Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Trema: Land of Victory ❯ Fateful Encounter! ( Chapter 8 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

IT'S ABOUT TIME! Finally, Hyato and Shinryu meet. Knowing Hyato, there's no avoiding a Pokémon battle, but he only has 1 Pokémon! What's going to happen? Well now's the time to find out! Before you guys rage about it: pokémon don't forget moves in this story, so yes they know more than just four.

Gamefreak owns Pokémon, but Veloran and I own these characters, this story, these unique Pokémon, and this epic fight scene! ~Du Mar

Chapter Eight: Fateful Encounter

Hyato stared at the sky, arms raised above his head, his chest rising and falling with each heavy breath he took. A look of absolute rage that would send a Garchomp running was plastered to his face. Hyato dropped his arms, and slowly lowered his gaze to meet Shinryu.

Shinryu stood dumbstruck. He had no idea what just happened. When Hyato locked eyes with Shinryu, Shinryu could feel an intense pain in his chest, but he didn't react to it. 'What is He?'thought.

Hyato exhaled, causing a wisp of steam to emerge from his mouth. His eyes were like blades cutting though Shinryu. Shinryu and Hyato stood frozen for many moments, glaring at each other. With each second that passed they both grew angrier.

The air around them cooled, and a crowd had gathered at a safe distance. The only one other than Shinryu and Hyato in the ring was Lydia, and she was slowly backing away.

"I challenge you to a Pokémon Battle! One on One!" Hyato said at last.

"Very well!" Shinryu said, "Night…" but Night shook her head and stepped back. 'I've never seen her this terrified!' "Then, FREYA I CHOOSE YOU!"Shinryu threw a swirly green/sandy-brown colored Pokéball. A silver light emerged from the silver buttonand a Flygon appeared.

Hyato remained silent. He lifted up his Greatball that held Etherea'I'm not strong enough to do this yet. He was undefeated for three years, and I only have one Pokémon. This may be my only chance though! I need to fight, time to see if my training really works'Hyato thought for a while, then sent out Etherea.

Flygon stood much taller than the little purple mass of flame. Etherea looked up at Freya in fear. "Remain calm," Hyato said soothingly, "I'll help you win this!" Etherea calmed down a bit and made a hissing noise of agreement.

Shinryu quickly checked his Pokédex on Etherea. "Djinnit huh, a Fire/Water type? This should be good."

No one cried 'Go' or 'Start.' Both trainers just understood that it was time to begin.

Shinryu acted first, "Freya, use Sonicboom!" Freya let out a harsh sound that struck Etherea.

"Etherea, Scald!" Djinnit shot out a blast of boiling water. Freya got hit, but not burned.

"Freya, use supersonic!" Freya sent out a dazzling ray of sound, but Etherea evaded the attack.

"Scald Etherea!"

"Don't use the same attack twice!," Shinryu said. Freya took another hit from scald, but still wasn't burned. "Arrg, Dragonbreath!" Freya released a powerful beam of paralyzing breath.

Etherea got hit, and was paralyzed. "No! Etherea use Coldfire!"

"What attack is that?" Shinryu said. A great ball of blue flame smacked right into Freya, but it wasn't very effective. "Don't use fire against a dragon."

Hyato smirked. "Freya," Shinryu said, "use sand-attack." Freya was frozen solid. "What?"

"Etherea use Scald!" Etherea used scald, "You see, Coldfire is a fire type move with a chance to freeze, and Scald has a chance to burn. So I gave Etherea an effect band, which ups the chance of causing a status effect."

"Freya!" Shinryu called, "Sunny day!" Freya was frozen solid, but the sunlight turned harsh!

"How?" Hyato said stunned.

"That, I won't explain," Shinryu said smugly.

"Don't think you've won!" Hyato said. "Etherea, use Coldfire!" Etherea was paralyzed and unable to move. "ARRGH!"

Freya thawed out. "Now Freya, use SOLARBEAM!" Shinryu ordered. Freya collected sunlight fast, and unleashed a powerful beam of light.

Etherea was sent flying. "Are you okay?" Hyato asked to the fallen Djinnit.

The Djinnit looked weak, it let out a weak hissing as it stared up at Hyato. Hyato stared into Etherea's eyes and whispered, "You can do it."

"So I guess that means I win huh?" Shinryu said.

Etherea jumped to its feet. Something about it had changed, it was filled with passion and burning spirit. "Not quite," Hyato said. "Now ETHEREA, STONE EDGE!"

"But that Pokémon can't learn stone edge!" Shinryu cried.

A mass of sharp rocks rose out of the ground and smashed into Freya. It wasn't very effective, but it hit a critical area. Both Pokémon were looking weak.

"Freya!HYPER BEAM!"Shinryu shouted.

"Oh shi—" Hyato began, but the intense ray of power cut him off. Etherea got blasted back hard by the attack. Etherea fainted.

Shinryu won the battle.

Hyato recalled Etherea into its Pokéball. Hyato wore a look of defeat on his face, he walked over to Shinryu with his head down.

Then Hyato looked up, smiled and said "Thanks! I've been looking forward to facing you, I understand why you were undefeated." Hyato shook Shinryu's hand, forked over the reward money, and left before Shinryu had the chance to refuse the cash.

Lydia looked dumbstruck for a moment, then quickly ran after Hyato.

The crowd that had gathered slowly siphoned off to their own business. Shinryu walked over and sat on a bench. Night sat next to him, and Freya sat on the ground next to the bench with her head on Shinryu's lap. "That, was harder than I thought." Shinryu said while he pet Freya's head.

"That Hyato is fierce, even with such a weak Pokémon." Night said.

"His Pokémon didn't seem weak to me." Shinryu said.

Flygon made some noises, and Night translated, "Freya says that it was obvious to her that Hyato had only caught Djinnit earlier today."

"Really!" Shinryu said, "Amazing."

"But Shinryu," Night said, "I'm certain that man is evil."

"What?"

"Couldn't you see, he did something to that Djinnit after you hit it with Solarbeam, something dark."

"He just inspired it!" Shinryu said, then stopped. Why was he defending Hyato?

"Well what about that girl?" Night said, "I need to tell you something about her. When we met her earlier I felt something. I think that girl is a chosen, one without a Guardian."

"Is that something weird?" Shinryu asked.

"It shouldn't be possible!" Night snapped.

"Well what do you want me to do about it?" Shinryu retorted.

Night said nothing. Freya nuzzled up against Shinryu's chest one last time before he recalled her.

"We need to sleep." Shinryu said.

"Just make sure to keep an eye on Hyato, I know he's evil." Night said. 'an agent of the darkness.'

"Well, it could be true," Shinryu said, "but what if he's not?"

Lydia caught up to Hyato at the Pokémon Center. Hyato had just asked Nurse Joy to heal his Pokémon. Lydia said nothing for a bit, then said, "So what now?"

"What do you mean?" Hyato asked.

"Well, you finally fought Shinryu, but you lost." Lydia said.

"Yeah, so?" Hyato said calmly.

"Well, are you gonna do some kind of crazy training so you can beat him?"

Hyato thought for a moment, then said, "Meh."

"WHAT?" Lydia screeched. A couple of people looked at her, she shrunk down embarrassed. "I mean, you were putting all your effort into beating him weren't you."

"I guess," Hyato said, "but I've fought him now, so it's cool."

"So that's it? After all that yelling and jumping off boats? You're just gonna say 'that's cool' and be done with it?" Lydia said.

"Well, it'd be boring trying to fight him now." Hyato said. "I've already fought him, so I know what it's like. I don't need to fight him again."

"Well, then what ARE you going to do?" Lydia asked.

"Well, after careful consideration," Hyato said. "I've decided I'm going to try the Trema league."

"Weren't you doing that anyway?" Lydia said.

"Well yeah, but I mean with you." Hyato said.

"Eh…"

"Well I'm hungry, I'll go get us some sandwiches and then pick up Etherea." Hyato left, leaving Lydia slightly shocked.

'Why am I acting like this?'Lydia thought, 'he already said we'd be travelling together. There's no reason to get so worked up. I'm reading too much into this.'

Hyato returned with sandwiches, Etherea sitting on his head. "Shall we go?" Hyato asked.

"Where?" Lydia asked.

"To the hotel of course," Hyato said.

Lydia's face turned bright red. "w-what?" she stammered.

"Come on Slowpoke," Hyato gave Lydia her sandwich and led her out of the Pokémon center to a hotel. Lydia was fretting quietly the whole way there, until Hyato gave Lydia her own room key and bid her goodnight.

"Good night Hyato," Lydia said as he left.

And so they slept...

(In the morning)

The following morning arrived faster than Lydia wanted it too. She couldn't remember what her dream was about, but she had a feeling it was something naughty. She decided she wouldn't tell this to Hyato.

Lydia and Hyato met up in the Hotel dining hall, where they had breakfast. "So all I need to do is go pick up my Pokédex and we can be off," Hyato said.

"You do that, I'll meet you at the north gate in an hour then, I need to go buy some last minute supplies." Lydia said.

When they finished breakfast they each went to go do their errands. Lydia went to the stores to buy a tent and some other things. Since Hyato was so eager to head north, they couldn't wait for the boat to arrive with all of Lydia's stuff.

When Hyato got to the Pokémon lab, his Pokédex was given to him by a lab assistant. "And Professor Alpine asked me to tell you…" the assistant began.

"Okay thanks bye." Hyato said cutting him off. Hyato left immediately.

When Lydia arrived exactly when she meant to, she found Hyato just outside of the gate making Etherea run around a rock. "Go! Go!" Hyato cheered.

"Hyato!" Lydia called, "Ready to set off?"

"Yeah!," Called Hyato, "come on Etherea let's go!"

Etherea hopped on Hyato's shoulder. Hyato and Lydia started off north, towards the next challenge!

Shinryu opened the door to his room, letting Night walk in before he closed it behind him. He turned the lock, his cautious side warning him that he should do that just incase Night decided to pounce him again. He had left Freya with Joy, asking her to keep her for the night and he would pick her up in the morning, because he was flat-out exhausted! He took his vest and shirt off with one quick motion, and dropped them next to his bag with a sigh. He then pulled off his gloves, thinking idly to himself that he should sew them together so he didn't have to put them on individually. He then made his way over to the bed after flicking the lights off.

Night had jumped onto the bed and she was laying on her side when Shinryu laid down behind her, wrapping his now bare arms around her and holding her to his chest. "Mmm..." She looked back at Shinryu, her crimson eyes glinting in the darkness.
Shinryu smiled and laid his head down next to hers. "Rest well Night... We're challenging Alberon tomorrow morning."

Night sighed. "Oh alright." She said as she pressed her body closer to Shinryu, and closed her eyes.

Shinryu closed his eyes also, and let the world of dreams claim him without a struggle.

(In the Morning)

Shinryu opened his eyes the moment the morning sunlight hit his face. He yawned widely, raising his left arm and stretching it because Night was still currently asleep on his right arm. He smiled down at Night, who was breathing in softly as her right foreleg twitched somewhat. He then slowly pulled his arm out from under Night, pausing every once in a while until he had freed himself from the dead-weight of Night's sleeping form. He then stood up and walked to his bag, picking it up and digging through it. He then pulled out a silver-chain necklace that had a pokéball attached to it. He smiled and put it on before he pulled on his shirt and vest and his gloves.

Night groaned as she turned over, her eyes opening a slight fraction as they registered the amount of light that was being poured into the room from the open window. "Ngh... Morning already?" She groaned, raising her head slightly to stare at Shinryu, who was smiling gently at her.

"Early morning to be exact." Shinryu said, pulling out his pokégear and looking at the time. "Apparently, sunrise comes early here. So come on, get up and lets go give Alberon a challenge."

Night sighed as she stretched, pawing at the bed as she made herself more limber. "Oh alright, Mr. Impatient." She growled playfully as she bounced from the bed and began to walk towards Shinryu, who had opened the door and was standing to the side waiting for her to leave. "Why thank you."

Shinryu chuckled to himself as he shut the door and locked it, holding the key as he walked down the stairs with Night to stop at the Counter. "Good morning Nurse Joy. How is Freya?" He asked casually.

Joy smiled at Shinryu in that way she always smiles when happy. "Your Flygon has recovered to full health and is in prime condition." She handed Shinryu Freya's pokéball and took the room key in exchange. "Have a nice day!"

Shinryu smiled back as he shrunk Freya's ball and attached it to his waist. "Come on Night." He said as he turned around and strode towards the automatic doors of the PokéCenter, which slid open to let the two pass out into the streets of Auburn City. He pulled out his pokégear and dialed in the phone number Oak had him program into it before he left Hoenn.

"*Riiing... Riiing... Riiing... Click* Hello?"Asked a female voice.

"Hi, Professor Alpine?" Shinryu asked cautiously.

"No, I am her secretary Laura. May I ask who is calling?"

"Richard Maxwell. However I believe the Professor knows me as Shinryu." Shinryu stated as he began walking at a steady pace.

"Oh! Hang on, lemme transfer you to Mrs. Alpine right away sir!"Exclaimed Laura quickly."*Click... Click.* Hello?"Asked the electronicly projected voice of Alpine.

"Hi, Professor Alpine. This is Shinryu calling, I am wondering where I can get a Card to upgrade my pokégear to have the Trema Region's map?" Said Shinryu as he began making his way towards the Pokémon Gym.

"Hmm... Stop by my Lab as soon as your able to Shinryu. I'll take a look at your pokégear and see what I can do. No one has made the Map compatable with the pokégear yet, so I'll take it upon myself to see if I can make one myself."Alpine said from her end of the line.

Shinryu smiled. "Thank you very much Professor. I'll stop by after I challenge the Gym."

"Very well. Be careful, my Husband is quite the powerful Gym Leader. *Click! … Bhhhhr..."Warned Alpine before hanging up.

Shinryu closed the pokégear and placed it in his pocket. He looked up at the Gym, his eyes drinking in every detail of it as he carefully observed it.Hmm... The Gym of the Deep huh? I wonder what pokémon Alberon will be throwing against me.He thought as he came up to the door and placed his hand on the handle and tried to pull it open. But it was locked. "Hmm..." He looked around and saw the writing and his eyes narrowed.Really?He thought.A riddle like that? Its such a simple answer!He thought as he took a lantern and placed it into the crystal outcropping before trying the door again, pulling it open.Heheh... There we go.He thought as he stepped inside the pitch black building.

Shinryu paused once he set foot in the building, and the door slammed shut behind him.What?He thought as he heard Night's threatening growl.

"WELCOME CHALLENGER!" Shouted a voice that pierced the near-silence as a spotlight shined onto Shinryu and Night, causing him to cover his face and Night to look the opposite direction. And another appeared on a man standing on the pedastal across the room. "I am the Gym Leader ALBERON! Are you prepared for battle?"

Shinryu lowered his arm as his eyes adjusted to the light. "Yes. I am here to challenge you to a battle!"

Alberon laughed. "Very well! How many badges do you have?"

Shinryu smirked. "I have none." He said as he procured his Trema Badge case and opened it. "You will be my first."

Alberon smiled as the entire room filled with light, revealing a massive expanse of black waters. "Very well! In order to fight me, you must traverse your way safely to me. In these waters, lurk many different water-dwelling pokémon. Succeed, and we shall face each other!"

Shinryu sighed as he eyed the new puzzle before him.Of course...He then saw the varying sizes of floating planks. "Night, return just for a minute ok?"

Night nodded as the white beam extended from her pokéball and withdrew her into it.

Shinryu the looked at the places above the planks and saw rope.Easy!He thought as he took a running start and jumped at the edge of the pool of water, feeling the interested stare of Alberon on him as he caught onto a rope swing. He swung his legs so he would propel himself forward and let go, landing on one of the planks and rolling before going to run again and jumping to the next rope.

Alberon whistled.Whew... This kid is good at parkour.He thought as he watched Shinryu easily traverse the path without using a water pokémon to surf like most challengers would have, quickly reaching the area where he was in just just under a minute. "Good job!" He said as he pulled out a pokéball and walked to the other end of the coliseum. He stood there as the referee stood up.

"Alright! The Challenger is the only one who can make substitutions. You are to battle with three pokémon each, winner is the one who knocks out all three of the others Team." Shouted the Referee.

Shinryu nodded as he pulled out Night's pokéball.Lets see how this goes!He drew his arm back and tossed the pokéball into the air. "Night! Come on out!"

The pokéball burst open in a shine of white and black light that swirled around in the vague shape of the Yin-Yang symbol before fading and revealing a battle-ready Night.

"An Absol, and a very powerful one at that!" Exclaimed Alberon as he tossed his own pokéball into the air. "Lets go! Poliwrath!"

The pokéball burst open in the standard white-light and revealed the Water/Fighting type Tadpole pokémon.

Shinryu growled to himself as he contemplated his strategy.Lets see... Fighting is superior to the dark type, so Night will be in trouble if she gets hit. However, her Zen Headbutt will be more than good enough to take on a Poliwhirl."Night! Begin with a Taunt!" He shouted.

Night growled an affirmative as she lowered her head at the Poliwrath and turned away slightly, as if it wasn't worth her time to battle.

The Poliwrath's eyes bulged as it became enraged just as Alberon shouted his attack. "Poliwrath, use Hypnosis!" And then cursed to himself as Poliwarth shook its head while glaring at Night.

Shinryu smirked. "Night, use Zen Headbutt!"

"Poliwrath! Counter with Circle Throw!"

The jewel in Night's forehead shined with a brilliant light as she rushed towards the Poliwrath, who was set in a stance that showed it was ready to counter attack.

"Night, cease now and channel the remaining energy into Thunderwave!"

Night frowned slightly but conceeded, stopping her rush as electrical energy gathered into her horn and pulsed out towards the slightly confused Poliwrath, hitting it dead-on as static electricity arced around its body.

"Grr! Poliwrath! Use Mud Shot and slow down that Absol!"
Poliwrath was about to spread its arms, but some electricity arced from it and it paused in it's movements.

"Now Night! Zen Headbutt!" Shouted Shinryu.

Night growled as her gem shined again as she finished her path towards the Poliwrath, hitting it directly in its chest seeing as it had been paralyzed as it was spreading its arms and hitting one of the pokemon's weak spots.

Poliwrath fell backwards and twitched, its eyes now swirls.

"Poliwrath is unable to battle! Night the Absol wins this battle!" Shouted the Referee.
Shinryu nodded to Night, who nodded back.

"Hmm... I was right when I said you had a tough Absol, but I didn't realize it was this tough!" Alberon laughed. "Oh well, here we go! Come on out Kingdra!" He shouted.

Shinryu raised his arm in the symbol for substitution. The referee nodded and he let Night retreat to stand next to him as he unhooked a dark black pokéball with red lining. "Dusk! You're up!" He shouted, tossing the pokéball into the air.

The pokéball opened in a burst of crimson light, fading away to reveal a Hydreigon. It roared, looking up at the Kingdra that Alberon had sent out.

"Alright Dusk, I know you can do it!" Shouted Shinryu, raising his fist up and clenching it. "Dark Pulse!"

Dusk nodded as it opened its mouth, dark energy pouring from it and pushing out towards Kingdra.

"Kingdra, Protect yourself!" Shouted Alberon.

The Kingdra summoned a greenish barrier around itself, causing the Dark Pulse to dissipate against it and made the barrier shatter.

"Now use Dragonbreath!"

The Kingdra inhaled sharply and then exhaled the dark purple flames that dragons are known to summon.

"Dusk, Detect!" Shouted Shinryu.

Dusk's eyes glowed somewhat as she flew high above the flames and landed as soon as they stopped at just a few inches from Shinryu's face, the automatic energy disperser activating to prevent him and Alberon from being hurt from a stray move.

"And now use Foul Play!" Shinryu continued, chaining his commands together as much as possible.

Dusk responded by vanishing in a burst of speed, and reappearing to smack Kingdra hard across the face, her claw-heads glowing a strange purple color as it caused the Kingdra to fly backwards and impact into one of the sea-rocks that was a part of the field.

"Kingdra, enough playing around! Lets show this kid what we're made of! Use Outrage!"

Kingdra responded by glowing as the purplish dragon-fire surrounded its body as it propelled itself towards the Hydreigon.

"Dusk! Protec-"

Dusk was impacted before he got a chance to yell out his attack, which caused her to fall to the ground. She then twitched.Oh no... She flinched!He thought to himself as the Kingdra attacked again, causing Dusk to transorm back to her original form, a Zoroark, and faint.

"Winner, Kingdra!" Shouted the referee as the Kingdra began looking around, as if it was wondering what in the hell to do.

Shinryu sighed sadly as he recalled Dusk into her pokéball.You did good girl...He thought as he reattached it to his belt. He then reached up to his neck and grasped the pokéball on the necklace.No more holding back... Its time to shine!He yanked it from the necklace, causing pieces of the chain to fly around as both Alberon and the Referee were wondering what in the hell he was doing. "Go on in Night!" He shouted, placing the pokéball at his belt.

Night nodded as she ran onto the field.

"Alright! Kingdra, use Water Pulse!"

"Night, Sucker Punch!" Shouted Shinryu at the same time as Alberon.

Night's right paw began to glow with a purple light as she approached the Kingdra faster than it could react and brought it up to connect right into its face.

The Kingdra fell to the ground with finality.

"Kingdra is unable to battle!" Shouted the Referee. "It is now two versus one, in favor of the Challenger!"

Alberon nodded, impressed. "Very well! Come on out Crawdaunt!" He shouted after recalling Kingdra.

Night won't be able to last much longer... She's on her last legs.Shinryu thought as he fingered the pokéball that was on his necklace. The only un-specialized pokéball he owned.I hope you can do it..."Night, do what you will!" He shouted.

Night smirked as if to say"With pleasure!"She then darted forward, using Quickattack to get around to behind the Lobster.

"Crawdaunt! Protect and then Crabhammer!" Alberon shouted.

The Crawdaunt surrounded itself with the green barrier, causing Night to impact upon it and propelled her back.

As Night was about to right herself, but she felt a heavy hit to her side and gasped, falling unconscious.

Shinryu growled as the Referee was saying: "Night is unable to battle!"

Alberon laughed. "You're good kid! What do you have up next? Another Dark Type I presume?"

Shinryu chuckled as he took the pokéball from his waist after recalling Night. "No, not at all. Come on out Flare!" He shouted loudly, throwing the pokéball into the air.

The ball burst open, and in a flash of white light a Blaziken appeared.

"A Blaziken?" Shouted Alberon.

"Yeah, and now you're going to regret ever hearing the name Shinryu the Dragonsong!" Shinryu shouted. "Flare, use Sunny Day and then Solarbeam!"

Flare cried out as an artificial sun emerged in existence and began to quickly gather sunlight.

"Quickly Crawdaunt! Use Protect!"

The Crawdaunt used protect, summoning the green barrier.

"NOW!" Shouted Shinryu.

Flare opened her maw and shot the beam towards the Crawdaunt.

The Protect barrier around the Crawdaunt suddenly failed and dropped, leaving it exposed and vulnerable as it got hit full-force by the power of the Solarbeam, causing it to cry out loudly and then fall over, its eyes swirling.

"Crawdaunt is unable to battle! Shinryu is the Victor!" Shouted the Referee as Alberon recalled the Crawdaunt.

"Heh... Good job kid. I have to admit, I never expected you to use a Blaziken after seeing two Dark Types." Said Alberon, walking up to Shinryu, who was petting Flare's back.

"Thank you." Shinryu stated softly to Flare, who said "Blaze!" in response. "You did a good job. Now return." He then looked at Alberon. "I get that all the time I pull that one off." He said.

Alberon laughed. "Well, you're one helluva Trainer, and here ya go: The Tsunami Badge." He held out his hand, and a badge in the shape of a raging tidal wave swirling around a blue crystal.

Shinryu took the badge and placed it in his case after recalling Flare. "Thanks, and is there a way out of this Gym without going through that puzzle of yours?" He asked.

Alberon nodded and pointed to a door to the left. "Take that door and go down the hallway. It exits at a secret door leading to the foyer."

Shinryu nodded and went to the door, opened it, and ran down the hallway.

He reached the end in no time, pushed open the door he saw, stepped out into the foyer and turned to see Alberon waving him off, before he stepped outside.And back to the PokéCenter...He thought as he took off at a run, reaching and entering the Center in no time flat.

Soon, Shinryu was walking back out of the PokéCenter with Night at his side as he began walking towards the PokeLab. "Alright, time to go meet with Professor Alpine!"

Sorry for not revealing any new pokémon for the Match against Alberon for Shinryu, however that was Alberon's first team of four different ones. Idk which team Hyato will be facing off against until later, because me and Du Mar haven't planned it and we're flat-exhausted... Running on fumes to be exact for tonight.

Well, we hope you liked this Chapter! And don't forget to review what you think!~Veloran Darkfyre and Du Mar.