Chapter 10

Water

Sorry it's a short chapter and I really don't have much to say so please R&R I do not own Pokémon.

I awoke the next morning and yawned.

"What happened?" I grumbled as I got up I was fully dressed and there were tear stains on my clothes and pillow.

"You fell asleep while you were crying." Lance said as he opened the door. "I came to bring you down for dinner but I didn't want to wake you." Crying? I thought and suddenly the memories of the day before came rushing back at me like a tidal wave and I was overcome with guilt and sadness. I pushed the feeling to the side. It had been inevitable one day I would have found out about the real corporation and I would have had to put a stop to what my father was doing. I guess it also went along with sooner or later.

"I am sorry, now what do we do?" I asked him.

"I am not quite sure." Lance said honestly. "How about you stay here and I go stop your father."

"LANCE!" I cried out angrily. "I am not going to run and hide from this! He is my father!" Lance sighed. "Wait he is my father." I said a thought crossing through my mind.

"Yea so, you knew that already."

"No Lance, he is my father. He is also Ruby's father. I have to tell Ruby!" I said a bit overwhelmed with my sudden epiphany. How could I forget my sister? I thought.

"Are you sure that's such a good idea?" Lance asked, I looked up at him confused and he continued. "Have you ever heard the phrase bliss in ignorance? In this case I think it would be better for your sister not to know and be spared the pain of her father's betrayal."

"I can't just keep her in the dark." I said defensively. Lance sighed and said

"So you want to go all the way back home?"

"What choice do I have? I have to find and defeat my father anyway."

"You can't defeat your father. Not how you are right now. You barely have had any training if you truly wish to defeat you father you have to train and collect all the badges of this league."

"Are you forgetting my father is the 8th gym leader?" I asked.

"No I am simply saying you need to grow stronger and train with your Pokémon if you want any hope of accomplishing what you want." I knew he was right but I couldn't leave my sister behind could it? He looked at me and seemed to read my mind. The next thing I knew was he had his hand on my shoulder and told me. "Bliss in ignorance do you want to ruin the image your father has on Ruby?" harsh but true.

"Alright let's go." We began walking towards the gym and I looked back towards the entrance, and thought. Don't worry Ruby I promise I will help you so, as soon as I finish this.

We opened the doors and I saw three trainers lined up to face me behind them stood who appeared to be the gym leader, the room consisted of a small walkway to the middle of a large room the rest of the building was water. A giant pool some children with Pokémon swam in it playing, there were also tiny little islands throughout the water just big enough for small Pokémon. I looked at the trainer then at Lance and he told me.

"They are special trainers here to give you a little more training before you face the gym leader." I gripped my Pokémon and stood up to the first one.

"Ok Evee I hope you're ready" I muttered and I approached the trainer. She looked at me smugly.

"So you think you are ready to battle Misty the water Pokémon gym leader?" I nodded solemnly. "And you?" she asked looking at Lance as he sat down at a bench to watch.

"Don't mind me I already have my badges." She nodded and turned back to me.

"Alright let's see what you got." She threw out a pokeball and in a red light a golden appeared in the water beside us. My heart sunk. Water Pokémon weakest against water strongest against rock, what am I suppose to do? I swallowed then threw a pokeball.

"Go Evee!" I called and she appeared.

"Water gun." The girl said triumphantly and the golden let loose a stream of cold water but Evee dogged it.

"Evee try your tackle!" Evee dived into the water but had to submerge in a slow doggie paddle.

"Horn attack!" and the Golden was lighting fast in ramming into my powerless Evee.

"Quick get out of the water!" I called and Evee barely managed to pull herself out of the water and shake her fur. The girl smiled smugly and I knew I couldn't let her win. And I had a sudden epiphany. "Evee use quick attack onto the platform." Evee jumped onto the island after a second she figured it was safe and relaxed confident again. "Now use agility on all the nearby islands!" Evee began moving too fast for the naked eye to follow I could see 5 Evees at the same time. Golden had a look of confusion and couldn't spot Evee.

"Now quick attack with everything you got!" Evee dived at Evee appearing behind it and rammed Golden with a head bash quickly followed with a loud splash. And Evee surfaced quickly doggie paddling to ground again. After a moment Golden surfaced fainted and defeated. I pumped my hand into the air in triumph and the girl looked shocked and returned her Golden. I walked happily beside Lance towards the 2ed trainer bouncing with each step.

"Sore winner." He muttered playfully to me. I smiled but stopped dancing knowing he was right and I immediately felt awkward and a little ashamed. The second trainer came to meet me.

"Are you ready?" he asked and I nodded. He threw a pokeball and a Slowbro emerged. Lance stared at it blankly and I laughed and Evee came running out from behind me.

"Use head butt." And Evee instantly rammed its head hard into slowbro and sent it sprawling. Slowly it stood up and turned to face evee again. "Do it again." I told evee and it did. And it slowly stood up and turned to face evee. "Again?" same thing, "again?" same thing, "again?" same thing. What is up with this thing? I thought as it stared at me happily. "One more time?" I said trying to think of something else I could try. But oddly enough it worked. And I moved onto the 3ed trainer… and was excited to hear unlike the others he had four Pokémon of the same kind, and was disappointed when he threw a magic carp.

Lance was standing beside me stifling a laugh as evee quickly began to defeat them by using head butt, new magic carp, head butt, new magic carp. I defeated him and was about to move onto the gym leader when Lance's eyes would flicker to Evee who was breathing hard then back to me as we walked and my jaw dropped as I saw Misty the same Misty who had been traveling with my brother Ash and speak of the devil Ash and Brock were sitting on a nearby bench.

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