Joseph finally made it out of the forest, looking over the hillside towards the next town. "Look Seth. We're almost at the next town." Seth, still a bit sleepy from last night, gazed down at the town. "Let's get going. I have got to see what this town has to offer." With that, the two of them raced down the hill, almost tripping to be honest. Thankfully they both made it to the town, without too many bruises. "We made it." He fell back, landing on the base of the hill. Seth crawled on top of him, laying down on his chest.
About an hour or two goes by as Joseph and Seth stare up at the sky. They were so distracted that they didn't notice someone approach them. "Hey. You alright?" The sudden voice brought Joseph to his feet and Seth landing on the ground.
"I. I'm okay." He rapidly searched around him until he found a girl around his age, wearing a short red dress, her black hair seeming to be tied back on a pony tail, standing to the side of him. "Oh. Hey."
She giggles at Joseph's random reaction. "Are you sure? You a bit scattered."
"Yeah. I'm okay. You just startled me. I'm Joseph." He extended his towards her. Meanwhile, Seth glared up at his trainer, wondering why the hell he almost launched him. He looked over at the girl, staring up at her with awe. The first human girl Seth has met that wasn't Joseph's sister. To be honest, that was the same feeling Joseph was having.
"I'm Sarah." She took his hand, shaking it gently. "So what brings you to this town may I ask Joseph?"
"Looking for pokemon to catch and gym badges. We were just taking a small break before you found us."
"Oh. So you're a trainer too. That's great. Wait. You said 'we'. Who else is here with you?" Sarah looked at him like he was potentially crazy.
"Oh. Me and my eevee, Seth." Seth chimed in, bringing Sarah's eyes down to Joseph's feet.
"I-is th-that a shiny?" Her eyes lit up. She knelt down, looking at Seth at a closer level.
"Yes. It took a while to breed one, but it was worth it." Joseph bent over, picking Seth up and placing him on his shoulder. "Don't be shy. He doesn't bite."Sarah stood back up and reached out to pet him. Her hand was met by soft, almost silky fur. Seth nuzzled against her hand, quite loving the feeling of her petting him.
"He's so cute. I wish I had a shiny." Something rustled in her small backpack as a small growlithe head poked up. It looked around a bit before turning around and looking over Sarah's shoulder. "Oh. Sorry Aye. Forgot you were still in there." Sarah reached over her shoulder, pulling the growlithe out of the pack.
"Why was your growlithe inside your cramped backpack?"
Sarah sighed. "It's a long story. A group of thugs tried stealing my pokemon. So I ran and it was easier to run with my hands free. So I hide her in my pack. Guess I forgot to take her out when I got to town."
"Thugs? I see. It sad to know people like that still exist." Joseph looked at her growlithe. "What did you say her name was?"
"Aye. Her name is Aye." Sarah set her down before fixing her pack. "This is going to sound a bit sudden, but would you mind accompanying me to the next town? With those thugs running around, it's going pretty tough traveling."
He looked down at Seth, pondering on his answer. "I guess. It would help having another person along. Especially since we're going that way anyway. Sure."
"Yay. We can leave as soon as you are ready Joseph. I'll be waiting at the center for you." She rushed off, followed by Aye.
"Well Seth. What do you think about her? She seems pretty trustful and fairly nice looking." Seth looked up at Joseph with a somewhat disappointed look on his face. "What? Don't look at me like that. Especially since I saw how you were looking at her growlithe." Seth looked away, obviously caught by what he just said. "Anyway. I think we should do a bit of training and restock on items before we leave. The two of them wandered about the town before being stopped suddenly by another guy.
"Hey. You a trainer? If so, I'd like to battle ya." He clicked a pokeball in his hand. "Interested?"
Joseph and Seth looked at each other with the same expression. "Of course. Just be ready to lose." He clicked his other pokeball and tossed it up. "Blackie. Come on out." The poochyena appeared, shaking it's fur a bit, ready for battle.
"A poochyena. Interesting. Go. Riolu." The guy tossed his ball up as a riolu appeared, placing itself in a ready fighting stance.
The two pokemon stared each other down, waiting for their first command.
"Riolu. Force Palm."
The riolu charged straight at the poochyena, it's one paw glowing white. Blackie prepared to dodge, but didn't move in time and the riolu slammed it's paw into Blackie's side, causing him to fly back somewhat.
"Blackie. Come on. Get up."
Blackie slowly stood back up, brushing off the dust from his fur.
"That's it. Now charge in and bite him."
The poochyena launched himself towards the riolu, actually sidestepping mid-move, catching the riolu off to it's side, and went to bite him. However, the riolu was able to react fast enough to jump up, bringing it directly above Blackie.
"Now. Riolu. Finish him. Force Palm."
The riolu pulled back it's paw as it once again glowed, quickly slamming it into the back of the poochyena. Blackie was hit square on, and fainted from the blow.
Joseph returned Blackie to his pokeball. "You did great. Rest up for now. Seth. Go get him." Seth calmly walked in front of him, ready to fight. "Quick Attack Combo."
Seth rushed towards the riolu using Quick Attack's high speed, but instead of impacting with him, Seth appeared right in front of the riolu a Shadow Ball formed mere inches from the riolu. The attack came so suddenly that the riolu had no time to react and was sent flying right into it's trainer's arms, completely out cold.
"Not bad kid. I'll give you credit that move was well played. But when it comes to speed, my next pokemon will have your's well beat. Come on out. Pikachu." The yellow mouse appeared from it's ball, standing before it's trainer. "Quick Attack."
"Seth. Meet it with a Quick Attack."
The two pokemon charged towards each other with great speed, bouncing off each other with every strike. They continued impacting with each other for some time before Seth was sent backwards. He hit the ground, sliding a bit on his feet. He looked injured, but not out yet.
"Seth. Swift. And make sure the target it hit." Seth's ear twitches up, recognizing that specific command.
Seth's mouth opens as Swift stars poured out, flying towards the pikachu. The stars seemed to arch out from Seth and start converging when they grew close to the pikachu.
"Not the best way to fire that attack kid. Pikachu. Lets finish this trainer off. Quick Attack. Full throttle."
The pikachu charged straight towards Seth, as the Swift attack seemed to miss the pikachu, flying past it's trainer.
A grin formed on Joseph's face.
Seth met the pikachu's Quick Attack once again with his own. They bounced off each other's strikes again. The Swift attack curved back, seeming to keep missing both pokemon, and flying around over and over again.
"Seth! Now!"
Seth pushed off the pikachu, jumping into the air. He flipped, looking down at the pikachu, a Shadow Ball in it's mouth. At the same time, all of the Swift stars were converging from every side of the pikachu. There was no escaping from this attack. Seth fired the Shadow Ball, which impacted the pikachu's head just as the Swift attack made impact with it's sides. The pikachu fell forward, fainted. How this attack was done was; Seth fired the Swift attack, aiming for it to have a low chance of actually hitting it's target and waited for the pikachu to once again charge towards Seth. He met the pikachu head-on, keeping it busy while his Swift attack rebounded and began coming back towards the pikachu. Seth used his tail to keep the stars back, while setting them up to return in a certain way. The moment the Swift attack was in place, all Seth had to do was cut pikachu off from jumping up by jumping up and setting up a Shadow Ball above it. The rest is fairly simple. And no. Seth did not actually bounce the Swift attack off himself without injuring himself. Doing this did cause some damage to Seth.
The guy returned his pikachu to it's ball as Seth laid on his stomach, exhausted and injured by this attack combo. "That. That was amazing dude! That eevee of yours is amazing." Joseph rubbed the back of his head, going over to pick Seth.
""You're not half bad either. That riolu of yours is pretty strong. Anyway. We probably should go heal up our pokemon." The two of them walked towards the center. Sarah saw Joseph walk in and quickly approached him.
"It's about time. Woah. Did you just do a battle?" Joseph nods. "Aww. I would of liked to see it. I guess next time." Joseph and the other guy healed up their pokemon. It had been a long day so Joseph and Sarah slept at the center until morning.
Morning light shined through the glass of the poke center's roof. "Wake up Joseph. We need to get moving soon." He moaned a bit in response, rolling off the bench he was sleeping.
"Ow. I'm awake." Joseph stood up, rubbing his injured head. Seth slowly woke up and joined him. "Well. I guess we should be off. But let's first restock on supplies at the mart before we leave. Sarah nods, leading the way to the pokemart. They get to the front door when a shady looking figure walks out of the mart. The two of them pay no mind to him and go inside to buy potions and additional pokeballs. "Let's go Sarah." The two of them made their way to the edge of the town.
((A gym battle is coming up soon. I would like you guys to give me ideas as to what type of pokemon the gym leader would use and what pokemon, at what level, they would have. Also. Comment on how well i did the first trainer battle. i would really like to know how i did.))