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Early morning in Eterna forest was a very peaceful time. The only sounds were the light hum of bug Pokemon and the occasional rustle of leaves as a Pokemon made it's way to find food. It would have been even more peaceful if it weren't for the argument going on between the two Pokemon walking through the forest.

"Come on Veruka just look at it." Vincent the Lucario ran after the Infernape with wild abandon, nearly tripping over Cotton and Napoleon sleeping on the ground in front of him. "Vincent I don't care, now just leave me alone and go back to sleep." Vincent didn't listen and just continued to follow her.

"But I caught it for you, I caught it to make you happy, don't you want to be happy, I mean…" Veruka had had enough and spun around on Vincent with rage burning in her eyes. "Vincent I don't give a damn that you caught a Caterpie to give to me, and frankly it's not that impressive, now let it go and leave me alone!" Vincent's ears drooped and a tear fell from his eye as Veruka stormed off. The Caterpie in Vincent's arms saw it's chance for escape and jumped to the ground, scurrying into the bushes.

Vincent fell to his knees and stared at the ground for a second before bursting into tears. "Why, why doesn't Veruka like anything I do to impress her, why can't I do anything she likes." Vincent just kneeled on the ground crying for a few minutes until he heard someone walking over to him. He looked up to find a Toxicroak standing in front of him, looking very worried. "Hey Vincent, are you alright, Jenna's been looking for you?"

Vincent looked at Rupert for a second before shaking his head no. "I'm not going back, Veruka hates me, and I want to love her, but she won't let me, I can't impress her no matter what I do." Rupert sighed. "Come on Vincent, your just trying too hard, or your trying the wrong things, girls like flowers and strong men, not Caterpie's and I have to say it, disturbing love poems. And you also have to remember Veruka is not the easiest Pokemon to impress, I mean you could probably beat up a Charizard and she wouldn't even bat an eye."

Vincent's ears suddenly perked up and he looked at Rupert for a second. "What did you just say?" Rupert cocked his head to the side. "I said she's not that easy of a Pokemon to impress, you'd have to probably beat up a Charizard for her to even get a little emotional, why?" Vincent's head snapped up and he suddenly ran off into the woods muttering something incoherent, Rupert only heard what Vincent yelled back to him. "Thanks for the advice dude, I owe you one." Rupert thought for a second and yelled back. "What advice?" But Vincent was out of earshot.

Rupert thought again about what he had said and suddenly he understood what Vincent was planning. "Oh hell, me and my big mouth, I need to get help." Rupert spun around and ran back to Jenna's camp, only hoping they wouldn't be too late.

...

Vincent moved through the underbrush with what would be considered unnecessary forcefulness. He was just too excited to avoid making noise and smashing through everything he saw. For that matter he was talking to himself incessantly. "I'm going to do it, I'll beat up a tough Pokemon and then Veruka will start to notice me." Vincent grinned and continued to talk to himself, not really watching or caring where he was going, he just kept moving deeper into Eterna forest.

He finally burst out into a clearing and was both shocked and pleased with what he saw. Standing at the edge of the clearing eating from an oran berry tree was a full grown Arcanine. Vincent gave a low whistle and thought for a second, although he had a type disadvantage that really didn't come into his mind, all he thought about was how impressed Veruka would be when he defeated such a rare Pokemon. In fact his type disadvantage just made it sound all the better to him.

He didn't even bother with talk, he just charged right at the Pokemon for a close combat attack. The Arcanine didn't notice Vincent until he was within twenty feet, not that it mattered, that was more than enough room for him to dodge. The Arcanine leaped into the air and landed halfway across the clearing, staring back at Vincent looking very confused. "Might I inquire as to what you think your doing, because as I see it you want to fight me, and that can't possibly be logical, don't you think?" Vincent ignored him and tried an earthquake, which the Arcanine dodged again.

"Come on, you think type matters, I'm going to beat the crap out of you even if you are a fire type." The Arcanine landed again and looked at Vincent. "Why on earth would you want to do that, I've done nothing to hurt you?" Vincent just gritted his teeth and tried another earthquake, with the same results. "It doesn't matter, I'm going to beat you and there's nothing you can do about it, so stop moving and just accept it already!"

Vincent charged at him and this time the Arcanine didn't move, at least until Vincent got close enough, then he opened his mouth and blasted the Lucario back with a flamethrower. Vincent screamed as his fur was singed and he landed on the ground with smoke rolling off his body. "Then I'm afraid I have no choice but to defend myself, until you surrender that is." Vincent stood up and shook his head. "Never, I'm going to show my girl that I'm tough, so I have to beat you, which means I'll never give up."

The Arcanine just shrugged and charged at Vincent using extreme speed, Vincent didn't have time to react as the Arcanine's head slammed into his chest and he went flying back again. Vincent gasped as he landed, his chest felt incredibly heavy and he knew that he must have broken something. But he didn't care, he was going to impress Veruka, one way or another. Vincent stood up with some effort and jumped straight into the air and then shot down towards the Arcanine, ready with a metal claw.

The Arcanine was ready, and tired of playing around with this delusional Lucario who he couldn't fathom. He jumped right at Vincent with a flame wheel and impacted right on him in mid air. Vincent hadn't been fast enough to use metal claw and didn't do a thing to the Arcanine. He was thrown farther into the air and started to arc down. He tried to smooth out his landing but then Arcanine used fire blast while it was still in mid air, hitting Vincent and plummeting him back to earth like a meteor.

Vincent slammed into the ground and slid a ways, digging a trench in the ground in the process. He finally stopped and just lay their panting heavily. The Arcanine landed and walked over to him. "Sorry about that, but I'm afraid you gave me no choice in the matter." He walked over to Vincent and looked down at him. "If you don't have a trainer I can help you if you would like?" Vincent looked up at him through blurry vision and tried to punch him. The Arcanine easily dodged it and growled at Vincent. "Just give it up, you've lost, live with it, now I offered you help, do you want it?"

Vincent scowled and spat right into the Arcanine's face. That was the last straw, he pressed his front paw onto Vincent's leg hard and extended his claws. Vincent screamed as the Arcanine's claws ripped right through skin and muscle. He stopped after a second and whimpered softly. The Arcanine just looked down at him and thought for a second. "I think I'll just put you out of your misery, and mine." The Arcanine started to charge a fire blast in his mouth but before he could fire it a hydro pump hit him and sent him sprawling back.

"Good work Napoleon, now use ice beam." A Floatzel emerged from the foliage and fired an ice beam at the reeling Arcanine. The beam froze it to the ground where it just lay, whining in pain. Napoleon walked over and disoriented him with a swift kick to the head. Jenna didn't even bother to notice, as soon as she had seen Vincent laying in the trench she immediately had run over to see how he was doing. Rupert, Cotton and Ross ran along with her but Veruka hung back with Napoleon, trying to control the Arcanine who just refused to be controlled. "Let me go, your not going to capture me, do you hear me, your not going to capture me!"

Napoleon got down on the ground next to the Arcanine and practically hissed his next words. "We won't, if you just leave on your merry way and don't come back, because no one messes with my teammates and gets away with it, understood?" The Arcanine just gulped and nodded before Veruka smashed the ice around his body, none to gently, and let him limp away into the forest. Napoleon ran over to check on Cotton more than to help Vincent while Veruka just hung back again.

Jenna was leaning over Vincent, gingerly bandaging his leg while Cotton looked over his burns. "Vincent what were you thinking, what could possibly have made you think to do that?" Vincent just groaned and Cotton placed a paw on his chest. "Just hang in there, were going to get you some help, don't move unnecessarily, it's going to be alright." Vincent barely heard her, his vision was blacking out and he reached a paw out for someone, anyone, to help pull him back from the darkness. He heard Jenna's voice and felt her gently grab his paw.

But he couldn't hold on, he just wasn't strong enough, Vincent screamed as he was engulfed by the blackness around his vision. He heard all those around him yelling for him but he couldn't respond. His paw fell from the air and he collapsed into unconsciousness.

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Early morning in Eterna forest was a very peaceful time. The only sounds were the light hum of bug Pokemon and the occasional rustle of leaves as a Pokemon made it's way to find food. It would have been even more peaceful if it weren't for the argument going on between the two Pokemon walking through the forest.

"Come on Veruka just look at it." Vincent the Lucario ran after the Infernape with wild abandon, nearly tripping over Cotton and Napoleon sleeping on the ground in front of him. "Vincent I don't care, now just leave me alone and go back to sleep." Vincent didn't listen and just continued to follow her.

"But I caught it for you, I caught it to make you happy, don't you want to be happy, I mean…" Veruka had had enough and spun around on Vincent with rage burning in her eyes. "Vincent I don't give a damn that you caught a Caterpie to give to me, and frankly it's not that impressive, now let it go and leave me alone!" Vincent's ears drooped and a tear fell from his eye as Veruka stormed off. The Caterpie in Vincent's arms saw it's chance for escape and jumped to the ground, scurrying into the bushes.

Vincent fell to his knees and stared at the ground for a second before bursting into tears. "Why, why doesn't Veruka like anything I do to impress her, why can't I do anything she likes." Vincent just kneeled on the ground crying for a few minutes until he heard someone walking over to him. He looked up to find a Toxicroak standing in front of him, looking very worried. "Hey Vincent, are you alright, Jenna's been looking for you?"

Vincent looked at Rupert for a second before shaking his head no. "I'm not going back, Veruka hates me, and I want to love her, but she won't let me, I can't impress her no matter what I do." Rupert sighed. "Come on Vincent, your just trying too hard, or your trying the wrong things, girls like flowers and strong men, not Caterpie's and I have to say it, disturbing love poems. And you also have to remember Veruka is not the easiest Pokemon to impress, I mean you could probably beat up a Charizard and she wouldn't even bat an eye."

Vincent's ears suddenly perked up and he looked at Rupert for a second. "What did you just say?" Rupert cocked his head to the side. "I said she's not that easy of a Pokemon to impress, you'd have to probably beat up a Charizard for her to even get a little emotional, why?" Vincent's head snapped up and he suddenly ran off into the woods muttering something incoherent, Rupert only heard what Vincent yelled back to him. "Thanks for the advice dude, I owe you one." Rupert thought for a second and yelled back. "What advice?" But Vincent was out of earshot.

Rupert thought again about what he had said and suddenly he understood what Vincent was planning. "Oh hell, me and my big mouth, I need to get help." Rupert spun around and ran back to Jenna's camp, only hoping they wouldn't be too late.

...

Vincent moved through the underbrush with what would be considered unnecessary forcefulness. He was just too excited to avoid making noise and smashing through everything he saw. For that matter he was talking to himself incessantly. "I'm going to do it, I'll beat up a tough Pokemon and then Veruka will start to notice me." Vincent grinned and continued to talk to himself, not really watching or caring where he was going, he just kept moving deeper into Eterna forest.

He finally burst out into a clearing and was both shocked and pleased with what he saw. Standing at the edge of the clearing eating from an oran berry tree was a full grown Arcanine. Vincent gave a low whistle and thought for a second, although he had a type disadvantage that really didn't come into his mind, all he thought about was how impressed Veruka would be when he defeated such a rare Pokemon. In fact his type disadvantage just made it sound all the better to him.

He didn't even bother with talk, he just charged right at the Pokemon for a close combat attack. The Arcanine didn't notice Vincent until he was within twenty feet, not that it mattered, that was more than enough room for him to dodge. The Arcanine leaped into the air and landed halfway across the clearing, staring back at Vincent looking very confused. "Might I inquire as to what you think your doing, because as I see it you want to fight me, and that can't possibly be logical, don't you think?" Vincent ignored him and tried an earthquake, which the Arcanine dodged again.

"Come on, you think type matters, I'm going to beat the crap out of you even if you are a fire type." The Arcanine landed again and looked at Vincent. "Why on earth would you want to do that, I've done nothing to hurt you?" Vincent just gritted his teeth and tried another earthquake, with the same results. "It doesn't matter, I'm going to beat you and there's nothing you can do about it, so stop moving and just accept it already!"

Vincent charged at him and this time the Arcanine didn't move, at least until Vincent got close enough, then he opened his mouth and blasted the Lucario back with a flamethrower. Vincent screamed as his fur was singed and he landed on the ground with smoke rolling off his body. "Then I'm afraid I have no choice but to defend myself, until you surrender that is." Vincent stood up and shook his head. "Never, I'm going to show my girl that I'm tough, so I have to beat you, which means I'll never give up."

The Arcanine just shrugged and charged at Vincent using extreme speed, Vincent didn't have time to react as the Arcanine's head slammed into his chest and he went flying back again. Vincent gasped as he landed, his chest felt incredibly heavy and he knew that he must have broken something. But he didn't care, he was going to impress Veruka, one way or another. Vincent stood up with some effort and jumped straight into the air and then shot down towards the Arcanine, ready with a metal claw.

The Arcanine was ready, and tired of playing around with this delusional Lucario who he couldn't fathom. He jumped right at Vincent with a flame wheel and impacted right on him in mid air. Vincent hadn't been fast enough to use metal claw and didn't do a thing to the Arcanine. He was thrown farther into the air and started to arc down. He tried to smooth out his landing but then Arcanine used fire blast while it was still in mid air, hitting Vincent and plummeting him back to earth like a meteor.

Vincent slammed into the ground and slid a ways, digging a trench in the ground in the process. He finally stopped and just lay their panting heavily. The Arcanine landed and walked over to him. "Sorry about that, but I'm afraid you gave me no choice in the matter." He walked over to Vincent and looked down at him. "If you don't have a trainer I can help you if you would like?" Vincent looked up at him through blurry vision and tried to punch him. The Arcanine easily dodged it and growled at Vincent. "Just give it up, you've lost, live with it, now I offered you help, do you want it?"

Vincent scowled and spat right into the Arcanine's face. That was the last straw, he pressed his front paw onto Vincent's leg hard and extended his claws. Vincent screamed as the Arcanine's claws ripped right through skin and muscle. He stopped after a second and whimpered softly. The Arcanine just looked down at him and thought for a second. "I think I'll just put you out of your misery, and mine." The Arcanine started to charge a fire blast in his mouth but before he could fire it a hydro pump hit him and sent him sprawling back.

"Good work Napoleon, now use ice beam." A Floatzel emerged from the foliage and fired an ice beam at the reeling Arcanine. The beam froze it to the ground where it just lay, whining in pain. Napoleon walked over and disoriented him with a swift kick to the head. Jenna didn't even bother to notice, as soon as she had seen Vincent laying in the trench she immediately had run over to see how he was doing. Rupert, Cotton and Ross ran along with her but Veruka hung back with Napoleon, trying to control the Arcanine who just refused to be controlled. "Let me go, your not going to capture me, do you hear me, your not going to capture me!"

Napoleon got down on the ground next to the Arcanine and practically hissed his next words. "We won't, if you just leave on your merry way and don't come back, because no one messes with my teammates and gets away with it, understood?" The Arcanine just gulped and nodded before Veruka smashed the ice around his body, none to gently, and let him limp away into the forest. Napoleon ran over to check on Cotton more than to help Vincent while Veruka just hung back again.

Jenna was leaning over Vincent, gingerly bandaging his leg while Cotton looked over his burns. "Vincent what were you thinking, what could possibly have made you think to do that?" Vincent just groaned and Cotton placed a paw on his chest. "Just hang in there, were going to get you some help, don't move unnecessarily, it's going to be alright." Vincent barely heard her, his vision was blacking out and he reached a paw out for someone, anyone, to help pull him back from the darkness. He heard Jenna's voice and felt her gently grab his paw.

But he couldn't hold on, he just wasn't strong enough, Vincent screamed as he was engulfed by the blackness around his vision. He heard all those around him yelling for him but he couldn't respond. His paw fell from the air and he collapsed into unconsciousness.