After earning the Knuckle Badge, Davin decided to spend the night at the Dewford Pokemon Center. Early the next day, Davin saw a guy getting ready to leave the island in a white speed boat and asked him if he could drop him off at Slateport City, the town he had to pass through to get to the city where the next gym is. The man agreed and dropped him off at the shore of Route 109.

"So Slateport's just up ahead? All right, then. No point in wasting time." Before he started to run to the city, Davin felt the immense heat of the sun's rays on his face. "Man, it's scorching out here!" He fanned himself with his hand. "Wonder if there's some place I can get a drink..."

He searched the beach until he found a shack that had a sign near it.

"Seashore House." Davin read. "Worth a look, I guess." He entered—sighing of relief from the lack of sun since he was inside—and noticed four people inside. There was a little boy in swim trunks wearing a yellow inner tube, a blonde haired woman in a purple tube top, a man dressed in a sailor outfit, and a guy by a drink cooler. You can guess that Davin rushed over to the drink cooler guy first.

"Excuse me. How much is it for a bottle of Soda Pop?"

"Are you a trainer?" The guy asked.

"Yeah...?" He answered, a bit confused.

"Well, then it's on the house..."

"Really?!" He reached for the cooler.

"...only if you defeat the other trainers here."

"Really?" He sounded a bit disappointed. "Well, if it's battles you want to see, I'm up for it!"


Davin went over to the little boy, who introduced himself as Simon; he sent out his Azurill while Davin sent out Luck after he scanned the blue Pokemon with his Pokedex.

"Azurill, the Polka Dot Pokemon. Its tail is filled with nutrition, making it very bouncy. It is often seen bouncing in lakes and rivers."

"Azurill, use your Bubble attack!" Clear white bubbles escaped from its mouth.

"Luck, use Brick Break!" It charged through the bubbles with ease and hit Azurill on its head with a fierce chop of its paw, making the blue mouse faint.

Simon returned Azurill and sent out what looked like a plump version of his previous Pokemon.

"Marill, the Aqua Mouse Pokemon. Marill is the evolved form of Azurill. Its body is covered with water-repellent fur, making it able to swim at high speed without being slowed down."

"Use Yawn!" The Marill fell asleep instantly after Luck's yawn bubble popped in its face. "Scratch attack!" With a single slash, the Marill fainted.
Simon returned his Marill and told the winner that he wouldn't cry, even though he lost.

Davin's next opponent was Johanna, the blonde woman, who sent out a Goldeen. Since there was no water, it just flopped on the ground.

"Goldeen, the Goldfish Pokemon. With the horn on its head, it metes out staggering damage. Schools of these Pokemon are seen swimming up falls and rivers in the springtime."

Davin sent out Ferro and ordered for a Headbutt, which knocked Goldeen into the ceiling, resulting in a one hit K.O. Johanna returned her Pokemon while commenting that the battle was 'hot'.

Last, but not least, was Dwayne, the sailor, who sent out a Wingull while Davin called on Ros.

"Wingull, use Supersonic!"

"Dodge, Ros, and use Tackle!" The move made contact. "Now, Water Gun!" A spray of water took the seagull down.

Next up was a Machop, who started out with Low Kick.

"Jump and use Tackle!" That, followed by Water Gun, took it out.

Lastly, Dwayne let out a light blue squid Pokemon with red spots on its head.

"Tentacool, the Jellyfish Pokemon. Its body is almost entirely composed of water. It ensnares its foe with its two long tentacles, then stabs with the poison stingers at their tips."

"Tentacool, use Poison Sting!"

"Avoid it, then use Tackle!" Ros jumped out of the way and landed a direct hit on its head, resulting in a win.

Dwayne said that he accepted his lost because Davin gave him a 'hot' battle.


Afterwards, Davin frowned. "I'm kind of disappointed. I mean it's great that I won and all, but those battles were way too easy. None of them put up a real fight. What do you think, Ros?" There was no answer. "Ros?" He turned to look down at the Mudkip and saw it shaking. "Ros! What's the matter?"

"MUUuud...MUUUUuuuudd...kiiiIIIPP..." Its voice rose up and down in pitch until it started to glow. Davin's mouth dropped as he saw his Pokemon starting to stand up and its front legs turning into arms. When it stopped glowing, Ros looked like a totally new Pokemon.

"WHOOOA! You evolved into Marshtomp!" Davin opened his Pokedex.

"Marshtomp, the Mud Fish Pokemon. Marshtomp is the evolved form of Mudkip. Its toughened hind legs enable it to stand upright and it is able to move faster in mud than in water."

Davin could only smile as he embraced his second evolved Hoenn Pokemon. "This is great, Ros! Now, we'll be able to win tough battles for sure!"

"Marsh!" It agreed.


Later on, Davin received his soda pops from the guy, and he went back out to the beach; he and Ros settled themselves under an umbrella—along with Luck and Ferro—and they all took a sip of their Soda Pop as they felt the nice cool breeze through their skin and the calming sound of the waves moving against the shore.

For them, this was truly relaxing.