Last time Jay Parker and Eevee defeated this young trainer and his zigzagoon while on their way to Petalburg City. They eventually saw a drowning Torchic in a nearby pond. Jay quickly dove into the water, rescued the Torchic, and captured it inside of a pokeball. Eevee and Jay continued their walk as they reached Petalburg City with Torchic resting inside his pokeball.

Chapter 6: To Be The Best

"Here we are. Petalburg City!" Jay said. "Eevee, you probably want to hit up the Pokemon Center before we take on the gym leader here don't you?"

Eevee nodded, as his facial expression changed showing that he was ready for battle.

"Alright then. We're off to the Pokemon Center, then afterwards we're getting our first gym badge." Jay said. "And with Torchic now on our side, we are much stronger"

Jay and Eevee walked over to the Pokemon Center. As they walked in, they noticed a long line of frustrated trainers.

"Come on! What is taking so long!?" Yelled one of the trainers.

"I've been waiting here for almost an hour! I need to heal my pokemon so I can face Norman!" Yelled another.

"I wonder what the problem is." Jay said, as he looked around the room full of angry trainers.

The speakers in the room sounded off, as one of the Nurses began to speak. "I am sorry for the inconvenience, but there seems to be something wrong with the Pokemon HP healer. The Pokemon Center is now closed for today, and will not be open until after it is fixed."

Jay walked out of the Pokemon Center with many pissed trainers following right behind him. Jay then said "Well it looks like we're going to battle the gym leader with the remaining energy we have Eevee. Are you up for the challenge?"

Eevee again nodded, and showed that determined face once more.

Jay and Eevee both walked over towards the gym, then stopped once they saw a Treecko and Mudkip battling. They jogged over to the action, when they noticed that it was actually Lindsey and the boy from Route 101 battling.

"Kip use water gun!" Lindsey said!

"Dodge it! And hit him with a Pound!" The boy commanded.

The Mudkip burst out an enormous amount of water from its mouth towards the Treecko. Treecko however, dodges the water and sprints over to the Mudkip and hits it square in the face with his tail as the Mudkip falls over onto its side.

"Nice.. Now again hit it with another Pound while it's still on the ground! Full force!" The boy yelled, as the Treecko leaped in the air, and slammed its tail onto the downed Mudkip. The Mudkip then fainted.

The boy smiled, as he then looked over at Treecko and said "Finish him.. Bullet Seed!" Treecko then starts pelting the already fainted Mudkip with bullet speed seeds. The Mudkip is taking a whole lot of damage, and isn't moving.

"Stop! You've already won!" Lindsey cried. "Leave my Mudkip alone!"

The boy did absolutely nothing to stop his Treecko. He simply just laughed as he yelled "Continue the attack Treecko! Prove to everyone why we are a team that can not and will not be defeated!"

Out of nowhere, Eevee sprints over and connects with a hard tackle onto the Treecko as he falls over and stops the attack.

The boy looks over, as he sees Jay, and says "You really piss me off you know.. Always budding into my training.."

"Training? You call that training? All you are doing is harming other Pokemon to a high extent.. That's not training.. That's just cruel!" Jay yelled.

Lindsey ran over to her Mudkip as she picked him up and carried him in her arms, as The boy looked over at Jay and says "Hey.. I have my way of training.. And you have yours.. My way is by showing my opponents and my competition that they are absolutely no match for me and my Pokemon. And to do that, you must break them physically until they can't be broken down anymore."

Jay looked over at the boy in anger.

"You see, being the best means absolutely nothing if nobody knows you are the best. And that is why you have to show them that you are by proving that you are also unstoppable." The boy said. "What's your name?" The boy asked.

"Jay.. Jay Parker" Jay replied.

"Well Jay, sooner or later you are going to realize that being nice to other Pokemon will only hold you back, and that giving absolutely no mercy will only make you stronger." The Boy Said. "I just defeated Norman, the gym leader of this town, and now I'm off to defeat the remaining 7. And once I do, I will compete in the Pokemon League Tournament, and win that as well so that Everyone knows that I am the strongest Pokemon trainer in all of Hoenn."

"You're going to the Pokemon League?" Jay asked.

"Of course I am.. Not that it will be much of a challenge for me, but yes I am. I can't have someone weaker than me walk around as the champion of this region. I need this entire region to know my true power as a trainer.." The boy stated.

"I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but Eevee, Torchic, and I are going to win the Pokemon League this year. And if it takes shutting your arrogant mouth up to do so.. We will do it." Jay responded.

The boy laughed a little, as he says "Good luck with that Jay Parker. Don't you remember what Treecko and I did to you're Eevee on route 101? If we come to face each other in the Pokemon League, only the same thing will happen again, because your Eevee is nothing but a weak, pathetic, piece of shit.."

Jay's anger went to a whole new level as he began to shout "Why wait until the Pokemon League, when we could just battle it out right now!?" Jay looked over at Eevee, as Eevee got into battle position looking furious as well. Jay then says "We're ready! Eevee and I are ready to take on you and your Treecko!"

The boy snickers as he says "You see.. I would battle you and all, but honestly it's just a waste of my time. Treecko has already proven his dominance over Eevee once, so there really is no point in humiliating that pathetic pokemon again.." The boy then turns around, and calls for his Treecko. "Come on Treecko, lets leave these losers.. They aren't worth any more of our time.." The boy walks away with his Treecko as he leaves Jay furious.

Lindsey walks over to Jay, as she says "Thank you for what you did for Kip. If you didn't step in, I dont think he would have ever stopped."

"Do you remember when I told you that I let a trainer hurt my Eevee a while back?" Jay asked Lindsey.

"Yeah" She replied.

"Well that was him." Jay said. "And honestly, I don't think he would have stopped either. I had to jump in and put my own body on the line last time to save Eevee.." Jay continued "I don't know what this guy's problem is. All I know is that one day I will battle him and I will beat him.."

Lindsey still held onto her fainted Pokemon, as Eevee looked up at the Mudkip, then growled in the direction that the boy and his Treecko walked.

"Unfortunately the Pokemon Center is down for today. I have absolute no idea how you're going to heal your Mudkip." Jay said.

"It's okay, my uncle lives here in this city, and has grown some revival herbs, and has made some potions as well. The Pokemon Center in this town has been screwing up for the longest time, and so my Uncle never relies on it anymore, and makes his own medicine for Pokemon." Lindsey replies.

"If that is the case, do you think I could get some potions to heal up my Eevee and Torchic before our battle with the gym leader of this city?" Jay asked.

"Of course. Of course. You saved my little Kip. Giving you some potions to help you for your gym battle is the least I can do." Lindsey replied.

Both Lindsey, Jay, and Eevee began walking towards Lindsey's uncles house where they will be healing up their tired pokemon.