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[Somewhere on Route 4 - Kalos Region]

A day has passed since Lincoln caught the psychic/fairy type Pokemon Ralts. Witb both Treecko and Ralts on his side, Lincoln was confident about his chances of earning his first gym badge in Santalune City. At the same time he knew better than to be cocky, as he can remember quite a few instances where he got cocky and that ended up costing him when things inevitably went wrong...

Like when he tried to take over Luan's birthday party entertainment business, or when he tried to win a contest at school by showing his sister's most embarrassing moments for the whole world to see. He knew he was in the wrong in those instances, but that's all in the past now and he needs to focus on getting in the Kalos League.

So he decided to ask his new friends Clemont and Bonnie if they knew anything about the Santalune City Gym leader.

"Hey Clemont, do you know anything about the gym leader of Santalune City?"questions Lincoln at breakfast, getting the attention of the cook, AKA Clemont.

"Hmm... what if I remember correctly she specializes with bug type Pokemon."answered the young genius as he was busy preparing breakfast.

"Hmm... well that's not good."said Lincoln, as he knew that his starter Pokemon was a grass type Pokemon, and grass type Pokemon are weak against bug type Pokemon...

"You only have Treecko and Ralts, and neither have any moves that are super effective against bug type Pokemon."pointed out Bonnie, who was sitting in the same table as Lincoln.

"A Pokemon battle isn't decided by type alone. There are a lot of factors that have to be put in."pointed out her big brother, making Bonnie pout.

"Bonnie's right. Neither Treecko or Ralts know any moves that could go up against bug type Pokemon. I need to either catch a new Pokemon, or somehow trade my Pokemon to learn a move that would help in the battle against the Santalune City gym leader."admitted Lincoln, knowing that he had to level up his game if he hopes to earn his first gym badge.

"Why don't you have a battle against my big brother then."suggested Bonnie, causing both Lincoln and Clemont to look at her.

"Bonnie!"shouted her big brother, wondering why she was getting him into trouble again.

"What? Clemont, we both know you are a skilled Pokemon trainer. You can easily help Lincoln level up his Pokemon, that way they are more ready for their upcoming gym battle against the bug type gym leader."said Bonnie and her defense, causing her brother to quiet down as she did have a point.

"I don't mind one bit. In fact, I've been wondering what kind of pokémon you have for quite a while. I really want to have a battle against you Clemont, and I will consider it an honor if you would be my first opponent in my first ever Pokemon battle."said Lincoln, knowing that he had to level up if he hopes to win a gym badge.

And who better to practice with than the friend he made just the other day.

"Well, let's have breakfast first. Then after the food settles in our stomachs, we can have a friendly Pokemon battle."said Clemont, causing Bonnie the cheer and Lincoln to smile.

"Alright!"said Lincoln with excitement.

"Now I hope you like french bread toast."said Clemont, before he presented Lincoln and Bonnie French bread toast on a nice looking.

"Looks good."said Lincoln, before he took a knife and fork and cut himself a piece.

He then proceeded to put the piece in his mouth with his fork, before he slowly chewed it. Once he swallowed the piece of French bread toast did he smile as it was very sweet and delicious.

"Man Clemont, you're one heck of a cook."complemented Lincoln, before he began cutting more pieces of his French bread toast, so he could be properly fueled for his first ever Pokemon battle.

"Thanks Lincoln. Now let's eat before the bread goes cold."said Clemont, before he sat down next to his sister and began eating.

"I can't wait to see you guys have a Pokemon battle. I'm sure it's going to be epic."said Bonnie, before she began eating.

-=O=-

About an hour later Lincoln, Clemont, and Bonnie was standing in the middle of a large grassy field. Both Lincoln and Clemont was standing a good couple of feet away from one another, both of them holding a pokeball in their hand.

"Okay, this is an exercise that will help Lincoln level up his Pokemon. So let's get this battle started."said Bonnie, acting as the makeshift referee.

"Treecko, I choose you!"said Lincoln while he threw the pokeball into the air, releasing Treecko answer the grassy field for battle!

"Treecko!"sandalwood gecko Pokemon, who was ready for battle.

"Bunnelby, I need your assistance!"said Clemont as he threw his pokeball, before it opened and released some kind of rabbit Pokemon onto the field.

It was a small, gray, rabbit-like Pokémon. The tips of its large ears are dark brown and have three finger-like sections each. It has black eyes, a small pink nose, prominent round cheeks, two tiny whiskers on each cheek, and large upper incisors. Its neck is surrounded by a ruff of stiff, brown fur. There are small brown spots on its hind legs and it has brown toes. It also has a fluffy gray tail.

"Who's that Pokemon?"questions Lincoln as he pulled out his Rotom phone, quickly pulling out the Pokedex feature so he could identify the Pokemon in front of him

Pokedex: Bunnelby, the digging Pokemon. They use their large ears to dig burrows. They will dig the whole night through..

"Wow, what a cute Pokemon."said Lincoln, who was very fond of rabbits.

"Thanks. I just caught this particular Bunnelby the other day. So I'm a novice when it comes to commanding Bunnelby like you are commanding Treecko. So let's see which one of us comes out on top."said Clemont, Before he adjusted his classes while smirking.

"Bring it on!"said Lincoln, who looked at his starter Pokemon, who in turn look back at him with a thumbs up.

"Looks like you're ready for a good battle."said Lincoln with a smile.

"Tree tree!"said the wood gecko pokémon as he gave two thumbs up.

"Alright, let the battle begin!"said Bonnie, causing both trainers to focus on in one another as they waited for the other to make the first move.

"Treecko, use pound!"ordered Lincoln, causing the woodchuckle pokémon to begin running at the digging Pokemon with the intention of striking Bunnelby with the back end of his tail!

"Dodge and use tackle!"ordered Clemont, causing the digging Pokemon to ready himself for the upcoming pound attack.

And that's exactly what the digging Pokemon did. Because as soon as Treecko got within striking distance to use pound attack, Bunnelby took a few steps back and avoided getting struck. He then proceeded to take a step back before he jumped towards the wood gecko Pokemon and struck him with tackle attack, sending Treecko back to his trainer's side of the field!

"Treecko!"shouted Lincoln with worry, while he watched as the wood gecko Pokemon got back up and dusted himself off.

"Can you continue?"questions Lincoln, getting a thumbs up from the wood gecko Pokemon.

"Okay then, use quick attack!"ordered Lincoln, causing the wood gecko Pokemon to surround himself with white energy before he ran towards the digging Pokemon at full speed, tackling Bunnelby with quick attack!

"Bundleby!"said Clemont as he watched the digging Pokemon get back up.

"Use mud shot!"ordered Clemont, causing the digging Pokemon to take in a deep breath before he shot out a blast of mud at Treecko.

"Dodge it!"ordered Lincoln, causing the wood gecko Pokemon to jump into the air to avoid getting hit with mud shot.

"I must say I'm impress Lincoln. For someone who's just experiencing his first Pokemon battle, you sure look like you know what you're doing."complimented Clemont, who was impressed with Lincoln.

"Hey, when you grow up in a house with ten sisters, you have to learn how to use your head in order to survive."said Lincoln, as he wasn't the self-proclaimed 'man with the plan'for nothing!

"Okay, let's see how you handle this! Bunnelby, use dig!"ordered Clemont, causing the rabbit like Pokemon to jump into the air before he began spinning like a drill, and then proceeded to drill into the ground, leaving a hole where he once stood.

"Where did he go?"questions Lincoln while both he and his starter Pokemon looked around, trying to anticipate where the digging Pokemon would strike.

'Where is he going to come out from?'wondered Lincoln, trying to anticipate where the rabbit like Pokemon would strike.

Soon it became very clear as Bunnelby quickly jumped out of the ground and struck Teecko from behind, causing the wood gecko Pokemon to fall to the ground as he took damage!

"Use absorb!"ordered Lincoln, causing the wood gecko Pokemon to quickly get up before he released two red beans from his hands.

These red beams struck the digging Pokemon and quickly began draining energy from him, while causing said energy to go to Treecko, healing the wood gecko Pokemon a bit before the beans dissipated.

"Not bad, using absorb definitely helps as not only do you cause damage, but you also heal your Pokemon at the same time."said Clemont, who was impressed with how in sync Lincoln and Treecko were.

"I made sure to study up on Treecko's moves. I can't exactly battle with my starter Pokemon if I don't know what moves he can use."said Lincoln, making it clear to Clemont that both he and Treecko were ready for more.

"Use double slap!"ordered Clemont, causing the digger Pokemon to make his ears begin glowing before he jumped towards the wood gecko Pokemon, and then proceeded the slap said Pokemon with his ears!

"Treecko!"said Lincoln, before said pokémon was knocked back to his side of the field by double slap.

"Use pound!"ordered Lincoln, causing the wood gecko Pokemon to jump into the air, before he did a full circle in the air with the intention of hitting Bunnelby with his tail using the momentum of the fall and spin.

"Catch it!"ordered Clemont, which caused the digging Pokemon to dig in his feet before he intercepted pound attack with his ears, basically catching Treecko's tail with his ears.

"What?!"said Lincoln, who wasn't expecting that.

"Now throw Treecko into the air!"ordered Clemont, causing Bunnelby to dig in his heels before he threw the wood gecko Pokemon into the air with his ears!

"Treecko, use quick attack while you're in the air!"ordered Lincoln, knowing that the momentum of the Fall would add power to quick attack.

Treecko quickly did as his trainer commanded, so he surrounding himself with white energy before he began descending towards Bunnelby at a fast pace!

"Dodge it!"ordered Clemont, but it was too late.

Before the digging Pokemon had a chance to dodge, Treecko had already closed the distance between them and struck Bunnelby with quick attack, causing damage while at the same time knocking the digging Pokemon a few inches into the air.

"Use pound!"ordered Lincoln, causing Treecko to turn around before he struck the digging Pokemon with the back end of his tail!

"Tree!"said the wood gecko Pokemon as he struck the digging Pokemon with pound attack.

"Bunn!"said the digging Pokemon as he was knocked to his trainer side of the field, where it was real he had been knocked out.

"Bunnelby!"said Clemont as he picked up the digging Pokemon, who quickly woke up and appeared to apologize for his loss.

"It's okay, it was a friendly match, so we'll get them next time."said Clemont, who wasn't disappointed with his Pokemon for losing.

Wining and losing all a part of Pokemon battles.

"Woah... that was intense. I wasn't even battling and I'm feeling a good sweat coming down. Man, Pokemon battling sure is fun."said Lincoln, who looked over at his starter Pokemon.

"Don't you agree, Treecko?"inquired Lincoln, who got a thumbs up from the wood gecko Pokemon.

"Treecko!"said the wood gecko Pokemon, who smile indicated that he had a lot of fun.

"You're really in sync with Treecko. It's like you too have been partners for a long time despite having only been together for a few days. I can tell you're going to be a really strong trainer in the future Lincoln, especially when Treecko games enough experience to evolve into Grovyle."said Clemont, causing Lincoln to look at him.

"Grovyle?"inquired Lincoln.

"When a Pokemon reaches a certain level, they have the ability to achieve something called evolution. It will allow them to attain a more powerful form. In Treecko's case, once he gets a bit more experience he will evolve into a Grovyle."pointed out Bonnie.

"Huh, well I'm looking forward to that day."said Lincoln, who wondered if he had the ability to get Treecko to evolve into Grovyle.

"Now how about we go find some wild Pokemon for you to battle that way you can level up. And maybe at a few more members to your Pokemon team. The Santalune City Gym leader is in someone you should underestimate. After all, all gym leaders are tough so it's best that you give it your all when having a gym battle."said Clemont, making Lincoln wonder why he was talking like he had experience on the subject.

'Clemont talks like he's an expert on the subject. Hmm...' thought Lincoln, who was clearly suspicious of his new friend.

"What's wrong?"inquired Bonnie.

"Nothing."answered Lincoln."Come on, let's go find some new Pokemon, so that both Treecko and Ralts can level up."

"Sure!"said Bonnie, before she pulled her big brother with her as she followed Lincoln to who knows where so they can find some Pokemon to train with.

[Vaniville Town - Kalos Reigion]

Meanwhile, far from where Lincoln and his friends were, someone else was getting ready to begin their Pokemon Journey.

From her bed a girl woke up to begin a new day. She stretched out her arms as wide as she could before she got out of bed and began to change out of her pajamas. Once she finished changing did she go over to a nearby mirror to check herself out.

She was a pretty girl who looked about twelve years old. She had long light brown hair, deep blue eyes, and a fair skin complexion. She was wearing a sleeveless black shirt with white collar, long red skirt with pockets, black leggings, black running shoes with a pink pokeball symbol on the sides, and a red hat with a black ribbon wrapped around it.

"And ready! Today is the day I finally get my starter Pokemon! Ohh, I wonder which Pokemon Professor Sycamore sent me. Oh, I'm so excited as I've been waiting for this day for a long time."said the girl to herself as she continues checking herself in the mirror.

"Serena, come downstairs. It's time for breakfast. You can't exactly begin your Pokemon Journey on an empty stomach."said a woman's voice from what appeared to be downstairs.

"Comming, Mom."said the girl known as Serena before she made her way down the stairs, well at the same time grabbing a pink backpack to take with her.

"As soon as I get my starter Pokemon, I'm taking the first train to Santalune City!"said Serena with a smile, as she couldn't wait to explore Kalos, and everything it had to offer.

[After along friendly Pokemon battle between Lincoln and Clemont, Lincoln and Treecko managed to win their first ever Pokemon battle against the young genius. Now Lincoln plans to challenge some wild Pokemon with the intention of leveling up both Treecko and Ralts. Will Lincoln be ready for his upcoming Gym battle against the Santalune City gym leader? And who is this girl known as Serena? Will she play a part of Lincoln's story through the land of Kalos? Find out later down the line as the journey continues]

[To Be Continued]


Lincoln's Team

Treecko [Male]

Ability: overgrow

Moves: pound, leer, absorb, quick attack

Ralts [Female]

Ability: Trace

Moves: teleport, growl, confusion, double team


Yeah, I decided to include Serena as I believe she's the best girl out of the Pokemon anime.

I'm still not sure if I'm going to do the whole Kalos queen stuff, but I'm still deciding.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter to spike it being a little bit shorter than my usual chapters for XY Loud. Anyway, next chapter Lincoln and company will officially make it to Santalune City for his first gym battle against the gym leader.

Does Lincoln have what it takes to earn his first gym badge?

You we'll have to read the next chapter to find out.

So until then enjoy this chapter and I hope to see you all next time. Have a great day, stay safe out there, and I will see you all again in the next chapter.

PrimusPilus signing off.