[ ...Flora, honey, dear, who put that idea of a war into your head and-- what is this burning smell? oh jfc, what is this abomination sitting on the table. Layton will just get his cup of tea and sit down, not even daring to touch that "breakfast". His Ninetales sits beside him and looks at it with the biggest (bah) face that a fox can ever have. Oh god, Layton should really try to speak to Flora about attending the cooking classes at his school. ]

From my understanding, battles are a type of sport here. Most, but certainly not all, Pokemon seem to enjoy competition and to fight with others.