Hey Guys! This was way over due!
Closing out this chapter wasn't easy, trying to find what goes where took some time for me and I had to write (or think about) 3 different ending versions before deciding to rush it. I wanted another 'filler' chapter so I can get some sense on how to do them. Also always nice to take some time off the serious adventure goals!
Hope you guys enjoy the Chapter! AzAlexZ Out!
I DO NOT OWN POKEMON!
Chapter 10: Rustboro City. New rivals!
With the conclusion of the Rinshin town battle tournament, Ash, Dawn, Trip, Tyson and the Maple family separate to go on their own journeys. Trip and Tyson are heading to Dewford Town to challenge the gym. For Ash and Dawn, their next stop is Rustboro city. How will their adventures unfold? What new adventures await our heroes?
Let the chapter begin…
A cool, comfortable breeze blew through the window, waking up Dawn from what seemed to be like an eternal slumber, she opened her eyes slowly and looked out towards the window, giving a big yawn that announced that she was fully awaken. She started rubbing her eyes, got out of bed and did some morning stretching to get comfortable, she then walked towards the window, which had silk curtains that were already opened.
She viewed the city of Rustboro momentarily, noticing the busy city and people walking by and getting through their day. She picked up a smell with her nose, and turned around towards the origin of the smell, a table where a tray of food was placed. A note and a pokeball was found sitting next to the tray of food. She took the note and opened it, gazing the contents of the note:
Good morning Sleeping Beauty,
The breakfast here is super tasty so I took the liberty of grabbing you some before I left. Hopefully you'll like it as much as I did.
I'm was planning on doing some training with Pichu, Treecko and Chimchar, but then Riolu popped out of his pokeball and asked to come with us. So I thought that it might be a good idea that we traded practice partners for today.
Here is Chimchar's pokeball, I figured that as a Sinnoh native you definitely know more about Chimchar's species than I do. Have fun! We're going to be at the battlefield outside of the pokemon center if you want to join us.
Ash K
P.S The food might get cold if you don't eat it soon, so wake up soon. Also Chimchar hasn't had anything to eat.
Dawn smiled at the note and placed it down on the desk, she took the pokeball and her other two pokeballs, releasing the pokemon.
"Ralts, Chimchar and Mudkip, come on out." She called out.
In front of her three pokemon materialized, they glanced at each other and waved, then turned to Dawn and greeted her.
"Good morning you guys." Dawn bent down to greet all of them, "Ash left you with me for a while Chimchar, so I will be giving you your breakfast today." Dawn smiled, turning to her bag and taking out a blue and gold can of pokefood and three small bowls. She poured some food into the bowls and placed them in front of the three anticipating pokemon, and with a cry of joy they dug into their meal immediately.
Smiling at the joy that the pokemon are having, Dawn started eating her own meal, savoring every flavor that the food brings to her.
In no time at all of the food was gone and they were ready to leave.
Dawn packed her bag and recalled all three pokemon before walking down to the battlefield. She got there in a few minutes and found Ash doing some training with Pichu, Treecko and Chimchar.
"Hey look who finally woke up." Ash taunted as he walked over to Dawn, "did you like breakfast?"
"As a matter of fact, I did, thank you, that was very sweet of you." Dawn replied.
"No problem." Ash replied sheepishly, "Hey, I was wondering if you want to head over to train in the forest?" Ash asked, "We have way more freedom to do whatever we want in terms of training there, and to be honest Treecko and Chimchar thrive in those environments given their agility."
"Sure that actually sounds like a great idea." Dawn responded.
"Do you still want to trade training partners?" Ash asked Dawn.
"Sure why not!" Dawn replied, "We're going to be spending a lot of time together, might as well get familiar with each other, it's part of the journey."
"Great! Then let's get going." Ash said, recalling Treecko and Riolu.
It took Ash and Dawn no time to find training spots in the forest. The space they found was surrounded by large trees that were tall enough to contain mini explosions from any sort of impact, it is fair to say that Ash and Dawn's pokemon were still at their early stages so their moves while powerful, won't do much to tall, thick forest trees. There were few pokemon so their training sequences wasn't going to impact other pokemon, and of course there was enough space for the both of them to train.
Ash called out Riolu, Treecko, and Pichu and got them to do different training sequences, while Dawn called our Mudkip, Ralts and Chimchar to learn different moves that can help their battles.
"Chimchar, focus the flame in your body and turn into a ball, then start moving around, if you can make the feeling familiar, then maybe you can successfully wield the power of the move." Dawn explained to the little chimp pokemon.
Chim Chimchar
Chimchar start releasing flames from his body and jumped up, flipping around. He tried to surround himself with flame using momentum that he picked up from the jump.
"Wait, I think he got it!" Ash, who was nearby helping Dawn's Riolu train, exclaimed excitedly, watching as his fire type learn a new move.
The flame burnt on for a while but gradually faded, extinguishing eventually, leaving just Chimchar, he jumped back onto the ground and sighed, dejected by the fact that he couldn't get the move.
"Hey it's okay, Chimchar." Dawn said, "It's not easy, but we're going to get you stronger."
"Yeah, Chimchar, you'll get stronger in no time, I believe in you." Ash encouraged, "oh and speaking of getting stronger, I have great news Dawn. Riolu has successfully learned Power-Up Punch."
"That is awesome, Ash." Dawn thanked him and ran to Riolu.
"Hey Riolu, good job." Dawn patted his head, smiling happily
Yeah, Ash and I worked really hard to learn the move.
"I'm proud of you." Dawn replied, looking towards Ash, who was instructing Chimchar on his training, he felt Dawn's gaze and turned around waving at her, to which Dawn replied by waving back, "So do you think Ash knows that I can use Aura?"
I don't think he does. Riolu replied, Take your time with this, you should not rush it.
"Yeah, I probably should take this slowly." Dawn said.
She stood up and walked towards Ash, Chimchar and Pichu.
"Hey Ash, I'd like to test the power of Power-Up Punch." Dawn started, "do you think I could borrow Pichu from you for a quick moment?"
"Of course you can Dawn." Ash answered, "Try not to overdo it though, we're only training after all."
"Will do, and no need to worry." Dawn nodded, walking away. When Dawn left, Ash turned his focus back onto Chimchar.
"Okay, Chimchar, let's take a break from learning new moves now." He said, as he took out another pokeball and enlarged it, "Come on out Treecko." Ash called out his wood gecko pokemon.
"You two are both fast speedy type pokemon." Ash started, "You're gonna practice dodging each others attacks while running towards each other." Ash explained, "this way, you'll have time to react to point blank moves, or at least minimizing the damage."
Treecko and Chimchar gave Ash a nod and jumped away from each other, when they got ready, they looked at Ash and cried out.
"Okay, Treecko and Chimchar, let's start this off by you two running towards each other now." Ash ordered, "When you get closer to each other, Treecko use your Pound attack, and Chimchar you have to dodge that attack."
Chimchar and Treecko started to run swiftly towards each other, when they got close enough, Treecko tried to hit Chimchar using a Pound attack. Chimchar, was fast enough to react, dodging the attack by doing a back flip, jumping above Treecko and successfully dodging that attack.
"Great job guys, impressive speed and reflexes." Ash commended, "now, run towards each other again, instead this time Chimchar, you use Scratch on Treecko. Treecko dodge the attack."
Chimchar and Treecko ran towards each other again, this time Chimchar using a powerful Scratch attack, while Treecko dodged away by doing a spin.
Huh, that spin move was taught to Treecko by Dawn huh? Ash thought to himself. Maybe I should have Chimchar learn it later.
Ash had Treecko and Chimchar do more rounds, and the results gave Ash a huge smile, they were now way more fast and their reflexes have gotten faster.
"Now let's test your ranged attacks." Ash said, "Treecko use Energy Ball, and Chimchar, you use Flamethrower."
Treecko created a sphere of green energy and unleashes it towards Chimchar who releases his own powerful stream of flames. The two attacks collided and a mini explosion took place. After the smoke dissipated, both pokemon were seen standing next to an anchor.
"Wow that was some good power, great job guys." Ash clapped, "Now let's-"
Beep beep beep
Ash was interrupted by a loud noise coming from his bag, he looked at it, which was not far away and ran to it, taking out his TechNav. He clicked on the screen and Dawn's face appeared.
"Hey, Ash you wouldn't believe what just happened here!" Dawn exclaimed from the other end.
"Okay? What happened there?" Ash asked in utter confusion.
"Come over and you'll find out. I'll send you our coordinates." Dawn said, ending the call.
Whatever that was. Ash thought to himself as he gestured Treecko and Chimchar to follow him as he packed up all his belongings and ran to look for Dawn with the coordinates she gave him.
When he reached Dawn, he saw her holding a Pikachu, and was really confused at what just happened.
"Oh, You caught a Pikachu?" Ash asked, "Well congratulations Dawn."
Dawn looked at him and sighed, "No, silly, look closely." Dawn said, letting go of Pikachu.
Ash looked at the Pikachu and thought for a minute, then it hit him, "Wait, Pichu? Is that you? You evolved?"
Pika Pikachu
"What exactly happened here?" Ash asked Dawn excitedly.
Dawn sweat-dropped, "Well, you see-…"
(Flashback)
"Alright, Riolu, let's test the power of your new move, Power-Up Punch." Dawn exclaimed, "oh, and thanks for lending us a hand Pichu!"
Pichu Pi Pichu
"Okay let's do this, Riolu use Power-Up Punch." Dawn ordered, "Pichu, intercept the attack with Iron Tail."
Pichu's tail glowed a bright white as he charged quickly towards Riolu. Riolu pulled back his fist as a glowing red color engulfed it, after enough energy was built, Riolu started to run towards Pichu.
The two attacks impacted each other, being unable to overpower the other, eventually, they both conceded the confrontation, jumping away from each other.
"Wow that was a great display of power, Riolu, you too Pichu." Dawn complimented.
"Let's do it again." Dawn ordered, "Power-Up Punch and Iron Tail.
Pichu and Riolu repeated the same actions and impacted each other, breaking off after another stalemate.
"Now Riolu, use Bone Rush, Pichu, use Quick Attack." Dawn ordered.
Riolu formed bright blue aura and wielded the energy, turning it into the shape of a bone, meanwhile white energy appeared behind Pichu as he shot towards Riolu, impacting into him. The exchange ended, once again, as a struggle for one to overpower the other. In the end they both jumped away again, giving each other a commending look.
"Great job you two, that was great." Dawn exclaimed.
Pichu Pi Pichu
Pichu returned Dawn's praise with great enthusiasm, immediately glowing with white light, what happened now was not she did not expect.
Pichu started to grow larger in size, and his ears and tail all grew longer in length. After a quick moment, the white light disappeared, and a new pokemon stood there.
Pika Pikachu
"Oh my God, Pichu! You evolved into Pikachu!" Dawn exclaimed, jumping around on the spot.
"Wait, I have to tell Ash this." Dawn exclaimed as she went to her bag to find her TechNav.
(Flashback ends)
"...and that is basically what happened here." Dawn explained to Ash, who still had the dumbfounded look on his face.
"Oh wow, that is super awesome Pikachu." Ash cried, taking a moment to take it in.
He took out his pokedex from his pocket to scan his newly evolved Pikachu.
Pikachu, the Mouse Pokémon, and the evolved form of Pichu. Pikachu's tail is sometimes struck by lightning as it raises it to check its surroundings.
"Wow, you learned a new move too!" Ash exclaimed, "let's test it out."
Pika Pikachu
"Alright then, Treecko, think you can help me out here?" Ash asked Treecko.
Treecko cko
"Alright then, Pikachu, use Electro Ball. Treecko use Energy Ball to counter it."
Treecko and Pikachu both charged up two glowing spheres, one a green color and the other a yellow color. They both released the attacks and the attacks impacted each other, over some time, Pikachu's Electro Ball over-powered Treecko's attack and flew towards Treecko. Treecko spun around the spherical attack and landed safely to the side. The Electro Ball attack however, crashed into a tree nearby, creating a large dent and knocked down some Weedle and Kakuna.
"Uh oh, that's not good at all." Dawn said to the group.
What happened next was a confirmation of her statement, as a swarm of Beedrill came flying down from the tree and started buzzing aggressively at Ash and Dawn.
"We might have to start running away now, Ash." Dawn suggested, rushing to grab her bag and started running away.
"Yeah, I'm right behind ya, Dawn." Ash cried out as he quickly followed Dawn, the Beedrill chasing closely behind them.
After about 10 minutes of fast running, Ash and Dawn finally got free of the Beedrill pursuit. They stopped to catch their breath, with Ash leaning onto a tree and Dawn crouching over.
Ash lifting both his arms up and walked over to Dawn, "Yeah, that was definitely my bad."
"You're damn right it is." Dawn replied, walking over to her pokemon.
"Guys, are you okay?" Ash asked, mirroring Dawn's actions.
Pikachu, Treecko, Chimchar and Riolu all grunted, taking their own breaks from the chase.
"We best be on our way if we want to get to back to Rustboro city." Ash said, recalling Treecko and Chimchar, "there's are places that I would like to visit, especially the gym."
"Sure, that sounds like fun. Just give me a minute, I need a quick breather, what with, you know, all the running from earlier." Dawn nodded, taking out another pokeball after her heart rate lowered and she got her breath back, and she called out Mudkip.
"Hey Mudkip, can you guide the way for us to Rustboro city?" Dawn said.
Mud Mudkip
"You know, I don't think we need her to get to Rustboro." Ash sweat-dropped, "it's not like we haven't been there ourselves already."
"Oh shut up you." Dawn laughed as they started walking back towards Rustboro.
"Well, we're back at Rustboro city." Ash exclaimed, pumping his fist into the air.
He walked into the city with Dawn while observing the busy city, there were pedestrians walking all around the place, talking and smiling as the busy day progresses. Two different flocks of birds were seen soaring in the sky above, closer to the Petalburg forest was some Taillow and many Wingull flew above he cliffs at the shoreline.
Ash and Dawn reached the pokemon center and quickly healed their pokemon.
"Hey Dawn, maybe we should go get something to eat?" Ash suggested, "can't do much on an empty stomach."
"That sounds like a great idea, I am starving and definitely craving some delicious food." Dawn agreed.
Ash and Dawn walked into the canteen area and got some food to eat. Ash got some steak with salad while Dawn had her favorite curry. They both had iced tea, meanwhile Pikachu had some ketchup and fries.
It didn't take them too long to finish eating, as they were both starving from training and running away from the Beedrill earlier. Having an idea of what they were going to do next, they finished up eating and walked towards the battle field, which was in a separate room, where a great crowd had gathered around.
"I see there are quite some people here." Dawn remarked.
"Indeed, there must be a fierce battle going on." Ash agreed, getting closer to the action. He was about to get a good look when he felt his arm getting tugged on and being pulled back.
"Hey Ash?" Dawn asked him, stopping him in is tracks.
"Yeah, what's up?" Ash replied, turning around.
"Maybe instead of looking at what other people are doing, we should go see the gym and get a feel of it for ourselves." Dawn suggested.
"That's actually a great idea, Dawn, let's do it." Ash nodded, leaving the battle field with Dawn.
Ash and Dawn walked outside of the pokemon center and marveled at the city, there was people everywhere, as Rustboro was home to the innovative Devon Corporation.
"Say Ash, I think that it would be a good idea for us to go check out the Devon corporation after we finish our gym battles." Dawn suggested.
"That is a great idea Dawn, we can also go visit Jo, the employee that we bumped into in Petalburg forest." Ash agreed. Team Aqua might be on the move too. He thought to himself.
"Okay it's settled then." Dawn cheered.
They continued walking for a few moments before they reached the Rustboro gym. The size of the building was astonishing as it was a huge building with a rock like formation. It sported multiple boulders that just seemed to fit together, and a wooden door arched in the middle.
Ash knocked on the front door of the gym and waited a few moments before remarking,"Hmm, this is quite the familiar sight for me."
"How so Ash?" Dawn inquired.
"Well, this gym looks very much like the gym in Pewter city back in the Kanto region." Ash explained to Dawn, "Pewter city also has a rock type gym and the gym leader there, Brock, is a very good friend of mine."
"Huh, that makes total sense." Dawn said.
"Hello challengers, how may I help you?" A man opened the door for the duo, "if you are looking to challenge the gym leader, you'll have to come at a later time. As the gym leader Roxanne just finished a battle and is heading to the pokemon trainer school to see the students."
"Oh that's alright, is is okay if we also go to the pokemon school with her?" Dawn asked.
"Of course." Roxanne replied, just stepping outside of the door, "in fact, Brendan and Paul here are about to accompany me to the pokemon school as well. You're welcome to come with us too."
"That would be great!" Ash exclaimed, walking over to Brendan and Paul.
"Hey guys, I'm Ash Ketchum, and this is my partner Pikachu." Ash greeted the duo, he turned to Dawn and introduced her, "Oh and this is Dawn Berlitz. We're travelling around Hoenn."
"Nice, I'm Brendan, I'm Prof Birch's son, Paul and I here are also doing that." Brendan replied.
"Oh you're his son?" Dawn asked, "I thought you looked familiar, I saw your picture in Prof Birch's lab when I went to get my first pokemon."
"What pokemon did you get?" Paul asked.
"Oh, I got a Mudkip." Dawn replied, "Ash over here got himself a Treecko."
"Oh darn, so you were the guy who got a Treecko." Brendan pouted, "I woke up late and could not get a standard starter, so I got a Seedot here, it evolved into a Nuzleaf just recently."
"Huh, a Nuzleaf, he must be a native grass type pokemon." Ash took out his pokedex to look up the grass type pokemon.
Nuzleaf, the Wily Pokémon and the evolved form of Seedot. Nuzleaf lives in dense, overgrown forests and occasionally comes out to frighten people.
"Yeah he is a very gimmicky pokemon, he loves to prank people." Brendan remarked, "even Paul and I fall prey to his mischievous antics."
"That's funny, I bet he has a lot of fun doing that. So anyways where are you guys from?" Ash asked Brendan and Paul, "I take it Brendan is a Hoenn Native, but what about you Paul?"
"Oh me? I'm from Veilstone city in the Sinnoh Region." Paul answered.
"Huh, I'm from Twinleaf town, so I guess we're from the same region." Dawn stated.
"How exciting." Paul smirked. He turned towards Ash took a moment to look at Pikachu, who was sitting on Ash's shoulder, "Ash I don't mean to be nosy, but don't pokemon usually stay inside their pokeballs?"
"You are correct, but Pikachu here doesn't like to stay in his pokeball." Ash answered, "Right Pikachu?"
Pika Pikachu
"Guys we have arrived at the pokemon school." Roxanne said as they approached a large building with a large 'P' sign on its wall, there was a clock right under the P, ticking ever so slightly as the day goes by.
Roxanne approached the door and gestured the 4 trainers to walk inside, they followed her and went inside, marveling at the design of the room. "Hey, I think you guys should split up and go check out the different rooms." Roxanne suggested to the quad, "as of now I have a class to oversee."
The 4 trainers gave her a nod and separated, Ash and Paul went to the pokemon battle classroom while Dawn and Brendan went to the pokemon strategy classroom with great interest.
Ash and Paul walked into a classroom with a battlefield at the back of the classroom, the students sat around while a teacher explained the fundamentals of pokemon battling. The walls are filled with a multitude of colors and many pokemon were drawn on the walls, their portraits imitating real life battling.
"-and moves like Protect and Detect shield you from status moves and damaging moves." the teacher said as she saw Ash and Paul, "let's take a break kids, it seems like we have two guests." She announced, "Can you please introduce yourself to the students?"
"Sure, My name is Paul and this is Ash, we are from the Sinnoh and Kanto region respectively, we are travelling as trainers here, hoping to participate in the league conference." Paul introduced the duo to the students.
"Greetings to you both, Paul and Ash, welcome to the battle class. As you can see, I am the teacher, my name is Kayla." Kayla said to Paul and Ash, "Now that we have visitors, I think that we should change up the class a bit."
Kayla walked towards the battlefield and looked towards Ash and Paul.
"Would you to mind giving our students a quick demonstration battle, they learned about damaging moves and the moves protect and detect.
"Sure, I guess that means that I can use Elekid." Paul said, "He knows Protect."
"I can use Chimchar then." Ash added.
"Great, please call them out." the teacher said.
"Let's go Chimchar/Elekid." Ash and Paul called out.
"Okay Chimchar, use Flamethrower first, but don't aim at Elekid." Ash ordered.
Chimchar emitted a strong burst of flame that dissipated shortly after Chimchar shot out the attack
"Now use Flamethrower again at Elekid." Ash ordered.
"Elekid counter it with your Thunder attack." Paul ordered.
The two pokemon released their strong attacks, they impacted and created a mini-explosion. All the students gasped at the power displayed, cheering and clapping at his demonstration.
"It's important to try to counter your opponents moves by using a super effective move or a strong move." Brendan explained.
"How do you do that?" one of the students asked.
"You have to understand how typing works, and what sort of moves a pokemon can learn." Brendan answered.
"Dawn, would you care to give an example." The teacher, Carter asked.
"Of course. Just give me a moment to think about an example" Dawn answered, taking a moment to think, "ah yes, for example, Hitmonchan is a fighting type right?" Dawn started, "so it is weak against flying type pokemon, so letting it learn the move Thunder Punch, which is a electric type move and super effective move against flying pokemon, can sometimes help it win hard battles."
"Or you could get Gyarados to learn moves like Hyper Beam, Dragon Pulse or Flamethrower that can counter strong electric type moves, which it is weak against." Brendan added.
The kids nodded furiously, listening and taking notes.
"Basically, what Brendan and Dawn are saying," Carter began, "is that a pokemon should not be limited by its typing."
Carter looked at Brendan and Dawn and smiled, "and while there are some moves that they can't learn, it is important to give your pokemon some complimentary moves to defend themselves against types that they are weak against." he continued.
"Exactly what Carter said." Brendan echoed.
"Make sure to be smart with your move-sets, this way you can all train pokemon that are super strong and well rounded." Dawn explained.
"Okay!" All the students answered with great enthusiasm, Dawn and Brendan eyed one another and smiled, pride filling them as they taught a class about pokemon.
"So, students, did you get all of that?" Kayla asked.
"Yes Ms Kayla!" The students cried out in excitement.
"Okay then class dismissed." Kayla announced. The footsteps of the students running into the hallway made no small noise as the encores of yelling and conversation filled the halls.
Ash and Paul met up with Dawn and Brendan, discussing their little classes and their takeaways. After a few moments of conversation, they found Roxanne in her own, now empty, classroom.
"As I was saying Roxanne…." A voice on the video phone said , "it would be best to-, oh, I seems you have guests."
"Professor Oak!" Ash and Paul ran forward, greeting the regional professor.
"Ah hello there Ash and Paul, you two look lively, as always." Prof Oak greeted them back.
Ash turned towards Paul and mouthed a 'you know professor Oak to Paul?', to which he responded with nodding.
"I'll tell you later." Paul explained.
Dawn and Brendan walked forward and tapped Ash and Paul respectively.
"Forgetting someone?" they both complained.
"Oh sorry." Ash and Paul swear-dropped. Ash turned to Prof and said, "So these are my friends, Dawn here." he said, pointing to the blunette, "is my travelling companion, while this is Brendan", he pointed at the boy with the black hair, "he travels with Paul."
"Pleased to meet all of you. so, how are your travels, I must be exciting right?" Prof Oak asked the group.
"It is, and most wonderful, we met so many unique and tough pokemon." Dawn replied, "Ash and I will challenge the Rustboro gym soon."
"That is great to hear." Oak said to Ash, "congrats on becoming the Rinshin town battle tournament champion, there were some tough competition there, right?"
"Yes, all the trainers there were brilliant." Ash remarked.
"That is great? How are you two doing?" Prof Oak turned to Brendan and Paul.
"Brendan and I have already challenged the gym, we both got the badge, today." Paul stated, showing Prof Oak his badge.
"That is good news indeed." Prof Oak said, "well I really must get going." Oak said as he turned to Roxanne, "have some greats battle tomorrow, and say hi to the school kids for me."
"Will do Samuel." Roxanne nodded, "I'll call you later."
She hung up the video-phone and turned towards the quad, "so, how were your lessons? Did you all have fun?"
They all nodded and started talking about their experience with Roxanne, each sharing takeaways that they have learned form teaching and from the kids and the teachers.
"Well it seems like I can expect great battles form the both of you tomorrow." Roxanne stated.
At the end of her statement, Dawn and Ash looked at her with great confidence on their faces.
"I have to go get these guys healed up for tomorrow, so in the meantime feel free to go relax and enjoy your day." Roxanne stated, walking outside the classroom
"That sounds like a great idea." Brendan said, looking at the duo, "we can help you with the training, too."
"Besides, we already beat Roxanne, so we have a lot of Intel to spare." Paul laughed.
"I'm right here, you know." Roxanne pouted, "Either way, I have to get going, you kids have fun and I hope you rest well."
The quad looked as Roxanne left the room, they turned amongst each other and discussed the next course of action.
"So do you guys wanna learn about what pokemon Roxanne uses? Or do you just wanna have practice battles to train?" Brendan asked.
"Hmm, I've done my homework on most of the gym leaders of the Hoenn region, so unless they acquired new pokemon, nothing should surprise me too much." Ash answered.
"I just like a surprise, maybe just a practice battle works for me." Dawn followed.
"Well then let's head over to the pokemon center and get a battle field." Paul suggested.
The quad took off once again towards the pokemon center, passing by shops and streets, filled with commuters and travelers from all over the Hoenn region.
They arrived at the pokemon center shortly and found an empty battlefield. Ash and Paul stayed on the sidelines while Dawn and Brendan stepped onto two sides of a field.
"Just a quick 1 vs 1 battle?" Paul suggested.
"Sure, you okay with that Dawn?" Brendan asked.
"Absolutely, bring it on." Dawn smirked.
"Okay guys, call out your pokemon." Ash called out.
"Let's go, Mudkip/Aron." Dawn and Brendan called out their pokemon.
"I thought that it would be a good idea to let you practice against a part rock type pokemon, since Roxanne uses rock type pokemon." Brendan explained.
"I'll take it, thanks." Dawn replied.
"Okay, battle begin!" Paul cried.
"Mudkip, use Water Pulse!"
"Aron, use Metal Claw to intercept that attack."
Okay, Chapter done!
Ash and Dawn meet two new friends in Paul and Brendan. How will this encounter enhance their skills and capabilities on achieving their goals? How will their battle with Roxanne pan out?
To be continued…
Ash's pokemon:
Pichu (Male): Thundershock, Quick Attack, Thunder Wave, Iron Tail.
Treecko (Male): Leech Seed, Quick Attack, Energy Ball, Pound.
Chimchar (Male): Flamethrower, Scratch, Leer, Dig.
Dawn's pokemon:
Mudkip (Female): Water Pulse, Growl, Mud Slap, Tackle.
Ralts (Female): Magical Leaf, Disarming Voice, Flash, Teleport.
Riolu (Male): Bone Rush, Vacuum Wave, Detect, Quick Attack.