The Aura Within.
Chapter 4: Trainer Trouble.
Riolu bounced the pokeball from hand to hand, wondering about the consequences that might come about if he were to be caught.
While he watched the girl applying the potion to Neo, he saw a shadow coming up from behind the girl. It resolved itself into a Team Aqua grunt and a swampert, and the grunt put his arm around her throat from behind and clapped a hand over her mouth before whispering in her ear. Riolu couldn't tell what was being said but from the look on her face it was probably him telling her he was going to take her pokemon or something.
Riolu sped out of the bushes like a shot, ball forgotten, and hit the swampert in the chest with a full-force Extremespeed. The grunt, not expecting interference, dropped the girl, who promptly kicked him where it hurts -hard- and watched as he doubled over.
Riolu finished off the swampert with a Bullet Punch, and walked over to the girl who was panting for breath while reaching for a pokeball at her belt. She loosed a swellow and asked it to take the grunt to a police station. Only after that was taken care of did she get up and look at Riolu.
She pulled another pokeball from her backpack, this one presumably empty, and just held it. She looked up at Riolu and said "A riolu huh, didn't think they lived here in Hoenn. Especially in Petalburg woods... It did save me though, I could never have taken a Swampert only with Seven, Neo's still out cold" She was clearly thinking out loud.
Riolu attempted to say something an all that came out of his mouth was "Rogya!" but what she heard in her mind was "Oh, it was nothing, and I'm a he"
The girl, shocked, stared at Riolu, shook her head, and opened her pokedex.
"Riolu, the Emanation pokemon" It said. "The aura that emanates from it's body intensifies to alert others if it is afraid or sad. It also establishes a mental link with it's trainer early on. This one seems to have a particularly strong aura.
The girl dropped the pokedex on the ground where it continued to rattle off the moves he knew and what level he is, but both Riolu and the girl stopped listening at "It's trainer".
Riolu recovered first and took the ball from the girl. "Would you like me to be your pokemon?" He asked her using his new-found telepathy, the girl just nodded in response. "But first you'll have to battle me" She nodded again, and pulled out Seven's pokeball.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" A voice whispered in his ear. Riolu bristled and looked around, there was nothing there. "Riolu, it's me! Latias! I have down that can reflect light and makes it seem like I'm invisible!" Riolu smoothed his fur, he had quite forgotten that she was there. "Yes" He whispered back.
"All right! Seven, lets go!" The girl yelled as she flung the vulpix's pokeball into the air. Out came the red light that signified the releasing of a pokemon. "Vul!" Was the response she got.
She sent Seven into the middle of the cleaning where Riolu was. Riolu got into his battle stance, and waited for the vulpix to make the first move.
"Seven, start things off with Ember!" Was the shout he heard. Seven charged at him, bits of flame coming out of her mouth. She spat a decent-size Ember at Riolu who only just managed to dodge. Riolu ran up to her as she was recovering from the recoil and hit her with a Force palm that left her on the ground with the air knocked out of her.
Riolu jumped back, a good thing too. Where he was a second ago was now a mass of blue-black flames. The girl must have ordered Will-o-Wisp, Seven was hurt, but she wasn't done yet. She ran at Riolu with a Headbutt, that he matched with an Extremespeed. both pokemon ran at each other and when they collided it was Seven that got flung away.
Still Seven got up, but not for long, Riolu charged up his most powerful move he actually knew how to control, Aura Sphere, and thew it at her. The girl winced as it collided with her pokemon, sending the vulpix flying to her feet, obviously K.O-ed, with anime-style swirly eyes.
"It's okay Seven" She said as she recalled her into the pokeball, "You did great! And he's also..." She flipped open her pokedex again. "...Level 47! Holy cow! With him we'd be able to beat Roxanne, no, ALL the Gym leaders! Then we can go on the the League!" She said, pulling a pokeball out of her pack. She released a grovile, probably Neo, (Who was now awake, or forced to be, after she shoved a revive in his mouth) and told him to continue the battle.
"What about how I feel? Or what I want?" Said Riolu's voice in her mind. "Shouldn't I get a say in what we do?" "Oh, you're right, sorry. I just got caught up thinking about the Elite Four and the Champion" The girl replied. "How about I stop the battle right here and try to catch you? I don't think I could do so if this were a 'normal' battle"
"Hehe, okay. But you'd better have good aim!" Was the response she got.
The girl started pulling pokeballs out of her pack, and threw them in rapid succession toward Riolu. Riolu started dodging to either side as they got close. The girl threw a great ball to the front, Riolu dodged the great ball, only to be struck in the side by another one in the direction he dodged. It pulled him in, with one shake, two, and the dangerous shower of sparks a pokeball puts out when something is caught in it. "I heard they turned that up a little in Sinnoh" She thought out loud. "But anyway, I caught Riolu! You know, aura means breeze in Latin... Should I call you Breeze? It would be like naming you Aura in a different language!" Apparently, she liked thinking out loud. "Yeah, sure, fine. Just get me out of this thing!" Riolu said. The girl quickly grabbed the great ball and let Riolu out, who fell onto the ground panting. "I can't breathe in there! It's really dark... Can I stay out?" The girl rolled her eyes. "Sure, just don't cause any trouble" She said grinning. "Breeze"