Dominic laughed as he read the note Rilee left for him.
"Dominic -
"I must say.. you suck. I can't believe you just up and left me like that! How dare you.. if I ever see Team Aqua again I will tell them to get you. All I wanted was a partner to travel with, but you had to make things difficult! If I see you again I will beat your ass with my pokemon!
"Goodbye!
"Rilee"
Dominic closed the letter, walked to the corner of his room, and threw it in the trash. He was alone.. and he liked it.
It was early morning and the waves smashed against the seacliffs on which Dewford Town was built. There was an obvious theme in the town, although he knew the gym leader used fighting type. It was very small here - a couple hundred people at most.
On todays agenda was to do his best at the Dewford Gym, explore Granite Cave, and meet some new people. Dom hoped to find a catchable pokemon around here.. he desperately wanted a new friend.
After Rilee, anyone would do.
* * * * * * * * * *
Dom sat in the waiting room of a gym for the second time in less than three days. His slip said Match 3 and currently Match 2 was going on. With the strange luck Dom was having, he half hoped to meet a new traveling partner in the lobby. But no such luck - when Match 2 ended the competitor walked out quickly without one glance at Dominic.
"Match number 3! Match number 3!"
Dom knew the moment would come again, and it had. He stood up and walked through the swinging doors that looked so familiar..
"Good luck!"
Dominic stopped in his tracks and turned around. The woman at the front desk was waving at Dominic.
"Er.. thanks.." he turned back to the swnging doors. What a weirdo..
He quickly forgot about the strange woman as he walked into the battle arena. He couldn't see anything - it was pitch black in the room. Dominic instinctively released electrike.
"Uh.. Electrike.. can you light this place up?"
Electrike started glowing and lit up a small portion of the room. All Dom could see was a face looking back at him.
"Nicely done, dude.."
Dominic heard a snap and the entire room filled with light. Facing Dom was a a young man with spiky blue hair.
"Erm.. hi.." said Dom.
"You're the first trainer today to actually light up this place. I shut off the lights just to see the reaction trainers get.."
Dom didn't know whether to fake a laugh or ask to start the battle.. but it seemed as if the leader knew what he was thinking.
"Right.. I'm Brawly. Are you ready?" he was wearing a bright orange shirt and blue pants that matched his hair.
"Ready as I'll ever be.." muttered Dom. He returned electrike and reached for spoink's ball.
"You asked for it, bud! Go, machop!" shouted Brawly, throwing down a bright green pokeball.
"Er.. Go, Spoink!" yelled Dom.
Dom had thought it over and figured that his best bet would be with spoink, who had an advantage against fighting types.
"Machop! Karate chop!"
"Spoink! Psywave!"
The small human-like pokemon ran full force toward spoink, who retaliated with a blast of psychic energy.
Machop was smashed with the wave and was thrown back off the field.
"Holy shit! Dude, what level is that pokemon?" asked Brawly, quickly returning the fainted machop.
"Um.." Dom glanced at his pokedex. "19."
"Woah.. nice," said Brawly. "Cmon, makuhita!"
Dom had noticed that spoink was at a higher level than both Brawly's pokemon, and he felt a sudden burst of confidence. He probably could win..
"Makuhita! Body Slam!"
"Spoink, try another psywave!"
Makuhita looked like a machop, only fatter and a different shade of brown.
"Mak Mak Mak!"
"Oink!"
Once again, spoink emitted a purple beam of light from the ball on it's head and it smashed onto makuhita before it could even be touched.
"Mak.." and with that Brawly's final pokemon dropped.
"Dude! How the hell..?" Brawly looked amazed. He scratched his head, reached into his pocket, and handed Dom a shiny badge.
"Allright, spoink!" yelled Dom.
"OINK!"
Dom picked up the small pig and placed it on his shoulder.
"You are awesome.." said Brawly, still looking bewildered.
"Thanks."
"You got any other badges?"
"Um, the stone badge.. that's it."
"If you can beat me like that, you'll womp Wattson at the next gym.." said Brawly, and with that he snapped his fingers and the lights shut off.
After feeling his way out of the gym, Dom was greeted by the same excited woman he had saw earlier.
"You won! Yay!" she said.
"Um, yup.. I'll be going now.."
Dom walked out of the building and walked over to the seacliffs. What was with that lady? Weird..
He watched the waves crash against the stone and suddenly saw something floating toward the base of the cliffs. It looked like a pokemon..
He whipped out his pokedex and aimed it at the thing. It bleeped for a few moment then lit up.
(Barboach. Eel pokemon. Water-ground type. This small eel will bite and wriggle it's way out of any situation and is known to get violent at times. It can move in water and on land, moving like a snake on both. Evolution: Whishcash at level 30.)
"Finally! A good pokemon!" yelled Dom. He reached onto his belt and pulled off electrike's pokeball.
"Go, Zap!"
"Trike!"
"Alright, Zappy, shock that small thing down there! See?"
"Trike!"
Electrike glowed a bright green and shot a bolt of lightning off of it's skin. It flew down the edge of the cliff and, instead of hitting the barboach, it hit the water.
The entire ocean lit up an odd green color and then flickered out. Dom looked with awe as a number of pokemon, including the barboach, started bobbing on top of the sea. He had shocked them all..
"Woops.. Well.. I guess they'll heal.. Go pokeball!" Dom threw one of his pokeballs down the cliff and it scooped up the barboach. It flew back up the cliff and landed in Dom's hands, wobbling a little. After a long while it stopped wobbling and gave a signature 'ping!'. He had caught a new pokemon..
Dom rushed off to the pokecenter to heal his pokemon without even realizing that a tall man with silvery hair had been watching him the entire time.. and was now following him.
"Dominic -
"I must say.. you suck. I can't believe you just up and left me like that! How dare you.. if I ever see Team Aqua again I will tell them to get you. All I wanted was a partner to travel with, but you had to make things difficult! If I see you again I will beat your ass with my pokemon!
"Goodbye!
"Rilee"
Dominic closed the letter, walked to the corner of his room, and threw it in the trash. He was alone.. and he liked it.
It was early morning and the waves smashed against the seacliffs on which Dewford Town was built. There was an obvious theme in the town, although he knew the gym leader used fighting type. It was very small here - a couple hundred people at most.
On todays agenda was to do his best at the Dewford Gym, explore Granite Cave, and meet some new people. Dom hoped to find a catchable pokemon around here.. he desperately wanted a new friend.
After Rilee, anyone would do.
* * * * * * * * * *
Dom sat in the waiting room of a gym for the second time in less than three days. His slip said Match 3 and currently Match 2 was going on. With the strange luck Dom was having, he half hoped to meet a new traveling partner in the lobby. But no such luck - when Match 2 ended the competitor walked out quickly without one glance at Dominic.
"Match number 3! Match number 3!"
Dom knew the moment would come again, and it had. He stood up and walked through the swinging doors that looked so familiar..
"Good luck!"
Dominic stopped in his tracks and turned around. The woman at the front desk was waving at Dominic.
"Er.. thanks.." he turned back to the swnging doors. What a weirdo..
He quickly forgot about the strange woman as he walked into the battle arena. He couldn't see anything - it was pitch black in the room. Dominic instinctively released electrike.
"Uh.. Electrike.. can you light this place up?"
Electrike started glowing and lit up a small portion of the room. All Dom could see was a face looking back at him.
"Nicely done, dude.."
Dominic heard a snap and the entire room filled with light. Facing Dom was a a young man with spiky blue hair.
"Erm.. hi.." said Dom.
"You're the first trainer today to actually light up this place. I shut off the lights just to see the reaction trainers get.."
Dom didn't know whether to fake a laugh or ask to start the battle.. but it seemed as if the leader knew what he was thinking.
"Right.. I'm Brawly. Are you ready?" he was wearing a bright orange shirt and blue pants that matched his hair.
"Ready as I'll ever be.." muttered Dom. He returned electrike and reached for spoink's ball.
"You asked for it, bud! Go, machop!" shouted Brawly, throwing down a bright green pokeball.
"Er.. Go, Spoink!" yelled Dom.
Dom had thought it over and figured that his best bet would be with spoink, who had an advantage against fighting types.
"Machop! Karate chop!"
"Spoink! Psywave!"
The small human-like pokemon ran full force toward spoink, who retaliated with a blast of psychic energy.
Machop was smashed with the wave and was thrown back off the field.
"Holy shit! Dude, what level is that pokemon?" asked Brawly, quickly returning the fainted machop.
"Um.." Dom glanced at his pokedex. "19."
"Woah.. nice," said Brawly. "Cmon, makuhita!"
Dom had noticed that spoink was at a higher level than both Brawly's pokemon, and he felt a sudden burst of confidence. He probably could win..
"Makuhita! Body Slam!"
"Spoink, try another psywave!"
Makuhita looked like a machop, only fatter and a different shade of brown.
"Mak Mak Mak!"
"Oink!"
Once again, spoink emitted a purple beam of light from the ball on it's head and it smashed onto makuhita before it could even be touched.
"Mak.." and with that Brawly's final pokemon dropped.
"Dude! How the hell..?" Brawly looked amazed. He scratched his head, reached into his pocket, and handed Dom a shiny badge.
"Allright, spoink!" yelled Dom.
"OINK!"
Dom picked up the small pig and placed it on his shoulder.
"You are awesome.." said Brawly, still looking bewildered.
"Thanks."
"You got any other badges?"
"Um, the stone badge.. that's it."
"If you can beat me like that, you'll womp Wattson at the next gym.." said Brawly, and with that he snapped his fingers and the lights shut off.
After feeling his way out of the gym, Dom was greeted by the same excited woman he had saw earlier.
"You won! Yay!" she said.
"Um, yup.. I'll be going now.."
Dom walked out of the building and walked over to the seacliffs. What was with that lady? Weird..
He watched the waves crash against the stone and suddenly saw something floating toward the base of the cliffs. It looked like a pokemon..
He whipped out his pokedex and aimed it at the thing. It bleeped for a few moment then lit up.
(Barboach. Eel pokemon. Water-ground type. This small eel will bite and wriggle it's way out of any situation and is known to get violent at times. It can move in water and on land, moving like a snake on both. Evolution: Whishcash at level 30.)
"Finally! A good pokemon!" yelled Dom. He reached onto his belt and pulled off electrike's pokeball.
"Go, Zap!"
"Trike!"
"Alright, Zappy, shock that small thing down there! See?"
"Trike!"
Electrike glowed a bright green and shot a bolt of lightning off of it's skin. It flew down the edge of the cliff and, instead of hitting the barboach, it hit the water.
The entire ocean lit up an odd green color and then flickered out. Dom looked with awe as a number of pokemon, including the barboach, started bobbing on top of the sea. He had shocked them all..
"Woops.. Well.. I guess they'll heal.. Go pokeball!" Dom threw one of his pokeballs down the cliff and it scooped up the barboach. It flew back up the cliff and landed in Dom's hands, wobbling a little. After a long while it stopped wobbling and gave a signature 'ping!'. He had caught a new pokemon..
Dom rushed off to the pokecenter to heal his pokemon without even realizing that a tall man with silvery hair had been watching him the entire time.. and was now following him.
