The Mysterious Trainer

In the past week, Seth and Drake had gone out training every day, for hours on end. Drake was progressing quite a bit; Seth was very impressed.

"Charmeleon, Mega Kick!"

Charmeleon charged toward the boulder and leapt into the air. Its foot glowed, and it kicked the boulder, splitting it in two!

"Yeah!" said Drake, shooting his fist into the air. "I think we're even better than you now, Seth!"

"Wanna bet?" said Seth. "Blaze, kick that boulder over there as hard as you can."

Blaze nodded, stared at the boulder, and ran towards it, jumping and kicking it once. There was a pause, and the boulder crumbled into pieces.

"Aw man!" said Drake. He still couldn't beat Seth.

"You're getting better, though," Seth told him. "You'll be able to do that soon. Now, let's go home. I'm getting hungry." They walked home to get something to eat.

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"Hey," said Drake, looking around. "What's going on?"

When they arrived at Littleroot, there was a large crowd gathered around something.

"Some new trainer showed up," someone in the crowd told them. "He's dominating!"

"Really?" said Seth, interested. He wanted to see this trainer. He and Drake squeezed through the crowd, finally, getting to the front.

There were two trainers, but the one the person told them about was obvious. He had long, black hair, and was wearing a black shirt and pants, with a gray jacket that went down to his knees. He had black gloves, and a necklace with a crystal on it. He was winning by a landslide.

"Rock Throw!"

The Golem threw large boulders at its opponent, a Raticate. Seth thought he saw something strange coming from the necklace the trainer wore, but thought nothing of it after that. The Raticate fainted.

"No! Raticate!"

The other trainer called his Raticate back, and walked off with his head hung.

"Next!" said the trainer with the necklace. Another trainer challenged him, sending out a Golbat. "Return," said the first trainer, calling back his Golem. "Go, Machoke!" The muscular gray pokémon appeared. Seth was surprised at this choice. Golbat had an advantage because of its flying type. Why would he counter with a Fighter?

"Heh, we'll win easily!" said the Golbat trainer. "Wing Attack!"

The Golbat's wings began to glow, and it attacked!

"Dodge it, Machoke, and use Seismic Toss!"

Machoke jumped to the side, and grabbed Golbat. It jumped into the air, and threw Golbat hard into the ground!

No mistaking it; There was definitely something about that necklace. It glowed right as Machoke threw Golbat. And then it stopped. The dust settled, and Golbat was knocked out.

"Aw…" said the Golbat trainer, calling his pokémon back and leaving.

"Who's next?" said the first trainer, holding his arms out to the sides, inviting anyone to challenge him.

"I am."

Seth walked forward, and stood across from his opponent. He wanted to find out more about this trainer.

"Ah, Seth Hiroshima," said the other trainer, grinning. "I've been wanting to have a match with you."

"Everyone has," said Seth. "Well, you know my name. What's yours?"

"I'm Kyle Yamamoto," he said. "Anything else before we start?"

"Yeah, why does your necklace glow when you attack?" Kyle grinned even wider.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh really?" said Seth. "Everyone," he looked around at the surrounding crowd, "Watch his necklace while we fight. You'll see what I mean."

"Alright then," said Kyle, pulling out a pokéball. "How about one-on-one?"

"No problem," Seth replied, pulling out a pokéball as well. "Go, Zangoose!"

He threw the pokéball, revealing a white pokémon with a red stripe on it. It stood on its hind legs.

"Cloyster, go!" Kyle threw the pokéball, which revealed a pokémon with a large, blue, spiky shell. "Use Surf!"

Pulling out the big guns in the beginning, eh? Thought Seth. "Dodge it, Zangoose!"

Zangoose was a decent swimmer, so it was able to dodge the roughest currents from the attack.

Then, Seth saw it. The necklace was glowing again. He grinned; now, everyone could see it.

Zangoose couldn't avoid the entire attack. It fell on the ground, but got up.

"It'll take more than that to stop us!" said Seth, pleased with his pokémon. "Crush Claw!"

Zangoose's claws glowed with energy, and it jumped at Cloyster, attempting to crush it in between its claws.

"Withdraw." Cloyster closed its shell, effectively blocking the attack. "Now," the necklace glowed again. "Spike Cannon!" The spikes on its shell, glowed, and shot out, hitting Zangoose! Zangoose fell to the ground again, but again got up.

"We have the perfect weapon for that," said Seth. "Brick Break!"

Zangoose charged, it's claws and feet at the ready. It jumped, and did a combo on Cloyster; even its shell couldn't block the attack. Cloyster flinched, but gathered itself up.

"Alright," Seth said, "Time for our secret weapon! Thunderbolt!"

Zangoose raised its arms, and was surrounded by electrical energy. It pointed its claws at Cloyster, and shot the bolt, hitting it directly! Cloyster fell to the ground…was it beaten?

No, it's still conscious, thought Seth as he saw the Cloyster get up.

"Not bad, champ," said Kyle, unfazed. "But we still have another attack. Cloyster!" The necklace glowed. "Blizzard!"

Cloyster opened its shell. "Cloy-," it said, "-STER!" It yelled, and a blizzard began to form. Seth shielded himself, and so did Zangoose. When the attack stopped, Zangoose was shivering from the intense blast of cold he had just been hit with. It could hardly move.

"Just give up," said Kyle. "You can't win."

Seth pulled out an Aspear Berry. "Zangoose, catch." He threw it to Zangoose, who ate it, and warmed up instantly. "Zangoose, do another Thunderbolt!"

Zangoose charged up the electricity again, aimed, and fired!

The necklace glowed brightly. "Blizzard, Cloyster!"

Cloyster cried out again, causing another blizzard to form! The attacks hit the other pokémon, and they stared, waiting for the other to relent. For what seemed like hours, they stared, still going on with their attacks. Finally, wearing themselves out from the combination of keeping the attacks up and taking the other's attack, they both fainted. A tie.

"Cloyster, return," said Kyle, calling back his pokémon.

"Good job, Zangoose," said Seth. "Return."

"Well," said Kyle, "That was a good match."

"Yeah," said Seth. "So, did anyone else see his necklace?"

Everyone in the crowd murmured, but no one answered. Seth took that as a no.

"What?" said Seth, astonished. How could they have missed it?

"You see?" Kyle said. "You're obviously seeing things. Maybe you need to see a doctor?" He then walked off. The crowd dispersed, but Drake waited.

"I tried to see it," said Drake. "But, I didn't see anything weird."

"Yeah…" said Seth. How could he be the only one who saw it?

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Kyle kept his cool, confident grin on his face as he left Littleroot. Once he was out of the small town, however, his grin faded.

Him seeing my amulet glow is not a good thing. But still, He looked at his amulet. How could this thing have that much power? Enough to match, maybe even beat the champion?

He looked at the amulet closely, and at the engraved picture on it.

A picture of the powerful dragon pokémon, Rayquaza.

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Author Note: OH NOES! THE AMULET! Anyway, this chapter is now done. I really don't have much to say. So…any questions you have about my story will be fine. Just ask them in the review. So, good night, everyone in fanfic land!