Pokemon: The Dark Chronicles

Pewter City: Reunion

Night's point of view

"Okay Des, you ready?" shouted Jack with excitement.

Desmond swiped some on his thin yellow hair away from his eyes "Of course Jacky," he looked down to his Jolteon "How's about you Ion?"

The electric dog nodded and eyed Spark with a smile "Are you Spark?"

"You know it." Responded Spark in a friendly matter.

"Cool then." Sounded Jack.

I took a second to look around at the little scene that the trainers were causing. Apparently a Pokémon battle in the middle of a busy city was not very common, so various pedestrians had stopped to view the contest. Most of them were too busy to just stop their lives and gave glances.

"Do these guys battle all the time?" I asked Razor.

The Bulbasaur nodded "Yep, you'd think they'd be tired of fighting each other."

"They're childhood friends." Chimed in Ruby. I turned my head to see the fox nonchalantly sitting on the paved ground "This might be a while Umbreon, so get comfortable."

"Jack I'll let you take to first move." Spoke Desmond with his arms crossed.

My trainer tightened his fists "That's alright with me. Spark, start off with a quick attack."

"Ion, be ready to guard." Quickly replied Desmond and with that the battle was on.

It seemed like the Pikachu was going easy on me when I was caught because Spark dashed at his opponent at speeds I hadn't seen before. Ion didn't seem too worried though and simply lowered his stance slightly as the mouse approached him. When Spark was close enough Ion simply jutted his head up bashing Spark in the gut with the full force of his body.

"Spark!" shouted Jack with concern as his Pikachu recoiled back holding his stomach.

"Ion, don't give him any breathing room." Calmly said Desmond.

"Spark, get ready to dodge!" Shouted Jack "Don't let him touch you."

The Pikachu seemed to put those words to heart as Ion jumped at him. The Jolteon swiped and Spark barely rolled out of the way. Once he was back on his feet Spark saw his moment bashed into Ion's side, sending both of them tumbling.

"Ion, shock him." Spoke Desmond as he got a little more serious.

"Stop him Spark!" yelled Jack with urgency.

The two feuding electric types stopped rolling and Spark managed to push Ion away and got to his feet again. By the time the Jolteon regained his footing Spark was ready.

"Okay Spark, show 'em what you got." Said Jack as he smiled.

For the first time Desmond looked slightly worried "Watch out Ion!"

Spark continued his offensive with a wide punch that Ion deftly ducked under and returned with a scratch attack. Spark wasn't able to move out of the way and has hit in the side. Staggering a little Spark stopped himself and shot a quick Thundershock towards his opponent.

Jolt took the attack head on, but managed to shake it off. Ion returned the favor with his own electric blast that Spark swiped out of the way with a quick movement.

"Okay Spark now-"

"Wait!" yelled Desmond as he raised a hand as he smiled "That's all I needed, just a little scrape to get my heart pumping."

Jack frowned "What? Are you serious dude?" My trainer strode forward to his well-dressed rival "You're afraid aren't you?"

Desmond put a hand in his pocket "Of what? Losi-"