Whenever I don't write a story with traditional pokebattles, then it never goes very long, so I had to fit them into the plot. Even though right now I want to write Skeleton Clash battles more, which is why this chapter is shorter than the rest. Still I hope this is interesting enough. At the very least these pokebattles offer a change of pace.

And to anyone else reading, just remember feel free to say anything in your comment. If you want to post your theories about future events, thoughts about characters, go ahead, I welcome it actually. It would be fun to read. And also if you have anything you want me to include in this fic, like a certain fight, or give a character a certain pokemon, while I might not make it happen, I will consider it, so feel free to request events to happen.

I think that is all to say for this chapter, happy reading.

Chapter 4: Burning Passions and New Desires

The dark night sky gave the clouds a black tint. There weren't many stars in the sky and the moon seemed to be hiding as well. The sky might've been black but the same could not be said for the ground in Canalave. The docks were being lit up my multi colored flashes. There were a large amount of ocean blue flashes. There were also several lanterns around the docks. The dock lights helped show what was going on. Dozens of people were gathered around as two people shouted attacks at a pokemon. This was Canalave's secret pokemon battle session. Amongst the crowd of dozens was Zan who was wearing a thick, black coat with white cuffs. This jacket had buttons and a bulge between two of the buttons. Two little white eyes and a small orange beak peaked out of the space between the buttons.

"Is it our turn yet?" whispered Augment the Starly loudly. A hand reached down and shoved the orange beak back into the coat.

"Not yet, and why do you ask. You have eyes, you can see. The battle between a Buizel and a Gastrodon is still going on" Zan whispered back. Augment pecked at Zan's hand before he could get it away. Zan then flicked Augment's forehead while keeping his eyes on the battle. Though he wasn't really watching it. His mind was lost thinking about his upcoming pokemon battle. There were only a few people in the crowd that hadn't got to fight yet, which meant Zan's chance would be coming up very soon. He wished to have Pignite out so they could share in the excitement but there was a rule that you could only have a pokemon out when you were battling. Still, Zan hated to be alone.

Mud flew through the air as did the small Buizel. When it landed it's eyes were spiraled out and he was completely unconscious.

"Buizel is unable to battle, Mugarun and his Gastrodon win" announced a blue haired girl who was acting ref. The victor celebrated but the only clapping and celebrating from the audience came from Zan himself. He quickly came to a stop when he noticed no one else was chiming in. This behavior had happened after every battle so far. Zan had gotten weird looks that were getting more angry every time he did it. No one here cared about anyone else, only themselves. "Alright for the best battle, I think it's time for Mr. Ren Sho to get his battle in." The ref pointed at a tall man with long, slicked back black hair. He didn't show emotion that he was picked to battle. He just trudged up towards the ref. "And let's have him fight, the annoying clapping guy" she pointed to Zan. Zan fist pumped as he skipped through the crowd towards the ref, pokeball already in hand. "You guys should know the rules by now, fight!" The ref back stepped and fit into the crowd.

"I've been waiting all night for this, it's our time to shine, go Boris!" Zan enthusiastically shouted, slamming the pokeball on the ground. In a display of orange flames, Boris the Pignite appeared.

"You better not fail me shitty trainer" he roared. Boris was stretching his legs and arms since he wasn't used to being in a pokeball.

"You don't have to be worrying about me, you can do plenty of failing on your own fat pig" Zan retorted with a smirk.

"Let's wreck them" Pignite replied in a quieter tone, dawning a smirk as well. Ren didn't seem amused by his opponents behavior. Unemotionally he pressed the button on a great ball on his belt. The red light made the form of a Seviper.

"Seviper, smog" the blackette lifelessly ordered.

"Yes sir" replied the snake in a feminine voice. She raised up her body so her head was up high before releasing a stream of purple gases.

"Alright Boris, counter with Ember!" commanded Zan. Orange flames flew out of Boris' nose and fought with the purple poison. The two attacks cancelled each other out, purple and orange particles just fluttered about.

"Flamethrower." Seviper's mouth widened again and a powerful flow of red fire came out.

"Ember counter again!" Boris released orange flames which were smaller than Seviper's. The attacks didn't battle this time, the flamethrower blew past the ember and scorched Boris. He quickly raised up an arm to shield his eyes from the flames. A few moments later he lowered his stubby arm to see again and Seviper was right in his face, fangs dripping in purple ooze. Zan wasn't used to having to shout out an order in battle so he hesistated, thinking Boris would just act on his own. But the pig didn't in time and the snake's purple teeth sunk into Boris' arm. Lines of purple spread out from the area of the bite, covering Boris' whole body in seconds. He yelped out in pain even more as the purple surged brightly. The lines then faded but they were still there. Seviper had removed it's teeth but was still in Boris' face.

"Boris, use Gyro Ball now!" The spirit was still in Zan's voice yet it seemed to be gone from Boris' body. Still the pig pokemon stood on one foot then with his arms made a movement that spun him around. During the spinning his body took on a metallic coating as he rammed towards Seviper.

"Protect." Without even blinking Seviper summoned a blue-green shield that stopped Pignite's spinning in its tracks. In the pause after his attack was blocked the poison surged through Pignite's body again. As he shrieked Zan and Augment cringed.

"Don't give up Boris, I believe in you. Don't let this smug bastard do you in!" cheered Zan. But his cheers were in vain as Boris dropped to the ground unconscious. Zan ran over to his pokemon and Ron returned Seviper. "Boris!" he screamed, sliding on his knees to land next to his pokemon.

"Truly pathetic, not even worth my time" insulted Ro Sho with his back turned to Zan. This revealed that his hair actually traveled all the way down to his waste.

"Hey, it was my first pokemon battle ever, same with Boris" defended Zan. Anger was sprouting in his voice.

"So? Many people win on their first battle, people with actual talent. Then again, I shouldn't have expected anything good out of someone who wears a skeleton." The tall man started to walk away.

"I'm not giving up on this. I desire to be good at pokemon battles now. And most of all, I desire to beat the crap out of you. I will get stronger, then I will return and crush you!" The crowd broke up in laughter and Ro Sho continued to walk away. Zan didn't care to stay there anymore either, he had watched enough battles for a day. As he was leaving with Boris back in his ball he could still hear the laughter.

"Oi, we are going to come back here in the future right? I can't stand letting them have this laughter" asked Augment after Zan had greatly distanced himself from the docks.

"You bet, we will get the last laugh, for sure!"

With the pokemon battle over, Zan is done with Canalave. But Canalave is not done with him. Something unexpected will happen before he and Lady Moore can move on. Jubilife's Skeleton Master Sky reaches the enters Canalave and what happens after that will be, shocking. All on the next Iron Fist: A Master Canalave Finale