Kane looked down at the small riolu, a feeling of warmth in his heart, he had slowly began to bond more with the jackel pokemon. currently he was inside viridian forest, sharing a bento of katsudon with his riolu, enjoying the peace of the forest, the vibrant green hued light of the sun shining down through the treetops.
He'd been able to show off a few tricks in town with his powers, simple things like levitating a ball, rocks, basically working as a street performer to earn money for food and supplies. He smiled as the riolu looked at him, the look of distrust had begun to fade from the Pokemons eyes after the first few months they had spent together.
The two finished eating and the young psychic headed for a stream washing the box to allow him to reuse it later. He smiled as he looked up at the trees, his eyes taking in the beauty of the forest. "Sometimes I forget that the world can be this beautiful." he spoke softly as he turned to his pokemon friend.
Rioulu let out a cry of its name and a wave of aura to his trainer that felt like she agreed."C'mon we should keep moving." he said as he put the empty box inside his backpack. The pokemon barked in agreement as her trainer walked towards town, aiming on passing through the town and heading to another city.
She followed behind him as the town came into view, the two catching the eyes of some of the city people,Kane was younger than your average trainer after all. He ignored them and headed for pewter city. once he got onto route three, he was challenged but the battles were fairly easy for his riolu as the trainers there were using rattatas and maybe a pidgy that only knew gust and this rioulu seemed to be tough.
"Wow, you are really strong rioulu, that last guys team wasn't even able to hit you once." he praised the riolu smiling who seemed to visibly smile and radiate happiness from the praise. They'd racked up a fair amount of money from the three battles they had so far and Kane was in a good mood which wasnt often.
Soon after they'd reached pewter city and he headed for the pokamon center. The boy stepped inside and headed for the counter, his riolu next to him. Nurse joy looked at him and smiled kindly.
"Well hello there young man what can i do for you?" she asked him with that cheerful voice of hers.
"Well my riolu got into a few battles on the way here and I was wanting to get him healed up." he said as he picked up riolu who seemed a bit on edge. he closed his eyes and sent a wave of calming aura to his pokemon who calmed a bit but still looked uneasy.
Her eyes lasered in on the old scars on the pokemons stomach and then her gaze got angry. "Young man that is no way to treat a pokemon!" she said as he opened his eyes. "You think i did that to her?!" he yelled as one of the windows in the center cracked from a sudden flare of his power.
"I SAVED HER FROM THE PEOPLE WHO DID THAT!"He screamed as the cracked window broke getting the attention of other trainers who walked closed to eavesdrop. His pokemon let out a whimper at feeling how angry he was, and he seemed to simmer down.
Nurse joy looked apologetic as she took the pokemon and began working.She handled her with extra care, knowing the pokemon had been abused and then handed her back to Kane.
"Young man i am sorry, i shouldnt have jumped to conclusions." she said as he took back his pokemon and left, going into the pokemart next.He stocked up on antidotes, potions, and a few paralysis heals leaving him enough for a few days worth of food.
Next he stocked up on food and medical supplies for himself, he'd figured he'd better be prepared for the trek through mt.moon, as he left the clerk warned him about possible team rocket activity inside the mountain. His face darkened as he heard that, his good mood gone. "I'll be careful." he called out to the clerk as he left the shop.
His pokemon at his side, he walked towards mt.moon, getting stopped right near the start of the path by a fellow trainer. "Hey you, I challenge you!" The youngster called out and Kane smirked.
"I only have one pokemon, can this be a one on one battle?" he asked the youngster who looked surprised. "Uh sure,no problem, I'll go with my ratacate." he said smiling as the two faced off.
"Go ratacate!" he shouted out as he threw out his pokemon and Riolu barked ready for this.
"Rioulu, strategy three." Kane ordered getting a nod from his pokemon.
Riolu glowed as her speed increased and she dashed forward throwing a fast as hell force palm, the Ratacate dodged slightly but still was hit and thrown back. "Dude what was that?!" The youngster trainer yelled out.
"Simple, we just mixed two moves together." Kane said smirking. "Ratacate, use quick attack then hyper fang!" the youngster commanded.
Ratacate charged forward fast, trying to attack the riolu, but she evaded both then her hands glowed as she began channeling aura, snarling as she did so. "what is she doing?!" the youngster yelled out. An aura laced punch was thrown at the Ratacate, who couldn't dodge and time and was knocked out.
"Good battle." Kane said as he counted his money from the battle. "That's one tough Mon." his opponent said as Kane walked off, his mood brightened a bit as his pokemon walked beside him.
"That was fun." he said as he walked, more battles followed but it was the hiker he was stopped by the entrance to the mountain that set his instincts off. "You are strong, I can tell." he spoke. "This will be fun." the hiker said throwing out an Onix.
"You got this riolu." Kane said as he smiled.
"strategy four!" he yelled out and his crafty Mon punched the ground kicking up a cloud of dirt and dust. The Onix tried to use strength through the cloud blindly but it only made the cover of dust and dirt increase in size.
The trainer saw the riolu behind Onix faintly and called out a warning causing Riolu to get hit with strength, she went down struggling to get back up, her trainer had faith in her to win and she wasn't going to give up just because that attack had hurt bad.
"Aura punch!" he shouted out and his mon obeyed sending a glowing blew punch to the Onix's body, it thrashed in pain but still seemed to have more into the tank as it lashed out with a rock throw attack dealing more damage to riolu who snarled and remained standing trembling from the pain.
"Riolu, come ba.." he tried to command but riolu looked at him barking furiously, she seemed to be trying to tell him no way in hell am I backing down. She charged in dealing more damage with her aura laced punches, dodging the Onix's attempts to use rock throw and strength.
The hiker watched, impressed with the level of determination the little jackel had. Onix seemed to be hurting just as bad now, but Riolu was tiring herself out, she got sloppy and was hit with another strength,sending her to the ground.
Riolu tried so hard to get back up, struggling to stand on her shaking legs as she growled but sadly her grit wasn't enough anymore as she fell back to the ground exhausted and in pain.
"You fought so well, get some rest you deserve it." he praised his pokemon as he called her back inside her ball
The hiker returned his Onix and walked over to Kane. "You are an amazing trainer, your pokemon must really want to prove herself to you." he said as he smiled happy to see such a bond with a young trainer and their pokemon.
Kane paid out 140 yen to the winning hiker and brought her to the center next to the cave. He walked in and handed over the pokeball to nurse joy who quickly healed his pokemon back to a hundred percent. he let her out and she wouldn't look at him.
She looked saddened at her loss, and seemed to be afraid of her trainer's reaction. "Hey little one, you did so good, you made me so proud, you fought until you couldn't anymore and you nearly won too, you are amazing." he praised her again and the Mon seemed to glow with the praise as she was close to evolving from those words.
She jumped into his arms nuzzling him as he smiled petting her. She seemed happier now, the previous thoughts about her loss gone now as he walked out carrying her through the mountain.
He stopped two steps in as his head suddenly split with such intense pain. A wave of pure pain radiated from deeper inside, like someone was being tortured. He set his uncomfortable Mon down as he headed for it, the mind felt young, his fury building at that bit of knowledge.
He turned the corner and saw an Abra glowing with a dark purple aura, it looked angry and so full of pain. A rocket stood there, he soon spotted him and smiled evilly. "Brat give me your pokemon, or my Abra here will hurt you." he called out as the Abra's eyes glowed.
"What did you do to that poor pokemon?" he asked, his voice full of a cold fury. "He's under my complete control, so he won't stop until you are dead." the rocket replied. "and your Pokemon's a fighting type, you don't have a chance to beat my juiced up Abra." he said laughing.
Wordlessly Kane ordered Rioulu to bite the Abra, he didn't want to hurt the pokemon but he needed it unconcious to deal with the grunt.The Abra took the dark type bite and barely flinched, the mysterious power up allowing it to tank an effective move.
The Abra retaliated viciously, slamming rioulu into the wall with Psychic. She yelped in pain making Kanes' heart ache, he didn't like seeing her hurt. She took another psychic as she got up yelping even louder this time, Kane was tearing up from rage and pain as he watched.
"Pup, use strategy five!" he called out as Rioulu used focus energy to pump herself up, and dashed forward trying to land a powerful aura laced punch, but she slammed into a protect, being thrown backwards.
The grunt laughed, enjoying the painful yelps the riolu was letting out, he thought it was funny to see the pokemon in pain from a pointless struggle. "Aww what's wrong, is your baby Pokemon hurt?" he taunted as a pressure clamped onto his throat.
"gurk!" he choked out before Kane regained control of himself. "Shut up and just fight." he said and the grunt stopped talking except to order his Abra. Again and again Riolu was knocked down yelping in pain. "RIOLU YOU CAN WIN, I BELIEVE IN YOU!" Kane cried out his voice full of belief.
She glowed as she began to evolve, her body growing taller, gaining more strength as in her place stood a Lucario. The Abra tried to slam her into the wall again but she broke out of the psychic hold, sending an aura sphere right at the Abra, it tried to use protect again but it shattered as the sphere slammed into it, sending it slamming into the wall and knocking it clean out.
The grunt tried to run but was stopped in place, Kane had used his powers to hold him still. "What did you do?" he asked him as Lucario growled angrily at the now frozen man.
he struggled briefly before he stopped and began to speak. "I used a slave ball, they turn pokemon rabid but in complete control of a trainer." he answered.
Kane nearly killed him before his Lucario nuzzled him trying to calm him down, she didn't want to see Kane kill again. He reached out taking the ball with the rocket R on it and crushed it, then he caught the knocked out Abra.
He used his power to implant a suggestion inside his mind, this suggestion would make him turn himself into the police. He let go as the grunt ran off to do just that. He looked down at the Abra's pokeball, and made a vow. "I will help this Abra heal from the trauma he just went through." he said as he stared at it.
Riolu does in fact learn bite through breeding in sword and shield
this chapter was a flashback taking place two years before the events of chapter two.
