Due to the leisurely pace Jake had decided to follow Mikey at he had fallen greatly behind and was now wandering route B alone with his partner, or so he thought. A figure was lurking in the shadows, concealed amongst the trees that lined this route. The shady figure lurked ever closer to the boy and his Trapinch who were both ever so unaware of the fact they were being followed it was if their pursuer could have been an onix and they wouldn't have noticed. Getting closer now, ever closer.....
"Aaaah!" Jake exclaimed upon feeling a hand on his shoulder, whipping round in surprise. Before him stood a man dressed entirely in black, some kind of full spandex body suit with a long cape fluttering around him. The only skin showing was his face, which in this case was actually rather unsettling. This was due to the fact the mystery man owned a pair of piercing blue eyes and a ridiculously thick beard that may as well have been made of gravel. "Uh...who are you..?" Jake asked tentatively, whilst Dusty simply cocked his head to the side unsure what to make of this guy.
The man closed his eyes and took in a deep breath, pausing, pausing for so long that Jake actually suspected he had fallen asleep, before answering in deep and foreboding tone "I am the amazing Daxdale Devil! Fear my power young one! I protect these paths from new and unexperienced trainers like yourself, see how you have ruined its tranquillity? "
Jake raised an eyebrow before looking around the surrounding clearing. Nothing seemed out of place, the wind still whistled through the trees, a few Wingull could be spotted over head and the smell of the lake was still in the air. Clearly this guy was nuts. After reaching down and picking up Dusty he took a tentative step backwards and gave an awkward smile to the "Daxdale Devil" and saying "Uh yeah okay man, I'm just gonna get going now anyway..so....see ya around.."
"Leave? No you scoundrel I'm afraid not, not unless you can best me in battle!" Shouted the Daxdale Devil as he did a beautiful spin on a single toe like a ballerina and pulled a Pokeball out of Arceus knows where. Seeming as such a tight suit couldn't possibly have any pockets Jake really didn't want to know where either.
Now a fire had lit in the boys eyes. "A battle?" He smirked "Well why didn't you say so man? Come on lets tussle."
And with that Dusty leapt from his trainers arms and landed on all fours, snapping his jaw in anticipation.
The caped weirdo smiled cryptically. "I wouldn't be so cocky if I were you. Seviper lets go." he instructed, causing the serpentine Pokémon to appear in front of him. "One Pokémon each, you move first fiend!"
Jake shrugged, that was fine by him. "Dusty hit them with a mud slap, nice and hard!" He told his Pokémon who reacted immediately by springing to life and sprinting at full speed towards his much larger opponent. The Seviper hissed as the dirt was sprayed in its eyes but it seemed relatively unharmed. This surprised Jake somewhat, he thought ground was super effective against poison. Maybe this would be tougher than he thought.
"Seviper use poison tail!" The Daxdale Devil cried out as he pumped his arms up and down furiously like he was trying to take flight. His Seviper followed his command immediately, slithering into action at an incredible speed. It's tai began to glow a dangerous shade of purple before it whipped it around, striking poor Dusty right on the nose and sending him sprawling into the dirt. "Tra...Trapinch..." he moaned weakly as he struggled back to his feet.
"Your doing great out there Dusty dont give up!" Jake said encouragingly, giving his partner a determined smile. Dusty nodded upon seeing it and gnashed his teeth together intimidatingly despite the amount of damage he had just taken. "Just trust me with this and use bide!"
The tenacious little Trapinch nodded before initiating the move, his body flashing white for a second.
"What was that move?" The Daxdale Devil laughed "It didn't even do anything! Seviper use wrap."
The large snake Pokémon lunged towards its now stationary target once more and quickly caught it up inside the coils of its own body. The Seviper slowly began to squeeze Dusty with all its strength.
Jake gritted his teeth as now all he could do was watch and try to ignore this *sshole's laughter. Poor Dusty was barely visible such was the size difference between him and his opponent. All that was clear was that this was a now a battle of attrition.
Almost a minute of just the Seviper's squeezing and Dusty's grunts of discomfort later the battle finally came to a sudden conclusion. A rather explosive one at that. A blinding light erupted from the inner of the Seviper's coils that completely blew the poison type several feet away back to it's trainers feet. And left behind, barely able to stand was Dusty, panting heavily. Jake almost couldn't belive it, they had won! And all because of his partners amazing effort! He ran to the Trapinch's side and lifted him up, swiftly pulling out a potion and applying it to the most wounded areas. "You did a great job buddy, our first real win against a... trainer....or whatever this guy is."
The Daxdale Devil has abruptly stopped laughing upon seeing his Pokémon's sudden defeat. Now his head was hung, his eyes fixated on the ground. "I...I lost....how?" He muttered before sighing and walking up to Jake, something in his hand. Jake didn't want to know where that came from either. "Here kid, I got this for my Seviper but it turned out she couldn't use it. You may as well have it. Who knows you might even see me around some other time so make sure you keep our routes clean and safe. Till we meet again!"
And with that Jake was left standing there, holding the TM he had just been given and watching the retreating latex clad backside of the Daxdale Devil. He turned the green disc over once and saw the words "U-turn" written on it. After roughly shoving it in his bag he turned around and set off for the lake once more muttering to himself "What the hell just happened?".
And with that he promptly got lost in the woods.
