C40 - Battle Aftermath.

Riolu fainted.

"""....""" The whole arena was silent. Riolu and Metang's epic fight ended with an epic draw. (A/N: LOL)

Steven made a facepalm, but a small smile carve on his face. He made a new friend and was defeated. He admits losing was frustrating, but fighting someone like Lucas was exciting!

Lucas scratched his head with a speechless expression. He can tell Riolu's last cry before he fainted is influenced by too much watching drama. Calling him back on his Pokeball before praising him.

"Good Job."

Referee "3rd Official Match, Draw. Trainer Lucas Good, win!"

"Well Played! Good Game!" The duo greeted each other.

***

Few Hours later.

"Hum~♪ Hum~♪"

Lucas hummed a song returning to Pokemon Center. He was happy, he made an official debut in the trainer's field.

After he defeated Steven in an official match, he received a total of 9000 Poke Dollars as a reward. The remaining 1000 Poke Dollars is used to tip the Referee by following Unwritten Battle Rule: 'Referee receives 10% of the bet amount.'

Ding!

[Hidden Quest (Trainer's Field), Win in a landslide, Complete! Reward: 100,000 Poke Dollar, Exclusive Trainer's Chest, 2x Mach Bike upgrade]

"???"

Lucas is taken aback, he completed a Hidden Quest! He showed a smile and anticipated the reward of winning. "I hope something good will come."

***

Few hours later.

The night has spread in the Horizon, Mauville City colorful light spread all over the city!

The city becomes crowded with both people and Pokemon roaming around. Where they enjoy their night and experience the city offered!

In the certain hotel room, Lucas is watching the bustling City inside his room. He must admit, seeing the city in the window felt different.

"Sigh~ How beautiful unfortunately, my parents can't enjoy this scenery together with me." Lucas muttered. He looked below and discovered different things like he was watching a star twinkling in the sky.

"Flo~" (Lucas~) Floette hugged his head, she could feel his distress. She knew he missed his parents despite them being his foster parents, but they treated him like their actual child.

"Thanks, Flo." Lucas touched Floette's head. He didn't feel distressed much since he isn't alone anymore. He has a family and made new friends.

"Fl~! Flo~ te!" (Of course~! So let them sleep inside the ~ PokeBall!) Floette complained and pointed to her companion who was playing around. Lucas heard her complain and smiled bitterly, he turned around and saw his Pokemon doing their owned things.

Larvitar is playing with the container filled with sand and rocks. Slowpoke (Shiny) is floating around and paddling his feet to move. Absol (Shiny) is sleeping in the corner while playing with 10 black spheres. On the other hand, Lopunny is comforting Riolu and who were sleeping on the couch.

"Flo~!! (Hoooo~!!) Floette pouted her lips. She wanted to spend her days with Lucas alone, yet..... Wooooh!

"Know. Know. Flo, don't be jealous, they're your friends okay?" Lucas poke her cheek and smiled bitterly. His little princess is jealous once again and he can guess it's reason. His little princess must be jealous for not having a debut earlier. (A/N:...)

"Big sis, I want to open my [Exclusive Trainer's Chest]."

("Fufufu~♪ Okay, please wait a minute.")

Ding!

[You Received the Following item(s): 2x Secret Base Creation Token, 1x Running Shoes I, 1x Big Camping Tent, Innate Talent: Walking Compass]

Lucas smiled in satisfaction seeing the reward he received.

He decided to read the reward description and learned the Secret Base Creation Token is like the Secret Base on Gameboy. The only difference between the secret base is that: it can form a two way portal to connect on his 'personal territory'. Which is convenient for his travel if used wisely.

On other hand the running shoes were upgraded to become lighter, sturdy and waterproof. Where he can move and run comfortably even in desert dunes or swamp. The Big Camping Tent is a simple Tent with a large space; the innate talent walking compass made him familiar with every direction. A suitable item for outdoor activities!

"Flo~?" Floette looked at Lucas and felt some changes before resting. Lucas felt her gaze and pat her head, turning his head and saw his companion observing him.

He smiled at them and chose to spend his hour playing with them before sleeping.

***

Lucas spent his time in the following days, roaming around in the city and joined the fun.

Where he confronts different rookie trainers and wins the Pokemon battle and earns a title called 'Wild Rookie' with a battle record 60/0/0! An astonishing record sixty win streak and zero loss. How?

Lucas used his cheat team and won a landslide. His popularity in the trainer's community gave him an edge to stockpile different battle experience and developed his IQ/EQ. During his stay, he also faced people who were good at cheating, but his Lopunny beat them fair and square, but they threatened to kill him or his parents. (A/N: oowh~ RIP.)

Due to the incident, he was invited by the police department. In the following day for being involved with the group of thugs' miserable death. Fortunately Lucas used his cute points and cleared his name as innocent, but he gained an additional title.

'The Mischief'