The sound of feet echoed through one of the streets of Jisa passing. The moon was high in the sky. It was late at night. Most everyone was asleep by now. But one person was still up.
Arina walked slowly down the dimly lit street. Kara, her Pichu was sitting in her shoulder. Mark, her Kricketot, was snuggled in her arms. He was scared.
"Kri icky..." Mark chirped nervously. Arina looked down at her scared Kricketot. "Don't worry Mark; nothing’s going to get us," She said, trying to reassure him. "Pichu pi," Kara said from her shoulder, looking around. Normally, the Pichu would be running around but she was feeling a little nervous.
"Come on guys, don't be scared. We have to come out at night if we want to catch a dark type Pokémon. I've even heard that Absol live here and that’s what we're going to catch!" Arina said to both of her Pokemon. She had her mind set on finding an Absol and she thought that they would have a better chance of finding one at night time.
Kara and Mark exchanged shocked glances. "Pichu pi!" Kara said to her trainer frantically. They had all heard rumors that Absol brought disaster where ever they went. Mark snuggled deeper into Arina. I've got one crazy trainer. He thought to himself.
Arina didn't understand what Kara was trying to tell her though. She just thought that Kara was worried that they would get hurt or something. "Don't worry Kara. Nothing will happen," Arina said confidently, petting her Pichu's head to comfort her. Kara realized that her trainer hadn't understood and sighed. She gave up after that.
Arina continued to walk. She looked around into the shadows, hoping to find an Absol. If she didn’t, then this would be a good time to train.

By now though, even Arina was feeling a little bit nervous. She glanced nervously at the eyes glaring at her. Mark was snuggled as deep as he could into her well Kara clung to her shoulder.
Hearing something behind them, Arina spun around. But she didn't see anything. "Whoevers there come out and face us!" She cried out bravely. Kara seemed to catch a bit of this courage and cried out, "Pichu pi!" Mark was less sure and whimpered a little.
Kara clung even tighter onto Arina as the wind came. Worried about her Pichu, Arina reached up and put her free hand behind Kara to stop her from blowing away. "S-show yourself!" Arina's cry could barely be heard over the wind. She could only hope that the wind would stop soon and their unknown attacker would soon show itself.

Arina breathed out in relief as the wind stopped. She hadn't even noticed that she had been holding her breath. She took her hand away from Kara knowing that she wouldn't be blown away. Mark looked around from his place in Arina's arm.
Arina glanced around as she heard footsteps. Her heart was beating frantically in her chest. "W-who's there?" She called out again. She was getting tired of this game.
Arina spun around at the sound of the roar. Mark shivered and Kara tightened her grip on Arina. All three of them were scared. Arina gulped, trying to be brave.
"Come out right now and face us!" She yelled into that shadows. "If you don't then that will mean that you’re a stupid coward!" That wasn't the best thing in the world to say. Kara winced. She knew that wasn't the best thing to say. Mark tried to become invisible by snuggling even closer to Arina. They waited for the mysterious creature to respond.

Arina watched as the Absol finally showed itself. A smile crept onto her face. She had been lucky to find it so quickly. The rumor of Absol being called the disaster Pokémon was far from her mind now. All she could think about was catching this amazing Pokémon. Kara and Mark disagreed though. Mark shivered in fear at the Absol's appearance. Kara's ears dropped in fright. Neither of the Pokémon had forgotten the rumor about Absol being the disaster Pokémon.
"Alright, let’s do this! Kara, you’re up!" Arina said excitedly. Kara gulped, trying to be brave. She jumped off of her trainer's shoulder and ran in front. She dropped into a battle position, sparks flying from her cheeks.
"Kara, use tail whip and then thundershock!" Arina called out. Kara wagged her tail, trying to lower the Absol's defense. She then jumped into the air and fired a thundershock at it.

Arina watched as Kara's attack missed. "Dang it," she whispered quietly to herself. Kara felt angry as the Absol dodged her attack. This caused more sparks to leap out of her cheeks. What annoyed her even more was how this Absol was acting. It seemed like it was making fun of her!
Kara blinked and took a step back as she got it by the leer attack. It had lowered her defense.
"Come on Kara! Don't give up!" Arina shouted out. She saw the Absol leap forward. Her mind raced as to what she should do. Finally, out of panic, she yelled, "Kara, use thundershock on it!" Kara nodded. She concentrated on making the attack for a second then fired the thundershock at the oncoming scratch attack. Arina would only hope that the attack would stop the Absol. Mark was watching the battle from his place being held by Arina. He was silently cheering for his team mate.