A/N: Sorry it's taken so long to post this. I've been crazy busy with school stuff. I hope you like it.

I followed the origin of the scream through the army of trees. A few wild pokemon appeared but my stronger Chimchar burned right through them with ember. I reached the scream's origin in a matter of seconds. It was a girl.

She looked about 16 years old. Her black hair flowed through the breeze. She wore a violet dress with a white miniskirt at the end. Her boots were also white with pink stripes at the side. She had a Piplup out, which seemed to be in bad shape. Its hp must be near its limit. The reason wasn't hard to figure out. After all, there were six other trainers surrounding her.

"Leave me alone!" she screamed.

"We told you already. Just hand over that Piplup and we'll be on our way." One of the players surrounding her said. He and his five buddies chuckled just like the criminal type of players they were portraying.

"Oh brother" I sighed. I hated this kind of group. Sure in a normal game playing the villain is fun, even I've tried it a couple of times. But in this type of game, where you can die, it's just wrong.

"I can't!" the girl exclaimed. "Piplup is my only pokemon. I'll never make it to Jubelife City on my own."

"That's your problem. In this game it's the strong that survive."

Yeah and strength is ganging up on a girl 6 to 1? Give me a break.

"Alright everyone. Take that Piplup out!" said the one that seemed to be the head of the group.

At his command, all six of them called out commands to their pokemon, which seemed to be made up of 4 Turtwig and 2 Chimchar.

I couldn't take this any longer. "Chimchar use ember! Starly use wing attack!" I commanded.

The group of six was stunned by the sudden appearance of a new trainer. Their pokemon got swept up in my barrage attack. An opening for the girl to escape was now visible.

"Hurry! Run!" I yelled to the girl.

While she was stunned by my surprise appearance, she grasped the situation immediately. She nodded and took off into the trees.

"Why you! What's your problem man!" yelled their boss who had finally recovered from his shock.

I walked a few steps a spoke "If there's one thing I can't stand, it's a bunch of guys trying to act tough by ganging up on beginners. If you want pokemon, go out and catch them like respectable trainers."

"And you think you can take us punk!" said one of the thugs.

"I can give you a run for your money. But first you gotta catch me!" I yelled as I fled into the woods. To be honest I doubt I could take them all on at once. My only chance was to escape or get to a terrain that gave me more if an advantage.

I ran through the trees with my Chimchar and Starly next to me. The thugs however weren't gonna give me an easy time though. They were not too far behind, commanding their pokemon to attack. At least that girl was safe now, I thought, but what am I gonna do?

I reached the end if the trees, but there wasn't a town there. I was standing right on the edge of a steep, rocky hill.

I had no choice. I sled down the hill to a ledge. But going any further down was out of the question. It was a 90 degree angle going down, and at least a five story drop. My hp would hit zero for sure if I fell. My luck was running out as the gang chasing me slid down after me and cornered me on both sides. Running was no longer an option.

"Nowhere left to run punk" said the leader. "This'll teach you not to but into other people's bussiness!" With that they all ordered attacks for their pokemon. With Chimchar on one side and Starly on the other, neither of them would last through these attacks. And since this wasn't an official battle requested via the menu, once their hp hit zero they would die.

Is this how it ends?

The thought flashed through my mind. This was no longer a pokemon battle, this was a fight to the death. And I was on the losing end. There was no way I'd last through their group attack. But what happened next betrayed the expectations of both me and my six opponents.

"Piplup, use bubble beam!"

A shower of bubbles rained down on the thugs to my right, damaging their pokemon and stopping their attack. Shocked I looked up. I saw the girl I had just rescued at the top if the cliff. But something was different. She no longer had that scared look on her face. Instead she had a face full if confidence, ready to get her revenge. Her Piplup seemed fully healed, as raring to go as she was, and kept spitting out bubbles at its targets.

The gang could only cower in fear and dodge as many bubbles as they could. In shock, two of them slipped and fell off the narrow ledge we were all standing on, plummeting to their deaths. Once they hit the trees, they shattered like glass. Their pokemon that were still on the ledge also shattered following their trainers to their grave.

Now was my best chance! Immediately I turned to the enemies on my right and gave Chimchar a command.

"Chimchar use ember at their feet" I yelled.

A flurry of embers swept towards the three on my right. Dancing at my mercy, all three of them tripped and fell, like the two before them. All that remained was their leader that I turned around to face.

"You'll pay for this someday!" He snarled at me and ran away along the ledge in retreat.

"Oh no you don't!" cried the girl at the top. "Piplup use ..."

"WAIT LET HIM GO!" I yelled to the girl. Stunned at my words, she stopped her command and stared at me.

I know he deserved it, like his compatriots, but I stopped his death anyway. I had seen enough death for one day, no for one lifetime.

I returned Chimchar and Starly to their poke balls and climbed the cliff towards the black-haired female trainer.

A/N: I hope we all enjoyed that battle. As always, reviews and comments are welcome.