths, like Shaft or something. He had only one Pokemon beside him and that's the only one he ever used. He was cruel and evil, he defeated every Pokemon and left them barely alive and then his Pokemon attacked the trainers and left them badly hurt and afraid."

"But you're too young to battle." Brock cut in.

"Yes, but he approached all." The boy went on. "He came to me and his Pokemon tackled me against a shop. He came up to me and growled in a dark and scary voice, you have a right to fear me, as should anyone, for I am the Umbreon Man, and I cannot be defeated. And with that, he was gone as if the giant gust of wind that brought him here took him back. The rest is all a blur to anyone you ask. But me, I was one of the lucky."

"This guy sounds like a real jerk off." Ash growled.

"Where is he?" Brock asked.

"I dunno, but you're in danger here. We don't want any trainers to come so he won't return and harm us again." The boy shivered.

"I understand." Misty sighed. "But can we at least rest here for a while?"

"Well, I guess that won't hurt any." The boy replied. He took them to a restaurant. "My name is Miles, and I want to become a Raichu trainer. That's why I told you what happened, because of your Pikachu and I didn't want to see it hurt."

"Well my name is Ash." Ash said. "We all come from towns in Kanto."

"I'm Misty, Cerulean City Gym Leader." Misty replied.

"I'm Brock, the Pewter City Gym Leader." Brock added.

"Gym leaders?" The boy beamed. "Maybe you can defeat the Umbreon Man!"

"Maybe." Ash grinned. "But I'm just a regular trainer, and I will challenge and beat this guy."

"Don't say that, you never know when or what makes him come." Miles whispered. Ash just laughed, but Misty and Brock were worried too. Outside, a dark shadow looked in from the window and as if one with the wind was gone in a flash.