Based on a true run.


There was a peaceful sound of rushing waves. The wind was blowing softly and gracefully. I was on a boat, heading back to Canalave City. Clutched in my hands was an egg.

I was leaving Iron Island, where I had met a new friend, Riley, and foiled Team Galactic's malicious schemes once again. Riley had thanked me and handed me this egg. Little was I aware of the journey that awaited with the egg.
***
After the cruise trip was over, I waited. And waited. My 心 was filled with anticipation. Then the glorious moment came.

The egg had begun to crack. I stared at it in awe as a joy-filled Riolu happily hatched from the egg. He was sapphire-blue and night-sky-black. His eye's were red like a sunset and shimmering like a pearl.

"Thank you... Riley." I whispered to myself. I happily nicknamed the Riolu "Itachi."
***
I had heard that Riolu evolve through happiness, so I gave Itachi the Soothe 钟, 贝尔 and bought him some minerals with the money I had. It wasn't enough to make him happy enough, so I decided to go on a stroll with him.

It took a long time, but I eventually got Itachi to evolve into a Lucario. The 更多 time I spent with him, the 更多 attached to each other we became. Our bond was growing ever so stronger 由 the minute.

I had achieved my current goal, and it was time to press on. It was time to reach Snowpoint City, battle the gym leader, and check up on Barry's safety.

As I entered the route, I was immediately enveloped 由 a raging blizzard. I tried to cover my face to shield it from the weather's wrath.

I turned towards Itachi, readying his pokeball. He shook his masked head in denial. I frowned and then smiled as I placed the sphere back onto my belt. We would go through this together. It would be training to both of us.

I was just about buried in the massive hills of paper-white snow. But I didn't care. As long as Itachi was on my side, I could pull through.
***
We were finally approaching the end of this route, and the snow had begun to become slightly easier to pass through.

I heard a voice seemingly coming from the sky.

"Hey!"

I looked left, then right. No one.

"Up here! 你 were always one to be slow." The voice laughed. I looked upward. There was a dark figure on 最佳, 返回页首 of a 爬坡道, 小山 with a rocky side. The blizzard made it hard to see the details of the figure, but I had already figured it out after he had 说 that.

It was Barry, my childhood friend, my rival, my teammate in taking down Team Galactic.

"You have to beat the gym leader to get rock climb!" Barry yelled over the rage of the blizzard. "I'll go ahead! 你 beat her and meet up with me!" And with that, he took off.
***
The gym battle was a disaster. The gym leader, Candice, annihilated me with her ice-types. My Torterra had a 4x weakness, and my Luxray was helpless against her Abomasnow.

She was impossible to beat. I was about to make the decision to give up and go 首页 when something made me change my mind.

Itachi put his paw on my shoulder. That was it! This level 4 Lucario was my final hope. Fighting is super-effective against ice. We could do this!
***
In front of us stood the route we were previously in. We would face the snow's wrath and train. I would start out 由 giving Itachi my EXP Share and battling wild pokemon with my luxray. When Itachi reached level nineteen 或者 so, we would begin battling for real, Itachi in the battlefield.

We trained 日 and night. As we trained, our bond grew even stronger with our bodies. Eventually, the time had come. We were ready.
***
The battle had begun. Candice withdrew her sneasle, who looked vicious and ready to tear. It kept using Ariel Ace on my beloved Lucario, while we used swords dance and hyper potions. After a while, Itachi was at max attack power.

"Force Palm!"

Itachi decimated the sneasle in one hit. The battle went on like this for a while, that is, until Candice threw out her Froslass. It took the combined forces of all my pokemon, but Froslass ultimately met her demise.
***
We achieved our seventh badge and we were on the road to the Elite Four. Many challenges lied in our path, but we were always able to overcome them. Our bond was stronger than ever before. I will never forget Itachi.

For I feel as if Itachi is always 由 my side.