Trent smiled softly as he walked alon Route 1, eagerly looking for pokemon. The route was teeming with life, but unfortuanently that life decided to run away at the first sign of danger or the scent of humans. Fortuanently, there was human life as well.
"Hey, wanna battle?" a boy about his age asked. He had black hair with a backwards blue cap, blue jeans and a yellow shirt. "My name's James, by the way."
"And I'm Trent," Trent answered. "Sure, I'd love to battle." It would be interesting to see what pokemon he got.
"Go, Bellsprout!" the boy called, throwing his pokeball.
With a burst of light, a yellow bulbed headed plant thing appeared. "Bel!" it cried in excitement, twirling its leaf arms.
"Alright, go!" Trent shouted, throwing his own pokeball.
When the white light disappeared, a purple, slightly hunched over pokemon appeared. It had two horns per side and had eyes that seemed to made from crystal. It turned to Trent in curiosity, looking him up and down. It suddenly grinned ar him eerily, showing off many sharp and pointed teeth. "Sableye," it called softly, almost hauntingly.
James gulped as he looked at Trent's pokemon. "Bit creepy, isn't he?"
Trent scowled at the boy. "That's my pokemon we're talking about," he sneered, even if it was a bit true. The fact of the matter was no one made fun of his pokemon. "Sableye, try a Scratch attack!" he ordered.
"Vine Whip!" the boy said hurriedly.
"Sab," Sableye chuckled, moving with a speed that both shocked and surprised Trent. In swiftly and lithly ran through the vines that Bellsprout launched at it, seemingly turning into a black and purple shadow as it came upon the plant type."Leye!" it cried, slashing viciously with sharp claws at the plant type.
"Bell!" Bellsprout cried as the sharp claws raked against its sensitive bulb head. It scooted back, giving the ghost/dark type a glare.
"Growth!" James ordered. "Let's power you up," he said in triumph.
Trent gave pause, but only for a moment as he tried to remember Sableye's moves. "Foresight," he ordered.
The purple pokemon chuckled darkly, crystal eyes glowing as they surveyed the nervous grass type. Licking its lips with an extremely long tongue, Sableye grinned up at Trent.
"Vine Whip!" James all but sqweaked, more than a bit creeped out.
Bellsprout was only too happy to shoot its vine at it its opponent. "Sab," Sableye chuckled, simply moving its head to the side and allowing the vine to pass.
James's jaw dropped. "But how?"
"Foresight allows the pokemon to easily see where and how a pokemon will attack and evade," Trent explained. "Now Scratch!" he commanded.
"Sabel," Sableye called, jumping toward the freaked out Bellsprout.
"Dodge!" James called.
"Spur," Bellsprout called, using its twig body to deftly avoid the furious swip. Sableye frowned at it missed.
"Keep up with those Scratch attacks!" Trent called.
"Vine Whip!" James ordered.
"Spur!" Bellsprout shouted, striking Sableye right in the head with its whip.
"Sab," Sableye muttered, rubbing its head. Shaking itself, it turned to smile creepily at the wide eyed grass type. "Leye!" it shouted suddenly, startling them all as it once again brought its sharp claws down on Bellsprout's head.
"Bell!" Bellsprout cried, tumbling back. Everyone could clearly see the marks covering Bellsprout's sensitive head. James bit his lip in concern.
"Scratch!" Trent ordered again.
"H... hey!" James called out. "I wasn't ready!"
"Leye!" Sableye called, slashing viciously as the grass type with eagerness.
"Bellsp!" Bellsprout gasped, falling to the ground.
"You need to always be ready in a battle," Trent said, a bit annoyed. "What do you think we do, take turns?"
James gapped for a moment before snarling, "Vine Whip!"
"Finish it with Scratch!" Trent ordered.
"Sprout!" Bellsprout said, launching its whip. It smiled as it got its opponent right in the gut.
Sableye simply stared at the whip at his stomach before turning to the grass type with a smirk. Bellsprout didn't even have a chance to react as Sableye grabbed the vine and dragged it over. "Bell!" it cried out in surprise as it literally flew towards the scary pokemon.
Sableye laughed at its opponent's shocked face before Scratching furiously at it as it soared past, once more getting it in the head. That was really the only area to land a hit. "Sabe," Sableye said proudly, standing over the fallen pokemon.
"Bellsprout!" James called in concern for his pokemon, running to its side. After a moment, he sighed in defeat. "He's out," he said at last.
Trent allowed a large grin to appear. He had won his first battle! "Ba," Sableye said happily, chuckling under its breath with a hunched form.
James grimaced as his eyes passed the pokemon before looking at Trent. "That was a good battle," he said a little quietly, with a hint of anger. He had lost, afterall. "See ya."
"See ya," Trent called back, coming up to his pokemon.
Sableye simpply lifted a bit of its skin above its eye that Trent took to be its eyebrow. "Sab?" it said, smirking a little.
"I guess we're partners," Trent said with a grin, watching the pokemon chuckle under its breath. "You are one creepy little pokemon." This only caused the deranged pokemon to chuckle even louder. Shaking his head but allowing his smile to stay, Trent recalled his pokemon and continued to walk down Route 1 in search of more opponents.