Chapter 2: Sparks of Battle
10 years later…
The grass was blown away by the gust created by Pigeot's large brown-feathered wings. The light brown Raticate below clasped the ground. Adam, now 16 years old, stood behind his Pigeot in his green t-shirt. The wind ruffled the white fur around his neck that stuck out from the t-shirt. His long brown hair that was tied back in a ponytail flowed behind him. It wasn't long before the wild Raticate was blown off the ground.
"Now Pigeot! Wing Attack!" Adam called.
Pigeot dived towards her enemy and bashed it with her wing. The attack finished off the Raticate, and Pigeot returned to Adam's side. Adam rubbed the top of Pigeot's head with his right green-gloved hand.
"Good job Pigeot," He praised.
Pigeot smiled before Adam returned her to her pokéball. He picked up his pale leaf green top hat, and placed it over his long brown Eevee ears on the side of his head. A lovely warm breeze blew by making his large fluffy brown Eevee tail wag merrily.
I should get going, Adam thought, Vermilion City isn't very far now.
He continued heading south through the tall grass that surrounded him.
In a few minutes, Adam stepped out of the grass and stood before the stone buildings of Vermilion City. He was relived to be able to see his dark yellow boots and his three brown Eevee toes sticking out from the hole at the tip of the shoe. After spending hours training in the tall grass, he needed to heal his pokémon and rest, also remember his father's warning about the large number of pokémon fans in the city. Of all the things Adam wanted to do today, being kidnapped by crazed pokémon fans was not one of them. He carefully avoided everyone walking in the streets on the sunny morning, as he went west towards the pokémon center.
Adam waited at the counter in the pure clean white room, while a nurse healed his pokémon. It was a few minutes before he had retrieved his companions fully healed, and ready to continue on. He placed the pokéballs on his brown belt, and sat on a near by bench before he took out an apple from his brown bag. Adam started eating the apple when he got a strange feeling that someone was watching him. He instantly left the pokémon center.
He left Vermilion City from the east entrance, and walked past the brown rock cave. The feeling of being watched still lingered. Adam looked over his shoulder but saw no one following him. Not even a speck of dust flown behind him in the wind. Suddenly a male jumped out from a near by tree with leaves stuck to his black shirt and dark blue jeans. Adam instantly recognized the male as his rival, Joshua.
"I have been spying on you, plotted the perfect place to challenge you to a battle Adam!" Joshua proclaimed.
"Seriously, are you sure you are not stalking me?" Adam asked. "Spying on me and hiding in a tree waiting for me is pretty much stalking."
In a fit of anger, Joshua pulls out a dictionary and flips through the pages. He stops at a page and then curses that it agrees with Adam.
"No matter. I challenge you to a battle Adam. Do you accept?" he said, throwing the dictionary in the tall grass behind him.
"Your on Joshua!" Adam replied with a pokéball in his left hand.
Adam called forth his Sandslash, while Joshua unleashed his Tyranitar. The battle had begun.