Encounters in the Camingo Region
"Aw crap," Cal said as they approached the entrance to Kumo Forest. "Oh, that's right, I forgot Kumo forest was here. Sorry, guys," Azami said.
The group entered the forest to find numerous Pokemon filling up the forest. "Wow! So many Pokemon!" Kyō exclaimed. "I have to catch one!" Cal added. Kyō and Cal charged off leaving Azami just standing there. "Meet up at the end of the forest in one hour!" She yelled to them.
Azami looked around at the crowd of wild Pokemon staring her down. "Come on out Cubone!" Azami called as she tossed her Pokeball into the air, "We're going to get some training done, okay Cubone?" Cubone nodded.
After about 10 minutes, the two of them had defeated numerous loads of wild Caterpie, Weedle, Metapod, and Nidoran. Suddenly, a horde of Mankey came charging in. Azami noticed that one of the Mankey was a light shade of green rather than the grayish colour that Mankey typically have. The green Mankey motioned to the others as if ordering them to commence their attack on Azami and Cubone.
"That one must be the leader of the pack, maybe it'll put up a good fight," she said. Cubone took down all the other Mankey with just one Bone Club each. The green Mankey grabbed Cubone's bone as Cubone used Bone Club, then used Low Kick to knock Cubone off its feet. "Just as I thought," Azami mumbled to herself. "Cubone, use Headbutt!" Cubone darted forward and launched itself at the Mankey, although it shifted to the side. "Bone Club!" Azami called out and Cubone swung its club mid-air to land a direct hit on Mankey. Mankey was launched threw the air by the Bone Club and collided with a tree, causing it to fall unconcious.
"Let's go, Pokeball!" Azami joyfully shouted as she tossed a Pokeball at the unconcious Pokemon. Mankey went inside the ball and it shook vigorously. After a few seconds, the Pokeball stopped moving and made the signature "click" to signify that the Pokemon was caught.
Meanwhile, Cal was racing through the forest and saw multiple Pokemon, but the same thought kept reoccuring. No, that one isn't strong enough. Although, he stopped when he noticed something a little peculiar. Cal saw a tiny bug electrocuting multiple Pokemon around it.
Joltik, eh? It may be tiny, but that thing packs a punch! he thought. "You're mine, Joltik!" Cal grabbed a Pokeball off his belt and tossed it into the air, "Let's go, Torchic! Use Peck!" he called. Torchic charged toward the Joltik, but the tiny bug jumped onto Torchic's head and used Fury Cutter. "Shake it off, Torchic! Then use Peck!" Cal called out nervously.
Torchic shook off Joltik and hit it mid-air with Peck, but Joltik managed to recover and land on its feet. "All right, one more Peck!" As Torchic readied itself for another Peck, it sneezed and many tiny flames flew through the air and hit Joltik. "Aw sweet, a new move!" Cal exclaimed, "Torchic, use Ember!" Torchic sent more little flames towards Joltik, knocking it out. "Go, Pokeball" Cal exclaimed as he pitched the ball at the mini Pokemon. Joltik went inside the Pokeball, but didn't put up a long fight before the capture was complete.
"I did it!" He celebrated, "I caught a new Pokemon! I bet Kyō hasn't even caught one yet." Cal began walking on a nearby path, where he saw Kyō waiting silently. "Yo, Kyō! I just caught myself a new Pokemon! How about you?" Kyō shook his head, "No, but my Bulbasaur learned Vine Whip and was able to knock out tons of wild Pokemon" he responded.
"Vine Whip huh? That's a pretty strong move." Azami added as she walked up to the two of them. "We are almost out of this forest, it should only be about a 15 minute walk from here." she included. Cal hung his head, "Another 15 minutes? Man, this forest takes forever to get out of." he complained. Azami put her hand on his head, "Don't worry, Hakobu Town is just five minutes away from the edge of this forest. We can rest in the Pokemon Center as soon as we get there."
"Fine. Oh by the way, I want to battle you tomorrow morning Azami." Cal said sternly. "Oh, sure. By the way, have you caught another Pokemon?" she asked. Cal grinned and said "Of course! Why?" Azami held up two Pokeballs, "Because, I want to try having a double battle instead. Is that okay with you?" She answered. Cal nodded and grabbed the two Pokeballs off of his belt. "How about we have the battle right now? My Pokemon aren't that weakened. A few potions should put them in fighting shape." he proposed. "Sure," Azami took the two Pokeballs off of her belt and tossed them up, "Let's go, Cubone and Mankey!"
After Cal spent some time healing his Pokemon, he took a look at Azami's Mankey. "What's with that Mankey? Is it sick or something? It's all green." he asked. "I'm not too sure really..." she replied. Kyō stepped forward, "Actually, I saw a TV program on this, where some Pokemon are naturally born with different pigmentation. Although it's supposed to be a very rare occurence." he said. "Wow, that's not fair." Cal pouted, which caused Azami to let out a laugh.
"All right! I am done healing up. Let's get this battle on! Go, Torchic and Joltik!" Cal called out. Azami smiled and said "I hope you realize that my Cubone has a type advantage against both of your Pokemon with it being a Ground-type." Cal grinned and said "Don't count me out! I'll show you what my Pokemon can do!" he retorted. "Torchic, use Peck on Mankey! Joltik, use String Shot on Cubone!" Cal ordered.
"Cubone, spin your bone to block it! Mankey, side-step and use Low-Kick!" Azami ordered in retaliation. Cubone spun it's bone and reduce the String Shot to nothing, while Mankey used Low-Kick to sweep Torchic off its feet. Cal clenched his teeth, "All right! Torchic use Ember on Mankey, while you use String Shot on Mankey, Joltik!" Torchic sneezed out its flames towards Mankey, while Joltik fired its string. "Mankey, charge down the middle and use Fury Swipes on Joltik! Cubone, use Bone Club on Torchic!" Azami nervously called out.
Mankey ran in between the Ember flames and String Shot, but the crackles of the flames burned Mankey's arm, causing it to flinch and get caught in the String Shot. Cubone charged at Torchic, and before Cal could tell it to dodge, Cubone had already struck Torchic with Bone Club. "C'mon, Torchic! You've got to get up! Joltik, use Fury Cutter on Mankey!" Cal called. Why is that Cubone so fast? he thought, Surely that skull and bone should slow it down! "Mankey, work on getting out of that string! Cubone, use Bone Club on Joltik while protecting Mankey!" Azami shouted.
"Torchic, use Ember on Cubone!" Cubone charged in front of Mankey and prepared to use Bone Club, but was hit by Ember. As Cubone was hit, Joltik had snuck up behind Mankey. "Now! Joltik, use Fury Cutter!" Joltik attacked Mankey, knocking it out. "Not bad, but your Torchic can't take another hit, and your Joltik is nowhere near strong enough to defeat my Cubone!" Azami taunted. "I told you, don't count me out!" he retorted, although he looked completely nervous.
"Torchic, use Peck! Joltik, use String Shot!" Cal called out. "Cubone, use your bone to throw Torchic back!" Azami called out in a very confident voice. Cubone launched Torchic back and Torchic was tied up by Joltik's String Shot. "Cubone, use Bone Club to knock Torchic into Joltik!" Cubone batted Torchic into the air. "Joltik, Torchic, return!" Cal recalled his Pokemon back to their Pokeballs. "Fine...you win, again." Cal muttered. "Cal, you keep losing focus and getting nervous during your battles." Azami told to Cal, "If you can't keep your focus, You won't be able to beat anyone." When Kyō heard that, he walked up to Cal and placed his hand on his friend's shoulder.
"She's right you know. I've seen plenty of professional battles, and if either person gets discourage in a match, they usually end up losing." he said. Cal looked at Kyō and got an idea. "Kyō, tomorrow let's gave a battle. My Torchic versus your Bulbasaur. How about it?" Cal asked. Kyō knew that Cal just wanted to prove him wrong, "You're on. First thing tomorrow morning." Kyō replied. They both nodded and ran to catch up to Azami who decided to walk onwards towards Hakobu Town.
Azami and Cal are both strong battlers, but clearly neither of them know nearly as much as I do. That's all thanks to him. Kyō thought to himself. "So Kyō, do you really think your Grass-type Bulbasaur is going to be able to beat my Fire-type Torchic?" Cal asked tauntingly. "Of course," Kyō replied, "Type effectiveness is not the only thing that decides a battle. It takes heart and courage." At that moment, the group reached a sign on the side of the road that said 'Welcome to Hakobu Town'.