Pokémon battle! And we'll see who is the better trainer! And we'll see who has the bigger Pokéballs!

[mischiefbreeder]

Who: Gold (mischiefbreeder) and Silver (tsuntrader), plus any spectators!
What: Silver issued a battle challenge to Gold, who accepted.
When: Saturday afternoon
Where: The Battle Dome
Summary: Gold and Silver have been in Luceti together for a year and yet have never had a single Pokémon battle. Deciding it's time to rectify, they head off to the Battle Dome to throw down!
Rating: PG? I mean, it's Pokémon...
[Gold had been anxiously waiting for this day. Sure, the standard format for Pokémon battles involved just battling whenever your eyes meet, but if they did that, there'd be constant battles all day, every day. Therefore, these things had to be planned.

...Besides that, Silver was his rival. Always has been, always will be. That makes this battle special. A battle to settle old scores... No, a battle to determine who's the best trainer out of the two of them, and furthermore... To show everyone just how it's done.

It was time. Their battle lies ahead.]

Comments

[mischiefbreeder]

Somethin' like that.

[barrette]

Looks like your friend over there is your co-Champion.

I'm Dawn, from the Sinnoh region.

[mischiefbreeder]

The name's Gold, from the Johto region, so don't forget it!

Sinnoh, huh? Can't say I met many of your kind yet.

[barrette]

No need to worry, I won't!

We're the best, if I do say so myself.

[ --oh right there was something else she wanted to talk about! ]

I've never seen a Pokemon evolve in the middle of a battle before. How's your Ambipom feeling?

[mischiefbreeder]

[Gold was about to ask her about some of the other Sinnoh people he's met, but it can wait. Aitaro is more important. He pulls out the Pokéball.]

He'll be fine. Aitaro just needs a good rest and he'll be back up to speed!

[barrette]

From the look of things, you didn't know he could evolve, right?

[mischiefbreeder]

It's an undocumented species where I'm from. [Gold holds out his Pokédex, an older model than the one she's used to, no doubt, to show to Dawn, with its NO DATA message flashing on screen from trying to scan Ambipom.] Old Oak probably didn't get the research data from Sinnoh yet.

[barrette]

[ wow that's old. ]

My Pokédex has data on it. I can show it to you when I find it.

[mischiefbreeder]

[RECORD SCRATCH.]

You're a Dex Holder?

[barrette]

Well, yeah. Professor Rowan gave me my dex.

[mischiefbreeder]

Professor Rowan?

[barrette]

[ he's a serious old man that somehow turned ellipses into an attack-- ]

He's the Pokémon Professor of Sinnoh!

[mischiefbreeder]

I only know Oak and Elm.

[barrette]

You know Professor Oak too? Professor Rowan is his senior.

[mischiefbreeder]

Old Man Oak's got a senior? [Gold always figured Oak was as old as they got.]

[barrette]

According to Rowan's assistant, anyway.

[mischiefbreeder]

Huh... [Interesting...]

[barrette]

What's Johto like?

[mischiefbreeder]

It's the greatest place! Fulla adventure and excitement and culture, plus it's got easy access to Kanto!