Chapter 2 - Furious Fighting

"Ok Eevee, let's see what moves you know." Jay pulled out his brand new Pokedex and pointed it at Eevee.

"Eevee, the adaptable Pokemon. Eevee has an irregular genetic code which allows for multiple evolutions. Eevee knows these attacks; tackle, bite and sand-attack." The Pokedex then slid down.

"You seem strong Eevee!" Jay told her in a proud manner. "You know what happens now right?" Eevee turned her head in a confused manner, "well now we challenge the Henzo gym leaders of course!"

Jay and Eevee headed down south to windflower forest where they had recently bumped into 'Alexis Stain' an escaped convict from Duskfall City. Jay and Eevee both entered windflower forest cautiously, it was dark. The only light available to them was the light that was peering through the overgrown trees, it shimmered on the pathway Jay and Eevee where walking on. Suddenly an oddly shaped bush to the left of them started to shake, Jays eyes grew wide as they usually did whenever he became nervous. Eevee noticed how uncomfortable Jay looked and started to growl. The bush becoming more intensely active. Shaking back and forth, side to side, up and down. Jay could feel something moving between the shadows behind him. The hairs on his neck stood as tall as the Castelia skyscrapers located way in Unova. He could see in the corner of his eye that Eevee also felt this presence...

"Rah!"

"AHHHHH!" Jay and Eevee both scream simultaneously and fell face first on the floor.

"Hahahaha!" Jay turned his frightened face around to see a young girl with feather brown pigtails and piercing eyes. She was wearing a bright yellow jacket with small skimpy denim shorts, laughing to herself. She then covered her soft lips with her shaky hand. "I'm so sorry, but that was amazing! You totally fell for it!"

Jay looked puzzled, "What?" he replied sarcastically.

"My prank silly!" The young girl rolled her eyes. "Gastly, play times over." As she finished her sentence a sinister ball of gas arouse from the shaky bush and joined the girl in laughing. "You should have seen your face!"

"Ermm who are you?" Jay asked anxiously.

"Oh where are my manners? My name is Clarissa and this is my partner in crime Ghastly; we just started our Pokemon journey. I just flew in from Johto to visit my mother here in Henzo, although I do live with my father in Ecruteak City I decided to get away from Johto and begin my journey here!"

"Oh right," Jay replied effortlessly, "so this your way of making friends?"

Clarissa's newly plucked eyebrows began to raise. "Well erm, yes, actually, what's your name?"

"My name is Jay, and I've just received my starter Pokemon and beginning my journey too!"

Clarissa's eyes began to sparkle, she turned to Gastly and elegantly gave him a wink. "Well don't you think that we should have a battle? I mean, we are both beginning trainers so it should be pretty even right?" Clarissa eagerly awaited a reply from the rookie trainer.

Jay gave a little smirk to Eevee, "now this sounds interesting!"

"Good!" Clarissa quickly replied, "then let's get this started!"

"Ok Eevee, are you ready?" Eevee gave Jay the nod.

"Gastly! Let's go!" Ghastly moved into position, both Jay and Clarissa took about ten steps back and prepared for battle.

"I guess I'll make the first move, rookie aha. Gaastly! Thunder Bolt!" Gaastly let out a snicker, electrical energy formed around Gastly's lifeless body and beamed at Eevee, landing a direct hit.

"Gastly learned a TM move from my mother here in Henzo, its to cover weaknesses," Clarissa proudly exclaimed.

"So strong" Jay mumbled under his breath. "Eevee! Use tackle!" Eevee ran towards ghastly, leaped in to the air, and had a direct hit, however Eevee's determained body went straight through Gastly, like running through air.

"Hahaha! Silly boy, you can't use a normal attack on a ghost type, it just doesn't work my dear," Clarissa began to smirk whist Jay was beginning to become nervous.

"Gastly! Curse the Eevee then finish with a thunder bolt!"

"Gaaaaaaaastlyyyy!" Ghastly smirked devilishly at Eevee then began to scream in pain.

"What's happening!?" Jay shouted.

"Oh aha, you will see soon enough, now... Gaastly! Thunder bolt attack!" Gaastly began to once again produce mesmorizing jolts of thunder around its evil body, becoming more and more strong as the energy enveloped him.

"Quickly Eevee! Sand attack!" Eevee made a direct hit as sand had rushed from her paws into Gastly's vision.

"Eeeeeevveeee" whelped Eevee

"What's wrong!?" yelled Jay.

"Hah, that should be the curse kicking in." Clarissa replied with no sympathy in her tone.

"Eevee! You can pull through this! Now, use bite!"

"Bite?" Clarissa worriedly replied.

Eevee ran towards a frustrated Gastly and wrapped her jaws around her opponents face.

"Ghaaa" Gastly squealed. Clarissa was in shock at the move Eevee had just used. Determined not to be beat she stood upright and gave her next command.

However Gastly was still prepering for his big, and shocking finale, electrical energy triggered around his body still, shocking Eevee as it made contact with bite.

"Eeeeeeeeee!"

"GAAARSTT" Gastly finally used his move on Eevee, sparks of electricity blasted the sliky fox across the forest, coliding with the solid floor.

"Oh no" Jay mumbled, "Eevee!"

Gastlys eyes lit up as he could see the curse kicking in even stronger than last time.

"Eeveeee!" Eevee could not hold out any longer from the curse and fainted.

"Woo, looks like I win!" Clarissa boasted.

Jay ran over to Eevee, this began to feel like daja-vu. "I can't believe I've let you down again, I promise to look after you better from now on!"

Clarissa looked puzzled then began to feel sorry for Eevee. "What do you mean 'again' Jay?" Jay explained to Clarissa what had happened only a couple of hours prior.

About twenty minutes later Eevee started to come round, it felt like deja-vu for her too.

"Oh Eevee you're feeling better?" Jay asked as his eyes glistened and his mouth began to form a smile of relief. Eevee just cuddled Jay as he was sitting on the forest floor leaning against an ancient tall tree.

"I'm glad to see Eevee is ok, you tried really hard in that battle Eevee, except you didn't try hard enough I suppose" Clarissa just had to have her little input in at the end.

"What do mean hard enough? Eevee tried her hardest, to me she's the real winner" Jays eyebrow raised.

"Whatever you say lame Jay" replied Clarissa with a sarcastic tone "so what are you doing now Jay?"

"Well, I think I'm going to head to 'Blankelet town' as there is a gym located there."

"You don't say, that's where I'm heading too, although I have to go see my mother before I continue my journey 'officially' aha, I guess I'll see you around Jay."

"I guess you will Clarissa" Jay and Clarissa both shook hands and headed their separate ways. "What a day aye Eevee, I think we should set up camp for now, it's getting pretty dark" Eevee nodded in agreement.

Late at night when Jay and Eevee where laying in his sleeping bag, Jay could faintly see a bright ruby light shining through the tent. Although remembering what happened last summer, Jay being as curious as he his wanted to still go check it out. Jay remembered vibrantly that last summer he got into trouble because of his curiosity, he was aboard the S.S Anne taking a trip to Kanto for the summer. It was mid-day and as usual Jay and his mother and farther where browsing the decks when Jay could hear a strange noise coming from the ocean. "WHAIIILLL" is the sound he could faintly hear, Jay began to follow the noise loosing focus of everything else. He followed the whisper to the end of the ship, he wanted to peer straight down into the vast sea, but he couldn't quite see above the paneling. He Jay climbed on to the thick wall that blocked him and the ocean and sat on top of it. A nearby passenger saw what Jay was up to and began to rush over there. "Hay, young boy!" the mans voice startled Jay and he slipped. Jay went crashing into the deep sea, unable to swim. The water gushed, and waves spilled, panicking Jay began to shout for help. Luckily for him a tall man on the ship saw Jay, and even more luckily he was a trainer, he managed to save him by sending out his Mantine and Pidgeotto. Jays family was furious with him, so as soon as they stopped off in Kanto they got the boat straight back to Henzo, making sure Jay was joined at the hip with his parents the entire journey.

After recapping what had happened last summer Jay decided to not go heading into the forest in search of this bright red light. No matter how interesting it seemed.