Author's Note: Weird. My story got added to a C2 community without me even knowing about it…Well, hopefully it just means more reviews! Anyway, sorry if you guys got impatient with me, but here is my new chapter!

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Chapter 3: Team Shadow

"Now Cloyster, Blizzard!"

Kyle summoned the power of his amulet. He felt the power. Cloyster launched the Blizzard, freezing the entire mountaintop. Yeah, that's more like it…, he thought. But…it wasn't enough.

It had been about a week since his battle with Seth. If he wanted to beat him, he had to get even stronger. No doubt Hiroshima was training, too. Kyle had power, and he had gotten stronger since his battle, but he still felt like it wasn't enough. He wanted more.

But where can I find better training? he thought. Hiroshima is the strongest trainer around.

He left the mountain, leaving it frozen.

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What was that?

It was nighttime, and Kyle had been asleep in the forest. He had heard something. He looked around, trying to find the source of the noise.

"Alright, show yourself," he said to whoever was around. No answer. "Fine. If you want to be that way…" He reached for his backpack, and pulled out a Pokéball. "Flareon, burn down the surrounding area!"

The red, fluffy Pokémon came out of its Pokéball. "Flare!" it said as it began to shoot Flamethrowers around. The trees quickly caught fire and burned down.

"Cloyster, put the flames out!" said Kyle, sending out another Pokéball. Cloyster came out of it, and used Surf to put the flame out. Kyle examined the area. No sign of anyone. Not even a body. Whoever, or whatever, was here had already left.

Then he saw it. A footprint. There were other trainers around. Kyle grabbed his jacket, put it on, called back his Pokémon, and followed them. He was gonna teach those people a lesson for waking him up.

For about ten minutes he followed the footprints. He had just decided to forget about it, when he heard voices.

"So, what's your report?"

"One trainer in the area, but he's asleep."

I wonder if he means me. He looked to see who was talking.

People in uniforms. Two of them. It was hard to tell in the dark, but it looked like their uniforms were dark purple. They wore visors over their eyes. They were standing right outside a cave.

"Just one?" said the one who seemed to be in charge. "Well, we can't have that. Find him again and eliminate him."

"I'm afraid you won't be doing that."

Kyle stepped out of the bushes.

"Sir! That's the trainer I was talking about!"

"Well don't just stand there, get rid of him!"

"Yes sir! Go, Makuhita!"

A small, chubby pokémon appeared from the pokéball.

"Okay then," said Kyle, "Go, Flareon!"

Flareon came out, and cried, "Flare!"

Kyle summoned his amulet's power. "Use flamethrower!" he commanded. Flareon shot a large amount of flames at the Makuhita, who took the hit, but didn't seem to take much damage!

Darn, I just remembered, thought Kyle, That Makuhita must have the Thick Fat ability. He scowled for forgetting that detail.

"Makuhita, Shadow Rush!"

Shadow Rush?

Makuhita suddenly barreled forward, slamming into Flareon hard! But, from what Kyle could tell, Makuhita took damage as well. Well, thought Kyle, I don't know what that was about, but whatever. "Flareon, Toxic!"

Flareon suddenly shot poison goo from its mouth, hitting Makuhita and poisoning it badly!

"Ugh, fool!" said the Grunt in charge, "Go, Haunter!"

A grinning ghost with two floating hands appeared. "Haunt, Haunt!" it said.

"Shadow Rush, Haunter!"

Haunter rushed at Flareon

"Dodge it!" Flareon obeyed, and jumped to the left. Kyle hated this unfairness.

"You wanna fight doubles?" he said, pulling out another Pokéball. "Fine. Go, Marowak!"

A brown Pokémon with a skull on its head and a bone in its hand appeared. Kyle once again used his amulet. "Bone club!"

Marowak ran at the Haunter, and hit it with the club! Haunter took a lot of damage, and was knocked out instantly!

"No!" yelled the guard in charge.

"Now," said Kyle, summoning power once again, "Flareon, Body Slam!"

Flareon charged at Makuhita, and slammed it hard! Makuhita went flying into the nearby rock wall, and was knocked out.

"Crap!" said the first guy. "We gotta alert the others!"

"Go ahead. Won't do you any good!" Kyle yelled after them. They had already gone running into the cave. Others, huh? I think I just found my new training spot. He walked into the cave.

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Inside, there were many guards. Kyle had soundly defeated them one by one as he made his way through the cave. Until finally…

"Yes! It's finally complete!"

"About time. This project you've been working on took forever."

Kyle stopped and ducked under a window. He was right outside a laboratory. He looked in and saw a few scientists, and another person who was wearing a different uniform than the guards. He was wearing a dark purple jacket, and had dark purple spiky hair. He looked out a window in there, and grinned.

"Excellent. So, care to explain to me what it does?" said the person wearing the jacket.

"Well you see," said the scientist, "It is designed for two people. They ride in the chest area, where it is controlled."

What the heck are they talking about? thought Kyle.

"Okay, what kind of features does it have?"

"For one, it has heavy plated armor, nearly indestructible. It has sensors and scanners, and…" The scientist grinned. "A superlaser capable of destroying an entire city in one shot." The leader grinned.

"Good," he said. "No one will dare stand up to Team Shadow now!"

So that's the name of this group, thought Kyle. Sounds like Team Magma and Team Aqua. Well, they'll go down just as easily.

He suddenly saw a guard run into the lab through another door. He ran up to the leader, stopped, and saluted the leader. He looked out of breath.

"Sir! An intruder has entered the base!" he said. "He's taken out most of the guards!"

"What?" the leader said. "How could someone get past that many guards? Oh well, I'll deal with him myself."

Kyle opened the door and entered the lab.

"You want to fight me?" he said. "Come and get me."

The leader grinned. "You've made a foolish mistake, boy. I'm the strongest person in Team Shadow!"

"Good. Your guards are a bunch of wimps."

"You dare insult Team Shadow?" said the leader, obviously mad. "Then you will pay the price! Go, Houndoom!"

He threw the Pokéball and revealed a demonic black dog. The dog breathed fire into the air.

"Go, Flareon!" Kyle said. Flareon came out and cried "Flare!"

"You're pretty cocky to fight fire with fire," said the leader. "Hit it with your horns, Houndoom!"

Houndoom lowered its head and charged, intending to impale Flareon!

"Dodge it, Flareon!" Flareon did as told, and jumped to the left. As always, Kyle called the amulet's power. "Now Body Slam!"

Flareon charged at Houndoom, and slammed into it hard! But, it regained itself.

"Not bad," said the leader. "Charge at it again!"

Not this again. "Dodge again!"

Flareon jumped to the right, dodging the charge.

"Now Crunch!" the leader commanded.

Houndoom suddenly turned, charged, and bit Flareon!

"No! Toxic!"

Flareon shot the goo from its mouth, poisoning the Houndoom. That, combined with the damage from earlier, knocked out Houndoom.

"Return," said the leader, calling back his pokémon. He pulled out another pokémon. "Impressive. Go, Gengar!" A dark purple ghost with an evil grin on its face appeared.

"Oy," said Kyle. "Do you all use the same pokémon? Your guards all had Haunter, Gastly, Makuhita, and Houndour. Return, Flareon." He grabbed another pokéball and threw it. "Go, Marowak!" The ground type appeared out of the pokéball. "Bonemerang!"

The Marowak threw its bone at Gengar, right on target!

"Type advantages won't help you," said the leader. "Dodge it, Gengar."

The Gengar grinned, and vanished! It appeared right behind Marowak!"

"Now, Night Shade!"

Gengar grinned even wider, and put its hands forward toward Marowak. All around the lab dark purple shade appeared! Marowak recoiled hard from the attack! It fell! Was it beaten?

No. It struggled, but it got up. Kyle grinned.

"Heh, it'll take a lot more than that to win," he said. He used the amulet's power once again. "Bone Club!"

Marowak attacked with its bone, hitting Gengar! Gengar looked at Marowak, and grinned.

"Now, Psychic!"

"Bone Club again!"

Marowak attacked with its bone again, but it wasn't fast enough! Gengar got it in a Psychic hold, and threw it into the nearby wall! Marowak got up…and fainted.

"Return, Marowak," said Kyle. This Gengar was powerful. He would have to be more careful against it. "Go, Flareon!"

Flareon came out again, crying, "Flare!"

"Ha!" said the leader, grinning. "You already used that Pokémon! I know its moves!"

"You think so?" said Kyle. That wiped the smirk off of the leader's face. "Flareon, use Bite!"

Flareon ran towards Gengar, baring its teeth!

"Dodge it and use Night Shade!" There was that dark shade again…Flareon stopped and looked around, wondering what was happening. Then…

"Flare!" It felt the pain! The Night Shade hit it, and it fell. But, it got up. Now it was mad.

Kyle summoned the amulet's power. "Use Bite!" Flareon ran again at the Gengar!

"Haven't you learned yet?" the leader said. "That won't work against Gengar! Psychic!"

Gengar grinned evilly, and its eyes glowed purple!

"Move out of its eyesight, Flareon!"

Flareon ran to the side. Too fast! It vanished from Gengar's sight! Kyle was pleased; if Gengar couldn't see Flareon, he couldn't hit it. Flareon stared at Gengar from behind.

"Now Bite it!"

"Dodge it!"

But it was too late. Flareon bit Gengar, and Gengar was knocked out.

"Rrgh, return!" said the leader, obviously very angry.

That'll just make things easier for me, thought Kyle. The leader pulled out his last Pokéball.

"This one will destroy you!" he said. "Go, Hariyama!"

The large, sumo wrestler-like Pokémon appeared.

"Alright, return, Flareon," said Kyle. He pulled out another Pokéball. "Go, Machoke!"

The very muscular Machoke came out, and flexed its massive arms.

"Use Seismic Toss!" Kyle commanded. Machoke grabbed the Hariyama and jumped up. He tossed the Hariyama down into the floor! However, Hariyama emerged with hardly a scratch. "What the?"

"Hehe…" the leader chuckled. "Now, Shadow Rush!"

Hariyama rushed at Machoke!

"Quick, use Dynamicpunch!"

As the Hariyama rushed towards Machoke, Machoke pulled back its fist, and punched the Hariyama as hard as it could! Hariyama went flying! But, it was still going. It was confused, though, which would give Kyle an advantage.

"You think because my Hariyama is confused," the leader said, "means you will win? Not likely!" He pulled out a Persim Berry, which Hariyama ate (with difficulty; it almost attacked the berry) and was confused no more. Hariyama suddenly looked extremely enraged!

"Haha!" yelled the leader triumphantly. "Can you beat Hariyama when it's in Hyper Mode?"

"Hyper Mode?" Kyle said, confused.

"In Hyper Mode," the leader explained, "Shadow Pokémon are twice as powerful! Shadow Rush!"

Hariyama rushed even faster than it did before!

"Dodge—" Too late. Hariyama slammed into Machoke hard! The leader cackled.

"Again!"

It attacked again.

"Again!"

Machoke couldn't take much more…

"You wanna fight like that?" Kyle said, summoning all of his amulet's power. "Fine! Use Revenge, Machoke!"

Machoke was hit again, and suddenly, it punched the Hariyama, sending it flying right out the window the leader had been looking through earlier! Hariyama plummeted, smashed into the ground! When the dust settled…

"No!" the leader said. "How could I lose?" Hariyama had fainted.

"Return," Kyle said, calling back Machoke. "Well, this was fun, but I have to go."

"Not so fast!"

Kyle stopped and looked at the leader. "Look, you lost. I won. Boo-hoo."

"This isn't over!" The leader turned to the scientist. "Activate the superweapon!"

Superweapon? Thought Kyle. He suddenly figured out this might not have been such a good idea.

"Hahahaha!" The leader cackled insanely. "You die here and now!"

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Author's Note: MWAHAHAHA! I AM EVIL! I left it at a cliffhanger! You'll have to wait and find out what happens!