Chapter 1

The sun shined brightly on the earth today, warming up the earth from the night that it went into. The Pokemon that were asleep during the night yawned and reawaken for their daily activities. Herds of bird Pokemon flew into the sky to prey on unsuspecting Magikarp that swam in the ponds. The mammal Pokemon scurrying across the ground to find any fallen berries to eat, and the road to the newest Pokemon Tournament awaiting trainers to come to battle. The most eager to get to the tournament was Charlie, who was waiting for the tournament ever since his run at the Pokemon League.

"Oh yeah, when I get to that tournament I am totally gonna kick some ass!" he said, ahead of his two friends who were following close behind. Kevin sighed at his friend who was eager to battle.

"Do you really think you'll get far in this?" He asked, "Sure you're good Charlie but this tournament is attracting the strongest trainers around."

"Not to mention that most of them were named champion every time they faced the Elite Four." Blossom said, riding on her Meganium.

"You guys worry too much," Charlie said, putting his arms behind his head, "I did become champion after beating the last one remember?"
Kevin sighed as he shrugged at Charlie's confidence, true his friend was strong but the strength of the trainers at the tournament would be beyond anything else. But he knew that his friend wouldn't listen until seeing the Pokemon himself. This usually gave him the perfect time to plan a strategy against his opponents.

"Well if you believe you can win then we're behind you." Blossom said smiling as Saolefa nodded.

"Thanks guys," Charlie said as he stopped to let his friends join up, "I'm sure each of us will do fine in the tournament anyway."

The day passed on as the three continued their way up to the tournament. Charlie yawned as they reached a large pond. He checked their water canister, it was low on water and they could use some more in it.

"We're kinda low on water here," he said to his friends, "we're gonna have to fill up if we want anymore."

"Good call," Kevin said, as he looked into his bag of food, "We also need to catch some fish to eat, we just used the last bit of food we have for breakfast."

Charlie nodded his head; he pulled out Ryu's Pokeball and held it up. Pressing the button to release his fighting Pokemon Ryu looked up at its trainer.

"We're gonna need some of your help to catch food here Ryu." He told his Pokemon, who folded its arms and nodded at him.

"Why not use Teardrop Charlie?" Blossom asked as she jumped off Saolefa, "She can swim underwater and catch the fish faster."

"Teardrop is always doing the water work for us," Charlie said as he got out his rod, "she needs a break."

"I'll get Fullmetal to help us then," Kevin said, releasing his power house Empoleon from its Pokeball. The penguin looked at its trainer and nodded as it jumped into the water to stir up the fish. Charlie sat down and caste the rod out to the lake and waited for the right moment. When he felt a little tug on the rod he began to pull it back and the fish on the line was thrown into the air. Ryu put its palms together and blasted the fish with an Aura Sphere. The fish landed safely on the ground waiting to be cooked along with the rest that they managed to catch.

"So many fish," Blossom said as she got out her tools to cook them.

"I'll get Coal out to help us burn them," Charlie announced. He pulled his ball from his belt, but before he could release his pokemon, he heard slight footsteps a few yards away from the camp. "Hmm?..."

Behind them, Charlie sees a strange, human-like figure that stands over them, it's shadow passing over them. Charlie's eyes widen, and almost can not speak, but he finally realizes that the figure was not a human at all.

"Guys?!...Uh..." Charlie gets his friends' attentions and points out the figure.

Both his friends look to see, and become instantly silent.

"Is that... a pokemon?" Kevin asks, dumbfoundedly.

Before the three stood indeed a human-like form, but by it's sides it had clawed hands, and behind it swished a tail. On it's face was a muzzle, soft grey entering his white fur that went down his chest. It's clothes consisted of a red sleeveless shirt and black and red shorts. It was apparently fox-like in it's looks. Finally, it's feet were exposed and showed large digits that truely showed that he was not any type of man.

"Excuse me, let me intro- AHH!" Instead of letting the creature speak at all, instead, the three trainers pelted pokeballs at it's side and head, all of them bouncing off of him, leaving him with bruises.

"Wait wait wait! Hold it!"

The three human trainers gasped as the creature spoke coherent words of the English language, and stopped throwing pokeballs.

"I'm sorry," he said quickly, "I didn't mean to shock you!" On the fox's young face, which had finally revealed itself a little more, he showed terrible hunger and frustration, but indeed a bit of empathy.

At a loss for words almost, the whole group stayed silent, and then finally Blossom spoke up.

"No no no, we're sorry, we really thought you were...a pokemon. But...what are you?" Blossom said, looking a bit guilty about how she reacted to the fox. The other two still stared in amazement.

Exasperated for any more discussion, the fox sat down and sighed on the ground, resting. "...Truth is, I can't really answer that... Let's just say this is the way I've been traveling my whole life"...

Finally, after a long moment of silence, the young fox speaks up...

"Is that fish you're making?"

"Yeah it is," Kevin said as he put more sticks on the pile, "Chuck here was about to call out his fire Pokemon to start a fire for us."

"Oh go ahead." The fox said as he sat down in front of the pile of wood.

Charlie shrugged and released the Pokemon from its ball. The Pokemon was a tall and powerful Charizard, expect its skin was black and the skin of its wings were red instead of blue as well as the eyes. This is what would be known as a shiny Pokemon and few trainers had them, some were even lucky to actually see a Pokemon that was shiny.

"Give us some fire would you Coal?" Charlie said to the powerful dragon Pokemon.

The fire type nodded its head and spewed out a flame onto the pile of wood and began a roaring fire. The trainers smiled at the flame and Blossom put the fish onto the frying pan and began lunch. The group enjoyed their lunch until either they couldn't eat anymore or until Coal and Ryu snatched the rest to eat. The fox looked up and smiled at the trio with gratefulness.

"... I guess I should thank you guys for the food. Allow me to introduce myself." He said, holding out a hand to Charlie, "My name's Spectrum.. You can call me Spec."

"The name is Charlie," the trainer said as he shook Spectrum's hand with friendliness, "These are my friends Kevin and Blossom."

"Nice to meet you both." Spectrum said with a smile, the others nodded at him with a friendly smile as well.

"So Spectrum where you headed to?" Blossom asked, stroking Saolefa's neck as she finished up her fish.

"Well I'm heading to the Pokemon Tournament that's up this road." The fox said, putting his plate down.

"Isn't a small world then, we're going there as well." Kevin said.

"Really? That's awesome news." Spectrum said, looking excited.

"Planning to compete huh?" Charlie said, looking ready to start a Pokemon battle.

"Yup, I'm pretty sure my team and I will land a good spot at the tournament." Spec said, scratching the back of his head.

"How about a quick battle then, just to see what you have in mind." Charlie said, offering a friendly offer to a battle.

"Well…I guess I could use a warm up so sure," Spec said, standing up with Charlie, "Three on three sound good?"
"Fine by me," Charlie said, reaching for one Pokeball his belt. "Come on out Nightwatch!"

The Pokeball unleashed a powerful Staraptor, judging by the small dot on the head it was clear that it was a female. Spectrum smiled at the bird and pulled out his own Pokeball, throwing it to the field.

"Come on out Teren!" He said, the ball exploded and released a Leafeon, however it was too like Charlie's Charizard, a shiny Pokemon. Blossom frowned, a grass type against a flying type? It didn't seem right to do unleash Spectrum had a plan.

"Watch yourself Chucko," Kevin said, leaning against a tree.

"Leafeon huh? All right Nightwatch Aerial Ace!"

The bird flapped its powerful wings and flew into the air, then began speeding directly at Teren. Spectrum smiled and saw the right moment to make his move.

"Substitute now!" he cried, right on his command Teren created a dummy Pokemon to take the hit for it. Nightwatch's attack landed on the dummy, knocking it a few feet away from it. Charlie looked a bit confused, but knew that it was a smart move to make so Teren didn't take any damage.

"All right Teren use Sword's Dance!" Spectrum commanded, the shiny Leafeon's tail soon began to glow as it gathered power, waiting for the right moment to strike.

"Good combo there," Kevin thought, "using substitute so he could power up his Pokemon without taking a hit question is what is he gonna use on a flying type?"

"Nightwatch take out that sub quickly!" Charlie commanded, the flying Pokemon nodded and slashed past the dummy pokemon splitting it in half. Teren gasped at the sight, Spectrum didn't seem too worried though. He knew Staraptors were famous for their attack force.

"Teren don't be afraid, get ready for Leaf Blade." Spectrum said, the Leafeon nodded and ran towards Nightwatch, who noticed the quick speed the pokemon had just gained.

"Aerial Ace now!" Charlie yelled, Nightwatch flew at Teren who swung it's tail at the flying bird, the two attacks collided and caused a power contest. The two attacks pushed on each other hard until finally the two Pokemon were pushed back. Teren grunted a bit, taking a bit more damage then Nightwatch. The two pokemon panted from the contest, obviously both were tired from pushing the other back.

"All right Teren take a break, Baton's Pass." Spectrum said, the grass pokemon nodded and switched out with a new pokemon. From the second Pokeball from Spectrum sprang a Altaria which sprang into action.

"An Altaria huh?" Blossom said, watching the dragon pokemon flap it's wings in the air.

"Hit it with Brave Bird!" Charlie commanded Nightwatch cawed and flew at the Altaria; however Spectrum had other plans for the new Pokemon.

"Rithava, attack with Dragon Meteor!" The dragon pokemon roared as meteors fell out of the sky and slammed into Nightwatch with a powerful force. A normal blow from that attack was powerful, but this one seemed like it was super charged.

"I see now," Kevin said, "He used Swords Dance and Baton's Pass so Altaria would gain the power from the dance."

"Great now I have to deal with a super charged Altaria," Charlie said, recalling Nightwatch, "Come on out Saphira!"

Charlie's next Pokemon shown itself from it's Quick ball, the powerful pokemon was the land shark Garchomp which roared with power as it was released.

"A Garchomp?" Spectrum asked, surprised to see the powerful pokemon in front of him, "Not many people can train a Gible that well into a pokemon like that."
"I've raised Saphira ever since she was a baby; I spent a lot of time making sure she would become the Pokemon she is today." Charlie said with some pride, Saphira was also one of his powerhouses on his team. Next to Sauron and Coal she was one of his most trusted team members.

"Interesting," Spectrum said, "Use Dragon Meteor!"
"Dig underground quick!" Charlie commanded, the land shark jumped quickly into the ground before the attack could hit the spot where she once was.

"But Dig doesn't work on flying types," Blossom said, a bit worried now, "What does he plan on doing?"

Kevin shrugged at her, whatever Charlie was planning he had to do it fast. Rithava looked around, trying to find out where Saphira was. Until finally Charlie snapped his fingers, then out from the ground behind Rithava sprung Saphira, her fins glowing white.

"Dragon Claw!" Charlie shouted

"Quick dodge it!" Spectrum shouted at Rithava, knowing the power behind a Garchomp. The bird dragon managed to move back a little, but the second fin slammed into her from the right as Saphira took the chance to attack again. The pokemon was not out yet, as she got up and fired another Dragon Meteor at Saphira who took the hit hard but the power behind it was weaker then it was before.

"Saphira hit it with Dragon Rage!" Charlie commanded, the land shark roared and spewed out a powerful dragon flame that rammed into Rithava, taking it out with one hit. The tired pokemon collapsed from exhaustion, however Saphira was panting as well the last hit from the third Dragon Meteor may have been weaker then the last but it still did a number on the land shark. Both trainers recalled their tired Pokemon.

"Awesome job Saphira, take a good rest." Charlie said smiling; across from him Spectrum said the same thing to his Altaria. Both trainers looked at each other with a new fire in their eyes now.

"I have to admit that your Pokemon are good Charlie, but meet my best. Diamond it's time!" Spectrum said, throwing his final Pokeball into the air. From it a Ninetails appeared however like his Leafeon his Ninetails was a shiny Pokemon. The Ninetails yawned at first but then posed herself for battle. Charlie looked at Coal, who nodded its head.
"All right Coal it's your turn." He said, the black Charizard step forward and looked at Diamond. Normally a Charizard would roar and pound it's chest at an opponent, however Coal was not like that. To him that was just a sign of a weak Charizard showing off. The fox Pokemon smiled at her opponent, the two readied themselves for battle.

"All right Coal attack with Air Slash!" Charlie commanded Coal roared and flapped his wings once; creating a powerful guest of wind that flew at Diamond.

"Counter that with Fire Blast Diamond!" Spectrum shouted. Diamond opened her mouth and spewed a powerful fire star towards the gust. The attacks slammed into each other and caused a small explosion. However this did not stop the trainer's desire to win at any cost.

"Diamond use Nasty Plot!"

Diamond began to relax, and then spasms and twitches violently as her mind enters a dark realm, where her senses are hightened and her special attack rose up 2 stages. When she awoke from this state, her eyes were glowing vividly with blue fire.

"Not good," Charlie thought, "With that power behind her she'll be tougher to beat."

"Now use Hypnosis!" Spectrum commanded, Diamond spread out her tails and began to send sleep waves towards Coal.

"Dodge it quick!" Charlie told Coal, who flapped his wings and flew into the air, roaring from above. Diamond looked up and fired a Fire Blast at Coal, who countered by spewing a powerful Dragon Pulse at the fiery star. The collision of the attacks cancelled each other out. The two fire pokemon soon knew that the two of them had encountered a true rival. Coal landed and his eyes met with Diamond's, the two nodded as they prepared to go at it again.

"Use Dragon Pulse again Coal!" Charlie shouted, Coal spewed another flame towards Diamond who jumped away from the blast. Spectrum nodded his head as she continued to attack with another Fire Blast while it flies towards Coal, who was slammed by one of them. Grunting at the attack, however Coal wasn't out of the battle just yet. The two fire types met again with their eyes before the last two attacks were even. Coal spewed with a Focus Blast while Diamond shot out a powerful Energy Ball towards the Blast. The attacks slammed into the Pokemon it was aimed at and managed to make both fall over. Spectrum came up to Diamond and stroked her back, smiling at her.

"Good job girl," he said, recalling her into her ball, "Take a good rest."

"Nice job Coal," Charlie said, rubbing Coal's head, "I'm proud of you." Charlie looked up to Spectrum with a friendly smile.

"You're pretty good Spec," Blossom said smiling as she helped Coal with some potions, "I hope you go far in the tournament."
"Likewise, and Charlie next time we are both gonna go out at each other got it?" Spectrum said.

"Heh, you know it." Charlie said, watching his new found friend and rival walk away. Their paths would cross again and their next battle would be twice as big as their first one that was certain to all four of them.