Two days had passed since Jacob and Quinn both had defeated Faulkner and earned their Zephyr Badges. Now they were traveling through the forest that surrounded the Ruins of Alph on their way to Azalea Town and their second gym badge.
"Did you find a way out of here Hoothoot?" Quinn asked her newly caught pokemon
"Hoo!" was its enthusiastic reply as it flapped towards the way it came from.
"Great job Hoothoot! We're following you."
Quinn smiled as Jacob walked beside her as he said, "Boy I sure am glad you caught him last night. Who know how long we'd be stuck here if you hadn't."
"Yea, now we can get out of these woods and back on the road to Azalea Town."
As they neared the forest edge Ava started yipping back at them excitedly from ahead.
Jacob smiled scratching behind her ears and said, "You're ready for another win like me huh?"
"Lava!" Ava yipped so excitedly that she started running back and forth across the trail that she ran into one of the trees shaking it enough that a small purplish pokemon fell from one of the branches
"Pom. Ai!" It chattered
"Aipom, The long tail pokemon. Aipon is able to climb and hang from branches using its powerful tail. Aipom lives atop tall trees." Jacob's pokedex said as he scanned it.
"Ah-ha! Well now it's going to be mine. Go! NIDORINO!" Jacob shouted
"Carful Jacob," Quinn said beside him, "it's stronger than it looks"
Jacob scoffed and said, "It's just a small aipom, what's the worse it could do, scratch me?"
"Aipom!" the pokemon chattered louder as it charges Nidorino scratching at it continuously.
"That's Aipoms Fury swipes attack." Quinn chimmed in from behind Jacob.
"Grrr, Nidorino use double kick!"
Nidorino charged Aipom as it ran back up the tree and sat in a branch taunting him.
"Nidorino, use double kick on the tree and nock that Aipom out of the branches.
"RINO!" the tree crash into the ground as Nidorino kicked it with all its strength twice, knocking Aipom to the ground.
"Now use horn attack!" Jacob said
Nidorino charged the Aipom once more as it struggled to get up after being knocked out of the tree only to get jabbed by Nidorino's Horn Attack throwing it into the trunk of another tree.
"Great job Nidorino. Go, Pokeball!" Jacob said as he threw one at the at the Aipom, a red beam drawing it into the pokeball as it rocked back and forth on the ground beeping.
As the pokeball stopped rocking it resounded with a loud, Dong! As the Aipom was captured.
"Nidorina, return." Jacob said picking up his newly captured pokemon putting him with Nidorino and the other empty pokeballs.
"Nice job, but next time don't over estimate a small pokemon like you did just then." Quinn said as they resumed walking down the road into Azalea Town
"Yea, I guess you're right, but hey, Nidorino had it under control."
"Sure, if you call being taunted and scratched up by a small aipom under control then sure." Quinn joked beside him.
"Come on, let's find the Pokemon Center and then the gym. I'm ready to get my next badge."
"Well, according to the map on my Pokedex, the Pokemon Center should be right down this street… here."
"Ummm are you looking at the right Town?" Jacob asked looking at an abandoned shack
"Can I help you two?" a tall lanky man said emerging from the bushes with a sack of Apricorns
"We're trying to find the Pokemon center and this is where on our maps it said it's supposed to be. It just looked like an old shack to me."
"Well that's the old Pokemon center, the new one opened up just two days ago so you may have to update your Pokedexs . Come on I'll take you two to the new one since it's just next to my house."
"Thank you sir." Jacob said following the man with Ava and Quinn.
"Sir? That's my father, the name's Kurt."
"My names Jacob and this is Quinn, and my pokemon Ava."
"It's a pleasure to meet ya'll."
"Quinn spoke this time and asked, "What do you do with all those Apricorns?"
"Well, I make custom Pokeballs from apricorns like they use to do in the olden days. They're a bit stronger than your normal pokeballs but they're harder to make than your average pokeball."
"Custom pokeballs?"
"Yup, here catch. One for each of you, think of it as a welcome gift to Azalea Town."
Quinn and Jacob both caught one as they flew in the air over Kurt's shoulder. Quinn Caught a blue one that had a yellow X across it, while Jacob caught a pokeball with a white under side that had a black net pattern on the top teal color.
As they reached the pokemon center Kurt turned around and said, "That one," pointing to Jacobs, "is called a Net Ball, it's good for both bug and water type pokemon. And that one, "He said pointing to Quinns, "is called a Quick Ball, it's good for pokemon that like to run away or are really fast.
"Good luck on your pokemon journeys both of you!" he said as he turned around and walked towards his house.
Quinn and Jacob waved by thanking him as they walked into the Pokemon Center. It was much smaller than the one in Violet City but it still had everything it needed to be a fully functioning Pokemon Center. Jacob handed Quinn his pokedex as she walked over to the Pc to update them with the newer map. Jacob walked over to the counter and rang the bell a couple times.
"Coming!" A voice sounded behind the doors on the back wall. "Yes how may we help you?" Nurse Joy asked.
"I need my pokemon healed and directions to the Pokemon Gym please." Jacob asked handing over his pokemon
"Sure thing," She said, "Typing on a computer as she healed his pokemon, "here you go. The gym is down this main street and a couple blocks to the right. Good luck, and have a nice day."
"Thank you." Jacob said as and Quinn left following her directions.
"Here," Quinn said handing Jacob back his Pokedex, "they also added a feature to them. Now you can use it as a personal phone."
"Cool." Jacob said as they walked inside the gym. "If you don't mind I'd like to battle first this time."
"Sure thing, I'll watch from up in the stands. Good luck." She said as she walked towards the seats.
Jacob walked out onto the field where a tall man with lavender colored hair stood commanding a Beedrill. 'Bug pokemon huh?' Jacob though, 'Well Ava will do well here. I might not need Nidorino or Aipom at all.'
The tall man spoke as Jacob walked up to him "Welcome to the Azalea Town Gym. My name is Bugsy and I am the Gym Leader here. Do you wish to challenge me?"
"We both do." Jacob said indicating to Quinn who was now sitting in the bleachers.
"Hmm very well then, two challengers in one day, I accept both of your challenges." Bugsy said walking towards his end of the field.
Jacob did the same as a judge walked to the middle of the sideline and said, "Each trainer is allowed three pokemon each. Last one standing wins. Begin!"
"Go, Beedrill!" Bugsy said as the giant yellow bee buzzed out onto the field.
"Nidorino, Come on out!" Jacob said, "Nidorino use peck!"
"RINO!" it squealed as it charged Beedrill pecking at it with its hooked mouth.
"Beedrill use poison sting attack!"
"BZZZZZZZ"
"Watch it Nidoran. Now use Fury Attack!"
"Rino," It squealed again charging Beedrill jabbing at it again and again.
"Bzzz" beedrill hummed as it fainted and hit the floor.
"Beedrill is unable to battle, Nidorino is the winner!" the Judge shouted
"Beedrill Return! You're not getting out of it that easy! Go, Yanma!"
"Yanm-Yanm!"
"Ahh, a Yanma."
"Yanma, the Clear Wing Pokemon. Through the use of its two large eyes, Yanma can see in all directions at once. Yanma is capable of beating its wings at a high rate of speed generating a powerful shockwave strong enough to shatter glass." Jacob's pokedex said after he scanned it.
"Yanma use double team." Bugsy said calmly
"Yanm-yanm-yanm!"
Nidorino stared as Yanma after yanma's appeared, shaking its head trying to keep up with the real one. Nidorino swayed as it started to become confused and dizzy, falling to the floor.
"Nidorino is unable to battle, Yanma is the winner!" The judge said raising a flag in Yanma's direction.
"Great job out there Nidorino, Return." Jacob said. "Go, Aipom!"
"Pom."
"Aipom use double slap!" Jacob shouted
"POM!" Aipom chattered as he started slapping Yanma with his tail back and forth.
"Yanma," Bugsy said, " Use sonicboom."
Yanma began to flap his wings faster and faster as it broke through the sound barrier waves of sound flew towards Aipom knocking him back out of the Arena.
"Aipom has been knocked out of the Arena, by fault Yanma is the winner!" the Judge said again raising the flag up in Bugsys direction.
"Good Job out there Aipom, you did great for your first battle." Jacob said as he withdrew Aipom back into the pokeball, "Ava your up lets show them how it's done."
"Quilava!" Ava barked as she jumped into the arena.
"Typical." Bugsy said, "Yanma, Hidden Power."
"Yanm-yanm! Yanm-Yanm!" Yanma buzzed around as a white ring started to glow.
"Ava, use agility, then use ember!"
"Quil! Lava, Lava, Lava!" Ava panted as she started to run faster and faster around Yanma unleashing a bits of fire before Yanma could even attack.
"Yanm.." Yanma buzzed twitching as it fainted
"Yanma is unable to battle, Ava is the winner!" the judge said raising a flag in their direction.
"Great job Ava, one more to go and that Hive Badge is ours!"
"Hmph, you think it'll be that easy to finish me off? Your sorely mistaken." Bugsy said "It's been awhile my friend, but go! Scyther!"
"Scyther scy!"
"Scyther, use Fury Cutter now!"
"Scy!" Scyther began slashing at Ava quicker than Jacobs eyes could follow with lethal precision.
Ava Jumped back pedaling as Scyther continued to slice at her until she started backing up on the fields edge.
'Think jacob, come on THINK!' Jacob started thinking to himself, 'Theres only one move that Ava could use at that range and not get knocked out of bounds but…'
"Ava! Use flamethrower!"
Ava opened up her maw and howled as fire spit from her mouth bathing Scyther in flames bright enough to dim the gyms own lighting.
When she closed her mouth the Gym seemed dimmer then when they had begun their match only a few minutes ago. Ava stood on the edge of the field while Scyther was laying down with burns all over his body.
"Scyther is unable to continue, Ava is the winner!" the judge said raising a flag in their direction again
"Yes!" Jacob said running out and hugging Ava as she stood panting tired and exhausted. "Great job." He said scratching behind her ears softly
"Quilava." She mewled
"Congratulations Jacob." Bugsy said as he walked over after handing his three pokemon to a worker to take to Nurse Joy. "That was a great display of trust and discipline, very few have ever beat Scyther and me that's why I usually don't use him in gym matches. Here, you earned this hive badge. Wear it proudly."
"Thank you Bugsy." Jacob said putting the Hive badge next to his Zephyr Badge
"Now for my next challenger." Bugsy said, "I'm Ready when you are Miss."
And so Jacob and Quinn switch places. Jacob sat in the bleachers watching while Ava rested. Quinn was on the field with Chikorita, after fighting with Hoothoot and Geodude, and Bugsy with Pinser after Pinco and Ariados. Both pokemon were exhausted after a long an intense battle.
"Chikorita, use Aromatherapy, then body slam it while Pinser is distracted!"
"Chika!" she said back running towards him after releasing a sweet pink fragrance that drifted over the battle field and surrounded Pinser . "CHIKA!" She squealed slamming into Pinser tossing him into a tree where he slumped forward.
"Pinser is unable to battle, Chikorita is the winner!"
Jacob clapped smiling as Quinn and Chikorita celebrated their victory and talked with Bugsy as he handed them their Hive badge as well.
"Ya'll both have incredible talent," Bugsy said to them as they stood outside, "Keep up the training and good luck."
"Thank you." They both said as they turned headed towards Goldenrod City and waved goodbye
-A.N. - I get my pokedex entries from bulbipeadia. Some are actual anime entries while others are game entries.
-Poll. Should i add a villinous team? Tell me in the comments.
(DISCLAIMER. I DO NOT OWN POKEMON OR ANY OF THE NAMES/TOWNS(LOCATIONS) OR POKEMON)