A/N: Only 4 reviews! OMG i'm so sad. Please give me more reviews, guys! Also, i forgot to explain in the previews chapter. Danny is half ghost while ghost type Pokemons are.. well, dead. So that's why thay can still injure him when he doesn't use Intangibility.

I wanted to take Shinx.. But Danny needs flying type for support, so.. Maybe later. But thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate it.

Chapter 3

Route 202.. Danny decided that there was nothing particularly interesting around the area aside from some Bidoof and the occasional Zigzagoon scurrying around the bushes, peeking at him and Houndoom before deeming them as friendly and proceeded to ignore them. Both of them was content to enjoy their walk through the small forest though, and chose to not make a fuss out of it.

::Come to think of it..:: Houndoom said suddenly, earning himself his trainer's undivided attention. ::Are you still trying to think a nickname for me?:: He asked, throwing a dry look his way.

Danny blushed with an embarrassed scowl on his face. "Well, sorry for having a bad sense of name! I'm not giving up on it though, and I'm sure I can get one good nickname to go with you." Danny persisted.

::Sure, I mean, Pocky sounds good to me, O Wise Man.:: Houndoom rolled his eyes at his Trainer, sarcasm practically oozing off of him. ::Who on earth thought naming a Houndoom Pocky sounds like a good idea!?:: He suddenly roared, stomping his foot to the ground to emphasize his point. ::Imagine it when a ref ended a match and said: 'The battle is over, Pocky the Houndoom is the winner!' That'll totally destroy my future epic moment! Aside from the humiliation my opponents going to went through after getting defeated by someone with so lame a name, there's no upside to it!" Houndoom ranted frustratedly.

Danny just pulled a pair of earplugs and plugged his ears, having long been used to ignore his first partner when he was having one of his ranting mood. When he was sure he couldn't hear anymore background noise, Danny pulled the earplugs off his ears and nonchalantly picked on it with his pinky, making sure that what little of the rant he heard hadn't damaged his ears. "Fine. How about Torch?" Danny suggested.

Houndoom, who was now done with his ranting, mulled the suggestion in his head, testing how the name sounded and rolled off his tongue before nodding. ::Good enough. Then again, anything is better than Pocky.:: He agreed, adding one last blow before letting go of the topic.

Danny just rolled his eyes at the jab made by the Dark Pokemon, knowing that it was all in good humor. "Alright, jokes aside, we're here to search for a Shinx to add to our team." He informed, looking around the bushes for signs of the Flash Pokemon.

::Shinx?:: The newly named Torch tilted his head to the side before recognition flashed through his eyes. ::Aah.. The thunder lion cubs. That's a good idea, I guess. But why don't you go with a Starly? Staraptor is one good aerial fighter after all, and you've got me and that bonehead as land fighters.:: He asked, giving a questioning glance at his trainer as he did so.

"They'd make a good aerial support alright. Fine then, I'll get a Starly. Maybe I'll catch a Shinx after I figure out how to properly turn off the teleportating function of the Pokedex because I'll be damned before I let anyone take care of the Pokemons I catch." He stated determinedly, looking at the innocent black-white machine annoyedly as if it was the cause for all his misery.

::Spoken like a true Trainer.:: Torch nodded. ::Speaking of teams, have you decided on what Ghost type you want to catch?:: He asked, interested in what kind of Ghost type caught his half-ghost trainer's interest.

Danny was about to answer when a shout stopped him in his track. The young halfa turned around to see a boy jumping out of the bushes and pointed a challenging finger at him with a determined gleam in his eyes. He was probably younger than him by three to four years which was normal since he was considered a 'Late-Batch' as most children went on their journey at age 10 while he was now 14.

"I challenge you to a Pokemon Battle!" The kid shouted.

Danny shrugged. Why not? He was a bit bored too and he knew that Torch wouldn't want to miss a chance like thism same goes for his Bagon. Danny made a mental note to think up a name for the little bonehead and stowed it away for a later date as he focused on the challenge at hand. "Challenge accepted." he agreed with a nod at the younger trainer.

"Nice. Let's go, Chimchar!" The kid threw out his Pokeball, releasing the Chimp Pokemon in a flash of red light.

Chimchar is a bipedal Pokémon resembling a chimpanzee. Its fur is primarily a shade of orange, though its face, outer ears, underbelly, hands, and feet are light yellow. Its rear has a small, round, red patch that is usually obscured by flames. Its ears are large in comparison to its head size and red inside. It has two pointed teeth in its upper jaw. Chimchar has red markings nearly surrounding its eyes, a swirl-like symbol on its chest, and five fingers on its hands with three toes on its feet. It also has a swirly crest of hair on its head.

Danny wordlessly pulled out his Pokedex and scanned the Chimp Pokemon. With a Ping! the image of the Fire Type starter of Sinnoh appeared on the screen of the black and white Pokedex. "Chimchar, the Chimp Pokemon. It agilely scales sheer cliffs to live atop craggy mountains. Its fire is put out when it sleeps." The Pokedex intoned in its robotic voice.

"Chim!" the Chimpanzee-like Pokemon shouted, signifying that it was ready for a fight.

"So, Torch, Wanna have a shot?" Danny glanced down to his Houndoom who merely huffed at him.

::Nah, I'm good.:: The horned black dog sat down on his haunches, lazily staring back at his trainer. ::Why don't you get that bonehead to deal with this? You haven't got the chance to train him as much as you did me, right?:: He suggested.

Finding no fault to his logic, Danny nodded and recalled Torch back to his own Pokeball before pulling out another one of the red and white sphere to release his Bagon.

"Bagon!" He roared. ::Finally!::

"Woah! A Bagon! It looks so cool!" The child gushed. "But we won't lose. Chimchar, let's start things off with Ember!" At his command, the Chimchar sends off a flurry of small fire sparks at Bagon.

"Dodge it!" Danny called out to his Bagon, feeling the thrill of battle starting to build inside of him and wondered if this was what made Trainers love their journey. If so, he could see why. It felt so invigorating! "Get close and use Headbutt!" He ordered.

"Stop it with Leer followed by Ember!" The youngster called out.

"Chim!" The little fire type sent a menacing glare at the charging Bagon, successfuly causing the young Dragon type to falter in a moment of hesitation. That small moment of hesitation, however, was enough for chimchar to fill his mouth with fire and shot a barrage of small fire sparks at Bagon.

"Stop it with your own Ember!" Danny called out.

Bagon wasted no time in filling his mouth with fire, the glow of the helmet on his head disappeared as he focused on pushing back the fire sparks sent his way by Chimchar. It was now moving from a battle of skill to a battle of willpower as Bagon and Chimchar tried to keep shooting off Embers at each other. Unfortunately for Bagon, his enemy was a natural born Fire-type while he himself was not and such, it was to be expected that his Embers couldn't hold out as long as Chimchar's did.

"Bagon dodge!" Danny called out as he watched the incoming barrage of embers.

One thing he didn't know is that Torch was right in calling the Dragon type a bonehead, aside from the obvious reference to his hard helmet-covered head, Bagon had a large streak of stubborness in him. So, with a large gulp of air, Bagon shot a stream of purplish fire from his mouth, instantly blowing away the small embers heading his way.

"Baaag!" He roared. ::Dragon Breath!::

Danny watched in stunned amazement as the Dragon type attack struck the little Chimp Pokemon, sending him back a few meters away where he lay down and did not get up with a swirl replacing his eyes, showing that the little Pokemon was unconscious.

"We..We win." He stated robotically before a large grin lit up his face. "We win, Bagon!" He cheered as he dashed forward and scooped up the little blue dragon from the ground.

::Was there any doubt?:: He smirked cockily at him. ::You owe me some poffin and a long hour of training, you got it?::

Danny just smiled and shook his head exasperatedly at his Pokemon's antic. He watched as the boy sigh disappointedly and recalled his fallen chimchar back to its Pokeball and whisper a silent encouragement to it. With a smile, Danny approached the downtrodden boy and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Your Chimchar is good. You have to be proud of him." He said, trying to cheer the kid up.

"Yeah. But that was so close! I thought I had you there with that Ember. I was so shocked when I saw your Bagon shot out that Dragon Breath that I couldn't give the order to dodge." He admitted.

Danny's Pokedex beeped as the money for his winning was transferred to his account.

"Well, I'll be off. See ya!" The younger trainer waved cheerfully at him and went back to the bushes.

Sometime Later, Route 202..

Danny trudged lazily through the dense forest, purposefully straying from the dirth path to search for a good spot to train his Pokemon and search for a Starly to add to the team. He wondered if the Starling Pokemon was taking a pre-scheduled day off somewhere since he has seen no sign of its existence anywhere in Route 202.

Deciding that he will take care of it later, Danny pulled out both of his Pokemons' Pokeball and threw them into the air, releasing both Torch and Bagon in a flash of light. The two Pokemon looked eagerly at him, awaiting for their training sessions from their trainer.

Danny grinned at them. "Well.. Let's start today's training. Houndoom, I want you to master and increase the strength and speed of your attack. Start by running laps around this part of the forest before training on your moves." Houndoom nodded before turning into a black blur as he dashed away into the forest to do his warm up lap and speed training.

"As for you, Bagon, our first order of business would be a nickname." The raven haired Trainer decided, earning himself a sweatdrop from Bagon.

::Was it so important?:: He groaned and palmed his face exasperatedly as he received a sage nod from his Trainer. ::Fine. Whatever floats your boat, Danny. If the name is bad, I'll headbutt you. If I don't like it, I'll also headbutt you...::

"How about Helmet?" Danny interrupted.

Bagon grew a large tick mark on his head as several of his veins pooped in annoyance. His head begun to glow white before he jumped and slammed his head to Danny's in a signature headbutt. :: If you make a reference to my head, I'll also Heabutt you.::

"Say that part first!" Danny groaned as he lay on the ground, clutching his red bruised forehead in pain. A slight headache pounded through his head as his accelerated healing worked overtime to heal the damage. 'Probably a mild concussion..' He guessed.

::Hmph! Your own fault.:: Bagon accused.

Danny relented, seeing that Bagon was right and he was the one who interrupted him in the first place. Danny racked his head for a good name to use and spare his head further pain from a low-powered Headbutt. An imaginary light bulb appeared above his head and shone brightly. "Ah! How about Zenith?"

::Zenith.. The highest point, the peak and the summit. I like it.:: Bagon nodded with an eye-smile before he nodded proudly like a king upon his throne. ::I'll take that name, Danny.::

"Good. Okay then, Zenith, your target today is to learn Zen Headbutt, Dragon Claw, Hyper Beam, Brick Break and Double Edge. But before that, we will increase your speed, strength and endurance by doing the same lap as Torch until you're unable to move again. You'll have a break for fifteen minute afterwards before going on your strength training by trying to reduce that boulder over there-" Danny pointed to several large formation of rocks around the clearing. "with your head alone."

The newly named Zenith saluted before going off in a mad dash.

Danny straightened himself up and walked away from the clearing, intent on finding the elusive Starling Pokemon. Summoning a halo made of moonlight, Danny transformed into his alter ego and flew off into the sky to search for the little grey bird. Danny's toxic-green eyes roamed the forest, taking in the many Bug Type nesting on the trees and the Bidoofs and Zigzagoons running around the bushes, but there's still no sign of the commonly spotted Flying-type Pokemon.

Danny flew around the area of Route 202 aimlessly in his search. He even passed the busy town of Jubilife several miles away from his previous spot and still no sign of the grey bird. After an hour of flight and endless searching, Danny was about to give up and flew down when a whooshing noise made itself known to him. Danny was almost a second too slow to dodge to the side to avoid a hit from several pairs of glowing wing.

"Is that.. Steel Wing?" Danny asked in shock. He whirled around to see several Starlys and Staravias making a U-Turn middair with their wings glowing a steely grey, preparing to slam said limbs into him and send him down. "Speak of the devil and they'll come." Danny muttered before preparing himself for a battle.

Danny made the signature gun hand-sign and aimed his index finger at the Starlys and Staravias heading his way before releasing a rain of green Ecto-ray at them. The Staravias swerved easily out of the way while some of the Starlys was too slow to dodge and took the attack head on, fainting almost instantly and falling down towards the ground.

The Staravias, seeing their comrades and youngling defeated, turned around with vengeance in their eyes. Three of the six Staravias set themselves apart and flapped their wings as hard as they can, sending a large gust of wind that proppeled the other three forward. The three frontline fighter activated their Steel Wings while their body glowed a slight pink.

Instantly, they turned to blurs that even his enhanced eyesight couldn't track.

'Whirlwind to propel them forward and Agility to increase their speed... This is bad.' Danny spread his arms wide and created a green Ecto-shield just in time to intercept and protect him from three simultaneous Steel Wings from all side.

"Stara! Staraviaa!" One of them screamed at him in frustration. ::What's with this thing!?::

Thing? Well, ain't that rude? Danny aimed his index finger at that one Staravia and practically send out a barrage of Ecto-rays at the bird who, with the effect of Agility, managed to dodge them with little difficulty. Remembering his lessons from Professor Rowan, Danny activated his Cryokinesis power and blasted it with Ice beam. The usually jagged unstraight beam was perfectly linear as it traveled at speed impossible to dodge, an absolute proof of the power it packed.

Needless to say, that one rude Staravia went down without any struggle against the super effective attack and Danny had to smother down his urge to do a victory dance right then and there.

::The hell!? This dude's a Frostlass in disguise!:: One of the remaining five Staravias commented.

Frostlass? Wasn't that species a female-exclusive one? Are they calling him.. a transgender!? Danny couldn't suppress it anymore and his eyes turned bright icy blue, a snarl ripped through his throat as his anger bubbled with a burning passion.

"I'm not a Frostlass you overgrown Toucans!" Danny, using both his hands, released a pair of powerful Ice beam, freezing most of the remaining army of birds and defeating them in one fell swoop.

He was caught off guard however, when he was hit in the back of the head with the same force as one of Bagon's mid-powered Headbutt. Danny struggled to right himself in the air as he tried to control the pain and headache thumping against his head. He turned his around to look at a relatively small Starly with one of its wings frozen, flapping its one good wing to remain in the sky.

"Star Starly!" It huffed at him. ::The first hit goes to me!:: Judging by the voice, the little Starly was a male.

"Dude, that's a cheap shot!" Danny pointed an accusatory finger at him.

::All is fair in love and war.:: It quoted sagely earning himself a sweatdrop from the halfa. ::Now, prepare to be defeated, Half-ghost thingy!:: With that, the small Starly flew towards him, his one good wing glowing white as opposed to the previous steely grey.

"Going for a conservative move, eh? Can deal with that." Danny smirked as he coated his hands with green Ecto-energy. With a rush of wind, Danny flew up to meet the little Starly in a clash of strength.

Even with only one of his wings, the little Starly was able to protect himself and parry each of Danny's Ecto-punch, which amazed even Danny himself. "Damn you're good. Even though you're small your attack packs some punch in them!" He said, praising the Starly. Starly gave no response to the praise aside from a small smirk plastered on his face.

Danny hastened to double his efforts, sending faster and stronger punch towards the little dual Flying and Normal-Type in an attempt to break through his defense. Starly showed his skills by parrying most of the punches and dodging some that he couldn't block with his one good wing. Both of them flew away from each other to regain their breath.

::For a half-human, you're good.:: The exhausted Starly huffed.

"You're not too bad yourself." Danny admitted, swipping a thin sheen of sweat from his brows. "Last strike?" He asked.

::I guess.:: Starly nodded.

They both shot forward in a show of speed, Danny coating his hands in Ecto-energy while Starly used its Steel Wing. In mere seconds, they were upon each other, ready to slam their attack to their opponent. Danny swerved out of the way on the last second, narrowly avoiding a Steel Wing to the chest while simultaneously planting his feet to the Starly's body.

Starly smirked at him with a tired grin. ::All is fair in love and war, right?:: With that question, the starly slumped into blissful unconsciousness and let the gravity assert its power on to him, pulling him down to the ground.

Danny wasted no time in catching the downed bird, chuckling lightly at seeing the swirling eye and drools going down his face. Pulling out a standard Pokeball from his belt, Danny pressed the button to his head and watched as the sphere opened up and swallowed the bird in a flash of crimson light. It twitched several times before it let out a resounding Ping! to signal him of the successful capture.

"Welcome to the team, Gale." He whispered proudly, minimizing the sphere before strapping it back to his belt and flew down to the clearing where Torch and Bagon no doubt waited for him. Hopefully they didn't have another brawl and destroy another part of the for-

*Kaboom!*

Screw it. Those two will be the death of him... at least the other half of his death.

Back in the clearing, several minutes later...

Danny landed softly upon the clearing to get a clear few of Torching blasting off a Flamethrower towards a group of trees in an attempt to roast Zenith into a Shish Kebab. Then, Zenith jumped up and aimed a Zen Headbutt on Torch who avoided it by leaping away to the side, causing a massive spider-web cracks to appeaar on the ground.

The migraine is coming back.. He could feel it already.

With a sigh, Danny placed a hand to massage his head to soothe the incoming headache and calm his nerve. Then, with a blazing toxic green eyes, he glared at them and projecting the I'll-kill-you look. "What. Happened. Here?" He worded his question slowly and carefully, using his ghostly voice that sounded like a whispering death to add force to them.

It worked brilliantly.

Torch trotted off towards Zenith so quickly it almost looked like teleportation and pulled the Bagon on top of his back before smilling a deceivingly goofy smile and pranced about as if they were the best of buddies, ignoring the blazing inferno raging behind them and the fact that they were right on top of the spiderweb fissures made by Zenith's Zen Headbutt.

::What are you talking about, Danny?:: Houndoom asked innocently, smiling a cheerful smile at him. ::We're just being a good buddy like we always do. Right, Zenny?:: He asked the innocently smiling Bagon who honestly looked like a kid in a candy store.

::Mhm! Righty-right, Torchy!:: He agreed with that annoyingly docile smile of his.

Danny just stared flatly at them, eyes twitching in irritation before throwing his hands up in a show of exasperation. The familiar ring of moonlight appeared around his midsection and changed him back to his human persona, earning him a relieved sigh from both of his Pokemons. He stared drily at the burning woods before deciding that he will leave that to the bidoofs and Bibarels around to deal with.

Danny gathered his back from a nearby tree, having left it there before going off to search for a Starly earlier. Speaking of it.. "Hey guys, I managed to find a Starly and add him to the team!" He informed them happily.

::Is he good?:: Zenith asked curiously, climbing down from Torch's back as he did so, but not without sending a challeging glare his way.

"He's a bit on the small size but yeah, he's strong." Danny answered. "Now, let's go and head on to Jubi- Did you hear that buzzing noise?" His face turned steadily paller and paller as he gained recognition of the noise buzzing in the distance... Or should he say, the SOURCE of the noise. To his side, Torch also gained a pale quality to his black fur.

::Now that you said it, that buzzing noise is getting louder and louder huh?:: Zenith agreed nonchalantly, as if it was no different than stating the weather. ::I could also hear a vague 'Aaaah~' along with that noise. Should we check it?:: Zenith asked, cupping both of his hands around his ear to gain better hearing.

"We're going!" Danny declared.

::I second that plan!:: Torch hastily agreed.

They only managed to take five steps before a teen around thirteen years old with flaming red hair and golden eyes, wearing a red short-sleeved jacket over a black long sleeved shirt, a pair of jeans and a pair of red sneakers come dashing to the clearing and towards them, screaming as tears comically flowed down his face. "Run! Its a swarm of Beedrills!" He called out.

Right on cue, a swarm of wrathful yellow bees with gleaming crimson eyes and drills for hands appeared out of the forest. Danny and his party eyes widened to impossible level before joing the red haired boy on his screaming contest.

"H-hey, hello! H-how are you?" The boy asked in an attempt to start a conversation even as he ran for dear life.

"Huh? Oh I'm fi- Wait! Is this really the time for greetings?!" He asked in shock and bewildermen. Surely, you don't exchange pleasantries in the face of possible death by spinning drills right?

"Ehehe.. Ju-just joking! Aaah! They're gaining on us!" He screamed as he sneaked a glance backward to see that his attempt at conversation has been misunderstood by the angry swarm as him ignoring them and thus, responded accordingly by increasing their speed to catch up to him. "T-Treecko! Blast them off with Bullet Seed!" He ordered.

Up in the trees, Danny saw a small gecko-like Pokemon turn around and shot a barrage of explosive seed at the speed of a bullet, causing explosion upon impact with the swarm of Beedrills. It was sadly ineffective, however, as the final form of Weedle kept on their pursuit without any sign of slowing down.

"Torch, Zenith! Use Hyper Beam full-power!" He ordered.

Torch and Zenith stopped on their tracks, charged a white energy in their mouths and turned around to face the incoming swarm of Beedrills. Torch let out a loud howl and released a beam of destructive glowing white energy, Zenith following not a moment later. Both of the strongest Normal-type move combined together creating one large Hyperbeam that practically put a stop to the Beedrills charge and blasting them off to a safer distance.. preferably several hundred miles away.

Both of the Pokemons gave a sigh of relief as none of the Beedrills were left in the vicinity and thanking Arceus for their Trainer who had the brain to teach them the strongest Normal type move. Similarly, Danny let himself down on the ground, leaning on a tree to make himself comfortable as he greedily took big gulps of sweet precious oxygen.

Treecko jumped down and landed soundlessly beside the red-haired teen, who was in a similar state, if not worse, than Danny. The green lizard stood up straight, keeping watch over the area vigilantly like a bodyguard.

"Thanks.. for the.. help." The redhead thanked him between tired huff and pants. Several minutes later involving large gulps of air and several bottles of fresh water, the redhead seems to be back to tip top shape. "Haa.. That was scary."

Understatement of the year. Danny, Zenith, Torch and surprisingly, Treecko thought to themself.

"Thanks again for the help! The name's Leo, Leo Hashiri. I'm thirteen years old and I like sweet breads. I'm from Hoenn and this is my first Journey. Ah! This is my starter from Hoenn, Treecko! It's nice to meet you!" He chattered excitedly at the speed of a train.

Danny blinked and smiled a bit. "Uh.. Same here. I'm Danny Fenton. Just call me Danny, though. I'm fourteen and this is my Pokemons, Torch and Zenith. Nice to meet you too, Leo." Danny offered a hand for the redheaad to shake, which he did happily. "Are you going to Jubilife city?" He asked.

Leo swopped Treecko off the ground and placed the little guy on his lap, earning himself an indignant yell from the Wood Gecko Pokemon. Leo laughed a bit at Treecko's embarassed face before turning to Danny. "Yep. I need to heal this Starly that I caught earlier today when the Starly Rain happened. I don't know it can rain birds here in Sinnoh so I was a bit shocked when I saw it! Ahaha!" Leo laughed cheerfully.

"Aha.. ha.. haha." Danny laughed nervously, turning around to hide his guilty look and ignore the accusing stare both of his Pokemon gave him. "I'm sure its interesting." He added hastily.

Leo nodded before a metaphorical light bulb appeared and shone above his head. A grin suddenly spread across his face "You're going to Jubilife too, right?" He asked. On his nod, his grin seemed to grow wider, if that was even possible. "Nice. Let's go together! It will be more fun!"

"Tree. Treecko Tree." The Treecko calmly bowed waist-low to Danny. ::Please forgive him. He's excitable.::

"It's fine." Danny waved the Treecko's apology. "I don't mind. It gets lonely to travel alone sometimes." He said. He couldn't help it, really. Leo was a bundle of sunshine and energy and his grin was so infectious that Danny couldn't resist the urge to share the same grin.

"Yahoo! A traveling buddy!" The redhead cheered excitedly. "And he can understand Pokemons too!"

"That's common, right?" Danny asked, cocking his head to the side in confusion.

"Nope! Most can only understand bits and pieces, except of course, if you're a psychic." Leo explained before getting up, setting Treecko on his shoulder as he did so. "Shall we go?" He invited.

"Right. It's getting late and we need to book a room in the Pokemon Center or risk camping around the forest." Danny followed Leo's example and stood up, recalling Torch and Bagon into their Pokeball as soon as he was up. "Alright. Let's move!"

Jubilife City, Night time..

Jubilife city was, for a lack of a better word, lively. It was like a miniature Manhattan in a sense that it was buzzing with activity even in the dark of night. Danny found himself thanking his lucky stars and whatever deity watched out for him out there since they managed to get the last room in the Pokemon Center and avoid the fate of camping in the woods where various Bug-types are known to appear.

Kricketunes and Kricketots are a noisy bunch.

After leaving their bags behind in their shared room and having their Pokemons healed by Nurse Joy and her Chansey, Danny and Leo made their way towards the Pokemon Center's cafeteria to engorge themselves with a decent meal. Once that was done, Danny decided that he would give Professor Rowan a call as promised.

Making his way to the Video Phone, Danny immediatelt dialed Professor Rowan's number and waited as the familiar beeping noise made itself known to him. Not too long afterwards, the screen lighted up and the image of Professor Rowan appeared. ["Danny! So you've arrived in Jubilife City huh? How's your team going?"] He asked.

Danny grinned at the professor. "Yeah. I'm in Jubilife City right now. My team's doing alright Gramps and I managed to catch a strong Starly. Torch -my Houndoom- is now Lv. 28. He made a large leap with his training today. Zenith -my Bagon- is now Lv. 27 and he's close to evolving. I'll start training my new Starly tomorrow."

["Well that's good progress. By the way, have you heard about-"] Suddenly the connection was cut and the lights went off, plunging the building and apparently the whole city into darkness. Not long after the sudden blackout, the emergency power supply installed inside the Poke center building flared to life, turning the lights and most of the machinery back on.

"Wha-" He was once again interrupted by the sound of shattering glasses and Nurse Joy's scream. He peered out from the Video Phone booth and saw several people wearing white and black uniform with a yellow G plastered proudly on their chest cornering the pink haired nurse and her chansey.

"We're Team Galactic. We're here to take every pokemon here. If you know what's good for you, cooperate and hand them to us." The unspoke threat was clear enough to everyone present.

He saw a flash of movement above and saw Treecko hanging on the ceiling, staring stonily at the Team Galactic grunts. Off to the side, Danny could see a tuft of familiar red hair which brought a reliefed smile to his face. Treecko glanced towards his trainer and nodded. The Wood Gecko Pokemon opened his mouth and shot off a barrage of Bullet Seed towards the criminal team.

"Look out!" One of them screamed.

In a display of excellent acrobatic skill and gymnastic flexibility, most of the Team Galactic grunt dodged and jumped out of the way of the blast, saving themselves from being subjected to being blasted by explosive force of the Bullet Seed. Be that as it may, it managed to do its intended purpose, which is disorientating them.

Knocking out some was just an added bonus.

Leo came out of his hiding place and threw out another Pokeball, releasing his newly captured Starly in a flash of light. "Distract them, Starly!" The little bird chirped a bit and did as it was told, swooping down on the grunts with glowing elongated beak, trying to peck them and stop them from pulling out and summoning their Pokemons. Not wasting the provided opportunity, Leo dashed across the room and pulled Nurse Joy and Chansey to a safe place behind the counter.

"Danny!" Leo called out.

The halfa came out of the booth and responded with an affirmative before throwing out three of his Pokeballs, releasing Torch, Zenith and Gale in a flash of white. "Assist Starly and Treecko!" He ordered. The three Pokemon nodded their hands and dashed across the room to do what they're ordered.

"Come out, Zubat!"

"Destroy them, Geodude!"

"Go, Shinx!"

"Come out, Starly!"

Danny cursed as he helplessly watched the grunts called out their Pokemons, which admittedly weren't all that impressive but they more than make it up in their number. There're two Shinx, Three Geodude, a Zubat and a Starly out. Which means him and Leo were outnumbered by two Pokemon, one if Chansey decided to help out.

No time thinking, he decided. "Torch, burn those shinxs with Flamethrower! Zenith, use Brick Break and destroy those living pebbles!" He ordered. With a cry of their name, Torch released a torrent of crimson fire towards both of the shinx, which caught one of guard while the other managed to dodge out in the last few second. Zenith's arms glowed a faint maroon before he dashed forward to one of the Geodude, entering its personal space after dodging a clumsy swipe and jabbed his glowing fingers into his face. The power behind the Fighting-type move coupled with the Super Effective damage it dealt made sure the Geodude wouldn't get up.

"Gale, show that wannabe who's the strongest! Steel Wing to the chest!" Danny ordered.

Gale chirped before engulfing his wings in a steely grey light. The Starling Pokemon zoomed forward at breakneck speed, intent on destroying his opponent. Leo's Starly hastily followed the smaller Starly's lead and engulfed his wings in flowing white light to use Wing Attack and strike the enemy Zubat.

"Tch, Zubat Confuse Ray!" One of the female grunts ordered.

"Starly, cancel it out with Screech!" Leo ordered. "Treecko, help Zenith and blast those Geodude to Lala land!"

Starly and Treecko profesionally held back their urge to sweatdrop and face palm at their trainer's sense of humor and did as they were told. Starly took a huge gulp of air and screamed at the top of his lungs, sending a blast of sound wave that cracked the windows of the Pokemon Center and successfully distracting the Cave Bat Pokemon. Taking his chance, Starly slammed down his wings to the smaller Zubat's body, sending it crashing down to the floor like a sack of flour.

Treecko opened his mouth and let out a salvo of explosive Seed Bullet at the Rock Pokemon who in a rare show of speed, dodged most of the bullets, only taking some of the smaller ones that it couldn't dodge.

"Geodude, Rollout!" One of the Grunts ordered.

"Geodude, Tackle!" Another one ordered.

"Shinx, Spark!" Another one ordered.

Leo jumped away, successfully avoiding a stray bolt of lightning from the Flash Pokemon. He growled in annoyance as his hair stood up on its root as the effect of the static electricity moving through the air. "Grr.. Just for that I'll kick your butt! Treecko, Quick Attack and Pound that Shinx!" Leo ordered, smoothing his hair as he did so.

This time, Treecko let out an exasperated sigh before his body glowed a faint white and blurred off in a show of speed, appearing almost instantly in front of the startled Shinx before punching the lion cub on the head repeatedly to the ground. The grass type starter of Sinnoh clapped his hands together to clean the dust off before leaving the bruised and unconscious Shinx to his device.

Gale slammed his Steel Wing to the enemy Starly, throwing it away into a wall where it crashed and slide down pathetically to the floor.

Zenith jumped away to the side, narrowly dodging a Rollout attack and getting flattened by it. Narrowing his eyes in challenge, Bagon let out a roar and covered his helmet-covered head with a glowing blue energy of Zen Headbutt before charging off to meat the Rollout head on. His leg trembled at the force of the Rollout opposing his Zen headbutt. Looking to the side, Zenith saw that Torch was having a heabutting match with one of the remaining Geodude.

The two rivalling Pokemon exchanged a glance and nodded subtly at each other.

With a roar of effort, Zenith used his hands to hold the still-rotating Geodude and threw it away towards Torch. The Houndoom, seeing the living projectile heading his way, jumped up and over the Geodude it was battling, taking great pleasure to stomp his leags at its head. Both of the Rock type Pokemon hit each other and fell unconscious.

::Small Fries.::Zenith huffed.

::Can't hold a candle to me.:: Torch boasted.

::Good Riddance!:: Gale chirped cheerfully.

Danny, realizing that the Grunts were making a silent tactical retreat, discreetly shot a watered down Ecto-ray at their legs, tripping them up and made them fall on a heap of tangled limbs.

Not too long after, the sound of sirene blared in the air. Officer Jenny, a young woman with dark green hair in a police uniform as well as her colleagues appeared and arrested the grunts, but not before giving them both a praise for their quick acting and smart planning.

"Thank you so much!" Nurse Joy thanked them gratefully.

"I-it's fine! Right, Leo?" He turned to his redheaded companion.

"Mm.. So sleepy." he mumbled, covering a yawn with one hand while the other rubbed his bleary eye in a valiant effort to stay awake.

Danny, Zenith, Torch, Gale and both of Leo's Pokemon face palmed at his attitude while Chansey and Nurse Joy just giggled at the amusingness of the situation before bidding them farewell for the night.

TBC.

Danny's Team:

-Torch (Houndoom) - Lv. 28 - Male.

Howl, Tackle, Leer, Ember, Flamethrower, Fire Fang, Bite, Crunch, Dig, Feint Attack, Headbut, Quick Attack, Inferno, Nasty Plot, Shadow Ball, Hyper Beam, Iron Claw, Smog, Foul Play, Dark Pulse.

-Zenith (Bagon) - Lv. 27 - Male.

Rage, Ember, Bite, Leer, Dragon Breath, Headbutt, Skull Bash, Zen Headbutt, Flamethrower, Double Edge, Hyper Beam, Brick Break, Dragon Claw, Hone Claws, Dragon Rush.

-Gale (Starly) - Lv. 12 - Male.

Tackle, Screech, Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Steel Wing, Aerial Ace, Agility, Whirlwind, Peck, Double team.

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Leo's Team:

-Treecko - Lv. 14 - Male.

Pound, Leer, Quick Attack, Absorb, Bullet Seed, Pursuit, Slam, Agility.

-Starly - Lv. 11 - Male.

Tackle, Screech, Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Peck, Double Team.

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