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"But.. but... how?" Keith said stunned. Melanie continued walking towards Cherrygrove City with a smirk on her face. "Seriously. How?" Keith continued to pester. "You should really should have payed attention in class." She started. "So you would have known you have to weaken a Pokémon in Battle." she said tossing a Pokéball up and down in her right hand. Keith looked ashamed as they headed into the city. "Wow this is a pretty small place to be called a 'city'." Keith scoffed. "Well it's still bigger then New Bark Town." Melanie added. "I guess." Keith answered with displeasure. "We should probably head to the Pokémon centre to get my new Sentret healed." Melanie slyly said. Keith just put his head down in shame as the two headed towards the city's Pokémon Centre. Once they got there, they saw a crowd of people huddled around in a circle near the entrance. "Whats going on?" Keith asked one of the on lookers. "Two trainers from Hoenn are battling!" He exclaimed. "Hoenn?!" Keith and Melanie said turning to each other in unison.
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What the Hoenn?!
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Looking through the crowd Keith saw two trainers, apparently from the Hoenn region, battling. The first, was tall and slim, wearing a black sweaters, light blue pants, red shoes and a sky blue beret. The other trainer was slightly bigger with long dirty blonde hair, wearing a navy blue trench coat with a white shirt under it, with black jeans and grey shoes. Melanie and Keith then prompted to use their SlyPhones to examine the Pokemon used by the foreign trainers. Melanie pointed her device at the strange beast of steel. A female computerized voice then spoke. "Lairon – The Iron Armor Pokémon and the evolved form of Aron. Native to the Hoenn region, Lairon are known to show off their strength when they bash into rocks, the sparks that are released seemingly show their strength. When two Lairon meet each other they will fight for territory by also bashing into each other." Keith then examined the beret wearing trainer's smoking turtle. "Torkoal – The Coal Pokémon and native to the Hoenn region. Torkoal are usually calm if left undisturbed. If angered, they belch black smoke from the burning coal inside their shells and flee." "Hmm, looks like the guy in the beret has the advantage." Keith declared. "Why is that Mr. Battle Expert?" Melanie asked slyly. "Well, Torkoal being a fire type naturally has the advantage over a steel type which is weak against fire moves." Keith told her. "Hmm, you're not as dumb as I thought." Melanie chuckled. "But lets see how it turns out." she quickly added.
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"This one is over Baxster!" Exclaimed the boy in the blue beret. "Oh really Spade?" Replied Baxster. "Yeah really!" announced Spade. "Torkoal! Use Flamethrower!" commanded Spade. "Lairon! Use Double Team!" he called in response. Torkoal erupted flames fiercely out of it's mouth as Lairon made copies of itself and surrounded Torkoal to counter. "Ha! Torkoal burn em' all up!" Spade laughed as Torkoal did as comanded, and started scorching the illusions. "Lairon! Use Iron Head!" The crowd gasped as Lairon rammed itself head-first into Torkoal – who was still emitting flames from it's mouth. "That's a pretty bold strategy, using a Steel type move with a Steel type Pokémon against a Fire type." Spade summarized. "Torkoal, shake it off!" he commanded. "To bad for you Steel types are weak to Fire, so your attack barely scratched Torkoal!" Spade explained. "Torkoal! Use Body Slam!" He called to his Pokemon, though Torkoal didn't move. "Looks like Iron Head made Torkoal flinch, eh Spade?" Baxster boasted. "Lairon! Hit em' again with Iron Head!" Lairon, who took a fair amount of damage from the head on flamethrower, did as commanded, causing Tokoal to take a critical hit to the head. "You got lucky!" Spade growled. "Torkoal! ROCKSMASH!!" he yelled. "The crowd went into a shock. "There's no way Lairon will be able to stand from a Rocksmash from such a close range!" Spade said with a sly grin. Right before Torkoal smashed Lairon (potentially in two), Baxster called out a last minute rebuttal. "ENDURE IT LAIRON!" "WHAT?!" Screamed Spade. Once the smoked cleared from the impact, there stood battered Lairon. "He may have endured that Rocksmash but just about anything will take out Lairon now." Spade said to himself. "Torkoal! Use Body Slam!!" Torkoal jumped towards Lairon. Baxster then called out a final attack for Lairon. "Use Earthquake!" he commanded, Torkoal's attack missed as it came in reach of Lairon. Earthquake caused the ground to crumble around Torkoal, ultimately causing it to faint from the damage. The crowd then applauded both trainers efforts.
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"That was an amazing battle!" Exclaimed Keith. "Yeah, but lets get inside the Pokémon Centre before it's too crowded." Melanie told Keith. As they walked inside they headed towards the counter. "Hi, My name is Nurse Joy. May I see your Trainer Cards before we start?" she asked. Keith and Melanie looked at eachother dumbfounded. "Uhh, we don't have Trainer Cards..." Keith said while looking worried. "Oh, not physical cards, I mean a Pokedex, or another item with Id on it." Keith and Melanie then handed over their Slyphones. "Everything looks in order." She said giving back the Slyphones. "May I take your Pokemon?"
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Keith and Melanie then found a table in the cafeteria of the Pokémon Centre to pass the time while they're Pokémon were being healed. They noticed the two trainers from the battle earlier and decided to say 'hello'. "Hey, that was a great battle." Keith said as he motioned towards the two trainers. "Yeah, thanks." Said Baxster. "Yeah, interesting strategy though." Cut in Melanie. "What do you mean?" Asked Spade. "Well, Usually a Fire type has the advantage over a Steel type. Yet Lairon seemed unphazed by Torkoals Flamethrower." she explained. "Take a seat." Spade said invitingly. "See normally you would be right, but Lairon is a Steel/Rock type. Making Fire normally effective, although the typing causing Lairon to be extremely weak to Grass types." Baxster explained. "Oh, now it makes sense." Keith replied. "Hey, I'm A.J by the way." said Baxster while motioning to the two young trainers. "And I'm Jacque." said Spade. Keith and Melanie then introduced themselves to the two foreign trainers as they waited for their Pokémon to finishing healing. "So you just started your journeys eh? Catch any Pokémon?" Asked A.J. "Well.." Keith started. "You see," Interrupted Melanie "Keith and I saw a Sentret in a bush on our way here, Keith thought he could catch it by just throwing a Pokéball, which the Sentret tossed back at him with it's tail, so I battled it with my Chicarita, and caught it!" She finish with I giant smile on her face, much to the dismay of Keith. The two trainers from Hoenn started chuckling. "Don't worry Keith, it happens" Said A.J. "Just next time, be prepared!" Cut in Jacque. "Yeah, yeah." Said Keith in a dishearted tone. "So are you going to challenge Falkner?" Asked Jacque. "Huh?" replied Keith. "The Violet City Gym Leader!" A.J quickly said. "For the Pokémon League?" Asked Melanie. "Yeah, actually if you guys want, you can register for it, just talk to Nurse Joy when your Pokémon are healed."
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"All signed up Keith." Announced Nurse Joy in a sweetly voice. "So now I can challenge Gym Leaders?" Asked Keith. "Sure can, if you can defeat the Eight Gym Leaders of Johto, and have the Badges to prove it, you can enter the Johto Silver Conference." explained Nurse Joy. "Looks like we're off to Violet City then." Said A.J. "Yeah well, you're going to have to catch atleast Two more Pokémon if you even want to challenge any Gym Leader." said Melanie in an cocky tone. "How come?" asked Keith. "Are you serious?" asked a familiar voice. "Wha? Ethan? I thought you would be in Violet City by now." questioned Melanie. "Yeah, well. I needed to rest my party." Ethan said while holding out 3 tiny Pokéballs. "Whoa, you already caught two Pokémon?!" asked Keith. "That's right, you know that all Gym battles must be fought with 3 Pokémon each, right?" explained Ethan. "....well umm... I do now actually." wispered Keith. "Oh wow, and you really expect to challenge Falkner, let alone defeat him? You really need to catch up." Ethan said in a smug tone. "Anyways, my first Gym Badge is waiting for me. Later" Ethan called out as he walked out of the centre. Keith just sighed as he stared at Cyndaquil's Pokéball. "Don't worry, you'll catch some on the way, it's quite a walk to Violet City from here." Jacque told him in a cheerful tone. "I guess you're right" said Keith. As the Four trainers walked out of the Pokémon centre, Keith couldn't help but feel the weakest out of the three. "Even Melanie has more Pokémon then me." He thought. "How am I ever going to be a top trainer if I can't even catch a Pokémon?" As they headed to the city limits a boy wearing a red t-shirt and blue shorts walked over to the four. "Hey, are any of you Pokémon Trainers?" He asked. "I am!" Said Keith quickly. "Are you up for a Pokémon Battle?" The boy asked. "Sure!" replied Keith instantaneously.
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"My name is Chuck! So this will be a One-on-One Pokémon Battle, Okay?" Chuck announced. "Fine by me!" replied Keith "Not like I have much choice." he thought. "Keith are you sure you're ready for this?" Asked Melanie with concern. "Yeah, yeah I got it!" Replied Keith, Shooing her away. "Hmph, fine." pouted Melanie. "Alright I'll start things out! Come on out Sunkern!" Chuck said as he threw a Pokeball into the air, and his Pokemon materialized. Keith quickly pulled out his Slyphone and used the Dex App. "Sunkern – The Seed Pokémon. Native to the Johto region. Sunkern try to minimize movement to conserve the nutrients they have stored in their bodies for evolution. They will not eat, subsisting only on morning dew. It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves." "Hmm, a Grass type, that means Cyndaquil can't lose!" Keith thought to himself. "Alright Cyndaquil, let's go!" Keith said as he threw Cyndaquil's Pokeball into the air, allowing Cyndaquil to materialize. "Oh, a Fire type. This should be fun!" scoffed Chuck. "Sunkern, Use Bullet Seed!" Keith quickly used the Dex app on his Slyphone to see his Cyndaquil's current move pool. "Cyndaquil, Smokescreen!" Keith commanded. Cyndaquil quicking exhaled thick cloud of smoke as Sunkern's Bullet Seed seemingly went randomly throughout the cloud. "Hmm that was quick thinking." Remarked A.J. "Alright, Use Tackle!" Keith then told to Cyndaquil. Cyndaquil suddenly sprang from the cloud unscratched and collided full on with Sunkern. "Ouch. Sunkern, use Ingrain!" Commanded Chuck. Sunkern proceeded to cause roots from the ground to latch onto it, restoring some of it's heath. "Alright, use Leer Cyndaquil!" Called out Keith. Cyndaquil then stared to stare down Sunkern, lowering it's defenses. "Ha! Sunkern, use Megadrain!" quickly commanded Chuck. Sunkern then drained a very little amount of Cyndaquil's health, the Ingrain caused Sunkern to restore alittle more heath aswell. "Cyndaquil, Tackle it again!" Shouted Keith. Jacque nodded as Cyndaquil then Tackled Sunkern directly in the face. Sunkern became very shaken up. "Use Bullet Seed!" called out Chuck. Cyndaquil then received a up close and too personal Bullet Seed, as Ingrain restored a little bit of Sunkern's health. "But Ingrain's health bump isn't enough to save it from one more Tackle!" Keith though as he commanded Cyndaquil to finish the Battle.
"So we're off to Violet City now, thanks for everything you two." Said Keith as he waved his two new friends goodbye. "Actually, A.J said before Jacque cut it. "We thought we would travel around with you two." "Why?" Asked Melane. They shruged as they all started walking down Route 30. "Uhh... This is going to be along trip" Melane said to herself.
As our trainers embark to Violet City, they are joined by two new friends. What is waiting on the road ahead, and what of the Violet City Gym Leader? The only way to find out is in the next chapter: Falkner; Sky's the Limit.