After resting and warming up at the Pokémon Center in Snowpoint, Barry rushed Dawn back into the cold weather, much to the annoyance and dismay of Nurse Joy. The nurse said it would be fine for her to go out, but it would've been better for her to stay in.
"Don't worry, Nurse Joy! After our battle, I'll take her right inside and make her some cocoa!" Then the impatient boy swept Dawn off her feet and carried her outside like a princess. She's my princess…, he thought wistfully. The sudden shock of him picking her up made Dawn yelp.
"Put me down! Right now, Barry!" She just didn't want him to see her blushing face. "Or I'll...I'll..."
"You'll what?" Barry teased.
"I'll fine you 1,000,000 pokéyen!" She stole his line!
"Well, I don't want to be fined, so I guess I'll put you down." He dropped her on the ground. She expected it to be colder, but it wasn't. During their playful banter he had carried her to the gym's battlefield. The ground was cold, yes, but it wasn't snow. She stood up and looked for her pokéball in her bag. Glaceon had been healed at the PokéCenter and was still in her comfy little red and white home. You ready? Dawn silently asked her Pokémon.
Dawn looked up to see Barry had his Pokéball in hand, raring to go.
"You ready, Barry? Don't cry when we win!"
"As if that would happen!" They both laughed a bit and then it got serious.
"Go, Glaceon!" With the flick of her wrist, Dawn sent out the beautiful Fresh Snow Pokémon.
"Glaaaaa!" She couldn't wait to see Eevee-
"Alright, Umbreon! You're up!" Then he sent out the Moonlight Pokémon.
"Umbreeee!"
"Your Eevee evolved?!" Dawn gaped at the sight and looked at Glaceon, only to find her Pokémon's jaw on the floor. Metaphorically, of course. Although, if her jaw wasn't attached to her head, it probably would be on the floor.
"Impressive, right?!" Barry was yelling from across the battlefield and waving his arms around. Damn, Dawn thought. I thought I'd have an advantage with an evolution! Wait…! Did I just… swear?! Arceus forgive me!
"Chill, Barry. We're gonna leave you frozen!" Dawn had checked her Glaceon's moves before leaving the Center. Hail and Blizzard were new. Plus, she had her old moves: Shadow Ball and Dig. Still, this fight was gonna be tough. Barry was thinking the same.
Meanwhile... Glaceon was surprised out of her mind. He evolved?! And he's so perfect... So... sexy... Similar thoughts were running through Umbreon's mind.
She evolved, too?! She's so beautiful! I want to mount her right now and pump my-
"Begin!" The ref called out cutting off Umbreon's indecent thoughts. The referee was Candace, the city's Gym Leader.
Dawn and Glaceon shook their heads and got into battle mode. Umbreon cleared his mind and Barry shouted out the first move of the match.
"Get her with Dark Pulse!"
"Breee-ON!"
"Glaceon, Hail!" Glaceon roared out and suddenly a hailstorm was raging through the whole city. Glaceon's ability was Snow Cloak, allowing her to easily dodge the Dark Pulse emanating from the golden rings on Umbreon due to boosted evasion. Ooh... those rings. She shook her head to clear it again.
"Umbreee!" The hail hit him hard and he took weather damage.
"Aah! Umbreon! Use Headbutt!" Umbreon lunged through the Hail at Glaceon. He landed a hard hit in her side.
"Glaa!"
"Tch! Glaceon, now that he's close, hit him with Blizzard!" Every trainer worth being called one knew that Blizzard always hit in a hailstorm. And because he was so close, Umbreon took massive damage. He had ice clinging to his fur and paws. It made movement a bit more difficult, but he still managed to dodge the Shadow Ball from Glaceon. Not that it would really hurt all that much, being a Ghost type move.
"Umbreon, Bite! On your left!" Barry was being his eyes for the battle. The hail was practically coming out of Glaceon and it wasn't easy for Umbreon to see. However, because he was further from the source of the hail, Barry could see better.
Umbreon sunk his teeth into what must've been one of Glaceon's front legs. She yelped at the pain. Glaceon heard Dawn call out for her to use Dig, but with Umbreon on her leg, she couldn't dig at all. Even worse, the hail was starting to clear. It would be gone soon.
"That's right, Umbreon! Stay on her! Don't let go and use Dark Pulse!"
Shit! Dawn screamed mentally. I don't know what I can do!
Fortunately, Glaceon was still thinking clearly, despite the pain in her leg. She waited for the last second, charging her Blizzard. There was still enough hail to guarantee a hit. Then, right before he released his Dark Pulse, Glaceon unleashed a powerful Blizzard in his face! The dark move was instantly cut off and Umbreon was sent flying across the field.
The hail completely cleared and the battlefield became visible to the trainers. Umbreon was getting back up. He had crazy will power if he was getting up after a hit like that. Umbreon wasn't through, but he was about to be.
"Glaceon, let's finish this! Dig!" Dawn knew that Umbreon wouldn't be able to dodge in the state he was in and that's exactly what she was counting on. Glaceon came back up and hit Umbreon's stomach. With that he was down.
"Aah! Umbreon?!" Barry was waving his arms at the black Pokémon, but he wasn't getting up any time soon.
"Winner!" Candace called. "Dawn Neige and Glaceon from Sunyshore City!"
"Yes!" Dawn screamed gleefully from her side of the field. "We won, Glaceon!" The ice-type limped over to her trainer as fast as she could. Dawn met her halfway and they embraced over their win against Barry and Umbreon. Speaking of... he was on the other side of the field on his knees, slouched over his Umbreon in shock. I… lost? We… lost? He glanced up at Dawn on her side of the field. Her face was so sincere and her sapphire blue eyes were sparkling over her win. He couldn't help but to smile at her.
"You know what this means, Barry?" Dawn was standing up and closing the distance between them. She stopped about a foot away.
"Yeah, yeah. I know." Yet another tradition between them. The loser had to buy the winner ice cream at the Pokémon Center while their Pokémon were healed.
"Well, what are you waiting for then, Slowpoke?"
"I'm the Slowpoke? Very funny, Dawn. I've always been faster than you!" They laughed.
"Too bad your speed won't get you out of buying me ice cream!"
"We'll see!" He tore off towards his house, which was in the opposite direction of the Pokémon Center.
"BARRYYYYYYYYYYYY!" Dawn ran after him. She ended up threatening him with Glaceon's Blizzard. After he heard that, they were headed towards the PokéCenter for ice cream at a brisk pace.
Barry was laughing to himself as Dawn followed closely behind him on their way to the Center. I'll do anything to get her to smile like that again. He thought thinking back to after the battle when she was hugging her Glaceon over their win. Anything to make her happy.