Eevy stretched a bit without opening her eyes. She yawned and got Vovo’s tail in her mouth. She spit it out as quickly as possible and looked over at him. He was dreaming about something. He was rolling all over. She rolled her eyes and sat up. She blinked a few times and looked to the tent’s door. She sleepily pulled the zipper down a bit and saw that Medira was already up brushing away at her Rapidash, or more aptly, Flamedance. Eevy stood up as much as she could. Being in a tent made that a bit difficult, especially for her, being 5’ 8” give or take an inch. She threw a blanket over Vovo’s head and got changed. He didn’t even notice. She pulled her shirt on and looked at him.

“Still sleeping,” she said to herself, “What a lazy devil.”

Hearing his master’s voice triggered his left ear to twitch. He woke up and blinked at her a few times from under the blanket’s edge. She was just fooling with her hair, he could get up.

“Finally up?” she asked with her hair band in her mouth.

“Eevee,” he protested with a tip of his head.

She finally finished with her hair and went to get her Poke’Balls, but they weren’t there, “That’s funny,” she said, “I know I put them here,” she frantically spun around, “Ah! My Pokemon are gone!”

Vovo tried to stop her to explain, but he wasn’t fast enough when she was in speed mode. She jumped out of the tent and ran to Medira.

“Have you seen my Poke’Balls?” she asked frantically.

“Yeah. I have them,” Medira said calmly as she continued brushing Flamedance.

“Excuse me?” Eevy asked as she peered at her.

“I have them. Here,” she held out a bag.

Eevy took it and peered in. Sure enough, her Poke’Balls were there, but they were…different.

“What are these?” she asked as she took one out and peered at it.

“That’s a Sun Ball,” Medira said, “Your Espeon is in there. Your Vaporeon is in a Rain Ball. Your Flareon is in a Flame Ball. Your Umbreon is in a Moon Ball. Your Jolteon is in a Jolt Ball and Vovo gets the Star Ball.”

“And where, pray tell, did you get these?”

“Kurt in Azalea Town.”

“You’ve been to Azalea Town?”

“Yeah. I go to Johto on Wind Dance all the time,” she said as she put the brush down and grabbed a cloth, “Hoof, Flamedance.”

Eevy watched the Rapidash puts its hoof up obediently, “Well. Please tell me before you do that.”

“I was planning on putting them back…Other side, Flamedance…before you got up, but I got a bit involved.”

“Can I ask you why?”

“Hey, I gotta get in good if you do become part of the Elite. I want a real good chance at being a Gym Leader. Next hoof please.”

“Bribery isn’t good, you know.”

“I was kidding.”

Just as Eevy was about to answer, they heard someone yelling from behind them, “Hey! Duck!”

Eevy grabbed Medira’s shoulders and Medira grabbed Flamedance’s harness. The three of them ducked down as a zap of fire went whipping over their heads.

“Watch what you’re doing!” Medira growled as she sat up, “You could really hurt somebody!”

“I’m sorry,” a young man said as he ran around the bushes, “You didn’t get hit, did you?”

“No! And you’d best be glad too!” Medira snarled.

“Sorry,” he said again, “Magmar! Get out there and get that!”

A hulking Magmar tromped by and off into the other side of the woods. Medira growled as it pushed past with no consideration what so ever, but Eevy was too focused on the guy to even notice. Medira waved her hand in front of Eevy’s face, but her friend was too spaced out to return to Earth. Medira sighed and walked away.

“You’re alright, aren’t you?”

“I’m fine,” Eevy sighed.

A huge smile spread across the boy’s face, “Hey, I’m Cain,” he said as he held out his hand.

“Oh. I’m Eevy,” she stammered as she shook his hand.

“And I’m going to be sick,” Medira said from her tent.

“I wonder,” Eevy thought, “Is this the man Raikou spoke of?”

Eevy hadn’t noticed the camera pointed directly at them.

*^~^**^~^*

Lance was sitting alone in the room. The only one that was up in the entire mansion. He growled at the TV as he saw Cain put out his hand.

“You conniving little serpent,” he hissed at the TV, “You back off of her, Cain. You’re going to get a big surprise when she finds out you’re the Gym Leader.”

*^~^**^~^*

“So, Cain,” Eevy said as she finished taking down her tent.

“Caino, please,” he said as he helped her, “My friends call me Caino.”

Eevy blushed a bit, “Ok. Caino, where are you from? Sunflower? Fly Catcher Isle?”

“Dogwood,” he said.

“Oh. Medira, do you know him?”

“All too well,” Medira said, neglecting to say how.

“Well, we’re headed to Dogwood,” Eevy said as she hoisted up her backpack.

Cain snatched it away, “Let me take that. I was heading back anyway.”

*^~^**^~^*

“You little dirt ball,” Lance grunted, “Hands off.”

*^~^**^~^*

Sooney and Yuu-Yuu had just woken up and spotted Cain. The two of them whisked to Eevy’s side playing an unannounced game of twenty questions.

“Go away,” Eevy said as she pushed them back.

Magmar came tromping back with the disc, “Magmar mag.”

“Good job!” Cain said as he recalled the Pokemon, “You get a good rest for that.”

*^~^**^~^*

Lance mumbled some nasty comments under his breath, “Cheating little…Scum sucking…Dirt eating…”

*^~^**^~^*

“Here we are!” Cain announced as he walked out of the forest into Dogwood City.

“Well, first thing’s first,” Sooney said, “Let’s find the Pokemon Center.”

“Oh, I can take you there easy,” Cain said.

“Would you?” Eevy asked.

“Absolutely.”

*^~^**^~^*

“Show off…” Lance gnarled, “If she gets here, she’s mine, Cain. Mine.”

*^~^**^~^*

“It’s up there,” Cain pointed out the Pokemon Center and Sooney and Yuu-Yuu took off.

The camera men walked along ahead while Eevy stopped and looked around. Medira strolled up beside her. She was eyeing Cain. She knew something that she wasn’t saying. Cain stopped next to Eevy and peered over her shoulder. She was holding the map that Morty had given her.

“Hey, I’ve got one of those,” he said as he pointed to the map.

Eevy stopped looking around and turned her head to look at him, “You do?”

“Sure. You must be a Gym Leader.”

“N-n-no.”

“What’s wrong?”

“If you got one of these,” she said as she stepped forward and turned to face him, “then you’re a Gym Leader!”

“Yeah,” Cain said with a shrug of his shoulders.

“Oh man!” Eevy said as she stepped away, “Cain.”

“Caino.”

“No, Cain now. Because after what I have to do, I won’t be your friend.”

“What?”

“Do you have your battle schedule?”

“Yeah, why?”

“Who’s your next challenger supposed to be?”

“Uh…” he reached into his pocket and pulled out a paper, “Oh no. You’re Eevy. Short for Evangelina, aren’t you?”

“Uh huh.”

*^~^**^~^*

“Hah!” Lance shouted louder than he should have, “Take that, lover boy!”

*^~^**^~^*

“I’m glad the camera guy isn’t here,” Eevy said as she stepped away again.

Cain just stared at the ground, “I didn’t know.”

“Medira,” Eevy turned to her, “You knew, didn’t you?”

“Yep,” Medira said, “but I didn’t want to interrupt your fun.”

“Sorry, Cain. But play time’s over!” Eevy said forcefully.

“You’re on!” Cain came back at her.

*^~^**^~^*

“Oh,” Lance said with a smirk, “This is going to be good!”

*^~^**^~^*

Eevy followed Cain to the Gym and waited for him to unlock the door. He walked in a few steps and hit the light showing a huge Gym with white walls and a stadium printed right in the center. There were four globes, one in each corner, made of clear glass. Each had a flame burning in it and a hole in the top to let the smoke billow out.

“You know, I can’t go easy on you,” Cain said, “just because you’re pretty.”

“Don’t play games. We’re here to battle, not to flirt,” Eevy snapped.

“Whatever,” he said as he walked over to his half of the stadium.

Eevy took her position, “I was thinking about coming back here after I got a few more badges, but I’ve decided against that. The next time you meet someone, your first intention had best be to tell them you’re the Gym Leader.”

“Don’t worry.”

“Let’s do this.”

“You’ve got it.”

“Oooh!” Medira shouted, “This is going to be such a treat! Such a treat indeed!”

“How can you say that?” Sooney asked.

“Don’t tell me you don’t think so.”

“Well…Kind of…Beat him to bits Eevy!”

“Thanks!” Eevy shouted, “How will we battle? What’s your angle?”

“Three on three works for me,” Cain shouted.

“Fine then,” she paused, “Out of pure curiosity, how did you get that name?”

“My parents were the Gym Leaders here. They used the Fire- type, just like me. They had a really odd faddish with fire, Pokemon or otherwise. They used to call me Volcaino. You get the picture,” he said with a smirk.

“Yeah, but I’m not sure I want it.”

“Let’s get this over with! Lady’s first.”

“Don’t ever call me a lady. I choose Lovo!”

*^~^**^~^*

“Jolteon. Good choice. Electrocute him, that would work,” Lance nodded.

*^~^**^~^*

“Then I’ll take Charmeleon!”

“Jolt! Jolt! Jolt!” Lovo cried out.

“Char, meleon, char,” the Charmeleon said lazily.

“Ok. Put the camera right there. Good,” the announcer said, “For those of you who just tuned in, we’re here, LIVE, as usual, at Dogwood City Gym. Eevy is preparing to battle Cain, known for his tough Fire- type Pokemon. But as you can see, that doesn’t seem to effect our young trainer at all.”

“Lovo! Go!”

“Charmeleon! Go!”

“And the match has begun!”

“Lovo! Thunder Wave!”

“Charmeleon, Slash!”

“And Jolteon delivers a devastating Thunder Wave to Cain’s Charmeleon! Its Slash attack was cut short by the immobilizing effects of this electrifying attack!”

“Great Lovo!”

“Charmeleon!”

“Alright, Lovo!” Yuu-Yuu shouted, “You go!”

“Keep it up Lovo!” Sooney added, “You can beat ‘em!”

“Lovo! Thunder Bolt!”

This attack knocked Charmeleon flying. It landed in a slam of thunder and paralysis.

Lovo bolted to Eevy’s side as she faced the camera, picked him up and shouted, “We, beat, Charmeleon!” while making the V for victory at the camera.

*^~^**^~^*

“Oh!” Lance shouted, “Toast him! Drench him! Electrocute him! Or better yet, drench then electrocute him! Do anything! Just get rid of him!”

*^~^**^~^*

“You’re good,” Cain commented as he took out his next Pokemon, “You this good at anything else?”

“You’ll never know. Lovo, superb job! Take a good rest!” Eevy also bared her next Pokemon.

“Go! Magmar!”

“Go! Novo!”

*^~^**^~^*

“No. The Vaporeon won’t work now that the Jolteon’s out of it. You can’t shock him now,” Lance grumbled.

*^~^**^~^*

“Magmar, Flame Wheel!”

“Novo! Water Gun!”

“And the attacks have connected in the center of the Gym! The water is turning Cain’s attack to steam!”

“Keep the fire burning!” Cain shouted over the hiss of the steam.

“Pump the water faster!” Eevy called to Novo.

Both Pokemon sped up their attacks. Cain’s Magmar pushed his fire harder and started to win against Novo’s water, but Novo let out a deep breath into his shot and pushed the fire back. Magmar and Novo cut off their firing and stood panting.

“You’re doing great, Magmar! Keep it up!”

“Great job, Novo! Keep it flowing, go with the water!”

“Magmar! Confuse Ray!”

“And the Magmar has sent a powerful Confuse Ray straight at Eevy’s Vaporeon!”

Novo tipsily tumbled back and forth before falling face first into the dirt, “Oh! Novo, you did real well! Return!”

“Great job Magmar! Return and take a rest!”

*^~^**^~^*

“Scum ball…” Lance mumbled, “That was a real cheap shot.”

*^~^**^~^*

“How was that?” Cain asked with flirt in his tone.

“Good. But not good enough,” Eevy snorted, “Vovo. Up and out!”

Vovo leapt to her shoulder and tumbled down to the floor in a quick, hard slam, “Eevee eevee!”

“An Eevee? That’s kind of…small, don’t you think?”

“Never underestimate any Pokemon!”

“If you say so,” Cain shrugged, “I choose…”

*^~^**^~^*

Lance had been drinking his orange juice but spit it out in a shower of sticky goo, “Magcargo?!?!” he shouted, “Not the Eevee with the Magcargo!”

*^~^**^~^*

“Well, isn’t he pleasant?” Yuu-Yuu joked as the slimy Magcargo cried out.

“Ok, Magcargo,” Cain said, “Power up. You know what to do!”

“Vovo. This one must be really powerful if he’s using it as his last,” Eevy said, “Be careful.”

“Go! Magcargo! Smog attack!”

“Vovo, Tail Spin!”

“This is a new attack that I’ve never seen,” the announcer said to the camera, “The Eevee is spinning its tail to repel the Smog.”

“What’s that?” Cain blurted.

“A special attack I taught him myself,” Eevy said with a wink.

“Magcargo, Fire Roll!”

“What?” Eevy asked wide eyed as the Magcargo engulfed itself in flames and went into a Roll Out attack.

The spinning slug slammed into Vovo and popped him into the air. Vovo cried in pain and went flying back to the ground. Despite his burns, Vovo stood up. He took another direct hit but got up again. Another and another. More hits followed, but Vovo wasn’t giving up.

“Think Eevy!” Yuu-Yuu called, “What can you do! You defeated Jenna with pure tactical advantage! Beat Cain the same way!”

Eevy watched the Magcargo spinning. She watched its every movement, examining it as it flew around. Studying, analyzing, learning, taking everything in. Then she caught the weakness. Its cornering was really poor. It had come close to hitting the wall and even to plowing Cain numerous times. She had found its flaw.

“Vovo! Get over to the wall and use Bide! Focus on speed!”

“You’re going to let it get flattened on the wall? That’s real nice. Magcargo, Roll Out!”

Eevy waited and watched, again the corning was blowing out, “Jump!”

Vovo jumped and ricocheted off the wall, sending himself flying up over the Magcargo who crashed into the wall and spun out.

“Oh no!”

“Oh yeah! Vovo! Shadow Ball!”

Vovo let out a huge burst of black and purple energy. It slammed into Magcargo, knocking it into a spin before it fell over, dizzy and disoriented.

“She beat me,” Cain mumbled, “I can’t believe she beat me.”

*^~^**^~^*

“Yes!” Lance said as he jumped up, “Take that!”

He heard slight snickers and turned around to see Luri, Will and Jason standing in the doorway laughing.

“How long have you been there?” he asked as he went pale and then bright red.

“Since the ‘conniving serpent’ comment,” Luri laughed.

“None of you saw or heard anything,” he growled as he pointed his right index finger at them.

“Riiiiiight,” they answered with a nod of their heads.

*^~^**^~^*

“That was a good one,” Cain said as he walked over to recall his Magcargo.

“Thank you,” Eevy said as she picked Vovo up and examined him, “You’ve got a nasty burn.”

“Sorry about that. Here’s your badge, by the way. It’s the Red Badge.”

“Thank you Cain.”

“Hey. Call me Caino,” he said as he turned and walked away.

“Let’s get you to the Pokemon Center,” she said to Vovo, “Return!” she shouted as she recalled Vovo to his Star Ball.

*^~^**^~^*

“Well,” Sooney said as she sat down in one of the chairs in the Center, “That was a great battle.”

“Yeah,” Eevy mumbled as she fingered her Red Badge.

“There will be others, you know,” Yuu-Yuu said.

“Yeah,” she said again.

“Eevee eev!” Vovo came bounding over.

“Well, Eevy,” Dogwood Joy said, “Your Pokemon are fully healed! Are you going to stay in town?”

“No,” she said standing up, “I think I’m just going to go.”

Medira watched her pass by in a click of her heels. Vovo trotted along behind her. In a few moments, Yuu-Yuu and Sooney stood to follow her, but Medira stopped them.

“Leave her be for a little while,” she told them.

*^~^**^~^*

Eevy wandered around on the path they had taken to get to Dogwood City. She kicked a few stones away and kept fingering the badge. She had recalled Vovo to his Star Ball so she could be alone, but alas, she wouldn’t get her wish. She heard a quick rustling and whirled to see who or what it was.

“Raikou!” she said, “It’s good to see you!”

“I’m glad you feel that way,” he told her with a nod, “I have come with news.”

“News? Of what?”

“Cain.”

“Don’t say it then. I don’t want to know.”

“I think you do. He is not the man I spoke of the day we met.”

“He isn’t?” she asked as she turned to look at him.

“No. There is another, who is watching you.”

“Watching me? Now?”

“No.”

“That’s good. I wouldn’t want to give away our secret,” she said as she reached out to scratch his head.

Raikou purred a bit, “I need to go. I’ll be back again.”

“Hey Eevy!” Sooney called, “Eevy!”

“Eevy! Oh Eevy!” Yuu-Yuu shouted.

“I must go. Good bye, angel!”

Raikou dashed off into the forest as Sooney and Yuu-Yuu walked up.

“Who were you talking to?” Sooney asked as she peered around.

“An old friend,” Eevy mumbled as she pinned her Red badge next to her Green Badge.

“Finally done playing with that?” Medira asked.

“Yes. For good too.”

In The Next Chronicle:
While on her way to obtain a Blue Badge in Daffodil City, Eevy bumps into Mizu, a Water- type trainer who Sunami, the Gym Leader, booted out of the Gym. The reason for her dismissal? She has a half Ice Pokemon, Seel, instead of complete Water Pokemon. Mizu begs Eevy to help her get back into the Gym, and Eevy agrees to help. She has a plan that she hopes will work to get her new found friend back to her rightful place. Will her plan work? Will Eevy get her Blue Badge? Find out soon in:

Tsunami Sunami

Notes
You can probably guess who the mystery man from Chronicle 5: Kind Hearted Legends is. But for those of you who are still lost, you’ll have to wait. The idea for the name Cain came from, you guessed it, Jenae of rainflower.net! Such a nice person. I’ll have to do something for her. I thought it was a great name! And I still do. Raikou came back! The Magcargo thing was a spur of the moment idea I had at 2:30 in the morning, but I loved it, so, hey. I used it. I already have the end of this fanfic all planned out. Perfectly. I’ll say this, it involves water.

*^~^*Kat*^~^*

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