Fuji watched as Ryu left him and James for a Croagunk in Jubilife City. Wondering where he was going, he tailed along behind him, but only a good distance away. He watched as Ryu bumped into a frantic girl before rushing headlong after the Croagunk towards Route 204. Deciding to take his time with this and thinking that it couldn't have been that urgent, he instead went towards the route he was more interested in going in.
As he made his way towards Route 218, he heard a disturbing sound. A robotic sound. But it didn't sound normal. In fact, it sounded partially scared and angry. He ran ahead until he saw a strange man sitting on a rowboat, trying to get a Voltorb onto his boat. This strange man didn't wear the strange uniform the other guys held that Ryu and Eve's trainer took care of, but he was still strange, nonetheless, and was harassing a Voltorb regardless.
"Hey, animate PokeBall, you either become mine and get your battery, or you leave and I keep my spoils," the man yelled.
Knowing Voltorb feed off of electrical energy, that was basically like holding a plate of pancakes above your head and keeping it away from a kid. The Voltorb didn't seem to know any attacks, as it refused to do anything but protest loudly.
It was time for action.
Before he could think, Fuji let loose his Shinx on the man, pointing at him and yelling "Ice Fang!"
The Shinx leapt toward the fisherman with ice coating her teeth. The fisherman flipped out and had thrown the battery back on land, to which the Voltorb gladly sucked the rest of the energy out of, while the Shinx laughed at the flailing man. Looking back at the boy, the Voltorb felt a sense of repayment and began to roll slightly towards the fisherman. Hearing the hum get higher in pitch from the rolling ball, the fisherman freaked out again and began paddling away as fast as he could. The hum ceased and the Voltorb rolled towards Fuji. The young boy knelt down and the Voltorb expressed its gratitude by gesturing towards his vacant PokeBall. Smiling, Fuji pulled it out and tapped the ecstatic Ball Pokemon, happy he got a new addition to the ever expanding team.
Taking his Shinx up on his shoulder, he walked back to Jubilife City, where he met up with Ryu and the girl, who were just coming back. Smiling at Ryu, Fuji waved and nodded. "The name's Fuji, and this is my partner Shinx, called Lux. While you were gone, I also caught a Voltorb. I don't know what to name it, yet, but I'll figure out a name for him later. Anyway, what are you going to be? I want to be the Champion!" Fuji let it out in quite the yell as he mentally pumped himself up to be quite the big'un.