Light Boy Arc Part 1

This is the story of Light Boy as he travels across Botan to become the champion of the region. It begins with him leaving his home in ChymeThyme City. His story is long and rich in detail. This article covers the first part, which covers up to his first Gym Battle.

**Chapter 1, The Road to Juniport CIty:**

Light Boy departs from his hometown of ChymeThyme City. He bids goodbye to his mother, father, and cousin, Bugs. He knows he will see them soon as he must return to get his second badge, but only after he obtains his first. He follows the river south. WIth him is Tibo the Triblo, his best friend, Wecko, and Grrackles, the family pet that Light Boy's mother insisted he take.

In the woods he runs across a wild Barbol. LB has been training his whole life for this. Unfortunately, he has only trained in fighting, never catching Mons. He weakens the Barbol with the help of Tibo's electricity, but it flaps off before he successfully captures it. He follows the Barbol across the river, and the woods quickly change into a thick bamboo forest. LB has been through here enough to know about the inhabitants of this bamboo forest, a tribe of Punkey. They are not fond of invading Mon and make to attack the Barbol. LB uses all three of his Mon to try and defend Barbol, but the Punkey weave and dodge with agility. Just as the Punkey begin to overwhelm LB, they disperse. Punchy arrives through the grass with a Punkey of his own hanging from his shoulder.

LB is happy for his brother's help, but frustrated that he needed help in the first place. Punchy offers to drive them into town so that the Barbol can be healed. They speed off in Punchy's red convertible electric car down the serpentine main road that weaves down the cliffside on which Juniport City is built. LB notices all the people, young and old, who smile and stop to wave at them as Punchy races past.

They heal Barbol at a Mon-Stop and decide to spend the afternoon on the beach. Punchy wants to chat with LB about his journey, but is often interrupted by admirers. At one point he even saves someone washed out to sea with the help of Hereisha. LB vows to start branding himself to have a strong fanbase before he becomes Champion.

The sun begins to set and they decide to leave the car and take the vertical tram up the cliff to the gym. Punchy asks when LB caught Barbol. He realizes that he actually never did, they just met that morning. At the top, LB offers to let Barbol go, but it decides to stay and joins LB's team. LB tells Punchy that he's officially a trainer and wants to challenge him to battle. Punchy is surprised and doesn't think that his little brother is ready. But he sees LB's determination and agrees to face-off the next day.

**Chapter 2, Fighting Fighting with Lightning:**

Punchy starts with Mascarena and LB chooses Grrackles. Punchy chastises him for using their family pet in a fight. This angers LB and he fights with more intensity. He notices that Punchy seems to be holding back, which angers him more. He goads Punchy to fight for real and not go easy on him. Their Mons are evenly matched, both being extremely fast. Both sides launch a dark pulse, which ricochet back and knock both Mons out.

Punchy next chooses Caraclaw and LB chooses Wecko. Punchy shakes his head. He commands Caraclaw deftly and easily defeats Wecko, even with the type disadvantage.

LB brings forth Tibo. Tibo is able to move quickly enough to avoid the rocks that Caraclaw hurls and scratches some into dust with his powerful claws. Tibo then lands a spark attack on Caraclaw. All the dust in the area rushes to Caraclaw due to the static electricity built up in its fur. LB takes the moment to strike and knocks his foe out with Tibo's shadow punch.

LB calls Tibo back and brings out Barbol to face Punchy's primary mon, Kyecto. Kyecto has been Punchy's partner for a long time. LB knows how formidable it is, but also knows that it isn't very fast in short bursts. He has Barbol flap around in the rafters to confuse it. Kyecto throws some attacks that are easily avoided and when it is not looking Barbol fires a leech seed which makes a direct hit. Kyecto's health slowly begins to drain. With force not working, Punchy shifts tactics and uses confuse ray. Kyecto emits a field of menacing light that hits Barbol and confuses it, making it fall to the floor. Kyecto then uses hex to easily defeat the weak and inexperienced Barbol. More health drains from Kyecto's ectoplasmic body.

LB brings back Tibo. They try a physical attack but it only goes through Kyecto. Kyecto launches into a gyro ball, spinning from its legs with its arms outstretched like a lethal top. It grounds Tibo's electric attach and packs a wollop on him. Kyecto is getting weaker but it seems like one more hit will take care of Tibo. He winds up for another gyro ball and Tibo charges up for a shadow punch. Punchy is surprised as he cant land a punch on Kyecto's gyro ball, and even if he could it would just go right through the ghost's ectoplasm. Kyecto spins forward and Tibo feints, instead attacking from directly ooverhead, landing inside Kyecto's body. Punchy is stunned. Tibo fires up a powerful discharge, which causes Kyecto to completely explode in a splash of goo. Light Boy wins.

Punchy congratulates LB and gives him the Balance Badge. LB is hesitant, as he knows his brother went easy on him, but Punchy insists that he never uses his full power on trainers battling for their first badge. He warns LB that, though Wecko and Grrackles are great, he should focus on forming a team entirely of his own otherwise he won't be able to battle to his full potential. LB agrees and thanks Punchy for helping him to realize that. Punchy hurries him on, saying that with pep in his step they will make it to Marjorumba town by sunset. The brothers bid farewell for now.

To be continued at Light Boy Arc Part 2

**Things to Note:**

* Kyecto doesn't die. He is able to reform but it does take some time.