"GO POKEBALL!" Ashley yelled as a beam of white burst out of the Pokeball and hit the floor... The white beam of light took shape the of a humanoid and it slowly gained colour. It looked something like a blue and black dog on two legs.
"Ri... Olu?" The confused Pokemon squeaked, looking around the room at Gary and Ashley.
"Come on... ('Riolu' Gary muttered under his breath) Riolu!" Ashley put his hand towards Riolu but it just knocked his hand back with its fist.
"Rio LU! The Riolu yelled, walking to the window.
"What is it doing?" Ashley asked Gary as they walked over to the window. Gary just shrugged. He noticed what the Riolu was on about, Ash was running down the road towards the Pokemon Lab.
"What is dad doing coming here?" Gary just laughed as Ash burst through the door, scaring the Riolu. Riolu growled at Ash and got into a fighting position.
"Riolu, calm down!" Ashley said, laughing at his dad's reaction.
"Wait... Is that a Riolu?" Gary and Ashley nodded.
"Why do you sound surprised?" Ashley asked, looking at Riolu then back at his dad.
"They are extremely rare, I have only seen one before, years ago. To be perfectly honest I thought they were extinct, but now I know." Gary and Ashley was laughing and Ash just shrugged it off.
"Anyway, Ashley, you forgot your Pokegear!" He said as he handed his son his Pokegear. "I have already added mine and your mothers number in it so if you need us just call. Gary, it might be helpful if you put your number in there too!" Gary smiled as he took Ashley's Pokegear and added his number to the small red, almost round, mobile.
"Oh Ashley, before you go you might want to take some Pokeballs and your Pokedex!" Gary said as he was about to walk out of the door.
"Ohh, thank you!" He said, taking them from the Professor before heading back to the door.
Ashley said his goodbyes to his father and Professor Gary Oak as he departed down the road with his newly required Riolu.
"So, Riolu, what can you do?" Ashley said as his Pokemon was happily marching down the road.
"Riolu?" It asked, looking around to see what to test it on. His eyes squinted eerily as it set its eyes on Ashley.
"Woah now Riolu! Don't do anything stupid!" He called out, but it was too late. Riolu had pulled his arm back and struck him with a Force Palm, knocking Ashley back. Riolu looked worried and ran over to where the young trainer had landed.
"Ri olu..." He said gloomily, looking sad that he had hurt his own trainer.
"Haha, it's ok Riolu! You didn't mean to hurt me!" Ashley said, patting his friend and Pokemon on the shoulder.
"RIOLU!" He called out as a Spearow dived at him. "Ri... o... lu!" He called out as he struck the Spearow on its way down with a Quick Attack. Riolu pinned the weakened Spearow to the floor. Before Ashley had the chance to throw a Pokeball the Spearow had used Double Team and the Spearow copies were surrounding Riolu. Its eyes glistened in the sun as it used Foresight, spotting the Spearow instantly. Before the Spearow had a chance to escape Riolu had pounced on him using Quick Attack and the wild Pokemon was unable to battle.
"Go Pokeball!" Ashley yelled as he threw a Pokeball at the fainted Pokemon. The Pokeball rocked. Then again. Then a third time, before finally stopping. Ashley went over to the Pokeball and picked it up. "Were going to have to get to a Pokemon Center soon Riolu!" He said, sitting down besides the Fighting Pokemon. Riolu sat besides his master and they looked up at the sky. It was a beautiful golden-red colour as the sun set in the sky. Ashley sighed and decided that he would wait for tomorrow to get to a Pokemon. Riolu deserved rest and he was awfully tired. Ashley set out his tent and his sleeping bag before getting undressed and sliding into it. Riolu sat besides him, looking puzzled. Ashley moved to the side slightly to give Riolu some room to sleep, and before they even realised it they were happily asleep dreaming about the days events.