I'm so proud of myself. I wrote this chapter in a bit over an hour. I've never typed so much in such a fast time.
May, Brendan, and Wally had finally arrived in Rustboro City. They were all exhausted and decided to rest at a nearby Pokémon Center. "This has been a tiresome two days." May said. "But at least we're finally here."
"And now we can go to the gym!" Brendan shouted gleefully. Kip and Tail cried happily as well.
"Right after breakfast." May said.
"Breakfast?" Brendan slumped in his chair. He then looked around and noticed something was missing. "Hey, where's Wally?"
"He went to the Pokemart to buy some more Pokeballs." Kenni looked up and saw him.
"Hey, here he comes! Here he comes!" She jumped around and flapped her wings; hoping to get her trainer's attention.
"Kenni, what is it?" May asked.
"Look, there's Wally." Brendan said. "Now let's go eat so we can get to the gym."
The three travelers sat down together to eat their Breakfast.
"So Wally, did you get enough Pokeballs?" Brendan asked.
"Yeah, check 'em out." Wally pulled the recently purchased pokeballs out of his pockets. One was completely white, but the vertical line where the button was located was colored red. Another looked like a regular pokeball, but had spots with yellow outlines going vertically over the button. The third was mostly white, but the top was black with small red striped.
"Those look different than my Pokeballs." May said.
"This one with the circles on it is a repeat ball. It makes it easier for you to catch a Pokémon that you've caught before."
"Why would some catch the same Pokémon twice?" May asked.
"Who knows? Probably searching for the strongest of a herd or pack of Pokémon. You know some trainers are selfish like that." Brendan said. "They look for the strongest of one kind so they don't have to use Pokémon with weaker moves." Linea looked up at Brendan when he said that.
"Hey Kenni, can I ask you something?" Linea asked.
"Sure, what is it?" she asked.
"So what about those other pokeballs Wally?" May asked.
"This black and red one is a timer ball. It gives you a better chance of catching a Pokémon if you spend a lot of time battling it."
"This must be for catching really strong Pokémon." Brendan suggested.
"It sure is. That's why I want to have one on hand in case we run into some rare Pokémon." Wally said smiling.
"What does that last one do?" May asked.
"Oh, this white one? It's just a premier ball. It's really just a regular Pokeball that's colored white." May and Brendan sweat dropped.
"Then why did you buy it instead of just a regular Pokeball?" May asked smiling. (A smile of confusion.)
"I just liked the way it looked. I wanna catch my Pokémon in a lot of different Pokeballs. Ya know, to be unique."
"Oh. Of course." Brendan replied. Everyone was about to resume eating, but they noticed their Pokémon fighting.
"WHAT! HOW COULD YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT CALLING MAY SELFISH?" Kenni squawked.
"Well, you said May caught me only because I knew Headbutt and was stronger than my friends. And Brendan just said selfish trainers only look for the strongest Pokémon." Linea pleaded cowering behind Kip.
"She picked you because she knows a good catch when she sees it. But if you think she's selfish than maybe you're not a good catch at all."
"Both of you calm down." Grow said. Kirli held Kenni's wing to hold her back. Grow walked over to Linea. "Linea, what Brendan said was that some trainers catch multiple of the same Pokémon to look for the strongest. May picked you out of your friends because she saw that you had and exceptionally strong move. Basically, you were specially picked." Linea came from behind Kip.
"I guess you're right."
"And Kenni, Linea merely asked a question in a way other than she meant it." Kirli said. Kenni calmed down.
"Fine, I'll forgive this once. But she better not go around mocking my trainer anymore."
"Hey guys, what's going on?" May asked. Everyone began speaking at the same time, but May was unable to understand them anyway.
"I think they were having some sort of argument." Wally said.
"Yeah, but everyone seems okay now." Brendan said.
"Speaking of the Pokémon, what are you going to do for this gym battle?" May asked Brendan.
"Well, I know that this city's gym leader, Roxanne, uses rock-types. I'll defiantly use Kip since he's a water type. But I can't use Tail at all since he's a flying type. He'd get knocked out in a second against those rock-types." Brendan said sadly.
"It sounds like you don't have much faith in Tail." Wally said.
"It's not that I don't have faith in him." Brendan said. "Due to the type combinations, I know Tail would lose in the battle. I don't want to put him through any unnecessary pain."
"That does make sense." May said. "Wally, can't you loan Brendan Grow so he'll have a double advantage over Roxanne?" Wally looked nervous. All of the Pokémon looked up.
"Well…uh?" Wally began to stutter, but Brendan began to brighten up.
"That's right May! Wally, what do you say?" he asked cheerfully.
I can't say. I don't know how Grow would respond to a different trainer."
"C'mon Wally. We can at least try." Brendan said grabbing the small boy's shoulders. "Please Wally."
"Okay, Brendan. I let you borrow Grow." Wally said in a defeated tone.
"And after that, Brendan will let you borrow Kip for your battle." May said.
"Yeah, that way we'll be equal."
"No thanks Bren. I'll use Grow and Kirli in my match." Wally said.
"I guess you're going to be on our team during the battle." Kip said to Grow.
"Oh dear." Grow said in a worried voice.
"What do you mean 'oh dear'?" Tail asked, mimicking her. "You don't like Brendan?"
"That's not it. I do like Brendan, but well, I don't really know him that well." Before anyone could say anything, the group returned their Pokémon to their Pokeballs. Wally gave Grow's Pokeball to Brendan.
"Thanks Wally, now let's get to that gym." Brendan said.
The group made their way to Roxanne's gym. As they entered, another boy was finishing his own battle.
"Taillow, Quick Attack!" the boy yelled. His Pokémon hit a Geodude, but appeared to do no damage.
"Your choice in types was poorly thought out. You should probably go back to the trainer's school to learn more." Roxanne said. "Geodude, use Rock Throw." Her Geodude picked up one of the rocks on the battlefield and hurled it at the boy's Taillow. It fainted in a second.
"Oh no. My Taillow." Brendan nudged Wally.
"See Wally; thanks to you, Tail doesn't have to go through that kind of pain." He said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." He said. The boy who lost the battle returned his Taillow to its great ball.
"Your choice of coming here with only a Torches and Taillow wasn't very smart. I can't believe you expected to win." Roxanne said.
"Wow she's harsh." May said. The losing boy walked past them to the door.
"I hope you've got type advantages. That's the only way to win here." He sadly walked out of the gym. Brendan stepped on to the field. May and Wally went to the bleachers to watch.
"Hello, I am Roxanne, the Rustboro Pokémon Gym Leader. I became a Gym Leader so that I may apply what I learned at the Pokémon Trainer's School in battle. Would you kindly demonstrate how you battle, and with which Pokémon?" Roxanne said. "Go Geodude!" her Geodude stood, or floated rather, on her side of the battle field.
"Go Grow!" Grow stood on her side of the field. "Grow; we can win this with one attack. Use Mega Drain!" Everyone waited for Grow to move. She stood in place for a long period. Everyone was silent.
"Wally, what's wrong with Grow?" May asked.
"I knew she might act like this. She's not used to battling like Brendan does.
"Grow, didn't you hear me? Use Mega Drain!" Grow remained in place.
"What is this?" Roxanne yelled. "Your own Pokémon doesn't even listen to you. This is pathetic. Geodude, use Rock Throw." Geodude picked up a rock and tossed it towards Grow.
"Grow, dodge that!" Brendan yelled. Grow used Quick Attack to quickly avoid the attack. She jumped on top of another rock.
"Geodude, use Rollout!" Roxanne commanded.
"Grow, dodge that too." Brendan yelled. Grow dodged the attack and followed up with a Screech attack. The force was able to push Geodude into a rock.
"Brendan never commanded a Screech attack." May said.
"Yeah, but Grow always likes to start battles by lowering defense." Wally said. Grow jumped in front of Geodude and unleashed a Mega Drain attack. Geodude fainted.
"That, was…incredible." Roxanne said. Brendan was confused.
"Grow, why did you do that?" Grow turned around and said something that he was unable to understand.
"Go Nosepass!" Roxanne shouted. Brendan and Grow looked up. The Nosepass landed on a rock.
"She looks strong." Brendan said.
"Nosepass, use Rock Tomb!" Nosepass stomped on the ground caused a pillar of rocks to surround Grow.
She can't move. Brendan thought.
"Now, use Rock Slide. Nosepass lifted up some rocks with her magnetic abilities and dropped them on Grow.
"Grow!" Wally called out. Grow didn't respond. Everyone was silent. Suddenly Grow popped out from under ground in front of the rock pillar.
"I forgot to mention that Grow knows Dig." Wally said.
"That's enough for you Grow." Brendan returned Grow to her pokeball.
"Brendan what're you doing?" May yelled. "You can win this singlehandedly with Grow!"
"Grow doesn't want to listen to Brendan. It's best that he finish this up with Kip."
Now that I know Nosepass's best moves, Kip can easily defeat her. Brendan thought.
"Go Kip!" Kip stood on top of one of the rocks.
"Nosepass, Rock Tomb!" Nosepass repeated her same technique as before.
"Kip, use Whirlpool!" Kip's Whirlpool intercepted the Rock Tomb and caused damage to Nosepass.
"Nosepass! Get up and use Rock Slide!"
"Kip, use Water Pulse!" Kip's Water Pulse flew straight through the Rock Slide and knocked Nosepass unconscious.
"We won!" Brendan shouted.
"Mudkip mudkip!" Kip exclaimed.
"So... I lost... It seems that I still have much more to learn... I understand. The Pokémon League's rules state that Trainers are to be given this if they defeat a Gym Leader. Please accept the official Pokémon League Stone Badge" Roxanne handed Brendan his badge.
"Thanks Roxanne." Brendan said. "Hey my friend Wally would like to battle you too." He pointed to Wally in the bleachers.
"Well, please tell him that I'll battle with him tomorrow. My Pokémon need healing." She said.
"I do it." Brendan said. Brendan ran over to the bleachers to return Grow and tell Wally the news about his upcoming battle.
I might not update for a while since I'll go back to reading manga tomorrow. The next update might come at the end of the week. I also know you're wondering why Kip spoke in his own language at the end of the chapter. Well I didn't really know what he could said that wasn't the same thing Brendan did. Besides, it's sooooo cute. I liek mudkipz. R&R