The Hidden Truth
Chapter 4
Hey everyone, I certainly hope that Chapter 3 was a good read for you all. I do not have much to say, besides that this is going to be a super long chapter! (For my standards.) Get those digital bookmarks ready!
AN: I want to thank Crimson Darkrai for his review, I appreciate your words and want you to know that I'm listening. Thank you so much! (I've written this here because I couldn't reply to your review, since you're a guest.)
Disclaimer: Pokemon is owned by the amazing people who work at GameFreak and Nintendo, I just happen to own my characters.
Recap: Kentral and Kayla meet another trainer named Shade, who has a Vulpix named Rou that is much different than his kind. The two of them finally reach Viridian City, where Kentral finds out about the gym challenge, and decides to take part in it. Taking some time to train, Kentral heads out to Route 22. So now the next part begins…
Route 22
"Keep using Quick Attack! We've gotta master these moves!" I shouted.
Kayla rammed back to back into the trees that we trained by, going light speed. Her speed was definitely getting a lot faster, and the force she gave was starting to show into the bark of the trees. We would have to go to different trees every now and then before they broke.
We've been training for a few hours, taking frequent breaks in between. While her Quick Attack got faster, her Tackle getting stronger by each strike, I knew I felt something not right. Even through testing the intimidation of her Growl attack, I eventually came to the realization.
"I don't think we're in sync." I told the vee.
I crossed my arms, sinking my shoulders as Kayla walked over to me, exhausted from the training session with a few minor bruises across her usually clean coat.
"Why do you see it that way?" Kayla asked with the most curiosity.
"Think about it like this...a lot of great, well known trainers have bonded with and known their pokemon very well. Just about everything about them. We've only known each other for a few days...and that makes me really doubt myself and our bond." I answered the eevee, sitting down on the dirt ground below.
I cared deeply for Kayla, she was ones of the few friends I've made in my life, and she even wanted to travel by my side as my pokemon partner. Honestly, that made her feel special to me, not to mention she just has an amazing personality and makes a great friend. I would never send her into a battle if I didn't feel like I wasn't at my best...because it's not fair to her.
Sighing, I laid down on my back. I wasn't able to figure out the reason why I truly felt this way until Kayla finally said something.
"Kentral, do you feel like...you're not good enough to have me as a pokemon?" Kayla asked, for some reason...I felt like she just hit a nail on the head.
"Well...What makes you say that?" I asked sitting up and facing her, a lot of thoughts seemed to be roaming about inside of my head.
"Eventually I could make a guess about the person you were. Quiet and keeping to himself, but also I could tell you have a large sense to earn everything you receive…" Kayla said, laying down next to me. I couldn't explain it, but I knew exactly where she was getting at.
"Basically, I saved you before. You still at this point feel like you've haven't done anything to redeem yourself or thank me enough...It's just a guess. But maybe that's why you worry so much, and you seem so surprised that we won our first battle." Kayla put simply, leaving me unable to even come up with a remark.
She was right, about absolutely everything. I couldn't help the fact I really felt that way, and as young as she acted and actually was, she was highly observant of me, and I guess that's how much pokemon feel about their trainers.
Unable to come up with a rebuttal, I simply nodded my head with a sigh. "Look Kayla, I don't know. It's a lot of new things going on for me as a new trainer...but yeah, you're right. And for a great pokemon like you...I feel like I'll never have another choice in that thought…" I said, unease following behind my voice.
Strangely, Kayla had a smile on her face. She was opening her mouth to say something…
BOOM!
The two of us fell on our backs as we heard and felt a bizarre explosion. Looking to where the sound came from, it was coming from Viridian City, smoke fumed from multiple locations.
"What the heck happened?!" I exclaimed, hopping up to my feet as soon as I felt my sense of gravity again, Kayla doing the same hopping onto her four little paws. Without much need for the exchange of words, the two of us set off running back to Viridian.
Viridian City
Kayla and I were just entering the city, Kayla was especially ahead of me being blessed with her speed. What we saw however, made the two of us give the same shocked, horrified expressions. The city, the part where we were at the time anyway, was going through complete pandemonium. A lot of people and pokemon alike where scattering around, I could see buildings, stores, and even a bank with immense holes of the sides. Kayla's ears flattened against her head as we watched the insanity.
Putting two and two together, I quickly realized that these buildings were definitely the source of the explosions we heard, in fact, those were the general places I saw people running from. No one seemed to be truly injured, thankfully. A couple of other people were there to see what was happening, and who was making it happen.
Then, I saw someone, in a strange orange outfit, leave out the backway of one of the stores. He carried two large sacks, the contents unknown. Following the man from behind, was a mankey, also carrying a sack. Was I the only person who saw this...and wait...orange clothes? I also saw what looked like a blue letter X across his shirt, which the complement color clearly contrasted.
I already had an idea what he was possibly affiliated with, but the clothes...they were so familiar. He was obviously with Team X...if I remember the name right. But...something else, the clothes were the main thing sticking through my mind…Sadly, there wasn't much time to think, and not a policeman in sight…
"Kayla, I just saw a thug from that gang we ran into before." I said, growling with rage.
The eevee's ears perked up when she head what I said. "Are you serious? Where did you see him run to?" She asked and I pointed the way, by the looks of it, he ran off into a tattered old warehouse not far from the destroyed buildings. Why was I finding it so obvious?
Without much thought, and rage unexplainably building up inside of me. I started running towards the building, Kayla followed behind me, which actually made me stop.
"Kayla, I don't know about you coming. It could be dangerous." I told her, showing my concern for her safety more than I did my own.
"Well, if it's too dangerous for me, then it is for you too. Come on! Aren't we together on this? You have to trust me as your partner like I trust you." Kayla said with seriousness behind her voice, which was a rare thing…
I couldn't help but start to feel guilty at this point, the least I could do was let her help me out. Like before, she was completely right. "Alright, whatever bad thoughts I have...I'll push them to the back of my head. We're partners...working better together than apart." I said, a small smile started to form on my face.
"That's more like it!" Kayla encouraged, rubbing against my leg with a gentle nudge. Thankful for having her around in these kind of situation, we went to the abandoned warehouse, hoping to find some answers…
The two of us started to sneak quietly around the building, careful to not make ourselves known. Not yet. The hollow alleyway where we currently were was empty, so I knew they would be inside. The faint sound of voices started to reach my ears while Kayla's ears twitched, I knew she heard it too. Were the walls really that thin? These guys were slower than I thought, what luck for us.
Unfortunately, I could only hear them talk, and not what they were exactly saying. "Hey, Kayla, can you hear them well?" I asked the fox, who nodded for her answer.
"Hold on…" She placed her ear cupped against the wall. There was a window right above us, so I jumped up and grabbed the railing that was just under it and peeked to where the top of my head only showed. Four guys, talking about something, all wearing the same outfit. It actually made me sort of afraid...of how big this gang might really be.
"We have a lot of loot guys!" Kayla whispered for some strange reason, or at least I found it strange until I figured out that she was actually mimicking them. I continued to listen.
"So now...how are we going to get out of the city?"
"What!? You mean you didn't think of that before we got here! She said to make sure we had everything underway before we came here!? Fuck you dude!" At this point, the others guys began to punch the other in the face, one at a time in fact. A mankey watched in horror, seeing someone who was possibly his partner, beat up because of a mistake.
Nonetheless, I had no real sympathy. After that, Kayla mimicked even more information, and my arms were beginning to feel slightly numb. "Well...at least we gassed the cops, they won't be up for hours...and nobody even enters this place anyway...so we have the opportunity to get away unopposed…"
"That's what they think." I whispered to the eevee, dropping down from my spying, wriggling my arms around to make sure they weren't numb anymore.
"We're going in?" Kayla asked, looking my way for my approval. "You got that right. There's four of them, actually I think one's down for the count...we gotta be careful. Not the smartest bunch of thugs, but who knows what they have in store for unwanted guest…" I warned. I tried to put that age old feeling of doubt to the back of my head as we soon enough found an entrance to the inside.
The warehouse was pretty dark, the only light source I had to guide my way were the windows littered throughout the building walls that let the sunlight in...and that wasn't much. My partner, Kayla, being a pokemon would of course had better instincts to figure out which way to go. I could hear voices, getting more clear with each advancing step. They were just finishing a conversation as we neared, making it quiet. Now in the hallway leading up to another room, I bent down to meet her eye level and whispered to her.
"Most of their pokemon aren't out, so if we get rid of the people first...we may prevent huge issues later-" I told her before someone with a somewhat exhausted voice cut me off with "Mankey, use Karate Chop on him!"
Before I could even react to the sudden intervention, Kayla acted on pure instinct and pushed me out of the way with a Quick Attack, which sent the both of us flying into the next room, where three Team X thugs stood there, as if waiting. Out the hall, came a beaten man, blood trickling down steadily from the side of his mouth. He wiped his mouth off, showing a cocky smirk that had a tooth missing. Standing next to him was a mankey crossing his arms.
"Heheh...see guys? I knew someone had to follow me because I saw this punk looking my way. He wasn't slick." The guy spoke as the four of them began to advance on the two of us, stuck on our butts.
"I think our guest here could act as our hostage, in case we run into any trouble…" One of them spoke with an evil grin.
As if his words triggered something in her brain, Kayla suddenly burst out an all out Quick Attack on all five of our enemies, moving at such speeds where she literally was a caramel brown blur. This made the bad guys look like they were hit by the air, even the mankey took it hard.
Taking the opportunity, I jumped up to my feet and elbowed the nearest guy in his stomach, which by chance was indeed the one who was bleeding already. I took a strong kick at one of the other dude's ankle, which like I expected, near broke his leg and forced him to his knees. I used to watch a lot of people do that on videos and things like that.
Now, I had the chance to gain a little bit of distance. Kayla standing in front of me, growling and ready to protect. "That was awesome speed there, Kayla." I lightly congratulated the vee unable to keep a pink blush from showing under her fur.
"Thanks." She whispered.
With that, the goons started to send out their pokemon, and we were dealing with a variety. Now a mankey, spearow, rattata, a zubat, and four members of Team X. Alone we could handle, but with a team of eight, I started to figure out how we could get out of here, and how could I protect Kayla?
As my mind went into deep conflict, Kayla was quick to snap me out of it. "The only way we're getting out of here is if we work together. If I look to you for guidance...than that means you're protecting me in your own way." Kayla said, even though it seemed like a chant by this point, I never heard her say that last part...it was starting to make me feel differently, and made me smile. "Thanks, Kayla...I won't let you down…"
Seemingly along with those words I muttered, something started to glow from the side pocket in my bag, and I got a familiar feeling. When I grabbed what was shining, it seemed to be the Bond Orb. As I held it in my hand, I felt it's energy in my hand...and this time I felt something more...What was different this time?
Well...Kayla was next to me, my current best friend and partner...and a desperate situation. With the orb in my hand, I began to felt myself loosen up, and think a lot more clearly.
"Kayla...This is something crazy, but we're going to make a special move." I told her, she looked at me like I just turned into a nutcase.
"The hell, is this dude crazy? Talking to his pokemon like she understands him." The man who said that scoffed, of course, I was hoping they would be that ignorant. I knew there wasn't enough time to explain, however, knowing that they would try and knock us out when they've seen enough.
So without any true reason other than taking a chance, I held the orb closer to Kayla. When it was between us, the both of us started to glow with the orb...I couldn't explain it...but I think I knew what it felt like to literally be thinking on the same page as another person.
"The hell!? Why are they glowing like that…?" One of the men muttered.
"That's it! Everybody send your pokemon to attack!"
Like a chorus who battled at the battle frontier, all four of them synchronized an attack, unleashing all four of their pokemon at once. Without so much as a warning, I picked up Kayla, spinning her for about once or twice, she unleashed Quick Attack during this time, and it somehow was making me spin faster and faster until I flung her toward our opponents who were just about to attack.
"Go for it!" I said when I flung her, with the command I gave, Kayla quickly appeared in four places at once...but this wasn't Double Team. Kayla's Quick Attack, as corny as it is to say, got powered up thanks to the bond the two of us shared, and now...I was starting to see how the Bond Orb worked a little.
Easily, she was able to attack all four of the pokemon at once, letting me able to cheer out loud as the pokemon all fell to the ground, barely able to move.
As we were about to celebrate, we heard someone else.
"Ray! Use String Shot!" Said an unfamiliar voice, followed by a wave of strings going right pass Kayla and I. The next thing I saw were three of the Team X thugs, and their pokemon. They were entangled in the sticky webs of String Shot.
Turning around to see who gave the command, I stepped on one of the thugs. Trying to sneak up on me while the battle happened...despicable. Of course, that's exactly why I had Kayla used that move, we weren't fighting for honor either...just the skin on our backs.
The glow we had was gone now, and I felt like my usual self again...which was kind of a relief since I was so in the moment that I barely even knew how we came up with that. Make a note to the professor about it…
Now fully turning around, I saw a young man, slowly clapping with a caterpie by his side.
"That was awesome, dude." The man said, getting up to congratulate me. He didn't really seem too much older than I was, he must have been in his early twenties or so. He wore a consistent onslaught of shades of dark green in his attire, with a green leather jacket and wearing pants that were a light shade of emerald. He wore a red undershirt with dark red boots. His choice of style was certainly bizarre, but at the same time I found it amazing.
He held out his hand to greet me, and my right hand met his in a friendly shake. "Name's Blake, definitely one of the most unique battles I've seen with a trainer, an excellent combination move on your part." He said to me.
"Hey, what about me!?" Kayla whined, wanting some of the praise too. Of course, all he probably heard was a high pitched "Eevee!" Still, he bent down and petted her on the head, which she enjoyed being the friendly female that she was.
"You did great too." He said with a smile.
"Thanks for the help, I didn't even see the guy behind me...being so wrapped up in the battle." I told him, chuckling while rubbing the back of my head. "I'm Kentral, by the way. And this is Kayla." I gestured to the cute little vee.
"Well it is a pleasure to meet a good trainer. You should really stop by the gym after the city gets settled down, I would be happy to battle you!" He challenged, an eager raise of his fist. Ray, the caterpie I assume, tried to mimic Blake, despite having stubs for arms, which was adorable to see.
"What, now that I think about it...you do look like one of the people on the poster I saw! Wow! That would be awesome to battle you!" I shouted, Kayla echoing my enthusiasm with a ready bark.
"That's great to hear, by bug type pokemon have been itching for a good battle for a while. Come at the gym about two in the afternoon, sound fair to you?" Blake asked me, I nodded an agreement before the two of us exchanged another handshake.
With a short goodbye, Blake and Ray took the pleasure of hauling the thugs and their pokemon away, leaving Kayla and I alone in the warehouse.
"That sure was something huh? I felt really weird in that state, and it felt like the both of us knew our next move. It felt amazing. I wonder if we could do it again." Kayla said to me as I looked at the orb.
"Doubt it...it's like our prime instincts were unlocked the minute we really needed it, I don't think I can even remember how I came up with the stunt that was the move we did…still. It was fun, especially working together with you." The smile I had on my face grew even wider, as did hers.
"Same thoughts here, Ken" She followed. I only just realized that she started calling me Ken recently. I didn't have a problem with it at all. "We were awesome today, and of course I have to thank you…" Before I could say anything, she cut me off and continued.
"You may think that you still owe me or whatever for that day, truth is I already know that you paid me back enough. Your constant friendship, the work you put in just to train me and spend time with me. Honestly, I really did want a friend before I found you, and that day when I was about to just gave up...I saw that you were in trouble. And...from there I really didn't want to see you leave, especially with it being so easy to talk to you...so I stalked you on the way back to Pallet, and know I feel like I have a true friend…" Kayla began to quiet down, the cute smile that stayed on her face somehow got even bigger and she jumped into my arms giving me a hug. "...and that's enough for me."
I caught her just in time, still a bit in thought about what she just told me. I didn't want to think of it, since I knew what the answers to my questions were now. Returning the hug to her, I said to her ear "Thanks, Kayla…"
"You're welcome." Kayla said, we sat there and hugged for a while. While it wasn't something that normal friends would do for this long, we didn't have any issue with it.
Later...
Everything in Viridian was finally settling down, repairs started to get working fast and I got the word that the crooks were in jail, I heard the pokemon were set free too. I didn't really know nor care whether I got any of the praise or not, it would be nice, but it wasn't my concern.
It was finally time now, two in the afternoon to be exact. Kayla and I stood in front of the gym side by side, both equally determined now since we felt like an unstoppable duo. Of course I would not do the attack we did in this battle, as it is for competition and honor...Kayla was my main general, and I was ordering for a huge strike on the gym. Time to make our mark.
I was tingling with excitement at first, but I became quickly determined and serious, knowing that the stakes were high. We walked up to the gym doors, but not yet stepping close enough to where the doors would sense our presence and open automatically.
"Alright, I heard that there was always a puzzle in these gyms. It's basically the gym leader's way of seeing one's wits before they face him." I informed my partner, who gave me a confident nod before we stepped inside.
The gym looked amazing inside! Wait, amazing wasn't really a good enough word for it, the first time being inside one was truly breathtaking. Like the outside, the inside really brought out the gym leader's love for nature and bug type pokemon.
It was like a literal jungle in here, there were long webs that hung from the ceiling, unexplainably looking super sturdy. Tree-like statues were on the opposite sides of the gym, and uptop, were battlefields where other bug type trainers were testing their might.
I looked straight ahead, an abyss blocked the way to the other side, a large staircase there, leading me to believe Blake was waiting at the top. Well, looking down, it wasn't exactly an abyss because a large spider web trampoline was at the bottom, very popular. I guessed that it was for people who fell down while trying to solve the gym's puzzle.
I looked towards the location of the webs, and then I looked around. I noticed there were switches on the walls, two to be exact, but it was a long way to get there...or a long swing.
"I got it!" I exclaimed, starting to see the situation at hand. Kayla looked up to me.
"You know how to get through?" The fox questioned.
"Mmhmm." I said with a nod. Bending down, I scooped up the eevee who gave a surprised yelp and placed her on my back. "Hang on the best you can."
With that, Kayla held her small arms around me as much as they allowed, and for good measure she dug her fangs into the collar of my green shirt, I just then happened to realize that I have to get some new clothes.
Without anything further to say, I ran forward towards the gaping hole and jumped toward the nearest web with all of my momentum, and held tight when I caught it. Like planned, I was swinging across the hole with this new spider vine! I could feel Kayla's tail wag seeing my strategy.
It seemed that I would have to catch another web in order to reach the switch, this really put my athletic skills to work. Like being in a circus, I was able to grab the next one, which headed towards the wall where the switch was. I places my weight towards the wall and grabbed the switch, proceeding to pull it. When I did, the ground below began to shake as one half of the missing floor raised to the living. At this point the trainers up top stopped what they were doing to watch me go at it.
With a powerful push off of the wall I was able to swing to a more farther off vine of web than I could have before. Of course, I eventually made it to the second switch and pulled, raising the second half of the floor to where I could finally land. With the road to the stairway now complete, Kayla cheered jumping off of my back.
"Nice thinking!" She congratulated.
"We're not done yet Kayla, now it's time for the real showdown." I told her, walking toward the staircase with a smile. The fox followed. Whether we won or lost, we were in this together, but still...I planned to win.
We met Blake, arms crossed with a grin across his face. "Kentral and Kayla, can't say I'm surprised you figured out my lame puzzle. Glad you could make it." Blake said, happy to see the both of us too.
"Thanks, glad to be here." I said simply.
"Well, we don't need to drag this out. I'm ready for a good fight." Ray smirked, pulling out a pokeball as he lead me to the battlefield.
When we reached our side, I sent Kayla out ahead. A little kid scurried down to the center of the field with his metapod on his back, seeming very excited to carry the flag he carried in his fist.
"Just to let you know, I only have Kayla with me." I called from across the field, Blake sent me a thumbs up to confirm my message.
"I'll be using my standard two, so keep your wits up." He called to me. "Go, Ray!" Blake threw out his familiar caterpie along with his call.
Kayla took a battle stance, she never seemed to take an opponent so lightly. I remained the same, still serious about winning, I know that bug type trainers are normally frowned upon by other trainers, weak to types like flying, fire and rock. Still...seeing the dedication here...I knew that this was a prelude to something else.
"Let the battle between Leader Drake and the other guy begin!" The kid yelled, being the referee as he swung the flag wildly like he was having the time of his life. I took a moment to think about what I mainly learned from the professor, seeing as Blake was calling an attack, I had no time to pull out the pokedex.
"String Shot! Let's go!" Blake yelled, the caterpie shooting a single shot of web toward Kayla that came quickly. Luckily, she saw it coming on her own and dodged, that wasn't a trick he could use on her so easily. I kept in mind her limited moveset.
"Use Quick Attack to circle it around!" I ordered. Doing as told, she started to circle around and around the worm, who continually attempted to catch her with his web, but he was just too slow. Eventually all that fast spinning would catch up to those not used to it.
"Oh no! Ray stop following her!" Blake yelled, but it was too late. The caterpillar starting to slow down, and get dizzy, shooting it's webs into the air, which landed on itself! Yay for us!
"Tackle! Finish him!" I yelled, then RAM! Ray skidded across the floor still tangled in his webs. He didn't stand a chance! He was down for the count!
We mentally cheered as Ray was returned into his pokeball. "Wasn't one of our best, old friend. I'll definitely make it up to you for such a mistake on my part." With that, he pulled out his next, and last pokeball.
"Alright Moss, let's give em a show!" With a strong underhanded toss, a butterfree was brought into the field like the entrance to a contest. It's wings were near transparent, which somehow made them even more beautiful, but his eyes, they bore into Kayla's...not knowing how they were in battle, I knew I had to keep up my guard. I would need more than Quick Attack and Tackle…
Just as the thought came to my head, my pokedex started to go off. When I picked it up, it said that Kayla had just learned the move Bite!
Keeping that into the back of my mind, I checked butterfree's info. "Butterfree, known as the Butterfly Pokemon. It's wings are covered in a toxic powder, and with very good accuracy, this pokemon could make a dangerous opponent."
"Be careful of it's wings!" I yelled to Kayla. Her left ear twitched, letting me know that she heard me loud and clear. She was really focused, this wasn't a powerful pokemon by any means but it had it's own defenses. If I could get one attack in, we'd be golden.
"Quick Attack, let's get to it!" I shouted to Kayla, who went into her insane speed charging toward Moss. Blake only smirked.
"Blow her away with Gust!" Blake called, the flying insect starting to flap its wings powerfully, making Kayla get blown back, hitting the dirt hard. The other bug type trainers in the area roared an applause for their leader.
My foxy companion got up the ground, bruised on her side, but still standing. We weren't out of this yet, but there's no way I would want to try a direct attack like that again...Kayla used her Growl attack on instinct, but seeing how he had the advantage to this fight, Moss was unphased by it. What could we do?
"Stun Spore!" Blake commanded as the bug type started flapping it's wings again, this time glowing yellow spores blowed her way.
"Dodge it, quick, Kayla!" Kayla moved out of the way, but a few spores still found their way attaching to her. But then I thought about it...and that strike I needed to happen was starting to find its way.
Kayla's legs started to tremble once, then twice. Though she still stood, she grunted as sparks formed around her body and she felt somewhat numb. She was paralyzed...but if a pokemon put forth enough effort and with enough speed, they could still move. Both of which I knew Kayla had. I hopped for the best.
"Moss! Ram it into the ground and then use Confusion at point blank!" The butterfree then started to charge at my friend, I was hoping for that!
"Kayla, you gotta act fast! Gather your speed and give em your best Quick Attack!" I shouted, pointing to our approaching opponent who was determined to finish her off.
With some resistance, Kayla got her legs moving again and pounced off the ground towards the butterfree. My question then was, could pokemon use two moves at once?
Time to find out! "Now use Bite while still keeping your Quick Attack! Get it in the stomach!" I called from where I stood. Square on! Kayla, flew straight into its belly and opened her jaws, fangs starting to glow before she gave a powerful Bite to the same area.
The butterfly screeched in pain as the two brawlers were now hurdling towards the ground. "Kayla! Hop off!" I commanded, but she couldn't move...her paralysis gotten worse. The two ended up slamming into the ground. The both of them tried standing to their feet from the hard fall, both looking rather battered.
There was an awkward silenced, everybody watched the standoff feeling their muscles tense up waiting for the first to fall. Kayla's feet were wobbling and she was blinking in and out of consciousness. "Stay strong, Kayla!" I mentally cheered for her raising my fist.
The butterfree, slowly flapped it's wings to get itself off of the ground, and I was fearing the worst. That was, until it fell back down...and didn't get back up.
"W-wow." The little boy muttered. "It looks like the challenger wins the match!" The little boy then shouted, dropping the flag to cheer, and so did the other bug type trainers. A roar of applause once again filled the gym.
With that all said and done, Kayla collapsed on the floor hard suddenly. She must've really been fighting her body back and forth for me. Naturally, I ran over and scooped her up, silently chanting her name for her hard work in the battle, making her near limp tail sway just a bit.
Blake walked over to me, having long since returned Moss and giving him a well done. "Congrats, dude. You did awesome, I think I've could've did better, but it certainly was an amazing battle to behold. Here. Take it." With Blake's words, he handed me a badge.
My eyes lit up as I took the badge, it gleamed in my eyes. "You've earned the Pest Badge. Also, some gifts from me." Blake said as he handed me two things. The first thing was an official pokemon league badge case, one thing I was very happy to have. The other was a TM, which contained the move U-Turn.
"I'm sure you know about TMs and the badge case, so I know they'll be put to good use someday. For now, I have some training to do and still have things to learn. The other gym leaders are more powerful and experienced than I, so watch out for that. You did a lot today, now that I think about it. How about tomorrow you go out on the town and see around, I'm sure I can convince some store owners to give you discounts because of what you did today. For now, you just need to get some rest kid." Blake said, the two of us shaking hands before I left outside with a new outlook for what's ahead.
Looking down to Kayla, she was fast asleep in my arms. We'd been in there for a lot longer than I thought, the sun was about to go down soon. As I walked back to the pokemon center and the sun set, I thought to myself "Thanks, Kayla. You're the best partner a trainer could ever have…"
Well guys, it took me a couple of days longer to write this chapter but here it is! I certainly hoped you enjoyed it, as well as seeing some of my newer concepts, some of which are still very experimental and I plan on improving. Tell me what you think of the stuff in this chapter if you have any thoughts.
So of course, I have to say expect long chapters in the future, but maybe not this long. Seriously, this was a workout for my fingers! As always, thanks to all who have read and enjoyed the story up until now! Seeing those views go up by the day really gives me confidence. Reviews, comments, all of that is greatly appreciated! I'll see you all next update, so stay tuned!
