A/N - Thanks for the reviews! Here's Chapter 4. I've been putting this one off for a while.

Disclamer - I don't own Pokemon. If I did then Splash would have a chance of hitting your Pokemon in all the games(A small chance but still...)not just Mystery Dungeon

"Come on Hoppip, that cloud has to be bigger!" yelled Soul.

It was early morning, a dull orange light all around Route 32. Soul had told her Hoppip about the plan last night, and promised that if they caught an electric type then Hoppip wouldn't have to battle any ghost Pokémon. Hoppip agreed, not knowing that Soul planned to wake him up at 5:26 in the morning. They had a quick breakfast, an apple and a tiny can of PokéFood, and ran off through Violet City. A few people were also up at that time, many heading to Sprout Tower or the Gym. Soul had slowed down while they passed the gym and smiled, "Just you wait, I'm gonna get the Zephyr Badge before you," she whispered and jogged off. Hoppip had remained quiet, he couldn't ask her who she was talking to anyway.

Right now they were battling a wild Pidgey. Hoppip twirled his leaves faster and faster, trying to follow his trainer's orders. The purple powder was flung bit by bit towards the Pidgey though, and Hoppip had to dodge his own attack being blown back at him. Finally the cottonweed decided to ram into the little bird. The Pidgey was slightly stunned. It didn't see the cloud of poison about the size of itself flying towards it. Pidgey tried flapping its little wings, but some of the powder still reached the feathers.

Soul punched the air, "Perfect! Now keep on tackling!"

Two tackles later and Pidgey fell to the ground with a soft thud.

"Yes, yes, YES!" squealed Soul as she grabbed Hoppip and twirled around on the spot. "That was your best poison powder attack!"

Hoppip smiled. He loved seeing his trainer so proud of him. In fact, Hoppip was quite happy when that redhead took Totodile. He wanted Soul to notice him and train him to be a strong Pokémon, even if he only really knew how to splash around when they first met.

"Mar?"

Soul stopped dancing. Only a short distance away was a Mareep, sleep still showing in its eyes. Soul glanced at Hoppip who nodded determinedly. She let Hoppip float gently towards the sheep. Hoppip was slowly spinning his leaves; building up the poison above him. Mareep tilted its head, a funny looking pecha berry was flying towards it. The electric type walked closer and tried to bite Hoppip.

"Hop?!?"

Mareep widen its eyes. It wasn't a flying berry, it was a Hoppip. And that Hoppip was building up a poisonous cloud. Mareep huffed, it didn't like battling on an empty stomach.

Soul gasped when she saw Mareep beginning to crackle with electricity and its fur puffing up. The little bulb at the end of the tail was also getting brighter, all meaning Mareep was charging up for an attack. "Hoppip! Throw the poison at it and run back!"

Hoppip whimpered but followed orders. While Mareep was being affected by the poison, Hoppip flew back to his owner. However Mareep still blasted a bit of electricity, not the huge blast it wanted but it still hit Hoppip. Hoppip tumbled down to the ground and rolled right next to Soul.

"This isn't good! Hoppip get up and use synthesis!" yelled Soul while she grabbed a PokéBall. "Be ready to tackle if it comes outs!"

Soul threw the capsule and Mareep was lightly hit on the head by it before being sucked in with a red light. Hoppip glowed and healed itself, he finished just seconds before Mareep came out. Hoppip raced towards the larger creature and hit it square on the head. Mareep squeaked and fell down, dust blowing around it. Mareep got up slowly, the poison kicking in.

"One more tackle should do it!" screamed Soul, but then she noticed something was wrong with Hoppip. "Aww...Don't tell me, Static."

Hoppip was now paralyzed thanks to Mareep's ability. Right now he couldn't move an inch, he was stuck lying on the ground. Soul looked up at the sky and muttered, "It's not sunny enough for Hoppip to activate Leaf Guard..." Desperate to win this match, she began to plea at her little Pokémon, "Hoppip try something! Try to use tackle!"

Mareep was taking baby steps forward, possibly wanting to tackle, but the poison had now fully settled in. Its usual blue face was now purple and showed pain at every other step. Hoppip was also trying to move, miraculously he began to jump up and down.

"No Hoppip!! That's splash attack!" groaned Soul and face palmed.

Hoppip continued jumping and flopping around. Mareep stopped, a confused look over it. Suddenly Hoppip jumped towards Mareep! Bam! He hit the wool Pokémon right on the head. Soul's eyes widen at the sight. She picked up the PokéBall on the ground and threw it again. Mareep was sucked inside. Once, twice, thrice- the PokéBall stood still. Hoppip glanced up at his trainer, the electricity still crackling around him, and smiled.

Soul took a big chunk out of her waffle and plopped it in her mouth. The clock on the center's cafeteria wall showed that it was 8:45 AM. Her Hoppip and newly caught Mareep were with Nurse Joy resting. Next to her plate was a small notebook whit a number of notes scribbled on it.

Violet City Gym Leader - Falkner - "The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon"

Type - Flying

Common Pokémon for Gym Battles - Hoothoot, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Spearow

Others - Farfetch'd, Chatot, Murkrow, Doduo, Taillow

Misc. Info - Gym inherited from father. Often battles with father's Pokémon (Pidgeotto & Pidgey) Usually two on two.

"Okay...I can send Hoppip out if he uses Pidgey, Hoothoot, or Spearow. Mareep will definitely battle Pidgeotto," muttered Soul in between bites.

"Hey Soul! Look at this!"

Soul turned and saw Pearl with a shiny new badge on his hand.

"Awesome!" squealed Soul. "How was the battle?"

Pearl sat down across from her. "Just the best! Infernape had a little problem with Pidgeotto, what with him being part fighting type and all, but we scorched that bird in the end! Then Falkner sent out a Spearow, those always look mean to me, and I sent out Elekid. Well Falkner didn't seem happy about that, started talking about how he didn't like it when trainers were prejudiced or something..? I'm not really sure what he was talking about since he said that Infernape was a poor choice against his Pokémon. So yeah...Elekid was totally psyched for the battle and it was all pretty intense! And now I've got my first badge!"

Soul furrowed her brow, "First? But you said you were in Goldenrod when you decided to travel. What about the Plain and Hive badges?"

He shrugged, "Infernape is pretty strong against those two gyms. I wanted to catch some more Pokémon for those battles. Hey did you catch a Mareep?"

"Uh-huh! It's with Joy right now, Hoppip is there too."

"Awesome! You gonna train it in Sprout Tower later? We can train together."

Soul grinned, 'Training with Tower Tycoon's kid? Duh!'

"Mareep use thundershock!"

"Same with you Elekid!"

Elekid happily blasted the Rattata in front of him. They were in the second floor of Sprout Tower, a large wooden...tower that seemed to move with each Pokémon battle. There were large Bellsprout statues in every corner, in every floor, inside and out. Elekid dashed towards the mouse with a quick attack. Mareep....chewed on Soul's bag and refused to battle.

"You can't be serious! Mareep you already ate!" yelled Soul. She had checked Mareep's stats with her PokéGear before coming. The electric type was female, level 11, and was of the lax nature. Mareep was about as lax as....well a Snorlax really. Also, like a Snorlax, the little wool Pokémon seemed to love eating. Soul fed her about three whole cans of Pokéfood back at the center.

"Mar mar!" whined Mareep as she tried to open the bag. Soul lightly slapped her and pointed to a paralyzed Rattata. Mareep sighed and tackled it.

"Good! Now let's keep going. If we reach the top I'll give you a nice dinner."

"Come on Soul! You can't keep me waiting!" wailed Pearl from the top of the next flight of stairs.

"Sorry senpai* I'm coming!"

She ran up the stairs and was surprised when Pearl was already battling a sage. He was using Elekid against a Bellsprout. Elekid was shocking the vines coming towards him. Then he whirled his arms only now they began to glow yellowish white. Multitude of stars were shot out at Bellsprout. Pearl ordered a quick attack and the Bellsprout fainted.

"Congratulations. You and Elekid showed wonderful teamwork and that is something everyone should have. I hope you never forget that, even as you battle Eldest."

Pearl bowed and ran off to fight the next sage. Soul looked at the monk. He nodded and sent out another Bellsprout, returning the fainted one.

"Mar! Maaaaar!" whined Mareep while tugging on the yellow bag.

Soul sighed, "Mareep! I already told you that when we finish training you can eat!" she scolded. The monk coughed and Soul got out Hoppip's PokéBall. "Mareep's just a little Grumpig." she muttered sheepishly before sending out Hoppip. The cottonweed seemed tired, he had battled a Hoothoot only recently.

"Bellsprout use growth!"

As the flower Pokémon began to glow and stretch, Hoppip decided to use synthesis. However Soul yelled out, "Wait Hoppip! Try that new move! Try stun spore!"

"Hop..." whimpered Hoppip but he followed orders. He twirled his leaves like when using poison powder and a light yellow powder spurted out towards Bellsprout. Like when Hoppip first used poison powder, the attack was small. In fact, Bellsprout used its vines to blow the small stun spore away! Hoppip squeaked as Bellsprout sent its vines towards him. Hoppip was wrapped up by the strong vines and couldn't move.

"Oh no! Hoppip try poison powder!"

"Bellsprout is part poison, the move won't work."

Soul frowned, "O-Okay...then try stun spore again!"

The monk frowned as Hoppip began to spin the leaves. He ordered Bellsprout to wrap the leaves up. Now Hoppip couldn't spin them for an attack. Scared and tired from the whole training session, Hoppip began to wail.

"Hoppip stop that! Just use synthesis!" yelled Soul. She was getting very irritated over the whole thing. "For crying out loud! It's a Bellsprout!!"

"This match is over," said the sage and returned his Pokémon. Hoppip falling on the ground when the vines disappeared. "Young girl you still have much to learn."

Soul pouted, "What are you talking about?" she muttered while staring at her own grass type crying. "Hoppip is the one who needs to learn stun spore."

The man shook his head, "Hoppip was tired from the start. As its trainer you need to listen to your Pokémon. They are not perfect machines; they are your friends and you must treat them as such."

"I-I do!" yelled Soul. "I care for Hoppip and Mareep! I-It's just tough love! That's all!"

"If that's what you want to think...."

Outraged Soul screamed, "I'm going to be the best! Better than anyone else! My Pokémon might get tired from training but they'll be happy when we defeat Gold and go off to battle the Elite Four! Good-bye!"

Soul returned Hoppip and Mareep before running down the stairs. She bumped into Silver who was just entering the building. She scowled at Totodile who was cackling to himself for some unknown reason. Next to Silver was a Zubat, a little jittery and hid behind its trainer when Soul glared at it.

Silver pushed her and barked, "Watch it girl!

She pushed back, "Leave me alone! I've got training to do!" and raced towards Route 32. It was dark now. Soul and Pearl had entered Sprout Tower in the afternoon. She reached a large space and called out both her Pokémon. They glanced around before turning to Soul. They both had a look clearly saying they were tired, hungry, and confused.

The brunette looked back at Sprout Tower, tall and moving just a bit. She clenched her fists and thought about what the man had told Pearl and not her. "Screw it," she finally whispered. Her voice began to get louder and louder, "What does he know? All they do is wait around and bow before a silly 100 ft Bellsprout that doesn't even exist! They probably say stuff like that to every other trainer!!" She looked at her Pokémon and gave them a smile, "What are you two staring at? We didn't finish our training! Now let's look around, Silver probably caught that Zubat around here."

Soul marched off. Mareep quietly followed behind, hungry enough to follow orders if it meant a meal. However Hoppip sniffled a bit. He liked it when Soul smiled, but not a crooked smile like that one. He hopped after the two girls, knowing that tomorrow Soul would challenge the Violet City Gym.

* = Yeah, I used a japanese word. Bite me. I want Soul to look up to Pearl. Senpai fits more than Master or Teacher

Well what do ya'll think? This chapter is longer than my other ones so you all better like it! Incase you don't know, Hoppip learn Stun Spore at lvl. 14. Elekid learn Swift at lvl. 16. Bellsprout learn Wrap at lvl. 11. Soul's Mareep knows Charge because it's an egg move. Soul's Hoppip isn't at lvl. 14 yet, but he's close. That's why he can't use Stun Spore perfectly. And....I think that's it. Sorry for any grammer mistakes that I might have missed.

Quick Edit - As asked, I added the little bar thing to show scene change on this chp and chp 3. Sorry for any confusion.